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THE SHIPS OF LIFE.
* If you wait for unmixed cargo
Of happiness, pile on pile,
iWith never a pound of over freight,
You'll wait for a weary while;
For the ships of life in commission
Must sail their way about;
They may open their books for happiness'
sake,
But they can't bar sorrow out
iYet this is a captain's wisdom '
That makes his voyage bright,
iWho stores sweet happiness in his ship
So that it stays in sight;
> !And the sails they shine in the sunliRnt.
'And the ship with joy seems whole,
"So kindly the captain's wisdom is,
So brave is the captain's soul.
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| Jack-Light end Flash-Light
;j By FRANK l.TT.t.rK POLLOCK.
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Just what caused the trouble in
Murray's throat he never satisfactorily
ascertained, but he neglected it,
with the result that in the middie of
July it was diagnosed with a lengthy
name, and there was a fair probability
that he would never again be able
to speak above a hoarse whisper.
Murray was a Toronto high school
teacher, and his voice was valuable
to him; so he submitted to a rather
dangerous operation on the vocal
cords.
The operation was a success, but
he had to preserve absolute silence
for the next couple of weeks. After
that be was permitted to speak sparingly
under his breath, and indeed it
was two months before he was able
( ' to raise his voice above a whisper.
'To relieve the discomforts of this
semi-silence, he went to the northern
Ontario woods, where there was no
one to talk to. He secured a guide
w'io was as taciturn as could be desired,
and after a week of canoeing
? nni.t?ir!nir + >lov Dtt Q hi 1 C>1 Prl MTIlll
4A11U taoiug, V.UVJ c
in the Lake of Bays district, which
is a little beyond the range of the
most summer camping parties.
While the balsam air healed his
throat, i^vrray amused himself by
fishing and by taking photographs of
wild scenery, and wnea he got a
chance, of wild animals. I
While trolling for maskinonge in a
small lake about three miles from
camp, he came upon a much tramped
spot on the shore that was evidently
a favorite drinking place for deer,
and perhaps for moose. These animals
came there only at night, lut it
occurred to Murray that he might lie
in wait beside the runway with his
camera and a flash light, which could
be fired when he heard the game approach.
He had half a dozen flash light
powders at camp, and ha paddled
back to secure them. Dusk was already
falling when he returned to
the Jake and set up the camera upon
its tripod about '.-?n feet on the leeward
side of the runway that wound
through th? tangled woods.
The shore was low, and a dense
cei-- swamp came down almost to
the gravelly beach. A dead spruce
had fallen with its top among the
water lily pads, and Murray sat down
.tpon its trunk clo3e to his camera.
The twiligbt deepened; the forest
grew dark, and a chill gathered as
the stars grew white in the greenish
s'-y.
It wa- too late for mosquitoes to
"be troublesome, but it became decidedly
'old, and the dead silence and
dreariness of the black woods and
water began to oppress Murray.
Eventually, however, he became
drowsy, and in spite of his efforts to
keep awake, he dozed a little, with
intermittent nervous starts.
Finally he shook himself awake. I
His limbs were stiff, and he stood up
tr stretch them. He was looking
over the dark water, when a small,
"brilliant point of light appeared at
the other end of the lake. It might,
in'.ced, have been thore for some
time, and Murray put on his eyeglasses,
for he was somewhat shortsighted,
and gazed at it. He took
it for a camp-fire at first, but it
moved as he watched it, coming slowly
down the lake.
It could be nothing but a light carried
in a canoe, and he realized at
once what this meant. It was some
hunter using a jack-light for deer, in
defiance of the ethics of sportsmanship
and of the Canadian law.
Murrav had often heard this mode
of hunting described. The deer
stands fascinated, seeing nothing but
r the mysterious gliding light, while
tn- hunter sees only the glimmering
reflection of the animal's eyeballs,
which form his target. Murray
watched the light as it crept down
the lake, skirtirg the shore. Every
moment he expected to see the flash
of a rifle, b-.t evidently the hunt was
not proving successful.
