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had continual heaviness in my stomach,
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Vegetable Silk In I'nrBKnar.
Vegetable silk is largely produced
by a tree about the size of a chestnut,
bearing a ball four and one-half inches
in diameter and six inches long. The
Bilk is exceedingly light and when the
boll is picked to' pieces it looks like
down except that it is glossy. Although
it can be woven into thread, its chief
utility is for stuffing cushions or quilts
and similar purposes. It can also he
adopted for life-preserving appliances
at sea. The characteristic quality is
its extreme lightness. These trees
abound in Paraguay.
ltu*nia'n Policy.
Some years ago Lord Rosebery said
these remarkable words: "There is one
6ignal quality which I specially admire
in the policy of Russia: It is practically
unaffected by the life of man or
tho lansp of time?it moves 011. as it
were, by its own impetus, and it is
silent, concentrated, perpetual and unbroken;
it is, therefore, successful."
WUconftin's Centenarian.
Mrs. Susan D. Crossiuan, of Beloit,
Wis., recently celebrated ber 100th
birthday She was born in Massachusetts,
her father having been one
of the Concord minute men and after,
ward a major in the Continental
Army. She has lived in Wisconsin
since 184S and has fifty descendants,
representing five generations.
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Salen., Mass., Mareh 31, 1003.?I received
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A. Cleveland.
Galesburg, III., March 30,1903.?The sample
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Rose Glen, Pa., March 29, 1903.?'The free
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write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your case and be will
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gratis.
Address Dr. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
Seltzer
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A Veteran Steam Engine.
One of the earliest steam engines
ever built is still the main source of
power in some rolling mills at Binning,
ham. It was set up in 17G7, and the
original wooden beam has lately been
replaced by an iron one, after 135
years of continuous service. Aside
from this iron beam and a cylinder
that was put in new in 1S02 the engine
is the same as at first, even to the
connecting rod. For its special purpose
the old engine has been pronounced
more economical than many
modern engines, and it Is likely to do
duty many years more.
Hard to Cure.
An inhabitant of Creglingen, in Wurtemberg,
whose name is Fritz Kottman,
claims to be the champion Benedict
of the world. He has been married
no fewer than eleven times. His
first three wives died young, the next
two were drowned, one committed suicide,
three died In succession, the tenth
was gored to death by a bull, and he
has just recently married the eleventh,
who had a leg cut off by a railway
train .last year, so that the wedding
had to be postponed till now.?New
York Press.
The Oldent Woman in the World.
Another contestant for the honor of
being the oldest woman in the world
has been found. This is a Mrs. Aune
Cliarsley, who lives in Cape Colony.
In In 1781 n ml
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has documents to prove it. Therefore
she is 122 years old.
Has Kaiaed a Large Family.
Mrs. Lvdia Luntham, of Chester,
Fa.. recently celebrated her ninetythird
birthday. In the family reunion
were sixteen children, seventy-live
grandchildren and an even hundred
great-grandchildren.
During 1902 the lifeboats of the
Royal National Lifeboat Institution
were launched 28'J times and saved
43f? lives.
QE MARKS.
than they are; hasten the evening
premature old age. The world over
recognized Kidney Specific.
| Cambria, Wtomino.? Previous to taking
; the sample of Doan's Kiducy Pills I could
I scarcely hold my urine. Now I can sleep all
night ami rarely have to get up, and that aching
across my hack :t little above my hips is
i gone.?Isaac \V. Stephens, Cambria, \Vyo.
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TOM MIGHT TIE UP
Western Railroads Pay $170,053,000
For New Rolling Stock.
ro MOVE GREATEST WHEAT CROP
Traffic Managers Believe Tliey Will Be
Able to Handle It, Bnt Cannot Make
a Positive Tredlctlon?Coal Strike Contributed
to tlie Block Between the East
and West Last Fail.
Chicago.?Ia view of the Government's
forecast of the biggest winter '
wheat crop in the history of the country,
and the prospect of an immense
acreage of spring wheat and corn, the
serious question is being asked, Will
the railroads be able to move the crop
and at the same time take care of their
other traffic without a repetition of last
fall's freight congestion?
