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The ZLigonier Banney LIGONIER, - - INDIANA. B R e T AT S B eSS A S e Miss Vivian Sartoris, granddaughter of Gen. U. S. Grant, and Archibald Dalfour, of London, will be married early in July, according to Mrs. U. . Grant. - R A A s B LSRN T Tt is said that hornets never use the same nest for a second season. The hornet is about as vicious an insect as natural law allows, and he probaLly gets in all the work he desires upon humanity in the course of one weason, certain as he is that wherever he locates himself some one will make an effort to dispossess him. During his speech in introducing the British army proposals of the government, Mr. Brodrick gave some curious facts about fighting families. Jle stated that the families with three sons serving in the army number no fewer than 300; four sons, 176; five sons, 142; six sons, 72; seven sons, 20; eight sons, 2; nine sons, 1; ten sons, 1. R R S S S T SRS TR VR IR A mausician in New York asserts that not only animals but plants have a passion for sweet music, and a Bostonian, musician, not to be outdone by New York, avers that when he plays harmonies his semsitive plant “‘stretches abroad, drinking in the snusic like sunshine.” If, on the other hand, he strikes a discord, the plant trembles and closes. . T M R N SN S ST T A M SN A The firing of a shell from a 110-ton gun costs sB3o—slBo for 99 pounds of powder and $659 for the projectile. fhat is what it costs to “pull the trigger,” but as the 110-ton gun only stands 93 shots and costs $82,400' to malke, the actual cost of each shot is $1,700. A thousand shots from each of these guns, which could be fired in a few niinutes, represent an expenditure equal to the interest on $45,000,000. In the village of Hundred, W. Va., a stranger was found lying on the sidewalk at 3 a. m. apparently dead, his team standing in the street nearby. Two doctors pronounced it death from heart disease and the body was Yeing laid out at the coroner’s estabJishment when suddenly it rose up and began to sing. The coroner, who is also mayor of the town, transferred the warbler to the lockap, and later fined him %5 and costs for disturbing the peace by singing. Govw. Yeslie M. Shaw is being urged to pardon S. R. Dawson, murderer of Walter Scott, in order that the process of making Damascus steel, a dead art that many other men have endeavored in vain to perfect, may not ‘be lost to the world. Extreme persuasion is being brought upon the governg¥ by the Damascus Steel Co., , formied five years ago when Dawson had perfected his discovery and the steel blades of the ancient were about to be manufactured again. » Traveling by coach has indeed been go facilitated now that it is possible for an American going to Europe to order six months in advance the coach with which he wishes to travel between two different points in his journey. The organization of an international coaching company has recently made that possible. It is now possible to arrange an entire trip by coach in advance and follow it out with as much certainty as if it were to be taken on a government railroad. * Potable gold—long sought by the alchemists of old as the true elixir of life—has been produced at last, and a patent for it has just been granted by the United States government. It is a drinkable preparation, and is declared to be a literal renewer of youth, giving strength and restoring shattered nerves. Gold has long been credited with medicinal value, but up to the present time mno means has been known whereby it could be pre- . pared in such a way as to be harmless. voseph P. Long, A. M. Holmes, colored, and others have closed a deal by which they secure control of two hundred or more acres of land eight - miles from Atlanta, Ga., on which they propose to build a negro settle- - ment. The property will be divided .into lots and streets, and the lots will be sold to negroes. It is the intention of the promoters to have the town governed by negroes, and in time to have cotton factories and other manufactories erected and schools and churches established. Queen Helena is about to rdceive an honor which has never been bestowed upon a consort before. There will soon be an issue of Italian postage stamps, and the king has stated his wish that Queen Hclena's head grace the stamps. Americans can hardly realize what a departure. from oldtime customs this innovation is, but the Ttalian people will receive it with enthusiasm. Tf events had followed their ordinary course the head of Victor Emmanuel ll]. would have appeared upon the forthcoming stamps. T R BN R U A P T AT The society people and newspapers ©of India have been seeking to ascertain the origin of the term ‘‘grass widow,” and a considerable amount of research has been directed to the subject. So far the inquiries made have succeeded in tracing the word back to the year 1844, when it was used in the Calcutta Review. In the opinion of qualified philologists the term is a corruption of the much older one, - “grace widow.” This is derived from *vidua de gratia,” which may be in--lerpreted literally as “widow by fa- - ' Edwin Abbey, the lucky man who was chosen to paint King Edward’'s coronation scene, is an American. He ~ awas born in Philadelphia, where he ~awvent to school and learned to draw at ~ the Philadelphia Academy. When he grew up and became a magazine illus- _ trator he moved to New York. Then $O/188 he went to London, where T _ has since remained. He has illustras ~ ted a great many books, and it was

