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y ^ Mifyf,'- - thĵ A THE McHEMRY PUiNDEiiLER McHlWRY PLAINDBALER CO. ILLINOIS. MCHENRY, im/mmm BpevmE/ Fire at Middlesboro, Ky., destroyed the stores of Jacob Goodfriend A Co. and H. Stopiaski. Loss, $50,000. Vice-President Corral of Mexico will go to the St Louis exposition am thf representative of President Diaz. First Assistant Postmaster General Robert J. Wynne has returned to Washington after a vacation In Eu* _ M"'; rope. \ * 5 President Roosevelt attended the dedication of the Mount Pleasant Con- gTegational church. The sermon was y,.' " preached by Rev. Dr. George Barker ik'.fli- Stevens, professor of systematic the- ology in the Yale divinity school. • Fred Brower was sentenced to two . *' years and a half in,the Iowa state peh- |r>tvv' ltentiary for horse stealing at Iowa " » City, lowa^ >•'. §11$$ The safe in the postoffice at ROse- i ;X mont, a suburb of Philadelphia, was I;*, blown open by dynamite and money and stamps aggregating about $200 fty;v'; stolen. Tom Winkle, charged with arson, - was acquitted, while a mistrial result- f- * ed In the casfe of James Mitchell, # - charged with murder in the lynching • of the negro Maples in Huntsville, Ala. , Ten Ye Key, who has brought thir- ty boys from China to be entered in y§/" t American universities, has decided to place two of his charges in Yale. President Thomas Milan of the Vera Cruz and Pacific railroad has let a con­ tract for the building of culverts, abut- ments and retaining walls all along the line, amounting to $1,000,000. San Domingo has purchased a naval vessel in Germany. Officials captured a madman near Timberland, southwest of Shell Lake, Wis. The gold production of the Cripple Creek, Col., district., for September amounts, to $2,041,000. tm• U:~' :̂r;: iic- Thomas D. Hogg, an aged and prominent citizen of Raleigh, N. C., was killed by a freight train. The Indiana yearly meeting of Friends took steps toward providing for superannuated ministers. The Washington, Iowa, Gazette, one of the oldest papers in the state, has bought out the Washington Dally Herald, The University of Pennsylvania be­ gan Its one hundred and forty-ninth annual Besslon with an increased en­ rollment. Hugo Donnerstag, arrested on a charge of having murdered his father near Woodboro, Minn., was held with­ out bail. A distributing station of the Bast Ohio Natural Gas company in Cleve­ land exploded and two men were prob­ ably fatally injured. The jury in the Sillier case, a farm­ er accused of poisoning his wife at Grundy Center, Iowa, returned a ver­ dict of not guilty. Joseph W. Dufour died at Minne­ apolis, Minn., as the result of an attack by highwaymen, who threw him over a cliff, a distance of forty feet, down to the Mississippi river. Victor H. Metcalf, secretary of com­ merce and labor, investigated the need of an immigrant station for San Francisco and inspected a proposed site for the building on Angel island. William W. Thomas, American min­ ister to Sweden and Norway, who made a brief visit to his home in Por||and, Me., returned to Europe. Among the passengers who arrived in New York on the White Star line steamer Baltic from Liverpool were Vice Admiral Sir Charles C. Drury, one of the lords of admiralty of the British navy* Sir George Newnes, M. P.; the earl of Yarmouth, and Marshall Field. Milwaukee was chosen as the meet­ ing place for 1906 by the ninth bien­ nial convention of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, which adjourned in Buffalo, N. Y. Orville Harald, the Richmond, Ind., tenor, has decided to refuse the offer of Moid. Schuman-Heink to give him a musical education in Germany, and instead will go on the road as an evan­ gelist singer. In a freight train wreck on the Grand Trunk railway near Eastwood, Ont, Engineers Kirkland and Heron, Conductor Falls and Brakeman Bene­ dict were killed and Fireman Cameron was probably fatally scalded. Reuben A. Torrey and C. M. Alex­ ander, the American evangelists, closed their meetings at Bolton, Eng­ land. The evangelists will begin a mission at Cardiff Oct 2. John R. Wise of Wisconsin, a clerk of the third class in the Indian bu­ reau, has been appointed assistant superintendent of the Indian school at Carlisle, Pa., to take effect Oct 1. Union university of Schenectady, N. Y., celebrated the