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> * \ " v / \ i < j " uuL .'&~ i-Jt*' ' '^OW PI LATIO^l *' ! NLLI- , c | NOIS NEWS. r;k <0 -. •'^i iit "•^3> • Xa Grange Club House la Burned-- Litchfield Miner* on Strike--Novel Horse Hitching Contest--Fined for Inciting: Pana Biot. , Despite the heroic efforts of volunteer •firemen and backet brigades, the beauti­ ful club bouse in La Grange was destroy­ ed by fire. Nothing but the foundation# remain and little of the furniture was saved. The loss is placed at $25,000, par­ tially covered by insurance. A defective flue was the cause of the fire. Two men were injured by falling aebris and there were several narrow escapes. The in­ jured arefllehry Evans, janitor of the building, and F. A. Price, organizer for the Modern Woodmen of America. At 2 o'clock the auditorium roof fell in with a crash. A number of men were in the hall, but fortunately all except two were near the door und escaped without injury. Ev­ ans climbed out through a window and Price was dragged from under the debris. The club house was the property of the tfusic Hall Association of La Grange. Litchfield Miners Out. Miners employed in the mine of the Litchfield Coal Company, at Litchfield, are on strike owing to the discharge of nine of their fellow workmen. The mine is op­ erated by David Davis, captain of Com­ pany K, Fourth Illinois infantry volun­ teers. He'discharged the nine men before the Fourth regiment was ordered South during the war, but during his absence with the regiment the discharged men were reinstated by the superintendent. After his return, on discovering this fact, he again discharged them. The other em­ ployes demanded that the men be rein­ stated, and on Jjae refusal of Captain Da­ vis to accede £o their demands, wept out on strike. Woman in a Piew Role. A novelty in the way of a horse-hitching Contest took place on Main street, in the center of Areola. The unique contest was the outcome of a prize offered by Charles H. Hickman to the lady who would hitch a horse to a buggy the quickest. There were six entries, and each lady took hold of her task with as much unconcern aa the average hostler, and the time made in each case was remarkably fast consider­ ing the space in which the -ladies were compelled to work, the immense crowd taking up every inch of spare room. Miss Watson won first, in 2:30 flat, while Mrs. Alfred Donley was a close second, with a mark of 2:33. Fined for Inciting Riot. Orville and Max Penwell, sons of Op­ erator George V. Penwell, charged with inciting the riot of Sept. 28, when the negro miners and union men fought a bat­ tle on the principal business street of Pana, were each fined $20 and costs in Judge Crosby's court. A similar charge against Louis Jehle was dismissed. The Penwells say they will appeal the case. • Furloughs for Second Illinois. The Third regiment, Illinois volunteer infantry, has been given furloughs and the companies will proceed from New York to their homes. Captain Wainwright, mustering officer, received a telegram stat­ ing that the regiment had been furloughed for sixty days. The question of mastering out is in abeyance. Must Face a Murder Charge. Deputy Sheriff F. P. Rau of Cook Coun­ ty has secured extradition papers for Wil­ liam P. McElhaney, alias William Phil­ lips, who is under arrest at Rocky Ford, Colo. McElhaney is charged with having killed Fred Sebroeder, a neighbor, at La Grange. Schroeder's head was split open with an ax. Brief State Happenings. The Grand Opera House in Mount Car- tnel was destroyed by fire; loss, $20,000. The new La^alle township high school building was dedicated with impressive cpremonies. President McKinley lias appointed Rich­ ard W. Burt surveyor of customs for the port of Peoria. The eighth annual Coles Cbunty FarmT era' Institute met in Charleston and held a two days' session. Rev. H. H. Hurley, who has been the pastor of the Fairbury Baptist Churcn, has tendered his resignation. John Dunne and Miss Mary Marble, leading lady of Hoyt's "Milk White FJag" company, were married in Canton. Wing is experiencing its second visit this year of the diphtheria. Eleven deaths have occurred within the last few days. In the absence of the family of H. J. Jackson of Austin, burglars entered the bouse and took $200 worth of jewelry. Mrs. William Mcfcinley has sent three pairs of slippers to the Peoria ladies en­ gaged in the memorial monument bazaar. They will be placed beside the apron do­ nated by Queen Louise of Denmark, whose death occurred recently. The man known to the Chicago police as "the colored strangler," who for two months had terrorized the neighborhood of the Polk stfeet station, was arretted by Detectives Hermann and Flynn after he had choked and r<5bbed Miss Georgia Fitz- bullen. Harry Neil, a farmer, arrived in Chi­ cago from Melbourne the other night for the purpose of purchasing some stock. Neil had considerable money in his pos­ session, but hearing of the confidence men and the many victims they had found among unsuspecting farmers, he deposited the bulk of his money with the clerk or the hotel at^whicli he was stopping. He then strolled out to view the city. On Clark street he was attacked by two men carrying revolvers. Seizing him by the neck and rendering him almost uncon­ scious by choking, they threw him to the ground and took $15. all the money he had with hijp. from his pocket. John D. Phillips of Green Valley, at his big sale disposed of 200 head of cattle at an average price of $40 per head. There