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A Hue* Dnujhnnt, According to The Cass. County Democrat. a West Alton Missouriaa. named Treadmoi'e made a bet with a widovf. Tile wager was a lifesize dougbnut against the widow's lovely seventeenyear-old daughter. Treadmore had the , doughnut fashioned after the damsel, and to make it as sweet added a barrel of sugar. He is now a happy bridegroom, having won the bet and married the model of his doughnut, which is to be sent to the Portland j exhibition. | A True Story. As the story is absolutely true, ona may be permitted to tell it. A certain very little girl had been taught to say her baby prayers each evening, these including "Our Father, who art in heaven." "Now I lay me," and perhaps some others. One day the tiny miss, being in a conversational mood, asked a question of an adult friend, and this was it: "Which one of the prayers do you like the fcest?" "Oh. I don't know," the friend re plied. "Which one ilo you like best?" *1 fink." the wee maiden answered, "'at I like 'at one best 'bout the wart in heaven." "About?what!" was the astonished exclamation. "'Bout the wart in lieaveu." "Which one is that?" "W'y, you know, course. It's th> one 'at 'gins 'Our Favver who wart in heaven."?San Fraucisro Chronicle. His Temler Feollns*. Herr Dambitsch. a Berlin citizen, has brought an action against the manager of a local theatre to compel him neMKitx nsiurr his nnniA for one of the characters (a charlatan), who appears in a piece now running. Joanna Maestrieh, of Berlin, was for eight years Oporto's champion bull fighter. , N. Y.?47 FITSpermanently cured. No fits or nervousness after first day'suse of Dr. Kline'sGreat NerveRestorer,$2trial bottleand treatise free Dr.JR. H. Klixe, Ltd., 1?31 Arch St.,Phila.,Pa % Burmah is stirred by the question of offi* cial dress. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children teething,-oftensthegums,reduces inflammation,allays pain,cures wind colic,25c. a bottle Berlin has about thirty vegetarian restaurants. \ Piso'a Cure Is the best medicine we ever use J iorall affections of throat and luncja.?Wn 0. Endsley, Vanburen, Ind., JFob. 10, 1903. Versatility. A signboard in Cbartres. France, bears the following inscription: "E. Picbot, dealer in firewood, polisher of floors, undertaker and embalmer, festival and wedding dinners and suppers provided. Debtors evicted." DON'T MISS THIS. A Care For Stomach Trouble?A New Method, by Absorption?No Drugg. Do You Belch? It means a diseased Stomach. Arc you afflicted with Short Breath. Gas, Sour Eructations, Heart Pains,Indigestion. D.vs nonaia Rnmino P.nina ;inr1 TjpJifl W&iffhfc :n Pit of Stomach, Acid Stomach, distended Abdonfen, Dizziness, Colic? Bad Breath or Any Other Stomach Torture? Let us send you a box of Mull's AntiBelch Wafers free to convince you that it cures. Nothing else like it known. It's sure and very pleasant. Cures by absorption. Harmless. No drugs. Stomach Trouble can't be. cured otherwise?so says Medical Science. Drugs won't do?they eat up the Stomach and make you worse. We know Mull's Anti-Belch Wafers cure and we want you to know it, hence this offer. Special Offer.?The reguiar price ot Mull's Anti-Belch Waters fs 50c. a box, but to introduce it to thousands of suti'erers we will send two (2) boxes upon receipt of 75c. and this advertisement, or we will send you a sample free tor this coupon, i I ! 11255 A FREE BOX. 1141 I Send this conpon with your name j | and address and druggist's name who [ j does not sell it for a tree box of Mull's j Anti-Belch Wafers to Mull's Grape Tonic Co., 328 Third | Ave., Kock Island, ill. I TT+ill Arirlraec AYl.fl Pl/linlv- I | vr?we - . I I Sold at all druggists, 50c. per box. Labor in tlie Trunavaal. Barbados business men have offered to supply 30,000 negroes for labor in the Transvaal and to agree to deliver tlierf* at Lourenco-Marques within twelve months, a: $100 per head, provided the wages should, be not less than $12.50 per mouth with board and lodging. How'i TliU! We^fter Oae Huadred Dollars Reward tar anyoaseof (Jatarra ca.it caaaot be cared I?/ Hall's Uatarra Oure. i. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0. We, the uEdeisifcLed, ba\e known F. J. Cheney lor tbe Jast lfcyeHis.nndbelievahim perlectly honorable in all business transactions and llnaucially able to carry oat any ablifejatioos tnade by their firm. We at ?fc Teuax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, 0, Warding. Ki.n-sa.x k Ma.rv:.v. Wholesala Druggists, Toledo, 0. Hall's Catarrh Uurels tatcea iateraally, ajiIngdlreotly upoa ttie blood aad muooussurlacepof tiie system. Testimoalals seat fren. Price,75c, per bottle. Soldbyali Druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills tor coastlpatioa. l'oll Tax in Siain. 