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Tlic McHenry Plalndealcr Published by F. O. SCHREINER. J; MCHENRY , iixmoia Behold Che ice'man In an bis glory. many Hie8 have you killed? Thai Louisiana calf with two heads •fid two tails came near being twins. It may be bromidic to talk about the weather, but how can you help itt •vw..; A|ong with other cooling drinks, take this bromide: "Is it hot enough for you?" Never mind, there will soon be flies enough to give every man a chance to do his duty. What makes tiie kaiser's 50 castles so expensive is that none of them is * castle in the Mr. Now that an ion of electricity has been found, the mystery of the force <1a simply increased. FUS SFISFTIW 8PEAXEH*3 MIND CLOUDS NEAR THE CLOSE OF KANSAS ADDRESS. REVIVES, THANKS AUDITORS The fibbing as to age, girls, can go on, for census man and his rec­ ords have disappeared. If there Is one thing upon which thrifty men agree it is that they pre­ fer a street car to a taxL The middleman is not needed, but the world will continue to need the farmer and the consumer. One can hardly biame the aviators for wanting to use their wfngs In the general direction of the wind. Is Luuuvu a safe has bssa uads to hold $5,000,000,000 worth of radium. The problem now is to get the radium. A Seattle man cured a stomach trouble by fasting 39 days. They buried him on the fortieth day. Considering that It Is an amusement of the rich we ought to hear that smuggling is a matter of tempera­ ment. Dancing masters wish their art to be highly diffedentiated from wrest­ ling contests and one cannot blame them. These long-distance weather predic­ tions give ono a chance to worry for a week about weather that never comes. A judge advised a speed maniac to «ee a doctor. A good, reliable prison doctor would be particularly likely to afford him relief. To atone partially for the poor dis­ play made by the comet there will be another total eclipse of the moon on November 16. Wait for it. , Russia has not figured extensively as a cotton-producing country. But |t seems to have ambitions in that direc­ tion. Reports from Tiflis are to the ef­ fect that the area sown to cotton this year is double that of 1909. In one dis­ trict 400 acres are devoted to the stape. That is a tiny fraction of the total in the United States, but high prices have stimulated cotton growing wherever practicable, and the aggre­ gate result may be a substantial gain In the foreign output. The latest government report is ad­ ditionally favorable to a big wheat crop. The returns, as interpreted by the skilled statistician of the New York produce exchange, indicate a to­ tal harvest of 702,404,000 bushels, against an indication for the same time last year of 652.351,000 bushels. The estimate for 1909 fell below the actual result, for the total yield last year was 737,159,000 bushels. Should there be similar excess this year there will be a good chance for a record- breaking output. It is stated that the recent missile test against the ram Katahdln has demonstrated that the theory as to the piercing power of big projectiles fired a modern battleships' range is wrong-- that the jnUjslle really drops from the trajectory at so .sharp an angle that it delivers a glancing blow and therefore does not penetrate armor plate of only moderate thickness. If this is true, the fighting will have to be at closer range, a,nd the guna of smaller caliber thfm the big 13-inch rifles will come into greater favor. Defends Tariff, Attacks Press and Takes Fling at "Insurgents"--Heat Overcomes "Uncle Joe," But Re­ covers and Makes Second Address. Winfield. Kan--Speaker Joseph G. Cannon collapsed Saturday afternoon while delivering a speech which he had prepared, attacking the Insurgents in congress before the Winfield Chau­ tauqua. Prompt aid prevented him from fainting, but he was unable to con­ tinue his address, and, speaking with the greatest difficulty, he begged the audience to excuse him. The intense heat affected him, and brought on the sudden sinking spell. Ice water tnd fresh air partially re­ vived him, and he haltingly thanked the audience for listening to him for so great a length of