Plymouth Tribune, Volume 8, Number 26, Plymouth, Marshall County, 1 April 1909 — Page 3

SOME FAVORITE OLD SONGS-

II! KS FH POLE

DISCOVERER OF SOUTH POLE, AND NORTHERN GOAL SEEKEE.

Race BY HAWLEY CHAPTER XVI 1 1. (Continued.) "Well what next?" inquired Rose; "there must be no ultimate chance of my losin? two thousand pounds, mind." "Certainly not. All I mean, at present, is to drive Coriander back in the btt in as far as I can. When the news if your proceeding- arrives, which I shall take good care to disseminate at once, I flatter myself ve shall have sot him at twenty to one, or thereabouts, for 'The Guineas.. We raus; then be guided "y vhat terms you matce with Pearman." "I think I follow you. Silky. And now ?ieh to his avocation, and good-night." "Clood-mjjhr." laughed Dallison. ns he followed (irenville to the door. "If ever ia Pearrcum was in a biih hoi?, he is j jst now. Mind, you've, a clever i an kgainst you, though; so, 'do you; ..ork thoro''.::!y. Never forgot yo.'r stak." "No. I'm not likely to. if you knew in. "Got Iiis measlrs pretty bad. apparently," observed the astute host, to' himself, is Gren's footsteps die.1 iway down the staircase. "Hope his s- ss there really Joes depend, as he sayr this business riming off all right : civ., ."n it's a regular case of 'spoons, nev-r a soul, ever I knew, could be cour.ted on in a business way or any other way. for the matter of that. It is risky! with a confederate in this state. I believe I'm a fool to trust liia! That idiot, Jem Durfey, lost, me a pony Ir.st year at Lcrd's crack bowler of his eleven and blest if they lrdn't to play with ten men because he was seeing some chit of a wism ol at Paddington Station. WondT why they o it I Never was spoons myself but Mice, and" and despite his tirade, Dalllson sat down and niusd for more than an hour over that bygone' flirtation of eight years ago. He might be cyclical about all that sort of thin:; now, jet there was a woman still living who could make his pulses leap, should she meet hiin. It is a fact that, in some cases, wonren retain their sway years after they are not only unconscious of it, but have almost forgotten their admirer. It is true we also sometimes see the converse of this, when a woman would fain pick up the dropped stitcher of a bygone love affair, but the male creature has freed himself from the yoke. chapter xrz: The early train on Thursday morning 1 saw Grenville Rose, accompanied by Mr. Nightjar, solicitor, junior partner of the firm of .'lawk, Sparrov.bill and Co.. on his way to Slantover, tbe nearest railway station to Mannersley, from which i! was distant about four miles. Having arrived at the latter place, and ascertained that Pearman was at home, Crenville sent ia his card, and a, request to see that gentleman for a few minutes, on business of importance. Now, it so happened, that though Rose had a thorough knowledge of Sam I'earman. the other knew nothing whatever of him. He had never encountered him personally, except to exchange that sentence or two after the Xminstcr ball. I " now whether even then he had V him; but of a surety thit scf ;tty well faded from hi mei tally as regarded the persona, other actor therein. It was as a tranger that he receiv ed the jo ster. "I mus'. .e for troubling you, Mr. Pearman , am here as the represen tative of Jarold Denison." You 'j.uUi not have come with better credentials, Mr. Rose. Charmed to see both you and your friend ;" he glanced at the cards in his hands. "Mr. Nightjar, I think? Wi'l you take some lunch now. or after we have had our little palaver?" Nothing, thanks; our time is piocious, and we will detain you as briefly as .maybe. You are, of course, aware that there is a death One on Mannersley ; or, to speak more intelligibly, that the owner of Glinn has a right of heriot over your manor cn tbe death of any holder thereof?" "A right of 1-riot!" muttered Pearman. "No, I never heard of such claim; and I think my father died in complete ignorance of any such right." Though far from suspecting what was about to take place, Sam Pearman knew enough of law to understand this expression. "Yon had better read that deed. Nightjar. Such right exists, and has been always exercised ; generally compromised as a Cne a course we projose to adopt in the present instance." The solicitor laughed, and opened, first a sotatwbat musty parchment, and then a document consisting of some two or three sheets of foolscap. "I will be as short a? I can. Mr. I'earman, but the story is a little intricate to follow. I must premise that Mannersley was by no means originally part of the Glinn property. It seems to have been granted by the Abbot of Xminster to one Hugh Wilson, yeoman, for service rendered, conditional upon his bearing arms for the abbe', aad being ever ready to do service under ihe banner of Sir James Denifon of Glinn. the then lay lord and champion of the abbey.' He further lay under the right of heriot ; in the fit j: place, to the monks of Xminster, who were entitled to claim three beasts upon the death of Hugh Wilson, or any one of his descendants holdin Mannersley, as an acknowledgment of th fealty they owed to the abbey; in the second place, of one beast to the lords of Glinn, as a similar acknowledgment to the secular representative of the abbey. But the monks of Xminster were swept away in the Reformation under Henry VIII., and of course that right of beriot disappeared. Still the masters of Gl.nn continued to exercise their claim upon every occasion lor nther ever two bun i red years, at the expiration of which time, in consequence of the decay of the Wiison family, Mannersley fell, by purchase, into their hands, where it remained till sold to Mr. Pearman twelve years ago. The curious thing is. thi right of heriot fitill exists; tbe owner of Glinn is stil! entitled to demand whatever beast he may choose upon the Mannersley estate upon the death of an owner thereof, and the successor can but submit to the claim. D you follow me. Mr. Pearman?" "Pretty well. I thenk. May I ask when was thir right of heriot last enforced, and in what shape?" "In 1734 Stephen Denison. Esq., of Glinn, received the sum of 25 in lieu of tbe right of heriot on the death of Matthew Wilson. That was the last case. It was his heir and successor that sold it to the Denisons that b-?n? Stephen, before mentioned." "Well, gentlemen rejoined Pearman, "of course I am not quite prepared as yet to acknowledge this right I must consult my solicitors first on the subject. Still, it look 3 plausible enough. I am afraid," said he, laughing, "money don't go quite so far as in Matthew Wilson's day. What, may I ask, do you assess me at?" "Ten thousand pounds," replied Grenville Rose, quietly faking up the paiabh, as had been agreed between Ljnr?If and his coadjutor beforehand. "Ten thousand! Why, you're mad!" But there was no laugh now in his re joinder. His quick intelligence gathered , at a clanee what a desperate position he was h; and, moreover, that the opposite side were pretty well awae of it. "We're certainly not mad. I don't think

