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lumuni u i i n u R3T CALAMITY THAT COULO MEFALL PALM4&' V?' EASTERN CUBA AFLAME | -- f ' government Hides Facts, But Press (•(Reports Confirm Story That Hith- Peaceful Province Has Taken Up Arms. EDITOR ROSEWATER DEAD WELL-KNOWN OMAHA NEWSPA- PCK MAN PA8SE8 AWAY. ^ Had Been Noted in Financial, l^olltl- cal and Business Affairs of West­ ern Metropolis for Years. 1 | Havana.--That the general sit- t.. nation Is much worse than at any time since the revolt began is shown it py dispatches received from various 2 joints on the island. , Uprisings are occurring in many fltf -towns and provinces which have here- |v tofore been considered ioya.1 to the E" government. . #•*, Americans are flocking to the lega- gpiltion here in increasing numbers and (demanding protection for their prop-,, ^ «rty and the talk of intervention by b*': Jthe United States is stronger than •" «ver. ; y | i1 t Santiago province, a Palma strong- .Iboid, has developed a serious rebel- ^ lion, v .. . " * | The protestant missionaries in the C,' field say that the Insurrection is f Spreading rapidly over the country ^districts in the western half of the ; Island. % t The press was informed by two re- gl-' liable eyewitnesses that Cardenas, £' jwhich hitherto has been considered t,; a perfectly peaceful city was the : t scene Thursday of desultory fighting V .fcetween police and rural guards on !?; V the one side and raving insurgents on S^Mhe other. Puerto Principe Peaceful. The only province remaining per- lectly peaceful is Puerto Principe. ^ Americans having great cattle inter­ ests there are apprehensive lest it, It > 'too, become the field of insurrection- v. - airy operations. The press correspondent at Cienfue- gos telegraphed that there are 3,000 V'/V - jarmed Insurgents in that vicinity and Ithat all the small towns in Santa •A • -Clara province are controlled by ln- eurgents, who attack and loot trains " *and seize the property of foreigners as %rell as Cubans. Trinidad is surrounded by insur- gents, and the government appears c.< powerless to protect the property of Americans and other foreigners. Rail t,.; -"-way trains are held up at will and r^' passengers searched. The Cuban Cen- |s|,:' „ tral railway has declined to assume '. responsibility for the safety of pas­ sengers or freight The government continues to make fine headway wherever there is open f, • fighting. , Cannot Catch Guerra. *'/• " The troops in the western portion LI '* of Pinar del Rio province have not yet come up with Pino Guerra, and, ac- ' cording to the press correspondent p|| -i>iwith the troops, there is no present Y - likelihood of their doing so, as the ' troops might march for ten years and • ia.ll the while Guerra would still be just «head of them in the hills. There are thousands of mountain trails with which the insurgents are familiar and I5:* 'which lead in all directions. If Guerra i/' cared to harass the government their troops could be killed off by sharp­ shooters. The government has no icavalry in Pinar del Rio, and the only ,,real soldiers are the artillerymen, but ||^'fr as they are, afoot they cannot cope i ^th the well-mounted veterans on the insurgent side. Guerra does not want ito fight. His scouts can always be Been at a distance from the govern- |$ njent line of march. The correspond- I' -•> t ^ ents report more looting by Guerra's r men. \ With a view to calming public feel- igt * Jng a dispatch from the governor of ffj- * tSanta Clara province was given out llfs^at the palace, but its statements are |<8 : ' not borne out by any other testimony. | Americans who come to the legation -to ask for the protection of their ^property are answered by an immedi- J late call upon the government of Cuba, C "which promises to do the best it carf r ifor them. Charge D'affaires Sleeper advises all such callers to file their P;, icora plaints in the local courts and forward Copies of the papers to the *' - legation. t There are many rumors in circula- » jtion as to what may happen Septem­ ber 15 unless a new election is granted. Unreal in the Country. ' To add to the general apprehension, S / ' the American Protestant missionaries gfc . of Havana, who are in general charge ^ of the field, say that reports from * / misisonaries outside of Havana are ' practically unanimous in stating that §| y the insurrection is sweeping all the ; - country districts In the western half of the Island and that they are unable to continue their work or ride over the routes in their several districts. Omaha, Neb.