time. Then he was led away by his friends and taken to the home of J. T. Lafferty, where he was a guest. , Accompanied by Congressman Phil­ lip Campbell, and dec/aring he was "not a bit sick," Mr. Cannon departed later for Arkansas City, where Satur­ day evening he delivered a brief speech. The speaker had recovered from his collapse and Insisted upon making the trip. , Dr. L. A. Tarabus pronounced Mr. Cannon's heart action good and said he probably would suffer no further 111 effects. Speaker Cannon's physicians urged him to abandon his Kansas speaking tour. The speaker, however, is deter­ mined to continue It as he feels that the collapse was due only to the ex­ cessively warm weather. Mr. Cannon said that after speaking at Emporia he would fill two* other dates as scheduled, after which the condition of the .weather and his health would determine his future ac­ tions. "Discontent of a people," said Speaker Cannon, in his address here, "is not measured by complaints in the press. It is measured in a more sig- nificent manner and makes more in­ delible impression than that of a pen­ ny paper bought, perused, thrown away and forgotten. " 'The pocket nerve is one of the most sensitive nerves in our civiliza­ tion, and that nerve always Is the first affected by any general discon­ tent or want of confidence. " 'The pocket nerve' was never in better condition than It is today, and that is the real evidence of confidence on the part of the American people in the economic policies of the gov­ ernment." Speaker Cannon declared the op­ ponents of protection have misrepre­ sented. the tariff, lied about its sched­ ules and resorted to every conceivable trick to keep the tariff In politics. "The demagogue," said he, "may pick out an item here and there and say that duties are too high, but the law is to be tested by all Its pro­ visions and not by an Isolated item here and there." 1 Mr. Cannon denounced the Insur­ gents in congress and paid his re­ spects to Senator Bristow, declaring the latter was seeking notoriety. Somewhat in the way of a reply to an address made by Senator Bristow in Winfield a week ago. Speaker Can­ non disputed the statements made by the Kansan emphatically. Mr. Bris­ tow had made sensational charges concerning the rubber schedule of the tariff bill. WOMAN SLAYS GAME WARDEN The peril of the feur young men who put out upon Lake Michigan in a gasoline launch with a supply of fuel close to exhaustion Bhould remind mo­ tor yachtsmen that a small boat with­ out'power Is helpless in comparison with a sailing yacht. The latter can be handled so that she Will t>e safe in the roughest of weather, while the powerless motor boat must wallow and take what comes, unless those in charge of her have seamanship enough to rig a sea anchor and ride behind it while awaiting succor. Cheer up. astronomers! Man Isn't going tp rua away, anyhow. Confesses She Killed John' O'Connor Because He Tried to Break Up Her Home. Springfield, 111.--Mrs. Frank Stout confessed that she had fired the shot which resulted in the death of Deputy State Warden Game John O'Connor. Mrs. Stout is in jail here and will be held to await the action of the grand Jury without bond. The woman ap­ peared before the coroner's Jury Sun­ day at her own request. O'Connor was shot Friday night at! his home by some one who fired through an open door. In an ante- mortem statement he declared that Frank Stout had threatened to kill him, but Stout, when arrested, proved an alibi. Later Mrs. Stout was arrest­ ed and, in her confesslnn, declared O'Connor had annoyed her and "had tried to break up her home." The woman admitted while on the witness stand that she telephoned O'Connor a few days before his death and asked him if he intended to quit coming to her home. This admission is taken by authorities to mean that the woman was in love with O'Connor and that jealousy may have prompted her In her act. The ice cold geyser discovered in Yellowstone park not only upsets the accepted ttoory as. to the origin of pe­ riodical natural fountains, but adds a feature of economic value to the scene of natural wonders. Heretofore tour- iata have been able to catch