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B, IcHenr,_M.i.fc*r. MYSTERY OF A SAFE ITBHSHSD BY V. •. SCHKCINKB. *• JicHENRY, jl 1 ' 1 ILLINOIS. A man Isn't necessarily bald be­ cause Be has no heir. A low-lying country does not need lit have low-lying people. A goat may not be much for milk, but as the butter he is in class A. Japan appears to be going ahead on the theory that Korea is not yet 21 years of age. "Fine for Ifirting," says a headline in a Montana paper. Police court or moonlight on the lake? WHEREABOUT* OP STANDARD OIL BOOKS NEARLY FOUND. SCENT GROWING WARM Surprise is expressed when a wom­ an burglar is caught that she should be stylishly dressed. That is what she steals for. Naturally it will be gratifying to the daring explorer who first reaches the north pole to find thaKall winds will waft him southward. An Aurora man has been arrested for doing his own plumbing. Perhaps he charged himself less for it than the constitution provides in such cases. Those seven children who were born on a steamer that was crossing the Atlantic can amuse themselves all their lives writing to the papers to ask what nationality they are. More than 11,000,000 microbes, it is officially reported, were found in one spoonful of a recently analyzed sam­ ple of milk. These milkmen should be obliged to boil the water. It is estimated that the people of Chicago spend $300,000 annually in getting their shoes polished, but that is not a drop in the bucket compared to what they spend in getting other shines. Walter Page remarks that the "worst written books year after year are written by our scholars and academic men." This is a painful and abrupt way of putting it, but, says the Chicago News, it is a true word never­ theless. By Them Kellogg Hopes to Prove Combine Didn't Dissolve--Disap­ peared Without Secretary Seeing Contents. New York. -- Evidence - of the existence recently of a mysterious steel safe in the Standard Oil com­ pany's offices, brought out in the gov­ ernment's suit Friday, indicated that Attorney Frank B. Kellogg was close on the trail of the books of the Stand­ ard Oil trustees and liquidating trus­ tees. When the hearing was concluded, Mr. Kellogg said that he was closer to the books, from which he hopes to prove that the oil combine never un­ derwent a legal dissolution, than he had been at any time since the gov­ ernment's action was commenced. Assistant Secretary Doesn't Know. Charles White, the assistant secre­ tary of the Standard Oil company of New Jersey, said on the witness stand Friday that when he went to the sec­ retary's officp to assume his new du­ ties there were two steel safes in the office. One of them contained the books and records of the Standard company; what was in the other safe he did not know. Mr. White said that no one told him the nature of the con­ tents of the second safe, which was removed two weeks after he had been there. From whom the order came or where it was taken to, the witness said, he could not answer. Mr. White said that hte had never seen the records of the Standard Oil trustees or the liquidating trustees showing the various transfers of stock in the trust liquidating period. He,had hunted for the records recently but was unable to find theki. STEAMER TRAIN IN COLLISION. Liberty, the bronze lady in New York harbor, will be 21 years old in October. The government, as if to celebrate her birthday, is putting an elevator into her torch-bearing arm, repairing her pedestal and cleaning her dusky skin. The name of Michael Scott is the earliest among the Scotch poets, but the oldest fragments of Scottish poetry now known to exist consist of a few lines of lamentation on the * death of Alexander III. of -Scotland, which took place in 1286. German ship owners are urging the Construction of a ship canal between firemen and Hamburg, a distance of about 75 miles. Ships n6w have to go down the Elbe and up the Weser to get from Hamburg to Bremen, whereas the proposed canal, using the river Wumm^as part of it, would make direct communication possible, saving much time. . A macadamized road between St. tauis and Kansas City will be com­ pleted within two years. Construc­ tion work will be begun next spring. The Missouri legislature appropriated $500,000 for the purpose at its last session. The road will be 60 feet wide. On its completion another, ex­ tending from north to south through the state, will be undertaken. -A Not to be outdone by the submarine exploit of the president of the United States, M. Clemenceau, the French premier, made an ascent in Paris the other day in a steerable war balloon During the trip a pipe burst, and the premier was splashed with hot water. It took 20 minutes to make the needed repairs, and during this time the bal­ loon remained stationary above the city. French Special Carrying Americans Wrecked--All Escape Death. Paris.