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Sold by all dealers. 50 cents Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, N.^^V| -j i... 1I ri 1 ALL RUSSIA IN TURMOIL St. Petersburg and the 1 perial Party ia a State of Apprehensive Terror, ; i OUR WARSHIP TO THE RESCUE j < i The Li<b t? of tlie Capital Turned Off? 1 Bole of the Populace Growing Stronger j Day l>y Day?Many Thousand* Strike ( ia Moscow?Railroad Station Tied Up < ?Pretender to the Throne, Supported ' by an Army of GO.OOO, Marches on the j vzar?money cur mo aincftcu uova to Be Distributed. St. Petersburg, Russia.?Steeped in darkness broken only by occasional candles and oil lamps, gripped by a monster blizzard'that makes the streets perilous as the -wildest steppes, trembling in the ominous lull that presages a burst of greater fury in the political storm, this capital at night is a3 desolate as if anarchy already held full sway. Emperor Nicholas-cowers in his palace at Tsarskoe-Selo, in almost continuous conferences with Count Witte and with the Premier's frightened lay figures* that form a poor apology for a Cabinet. Even at this hour, with the proclama tion restoring the crown lands to the ' people coming wet from the presses of j the Official Messenger, it is apparent < to the autocracy that its last trump is i thrown away. The revolutionists?and I that term now means the people?forty ] hours ago heard with derision the ] Czar's promise is make that gigantic ] restitution. His surrender of a third of European Russia?all the rich ground feloniously held for centuries by the "Little Father" and his hangers- , on?now means no more to his impa- ? tient people than would the remission , of the tax on champague. Nicholas ] has withheld bread from his .subjects j too long to make peace with: them by "] yielding half the loaf. ? A new peril confronts the imperial ( government. As if the republic for , which the friends of the people strive constantly, for the establishment of , which proclamations flare on the walls j of the city and even on the town pai- j aces of the Grand Dukes, were not a , sufficient menace, advices from Sim- , birsk informed the Emperor that in , the vast region west of the Volga, ^ wherein Pugatcheff in the second Cath- i arme's Diooay reign posea as tne .reier [? III. she assassinated and for a year de- m fied successfully iier powerful army,? there marches a pretender to the thronoM; .with 50,000 fanatical followers. MPeasants Join Pretender. U This claimant of the crown, wm usurps the powers of a Pope as wellM n an-.Emperor, asserts he, and not Np c olas, should sit 011 Russia's throne. A ^ has established headquarters clos^p g Penza, and is recruiting his.brijws- a from the hundreds of tlrousancHbf c peasants already inflamed by p^-'i- f( pation in the agrarian uprisingWIt a is reported that even Premier ~Wtte p betrayed marked perturbation^pen b that ripivs was rpceived. K Other terrifying news comeffrom g the provinces. The peasants wiurdering the high nobility, and u^fccres C] of the lesser bureaucrats are^jdaily tl occurrence. Dispatches froi?vursk s, told of an attempt to assassin?Prince ^ and Princess Kassatkine RcBoftsky, S( both of whom were wounde^fta gen. C( eral onslaught by agrarian^Brs. It q was feared the Princess co<^Bot survive her injuries. The Prii^Bhistoric s castle was leveled with.^B ground and all the other building* import- a: ance on his great estate ^Be Novos- g, kol district were burned.^B Riots are in progres^B Poltava, Samara, Riazan and mai^Bber places. Massacres of Jews begun in Poltava at night In^Bcow 45,000 e factory workers struck^Banscaucasia ^ is in the hands of tt^Bvolutionists. The Viceroy in Tifiis ^Bcompelled to free all persons arrest^By administra- tl tlve order and to the Shusha si Seminary to the Arm^Bi priest9 from m whom it was stoh^w th& Govern- ol ment two years In Odessa a irpnernl strike wns^BcIaimed. ol The night's darl^Wwas caused by of the Council of "V^Bien, committees In of which in the af^Von compelled all to the pharmacists^Hbis city to close si their shops and ?