Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 June 1901 — Page 6

THE JOURNAL. LESLIE CLARK, Ed. and Pub. MENSSELAJSR, INDIANA.

MINOR EVENTS OF THE WEEK

Items of General Interest ToTd in Paragraphs. COMPLETE NEWS SUMMARY. u « Record of Happenings of Much or Little Importance from All Parts of the Civilized World —Incident*. Enterprises, Accidents, Verdicts. Crimes and Wars. General Callies and 500 Filipino riflemen surrendered at Santa Cruz. H H. S. Church of Louisville, Ky., after living for two days in a room with murdered woman, committed suicide. Agricultural department experimenting with a view to increasing yield of corn crop. _____ __ Correspondent of a London paper , wrote that Boer invasion of Cape Colony is getting serious, Invaders gaining recruits. Non-union laborers attacked and roughly handled by a mob at Columbia, S. C. Naphtha launch Estelle sunk by a steamer in Boston harbor and two lives lost. Washington and Great Northern railway incorporated at Seattle. Line 250 miles long to be built. Missouri lead and zinc mines to be consolidated by Eastern capitalists. French critic blamed poor taste of wives of American millioilaires for inferiority of American art. Seven persons killed by a cyclone in northern Nebraska, five of them being members of one family living nedr Naper. Four fatally injured. Strikers and mine guards fought battle at Matewan, W. Va. Superintendent of the mines and a guard wounded, the latter mortally. Escaping convicts at Fort Spelling used a woman to shield them from bullets of the guards, but were recaptured. Mrs. Ludington, widow of former Governor of Wisconsin, given $250,000 dower Interest in his estate by the courts. Indians threaten to resist by force the opening of the Kiowa-Commanche reservation to white settlers. Congregational Church of Grinnell, la., formally dropped name of Professor Herron from rolls. State troops sent to Trinity, Tex., to protect a negro from a mob which planned to lynch him. Justice Jerome, at New York, angered by light sentences Imposed on gamblers, disclosed that the $7,400 check captured in a raid was made out in favor of Frank Farrell. In the Barker-Keller case at New York women members of the latter’s church attempted to destroy Mrs. Barker’s reputation for veracity. Case to be summed up today. Senator Burrows preparing constitutional amendment to remedy evil of non-representation in senate when legislature fails to elect W. C. Brown’s resignation as general manager of the Burlington roa4 accepted by the directors. F. A. Delano to succeed him. Andrew D. White, ambassador to Germany, said to be contemplating resigning. Joseph Chamberlain planning visit to the United States. West Virginia health offlc&rs chained passenger train to track to compel company to move smallpox car hospital. Two women, members of a firm of stock brokers at New York, incorporated billion dollar mining company. Prof. Riggs of Field Museum, Chicago, unearthed bones of a dinosaur near Grand Junction, Colo. General Electric company negotiating at New York for'purchase of British Thomson-Houston Company. Chinese troops on their way to Pekin stopped by the French, In ignorance of Count Waldersee’s orders for them to proceed. Philippine commission decided Spanish shall be the official language in Philippine courts for five years. Priest celebrating mass in the Church of Nantes, Paris, attacked by a woman armed with a hatchet as he knelt at the altar and fatally wounded. Sought revenge for expulsion from church order. Girls expelled and suspended at New Haven, Conn., Normal Training School for disrespectful conduct. Public ownership reformers, Populists and others met In Kansas City to form new allied party. Carnegie to erect monument to Jas. G. Blaine in Schenlev Park. Pittsburg. Gen. Miles made an LL. D. by Brown University. . College endowment now amounts to $2,000,000. Bert A. Magee of Watseka, 111., arrested, charged with causing the deaths of three persons. Smith College at Northampton, Mass., given SIOO,OOO by man whose identity is withheld. Presbyterian Committee on Creed Revision met at Pittsburg to draw up amendments. Senator W. A. Clark sued at New York by Prof. G. A. Treadwell to recover $30,000 wprth oLcopper stock. Independent senes oF revenue stamps to be issued for Porto Rico. Gen. Botha and other Boer leaders reported to have decided to repudiate Kruger’s authority. Patti's castle failed tn bring $250,0*9, the upset price, and si|e bid in ths property at $225,000. Prison ship to be provided for the

CHILD TURNS EVANGELIST.

