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'-WiPfirf |r Redfleld Proctor of Vi just acquired the eel fc:«iur :̂qttarries of of th« Mpble in ftt Italy closing viQ iMke him the _ " *" it jg >part- the al- ,™„ states, Ctay Washing- Ijjtort hee^wFluide to find " ' of cotton which would re- the blight and though such & plant not been discovered, trial has t some varieties are a thOUK cent more resistant ttHUI On a scale of 1,000, the niM# stant kind made 565 points against ally 55 points for the least resistant-- is, the disease affected ten W$ many of the latter variety as |f the most resistant It is ex: in* time to secure, by selection, plants which will- prove practically Immune to this disease, t ^ HON. KEDFIELD PROCTOR, liowned^uarries,' for which, it is said, tiie in#jrests he represents will pay ,.snQ>endous price of 110,000,000. Proctor was governor of Ver- »t from 1878 to 1880, and since 1964, irhin he was a delegate to the Repub­ lican national convention, has been Aninentin American politics. He was Secretary of war in the. early part of president Harrison's administration, And resigned that portfolio In 1891 to go to the United States senate as an appointee to succeed Senator Ed­ munds. In 1892 he was regularly Sleeted to succeed himself in 1898.t C | An Indian Millionaire. If i Melvin Dempsey is the richest In­ dian in America. He is now in Chi­ cago, which city he left three years ago, a poor man, going to Alaska as 'file agent of a number of capitalists who had confidence^ his ability as a •mni engineer. Today he is a mil- He has 15 claims duly re­ corded and has just sold one for f 100,- ij 060. [But he has done more than pros- ; I pectidg in Alaska; he has done rell- j giousjwork, having organized a Chris­ tian Endeavor society. He is a full- blooded Cherokee and is a famous man among his race, being a chemist, as- gayer, miner, musician, linguist and He speaks besides hlai native di- / \ K f \ A elded • «C ltwaa He DcfetttU -Sta<Oery» M&jor Richard H, Pratt, tendent of the Carlisle Indian who has created a sensation by a letter to Francis H. Hill, cofared bishop of the African Methodist Epis­ copal church, in which he defends ery of the negro, is an officer Tenth United States Cavalry, a regiment. The major was appolntedto the army from civil life. He is 66 years old, and began his- military ca­ reer as an enlisted man with the Niptki Indiana Infantry. He afterward Joined the cavalry and fought with distine-* tlon during the civil war. He entMNrit the regular army in 1867 as lleufc and was brevetted captain for s-V*. MAJ RICHARD H. PRATT, services in the war of the rebellion. Major Pratt is a native of New York state, H6 will retire in 1904. MELVTN DEMPSEY. alect, English, Spanish, and . dian diale«ts as much differed ||iiS own Cherokee as Oermfir ||ike French. He tfc^uj^ffege gradu­ ate. Amonj^ytg4g|^^ent& he plays #re the gu&r, piano and mandolin. . ,, s m Henetved "Boer Activity. The new and effective activity of the Boers under De Wet and other burgher 1 leaders' is as disconcerting as it Is ex­ pensive for the British. It thoroughly discounts the official theory that the 'V^Jjlouth African war is over. How thor­ oughly it does so may be Been in the : Official postponement of the jubilati:n With which Lord Roberts was to have > been received, in London on January 3. fiisteadofeelebrating the close of the yar it how becomes necessary for the irar office to consider, the advisability Of sending reinforcements to General Kitchener, 1q spite of the fact that he Still has oifer 200,000 men with which |-tg> fight the remnant of the original "#,000 Botes. \ephens' &ortra*t. por^hs-r^ijt Mrs. Lon V. Stephens been hung in the executive man- at Jefferson *ity, Mo. Portraits former governors are there in jnty, but there were none of their i or female relative?, so that of Stephens Is the first to be Scl IrVit JFerxf/ce 'Reformer. lie! C. Oilman, who succeeds Carl tz as head of the National Civil ce Reform LeaAp, la the presftnt of Johns ; HopAs university ' . ' and * educator of^ C:- f note nthls coun- 'J*\ > try an\ in Burops. He begh bis ca­ lf reer si superin- ||. |p tendent \ the pub- I|> "f' 11c schoa of New 'd;' ~f, Haven, id goon & was proiited to ^0 the geneji super intendency tFridts of Jfeedmen. The seed catalogues of the country last year noted 692 different kinds ol cabbages. The seed section of the De­ partment of Agriculture has been working on a general classification ol American vegetables with the ofcject of eliminating all the duplicate nan which have been given to varieties, owing to the fact that each seedsman has his own specially named vegetable of each species or variety--always de­ scribed as an "improved" or mora select strain than the ordinary variety offered for sale by the rest of hu­ manity. The Department has sim­ mered these 692 cabbages down to s little over a hundred actual varieties. The seedsmei^^fae catalogued 312 differeq^Mfljl^^^Aereas the"Depart- actually different cucumbers etc. en tip and clas- variety has been found i from three to four names.-- toy E. Mitchell. , Historic VtsseVs Mission.* <* %IS In put ereby tills tiro" negroes WW* to live and serve him whQe lie aftjjli and were to receive In return at tola farm, |l,000 in the bank and 1500 cash to be paid to Hmutr Bnrdine. The negrosa had UtlHl with Mr. Burdine from the tttna they were freed until a short the foregoing contract thl88S. In that year Roena went to Wellington eowrty to live, hvt oi«ril« to the severs Illness of Mm wonld Ml go, but re­ ft* care for her mistress. Mr. BnMlM Was very anxious to have the back. She had long been a and trusted servant There ce to o^oir that Mr. Bur- itted belni Harney's father by . , , He' made the oontract mea- tioned to induce Roenh to return. She eame back when noUfied ot the con­ tract. The agreement was signed only Mr. Burdine. Mother and daughter •srred the Burdine family until Ro- spahi death In 1885. Nancy continued Jive with and served them until tfeifctlt of Mrs. Burdine. Mr. Bur* tttarried a second time and the #ite and Nancy not getting well together, the negress was #g|>ved to a house on the farm. Her residence was several times changed by -Burdine, but she always re- malned <m the place. He died in 1897. The lower court decided against Nan­ cy, bnt the supreme court of appeals, in an exhaustive decision by Judge Buchanan, holds Nancy entitled to the property which Mr. Burdine agreed to d^|M to h«r, and that the personal of her ffiother is entitl­ ed to the bank stock mentioned in the contract L UStt BUN'S TENlE Tmrme Sl»jr How B* Obtel^ls fat Mm tras Sw Orb of D»y. The problem of tapping the giant strength of the sun, of controlling some portion of the power and heat so freely given to man, has been pass­ ed from the ancients to the moderns throogh the hands of the greatest men of learning of all times without any adequate solution until the dawn of the twentieth century. The Grecian Archimedes, the Edison of his day, was perhaps the first to handle the question, and to set it traveling down wS uvutSTiSS. Ericsson, ths American, and Mouchout, the Frenchman, were among the last to seek the solution, and both succeeded in making the sun operate small motors. Nothing more was done until Dr. William Calvfr of Washington Invented the panhelio- meter and can now control a greater degree of heat than man ever operand before. * The fiercest degree of heat that anyone has hitherto been able to make is the 6,000 degrees that have been registered in the electric are. Dr. Oalver is able to generate 24,000 de­ grees with absolute safety, while he Is at present at work constructing an ap­ paratus which will easily give him the mastery over the full amount of heat that he generates. With his invention, which, briefly, consists of an arrangement of mirrors, to reflect the sun's rays upon a focus­ ing spot. Dr. Calver could burn down a rocky mountain and reduce It to a level plain Without as much as light­ ing a match. Russian iron of the kind so unbumable that it extinguishes the fire in the fiercest furnace melts under the heat at his control as a wax match iWC RECORD Of HAPPKMlNaS FOR 8KVBN DAYS. One «| the of