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4: CHAPTER (Continued.) All, except Hultorns: nnd why could extraordinary man not sleep llko others? He grow moro and mora 'Delicti, and It was not tho thought ot pluming thnt so affected him. might be tho cauie, Dirt not sleep; yet this first night at pole dear and culm. The absolutely unlnhftbltod--not a bird, an nnlmiil, nor tlsh. morning, when Altnmont and others invoke. Hutterus was gone.

urieusy at his absence, thoy ul out of tho grotto In search oC There he wus standing on a fixedly at the top ot tho i His Instruments were In loml. Hattorus mild, In a hurried, jted manner, as It ho could seurco- Immnnd hlmselt. listen to mo. We have much already, but much yet ro- 10 I'e done." ire close to the pole, but wo tiro It." nro still 46 minutes Inlltmlo (the unknown point." resumed s. Increased Animation, jo a point 1 shall BO," it It Is on the summit ot said tho doctor, gp." lone of absolute determination 'hlcli Hatterns pronounced those It 13 impnsstblo to describe.

'Iin friends were stupefied, and gazed t' rror nt (lie mountain. Very well," he said. "since I are bent on It. we'll go. loo." A Xtlt.

lit wns nbotil 8 o'clock when they fcmmrneetl i (HtTlcult ascent; tho wns splendid, timl tho thorinomoter at 52 degrees. and hla dog went flrat. fosely followed by the others. as they got higher, tho nscont came more and more i i for tho of the a i were almost lerpemlli-tiUir. and It required tho Ut- Jpost cure to keep from failing.

Clouds it nshes whirled round them repeuted- nnl of lava barred tholr a a however, climbed Up tho ascents i surprising agility, i the help of his staff. He a i before Imig sit a circular rock, a sort plateau about ton foot A river ot bulling lavu surrounded it. except In one part, where f- It forked away to a rock, leav- a pussntte. through which I a fearlessly passed, Her" he stopped, and his comptin Ions managed to rej dti htm, Mo soetn to a i i his eye the distance li- hud yet to get over, Horl zontally, he v.iis not more than 200 yards from the top of tho crater, but vertically he had nearly throo times that instance to traverse. "Hutter.is." said tho doctor, "It Is enough; we cumiot go further!" VRViS," ho replied.

In "I am going higher." Mo had hardly uttered tho words bo lore, Hutterns. by a superhuman effort, fprr.ng over the boiling lava, and was beyond the reach of his A cry of horror burst from overy lip. for they thought tho poor captain must have perished In thnt fiory gulf; but there he was safo on tho othor Irtq. accompanied by his faithful Duke would not leave him. Ho speedily disappeared behind ti curtain of smoke, and they heard his voice growing fainter In tho distance "To the north! to the north; to tho top of Hatterns! Komember, Mount H.itteras!" All i of was out of the Question.

At intervals, however, glimpse of i him could be cnuulu through tho Clouds of and showers of ashes Hutteras did not evert turn once to look back, but marched i on Carrying his country's flag attached to his stuff. At last he reached ttio i of tho a i the mouth of the crater i the doctor hoped tho Infuluutot! would stop, at a rate, nnt recover his senses, an expose himself to no moro danger than the descent involved. Once more he shouted; "Hnt'eras! Hattet'as!" T' wns such putting of entreaty Irt tone that Altamont folt mavet to his Inmost soul. "I'll save him yet!" ho exclaimed; before could cleared i bound tho torrent of Ore. and wus out of sigh mong the rocks.

Meantime. a a had mounted a rock which overhung tho crater, ant waving his ihig amidst showorn stones which rained down on him Duko wns by Ills side; but the poor beast wus (trowing In mid, i i to the abyss, Hntteras balanced his staff with one hnnd. and i the othor sought to flnt the precise mathematical point whero all the meridians of the globe muot. tho point on which It was his sublime purpose to plant his foot. A i mice the rock gave, way, ant he dltiipp-ared.

