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IAHCQF <JosepKC. Lincoln Aufhor of Cy Whitt&loex'a Place C^pfn liri, Etc. muctr«.4ieaa ]bu Ellsworth "Youn^ Cojvyi-i^frt.lyi, IXApplcton »- Company *&YNOPSIS. Mrs. Kezlan Coffin, supposed widow, la Arranging to move from Trumet to Bos­ ton, following the death of her brother, for whom she had kept house. Kyan Pepper, widower, offers marriage, and Is Indignantly refused. Capt. Elkanah Dan­ iels, leader of the Regular church offers Keziah a place as housekeeper for the new minister, and she decides to remain in Trumet. CHAPTER III. In Which Keziah Assumes a Guardian­ ship. Grace left the parsonage soon after the supposed tramp disclosed hla Identity. Her farewells were .hurried and she firmly refused Mrs. Coffin's not too-insistent appeal to return to the house "up street" and have sup­ per. She said she was glad to meet Mr. Ellery. The young minister af­ firmed his delight in meeting her. Then she disappeared in the misty twilight and John Ellery surreptitious­ ly wiped his perspiring forehead with his cuff, having in his late desire for the primal necessities forgotten such a trifling incidental as a handkerchief. The minister smiled rather one-sid edly. "It 's been something of a day for me," he said. "I am ahead of t ime and I 've made a lot of trouble, I 'm afraid. But yesterday afternoon 1 was ready and, to tell the truth, I was «ager to come and see my new home and get at my work. So I started on the morning train. Then the stage broke down and I began to think I was stranded at Bayport. But this kind-hearted chap from Wellmouth--I believe that 's where he lived--hap­ pened to pull up to watch us wrest­ ling with the smashed wheel, and •when he found I was in a hurry to get to Trumet, offered to give me a lift . His name was--was Bird. Mo, that wasn't i t , but i t was something like Bird, or some kind of a bird." "Bird?" repeated Keziah thought­ fully. "There's no Birds that I know of in Wellmouth. Hum! Hey? 'Twa'n't Sparrow, was it?" "That was it--« Sparrow." "Good land! Emulous Sparrow Run considerable to whiskers and tongue, didn't he?" "Why, yes; he did wear a beard. Aw for tongue--well, he was conversa­ tional, if that 's what you mean." "That 's what I mean. If you rodo twelve mile with Emulous, you must have had an earache for the last six Did he ask a question or two about your personal affairs, here and there between times?" Mn Ellery laughed. "Yes, one or two, between tlmes^" He admitted. "I shan't die of surprise. Did you tell him who you was?" "No-o. to be honest. I didn't . He was so very anxious to find out, that --well, I dodged. I think he believed I was going to visit Captain Daniels. Still , some one may have seen me come here." "No, no, they didn't . This fog is as thick as Injun-meal puddin' . Nobody eaw you." "Well," with some hesitation, "the young lady who was here with you--" "Oh, Grace Van Home! She's all Ught. She won't tell . She ain't that kind." "Van Home? That doesn't Bound like a New England name." " 'Tisn't . Her folks come from Jer­ sey somewheres. But she was adopt­ ed by old (Cap'n Hammond, who keeps the tavern ttqwn on the bay shore, by the packet wharTTTmd she's lived in Trumet since she was six years old. Her father was Teunis Van Home, and he was mate on Cap'n Eben's coastin schooner and was drowned off Hatteras. Eben was saved just by the skin of his teeth and got a broken hip and religion while it happened. His hip's better except that he's some lame; but his religion's been more and more feverish ever since. He's one of the head Come-Outers, and built their chapel with his own money. You mustn't think I 'm speakin' l ight ly of religion, nor of Cap'n Eben, ei­ ther. He's a dear good soul as ever was, but he is the narrowest kind of Come-Outer. His creed is just about as wide as the chapel door, and that 's as narrow as the way leadin' to sal­ vation; it is the way, too, so the Come- Outers think." "What are Come-Outers? Some new s^ct ?" "Sakes alive! Haven't you heard of Come-Outers? Cat 's foot! Well, you'll hear of 'em often enough from now on. They're folks who used to go 10 our church, the Regular, but left because the services was too worldly, with organs and choir sing- In' , *nd the road to paradise too easy. No i.eed for me to tell you any more. YouH learn." Mr Ellery was interested. He had been in Trumet but once before, on the occasion when he preached his trial