were calves aad all grades of cattle in the herd. Captain *«V. A. Chad wick of the Second Illinois infantry, who bad been ill with typhoid fever at Jacksonville, Fla., died at Chattanooga, while on his way to his h-itisv in Chicago. Charles Williams, town commissioner of West Galena, while en route home, ac­ cidentally fell into a deep gutter bf the roadside, and being unable to extricate himself, smothered to death. At Rockford, the jury in the case of Amil T. and Edward Johnson, charged with highway robbery, returned a verdict of not guilty. The State executive board of the An­ cient Order of Hibernians adjourned at Springfield, after deciding to adopt an in­ surance feature for the order and deciding to accept the resignation of State Presi­ dent John T. Keating. St. John's Lntherhn Evangelical Churcn celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary at Galena. The special services were in charge of the pastor. Rev. Paul S-Schmidt, who was assisted by Revs. E. Schmidt of Racine, Wis,,- and Paul Bierger of Bel­ mont. Wis. The Torrenslandtitle act waa upheld 44n a decision by the Supreme Court. At Elgin, William Heine, a miller, has failed. His liabilities exceed $22,000. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Tan Meter cele­ brated the golden anniversary of their wedding at Charleston. C. H. Hansson has been appointed Dan* ish consul in Chicago to succeed Andrew Peterson, president of the Western State Bank. The forty-eighth annual synod of north­ ern Illinois and southern Wisconsin held its annual session at the Amity Lutheran Church in Lena. The establishment of pearl [button fac­ tories along the Mississippi rivet has de­ veloped the gathering of mussel shells into an important industry. In 6hici.go, while her mother was wash­ ing. Fannie Turner, 17 months old, fell into a tub of water around which she was playing and was drowned. By frantically blowing a whistle burg­ lars decoyed the Arlington Heights police­ man away from his post and meantime several houses were entered and robbed. The Supreme Court has ruled that a wheel tax would be illegal. The decision was handed down in the case of the city of Chicago vs. Lorin C. Collins and others. N. L. Funk, west of Ludlow, figures by a carefully kept account that the corn he fed to a bunch of hogs he recently sold at $3.(J0 brought him 65c per bushel, and re­ gards this as far the best way to market his grain. • . The case of the colored people vs. the Alton Board of Education came up in the County Court and was again continued. The case is now set for hearing Nov. 18. Meanwhile the attendance at the colored schools is steadily increasing. Three men were foiled in trying to rob Rosen weig Bros.' wholesale liquor store at 124 Van Buren street, Chicago, by two mastiff watchdogs which sprang at them and frightened them away. One of the ,trio was shot by Ira Rosenweig. The County Board of Henderson County fixed a bounty of 50c on groundhog and fox scalps, and after the County Clerk had paid out quite a sum on scalps he refused to receive any more, the State's Attorney giving it as his opinion that the board's act was illegal. At Sycamore, the grand jury returned a verdict in the George Parrish case, in­ dicting him for forgery. Steps are being taken to have the case ready for trial dur­ ing the October term of court. His coun­ sel will try to prove an alibi in the Sand- wich Bank forgery case. The Odd Fellows' old folks' home at Mattoon was dedicated with appropriate ceremonics. Many prominent members of the order from all parts of the State were in attendance. A very elaborate program had been Arranged, but on account of rain it had to be very materially curtailed. M&eon County's first corn carnival and free street fair was held at Decatur. The parade was iriade up of all manner of ve­ hicles decorated in corn products. At the corn palace Mayor Taylor delivered an ad­ dress of welcome, to which E. S. Fursman of El Paso responded.- There was a great display of corn products in the palace, where ladies serve food made from .corn. A permanent organization will be effected and hereafter annual corn shows will be held in Decatur. According to her father, Mrs. Howard Gould, formerly Miss Katherine Clem- mons, is 36 years old. "Viola Katherine was born in 1862 in Milton, 111., and lived there with the family until she was 16 years old. She then rejoined her mother, Mrs. Martha Clefnmons, nee Kilpatrick, who had been divorced, two years before, and then she traveled abroad. Her moth­ er afterward became Mrs. Dayan." Mr. Clemmons comes of pioneer stock. His father migrated to Pike County, Illinois, from Clemmonsville, N. C., when the Mis­ sissippi valley Was infested with Indians. He settled in tj>e present town of Milton. At Carlinville, the coroner's inquest has been investigating the causes of death of the victims of the Virden ridt. Verdicts were returned in the cases of Thomas Preston, Albert Morgan and D. H. Kiley, detectives, and Ernest Kentner, Ellis Smith, Edward Welsh, Frank Bilien, A. H.'Brenneman and Joseph Kitterly, min­ ers. Inquests over the other five victims were held outside the county. The verdict in each instance stated that the deceased came to his death by gunshot wounds in­ flicted by weapons in the hands of parties unknown. Na one in any way was cen­ sured or condemned, and no recommenda­ tions to the grand jury were made. In the Sangamon County Circuit Court at Springfield, after being out twenty-one hours, the jury was discharged in the case of