A cry of horror broko his companions, untl rang to tho of the mountain. Cluwbonny thought his friend had porlahetl, and lay burled forever In the dopths of tho volcano. A teeond--only second though It seemed nn ago--elapsed, am there Altnmont and tho dog hold Jf'the Ill-fated Hnlterus! Mnn am had caught him nt the very mo ment when ho disappeared In the Matterns wns snvetl! In spit of himself: nml half an V' hi lay unconscious In tho his da companions. ho came to himself, the doo tor looked at him In speechless tin gulsh, for there was no glance of rec Upn In hla eye. was tho oyo intl man, who gazes without soe "Good heavens!" oxclalmod Johnson ID blind!" "No!" replied Clawbonny, "noI poor frii-mis, we have only saved th body of Hntteras; hla soul la loft hind on the top of the volcano.

HI reason Is Three hours after the whole part were buck ohco more In the grotto. "Well, friends." nald the doctor, cannot stny longer In thin Inland; th Is open, and we have enough pro We ought to atari at one and get back without the leaet delay ort must wln- er." day passed In profound dejeo- on. The Insanity of ths captain was omen, and when thoy began to alk over return voyage, their failed them for tear. Thoy Issed the Intrepid iplrlt of ouder. Next morning tho'y mado all sail, and brought tho tent and all Its elonglngs on board.

But before leaving these rocks, novor return, tho doctor, carrying out the mentions of Hattoras, had a cairn roctod on tho vory spot where tho oor follow had jumped ashoro. It was mido of great blocks placed one on the op of tho othor, so ns to bo a land- perfectly visible while tho erup- lons of the volcano loft It undlsturb- d. On ono of tho sldo stones, Bell hlseled tho simple Inscription: JOHN HATTERAS. The duplicate ot tho document Bt- estlng tho discovery ot tho north polo vas Inclosed In a tinned'Iron cylinder, nd deposited In tho cairn, to remain a llont witness among those dosort ocks. This done, tho four men and tho cap- aln, a poor body without a sout, set ot on tho return voyage.

On tho 15th thoy sighted Altamont but aa the sea was open all long tho coast, they determined to go otind to Victoria bay by wator, tn- tcad of crossing New America In the lodge. As the sloop made Victoria bay thoy 11 hastened to Fort Providence. But vhat a scone of devastation mot tholr yes! Doctor's house, stores, powder magazine, fortifications, all had molted way, and tho provisions had boon ran- ackcd by devouring animals. After a thorough search, a few cases pemmlcan were found scattered here there, and two barrels ot presorv ment, altogether enough for six veoks, and a good supply of powder. wns soon collected and brought on loard.

At Inst, after i days tolerably lulck sailing, and after battling for orty-elght hours against tho Increas ng drift. Ice, and risking tho frail sloop times, tho navigators saw hemsetves blocked In on all sldos. Altamont make reckoning with scrupulous precision, and found vere In 77 degrees 15 minutes latitude and 85 degrees 2 minutes longitude. "This Is our exact position, said tho doctor, "Wo are In South Lincoln, just at Capo Edon, and are entering Jonos sound. With a Httlo moro good luck wo should have open water right to Buftlns bay.

"I suppose, then," said Altamont 'our only course Is to lonvo tho aloop ind get by sledge to tho east coast Lincoln." The rest agreed. Tho Httlo vessel was unloaded and the sledge put together again, At last on tho 24th, thoy act foot on North Devon. It was not till tho 30th ot August hat they emerged from those wile mountains Into plain, which soemec have been and convulsed by volcanic action at some distant po- lod. Altnmont, who had displayed rrren unselfishness and devotion to tho others, roused his sinking energies, and to go out ar 1 r.nd food for ils comrades. He had bean absent about an hour and only onco i that time hat they heard tho report of his gun; anc now ho was coming back empty-handed, but i as If terrified.

