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.*3? fT*?"v ; ;.»> --fr *"T ^ * *3 *-*fl ^L"i»1Sfc.»i«« *"*'" "•' '• ' IH£ MeHkHHY fUiNUtALkH McHENRT PLAINDEALER CO. -r* < . *^-z- = MeHRNRT. ILLINOIS. ry. •-. I'": #*« . i&- •®,: .> iy s» <••' &£• V> T- '»'v;"s i llflUMK •WGV1TIK/' Earl O. Devore, a bookkeeper in the First National bank of Woodsfleld, Ohio, has been arrested on the charge of robbing the Woodsfleld postoffice Sept. 20. Hugh N. Swain, an attorney in Houston, Texas, is under arrest there on the charge of killing C. W. Jones, secretary of the Houston Fire and Ma­ rine Insurance company, who was shot down in his office. The case is veilfed in mystery. Sunjimivao, a special envoy of Ja­ pan, has arrived at Lima, Pent. Gen. Pedro R. Gallardo, Mexican minister to England, will start for London by way of the world's fair. Oscar G. Murray, president of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, who re­ turned from Carlsbad, has arrived in Baltimore. Emil Paur, former conductor of the Philharmonic society, has arrived at New York after two years' absence from America. He will succeed "Vic­ tor Herbert as conductor of the Pitts­ burg orchestra. A.sale of the stock of the subsidiary companies of the United States Ship­ building company at public auction has been ordered by the United States district court at Trenton, N. J. In a collision between the Sunset limited and the New Orleans express, near China, Texas, five persons were seriously injured. The passengers are E. A. Allen. Monterey, Cal.; E. A. Thomas, San Antonio, and A. Devere, El Paso. William A. Hoffmann was found guilty by a Waterloo, Iowa, jury of killing William Brandt at Mayestown Sept. 7, 1903. Harvey Morris was burned to death and Edward Bartlett, Williapi George and John Smith probably fatally in­ jured by the overturning of a ladle . of molten slag on a furnace train at Wharton, N. J. Herbert O. Barber, former vice president of the failed Commercial bank of Cambridge, Ohio, who disap­ peared June 17, returned home and was arrested and indicted on charges of embezzlement. He gave a bond for $25,000. The shortage of Barber and his brother-in-law, P. C. Patterson, who was cashier of , the bank, is es­ timated at $150,000. '• T % The report that foundlings from New York city were being sold at Mo- renci and Clifton, Ariz., is said to have been started by trouble ovfer the class of families into which G. W. Swayne, the agent, placed the chil­ dren. It is denied that children were sold, but Americans objected to their bcinc placed^ in Mexican families. Swayne is at Clifton awaiting instruc­ tions from New York. Charles Saunders and Mrs. Ella Hammond of Newark, Del., were in­ stantly killed at Elkton, Md„ by a fast train. - • A contract h®** me d ec- _• ut a new wireless telegraph sta­ tion near Fort Morien, Cape Breton Island. The Phoenix line steamer British Princess, from Antwerp, brought 156 Percheron horses and 2,000 / birds ot various kinds. The annual meeting of the League of Iowa Municipalities will be held in Ce­ dar Rapids next Tuesday and Wednes­ day. Jack Ellis and Walter Reidy, living near Holdenville, I. T., were shot and killed at their homes by Billy Fixcat, a full-blooded Indian. The National Municipal league, the League of American Municipalities and the American Civic association held a joint meeting at the world's fair. Acting Secretary of the Navy Dar­ ling is trying to arrange for a visit in November to the Pacific coast. Lieut. Col. Louis W. Crampton, sur­ geon; Maj. Richard W. Johnson, sur­ geon, and Capt. Llewellyn P. William­ son, assistant surgeon, will represent the medical department of the army at the meeting of. the Association of Military Surgeons at St. Louis Oct. 10 tp 15. Monarch, Pa., a mining town of sev­ eral hundred inhabitants., is in the throes of a terrible black diphtheria epidemic. There are a score down with the disease and several deaths have already occurred. The Indiana Baptist association at Shelbyville adopted a resolution by which it was determined to build an orphanage worth $5,000 on the 185 acres given by Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Crawford of Plainfield. P. P. Maury of New York, represent­ ing an importing dry goods firm of that city, was found dead of gas as­ phyxiation in the bathroom adjoining his room at the McGee hotel in St Paul, Minn. "Old Soldiers' day" at the state fair In Springfield, 111., drew more than 25,000 persons. Another effort will be made to rec­ oncile the interests of union miners and the coal operators in the east Ten­ nessee field at a joint conference to be held in Knaxville Friday, Oct. 14. Ten men were seriously injured by the breaking of a scaffold on the new St. Mary's church at Marietta, Ohio. The Indiana grand lodge, Knights of Pythias, has voted to erect a building In Indianapolis to cost $£00,000. The annual session of the upper Iowa conference of the Methodist Episcopal church was* opened at Dav­ enport by Bishop Joyce of Minneapolis. Gus Krege, aged 29, is dead from In Juries received by being struck by a Pennsylvania train while crossing the tracks at Wanatah, Ind. Louis Wunn of Oakland, Cal., who was returning after a trip abroad, died suddenly on the steamer Kaiser Wil- helm der Grosse. The Nicollet hotel ID Minneapolis was sold to the United States Realty Company of New York for $400,000. The cotton manufacturers in Fall River, Mass., agreed to meet the la­ bor leaders in con/erence over thr present strike situation. LA i to f- CASfi'iviAnKfcT REPQpTS V. WHEAT. . • Liverpool--American, ?s Oiteaeo--N'o. 2 red, $1.10 »w York--No. t red, $1.16^.. Minneapolis--No. 1 northern, $1.16*. Kansas City--No. 2 hard. JLOMJl-ufc Uuluui--No. 1 northern, S1.I3*.... Milwaukee--No. 1 northern, )l.M.- St. Louis--No. 2 red, $1.10H@l.llH, Cincinnati--No. 2 red. ' . CORN. Liverpool--American mixed, 4s Chicako--No. 2, 63c. New York--No. 2, 67%c. Kansas City--No. 3 mixed. St. Louis--No. 2, 46^@4694c. Peoria--No.'3, 49c. Cincinnati--No. 2 mixed, 56c. OATS. Chicago--Standard, 3i^<ff32e. New York--No, 2. 35H(a^6o. Kansas City--No. t white, 81*3*0. St. Louis--No. X 32US33HC- ' Peoria--No. 8 white, 31@3rU|C. Cincinnati--No. 2 mixed, SS&O, CATTLE. Chicago--|2.25(<i6.50. • New York--$1.2541^.55. Kansas City--$1.50^)6,10. Omaha--$i.75?i ti. 10. St. Joseph--$ l. L'cVa 6.2S. Pittsburg--12$5.30. Buffalo--$3.75^6.75. ST. Louis--$2^2 b. 10. HOGS. Chicago--$5 20<fr 6.30. New York-- Kansas City--<$5.65@SJft£. Omaha--$2.4o@5.75. St. Joseph--$5.75<S€.97&. , Pittsburg--$4(n 6.50. Buffalo t4fij6.'35. St. Louis--14.75@6.15. • SHEEP AND LAMBa Chicago- J2@5.50. New York--$1.75@5.75. Kansas City--$2.75@5.15. '.Omaha--$2.25^3.40. • St. Joseph--$2.75<ff5.l£r Pittsburg--11. 5U@5.76. Buffalo--Sl.50fj6.10. .,' ; .. St. Louis--$2.25©5:50. PRISON TERM ' I ,i. Rollin Ellison Objects to Being Sent to State's Prison on Plea of Guilty. ASKS TRIAL OF SECOND CASE Counsel for the Defense Contend# That the Prosecution,, Has No EvU dence on Which to Bate a Convio- tlon of Bank President. .. ve-v,.--« The United States district court in Denver denied the petition of Joseph M. Bacon, Henry O. Palmer and Rus­ sell Parker, asking that jurisdiction in the bankruptcy case of the Gen­ eral Metal company of New York, which failed for fl,500,000, be trans­ ferred to the New York court. Tom Carney was shot and instantly killed in Madisonville, Ky., by his wife, whom he was attempting to beat Berea. college, in Kentucky, is to re­ ceive $15,000 by the terms of the will of Miss Mary A. Terry of Hartford, Conn., who died in Venice. William C. Wilson and Theodore Salmon, already held on ..suspicion, were charged with the murder of Louisa Mueller at Cincinnati, Ohio. J. Isaac Bickel, aged 66, and his son, Charles I. Bickel, aged 23, were killed by a train on the Pennsylvania rail­ way at Muhelberg station, near Read­ ing, Pa. Samuel Weakley of Canton, Ohio, a nonunion molder, who was shot by William Patton, alias Friends, a strike lfig molder, whose place Weakley had taken, is dead at Cincinnati, Ohio. Judge Adams of the federal circuit court at St: Louis appointed Jeremiah Sullivan of Cleveland, Ohio, receiver for the Altman company of Canton, Ohio, because much property of the concern