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m$. ' , | Makiqg a fing-faDg k j Set at floqe. { Of all the Indoor frames that the wri Kda fulfil a n/1 Ka Hit flhAtl# [ all of them?none has proved such jolly food fun aa table tennis, or aa the Engllah call It. "ping-pong." Arat-class ping-pong outfit with to two racketa that are perfect little ten nla racketa on a small scale will cost a -about $4 at the shop. When it comes 7 to a very cheap set you can probably make at home just aa good an outfit and maybe better. . First, as to the rackets. In England the kind most favored have centres of parchment like a drumhead, from which the ball rebounds with that humming ping-pong sound which gives the Came its name. The writer prefers the string racket. Plecea of rattan soaked a while in teaming hot water to make them very apple make good racket frames. A wooden handle, hollowed out at the end with grooves for the rattan frame to Ql IB ll limpij couirucira, m buuwu to the diagram above. Id stringing the ?trlng used on a banjo would be about right Two strings for each racket should be enough. These strings should be thoroughly soaked and then used while still wet. Do not string too tight, for if jou do when the strings dry and shrink they will pull the frame all out of shape. String first across and tben up and lown exactly as In a regulation racket, ta making a support for your net a smple of yards of heavy telegraph wire will answer. Take each length and double and bend Into shape shown in the diagram. This of Itself may not be lulte stanch enough to bold the net taut, but by running a cord from the top of one wire support down and en wr ue now to ioe top 01 ioe omn rapport, you should be able to obtain the necessary amount of rigidity. The oet Itself should be about six Inches Jtlgh from the table, and should clear the table by enough to allow the ball to pass easily under It. Any material irfll do for the net. though a gauze or netting of some kind bound at the top trith an inch or two of white tape is best As to the table Itself, it should ' ' $ .. - ? * v t /r/fflr aamu k* ' 1 1 R ,?'7 unirMtAO .lani i be simply a smooth and flat surface j ADoat avc dj ten reei. or. say, lour uy eight feet The came is played exactly as renals Is played, except that there Is but one court on either side of the net. If the ball strikes the very edge of the table and so bounces off in such a way that a return la impossoble. call It an "edger," and serve over again. The method of scoring Is the same ' as In tennis. One rule of the old game which is barred because of the narrow bounds ia volleying. A ball can never be returned, except on the bounce. Pickups, however, are allowable. Another strict ruling of ping-pong Is that no overhand strokes are allowed; the hand most never be raised above the height of the elbow. Also the serve must be delivered froqa a point beyond the end of the tabic. The tennis experts and all-round athletes have devised a new sort of racket that makes of this parlor game a rather strenuous and exciting affair. The racket is simply a wooden pad die of about the same outside dimensions as the ping-pong strung racket; that is. about six inches in diameter? roughly speaking?the handle being of any desired length. The paddle part is not of one piecc With the handle, as it would break or plit too easily. The handle is spliced on. The paddle?on one side or both? according to bow you play, is covered with emery cloth or paper guled on carefully. With this rough surface you can cut the ball or give the "Law* ford" stroke in splendid fashion. Aa to balls, the best are those made of celluloid, which can be bought at tny sporting or toy store for a few cents apiece. This ping-pong is really a great game and the writer thinks It has come to Stay.?Detroit Free Press. Th? Pmr. The pear Is undeniably the favorite fruit of modern times, indeed, we believe the pear of modern times, thanks to the science and skill of horticulturists, is quite a different morsel for the palate from the pear of two or three centuries ago. 80 long ago as the earliest time of .the Romans the pear was considerably cultivated. It was common in Syria. Egypt and Greece, and from the latter countries was transplanted into "?ly. and from there into Germany and Holland and eventually into the United Out/U. Vo V,.