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STB1EER8 STAND FII." i An Advance' in Wagus Fails to Heopen the Collieries. I BIG CONFERENCE OF OPERATORS Sr??? twentj-two Companies Meet in Wllkesbarre, But Could Not Agree on an I ' Offer?Lelilgli Valley Acta Alone, and | Offer* a Ten Per Cent. Increase ? Strikers Add to Their Ranks. J i Wilkesbarre, ronn. (Special).?'The ] coal operators ot the Wyoniiug. Lack- | awanna. and Lehigh Valley regions | held a meeting in this city and thor- < ouffhly discussed the whole situation, J nearly all those present taking part in the discussion. The powder ques- ] , tion was the chief subject of debate, and next came the recognition of the k union. So far as can be learned, none K of the operators were in favor of F recognizing the union in any way. < I Twenty-two companies were repreI sented in the meeting, but no agreement was reached. The Lehigh Valley I i Company decided to post notices | I agreeing to increase wages ten per i P cent, and to "take up" other grievan[ ces. The notice added that powder hn cnui fnr si.50 a kecr. but that ? nvum the difference between that and the old rate, ?2.75. shall be taken into i account in figuring the advance of L ten per cent. I The offer to increase their wages ten r per cent, did not indtace any of (he ( I strikers in the anthracite coal region ; ' to return to work. Hazleton. Penn. (Special).?Notices of : the increase in wages and the reduc- 1 tion in the price of powder1 decided ; upon by the operators at Wllkesi vre j were posted at all of the collieries in ! the Lehigh region. ' MORE STRIKERS GO OUT. Advance in Wsgu Ineffective in In<lacing Men to Batirn to Work. I Hazleton, Penn. (Special).?Although the labor leaders said positively that j n hrpnk- in the ranks ! | of the anthracite coal strikers, they I L were nevertheless pleased to learn that j the ten per centi'advance granted by ! the Philadelphia and Reading Coal . 1 F' and Iron Company was totally ig- , I nored by the striking mine workers. ! It was predicted by the operators that many of the strikers would return to .' work under the belief that the teu per cent, would be the limit of the concession, and the unanimity of the men in deciding to sthnd out for a fur' ther advance caused considerable eur- j I prise. The strike situation of the Lehigh Valley showed a change in favor of the men. Several hundred men quit work at the Calvin Pardee mines at Lattimer, as the result of persuasion . on the part of 400 marching strikers, ! and at Oneida and Cranberry the coal companies lost additional men. j President Mitchell, the leader of the $'i -' strikers. said that he did not believe ho nnmnnnloo hftlri rmt miirll . WUi^ttU*\.U VVU?V? "V.v* I V '' longer. 1' 5ft r4' Mr. Hanna on the Strike. Chicago (Special).?"Any man who j . :'i' wonld put a straw in the way of a lr / > settlement of the great coal miners' i r strike now progressing in Pennsyl vania should be taken out to the near- j est lamp-post and hanged," said Senator Hanna. He added: "I do not want to talk about the strike. No one should be permitted to use it for po- 1 litical capital. It is the duty of every man to do his utmost to end the do- , plorable trouble." Jk NEXT YEAR'S NAVAL ESTIMATES. | E? Construction, S20.000.000; Repairs, ?T,. , JL 000,000; Yar<ln, S13.000.000. B Washington, D. C. (Special). - The ' annual reports from the Naval Bureau k chiefs, outlining the naval work to be done during the coining year, are now complete and in the hands of SecreH tary Long. IK Tim ifnm oc !? tl..i f... I. llv,U1' 4115 uouat, AC? mat IUL the "increas-* of the navy," covering both construction and engineering work on ships already authorized. This will be in the neighborhood of ? $20,000,000. In the brauch of yards ' * and docks it is understood the total will not be far from $13,000,000, and , will not involve any additional dry docks or extensive changes in naval ! stations. In addition to the foregoing j items there is the usual sum for repair ' of vessels already in service, which is { a considerable item, amounting this ! year to approximately $7,000,000. ' ASKS $10,000 FROM MURDERERS. Wife Sue? the Keablti, Who Killed Hox Hatband. Marion. Ind. (Special).?Mrs. Elizabeth Stillwell has filed suit in the Superior Court for ?10,000 damages against ! lark and William Xesbitt. Tlia Vachittc clinf o nil L-illn/1 \frcr Stillwell's husband at Swayzee September 5. The Sheriff and posse pursued the Nesbitts and captured