The Important Happenings of a "~ "Week Briefly Told. =~ IN ALL PARTS OF THE UNION All the Latest News of Interest from Washington, From the East, the West and the South. THE LATEST FOREIGN DISPATCHES FROM WASI‘{INGTON. In the 11 months of the current year 43,399 names of soldiers have been added to the pension roll The cabinet has unanimously decided that -existing conditions do not warrant the calling of an extra session of congress. : Martha Hichborn, daughter of Rear Admiral Hichborn, was married in Washington to James G. Blaine, youngest son of the Ilate Maine statesman. Hereafter immigrants with tuberculosis of the lungs will be debarred from all ports of the United States. The national museum’in Washington is to have the lock and key to the gate of the sacred city at Peking.

THE EAST. R. G. Bidwell, of Jacksonville, Fla,, jumped to his death from the Brooklyn bridge. : Fire losses of the United States and Canada for the month of May were $22,380,150, against $15,759,400 in Nay last year. Cup defender Constitution was v-recked in a trial spin off Newport, . I. The crew escaped uninjured. For making false statements to get permission to leave the post, two “West Point cadets were - dismissed. In Burlington, Vt., Justice Brewer, of the United States supremec court, was married to Misss Emma Mott. At West Point military academy sne-fourth of the candidates for the new class failed to pass physical examination.: In New York John D. Rockefeller has founded three scholarships for negroes at Columbia university. WEST AND SOUTH. The National Woman’s Suffrage association, in session in Minneapolis, elected Mrs. Carrie C. Catt president. ! B. R.. Tillman has withdrawn his resignation as senator from South Carolina. ; The death of Edward Kimball, famous for raising millions of dollars to pay off church debts, occurred in Chicago at the age o 1 78 years. In Beloit, Wis., Mrs. Harold Erickson, agled 35, and her sister-in-law, Miss Ella Erickson, were killed by the cars. In 2 £t of insanity James Stacey, an engineer aged 51, killed his wife and daughter, aged 18, and then shot himself to death near Macon, Mo. The death of R. E. Burke, who served four terms in congress from Texas, occurred in Dallas, aged 54 years. While drunk William Arnell, Jr., of Beaverton, Mich., killed his daughter, fatally wounded his wife and wounded two sisters and a brother. Fire destroyed 20 tons of powder at the Mare Island navy yard. In settlement of the Fair estate in San Francisco lawyers will get $1,500,000 fees. :

