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; }. ' / filOl.l# PfflliQPl ^ > . - .... /Mobs Visit Homes of Former Political Bosses. DURHAM'S HOME 13 STONED leaders uf Mayor Weaver'* l'arty, After Hearing Got. Folk Speak. Go to Fray ^ and Are Joined by Stone Throwing ' Hooilloms?Boss McNlchol's Sod Held Up?Newspaper Threatened. Pniladelpliia. Pa.?Led by City party agitators, one thousand men and boys marched from the Academy of Music, iwhere Governor Folk of Missouri, under the auspices of-the reformers, delivered his address on cleanliness in municipal affairs, down upon the house of Boss Durham, 1410 Spruce street, at night. Folk filled the Academy to overflowing and there were hundreds outside who could not get in. After the meeting was over City agitators mounted the steps of the Academy and called -fee- volunteers to march upon the liouses of Durham and McNichoI. They got together about two hundred men and began the march singing "Blest Be the Tie That Binds." Before they had gone a block hundreds of meu, many of whom were drunk, aud all disorderly, joined in. Arriving before Durham's house the speakers took weir turn on xne steps, utuuuuciug iue boss and calling on him to leave town. Then the two hundred faithful dropped to their knees in prayer and sent up supplications for Durham. The disorderly portion then began to throw stones. Not a policeman dared to interfere and the whole street was at the mercy of the mob. Just as it was beginning to get serious the riugleaders called for the next - move, a march on the home of Boss McNichol. Arriving there, the speakers took their station on the steps. Mc'Nichol's young son, returning home, arrived just at that time. He was held toy three men while the leader addressed a speech to him. "This should be in jail," shouted the fanatic. *"Your father is a thief, crook, liar and hater of God. If we did right, we would tear every stone of your home down and scatter his bones to the vwImsIa- Va?* O oat* /vf O nfaalr Vam ,r? iuuc. iuu at c a oui: ui a vi vva* xuu aro tainted." The boy struggled- to get free, and shouts of protest were heard from the crowd: "It's a shame." "Let the boy go." "It is not his fault." "Sins of the father shall be visited on the heads of his children," shrieked the fanatic. ' McNichoPs son managed to wrest himself from his captors, and struck the speaker in the face. Instantly the crowd made a dash fov him, and be stood up against the door, defying them. In the meantime the disorder in the crowd increased. A number of men. sympathizing with tbe boy, rushed to defend him, and the fight became general. The boy's father ivras not at home. Just when the agitation was at its leigbt and the fight became fierce fifteen policemen came. They had orders not to use force against City party sympathizers. The crowd was induced to move on, and it marched down upon tbe office of the Philadelphia Inquirer, the only paper in Philadelphia supporting the Republican organiza ' Denunciation there was fierce. The Crowd filled Market street from side to side. "Finger of God is on this building!" shouted the chief speaker. Just at this point a ripe tomato struck him squarely on the head, and from another crowd, rapidly gathering, rose counter shouts for the Republican organization. Another fight began, and one solitary policeman had his hands full trying to protect the plate glass front of the building. At last it was rumored thatUhe Inquirer people were preparing to turn a fire hose on the crowd, as they actually were, and under discreet leaders the mob marched away. "Dare to treat this meeting unfairly," shouted one of the speakers, "and jwe'll tear down the building!" Then the mob moved away to the machine headquarters in the Betz building, where, after similar scenes of disorder, it disbanded. TASTES WHITE STUFF AMI DIES. Children Had Eeen Poisoned and Neighbor Tried to Investigate. Hazard, Ky.?Picking up a pinch of white powder which three children had just eaten with fatal results, before going for a doctor for them, Marion Combes fell dead before walking a dozen yards. The frowder was corrosive sublimate. The children who had died were the seven, four and two-vear-old little ones of Jason Commetts, a veterinary surgeon, who used the poison in his business. He left a package of the poison on the bureau in his office while he answered a professional call several luiies away from his home. The children found the package after his departure, and, evidently thinking it contained sugar, ate some of it. BOER COLONY FOR TEXAS. Thousands of Agriculturists to Settle in Southwest. Galveston. Texas.?The Boer colony of farmers in Mexico have accepted an offer to settle in Southwest Texas, In the new country just opened up by the Brownsville Road. The tract of irrigated land comprises about 75,000 teres. ? Says Filipinos Hate Americans. I acuator juuuuis, 01 iuauu, wiio visiteu the Philippines in the Taft party, declared the Filipinos hated Americans and would eventually make trouble for the United States. : Powerless Against "Black Hand." In connection with the latest "Black Hand" outrage, the