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GONGO ALLAH, THE GIFT OF GOD ?
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By W. H. ADAMS. w
V.VSSS wis v. vviv.1. . fa
The old man told rae the story as
. lie and I sat by the edge ot' lise water, tt
watching the sun sink on the hot ai
prairte. id
**? ** tt
E was traveling in command of a uj
small body of mounted infantry tt
across the plains of Northern Nigeria, h;
from Lokoja to Lake Chad. m
The country was scorched and fo
black. The gra.is between the withered
trees was ?'; y as tinder, and only m
served to refect the intense heat. 'L
Now and again we crossed the paths g<
of vast bush fires. Water holes were hi
lew and far apart. Of the streams n<
and tributaries of the great lake none fr
seemed to flow ou our side. The land y<
cried out for the life-giving tornadoes dc
and torrential rains of the spring. th
Birds and beasts there were none.
Even the insects had disappeared, ni
Except for a small party of wandering
Mahometan traders, with mouths and ai
noses well muffled from the hot dust, bf
we had met with no living creatures
throughout that day. tb
From these men we learned that *n
not far away water was to be found th
in abundance, but. knowing the unre- ar
liability of such information, it was fo
with astonishment as well as relief
that we came late that afternoon on hi
a large and clear running stream. to
At the smell of the water the jaded sa
horses raised a feeble trot down to of
, the ford, where native women were ar
filling their jars. . T1
The banks of the stream were he
green with bushes and trees under hi
whose shade men lounged, watching wi
their, cattle pasture. A small mud i 1)6
walled town stood near by, and the us
surrounding gardens and farms, green
and well tended, proved water to be Pa
abundant.
I sat outside the camp, watching w
the line of picketed horses and the sa
men who, rested and refreshed, pre- us
pared their evening meal. Right be- m
neath the red sun a cloud of dust ai1
marked the approach of a belated car- sti
avan. From the roof of a tiny mosque mi
a + V?/\ nnll r\ f f K a en m _ W ]
liid ks vaiuc tuc iaou v.a.n ui tut ouiumons
to prayer. ou
A long procession of turbaned fig- *h
ures emerged from the main gate of
the town and marched to the water's th
edge, where they halted. They
formed into a line facing the water, ha
The workers in the fields and by the be
stream ceased their toil and stood si- to
lent as the worshipers, bowing down, on
repeated what was evidently a for- sa
inula whose purport I could not catch, th
Then rising they shouted thrice in la
unison, "Adjulai! Adjulai! Ho! Ad- W
julai!" after which they disappeared.
Later that night I revived a visit ha
from an old man, a sub-chief of the mi
town, who had found arelation among ?h
the soldiers, and came to pay me his no
respects. I was on the point of dis- fo:
missing him. when the little ceremony Tt
I had witnessed recurred to me and I
asked him its meaning. aI1
"We called upon Adjulai," he said, *n
"a name much in honor in this coun- &r
try. Once a year do all men come to Ki
the banks of this river, trhich is called Pu
'Gongo Allah,' in your tongue 'the
Gift of Allah,' to thank him for bring- inl
Ing our fathers into the true faith and sa:
for making the dry land a garden.
Does my father wish to hear the Ye
story?" he
I nodded, and the old man pro- ed
ceeded. ke
"Long ago, then, before the days
of the Mahometans, when the people
here still worshiped the fetiches, one ea
Adjulai, a wandering missionary, lal
same down a far jovrney from the *hi
north, and sat down at this town of &b
Ingrummai. ws
"He remained here, teaching the di]
people the faith of the Prophet and sa:
curing sickness with drugs and sim- r0
pies. He was welcomed for his piety fal
and goodness, nor did the fetich harm do
turn, lor though he was or another
faith he did not trouble the people, Th
but lived in peace among them, staying
quietly in his house and stirring j to
up no strife. sal
"Now, in those days this river, the ko
Gongo Allah, which my lord sees be- a9
fore him, did not exist. All the land Sr
was dry from here up to Lake Chad, thi
""""" -even as the desert through which my
lord ha3 passed. All the water the ru
people got was from water holes
which the rainstorms filled, and if da
they were emptied before the next m<
rains came the people suffered and
made sacrifices to their false fetiches. *u
"It is said, for this was very long aw
ago, when the good man had so.t 1)11
down a long time teachiDg the faith. dr
that for all that time the water holes st?
