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LIGHTING LORE. ' p acetylene excels as an illu. MINANT. Tr Gas For Lighting Formerly Confined to Cities and Large Town*, Now in General l*ae In the Country. The satisfactory lighting of suburban and-country homes requires that the f/j weans used shall be convenient, safe, economical and furnish a brilliant, penetrating, effulgent light. J La Everybody admits that these are not i the characteristics of the candle or kerosene lamp, which, formerly, were the only feasible means of producing light for domestic use in the rural districts. ( Fnr conerntions there was a crying need, a yearning for something better, 01 which was not satisfied. A few years mi ago deliverance came in the shape of the chemical compound. Calcium Car- fo bide, from which, by the simple appli- th cation of water, the gas Acetylene is ye derived. Acetylene meets all the re- pa quireiuents fully and admirably and is being generally used. Common lime and carbon in the form of coke or coal are the raw materials . - i 1 n r which, fused in an intensely neuieu furnace, make Calcium Carbide, and vo there is no difficulty in obtaining it in 00 any part of the country. , The machine into which the Calcium mi Carbide is fed and from which the j ea Acetylene is distributed tlirough the a building to be lighted, is but little larg- ne er than a thirty-gallon milk can. and bij of the same general form. It is easily vil and cheaply installed, either in the eelJar or in an outbuilding. The light from burning Acetylene is pr exquisite, and lighting experts agree ?C that it surpasses all other known illu- wl minants. It does not taint the air nor Tt strain the eyes, and is not objection- cit " - ?? (W aDie in any respect. r>ver^ uyiu-uuic rural residence Should be equipped J with Acetylene light. | Japanese Treaties. ye Wliat trade relations or agreement te) did England have with Japan prior At to Perry's commercial treaty of 1854? ris asks a writer to the Tribune Farmer. m< None. After the expulsion of the er foreigners Japan remained shut out from the rest of the world till in 1853 she was rudely aroused from her ea dream, and Commodore Perry arrived th. with four ships of war off Uraga and pu demanded on behalf of the United pa States friendship and intercourse with pr Japan. Rightly or wrongly, thoy be- a's lieved that the Americans meant to fight them if a treaty were not con- 'j eluded. After much discussion they cn promised an answer later on and jn Perry consented to go away and come Ui again next year. Perry duly returned p!< as arranged, and finally extorted a tic treaty which opened four ports at Pr' which American vessels might be sup- aiJ plied with coal and water and have ' some trading facilities. During the ^ next four years fresh treaties were w? concluded with the United States, also til with Great Britain and France, fol- sti lowed later by conventions with other countries. , 1 Irish Ercs. E3 I found myself, then, on the bridge of a large steamer about to sail for < Cork from a Western port, and, with ati the first officer, was watching the tn stowage of the last of the cargo, con- ve sisting of about 100 large, shallow ^ cases, which I noticed were handled . iv 3?j with care. "What may those be?" I ashed. m( "Eggs," was the laconic reply. ''But c. eggs!" I said, "and going to Cork?" ' "Yes." he answered, "and it is a trade Gi secret which should be made known, ca We carry millions of Danish eggs to P' Cork to be reshipped to England as best Irish." De] Some montns mier i maue, ui a iur- px eign hotel, the acquaintance of a pleas- ?a cnt ai.d intelligent Irish priest, to an whom I told the story, to his obvious ve horror and amazement. It appeared thi that his congregation contained sev- an eral of the Cork v.-holesale egg dealers, end, "bedad, won't I spake to the blagyards,r "was his resolution. I have no ^ ( doubt he did "spake;" but the trade an probably still flourishes.?London Mail nc ^ r Zeinstvo. p[j The Russian provincial and district m< assemblies are called zemstvos. The gr zemstvo is elected, in certain fixed pro- ca portions, by the landowners, the village ?P n'i.1 +ha mnniftinoliHisj Tt CO. I'UilllUUtlCa UUU iUUU4V*t/M..MVW. meets at least once a year, but has a ^ permanent bureau, .".Iways in session, chosen from among its members for executive purposes. It is charged with the maintenance of roads and bridges and other public works, and the su- m* pervision of education, sanitation anil agriculture.' It also elects the local g0 justices of the peace.?Tribune Farmer. Tt sh GET POWER. til sli The Supply Comes From Food* If we get power from food, why not tle strive to get all the power we can. Ws That is only possible by use of skilfully selected food that exactly fits the requirements of the body. j * Poor fuel makes a poor fire and n poor fire is not a good steam producer. >?