In the northwestern portion of North Dakota snow to the depth of threee inches fell. Fire swept away the entire business portion of Willets, Cal. Flames wiped out the business portion of Fennsville, Mich. During a violent storm of lightning, wind and rain in Chicago many persons were stunned by lightning, and much damage was done. In - Chicago Judge Xohlsaat ruled that the inventor of a device used in gambling cannot collect damages for its infringement. In Salt Lake City Gov. Heber M. Wells of Utah and Miss Emily Katz were married. At Fairhaven, 0., Curtis Roberts, superintendent of schools, was accidentally shot and killed by his sweetheart, Miss Mary Alferton. By vote the Kentucky Federation of | Women’s Clubs excluded colored women’s clubs from membership. In Milwaukee the Pabst ‘Brewing company suffered a loss of $150,000 by fire. Senator Hanna has been appointed a colonel on the official staff of Gen. Rassieur, commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republie. Near Napoleon, O. Leroy Groves, aged 16, crazed by reading blood and thunder stories, killed his brother and sister and himself. Near Ripley, 0., a tornado did great damage to property, and.the wife and daughter of John Hiett were killed. At Galesburg, 111.,, commencement at Lombard college marked the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of that institution. Elmer E. Plane, heir to a large estate at Independence, la., committed suicide in Chicago. In Indiana 90 coal operators, controlling 129 mines, are preparing to consolidate. "~ Because of his heretical views Prof. Jubbs, of Wesleyan college at Salina, Kan., was refused reelection. Throughout Oregon and Idaho the zoldest June weather in 20 years has prevailed, the mercury falling below the freezing point. The death of Maj. George Arthur, assistant paymaster- of the United States army, who recently returned from the Philippines, occurred in Cleveland, O. : The Armour institute in Chicago will bar girl students after the present term ends. ' _ Lightning struck a schoolhouse near Littleton, la., and fatally injured Paul Roberts, a pupil, and #he teacher, Miss | Jane Harvey., i . FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE, | In Singapore a Malay doctor ran | amuck with a spear, killing six perImafld wounding nine others. | A London telegram says that the | Boers are still in strong force and | have captured Jamestown, Cape Col-

Rice, Rutledge and Jonc., safe blowers recently extradijted from Chicago to Toronto, Canada, killed one of their Canadian guards in a futile eriort to escape. The steamer Northman, from Chicago to Europe, arrived at Hamburg, beating the Northwestern in the race. Time of passage, 36 days. - The Forty-third regiment, the last volunteers in the Philippines, sailed from Manila on the transport Kilpatrick for San Francisco. . Flames in Peking destroyed a temple in the sacred city, with reccrds and archives. _ At Antwerp, Belgium, fire destroyed property worth $10,000.000. Leading members of the London bar gave a dinner to Labori, the lawyer who defended Dreyfus. With his staff and two companies of the Ninth infantry Gen. Chaffee arrived at Manila from China. In Iceland five French fishing boats were reported lost with their crews of 117 men. In Berlin Baroness von Ketteler, widow of the German envoy murdered in China, was received by Emperor William. Spain’s government is sorely perplexed by anarchistic disorders, and the situation is considered very critical. : The brown colt Volodyovski, owned by William C. Whitney, of New York, won the English Derby in London. Rev. G. C. Morgan left London for the United States to take wup the evangelist work of Dwight L. Moody. To look after American interests the gunboat Mayflower has been ordered to Venezuela. :

LATER NEWS, The president and his advisers are disposed to deal gently with Cubans, but unless theyaccept the Platt amendment before congress meets that body may take steps to annex the island. ‘Japan is said to be preparing for a war with Russia. ' Sheriff Merrill, single-handed, routed a mob of lynchers at Carrollton, Ga., killing one of his assailants and wounding three. - The post office department will debar from the mails as second-class matter those publications that offer premiums or prize inducements to secure subscribers. 5 Gen. MacArthur announces that all the volunteers have left the Philippines en route for the United States Frank Rutledge, who was convicted of burglary at Toronto, Can., com: mitted suicide in jail. Four men were killed in a street duel at Dallas, Tex. The American Medical association in session in St. Paul adopted a report indorsing the movement for the reestablishment of the army post canteen. Andrew Carnegie has turned over to 18 trustees $10,000,000 for the benefit of Scotech universities. Nels Nelsou, a farm hand near Sycarrore, 111, killed Mrs. John Ludig, for whom he worked, because she refused to marry him, and then he killed himself. P Army transports plying between New York and West Indian ports are to be retained by the government. : Hugh Tevis, the California millionaire, who was married in April to a daughter of ex-Gov. Baxter, of Wyoming, died in Japan while on the wedding trip. A number of officers of the Brazilian mnavy, in full uniform, called upon the president at the white house. Pottawattomie Indians in Michigan ciaim to own lake front lands in Chi-

