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AMUSEMENTS. The first appearance here since the Carson City fight of Robert Fitzsimmons, at the Grand to-night, will attract much attention. Fitzsimmons doesn’t attempt anything in the histrionic line. He simply spars with Mike Conley and gives his remarkable bagpunching exhibition, thus confining himself to the things he can do and do well. His company consists of a number of clever Vaudeville entertainers, who will give a programme of clean, high-class specialties. The atheletic part of the programme includes, besides Fitzsimmons's work, a wrestling exhibition by Ernest Roeber, the world’s champion at Graeco-Roman style, and Carl Peterson. Roeber will meet all local wrestlers. “Faust" will be a great drawing card at the Park this week. Its engagements at the Grand in past years have never failed to fill that theater, and now that it is to be put on at popular prices the Park is likely to be too small for the crowds. Nothing has ever been said of Anton Seidl’s Orchestra except to praise it. The fifty and more members of the famous orchestra are made to play like one great instrument by Mr. Seidl. The low prices will enable everybody with a taste for music to gratify It. The programmes for the two concerts next Thursday are entirely different. Mme. Rive-King plays both matinee and night. , In Robert Downing's company this year are Adelaide Fitz Allan, Miss Harriet Sterling, Miss Katharine English and Mr. Eugene Moore, all well-known people. When Helene Mora comes to the Park next month at the head of Hyde’s Comedians she will sing all her new songs, among them “The Minstrel Boy,” “Just for the Sake of Our Daughter,” “The Song that will Rive Forever,” “A Starry Night” and others. Flynn & Sheridan’s double show will open at the Empire this afternoon for a week’s stay, with twenty whites and fifteen creoles supporting Ada Henry, ’’queen of burlesque.” Ada Rohan's London Snccesa. LONDON, Oct. 17.—At the Grand Theater Friday night Miss Rehan and Mr. Daly’s company played the “School for Scandal" to the largest audience the house ever held. Miss Rehan was called before the curtain many times after each act, and at the end of the play Miss Rehan. Mr. Daly and the entire company were called out six times and repeatedly cheered. Last night, the closing night of Mr. Daly s season, Twelfth Night” was presented before a house packed to the dome. Next week the company appears in Liverpool and every seat in the theater is sold for the entire week. Lotta Sue* Abbey’* Estate. AKRON, 0., Oct. 17.—Lotta Crabtree, better known as “Lotta,” the actress, has sued the estate f Henry E. AbDey, of New York, for S2O,tWO and two year interest on promissory notes. She has .end *J}°rtgages on Abbey’s business block rere. ihe 1 ennsylvania Mutual Insurance Company of New York holds first mortgages for $40,000, which covers the value of the property. *

New Hamlet In London. Pittsburg Post. It is some comfort to the lovers of the legitimate and healthful drama that anew actor has appeared In London, of Shak-speare-an parts, who has created a great stir in the dramatic world by an extraordinary revelation of hitherto unsuspected histrionic power. This is Mr. Forbes Robertson. Hitherto he has not ranked as a really great actor, but his appearance as Hamlet and his wonderfully able presentation of that complex character is the sensation of the day, and a revelation to the critics. The noted dramatic writers for the leading London papers declare he exceeds Irving or Tree, and other British favorites. Clement Scott, the first of critics, writes that Robertson is “the most human, the most natural, and in temperament the most lovable of all the Hamlets of our time, English, French, Italian or German.” Other leading dramatic writers hold the same view, each dilating on special excellences of the performances, and that, as a whole, Mr. Robertson’s Hamlet is the best of generation*, ranking with Kemble’s and Kean’s. Mr. Scott’s criticism concludes with these encouraging words as to the future of the drama: “The silly cry hao gone forth that the drama which appeals to the mind is dead, and that its constit tency is disfranchised, It is untrue. If it were not so, no young Hamlet could appet 1 to an audience that literally hung upon every word and sentence. and would not allow a murmur or a whisper to interfere with that supreme silence of interest on which the popular actor commented with thanks when all was over. The drama that is dead is the drama of sublimated conceit. Yes: there are students of the higher drama, students of Shak•peare, students of the greatest tragedy and philosophical treatise ever written. Lucky the students of 1897 to be able to boast in the long after years that they first studied Hamlet at the feet of such a scholar and artist, such a natural actor and charming elocutionist as Forbes Robertson.” A Godlcsn Lodge of Miimoii*. MONTREAL Oct. 17.-D. T. D, Chambers, of Quebec, grand muster for the province of Quebec, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. has issued a proclamation against the lodge recently organized in Montreal by the Orient of 1 ranee. Tho grand master declares that Lis jurisdiction has been invaded, and that none of the members of that lodge can be recognized as Masons The lodge is what is known as the “Godless” lodge. Murdered by Italian*. MARENO, 111., Oct. 17.—John Young, a miner, twenty-three years old, was murdered here last night by a crowd of Italian.who were enraged by the firing of a revolver by one of Young’s companions. Six Italians were arrested to-day charged wltl the crime, but Tony Bernard*, who is said to have been the ringleader, is still at large