one hundredth anniversary of the inauguration of Rev. Dr. Eliphalet Nott as president of Union college. John Scott of Sioux City, Iowa, has brought suit for $6,000 for alleged breach of promise of marriage against Mrs. Ella Rassett, formerly of Hor- nung, iowa, but now of New York. , Ex-Congressman W. C. P. Breckin. ridge received a paralytic stroke and Is dangerously ill at Lexington, Ky. King Head a farmer living neai Clinton, Ky., his wife and child were phot from ambush and seriously hurt. The Polish Roman Catholic trienni­ al congress in Pittsburg voted to es- ... tjdblish schools between the elemen ; tary and college grades. • Moody institute, Chicago, is given 11,000 in the will of the late Alderman Harry Orth Shelby, filed for probate at Oklahoma City, O. T. The third national convention of the 8t John the Baptist Union of Ameri ; began at Willimantic, Conn., with an attendance of 150 delegates. < Minister Barrett has left Panama for Colon, on his way to New York. - William Ziegler, the arctic explorer . tien enthusiast, was quite seriously in­ jured in a runaway accident at his summer home at Collender's Point GEORGE FRISBIE HOAR 1 DIES AT WORCESTER Ystaran Senator From Masaaehuaetta gPaases Quietly into the Steep That J Knows No Waking. Worcester, Mass., special: George Frisbie Hoar, senior United States senator from Massachusetts, died at his home in this city at 1:35 o'clock Friday morning, aged 78 years. The end followed a period of unconscious­ ness that hid continued since early Tuesday, and came so gently that only the attending physicians were aware of the exact moment of dissolution. The attending physicians despaired of the senator's life six weks ago, but such was the vitality exhibited by the patient that even they were surprised and the . public was at times led to 8enator George .Friable Hear. cherish -a faith in an ultimate recov­ ery. On Sept. 16, however, all hope was abandoned after a last unsuccessful attempt to administer medicine and nourishment. Brief lucid intervals were followed by longer durations cf unconsciousness until Tuesday morn­ ing, when the venerable statesman sank int6 a state of coma from whict all efforts to rouse him proved futile There were present at the bedside when death came tl^ Senator's son Gen. Rockwood Hoar; his daughter Mary Hoar, and Dr. Warren R. Gil man, who for weeks has been in most constant attendance upon the senator. Senator Hoar had been in 'ill health since last winter, and even wh«u at­ tending the sessions of the senate he was obliged to exercise extreme care lest his exertions should overcome him. At that time he was troubled with lumbago, and the death of his wife in Washington proved such a blow that he never " recovered entirely from its effects. ADDS $17,000 TO FOREIGN FUND Yale Society Gets Money for Mission* - aries' Death in China. New" Haven, Conn., special: Yale university has received $17,000 in gold from the British government, to be placed to the credit of the Yale for­ eign mission, which is located in Changsha, China. The money repre­ sents the amount paid by the Chinese government for the murder of two English missionaries in Hunan two years ago." The missionary society to which the murdered missionaries be­ longed refused as a matter of princi­ ple to accept a cash gift as payment for the murder. The Chinese govern­ ment declined to take back the gift The British government, to which the sum had been paid over, had no claim on it A number of English mission­ ary societies refused to take the money, which now goes to the Yale Missionary society. FLOUR 8 ALES ARE IMMENSE 850 Minneapolis Mill Disposes of Carloads in a 8ing!e Day. Minneapolis, Minn., dispatch: Vast quantities of flour are being shipped to all parts of the United States from Minneapolis and mills are enjoying a most prosperous run. Sales aggregat­ ing many thousands of barrels.a day are reported. The world's record was completely eclipsed by the Washburn- Crosby company on Sept 22, when 110,000 barrels, or about 850 car loads, of flour was sold, all but an insig­ nificant fraction of it being for domestic consumption. AH mills are running at full capacity at present, daily sales of the larger firms varying from 3d,000 to 70,000 barrels. W.H. HARROUN DENIES CHARGE8 Grain Dealer Pleads Not Guilty to Issuing Bogus Receipts. Kansas