As Murray watched the moving
flame, it occurred to him that it I
would be an excellent joke to fire
fl o c* V? _1 i or f r\Vir*tr>crrinVi tho I
pot hunter in the act, as he passed
hwn. Chuckling at the idea, he
wheeled .the camera about to point
over the lake, and set the focus for
ten yards. He prepared the flashgun,
and stood ready, waiting for the
canoe to approach.
The jack-light crawled nearer,
without even the sound of a dripping
paddle, in mysterious silence. When
it was some fifty yards away it
paused, and turned inshore and toward
him. It must be that the hunter
.was familiar with this drinking spot.
He stared through his glasses at
the light as if he* had been a deer,
while the canoe stole toward him
through the darkness. He could see
the flicker of the pine knot in its pan
of tho hnw hp Mii?hf a elimnsp nf
the bark * reen behind it; but of the
canoe or the paddler he could see
nothing.
It was almost time to discharge
his flash-light; and he could scarcely
contain bis laughter at the thought
of the shock which the sudden brilliant
glare would give the pot hunter,
when he heard the quick, unmistakable
click of a firearm in the canoe!
And the-e was no game there?except
himself. Like lightning it
came upon him that his own eyes?
? - Kirt nlnrouJ hlH 11 rr V? f + Vt r* Uffhf
U1 1XX."? ? *?*?. vwugm, WAX,
He v.'H3 being scaJked! By. a lucky
I ' ?v\ iMilnA V? r\ *1 rnrvnorl nnnn hifi i
and knees, k. ocking over the tripod j
As he dropped, a rifle shot hanged i
from the canoe.
The long spurt of flame seemed ;
almost to reach him, and the acrid
smoke wa3 blown in his face. In j
stinctively he tried to shout, but hii
throat failed him. Only a sibilaui
whisper camp from his lips.
This was drowned in a yell froa ;
the canoe.
"That hit him! He's down!* I
shouted two or three boyish voices
and the canoe darted toward lane
with a rreat splashing of paddles.
A^ain Murray tried desperately tc j
call out, DUE tne reiaxeu vuuai tuiui j
refused to produce a cound. It wa?
like a nightmare; and fearing that h<
would be shot before he was clearly
seen, he fived with a crash into th<
swamp, and burrowed among thi
ferns.
"There he goe3!" shouted ont
voice.
"It's a bear!" proclaimed another;
and another shot was fired after him
The canoe grated upon the beach,
and the hunters jumped ashore. Murray
tried to crawl deeper among th<
tangled vines and evergreen shrubbery,
and smashed half a dozer
t-inches.
"That's no deer; it's a bear foi
certain," remarked one of the youthful
voices, with conviction. The
speaker was not thirty feet away,
"Better be careful, for he's wounded,
Listen, and see if we can hear him.'1
There was silence for a time, dur<
ing which Murray hardly dared to
breathe. He had hopes that, failinj
to hear or see him, they would pres
ently go away.
The whole affair seemed to hin
like some preposterous and horribH |
dream. These boys did not want tc :
kill him; but he was physically unable
to call cut, and he was afraid !
to move. In the gloom he would certainly
> shot at the ^.rst glimpse;
and, curiously, his mind was largelj
occupied with the horror his slayerj
would feel when they discoverec
their mistake. After listening ic
vain for some minutes, the hunters
began to throw sticks and stones intc j
the swamp to make him show him
self.
"He's either dead or got away,"
said some one. "I'm going in aftei
him."
"Better not, Billy. Be careful,'
warned another; but a crackling an<?
brushing among the cedar bough?
indicated that Billy was coming in
It struck Murray that the action was
plucky, if rather foolhardy.
The hunter advanced slowly. H?
was hardly more than ten feet away,
but in the darkness, among th<
dense growths, Murray could not ses
a thread of him. He stopped at ever]
step, listened, and beat about witt
his rirle barrel, r.nd some instinct led
him directly toward the spot where
Murray crouched behind the damp,
odorous cedar boughs.
He turned aside and receded, and
Murray's heart rose. But he camf
back again, and zigzagged and circled,
drawing still nearer.