sermon, and of that memorable visit remembered lit t le except the ser­ mon itself, the pews filled with cap­ tains and their families, and the awe- Inspiring personality of Captain El­ kanah Daniels, who had been his host. To a young man, the ink upon his di ploma from the theological school stil l fresh, a trial sermon is a weighty mat­ ter, and the preaching of it weightier stil l . He had rehearsed it over and over In private, had delivered it al­ most through clinched teeth, and had returned to his room in the Boston boarding house with the conviction that i t was an utter failure. Captain Elkanah and the gracious Miss Anna bel, hig daughter, had been kind enough to express gratification, and their praise alone saved him from de­ spair. Then, to his amazement, the call had come. Of casual conversa tlon at the church and about the Dan­ iels ' table he could recall nothing. So there was another religious organiza tion in town and that made up of seceders from his own church. He was surprised. "Er--this Miss Van Home' '" he asked. "Is she a--Come-Outer?" Mrs. Coffin nodded. "Yes," she said. "She's one. Couldn't be anything else and live with her Uncle Eben, as she calls him." "Has Captain Hammond no children of his own?" he asked. Keziah's answer was short for her. "Yes," she said. "One." "Ah! another daughter?" "No, a son. Name's Nathaniel, and he's a sea captain. He's on his way from Surinam to New York now. They expect l]im to make port most any time, I believe. Now, Mr. Ellery, I s 'pose we've got to arrange for your supper and stayln' overnight; and with this house the way ' t is and all , I don't see-- "I guess," ruminatively, "that the best thing for you to do will be to go to Cap'n Elkanah's. They'll be real glad to see you, I know, and you'll be in t ime for supper, for Elkanah and Annabel have been to Denbro and they'll be late home. They can keep you overnight, i t6o, for i t 's a big house with lots of rooms. Then, after break­ fast to-morrow you come right here. I ' l l have things somewhere near ship­ shape by then, I guess, though the cleanin'l l have to be mainly a lick and a promise until I can really get at i t . Ycftir trunk'll be here on the coach, I s 'pose, and that ' l l be through early in the ̂ afternoon. Get on your hat and coat and I ' l l go with you to El­ kanah's." The young man demurred a lit t le at thrusting himself upon the hospitality of the Daniels ' home, but Keziah as­ sured him that his unexpected coming would cause no trouble. So he en­ tered the now dark study and came out wearing his coat and carrying his hat and valise in his hand. "I 'm sure I 'm ever so much obliged to you," he said. "And. as we are go­ ing to be more or less together--or at least I guess as much from what you say--would you mind if I suggest a mutual introduction. I 'm John El­ lery; you know that already. And you--" Keziah stopped short on her way to the door. "Well, I declare!" she exclaimed. "If that ain't the very worst! Fact is, you dropped in so ahead of t ime and in such a irregular sort of way, that I never once thought of introducln' anybody; and I 'm sure Grace didn't . I 'm Keziah Coffin, and Cap'n Elkanah and I signed articles, so to speak, this mornin' , and I 'm goin' to keep house for you." She explained the reason for upset­ ting the former arrangement by i which Lurania Phelps was to have had the position. At the Daniels ' door Keziah turned her new charge over to Matilda Snow, the hired girl . I t was an indication of the family's social position that they kept "hired help." This was unusual in Trumet in those days, even among the well to do. "Good night," - Baid the young man, extending his hand. "Good night, Miss --or is i t Mrs.--Coffin?" "Mrs. Good night." "She'8 a widow," explained Matilda 'Husband died 'fore she come back here to live. Guess he didn't amount to much; she never mentions his name." Keziah, in the midst of her labors, found time to coach her employer and j companion in Trumet ways, and par­ t icularly in the ways which Trumet xpected its clergymen to travel. On "There's Your Chart." the morning following his first night in the parsonage, he expressed him­ self as feeling the need of exercise. He thought he should take a walk. "Well," said his housekeeper from her station opposite him at the break­ fast table, "if I was you I wouldn't take too long a one. You'd better be back here by ten, anyhow. Where was you thinkln' of