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. N THE heart of Southern Illinois-in "Little Egypt , " once a
term of derision , but now synonymous with prosperity and
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miles , embracing parts of four counties and not all of any : one
of them , has developed almost untold wealth and has become'
s' the theater of struggles none the less titanic because the outer
i world has not heard much of them , so silently have they been
1 carried on. Fortunes have been made , and , what is more marvelous , have
1 not been lost , in the rapid advancement of the section. Communities have
1 I I . grown prosperous far heyond the dreams of the earlier settlers , and their
prosperity continues. Within these precincts the busy hum of trade has
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never been stilled. "Everybody who wants to is making money , " is the
way one of the busiest of business men puts it.
Such in brief and in general terms is the recent history of the immense
r and new coal-producing area of Williamson , Franklin , Saline and Jackson
, . counties. There lie the immense deposits of bituminous coal , which in a
few short years have brought Williamson County from a negligible part of
I the coal-producing State of Illinois to the very first rank in the coal counties
of the commonwealth , now fifty-five in number , and every one of them
-high in the race of . fuel production. How this has come about , all within less
' than a decade , if we neglect the little local shafts which have- existed
. merely for provision of home consumption , makes an interesting chapter
in the history of Illinois which has not yet been written. Such history is
r compressed : within that decade , indeed , in large part within the last half
of that decade , as to be almost unbelievable were not the confirmation so
ready to hand. And the end is not yet , for with it all scarcely more than
a quarter of the total coal-bearing area is in the hands of actively operating
companies. The other three-quarters is still held by the original owners ,
some even held under the original government patents without a single
transfer since the days of the homestead , of the "bit act , " when land was
. purchasable for 12 ' cents per acre , and of the $1.25 act. The railroad
struggle for traffic and ownership supremacy is still on , beneath the surface.
1 : New lines are to be built , new surveys are being made , and with the com-
ing of the Panama canal this little section of Illinois will bear its share not
alone in the production of long-haul tonnage to the gulf ports , but in the
provision of the power for other tonnage , and as a centering point for the
big transportation lines which are reaching out for the gulf coast against
the time when the annual traffic will have its weight with the movement
of freight from the Northwest and from all the Middle West and the Upper
.I : Mississippi valley.
Such railroad kings as Hill , Gould and Yoakum all have had their eyes
glued upon this favored spot , and all have shown their interest in the
grasp which they already have upon it , but there is more to be done , and
more will be done , even though it be silently and without the sounding of
brass.
All this by way of explanation , for the sudden accretion of wealth in
the heart of Little Egypt has come about through the railroad battle for
coal and coal traffic. The other developments have been concurrent with it
and are only to be understood with the aid of this knowledge. Every move
that has been made has been in the silence so characteristic of the railroads
when they reach out for anything they
really want , and with these moves
ti have come the rapid growth of town and country and the sudden increase
In individual prosperity. The last decade has seen Harrisburg grow from
a village of 1,000 or more souls to a thriving inland city of 12,000 , with na-
tional banks , handsome business blocks , beautiful churches and paved streets.
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jian Church at llilfordIicll. . , a sly
j little . .eoi : . ; e crept out from a hole in
the wall and darted toward a row of
. young ladies who sat back of the pul-
pit and composed part of the choir.
One of them espied the little rodent .
and instantly there was a hubbub
which interrupted the service for sev
eral minutes. Skirts were hastily
.gathered together and the female
singers quicklygot off the floor , using
their chairs as temporary retreats.
.Alarmed at the racket the mouse made
off in another direction , to the relief
of all present. The minister then re-
sumed his sermon. .
- - Avoiding the Dlilicnlt.
. "By Jove , I find it quite impossible
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HerrIn , laid out but fifteen years ago , is to-day a town of more than 10,000 ,
and is still growing at a rate hard to conceive. Marion has sprung from
1,200 to 12,000 within the same time , while Johnston City , once but a prai-
rie site , and that but a half dozen years ago , is a thriving place of 6,000 ,
with its modern conveniences and up-to - date structures equal to the pride
of many a larger town. Benton , which is the county capital of Franklin
. and once ruled the country round with the majesty of 1,000 residents , is now
a busy place of 8,000 , with the end not yet.
