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History of the Movement for International Peace Russia Has Been the Lead;r in the Arbitration L — Movements of a Century.

RESIDENT ROOSEVELT, who has in times past been criticized by such a personage as Miss Jane Addams for emphasizing the fighting - man as the heroic ideal, has recently set his seal of approval on the paace movement by acceding to the request of the Interparliamentary union that he invite the reassembling of The Hague conference . It is five years ago there was held the epoch-making Hague conference, where came together ¢, company of 100 men in the inierests of a unfiversal peace federation. Mr. Edward Everett Hale, an American «nthusiast in the movement towar.ls bvrimginy zbout woerld peace, speals ¢f that ssseniblage of men in this manner: “Plie best informed hundred msn. and. on the whole, the hundred men least prejudieed, who have ever cat down toPonepul pose since the world tegan.” v o n .The czar’s proposal for a peace conference was communicated to the foreign representatives in St. Petersburg August 24, 1898, in a circular commonly known as the czar's irencon. Response was ready, and seemingly sympathetic, on the part of all the governments, and promise given that delegates would be s-nt to represent the several nations. It was decided that some quiet place be ~hosen for the meeting, not a great polit- . -ai center, and The Hague was selected by the czar as fulfilling the requiremenis. In getting out the invitations for this meeting poor Netherlands had to deal with delicate gquestions that beset every would-be hostess, had to hesitate as to whether this guest would

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speak to that one if brought face to face. Italy said she would not come if the vatican had a representative of its own, so the vatican was left out; Holland, of course, wanted to invite the South African republic, but England would allow no special Boer representative, so that no paritality be shown, neither the South African republic nor the Orange Free State received invitations; the Bulgarian represenative, to please the Porte, had to sit with the delegation from Turkey; no one was invited from South America; Europe, the United States. China, Japan, Persia and Siam were finally the elect granted invitations. . In May, 1899, in “The House in the Woods” at The Hague, there assembled delegates from Russia, Germany, United Siates, . Austria-Hungary, _ Belgium,l China, Denmark, Spain, France, Great‘ Britain, Greece, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Persia, Portugal. Roumania, Servia, Sweden and Norway, Switzerland, Turkey and Bulgaria. Ten sessions were held and three com-. mittees made reports. The first committee, which dealt with the limitation of armaments and the humanizing of warfare, was not able to present very successful work, it not having been found practicable to adopt any disarmament proposition, and such a wide differ“ance of opinion showing itself anent the guestion of .prohibiting the use of various inventions in warfare. The secand committee had for consideration the protection of sea hospital service ander the Red Cross flag, the extending »f the Geneva convention of 1864 to naratime warfate, and the treaties prepared by thi§ committee stood for

marked progress in the humanizing of warfare, and they alone are thought to have justified the holding of the congress. The third committee had for consideration the very important question of international aribtration, and “the convention for the peaceful adjustment of international differences’ was signed and ratifiedeby all the powers represented at the conference. Mr. Edwin A. Start, in summing up The Hague meeting, declares ‘‘that congress, with all its difference of opinion, with all its shortcomings and limited accomplishments, stood. first and foremost for internation arbitration upon a large scaie and on the basis of permanence.” The hearty support given by England and America to the question of internatiional arbitration was a most important factor in the success of the treaty of arbitration. In America there is being evidenced renerally less and less of jingoism, a decided leaning towards peace conditions and peace principles. The American Peace society, which dates back three-quarters of a century; has now a different standing in the country than formerly. The peace movement is considered here no longer a

HORSES RACE WITH TRAIN

A pair of frisky horses, escaped from pasture, persistently stopped a Pennsylvania railroad express train near Pottsville, and by running ahead of the train in a long tunnel, jeopardized the lives of 100 passengers. The engineer noticed the horses on the track as he pulled out into the suburbs of Pottsville. Appearing to enjoy a race with the train, the tooting of the whistle failed to scare them from ‘the track, and for a long distance the spectacle was presented of a fast train preceded by two splendid

dream of visionaries, but, as Mr. Hale, in his address at the seventh annual conference on international arbitration (held at Lake Mohonk, New York), declares: “The necessity of permanent peace is now established, not only among idealists, but among all intelligent men and women engaged in the active work of daily life. Especially is it desirable that the great producers of food, who answer the prayers for bread of half the world, with the.bankers, the merchants, the manufacturers, the educators, and all others who control the great industries of the nation. unite in that practical direction of its affairs ‘which shall compel universal permanent peace. The Lake Mohonk conference earnestly appeals to boards of trade, chambers of commerce,to the legislature of the states, to all unions, whether of workmen or of capitalists, to all business houses, to all men and'women who look and pray for the prosperity and advancement of this nation, to take in hang such practical measures for permanent pgace as the time demands” The Pan-American congress in Mexico has been a means of forwarding the peace “movement among the LafinAmericans, and the nations left out in the first Hague cohference probably will join in the next one. i : In England has been carried on for a long time earnest work towards the establishment of international peace. The matter of international arbitration was discussed by the Peace society of that country in a document published in 1869. The first of the great peace congresses was held in London in 1843. Brussels is the place where the second