So far not a railroad man in the West
is bold enough to predict that there will
be no such hindrence of traffic, but
traffic managers and other officials talk
hopefully and cite various reasons why
they believe the experiences of the past
season will not be repeated.
It is pointed out that freight traffic is
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so uncertain ana irregular ?uu unuu.iu
business so peculiar that a congestion
is likely to result temporarily at any
time, but, looking at the situatiou in its
larger aspects, traffic observers disbelieve
there will be a widespread and
long-continued interruption of public
carrying operations the coming year.
Briefly stated, here are the reasons
for a hopeful view:
First?Car capacity and traction
power are being greatly enlarged.
Second?Terminal facilities are undergoing
great extension and improvements.
Third?Better methods for returning
and utilizing empty cars are being formulated.
Fourth?There probably will be no
big coal strike and attendant consequences
to upset calculations or disturb
natural movements of freight.
Fifth?Elevator and storage facilities
will be bettor than heretofore.
Sixth?Much freight hitherto passing
through Chicago to the East will be
diverted to Canadian and Southern
lines, going to tne Aiiuuut; uy i?u
through the provinces, and by water
from New Orleans.
Seventh?Roadbeds are being hardened,
grades reduced and curves eliminated,
thereby increasing the drawing
power of locomotives.
The figures show that tbe in tho last
three years the roads in question have
spent a total of $170,053,000 for locomotives
and freight cars, counting the
average cost of locomotives $17,000 and
of freight cars $1000.
Based on the tables prepared by the
Illinois Railroad and Warehouse Commission,
these returns show an increase
of equipment of nearly fortythree
per cent, in locomotives and forty-one
per cent, in freight cars, while
in power and carrying capacity the
new equipment marks an advance of
almost half as much again as these
percentages indicate. The reason for
this is that the average tractive power
of locomotives, as it is callcd by railroad
men, has increased from 17,308
in 1900 to 23,034 in 1903, and that the
capacity of the freight cars has been
enlarged similarly.
The following table shows the number
of locomotives and cars under construction
at the present time, and what
the total equipment will be when these
are completed and put into commission:
Equipment. Under contract. Total.
Engines 908 2,709
Box cars 7,027 40.097
Coal cars 2,373 12.103
Stock cars 300 4,832
Refrigerator cars... 200 3,032
Flat cars 1,540 5,806
Ballast cars 300 1,724
The foregoing table is made up from
the returns of fourteen roads. Other
Chicago systems not included in the
above table report the following total
equipment, covering the last three
3'ears:
Locomotives 350 I
* * ' OA
f'reignr cars o?,wiu
In addition to those there have been
added since 1900 nearly 12,000 other
cars, known as gondolas, hoppers, cinder
cars, tank cars', ore cars, vegetable
cars anil the like.
"Western roads nnd the big Eastern
lines are doing their best to anticipate
nnd avert another congestion," said Mr.
Thompson. "The situation last fall
and winter was an abnormal one, on
account of the big coal strike in the
East. It brought abort a condition
which hindered the handling of all
other kinds of freight. The grain
traffic, corn and wheat together, does
not in itself cause a congestion. The
trouble comes when there is a sudden
and prolonged rush of all kinds
of freight. I don't look for great
difficulty in handling the coming
crops of corn and wheut. Much depends.
of course, on market conditions
and the eagerness to deliver grain on a
good demand at attractive prices.
With anything like a uniform distribution
of the grain movement through
the delivery period there is nothing to
fear. The new winter wheat crop
will not begin to move in quantities
before the middle of July or the lirst
of August."
The British Food Snpply.
A royal commission has boon appointed
to inquire into the question
of Great Britain's food supply in time
of war, the Prince of Wales being a
member and Lord Balfour of Burleigh
the Chairman.
Tho Sultan Again "Warned.
Representatives of the powers at
Constantinople, Turkey, have again
urged on the Sultan the necessity of
suppressing the disorders in Albania.
The Austro-Russian entente as regards
the Balkan situation remains unbroken.
American iientlst* IJarreil.
American dentists iii Dresden, Saxony,
have been forbidden to use a
doctor's degree or sian where their degrees
have been obtained from Chicago
institutions.
I'umlne Kill* Chinese by Thoimnnris.
