jF I MAMMOTH SQUASH. ^tanadians feel that the xankees are [Bn'erbially boastful of having about IB.' biggest of everything, but they yRLlo over the fact that it remained William Warnock. of Goderich. ^Bario. to raise the largest squash |Hr grown. This mammoth squash ^ gbed 403 pounds, and, for all Mr. Birnock had previously raised several Biash wonders, it beat his record by ^Jrteen and a half pounds. In raising ko squashes Mr. "SVarnoek uses comBn seuse. He does not treat them babies and feed them milk and fMer things, but he believes that the thing that will increase the size tTHE LARGEST SQU mammoth vegetable was grown weighed 4 te fruit must come through the lels of nature out of the vine, and ine must get its support from the iliral roots. Thus squasn raising is h liko the development of a child, nake a noble man or woman, the mdation must be watched. It must thoroughly substantial in every way. ler a mistake has been made, folded by a stunting or false growth, amount of artificial feeding or buildup will equal the work of nature, lashes and children must be fed p the "roots," so to speak.?Bookers' Magazine. A MECHANICAL DEER. shes Through the Woods to Be Shot at by Sportsmen. ven in this age of extravagant monical contrivances it is doubtful jther any toy has been constructed unioue and costly as that which Irence Maekay recently has had billed on his estate at Harbor Hill, r Roslyn, L. I. Shooting galleries vhieh rabbits, pigs anil lions bob up . disappear in front of a screen a en feet away to prompt .md test the of sportsmen, says tha New York ss, have long been familiar to visb to Coney Island and other similar rts. Clarence Maekay has conicted, in the wildest part of his big :te, a regular railway to furnish the same sport on a scale and in a iner that is absolutely true to nale railway, which runs-in an irre^u-1 ellipse, and is operated by elecity, is a mile long and noes winding ad out among the woods and broken md with all the seeming irresponsi:y of a wild animal. The wild ani kBr. maceat's mechanical deer. rail is provided in the shape of a lifeagji deer, mounted on a small bogie ^Hlc. At a speed which can be regus^Hrl at any pace up to ten or twelve |.s an hour the deer is carried g^ugh the woods, and as it appears Uiixfi I'UL uprmugo uuat ia?.i?^ jgfli among the trees along the route iHhe railway Mr. Mackay and his wBting friends get a chance for just gHi a quick shot as the hunter in the HPRESIDENT CAi g|l FEDERAL PALACE, C / Maine woods has to rely on to fiU ... bag. At the end of the run the trncl passes over an automatic switch whirl shuts off the current, and the dec comes to a standstill in a sheltere* pit. where a marker is j>osted. II notes tlie places where the deer ha been hit, telephones, by means of i special wire laid down for the purpose the results of his aim to the man witl the sun, and then, as soon as he ha; pasted a piece of canvas or brr.wi paper over the wounds that have beei made, is ready to cart the deer of again to run the gantlet of the marks men a second or s 'bird time. The deer itsrlf is made and mountet A.SH EVER GROWN. on a farm iu Ontario, Canada, and )3 pounds. with such skill that anyone not in the secret inevitably would believe it waf a real live animai. The illusion is helped by the fact that it never comej nearer tJte guns than 100 yards, and not only does it pass so quickly thai it is impossible to get more than a hurried glance at it. but by an in> genious mechanism the motions of a galloping doer are reproduced exactly. At present Mr. Mackay has only the rt /v An h?c? ncto fn hnf TVlth th* UUCi VIA Alio VOliU\.j k/V?^ ?? *IU V?V railroad in full working order lie oar put on as many more as he likes and liave deer or tiger, buffalo or moose rushing in and out of range as fast as hearers can load the guns.?Philadelphia Record. CCLLAPSfNB CANDELABRUM, The collapsible, candle shown herewith is the invention of a New York man and is intended primarily for the use of the traveling churchman wlic collapsing candelabrum. wishes to carry with him a candelabrum for his convenience. The difficulty with the usual design is that it is so large and bulky as to make a most unwieldy package, whereas the design shown herewith can be extended into a narrow, straight package measuring only a few inches in