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Visit Homes of Former Political
Bosses.
DURHAM'S HOME 13 STONED
leaders uf Mayor Weaver'* l'arty, After
Hearing Got. Folk Speak. Go to Fray
^ and Are Joined by Stone Throwing
' Hooilloms?Boss McNlchol's Sod Held
Up?Newspaper Threatened.
Pniladelpliia. Pa.?Led by City party
agitators, one thousand men and boys
marched from the Academy of Music,
iwhere Governor Folk of Missouri, under
the auspices of-the reformers, delivered
his address on cleanliness in
municipal affairs, down upon the house
of Boss Durham, 1410 Spruce street, at
night.
Folk filled the Academy to overflowing
and there were hundreds outside
who could not get in. After the meeting
was over City agitators mounted
the steps of the Academy and called
-fee- volunteers to march upon the
liouses of Durham and McNichoI.
They got together about two hundred
men and began the march singing
"Blest Be the Tie That Binds." Before
they had gone a block hundreds of
meu, many of whom were drunk, aud
all disorderly, joined in. Arriving before
Durham's house the speakers took
weir turn on xne steps, utuuuuciug iue
boss and calling on him to leave town.
Then the two hundred faithful dropped
to their knees in prayer and sent up
supplications for Durham. The disorderly
portion then began to throw
stones. Not a policeman dared to interfere
and the whole street was at
the mercy of the mob.
Just as it was beginning to get serious
the riugleaders called for the next
- move, a march on the home of Boss
McNichol. Arriving there, the speakers
took their station on the steps. Mc'Nichol's
young son, returning home,
arrived just at that time. He was held
toy three men while the leader addressed
a speech to him.
"This should be in jail," shouted the
fanatic. *"Your father is a thief, crook,
liar and hater of God. If we did right,
we would tear every stone of your
home down and scatter his bones to the
vwImsIa- Va?* O oat* /vf O nfaalr Vam
,r? iuuc. iuu at c a oui: ui a vi vva* xuu
aro tainted."
The boy struggled- to get free, and
shouts of protest were heard from the
crowd: "It's a shame." "Let the boy
go." "It is not his fault."
"Sins of the father shall be visited
on the heads of his children," shrieked
the fanatic. '
McNichoPs son managed to wrest
himself from his captors, and struck
the speaker in the face.
Instantly the crowd made a dash
fov him, and be stood up against the
door, defying them. In the meantime
the disorder in the crowd increased. A
number of men. sympathizing with
tbe boy, rushed to defend him, and the
fight became general. The boy's father
ivras not at home.
Just when the agitation was at its
leigbt and the fight became fierce fifteen
policemen came. They had orders
not to use force against City party
sympathizers. The crowd was induced
to move on, and it marched down
upon tbe office of the Philadelphia Inquirer,
the only paper in Philadelphia
supporting the Republican organiza
' Denunciation there was fierce. The
Crowd filled Market street from side to
side. "Finger of God is on this building!"
shouted the chief speaker.
Just at this point a ripe tomato
struck him squarely on the head, and
from another crowd, rapidly gathering,
rose counter shouts for the Republican
organization. Another fight began, and
one solitary policeman had his hands
full trying to protect the plate glass
front of the building.
At last it was rumored thatUhe Inquirer
people were preparing to turn a
fire hose on the crowd, as they actually
were, and under discreet leaders the
mob marched away.
"Dare to treat this meeting unfairly,"
shouted one of the speakers, "and
jwe'll tear down the building!"
Then the mob moved away to the
machine headquarters in the Betz
building, where, after similar scenes
of disorder, it disbanded.
TASTES WHITE STUFF AMI DIES.
Children Had Eeen Poisoned and
Neighbor Tried to Investigate.
Hazard, Ky.?Picking up a pinch of
white powder which three children
had just eaten with fatal results, before
going for a doctor for them, Marion
Combes fell dead before walking
a dozen yards. The frowder was corrosive
sublimate.
The children who had died were the
seven, four and two-vear-old little ones
of Jason Commetts, a veterinary surgeon,
who used the poison in his business.
He left a package of the poison
on the bureau in his office while he
answered a professional call several
luiies away from his home. The children
found the package after his departure,
and, evidently thinking it contained
sugar, ate some of it.
BOER COLONY FOR TEXAS.
Thousands of Agriculturists to Settle
in Southwest.
Galveston. Texas.?The Boer colony
of farmers in Mexico have accepted an
offer to settle in Southwest Texas, In
the new country just opened up by the
Brownsville Road. The tract of irrigated
land comprises about 75,000
teres.
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Says Filipinos Hate Americans. I
acuator juuuuis, 01 iuauu, wiio visiteu
the Philippines in the Taft party, declared
the Filipinos hated Americans
and would eventually make trouble
for the United States.
: Powerless Against "Black Hand."
In connection with the latest "Black
Hand" outrage, the wrecking by dynamite
of a store in Stanton street. New
York City, it was stated that the police
are powerless before the Ave thousand
Camorristi now in that city.
Prominent People.
Premier Balfour is not like his portraits.
