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W'#: •• #-T^ •p$i <rf** / \7 r*?f ;**m ,'v . . "* »..!^„ ' "' . 1 ', " " The Ward of King Canute A Romance of the Danish Conquest. By OTTIUE A. LILJENCRANTZ, author of The Thrall of Lie! ths Lucky. Copyright, 1903, by A. C. McCr,TTlUi & CO. " CHAPTER XfX.--Continued. "I want not that recompense, • lord, i waai--Bptuios you haTS to give. Little shall you think of the debt,-- ||p " or think that in helping you, I repaid ' you for your hospitality, your--" Her voice broke as the memory of Lf-> "-l i that time passed over her like bitter v waters, and she was obliged to stand i-r silent before him, steadying her lip g V; with her teeth, until the waters had !*;• - - ' fallen. pgr *5 "It was the King who sent tor you, ;r that he might know whether I had jv't spoken the truth concerning my dts- guise--" she said when at last her 1^"". voice returned. "Now, by coming* b you have helped me against his an- . v-j. •" ger,--let that settle all debt between us, . I thahk you much and--and I bid you farewell." Again Elfgiva's school- sr ing came to her mind and she sway- ied before him in a courtesy. She ' did not know that .her,, cheeks were f$' - as white as her kerchief, that her 'J ,i eyes were dark wells of unshed tears. She knew only that at last he was bowing, he was turning, in a moment more he would be gone-- . ' fcut just short of that point' he stopped, and all mdtion around her appeared to stop, as a noise down the corridor clotted out every sound in the garden.--the noise of a great /body of people rousing the echoes with jubilant shouting. "The King! The King!" could be beanl again and again, and after it a burst of deafening cheers that drowned the rest. . . 5. Listening, everyone . stood motion­ less as the babel came nearer with a swiftness which spoke much for the 'speed of the shouters.. Only Randa- lin's little red shoe began to tap the earth impatiently. What did It mat­ ter what they said? "Hail to Canute of Denmark!1" "Hail to the King of the Danes and--" Again cheers drowned the rest. The pages, who had sped, at the first alarm like a covey of gray birds, came pariting back, tumbling over (me another in their efforts to impart the mews. Elfgiva caught the nearestand •hook him until his teeth chattered; and In the lull, the swelling shout reached them for the first time un­ broken: "Honor to the King! Hail to the King of the Danes and the Angles!" From the Lord of Ivarsdale came a <jry, sharp as though a heart-string had snapped in its utterance, the tie (hat for generations had bound those •Vrf.4 •iw* tad a. leather bag around his neck which I think likely contains Ed- ZuUud m croTfij ariH--Ab, Tfttft, look! look! Thorkel is holding it up!" : Yes, it was Edmund's crown. Again, a picture of the English camp-fire rose before her, and she shivered as she recognized the graceful pearled points she had last seen upon the Ironside's stately head. Now Thorkel was set­ ting them above the Danish circlet on Canute's shining. locks, while the shouts merged into a roar of accla­ mation. "But why does he look so strange?" Randalin said suddenly. , And Dearwyn laid • a finger on her Up. "Hush! At last he is going to speak." . ; « , Canute: was bending toward the messenger, holding him With hip glance. "Tell more news, messen­ ger," he wis saying sternly. "Tell about the cause of my royal brother's death."', v'! The messenger seemed to lose what little breath his ride on the shoulders of the crowd had left him. "My er­ rand extends no further," he panted, "it is likely that the Earl' will send you more news--I am but the first-- His breath gave out in an inarticulate gasp, and he began-to back away.* But the , King moved after him. "Stop--" he commanded,--"or it may be that I will cause you to remain quiet for the rest of time. You must know what separated his life from bis body. Tell it." Stammering with terror, the man fell upon his laiees. "Dispenser of treasures, how should I know? The babblings of the ignorant durst not be repeated. Many say that the Ironside was worn sick with fighting." "You lie!" Canute roared down up­ on him. "You know they say that Edric murdered him."" At that, the poor fool seamed to cast to the winds his last shred of sense. "They do say that the Earl poisoned him,' he blubbered. "But none say that you bade him to do it. No one dares to say that.'