Marshall County Independent, Volume 6, Number 34, Plymouth, Marshall County, 3 August 1900 — Page 2

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BOB EVEHTSOF II IfK Items of General Interest Told in Paragraphs. COMPLETE NEWS SUMMARY. Rerord of Happenings of Much or IJttl Jiurrtant) from All 1'arts of th CItiUzed World Prices t Farm I'roducU In Wintern Markets. John D. Rockefeller's gift of $100,D00 to Wellesley college caus.de trouble between tnistee3 and certain faculty members, who objected to Standard Oil money. Trustees carried day. Professor Jenks of Cornell being umpire. Warrant charging intent to defraud Issued for Edward L. Swazey, Kansas City cattle broker. Irregularities said to approximate $70,000. Ones man killed and nine injured in wreck of a Buffalo Bill wild west show train near Milwaukee Junction, Mich. New oYrk rowdies tried to break up baptismal ceremonies of Seventh Day Adventists at Bay Ridge. Two members of Battery A, I. X. G., fatally wounded and score of militiamen and bystanders injured at Camp Lincoln, Springfield, 111., by explosion while loadin? sunset gun. Unidentified man tossed lighted cigarette stub into powder charge. Twelve men desert from the 3th infantry while going from New York to Fort Sheridan. Edward L. Swazey, accused of emulating Grant Gillett, the famous cattle plunger, is a fugitive, accused of irregularities totaling $70,000. He lived In Kansas City. United States for the year ending The total foreign commerce of the June 20, 1000 .exceeed thd 52,000,000,000 mark for the first time in history. Lord Roberts returned to Pretoria, abandoning effort to capture General Bctha. Baden-Powell besieged at Halstenberg. French government's clever coup d etat in reconstructing general staJT. Witness in the Caleb powers trial testified that he heard Gov. Taylor intimate that Goebel would be killed. Best available data puts center of population of United States about .Bloomington, Ind. Center of area, excluding Alaska, is in Kansas. General appraisers at New York ruled merchandise imported from Hawaii must pay Dingley duties. Arguments begun in Jester trial. Tel ephones fixed so towns can hear ora tory. Representatives of leading steel and iron companies agreed to curtail production in cases of over-supply. Some furnaces may close. Tod Sloan injured by fall of Mrs. Langtry's Maluma at Liverpool. Benoit J. Ellert. Fort Wayne, Ind., arrested in Chicago on charge of fraud. Poker his ruin. Lord Roberts reported Boer forces in full and disorderly retreat. J. K. J. Archibald, correspondent returned from South Africa, said it was a mistake to think Boer cause waning. Wedding cjf Lady Randolph Churchill and Lieutenant Cornwallis West Saturday was London's social event. Duke of Marlborough gave bride away. Replying to question of England's defenses Loid Salisbury said in house of lord's he believed them adequate. French have taken formal possession of coaling station at Muscat, opposite Bombay. In Goebel murder trial testimony tended to show police authority was defied at executive building immediately after assassination. Witness swore he saw a man like Youtsey close door of secretary of state's office and run away. Western Pennsylvania penitentiary authorities frustrated plot to liberate Convict Henry C. Uerkmau, who shot H. C. Prick in 1831'. New York and Chicago anarchists believed to be conspirators. Noisy piano playing by accomplice to shield tunnel diggers. Three thousand pilgrims venerate relic of St. Anne at St. Anne, 111. Jerry Simpson rescued from mob at Fort Sc ott, Kas., by citizens. Progress in census tabulation expected to warrant guesses on total population soon. Washington's ratio of gain smaller than in preceding decade. Report of Fourth. Assistant Postmaster General Bristow on Cuban postal frauds showed Neely's embezzlements aggregated $131,713, and Justified recommeudation of Rathbone'a removal. Peter Smith is drawn down through twenty feet of water and under the canal gates at Lockport, but survives.