< "From not knowing how to select co the right food to fit my needs I suf- pa fered grievously for a long time from ce stomach troubles." writes a lady from w a little town In Missouri. Pa "It seemed as if I would never be able to find out the sort of food that was best for me. Hardly anything that I could eat would stay on my f? stomach. Every attempt gave me a"-' heart-burn and filled my stomach with . 1ZI gas. I got thinner and thinner until I aJ) literally became a living skeleton, and jj, in time was compelled to keep to my er; bed. "A few months ago I was persuaded to try Grape-Nuts food, and it had such good effect from the very beginning cr that I have kept up its use ever since, c* 1. was surprised at the ease with which I digested it. It proved to be just what I needed All my unpleasant ' symptoms,' the heart-burn, the inflated ta feeling which gave me so much pain disappeared. My weight gradually *0 increased from 9S to 110 lbs., my figure rounded out, my strength came back, ]je and I am now able to do my house- iai work and enjoy it. The Grape-Nuts food did it." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. ] A ten days' trial wiii show any one th Some facts about food. ? pi "There's a reason." .. de , Ai } KM STREET GAR PUN action Syndicate Makes $35,000,000 Offer to Citv. UNIC!PAL OWNERSHIP HALTED kc City at. Point of Choice Uetween Company and Dnnno Plans?Railways tn Snpnil M111 ion* ? One Corporation For Entire Cily If tbo New Schcuoe | Proves Acceptable. Chicago.?Chicago is now at the point choice between Mayor Dunne's "imsdiate" municipal ownership, in the rm of a contract to prominent men r the operation of lines reverting to e city, and the giving of a twentyar franchise to the traction comnies on an elaborate plan devised by em. The companies, now acting tother, have presented for the first ne a definite statement of what they e willing to do. The program inlves a twenty-year extension of their ntrol, a proposition against which e city voted last November. When the transportation commission ?t. Mr. Bliss, attorney for the Cbigo City Railway Company, outlined franchise ordinance invoirea m iui* w proposal. It covers all the present ? traction companies, providing for L'tual joint ownership under tbe manement. The Chicago City Railway Company ready to spend $15,000,000 on imovements, while the Union Traction unpany offers to expend $30,000,000, tiieh includes lowering the tunnels, le compensation clauses will give the :y between $30,000,000 and $33,000,0. \s to the time at which the city may quire the lines of the various comnies, the ordinance to be presented ovides that all so-called "ninety-uinear" and other franchise rights sb-iil rminate at the end of twenty years. ; that time the city shall have the rht to take over the lines by the pay jnt to owners ror tne pnysicai propty at its cash value at that time, this lue to be determined by arbitration appraisal. In event the city desires take and operate the systems at an rlier date the ordinance provides ;it the city shall have the right to rchase the lines at specified times by ying the cash value of the physical operty at the time of purchase and ?o the price fixed by arbitration as e value of the unexpired part of the luehises. Dfficials of the traction companies y the ordinance means a unification operation of the City Railway and lion Traction systems, if not a com?te merger of the two big corporains. This is made necessary by the ovision for the universal transfer d the joint use of tracks. There was a disinclination on the rt of Aldermen and Mayor Dunne discuss the proposed ordinance. AH inted to withhold their comment unthey have had an opportunity to idy it in detail. DUEL ON A FLYING TRAIN. :presc Messenger and His Friend Shot Each Other. "M-* rrr> ?T/\nlrcw1 in nil OTnfPSS CCIT tached to a rapidly moving Wabash lin two Chicago men fought a revolr dtiel, which ended with both probly fatally wounded. Each was shot ree times. The fight was caused by tes. according to one of the duelists, le wounded men are John E. Ryan, ?ssenger on the train, and Edward Greene, former express messenger. The accounts of the light differ, eene said he boarded the express r intending to go to his home in ttsfleld to visit relatives. He was old friend o? Ryan, and the latter, asserted, permitted him to ride, tie insisted that he as'sist with the press matter, and the two men ben drinking. Jokes led to a quarrel, d Greene declared both drew revolts at the same time. Ryan said that s shootiug began west of Bement, d Greene averrea rne nrst sum was eel before the train reached Cerro >rdo. When the train neared Decar, Greene opened a door and jumped >m the car. He was unable to ruii ,d was found an hour later by the poe. Che wounded m?n were taken to hos:al at Decatur. None of the train;n was aware of the battle iu proMs on the train until it reached Detur. when th? car door was seen en and the trainmen found Ryan uunscious on llie floor. .ERONAUTS TIGHT SQUEEZE. d Fleshings Nearly Cause Death of Woman Who Falls Among Cattle. Jefferson, Wis.?Miss Belmont, who ide balloon ascensions at the State tir, narrowly escaped death by being red by a herd of Holstein cattle, le wind carried her into a pasture as e alighted. She wore red tjghts, and e animals made a rush for her. Maral Winterling. who followed her on rseback, drove back the enraged catand bore her from the field. She is badly bruised. 