diameter. Of course, there are other uses for such ji design, or a modification of it, in the lay world, or in any one of the many peculiar conditions that arise where a traveling outfit is needed that does not occupy any large amount of space The central stem carries on it several runners to which the candle arms arc hinged, the several series of candies being connected to each other by links so that when the runners are slid alonj: the stem the whole folds into a com pact mass.?Philadelphia Record. An official map of Paris on a large scale has just been finished. It is twenty-five yards long and nearly twenty yards wide. STRO'S PALACE. ^K.4CAS. VENEZUELA. f IOHIII OF HMO 1? L* ? 1) r The Great Cuban Patriot and Fight6 er Passes Away. 6 1 ; BRAVELY LED IN TWO WARS c _______ [a First Conflict With Spaiu He Was f Worsted and Obllced to Flee From the Island ? In Final Contest He Often Defeated Forces Ten Times Stronj^r 1 Than His Own. Havana, Cuba.?General Maximo Gomez died at G o'clock p. m. of the liver trouble from which he had been suffering for some time and &hich finally affected his heart. The doctors feared this complication and knew that when it came the old General would not last 'on?. He was not conscious at the end. When the General passed away his wife and six children, President Palma, the Secretary of Government and some others were present.' The body was laid in state in the palace on the lay following his death. Only the :lay before his demise the Senate massed a bill to present $100,000 to the General, and a check for that amount was delivered next morning by the Secretary of Finance to a son of the General. President Palma arrived at the General's bedside a few moments before be died. This was the President's first visit, and the fact that he had not called before ha? occasioned some comment. The admiration of the mass of Cubans for General Gomez amounted to almost idolatry- His death admittedly | is a severe blow to any political inter est to wmcn ne was auiea. tie was one of tlie most radical loaders of the national party. He had allied himself with the liberal fusion movement, but a split came during his sickness, and it was generally thought he would have joined Governor Nunez and other dissenters in upholding the old nationalist organization. ./ In the latter days of Cuba there has been no more striking or picturesque figure than General Maximo Gomez, who in 18G8 devoted his sword to liberate his country from Spanish mis! rule. i Gomez was born in Santo Domingo . in 1S3C and, entering the Spanish army, , became an officer, soon attaining dis I unction. >\ nen me opumsu uruij >vu? _ driven from Santo Domingo he went : to Cuba as a private citizen. His exi periences had convinced him of the futility of the Spanish Government, i distracted as it was at home, in maintaining its control of its W?st Indies , colonies, and when the ten year rebel| lion broke out in Cuba he at once enlisted as a soldier. In the first en' gagement he received promotion for his daring, and in the next year be ' came a lieutenant-colonel, winning vie tories near Jiguani and Guantanamo. With General Garcia he captured Holguin, and was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general by the commander-in-chief, Agramonte, as the bravest and most intelligent officer in Santiago. He became known as "The Terror," and conducted a very successful campaign in Puerta Principe, win? ning several battles and capturing , towns. Ho broke through the cordon of forts with which the Spanish generals hoped to isolate the insurgent leaders, but he was unable to keep up tlie resistance. Wlien Agramonte dind he was made commander-in-chief of the rebel forces, but was obliged to fly from the island as the revolution died out. escaping to Jamaica. In 1SS5 he made an attempt to land in Cuba, but this was a failure. He managed subsequently to join Dr. Marti and seconded his efforts to free Cuba. For several years he lived in Honduras and in Santo Domingo, until the standard of revolution was raised for the last time in Cuba. The constituent assembly which elected a provisional government made him commander-in-chief, and in the autumn of 1S95, joining his forces to those of General Maceo, he started on a famous raid, in which the- two generals traversed Cuba from end to end. One of his greatest successes was his defeat of Marshal Campos, who tried with 30.000 men to check his advancc upon Havana in jjeceniDer, iayo. m the following May, with only 400 men, he routed 5000 Spanish under General Jinrinez Castellanos. During his campaign he was reported killed at leasl thirty times and he was often wounded. He lost one of his sons in December. 