City, Mo., dispatch: W. H. Harroun, the grain dealer, was ar­ raigned in the criminal court on the charge of issuing fraudulent ware­ house receipts. Through his attorney he pleaded not" guilty and he was re leased on bond for $2,500. The spe­ cific charge against Harroun is that he, as president of the Belt Elevator company, issued & warehouse receipt for 10,000 bushels of wheat said to be in the elevator, when, as a matter oi fact, the information sets forth, th« wheat was not there. ~ FAMILY I* SHOT FROM AMBU8H and SECRETARY SHAW DUCES LABELS t 1 Modifies His Previous Order ^ Regard to Stamp ^.s , " imported Cigars. ' \ NEW ISSUE ON BOX BOTTOMS Dofnestlc Trade to Be Protect*^ by Placing the Stamp Out of Sight, the Color Being Made Leaa Consplcu- Washington di&patch: Secretary of the Treasury Shaw has reached a de­ cision in the cigar c\istoms stamp case, which was taken up on account of the complaint of the American To­ bacco company and other big import­ ers of foreign cigars, who claimed that the recent order abolishing the prominent green stamps injured their business. The decision has not been made public, but it is understood to be in the way of a compromise. The original order abolishing the big green stamps on the faces of the boxes was made because of repre­ sentations of manufacturers, of do­ mestic cigars to the effect that the importers were using the stamp as a trademark and that the government was being used to foist the business of these importers to the detriment of home industry. The resulting or­ der substituted a brown stamp, which was to be pasted out of sight on the' bottom of the boxes. 8haw Makes Statement. The change brought forth a great cry from the Importers, who claimed that the government was Injuring their business to an unwarrantel ex­ tent Secretary Shaw, while declin­ ing to make public the new order, gave out a Statement concerning the case. "The testimony establishes the fact," he said, "that the?* present stamp is used as a trademark by the cigar Importers; that this trademark is val­ uable to them and confers ac advan­ tage upon them as against the manu­ facturers of cigars in the United States, and that cigare* are, in effect, the only commodity imported into the United States that receives the bene* fit of such a trademark. Stamp Gives Advantage. 'In view of the fact that this gov­ ernment stamp, in its present form, undoubtedly gives a pecuniary advan­ tage to those using it, it seems that the order already issued by the depart­ ment is, in its essence, proper. The government's business is to collect the revenue and to provide so far as pos­ sible against fraud, but it .is not the government's business to furnish a guaranty in the form of a trade-mark for the benefit of the goods. This, should be left in the tobacco business exactly as it is in all other business. "The result of the decision will pro­ tect the domestic manufacturer from a., customs stamp, available as an ad­ vertisement, and it protects the im­ porter also by giving him a stamp of a distinctive color, which can be seen by the purchaser if he cares to make examination." Will Make New Platee. The secretary has given orders that new plates be prepared for printing the stamps and for placing upon the boxes of imported cigars, In accord­ ance with this decision. While the secretary was away from Washington Acting Secretary Taylor conducted a complete hearing, taking the testimony of both sides. Reports of these proceedings were forwarded to Secretary Shaw. On his return he took up the case and after a consulta­ tion with the president rendered bis decision. RUSSELL SAGE 8ETTLE8 SUIT Give* Janitor's Widow $750. In Place of $50,000 Asked. New York dispatch: Russell Sage has done an unusual thing. He gave Mrs. Bridget Kane $750 in settlement of a damage suit for $50,000. Mrs. Kane alleged that Mr. Sage was the owner of the house where she resides and where her husband was the jani­ tor. While descending the stairway from the street to the basement her husband's foot caught on the first step and he fell info the Sreaway. The reason alleged for his fall, from the results of whiph he subsequently died, was that the top step of the staircase was broken, -^rae defective condition was alleged to bc- due to the careless­ ness and negligence of Mr. riage and his agents and