Williamson County, Illinois - The whole text, 1905 (part 6 of 9)

Mr. Willeford was married November 15, 1900, to Miss Minnie Lee Price, daughter of Capt. Ben Price, the present Chief of Police of Cairo, 111. He joined the K. of P. at Maiden, Mo., and is still a member of No. 2 34 there, also of the K. L. O. M. at Maiden, and No. 800 of the Elks at Marion.

Is a native of Greencastle, Ind., where he was born Jul.v 25, 1869, and where his youth was spent in acquiring a common school education. At the age of fourteen he struck out for himself and had a short experience as cow-boy at Eldorado, Kas. This not being to his fancy he went into the grocery store of Conkey & Orr, at Pine Bluff, Ark. A little later the spirit of adventure set him to traveling, which he followed for thirteen years, from Cairo to Texas. About five years ago he quit the road and went into the bottlin.g business at Memphis, Tenn., with a partner who was an expert in manufacturing soda water.

In 1901 he entered into partnership with his brother-in-law, Dr. Ho.gan Willeford. in the same line and are now running a very successful business in their splendid new building on the C. & E. I. Ry., at Marion.

He was married June 12th, 1895, to Miss Pearl Price, of Cairo. 111., by whom he had one child, Lora V. She died December 3, 1901, and he remarried July 4, 1903. to Miss Etta White, of Marion.

Frank M. Goodall

Was born in Williamson County November 5th. 1839, the year Williamson became a County separate from Franklin. He was reared on a farm and has spent his life in this County. His parents were Joab Goodall and Nancy Palmer, both of whom have long since fallen asleep. He was educated In Eureka College, and when IS years old spent two years in California. On his return he raised one crop of tobacco which netted him $1500, and thereafter during the Civil War he devote 1 his time to the raising, manufacturing and dealing in the weed. Toward its close, however, the price declined and the government tax and restrictions discouraged the further prosecution of the business, and in company with his brother John he opened a general store, in which he was engaged about six years. After that he began buying and selling live stock, which he followed successfully for 15 or 20 years. Since then he has done some business in real estate and devoted his time and attention to the management of his own properties. He purchased the ground on the northwest corner of North Market street and the public square in 1872 at a cost of $1,600, and erected a substantial brick, which was destroyed by fire with its contents in 1S99. The present fine building was erected in 1900 on the ruins of the old. It fronts the south and is a valuable property. The family occupies the seconi floor of one-half of the building, where they have a beautiful home.

Mr. Goodall has been a staunch temperance man all his life, and one of the busiest and most persistent workers for Prohibition in the state. His faith in the efficiency and final success of the policy is unswerving, and touches the sublime. His recognition by his fellow-workers in that field is universal and extends into adjoining states. He is frequently seen at conventions and has done much to shape the public policy of the party, and was a delegate to the National Convention held at Indianapolis in June, 1904.

His wife was Miss Mary Jane Dufiaway, the daughter of Samuel Dunaway and Julia Ann Tarpley. She was born January 3. IS -1 7. and married Frank Goodall November 26, 1863. They have had three children, but one of whom is living. This is Anna G. Reed, the wife of Edward Reed of Worcester, Mass. Both Mr. and Mrs. Reed are practicing Osteopathic Physicians in Worcester, and very successful in their chosen profession. Both Mr. and Mrs. Goodall are prominent members of the Christian Church, and both belong to the Knights and Ladies of Honor. Mr. Goodall is a member of the A. P. & A. M., but has carried a demit for a long time. as age and health forbid his attendance.

Sheppeid (now Mrs. Chadwell.) He was born in Williamson County, Illinois, December 26, 1842. He attended the common schools of his County, but upon the breaking out of the Civil War, when he was but 18 years old, he enlisted as private in Co. E, 29th Regt. 111. Vol. Inf. August 14, 1861. He served with distinction in the battles of F't. I'onelson, where he was wounded; Pittsburg Landing, Holly Sprin.s<s, Spanish Fort and Fort Blakeley. On the 1st of January, 1S64, he re-enlisted and in December following was appointed 2r*4 Lieutenant of Co. E. and in September after 1st Lieutenant, and Reg. Quartermaster, lie was discharged with his regiment in November, 1865.

I^pon his return home, in the winter of 1865, he was appointed Deputy County Clerk; was a partner in the Lewis & Erwen Co. in 18 66, helped nurse the sick in and through the disastrous cholera siege in 1866, and began business near Corinth in January, 1868. In 1872 he was appointel Postmaster at Corinth and commissioned as Notary Public in 1883. He has remained in business at Corinth and served the government as Postmaster and Notary Public ever since.

--'e is a member of Corinth Post No. 434, G. A. R., also the 29th Regt. U V. U. In April, l.«7:;, he joined the I. O. O. F., No. 502. He has been representative sevsral times of Corinth Lodge I. O. O. P., and deputy continuously for the past twelve years.

He has been married twice. His first wife was Hannah Mitchell, to whom he was united in February, 1S6S, and by whom he had two children, Edith and William Page. He was united to Miss Mollie Hearne in Miiy, 1877, by whom he has three children, Hallie, Daisy and Bertha. He is a Methodist and a Republican.

J. M. Dodd John Leander Roberts

J. M. Dodd was born August 6, 1859, near Galatia. Like most of the men of affairs in the nation, he was reared on a farm and attended the common school. His parents, however, gave him the advantage of a good training under Prof. Hall in a select school at Galatia, and two terms at Long Branch. He graduated at Galatia in 1879. and took up telegraphy un'^er the station agent at that place soon after. After one year's practice, he took charge of the station at Thompsonville on the Cairo Short Line, which he kept for four years. From there he was transferred to New Athens, where he remained for another four years and then came to Marion. He took charge of the office here on the 10th of September, 1887. and run it for fifteen years, only leaving it when he was elected to his present position in November, 19li2. Previous to his election as county clerk, he served as alderman of the first ward one term, from 1900 to 1902. In September, 18S4. he was married to Miss Susan Isaacs, by whom he has had eight children, six of whom are still living, three boys and three girls. He is an active member of the M. E. Church South, and one of its trustees. In politics he is a Republican. He is a member of Marion Camp No. 5337 Modern Woodmen, and Monitor Lodge 236 Knights of Pythias, and is Keeper of Records and Seals. In April, 19(14. he was elected member of the Board of Education in place of W. G. Cock ran, whose term of office had expired.

Thomas H. Gahagan

The subject of this sketch was a Texan by birth, an Irishman by extraction and a miner by occupation. His father, Joseph Gahagan. was a native of the North of Ireland, came to A'irginia when about 14, and thence to Bedford, Texas, in 1867. He is now living in Jack County, Texas. His mother's maiden name was Mary Millican, who died in November, 1879, leaving Thomas, the eldest and only living member of a family of three children, a boy of ten years. He was born on a farm near Bedford, not far from Ft. North, August 25, 1869. Losing his mother at so tender an age, his early education was neglected, and being in a stock country, he tended cattle when he should have been attending school. He earned enough money, however, working a couple of years for the "Diamond Y" cattle company to pay his way for a time in the Fort North Schools, and when it gave out. he went into the coal mines of Alabama, where he 'lug coal for about two years and two months.

Having saved a little money, he then took a course in Telegraphy at the Old Seminole Telegraphic College, under the tutelage of Prof. Jordan. After the usual main-line practice which he took at Jackson, Miss., on the Illinois Central road, he was assigned to Lilly, a new station on the Frisco just out of Ft. Smith. But he didn't take kindly to "tickets." and after three months' experience at Lilly, we find him back again in the mines of Alabama. Since then he has followed coal digging, visiting and working in the mines of Cambria and Deitz, Wy., and Boonville, Ind. He also roamed about in various towns and cities of Colorado. Montana and Washington until June 16th, 1904, when he struck Marion and went to work for the Carterville District Mine, where he is still employed.

and active in labor circles, putting into it all the energy and enthusiasm characteristic of his race. He is a member of the United Mineworkers of America, and was a participant and familiar with the labor troubles at Deitz, Wy.. and in Colorado. Of course, he insists upon the correctness of the miners' position, and their construction of the untoward events happening in that region. Soon after reaching Marion he was admitted by transfer card to local council No. 2216, of which he has proved himself a worthy and well-posted member. In September he was chosen its Vice President, and in December became its President by a unanimous vote, which office he still holds, and is held in high esteem by its members. In January of this year he was chosen delegate to the Marion Trades Council, which office he now holds, and has won the respect of every representative of that body. He is a member of Mayview Lodge No. 309, of the K. P., Mayview. Mo. As evidence of his business ability, he holds three certificates of proficiency as foreman of mines from the State of Missouri, and stands first in his class where now employed.

The subject of this sketch was born near Round Knob, Massac Co., lU.. September 26, 1S53. His parents came from Warren Countv. Tennessee, in 18 50. They first settled in Massac County, 111., but removed to Saline Co. in 18 61. where they lived until 1876. His father, Thomas Smith, went to Florida in 1S76 for his health, but died down there in April. 1877, and his mother, Narcissa .lane May died in December. 1866, in Saline County, 111. Of their family there survives two sons and one daughter. The family moved from Massac to Saline County in 1861, and settled at Stone Fort, where they run a General Merchandise store until the death of the father in Florida in 1877. DeWitt attended the public school until about 1*5 years old. assisting his father in the store when not in school. After the death of his father, he ran the store for a few years on his own account, and then went into the hotel business at Stone Fort for six years. After he sold out that property in 1866 he moved to Cairo, Illinois, where he remained one year, and then moved fo Creal Springs, where he remained four years, engaged in railroading and other pursuits until TSDl. when he got employment as nnrFic in the Insane Hospital at Ann^i, Illinois, and for about six y^ars was engaged in that occupation in Illinois, Little Rock, Arkansas, and at Austin,

Te.xas. In 1S99 he opened a Real Estate and Insurance bu.smess in the law office of his brother, ,1 C. B. Smith, and has been active iind successful in that line and in liiroc; in?, Iiromoting and managing the imigration business to the South wesr till the present time for the Southern Pacific. Frisco System and Cotton Belt Railroad companies.