cago. ‘ AChicago photographer hasinvented a nickel-in-the-slot ‘machine which takes, prints and delivers a picture in 20 seconds. . : Mrs. Mary Ashland Townsend, whose Pen name was Xariffa, a well-known southern poet and writer, died in Galveston, Tex. There were 163 business failures in the United States in the seven days ended on the 7th, against 144 the week previous and 184 the corresponding period of 1900. ¢ The percentages of the baseball clubs in the National league for the week ended on the 9th were: New York, .613; Pittsburgh, .552; Cincinnati, .571; Philadelphia, .513; BrookIyn, .500; St. Louis, .487; Boston, 419; Chicago, .375. | Three girls were drowned near Philadelphia by the upsetting of a boat. i Julius Gulerian and wife and Mrs. Nicholas Kolle were drowned at Dubuque, la., by the upsetting of a skiff. : The Mount Barbara military academy building at Salina, Kan., was struck by lightning and burned. Gen. Cailles has offered to surrender his force if a fund of $lOO,OOO is created for the widows and orphans of Filipino soldiers. A bulletin issued by the census office shows that 38 American cities have a population of 100,000 or more. A cyclone in eastern Oklahoma wrecked many buildings and killed 12 persons. The village of Eddy was entirely destroyed. ‘ A collision of freight trains at Vestal, N. Y., exploded dynamite in one of the cars and killed five men and blew both trains to atoms. Ten persons were injured, two fatally, in a railway wreck at Greenwood, Kan. Robert Fulford, of Chicago, deserted by his wife, killed Mrs. R. McCord, her mother, at London, Ont., and then committed suicide. ° Detectives found $13,000 at Mineral Point, Wis., which was stolen from the First national bank. : Dr. W. H. Daly, chief surgdon of volunteers during the Spanish war, committed suicide at Pittsburgh. He started the embalmed beef inquiry. Edward Moran, the eminent marine and landscape painter, died in New York, aged 81 years. Mrs. McKinley’s physicians say her illness was caused by blood infection from a bone felon which has attacked the lining membrane of the heart. She is improving. George Smith (colored) died in Indianapolis, aged 105 years, S Capt. Howard Blackburn left Gloucester, Mass., for Lisbon, Portugal, in a 25-foot boat. . | Percentages of the baseball clubs in the American association for the week ended on the 9th were: Chicago, /067; Washington, .581; Detroit, .579; delphia, .472; Milwaukee, .370; Cleve-

IMPROVING SLOWLY . Strong Hopes of Mrs. McKinley’s Recovery Entertained. Her Condition, However, Is Still Extremely Grave—May Be Removed to Canton—Full Explanation of Her Ailment, Washington, Jupe 10.—The slight improvement in = Mrs. McKinley’s health which manifested itself the latter part of the week continues and hope begins to be felt that she may after all recover from the present attack. The improvement, however, is so silght as not to change materially the extreme gravity of the case. The usual consultation of the physicians was held Sunday morning and at its close the following bulletin was issued: “Mrs. McKinley’s physicians report that she passed a very comfortable night and continues to improve.” : T The fact that Mrs. McKinley Hhas more than held her own and thct no unfavorable turn has occurred is eonsidered in every way encouraging, but as this result is due partly to the constant use of powerful medicines the physicians fear the effect of reducing the stimulants, and likewise have to cope with the effect on her system of the constant administration of the only means of prolonging her life and making ultimate re:overy at least a possiblity. These stimulants and the complaint from which she suffered in California, which is now under better control, have so weakened her powers of resistance that apprehension is ever present that a sinking spell may occur suddenly from which she cannot be rallied. Dr. Rixley regularly makes three visits each day, one in the morning, when there is a consultation of physicians, another in the afternoon and a third in the evening. Dr. Rixey, after his visit to the white house Sunday evening, said on leaving at 10:30 o’clock: “Mrs. McKinley. is slowly improving. She is resting very comfortably now and is doing very nicely.” | Mrs. McKinley will be taken to Canton whenever she is in condition to bear the journey. Extensive improvements have been made at the McKinley home in Canton, including the building of a porte cochere and the remodeling of portions of the house, and it was planned last autumn that she and the president should go to Canton about July lof this summer. In case Mrs. McKinley recovers, this plan will be carried out, though it is not. expected she would be strong enough to leave here the first of July, even if improvement should continue steadily. Dr. Rixey said he was unprepared to predict whether she would be able to carry out these plans. It is believed that considerable benefit would accrue from removal to her old home, especially as it is cooler and more breezy there than here. Mrs. McKinley’s Ailment.