^B the electric light plant to shut At 5 o'clock, a vc few minutes afj^Be city blazed with fo arc and incan^wit lamps, all the te thousands of t^Hsuddenly went out, w leaving St. Pe^Murg uuder a pall of w terror. That^^jseveral hours after so the strikers sjHu railroad communi- ge cation with j^Bd- capital by closing the station Moscow main line. Shortly afte^Vlights* went out other committees^Hced most of the the- r> atre manag^^v shut their houses. The Cou^Mite at night perfected a plan for fj^Hng the strike, even going so fa^^Bo arrange for a perma- 7C nent stri^Hnd after the impending re revolutiOj^Bsed on contributions of af one per^B- of every workman's th wage9? ^Bthat activity was viewed n( as mal^Bidiculous the rumors, in- tt ^Ha to Report on War. Repl^Wto an imperial message orderin^V to speedily return to Tokio tli and a personal report of the re- in cent^^B Field Marshal Oyama has nam^Bvember 25 as the date cf his dep^V from Manchuria. ? I I ( ^Had Father and Stepmotber. hi ntlrows, -who has been on trinl a^Hiden, Ala., for ten days for the of his father and stepmother, j^Hen found guilty of murder in tln> cc ^^ egree and giveu a life sentviuv. tn Prominent People. ^Hxime Gorky has repeatedly trav^Hd Russia on foot. oi ^ ayor Dunne, of Chicago, III., is Rl to be a tine lecturer. D BpVw Romans suffer so much from ar Ile intense heat as the Pope. Joseph H. Choate has resumed his of tw practice in New York City. w It said that Mr. Bryan forgot to ote at the Nebraska Democratic pri- tli maries. ^ E General Frederick D. Grant Was elected President of the Grant Family w Association. _ ni spired'by bureaucrats, thaWhe general strike was to end. The prophecy was made shortly after midnight by a uiau high in the confidence of the workmen that before the end of another Aveek the whole empire would be tied up. Financier* in FrenzyPanic broke out on the Bourse over a report thnt Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitcb, commander of the Imperial Guard, was to be military dictator of the empire?had been appointed, in fact. Mr. Vouich, Chief of the Chancellery, denied the report, adding the Government could not determine whether or not to declare martial law in St. Petersburg or elsewhere until it should see how the official proclamation of the crown land restoration was regarded by the people. Nevertheless, there was a fall of twenty-five point9 in one kindjjf Govsrnment securities, and the ttnperial Fours Went lower than they qvev had Iropped in the course of the far with Japan. A great demonstration was made in the New Theatre in the afteraoon by Polish sympathizers/and revolutionists. Overflow meetings were leld in the furious snowstono. Polish ielegates said their counfry wanted lutonomy, not separation, As it feared Grermany. Resolutions / demanding :hat martial law be aboli/hed and nu:onomy granted to Polandnvere passed. Yet with alL the terrorsTlling on end-, Nicholas and his Premii are playing 'alse with the people. Tie Emperor restores the crown lauds/to them with me hand and with 1fe other signs >rders for slaughter of their leaders. kVitte, in an appeal tofhe strikers, adIressed them as "bather workmen" ind begged thein tm return to their asks?to take pity of their wives and :hildren. He expiated a Ministry of Trade and Commwce had been appointed to adjust imustrial differences, ind promised allipossible should be lone for them, ^orkmen scoffed at :he appeal. The#cynicism was justi3ed by the iiew#in the course of the lay that the Gofcrnment had shot six >f the Cronsta# mutineers. The fact is tWt Couut Witte not only las no Cabin? worth mentioning, but that he no l?ger has personal influ?nna with tiiMltussian DeoDle. From Kursk and Aer places come appeals from mililariommandants ami police jflficials forMgular troops to aid the low helpIewHossacks. It is believed the soldierwill not move against the people. Ateady they have refused here and M other cities to take the places ofltrikers. Akron Takes Action. | St. PeWsburg.?Baron Gunzburg, a svell-kno?i Hebrew philanthropist, of St. Pet?burg, has received imperial iuthori?ion for the distribution df the Hebre*elief funds raised in America, EnglaW and other, foreign countries. He istow organizing "a committee, rhe iwices being received here indicate ?at much money will be re^ yiirm MS horrible accounts of the masmem and destruction of property are reagLng St. Petersburg by mail. The injwuanis oi me euure iuwu ui ^juci- i liHf, practically the whole of the popmMod. being Hebrews, were utterly Mhilated. Baron Gunzburg's son, M> has just arrived here from Kieff, my managed to escape from a mob by sty flight When he returned to hia Isidence he found it practically empty, vhat the rioters had not carried off bey had destroyed, including many aluable pahitings. To Oaard Americans. Washington, D. C.?The cruiser Mineapolis, the flagship of Rear-Admiral ihester, . and -the only vessel of the .merican Navy in European waters, is. oing for a cruise in the Baltic Sea." nd it was admitted in Government Lrcles that the Minneapolis will make or CroDStadt, where she will be used s a rescue ship for Americans and ossibly other foreigners in St. Petersurg if