The famine in Kwan^-Si Province, in
China, is killing tens o? thousands of
persons, and Avoincn mere are seuing
themselves into slavery to escape starvation.
The American Consul at Canton
has inaugurated a. relief fund.
Germany Suffers From Snowstorm.
An unusually heavy snowstorm has
caused much loss and suffering
throughout Germany.
Mmderea* Denied New Trial.
A new trial was denied Mrs. Lena
Lillie, who murdered her husband, a
grain broker, at David City, Neb.
FATAL CRASH OF TRAINS
An Express Strikes a Freight at
Red House, N. Y.
Bodies of the Victim* Found in the Wreck.
age?Many Person* Injured?Flmnos
Destroy I'aiieucer Coaches.
Jamestown, N. Y.?Eight persons are
dead and ten are injured, three of them
( seriouslj', as a result of a collision be*
tweeu an express train and a freight
I train on the Erie liailroad near" Ked
House, N. Y.
Of the dead only one, Robert H.
Hotchkiss, of MeaJviile, a brakeman,
was, identified. Seven bodies, apparently
those of three men, three women
and a child, were burned beyond recognition
in the fierce tire which followed
the wreck. The women are said to
have boarded the train at Youngstown,
and to have come from Pittsburg.
It. S. McCready, mail weigher, of
Meadville, Pa., and Frank Barlilte, of
Jamestown, a traveling salesman, were
missing, and it was likely two of the
unidentified bodies were those of the
two men.
The wrecked passenger train was a
vestibuled limited express, known as
No. 4, running from Chicago to New
York, and was made up of Engine
545. iu charge of Engineer Samuel
Cook and Fireman Fred Bell, of Meadville:
one combination car, two day
coaches, three sleepers and two private
cars. It was derailed by striking a
freight train which "w'as entering a
silling at I'od House.
The passenger engine and some of
the coacnes ran on beside the track
for a distance of three rods and crashed
into a small wooden structure used as
a feed store and school house. The
tirst half dozen cars of the freight were
wrecked. They were box cars loaded
with coal. The coal filtered in anions
the wreckage. All but three of the
cars of the express followed the engine,
and the whole mass of wreckage
was soon in flames. The combination
car, two day coaches and two sleepers,
besides several freight cars, were
consumed.
There is some dispute : . to the cause
of the wreck. The passenger train
was running east, and the freight,
which was westbound, had orders to
go into the siding at Rod llouse and
wait for the passenger train to go by.
The siding is about a mile and a hail
long, and there is a tower of the block
system near the west end.
The freight was drawn by two engines.
Some trouble was experienced
in entering the siding, and the foremost
engine of the freight was sent in along
the siding with a Jagman to hold the
express. It is alleged *bat the operator
in the tower?Lawrence Vale, a boy
covpntoon vpnr.q old?saw the lieht en
gine of the freight which was bringing
up the flagman, and supposed the
freight was on the siding behind it.
With this mistaken idea, it is thought.
Vale displayed a white signal toward
the passenger train, indicating to the
engineer that he bad a clear track.
The engineer on the passenger train
failed to see the flagman sent out from
the forward engine of the freight train,
and saw only the clearance signal from
the tower. The train ran toward the
east end of the siding at high speed,
struck the second engine of the freight
train .iust as it was about to clear the
main line, tearing off the cylinder and
part of the cab, and jumped the track
MERCER DECISION SUSPENDED.
Action of Court Release* Over S4,00n,000
In May Dividends.
St. Paul. .Minn.?juage sanDorn, in
the United States Circuit Court, has
granted the application of the Northern
Pacific and Great Northern railways
that the decree enjoining the Northern
Securities merger be suspended, pending
the outcome of the appeal to the
Supreme Court, insofar as it prevents
the paying of dividends by these railroads
to the holders of Northern Securities
stock. The decision releases over
$4,000,000 in May dividends.
St. Paul. Minn. ? Counsel for the
Northern Securities Company and other
defendants filed their appeal from the
decision of the United States Circuit
Court in the railroad merger case.
Thirty-four points of error are alleged.
Exceptions are noted to every paragraph
in tlie decree, and the court is
held to be in error in rendering any decree
save one for dismissal of the petition
and proceedings.
BOYS BURIED BY LANDSLIDE.