goin'?" Mr. Ellery had no particular desti­ nation in mind. He would like to see something of the village and, perhaps, if she could give him the names of a few of his parishioners, he might make a few calls. Keziah shook her head. "Gracious goodness!" she exclaimed. "I wouldn't advise you to do that. You ain't been here long enough to make forenoon calls. If you should catch some of the women in this town with aprons and calico on, they'd never forgive you In this world. Walt ti l l afternoon; they'll be exjiectin' you then and they'll be rigged out in their best bibs and tuckers. S'pose you found Annabel Daniels with her hair done up In curl papers; what do you think would happen? Mornln's are no time for ministers ' calls. Even old Mr. Langley never made calls in the forenoon--and he'd been here thirty- odd years." "All right, you know best. Much obliged for the advice. Then I ' l l sim­ ply take my walk and leave the calls until later." "I 'd be back by ten, though. Folksll begin callin' on you by that t ime." When, promptly at ten o'clock, the minister returned from his walk, he found Mrs. Rogers waiting in the sit­ t ing room. It is a prime qualification of an alert reporter to be first on the scene of sensation. Didama was sel­ dom beaten. Mr. Ellerv's catechism began. Before it was over Keziah opened the door to admit Miss Pepper and her brother. "Kyan" was nervous and fmbarrassed in the housekeeper's presence. Lavinia was a glaoier, mov­ ing majestically and freezing as it moved. Keziah, however, was not even touched by the frost; she greet­ ed the pair cordially, and begged them to "take off their things." It was dinner time before the cate- chlzers departed. The catechized came to the table with an Impaired appe­ tite. He looked troubled. "Don't let i t worry you, Mr. Ellery," observed Keziah calmly. "I think I can satisfy you. Honest and true, I ain't half as bad as you might think " The minister looked more troubled than before; also surprised. "Why, Mrs. Coffin!." he cried. "Could vou hear--" " M a n alive! I 'm not worried. Why should you be? We were talkin' about trust ju6t now--or I was. Well, you and I ' l l have to take each other on trust for a while, until we see whether we're goin' to suit . If you see any­ thing that I 'm goin' wrong in, I wish you'd tell me. And I ' l l do the same by you, if that 's agreeable. You'll hear a lot of things said about me, but if they're very bad I give you tny word they ain't true. And, to be real frank, I ' l l probably hear some about you. wMch I ' l l take for what they're worth and considerin' who said 'em. That 's a good, wholesome agreement, I think, for both of us. What do you think?" John Ellery said, with emphasis that he thought well of i t . He began to realize that this woman, with her blunt common sense, was likely to be a pilot worth having in the difficult waters which he must navigate as skipper of the Regular church in Tru­ met. Also, he b^an to realize that, as such a skipper, he was most in­ experienced. And Captain Daniels had spoken highly--condescendingly but highly--of his housekeeper's quali­ fications and personality. So the agreement was ratified, with relief on his part. The first Sunday came and with it the first sermon. He read that sermon to Keziah on, Saturday evening and she approved of i t as a whole, though she criticised some of i ts details. The service began at eleven o'clock. Oi' tslde the spring breeze stirred the budding silver-leafs, the distant break­ er™ grumbled, the crows in the pines near Captain Eben Hammond's tavern caWed ribald answers to the scream­ ing gulls perched along the top of the breakwater. And seated on one of the hard benches of the lit t le Come- Outer chapel, Grace Van Home heard her "Uncle Eben," who, as usual, was conducting the meeting, speak of "them who, in purple and fine linen, wi:h organs and trumpets and vain shows, are gathered elsewhere in this community to bear a hired priest make a mock of the gospel!" (Amen!) Rut John Ellery, the "hired priest," knew nothing of this. He did know, however, that he was the center of interest for hie own congregation, the people among whom he had been called to labor. Their praise or criti­ cism meant everything to htm; there­ fore he preached for dear life. The sermon was a success. On Monday afternoon the minister made a few calls. Keziah made out a short l ist for him to follow, a "sort of chart of the main channel," she