--Edward Rosewater, proprietor and editor of the Omaha: Bee, and prominently identified with the political, financial and business af­ fairs of Omaha and the state of Ne­ braska for 40 years, was found dead in district courtroom No. 6, on tha third floor of the Bee building, early Friday. Mr. Rosewater had evidently sat down on a bench in the courtroom, had fallen asleep, and died of heart failure. Mr. Rosewater went to Waterloo, Neb., Thursday afternoon, where he made a speech to the old soldiers of Nebraska. He reached Omaha on his return at seven p. m. and went to his office immediately in the Bee building. He is known to have been in his office during the evening, but was not seen by members of his family after return­ ing from Waterloo. It was a habit of Mr. Rosewater to go to different parts of the building whenever his pleasure so indicated, and it is presumed fee stepped into the large courtroom and sat down for a minute's repose and fell asleep. Dr. Rosewater attributed the sudden death of his brother to the results which followed the excitement attend­ ant on a long campaign in which-Mr. Rosewater was a prominent candidate for the nomination by the Nebraska state convention for United States senator. The convention was held Aug. 22, and Mr. Rosewater, unani­ mously supported by the delegation from Douglas (Omaha) county, was a prominent figure at that gathering. There were several ballots taken, during which Mr. Rosewater gained steadily against his chief opponent, Norris Brown. Following the ballot which nominated Brown, Mr. Rose- water delivered an earnest speech to the convention, thanking his friends for their support, and pledging himself to the support of Mr. Brown and the state ticket, for which no apologies would be necessary. Mr. Rosewater, following the con­ vention, announced through the col­ umns of his paper, the Omaha Bee, that he was out of the senatorial race. During the progress of the conven­ tion Mr. Rosewater, naturally, was un­ der considerable strain, and following the announcement of the result of the ballot which gave Mr. Brown a major­ ity, gave evidence of some physical weakness, but revived at once and ad­ dressed the convention. He told a close political friend that he felt little worse for the excitement of the cam­ paign and was strong enough to go into the battle for the election of the State ticket. UNDER WHITE MAN'S RULE. DECIDE3 BOYCOTT 18 ILLEGAL Racine Judge Holds Unions Liable for Damages to Employer. Racine, Wis.--Union labor was dealt a heavy blow by the decision of Judge Chester A. Fowler in the boycott suit for $25,000 damages brought by Baker Otto B. Schultz. By the decision the cdntract exacted by the boss bakers by the union men, by means of which the workmen sought to enforce the closed shdp, Is held illegal, the trades council and the individual members are enjoined from using the "unfair list;" the boy­ cott is declared an actionable con­ spiracy to accomplish a criminal or unlawful purpose; Baker Schultz is al­ lowed to recover damages of $2,500 for the lo^s of profits from the time of the commencement of the boycotting acts up to the time of the trial, and $3,500 in damages for the amount of injury to his business and property in relation to its selling value. LYNCHING OF NEGRO 18 FOILED SCOTCHMAN WHO 18 LORD OF UTTLK PHILIPPINE KINGDOM. Pleasant and Helpful Relations Sus­ tained with the Natives, and Everybody Is Prosperous ^ : - Wl Happy. ' 4 • / > I* •» 4 1 With the frequent reports We read In the papers of trouble with the Pula- janes, it is refreshing to read of more tranQuil life in the distant Philip­ pines. Fourteen years ago John Orr went to the islands, and since that time he has come to be autocrat of a little kingdom, as one might say, of 350 square miles in extent, and num­ bering among its subjects 500 fam­ ilies. This little isolated kingdom has kept busily on its way, untouched by wars, cholera, famine, politics and rinderpest, the pests that have Beethed around its borders, and all these have been incidents not in the career of an empire-maker, but the everyday life of a matter-of-fact busi­ ness man. When Orr -fcvent to the Philippines he was a young mechanic fresh from a long service of apprenticeship in the machine shops of Glasgow. Like most of the Scotchmen from Aden to Yokohama, he was a marine engineer. He shipped as second engineer on a I IKI Kentucky Authorities Rush Intended Victim to a 8afe Place. Danville, Ky.