them, and they are now in jail here awaiting trial for murder. They own six good farms in this county. Nearly A11 His Family Killed. Apprentice J. C. Cleveland, of the United States battleship Texas, has received information from Mayor Jones, of Galveston Texas, that his father, stepmother, two sisters, a brother, stepbrothers and sisters had been killed in the flool at Galveston. One brother, who chanced to be in Houston, escaped. Cleveland obtained tweuty days' leave of absence to visit Galveston. Koer Armament! Captured. General Roberts sent the following ( dispatch to the War Othce at London: l "Bundle's troops in the Bethlehem district have recaptured from the Boers a mountain batten' gun lost at Nicholson's Nek. and also ' >'?. 00! I rounds of Martiui-Henry arauiuni tiou." 9France'a Expense* in China. ' When the Chambers reassemble the French Government will publish a yellow book on China and ask lor an extra credit of $8,000,UJO. . Killed ills Own Mother. Mrs. J. \V. Clark, of Birmingham, Ala., was shot in the head by her own son, Lee Clark, aged eighteen, and * killed instantly. A younger son. attending an ice cream festival, had be' come boisterous and was arrested. The officer took the boy to his home > . and turned him over to his father with the understanding that the boy should appear iu court on Monday, i' Lee became angry at his brother's ar [ rest, and pulling a pistol, made a dem- | I onstration. The pistol went off and , the mullet struck his mother in the | J HIS TERRIBLE REVENGE. Italian Brigand Kills a Judge, Wit? J C -1 J : nesses, jurors anu ouiuiors. Tmfjrisoned For Mnrdor. rie Escapes, and Starts Out to Slay AH Connected With His tfrlal. Rome (By Cable).?All I,faly is in n slate of excitement over-the exploits ! 3f the brigaud Mussolino,,whose mur- | ler record is rapidly n^aring champion figures. Some time ago he was convicted of the murder of au inoffensive peasant and was sentenced to twenty-five years' imprisonment. He recently escaped and took to the open country as a brigand with the avowed object of taking vengeance upon everybody connected with the trial. An enterprising reporter, taking bis life in his hands, obtained an interview with the blood-stained ruffian. Mussollno said: ' "I harm nobody who has not injured me. I am no vulgar malefactor, but take my word, I will kill every one of the scoundrels who denounced me to the law and gave evidence against me; the members of the jury who dared to tind me guilty of a common crime and the judges who had the audacity to send me to prison, all shall L-now what it means to be the enemy of Mussollna. But all other people need not fear. I protect them." Such wholesale threats would bo grotesque in any other country, but Mussoljno is a man of his word. Murder has followed murder with incredible rapidity, and, after all, the liend runs no particular risk, as there is no capital punishment in Italy, and if captured he will be no worse off than if he had merely hidden after escaping. He has already killed every man who cave evidence against him, and has murdered seven of the jury, while two others are awaiting their doom in a state of abject terror, although protected by the police night and day. The remaining three died natural deaths, or, as some say, unnatural deaths from fright. Apart from his legitimate quarry, so to speak, Mussoliuo Das incidentally killed two caratyners. The last crime was committed a few days ago, when he emptied the six chambers of his revolver into Judge Zizilll, a member of the court which sentenced him. The Judge is dead, of course, and his sons and brothers are now joining In the chase of the murderer. All these crimes have been committed in the province of Regglo Calabria. The desperado is absolutely terrorizing the entire province. His courage and Indomitable nerve are superb. He does not confine his murderous work to the country or to the night time. Several times he has entered towns and villages in broad daylight, killed his victim and disappeared?this despite the fact that a prize of 10,000 Ures is upon his head and that the entire provincial force of gendarmes and militia were' hunting him. Mussoiino is about twenty-eight years old and of fine physique, like the robbers of romance. He is kind to the poor and has a pretty war with women, who are believed to ' act as willing intelligence officers. The great trial at Palermo consequent upon the latest effort to extirpate brigandage in Sicily has just been concluded. It