called it , "with the 6afe ports marked and the shoals and risky places la­ beled dangerous." "You see," she said, "Trumet ain't a course you can navigate with your eyes shut. We divide ourselves into about four sets--aristocrats, poor re­ lations, town folks, and 6cum. The aristocrats are the big hugs like Cap'n Elkanah and the other well-off sea captains afloat and ashore. They 'most all go to the Regular church and the parish committee is steered by 'cm. The poor relations are mainly widows and such, whose husbands died or were lost at sea. Most -of them are Regulars. The town folks are those that stay ashore and keep store or run salt works or somethin' . And the scum work around on odd jobs or go fisliin' . So. if you really want to bp safe, you must call on the aristocrats first , after that on the poor relations, and so on down. You won't be bothered with scum much; they're mainly Come-Outers." Ellery toe \ the list from her hand and looked it over. Hum!" he said musingly "Am I supposed to recognize these--er-- class distinctions' But you're not se­ riously advising me to treat a rich man differently from a poor one?" "Not openly different--no. But if you want to steer a perfectly safe course, one that ' l l keep the deep water under your keel the whole voyage, why. there's your chart " Mr. Ellery promptly tore the "chart" into small pieces. "I 'm going out," he said. " I shall be back by supper time " Mrs. Coffin eyed him grimly. "Goin' to run i t blindfolded, are you?" she asked. "Yes, I am." Her grimne8s d i s a p p e a r e d a n d s h e smiled. "I ' l l have your supper ready Un you," she said. "Bring back a ^ood up- petite." As a matter of f a c t , t h e minister 's c a l l s w e r e i n t h e n a t u r e o f a c o m p r o ­ mise. although an unintentional one He dropped in on Zebedee Mavo, own­ e r o f t h e b i g h o u s e o n t h e s l o p e o f the hill . Captain Zeb took him up into w h a t h e c a l l e d h i s " c u p o l e r . " t h e o b ­ servatory on the top of the house, and s h o w e d h i m T r u m e t s p r e a d o u t l i k e a map. Ellery decided that he 6hould l i k e C a p t a i n Z e b , a l t h o u g h i t w a s e v i dent that the old whaler had decided opinions of his own which he did not hesitate to express. He judged that the Mayos were of the so called aris­ tocracy, but undoubtedly antqae mens. He visited four more hous* holds that afternoon. The last call was at Mrs. Thankful Payne's, and white there, l istening to the wonderful "poem," he saw Miss Van Home pass the window. He came home to a Cape Cod supper of scalloped clams, not biscuit8, and baked Indian pudding, and Keziah greeted him with a cheery smile which made him feel that it was home. His summary disposal of the "chart" had evidently raised him in his housekeeper s estimation. She did not ask a single question as to where he had been. Next day he had a taste of Tro» met 's real aristocracy, the genuine ar­ ticle. Captain Elkanah Daniels and his daughter made their first formal call . The captain was majestic in high hat, fur-collared cape, tailed coat, and carrying a gold-headed cane. Miss Annabel wore her newest gown and bonnet and rustled aB she walked. They entered the sitt ing room and the lady glanced superciliously about the apartment. "Hum--ha!" barked Captain Elka­ nah. "Ahem! Mr. Ellery, I trust you're being made comfortable. The parish committee are--hum--ah-- anxious that you should be Yes?" The minister said that bp was very comfortable indeed. * "It isn't what you've been used to, «ve know," observed Miss Annabel. "Mr. Langley, our former pastor, was a sweet old gentleman, but he was old-fashioned and his tastes were queer, especially in art . Have you noticed that 'fruit piece' in the dining room? Isn't i t two ridiculous?" Then she changed the subject to church and parish affairs. They spoke of the sewing circle and the reading society and the Friday-evening meet­ ings "The Come-Outers are so vexed with us," t i t tered Miss Annabel, "that they won't even hold prayer meetings on the same night as ours. Thej ^f have theirs on Thursday nights and It 's se am IN PROPEBIY TAX TOTAL VALUATION IN ILLINOI8 IS FIXED AT 7,030,- 639,073. BIG ADVANCE IN VALUES Many Corporations In This State Are Not Assessed on Capital Stock Through Decision of Su­ preme Court. Springfield.