Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1900 — Page 6

WEEKLY REPUBLICAN. GEO. B. MARSHALL, Publisher. ■ RENSSELAER, - - INDIANA,

MISSING FOR YEARS.

MAN LONG THOUGHT DEAD RETURNS TO HIS WIFE. Muncie Woman Mourhed Absent Husband and Welcomes Him Fondly Upon His Return—The Unsettled Weather Causes a Quiet Week in Business. After years of separation, each person mourning the other as dead, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Wilson have been reunited in Muncie, Ind. Several years ago Wilson became involved in trouble, the secret of which he never divulged. He left his home, deserting his wife and one child, went West, and amassed considerable money. Finally he gathered together his belongings and started for Muncie. Little did he expect that he would find his wife there, but inquiry proved that she was employed as a domestic in the family of John Max. Wilson .went to the Max home and rapped on the rear door. To his amazement his ■wife answered the knock. Mrs. Wilson threw her arms about her husband’s neck and cried hysterically. Wilson, his wife and daughter are now comfortably situated in a little cottage, but the secret of his departure he still refuses to divulge.

RECORD OF A QUIET WEEK. Unsettled Weather Curtails Distribution and Retards Speculation. Bradstreet's says: “Unsettled weather - conditions have operated to curtail retail and jobbing distribution this week, and imparted a quieter tone to several lines ■ indirectly associated therewith. Stock speculation, too, has been less rampant, and last week’s record of bank clearings has, therefore, not been equaled. There is, however, little or no apparent loss of basic strength, and, indeed, the general level of staple prices has been slightly advanced. This latter movement is most notable in the iron and steel trades, in raw cotton and to a lesser degree in the cereals and some hog products. Wheat, including flour, shipments, for the week aggregate 3,827,296 bushels, against 4,062,020 last week. Corn exports for the week aggregate 5,235,568 bushels, against 3,976,914 last week. FARMER IS HEIR TO SBO,OOO. Saved Man’» Life Twenty-five Years Ago and Is Beneficiary of Will. Franklin B. Aim-worth, a poor former near Binghamton, N. Y., has fallen her to SBO,OOO for saving a man’s life twentyfive years ago. Ainsworth was driving along the road and seeing a man struggling in the water, went to his rescue. The half-drowned individual asked h:s rescuer’s name and remarked that Ainsworth would hear from him some time. Recently he receiver! a letter from a lawyer in Philadelphia stating that a man had died in that city who had left his money to Ainsworth because he had once saved his life. Man Is Boiled to Death. Citizens of Pagosa Springs, Colo., discovered the body of a man in a hot spring. The body was found to be liter- ’ ally cooked, the temperature of the untempered water of the spring being over 160 degrees. Investigation disclosed the fact that the man was a stranger who had given the name of Smith and nothing was discovered that would solve his identity.

Discover* 11 New Plant. G. H. Zscbeck, a botanist of Chicago, who has been visiting in St. Louis for several days, has made a discovery in one 6f the parks which he believes of importance to the botanical world. He is pietty certain that he has discovered a new plant, which he will investigate and namePanthers Devour Two Children. The killing of two children by panthers In La Salle County, Texas, has aroused the ranchmen and cowboys of that part of the State, and a big hurt is being organized for the purpose of ronnding up and slaughtering all the panthers and wolves to be found in La Salle and adjoining counties. Shoots Wife, Kills Self. William Goepper, a Cincinnati street K tailway conductor who had been drinking I? heavily, attempted to kill his wife with ” * dumbbell and seriously injured her. When he thought he had killed her and t-hs neighbors closed in on him he killed himself by shooting through his head. Joe Mnlbatton in au-Asylum. Joe Mulhatton, known as “king of Hers" among traveling solesmen, was •ent to the insane asylum at Phoenix, Aris. His trouble is attributed to ovetIndulgence in alcoholic stimulants. He has been operating a mine bear Florence. Thefts Net $1,000.000. Henry Seelife, a swindler whose stealings may aggregate $1,900,000, and who has been a fugitive from justice for four nnn, was arrested in New York City. He Is said by the police to have been swindling Chicago merchants. fwenty-aix Lives Lost. Twenty -six lives were lost by the wVxX ot th* iro n coasting steamship St. month of Seven Islands bay •a the coast of Ifbrador. Not a soul was saved to tell the story of the loss. Three Die from Kxploeion. While lightering the cargo es the stranded steamer Isaac HJllwood in Mud lake, Michigan, the forward boiler of the lighter Stewart blew up, killing three •sen -and injuring six others. Chicago Commerce Faile Off. Chicago’s commerce for the year 1900 will show a great falling off as compared 'to that of previous years, says Lyman E. Cooley. The engineer • further declares ' that, the commerce of the city has not > DUtintained a relative growth equal to that of other parts of the worid. . *■„ •/•. «OX Blays Hb Playmate. tfen lfetUn.. a 10-y ear-old boy, IAKiS-yeaboid son of J. F.. Fennell to IKh at W«»tJh»ion. W. V*. The tra-

From THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH

SAYS HUSBAND IS MURDERER. Indiana Woman Betrays Spouse in Revenue for a Whipping. Robert Clark, manager of a saloon and road house near Converse, Ind., was arrested on a charge of murder and lodged in jail in Marion. About six months ago an unknown glass worker, who went to Converse to work, was found, dead in front of Clark’s place. Clark told the officers that the man had fallen against a post, striking his head, which was the probable catfse of his death. An inquest was held, but no evidence of murder was found. Recently Clark whipped his wife, and in retaliation she went to Marion and told the State’s Attorney that Clark had murdered the glass worker. She gave the names of a number of alleged witnesses to the crime. Clark was at once arrested. Clark shot Loyd Ferguson of Marion four years ago. Ferguson recovered. Clark was confined in jail for a year and then freed without a trial. GIRL WANS MAN ON WAGER. Election Bet to Be Paid on Matrimonial Basie, Though the Parente Object. Miss Anita Bertram, a society belle of Louisville, has the right of disposal of George Rathbone, a well-known business man, formerly of Princeton, Ind. Mr. Bryan’s defeat is responsible. Rathbone offered to wager himself against a twopound box of candy that McKinley would be defeated. The wager was accepted, and now Rathbone stands ready to make good his loss. Miss Bertrand’s mother is opposed to the payment of the bet on a matrimonial basis on account of her daughter’s youth. Miss Bertrand declares she has rightfully won and will marry him. The Bertrands have a beautiful did Kentucky home, ten miles from Louisville. They are persons of wealth and prominence. Rathbone recently moved to Louisville from Princeton and purchased large manufacturing interests there.

HITS PACIFIC FLOUR MILLS. Russia Will Place 80 Per Cent Duty on Product for Siberia. The Russian government will on Jan. 1 put a duty of 80 cents a barrel on flour for Siberia. The object is to monopolize the rapidly growing trade for the Black Sea millets. It will be a hard blow to the Pacific coast millers, who have been building up a big trade through Vladivostock with Siberia. The completion of the Transsiberian line will, it is feared, cut off most of the Transpacific trade with Russian ports. KLONDIKE OUTPUT OF GOLD. Dawson Official Estimates It at s2o,* 000,000 for the Last Season. Dufferein Patuelle, chief clerk of the gold commissioner’s office at Dawson, estimates the past season’s Klondike output of gold at $20,000,000, as against $17,000,000 for 1899. Next year’s gold output of the Klondike, he thinks, will reach $25,000,000. Of this year’s shipments of gold United States Consul McCook has records of $14,400,000. Indian Lands to Be Sol<J. There will be thrown open for sale and settlement at the United States land office at Minn., soon, four townships of ceded Indian lands, covered more or less with white pine. There are about 85,000 acres in the tract, and it is very valuable. The proceeds go to the Chippewa Indians under the treaty, and will ffe held by the government and the interest distributed yearly. Costly Fire in Tacoma. A fire at Tacoma, Wash., wiped out a row of buildings on Dock street, occupied by four manufacturing plants. The loss is estimated at $60,000. The plants destroyed were the Torkelsons Company, asbestos goods; William Evans, steam fittings; S. D. Brear, steam boilers; a part of’tfie Addison planing mill, and the offices of the Young Lumber Company.