the people against the Black Diamond Coal Company, Citizens' Coal Company, Springfield Iron Company, Springfield Coal Mining and Tile Company, Spring­ field Co-operative Goal Company, Capital Coal Company,.Woodside Coal Company, Sangamon Coal Company. Junction Min­ ing Company and West End Coal Com­ pany, comprising the Springfield Coal As­ sociation. charged with violation of the anti-trust law of the State and with con­ spiracy to defraud, by forming an associat­ ion with a view to raising the price of coal. The jury was unable to agree, stand­ ing seven for conviction to five for ac­ quittal. The body of a young man was found ly­ ing in a puddle of mud late on a lonely road seven miles above Peoria. It was well dressed. There was no mud on the polished shoes, showing that the body had been carried to the spot and thrown out of a vehicle. There are two bullet holes in the head, both entering from behind. A small square had been cut from the shirt front, thus removing a diamond. In the man's ciothes was a laundry ticket from the Loomis laundry. 216 Randolph street, Chicago, a card bearing the inscription "P. Welch came Friday," and a Peoria hotel card. Every scrap of lettering had been eut from the linen and clothing. Near where the body was found a small camp fire was smoldering. The coroner found tattooed on the man's right arm the let­ ters "M. W." and a heart. The collar bore the marks "J. L.--4," The Frolic, a converted yacht Mnown as a torpedo boat destroyer, has been assign­ ed to the Illinois naval reserves as a prac­ tice vessel in place of the Wasp and will be sent to Chicago at once. James Wheeler fell from a building at Canal and Sixteenth streets, Chicago, while at work repairing the roof, and died at the Alexian Brothers' hospital. Wheel­ er was a carpenter, 40 years old. A man on the North Side in Chicago amuses himself by daubing young wom­ en's dresses with red and green paint. So far he has spoiled the garments of four girls and the police are looking for him. The Andalusia correspondent of the Rock Island Union says: It is said that when cool weather approaches the clams will assemble in beds, often two and three feet deep. A lot of men and boys are en­ gaged at raking the bottom of the river and "shelling" will be quite a business from now until ice comes. Judge Francis M. Wright of the appel­ late court at Springfield has been trans­ ferred to the third district to take the place of Judge Glenn, who recently resign­ ed. Judge Harry Higbee of Pittsfield was appointed to fill the vacancy in the second district occasioned the transfer Judge Higbee is one of the youngest men on the circuit bench. >RK. WHY THIS ISSUE SHOULD BE KEPT BEFORE THE PEOPLE. Increase in the Anoint Paid to Wig* Earners During the Current Year Estimated at More than Two Thou- and Millions of Dollars. The recently published comprehen­ sive industrial census of leading indus­ tries in forty-seven States and Terri­ tories, issued by the American Protec­ tive Tariff League, proves that the amount of wages paid to labor in the UnitM States was 44 per cent, greater In 1898 than during the distressful year of 1895. This document was prepared by Hon. Robert W. Tayler, who repre­ sents in Congress the district formerly represented by President McKinley. The vitally important question arises^ What does the increase of 44 per cent, in wages amount to in dollars and cents? This can be answered approxi­ mately upon the basis of the wages paid during the census year 1890. The wages paid in manufactures alone dur­ ing that year amounted to $2,283,216,- 529. Forty-four per cent, of this Amount is $1,004,615,272. This repre­ sents approximately the increased amount of wages j»aid to labor in man­ ufactures in the United States during the year 1898, as compared with the amount paid in 1895. It far exceeds the value of the commercial advantages which will be realized from all the ter­ ritorial acquisitions of the country dur­ ing the recent war, even if we shall ac­ quire Cuba. In a word, during the present administration of our national affairs the victories of peace through the adequate protection of American Industry are far more renowned than those of war. Again, this increase in the amount of wages paid to labor exceeds the aver­ age annual value of the exports of mer­ chandise from the United States during the last five years by $31,662,966. This is not a strange thing. The internal commerce of the United States many times exceeds in value Its foreign com­ merce. The value of the home market is at least twenty times the aggregate value of all our foreign markets. But the foregoing statement as to the value of the advantages derived from protection ($1,004,615,272) falls very far short of the truth. It is based upon the wages paid 1n manufactures alone dur­ ing the year 1890. If to It were added the amount of wages paid in agricul­ ture, in mining and in all other Indus­ tries the gain for the year 1898 over the year 1895 would undoubtedly amount to nearly if not quite two thousand mllliou dollars a year. Under unbroken protection the num­ ber of persons employed in manufac­ tures increased from 1,311,246 in 18(50 to 4,712,622 in 1890; the value of the products of manufacture increased from $1,885,861,676 in 1860 to $9,372,- 437,283 in 1890, and the annual earn­ ings per capita of laborers employed in manufactures Increased from $289 in 1860 to $484 in 1890. Again, the value of domestic exports of merchandise from the United States increased from $793,392,599 