--According to the state board of equalization, which complet­ ed its work and adjourned sine die, the full value of all taxable property in the state of Ill inois is $7,030,639,- 073. This is an increase of $76,662,987 over the total valuation of 1911. The tax rate for this year In all probability will be ten cents higher than last year, when the rate was 35 cents on every $100 of the equalized valuation of property. Taxation being made on one-third of the full valuation, the equalized as­ sessment for 1912 appears to be $2,- 343,879,691, which is an increase of $25,554,329 over the total equalized assessment of a year ago. The follow­ ing table presents a comparative state­ ment of the equalized assessed value of property in the state for the years 1911 and 1912, showing the increase or decrease in each class: Equalized Equalized assess- assess- Increase 1912» merit, 1911. over 1911 $ 4fi: .71<UT4 % K.1S5.071 6S8.y97.Sy9 2,ToS.45; 941.016,133 1 0.085.4fi7 ti91.756.3o6 *1.081.600 Personal pri 'p, rty $' 1 .HIl ' ls Town amA city lots. Railroad personal proper ty. Railroad lands . . . Railroad town and Ity lotf 2,498,465 SS7.645 1.683,0M 824,026 •S4.S39 63.610 4.574.795V, HXU M 4.774.946 Assessed by state board of equalisation Steam rail 175,594,431 roads . Elect no and elevated railroads Capital stock of railroads Capful BtrV-k of corponulona ntlifcr than railroads 27.^C?J7., 170.132.12$ I / I f . , 298.843 14.913. t5(M 5", 4fljiyS03 3,228.894 1,996,062 1.2 |2 ,S SO.56S.4SO *2.714.173 Captain Elkanah Daniels and Hit Daughter Made Their Flrat Format Call. as good as a play to hear them shout and sing and carry on. You'll enjoy the Come-Outers, Mr. Ellery. They're a perfect delight." And as they rose to go Captain El­ kanah asked: "Is there anything you'd like done about the parsonage, Mr Ellery? If so, i t shall be done immejitly. How are you satisfied with your house­ keeper?" "Very well, indeed. Captain Dan­ iels," was the prompt reply. "She's a character, isn't she?" gig­ gled Annabel. "She was born here la Trumet, but went away to New Bed­ ford \*hen she was young and grew up j there. Her maiden name was Hall, but while she was away she married ( a man named Ansel Coffin. They j didn't l ive together very long and weren't happy. I guess. I don't know 1 whose fault it was, nobody knows j much of gffythlng about it , for that 's | ihe one thing she won't talk about j Anyhow, the Coffin man was lost at sea, and after a while she came bach to keep house for her brother Solo­ mon. Sh«'s an awful odd stick, but she's a good cook, I believe; though I 'm afraid you won't get the men',a people such as ourselves, who've been so much in the city, are UBed to." Ellery thought of the meals at hit city boarding house and shuddered He was an orphan and had boarded for years. Incidentally, he had worked his way through college. Captain El­ kanah cleared his throat. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Total . $2,343,879,691 $2.318,325,362 $25,554,329 •1 >ecrease. The figures show a substantial in­ crease in the assessments levied by the state board of equalization in every class of property except the capital stock of corporations other than railroads. In this class a reduc­ tion of $2,714,173 Is Indicated. This decrease is explained by the fact that a great many corporations heretofore assessed on capital stock are either held exempt from such assessment by decisions of the Supreme court, or are fully assessed by the local asesssors. The capital stock assessment against some of the largest corporations in Chicago follow: Peoples Gas company $7.97^.552 Pullman company 4,600.136 Chicago Railway company 3.79R.75!* City Railway company 2,893.636 Edison company 2,741.392 Public Service company 900,000 < >gden Oas company 400.(XX) Northwestern Gas company 100,000 Universal Oas company 120.000 ChlcaKO Telephone company 84,177 Illinois Tunnel company 10.000 Automatic Electric company 150.<WI0 Chicago Auditorium association . . 