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Mtfe* Scandal. elatlons of the mis- police force of Chicago pyaiaze the public. It was ^|pl|ifiiliiil that the depart- some of its commanding ; j| A jgatron of the criminal lag them from prosecu­ tor money or political This was a dignified and business compared wttb the ih which the most recent (tare placed the department, i now not as the protector, bat t»ol of criminals. The accusa­ ls made by one of the societies for prevention of crime that when, a of poolroom oiqpers communi- with police captains and ser- its over the police telephone, which fcaid been kindly placed at the disposal of the runnei-a, and the captains and sergeants forthwith sent out men from the stations to warn the criminals. This Is In some respects the worst re that has been made against 1HI department. Not only does it con- at crime, but it devotes Its ener- i to a systematic defeat of the pro­ of the court It is apparent the manner of the men under Iclon that they are in no terror funishment, and will be in none the sustaining political power id them, which would compel protect vice and crime even FRANCIS O'NEILL. Chicago's New Chief of Polios Who is Out the Department. If they were not too willing to do it, is smashed by the people. ' f ; ' F c u t O c e a n OWp. ^transatlantic crossing of floor and one-half days is promised by a com­ pany which has been formed in Ire­ land. The ships will sail from Bere- haven in Baatry Bay, at the south­ western corner of Ireland, and will connect with a special railway and Channel ferry line to Holyhead. Bere- haven is 2,729 miles from Sandy Hook; Queenstown is 2,849 miles, Southamp­ ton 3,213 miles. The objection to the new route that instantly suggests It­ self is that after the passengers have landed a long and dreary Journey will await them before they arrive in Lon­ don, the goal of a great majority of American travellers. But this objec­ tion may be met partly by fast trains and comfortable boats. The line will be a great benefit to Ireland, and par­ ticularly to a part of Ireland that sore­ ly needs benefits. Famous Tear I JfecKJace. . " A jewelry firm of London are lidw the fortunate J possessors of the mag­ nificent six-row pearl necklace, sold for £20,000 ($100,000) recently at Christie, the property of a French lady of rank, and sold for the pur­ pose of family division, the sale of which created such extraordinary sensation among the connoisseurs of Europe and America, attracting to C The *ar> pastor of tfci Cfwttan of Macomb, 111., la a gentleman mi noticed by the state press at this tl|i| The reason for it la that he recently wrote the following latter: McDonough County Fair Associa­ tion. Macomb, IU.: I herewith return thret BBV. J. H. BATTENS your complimentary ticket for reasons: 1. If r care to attend I am aide to pay my way. 2. I ask no favors and propose to ffrant none to an organization that de­ liberately and defiantly violates ^he laws of both Cod and man. 3. I propose that at least one min­ ister in the city of Macomb shall not be used as an advertisement for an as­ sociation of professional gamblers who conduct their criminal business under the* name of an agricultural fair. James Hoffman Batten." Automatic Mail Deti%/ery. •An ingenious mall service system has been devised by a Massachusetts inventor. The arrangement Is quite complicated, but the manner in which the mechanism works is described as beautifully simple. Letters, instead of being placed in the ordinary boxes, are dropped into Receptacles, which are conveyed by electrical motons to the central station. Swiftly and noiselessly these mail boxes move through the air, stopping at regular intervals for more mail, their arrival at and departure from each pointy being timed as exactly as under the present system. In a word, they are designed to do the greater part of the work that postmen do at present, * Of course, by this method, though letters can be transmitted to and from any point in a city, or perhaps a greater distance, they cannot be de­ livered at individual houses. On the THE MAIL DISTRIBUTORS, other hand, It is claimed that, so far as time is concerned, these electrically propelled mail boxes are far superior to any system now in use. the salerooms the leading merchants of London and the continent. The necklace was sold at the auction to a syndicate of three leading whole­ sale pearl merchants of London, who have now resold it to the above named Jewelers. An AltruUtic Hurjlar. , ^t5hat truth is stranger than