is in Missouri. Judge John A. Gray has refused to grant an injunction restraining the city of Galesburg, 111., from holding a street fair. For abusive language from the con­ ductor of a Brooklyn trolley car and the refusal to return 20 cents change, a woman doctor has secured damages of $1,000. Automobiles to the number of 427 were brought to America through the port of New York during the nine months ended Oct. 1, according to fig­ ures issued by Appraiser Whitehead. Tiito is "wmrom. ctuuMw u>u nnnttcr im­ ported during the same period last year. John Carpenter Angell, a pioneer of California and later a well-known business man of New York, is dead at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Andrew Carnegie has given $40,000 to Islington, one of the London sub­ urbs, to be used in the erection of two libraries. Several t a rough trains on the Atch­ ison, Topeica & Santa Fe from Cali­ fornia are tied up at Ardmore, I. T., unable to reach the main line at Pur- cell on account of the Canadian river flood. • Papers have been served by Attor­ ney General Donahower of Minnesota on Congressman C. B. Buckman as a preliminary to a suit to collect $40,- 000 damages for the state for alleged timber trespass. A petition in bankruptcy against the Ironton Door and Manufacturing com­ pany, of which Edmond S. Culbertson is receiver, under appointment of the state courts, was filed in the United"" • States court at-Cincinnati. It has been decided" to hold the an­ nual convention of the Mississippi Riv­ er Improvement association in Du­ buque, Iowa, Nov. 15-22. The case of- William Randolph Hearst against the coal-carrying roads, which was assigned for a hearing by the interstate commerce commission in Chicago, Oct. 11, has been trans­ ferred-to New York, where the hear­ ing 'jill take place Oct. 24. The trial of Henry Lear, formerly president of the Doylestpwn, Pa., Na­ tional bank, who was accused of mis­ appropriating, misapplying and embez­ zling funds of the bank, ended in a disagreement of the Jury. Vice President Ramon Corral, who is to represent President Diaz at the St. Louis exposition, has left Mexico City for St. Louis. -Brig; Gen. William Scott Worth, U. S. A-. retired, is critically ill at the home, of his nephew, Dr. John T. Sprague, at Clifton, Staten island. The fishing schooner Alliance was totally wrecked at Trepassey, New­ foundland. Maj. Gen. *H, £!. Corbin arrived at San Francisco and went to San Ma­ teo. He will sail for Manila Oct 13 to relieve Maj. Gen. Wade. Sister Casimere of St. Anthony's hospital, Columbus, Ohio, was* fatally Injured when a street car struck the hospital carriage. Two others were seriously hurt. W. P. Crollus of Joliet was elected president of the League of American Municipalities at East St. Louis. Engineer Gunton of Garrett, Ind., was killed in a Baltimore & Ohio freight wreck at St. Joe, ind. Louis Schellbach, a prominent busi­ ness man of Cleveland, Ohio, was shot in the back and killed while duck- hunting near Sandusky. As a result of a contest made by. Roman Catholics interested In pa- ^ rochial schools the Homestead, Pa., school board rescinded It* Action of two years ago barring from the Charles M. Schwab manual training school all pupils except those en rolled in the public schools. X boshen, Ind., special: Rollin Ellison, formerly president of banks at La Grange and Top ska, objected to being sentenced to the penitentiary on a plea of guilty he had entered last April, .His lawyers urged that the second case against him be tried, al­ leging that the prosecution had no evidence on which a penitentiary sen­ tence could be based and that this fact would be brought out by the trial of the second charge, which was similar to the first, that of receiving deposits in his banks when he knew they were insolvent Fate Rests on 8eeond Case. When Ellison was called before Judge Dausman, Thomas L. Marshall of Columbia City, employed by de­ positors of the defunct banks to as­ sist in the prosecution of Ellison, asked that sentence be passed in the old case, saying that if the defendant was sentenced to (he penitentiary