1*. Life Men Make Oath in Conflict. Affidavits are on file with the Govuor of Texas sworn to by Theodore . Banta and other officials of the >w York Life to the effect that no ntribution to the Republican camign fund was made in 189G. Reutly President McCall and George , Perkins have sworn that such a yment was made. W. H. Peekbam Dies in Office. Wheeler H. Peekbam, one of tbe reniost lawyers in New York, and an tive member of tbe Citizens' Union, e City Club and otber reform organltions. was stricken witb apoplexy d died in his office in New York City, r. Peekbam bad been ailing for sevil months. The Corn Crop Safe. According to the Washington WeathBureau the bulk of the great corn is safe from frost. Trt Prnf-pph President. The greatest possible care will be ken to protect President Roosevelt lien he visits Richmond, Va., on Ocber 18. The Richmond Howitzers ill act as a special escort to him tierever he goes, and this force will augmented by the local constabu ry and other special guards. Lead Poison Kills Twins. Lead poisoning, caused, it is said, by e cans in which condensed milk was irchased, was responsible for the atb of the six-monlhs-old twins of rchie Boubais, at Peloskey, Mich. TUNNELMURDER MYSTERY Young- Woman Victim of a Strang's Trag'edy in England. Mark* on Mary Money's Body Indicate Tliat She W?? Thrown Froin ".Train ^ ? Kecalln Lefroy's Crime. J London.?Another mysterious railway murder has come to light and there are many features of the case that recall the brutal slaying of Frederick Gold by Percy Lefroy, the notorious burglar and bank robber, 011 June 27, 1S81. This time the victim is a woman, Mary ' Money, twenty-two ye::rs old, whose ' body was terribly mutilated when it * was found lying near the railroad 1 tracks. The bulldogs of Scotland Yard who , are working on the case call it a Lefroy murder from the character of the crime, though Percy Lefroy was prop erly lianged for bis brutal killing. A , theory is advanced that it may be the 1 work of one of the Lefroy family, for every member of this notorious family ' has benn a criminal for the past three i generations. : Mary Money was murdered "in the 1 Merstham Tunnel of the London and 1 Southwestern Railway. Lefroy com- ; mitted his crime in the same tunnel. 1 though under different conditions, if much in the same manner. 1 Mary Money was assaulted and slain, < it is clear, in a commitment in which sue ana uer niuruerer \\ ere iue uui; passengers and her body was thrown out the windows. A long veil was tightly wedged in the young woman's moutb, showing that when the murderer attacked her be made it impossible for her to cry jut and alarm tbe guard. Then he consummated his crime while the train was passing through one of the pitch dark reaches of the tunnel. The young woman left her home on Sunday evening, saying she would not be gone long. She was in good health and spirits. Tbe Lefroy family have kept the police in the neighborhood of Bradford. Yorkshire, busy for the past hundred years. Percy Lefroy and his brother Arthur, known as "Shoddy" Lefroy,' were regarded by the police of Scotland Yard as tbe two most dangerous j criminals in Great Britain. Before i Arthur was fifteen years old lie com- ] mitted a burglary and was sentenced i to fifteen years' imprisonment. < When he got out he and his brother ] became partners of Charles Peace, the | cleverest burglar the world has ever [ known. Peace became a wealthy man, owned his carriage and-country home and moved in excellent society. All . this time, assisted by the two Lefroys; ( he robbed right and left, and at least j three policemcn wlro interrupted the . trio fell victims to their unerring re- j vol vers. < When Pcace was finally captured Le- | froy turned State's evidence against- < him. He told how Peace would gain < the confidence of servant girls, learn I the run of the houses he wished to rob, . *nd then after succeeding, calmly mur- \ (ler the girls. He was convicted and < hanged. Not long after this "Shoddy" Lefroy j was arrested and sent back to prison. 