60.OM) Chlcajro Tunnel company 66.00,) Street 's Western Stable Oar line.. 2f>.0<X1 Western Electric company 156.0U0 The Pullman company assessment shows an increase over last year of $400,(100 on tangible property by the local assessors, and $350,000 on capi­ tal stock by the board of equalization The Peoples Gas company is In­ creased $58,oiio on its tangible and I ' l02,000 on its capital stock. The in­ creased tangible assessment against the Pullman company, the Peoples Gas, the Chicago Telephone, City Rail­ way, Chicago Railways and the Edison company, amounts to $3,573,850. In ad­ dition the equalizers increased the as­ sessments against these companies on their capital stock a total of $546,662. Live and Learn. Dr. Sophia Jex-Hlake, whose per­ sistent efforts finally brought *l)out the admission of women to th* prac­ tice of medicine in England, remained wittily unimpressed by the bestowal of this privilege. As the Saturday Review has it : "It was absurd," she said, "to keep the door longer shut against younj women, seeing how many old women were already inside." Of a tireless eloquence. Doctor Jex- Hlake once drew the incisive wit of Benjamin Jowett. The Master of Bal- llol had sat next to her at dinn«u and atter the ladies retired, he remarked, in his mild, high-pitched voice: "I always knew that lex meant law, but never til l this night that Jel meant jaw."--Youth's Companion. Limit of the Borrowing Habit. I^itt le Margie was a frequent visitor at the Jones home, going there on er rands of borrowing many times each day. On this occasion she asked tha loan of a cooking utensil . But Mra Jones had become very much out of patience at the continual borrowing and f-ent word by Margie that sbs "had other fish to fry " Imagine her surprise when in a few moments her neighbor's l i t t le Margi* again appeared In her doorway, l isp ing: "Mozzer thaid pleathe to then4 thome of the fUh, pleathe." Pedestrians. A teacher In a primary school wai endeavoring to make clear to hei class the meaning of the wordi ' equestrianism" and "pedestrlanism' when she put this query to one smal boy: What is a pedestrian'" "H. is one of those fellows." said the boj "who mokes an awful kick wh«a automobile runs him down.* State Receives $110,885 In Fee. One of the largest fees ever received Into the state treasury of Ill inois was paid under protest to Secretary of State C. J. Doyle by the Chicago, Hur- lington & Quincv Railroad company. A check for $110,885 was paid to Sec rotary Doyle as a fee for an extension for 50 years of the road's chapter in this state. Attorneys for the C., B. & Q. contend the road is operating under a perpetual charter, but tu be on the safe side they decided to take advan tage of the recent act of the legisla­ ture allowing corporations the right to extend their charters 50 years. The law in question is silent on the subject of fees In connection with such exten­ sions, but Secretary Doyle held the fee must be paid. Attorneys for the railroad company have already given notice that action will be commenced in the supreme court to recover the amount of the fee. McBrlde Is Re-Elected. Rev. F. Scott McBrlde, for the last three months acting superintendent of the Antl Saloon league of Ill inois, was formally elected to that office at the semi annual meeting of the state board of directors in Chicago. Rev. Howard H. Russell of Wester- ville, O., founder of the National Anti- Saloon league, in an address at the meeting, said that more than a mill- Ion boys and girls in the I 'nited States had signed the Lincoln legion total abstinence pledge within the laBt year. Many Smallpox Cases In Illinois. Smallpox has reached a dangerous stage in the state of Ill inois, accord­ ing to reportB filed with the state board of health by county authorities. In the month of November 34 cases were reported from Kankakee and 25 trom Depue, Bureau county. While complete reports havd not been re­ ceived those filed Indicate that the disease is general throughout the •Lata Healthy Hog Not Harmed by Serum. If farmers of Ill inois have any no­ tion that the inoculating of their hogs with hog cholera serum impairs the swine in the least fmr butchering pur­ poses, and immediate butchering ^ that, they may set their minds at rest, say members of the Illinois state live stock commission. In the last few months the com­ mission has had many inquiries from hog raisers, whether, when a hog is Inoculated with the serum, it ought to be butchered within a few months, a year, or longer than a y<fer. The answer of the commission Is: A healthy hog is always ready for butchering. Inoculation with serum, if the hog is otherwise sound, makes no difference at all in i ts health, and it can be butchered the following day with perfect safety. Of course, if the hog is not entirely well when the serum is injected into its body, the cholera preventative ought to be given time to permeate the hog's system, which requires days to accomplish. But the serum itself does