the other cases against him would be dropped. The defense resisted, and the court called for the evidence in the case wherein there was a plea of guilty. In the afternoon Judge Daus­ man rescinded this order and said the plea of guilty would go over, indi­ cating that Ellison would be punished- according to evidence given in the second case. It is now believed Ellison will be fined double the amount of the de­ posits he is charged with unlawfully taking and that there will be no sen­ tence to the penitentiary. Judge Wants Facts. Ellison was brought- ,to trial in this city last April from La Grange county on a change of venue. Because of Judge Merritt's possible Interest in the outcome of the litigation State Senator Ethan A. Dausman was ap­ pointed special judge* to try the case. Upon Ellison's plea of guilty Judge Dausman asked for some evidence from the prosecution because of the wide discretion given the court in in- flicting~punishment. Prosecutor W. B.' Hile did not present any evidence. Judge Dausman refused to pass sen­ tence until hie had evidence of the ex­ tent of the guilt of the accused. This was not offered and the court ad­ journed until the October term. Ellison was a son of Andrew Elli­ son, a pioneer lawyer and banker of La Grange. Th# elder Ellison was very successful and left to his chil­ dren comfortable fnrtnnps. There has v*=*?n a fccmig among the depositors that Rollin Ellison and his relatives could relieve the distress of those who placed their money in the banks that failed if they desired to do so. TO COMMAND IN EASTs 3R HOLDS FAITH HEALING LEGAL New. Hampshire Supreme Court De­ cides Suit for Christian Science. Concord, N. H., dispatch: The New Hampshire supreme court has handed down a ruling which declares that the practice of Christian Science is legal. Mrs. Jennie A. Spead of this city brought suit in 1901 against Rev. Irving C. Tomlinson, first pastor of the Concord Christian Science church, alleging deceit, negligence and fail­ ure on the part of Tbmlinson to cure her of appendicitis. Two trials were held, in which the points gained by each side were about even. At the second trial Judge Peaslee, on motion ot counsel for the defense, ordered a nonsuit, to which Mrs. Spead's coun­ sel took exception, and the case went to the supreme bench. In substance the supreme court holds that the prac­ tice of Chriltian Science is legal and that patients who have resorted to such treatment cannot recover any damages in case the practitioner uses the accepted Christian Science meth­ ods of treatment. RECEIVERSHIP IS TO TERMINATE Affairs of Vandalia Line Are "to Be Settled About Oct. 1. Indianapolis, Ind., special: Receiver Volney T. Malott of the Vandalia line has virtually confirmed the repojt that the receivership of that line would terminate at the end of the current month. The litigation of the com­ pany, he said, was for the greater part settled and the concern was in excellent financial condition. The re­ ceivership was instituted Nov. 13, 1896, and its termination in Indiana Is regarded as the preliminary step to the complete merging of that line into the Pennsylvania system. Cold Wave in Texas. Waco, Texas, special: After a perlQd of intense heat a cold wave spread over Texas Thursday. Weather condi­ tions for two weeks have been unpre­ cedented at this season of the year and much sickness is reported. Blaze on New Cruiser. Philadelphia dispatch: A blaze was discovered among a dozen bags of sawdust in the hull of the United States cruiser Washington, in course of construction in South Camden. The damage was slight. (tfAJ?G£7V. Major General James F. Wade, who has been in command of the division of the Philippines, has received orders to leave Manila on the next available transport and to assume command of the department of the ejast, with head­ quarters at Governor's island, vacated by Gen. Corbin on Oct 1. Gen. Cor­ bin will proceed to Manila on that date. Major General Wade," who was born in 1843, is the son of "Ben" Wade, United States senator from Ohio during the civil war. During the war with Spain he commanded the camp at Tampa, Fla. LEADER!