1S96, in an ambush not fai from Havana. The old general was very proud ol the reputation he pained of never having lost a battle. His personal bravery had a wonderful effect on the raw rei cruits of which the greater part of ; his forces was made up during the first I part of the last revolution. It is said that no man ever flinched, no matter how thick the bullets flew, while Gomez's eye was upon him. Gen. Gomez was a small man, about ' five feet six inches tall, and slenderly 5 built. During the last years of his . life he suffered greatly from a wound ; he received in the right leg. He had ? keen, penetrating eyes and a restless, wary look* ' Gen. Gomez had the friendliest pos' sible feeling for the United States. He ' was sorely disappointed when after he had scored important successes against the Spainards the United States refused to recognize the belligerency ol ? Cuba. But when this country lent a . hand Gen. Gomez did all in his powei . to secure '.he friendliest relations. Johnston City Burned. Fire practically destroyed the towr of Johnston City. Ind. Owing to r scarcity of water the fire got beyonc control. Fortv buiidincs. including th( entire business section, were burned The loss is estimated at $200,000. Americans Broke in London. Hundreds of Americans are strandec In London, friendless and almost desti :ute. Besides the American Consulate ;:nd Embassy, the American Societj 1 :sieged with these helpless people. Labor News Notes. Tli? Paterson, (N. J.) teamslers strik* ijns been declared off. Miners at Nome, Alaska, have formec a union to resist a threatened reductioi of wages. David M. Parry has retired as presi dent of tlie National Citizens' Indus trial Union. For tlie first time in many years al the furnaces in the Lebanon (Pa.) Yal ley were in operation. One hundred of the employes of tin Allentown (Pa.) Spinning Mills wen on strike for hizher wages. I FATAL HEAD-ON COLLISION Worst Accident in History of Wesl em Maryland Railroad. Over a~"5core of Train Hands Killed an aa Many More Grievously Injured? Cause: Disobedience of Orders. Baltimore, Md.?By far the wors wreck in the history of the "Wester Maryland Railroad occurred at a poin about a quarter of a mile from Patnps co, a small station between Westmins ter and Finksburg. The death roll no-* foots up twenty-three, antl this numbe +r? ! ?/* ^nnrooeofl f mm flmnn 1UXU1J IV WC lUViWiiC^u "V? ?w.. the list cf those grievously injurec About twenty persons were badly bur The identified dead are: George I Covell, of Hagerstown, engine drive on passenger train; ?Shoemaker, o Hagerstown, fireiran on passenge train; John Crouse. of Tmeytowi Md., engine driver of one of the freigli engines; Dorr, conductor of freigli train; James Groshon, Charles Kellj William Sweeny, McClellan Sweenj Frank Sweeny. Harry Sweeny, Charle T. Miller, all of Thurmond. Md., an Guy Linn, of Middleburg, Md. All the dead were employes of tli railroad, returning to their homos i the small towns to spend Sundaj With the exception of the train crew they had been at work repairing th damage done to the roadbed ten day ago by a minor freight wreck at Mouc Hope station near this city. The passenger train, west bouni carried a large number of passenger: all the cars being filled. Consequent! j as many of the workmen as couici ci so went into the baggage car, the r< inainder of the gang finding places o the platforms between the baggag and mail cars. In the neighborhood of Patapsco sti tion the Western Maryland has man, curves, and just west of the bridg crossing the Patapsco River is one. * freight train, made up of heavy cos and provision cars, was running eas It should have taken a siding to alkn the passenger train to pass. Why th orders to this effect were disregarde cannot be learned, for all who shoul have seen that they were obeyed ar dead. ^ The passenger train was running a a speed of thirty miles an hour, an the freight trai was making goo time, with