The latest sensational product oL the state of Indiana is a little girl of 15 named Versa Hyman, who is just now stirring up the sinners in the

VERSA HYMAN. larger cities o~f the state. For some weeks she has Jieenholdingmeetingsatthorcscue mission in Indianapolis, where she has made many converts. She conducts the entire service, preaching an extemporaneous sermon, making the prayer, and leading the singing. In personal appearance she is still a little girl, wearing her hair in two braids down her back. She seems to have the Bible at her tongue’s end and is ready at answering the questions of those who interrupt her.

Dies Under Assassin's Blow.

Hoshi Torn, former Japanese ambassador to the United States, member of the ministry of Marquis Ito, and president of the lower house of parliament, was assassinated at Tokio, Japan. The victim was sitting at a meeting of the Tokio municipal council, of which he is a member. A wellknown man who has held high public and social positions entered the council chamber, armed with a sword, with which, without warning, he stabbed Hoshi Toru twice. The assassin declared that he struck the blow in the interests of the company. Hoshi Toru was one of the strong men of Japan, brought to the light by the great social and political upheaval in 1868-’7l, when Japan broke the bonds of medievalism and began that career among nations that has made her one of the powers of the earth.

Wanamaker Has Another Offer.

John Wanamaker has met the declaration of Congressman Robert Foerder, one of the men interested in the new street railway franchises at Philadelphia, that Mr. Wanamaker is not in a position to pay the city $2,500,000 for the privileges granted by Mayor Ashbridge and the councils without a cent of compensation to the municipality. Mr. Foerder, speaking for himself and the other special beneficiaries of the street railway legislation at Harrisburg, has stated that, as the ex-post-master general held no charter, he knew he was not in a position to deal with the city, and that his offer of $2,500,000 was a "bluff.”

Death or Admiral Hoskin.

Admiral Sir Anthony Hiley Hoskins, G. C. 8., is dead at London, Eng. Admiral Hoskins had a distinguished career. He entered the navy in 1842 and was made an admiral in 1890, retiring 4n 1893. He eerved in- the -Kaffir war in 1852-'53, in China in 1858, in Egypt in 1882. He was commodore commanding the Australian station in 1875-’79, and was commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean station from 1889 to 1891. He served three times as a lord of the admiralty, from 1880 to 1882, from 1885 to 1889, and from 1891 to 1893.

Want Irish Tongue to Live.

Thomas O’Donnell, nationalist, In the house of commons at London moved in favor of the Irish education board including the Irish language as a subject of instruction in Ireland and in his speech supporting the motion he declared that the Irish members of the house mean to make Irish a living language. John Dillon, former leader of the nationalist party, seconded O’Donnell’s motion, which was rejected by a vote of lu7 to 56.

Eighteen Killed at a Fire.

Fireworks and dynamite in the store of A. M. Ritenberg at Paterson, N. J., exploded with a report that blew out the front of the store and set fire to the tenement in which twelve families lived. Twelve bodies have been recovered and identified, and it is known that the bodies of six others are in the ruins. Besides the dead many persons were Injured.

Barker Guilty, Say the Jury.

"Guilty of assault with intent to kill," was the verdict rendered in the case of the state of New Jersey against Thomas G. Barker for tryjng to kill Rev. John Keller. It was just eigljt minutes from the time the door of the Jury-room closed until the knock came which announced that the deliberations were at an end.

New Oll Find in Michigan.

A heavy flow of crude oil has been accidentally discovered on a farm near Niles, Mich., owned by W. W. Stevens, who was sinking a well for artesian water. Dudley Shively, a South Bend capitalist and successful prospector, has closed a deal for 600 acres, comprising the Stevens farm, together with four neighboring farms. Shively will ■ink wells at his own expense, guaranteeing the owners of the land one of every eight barrels of oil the wells produce. There is a steady flow of oil from tlje Stevens well.

HAZEN S. PINGREE IS SEAD

Former Governor of Michigan Dies in London. SON 13 AT HIS BEDSIDE. Death Come* Peacefully and Without a Meiaage to the One* at Home—End of a Notable Career—Mrs. Pingree Notified. H. S. Pingree, former governor of Michigan, died at London, Eng., Tuesday night at 11:35. His son was the only one present at the time. The attending doctor left Mr. Pingree’s bedside at about 11:15, promising to return shortly. H. S. Pingree, Jr., who had been watching at his father’s side for four days and who had not removed his clothes during that time, noticed a sudden change in his father’s condition. He had hardly reached the patient’s bedside when his father died peacefully, without warning and without speaking one word. Young Pingree wired his mother and his uncle in the United States not to go to London. Mrs. Pingree and her daughter received the sad news at New York City, and returned to Detroit. The body will be

