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F VOL. XI. AOONSPIRAGYFOR MILLIONS I Laura Biggar's Suit For Vast Wealth Dramatically Halted. TWO ARRESTED IN COURTROOM An Attempt to Secure Hip l-'ortuac of (Irnry M. I'onnett, the ritt.hnrc Mtllianiiire* I'a 11*?A Forgril Marriage Certificate anil ? False S'.ory of ? Posthumous Cliiltl Figure ia the Cliarcrs. T-??njr Branch. X. .T.?Laura Biggar's Attempt Jo get :.!l the late Henry M. j Bennett's iuoi: y. instead of the part of it he h'fl to in his will, canie to n snthlcn end in th-> Orphans' Const ; here, aiol her action to set aside the will was trans;' - tind without warning into a criminal n.-o-a oiling against both herself ami the;, associated with her. It is charged tl t the former netress, who nursed tl'e Pittsburg millionaire during the las- . ve years of his life, was assisted by the two witnesses, possildy by ot 1m s besides, in organ iz ing (iie most giv title fraud exposed In the New Jersey ourts for many years. ; In addition to . n< aeeusation that the three plotted and committed forgery to prove a mythical marriage between Mr. Bennett and Miss Biggar. there is tiie charge that they conspired in as- , setting that site bore a posthumous son of the millionaire last July, whereas no such child ever was horn. In-. C. c. llcmlrick. proprietor of lite Bergen I'oint Sanitarium. In which Miss ltiggnr has lived re<-ently. and Samuel Stanton, the former Justice of I tlie Pence, who said lie married the couple in Hoboketi pi 1S0S. were the witnesses arrested and held in $5000 bail, after a dramatic scene among the many lawyers who were fighting the est sc. A warrant for the arrest of Bliss Biggar was sworn out nt tlm ?.tnie lime with tin' others. I n brief, (ho disclosure in (ho Orphans* <*onrt was that the wedding certificate, purporting to he the recent of the marriage of T.aura Biggar to Ilenry M. Iteiin-r-tt. at the hotue of Justice of the I'race Samuel Stanton. on January 2. is'.is. was a forgery executed only lately hy the very nuln who was alleged to have performed the ceremony. That this man tilt d to induce the Secretary of the Board bf Health to make a false entry in his records in order to make it appear that it had hecn recorded years ago. That the name of a dead woman was inserted iti the forged paper as a witness. That there never "was a child, and thai I .aura Biggar never pretended to lie th ' wife of Bennett until after she had gone to Dr. llendrick's sanitarium, where tli ' whole plot was hatched. f.-i. i >m> iniKfu paper was 111 itself eviden c of its character. for. according in tlio clerk who gave it hliink to Judge Biamon and later received it from him filled out. it was ;i 15)00 blank, and liad to he scratched out in order to admit of I lie insertion of the date 181)8. As the matter now stands, Laura j Biggar is still entitled to three-quar- i icvs of a million dollars, but the people who exposed lier will seek <o reopen the light they abandoned when i 1 he will first eante up for probate, and to take from her all share in the estate, for the whole of whieh she plotted, even to the length of swearing she was the wife of a man who had no 1 wife. The Bennett fortune is thought to amount to $2.ono,ooo. The defeat of the plot was simple and crushing, its very complexities made it crumble when the first weak spot was exposed, and it developed that . former Justice Stanton had been nil tlie time under observation by the | forces opposed to Miss ltiggar, and ids share in the plan was no secret, so they laid their snare and waited. When Laura Blggar's forces found themselves at l?ay before the enemy, whose sleuth hounds had run down the woman's confederates. they j launched a surprise by withdrawing her suit and acknowledging a willing- ; licss to abide by tin* provisions of the i Bennett will as it stands. This step, instead of bringing a truce , In the battle for the Bennett millions, I only precipitated the most desperate j conllict of the legal engagements, as , immediately after the Biggar attorneys had thrown up the ease warrants ( of arrest on a charge of conspiracy ; were served upon 1 >r. Charles C. Hen-1 drir!;. proprietor of the sanitarium at I Bayonne, and noon Samuel Stanton, i the former Justice of the Peace who I had sworn that r<:r.v" d Lr.ura Big-' g. t'* Henry M. Bennett, at llohoken, on .launary 2. is;is. Another warrant was ready to be M-i icii