its two engines. Just wes of the bridge they came together wit terrific force. The three engines wer piled one upon another, but in sucl^ manner that sufficient steam conne< tions were, broken to relieve' the boi ers, and thus prevent explosions. lllipUL'C U1VM* LJJC ^UOOCU^Cl CA gine tender into the baggage car, an demolished it and the mail car. Thos who had been in tbe baggage car an on the engines were pinioned in th wreckage out of immediate reach. Th damage to the other cars of the passci ger train was confined almost ontirel to broken windows and doors and th injuries to their occupants to bruise and minor cuts. Shrieks from the injured quickl brought to the scene the inhabitant of all the farmhouses within a consic erable radius, and these immediatel set to work to do what they couk Farmers' wives and their daughter made bandages of their clothing- an household linen, and worked heroicall] Some physicians who had been passei gers on the wrccked train directe their efforts. A messenger wgs hurried to the nea: est telegraph station to summon liel from Westminster. All the physician in the town were gathered at the str tion when the fast mail from Blu Ridge Summit, bound for Baltimori pulled in. The passengers left th cars, the medical men hurried aboar< and the train made record time to tli srf>nf> of the wreck. Another relic train ran from Baltimore, tearing moi physicians and supplies. STORM'S FEARFUL HAVOC. Over $1,000,000 Worth of Property D< stroyed in a Night?Two Killed. I St. Paul. Minn. ? High water an - lightning have caused over S1.000.0C j damage in this vicinity. South of S ' Paul, within fifty miles, the Chicag Great Western Railroad lost tw , bridges and 400 yards of track an I trains have been abandoned at Lak . City. All this trouble was bccause < heavy rain and cyclonic winds whic | swept Southern Minnesota and Wes . ern Wisconsin. At Rhinelander, Wis ; the Wisconsin Veneer Factors' wr ' struck by lightning and burned to tl . ground, resulting in a loss of ?250,00' Within fifty miles to the south of S Paul wagon and railroad bridges to tL value of -?200,000 were destroyed 1 ! the flood which followed the rain. At Hudson and Ellsworth, Wis., an . near Eagle Lake, Minn., a torna<3 ' swept tlie farms Dare, tue wina an lightning destroying upward of $10C i 000 worth of property, a large part ( whieli was live stock. Four Hour mil . were also reduced to ashes in this di trict. At Menominee, Wis.. $20.0( ; worth of race horses were killed b lightning. At Ashland. Wis.. CharU j Bartze, a youth, was killed by Ugh I ning, and at Hastings, Minn.. Willia: O. Shaughnessy was killed while stani r ing the doorway of his barn. Moving Day For $o2,0C0,000. ; At Chicago $52,000,000 in cash 1 1 the United States .Sub-Treasury, tl : second largest money repository in tl United States, has just been tran ferred through the streets from the o! i quarters in the Kand-McNally Buildir to the new home in the Federal Buili ing. Killed by a Rocket Stick. i t Madeline Ashley, nineteen years ol I was instantly killed, and Madelii ; Adams, two years old, probably fatal o ol-*?/-?/-*I-ot rV LIILU ! Russia lield under lease?namely, Port 5" Arthur. * It is practically anticipated here that '3 there will be a big hitch oter the terd ritorial prize which' Japan shall def* mand. It is in the air that Japan will l' first insist strongly on Port Arthur and d the suzerainty over Manchuria. Failing in that, in whole or in part. Japan r" will insist on Vladivostok, Japan's natP ural idea being to control the naval sitls nation as against Russia and prevent l* her ever again holding China by the ie throat for territory or franchises. e> One of the disturbing factors which ;a are clearly foreseen here, is that even ^ England and Germany would not like ie to see Port Arthur turned over to Japan to strengthen her mightily, in 'e addition to her present navy, plus the ships captured from Russia. May Name Karopatkln. Whether the selection of Washington :> wil! affect the tentative selection by Russia of M. Nelidoff as one of her envoys is not known, though the opinion d hen; is that he will come from Paris. Private advices reaching here from t. Europe say that Emperor Nicholas has [0 been considering General Kuropatkin '0 as a possible associate for M. Nelidoff, d but that