--The rear coach of the sec­ ond section of the special train carry­ ing 150 first-class passengers from Paris to Cherbourg to embark on the White Star line steamer Adriatic, for New York, was telescoped Wednes­ day by the regular Rouen express at beyond Nantes. Strangely, no one was killed, and according to the latest authentic information, no one was seriously injured. All the passengers in the last coach, however, were badly shaken up and seven or eight were injured. A man sustained a fractured leg, and a wo­ man, it is feared, suffered internal in­ juries. All the injured American pas­ sengers, with the exception of one, continued on their way to Cher­ bourg. ANTWERP STRIKE IS ENDED. Two hundred and ten loaded freight cars is the train which a locomotive, lately built for the Erie railroad, will haul upon a level track. The locomo­ tive weighs more than 200 tons and is supported upon 16 driving wheels, eight on each side. A train a mile and a half long, which is the length of 210 cars, would have astounded rail­ road men of the last generation, de­ clares the Youth's Companion, but en­ gineers to-day are looking to longsr trains, if they have not already made them up. Great Victory for the Federation of Ship Owners. Antwerp.--The strike of the dock laborers of this city, which has been going on since last June, came to an end Tuesday afternoon with a sweep­ ing victory for the Federation of Ship Owners. At a meeting of the strike leaders, it was decided that the men should return to work unconditional­ ly, at the terms of the employers. The men have been astonished and overawed by the solidarity of the federation, and there will not be an­ other dock laborers' strike in Ant­ werp for many years to come. The power of the strike organizers has been completely broken. This ^strike has brought about a coalition among the ship owners of the world for mu­ tual protection which, in the future, will make a shipping strike an ex­ tremely hazardous undertaking. CHEAP DISTURBERS IN CUBA. At the national rifle shooting match at Camp Perry in Ohio it was at first proposed to leave the navy unrepre­ sented, because of a failure to provide money for the transportation of the team. The army was to do all the shooting. On second thought, how­ ever, it was decided to send a naval representation, and the boys of the sea have carried away the champion­ ship.' When it coines to men behind the guns, says Troy Times, the man- of-warsnjan can do some shooting on land as well as on the water. Parrs and Others of His Gang Put Under Arrest. Washington.--Official word of the arrests of conspirators in Havana reached the war department Thursday in the following cablegram addressed by Gov. Magoon to Acting Secretary Oliver: "Information more specific and cer tain than heretofore received was se­ cured late Wednesday night that Maso Parra, angered by failure to bring about an uprising, threatened to dynamite some building in Havana and then escape. The local police ar­ rested Mm and two of his gang named Lara Miret and Ducassi and they are now in jail." Every,,now and then some dress re­ former starts a crusade against the wearing of corsets. This has made little difference in actual practice, •Ad is not likely to as long as' the ladies have their own way and fashion prescribes the use of the ar­ ticle. And occasionally the ladles get a chance to hit back. One of them was driving near Oxford, N. J.. When she was struck by a stray shot Hred by boys who were playing with a rifle. Fortunately the ball hit the steel If the lady's corsets and she was un­ injured. MAY EXTEND WIRE STRIKE .^OTHAM LOCAL WANTS LEAS WIRE MEN CALLED OUT. Await Sanction of National Officers and Ask Them to Take Action Throughout. REWARDED Wife Slain; Aged Man Held. Chicago. -- Mrs. Cyrus Baldwin, 83 years old, wife of a wealthy pi­ oneer of Hampshire, 111., ten miles northeast of Elgin, was the victim of a pitiful murder tragfedy Wednesday. New Boxer Outbreak. Shanghai.--An outbreak of Boxer- ism has occurred at Nankangsien, in the southern part of the province of Kiangsi. An Italian priest and a num­ ber of converts have been murdered at the village of Tawouli. New York.