fiction was proved once more by the case of John Henderson, the New York burg lar, who confessed his crime and lib- tfnted two innocent colored servants aftout to be convicted of the robbery. Such an incident In a novel would be denounced by the critics as im­ possible for Hen- ' derson had a pre- Jvious record as a burglar, homicide, and convict. That such a man would give himself up and deliberately go to prison as a mat­ ter of conscience Improbable, yet that Is what -- " did. tive power ,t!hat led to his was his love for his in- lOother, apparently coupled with upon seeing innocent persons to aaffer for his crime. is estimated that 26j •d annually in London. Divorce* in Indiana. •; 'Tke state statistican of Indiana has done an important service of sociology by compiling the statistics of mar­ riages and divorces throughout the entire state. If the same work could be done, and done as thoroughly, in every other state a more exhaustive study of the divorce question would be possible, and the needs of uniform legislation would be more apparent. The reports of the statistician show that during the year ending June 80, 1901, the total number Jof marriages in the state was 24,007, and the total, number of divorces granted was'^,009, or about 13 per cent. Undoubtedly some of these divorces have been granted, but it Is extremely doubtful whether such a large percentage of marriages as this should have been annulled. Other statistics are also of Interest. The divorces granted to wives were 1,967, to husbands 6S9, and thla is about the proportions in other states. It does not follow from this that women are more prone to rush into the divorce courts than men. The causes explain the numerical differ­ ence. Of the total (1,967) divorces granted to wives 792 were for ahando- ment by husbands and 901 few cruel treatment by them. These $re suffi­ cient causes and explain the appar­ ently large proportion of wives seek­ ing divorce. It: o§te is the fact tl of silver waa *rhich ag it held, of any" sntt Can that the reason if that the cup has no bottom. more than a generation after the old aehooaer "America" won the cup, be­ fore this fact became known to the club members. It was during a ban­ quet sometime in the early seventies, and when a toast was proposed to the "blue ribbon of tto seas," it w** sttg- gested that the dtp be brought/filled with sparkling champagne, and quaffed in fitting style from that re­ ceptacle. Nets Olsen, the big good- natured superintendent of the club, .;ir is the »% hnlf inod«s of all the ciub fleet, and e that fly the flay the Ame Of WM with the single* exception ot the Barl of Dunraven. are members of the dub. The Irish earl was at one time a member, but was request&d to ar^sigtt after his memorable charge agilost the owner of the "l^fender" , which were absolutely without founda­ tion in fact. ' .. % •Fifty;. :'Jf/ear* Ago* f. More than fifty years ago, before the and anthoSS SIR THMOAS UPTON'S SHAMROCK II. liril d^p^jSied fdr the cup, which was Oldest College Building.. Beecher hall, which now stands on the campus of the Illinois college at J a c k s o n - ville. 111., is the oldest c o l l e g e building in the state, as it is said to have been t h e f i r s t b u i l d i n g erected for college purposes within the boundaries Of the commonwealth. It is a perfectly plain old structure, with a gable roof and square windows, and has been standing in ita present condition for nearly a century. Corporal Ommundson, winner of the Queen's prize at this year's Blsley meeting, is only 24 years old, but is said to be the best rifle ahfit In the United Kingdom. The states of New York and New Jersey alone have a population nearly equal, to that .^ff p^aada aitf, Australia duty brought forth from its niche and placed in front of the toastmaster. Several bottles- of wine were brought, but just before pouring the fizzing fluid into the silvery depths, it occur­ red to some one to look inside the cup. It was found to be minus a bottom, and the wine was drunk in the ordi­ nary manner. Other Valuable Cup*. The America's Cup, although the most noted of any prize in the world, is not the only one that has attracted attention in yachting circles. Two other famous cups, presented by the New York Yacht Club--the Cape May Cup and the Brenton Reef Cup-- have been won In international con­ tests by the British cutter " Genes ta." T h e ' G e n e s t a " e r a s e d t h e o c e a n i n , quest of the America's Cup, but the "Puritan," designed by Burgess, of Boston, proved