--The quick run of offi­ cers from Somerset to this city pre­ vented the lynching of Perry Copen- haver, a negro who, it is charged, at­ tacked the five-year-old daughter of Leonard Fairchild, of Wayne county. The negro was identified, and a ^mob quickly gathered. He was hus­ tled to Somerset, but the mob started to that city from Monticello, and an order from the county judge was given for the transfer 6f the prisoner to this city. Feeling is high in Wayne county, and the officials here will take precautions to prevent vio­ lence. John Orr. freighter bound from Hong-Kong. He went to the Philippines to set ufj a sawmill. Thinking well of the coun­ try, he accepted a place as superin­ tendent of a large timber cutting on the southern peninsula of Luzon. For six years John Orr held forth in southern Tayoabas province, then he moved still further south to a new cutting, with headquarters at - Bina- hian in Ambos~ Camferlnes province. There were few who colild make the natives work as he could, and there were fewer still who got their huge logs out on time for the hungry saw­ mills. So everything went well, and "Orr's kingdom" increased in size and power until at last it reached along the shores pf Ragay bay from Octoc Point on the north to Jamaraun on the south. There are 56 miles of dense­ ly forested green hillsides that fall away into the blue sea, and the "king- View ttf a Valley In iftf «Orr King- v.. dom." . dom" stretches into the back country for six or eight miles, as far as the timber reaches--a back country that hides valleys with green trees 150 feet high and dozens of half hidden homes were live the simple woodsmen of the Philippines. Eight years ago, when Orr first went to Dalupaon, the people of that re­ gion were living in huts built in trees. With Orr came a small saw­ mill to square the logs, a shipbuilding plant and civilization. With him there came also people of the Taga- log race who spoke the dominant dia­ lect of the Philippines, and they en­ deavored to teach these Bicols, which was the name of the people who lived in the trees, as much civilization as they knew, and a more comfortable way of living Ws they knew it. John Orr rules his people wisely. He knows the Filipinos, and treats them from their point of view, rather than from that of the white man. When they are bad he treats them like little children. If he knows that the offense was committed with mis­ chievous intent he "spanks" them as one would a naughty child. The Fili­ pino will accept just punishment and will follow one who has administered it wisely. All the men who- work for Orr are paid in cash on Saturday of every week. If they like, they can buy at his store, and if they prefer they can go to Pasacao or Neuva Carceres. But the stores are always there with plen­ ty of rice and provisions, so that a man would not starve should poverty or famine catch the country. HERE'S A VENUS AT LAST. 8EARCH FOR CENTURIE8 MAY NOW BE TERMINATED. Lady Pole-Carew, Who MM Been Called "The Modern Venus Milo," Finds Dangerous Rival < in Australian Girt. ^ * Parker Addresses Lawyers. • ,.0t Paul, Minn.--The American Bar association assembled, in the house of representatives chamber of the state capltol Thursday and lietned to the annual address of Alton B. Parker. Mr. Parker's subject was "The Con- gestion of the Laws." < V Lumber Mill Burned. i Empire, Mich,--The mill of the Em- ptte Lumber company, the car shops of the Empire & Southeastern Logging road* a blacksmith shop and several logging cars were destroyed by fire, loss is $60,000. , j • J ! •' • Critchell Coming Home. 1 London.--Robert S. Critchell, of Chi­ cago, who was injured in the wreck of the steamer express at Salisbury, July 1, has so far recovered that he has ar­ ranged to sail for the United States September 29. y Want Newchwang an Open Port. Newchwang. -- The chamber of commerce petitioned the consular body to* suspend the collection of du­ ties to Newchwang pending regulation oi Maachurlan customs, saying condi- {Jgps Uneaten extinction of the city. , -i: Lose Fight for Cheap Gas. " " *!l£ansas City, Mo.