Pius X. has finally succumbed and
ins had a telephone put in the Vatican.
It is said that Arthur Balfour, the
British Premier, never reads the news- j
papers.
Lord Carew, the English nobleman,
is a farmer of renown, and owns a
herd of Jerseys of rare strain.
Swift MacNeill, who is regarded as
the champion questioner of the British
Houso of Commons, is a barrister by
profession.
TEN HEROES REWARDED
Seven Men and Thre9 Women Selected
by Carnegie Commission.
Now Jersey School Girl Heads the List? i
All Kccelve Medals and Some
a Gift of Money.
Pittsburg. Pa.?The Carnegie Horo
Fund Commission met and made the
first awards under the provisions stipulated
by Andrew Carnegie in creating
the trust. Ten persons were named as
beneficiaries of the fund. The features
of the initial awards are these:
No beneficiary is pensioned, although
the scheme provides that pensions may
be awarded. One award is for bravery
in a mine disaster. Nine awards are
for heroism on the water, there being
none for bravery at fires. Three women
are honored, one the widow of a he/o.
Only one award is in favor of a dead
hero. One man receives a reward because
of the heroism of his wife, who
lost her life.
In gathering the data for the awards
George F. Camp, secretary and special
agent of the commission, traveled 12,000
miles and looked into fifty cases,
forty of which were rejected. The ten
cases suggested to the commission
were passed on unanimously.
The awards were made to persons
and for reasons as follows:
MISS MAUDE TITUS, a high school
girl, sixteen years old, of Newark, N.
J., daughter of a practicing physician,
was awarded a silver medal for life
saving on July 30, 1!)03. At the risk
of her life she saved her chum, Laura
V. Reifsnyder, of East Orange, N. J.,
from drowning. The two girls were
on the yacht Romance, owned by Captain
Burgess, of Boston, and were in
Casco Bay, near Yarmouth, Me, A
storm forced the party to take to boats.
The one in which were Miss Titus and
Miss Keitsnyaer was overturned.
Miss Reifsnyder could not swim, but
Miss Titus brought her safe to shore.
ARTHUR A. ROSS, a hatmaker, of
Foxboro. Mass., was given a bronze
medal for displaying great presence of
mind and saving several lives near
his home. Joseph R. Gillis, Nellie A.
Walsh and Mamie T. Walsh were
thrown into a mill pond. Ross secured
a rowboat, which lay bottom up ou
the bank, and rushed into the water
with it. He forced Gillis to hold
calmly to tlv? die of the boat, steadying
it while he pulled Mamie Walsh in by
the "hair and then pulled Nellie in.
Gillis became excited and upset the
boat, spilling all out. Ross then had to
reload the entire party in the boat from
water thirty feet deep. He saved all
hands. He is twenty-three years old.
CHARLES CRABBE, of Copper's
Lsndinsr. Va.. is eiven a bronze medal
and $1000 to educate his children, because
of the heroism of his wife, Abbie.
L., who lost her life in trying to save
a negro boy.
WILLIAM C. BRUNE, aged seventeen,
of Sandusky. Ohio, was awarded
a bronze medal for saving George F.
Pfanner, aged nine, from drowning on
July 8, 1904.
GEORGE F. RUSSELL, twenty-four,
a shipbuilder, of Groton, Conn., was
awarded a medal for saving the lives
of two boys on Long Island Sound on
July 29, 1904. A thirty-mile wind was
blowing and the water was sixty feet
deep. Russell jumped from a small
launch. The boys caught him with the
death hold, but he managed to swim
with them quite a distance, saving
them.
ARTHUR J. GOTTSCHALK, twenty-four,
Lancaster, N. Y., was awarded
a medal for saving the life of Mrs.
Joseph Webster, of Detroit, Mich., at
Bertie. Ontario, on July 6, 1904. '
WADE H. PLUMMER, aged fifteen,
of Lamar. S. C., was given a bronze
medal and $000 to help in his education.
He is the son of a poor farmer. On
May 7, 1904, he risked his life to save
a companion from the Lynch River.
MRS. CORA E. DAVIS, of Cleveland,
Ohio, was awarded a silver medal
and $1000 to educate her children. Her
husband, David Davis, a miner, lost'
his life by going into a mine to save
a fellow-worker overcome by black
damp.
MISS MARGARET CUNNINGHAM,
twenty years old, of Savannah, Ga? a
nurse, was awarded a bronze medal for
saving the life of Edwin W. Cubbage,
Jr., of that city, on May 26, 1903? Cubbage.
who was in the ocean, became
exhausted. Miss Cunningham brought
him to shore.
MICHAEL J. DOYLE, thirty-one
years old, a ship laborer of Quebec,
was awarded a silver medal for rescuing
Miss Charlotte L. Dekartner from
suicide in the St. Lawrencc River, on
April 28. 1904. The river was filled,
with floating ice. Doyle swam quite
a distance with her, though she fought
mm aesperaitjty.
VICTIMS OF TRAIN WRECKERS.
Fireman, Engineer and a Tramp Killed
at Fresno, Cal.
