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HHSEmaiw Bill Nye and Wiener. HHHHHBHien Bill Nye was in Philadelphia ME^SHh|Hs93 he visited the office of George Chtf"s. At parting Mr. Childa j^^^^^^Rked the humorist to write a sentiw^B^Kient in his autograph album. Nye at Wg^^^w oTite produced this: "Wagner's music ts not as bad as It sounds."?Literary Rgg^F 'Era. ? 1 Ol? A-. A.* rAm.nl.al/vn OlUtB rtio VUfc va VVUIUIIBD1VII* wK While you depend upon chance and 'believe in your lucky star the doors W -of achievement will remain closed against you.?Success. Br Cures Asthma F Do you know what it is to liave the asthma? Or have you ever seen one suffer with it ? The hard struggle for air, the spasmodic breathing, the flights spent in the chair, all tell a story of terrible suffering. Ayer's CherryPectoral i certainly cures asthma; also bronchitis, hoarseness, weak i lungs, whooping-cough, croup, , winter coughs, night coughs J and hard colds. ' i I Three sizes: 25c., 50c., $1.00. 1 I If your druggist cannot supply yon, send ns on: dollar and w? will express a large bottle to you. all charges prepaid. Be sure and give ns yotu 1 nearest ezpresa office. Address, J. C. ATXE Co, ; Lowell. Mass. i How to Carry a Gun. There are only -two directions in 1 which a muzzle of a gun can safely be 1 pointed; these are up or down. A shot , tired in the air can scarcely injure any < one or anything, and one discharged i ilnto the ground is equally harmless. I Therefore, in all the different positions which the gun assumes, see that it is pointed either up or down. Some- , times a man will be seen who carries its gun reversed, holding it by the * muzzle while the fore end rests on the shoulder and the stock projects behind. Happily, this practice is not common, for it is exteremely dangerous, and many men have been killed by carrying their guns in this way. If a man stumbles or steps in a hole, or catches his foot on a root and falls, | his gun may very likely be thrown, forward with the muzzle directly to ward his body, and may easily enough be discharged. Sometimes one may see a boy, or ?ven a man, who "will carry the gun across the back of the neck, -with one arm over the stock and the other over the barrels, sometimes with the hand resting on the muzzle. This is certain to give a very uncomfortable feeling to any one who happens to be walking by the side of the person carrying his gun in this fashion and opposite, the muzzle end. While the danger of a discharge is perhaps not great, it Is , unpleasant to be walking along with a gun pointed at your neck or head.? Forest and Stream. At ?he Other End. A certain naval officer was very pompous and conceited when on duty. One day, when he was officer of the watch, and he could not, as usual, find anything of consequence to grumble about, he attempted to vent his splto on one of the stoiiers or tne vessel, wno was In the engine room on duty. Going to the speaking tube the officer yelled: "Is there a blithering idiot at the -end of this tube?" The reply came quick and startling: * ' ""Not at this end, sir!" The feelings of the officer as he turned away, with a black frown, fan be better imagined, than described.? London Spare Moments. j . THE CHANGE OF LIFE ! Ts the most important period in a wo : xnan'J existence. Owing to modern ; methods of living, not otie woman in a thousand approaches this perfectly , natural change without experiencing a train of very annoying and sometimes painful symptoms. Those dreadfui hot flashes, sending the blood surging to the heart until it ?eeir,s ready to burst, and the faint feeling that follows, sometimes with chills, s if the heart were going to stop for good, are symptoms of a dangerous, nervous trouble. Those hot flashes are just so many calls from nature for help. The nerves are cry Mp.3. Jssjnz Noels. ing out for assistance. The cry should be heeded in time. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound was prepared to meet the needs of woman's eystem at this trying period of her life. It builds up the weakened nervous ( ystezn, and enables a woman to pass that grand change triumphantly. "I was a very sick woman, caused 1by Change of Life. I suffered with hot flashes, and fainting spells. I was afraid to go on the street, my head ?nd back troubled me so. I was en- . tirely cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound."?Mas. Jekki* Jrau, 5010 Kcyser Rf , p*r? f t i ' -r- '*r ' """ .