| Washington, June 10.—Mrs. McKinley’s physicians were in consultation about two hours Saturday and subsequently a very complete statement of the true character of the illness from which she has been suffering was issued. Such a statement has been promised from time to time, and while in San Francisco it was said that the president desired a fuller announcement of the nature of Mrs. McKinley’s illness given to the public. But, for one reason or another, it has been withheld up to the present time. The bulletin is as follows: “Mrs. McKinley’s illness has beeen a blood infection resulting from periostitis of the index finger (bone felon), which began in Los Angeles and which was promptly treated by incision. The subsequent condition of exhaustion was due to the same blood infection asseverated with a severe diarrhea. She improved, however, and was brought home in comfort and without loss of strength. The principal cause of anxjety in her case since her arrival in Washington has been acute endocarditis (inflammation of the lining membrane of the heart), involving the mitral valve, the result of the same blood infection. This does not appear to be progressive and there has been an im= provement in the diarrhea and in her general condition. Mrs. McKinley’'s case at the present time presents a more cheerful aspect.” " THREE GIRLS DROWNED. Sad Result of a Boating Accident on the Delaware River Near y Philadelphia. Philadelphia, June 10.—A party of six :persons, three men and three girls, while sailing on the Delaware river Sunday afternoon, off North Essingtcn, a few miles below this city, were thrown into the water by the swamping of their skiff during a squall, and the three girls were drowned. The names of the girls are: Rosie Koons, aged 17 years; Mary Koons, 19; Mamie Traynor, 22. The party were guests of the Federal Boat club. Other members of the club heard the cries of the unfortunates and immediately set about rescuing them. The three men were quickly hauled into other boats, but the girls sank before they could be reached. . :

Battle with Insurgents. Manila, June 10.—In a battle wilh the insurgents at Lipa, prevince of Batangas, Lieut. Anton Springer, of the Twenty-first infantry, was killed and Capt. W. H. Wilhelm, of the same regiment, Lieut. Fitzhugh Lee,- Jr., and five enlisted men, were wounded. Appointnlept. : Washington, June 10.—The president Saturday appointed Elmer B, Stephenson collector of internal revenue, district’ of Nebraska, and Myron H. MecCord, United States marshal territory of Arizona. Mr. McCord was formerly governor of the territory. , Killed His Infant Brother. ~ Pana, 111., June 10.-—The infant child of William Dewese, living northeast of here, is dead, as the result of a gunshot wound. A nine-year.-ol.d son, who was left' in charge of the infant, became infuriated because the child cried, and seizing a shotgun, killed it. ; Will Not Resign. _ Bt. Paunl, Minn., June 10.—President Mellen, of the Northern Pacific, said Baturday that there was no truth in the published statement that he had resigned. “I have not resigned,” said Mr. Mellen, “and I do not contemplate resigning.” B

- 3 DEATH IN THE STORM. Furious Tornado Sweeps Over Por= tions of Kansas and Oklahoma— Several Lives Lost, Perry,<OkMa., June 10.—In a furious tornado which swept over portions of Kansas and Oklahoma several persons were killed. Information from the devastated district is meager. Rashing down from the Kansas state line and covering about 50 miles in width, the rain, wind and hail swept over the country to the southern boundary of Oklahoma. The rain fell in torrents from early Friday evening umtil midnight. The fury of the storm centered in a tornado at about 6:30 p. m., which formed at a point near the Kansas state line and just on the county lines of Kay and Grant, Okla. It took a southeasterly course and was most disastrous on a belt of ten miles square in eastern Kay county. The little town of Eddy was struck and of the 12 or 15 buildings in the place all were leveled to the ground except the railroad station and elevator. Flying lumber was scattered for miles. One unknown man was killed and several persons injured by flying debris. The countiry in the track of the storm between this point and Tonkawa, a distance of about eight miles, was laid waste. Five farmhouses with barns and outbuildings were blown away, but the occupants all escaped without injury. At Tonkawa 30 dwellings and business houses were scattered like so much loose lumber. The citizens of the town had been watching the advance of the storm and had sought shelter in caves and cellars. No fatalities are reported at this point. At Blackwell, a few miles north of Tonkawa, F. H. Crawford, a carpenter, who was working on a house, was struck by lightnimg during the storm and instantly killed. : Wichita, Kan., June 10.—A correspondent who has arrivea here from the scene of devastation in Kay county, Oklahoma, says that the storm of Friday night ruined the wheat crop of 400 farms west and northwest of Blackwell. These farms are all in one body of territory. The farmers, who had purchased twine and harvest machinery, are asking the local dealers to take them back, and the dealers have referred the matter to the factories. The loss of crops will cause no distress, as the farmers are in good condition financially, owing to a succession of good crops during the past five seasons.