'Down under tho snow!" crlec A a speaking as It scared, and pointing In a a i a direction. "What?" "A whole party of men!" "Allvo?" "Dead--frozen--and even Ho did not finish the sentence, but a look of unspeakable horror came ovo lilft face. Tho doctor and tho others wore si roused by this Incident that thoy man iged to get up and drag thcmsclve: ifter A a towards tho pluco hi Indicated. They soon arrived at narrow paint tho bottom of a and what spectacle mot tholr gaze! Dead bodies already stiff, lay half burlod In a wind Ing shoot of snow. It was evident this had boon but recently tho sceno ot a fcnrfu struggle, that tho poor wretches hin been feeding on human llesh.

porhap while still warm. And among then tho doctor recognized Shandon, Pei and others of tho Ill-fated crow of th Forward! "Como away! como away!" cried th doctor, drugging his companions from tho scene. Horror gavo them momon tnry strength, and thoy resumed thol march i stopping a Ion ger. Even tho men themselves wore neve able to give any detailed narrative tho events which occurred during th next week. However, on tho 9th September, by superhuman exertions tiny arrived at Inst at Capo Horsburg tho extreme point of North Devon.

They were on tho short of Baffin bay, now hnlf frozen over; that Is say, on tho road to Europe, and thre miles off the waves were dashln noiselessly on the sharp edges of th Ice-neld. Hero they must wait their chance a whaler appearing; and tor how long But heaven pitied tho poor follows for tho very next day Altamont per colved sail on tho horizon. Just then a happy Inspiration cam to tho doctor. His fertile genius, whlc: has served him many a time In sue good stead, supplied him with one las Idea. A floe, driven by the current, struc against tho Ice-field, and Clawbonn exclaimed, pointing to It: "This Hoe!" His companions could not under stand what ho meant, 3 j' omlmr on It! lot us embar Bell, assisted by Altamont, hurrle to tho sledge, and brought back one polos, which ho stuck fast on th like a mast, and fastened It wit Tho tent wns torn up to fur nlsh a sail, ana as soon as the fra craft was ready the poor fellows Jump upon It, and sailed out to the ope flea.

Two hours later the survivors of th Forward wore picked up by the Han Christian, a Danish whaler, on her wa to Davis atralts. Ten days aftorvard, Clawbonnj JaMMon. Boll, AlUmont und landed at Konsm, In and, an Island belonging- to Denmark. hey took the steamer to Kiel; and rom there proceeded by Altona and Hamburg to London, whnro they ftr- on tho 13th of the same month, cnrcely recovered after their orlngs. The flrst care ot Clawbonny to equer.t the Royal Geographical Society receive a communication from him.

ne can Imagine the astonishment of he learned assembly and the enthusl- stlc applause when ho read Hatteras' ocument. The doctor and companions had he honor ot being presented to tho ueen by the lord chancellor, and they vcre feted and "lionized" In all quar- ers. The government confirmed the "Sueen's Island," "Mount Hatteras" nd "Altamont' Harbor." The Insanity of Capt. Hatteraa it a mild typo, and ho lived quietly at iten cottage, a private asylum near Iverpool, where tho doctor himself lad placed him. He never spoke, and understood nothing, that was said to ilm; reason and speech had fled The only tie that connected him with tho outside wbrld was his rlendshlp for Duke, who was allowed remain with him.

For a considerable time the captain had been in tho habit ot walking In ho garden for hours, accompanied by ils faithful dog, who watched him with ad, wistful eyes, but hla promenade vas always In one direction In a par- Icular part of the garden. When got to the end ot this path he would stop and begin to walk backwards. If anyone stopped him ho would point vlth his finger towards a certain part of the sky, but lot anyone attempt to urn him round, and he became angry, whllo Duke, as It master's sentiments, would bark furiously. Tho doctor, who often visited his afflicted friend, noticed this strange proceeding one day, and soon understood the reason for It. He saw how It was hat ho paced so constantly In a given direction, as If under the influence of some magnetic force.

This was the secret: John Hattoras walked towards the north. (Tho end.) (JOREAH PREMISE IS STABBED. Head ot National Cabinet Patally Wounded While in Seoul. Premier Yl, the head of the Cbrean Cabinet, was stabbed and fatally wounded the other day by a Corean, Yle Chamm Yong. Premier Yl was formerly Minister of Education In the Corean Cabinet.

He became Prime Minister in May, 1907, when a reconstruction of followed a five hour audience that Marquis Ito, the Japanese resident, had with the Emperor. Yi was regarded as a firm and competent officer, but his efforts to carry out the policy ot the new administration met with determined opposition from his political adversaries. The attack occurred at 10 o'clock in the morning. The assailant was a Christian who was for many years a resident of the United States. The Premier was riding In his jinricksha when the assassin came up with a long knife In his hand.