was convened (1848); the third met at | Paris in 1849. Victor Hugo presiding, 2,000 members in attendance. Forty years. ago there was held at Geneva, Switzerland, an international convocation of European states whose object was the lessening of needless suffering of soldiers in war. This Geneva convention provided for the neutrality of the members and building of the medical departments on battle fields. A few years later, 'in 1872, the Geneva Tribunal, a tribunal of arbitration, settled the case of the Alabama claims and adopted rules important in the history of international law. The Norwegian storthing or parliament was the first official body to organize an international peace union. Recently local and general peace societies in various countries have continued and very considerably \ advanced the ‘‘peace agitation”—if one may use such a paradoxical term! | Three years prior to The Hague conference an international peace congress was held at Buda-Pesth.. Succeeding _The Hague conference there has: been ‘a universal demonstration of women in ‘behalf of arbitration and peace. { It seems curious that greedy Russia ’should be the country most prominent in universal peace propaganda. We all know of the present czar’s call for The Hague conference, but some of our read- | ers may not be acquainted with a similar ' action on the part of a predecessor of the | czar, Alexander I. of Russia. This lAlexander instituted many reforms in Ithe domain over which he ruled, and a ' few years before his death - became | greatly interested in the formation of a §league of nations sworn to brotherhood |and peace. In 1815, aided by Austria jand Prussia, he formed the “Holy Ali liance,” the text of which was presently signed by all the other European sove;eigns save those of Rome and England. The holy alliance and the instigator of it, like The Hague conference and its imperial suggestor, has been the subject of much cynical remark, the motive- of Russia’'s head in each case considered not one of unalloyed altruism. Doubters say Alexander and the co-signers of the holy alliance, living at the time of the fall of the French royalty, of Napoleon’s successes and failure, instituted the alliance for the purpose of perpetuating:existing dynasties; that Czar Nicholas 11. had in The Hague conference scheme of limited armaments an object that was primarily to bring benefit to his own nation, Russia being absorbed in gigantic development plans that would be seriously impeded by war. Be this as it may, motives mixed or unmixed, as some pnez says the progress of the world has often been through enlightened self-interest, and Russia’s name will be associated in history with the inauguration of movements towards the goal of universal peace. ; : ; KATHERINE POPE.

Lorses going at breakneck speed. 1t was an ideal contest between’' steel and steam and flesh and bone. Twice the train was stopped and the horses chased away, but each time the animals returned. A tunnel between Pottsville and St. Clair was finally reached, through which the horses sped, with the engine close behind, the whistle screeching continually, a wreck possible if they were struck. At the St. Clair station the horses were still galloping ahead, and it was necessary to lasso them to give the train a clear righot of way.

: { TT N | HOOSIER HAPPENINGS | - - t Told in Brief by Dispatches from 3 Various Localities. f Annual Spring Festival of Music. " Muncie, Ind., Oct. 7.—The Apollo club has decided to give its.annual ispring festival of music next May. It probably will last several days, during which;ti'me‘ some of the world’s greatest musicians will appear. Preliminary. to the festival, the club will give a concert December 2, when Mme. Charlotte Maconda, soprano, will bs the principal soloist, and another concert February 10, with Davia Bispham, the baritone, who has snug here before, as 'the soloist. The annnual music festival was abandoned this year after the work was well under way because of other music festivals near by, and the world’s fair.

Indiana Man Killed. - St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 7.—Bert Fankborer, of Marion, Ind., chief engineer of the coal testing plant of the TUnited States geological survey at the world’s fair, was killed Thursday by one of the trains of the miniature railroad that runs through the mining gulch. Fankborer fell from one of the cars and was dragged more than 100 feet. His right leg was severed near the thigh, his stomach badly cut and his head bruised. Fankborer was taken to the world’s fair emergency hospital, where he died within a few hours. g Dam Will Be Rebuilt. Richmond, Ind., Oct. 7.-—As a result of an agreement between the city, the Richmond Street & Interurban company and the Starr Piano company,a new dam will be built across Whitewater river in this city. A suit was theatened as a result of the removal of the dam some months ago. The powerhouses of the city light plant and the interurban company are ‘in the river valley, and, as a result of the removal of the dam by the piano lcompany, proper drainage could not be provided. !Robbers Sent to Prison. Anderson, Ind., Oct. 7.—ln the circuit court Charles Rice, alias James Waltch, and James Phebus, both young men, claiming Inhdianapolis.as their home, pleaded guilty to robbing stores at Pendleton and were committed to prison. Kenneth Doctor. 18 years old. and John Placher, 20 years old, pleaded guilty to having stolen brass and tin from the locai tinplate works and they received indeterminate sentences in the Jeffersonville reformatory. o .