fleh and awing them from the river Into a jgey- aer basin of hot water, to be cooked While still upon the hook. Now they will be able to catch the fish and •wing them into cold storage. Meat has dropped half a cent a pound in Chicago, but that's a long Way to go to save a half cent WILL MAKE SEVERAL SPEECtyfiS III MAINE CAMPAIGN. : * la Expected to Sound Administration Keynote in His (Jtterancea---Ac­ companied by Family. Beverly, Mass. -- President Ti his family and Other members of his household, boarded the yacht Mayfl<W*» er Monday afternoon and at three o'clock the vessel weighed anchor an steamed away for a cruise ; up th coast of Maine that will last eight days. Included In the party are Mrs. Taft and her sister, Mrs. Louise More of Cincinnati, Miss Helen Taft, Charlie Taft, Secretary Norton and Mrs. Nor­ ton and Capt. A. W. Butts. Former Governor Hill of Maine, who Is also the nominal head of the Repub­ lican national committee, in company with Bryan Boyd of Augusta, had a conference with the president.at Bur­ gess Point prior to his departure, at which they induced lilm to make a few brief speeches on the trip. The first will be made at Eastport, where the president spent an hour on Tues­ day afternoon. Wednesday will find him at Bar Harbor, v/here he will spend ft couple of days, but on Satur­ day he will resume his travels again and will speaK in Bangor. That night he will return to Ellsworth and spend the night at the home of Senator Hale. On Sunday uie Mayflower will again be under way, sailing to iBlesboro and cruising in Casco bay until time to make Biddeford pool on the 27th, where Mrs. Louise More, sister of Mrs. Taft, will go ashore. In his speeches the president is ex­ pected to sound the keynote for the congressional campaign. He will not speak In advocacy of any particular c&ndidatc. His rcnsarhs eral in their nature and confined to an exposition of the good work of the Re­ publican party In the congressional session which recently came to an end. From these speeches the party ora­ tors. throughout the country will get their inspiration for the weeks and months of talking that are to come between now and the November elec-' tions. Before leaving' Beverly President Taft dispatched a message to the em­ peror of Japan expressive of his ap­ preciation of the welcome that has been accorded Secretary of War Dick­ inson in the island empire and heartily seconding the sentiments of Japanese statesmen regarding friendly relations between Japan and the United States. TWi V « .xw remifii \ ~ UMM UK CUM* M»66 "Sf AKO Fit "St Mwn* me swaw ram# i i . u b u m y , v u v u i . c m i i •!K I JC0NGRE88IONAL PR0&£R8 W1JX EXONERATE BALLINGER OF* EVERY CHARGE 18 REPORT. PITTMAN IS FOUND STARVING Nicaragua President Reported to Have Badly Mistreated American Pris­ oner--Creates Reign of Terror. Washington.--The United States must soon intervene in Nicaragua or allow peace to be effected there by England and Germany. Unmistakable significance attaches to important reports frrom Its diplo­ matic representatives in Nicaragua to the state department Thursday show­ ing that Madriz has produced inten­ tionally a reign of terror in the west­ ern half of Nicaragua, in which four- fifths of the white people of that re­ public live. The dispatches show that William Plttman. <an American prisoner in the hands of Madriz, was inhumanly treat­ ed by starvation and other privations since he left Greytown on July 4 on his way to Managua. When he was put in prison In Mana­ gua it was In a "filthy cell," five feet by six and there again he was starved. A prompt protest from Consul Oli- vares at Managua secured the trans­ fer of Pittman to a better cell and the United States is furnishing the money to feed him properly, and it is also furnishing the money to take care of the relatives in Nicaragua of the murdered Groce. The more serious aspect of the gen­ eral situation is that citizens of Ger­ many and Great Britain are protesting against the reign of terror in western Nicaragua. Nicaraguans openly make threats against the lives of American citizens and there is nothing to pre­ vent an immediate outbreak of street murders, arson, robberies, etc., which will involve all foreign residents in Nicaragua. AVIATION'S DEATH TOLL GROWS ERB8LOEH AND FOUR COMPAN­ IONS KILLED IN PRUSSIA. Winner of St. Louis Balloon Race . Perishes in Accident--Rolls Loses Life in England. Leichlinger, Rhenish Prussia.