Uiey Went to tlio KlversMo to Die an<V
.lVere Overwhelmed.
Holyoke, Mass.?Bernald and Walter,
sons of Charles Axmann, aged thirteen
and ten years, respectively, were
buried under a landslide in view of
their home and were suffocated -to
death. The boys left their home near
Ingleside, saying that they were going
to visit relatives across the river. Inn?%/1
"n*nnf fn
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play beneath a high bank of sand
which the river had shelved.
When the boys did not come back
men dug beneath the bank and found
the bodies, which were buried beneath
several tons of earth.
BROKER SENT TO PRISON.
E. J. Dunning to Serve Not Lam Than
Five Y'^rn.
Boston.?Edward J. Dunning, the
Boston broker who recently was found
guilty of the larceny of $23,000 from
the estate of Francis G. Brooks, was
sentenced to serve a term in State
prison. The penalty is one of not more
than eight nor less than five years, the
first day to be in solitary confinement.
The evidence presented against Dunnine
was to thp oJTect that he obtained
the money from Mr. 1*.rooks by frauilu.
lent stocks transactions.
Jtuljje Carluck a Cho'era Victim,
Judge Carl lick, of the Court of First
Instance, in the Philippines, is dead in
Cebu front cholera. The epidemic of
cholera is practically over, there being
but a few cases iu the southern islands.
New Tw?lvc-Tiich Rifle For the Iowa.
Rear-Admiral O'Neill, Chief of the
Bureau of Ordnance, at Washington,
has ordered shipped to the Brooklyn
Xavy Yard a brand new twclve-iiu-li
rule to lake the place of that recently
destroyed by an explosion on the Iowa.
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New* of the Tollers*
Railroad engineers in France earn
about $30 a mouth.
The bituminous coal regions contributed
$2,000,000 to aid the striking anthracite
miners.
Inside electrical wiromen at' Indianapolis,
Ind., have been granted an increase
of two and a half cents an hour.
the now scale being thirty-live ceuts.
There are 1G3 agencies established
by the New Zealand Government
where the unemployed may secure
work under the Government at $2 a
day sf eight hours.
BOODLE SCMML GROWS
Three Missouri State Senators In*
Hir'-prl Fnr Rrlhopu.
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PR08ING0F THE GW'vDJUitt
The Dliappearance of Lleutenant-Gorcrnor
Lee?A Search In Chicago Failed
to Find Him?Many Witnesses Heard
Upon Whoie Testimony the Indictments
Were Returned.
St. Louis. Mo.?Sufficient testimony
was adduced before the April Grand
Jury to justify the indictment for
bribery by the Cole County Grand Jury
of three State- Senators whose names
have not heretofore figured in the Legislative
boodle scandal, according to
well-informed sources. It is said that
Eugene Hausmann of St. Louis County
gave testimony as to the sudden accession
of wealth by legislators from
the county.
Senator Buell L. Matthews and Representative
A. E. L. Gardner of St.
Louis County cannot be found.
Whether they are implicated in the
1 ,*? n mntfflf r\ P /?rm inp til rp hilt
id 41 UUt'.LCl Ul VUUjvv^M.w,
their disappearance from their home:
is causing comment.
Another fact was made public that
will cause many a boodler to suffer
from an attack of Insomnia, and that
is that James Whltecotton, Speaker or
tlie last House, and the man who first
asserted that legislative corruption existeu,
had an all-day conference with
Circuit Attorney Folk and would appear
before the local Grand Jury and
retell his story.
Captain "Bob" Lee, brother of the
fugitive Lieutenant-Governor, had an
interview with Mr. Folk and assured
him that he would have John A. Lee
in the city ready and willing to go
before the Grand Jury. Not much
importance is attached to this promise,
however, as it Is asserted that the
Lieutenant-Governor's testimony before
the April Grand Jury was contradictory.
Among the witnesses before the local
Grand Jury were the Rev. Cray ton
Brooks, of Jefferson City, whose
charges of legislative corruption precipitated
the present investigation;
Representative Joseph R. Lee, Senator
John Sartorlous, J. T. Craighead, man.
ufacturer of baking powder; Representative
Siebert. a saloon keeper; Stanley
Stoner, a lawyer and representative
of the Pennsylvania Salt Company,
which lu said to have sold alum to
companies outside the trust, and Anthony
Faust. Jr., who testified as to
money raised to defeat the Audubon
bill.