wrecking by dynamite of a store in Stanton street. New York City, it was stated that the police are powerless before the Ave thousand Camorristi now in that city. Prominent People. Premier Balfour is not like his portraits. Pius X. has finally succumbed and ins had a telephone put in the Vatican. It is said that Arthur Balfour, the British Premier, never reads the news- j papers. Lord Carew, the English nobleman, is a farmer of renown, and owns a herd of Jerseys of rare strain. Swift MacNeill, who is regarded as the champion questioner of the British Houso of Commons, is a barrister by profession. TEN HEROES REWARDED Seven Men and Thre9 Women Selected by Carnegie Commission. Now Jersey School Girl Heads the List? i All Kccelve Medals and Some a Gift of Money. Pittsburg. Pa.?The Carnegie Horo Fund Commission met and made the first awards under the provisions stipulated by Andrew Carnegie in creating the trust. Ten persons were named as beneficiaries of the fund. The features of the initial awards are these: No beneficiary is pensioned, although the scheme provides that pensions may be awarded. One award is for bravery in a mine disaster. Nine awards are for heroism on the water, there being none for bravery at fires. Three women are honored, one the widow of a he/o. Only one award is in favor of a dead hero. One man receives a reward because of the heroism of his wife, who lost her life. In gathering the data for the awards George F. Camp, secretary and special agent of the commission, traveled 12,000 miles and looked into fifty cases, forty of which were rejected. The ten cases suggested to the commission were passed on unanimously. The awards were made to persons and for reasons as follows: MISS MAUDE TITUS, a high school girl, sixteen years old, of Newark, N. J., daughter of a practicing physician, was awarded a silver medal for life saving on July 30, 1!)03. At the risk of her life she saved her chum, Laura V. Reifsnyder, of East Orange, N. J., from drowning. The two girls were on the yacht Romance, owned by Captain Burgess, of Boston, and were in Casco Bay, near Yarmouth, Me, A storm forced the party to take to boats. The one in which were Miss Titus and Miss Keitsnyaer was overturned. Miss Reifsnyder could not swim, but Miss Titus brought her safe to shore. ARTHUR A. ROSS, a hatmaker, of Foxboro. Mass., was given a bronze medal for displaying great presence of mind and saving several lives near his home. Joseph R. Gillis, Nellie A. Walsh and Mamie T. Walsh were thrown into a mill pond. Ross secured a rowboat, which lay bottom up ou the bank, and rushed into the water with it. He forced Gillis to hold calmly to tlv? die of the boat, steadying it while he pulled Mamie Walsh in by the "hair and then pulled Nellie in. Gillis became excited and upset the boat, spilling all out. Ross then had to reload the entire party in the boat from water thirty feet deep. He saved all hands. He is twenty-three years old. CHARLES CRABBE, of Copper's Lsndinsr. Va.. is eiven a bronze medal and $1000 to educate his children, because of the heroism of his wife, Abbie. L., who lost her life in trying to save a negro boy. WILLIAM C. BRUNE, aged seventeen, of Sandusky. Ohio, was awarded a bronze medal for saving George F. Pfanner, aged nine, from drowning on July 8, 1904. GEORGE F. RUSSELL, twenty-four, a shipbuilder, of Groton, Conn., was awarded a medal for saving the lives of two boys on Long Island Sound on July 29, 1904. A thirty-mile wind was blowing and the water was sixty feet deep. Russell jumped from a small launch. The boys caught him with the death hold, but he managed to swim with them quite a distance, saving them. ARTHUR J. GOTTSCHALK, twenty-four, Lancaster, N. Y., was awarded a medal for saving the life of Mrs. Joseph Webster, of Detroit, Mich., at Bertie. Ontario, on July 6, 1904. ' WADE H. PLUMMER, aged fifteen, of Lamar. S. C., was given a bronze medal and $000 to help in his education. He is the son of a poor farmer. On May 7, 1904, he risked his life to save a companion from the Lynch River. MRS. CORA E. DAVIS, of Cleveland, Ohio, was awarded a silver medal and $1000 to educate her children. Her husband, David Davis, a miner, lost' his life by going into a mine to save a fellow-worker overcome by black damp. MISS MARGARET CUNNINGHAM, twenty years old, of Savannah, Ga? a nurse, was awarded a bronze medal for saving the life of Edwin W. Cubbage, Jr., of that city, on May 26, 1903? Cubbage. who was in the ocean, became exhausted. Miss Cunningham brought him to shore. MICHAEL J. DOYLE, thirty-one years old, a ship laborer of Quebec, was awarded a silver medal for rescuing Miss Charlotte L. Dekartner from suicide in the St. Lawrencc River, on April 28. 