He drove this twice into the abdomen of the Premier and once Into the latter's lung. The assassin then turned on the Premier's jinrick- sha man, whom he stabbed and instantly killed. The assassin was immediately arrested. He is a youth oE about 20 years anl is believed to be a member of a political secret society. ANT PLAQUE IN NEBBASKA.

AlHO from IlullilliiK 1'rulrle IiiHUctn. The professors at the Kansas and Nebraska agricultural schools have aeon, puzzling their wits over the prob- em of finding some way of ridding tha' alfalfa country ot what they call the nioynd building prairie ant, according to the New York Sun's Lincoln (Neb.) correspondent. The prairie nnt sustains all the traditions the country In being a hua- Ity and combative chap. He has been out on the plains for years, but wisely chose his early habitations far from where the men lived. Now that the farmers have become numerous they find him troublesome.

The nnt Isn't so very large, but he Is pugnacious, Any toppling over ol his habitation, the walking over it or the tearing up of it is the signal for a oE insects to come rushing out ready for battle. They flght Indian fashion, every Individual soldier pick- Ing out 'an antagonist and going for nlm. No. matter what they seize upon) hnlr, clothing or skin, they hang on by their mandibles while their busy bodies are ongaged In stinging. They secrete a poison that Is as effective In results as anything the wasp or bumblebee has.

While never running away from a fight, the ant cannot be said to lie peevish about hunting It. In his i i operations he takes care to give full warning that he is on the job or living there. He flrst clears a large circular space about the proposed mound, removing all vegetation. Then ho puts his dwelling In the exact center of the clearing. The mound Itself is generally elliptical, at the base, but sometimes circular.

The mounds range In size from two to six feet in diameter and vary In height from a few inches to several feet. Some marvelous feats In building are performed by these ants. The top of the mound Is composed of a coarse gravel or shale or some rough material near at hand. Under this is a rainproof roof, made of particles of soil cemented together, the cement being furnished the secretions of the body. Beneath this are the myriad little round chambers i they live, rear their young and store their food.

About a third of the way to the top are tho openings, few In number, through which the workers pass. These are closed when the working day Is over or a stor.m threatens. The females do most of the fighting because they have the larger mandibles and the bigger stings. The scientists say there are three classes of anta, male, fertile females and sterile females, and the latter are the workers of the colonies. The only way ths experts have discovered to hurt the ants Is to have cnrbon bisulphide evaporated In a zinc tnbe made airtight by being packed around with soil.

This Is placed over the openings In the mound, the vapor being heavier than air descends and the ants at home are suffocated. PASS 3-CENT FABE ORDINANCE. Cleveland Coimvllmtiii Renew Cur lilne FraixclkiMC Conditionally. The Johnson administration sprang a surprise on the public the other night when an ordinance granting renewals of many existing street railway franchises was introduced in the Cleveland Council and passed under a suspension the rules. The franchises provide for 3-cent fares and penny transfers.

They expire automatically June 1, 1910. This action, taken two days after a blanket ordinance had been passed granting a twen- ty-flve-year renewal of the Cleveland Railway Company's rights on all its lines at a maximum fare of 4 cents and seven tickets for a quarter, met with the vigorous disapproval of Republican Councijmen, who protested in vain, however. TRAGEDY IN A PAWNSHOP. Man ITlru When He In A rented nt City. In a pistol battle in which County Marshal Joel B.

Mayes, Policeman Earl C. Logan, and an unknown negro were the participants, the negro was killed and the marshal was shot in the head and severely wounded in the Star Loan store, a pawnshop, at 210 Independence avenue in Kansas City. The officers had been notified that the negro was in the pawnshop trying to borrow money on some stolen jewelry. Policeman Logan entered store with the marshal and arrested the negro. Suddenly the latter shot Mayes in the head, 'Mayes steadied himself and shot and killed the negro; Valuable rings and other stolen jewelry were found in the pockets the negro.

