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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
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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
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certainly cures asthma; also
bronchitis, hoarseness, weak i
lungs, whooping-cough, croup, ,
winter coughs, night coughs J
and hard colds. ' i
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all charges prepaid. Be sure and give ns yotu 1
nearest ezpresa office. Address, J. C. ATXE Co, ;
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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*
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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MAY REMOVE FROM PEKIfs
Proposal to Transfer Negotiations t
Some Other Capital
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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
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1 PERISH IN ASYLUM F16E'
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Dver- a Score of Orphans Lose Their
. Lives at Rochester, N. Y.
MANY OTHERS BADLY INJUKtU
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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.
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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*
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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
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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.
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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.
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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 $1.34 in the counties
and eighty-nine cents in the boroughs, *
and in Ireland nineteen cents in the
counties and fifty-one cents In the bor
oughs. There were 1181 candidate? ^
for 670 seats In the House of Con&>
mons.
Contempor?tieon? Spanish Honor.
Some recent Jokes from Madrid, gir- .
Ing an Idea of contemporaneous Span- >
Ish humor:
"But why do you marry so poor
woman?'
"To revenge myself. I have su(fered , %
much In the world."
"Ah, now I understand?an unhappj^}!^
love affair." jf308
"No. T am marrying a poor womaa :&<|
to make my creditors rare!" V
Gedeon goes to confer with the Pre*-';*ji
tdent of the Society for the Prerentioa' I ^
of Cruelty to Animals.
"What do you want?"
"I desire to be protected; my wife 5|?
treats me like a doV
Medical consultation:
"How do you find me, doctor?" "
"Very bad. You are worn out, and
it Is necessary that you give up all 'J?
head work."
"That would rnSn me, doctor. Don't ' ^
you know that I'm a barber?* ,3||
Among women friends:
"Now I am sure that Ernesto wants
to marry me."
"What ground hare you for spying ,;|||
"I've noted that Ernesto begins to
be unable to stand mamma."?Meil- ,i
can Herald.
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Automobile Risks. '^9
Underwriters of accident, and lire *,?!
policies are beginning to devote no UtyigM
tie attention to1 automobile risIoLv^^
While the instances of loss of llfe;?$|
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.
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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. *
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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.
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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
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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.
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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. ,
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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.
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