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When a man says that he never oh1 Jtocts to fair criticism he means usual­ ly that he doesn't protest against Compliments. • We are glad to announce that In HJpite of the recent stringency tha reg­ ular spring demand for fishhooks is <M fcrlftk as ever. The famous automobile ropers •round the world seem to do pretty Well when they are loaded Into a rail* *»ad car or a steamship. v German leads the world in the pro* taction of beet sugar, British India in Stane sugar and the United States In ^billionaire sugar refiners. Judging by the thickness of the dust on the farmhouses so early in the Season there appears to be no diminu­ tion this year in the popularity of the Automobile. At Maysville, Ky., high school Students are striking because they do ^ot like the new teacher. That unfortu­ nate instructor should beware of Juvenile night riders. v A large and very fine wildcat has Seen captured alive In eastern On­ tario. This seems to put the quietus *n the theory that all these animals '•re located around Cobalt. Manchuria doubtless cherishes hopes of ceasing to be a bone of contention •eon. There is no restriction placed On anyone's dreaming, but it is often dangerous to try to make dreams a ; reality. i;.v Why not put the anarchists in a nice If J large field and give them plenty of j; , tombs to play with? The field would well plowed when they were through, not to mention such s thing IV'^Sa fertilized. r#y» . How is this for a verbatim copy of .* personal In the Boston Transcript: "Italian duke, agreeable manners, de- %*' ' sires continuous wireless correspond- {r* face with American lady of 't Object Maccaroni." •7„< Announcement is made that the .drought has so affected the Cuban su- gar crop that the yield will show a . tuarked falling off. As a result Amer- pr lean refiners will be compelled to im- port large quantities of supplies from - Europe, where the beet sugar industry ^ p flourishes. Ib this not a hint to Amer- K ;^cans? asks the Troy (N. Y.) Times. • . -If the old world makes a conspicuous . teucCess of beet sugar production, why I? , 5<pannot our people do the sai&s thing? Plans are maturing for the erection . of a statue of Alexander Hamilton in plfv Washington. It is rather curious that 5.'* the intellectual prodigy whom Mr. fy', Bryce characterizes as "the greatest j*,f oonstructive statesman of the na- l> ' - |ion" should be represented at the O5. capital by no monument, when so „ l:'- many lesser men appear in marble or #nduring bronze. Perhaps, however. It will be hard to make a monument > * y which would overtop his own great £ (> work, the "Federalist." Are slovenliness and general lack <)f neatness in one's dress and person Signs of irrationality and incompe­ tence? If so, it behooves all testators to beware of their raiment and of their personal cleanliness. Future contest- jlnts of their last wills and testaments ®aay be watching them and taking Jfcotes of their appearance and man­ lier of comporting themselves. Be­ sides, personal neatness in man or woman is an attraction, and it costs nothing but a little care. Again is proof furnished that weath­ er vagaries are not confined to the United States. Germany is having an extraordinary instance of winter lin- jgering well into spring. Heavy snow­ balls are reported in many parts of the 'empire, with cold more suggestive of January than April. Italy also is a sufferer in the same way, a Rome dis­ patch announcing that intense cold prevails throughout the country, snow having fallen in towns where ordin- Arily the climate is very mild, includ­ ing Milan and Perugia. Sunny Italy appears to have lost its balm in ess for the time being. MURDERER OF SIX? OOWAQIAC (MICH.) MAN ACCUSED pf' KILLING HALF'OOX'H|.'^ V STORY OF WIF€ BETRAYS She Declares He Sought Her Life--- Police Assert Prisoner Has Confessed to Slaying > Two Men. SIXTY PERISH IN A WRECK AWfUt. RAILWAY COLLISION " "CONTICH,- BELGIUM. South Bend, Ind.