^ STRATEGIC pjjELl RIVEB M0VE8 IT»"» x . Russian and Japanese Cetumanders Seek to Se­ cure Advantages--Defenders Endeavoring to Repair Port Arthur Forts. St. Petersburg, Oct. 6.--A tactical duel of the highest Interest la now pro­ ceeding in Manchuria. The Russians are trying to draw the Japanese into battle on the Run river, along which river Kouropatkin's forces have a con- veniedt natural line of defense. The Japanese are straining to get a suffi­ cient number of troops around through the mountains and thus force the Rus­ sians back to Tie pass, around which place the uneven ground is more suita­ ble to the islanders. Another source of Russian supplies is cut off, the Sinminting road being no longer passable, owing to the large number of Chinese bandits infesting that part of the country. WEEKLY SUMMARY - OF CROP CONDITIONS Temperature During the Week Hat Been Especially Favorable-for Harvesting. Washington dispatch: The weather bureau's weekly summary of crop con­ ditions is as follows: 'The temperature during the week ended Oct. 3, 1904, has tjeen generally favorable for maturing and harvesting late crops, although excessively warm in portions of Kansas and the south­ ern states. Heavy to killing frosts, causing some damage, were reported from Wisconsin^ Drought continues in the upper Ohio valley and moisture is needed in Oklahoma and South Da­ kota. "Corn has experienced another weelt of favorable conditions, but frost was injurious in Wisconsin, much was blown down and damaged in Illinois, and dry weather is needed in Iowa to prepare the crop for cribbing. Corn is practically safe in Neoraska; less than 10 per cent is in danger from frost in central ^ Indiana, Iowa and South Dakota, 20 per cent in northern and central Illinois. While thrashii/g of spring wheat again was delayed by rains, this work is generally well advanced. "With high temperature and prac­ tically no rain during the Week in the cotton region, the staple has continued to open rapidly in all sections. 'Tobacco is practically all housed and curing Is progressing 'High winds caused considerable dflpua.se ** apple*. A good cfop Is be­ ing picked in Ne*r England and Iowa. "Complaints of rot in potatoes con­ tinue, but a good crop is being gath­ ered." JURY DECLARES GIRL WAS NOT ASSAULTED Fred Harmening Tells of Finding His 8later in Barn With Rope About Her Neck. Chicago, 111., dispatch: Minnie Har­ mening, the 17-year-old girl whose body was found in her father's barn Wednesday afternoon, was not slain, by a fiendish assailant, as at first be­ lieved. but committed suicide, accord­ ing to the verdict of the coroner's jury. In spite of the words of his ^chil­ dren and the verdict of the jury, the father, Fred Harmening, declares that his daughter was murdered. Fred Harmening, the 20-year-old brother of the young woman, told of finding the body of his sister sus­ pended by a rope in the barn, and de­ clared that he hid this knowledge from his parents out of respect for their feelings. The two surviving sisters of the young woman, whose tragic death has startled Palatine, corroborated the statements of their brother. From the condition of the clothing, which was torn in places, and from marks and bruises on the body, the theory that the girl was attacked be­ fore her death was raised and the physician's examination of. the body bore out the theory. Taken Back to Gallows. Tampa, Ftti., dispatch: Frank Dun­ can, alias Jim Ward, who escaped from the jail at Birmingham, Ala., three years ago a few days before he was to be hanged, and who was arrest­ ed here for safe robberies, has been taken back to Birmingham for execu­ tion. Grief Cause* Woman's Death. Leon, Iowa, dispatch: Grief because she killed her husband was the .cause assigned by physicians for the death of Mrs. Peter Lewis. She recently shot and killed her husband, whom she mistook for a chicken thief. Drunken Indian Kills Two Men. Muskogee, Ind. T., special: Jack El­ lis and Walter Reidy, who lived near Holdenville, were shot and killed at their homes' by Billy Fixcat, a full- blooded Indian. Fixcat is said to have been intoxicated. Advance Price of Coat. Boston, Mass., special: The price of antnrsscite coal bas been advanced 25 cents a ton by all the retail dealers of Greater Boston. This applies to all grades except pea coal. Quells Hereros Rebellion. Berlin cable: Gen. von Trotha, in command of the German forces ope­ rating against rebel Hereros in south­ west Africa, has cabled that he has quelled the rebellion, and now is pur­ suing the insurgents. Cold Weather Will Not Put Stop to Campaign. Headquarters of Second Japanese Army, via Fusan, Oct. 6.