were never dry. nor was there fam- ^
ine. The farms were always green,
the flocks and herds fat and increas
nig, nuu LUC uappiuvT3a ui me ycupit*
was very great. Yet did Adjulai de- co
mand nothing of their prosperity. 0*
Bowing down on his mat he thanked c0
Allah for his goodness to himself and as
his friends, among whom he lived, be
and prayed him to bless them and as
make them look to him. on
"On the evening o( a certain day, bi
after eating, the eldefs of the village
came to him as he sat outside his
house. They told him how, since his w?
coming, such prosperity as they had ri'
not known had come to them. They Pi
pointed out that he had asked noth- be
ing in return, but had lived in peace,
as a man poor amorg them, and had
not troubled or oppressed them, and
therefore they said: 'We have de- ai
cided to give up the old gods and fol- ca
low the great Allah to whom you
pray, and who can give such great N(
.good to his worshipers.' wi
"Now, it so happened that no soon- th
?r had Adjulai broken their idols to la
powd?r and received them into the
true fairh. that the great drouth cr
'T, e" water "Sink-lower and m
lower in t!ie pools, the grass withered* so
iiDd dried >ip and the mud came into n<
sight. The farms turned brown, for
there was no water for them, and
the yams and corn were jlackened,
yet for the love the people had for
Adjulai they suffered in silence and w
forebore to trouble him. p*
"Not until the people, who once sa
in their abundance were able even to si
wash their bodies, began to die from
thirst, and the plain was white with
the bones of their sheep and cattle. I
did they so to him. But Adjulai. who I w
it in his house, showed them that
>r a long time nothing but good had
)me to them, and now that Allah
ad sent them adversity it was not
ght for them to rebel, but to receive
hat was sent with humility. So the
?ople went home with darkened
ices.
"Then as the famine was sore in j
le land the people began to grumble I
id regret their own gods ? their j
ois oi ciay. mey rememoereu uui i
iat in those days the water had dried |
p. To them it seemed as if before
le coming of Adjulai there always
id been abundance. So short is
an's memory of past good when misirtune
comes upon him!
"Now, the old men and the young
en were divided. The first said, j
-et us wait, for our new faith is a j
>od faith; that it can give good we
ive seen. Let us be patient till our
;w Lord sees fit to take the evil
om us and send us rain.' But the
>ung men said, 'No! Let us beg par- i
>n of the old gods and return to
iem.' And because the people were
ill of the terror of death the young
en prevailed.
"They took Adjulai from his house
id led him outside the town and
>at him with sticks so that he died.
"Now, when the deed was done and
ie oociy 01 me gooa man Durit-u utsey |
the said a great fear came upon
em. They returned to their houses
id remembered what he had done
r them and the goodness of his life.
"The young men crept away and
d and the King called the people
>gether. 'Adjulai taught us,' he
id, 'that when a man dies the angel
the Lord comes down at sunset
id takes the soul from the body,
lere is no doubt, then, that when
i comes this nigh* Adjulai will tell
m what has been done to him, and
ill ask for our punishment. It is
itter to die outside the town. Let
; go and wait beside his grave.'
"They mourned over Adjulai till
ist sunset, and then the King said,
[e has not told the angel. He is
aiting. Until to-morrow we are
fe, but do not forget that he taught
; how on the second night after a
an dies the angel at sunset cleanses
id prepares his soul so that it may
and well before Allah. Now, to
l/iiuvy suici> iuc augci ?iii acc
hat has been done to him. Then
ir fate Will be upon us. Let us,
erefore, return here to-morrow eveng.'
So they came and cried around
e grave the second time.
"When again the sun sank and no
,rm came to them the young men,
coming bolder, returned to the
wn, and the King ordered them at
.ce to be seized and bound; for he
id. 'Adjulai taught us that on the
ird night the soul stands before Alii
and demands its gift from him.
hatever it asks for must be given.
> doubt it will tell him what we
.ve done, and for his gift will deand
vengeance on us. Yet, perance
he will remember that we did
t all wish to kill him, and will ask
r vengeance only on his murderers.
ius the town may be spared.'
"They mourned and fasted, then, '
mai nigm ana au me nexi aay ana
the evening crouched around the
ave. As the sun began to sink the
ng told Adjulai that he must not
nish them all for what was done
a few, and the young men, know?
their wickedness, had nothing to
y. It seemed long before the sun
is down, lor they feared greatly,
it no rain had fallen, nor were their
arts faithful, for many were mindif
the evU passed over them to
ep to the old gods.
