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BRITISH AMBASSADOR HERBERT HZ'kHj DIES AT SWISS HEALTH RESORT ik* w S **\ tiff' . ; ^ #-•-ra;4swi- V-s5 kTS-?* K jm.TVtA. maiALLfi \UEQBEPT~* p x nnî riHEjxgzT-Ŵ'r? - • V.$X0& - Sir Michael Henry Herber^ who ;" <8ed in Switzerland Sept. 30, had been British ambassador to the United States since the death of Lord Paunce- fote last year. He had previously rep­ resented his government at Washing- toil as charge d'affaires in 1888-'89 and -secretary of legation in 1892-'93. While CHINAMAN TO WEO AMERICAN. Oilnn Kal Hln Will Marry Boston ;; r; ' Girl In Chicago". . Chin Kal Hin, a Chinaman, 26 years •" m, of Los Angeles Cal., secured a <• marriage license at Chicago last week to wed Carrie B. Robbins, an Ameri­ can girl of Boston, Mass. The almond­ -eyed swain first met Miss Robbins •eight years ago at a Baptist church in Boston. The acquaintance ripened into love, and the young woman con­ sented to marry the man from the Orient. Hin has been in this country for ten years and was formerly employed as . a cigarmaker in Los Angeles, Cal. Prom there he went to Boston to work «t his trade. He became acquainted with Miss Robbins' stepfather, and through him met the gin. Hin is an Intelligent looking Chinaman, cuts his liair short and wears American clothes. He belongs to the Baptist «hurch and is thoroughly American­ ized. He declared that the trip to Chicago was in no sense an elope­ ment. He said that full consent had been obtained from his fiancee's step­ father, and that he intended to be . married in Chicago. New York will be the home of the strangely mated couple. Hin intends to enter business there for himself. at the head of the legation at Wash­ ington in 1888 he was married to Miss Leila Wilson, the daughter of Richard Wilson of New York, and sister of Mrs. Ogden Goelet and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr. Besides a widow, Sir Michael leaves two sons, boys of thir­ teen and eleven years of age. BURRO FALL8 100 FEET. ITALY IS ALSO' DI8TURBE<jk... ' ty^ericaii Competition Has Its Effect Even There. .'American competition has disturbed Italy, according to Prof. Luigi Luzzatti, a world-renowned financier, who has been three times minister of the treas­ ury and has worked out almost all the commercial treaties betwen Italy and rg JSCEum & other countries in recent years. Prof. Ltuzzatti has had a wonderful career and was twice elected to the Italian parliament before he was thirty, but was unable to serve as he was under age. He is the apostle of co-opera­ tion of which he is the able exponent. Victim of Boer Sharpshooter. A marble cross has been placed on tfc* spot where the earl of Ava was shot during the siege of Ladysmith four years ago. The earl was an un­ usually tall man and therefore was a comparatively easy shot for the Boer "Bniper." Just as the Englishman fell dead one of his men, crouching near by, located the Boer's hiding place and when next the latter's head ap­ peared Tommy Atkins pot a bullet into it Slips From Mountain Trail and Lands in Tree. A burro belonging to A. M. Nagle and T. W. Noble of Los Angeles, Cal., fell so far in two minutes that it took ien hours to get him back again. Nagle and Noble were traversing an old abandoned trail in the mountains in the Lytle creek region, when the trail became "blind" owing to erosion caused by the winter rains. They persisted in their attempt to get over the bad stretch of road and had nearly suc­ ceeded when their burro, upon which was loaded their camp outfit, slipped and went over the precipice and land­ ed in a live oak tree 100 feet below. The animal, apparently stunned by the fall, remained quiet till they got down to him, when he began kicking. This dislodged him from his position in the tree and he fell to the ground, twenty feet below, none the worse for the fall. it took the men all day to cut a trail and get the burro out of the can* yon. HER FRIENDS TOO FAITH FUI* Admirers of the "Divine Sarah" Ro» fuse a Substitute. Sarah Bernhardt is much displeased with her Paris public. During her pro­ vincial tour she determined .to keep Ijer Paris theater open with a revival