Murray was in an agony of indecision
whether to reveal himself or not
But the decision was not left to him.
Billy came close til! the barrel of his
extended rifle swung over Murray's
head. The photographer could alj
most have touched him, and anothei
i step would bring him stumbling ovei
his body. With a desperate resolution
Murray flung himself forward
and clasped the boy round the legs,
crying, "Don't shoot! It's a man!"
in a kind of screaming whisper.
The hunter gave a startled yel!
and leap. There was an excited
shout from the rest of the party, and
SDrM-lhing crashed upon Murray's
head. He seemed to sink through a
dark g- If spangled with shooting
comets.
He came to himself with the glean:
of a fire in his face. He was lying
on the beach, and his late hunter?
were kneeling around him, anxietj
written upon every one of their faces,
His h?ad ached violently, and putting
his hand up, he discovered a lump
as large as an apple, on which was
laid a -vet handkerchief.
Murray explained the mishap?i7
a whisper. The three youths, wh#
were camping a mile away, had gone
out for a little nocturnal hunting
without greatly concerning tnem
selve3 about the law. They overflowed
with remorse and kindness,
however. They paddled him wit'i
his camera, to his camp; and until
his head had subsided to its usual
size, one of them came over everj
day to ascertain his. condition, and
to bring him trout and canned delicacies.
Murray's bruised cranium was well
in a week, and before he left the
woods his voice had partially returned
to him. But the adventure
left him with a powerful and lasting
repugnance to kihing wild game. Ha
had had too intimate a glimpse ol
hunting from the wrong side.?
Youth's Companion.
Said About Women.
Women are supernumerary when
present, and missed when absent.?
Portuguese Proverb.
The test of civilization is the estimate
of woman.?Curtis.
Provided a woman be well-principled
she has flowry enough.?Plautus.
The more women have risked, the
more they are willing to sacrifice.?
Duclos.
A flattered woman is always indulgent.?Cheaier.
Beauty is the eye's food and the
soui's sorrow.?German Proverb.
Some cunning men choose fools for
their wives, thinking to manage
them, but they always fail.?Johnson.
A termagant wife may, therefore,
in some respects oe considered a tolerable
blessing.?Washington Irving.
Divination seems heightened to its
highest power in woman.?Broneon
Alcott.
Unknown to History
The worm, or rather the pig, has
at last trrned. Down at Castine, Me.,
a greased porker who was beinj
erased by a young Bostonian rounded
on his pursuer and bit him badly. It
was one of those rare cases of disagreement
between pork and beann.
--Boston Globe.
ENGLAND'S FUTURE K!
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LITTLE PRINCE EDWARD, OF WA1
ALONG PAI
MODERN CHAIN CABLES.
Huge Links Made to Hold Giant
Ocean Liners.
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Apropos of the massive chain cables
made for the new Cunard liners,
Shipping Illustrated gives some interesting
facts.
In the illustration is shown three
of tha links of a huge cable made in
Wales for *the Cunard Steamship
Company.
The iron is 3% in. diameter at the
smallest part of the link. Each link
measures about 22% in. in length,
and weighs, with the crucible cast
steel stud, about 160 pounds. Recently
the Cunard Company gave notice
that they required some links to
be tested to destruction, &nd three
links were cut off the cable as made
and sent to Lloyd's Proving House at
Netherton.
The sample was first tested to the
British Admiralty proof strain of
189.8 tons, at which strain each link
elongated not quite one-quarter of
an inch. T.10 statutory breaicing
strain of 265.V tons was next applied,
and the links were further elongated
about three-quarters of an inch.
After this an attempt was made to
test the sample "to destruction," but
the full power of the testing machine
at 350 tons failed to accomplish this
result; indeed, it is understood the
Sample I inks of a Modern Cable.
actual tension applied was over 370
tons. On a careful examination of
the links, no sign or fracture or defect
of any kind could be found. The
strain applied was about ninety per
cent, above the ' admiralty proof
strain. The two main cables for the
new Cunarder consists of two lenghts,
each 165 fathoms, i. e., a total length
of 330 fathoms, of 1980 feet, in fifteen-fathom
lengths, joined together
by twent,--two joining shackles, and
with anchor shackles for connecting
to the anchors. The weight of the
cable is 122 tons.