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a Wife SMART we are foolish. I don't pretend to know much about these things myself, but the veriest tyro knows the first favorite for the Two Thousand, ten days before the race, is worth a big sum. Mr. Denison 3 in difficulties ; money is an object tc hin. We give you the option of paying 10,000 fine or letting us make what wf can out of Coriander. I fancy there will be plenty "of people to bid for him. either one way or the other I mean either tc try and win with him, or to take verj good care he don't." Sam Pearman's turf training stood hiir in good stead, lie had learned how tc lose. He swallowed the ferocious execration that rose to his lips. "You will allow me to look at that d!?ed:'' he inquired; "and. of course, you cannot expert an answer till I have had time to com munieate with my solicitors." "Certainly," returned Grenville; "ami your solicitors may also peruse it at the ofiices of Messrs. Hawk, Sparrowbille and Co. I tell 3011 fairly we have had roun-' sol's opinion upon it, and there is nc doubt the right of heriot still exists. Wf mean to make the most we can out of it. and either take Coriander or a 10,000 equivalent." Sam Pearman ran his eye rapidly orei that oil deed, which stated, after some technicalities: "And whereas Hugh. Wilson, yeoman, did render good and secret service last time Ralph Eversley did laj claim most sacrilegious and outrageous on lands appertaining to us, nbbct aud chapter of Xminster, in the year of our Lord 14.V. we do hereby grant to him and his body's heirs the fee-simple of the manor oi Mannersley, in perpetuity, on the right of heriot of three beasts, to be delivered as token of fealty to us the said ab!ot and chapter of Xminster; with further right of heriot on the part of Sir James Denison of Glinn. and his heirs, to clairr one beast in acknowledgment of a! legi ance to him as lay-baron and secular hader of th retainers of Xminster Abbey. The above acknowledgments of feal ty and allegiance to be paid on the deatt of the then holder by his successor ant heir male. Signed. Edmund Gervoise. Abbot of Xminster. March 10th. 140(5." "All very well:" said Pearman; "bul if this is all you have to go upon, you can scarcely expect me . to pay much at tention to the claim, more especially wher fixed at such a preposterous figure." "No,)f course not : we never thought you would. Serve the writ of seizure Nightjar, and then I think we need in trude on Mr. Pearman no longer." "Two questions, please, before you go, replied the owner of Mannersley, as h accepted a neat legal document from the solicitor. "First, time is an object, at al events to me, in this case. Have you anj objection to say whose opinion you aav taken on that obsolete parchment?" "Not in the least. Rumford's. Refei ;our solicitors to hi in." 'Good man; getting .a little old. per haps, but still safe. Liable to mistakes as they all are, of course." "We consider hirn good enough. Any thing more?" "Well, yes; are you aware of my prcu liar relations with Mr. Denisou's family just HOW?" "Perfectly; and equally so with tht causes which led to that result." "You are traveling rather out of tin record, sir." rejoined Pearman. "I wil! see Mr. Denison on the subject mysell to-morrow." "Certainly, you will find him at home but permit me to say that I cousider 1 have expounded his views pretty accurate ly, so far." "Perhaps 'so; but I've known peoph change their views. Might I ask are yoi relate! to the family in any way?" "1 am Mr. Denison's nephew, and havi the honor to wish you good-morning." I'earman bowed, and rang the bell. "Well, Nightjar," said Grenville, whet they got outside, "so far so good ; we'vt done all we can; to-morrow will be tht real tug of war. You go back to towr with the deed. Dallison will be waiting for you; tell him all that lias passed, amj that he shall hear from me, as agreer upon, the minute I hear anything defi nite. Meanwhile, good-by ; I'm off tc Glinn. Yes, I turn off here; it's not thre miles across the fields." I suppose it was a case of animal mag netism, but it certainly was odd that Maude should have selected that for hei afternoon stroll. Nevertheless, it is fact that as Grenville Rose jumped ovei the stile at the corner of Edgenton Fir he found that young lady seated on f grcssy bank on the other side, with Dat couched at her feet one of those coinci deuces that I presume has happened tt most of us in our time, and sincerely do ) pity the few whose want of luck and lacl of observation have debarred them sucl sunshiny moments. "Well, Gren," she inquired, as she ros to her feet, "have you overthrown mj ogre? Am I a free girl again?" ri don't know, darling the great bat tie comes off to-morrow ; but I think I can promise you shall never marry Pearman." "Don't talk nonsense; you know Fnevei would, now. llefore you came down ii was different. I was weak, and foolish and miserable. That story is all over and I'm forgiven at least. I thought fo;n and Maude looked shyly but archlj into her lover's face. Grenville behaved after the manner o' young men generally when so circum st a need those quiet footpaths O'-er th fields have a deal to answer for and what "Don't, please, Gren !" meant. I must leave to the discrimination of thf reader, merely remarking, Grenville Ros( either decided it meant nothing, or couk not haTe heard it. "Rut do you think you can put thing? a bit right for papa?" inquired Maude when she at last extricated herself. "I hope so; but we must wait till to morrow to know for certain." (To be continued.) raise Teeth for Ootfs. News comes from London that inanj dentists there have established "par lors" for the treatment of dogs, and that the patronage of the owners of "show dogs" has made .the Innovation a profitable one. A defective tooth may lose the prize to a dog otherwise perfect as to "points," and It Is now a common practice with fanciers to send their pets to the dentist as regularly as wise parents send their children. Single new teeth cost from $4 to $5 each, while as much as $'. is paid for a full set for a beloved old canine member of a household. Modern Table of Value. "Now, children," commanded the austere instructor in advanced arithmetic, "you will recite in unison the table of values." , Thereuion the pupils repeated chorus : "Ten mills make a trust, "Ten trusts make a combine, "Ten combines make a merger, "Tep mergers make magnate, "Ten magnates make the money." In