( v - ...v, SPREAD YELLOW FETBB Evidence That Transmission of Germs & Due Only to Mosquitoes. cvncoiurwrc MAnr IN P.IIRA L A r L n IITI i_ in iu mnuu in vH... The Investigations of the United State* Commission Show That There Is No Contagion From an Infected Person or Infected Clothing?Extremely Satisfactory Results Obtained?Test Cases. Havana, Cuba.?The American Commission. nnder the superintendence of Dr. Reed, which has been making experiments at Quemados as to the distribution of the yellow fever germs by the mosquito, has obtained extremely satisfactory results. Dr. Reed says the experiments show beyond a doubt that there is no contagion from an ii.fected person or from infected clothing, but that the mos quitoes alone are responsible for tlie spread of the disease. In the course of the commission's investigation six non-immune persons were infected direct by the bites of mosquitoes which had previously bitten yellow-fever patients, and five of these developed yellow fever. The last experiment made nroved conclusively. Dr. Reed contends, the theory of propagation by mosquitoes. A. special building was constructed of disinfected material and* one of the rooms was divided into two sections by a wire mosquito screen. In one section were placed disinfected hedging and clothing and in the other bedfling and clothing from the yellowlever hospital which had not been disinfected. Two non-immunes occupied the two sections. In the former were put several infected mosquitoes. The patient remained in this room only long enough to be bitten, and in four days a pronounced case of yellow fever developed. The patient is now convalescent. The other subject slept in the infect, ad l?pddinc for manv nights and has Dot contracted the fever. Dr. Reed says that in no instance in the course of the commission's investigations has a case of yellow fever ileveloped from exposure to infected bedding or clothing. GIRL MOURNED AS DEAD ALIVE. Parents Who Identified Corpse Welcome Their Daughter Home. Cincinnati, Ohio.?On ;he night of May 19 of last year the body of a young woman was found in the Ohio River. Mrs. Owens saw the report In the papers. Her daughter Maud had been missing since the third of the month. She went to the Morgue and examined the body. She believed It was that of her daughter, but to make Bure sent for her husband, who identified the dead girl by means of a scar on her cheek as his daughter. The parents claimed the body and buried it. A few days ago Mrs. Owens received a postal card, asking her to meet her rin lighter at the denot. She was much surprised and did not understand it. However, she went to the depot, and her daughter, whom she had mourned as dead, stepped from the train alive and well. There was a happy meeting. Maud's story was that she had gone to Indianapolis with a man who deserted her. "MAN EATER" PACKER PAROLED. Colorado's Anthropophagous Criminal Liberated by the Ketirlng Governor. I Denver, Col.?Alfred Packer, the "man eater," has been paroled. It was the closing official act of Charles S. Thomas, the retiring Governor. Governor Thomas bad for two years resisted all appeals in Packer's behalf, and he yielded at last only because the prisoner's personal condition made longer confinement dangerous to his life. Packer was convicted on April 12, 1883, and sentenced to be hanged. He was accused of killing his five companionst robbing them and eating their flesh to save his life. The party were on their way to the San Juan mining region at the time. The case has attracted more attention than any other In Colorado. LIND ASSAULTS AN EDITOR. First Act as Private Citizen Is to Resent Criticism. St. Paul, Minn.?Governor John Lind retired from office at noon Wednesday. At 3 o'clock he visited the oflftre of the St. Paul Dispatch, which had criticised him bitterly during his term, told Managing Editor Harry T. Black "I am now a private citizen." and struck Mr. Black a sharp blow between the eyes. The men clinched, but were immediately separated, and former Governor Lind left the office. Cuban Cattle Trade. An idea of the immense cattle trade now being conducted between the States and Cuba may be gathered from the reports of the various Florida ports where cattle have been loaded during the past year. Since May 1, 1900. it is coLservatlvely estimated that 150,000 head have been shipped to Cuba from Florida ports alone, while large shipments have been made from Mobile and ports along th* Gulf, including Galveston. California's Orange Crop Safe. California orange growers report that the crop was not damaged by the rnr-nnf r?n!H en fin ?"t" Mayor of Santiago Removed. Telegraphic orders were received removing Isidro Griuon, Mayor of Santiago, Cuba, from office, and placing Senor Giro. Vice Mayor, in charge of the affairs of the municipality. Charges of irregularity in the conduct of municipal affairs had been preferred. Fire Wipes Oat Home and Family. The residence of Edward H. Taylor, at Model City. Me., was destroyed by fire. Taylor, his wife and three small children, perished in tile flames. Congressional Notes. The House passed a bill extending the mining laws to saline lands. Cnnn+a r>n SSPfl ft hill fO rPCllljltft xuc CCUUIV j/uwvvv. ~ c the production and sale of milk in the District of Columbia. Secretary Root sent to Congress an estimate of $1,140,000 for enlarging and Improving Governor's Island. New York Harbor, for army purposes. The House Committee on Commerce reported favorably a bill for the construction of a third-class revenue cutter for Boston harbor, at a cost of $50,ooa ? .