--'The Japa- Russlan prisoners, -according to the dispatch, say that a number of dead lie unburied within the fortress. The hospitals are HO full that the, wounded are being sent to the ships in the nar- bor. The garrison is now stated to number ohly 10,000 effective troops. The Daily Telegraph's Chefoo cor­ respondent, cabling under date of Oct 7, says the gale is still raging, pre­ venting communication with Port Ar­ thur. Possibility of Sea Disaster Admitted at St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Oct 7.--The admiral­ ty is without news of the reported sea fight off Port Arthur, as well as of the Tokio report of the wrecking and dam­ aging of Russian warships at Port Ar­ thur by the Japanese land batteries. As a portion of the squadron has RING OF IRON AROUND PORT ARTHUR. IgMmmL /.Out 5 A 7JMT. •AK UStHAM ViYANHiATtjM PORT ARTHUR *JXPAJV£Si: J./NCS RUSS/AATS JL/AfES «AA The Rio Grande river, which form* the meandering boundary line between Texas and Mexico, has changed its course so that the channel BOW fol­ lows the Arroyo Colorado. By the change 600,000 acres of Texas land ha Gaiueron county is now on the south ^.•fc^dSPof the river and an international question may be raised. The above map shows the present course of the1 channel via Arroyo Colorado. The im*. portant city of Brownsville is south of the river. " The location of hills above Port Arthur--Rihlungshan and Kikwanshan --upon which the Japanese are said to have constructed new siege works, are shown in the map. Points from w hich a recent bombardment of the town was carried out also are indicated, are Shushiyan and Pall- chwang. nese are bringing up enormous quanti­ ties of supplies and ammunition for the winter campaign, using the recon­ structed railway, carts and junks on the Liao and Taitze rivers. The rail­ road traffic is uninterrupted and addi­ tional soldiers continue to arrive. Out­ post skirmishes are confined to the First and Fourth armies. The troops are standing the climate splendidly, few being reported sick. Cold weather is just beginning. Fearful Slaughter Follows Sortie from Port Arthur. London, Oct. 6.--The Daily Tele­ graph's Chefoo correspondent says that on Sept. 24-25 the Japanese made repeated and recklessly brave attempts to capture High Hill at Port Arthur. Owing,, to the destruction of earth­ works their advance was completely unprotected, and under the rays of the searchlight the Russian machine guns swept them down in masses. Then the Russians, emboldened by the suc­ cess, sortied. The Japanese replied with machine guns. It was the first time the Japanese had been able to entice the Russians from their shelters and they worked terrible havoc among them. „ "An official Japanese statement ad­ mits the repulse and confesses the ne­ cessity of a resort to a passive siege. "Enteric fever has broken out in the garrison at Port Arthur." Five of Japanese Land Batteries Damage Warships London, Oct. 8.--Once more Port Arthur holds the center of the war stage. It is reported at Tokio that the fire of the Japanese land batteries has severely damaged four Russian war­ ships in the harbor of Port Arthur.' It is stated that one of the vessels was completely wrecked. The names of none of the ships are given. The Tientsin correspondent of the Dally Mail says that a dispatch from Nagasaki states that a Japanese of­ ficer from Port Arthur maintains that the Japanese gradually are closing in on . the fortress. They are most anx­ ious to capture the place on the mi­ kado's birthday, Nov. S. FALLACIES AS TO FOOD. been going out