1904. The river was filled, with floating ice. Doyle swam quite a distance with her, though she fought mm aesperaitjty. VICTIMS OF TRAIN WRECKERS. Fireman, Engineer and a Tramp Killed at Fresno, Cal. Bakersfield. Cal.?A northbound train on the Southern Pacific Railway was wrecked at the yard entrance at Fresno. Engineer Cole and Fireman Butts, both of Bakersfield, and an unknown tramp were killed. None of the passengers were seriously hurt. The wreck was due to a misplaced switch, the work of train wreckers. The lock was broken with a rock found near the switch. McCurdy Refused to Testify. Richard A. McCurdy, President of the Mutual Life Insurance Company, flatly refused to answer questions put to him by Mr. Hughes, counsel for the Legislative Investigating Committee, in session in New York City. To Protect Repeaters at Polls. Superintendent of Police Taylor, of Philadelphia. Pa., testified that former Director of Public Safety Smyth had instructed him to protect repeaters at the polls. New Premier of Hungary. General Baron Fejervary has been reappointed Premier of Hungary and is c\arged by the Emperor-King with the task of preparing for a general election under universal suffrage as exercised in Belgium. .3* Sporting Brevities. The Myopia second polo team defeated Great Neck by 15 to GV4 in the final for tiie Newport (R. I.) Cups. President Roosevelt recently entertained college athletic advisers, with a view to eliminating football brutality. The Giants defeated the Athletics iy the first game of the series for tlx world's championship by a score ol 3 to 0. Miss Southern won the final round in singles of the women's lawn tennis tournament at the Esses County Country Club. BANK MSimillCIB! T. Lee Clarke, of the Enterprise National, of Pittsburg-, Pa., Dead. AFFAIRS OF BANK IN A CLOUC Politics Said to Hnvo Been Mixed Uj With the Financial Dealings of th? Institution ? State Funds Alleged t< Have Been Misused For Private Gail ?Comptroller Closes the Doors. Pittsburg, Pa.?Cashier T. Lee Clarke, of the Enterprise National Bank of Allegheny, and an elder in the Firsl United Presbyterian Church, of Bel levue, committed suicide by taking laudanum and shooting himself. The Enterprise Bank yvas closed by the tional Bank Examiner. The Enterprise National Bank had al most $750,000 in State funds. Thai the bank was carrying $700,000 ii paper from Pennsylvania politician.' is also alleged. It is asserted that the failure of the Santa Fe system to tase over an option on property in Arizona promoted by Cashier Clarke and others was the indirect cause of the crash. How much of the State money was used up in this deal has not been made public, but there is a record of one loan of $200,000 to a concern managed by W. R. Andrews, Territorial representative of New Mexico, in connection with F. J. Torrance, a prominent Pennsylvania Republican politician, ex-State Senator Arthur Kennedy and Cashier Clarke. Iu the bank's affairs all was chaos. President Frederick Gwinner said: "I have been only a dummy President. They used me, my name and my money. It will kill the Republican party in Pennsylvania. At least, I hone so. for they have killed Clarke and ruined me as well as many others. We have been ruined by the accursed Republican machine in Pennsylvania." State Banking Commissioner John A. Berkey, of Somerset, and John W. Morrlsou, one of his deputies, visited the bank. State Treasurer Mathieu sent an additional deposit of State funds amounting to $50,000, which made the total amount of State funds in the bank ?782,000. Torrance, who is head of the Standard Manufacturing Company, and one of the leading Republicans of Pennsylvania, was seriously ill. He has been closely identified with the officials of the bank now in the hands of a receiver. Cashier Clarke went to the bank, where he remained over his books until lfinj? nffrer midniarht. About 9 o'clock President Gwinner dropped In to see lilm. He asked if anything was wrong or if he could do anything. "I'll give you $100,000, Mr. Clarke, if you need it for a time," said the old President. "I'm afraid all is not wel; here." "Thank you, Mr. Gwinner, but the bank is all right, and I'm all right," Clarke announced. Two hours later Clarke went home, and. rising early in the morning, took a dose of,.Iaudanum, but it was not sufficient to kill him. He persuaded his family that it had been a mistake, and, drinking a cup of coffee, ordered his carriage brought to the door in order that he might not be late at the bank. He kissed his wife and four children good-bye, and went out on the long porch back of his $300,000 home. There he sbot himself through the head. Homer L. Castle, Prohibition candidate for State Superior Court Judge, in public several weeks ago made the declaration that United States Senator Boies Penrose and others had obtained a loan from the Turtle Creek Bank of Allegheny County, and that the note for the loan had been turned over to the Enterprise Bank. It was maintained that there was juggling with funds of tlie State, ana umtea stares Senator Penrose came out with a bitter attack on Castle, saying he was a "liar." Later Castle made the declaration that the Enterprise Bank carried $200,000 of paper floated by Andrews and others, that the loan had beeu made without interest because Andrews and his friends had obtained for the Enterprise Bank a large deposit of State funds. _ There were loud calls from the publ.ic for affirmation or denial of this rumor, but none was