--The New York local of the Commercial Telegraphers' union voted Wednesday night to call out all leased wire operators employed by the press and brokers' offices in this city, if such action shall be sanc- tioned" by the national officers. Ac­ tion by the national officers will be awaited jDefore anything further is done. It was voted also to ask the national officers to issue a call for the brokers' and press telegraphers throughout the country to qvjit work. The demand upon the men who are now working under contract is made in the inter­ ests of those who have struck against the Western Union and Postal Tele­ graph companies. The decision to call upon the press and broker operators to break their individual contracts and go out in a sympathetic strike was reached after a heated debate which occupied sev­ eral hours of a meeting of the New York local No. 16. On the final vote it was declared that the strikers were practically unanimous. Daniel L. Russell, chairman of the strike committee, who until Wednes­ day had opposed the movement for a sympathetic strike, made a vigorous speech in which he reversed his posi­ tion and declared that expediency de­ manded such a war measure as was proposed. An amendment introduced by John G. McCloskey of the Hearst News Service, exempting from the strike operators of leased wires who were bound by a union contract with their employers, signed six months previous to the strike of the commercial men, was defeated, amid much cheering, and the original resolution passed with little opposition. After the meeting Chairman Rus­ sell said if the present course was not effective the railroad operators would be called upon to <juit work. BUT UNDERSTAND ' NE*T TlMc- UlllMII TATTLE tall • OIL REFINERY IS BURNED. Plant of Sterling Company at Mari­ etta! O., Destroyed. Marietta, O. -- Many( thousands of dollars' loss was caused Tues­ day by a fire that destroyed most of the plant of t4fe Sterling Oil re­ finery. The conflagration raged for seven hours, dying down only when there was nothing more for the flames to feed upon. The water pumps were out of order but several lines of steam were played into the fire and by strenous efforts ten tanks of crude oil on a hill above the works were saved as the wind was blowing in the opposite direction. The origin of the fire is unknown, but it is supposed to have originated in a retort in which bones used iij clarify­ ing oil are reduced to char. Over 200 barrels of machine oil and 14 tanks of refined oil and much finished product was destroyed. The officials of the company refuse to give the amount of lrss. The Sterling company is one of the independents mentioned in the list as making agreements to sell the entire' product to the Standard Oil company in exchange for crude oil. The plant was modern and well equipped. SAYS HIS TRIAL IS UNFAIR. Rev. W. P. Ferguson Resigns from the Nebraska Methodist Conference. Lincoln, Neb.--Rev. Wilbert P. Fer­ guson, of University place, Friday re­ signed from the state Methodist con­ ference rather than proceed with the church trial in which he was being tried for unbecoming conduct with Mrs. E. A. Cross, a member of his congregation. His counsel declared the withdrawal took place because of the prejudiced rulings of Rev. J. T. Roberts, the minister presiding at the trial. Mr. Ferguson's counsel asserted that the rulnig preventing depositions in favor of Mr. Ferguson or reflecting on Mrs. Cross was highly unfair. Striking Car Men Violent. Latrobe, Pa.--After cutting the trol­ ley wires, causing the stoppage of traffic, striking employes of the West Moreland Street railway attacked a car in charge of Supt. Schwartz early Tuesday near here, and put the crew to flight. The strikers then smashed the car windows and destroyed the seats and furnishings. When you remember that it took the British parliament nearly 500 jjpears to pass the corn laws its ac tion in devoting scarcely a century tt the consideration of the "deceased wife's sister" bill seems hasty and im pulsive in the extreme. Actress Found Dead in Bed. Washington.--Mrs. Marguerite Bow­ er, the leading lady in the "Broadway After Dark" company, playing at a lopal theater, was found dead in bed at a hotel Friday. Her husband lives at Mineral City, O. It is highly characteristic of the / Hub of the Universe, sayB the Syra­ cuse Post-Standard, that the news­ boys' union located there should be Supplying one of its members with the necessary funds for a course io Harvard universit* Lipton Depends on Fife's Advice. London.