Many an interesting story is told of the earlier residents of the section ,
of the days when coal was not figured among the assets of the farmers and
the pioneers of Illinois , especially the Illinois days of Dickens and his
"American Notes. " One is of Charles Carroll of Shawneetown , to whom
fell a stretch of land upon which he was inclined to refuse to pay the taxes.
It all came about in this wise : In the early days of Little Egypt , Goo'dall
and Campbell of Marion were tobacco factors , shipping heavily to Europe
and conducting a business which was large for those days. By wreck at
sea and defeat in their bottomry they were sent to the wall and their assets
largely fell into the hands of Sawyer , Wallace & Co. of New York , also in
the same line of business. For a number of years the land remained in
the possession of the New York firm , which planned to develop it as farm-
ing land , and sent a Col. Manning out to look' after it. He scarcely proved
a success , though this is of no moment , for before he was able to work out
his plans for the development of the tract the New Yorkers failed in their
turn and in their settlement the land was turned over to Carroll in partial
adjustment of a claim of some $40,000. Carroll had doubts about the value
of his new property and was on the point of refusing to pay the taxes , when
his caution prevailed and he decided to hold the land a while and take the
risk of the few additional dollars it cost him. The rest of the story is
quickly told. . The real extent of the coal deposits became known and a
part only of the Carroll holding was sold for $400,000 , or ten times the
bankruptcy claim o'f the owner. This is but a single instance. There are
many more. ,
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Still another instance-and this of having one's cake and eating it , too.
A conductor on one of the roads running through the coal district became
possessed in the early days of a tract of perhaps 250 acres of land on which
he did little save rent it out and pay the taxes , for he continued in the
service of his road. Only recently he became incapacitated for railroad
work and determined to quit the work. Almost at the same time he received
an offer for the coal rights of his possession , which he had permitted , al
most , to lie fallow. The offer was $25,000 , and this conductor will retire ,
put his coal rights price out at interest and then farm the surface of his
holding , for it is still his. '
The geological estimates of the coal-bearing area included within the"
thousand or so square miles referred to are that the seams which are now
being worked are capable of outputting approximately 9,000 tons per acre-
this without considering other seams not now considered of vahie , but
which , in the event of higher prices and shorter supplies , would eventually
become of marketable ] character. Inasmuch as the field embraces something
like 600,000 acres , it is easy to calculate the total deposit as in excess of
5,000,000,000 tons of coal of a , quality which has rapidly made its impress
upon the coal-consuming world. Basing values upon the lowest leasing basis ,
3 cents per ton , the coal values alone represent a land value in the neigh-
borhood of $150,000,000 , and the land is still left to farmers , one of the
richest of agricultural sections whose productive value , even before the min-
ing of coal began , was considered the peer of any in the State.
I PLAN OF THE ARENA FOR " THE JEFF-JOHNSON FIGHT. I
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Those who are going to see the Jeffries and Johnson fight can glean
some sort of an idea regarding the location of the seats from the accom-
panying reproduction of inn architect's blue print of the seating scheme.
Octagonal in form , the arena is planned to seat 30,000 at present , but it
can be enlarged to accommodate twice that number should the occasion
warrant. The highest pri6ed seats will be $50. These will be ringside
boxes. Right behind them are the $30 seat , then two divisions of $25 and
$15 seats , and around the outside the $10 and $5 seats.
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Playing "Wild West" with a rope
tied around his body , the small son
Mortimer Duffield succeeded in las-
soing the Port Norris trolley car near
his home in Bridgeton , N. J. He was
dragged behind , the fast-moving car
for nearly four squares. Then the
conductor happened to turn around
and noticed that something tied to
the rope was being pulled along. He
stopped the car , and the boy was
found nearly unconscious and badly
bruised. No bones were broken.
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The GOHlllper"
"They say she will create no end of
gossip. "
"Well , I guess the jobbers in that I
community will be able to handle her
autput. " - Louisville Courier-Journal.
ON BOAOD fl LEPER SHIP
Three Thousand Afflicted Were
Transferred to Philippine Iso
lation Pen.
STORY OF AMERICAN SAILOR.
Heartrending Scenes When Rela-
tives and Friends Attempted to
Rescue the Victims.