Chicago, 111.?According to a St. Louis
dispatch published ^iere, LieutenantGovernor
Lee of Missouri, who is
wanted in that city to testify before
the Grand Jury in the baking powdoi
legislation investigation, is in Chicago
Inquiries at the Auditorium and the
Annex, at one of w?iich hotels it was
rumored that Lieutenant-Governor Lee
would stop, failed to find any tracc
of him. Searcu at the other downtown
hotels likewise failed to reveal
any ttace of him.
Jefferson City, Mo.?Four more indictments
were reported by the Cole
County Grand Jury. One was local tc
Jefferson City and^not connected with
the Legislature. The three otners are
believed to be Senators Farris, Smith
and Sullivan, who are all reported absent
from their homes. Senator Mat
thews is believed to have been in the
three iudictments. This makes a total
of seven indictments returned after a
week's investigation.
The three indictments just returned,
it can be said on almost absolute au
thority, were for boodling. The in
dieted men will be brought to Jefferson
City as soon as apprehended and
will be permitted to give bonds foi
their aopenranee in court. Bail will
be fixed at 55000.
SUICIDE HAD $40,000.
Had No One to Care For Him?Heft Hl?
Treasnre In Hit Motel Rnoin.
Omaha, Neb.?With $40,000 in cash
and railroad bonds secfeted in his
room. John Bohn, of Omaha, committed
suicide because of ionesomeness
and his inability to secure some one
to care for him.
Bohn was ;-.n old-time business man
of this city, but retired several years
ago. Three years ago his wife died,
and he moved into a small room in a
third-class hotel. He had no relatives
!>!.* /lA.mfpr hut was sunnosed to
be well connected in Germany. Foi
several weeks Eobn bad made threats
against his own life, but friends paid
no attention to him. A few mornings
ago he failed to respond to knocks at
his door.
The room was forccd and Bohn was
discovered sitting in the corner cf the
room dead from a bullet hole through
the heart. His pistol was in his hr. ?d.
Knowing Bohn to be well off tl" >
lice searched the room. The mo.
and securities were discovered in odd
corners and old clothes. Lying in one
corner of the room with a lot of old
newspapers were ?10,000 in Government
bonds. In an old waistcoat was
$3000 in cash. Certificates of deposit
for large amounts were hidden in an
old book. Under the em-pet were railroad
bonds. A bag of gold was found
in an old cupboard. The authorities
have taken charge of the funds until ;i
claimant appears.
Snow In Rnmanj.
Unseasonable cold weather with
heavy snowfalls prevails throughoul
Germany.
Triple Drowning in a i?ake.
The capsizing of a rowboat on .1
small lake six miles enst of Kalkasmia
Midi., resulted in :i triple drowning
The victims are John Victor. Ills w;f<
and Maggie Fnetz, Mrs. Victor's slstrr
All were from Kentucky. The inifor
Innate people went clown in llie watei
when only six rods from the shore.
C.-nr. <! >I?>th?r'ii Dputli.
Mrs. Marie P.oylan, rrazed by new?
of her son's death, stepped before ai
Krie train near Montclair, N. J., ant
was killed.
I'ct'Bonal Mention.
P. A. TV Widener has offered to piv(
his &?,000,001) art collection to Phila
delphia.
General Sir George White, who was
the defender of Ladysmlth. has biei
promoted to the rank of Field Mar
shal.
Count Adami has presented to th<
Pope his magnificent villa near Chleti
Italy, ami some COO works of art con
tained therein.
When Mrs. Ellen M. Stone finlshei
her lecture course tills spring, begui
last October, she will have told 14!
audiences the story of b r kldttipinj
ivr Macedonian brlcands.
ARABS GREET M. LOUBET
A Brilliant Ceremony Held in the
Algerian Desert.
f rlbeatnen Express Their Loyalty and tin
Chief* Are Decorated?French PreiU
dent Begin# Hit Return Journey.
El Krelder, Algeria.?President Lou*
bet has witnessed a remarkable
demonstration by the nomadic tribesmen
of the desert who acknowledge the
suzerainty of France. The tribesmen
gathered in thousands from all parts of
Southern Algeria for a ceremony of
Oriental splendor.
