Democratic Press, Volume 1, Number 29, Decatur, Adams County, 2 May 1895 — Page 2

Democratic Press. DECATI'K 1-XLX Dft»r*tir Fret* <_•*. • ABOUND THE WORLD. INTELLIGENCE FROM Al L PARTS OF THE GLOBE. Baw trm r<we*gs ——t)'»,KW H*pPomrer*—tiabae Xocs —Fetl**r*l Ocvam&ec*—Fir**, * —"lrnn Crunee. tie. rsrrs iucted Wer. tlx Orae—« tkaz Catted Santes Naval Vaaaei* ~k. 4Co t» Snracw. Saar-r smid -n a.. ; unexpected orders were teo-i to Un.ied states naval vesneA late I Tuesday afternoon. aad caused a setuatioa for the tone. anti I the purpose of tte > orders were explained. Tte Aterti winch I te* teen stationed for a ncath or more a: Panama, watefemg the progress as the rev- | slßtusiii i luitiai in Cotoabca. was or- | dered to spoeeed at «raee to San Juan Dei > Sor, tte nearest eobie port to Caricto. Tte Rafeiz* a Bow on her way from Kiazstoa. Jamaica, to Key West, aad to expected to arrive at t:.- Arter piare at ar. y moaent. and will find wait nz tier orier- to <a . at ooee to Greytown. the eastern term.nta of the proponed Nieazagua canal. Tte Montgomery. now at Mobile. will follow the Rate zh on May 7. with the X.carazuai: ' eaaal eon tn .seme atoard. The Monterey, ‘ having sailed from Aeaputeo dirert for Panama. to not expected to toxseh is Cortwto. i a-. -. . - - -- , ' den by wire she will probably be allowed to relieve the A>rt on guard at Panama, whence .be can be erdr-red oaefc to Nicaragua if the oeeasfon arises na the future. Secretary Herbert exputined tte meanmz of toese orders. He -aid that tte movement of the ships bad absolute!y nothing to do with tte present occupation of i Corinto by the British. that being a matter i U be settled between the N x-aracuan- and BnLsh. The real purpose of tte orders waa to guard the American interest* in Nicaragua against the consequences of posxible revolution which may result from the disturted condition of the country. A Car Tragedy. The dead body of Frederick Peiebel. a stone mason at Mansfield. Ohio, member of the owineuw fifia of Daum A Boebel, i was found lying beside the PeansvlvanA track, near Spring Muis, a few mites west i of Mansne. L by a fireman, and an eagiße® , taking a teromotive to Crestline. The body bore four bullet wounds, and the victim had been pounded with a piece of railroad i iron. Hi* pockets had been rifled, and his ' watched was zone. Boetel had been in Ind.ana «i a business trip, and en route borne stopped at the stone quarries at Lees«ilte, O. He evidently mneed the train a: Crestline, and iasarded a box car in which were a Binnber of tramps, who acsaa.vs! mttrlered, and rwbtofi bint, and . then threw his body from the ear. as the j soles of his shoes were blooty. evidencing < a terrible straggle in the ear." Boebel was 45 and leaves a widow and four ei.udren. Mask Bohoer FoileW A stranger walked into the lowa Trust j and Savings tank at Dubuque, lowa, and walk.nz up to the counter window behind which the funds for the >iay‘s use was piled, struck the window with a small hammer that be wmed » ’.'i t '.-ei . ;-ut of grabbing the funds and escaping before the employes had rws.vered from tteir surpnse. Teller Maurice Brown was standing near, and as the window broke be look in the situation at once, and grabbing , a revolver shot the man. the ball taking effect in toe nea<L The robber is serionsly, . but not dangerously wounded, and is now under arrest. BemeO Alive. X, R- Tressel. a eeal dealer and one of the racet prominent citizens of Cantcu. > Ohio, after partaking of supper, took a! lantern and went to the bam to look after I his horse. He went into the hay mow,! and m the tmeerta-n Uzbt, fell through the bay chute. He was caught fa-o: and his i lan torr, set the hay anr*- The bam was partially burneL aad Tressei's Lifeless body was taken out by the Fire Department. Crop Baportw The May crop reports state that the former premise of winter wheat has been further lessened during the last month, i In -states <d principal production, east of tie Rocky Mountains, the condition is S.l, ; or 1.1 per cent, beiow the average. This ! condition indicates a tc«al winter wheat harvest id 3HjO>.