He became assistant secretary of the Marion Building and Loan Association in 1899 in connection with his Real Estate business, which position he still holds.

He was married December 13. 1876, to Miss Mattie Campbell, of this County, of whom he has had three children, Minnie Lee, now the wife of ,John R. Sullinger, who lives at Willow Springs, Mo.: Cecil Clyde Smith, who married Ella Hall, of St. Louis, and resides in that city, and Ada Blanche, the wife of Ford Piatt, who resides at Lansing, Mich. -Mr. Smith has been a member of the Missionary Baptist church since 1886, a member of A. F. and A. M. since 18 78 and is now serving his second term as treasurer of Fellowship Lodge No. 89.

are living, Olive, John and Veda. Mr. Dodd belongs to the A. O. U. W., M. W. of A. and the K. P. He and his wife are both members of the Free Baptist church of Marion.

Zoli.A A. Dodd

Was born in Galatia. Saline Co.. 111., about one mile north of town. October 29, 1871. His father, Alfred Dodd, is still living at the age of '72, on the old homestead farm, but his mother, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Bales, died February 23, 1873. His early years were spent on the farm and at the common district school, with a brief time at the High School in Marion, about 1884. At the age of 20 he left school and entered the employ of the Illinois Central Railroad Co.. under the tutelage of his brother. John M. Dod-i, who for many years was station agent in Marion.

Having previously mastered telegraphy, he was made assistant agent and operator to his brother, which position he continued to fill for two years and a half. Then for about six months he was what is known technically as Relief Agent and Operator, that i'^, he worked anywhere he might be sent on emergency, relieving other agents who were for any cause called away from their homes. After a short service at Mulkevtown. about thirteen and a half months, he was appointed Railway and .\merican Express Agent at Thompsonville. in the edge of Franklin County, where he staid for five yea-'s, meanwhile taking to himself a business partner and wife. Her name was Anna Peebles, the daughter of John W. Peebles, Attorney at Law in Marion, an" their marriage took place September 8. 1895. Of this union four children were born, of whom three

J. H. Duncan is a Kentuckian by birth, and the son of a Kentuckian. His father was Captain Samuel Duncan, of Co. A, loth Kentucky Cavalry, who died September 25, 1867, at New Burnside, 111., at the early age of forty-eight. His mother was Ruhama Frizzell. She died July 7, 1892. The subject of this sketch was born June 27, 1858, in Benton, Ky., and moved with his parents to Franklin county, Illinois, in 1865 and settled where Herrin now stands, then known as Herrin's Prairie. After teaching in his own neighborhod a couple of years, he spent two years in Shurtleff College, Upper Alton, 111., sawing wood and doing chores for his board. After leaving college he was elected Principal of Carterville High School in the fall of 1881, where he served for three years. In the meantime, he was elected County Superintendent of Schools and re-elected in 1886, by the largest majority ever cast for a Republican candidate up to that time. After two full terms - eight years - as superintendent of Schools, he was elected to the Legislature in 1890 and re-elected in 1892. During his administration of the public schools as superintendent, he established an educational journal known as "Our Public Schools," also "The Marion Leader," which is the official organ of the Republican party in Marion and the County of Williamson. At the close of his last term in the Legislature, he accepted a position as traveling salesman for the Simmons Hardware Company of St. Louis, and remained on the road for them until 1900, when he returned to accept his present position.

He first entered into the hardware business here in the spring of 189 7, but on leaving the road, assisted in organizing the Duncan and Baker Hardware Company. It is a corporation, of which he is the president, with $30,000 capital and a branch at Johnson City. In April, 1901, he was appointed by Gov. Yates one of the commissioners of the Southern Illinois Penitentiary at Chester, and afterwards elected by the Board as its president, which office he still holds.

In August 26, 1883, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Spiller, daughter of W. J. Spiller, by whom he has had three children, Nettie and Willie, both of whom are deceased, and Rose, now Mrs. F. G. Campbell, who lives in an elegant

Is the son of Abel Hunt and Elizabeth Bell, natives of Tennessee, who lived to an advanced age among the mountains of Smith Co., where Alexander was born.

He was raised in his native state and did not come to Illinois until 1885. His first wife was Martha Parthel, to whom he was united in Tennessee, August 1, 1842. She gave birth to three children and died May 7th, 1896, in Lawrence County, niinois, at the advanced age of 87. None of her children survive. His second marriage took place August 15th. 1897, to Mrs. Martha Caroline Cuttrel. widow of William Cuttrel. They are members of the United Missionary Baptist church, who have a house of worship five miles east of Marion, near their place of residence.

Is a native of Williamson County, and has spent his whole life within its borders. He is a son of Cyrus Campbell, and was born January 2 4, 1831. He was raised on a farm and has spent his life in farming and raising and dealing in live stock or other products of the soil. At one time he dealt largely in cotton and tobacco, and during the war he was engaged in furnishing the army with horses and mules. On the 21st of June, 1851, he married Miss Sidney Stewart, by whom he had five children. Two only survive. Cyrus and Arthur. His wife died December 24. 1895. He is a member of the M. E. church south and a Democrat.

Wyatt C. Ferrell

The subject of this sketch was born in Smith County. Tennessee, June 25. 1829. His father was William Perrell, a soldier in the war of 1812, and fought under Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans. IIo dies in March, 1S67. His grandfather was an Englishman, and fought under Cornwallis in the Revolutionary War. In August, 1862, Wyatt enlisted in the 128th. 111. as First Sergeant, from which he was transferred in the Spring of 1863 to the 9th. 111., where his regiment soon redeemed the unfortunate record of the "Bloody 128th." He fought during the whole period of the war and was mustered out at Louisville, Ky., July 9, 1865. He was made Captain of his company in 1864, and served as such until mustered out.

settled near Sarahsville October 30, 1839. Until the war he followed farming, but after its close, went to St. Louis and learned the trade of gunsmith, which he followed for more than 4 5 years, and until his failing eyesight prevented.

His first wife was Sarah Jane Blackman, to whom he was married June 8, 1848. By her he had three children, two of whom are living: Ezra and John, both living in Saline County. His second marriage took place November 2, 1864, to Emmeline Edrington, by whom three children were born. They were Franklin M.. now in Johnson County: Mrs. Emma Adams, and Mrs. Martha Francis. His second wife died April 25, 1891, and he took for his third wife Elvira Reid, October 15, 1S96. One child. Claud, now seven years old. is the fruit of this union.

James M. Gent

This gentleman was born at Spillertown April 26, 1862. His father was D. A. S. Gent, who was in turn farmer, coal dealer and store-keeper, and died October 17, 1884. His mother was Susan Spiller. through whom Mr. Gent is connected with the most of the prominent families of Marion. She died December 2 2, 1885, a little more than a year later than her husband. The elder Gent moved his family to Carbondale when James, who was his second chil''. was an infant, and kept a general merchandise store for about fifteen years, when he returned to his farm and coal mines at Spillertown when James was 15 years old. James lived at home with his parents, assisting on the farm and in the mines, until after their death. He and his four sisters remained on the old homestead until his marriage three years later. This took place October 25. 1S8S. to Miss Belle Holland, daughter of Bazzel Holland. They have no children.

Mr. Gent received a common school education mostly at Carbondale. He has followed farming and stock raising until August of last year, when he bought the Otis Williams place and moved into Marion. He still retains his old home in Northern Precinct, near Corinth, but is gradually devoting more attention to buying and selling live stock. He is enterprising and ambitious, and not averse to investing in a good thing when he sees it. He is a large stockholder in the Crab Orchard Telephone Comapny and is its president. He is also a director in the Williamson County Agricultural Association, and at the last election of officers of the Williamson County Savings Bank was elected a director in it. He is a Republican in politics, and belongs to the Farmers' Relief Association at Attila, in the eastern part of this county. He is not a member of any church, but Mrs. Gent belongs to the M. E. church at Corinth.

Robert C. Nall And Oscar M.

R. C. Nail and O. M. Williams formed a co-partnership in 1903, since when they have erected the following fine buildings: New Hyde Block on North Market St.: the fine brick store of Henry Brown on W. Main St., corner of Lilly curve; Marion Pressed Brick and Tile Company Works: the residence of S. H. Goodall on the southeast corner of North Market St. and the Boulevard: Newton Cripps, on South Market St.: Marion Bottling Company's fine new brick building: residence of J. C. Knight, in East Marion, and James Pelts' residence, also in East Marion. This is a remarkable showing for the time spent, and places them in the very front rank among the builders of the city. A glance at the halftone illustrations which adorn these pages will amply justify their high standing in their profession in the good opinions of the owners.

Edgar E. Gill

Edgar E. Gill, a native of this County, is one of its most talented and successful builders, and young enough to give promise of reaching the top of the ladder in his noble profession. He began working at the carpenter's trade early, and in 1897 formed a partnership with Robert H. Pride, which still continues. Four years ago his practical knowledge of the craft was supplemented by a full course in architecture, in the International Correspondence Schools of Scranton, Pa. Many of the best buildings of the city are demonstrations of his talent as an architect, he having drawn the plans for the following among others erected by himself and partner: the Denison. Goodall, Marion State and Savings Bank, over which is the City Hall: Benson Cline and Jones, New Goodall Bldg., and the New School buildings. He was the foreman of the Irish Village at the Exposition at St. Louis, spending the entire summer there. December 27, 1892, he married Miss Sallie Feator, by whom he has had three boys and one girl. He is a member of the M. E. Church South, and until lately, one of it official board, from which he recently resigned. While a Republican in politics, he has never "had a bee in his bonnet," and has never run for office. He belongs to Williamson Lo^ge No. 392, I. O. O. F., and the Blue Lodge of the Masons.