gathering bringing tt to market affords employ­ ment for thousands upon thousands of people. i The first step is to cat down the trees, which average 150 years of age. The cutting is generally done by neans of cross-cut saws about six feet long, operated by two men. As soon as the tree has fallen, the branches are trim­ med from the trunk, and the tree is cut into sections of convenient length, ranging from 10 to 30 Or more feet, ac­ cording to the uses to which the lum­ ber to be cut from the tree is to be put These sections of trees are hauled through the woods on Io# Mtedtt called "go-devils," that deliver the logs at a common dumping ground, where they are jealled up on railroad cars.by ineana of liclined frameworks Icflied' i#d- ical Ither # # ¥ I A LOGGING ENGINE. (The front wheels are fitted with teeth to grip the ice road.) ways, and are then drawn through the woods to the nearest river and rolled down upon the snow-covered bosom-of the frozen stream. x The logging engines are on runners. The road through the wood is sprink­ led, and a heavy coat of ice formed. Tracks are then worn or cut Into the ice in place of rails. In these tracks the runners of the engine and cars run. The large wheels in front are fitted with steel teeth, which grip the ioe firmly In front of the engine. It Is a new device, and one of the curi­ ous and *>f mode**?., In the or loose,nipi to the mills where The .men who cut togs are of many nationa«nl§pSiSndina- vians being most numerous. They go into the woods in the early autumn and remain until late in the spring, seeing practically nothing of the out­ side world during all the winter months. They live in temporary houses built frequently of pine logs, with a large common sleeping room and a main dining room supplied with coarse pine tables. When the great rafts containing mil­ lions of feet of lumber have, bpffl floated down the small rivers out upon the broader Mississippi, and then on down to the cl^y of Minneapolis, they aire diverted through what ate called *i>&om" channels, sluiceways, bound % logs fastened together, up to the "slit," vrhlCh Js an inclined plane lead­ ing the the jagg<i teeth of the saws. The log is drawn up this slit to an endless' toothed chain, and is quickly whisked along on a sort of tramway in the mill, and held in readi­ ness for its turn at the teeth. Th% saws are of various typeB, some of them great circles ©f tteei, perhaps, five or even six feet to diameter; others are known as *gate" siw&v a serfoi of 15 or 20 short saws rapidly running up and down and eating their way through a massive log together, com­ pletely sawing up in a few moments a log three feet In diameter. There is another style known as the band saw, a continuous piece of steel like a large belt say a foot in widtth, with teetlj on one edge. It passes over a frame-, work like a belt continuously cutting thorugh the tog. When the boards-- the lumber, as they are called rsaeh the end of the mill, they are sent for­ ward to the piling yards, where they are piled up and left exposed to the weather, that they may properly be seasoned. These piles are sometimes higher than an averaged dwelling house, with long lanes or streets be­ tween them. From the piling yards ths lumber is delivered to various points by rail, or may be sent on for Dm for­ eign export trade. As a sequel gnarrel renewed saloon at Vet ol Murphysb UpMi of Inly Day In a eight miles north lUftr men were shot, one fatally, and two of the number are in the county jail. A114M^ seri­ ously injured. With other*|lp> and James Davidson were drlal Riley Craine's saloon. Char! entered, and immediately ill arose, as Fox and James Davi quarreled at a picnic last Fourth July and were yet sore. Soon a eral fight, with Davidson and Fox as> theipmwipalg was on. While the dis­ turbance was at its height Joe David­ son shot Fox in the chin, fired a sec­ ond shot and with his brother ran. Th«l^|Ad bul|H|rtuck Wlllard Pyatt Jt; l#«#flei, fni he will die. "The Daw#wW hrotw*f were overtaken by a posse and shot by Its leaders, John Tippy and Zardle Craine, one in