"And now, 0 white man," said the
1 man, losing his politeness in his
rnestness, "see the greatness of Ali.
As the sun touched the sand
ere came a moving and a shaking
ove the grave like as the top of the
iter is disturbed when two crocoes
fight beneath the surface. The
ad twisted and spun round and
und and began to form a great pit,
Hint* nu/av ttio wafor fulle
wn a hole in the river bed.
"The people covered their heads,
ley thought that this was Adjulai, ;
10 had obtained his gift, coming up
take vengeance on his slayers. The
ad flew round and round and the
le widened and deepened. When,
the sun touched the plain, lo-! a
eat wonder! From the bottom of
e pit came a vast spurt of water!
filled the pit and, overflowing,
shed down the valley.
"The people ran crying through the
rk back to the town. Not till the
Drning did they dare to return.
iey saw this stream flowing peacelly,
and never since has it died
ray. They rushed for the water,
t, before any man was allowed to
ink, the King bade all of them
md together on the bank, and in
is wise he spake:
" 'Ho, Adjulai!' he said. 'Instead
death thou hast given us life. From
is day thy God is the God of this
untry, and his worship shall avail,
l this day when in each year it
raes round, the people shall here j
semble to give thanks and remem- |
r the good Adjulai, who demanded
his gift not a curse, but a blessing
. the people that forsook and killed
m.'
"So. my father, it has always been,
y seasons come and go, but the old j
iter holes never fill, nor does this j
irer ever dry up. and to-day the neo
e, according to the custom have !
ien remembering him."
"And did the people never again !
11 away?" I asked.
"No, for the story says that when, |
ter many years, the Mahometans
me down from the north they found I
e true faith firmly established here. I
aw all are good Mahometans and j
orship God and the Prophet, and i
e river is known as the 'Congo Alii"
even to this day."
A bugle call interrupted us. We
ossed the ford and parted, the old I
an returning to the town, while I
lUght the camp to prepare for the
;xt day's jrarcb.-?Black and White.
Apples For Health.
A correspondent writes to ask us'
liat he should do when his doctor
lys him more visits than are necestry.
We would remind our corre>ondent
of the old saying:
An apple a day
Keeps the doctor away.
But the apple must, ol course, be
ell aimed.?Punch.
OUR TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
RErORTS OP PROGRESS OF THE
BATTLE AGAINST RUM.
The New South, Which Values the
Dollar Less Than the Soul?A
Remarkable Interview With John
P. Coflln, of Florida.
I am glad to say that the temperance
question in the South Is, to-day,
In the ascendant. A tidal wave of
temperance sentiment is rolling over
the entire Southland, cleansing it
from much of Its licensed evil, and
its crest is breaking with the crushing
weight of prohibition. People in
the North have been in the habit of
classing the South as a land where
liquor was the beverage instead of
that which God gave, and it is true
that the Southern people in the past
have been, to a great degree, social
drinkers, but when the necessity for
action upon any great question arises
the South takes the stand it believes
to be right and for its best interests,
and then it becomes a unit which is
as solid as?can I use anything stronger
as a comparison than to say, aa
solid as the "Solid South." There are
a number of reasons why the South
is taking the high ground of absolute
prohibition of the liquor traffic. There
are the usual ethical ana religious
ideas, which are the outgrowth of educational
enlightenment along the
line of the fearful effects, r??t only
upon the person of a drinker, but
upon generations yet unborn, who
may be cursed with mental and physical
ailments, the result of dissipation
of the parent; these effects are only
now becoming understood, and the religious
and moral world are taking
cognizance of them. Then, perhaps,
one of the greatest of factors in the
rapid sweep of the temperance movement
is an economic one. The laborer
very largely in the South is the negro.
He is eminently a child of nature
and cares for but little except to
know that the bread of that day is assured?I
speak of the race as a race
and give ample credit and praise to
those who have broken this chain and
are becoming home owners and citizens
of respectability?liquor to the
average negro brain, perhaps even
more than to the white, is a stimulant
of the animal passions and rouses in
his breast the worst desires and actions.
It makes him a danger to those
with whom he comes in contact and
absolutely worthless as a dependable
laborer: he will work only when he
is compelled to for his bread and his
liquor, and most frequently he uses
all the money he earns and after a
debauch comes back to his employer,
with the simplicity of a child, for an
advance of money before he is again
able to do the work required of him.