"Alf" Jorgenson , second mate of the
American ship Atlas , in port from the
far east , is back' in his native land
after an absence of three years : , with
a thrilling narrative of his experience
during that time , says the New York
Evening Telegram. Jorgenson hails
from Seattle and shipped on a sailing
vessel from San Francisco three years
ago. He landed in the Philippines , and
there attached himself to one of the
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numerous coast guard steamers main
tained by the government to patrol the
coasts of the islands and keep down
the piratical Moros , whose main de
sire in life is to murder the pearl
divers and destroy the native indus-
tries of the Philippines.
"After a year on various coast guard
steamers doing patrol duty , " said
young Jorgenson to-day , "I was trans-
ferred to the Basilian , also a coast
guard vessel , which , however , had
been detailed to transfer lepers from
the various ports of the Philippines to
Culuon island. For three months we
transferred hundreds of the lepers to
the isolation pen on Culuon.
"While the American officers used
every kindness and gentleness in the
work of taking away the unfortunates
from the villages and towns to the
lonely island , they often had to use
force to prevent rescues by friends
and relatives. Sometimes the scenes
were heartrending when families had
to be separated because there was no
room for the l pers to take their kin
to Culuon. '
"In many instances the Moros , un
der the pretext of assisting the friends
and relatives of the lepers , would at-
tack : us , and on one occasion a nu
merous force surrounded the Basilian ,
but were repulsed.
"As leprosy is not contagious to the
European or American , none of us
were afraid to handle the lepers.
Three months of this was enough for
all of us on the Basilian , and to a
man we asked for a transfer to an-
other steamer. Capt. T. A. Hillgrov ,
who , by the way , is a New York man ,
was in command of the Basilian , All
in all , we transferred about 3,000
lepers in the three months we were on
this detail. I quit the leprosy transfer
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Governor Hughes of New York ,
whom President Taft has named for
the Supreme bench , is to fill the vai
cancy caused by the death of Justice
Brewer of Kansas. Justice Brewer was
the second of his family to serve with I
Chief Jsutice Fuller in the capacity '
of associate justice. Stephen J. Field , ! :
whom Justic McKenna of San Fran-
cisco suceceded in 1897 , was his uncle. '
Others who have been members of the
court since Fuller was appointed by
President Cleveland are Joseph P. '
Bradley of New Jersey , Stanley
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Mathews of Ohio , Horace Gray of
.Massachusetts , Samuel Blatchford of |
New York , Lucius Q. C. Lamar of . : Mis-
sissippi , Henry B. Brown Michigan , I
George Shiras Jr. of Pennsylvania.
Chief Justice Fuller is the oldest I I
member of the court , though Justice ! :
Harlan , who is the oldest in point of '
service , having been a member since I
the Hayes administration of thirty- i
three years ago , is a close second. The j
baby of the court , William Henry II I
Moody , is 57 , while the other four I
range in age from 61 to 69 , so the
court is a living exemplification that
old men are for counsel.
The honor and responsibility of
naming the chief justice of this high
tribunal is given to comparatively few
Presidents. In the 120 years which
have passed since the Supreme Court
held its first session in the Exchange
of the City of New York , Feb. 4 , 1790 ,
twenty-six ' men have served as Presi-
dent ( of the United States , but there
have been only eight men to serve as
chief justice. John Jay , John Rut-
ledge , Oliver Ellsworth , John Mar
shall , Roger Brooke Taney , Salmon P.
Chase , Morrison R. Waite and Melville
Weston Fuller form the distinguished
list. Marshall served the longest term ,
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bound for home. "
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HE GAVE TO ANOTHER
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giving his wife to his friend , Sir John
Millais , has been duplicated by J. M.
Barrie , author of modern days. The
divorce which Barrie sought in Eng-
land , when he found that his wife
loved Gilbert Cannon , a young dra
matic critic , has been made absolute
and the infatuated couple is free to
wed. Barrie gave his former wife a
deed to a palatial ho me at Franham
and $750 a year income for life. Tlio
author admits that he dearly loves
the woman he divorced , but for the
sake of her happiness gave her to
Cannon.
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thirty-four years. He and Taney to-
gether covered a period of sixty-three
eventful years. ,
In 1890 the centenary : of the Su
preme Court was celebrated with fit-
ting ceremony in New York : , the city
where it first sat. At that celebration
Edward S. Phelps said of this tribu-
nal : "Judges will be appointed and
will pass. One generation rapidly suc
ceeds another. But whoever comes and
whoever goes , the court remains , keep
ing alive through many a century we
shall not see , the light that burns with
a constant radiance upon the high ,
altar of American constitutional jus
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