DOMESTIC TRAGEDY. Chicagoan Kills £iis Mother-in-Law Near Teronto and Blows Out y His Own Brains, London, Ont., June 10.—Crazed by love for his young wife whom it is said he had driven from his home in Chicago, Robert Fulford, a prosperous Chicago contractor, Saturday night killed his mother-in-law, Mrs. Jennie McCord, and then blew out his own brains. The tragedy occurred on the McCord farm at Ilderton, near here. The victims were first cousins. Fulford married Gertie MecCord seven years ago, his first wife. having secured a divorce.-from him. Three weeks ago Fulford and his wife had a dispute and she ireturned to her parents. Fulford followed Saturday. He drove to the McCord farm and demanded that Mrs. McCord, who was milking in the yard, tell him where his wife was. She refused, and he fired four skots from a revolver into her body, killing her instantly. He then turned the weapon on himself, blowing out his brains.

DYNAMITE EXPLODES. Collision of Freight Trains Results in Five Deaths—Both Trains Are Destroyed. Binghamton, N. Y., June 10. — A freight train taking water at Vestal, ten miles west of here, Saturday night, was run into from behind by a doubleheader wildoat freight and the explosion of a large quantity of dynamite in one of the cars killed five men, injured seven others and blew both trains to atoms. The explosion was terrific and was felt at a distance of 30 miiles. In addition to wrecking both trains, most of the windowws in Vestal and at Union, across the river from Vestal, were shattered. Many of the large plate-glass windows in Binghamton were also broken.

DECLARED CONSTITUTIONAL. lowa’s Anti-Cigarette Law Held to Be Valid by the District Court at Marshalltown, Marshalltown, la., Jume 10.—Judge Burnham, of the district court, Saturday decided that the lowa cigarette tax law is constitutional, and that the property of dealers in cigarettes and owners of buildings where they are sold may be attached and sold for said taxes. There are several thousand dollars in this county alone in back tax money due the state. Similar suits pending in other counties- have been awaiting the decision in Marshall county. The American Tobacco company, it is said, will appeal. , :

Famous Painter Dead. New York, June 10.—Edward Moran, the eminent marine and lamdscape painter, died Sunday afternoon in his apartments and studio in Fifth avenue, from uraemic poisoning, superinduced by a complication of diseases from which he had been suffering for about a year. Edward Moran was born in England in 1829. When he was 12 years old the family came to Amerjiea and settled in Maryland.: Later they went to Philadelphia. - Moran first opened a studio.in Philadelphia, but 25 years ago he came to New York, where he has since made his home. ! Agreement Made in Fun, London, June 10.—Mme. Sarah Bernhardt informed a representative of the press Saturday afternoon that there is still some doubt as to whether she will play Romeo to Maud Adams’ Juliet. Her acceptance of the offer was made jokingly, but was taken seriously. Mme. Bernhardt adds: “I would love to play Romeo in English, but I scarcely think I could ever sufficiently wmaster English to do so 0.” Signs Rapid Transit Bills, Harrisburg, Pa., June 10.—Gov. Stone has signed the Emery and Focht rap: id transit bills. S 5 i