the right eye aakff the other ifttherright shoulder. < HEADQUARTERS OF LUMBER OAMP IN WINTER, Girt AswlM and Bobtw*. .Miss Grace Giller was seised Within a block of her home in Whitehall by Albert Shenkel, choked into submis­ sion, carried to the rear of the Pres­ byterian church, assaulted and robbed. In less than an hour afterward Shenk­ el Was arrested and was transported t6 the county jail at Carrollton to avoid a threatened lynching. Miss Giller is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Giller. She is 16 years old, a, member of the senior class in the high- school, and an accomplished pianist. Shenkel was indicated for the murder* for money of A. J. Allen, a Chicago, Buffififlfon and Qiilhcy employe, JSept SO, 1899, and was recently liberated by a dismissal of the suit by State's Attorney Sullivan, who feared the evi­ dence at lwuid was not suffitiipnt to el' Charged %wtth lady Macdo'nald, wh® 1 Holy charged in with looting the iiitigMittl j kin, is the wife of- donald, former BritisH China, and at present pan. The story, which-^ denied by the lady's nounced as a malicious tack on the character <*f l(|j Concern May Qolt tfc« State. ^Inquiry was made at SpringfieU concerning a report that the State Mn tual Life Insurance company of Il­ linois had been refused a permit to do business, and that in conscience It would move tor New York, by |rhich action it would escape liablity for ma­ turing policies. Colonel Van Cleave, state superintendent of Insurance, Bald concerning,the company: "The com­ pany has not been refused a license, but it has been doing business in Il­ linois. In an opinion, the attorney general holds that the kind of busi­ ness transacted by the company does* not come under the Insurance laws. The concern is run by S. M. Bibbison, in whom the department never has had the greatest confidence. As to what he Is now doing toward moving away, I know nothing; hut I should like to know/' £ LADY MACDONALD. an, is to the effect that Lady 1 aid personally superintended a number Of coolies who had been Jiupff to take from the palace treasure* Of Chinese art, tc other objects having religious of priceless value to the Chii Macdonald, before her ms Wmifa, was Elfeel Art son, the beautiful daugh* ^. Cairns Armstrong ami widow C. Robertson of the East India* service. Gs^trsor Jk. gainst Acting Governor has excited favorable thwarting the msmt>erg"Of" lature In some of their pr ets at the expense of the legislators had jiaasttd tof «xf ths normal and aflfricoll of Che i^ats, imt tfew exeontlva^ the Tiii|fit^'t|ilTi#ii on tlli that the ewlilr would be ,tjie trip w«mld be worth. 13 Hmnry Cabot M*odg+. Henry Cabot Lodge, wh^ had s of the Hay-Pauncefota tipM senate and who marshaieli 1 favorable to ratiflnkflon, is accounted a brlght fUhd shii nhe sehoiar ln «|'̂ MiJ|fU^h congress, a cottgressman or. senator evfer since. ICEBERG FOR CRADLE. Vlullltac - AdmtaM of Crtw While Stocking Skip With Im. • thrilling story of a vessel's en­ counter with an iceberg is told by Capt. Chester of the schooner Elwood. While the schooner was on a fishing cruise in the northern waters Captain Chester sighted an immense iceberg apparently fastened on a reef known to exist just off Hoonia. "It's a lucky find!" thought the captain, as he head­ ed the Elwood for the berg, that he might fill the hold with ice to preserve the fish he expected to catch. When is melted by the flame. Tough silver | the schooner was within a few yards coins or stout glass tumblers become in a moment running liquid in the heat of the focussed rays, while with his apparatus he will perforate a soaking wet plank of wood with a dozen holes in as many seconds.