Souxexir Of Williamson Couxty, Illixois The Elles Store Company

lentiuy this Company has made a study of the needs of the community, and being large buyers are in a position to supply almost everything needed to wear or consume at a uniformly low price.

ED. A. ELLES The present President of the Elles Store Co., has been associated with his brother, A. K. EUes, for many years, under the firm name of Elles Bros., and later as the EUes Store Co. On the occasion of A. K. Elles moving from the town, Mr. Ed. A. Elles was elected President, which office he has held ever since.

MR. A. K. ELLES The Vice President of the Elles Store Co. and the real founler of the business, has been part of Carterville almost since the birth of the town. During all this time his faith in the final prosperity of Carterville has never wavered. He commenced the business in a very humble way, but under his management the business has grown, fully keeping pace with the marvelous growth of this favored County until now it stands perhaps second to none in this coal district.

In 1S7S, when Carterville was in its infancy, forests stooi where now elegant brick structures adorn the street, and only one small mine in this vicinity, where now they can be counted by the dozens, Albert K. Elles and Ed A. Elles formed the copartnership known for years as Elles Bros. Their stock then consisted only of a small quantity of merchandise, and their building was a one-story frame structure of 20x40 feet, w'hich can be seen in view one. In this building the business was conducted for years. In 1SS.5 the first large addition was made to their now fast growing business. The addition consisted of two buildings, one of 2 5x.5 0 feet two story, one of 2-1X.50 feet, one story, increasing their floor space 3700 square feet, nearly five times the amount of the original building. The co-partnership continued up to 1S91, when the incorporation of Elles Store Co. was formed by the addition of new members to the company. In 1S93 this company made another move toward the accommodation of their now large business by the erection of a brick building of 60x140 feet, with an addition of 62x110 feet, with a total area of 22040 square feet, and then embodied almost the first country department store in this section of the State.

small business until now it holds its parent business a strong secoud. In 1900 the Lauder (now Reeves) Brapch was opened, in 1901 the Marion Branch ani in 190 2 the White Ash Branch. It now takes a tloor space of more than 36,000 square feet to accommodate their business. The business was built primarily upon the solid foundation of Reliable Merchandise and .lust Methods. For more than a quarter of a

Mr. Arthur Baker

MR. ARTHUR BAKER The present Secretary of the Elles Store Co., has been connected with this Company since leaving the Carterville public schools, some five years ago. He commenced in clerical office work, and such was his aptitude for figures, his painstaking care in handling accounts, that he soon won the confidence of both customers and his co-workers, and to-

Xo. 2. Erected in 1885 and used for eight years. This building witnessed the transformation of the Biles Brothers business into a strong incorporated company. The large building shown in the rear is nowused as the Companies' Carterville barn.

No. 3. This half-tone shows the present building in Cartervilie under construction, while the business is going on uninterruptedly. The north half was built first and boarded up; business going on while the south half was erected.

Mr. Robert Hopper

Present Manager of the Grocery Department at the Herrin Store, has been identified with the business some 18 years, coming as a small boy he has steadily forged his way forward, each year assuming a more and more responsible place until today his department stands easily first in the business. His splendid

MR. G. W. BEVARDE Has been with the EUes Store Co. some thirteen years, first as an outside salesman, then a house salesman, and for the last five years, as collector and Judge of credits, which delicate and important position he has faithfully filled to the satisfaction of all concerne \

Director and Manager of the Herrin Branch of the EUes Store Co., was born January 13, 1877, at Raum, Pope Co.. 111., attended the pul)lic school at Cartervilie and graduated from the scientific course at the Northern Indiana Normal School in 1897. He enlisted for the war with Spain in the 4th 111. Vol., Co. C, and went to Havana, but never saw actual service in the field and was mustered out May 2, 1899. He entered the service of the Elles Store Co. February 21, 19 01, and was rapidly promoted to his present position.

He was married September 25, 19(Mi. to Miss Bertha Perry, the daughter of Dr. W. H. Perry, of Cartervilie, by whom he has one child, Edward. 2 1-2 years old.

This little history of the Elles Store Co. would not be complete if we failed to speak of the work of two members of the board of directors who have passed away, Mr. Charles P. Elles and Mr. Louis T. Elles, who, though gone, have left an indellible impression for good in the business.

They finally settled in Marion, where the father died in 1S45 and the mother in 1.S54. Martin W. was born, on Phelps' Prairie July 18th, 1840. His early life was spent on Ihe farm, but later on he went into the dry goods business at Marion, which he ran until 1869. He then sold out and established the first hardware store in Marion. He was a 2nd Lieutenant of the "Bloody 128" 111., is a Royal Arch Mason, a Democrat and a member of the Christian Church. His wife was Malvina. daughter of Samuel and

.Julia A. Dunaway, to whom he was united .January 21, 1866. She was born August 11, 1846. Her children are Mrs. Ettie E. Browning, wife of Thos. S. Browning, of Benton, JU.: Samuel Henry Robertson and John D. Robertson, who died in 1899.

Robert H. Prjde

will justify the estimate put upon him and his worthy luother by their intimate friends, when they affirm that, rich or poor, the County does not contain a citizen more worthy of the honor and esteem of his fellow citizens. He was born here October 24. 1SG4. His father was a native of Tennessee, but came to Marion when only 21. He was a carpenter, and Robert worked under him at the trade and on a farm until about 12 years ol1. He was the oldest of six children, and upon the death of his father when he was but 14, the support of the family devolved largely upon himself. Guided and assisted by his mother, the two reared and educated the family without more help from others than is contained in a kind word occasionally. He is entirely a self-made man. anl has no cause to be ashamed of his work either.

For about three years he and his present partner worked under the instruction of Isaac Rapp. perhaps the most successful builder in Southern Illinois. They helped him erect the Southern Illinois Normal University at Carbondale. the Logan Home at Murphysboro and many other prominent buildings. In 1897, he and Gill, after working together pleasantly for some years, formed a co-partnership, which continues to the present time. Together tJiey have built nearly all the fine buildings around the public square, the new school building and others In various parts of the city.

still a diligent student. In politics he is a Democrat, a member of the M. E. Church South, and tor about eleven years now a member of Fellowship Lodge No. S9, Odd Fellows.

He then opened a restaurant near where Mr. Burkhardt now has his store, and went into bu.siness for l-.imself. In 1S60 he rented a place of Samuel Dunaway, and in company with the Hon. J. M. Washburn, opened the first grocery store started on the south side of the square. Two years after they took another I)artner, Dr. Lodge, a druggist, and Ijought from Isaac Lewis the corner where Bundy's store now stands. They then united the drug and grocery business. About a year later they bought out Dr. Lodge and in INGo or '66 Mr. Sparks sold his share to Washburn. About this time he moved to Carterville, bought an adoining farm, built a store, and went to farming and selling goods on his own individual account. In 1S72 he sold his farm and store in Carterville and returned to Marion, where he went into the grocery business with Hundley and Holland, where Mr. Cantor's store now stands. Two years later he soil out to his partner, and went to work for Thomas Dunaway in the general merchandise business at the old stand, w-here he remained, however, but a year, when he went to clerk-

Francis Marion Sparks

Mr. Sparks boasts of being the first child born in Marion, where he saw the light of day April 21, lS4ti. and where the major part of his life so far has been spent. He was the son of J. G. Sparks, whose portrait and sketch appear in this book, and now resides with his wife, Mrs. Mary J. Sparks, the talentel poetess, whose portrait accompanies an original poem found on these pages. They and their four boys, Benjamin. Bert, Guinn and Harry, occupy a handsome home on West Main St. Mr. Sparks was but a boy of twelve when his father went to California, and as the father never again made his home in Illinois, the boy was reared by his mother and Isaac and Celinda McCoy, the grandparents of Mrs. Sparks, his wife. His first months under Mr. and Mrs. McCoy completed his direct schooling. It is proper to state, however, that he lived for three years in the family of his wife's grandparents, and had the benefit of almost continuous course of instruction quite equal to that of an academy during that whole period. So that it may be said that his schooling was of a very uncommon Common-school sort, and gave him a very good practical education. In August, 1S55. when but fifteen years old, he began clerking in the general merchandise store of Hundley and Campbell. He

No. 8. Marion Branch of the Elles Store Cuuiijany locatnl uii the east side of the public square, southeast corner of East Main Street, Marion, 111. The Xew Gootlall Hotel occupies the tipper stories of the block. The g;rocery store of Campbell Bros, is shown at the right. The personell of the employes of the Company is as follows, counting from left to right: E. D. Roach, General Manager; Ira Davis. Charles Davis, Dry Goods Dept.; Ruth Jackson, Office Clerk; Florence Woodley, same; Ella Hill, Dry Goods Dept.; Mary Johtison, (Jueensv\'are; Ira Cash, Grocery Dept.; T. F. McCartney, Grocery Dept.; O. C. Simmons, Grocery Dept.; Harry Roach.