nothing is being said on the subject in St. Petersburg lest Kuropatlun's enemies rally against him. )1 h CHINESE AT WEST POINT. t Special Act of Congress Admits Four ^ A /in rlnmt. JL'ui CJ^UCLO iw Av^auvuij 0. "West Point.?For the first time in t the history of the Military Academy it repiesentatives of the Chinese Empire >y wer? admitted as cadets in the institution. The two young Chinamen, Ting id Chi;i Chen and Ying Hsing Wen, -with lo Luis Bagran, of Honduras, and F. Toid mas Tlaza, of Ecuador, will receive in>, 6tructions with the class of 145 candi>f dates who were received as cadets. Is The foreigners are admitted under a s- spedal act of Congress. KJ SECRETARY HAY BACK. t ^ His Health Restored?Says His Doc *" tors Are Satisfied. New York City.?Saying that he had had "a bully good time in Europe," [C Secretary of State John Hay, who was lfJ so ill when he sailed for Naples several 1 months ago that he had to be assisted s. on board the liner, got home on the Id White Star liner Baltic. Mr. Hay IC looked greatly improved in health, and r he said he had no intention of resigning the State portfolio in President Roosevelt's Cabinet. Mrs. Hay accompanied him. CHINESE REFUSING OUR GOODS. |j Boycott by Guilds is Spreading?Pa1. ners Decline Advertisements. If ,e Tier.-Tsin.?The boycotting of American goods by the Chinese guilds is daily assuming more serious proportions. The guiids have determined to carry the boycott through, and the aspect for American manufacturers i3 rather jj gloomy. The native newspapers are refusing i advertisements of American goods. s The National Game. The Boston Nationals are in a bad way for catchcrs. r The Cincinnati Club has released a outfielder Harry Dolan. Billy Maloney deserves the rating of Billy Sunday the second. \f., PTnwL'A /liemicrfnrl tt'ifli + ?)| | UilliaU 1C UiCgUOlWU 1? 4t?a I uu >n base running of tlio Pirates. Howard am- Clancy, of the Pitts!i. burgs, are evidently in fast company to i! stay. al Hans Wagner is making a strong bid fcr tlie base-running honors of 'tlie National. MM* ' . 2 As a result of this exposure Mayor Weaver has ordered all work on the filtration plants stopped. The resignations of John W. Hill. Chtef Engineer of the Bureau of Filtration, who is paid $17*000 a year, and his son, Henry W. Hill, who was an assistant, were accepted by the Mayor, to take effect immediately. It was shown during the examination of Daniel McNichol that contracts were frequently given the McNichol firm, which was the highest bidder, and that this firm sublet the contracts to the lowest bidder. State Insurance Commissioner Durham was originally a bricklayer. He sold flour for a short time and then entered politics. He receives about $20,000 a year as Insurance Commissioner, spends about $250,000 a year, and is said to be worth about $2,000,000. .John Mack's real name is McNamara. He was a bartender and later owned a saloon. He is reputed to be worth about $5,000,000. Senator McNichol is said to be worth $7,000,000. Mayor Weaver and his counsel had a protracted conference at night, at n.Ki 4 4- In r*r.iA /^4-V. An/1 mAHA im. w liiuii, il is oaJU, i/mci aiiu. rnuic jiuportant criminal prosecutions were discussed. John M. Mack, who was charged by tlie organization with having betrayed it to Mayor Weaver, was quoted as having said: "I will save Durham, but all the rest must do time in the penitentiary." "Without opposition ithe City Councils agreed to repeal the ordinances giving to the Philadelphia Bfapid Transit Company the right to lay tracks on 110 miles of streets without compensation to the city. Mayor Weaver notified the Farmers and Mechanics' Bank that at the end of six months all contracts between the city with that bank would be terminated. The notorious Salter case was reopened at the instance of President Roosevelt, when Commissioners Cooley and Green, of the Unfted States Civil Service Commission, began an investigation of the appointments of Clarence Meeser, Deputy Internal Revenue Collector, and Mrs. Elnora Park, an employe of the Mint. Mrs. Park was instrumental in establishing an alibi for Salter when he was cjiarged with ballot-box stuffing. The organization leaders of Philadelphia are all very wealthy, and the good government forces are maintaining that this money was made through ? ? ? i-?