Author! of !lau- Loaf In Obscurity The (irent utionnl Odes. The? very oldest favorites uro what art' called folk songs that have originated nobody knows how. Two Irish favorites an- 'Robin Adair" and "The Last Rose of Summer," the words of the latter being Thomas Moore's. Of the Scotch three prime favorites are "Auld Img Syne," 'Voming Through the Rye" and "Annie Laurie," Burns supplying the words for the first two, while Annie's charms were descrlled by her devoted laddie, William Don?, as. The song goes straight to tL heart and the British army sung it all through the Crimean war, w hen Rath heart recalled a different name, Rut all sung "Annie Iaur!e." The French have furnished two splendid war songs, "Malbrook" and the "Marseillaise." Tb- first, author unknown, was Intended to deride Queen Anne's great general. Marlborough: but be defeated tlie French so thoroughly that the song was adopted by England ami Is heard there to this day. Tbc "Marseillaise' was the great song ol the French revolution. It was composed, words and music, in a singlt night by Rouget de Lisle, an army olHcer. It is generally deemed lh tinest of national songs. England also has a grand one, "Go1, Save the King," written and composer at white heat in 1740 by Henry Carey, and sung by him tbe next day at a patriotic celebration. Alout 1S2 the Rev. S. F. Smith, of Massachusetts, littexl to this tune his American national ode. "My Country Tis of Thee." Our other national hymn. "The Star Spangled Banner," Is deservedly itopa lar. The tune is old English: the words were written in 1S14 by Francis Scott Key, a Baltimore lawyer, while watching our Hag on Fort McIIenry during its bombardment by the British fleet. Two of our civil war songs seem destined to immortality, "Dixie" and "Glory Hallelujah." "Dixie," (the Souths favorite song, was composed by an Ohio Unionist, Daniel D. Emmet t. as a minstrel "walk-around"; while "Glory Hallelujah" was a Southern camp meeting song which found Its way north, just before the war. f Among old English favorites, ierhtips the best of all is "Home, Sweet Home," composed and partly derived from a Sicilian folk song by Sir Ilenry Bishop in 12:?, the author of the words lielug an American, John Howard Payne.