--James Brimming- stall, aged 40, is under arrest at Dowagiac, Mich., 27 miles from South Bend, charged with six murders. The police say he has already confessed to two, and Prosecutor Bresnahan is confident the prisoner will admit the other crimes. His arrest followed an alleged attempt to make his wife his seventh victim. She escaped and ap­ pealed to the police. It is probable that Brimmingstall will be subjected to further "sweat-box" examinations, and that he will be held on a charge of murdering David Huff here last June. The police say he confessed to kill­ ing a man in Kansas, who he had a grudge against, and was sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary. After his release he killed a companion and received a sentence of three years. He gave no names. List of AHeged Victims. The list of Brimmingstan's victims, according to the officers, is: Man in Kansas (name not given), killed by Brimmingstall when 16 years old. Railroad man in Missouri, name un? known, killed seven years ago. Two men sleeping in s tent in Mis­ souri, names unknown to officers. David Huff, Dowagiac, June, 1907. Smith Hortium, Dowagiac, February, 1908. Mrs. Brimmingstall, apparently dis­ tracted, Appealed to Prosecuting At­ torney T. J. Bresnahan for protection. She said that "Jim" was going to kill her; she could not go to sleep for fear he would break into the house and murder her. She gave hints that led to the discovery that her husband has a criminal record. Deeded Property; Supposed Slain. David Huff, an aged citizen of Dowagiac, went to the Brimmingstall home to live a year and a half ago. He deeded them his property on their proposition to support him for the remainder of his life. One night last June a scuffle was heard in an upper room of the house. Huff was found dead in bed with the bed clothing Very much disturbed. Brimmingstall said that Huff had some sort of violent ill­ ness--colic or something like it, and accidentally choked himself to death with the bed clothing. The body of Huff was buried next day and the apparent haste occasioned some com­ ment In February of this year Smith Hor­ tium disappeared. There are several circumstances tending to connect Brimmingstall with the disappearance of Hortium. Hortium's body was found frozen In the ice of a near-by stream. His money had disappeared. TANK EXPLODES; 8EVEN DIE. Society People Aboard Launch Perish by Drowning in Arkansas. Clarendon, Ark. -- Seven promin­ ent young society people were drowned when the gasoline tank of a launch in which they were going for a moonlight excursion exploded. Other members of the party were rescued with difficulty. One of those rescued, Miss Mary Cavett of Clarendon, was badly burned. Details of the tragedy are meager. The boat left Clarendon early in the evening, bearing a merry party, who had planned to go several miles down the river. When about five miles below Clarendon the boiler of the lannch exploded, wrecking the boat and hurling the occupants into the river, which at this point, more than 50 feet from shore, is very deep. Few could swim, and some were stunned by the force of the ex­ plosion and went down before swim­ mers in the party could make an ef­ fort at rescue. The survivors were found on the river bank by runners dispatched from here because of the prolonged absence of the party. Senator Piatt Wins Suit. New York.--Mae C. Wood, whose suit for an absolute divorce from United States Senator. Thomas C. Piatt of New York has1 been on trial in the supreme court here for several days, was committed to the Tombs prison late Thursday after Justice O'Gormau had dismissed the com­ plaint in her action and ordered her held in $5,000 bail on ,a charge of per­ jury. » J. M. Barrie recently headed a depu­ tation representing a large majority ,;©f the dramatic authors of England who petitioned the British home secre­ tary for the abolition of the dramatic censor. In introducing the deputation Mr. Barrie said it represented every movement for the better that tliere 'had been in the English drama for the last 50 years. Whether dead or alive, great or humble, English men of let­ ters had been united as an almost ; solid body In passionate protest for nearly 200 years against the humilia­ tion of the censorship. Veteran Theater Manager Dies. Chicago. -- John Austin Hamlin, proprietor of the Grand opera house, died Wednesday night at the Virginia hotel of heart disease. He was one of the best known theatrical managers in the