--Os­ car Erbsloeh. the German aeronaut who won the international balloon race at St. Louis In 1907; and four companions were killed Wednesday when the dirigible balloon Erbsloeh burst at a height of several hundred feet and*,dropped to the earth a crum­ pled mass. rne Dead. Oscar Erbsloeh. Inventor and bal­ loonist Herr Toelle, a manufacturer of Bar­ men. Engineer Kranz. Engineer Hoeppe. Motorman Splcke. The' craft was of the nonrigid type, 176 feet in length and 33 feet in diam­ eter. The motors were of 125 horse­ power and drove the airship at a speed of 28V& miles an hour. The war department recently pur­ chased one of Erbsloeh's balloons. The cause of the accident is a mat­ ter of conjecture, but It is believed that ths bursting of the bag was. due to the expansion of ga# by the warm sunshine. Bournemouth; England. -- Hon. Charles Stewart Rolls, third son of Lord Llangattock and one of the most daring and skillful of British avia­ tors, who recently made a flight from Dover to France and return, met a most tragic death at the close of the first flyiug machine tournament of the year in England Tuesday. In the presence of a great company of spectators, a majority of ^whom were women and children, and many personal friendB of the young aviator, the Wright biplane on» dhich he was flying fell suddenly'with terrific speed from a height of 100 feet. It struck the ground close to the crowded grand stand, smashed into a tangled mass, and before the doctors and their assistants could reach the spot Rolls was dead. PORTLAND SWEPT BY FIRE COL GUFFEY EMBARRASSED Baseball Magnate Expires. Rockford, III.--James P. Walsh, prin­ cipal owner of the Rockford franchise In the Wisconsin-Illinois league, died Saturday of Brigbt'B disease and com­ plications. The deceased, since 1908, has been identified with the national game in Rockford. > : > • Hew. records are wade by flying mar chines almost* daily. France comes forward with the most notable achieve­ ment, with an aeroplane carrying two persona. One of these airships, with two army olBcers as passengers, flew ,, trpm the starting point to the gates of i Paris, a distance of 108.6 miles, in two -• hours and fifty minutes. The times ;; teems to be at band when the ma­ chines will mbw to result* «ai«l» h c.' ' Mayor Kills Gomez' Cousin. Havana.--Joaquin? Gomez, the cousin of President Gomez, was shot and killed Saturday by Martinez Moles, mayor of Sancti Spiritus. Moles claims that he fired In self-defense. Twenty-Five Hurt In Bridge Crash. New York.--Twenty-five persons were injured early Friday on the Man hattan approach of the Queensboro bridge over the East river when crowded car from North beach with a theater party aboard crashed into the rear of a Flushing car. Demand for Irrigated Land. Washington.--The drought condl tions in the west are reflected in the Increased demand for Irrigated land, according to Director Newell of the reclamation servloe. Business Affairs of Democratic Lead- er of Pennsylvania Are Placed in Hands of Receiver. Pittsburg, Pa.--The business affairs of Col. James M. Guffey, Democratic leader of Pennsylvania, member of the Democratic national committee and one of the best known oil and coal men of the entire country, were placed In the hands of a receiver Fri­ day. The assets of Colonel Guffey are es­ timated at $17,000,000, his liabilities at less than $7,000,000. Inability to realize on his assets, which consist largely of coal lands in West Virginia, is said to be the reason for Mr. Guf- fey's embarrassment. Receivers for Jones Bros. Kansas City, Mo.--Receivers for the Jones Brothers' Mercantile company, a mail order house, were appointed by the federal court here Saturday. The liabilities and the assets are each placed at $600,000. Mrs. Hartje Given Divorce. Pittsburg, Pa.