--Kansas City's fight for cheap gas failed when negoti- ation; with representatives of the jCajMjP!i JCity-Missouri Ua». oam&any, HAW jMlidlng a franchise to furnish the yfty with artificial gas ended. \ f 1. *i . ; - V t - I k i . : *dL Bids for Canal Junk. Washington.--Bids for the cast Iron scrap and other junk, the remnants of several hundred thousand dollars' worth of machinery taken to the Isth­ mus of Panama by the French, were opened Friday by the isthmian canal commission. The junk aggregates about 7,200 tons and will net the com­ mission $59,872. measurements, for Miss Montague shatters that expectancy the moment she begins to tell how she cain$ to achieve such ideal lines and propor­ tions. "I am distinctly a child of nature," she said. "I do not conform in any Nineteen Mutineers Shot. Helsingfors. -- Ninenteen soldiers found guilty of participation in the recent mutiny at Sveaborg fortress, were shot. Three civillians convicted of incitement to mutiny were hanged, and others were sentenced to,prison. Dividend to Devlin Creditora. Topeka, Kan.--The first dividend to creditors of the late C. J. Devlin, who died shortly after his various coal mining and other enterprises became involved, was declared from the Mar> celine Mercantile company. : Wife of British Premier Dead. "Tjfkrienbad.--Lady Campbell-Banner man, wife of the British premier, is dead. . She had been an invalid for years. Lady Campbell-Bannerman was Miss Charlotte Bruce, daughter of the late Gen. Sir Charle3 Bruce. Kansan Kills Two and Self. La Crosse, Kan.--As the result of a quarrel over the settlement of an es­ tate at McCracken, near here, 'Omar Young shot and killed Alexander Walkerv .Jr., and Grant Pettyjohn. Young then shot himself. ' " Is **l4r Milo" to be found In Mias Pansy Montague, an Australian girl, who has just come into the limelight of publicity, owing to her almost ex­ act reproduction in living flesh of the dimensions of the famous Greqjt statue? So far as her features are concerned, Lady Pole-Carew, who has been called by her admirers "the aodern Venus de Milo," has nothing to fear in the contest for supremacy with Miss Montague. Not only does the, lady of title more nearly realize our twentieth century ideal of beau­ ty, but she also comes closer to the likeness of the marble statue. She is more beautiful than the Venus, say her millions of admirers, which is not so much to the statue's discredit, when it is considered that Lady Pole- Carew has the advantage of life, color and expression over the pale marble divinity. But in the matter of figure, Miss Montague seems to win. Her profes­ sion of poser has made it possible for thd world at large to perceive how much she is like the statue. Lady Pole-Carew is, on the other hand, dis­ tinctly a modern woman, with the fashionable waipt Instead ol the am­ ple proportions of the Milesian Venus. But Miss Montague boasts a waist like Venus, and other measurements in proportion. This is due to the fact that she is what has come to be> called a "Nature Girl," living an out­ door Tife, adjuring corsets or any gar­ ment that might retard the amplify­ ing of her waist line, and, generally, going in for athletics,' among which she favors rolling i hoop. During the past few weeks London has been worshiping at this young woman's shrine, thus showing that the beauty of the great statue is still the beauty which we all admire, de­ spite the great' d ifference between it and our Women of to-day. In height Miss Montague, "La Milo," is five feet eight and three-fourths incheB, exactly the stature' of the marble Venus, according to estimates by experts. Miss Montague weighs 166 pounds, but four pounds less than the authorities believe the Venus would have weighed had she been a living woman. "La Milo's" neck is 13 inches, half an inch less in circumference than that of the statue, had the latter been a woman of equal height with her living prototype. Their bust measure­ ments are alike, and, most remarkable of all, 31 inches Is the span of the waist of these two contestants for su­ premacy in the field of womanly per fection. t This closeness of measurement Is perhaps one of the most noteworthy comparisons ever made, for it proves that the modern woman can be almost