Lake Superior Boat in Peril. During a tierce gale on Lake Superior the steamer Lizzie Madden was threatened with destruction by fire, which broke out in two places on the boat. By hard work the crew extinguished the flames and the vessel reached Ashland, Wis., somewhat damaged. Populations of Four States. The census bureau has announced the populations of four more States, as follows: Illinois, 4,821,550, an increase of 20 per cent; Rhode Island, 428,556, increase 24 per cent; Minnesota, 1,751,394, increase 34.5 per cent; Pennsylvania, 6,302,115, increase 19.8 per cent. Klopea with Legless Man. Quite a sensation has been caused in Newburg, a suburb of Cleveland, over the elopement of handsome Marion Day, 19 years old, with Earl Kennedy, 21 years old, a telegraph operator with two wooden legs. Miss Wilkins Changes Minn. The engagement of Miss Mary E. Wilkins, the author, and Dr. Charles Manning Freeman of New York, which followed a courtship of ten years and under which the couple were to have been married one day this month, has been broken. Suicide of an Ohio Postmaster. ws»Frank Speasmaker, postmaster and prominent business man, was found dead In his place of business at London, Ohio, by one of his clerks. He had shot himself in the head with a revolver taken from his show case. Find Man Dehd in Bed. A man about 00 years old, who registered as J. F. Jones of Chicago and designated himself as a traveling salesman, was found dead in bed in the Hollenden Hotel in Cleveland. There was nothing to indicate the cause of death. Thieves Bob Jewelry Store. Three men entered the jewelry store of John J. Hubbard in Baltimore, Md., assaulted the’proprietor, left him for dead and'looted the place of its contents. The assault occurred within a block of police headquarters. f * 37 ■ * « 4 t

market quotations. Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.90; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2 red, ,71c to 72c; corn, No. 2,43 cto 45c; .oats, No. 2,21 c to 22c; rye. No. 2,44 cto 45c; butter, choice creamery, 24c to 25c; eggs, fresh, 21c to 23c;. potatoes, 40c to 46c per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.60; hogs, choice light, $4.00 to $4.82; sheep, common to prime, $3.00 to $3.15: wheat, No. 2,71 cto 72c; corn, No. 2 white, 36c tb 37c; oats, No. 2 white, 24 c to 25c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.25 to ,$5.50; hogs. $3.00 to $4.80; sheep, $3.00 to $4.00; wheat. No. 2,68 cto 69c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 34c to 35c; oats, No. 2,22 cto 23c; rye, No. 2,47 cto 48c. Cincinnati —Cattle, $3.00 to $4.85; hogs, $3.00 to $4.90; sheep, $3.00 to $3.60; wheat, No. 2,75 eto 76c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 36c to 37c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 23c to 24c; rye, No. 2,53 cto 54c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.40; hogs, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, $3.00 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2,75 cto 76c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 39c to 40c; oats, No. 2 white, 25c to 26c: rye, 51c to 52c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 73c to 74c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 37c to 38c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 21c to 22c; rye, No. 2,52 c to 53c; clover seed, prime, $6.00 to $6.30. Milwaukee —Wheat, No. 2 northern, 73c to 74c; corn, No. 3,38 cto 39c; oats, No. 2 white, 25c to 26c: rye, No. 1,48 c to 49c; barley, No. 2,59 cto 60c; pork, mess, SIO.OO to $10.45. Buffalo—Cattle, choice shipping steers, $3.00 to $5.70; hogs, fair to prime, $3.00 to $5.00; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $4.00; lambs, common to extra, $4.00 to $5.00. New York—Cattle, $3.25 to $5.30; hogs, $3.00 to $5.25; sheep, $3.00 to $3.90; wheat, No. 2 red, 76c to 77c; corn, No. 2 45c to 46c; oats, No. 2 white, 28c to 29c; butter, creamery, 24c to 26c; eggs, western, 25c to'27c. KILLS TRANSPORTATION BOARD. Nebraska Supreme Court Declares Its Creation Was Unconstitutional. Justice Norval, in an opinion concurred in by the two other Supreme Court justices, declares the act creating the Nebraska State Board of Transportation unconstitutional and inooerative. The action that brought about the decision was that of Attorney General Smyth against the Burlington and Northwestern railroads to enforce an order of the board for lower live stock and grain rates. The defendant roads questioned the jurisdiction of the board on the ground that there were defects in the law creating it, and their demurrer is sustained.