! Winter Wheat No. 2 red. TTKgTTc; No. i red. 77c; No. 4 red, 6Jc; No. 'i hard. 74'aMUc; No. 3 hard, 7-'u73c. Spring Wheat No. 1 Northern, Tac; No. 2. lUtTJc; Xo. 4, 71c. Corn No. 2, 2c; No. 2 yellow. SO-QtOc; No. 3, CC'vsc; No. 3 yellow, 3;fc40c; No. 4 at SO'-'C OatsNo. 4 white. 23H5?26c; No. 3. rt'ic; No. 3 white. 2.V',27Uc; No. 2, 21Uc; No. 2 wliite. 2tJ'tf27Uc. . . Mess Pork Regular. $ll.iiin.S3. Lard Regular. $i.Su'y ü..1-1-. Short-Rib Sides $77.25. Pickled Hams 12 lbs., O'i'olOc; Itf lbs., SlV'Ssc; picnic hams, bjii ti'.sc; bellies, S' -a'-c; smoked hams, lOVn-1 : shoulders? TttTc; short-rib sides. 7Vi 7c; short clear sides, 7&u7?sc; breakfast bacon. WsölOVic. Cattle Native shipping and expor steers, 51.703.75; dressed beef and butchers' steers. $4ftü.3l); steers under 1.000 pounds, $3.e5'(5.10; stockers and feeders. 335; cows and heifers. 524.S5; canners, .5Ö18; bulls. $2.60tf4.25; Texas and Indian steers. $3.4004.50; cows and helfen. $2.2.-3.75. Hogs Piss and lights. 5.25ö 5.35; packers', S3. 20(3-5. S"; butchers', $5.30 5.40. Sheep Natives. $01.25; lambs. $4.50 Ö0t5.75; culls and bucks, $2.50(24; stockers, J3.25S5.75. Butter Extra creamery, 19c; firsts, 17c; seconds. 15-ilfc; dairies, choice. 16'rfl6s;c; tirsts. l-aioc; ladles, good to line. 14jn5c; packing stock, fresh, 14c. Red raspberries, 75cfS1.15 for 24 pints. Black raspberries. 50tiM? for J4 pints; 75c C$1.10 for 1G quarts. Hlackberries. 50c $1 for 24 quarts. Blueberries. $l.255?2 for 36 quarts. Gooseberries. 70c'j$1.15 for 16quart cases. Potatoes Hebron, 3uiI34c per bu.; early Ohios. 2ST30c per bu.; homegrown, 40yc per li-bu. sack. Kggs 11012'tc for average lots; loss off, laViC. Kanaa Fusion Ticket. The democratic organization of the state convention at Fort Scott, Kansas, with unexpected ease, swung the convention into line for the report of the conference committee, trading the office of associate justice for that of attorney-general. As soon as this action was made known to the populist gathering, it nominated Judge David Martin for associate justice by acclamation, selected John W. Breidenthal of Topcka for governor. The democrats named the following part of the ticket, in accordance with previous fusion pians: Treasurer, Conway Marshall; attorney-general, Hugh Farrelly; secretary of state, J.B. Goshorn; presidential electors, L. B. Corstenson, H. J. Rozel and J. B. Fugate. The silver republicans nominated "Webb McNall for insurance commissioner and James Falloon and W. It. Turner for electors. White Cap Whip Id'e Men. White caps living in the mountains in the vicinity of White county, East Tennessee, have decreed that all men who live in that neighborhood must work, and with the lash are enforcing the order. A couple of families living on the mountain above Sparta, were some time ago ordered to leave the community, and, failing to comply, their respective heads were taken from bed In the night and unmercifully whipped. Both men were stripped of their clothing and the lash applied across their backs. The charge against the victims was unwillingness to work and pilfering. Saturday night, for the second time, the whip was used a;s an incentive to industry in that section. The white caps took out three men, tied them to trees, and whipped them severely. Mine Horror In Mexico. Fire broke out in one of the chambers of the La Paz mines at Matehauala, state of San Luis Potosi, and it spread so rapidly that many miners were entombed and perished. Eleven bodies have already been brought to the surface and near twenty miners are missing. An effort was made to send down a rescuing party from the surface, but the terrific heat made it impossible. Ramon Gomez, foreman of the day shift, perished in an attempt to go down from the surface and save his comrades. Fas tor Dodge Revenue. Rev. Joseph E. Mast, a divine at Middlebury, Ind., purchased liquor In barrel lots to avoid paying the retail price for whisky, then disposed the same to members of his flock in small quantities. The scheme has been successfully practiced for some years, but Revenue Collector Gaunt unmasked the preacher. He will be forced to buy a dealers' license and to pay for all back transactions. The government stamps on the barrels were found uncanceled. Ghrantio Trust I Planned, Farmers in Minnesota and tne Dakotas have received letters and circulars soliciting their aid in the formation of a trust to control the market for the products of the farms in the Mississippi valley. The plan is to pay each delegate, farmer or editor who attends the amount of his expenses in farmers federation scrip, which will be received in payment of commissions at any of the commission houses the company may establish. Dejith from Mrange Cause. Mrs Anua M. Jones of Marcus Hook, Pa., accidentally swallowed a lizard some time ago while drinking water. Frequently the reptile climbed up into her throat, but it resisted all attempts at ejectment. Last night, after complaining of a choking sensation, Mrs. Jones suddenly expired. It la believed her dread of choking to deatb had a fatal effect upon her heart, as there is no evidence of strangulation. Battle Near Panama City. Fighting is now goiug on in the outskirts of Panama, Colombia. Revolutionary forces reached the suburbs and began a vigorous attack. Government forces are making a strong resistance in the Intrenched positions they have occupied for several days. It is calculated that 200 men have been killed 01 wounded so far, among them being many well known young residents o! Panama. Itu!garlanft Are rained. The announcement that King Alexander of Servia has resolved to elevate to the throne by marriage Mme. Draga Maschin, who was one of Queen Natalie's ladies in waiting, has produced a very painful impression. It is generally believed that the marriage Is likely to have seriou consequences in Servia and also likely to affect Bulgaria disadvantageously. Found Starving In a Farlc. News has been received at St Paul, Minn., that C. C. P. Smith, wholesale crockery dealers there, was found starving and demented In the Yellowstone park, where he had been lost for four days and three nights. With his mother he was doing the National park, and Thursday afternoon he disappeared. Soldiers found him after a lone search.