To do away with the possibility of the
negro's obtaining liquor is the prime
factor which is causing the people of
all classes to rally to the cause of prohibition,
and as liquor is done away
with in counties, prohibition spreads
to State lines to get it farther away,
and the logical conclusion is the absolute
prohibition of the manufacture
and sale of intoxicating beverages' in
+ Viio onH mqv annn
IIIC IXClllUU* X IXUb VU1U VUU MVWM
come is the prayer of the people of
the South, and the North must do its
part. The temperance people of the
North may be the standing army, of
the temperance cause, as they undoubtedly
are, but they have not been
able to conquer the enemy; a call has
gone out for volunteers, the South
has snatched up the standard of prohibition
and carried it to the forefront
in the fray. But few strongholds
of the enemy have been able to
stand against the first assault, and
the few that still hold out have had
their entrenchments carried and the
walls of the inner fort badly damaged.
It is only a question of time
when the enemy will be compelled to
capitulate without conditions. That
the time may soon come is my prayer
and the prayer of the entire Southk
outside of those who place the dollar
above the price of a soul.?Interview
with the Hon. John P. Coffin, of Florida,
in the Home Herald.
Would Vote Out Saloons.
T. de Quincey Tully, secretary of
the Law Enforcement Society of New
York City, who was the first speaker
before the Model License League convention,
at Louisville, said the society
he represented stood for the strict enforcement
of all laws and especially
the excise laws in New York. "We
broke with the excise laws in New
York State," said Mr. Tully, "when
they called for a temperance law."
Continuing, he said:
"There is no doubt that if New
York City was given tho privilege oi
local option the 10,000 aaloons would
be voted out. Why? Because the
majority of the people want the
abuses of the saloons corrected. At
the bottom of all law breaking, petty
intrigue, small and large graft, dehanr>hprv
and vice is the lawless sa*
loon. It is the harbor for most o)
the country's iniquity. With its disappearance
by the enforcement of the
excise laws the people will have better
government, finer homes and
larger industries. It will mean the
taking out of the hands of machine?
and political cliques the government
of many of our cities. The better
class of citizens will control affairs,
for, robbed of his bottle through the
enforcement of the laws, the club oi
power will be snatched from the thief
and the thug."
A Good Innovation.
The new Mayor who was chosen a
few months ago for the city of Leeds,
England, when he accepted the office,
being a total abstainer, instead oi
providing the city's guests with wine,
as the former custom was, he donated
what he would probably have
spent for that purpose?$2500?to
feed half-starved children of the city
How very much better!
Temperance Notes.
A fraternal order classifies workiu^
in breweries as "hazardous employment.
"
The temperance people of New Jersey
have been working hard for a
long time to secure a local option bill.
The Oklahoma f'itv Daily Oklahoman
announces *.b?>t hereafter 11
will decline all liquor advertising, desiring
to be in a position to demand
the enforcement of -avery law adopted
by the majority vcne of the people.
Its own preferences are not to 'oe
considered.
That Georgia victory looms up
more and more n. anaciugly to the
liquor press the ionger they think
about it.
"Every man wbO votes license becomes
of necessity a partner to the
liquor traffic and all its conse
m xir: 11
quences. ?vvuuuui lutuimt;.
"" Before the drunkard can be reformed
he must be made to understand
l&at his vice is not a joke;
that it it? not merely a misff/tune
from the effects of wnich he suffers;
but that it is a disgraceful surrender
which he can atone for only when he
hates drunkenness as much as ha
hates thi consPAnfiQCfis of it.
/
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SPRING PARADE OI
?Cartoo:
"AMERICAN NAVYE
That is, Ship Kor snip, says si
to British, as a Whole?A
Thick Waterline Armor ?
? Reasons For the Bro
Boston, Mass.?"You have a fleet
that, ship for ship, comparing the
ships designed at a given date?and
that is the only fair comparison?Is
equal to anything the world contains.
A 4-sx T> fl + iah nQVV T think
UlUU UCA L tu UIIUOU
your navy is the best in the world."
This opinion was voiced by Sir
William Henry White, K. C. B., former
Director of Nava} Construction
to the British Admiralty, in the
course of an extended interview. Taking
up magazine criticisms of the
American navy, Sir William took issue
with nearly every point raised by
the writers, declaring they "are all
wrong as to facts."
The thick waterline armor belt,
upon which the best known critic
says the life of the ship depends, he
characterized as a "fetich" which was
abandoned by the British Admiralty
many years ago, and mistakenly reverted
in the Dreadnought class in
making a redistribution of weight
rendered necessary by the great number
of twelve-inch guns.