-V-~" V..-'.' . Vv:"':v - . MAY REMOVE FROM PEKIfs Proposal to Transfer Negotiations t Some Other Capital ?? c ^ Sonflrmatlon of Reported Repudiation o Assent to Domanda Lends to Further Instructions to Minister Conger. Washington, D. C. ? The Unitei States Government has proposed t the Powers to shift the peace negotia tions to thia or some other capita! i owinf? to the evident objection of th Dowager Empress to any acceptanc of the peace demands. The sum of $600,000,000 is mentioned as the basis of demand for indemnity Germany has asked $75,000,000 to pa; the cost of moving troops, and Eng land's claim is almost as large. Th settlement of private losses will b hard to fix. Instructions have been sent to Mi Conger to insist that the Chinese plec ipotentiaries sign the statement o terms drawn by the foreign dlplomatl tepresentatlves. The Chinese Empero has agreed to these terms, and th plenipotentiaries, Li Hung Chang an Prince Ching, have said that the; would be approved by China. I) view of these facts, this Governmen tegards China as having given pledge to accept the terms, and wil not acknowledge the right of the Em press Dowager to prevent the Empei or's envoys from withholding thei signatures. Li Hung Chang stated that he am Prince Ching would assume all r? SDonsibilitv. and will sign the note The edict ordering them to accept th twelve outside of the preliminary de mand contained another clause whie they had not communicated to th Ministers at the time, but which the; ignore. It provided that the Chines Commissioners should devise a pla to discuss details with the Ministers. VOTE ON APPORTIONMENT. The Burleigh Bill. Providing For House of 380 Members, Passed. Washington, D. C.?By a vote of 1G to 102 the House accepted the reaf portionment plan proposed by the Bui leigh bill, which increases the men: bership of the House during the nex decade from 357, the present membei ship and the membership proposed b the committee or Hopkins bill, to 38t The vote was unexpected even by th friends of the Burleigh bill. The bill as passed gives the Hous 386 members. The States which wi receive an increase under the bill an ArKansas, California, Colorado, Coi necticut, Florida, Louisiana, Masst chusetts, Mississippi, Missouri. Nort Carolina, North Dakota, Washingtor West Virginia and Wisconsin, on each; Minnesota, New Jersey an Pennsylvania, two each; Illinois, Nei York and Texas, three each. A total c twenty-nine. An amendment to prevent gerrymai dering was agreed to. RANGE WAR IN THE WEST. *ooo ?neep miiea oy jnaiuers near n Montana-Wyoming Boundary. Buffalo, Wyo.?Another fierce rang war between the sheep and cattle owi era has broken out near the Wyominj Montana boundary. Feeling Is ver high, and both sides are openly declai ing their Intentions. A few days ago 2000 sheep owne by R. R. Selway were driven over cliff by a band of raiders whose head were covered with gunny sacks. Thoa sheep which escaped death by the fa were beaten (o death with clubs. Selway owns 73,000 sheep, and ha incurred the hostility of the cattlemei Both sides are very bitter, and Selwa has offered a reward of $2000 for th guilty parties. The sheep killed wer valued at $12,000. PLOT TO BREAK JAIL Prison Barber Cuts the Throat of tfi Trusty Who Revealed the Conspiracy. Denver, Col.?A frustrated attemi to blow down the walls of the pen tentlary at Canon City and murder th warden and guards has just come t light. A trusty weakened on accour of the warden's kindness and reveale the plot. Sunday the prisoners wer I kent in their cells the entire da.v an the explosion did not come off. The trusty was suspected and whe he went to the prison barber to b shaved the barber slit his throat. H will recover. EICHT KILLED IN TRAIN SMASH. Two Engines, One Drawing Empty Car Collide in West Virginia. Fairmont, "W. Va. ? An east-boun engine with twenty-three empty car collided with a west-bound engln< running light, on the bridge crossin the mouth of Koon's Run, above Ei erson section, on the Monongah Div sion of the Baltimore and Ohio Rai road, killing eight men and injurin three others, one fatally. Both er glnes were going at full speed to reac a switch, as the Pittsburg flier wa Dearly due. The heroic action of Brakema O'Leary in running a mile to signt frho flier snrofi tlir> nf mnnv r Its passengers. West Point Cadets From Hawaii. A letter has been received from De egate Wilcox, at Washington, by th Central Committee of the Indepeudec party at Honolulu askiug the appoin ment of a committee to examine He wailan youths who -wish to enter Wes Point Military Academy and to foi ward recommendations as to flv youths, with photographs. Mr. W1 cox says Hawaii Is entitled to tw cadets. A French Plan to Annex Belgium. A military commission planning reconstruction of Belgium's defenc has been Informed that in 1897 Ger eral Zurlinden, then French Ministe of War, proposed to the Superior Wa Council that France annex Belgium. Bank Robbers Get 815,000. % Robbers entered the Shiloh Ej change Bank, at Shiloh, Ohio, and su< ceeded In opening the safe and secui Ing $15,000 or more In cash. Jewelr and negotiable papers. The robber stole a horse and buggy and escapet A New Election For Worcester, Mass. The Supreme Court decided that i i the case of O'Connell against Lytl< where both were tied for the Mayoi alty of the city of Worcester, Mass that a new election must be' hat D'Connell's contention was that cei 1 tain defective ballots which wer thrown out should have been counte for him. The Court refused to go b< hind the returns. 