country and noted for the independent manner in which he conducted the Grand opera house. He built the theater in 1872. Express Train Crashes Into Locsl Pull of Pilgrims--The Injured Num- ' bar About 10ft Antwerp--One of the worst ^*sfcfe road accidents in Europe in recent times occurred at Contich, a station six miles southeast of this city on the main line, at eight o'clock Thursday morning. The exact number of victims has not been determined, owing to the difficulty of removing the bodies from the debris, but the latest esti­ mate places the number at 60 killed 100 wounded. The catastrophe appears to have been due to a defective switch where the main line crosses a local line. At this point a train, carrying a large number of pilgrims on their way to a local shrine, was standing. Into this the Antwerp-Brussels express dashed at a speed of 50 miles an hour, literal­ ly leaping on top of it The heavy coaches of the express crushed the ligbter train into splinters. The sides of the express cars were torn from their fastenings, the floors practically collapsing, thus precipitating the pas­ sengers to the side of the track unin­ jured, whence they fled, frenzied, across the fields. But for this fact the death roll would be much greater. Few of the occupants of the local train escaped alive. Those that were not killed were badly injured, many of them mortally. The engineer and fire­ man of the express were both killed at their posts. ̂ Prince Albert Went to Contich In the evening and visited the injured, hav­ ing cancelled an engagement to pre* side at a banquet at Antwerp. With regard to the cause of the col­ lision, a railroad official stated that the switches were being repaired and that a workman who had been placed at the temporary hand switch ap­ peared to have made a mistake or else the switch failed to act ABOUT THE WEATHER, Aw*Ul IAT This vtA* THIS MONTH mis • OR "T3<1 «A*r, iTte TOO HICK TO-ST««iY] MSlOe TODAY COURSE IT HAD TO IMfNlDMy LMm:m 4h i a^r' wot* ENOUGH FOR? YOU ? MfLYfAilK&B, 1 SZtiTifieu PRIEST STABBED IN CHURCH. RAY LAMPHERE IS INDICTEQ. True Bill Also Returned AgslnM Mrs. Gunness, Though Dead. Laporte, Ind.--In returning seven true bills against Ray Lamphere Fri­ day afternoon, the Laporte county grand jury also indicted Mrs. Belle Gunness for the murder of Andrew Helgelein of Mansfield, S. D. No war- want was issued for Mrs. Gunness, as she was declared officially dead by the verdict of Coroner Mack, but in order to vote a true bill against Lamphere as an accessory in the killing of Helge­ lein, it was necessary to indict Mrs. Gunness as the principal. Lamphere now stands charged with arson, five murders and being an accessory in the Helgelein murder. Separate bills were voted against Lamphere for the murder, in the first degree, of Mrs. Belle Gunness and her three children, Philip Gunness, Myrtle Sorenson and Lucy Sorenson. The digging Friday under the direc­ tion of Sheriff Smutzer resulted in the unearthing of a human skull, which it was decided belongs to one of the bodies dug up in the chicken yard two weeks ago. At that time three skele­ tons were found in one hole, but there were only two skulls. The skull found was in a cess-pool, but why it was dropped there and the reBt of the body buried in the little cemetery the au­ thorities cannot explain. Long hair attached to the skull is considered evi­ dence that it is that of a woman. One of the three dismembered bodies re­ ferred to was that of a female. ANNA AND HELIE MARRIED. New Jersey Justice Admits He Pert formed the Ceremony. New York.--Definite confirmation of the fact that Anna Gould, the divorced wife of Count Boni de Castellane, was the bride of Prince Helie de Sagan when they sailed for Europe on April 11, aboard different steamships, was given by W. C. Bu- denbender, the Hoboken justice of the peace who officiated at their mar­ riage. With great reluctance Justice Bu- denbender admitted that he had tied the knot under a pledge of the great- eft secrecy, and that to keep this, he had been prevented from making a re­ port of the wedding to the Hoboken board of health in 30 days, as is re­ quired by the state law. Woman and Man Whipped. Morgantown, Ky.