employes. Fair Official Is Promoted. St. * Louis, Mo., dispatch: H. E. Skinner of Chicago, who was connect­ ed with the Columbian exposition of 1893 and who has been with the Louisiana Purchase exposition since laBt April, has been appointed gener­ al chief clerk of the department of admissions, to succeed E. L. Turner, resigned. Kentucky Farmer Fatally Hurt Wife and Child Wounded. Cairo, 111., dispatch: While Kink Head,, a farmer living four iniles from Clinton, Ky., a small town twentj miles south of here, was standing with his wife and child on their front porch, they were all shot from am bush. Head was mortally wounded and hls wife and child were seriouslj hurt. Head had some trouble witk his neighbors. '• • • •- Eight Miners Are Killed* Berlin cable: The platform In a mine shaft at Becklinghhusen, West­ phalia, has collapsed, and ten miners were precipitated to the bottom of the shaft Eight were killed and the remaining two seriously injured. Watson Bars Callers. Birmingham, Ala., dispatch: Thos IS. Watson, populist candidate foi president, is confined to his room iz the Hillman hotel. He did not reg ister and left orders that no "callert were to be admitted. Engineer Is Killed. St Joseph, Mo., dispatch: H. A Worden of Wym'ore, Neb., was killed in the yards of the Burlington Rail road com pan j; by the overturning ol hi* tender. - Postoffice Robbed of $1,000. St. Louis, Mo., dispatch: The post* office safe at Sullivan, Mo., fifty-nine miles southwest of 8t. Louis, on the St. Louis & San Francisco railroad, was blown open and about $l,00 in money and stamps taken.---7 * Czar Will Go Hunting. Bt- Petersburg cable: Upon the emperor's return from southern Rus sia he will go to his hunting lodge at Blelovezh, on the border of Poland, between Vllna and Kieff, for a fort­ night's shooting. DAVIS ISSUES LETTER ACCEPTING THE HONOR Democratic Candidate for Vice Presi­ dent Believes That the Tim«1» , Ripe for a Change. """ Elklns, W. Va., Oct 3.---Henry G. Davis, Democratic nominee for vice- president, has forwarded4 his letter of acceptance to John Sharp Williams, chairman of the notification commit­ tee named by the St. Louis conven­ tion. The letter begins by stating that the tii^e is ripe for a change. It then declares tha^the expenses of the government are too high, mentioning the army and navy as the principal sources of national extravagance. He denounces the part»taken by the Unit­ ed States forces in securing the inde­ pendence of Panama. He nevertheless applauds the progress made in get­ ting the canal under way. Touching the tariff, he declares that the duty Is too high on many articles. He declares that steel rails made in this country are being sold to the United States for $28 a ton and in for­ eign countries for $18 a ton. This, he says, is a great injustice to the people--or to the consumers elj steel rails. ; He believes that the consum­ ers of steel , rails can be relieved by the Democratic party if It get® Into p o w e r . ' • • • • y As to trusts, he sayS there are 200 of them, but that all of them are not pernicious and strike breeding. He declares that most of them hate grown up since the Democratic party was relieved of power in 1897. In discussing self government, he asserts that the sovereignty of respec­ tive states should not be encroached upon by the national government and that race hatred is manufactured by the Republican party. He. strongly indorses The Hague tribunal and says it will work for the world's peace. .......... ...... . The postal frauds are taken up at some length and the* candidate de­ clares it his belief that congress ad­ journed so as to shut off further in­ quiry into the charges affecting the Southwestern land offices. Referring to civil service, he ac-' cuses Republican office-holders gener­ ally of doing campaign work while under pay of the people for doing the people's work. He winds up his let­ ter with a brief tribute to Judge Parker. SEEK TO RETAKE FORTS "W- ' - ,"«^ Russians Fight Fiercely in Attempt to det Possession of Outworks which Control' :y s y Port Arthur's Water Supply. ^ ^ MURDER WOMEN AND CHILDREN Led by Renegade, Indiana Attack Camps in Southern Mexico.