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An Anarchist Assassin Shoots Him Through the Heart. THREE SHOTS ARE FIRED. The King Falls Back and Dies la Few Minutes Iiis Majesty Had Ben Distributing Prizes at a Gjmnalct Competition Was Relng JCheered by the Populace When Attacked. King Humbert of Italy has been assassinated. He was shot at Monza, Italy, Sunday evening by a man named Angelo Bressi and died in a few minutes. The king had been attending a distribution of prizes in connection with a gymnastic competition. He had just entered his carriage, with his aid-decamp, amid the cheers of the crowd, when he was struck by three revolver shots fired in quick succession. One pierced the heart of his majesty, who fell back and expired. The assassin was immediately arrested and was with some difficulty saved from the fury of the populace. He gave his name as Angelo Bressi, describing himself as of Prato, in Tuscany. Assassin Saved from Lynching. The murderer cynically avowed the crime. The prize distribution took place about 10 o'clock. The news of the terrible assassination of King Humbert did not arrive at Rome until after midnight. Sig. Saracco, the premier, immediately summoned a meeting of the cabinet, and the ministers will start at the earliest possible moment for Monza. The prince and princess of Naples were on board the Yela, yachting in the Levant Angelo Bressi, the assassin of King Humbert, according to a special dispatch from Rome, is an anarchist Life of llog Humbert L. King Humbert 1. of Italy is the fourth Humbert, or Umperto, in de6cent from the dukes of Savoy. He was born at Turin March 14, 1S44, the oldest son of Victor Emmanuel, king of Italy, and Marie Adelaide, daughter of the Austrian Archduke Rameri, viceroy of Lombard!. He was married in 1SG8 to his cousin, Margaret of Savoy, by whom he had one eon, Prince Victor Emmanuel, who is married to Princess Helene of Montenegro. Humbert I succeeded to the throne of Italy on the death of Victor Emmanuel Jan. 6, 1S7S, and he plunged at once into the tempestuous affairs of the kingdom with a zest that promised individual greatness that has not been fulfilled. His brother, Amadeo, the ex-king of Spain, lives at the old homestead palace inTurin. His eldest sister is the wife of Prince Napoleon and his youngest sister is the mother of the king of Portugal, who translated Shakespeare into Portuguese. Italy New King and Queen. Vittorio Emmanuelo Fernandino Maria Gennaro, who succeeds his father to the throne of Italy, was the only son of King Humbert. He was born Nov. 11, 18ty, and has the reputation of being a liberal, scholarly and soldierly man. He is a general in the Italian army and a patron of art and literature. He is a chevalier of the Order of the Golden Fleece and a Knight of the Garter. His wife, Italy's new queen, was the Princess Helena, one of the seven daughters of Prince Nicholas, the ruler of the little principality of Montenegro. She was born In the royal palace in Cettinje in 1873. Three Children Are Killed. Through the explosion of a steam tube connecting the boiler in the steam yacht Trilby, owned and commanded by Fred L. Spink of Seriba, Oswego county. New York, three young children lost their lives, one more was frightfully scalded and three other people were more or less burned. The dead are: Spink, Iva, 9 years old; Spink, Gladys, 7 years old; Spink, Fern, 2 years old. The wounded: Spink, Captain Fred, left arm and hand scalded; Spink, Mrs. Fred, scalded about the legs and abdomen; Spink, Herald, aged 4, frightfully burned all over the body; Kelsey, Mrs. Jay, slightly scalded from the knees down. Herald Spink's life is despaired of, but the others injured will recover. Son Insane; Mother an Heir. Very secretly a few daj ago A. E. Lawrence, for years cashier of the Northern national bank, was committed to the state insane asylum at Toledo, O. Iii condition is such as to give little hope. He was taken ill a year ago, but recovered only to find his position gone. The support of a large family and a widowed mother In indigent circumstances preyed upon his mind. A letter was received from England stating that his mother, Mrs.Mary Richards, was heir to about $100,000 in an estate left there, and that immediate possession could be had. Fire In Illinois Village. Fire ruined the business district In the village of Oglesby, 111. The conflagration, which is supposed to have originated in Dr. James II. Dugan's office, was