the strike situation should beDme such that they were forced te ee. At the Str.'e Department it was delared that ther^ is but little possibility iat the Minneapolis will be put tc uch use, but full arrangements have een made for the presence of the ves< el as near as possible to the storm entre. The Minneapolis cannot go tc ironstadt without the permission of ie Russian Government. At the first ign of danger to Americans, however ie necessary permission will De asuea, nd there is 110 doubt tliat it will be ranted forthwith. ASSUAN DAM NOT A SUCCESS. ^ gypt's Cotton Crop Remains Below laximum Before Dam's Construction. Washington, D. C.?The reports of ie Egyptian cotton crop for 1905, low that it has not reached the maxium attained before the construction ! the Assuan Reservoir. Lord Cromer states that the excess ! imported sugar, in 1904-5, over that the preceding year was 20,000 tons, rgely due to the substitution of cotin, requiring less water per acre, for igar cane. If it be true that the Assuan Reser>ir is a total failure, it is a triumph r the French representative, on the chnical commission of 1894; but it ill cause keen distress to the artistic orld, which will have now more rean than ever to denounce the submerge of Philae as useless vandalism. THOUSANDS IDLE IN JAPAN. eturning Troops Find Hopeless Industrial Depression. Tokio, Japan.?It is estimated that ?0,000 men are idle since the troops turned from the war. This state of fairs causos uneasiness because of e industrial depression, and there is ? immediate prospect of employing lem. Governor on Insurance. A dispatch from Albany, N. Y., snid iat Governor Higgins would treat 011 surance reform in his message. Fire Wipes Out Town. The town of Burk, in MoDow' junty, W. Va., has been destroys; . e. Prince Charles Accepts. Prince Charles of Denmark lias ;sr-ptcd the throne of Norway, and will Kc the title of King Carl V. Feminine Fancies. Mrs. Charles Walcot is one of tL<e dest women on the American stage. Miss Mildred, daughter of William ean Howells, the novelist, is a clever 'tist. Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland, sister : the ex-President, is now a wealthy oman. Miss F. R. Wilkinson is principal of ie Horticultural College at Swanley, ngland. Dr. Sophronia Fletcher, the flrst oman physician in Boston, Is nlnetyne years old. . J. ' . : + v .v - -V'-JtUi -sens- HIED M "asseneer SteamerP m^Snowstorm, Dashesojylfiocks. l^ECKED OFF FRENCH COAST ? Sontti western Railway'* Liner, Hilda, and All of Her Crerr and Passengers Moet Death in the Nlglit?Few Details of the Disaster?\?as a Ship of 848 Tons ?British Officer* Amonj; the Victims , London, England. ? Probably more than 100 lives were lost by the sinking of the Southwestern Railway's cross channel steamer-Hilda. The Hilda left Southampton at night for St. Malo, on the Brittany coast, with "considerably over 100 souls on board, the majority of whom were drowned. The steamer's passage was greatly drtayed by a fog in the Channel, and whea nearing St. Malo she ran into a severe snowstorm, apparently missed her course, and foundered on the rocks off Javdin Lighthouse, three miles from St. Malo. The company's steamer Ada, outward from St. Malo, rescued live of the passengers and one of the crew. These-were sent to Southampton, and it was believed were the only survivors, though an unconfirmed report reached Paris that seventy had beeu saved. The crew numbered twenty-six, and there were about 100 passengers, the majority being onion dealers from St. Brieuc and neighborhood. -A.telegram fr/om,.St. Servan, adjoining the town of St. Malo, gives the few particulars available. The Hilda was near St. Malo in the. morniner. She struck the rocks at 4 o'clock the following morning in the roadstead off the Island of Cezambre.. She had missed the tide owing to bad weather and fog. The majority of the, crew and passengers were asleep at the time. Two boats were lowered, one of which, containing five men, arrived at St. Servan. The second boat was picked up empty at St. Cast, where thirteen bodies were washed ashore. The top of the Hilda's funnel and her mast are visible at low tide. The Hilda was built at; Glasgow in 1SS2, and registered 848 tons. She was a screw steamer of iron construction, and was 235 feet in length. The Southwestern Railway Company ' was unable to give a list of the Hilda's passengers, but they said that a score booked passage at .stations between London and Southampton, and that to the best of their knowledge ninety-nine were drowned and only six saved. The company was without reliable details as io how the disaster happened. Its agent at St. Malo only briefly reported: "The Ada has