* New York dispatch: Advices re­ ceived by mall from Belize, British Honduras, say: In the recent attack by Jndians on the camps of chewing gum gatherers, in southern Mexico, seventeen persons were killed, eight­ een wounded and fifty-seven more either murdered or carried into cap­ tivity. The force of Indians consist­ ed of about 300 and was led by a renegade from the national guards of Yucatan. The Indians first attacked a camp at Quintana Roo, where they killed three wonem and two men and wounded three more men. At another camp they killed two men and two women and wounded three men. In Chenchunche the hospital, commer­ cial warehouses and offices were burned. Three patients perished. Attacks also were made on camps at Cozumel, and Tulum, resulting in sev­ eral deaths. FIREMEN ELECT OLD OFFICER8 Action Taken in Brotherhood Conven­ tion at Buffalo. ' Buffalo dispatch: The grand offi­ cers of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen were re-elected for ,two years at Tuesday's session of the ninth biennial convention as follows: Grand master--John J. Hannahan. First vice grand master--Charles A. Wilson of Phillipsburg, N. J. Second vice grand master--Tim­ othy Shea of Peoria. Third vice grand master--Charles Meier of Parsons, Kan. Fourth vice grand master--Eugene A. Ball of Stratford> Ont. Grand secretary and treasurer- William S. Carter of Peoria. Editor of official organ--John F. McNamee of Indianapolis. Milwaukee, Birmingham and Colum­ bus are seeking the next convention. CUBAN CIGAR MEN ARE ANGRY Think Stamp Decision Unjust and May Brand Boxes "Made In Havana." Havana cable: Cigar manufactur­ ers here regard the decision of the United States treasury department in the cigar stamp case as unjust to Cu­ ban Interests. They see no reason for protecting manufacturers in the Unit­ ed States to the extent of removing the only conspicuous evidence that the contents of a box of cigars were imported. The decision having already been announced, it is doubtful wheth­ er the Cuban government will make representations on the subject to Washington. Manufacturers, however, may adopt the custom of conspicuous­ ly branding cigar boxes with the words, "Made in Havana." Mining Contractor la Killed. Wilkesbarre, Pa., dispatchr Thomas W. Williams, a prominent mining con­ tractor of Wilkesbarre and brother of former Congressman Morgan B. Will­ iams, was accidentally killed at the Soutli Wilkesbarre colliery. Rain of Fine Ashea* •' Rome cable: There has been a plentiful fall of fine ashes or sand in south Italy, which is attributed to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, or to the strong winds from the African desert, London's Lord Mayor. London cable: Aid.'John Pound, chairman of the London General Om­ nibus company, limited, has been chosen lord .#• ensuing y« ar." . i ' : Mexican Girl Is Heavy. City of Mexico, dispatch: Chlcha Alvarez, an Indian girl of 18 years, a native of a village in the state of Chiapas Mexico, already weighs 598 pounds and is the fattest woman in the world. Awards Panama Contract. Washington dispatch:".* The United States government has awardei first contracts for cast iron pi be used in the Paaajfta ffriifll tp a Cincinnati firm.^ London, OcL S.--The' loM «xpeo.t*>i naval battle off Port Arthur may have taken place. News of an effort by the Russian fleet to escape has been looked for at St. Petersburg and Tokio for several days. Tokio reports the rumored^ loss of a Japanese gunboat, but says the report lacks confirmation. According to a Japanese correspond­ ent of the Morning Post, the fleet would only attempt a sally in the. last extremity, and when the surrender of the garrison could no longer be post­ poned. Because the water works are in the hands of the besiegers, and the shore water condensing apparatus had been ruined by the Japanese shell fire, the correspondent adds the garrison is dependent now upon the condens­ ers of the fleet for fresh water. News of severe land fight tug at Port Arthur comes from Tokio as well, as CLefoo. Tokio says the Russians are endeavoring to recapture the forts held by the Japanese that control the water supply. The Daily Telegraph's Chefoo corre­ spondent gives a Chinese account of POSITION OF THE ARMIES. MVHDEN Z.MO Latest positions of the armies in the East--the massing of the Japa­ nese about Yentai, * their northward movement up the Liao valley, and the positions of the Russians on the Sin- min tun-Mukden road--are indicated on the map. The arrows point