RECORDS OF PLAYERS ♦ FIGI RES FURNISHED BY BIG BASEBALL LEAGUE'S PRESIDENT. Keeler at Top of the Lint with a Batting Per Cent, of .432, find Clarke Next, with .400. WASHINGTON, Oct. 17.-President N. E. Young, of the National Baseball League, to-day made public the batting record of players who have taken part in fifteen or more championship games, as follows: Name. Games. AB. R. H. Pc. TB. Sc.SB Keeler, Balt. 12s 502 147 24:: .432 304 12 63 Clarke, L’e.. 129 525 122 213 .401 257 3 60 Kellv, 8a1t... 129 503 113 196 .380 250 9 59 Stivetts. Bos 49 196 43 76 . 388 113 1 2 Burkett, Cle. 123 519 128 199 .383 246 10 27 Deleh’ty, Ph. 129 530 llu 200 . 377 281 5 28 Lajoie, Ph... 126 545 107 198 . 363 800 5 22 Stahl, 805... 11l 468 111 168 .359 240 5 14 Davis, N. Y.. 131 525 111 188 . 358 263 a 64 Doyle, Balt.. 114 46.3 93 165 .356 211 2 62 Jennings, Ba 115 436 131 154 . 353 204 17 60 Lange, Chi.. 117 482 119 170 .352 235 9 83 Stenzel, Bal. 131 538 113 189 . 351 258 3 77 Demont., W. 132 563 92 197 . 349 245 14 33 Rothf’s. Pit.. 21 112 19 39 . 348 50 1 3 Orth. Phil.... 42 147 26 51 .347 69 2 7 Collins, Bos. 133 529 102 183 .346 255 8 16 Wagner, L’e. 61 241 38 83 . 341 114 5 22 Ham’l’n, Bs. 125 506 153 174 .344 212 4 70 Duffy, 805... 134 554 131 189 . 341 264 13 45 Wallace, Cl.. 131 522 90 177 . 333 264 14 17 M’Guire, W.. S2 328 53 111 .338 152 1 11 Childs, C 1.... 114 443 105 143 . 336 187 17 25 Mercer, W... 42 135 22 45 .333 57 4 7 Van HaI.N.Y 131 571 122 190 .332 237 6 45 Anders’n, Br. 116 488 93 162 .332 223 11 42 Tier’an, N.Y 129 534 123 177 . 331 212 1 34 SokTxis, Cl. 66 281 43 93 .331 127 4 17 Thorn’n, Chi. 71 258 40 85 .329 106 4 14 Tuck.. B&W. 98 370 52 122 . 329 167 3 18 Hollid’y, Cin. 53 189 49 62 . 328 87 2 4 Long, 805... 106 452 88 148 . 327 201 17 26 Cooley, Ph... 131 566 124 15 .327 239 10 30 Dougl’s, St. L 127 522 77 171 .327 209 3 12 Farrell, W... 65 257 40 84 . 327 102 5 8 Donovan, Pt. 120 475 S3 155 .326 185 9 39 M’Graw, Bal. 105 389 89 127 . 326 146 8 42 Tenny, Bos.. 131 566 125 184 . 325 216 27 38 Beck..Ny&C. 114 437 84 142 .325 207 4 22 Bower’n, Ba. 33 127 17 41 .323 48 1 3 Jones. 8r.... 133 553 133 178 .322 218 13 62 Griffin. 8r... 134 530 137 170 . 320 22, 12 23 Selbach, W.. 126 486 114 154 . 317 229 6 58 Miller. Cin... 119 439 S3 139 .317 186 21 32 Klob’z, Bos.. 38 136 27 43 .316 57 3 1 Getman, W.. 37 146 29 46 .31a 64 1 8 Lowe, 805... 121 500 87 157 .314 21, 13 18 Zimmer, Cl.. 81 296 52 93 .314 122 5 7 Everett, Chi. 90 379 63 119 . 314 154 11 2, Rob’s’n, Bal. 47 182 25 57 .313 6a 1 0 Hoffm’r, Pit. 47 189 33 59 .312 91 1 4 Smith, Pit... 122 463 101 145 .311 214 6 28 Gleason, NY. 1.34 555 88 173 . 311 198 5 40 Wilson, N.Y. 44 158 29 49 .310 60 .. 7 Schrivtr, t in. 52 174 26 51 .310 *6 4 3 Leahy,W&P. 43 145 23 45 .310 60 1 9 Allen, 805... 33 123 31 38 . 309 45 33 Davis, Pit.... 107 427 69 132 .309 206 10 23 Ryan. Chi... 135 510 104 160 .309 240 10 3a A.Smith, Br. 61 233 36 72 .309 90 6 14 Lachance.Br 125 523 86 161 .308 23a 8 30 Callahan,Chi 90 354 57 109 .308 149 8 13 McPhee, Cin. 80 277 45 85 . 307 113 16 10 Decker, Chi. 109 423 71 130 .307 171 9 12 Vaughn. Cin. 50 193 21 59 .305 82 4 4 Joyce. N.Y... HO 39 110 121 .305 163 5 30 Werden, L’e. 132 504 76 153 .303 217 a 16 Anson, Chi... 112 423 66 128 . 302 157 9 16 Hart’n, St.L. 126 522 67 157 .301 197 4 18 Brodie, Pit.. 100 372 47 111 -29S 147 8 17 Peitz. Cin.... 73 256 34 76 . 297 102 7 5 Connor, Chi. 77 287 40 85 .296 120 5 12 Dahlen, Chi.. 75 277 67 82 .296 130 13 16 Pick's,L.&C. 109 426 67 126 .296 151 8 40 Irwin, Cin... 134 505 88 148 .293 186 10 3a Dexter, L’e.. 62 244 39 71 .291 100 2 11 Hov. Cin 128 493 8S 144 .290 18a 23 40 O'Connor, Cl. 100 399 48 116 . 290 151 6 22 Shoch. Brk.. 79 272 39 79 .290 93 12 9 Turner, St.L. 102 415 58 120 .259 163 , 10 Shindle. Brk. 134 540 82 156 . 289 215 21 2o Reitz. 8a1t... 127 476 76 138 .289 1,2 6 26 Core’n, Cin... 108 444 76 128 . 288 17b 12 16 Rusie, N. Y. 37 142 25 41 .2SB 48 .. 1 Cross, St. L.. 130 462 60 133 .288 185 13 36 Harley St.L. 89 333 43 96 .288 119 6 20 Ritchie, Cin. 100 337 58 97 .2SS 116 13 8 Brown, W... 116 473 93 136 .287 168 8 27 Dwyer, Cin.. 35 91 13 26 .285 29 7 .. M’Cr’yL&Ny 136 515 91 147 .285 199 30 25 Geier, Phil... 88 316 51 90 .2So 103 5 19 Dowd.StL&P 125 539 93 153 . 284 180 U 41 Hol’es.L&Ny 80 306 51 87 . 284 111 6 32 Wriglev, W.. 102 391 65 111 .284 100 13 8 Clark, 'N.Y... 118 440 62 124 .282 167 4 17 Ely. Pit 133 520 65 147 . 282 186 15 12 Padden, Pit. 135 515 84 145 . 281 186 20 18 Smith, L’e... 21 75 8 21 .280 27 1 2 Meekln. N.Y. 38 139 22 39 .280 4a .. 4 Rally, St. L... 87 367 57 102 . 2,8 134 6 11 Sulliv’n. NY. 21 65 6 18 .277 18 .. .. Gr'dv,StL&P 87 337 51 93 .2,6 136 5 7 Riley, W 101 352 66 97 .270 128 9 16 Ganzel, Bos.. 27 102 15 28 . 274 37 . 1 Warner. N.Y 110 397 48 109 .2,4 128 4 9 Clark, Balt.. 63 241 32 66 .2,4 <8 3 7 Friend, Chi.. 24 91 13 25 ...14 30 1 1 McKean, Cl. 127 527 86 144 .273 201 6 18 M’C’m’k, Ch. 100 413 88 113 .2,3 148 4 44 Merritt, Pit.. 56 207 21 56 .270 66 6 3 Breit.. Cin.... 39 122 15 33 . 270 49 4 4 Staff’d, L&Ny 117 456 69 123 . 270 1,0 11 12 Burkb, Cin... 94 386 71 104 .269 125 4 30 Ken’dy, Br.. 42 145 10 39 .269 52 2 .. C’rs’y.P&StL 15 52 3 14 .269 18 1 .. O’Brien, Bal. 3S 138 22 37 . 263 42 2 10 M’Far’d.StL. 67 239 32 64- .267 95 14 3 Tebeau, C 1... 11l 415 62 111 .267 145 9 10 Tanneh’l. Pt. 53 184 24 49 .266 62 .. 4 Abbev, VV.... 78 306 54 81 .264 103 3 10 Nichols, Bos. 42 144 21 38 . 264 51 2 4 Quinn, Balt.. 71 284 34 75 .264 97 3 14 Cross, Ph.... 88 345 37 90 .261 128 11 11 Grim, Br 76 283 25 74 .261 83 8 3 Bo vie, Ph.... 73 282 36 73 .259 94 5 2 Nash, Ph.... 102 337 45 87 .258 113 11 4 Gillen, Ph.... 74 271 32 70 .258 86-10 2 Killen, Pit... 41 132 16 34 .257 42 .. 2 Corbett, Bal. 36 140 27 36 .257 46 1 6 Blake, C 1..... 31 117 18 SO .256 39 2 4 Lewis, 805... 