100,000 Caie* of Grip in Chicago. According to rough estimates mad by physicians there are 100,000 ease of grip in Chicago. The victims ar swelling <Jaath rate enormaiiaiwJ , 1 PERISH IN ASYLUM F16E' 0 Dver- a Score of Orphans Lose Their . Lives at Rochester, N. Y. MANY OTHERS BADLY INJUKtU j 0 Explosion of Boiler Cut Off Egress 'of i* Many Children In the Burning Build[, lnjj and Added to the Mortality?Fire9 men and Citizen* Did Good Beicue e Work?The List of the Bead. Rochester, N. Y.?Not since the great lantern works fire of 18S8, In which y many persons were killed and many ; others injured, has such a catastrophe e occurred here as that of the burning e of tfie Rochester Orphan Asylum, a fhree-story structure, at Huljbell Park ( i- and Exchange street. Of the nearly ' 200 inmates of the asylum, nearly r thirty perished outright, aud many e will die from burns and other injuries, d A. large portion of the asylum building ^ was destroyed. t The folowing is a partial list of the _ dead: Gertrude Poner, Bertha Hall, j Viola Stuck. Lillian Stone, Mildred Slocum, Mary Alexander, Ellen Hamlltou, Hazel Murray, Minnie Tiffany, Myrtle r Patterson, Isabel Marthage, Gertrude McCaw, Mary McCaw, Loreno Owen, 3 Charlie Benham, Bertha Potter, Mil>. dred Wright, Minnie Skinner, Mary >. Kane, Cora Potter, Charles Bryant, e Beachnell Carey, Evangeline Carey, : Mrs. Maria Gordon and Mrs. Martha h Gillis. fl The flames were discovered by two ? young men, W. Clark and F. Young, e who happened to be passing the buildc fug on Exchange street. Clark ran to the nearest Are alarm box and sent In an alarm, after which both turned their attention to arousing the nurses, att tendants and children. Miss Cllne, a nurse In the hospital, says she smelled smoke a few minutes * after 1 o'clock, and Immediately notlH fled Miss Valllent, another nurse, who ' reported the matter to the, matron, '* Miss L. Dinehart. The smoke was speedily traced to the boiler room and ? word was sent to police headquarters. ? Then a terrific explosion was heard * in the other end of the building. In a few moments tne enure UUli. U1 IUC I building in which the hospital was sit* uate$ was a mass of flames. The j, smoke poured out of every window, 'I and screams and frantic cries could be heard from tne panic-stricken chilJ dren. Long ladders were strung up and firemen plunged into the stifling j smoke and bore out inanimate forms, 0 All of the rescued were unconscious; - many were dead. ,1 The explosion which followed the discovery of the fire took place neai j. the west end of the connecting wing, completely blowing out the lower pari and cutting off the escape of the children in the east end. The children sleeping nearest to the connecting 11 wing were stunned by the shock, and It was with great difficulty that they ;< realized their danger when finally i' aroused. ? In the east wing were the sleeping j apartments of the asylum, mainly or : the second and third floors. Forty children or more were there, in charge d of Miss Sarah Ashdown and Miss a Brad, of the hospital ward, who wae .? taking care of two sick children. The e report of the explosion was not loud 1) enough to awaken the sleeping nurses, but when the smoke began to pour into ? the east wing a panic ensued. It was i impossible to see anything. The chief y nurse, Miss Ashdown. did all within e her power to control the terrified chilf dren and nurses, but without avail. Although the work of rescue was taken up promptly by so many hands, volunteers as well as firemen, th* flames gained such headway and " spread with such incredible speed that it was beyond human effort to prevent the loss of life. I" A dramatic incident of the fire was 6 the fall of Morris Keating, a fireman, 0 who went up to the roof on a ladder || to rescue women and children. Jusl ? as he reached the top a stream of * Vater was turned on him to keep oft " the (flames, but it had tlie effect of confusing him. He reached out for a woc man who had jumped toward him. * Suddenly he lost his hold on the ladder and fell with the woman to the right and Keating was seriously in ground. His charge was killed outJ ured. * The hospital building was destroyed and the main building was damaged, (j entailing a total loss of about $30,000. The buildings were heated by steam, a, and It is believed that the fire was a caused by an explosion of the engine rt boiler. 