forthcoming. This crash brought out the fact that the $200,000 loan was there, not in the name of the Territorial representative of New Mexico, but in the name of the Pennsylvania Development Company, which Andrews controls. Andrews, who is back from New Mexico for a time, was asked about his connection with the Enterprise Bank. "Yes, I've heard Clarke is dead; too bad, ain't it? Me? Oh, I don't know anything about the br.nk's affairs. Clarke, Torrance and Kennedy took ati/1 /"v f fhlnCTC T taic ut uc uuaxituii cuu v/j don't know anything about it." President Gwinner made some investigation when the first of Cashier Clarice's bad work became known. He had given a note for $200,000 to the Bank of Pittsburg, making the Enterprise National Bank of Allegheny security for it. This was without the knowledge of the president or other directors of the bank. President Gwinner, to save scandal, paid this note out of his own pocket. What has become of the money has not been made known. Within forty-eight hours of the time he killed himself Cashier Clarke had Gwinner indorse for him a note for $50,000. Drugs Thrown in College Fight. In a fight between the four classes of Wooster University, at Wooster, Ohio, the juniors and sophomores threw asafoetida. mixed with powdered flour, sulphurated hydrogen and other mixtures, injuring their opponents and ruining the gowns of the girls. Holiday Trade Begius. The first interest in holiday trade is noted, and this element promises to supply unprecedented business this year. Feminine Fancies. Mrs. Mackay is known in London as "the silver queen." Tiie Grand Ducness uiga or ltussia Is known as "The Princess of Peace." Queen Alexandra has in all fifteen ladies in personal attendance upon her. The Duchess of Newcastle is a great driver, angler, shot and judge of dogs. Miss Pauline Chrisman, of Pueblo, Col., has been sworn in as a full-fledged policeman. Miss Rose B. Richardson, of Syracuse, N. Y., began life as a telegraph operator, but is now an electrical contractor. " GIRLS LURED TO CHINA Americans and Canadians Held as Captives in Shanghai. Police of Chicago, III., and Federal AhJ tliorltle* Make Sime Starllluj: Discoveries. > , Chicago. III.?Traffic in American , and Canadian girls between Chicago t and Chinese ports in tinder investigation by the Federal Immigration Bureau and the local police. It is charged ' that two women in this; city, who have agents in Shanghai and Hong Kong, ^ induct the girls to make the trip by telling of fabulous sums they can earn ' as maids in wealthy Chinese families. ; As further bait the applicant for the . position is told that her traveling and living expenses will be paid and all necessary clothing furnished. When the women reach China they are placed : under guard and sent to the purchas, ers. Many are supposed to be held in palaces of wealthy Chinese. "It is true this sort of thing has been ( going on for some time," said Chief i Collins. "I have detctives working now, and expect to do something before long. The information came to ' me from Washington hrst, and I took up the case with the Government offii cials here, but they could do nothing. , "This traffic has been going on for yeurs. Chicago authorities have the names of about fifty girls who have been sold. Hilda Olson, twenty years old. is said to have committed suicide on [ reaching Shanghai, where the price for ; girls is from $300 to $1500. James L. Rodgers, American Consul at Shanghai, has enlisted the co-operation of English and Chinese authorities in the securing of evidence of the traffic. . a Three French Canadian girls from Montreal were sent from Chicago to Shanghai recently. Two of the girls escaped from their captors after arriving, and sought refuge in a resort frequented by American and English sailors. They told an officer of the American Navy their experiences, and about the fate of their former companion. Aside from the two women about whom a web of evidence has been woven, trace has been secured of several others who make annual pilgrimages from the Far East as recruiting agents for wealthy Chinese merchants, traders and officials. Not only the dissolute are gathered, but immature and inexperienced girls are employed as "secretaries" and "traveling companions." Exposure of the traffic was made by complaint of the sale of Louise Miller, a girl from Montreal, to the agent of a Chinese official in Shanghai. The names of ten young women who have disappeared from homes in Chicago and other American cities and were shipped to Shanghai are in the possession of Inspector J. W. Burst, of the Chinese Immigration Bureau. For prosecution and punishment the Government agents say they must rely on the police and State authorities, because there is no national law against the traffic. ROOSEVELT GOES SOUTH. Trip Covers Eight States He Has Not Yet Visited Officially. Washington, D. C.?President Roosevelt started on his tour of the South, the special object of the journey being to visit those States which he has not visited since his accession to the Presidency. He was booked to pass through Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas and Louisiana, and to be absent' from Washington thirteen days. The last four days will be spent at sea, the President returning from New Orleans, La., to Hampton Roads, Va., on the battleship West Virginia. ivus. uuuseveit wcui vuiy no mi uo j Roswell, Ga., the home of the President's mother. . The President's party, in addition to Mrs. Roosevelt, consisted of Secretary Loeb, Surgeon-General P. M. Rirey, of the navy; two stenographers, two Secret Service operatives, two White House messengers and the representatives of the three newspaper associations. During the President's absence the White House clerical force is in :harge of> B. F. Barnes, assistant Secretary. GOLF CLUB BLOW KILLS PLAYER Was Watching Opponent From Behind When Swinging Driver Struck Him. Boston, Mass.?While playing at the Brae Burn Country Club links, West Newton, Charles Mann, sixty-three years old, a Boston coal merchant, was killed by being accidentally hit on the forehead with his opponent's driver. Mr. Mann, with an invited guest, a Mr. Josselyn, of Boston, Mass., and Mrs. Mann, had proceeded only a few holes when Mr. Mann took a position back of his opponent to watch an especially critical drive. As the club was swung over Mr. Josselyn's shoulder it struck Mr. Mann on the forehead, knocking him unconscious. Mr. Josselyn and. other players hurried Mann to the club house, where he recovered consciousness, but for only a short time. 1 President Admits Chinaman. Pang Hong, an American born and nhriaHniii-ztiH Phinnmnn who hflfl- bpen detained at Portal, N. D., for a month, has been admitted in the United States by order of President Roosevelt. Mob in Moscow Foiled. A mob attempted to plunder the Zhukoff printing plant in Moscow, Russia, but were dispersed by troop?. Woman and Five Children Burned. Mrs. Alice Hartman and her five children were burned to death in their home at Port Royal, Franklin County, Mo. He husband, William Hartman, escaped but was unable to save any of his family. The Franklin County autnorities are investigating me uugedy. Russian Battleship Raised. The Russian battleship Pobieda. sunk by the Japanese in the harbor of Port Arthur, was refloated. Goes to Scaffold Singing. Protesting innocence to the last, John Rooney was hanged at Bismarck, N. D., for the murder of Harold Sweet, August 20. 1902. Rooney walked to the scaffold singing a song of his own composition. He remarked on the small attendance. Says Graft Infests Universities. President Wise, of Oberlin College, who was in Milwaukee, Wis., on a lecturing tour, declared that the "graft" microbe infests all American universities, as exampled in the financial af' fairs of student organizations. ..... KILLED SY A BIG BE n Passengers Swept From Campania in Mid-Ocean. NO WARNING OF HUGE ROLLER A Portion oi the Bail Smashed by th? Resistless Tons of Wator, and Fife Persons Were Washed Through the Opening Into the Ocean ? Narrative of an Eye- Witness. New York City?The Cunard Line stea unship Campania, from Liverpool and Queenstown, shipped a sea on October 11 which resulted in the injury of a large number of steerage passengers and the loss of five or six. The officers of the Campania were very reticent about the accident, and refused to give any infrtrmnHrm until thA ntrAnt Mr. Rrrvtrn. authorized its Issuance. The sum of the affair is said to be that on Wednesday, October 11, about 1 o'clock in the afternoon, the Campania was running along at her usual speed with a huge quartering sea when the steamship lurched suddenly to port and scooped up an enormous sea. The sea boarded the Campania about midehlps on the port side and completely swept the steerage deck, washing a large number of steerage passengers n>ft. The sea filled the space between the decks, smashed out a door in the rail, through which five were swept and lost. About thirty were injured. The great sea washed aft with terrific force and then surged forward. Its power was irresistible, and there, was no possibility of escapfe from its rush. One young woman had both legs broken at the thigh, several passengers had arms and ribs broken. On arrival ten were in the hospital, white a large number were nursing bruises of all sorts. The crew were also injured. Dr. Verdon, the ship's surgeon, was aided by several physicians who were cabin passengers on board. A passenger on board said that he had heard that two women and three men were lost, but declared that, although an inspection was made, no report was given out of the number lost. "I donjt believe they know themselves how many are missing." When the sea boarded the Campania the steerage passengers were sitting about the decks, some of the women Hinging. This deck runs on both sides from a point under the bridge aft to within a short distance of the stern. The deck above shelters it and a high rail guards it Between, the rail and the upper deck a rope netting fills the space to prevent the passengers from washing overboard. In the rail, which is a solid plated wan aDove iour reel uiga, are several swinging doors, or open scuppers, to allow the water to pass