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IcBenry Plaindealer. rrm. t8HBi> BT T. «. aCHJUEIW**. . • 'iJMcHF-NEY, ---- ILLINOIS. |t Telling yonr troubles increases the Circle bt your enemies. If the milk dealers do not hare • ' ,'*1' ftiro n« may Qiiit them and drink OS 'ri, uuauuiierateu. China on Verge of Revolution,"* '•Mp a headline. Better set your other fchfrt out before it's too late. Perhaps if you got to the * the rainbow you'd find merely ; t>f clearing house certificates. a pot L&, A bank teller recently died of • fnyredema, caused by handling paper money. Oh, death, where is thy sting? / ? , Detrbit'B shelter home for pet cats ) '-'looks Jike a doubtful proposition, f '• s jThere are too many alleys and back ?jfenees. m r w A Kentucky boy swallowed a can moth and choked to death. Candle f , J%noths should always be cooked Mid it. ' Carved before eating. :-W A Philadelphia man urges the <?e- (* , '<:#cendant3 of the Mayflower Pfigrlma V, aid in the, Roosevelt reform,. But, j , toodneac, who would there be left to tfsforsj? P • rj/'l': Men will get more kisses from their ' 1' ' Wives if they ase their Sunday drink toioney for shaves,, according to one V r Chicago woman. The experiment fa Vorth trying. ' Rider Haggard, according to a liter- V .'tury jourtial, writes 4,000 words a day V . when he feels in the mood. Fortunate­ ly for the author's reputation, he sel- '•iJom feels like it. i--. -• Miss Liberty on Bedloes Island is ., Vcomplained of because she "taps" the v ; %'ireless line and intercepts messages. But no one can charge her with re- gating the secrets she learns. * A Philadelphia man who wore a ^ . Rubber tube in his lungs for 20 years- kas just had it cut out. He probably thought he couldn't afford the luxury, these days of high-priced rubber, J- The two French counts who have Just fought a pistol duel in which L ;$oth opponents were wounded must Sbe very bad shots indeed. Still It is * -ft strange coincidence that both of *•9 <them should be hit f-. f- v the snake department of nature Study, which has been rather quiet tor some months, is looking up again. j:'•*«, An Ohio woman has found a live and fully developed garter snake in a > . chicken's craw, where it was living oft 'C'5 ^Ihe food that the unfortunate chicken ,• Jfcad swallowed for its own benefit. An Evan^ville, Ind., man has just tieen discharged, in a case of wife desertion, because his wife talked so Coesantly in court that the Judge ncluded that the desertion was jus­ tifiable self-defense. It is not stated, remarks the Indianapolis Star, wheth­ er the lady acquired her conversation­ al powers in a woman's club or as & gift of nature. 0J?"•- Mr. Roosevelt, in the fiftieth year of his life, has been president six years. Washington at the beginning *J of hia fiftieth year had not taken jg i .Torktown. At 50 Jefferson was secre- * J" tary of state, Jackson was yet to fight _ ;v„' jho Sflminniftg Lincoln was debating . ^ \ iwith Douglas. Four only of the presi- , <Jents before Roosevelt--Pierce, Grant, ^ , ;<larfield and Cleveland--were lnau gurated before they had passed 50. A long series of three hundredth an- ff i ' JJiversaries is likely to be celebrated. How that the Jamestown fair has set • the example. That no opportunity v , >,»night escape, Harvard university lately celebrated the three hundredth -anniversary of the birth of its found' «r. But what a time there will be in |^ew England, to say nothing of the P rest of the country, when the ter- f|;= centenary of the landing of the Pii- Iz , films comes round in 1920! Reports from the surveyors who tiave been marking the line between Canada and Alaska indicate that as originally fixed in 1898 it was 600 feet too far west. The United States Is to have a strip 600 feet wide and many miles long, which, until the present survey, the Canadians sup­ posed belonged to them. The proper "boundary is the one hundred and for- tyfirst^ meridian northward from >Moum St Ellas. In the commercial treaty recently ; made between Canada and France the Dominion for the first time negotiated directly with a foreign power through Its own officials without the interven­ tion of British diplomats. Sir Wil­ frid Laurier, the Canadian prime min­ ister, went himself to Paris and ar­ ranged the terms of the treaty. Al­ though the treaty is actually concluded by the British government, yet the fact that the colonial authorities the arrangement independently marks an important advance in the power of the Canadian government. PLAN OF MRS, EDOT MILLION DOLLARS FOR FOUND- ....... 