LUCKY STONE FOR 1000. Ainetliynt Will llrintc It "Wearer Good Fortune In Love. The prophet Zadkiel lias just as-sul-ed us that the amethyst is to be the "lucky stone" for the year 11K, this conjecture being based on an oriental superstition that two nines In the figures of a year signified an access of great prosperity in all manner' of things, the New York World says. Particularly in love and friendship is luck to prevail for the wearers of the amethyst, since that gem is said to denote sincerity, just as the opal is suplMsed to bring unkind liappeulngs upon Its owner. The present possessor of the greatest opal In the world is also one of the most unlucky mortals. He is the Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria-Hungary (front the latter of which kingdom opals are produced), and, according to the soothsayers, the sovereign's iossession of an opal weighing seventeen ounces and measuring five inches by three is said to Im the cause of his many sorrows. Ills eldest son, Rudolph, committed suicide; his empress was murdered: another son. deserted the imperial home never to return. The meaning of the word amethyst Is "not drunk," and according to tho Greeks, it was a charm against the evils of intoxication, a point which Iu 100!) will cause it to, l of more interest than ever, since the new President, Mr. Taft, has "turned, down his glass." It is not an expensive stone, and the purple violet hues of amethyst gems are commonly known. The color is duo to ieroxide of iron, and the gem U found In India, in Ceylon, in Brazil ami In vast masses under the waters it Lake SuiK-rlor. Among many nations a particular gem Is wont by the superstitious during each month. The garnet, for example, is worn in January and slg nifies constancy. The amethyst is worn in February; the bloodstone, signifying courage. In March. The sapphire denotes repentance, and Is worn in April. Winning love Is betokened by the emerald in May. In June wear agate for health ; in July the carnellan for contentment. If you should wed in August wear a sardonyx for luck. It never fails they say. If you fear that your mind Is giving way, wear a crysollte in September. Beware of the opal In October, but wear a topaz and win good friends iu N'oveinber. If j-ou desire prosperity, sport a tunpiolse In December. So objections. He had held one of the fattest jobs in the gift of the local political bos and when he died there was an unseemly scramble for his position. The first man to reach the Ikjss had no particular claim upon him, but merely placed his faith in the adage of the early worm. "Guv'ner," said he, "do you th'tk you would have any objections to my getting Into Jones' place?" "Oh, I'm sure I have no objections," was the unfeeling reply. "None in the world If the undertakers and cororner are willing." New York Herald. Only m Lion-Tamer. He was a giant of a man, am brought his meek-looklng . lltle wife before the magistrate on, the charge of cruelty. He described her to tho court as be!ng uncontrollable and Incorrigible. He seemed sincere. A writer la the New York Times tell th story. The magistrate looked the big fellowover carefully, and glancing at his s?1p of a wife, asked the husband: "What line of business do you follow?" "I am a lion tamer," he proudly replied. IVrfeelly Safe. When a woman Is lirst married, she fears her husband is s brave and generous that he will get hurt some day rushing into a dangerous place to do a noble act, but she Is not long in finding out that on that score he Is perfectly safe. Atchison GIole. When your failures become knockout drops instead of spurs to further effort. It is a sign you are getting old, no matter how long you have llvcl.

Lieut. Shackleton Reaches Farthest Point South Ever Touched by Explorer.