upon i.anra r.tjtirar, bu she oseaprd arrest by failing to appear in court. Itotli prisoners were immediately nr. raisin d before Judjre Hejsley in chambers. and Iielcl in $ ."it it to bail eaeli. The extent of tiie bail created another sen sntlon. and Charles ('. Hi a el;, of Jersey City, attorney for Miss Blir^nr. who at once volunteered to aet for the two I prisoners, made a valiant effort to have tiie amount redueod hm n..i- 1 ley refused to alter the figures. The two prisoners were hold in default of hall and sent under guard to Freehold, where they will remain imprisoned to await the action of the October Grand Jury. Snya Cliiiime I.rprr la Cured. Pong Gong, the Chinese leper patient at the Quarantine Hospital at St. Louis, Mo., is recommended for discharge as cured by l>r. M. C. Woodruff, superintendent of the liospitll. He lias been a patient at the hospital more than a year. ' k \ OR1 I GUEST WRECKED HOTEL Ho Exploded Dynamite and Thon Committed Suicide. t)I?n:>polnt<*<l In HI* l.?tc Tor tli* Proprietor** DnnchtFr He riitct-ai Thirty I.iven In Jeopardy. I 1 Washington. D. C.?In an evident attempt to niunler tlie family of tlie proprietor of the fJohlon Kajrle Hotel here Frank McKio, one of the patrons, partly wrecked the huildimr with dynamite and placed the lives of thirty oitlier persons in jeopardy* at -1.30 o'clock a. m. lie then ended his own life. The hotel is at the corner of New Jersey avenue and 1> street. Louis Brandt. the proprietor, and ltis wife were painfully injured. All the other persons in tlie hotel escaped from injury in spite of the fact that MeKie had enough dynamite in ltis room to Mow up a hlock of buildings. Tlie proprietor's wit" and daughter, Sophie, had just ret tu tted from a Kuropeau trip. A l>:ttt<iitt l was given for them at night hy him MeKie is said to have Men In love with the daughter. It is stippus al that the motives for ltis net were the failure of Sophie to rceiprocate ltis nflV.-tion and the desire to seek revenge against the wltolj family. McKie's room in the hotel was ahove the rooms occupied hy the Brandts. An employe of a lunch room opposite the hotel saw MeKie in his room just before the explosion took place. MeKie had a revolver i t his hand. The explosion lifted the roof otT the building and partly wrecked the upper floors. A blaze was started, hut firemen were summoned promptly and the fire was put out. Brandt and his family were rescued and tlie excited pat reps fled iti terror from the lit tel. MeKie was found dead in ltis room front a revolver wound in his head. When the partly wrecked hull.ling was searched there were found in McKie's trunk six whole sticks of dynamite and parts of two or three broken sticks, together with a hex of caps and a i.uruuity ??? wire for long distance explosion, lie had had at least nine sticks of dynamite in his possession. cuictiup r\c cuwni/p W(>.< II^VJ wr tinu 1 Ji riic Slntr l)r (uirtirioiit Anucmu-c* 1 u pitrtmit Diploinulie Change*. Washington. I). C. The following Import :mt diplomatic* appointments have? been announced from the* State Department: Charlemagne Tower, of Pennsylvania. now Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Russia, to 11< Ambassador Extraordinary and P'enipotentiary to (iermany. Robert S. MeCormiel:, of Illinois. now Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Austria-Hungary, to tie Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Russia. Kellamy Storor, of Ohio. now Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Spain, to lie Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Austria-Hungary. Arthur S. Hardy, of Now Hampshire, now Envoy Extraordinary and Ministor Plenipotentiary to Switzerland, to be Envoy Extraordinary ami Minister l'lenipoteniiary to Spain. Charles Page Rryan, of Illinois, now Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to ltrazil. to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Switzerland. David K. Thompson. ??f Nebraska. to be Envoy Extraordinary ami Minister Plenipotentiary 1o Brazil. These appointments are to take effect when Ambassador White leaves Iter!in iti November. CONNECTICUT DEMOCRATS MEET. Name a Slate TlcUet unit lsnove the Kanana City Platform. New Haven, Conn.?The Denioeratie State Convention nominated the following State ticket: For Coventor. Mclbert B. t'ary: Lieutenant-Governor. E. Kent Hubbard. Jr.: Secretary of State. Arthur