Bakersfield. Cal.?A northbound train
on the Southern Pacific Railway was
wrecked at the yard entrance at
Fresno. Engineer Cole and Fireman
Butts, both of Bakersfield, and an unknown
tramp were killed. None of
the passengers were seriously hurt.
The wreck was due to a misplaced
switch, the work of train wreckers.
The lock was broken with a rock found
near the switch.
McCurdy Refused to Testify.
Richard A. McCurdy, President of
the Mutual Life Insurance Company,
flatly refused to answer questions put
to him by Mr. Hughes, counsel for the
Legislative Investigating Committee,
in session in New York City.
To Protect Repeaters at Polls.
Superintendent of Police Taylor, of
Philadelphia. Pa., testified that former
Director of Public Safety Smyth had
instructed him to protect repeaters at
the polls.
New Premier of Hungary.
General Baron Fejervary has been
reappointed Premier of Hungary and
is c\arged by the Emperor-King with
the task of preparing for a general
election under universal suffrage as exercised
in Belgium.
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Sporting Brevities.
The Myopia second polo team defeated
Great Neck by 15 to GV4 in the final
for tiie Newport (R. I.) Cups.
President Roosevelt recently entertained
college athletic advisers, with a
view to eliminating football brutality.
The Giants defeated the Athletics iy
the first game of the series for tlx
world's championship by a score ol
3 to 0.
Miss Southern won the final round in
singles of the women's lawn tennis
tournament at the Esses County Country
Club.
BANK MSimillCIB!
T. Lee Clarke, of the Enterprise National,
of Pittsburg-, Pa., Dead.
AFFAIRS OF BANK IN A CLOUC
Politics Said to Hnvo Been Mixed Uj
With the Financial Dealings of th?
Institution ? State Funds Alleged t<
Have Been Misused For Private Gail
?Comptroller Closes the Doors.
Pittsburg, Pa.?Cashier T. Lee Clarke,
of the Enterprise National Bank of Allegheny,
and an elder in the Firsl
United Presbyterian Church, of Bel
levue, committed suicide by taking
laudanum and shooting himself. The
Enterprise Bank yvas closed by the
tional Bank Examiner.
The Enterprise National Bank had al
most $750,000 in State funds. Thai
the bank was carrying $700,000 ii
paper from Pennsylvania politician.'
is also alleged. It is asserted that the
failure of the Santa Fe system to tase
over an option on property in Arizona
promoted by Cashier Clarke and others
was the indirect cause of the crash.
How much of the State money was
used up in this deal has not been made
public, but there is a record of one loan
of $200,000 to a concern managed by
W. R. Andrews, Territorial representative
of New Mexico, in connection with
F. J. Torrance, a prominent Pennsylvania
Republican politician, ex-State
Senator Arthur Kennedy and Cashier
Clarke.
Iu the bank's affairs all was chaos.
President Frederick Gwinner said:
"I have been only a dummy President.
They used me, my name and
my money. It will kill the Republican
party in Pennsylvania. At least, I
hone so. for they have killed Clarke
and ruined me as well as many others.
We have been ruined by the accursed
Republican machine in Pennsylvania."
State Banking Commissioner John A.
Berkey, of Somerset, and John W.
Morrlsou, one of his deputies, visited
the bank. State Treasurer Mathieu
sent an additional deposit of State
funds amounting to $50,000, which
made the total amount of State funds
in the bank ?782,000.
Torrance, who is head of the Standard
Manufacturing Company, and one
of the leading Republicans of Pennsylvania,
was seriously ill. He has
been closely identified with the officials
of the bank now in the hands of a receiver.
Cashier Clarke went to the bank,
where he remained over his books until
lfinj? nffrer midniarht. About 9 o'clock
President Gwinner dropped In to see
lilm. He asked if anything was wrong
or if he could do anything.
"I'll give you $100,000, Mr. Clarke, if
you need it for a time," said the old
President. "I'm afraid all is not wel;
here."
"Thank you, Mr. Gwinner, but the
bank is all right, and I'm all right,"
Clarke announced.
Two hours later Clarke went home,
and. rising early in the morning, took a
dose of,.Iaudanum, but it was not sufficient
to kill him. He persuaded his
family that it had been a mistake, and,
drinking a cup of coffee, ordered his
carriage brought to the door in order
that he might not be late at the bank.
He kissed his wife and four children
good-bye, and went out on the long
porch back of his $300,000 home. There
he sbot himself through the head.
Homer L. Castle, Prohibition candidate
for State Superior Court Judge,
in public several weeks ago made the
declaration that United States Senator
Boies Penrose and others had obtained
a loan from the Turtle Creek Bank of
Allegheny County, and that the note
for the loan had been turned over to
the Enterprise Bank. It was maintained
that there was juggling with
funds of tlie State, ana umtea stares
Senator Penrose came out with a bitter
attack on Castle, saying he was a
"liar."