--Pearson's Maga­ zine. Admiral * arragut s old flagship will back up Minister Loomis* representa­ tion to fhe Venezuelan government on the subject of American concessions in that country. The Hartford was re­ modeled a year ago, and is now a train­ ing ship. She is la Venesaelan wa­ ters. V v College Boy on Holiday. And It came to pass that as the holi­ day approached the college boy did hie himself home from his alma mater and he did walk the streets with his "gov­ ernor," who was likewise his "old man" and his "chief guy," and he did talk with the old man and did listen to his words, nor did he try to convince that same old man that he knew that which could be summed up in the deci­ mal with a naught And when he did think to himself he did think after this wise: "Behold, I am going to college to learn for verily I know not it all. May the day come when I shall be as ripe in knowledge as the governor and as full of the milk of human kind­ ness." And It was the millennium.-** Dr. GUmfiy of the oqtof Connecticut, his native state. jXman has been president of the Social Science association the American Oriental socitty. nal and professional interest service reform is deep and of nding. Schumann-Heink, the opera dramatic contralto, st%- by her singing an invalid pays for the education of h|r !*. r JLeads the Irish Wing. • John Edward Redmond, who has been chosen leader of the Irish party in parliament, be­ gan his political ca­ reer as a clerk in the vote office of the house of commons. In 1881 he was elected to parliament for New Ross. Four years later he was elected for Wexfard North, and In 1892 he wasJohn B Redmond, chosen M. P. by th» the constituency of the City of Water- ford, which he represented daring the last, parliament. Mr. Redmond is a lawyer of ability. His father was also a lawyer and for a long time a mem­ ber of the house, and young Redmond grew up in an atmosphere of politics. In 1886 he was called to the bar at Gray's Inn. Mr. Redmond was an ad­ herent of the late Charles Stewart Parnell, and after the death of that leader he arrayed his brilliant ability with the Parnellite faction. He is 4f *e<SW;OML./v:V Milwaukee Journal. ^ ':av 1 %oats and out of harm's way. Cutting - How Laboiirhm WalkodU Henry Labouchere, M. P., editor of Truth, completed his sixty-ninth year of his life recently. Before he entered political life in 1865 he was in the dip- lpmatic service and was for some time attached to the embassy at Rome. mm* there he was sent on a long Journey, for which his expenses were not provided. Mr. Labouchere started, and, nothing being heard of him for many weeks, anxious inquiries were made. At last a letter arrived saying: "As expenses are nqjb allowed Mr. La- bouchere is obligag to walk. He is progressing favfltably." Meanwhile the budding diplomatist was having a happy time at a foreign spa! fnr Vacate*. has just been formed to SffppTy the peninsula of Yucatan with all kinds of seeds and provisions in order to compete with the importation of these articles, which, curiously enough, are now largely brought from the United States. "Even the very arti­ cles that are grown In abundance in the interior of the isthmus are not brought to the coast in such a condi­ tion and at such prices as to compete Wife the American imported articles. Tha, feeds will be broaght from the south of tie state of Jalisco and from Ihp Sierra de Puebta.- of the berg the anchor was dropped The vessel swung around until she came alongside the berg, to which she was,made fast with lines. The tide was at the full; a gangplank was thrown over to a ledge on the ice, and the men began breaking off chunks of ice and hoisting them aboard. All went well until evening, when thirty tons of lee had been stowed in the hold. Meanwhile the falling tide had caused the berg to settle upon the reef and to tip toward the side opposite the- vessel. The gangplank in the air and had to be made fa^Po a ledge nearer the water to keep it horizontal. Capt. Chester suspecting that all was not going to be well, ordered the crew to make sail. Before they could man the halyards the Iceberg, with a grind­ ing roar, rolled off the reef and started to turn over. A jagged spur of ice, which had formed the bottom of" the berg, rose on the starboard side'of the vessel and beneath It The ice struck the keel, and the vessel, lifted out of the water, rested in an ice cradle. Chester ordered his men to get into the reached that period In disintegration where it is Impossible to revive