B. Calkins; Treasurer. Philip Hugo; Controller. Edward C. Kilduff; Attorney-General. Nobles F. Pierce, of Bristol: Congressmau-aiLarge. Homer S. Cumuiings. The platform adopted simply "reaffirms allegiance to the Democracy of the Nation" and reasserts faith in its principles." Trusts are denounced, reciprocity with Cuba is favored, ship subsidies are protested against, and tin> election of Failed States Senate-:l>v popular veto is demanded. T'1 tinvention declared its faith in C011iieeiteai s s.tMein tn town government, lint "pledged it:; t (Torts to obtain the adoption of a constitution which shall offer the populous communities a just and adequate representation." ATTORNEY KILLS AN EDITOR. rnul Ormrilic Out of Politic* Kt-.?iilt? futility in Tanneiui). Nashville. Tone. ? W. P.. llohinson, editor of the Winchester News-Journal, was shot and killed by George K. Banks, a well-known attorney. The JwwOl..- ' ..t.n ,UV mmuiiM' oi ninornCS8 hetwecii the two men dating from the time of the lost judicial elcetion. Mr. Robinson saw tit to withdraw his support from Mr. Allison in the last week of the campaign and support Mr. Littleton. ami this called forth harsh comment from Mr. Hanks, which was treated in the columns on the NewsJournal in a vigorous style. Hanks had a preliminary hearing hefore Judge Lefever before Robinson died, and was released on a bond of $1000. i " .-ME rORT MILL, S. C? WEI GOV. OOELL SHI Ticket Named by Republican State Convention at Saratoga, N. Y. PLEDGEDTO SUPPORT ROOSEVELT Srnator F.W. Scronil ??n th* Tlckot Ailvoratri SImIp i'uri-liHUr of Atlirontlnck sitiil ('Rtkltlll l.oml* ?il<l I m|iroT?? incut In Cnnnle? For I!?>??*? volt in 1004. Saratoga. N. Y.?The State Republic J jean Convention named the following tleket: For (iovernor. It. It. Udell. .It'., of Orange; Lieuter.aiit-Oovernor. F. W. ! Higgius. of Cattar.iugiis: Secretary of i State, John I', o'ltriett. of Clinton: ! Tretisttrer. .loltn (!. WickM'i*. ol" Frio; Atti?rney-(leneral. Henry it. Comnu, of Madison; Controller, X. It. Miller, of t Cortlantl; Knginoor. F. A. ltoml. of .Tefl'ersou; Judge of site Court of Appeals, \Y. K. Werner, of Monroe. State Senator Fll>worlh was ilie permanent Chairman. After the convention had been called to order Chairman Kllsworth recognized Fdward I.auterhacli. of New York City. Chairman of tlie Committee on Resolutions, who ; read the platform, which was adopted promptly. Senator I.exow then made his speeeh nominating Coventor Udell. Mr. I.exow was followed by .lob K. Hedges, of ' New York City, who seconded the nomination. The only roll call of the day was on I the question of Udell's renotninntion, j Chairman lCUsworth insisting upon ! i that, hut abrogating the rule in the j I cases of other candidates. Frank W. lligglns was named for ; Lieuteuaut-tJovernor by acclamation. ' and so were the remainder of the candidates. With the completion of the ticket I came a flood of resolutions authorizing tlie appointment of committees, thanking the Citizens' Committee of Saratoga. the odicers of the convent ion, etc. A committee, headed by Senator Piatt, was named to notify the candidates. and it was announced that it would meet in Albany on October 7 for that purpose. The names of the members of the new State Committee were announced, and at 1 o'clock p. tu. The platform starts out with a tribute to MoKinley. tin indorsement of the National administration, favoring Itoosevell's renomiinition to the I'rosi doncy in ItXM. praise for lite Army .and Navy for r< storing order in the I'hilippines. ami continues sis to Cuba and the insulsir possessions: "We favor the reciprocity with that t.ew republic proposed by the lb-pub!', cans in Congress, giving effect iv? re lief to Cuba and substantial benefits to 1 our own people without harm to any American industry. "We believe thai our n. w no> essious slioiild lie accorded siieii measure of self-government as their development. | In the course of time, may require. We eoniniend the executive for laying the fouiidatioti of social order, edueaiiou and local government in the Philippine Islands. We eonuiieml 'lie action of Congress in securing t.. the peoples of those islands their I'uadanu ntal, civil and personal rights, in terms borrowed from the Constitution of the I'niteil States, for tiie election of a legislative assembly, chosen by the l-'ilipinos." Turning to State affairs the platform warmly conimeijds