Chain that will stretch instead of
snap in a sudden strrin is necessary
for cables.
Fish Story Hard to Beat.
Here is a fish story told by a Britnnbleman:
An Irishman had
caught a big pike. Noting a lump
in its stomach, he cut it open. "As
I cut it open there was a mighty rush
and a flapping of wings, and away
flew a wild duck; and when I looked
inside, there was a nest with four
eggs, and she had been afther sitting
on the nest."
Clothes Drainer.
Illustrated below is a clothes
drainer to be used in connection with
a wash boiler, and by means of which
all the water can be drained from
oo 00 oa ?.'
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M,!., . I??I1^??
Drains the Clothes.
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DIG OUT FOR A WALK. I
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l-es, and his tutor, strolling
SL MALL.
Interesting Toy.
The simple principle used to spin
a top has been applied to a new toy
by a Texas inventor. He calls it the
whirligig. As shown here, the frame
is open on all sides, the top and bottom
being solid pieces of wood. Extending
through the centre is a shaft,
which projects quite a distance above
the top of the frame. Within the
frame, secured to the shaft near the
end, is a circular platform, on which
the figures are placed. Suspended
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Figures Revolve.
from the top of the shaft are cords, 1
the ends of which are attached to a ?
small bar. The operation is as fol- ]
lows: The cord is wound around j
the shaft, leaving only sufficient room ]
to press on the bar with two fingers, c
one on each side of the shaft. 1
The pressure starts the shaft in mo- ^
tion, which revolves the platform.
The momentum unwinds the balance
of the cord and also rewinds it. The
bar is again depressed, and the op- j
eration continued indefinitely. By
an arrangement of the mechanism,
the figures always rotate in the same
direction. 1
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New Idea in Ladders.
Ladders are such common, ordin- ^
ary articles that anybody can build <
one, there being no secret in their (
makeup. The disadvantage of the 1
ordinary ladder is that it cannot be
used in narrow and crowded places. ]
In manufacturing plants, where ma- j
chinery is placed together, with projecting
arms at every point, it is im- 1
possible to get a ladder into position. ]
For just this purpose a California :
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For Use in Close quarters. >
i
man constructed the ladder shown in '
the illustration, and in order that nobody
should steal the idea he applied
for and wa-? granted a patent. By
decreasing the size of the steps, mak- ;
ing the lower one very small, he has <
devised a ladder that should prove 1
exceedingly useful in a great many j
instances.
the clothes after they have been
boiiea sumcienuy. Tne common ]
method is to lift the clothes out of
the boiler, one piece at a time, by a
clothes stick, but this requires time, j
as the operator must hold the clothes .
above the boiler to permit the water i
to drain off. Each piece must be ]
drained sufficiently, but more often <
ineffectively, considerable' of the 1
water accumulating in the tub. j
To overcome these objections th6
boiler shown here is made in two
sections. The inner section is made
with a perforated bottom, and also
the sides being perforated hall the
distance from the lower edge.
Enough water to boil the clothes can
be placed in the outer section, the
water reaching the clothes through
the perforations. After being boiled
sufficiently the inner sections can be
quickly removed by the aid of a
strong handle attached to one side.
The man who has blisters to show
does not need to talk about his burdens.
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BIG REAL ESTATE TRUST I
FAILS Fill M,000,000
Apple, President of Philadelphia
Concern, Committed Suicide. ,
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A PROMOTER GOT $5,300,000
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Directors Pledge $3,300,000 in Vain ?