lasted three months and was full of exciting dramatic incidents, but the Italians have not taken nearly as much interest 1n 'at as Mussolino's murderous exploits. The Palermo prisoners numbered 248. They were aocused of all possible crimes from murder to housebreaking. The sentences passed aggregated the stupendous total of sixteen centuries, than which there is surely nothing more remarkable outside of comic opera. BIG BRAINS IN BIG CHILDREN. Conclusion Reached After Examining 7000 Pupils In the Chicago Schools. Chicago (Special).?The rule of a souou minu in a souna uouy is demonstrated by experiments which were carried on last year in Chicago schools by the child study department To obtain statistics which co\Jldbe used as a basis for comparison TWfiLDuplls were examined by the departnMnt. Taking children of the same age*|he results showed that small children on an average are not so brlgh^t^-the average among children physically larger. The examinations which led to these conclusions were held In schools where there was the largest proportion of pupils descended from American-born parents. The average height of pupils twelve years old, who are in the second grade, is four feet four and threetenths Inches, while the twelve-yearold pupils who go to the eighth grade average five inches taller. The same rule is found in the examination of children of all other grades And is also shown in the figures of weight and strength. COEUR D'ALENE STRIKERS FREED. marge 01 inieneniig ttua aiitiii ia aitacking; a Truln Dismissed. San Francisco (Special).?The United States Circuit Court of Appeals has rendered a decision quashing the indictments against ten men who were arrested at Coeur d'Alene during the mining strike last year for interfering with the United States mails. It was shown that the men did not know that the train which they interfered with carried the malls. Thirty Hart In Street Car Wreck. A street car plunged from the track into Chisolm Creek at Wichita, Kan., and about thirty persons were hurt, three fatally. The ?ar was runniug at the rate of about fifteen miles an hour. Railroad Chief a Salckle. XT".-.oitrvorinfonHnnt of three divisions of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, committed suicide at his residence in Birmingham, Ala., by shooting himself. He lost his wife three months ago. He was about fifty-five years old, and had been connected with the railroad Cor many years. Incendiary Hane?d in North Carolina. Chauncey Davis was hanged at Tarborough. N. C.. for burning the resilience of Mrs. Lavinia Battle. Labor World. the strike of steel workers in the West has been settled, and about sixty thousand men have returned to j work. James McDonald, an American engineer, has arranged to take 5000 Jamaican laborers to build a railroad in Ecuador. There are thirty-three jute mills in India, employing 95,540 persons. The mills contain 13,371 looms and over 287,000 spindles. Nearly all of the mills are in the neighborhood of Calcutta. u J JL UU11? JLVlTCUtri, uiiu ix ? iwtuMD x... and supporter of Reeder, the Rev. Hep ry Williams, were shot In the pulpi by assassins, Reeder receiving a deat wound. jx Fart of thefrCOTtregatlon notifla the"ministers that Tf they attemptei to"t>Petfeh they Would be killed, an the ministers had every reason to be lleve this threat would be carried oui but they had prepared to hold a bi prayer meeting and refused to tak heed. A big crowd was gathered at th church, every member of the congre gation bejng present with many vis itois. The two preachers came in tc gether, and when the church wa filled began the service, opening wit; prayer. This was followed with th singing of_a hymn and succeeded b; a prayer, xiic congregation was klisting. Reeder was praying aloud, hi fnpportcrs punctuating the praye with fervent "Amens." In the meantime several member of the congregation had slipped ou into the night. There was an ope window behind the pulpit. On th sill of this window several muzzle rested for a moment, then all flashe together. Reeder and Williams fel the former being shot, through th middle of the back. Pandemonium reigned.:in the churc for a few minutes, but there was n more bloodshed. Friends of Reede captured ten members of the congrt gation, and they are in. jail charge with murdering the preacheis. Troubles in this church have bee occasioned by antagonism to Reede by part of the congregation. The have had several rows, and a mont ago there was a'riot in the churcl in which many heafas were brokei the women fighting and scratchin with the men. Reeder has been the favorite Of th larger part of the women In the cor jp-egauon. \ LORD ROBERTS PROMOTED. Hade Commander-in-Chief In Place c Lord WoUclejr. London (By Cable).?The War Offlc has announced that the Queen has af proved the appointment of Lord Rot erts as Commander-in-Chief of th forces to succeed Lord Wolseley. Th latter's five-year term expired on Oct< ber 1. The announcement was mad .. LOSD BOBZRTS. ? * ?