1 While he was serving his term his ] brother murdered Frederick Gold, an | elderly merchant, after robbing him. He was caught and hanged. SANG HER OWN REQUIEM. Church Soprano Dies With "Abide With Me" on Her Lips. Chicago, III.?Singing the words of "Abide With Me" as long as breath i lasted Miss Clara Butler, daughter of , a prominent Morgan Park family and i leftding soprano in the First Baptist 1 Church there, passed away on an op- | erating tabl6 in the hospital at Blue I Island. ' She was a victim of an accident at < the railroad station. Attempting to 1 ilight after the I rain started, her dress raught in the ironwork of the plat- i form and she was thrown under the wheels. She was hurried to the bos- 1 pital in the faint hope of saving her *s life. ' t Although she knew death was fast I coming Miss Butler was cheerful. 1 ' Tell them I am not afraid to die," she whispered to her pastor as a ines- < sage to mourning relatives in an ad- 1 joining room. Then her voice carried 1 its own message in her favorite hymn. 1 Over and over again, until the song 1 ilipii nwnv in a whisper, .she repeated i I he words, while surgeons and nurses 1 turned to the windows and waited for i the end. < GOLDFIELD SALOON HELD UP. j; ( Two Men Get $1200 After Cowing Eight Patrons of Place by Gunplay. ] Goldfield, Nov.' ? In Goodfriend & Briggs' saloon at 1 o'clock a. m. two men robbed the saloon of $1200. Eight ^ men were drinking and gambling in , the place when a masked man stepped , up, leveled a gun at the crowd and or- , dered all bands up. Then be said: ' "Step up, boys, and have a drink. , You can take your bands down to j liquor up, but don't make a move for j a weapon or you will be dead men. I J 4- 1. : 11 nnttKAiln " UUIi I WU1JL IU ivin aiijvuuj. | His partner then opened the roulette cash box and the cash register anc] sot j $3200 in gold. A posse was soon , formed, but no trace of tlie robbers " was found. * \ Shaw Announces Retirement. Secretary of the Treasury Shaw ha? ( announced at the Polk Oounly (Iowa) j Republican Club that he will leave the ( Cabinet February 1, 190G. I Football Player Breaks Leg. The first serious accident of the football season occurred during "Peunsy's" ' practice in Philadelphia when N. Hoi- ; lenback, one of the most promising < candidates for left end, bad bis leg ( broken just above the ankle. The acci- ] dent will prevent his playing this sea- i sou. Germany After America's Cup. Elbridge T. Gerry, back from Europe, t thinks Germany will eventually chal- < lenge for the America's Cup. 1 Popular Vote on Bride For Alfonso. The Madrid Dairio Illustrada has taken a vote among its readers on the i question of the most popular pros- ] pective wife of King Alfonso of Spain. , It announces that 02.500 votes were ; cast. Of these 30.128 were for Princess Ena of Batteuberg, 21,230 for Princess Patricia of Counaught and 3002 for Princess Louise of Orleans. ; Blackmailer Indicted. Minnie Lee. who charged that Governor Herrick, of Ohio, was the father , of her child, was indicted in Cleveland ; on a charge of attempted blackmail. < FLYER SMASHES INTO LOCAL - 9H% 1 Five Persons Killed in a Railway Collision at Paoli, Pa. ML FATALITIES IN PRIVATE CAR tfisplnced Switch Causes P. R. It. Wreck Near Philadelphia?New York limited Express From St. Louis Plunges Into Train at Station?Prominent Employes of the Railroad Killed and Hurt. Philadelphifl, Pa.?Five men were [tilled, and more than twenty injured in a collision at 2.43 o'clock p. m., be!weeu the New York Limited, from the West, and a local passenger train at Paoli, on the main line of the Penusylrania Railroad, nineteen miles out of Philadelphia. The limited ran throuch an open switch and plunged into a siding on which stood the local. The last coach )f the local was a special car belougng to W. W. Atterbury. general maniger of the Pennsylvania Railroad. It svas new and was being tested. In it were some friends of Mr. Atterbury Hid a number of employes of the oad. The only damage to the limited was ? broken pilot and some broken winlows. The local train was smashed. The dead are: F. A. Brastow. Hav?vford, Pa., brother-in-law of General Manager Atterbury; G. S. Walton, Aloona. Pa.; steam heat inspector; G. N. Pennypacker, Philadelphia, foreman of ^ar inspectors; Charles Dunbour, shopnan; R. T. Carland, manager at the West Philadelphia car shops. Among the injured are: Noble Rednan, thigh fractured; Arthur Redraond, leg broken; Richard Cook, colarboue broken; Stephen MacCoila, conductor of local train, broken arm; D. N. Perrine, master mechanic, broken bones and internal injuries. All those who metxdeath were in the irivate car of General Manager Attervt-?w.h -nrnsi nttnrhen to the rear >f tbe locai train. Mr. Atterbury is )n his vacation in Maine. He is expected Jo return soon, and his car had )pen overhauled preparatory to send.113 It to Maine to bring him home. It tvas sent out in the forenoon for a test un. and was attached to a late afterioou local train from Paoli for this :ity. In the car at the time of the collision were about a dozen who had jeen engaged in overhauling the car. i'hose who were not killed were injured. Paoli is the terminus of the Pennsylvania Railroad's