Effort to Save the ConcernPresbyterian
Church Funds a
Tied Up. p
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Philadelphia, Pa.?After desperate
ifforts to raise a guaranty fund of h
57,000,000, including a vain appeal c
to the Clearing House Association, .
the Real Estate Trust Company of *
this city closed its doors. The lia- *
bilities are placed at more than $10,300,000,
with quick assets of $3,- f
500,000 and doubtful collateral J
imounting to $8,000,000. About 1
$26,000,000 of trust funds, including
3ne of nearly $1,000,000 of the Pres- 0
jyterian Church, are tied up. t
The failure was caused by heavy ^
oans made by the late President, {
TT f ^ A^/-v1P Carrol o
i aiin. jl*.. liiyyic, lu nuuu gc^ai, a |
iromoter, on insufficient security.
Hr. Hippie died suddenly at his home
it Bryn Mawr, and it was said
luthoritatively that he had comnitted
suicide. His physician re- 1
)Orted that he died of cerebral hern- ?
>rrhage. Friends of the dead presilent
believe that Segal exercised a c
lypnotic influence over him. t
George H. Earle, Jr., President of e
he Finance Company of Pennsylvania,
was appointed receiver for e
he failed concern. E
The loans to Segal amounted to
ibout $5,300,000 on securities which .
:he Clearing House Association
:hought ^ere worth not more than i
Jl, 000,000. The directors of the bank
pledged $3,500,000 in the effort to
nake up the deficiency, but this was
lot considered enough. '
The Real Estate Trust Company. *
tvas incorporated in 1885 and Mr. *
Ripple was placed at the head of it. 1
Be was identified with many chriri- t
:able institutions and was active in I
:he affairs of the Presbyterian
Church, being treasurer of .the Gen- 1
3ral Assembly of the Presbyterian t
Church in the United States, treas- t
irer of the Sustenation Committee t
af the Synod of Pennsylvania, treas- i
urer of the Presbyterian Hospital
lere, and American treasurer of the j
Western section of the Alliance of
:he Reformed Church holding the
Presbyterian system. In the financial
world he was regarded as decidedly
conservative,
Mr. Hippie died at his summer (
iiome. The cause of death was given
is cerebral hemorrhage by his phy- t
sician, Dr. William C. Powell, whose t
statement was confirmed by Coroner i
King. The latter said that he did t
lot perform an autopsy, but accepted
;he statement of Dr. Powell. a
*\ wnarto- i-uppie, nis son, saia: g
'My father came home in his usual
lealth and spirits. He arose about
lix o'clock in the morning and apjeared
perfectly well. Ho had the
jath filled as usual and went to the
jathroom. So far as we can learn
ie must have died instantly, for no
>utcry of any kind was heard, and
ie was dead when found by Mrs.
clippie."
VANDALS AT VALPARAISO.
President Montt's Wife Loses Ears
and Fingers With Jewels.
Lima, Peru.?Further details received
from Valparaiso, Chile, show
that.out of forty employes of the
telephone company there thirty-eight
were killed. When the. house of
President-elect Montt collapsed hia
wife fell from the balcony into the
street, and bandits who were passing
cut ofT 'her ears and fingers to rob
tier of her jewels. She-was taken
in a dying state on board the Chilean
warship O'Higgins. Among the dead
In Valparaiso is Frederico Varella,
the capitalist and politician.
Heavy rains have been falling at
Valparaiso, which have increased the
hardships endured by the many thousands
of people camping in the streets
and squires or on the hills surrounding
the city.
RAILROADS LACK MEN.
Forced to Raise Wages and Cut Age
Limit in Pittsburg.
Pittsburg.?The railroads entering
Pittsburc* are at present much perturbed
over the scarcity of labor
which has developed. Not in many
S'ears have' the railroads experienced
30 much difficulty as they are just F
now in getting men to man tbeir *
hmina The Western railroads are
draining the Eastern market of all
available men. a
Some years ago the several roads b
sstablished an age limit for all new
employes. This limit has been aban- e
Joned. Advertisements are appear- a
ing in all local papers for brakemen n
and conductors. Wages have been
advanced and every effort is being t
made to increase the working forces c
before the heavy fall rush. 0
Actress Murdered by a Bartender. c
Eli Sutherland, a bartender, shot p
ind killed Fay Jackson, an actress, 0
Dn the street at Butte, Mont., in the
presence of a score of people. He P
then sent a bullet into hi3 own b
templfe. c
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$6000 DAMAGES FOR BOYCOTT.