of "L'Aiglon," in which her latest pro­ tege, young Max, was to play the hero. But Sarah has worn L'Aiglon's breeches so effectively that the Paris­ ians refused -to accept any mere man In the role. One of the critics wrote: "After the remarkable nonsuccess which has greeted Mr. Max's appear­ ance as L'Aiglon, we have no doutt that next season, out of the goodness of her heart, Mme. Bernhardt will pro­ mote him to her other great role, Mar* guerite Gauthier." Traveled Far to Pay Debt. To pay a debt of $1 more than 10,000 miles over the sea came Fergus Thorkleson, a Danish seaman. He ar­ rived at New York on the coaster Bethel, in Brooklyn, tattered and still humble, and proved himself as he said, "a square man" to Capt. Hiram L. Meeker, who had advanced him the dollar five years ago. In his simplicity of mind the sailor had never thought he could just as well have discharged his debt by mail. "Capt. Meeker," he said, "gave the money to me with his own hand, and I bad to give it back to him with mine." He was in Sydney, Australia, when he made up his mind to pay back the money. For months the sailor beat across the seas on his quaint mission. Father and Daughter Estranged. '^i-'lfjen. James Grant Wilson of New Ydrk and his daughter, Miss K. M. Wilson, have not exchanged a word in several years, though they continue to live under the same roof and eat at the same table. Father and daugh­ ter met in a railroad depot the other day and boarded the^eame train, but neither gave the other even a look. The estrangement is said to date from the time when the general refused to allow Miss Wilson to marry the man of , v;,fc*r choice. "V : vSfe? j Mrs. Belmont's Model Dairy, Mrs. Belmont, the New York society leader, has started a model dairy at Hempstead, Long Island, from which she will send products all over the country, having gone into the business on a large scale. All the latest sani­ tary devices will be employed. | Wireless Babel. It is said that nine different sys­ tems of wireless telegraphy made a babel in the air during the first yacht race, and that the one with the heavi­ est hattejy Death Pact Is Fulfilled. A remarkable compact on the part of live young Germans to die within a year has just been fulfilled at the vil­ lage of Lichtenfels, near Ausburg. Eleven months ago, the young men, who were all particularly Jovial In temperament and of powerful build, were drinking in a local tavern with the village cemetery keeper. "We agree to place ourselves in your hands for burial within a year," was their half-joking pledge to the gravedigger. Four of them died a natural death before the expiration of six Last week the fifth died also. Kansas "Wheat King." A. J. Rice, the "wheat king*' of Graham county, Kansas, has turashed 6,000 acres of wheat. He got twenty- two bushels to the acre, or 132,000 bushels in all. His crop will make a train of 220 cars, counting 600 bushels to the car. He is the owner of sixty- seven sections, 10,720 acres in all. Working Among Colored Men. Ffed R. Moore, the national organ­ izer of the Negro Business league, of which Booker T. Washington is presi­ dent, is in New York city for the pur­ pose of organizing a branch of the league. He is advising the negroes to patronize black as well as white men in business. ^7-'r7-"yv Suez Canal Passenger^ The civilian passengers through the Suez canal last year numbered 92,000 and the pilgrims, emigrants and era* victs, 40,000. Get Along Without Work. More than eight million of the thir­ teen and a half millie* yepglo -..of Mexico do not work. %* •i> >' - 1 I; L I I S ®;'N 1 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS ' ' THROUGHOUT THE STATE ---i U E W S i~nfi DATES OF FARMERS! INSTITUTES Round-Up Meetings to Be Held in Con­ gressional Districts. The annual round-up meeting of the Illinois Farmers' institute and the Illi­ nois Association of Domestic Science will be held at Decatur Feb. 23-25, 1904. Congressional district institutes '-will be held on the following dates: Eleventh district, Joliet, Jan. 12-14; 12th, Rockford, Jan. 12-14; 13th, Chad- wick, Carroll county, Jan. 13-15; 15th, Cuba, Fulton county, Nov. 17-18; 