CENSUS FIGURES. ‘ Thirty-Eight American Cities *ve Each a Population of 108,000 or More. : ; Washington, June 10.—The census office has issued a bulletin giving the population of incorporated places in the country. The bulletin shows that' there are 10,602 such places, as compared with 7,578 iz 1890, and 38 cities containing more than 100,000 people each. Of the large cities in 1900, three, New, York, Chicago and Philadelphia, contain upward of a million inhabitants, the same as in 1590, while for cities having hetween 500,000 and 1,000,000 inhabitants, those in 1908 number three, as against only one in 1890. : There were no cities in 1900 .containing between 400,000 and 500,000 inhabitants, but at the census ‘of 1890 there were three cities of this class. On} the other hand, there were' five cities in 1900 with a population - between 300,000 and 400,000, but in 1890 there were no cities coming between these limits of population. Of -the total number of places in the list almost one-half, or 4,318, contain fewer than 500 people, while there are 2,501 places of between 500 and 1,000. Of the states, Illinois leads with 930 incorporated towns, and Pennsylvania comes next with 833. New York has 438. There are no incorporated imunicipalities in Alaska. The incorporated places contain in the aggregate 35,849,516 inhabitants, as compared with a total of 26,079,828 persons living in incorporated places in 1890. The combined population in the incorporated towns and cities constitute 47 per cent. of the population of the entire country, as against 41 per cent. in the towns in 1890. In the state of New York, which takes the lead in this respect, 77 per cent. of the people live in the cities and towns, as against 69 per cent. in 1890. In six other states—mamely, Massachusetts, Illinois, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Colorado and Connecticut—more than two-thirds of the people live in the incorporated places. Mississippi has the smallest percentage of its people living in the towns, the percentage being 15.

A GREAT GATHERING. Preparations Under Way at Cincin- - mati, for International Christian Endeavor Convention. Cincinnati, June 10.— The most elaborate arrangements have been made for the twentieth international convention of the Christian Endeavor here July 6 to 10. As many were unable to attend the convention in London last year a larger attendance than wusual is expected, especially since these conventions hereafter will be held only once in two years. The choir of 1,500 trained voices will be a feature at Music hall. Other large choruses have been trained for the exposition and other halls, while all the churches and -their choirs have been engaged for the occasion. Bands will discourse sacred music in Washington park, adjoining Music hall, for the open-air meetimgs. Gov. Nash, Mayor Fleischman and local committeemen will deliver welcoming addresses Saturday afternoon, July 6. Dr. Clark will deliver his annual address and Secretary Baer will make his annual report Saturday evening. On Sunday morning there will be special addresses on “Twenty Years of unristian Endeavor;” in the afternoon temperance rallies and in the evening meetings for Sabbath observance. The regular programmes with meetings by sections will be carried out on the four following days, with anany of the most eminent men jn Christian work participating.

EXPECT TO SUCCEED. Conservative Cubans Confident That the Platt Amendment Will Be Adopted. Havana, June 10.—The conservative members of the constitutional convention are absolutely confident that the Platt amendment will be accepted, and that several radicals will join with the 15 delegates who have heretofore voted in favor of acceptance. The last few days seem to have brought about a decided change in the attitude of delegates who had been bitterly arraigning the Washington government for rejecting the convention interpretations of the amendment. The strong pressure from the outside brought to bear upon the convention to finish its business and to place the country on a settled basis has had an excellent effect upon the radieals, inducing them to accept the inevitable; and some of them mow argue that it would be perhaps better to accept the amendment, hoping for some form of independence, than to prolong the military occupation of the island. The convention will meet in secret session to-day. It is expected that several days will elapse before a vote is taken. . - New York, June 10.—Cuban colonies in New York and Washington warned the Cuban constitutional convention to act quickly on the Platt amendment, as the independence of the island was at stake. Burned in an Alcohol Bath, Berkelew, Cal., June 10.—Weir Allen, a nine-year-old deaf mute, was burned to death at the state institute for the deaf, dumb and blind. The boy was being bathed in alcohol by George Hoffman, an attendant. Hoffman lighted a cigarette and threw the match in the alcohol, which immediately took fire. : : | : Dies of Apoplexy, 1 Vancouver, Wash., June 10..—Maj. Lewis S. Tesson, medical director of the department of the Columbia and post surgeon at Vancouver barracks, is dead from apoplexy. ; Will Resume Work., Muncie, Ind., June 10.—Local officials of the labor assembly, which controls three-fourths of the window glass blowers in the United States, announce that there will be a general resumption of all factories about September 15. Workmen here aze jubi. lant over the news. thhan ol _ Pittsburgh, Pa., June 10.—Maj. W. H. Daly, surgeon general on the staff of Lieut. Gen. Miles in Porto. Rieo, comSaz by shookiny bimiels fs the HESE SR AR e el s T e e e