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Racine (Wis.) Baker Wins Suit a
Against Labor Union. ^
Fond du Lac, Wis.?Judge Fowler, v
in the Circuit Court of Fond du Lac y
awarded Otto R. Schulz, a prominent
baker, of Racine, $6000 damages, in
his suit against some eighty members "
Df the Trades and Labor Council for
boycotting Schulz's business, and s
placing his name on the unfair list
two years ago because Schulz refused F
to put the union label on bis products.- ti
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Baseball Notes.
John McGraw says he could find ?
no players in the minor leagues who
could help out the Giants.
Catcher Ritter, of Brooklyn, is developing
into a valuable utility man.
He plays best at an infield position.
Sandow Mertes has strengthened a
the Cardinals materially, his all- ^
round work being a feature of the *
??illiie. (
Chick Stahl, of tho Bostons, declares
that he will never bccome a jj
baseball manager. "Not for me," r
says Chick; "life is too short; let '
somebody else do the vrorryins." e
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WASHINGTON.
Franklin Lane, of California, who
ras confirmed as a member of the
nterstate Commerce Commission, enered
upon his duties.
Fining of employes as a means of .
snforcing discipline in the Postal
lervice, a system tnai nas oeeu m i
peration for many years, is abol- |
shed. .
Government rejportsshow a shrink,ge
of millions of dollars in meat extorts
since the beginning of the packng
house investigations.
Rear-Admiral W. T. Swinburne
,as been assigned as commander-irihief
of the Pacific squadron.
It has been found to be impracticaile
to send teams from either the
rlilitary or Naval Academy to the naional
rifle competition at Sea Girt.
Public Printer Stillings suspended
nom office Assistant Foreman W. A.
filler, of the bindery of the Govern-.
[lent Printing Office, for insubordiiation
and insolence.
It is announced here that the secmd
secretary of the Japanese Emlassy
would visit Alaska to investirate
the poaching incident and be
resent at the trial of the men ares
ted.
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.
Hereafter all Porto Rico coffcc is
o bear "a Government stamp, to
;uard against substitution frauds.
Major Hugh L. Scott, ex-Governor
>f Jolo, arrived at San Francisco, on
he transport Thomas from Manila,
(n route to Washington.
One hundred Porto Rican laborers
tailed from Arecibo aboard the
iteamship Akrama ror isew urieans.
Auditor George Cabot Ward sailed
rom San Juan on the steamship Coimo
fOr New York to negotiate a $1,(00,000
bond sale for the Governnent
of Porto Rico.
Former President Jimenes of Sano
Domingo sailed for New York on
joard the steamship Coamo from '
5an Juan. He disclaimed any
knowledge of an organization of San;o
Domingo revolutionists in Porto
lico.
Five thousand Filipinos, with ten
jands and 300 race horses, paraded
he streets of Manila, protesting to
he Philippine commissioners against
he proposed legislation suppressing
ace track betting.
Troubles at the Manila Sailors'
iome continue.
DOMESTIC.
The Vermont State Bar associaion
recommended a reorganization
)f the judicial system of that State.
Professor H. C. Parker, the scienist,
in an interview in Seattle, said
hat cliffs barred the way, preventng
the ascent of Mount McKinley by
he Frederick A. Cook party.
New York, New Jersey,' Michigan
.nd Ohio entered into reciprocal
.greement regarding the licensing ot
aedical practitioners.
Controller Metz declared $900,000
oo much to pay for the Thirty-ninth
treet ferry plant, New York City.
Mr. and Mrs. George H.DeWitt, of
?Tew York, who were believed to
lave been drowned in Lake Ontario,
srere reported safe on Galloup Island,
irhere their boat was cast in a squall.
Two Brooklyn Rapid Transit offi:ials,
arrested for inciting riots, were
leld without bail by Magistrate Hig;inbotha'n,
but released.
"Al" Adams' refusal to pay .aore
aoney into the M. J. Sage bucketihop
venture, at New York City, pre:ipitated
its failure.