CREEK KILLS STAGE OCCUPANT. Vehicle Is Overturned in the Los Pueblos Near Santa Barbara. By the upsetting of a Coast Line stage in Los Pueblos Creek, S. .W. Parker of Ventura was drowned and four other passengers narrowly escaped a similar fate. The stage, which runs between Santa Barbara, Cal., and Lompoc, while crossing the creek was caught in the current. One of the horses lost its footing and the stage was overturned and carried down stream. Poor Man Heir to $1,000,000. A. H. McGregor, a farmer residing two miles from Geneva, Ohio, was agreeably surprised when he was notified that he had suddenly become a millionaire. He received word that the will of his brother, R. McGregor, places him in possession of all his property in Cleveland and vicinity, which is estimated at $1,000,000. Engine Falls from ai Trestle. At Rosedale, Kan., a suburb of Kansas City, a Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis switch engine left the track on a trestle, and, falling thirty feet to the bottom of the ravine, exploded. Four men in the cab of the engine at the time were painfully hurt. Believes Andree Is Alive. Dr. George H. Shurburg of Troy, N. Y., who has spent some time in the arctic regions, believes that Andree is still alive, but shut out from the rest of the world by a sea of ice. Dr. Shurburg is contemplating a trip to Greenland next spring.

Ends a Debauch with Poison. In New York an overdose of morphine, taken to relieve suffering caused by an over-indulgence in liquor,, ended the life of Dr. Robert Acton, a physician and a football player on the Harvard team in 1893. Woman Slain by Robbers. Miss Theresa Keating, a respectable young woman, was found murdered in a vacant lot off Davis street, Rochester, N. Y., near the New York Central railroad tracks. She had been robbed. 4 ... ■ —~ Steal $5,000 from a Bank Safe. Robbers blew open the safe of the Farmers’ Bank at Orlando, O. T., with nitroglycerin and secured more than $5,000.

Kruger in France. Paul Kruger, president of the Boer republic, was enthusiastically received by the people of France upon his arrival at Marseilles on Thursday. Charles H. Hoyt la Dead. Charles H. Hoyt, one of the best known playwrights in America, died at his residence at Charlestown, N. H. The cause of his demise was paresis. Train Robbers in Arkansas. Six masked men robbed an Iron Mountain passenger train at Gifford, Ark., but secured little booty. Great Composer Dies. Sir Arthur Sullivan, the famous composer, died very suddenly in London of heart failure. W. M. Meredith Appointed. Capt. W. M. Meredith of Illinois has been appointed chief of the bureau of engraving and printing in Washington. Vfc* - '•’’l. ■ ■*’ ?? C 2 ■ .-J'