Later Castle made the declaration
that the Enterprise Bank carried $200,000
of paper floated by Andrews and
others, that the loan had beeu made
without interest because Andrews and
his friends had obtained for the Enterprise
Bank a large deposit of State
funds. _
There were loud calls from the publ.ic
for affirmation or denial of this rumor,
but none was forthcoming. This crash
brought out the fact that the $200,000
loan was there, not in the name of the
Territorial representative of New Mexico,
but in the name of the Pennsylvania
Development Company, which
Andrews controls.
Andrews, who is back from New
Mexico for a time, was asked about
his connection with the Enterprise
Bank.
"Yes, I've heard Clarke is dead; too
bad, ain't it? Me? Oh, I don't know
anything about the br.nk's affairs.
Clarke, Torrance and Kennedy took
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don't know anything about it."
President Gwinner made some investigation
when the first of Cashier
Clarice's bad work became known.
He had given a note for $200,000 to the
Bank of Pittsburg, making the Enterprise
National Bank of Allegheny security
for it.
This was without the knowledge of
the president or other directors of the
bank. President Gwinner, to save
scandal, paid this note out of his own
pocket. What has become of the
money has not been made known.
Within forty-eight hours of the time
he killed himself Cashier Clarke had
Gwinner indorse for him a note for
$50,000.
Drugs Thrown in College Fight.
In a fight between the four classes of
Wooster University, at Wooster, Ohio,
the juniors and sophomores threw asafoetida.
mixed with powdered flour,
sulphurated hydrogen and other mixtures,
injuring their opponents and
ruining the gowns of the girls.
Holiday Trade Begius.
The first interest in holiday trade is
noted, and this element promises to
supply unprecedented business this
year.
Feminine Fancies.
Mrs. Mackay is known in London as
"the silver queen."
Tiie Grand Ducness uiga or ltussia
Is known as "The Princess of Peace."
Queen Alexandra has in all fifteen
ladies in personal attendance upon her.
The Duchess of Newcastle is a great
driver, angler, shot and judge of dogs.
Miss Pauline Chrisman, of Pueblo,
Col., has been sworn in as a full-fledged
policeman.
Miss Rose B. Richardson, of Syracuse,
N. Y., began life as a telegraph
operator, but is now an electrical contractor.
" GIRLS LURED TO CHINA
Americans and Canadians Held as
Captives in Shanghai.
Police of Chicago, III., and Federal AhJ
tliorltle* Make Sime Starllluj:
Discoveries.
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, Chicago. III.?Traffic in American
, and Canadian girls between Chicago
t and Chinese ports in tinder investigation
by the Federal Immigration Bureau
and the local police. It is charged
' that two women in this; city, who have
agents in Shanghai and Hong Kong,
^ induct the girls to make the trip by
telling of fabulous sums they can earn
' as maids in wealthy Chinese families.
; As further bait the applicant for the
. position is told that her traveling and
living expenses will be paid and all
necessary clothing furnished. When
the women reach China they are placed
: under guard and sent to the purchas,
ers. Many are supposed to be held in
palaces of wealthy Chinese.
"It is true this sort of thing has been
( going on for some time," said Chief
i Collins. "I have detctives working
now, and expect to do something before
long. The information came to
' me from Washington hrst, and I took
up the case with the Government offii
cials here, but they could do nothing.
, "This traffic has been going on for
yeurs.
Chicago authorities have the names
of about fifty girls who have been
sold. Hilda Olson, twenty years old.
is said to have committed suicide on
[ reaching Shanghai, where the price for
; girls is from $300 to $1500. James L.
Rodgers, American Consul at Shanghai,
has enlisted the co-operation of
English and Chinese authorities in the
securing of evidence of the traffic. . a
Three French Canadian girls from
Montreal were sent from Chicago to
Shanghai recently. Two of the girls
escaped from their captors after arriving,
and sought refuge in a resort frequented
by American and English sailors.
They told an officer of the American
Navy their experiences, and about
the fate of their former companion.
Aside from the two women about
whom a web of evidence has been
woven, trace has been secured of several
others who make annual pilgrimages
from the Far East as recruiting
agents for wealthy Chinese merchants,
traders and officials. Not only the
dissolute are gathered, but immature
and inexperienced girls are employed
as "secretaries" and "traveling companions."
Exposure of the traffic was made by
complaint of the sale of Louise Miller,
a girl from Montreal, to the agent of a
Chinese official in Shanghai. The names
of ten young women who have disappeared
from homes in Chicago and
other American cities and were shipped
to Shanghai are in the possession of
Inspector J. W. Burst, of the Chinese
Immigration Bureau.
For prosecution and punishment the
Government agents say they must rely
on the police and State authorities, because
there is no national law against
the traffic.
ROOSEVELT GOES SOUTH.
Trip Covers Eight States He Has Not
Yet Visited Officially.
Washington, D. C.?President Roosevelt
started on his tour of the South,
the special object of the journey being
to visit those States which he has not
visited since his accession to the Presidency.
He was booked to pass through
Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida,
Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas
and Louisiana, and to be absent' from
Washington thirteen days. The last
four days will be spent at sea, the
President returning from New Orleans,
La., to Hampton Roads, Va., on the
battleship West Virginia.
ivus. uuuseveit wcui vuiy no mi uo j
Roswell, Ga., the home of the President's
mother.
