Marshall County Independent, Volume 7, Number 7, Plymouth, Marshall County, 25 January 1901 — Page 2

THE WEEKLY INDEPENDENT.

CL W. METSKER, Pub. and Prop. PLYMOUTH, INDIANA. i tstiil! Of II ! !,;.,:.-. c: Oiwra1 Interest Told in Paragraphs. C:WPLETE NEWS SUMMARY ! i I.- i-rl of Il.topenlnirs of 31 noli or Little I I 'i-j-i-r mire Irom AT. 1'arU of the Civ- j in.-. I V. orl.l l'rice of Farm J'roduct in Woleru .Market. ' .'::. J.tuics Drumgoule climbed oyer v :;':;,v Lars in Union depot, St. Paul, : : . i i'. ii twenty-five feet, fracturing her i -iviii name of J. E. Scotford, i hi. .:... c iu:nlttcd suicide on a Grand r:i.:,Iv i near C;ssopolis, Mich. I-1. ii: i '; young women and twelve yoiii...: ..it .i t,i Messiah Episcopal t t h eaoir. New York, went on strike i; i uk minister accused tliem o: i-'. U ioiu r A. T. Coleman wrecked off Atlantic City. Crew rescued by life- . iv e.s. I'ive Chinese slaw girls sold at auct.o.i in San Francisco, bringing big Kmpioyes of i iv ü ice companies in Milwaukee fought Sunday on the river. Mrs. Nina Vail, wife of the lie v. Charles 11. Vail, who resigned pastorale of Universalist church in Jersey City to preach socialism, will fill the pulpit till successor is appointed. Government preparing to prevent lawless acts in next Oklahoma rush by laying out county seats. Three new cases of smallpox in Chicago, one in Clark street lodging-house. Baron de Rothschild seriously wounded Count de Lubersac in arm in duel near Paris. Pope Leo celebrated special mass for recovery of Victoria. Smallpox is racing at Danville, 111. Population of Berlin joined Emperor in celebrating bicentenary of Prussian federation. Boers raised twelve days siege or garrison defended by Cape Town regiment-Charles Southwell perished in burning of steamer City of Louisville at Benton Harbor. Mich. Murder, robbery, and arson suspected. Two cars on Union traction trolley line collided on bridge over White River, near Chesterfield, Ind., injuring ten persons. One cadet escaped hazing at West Point by whipping thirty first class men. Illinois youth had jaw broken. Four children of Benjamin Miller burned to death in house at Pashan, I iid. Andrew Carnegie to give Syracuse, N. Y., Jiioo.uuv for public library building. At the annual dinner of the Holland society of New York City former President Grover Cleveland severely criticised the new American policy of expansion, and deplored the war in South Africa. He declared that America and England are both engaged in killing natives in order to possess their lands. Gazette issued at Cape Town placing whole of Cape Colony except few cities and districts under martial law. Civil population will be called on to give up arms. Kaiser and people began celebration of bicentenary of declaration of Prussian federation. Emperor of China asked powers not to destroy Taku forts, but to occupy them. Colonel Williams, with one company and a battery, are at Corbin, Ky., to prevent new outbreak of ShortwellWhite feud. In Booz inquiry Cadet Prentice said he might have been wrong in his charges. Mac-Arthur admitted hazing to be cruel. L. A. Porter, cashier Warren Deposit bank. Bowling Green, Ky.. short ?2U,000, which was made good by stockholders. Charles A'. Gardiner, New York, at meeting of Stare Bar association, replied to General Harrison's Ann Arbor address, upholding views of administration regarding island possessions. Two persons killed, one mortally wounded, four or five injured, and a b. Hiding destroyed by dynamite in riot in Corbin, Ky. Governor Stanley says he means to proceed against Leavenworth lynchers, but has not decided how. Mrs. Sarah Kuhn, Sigourney, la., received life sentence for killing her husband. Nativo political factions in Hawaii have united in a home rule party. W. A. Clark elected senator from Montana for long term. E. W. Carmack (D.) elected senator from Tennessee. B. R. Tillman re-elected senator from South Carolina. De Wet crossed Vaal river and joined northern army; 7,000 Boers concentrated to attack British lines. Samuel Lewis, London usurer, left S4.750.000 to charity. Estate valued at $20,000,000. Scott Wike, former Illinois congressman, died at his home near Barry, 111., aged 66. Roosevelt saved from a wounded grizzly bear by timely shot of guide. Mrs. Carrie Nation, Wichita, Kaa., saloon wrecker, released from quarantine in jail. Liquor sellers guard their places. Governor Durbin non-committal as to what he will do with requisition for W. S. Taylor. Officers and cadets hissed Congressman Drlggs for question put at Booz inquiry. Upper classmen called brutal rowards. Two more professors at Stanford university resigned. McKinley nearly recovered from attack of grip. Rebels defeated at Panama. Balance of trade in favor of United States in 1900, $643.998,738. Increase over 1899. $172.498.177. Boers captured convoy of twelve wagons, killing two British and wounding eleven.

LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS. Winter wheat No. t hard. COc; No. 3 red, Tl'-c. Spring whom No. 3 spring, t;:'Vij;i.-e: No. 4 spvlr.g, Cö&CCc. Corn Xo. 3. Serjie: No.. 3 yellow, M:'c. Oats -No. :, ou7Bc; No. 3, iu'ö'ic; No. 4, ÜCnc: No. 4 white. l"ic. Hay Choice timothy, J1J'J13.5'J; No. 1. $12 12.50; No. 2, MV'iU.Ik); No. 3. $1010.5o. Choice prairie. Lard J7.22T; 7.2.". Butter Extra creameries, ISC'U'c per lb: firsts, l.V17c; dairies, choice. 17c; roll butter. 11 2c. Cheese Full cream twins, HMie4c; tlat singles, J'jV'I: daisies. 11 t'.j IV c; Youns Americas, lO'-c; cheddars. '.'V'lOc. Ksgi Strictly fresh, Isc per doz. Beans Hand-picked leans. $2.2it per hu; screened, J2.(C,M5; mediums, $2.1'r2.in. Potatoes Fair to choice, per bu, 2'J't6c. Live poultry Turkeys, GttUe per lb; thin. 5c. Chickens, hens, 7c; spring. 6'"C; roosters, 4':.c. Ducks. t&sUc. Geese, $li(S.50 per doz. Dres.-ed poultry Choice turkey?. y-fVc per lb; ordinary and thin stock, C'mT'-c. Dressed chickens, hens, 7c; mixed. T'.-T-c; springs, 7'e; roosters, 5c. Ducks. 7:e. Geese, Z'uc. Fruit Apple s, $1.50 'i 4 per br!. Cattle Native shipping and export steers, $1.7.V: ".; dressed beef and butcher steers. $t.-. ö.4e; steers under l.WM lbs, Jo I.L'5; Stockeis and feeders. $2.45-ii I."j); cows and heifers, $-"il.7ö; dinners, 51.-ü' 2.75; bulls. J.'.l.V'zl. Hogs-Pigs and lights. ST. ,"."3; packers. $3.25'5.C3; butchers. J5 "U r3.4'-. Sheep Native muttons. $134.30: lambs. $l.:üii3.40; cull3 and bucks. 4.25.