identical with the figure of the Miles- Ian Venus, and still command admira­ tion. Alas, It also proves that mod­ ern conditions cannot bring a woman ^perfection of details in her GREAT NAVAL REVIEW CAU3ES PRE8IDENT TO 4lftOW ENTHU8IA8ft&,. \ f FINEST VESSELS AFLOAT Mr. Roosevelt Gives Full Credit to Congressional Committee for Hav- ? v ling Aided In Building Great ; Fighitng Machines. Miss Daisy Montague aa the Venua do Milo. great essential to the twentieth cen­ tury mode of living. It is only to prevent unpleasant attention and com­ ment that I wear garments approach­ ing to-day's fashions; while as for cor­ sets, I haveinever had any on, and never shall. Oyster Ba/, N. Y.--On the waters of Long.Island sound, within view of Sagamore Hill, the president of the United States reviewed Monday the greatest fleet Of American warships ever assembled. There was a ship of war for every state, 45 in all, ranging in size from the magnificent 16,000-ton Louisiana, just completed, to the fleet little tor­ pedo boat and the submarines and in­ cluding one troop ship and colliers. As the Mayflower dropped her an­ chor at the head of the fleet on the completion of the review the presi­ dent descended from the bridge, his face wreathed in smiles, and enthpsi- astically throwing his arms1 around the shoulders of a group of senators and representatives ^claimed: "Any man wbo falls to be patriotic*- ally inspired by such a sight as this is a mighty poor American, and every American wbo has seen it ought to be a better American for it." "And you, gentlemen," he said, ad­ dressing the naval committee, "are responsible for it It is your handi­ work and it has all been done within the past ten years. Every one of these ships is a fighter and ready to go into action at a moment's notice. Again you have shown your wisdom In the appropriations for the target practice, for there is where the American navy excels. Our men can shoot and shoot „ straight, and therein lies our naval 3trength and our superiority." BRYAN FAVORS EIGHT-HOUR DAY B Declares It Best for Workingman in 8peech at Detroit. Detroit, Mich.---Wten William Jen­ nings Bryan arrived with his party of about 100 in Detroit, at noon Monday, over the Grand Trunk, he passed to his carriage through a cheering, ap­ plauding crowd. At the fair grounds, a large crowd greeted the Nebraskan's approach with applause and cheers. After declaring that he was glad of the opportunity to take part in the ex­ ercises of the day dedicated to the in­ terests of those who formed sq impor­ tant a part in all afTairs of the coun­ try Bryan said: "I believe in the eight hour day, and this in why: I believe that the labor­ ing man is justly entitled to it and that society at large would be better If he had it. You cannot separate a man from society--you cannot deal with the question as one purely of class. No line should be drawn be­ tween the boy and his aspirations. Those who say the laboring man would waste his time if allowed fewer hours argue no more soundly than an old colored man I met in Alabama. In reply to my question, why he didn't learn to write, he said: 'Oh, I knew a fellow once who learend to write. He forged a note and was sent to the penitentiary, so I never learned.'" YOSEMITE 8TAGE 18 HELD UP Single Bandit Makes Passengers Dis­ gorge Their Wealth. Wawona, Cal.--Three miles from Ahwahnee a Yosemite stage was held up Monday afternoon. It was driven by Bright Gillespie, who took Presi­ dent Roosevelt and his party through the park on their visit here three years ago. The robber appeared at a bend in the road and told the driver to come on UP- The driver drove until he was within a few feet of the robber, then stopped. The robber ordered the passengers out. The driver was told to go on some 50 feet more. The bandit lined the passengers up in the road. Wertemer Bishop of New York was the first searched and $7.50 taken from him. Mr. Bishop snapped the robber's picture. He says the robber's voice was very low and calm. Fight Goes to Gans. Goldfleld, Nev.