-l- Votva OMIIC0* avia *^v n a. The FtTtr. An Atchison girl. who got $50 a month and had an easy time of It. caught the fever two years ago and chased a man. She bad an athletic training, soon caught up with him, and landed him. Now she does all her own housework, including washing and Ironing, has twin babies and gets her board and clothes. Her name should be furnished all women seized with this man-catching fever?Atchison Globe. Don't burn your bridges behind you. tinder the impression that you are setting the world on Sst THE KADIAK BEAR' attempts to Csteh lk? UnMt CwdfM la ExUtoae*. On the extreme northwest coast o Alaska Is Kadiak Island, the home of a distinct species of bear, believed to be tbe largest carnivore in existence. A very large Kadiak bear measures fifteen feet in length from the end of his nose to the end of his backbone, TBAP FOB THK KADIAK BEAH. exceeding In length tbe tiger, the gri*sly bear and the polar bear. There If a fine specimen of this bear, tbe only one In captivity, in tbe United States National Zoo at Washington, but it is only a cub. Despite his youth, how* ever, he is almost as large as two full* grown grizzlies wbo are nn present immediate neighbors. Meanwhile tbe Alaska Commercial Company, acting on behalf of tbe Unl* ted States Government, Is attempting to capture a fall-grown animal of this species. According to tbe New York Journal there has been standing at Kadiak Island since last June a great steel cage slzteen feet long and six feet high. In one end of which is a heavy raised grating, which la con* nected with a trigger in tbe rear end of tbe cage. This trigger is baited with salmon. When the bear bites the bait the steel door will close on him. The steel cage In which the United States authorities hope to entertain Mr. U reus Kadlakus until his trans portion can be arranged was taken to Alaska and erected on Kadiak Isl and, under tbe supervision of Ell* wood Hofer. a famous Yellowstone trapper and guide, wbo Is more familiarly known aa "Billy" Hofer. Tbls cage, or tray, was designed and made especially wltb a view of accommodating tbe Kadiak bear, and. should be enter It. It la probable be will stay In >7 (irtx* . , mm? taauttT It until he arrives in Washington. The cage will be hoisted on to a vessel at the ialand and transferred to a flat car at Vancouver. At first the trigger was baited with honey, but the foxes of Kadlak Island are much more in* qulsitive than bears, and, after a number of tbem bad been caught, the bait waa change to salmon. A Saddle For Driven. To drive a spirited pair of horse* from the box seat of an ordinary carriage is not an easy task, especially If the driver is of medium or low sise. nnd for the reason that the position which be occupies is not one which allows him to exercise full control over tue animus. This is one reason why a box seat saddle has been invented, says the New York Herald. Another reason la because the inventor thought that the average driver would sooner have two companions than one. and there will be room for two wherever this saddle is used, since the driver will be elevated above the two large cushioned seats, and. except by an occasional movement of his arms, will not in the least incommode those sitting beside but a little below him. This new sad die can De raiseu to any necessary height. Arlunuu Cordiality. J. B. Rutherford returned from LIttIa Rock and says that Jeff Darls is the biggest man in the State. "The State House." said Mr. Rutherford, "was Just crowded with people congratulating tbe Governor on hia nomination. 1 sent in my card and tbe tirst thing I knew Davis came out in his shirt-sleeves and said: " 'Say, Jim. you don't need any card when you come to see me. If the other fellow had been elected you might have needed a card, but wheu you come to see me, just walk right in. and bang Ko? <>n n nni, nml nnn-iclr rnnr ;vul VM ? trunk/ M?Arkansas Gazette. Think "Hello" W Vulgar. The women of Appleton, Wis., a plac? of about a dozen thousand inhabitants, have thought it all over and are convinced that "hello" as a conversation opener on the telephone Is exceedingly vulgar,. They hare pledged tbeinselvei to stand by a crusade to stop the use of the objectionable rrord.?Syracuw Post-Standard. In the quantity of annual rainfall the continents rank as follows: South America. Africa, North America, Eu rope, Asia, Australia. IA DIVIDED EYE.1 A rbk Which 8?m Abort ud JU- 2 low til* Sarftc*. i IN the shore waters and rivers ol Central America there are thousands of little fish with very curious eyes. They are called foureyed flsh, and the eye is very much like a double eye; and then. too. it Vounft-w\ fio D&nd_Of\' eyeapparently has to do the work of two eyes. It has a broad, dark, horizontal band, nearly as wide as the pupil, right across Its centre. This baad enables the flsh when feeding and swim mlng at the surface, ou the lookout for food, to see above the surface with part of the eye and below the watex with the other part The band which divides the eye into two equal parts, triking the surface or edge of the water, divides the line of vision. Of