I'ortland l'lan lair for 1 95. At a joint meeting of the Board of Trade and the Manufacturers' Association at Portland, Ore., it was decided to hold a fair at Portland in lt05 to celebrate the first centennial of the arrival of the Lewis and Ciarke expedition in the territory of Oregon. A company will be incorporated at once with $3ö0,0üü capital and authority to issue bonds in addition to the steck. The city of Portland and the state of Oregon will be asked for financial aid. Farmers Form Night 1'atrol. The farmers of Madison county, immediately around Alton, 111., have organized an armed patrol to endeavor to catch the writers of threatening letters recently received, demanding the immediate payment of money or pain of having their homes blown up. The letter writer or writers have extended the time for the delivery of $1,410 at a given spot on the road. There is some alarm felt and strict vigilance observed. Mark Twain's Urother Angry. Therat of revolt from the social democratic convention was made by G. C. Clemens of Kansas at the national gathering at Chicago. A motion b y FRrederiek McCartney ot Massachusetts to refer all reports to a referendum vote of the party awoke all the eloquence of Mr. Clemens, whe made an impassioned speech demanding that the convention plan for Immediate steps toward a unity convention. Thirty-Five Ilnrt In Hotel Fire. Two persons were seriously injured and thirty-five others s.ightly hurt as the result of a fire that burned the Stewart hotel, a two-story frame structure at St. Louis, Mo. Forty guests lost their clothing, and had tc make their escape by jumping from windows. S. W. Carr and L. Blake, who were the most seriously hurt, we:e burned about the face, hands and feet. The loss is about $10,000. Landslide in Washington. Heavy rains prevailed at Pullman. Wash., for forty-eight hours. Several thousand cubic feet of earth on the hill broke loose and slid down. After going about 1Ö0 feet it struck the house of C. O. Merrill, knocking it from its foundation and carrying it several hundred feet, leaving it with ridge pole slanting at an angle of 15 degrees. Mr. And Mrs. Merrill and friends who were in the house were not hurt. Uitlander Preparing a LUt. The Uitlander committee at Durban, Natal, is preparing a list of undesirable persons who are holding official positions in the Transvaal. They are also urging the military officials to allow a representative from each firm U return and ascertain the condition ot their stocks, thus placing them on an equality with those who remained in the Transvaal during the war. Kef use to Pardon Feriell. The Ohio state board of pardons refused to interfere in the case ol Itooslyn H. Terrell, under sentence to be electrocuted on March 1 for the murder of his friend, Express Messenger Charles Lane in Adams express car while en route to Columbus. The condemned man's only hope now is int i ferenee by the governor, which is considered entirely improbable. BIhzIii? Lotion Hums ;irl. Leila Homer, a dancer and chorus girl of Edna May's company in London and of "The (Jirl From Up There,' is dying at St. Luke's hospital. New York, from burns she received at hei home last week. She had been bathing her arms for rheumatism and in some way the liniment caught fire. Th girl's mother, Midp, Romer, resides at Washington. Man Aged lift Years Dies. Lawrence Council died at his home near St. Joseph, Mo., aged 115 yeais. He had led an active outdoor life for biore than a century owning several farms in this vicinity for more than half a century, and up to the time cf his death supervising details of the crops. He left a numerous progeny, down to great-great-grandchildren. He was born in Dublin Ireland. Usurer (Htn to Charity. It is understood that tue estate ot Samuel Lewis, the notorious money lender, who died a few days ago in London, amounts to about 4,000,000. He bequeathed everything to his widow, with the exception of JJHOO.uoo, which is divided among relatives and friends. In his will he expresses a desire that his widow give in her name C 400,000 to provide dwellings for poor persons of all creeds, 250,000 for the Prince of Wales hospital, 1100,000 to the Jewish board of guardians, and 200,000 to the various hospitals. Death Disclose Hex. There was born in the lower west side of New York about forty-two years ago a child whose surname 'Was Hall. The little one was a girl. When the child grew to womanhood she had a hard time to eke out a scanty livelihood, so she decided to wear men'a clothes, and to make the public believe that she was really a man she took the name of Murray Hall. That was many years ago at least fifteen. If net more than twenty years. She died Thursday at 145 Sixth avenue, where she managed an employment agency.

MY. Willi DEAD. Expires Suddenly in an Indian" apolis Hotel. HE HAD SPENT A BUSY DAY.