-~ J ^V-v a nJ fr? '. uuiiuuio ?im uic nij. CIGARETTE CLUBS NOW. Indiana Smokers Find a Convenlen, Way to Beat the Law. Indianapolis. Ind. - Cigarette clubs, the object of which is to provide their members with cigarettes by buying them in bulk outside of the State, have been formed here and in other cities of the State, and thousands of packages are now coming into Indiana through the mails and by express. In nearly all the counties the decision by .Judge Leathers, holding that cigarettes so bought may be smoked legally, has been generally accepted. Local dealers who refuse to handle cigarettes are taking the orders for the clubs. Duchess' Jewels Recovered. The jewels, valued at $30,000, which were stolen from the Duchess of Westminster, in Loudon, England, a few weeks ago, have been found in a field near Cambridge. The supposed thief has been arrested. New Greek Premier Named. Mr. Gounarakis, Minister of Finance I in the Cabinet of Premiei* Delyannis, | who was assassinated, will provisionally sucoeeil him as Prime Minister of Greece. V " Bis Iron and Steel Output. There is an enormous output of iron and steel, despite som-? reduction from last month's record breaking rate of production. Explosions at Moscow. Three explosions started 'fires in Government warehouses at Moscow, Russia. and great quantities of army stores were destroyed. Boycott Not Serious. A dispatch from Pekin says that the Chinese boycott of American goods is UUUIvtM.Y lu asauui^ suiiuua viuyvLiLviia. / WEAVER DIGS UP SCANDAL Philadelphia's Grafters in the Light i of Publicity. Disclosures That May Moan Imprisonixient For Many Politicians? Boss Role Ended. Philadelphia. Pa. The system of "graft" by which th# Republican "organization" leaders became millionaires was exposed at the hearing of Select Councilman Frank H. Caven, who was held in 52500 bond on a charge of conspiring to defraud the city. Written agreements were produced at the hearing to show that competition for all city work was prohibited by secret contracts between the con tractors, ana mat tne tnree Dig leaders of the organization were actually partners in the firm which had a monopoly of the city work. This firm is D. J. McNichol & Co.. and it has contracts for public work aggregating more than $50,000,000. The partners are?or rather were, for there has been a getting from under recently?Israel W. Durham, the machine leader; State Senator James P. McNichol, who is known as the "second in command;" John M. Mack, President of the Asphalt Trust; Mrs. Jim McNichol, the wife of and dummy for State Senator McNichol, and Dan McNichol, a relative and dummy of the Senator's. The filtration system has cost the city about $22,000,000, and it will take upward of $5,000,000 more to complete the work. The McNichol firm has had contracts for about three-quarters of the work. Mrs. McNichol dropped out of the combination when her husband got the nomination for Senator, and Mack left after a row with Israel W. Durham over the affairs of the Keystone Telephone Company. Durham, McNichol and Mack divided eleven-twelfths of the profits of the company, while tha other twelfth went to Dan McNichoil. Mayor Weaver is undertaking t? prove that all contracts with the ctty were made under non-competitive agreements among contractor!* ever since the city government came under the control of Durham, McNichol and Mack. The original agreement between Caven, who furnished sand for the filtration plant, and Norcross & Edmunds, the only competing firm, .was produced. [OVERCOME BY AMMONIA &!? Valve in New York City Apartment House Bursts. ^11 Vapor Flllg the Building ? Police and Ambulances Called Ont. 'New; York City.?0 verpowerlng- fumes of ammonia filled every room in the fashionable Dorilton apartment, at Broadway and Seventy-first street, just before midnight, and many persons were temporarily prostrated when a valve of the ammoula machine In the cellar burst. Mrs. J. R. Josephs was the most seriously affected, and it required hard work on the part of an ambulance surgeon from Believue Hospital and the house doctor to restore her. The elevator boys deserted their cars, and the 200 persons in the apartments were forced to hold their heads out of - ' windows or take the ftsk of dropping In the stifling halls in an effort to gain fhft erronf \fnnr AC/tnnn/1