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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."