superior. Before leav­ ing, the "Genesta" was entered in the race for the Cape May Cup off the Jer­ sey coast, and in the Brenton's Reef Cup was sailed off Newport. She won them both, and it was not until Royal Phelps Carroll's "Navahoe" crossed the ocean that an American yacht again competed for these trophies. She brought back the Brenton's Reef Cup, tmt the Cape May Cup still adorns the handsome club house of the Royal Yacht Squadron at Cowes. /*•*» VorK yacht Club. /* Three races across the ocean have been held by yachts of the New York Yacht Club, one between the "Daunt­ less" and "Coronet," and the other between the "Vesta," "Fleetwing," and "Henrietta"; the latter was sailed dur­ ing December, and proved the sea­ worthiness of the American craft. The yachts enrolled in the club, both sail and steam, are the fastest in the world, and the magnificence in fitting them out is notable. J. Pierpont Mor­ gan's "Corsair III.," which is a repre­ sentative boat of the fleet, cost Its owner about $75,G00 a year while she i«*in commission, and even then, he is not noted as a lavish entertainer. The club has recently built a new home on West Forty-fourth street, New York city, which is the finest of its kind in the world. In design, it is of modern Italian rennaissance. It is For "Piano flayer*. One of the . most important things for an ambitious young piano player to acquire the prop- method holding ualng a r m s wrists. Often it is said the ca- r e e r o f promt s i n g J p l a y e r i s spoiled or at least delayed because they have not been properly taught. Now danger of such a misfortune is to be avoided by • patent harness by the use of which ft Is impossible to hold the hands in­ correctly. The invention is called a hand guide for piano players, and consists of two carriages and two wrist holders and guides. The carriages are connected by a supporting rod, as is shown the cut, so that they can travel al and above the keyboard of the and they are also so tacbed to the wrist guides that nineteenth siistic century grew old, a few enthusiastic yachtsmen met on board Commodore Stevens' schooner "Gim- crack," and organized the New York Yacht Club. There were about a doz­ en men in the cabin of the old yacht, HBk AMERICA'S CUP. together t&t pure sport Succei the new organization was drunk simpler beverages of the time. those days when the sport of lng was scarcely In its teen®, yachts­ men were not the luxurious set Wfeo, in these days of splendid steam yaeftts, recline under awnings and sip cham­ pagne from cut glasses, while tbiitiOitt zephyrs waft the blue smoke from their perfectos to leeward, and the song of the sea gurgles soothingly past the shapely hull. Many years ago the "Gimcrack" joined her prototypes in "Davy Jones' locker," but justhoW New York Yacht club has prospered is a matter of history. Its growth fM healthy. Many young fellows Jotofld the little coterie, and the squadrpa swelled from half a dozen : nlodest sailing yachts to the greatest fleet of pleasure craft in the wide world. To­ day the blue burgee, with its red cross and white star Is known land respected on all the seven seas. The fou&wnt of the club did not grow old, bill drifted into eternity at intervals. None of them is alive to-day. The Princess Frederick-August of Saxony, daughter of the grand duke and duchess of Tuscany, who some day will be queen of Saxony, is ta^&iyjf a regular course of training as trained nurse at the Lutheran hospital in Dresden. The* princess is particularly interested in ambulance work' ,ai*d "first aid to the injured." * Louise Chandler Moulton, the poet­ ess, has been a lifelong friend of James McNeil Whist'er, having been a schoolmate of the artist. A number of his earliest paintings are in her possession. An oil tank, holding 1,260,000 gallons, has been built In San Francisco for storing oil fuel for the use of the street railway companies. N*W YORK YACHT CLUB'S CUP DEFENDER CONSTITUTION. ; movement fa completely controlled. The carriages are supported on rub­ ber-tired wheels, and there are metal rings through which the wrists are passed when the player sits down to the piano. The deylce can be attached to any instrument, and after it has been used a few months it Is said that ail tendency to take a wrong position is permanently overcome. Former Governor John LIttd of Min­ nesota, who is now practicing law In Minneapolis, has been suspected of en­ tertaining an ambition to try for the governorship again. "My highest am­ bition," said Mr. Llnd a few days ago, "is to serve the people of Minneapolis In the city council." The politicians of the state regard the declaration as a joke, though Mr, Llnd insists !