tIn* ad Ministration of (iovernor Odell and advocates iinj provemonts of roads and the canals. Of the latter it says: "The one obstacle to the successful consummation of necessary improvements is the constitutional imbibition against lone: extensions of the bonded debt of the State. The alternative is direct yearly taxation upon the people. "The Republican party, having already through economies and legislation rendered a direct tax almost anneessnry, believes that those improveI meats should not lie the cause of again I imposing such a tax upon the people. and that without imposing unnecessary i burdens upon individuals or other ini {crests, there should be an extension of time in which payment of the principal j and the money for the payment of the yearly interest should be provided. "We favor, as the first step toward 1 these improvements, an extension, under the Constitution, of the time when such payments shall be made. To secure these ; reliininarics the consent of lite ) must be lirst obtained and we favor such legislation as wii! afford hem an opportunity to pass j upon these important questions. "Wo believe l!::it flip policies inaugurated by ft llcpuhlican Legislature and by a Republican Governor. which are giving to the State ft better system i , of highways, should be continued. and I we believe In the enlargement and iuii provement of the canals to such an extent as will fully and adequately meet nil requirements of commerce, the expense of such improvement, however, to be met through sources of revenue ! other than by direct taxation." Protection is indorsed and only combinations of an oppressive nature are condemned. Legislation to secure speedy adjudication of eases in the courts is advocated, nnd in the conduct of State institutions the highest standard without extravagance is supported. Governor Odell's changes in the system of managing these Institutions is commended. The conservation of the forest, preserves is urged, and the resumption of purchases of lands within the parks favored. LL ' )NES1)AY, OCTOBER JVEWS OfeZHE WEEK S ci- ii . TVAsn INflTON ITEMS. Secretary Moody decided to form two formidable battle Hoots ot' war ships, ono to pitanl the North Atlantic coast and the other to He stationed iu Asiatic waters. Naval Constructor Taylor left for Flavatta. Ouha. to take charge of the damaged dry dock tliere. Heat* Admiral Iligginson reported searchlights of less value titan had been expected in the recent joint Army and Navy ntaneuvres. . . . i > ...... .-in.. .1 ii ii. ill IKI'U IIIHt 111 the last week iio had distributed SH oon.otto of Treasury funds anions banks throughout the country. Reports received at the State Department from Minister Conger iin!icate tiio probability of another great Boxer uprising in China. Secretary Moody i- investigating lite i needs of the Navy in ships and men, seeking for material on whieh to i?a.se j his recommendations to Congress. 1)1 Ii .xnoi'Tiai i si.an us. Tin Treasury Department ordered touting* taxes in I'orto Biro converted to the Marine Hospital Serviee. Hobart S. Bird. editor of ilie San lean tI'orto Hiooi News, was senteneed to four months* imprisonment for the | puldieation of a libelous article on .1 m I go Ramos. of the District t'ourt. 1'hc case will be carried to the Supreme Court. domkstic. The loss of life in the panic at the negro ltnptlsts' Convent inn at Binningha in. Ala., numbered llo. All the gas companies of Boston. ; Mass.. arc to ho merged as the result of a conference. tJcneral Miles made a hurried examination of Washington army posts oil his way to Manila. Bribes solicited in connection with a paving contract arc charged in indictments against Cotinciltiien William Mi Call ami William Bntcheler. of tonlieaut. t ?liio. Charges of irregularity in business transactions are made against Captain T. A. l.yticli. Twentieth lnfanlry. just arrived at Sail Francisco, Cnl., from Manila. Tlie New Jersey Court of Krrors and Appeals doeulod thai the proposed i on. version of S*J?ni.MIN).i?hi <ti* i :ii11 <i States Steel stock into bonds is I rat. Charles l\ Murphy was elected loader of Tammany liall. at New York City, and clu:rs< s of election by fraud were made against former Chief of 1 *?