about four miles north of Marion. His scliool days closed with two terms at Valparaiso, Ind. He then entered upon the profession of teaching, which he followed in the common schools of the County for ten years, closing 189 4. In the tall of that year he was elected Coutity Clerk on the Republican ticket a^nd re-elected In IS 9 8. In 1903 he entered into partnership with B. F. Baker, erected a fine brick building on a part of block 14, at the northwest corner of the public square, and opened a book and stationary store September 1, 19":!. He -^as married N'ovember G. 189.j, to Miss Stella Sanders, by whom he has one boy. He belongs to Modern Woodman Camp .5337.

ing for W. \V. Robinson, .lanuary 1, 1879. hater they went into partnership, and for six years were raising and dealing in live stock of all kinds. He then bought a farm of two hundred and forty acres, about three miles west of New Burnside, Johnson County, which he sold after about three years, and returned to Marion in 1889. He then sold hardware for Harry Purdy until 1S9II. when he spent five months in Washington Territory on a visit to his father. On his return he went to work again for Purdy, where he remained until the latter was burned out in 189 4. when he began selling hardware for H. M. Parks & Co. After about a year spent with him. he clerked for Burkhart and Binkley until September, 18 97, when he opened a grocery store on his own account at the southwest corner of the square, which he sold Februar> 11, 1904, to Shannon Holland. December 24, 18G2, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary .1. Pease, daughter of Dr. B. F. Pease, and four boys have blessed their union. While Mrs. Sparks has been busy with her household cares and the rearing and education of her boys, she has found time to render substantial assistance to her husband in his business, and has given to the world a delightful volume of choice poems besides. Surely hers has been a busy hand and brain. Her volume bears the words "Wayside Fancies" on the title page, and will amply repay a careful perusal.

T. .1. Erwin was born in Williamson County in 1840. He learned the milling business and followed it in Saline County for 1.5 years. Later he had charge of the Crab Orchard

.Mills for several years, and then became manager of the Marion Elevator, which he has run for over ten years, and is still in charge. He was married June 2 5, 1SG3, to Miss Angelina Groves, a daughter of William Groves of Marion. They have seven children, five of whom are still living. He is a member of the Missionar\ Baptist Church, and one of its deacons. He joined the Masonic Lodge when very young, and is now a member of Fellowship Lodge Xo. 89. Marion.

James A. Felts

.lames V. Grider is a native of Franklin County. He was born November 3. 1840, and moved with his fathers family into Williamson County in 1844. and into Marion In 1849. He enlisted early in the War of the Rebellion, and served for three years and until Lee's surrender. He first went into the 12Sth Illinois, but was afterwards transferred to the 31st. He took part in the .grand march with Sherman "from Atlanta to the Sea," and was with his regiment only fifteen miles away from Rolla, N. C, when Gen. Jos. E. Johnson surrendered to Sherman. He was mustered out in July of 'G5. He has never had the benefit of much schooling, but has always had a hand in politics, holding minor offices almost continually since 1869, when he was first elected constable. He has served as city marshall under Mayor Jackson, Holland and Dennison, receiving his present ap- pointment last May. In 1S72 he was County Assessor, and in 18 75 raised a company of militia, of which he became captain. In 187 7 the company became company F, 11th I. N. G., of which he was elected captain. He is a Past Grand Master of Williamson Lodge 392 I. O. O. F.. and a member of the M. E. Church South. He was married November 24 , 1867, to Amanda Davis, by whom he has eight children, all living. For his second wife he took Miss Martha Philips. They were married December 19, 190 3.

The subject of this sketch was born in White County, Tennessee, May 10, 1858. His parents dying when he was but two years old, he became the care of his grandpa- rents until he was fifteen years old. When about eighteen, he began to work at photography at Madisonville, Kentucky, and worked there one year. He afterwar's worked in various towns and cities in Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois, but finally, after choosing a Kentucky lady for his life partner, he came to Marion, March 25, 1891, and made it his permanent home. His wife's name was Alice Lilly, of Glencoe, Kentucky, and their marriage was consummated September 25, 1884. Five children have come to this union, but two only survive. Mr. Wilder has always prospered at his business, but on the 2 5th of last February, his studio and all its treasures were consumed by fire. He had about $1400 worth of goods and only $300 insurance. The studio stood on North Market street, where the new Hyde building now stands, and where a new gallery is being fitted up for him. He united with the Baptist church in Kentucky when but four years old, and is now a member and treasurer of the First Baptist Church of Marion, and always a vigorous and successful Sunday School and Church worker.

Martix V. Felts

North Carolina and came to Tennessee when children. Martin Felts was born February G, 18 37, in Tennessee. His mother -iied when he was a lad of seven years. At the age of sixteen, he came with his father to Marion, where his father died. Mr. Felts was reared on a farm and has followed that occupation all his life. After the death of his father he lived for two years with Washington Binkley until the latter's death, when he took charge of the farm and managed it on shares for four years, until June 1, 1S63, when he married Miss Rebecca Lucky, the daughter of J. M. Lucky, of Tennessee. Mrs. Felts is still living and almost as active as when first married, and scarcely a gray hair in her head. They have two sons, whose portraits appear in this volume. Their only daughter. Mrs. Condace Grant, died in 1901. Soon after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Felts moved on the Benton road, five miles north of Marion, on the O'Daniel farm, and bought from Lewis Parks one hundred and ten acres of land which they have continued to cultivate until the present time, a period of forty years. The picture of the old homestead which adorns these pages, justifies his choice of a locality an 1 shows what nature will do for man when directed by intelligence and industry. The old home has been now for some time in the hands of renters, and to some extent shows the usual marks of the owner's absence. He has quit farming now and has l)ought and built a fine cottage in Marion, where he expects to spend his remaining days. Mr. Felts has always given a great deal of attention to fruit raising, and is widely known as the best apple man in Southern Illinois. He is called the apple king of Williamson County. Fe planted ani owns twenty acres of the best orchard in the county. They are largely Ben Davis and Wine-sap trees, and a single crop from two and one-half acres, numbering one hundred thirty trees, brought him on the fi^st of September. 1.S99, $5011. no. He sold to Newhall Sons, of Chicago, who took them from the trees. The trees v.-ere fourteen years old, and yielded from four to six barrels each. Mr. Felts has been a Master Mason i-i Marion for forty-one years. He i=; also a member of the Christian Church and a Deacon.

J. C. Jackson was born June 20, 1.S42, and was raised on a farm in Sumner County, Tennessee. He came to Marion when eighteen years old, where he has resided ever since. Until 1S78 he followel the trade of carpenter and builder, when he took a hand in politics and served as Deputy Sheriff until 1SS2. From IS. 8 2 to 18SG he was Clerk of the County. In 1877 he was first elected mayor, serving one term, but was re-elected in 18 83 and again in 1885, breaking the record by serving three successive terms. He served several terms as Alderman and member of the School Board, and was School Treasurer for twelve years. While himself a member of the M. E. Church South, he is one of the trustees of the M. E. Church North, to which his family belongs. He was married August 2 5, 1863, to Cynthia E, Calvert, three years after coming to Marion, when twentyone years old. Five chillren are the fruit of this union, three of whom are still living. A Democrat in politics, he first voted for Geo. B. McClelland for president.

The subject of this sketch was born in March, 1876, near where No. 3 mine now stands, about three miles northwest of Marion. He lived with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Sparks, until he was sixteen years old, but began work for himself at the age of 14. He secu.ed the rudiments of an education at our common schools, but at 17 years of age he dropped his bno:cs and took up the saw and hammer. Showing a natural aptitule for the business, he has successfully prosecuted it till the present time. Among the jobs he has carried throu5;h may be mentioned the Felts & Baker substantial brick buildin::, near the northwest corner of the piiblic square: the new Telephone building; Mr. Schwerdt's fine residence on South Market street: remodeling the A. F. White, building on the south side of the i.ul)iic square and putting in a new front.

Marion Electric Light Power House

and the new Opera House block, on north Market street, upon vhich they are still engaged. He is a member of Ben Hur and the Missionary Baptist Churoh. He is still unmarried.

Was born July 6, 1S2 4, in Harden County, Kentucky, where he live3 and followed the plow until 20 years old. He then learned the blacksmith and wagon business, which he followed until an attack of measles, which settled in his eyes, so injured them that after working at the business for seven years he was compelled to abandon it, and for six years was comparatively idle.

In February, 1865, he came to Williamson County with his family and settled at Bainbriige, where he lived until 1S70, when he took charge of the Poor Farm, and run it for seven years. He then bought a farm near Marion, which he run for four years and again took charge of the Poor Farm for three years more. After this he moved to Carterville and went into the grocery business in company with his son Charles, but in 1SS6 he sold out his interest to his son and until 1897 worked at carpenter work and house-painting. He then opened a grocery store at Crainville, where he remained till February, 1904, but after one year sold out and moved to Marion.

His first wife died in 1884, and two years later he married Saphronia Emily Crain, by whom he has had two children, but both are dead. The names of his children by the first wife are Charles M., insurance.

Carterville; Susan E., wife of Daniel Walker, Johnson City; Louisa M., wife of James Tippy, Marion; Mildred C, wife of Cornelius Brown. Oklahoma; Noah Claybourn. Marion. Mr. Cash has been an active member of the Missionary Baptist church for forty-four years. He is a Democrat and a member of the A. F. and A. M.

Robert C. Thompson

Is a native of England, born July 25th, 1849. His wife was Ann Henderson, a native of County Durham, England. They were married in England July 23, 1868, and two of their twelve children were born there. They came to Kentucky in

July, 1S7S, and two years later they moved to Min-physboro, where Mr. Thompson went to work immeliately in the mines. He was a miner in England, and was at home in this great coal field.