Delivers an Address at the Wool (Jrow b Association in the Afternoon and Die a Few Hours I-ater Cauae of Death Apoplexy. James A. Mount, whose term as governor of Indiana expired last Mon .ay, died suddenly in his apartments at the Denison hotel Wednesday afternoon. The ex-governor had been in the best of health up to th2 time of his death, and the announcement that he was dead cau.-ed consternation as the report rapidly spread throughout the city. Iiis many friends, when they heard of the occurrence, hastened to the hotel, hardly believing JAMES A. MOUNT, EX it could be true. There the report was I confirmed, and yet it was difficult for many to realize that the man they had seen was dead. Mr. Mount spent most of the day about the statehouse shaking hands with friends. He also delivered a speech at the Wool Growers' association's meeting in the afternoon and was later elected president of the association. He remained about the statehouse until about 5 o'clock, when he went to his apartments at the Denison. He went to his room end then left the hotel again for a walk, from which he shortly afterward returned, apparently benefited by the exercise. His face a few moments later showed his illness and in reply to his niece, he said: "Yes, I am very sick." "Had we not better send for the doctor?" she asked. -Yes," he replied. "It is my heart, it is my heart." A message was at once sent for a doctor. In the meantime Mrs. Mount and Mrs. Noel assisted the governor Into the bedroom and helped him remove his coat and collar. Then he became very weak and sank back in bed. He did not speak. At this Mrs. Mount and Mrs. Noel became frightened, and Mrs. Noel ran into the hall, crying for help. Senator Binkley of Richmond and his wife, who have apartments near those of Governor Mount, were j just coming out of their room, and were hailed by Mrs. Noel. Mrs. Noel said: "Come, quick: Governor Mount is dying. Send for a 'doctor." Dr. Runnels, who had been summoned by telephone, soon came. The physicians could do little and the governor expired. It was scarcely ten minutes from the time the attack came on until he was dead. James Atwell Mount was born on a farm in Montgomery county, Indiana, March 23, 1813. His father, Atwell Mount, was born in Fauquier count', Virginia, in 1.S0G, and moved to Shelby county, Kentucky, in 1S13. His mother, Lucinda Fullenwider, was born in Shelby county, Kentucky, in 1S08. They were married in 1826, and moved to Montgomery county, Indiana, in 1828. Governor Mount himself had long been an elder in the Presbyterian church, and held a prominent position in local, state antl national councils of that denomination. Mr. Mount was noted in his boyhood for energy and Industry. His school privileges were meager, his attendance being confined to periods of the worst weather In Duelist Are Wounded. In a duel, with rapiers at Taris M. Latapie, a Toulouse journalist, wounded M. Urbain Gohier, a leading writer for the Dreyfusard paper , Aurore, slightly in the stomach, M. Gohier fought a duel with a son of General Mercier in October, 1800, in which both men were slightly wounded. M. Gohic Is the author of the book "The Army Against the Nation," which created a great outcry about two years ago. Steel Trust Hides Injuries. Aversion to publicity has been carried to a further extreme by the American Steel and Wire company at Cleveland this year than ever before. Since Jan. 1 no accidents have been reported from the trust's mills, and this caused an investigation, as fatal accidents are of frequent occurrence. The Investigation developed that the trust has made a contract with an ambulance and hospital service to attend to all employes injured. One of the provisions Is that no information shall be given to any one concerning anything that happens at the trust's mills.

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winter when farm work was suspended. During the early months of the campaign of the civil war his boyisli enthusiasm was aroused and he entered the army, enlisting in the Seventysecond Indiana volunteers In 1SG2. He became a member of the famous Wilder brigade, and of his courage General Wilder said he twice volunteered for the skirmish line work during the battle of Chickaniauga, when to do so seemed to be tempting fate. He was the first skirmisher of Sherman's army to cross the Chattahoochee river, through which he charged at Roswell, Ga., at daylight, July 9, 1SG4. His enthusiasm and patriotism are illustrated by the fact recorded in the history of the regiment, that while suffering from the measles. in ISOJ.be marched through two days of incessant rain, and waded through swollen streams, and also that during three years' service he did not miss a single march, skirmish or battle. After the close of the war, with the little money he had saved, he entered the old Presbyterian academy and. by characteristic diligence, sue-