> 1 Uon the anniversary of Lord Roberts' birthday, as he was born at Ca^nport India, on September 30, 1832. The War Office is now In commun cation with Lord Roberts regardin the return of a large portion of tt South African anny. The embarks tion will commence at Cape Town in JLtMV YYCC1XO. It is now stated that Lord Wolsele will remain at the War Office unt November 1. JIM HOWARD SENTENCED TO OEXTI TelU the Judge That He I> Innocent < Uoebel'a Murder. Frankfort, Ky. (Special).?The m< tion for a new trial was overruled i the case of Jim Howard for the Go< bel murder and the sentence passe on the prisoner. In passing sentenc Judge Cantrill acdressed the prisoner "James Howard, at the April teri of the franklin Circuit Court yo were indicted for the murder of Wil iam Goebel, and a jury of twelve me found you guilty and fixed your-sei tence at death. Have you any leg{ reason you could give why sentcnc should not be passed upon you?" "I am innocent," said Howard. "The jury hag ulready passed o that question," said the Judge, "and is the d-ty of the Court to pass sei tence. I command that the prisonc be taken to the jail, and there kei until the 7th day of December, whe %the Sheriff will h&ng you by the nec until dead, and may God have mere on your Soul." Judge Cantrill granted an appeal t the Cpurt of Appeals, and suspende judgment until that court acts on'tb case. Two Killed in a Florida Street Duel, Hope Barnett and Edward Stanfor were killed at Port Tampa City. Fla in a street duel growing out of a poli leal quarrel. Charles Barnett. a brotl er of Hope, was shot and serious! wounaca. A Threat to tli? Dutch. The British Government is said I have sent a note to the Holland Go' eminent warning it that if Presidei Kruger carries gold or State archive ou a Dutch warship the act will I regarded as a breach of neutrality. CtcIImk Note*. Cycling as a popular sport is deci< edly on the decline. The mortality among cycle ciut this season has boon very heavy. It is creditably reported that oc manufacturer of coaster brakes ha sold 118.000 of these attachments thi year. Cordaug, the great Dutch rider, r< cently broke the one-hour pacer rccor by traveling twenty-three miles 13(3 yards. S. Kimble, of Louisville, Ky. wo the one-mile international profession} championship at Montreal. Timi 3m. 4?s. T? "** MURDER IN A CHURCH Falal ftimax to a Quarrel in ; Colored Congregation. Tiro Prcnchers in South Carolina Sho by tiie KlTal Faction While Conducting the Service. Columbia, S. C. (Special).-As th climax to a war of more than a year* duration between opposing faction in the congregation of the Belmon Colored Baptist Church, situated ii the backwoods of Newberry Countj the pastor of the church, the Ito v n iriclfinrr nrpnr>lip i :1 . \ THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. tVaaliintton item*. a Recent advices indicate that the European Powers are nearing an agreement on their policy in China, and that the prospect of a peaceful settlement t is growing much brighter. Lieutenant Hobson applied to the Navy Department for six months' leave pt absence, because of trouble which .<bas developed with his eyes, e It has been decided to sell the old s single turret monitor Nantucket and g the tug Cheyenne. A naval board re- I cently appraised the former vessel at * $15,000 and the tug at 55000. 11 Commissioner of Immigration \ Fitchie, in his annual report, suggests \ legislation to prevent the immigration r into this country of large numbers of undesirable persons, t Rear-Admiral John C. Watson was ^ assigned to duty as President of the Naval Examining Board at the Was*a ington Navy Yard. Our Adopted Ialanda. , No case of yellow fever has been re* C ported at Santiago, Cuba, since last '' December. e Official reports have been received of Insurgent activity in Zambalos e Province and In Batangas Province. u P. I. i- Judge Reuben D. Silllman, Second >- Circuit Judge in Hawaii, has resigned s because of the Inadequacy of the salli ary. e The Philippine Commission has esy tablished a bureau of statistics. ^ General Maximo Gomez has written a a hopeful letter regarding the prosr pects for peace In Cuba and contentment after the convention meets. 