during the calamitous year of 1895 to $1,210,291, 913 during the prosperous year of 1898, For the first time in the history of the country, the value of the exports of manufactured goods from the United States during the year ended June 30, 1898, exceeded the value of the imports of manufactured goods into the United States. In his last annual message to Con­ gress, submitteckDecember, 1892, Pres­ ident Harrison snowed that the coun­ try was then at the high water mark of prosperity. Upon the inauguration of President Cleveland In 1893 the country was plunged into the depths of despondency as the result of free trade. But again, under protection, it has at­ tained unto a greater degree of pros­ perity than ever before. It would seem that these important facts have been lost sight of even by many Republican speakers and news­ papers in the light of the brilliant achievements of our army and navy. If we fail to profit by the more Important lessons of experience in the arts of peace, the patriotic soul of this nation may Well exclaim, in the language of Rudyard Kipling's recessional hytian: Lord, God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget; lest we forget. Extend Protection to Ships. We must be able to feel secure in the control of our home markets before there is any letting down of the pro tective bars. Just at present protec tion should be extended and the great carrying trade of this nation should be brought under control of American in terests. We are paying three hundred million dollars a year in this direction, because we are not yet able to com­ pete with the cheap labor on foreign ships. We can build the sJiips as cheaply, but we cannot run them at as low a figure as can the foreign own­ ers, principally on account of the star­ vation wages paid to foreign seamen. The remedy is not to even up this dis­ advantage by reducing the wages of American seamen, but by extending the benefits of protection to American shipping, whereby we can successfully compete with that of any foreign na­ tion, and at the same time pay higher wages. This has Jbeen^he result of all other American inijwrtxies fostered by protection; there is no reason why it should not work as successfully in building up an American merchant marine.--Tacoma Ledger. Mnst Cone to This Country. The "importer's revenge" referred to Tn a recent issue of the American Econ­ omist--that of retaliating upon our gov­ ernment's refusal to admit undervalued goods by establishing a large plant in the United States for the manufacture of these goods--impresses the Minne­ apolis Tribune as "an interesting illus­ tration of the working of the protective principle in favor of American labor." The Tribune remarks; If this is their mode of securing "re­ venge" on the customs officials, it will be a revenge that will conduce to the inter­ est of American labor and American farm­ ers and merchants, for the work of manu­ facturing their goods will be done here, American workmen will be employed, and the wages paid to their employes will be spent here instead of abroad. Thus pro­ tection encourages an. importation of cap­ ita! and industries rather than of goods. The way to national development is through the diversification and multiplica­ tion of industries. Political economists say we need foreign capital to properly stimulate our growth, and the application of the protective principle is bringing it to "*•; .'4. • "Si , "INbrnt* Is Plenty ofGold. . /'•' '*• The refutation of the plea of the sll- verites that there Is not enough gold to answer the demands of the gold stand­ ard for money Is found in the reports of the production of gold throughout the world. The Director of the Mint has just published his report of the gold produc­ tion of the United States and of the world for last year. It shows a vast in­ crease over 1896, just as 1896 showed an increase over preceding years. Taking the world's production, Afri­ ca leads with something over $58,000,- 000. The United States comes next with over $57,000,000, and Australia next with over $55,000,000. Russia leads European countries with $23,000,- 000. Altogether the world's output of gold for 1897 was nearly $238,000,000, which Is an increase of $35,000,000 over the output of 1896, and more than twice as much as was produced In 1890. The Indications for the present year are that these figures will be surpassed and that not less than $270,000,000 will be the production for 1898. The statistics for the United States show that Colorado has at least sur­ passed California as a gold State, her output being $19,000,000, as against $14,000,000 for California. South Da­ kota--the Black Hills region--comes next with $5,000,000, and Montana with $4,000,000. With such a produc­ tion of gold the world over--one that is a permanent addition to the world's wealth--how futile It is to say that there is not gold enough to answer the demands of a monetary system found­ ed upon It. It may seem paradoxical to say so, but the more gold we have the less we will need it as money. The world's business Is done with paper, and all that is needed is a uniform standard for the paper. That standard Is gold, and we have it in abundance.