occasionally to bom­ bard the Japanese land positions,. the possibility that some of the Russian vessels "may have been damaged by the Japanese batteries is admitted. The only reference to the reported sea fight off Port Arthur is contained in a delayed special dispatch from Che­ foo, which says that on the night of Oct. 5 the sound of firing was heard in the direction of Port Arthur and that searchlights were seen to be working in that vicinity. Is is thought there may have been a battle, but no confir­ mation of the report of one has been received. Japanese Estimate Cost of Two Years' War at $1,000,000,000. Tokio, Oct 6.--In addressing the members of the united clearing houses of Tokio Count Okuma, the leader of the progressive party, warned the peo­ ple to prepare for a long war, the date of the termination of. which it was now impossible to foretell. He pre­ dicted that the cost to Japan for a two years' war, including the loans which had been already placed and the expenses consequent upon the war at its termination, would total $1,000,- 000,000, which would make the per capita amount to $20. Balloonist Is Injured by Ifall. Frankfort, Ky., special: John Moore, aged 35, a balloonist of Charleston, W. Va., fell from a parachute here, break­ ing both ankles and an arm and re­ ceiving internal injuries which may cau^e his death. Woodruff May Succeed Payne. Washington special: It is reported here that President Roosevelt will ap­ point Timothy L. Woodruff of New York to succeed the late Postmaster General Henry C. Payne. Brain Not Particularly Nourished by a Fish Diet. lc is doubtful whether any given food in common use contains constitu­ ents which have a selective actiori, so to speak, on the property of minister­ ing to one part of the body more than another, says the Waverly Magazine. As a rule, when a food Is assumed to have specific reparative properties-- us, for example^ a so-called brain or nerve food--the fact really is that such food is easily and quickly assimi­ lated to the body's general advantage; in a word, in such a case repair quick­ ly overtakes waste and a real purpose­ ful nutrition and restoration are ac­ complished. A high medical authority feels call­ ed upon to once more correct the er­ roneous popular impression that fish food ministers particularly to the brain, because it contains phosphorus. As a matter of fact, fish does not con­ tain it in a free state. The notion that fish contains phosphorus had no doubt its origin In the glowing phosphores­ cence of fish in the (lark. This is Russian Commander Planning Advance on Enemy's Position St. Petersburg, Oct. 7.--During the last couple of days there has been the greatest animation at Mukden. For­ eign attaches and correspondents have hurried there from Tieling, it being evident that an action was expected. Kouropatkin, largely reinforced, is re­ ported about to advance and take ad­ vantage of the weakness of the Japan­ ese army to the southward. The Jap­ anese are aware of this and are hur­ rying up all possible reinforcements, including even a contingent take away from , the army around Port Arthur, showing how serious they consider the matter. Russian officers and soldiers are described as being highly elated, believing the time has arrived to avenge their defeat at Liaoyang. wholly due to micro-organisms. The belief, therefore, that fish is a brain food is just about as reasonable as the idea that because a soup is thick and gelatinous "it will stick to the ribs." Fish, of course, is excellent fooa, partly because of the nourishing nature of its constituents and partly because of its digestibility. The New York Way. A man prominent in financial circles in New York tells of a conversation between Mr. Russell Sage and a Bos- tonian whom the gentleman first refer­ red to had Introduced to the veteran financier. "I have always made it my rule," said the man from Boston, "never to think of business affairs out of busfe** ness hours." Mr. Sage smiled grimly. "That rule may work In Boston," he replied. In his mild way, "but it would not suc­ ceed in New York. Here, my dear sir, you 