>lice 1 levery, who was elected bailer of the Ninth Assembly District. Chief Cro.;er was, at New York ?'i,y, uuaniniously elected President of the ltii< -national Association of l ire Ktijrltteers. Peter Met tiia, murderer, v. a< harmed in 1 la?'kensaek Jail after a desperate hat tie with his keepers. Tin- equestrian statue of (ietieral lletn.v \V. Sin-urn. of llrooklyit. erec ed by tii Slate of New York, was nnveiled at the Cettyshur^r, Pa., batt'.ei.cbl. aad ad.lresses were ntntlo by Covern.tr Odoll, .Mayor Dow and others. Information elia.-tin;; perjury was liietl a:..tit: . fottr c-.ore former deb*.u'atcs iiy ? i11 :;i Attorney l-'oli:, of St. Louis. Win s. es iii St. Louis, Mo., testified to tiie ; ctuetit of packers tit the Jl'-i; Trns- to u .; main uniform prices. I.tosc-. in Im iness failures can a il ui?> sew i in k js.e.tc r. i,Ik In- <'0111(1:111 v, of Svrecuse, N. V., i?> close its doors. In the trtiiil; of ;i private in tin* Ma1 iite ' tups, at the U'Moklyii Navy Vattl. t'ljiifse loot valm il ai SuO.OUO was found. 't lie marine was arrested and Will he eoilfl-111::ri ialeil. A meat continue to control the Klondike Is lining organized at Daws;>n. I-'or interfering in a li irli I. Henry Keiss was instantly killed at Keker* raan, Mich., hy Neil Sinclair. .Icon (t'rnshy. of Pittslield, Mass., has tleelined, for )m-iness reasons, to accept the timid!):-1ioti for I.ieutontintCa'overuor made l?y the Democratic State eouveution. KORlCKtX. Mr. Stanley Spencer dropped halls from his air ship during his ertlis over London, and said this shows what an army eould do with an air ship carrying iioinhs. 'l'wo French tourists, two suitl -s ttnd i ht'ce pollers lost their lives white making ;>n tiocni of Mont ltlane. The ltnssiau Ambassador tit C'onsiaiitltiople cill-d the Sultan's attention 10 the tins-':; ' a -invy e. tiditioiis in Mac" donia and Albania. I'lvniier t'oinhes. at a political l?.? (piii :.t I'arl . France. endeavored '0 efface the damaging effect of the recent indis. reel speeches of Ministers Andre and Pcllctau. It Is said that the Powers may protest against the permission given to Hussia to take war slilps through the 1 tarda nallos. Mine. Louhct, wife of the French President, is being severely criticised for advocating American educational methods. Professor But hard t. probably the , most noted strictly orthodox theologian ' in Germany, died at Lelpslc. He was eighty years old. M. David, a Paris stock broker, was shot and killed at Etretnt, France, while walking in the street, l?y a Parisian artist named Kyndon. General Botha announced that Arthur White, an American, had contributed $100,000 to the fund for the relief of destitute Boers. riME 1, U)02. ! ON A WHEEL i^-El au accident liuppt'iis is a UutUu of I Ulce; Um nil ol o need not become .1 body, if they do i MEXI MUSTANG will thoroughly, q; ? nently cure these ; is no guess work nl iinent is used n em YOU DON'T KNOW ISt Mustang Liniment. As u tlo>li li NEWSY CLEANINGS. Russia is in Issue a SJ1 .'Jiui.OPO ptolc! l-iiM at live per rent. A freight i mitiel is tu lie bared I through liunker Hill. A company in <'alifornia is 1 ?nil?liii|* j an electric line to transmit power 'Jail | miles. A grand eanal is hcing planned for j i'aris hy Sidney WatLius, an American j nginoer. The Itriii-h exhibit al the SI. Louis? : air will he eenlinec! to education and the line arts. Tiie London Lancet wants the Itriti-h authorities at es;.il>lish a 1 tun-ail of Public Ileal! it. Americans are in siarl a factory at | Glasgow to supply American golf halls to Itrilisli players. Fif:\ thousand toils of steel rails j jnst ordered in Lanarkshire* are slip- ; ,'usi'ii 10 in- lor America. Tlit' Swiss |?<si;i! system is to lie taken ;is ;i iuoiIo' in ihi< reorganization lilt .1.. pit III- o pOSloiltl f. There is .1 small active volcano in id.i Karii; ra Comity. ? aliiornia, . mi which issue siuoUc aini sicaiu. Ceiled Siuii s ?'oaiiM'l I 'anic] S. Kidder reports that iliere is a good Hold ' or ilie aiiniiiiol.ile trade in Algiers.. lite Paris Mnnieipal Council has passed a resolution urging the From-h (iovermnent lo abolish tapiiai punish* liient. .Mississippi iiad twenty two legal tiangings this year I tilling t lie same period I here w ere lour lyiichiugs in tile Slate. 'i'iie budget ot the New York Hoard of Kdiieation for lPiUt ealls lor i ii?.