--Chica­ go Times-Herald. Republicanism and Labor. A formidable movement of capital­ ists in Massachusetts for repeal of laws enacted in the Interests of labor was turned down by the Republican Legislature in 1897. The object of the movement was to put the cotton manu­ facturing industry on a more equal footing with the Southern mills. The recent Republican State convention of Massachusetts adopted the following resolution: o The laws of Massachusetts passed in the interest of wage earners, establishing short hours of labor, compulsory educa­ tion for children, frequent payment of earnings, guarding, as far as practicable by law, life and limb from the risks of machinery, and demanding the best sani­ tary conditions for the workshop and home, have proved wise and wholesome. If, in the industrial development of the country, they have become adverse factors in competition, the remedy is not in their repeal, but through education and the ef­ forts of organized labor to procure the en­ actment of similar laws in the other States of the Union. The charge is frequently made by the opposition that the Republican action In Massachusetts gives no sup­ port to the charge. An Astonishing Fact. The Tables Turned on England. An Associated |*ress dispatch from Washington says that the fact that British imports into the United States have fallen off greatly in the past year, while American exports to Great Brit­ ain have greatly increased, has been anonunced from time to time during the year, but the full year's figures just presented by the treasury bureau of statistics, bring to the surface some in­ teresting facts heretofore unpublished. These figures show that while the ex­ ports from the United States to Eng­ land have increased 12 per cent., the imports from England have fallen off 35 per cent. The exports from this country to England duriug the past year, in round numbers, were five times as much as the imports from England, the figures being: Imports from England $109,138,365 Exports to England $540,860,152 Our Imports from England decreased 12 per cent, and our exports to Eng­ land Increased 35 per cent., inakiug a net gain for the United States of 47 per cent., almost one-half, and yet the Democrats condemn Republicanism and protection! Narrow-Minded and Unthinking. After the Dingley protective tariff lias not only opened the factories, but the mines; after the law has made pos­ sible the greatest foreign trade report in our history, and after it has demon­ strated that under ordinary circum­ stances the Dingley tariff would pro­ vide ample revenue for the ordinary expenses of the government, it Is only in keeping with the narrow-minded and unthinking calamity press to" con­ tinue their attacks oin the law and to declare it a failure,--Hartford (Ky.) Republican. Of Paramount Importance. The fact remains that if we are to find and retain foreign markets after they have been found, a restoration of our merchant marine is of paramount importance.--Boston Commercial Bul­ letin. ACCEPTS THE TERMS. SPAIN AGREES TO ASSUME THE CUBAN DEBT. Stubborn Dens Have Bowed to Your Uncle Sam and It Is Now Believed that Peace Negotiations Will Pro­ ceed More Rapidly. It was announced in Washington Fri­ day morning that the peace negotiations in Paris were proceeding satisfactorily, and that Spain had accepted the terms of the United States Hi regard to the Cuban debt, and all matters within the province of the joint commission excepting the disposi­ tion of the Philippines. The articles of the protocol settled are: 1. The cession of Porto Rico to the United States. 2. The relinquishment of all sovereignty over Cuba and dependent islands, and the cession of Cuba to the United States for its pacification and the establishment of a stable government. 8. This country assuming no portion of the Cuban debt. 4. The cession to the United States of an island (Guam) in the Ladrone group. 5. The withdrawal of Spain's forces from the western hemisphere (now going on). The one article to be decided is that pro­ viding that the United States shall occupy and hold the harbor a.nd city of Manila and Subig bay until a peace commission determines the rights of both Spain and the United States in the Philippines. The negotiations were nearly wrecked on the Cuban debt snag. The Americans were unyielding in their refusal to assume a single dollar of that debt, despite the threats of the Spaniards to break off the proceedings. Finally, the Americans re­ maining obdurate. Senor Montero Rios, head of the Spanish commission, tele­ graphed his resignation to Madrid, and af­ fairs became extremely critical. Had his resignation been accepted, the other Span­ ish commissioners would have followed suit, and the peace negotiations would have come to an abrupt end. This result was averted by the action of the Queen Regent in begging Rios to continue. As a last resort]; the Spanish commis­ sioners begged for mercy, declaring that should Spain be compelled to assume the whole of the Cuban debt, it would mean her utter financial ruin. This appeal was sent to President McKinley, and resulted in the midnight cabinet meeting in Phila­ delphia Wednesday night. The president and his advisers decided again that Spain must assume the debt, and the Spanish commissioners were forced to accept the inevitable. WARSHIPS TO CUBA. Havana Harbor Is to Be Dragged for Mines. The President has decided that Ameri-, can warships shall be stationed in Havana harbor, as requested by Admiral Samp­ son and other members of the evacuation commission. The delay has been due to official reluctance to expose national ves­ sels and sailors to a possible repetition of the Maine horror. It was deemed discreet to await convincing assurances from the Spanish authorities that no torpedoes re­ mained which might be exploded by dis­ gruntled civilians