16th, Peoria, Jan. 6-8; 17th, Piper City, Ford county, Dec. 15-17; 18th, Danville, Oct 12-17; 19th, Coles county, Nov. 3-5; 20th, Mount Sterling, Dec. 9-11; 21st, Carlinville, Nov. 18-20; " 23d, Olney, Richland county, Dec. 2-4; 24th, Fair­ field, Nov. 24-26; 25th, Dec. 9-11. DIKE FROM ALTON TO CHESTER Representative Trautmann Is Busy Se­ curing Passage of New Law. JB' Trautmann of East St Lbnis lfes returned from Springfield, 111., where he has been working hard for several weeks in the interest of legis­ lative enactment that will permit the building of a dike from Alton to Ches­ ter to give protection to the whole American bottoms. It is said that the present laws of the state are inade­ quate for the formation of such a drainage district, but that Mr. Traut­ mann now has enough members of the legislature committed to the plan to practically insure the passage of a new law. Funds for Drainage Canal. ^ The board of drainage commission­ ers of Centerville station township have levied an appropriation for the coming year sufficient to keep the canal which follows the bluff line open during the entire year. The commis­ sion failed to appropriate money for drainage purposes last year, and as a consequence, when the flood came there was no available funds for open­ ing the big canal so the water could flow from the lands. It is said that no such condition will prevail in future. The water now standing in the low­ lands will also be drained off as soon as possible. Dedicate Orphan's Home, •mid a large concourse of people the orphan's home of the German Evangelical church of southern Illi­ nois was dedicated at Hoyleton. The Evangelical churches in the surround­ ing towns dispensed with their ser­ vices for the day and the pastors took an active part in the day's services, i^arge delegations were present from Nashville, Centralia, Irvington, central City, Addeville, Plum Hill, Okawville, Cordes, New Minden and Beaucoup. A large number of orphans have already been placed in tne home, which is under the superintendency o( Rev. Lieberheer. ' ^ . ' • Woman's Foreign Mission. The Woman's foreign missionary so­ ciety of the First Methodist church in Belleville has elected the following of­ ficers: Mrs. Elizabeth Major, presi­ dent; Mrs. L. W. Moore, Mrs. Flke and Mrs. William Heinzelmann, Jr., vice presidents; Miss Julia West corre­ sponding secretary; Mrs. J. M. Ha- mill, recording secretary; Miss Sophia Phillips, treasurer. Mrs. C. D. Shu- mard, Mrs. F. A. Behymer and Mrs. William Heizelmann, Jr., were elected delegates to the district convention. Careless With Firearms. George Slanker of Woodburn was ar­ rested in Alton by Officer Burjes for firing a revolver on the union depot platform while many people were wait­ ing for the Chicago and Alton train at id o'clock. Slanker lost his hat, and, oecoming infuriated, drew his revol ver and began firing at the hat as it was blown along the platform. Slanker was seized by the police officer before resistance could be offered by him. Scarcity of Labor in Alton. Alton manufacturing institutions are experiencing great difficulty in obtain­ ing men and boys to operate the plants. Officers of the glass works say that the two furnaces that have not been fired up this season will not be started. Scarcity of labor will make partial op­ eration necessary. ' Institute at Mattooiv The farmers' Institute of ft**1 1#th congressional district will be held in Mattoon the first week in November. and the Mattoon business men's asso­ ciation is making active preparations to entertain the delegates who attend the institute." \ l V ^ 5K®. BANKER MAY BE HEAVY LOSER Advances $3,000 to Pay Canceled Union County Bonds. Jacob D. Benton, a banker of Don- gola, holds three canceled $1,000 Union county bonds, and the county, it seems, is going to allow him to whistle for the $3,000 which he loaned the county a year ago to pay the bonds, with the understanding that t' ^y were to draw 5 per cent interest. No Tecord was made on the county books, and now the master in chancery, W. A. Kelly, has been petitioned for an In­ junction restraining the county offi­ cers from turning over any of the county funds to