1NQ OF INSTITUTION TO TEACH THE INDIGENT r. -f MYSTERY tH GRUEL MURDER WOMAN'S NUDE BODY FOUND IN POND AT HARRISON, N. EVERYBODY HAPPY Iff V s ' * • ' i ... \.y*; J," IPftT in the Night--She W«« '^ Crossing Hackenaack M with Man. Beneficiaries, with Their r-ammes, . Will Be Supported While Learn­ ing Science of Chfiatljtn < Healing. Newark* N. JT.- ths ejcSiSStS C-s - : Boston. -- Details of "tife of Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy, head of the Christian Science church, in relation to the charitable institu­ tion which she is to found, are con­ tained in an editorial by Archibald McLellan In the current issue of the Christian Science Sentinel. The edi­ torial sa&'s in part: "Mrs. Eddy has consented that the institution which she purposes to found will bear her name, therefore jit will be known as 'Mary Baker G. USdy's charitable fund.' The board of directors wiil.be located in Boston, the recognized headquarters of her church, and in plan and scope this fund will be an educational oppor­ tunity by which indigent persons will be taught, gratuitously the science of the Christ healing as practiced by Jesus and as made known through. £he writings of Mrs. Eddy. * Million Dollars to Be Given, "The sum of f1,000,000 will be de­ voted to this sole purpose. Mrs. Eddy's benevolence will be open to all those individuals who are genuinely interested in Christian science for its truth's sake and who shall present to the board of directors of the fund sat­ isfactory certificates of their indi­ gence, their religious views and their moral character. The students of Christian Science will be maintained by this fund until such time as the board of directors shall have pro­ nounced them good healers of the sick, and deliver to them certificates to this effect To Support Beneficiaries. "The beneficiaries of this fund, and the families of those who have fam­ ilies, are to be supported from the income of the fund and the number of students and their families to he sup­ ported will depend-upon the amount 0* ^is J&CC2S6 "Mrs. Eddy has turned this matter over to a prospective board of direc­ tors for them to work out- the details of the charity.. In the meantime no further information upon this subject can be given out and no letters of in­ quiry should be addressed to Mrs. Eddy." MOVE FOR WALSH LOST. Judge Anderson Refuses to Order the Banker Acquitted. f Chicago.--Judge A. B. Anderson late Thursday refused to take the case of John R. Walsh from the jury in the federal court and order the de­ fendant dismissed on a plea made by Attorney John S. Miller. The court not only turned down the argument that the government had not made out a Case, uiit ui ueicu the ue'euw: to prO- ceed with the trial. * The jury which had been excluded from the room during the day was re­ called at four p. m. and preparations to proceed with-the defense were con­ tinued. The court instructed Mr. Mil­ ler to prepare a written complaint, against any further evidence which the attorneys hold should be excluded from the record. In doing so the judge declared that portions of the evidence already objected to would be given to the jury. NAMED TO 8UCCEED MALLORY. William James Bryan Appointed Sen­ ator from Florida. Jacksonville, Fla- -- Gov. Broward Wednesday appointed William James Bryan of this city, to be United States senator, vice Stephen Rus­ sell . Mallor>,, deceased, for the bal­ ance of the term, expiring March 4, 1809. Mr. Bryan is a prominent young attorney, onjy 31 years of age, and now holds the position of county solicitor for this (Duval) county. He was born in Orange county, Florida, October 10, 1876. He is the son of John M. Bryan, who served 14 years as state senator and afterwards as a member of the state railroad commis­ sion. He has always been active in politics and at present is a member of the Democratic executive committee. About two months ago Mr. Bryan an­ nounced his candidacy for the United States senatorship to succeed Mr. Mai- lory. He is not related to William J. Bryan of Nebraska. Pte' An eagle measuring seven feet fow Inches .from tip to tip has been cap­ tured in New Jersey. Now is the op­ portunity to discover whether the bird cm the St. Gaudens coin is the bona- fide article or merely a nature take. - Workingmen have just as good a ; right to go back to Europe to visit the old folks during the winter as the railroad presidents have to take a run over in the summer. Never fear but that they will come back when work opens up }n the spring, even if they have to swim- M Chicago Newspaper Man Dead. Chicago.