- GOVERNOR OF INDIANA. ceeded in crowding the work of two years into one. Shortly after his retirement from the academy he married Miss Kate A. Boyd, also a student of that institution and a resident of Lebanon. Almost entirely bereft or means, he rented a small farm .n Montgomery county, and there lie and his helpful wi?e began a heroic struggle with adversity. He served as state senator in ISSN, and was elected governor in 18M. 'ot (iuilty of Class Murder. The jury in the case of the state or Ohio against Walter Y Martindale and Herbert Addings, charged at Dayton, O., with causing the death of Philip Class, a wealthy farmer, returned a verdict of "not guilty" after deliberating thirteen hours. The trial had been in progress thirty-two days, and no effort has been spared to convict Martindale. It was alleged that the accused put belladonna in whisky Oct. 22, last year, and gave it to Class, who afterward died. Martindale drew the farmer's will and put himself in as beneficiary and administrator. The Class heirs objected and charged that Martindale tried to hasten the death of Class before he could make a newwill. Great rejoicing and firing of cannon took place at Martindale's neighborhood, while indignation and chagrin prevail at the Class farm. Verdict in Hoischieter t'ne. Walter McAlister, Andrew Campbell and William Death were found guilty of murder in the second degree at Paterson, N. J.. on the charge of killing Jennie Bosschieter, a mill girl, who was drugged and assaulted by the trio. She was lured to a saloon, where "knockout drops" were given her in drink. The verdict, which carries with it a maximum sentence of thirty years in the penitentiary for each of the defendants, was reached as a compromise after four hours spent in the jury room. Acquittal was never considered. The jurors quickly agreed to discuss only the first and second degree penalties. Mid Placed on n Hot Htove. John Barms, a farmer living near McGill, Paulding county, Ohio, is under arrest for terribly beating his 18-month-old stepson, and then placing the child on a red-hot stove. Barrus denies the stove incident, but admits the beating, which raised great welts. The neighbors are terribly aroused. Carnegie Olves to u College. President Benton has made public a letter received by him from Col. D. li. Henderson, speaker of the house, Washington, D. C, wherein the latter announced that he had secured from Andrew Carnegie ?25,000 for Upper Iowa university. MeKlsson Is Married. Former Mayor Robert E. McKisson, of Cleveland, ()., who obtained a divorce from his wife in November last, took unto himself another wife Wednesday night. Troop Coming Home. The United States transport Buford has arrived at Manila from Vigan, on the northwest coast of the island of Luzon, this evening with the Thirtysixth regiment of Infantry, United States volunteers. The soldiers will land, camp on the Luneta, and sail on the transport Pennsylvania for San Francisco Jan. 25. This regiment was the earliest organized of the present volunteers. Some of the men will Join the new Manila police, under Provost Marshal General J. Franklin Bell, the original colonel of the Thlrty-sUU regiment

PlCflSCWiilSS. Summary of Legislation in National Body. MEASURES IN BOTH HOUSES.