As to the Dreadnought, which was
used as a basis of comparison, Sir
William pointed out that her thick
armor belt is from a foot to eighteen
inches below the surface of the
settlement work i
I W. H. Allen Says Most of t
ground Was Fo
Chicago.?William H.Allen's blunt
assertion that settlement workers
were mostly inefficient and incompetent,
coupled with many other disagreeable
declarations, has brought an
avalanche of denunciations from the
settlements on the New York man's
head. " Mr. Allen is secretary of the
Bureau of Municipal Research of
New York. He and his views are indorsed
by organized charity here.
The Social Economists' Club was told
that the charities and philanthropies
which it represents are just so much
and misdirecting effort
and wasted money.
As a climax Miss Rebecca Holmes,
of the Bureau of Charities, who ventured
the opinion that woman suffrage
would cure all the evils pointed
out by Mr. Allen, was told by the
opeaker that woman suffrage would
simply mean a new golden era for
confidence men and the perpetuation
in office of grafters and incompetents.
Mr. Allen declared the best possible
results in all lines of social servSACRILEGE
I
Feilbogens Say They Were
Rome to Est
Rome, Italy.?Professor Feilbogen
and his family, who recently in the
Sistine Chapel after the sacrament
had been administered to them, spat
the sacred breads on the floor, have
left Rome to escape punishment for
sacrilege. Professor Feilbogen is a
man of high character, and it is said
that he could not have committed the
sacrilege vountarily. Indeed, he is
deeply grieved at the occurrence.
GOVERNMENT ESPIONA
Washington, D. C.?That there has
existed in Washington for years a
Government espionage system as se.
-- I {n Cf
CT6t cis any ever maunanicu 4*4 wu.
Petersburg was brought out in testimony
before the Appropriations Committee.
Assistant Chief of the Secret
Service Moran testified that detectives
from his bureau were employed by all
departments of the Government, in
violation of law, and that they were
used for many secret purposes, from
following Government clerks to gathering
evidence against an Annapolis
midshipman, which evidence was
afterward used in a divorce action.
Moran was a most unwilling witness,
and the record of the hearOil
Fuel For Only Two
of the New Destroyers.
Washington, D. C. ? Oil-burning
apparatus is to be installed on only
two of the five torpedo boat destroy
s ?.aMam Mi a Kirio
ers now unaer cuusuutuuu, ?,uo
for such installation on the remaining
three being regarded as excessive.
No changes are to be made on these
destroyers, which will be completed
according to the plans and specifications
providing for coal consumption.
The cost of the installation of the oilburning
apparatus on the two vessels
will be about $25,000.
The World of Sport.
Cincinnati, Ohio, has recently purchased
several building lots, centrally
located, for a public playground.
Jack Atkin, the winner of the Carter
Handicap, is talked of as a rival of
Roseben over sprinting distances.
Eugene Fischhofs' Dandola won
the President ot cne ttepuDiic a cup
steeplechase at Paris. The race was
run in a snowstorm.
Further turf reforms will be enacted
by racing associations affiliated
with the Jockey Club forbidding
trainers from frequenting the betting
enclosures.
F THE CANDIDATES.
a by Berryman, in the Washington Star.
OTTA IS THE WORLD"
r William White?Stands Next
nswers Magazine Writers?
lelt a "Fetich," He Asserts
ken Ammunition Hoist.
water when she is fully laden, while
the armor belt of ships of the Connecticut
class, under the same conditions,
is from six to nine inches above
water. %
So far as the Dreadnought and the
Connecticut are concerned, he said, i
the Connecticut is better protected
above the water line, inasmuch as
when fully laden her sides are protected
by armor that extends sixteen
feet above the water, while under the
same conditions "the English ship's
defense on the sides is restricted to
armor that rises only from four to
four and a half feet above water."
Sir William denied that there is
any danger involved in the direct
hoist,, which the writers say is responsible
for -the accidents which
have occurred on American ships. He
said he himself was the inventor of
the "broken hoist," so called, and it
was brought out by him ito save time
and not to minimize danger.
The accidents on the American battleships
he attributed to inexperienced
men and the policy of placing
a premium upon the greatest number
of shots and the greatest number of
hits in a given time in target practice.