or revengeful Spanish soldiers. These assurances have now been forthcoming, but, nevertheless, every pre­ caution against rascality will be exercised. The naval administration has for some time been engaged in equipping the Eagle and Vixen at the Norfolk navy yard, os­ tensibly for surveying duty, but in reality these vessels have been provided with ap­ paratus for dragging Havana harbor for possible mines, and they will be promptly dispatched to carry out their purpose. It is not intended to send any of the* larger armorclads to Cuba. STEAMER DOTY LOST. She and Her Entire Crew Are at Bottom of Lake Michigan. The magnificent lake steamer L. R. Doty is lost. Her crew of eighteen or nineteen - perished, beyond reasonable doubt, in Tuesday's hurricane. The wreck­ age brought in to Chicago by the tug Prodigy was fully identified. The Olive Jeannette, the consort of the Doty, was towed into port Friday morning. On Tuesday afternoon at 5 o'clock the towline between her and the steamer snapped. Then the two were As nearly as can be fig­ ured thirty-five miles off Milwaukee. From that time the Doty's story will never be told. The fearful but vain fight of eigh­ teen or nineteen men for their lives in the wild hurricane will remain an unwritten page in the history of lake disasters. Even where they found their graves will never be known. NATIVES OF CUBA MAY ENLIST. "LOBSTERINV Plan to Add Spaniards and Cubans to United States Army. In $is annual report Secretary Alger wpl recommend that Cubans and Span­ iards who are now in Cuba be enlisted in the United States army for the purpose of doing garrison duty on the island. It is estimated that there are about 15,000 Spanish soldiers who will regain in Cuba, and that a large percentage of this num­ ber will seek enlistment in the ranks of the regular army. It is also estimated that there are about 60,000 Cuban insur­ gents who would gladly accept service in the American army. A DIET OF GLASS. One. of the most heroic of New York's workers is Marvin Clark, the blind newspaper man. Five years ago he lost his sight, after a journalistic career of thirty years. As soon as it was decid­ ed that he was hopelessly blind he taught himself the use of the typewrit­ er, and, by having the papers read to him dally, manages to keep his place as a worker in his profession. Mrs. Sanderson's Servant Tells How Aged Victim Was Killed. j£t the first day's hearing of the sensa­ tional Sanderfeon murder case at Battle Creek, Mich., the chief witness for the State testified. This witness is Marls Robertson, the former servant of Mr. and Mrs. Sanderson. She told in detail the story of how Mrs. Mary Butterfield San­ derson fed her aged husband daily on ground glass, which finally tore his vitall away.' The witness said that the accused woman had told her she loathed her aged husband, whom she designated an "old fool." STARVATION OF A STUDENT. A Profitable Industry, Althougih Diffi- cult to Fdlletr. One of the most profitable Industries down on the coast of Maine- is "lob- sterin'." It is a? laborious occupation, and those who follow it have to endure much hardship and exposure and many perils from the sea. Lobsters are caught on rocky bottoms In "traps" or "pots," which are made Of hickory sap­ lings after the fashion of a crockery crate. At the two small ends holes are arranged with spikes of flexible wood running to a focus, so that the lobster, tempted to enter by a bait hung from the center, finds it Impossible fo get out. The moat common bait are cod­ fish heads and fish which are too plen­ tiful and unpopular to be salable In market The pots are submerged in two or three fathoms of water with stone sinkers* and their location mark­ ed by short logs of wood fastened to them by ropes and allowed to float on the surface. Twice a day, at sunrise and sunset, the pots are visited, and the lobsters are taken out and thrown into & chest In the boat, with a lot of seaweed to keep them fresh and give them "some­ thing to chaw on." After the pots have all been emptied the lobsters are all taken to a large "float*" at some con­ venient spot, where they are trans­ ferred to a tank and kept until called for. Lobsterers who are convenient to itowns sell most of their catch In the local market. Those who are working at distant and isolated spots along the coast are visitedifevery week or ten days by tugs fitted up with large tanks or reservoirs, capable of holding from 10,- 000 to 15,000 lobsters. These vessels patrol regularly up and down the coast, and when their tanks are full drop in at Boston or New York and unload. The life of the lobsterer is lonely, as well as dangerous. He generally lives alone In a cabin on a rocky Island, cooks his own meals of fish and bacon, and spends his days catching bait for his traps. Nearly all of them have lob­ ster "farms," where the undersized lob­ sters and those with spawn are impris­ oned In salt water ponds to grow and breed. The law protects the traffic by imposing a heavy fine upon the sale of small ones.