M. Loubet had heretofore visited only
those sections of Algeria which show
the advance of French colonization.
He now entered the desert country,
with Its sparse and burned vegetation,
where the stretches of sand and hot
sun produced the curious effects of mirage.
The ceremony was held on a vast plateau.
Here the tribesmen assembled
from all quarters, some of them having
journeyed 300 or 400 miles across the
desert. Their tents were arranged In
circles after the Arab custom; each
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centre of which were droves of richly
liaruessod camels. The chiefs were
mounted on horses, but the tribesmen
were on camels, and formed great caravans.
More than 8000 men participated
in the gathering.
A superb tent of camels' hair fabrics
and Arab tapestries had been erected
for President Loubet. As each tribe
passed in review its chief dismounted
and paid homage to the President of
France, who distributed decorations tc
the principal leaders.
After the review came a native exhibition
of sports. There were Teats oi
horsemanship and much burning of
gunpowder, the exhibition ending by a
charge of all the native cavalry, whicL
wheeled across the plain and galloped
toward the station occupied by the
President, pulling up their horses within
300 yards of his position. A mimic
combat followed. It represented the
attack upon and capture of a caravan
by a desert tribe.
The ceremonies were brought to ji
conclusion by a grand "diffa," or Arab
banquet, given by the chiefs in lionoi
of M. Loubet. The menu, which wa?
printed in Arabic and French, included
such desert delicacies as roast gazelle,
"couscous." and camel's milk. Dance?
executed by celebrated native beauties
followed, and after an exhibition of na
tive methods of hunting, -which in
1 eluded n hare chase by trained falcons
the day's entertainment ended.
1 The President then started on his re
turn journey to Saida. The tribesmen
1 mounting their norses, rode at full cral
1 lop alongside the train as long as the\
could keep u? the pace, their many col
ored bornouses fluttering in the wind
i making a brilliant picture.
The day's entertainment presented a
spectacle of barbaric splendor such as
seldom has been seen by Europear
' eyes.
i A COLORED SUPPLEMENT "VICTIM,*
| Lurid Ink Canned a Ntwudealer to Die o
Blood Polaonlng.
Providence, R. I.?Willis S. Scribner
[ who resided at 65 Wood street, anc
was a newsdealer at 44 Plain street, is
dead from blood poisoning, due, it is
. claimed, to handling the highly colored
. supplements of Sunday newspapers
, particularly those from Nevr York, th<
t ink used on which is gummy and ad
! heres to the hand.
i Mr. Scribner was accustomed to use
. ills rignt maex nnger in lipping
. the bundles. He cut his finger with tin
. raw edge of the paper and got some ol
the ink into the wound. This happened
two weeks ago, and while the finger be
came swollen and discharged pus, Mr
Scrlbner did not become alarmed untl
1 a week ago Sunday, when his arm be
. came exceedingly painful, and a large
spot appeared near the elbow.
1 A physician was called, but it was
too late. Mr. Scribner was forty-three
I years old.
AL. ADAMS GETS ONE YEAR.
Policy Kin; Denounced as ? Persistent
Lawbreaker.
Now York City. ? Policy King "AP
j Adams, who was convicted of bavins
, policy paraphernalia in his possession
! was sentenced by Justice Scott to 6erv(
, not less than one yfar aud not mori
, than one year and nine months in tlu
State Prison, aud to pay a fine of $1000
P.ofnra nrnnminrinsr sentence JllStiCf
i Scott said to the prisoner: "Albert-J
Adams, I am quite satisfied that nr
[ other verdict could have been renderec
( by the jury in this case. For years yov
, havo been a persistent lawbreaker, tin
, mainstay and chief of a miserable
i same that preyed upon the weaknesses
of its victims. When the Legislature
i fixed the maximum penalty for tbi<
particular kind of crime it evidently
had in view the conviction of just sucl
, persons as you, and I see no reasoi
i why the maximum penalty should noi
be given you."
. "I KEARSARCE'S CUN HUNG FIRE.