** is in e a r n e s t . ' y J ' - P Montreal, Toronto and Quebec re­ tain their old places at the head of the city list in the Canadian census. Que? bee, however, is hard pressed by Ot­ tawa, which goes up from fifth to with, tb*. handsome gain combined. Vf ; Our Crotving £jrport CFrade. The preliminary report of imports and exports for last month shows a continuance of the gratifying condi­ tions that have prevailed during the late years. There is an increase Of a little more than $1,000,0#© in iaipoits and a little more than $2,000,000 in the exports for the month. The total iafr* ports of domestic products for the ten months of the year aggregate $1,288,- 528,000 and the excess of exports over Imports reaches the vast sum of $584,- 212,MM)--more than half a billion dol­ lars. Much of this trade has been built up on a permanent basis. A<|prtuato* sheets of Commercial Relationŝ made public at Washington recently, treat of the sale of American food products and manufactures in Scotland. The Scotch are not the easiest customers to get, but once pleased they are con­ stant, so the market obtained there 1b highly prized. American products feC- ommend themselves by their --Pittsburg Dispatch*. Canada last year added 54t to ^i^road mileage mxnt ' J ' v 1 tents ha §h& any buai- thepres- pels rNKMi can jftalts "ly'iialtf' jrtherwise ttot - nesia sure of mmtm that that Innocent be actionable. or mm o^Mtsm ie...... employer's cotamuhieations as dential alter the reason of the mat­ ter." ' Ufcder tba nmng $ftlteity fcHkjtttfce mesiiiiir of Maryland is s*«ct«ntly accom­ plished When the objectionable matter is ^etvipd to the itottographer. The libel is "published" under «uch cir­ cumstances aa fully for the legal pur­ poses as ttagfe/.» were printed in a newspaper and publitK** broadeaat No case presenting the same facts ap­ pears to have been 1 More the ebttrta of any other state for adjudication. Ib •lew of tito universal Iw# of stenog­ raphers as conlldential secretftries, it is iiBpdrtaiit.'$•* the decislon should be widely pttbBshed.-~Pittsbttrg -patefe. &bit i+ Omn War. The people dt many prosperous manufacturing towns in Pennsylvania and Ohio are dismayed, with good rea­ son, by the announcement of a new policy addled by the UWted Statea Steel Corporation m fiShting stUHtsa. The corporation, has determined, wherever it is possible, to dismantle or abandon mills where the Workmen have gone out. This is wasting the enemy's country with a vengeance and savors of real warfare. The mills are the very heart of many fine cities and towns; Thousands of persons and their small concerns depend on the activity of these establishments. The blow as usual falls heaviest on the non-combatants, the unoffending pub­ lic. The operatives can jpov* to other Industrial centers and gain employ­ ment. The case is difterent with the merchant or banker, Who lias a heavier stake in the community and who haa risked everything on the Stability of the local conditions. He is not apt to think very highly of a vtatorf which is wvn at the cost of complete ruin to himself and his family, iriko have had no Interest in the dispute. But the poliey may hare a large use­ fulness If It makes people ask whether a struggle betwSen a combination of great wealth and its employee, which may practically destroy whole com­ munities and bring ruin on multitudes of innocent people, is really a "private matter" in which each of the contend­ ing parties can do what it will with its own. > ; a*d* Central iAg ot lend the be Bent cpli method -» '• potlfiaA Voluntary gratefully ki does -tfot file of soldiers will • Then it will be a respon­ sible for Central sad called on to conilrilmte, and tee some­ times thrown into prison to make them do now that . governor lu^ds oii an Ameri- BngSUsh, or French citi- ftirnish material for en- on the part of the govei*nment whose business it is to look aiter the man who has been wttmied. PaWfcaMy it will not be loot nwr lay can, WMid * Y>§i ' ' -• The St. Lout* The Director of Wbrtts for the Louisiana Purchase exposition ajt St Louis announces that cron^d is to bo broken in a few daye and that before the end of November tiie contracta will have been let for nearly $6,000,000 worth of work. It is expected that the entire cost of the expoiktion will ex­ ceed $30,000,000, in which ca«e it will surpass all previous emterprtsiea of