suburban traffic ... nnH o lor<ro vnrrl Ls #11 I Lit" lllillll 11UC, UIIU u u?gv ocnted there for the storage of cars mil engines. The local train was made up in the yard on the north sid" )f the railroad and switched across to the east-bound track No. 1 on the south side, and came to a stop at the station. Before the switches could be set tlae limited came along at moderite speed on ?the No. 2 east-bound track, took the cross-over switch and crashed into the local. The force of the collision was so ?reat the engine of the limited plowed ten feet into the private car, and the latter was forced half way through :he day coach ahead. COLD MEALS FOR JEWS. Their Fire Lighters Strike For Five Cents' Increase in ray. Louisville, Ivy.?Cold breakfast was served in the homes of the orthodox lews of Louisville one morning, the :esult of a strike for higher wages of :he young negroes who had been employed to light the fires in the Jewish lomes from sunset Friday until sunset Saturday. Au increase of five cents a lay in wages was demanded and revised bv the employers. The Jews, according to their religous vows, cannot light a Are on their Sabbath. In some instances the fires sverv. lighted by neighbors, who answered the pathetic calls for assisting from the former employers of !he self-styled United Fire Lighters for the Jews. The work of the fire lighters consisted merely in touching the matches to he kindling and feeding the fire with iiiel. The negro boys say that they intend to remain firm, and are loud in their threats of what will happen to my one who makes an effort to play :he role of strike breaker. The Jews say they have no idea of granting the leruand. . . DXB THOUSAND ASK DIVORCE. Five Per Cent, of Kansas City's Married Couples Uhbappy. Kansas City. ? Since last March. Then the filing: of suits for trial at the fall term of tLie Circuit Court began, JIO divorce suits have been filed in Kansas City. There is still one more lay to tile, and as scores of suits are 11 ways held back until the last minute :o avoid publicity as far as possible it h expected that there will be a rush >11 the last day that will carry the to;al to 1000 or more. As there are about 40,000 families in Kansas City the filing of 1000 divorce ;uits in six months means that legal separations are being sought at the ate of five per cent, a year. These LOOO divorce suits will be divided up imong the five divisions of the Circuit Jourt, aud will be sufficient to keep i - 11 * flwv vofii nno .IJt.'IlJ Uli ^lllluiljg ilk luc uui; vt v?v :ase an liour, eight hours a day, during .he entire month of October. Duchess Consuelo Meets President. The Duchess of Marlborough, nee Vanderbilt, was presented to President liid Mrs. Roosevelt by Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Mnckay. The three went to Jyster Bay in a closed automobile from [toslyn, Long Island, which is twelve niles from Sagamore HiJl. Peace Treaty Unpopular in Japan. The agitation against the ratification jf the treaty of peace is apparently in Teasing m japan. rnougu uu Luaucr fioleuce has been reported. More Victories For Printers. A bulletin issued from tbe office of !he International Typographical Union, Indianapolis, Ind.. shows that 224 subordinate unions are now working on in eight-hour basis, or have arranged to do so not later than January 1, 100U. Sir.oe September eight such igreemeats have been .signed in sixty>i" cities. Germany and France Agree. It was reported from Paris that a complete agreement bad been reached between Germany and France on the subject of .Morocco. AN ADIRONDACK TRAGEDY Mrs. Charles Fenton Climbs Mountain to Aid Dying- Husband. 1 Her Feat Accomplished at Night in Spite of Warning That It Would Be Sheer lMadnesn. Lake Placid, N. ?.?Out of the Adirondacks have come many thrilling tales, but for feminine bravery and devotion to a stricken husband none surpasses the story of Mrs. Charles Kenton's night climb up Whiteface Mountain, one of the highest peaks iu New York State. The ascent of Whiteface is a difficult matter even for a strong man accompanied by a guide in daylight, and never before has a woman made the K ,1 T4* ?ll {n v iiuiu aiuiif iilici \ i?i l i\. it ? a? an m vain, also, for Mrs. Feuton reached her husband only to find him dead. Charles Fenton, the husband, wns a wealthy retired hotel keeper who lived in the town of Number Four. He was seventy-six years old and one of the best known uien in the Adirondneks. Six years ago. he married Miss Wegg, an accomplished woman, thirty years old. Mr. and Mrs. Fenton have recently been staying at Whiteface Inn. Lake ^Placid, and they decided to make the ascent of Whiteface. They were undeterred by the fact that they were unable to procure a guide. Tbey started up the trail about S o'clock in the morning, and -were approaching the summit when the exertion and altitude proved too much for the elderly