--Chicago Record. Death of a Trinity College Man Caused by Lack of Food. James N. Allen, a Trinity College stu­ dent of the class of 1902, died at Hartford, Conn., Tuesday of starvation after having made "a heroic effort to work his way through college on a dollar a week. He got along on a little more than $1 a week, eating only bread and coffee and carefully guarding his poverty from his fellow stu­ dents. The room he occupied was given to him and furnished by President Smith. THREATENS TO SHOOT. Governor Tanner Will Make Trouble for Imported Labor. "I reiterate that I will not tolerate'this wholesale Importation of foreigners into Illinois. And if I hear that a mob is to be brought into this State, such as was taken into Virden, I care not on what railroad it comes or for whom, I will meet it at the State line and shoot it to pieces with Gat- ling guns." So declared Gov. Tanner in a speech de­ livered before 1,200 auditors gathered at the Knights of Pythias hall in Madison, 111. The Governor blamed the mine op- wtow tor ths loss at lift at Virdsn. QUEER OHIO LIGHTING. A Bolt from a Cloudless Sky that Killed Only Black Sheep. ujost singular freak ot lightning occurred on my farm and its vicinity one day In August," recently remark­ ed William Arndt, of Van Wert Coun­ ty, Ohio. "A thunderstorm had passed over the locality Just before noon, and the clouds had nearly all broken away or rolled off to the southward. The sun had come out and all uneasiness over the storm had passed wljen a terrific thunderclap, so close to the earth that It trembled as If from an earthquake, broke from a cloudless noonday sky. "I had a flock of forty sheep in a pasture a short distance from my farmhouse, and they had huddled to­ gether under a big maple tree In thq field while the rain wa!s falling. They were still there when the great thun­ derclap broke the* stillness succeeding the storm. Eighteen of the sheep were black. I found that every one of them had been killed by the strange light­ ning, while not one of the other sheep was injured. Each dead sheep had a round hole In the back of his neck, around which the wool was burned away. The killing of the eighteen black sheep was the extent of the damage done on my farm. On ao ad-, joining farm a flock of sheep were standing in a circle, and every sheep on the outside row was killed--twenty in all. None of the rest was'hurt. On another farm a flock of sheep, among which was a big black ram, the only black one In the flock, was In a pas­ ture, huddled about the big ram. The ram was found dead in the field with a burned hole in his neck, and his black fleece had been turned as white by the shock as that of any sheep in the flock." Unique and Costly Books. There are many rare and costly books In the world, but the most expensive of all are certain copies of religious books. A copy of the Koran, now in pos­ session of the Shah of Persia, Is worth one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. Its parchment sheets are bound In a solid gold cover an eighth of an inch in thickness, with a silver lining equally thick. This golden cover Is decorated with precious stones In the form of a crescent One hundred and nine dfamonds, one hundred and sixty- seven pearls, and one hundred and twenty-two rubles, make up the brill­ iant decoration. By the side of this book the Churchman places a copy of the Bible as one among the costliest books of the world. At the present time it has no price, for money would not buy It. It Is a Hebrew version now in the Vatican. As long ago as 1512 Julius II. refused to part with it for Its weight In gold. There is In the library at Gottingen a unique Bible written on 5,373 palm leaves. Among uncom­ mon religious books must be classed the edition of the Bible Issued by the Oxford University press. It Is only one and a quarter inches in length, and one and seven-eighths In breadth. It has to be read by means of a magnifying glass, and one Is given with this tiny Bible for two shillings and three pence, or fifty-six cents. The Marquis of Dufferin has a small volume one- 'half the size of a postage stamp. It is an edition of the sacred book of the Sikhs. After the Ceremony. An unmarried woman is Holland al­ ways takes the right arm of her es­ cort, while the married one selects the left side of her husband. So deeply has this custom entered into the life of the Hollanders that at a church wed­ ding the bride enters the edifice on the right side of the groom, the young wife returning on the left side of her hus­ band-when the ceremony has been per­ formed. An Old Work on Mathematics. The Rhlnd manuscript, now in the British museum, is the oldest intelligi­ ble mathematical work extant that has ever been deciphered. natty costume Of a ncler ana was tall and good looking enou to be a hero. He had whispered to sosiB of the girls at thffr • ~ *•» picnic that he was =• : \J. by the side of "Ted»VY v.;.-.*: T dy" Roosevelt whep the Spanish mark# N - men began to peppgr J away .with fatal feet from the impejf- , e etrable underljmsfc - nt El Caney. He ha* - Kg all the gingerbread ' af! he could eat in siK weeks and the girii.y,' • I. ̂ just couldn't e n o u g h f o r h t a i . ' p $ There Was' one light* . haired miss, though, who didn't seem sat- . < isfied with the identity of the soldier and she attacked him with all the savagery of e l a Spanish guerrilla. _ * V- "Now, how does it c^me that your isn't worn any?" was her first shot. " • "Oh, that's easy to explain," respondent 1 the youth. "My old clotheg were such a -Jp ?1 sight when I got back to camp they made \ . J me put on new ones. They were afraid X ^ J would disgrace them." "* - s "Well, what troop did you belong to il /,1 that far away country?" "Troop D. Could have been corporal If J I wanted, but would rather fight in tfeU ^ ranks, you know." The other girls were getting restless, be* cause their idol was being impeached, aiu! looked indignant at the quizzer. * ^ *_*Oh, 'troop D.' was it?" came the retort. , <• 