In 1898 they moved to Marion, and two years later bought a farm about four and one-half miles northwest of town, where they still make their home. For about sixteen years past Mr. Thompson has had charge of various mines in this region, and is now mine boss of a mine about two miles north of his home. He is a Republican in politics, and while living at Murphysboro was for two years one of the Supervisors of the County and overseer of the poor. He was also for two years mine inspector for his County. They are members of the M. E. church. The names and residences of their six living children in the order of their birth are;

Was born in Laclede County, Missouri, March 8, 1857. His father was Solomon B. Youngblood, who was born on the Jacob Sanders place, about seven miles northeast of Marion, in 1828. He married Lucinda Tyree, a native of Southwestern Missouri, where she was born in 1827 and died in 1869. The elder Youngblood returning to Williamson County lived till 1891, dying at the age of 63.

Interior View Of Marion Electric Light Plant

Large English Berkshire Boar, born November 1, 1900, weight 900 pounds, bred by W. H. Ker. Todd and Larned, owners and breeders of English Berkshire swine, Pinckneyville, Illinois.

Marion Cornet Band

This popular musical organization. is composed of the following players: Charles Reynolds, leader; Frank Elles, clarinet; Bert Elles, slide trombone; Herbert Raymond, cornet; Will Davis, alto; John Balder, baritone; Charles Norman, tenor; Roily Crain, tuba; Fred Peebles, snare drum; Louis Scurlock, bass drum. They meet in the City Hall for practice twice a week.

The Barbers Of Marion

The early life of our subject was spent in Missouri, where he received such education and training as the meager advantages of that country then afforded, securing a total of only two terms of subscription school of three months each. In 1875 he came to Stone Fort, at the age of IS, and after one term at the public school, went to select school until he had fitted himself for teaching, which occupation he followed until 1SS3. when he took up the study of law. He kept up the practice of teaching winters, however, and read law summers at odd times as he got opportunity, and was admitted to the bar in 1889. The following winter he taught his last term of school. Receiving the nomination on the Republican ticket for county superintendent of schools he moved to Marion, was electel in spite of opposition, and served two terms. This experience brought him into politics, and he never took up the practice of law, but took up the Real Estate, Insurance and Abstract business, and in April, 1S99, elected Mayor of Marion, serving one term. January 27, 1892, he was united in mariage to Miss Nora Erwin, daughter of T. J. and Angeline Erwin, of Stone Fort, by whom he has had one boy, now eleven years old. He is a member of the I. O. O. F.

Lewis Hunter

Lewis Hunter is a beautiful mahogany bay, 16 hands high, weight 1250 lbs., 9 years old, high style, good knee and hock action, rich in color, heavy mane and tail, heavy flat bone, will suit any breeder that knows a good horse when he sees one. Has never been worked for speed, but is a fine gaited trotter

The Marion Tonsorial Artists number no less than 23 active members. They have six or more shops where the 2?. supple beautifiers, or perhaps more accurately "de-facers" of the genus homo, wield the implements of their weekly harvest of hirsute adornment. As becomes gentlemen of the soap and lathering profession, they stick close together, albeit it forming a sleek and prosperous union which is numbered 267. Grant Durham is the President; Lee Searles vice president; John Heck, secretary and Walter Wiley, treasurer. They meet the last Monday

Billy Bryan

Billy Bryan is a trotting stallion owned by J. P. Chamness, Marion. Is four years old, 16 hands high, weight 1000 pounds and time 2.35. He always won first or second in class where he was put. He was daughter of George w'. and Maria Binkley. and she died May li, 1883. They were the parents of Mrs. Henry Stein, of Murphysboro; Samuel K. Casey, of Marion, and Mrs. C. R. Oliver, of Whiteash.

Labor Unions Of Williamson County, Illinois

The following is a list of the members of the union in Marlon: J. B. Parker, V. A. Scurlock. Walter Wiley, Arthur Davis, Lee Scarles, Lonnie Byers. John Heck, Ed Durham, Freeman Sisk, Ed Sisk, R. Crisp, Charles Fowler, Kid Calvert, Will Hudspeth, W. H. Absher, Will Durham, Frank Howe, Grant Durham, Jemsan Durham and Ed Threet, colored.

She died in her old home in Williamson County, Illinois, January 15, 1SS7, aged 77 years, one month and 21 days. Her maiden name was Lewis. She was married to George W. Binkley February 24, 1S29, and came with her husband to Illinois the same year. Her husband preceded her to the land of shadows many years, having died August 20, 1S59, aged 53 years, 2 months and 14 days.

The subject of this sketch was born in Tennessee June , 1806. He came to Williamson County while it was yet a wilderness and became very prominent in shaping its development and in the affairs of Southern Illinois. He was County Surveyor and Justice of the Peace, and a member of the 51st District in the State Legislature in l.'i5 7 ancl '58. He was bodily and mentally a very powerful man: of strong will and force of character, of good judgment and sound mind and morals. He was universally esteemed and highly respected during his lifetime. and widely mourned and missed at his death.

He was the father of three children and the foster father of seven. His children were Joseph, who died in infancy: Mrs. Alt L. Godding and Mrs. Jesse M. Casey. He and his wife, Maria Binkley, always had an open door, a well-spread board and a warm heart for every needy person, particularly the young, and were regarded as the foster parents of all in the county who needed love and. "Wash" and "Maria" always had a home for the homeless and none went away hungry.

While we have neither time nor space to discuss the principles or policy of these societies, we may say in a general way that labor is thoroughly organized here and the unions meet with very little opposition. Society has come to recognize them as a useful educational force which serves to educate our foreignborn citizens in the doctrines and policy of the republic, faiiiiliarize them with American ideas and methods, obliterate class distinctions founded on race or creed and solidify an inharmonious and heterogeneous population into a united and patriotic community.

It serves also to discourage, and will eventually obliterate, all languages here but the English. To what extent they are able to shorten the hours of labor or increase wages is probably not yet fully understood, but it is the least valuable service their unions render the community.

MULE "PETE." D. B. James, Carterville, Illinois, owner. One year old. 15 hands high. Blue ribbon at Williamson Co. Fair on September 13. 14, 15 and 16, 1904.

A. Younkins, president, D. A. Tippy, secretary. This local was a branch from 717, working under the Southern Illinois coal mining and washing company. It now has a membership of 335, one of the lanner locals of the 7th sub-district. The present officers are Bailey Butler, president ; Charles Smothers, secretary.

Local 2 70 4 N. M. W. of A., chartered September 28, 1904, lirsi located at Pallard with James Bough president and Green Hopkins, secretary: working under the \vatson Coal Co. The present otficers are Henderson Clarida, president; J. 3. Fry, secretary; membership 40.

Local Union 2216 U. M. W. of A., chartered January 3, IJO:!, with Wm. Towers president, Thomas Falls, secretary, working under the Carterville District Corl Co. Has a membership of 150. Present officers are Thos. Gahagan, president, and E. A. Mclntosn, secretary.

Local Union 508, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, chartered Novem'jor 2 6, 1901, with a membei'tihip of 20; present membership 7o. Present

International Hod-Carriei's and Building Laborers Union, Xo. 121, chartered October ^7, 190i!, with Leroy Bradley, president, and Chas. Calvert, secretary. Present membership 16. Present officers are C. C. Calvert, president; John Latham, secretary.

Local Union 292 of International Steam Engineers, chartered February 11, 1905, with Henry Wea-i er, president, and E. A. Elles, secretary. Membership 18.

Local 205 Bartenders International League, chartered November 4, 1901, has a membership of 20; Drew Reynolds, president, and C. H. Davis, secretary.

Local 52 3 Retail Clerks Protective Ass'n., chartered February 6, 1902, with a membership of 49. Xow has a membership of 6 5. Present officers, R. H. Jeter, president. Miss Fannie Davis, secretary. This is one of the most essential unions in the labor ranks.

F"ederal Labor Union 6415, chartered May 15, 1900, with X. Davis president; John JoUey. secretary, and with a membership of 9. Now has membership of 75; Joseph Hill, president; Wm. Prather, secretary.

Local Union 1380 U. M. W. of A., chartered July 3, 1900, with W. A. Sanders, president; John Sanders, secretary, working under the Chicago and Big Muddy Coal Co. Has a present membership of 175; Hunter McAlphin, president, John Hill, secretary.

United Powder and High Explosive Workers Local 126, organized February 24, 1904, with Samuel Powell president, Samuel Aikman secretary. Has a present membership of 2 6. Present officers Geo. Davis secretary.

Local Union 717 U. M. W. of A., chartered October 16, 1899. This is the oldest local union in Marion. Its first officers were W. B. Evertt, president, and Ab Franklen, secretary. It has a membership of 225, working under the Southern Illinois Coal Mining and Washing Co. Present officers are Scott Howard, presi' dent, and Pete Holland, secretary.

Marion Trades Council. chartered September 7, 1901; Henry Brown. presiJent; John Peebles, secretary. Has a representation from seventeen local unions of three delegates each. Present officers are Bailey Butler, president; R. L. Bryan, secretary; P. J. Smith, business agent.

Brotherhood of Painters. Decorators and Paperhangers. No. 431, chartered September 10, 1901, has a membership of 19. Officers, Cothran. president; Ed Enchliff, secre-

Local U. M. W. of A. No. 2556, chartered October 30, 1903; president C. W. Burke, secretary John Wallace. Present membership 105. Operates in connection with New Ohio Washed Coal Co., No. 3.

Journeymen Barbers International Union, Local 2G7, chartered June 9, 1902. Has a membership of 23; present officers. Grant Durham, president; John Heck, secretary.

Brick, Tile and Terre Cotta Workers Alliance No. 167, organized in 1903. Present membership 22; Henry Belford, president: Samuel Quick, secretary.