<»>i bushels. Present i indieatiotLi pcist to a decided decrease in the spring wheat area. Om I-Ipluloo. A spec-iaTfrom Elyria. <.». says: The G. A. R. ball was wrecked by an explosion of gas. Janitor M. A. Elder went into the □all and deserted toe smell of gas. He struck a mater, and opened the door of the water closet when the explosion iKturred. Partitions were blown out and windows shivered. Mr. Elder was seriously if not fatally burned about the face and hands. A Bate's TerrSbte Death. The home of Frank Orians. five mites south of Carey. Ohio, was the scene of an accident recently. His four-year-old son. Charlie, was playing in the barnyard and undertook to einnb upua a log rack. His weight overbalanced it, and before be cosiPi get out of ths' way the raek fell upon him. crushing hte skull and killing him almost instantly. Down to the Bottom. The steam targe hadie Shephard foundered about five miles from the entrance of the river at Toledo. Ohio, and it is thcraght that all on board were lost, with the exception of Engineer Albert Hamiiion. I who was picked up by the tug Roy in an unconscious condition. KMtkeU to D.eh. Mrs. Janies Warner, of Taylorsville, Ind., was kicked to death in a runaway accident, caused by a collision between a bicycle and the buggy in which she was driving. The bicycle nder was not injured. Field Fires Racing in MUhigaa. Allegan 'Mich, special: Thousand of! dollars worth ot timber and immense blackberry fi-ids have been destroyed by forest fires, which are razing west oi here. Two square miles of territory has been burned over. Struck It Btcb. The richest gold strike during the past two years has b-en made in the Anderson property, near Lewiston, Wyo. The rem is 20 feet wide, part of which will run nearly I JIO.OOO per ton. •

a TXABF* CKI «ta Ltey ax lacxt'c tatxawa. It Ateoniaag ate tewrkmctv M«Uax«A Andenca Ind. speetai: One of the I most Indices ermaes iu the t. story of the xxtßtzy was eaausrtlcd at lazasis. south of j tn • ray. Mr- Isaac L. H ames. 50 years M age. wa* o<ii m. her rarim. and stepped i imto a dearrted hoaee - *a- zrx: *-•: by ' a ragan aad as.sau. ted. after w twS he took ‘ a razor from bis poeket and cut her throat. ■ knd «berwise terribly mut.Ated ter. There were mx tesa than 25 gashes over l the bedy aad lace. He tten tarred ter to the openmz mte the cellar. It was full I at water. He threw ter law this, aad she l mme to. He fied, aad the managed to get i out. She dragged terself into tre yard and there became aneccse.oss. -oe was i fmxnd m tr s condition and taken to ter te«ne. where pbyvKians were called. ; and they tubed the wmdpipe, which was i severed, pae was ina..;. bcoogtd to tong i enough to hisper out the story. She desenbed the maa as a low heavy-set I tramp, and a man answering to tae de--wnpeoa was found getting away from I FormiJe. He was pUced under arrest by : ire mob and earned t»ek to the house. • The geoerai impress sou was that be was i the murderer, aad preparatioas had already [ oeen made for the lyneiung bee by the .ndignaa: citizens and farmers who bad .vmgreirateL He was almost wi.d when dragged into ter room, 'i- was rest-ired ; to evti.o.i.asuess aad zlanoed a: Jum. ~ae I snook her head ami said: ' Xo.it AboC 1 itim." He was fina.iy released aad mesI sages were sent nr ail direction to bold all ' tramps, she canaot under any ctrcumstanres live. The entire community w m I arms, and ropes are displayed with pride. 1 Ail she has to do ato recognize the man ! aad be will be hanged from a tree m front > >f the house. ' BKSKRVOU BI B-Ts. , **vwTXi fNMt Sad deal T Flooded JUay lave* test. Epmal France special. An enormous i reservoir near here bum. inundating many I •■-. ages in tae district ami drowning numbers of people. Enormous damage has teen doce in tte surrounding country. I Tte railways in ail dizections are inter- ' ruptetL ami a Urge number of v.iAzes are entirely fioeied. In some places tte force j of tte torrent let loose by tie break m the i dyke was so great that entire bouses i were swept away, and large trees were torn up by the roots, in a single commane. that of Egney. seven kilometers from the scene of "tisaster proper, twenty-three persons were drowned. At Xomexy eight botes have teen found. Wherever the water flowed it flestroyed everyttung in its path. The village of Bouzey. with its many pisciculture sstabl.shme«ts, has dai-y-T:.e : ■■er:, al tanks of tire canal de F Est burst and emptied a reach of water eleven kuoißetea loug into the Aviere Va..