--A decree of absolute divorce was granted Saturday to Mary Scott Hartje from Augustus Hartje, the millionaire paper manufacturer of Pittsburg, by Judge Fraxer In common pleas court. President of $3|000,000 College. ' Brunswick, Me.--Prof. William T Foster of Bowdoin college has accept­ ed the presidency of Read Institute, a college to be built at Portland. Ore.; from a fund given by Mrs. Amunda Reed and npw amounting to $3,000,000 Man Aged 104 Dies. Ripley, Miss.--Mike Cox, a native of Ireland, said to be the oldest man In the south, died here Thursday, aged one hundred and four years. He worked as a farm hand until he wy one hundred years old. Ten Acres In Oregon City In Waste- Two Men and 150 Horses Die. Portland, Ore.--Two lives at least were lost, scores of persons were In­ jured, 150 horses burned to death and damage amounting to half a million wrought in a fire on the edge of the business district here Thursday. The athletic field of the famous Multno­ mah Athletic club was swept by the flames and the magnificent grand stand destroyed. ,4 The dead are: F. R. Price, fdS'teman of the United Carriage 'company sta­ ble, and a helper yhose name Is Prude. Several of the stable em­ ployees are reported to be missing. The fire is believed to have atarted in the salesroom of the Oregon Brush company. The burned district covered ap­ proximately ten acres, but a large por­ tion of this area waa devoted to the athletic field of the Mulnomah club. The fire started in the old exposi­ tion building, an immense wooden structure on the south side of Wash­ ington street, extending from Nine­ teenth street to Twentieth, having a length of about 400 feet and a depth Qf 220 feet. INDICTED \H RISK PROBE "Rock Island Jury Returns True Bills Against 13 Persons In Insur­ ance 8candal. Rock Island.--Seven iodlctmenta charging 13 people with conspiracy, embezzlement and perjury was the product of the grand jury investigation of fraternal insurance frauds. Those indicted are: Dr. A. L. Craig, Chicago, former medical director of the Fraternal Tri­ bunes. . C. F. Hatfield, Chicago. M. J. Franckel, Chicago. Miss Margaret McEJlvaln, Auburn, 111. HAROLD A. weld, Rock island, former supreme treasurer of Fraternal Tri­ bunes. Otto L. Caldwell, Springfield, I1L M. B. Garber, Washington. Thomas W. Wilson, Springfield, I1L Dr. C. H. Walters, Springfield, I1L S. 8. McElvain, Auburn, 111. George W. Kenney, Springfield, IlL K. M. WItham, Aledo, 111., former su­ preme tribune of Fraternal Tribunes. The indictments were returned Wednesday and are against the four former officers of the Fraternal Tri­ bunes prior to the merger with the American Home Circle, and the four officers of the American Home Circle who gained control of the Fraternal "Tribunes by means of the merger and by inducing the officers of the Tribunes to resign their offices; against C. F. Hatfield, who was, it is said, the man who brought about the deal; George W. Kenney, who Is said to have se­ cured money on fraudulent notes, and against three of the witnesses, who are declared to have testified falsely before the grand jury here with refer­ ence to money received on alleged loans they made to the Home Circle and lor which they received payment after the merger with the Tribunes. ---ti ROYAL ARCANUM HARD HIT v New York Court Decides Order Can­ not Raise Its A&sessment Rates Without Members' Consent. New York.--Supreme Court Justice William J. Kelly of Brooklyn handed down a decision in which he holds that the supreme council of the Royal Arcanum cannot raise its assessment rates without permission from the members of the organization. It Is believed that the decision deals a hard blow to the order. The case war. brought to the attention of th# court by Samuel Green of Brooklyn, who is a member of the. DeWltt Clin­ ton council R. A., and who at one time held one of the highest positions In the council. In deciding In favor of the plaintiff Justice Kelly declares that the society cannot assume an unlimited reserved power to increase the amount of as­ sessment to an extent which might be prohibitive and could only result in depriving the individual erf his mem­ bership. SHALE ROCK CASES \ ENDED Kilted In Mistake for Another. Kendallvllle, Ind. -- Albert Lehr, thirty-eight years old, was killed by five Italians employed on a section gang while standing on the plat­ form of the Lake Shore depot. The shooting is thought to be the outcome of the accidental killing of an Italian by a freight train three weeks ago. Verdicts of "Not Guilty" Are Ordered by Judge Against Two Remain­ ing Defendants. Chicago.