USES MOTOR CAR ON THE TRIP Daring Briton Tells Graphic Story of Perilous Journey Over Ice and Snow. The polar regions are gradually yielding up their secrets to human perseverance and determination. Lieut. Ernest 11. Shackleton of the British navy, who left his permanent quarters last autumn for a dash to the poie. has succeeded, nftcr no arduous sledge journey of l.Tt'N miles, which occupied 12; days, in reaching within 111 mi'es of the south jMi'e. or :!Ö4 miles nearer than the point attained by the "Discovery oxiK'dition." of which he w.s an ofiicer. As the expedition to the South was undertaken rather for the purpose of geographical survey than with the idea of rcuhing the pole itself, it may be said to have succeeded Iteyund the most sanguine expectations. Proliting by fortner experiences in the Antarctic regions, when all the dogs succumbed to the strain and rigors of the climate. Lieut. Shackleton made some departures from the usuai preparations for a journey across tlte snow ami icv. He took with him a motor car. which could le converted into a sledge, and substituted ponies for dogs and light woolen, clothing for heavy furs. The main expedition, of which Lieut. Shack'elon was in command, reached latitude S2o. longitude Vi'2 east. whh a second party pushed forward to tbe southern magnetic pole, reaching latitude 12.2Ö. longitude l.'t east. The British Hag was left fiylng at both point:?. The liiirrative of Lieut. Shaikh-ton's t.ehieveioenN shows that the expedition endured the greatest trials and privations. The motor car. which was useful !i the preliminary exjH'ditions, failed oa the uneven surfaces of the barriers of ice. Briefly summarized, the results of the expedition are that a point was reached within 111 miles of the south pole, the magnetic jtole was also reached, ciirht mountain chains were discovered and loo mountains. Mount Erebus. 1.1.lLo feet in altitude, was ascended by the party; a new coast and high mountains were located running west from Victoria Land, and coal was discovered In the Antarctic continent. Tbe theory of the existence of an area of atmospheric calm around the south pole was disproved. DOINGS OF THE LEGISLATURES A bill introduced in the Minnesota islaturo by Senator Fosseen provides for h tax of $1 a year on all do;;s. Senator White introduced in the Minnesota Legislature a bill for strict Ktipervision of workshops, factories. ilairie-, creameries and slaughter houses. The Minnesota Senate killed the Moonan bill for State-wide primary and also the Cinfield bill abolishing tfp primary except for the election "of de.egates to primaries. The Judiciary of Montana has been completely removed from the realm of politics. Hereafter no iHlitical party or liolitical convention can make nominations jr judicial offices. This is the effect of a till signed by Gov. Nortis. Tht resolution calling for a vote of the State upon an amendment to the constitution ia favor of the prohibition of intoxicating liquors passed the Iowa House by a vote of GS ayes and (I nays. Should the resolution pass the Senate it cannot be submitted to a vote until 1011. Aftpr the regular session tf the Texas Legislature was adjourned Gov. Campbell called an extra session for the p-irposo of parsing the State bank guarantee law. The J-'cnate expelled one of its memleis, Thon ak. because fie had failed to substantiate his charges of corruption among legislators. He will be a candidate for re-elction. Prior to this Speaker Kennedy had been asked to resign by his own partj friends on charges of corruption. Canjcht In Folding lied. Tee upper part of his body crushed and alm-t every bone broken. Charles; Murray. IS years old. Pittsburg. Pa., died an hout after he had been released from the folding bed which, closing up suddenly, had caused Jiis injuries. His wife, injured in tae same manner, was seriously hurt. Mur;ay is a mill man and he, moved to a hou,! in Penn avenue. The folding bed was hurriedly put together and placed in the front room. Mr. and Mrs. Mttriiy retiii-d about midnight. During the early niora'mg a daughter, sleeping upstairs, lfraij groans. Fearing to investigate, she remained iu her own room for over an lour, but finally decided to awaken her parw.Us. On entering the room, the -riil saw the lower part of her parents Itodics elevated toward the ceiling, their heads beinj hidden from view. Assistance wa sum.jioned, but Murray was beyond human aid. ttcMtore Government Lund. Tie government, through the Secret a 1-3 of U Interior, has settled the suit against the J.'mon Pacific Uaihvay for the recovery ftf lands valued at $1,000,000, which the company was charged with having obti iued through dummy entries. Now the company has decided not to defend the itiit, but instead to reconvey the lam'ji and to pay $.13,000 for coal already mined therefrom. Tu Help Infant's Uraln. . remarkable surgical ojteration was ierrnied in Brooklyn. X. Y.. urnm ihe sku.l of an infant '.' weeks old. It was bom microcephalous, that is, prenatal os.silil ilion of the skull had taken place and the child's brain had not developed. There wei-a no ''soft spots," and it was to supply these that the doctors attempted the opoiition. A tbree-tortiered opening in the top of the skull was made and suturt designed to give the brain a chance to Tow. Kther was used, and the infant stod the ordeal remarkably well. It wil; be years, however, before the real unless of the ojeratiori ran be known. ( hlcuKo Shocked b- Verdict. 1te verdict of the coroner's jury that n one is to blame for the burning of the waSr tunnel crib in Iake Michigan, resul'wiig in tho death of fifty-seven laborers, was a great surprise to the city, and the case is regarded as important as sluving the weakness of the laws for the pro .action of workiugmen and for the ind n..ity of their families. (:old medals authorized by Congress havt been presented to Alice L. Edgerl', 10 y.'ars old, and her 14-year-old sister, Do.'olhy, for saving Miss Jean Dowling, a school teacher, from drowning ia Long Island Sound last summer.