--A band of masked men called at the home of Widow Haynes at Horse Mill, about 12 miles from here, in this county, and whipped her severely. They then went to the home of Crlt Johnson and took htm out of bed and whipped A cowboy who was "seeing New to4!/;. York" shot out the gas in his hotel 1room, then went to bed and was 4 asphyxiated. This fact seems to dls- prove the story that some of the New •v'l--fi.. York hotels continue to use^the tal- low-dip for lighting purposes. It is noted that about all the manu- fsctums of candies are doing a good business and are paying handsome dividends. Oar sweet tooth is grow­ ing sweeter and more voracious all the time and is flourishing by what it feeds on.- ' Fire at Summer Resort. St. Joseph, Mo.--Fire, caused by crossed electric wires, caused $50,000 loss to the Midway at Lake Contrary, s summer resort about two miles from St Joseph, Friday. Big Blaze in a Kansas Town. St. John, Kan.--Fire here early Wednesday destroyed seven store buildings on the west side of the pub­ lic square, including the post office, the St. John National bank and Glass­ cock's general store. Loss, $65,000. H' - * Sfsu'.'Z.. Fleet Enters Puget Sound. Seattle, Wash.--The Atlantic battle­ ship fleet at three o'clock Thursday morning rounded the northwestern point of the United States and en tered the strait of Juan de Fuca, pro­ ceeding in the direction of Puget Sound. None Killed by Airship Fall. Berkeley, Cal. -- The seven men seriously injured in the sensational airship accident here Saturday are all doing well at the Roosevelt hospital. None of them will die. L. V. Rodgers, one of the' assistant en­ gineers in the crew of 14 that went up in the huge dirigible balloon, who was believed to be fatally Injured, will re­ cover. J. A. Morrell, the inventor, and Capt. Penfold, the Australian aero­ naut, who stowed away in the air craft after he had been ordered off and who had both legs broken, are both much improved. Fatal Street Car Collision, San Francisco.--Two crowded trol­ ley cars collided on Sacramento street at the foot of a steep hill shortly after noon Sunday, killing Henry Baer, a traveling salesman, and injuring 20 other passengers, one fatally. Bail-Player Falls Dead. St. Louis.--Heart failure, caused by a long throw from deep left field to the home plate in a game Sunday be­ tween two local baseball teams, re­ sulted in the sudden death of John R. Perry, an amateur player. TEXAS IS SWEPT BY STORM DAMAGE TO CROPS AND TREES IS WORST IN YEARS. Oklahoma Towns iFlooded by Rains, Trsin Services Stopped and Nat* ural Gas -Supply Cut Off. Austin, Tex. -- A terrific wind and rainstorm that at times de­ veloped into a tornado swept Texas from the Panhandle to the gulf early Sunday. The destruction to crops, trees and shrubbery was the greatest reported in years. In numerous places houses were un­ roofed and small villages and hamlets in many instances were inundated by the terrific rainfall which, in the space of four hours, reached seven inches in many sections. Austin was in the path of the worst of the storm and for hours the streets were impassable. Electric light and telephone connec­ tions were disabled and many houses were unroofed. Muskogee, Okla.--Not a railroad in Oklahoma is in operation as a result of the heavy rains and cloudbursts that have occurred in various parts of the state during the past three days. To add to the disaster, the main supplying natural gas to the In­ dian Territory part of the state was carried away with the Clarksville bridge^ and the supply of gas for Mus­ kogee and several other cities in the southeast part of the state has been entirely cut off. Guthrie, Okla--All West Guthrie is inundated, with from seven to ten feet of water rushing through the streets. The Cottonwood river is 25 miles wide in places and is still ris­ ing. Not a train arrived in Guthrie Sunday. Tulsa, Okla--As a result of an al­ most Incessant downpour of rain in Oklahoma for the past three days, the Arkansas river has risen 13 feet and is still steadily rising. At six o'clock Sunday night the river had reached the highest point in 14 years. Parts of West Tulsa and Jenks, 14 miles south of here, are inundated and the inhabitants are moving from their homes. UNIVERSITY OFFICIAL QUITS. Secretary Wade of Michigan'Resigns Because of Charges. Ann Arbor.