35 110 la 28 .254 31 7 3 Payne, 8r... 39 111 13 28 .252 30 3 .. Taylor, Ph... 37 135 12 34 .252 45 2 Shugart, Ph. 40 163 20 41 .251 K ] 6 Johnson, L’e. 44 163 16 41 .251 48 1 2 Oartw’gt. W. 33 124 19 31 .250 35 .. 9 H’l’n.P&StL. 112 431 49 108 . 250 124 12 17 Seymour,Ny. 41 141 13 35 .248 49 1 2 Bergen. Bos. 83 324 45 80 . 247 104 2 5 Lake, 805.... 16 61 2 15 .246 19 2 2 Hart, St. L.. 43 155 14 38 . 245 49 .. 5 Daub, 8r.... 18 45 11 11 .244 14 2 2 Pond. 8a1t... 31 90 15 22 .244 25 33 O’Brien. W.. 84 318 37 77 .242 104 3 5 Nance, L’e... 34 120 25 29 . 241 46 33 Cun'h’m, L’e 30 96 13 23 .269 31 5 1 Clements, Ph 49 184 18 44 .239 71 4 2 Yeager Bos. 26 92 20 22 .239 36 3 2 Burrill, 8r... 31 105 15 25 .238 32 2 1 Hoffer, Balt. 41 143 20 34 .238 47 2 2 Griffith, Chi. 46 161 29 38 .236 53 3 1 Fifleld, Ph... 24 77 11 18 .234 28 2 . Donohue, Ch 53 188 29 44 .234 56 4 4 Magee, L’e.. 20 60 4 14 .233 15 1 .. H’sein’n.StL 76 267 32 62 .232 77 4 12 Cl'gm’n, L’e. 114 400 59 92 .230 128 7 10 Pfeffer, Chi.. 32 113 10 26 .230 27 2 5 Creiger, C 1... 38 139 15 32 .220 37 3 4 Connor, StL. 22 83 13 19 . 229 26 1 3 Dunn, 8r.... 34 125 19 29 .228 32 4 2 Swain. W.... 24 71 7 16 .225 17 1 3 M'Aleer, Cl.. 23 89 5 20 .224 22 1 5 Wilson, C 1.... 35 117 16 26 .222 28 33 Canavan, Br. 63 239 25 53 . 222 78 1 10 Sufiden. Pit.. S3 288 30 63 .219 77 13 9 Young, C 1.... 45 156 16 34 .218 43 33 Nobs Balt .. 28 92 7 20 .210 26 2 .. Wilson, L’e.. 103 379 45 82 .216 ltd 10 9 Donahue.StL 44 152 11 32 .216 47 4 1 Hawley, Pit.. 36 125 10 2i .216 31 .. .. Ehret. Cin... 27 66 6 14 .212 16 2 2 M ’A Ills’r Cl. 40 137 20 29 . 211 36 4 4 Dolan L’e... 32 120 9 25 . 208 31 .. 7 G Smith, Br. 113 430 47 89 .207 111 7 3 Lyons, Pit... 36 131 22 27 .206 4i 1 5 Wheeler, Ph. 25 78 11 16 .30a 23 1 2 Gettig N.Y.. 20 74 8 la .203 21 .. 3 Powell, C 1.... 28 99 10 20 .202 21 4 1 Fisher, 8r..., 18 60 6 12 .30 14 1 Kittr'ge, Chi. 77 263 26 52 .198 71 7 9 King W 18 57 8 11 .193 12 . ■ *. Briggs Chi.. 21 79 5 15 .190 18 2 2 Don’lv Pit. 66 246 40 46 .IST 53 4 18 Murphy, StL. t 203 12 36 .177 38 4 2 Frazier, L’e. 36 116 10 20 .172 24 2 - Rhines, Cin.. 36 101 4 17 .168 20 2 .. Hoek I/e 15 49 5 8 .163 10 2 .. Me James" W. 41 125 12 20 .160 25 1 Gardner. Pit. 28 78 13 12 .153 19 2 2 flippy, C 1.... 17 54 5 8 .148 10 1 .. Rogers, L’e.. 40 14S 21 22 .148 36 3 4 Hughey, Pit. 2*l 61 4 8 .115 9 1.. Hill, L’e 25 70 5 < .100 9 1 1 Poor Playing by Baltimore. CINCINNATI, Oct. 17.—About 1,500 people witnessed the game between the Baltimores and All Americans here to-day. Score: R. H. E. Baltimore ....0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0-3 12 8 All Amer’ans 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 0-9 11 2 Batteries —Pond and Clark; Rhines and Donohue. Hottentots Barred Ont. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Oct. 17.—Terre Haute baseball people have been informed that there will be no opening for this city in the Interstate League next season. Application will now be made to the Western Association, which is to hold a meeting at Cedar Rapids within the next two weeks. Shot by Her Sweetheart. ALBANY, Oa., Oct. 17.- Near Falrclotli, Mitchell county, yesterday afternoon Miss lurst, the beautiful sixteen-year-old daugher of Planter J. B. Hurst, was shot and 'Hied with a pistol by her sweetheart. Mack Vwis. The bullet passed through the young girl's heart, killing her instantly. Thv young couple were out for u drive, and, aecording to Lewis’s statement, stopped to

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practice pistol shooting at a target. In taking the cocked revolver from Lewis's hands it exploded. Both families are prominent. SOON OFF WITH OLD LOVE. Mr*. Dora. Ilotler Divorced and Remarried Within an Hour. NASHVILLE, 111., Oct. 17.—1n the Circuit Court in session here last week. Judge B. R. Burroughs granted Mrs. Dora Butler a divorce from W. F. Butler, and one hour afterward Mrs. Butler and J. M. Kingsley, of Nolting, made application at the county clerk's office for a marriage license, and at 2 o’clock in the afternoon were married in the courtroom by Judge George Vernor. Mrs. Kingsley is a pretty woman, only nineteen years of age and has been married for four years and has two children. She was first married at Marion, 111. She stated that she made a mistake in the selection of her first husband. AGROUND IN THE YUKON SEVERAL STEAMERS FAST OX SANDBARS AND FROZEN IN. Return of Gold Seeker* Who Fulled to Reneh the Klondike—Correspondent Dead on Hoosier Creek. * VICTORIA, B. C., Oct. 17.—The steamer Danube has arrived, ten days from St. Michael’s. She brought eighty-two passengers, most of them men who failed to reach the mines by' the all-water route. Some got as far as Fort Yukon and had to turn back. There are twelve miners from Circle City, who bring about $72,000 in gold dust. Most of them have been working around Circle City, but a few are interested in the Klondike claims. There is plenty of provisions at Fort Yukon, nut it is feared that if there is a rush from Dawson it will cause a shortage farther down the river. It is predicted that many men will perish jn the attempt to escape from starvation by coming down the river. The steamer P, B. Weare, after being on a sandbar twenty day's, got off and arrived at St. Michael’s Sept. 20. She started up again with a load of freight, but it is feared she will never get up the river. The steamer Alice arrived at St. Michael 1 s Sept. 24 with 120 miners, and after starting up again on the 27th ran aground at the mouth of the river. The steamers Mare Island and Merwin tried to get up, but failed. The Merwin and Alice, at last accounts, were on a bar and freezing up. The Mare Island had returned to Stebblns, twelve miles from St. Michael’s. Few