not discovered until Cody's drug store, Thompson's grocery store and William William's residence were enveloped in flames, the occupants narrowly escaping death. The loss Is estimated at $7.000. Ten Eyck Win in Paris Single. The first event in the international regatta at New York was the Paris singles and three men lined up. These were John Rumohr. Harlem Rowing club. New York; C. S. Titus, Young Men's Gymnastic club, New Orleans, and Ed Hanlon Ten Eyck, Wachusset Rowing club, Worcester, Mass. Ten Eyck won, Rumohr second j time, 6:13. Charles II. Iloyt Is Insane. Charles Hale Iloyt, author, actor, manager, politician, has been declared Insane. Still broken In health from grief over his wife's death a few years ago and unbalanced by the overstrain of work In his profession, he was taken to the Hartford Retreat for the Insane. After a consultation of experts his condition was declared critical.

EXPECT MID-AIR FIGHT. Two Steeple Climber liar. Quarrel ea St. Paul's Spire. Down-town New York came very near being treated to a battle between two rival steeple climbers while they were on the top of St. Paul's talf spire. The tragic possibilities of a fist fight in mid-air were such as to make the thousands of spectators on solid sidewalks and pavements 1S3 feet below th et wo men shiver with apprehension. There is inten se rivalry In the steeple-jack business. Two men between "whom the rivalry Is especially keen are G. V. Wing of Zanesvllle, Ohio, the "Wizard of the Steeple," and Robert Merrill of Arizona, known as "Steeple Bob." They quarreled In midair. Merrill had the contract to repair the steeple and he employed Wing to help him. Wing has a business manager, Charles S. Kendall. Mrs. Merrill says that when she went to the church during the forenoon she found that Kendall had posted himself in the crowd and informed everybody that "Steeple Bob" had made a failure of the job and that the church people had sent for the "Wizard."

STEAMER WATT SINKS. Collides with the Maruba in Detroit Hirer. The most disastrous collision of the season occurred between the steamer James Watt of the Rockefeller fleet and the steamer Maruba of the Federal Steel company in the Detroit river at Grassy Island. The Watt was sunk and the Maruba was barely saved from the same fate. The latter ship had a large hole punched in her bow, and was bad ly wrecked. The Watt was bound down with iron ore. The Maruba was coming up the river without cargo. Neither ship was insured, as It Is against the Rockefeller system to carry any Insurance. The sunken boat is one of the largest on the lakes, being 425 feet long by 4S feet beam. The job of getting her afloat will tax the ability of the best lake wreckers. Run Thiough Upeu Switch. The eastbound mail on the Indianapolis, Decatur and Western railwray ran through an open switch Friday near Camargo, 111., and collided with the west-bound mail, wThich was waiting for it on the siding. John Shindorf, the engineer, succeeded in getting clear from the engine before it struck, but fell on the track, striking his head with terrific force. He may recover. Artie Giggis, fireman, attempted to follow, but was caught between the tender and cab as the train struck, and died before he could be released. The train, when It went into the siding, was running about twentyfive miles an hour ,and the passengers on both trains were badly shaken up, though no one was seriously injured. Negro Tries Train Hold-Cp. Just after the Missouri Pacific train No. 1 left Atchison for the north a masked robber entered the express car, covered John Kreiser, the messenger, with a revolver and demanded the contents of the express safe. Kreiser convinced him that the safe could not be opened until the train reached Omaha, and after taking a silver watch from an express package, th robber ordered the messenger to apply the air brake. When the train slowed up half a mile out of Atchison, the robber got off and escaped. While in the car his mask slipped down and revealed the fact that he was a negro. Have Yellow Fever. A dispatch has been received at the War Department from Havana which says General Lee has obtained information that leaves no doubt about the existence of yellow fever in the First Infantry at Pinar del Rio, and that nine deaths there last month reported as pernicious malaria are now believed to have been yellow fever. Dr. Reed and a specialist sent to Pinar del Rio by General Lee have reported that yellow fever