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m' uauibliiuf in Green Goods By JOHN IRVING . I ZD "0& '5 i Guntnttf the Gold by a Unique Method, Originated :'V and Practiced by Doc" Floyd RE'S hoping that you get even, alderman." Doc Floyd raised a goblet of sparkling burgundy, across the brim of which he glanced and smiled at the member of Ti e High Rollers' club who •vms host at a dinner he was giving in part pay- in ent<of a bet that there w as not a man in the coun- trv with $5,000 who could bp beaten out of that amount on the ancient "gold brick" game. The din­ ner end of the bet was merely a pal- . try side issue for the big ex-alderman had also wagered $5,000 and lost that, too. , Doc Floyd had asserted that even Is the twentieth century the time- worn "green goods game" could be worked. "Have you got the nerve to tell me that you can put over the old green - goods thing," was the amazed demand of Alderman Mehanty. "I'll bet just die more bundle of $5,000 and again * dinner for the crowd that It can't be done. Why the biggest sucker in the country would take your flash bank roll away from you if you tried to work that." "Well, maybe he would," returned Jloyd, but I'll Just bet you It can be done and will let Cleland do the rough Work and I'll just go along to oversee it. 1 may have to find the man, but I'll let Jack do the trimming." "And I'll take half of Floyd's end of the bet that they put it over," broke Col. Powley once more. Is it a ..-f*t*" "It is. I'm game for another try," fRplied the alderman. ,:| "How about it, Jack? Can we do It?" jjiliired Floyd of a tall, cold eyed dy­ speptic looking person who had sat •tlent, sipping his wine and puffing a big cigar throughout the bantering con­ versation. • Jack Cleland merely grunted his as- *-fauit. He was the one pessimist of the « iparty, but always dependable and a Sandy man to have in any deal. posite side of the ear. The others also seemed to notice his presence at the same time and it appeared a mere chance that he was invited to make the fourth man in the game. The play was not resumed after din­ ner, Cleland saying that he had lost about all he could afford, but the party stuck together and when it came time to retire for the night, Solomon, Floyd and Cleland had all agreed to make their headquarters at the Hotel Astor during their Btay In New York and see more of each other. The drummer had told them that his home was in the city but that he hoped to look them up during their stay. "What's the game, Floyd?' inquired Ja$t Cleland who had visited his friend's room in the hotel ten minutes after they had reached the big Broad­ way hotel. "Well, old top you know what we are on here for," was the reply. "You've got to sell an order of green goods to some one. You are lucky because I've already found your man for you. Tt must be some one, so why not our friend Solomon? He's already delivered himself." "What's the use of bothering with anything else when we can get what he's got in a card game?" demanded Cleland. "But, how about that bet with the alderman? We've got to make good on that, yon know. And look how Again Solomos won, bat his win­ nings were snpaU. The salesman, also, was allowed to carry away a few dol- lars for his evening's work. Floyd, however, mads a heavy winning and Cleland lost $2,000, playing with the feverish recklessness, that comes to the average loser at cards. The game broke up when the salesman an­ nounced that he would have to quit and get a few hours' sleep before ap­ pearing at his place of business. Cle­ land went off to his room with a grouch, refusing even to take a "night-cap" drink. Solomon, however, readily accepted Floyd's invitation to take in some of the all-night restaur­ ants. "I wonder if our friend has left town without saying good-by," remarked Solomon to Doc Floyd two days after the poker game in which Cleland had lost his money to Floyd. He had not appeared since that time. "I wonder?" replied Floyd. "Let's inquire of the clerk at the desk and see if-he's gone." Acting upon this sug­ gestion they learned that Mr. "McCle- land," the name under which Cle­ land was known to them, was still in town, and Xn fact was in his r6om at that moment. "Let's go up and see what alls him," proposed Floyd. "Maybe he's "not feel­ ing well." In his room the two callers found Cleland pacing the floor with a wor­ ried look on his face. It was anything but a cordial welcome which he gave them. "Not 111, I hope," said npyd. "We'd missed you for a couple of days and thought we'd look you up. Haven't cut us out, have you?" "To tell you the truth, fellows, I haven't felt very cheerful since I made that losing; I'm only a salaried man, you know, and can't really afford to play that kind of a