* "How could they say that?" Randa- lid cried in amazement, while the King drew back as though the grov; elling figure at his feet were a dog that had bitten him. a"I bid him do it?" he repeated. A11 at once his face was so terrible that the man began to crawl backward, screaming, even before Canute's hand had reached his hilt. Before the blade could be drawn. he aaid. "What, jdo you believe?" of his blood to the house of Cerdtc, '"Edmund**- rThe mob of soldiers and servants that burst through the doorway an­ swered his question with exultant Bhouts: "Edmund is dead! Edmhnd is dead! Long live Canute the King! • King of the Danes and the Angles!" Unbidden, memory raised before ; Randalin a picture of the English , camp-fire in the glade, with the Eng­ lish King standing in its fight and the hooded figure bending from the shadow behind him, its white taloned hand resting on his sleeve. If he was . dead, he was dead, and there was no more to be said. Was the Etheling always going to stand as though hje " were turned to stone? Would hje hfcvsr-- Ah, at last he was moving! As If ' the news had only just reached home to him, she saw him draw himself together sharply and stride toward the ,door; and she watched feverishly to ,see if anyone would think to stop him. One group he passed--and an­ other--and another--now he was on the threshold. Now he was out of sight. .* Sh»' let, her suspended breath go from her 4n a long sigh. "It is good that everyone is too excited to notice what I dp she said to herself. And even as she said it she realized that her limbs were shaking under her that she was sick unto faintness. Stagger ing to a little bench under one '.•of the *7d oaks, she sank down upon i,it $n<? leaned her head against the ::*tV0£4nnk and waited- ; CHAPTER XX. t new light. "You believe then tbit f ?m<l him purd°red?" be nsked. "Arid 1 you find pieaaure lu ueHdvlug it?" I A***.*, io -uu* UtUIUVtt ' niuo j tested. "When a king kills--In war--" I "But this is hot war," he said slow* | ly. Lifting one of the jeweled braids j from her shoulder, he played with It as he studied her. "This is not war, for I had reconciled myself to him. 1 i had plighted faith with Bdmund_ Ethelredsson and vowed to avenge hi! death like a brother." Her white forehead drew itself into a puzzled frown. ' But you were not so foolish as to swear it on the holy ring were you?" When he did not answer, she raised her shoulders lightly. "What should I know about such matters? Have you not told me^: many times and oft, that it behooves a woman to shun meddling with great affairs?" He gave a short laugh, "And when were you ever before content to fol­ low that advice?" Letting the ttraid slip from his fingers, he stood looking her up and down, his lips curling with scorn. Randalin spoke abruptly to her com­ panion. "Dearwyn, I can tell you something. Elfgiva will never get the queenShip over England.' "What moves you to say that?" the little English girl asked her, startled. But Randalin's attention had gone back to the King, who had turned where the son of Lodbrok waited re­ garding him over sternly-folded arms. "Brother," he was saying gravely, your opinion is powerful with me, so I will openly tell you that you are wrong in your belief. Never have I so much as hinted to yonder peace- nithing a word of harm against Ed­ mund Ironside." * Prom Thorkel the Tall came one of his rare laughs,--a sound ¥like the grating of a rusty hinge,--Rothgar unfolded his arms to fling them out in angry rejection. "This is useful to learn!" he sneer­ ed. "Do you think I could not guess that you had no need to put your desire into words after you had shown Edric by your actions that your mind and his are one, after you had ad­ mitted bf^ your bond With him that you hold the same curious belief about honor?" * This time it was Randalin who clutched the English girl. "Oh!" she gasped. For Canute's eyes were less like eyes than holes through which light was pouring, while his fingers opened and shut