. The President's party, in addition to
Mrs. Roosevelt, consisted of Secretary
Loeb, Surgeon-General P. M. Rirey, of
the navy; two stenographers, two Secret
Service operatives, two White
House messengers and the representatives
of the three newspaper associations.
During the President's absence
the White House clerical force is in
:harge of> B. F. Barnes, assistant Secretary.
GOLF CLUB BLOW KILLS PLAYER
Was Watching Opponent From Behind
When Swinging Driver Struck Him.
Boston, Mass.?While playing at the
Brae Burn Country Club links, West
Newton, Charles Mann, sixty-three
years old, a Boston coal merchant, was
killed by being accidentally hit on the
forehead with his opponent's driver.
Mr. Mann, with an invited guest, a
Mr. Josselyn, of Boston, Mass., and
Mrs. Mann, had proceeded only a few
holes when Mr. Mann took a position
back of his opponent to watch an especially
critical drive. As the club
was swung over Mr. Josselyn's shoulder
it struck Mr. Mann on the forehead,
knocking him unconscious. Mr.
Josselyn and. other players hurried
Mann to the club house, where he recovered
consciousness, but for only a
short time.
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President Admits Chinaman.
Pang Hong, an American born and
nhriaHniii-ztiH Phinnmnn who hflfl- bpen
detained at Portal, N. D., for a month,
has been admitted in the United States
by order of President Roosevelt.
Mob in Moscow Foiled.
A mob attempted to plunder the Zhukoff
printing plant in Moscow, Russia,
but were dispersed by troop?.
Woman and Five Children Burned.
Mrs. Alice Hartman and her five
children were burned to death in their
home at Port Royal, Franklin County,
Mo. He husband, William Hartman,
escaped but was unable to save any
of his family. The Franklin County
autnorities are investigating me uugedy.
Russian Battleship Raised.
The Russian battleship Pobieda. sunk
by the Japanese in the harbor of Port
Arthur, was refloated.
Goes to Scaffold Singing.
Protesting innocence to the last, John
Rooney was hanged at Bismarck, N.
D., for the murder of Harold Sweet,
August 20. 1902. Rooney walked to
the scaffold singing a song of his own
composition. He remarked on the
small attendance.
Says Graft Infests Universities.
President Wise, of Oberlin College,
who was in Milwaukee, Wis., on a
lecturing tour, declared that the "graft"
microbe infests all American universities,
as exampled in the financial af'
fairs of student organizations.
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KILLED SY A BIG BE
n
Passengers Swept From Campania
in Mid-Ocean.
NO WARNING OF HUGE ROLLER
A Portion oi the Bail Smashed by th?
Resistless Tons of Wator, and Fife
Persons Were Washed Through the
Opening Into the Ocean ? Narrative
of an Eye- Witness.
New York City?The Cunard Line
stea unship Campania, from Liverpool
and Queenstown, shipped a
sea on October 11 which resulted
in the injury of a large number
of steerage passengers and the loss
of five or six. The officers of the
Campania were very reticent about the
accident, and refused to give any infrtrmnHrm
until thA ntrAnt Mr. Rrrvtrn.
authorized its Issuance.
The sum of the affair is said to be
that on Wednesday, October 11, about
1 o'clock in the afternoon, the Campania
was running along at her usual
speed with a huge quartering sea when
the steamship lurched suddenly to port
and scooped up an enormous sea. The
sea boarded the Campania about midehlps
on the port side and completely
swept the steerage deck, washing a
large number of steerage passengers
n>ft. The sea filled the space between
the decks, smashed out a door in the
rail, through which five were swept
and lost. About thirty were injured.
The great sea washed aft with terrific
force and then surged forward.
Its power was irresistible, and there,
was no possibility of escapfe from its
rush. One young woman had both
legs broken at the thigh, several passengers
had arms and ribs broken.
On arrival ten were in the hospital,
white a large number were nursing
bruises of all sorts. The crew were
also injured. Dr. Verdon, the ship's
surgeon, was aided by several physicians
who were cabin passengers on
board.
A passenger on board said that he
had heard that two women and three
men were lost, but declared that, although
an inspection was made, no report
was given out of the number lost.
"I donjt believe they know themselves
how many are missing."
When the sea boarded the Campania
the steerage passengers were sitting
about the decks, some of the women
Hinging.
This deck runs on both sides from a
point under the bridge aft to within a
short distance of the stern. The deck
above shelters it and a high rail guards
it Between, the rail and the upper
deck a rope netting fills the space to
prevent the passengers from washing
overboard.
In the rail, which is a solid plated
wan aDove iour reel uiga, are several
swinging doors, or open scuppers, to
allow the water to pass out when any
is shipped. These openings are
crossed by iron bars or grating. It was
through these openings that the passengers
were forced by the terrible
rush of wafers when the deck was
filled.
One of the most complete accounts
of the accident and panic that ensued
was given by Michael O'Connor, of No.