Mr. Benton in pay­ ment of the loan. The bonds in ques­ tion are 'some of the series known as the St Louis ft Cairo railroad bonds, and were issued at the time of the construction of the narrow-gauge track between East St. Louis and Cairo. It is claimed that the county commis­ sioners had no authority to borrow money to pay the bonds, and now Mr. Benton is going to be asked to give up the canceled bonds that they may be destroyed. ) PEARL W FREE LUNCH OYSTER Game Warden Secures Toothache and $45 at Same Time. Harry Saugwin, deputy game war- aen of Jackson county, happened to a- peculiar accident at Murphysboro. He was in C. H. Anderson's saloon, at the free lunch counter, and was par­ taking of some oysters that were be­ ing served, when he bit something hard that gave him a severe twang of pain. Removing the particle from his mouth, he inquired of the bartender if the saloon was serving buckshot in its lunch. Upon examining the par­ ticle those present believed it to be a pearl and took it to a local jeweler, who stated that it was a pearl and esti­ mated its worth at about $45. After Sangwin's find the oyster lunch did not last much longer. Sangwin had a toothache after biting the pearl, bat feels amply repaid for the pain. Highwaymen Tackle Constable. Highwaymen attempted to hold up and rob Constable T. J. Walmsley near the bridge approach in East St. Louis. Walmsley says that one of the men asked him for a match, and when he attempted to comply with the request the other tried to. rob him. He tried to draw his revolver, but one of the men struck him In the face, knocking him down. The robbers were frightened away by approaching men. Walmsley's head struck one of the rails/of the Terminal tracks, mak-3 raus/< i»£; ^seyere scalp wound. Memorial Library. ' K line library has been erected at Alfred, Me., as a memorial to the late Edwin Parsons, who for many years was the head of the Cairo trust prop­ erty company, which controls thou­ sands of acres of land in Alexander and Pulaski counties. The building Is a handsome stone structure of artistic appointments and will be dedicated by ex-Gov. D. Trl. Chamberlain of South Carolina, a personal friend of the late Mr. Parsons on his return from Eu­ rope. • ^ Was Lincoln's Roommate. Daniel Green Burner, Lincoln's boy­ hood friend, died at Galesburg Sept. 24, In his 90th year. Burner's people lived in New Salem from 1828 to 1884, and for four years of that time Lincoln boarded at Burner's log cabin, and the two boys roomed together, forming a friendship that never waned. Burner died rich, having amassed wealth farming. MINERS DEMAND WASHHOUSES Neglect of Operators to Comply With Law May Cause Strike. Information coming from the state officers of the United Mine Workers of Illinois is to the effect that the miners of the state may be called out on strike if the operators do not comply with the state law recently enacted calling upon the operators to erect and maintain washhouses for the miners. The miners hold that the wash- houses are a necessity, owing to the fact that they are compelled to go from the mines to their homes in their working clothes, which causes them much discomfort In street cars they are compelled to stand, as or­ dinary passengers have a horror of coming in contact with the dirty garb which miners wear. In this district but two of the mines have thus far ar­ ranged to build the houses. The child labor law will also cut a figure in mining circles in the com­ ing month. In many of the mines of the state boys between the ages of 11 and 16 years are allowed to work, which, it is alleged, is in direct viola­ tion of the law. When a boy .is in­ jured in a mine and brings suit for damages the child labor law is brought into question. Of late several com­ plaints have been made regarding youths In mines, and the miners have decided to have the matter settled In the conrts. 