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Philander ('. Knox, tlu auu: at the head of Presii'nt Taft' Cabinet, is reputed one of the great -oiititutiot.al 'authorities of the country. Mr. Knox is a native of Brownsville, Pa., and is Ö0 years old. He is a graduate of Mount I'nion Col leg., Ohio, aid was admitted to the bar in 1ST". At college be formed a -lose friendship with the late President McKinley and tbe latter subsequently induced him to enter his cabinet ns Attorney General of the Tnited "States. He :ut;tl in a similar capacity from April, 1101. to June. 1!)4. in the cabinet of President lioosevclt anil later entered the upper legislative branch at Washington as junior Senator from Pennsylvania. Franklin MacVeagh, secretary 01 the Treasury, has been banker, nier chant and a leader in civic reforms in Chicago. Mr. MacVeagh Is an oldtltne Democrat, but broke away from his party lecaue of his stand on the money question. While he has made a fortune hi the grocery business, ho Is perhaps more widely known because of his other activities. Mr. MaeVeagh's chosen held originally was the law. After growing up ns a fanner boy in Chester County, Pa., be went to Vale, where he graduated in lSfoi. and then fitted for the bur at the Columbia Law School, but after a year's practice 111 health forced him to abandon tbe law, and he went to Chicago. Jacob McGavock Dickinson, the new War Secretary, Is a Tennessee lawyer and a Democrat, but strongly anti-Bryan. He was born In Mississippi, studied at the I'niversity of UMpzic and iu Paris, and was admitted to the bar In 1S74. From 1SDÖ to 1S'.7 he was Assistant Attorney General of the 1'nited States and served several times as special -onmilssioner on the Supreme bench of Tennessee. The new head of the Department of Justice. George W. Wickersham,' is n New Yorker and what is known as an otliee lawyer, having devoted his energies more to the advice f clients and the preparation of cases than to sippearai'ce in court. The new Postmaster General. Fiaank II. Hitchcock, os a bachelor of 43. He was assistant secretary of the Republican National Committee iu the campaign of l'.iO-l und chairman of the -oniniIttee in the recent campaign. Mr. Hitchcock Is a native of Amherst. 0., and beside .graduating from Harvard took a course tit the Columbian Law Schol and was admitted to the bar in 1 SIM. The new Secretary of the Xavy, George Von Lengeike Meyer, is a native of Boston, a graduate of Harvard. 11 successful business man, and took an active part in olltics as a member of the Boston Common Council and c.f the State Legislature before be went abroad, in ItMHl, as our ambassador t. Italy. After almost five yeu.'s' service there he was transferred .to KussJa, and was recalled early in 1!)7 to enter President Roosevelt's cabinet as Pout- ' master General. The Department of the Interior will be in charge of Richard Achill Hal linger, a lawyer of Seattle, Wash., who for a time was Commissioner of the General Land Oflice. Rallinger is a native of Iowa and a graduate of Williams College. Massachusetts. He haSjbeen a ifnlted States commissioner and a judge of tin Suierior Court of Jefferson County, Wash. Charles Nagel, the head of the Department of Commerce and Lab.v, though born iu Texas, is from Missouri and Is a lawyer. He was a member of the Missouri legislature in ISSl-S:'., and president of the St. Louis City Council in lS!)3-07. "Tama Jim" Wilson, who retains his position as Secretary of Agriculture, knows more alout the science of farming than any other man in the country. He has leen Secretary of Agriculture since March .", 1S97, and probably will break all records in holding a cabinet position. Mr. Wilson Is a native of Scotland, and as a young man came to this country, settling soon afterward in Tama County, Iowa, wher lie engaged In farming. He was elect iil three terms to the State Assembly and from 1S7.1 to 1S77 was n member of Congress.

John C. Litinsden. inventor, was convicted of manslaughter iu a New York court for killing Harry Suydaui, a curb broker, last December. The shooting took place in Suydam's otfice in full view of a ciowd in the street outside. Because her parents objected to her marriage Frances Richardson, a 10-year-old girl,- walked from Santa Barbara to Is Angeles, Ca!., with hpr lover, a boy of 10 years. The provisions of the youthful couple for the trip were a loaf of bread and a pound of candy. liouis Iowenstein of Beverungen, Prussia, was arrested while working in a bakery in Richmond. Va.. charged with forgeries in more than ItK) cases. The prisoner confessed. The .Prussian court decree says there is "general bitter feeling agaicst him and his extradition is deemed desirable for the public welfare."

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ALÜfl i jTr j ICEFrancois, the 4-year-old son of the dnch ess d Li Rochefoucauld, died in Paris France. He had been ill for six weeks of Meningitis. The duchess de la Roche foucauld is a daughter of the late Senatoi Mitchell of Oregon. Dr. Charles M. MeCracken. a promi nent dentist Of Cameron, W. Va.. waf placed on trial at Moundsville, W. Va. charged with the death of his 2-year-olc child. MeCracken. following a quarre with his wife, shot and seriously wound ed her. He fired again at his wife, bir the bullet killed his child. Capt. I'rwin Farrcr and Capt. Patricl Hamilton of Seattle have been exonerated of charges of cowardice and neglect in connection with the wreck of th cannery bark Star of Bengal and the lost of 111 lives on Coronation island, Alaska Sept. 20