Local 710 U. M. VV. of A., organized by Joah Cook, of Du Quoin, on the same day that the 189S agreement was signed between the U. M. W. of A. and the Illinois Coal Operators Ass'n. The oldest local union in Williamson County. First president, James Kelly. Has been the banner local of the County. Present membership 135; present officers, James Cochran, president; A. B. Williamson, secretary; working under the New Ohio Washed Coal Co.

Marlon Typographical Union, No. 578, chartered July 19, 1902. Its first officers were Ben Newsome, president; Chas. W. Burke, vice Joe M. Bond, financial N. Van Linder, recording Emery Hogan, sergeant- Present officers are T. E. Craig, president; Hiram Rice, vice president; Mento Bradley, financial secretary; N. Van Linder, recording -secretary; Elmer Miller, sergeant-at' arms. The union at present num- Ijers 14. All the news offices in Marion work under its rules, and its organization has been extended to Carterville It is In a fine flourishing condition, and has never been in arrears with its per capita tax for the International Union from which it received its charter.

Mining

Complete list of coal mines shipping coal located in Williamson Co., Illinois, compiled by B. S. Craine. Mining and Civil Engineer, Marion, 111., Chief Engineer of the Peabody Coal Co., Chicago, 111.

Southern Illinois Coal Mining and Washing Co., No. 3, located on Sec. 1, Town 9, Range 2 Bast; main office at Marion, 111.; depth 110 feet; daily capacity, 2 500 tons: vein 9 to 10 feet coal; washer capacity 1500 tons; iron tipple; first-class equipment throughout; three years.

Southern Illinois C. M. and W. Co., No. 2, Sec. 1, Town 9, Range 2 East, depth 85 feet; 9 to 10 feet of coal; wooden tipple; daily capacity 12 00 tons; operating 7 years.

Chicago Big Muddy Coal Co., Sec. ;;2, Town 9, Range 2 East; depth 80 feet; mining 8 feet of coal; woo;len tipple; daily capacity 1200 tons; operating 4 years.

Watson No. 1, Sec. 3, Town 9, Range 2 East; depth 60 feet; mining N foot vein of coal; capacity 800 tons; wooden tipple; operating 6 months.

New Ohio No. 1., Sec. 3 Town 9 Range 3 East; depth 65 feet; vein 8 feet; wooden tipple; capacity 1500 tons; washer capacity 600 tons; operating 8 years.

New Ohio No. 2, Sec. 33, Town 8, Range 3 East; depth 60 feet; vein 8 feet; wooden tipple; capacity 1000 tons; washer capacity 600 tons; operating 15 years.

New Ohio Coal Co. No. 3, Sec. 3 6, Town 8, Range 3 East; depth, 100 feet; vein 8 feet; wooden tipple; capacity 1500 tons; operating 1 year. St. Louis anl Carterville Coal Co., Sec. 29, Town S, Range 2 East; depth, 100 feet; vein 8~feet ; wooden tipple; capacity 15O0 tons; operating 1 year.

C. C. Co. No. 3, Sec. 34, Town S, Range 3 East; depth, 80 feet; vein S feet; wooden tipple; capacity 1.'>imi tons; washer capacity 6'oo tons; operating 2 years.

Sam T. Brush, See. :M, Town 8, Range 1 East. Our shaft. No. 1, which is known as Dawes Shaft, is located on the northwest quarter of Section 35, Town 8 south, Range 1 east; depth of shaft 100 feet; thickness of coal 9 feet; wooden tipple; capacity 2500 tons daily; a Luhrig Washer, capacity 60 0 tons in eight hours; electric haulage and lighting plant connected with the mine, electric pumps usel for pumping water out of the mine. The St. Louis & Big Muddy Coal Co. owns about 3000 acres of the Carterville coal field in a compact body, lying north of and adjoining Carterville, in Williamson County, Illinois. This body of land was selected by Mr. Brush after he had prospected and tested all of the coal land in Williamson County. The largest amount of coal taken from the shaft any one year was 347000 tons, in 1897. Operating 12 years.

The Carterville & Herrin Jeffrey Coal Co., Sec. 22, Town S, Range 2 East; depth 130 feet; vein S feet; wooden tipple; capacity 1500 tons: operating 1 year.

Johnson City & Big Muddy Coal Co., Sec. 24, Town 8, Range 2 East; depth 220 feet; vein 8 feet; wooden tipple; capacity 1500 tons; operating 2 years. .

Alexander Coal Mine, called Nubbing Ridge, at Herrin, Sec. 30, Town 8, Range 2 East; depth 161 feet; vein 9 feet; wooden tipple; capacity 120 0 tons; operating 3 years; The Chicago-Herrin Coal Co.

Big Muddy Coal and Iron Co.. No. 7. Sec. 20, Town S, Range 2 East; depth 135 feet; vein 8 feet; wooden tipple; capacity 2000 tons; washer Sdo tons; operating 7 years.

Miss Edna Weeden Miss Nettie Bixkley

Zeigler Coal Co., Franklin County, Sec. 13, Town 7, Range 3 East; depth 350 feet; vein 8 feet; iron tipple and coke ovens; capacity 2500 tons; operating 2 years.

W. C. & C. Co., Sec. 1, Town S, Range 3 East; sunk 100 feet each shaft and stopped because the railroad would not put in a switch. The thickness of the vein as given in this list represents only the number of feet being mined. The strata averages 9 feet thick and over.

The Chicago-Carterville Coal Company's shaft at Herrin has a seam about 9 feet in thickness and of superior quality; the depth of the shaft is ISO feet to the coal; the size of the shaft is 9 1-2x17 feet in the clear, and is divided into three compartments; the two for hoisting are 7x9 1-2 feet each. The pipeway is 2x9 1-2 feet and all are timbered with cypress bunions GxlS inches; the head frame is of yellow pine and is 7 5 feet high to the sheaves, which are 12x12 inches; all timbers are well braced 42 feet from the ground line to the dumping landing. The dumping shed is built of oak, with corrugated iron roof and sides, and is equipped with shaker screns for making lump, egg and other sizes of coal. The structure is so arranged that a breaker can be ercted in the future with disturbing mining operations. The hoisting engine house is of brick, 22 X 2G feet; the engine is of the Crawford and McCremmon manufacture, and is first motion, with double conical drum cylinders 2 0x36 inches; the drums are 6 feet at the ends and 7 1-2 feet in the center. The sheaves are 7 feet in diameter; the capacity of each mine is 2 1-2 tons. The boiler shed is 34x52 feet. There are five boilers, one is 16 feet by 42 inches, with 30 three-inch flues; two are 20 feet by 60 inches with 20 six-inch flues; the other two are 20 feet by 72 inches with 20 sixinch flues. All are supplied with the necessary connections and fittings. The power-house is a frame building, 30x46 feet, with metal sides and roof, and now contains a Morgan-Gardner 100 K. W. generator, also an Erie 150 horse-power automatic engine, with necessary connections and fittings for operating electric coal-mining machines. The carpenter, blacksmith and machine shops are in one building, 25 x90 feet, with all necessary machinery for doing all work and repairs. The air shaft is 9x15 feet in the clear, and is separated into two compartments, one 9x9 feet for ventilating, the other is 4x9 feet for escapement. The fan is 2 0 feet in diameter with a 12x24-inch engine to run it. The washing plant has a capacity of 150 tons per hour. Without doubt this is one of the

Account Of Some Of The Principal Coal Mixes Of The County

The Sunnyside Coal Company's new shaft is 145 feet to the top of the coal. The thickness of the seam is 9 feet. The size of the shaft is 17 feet, 8 inches by 9 feet in the clear, the hoisting and shafts being 6 feet, 8 inches by nine feet each, and the pipe-way 3 feet by 9. The hoisting engines are 18x32 inches, double, of the Litchfield manufacture; the drum is 6 feet in diameter, and the capacity of the mine is 2 1-2 tons. The boilers are 48 inches by 26 feet, hung to iron framing. The smoke-stack is four feet in diameter and fifty feet high. The ventilating fan is of the Crawford and McCresmau manufacture, and is twenty feet in diameter, driven by an engine 12 x24 inches, direct motion. It is located at the air shaft. The size of the escapement shaft is 8x13 feet in the clear; four feet S inches by 8 best equipped mines in the state. The Southern Illinois Coal Mining and Washing Company is located on the line of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad, three miles north of Marion. At a depth of 120 feet a seam of coal was reached which is probably No. 7 of the geological survey. The size of the shaft is 17 feet 9 inches by 10 feet in the clear, and is situated on a 2000- acre tract of land, the coal running from 9 to 11 feet in thickness. The timbers used in the shaft are 8x10 inches, white oak. The tipple is built of steel, and was erected by the Wisconsin bridge and Iron Company. The self-dumping cages and shaker screens were built by I. A. Parker, of Terre ante, Ind. Electric mining machines are used having a 30 0 horse-power dynamo and engine. The boilers are of the Murphy furnace type, fou." in number, 600 horse-power, and are fed by automatic machinery. The smokestack is built of brick and Is 100 feet high. The engine and boilerroom is 45x90 feet, bui'.t of hollow tile with steel trusses. The root is of fire-proof material. There is a Stewart coal-washer in connection with this mine, 30 feet wide by 100 feet long, with a washing and unloading capacity of 17.5 bushels per hour.