Ensign
TV1?o Investigated Closed tin
Breech Junt In Time to Save the Crew.
i Mobile, Ala.?The battleship Kear
sarge, while at target practice at Pen
i sacola, narrowly escaped a serious ex
plosion in the after superimposed tur
t ret. The gun was fired by electricity
but the charge failed to explode. En
I sign .T. W. Clement waited five min
i utes before opening the block. On do
i ing so he noticed smoke issuing fron
the primer. He closed the block just
as the charge exploded, escaping t'u
recoil of the huge gun and saving the
i lives of his own crew.
t Admiral I-Iigginson compliments
him unon his cool-heade .*s. Th(
hang-fire lasted an unusual time.
' DREYFU3 DEMANDS AN INQUIRY.
He Takes Up an Alleged Declaration ol
liinperor William.
Paris. France.?Former Captain Drey
fus has sent a letter to War Minisivi
Andre demanding an inquiry in rt'gar?3
to tile (lOCUDK'Ul 111 WX11CH, II ir?
Emperor William, In a marginal note,
ilocl a rod Dro.vfus had supplied ducii;
ments to Germany.
1 Dreyfus' letter refers to E?terhnzy ,.f
' "one vrhr. stands before t Ii? entire
world as the culprit." The <-inire lutlei
is in a sustained rhetorical style.
- BOY WEDS HIS TEACHER.
He is Sixteen, Slie Twenty-four, :ind tilt
1'arciitH Consented.
! Mount Gilead. Ohio.?Sixteen-year-old
Henry I-Iarper and Miss Sarah Beverly
? tweuty-l'our years old, his teacher ir
~ the village school, were married hen
! before a large company of guests, bj
the Rev Ci. W. Hahn, of the Disciple
Church.
Miss Beverly has been a teacher it
, the school for four years. Henry Har
j per fell in 'ove with her, and after con
' slderable (Lffleuity gained his Darents
consent to uieir marriage.'
' IINOR tYENTS OF THE WEEK
WASHINGTON ITEMS.
Professor Francic M. Scala, the First
Director of the United States Marine
Band, died at his residence in Washington,
aped eighty-four years. He
was born in Napleu, Italy, In 1819, and
came to the United States in 1839, being
then twenty years of age.
The President appointed Robert C.
Morris, of New York City, agent to
present the American claims against
Venezuela to the commission at Caracas.
' g$i
AH promotions of postal clerks were
held up by an opinion of the Controller
, of the Treasury, nnd a general read- i
justment of salaries will be made. a
The State Deportment has asked the . 1
German Government for a statement I
of*thj facts connected with the deportation
from the island of Ruk to the
Islan . of Ponnlie. another of the
Caroline group, of a number of native
students of the American missionary
establishment there.
In consequence of the unusual demand
for fish fqr stocking rivers and
small streams, the United States Fish
; Commission is preparing to make a "
greater distribution this year than ever ,5
before.
[ Counsel for the Government, in bp,
posing apy modification of the North- ; %
, ern Securities Company decree, "will *
' contend that the company is guilty, of
violating a penal law.
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.
i At a meeting of the 3xecutive Coon[
eil the appointment of Roberto Todd as
J Mayor of San Juan, P. R., succeeding
I Ramon Latimer, who resigned for bnsi- . ^
; ness purposes, was approved.
i Eight warrants were issued at San i;y^
Juan, P. R.( for army officers and clvlj
officials, who hnd been Indicted in con* ?
! nection with the smuggling cases. '
The Mayor of Mayaguez, P. R.,.who.
was arrested, charged with municipal
1 frauds, was released on ball.
| Cholera has attacked Captain Per- " |
shing's troops, who are operating |
\ against the Moros in the Island of Mln- - >
; oanao.
J .'he Porto Rica:) Grand Jnry coin- 1
plained to court that the District Atfor- 3
t ney, acting under instructions, refused i
, information aboutrthe smuggling cases
. involving naval officers and others. , ,' j.
; A document lias been discovered in- ^'9
[ dorsed by Aguioaldo and dated soma
time before the attack on the Amerii
cn.;. troops at Manila, which commisi
si aed a Filipino to hill General Otis.
DOMESTIC.
In a riot growing out of the arrest '
of a man at the celebration of the
Greek Easter In Chicago, a policeman
and a bystander who came to his, as|
slstance, fired into a mob of Greeks,
wounding three.