EXPLOSION WRECKS BUILDING. A Woman Blown Across Street and Fatally Injured in Chicago. A gasoline tank which exploded at 5017 Halsted street, Chicago, wrecked the building, a two-story structure, ano\ fatally injured Mrs. H. Levi, one of the occupants. The woman’s husband was injured, but will recover. The front of the building was blown across the street, blockading street car traffic. Mrs. Levi was picked up on the street car track fifty feet from the building. She was badly burned about the face and arms and was internally injured. Levi is a plumber. He was repairing a leak in the gasoline tank, and his wife was holding a lamp when the explosion occurred. She received the full benefit of it. The house took fire, but the flames were speedily extinguished. The damage is estimated at SI,OOO. BANDITS GET NO CASH. Three of Them Use pynamite While Nine Others Stand Off Citizens. A gang of twelve professional bank robbers made a desperate attempt to secure the contents bf the money vault of Sperry & Weinstaff’s deposit bank at Ashley, Ohio. While nine men stood on guard, holding the citizens at bay with their guns, three operated the dynamite under the deposit vault of the brick building. The bank’s property is worth $50,000, and there was $15,000’ ip cash on hand. Four attempts were made to get at the cash, while the guards outside were shooting at citizens. The desperadoes, failing in their efforts to reach the cash with dynamite, retreated slowly on foot, firing as they fled, but nobody was hurt. The men were masked,

BEATEN BY UGLY HUNCHBACK. Women in Ohio Town Cruelly Assaulted by a Repulsive Man. Frank Kersey, a hideous hunchback, whose face is so repulsive that few care to look upon it, is in jail at Bowling Green, Ohio, on the charge of assaulting and terribly beating several women at Cygnet. He has been considered a harmless individual, although known to possess great strength. While the Lady Maccabees were holding a lodge meeting he broke into their hall, and, attacking them with a large stone,'knocked several down and terribly injured several others. A panic ensued, but the fellow was finally overpowered by men who were attracted to the hall by the screams of the women. Anti-Cigarette Law Stands Test. State regulation of the sale of cigarettes has been declared by the United States Supreme Court to be valid and no infringement of the right of Congress to control interstate commerce. The decision was handed down in the case of William B. Austin vs. the State of Tennessee, and sustained the judgment of the Tennessee Supreme Court upholding the validity of the statute now in force in that State.

For RescuinK Two Americans. The State Department has forwarded to the ambassador at London a gold watch and chain to be presented to Captain A. W. Richardson of the British steamship Orange Prince, in recognition of his services in rescuing two American fishermen who, while fishing in a small boat, had become separated from their vessel on account of heavy fog and had drifted to sea. Raising World’s Fair Funds. A meeting of all the world’s fair committees was held at the Mercantile Club in St. Louis. About 250 of the leading citizens were present, and more than $200,000 was subscribed on the floor and upward of 100 present agreed to devote half of each day to the immediate completion of the local subscription fund. Former Legislator Found Dead. W. F. Feagle of Fort Smith, Ark., an expert in cotton and a former member of the Arkansas Legislature, was found dead in his room at the South End Hotel in East St. Louis. A box of morphine pills and an empty laudanum bottle seemed to indicate that he had committed suicide. Kentucky’s Governor Is Wedded. A wedding ceremony in which all Kentucky was interested was solemnized in Owensboro the other evening. Gov. John Crepps Wyckliffe Beckham of Kentucky was the bridegroom and the bride was Miss Jean Raphael Fuqua of Owensboro.

Swedish Kina Is Stricken. A special dispatch from Stockholm says it is rumored that King Oscar 11. has had two slight paralytic strokes. His present condition, however, is not alarming. He drives daily and is out of doors considerably. Kentuckian Found Dead. Charles S. Milward, aged 35, a leading merchant of Lexington, Ky., was found dead on his rear porch by a servant. He had been shot through the head, but whether by himself or another is not known. Fatal Storm Sweeps Southern States. Twenty or more lives are reported to have been lost in a tornado that swept through northern Mississippi and parts of Tennessee, wrecking buildings, injuring railroad property and causing much damage to the cotton'crop. Two Are Killed by Dynamite. While thawing out dynamite at a railroad grading camp thirty miles west of Cheyenne, Wyo., George Sanders and Patrick McQue were blown to pieces and a number of other men were injured. Gambler Killed in Kansas City. Claude Chittenten, aged 30, a gambler, was shot and killed at Kansas City by Percy Seawell, aged 19, of Mangen, Oklahoma. New York Hu 7,268,012. The population of the State of Now York, as officially announced, is 7,208,012, as against 5,997,858 in 1890. This la an increase of 1,270,159, or 21.1 per orat.