as though he had forgotten his sword and would leap upon the dboffer with bare hands. Thorkel left off laughing to grasp the Jotun's arm and try to drag him backwards. "Do you want to drive it from his mind that he has loved you? Go hide yourself in Fenrtr's mouth!" (To be continued.) SWEET PEA8 KILL FLIES. '"A Blood-stained Crown. fev ffif- J' . . . . . . . «"2-'»ta!" That was the pet name i which Elfgiva had given to her Dan- isfc attendant because it signified "the tiveiy one." "Tata! I have looked everywhere for you!" The pat of lifflt feet, a swish of silken skirts, Dearwyn had thrown herself up- «n the bench under the oak tree, her little dimpled face radiant. Only think <hat Elfgiva will be a queen and we '•hall all go to London!" As the only > Adequate means of expression, she threw her arms around her friend in a rapturous embrace. V ,PWhat is the matter with you that . you are so silent as to your tongue, when you must needs be shouting in yqur heart?" Disengaging herself gently, she climbed upon the bench ^'^/^^attwsB^, "Th« znonenger Rothgar had stepped in front of hiis royal foster-brother with a savage sjweep of his handless arm. "Do ncjt waste your point on the churl, King," he said in his bull's voice. "If you want to play this game further, deal with me,--for I also believe that you bade the Gainer murder Edmund." ' As though paralyzed by his amazf i^ient, Canute^ arm dropped by his Bjide. "You also believe it?" ~ ! <j Little Dearwyn hid her face on thje Danish girl's breast. "Oh, Randalih, would he do such a deed?" she gasped. 'fThe while that he seemed so kind and gentle with us. Would he do Buch horrid wickedness?" j "No!" Randaiin cried passoniately. "No!" ' But even as she cried it, Thorkel the Tall dared to lean forward and give the royal shoulder a rallying slap. "Amleth himself never played a game better," he said; "but is it worth while to continue at it when no Englishmen" are watching?" And his words seem­ ed to open a door against which the others -were crowding. "King Canute, I willingly admit my­ self the blockhead you called me." Ulf Jarl hastened to declare In his good-natured roar. "When I saw you take your point away from Edmund's breast, that day, my heart got afraid that you were obliged to do it to save yourself. Even after I heard how you had made a bargain to inherit after each other, I never suspected what kind of a plan w:as in your mind." Standing in silent listening, Canute's gaze traveled from face to face until it came to the spot where Elfgiva flut­ tered among her women, holding her exquisite head as if it already wore a crown. An odd gleam flickered over his eyes, and he made a step toward her., "You!", he said. "What do you believe?" Pealing her^ silvery laughter, she turned toward him, her eyes peeping at him like bright birds from under the eaves of her hood. "Lord, I be­ lieve that I am afraid of you!' she coquetted. "When I bethink me that all the time I have been chiding you for being unambitious for glory, you have had this in your mind!" Laugh­ ing, she stooped and kissed his hand with the first semblance of respect which she had ev^r shown him. His face was curiously still as he regarded the beautiful Elfgiva,---and stilly curious, as though Jje^wer^ .ex- Druggist Makes a Discovery of Value to the World. A local druggist has found a new agent for the, destruction of files that for activity and effectiveness discounts anything heretofore offered for that purpose. And not only is It harmless, but it, is a thing of beauty as well. After selling annually thousands of Sheets of fly paper of the sticky and poisoned varieties and a ton more or less of insect powder, the new anti« dote for the pest bids fair to super­ sede all previous methods with him and those of his friends who are in on the secret, . For several days the druggist, who is a lover of flowers, has had upon rfis front cases bunches of sweet peas of a variety grown originally in Cali­ fornia and but recently cultivated in this section of the country. Each morning after opening up the store he has found collected around the bass of the vessel containing the peas quits an accumulation of dead flies. For the first day