--Verdicts of "not jfuilty" favor of Contractor Michael H. Mc&evern and Ralph A. Bonnell, for­ mer assistant city engineer, were signed In Judge Albert C. Barnes' court Friday, the jury acting in obedi­ ence to instructions from the court By the acquittal of the remaining de­ fendants in the identical way in which City Engineer John Erlcson and for­ mer Deputy Commission of Public Works Paul Redieske had previously been eliminated from the case the trial for alleged conspiracy to defraud the city out of $45,984.20 in payments made for "sale-rock extras" in the Lawrence avenue sewer case came to an abrupt end. The statute of limitations has run and there will be no more indictments. Lightning Strikes Church. Petersburg, Ind.--During a heavy rainstorm Saturday lightning struck and set fire to the Cumberland Presby­ terian church, David Huey's residence at Oatsville and to the hennery of Wiseman of this city, destroying It and cremating 212 springers*. Trimmed Corn; Woman Dies. Areola, 111.--Mrs. Mary Harding, aa aged resident of this city, died Satuiv day after the amputation of a leg, made necessary by blood poison caused by trimming a corn. Inventor Passes Away. New York.--Alois Wirsching,- In­ ventor of the stock ticker and majty other well known Inventions in utt electrical trade, died in his home la Williamsburg Friday. He was sevenfy- nlne years old. Admiral Coghlan's Widow. Dead. San Francisco.--Mrs. Julili Barber Coghlan, widow of the late Rear Ad­ miral Joseph B. Coghlan, died at the Adkr oanltarlam Friday, attar aa ill­ ness of but two day* tram nramie poisoning. Beef Freight Rates Stand. Washington.--The interstate com­ merce commission announced Friday that the recently filed tariffs, making advances in the freight rates on cat­ tle and dressed beef between Chicago and New York, had not been sus­ pended. Corporation Tax Payments. Washington.--Payments on account of the corporation tax are now within a' million dollars of the assessmenta made by the bureau of Internal reve­ nue. They amount to $26,285,723. S I T w o P i r a t e B o a t s . Hongkong.--The guns of the Portu­ guese gunboat Patrla Wednesday dis­ lodged the Chinese from the fort on Colowan Island. Many of the Chinese were killed during the bombardment. Two junks loaded with Chinese who were attempting to escape were sunk and all of their occupants drowned. 'Drinks Nitric Acid and Dies. . Ottawa, 111.--Emil Kuyl, proprietor of the Ottawa Marble Worka, com­ mitted suicide Thursday by drinking nitric acid. A SAF5, RELIABLE OFFICIAL ' ' / . Majority Report Is Prepared by Sena­ tor Nelssn, Substance of Which Wilt Be Made Public kater. Washington.--Richard A. Ballinger is vindicated. The secretary of the Interior has been unjustly accused by Gilford Pinchot, James R. Garfield and Louis Giavis. He is the right man in the right place and he ought to be In­ vited to continue holding down the job as long as be cares to have it. This, it is reported, sums up the findings of the majority of the joint congressional committee, which for five months has been making an ex­ haustive investigation of the conduct of affairs of the entire department of the interior, and also of the bureau of forestry of the department of agri­ culture. The investigators who concur in these findings will be found to be Sen­ ators Flint, Sutherland and Root and Representatives McCall, Denby • and Olmstead. Minority reports disagreeing with the foregoing findings will be made by: Representative Madison, Senator Purcell and Fletcher and Rrfpresenta- ves James and Graham. Madison is a Republican and the last four named men are Democrats. The basis of the report for the ma- W9.B nrenoro" >>" son and for the minority by Repre­ sentative James. Mr. Madison is wri­ ting his own opinions. It is understood that the results of the labors of Mr. Nelson