Relatives of Thomas Martin, of
3ayonne, N. J., charge that the boy
?as shot by a policeman, not killed
>y a train.
Search is being made in this counry
for Henry Pollexfen, for whom
13,500,000 is waiting in England.
The New York^Central Railroad
md the Standard Oil Company were
ndicted by a Federal Grand Jury at
rameatown, N. Y.t for making and
?cepting illegal railroad rates.
J. Edward Addicks said that Sena
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or Aiiee naa spin, iue nepuunv.au
larty in Delaware.
An appeal is to be made to Presilent
Roosevelt to use his influence
o end the strife in Cuba.
A stage in which were Dr. Cobden
,nd family, of Larcbmont, N. Y., fell
hrough a bridge into the Housatonic
liver, near Great Barrington, Mass.;
Irs. Cobden's sister was seriously inured.
FOREIGN.
Cuban Government troops reoccured
the town of Juan y Martinez,
fhich was captured by the insurgent
eader Pino Guerra.
Michael J. Dady, an American, was
rrested in Cuba on suspicion of flliustering,
but released.
The report that the Russian Govrnment
would enter the market for
, new foreign loan was officially deied
at St. Petersburg.
It was feared in Paris that unless
he weekly rest day was modified the
afes and restaurants might be closed
n Sundays.
Alexander uriger, ?. xiuoamu v^vu.uillor
of State, and a former minister
lenipotentiary, was arrested at Brest
n a charge of theft.
Valparaiso will be rebuilt on the
resent site, no other place near by
eing considered feasible. Shocks
ontinue and 300 persons have been
hot for robberies.
Colonel Guerra is concentrating
is forces to march on Pinar del Rio,,
nd Cuban Government soldiers have |
een defeated in Havana Province.
Herr Overbeck, of Aix la Chapelle,
ras killed by a fall when climbing
Veiszee Spitze, in the Alps.
Efforts to discover the body of a
lissing priest nearChatenay, France,
ave led Paris newspapers into senational
rivalry.
Premier Sarrien said that the
'rench Government was determined
d enforce the provisions of the Sepration
law.
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M. ZaimiB, a lurutei umn aiclier,
was appointed Governor of
Irete, to succeed Prince George.
King Alfonso signed a decree makng
the Spanish-American treaty of
ommerce effective.
Uniformed students, with bands
nd banners denouncing opium, paaded
the streets ol Canton, China,
istributing leaflets caricaturing
pium smokers.
Phiift's Government will ask Con
;ress for $100,000,000to rebuild and
evive Valparaiso.
Plans for a general strike throughout
Russia failed. Social Revoluionistf
would wait till fall.
GIRL KILLS GBLI* "
WIFE SEIZES SIM j
Third Attempt on Oppressor's |
Life Successful..
DEAD FROM BOMB HOW 32 |
Girl Carried Pistol and Bomb and v j
Warned Mrs. Min Against an
Explosion?No Attempt to Es?
cape Arrest.
St. Petersburg, Russia.?The un- . %
successful attempt on the life of M
Premier Stolypin, with its slaughter.
of thirty-two persons, was fdllowed :.:M
by the killing of General Min, who
was commander of the Seminovskjfj ^
Guard Regiment, and who since hif 'j%
promotion to be a general has beer
attached as a personal adjutant W
the suite of the Emperor. Geaera? ;; Ifg
Min was shot on the station plat- ' \:j'M
form at Peterhof by a young woman;
who fired five shots into his body
from an automatic revolver and th&n*
without resistance, submitted to ar
rest. iue capture yi LUC qua naa or , ;j?
fectei by General Min's wife, whit
held her until the arrival of an of- ^ S
ficer.