husband and he collapsed, As he fell unconscious the ycung wife screamed for help, but there was 110 one to hear, tor tney were in me neart or me wilderness. After all efforts to revive her husband proved unavailing, Mrs. Fenton started down the trail as fast as she could. She knew that a launch from Wliiteface Inn was to meet them at G o'clock. In the gathering dusk the* young woman fell frequently in her haste. Bruised and bleeding, she arrived at the launch landing. After ordering the launch operator to summon a physician and other assistance the young woman started back up the trail to her stricken husband. In vain she was told that it was sheer madness to attempt the ascent of Whlteface alone and in the dark. Bears .have frequently been seen in the vicinity recently and guides have reported hearing the cries of some animal, presumably a catamount. Unarmed, without a light and apparently with no thought of her own safety, the young wife pressed on. timo? slirk lnsf thf* trail and was compelled to crawl on her hands and knees. The briar bushes tore her clothing and cut her. At last she reached the spot where her husband lay. There was no indication that he had stirred since she had left him, and she could detect no heart beat6. She beg^n to realize that he was past human aid. Her fears were confirmed when Dr. Warren and a party of volunteers arrived from Lake Placid. Dr. Warren said heart disease had tieen the cause of Mr. Fenton's death. Mrs. Feuton was almost prostrated by grief and her exertions. The physician had to turn his attention to her. Restoratives were given her, and she was assisted back to Whiteface Inn. which she reached about midnight. Her husband's body was carried down the trail and was shipped to his late home for burial. Mr. Fenton was for years proprietor of the Fenton House, at Number Four. He accumulated a snug fortune, and seven years ago gave to his children the hotel and valuable farm property, in the town of Watson, reserving a private park of more than thirty thousand acres for hunting and fishing i. - ? iKiv ground. He was presiuem ui wcton Game Preserve Association. He was twice married, and besides his widow he leaves two daughters, Mrs. Cora L. Fenton Parker and Mrs. Julia E. Wormwood. BOMB THROWN IX PEKIN. Car Containing Reform Commission* . Wrecked?Wu Ting Fang Injured. Pekin. Ciijna.?A bomb, exploded iu tbe Pekin Railway station, as a train carrying one of the four missions ordered abroad to study foreign political methods was leaving, killed four minor officials and wounded more than twenty other persons. The wounded include Prince TsaL Tche, who heads the most important of the missions, and Wu Ting Fang, former Minister to the United States, both of wh.om received slight injuries. The perpetrator of the outrage was blown to pieces. The bomb was exploded inside a private car. The affair has created a profound sensation aud causes apprehension regarding the safety of members of the court aud leading officials of the Government. The Government offices and the railways have been under strong guard. ARMY SURGEON A SUICIDE. Captain Godfrey Shoots Self at Fort McPherson?Cause Uuknown. Atlanta, Ga.?Captain G. C. M. Godfrey. assistant surgeon, U. S. A., committed suicide at his home in Officers' Row, Fort McPherson, by blowing out his brains with a revolver. Captain Godfrey was the son of Colonel E. S. Godfrey, commanding officer of the Ninth Cavalry, now at Fort Riley. Kan. Capta.n Godfrey leaves a wife and one cLiild. a boy. No cause for the suicide car. be ascribed unless it be temporary meutal aberration. This belief is general among the officers at Fort McPherson. RELIEF FOR THE UNEMPLOYED. General Booth Charters Three Steamers to Carry Emigrants to Canada. London.?General Bootb, of the Salvation Armj', in a long article dealing with the situation arising from the great number of persons at present out of employment in England, announces that lie has chartered tliree steamers, which in the spring will sail for Canadian ports with emigrants, to all of whom employment will be guaranteed. PALM A. SWEEPS CUBA. Tbf? Supporters of the Government Victorious in Every Province. Havana, Cuba. ? Complete returns t'roin the island sliow that in the elections tor members ot the election boards the supporters of the Govern meut were victorious in every prov iuce, not having lost an important place. It is admitted to mean the reelection in December of President Palma and the ejection ot the Vice-Presidential candidate, Mendez Capote, leader of the Moderate party. / \ 'moon VISITS #?' ? Fierce Storm Sweeps Over Philippine Capital With Fatal Effect. THOUSANDS LEFT HOMELESS Native District! Suffer Most, Though Many Bulldlngo in the Main Town Are Unroofed ? Victim* Killed by Live Wires?The Woirst Visitation in Twenty Year*?City in Darkness. Manila, Philippine Islands. ? A typhoon swept over this city. The storm