exists among the troops. The dispatch also says that there are five suspected cases of yellow fevei; among the soldiers of the First Infantry stationed at Guauajay. Central State' Crop Iteport. Corn in Illinois and neighboring states is doing well, except in a few places where damaged by rain and wind. It has made rapid growth during the week, and is showing tassel and silk. Ears are well formed on early corn, a good crop of which seems assured. Fruit generally seems to be a good crop. Some early peaches are rotting on the trees. Apples continue to drop, and many of those remaining on the trees are wormy and badly formed. A few correspondents report a large crop of fiue quality on the trees. Citizen! Fight Hnrglars. Citizens at midnight engaged in a street fight with a gang of robbers who had attempted to rob the bank of Richmond, Kan. Several shots were exchanged and it is thought one robber was wounded. Bloodhounds have been put on their trail. The robbers had blown the safe door into the street and the noise of the explosion brought a crowd to the scene. No money was secured. May lie Father's Crime. While going home from Lampasas, Texas, to his farm In company with his father, Winifred Shlpp, a young man, was shot and killed. A coroner's jury today made an investigation, and on tho evidence adduced William B. Shipp, the father of the boy, was arrested and jailed on a charge of murder. Unlbonents Are Many. The number of enlistments for foreign service at the barracks at Columbus, O., during the past few days has been very large. Many recruits are eager to go to China at once. Lieut J. IC Cree of the Sixth Artillery has been ordered to report at the army post for service with recruits. Gift for His Native Town. A spadeful of earth turned up In the dooryard of the old Rew homestead in Newark, N. Y., marked the beginning of a $20,000 free library, the gift of Henry C. ltew of Chicago. The Rew family were among the early settlers of the New York village, and there thp Chlcagoan was born.

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Bloody Battles in the Crescent City. SEVERAL NEGROES ARE KILLED I Whites Among the Wounded Lawless Lleuientg Oaiu Coutrol City Under Martial Law Police Accused of Failure to Do Their Duty. New Orleans was at the mercy of armed mobs made up of hoodlums who assaulted negroes on sight and shot them down like degs Thursday night. The men composing the mobs were deaf to pity and used pistols and clubs at every opportunity. That their work was partially checked was the result of the prompt action of Gov. Heard and Mayor Capdevielle. The dead: Unknown negro, beaten and shot to death. The fatally wounded: Baptiste Gileal, aged 75 years, shot in the right side of the thorax; James Nelson, skull fractured at base and numerous contusions and lacerated scalp wounds; Lewis Taylor, shot in right arm, left arm, right buttock, and wounds from clubs on the head; Thomas Sanders, stabbed in the side, scalp wound and pistol shot wound on right knee; Charles Washington, found in a box car on Illinois Central tracks cut to ribbons; Nathan Brown, found in a box car on Illinois Central tracks stabbed through lungs and cut in many places; Alexander Rußin, Pullman car porter, shot in left shoulder, arm broken and badly beaten about head. Rußin is a Chicago negro. The injured: Esther Fields, washerwoman, several gashes on head and badly bruised; Lewis Edwards, driver, badly cut and beaten; George Morris, watchman, shot in head, leg and back, badly beaten; may die: Dun Wite, gunshot wound in left hand; William Armstrong, gunshot wound left thigh; badly beaten. Whites Also Injured. The foregoing is a list of the negroes, so far as it is possible to secure the names, who met injury. Probably a score of darkies have also been assaulted and are having their wounds treated at heme. During the distu; bances the following white men were accidentally wounded: Frank Shepherd, gunshot wound in right arm; Joseph Deeds, cut on right hand; F. G. Davis, gunshot wound in hip; Henry Daurin, gunshot wound in left leg; Louis Lapuyado, gunshot wound In left leg; Oswald McMahon, gunshot wound in arm; Charles Doyle, gunshot wound in leg. 31 lilt la lu Charge, Militiamen, artillerymen and cavalry and 1,500 heavily armed citizens under the command of Col. Elmer E. Wood, a Spanish-American war veteran, took charge, and attempted to maintain order, but are unable to entirely control the situation. Scores of inoffensive