sourse, this Is a great advantage to the fish when seeking food. And since the sand seems to serve no other purpose than to enable the flsh to swim thus it the surface of the water, it is but reasonable to suppose that It has been formed there because of this peculiar iray of swimming. No other flsh are known to swim at the surface in just the same way as do these flsh, and If they were to do so, it may be supposed that they, too, would sooner or later jet a similar band on tbe eye, for it is juite likely that this habit of holding the eye at the surface of the water while seeking food, extending through ;enturles with this flsh, very gradually :aused a gristle or blurred band to 'orm on that portion of the eye which (truck the water, or edge of tbe water. Sow. as it is a custom of nature to :ake away the usefulness of any member or organ of the body never used, ibe has caused this band to form here. c . Four-Eu awimmmj^Ar 7>\e Si since that part of the eye which strnck the edge of the water was not used, and could not be used while the fish was swimming thus. This band has, therefore, by slow degrees, become more and more permanent, until now 11 is firmly fixed, nnd destroys the sight of that portion of the eye ovei which it extends. While very young tiie band is not on the fish's eye. Thh fact helps to prove that tlie band was not always on the eye of these fish, but it has been formed by their habll of swimming at the surface. Some scientists do not call this fist four-eyed, for they say there are no four-eyed fish. They say this eye li { exactly like any other eye. except foi the band across it. and tbat the human eye would represent a like condition were uue iu iusicu u uuuun uauu across it Other scientists claim thai each of these two parts of the eye can be contracted or expanded indt-pi'Qd ently of the other. Tbi End of tha Boat*. Sign painters do not possess the repu tatlon of having a keener sense ol humor than other mortals, but consciously or otherwise, they often pro duce amusing results. An example of this Is to be seen at a ferry near the Battery, but the respon siuiuty may rest huh cue i'uuipuuy as well as with the painter. The slgu covers the upper part ol the ferry house that it advertises. II 1 reads as follows: "Take the 39th street Brooklyn Ferry that connects wltL electric cars for ?" and in the arrangement of the places reached by the cars 1s the humor of the artist For, either to show the diversity of resorts! ' that Brooklyn boasts.of, or to imprest ' upon the worldly-mludcd what tht pursuit of pleasure may lead to, the list starts with Coney Island. Includes ' other places and ends with Greenwood > Cemetery.?New York Sun. I Prliet For Wind OauffM. Prizes of Jl-00. $750 and $500 foi the best instruments to tueaoure wind I pressure are offered by the Hamburg , Marine Observatory to German and . foreign inventors. The plans must 1m sent in by April 1. 1903. [ gpupogoopppooopopo8j t g Tba First Auto in America | ^ 11 Wm Constructed in 1884 kg a Chicago ^ ' B o ! iinQnfl0QnQQQQ0.nQflQ0?i The first automobile used in America was constructed by a Chicago man. In ' 1884 Edwin F. Brown, then a well* > known bicycle rider, evolved the idea of a steam-propelled vehicle for use on ordinary roads. His first machine was built on the running gear of an oldstyle tandem tricycle, with a boiler in front He managed to operate it with come success and was encouraged to undertake an improvement After a season of experiment he produced a second vehicle on totally different lines. It having four wheels instead of three, and with the weight hung below the wheel shafts. This was operated successfully, but no great speed could be attained, as the boiler was still mounted In front and the escaDlnff smoke and steam blew directly iinto the face of the driver, blinding bis range of vision and making It danger* i -?Tw*. riril ftui.wn-.-r ous to run faster than six or eight mllet an hoar unless be was certain the road was clear. The Idea of placing the boiler at the rear of the vehicle did not occur to Mr. Brown until 1889. when he made a radical change In the body of the carriage, mounted it on pneumatic-tired wheels, and for short distances operated it at a speed of twenty miles an hour. All these machines were constructed entirely of bicycle parts. riyiac run. Undoubtedly, the flying fish ha? wings like a bird, ondoubetdly it fliesyet not as a bird. It does not flap the winglike, pectoral flns on which It is upborne; nor, once launched in the air, can it change its course by any movement of its wings until It dips >irain to the water. Yet It will pass a ship making ten knots In the hour, and travel in tbe air as far aa 500 feet at a time. Astounding, indeed, is tbe