men, with very little gold, were at St. Michael’s when the Danube left, and they will all come down on the Bertha. The North American Transportation and Trading Company will build their river steamer at Unalaska on account of the schooner Hueneme having been lost in llniak'pass. Five other river steamers are to be built at St. Michael’s. The ice was in the upper river when the Weare started down and Icicles were a foot long on her when she reached St. Michael’s. The steamers Bertha, Cleveland, Portland, Excelsior, Bear and lakkame were at St. Michael's when the Danube left, also the schooner Queen. A party which arrived at St. Michael’s from Stebbins Oct. 3 say that the steamers Merwin, Alice and Mare Island are frozen in at the mouth of the Yukon and fears are entertained that they will be destroyed when the ice breaks up in the spring. Passengers who started up the river on these steamers were endeavoring to get to St. Michael’s overland. The steamer Healy, which, with a barge, was loaded at St. Michael’s, unloaded when the news came from Stebbins. The Excelsior and steam schooner Navarre, with a tow, arrived at St. Michael’s on Oct. 3. H. B. Tucker, of Troy, N. Y., correspondent of the Associated Press, died of exhaustion on the trail a few miles from Rampart City. He and a friend started out at night, with little food, to locate claims on Hoosier creek. They spent two days and nights in the woods; then they turned back. Tucker fell from exhaustion. His friend went for assistance, but when it arrived Tucker was dead. Os the men who reached St. Michael's recently most of them have been working for wages in the vicinity of Circle City. They' made the trip to Fort Yukon in rowboats and from there came down in steamers. There was not SIOO,OOO in the whole crowd, so that the rest of the boats this fall will bring very little treasure. There is considerable talk among the men who failed to get in of taking action against tho steamship companies which took them up, particularly against the owner of the Eliza Anderson. Os a thousand odd men who started since July not one reached the mines. Some are still at Fort Yukon, hoping to get in early in the spring, but a large majority are coming south. Mayor Wood, of Seattle, and his party got their steamer built and started up tho river, but they cannot go far, as they are sure to meet floating ice if they escape the sandbars. There are now eighteen steamers on the river, as against five last year, so that there will be plenty of food at Dawson soon after the river opens in the spring. Some ot the men who reached Circle City on the steamer Hamilton will try to push on to Dawson over the Yukon. No news comes from Dawson.

Two Fortunate Ohioan*. YOUNGSTOWN, 0., Oct. 17.—Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. lappy, of Kinsman, 0., a few miles north of here, have returned from a successful trip to the Klondike gold fields, to which place they went in April, 1896. Mr. Lippy was seen at his home and affirmed the report that he had cashed in $65,000 worth of gold and had left a claim there worth $1,000,000. Mr. Lippy said he left five men to guard his claim and that he and his wile will return to it in March and remain through the “clean-up,” when they will again return to civilization. They made the journey back on foot and by sleds and boats until they reached the Yukon river, when they took a boat to Seattle by way of the Bering sea. Mr. Lippy advises all not to attempt to make the trip before spring sets in. OFFERS $1,000,000 FOR SIGHT. Blind Merchant Prince Now Being: Treated by a Doctor from India. NEW YORK, Oet. 17—Charles Broadway Rouss, the blind merchant prince, who has offered $1,000,000 to the person who will restore his sight, is being treated by Dr. Guelph Norman, an Englishman The latter has come from India for the purpose of opening the eyes of the merchant. He is not an M. D. according to Western medical ideas, but he is skilled in arts of optical cures, which are almost as old as civilization, and the one now employed on Mr. Rouss Is said to date back as far as the Vedas, the book of sacred and heroic writings, embracing the ancient philosophy of the Aryans. But Dr. Norman says he does not care for money, and will cure Mr. Rouss for the honor it will bring. No medicine at all is given internally. One consideration, not at variance with modern sciences, is that the highest of sanitary conditions shall be observed. Dieting, too, along the 01 dinary lines, is also a part of the treatment. The pouring into the eyes once daily pf a colorless liquid brought from India and the massaging of the eyelids and temples for ten minutes every day * the doctor himself, and then afterward by any one else, completes the treatment that Dr. Norman has come so fur to give. It was reported a few days ago that Mr. Rouss could see objects dimly, but the statement was untrue. Dr. Norman’s promise to restore sight entirely within four weeks is doubted by many yet others believe that the doctor will do all he says he will. Yesterday, after the doctor had made a test by holding 1.. ; s hand in front of the patients’s eyes, he said that Mr. Rouss could then see a iistanee of two feet. Mr. Rouss did not echo this sentiment. The doctor moved Lit, hand before Mr. Rouss to-day and said: “Can’t you see my fingers?” > "No; I can’t say that I do,” said Mr! Rouss. “You must.” said the doctor. “Well,” said Mr. Rouss, "I’d be glad to say that I did see them, l ut f can’t.” “That is one of the difficult conditions ] am met with in this case,” explalne 1 the doctor. “The (ure is largely accelerated if the patient tecelves the impression that good is being .Ur.e. Mr. I’ouss is doubtful, and no man *. an biame n in. Wt shall cure hm anyway.”