1, The Rochester Orphan Asylum was 1. organized In February. 1837. The sojj ciety was incorporated a year later. ! In June, 1839, John Creig, of Canaa b rlaigua, gave to the asylum the valua.3 ble tract of land in Hubbell Park on which the structure stood. The n main building was erected In 1843-44. il In 1870 a wing on the east side of the >1 main building was erected at an expense of $10,447. In December, 1873, a new south wing was built. Some of the wealthiest persons fn 1- the city are Interested in the lnstitti' $ Hon as managers and trustees, and it there is little question that a more b modern structure will be speedily i- erected. " ?...... p. Lora jt'aunceiot? 10 stay. e Lord Panncefote, British Ambassaj. dor to the United States, will, accord0 Ing to information just obtained, remain indefinitely at Washington. Four Lost In a Tenement Fire. a Four persons were burned to death o In a fire which destroyed the upper i- part of a five-story Italian tenement r in New York City. Those who lost r their lives with Mrs. Rosa Mora, aged thirty-two; Louis Mora, aged three, her son; Mrs. Antoinette Mora, aged thirty-seven, and her Infant daughter. To Call a German Jewish Congress. A large meeting of Zionists, held at y Berlin, Germany, voted to call a na,s tlonnl Jewish congress for the protecj tlon of threatened Hebrew Interests. < Minor Mention. n The recent snowstorm did little ina Jury to California orange crop. r- Prrls is to name a street after for., mer President Kruger of the Trans* -1 X, vaui. r* The Berlin Pire Department is expere iraenting -with an automobile fire enf gine. In Cincinnati, Ohio, there Is talk of automobile lines to compete with the trolley lines. e The population of Bavaria is 6,150,000, an increase of 331,000 sIom the e previous censup. FILIPINOS TO BE EXILED MacArthur Orders Insurgent Generals Deported to Island of Guam. | Other Leading Insurrectionists Will Be Sent From Manila Until Peace Has Been Declared. Manila.?General MacArthur has or- ' dered the deportation of Generals Ri- 1 carte, Del Pilar, Hizon, Llanera and Santos to the Island of Guam. Nine regimental and four subordinate officers, with eight civilians, including Trias, Tecson and Mabini, notorious assistants of the insurrectionists, have i also been ordered to be deported. i It is General MacArthur's Intention j to hold most of the active leaders of the rebels who have been captured in 1 Guam until the resumption of a condi- I tlon of peace has been declared. I The first municipal election was j held successfully at Bagulo, Province of Benguet. The Igorrotes took part In the election. I Washington, D. C. ? Major-General j MacArthur acted under Instructions | given by Secretary Root In directing . the deportation of Filipino prisoners j of war to Guam. The President has come to the conclusion that it is time to be done with , the policy of lenleucy and try the ef- ( feet of a policy of harshness. One of ( the steps In this direction is the pro- , posed deportation of prisoners to ( Guam and the other the operation of methods of war more harsh than hith- J erto pursued. I The men soon to be deported -will be ( followed by others, until Guam can accommodate no more, when prisoners will be sent to another Island, probably to the southward of Luzon. $1000 PINNED TO THE WAIF. , Childless Couple Find a Baby Girl In a Basket at Their Door. I Owingsville, Ky.?Mr. and Mrs. Doe 1 Tipton, of Springfield township, a 1 childless couple, are happy because of 1 an addition to their family. Early th? 1 other morning Mr. Tipton was aroused 1 by the walling cry of a child. Investigation as to the cause of the unusual i sound resulted In the discovery of a i basket on the back porch of his reai3ence from which the sound came. Upon taking the basket into the lighted room It was found to contain a girl I baby about a week old, and warmly I dressed. i Pinned to the babe's underclothing I was $1000 in paper money and a note pleading for Mr. Tipton to take good 1 care of the baby and "raise her to be a lady" and saying that when the i $1000 was exhausted more money to | defray all expenses would be sent him. j Mr. Tipton is a wealthy farmer and | he and nis wife are delighted with the infant, and -will raise it as their own. DE WET'S PLAN) OF INVASION. ' If Successful, a General Rising Said to Be Certain in Cape Colony. Plquetberg Road, Cape Colony.?The Boers boast that their present incursion Is only a big patrol, preparatory to an Invasion in force by General De l Wet. The latter's influence over the Dutch is so enormous that there is no doubt his(actual presence would result In a general rising. The Dutch have unbounded faitb that, if he had a sufficient supply of arms and ammunition. General Do ' Wet, who is regarded as the Napoleon of the