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tL Marlon F. Teagarden, a veteran railroader and prominent Mason, died at his home in Fort Wayne. He was Tyler for all the local Masonic lodges. "What is claimed to be the best natural gas well in the rtate was drilled in on W. E. Lamb's farm, one mile south of Petersburg, at a depth of 1,231 feet. In volume It exceeds Jumbo, that supplied Petersburg for seven years. Luther Click, aged 13, fell dead from heart disease in the schoolroom in West Terre Haute and his father and mother were informed as they were in a funeral procession near the school building attending the funeral of Frank Hague, a miner who was blown to death by the explosion of a keg of powder on which he was sitting. A spirited contest is going on among the members of the Grand Army of Indiana for grand commander to succeed Capt. John D. Alexander, of Bedford. The candidates are M. M. Lacey, of Fountain City; Colonel C. G. Thomson of Lafayette and O. A. Somers, of ivufiuiuu. 1 lie election wiu m&e mace at the annual encampment at Crawfordsville, May 19. "I'm bleeding to death," calmly remarked John A. Haines, fifty-six years old, as he rapped at the door of,the home of Clarence Ross in Muncie. Then he sank down on the doorstep and was dead when picked up. He had suffered a hemorrhage, although he had been apaprently in good health. His death leaves his family ia destitute circumstances. , "Winter cholera" or whatever i . is that is causing so much distress an ong the people of South Bend and creating so much business for doctors, can not be attributed lo any foreign matter in the city water. Many Mishawaka people are affected, and the fact alone silences all protest against South Bend water as being the cause of the epidemic which the doctors do not seem to understand. Mrs. Madge I. Wallace, who applied for a divorce 'from her husband, Bernard L. Wallace, of Peru, treasurer or the Ha&nbeck-Wallace. shows, aid sued for $23,000 alimony, received a verdict in the form of a decree and the sum of $30. The defendant had fded a cross-complaint, alleging cruel treatment and abandonment, Mrs. Walalce continues her residence in Logansport, where she is employed as a stenographer. The town of Henry ville, eighteen miles north of Jeffersonvilie, boasts two hale and vigorous nonagenarians. Thomas Montgomery was in town one day last week, driving In himself from his home nearby, although he is nine-tj--three. Thomas Freeman, who makes his home with his son, Ramy Freeman, is also in his ninety-fourth year, but Is able to get around lively and spends much of his time reading, even the small print of the newspapers being easily within his power to decipher. Several young men who live In the neighborhood of Ogilville, Bartholomew county, saw a strange light one night last week, while they were returning to their homes from a social gathering. The young men say they saw a bright and Intense light in the sky which continued to approach them until it struck the ground a few rods away. The night was made so light that the young men say they could see as plainly as in daylight 'They hastened to the spot where the light seemed to disappear In the ground, but could find no trace of anything. Mrs. John Kuchowiz, of South Bend, accidentally killed her five-weeks-old baby by giving it a dose of soothing syrup with the intention of curing a cold from which tho infant was suffering. The baby took ill suddenly, and JJrs. Kuckowiz, not being familiar with the use of medicines, gave the child a large dose of a soothing syrup which contains one-tenth of a grain of sulphate of morphine to the ounce. The condition of the baby remained the same for a day, when, after another dose, convulsions set In. A doctor was immediately summoned, and on his arrival found the baby in a dying condition. John Elliott, animal trainer for the Hagenbeck & Wallace shows, is undertaking a difficult task at the winter quarters In Peru. Not content with teaching lions, tigers, leopards and jaguars to ride horses bareba' Ii, he is now busy with a bulky polar bear weighing more than 400 pounds, teaching it to ride horseback. The bear has frightened the horse so many times by so closely hugging it that the trainer has almost given up the task of getting the horse and bear to act more friendly The bear had a narrow escape recently when the horse lay down and rolled over' trying in this manner to shake the bear from its back. The bear was angered and did considerable growling, but was conquered by the trainer before any serious damage was done. . The shows probably will open the season in Peru Saturday, April 22. Ollie Chronister, of Decatur, was kicked by a horse while attending a horse sale there. It is believed that a memorandum book which he carried In his vest pocket saved him from serious injury. Her clothes Ignited from tie hot coals in a pan of ashes. Mrs. Elizabeth Hollowell, a wealthy South Bend recluse, was burned io death while alone at her home. Mrs. Hollowell was 78 years old and was known for her charitable acts. Mrs. Dr. L. J. Baldwin, fifty years old, a well-known physician, Is dead of dropsy at her home In Hortonville. She was a sister of the Rev. Mr. White, who died suddenly at Indianapolis two years ago. She leaves a husband, one daughter and two sisters. The explosion of a glass test tube with which C. A. Wildman was working in the chemical laboratory at Earlham college at Richmond last week, badly injured the young man, who is a student. Particles of glass were imbedded In his hands and face, and he also was slightly burned with acid. J. I. Marshall, of Chicago, has purchased the bungalow villa home of Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman, one mile east of Warsaw, near Winona lake. The consideration is said to be $9,000. Fort Wayne club women, comprising the Women's Club league, held a special meeting recently to devise plans to bring before congress a petition to lower the duties on articles of absolute necessity to the poor of the country. No mention was made of the duties on perfumes and other luxuries which club women themselves are enjoying.