lasted three hours and at 2 p. in. the wind attained a velocity o? 105 miles an hour. The property damage is estimated at $500,000. Ten natives were killed, 200 injured and 1000 reudered homeless. The botanical gardens and 1 tlio telephone system were wrecked. Slight damage was done to the United States quartermaster's store houses and the city was thrown iuto darkness., Hundreds of buildings were unroofed. Thousands of electric light wires were blown down, filling the streets with flamw until the current was turned off. The city was in darkness when the dispatches were sent. It was believed that shipping in the bay had warning of the approach of the storm, but up to the time the dispatches were sent the ships were invisible on account of the rain and had not communicated with the shore. A later cablegram says hundreds of stone and wooden buildings, including two churches and a hotel, were vnroofed. The native districts were half swept away. Trees were unrooted every- ' where and dozens of vehicles were upset. Traffic was suspended and the streets ' were deserted. The trolley lines have suffered much damage. The town was placed in darkness. The police stations are feeding and I sheltering HOOO homeless persons and the churches 3000 more. Typhoons are not unusua* in Asiatic ! waters at this time of venr although 1 not always do they exhibit the extreme violence possessed by this one. Xhey usually originate far to the east and nearer the equator than Manila. They move to the west or west-northwest and gradually curve so that they often pass northward or northwest-, ward along the coast of China and Japan. On the average, ;ney are quite ' as severe as the West Indian hurricanes; the barometer falls even lower at the centre, and the rainfall-is probably heavier. They most frequently occur late in the summer or during the autumn, and have done great violence to shipping in Asiatic waters, and occasionally before in the Philippines. The centre of the typhoon, around which the wind blows in circles, is usually a calm which varies in diameter from one-tenth to one-nfth of the storm area. In the northern hemisphere the bearing of this centre is al ways ninety degrees to the right or the direction of the wind: that is, when the wind is north the centre bears east. GIVES UP HONORS FOR LOVE. Hereditary Count Wed3 Poor Girl and Loses Erbach Succession. Berlin, Germany. ? The hereditary Count Francis von flfbach-Erbach, the twenty-two-year-old son of the head of the second branch of the ancient house of Erbach, in Hesse, has been set aside from the succession for having married the daughter of a washerwoman Of Erbach. The marriage, it is added, took place in London some weeks ago. Count Francis having affirmed his intention to remain true to his wife, a council of all the Counts of Erbach was called, the names of eight of whom are in the Almanach de Gotha as old enough to participate in the deliberations^ The council decided that, under the laws of the house. Count Francis has forfeited his right to succeed his father, and elected to succeed him Count Everard, who is nineteeu years of age and second son of Count Arthur, the oldest living brother of the chief of this branch of the family. UNCLE SAM'S BIG PARK. One of the Largest of Forest Reserves Created by .President. Oyster Bay, L. I.?One of the biggest Government forest reservations in the world was created a few days ago by President Roosevelt. He signed an Executive order by which that part of 4U5,000 acres ef timber land in Southwestern "Utah not already acquired was taken uuder the ownership of Uu- . cle Sam. Th?i vast tract of virgin forest lies largely in Washington and Iron counties, and is said to contain some of the linest timber in the United States. Nearly ninety per cent, of t'Je new reservation is made up of land already > held by the Government. Dead, Standing in'Lake. At South Bend. Ind., Charles Howard, son of T. E. Howard, former Supreme Court Justice, was found dead in Notre Dame Cemetery lake. The body was upright, with the head just above water. His hat was still oil and ne appeared to ieau on the caue he held iu his hand. Follows Her Fiance to Death. Discouraged over the death of her fiance, Wesley Shepherd, whose funeral she attended at Gaines, Mich., Bertha Koonter, eighteen years old, killed herself by drinking carbolic acid. Lecturer Falls to Death. Dr. James R. Chadwick, of Boston, a lecturer at Harvard College, was found dead just outside his summer residence at Chocorua, N. H. It is supposed he fell from the piazza roof during the night. Girl Suspected of Killing Father. Suspected of cmisiug her father's death by giving him arsenic in his lunch, thirteen-year-old Nellie llullison is under arrest at Shenandoah, Iowa. England and Japan Allies. The text of ilie Anglo-Japanese treaty was made public; its main feature provides that in case of attack on one of