sight of a shoal of flying fish taking to the air. skimming far over the surface when the sea Is calm, leaping high over great waves when gales blow. Fish seem ludicrously out of tbe element In airbut that fish should fly is not really more wonderful than that some animals and birds, like the otter or the penguin, dive and swim to perfection. The flying fish's fins are really para-j ed Ffi irfocei : chutes to support and steady its body , rather than wings to propel it; the lobe i of its tall gives propulsion to* tbe body ? as it leaves tbe water. A flying flsh 1 measures about a foot in length, and : Its long transparent pectoral fins reach ? almost to tbe tall; but though very !?? ? whan nrnonifwl tha? Clin In> taif^u nut u vAp?uuvu, ^ ? ? r folded ap very neatly. Its flight is i short and intermittent, and it must i needs continually dip into the sea to > give itself a fresh start?Pierson's. Wands of OfBcc. i In some of the Lithuanian villages In > the extreme northeastern corner of tbe i Oerman Empire, says the New York ' Herald, tbe Mayor, or Chief Magls* t strate, still uses a wand of office. Tbe i use of this symbol of authority can be I traced back to tbe conversion of the : Lithuanians to Christianity at tbe end i of tbe fourteenth century. These wands are appropriately called "krywuls." or crooks, for they aro made of the most strangely contorted boughs and saplings tbat can be rouua. me more laniuauc iue bub^ ' of tbe krywul. tbe more highly is II valued. Many are made by training young sboots into .jueer forms. The krywul is carried by the Magisiful ; V& C\ RJ V" W I "SBIWCLS" USED IN LITHUANIA. ' trato on all ceremonial occasions, and it 1 U also used as a representative of bis ; person, like a royal signet ring. I i Most women seem to think there are no secrets worth keeping. MINOR EVENTSOFTHEWEEK WAMmOTOir ITKMS. President Roosevelt nominated Henry Clay EvaiiP. Commissioner of Pen Bions, to uc uonsui-ueuerai ui ujuuuu. Funeral services over the body of Amoa J. Cummiujfs were held in the House. The Senate passed the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill, with an amendment postponing the St. Louis E&positloo until 1904. Senator Lodge, in a speech In the Senate, answered opponents of the Philippine bill and defended the army. President Roosevelt nominated Frank P. Sargent for CommissionerGeneral of Immigration. The charges against soldiers made by Major Cornelius Gardener were received by the War Department and laid before the Senate Committee on the Philippines. Henry O. Havemeyer, President of the Sugar Trust, testified before a Senate committee that his company did not own the Cuban sugar crop and beki no options. ODB ADOPTED ISLANDS. The first Cuban Congress assembled 1 In Havana aud was addressed by Governor-General Wood. "Macabebe Marie." a beautiful Filipino woman, who was a spy and scout for the Americans, Is dead. Thirty-five Moro prisoners in Mindanao were killed by the Americans while attempting to escape. E. C. Westall. a former postoffice employe, at Havana, Cuba, from whom $4000 was stolen in an omnibus, and who was sent to prison because he didn't refund the money, was pardoned. The thief was caught some time ago and part of the money recovered. The trial by court-martial of Brig adier-General Jacob H. Smith, at Manila. was closed and the findings of the court were sent to Washington. DOMESTIC. As a result of the protest of the Daughters of the Confederacy "Uncle Tom's Cabin" will never again be played in Louisville. Ky. Thieves took $300 In stamps, beside valuable papers, from the postoffice at Keeler. Mich. The transport Logan left San Francisco. Cal.. with $1,000,000 for soldiers In the Philippines. The Wells elevator at Buffalo, N. Y., was destroyed by fire. It was valued at $200,000. Penniless and hungry. Postmaster Hamilton Schuyler, of Bellevue, Ohio, surrendered In New York City, confessing the embexzlement of $1300. Xt a anonlnl naaprnhlr flt Ylllp Col lege the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred on Lord Kelvin. Mrs. Catherine Soffel pleaded guilty to aiding the Blddle brothers to escape from the Allegheny County jail at Pittsburg, Pa. Four men were killed and four "Wvro Injured, two fataliy. in nn overflow of metal in an open-bearib pit at Steelton, Pa. Counsel for the meat packers in the examination being held lu Jeffetron City, Mo., said that bis clients wished to test the constitutionality of the anti-trust law of that State. William J. Bryan, talking to the Bimetallic Club, of Birmingham, Ala., said be would not ruu for the Presidency again. The body of George Coply, who disappeared four weeks ago from Hersey, Mich., was found in the lake at Crapo, Mich., with evidences of robbery an* murder. Two policemen in Chicago fought Qve -burglars and killed one. John D. Long, former Secretary of the Navy, declared that President Roosevelt would be nominated in rju*, and that Massachusetts would be (or him. A tornado at Davenport. 