wicked' capL tai of the state., Miss Hyman, -fthose home is in Elwood, was converted before she was 13 and became _ a member o f the Holiness C h r i stian church. Late r she ac h i e v e d com p 1 e t e s a h ctifica* tion and has since given up all her time to the w or k of holding revivals in the

embalmed and taken to his home in Detroit. Hazen S. Pingree’s rise politically was meteoric. For twelve years as Mayor of Detroit and Governor of Michigan—at one time holding both offices—he was a center of public interest, at first by reason of the theories he attempted to work out in State and municipal government, later because of his eccentric outburst and his wars with the Legislature and Supreme bench of the State. As Mayor of Detroit Mr. Pingree advocated the lighting of the city with its own plant, at a saving of $76,000 annually, the laying of electric wires underground, the removal of wooden pavements and the substitution of brick or asphalt, and the equalization of taxes. He compelled the street car companies to fulfill their contracts and forced them to sell tickets at 3 cents; reduced telephone rates from SSO to $25 and gas to $1 per thousand. His potato patch scheme was a side issue for the purpose of utilizing unoccupied land. It was ridiculed at the time, but when it was found that the poor had been fed and the commissioners having charge of the indigent were saved $30,000 in one year the opinion of the scoffers changed. Mr. Pingree was mustered out of military service on Aug. 16, 1865, and shortly after his discharge went to Detroit. There for a short time he was employed, in the boot and shoe factory of H. P. Baldwin & Co. Deciding to embark in business for tjimself, in December, 1866, with C. H. Smith, he purchased a small boot and shoe factory, the entire capital represented by the firm of Pingree & Smith being $1,360. The first year they employed eight persons, and the value of their output was $20,000. The company now employs over ,100 persons, the value of the annual product being $1,000,000. From the beginning of this enterprise Mr. Pingree had general supervision over the complicated details of the entire establishment. Mr. Smith retired from the firm ip 1883, but the firm name, Pingree & Smith, was retained. In 1872 Mr. Pingree married Frances A. Gilbert of Mount Clemens, Mich. They had three children, two daughters and a son.

Nome has suffered from a costly fire which started May 28 in a building at the corner of Stedman avenue and Flrat street and soon leaped across to the old court building. Later the Washington Trading company’s building and the Smllie-Campbell building caught. The fire department encountered great difficulty owing to the hose being filled with 100. Judge E. P. Ryan and his wife barely escaped with their Uvea. The total losses are placed at $126,659.

Heavy Fire Loss at Norn.

Ex-Minister Shoots Friend.

Dr. J. G. Jessup, a dentist, was shot and fatally wounded at Berkeley, Cal-, by the Rev. Charles Adams, formerly an Episcopal minister. It is stated that Adams’ daughter called Jessup by telephone and asked him to come to her home' and prevent her father from whipping her. When Jessup arrived at the Adams house and remonstrated with him Adams drew a revolver and shot the dentist through the breast. Adams is in jail and Jessup is dying. The Rev. Charles G. Adams, who shot and wounded, probably fatally, Dr. J. G. Jessup, is well known throughout the East. He was born about fifty years ago in Delaware county, N. Y. He held the pastorate of St. Mark’s Chapel in New York City, also, of the Church of the Incarnation in the same city. He also filled pulpits in Fremont and Cincinnati, O.

Outlaw at Bay in Thicket.

Prospects are very encouraging, gays a dispatch from Encinal, Tex., that Gregorio Cortez, the murderer of Sheriffs Morris and Glover, will be captured. Cortez is surrounded in a thicket near Catulla. He has had to desert his horse. A special train from San Antonio had started for the thicket with bloodhounds and a re-enforce-ment of the pursuing posse.

HAZEN S. PINGREE.

Another Mexican has been killed In the big man hunt now In progress in southwestern Texas. Captain Brooks’ company of State Rangers overtook four members of the Cortez-Gonzales gang, all riding stolen horses. A running fight followed, In which one of the Mexicans was killed, one wounded, one captured. The fourth escaped. As a result of the man hunt so far two Mexicans have been shot to death, one hanged, and two wounded. Five hundred men are still scouring the country for Cortez and Gonzales, the leaders of the outlaws, who are supposed to be guilty of the assassination of Sheriff Morrison of Karnes county and Sheriff Glover and Constable Schnabel of Gonzales county.