thla nature. The Fewest Park tract of 1,100 acres, set sipsxt for the fair, is picturesque and beautiful to a rare de­ gree, and no less than 640 acres are to be occupied by buildings and other attractions. The plana are already sufficiently matured to make it ce­ dent that the St Louis people are de­ termined to eclipse even the World's Columbian exposition^ The World's Fair in Chicago cost for construction $11,300,000, of whieh $5,000,000 was appropriated by the City of Chicago, $5,804,000 was secured by the sale of stock, and $2,488,000 came from the sale of the souvenir coins contributed by the national govern­ ment While Chicago had $13,000,000 raised before the gates opened, St Louis already haa $l«,0d0,000 in sight That city is fortunate In having an appropriation of $5,060,000 from con­ gress. Chicago got only the souvenir coins. The City of St Louis haa ap­ propriated $5,000,000, the same amount Chicago gave, but the . State of Mia- souri has voted $1,00*0,000. Illinois gave no such sum to the Chicago Vatr. Finally, the subaciptions to date are said to exceed • X^fTAm Char!e*ton MJrpa*itipn. f The Philadelphia Times is in receipt of a pamphlet, setting forth the advan­ tages of Charleston, S. C., and the forthcoming Interstate and West In­ dian exposition which opens at Charleston next December. It Is pre­ pared by Alex. D. Andersoh, of Wash­ ington. In the IntroJItillnl he says: The exposition is not to commemo­ rate the anniversary of a past event, but to inaugurate new industries and commerce; to help open new foreign markets, particularly in the West In­ dies; to begin the twentieth century of the Christian era with the arts of peace; to develop the American cul­ ture of silk and tea; to promote the Southern manufacture ̂ of cotton and iron; to establish new'steamship lines from Charleston, the central seaport of the great Southeast; to show the world the resources and attractions of that prolific country; and the advantages of Charleston as a connecting link be­ tween the producers of the Southeast­ ern states and the Mississippi valley os one side, and the wet**** «f tibe w w r f d o n t h e o t h e r . ? • , , PRESIDENT CASTRO. before there comes from different parts of Colombia the vehement com­ plaints of foreigners doing business there who have made forced loans to support a tottering government which is being attacked by domestic and torn elgn foes. . A Hare Wild mird. The jammergeyer is a species at the vulture of which little has been writ­ ten, or indeed know ̂but one of which was recently captured. It is found chiefly la South America in mountain­ ous reigns. Neither fitted nor Inclined to lead a life of sanguinary warfare it ban­ quets on carrion. Its powers are adapted to its instincts. Its beak ia fssble compared with that of tho elite. The toes are longer, feebler. W4t!| huge hooked claws, and Incapa­ ble of grasping a heavy weight during t Where he finds his food there he banquets, never attempting to carry it to his haunts. Of a powerful and ro­ bust bill, he has neither the bill nor the talons of the eagle, tho former be­ ing elongated and hooked only at tha top and the latter comparatively small and feeble. Nor has lia an ex- THE JAMMERGEYER elusive appetite for blood, carrion and putrid animals being greedily de­ voured by it. This rare bird attacks lambs, kids and the weak and sickly of the flock. The strong limbed cha­ mois is not secure, nof when rendered desperate by hunger, will the ravenous bird forbear an attack on man. Chil­ dren are said to have often fallen a sacrifice to its rapacity. » r The duke of Cornwall and York, (ft jit much-decorated royal prince. Mel­ bourne university has honored the duke by conferring upon him the for­ midable D. C. L. degree. This ts about the fifth doctor's degree Owned by his royia^l^ness. s Melwln G. librarian at Hamil­ ton College, has been appointed assistant librarian at Leland Stanford Jr. university. He Is a graduate of tbe Albany Library School. Professor - PUNk-' well's library, said to be the largest private collection of works on political economy in the world, has been purchased by the Goldsmith's company of London for $50,000. They have not yet deelded what to do with it, but probably it will be made accessible to th* public in some way. 4. J. Balfour haa just fifty-third birthday. He entered par-* Mament at 25, was a cabinet minister stt 88, and led the House at 43. Michael Angela's house In whieh the artiest died, is to be town to widen t**e Orso. || . ..3'-^Sks.-:.. .r< s.$ -