out when any is shipped. These openings are crossed by iron bars or grating. It was through these openings that the passengers were forced by the terrible rush of wafers when the deck was filled. One of the most complete accounts of the accident and panic that ensued was given by Michael O'Connor, of No. 220 West Twenty-second street, a flrstclass cabin passenger. Mr. O'Connor said that the fact that a panic was on the boat at the time cannot be too strongly emphasized. He said the passengers were absolutely panic-stricken, running hither and thither, and completely lost their heads. He warmly praised Captain Warr, and said he did everything man could do for the passengers of all classes. Mr. O'Connor's story is as follows: "After breakfast I went to tho smoking room in company with Mr. A. W. Mills, a cabin passenger, and took up a novel to r?ad for a time. There was a sudden lurch to port The steerage promenade rail, as I looked out of the windows, was completely buried under the sea. The gates, which were direct ly opposite to me, used for allowing tbo water to run off, liad burst from their fastenings like so much straw. A dark object swept by me and out through the gap like a chip in a largG water main. Mr. Mills jumped up and cried, 'Man overboard.' "The panic that ensued was absolutely Impossible to describe. You cannot speak of it too strongly. Mon, women and children of the steerage were hurled about like so many bits of paper in a hurricane. The stewards rushed fore and aft trying to calm the now thoroughly panic-stricken passengers. ; "I certainly admire the courage of Captain Warr, who did everything in his power for passengers of all classes, and he deserves the vote of thanka which was given him and signed by nearly every member in the cabin." | USED ONLY STOLEN HORSES. Liveryman in Munice, Ind., Confesses When Caught With Animals. Indianapolis, Ind.?Harry Foster, a prosperous liveryman in Muncie, told the police he had been operating his stable for years with horses stolen in this State, Obio, Illinois ana aucuiguu. He would not implicate any one else, but the police believe he is a member of a band of horse thieves. Two boys were driving a horse in Muncie when a liveryman from Greentown recognized it as one stolen from him. In Foster's stable he identified another as having been stolen from his district. Foster offered to assist the police in restoring animals in his possession to their owners. Lawyer Hughes Declines to Run. Charles E. Hughes, now investigating the insurance companies, nominated by the Republicans for Mayor of New York, declined to accept. Death Confirmed His Theory. The late Herman Nothnagle, the famous surgeon, wrote an essay several years ago in which he endeavored to prove that the moment of dying was in most cases absolutely painless. His own deatb evidently confirmed this doctrine. ; Personal Gossip. Adrian Iselln, the New York banker, left an estate of about $1S,500,000. Frank Beard, a well-known illustrator, died at his home in Chicago, 111. Aldermaa Walter Vaughan has been * J * ?-a * aP T AnrJnn fnr thp eiecteci iahu iuu^ui. ul wuuvU .? ensuing year. Major J. 0. Hutchinson, of London, is one of tbe best known globe trotters in the world. Andrew Carnegie has offered to give Smith College, Northampton, Mass., one-half of $125,000 for a biological laboratory. Tlic Worm Tarns. The minor poet brooded over his lemonade. "Shh," he said darkly. "Can you keep a secret?" "Till death," his companion replied. "Know then," said the poet, seizing the other's "wrist, "that I am to be avenged at last on the editor of the Trash magazine. I sent him a sonnet last week, and poisoned the gurrr on the return envelope." And with a harsh, blood-curdling laugh the desperate young man passed out into the night.?New York Press. Why Fraltt Cool the Blood. In health the temperature of th blood is constant, and even when spot? and rashes appear on the skin, there is no departure from the normal temperature unless there is a cause for fever, such as blood-poisoning, tbe invasion of some microbe or serious disturbance of the nervous system. In fevef-g, when the temperature of the blood is raised, vegetables ate nevei given, as they would not cool the blood, but might help to heat it Some fruits have cooling properties, aB they contain citric acid, and this o /tifra foa in f lm hlnarl nn/1 4n. creases the perspiration. In serious fevers, liowever, it is much safer to give measured quantities of citrates to produce this effect than ,to trust to the uncertain action of fruit Fruit and fresh vegetables are anticorbutics?that is to say, they are opposed to scurvy. The primary cause of this disease, is not clearly understood, but it is immediately due to an absence of these wholesome constituents from the diet. The flushing of the skin, with spots and rashes, popularly called "heating of the blood," is relieved and effete matted is eliminated by their use. Hence the popular -phrase that "they cool thg blood." The Length of Wallpaper Bolls. Most persons have an idea that ah pieces of wallpaper are necessarily of one length. Sometimes