The Southern Illinois Coal .Mining and Washing Co., No. 2, Marion, Illinois. The hoisting of coal at this mine began in October, 1901. The mine is 120 feet lo the coal, and the size of the shaft is 10x10 feet. The coal runs from 9 to 10 feet in thickness, and is of a very good quality, being much freer from sulphur than the majority of coals in this field. The top works are constructed entirely of steel with concrete foundations. The engine and boiler house is built of hollow building tile, with steel truss roof sup' porters. The smoke-stack is bricu, 100 feet high, 17 feet in diameter at the base and 7 feet at the top. The mine is equipped with Crawford & McCremmon, first motion hoisting engines, 20x36 inches, with conical drum steam brake and reverse; also a McEwen dynamo engine and Linkelt dynamo, with sufficient power to run 14 electric chainbrest mining machines. The steam power is furnished by 4 tubular boilers of 150 horse-power each, equipped with Murphy furnaces and automatic stokers. The plant is well supplied with fire pumps and sufficient hose to reach any part of the top works in case of fire. The washer was completed in June, 1902, and has a washing capacity of 150 0 tons; this is also equipped with an unloading device, capable of unloading 100 tons per hour. The coal is screened by a J. A. Parker Shaker screen. The fan is 2 0-foot with direct connection, and has a capacity of ISO,- 0 00 cubic feet of air per minute. The mine is now hoisting 1200 to 1400 tons per day, and when fully opened up will have a capacity to hoist 2 500 tons in 8 hours. The pit cars hold 3 t-2 tons and are dumped and hoisted on automatic dump cages.

The New Ohio Washed Coal Company, No. 3, Carterville, Illinois. The sinking of this shaft began in July, 1903, and goes to a depth of 120 feet. The vein is 9 to 11 feet thick and the quality of the coal is full}' up to the high standard of which this field is noted. The bed lies along the ridge just east of Carterville. The mine is well drained, comparatively dry and absolutely free from gas. The coal at the present time is hana-mined, but machinery will be installed within a comparatively short lime. The capacity, when fully developed, will be 2000 tons daily. The equipment consists of the very best machinery and is up-to-date in every respect. Tipple is 74 feet high, shaker screens which make three sizes of coal, 6-inch lump, 6-inch egg and 3- inch screenings. The screenings are shipped to the New Ohio Washed Coal Co's washery, just west ofCarterville, where they are unloaded and washed by the Luhrig process. Five diilerent sizes of washed coal are made, a No. 1, or washed egg, which passes over a 1 3-4 and through a 3 degree round hole; the No. 2, which passes over a 1 and through a 1 3-4 degree round hole; the No. 3, which passes over a 3-4 and through a 1 degree round hole; the No. 4, which passes over a 1-4 and through a 3-4 degree round hole; the No. 5 contains everything that passes through a 1-4 degree round hole. The washing process entirely eliminates all slate and other foreign matter which is found in raw coal, and makes an absolutely pure coal in every respect. This mine has railroad connections with both the Illinois Central and the Missouri Pacific, which allows of its product being shipped over a wide area.

Fatal Mining Accidents

Ezzonia Bondi, employed as a miner at the St. L. & B. M. Coal Company's Mine at Carterville, was fatally injured by a premature blast May 11th, 1897, and died the following day at 5:30 a. m. He had prepared two shots to fire; he lit one and went into the entry for safety. He evidently heard a shot fro man adjoining room and mistook it for his own, and returned to the room to see what it had done. When within 2 0 feet of the room the shot went off which caused the injuries from which he died. He was a married man, 32 years old, and leaves a widow and two children in Italy.

September 16th, 1897, Fred Greinhold, a miner employed at the Williamson County Coal Company's mine at Johnson City, was instantly killed by falling coal. He was mining off a standing shot, and being old he was unable to get out of the way of the falling coal. He was single and 54 years old.

Hon. Ceo. Av. Smith

killed Pianli Fanaro, aged 45 and single; Charles Schiller, aged 34, single, and Peter Casper, aged 37, single; and seriously injured Robert Britten and Joseph Barlow. On that morning the men gathered at the pit top as usual for work. The fire boss being sick, the mine had not been examined that morning. Caleb Davis, the mine manager, claims to have told Peter Casper and others who were working in the first and second south entries on the east side to remain at the bottom of the shaft till he could come down and examine their working places. Peter Casper on reaching the bottom, went directly into the first south entry and left his naked light on the outside of the cross-cut and took off his coat and went to the face and started to brush out the fire-dump with his coat. After working at this a few minutes he returned and got his naked light and then went and got an empty pit-car and pushed it towards the face. As soon as he was inside the cross-cuts, a few feet his naked light came in contact with the fire-dump, which caused a terrific explosion and the death of the four miners mentioned. The stoppings, doors and timbers of the first and second south entries were blown in all directions. Robert Britton and Joseph Barlow were blown several feet along the main east entry, by the force of the explosion. Joseph Barlow had his leg broken, his flesh torn and his head badly bruised. Robert Britton ' had his left arm broken. Caleb Davis, mine manager, was at the pit top at the time the explosion occurred, and as soon as possible he secured some practical men and started them to work to restore ventilation by pulling np temporary doors and stoppings.

Peter Casper walked alone to the hottom of the shaft, though severely burned, and was there met by his friends and conveyed to his boarding house, where he died on the 2 6th. Frank Fanero was found dead in his room int he first south entry, evidently overcome by the afterdamp, and when found was lying face downward. It was then supposed that this was all that were injured by the explosion, and the searchers went to the top, but after a few minutes it became known that Geneli was missing. The party then descended the shaft and searched for him. They found him dead in the third room from where he was working, toward the bottom. It was evident he had tried to find his way out after the explosion, but had become bewildered and strayed into the room. Peter Casper said ;heie was some one calling for help and light when he was on his way out. The last body was taken our, at 11 a. m. The company was sinking an escapement at the time of the explosion, which has since been completed. I visited the mine on the afternoon of the day of the explosion and discovered upon examination of the record-book that the mine had not been examined in the morning before the men were allowed to go to work, nor had it been examined since the morning of September 20th, the day on which I made my previous visit. 'Ihis mine at the date of this report is operated by A. W. Crawford, lessee. December 15, 1897, John Coyne, aged 44, single, by occupation a miner, was suffocated by gases from a coal fire in the 3rd south entry on the east side of mine No. 2, of the Scott Wilson Coal Company, at Fredonia. At 7:30 a. m. miners working on the east side reported to the mine manager that there was smoke coming from some of the pillars between the second and third south entries. He immediately ordered all the men out of the mine except a few whom he kept to locate the fire. One of the mules got away from thed river and ran into the third south entry, and was allowed to go, as it was thought too dangerous to go after him on account of the smoke. About 9:30 a. m. John Coyne started in the direction the mule had taken and asked some of the men to follow him. None, however, went. The mine manager, on finding out what Coyne had done, sent two men in search of him, but they could not find him so returned. Another party was organized in the afternoon to go in search of Coyne, and they found him dead, about 6 p. m., in the third south entry, 1200 feet from the main east entry, the mule being a little beyond the body of Coyne. When the men reached the switch with the body of Coyne the mule was close to their heels, and seemed to be unharmed. The fire originated among some old timbers where some one must have changed lampcotton, which set fire to the coal. This part of the mine was then sealed up for three weeks and then reopened, when it was found that the fire had all died out.

July 12, 1S9S, August Durbee, a miner, aged 33 years, was killed instantly by a fall of slate at the face of his working place in shaft No. 7, operated by the Big Muddy Coal and Iron Company at Herrin, leav-ing a wife and four children. The deceased was working off a standing shot, which was the only support to the broken roof. The piece of slate that fell on him would weigh fully three tons.

September 27, 1S9S, Jes Maris, a miner, aged 29 years, single, employed at the Scott-Wilson Coal Co. shaft No. 2. Fredonia, was cleaning up a fall of slate that had come down the night before, on top of some loose coal. He sounded the roof before starting to work and made the remark that it was all right, but in a few minutes afterward a piece of roof weighing about 1000 pounds suddenly fell, striking him on the back. He was taken to his boarding house, and died from his injuries at 5:30 p. m. the same day.

November 24, 1S9S, Edgar McAlphin. laborer, age 2 3. married, was killed in. the mine of the Ohio and Mississippi Valley Coal and Mining Company. Marion, leaving a widow and one child. He was coming out of the shaft on the cage with four other men, and when about 50 feet up, lost his balance and fell into the west chamber and down the shaft.

December 21, 189S, James Vansage, miner, aged 'Jo years, married, was Ivilled while at work in a pillar in the mine of the St. L. and . M. Coal Co., at Carterville, leaving a wife and three children. He was working off some coal that had been shattered by a shot the night before, when a piece of lop coal, weighing about 2 00 pounds, fell, crushing his head against a pit-car close by.

August 5th, 1S99, A. McNeal. miner, aged 2 8 years, was instantly killed in room 9, first south entry, by a fall of slate in the Big Muddy Coal and Iron Company's No. 7 mine at Herrin. Deceased had fired his shot, and instead of waiting a reasonable time for the powder smoke to clear aw-ay so that he couli examine the roof, he returned to the room with the intention of lighting another shot, but when he got within a few feet of the face of the room a piece of slate fell, killing him instantly. He leaves a widow and five children.

January 9, 1901, Noah Morgan, driver, aged 20 years, single, was killed instantly by being caught between a pit-car and the side of the entry, in the Big Muddy Coal and Iron Company's mine No. 7, at Herrin. The deceased was making his last trip before dinner and was riding on the front end of the empty car, driving at full speed, when the car left the track with the result stated.

January 14, 1902, William Butcher, driver, aged 2 7 years, married, was killed by being caught between a loaded pit-car and the side of the entry in the mine of the Chicago and Carterville Coal Co. at Herrin. He was hauling a loaded pit-car through a cross-cut from the second west entry to the first west entry on the north side. In attempting to get onto the front end of the car he slipped and was caught between the car and the side of the entry. He died within a few minutes, leaving a widow and one child.