game, even if my salary is a big one. It isn't that I'm worrying about just now, though, for I've got a chance to get more than and forwards it with a lot of similar bundles to Washington, where, the old and dirty money is never counted, but just ground up and destroyed. He has thought the srhole plan, out and a&ys he can substitute a phony package for the one with the old bills In It. He has to have some one in the deal with him, for he would never dare to try to get rid of the old money. I saw him this afternoon and to-mbrrow he will have to make his regular weekly trip, and the package already is made up with $30,000 in good money in it. All he wants is half for his share and I can give him $15,000 in $100 and $500 clean bills and take the package. I only have about $7,000 to my name, So I will have to get some one to go in the deal with me. You two can come in for $5,000 each. Are you on? And wait a minute, you needn't agree right now, but meet me at ten o'clock in the morning and go with me to the Nine­ teenth National and see my friend for yourself." : " J The two agreed to meet £leland on the morrow and said good-night. "And what do you think of it?" inquired Floyd as they went down on the "ele­ vator. "I'm a little afraid of I'..*' "Well, let's look into it, anyvay," re­ turned Solomon* "If there's ft chance to pick up some' easy * money, I want it." On the following morning they were convinced that the deal was a good one when they went to the Nineteenth National with Cleland, and visiting the safety vault section of the bank, met Danny Roberts as that young man came out of a small compartment in his shirt sleeves with a package ,of papers in liis hands and a pencil be­ hind his ear. ' Danny looked the part of a busy clerk and they heard h'lm whisper nervously to Cleland that "it was all right." He added that he would be at the appointed place at precisely 12 o'clock. The appointed place was a small dingy office of a dilapidated build­ ing on New street. Cleland ex- ;; A bell clanged, a gate slammed and :«%e conductor and a belated passenger '-alimbed aboard the Twentieth Century ^Limited train which was leaving the j -|jtia Salle street station, Chicago for its f$8-hour spin to New York. The big • ^engine throbbed and the long train of ' rolling palaces slid out of the shed ^without a jerk or tremor, as easily as a "trim sail boat propelled by a gentle |bree2e. At the forward end of the strain, the buffet car, a comfortable small club on wheels, already was |j|oor« than half filled with passengers. ' Solid looking business men were scan- ^pJag the market pages of the after- 41 loon papers. At one small table, the fkiteward was opening a large bottle of ffltrine for two New York theatrical .^managers, who were drinking to the 'Success of the new play that they had reproduced in Chicago- They were sat-. •\ r|pfied with its initial performance and {Were hurrying back to look after other interests. ,.^'t Seated on one side of the car Doc I 'tJPloyd was contentedly puffing a clgar- * *tte while on the opposite side of the -vSHsle, Jack Cleland pulled at a strong «igar, and neither man glanced at. or },« seemed to know of the presence of the V; Other. All. was quiet save for the I fMisinesslike conversation of two } v '*%howmen. * The vestibule door opened f ..'ftod into the car came Solomon Rosen- '•. , l>erg, wise man of the west in which -jfection he had imbibed the air of free- v speech and maimer. f,V" Acquaintances are almost as easily •. •made in the smoking car of a train as 4 -• On shipboard and here was Floyd not " ...^.'itO miles out of Chicago drinking with * til person whose natural propensities i ?» -for "butting in" with strangers could be overcome. Within ten minutes ftfter they had met, Solomon Rosen- - Jberg was narrating the story of the jtoost recent happenings of his life jfuid riding to a swift and certain fall. { n • "IT TOOK HALF COUNT THIS." easy it la for you. Solomon Is a wise old eagle from the crags of the Sierras c Floyd, according to the song of or whatever mountains they have in i •* -Solomon, came to know that fortune easy of acquirement in the boom- 1/; , tag mining camps of Nevada. Solo- / fnon brazenly admitted that he had .A--. $ust cleaned up a clear profit of $26,- selling the stock in a worthless jpnining claim that had never been ,,.v||ouched with, pick or shovel to a gulli- •^ble public at five cents a share. He " announced that he was now on his wax to New York to treat himself to a grand, good time as a reward for his own astuteness. "It's as easy as taking pap from a baby,' Solomon told Floyd. "Why ; they had me sweating blood down on the race track at Oakland where I was making book, when I heard of the l"#' good graft in Nevada. No more book- >|| ' ;i .making for mine.