Killed Little Sister.. Henryville, Ind., Oct. 7.—Elvira, the two-year-old daughter of Perle Morgan, was instantly killed by the accidental discharge of a rifle in the hands of her five-year-old hrother. The mother was washing, when the boy procured the rifie and playfully aimed it at his little sister The mother was attracted by the report and turned just in time to see her baby fall dead. the ball taking effect in the forehead between the eyes. Famine of Fruit Jars. : Indianapolis. Ind.. Oct. T.—Couniry reports from Indiana say that there is a famine of fruit jars and that none of any description can be bought at some places. Local wholesale grocers say they are unable to fill orders for any large quantities, as their supplies are almost ertirely cleaned up. The demand for cans has been practically filled and-the active season has passed. : ' -~ Robbed a Safe. : Kokomo, Ind.,, Oct. 7.—Burglars forced an entrance into the office of the Kokomo Fence Machine company in the northern part of the city, broke open the safe with hammers and chisels, and took $5O. As the burglars were leaving, the night watchman fired upon them with a revolver; but they fled in a buggy, which was in waiting nearby. The police gave chase, but no clew to their identify was found. Obeyed Dying Request. Elkhart, Ind., Oct. 7.—At the bedside of the groom’s dying mother, in obedience to her last request, Carl Bartels, a Lake Shore fireman, and Miss Marie S. Calimese, a highly educated French-In-dian, formerly of Indian territory, but recently of Chicago. were married. Immediately after the ceremony Mrs. Bartels lapsed into unconsciousness and died with a satisfied smile resting on her fa&je.

Will Be Tried for Murder. Sullivan, Ind., Oct. 7.—A] Isbell, shot by Lon Shaw} during a saloon brawl, is dead, and Shaw will be rearrested on charge of murder. The feud between these men began a year ago, when Shaw assisted Patrolman Orr in arresting Isbell, who had the reputation of being a dangerous man. Ogle Isbell, a brother, was murdered in Terre Haute last November, and his murderer was never arrested. ‘1 Experts Make Small Showing. Hartford City, Ind., Oct. 7.—The experts who made an examination of the books of J. P. Rawlings, ex-county treasurer, and B. F. Wampler, ex-county auditor, report to the county cHmmissioners that the county is indebted $1.26 to Mr. Rawlings, while Mr. Wampler owes the county $77.40. It cost the county $lO a day to secure this information. Wants Damages, - Shelbyville, Ind., Oct. 7.—Edward Hill™man, formerly an employe of the Shelbyville Wardrobe Manufacturing company, and who lost four fingers while operating a jointer, is demanding $5,000 damages, alleging that there was no safety guard attached to the machine. : - Post Office Discontinued. Martinsville, Ind., Octs 7.—The post office at Hyndsdale has been discontinued, and Postmaster Bain, of this city, has closed up its business. Patrons will hereaffer be served by the rural route ‘earrier, 7 : ;

LINES FOR THE LAUNDRY. Make your iron holder of asbestos cloth. A little borax in the last rinsing water will make handkerchiefs easier to iron and look better when done. A useful thing to remember is that the iron will not stick to the clothes if the starch used has been mixed with soapy water. Rub the irons with a cloth soaked in kerosene to prevent scorching. Frequent rubbing on sandpaper will keep irons from sticking.

THE SUNDAY BIBLE SCHOOL Lesson in the International Series ' for October 16, 1904—‘Elisha and the Shunammite.” (Prepared by the “Highway and Byway’”’ Preacher.) (Copyright, 1904, by J. M. Edson.) LESSON TEXT. (11. Kings 4:25-37; Memory_verse,2o.) 25. So she went and came urto the man of God to Mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi hisservant: Behold, yonder is that Shunammite: 26. Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her: Is it well with thee? is it weil with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she answered: (It is well. 27. And when she came to {he man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet, but Gehazi came rear to thrust heraway. And the man of God said: Let Ler alone; for her soul is vexed within her; and the Lord hath hid it from me, and hath not toid me, 28. Then she said: Did I desire a son of my lord? Did I not say: Do not deceive me? : 29. Then he said to Gehazi: Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way; if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer Lkim not again; and lay my staff upon the face of the child. 30. And the mother of the chil@ said: As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, 1 will not leave thee. And he arose and foliowed her. : 31. And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of thechild; but - there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet him, and told him, saying: The child is not awaked. 32. And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child@ was dead, and laid upon his bed. ; : 33. lie went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the Y.ord. : 3%. And he went®*up, and lay upon the child,‘and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his ayes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands; and he stretched himselt upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm. ° :