Minnie Josephine, aged six, a daughter
of William W. Barnard, a locomo* S
L tive engineer, died at Cumberland, Md,.
, of excessive rope jumping.
i Arthur Perry, a cook, shot Mrs.
Louise Bruce, of Sioux City, in a res- ^
, taurant at Des Moines, Iowa,.In.a<fit . &
of jealousy, and then killed himself.
r Two trainmen were killed" and four M
badly hurt by the wreck of a fast
mall near Castleherry, Ala. . :m
j It was believed that the reported ^
} $1,000",000 loss by the fire at Beaumont, $
j Texas, had been underestimated.
[ Burglars using dynamite got $2700 .'JS
, from the State Bank at Allen, Kan. ^
After killing Lizzie Jackson, thirteen , *1
years old, with whom be was infatn- . ?
ated, Harry C. Kline killed himself at I
! Fort Wayne, Ind. I
\ Lieutenant-Governor Lee is %ld to '
] have Informed the Missouri authorities
j through a representative that he will
return to that State If he is not QueS
tioned about other "boodle" charge*.. ^
i Mr. W. K. Vnnderbilt has received
. permission to marry from Judge Glegr
? erich, of the Supreme Court, at New - ,
York City, "who modified the divorce ]
5 judgment granted to the former Mrs. 'j
} Vanderbilt.
niilions are to be be expended liy ;
Carnegie, Schwab and others to build f
a big university in Pittsburg.
k Buckwood Park. Stroudsburg, Pa., >?.
owned by C. C. Worthittgton, of Nfevr
. York, has lost fifty deer from 3tarva,
tion. :
Adjutant-Gencrni Henry announced
I tLat the escort of GoVerno- Odell, of
i New York, to the St. Louis Exposition
? will consist of 1000 men selected from
National Guard organizations.
i Andrew Carnegie has given ;250,000 \
for the enlargement of the Mechanics ^
) ari Tradesmen's Institute, New York I
I City.
1 . In a speech before the St. Paul'Credit fe
? Men's Association, ex-Governor Mer- f~,
1 riain, of Minnesota, said that he ap'
proved of combinations, as he! believed
5 that they steadied the situation.
\ Ex-Chief Devery told Deputy Police
( Commissioner Davis that the police } $'
force of New York City should be In- \
t creased to 15,000 men.
The United States Government has j
connected the Farallone Islands, thirty
miles off the coast, br cable with Sao
Francisco, Cal.
FOREIGN.
President Loubet at Tlemcen, Aljeria,
received many deputations of i
natives, who attribute the breaking of
i local drouth by a copious rata to the
presence of the French President
Two hundred and fifty Newfound*
land seal hunters were blown to sea
on Ice floes, but were "rescued.
1 Foreign Minister Prinettl, of Italy, A
^ will retire shortly in the hope of re|
gaining his health.
; Government forces attacked San DoI
mingo City in force, but were repulsed
, with loss, among the killed being three
' general officers.
The French Minister of War was
notitied that a dctachraent of the Thirteenth
German Dragoons recently .1
r crossed the frontier and made surveys.
'M
'
King Edwaru reviewed a large force
.of bluejackets at Malta and laid the i
L foundation stone of a breakwater.
' | William Brown, a footman, was re|
I manded n a Lond '? court on a charge
of false entry in th_ registry olfiee; under
the name of "Prince Athrobold
[ Stuart do Modeua*' lie had riiarrjed
. Countess Russell, -iio was divorced in
J901 from her husband. .
The French (iovernment is carrying
out the law ordering expulsion of un*
authorized orders in France, and disor?
. ilors are reported from various parts
of the republic in consequence.
Germany -will enact reprisals against
Canada on account of the Canadian
| surtax on Gentian imports.
, T' - Irish Nationalist Convention met >
i Dublin, aud was addressed by
; t rtssrs. Jolm Redmond, William '
0'iJrieu, Michael Davitt aud others, fl
{ wno advised acceptance of 2?Ir. Wynd- g
ham's Land bill. A motion to reject 81
the bill was defeated by an overwhelm*
> in,; majority, and a motion approving
the measure In principle was adopted^ ,