8 _______ ^ Domestic. e Cocaine was successfully used as an s anaesthetic in surgical cases In Sand Francisco and Chicago. 1, The gunboat Dorothea, ordered to e the Asiatic station, was placed in commission at League Island, Penn. 11 The steamship Senator arrived at 0 Seattle, Wash., from Nome, with 113 r passengers and $500,000 worth of gold. K The State Supreme Court of Michigan declared the act granting a boun_ ty of one cent a pound on all beet spgar manufactured in the State unconL stitutlonal. The act was passed by ^ the Legislature of 1897. If The Rer. William Luckenvllle, pasi] tor of the Reformed Church of Glen g Rock, near Ridgewood, N. J., was struck by a train at Ferndale and e killed. He was thirty-five years ol^L i- Rodney Lowry, nephew of formed Governor Lowry, of Mississippi,fought a duel in Moundsville, Ala., with W. H. White. Both were wounded fatally. The duel was the result of hot ,r words which had passed between them. e Coal companies in the anthracite re'* gion of Pennsylvania posfcd notices ? offering ten per cent, increase In wages e to miners who return to work. ? Paul Sloan, a Deputy- Sheriff, was ' shot and killed at Lake Charles, Ljl. while saving the life of a negro from ~ a mob's vengeance. , Mrs. William Owens, Ji.,' at Pine Plains. N. Y? stopped a runaway horse on/1 coroH a little (>hlH wlllch 171)0 alone In the carriage. . - . . ' W. M. Bennett, assistant superintendent in the mines at Adger, Ala., was assassinated in his sleeping room. ' He was unmarried. Inspired by jealousylSeymour Campbell, of Wakefield, Mass., tried to kill his wife and a neighbor, Mrs. Timothy Murphy, and then cut his own throat. ^ > John Contee Fairfax, eleventh Lord 1 Fairfax, and Baron of Cameron, in the peerage of Scotland, died at his. conntry home in Northampton, Md. He was believed to be the only British i peer with American citizenship. The Government military posts on - the Yukon River are short of winter supplies, including vegetables of all Kinds. . , Charles A. Collier, Georgia Commlsnlnnof fn tlio Pnrls Kirnnsitirm. Yens found badly wounded'at his home In - Atlanta. He said "btttglars," but ad8 mitted his own pistol had caused the Jf wound. He died Of his Injuries. In his letter accepting the Populist I* nomination for Vice-President Adlni g E. Stevenson terms imperialism "the ie overshadowing issue." , s. l" Bryan started eastward from Lina coin, Neb., for his final campaign trip, which will end shortly before election J d"rMiss Florence M. Licht'enlian, of North Germantown, N. Y.. Principal of the Pierce Field School, was H drowned while boating on Raquette >f River. The torpedo boat destroyer Decatur was launched at the William R. Trigg ^ Company's shipyard, at Richmond, Va. 2. \ fonikd. n ? ? - - - . . Tne Peruvian uaDinet nas resigned. ; Four more fishing vessels,with crews n aggregating thirty-five men, are reu ported lost on the Newfoundland j. Banks in the recent gale. n Thieves took about $74,000 from a x safe in the Apostolic Palace of the il Va'tican, at Rome. Some of the in-' ie mates of the palace are suspected. Replying to the Chinese rulers' message of regret at Baron Von Ketteler's Q death, Emperor William of Germany it sharply demanded that the guilty offli* cials be punished. Five suspected anarchists from the Jt United States were arrested at Milan, ? Italy. One was found in possession ^ of a revolver and a poniard. ^ According to semi-ofiicial statements, 0 the Russian naval estimates for 1001 j form a total of $47,577,837, an increase' e of upward of $4,000,000 over those of the current year. A German expedition killed many Boxers and destroyed a number of d Chinese villages south of Pekin. Cable advices rrom Tien-xsin, umna, t- say that General Chaffee has received l 1-1 orders for the withdrawal of Anieriy can troops, which will be accomplished as soon as possible. Count Yamagata. the Premier of Japan, resigned office and the Marquis :o Ito was summoned to form a Minis7 try. The Shah of Fersia arrived at Constantinople. Turkey, and was receiwd by the Sultan with elaborate and brilliant ceremonies. Colombia has delayed the signing of 1 a peace protocol with Ecuador on the southern frontier of Colombia. >S Tlip Amprimn linnr Kpw Vnrlr nr. rived late at