-y, which then Sowed to X imexy, where it Sowed into the river Moeelie. At Dartueolles all tte bouses were de- . stioyed and lew were spared at Aux Forres. Hundreds of families have been reniered tomeless. Tte burst reservoir. ! which supptes the canal, is situated at i Bouzey. and was formed by a dyke is) I : aseter. long. It recsiris of a wall of ma- ! wnry twenty meters high and twenty meets thick at its base. BUBBLD HIM. ■ Thr** Innjp» Cp ttoa Afeat a? I>wafee, Lr»«l* Imnfee. a small -canon a few miles west of Fort Wayne. Ind_ ou tte Xickel Plate road, was tte scene of one of the meet daring robberies ever perpetrated in Xorthern Indiana About 1 o’clock Thursday morning O. S. Sm.th. tte night operator, put out siznals fora freight tram which was due m a few minutes, and had just returned to work at his instrument, when three masked men entered the ofltee, witii drawn revolvers, and tte leader ordered hm.th to telegraph orders giving tte freight train tte right of way. so mat no stop would be made at tte station. He was evuicntly conversant with me workings of toe instrument. as when the message was finished be ordered tte operaior to "break.'’ under penalty of having his head blown off. They then turned their mention to 1 ransacking tte office, securjig about 55 or 55 from tte drawer. They then went through the operator's pockets, securing a g.ld watch and churn and some small change. Demon* at Work. Two attempts were made the other night to wreck the Biz Four tram known as tbe ‘•fourt-uouse Flyer." near Benton Harbor. Mich. The first attempt was made five miles south of Benton Habor. where the train struck a dummy car which bad been placed on tte track. The car was demolished and the front end of tte engine damaged. Two miles farther, while moving at a slow rate, tte train stock a pile of ties and was delayed two hours. This last accident occurred at what A known as the hodus curve, toe most dangerous part of the road, and had the train been running at its regular speed a tearful accident would have been the result, with possibly a great loss of Life. There Ano clew to the perpetrators. Attempted Marder and Saielde. Lon Hupp, a bartender in Orrville, Ohio, had a litiie trouble with Frank Clark, a cigar maker, of Washington. D. C . as to who was next in a barter shop. Hupp, with Daniel Brenneman andliaael Arnold met Clark on Main street, when Brenneman created Clark’s steiii with a club. Clark A still living, but nis recovery A believed to be impo-sible. An officer went to Breniietaaa • Indue and placed him under arrest for assauLt with intent to kill. Brenneman stepped into a bedroom and sent a bullet into his brain and died in less than an hour. He was married, and leaves a wife and nine children. Arnold uin jail. I n known Man Killed. An unknown tramp was run down and i killed by a local freight m the Big Four yards at Dayton. Ohio. There was noth- > mg on the man's person to indicate his name or home or friends other than a postal card directed to William Blanco. Jr, Columbus, the signature of which was onintelligible. He was about 25 years old.five feet eight inches in height, and weighed about P 55 pounds. He was smooth faod and wore a dark coat and vest and salt and pepper pants, derby hat and congress shoes. He had India ink markings on one arm descriptive of a woman and on tte i other the initials C. B. M., 1880. Arrested for Marder. Terre Haute 'Lad.; special: Officers from this city went to Alexandria. Ind.. and arrested Wm. Disbennett. for the murder of an unknown man. whose body waa found in an alley in thA city on April 21st, 1890. The dead man was sand-bagged and robbed of his money. Tte murder re- ! mained a mystery until about a week ago, , when a man who was with Disbennett when tte crime was committed made a