negroes were slain or terribly beaten and additional reports of similar outrages are coming in constantly. The police force has been discredited and the strong arm of the law placed in the hands of a military officer. Even Chief of Police Gaster has shared the fate of his men, for Mayor Capdevielle has lest confidence in him. The mob, or mobs, for there were more than one, were made up of hoodlums and the toughest element among the white population of the city. Nearly All Intoxicated. It is estimated that fully 90 per cent of the members were intoxicated. It was a howling mob of fiends and could easily have been controlled by a handful of determined police, but there were no determined police to be found. Dozens of negroes attacked by the mobs appealed to the bluecoats fci protection in vain. The sympathies of the police were with the mobs and several instances are reported where the police actually encouraged the rioters in their bloody and barbarous work. Not a single arrest was made by the police. The colored desperado Robert Charles, slayer of Policemen Day and Lamb, was smoked out of hiding in New Orleans Friday night and shot to pieces, but not until he had killed three persons, fatally wounded four, and less seriously wounded several others. Some doubt cast on Identity of desperado. Two other negroes killed. Friday's dead: Gabriel Porteous. sergeant of police? John F. Lally, corporal of police; Andy Van Kurem, keeper of the policq pail; Alfred J. B. Bloomfield, a boy; Robert Charles, a negro desperado; unknown negro. Fatally wounded: Frank H. Evans, ex-poHceman; John Banville. citizen; A. S. Leclerc, citizen; H. H. Batt, citizen. Twenty thousand people witnessed the rioting. Attack on Negro Laborers. The importation of a large numbei of negroes into Donivan, Mo., by tha Bagwell Timber company of St. Louis, nearly precipitated a race war. No negroes are allowed to live m the town and on their arrival the citizens undertook to drive them out. Several colored men were handled roughly and a number of white men and negroes were injured. Sheriff Merrill cama to the rescue and an armed posse is guarding the colored laborers. The citizens are determined the negroes shall not be allowed to remain and further trouble Is expected. lluudretU Le In Uattle. The Liberal rebellion in the Colon department has ended after the sacrllice of more than CUO lives, the Liberals having been the greatest sufferers, while the wounded number many hundreds. Dr. Mendoza, representing the Liberals, and General Alban arranged for a cessation of hostilities, tke Colombian Liberals being pledged to surrender their arms and being guaranteed their freedom from prosecution and the retention of all political rights. Indians Fire Timber. One of the worst fires ever known In northwestern Montana is now raging In the Swan Lake country, on th western part of the Lewis and Clark forest reserve. Gus Mosler, superln tendent of the reserve, reports that .the Indians deliberately set fire to th timber and are slaughtering the game.

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Chicago'correr-prnd- nc-e Phil. id :-lph?a Times: Chic-jro boasts ,.f msr.iX strr.ngj things, Lut the .-triages: of ;.ll iö a clu'i that was orgar.Izr-d hero I s: week, i; is called the One Hu:: hvd Vc;:r C!u! the members of which are h-.noraMy bound to live o:"' huiv.'re:! y.-ar--. Bachelor clubs, nh v.i-. '. du!.?, suicide clubs, th( Thirteen t'iu'.:. an.!. ir fact, every fv.-m of cH 'j ir.::i?:i:: ;ble has been or? ho:o i- the Windy City, but this Ctjy Cl'ib is the o ldest of them al;. The cl:;b is ompti 10 both so-es and uy l::,s nv:r twenty members. Au: mz the; is i-Vman !o Jones, a rriiliona 'r real estate man. w ho prominent1- f ruivi i .i t hv ort ization of the lr.!. To vo ir oriespondent he said thorn x;-.a no rea?oa why people should net live a hundic! years. "For one thirt;." he :,;d. "i don't believe in snouz :; r in the d:iy time to lengthen life. I nvr go :: bed the same day I -rot r.n. b;:t I do get up the same day I to b:3. it is the sluggard who sic-ps in the dr.y time. People, I think, slen too much. Even at my advanced age I find that six or seven hours' sleep is sufficient. Another thing, I never drink raw water. I haven't drunk a rint of raw water in twenty year-. I drink most everything else except raw water. To-) much strc?s is put on the nece.ity ror fresh air as being the great life p;eservcr and prolonger. This talk ril-o ir slet-ping with open window.