Southampton, England, l(2 with a broken thrust shaft, but no se19 rious results attended the accident. Rinderpest is causing havoc among the cattle bought for the German cornel missariat in China. >2 The Canadian contingent,under Colonel Pelletier, sailed from Cap? Town, n South Africa, on board the transport j Idaho. The people of Cape Town ac3 corded them splendid Impromptu r?1 centlon. ' \ smmied7 Punishment of High Officials Who Encouraged the Boxers Ordered. I . REACTIONARIES' RULE IS ENDED. _____ A Decree of the Emperor and Empress Blames Their Minister* For Inciting the Boxers?Imperial Clan Court, the Highest Judicial Tribunal in Chlna> is to Try Prince Tuan. Washington, D. C. (Special).?The Department of State was informed by Consul General Goodnow, at Shanghai, that Saeng, Chinese Director of Railways and Telegraphs, had hand ed to him a decree of the Emperor and Empress, dated September "So, blaming their ministers for encouraging the Boxers. The edict ordered the degradation of four princes and Jeprived Prince Tuan of his salary and official servants. He was to be bought for trial before the Imperial Clan Court "*** 5/ prnme wam/. ? The most significant thing about the decree is the indication it gives that the Chinese Government is already following out the wishes of "Russia and America by designating the culprits. The German policy, as originally framed, demanded that the designation be made by the allies. While not very hopeful that the Emperor would designate and punish the culprits. the" United States insisted that he should have a chance to do so. The American decision was made fcnown on September 23. and two days later the Chinese made the first move to\jard vindicating this policy. Apparently four princes besides Taan. .have been picked out as prinlipally. responsible. This does away, in all .probability, with the fear that Ihe Emperor would try to evade his responsibility by punishing only minor )ffenders and Boxers. Tuan has been leprived of his salary and official servints, and ft Is evident that his punBhment is not to stop there. i This action is an official admission that those responsible for the Boxer novement were In high station. The lames of the principals are not given, out their titles are sufficient to prove ;hat the eEmperor believes that the Soxer movement sprang from high jfficials, and not from a mob. The Imperial Clan Court is the supreme judicial tribunal of China and m the only one having jurisdiction over :he members of the imperial family. r.t Is presided over by Prince Li, with :he well-known Prince Chlng as First .Vice-President Chinese officials here my that the reference of the case to :hls high court is of Itself the fullest issurance of the gravity with which :he throne regards the matter. The action of the Chinese Governnent In overthrowing the reactioniries is likely to give the most intense gratification to the friendly Viceroys of the South of China and to .'Ministers here and in Europe* who lave so strenuously resisted the Boxer novement. Rnialan irflulator QmlU Pekln. St. Petersburg, Russia (By Cable).? (t Is announced that M. de uiers ana ill the members of the Russian.Legation quitted Pekln a few days ago. Vice-Admiral Skrydloff has arrived at Taku and assumed command of the Russian squadron in Chinese waters. His flagship is the armored cruiser Elossla. Von Waldertee at Tlen-Taln. Paris (By Cable).?Field Marshal Count von Waldersee arrived at Tientsin a few days ago. He was enthusiastically greeted by the Germans, and in the evening there was a torchlight procession in his honor. BANK ROBBED OF $10,000. It Was.Inaured For the Same Amount Against Burglary and Fire. Centrevllle. Mich. (Special).?Wolf Brothers' Bank was robbed of $10,000. Tbe thieves gained entrance to the building by prying and springing the . double door apart with a large file/' The outer door to the vault was blown off. and then they pried open the inner door to the cash drawer, where the money was stored. The bank was insured in-the Bankera' Mutual Casualty Company for $10,000 against loss by burglary or Are. Declilon Against Torpedo Uoatg. The Naval Board of Arbitrament at Newport. It. I., has decided that the two torpedo boat attacks In the naval manoeuvres had not succeeded. Injured Football Flayer Dead, Lawreuce J. Piersou. the student o? Lake Forest University who was hurt I In a football game, died nt Alice Home, the university hospital, in Chicago. Piersoo was twenty-one years old and his home