BIG CINCINNATI BANKS MERGED Epigram Criminal Code. Procrastination is the thief of time. Curiosity Is the porch climber of society. The past la hold-up, man of ambition. Good-fellowship is the firebug of sobriety.

Conscience Is the sneak thief ot contentment. The bore Is the pickpocket of patience. The college boy Is the checkktter ot humor. The firecracker Is the pirate ot peace. The welsh rabbit la the ghoul of sleep.

Hard luck Is the shoplifter of hope. Bad cooking is the sandbagger of First National Mercnantd'-- Combined By action of their boards of direct ors the Merchants' National Bank is absorbed by the First National in Gin cinnati. To accomplish the merger the First National increased its capita stock from $5,000,000 to $6,000,000, and it now has a surplus and undivided profits ot $2,100,000 and deposits $26,000,000. The First National be comes the largest bank in the Ohio valley. W.

S. Rowe, president of the First National, continues in that of lice. M. E. Jngalls, president of' the Merchants' National, retires.

EX-SENATOR HARRIS DEAD. I'romliiciit KtiiiNuii IN Suddenly Stricken til Dniiishtor'N Home. Former United States Senator Will lam A. Harris, of Kansas, who two years ago wns Democratic candidate for Governor of that State, died sud dcnly ot heart disease at the home Mrs. Lydla M.

ilaokey, in Chicago He was a member of Congress from 1893 to 1895, and was United States Senator from 1897 to 1903. He was prominently connected with the Amer lean Short Horn Breeders' Assocla tion and the International Live Stocl Exposition. The BlnntmnB. What is known as the California horse or mustang Is in hla ancestry essential qualities an Arab. Wire The wire hairpin was first made la 1646 In England.

Prior to that wooden were used. THOUGHT DEAD 10 YEARS; LIVES Mnn WhoHC Kulute "Wax Admlttei to Frobiitc in California. Ten years ago Henry B. Chrtsto pher, of Aberdeen, S. disappeared It was believed that he was dead and his estate was admitted to probati after the courts in Aberdeen and a Fresno, where he has relatives had declared him dead.

His insuranc policy was paid. Now he has appealed at the ranch of his brother near Fresno, but will say nothing ot tin past. Walla Walla Will Be Wet. After an exciting campaign Walla Walla, voted "wet" by a ma jority of 622. N.

YT Debt The bonded debt of New York City has reached accordin to a report issued by the comptroller The amount, however, includes mor thto $200,000,000 held by the cit; sinking funds, Plant Id nuriied. Fire destroyed the extensive plan of the Pennsylvania Marble an Granite Company, near West Grove Pa. The loss will reach $300,000, part ly Insured, Semlnolc Limited 'Wrecked. The south-bound Seminole Limited the Illinois Central-Central of Geoi Eia fast train from Chicago to Jack sonvllle, was wrecked near Weems Ala. The engine and tender and ever car left the track.

Four were Injured Five Kllljtf by Flamen. Five entire family, wer burned to death In a fire that destroy ed a frame dwelling 'in Sherwcod Park Yonkers. Those killed were Theodor his wllo and their thre children. Around a Big State Brief Compilation of Illinois News STOEIES OF TBAGEDY AGITATE. Manhattan Vicinity Stirred Over Mysterious Erhard Snooting.

Conflicting stories regarding the death by shooting Joseph Erhard, at his parents' residence, near Manhattan, are agitating residents of he vicinity of the tragedy. Lawrence rhard, brother of the dead man, who was taken into custody by the sheriff a few hours after the tragedy, and who, it was reported, had been sent back the kankakee insane asylum, rom which he was released last August, is still held awaiting a court irder for his recommitment to the in- titution. The fact that Lawrence-Er- lard was in the house at time of his brother's death Is said to have een omitted by members of the fain- ly in their statement, which merely aid Joseph was found lying dead on a lounge in the sitting room when a hot summoned his relatives from the dtchen at midnight. Comment has been caused by the report that the ury impaneled by Coroner W. C.