life. Some physiologists still further re­ strict the definition to that point in decay where every cell in the body of an animal 'or plant has ceased to contain or consist of living proto­ plasm--In other words, each cell must have lost beyond recall its life powers. Probably one of the most striking ex­ amples of instantaneous death was that of the person who accidentally fell into a large vat of boiling caustic potash, which at once consumed the entire body, leaving only the metallic plates from the heels of his shoes and a few buttons from the clothing as re­ mains. Death from electric shocks also border qn the instantaneous pro­ cess. It has been found that living cells taken from the body can be pre­ served in a norms! state for a long time and then have life processes re­ vived if they are properly treated. ' M( Railroad ifoai itamortd. if*t Is reported at Charleston, 111., that the Toledo, St. Louis and Western (Clover Leaf), Missouri Pacific, Lima Northern and Ohio Southern railroads are to be consolidated, and that It will be announced in a few days by the officials. It is said that President Norton of the Clover Leaf will ha president of the new system, and A. E. Tremp, who is master mechanic at Frankfort, Ind., is to be transferred to the Missouri pacific division, and Su­ perintendent G. A. Gobring will re­ main in Charleston and will have charge of the entire system. Under the consolidation, if effected, the system will have a mileage, of. more. IJmLsMS- milw. ' ' < : ' the lines that held the schooner to the berg, the men pulled to a safe dl&tattce and waited. The anchor held fat, and the schooner tugged at the chain. The tide dropped a few more inches, the Iceberg careened still further, and the Elwood rose higher. This proved the schooner's salvation. The tendency of the iceberg to roll over and raise the vessel brought such an enormous strain upon the anchor chain that something, had to give way. Something did, and i to the joy of the fishermen it was not | the anchor of the chain. The iceberg ' lurched and the schooner was seem to slide several feet along the crevice in which it rested. There was another lurch and another slide. Then the ves­ sel reached a downward grade, and the next instant shot off the iceberg and into the sea, bows on, like a rocket. (She shipped a heavy sea as the result of plunging her nose beneath the sur­ face, but quickly righted, and after stumbling over her anchor chain and tugging viciously to get away, settled down to her original state of tranquil­ ity, to all appearances nnhurt^S^n Francisco Chronicle. x Oomforte of HoSMti Comfort ought to be the firsV eon- sideration of home. If a rocking chair brings that to the wife, then a rocking chafir let it be, despite changing fash­ ions. The big armchair may not be beautiful to look upon, but keep it if the masculine head of the house feels a fondness for it. He might never find another to fit him as perfectly. If carpets are more comfortable than wood floors and rugs, stick to them, even though you admire your neigh­ bor's rooms more than your own. It is difficult to locate comfort--we feel it but cannot describe it To one wo­ man it means a wrapper and loosely flowing hair; to another a couch, and so on through a long list of things. To one woman it is compressed into this--hot water, a hot fire and hot coffee. She is a great woman, a fa­ mous one, and among the many ad­ vantages fame and wealth have brought her are none to equal those three. The higher we rise the larger become our ideis. It is like the pos­ session of money--the more we h"av«- the greater our w^ats, and only is rare instances are we much better of in a mental way.