and Mr. James havwJieen sub­ mitted to the members of the commit­ tee for criticism and for additions. By the time the committee reassembles on September 10 It will have In prac­ tically final shape the reports which it will make. The majority report will declare: That Mr. Ballinger is a wise, honest, conservative officer of the govern­ ment; that he acted entirely within the right and displayed proper judg­ ment in his attitude with respect to the Cunningham coal claims; that he was Justified in his criticism of the reclamation service; that nothing was developed to prove any monopoly or improper granting of water power sites, and that Ballinger was justified in abandoning .the policy of Mr. GaiS field, expressed in a "co-operative agree" whereby absolute control, man­ agement and direction of certain em­ ployes in the Indian service wjere given over to the forestry bureau of the department of agriculture. PLOT TO SLAY WORCESTER U. 8. Official Barely Escapes With His Life From Hands of Reneoade Moros. She Lives In Blngville. A South Missouri paper is carrying this ad.: "Attractive woman, not a day over thirty, would be pleased to corre­ spond with eligible man. Not abso­ lutely necessary that he should be young. Would prefer one with prop­ erty, but one with a good paying posi­ tion would be satisfactory. The young lady is of medium height, has brown hair and gray eyes, not fat, although, most decidedly, she is not skinny. Her friends say she is a fine looking woman. Object matrimony. Reason for this advertisement, the young woman lives in a little dinky town, where the best catches are the boys behind ihe counters in the dry goods and clothing. stores, and every one of them is spoften for by the time he Is out of his \5h0rt pants. Addresa Hazel Eyes, Box23, Blngville, Mo."-- ^Kansas City Star. lggade I Manila.--Dean C. Worcester, Ameri­ can secretary of interior for the Philip­ pines, was set upon by renegade Moros, on the Island of Palawan Mon­ day and escaped assassination only through the alertness of his body­ guard, who shot down the outlaws, killing three of them outright. Secretary Worcester was touring the island, which is the most westerly of the larger Philippine group, bound­ ing the Sulu sea on the west, and was present at the installation of the new governor. In anticipation of his coming a band of Moros planned his death. Armed with bolos carefully con­ cealed, they laid a trap for the secre­ tary, wllO suddenly found himself the object of a savrfge rush. Captain Moynihan of the scouts waa the first to recognize the hostile move­ ment and just in the nick of time he ordered the scouts to fire. REPORT CRIPPEN IN CANADA Liner Steward Declares Alleged Wife Slayer Reaches Montreal on 8teamer Megar.tic. Montreal, Que.--Positive statements that Doctor Crippon, the London mur­ derer, sought by Scotland Yard, ar­ rived here Sunday on the White Star Dominion liner Megantic was made Monday by H- J- Airress, saloon stew­ ard of 4.bi» .$t\ip, who is corroborated by two other stewards. The actions and appearance of a passenger who was attended at table by Airress and accompanied by a woman registered only as "Carruth- ers," seemed suspicious to the stew­ ard. "When the liner docked here the couple attracted much attention by their apparent haste to disembark. They hailed a cab and disappeared. The police believe Crlppen has left Montreal for American soil. Central Vermont Men Out. New London, Conn.--All conductors and trainmen <on the Central Vermont railroad walked out on a strike Mon­ day night. It is reported that at least twenty-five hundred employes are out on the Grand Trunk and Central Ver>» mont. ' *'-<1%..' • v Fire Wipes Out Lumb#r. , Pittsburg, Pa.--A million feet ot lumber in the yards of A. Bfett- weiser Co., at South Twenty-second street and the Monongahela river^waa destroyed by fire Monday. World Peace Court Judge Dead* Copenhagen, Denmark.--Prof. Hfen- ning Matzen, professor of the Univer­ sity of Copenhagen, counselor extraor­ dinary of the Sapreme court and a member of the permanent arbitration court at The Hague, died here Mon­ day. • s Grand Rapids Shews Incrfais. Washington.