or so he regarded the mass of defunct dipterous insects as an accidental gathering in th« neighborhood of the flowors, but curi­ osity prompted him later to watch the Conduct of the few flies left in the store. It was observed whe$ the peaa were freshly picked that immediately after their being placed in the vasea those flies 4n, the vllhnity swarmed upon the petals and proceeded to faster themselves there. Shortiyliffr erward they fell from their positions, dead. It is'presumed that the odor of the peas attracted them first and that aft­ erward they absorbed some poisonous exudation that the flowers possess and died in consequence. So far as known the peas possess no toxic effect upon the human being.--Springfield Journal. CDS FXPL0SI1 oosrs UNE LIFE Chicago Tailor Is Blown Through Side Of House by the Concussion/ - LIKE RUMBLING OF VOLCANO REFERENDUM VOTES ] to a ram now Proprietor j»f Cigar Store Describes the Occurrence fn Graphic Terms- Two Men Catch Womah In Their ' 'fA.- i - Fought With Walker. In the Soldiers' home at Quincy, 111., fs an old man who as a boy had s thrilling ~ career. He is Charles H. Kirk, who at the age of 14 years went to Nicaraugua with the Walker expe­ dition. With several other boys ol Sacramento, Cal*, Kirk jbined the ex* pedition in 1866.' They landed at San Juan, drew guns, and then started on a long march inland to meet Walker. They .almost perished for lack ol water. They soon came upon £ ranch where Walker had engaged in a fight two days previously. Dead bodies strewed the ground. The boys killed mules for rations for ten days. The Sacramento boy christened their com­ pany the "Red .Star guards," and pinned red stars on their hats. For a long time; they-lived on green ba­ nanas and slept in adobe houses. This company attacked St. George, lost sev­ eral of its members, and then re­ treated. At another place Walker lost twenty-one men and he killed and wounded seventy. He later went to sah Juan and surrendered. Chicagf"^Mrfch: 'One^rt^ was killed and five injured whelfc the build­ ing at 76 East Twenty-fourth street was wrecked at 8:30 o'clock Monday night by an explosion of natural gas, caused, It is said, by leakage in the tailor shop of Samuel Fisher, at that number. Fisher, , who was taken un­ conscious to the Wesley hospital, was blown through the side of the house, striking the car tracks in Cottage Grove avenue, as a cable car was • passing. •. . So great was the force of the explo­ sion that the cigar store of T. H. Jones, adjoining Fisher's building* was demolished. Mr. Jones wa# thrown to the ground, and a customer, W. F. Nicholas was hurled across .the room. The streets were filled with debris and a potted palm was hurled 100 yards by the blast. Dead and Injured. Samdbl Fisher, tailor, 31 yean old, taken to Wesleyan hospital uncon­ scious, and died at 10 o'clock. Mrs. Mary Fisher, his wife, 27 years old, severe cuts ott face and badly bruised. Moseley Fisher, 7 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fisher, stunned and cut by flying glass. Sadie Lavigne 6 years old, a niece of Mr. and Mrs. Fisher, shocked and cut by flying glass. Miss Bertha McWilliams, 21 O'Brien street, cut while escaping from sec­ ond story. Mrs. H.. A. White, cut on forehead %hile in the room on upper floor. Several other persons in the upper stories of the house had narrow es­ capes. Miss McWilliams leaped from 'the second 'story into the arms of two men. • Notices Smell of Gas. Fisher was working at his bench when the explosion came. The chil­ dren had been put to bed, and Mrs. Fisher was reading. Neighbors sayJ that they smelled escaping gas all day. Mrs. White declared that she knew the pipes were in a bad condition, and had notified the'agent of the gas com­ pany to make repairs. "The explosion," said Nicholas, who was in the cigar store, "seemed to come in three distinct shocks. It was like the rumbling of a volcano, or a volley from a battery or rapid fire guns. The detonation was heard blocks away." '• Catch Woman as She Jump*. . Before the flying splinters and -glass had settled, George W. Swift and W. F, Kenny, who were in a drug store opposite, regardless of the possibility Of further