ROMANCE OF THE WOODS # BRIDE STOLEN FROM HER HOME ON THE WEDDING NIGHT. Kept a Close Prisoner for More than Two Year* in the Wild* of a Maine Forest. _ AUGUSTA, Me., Oct. 16.—A1l the elements of a great drama are in the story of Mrs. Sirois, who was recently rescued after an agonizing experience of two years. The stealing of the bride, the strange fate that came like a retribution upon her captor, the devotion and constancy of the bereft husband and the lucky chance w hich led to to the finding of the woman—all are as sensational and as nicely balanced as the scenes in the cleverest plot ever built upon paper. It was in August, 1895, that there was great excitement in the Maine woods, over the coming marriage of the prettiest girl in all that region, Rosie Pelletier, and Elie Sirois, a gallant young woodsman. All the parties were French Canadians, and one who has seen many of these simple, kindly folk knows well that their young women are black-eyed, rosy-cheeked and beautiful; their young men hardy, enduring and brave. The day of the wedding came. Rosie Pelletier became Mrs. Sirois and the wedding festivities w r ere at the full tide of gayety. Then there came the unbidden guest, and all was confusion in a moment. Peter Bubeer, a tall and reckless fellow r who had wooed Rosie himself, came dashing, fully armed, into the little cottage. First he fired both barrels of his shotgun into the ceiling to frighten the women and set them shrieking, and then he drewr his revolver, and, with deadlier intent, fired point blank at the bridegroom. Sirois fell with a bullet through his arm and the tall intruder, menacing every one with his revolver, seized the distraught bride and dragged her from the room. The guests made hot haste after the escaping Lochinvar. Bubeer seemed endowed with superhuman strength and cunning, and no trace of him could be found. Sirois’s healthy flesh soon healed over the bullet wound, but never the wound in his heart. He became possessed of one fixed idea, to trace and recapture his lost bride. Little by little his story was told in all that country, and the guides and hunters all kept their eyes peeled for the missing woman. But the Maine woods cover a tremendous area. Sirois himself never lost hope. Sometimes he w'ould accept employment as a guide and lead his employers in the direction where he supposed Rosie might be, even while looking for game. Oftener he W'ould roam the woods alone, beating the great wilderness, section by section. Or again he would be pestered by dreams and visions and would rush away at dawn to some region, only to meet with a fresh disappointment. It was another, after all, who found Mrs. . Sirois—Lee Lacoot, a middle-aged half breed and a firm friend of the unhappy young people. A month ago he set out to find a township suitable for a game preserve for some wealthy' sportsmen, and so came finally' into a region strange even to him, near Sysladobsis, or Dobsis lake. And here he came upon a little “shack” or cabin in a clearing, and from it a wild, strange figure with streaming hair fled in terror to the woods. Raising his voice Lacoot cried in French: “I mean no harm. I am a friend —Joe Lacoot. My name is Minissewah in Indian, and I live at Lambert Lake.” At the words the strange creature ran toward him with joy. "Are you really and,,truly Joe Lacoot? Are you Joe Lacoot, of Lambert Lake? Don’t you know me?” Lacoot looked at the miserable woman, at her rags and at her face, brown with exposure, and at her figure, bony and seraw'ny. In this poor, half-starved creature he could recognize no one he had ever seen before, and he so informed her. She redoubled her sobs. “Don’t you know me at all?” she cried again. “Why, I’m Rosie Pelletier; I'm really Rosie Pellet!” Rosie relAaier, the missing bride of poor Elie Sirois. Lacoot could scarcely believe the evidence of his ears and eyes. “Rosie Pelletiere?” he repeated. “Rosie Sirois,” he added. “Don’t call me that,” she cried. “Elio won’t ever want to see me again. He w'on’t ever want to see me again. He won’t ever want to call me his wife,” and she fell on her face in a paroxysm of weeping. Then Lacoot calmed the girl and she told her story—told how Bubeer had carried her into the woods, at first holding her mouth so that she could not cry out, afterwards compelling her by blows to walk. For more than fifty miles the pair burrowed into the heart of the woods, Bubeer stealing supplies from squatters’ camps along the w r ay. Away in the heart of the wilderness he built his hut and coolly informed Rosie that she w r as to live there all her life. She made frequent attempts to escape, but was sharply watched and brutally punished. At last she turned on him. She had run a mile Into the forest and been brought back with revilings and thrust into the shack. Goad oil byyond endurance she seized a hatchet and struck him on the skull. In a moment the man’s nature was utterly transformed by the blow'. He became a vacuous idiot. Physicians know of such cases. They are curable by lifting the portion of the skull that presses on the brain. In the Maine woods such a case is a living death. Mrs. Sirois was stricken with remorse when she saw what she had done, though no one could really blame her for it, and she made no further effort to escape. Bubeer paid no further attention to her, but lived like an animal, grubbing for roots and roaming the woods for berries. Mrs. Sirois’s fare was no better. She lived on forest fare, from time to time killing one of z( stolen herd of pigs Bubeer had driven into the wilderness. Sometimes she w'ent hunting with Bubeer’s gun, which he no longer had brains enough to use. Lacoot gave the woman a pair of moceasslns and cut for her a skirt out of one of his blankets. Then he took her a little way out to the hunting camp of Henry West, on Sapohic. and left her there to rest and recover, while he carried the good news to Lambert lake. And so Sirois and his bride will be reunited and Bubeer w'ill be taken to some asylum.