At Lape’s gambling resort, Springfield, 111., Frank Poffenberger of Jacksonville, a gambler at the resort, was killed by Constable W. L>. Brown. Several constables appeared at the entrance with search warrants and Constable Brown was reading papers to a porter when he was accosted by Poffenberger, who secured the papers and tore them into bits. Brown instantly shot him through the heart. The constables carried the gambling paraphernalia from the place. Friends of Poffenberger were held at bay with loaded revolvers by the constables. A special order from the chief of police closed all the gambling resorts in the city. The constables are under arrest.

A madman, whose identity is concealed under the name A. G. Peterson, Spread terror at the Illinois Central depot in Rockford, 111., firing twenty or thirty revolver shots among passengers and employes, riddling the place with bullets and finally losing his life in a desperate duel with a policeman. Men, women and children fled in dismay from the lunatic’s alm, depot attaches were chased up a spiral stairway to the tower and for a time none dared approach the crazed marksman, who as fast as the chambers of his weapon were empty reloaded them and fired again, evidently bent on slaying everybody within his range of vision.

Christina Winneckie, the 17-year-old daughter of a Pole living southeast of Nashville, 111., after a lingering Illness apparently died at 9 o’clock Sunday night. The family made arrangements for the funeral, placed the body in a casket and relatives and friends sat up all Sunday night and Monday night with the supposed corpse. At 1 o’clock Tuesday morning the girl awoke from what was only a trance and her condition now Is even better than several weeks before she entered the trance.

Man Hunt in Texas.

Constable Kills Gambler.

Lunatic Dies in Duel.

Awakens In Her Coffin.

HUNDREDS DIE IN FLOOD

A Dozen Busy Towns Swept Away. PEOPLE TRAPPED LIKE RATS. PocahontiM Coal Fields, In Wee* Virginia, Swept by a Cloudburst. Spreading Death and Devastation—Scores of Bodies Seen —Ball ways Bullied. A cloudburst In the Pocahontas coal fields In West Virginia destroyed hundreds of lives and millions of dollars of property Sunday. The wall of water swept through a narrow mountain valley already flooded by thirtythree hours of continuous, heavy rains. Two ridges of the Allegheny Mountains hemmed it in and helped it to gather force. It swept a dozen busy towns. It destroyed many miles of railroad tracks and telegraph lines. It tore from the hillsides the outer building of hundreds of coal mines, and it carried locomotives and trains of cars down the valley. The cataclysm crushed and drowned the inhabitants by hundreds as they struggled to escape up the mountain sides. The loss of life-is estimated at 400. The loss to railroad and mining property is at least $2,000,000 and the loss to other property probably as much more. These figures are, however, merely approximations, for communication with many of the villages is yet impossible. The flood may prove to have been a more disastrous one to life than the Johnstown horror, and the list of the dead may mount into thousands, or it may be that there was sufficient warning to permit the escape of the great majority of the people. Reports from many places indicate, however, that hundreds of bodies are floating down with the flood. The difficulty of getting relief to the district for perhaps a week or ten days until the railway lines are replaced means that there will probably be great suffering among people who were fortunate enough to save the.r lives, as all their stores were swept away. Fifteen hundred men are already at work trying to restore the tracks.

The scene of the worst part of the flood was the Valley of the Elkhorn, in McDowell county, in the southwestern part of West Virginia. Another valley to the south of this one along the Clinch river also suffered, but not so severely. Elkhorn creek flows between two mountain ridges, Indian Ridge to the north and Big Stone Ridge to the south. In some places the valley is not over a quarter of a mile wide, the hills rising precipitously from the banks of the stream, along which ran the track of the Norfolk and Western railroad. Over the high valley when the atmosphere was heated to a high degree the winds brought clouds saturated with moisture. The fall of rain that resulted was tremendous. The swollen mountain streams all poured their water into the Elkhorn and the narrow valley was filled by it. Then came the cloudburst. Its wall of water started down the valley shortly before 9 o’clock in the morning, and the damage had all been done by 11. There was nothing in its path that could resist it Houses were whirled away like sticks, railway embankments melted like snow In the sunlight. There was just a few minutes given the people to save themselves on the hills, and then all was over for those who had failed. The region of

CZAR AND CZARINA, TO WHOM A DAUGHTER HAS BEEN BORN

The birth of a daughter to the czarina of Russia was announced Tuesday to the public at St. Petersburg, by the firing of salutes and the hoisHng of flags. There were solemn thanksgiving services at the cathedral and the various churches, and the city was Illuminated in the evening. The young princess will be named Anastasia. Although the loyal Russians did not abate their customary rejoicings, there was general disappointment at the sex

Fire in St. Losts Factory.