was in Lexington, 111. Man Who Saved Grant's Life Dead. |9 Colonel John C. Wytuan, who saved Grant's life, escorted Lincoln's body, administered the pledge to John B. Gougb. resembled Beeeher and was formerly a New York business man, died at Central Falls. R. I. The National Game. SelUach still leads the New York team in batting. The Brooklyn Club hasn't a left handed pitcher on its staff. Willis, of Boston, lias the poorest batting average in the League. Hawley, of New York, is pitching as good ball as any man in the League. Six players on the St. Louis team are batting above .300, and yet the team is far down iu the race. Chesbro, of Pittsburg, is very effective against every club in the League except Philadelphia. t. i-rT- *: r--. v * v Royal Troplilea at Windsor. It has been said that the royal plate Irpni- nt Windsor Is the finest In the world. It Is valued at $10,000,000, and the lamous gold dinner service dat^s from the days of "the first gentleman of Euror-" Of historical value are the trophies taken from the Spanish armada, and those which originally came from India and China. The peacock studded with precious stones has been valued at $250,000, and thto, together with the huge tiger's head called "Tippoo's Footstool," is a relic of the siege at Seringapatam. His Own Weapons. The extraordinary skill with Which Sir Edwin Landseer painted animals was du<* not merelv to his mastery of the brush, but also to his Intimate knowledge of the animal world. One of his many talents was the power of imitating to perfection the cry or any creature with which be was familiar. One day. when the artist happened to be the guest of Lord Rivers, he was requested to go and see : very savage dog that was tied up in the yard. As Landseer approached the growling beast, he dropped quiet)? upotfttMH hands and knees, and then cra^lpM forward, snarled so aiarmingiy otkix the do:?, overcome wita terror, sudden-'* ly snapped his vhaln, jumped over thel wall, and was never seen afterward. xJ Prehistoric Rwm in AlyMfc. : The- first authentic flBjPerjr, <oi?| traces of a prehistoric raR W AMtekW was made recently by prospectors ixti the foothills of Mount St. Elias,i?8to<iflj in prospecting for placer di?gingijjf2&L^ covered a copper mine which hajRefil worked nges ago. In the immjktraM vicinity were picked up kettfeS. tojjMji spearheads and other alleles ofpiwi tical use, manufactured in a chid? manner out of copper. It is evldefinj that the copper came from three ofJ the four veins In the Immediate vicinity. The spot where the discovery was made Is 6000 feet above sea level, In the foothills ipf the mountain peak.? Indianapolis News. ^ Grape* and Indigestion. Tho skins of grapes have tartaric acid in them and it is from this source that most of the world's tartaric acid comes. Many people are distressed after eating heartily of grapes. They would not be if they rejected' the seeds and skins.?Boston Transcript Editors Mot Malicious. Not one editor in a thousahd wilfully Injures either friend or foe by misrepresentation. Go to him and ask for a correction, and nine cases out of ten, if your case is Just, you will be receiveu politely, ana proper correction will be^made with pleasure. Under British rule the cotton crop of Egypt has doubled, and now amounts to over 500,000,000 pounds a year. WOMAN'SK|DI ? * -r?t T-k 1^1 ' Jjyaia iii. finjuiam pound is Espec: Curing this Fata Of all ths diseases known with which disease is the most fatal. In fact, unle plied, the weary patient seldom survive! Being fully aware of this, Mrs. Pii haustive study to the subject, and in prt Ills ? Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable C< contained the correct combination of 1 fatal disease, woman's kidney troubles, mony with the laws that govern the < are many so called remedies for kidney table Compound is the only one especial The following letters will show how Aug. 6, 1699. I ii r\_ . _ if.. _ T I JJEAtt IUtt9> rin UllAdl x aui ac?u~ lug very fast,?since January have lost thirty-fire or forty pounds. I have a yellow, muddy complexion, feel tired, and have bearing down ftains. Menses hare not appeared for hree months; sometimes I am troubled with a white discharge, and I also hare kidney and bladder trouble. . . 1 hare been this way for a iong time, and fee I so miserable I thought I would write to you, and see i^ j'ou could do me any good.'