MARK HANNA’S DAUGHTER.

Senator Mark Hanna has a tenderer Interest in prospect just now than any' that can come out of his political maneuvering. ' , , ... His youngest daughter, Miss Ruth, now a school girl at Farmington, Conn., is preparing for her first flight among the butterflies of society. There are great plans forming for the coming-out party, which will take place in Cleveland about holiday time. Miss Ruth is to spend much of the winter, after her debut, at the Hanna home, in Lafayette square, Washington, where gayer doings are expected than have marked any previous season.

GALE SWEEPS OVER OHIO.

Houses Blown Down, Roofs Torn Off, and Small Boats Driven Ashore. A terrific windstorm swept over northern Ohio on Wednesday, doing great damage. At Liepsic many buildings were blown down and roofs torn off others. The streets were filled with debris, while telegraph and telephone wires were laid upon the ground and poles blown over. At Sandusky four large icehouses were destroyed, several buildings were unroofed and small boats blown ashore. The damage is $20,000. Shipping interests were badly crippled. Around Port Clinton, Marblehead and Oak Harbor many buildings were unroofed and other damage done. In the oil fields the loss is very heavy. Hundreds of derricks and boiler houses have been scattered over the fields. An oil man said the damage would reach fully $250,000. At Tippecanoe City S. Shearer’s tobacco sheds were wrecked and the Masonic Hall and other buildings damaged. At Bucyrus the German Lutheran Church was badly damaged and the Ohio Central roundhouse partly unroofed. The Storm in New York. In New York City there was a sudden darkening of the sky. A few minutes latet rain suddenly appeared, and in less than a minute was coming down in sheets. Following it came a blast of wind which for a time blew at a velocity of seventy-two miles an hour. The wind tore a skylight weighing two tons from its fastenings and blew it into Fifth avenue. With a crash the skylight struck a carriage, driven by Charles Uggla, who was passing. The edge of the skylight struck Uggla on the head. He was probably fatally injured. . At Buffalo the wind blew at the rate of sixty-five miles an hour. At the PanAmerican grounds the building for the cyclorama of Missionary Ridge was blown down, and another Midway building was seriously injured. Scaffoldings were torn from some of the buildings, and sections of several roofs were torn off. Several workmen are reported injured.

SIX MEN ROB A TRAIN.

Robbers Stop Passenger at Gifford, Ark., by Building Fire on Track. The north-bound Iron Mountain cannon ball passenger train was held up at Gifford, Ark., at 7:15 o’clock Wednesday evening by six masked men. > The train was delayed by the robbers forty-five minutes. The robbers covered the track with railroad ties and built a big fire in the center of the pile. The engineer, susr picious of an attempted robbery, tried to pull through, but the ties caught in the pilot and stopped the engine. Instantly three masked men appeared and ordered the engineer and fireman to come down from the cab at once, and another of the robbers went to the side of the car and commanded the conductor to remain inside. Each order was obeyed. While the four robbers were standing guard and occasionally firing a shot to frighten the passengers, two remaining bandits entered the express car and ordered Messenger Samuel W. Avery to step aside.

The large safe was charged five times with dynamite, each explosion making a terrific noise and tearing some portion from the car. A large hole was bored into the door of the safe, but entrance could not be effected. The robbers finally announced that they had no more dynamite and gave up the task of forcing open the door. Then they picked up a box of money and several packages and ran to their horses hitched nearby and rode rapidly away. No attempt was made to disturb or molest the passengers.

ARMY SUICIDES AND HOMICIDES.

Found to Be Less During Active Military Operations. The tabulation of the canes of suicidet and homicides which occurred in the ar-' my during the years 1898 and 1899 are compared in the annual report of Surgeon General Sternberg with the case* which occurred during the ten 1888-97. Contrary to the general anticipation it is found that there were among the troops during the last two years relatively fewer homicides than during the years of the previous decade, and that the mean annual ratio of suicides per thousand men was about two and onehalf times greater during the decade of peaceful garrison life than during the recent period of active military service.