campaign, would even now be able to bring the war to a successful termination. THf? CENTRE OF POPULATION. In Ten Years It Ha* Moved Ten Milcf West and Three Miles South. wasmngcon, u. u. ? ine ^ensu? Office announced that the centre of population in the United States is now at a point in latitude 39 degrees, ? minutes, 3G seconds north and longitude 85 degrees, 48 minutes, 54 sec onds west, which is in Southern In dlana, about seven miles southeast of the city of Columbus. In the ten years since the last census the centre of pop 1 ulation has moved westward abouf 1 fourteen miles and southward aUou' three miles. BOY KILLS HIS SISTER. While Parents Were Away He Emptied a Shot Gun Into Her Body. Marietta, Ohio-While William Chi dester and his wife were absent thel1 eon, Thomas, nine years old. emptiec both barrels of a -shot gun into his sis ter Florence, fourteen years old, killini her instantly. The boy fought for possession of th? I gun when a neighbor arrived, and ap peared to have no idea of what he had done. llTn^lna Vlvanrll rnnHnnPfl. An order in council lias been passed by the Canadian Government continu Ing for another year the modus vivend' under which licenses are issued tc United States vessels allowing then: to enter Canadian ports on the At lantic coast for the purpose of supplies and outfits, and for the trans shipment of catch, and the shipping ol crews. ; A Hundred Boys Massacred In China. ' A sister of charity, writing from the Maison de Jesu Enfant, at Ning-Po, China, describes the massacre at NanKing of 100 little boys. Some of them, she says, were roasted alive in the church. Others, led by a brother, escaped to the orphanage outside the city, but all were killed and the place was burned. i A Carneplc Gift For Seattle, Wash. Andrew Carnegie has promised Seattle, Wash., a gift of $200,000, to be expended in the construction of a new 1 public library. He requires a yearly guarantee of $50,000 for mainteuance and improvement. Vessel and Ten Persons Lost. News has been received at Brussels. Belgium, that the steamer Soudan, which left Antwerp early in December to undertake river service in the Cohgo stnfiv foundered a week n?ro. ten of her company being drowned. A Warning From Dunrnven. In a letter to the London Times the Earl of Dunraven, emphasizing the "very grave situation in South Africa," warns Great Britain to distrust the opinions of experts on the spot and to be ready for the unexpected. He complains of the '"inertia of the authorities," and urges the necessity of large reinforcements. Colorado Weary of Lynching. i As a result of the lynchings in Colorado a bill has been introduced in the Legislature providing for the restoration of capital punishment In Colorado ' - ' " - ' , : ' . *, . . ' -yy PHILIP 1 ABMOUR DEAD" Chicago's Millionaire Passes Away After a Two Years' Illness. LEAVES FORTUNE OF $40,000,000 He Had Sought Health at Home and Abroad?Caught Cold in a Frolic With HI# Two Grandchildren?Sank Peacefully Into the Long; Sleep?The Story of Hit Career? HU Philanthropy. Chicago. ? Philip D. Armour, philanthropist, financier and multi-millionaire, head of the vast commercial es:ablishinent that bears his name, died suddenly of heart tTouble at his reslience, 2115 Prairie avenue. Only the Immediate members of the family and tils physicians were at the bedside fvhen death occurred. The end came ifter two years' Illness, in the course >f which Mr. Armour visited German aaths, passed tne coia montns m California, and devoted himself largely to in attempt to restore his healthy which, iowever, uad been broken, never to be regained. The Immediate cause of the illness which ended in his death was a bad cold which Mr. Armour caught at the time of the first snow flurry in Norember. At that time Mr. Armour :ook his two grandsons, the children jf the late Pnillp D. Armour, Jr., for a ride on a hand sled on the sidewalk n front of the Armour residence. The children enjoyed the sport, but Mr. Armour got his feet wet, and a cold resulted which confined him to his bed for some time. Mr. Armour was born in Stockbridge, Madison County, N. Y., on May 16, 1832. As a boy he divided his , time between-working on the farm md going to the academy. But before tie was out of school he gave up farm chores and was in business for himself. He bought cattle from the nelghtoring farmers, butchered and dressed them himself, and then hawked the meat about in a wagon through Oneida and Madison Counties. That was the beginning of Mr. Armour's business career, the first inter- J ruptlon of which was the result of a boy and girl love affair. Armour and :he girl played hookey from school one ifternoon and went buggy riding. The boy was expelled next day. ^That marked what is always called the "turning point" In a man's career. Armour went to California. He hunted tor gold In California until 1S50, but his dirt never panned out very well. [t yielded enough, however, to enable him to make a