35. Then he returned, and walked in the house to and Tro; and went up and stretched himself upon him; and the chiid sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes. 36. And he called Gehazi, and said: Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said: Take up thy son. 37. Then she went in, and fell at his feet, ard bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out. . . ‘ SCRIPTURAL SECTION.—The whole story of the Shunammite woman, beginning at verse 8. . +sGOLDEN TEXT.—"The gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” ! —Rom. 6:23. TlME.—Uncertain, e PLACE.—Shunem, a few miles south of Nazareth; Samaria, the probable home of Elisha, and Mount Carmel, where the prophet often sought retirement. Burdened Souls Succored. ] Prophet’s Presence Gained (Vs. 2527).—The first thing that impresses itself upon us in connection with this lesson is the desperate need of this broken-hearied mother. Her only boy, the gift of God to her for her kindness to the prophet (II Kings 4: 8-17), had died suddenly, probably from sunstroke (Vs. 18-20). Ah, what a heart-breaker death is. And God is the only Ome who can hieal the cruel wounds. The Shunammite would not carry her burden alone. She must go to the prophet of God. The sisters in the stricken home at Bethany would not carry their burden alone. They must tell Jesus (John 11:3). . ; : In her sorrow the Shunammite was not rebellious. There is a beautifully touching suggestion in verse 21, where she took her lifeless darling and laid him on the bed of the prophet, of faith’s submission to God. God had given and God had taken away (Job 1:21). ey - Prophet's Services Won (Vs. 28-31). —Gehazi would not do! The Shunammite must have Elisha. Gchazi's part in this story is suggestive of the hindrances which may lie in the pathway of the seeker after God, of the futility of human means to restore life. It reminds us of the disciples’ failure to heal the demonrac son and of the final appeal to Jesus (Luke 9: 37-43). Why should we be content with the Gehazi when we may have the Christ Himself? Note three things in connection with the Shunammite's interview with the prophet: : 1. The soul unburdened—she told the prophet all. 2. The soul hanging on—“As Jehovah liveth and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee.” The Jacob spirit (Gen, 32:26) is the spirit that always obtains the cooperation and help of God. Note the parallel in this particular bet{ween the Shunammite woman and the Syrophenician woman (Mark 7: 25-29). 3. The soul triumphant—“ And he arose and followed her.” : The Blessing Obtained (Vs. 32-37).— The prophet saw the need before him, he heard the mother’'s sobs, he knew her desire, but before he couldgserve her he must seek the Lord in prayer; he must learn God’s will. Then he was ready to lay out his life for the life of the child. Mouth to mouth, eye to eye, hands to hands. His vitality going into the cold, dead frame of the boy. And at last the responding life—life given from God in response to faith's plea and love’s sacrifice of self. Here is a lesson for every servant of God. With dead souls all about and Christ waiting to give life, we need to get into close contact with them; we need to put ‘mouth to mouth, and eye ta eye, and bands to hands in order that we may warm to the life-giving power of Jesus. iFaith’s plea and love’s sacrifice will bring the awakening thrill, ‘and the opening eye, and lost souls all about us will be saved. Let us give ourselves to the task as unreservedly and earnestly as did the prophet. ;

FACTS AND FIGURES. It is estimated that there are fully 1,000 persons in England drawing larger salaries than the prime minister. The quantity of water discharged into the sea by all the rivers of the world is about 86 cubic miles in a day. : Last yéear upwards of 42,000,000 gallons of water were used in washing the streets and courts in the city of London. There are now 36,788 medical practitioners in this country, and the number increases at the rate of eight per week, / : & “About 2,000 vessels of all kinds disappear in the sea every year, carrying down 12,000 human beings, and involving a loss of about £20,000.000 in property. ; e Of the 56,675,000 acres which form Great Britain, exclusive of foreshore and tidal water, over 32,225,000 acres are under crops and grass and 12,675,000 acres are accounted for as being mountain and heather land used for grazing, while 2,675,000 acres are occupied by woods and plantations, and 500,000 acres are covered by inland waters. Only 16 per cent. of the surface remains to be accounted for. , G

MAKING PETS OF HORNETS If Gently Handled, Says This Writer, , They Become as Docile as . 5 Butterflies. The female hornet has a rapid-fire armament with a recoverable prcjectile. It uses it for both attack and defence, and with Temarkable aim and efficiency, says Farm and ' Fireside. The first stroke of a hofnet is as penetrating as an electric shock. At the base of its sharp sting there is a sack containing poison which, when injected into the substance of its enemy, causes pain, swelling and discoimnfort, facts to which most persons are able to testify by experience. ' Should the injection be upon the end of the thumb or nose, or upon the' tongue, there is danger from it. Strong ammonia applied to the wound is the best antidote. Yet the hornet, when treated politely and with gentle ceremony, is as docile as a butterfly. In the mountains of West Virginia I had a wire fly trap which, by the seductive influence of molasses, persuaded the hcuse flies infesting my stave built office to enter. Once within it they remained incarcerated until hot water cured. For several days a very persistent black and white striped hornet amused me by its futile endeavors to seize flies from the buzzing horde of prisoners. At last it found. its way in, and to my astonishment, after capturing a fly, found its way out. It had remembered the way of its entrance even in the excitement of the chase.. It did not paralyze its prey,. as does the mud wasp and other species. It did not stop to eat a single fiy so far as my observation extended. It had a victualing job on hand, and attended faithfully to it. Such unselfishness excited admiration.