explosions, ran to the rescue of the injured persons. They caught Miss McWilliams as she plunged from an upper window; then carried Wisher into the drug store, where Dr. F. F,. Malone attended him. The two chit> dren, dazed and crying, were brought In a moment later. They had been found in their night clothes in a cor­ ner of a bedroom. The boy had just gone to bed, and his cousin was on her knees, saying her prayers, when the explosion occurred. Canary Is Unhurt. The ceiling and walls of the upstairs rooms/ were shattered, and every light of glass in the, three-story house was broken. A canary bird was found in fts cage after the explosion unharmed and singing. Miss McWilliams gav6 the follow­ ing account of her experience: "I had been sitting in my room reading, when suddenly everything became dark, and with a crash the plaster fell from tne ceiling. The jar caused the furniture to rise from the floor. I screamed for help. No answer came. Around there was the crashing of glass and the shouting of men who had hurried to the rescue. Confused, I groped my way to a window, where I leaped." Hoisting Engineer* Decide to Return ' to Work at Scale Offered by tt># . t I „ Mine Operators. a / * • ' • ' ' •. -*r;; Springfield, 111., dispatch : tIn an or­ der issued Monday afternoon Mack Taylor, president of the Hoisting En­ gineers' Union of "Illinois, declares the strike of the hoisting engineers off in obedience to a referendum vote, which resulted 750 to 315 in favor of return­ ing to work. . ' The question of joining the United Mineworkers of America will be sub­ mitted to a referendum vote, but there is little doubt that the engineers will decide to join the larger organization. The engineerg return to work at a scale 5% per cent less than what they received last year. None of them will be discriminated against by the op­ erators because of having struck. Mines probabiy will reopen on Wednes­ day. V'."./ v.; Union a Thing of the Past. La Salle, 111., special: The Hoisting Engineers' union in Illinois is a thing of the past. All the coal mines in this district resumed operations as if there had been no strike. The old engineers have returned to work and have joined the miners' union. , I Why Engineer* Are r Terre Haute, Ind., dispatch:' Tfc* United Mineworker, the official organ of the miners' organization, explains why the big labor union takes sides with the Illinois operators and against the mine engineers' union, as was also done in Indiana two years ago when the engineers went on a strike and en­ gineers were furnished from the ranks of the miners. ' The engineers have refused to acknowledge the interde­ pendence of workingmen," says the of­ ficial organ. "They refuse to arbi­ trate and go it alone. The justice of their demand we do not discuss, but the United Mineworkers have con­ tracts with the Illinois operators and are going to keep their contracts. The mine operators of Illinois are, we believe, when taken as a whole, as fair-minded and as honorable a set of employers as can be found under the sun. They offered to arbitrate and when the engineers refused there was no alternative for the United Mine- workers but to fulfill their contracts." TIN WHEEL IN CHILD'S LARYNX Object 8wallowed Six Months-Ago Is Discovered and Removed. Greene, la., dispatch: A tin wheel from a toy wagon, about the size of ai dime, has just been removed from the larynx of a flfteen-months-old child of B. M. Alten. The wheel had been lodged in the child's throat about nine months, having been swallowed while the infant was playing with the toy. For some time the child had been trou­ bled in breathing. A physician dis­ covered the cause by the, aid of the X-Ray. The child will probably re­ cover from "the operation. Dr. Hlllis Has Fruit Ranch. Dr. Hillis, pastor of Plymouth church, Brooklyn, has been lecturing and preaching on the Pacific coast. He has purchased a valuable ranch near Hood River station, on the Co. lumbia river, in Oregon, and It is un­ derstood that he means to go intb the business of fruit rasing. ;.;/<|teport* 8eeJftg Rare Foi*| * A Waterville, Me., man while fc $rive through the woods near Petties pond jn Winslow, Me., saw a coal black fox. The animal did not appear to be. disturbed by the presence of w _ human- beings, but gazed about for ^mining some familiar , object in"a | fome Ylme in apparent unconcern. $ v.