--Sir Thomas Lipton waB in­ terviewed Thursday night after he had learned the reasons why his challenge to race for the America's cup had been declined by the New York Yacht club, an£ said: '$< *1 still have plenty of time to issue another challenge but all depends upon what I am advised to do. Mr. Fife is coming especially to consult with me on the situation. I know the New York T^cht club feels its respon­ sibility and 1 am quite willing to abide by its decision." Conspiracy in Cuba. Havana.--A conspiracy to start a revolutionary movement In Cuba has been discovered. Under instructions issued by Gov. Magoon, a number of suspicious persons believed to be con­ nected with the conspiracy have been shadowed for several days past. It Is believed that the movement is backed by New York capitalists. Woman Testifies Against Minister. Lincoln, Neb.--The church trial of Rev. Wilbert P. Ferguson of the Methodist church of University place was resumed Thursday afternoon, with Mrs. E. A. Cross, the accusing witness, on the stand. Her testimony was similar to that given during the preliminary investigation, alleging that she had been guilty of miscon­ duct with the minister, who was her boarder. Mrs. Cross stated that she loved the minister, and that he had assured her that love was greater than law. Mexican Foreign Minister III. Mexico City.--Ingaclo Mariscal, the minister of foreign affairs, is reported to be seriously ill. Senor Mariscal will not be able to take part in the en­ tertainments to be given in honor of Secretary Root. Leap for Freedom Is Fatal. Dayton, O.--William E. Burch, of Glendale, O., a federal prisoner en route to Cincinnati, plunged from a fast flying train near here Tuesday. His neck was broken and death was Instantaneous. CLOVER LEAF BOYS ALTO* DIRECTORS VOTE TO 8IGN CON­ TRACT FOR PURCHASE. Read's Physical Condition Found Good--Unification of Shonts-Haw- ley Properties Will Follow. New York.--The directors of the Toledo, St. Louis & Western railway at a meeting here Friday voted to sign a contract for the purchase of the Chicago & Alton railway from the Rock Island interests, in accordance with the agreement that such should be done provided the Alton received immunity in connection with the Standard Oil rebating investigation. Attorney General Bonaparte recently announced that such immunity would be granted. before the directors acted, a com­ mittee submitted an exhaustive re­ port of the physieal condition of the roid, which was declared to be highly satisfactory. The old Chicago & Alton board will probably meet during the coming week and resign in a body, after which the new interest will assume formal control. It is expected that some unification of the so-called Shonts-Hawley properties, namely the Toledo, St. Louis & Western, Chicago & Alton, Iowa Central and Minne­ apolis & St. Louis roads, will speedily follow. It is planned to make direct connec­ tions between the Iowa Central and Chicago & Alton and the Toledo, St. Louis & Western road, thereby ef­ fecting a link with Minneapolis and St. Louis. This will give the unified system direct lines between Detroit, St. Louis and Kansas City, as well as direct lines between Chicago and Kansas City. FRISCO WELCOMES SQUADRON. Fotir 1 Vessels from Asiatic Station Arrive in Pacific Port. c San Francisco. -- The first di­ vision of the Pacific fleet, the fore guard of the American navy which Is to assemble hi Pacific coast waters Thursday or Friday, steamed through the Golden Gate at vsunrise Friday morning." The four armored cruisers passed the Heads in file formation, led by the flagship West Virginia flying at her masthead the two-starred flag of the commander of the fleet, Rear Admiral James H, Dayton. Five hundred yards to the rear came the Colorado, fol­ lowed at a like distance by the Mary­ land, and that by the Pennsylvania. The arrival of the four big sister ships marked the end of a 36,000- mile cruise, which, began at Newport, R. I., last September. GETS AFTER OMAHA PACKERS. RICHARD WALTON ARRESTED. Alleged Murderer of Chicago Woman Caught in Springfield. Springfield, 111.