ROUNDLY DENOUNCED
he $20,000 Spent on Playr
Pictures of It.
ice are to be attained through the
Government and not through private
agencies, and the best use to which
private philanthropy and volunteer
efforts at social service could be put
would be the aiding of public social
service.
"I have seen," he said, "$20,000
expended on a playground on the
roof of a New York settlement house.
It was to demonstrate the value of
such a place to the tenement district,
and most of the $20,000 was used in
taking pictures of it crowded with
the half dozen persons it would hold.
In the meantime a great municipal
playground two blocks square was
being built within a stone's throw of
that roof, and teamsters cut down all
the trees that had been planted while
the settlement people were absorbed
in their own little petty affairs.
"I know of another settlement
within two blocks of a public bath
which could take care of about thirtyeight
persons a day. The public bath
could take care of 5000."
NVOLUNTARY.
Taken by Surprise?Leave
cape Penalty.
He was urged by his wife, who was
eager to get a closer view of the
Pope, to make his way closer to the
ci!tcti . ne uiu su cxnu uuuo mcj iuuuu
themselves among the communicants. I
The communion breads were placed
in their mouths by the Pope before I
they realized what was being done, j
and they were so taken by surprise j
they had no time to reflect upon their
action and immediately spat them out.
GE SYSTEM EXTENSIVE
ing shows that it was only by
the most adroit questioning that
the facts were drawn out by
Chairman Tawney. Moran testified
that during 1907 seventy-eight detectives
were detailed to various departments
of the Government besides
the Treasury. Sixty-one of these were
used Dy tne Department or justice
alone.
Chairman Tawney and his committee
inserted in the Sundry Civil Appropriation
bill a clause that in the
future the Secret Service Bureau shall
be strictly under the Secretary of the
Treasury and that detectives shall not
be detailed from it for service ia any
other department of the Government.
154 Chieagoans Deprived of Citizenship
in War on Anarchists.
Chicago, 111.?A^jArect result of
the war of State aflf^Wieral Governments
upon Anarchists 154 men have
been deprived of citizenship by the
Superior and Circuit Courts of Cook
County.
The naturalization papers of fiftyfive
men suspected of being at least
allied with Anarchists were revoked
this week and these supplemented the
cases of ninety-nine men against
whom similar action was taken last
week by Judge Ball.
Women in the Day's News.
Miss Clemeuce L. Stephens, of New j
York City, bequeathed $89,000. to
charitable institutions.
Appointment of women policemen
is advocated by the Women's Democratic
Club, of New York City.
Miss Ray Longworth was admitted
into the Central Federated Union aa
the walking delegate of the Hebrew
Variety Actors' Union, in New York
City.
Eleanora Crawford, daughter of
the novelist, F. Marion Crawford, and
Cavalier Pietro Rocca were married
at Sorre?to, Italy, at the villa of the
bride's father.
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j 10,500 DOZEN EGGS IN A WEEK
Peoria, 111.?Gathering 10,5
record accomplished by John Hu
last week he received an order f
nhinmpnt and wan eriven onfl i
Woodford County was scoured a:
before the time limit. Thirteen <
price.
Admiral Balch Dead.
Raleigh. N. C.?Rear-Admiral Gee
B. Ealch, United States Navy, retired
who had come to Raleigh from his
home in Ealtimore for the winter foi
the sake of his health, i3 dead 01
pneumonia. George Beall Balch was
born in Tennessee on January 3
1821.
U. S. Car Comes Back.
Victoria, B. C.?The American cai
in the New York-to-Paris automobile
race, which was compelled tc
abandon the trip across Alaska, has
arrived on the steamship Eertha.
Prairie Fire Kills Seven.
St. Paul, Minn.?Louis O'Rian, hli
wife and five children perished in i
prairie fire which swept the country
twelve miles west of Cogswell, N. D
O'Rian hurried his family into i
wagon, but lost in a race with th(
flames. The fire was spread all ovei
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at forty miles an hour.
Twins Born a Day Apart.
Springfield, Mass.?A son was borr
to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sherman Bonney,
and next day a daughter wa?
j born to them. The phenomenon ol
j twins with different, birthdays is al
| most unknown.
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To Hold a National Spelling Bee.
Cleveland.?A national spelling bee
| will be held in connection with th(
I annual session of the National Edu>
cational Association here on June 29.
Will Employ 10,000 Men.
Fairbanks, Alaska.?Ten thousand
I men will be engaged in Seattle and
i other Pacific Coast cities at a salary
I of $5 a day and board, according to a
I decision reached by the Mine Owners
j and Operators' Association.