(??Miss Frederick, Troy, Ohio. Sept. 10, 1899. "Dear Mrs. Piskham: ? I hare used Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound according to directions, and can say I have not felt so well for years as I do at present, uctore taking your medicine a more miserable person you never saw. I could not eat or sleep, and did not care to talk with any one. I did not enjoy life at all. Now, I feal so well I cannot be grateful enoueh for what vou have done tor me. You are surely a woman's friend. Thanking you a thousand times, I remain, Ever yours "* Miss EdKa. Frederick, Troy, Ohio. "Dear Mrs. Pxnkham:?I have taken five bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham'sVegetable Compound and cannot praise it enough. I had headaches, AP AAA RBTVA.'&D. ?"W?fciVad?pojIM '?Kfinn wW?hwlQUp*idtow?yper*oB< i IjUUU bum!0* fi,a 'or vtrt pu * .. Their Enrly Counterfeit Preaentwenti.' A new amusement which has buG?' ,\ ceedod the "book social", ihvention is the "baby tea." To th!3 kind of an entertainment every one- brings his or her baby picture. The photographs are numbered and laid on a long, table, ' All the guests draw near and make \ lists of the pictures with their guese as to who the baby is in his raaturer >'v years. The persons identifying the greatest number of individuals with :j their baby pictures wins the prize. Of course, there is a "bobby" Rfize, and tlm npw <?nmp 1r snM tn ho ?rr#>flt fun. " lord Rnmll'i Four Ral??. When asked his rule of work, the late Lord Russell answered as follows: "If you ask me to reduce the common habit of my life to formula, I will tell yon that I have only four rules to t guide me in preparing my work?first, 3J to do one thing 'at a time, whether i It 1^ reading or eating oysters, concentratlfcgauch fadBpes as I am en- -J dowed wjth upon Irbat I am doing at the jrtoment; second, when dealing^ a with complicated fiicts, to arrange the narrative of events jn the order tlme.^JS&tljird rule !rnever to trouble li$et$ ^eieb^e their dia J?U>1LV89 JJTZMO BOt<Bpui,8irea]i rinBf'on a ladder, in'Si; n rtust alilH odd. Eveo nunil its ire con slget^i^Tiplncky. ^ Doa't drink too math vil ir w'.iea ay. ollnff. AdsmsjMpein. xatti yructi u an sxoellent sabettm*,^ . ^ The coal famine in Germany is Ussening the output of pigj|ron materially.% The Best Tjescrlptlon for OtiJlU and Ferer la a bottle of Gbovi'S Turr*tMJ Chita Tonic. It la simply iron and qufnlne in a tasteless form.' No cure?no pay. rrlc# ooo, The high rollei- and the rolling stone /- '] gather no moss. fj Carter's Ink lathe ^ beit Ink that can be made. It co#ts you M mors than poor stuff not fit to write with. <' An apparatus for condensing sea fog into drinking water has been invented. . ] ?YTROUBLESj 's Vegetable Oom/vl Lally Successful m '$ 1 Woman's Disease, jj s3j8BSSmS j3^j? ; w*$j the female organism is afflicted, kidney 2 iss early and correct treatment is aplkham, e^rly in her career, gave ex- \'-M jducing her great remedy for woman's impound ? w^s careful to see that<4t ^ j leros which was sure to control that ,/wii The Vegetable Compound acts in har- 1 intire female system, and while there jr troubles, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegely prepared for women. marvellously successful it is: .*< leucorrhoea, falling of the womb, and kidney trouble.' I also had a pain when standing or walking, and some- 1 times there seemed to be balls of fire in front of me, so that 1 could not see for about twenty minutes. Felt ae ^ sv rrVan T /VA^ ??M bllCU 1U lUf UIUIUIU^ A gwU U^l as if I had had no sleep for two weeks. H&d fainting spells, was down-hearted, and would cry."?Mrs. Behtha Ofeb, Second and Clayton Sts., Chester Pa. " Dea.b Mrs. Pinkham : ? I cannot And language to express the terrible suffering I hare had to endure. I had female trouble, <T~~~ also liver,stomach, If kidney, and blad- J I tried several doc- v w^St ( tors, also quite a j T 1} I number of patent j A /y-^ k \ medicines, and had I despaired of ever* petting well. At A last I concluded to try Lydia E. Pink-^<ARy ^ hams Vecretabl? > "" Compound, and now, thanks to your medicine, I am a well woman. I can not praisfi your medicine too highly for I know it will do all, and* evea more, than it is recommended to do I tell every suffering woman about your Vegetable Compound, and urge them to try it and see for themsefvea what it will do," ? Mas. Mjlbt A. Hipli, No. Mancneiter, Ind. I jrltfc thj^MlopaJ Oify Bunk of Lran. J5000, rLo*in fed thki uie itfott teitlmonlal leturfl wl before obtaining ?h? writer'* ipcoltU per* lyd1a s. plnkham lobloke co.