-;'. .i. 'II.'.' .*t: \ r- •; * a<«»+-* Attempt to Wreck Train. Charleston, W. Va., special: An at­ tempt was made to wrecls a Baltimore & Ohio train between Charleston and Winchester, by placing a tree and a large stone on the track. Bloodhounds failed to trace the would-be wreckers. Troops Suppress Rioting Students. Innsbruck, Austria, cablegram: The rioting of the students at the universi­ ty here became so serious that troops with fixed bayonets marched on them. An artist named Pezzey was killed and many persons were wounded. MADMAN ATTACKS GIRL : IN ELEPHANT HOUSE Nearly Overcomes Keeper and Jlvree Policemen, Who Prevent ;His Tosaing Child to Brute. Ne^'lfork special: Because ho per­ sisted in frightening little children in the elephant houses in Central park, Palmer S. Ely, member of a well- known family of East Orange, N. J., was arrested and later sent to the psy­ chopathic ward in Bellevue hospital. Ely first attracted attention In the elephant house by slapping several lit­ tle girls who were intently watching one of the biggest elephants slowly masticate a bale of hay. Keeper Sny­ der witnessed the act and ran toward hi*u, but before he could get to him Ely grabbed one girl and attempted to throw her under the feet of the ele­ phant Snyder reached the man be­ fore he could do that and then began a struggle that lasted for several min­ utes, and it ended only when the keep­ er was reinforced by three policemen. Ely seemed possessed of superhu­ man strength and for a time it looked as if he would overcome the quartet of powerful men who were trying to subdue him.* Ely had been undergoing treatment at a Sanitarium at East Orange. GOOD MONEY IN ONION CULTURE Kosciusko County Claims^ the Sanner in Indiana. Goshen, Ind., dispatch: Kosciusko county has entered a vehement pro­ test against Noble county's claim to being the banner onion County of In­ diana and has commenced to offer sta­ tistics to prove its standing as an aroma producer. The Kosciusko coun­ ty acreage will reach a figure in ex­ cess of 500 acres for this year. David Dausmaia had six acres in onions and from the patch has sold $1,000 worth of the crop and has $500 worth re­ maining, which he is holding for a better market. The reclaimed swamp land is ideal for the onion culture. ENCKE COMET ON RETURN TRIP Seen With Telescope, Although Its JLight Is Very Feeble, Washington special: Encke's comet was seen at the United States naval observatory Sunday night, and again Monday night, with the 12-lnch equa­ torial telescope. Its radiance, how­ ever, is so feeble that as yet the comet is barely visible in the telescope as a patch of light. Several days, per­ haps, will elapse before accurate ob­ servations can be made of its posi­ tion. It is evident that its position follows clearly the path predicted lor the return of the comet. Henry Phipps a Grandfather. 4 New York special: There can fce no happier man than Henry Phipps. His present happiness comes from the marriage of his daughter and the com­ ing at the same time to the household of his son, John S., of a son and heir. Millionaire Lumberman Dies. Saginaw, Mich., special: Isaac Bear- inger, a millionaire lumberman of this city, who also had large interests in Nova Scotia and in the iron mining In­ dustry of Minnesota, died suddenly of heart disease at Imlay City. Collision on the Pennsylvania. Portage, Pa., special: The Cleveland and Cincinnati express on the Penn­ sylvania railroad collided with a light engine at Portage. Passengers were thrown from their seats and several slightly hurt. 4 Bellboy Hold* Up Hotel Guest. San Francisco, dispatch: Andrei# Yates, a former bellboy in the Dor­ chester hotel, held up a guest in the ,1.5,*.. yJJyi V ...1 j Ailv'w v' * mlth $2,500. worth of jewe^. *."J . ' * , t "vT • ..... .. .1 i.