Hirer and Harbor Ilill Carrying Appropriation of SGO.000.000 Is Tasked by House Senators Allen, Money and McCuniber Denounce ILuluff at West Point. Tuesday, January 15. In the senate: Army reorganization bill still held light of way. Mr. Bacon's amendment striking out of bi.l j discretionary authority conferred upon ! president to increase size of army was laid on table by decisive vote oZ JJ to 20. Bill granting pension of $30 a i month to Horatio X. Davis, father of late Senator Davis of Minnesota, was passed. Mr. Davis was captain in commissary department. In the house: Day devoted to consideration of river and harbor bill. Wednesday, January 16. Resolution adopted by house authorizing president to invite Great Bi itain to join in forming commission to maintain lake levels. River and harbor bill carrying appropriation of ?o0,000,00O passed by house. Senate will increase amount. Naval Constructor Francis T. Bowles nominated chief constructor to succeed Hichborn. In the senate Allen, Money and McCumber denounced hazing at West Point in vigorous terms, Money declaring he would kill any one treating him in the manner followed at West Point. Thursday, January 17. The senate passed bill fixing compensation of district superintendents of life-saving service at $2,500 per annum, except in case of superintendent of eighth district, whose salary is fixed at 11,500. Also passed bill extending to Milwaukee privileges of act in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods. Rest of day devoted to debate on army reorganizzation bill. West Point hazers referred to in senate as "bullies" and "scholars of charity." Proctor intimated bill coveiing offense will be introduced soon. In the house: Entire day spent upon bill to revise and codify postal laws. It is simply revision of existing laws. Some disposition was manifested to inject into the measure some amendments to present law in interest of certain classes of mail employes, but such attempts were successfully resisted. President signed apportionment bill. The agricultural appropriation bi 1. carrying about 54.000,000, is practically completed. It probably will contain a plan for the rearrangement of the Agricultural Department into four new bureaus of plant industry, soils, chemistry and forestry. The president sent in and the senate confirmed yesterday the nomination of Col. H. B. Freeman of the Twenty-fourth infantry to be brigadier-general. Fridny. January 18. Senate passed army reorganization bill by vote of 43 to 23. Strength of forces to vary from 10.000 to 1 00,000, as President may determine. Special provisions made for retiring Lee, Wilson and Shatter. Several amendments being prepared to ship subsidy bill. Congress facing problem of keeping gold and silver at par. Roberts favors subsidiary coin only. Saturday, January 10. Consideration of revenue repeal bill practically concluded by senate committeee. Brewers' lobby successful. Stamp tax on telegrams may be retained. Senate will reduce tobacco tax. Ship subsidy bill will not be allowed to displace legislative appropriation bill. FOUNDERING OF The marine disaster off Malaga, In which nearly one hundred lives were lost this week, took place in plain sight of shore. People on the beach wrung their hands in despair, as they realized Oil Kxrltement in Texas. The excitement at Beaumont, Tex., over the big oil well increases with each hour. There is no indication that the flow of oil from the geyser is di"mlnishing, nor is there any change in the character of the fluid. Captain Lucas, upon whose land the well is located, had to stop the immense flow. The town continues to fill up, and the streets suggest a great holiday event. The lumber Industry is forgotten in the wild rush for oil lands. Indian Mine Bold. The Washington Fuel company of Chicago, William Seibert, president, has purchased of W. II. Crowder of Sullivan, Ind., the Bunker Hill mines at Farnsworth, the consideration being 525,000. A. M. Clark will be resident manager. llayor of Kankakee Ii Dead. llaswell C. Clarke, mayor of Kankakee, 111., died Wednesday night after a long illness. He leaves a widow, but no children. Col. Clarke was a republican and was elected mayor in 1899.

KUHNS IS A PRISONER. Notorious Indiana Desperado Again la the Toil. Marvin Kuhns, tue notorious desperado and convicted murderer, who escaped from the Ohio state penitentiary last November and has since defied all attempts at capture, was run down and seemed Thursday night in the little hamlet of Green Hill, near Lafayttte. ind., by a sheriff's pess. The outlaw was not captured without a struggle. He was wounu d by a bullet in the cheek by one of the attacking party and himself managed to break loose from his assailants and biing down two of th"-m with his revoivtr. No:i-' of the nun is dangerously injured. Kuhns aa! his broth r are now prisoners in the Casi county jul within half a mil.1 of tac .j ol wh re on the loih of las: Die ember they fought a desperate battle with the officers and got safely away. Th two men stole a team l.ii Sund ty uig'at at Plymouth and started south. Forme ilterilL J. E. Marshall and Marshal T. J. Chancy, as soon as they v( r satislied of the identity of thej robb:rs. started in pursuit and traced them t Lafayette. Kuhns is a desp ra o with a career rivaling that of Dick Turpin. He has been by turns horse thief, burglar, bandit, jailbird, murderer and outlaw. lie has bem captured frequently, but almost as oft. n has escaped from the oiTicers or broken out of prison. He was born in Noblt? county, twenty-five miles northwest of Fort Wayne, thirty years ago, and as a boy became the leader of a band of young thieves. During the last thirteen years he has been a prisoner or a fugitive from justice.