Wun- derleigh, which held an inquest over dead man and returned a verdict of accidental death, was in session only fifteen minutes and examined only three witnesses, Dr. J. C. Brandon, who was called by the family after the shooting; Miss Agnes Er- iard, a sister of Joseph, and Edward Breen, a Manhattan saloonkeeper. It Is said by persons who have visited lim in the jail where he is held that Lawrence Erhard has every appearance of sanity except that he asserts lis mind is a blank regarding all incidents connected with the death of lis brother.

MURDERER RTJNS CAR WILD. Motorinau nntl Conductor-- I.oupn Oli--Many in Dunfrer A negro highwayman shot and killed the motorman and fatally wounded the of an Alta Slta street car near Fireworks station, in the southeastern section of Bast St. Louis, at about 7:1.5 o'clock the other night. The car bearing the bodies of the dead motorman and tho unconscious conductor ran wild at high speed for more than four miles into the heart of the business district after the highwayman escaped from It. Many vehicles and pedestrians were endangered as the car dashed through the city.

The dying statement of the conductor is the only clew to the identity of the murderer and a general roundup of negro police characters is under way The conductor was robbed of his money belt and watch. The motor man was not robbed and evidently was killed while coming to the assistance of the conductor. The motorman, who was dead when found, was E. V. Goody, aged about 43 years.

He is survived by a widow and several children, the youngest an infant. He was an old employe of the East 'St. Louis and Suburban Railroad. The conductor, 'M. P.

O'Brien, aged 27, unmarried, was flying when found by Arthur Dick- hams, an employe in the ticket office of the street car company, who swung aboard the moving car and stopped it at Thirteenth'and Broadway, after its progress had been reported to the police by several parties. CHRISTMAS TOY CAUSES DEATH, i I i i i i i i (or ''Saiiiy 1 Present mid l.oNcii LiCc. A toy stove, which her father had given her instead of waiting until Christinas, resulted in the death of Minnie Coming, 6 years old, in the family home in East St, Louis. The girl's mother, Mrs. Katherine Coming is not expected to live and her fathet was slightly burned.

The child started to build a fife in the stove, as she had often seen her mother, by pouring on kerosene. As soon as a match was touched to the oil the child's clothes were enveloped In flames. Hei mother, in trying to extinguish the blaze, being attracted by the agonizing cries, was burned so badly that at St. Mary's Hospital the physician announced her recovery is doubtful The child died two hours after being burned. The father, Edward Coming was burned in rescuing his wife.

The firemen extinguished the fire in the house. QUINCY HAS A $40,000 FIRE. Two Hundred Thrown of Work When Wreck Ijanndry Shortly after 7:30 the other night fire in the large five-story building of the Wells Laundry Company in Qulncy one of the largest of its kind in the state, resulted in a loss of from $30,000 to $40,000. The laundry employes about 200 people, who will be thrown out or work. Fanned by a high breeze and with the temperature around zero It made one of the most difficult fires that the firemen have had to content with for years.

The Fischer Iron and Steel Company, occupying an adjoining building, suffered a loss of about to $3,000. Origin of the fire is un known. Teacher Stricken at College. Miss Ida McCall, for thirty years a member of the Knox College faculty In Galesburg, was stricken with paralysis In classroom and is critically ill Revenue IVlfe tlen. The death of Mollie, wife of Walter S.

Louden, internal revenue collector of the district and prominent In state politics, occurred at their home In Trenton after a lingering illness from rheumatism. Her age was 40. Fire in Peoria. Fire broke out in the Model Cloth Ing Store in Peoria and the establish ment was destroyed. The fire sprea( to the J.

Schradzkl clothing store and it was feared the entire half north destroyed. SHORT STATE ITEMS. Mrs. A. M.

Piper, fifty-five years old, was struck by a train at Freeport and instantly killed. The accidental discharge of a caused the death of Henry Koppen, a farmer living near Damascus. Clyde Grover, seventeen years old, while fox hunting near his home In Brown county was accidentally shot and died. Timothy Ramsden, one of the old settlers of Dix township, died at his home in Elliott. He leaves three daughters.

Fire destroyed the livery barn O. O. Read, barber shop of L. F. Graus- toff and saloon of Koch Greenaecgh Strawn.