not impair the hog for butchering. The origin of the fear which many farmers seem to entertain of serum on the ground that i t impairs tho hog for butchering is in doubt. It is be­ lieved, however, that certain patent medicine venders are in a way respon­ sible. Fifty Pass Bar Examinations. There were 82 students in the class that took the examinations at Mount Vernon for the State Bar association, conducted by the supreme court. Of the entire class 50 were successful. The class roster follows: Abrun8\vick, Prank P., Chicago; Bar­ ker, William, De Kalb; Beastry, Louis, EaBt St. Louis; Bowen, Fred H.; Bro- sis. Cline C., Chicago; Brown, Claude, Princeton; Buchanan, Wilser L., Law- renceville; BeBhoar, Bertram Bruno; Carroll, William A.; Clmrat, Frank J.; Clark, Oliver A ; Cook, John R., Jr. ; Costello, John W.; Donlevy, Arthur C.; Dooley, James A., Chicago; Egolf, Harry A. Gridley,; Elliott , Charles W\, Galesburg; Fisher, George F., Winnet- ka; Fitzpatrick, Arthur, Pana; Cassl- Isaac P., Freeport; Feinan, Louis F; ^Golden, Marcus J.; Hanche, Charles F~S Hansen, James B.; Hood, Jemes H ; Hubbard, John D.; Jenks, Charles B.; Johnson, John W., Chica­ go; Kerker, Harry E., Urbana; Lan- ger, Irvin J.; Lincoln, Harry M.; Li- sack, Joseph L., Chicago; Long, Albert S., Evanston; Miehr, Victor C., Carlin- ville; • Miller, Harry C., Nokomls; Morris, Lyell H., Llbertyville; Maraz, James W.; Munns, Harry P.; Murray,1 Walter A.; Oien John G.; Rleger, ' IjOuIb, Chicago; Schuwerk, William H., j Evansville; Shelty, Lyde M., Bloom- I lngton; Shawl, Frank D., Onarga; ! Shults, Carleton A., Aurora; Snapp, Robert D., Joliet; Solomon, Mannie; Thompson, Glenn A., Chicago; Tebin- son, Strollen, Oak Park; Wyckoff, Howard H., Chicago. KILLS 5 CH EEASC III 7 SHOTS New York Man Has Thrilling Fight With Arctic Grizzlies. HAD NARROW ESCAPE Record Is More Noteworthy Because of the Fact That the Hunter Fired Four Shots From the Magazine of His Rifle. San Francisco, Cal.--Frederick K. Burnham, noted sportsman and travel­ ler of New York, has returned to San Fanclsco from Alaska, where he spent three months shooting big game. Mr. Burnham had a narrow escape from death aud established what is to be a record. On September 12, at Cassia, near the Yukon district, Mr. Burnham killed five grizzly bears In two minutes, fir­ ing only seven shots. It was performing this feat that Mr. Burnham had a close call for his life. He suddenly uncovered the group of grizzlies behind a clump of bushes, and the leader, a giant she bear, which measured ten feet long, started for him not more than twenty feet away. He killed her with the first shot and was about to shoot another one com­ ing in the same direction when hia Eskimo guide gave the alarm of an­ other bear charging from his left rear. Mr. Burnham turned Just In t ime to fire two shots Into the flanking bear, when only a yard away. He chot three more that charged him from the right. The record is stil l more noteworthy by considering the fact that Mr. Burn­ ham fired only four shots from the magazine of his rifle, holding one (or safety and firing the last three shots by loading singly from the belt . Mr. Burnham penetrated ipto a dis­ trict not before visited by white men. He went up the Stiklne river from Wrangle 160 miles and then proceeded 120 miles further into the Interior by pack. He was accompanied by Mrs. Burn­ ham, who is also an expert big gam* Preposterous, Says Dr. Egan. The Illinois state board of health will not investigate the alleged discov­ ery of a positive cure for tuberculosts, said to have been discovered by Dr Frederick Franz Friedman of Berlin, Germany. "Preposterous," said Dr. J. A. Egan of the Illinois state board of health, while discussing whether or not the fnembers of the board would consider the matter. Dr Egan gave two reasons why the matter would not be considered. First, i t is preposterous. Second, if there Is any truth in the statement that the Berlin physician has learned of a cure for the great white plague, i t will appear in all the leading Ameri­ can medical journals. Just a few days ago dispatches were received from newspaper correspondents in the Ger­ man capital to the effect that Dr. Fred­ erick Franz Friedman, a practicing physician of that city, had perfected a serum that would destroy the con­ sumption germ. The alleged cure was said to have cured thousands of pa­ tients of the dreadful plague. A few injections into the