220 West Twenty-second street, a flrstclass
cabin passenger. Mr. O'Connor
said that the fact that a panic was on
the boat at the time cannot be too
strongly emphasized. He said the passengers
were absolutely panic-stricken,
running hither and thither, and completely
lost their heads. He warmly
praised Captain Warr, and said he did
everything man could do for the passengers
of all classes. Mr. O'Connor's
story is as follows:
"After breakfast I went to tho smoking
room in company with Mr. A. W.
Mills, a cabin passenger, and took up
a novel to r?ad for a time. There was
a sudden lurch to port The steerage
promenade rail, as I looked out of the
windows, was completely buried under
the sea. The gates, which were direct
ly opposite to me, used for allowing tbo
water to run off, liad burst from their
fastenings like so much straw. A
dark object swept by me and out
through the gap like a chip in a largG
water main. Mr. Mills jumped up and
cried, 'Man overboard.'
"The panic that ensued was absolutely
Impossible to describe. You cannot
speak of it too strongly. Mon,
women and children of the steerage
were hurled about like so many bits of
paper in a hurricane. The stewards
rushed fore and aft trying to calm the
now thoroughly panic-stricken passengers.
; "I certainly admire the courage of
Captain Warr, who did everything in
his power for passengers of all classes,
and he deserves the vote of thanka
which was given him and signed by
nearly every member in the cabin."
| USED ONLY STOLEN HORSES.
Liveryman in Munice, Ind., Confesses
When Caught With Animals.
Indianapolis, Ind.?Harry Foster, a
prosperous liveryman in Muncie, told
the police he had been operating his
stable for years with horses stolen in
this State, Obio, Illinois ana aucuiguu.
He would not implicate any one else,
but the police believe he is a member
of a band of horse thieves.
Two boys were driving a horse in
Muncie when a liveryman from Greentown
recognized it as one stolen from
him.
In Foster's stable he identified another
as having been stolen from his
district. Foster offered to assist the
police in restoring animals in his possession
to their owners.
Lawyer Hughes Declines to Run.
Charles E. Hughes, now investigating
the insurance companies, nominated
by the Republicans for Mayor
of New York, declined to accept.
Death Confirmed His Theory.
The late Herman Nothnagle, the famous
surgeon, wrote an essay several
years ago in which he endeavored to
prove that the moment of dying was in
most cases absolutely painless. His
own deatb evidently confirmed this
doctrine. ;
Personal Gossip.
Adrian Iselln, the New York banker,
left an estate of about $1S,500,000.
Frank Beard, a well-known illustrator,
died at his home in Chicago, 111.
Aldermaa Walter Vaughan has been
* J * ?-a * aP T AnrJnn fnr thp
eiecteci iahu iuu^ui. ul wuuvU .?
ensuing year.
Major J. 0. Hutchinson, of London,
is one of tbe best known globe trotters
in the world.
Andrew Carnegie has offered to give
Smith College, Northampton, Mass.,
one-half of $125,000 for a biological laboratory.
Tlic Worm Tarns.
The minor poet brooded over his
lemonade.
"Shh," he said darkly. "Can you
keep a secret?"
"Till death," his companion replied.
"Know then," said the poet, seizing
the other's "wrist, "that I am to be
avenged at last on the editor of the
Trash magazine. I sent him a sonnet
last week, and poisoned the gurrr on the
return envelope."
And with a harsh, blood-curdling
laugh the desperate young man passed
out into the night.?New York Press.
Why Fraltt Cool the Blood.
In health the temperature of th
blood is constant, and even when spot?
and rashes appear on the skin, there
is no departure from the normal temperature
unless there is a cause for
fever, such as blood-poisoning, tbe invasion
of some microbe or serious disturbance
of the nervous system. In
fevef-g, when the temperature of the
blood is raised, vegetables ate nevei
given, as they would not cool the blood,
but might help to heat it
Some fruits have cooling properties,
aB they contain citric acid, and this
o /tifra foa in f lm hlnarl nn/1 4n.
creases the perspiration. In serious
fevers, liowever, it is much safer to
give measured quantities of citrates
to produce this effect than ,to trust to
the uncertain action of fruit
Fruit and fresh vegetables are anticorbutics?that
is to say, they are opposed
to scurvy. The primary cause of
this disease, is not clearly understood,
but it is immediately due to an absence
of these wholesome constituents from
the diet. The flushing of the skin,
with spots and rashes, popularly called
"heating of the blood," is relieved and
effete matted is eliminated by their
use. Hence the popular -phrase that
"they cool thg blood."
The Length of Wallpaper Bolls.
Most persons have an idea that ah
pieces of wallpaper are necessarily of
one length. Sometimes when I receive
orders from a distance I wonder just
what the patron is figuring on. He
may get enough to paper two rooms
and may get only half enough?some
Dgure over-ecuuuimcawy uua suuie overgenerously.