The Erie railroad police have arrested four lad3 near Rochester whom they charge with having plotted to wreck trains on that. road. . Oscar Armstrong, a young man east of Lafayette, awoke to find his bed la flames, which had caught from a lighted cigar which he had in his mouth when he fell asleep. Ernest Sm'Ja, 3 years old, tumbled into a rain water barrel at Huntington ) and would have drowned but for the timely aid ot his little companions, who dragged him from the water. Georre Tremaln, aged 23 and unmarried, was blown to atoms at his home 12 miles east of. Columbus. He was blowing stumps with black porder, when a spark from his pipe caused six pounds of the powder to explode. Dr. Robert Smith, of Greenfield, a veteran, of the Mexican war, has two silver dollars he received in the City of Mexico in 1S44. They were coined

In 1S34 and Dr. Smith has always kept them ß0UVe'nirs of bIs experiences in General Taylor's army. Working through the great South rrarsh near Ash Isl.md a hunters guide named -Hall reported at Renssalear that he had found a skeleton of a man partly under water. The man had been well dressed. In one pocket was a nickel watch with an elk's head on the back. Oa the coat lapel was a Woodman's pin. A dog left tied in a room at the home of Sanford Snodgrass, in Greenfield, while the family was away, knocked chairs containing clothes against a stove. The house was filled with smoke before neighbors discovered the fire. The dog was almost suffocated and had pushed his head under bedclothes to escape the smoke. The bridge over Brandywine creek, near Greenfield, collapsed and went into the stream, carrying with it three teams and wagons loaded with logs, belonging to the Greenfield Lumber company. The teams were in charge of Bert Smith, Albert Reece and W. H. Tony, all of whom remained on their wagons and escaped serious injury. The bridge was one hundred feet long, without any middle pier. Frank Hogue was killed and Isaac -Morris was seriously burned by aa explosion of a keg of powder at Wabash mine, west of Terre Haute. Hogue was sitting on the keg containing twenty-five pounds of bjasting powder when it exploded. It was caused by the explosion of a small quantity of powder in an ojen keg over which Morris had leaned. A spark from the lamp cn his cap fell into the loose powder. During the absence of Mrs. Ted Riley at the home of a neighbor In Elwood, leaving her doors unlocked, a tramp who had called for a "handout" entered the building and In ransacking the drawers of a dresser in a bedroom, ran across a pocVetbook containing,$200 in bills, which the wife had placed there until the bank oped, intending to deposit it. Two revolvers that were in the drawer were also taken 'and the "hobo" made his escape, leaving no clew. A peculiar and serious accident happened to Rex Strawn. a young man living northeast of Ixogootee. With his wife, he had been to the home of a neighbor, and, on returning home about 9 o'clock, a bird flew in his face, striking him in the .eye. The bird's bill passed entirely through the eyeball, totally destroying thg sight It Is thought that It was attracted by the lantern carried by Strawn, and when in close contact w ith the man was blinded. He did not capture the bird, but thinks it was a 'whip-poor-will. Physicians say that the eyeball will have to be removed. Dickson Thompson, of Plymouth, owns a watch that in years of service surpasses that of any other timepiece known. It is older than the Declaration of Independence, was running when the first battle of the revolution, in 1773, was fought at Lexington, and was probably in exitsence when General Braddock, with then "ColonelWashington, met defeat by the French and Indians in 1734. The watch is at least 150 years old. This ancestral relic has been preserved for generations in the Thompson families. It was carried by Mr. Thompson's greatgrandfather, who came to the colonies from Scotland. At his death it became the property of his son, William, who died at the age of seventy-two years, and left the watch to its present owner. Mr. Thompson carried It when, near Maxinkuckee lake, he courted and married his present wife, fifty-nine years ago, and he has never carried any other. It was made in France, has a silver case with ornate designs, and, though larger than the watch of today, it is not cumersome. Mr. Thompson Is eighty-two years old, and is one of the earliest settlers of Marshall county, coming from Fayette county seventy-three years ago. The Lake Shore railroad will contribute $5,000 toward the enlarging of the Y. M. C. A. building at Elkhart, and tho establihsing of a gymnasium there if citizens of the town will raise $7,600 for the same purpose. The large flouring mill of Kannapel Bros , at New MIddletown, five miles southeast of jCorydon was destroyed by fire recently. About 1.000 bushels of wheat were burned. The building was insured for $3,300. ' Tne loss was about $7,000. Matthew W. Avery, of St. Paul, believes he is the first man in Indiana to plant corn this season. He planted five grains on February 19, his seventy-eighth birthday, in a large flower urn in Dr. Howard's office. The stalks are now about Beven inches high. Mrs. Clarence Henry, of Shelbyville. was badly burned while preparing supper. The lid on a teapot on the stove was blown off and her face was enveloped in steam. The sight of one eye 'was destroyed. She is suffering Intense pain with other burns on her face. S. K. Randall, of Avilla, was painfully briised in a runaway when his horse took fright at a load of moving household goods and tossed him from .the buggy. Vandals at Elkhart scratched with diamonds ninteen plate glass windows, all on the ground floor of C. L. Monger's big office building. Each pane was worth $0. They also cut notches in oak doors, and in fifteen places in the window sashes of Trinity M. E. church. It is believed that the work was the result of the local option campaign now on in the county.