--Richard Walton, the negro charged with the murder of Mrs. Lillian White Grant in Chicago by strangling her Sept. 18, was ar­ rested Thursday morning and is be­ ing held awaiting orders from Chicago. Walton was picked up on the charge of vagrancy and when taken before the police magistrate was dismissed and ordered out of the city. Before he had left the station, however, he was recognized from a photograph fur­ nished the police, and was rearrested on suspicion. He later admitted that he was Walton. NO THIRD TERM: ROOT. Secretary of State Declares Roosevelt Will Not Run. Little Rock, Ark.--Elihu Root, sec­ retary of state, spent a short time here Friday, en route to the City of Mexico, traveling in the private car "Signet" attached to Iron Mountain train No. 5. When pressed for a po­ litical statement, he said: "President Roosevelt will not be a candidate of the Republican party. It is true that from many sections of the country there are coming requests that the president allow his name to be pre­ sented to our next national conven­ tion, but this will not be the case." Police Shoot Crap Players. Pittsburg, Pa.--During a raid Tues­ day by the police on a crap game par­ ticipated in by a number of negroes, the officers opened fire on the men when they ran and Daniel Murphy, 12 years old, white, was fatally shot and Hays Kessler, colored, was shot through the back. The others es­ caped. President Dines Bishop of London. Washington.--The first' entertain­ ing done by the president and Mrs. Roosevelt since stheir return to Wash­ ington was a dinner given at the White House Friday evening In honor of their house guest. Rt. Rev. A. F. Winnington-Ingram, lord bishop of London, who arrived here Friday. Taft Reaches Yokohama. Yokohama.--The steamer Minneso­ ta, with Secretary Taft and his party on board, arrived here at seven o'clock Saturday morning. Fourteen Drown in Alabama. Mobile, Ala,--A ferryboat crossing the Tomblgbee river at the govern­ ment works at McGrew Shoales near Jackson, Ala., late Thursday was cap­ sized, drowning one white boy and 13 negroes. The boy was Leslie Ver- nuille, 16 years of age. residing in Oaksdale, a suburb of this city. Nine Poisoned by tee Cream. Statesboro, Ga.--Cone Hagan, a farmer Jiving near here, and eight chil dren were poisoned by Ice cream In which condensed milk had been used. Nebraska Food Commissioner Starts Out to Enforce the Law. Lincoln, Neb. -- Food commission­ er Johnson is beginning a cam­ paign against the packing houses which are offending againslt the pure food law. Packages of meat must hereafter have the net weight stamped upon them. To start his campaign for packages of honest weight, Johnson Wednesday ordered the county attorney of Doug­ las county to institute proceedings against the South Omaha packing houses. It Is found that packages of bacon and ham are Wrapped with pa­ per and cloth until five or six per cent, of the stamped weight is thus accounted for. The order is that all Nebraska packers must comply with the law. If outside packers do not, the retailers handling the goods will be held responsible. « AMA8A CAMPBELL GUILTY. Jury, However, Apks Clemency for Slayer of Dr. Harris. Chicago. -- A verdict of man­ slaughter, with a recommendation to the state board of pardons for ex­ treme clemency, was given by a jury In Judge Windes' court Tuesday even­ ing against Amasa C. Campbell, the lumber dealer of Antigo, Wis., who shot and mortally wounded Dr. Ben­ jamin. S. Harris last December in the Stock Exchange building. Campbell suspected Harris of improper rela­ tions with the former's wife. Attached to the verdict was a peti­ tion to the state pardon board, signed by every member of the Jury, recom­ mending that Campbell be confined in the penitentiary not to exceed the minimum term prescribed by law. This is one year. President in Capital Again. Washington.--President Roosevelt arrived here from his summer vaca­ tion at Oyster Bay at 5:57 p. m. Wednesday. A large crowd was at the Pennsylvania station to greet him. Postmaster General Meyer, Secretary Straus, Assistant Secretary Murray of the department of com­ merce* and labor and a number of other federal officials met the presi­ dent at his car and accompanied him to his carriage in Sixth street, where It was surrounded with people who cheered lustily. Grand Duke of Baden Dying. Constance, Grand Duchy of Baden, --Grand Duke Frederick, who has been suffering from intestinal inflam­ mation for a week or more, is rap­ idly growing worse and is not expect­ ed to survive long. Ex-Judge Morte Stricken In Court. Ionia, Mich.--Ex-Judge Allen B. Morse, former justice of the Michigan supreme court, was stricken with apo­ plexy while on the witness stand in court. It Is believed that the stroke will prove fatal. Mr. fcforse is 69 years old. 200 Railway Clerks 8trlke. Toledo, O.