Shoots His Wlfea Lawyer. Ellswurth K. Weir of the law firm c! Weir, Weir & Darrow, La l'orte, Ind., was shot by Joseph W. Brill, a mine owner of Cleveland, O. Brill arrived in La Porte em the afternoon Lake Shore train. He at once dispatched a messenger for Weir to come to the office cf Dr. George M. Dakin. Brill demanded that Weir sign a confession that he has been intimate with Mrs. Brill. Weir denied the accusation and peremptorily refused to sign anything. Brill then drew a 3S-caliber revolver from his pocket and pointing it at Weir's heart sent a bullet crashing into his body. Weir was seriously wounded. Brill, without seeking to escape, surrendered himself into the custody of Deputy Sheriff Wells and Weir was removed to his home. Brill expresses no regret for the deed. Miinclt Trust Is I'oruie'J. A shingle combine of 400 mills was made effective for this year at a me ting of shingle mill proprietors held in Taeoma, Wash. The Washington Shingle Manufat-turer.s" association wa first formed last year for the purpose of restriction of the output and the raising of prices. These trust features will be continued this year and another feature has been introduced by which the executive committee will appoint inspectors to travel among the mills to see that manufacturers adhere tc the standard grades established by the association. This has been a troublesome matter in the past, the tendency being for some mills to neglect the standard, giving brokers a chance tc manipulte prices. The price of "stars" was fixed at 51.40 a ton and of "clears" at 51.C0. Queen Victoria Very III. Queen Victoria is seriously ill and her early demise is looked for. Anxiety of the gravest character pervades wellinformed circles in connection with her health. A few days ago her majesty's digestion became impaired, her appetite failed and she has since been rapidly losing llesh. Her physician; have privately admitted the seriousness of the problem confronting them. THE GREISENAU. their inability to help the doomed crew of the German training ship. They saw the men clinging to the rigging and signaling for aid, but the 6eas were too tempestuous for any small boat to live upon them. Kills und Itnlts on a Train. A sensational murder was committed on a train of the London & Southwestern railroad. The murderer entered the car occupied by Mrs. King of Southampton and W. Pearson of Winchester at East Leigh. When passing Surbiton the man drew a revolver, killed Pearson and wounded Mrs. King in the cheek. He then riiled the pockets of Pearson. The murderer jumped out of the train at Vauxhill, but was pursued and captured. The police thus far decline to give the man's name. Gets Decision Over Waicott. Kid Carter of Brooklyn was given the decision over Joe Walcott in the nineteenth round at New Haven, Conn., Thursday night. Referee John F. Willis of New Britain claimed Walcott held with one hand and struck with the other. It was the hat dest and fastest fight ever pulled off in Hartford. Battleship Wisconsin Aroepteri. The battleship Wisconsin has been accepted by the navy department, 8U ject to the usual three months reservation. No date has yet been set for putting this vessel into commission-

TO FIND POLES.