During one of its absences I placed my hand over the trap entrance, and upon it laid a piece of ripe peach. Upon the hornet’s return it lit upon my hand and ran confusedly over it, yet soon tried to get under the covering fingers. Failing, it went to the peach and took a hearty meal. While it was eating I quietly moved my hand from the opening. After preening itself the hornet entered and continued its fly raid. After many dozens of trips it brought a comrade with it, and personally conducted it into the fly pound. Thereafter they always worked together. To be sure of this, by slow approaches of an affectionate finger ‘I was enabled to stroke them while lunching. I marked them both with a spot of red ink. Many continued experiences convinced me that hornets work in pairs like detectives. Several other hornets from the same nest visited the cage, tried to enter it, but found the problem too much for them. In no instance did the pair offer these instruction or pay any attention to them., They all partook of my lunches freely and in harmony. But the favored pair guarded their secret, Were they selfish?? Did they receive special plaudits at the home nest for their phenomenal success in fly capture? Or were they simply governed by hornet manners? - o

I grew fond of these winged warriors. I introduced them to my several fingers by placing tempting sweets upon them. They learned to come to me after they had emptied the trap of prisoners, and gradually became very .companionable. Following the direction of their home flight, and noting the range of trees, their nest was easily found. It hung on the end of a branch of mountain rhododendron. The glossy, green leaves overhanging it were undisturbed in their position, but were so built into the suter layer of papier-mache covering as to give the nest natural concealment. Whether this_ was intentional or not, or whether the leaves simply became an obstruction as the nest was increased in size by dismantling the inside and building upon the outside, I do not inow, but the evidence was in favor of engineering; reason," intention, rather than accident. Hornets were the first 18ers of wood pulp for paper manufac:ure. They make it from wood and leaf iber, and there are both forethought and economy in tearing out the insides of their nests to make room for larger tiers of cells in' which to raise their young, and in using the matertal to enlarge the nursery.

ENGLAND NEEDS MORE ICE Spoiled Food and Lukewarm Drinks Are Palling Upon the People’s Taste. The supply of pure ice in this country for domestic purposes is not as abundant on available as it should be, and it. is absurd, says the London Lancet, that practically the only shop where it may be obtained is that kept by the fishmonger, who keeps it not for the purposes of consumption, but for the cooling of fish. The fishmonger’s shop does. not always represent an environment that is, sanitarily speaking. satisfactory; yet when ice is wanted in sickness or in health the only tradesman that can be found to supply it is the fishmonger, and his supply is usually limited. It seems ridiculous that in tho English summer the demand for ice should not be sufficient to warrant the establishment of a special agency for its supply. : We feel sure that if such a scheme could be organized it would be widely appreciated and would suecceed as soon as the public realized how much better and how much healthier it is to have their food and vaerages kept cool during the days of a hot and seasonable summer. As it is, they have to be content with semi-liquid butter and mawkish luke-warm beverages which should be cold. especially those which are aerated. A cheap and abundant supply of pure ice for domestic purposes would give the housekeeper a chance of keeping a cool storeroom in which meat, poultry, eggs and other perishable articles of food could be preserved. Not only would waste of food be so prevented, but the ravages of the -putrefying agencies of hot weather would be checked and the food saved from becoming unwholesome if pnt positively dangerous. In fact, we imagine that nohody will deny the very great advantages derived from keeping certain foods cold in the summer and preserving them in a state fit for consumption and attractive to the eye and palate; and yet practically no steps are taken to supply such an important and very evident need. i

CLOSE OF THE CAREER OF HON. HENRYC.PAYNE. Death Results from Heart Trouble— Cortelyou to Be His Successor. Washington, Qct. s.—Henry C. Payne, postmaster general of the United States, & member of the national republican committee, a stalwart of his party, with the history of which, both in his home state.and nationally, he has been identified for many years, died at his apartments at the Arlington hotel at 6:10 o’clock Tuesday night, aged 60 years. The death and its cause was announced in the following official bulletin issued by the attending physicians: “The postmaster general died at 6:10 p. .m. He died peacefully without a struggle. Cause of death, disease of mitral valve and dilatation of the heart.” Around Mr. Payne’s bedside at the time of his death was his devoted wife, and several old-time friends. The last official caller to inquire as to Mr. Payne’s condition was President Roosevelt, and he had been gone only about ten minutes when the stricken