' rowAw> -«. DAreusm served a term n tte M cft.iia ;r» a Be del the kniißg. Tte dead man was never Fav Cowu BrrwW. Tte Xew York Moenmz Journal says: The Awer ean sehooeer Graefe T, manaed secretly by Canon revotuieinisas. slid cat from tee tertb *t Iter ft. East River i» tte darkness «t tte aamof A pci. 4. Tte La'eneso at tte tear aad tte stealthmess i w its w hiek tte fiaowßigrr; cot ar*iord prevented detect®a. Tte fact -hat tte Kanes litx x craft earned 150 men and a store of supp-tes was not known until sow. Tte Gracte I iaa led safely a few bilies from 'anuagode Cato, when *.•. •.• riles an t a tu_. supply of anuauuitioa were o.uc :a,ed. A Body frooh tbe CMirers St. Jorept M.efc ■ special: Tte body found a: Xew Buffalo, may ye*, be itetiri-fi-i u Ititert MeCmre. engmeer of tte Cnscora. Vpow tne arrival of Wutiam MeCiure be was stewu tte key. and otter betoogmgs taken from the body. Tte keys correspond with those used by tern. &A brother had • eb-est ke his ates they are exactly alike. His knife A also ateßtified. MeClure and Arent WhiAier will go and ai.e tte body exhumed Will FroceoCo Madrid special: At a coulerenee between tte premier. Canovas del Castillo, and tte Minister of tte Cotones, tenor Casteiiauos. tte reeeptioo aeroriedtn Xew York to Carfos M. de Cespedes, son of the first president of tte Cuban prvvisional repot lie. was dzscuseed. and it was decided to caß the attentMß oi tte V cited States, as a fneteLy nation, to tte work of tte srjaratijts witten tte Vsited .'•bates. Mor* Da nAEDitffiw ~Xesr Grass Creek, Lad., the big tarn oi Emanuel Bans was sei fire by an unknown person and completely destroyed. Sevea norses were crexailed. Tte granary neai by. :n wh et seven pounds of dynamite was stored, also eauztt. Tte explosion which resulted on tte premises and dangerously wounded Rans aad his wife. Sow Her Daughter FuroeA. Era Asteiy, tte s:xteen-years-old dauzater of Robert Ashley of Kokomo, Ind., was fatally burned recently. While at tte stove preparing a mixture of turpentine and Lard for her nek mother tte manure took fire, .ztutmz ter dotting. Xo one was in the house bat tte teipless mother, wte saw ter daughter burned to death. Fruk Haffma Caag&t. Word has been received that Fran I Huffman, the train robber and desperado, who has operated iB Central Missouri for tte past five years, tad been ■ •; tured at Coiiias. Mo. He was recently surrounded and shot in a swamp in Hickory County, bat escaped. Tb-r- A a reward of ISA* hanging over bis bead. to Dratib Henry Hodnon. living near T.ptoc. Ind., met with a frightful death. He was alone in the house and his dotting caught fire froei a store. He was quite aged and auntie to help himselL He was burned so badly that the fiesh dropped from tte Ames of his arms aad lower limbs. He died m one coar President Mcßride ExrmeratedL Indianapolis special: Tte executive eommittee of tte American Federation of Labor finished its work here and ad•oumed. A motion was adopted exonerating President Mcßride on the charges of bribery m the settlement of the miners' aad Hocking Valley Railroad strikes. Ten Men L'-ow-.rl At Burtam • wart, Middlesex County. Va., during a storm on the Rappahannock, ten men were drowned. When tte storm broke a number of eanoes sought safety under tte lee of a vessel. Tte vessel dragged anchor, tte canoes cut loose, and the occupants were drowned. Mat Be Another Rerolutiof*. Consul General Wilder of Hawaii, and Varied 'tales Secret Service Azent Harris have teen warned of a conspiracy at -San F rancisco for the overthrow of tte H a wai an government by another revolution. Evidence has teen gathered azainst those implicated in tte plot. Dual With Ftotobb At Elkhorn gully, W. Va_ Marshal Smith was fired upon by a colored desperado maned Andrew Dillon. Smith in return fired four balls into Dillon, killing hm instantly. Smith was shot in the neck, but is not seriously injured. Horrible Death. Mack Gnffin. aged .t years, the enzmeei of the Cedar Springs Milling company at Cedar Springs, Mich., was caught in the maetunery and hit Life practically pounded out. He leaves a widow aad two ehridrea the markets; Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, £1.75 to Jb.u.'