* expenditure of $*J1 . lilo.PN tor schools, an increase of more than S-.UtHi.ouo over last year's estimates. The Animal Kesette l.eague of Kos* ton lias taken charge of over otmKJ homeless dogs and eats tliiring the last year, and either l'onnd homes for thcui or elilorofortiied them. One Sure Sign. A story illustrating the hard-head* edness and sheer common sense of ' the late I>r. McCosh, the noted dean of the faculty of Princeton University, was told reeently. Ho made t''e aefpiaintance of a couple of Scotsmen who worked as farm hands on an estate near Princeton, and, learning that they did not go lo church, hauled them over the eoa'.s ' lo: backsliding and induced them to attend Sunday services regularly. They were simple-minded men. with I immense respect for the venerable in- i si motor, and they invariably ran to j him to settle disputes or to advise j them in matters of business. One I morning they appeared before him as 1 he was going to chapel, and told him they had had a quarrel as to the sign <?f hearing the first cuckoo of the season. Jamie had said that it was a sign that the one who heard it would speedily marry : Sandy declared it was a sign that the hearer would get speedily rich. "It's a sure sign of somethin', doctor. What may it bo? Can ye tell us?" "Yes." said the doctor. "To hear tho first cuckoo of the season is a sure sign you're not deaf." And he solemnly turned on his heel and left them staring after him. 1 J - % cs. NO. 28. jnontlymoots with di.n.-ti A*, -rv lloii'iii. (l<M'inr to havt? %* it ti vot, w i.. a Mexicau Muotuug Liiiimeut. r% ?-Av S V\ V ) nu'Lt rs ?E* g Sores fixture upon your l is your tuull, ior SCAN LiNIIVIENT lickly olid pernio i (fictions. There >out it ; i i this iin*e will 1'f low. uiclily n hum <>: ran hoeuroil , on have tr<-ui> <2 si v. i: it Mexicuu onler it tau.l.- til Ihe very LABOR WORLD. The lLirliers' I'nion in Memphis was lirst organized in isr?7. Telegraphers at San Franeiseo, Chil.. h.i w organized a union. this men have been granted their request for increased pay at Oakland, Cal. A satisfactory settlement of the inn hinists' strike at Denison. Texas, has heeii reached. The strike at Florence, Italy, has completely ended. The metal workers have resumed work. Hoteliers, linkers and eoaehmeu in Havana, t'uha, won their demands for nine hours at $2 per day. A voluntary inerease of ten per cent, has been made in the wanes of the Moinrshoreiuen generally at Taeonia, Wash. Metal polishers and brass workers have deeided to inaugurate a jjeneral campaign for a nine hour day all over the country. Anions UtMi.ono laborers in Belgium there are No.unn men. 2.">,<kki women and lo.nnn ehildren under sixteen who work more than eleven hours a day. Sixteen thousand sheep shearers in West South Wales are oil a strike, and tlie tSoverninent refuses to exercise its nowef Imi'isl ...........I , . in Diirsi i ion. Al tin' recent session of lh?> Trades * Congress at Loudon. Knglatid, British trades unions by a vote of JMJJ.tMH) to ihhi deeided against a proposition for eompttlsory arbitration. I.aiieashire. Kughiml. miners have agreed to levy themselves Is. Id. a year toward the support of the local hospitals. The amount is to he deducted from wages, by mutual agreement. State Factory Inspector IJ tike, of Wisconsin, recently made it thorough inspection in Milwaukee, and as a result over '_' ?() children under age were removed from the various factories where they were employed. GALLANTRY OF A FRENCHMAN. Count de Rochnmbeau's Compliment to a Washington Belle. During his recent visit to Washington Conite de Itochanihoau was seated for a short time one eveniug on tlie verandah of the hoi..e of an eminent host, with whom and other guests he was holding conversation, says the Saturday livening i'ost. Presently from the house came a party of the younger members of the f-imili- nml ?l./ .!.. ? ? il - i liuin j (IIKI en? 11 > ir>i ioi n, 11?< I im t UK <1 young lady noted in tin- capital city for her social Rifts and her knowledge of European languages. The host presented them to his distinguished guest, paying special attention, in his introduction, to the young lady in question. As she was on .her way with her companions to keep an engagement she delayed hut a moment, saying in French as she nrenared to en* "Comte do Rochamheau, you will have to speak to me first when we tnoet again, for 1 cannot see you hero In the dark." "Nor can I, my dear mademoiselle, see you; and hence," he added with characteristic gallantry, "your invitation will now givo mo the privilege of bowing to every handsome young lady I meet in the city of Washington."