put back, and reports the Hilda is a total wreck r.t Les Fortes reef, outside Jardin Lighthouse. The Ada's boat saved five onion men and a seaman named Grinter out of the rigging. They appear to be the only survivors." Many British army officers were among the victims. # 1 ' COFFINED IN STEEL. Mass of Metal Supposed to Contain Parts of Bodies to Have Burial. Philadelphia-,-Pa-'? Two,weeks ago John Forkin, of 2010 Stella street, and Joseph Warde, of 3041 Newcomb street, were working in a crucible pit j at the Mid vale Steel Works. While they were'at the bottom 80,000 pounds of molten steel was* released aud fell upon them. The men must have been converted into ashes and gas in the fraction of a second. Not even a button was found. The Coroner's jury gave a verdict of death b.v accident. The Midvale company has caused to be cut away from the" mass in the crucible the bottom of' the casting, which fell directly on the men, and which is supposed to contain fragments of their bodies. This Will be buried in the yard of the plant. WE'RE GETTING RICHER. The Per.Capita Circulation of $31.00. the Greatest Ever. Washington. D. C.?The constant increase of wealth in the United States, outstripping even the growth of population. is indicated in the last statement of the amount of money ill circulation, issued by the Treasury Department. The circulation per capita on November 1 was $31.09, which is the highest yet reached. A year ago the per capita was $31.38; on November 1, 1903, it was $29.99; iu 1902 it was $29.3G; in 1901 $28.72 and on November 1. 1900, but $27.82. The total amount in circulation is now $2,053,131,578, being an increase of $G9,G54,917 during the year, and of $513,950,100 since November 1, 1900. STEAMER SUNK TWO BARGES. Five Persons, One au Aged Woman, Narrowly Escape Death. Providence, R. I.?The steamer Powh.ittan, Captain John E. Ryan, of th? M. and M. line, while leaving this port colided with two barges, the Ira A. Allen, Captain Elmer Orlap, of New York City, and the Elhurah, of Connecticut, off Pomham light at 1.30 iu the morning. The barges sank in twenty feet of water. The steamer .was not injured. Four persons on the barges, including one woman 70 years old, narrawly escaped with their lives, being rescued in a rowboat. Russians on Jap Ships Restive. Russian ex-prisoners of war on board transports at Nagasaki, bound for Vladivostok, showed signs of mutiny. Japanese destroyers surrounded the vessels, while 100 constables guarded the ship on which Rojestvensky is. Monument to Pocahontas. Tbe directors of the Jamestown (Va.) Exposition Company have donated a site on the proposed exposition grounds for a monument to tlie memory of Pocahontas, the Indian, princess. Labor News Notes. There are 6000 glassblowers idle as a result of a dispute over the question; of wages. Los Angeles (Cal.) Building Trades Council has placed :tself squarely uponrecord as being opposed to the open' shop. . The new constitution of the Hotel, and Restaurant Employes has been defeated by a referendum vote of 13,697 to 9001. The grand total of men employed in the Broken Hill (New South Wales) mining industry at end of March last sraa 7369. t. ( ' ] y | FOR A SEA-LEVEL CANAL Advisory Engineers Say a Lock , Ditoh Would Save Little. i' CoiumiRRion Ends Ita Session in Washington, D. C.?Some Iinp|*,*Bt Chances Are Planned. Washington, D. C.?That a canal can be dug across the ltftbmusr of Panama at sea*level at an expenditure of time and money comparatively slightly in excess -of that which would be required for the construction of a lock canal is the contention of a majority of the Board of Advisory Engineers, which recorded its opinion in favor of - a sea^lev#! ditch. -. It is asserted by these great engineers tbat a sea-level caual can be * t dug in'.flftfteu years, and at, a cost of r\r\r\ aaA ixfi.ii- il' .11* ~ ~ * ^v.uiie nie generally accepted estimates for a lock canal have given ten years and $200,000,000 for its construction, they declare that considerations not taken into account in making these estimates would bring them much nearer to the figures they give for their plan. It was pointed out in the meetings of the board, in answer to the criticisms as to cost, that an important item that must be taken into account in the matter of the construction of a lock canal is the inundation of private grounds and lauds belonging to the Republic of Panama, that would be necessary under the lock system. The assertion was made that th& United States would be called upon to pay beeon AAA AAA on/1 C/1A Ai\A AAA An tUCCU auu ?jFTV|WW?UWW vil this item, and that to do away with it by a sea-level canal would absorb practically all the difference- in