.; hogs. *h..p:ag gra-i-s. 53 to 55.25: sheer-, fair to choice. 52.. - -t 54.101 wheat, Xo - red. .» to 62 . ' rn. Xo. 2,4 s to 4I» : oats. Xo. 2. 2&> to •Ari: rye. No. 2. 65c to 67c: barter, ‘•sc-i-v creamery. 2&c to 2 1 ' 1 -,- egr* fresh. 12- to 13e; car tots, per bushel, • to SO. broom corn, per lb, common growth to fine bn-" +c to 7-I-.a:anaps-,..s Cattle, shipping, $: to 5&25: hogs, choice light, $3 to 5525: sheep, eomoon to prime. 52 to 54 ’> * wheat. No. 2 red, 57- to corn. X 1 white, 43c to 46c; oats. No. 2 white. 33c to 34c. St. Louis—Cattle $3 to 55.75; hogs. $4 *' 55: wheat x. ; 2 red. 60c to 61c: com, 2,45 cto 46c; oats. No. 2. 30c to 31c I rye. No. X 61c to 63c. Cincinnati—Cattle. 5X50 to $6: hogs. 53 to 55.50; sheep. $2.50 to 54.75: wheat. 2. 66c to 66Ljc: corn. No. 2 mixed. 47c to 4S oat*. No. 2 mixed. SI I , to 32tijc; rye. No. 2. 74c to 76c. Detroit—Cattle. 52.50 to 56: hogs. $4 to 55; sheep. $2 to $4.75: wheat. No. 2 red, 63c to 63*4e; corn. No. 2 yellow, 47c ti ■ 47^gc: oats. No. 2 white. 34- to 35c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red, 63c to 64c: corn. No. 2 mixed. 48- to 41* : oats No. 2 white, 33c to 34c; rye. No. X 60c to 68c. Buffalo-Cattle. $2 50 to 56.25: k-z*. $3 to $5.50; sheep. $3 to $5: wheat. No. 2 hard. 7'* to 71c: corn. No. 2 yellow, 52c to 525-jc; oats. No. 2 white 36c to Milwaukee—A beat. No. 2 spring. 62c to corn, No. 3. 48c to 48U--.: oats. No. 2 white, 32c to 33c: barley. No. X 52c to 54c; rye. No. 1. ®c to 67c; pork, m*ss, 512 to SIXSO. New Y-rk—Cattle. $3 to 56.25; hogs, 54 to 55.75; »heep. $3 to 55.25. wheat. No. 2 red. 67c to 68c: corn. No. X 53c to 54c; oats, white Western. 33c to 41c; butter, creamery. 14c to 21c; egga, Western. 13c to 14c

ALLIEr OF THE JAPS. ENGLAND AND UNCLE SAM * TITHE MKADO. With Two Powerful Friewdo the Deuao4* of the Rueeiaa Bear Are Laagfee-1 to bcora —Montreal the Scewe of a Terrible Accident. Defies Her Big Foe. Loadoa advices say that Eng And w 3 give Japan .pre snppwt m rise rer.firan- 3 of the treary «f peare with Ch i ~U- A fr'.rn.dly uoderstßßding exist* betweeu tte mikado and Died Rosebery's goverament. But this A not ai’_ This tacit alYanee j a triple ooe and the United State* s the thri-i party to it. Japanese diptomats, with w-uderful artuteuesa. have teen f t week* preponng for tte rituatioa which now confronts the aariotm. They tecogßiaed that if they eocjd »" nre evea the m..»ral support of Eng ani and America m oect&ng tte terms of peace with their eoaquered foe Japan eoa.i afford to ignore or defy tte rest at ta» world. Eng,*nd ear-red heart .y nrto the amazement and reprereatatrvws of both .'span and Euriit'i are a- w usiag tte moot siren efforts to iaduce tte Varied Sta'-s to stand by its tacit ogregcrent and >xa .a prorretiriz Japan ags.nst f r--zn mt-rt'-reace. Such an attitude. s represented, would not be repag-.au: to the American p-iicy. bn: it is a pemi ariy unusual and strange owe for Grea' Britain to assume. Japan wat ->s with keen mterca* ’b* -- ;ree of th- E tropean powers regaz'l nz tte Shunmieseki treaty. Japanese d.pfotnats are not par- aiarty apprehensive of the outcome. Tte refusal of England to act m concert with Gvrmzny and France ha* eecouraged the Japanese to believe that no strong single poui-y ear be agreed oc by the ■'•antries ttet f«e tn-.r interests in the East are threatened by the terms of tte peace. Germany -* thought to be but LaT-hearred z» ter eoeperat.- n with France and Russia, if such co-operation has been assure-i. Mm-’z ron fidence A felt in tte aseonaees of go&f

PEACE RESTORED IN THE ORIENT. y fax'' 1 »?. ■v V V A - ni/ a '! \ ■ r '' i'