--Battling Nelson de­ liberately fouled Joe Gahs in the for­ ty-second round of the best and long­ est fight seen In many years. Both men were tired when the fight ended, but Gans was apparently the stronger. He was away ahead on points, and had smashed and cut Nelson all through the fight without being badly hurt himself. Discouraging to Goodness. . "I'm goin' to stop bein' kind and helpful to people," said little Johnny. "How is that?" asked his mother. "Well, it's this way; at school to­ day I saw Tommy Jones putting a pin in the master's chair, so, just as the master was about to sit down, I pulled away the chair. The master sat down on the floor, and when he got up he licked me for pulling awjiy the chair, and then Tommy Jones licked me for Interfering. Yes, I'mf goin' to stop helpin' people now."--Tit Bits. Misunderstood. "Every man ought to h*ve bio life insured." N "Yes, sir; that's right Fve alwayt said that." "You agree with me thenf* ' "I certainly do!" * --'£•' . "Then I may write "out a DoUty trtl your life?" ; "On my life? I should say not! 1 thought you said every man ought* to have Ms--irtfe -- ftisured."'--Houston Post- Banker Stensland Arrested. Chicago.--Paul O. Stensland, fugi­ tive president of the Milwaukee Ave­ nue state bank, is under arrest at Tangier, Morocco. He is said to be making preparations to fight removal from a country that has no extradi­ tion treaty with the United States. ' Actress Will Wed Heir. London.--Camille Clifford, the act­ ress, returned to London from a holi­ day in Norway. In an interview she confirmed her engagement to Hon. Henry Lynd hurst Bruce, eldest son and heir of Lord Aberdare. Labor Unions and Politics. Springfield, 111.--When the Illinois State Federation of Labor convenes in Streator- on Tuesday, October 16, de­ cision will be made whether or not labor unions of the state will estab­ lish a new political party. Miner Is Killed. Joplin, Mo--Frank Hanley wai killed and D. J. Stewart, Dan Heese and Thomas Griffith probably fatally injured at Alba, near here, by bowl­ ders falling from the roof of the drift in the Jersey T. mine. Find Shortage in Funds. Albuquerque, N. M.--A report sub mitted to Gov. Hagerman by expert* who Investigated the affairs of tin New Mexican penitentiary states thai there is a shortage of $7,000 W tiw funds of the institution. 8TORY OF "LUCKY* BALDWIN, How He Got Hla Start In the Early ^ Days of California. In 18B3, or more than a half eon- tnry ago, a little party of gold seek- ;ers with a meager outfit of horses and wagons, started for California from the village of Racine, Wis., says Out­ ing. In command of this adventurous expedition was a young man who took with him his wife and Infant daugh­ ter. His name was E. J. Baldwin and ^he made a wise choice in shaking |from hir restless feet the dust of a itamdt* civilization. He needed a larger theater of action for his pent-up and surging activities. While trailing through the mountains of Utah the pioneers were attacked by Indians, who were beaten off during a Bix-hour fight in which young Baldwin killed their chief. After six months of hard­ ship, the party reached Hangtown (later called Placerville) in California. Here Baldwin tarried and began placer mining. He appears to have been no more than an ordinary red- shirted argonaut, meeting the ups and downs of mining luck, until the discovery of the Comstock lode at Virginia City. Thither he drifted and discovered that his natural bent was gambling with the mines that other men had opened. Amid a whirlwind of speculation, he fought his way with such success that he loomed from the smoke in a few months as "Lucky" Baldwin, the man who had cleaned up $7,500,000 in the gigantic deals in the stock of the Ophir mines. San Francisco was the Mecca of those lucky sons of fortune wha-were rearing a great city by the Golden Gate. As a stock and mining specula­ tor, "Lucky" Baldwin shone resplend­ ent, but he was also a loyal son of Sat Francisco. He built hotels and the« aters and business blocks, even while he was amazing that far from conser­ vative community by madly freakish extravagances. In the very lucid interval he bought all the Spanish grants he could find near Los Angeles and there spent a million in making this ranch of his not only a splendidly productive prop­ erty, but also one of the most beauti­ ful estates ever laid out in this or any other country. It was his hobby, his pet, and he planted miles of ave­ nues with noble shade trees and made wonderful tropical gardens, so that to­ day his home is surrounded by a paradise of vernal beauty. WORK NECESSARY TO 8UCCE88. Labor lit1 Boyhood of Advantkge