--Boston Journal. Xlllnoi* Teaehnn The Illinois State Teachers' associ­ ation met in annual session on Wednes­ day, Thursday and Friday at Spring­ field. Over 1,000 educators of Illinois were in attendance. A general session was held each morning In representa­ tives' hall at the state house. In the afternoon the different sections held meetings in the state house and at the Springfield High school. The new offi­ cers of the association were elected on Friday morning. __ . Kmninv of Imttnlsneniu Heath. "The instant of death,** says the In- of physiology An animal or plant tisiaaot hs considered dead until It lias On th* lemt of Bribery. A Primrose dame, canvassing a Lon­ don constituency, called npon a^lfa Smith and asked for her vote. Mrs. Smith expressed regifRabut vjas afraid her husband would vtfte far the Liberals. "The fact is," she raid, "he has been promised a new autlt of clothes if he votes for the other Side." The Primrose I?ame was In an ecstasy of curiosity. Who had made the prom­ ise Mrs. Smith mustn't tell. Half a sovereign was offered for the informa­ tion; but Mrs. Sjfnith was of opinion that she coulfla*iptell for that. "Well, look here, I'll gfpe you a sovereign if you tell me," said the ladiy at list Then Mrs. Smith succumbed to the tempter. Having received the money she revealed the secret. "If you will know, ma'am, ifs me as told him /that If he'd vqt|;iffr the Radbfal I'd give him a new iralt of clothes--and thank you for helping to PSjr |pt lt!"- AresM* Wrong; IIa» of Merrill Wakefield, arrested at iSeca- tur for the murder of Dick Bivens at Warreneburg Sunday, has been re­ leased, being the wrong man. The coroner's jury found Anderson Bum- side, a farm hand, guilty. Burnside has fled., V 1 ;•' * f < • • • , ; • . , . > , wut ifojd w«* of Pf»r«*L Beginning with Jan. 7 the women of several of the Evanston churches will observe the week as one of prayer. will be held in the First Con- 1 churchGrove street an|f venue, at f d%Iock' in the a|r f each day except Sunday. SENATOR LODGES. Mr. bodge is a lawyer, bnt, admitted to the bar, never HIS profession, as he hlmnqlf it in the congressional 'that of titerfpte." The junior achusetts sessjasr is 50 years old. Sultan Ms Tender Hearted, It would appear from a recent inoh dent that thS fcltitan of Turkey shares with his satanic majesty the distinc­ tion of not so black as he Is painted. A theatrical troupe appeared in his private theater and gave "Othello." When the moqtent c« for the murder of DesdemCtoa the ,tan was so affected and struck pity for her that he called out anil forbade that she should be smothered. fc A. JVo*1'/ Wedding Giftl. f The daughter of Mr. Souvorin, tkm well-known editor and publisher of the Novoe Vremya, St Petersburg, has fieen married to Mr. M iasjiedctf-Ivaa- hoff, the son of the minister of ways and communications. The b.idegrooni Is to enjoy the daily profits of one of the advertising pages of the |pvoa Vremya, and this curious we^jiug- gift is causing considerable ment in St Petersburg. ^ td*rlll« te Cfhristmas was appropriately cele- 4mted toy MOO inmates of the minofs state penitentiary. During the fore­ noon there was a vaudeville entertain­ ment by the Benjamin company. Din­ ner, consisting of roast pig, apple sauce and mashed potatoes, with j sentenced mis^os pie,~oranges.and ctg|u|t waS ^Iskment fr. |Wd at l|.o^lock. 'The wm| werjiH ®at*ve ^ l3B..#erved with a Ohristji|^|dHnaer and were grafted ho"" In the afteiiiiOQti they among theMgj^res.. the ts^urnistupg1 the music. May Uteturn From Ejcit*. Arabi Pasha, leader i» 1882 of tfct great revolt of . ov Egyptians against foreign domination of their Aratt Pasha. Ths London Chronicl* ti •' UMjLMim ::\a. HBeaasa John T. MoCatcheon John T. McCutcheon, the Chicago newspaper correspondent and artist who has been dangerously ill of pneu­ monia tor a week, is now reported to be out-of danger by his physician, Y)r. A. B. Keyes. Mr McCutcheon V con­ dition shows a decided improvement and it is predicted* he will soon get well. He still is weak, but able to nourishment tunas, nobody >lnr or hand hfm%HMnt* critical point in his OMa lias ind the outlook is £»vorah ,̂ s v .« ' 'awf'.i til ST • tod virtual life impris­ onment In the Is­ land of Ceylon. The Knedire of Egypt is about te cele­ brate his twenty- eighth anniversary as^uler. It is he will pardon AraM and permit to return to Egypt once more. Bishop Courtsaey has returned ftom . he went as the Church of tend the jubilee atralian Board of Jean De the