--James H. Wade, for 25 years secretary of the University of Michigan, submitted his resignation Friday to the board of regents and it was unanimously accepted. The resignation followed an investigation of the university finances, which At­ torney General Byrd has been pursu­ ing for several weeks. The investiga­ tion centered around the alleged im­ proper use of university property, such as coal and painting and building materials and workmen's time, to an amount estimated at about $5,000. Prof. Martin L. D'Oage was appointed acting secretary to sign this year's diplomas. Meets Predicted Death Bravely. New York. -- The fate that (he physicians at' the Pasteur institute predicted for him on Monday overtook William H. Marsh of Brooklyn late Wednesday, when at his residence on Ocean avenue the well-to-do manufac­ turer of water meters died of hydro­ phobia His end was peaceful, as he was put under the influence of opiates early in the day and was kept free from pain to the last Dr. Fullerton Elected Moderator. Kansas City, Mo.--Rev. Dr. Baxter P. Fullerton of St. Louis was elected moderator of the Presbyterian church In the United States Thursday, to suc­ ceed Rev. Dr. William H. Roberts of Philadelphia. Gov. Sparks of Nevada Dies. Reno, Nev.--Gov. John Sparks of Nevada, who had been ill for some" time, died at his ranch near Reno Fri­ day of Bright's disease. Don S. Dick- erson now becomes governor of Ne­ vada. He is 34 years of age. Murderer Kills Himself. New York.--Returning to the neigh­ borhood from which he had fled after killing Miss Nina E. Doane by shoot­ ing her in her grandmother's home in Brooklyn Saturday night because she had rejected him, Llpman, Kessler committed suicide. American Vice-Consul Dead. Washington.--A telegram was re­ ceived at the state department Friday from Hector Do Castro, American con­ sul general at Rome, announcing the death there of Charles M. Wood, the vice-consul general. Russian Revolutionists Convicted. St Petersburg.--The court-martial of 11 revolutionists has resulted in the sentencing of four of the accused to death and six to periods of penal servitude. One was acquitted. , Health Good in Canal Zone. Washington.--By far the most fav­ orable showing as to health conditions in the Isthmian canal zone yet made is in the canal' commission's report Just received for April. It shows that the general death rate for the zone, Including Panama and Colon, waB 20.04 per thousand, against 40.97 per thousand in the previous April, the population this year being estimated at 116,178 against 97,815 last. year. There was but one death from disease among the 9,000 American white peo- nla ffMinfUrtfld with ithft flifHTl m I imlrtll Missouri Farmer, Seemingly Deranged, Wounds His Pastor. Salisbury, Mo.~Rev. Father Joseph F. Lubeley, aged 38 years, pastor of St. Joseph's Catholic church of Sal­ isbury, was stabbed twice with e pocket knife and perhaps fatally in­ jured In church Sunday morning by Joseph Schuette, a prosperous farmer living near here and a member of the church, who is believed to have be­ come suddenly demented. The stabbing occurred in view of 400 worshipers, many of them wom­ en. The injured man was taken to a nearby residence, where his wounds were attended to by physicians. His condition is critical. Immediately after Father Lubeley had finished high mass he started to leave the church. At the door he was rushed upon suddenly from be­ hind, by Schuette, who stabbed him twice, felling him. The first blow from the knife struck the priest in the temple and the second cut a deep gash in the neck, just missing the jug­ ular vein. The crazed man was about to stab the priest a third time when Mrs. Barbara Ginter and John Gates, both members of the church, caught his uplifted hand. In the struggle which followed Schuette stabbed Mrs. Ginter In the hand and inflicted a painful cut on Gates' arm. A dozen men came to the aid of Mrs. Ginter and Gates and overpowered Schuette. Struggling and fighting, he was taken to jail. RUEF JURY DISAGREES. Mistrial in Case Against Former Boss of San Francisco. San Francisco. -- After being out for 43% hours, the Jury In the trial of Abraham