*,. •: i..J Woman Suffrage Loses. • Mojatpeller, Vt., dispatch: After' a spirited debate the Vermont house of representatives, by a vote of 99 to 97, has refused a third reading to the bill granting municipal suffrage to women who are taxpayers. Jumps in River With Baby. Pittsburg dispatch: A woman, fash* ionably dressed and carrying an Infant ia her arms, jumped from tho Sixth hotel in his own room and ̂ escaped _ street bridge into the Allegheny river, *4 Hkn - ' and both w.er* drowned. 'I* I . * .nIALtf. . ] A 't v- "i is in mm President Palma's Annual Mes­ sage Deals With the Needs of the Republic. ONE CASE OF, YELLOW FIVER Death Rate In the Havana District Is 21.20 Per Thousand Against 16.37 on the island--Schools Show Good Progress. ' / -- -- * ; Havana cablegram: The winter ses­ sion of Congress opened Monday. There were less than half a dozen ab­ sentees in each house; and the pro­ ceedings were characterized by friend­ liness. In his message.; President Palma, after detailing the progress made in paying off the 50 per cent due the veterans, the total amounting to $28,- 500,000, asked congress to decide in what manner the remaining half should be raised or to suggest other mode of settlement, and suggested that the difficulty might be obviated by the creation of a debt bearing in­ terest at 3 per cent per annum. Asks Sanitary Grant. President Palma called attention to' Cuba's responsibility under the Piatt amendment for proper sanitation throughout the island, and asked con­ gress to appropriate sufficient money for that purpose and authorize definite executive control thereof. The mor­ tality the last ten months in the Ha­ vana district was 21.20 per thousand, and throughout the island 16.37. The one case of yellow fever had been dis­ posed of, and that had not originated In Cuba. Submits the Budget. * President Palma submitted.-the bud­ get of expenses for next year, amount­ ing to $10,000,000, of which he pro­ posed to devote $2,500,000 for the con­ struction of new roads and bridges. The special internal tax on liquors, matches, etc., levied for the payment of the present loan, now yields $3,- 360,000 annually, with a surplus of $1,- 270,000 above the amount needed. If the export duty authorised to be placed on sugar and cigars were also enforced it would yield upward Of $500,000 more. The number of schools, the message says, has reached 3,600, with 120,000 pupils, an increase for the year of 10,- 000 pupils. The president urges the passage of the pending bill for the promotion of the immigration of white laborers. KEPT $1,000 BILL IN HER HOSE Remarkable Evidence Presented In New York Divorce Suit. New York special: That in a stock­ ing of autumnal hue she kept a $1,000 bill of golden tint is the latest asser­ tion made in the proceedings for lim­ ited divorce brought in the supreme court by Florence Crosby Herrmann against her husband, George IJerr- mann. Herrmann i£ a well-known man about town, a member oi sever­ al clubs, was formerly in the lumber business and has always been ac­ counted wealthy." Arthur Cohen swore to the $1,000 b^ll incident and that he has seen Mrs'. Herrmann at times wearing diamonds worth not less than $30,000. Herrmann alleges that his wife was friendly with many prom­ inent men, both in this city and in Europe, prior to his marriage with her, and that he was not aware of tbis fact at the time of the ceremony. OPERATIONS OF IRON FURNACE8 Report Made on Users of Lake Supe­ rior Ore Idle and in Blast. Youngstown, O., special: J. G. But­ ler, Jr., chairman of the Bessemer Pig Iron association, . announces that on Nov 1 187 furnaces, users of Lake Su­ perior ore, reported to the association. Of this number 131 are in blast and 56 out of blast. The furnaces in blast represent a daily capacity of 41,51o tons and the furnaces out of blast a daily capacity of 13,255 tons. The ca­ pacity in blast Nov. 1 was 75 per cent and the capacity out of blast; 25 per cent, showing a gain of 1 per cent In the active capacity since Oct. 1 and a decrease in the idle capacity since Jan. i, 1904, of 39% per cent. MAN IS DECAPITATED BY TRAIN Hammond Resident Killed After Hard Struggle for Life. Chicago, 111., dispatch: O. B. Clark, 37 years old, 407 Clinton street, Ham­ mond, was killed at Riverdale on the Calumet Terminal railroad by falling under a train. Both his legs were cut oft, but he kept his presence of mind, trying to keep his body