the allies by a single power the other any must assist; u iwuguiscs Japan's paramount interests in Korea, aud the similar situation of Britain in India; the integrity of China and the open door are maintained. Cheerful Oitiook For Fishermen.. If Britain will cousect Canada will immediately arm a cruiser on Lake Erie with quick firing guns to shoof American fishers in Dominion waters. ????????? I IN THE. BEST OF HEALTH SINCE TM1N8 PE-RII-N/L Im^^RjJurP 9 K^''ffgwWh m POOB HBAI^' PAINS Iff BACK. SICK HEADACHES. PE-B0-NA CUBED. Mrs. Lena Smith, N. Cherry street, cor. Line, Nashville, Tenn., writes: "I have had poor. health for the paat four years, pains in the back and groins, ' and dult sick headache, with bearing down pains. ^ "A friend who was very enthusiastic about l'erwna insisted that 1 try it. "I took it for ten days and was earprised to find 1 had so little pain.' "I therefore continued to use it and at the end of two mouths my pains had totally disappeared. . * "I have been in the best of health since and feel ten years younger. J am very grateful to you." Catarrh of the internal organs gradually .' saps away the strength, undermines the vitality and causes nervousness. Peruna it the remedy. their sex, used as douche is nuuvelcm^ytno. cessful. Thoroughly cleanses, kills disease gonna, stops discharges, heals inflammation and local soreness, cures leucorrhoa a ad nasal catarrh. Paz tine is in powder form to be dissolved in port water, and is ?a* more cleansing, healing, germicidal and economical than liquid antiseptics for all TOILET AND WOMEN'S SPECIAL USES For sale at druggist*, CO cents a box. Trial Box and Book of Instructions Proa. Thc b. Paxfow Compaht aoaTow, Maui ? Tailor's Lifn-Savlnjf Coat. A London tailor lias invented a new life saying coat and gaiters, with which it is possible for a person clothed therein to maintain an upright position when immersed in the water, even if not possessing any knowledge of swimming. The coat resembles in appearance an ordinary pilot coat, but it is fitted with an air belt, which is inflated with air through a tube. The gaiters each weigh two pounds and are fitted with two brass wings or blades fastened to the back of the heel. As the. wearer, moves his feet in the water this? wings open and shut, and not only propel the wearer alpng like oars but enable him to maintaian an upright position from the waist upward in the water. A practical demonstration of the utility of the invention was recently undertaken in the River Thames by the inventor and its efficiency and lifesaving qualities clearly shown, even when moving against the tide. Two Wonderful Hon*. Boyerton, Berks County, farmers I have raised some very curious liens I this season, at Ienst so says Irvin Rei>- I pert, of Monterey, whose pet hen, a I fine Plymouth Rock fowl, takes the I prize in laying contests in the county. fl The hen .heard her owner tell his wife that the chicken was doomed for the I boiling pot. Then the hen went to her B nest and deposited two large eggs be- I fore leaving. The next day she tried <1 to repeat the trick, and laid an egg in? H side of which was another well-formed H egg. Full of freak tricks, the hen next I day furnished two other well-formed H eggs. The death sentence has been I commuted to liberty for life. *-f"Hi I Amandus Benfield, of this town, has H a three-montbs-old hen with four legs, I and wbon the hen runs two of the legs I are huddled up with the tail. The H chicken presents a wonderful sight.? Piitlnflolnhla Press. ^5-' A Full Stop. A returned traveler who speut half I of bis holiday in a tour of ll-eland H brought back a sample of the nappy go-lucky wit of the Irish "jarvey," 01 H driver; In a breakneck race down a H hill lift suddenly realized that the splr> H Ited little Irish mare was running H away. H "Pull her up!" he showed, excitedly. H "Hold tight, your honor," returned H the jarvey, easily. 9| "Pull her up!" again commanded the trawler, making a grab for the reins, M . "For your life don't touch the reins,'* H the jarvey answered, without tighten* H ing his grip. "Sure, they're as rotten H as pears." H The traveler made ready to jump, H but the jarvey laid a soothing hand on H his shoulder. H "Sit easy," he said, reassuringly. "I'll H turn ber into the river at the bridge H below here. Sure, that'll stop her." D T?Mrt?|.anhirfll Rrror. H Laurence Hutton cites as the most M amusing and. at the time, most per- Hj plexing, typographical error in his H long journalistic career, one which oc- H currod in an article he wrote at the Hj time of the consolidation of the Asto?, H Tilden and Lenox libraries, in which H he was made to express the fallowing H remarkable opinion: "Xf?w York, H perhaps, has never fully realized until H this day how greatly it has been en- H riched by the receipt of the vest but- H tons of James Lenox!" He had writ- H ten "vast bequest*/' jH