boot All That's I-ft to the w C tury. At the beginning of the century Africa was almost an unknown land. Tha few European colonies scattered aJonc the coast were mostly slave Etationa. Egypt and the Darbary States w-;-r possessed of an eastern civilization, or rather semi-barbarism, but the heart of the Dark Continent was a sealel took to the world. It was; a continent of legend and story-, but one of which the outside world had no definite knowledge. Natron, with his dream of an eastern empire, had made Egypt known to the western world by hit invasion, but the e online nt as a whr'.5 was one of which so little was kno'.vn that the geographers, after exhaust ir. -h gend. v.vp nVi-el in their maps t3 "Place on j aihhis d-uvr.s elephants instead of towns." Now nearly every mile of the once D:rk Continent has been trodden by i:o foot of th? whit man, and the naiin?: of Ivirope have apportioned amorir themselves the territory. Raih-oads and steamboats now blow their w'.istlrs upon the deserts and the rivers and lakes where onca were henid only the Ik-. arse cry of the slave hunter or the shouts of belligerent cannibals lighting for their human prey. Practically a whole continent has been given to the progress and civilization of the world by the opening up of Africa in the course of ths last century. New York Press. Valuable Almanac Free. Wo have received a copy cf the rxir almanac for 1001, published by the Royal Baking Powder Co. It is an artistic and r.seful book and will be cf interest to housekeepers. A noteWorthy feature of the almanac is a prediction of the weather for every day of the year, by Prof. DeVoc, who correctly prophesied the great Galveston cyclone and otlu r important meteorological events. We are authorized to pay that any woman reader of this paper can secure a copy without cost by sending a request to the company, at 100 William St.. New York. One lietvard for Cariosity, Near the town of Baku, in the Russian Caucasus, are several tracts of land whereon no cattle would feed, although they were covered with unusually rich herbaee. The superstitious peasantry declared that the evil pirit had bewitched the meadows in question. By and by there happened along a practical, matter-of-fact Englishman, who started to investigate the phenomenon. He quick1 discovered that, althougn the grass was undoubtedly rich and succulent, it tasted strongly of paraiin. a substance the flavor of which is intensely repugnant to nearly all animals, but especially so to cattle. Suen was the origin of the discovery of the Baku iK-trolr-um depo-its deposits which i.ave already yielded millions of pounds' worth of oil. and which show no signs of becoming exhausted. Cork Tree ltenew Its Hark. The cork tree is an evergreen, an oak, about the siz? of our apple tree, and grown largely in Spain tor commercial uses. The bark is stripped :n ordeT to obtain th" cork, which is soaked and then drk-d. The moment the bark is peeled off, the tree be-gin to grow another cork skin, and each new one is better than the last; so the older tree the better the cork. The trees1 are stripped about every eight years, and so strong does it make them that they often live to the age of ZvO years. After the bark is stripperl off it is trimmed and dried and flattened out. Then it is packed and shipped to all parts of the world. "The Cliicau " n1 Florida Special" Is a solid vestibuled train from Chicago to St. Augustine every Wednesday and Saturday via the "Big Four" route. The entire train runs through solid from Chicago to St. Augustine. Absolutely no hange of cars for cither passengers or baggage. First train Wednesday, Jan. IG. 100t. with through dining cars, through Pullman sleepers, through observation cars, and through bapgage cars. L-eaves Central station. 12th street and Park Row, Chicago, 12 noon, arrive St. Augustine S:30 next p. in. For particulars call on your local agent, or address J. C. Tucker. General Northern Agent, Big Four Route. Chicago. The Literary DireHt. Has taken the highest rank as a weekly review of current thought at home and abroad, in the realms of literature, art, science, religion, politics, sociology, travel, discovery, business, etc. Its contents are selected and translated from the world's choicest periodical literature, and are given partly in summary, partly in direct quotation. The contents cover a field so diversified as to make The Literary Digest indispensable to the busy man who desires to keep up with the thought of the time. Vehruary Fashions. In the February number of The Delineator a very careful and fully illustrated description of mid-winter dress materials is given. This is in addition to the usual number of fashions shown for women, girls and little folks. Special attention is also given to confirmation wear, and in the dressmaking article, to the matter of fitting in sleeves. The Cosmopolitan. We have often noticed this as one of the best family magazine's published. It is in the best style of the printer's art, well illustrated. Its contents are varied, the instructive predominatingIt contains little of fiction, but off eis always a fine collection of articles on historic subjects, the customs of people, the progress of art, and current events. "Eben Holden," by Irving Bacheller, Is the great popular success of the day. Everybody is reading it. praising it. talking of it. Over SC.000 copies of the book were sold in the month of December, before Christmas Day, ami the 225th thousand is just off the press a phenomenal record for a book four months old! It is claimed by some of the critics that "here, at last, is the nearest approach to the great American novel."

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