from getting crushed. Finally his arm caught the brake beam, throwing his head across the track, and he was decapitated. Several spectators fainted fct the sight. TO 8IGNAL DAWN OF NEW YEAR Precise Instant Will Be Flashed by the * Naval Observatory. Washington special: The naval ob­ servatory will transmit telegraphic time signals a| midnight and at 1, 2 and 3 o'clock a. m., on Jan. 1, seventy- fifth meridian time, to indicate the beginning of the new year to eacli of the great standard time belts of the United States. Last year these sig­ nals were heard in Alaska, at Panama, Valparaiso, Buenos Ayres, Hoaolulu, Guam and Manila. Woman Kills Chinaman. New York dispatch: Jim Wo Kee, Chinese laundryman. Is dead from wounds on hi* hoad and face, received during a fight in his laundry with a white womap companion, Mollle Dono­ van, 22 years old, of Philadelphia. Nancy Letter to Wed. Xiondon cable: It is reported that the marriage of Miss Nancy Lelter to Capt, Colin Campbell, «id-de-caihp to Lord Curzon, will take place in about three week*, V- , there to no Rochello Salts, Alum, 1 Um«©r Ammonia !nfrto«1tr»nHewith * r uaiimmr 'XL ,:v- " 1*.. V lliwl . . . , Powder "WW THR BAKING POWDER TSUST- It makes pure food. AS A PERSONAL FAVOR. Lawyer Asked Judge to Break 1 To Mrs. Moriarity. One of the most picturesque figures of the New York bar was the late Thomas Nolan, a lawyer, whose witty, retorts furnished subjects for merri­ ment at many a lawyers' gathering. Now, Nolan was at one time counsel for a poor widow who was suing a construction company for the death of her husband. The case had been placed upon the day calendar, but had been frequently postponed, and Mrs. Moriarity, by the time she had made her fifth call, was in an extremely disturbed frame of mind; consequent­ ly the tones of Nolan's rich brogue Were more than usually fervid as he fought against the sixth adjournment. "t am sorry," said Justice uitgro, "but your opponent has shown me good cause for the adjournment, Mr. Nolan, and the case will, therefore, go over until to-morrow." . "Very well, sor," said the barrister, • sweetly, "but might I ask wan per­ sonal favdr of this coort?" "Certainly, sir; with pleasure." "Will your honor kindly sthep do#*' to my office and just tell Mrs. Mori­ arity that you have adjourne'd the case?"--Success. Beat In the World. Cream, ^Ark., Nov. 7.--(Special.)-- After eighteen months' suffering from Epilepsy, Backache and Kidney Com­ plaint, Mr. W. H. Smith of this place is a well man again and those who have watched his return to health unhesitatingly give all the credit to Dodd's Kidney Pills. In an interview regarding his cure, Mr. Smith says: "I had been low for eighteen months with my back and kidneys a*d also Epilepsy. I had taken everything I knew of, and nothing seemed to do me any good till a friend of mine got me to send for Dodd's Kidney Pills. I find that they are the greatest med­ icine in the world, for now I am able to work and am in fact as stout and strong, as before I took sick." Dodd's Kidney Pills cure the Kid­ neys. Cured Kidneys cleanse the blood of all impurities. Pure blood means good health. Clever English Woman Rifle Shot.- In the near future marksmen in some parts of the United States will probably find themselves opposed on the shooting range to one of the clev­ erest rifle shots in England--Miss Florence Lewes, the young woman whose exploits at the annual British shooting competition this year have at­ tracted wide attention all over the world. Miss Lewes, who is a grand- niece of George Henry Lewes, ex­ plained, just after she had made thir­ ty-three out of a possible thirty-five bull's-eyes at 200 yards, that she took up 8hooting not long ago because she intends to emigrate to Canada shortly. So her appearance ,on American ranges is likely. There Is more Catarrh In this section of the country than ell other diseases put together, and nntlt the laat few years was su pposed to be incurable. For a great many years doctors pronounced It a local disease and prescribed local remedies, and liy constantly failing to cure with local treai merit, pronounced It Incurable. 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