in Later Life. you feel many days that . you have had a hard time? Your hours are long. Your task is hard and wages small. The contents of your weekly pay envelope will scarcely carry you over the week. Sometimes you must wear patched trousers or a frayed coat Your employer expects a great deal from you. Other fellows dress well and always have money. They have coddling fathers and mothers, while you toil six days a week to make a living, says a writer in the Valdosta (Ga.) Times. Never mind, young man. You are ahead of the boy who has every lux­ ury at home. You are getting experi­ ence that he must get somehow later on. Because, sooner or later, he must fight the real battle of life himself. And you have the advantage. While life has been made easy for him, he lacks drill and discipline which every life-'soldier must go through. You are preparing yourself. He may go in without preparation and fail. Work is a great blessing. You can­ not see now, but some day you will say that you were fortunate in youf boyhood days because you were com­ pelled to work. Because you cannot get power to do things save by doing them. Look over the successful men you know. Get their history. Neaj^y every one was compelled to work In boyhood. They toughened their mus­ cles by hard work, and sharpened their brains by looking out for them­ selves. Work makes men. Luck usually fails. Pluck nearly always wins. To succeed in anything one must over­ come obstacles. Force and fiber are built by hardships. Grit is as neces­ sary in the making of a man as gump­ tion. Hardships are not always han­ dicaps. Often they are helpers. You will understand this better in 20 years. Meantime, permit one who has lived that 20 years and more tp advise you in thiSL - Not Yet, But 8oon. One night when "Charlie" Thome was at the Boston theater, a consider­ able number of years ago, his brother Ed, whose "season" had not been prosperous, had managed to reach Boston, and being known to "Con" Murphy succeeded in passing that iwell-known "watch dog" of the stage 'door. Charles was standing in the wings, and Ed had approached to within two or three feet of him, when a "super" passed between them, brushing against Charles in so doing. Charles turned, and; seeing his bro­ ther standing there, asked: "Did you touch me, Ed?" "No," said Ed, "I didn't. 'Charlie,' but Fin going to in a fe\y minutes." American School Children. According to the report of the com­ missioner of education for the fiscal yeir ended June 30, 1903, there were in the United States at that time 22,655,001 children between, the ages of five and 18, of whom . 18,187,918 were enrolled in public or private schools or colleges, or In special in­ stitutions of a more or less education­ al character. Thus, during the period mentioned, more than 22 per cent, of our entire people were at school or college, and their education cost for that one year $251,457,625, or $3.15 per capita of population. To-day our edu­ cational system is even larger, and the expense of maintaining it greater still.--North American Review. JjJSLL. .4 AVlI xlati jAy£. taLjSU.'mA-«.jtuutittL,n JtLj tetW . A ,.t«"L_. Good-Hearted. \ Boarder-i-I'll pay you very soon--I am going to be married. Landady--Oh, don't do that, Mr. Hardup just on account of the few dollars you owe me."--Translated for Tales from Meggendorfer Blatter. NEWS OF ILLINOIS* ' C?. . H APPEN ING8 OF INTEREST FRONT ALL OVER THE 8TATE. BUSSE WILL IGNORE UNION Chicago Postmaster Win Not fti nlzo Postal Olerks' Organization Until He Is Officially Notified ' Of,- Its . Existence. - . ,* 1j Chicago. -- Postmaster Busse clined to say what action, if any, ht would take following the organization of the post office clerks into a union. He declared he would pay no attention to such organization until it hat been called to his attention officially, "I knew nothing about such an ojf* ganizatlon being in contemplation, he said, "until I read of it'in a pa- per to-day. There Is nothing for me to do. If the union comes before nso as such, I shall refuse to recognise it, or if the first assistant postmaster general, who has such things in, charge, notifies me of such an orgaflt*- ,• ization and gives me instructions, I shall follow them." vyi. The new unisa, under tlie name of"'*' the National Federation of Post Of- flce Clerks; was launched at a secret meeting at the Briggs house. It te to be affiliated with the American Fed­ eration Of Labor, and Jefferson Davis Pierce, one of Satnuel Gompers' most aggressive organizers, was present ifff assist in the organization. > Catch Bank Robber In Act. Litchfield.