-', wintc--and summer, is a mistake. Even bird.-, whose brains are small, know that it i? wise to put their heads ur.d-r tlv i" wings, protecteu from fresh air. wl e : they sleep." .lu.l-e L. B. Otis. yp :r -old. said: "One of the most in. porta:: steps any on can lake who is ntahitions to round out n century f life i-; to join the 'Don't Worry' Club. Don't worry about the thirds that you can' help: let othrr propV do the v.orryir. Thrre-fourths of man's troubles rp borrowed. The things that he fears in anticipation don't come to pass. It shortens life to carry the burden of anticipated troubles vhich never come.' Mrs. Mary Ann Otis the first wom -n to join the club, said: "Xo pies nocakes for me. I shall be 08 years cd.on April 21, and I expect to be the hh s member of our c luh over the covwv; mark. I attribute my long stay on 'arth to plain food and a i t. don e--tic life, free from the fret and worry and heartburnings of society. If I v.er asked what one thing more than any other has contributed to my long inc. I would say moderation in eating." LETTERS TO BANKS, Financiers cc-a-ionul!y See tlio Funny ide of lAtv. Savings banks, which often hav many depositors who ure iotally unfamiliar with business usages i.nd ;if.r aiso unskilled in the use of the Eufeiiaii language, receive many strange letters. A tellerin a Bostonsavings bank sends the Companion some interesting examples of such missives. Here is a threatening one: "Mr. Treasurer cf th? Bank I have writoct befor to send my munny. If I don't get it by next Thuesday too gether with four cents postage I will contest it with my lit". sure without fail. Timothy Sullivan." As Mr. Sullivan gave no address and as the postmark on his envelop could not be made out, the bank did not, at last accounts, know whether h' "contested it with his life" or not. The following note was received from man who thought it very hard that his "order" was refused payment: "Mr. Treasurer I give this mon the privilege to lift tin dollars off of your bank. Pat Flanagan." And probably this good woman thought her case was a hard one also: "Mr. Treasurer of theSavings Bank. Little johnny have the whoping couf and so I need two dollars; will I get it I don't know. MrsMcCarthy." Here is another curkui.communication: "This book belongs me mother-in-law and she promised to die most every day, and I want to get your advice about the best way to draw her money." This pathetic and quite charming letter was from a depositor who had gone to Ireland: "Kilarney, Ireland, March , ISt' . Mr. , Savings Bank, Treasurer: Dear Sir: You was so good to send mv my money. I got it all right. If you will please let me know the size o." your feoi: I shall be very glad, for I will nit you a pair of socks. It will be a great favor. I hope you will. Youi humble servant. Mar- B ." Amateur Millinery. A certain seaside's belle last s"mer the marvel of the place by reason of her seemingly limitless supply of hats she never appeared twice with the same thing on her head whispered gleefully at the season's end to one of the mystified: "Would yo i know a bit of a secret about me an ! my 'wild extravagance' in hats? Wei!, listen; Besides my utility knockabouts I've exactly two: a white leghorn capable of every possible contortion, and a black straw, wired into endless capabilities of contour.- 'Yoila tout!' But wait; I have a whole trunk full of millinery stuff and a whole body full of 'contrivance.' I'd shape and trim these two hats fresh for every single toilet, and, of course, the combination would never happen to be twice alike, though tke materials individually would be used over and over agaii:. Pluck and industry, my dear, are equal to h'rench millinery, and a good deal cheaper!" Storsicn !:iltry I.lth!nln;. ltcceut do eiojtiuents in traia lighting with the storage battery as an important adjunct warrant the belief that the electric light will at no distant day bo universally used for illuminating day and sleeping coaches on all steam railroads. Not only is this true of the United States, but one of the largest railway companies in England is already equipping fifty of Its day coache3 with dynamos and storage batteries of a system which has been successfully tested for some months past. Mnnd.irlnV Shtr Actrees. Each Siamese mandarin has hla own theater. The actresses are hie alaves. No men appear on the stage. Rich mandarins have as many as a hundred actresses or mora.