0. T.. killed Mrs. John Penn and her daughter. While temporarily deranged Israel V. Cooklngham killed himself at Jacksou, Mich. Lewis Young, colored, was banged at Moundsville, W. Ya.. penitentiary, for the murder of Albert Kell, at Welch. " roaxiox. Ambassador Meyer conveyed to th? King of Italy President ISoosevelt's thanks for the pardon of the officers of the Chicago. A Ashing boat from Galwny capsized off Kiloolgan Point. Ireland, and eight of her crew were drowned. Senor Severo. tbe Brazilian aeronaut, made u successful first trial with bis airship at Paris. Au attempt iu the British House of Common* to enlarge the scope of tb? Inquiry into shipping subsidies failed. Encourugiug reports in regard to the trade of tbe United States witli China were received. The seal Ashing season ended, and the total catch amounted to about 275.COU. valued ut $430,000. No vessel of the fleet sustained serious injury and only three men perished. A large number of men. women and cbildreu were shot iu a revolt against the collection of vexatious taxes on tbe Island of Thrasos in Europeun Turkey. Bret Harte, the author, died at Cam berley. near Aldersuot, tugianu, iruui hemorrhage, due to au affection of the throat. Hit! age was sixty-two. Senor Aleorta, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Argentine Republic, is dead. The Pope expressed his grief at the J news of Archbishop L'orrigan's death. It was reported from Holluud that there was a steady decline in the sales of British steel and iron. Tbe British Post muster-General issued a notice to tbe effect that the rate of postage to China was one penny to n,?lii?.<inln? Kritisli uo?t an injiuiij uiuiuuiiUiU0 ? r. OIMCCS. The .shipping u.-al gave rise to a demand for a Secret St-rvitv bureau for the defence of Briti-li commerce. Ceueral Sir William Olphert*. V. C., who gained the sobriquet of "Hell-tire Jack." at Lucknow. is dead, lie was born in 1822. The Southern Viceroys recommended Wu Ting-Fang, the Chinese Minister at Washington, for appointment as the head of the new Bureau of Foreigu Laws. The Austria-Hungarian budget will provide for supplying new guus to the artillery at a cost of $7.800.00n. The (Jurnigel-bad. a famous health resort iu Switzerland, was destroyed by tire. Tbe Australian Cabinet resigu?'d. i Mr. Rockefeller was denounced by 1 one member of the Reichstag Tariff Committee and defended by another, 1 In discussing the duty on olL ' OUR MINISTER TO CUBA President Seleots Herbert G. Squiers For the Diplomatic Post General Edward ft. Bracff. of Wlacoasia, a Gold Democrat, to Bo CoaaalOonorml at Raraaa. Washington, D. C. ? The announce' mont was made that HerbertG. Squiers was to be appointed Minister to Cuba. This appointment has been expected, and It was made known some time ago that President Roosevelt bad practically do one else in mind. General Edward S.Bragg, of Wisconsin. Is to be appointed Consul-General at Havana. General Bragg Is a gold Democrat. Mr. Squlers's selection fulfills the very first requirement laid down by the President, namely, tbat the Minister to Havana should be a man of diplomatic experience. He la a native of Canada, but was appointed from New York. In 1894 be was appointed Second Secretary of th? United States Embassy at Berlin, retiring In 1697. In January. 1808. be was appointed Secretary of tbe United States Legation at Pekin, remaining there constantly until a few months ago. when be returned to the United States on leave. His connections with the defense of the le cations during tbe Boxer uprising la j highly creditable. He ha* bad militay experience, and by virtue of that fact was practically in charge of tbe legation defenses. General Bragg, tbe new Consul-General at Havana, was born In Unadiila, N\ Y., in 1827. He entered the Union Army as a captain in 1861 and reached tbe grade of Brigadier-General in tbe regular establishment. He served for some years in Congress and afterward was appointed United States Minister to Mexico. His present home is at Fond du Lac, Wis. The salary of the Consul-General at Havana la $5000. SENATOR M'LAURIN BOLTS. Be Will Bos Independent and Ignore th* Democratic Primaries. Washington. D. C.?Senator McLaurin. of 8outh Carolina, has Issued a statement to voters of South Carolina announcing that he will not enter tbe Democratic primaries, and be urges all his friends not to participate in tbem. Tbe position is interpreted here to mean that as an Independent candidate be will be given all possible