Our domestic papers run
eight yards to the piece. Those from
Prance and Germany measure nine
yards, while the English make theh
rolls so lengthy that they contain quite
twelve yards. Then, of course, there'*
the repeat. On some of the new papers
with the smallest figures this is next
to nothing, and on some others, notably
that long-tailed bird pattern, if a bit
over the figure is required for each
length it means a loss of five feet on
every strip put on the wall.?Pliiladelphia
Record. * \l
11 ' '*
Only Way to Oalwit Him.
Mrs. Stonewall Jackson, widow of
the famous Confederate General,, who
row lives in Charlotte, N. C., was
cuamug a lawyer or ner acquaintance
about the fees demanded by* members
of bis profession.
"Still, there are occasions when a
lawyer isn't the chief beneficiary of
a suit," said Mrs1. Jackson. "I know
of one instance. A friend of ridne in
Virginia sued a railroad company for
damages, and secured a verdict for
$50,000, which was paid, and the whole
amount is now in the bank," subject
to her order. Her counsel didn't get
a penny of it" .
"How was that?" -si J
"She found the only way of outwitting
him." .
"What did she do?"
"She married the lawyer."?Everybody's
Magazine.
Jtut LlUe ? Womsu. 4
"John, a peddler came around to-day
selling stove polish. He was a very
agreeable gentleman. Why. he talked
so pleasantly about the weather."
"You don't say. Maria?"
"Yes, and I bought a package. Then
he complimented the baby and I
bought another package."
"H'm."
"Presently he said our vestibule was
kept iu better order than any in the
neighborhood, and then I bought
another package."
"Great Scott"
"Before he left he said he thought I
was your daughter instead of being
.old enough to be your wife. Then Ibought
three additional'packages. Oh.
it don't |do any harm to encourage a
real gentleman when you meet one."
?Chicago News.
Blionlcl Live to Be 100.
In an address before the London
Public Health Congress, Sir James
Crichton Browne, said we should regard
the normal term of man's life as
100 years, and every child should be
brought up impressed with the obligation
of living to this age, and should
be taught to avoid Irregularities in
living which tend to prevent the attainment
of this ambition.
COFFEE NEURALCIA
Leaves When You Qait and Use Postuin.
A lady who unconsciously drifted
into nervous prostration brought ou by
coffee, says:
"I have been a coffee drinker all my
life, and used ii regularly, three times
a day.
"A year or two ago I became subject
to nervous neuralgia, attacks of nervous
headache and general nervous
prpstratioD Which not only, incapacitated
me for doing my housework, but
mn/lA ?f nnnnaoopr fni* ma fA
LI UCUi i%> luauc ac uv,vvoou4j * v?. uj v.
remain in a dark room for two or three
days at a time.
"I employed several good doctors, one
after the other, but none of them was
able to give me permanent relief.
"Eight months ago a friend suggested
that perhaps coffee was the cause of
my troubles and that I try Posturn
Food Coffee and give up the old kind.
I am glad I took hor advice, for my
health has been entirely restored. I
have no more neuralgia, uor have I had
one solitary headache in all these eight
months. No more of my days are
wasted in solitary confinement in a
dark room. I do all my own work with
ease. Tlie flesh that I lost during the
years of my nervous prostration baa
come back to me during these months,
and I am once more a happy, healthy
woman. I enclose a list of names of
friends who can vouch for the truth
of the statement." Name given by
Postum Co., BaUlc Creek, Mich.
There's a reason.
Ten days' trial leaving off coffee and
using Postum is sufficient. All grocers
i
1 European Love kft air*.
The Norwegians love Russia for the
very reason that. Sweden, hates her.
Russia has nevetf-giveu l&rwaV any
trouble, an<J her jjy'Mpathfija for Russia
are^ firm and unsbfcR? ?Novoe
Vremya. ' '. _m.
Price ot Tin.
If Cornish tin mining cannot be made
to pay with tin at the almost unprecedented
price of ?152 per ton, there
is little prospect that the county Industry
will ever be revived.?Western
Morning News.
BOX OF WAFERS FREE?NO DRUGS
-CURES BY ABSORPTION.
???1
Cure# Bel chin r of C^uK?B?d'Sreaili sad
Bad Stomsfih ? Miort Breath?
Bloating?Soar Kructailom
, ImguUr Heut, Kl?.
Take a Mull's Wafer any time of the dar
or night, and note the immediate good effeet
on your sfcfmach. It absorbs the gaa,\
disinfects N&e. stomach, kills the poison
germ* and cures the disease. Catarrh of
the head and throat, unwholesome food '
and overeating make s bad stomachs.
Scarcely any stomach is entirely free from
taint of some kind. Mull's Anti-Belch
Wafers will make your stomach healthy
by absorbing foul gases which arise from,
the undigested foqd and by re-enforcing
the lining of thfcjtomach,- enabling it to
thoroughly mix the'iood with the gastric
juices. Thit: cnrevSitpmach trouble, promotes
digestion, swtegens the breath, stops
belching anjl- fermeafcption. Heart action
becomes strong and 'tegular thro ugh this
process. V' . ' " ?
Discard drugs, as ydu know from experience
they do .not cure 8tom?ch trouble.