cost' be'iweeu the two plans. In the matter of the construction of the locks it was asserted, by'.majority; members of the board that more time than that estimated would probably be required. The locks would have to be so large, they declare, tliat even the drawing of plans for them would take considerably more than a year. , The sea-level canal as approved by the majority of the board, would have a width at the bottom of 150 feet, except in the Culebra Cut, where that width will be 200 feet. The greater width in the cut is necessary to permit two ships to pass safely between the high banks. The plan, as adopted by the board, would make Limon Bay one of the greatest harbors in the world. Almost < throueh-the middle of the bay a-break-. water will be- built wltb a shorter breakwater from San Cristobal, which, is American territory. Colon, which beloilgs to the Republic, of Panama,will be left outside of the canal works. San Cristobal is expected to become the chief city on the Atlantic side of the canal, and the promontory on which arises the statue of Columbus would be covered with official buildings, docks, coaling stations, and all the works necessary for an important harbor. The canal constructed by the French began at San Cristobal. It is now proposed by the board to build a short direct canal from Mindi to Limon Bay, thereby making the distance shorter by a few hundred yards, and also making.it possible for ships to sail into the ditch without having to make any difficult turns. The breakwaters for this harbor will be an item of great expense. On the Pacific side of the Panama .the plans as adopted are also different 'from those of the French Canal Company. The French canal ends at La Boca, and it was found as one of the ^difficulties that tlie Rio-Grande with its many branches crosses the canal, and in the rainy season inundates and does great damage to the works already constructed. Therefore- it was decided that the canal should be built nearer to the City of Panama, aud should run be tween two hills, one called Sosa and the other the well-known Ancotj. At this place the one lock necessitated through the differences in the tides of the Atlantic and the Pacific will be built. ACCEPTS NORWAY'S THRONE. Prince Charles of Denmark Becomes King Haakon VII. Copenhagen?The tbrone of Norway ; was formally tendered to Prince Charles of Denmark by a deputation jiof^merabers of the Norwegian Parlia- . wirient, . and was accepted by King' " Christian in behalf of his grandson. The brief historic ceremony in the palace recalled the similar event in 1883. when the throne of Greece was presented to Prince George of Denmark. The whole affair lasted only twenty minutes, but the scene was brilliant, as it was attended by all the princes and princesses and their suites, the diplomatic corps, including the American Minister, Mr. O'Brien, aud the court officials. STEAMER SINKS ON ROCKS. Crew of Coalboat Tfiotight to Have Been Twelve Men. Halifax, N. S.?News of.what was probably#the worst disaster of the season 011 the coast of Nova Scotia was received at night, indicating the loss of the coal laden steamer Turbine and , the drowjrthg of perhaps a dozen men: The lobster steamer Edna R., which arrived at Clark's Harbor,, on the south coast ofNNova Scotia, from Mud Harbor, reports that a large steamer struck Black Ledge, off Cape Sable. The steamer struck at 5 o'clock, aud in ten minutes went to the bottom. A heavy gale was then raging, and the crew of the coaster say that all on the foundered steamer undoubtedly perished. Monument-to McKinley. The cornerstone of the McKinley monument at Canton, Ohio, was- laid, Mrs. McKinley being present. ^ Failure of Fishing Season. The failure of the fishing season has caused serious destitution at St. Pierre, Island of Miquelon. College Bars Football. , Students of the Nebraska Central college unanimously voceu to uar tootball. The Field of Sports. Warner has been of much service to Detroit. Sixty-four entries were received for the women's golf championship. Roggio (Itala) won the automobile race for the Florida Cup in Italy. John J. McGraw signed a threeyears' contract as manager of the champion Giants. The Glidden Cup Commission plans to make the 1906 automobile tour a popular American event. Winfleld Bailey, of the Mohawk A. C., led a big field in the race across country over the Jerome course,. * .....v..,, 1 PiiTT RECEIVED FUNDS Campaien Money Went to the Senator Each Year,. ; t EQUITABLE GAVE UP THOUSANDS Senator Piatt Declare* That He Didn't Keceire Contributions For Anything Bat State Campaign* ? Contribating; Companies Expected Protection ? No Open Attack on Odell. . I New, tYork