assistance by the Administration, tbe Republican National Committee and the Republican organlxatlon in South Carolina. These influences must necessarily be exerted in the general election which takes place under Federal and State laws, ana wjii nave no rearing on uic primaries controlled by Senator Tillman and the regular Democrats. Under the South Carolina Constitution Senator McLanrln must cause independent legislative candidates to be named in all counties throughout the State and depend on making the Legislature independent in order to secure his re-election. MAD ENGINEER AT THROTTLE. PaMengar Train Stopped Only by Dm of Emerftacr Brake. Flint, Mich.?With n demented engineer at the throttle. Grand Trunk Passenger train No. 5 whipped over the line from Port Huron to this city nt lightning speed. Anally bringing up here at the freight sheds, some distance past the station. The conductor and uraicemcn nau applied the emergency brake, and tbe mad course of tbe engineer was terminated just as be was about to start on a second headlong spurt toward Chicago. The engineer was William Brown, of Port Huron. Another engineer was put on here. Brown Is an experienced engineer and had always been considered reliable. There 1c no suspicion that drunkenness caused the trouble. PRESIDENT JIMENES FLEES. f lie DomlnleM Capital CapltadatM to tlM BavolntloaUU. Monte Cbrlstl. Santo Domingo.?Messengers under a flag of truce who arrived at Puerto Plata (the principal port of Santo Domingo, on tbe north coast) from Snnto Domingo, conflrmed the reports of tbe capitulation of tbe Dominican capital. It was also stated that President Jlmenes sought refuge in tbe French Consulate at Santo Do UJIU^V. The negotiations between the revolutionists nnd General Deschamps, the Governor of Puerto Plata, for the surrender of that place, hare. It Is further rej>orted here, fallen through. The Governor refused to surrender without an order from the Dominican Government. HER APPEAL TO CZAR SAVED BOY. American Mother'* Pluck lUUim Stodeot Son Who Wa? Arretted la llutala. St. Petersburg. Russia.?Boris Gardner. Jin American student, has been saved from a Ion;; term of imprisonment and ignominious expulsion from the university by his mother's pluck. She wrote to the Czar personally, demanding a reinvestigation of the charges against her son that he helped organize a street riot directed against the beir-apparont. the Grand Duke Mirhael. brother of the Czar. The reinvestigation which followed tpnvo.1 th?> to be unfounded. and young Gardner was released, with the rlsht of re-entering the university, lie will, however, complete his studies elsewhere. rrlncM* Tried Salcidr. Princess Beatrice, daughter of P^r. Carlos, attempted to commit suicidal Koine. Italy, by throwing herself into the Tiber. She was rescued. It is alleged that her motive was private trouble. 11.000 r?r?KUt(il Jew Coming. The Xeue Frele Presse. of Vienna Austria, (Stated that as a result of systematic persecution. Jewish families. comprising l-.Ooo persous. will fur th?? 1'nlted States iu the course of u few days. Fifty People Burned to Death. Fifty persons have perished iu a flr? nt Mlt Ciamr. Egypt, a town ou the right liaak of the Damietta branch of the Nile. The flumes were started by the Intensely hot weather prevail ing. Thousands of native residences ;iud 2UU stores were destroyed. Over 200 Fishermen Drowned. Over S.'io fishermen have Uvn ilrowued In a gale which lias mad?? linroc of the herriug fishing *leet on rh?i west coast of Japan. The Japan.-si iTUlser Musashi was drivcu ashore, but lier crew were saved. -II MISS OOELL POISONED immrnmmmmmm The Autopsy Dtoloscd Presence of Arsenic in Large Quantity. CoroMr*a Jarj mt KldttU, V. J.. flail That It Wu Adaialattnd by ISobm r?m Dakatn. Midvale, N. J.?The Inquest into the death of Marietta Odell, who died ai ber borne Id Wanaque. on April 10, was held here by Coroner Venneulen. Many witnesses were examined, and the girl's movements for three day* previous to ber death were traced. Tbt testimony of County Physician lie* Bride and Dr. 8. H. Todd, who per* formed the autopsy on the girl's body, ami who also made a microscopic examination of her stomach, showed that death was caused by arsenical poison* log. The jury found that Miss OdelTs death was caused by arsenical poison administered by some person unknown. The authorities believe that the girt took the poison herself. County Physician McBride said that all the organs were In & normal condi* tion, but the examination of the torn* ach resulted in the finding of arsenic In large quantities, wblcb had been tolron I" ? nnnj.. T~?, a XX ITiuM MI^CM lift a p/?? u?l . A/i. U. U. AVUW gave similar testimony. It was proved that the girl bad