The board of education has placed ban on football in the Sterling high and public schools, declaring the game dangerous to life and limb. Fire destroyed the warehouse of the orno Mills, containing about 100 carloads of grain, at East St. Louis. The loss is estimated at $100,000. Guy Lenox was sentenced to the reformatory at Chicago on a plea of guilty of having stolen diamonds from Lhe express office in Harrisburg.

A verdict of not guilty was returned by a Sioux Falls jury in the case of harles Redford, a young man from Sterling, who was tried there on the charge of having murdered George Kurd. Herman F. Hanke has been appointed deputy United States marshal for the western division of the Northern District of Illinois, with headquarters in Freeport. He succeeds W. D.

Mack, resigned. Rev. J. Y. Aitchiaon, pastor of the First Baptist Church Galesburg for seven years, has resigned to become district secretary of the Home Missionary Society, with headquarters in Chicago.

J. D. Reid died in El Paso, aged 81 years. He was engineer of the train which carried Lincoln from Springfield to his inauguration and of the train which brought his remains back to Springfield. The special grand jury impaneled in Cairo to investigate the connection of the negro Arthur Alexander with, the murder of Miss Anna Pelley and to investigate the lynchings and other matters lias adjourned until'Jan.

3. Kamil Farha, a Syrian merchant whose petition for naturalization papers the federal immigration bureau sent notice would be opposed, was granted his papers by the Circuit Court in Quincy, without opposition. Letters signed "The Mafia" have been received by Addison Bldwell, president of the First National Bank of Freeport, in which the threat was made that his house would be burned unless he gives $2,000 to a person who is to call at the bank for it on a certain day. The postal authorities are nvestigating. Sheriff Gresson, of White County, brought Marshall Rudd, colored, nine, teen years old, to jail in Mt.

Vernon, to prevent lynching at the hands a mob. Rudd shot Mrs. Charles Bolerjack, fifty-three years old, a wliite woman, through the head becausa she objected to his attentions to her daughter. This is the third time he has been In trouble for shooting. The Grand Opera Houae Building in Peoria, including office of the Peoria Journal and the Peoria Democrat, was destroyed by One man was badly injured.

The total losses are more than $200,000. The Journal's loss is completely covered by insurance. Thirty prisoners in the county jail, across an alley from the scene ot the fire, were taken, out by a single turnkey. The following judgments against the St. Mary's Academy, Nauvoo, were rendered in the Circuit Court in Carthage: American Glue Company, Chicago Saivings Bank and Trust Company, T.

A. Ennis and C. F. Stoppani, Cleveland Trust Company, Central Trust Company, Ferguson-McKinney Dry Goods Company. $854; Loudo- wici-Celadon Company, total, $108,711.

A. C. Mattaz, of Hardin, won the first prize in the sweepstakes offered by the Illinois State Horticultural Society for the best collection of apples grown In Illinois. The society, which held Its annual convention at the University of Illinois, elected officers as follows: President, R. 0.

Graham, of Normal; vice president, F. D. Vories of Neoga; secretary, W. B. Lloyd, of Kinmundy; treasurer, J.

W. Stanton of Rich View. Frank D. Comstock, former treasurer of the Big Four Railroad and formerly agent of the Kanawha Dis patch in Peoria, is confined in the St Francis Hospital in that city, recuperating from what his friends declare was an almost fatal attack of heart disease. Comstock's whereabouts have been kept secret until the announcement of his resignation from the Kan awha Dispatch was made public.

Com stock's illness began soon after the resignation of Treasurer Warriner. Sister Mary Donatiana, aged years, died at St. Mary's Notre Dame Institute in Quincy. She was connect ed with the Institution there thirty five years. Before taking the vows her was Kehl, and she leaves a In Buffalo, N.

Y. At a meeting the other day th Rock Island Goiinty Medical Society took issue with Dr. James Egan, sec retary of the State board of health who charged with advocating the of bovine ttfber a theory which, it was iias not been established. OPENS HALL OF FAME. ortralt at Inventor of Reaper Urn- vellea at tTnlver.lty of Illinois.