LUCKY JERSEY GIRL Slie Inherit** $23,000,000 from an Australian Relative. NEW N. J., Oct. 17. Grace Clarke Is one of the popular girls who attend the Livingstone-avenue High School. She is fourteen years old, attractive and an heiress to a vast estate estimated at $25,000,000. She lives with her mother, Mrs. Emerson Cornell. Imblay Clarke, who was a brother of Grace Clarke’s paternal grandfather, died in Australia in 1875 without lineal descendants, leaving a great fortune that he had made in the gold fields of California and Australia. Clarke had formerly lived near here. It was not until recently that the advertisement of the Australian authorities for the heirs of Imblay Clarke was seen by his descendants living in. New Jersey. The interests of Grace Clarke and Miss Nancy Clarke, of Jersey City, are in the hands of Vice President Hobart and Governor Griggs. NEW ANAESTHETIC. Eocnlne Tried with Astonishing Results In a Surgical Operation. JAMESTOWN, N. D., Oct. 17.—Eucaine, a new anaesthetic which is prepared from a South American plant, has been tried with astonishing results at the state asylum for the insane in this city. With this latest discovery local insensibility Can be produced, leaving the remainder of the body in its normal state. The test was the amputation of the low*, r third of the right leg of a man sixty-eight years old without the use of either chloroform or ether, followed by the rapid and painless healing of the stump. The disease which necessitated the removal of the leg was the death of the bones of the foot and ankle and of the leg immediately above the latter, causing inflammation and sloughing of the softer parts, fever arid general prostration being attendant upon the absorption of poisonous materials by the circulation. As much of the eucaine was put into tw r o

or three tableapoonfuls of water as the water would dissolve, and with a hyperderraic syringe a few drops of the solution were injected under the skin. About an inch from the center of the injection another was made and then another, until the ilmb was girdled by them at the place where it was intended to amputate. After waiting five minutes to allow of the superficiai tissues becoming insensible, the needle thrust deeply into the muscles and further injections were made. In a few minutes all that portion of the leg. Including three or four inches above and below' the ring of injections, was found to be destitute of feeling and the operation of cutting off the limb was proceeded with exactly as if the patient were under chloroform. When the deeper tissues were cut into a slight smarting sensation was experienced a few' times by the patient. This was immediately relieved by the application of a little more of the solution directly to the seat of the discomfort. No other pain was experienced. The operation was performed in the forenoon, and an hour after the dressing of the stump the patient was sitting up in bed eating dinner. At the end of nine days the dressings were removed, the stitches taken out, and the stump was found to be entirely healed. The patient’s general health has much improved since the operation. CURING CONSUMPTION. Remarkable Snccean Said to Attend I’se of Maragllano’a Serum. NEW YORK, Oct. 17.—Five new cases showing the wonderful results of Maragliano’s serum for- the cure of consumption were reported yesterday by Dr. Antonio Fanoni, who is experimenting with the serum. Guiseppe Panettiere, twenty-five years old, was examined. The doctor found both lungs seriously affected, the right lung being in a particularly bad condition. Then the physician selected Guiseppe for a test which would gauge the virtues of the serum in slow consumption—where the disease, although far advanced, had not destroyed the lungs. Panettiere after the third injection reported a marked sharpness of appetite and a stoppage of the night sweats. In those first six days he had, moreover, gained half a pound in weight. With the sixth injection the fever had entirely disappeared. Since then Panettiere has made rapid improvement. The cough which had clung to him for two years has almost entirely ceased. His appetite has returned and his strength is increasing daily. Augusuna Mettman, the seventeen-year-old girl, was given up by her amending physicians several weeks ago as an incurable consumptive. Dr. Fanoni began the treatment on Sept. 23. The girl’s fever then stood at 102 degrees. With the fourth injection the fever entirely disappeared. There has been no return of it since. Her temperature is now perfectly normal and in strength and spirit she is seemingly a new girl. John Flynn, of No. 225 East Eightyeighth street, a conductor on the Tenth-ave-nue cable line, was attacked with hasty consumption seven months ago. The treatment was begun on Sept. 28, when Flynn’s fever registered 101 degrees. Up to the fourth injection, six days later, he displayed little improvement. Then the fever abruptly dropped to 99 4-10 degrees and the scales showed he had increased two pounds in weight. He is now rapidly improving. An especially interesting case is that of John Wounters, an eleven-year-old boy. Dr. Fanoni has barely begun treatment in this case. Only three injections have been made, and the physician’s report tells only of the fever reduced to the normal and of the relieved cough.

KILLED WHILE HUNTING. Cleveland Student Shot Through the Carelessness of a Friend. CDEVEDAND, 0., Oct. 17.—Warren Reynolds, aged eighteen, the son of lri Reynolds, treasurer of the Wade Park Banking Company, and a sophomore at Case School of Applied Sciences, was shot and killed last night while hunting and died| this morning. He was with Deslie Stair artd William McClure, tw'o fellow-students, duck shooting on a marsh several miles east of the city. Stair attempted to change the guns from one side of the boat to the other, when one of them w'as discharged, the load of shot tearing off one of Reynolds’s hands and striking him in the abdomen. The boys t-ied to summon help, but finally carried their companion a mile on a plank. It was four hours before they could get a surgeon, and by that time it was impossible to save the young man’s life. He died this morning. Stair and McClure are so badly prostrated by the accident that they are under the care of physicians. NEW COMET DISCOVERED. It Is of Moderate Brightness, and Can Be Seen with a Small Telescope. SAN JOSE, Cal., Oct. 17.—The following message has been received from J. M. Schaeberley at Dick observatory: "A comet was discovered about 9 o’clock Saturday evening by C. D. Perrine. It is situated in the constellation Camelopardalis seventeen hours and forty-five minutes Greenwica mean time. The position was right ascension three hours and thirty-six minutes, it has a declination of north sixty-six degrees and forty-seven minutes, and has a daily motion westward in right ascension and nearly two degrees northward. The comet is of moderate brightness and can be seen in a telescope of three inches aperture. It is about two minutes across, with a stellar nucleus of the twelfth magnitude, and has a short tail. The orbit will be computed here as soon as three observations at sufficiently long intervals can be secured.” DURRANT BREAKING DOWN. Murderer of Minnie Williams and Blunclie Lament Losing His Nerve. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 17.—Theodore A. Durrant, the convicted murderer of Minnie Williams and Blanche Lamont, whose fate depends upon the action of the Supreme Court of the United States, is reported to be breaking down. Within the past few days he has been betraying signs of nervousness and irritability, and even the visits of his parents, to which he formerly looked forward with almost childish eagerness, have been received with an indifference which shocked his visitors. It is the impression of the jail officials that he will collapse completely if the decision of the Supreme Court should prove adverse to him.