Fire In the establishment of the J. 8.. Sickles Saddlery company, at the southwest corner of Twenty-first street and Washington avenue, St. Louis, destroyed property and stock valued at almost >200,000. The loss is partially covered by Insurance. The losing firms are the J. B. Sickles Saddlery company, the T. F. Reynolds Carriage company, and several other concerns of minor importance. During the fire several firemen were injured, but not seriously.

the worst destruction stretches from (Welch, the county seat, on the west to Coaldal on the east, a distance of? about twenty miles. Of the towns between, Keystone, a place of 2,000 inhabitants, is reported to have suffered the most. , The death list there is reported to mount up toward 200. Sixty-six dead bodies have been recovered. There were thirty-five saloons in that town, and of them only one is left standing, it being located high on the hillside.' The rumor is that it is the only building in the town still standing. Vivian, the next largest town, is reported to have been almost wiped out of existence. In both of these towns the miners had assembled with their Saturday night’s pay. They cannot have got back to their mountain huts, and ■must have shared the fate of the inhabitants. After the flood the railroad company started men on foot, to walk along the hillsides to survey the condition of the line. A trainmaster, who walked the twelve miles between Vivian and North Fork, counted thir-ty-eight dead bodies floating on the surface. That is an indication of what may be expected when full information is obtained.

GEN. JOHN B. TURCHIN DIES.

General John Basil Turchin, author, statesman and soldier, died of senile dementia at the hospital for the insane at Anna, 111. He had been an Inmate of the institution for about two months. He was the founder of Radom, a Polish settlement in Clinton County, and was a well-known magazine writer. Colonel Turchin was in Illinois when the clarion of Lincoln’s call roused the North to arms. The Russian soldier offered his sword to his adopted country and was appointed colonel of the Nineteenth Illinois Volunteers. His Russian methods, crossed with American patriotism, soon made that regiment a shining light of discipline and efficiency. He was called to the aid of General Buell, gave that commander most valuable strategical advice at Corinth, organized a battery in Chicago, was promoted to the rank of brigadier general, and in other ways distinguished himself highly in the service.

Riot in South Carolina.

The first blood in a strike riot in South Carolina has been spilled in the Southern railway shops in Columbia, S. C. Sunday morning about 125 men with faces blackened or wearing black masks attacked the north fence of the yards, which comprise twenty acres, quickly made a breach and marched in. There were forty-two men in the yards, sleeping in two cars. Twice the guard, Myers, ordered a halt, and when the leaders were within thirty yards fired both barrels of a shotgun into the midst of the mass. At the same moment a pistol ball struck Myers in the temple, but glanced off. He got behind cover and used his revolver. The strikers attacked the car and called on the men within to come out. There was no response, and the rioters opened fire. The car looks as if it had run the gantlet of Boer sharpshooters. There are 200 bullet holes in it. The occupants escaped by throwing themselves on the floor.

Indict C. W. Prince and Sons.

The grand jury at Kansas City has indicted C. W. Prince, Will Prince, and Bert Prince, father and brothers of Lulu Prince Kennedy, as accessories to the murder of Philip R. Kennedy, for which Mrs. Kennedy was found guilty last Saturday and given a ten years’ penitentiary sentence.

of the infant. There were also expressions of sympathy with the czar and czarina because their prayers and hopes for a son were not fulfilled. The state department at Washington forwarded the usual felicitations. The other children of the czar and czarina are: The Grand Duchess Olga, born Nov. 15, 1895 (new style); the Grand Duchess Tatiana, born June 10, 1897, the Grand Duchess Marie, born June 26, 1899.

Oasts All Women Lawyers.

Women cannot practice law In Tennessee. The supreme court at Memphis said so Thursday. Miss Marlon Griffin of Memphis was denied a license by the supreme court on the ground that a lawyer practicing law is an officer of the court and the state Constitution prohibits women from holding office. Judges Wilkes and Caldwell delivered dissenting opinions. There are a score of women lawyers in Tennessee who had been patiently awaiting the decision.

QUEEN RANAVALONA.

Former Queen Ranavalona of Mada* gascar, who is causing no small agitation in the ranks of the opposition

to the French government, receives a pension of SSOO per month in lieu of her throne. She is now in Paris, and the slight restraint put upon her liberties has furnished' a pretext for considerable royalist criticism of the

ranavalona. government. Count Castellane has volunteered to question the government concerning its restraint of the queen. Ranavalona succeeded to the throne in 1883 and was deposed in ,1897, when Madagascar became a Frenchcolony. She was born in 1861, and is the third queen of her name. She is a religious, pureminded woman, and until her dominions were taken away from her she had never been out of the island. Her husband was the prime minister, a crafty and eloquent man, twiqg the age of the queen, but he was never able absolutely to control her will. The - queen is slight and graceful, rather pretty, but somewhat delicate. She is fairly well cultured in French and English literature, and is highly regarded by those whom she has met in the French capital.

LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Spring Wheat.—No. 1 northern, 69%c: No. 2, 70@71%c; No. 3, 64@69%c; No. 4, 63 @64c. Winter Wheat.—No. 2 red, 69%® 69%c; No. 3, 70%@71c; No. 3 hard, 69@70c. Corn.—No. 2,43 c; No. 2, yellow, 43c; No. 3, 42c; No 3 yellow, 42@42%c. Oats.—No. 4 white, 28%; No. 3,28 c; No. 3, 27%@28%c. Cattle—Choice Beef steers, $5.4005.90; fair to good, [email protected]; Stockers and feeders, [email protected]; western fed steers, [email protected]; Texans and Indians, [email protected]; Texas grass steers, [email protected]; cows, $3.0003.85; heifers. $3.8505.20; canners, $2.0002.85;' bulls, $3.2504.65; calves, [email protected]. Hogs.— Heavy, $5.95®6.02’4; mixed packers', so.So®. 5.85; light, [email protected]; pigs, $5.2006.50. Sheep.—Western lambs, [email protected]; western wethers, $3.50®4.00; western yearlings, $4.0004,50; ewes, [email protected]; Texas grass sheep, [email protected]; Texas lambs, [email protected]; spring lambs, [email protected]. Potatoes.—New triumphs. 90@$l per bu; peerless, $2.00 per brl; old rurals, 50c: kings, 58@61c; empires. 48@61c; mixed, 68 @6lc; Burbanks, 48c; Michigan, 45c. Poultry.—lced stock: Turkeys, gobblers, 7c; hens, 9c; chickens, hens and springs, scalded, 9c; hens and springs, dry picked, BUc; roosters, 5%c; ducks, 7@Bc; geese, 6@7c. Strawberries, 24 qts, Tennessee, $1.00®1.10; Illinois, [email protected]. Butter.— Creamery, extra, choice, 19c; dairies, choice, 16%c. Cheese.—New goods: Full cream daisies, choice, 9%@9%c; Young America, 9@9%c; full cream, 10%c; twins, B%c. Eggs.—Fresh, 10%c.

LEADER OF ZIONISM.

Dr. Theodore Herzl, leader of the great Zion movement, who may come to the United Sates to collect money for the establishmment of a Jewish republic in Palestine, has devoted his whole life to this labor, and is now on the way to beholding its final success. Dr. Herzl’s personality is powerfully magnetic, and how well he has used it in his work may be gathered from the fact that the Zionist company now

DR. THEODORE HERZL.

lacks but 15,000,000 to secure its charter and begin Its actual operation isl the historic land of the prophets and the Savior. His zeal carries all before it. He is, as a clevy writer in London described him, a Moses with modern ideas. His purpose is to secure from the sultan the privilege of slowly acquiring tjje Holy Land by purchase, and by then parceling out the country in farms on long time payments.

Seeks Wife by Novel Means.

Earnest Still, a Glencoe (Ok. T.) bachelor, has grown tired of single blessedness, and has hit upon a novel plan to get a wife and, at the same time, a nice little fortune to begin married life with. He proposes to put himself up to be drawn or raffled. The young women who are to invest are to pay $5 a ticket, and he expects to sell between 2,000 and 3,000 tickets between now and the opening of the new country. The young woman holding the winning ticket is to get Mr. Still for a husband, and'the money obtained by the sale of tickets Is to give them a start In life.

Oyster Poacher Killed.

Caleb Fithian of Parkertown, N. J., aged twenty-one, was shot and killed by aged Jacob Stites, watchman for the oyster planters. Stites Is In jail. The shooting was the result of a long standing war between the oyster planters and clammers of Tuckerton Bay. Stites caught Fithian poaching.

Dance Jig on Coffin.

Tom Burns, notorious as a gun man, has met his fate near Tucson, Arlz. Burns was working with a cowboy named Wallace on the ranch of Tom Willis, and had abused him several times and threatened to kill him. Wallace finally turned on his persecutor and shot him dead. Burns was burled with his boots on and the cowboys danced upon the box coffin that contained the body. "We’ll dance him into hr—l.” they shouted.