--William Lyons, alias Frank Rose, an escaped convict from both Jeffersonville and Michigan City* Ind., penitentiaries, was arrested by two citizens while in the act of blow- , ing up John Beeson's bank in Sor­ rento, fifteen miles south of hem. When the citizens arrived Lyons was in the act of placing nitroglycerin© under the walls of the buildiitg. The prisoner, who admits escaping prison In Michigan City Nov. 26, 1904, was brought to this city. In & market basket he carried a complete set of burglar tools and on his person were „ found four nine-shooting magazine re­ volvers and two sticks of nitroglyce** Ine. - Freight Cars In Wreck. Mount Vernon.--A southbound freight train in the Chicago & Eastern Illinois railroad was wrecked near Bonnie, eight miles from here. Eleven cars were demolished and their contents piled in a promiscuous I heap. A tank containing thousands of gallons of <911, was overturned and the oil spread over the goods, which had been in the cars. The cars wem loaded with dry goods, boots, shoes, hats, caps, clothing, groceries, et** and the loss to goods and cars fp estimated at thousands of dollars^ Chatauqua Closes. Lincoln.--The Lincoln chautan^na closed the season of eleven days with the lecture of "Sunshine" Hawks on "Happiness." The largest attendance was Sunday, August 19, wh^n 7,000 were on the grounds. The association has added eighteen acres to the as­ sembly grounds, making 158 acre* now owned by the association. Amonjg other improvements, a lake is to too dug at a cost of between $5,000 and $10,000. , Judge Lewis Is Nominated. Mound City.--The Republican judi­ cial convention of the first district met at the opera house in Mound City and nominated Judge Lewis of Williamson county. Judge Lewis thanked the convention for the honoc^ while Judge Whitesldes, who was dp£. feated, in a short talk remarked that he was done with politics. Old Settlers Hold Reunion. Freeport.--Eight thousand personal attended the reunion of the old set- tiers of Stevenson county at Cedar* viUe. Addresses were made by. La^fe rence B. Stringer of Lincoln, 111, aqj| James p. Wilson of Polo, UJL Blow Open Standard Oil ftp*s. Alton.--Burglars blew open the safe of the Standard Oil company in tbo office near this city. The receipts of the day, however, had been deposited in a bank the evening before, ciprifwnen escaped. . r A. v., Breakfast • Re«*fc • SWce cold roast beef thin. Make ft gravy of three tablespoons of butter, one tablespoon of wa'nut or toma&ii catsup, one tablespoon of vinegar, am teaspoon of currant jelly, one te% spoon of made mustard. Put meat and all in a saucepan, cover and set in # kettle of boiling wattr. Steam on<f» half hour.--Good Housekeeping V': j§'. Killed in Runaway. Freeport.--Floy Penticoff, employep on a farm near here, was killed In || runaway Bccident n«»ftr Pearl City* ^ & Murder Rouses County. Bloomington.--The people of Wooli* • ford county are aroused over a eendP tional murder which was discovered bere by James Manly and his sister-iar law. They found the body of ths woman's brother, James Gibbons, ly­ ing In bed, the entire top of his head blown off by a charge from a shotgun. The two had been attending . the El Paso fair and reached the fani| bouse of the victim about 11 o'ctoclt it night. ^ The wall was splashed with brain*' ind blood, and the room presented a aorrible spectacle. From all ap­ pearances Gibbons had been shot hgr in assassin standing near an open window. The charge entered the head 3t the sleeping victim at close range. The murderer then ransacked ths premises. He took two rings from ths lingers of the dead man, money, a suit af clothes and other valuables. Noth­ ing else was missing. « No motive for the crime is save that of robbery. There ia # strong theory that the murder was committed by William Thomas, ths Pontiac wife murderer who was traced to Long Point, ten miles distant. Gib­ bons was a wealthy farmer, a bach­ elor 30 years of age, and as near as known, did not have an enemy in the world. A thorough search is bei made for the murderer by the and a poese. " * .