b R e NG i T Piofdha) L W R g o R T SRS i O ™ e } ,’s_?’}ées?;i_*;?': e AR eo B A N »fi’fg% Wb a 7 N e L AR O, ) f\“ BG- 2 = -.:fl‘ife » 'U;y ""4-- ' AN D N MRS ";%t"t” R S 4!_;,‘}. ,]:“ (A « : : fit B %fl e v e, TR &7 f‘igifi%* P 5 1 |, . HENRY C. PAYNE. : member of his Zéabinet expired. Seeretary Hay had called at the Paynse apartments a few minutes before ths president made his visit. Neither entered the sieckroom. As Mr. Rooseveir was leaving about six o’clock he spoke feelingly of Mr. Payne to the newspaper men gathered -in front of the hotel as “the sweetest, most lovable and nrost trustful man I ever knew.” Wednesday he issued a proclama;ion ordering the closing of the executive department for four hours on the day of the funeral, and ordering the national flag displayed at halfmast on all public buildings. Henry C. Payne was born at Ashfield, Mass., November 23, 1843. Most of his life was passed in Milwaukee, to which city “he went as a bookkeeper in 1863. At the outbreal of the war young Payne tried to enlist in the Tenth Massachusetts volunteers, but was rejected because he was undersized. It was in 1872 that he first got into politics and showed aptitude as an organizer by forming the Milwaukee Young Men’'s Republican league. President Grant made him postmaster of Milwaukee in 1876, and both Hayes and Arthur reappointed him. He became chairman of the Wisconsin republican state committee. and represented the state in the national committee over ten years. Soom after he became postmaster of Milwaukee in 1876 Mr. Payne first became interested in large corporations. Shortly before the panie of 1893 he and ex-Senator Mitchell succeeded in interesting eastern capital to a sufficient extent to form the Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light company. which took over the four Milwaulkee street car lines and the two lighting plants. ~The consolidated concern got into financial - trouble and went into the hands of a receiver, Payne being appointed to the position. It was reorganized with a capital of $16,000.000, and Payne was chosen president. Mr. Payne was in 1893 president of the Awmerican Street Railway association. He was for the past 20 years a director in the Wisconsin Telephone company. Having been selected for postmaster general by President MecKinley shortly Dbefore the latter's death, President Roosevelt appointed him, and he assumed the office January 8, 1902. It is the understanding now that Mr. Cortelyou will-assume the duties of postmaster general as soon as he convenient1y can after the close of the pending campaign. It is probable that he will enter the office about the first of December,

Statement Is Denied. Boston. Oct. 6.—Gov. John L. Bates authorized a denial of the statement published from Worcester that he had decided to appoint Attorney General William H. Moody. nf Haverhill, to sue‘ceed the late Senator George F. Hoar. Gov. Bates said he had not yet made up his mind in the matter. Lady Curzon Worse. Walmer Castle, Kent., Oct. B—The following bulletin was issued Friday evening regarding the condition of Lady Curzon: . ‘“Lady Curzon is not so well. Her condition causes serious anxiely.” Two prcminent London doctors were summoned during the day, and came on special trains. Resigns His Position. * Chicago, Oct. 5.—L. F. Loree, president of the Rock Island and the highestpriced railway man in the world, regigned when his methods were criticised. He will continue to draw a salary of $75,000 a year for four years and ‘also will retain a cash bonus of $500,000. Change of Venue Granted. ' Chicago, Oct. s.—Judge Kersten granted a change of venue to Thomas J. Noonan and J. E. Cummins, Iroquois theater fire defendants, and deferred the argument of the motion to quash the indictment against Will J. Davis. Sheriff Killed. Las Vegas, N. M.’ Oct. s.—Sheriff Melendez, of Mora county, has been shot and killed as the result, it is said, of a political quarrel. “ Sheriff Melendez was one of the leaders of a dominant faction in Mora county politics and-was widely known. " Lumber Yard Burned. Johnson City, Tenn,, Oct. s—Fire destroyed the lumber yard of the Unaka Lumber company, managed and owned by U. 8. Archer & Co., of this city. The loss to the yard will reach nearly $200,000. . . .