--wand l^apids, Mich., haa a population of 112,571, according to figures enumerated for the thir­ teenth census. This is hu increase qver 1900 of 25,006, or 28.6 per cesL HE'D GET THE APPLE. si Eddie--Say, mom, give Jessie an ap­ ple. Mamma--Then you'll want one, too. Eddie--No. Just give It to Jessie. We are going to play Adam and Eve, and she is going to tempt me. SOFT, WHITE HANDS May Be Obtained in One Night. For preserving the hande as well as for preventing redness, roughness, and chapping, and imparting that, vel­ vety softness and whiteness much de­ sired by women Cuticura Soap, assist­ ed by Cuticura Ointment, is believed to be superior to all other skin soaps. For those who work in corrosive liquids, or at occupations which tend to injure the hands, it is invaluable. Treatment--tiathe and soak the hands on retiring in a strong, hot, creamy lather of Cuticura Soap. Dry and anoint freely with Cuticura Oint- pieht, find In severe cases spread the Cuticura Ointment on thin pieces of old linen or cotton. Wear during the night old, loose gloves,, or a light ban­ dage of old cotton or linen to protect the clothing from stain. For red, rough, and chapped hands, dry, fis­ sured, itching, feverish palms, and shapeless nails with painful finger ends, this treatment is most effective. Cuticura Reoedies are sold through- <«ut the world. Potter Drug & Chexn. I Corp., sole" proprietors, Boston, Mass. Autoing and Optics. "Is not auto driving terribly hard on the eyes?" we asked. "Well, I guess not," repliled the chauffeur, withering us with scorn. 'Why, before I got to runnin' a car I was thinkln' o' gettin' specks, my eye­ sight was that poor I couldn't see the contribution box In church until it was so near past me it was too late to dig for any money. But I hadn't been runnin' that wagon two days till I could see a policeman's little fingers stickin' out from behind a tree four miles away. I could even see which way a copper's eyeballs were turned If he was standin' in the shade three miles off. Hard on the eyes! Well, not much! It's the best medicine tor. weak eyes that was ever invented, don't you forget It." v His Claim, to Prominence. At a social gathering a certain man, intent on knowing every one, was In­ troduced to Senator Julius C. Burrows of Michigan. "The name Burrows Is very famil­ iar to me," he said. "I am certain that you are a man of soihe promi­ nence." "Yes," replied Senator Burrows, "I am the man that 'died at first' just before Casey came to bat in that cele­ brated ball game in Mudvllle."--Suc­ cess Magazine. HARD TO PLEASE Regarding the Morning Cup. "Oh how hard it was to part with coffee, but the continued trouble with constipation and belching was such that I finally brought myself to leave It off. "Then the question vas, what should we use for the morning drink? Tea was worse for us than coffee; choco­ late and cocoa were soon tired of; milk was not liked very well, and hot water we could not endure. "About two years ago we struck upon Poatum and have never been without it since. "We have seven children. Our baby now eighteen months old would not take milk, so we tried Postuin and found she liked It and it agreed with her perfectly. She is today, and haa been, one of the healthiest babies In the State. "I use about two-thirds Poetum and one third milk and a teaspoon of sugar, and put it into her bottle. If you could haye seen her eyes sparkle and hear hoc say "good" today when I gave it to her, you would believe me that ahe likes it "ir I waa matron of an infanta' home, every child would be raised on Fostum. Many of my friends say, *You are looking so well!' I reply, 1 am well; I drink Postum. I have no more trouble with constipation, and know that I owe my good health to Clod and Postum.' "I am writing this letter because I Want to tell you how much good Postum has done us, but If you knew how I shrink from publicity, yon would not publish this letter, st laaai not over my name." v Read the little book, "The Road to We"ville,"in pkgs. "There's a Reason," Evicr th* fck*vw kMtrt A Br** k«4 th* fcb*vw kMtrt J. jwf •he «|iycaila 41(w« t« tlal W# - wc veamlttc, trw*. fait 9t Hmmei| lnuiwit