start In something else, bo he came Jtiast again as far as Milwaukee, where he went into the warebouse and grain business. Then Armour tried pork packing, which did pan out well. He soon had a fortune of $500,000, and formed the firm of Armour, Plankinton & Co., with headquarters at Milwaukee and branches in half a dozen other towns. Ln 1874 the headquarters was moved to Chicago. Before that his brother, H. 0. Armour, had established a grain commission and pork packing business In Chicago, and the two enterprises fcere afterward combined. It was not the mere killing of animals and selling the product that made the foundation of the Armour millions. P. D. Armour made his first great (menulative stroke iust before the close of the Civil War, when pork was quoted at $40. He was confident that with the end of the war the prices of all food stuffs would come down. So he sold pork and fought the bulls for three months successfully. He made about $1,000,000 on that deal. In 1879 and 1880 he was a bull, when the bears were short about 600,000 barrels of pork. He cornered the market, and his profits were estimated all the way from $2,500,000 to $3,500,000. The next year with his brother he went into a gigantic deal In wheat and as bulls made about $1,000,000, but didn't let go soon enougn, ana lost it all. For the last five years his fortune has been estimated at $40,000,000. Mr. Armour was married in October, 1862, to Miss Malvina Belle Ogden, the only daughter of Jonathan Ogden, of Cincinnati. They had two sons, J. Ogden Armour, who was married on May 12. 1891, to Miss Lolita Hughe9 Sheldon, of Suffleld, Conn., and Philip D. Armour, Jr., who married on November 6, 1889, Miss May Elizabeth Lester, of Chicago. The younger Philip died last winter. Ho left two boys. Sir. Armour did much In the way of charity and philanthropy. His pet enterprises of that kind -were the Armour Mission and the Armour Institute, a school of technology in Chicago. They represent an investment amounting to $2,500,000, and Mr. Armour frequently 'said that he had never made a better investment. Smallpox Prevalent in Missouri.** At a meeting of the Board of Health at Kansas City, Mo., Dr. J. C. James, resident member of the State Board of Health, said there were cases of smallpox in more than one hundred Bounties of Missouri, and that the most vigorous quarantine measures had failed to stop the spread of the disease. Seven Miners Killed by Gendarmes. Seven miners were killed and forty wounded In an affray at Altgeblrg. Hungary, between riotous miners and gendarmes. Senate Will Investigate Itoliroads. Senator Harris introduced a resolution info the United States Senate, directing the Interstate Commerce Commission to investigate whether there exists an association or associations of railroad companies which c^erate similarly to the Trans-Missouri Railway Association, that was declared by the Supreme Court to br in violation of the Anti-Trust law. Date of Wilhelmina's Wedding. The marriage of Queen Wilhelmlnii of Holland has been set for February 7. ~1'~ * Prominent People. Bret Harte will probably return tc America some time this year, but only tor a visn. Bridges Smith, Mayor of Macon, Ga.. made his first money peddling papers in the streets. Count von Blumenthal, Chief of Staff of the German Army, and the oldest Field Marshal in the service. Is dead. Captain Dreyfus has been in Paris for the last few weeks, but he go?s out very little and sees no one. He wUl probably gt&y there some time. f British Klectlon ?xp?nui.. . 7 At the last general election In Greprt^J] Britain 3,867,000 votes were cast at ?u> ^ average cost of eighty-two cents pep y V vote for legitimate expenses? In the t English counties the cost was $1.22 ^ and in the boroughB sixty cents. Eacb Welsh vote cost $1.06 to cast; In Scot* land the cost was $1.34 in the counties and eighty-nine cents in the boroughs, * and in Ireland nineteen cents in the counties and fifty-one cents In the bor oughs. There were 1181 candidate? ^ for 670 seats In the House of Con&> mons. Contempor?tieon? Spanish Honor. Some recent Jokes from Madrid, gir- . Ing an Idea of contemporaneous Span- > Ish humor: "But why do you marry so poor woman?' "To revenge myself. I have su(fered , % much In the world." "Ah, now I understand?an unhappj^}!^ love affair." jf308 "No. T am marrying a poor womaa :&<| to make my creditors rare!" V Gedeon goes to confer with the Pre*-';*ji tdent of the Society for the Prerentioa' I ^ of Cruelty to Animals. "What do you want?" "I desire to be protected; my wife 5|? treats me like a doV Medical consultation: "How do you find me, doctor?" " "Very bad. You are worn out, and it Is necessary that you give up all 'J? head work." "That would rnSn me, doctor. Don't ' ^ you know that I'm a barber?* ,3|| Among women friends: "Now I am sure that Ernesto wants to marry me." "What ground hare you for spying ,;||| "I've noted that Ernesto begins to be unable to stand mamma."