Try a common-sense (Natare'sjvmcthod
that does cure. A soothing, h?tbng sensation
results instantly.
We lmow Mull's Anti-Belch Wafers will,
do this, and we want you to know it/
Special Ojfeb:?The regular price of
Mull's Anti-Belch Wafers is 50c. a box, but
to introduce it to thousands of, sufferer*
we will send two (2) boxes upon receipt of
75c. and this advertisement, or we will
send you a sataple free for this coupon..
16210 - FREB COUPON 125
" Send this coupon with your name
and address ana name/of a 4fcaggist
? who does not sell it for a free sample
box of Mull'*. Anti-Belch Wafers to
I Moll's Gsapb TokIc Co.,_328 Third
1 Ave.. Rock Island. 111. ?'
Give FhU Address and Writ* Plainly. |
Sold by all druggists, 50c. per .box, or
Gent by mail!
i j Irish Boe*ooti NoniilM.
Unique and charming little novelties
are to be had made of IHsh bog wood.
They come in desiglas typical of Irish,
peasant life and are to be used as
match or jewc-l boxes.
NO TONGUE CAN TELL
How I Suffered With ' Itching aad
BleedlHf Ecsem* Until Oared
by CatMra.
"No tongue can teir bow I suffered for
five years with a terribly painful, itching
and bleeding eczema, my body and face
being covered with sorts. Never in my
life did 1 experience such awful suffering,
and 1 longed for death, which 1 i^t was
near. 1 had tried doctors and meaicines
' Without success, but my mother insisted .
- mac 1 Try v^ucicura. i ieit ucitcr uivcr tas
first bath with Cuticura Soap, and one ap- I
plication of Cuticura Ointment, -'a^l wa*
Boon entirely well. (Signed) Mrs. A. Et- I
son, Bellevue, Mich." I
A Modern Cleopatra. I
Erminia Sontino, a young Verona I
actress,v killed herself after the manner I
of Cleopatra, by placing a venomoua I
snake in Aer bosom. -
DMi'ueu Omniiot B* Cured . I
bylocal applications as t hey oannot reachthe I
diseased portion of tne ear. Tnere la only one
way to cure deafness, and that is by oonsti
tutioAui rojQediej. Deafness-is earned by aa
inflamed condition of the mucous liningof B
the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is in
flamed yoa bate a rumblingaound orimper
foot hearing, and when It Is entirely-closed I
Deafness Is tne result, and unless the inflate- B
mation con be taken out and this tube re
stored to Its normal condition, hearing will
be destroyed forever. Nine cases out of tea
areoausedbycatarrh,whicb Is nothlngbntaa
inflamed, conditio a of the mucous surface*.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
caseofDeafness(o-iasedbyoatarrh)thatoan
notbecured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for
circa Lars free. F.J. CuuxzzAt Co., Toledo] 0.
Sold by DruggiBtfl, 76c. H
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The .English flag jfloats on 11,39) mer- fl
chant vessels. _ < "B
THE CHANGE OF LIFE I
INTELLIGENTWOMEN PREPARE I
Dangers and Pain of This critical Period
Avoided by the Use of Lydla B. Pink- H
ham's Vegetable Compound. 9
i HB?S59BSHHD| How many wo H
i -men rea^ze, i
' Pan's existence I
women as this I
|Mtittie draws near H
iMnAEGk. y/an d]J is not withontT H
reason ? H
If her system Is in a deranged coqdi- H
tion, or she is predisposed to apoplexy H
or congestion of any organ, it is at this H
time likely to become active and, with H
a host of nervous irritations, make life H
a burden. 91
At this time, also, cancers and tumors
are more liable to begin their destructive
work. Such warning symptoms as
a sense of suffocation, hot flashes, dizziness,
headache, dread of impending
evil, sounds in tbe ears, timidity, palpitation
of -the heart, sparks before
-the eyes, irregularities, constipation,
variable appetite, weakness and inquietude
are promptly heeded by intelligent
women who are approaching the
period of life when woman's great
change may be expected.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
is the world's greatest remedy
for women at this trying period, and
may be relied upon to overcome all distressing
symptoms and carry them
safely through to a healthy and happy
old age.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
invigorates and strengthens the
Qn^ 11 n thft
ICUiOlC VigUUM] IM) WMU V V* ?.?? ? __
weakened nervous system ati no other H
medicine can. ?
Mrs. A. E. G. Eyland, of Chester- H
town, Md., in a letter to Bttra. Pink' H
ham, says: H
ear Mrs. PlnlthamMj
l(I bad been suffering with falling of the H|
/omb for years and was passing through the
change of life. My womb was badly swollen.
I had a good deal of soreness, dizzy spells,
headaches, and was very nervous. I wrote
you for advice and commenced treatment HI
with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- H
pound as you directed, and I am happy to say
that all those distressing symptoms left me,
and I have passed safely through the change
of life a well woman." HH
For special advice regarding this im- H
portant period women are invited to
write to Mrs. Pinkham for advice.
i* free and ?1 ways helpful. D
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