Ruef, the former po­ litical boss of San Francisco,: and cen­ tral figure in the bribery-graft prose­ cution, against whom wholesale indict­ ments were returned, failed to agree upon a verdict and was discharged at five o'clock Thursday afternoon by Judge Maurice T. Dooling. The specific charge against Roef in the trial just closed was the offer of a bribe of $1,000 to former Supervisor Jennings Phillips to influence his vote favorably upon an electric railroad franchise applied for by the Parkside Realty company. The Jury stood six to six upon the first ballot and re­ mained so without a change during the 13 ballots taken. It was learned that the question upon whicji the jury split was the credibility of the wit­ nesses. There still remain 111 indict­ ments pending against Ruef. STRANGLES WIFE TO DEATH. Ohla Man Confesses He Committed tha. Brutal Murder. Newark, O. -- Ernest Terwilger, self-confessed wife murderer, Is lodged in the city prison and special guard of police reserves is on duty to prevent possible violence at the hands iof infuriated citizens. Terwilger was arrested Sunday morning following the discovery of the body of his wife, who had been strangled to death in her room, and in the afternoon he admitted the crime. As soon as the news of his confession spread people began to con­ gregate about the city prison where he was lodged, and by night the crowd became so large that the authorities considered it best to take precautions to insure the safety of the prisoner. Peter 'Dal ley, Comedian, Dies. Chicago.--Peter F. Dailey, for 30 years one of the best-known and best- loved comedians on the American stage, died of pneumonia at noon Sat­ urday in his apartments at the Audi­ torium Annex. M. Fallieres Vlalta London. London.--President Fallieres ar­ rived in London Monday to return the visits which King Edward VII. and other members of the British royal family have paid to the head of the French republic in Paris. M. Fallieres crossed the channel in the French cruiser Leon Gambetta. The trip to London was made in a royal car. King Edward, the prince of Wales and representatives of the government were on hand to greet M. Fallieres and from that moment a four-days' round of entertainment commenced. Prof. Milukoff Assaulted. St. Petersburg.--Prof. Paul N. Milu­ koff, leader of the Constitutional Dem­ ocrats in the Duma, and editor of the Kech, was the&tictlm of an assault Friday night at the hands of two ed­ itors of the Liberal organ, Russ, whom the Rech had accused of blackmail­ ing banks and the improper conversion of popular funds. The editors were admitted to the office of the Rech and during a conversation with him, struck M. Milukoff In the face, knocklnr him to the floor, where they left him bier*' tajg tiOBB TO ROB BANK MES8ENGERS IN BROAD DAYLIGHT*?! ? GRAB BAGS FULL OF CASH Resist Men Attacked in New York Bravely and 8ave with Aid of Plucky Waitress. New York.--In broad dayUght and in 6ne of the densely populated por­ tions of the city three thugs late Mon­ day afternoon made a daring attempt to hold up and rob a trio of bank messengers as they were carrying $43,000 in cash from one of the bank's branches to its main building. Black pepper was showered upon iLc iii&ssengers, one of them was hit with a blackjack and another slashed with a knife in the desperate effort of their assailants to seize the money and escape with 4t before the arrival of assistance. That they failed to get clear with the valises filled with coin and bills which the bank employes were carrying was due to the stub­ bornness with which the messengers resisted the attack and to the bravery of a young Polish waitress in a res­ taurant. The messengers were employes of the Jefferson bank and were on their way from the branch at Clinton and Houston streets to the main bank on Canal street. On First street three men jumped upon them and threw pepper in their faces, the leading thug attacking Samuel Edelman, who car­ ried the bulk of the money, grabbing his money bag and attempting to run with it The other thugs took care of Joseph H. Velsor and Abraham Stern, the other messengers. Edelman tried to shake his assailant off, but was faring badly under the pummeling when Mrs. Eva Javornicka, waitress