feeling given fey Great Britain aad the United States. Tne Rosman Prince Uehtomoky. who accompanied the present czar oa hl* tour in the East, has written a long ro.n omm cation to the M-iscow Viedom-ien explaining tte threatening features .f the situation in the Orient. He deciarv that Russian intervention is iaevitabU. It w. ;.-i be criminal negl—it. he thixika, if Ruama were to allow Japan to menare Russia's interests in east Anin, as is contemplated in the Shimoneseki treaty. He expresses the tear that bioodsted will be necessary before Ja: an * aggress.ve spin: can be checked. He regards tte Japanese a* intoxicated with the completensss of their victory and determined to force up-.n the rest of the world a policy trhk-ii »LI nations having interests in east Asia must frustrate, by peaceful means if possible. bat otherwise by the sword. T 4 asbiagton Diplomat* -Secretive. A Tt **h.ngton dispatch says the report by cable that England and Japan were making strenuous efforts to *e- ore the eooperation of the United States to p; event ther powas from interfering in th* making of the treaty of peace between Japan art China and control certain qf its terms, wa* referred to the Japanese Leg* tiom Minister Kurino is sick, bat questions as to the troth of the story were answered to the effect that nothing was known of it at the Japanese Legation. If et: rt* were being made to bring tte United States into the affair on tte side of Japan they were not being participated in by M inAter Kurino. There is high authority for the statement that nothing of the kind had t-rm urged at the State Department by either the English or Japanese diplomats. So far. at least, bo inVr.itjOM to th? I tf; irt ta-rfeys* in any war in the treaty making between China aad Japan had com* from any source, it was stated esnphatknliy that no attitude of interference would be assumed by the United States now or hereafter. bo matter who issued tte invitation or who urged it. MANY GIRLS MANGLED. Pinned in a Montreal Fire-Trap by Iron-Barred Window*. W. c. MeD.-uald'a extensive tootern factory in Montreal. Que., wa* partially destroyed by fire Thursday evening. The k-s, will reach half a million dollars, on which there was no insurance. There wa* not a fire escape on the outside nor any appliances on the inside of the building for the fighting of the fire. Even the window* were guarded by henry iron screens, presumably to prevent theft. The fire started at 5 o’clock in the drying room, and for a while smoldered. Then suddenly the flames burst through and a most awful panic ensued. There were employes in the building. and more than half this number were women and girls. The shrieks of the women as they beat against the iron screens, praying tte crowd to do tome thing to save them, were most heartrending. As the flames burst out three firemen were on the roof, and for fully twenty minutes their lives were despaired of. tin finally ladders were found to bring them down. They were badly burned.

was s’rowr shattered to pieces when ste ,-k the roof of an adjotsing warenote* I* a * =X*r manner the otters f•>.-:•«« to tte Barter of thirty. Tte ambu!an-.-re were k-X busy canyiug the woesea an-. _ , -*e hospitals, and sotnr were d-iv« is cate l<> rot? "= ofX rris injured b, "T - wind w» of the born n( learned that but litth 1 nee <a e-terta i«d e '- r recovery ol *-feast fire. Tte fire: pH to f-nja the - ’~rth floor to th< roif was Marie Gagnoo. wte was Prfkri « insensible condition, with ter bock broken. SCARED BY A HAG. S«d Case of a Foo Hah Bride Who I» pyißC in Florida. Ai a reeal: of -whAt iome fcJks claim is w.-’icn.::. W. R. LASpf?H. i K r ,.i e o f fit & few weeks, who live* ab»>ct tweive miks frvm Ban w. Fix., » oc her deAthbed. -- Lxarf rd came to Bar: w to attend tte Normal Insmute, tepisg t.? pass ter examination and afterward r" an »rp- --ment a* s- bool teacber Mrs. Lanzf -rd was in high Hunt* art soon tew™* a-ted as one of tte yolhest of tte NoraaaL student*. One cay as ste was walking alone m tte suburb* of tte town she uu accosted by an sifi w>ici*a the M»g Memtes type, whom Mrs. Langfcrd had never *een before. Tte hag surprised Mrs. Langford by address.nz her by name and by tell.ng her that she had been married only a few days, and that she was tte second wife of her hu*tead: aB of which was tree.