been bicycling with Charles Fenner In the evening before she died. Fenner awora that be left the girl near her home at 7.25 o'clock. Three girls who worked In the silk mill with the dead girl Gratified that she had gone to Butler on Thursday preceding her death and two of them saw her come back with a druggist's package. FOR M'KINLEY'S PHYSICIANS. Caiciwi to Vote *50,000 to Fay That*' Tmm aad tha Foa<rtI ItyiMM. Washington, D. C.?Congress will paj the funeral expenses of President IIo> Klnley, including the physicians' bOfe over which there baa been so mucb contention. An item la to be inaerted In the Urgent Deficiency bill, now under consideration by the House Com* mittee on Appropriations, which pro* vldes for an appropriation of 150,000 to defray the expenses attending tbo death and burial of the President It is understood that an agreement haa hoon reaphn) whfrphT 131.000 of the amount appropriated shall go to the physician* and the remainder will be used to defray the fnneral expense*. Friends of the dead President anil others interested have been consulted. and It is believed that the allowance will be entirely satisfactory to all concerned. , SIX IMMIGRANTS KILLED. ' Bead-On Colli* loa White Train* W?N BoanlaggTorty Kites aa Hoar. Cumberland. Md.?There was a head* on collision at Rockwood, fifty mile* west of here, in which six Hungarian immigrants were killed and several injured. B. R. 8mallwood, a news agent, and Will Heusell, a brakeman. were badly injured. The wrecked trains were the second sections of the west-bound passenger train No. 47 and fast freight No. M. The trains were running at the rate of f forty miles an nour. coin engines were smashed to pieces and three of the passenger coaches wrecked. The accident was caused. It Is said, by the passenger train trying to clear the track before the freight left the siding. tfOWED HE WOULD NOT TALK ACAJN Patient Kept Hla Word For Five Yea** Bat He Hn* Broke Down. Matawan. N. J.?After having kept for five years a vow that be would not speak again. William Wilson, a colored man. has broken his long silence. Fire years ago. while he was a patient in the State Hospital. Wilson became engaged in an argument with friend. One of the patients told Wilson be talked too much, and when this assertion was supported by several other persons who were present, wuson. who appeared to be greatly humiliated. said he never would talk again. Since then all efforts to get him to ipeak prove vain until a few days ago; when Wilson suddenly began to talk with great volubility. GLOOMY OUTLOOK liTiNPtA. PUfat u4 Funis* How War** Tbu Kf*r, )Uo*clalllili London.?There are gloomy props?1 cles as to the outlook in India. Both the plague and tbe famine appear to be worse than erer. and the unfortunate country Is threatened with even greater horrors than during the recent famine and disease. The plague Las uow spread over upper India in au alarming manner, and Is peculiarly virulent In the Punjab. Efforts lu the earlier stages to stamp it out by measures involving coercion ivnm ontirplv ineffectual, besides rous iug popular discontent, which threatened to bccorne so serious that the supreme Government was forced to Interfere with the local authorities. Death In Toruda'i swe?p. A tornado destroyed Victor Anderson's farm house and barn, at Centrevllle. S. D., killing his baby, fatally injuring his wife and injuring his mother. Two horses were killed. Anderson was away from home, and lost bla reason when be returned. A number of other bouses and barns were wrecked. u Million Dollar Rain ta Waatdagtoa. What farmers call a "million dollar rain" has fallen over Eastern Wash iotfton. idalio, increasing me wneac prospects from less than seventy-five to nearly 1U0 per cent. Otnua SffgnoU Acquitted. At the end of the third trial by court* martial at Gumblnnen, Germany, of Sergeants Heckel nud Marten, charged with murdering Captain Kroslgk of the Prussian Cavalry, and with mutiny, a verdict of acquittal wait rendered la the case of both prisoners. ' Public Debt Statement. The public debt statement, issued bf ilie Treasury Department, at Washington. shows that ?n the month of April the debt of the United States decreased ^4,til 4 itiOO. . Mm. McKlnlcy'a Pension Certificate. Commissioner of Pensions H. Clay Evans, at Washington, has placed hie signature upon a peuslon certificate which carries with It an annual pen slon of $5000 for the widow of the late President McKlnley. and the certificate la by tlii.s tiuie in her possession. Tornado Kills 400 In Vngml. A tornado has devastated the city ot Dacca aud ailjolniuj: towns, in the Province of Bengal, ludia. Four hundred aud sixteeu persons were killed and crops were ruined throughout the district.