out the course of the projected flanking movements of Oyama's forees. Re­ ports are to the effect that the oppos­ ing troops are in close touch south of Mukden find east of the railroad.i.' desperate fighting at Port Arthur In which the Japanese are^said to have swarmed like locusts upon the Rus­ sian bayonets. There were fierce breast to breast conflicts, and the trenches w;ere filled with dead and wounded. The Japanese siege guns, according to the Japanese, have done serious damage. The premises of the principal merchants, Gen. Stoessel's residence, the Russian church, and the police station have been wrecked. The Chronicle's Liaotung corre­ spondent stays there was a truce on Saturday at Port Arthur to bury the dead. Russian and Japanese officers, he says, exchanged greetings, after which the bombardment was recom­ menced with its old vigor. There is little change in the relative position^ of the opposing forces. Desperate Fight Mader*by Russians to Retake Positions Tokio, Oct. 2.--The Russians are re­ ported to-be desperately endeavoring to retake their lost positions, includ­ ing Fort Kouropatkin, in the hope of restoring the water supply of Port Ar­ thur. They are said to have' repeated­ ly assaulted the Japanese, after shell­ ing from neighboring forts and bat­ teries. The Japanese continue to hold the positions. Both sides are said to have suffered severely. The newly mounted heavy Japanese guns are said to command the entire harbor. The position of the remnant of the Russian Port Arthur fleet is said to be precarious, and it is be­ lieved the vessels must soon emerge or be destroyed. Fighting at Port Arthur Is Continued Incessantly. London, Sept. 29.--The fighting at Port Arthifr is incessant, according to Chinese, who have reached Cheefoo from the besieged fortress. These refugees bring rumors that two Japanese torpedo boats and a Japanese .steamer have been sunk by mines near Port Arthur during the last few days. A Japanese cruiser of the Niitaka type, it is added, was badly damaged. * According to the Chinese the Japa­ nese have made little progress^ They are said to have taken forts 4, 6 and WOOD ALCOHOL IN WHI8KY. 6, were usablfe to ttrcm, «na withdrew , on the afternoon of Sep­ tember 26. Their loss in these as­ saults were enormous, while the Rus­ sian casualties also were severe. The Japanese have done much tun­ neling toward the forts. The Rus­ sians have counter tunneled and laid mines which have inflicted terrible losses. The Chinese say the Japanese fleet has gone to its baBe in the Elliott islands. Two or three Russian ships occasionally go outside the harbor. An undated dispatch to the Express from Tokio, sent by way of Shanghai on Sept 28, says: "For the first time since the war began impatience is - fndttlfe^ted in Japan regarding the delay in the ca­ pitulation of Port Arthur. The news­ papers editorially complain about Gen­ eral Nogi's failure to capture the fortress. One paper says: "'We would like to send to the august general a sharp sword which hangs in our office.' "This remark is a covert invitation to General Nogi to commit hara kari, which in Japan is the logical result of failing in such a task. "In view of the failure of the last' terrific assault, the opinion is now expressed that the fortress may hold out three months longer. "Reinforcements, variously esti­ mated to number from 10,000 to 12,000 infantry, and some siege guns have been sent General Nogi this week. "Invoided besiegers who have ar­ rived home say the Russians ar^ de­ fending Port Arthur almost frantic­ ally. Every conceivable device is adopted to repel assaults, even to throwing red pepper during fighting in close quarters, "The stories of terrible havoc wrought by the land mines, they say, are not exaggerated. The Russians plant fresh mines at night. The ap­ proaches to the fortress practically are strewn with dynamite. Both sides are physically exhausted." Lr * Baltic Sea Fleet Ready for Immediate Departure St. Petersburg, Oct 3.--The Russian armada, the Baltic sea fleet, is ready to sail and on its ability to drive the Japanese navy from the sea hangs the issue of the war. The fleet will sail from Reval to-morrow. It will be the most powerful fleet that ever set sail from any European port, and is rela­ tively larger than the whole Japanese navy. The czar will go In person to Reval to say farewell to his command­ ers and seamen. Enormous Losses Suffered by Japs at Port Arthur. London, Sept. 30.