FAIR WEATHIR TO-DAY. Ko Change iu Temperature Predicted by the Loeul Forecaster. Forecasts for Indianapolis and vicinity for the twenty-four hours ending 11 p. m. Oct. 18 —Fair weather on Monday. General Conditions Yesterday—High atmospheric pressure prevails except north trom Montana and over the Gulf of Mexico, where the pressure is low. Cool temperature prevails except from the Ohio valley southward, where it continues warm. Local rains continued in Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota and lowai. Snow is failing, with freezing temperature, in Wyoming. FORECAST FOR THREE STATES. WASHINGTON, Oct. IT. —For Ohio-Fair; slowly rising temperature; light to fresh easterly winds. For Indiana—Fair; easterly winds. For Illinois— Probably fair; northeast to southeast winds; slightly warmer in northern portion. Local Observation* Sunday. Bar. Ther. R.H. Wind. Weather. Pro. 7a. m.. 30.39 50 50 N’east.. Clear. 0.00 7 p.m.. 30.34 56 52 N’east. Clear. 0.00 Maximum temperature, 61; minimum temperature, 50. Following is a comparative statement of temperature and precipitation on Oct. 17; Temp. Free. Normal 57 .09 Mean 57 .00 Departure from normal 0 —.09 Departure since Oct. 1 *lsl —1.33 Departure since Jan. 1 *74 —2.75 •Pius. C. F. R. WAPPENHANS, Local Forecast Official. Heavy Fall of Snow. CRESTED BUTTE, Col., Oct. 17. A snowstorm struck this locality thirty-six hours ago, which has broken all ree ’s here for this time of year. In addition to thirty-six hours continuous downfall, it is still snowing, with no indication whatever of a let up. After serious illness, like typhoid fever, pneumonia or the grip. Hood’s Sarsaparilla has wonderful strength-giving power.

GEN. NEAL DOW’S PERIL HIS SPANISH FOES IN SELMA, ALA., BENT ON VENGEANCE. He Wait a Prisoner of War, Yet Would Have Been Lynched l*ut for the Determination of Rebel Ollleern. Atlanta (Ga.) Letter In New York Sun. General Neal Dow’s lingering last illness and death have revived stories of his experiences while he was a prisoner of war in this far-away corner of the Confederacy, in 1863. The facts are known to many Georgia. Confederates now living in this city. Among these are the present secretary of state, Colonel A. D. Chandler, of the Fortieth Georgia Regiment, who held General Dow a captive for some time at Jackson, Miss., and Captain L. T. Mitchell, of the same regiment, who personally and alone conducted the prisoner on a long, roundabout journey to Richmond, where he was confined nearly a year and then exchanged for General W. H. F. Lee, son of Robert E. Lee. Various accounts have been printed about the trip from Jackson to Richmond, by way of Selma and Atlanta, and thence through the Carolinas, in the course of which General Dow s life was in danger from a vengeful mob and was saved only by the coolness and ingenuity of his guard. Captain Mitchell now comes foiward for the first time with his version of the trip, and has placed it in the hands of Judge R. L. Rodgers, historian of Atlanta Camp, Confederate Veterans, for preservation. In June, 1563, the Fortieth Georgia, under Colonel Chandler’s command, was stationed at Jackson, Misa, in the rear of Grant’s army, then operating against Vicksburg. One day a squadron of raiding cavalry belonging to Colonel John L. Logan’s detachment brought General Dow to Jackson as a prisoner. The general had been severely wounded while leading his brigade in a charge against the works at Port Hudson on May 28. Being disabled for immediate service—his wound was in the leg—he had taken quarters in the house of a federal sympathizer outside of the lines of Banks’s army. There the raiding troops surprised him at night, and, elated over the capture, delivered him with great display to the headquarters of General Joseph E. Johnston, the department commander, at Jackson. Quarters w T ere given him, under charge of Colonel Candler, who treated the captive more as a guest than a prisoner. General Dow was then a veteran In years, and the courtesy dtie to age, rank and marked ability was accorded, unasked, if not unexpected. In this manner prisoner and keeper became warm friends, and when it was decided to send the general to Richmond, General Johnston selected for his custodian one of Colonel Candler’s trusted officers, Captain Mitchell. Colonel Candler says that General Johnston proposed to send along a pquad of armed men as escort and guard, but Captain Mitchell declined, saying: A COURAGEOUS OFFICER. “I alone will deliver the prisoner safely at Castle Thunder.” ‘‘And he did,” adds Colonel Candler, “drawing his revolvers in the presence of the howling mob and telling them they would have to march over his dead body before they could get at his prisoner. This took place at Selma, and not at Montgomery, as usually stated. General Dow before setting out had given Captain Mitchelll his parole of honor not to try to escape, and Mitchell pledged his honor to protect him. Both kept their pledges.” The party reached Selma without adventure, and secured quarters for the night at the hotel, intending to wait for a passenger train. Word reached Selma in advance that General Dow was to pass through there a prisoner under guard. Infiamatory reports as to his character had been spread throughout the Southwest from the beginning of the war. He was classed among the extreme radicals of New England, a dangerous fanatic, and so on. Having served under Butler in 1861 and 1862, and taken part in the repressive measures in New Orleans after its capture, he was accused of being a leader of negro troops and of close partnership in ail the Iniquities an excited people charged upon Butler. But that was not all. Dow had commanded at Pensacola for a time, and in dealing with the turbulent element in that seacoast region had pursued the course that marked Butler’s rule in New Orleans. The Spanish element had been especially turbulent and had sworn to take revenge at the first o]>portunity. In 1863 both New Orleans and Pensacola were irretrievably given over to Federal control, and the inland cities contiguous, like Montgomery and Selma, were filled with refugees of a most dangerous type, chiefly of Spanish blood. It is a fact seldom taken Into account that the Spaniards of the gulf States were the bitterest advocates of secession in all the South. They w'ere doubly rebellious. In the first place, they had never been reconciled to Napoleon's sale of their territory to the United States, and, in fact, were rebels at heart against French domination. They hated, as only people of the dark Latin race can. the rule of the blue-eyed, blonde Northerner. So at last the Spanish rabble in Selma had a chance to get even with a representative of the hereditary enemies. DEALING WITH A MOB. Soon after dark there was a commotion in the streets, and it transpired that a mob composed chiefly of Spanish refugees from the coast, led by desperate men from Pensacola and New Orleans, had determined to hang General Dow to a lamp post. The General and his guard were not entirely surprised and remained cool and unruffled. Dow had had experience with mbbs before. While mayor of Portland, in 1855, singlehanded and alone he had braved the leaders in the notorious rum riot. Captain Mitchell determined to die with him if need be, but he left no stone unturned to avoid a collision. There were few real Confederate soldiers In Selma at that time, but the captain knew' of the presence of one of Colonel Candler's comrades in arms, a warm personal friend as well, who had led Alabama troops in the field. Colonel Bibb. He was the ranking Confederate officer in Selma at that time. After sending a message to Col. Bibb, Captain Mitchell went down to the street and harangued the rnob, which was surging in front of the hotel. It was then that he swore that they must pass over his dead body before they could do harm to General Dow. In a short time Colonel Bibb arrived and the two