- It's too tough a game. You stand a chance to lose there and I found an easier graft." j, Oh yes, Solomon was a wise one. He fc. knew it and was proud of it Floyd |% , had listened to his talk and wondered • the while, whether there was a chance V-•'/ to take some of Solomon's easily got- p?. ten wealth and also lower his stock !"• *.v °f conceit. He concluded that it might be wel1 worth while to cultivate his a?. new acquaintance. It was at least worth L !v;Jk' frying. SO he ordered another bottle $ -//P0^^hich further mellowed the talkative *" f' one, whose tones by this time haul dis- iturbed a commercial traveler who sat J 1 near him running over columns of fig­ ures in his sales book. The traveling man appeared slightly annoyed as he glanced toward the frine drinkers. Suddenly he seemed to think of something and placing his memoranda in his pocket he turned to Floyd and his companion and asked if they cared to kill the time with a email game until the call came for i dinner in the dining car. "Sure," was tfcs re^ly of Solomon, answering for Floyd as well as him­ self. "My friend and I will play if you'll dig up some one else," A telepathic thought seemed to travel from Floyd to Jack Cleland who Mi looking at tha nartr fraa tha nn his part of the county. Ostensibly I'm a Chicago lawyer on here to do a little legal work and to have a good time. Likewise, ostensibly, you are a traveling auditor for a railroad here to testify before the interstate com­ merce commission. Our friend Rosen­ berg likes my company so I'll let him cultivate it and in a couple of days you can get busy. See Danny Roberts and get the lay of the land and then attend to all the other details of get­ ting the bank roll in shape. You go on down stairs. I'm to meet Rosen­ berg there soon. We'll both have to appear pretty busy during the day but we can meet late in the afternoon. Another little game in which Solomon may win a hundred or so may add to his good feelings, and I'll put him over a few high jumps while the lights are burning brightest on the Great White Way." The trio met in the lobby of the hotel a few moments later and Solo­ mon insisted on having just one drink before they parted company for the day and then also Insisted that they dine together that evening. The only dissipation Cleland would indulge in that evening after dinner was the the­ ater to which he consented to accom­ pany Floyd and Solomon. After the theater, however, Floyd was indeed the gay man of law away from home for a good time and he put Solomon through such paces as to endear him to the heart of that boisterofls person. This journey through the tenderloin was followed by another. Solomon liked the gay life but was beginning to have a pain in his pocketbook, so that when the third evening after his arrival in Gotham, Cleland proposed another game of cards, saying that l^e wanted revenge for his loss on the there wmt ready consent on the part of the westerner, who proposed to make some one else pay his expenses if he could. Cleland already had found Uie drummers telephone number and invited him to dine and join them in aaothaf UtUe friendly .gaatfe. c»^,v even. My conscience will hardly let me do it though, and besides I've got to have more money than I've got to put the deal through." "Buck up, and tell us about It" broke In Solomon. "And say. kid, don't let your conscience put too much weight on you. Throw it away and get rid of the handicap, but don't do anything to get into jail. I don't mind telling you that there are two or three places in this country right now where I don't want to go for fear the jail doors would open quiek to get me. Our friend here is a lawyer. Let him ad­ vise you." "I wonder If I should tell you?" re­ plied Cleland, brightening perceptibly, polished actor that he was. , "Yes, go ahead and out with it," re­ turned Floyd. "You know we lawyers' hear some strange stories now and then and can't afford to be .too partic­ ular as to our clients." "Well, I'll tell you on one condition," agreed Cleland. "That condition is that you come In on the deal with me. I haven't got enough capital to put it through, anyway. There's no danger In it, and it's a sure way to make a big haul." Both Floyd and Solomon agreed to come in on any deal where they could see a sure and quick profit and Miked for particulars.; " * .'It's perfectly simple," explained Cleland. "I once did a young fellow a good turn and kept him out of a lot of trouble. He's the trusted messenger in the Nineteenth National bank here now. This bank Is the clearing house1 for a lot of smaller banks and also gets the biggest part of the city's de­ posits. They get thousands of dollars in old and dirty money every