'i "Now, you just'^iun away from here fast as you can. My Jack was in thsft company and he wrote me that all the boy* „ - ^ bad their mustaches shaved off before ; _, battle and you've got one a mile long." - And the would-be veteran abandoned* ' if gingerbread and girls and went in searcR° f ~'iCM of other hero worshipers two miles awaapNj. When a soldier enters the detention hqf>" ' pital all of his clothes are burned. Oniil man who had been furloughed asked tc0... his clothing and $12 that he had left is his shirt pocket. It was all of his fund^ snd he relied on it to pay his fare horn^ He was told that his clothing had beept burned and the $12 also, as no one had thought to look in the little pocket. A* this news the weak and miserable felloj Collapsed, and it was necessary to agai put him on his cot. He was lying semi* conscious, overcome with disappointment and the hopelessness of his position, wheft a nurse went to his bedside. "It was all* a mistake about your mon<ey being bunfe» ed," she said, "and here it fs.*' With that" she handed him $12. The poor felIot#r could not at first realize his g<t>od fortun^jp .but finally he smiled and then fell asleejk The nurse was Miss Harriet l£. Hawlejj^ daughter of Gen. Hawley of Washington, who cast her lot in- the detention hospital) when help was greatly needed there. The $12 was really burned, and Miss Hawie|r toi<l a tit>, for which she will no doubt task forgiven. She had collected the money. from doctors and nurses* subscribing tifc. most herself. ... .. •/ it?,/ ^ Some of the volunteer soldiers who put under the command of regular army officers soon after the begiuning of the waff found it a little hard to learn all the lingo of the camps. An oBiceri «ent .a youngs volunteer orderly to requisition* at tbft quartermaster's stores some tentage, and^. when he returned, questioned him: "Of* derly?" "Yes, sir." "Did,.yaw, get tbft teuts 4 ordered?" "Yes, sir*1* -"Did yeifc ,get the wall-tents?" "Yes, sir.'" "And the A tents?" "Yes, sir." "And the dog» tents?" "Yes, sir." "And the flies far the wall-tents?' "Flies,"sir? No, sir?* "What? Now, why didn't you get th* flies?" The soldier saluted respectfully^, at any rate, he combined a salute and motion which brushed away a cloud flies from in front of his nose. "Camp full of them, sir!" he answe&d., " 'M'i ' v Papa's Affliction. He--I suppose if I werp to kiss you you'd scream and bring your father downstairs In a rage, wouldn't you? She--Oh, papa Is very deaf. One of Admiral ^ampsgp's married* daughters, the wife of l<ieut. Roy Smith, lives in Norwich, and has a small Amer*| can of her own at the public schools. Th§\ first time they sang the "Star-Spangled • Banner" in his room the patriotic youngs* ster rose to his feet, and there he stood" reverently and resolutely till the song waa •» over. That's the naval rule, to stand un^ covered when the great national anthem it---v sung or played. With a naval father andt grandfather he followed the laws of th*1 service. It was rather an unusual pro* eeeding. and his playmates undertook t% guy the little patriot about it, but he stood! his ground like a hero. The incident reach««; ed the ears of the local school board, and:; the order at once went out that all schotp 'i\'fl ars of Norwich must stand while the na- sjj tional hymn is sung. {j A recruit had just joined his regiment h| * • , j Santiago, and, meeting an old chum who V" had gone over with the first expedition, v he asked him if Cuba was as bad as thejr'ii' '• -h]" made it out to be in the United StatesMS^ "No, not at all," his chum replied. "Thtf T':€"• fact of the matter is, there's a lot of youn^^ fellows come over here that don't take ft ^ proper care of themselves; they eat and1, ./*' they drink, and they sleep and they diei^„ ./ ^ and then they write home and tell thel#f \ friends it's the climate that's killed them!*** sv|§ I MOONSHINERS l*P IN ARM8. Have Notified Informers to Leav* aa^f Arkausaa County. A war has broken out in Cleburne Coun-» ty. Ark., between about 100 moenshinera and the "informers." A resident of Sear-^ cy in a letter to Gov. Jones says the moonft shiners have banded together and burning the property the property of burning the property of the informers have notified them that they must leave^j the county. Gov. Jones has issued a proclamations offering rewards for the moonshiners, bat as this mode of suppressing the reign of terror is not effective* he has decided to call the State militia cut. Should the* prove inadequate the Governor will de­ clare martial law. The attention of the Federal authorities has been.called to the situation, and Federal troops will be brought into service, should the State be; unable to restore order. \ For years Cleburne County, on account. > of its isolation, has been the refuge of counterfeiters and moonshiners from North Carolina. Virginia. Georgia and- . other States. Last winter information':. . was furnished the revenue officers at Lit-;-- tie Rock which led to the issue of war-; rauts for about 100 residents of that coua- -V ty on the charge of illicit distilling. They united, defied the authorities and dictated '• tenus of surrender, only giving up on con­ dition that they be treated with leniency. » , About niuety of them were assessed nomi- ! nal fines. They thirsted for revenge against the informers. «ind they have been • burning property and subjecting the In­ formers to so aiuch trouble thai the latter have been compelled lo appeal to thf State authorities for ,