when I receive orders from a distance I wonder just what the patron is figuring on. He may get enough to paper two rooms and may get only half enough?some Dgure over-ecuuuimcawy uua suuie overgenerously. Our domestic papers run eight yards to the piece. Those from Prance and Germany measure nine yards, while the English make theh rolls so lengthy that they contain quite twelve yards. Then, of course, there'* the repeat. On some of the new papers with the smallest figures this is next to nothing, and on some others, notably that long-tailed bird pattern, if a bit over the figure is required for each length it means a loss of five feet on every strip put on the wall.?Pliiladelphia Record. * \l 11 ' '* Only Way to Oalwit Him. Mrs. Stonewall Jackson, widow of the famous Confederate General,, who row lives in Charlotte, N. C., was cuamug a lawyer or ner acquaintance about the fees demanded by* members of bis profession. "Still, there are occasions when a lawyer isn't the chief beneficiary of a suit," said Mrs1. Jackson. "I know of one instance. A friend of ridne in Virginia sued a railroad company for damages, and secured a verdict for $50,000, which was paid, and the whole amount is now in the bank," subject to her order. Her counsel didn't get a penny of it" . "How was that?" -si J "She found the only way of outwitting him." . "What did she do?" "She married the lawyer."?Everybody's Magazine. Jtut LlUe ? Womsu. 4 "John, a peddler came around to-day selling stove polish. He was a very agreeable gentleman. Why. he talked so pleasantly about the weather." "You don't say. Maria?" "Yes, and I bought a package. Then he complimented the baby and I bought another package." "H'm." "Presently he said our vestibule was kept iu better order than any in the neighborhood, and then I bought another package." "Great Scott" "Before he left he said he thought I was your daughter instead of being .old enough to be your wife. Then Ibought three additional'packages. Oh. it don't |do any harm to encourage a real gentleman when you meet one." ?Chicago News. Blionlcl Live to Be 100. In an address before the London Public Health Congress, Sir James Crichton Browne, said we should regard the normal term of man's life as 100 years, and every child should be brought up impressed with the obligation of living to this age, and should be taught to avoid Irregularities in living which tend to prevent the attainment of this ambition. COFFEE NEURALCIA Leaves When You Qait and Use Postuin. A lady who unconsciously drifted into nervous prostration brought ou by coffee, says: "I have been a coffee drinker all my life, and used ii regularly, three times a day. "A year or two ago I became subject to nervous neuralgia, attacks of nervous headache and general nervous prpstratioD Which not only, incapacitated me for doing my housework, but mn/lA ?f nnnnaoopr fni* ma fA LI UCUi i%> luauc ac uv,vvoou4j * v?. uj v. remain in a dark room for two or three days at a time. "I employed several good doctors, one after the other, but none of them was able to give me permanent relief. "Eight months ago a friend suggested that perhaps coffee was the cause of my troubles and that I try Posturn Food Coffee and give up the old kind. I am glad I took hor advice, for my health has been entirely restored. I have no more neuralgia, uor have I had one solitary headache in all these eight months. No more of my days are wasted in solitary confinement in a dark room. I do all my own work with ease. Tlie flesh that I lost during the years of my nervous prostration baa come back to me during these months, and I am once more a happy, healthy woman. I enclose a list of names of friends who can vouch for the truth of the statement." Name given by Postum Co., BaUlc Creek, Mich. There's a reason. Ten days' trial leaving off coffee and using Postum is sufficient. All grocers i 1 European Love kft air*. The Norwegians love Russia for the very reason that. Sweden, hates her. Russia has nevetf-giveu l&rwaV any trouble, an<J her jjy'Mpathfija for Russia are^ firm and unsbfcR? ?Novoe Vremya. ' '. _m. Price ot Tin. If Cornish tin mining cannot be made to pay with tin at the almost unprecedented price of ?152 per ton, there is little prospect that the county Industry will ever be revived.?Western Morning News. BOX OF WAFERS FREE?NO DRUGS -CURES BY ABSORPTION. ???1 Cure# Bel chin r of C^uK?B?d'Sreaili sad Bad Stomsfih ? Miort Breath? Bloating?Soar Kructailom , ImguUr Heut, Kl?. Take a Mull's Wafer any time of the dar or night, and note the immediate good effeet on your sfcfmach. It absorbs the gaa,\ disinfects N&e. stomach, kills the poison germ* and cures the disease. Catarrh of the head and throat, unwholesome food ' and overeating make s bad stomachs. Scarcely any stomach is entirely free from taint of some kind. Mull's Anti-Belch Wafers will make your stomach healthy by absorbing foul gases which arise from, the undigested foqd and by re-enforcing the lining of thfcjtomach,- enabling it to thoroughly mix the'iood with the gastric juices. Thit: cnrevSitpmach trouble, promotes digestion, swtegens the breath, stops belching anjl- fermeafcption. Heart action becomes strong and 'tegular thro ugh this process. V' . ' " ? Discard drugs, as ydu know from experience they do .not cure 8tom?ch trouble. Try a common-sense (Natare'sjvmcthod that does cure. A soothing, h?tbng sensation results instantly. We lmow Mull's Anti-Belch Wafers will, do this, and we want you to know it/ Special Ojfeb:?The regular price of Mull's Anti-Belch Wafers is 50c. a box, but to introduce it to thousands of, sufferer* we will send two (2) boxes upon receipt of 75c. and this advertisement, or we will send you a sataple free for this coupon.. 