City.?Senator Pl.itt, admitting tliat the insurance corporations expected protection in return far campaign con'iTibytioBS, and-John A. Nichols, explaining that his letter to Depew concerning a "friend up the river" referred to a man who T?as receiving money for "not being inimical" to the Eauitabie and other companies, were the chief witnesses before tbe iusur ance investigators. At the conclusion of Mr. Piatt's testimony. after he bad indirectly paid bis compliments to Odell by saying tliat the distribution of funds was in the bands of the State committee chairman, Mr. Hughes was approached by a man who had the reputation of being a sort of press agent for Piatt and Depew. This mau insisted that Mr. Hughes should \ill Piatt back int9 the room, urging that the Senator wished to attack Odell more specifically, if certain questions were put to him. For a minute Mr. Hughes was disposed to fall into the trap, but finally he decided not to send after the Sena-tor. who -was then Tleavii)g the City Hall, walkingTeebJy aloug the hallway supported on the arm of his lawyer, Robert C. Morris. Later it was said in- behalf of Mr. Hughes that he was willing to ask any pertinent questions. He did not propose, however, to be used as a fuel bearer for the factional fight now in progress between Piatt and Ode!'. Haviner shown all that was necessary for the purposes of the investigation, be did not consider it becoming to waste the time of the investigating committee in. encouraging personalities. In proving tliat Piatt got the contributions and that Odell used the money, it was pointed out, the ques.tioner had done all that was either needed or to be desired. On this'point the other lawyers agreed with the chief counsel. A feature of Senator Piatt's -testi-r mony was his flat assertion that he obtained large sums?generally $10,000 annually?from-the Mutual through^.. President McCurdy for State .campaign purposes. This statement gave the lie to Mr. McCurdy's declaration on the witness stand. Mr. McCurdy swore that no contributions for Slate campaigns had been made by the Mutual, so far as he knew. Mr. Piatt also'told of $10,000 a year from the Equitable. But as to the New York Life he said lie could not recall positively that be had received anything. In all cases where he had gotten money, lie explained, the givers understood clearlv that he was "a col lector for the State campaign. He never bad been a gatherer of funds for tbe notional political fight, aud the insurance companies? knew it. It was just before he left the stand that li'e admitted the companies expected favors in return for their gifts, but. he said.,lie personally had not been asked to give them any particular support in legislative matters. LONDON POOR' CURSE CHARITY.* ; Six Thousand Unemployed ParadeWant Public Works Begun. i London, England.?There was another "poverty parade" in the streets of London. Some 5000 or <>000 unemployed men and a sprinkling of women inarched along tbe Thames Embankment to Tiyde Park, where they listened to speeches and adopted resolutions condemning charity as a cure for lack of employment and demanding the summoning of Parliament to initiate works of national utility. ' Reti flags were seen, and banners bearing such devices as "Curse your charity; we want wofk." and "There is a limit to human endurance," indicated the temper ot' the processionists. . The march, however, was quite orderly. and the strong force of police on tflif-v 1 i ff 1/* fn /lil LEAVES $20,000,000 TO COLLEGES., Stephen Salisbury Died Without Leaving Kiu. Worcester, Mass.?Stephen Salisuur.v. Worcester's greatest benefactor nntl one of the richest men in New England, died at the old Salisbury mansion here after a few days' illness of pneumonia. The name dies with him, for. according to the terms of his father's will, he would forfeit his immense estates if he married, and he hadn't any living kin. He was seventy-one years old. His fortune, estimated as high as $20,000,000, is to hp Riven .to Harvard Univerisity, from which he was graduated fifty years ago; Clark Univerisity, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, the hospitals and the city of Worcester. TO SELL LAND'S TO TENANTS. ? Decision of Marquis of Downshire Regarding Big Estate in Irelaud. London, England.?Thp Marquis of Downshire has agreed to sell his agricultural lands 111 County Down, Ireland. to the tenants. The estate is the ] loi-orocf in Ti-nlnnH <i n/1 is 111 i?rl af ( about $3,000,000. SS0.000 AID FOR PRINTERS. American Federation of Labor Indorses Eight-Hour Day. Pittsburg, Pa.?At the session of the American Federation of Labor the conimittee on President Gompers' report indorsed the