, This was the third attempt on the
life of General. Min, who was con: M
deinned to death by thi Terrorists immediately
after the Moscow revolt -"*1
last December on account of the stern ^
repression practiced by a battalion
under his command, and especially, \f
for the wholesale execution of per* . y>ja
sons condemned by drumhead pourt-.. ,$8
martial for being caught with ' arma
in their hancte. $
General Min was returning from ':'M
tho capital to his summer residence
at Peterhof and had just greeted his
wife an t daughter on the platform , >|g
when a young woman?almost a girl
?approached from behind add ilred
two shots into his back and then'.^*9
three more into his body as it 'ank
to the ground. Further shots were ' ::M
prevented by Mme. Min, who threw
herself upon the assassin and seized
the hand which held the pistol. The
girl did not attempt to escape, but
she cautioned Mme. Min not to touch
a handbag which the had placed 'on .;SjB
the platform berore snooung
General, explaining that it cont;..ned
a bomb. v -.-sgj
Min was the commander of the Sem- y&B
inovsky regiment which poured a ter- V';''2|g
rible fire into the parading workmen
near the Technological Institute, in '<WL
St. Petersb-rg, last October. For
that bloody work he was raised to , ;
the rank o' general, and sent to Sar- .yfm
atov to quell the disturbances following
trie assassination of Lieuten- /??
ant-Generr.l Sakaroff. One of the:. $8
first acts of Min after arriving in . ^
Saratov was to order the flogging of
all the men in a large village.1 He
sat his horse like a statue wbLIe th* ' I
Cossacks carried out his terrible Instructions,
and with women nd
children pressing around pleading
for leinency for his victims. It \7a* :
Min who crushed the revolt last winter
in Moscow. He spared none suspected
of revolutionary sympathy.
All persons found carrying arms were /'/fw
tried at drumhead court martial ant?
shot
FLOOD SWEEPS MEXICAN CITY. J!
Part of Mazatlan Destroyed by the r'.|
Rush of Water.
Mazatlan, Mexico. ? A large portion
of this city is in ruins-as a result i r--j,
of the most disastrous flood in the
history of the port. Twenty days of
incessant rain throughout this Pacific
coast region made the whole 'A ,|8
lower country a vast sea of water. " J
There has been much suffering since
the water subsided on acCount of the
iestruction of the- water works system.
The city has a population of 25,000,
and hundreds of them are home- .
less. Governor Francisco Ganedo, .
who is now in Mexico City, has been ^
appealed to for aid. Hundreds of
thousands of acresof cultivated lands
along the coast have been devastated ~'A
of their growing crops. The losses
to sugar planters will run into the
millions of dollars.
DEAD SPARROWS CAUSE FEVER. ;rM
Typhoid Epidemic Due to Bodies Cov? . , As
ering Water Reservoir.
Three Oaks, Mich.?The cause ot; ':*
epidemic of typhoid fever among the
1000 inhabitants of this place was
discovered when a member of the
Board of Health climbed to the top
c? the water works standpipe aid
found the dead bodies of several
thousand young sparrows in various
stages of decomposition covering the v
surface of the water: . ^
Immediately the Mayor gave in- ?$
structions to empty the standpipe,
scrub and paint it. Hundreds of *
sparrow nests have been built on a
ledge that runs around the summit
of the standpipe and the young birds
are supposed to have fallen into the
uncovered standpipe while trying to
flv The cover made for the stand
pipe when it was constructed was
never put on. There are now twen*
ty-one cases of typhoid in the town.
Backet Shops Closed.
M. J. Sage & Co., a bucket shop
firm of which A1 Adams is said to be
the head, closed its doors in Jersey,
City. There are thirty branches.
Canada Destroys American Nets.
A Canadian cruiser destroyed the
nets of American fishermen in Lake
Erie.
Wheat Price Low.
Selling by farmers of new wheat
has been checked by the lowest: price
paid for four years past.
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Hot Winds in Minnesota.
News from Minnesota is that hot
winds were shrinking the wheat kernels.
Feminine News Notes.
There are 500,000 clubwomen in
the United States.
Lady Doyle, wife of Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle, is dead.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox says public
aDDlause is the soul food of the poet.
The ladies of Japan are not allowed
to be photographed while inv
bathing.
Mrs. Semple, daughter of President
Tyler, ones the "first lady of the
land," is spending her last days in
the Louise Home in Washington. Sh?
, Is eighty-six years old and blind, but ji
is in irood health. .
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