officers joined in an appeal to the mob to disperse and not cast a stain upon the Confederacy by assaulting an inoffensive wounded prisoner whom the fortunes of war had brought within their reach. They also explained that an act of that kind would lead to a retaliation upon the city of Selma. This last view had effect upon the older and more respectable citizens. They took a second thought and turned away from the scene. Finally the Pensaeolans and their allies retired, but it was only to gather new strength from the rougher elements of the city. Seeing the mob disperse. Captain Mitchell and Colonel Bibb went to the room occupied by General Dow. The old hero was very cool, in spite of the fact that his severe wound, owing to the extreme hot weather, was troublesome and painful. He had arisen from his couch, put on his uniform, upon which the full insignia of rank appeared, and was ready, like Nelson at Trafalgar, to “die in them in honor, as in honor ne had won them.” The respite was short, for in a few moments word was brought that the Spanish element hud been largely reinforced by the worst desperadoes in the blood of General Dow, even If they shed city, and that all were sworn to have the that of friends. Having had time to cool off, Captain Mitchell knew' that discretion was the better part of valor. He learned of a side exit into an alleyway along which he and his prisoner might travel unseen toward the station. Colonel Bibb accompanied them. He was well acquainted with the intricacies of the city, and also personally known to the railroad officials. A freight train w’as standing upon the track ready to pull out. A box car was emptied hastily, the prisoner, Captain Mitchell and Colonel Bibb got in, and the door was closed and locked upon them. The train started at once, and in this way, smuggled as freight, General Dow r was soon speeding toward this city. Captain Mitchell was well known in Atlanta, having gone from there at the beginning of the in the Eighth Georgia. He could easily Have drummed up to his aid a thousand determined Confederate soldiers to give safeguard to General Dow. From this point Captain Mitchell traveled alone with his prisoner Into the Carolinas. 'Hie news of the Selma riot preceded them, and at Weldon, N. C., the life of General Dow was threatened again by a mob. Captain Mitchell's ‘Tmnesa again

Wasson’s —Great Sale of— Lace Curtains, Silk Curtains and Draperies To-day we will put on sale over 1.800 pairs of Lace Curtains, Silk Curtains, Derby and Chenille Curtains, closed out by our buyer from one of the best dealers in fine goods in the country. Most of these goods are as new and fresh as they came from the importers. They go on sale to-day at about 50 Cents on the Dollar Nothing like this sale has ever been known in Indianapolis on account of the elegant goods offered at such a sacrifice. See yesterday’s advertisement for prices ..... H.P.Wasson&Co. ELY’S CREAM BALM in a positivocure. Apply into the nostrils. It is quickly absorbed. 60 cents at Dratreists or by mail; samples 10c. by maiL ELY BROTHERS, 66 Warren St., New York City. carried the day, and he delivered his prisoner safely in Riehmpnd. General Dow passed nine months in Libby Prison, where he became very popular with the Federal prisoners confined there. His exchange was brought about through the desire on the part of the Confederate authorities to secure the release of Gen. W. H. F. Lee, who wdn a brilliant soldier in Stuart’s cavalry corps, and lmd been captured about the time that General Dow' foil into the clutches of Logan's troopers on the banks of the Mississippi in much the same way. ndvelisThonored. Monument to Robert Louis Stevenson Unveiled at San Franclica. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 17.—A monument to Robert Louis Stevenson was unveiled today at Portsmouth Square. Addresses were delivered by Irving M. Scott and Bruce Porter, the artist. Mayor Phelan then accepted the monument in behalf of the city and read from “The Wrecker” Stevenson’s description of San Francisco. The monument was designed by Bruce Porter, assisted by Willis Polk and Mrs. Virginia Williams, the lady to whom Stevenson dedicated the “Silverado Squatters.” George Pipes was the sculptor. The shaft is made of California granite and is ten and a half feet high, on top of which Is a cap also of granite. This is surmounted by a bronze galleon of the sixteenth century. The vessel is running before the wind with alii sail set, and so subtle is the work of the sculptor that the Idea of a ship in motion is artfully carried out. THE FLITCH OF BACON. Old Cufttom Observed lu Some of tlie English Hamlets, f London Mail. The old custom of presenting a flitch of bacon to couples who can swear that they have “ne’er made nuptial transgression since they were made man and wife” was observed at Dummow yesterday. Seven couples had put in a claim, but this number was weeded down to tw’o, the Claimants, as previously stated in these columns, being Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Lambert, of Islington —who have been married fifty-one years—and Mr. and Mrs. George Taylor, of Leighs near Chelmsford, who have been wedded a year and two months. The judge wus Mr. Frank Hamilton, and Mr. Linsell, who appeared for the claimants, was opposed by Mr. T. Gibbons, Mr. J. Hamilton acting in the capacity of clerk of court. According to custom, the jury was composed of twelve maidens dressed in white, und tw’elve youths. The firs* claim coming under the notice of the court was that of the elder couple, and in opening the case of these Mr. Linsell said he was sure the Jury would agree that Mr. Lambert was second to rone in his devotion to his wife. Recently his client had sent a jubilee ode to the Queen, and among the replies he had received for similar tributes to royalty was a kindly letter from the Duke of York. Counsel was proceeding to refer to the calling of certain witnesses when Mr. Gibbons objected. Such a thing, he said, had never before been known in the history of 11 The Judge said that as it was Jubilee year he would allow one witness, and Mr. Lit* sell, after thanking “his lordship, proceeded to sketch the history of the clalinthe course of her examination, Mrs. Lambert said her maiden name was Norman Mr. Gibber.s, the opposing counsel, said It was true Mr Lambert used to write poetry to her, but to ascribe the following lines to him was, said counsel, altogether too bad; Oh, lovely Mary Norman, My love for you’s a warm urn (Loud laughter.) It was true, however, that during the jubilee be sent the following verse to the Queen: Ruled by Sovereign capacity, Through sixty long years with sagacity. She strove to be wise, she resolved to be good, Much splendor, she said, before mb I see, But there’s much more responsibllitea. (Roars of laughter.) With the claimant writing such poetry, could husband and wife live peaceably together? Mr. Gibbons asked. It was impossible on the face of it. The jury, however thought otherwise, and awarded the flitch to Mr. and Mrs. Lambert amid loud cheers. The second flitch was presented to Mr. and Mrs. Taylor after a short but merry trial. The sentence having been passed, the judge and Jury paraded through the field and along the village in a large motor car. Pony races and various other holiday time amusements filled up the remainder of a very pleasant day. The germs of consumption are everywhere. There is no way but to fight them. If there is a history of weak lungs in the family, this fight must be constant and vigorous. You must strike the disease, or it will strike you. At the very first sign of failing health take Scott’s Emulsion of Cod-liver Oil with Hypophosphites. It gives the body power to resist the germs of consumption. oc. and si.oe, all druggist*. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chtmtsu, Naw Yo%

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