'would soon find out that you were doing business with persons who did." They fail, and they alone, who have not striven.T--T. B. Aldrich. BOY SACRIFICES LIFE • TO RESCUE LIVE STOCK •» Drives Cattle From Burning Barn,. Then Sinks on Floor When Over­ come by the Smoke. ~ Battle Creek, Mich., special: To^save the lives of his father's cattle, Ralph Blowers, a farmer's boy, gave up his own life during the storm Tuesday night. Lightning struck the barn on the Blowers farm. Flames rose from the structure and rapidly enveloped it The boy heard the bellowing of the cattle and could not bear to see the faithful animals burn before his eyes; He told his parents i and brothers that he, was going to try to save the cattle. They begged him not to at­ tempt it, saying he would surely be in­ jured or burned to death. The boy was determined, however and rushed out in the midst of the heavy down­ pour and the sharp flashes of light­ ning to the blazing barn. By the time he had reached the structure flames were bursting from all sides. Nevertheless he unlocked the door, rushed into the stalls, released the cattle, and drove them out. To get the frightened cattle out proved slow work. Despite the smoke and flames that were rapidly overcoming him, young Blowers stuck to his post until he had driven the last animal from the barn. He then sank uncon­ scious to the floor of the barn. The parents and brothers of the boy anxiously awaited his return. While he was driving the cattle from the blazing structure they several times called to him to come out. By the time he had fallen exhausted from the smoke the flames had so enveloped the structure that they knew they would be burned to death If they at­ tempted to rescue him. They stood near the structure powerless to save the youth who they knew -was burned to death within. When the flames had subsided and the ruins had cooled off the charred remains of the boy were found. BOY KILLS HIS BABY SISTER Five-Year-Old Lad Accidentally Shoots Mary Dittle. Chicago, 111., special" Jacob Dittle,'S years old, accidentally shot and killed his 3-year-old sister Mary. The bullet struck the baby in the forehead and she fell at her brother's feet fatally wounded. The boy was playing with his father's revolver. The police said they learned that the revolver was on a bureau in the room of the children's father. They were playing about the house, when the boy found the weap­ on. He had seen his father hold the weapon in his hands, and the child attempted to emulate the father. As the boy raised the weapon in both his hands his small sister toddled into the room, and the tragedy followed. VETERANS DIE BY THE HUNDRED Despite High Mortality Nutnber of Pensions Will Not Decrease. Washington special: Veterans of the civil war are dying at the rate of 100 a day. Commissioner of Pensions Ware makes this statement, and adds that applications for pensions are be­ ing filed at an average rate of 700 a day. The high mortality among vet­ eran pensioners is resulting in an in­ crease in applications by widows and minors, and will not soon produce any reduction in the number of pen­ sions. AMBUSH PORTUGUESE TROOPS Slay 254 Out of a Detachment of 499 Officers and Men. Lisbon cable: The minister of ma­ rine announced in the chamber that a detachment of Portuguese troops, be­ longing to a cojumn operating in Por­ tuguese West Africa against the Cuan- hamas, was surprised by the tribesmen while crossing the Cunene river. The detachment, which numbered 499 offi­ cers and men, lost 254 killed, includ­ ing fifteen officers, arid fifty wounded. GIVE FOR M'KINLEY MONUMENT Memorial Committee Will Be Asked to Uke It for Pythian Tablet. Canton, O., special: A check for $4/ 395.50 was sent to Gov Herrlck bjr W. H. Smith, treasurer of the Natioa> al Pythian committee, for the McKiii- ley monument. The committee has finished its work. A request will be made to the McKinley national memo­ rial committee th&t the money lie used for a Pythian tablet on the monu­ ment mailto:1.10H@l.llH mailto:2.4o@5.75 mailto:14.75@6.15 mailto:J2@5.50 mailto:1.75@5.75 mailto:2.75@5.15 mailto:5U@5.76