News of Minor Note.

J. R. Harriston is now acting director of I>osts in Cuba. Government will purchase 1,000 more horses for the Philippines. New York and Paterson, N. have begun crusades against vice. A German soldier says that at LiangHsiang all the Chinamen were killed and then burned. Secretary Heath has selected offices at Vermont avenue and H street, Washington, for national Republican headquarters. • - .' ’ •

IN THE PUBLIC EYE

A man widely known in the commercial world of two continents passed away in the recent death of It. G. Dun of New

R. G. DUN.

tained. Robert Graham Dun was bcm in Chillicothe, Ohio, in 1826. He received an academic education and at 16years of age entered a country store, his wages being $2 a vl>ek. He soon became a partner in the business, but did not remain long, going to New York to accept a clerkship in a then new mercantile agency. His energy resulted in his rapid progress and in 1854 he became a member of the firm. Five years later- he bought out his partner’s interest and. thereafter was head of the concern.

Marshal Yamagata, premier of Japan, has resigned, and Marquis Ito has been called on to form a new cabinet. Marquis Ito was premier during the China-Jap-

anese war, and is now at the head of a new party. Marshal Yamagata reorganized Japan’s army and put it in shape to whip the Chinese.

Count Bernhard von Buelow, who has crowne.d his rapid and brilliant rise to political power and fame by becoming

the chancellor of Germany in the place of HohenloheSchillingfurst, has the shortest career of any of the great statesmen and diplomats of the world. At 50 he finds himself at a pinnacle of eminence reached by others only after laborious and haz-

ardous toil and waiting. In 1897 Count von Buelow was selected by the Kaiser for the post of foreign minister, and since that time he has been the Emperor’s right-hand man.

That she might have the honor of christening one of Uncle Sam’s warships and not violate the tradition that none

RUTH LAWRENCE.

broke a bottle of wine on the bow of the United States torpedo boat Lawrence as the vessel glided down the ways for her first plunge into the briny element. After five years of hoping against hope at the age of 64 years, Charles Broadway Rouds, the blind millionaire New York

merchant, has withdrawn his offer of $1,000,000 for the restoration of his sight. His sight began to fail in 1802, and within three years he lost it entirely. His offer of $1,000,000 for ( a cure encouraged thousands of quacks and fanatics to offer their services. Specialists

in diseases of the eye examined him and said he was suffering from paralysis of the optic nerve, a disease for which there Is no known cure. Gen. William Ludlow, whose visit to Europe may result in the creation of a board of general managers for the War

GEN. LUDLOW.

ters with some care. Gen. Ludlow was formerly military attach* of the American embassy in London. In 1896 he investigated the ship canal systems of Europe, and Asia and made an elaborate and valuable report to the government on this bead. ' ~ New York City’s share of the State taxes next year will be nearly $7,000,000 —55,900,000 for the county of New York, 11,327,000 for the county of Kings, SIBB,000 for Queens and $91,000 for Richr mond. In 1880 the wealth of France was estimated by Mulhall at abaut SI,OOO per capita; that of the United States at about S7BO per capita. There are many indications that the petroleum producing industry on the Pacific elope is to assume much larger proportions.

York. Mr. Dun was at the head of a mercantile agency with branches in the principal cities of the United States and the old. world, and by its aid the exact standing of almost every merchant of repute could be ascer-

COUNT VON BUELOW.

but unmarried wome may christen naval vessels, Miss Ruth Lawrence, daughter of Supreme Court Judge Lawrence of New York, postponed for over a year the date of her wedding. Now, however, her nuptials will soon be celebrated, as ou Wednesday at Weymouth, Mass., she

CHAS. B. ROUSS.

Department, has long been a student of continental and insular military institutions. When he went abroad a few months ago for the special purpose of inspecting foreign army method* be had already reviewed these mat-