Killed by Coin.
Laporte, Ind.?A large copper cent,
swallowed sixty years ago, caused the
death of James Huckins, sixty-seven
years old. The coin became encased
in the lining of the stomach at the
time it was swallowed and remained
there until recently, when an abscess
formed and acids in the stomach began
to dissolve the coin. Poisoning
ensued, causing death.
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Panic a Plot.
Washington, D. C. ? Before a
House committee Banker A. 0.
Crozier, of Wilmington, Del., offered
to prove that the recent panic was
brought on deliberately through a
Wall Street plot.
Taft Headquarters Engaged.
Chicago.?Headquarters for the
promotion of the candidacy of Secretary
Taft for the Presidential nomination
were engaged at the Great
Northern Hotel here.
Fruit Jar Plant Resumes.
Marion, Ind.?The Marion Fruit
Jar Factory, of Muncie, will resume
operations as soon as possible. It
has been closed since last May.
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EXPLAINS FAT MEN'S STRUT.
Paris, France.?"Why do fa
ana, despite tneir joviality, onen
was the question discussed at lei
of Sciences by Professor Robinso
pounded a complicated and hlg
that the repletion of the stomach
diaphragm and shortening the h
the waist. The mechanical effect
man is forced to strut. "At the i
person is inclined to have a fierce
in which the eyeball moves is <
Australian Hor. :s For Philippines.
Manila.?Major William Brown, of
the Third Cavalry, has returned from
Australia with 108 Australian remounts
for the cavalry, making a
total of 698 for the army bought In
in six months. This is an experiment,
to prove whether it will be
possible to stop bringing American
horses here. The Australians are
smaller, supposedly hardier and better
suited to the tropics than those
now in use throughout the islands.
King Uacic in ixraaon.
London. ? King Edward, who
reached London on his return from
Biarritz, held a Privy Council In
Buckingham Palace, when the seals of
office were transferred from the old
to the new members of the Cabinet.
Germany Allows Cremation.
Berlin.?The Prussian Government
is about to aboli3h the existing Ministerial
be.n against cremation. This
subject has been under active discussion
for about twenty years past.
Paris Strike Off.
Paris.?The Paris master masons
called off the lockout of 15,000 of
their employes, instructing them to
return to work. About 150,000 men
were involved in the disputes.
Russia to Buy Ships in England.
St. Petersburg.?The Admiralty,
according to the Russ, has decided
to order four 900-ton turbine destroyers
from England.
Ylf/vmnn Ciiffroetc* in flonmnrlf
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Copenhagen.? By a vote of 64 to
35 tlie Folkething passed the Government
Franchise bill. It already
has been adopted by the Landsthing.
Under it all taxpayers, both male and
female, over twenty-five years of age,
and all married women whose husbands
are taxpayers are entitled to
vote in all communal elections.
To Build Amur Railroad.
St. Petersburg.?The Duma passed
to first reading the bill authorizing
the construction of the Amur Railroad.
Ten Killed in Prison Rising.
St. Petersburg.?A prison breaking
is reported from Penza, which resulted
in ten deaths. Eleven political
prisoners attacked and stabbed two
wardens to death. They then threw
a number of bom'ss and escaped from
the prison in the confusion. Guards
pursued and shot eight of the men
dead.
To Spend $15,000,000 in Havana.
Havana, Cuba.?A committee of
the City Council reported favorably
on the plan submitted by Governor
Magoon for the paving and sewering
of Havana at a cost a! 212.000.000.
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WIRL
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00 dozen ezgs in one week is the
verstahl. at Low Point, 111. Late
rom Boston,' Mass., to rush the
tfeek in which to fill the order.
nd the consignment has been filled
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Killed Thief Who Made Gnn Bluff. ,
Cincinnati. ? Patrolman William
, Thoring shot and instantly killed Ben
3 Smith on Liberty street. Thoring
r caught Smith in the act of stealing
C lead pipe and Smith made a bluff at
3 drawing a pistol. The gun Smith
, made the threat to draw was a brass
beer faucet, it- was discovered after
his death. .
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. Army Pay Increase Assured.
Washington, D. C.?The Army is
> practically assured of an increase in
3 pay. The conferees of the Senate and
House have reached an aereement on
this item.
5 $200,000 Fire {it St. Catharine's.
i St. Catharine's, Ontario.?The edge
r tool factory of Whitman-Barnes was
. burned. Loss, 5200,000; Insurance,
t $105,000.