week which they turn in to the subtreasury on Wall street, getting new bills in re­ turn. This young friend of mine has beeu the jute&beiiger and made lbs ex­ changes. He says they never even open the sealed packages of bills that he takes to them and which have been certified to by the officers of the bank. The subtreasury simply O K's the toBouat -«ji tfe* back packac* plained that it was the office of a friend who dealt in curb stocks and was seldom in, but allowed him free use of the place. The trio were wait* ing when Danny Roberts, carrying a suit case, entered. He Immediately took from the case two packages, ex­ actly alike in appearance and as to outer signs and seals. Quickly cutting one of them open, he disclosed large bundles of money. It took a half hour to count this out and ascertain that there was $30,000 in the lot. Fifteen thousand dollars in large bills were placed in the hands of Danny, who hurried away. In five minutes the old bills of perfectly good money were divided into three packages of equal amounts and tied up into neat paper-bound parcels on the roll-top desk. Just at that moment there was a knock on the locked door of the of­ fice and Cleland slammed down the top of the desk and kicked the waste paper underneath before he w^nt to answer the summons. "It was only a customer looking for my friend," he remarked, as he re­ turned and raised the top of the desk, disclosing the three neatly tied par­ cels. "You fellows had better take your bundles and separate. We will all meet at the hotel for dinner." NEWS FROM THE STATE CAPITAL ; _________ NOTES AND G08SIP GATHERED AT SPRINGFIELD. WILL DRAW PRIMARY BILLS Savaral Measures Arc t^ . ike rer the Consideration of ths Special Session of State Legislator#^?' Springfield.--Drafts of several primary-election bills will be made before the special session of the legislature meets and then will be considered by Gov. Deneen and his ad­ visers to determine which- will be the best measure to be introduced in the legislature when it meets in Novem­ ber. Attorney General Stead Krill prepare a bill and the Municipal Voters' league of Chicago will work on the preparation of another. : Still another measure will be pre­ pared under the direction of Senator John Daily of Peoria and Representa­ tive Thomas E. Lyon of Springfield will have charge of another bill, as­ sisted by ; Attorney Edgar Sampson and W. F. Galeener of this city. From the various measures it is believed a bill can be prepared which will fill all the requirements of the supreme court. Mew Free State Employment Nearly half a hundned applications for positions was the record made at the opening of the State employment bureau at 307 H South Sixth street. •iTony Llnges, a former police officer, was the first applicant to avail him­ self of the state's offer to get him a job free of charge. Less than half ft dozen women applied for positions at the hnyaaii Informal exercises with addresses by a number of well-known Springfield citizens marked the opening of the new employment agency, the sixth the state has installed and the first in Springfield. Superintendent Figueria had sent out Invitations to a number of employers of the city and about thirty-five were present. Former Lieut. Gov. Sherman was the first speaker and explained the workings of the state's employment agencies, telling also the benefits they accomplish for both the would-be em­ ployed and the prospective employer. Representative Harry W. Wilson told of the legislative struggle to get the general assembly to pass a bill locat­ ing an agency in Springfield. The law provides that an agency can be estab­ lished only in a city having more than 50,000 inhabitants and the great difficulty was to show that Springfield had passed that mark when the last federal census was taken ten years ago gave the capital city a less num­ ber. The proof was furnished and the legislators were convinced. - 4 . Solomon .and Floyd, acting like two conspirators, agreed to take separate conveyances uptown to their hotel and to meet there later and drink to their good luck. Two hours later, when Floyd had not put In appearance, Solomon began to feel nervouB. He was afraid some­ thing had happened to Floyd and Cle­ land, but for another half hour he did not suspicion anything further, and then he suddenly decided to go to his room and investigate his newly acquired wealth. "Stung!" yelled Solomon, when he undid the parcel and found a tigntiy bound package of tissue paper with a dollar bill on each outer side. "And I never once thought of the old green goods game!" (Copyright, by W. O. Chapman.) ^ ... > • iCopyrlgbt la Great Britain.) 