8eeklng Oklahoma Homes. Quite a collection from Edgar coun­ ty have left for Lincoln county, Okla., where they will locate near Prague, a new town on the Fort Scott & West­ ern railroad that is rapidly growing. Some of these people have sold their farms at from $50 to $70 per acre and claim they are*getting new lands there at from $8 to $25 per acre that are fully as good. Beer Leads tO'Crime. Leo Fisher, James Layman, John Hall, John Sanders, Henry Bentrup and George Bickel, ranging In age from 11 to 17, have been bound over on a charge of setting fire to straw stacks on the premises of the Ameri­ can Strawboard company at Quincy. The boys say their actions were the result of drinking one-eighth of a keg '"'Employe Gets Verdict. AMifew Landreth of Roodhouse was given a judgment of $2,500 in circuit court against the Chicago and Alton road. The suit was based upon a claim for damages sustained by Lan­ dreth by the falling of a portion of one of the walls of the roundhouse at Roodhouse while he was in the em­ ploy of the railroad company. Fraternal Order Must Pay. Mrs. Ida Wheril of St. Louis has se­ cured judgment in the Circuit court at Greenville against the Supreme Court of Honor for $500, half of the amount .of the policy carried in that order by her late husband, who com­ mitted suicide, on which ground the order contested the claim. Stop Using Trading Stamps. One hundred and seventy-five mer­ chants of Alton have signed an agree­ ment not to use trading stamps in their business, and more are expected to sign by Saturday night. Prison for Overcoat Thief. Frank Jones, a colored man, who stole an overcoat from the residence of U. S. De Moulin at Greenville, was sentenced to the penitentiary for an indeterminate term. Miners Are Wfffc. ' - The loss by fire at the Black Dia­ mond mine at Springfield will throw 300 men out of employment aU w in­ ter. Noted Missionary Is III.- Mrs. William Upcraft of Alton, wife of the noted Chinese mission worker, and herself a missionary ot note, was called to Chicago by a message an­ nouncing her , husband's sudden ill­ ness. His condition is considered dan­ gerous. /r " . Violates Child Labor Law. 3 -Tfffe Illinois shoe factory was found guilty of violating the child labor law in the Alton police court and fined $5 and costs. The nine other cases against the company were continued. Pays Forgotten Fine. David Chartrand, who was fined $100 and costs in Belleville Nov. 20. 1902, by Justice Elijah Cannady on a charge of assault, surprised the jus­ tice by paying the fine and costs, the officers having entirely forgotten the matter. v.„ Railroad Extension. ^;.|uts been decided that work Qtt flie iiew extension of the Chicago, Bur­ lington & Quincy railroad between Jacksonville and Concord will be com- menced at oace. ^ ^ CARNEGIE LIBR ARY AT PAXTON. WL>-* » m The city of Paxton is proud of the public library now in progress of erec­ tion, which was donated by Andrew Carnegie. In many respects the struc­ ture is the most unique of the kind in the state and Its style of architecture attracts much attention. The princi­ pal novelty is the large circular read­ ing-room in the corner, which is en- Coal Mines Cause Boom. Six coal shafts are being sunk In the coal fields east of Bunkerrille, near the Louis Bauer farm, and work on foui* more will be begun soon. There are seventy houses now undflf. con­ struction near the new mines.' ^ Asks Heavy Damages. Mts.: Louise Schra^er of Decatur has sued the Wabash Railway company for $10,000 damages. Her husband was killed at a jstreet crossing over^ year ago. Plan Phone System. A meeting of a majority of the prom­ inent farmers of Foster township was held to take steps towards having a private telephone system constructed between the farm houses to connect with one of the telephone system^ of Bunker Hill or Brighton. tlrely new to library architecture. In- ad<iition the bnsement is built high, so that it can be used for an auditorium for public meetings. The capacity of the library will be 28,000 volumes. The cost with the lot is $15,000. It is one of the most notable of the many libra­ ries donated by Mr Carnegie to Illi­ nois cities. The dedicatory exercises will take place in the fall. Tributes for Gen. Black. At the meeting of the trustees of the State Soldiers' home at Quincy tributes were paid to 'Gen. John C. Black, former president of the hoard, who has resigned as a member of that body., ' Sues