eight-hour day for union printers, and the executive council was instructed to continue aid, if necessary, after January 1. An assessment of four ceuts a member was ordered. This is expected to yield $5:0.000. era i Personal Gossip. Professor Omori, the Japanese seismologist, has concluded his visit to India. The Earl of Cranbrook, the oldest surviving British ex-Cabinet Minister. is ninety-one. The Earl of Aberdeen Belongs to per liaps the longest lived family in the British peerage. The late Adolf Hedin was known as "the father of tiie Rik3dag," Sweden's National Assembly. Thomas F. Ryan is the first of America's rich men to have a ehaDlain attached to his familv. heaiH^K^I SngsKSIFE^ 71 Colonel Arthur L. Hamilton. M Eg of the 7th Ohio Volunteer^ 259 H| IE Ooodala ntrAAh. Colombos. O.. H ?1 wrlteaT ^AiTftromedy for ca-H| fltr.rrh and stomach trouble I UB 3 can fully.recommendPernna." H . a Mrp^Jlamilton, wi*e of -the M gallant Ctotofcel, ia^gn ariatttjM ? ?i?_? Steamer's Elevator Service. The passenger elevator is only o of the innoVationa in steamship ft nishing oil the new. Atlantic ooa liner the Amerika of the Haflibm American Company. There June florist's shop?what a delight to ; shopping foa: posies every day dart one'&r passage?and,an va tla.C?.rte n taurant, a corps of trained nursesnursery stock with push-carts for p rade.ou deck, and no eud of eoavei ence for taking care of tiny passe - -> .... - . ; 1.1'ai gers, hydropatnic ana eiectnc Dai with professional masseurs and a gy nasium. Every stateroom has a te phone, and Washington people .(fc decks are named after American citie can call up their friends in Cleveiai through central just as they tfo ,3i shore. There are no upper berths the saloon staterooms, and the berti generally are larger than is usual the case on ocean liners. The Amerii differs from all other boats in havl "third cabin accommodations." T Amerika mu6t be a line craft. > _ ;/ An Old Tale. '.'"rfjj The "Vicar of Coleshill, in Warwhj shire, holds?or used to hold?his glel on the condition tlia't if the ydung mi of the parish were able to'catch hare and bring It to him before o'clock on Easter Monday morning'] was .bound to give' tbem .a calf's ha and a hundred eggs for their brqji fast.?London Notes and Queries. . " - V** To Cremate Their Dead. There is a movement among a.ce tain section of the Paris common!' in Bombay to adopt the WeSted method of cremation of the dead ; 1>1 ace of the loathsome practice " exposing them .to be devoured by tt tures. ,:j Direlllns* in Samoa. in eamoa tuey uunu meir uuus with circular oval roofs of thatch ma< from the sugar cane.. This rests on row of posts.placed aroojjd the oo side, and on poles standing in the cfc tre. Shields of woven palm leaf-"!? dropped outa?de those posts, at a mi ute's notice to protect any .part of tl bouse from rain or wind. The id< underlying the architecture of the pimple dwellings is to keep them ah Inside however moist the air may I without. PASSING OF PORRIDGE. , Makes Way Tot the Better Food of. Better Day. "Porridge is no longer used f breakfast in my home," writes a loy, Briton from Huntsville, Ont. This wi an admission'of no small significant to one "bronght up" on the tlme-hoi ored stand-by." V* "/InA monfh q(ta " cha Viit U1 WUIU UhV, "MV VVUIipi*V.H| bought a package of Grhpe-Nuts foe for my husband, who had been an 1 valid for over a year. He had pass< through a severe attack of prieumon and la grippe combined, and was le in a very bad condition when the passed away. '' "I tried everything for bis benefl but nothing seemed to do him an good. Month followed month and I still remained as weak as ever. I wi almost discouraged about him when got the Grape-Nuts, but the result 1m compensated me for my anxiety. "In the one month that he has ente Grape-Nuts he has gained 10 pound in weight, his strength is rapidly r< turning to him, and he feels like a ne' aian. Now we all eat Grape-Nuts foo ind are the better for it. Our little ! pear-old boy, who used to suffer froi sains in the stomach after eating tli )ld-fashioned porridge, lias no moi trouble since he began-to use Grap *uts. and I have no more doctor's til :o pay for him. "We use Grape-Nuts with only swe< ?ream, and find it the most tasty dis n our bill of fare. "Last Monday r ate 4 teaspoonfuls < 3rape-Nuts and cream for breakfa^ lothing *lse, then ?et to work and / ny morning's work done by 9 o'el/' fftlf locc nmoh etprtiifffln J f r bad made my breakfast on/^. fl potatoes, etc., as I used to. I w?e I 3e without Grape-Nuts in tli$s. H for any money." Name given.^ H turn Co., Battle Creek, Mich./ 9 i reason. g f0 Read the little book "Tlx 9 WelUIlle" la Dksre. K /' H