16210 - FREB COUPON 125 " Send this coupon with your name and address ana name/of a 4fcaggist ? who does not sell it for a free sample box of Mull'*. Anti-Belch Wafers to I Moll's Gsapb TokIc Co.,_328 Third 1 Ave.. Rock Island. 111. ?' Give FhU Address and Writ* Plainly. | Sold by all druggists, 50c. per .box, or Gent by mail! i j Irish Boe*ooti NoniilM. Unique and charming little novelties are to be had made of IHsh bog wood. They come in desiglas typical of Irish, peasant life and are to be used as match or jewc-l boxes. NO TONGUE CAN TELL How I Suffered With ' Itching aad BleedlHf Ecsem* Until Oared by CatMra. "No tongue can teir bow I suffered for five years with a terribly painful, itching and bleeding eczema, my body and face being covered with sorts. Never in my life did 1 experience such awful suffering, and 1 longed for death, which 1 i^t was near. 1 had tried doctors and meaicines ' Without success, but my mother insisted . - mac 1 Try v^ucicura. i ieit ucitcr uivcr tas first bath with Cuticura Soap, and one ap- I plication of Cuticura Ointment, -'a^l wa* Boon entirely well. (Signed) Mrs. A. Et- I son, Bellevue, Mich." I A Modern Cleopatra. I Erminia Sontino, a young Verona I actress,v killed herself after the manner I of Cleopatra, by placing a venomoua I snake in Aer bosom. - DMi'ueu Omniiot B* Cured . I bylocal applications as t hey oannot reachthe I diseased portion of tne ear. Tnere la only one way to cure deafness, and that is by oonsti tutioAui rojQediej. Deafness-is earned by aa inflamed condition of the mucous liningof B the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is in flamed yoa bate a rumblingaound orimper foot hearing, and when It Is entirely-closed I Deafness Is tne result, and unless the inflate- B mation con be taken out and this tube re stored to Its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever. Nine cases out of tea areoausedbycatarrh,whicb Is nothlngbntaa inflamed, conditio a of the mucous surface*. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any caseofDeafness(o-iasedbyoatarrh)thatoan notbecured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circa Lars free. F.J. CuuxzzAt Co., Toledo] 0. Sold by DruggiBtfl, 76c. H Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. The .English flag jfloats on 11,39) mer- fl chant vessels. _ < "B THE CHANGE OF LIFE I INTELLIGENTWOMEN PREPARE I Dangers and Pain of This critical Period Avoided by the Use of Lydla B. Pink- H ham's Vegetable Compound. 9 i HB?S59BSHHD| How many wo H i -men rea^ze, i ' Pan's existence I women as this I |Mtittie draws near H iMnAEGk. y/an d]J is not withontT H reason ? H If her system Is in a deranged coqdi- H tion, or she is predisposed to apoplexy H or congestion of any organ, it is at this H time likely to become active and, with H a host of nervous irritations, make life H a burden. 91 At this time, also, cancers and tumors are more liable to begin their destructive work. Such warning symptoms as a sense of suffocation, hot flashes, dizziness, headache, dread of impending evil, sounds in tbe ears, timidity, palpitation of -the heart, sparks before -the eyes, irregularities, constipation, variable appetite, weakness and inquietude are promptly heeded by intelligent women who are approaching the period of life when woman's great change may be expected. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is the world's greatest remedy for women at this trying period, and may be relied upon to overcome all distressing symptoms and carry them safely through to a healthy and happy old age. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound invigorates and strengthens the Qn^ 11 n thft ICUiOlC VigUUM] IM) WMU V V* ?.?? ? __ weakened nervous system ati no other H medicine can. ? Mrs. A. E. G. Eyland, of Chester- H town, Md., in a letter to Bttra. Pink' H ham, says: H ear Mrs. PlnlthamMj l(I bad been suffering with falling of the H| /omb for years and was passing through the change of life. My womb was badly swollen. I had a good deal of soreness, dizzy spells, headaches, and was very nervous. I wrote you for advice and commenced treatment HI with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- H pound as you directed, and I am happy to say that all those distressing symptoms left me, and I have passed safely through the change of life a well woman." HH For special advice regarding this im- H portant period women are invited to write to Mrs. Pinkham for advice. i* free and ?1 ways helpful. D a