Saloonkeeper. ,Mrs. Lizzie Dilley has brought suit against a number of Decatur saloon­ keepers for damages on account of their having sold liquor to Roy Dilley, *«r Elevator Burns at Eldorado. The grain elevator at Eldorado be­ longing to Skelton £ Warren and leased by Wers & Hardy burnedL The elevator contained about 2,000-bashels of wheat !' . l ' 7 Is Dragged Death by Team. While Westrey Hutchcraft, a farm­ er living southeast of Eldorado, was driving home from Harrisburg his team ran away, and in trying to get out his foot caught in the wagon bed. his body falling over the side. When found in front of his gata he was dead. He Ua4 b|||L drag^d f Warden Reilgftsf v Horace S. Reardon has resigned as game warden for central Illinois. G. W. Trunk of Peoria will succeed htm STATUE OF GEN. SHERMAN TO BE UNVEILED AT WASHINGTON OCT. 15 * '.'X; I ,&l >! ' (5-" Modeled by the late Carl Rohl Smith and cast In bronse at the Qogrfcaai foundry. It is to be unveiled Oct 15. SUES TO RECOVER RING. Jilted Lover Institutes Action Against Former Sweetheart. A novel and interesting case is be­ ing heard before City Judge McCon- nell at Watertown, N. Y., arising from a love affair and engagement, which was broken by the woman exercising the feminine privilege of changing her mind. The case is that of Edward Daniels vs. Emma A. Rockburn and the suit is brought to recover a dia­ mond ring which was given the de­ fendant over two years ago to seal the engagement between them. The plain­ tiff claims that the ring was purchased at an outlay of $55 and that the con­ tracting parties were to be married as soon as he could save enough money for the purpose. He accordingly went out into the world to seek his fortune, and secured a good position in a machine shop near New York. A few days ago he returned to claim his bride, but found that she had grown cold toward him in the interval which had elapsed, and bad allowed another to occupy his place in her affections. Broken-heart­ ed, he demanded the return of his ring, but the defendant claimed she had recently lost it Action to recover the property was then commenced. The plaintiff has a large number of letters from the defendant, which are being read in court to substantiate the fact of the engagement ; ' .. Suggestions for Authors, 't Dr. Felix Regnault, a French writer, in an article on "The Economy of Time," insists that all authors should employ clear and concise language, suppressing all that is useless. He ad­ vocates the simplification of spelling and the shortening of long words. He suggests that a number of frequently recurring words should be abbreviat­ ed. For example, in an article on tuberculosis, he would spell out that word once and afterward indicate it by a "t" He would also print the more Important ideas in bold type, so that the reader could seize the gist of lae author's meaning at a glanee. Every article should be preceded by a brief resume and the frequent use of diagrams is advocated. SEEK LORD SALISBURY'S ORDER. Englishmen in Competition for Notable Distinction. Not a few limbs, shapely and other­ wise, at e being metaphorically pushed into view by owners who hope to so- cure the Order of the Garter which Lord Salisbury wore. It is the highest order, not based on merit but royal distinction, that England has to bo- stow. Some old Tory lord once re­ marked that the reason he liked th* Order of the Garter was because thera< was "no demmed merit about It" A-- late number of the London Lancet de­ clares that only a great philosopher could have uttered Lord Salisbury's^ remark that "we live in a small, bright; oasis of knowledge surrounded on all; sides by a vast unexplored region of! impenetrable mystery, and from ageJ to age the strenuous labor of succee-j sive generations wins a small stripj from the desert and pushes forward, the boundary of knowledge." MARRIED HIS SON'S NURSI* T New York Millionaire a Notable Vlo> tim of Cupid. Thomas Breslin, 69 years old, a mil* lionaire mill and hotel owner of Troy, N. Y. has just been married to Miss Ella Watson, aged 26, who at one time worked in one of his mills. Later she became a trained nurse and in capacity looked after