4 Deneen Wants a Primary Law. Gov. Deneen will make a deter­ mined fight for the enactment of a direct-primary law when the legisla­ ture meets in special session next November, and with this object in View he will make a speaking tour of the state during September and Oc­ tober. Although primary-law legisla­ tion will be the principal subject of his addresses he will also give his views on the deep waterway. Mes­ sages and other printed matter will be distributed In furtherance of the campaign. Gov. Deneen has studied carefully the three decisions of the supreme court declaring unconstitutional the three primary-election laws passed by the legislature during his administra­ tion and he Is determined that one shall be passed which will be sus­ tained by the supreme court. A report from the supreme court making recommendations on the primary law is expected, the consti­ tution saying that the judges shall re­ port in writing to the governor such defects and omissions in the constitu­ tion and laws as they may find, to­ gether with appropriate forms of bills to cure such defects and omissions. In his dissenting opinion on the last primary law Judge Carter said he be­ lieved it to be the duty of the su­ preme court to give the general as­ sembly directions, which he proceeded to do. Gov. Deneen reached his decision to make a fight for a direct primary law after consultations with the Cook county representatives, the Republic­ an and Democratic leaders, and south­ ern Illinois representatives who have called at his office. The Democratic leaders have assured him of their hearty support of a direct primary bill. The executive is of the opinion that the first two decisions of the su­ preme court attacked the delegate plan of nominations and with this in view he is determined to make the fight for a direct primary. Determination of the number of members of the legislature a party should nominate was left with the senatorial committee in the primary law and the division of the county Into delegate districts was placed within the power of the county cen­ tral committee, to which body was left for decision also the question whether the nominations in the coun­ ty should be made by * majority or by a plurality , vote. In its opinion on the first bill the court held that the legislature could not confer this power upon inofficial political party committees. Delegate conventions are impossible without machinery to elect the delegates, and what the district shall be would be a puzzle. If the county were made the unit the county convention would name the delegates to the senatorial and congressional conventions, which would be Impracticable in Cook coun­ ty, and if a county should be made the unit the question who should di­ vide it into delegate districts would be another puzzle. The county judge has been suggested by some, but this would lead to garrymandering for political parties and in Cook county the judge would have great power. Therefore the governor, although he admits that the sentiment among many members of the legislature Is for the delegate convention system, deems it Impracticable and will make the light for a simple primary law. Open Probe to Bomb Case. The July grand jury of Cook coun­ ty was impaneled by Judge Klckham Scanlan in the criminal court. Sam­ uel H. Bingham was selected fore­ man. The jury investigated the bomb explosions which have occurred in Chicago in the last two years. It is said the inquiry will extend beyond Vincent A. Altman, the union official, and his brother, Joseph Alt- man, who were arrested in connection wit* the explosion of a bomb in the rear of 100 Washington street, June Oppose 8nnday Burial. In an effort to abolish -^ftday funerals, the clergymen, undertakers and liverymen of Pofitiac have com­ bined forces. The clergymen drafted the following resolutions, which have been signed by undertakers and liv­ erymen: " Whereas, There is a general move­ ment throughout the country to mini­ mize Sunday labor; therefore, be it Resolved, That hereafter, save In cases of strict necessity, we will not, offletat* at funerals on Sunday. Surveyor's Arrest Sought Nick Dreelan, a farmer residing near Curran, who is said to have been assaulted "when he objected to rail­ road surveyors running a line through his land, came to Springfield and se­ cured a John Doe warrant for the arrest of an unidentified member of the surveying corps. Justice Weayer issued the warrant, and officers to whtom the summons was given searched without success for the man wanted. James Stanley, foreman of the sur­ veying party, caused Dreelan's arrest on a peace warrant. The farmer gave bond for his appearance In Justice Weaver's court. The first encounter between the sur­ veyors and Dreelan occurred when the farmer objected to the strangers go­ ing across his land without first allow­ ing him money for damages to grow­ ing crops. In the mix-up one of the surveyors is said to have wielded an axe and given Dreelan a slight wound on the chin. The surveyors made a second attempt to cross Dreelan's farm and the farmer is said to have handled the axe himself, with the re­ sult that the surveyors left in a hurry. Later the warrants were issued. Shirley Denies Ball New Trial. Judge Robert B. Shirley handed dofrn an opinion in the case ' of Charles E. Ball against the Central Union Telephone Company, denying the plaintiff a new trial. The de­ cision ends a case that has been tried three times, and which will be taken to the appellate court for review. Ball suffered permanent injuries when he was run over by a wire truck belonging to the defendant company. He was given judgment in the first two trials, and in the third hearing, the jury found the issues for the de­ fendant. It Is. probable that attor­ neys for Ball will pray an appeal to the appellate court. When the first judgment was en­ tered against the telephone -company, an error was discovered, and a new trial was granted. The same flaw was found in the second hearing, and a re-trial was necessary. The jury that heard the evidence the third time found for the defendant company, and Ball asked for a new trial. Want Pair In Peoria. Gov. Deneen Issued a requisition on the governor of Iowa for the return of Ivan and Mamie Washington, want­ ed at Peoria for grand larceny. The pair are now under arrest at Burling­ ton, la. They are accused of steal­ ing a dozen silver tablespoons, a table­ cloth and napkins from Mrs.. Mary Reed at Peoria, July 18. M. Resner, alias Joe Hutchins, wanted in Chicago for receiving stolen property, and now under arrest at Du­ buque, la., will be returned, Gov. Deneen having issued a requisition on the governor of Iowa recently. Six hundred and fifty yards of cloth, val­ ued at four dollars a yard, stolen from W. S. Oberfelder of Chicago, Is said to have been found in Resner's posses­ sion. Menard Fair List Out. The premium list of the Menard county fair, which will be held here September 7, 8, 9 and 10, has been is­ sued and prospects for the success of the fair are considered bright. Spe­ cial premiums have been offered by a number of the Petersburg merchants. Besides the exhibits of live stock and farm products, there will be' a mechanic arts department, a depart­ ment of horticulture, a department of textile fabrics and a department de­ voted to children's work. Two or more trials of speed will be heJd every afternoon of the fair. STATE NEWS John A. Cooke Pardoned. Through the influence of Senator Lorlmer John A. Cooke, former clerk of the circuit court of cook county, convicted on charges of conspiracy to steal public funds, is a free man, not pardoned, but on parole. The board of pardons decided that his plea for a parole was well foupded, ordered that the parole' b« granted and direct­ ed Warden Murphy to release the for­ mer circuit court clerk from prison. At no time was there any question about the parole after the evidence was submitted, ••jp* ' i.v + v ...Vk.lt. t AS; Retail Grocers and Bakers Wtr, Retail grocers and bakers of Spring­ field were at war over the sale of bread. It was neither a battle oi price nor ^ size, nor of quality, but a question of how and where the bakers shall dispose of their product. The agitation was started by the y* «AnAAlA»<An GtocHno iiCtttll U1 UCeiO OOOUtlOblVUi wvft* <,4W0 as a movement against wholesalers of all kinds who were liable to inter fere with the retailers by selling di rect to the consumers the action has dwindled down until none but the bakers am.lfft.' i t f i sM Jacksonville.--William Brown, for many years general counsel for th#?«i Chicago & Alton railway, died at hidMi ^viv« ISv Waa JU J viiio viU. Brown was a graduate of Illinois colf£# lege and Missouri university and be£/i; &an the practice of law in Jackson*!; if ville. He served as city attorney^ state's attorney and was state senator' * In 1872. He was chairman of tho. s state central committee in 1876 and Clr member of the law firm of Beckwith & Brown, Chicago, from 1887 to 1889. He became general counsel of the Chi­ cago & Alton on the death of Becb- with and held that position until fail*, ing health compelled his resignation^ in 1905. . Galesburg.--By the terms of the will^? of Mrs. Mary E. Jones of Knoxvillei filed for probate, an estate of $600,004 was distributed among a large number of beneficiaries. The most important bequest which came as a grateful sur­ prise to the people of Knoxville, was that of $250,000 for the erection and maintenance of a home there for agecj women. It is stipulated that the build* . i Ing must not cost more than $50,00(1^ and that the income from the^ balanc® of the gift will be used for its main.V' tenance. The Presbyterian, Methodist and Christian churches of Knoxville will each receive $3,000 from ths estate. Springfield.