Mrs. I wnff.ird w-ndered bow the old w -rsa sb-tid be » familiar with the rircuaastwes of her Life, but her astonishment increased when tte hag. pointing a stenay finger ar her. sa.d: "Enjoy yourself while yon may. dearie, for in three month* ''ro to-day y u will be a corpse." The old woman disappeared, ami ha* not been seen *mre. aoc ha* any due to ter i-ientriy been discovered. Mrs. Langford retimed from her walk and told her

ct.-uapan.- ~ i what had o urred. IJer friend* attempted to laugh tte matter off. but the young bride seemed emvinced that tte hag’s prophecy would prove true. She rerxraed to ter home, told her husband of tte old wimaa's prediction and then took to her bed. She ha* been growing weaker ever smre. art it A believed she will die before the date fixed. Mrs. Langford cncipA.u* of no pa.n. but A *jnpiy wasting away. She takes medieine* pre »cribed by d-xters. but says it .* see ess a* ste A doomed. TOO BIG FOR JAIL. A Kentnckr Giant Who Womda t Stoop to Enter a Prison Door. James McDoweS. a san of hermlean build aad standing seven feet and one inch in hi* bare feet, treated Grarwn Kr.. to a regular picnic a few day*’ago" Jailer Brown had * warrant iseued f biro the ■■r.arge being that McDowell Bad sm .zz : r - > prisoner* in ■*.! McDoweii was easily found and went to the jail door, which wl * , ix _ half feet hzii Bo- te refuel to to enter the jii Tte iailer then threatened, but the gnat st.-.i imm-v*. b.e. Brown tried to bend McDowell’, legs at the knee. He got up twenty feet away. Help was called for. bat McDowell Mood at the door. gnm. but weadJi the A M S--.. an .te town wa, attracted to -he gi„ t «- — and laughed and jested with the crowd , M ‘ annocneed tte. he wa- ze T - ;as x . lry M<i wi . d home promising to appear m ronrt the =ext day. ademg that if the door waa e D larged he woaid go into the jail, but he waald never bow to any jafl door ■*\him go. McDowefl came back he ’ ’k*’ l *' l “d Paid So Pope Joan. Though the story has been refuted over and over again, there is still a to tte middle ages a female pope Pope Joan, a* fe eveß her name to a game of i-ards which A £??.'jjL * “Bebool for Scandal. Th tradition with re-ard back to the eleventh century, but «> e is said to have lived Qn< . b pontificate having taken place In the ninth century and harin K lasted for more than two years. The name ste haTe is John VII At the last meeting of the icademv ,r Inscriptions, in Paris. M Muntx dLlt another blow ~t story, which hl eteraewnre, as a vulgar fable inventi ed in the middle ages Never. heX ■ -n-res. after a gtndy -esaom has a woman worn the tiaraand. moreover, there wa * iDterr ™' "X ™ Then John VII. governed the church. Rv rh.fs ade Million,. ..?*« advane- m petroleum tte StondW, 2 k s 006 withm the p,« two weekx

T < 7pߣss James W. Scott. Mr. Scott was personally a most genial and hkabie man.- Buffalo Courier. It was impossible to be acquainted with him and not like him.—Scranton Truth The city waa eminently for the maa a&j the man for the city.—Kansas City Star. Ix>ug win his memory live in the archives of American journalism. -Spring NeWS. Fortune failed to change him from ths genial, kindly spirit that be was.—Milwaakee Journal. There A no man in the profession whose loss coaid be more severely felti—M naeapolA Tribune. He intelligently labored to the achieve meat of the public interest.—Rockford Regi»ter-G axette. He was a man of high private charae ter. and this was reflected in hi* nev*. paper.—Toledo Blade. He inaugurated a new era and injected a new spirit in the Western newspaper fieid. —Oshkosh Northwestern. Mr. Scott ha* been a force in Western journalism and politics that eosnmsnded national recognition.—Kansas City Journal. Mr. Scott was a man of great energy and enterprise and possesse-i wonderful executive ability.—Rochester Post-Ex-press. Above all be had a high sense of the duties which belong to newspaper work, believed in making a paper of clean character. attractive in it* typographical *p. pearußCß. and edited in it* own offiea— Springfield liepub.ican. Mr. Scott wa* a grand type of a tn* American. He wa* eminently a practical man. and many editorial con renne ts have been instructed and benefited by his addresses and instruction. Few knev him but to lore him.