--Two hundred railway clerks, representing six roads, struck Friday demanding a working agree­ ment with the roads. More than that many remained at their desks. " Nebraska Wins Rate Victory. Omaha.--Judges T. C. Munger and W. &. Munger, in the United States court Thursday night denied the In­ junction asked for by the railroads operating in Nebraska to prevent the state railway commissioner from en­ forcing the laws reducing grain rates. The restraining order issued some time ago by Judge T. C. Munger was dissolved. This is regarded as a de­ cisive victory for the state, although It is presumed that the case will be car­ ried to the United States court of ap­ peals by the railroad. companies. NEWS OF ILLINOIS HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST*FROM ALL .OVER TKE STATE. VOLIVA QUITS ZION CITY Man Who Expected to Reifltt in Bowie's Throne Receives Notice v to Vacate--Will Sound Ad<*;|v jaoent Colony. JSJon City.--Wilbur Glean Voliva, whb successfully gras^d the reins of government of 2ion CJity from the hands of" John Alexander Dowie and expected to reign in fcis stead after the death of Dowie, announced to 1,000 of his followers, in the city torn by many factions t&ai he has given up the fight there., At the same time announced that he had lost the options upon the land In New Mexico, whwe he expected to fa-jjvd a new colony but Would buy prayerty adjacent tc« Zion City and fouud the colony th»;re. The speech of VolJva was his swan P9---8 BO far as Zion City Is concerned. oaid that he had received formal uoilee from John C. Hately, the re­ ceiver of Zion City, to vacate the premises which he h^p used as offices and the publication slant of his of­ ficial paper within SO days. He said that he would get oat and would not pay another dollar w the receiver. Voliva was bitter afe&mst Mr. Hately 3.ijd branded his treatment as perse­ cution. No explanation of how he lost the. option on .the landff" in New Mexico was vouchsafed by Voliva. It was generally understood that he had failed to receive the financial backing he had expected. 'AFFINITY FINDER" DEFIANT. Michigan Co-ed Waives Examination at Court Hearing. Elgin.--Miss Marlon Grey, the El­ gin "affinity finder," defied the feder­ al authorities. Instead of showing pen­ itence and accepting forgiveness when her case was called by United States Commissioner Foote, she waived ex­ amination. The enigmatic youhg woman who is a co-ed of the Univer­ sity of Michigan trying to earn means of Continuing her education, declared herself willing her case should go to sii - * ̂ 7/Ojf GJ3ZY* the grand jury. With her chin saucily tilted she said that her mission in life was to gather in the floating "affini­ ties," mate them, and send them on their way rejoicing. Accordingly, she wishes the courts to announce that she Is a benefactor of the human race. "I am perfectly willing that the courts should prove that in helping the affinities I am doing a great good instead of violating the law," she said. Defiant and self-possessed, the "af­ finity finder" smiled through it all. As her "bail money" she produced a $1,- 000 bill. Then she gathered up her skirts and marched out of the room. Liquor Men at Rock Island. Rock Island.--The Illinois Liquor Dealers' association held an important convention here. President Maiwurm and a Chicago delegation of 400 were in attendance. They were met at the station by the full membership of the Rock Island association. A feature was a street parade and trolley excursion. Drilling for Oil at Medora. Medora.--The Medora Oil & Gas company have drilled to a distance of 400 feet on the L. G. Wilkerson lease, near Piasa. At this depth water was encountered in great quantities, ne­ cessitating the installing of curbing. The persons prospecting are deter­ mined to strike oil and will drill to a depth of 1.200 feet if necessary. Dock Fire Menaces Much Coal. Waukegan.--Fifty thousand tons of soft coal at the dock of the Western Coal and Dock company of Chicago here are menaced by fire which broke out a few days ago and continues to burn. y TIRED BACKS. The kidneys have a great woric to # . db in keeping the blood pure. When they get out of order "W it causes backache,'t; " headaches, dizziness, • • •' languor and distress- . J Ing urinary troubles, Keep the kidneys 1 well and all these i sufferings will be c- saved you! 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