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Mgs. ELLA RICE. all of which was caused by falling-and@ inflammation of the womb, and after doctoring with physicians and numerous medicines she was entirely cured byLydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. . , If you are troubled with pains, fainting spells, depression of spirits, reluctance to go .anywhere, headache, backache, and always tired, please remember that there is an absolute remedy which will relieve you of your suffering as it did Mrs. Rice. Proof is monumental that Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound is the greatest medicine for suffering women.

HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Ammonia painted over woodwork will darken it. . It may not be generally known that a sprig of parsley with a dash of salt taken after one has eaten onions wilk entirely remove the disagreeable odor from the breath. ; Here is an Australian breakfast dish: Boil and mash some potatoes, place part of them on a dish well spread with butter, salt and pepper; cover with the contents of a tin of lobster or salmon, then spread the remainder of potatoes over, and place in the oven till nicely browned. Pour over melted butter flavored with an--chovy. Cut half-istch slices of bread intodiamonds or rounds. Remove the: centers to the depth of one-quarter-inch, brush with butter and brown them in tiie oven. Chop cooked spin--‘ach very fine-and add two tablespoonfuls of butter, one-fourth tablespoonful of salt and pepper to taste. Serveit in the bread boxes with a sprink--ling of grated yolk of egg on top. Use hard soap in washing clothes. fn boiling white clothes add a table--spoonful of turpentine to the waterto assist in the whitening process. Boiled starch is much improved by the addition of salt or a little gum. arabic dissolved. Another hint in ref--erence to starch is that the iron will 10l stick in ironing if the starch has been mixed with soapy water.

HERE,THERE AND ELSEWHERE. Chicago has ten unlicensed dogs to each one licensed. The population of Japan is increas--ing at the rate of 400,000 a year. Sugar and tobacco imports yield a revenie to this country of $70,000,000 a year. The city of Seattleis tocare hereafter for the grave of the Indian chief of" that name. ‘The per capita of wealth in theUnited States was $3OB in 1850, $7BO in 1870 and is now $1,200. The first boat built in the United States was the Virginia, 60 feet long,. built in 1607. The population of the United Kingdom passed that of France for the first time in 1892. .Mushrooms are said to contain more nourishment than any other vegetable substance. ’ A Philadelphia resident recently contracted for the building of 222 housés, to cost about $750,000. There are 3,480,000 acres of uncultivated moor and heath in England and Wales; but the towns of the same counties would cover all this land, and 600,000 acres into the bargain. —_— : COULDN’T WEAR SHOES. “Sumpter, 111., June 10.—Mrs. J. B. Flanigan, of this place, had suffered with Dropsy for fifteen years. She was so very bad that for the last three years, she has net been able to wear her shoes. She had doctored all the time, but was gradually getting worse,. - : Last winter Mr. Flanigan, who-was very much discouraged, called for some medicine at Mr. J. J. Dale’s drug store in Carmi. Mr. Dale persuaded him to have his wife try Dodd’s Kidney Pills, and he bought six boxes. His v;i{e used five out of the six, before she was entirely cured. She is now as sound and well as ever she was, completely restored to health, and free from any symptom whatever of Dropsy. : / : - To say that Mrs. Flanigan is pleased: at her wonderful deliverance, does not half express her feelings, and she: and Mr. Flanigan dre loud in their praises of Dodd’s Kidney Pills, and of ‘Mr. Dale for recommending this wonderful remedy to them. £ '~ The fact that Dodd’s Kidney Pills cured Mrs# Flanigan of such a severe Commtys 7ot Al Bs s L

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