—Elgin New*. Opinions on Various Subject*. The oil producers can live on the fat of the land, if they wish.—Cincinnati Tribune. In stir event. Great Britain never Set* the handle of the jug get on the farther side.—Detroit Tribune. The author of "Trilby” may come tc thA country if be likes, but be must a*. »ume all the rAk*.—Chicago Recori What A needed is not iegisia: s i* make the dollar cheaper, but to make it less coy and delusive.—Chicago Dispatch. The counterfeiter* of the postage stanif probably excited suspicion by using a good quality of gum.—Kansas City Joan naL The iucome tax opposition has reveatej one curious fact—the enormous estimate which multi-millionairea put upon tux cents.—St Louis Poet-Dispatch. The Lexow investigation cost $67.(W, which it cheap enough, for Tammsay would have been glad to pay forty times as much to prevent it.—St. Loots GlobeDemocrat. Those wrvn who have positive ki. .sledge that J. Wilkes Booth is still aiivs should form an organisation of some sort and do their talking to each other.—Chicago Tribune. Russia is growling louder than England over Japan's peace treaty with China, but there are no signs that either of them means to do anything about it— New York Recorder. Tax oa Bachelors. The one commendable feature of ths tax would be the ease with which it coaid be collected.—Bloomington Bulletin. Illinois proposes to tax bachelors, too. It looks as if a new name would have to be invented for single blessedness —B-a ton Herald. There is a bill in the Illinoi* Legislature to tax bachelors—the theory probably being that married men are already overtaxed.—Detroit News. A supplementary tax might indeed be levied upon sueh old maids as should be discovered to have promised oace upoa a tune 'to be a sister” to any young man. —Philadelphia Record. As a rale old maids do not require a home other than that which they may provide for themselves, and it is an insult to them to suggest that they stand in need of sueh a retreat—St. Paul Call. Illinois proposes to tax bachelors above the age of 3X and with the proceeds of the tax establish an old maids' home. This would appear to be equitable, wheth er constitutional or not.—MinneapoiA Tribune. Woman and Her Hat. Many men are of the opinion that w tnan will not deserve the ballot until she gives up big hats and balteon aieeve*.— Baltimore American. A Dallas lawyer opposes the bachelor s tax and insists that women shall go back to suu-bouiiets so that he can afford to marry one of them.—Galveston News The inflated theater hat flaunts itself triumphantly in public, while the whip ping post skulks regretfully back into the shadow of innocuous desuetude.— New York World. There is a future awaiting the th-at rical manager who will provide a bat museum near the foyer where women may inspect each other's bonnets between the acts.—New Haven Palladium. pie designs for the theater hat this spring are larger than ever. Fashion is an^ inexorable ruler. Perhaps since wom- -- 4 suffrage is recognized the w ■ 0 will remove their hats. —Cleveland Plain Dealer. Dr. Cook's Expedition. It is to be hoped that Frederick Cook will on his expedition to the south p •' meet with better results than have the many explorers to the pole at the other extremity.—Washington News. Dr. Frederick Cook will lead an exploring party next September to the antarctic ice cap. which covers a sixth of the surface of the globe. The doctor expects to pre-empt thA little tract and make a 1 immer resort at the south pole for effete s**w Yorkers.—Minneapolis Journal. To Dr. Cook, who is said to be contemplating an exploring expedition to the antarctic regions, we have a single suggestion to make. It is that he arrange to send out a relief expedition in advance to receive and care for his party when it arrives wherever it is going.— Washington Star.