in a nearby restaurant grabbed the leader of the attacking band by the arm. She screamed so loudly for help that a patrolman came running up, frightening the other two thugs away, and was right at the heels of the man who had attacked Edel­ man by the time he had managed to shake himself free from the waitress. The fugitive was captured. The man arrested gave his name as Caslmo Roccobono. The police later arrested Riccobono's father, Giovanni Riccobono, and his two brothers, Sal- vatori and Dameano Riccobono, who are held as suspects for a further ex­ amination*. THAW MUST STAY IN ASYLUM. •- .A-*' '/V-' . A- j«V, vs. Justice Morschaussr Decides the Prla- oner Is Stilt Insane. Poughkeepsie, N. Y.--Harry K. Thaw, the slayer of Stanford White, must stay In the asylum. This is the decision of Justice Morschauser of the supreme CGurt, filed Monday In the matter of Thaw's application for release on a writ of habeas corpus. Both points brought up by Thaw's attorneys are decided against him. The Justice declares that the prisoner is insane and should not be allowed at large, and that the commitment to the asylum by Justice Dowllng after the second trial of the murder case was legal. Thaw accepted the decision with resignation and no appeal will be taken if his attorney's request that the pris­ oner be transferred to another asylum is granted. Mft6 VANDERBILT DIVORCED. Wifa of New York Millionatra Granted Decree. I« New York.--Mrs. Ellen French Van- derbllt was granted an interlocutory decree of divorce from Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt by Justice O'Gorman in the supreme court Monday. The decree provides that Mrs. Van­ derbilt may marry during the lifetime of Mr. Vanderbilt, but prevents him from marrying during her lifetime. The custody of William H. Vanderbilt, the only child of the marriage, was awarded to Mrs. Vanderbilt. No pro­ vision was made for alimony. EDITOR IS CALLED BURGLAR. Well-Known Oklahoma Man Indicted for Robbing Post Office. Guthrie, Okla.--Fred Tracy, member of the constitutional convention, editor of the Beaver Herald, member of the Democratic state committee and one of the best-known politicians In the state, was indicted Monday by the federal grand jury for robbing the post office at Beaver City. Denies Marrying Anna to Halle. New York.--Justice of the Peace William Budenbehder of Hoboken, whose name had been mentioned in connection with reports that Prince de-Sagan and Mnje. Gould were mar­ ried in New Jersey, denied positively Monday that he performed the mar­ riage. • Fog Disastrous to Shipping. New York.--Dense fog banks which have been sweeping in from the sea for several days, enveloping the east­ ern seaboard with Impenetrable cur­ tains and delaying all shipping, lured two coastwise steamships---the Clyde line steamer Seminole and an un­ known steamer--off their courses Mon­ day onto the shifting shoals that fringe the Jersey coast; caused a mid- river collision of two steamers Mon­ day night in the harbor, which threw over 300 passengers into a state erf panic and snarled ferryboat service. Al Kltaon Not Drowned. St. Paul, Minn.;--The report sent otit from Cass Lake Saturday that Al Kltson, son of the late .Commodore Kitson, a wealthy St Paul pioneer, had been drowned turns out to be a case of mistaken identity. • Brig. Gen. Mackenzie Retired/ Washington.--Brig. Gen. Mackenzie, chief of engineers, was retired Monday on account of age. Gen. Mackenzie had the distinction est officer on thi One of longest being the old- Jtet «s4 the WRITER OF REAL TALENT. Evidently the Qushby Clarion Had i Genius on Its Staff. *rira~ editor of the Bushby ^ leaned back in his chair and surveyed his visitor with a solemn and unwink> Ing gaze. "You want to know if there'* «ny good reporter in this town?" ha aaid, impressively. "Well, there im. There's Gid Hchart" v "What sort of work can ha do asked the visitor. >85 / "His capabilities haven't had thefl; fnU chance yet," said the editor, slow ­ ly, but he's getting on, and I'm afraid we shall lose Ifim before long. Why. laBt week that fellow wrote a tw<> column account of a lire that was thrilling, I tell you!" "Farmhouse, old mother, grand- father born there, and so forth, I gniw pose?" said the visitor. "No, sir!" said the editor. "It wai a deserted hen-house, that'a what $•' Waa. I cap tell you, that takes taleatf We can't expect to keep Gid with na always."