TRADE REVIEW. - | Increased Activity and Encouraging ~ Conditions Are the Fea- - tures. , New York, Oct. B.—~R. G. Dun’s Weekly Review of Trade says: “With the crops almost beyond danger, prices of securities at the highest point since May, 1903, and idle machinery resuming at many factories and mill§ that have been closed for months, the business outlook grows steadily brighter.. By far the best feature of the situation is the confidence manifested by an increased disposition to provide for future requirements. This i 8 by no means general, but it is noticed at pig iron furnaces, woolen mills and among dealers at. widely separated points, particularly those located in the agt’icultural sections. Mercantile"col= lections are also more prompt,-and railway earnings for the month of September were 3.8 per cent. larger than in the same month last year, while foreign commerce at this port for the last week shows increases of $1,051,208 in imports and $410,748 in exports as compared with a year ago. Dispatches from the leading cities -are almogt. unanimous in telling of improved ¢onditions. : 5y “Failures this week in the TUnited States are 222, against 223 last week, 225 the preceding week and 239 the corresponding ‘week last year.- Failures in Canada number 25, against 18 last weelk, 30 in the preceding week and 17 last year. , - Bradstreet's says: “Popular estimates of leading crop yields continue to enlarge, corn has passed out of danger of serious frost damage in the west, and distribution. both at wholesale and retail, expands as cooler weather approaches. Additional favorable featurecs are the continuance of the gocd tone in pig iron, freer buying by railways of material and rolling stock, and heavy general crop movement helping collectiohs north and south. While the buying of dry goods, hardware, groceries, shoes and clothing continues of good yolume, particularly at the west. conservative influences find reflection in small but freaquent orders, calculated to meet-neces-sities. The transportation movement is heavy. and railway earnings show an expanding tendency. the gain for September promising to be six per cent. over 1903.” ) .

FIRE CURTAIN MELTS. - Flames Sweep Away Safety Drop -and Destroy Theater in Switzerland. = . Geneva, Oct. B.—The destruction of the theater in Basle by fire strangely resembles the burning of the Iroquois theater in Chicago. The fire occurred at twe o'clock in the morning, when nobody was inside. 'Only four blackened walls remain of what once was the finest theater in Switzerland. After the performance of Strauss’ operetta, “Le Chauxe Souri,” Thursday night everything was left in order and supposed saf_et_v.‘ The fire curtain being lowered. The fire began, as in Chicago, behind the stage, and within a short time the safety curtain melted. The safety curtain ought to have stopped the fire. according to the builders, architects and managers. The disaster demonstrated that human foresight and the latest fireproof appliances are powerless to arrest a fire'and that the safety of theaters is a myth. Great consterhation prevails among the Swiss theater proprietors, as it is feared the fire will lower greatly the theatrical receipts during the winter season. i

FOUR DIE IN HOTEL FIRE. Building in South St. Joseph, Mo., Is Burned with Fatal Results, St. Joseph, Mo., Oct. B.—The Tracey hotel in South St. Joseph burned Friday morning, four persons losing their lives. ~ The dead are: Lafayette Frew, aged 50 years, speculator in live stock; C. F. Norton, aged 35 years, employe of Stockyards company; Mrs. ‘Anna Weston, of Gentry county, Mo., guest; unknown man. ' Gilbert Weston, 13 years old, son of the dead woman, is fatally burned and William Simmons, a cattle buyer, was badly hurt by jumping from a thirdstory windaw. The fire started in the kitchen of the hotel, which was a frame building, and the guests and boarders were aroused with great difficulty. The three dead men were boarders and unmarried. . ) )

WON'T BE SUPPRESSEDMrs. Nation Sent to Jail But Soon Released—Gets Into Trouble Immediately. Wichita, Kan., Oct. B.—Mrs. Carrie Nation, Mrs. Lucy Wilhoit, Mrs. Myra MecHenry and Mrs. Lydia-Meountz, who made the recent joint raid here, were fbund guilty in the city court Friday of destruction of property. Mrs. Nation was fined $l5O and given six months in jail; ‘Mrs. MecHenry and Mrs. Wilhoit were fined $l5O each, and Mrs. Mountz was fined $5O. They gave notice of appeal. : Mrs. Nation and Mrs. McHenry, immediately after having been released from jail on an appeal bond, went down the street, knocking cigars out of the mouths of the men they met. g L A Great Record. New York, Oct. B.—ln the-88 years of the life of the American Bibie <aciety there have been issued 74,441,674 copies of the Bible, of which 1,770,891 were in the year just ended, as recorded in the annual report of the society which is made public: Acquitted of Serious Charge. Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 8.-—The. jury in the case of state vs. Ike Cobb and three others charged with the lynching of Allen Small (colored), at Lynchburg, Tenn., several months ago, has returned a verdict of not guilty. . Eleven Soldiers Killed. Antwerp, Belgium, Oct. 8-—Three shells exploded Friday morning in Fort Sainte Marie, at Calloo, and 11 soldi,ers‘ were killed outright and many injured. The explosion occurred while the shells were being placed in the magazine, which was completely destroyed. i Bartholdi Buried. | Paris, Oct. 8 —The funeral of Barthol- l di took place Friday and was a most imposing ceremony. It was attended by hundreds of mourners including public officials, students and models. - The ‘American embassy was represented,