With simple and impressive ceremonies, the portrait of Cyrus Hall Me- tormlck, Inventor of the reaper, was unveiled in the Illinois Farmers' Hall of Fame at the University of Illinois Urbana the other day. The honor- ng of this great inventor marked the opening of the Illinois Farmers' Hall of Fame, and thousands of prominent men and women gathered to do honor the memory of the man whose inventions revolutionized farming and to express their approval of the new institution. From the moment that President James of the university, capped and gowned, accompanied by Governor Deneen, frock coited and high hatted, emerged frfm Agricultural Hall and headed the parade to the university ran rampant, but the was reached when, just after pretty 8-year- old Muriel MoCormlek had tugged on the cord and let drop the American flag, unvsiling her grandfather's picture. Cyrus H. son" and, successor to the man whose memory was being honored, made a feeling address of appreciation and then, taking.

his mother by the arm, led her down to the front of the stage. Carrying a. huge bunch of American Beauties. which had just been presented to her by the university faculty, Mrs. Mcormick curtseyed and curtseyed, while the great gathering of more than.

5,000 persons cheered and cheered again. STATE TAX BATE IS INCREASED. Action Made by Large Appropriations of Iitut The tax rate for State purposes has een fixed at 35 cents on the $100 by Governor Deneen, Auditor McCullough and Treasurer Russell, who constitute' State tax commission. Last it was 50 cents on the 1100. The reduction, however, is apparent rather than real, when the full valuation of property is taken into consideration.

The assessed valuation under the new two-thirds rule established by the last Legislature is $2,158,596,450, while under the old two-fifths rule it was $1,263,500,482. The ratio under the new revenue law is equal to 54 on the $100 under the two-fifths rule. The large appropriations by the last Legislature make the increase necessary. The total to be raised this year is slightly in excess of $6,100,000. NEW LABOBATOBY BEADY.

Splendidly Equipped Building tor the Study at Physio Opened. The new physics laboratory at the University of Illinois is one of the best buildings anywhere of its kind. It is 178 feet long with wings 125 feet deep and has a total available floor area of more than 60,000 square feet. It is equipped with the best modern facilities for instruction and investigations in physics. The building was constructed from an appropriation of $250,000.

State Architect W. Carbys Zimmerman of Chicago was the architect. DISPTJTE PISH FIGURES. Wniikegikn Anglera Declare CommU-. Mlou Undervalued Catch.

Fishermen claim the fishing industry of Illinois is far greater than the State Fish Commission has shown it to be. The commission estimated the total value of fish taken from Lake Michigan each year in Illinois at only $12,000. Experienced fishermen estimate the annual catch at Chicago to be valued at $125,000 per year and Waukegan $75,000. Kewancc Factory to Enlarge. Four acres of land covered with residences has been purchased by the Kewanee Boiler Company to secure room for the enlargement of and radiator shops.

The announcement is taken to mean big additions to the present plant and a pay roll of about 1,000 men. "Soft Drink" Dispensers Pined. Three "soft drink" saloon proprietors in Pontiac entered a plea of guilty to the information filed them of selling liquor in anti-saloon territory and were fined, the fine and costs amounting to $185.85 in each case. Each of the defendants surrendered government 1 (ceases. Woman Dies at the ABC of Mrs.

T. D. Eames, Jacksonville's oldest resident, died there, aged 94 years. Her late son, Charles M. Eames, was formerly proprietor and publisher of the Jacksonville Daily Journal.

Veteran of Two Wan Dead. Oliver C. Barnes, a veteran of the Mexican and Civil wars, and a former Federal scout and companion of "Kit" Carson, is dead in Freeport, 82 years old. Belvldere Xnrse Commits Snlclde. Miss Berntce Skinner, head nurse of the American Hospital in Belvidere, committed suicide recently by cutting her throat.

Temporary insanity was the cause. KimilnK Story Costs Miss Mollie Barth, a school teacher, was awarded a judgment of $2,000 by a Carroll County jury against R. S. Hanna, who was found guilty of circulating a story that the teacher had: kissed a 14-year-old boy in school and that she had held the youth on her lap. Mrs.

Owen Hunter, residing northeast; of Vandalla, was at work over a. cook stove when her clothing ignited. She was burned so badly that died few later..