---Youth's Companion. Tha Soft Answer. Senator Tillman at a banquet is Washington said in humorous defense of outspoken and frank methods: 'These people wbo always keep calna ail me with mistrust Those that never lose their temper I suspect He whd wears under abuse an angelic smile it apt to be a hypocrite. "An old South Carolina deacon once aaid to me with a chuckle: "'Keep yo' tempah, son. Don't ycf quarrel with no angry pusson. A sof| answah am alius best. Hit's con* manded an', furthermo', sonny, hit makes 'em tuaddah'n anything alas yo' could say.'" Preparation ftor Knowledge, No man can learn what he haa not preparation for learning, however near to his eyes is the subject. A chemist may tell his most precious secrets to • carpenter, and he shall be never th* Wiser--the secrets he would not utter to a chemist for an estate. God screens us evermore from prematura ideas. Our eyes are holden that w» can not see things that stare us in tha face until the hour arrives when tha mind is ripened; then we behold them, and the time when we saw them not Is like a dream.--Emerson. Saved From Being a Cripple for Lffa. "Almost six or seven weeks ago I became paralyzed all at once with rheumatism," writes Mrs. Louis Mo- Key, 913 Seventh street, Oakland, Cal, "It struck me in the back and extend­ ed from the hip of my right leg down to my foot The attack was so severe that I could not move in bed aud was afraid that I should be a cripplo for life. "About 12 years ago I received A" aampie bottle of your Liniment but never had occasion to use it, as 1 have always been well, but some­ thing told me that Sloan's Liniment would help me, so I tried it. After the Becond application I could get np. out of bed, and in three days could walk, and now feel well and entirely free from pain. "My friends were very much sur­ prised at my rapid recovery and I was only too glad to tell them that Sloan's Liniment was the only mad^ icine I used." COMMON PHRASE. 'Something hard to beat" Selfish Etiquette. Some rules in an old book on eti­ quette seem to encourage a practice commonly called "looking out for num­ ber one." Here are two of them: "When cake is passed, do not fin­ ger each piece, but with a quick glance select the best "Never refuse to taste of a dish be­ cause you are unfamiliar with it, or you will lose the taste of many a del­ icacy while others profit by your ab- atinence, to your lasting regret"-- Youth'a Companion. Changed Conditlona. Poet (to farmer)--See, what a beau­ tiful prospect Is unfolded in yonder billowy fields, and hark! the voice of the plowman! Farmer--Yes; he's been cussin' of that mule sence daylight, an' it's one o' them German mules that used to pull a beer wagon, an' he can't under­ stand a word o' dialect--Atlanta Con­ stitution. DR. TALK8 OF FOOD Pres. of Board of Health. "What shall I eat?" la the dally in- qniry the physician is met with. I do not hesitate to say that in my judg­ ment a large percentage of disease is caused by poorly selected and improp­ erly prepared food. My personal expe­ rience with the fully-cooked food, known as Grape-Nuts, enables ma to speak freely of its merits. "From overwork, I suffered several years with malnutrition, palpitation of the heart and loss of sleep. Last sum­ mer I was led to experiment person­ ally with the new food, which I used In conjunction with good rich cow's milk. In a short time after I com­ menced its use, tha dlsagreeable symp­ toms disappeared, my heart's action became steady and normal, the func­ tions of the stomach were properly carried out and I again slept as soond- ly and as well as in my youth. "I look upon Grape-Nuts as a per­ fect food, and no one can gainsay but that it has a most prominent place in a rational, scientific system o£ feed­ ing. Any one who uses this food will soon be convinced of the Soundness of the principle upon which it is manu­ factured and may thereby know the facts as to its true worth." Read "The Road to Wellville," In pkga. "There's a Reason." Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of human