"OVER HICH BANK. Automobile Takes Fatal Plunge and - Falls in Front of Train—Three Persons Killed. New York, Oct. 7.—While speeding along the Bronx early this morning an automobile containing nine persons went off an embankment at One Hundred and Sixty-First street and Jerome av-enue,-and three prsons were killed and six injured. The machine fell onto the : New York Central railroad tracks and the wreckage was struck by a southbound train. In the automobile when the accident occur_‘red were five womep and four men. The automobile was in charge of Albert Noyes. At Jerome avenue and One Hundred and Sixty-first street the roadway is between 20 and 30 feet above the railroad tracks. When the big machine plunged downward it struck near the south-bound tracks and the nine persons and the automobile were caught by an incoming train known as the Crotan loeal. - When the Croton train reached the Grand Central station shortly before two o’clock this morning. Engineer Liv- ‘ ingston was placed under arrest. Oneof the passengerson the train said the train was running at the rate of about 35 miles | an hour when it struck the machine. The automobile which was wrecked was a heavy touring car, and it is said was running down Jerome avenue at a rapid rate of speed. Jeromeavenueends abruptly at One hundred and Sixty-first street. There is a high fence at this point to prevent vehicles from dropping—off onto the track. and it is supposed the " automobile struck and broke the fence. | ‘Where Jerome avenue ends the roadl' way takes a sharp turn and the-automo- ' bile did -not slacken at this curve, and struck the fence with a terrific crash. ' Engineer Livingston threw on brakes as !soon as possible, but not before the wreckage of the car had been carried ! some distance. ) : . The body of Albert Noyes, chauffeur 'of the wrecked automaobile, was found “underneath the pilot of the engine, horlribly mangled. At three o’clock this morning one of the injured women identified at Cordham hospital as Anna | Smith, 17 years old. died. This made a . total of three dead, one of whom/a wom- ! an, was still unidentified. Wreckage of -the machine, was found scattered along the railroad track for a distance of two bloeks. The car had been reduced literally to bilts. It is said to havé’heen "runn’ing at least 25 miles an hour when the accident ocecurred.

WILL NOT TAKE STUMP. Chairman Taggart Announces Judge Parker’s Ceurse of Action in Present Campaign. New York, Oct. 7. — Chairman Taggart at democratic headquarters gave out the following statement Thursday: “Shortly after his nomination Judge Parker set about the consideration of his course of action toward the conduct of the campaign. He consulted many men of large experience in such matters and made an examination of the course of every successful candidate. That done he decided, as it was necessary for him-to do, what his course should be, and he caused that decision to be made generally known. It was to the effect that he would not go upon the stump; that such speeches as he should deem it desirable to make could be made at Rosemount, following in that respect the McKinley precedent of 1896. That decision made and announced he proceeded to work alomg the lines he had marked out for himself. He believed then—as he believes now—that he decided rightly and no amount of entreating would budge him. His record during all his life proves that clamor will not move him one iota. The incident is closed and those in charge of the campaign fully approve of the determination of Judge Parker.” 3 y

ROBBED A BANK. Bold' Thief Forces Young Lady Official to Give Up 81,700 at ) Treynor, la. Council Bluffs, la., Oct. 7.—A robber ‘walked into tne savings bank at Treynor, a small town 15 miles east of Council Bluffs, Thursday _afternoon and, at the point of a revolver, compeiled the assistant cashier, Miss Frances Flood, to take $1,700 from the cash drawer and vault and put th= money in his bag. Then the robber drove the young woman, who was alone in the bank, into the big vaulc, and locked her in. Customers coming into the bank half an hour later heard the girl’s screams for help and released her from the vault. She at once told -of . the hold-up, and an armed posse was started after the robher. The police and sheriff’s officials of Council Bluffs were also notified: and started armed men into the country to intercept the robber, but up to midnight he had not been apprehend: ed. : .

Victims of Railway Accidents. "Washington, Oect. 7.—Accidents on railroads cost 9,984 lives in the Unitea States last year, according to statistics gathered by the interstate commerce commission. This is more than were killed in the Spanish war. Some May Be Dead. Pensacola, Fla., Oct. 7.—By the explosion of a boiler at the Stratton ice works Thursday night five persons were seriously injured, and it is believed that several.employes are dead and -buried beneath the debris of the wrecked building. Grief Causes Death. i Leon. la.. Oct. T.—Grief because sha shot her husband, was the cause assigned by physicians for the death of Mrs. Peter Lewis. Sherecently shot and killed her husband whom she mistook for a chicken thief. : Killed His Father. Killo, Tex., Oct. 7.—H. C. Watson, a farmer, was shot dead in a pistol duel by his son Ben in the presence of his wife, the boy’s mother. The father and son had a dispute over a crop diVisw% The father-shot three times and the boy omce. The latter is-in nik : 8.0 Brings Horses and Birds. | New York. Oct. 7.—The Phoenix line steamer British Princess; from Antwerp, which arrived Thursday night, brought 156 Percheron horses and 2,000 birds of various lQnds. sy 2