tissues of the body were reported to have cured persons who had been in the last stages of tu­ berculosis. The state board of health was ex­ pected to take the matter up fop a thorougli investigation, but members of that body feel that there Is no truth in the statement and are waiting for further developments In the case. P m ̂ IS /£& -T l ' Not Much Hope in This State. Ill inois will be one of the last states of the Tnlon to give women votes, in the opinion of Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Gilman, lecturer, author and editor, who spoke in the sun parlor of the Leland hotel, Springfield, under the auspices of the Sangamon County Equal Suffrage association The other 6tates that Mrs. Gilman predicted would be laggard in this respect are New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylva­ nia and Ohio. The western Btates, the speaker said, are rapidly turning to­ ward the "equal suffrage" plan. "Men, Women and People" was the subject of Mrs. Oilman's speech. She discussed the characteristics of the male and the female. Irrespective of species, and those of the human spe­ cies, Irrespective of sex. State Bank Call Issued. A call for a statement of the condi­ tions of the 618 Btate banks in Ill inois at the commencement of business. No­ vember 27, was Issued by the state auditor. The auditor of public ac counts issued a permit to Samuel W Love, Frank Henson, Charles B. Tay> lor, Ira Rlgdon, William A. Mullin and J . Everett DaviB for the organizat ion of the First State Trust ancf Savings bank to be located at I ' rbat ia , Cham­ paign county, 111., with a capital stock of $100,000; duration 99 years. He Shot Three More. Bhooter. This trip, however, was the fir t ime she was the sole companion of her husband In the big game dis­ tricts. She did her share of the kill­ ing, getting as many caribou and black 6heep as Mr. Burnham. Throughout the trip Mr. and Mrs. Burnham were accompanied by three Indian guides and they spent forty- three days In the district around the fifty-fifth parallel, to which, so far as is known, they were the first white visitors. They got seventeen bears. bIx caribou, four black sheep, two moose and one goat. DAM BROKEN TO SAVE A MAN Oregon Farmers Imperil the Season's Crop In an Effort to Save a Human Life. Moro, Ore.--A message by tele­ phone that a man had fallen into an irrigation reservoir near here and was drowning, brought Dr O. J. Goffln of Moro and Dr. Sam C. Slocum of Port­ land in a borrowed automobile three miles over a rough and winding coun­ try in a lit t le less than five minutes. When they arrived at the reservoir the body of a man, Charles G. James of Portland, who had been working on the ranch of Ben Shull as harvest hand, had not been recovered Search­ ing could not locate the body in the depths of the reservoir, which, held back by e dam of rocks, dirt and planks, was about 40 feet wide, 600 feet long and 12 feet deep. "Break the dam," shouted a man. "It 's th" t*ly way to ge. the water out and find the body." A man with an ax sprang at one of the wooden braces and began to chop. Then with drastic Intensity the work of demolishing the dam began Then these men stood and watched the precious water of the reservoir , which meant l lfegiving irr igation to their crops, f low over the dam without a protest. Their anxiety was for James. His body was recovered and the doctors worked for two houra to resuscitate him, but in va^n. Central Illinois Teachers Coming. The Central Ill inois Teachers' asso­ ciation will hold a two days' conven-1 tion in Springfield March US and 29, i{ an auditorium large enough to seat the convention, which generaly numbers 1,500 delegates, can be provided in the city. City Superintendent of Schools J. H. Collins read a communication to the board of education from the offi­ cers of the association which stated that Springfield Is preferred by the ex j ecutive board as the meeting place of the convention. I Dowie't Son a Minister. Chicago Gladstone IV>wie. son of .John Alexander Ik>wle, founder of Zion City. Ill . as the home of his re­ ligious cult , was ordained a deacon of the Episeopal church here on Sunday He was ordained by SulTagan Bishop William E Toll of the Chicago dio­ cese. Bee Causes Death. Washington, Pa -- Mrs. Ida Emer- lck. the young wife of a wealthy oil operator, was dragged to death by & cow, which she had attempted to lead. The cow became Infuriated when atuog by a bee.