January 29, 1902, C. B. Carney, miner, aged 5 2 years, married, was instantly killel by being struck on the head and body with coal from a blast in the Carterville Coal Company's mines. He had prepared a blast and when firing time came in the evening, he went to light his shot. The instant he put his lamp to the squib the shot exploded. Whether this was due to a defective squib or that the deceased pushed his lamp under the powder part of the squib is not known. He leaves a wife and seven children.

January 29. 1902. Abraham Buckles, miner, aged 41. single, was severely injured by being struck on the head with loose coal from a blast in the St. L. & B. M. Go's, mine at Dewmaine. He had gone into his room to light a shot and in making his retreat was struck by flying coal. It is not known whether he was struck by coal from his own blast or from the adjoining room, as it was found upon examination that a blast in an adjoining room had blown through the pillar at the time of the accident. He died from his injuries five hours later.

February 24, 19o2, Aleck Calcatarra, a miner, aged 41 years, married, was severely injured about the body by a fall of slate in the B. M. C. & I. Co's. shaft No. 7, Herrin. He was cautioned by the mine examiner to be careful of some loose slate at the face of his working place. In reply he said that he could take care of himself. He was mining off some coal that had been loosened by a blast the previous day when the slate fell, which caused his death five hours later.

June 2 6, 19 0 2, Charles Wheel, a miner, aged 54 years, was instantly killed by flying coal in the Carterville Coal Co'c. mine. He had prepared a blast in his room, which was about 40 feet in from the entry. When firing time came he went into the room and lit the squib. It is presumed he became bewildered, and instead of coming out into the entry he went down the face of the room. When the shot exploded he was struck by the flying coal. The deceased had a family somewhere in the West.

at Marion January 17, 1887, and is therefore but IS years old. He owns and runs the laundry on Bundy Place, and is probably the youngest man doing business in his own name in the County. He is a most diligent student, and will graduate from the High School in 1906. He is an expert sprinter and all-round athlete, doing a 50 yard dash in 5 2-5 seconds. He is right half-back in the High School Champion Football Team of 19o4, which he joined when he entered High School. He has also belonged to the base ball and track teams the same period. He has never used alcohol in any form or tobacco, and his muscles are as hard as iron.

The Murder Of Mrs. Nellie

This foul crime was committed by two boys, only about 21 years of age, for the sole purpose of robbery. They lived in the vicinity of Herrin in Franklin County, and were idlers but apparently not vicious nor drunken. Their parents were respectable people but poor and illiterate, and the boys seem not to have had any moral or religious training. They broke into a neighbor's house and stole the gun with which the deed was committed. They went to the house of the victim, who was a widow living with her daughter, in broad daylight, and Price fired the fatal shot. They then ransacked the house and took a few rings and other trifles and then returned to the hog-lot, where the body of their victim lay, and ex- aniined it for money, but they were disappointed, as Mrs. Reichelderfer had not sold the farm as reported, and had no money. At their trial they seemed utterly indifferent and stoical, and even joked, sang comic songs and danced, and were jolly while the gallows was being erected within sound of their cells. They paid the penalty for their crime on Friday, June 12th, 1903.

Judge O. A. Harker tried the case, L. D. Hartwell, States Attorney; Joseph W. Hartwell, Assistant; H. S. Harris, Sheriff; Frank Throgmorton, Deputy; E. N. Rice, coroner; W. S. Miller, jailor; D. T. Hartwell, City Attorney, who assisted in securing evidence and the confessions of the murderers.

Except to experts in phrenology and physiognomy, the half-tone portraits herein shown do not indicate unusual depravity in these two boys, and they were probably not such. There are hundreds like them in every community, untrained, undisciplined, natural sons of evil, who escape the gallows only by a miracle.

John M. Lines

This promising young merchant was born near Marion March 13th, 1SS5. He still attends High School, from which he will graduate next term. He is a good student and an industrious and faithful worker, and for the last four years has had charge of his father's store during vacation. He is a member of the Marion Base Ball Track Team and is besides a great sprinter. He is particularly strong on the 100 yards and the 2 20 yards race, running the latter in 2 2 2-5 seconds. It is needless to add that he is of good moral character, good habits and has a promising future before him.

Sketch Of Mrs. John A. Logan

I was born in Petersburg, Boone County, Missouri, on the 15th day of August, 1S38. The town in which I was born is no more, but in its stead there has arisen the present flourishing town of Sturgeon. I am of Irish-French descent, my mother's maiden name being La Fontaine, my father's that of Cunningham. My father was Captain J. M. Cunningham. My mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Hicks La Fontaine.

They returned to the State of Illinois when it was a territory, my father and mother liberating the slaves they had held in the State of Missouri. We resided at Marion, Williamson County, Illinois, during my childhood, but subsequently, my father being made Registrar of the I..and Office at Shawneetown. Illinois, under Pierce's administration, we removeJ to that place. I attended school at the Convent of Saint Vincent, near Uniontown, Kentucky, which is a branch of the far-famed Nazareth School, graduating from that school in 1855. I came home and soon after met my husband, (ieneral John A. Logan, who served during the War with Mexico with my father, and to whom I am said to have been given by my father when I was a child. We were married on the 2 7th day of November, 1S55.

I was very young when we were married and little suited for the duties and responsibilities of the wife of a promising young attorney. We removed to Franklin, Benton County, Illinois, as my husband was then Prosecuting Attorney for the third Judicial District of the State of Illinois, which embraced sixteen counties. In those days we were not furnished with the blanks for everything as we are today, and I began to assist my husband in writing indictments for minor offenses, and in that way gradually drifted into taking part in everything which he did.

We had the same struggle that all young people without money had in those early days, but the fact that in 1858 my husband was elected to Congress shows that we were not altogether unsuccessful. At the breaking out of the Rebellion, General Logan was still a member of Congress from the old District. His history is well known. I can only claim to have made the best fight possible at home surrounded by very bitter political opponents, who sympathized very strongly with the Rebellion, and who, from regarding General Logan as little less than an idol, became his bitter enemies and persecuted him and his adherents in the vilest manner they could. I am glad, however, that in the end they repented of their rash acts and became his devoted friends.

During these five years 1 went through everything that a human being could endure, but had the satisfaction of aiding him in his own magnificent efforts to succeed and in the conversion of his oil friends to the support of the Government and his political aspirations.

After the War he was elected to Congress again from the State at large, and we came hack to Washington and for more than twenty years we worked day and night together. We had very much pleasure in this work and our meed of success. Through it all I have the conscientious gratification of knowing that I did the best that I could and have no regrets, except that I am sorry I had not the ability and power to do more to aid in his career.

the welfare of his country and his friends, and if I had any share in It I have been well repaid by his generous recognition of all I tried to do. Since his death I have devoted myself absolutely to the perpetuation of his memory and in trying to prove that I was worthy of the great confidence which he had in me and his partial estimation of my ability.

There were three children born to us. The first born died when he was one year old; the second, now Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker, wife of Lt. Col. W. F. Tucker, U. S. Army, has two sons, one twenty-five and one thirteen years of age.

Our beloved son. Major John A. Logan, Jr., servel during the Cuban War as an Adjutant General on the staff of General John C. Bates, re^ turning at the close of the campaign more dead than alive from malarial fever. I met him at Montauk Point and brought him home and nursed him back to health. Hostilities being renewed in the Philippines, he insisted upon again entering the army, and was appointed Major of the 33rd U. S. Infantry, reaching Manilla October 29th, 1899. He succeeded in getting their regiment assigned to the command of General Lloyd Wheaton and went immediately to northern Luzon; making the first reconnoitre of the command he secured the advance of the attack upon the entrenched Filipinos at San Jacinto and was killed by a Filipino who was secreted in the top of a tree which towered above his battalion as he was leading them in a charge, falling as he would have fallen on the very point of his advancing battalion. They subsequently routed the enemy. In his death I lost my all, and can never again have the same interest in life, as he was, in the sense that he bore his father's name and lineage, my idol. He left a widow and three lovely children, two girls and a boy, John A. Logan, III. But for the tenderness and sympathy accorded me by the nation I could not have survived this second overwhelming blow.

I have written for a number of periodicals, edited The Home Magazine for six years, and am sorry to say through the mismanagement of one of its proprietors it was discontinued, but not without having scored the phenominal success of reaching three-hundred thousand subscribers. It has been revived and I am again associate editor with P. V. Collins, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, its present proprietor and publisher, and hope to win back my old friends and many new ones to its support.

I have never been identified with any organization, except being a member of the Woman's Relief Corps, auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic, and a member of the Spanish War Veteran's Auxiliary, because I have always felt that I could do better if I helped all organizations the best that I could without bein.g a member, or in any way identified with them in the matter of election of officers, etc. I have always tried to do all the charity In my power, and have done my best to help deserving women in their efforts to be self-sustaining. I cannot but feel that we must count it very little that we can do in this world We are always under obligations in having received more than we have been able to give.

the great statue.s erected to his memory in Chicago and Washington, and it is a source of infinite gratification to me to have had my prayers answered. These statues are without question the very best in the United tSates and were unveiled under the most gratifying auspices. The orations on the occasions of the unveilings by Hon. Geo. R. Peck in Chicago, and President McKinley and Hon. Chauncey Depew in Washington have been pronounced classic tributes to General Logan, and I should be ungrateful and insatiable in my desire were I not satisfied.

I have traveled very much in Europe since General Logan's death for study and for occupation away from the channels which had so many sad memories for me. I have met nearly all the Crowned Heads of Europe. In 1896, I had the pleasure of witnessing the Cornation of the Czar and Czarina of Russia and also seeing the Queen Regent of Spain, and consider myself very fortunate in having visited that country before the Spanish- American War.