--The American Home Circle and Fraternal Tribunes, the former with headquarters in Spring­ field and the latter in Rock Is­ land, combined as one fraternol insur­ ance society November 19 of last year, will again become separate organiza­ tions as soon as auditors of the com­ panies and the state insurance depart- - ment have conducted an examination of the finances. Action has been taken by both organizations to adjust the dif­ ficulties resulting from the combina­ tion. The reserve fund of the Trib­ unes, it is stated, is the bone of con­ tention between the societies. Elgin.--Both believing they had made a big mistake in marrying, Mr. and Mrs. William Qualved of El­ gin agreed to secure divorce proceed­ ings and become legally separated. Later they found that they made a greater mistake and were re-married in Elgin, following a brief courtship for the second, time. To friends who called on them, they made the simple announcement, "We made a mistake, we thought, in marrying, but after we separated found that the divorce was really the only mistake, and decided to re-marry." Taylorvllle.--The fight between tlu Taylorville Gas and Electric Company and the Taylorvllle Railway and Light­ ing Company for the 20-year street- lighting franchise was ended at the meeting of the city council with the former winning the laurels. The con­ tract of the electric lighting company expired a few days ago and the rival company made a bid for the contract. The old company received four votes while the railway company received three. Decatur.--If plans which are now under process by agents of Suffern & Hunt, owners of the Suffern-Hunt Cereal mill, which was destroyed by fire recently, reach a stage of perfec­ tion, Decatur will have another elec­ tric lighting plant. Aurora.--On charges of mistreating her children, Mrs. Cork has been held to the grand pury to await their ac­ tion, her bond being fixed at $3,000 and her husband is-also held on $1,000 bond. Moline.--Granted an increase of 50 cents per day at the last session of the city council, the teamsters em­ ployed on city work will ask for an­ other increase of 25 cents per day, • making it two dollars. Lake Forest.--The engagement was announced In London of Dr. Willfred Thomason Grenfell, the well-known Labrador medical missionary, to Miss Anna C. MacClanahan of Lake Forest. Alton.--Because the work was too hard, George Ebbler of Brighton sold his saloon which netted him $600 a month and joined the Alton police force, saying that he wanted a rest. Godfrey.--Holding a bull by Its horns after it had attacked his son, Samuel Ward saved the boy's life, the latter killing the bovine by jabbing it with a pitchfork. Rock Island.--The city council has passed an ordinance which forbids the use of eggs, gelatine, thickening, acids or coloring matter In the making of ice cream. . East Moline.--By the action of the city council, saloonists pay eight dol­ lars annually for city water, livery­ men pay $10 and house users pay six dollars. Freeport.--Following an argument with his cousin, James Grant, on a crowded street, W. D. Ryan fired four shots into the crowd not hitting a single person. Mt. Vernon.--According to the re­ ports of the assessors there are 10,- 479 horses, 13,397 head of cattle, 2,838 mules, 8,585 sheep and 14,783 hogs in the county. Chicago.--Because he owed $2,700 which he felt he never could re­ pay, H. C. Ross, a real estate dealer of 1065 Sixty-first street, has commit­ ted suicide. Ross left his residence, 5932 Prairie avenue, while his wlfa and daughter, Clarice, were on a week's outing at Diamond lake and kit son, William, 19 years old, was at * work at Forest park. Kankakee. -- Because his wife burned a cake while bakistg it, Pete? ^ Longtin raised so much rough-hotree that police were called to restore peace after he had commenced demol­ ishing the furniture in his home. s Eigin.--More than 1,000 men in khaki put themselves at the disposal of Fir# : Chief William Haible when the bi|£ gest blaze that has started in Elgitt for many months consumed an 1c# house belonging to the Knickerbocker Ice Company, a half-mile from Camp Deneen. Chief Haible gladly pressed a hundred of the soldiers into servicd* Monrmiutu;---Prof. Thomas McC'snaf-- han pf tills city, resident of Warrea county for over sixty years, was found lead in his bed at Creston, la. He was me of the leading civil engineers of vestern Illinois and has for 26 yeara ««a cxuinty surveyo*» ' * "V*""1' ^' 1'• ' ^ <?• ~ n t *%,. . •- "v. 'j. . *. J#J*.* u' , j Airs.., J* -•...i* . ¥.... A .«