--The Shanghai correspondent of the Daily Telegraph quotes a Japanese officer as saying that the Japanese killed and wounded at Port Arthur considerably exceeds 30,000. Japanese military authorities are of the opinion that it will be use­ less to throw away more lives in assaulting the fortress, and that it will be better to institute a regular siege. The Japanese arsenals are said to be working night and day turning out twelve-inch howitzers and larger guns. Some batteries of twelve-inch guns recently reached the besiegers. CHICAGO NEEDS NEW CHARTER, Adoption of Constitutional Amentf* , men* Earnestly Recommended. ^ In the coming election in Illinois *•» amendment to the State Constitu­ tion will be submitted to the people of that State, the tenor of the same being to allow the Legislature to grant a new charter to the city of Chicago. The people Of that city are univers­ ally in favor of the amendment, and are appealing to the voters in the country to sustain the same, to the end that their hopes may not mis­ carry. The matter being wholly non- political, there is no reason why the members of all parties should not vote for It Chicago has outgrown her present antiquated charter and is sadly in need of a new one. At present within the limits of that city there are ten separate and distinct taxing bodies* all of them exercising co-equal func* tions; and as their respective juris­ dictions,. are not in all cases clearly defined, it is inevitable that numer­ ous clashes shall occur, resulting fre­ quently in material harm to the peo­ ple of the city. The amendment asked for will enable all abuses in the mu- • nicipal government to be corrected, and put the city on a sensible work* ing basis. Chicago has long been hampered for necessary funds with which to meet absolutely necessary demands against her, and this new charter will put her in shape to rec­ tify this very unfortunate condition. Under the present charter the city can only borrow ip excess of about two-thirds of 1 per cent of its-actual taxing value. An Impression has gained credence throughout the country districts that the new charter is designed to light­ en the responsibilities of the great city, and shift some of her taxes to the country. The. fact of It is, how­ ever, that there is no conceivable way in which the new charter could affect any of the counties in the least, ex­ cept Cook, and there the benefits would be almost inestimable to the city and county. -- • From investigations made tor tta» Star it, without hesitation, recom­ mends the amendment to the, favor of its readers in Illinois, and earnest­ ly hopes that through its adoption Chicago will gain relief from her present disabilities.--St. Louis Star. ' . • Why She Liked the Novel. Hamlin Garland relates the follow­ ing, which shows that sometimes a prophet doesn't get all the honor due him, even outside of his own country r The author sat beside a schoolgirl on a train in western New York, Glancing at the book she was reading, he saw it was one of his own novels. Naturally he was delighted, and, wttfc an ingratiating smile, said: "I beg your pardon, miss; but do ^ you like that book?" "Oh, yes, sir; I like it very mueh indeed!" she replied. "Is there any particular reason wlijr you should like it?" asked Mr. Gar» land. "Well, I find It is a splendidf book to read, because there are so many pages I can skip." Then the novelist put on his think­ ing cap and gazed thoughtfully of the window.--New York Tipies. Force* of Mikado Ready for Advance on Mukden, St. Petersburg, Sept. 30.--The Jap­ anese armies seem to be ready to be­ gin their long delayed general advance on Mukden. Gen. Sakharoff, who is Kouropat* kin's chief of staff, reports an encoun­ ter With the Japanese vanguard on the Mandarian road, north of Yentai, on Sept. 28, in which he asserts the Russians had the best of it. It is significant, however, that no mention is made of operations on the eastern flank. Dispatches from Mukden ^Ive an After the Liaoyang Battle. --fr V. Sf., - * i. Pennsylvania Pure Food Commission­ er Astounded at His Discovery. ! Dr. B. H. Warren, Pennsylvania's pure food commissioner, has made a startling discovery regarding the cheap-order