?Meil- ,i can Herald. . ? . f Automobile Risks. '^9 Underwriters of accident, and lire *,?! policies are beginning to devote no UtyigM tie attention to1 automobile risIoLv^^ While the instances of loss of llfe;?$| while operating "autos" have been few^p and far between, the destruction or se*v^| vere Injury of the machines by fire ^$1 resulting from the ignition of th*Kv-M stored fuel after a smash-up on the ' road has been sufficiently frequent to Sjra call the attention of far-sighted chauf- M feurs to the advisability of lneurti8|^H themselves against loss in this way. We refund 10c for every package of Po* kin Fadzlzss Dtk that fails to give faction. Monroe Drag Co., Unioavllle, Ho r-'.| "Polly, do you know much about par* v llamentarv law?" ,"Oh, yes; often la i-rdfi our club, when somebody tells me to, # I move to lay something on the table." - V| ?Chicago Record. The Beit Prescription for CUlIi 'vl and Fever is a bottle of Qbovi's tigmtm '-;J Chill Tomio. It u simply iron and quinine la. a tasteless form. No cure?no pay. Price 60a In 1899 the savings banks of Mattichtt6ett? held $500,000,000. Best For the Bowel*. No matter what alls Vou, headache to a ^ cancer, you will never get well until your ; '$ bowels are put right. Cisciarrs help nature, cure you without a gripe or pais, produce easy natural movements, cost yoV ust 10 centB to stArr getting your health % back. Ciscabets Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put up in metal boxes, every tab* < ? letbasC.C.O. stamped on It. Beware ?f :-M imitations. Nearly every Chinaman can read, bttt ninety per cent, of the women are uneducated. ' 0 J.JI ifi yjr Kjnisj% vjui vr x wiii<uv, i ^ Lucas Countt, - (?** . Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the ' ^ senior partner of the firm of P. J. Cheney A 2* Co.,doing boBineBHintheCityofToledo.Connty and State aforesaid, a nd that said firm will pat :>. the snm of ore hundred dollars for eacn and every case of catarrh that cannot be u&j cured by the use of H all's Catarrh Cube. Frank J. Chdit. Sworn to before me and subscribed In my ; A? 1 ?*?) presence, this 0th day of December - *: ? seal V A. D. 1888. A. W. Gliason. ; $ j?r?) Ntriam Piiblir. ' rHall's Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, and P acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaCM. of the system. Send for testimonials, free. ,*-? F. J. Chesey & Co., Toledo, 0. ; Sold by Druggist*, 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. * 1 Out of 100 people born only one lives to ].} the age of sixty-five. New York and Florida Limited* '' '[I Via Penn. and Southern Ry., resumes service : Jan. 14th. Lv. New York. 12.40 p. m. daily, ;.t except Sunday. Dining, Compartment, Ob- .-'a servatlon and Drawing Room Sleeping Can,' ; New York to St. Autmstine, slso carrying Drawing Room Sleeping Car, New York to \ <s? Aikon, Augusta and Port Tampa. Diagrams . * now open. New York Offices, 271 ana 1183 Broadway. t -4 .Jrj Alcohol plow locomobiles are now in Q86 '-$? in Germany. Millions Use Carter's Ink ? which is sure proof of its excellent quality. made chemically accurate. Thereiore the best ~ -,.rm An ox can carry 200 pounds weight on * day's journey, a camel 400 pounds. Firey'?lVcrmiffu|fe by mail. ' : Send 35c. to E. & S. Fi<ky, Baltimore. Md, if not tor sale at your druggist or store. From the moon the earth looks thirteen <Jt\ times as big as the moon does to us. ? t Happiness cannot be bought, but one of the great hindrances to its attainment can be removed by Adams' Pepsin Tuttl FruttL The most costly Parliament in Europe is that of France. Piso's Cure cannot be too highly sp >ken ui as a cough cure.?J. W. O'Bbii.v, 323 Third Ave., N., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 6,1900. , " . < A rising musician is one that geta up f Ka nionA A^/tfiaiAnnlltr iivui tut piaiiu uwwuoivuaiij To Cnr? * Cold in On? D?y. ? Take Laxatiyb Bromo Quinikb Tabliti. All drutrsjlets refund the m .ney If It fella to car*. E. W. Gkovb's eleu&iuro la on each box. 23a' " Growth of Life Iu?uranct. V Life insurance is practically a hun- ?^ deed years old, as it was brought to public notice for a share of public business about the beginning of the nineteenth century. Iu this country it has expanded with such increasing force 'i and has assumed such formidable proportions that the beginning of the twentieth century will find it leading nearly all other great business enter- - ^ prises. A single illustration to verify this statement: Our life insurance companies have returned to policy holders and beneficiaries during the past year a greater sum than the entire surplsa fund of all the national banks of the United States, and the assets of the leading life insurance companies in this country are larger by several hundred millions of dollars than the entire capital stock, surplus fend and ondiTided profits of aH oar national banks.?4Tke Insurance Frees. - , v": - ;:l|f i