Mr. Bresltn's son Lewis, who was stricken With typhoid fever. The young maa recov­ ered, largely because of the intelli­ gence and; fidelity of his nurse. The father was much impressed by the young woman's modest and engaging manners. He proposed and was ac­ cepted and celebrated his good fottnM by giving a supper to ail the in the mill where his bride used to work. • MISft ROSEMARY SAATOfU* Protection for Egyptian Birds.; Bird lovers will be Interested to irtjte that the birds have friends in high places in Egypt The Minister of the Interior there recently made a laud­ able endeavor to limit, if not to sup­ press, the wholesale capture and slaughter of singing birds. Hence­ forward, the catching of them with nets is to be permitted only at a dis­ tance of one thousand metres from the seashore. It has been the practice of the bird dealers to spread their nets in the autumn along the shore, as near as possible to the sea, so as to entrap the little creatures, directly they ar­ rive upon the land, exhausted with their long flight across the sea. Remarkable Athletic Performance. Gilman Lowe, a New York athlete, lifted 1,066,000 pounds in thirty-four minutes and thirty-five seconds. The scale was so arranged as to bring the arm, leg and back muscles into play. Each lift of the beam under which he stooped raised 1,000 pounds dead weight During the two months' training Mr. Lowe lived on only one meal daily, consisting of three eggs, one-half loaf of whole-wheat bread, fruit, either oranges, grapes, apples or bananas, cereals and nuts, and one glass of milk after the meal; also plenty of cooled distilled water durins the day. 'Wi jx&smpjwax? Granddaughter o£ uan. U. S. GraiMfe who is soon to marry LfeuL Jotaa Wright, Q. S. A. Horses Travel in Palace Cars.' In palace cars, the most elaborate money could buy, fitted out with every comfort and safety appliances, eight­ een driving horses, the pets of Jacob Heyl, a young millionaire, left Mil­ waukee on their long trip to the great Bejrl Schandin estates in Germany. Boy Has Remarkable Voice. Leslie Cahill, eleven years old. of Waltham, Mass., baa been appointed soprano soloist at Grace church, the most aristocratic house of worship in New York. The lad Is said to possess a voice of remarkable sweetness and range. Leavee Prize Rinjj for 8!um Work. "Mysterious BillV Smith," who ac­ quired some reputation as a prize fight­ er several years ago, has joined the Salvation Army and is doing alum work in the New York Bowery. Chapel Cars. There are now six chapel caps of the Baptist Publication Society operating In Indian Territory, Texas, Colo­ rado^, .WigffiiirtTu ^ fOn^-Vc-..^;:^'--/"r -if % f Vvt'.. : LB". • . .'»* •A;-- :.'-A M-- .«• • Want Uncle Sam to Control. Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania ^ has just returned from British Colum­ bia, near the Alaska line, where he has been hunting big game. He ac­ quired a number of rich pelts durins his absence, and likewise the know!- ** edge that the region he visited to chiefly populated by Americans, who are greatly interested in the pending boundary dispute with Great Britain. .* and are anxious to have Uncle San take possession ot the entire strip controversy and hold it by fbroe .at--' arms if necessary. - ^ "American Duchess" Coming Ovefw The duke and duches^of Manches­ ter are to pay another visit to the United States. The duchess does not like this country as well as the land of her adoption, but the duke has always a longing to be over in the freedom of the states. They are to be at Palm Beach this winter and will stop in Kept York a few days en route. * . Speaker of English Commons. Speaker Gully of the British hooter of commons will be 70 years old nest year. Mr. Gully has been speaker tat eight years, having been in the hoasa about the same length of time previous to his elevation -to that important place. Women Study India. <^7 It Is stated that at least 1,Wl.lt> women are studying India this yeajr In the united mission study course prepared by the woman's committee. Horse Feed in Pretoria. It costs $10 a week to feed a i p P re to r i a . The re i s p l en ty of: .land in the c^un^ fcut veffl IMP*