grades of whisky sold all over the state. In an Interview he said: " "Most of the cheap whisky sold in Pennsylvania, I have discovered by analysis, is manufactured from wood alcohol and red or India pepper, the latter element giving the deadly dose the desired 'snap.' I was astounded when the chemists informed me o{ the findings, in a number of cases,- and Immediately had oyer 1,000 saxftples taken up all over the state. Ninety- five per cent of the samples so far examined have shown the presence of wood alcohol In poisonous quantities along with the pepper. Some sam* pies contained arsenic, turpentine and traces of prussic acid." Dr. Warren said he had instituted ;eedings in over 100 cases Where deader etull had been estimate of the strength of the Jap­ anese armies, placing the total at 144,- 000 infantry, 6,30p cavalry, and 638 guns. This estimate causes some sur­ prise here, as it has been supposed that the Mikado's Manchurian army was considerebly above 200,000 men. total number from present indications will exceed 1,000, and may be, before the investigation is completed, reach 5,000. "No wonder," said the doctor, "that our asylums are full." Disinfectant for 8lck Ri For the sickroom a pleasant disin­ fectant is made by putting in a sau­ cer some freshly ground coffee and lighting a piece of camphor gum on top of it. As this gum burns it emits the odor of roasting coffee, an aroma that is agreeable to most people. This perfume has the advantage of being healthful, and is to be preferred to the pastiles and incense powders, which to some are very sickening The odor of the coffee will counter­ act any bad aroma in the room, and the fumes of the camphor will kiH ordinary disease germs that may be floating around. " : V ' Trouble in Telegraphing; Telegraphing in Abyssinia is done under difficulties. The monkeys swing on the wires and the elephants use |the poles for scratching post*. ... ----- ^ ' Woman Weary Willie. \ ^ A woman tramp was arrefted evening last week by a policeman in Minneapolis. A few hours afterward she was released, because the polled did not wish to prosecute a woman onN a charge of vagrancy. She gave her name as Jane Lee and her j^e as 40 years.- She said she has traveled the country over as a tramp. She was born and raised in the South, and when she grew to woman­ hood the ease and lack of worry of a tramp's life attracted her. For twen­ ty years she has been a weary wander­ er. She said she was first attracted to a wandering life by the! funny pic­ tures in the comic papers. \ ; •- That Grinding Sound. Pusen had told me that he "haa had toast for breakfast every morning. "You must like it pretty well," I re­ marked. "No," said he; "'tain't that. But the girl in the next 'flat 4 plays her piano during our breakfast time every morning." I studied over It some ihoments, but finally had to give it up. "Why," he explained; "when I ana crunching crisp toast I can't hear much of anything else."--Chicago In-., ter Ocean. American Woman Edits Jap Paper. Miss Anne Dyer, daughter of a New Orleans school principal, is believed to be the only American woman who has done actual newspaper work on \the only English newspaper in Japan --the Daily Advertiser of Yokohama. Miss Dyer went to Japan to visit friends, and while there wrote some articles for the Advertiser. These were so successful that she was in­ duced to accept a position on the paper. She rapidly advanced until now she is in editorial charge. Patrolman Kept Busy. Patrolman James Dockery of ttu St. Louis police force the other da/ rescued Mrs. Walter Able from the Mississippi river. He was standing- •on the levee when h£ saw the woman jump In. Throwing off coat and re­ volver, he plunged in after her. The current was strong and she attempted to fight her rescuer, who dragged- hei to shore by her hair. Mrs. Able had lately been sued for divorce. This makes Patrolman Dockery's sixth reu cue from the river this year. Startling Discovery. Chauffeur--"While I stopped in tha& farmhouse overnight the cow W eat up my automobile," yj * Friend--"Did you see her?" ' f. Chauffeur--"No; but I tasted ga«$fc line- in the milk next morning." Explained. r' Bard--"Since they have appointed a woman editor of that magazine 9* mant of my poems don't come back.** Friend--"No; I heard her say she used them for carl pap#ra."