? Cyrus W. Cline For Congress.
I Kendallvilie, Ind.?The Democrats
of the Twelfth Congress District nominated
Cyrus W. Cline for Congress
on the first ballot.
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. Widow of Dan Ricc Dead.
) San Antonio, Tex.?Mrs. Marcella
Rice, widow of "Dan" Rice, the
famous circus clown, died in Santa
Rose Hospital here of general debility.
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. No More Sunday Funerals.
s Paterson, N. J.?According to an
arrangement made between the coach
drivers and liverymen there will be
no more Sunday funerals in this city.
Named Andrew Johnson Cemetery.
Washington, D. C.?Secretary Taft
ordered that the National Cemetery .
. at Greenville, Tenn., be designated as
i "the Andrew Johnson National Cemetery,"
in honor of the former President.
Iron Mines Resume.
i Lexington, Ky.?The Ross Run
Iron Mines, in Bath County, owned
by Alabama and Mississippi capitalist,
have resumed work after a shutdown
during the financial stringency.
Estates May Lose $300,000.
Boston.?It was announced by attorneys
representing Henry H.Rogers,
receiver for the estate of John Oakes
Shaw, Jr., that the shortage in the
estates of which he was trustee will j.';'
exceed $300,000.
Asylum Physician Kills Himself.
Medfleld, Mass.?Dr. Ralph Wilder,
aged thirty, assistant physician at the
Medfleld Insane Asylum, committed
hv cVir?r\H r? <r DoennnHan^v
uuiviuv vj j wuvwv*u5? i/vn^ivuuwuv;
over ill health is supposed to have
been the cause.
Searchlight For Life Savers.
Sayville, N. Y.?The first searchlight
for a Long Island life saving '
station was installed at Fire Island as
a result of the recent stranding of
vessels. After a test of the efficiency
of this light all stations may be similarly
equipped.
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,t men walk with a proud carriage,
have a fierce look in the eye?"
lgth before the French Academy
n, the eminent savant. He exhly
technical explanation showing
has the effect of drawing up the
ase of the thorax, thus lengthening
of this is that the stout, well-fed
3ame time," he said, "a very stout >
i look in his eye because the socket
incumbered with adipose tissue."
. Famous Frenchman Dead.
Paris. ? Hartwig Derenbourg,
French Orientalist and member of
the Institute, died here at the age of
sixty-four years.
Kiwiinff flames Prohibited.
London.?The County Council has
issued an ordinance forbidding children
attending County Council
schools to play games in which kissing
forms a part The head teachers
are instructed to see that such games
are discontinued. The reason for the
prohibition is contained in a sentence
of the ordinance reading: "On medical
grounds the practice is considered
undesirable."
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Conversion of Miss Elkins.
Rome.?The King's consent to the
marriage of the Duke of the Abruzzi
and Miss Katharine Elkins was obtained
conditionally upon Miss
Elkins' conversion to Catholicism.
which Mgr. Beccaria, the court chaplain,
is now negotiating.
Brazil to Manufacture Rifles.
Rio Janeiro.?The Government approved
the contracts with Krupp to
Durchase the material for the instal
lation of a manufactory for ammuni- v
tion and also for the manufacture of
rifles.
To Touch at Halifax.
Bremen.?The North German Lloyd
has decided to have some of the
slower steamers in its New York service
touch at Halifax.
China Unable to Raise a Loan.
Pekin.?The Chinese Government V
has admitted its inability to raise any
part of the Pekin-Hankow Railroad
redemption loan, which approximates
50,000,000 taels.
Anarchist's Mother to Die With Son.
Madrid.?Besides JuanRull,the Anarchist,
his mother, Marie Queralto,
and his brother, Hermenegildo, who
I have been sentenced to death by the
I Earcelona Court, his father has been
sentenced to seventeen years' penal
servitude. Rull'a mother is the woman
why placed the bombs.
Russian Officers Executed.
Krasnoyarsk, Siberia.?Lieutenant
Masloff and a sergeant were shot to
death here by sentence of a courtmartial
for leading revolutionists in
the attack last June on the guard
house and detention prison, in which
several men were killed.
Russians Fight Persian Bandits.
Lenkoran, Transcaucasia, Russia.?
A company of Russian troops fought
a band of Persian brigands near the
ironuer coast oc tteiesuvar. me i-a.iitatn
and three Russian soldiers were
killed and five wounded..
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