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j Severe Battles in tha Empire oi ! China. MANY NATION'S TAKE A HAND. The EmpreK Donatr I -aid to llrve Morel Her C apita' to lli in 1 ti I.rnperor AppouN to rr:!nt "cKiiiley for Aid ia !U-toriny; Ord'-r. Tuesday. July II. State dcpartinciit, asM-'Uung n:?s.:s from Sh lig that foreiguc : at iv-un would be started lor Ti- ..-'i 'sin .:i ier imperial escort, is irue. x pect news of them from allies shortly. Commissioner Ito. k !i :11 pn paring to start for China. T-.r of 'hin e c:::pcior's appeal to pre, :.: ;it. nd h. iter's reply.Insisticg on protect ion. ma le public. Li Hung Chang at Shanghai howcl message saying move n; nt was on foot to get legations to Tien-Tsin un ): tr-nrd. Said China Las no money for in :emnities, and promise cf future zor. government should suüico for j.owe.s. Wednesday, .July '."i. Allied powers are said to have uetained Li Hung Chang at Shanghai until he gets news from Ft kin. Washington ofl'n-ials lo.-e hope that foreigners in Pckin are alive. Chinese Minister to I ris ho; es to prove ministers in Pokin ::re alive by getting a message soon from M. Pichoric. Rear Admiral Kempff makes n tietailed report on the capture of the Tnku forts and gives his reasons for rrfir-ir. to take pait. Thursday, .July "J. Shanghai nus--e that Li H::ng Chang asserts son:- foreign ministers already en route to Tuui-Tsin. First serious outb.vak in Mukden took : i e e on June le. when imperial troop.- aud rebels mt'sacrt .1 m;s'.j:.ai tcs and converts in cathedral. Placards ") led in Canton province blaming converts for all troubles and urging natives to kill thf-iii. Active preparations in Yangtse tegion for war. MasEacre of over Giu. including Italian bishops and priests, in southern Hunan. Murders in Shan Li. Li Hunrj Chang may sro to Too Chow. Rear Admiral Keaipff's report, declared Chinese government in sympathy with boxers. Friday, July . Admiral Iiemey telegraphed Washington heavy re-k: force nie tits thrown into Pekin. making it impossible for allies to capture city except with overwhelming force. He said allies have 28,000 men at Tientsin, but inipos.-iMe to move before middle of August. e5retary Hay, through Consul Goodnow, Shasighai, answered Li Hung Chang this government cannot entertain proposition to have ministers delivered at any point outside Pekin until free communication established between Conger and Washington. Kaiser William's final orders to troops sailing for China were to give no quarter, take, no prisoners, and teach Chinese such a lesson they would not even wink at Germany for next thousand years. Kaiser said to have appealed to England, Russia, Austria and Italy for harmony. All foreigners and many native Christians reported killed at Taotiug. Massacre at Shansi. Disturbances increasing ia all directions. Pillage at K wan tang. Wholesale murder at Pao-Ting-Fu. Czar said to have confession from Chinese ambassador that movement of Chinese soldiers to front was ordered by imperial government. Rumor Prince Tuan killed by own Boxers. Snnly, .Inly 30. Chinese legation in Berlin received word from Sheng. director general of telegraphs, that General Tung Kuh Siang at Pekin threatens to kill all I"1gationaries if allies advance- on Pekin. Note of powers to China on July 5 said members of government at Pekin would be held personally responsible for injury to foreigners. New imperial edict orders viceroys and governors to negotiate peace with powers whose ministers are held as hostages, to prevent advance of allies and escape of aliens from interior. lmjerial decree of July 24 declared to Li Hung Chang the unwisdom of either killing envoys or sending them to Tientsin. Conshuls at Shanghai decided to ask their governments for protecton. Shanghai report Boxers massacred 2,000 to 3,000 Christians at Pas-Ting-Fa on uJly 8. Chinese General Li Ho Kea ordereil troops to exterminate Christians. Sheng reported admitting murders an daunouncing massacre of 1,000 at Kwang Ping Fu. Wave of blood spreading and general rising along tho Yang-tse-Kiang expected on Aug. 1. Secretary Hay said situation unchanged, waiting for reliable news. Minister Wu getting nervous. Government still urging on powers earliest possible advance of allies on Pekin. Kockhill cn route to China. Mrs. M. S. Woodward of l-'vanston. 111., wrote her husband from Pekin on Juno 11 that she had a revolver and intended, if assailed, to use three bullets on Boxers, one to kill her daughter, lone, and another to kill herself. Much Dlftt-ase at tiu Twenty Uiousaim iK-opU- at Cape Koine City, Alaska, are in danger of death by disease. Writing from Xou.e Harbor on June Surgeon Ii. Q. Ebert reports in a Utter rmived at Washington by Surgeon cjont-ral Sternberg that within three weeks this little settlement of tents and shacks has grown from a scattered village of 2.7C0 to a place of UO.Ot'O people sottiers mad with the fever for gold and entirely without regard for the welfare or the condition of their neighbors. "Already," says the surgeon in his report, 'there are 70o cases of enteric fever and thirteen known as cases of smallpox. Even these figures cannot be vouched for, because there Is no truth-telling in this country." Measles is also reported as having broken out. Kouinania Arouites Itusia. The Frauktort Zcitung's Constantinople correspondent says: "lioumania has secured permission from the Turkish admiralty to send the two warships, Elizabeth and Mirza. to the Constantinople docks for repairs. Russia has protested vigorously against th passage of the ships through the Bosporus."