--Albert G. Beaunisne, as­ sistant to the publisher of the Chicago Daily News, died suddenly Thursday afternoon of heart disease. Mr. Beaunisne was 55 years old and became connected with the News in 1879, after having taught school and studied law. He was a member of the Union League, Press, Quadrangle and Caxton clubs. A. murder, combining SSI J' CIVR#^' WLITT WVIIVR erate cruelty that take it out of the ordinary, was committed on the Hacki- ensack Meadows in the town of Har­ rison early Thursday, and the nude body of the victim, a comely woman of perhaps 30 years, was found nearly submerged in the icy waters of a lit­ tle pond. Only the. feet projected when chance passers-by broke the ice in which the exposed portions were in- crusted and dragged the body ashore The dead woman was finely fea­ tured; her hair and nails gave evi­ dence of a recent and scrupulous toilet anS such of her clothing as was subsequently found suggested in texture and style an owner of refine­ ment .'•••• . V, ; Two men, who occupied a ygcht moored near where the body was found, are detained by the police. The most important clew obtained was furnished Thursday night by Pe­ ter Coogan, a watchman employed by the Marine Engine company, who recognized the body as that of a woman whom he had seen crossing the meadows in company with a man early in the day. Later he saw the man alone« He then carried a bundle in his arms. -TJie man was short and stout Two girls returning to their home In Harrison long after midnight heard a woman's cries floating oyer the marsh land. They seemed to come from the direction of the pond and, to the startled girls sounded like "Spare me," and "Help!" Nearer home the girls were approached by a well-dressed stranger, who accosted and followed them until a policeman was met with, when he turned and fled. WASTED PUBLIC FUND& New York Water Commissioners Will Be Removed by Mayor. New York. -- As a result of the Investigation made by the com­ missioners of accounts into the award of the contract for thp construction of the Ashokan dam, a part of the city's new water supply system, the board of water commissioners will be re­ moved by Mayor McClellan unless his action is forestalled by their resig­ nations. This was made known Wednesday following the receipt by the mayor of the report of the com­ missioners of accounts, John Purrey Mitchell and Philip B. Gaynor. The water commissioners, Edward Simmons, Charles N. Chadwick and Charles N. Shaw, awarded the. Asho­ kan contract to MacArthur Brothers company, whose bid was $12,669,775, against $10,315,530 bid for the work by the John Peirce company. Protests were Immediately filed and an Inquiry was ordered by the mayor. Charges of incompetency and misconduct, based upon an alleged waste of public XuiiuB, "will be yVvtcTTvu opSiiSt tilS members of the water board. WEAFT THAT NECKTIE TO WORK TH* wixt my * oi? we Hew to fefL LIKE THIS V /! *9* on you m « REPLY, w IT WAS •JUST K N££prp." *mr \ 'w/is.wn' M&er c Mpy 70 C-lWv $5 5H»E muSH fi/i !> i>/5 0RW NfVV _ FWlR O* Sftftri&S* Tniey "weste THE eesr <M0C££KAD. URGED TO GO TO BROOKLYN. New York "Rent Strikers" Are Be­ sieged by Agents. fLEET OFF t»ORT OF SPAIN BIDS AMERICAN* Pffm H*ARTY FAREWELLif •M*§' fiAY ALIVE WITH oftllt FAIRBANKS 18 INDORSED. Nomination for Presidency Urged Indiana Republicans. by Ex-Treasurer of Illinois Dead. Chicago.--Former State Treasurer Henry Wulff, for years a prominent figure in politics in Cook county and Illinois, died Friday at the home of his son-in-law, Raymond McGurren Kidney trouble was the cause. Indianapolis, Ind.--Resolutions were adopted unanimously Thursday at the biennial love feast of Indiana Repub­ licans, urging the nomination of Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks for the presidency. The resolutions were introduced by Gov. J. Frank Hanly and were adopted with a round of cheers by the thou­ sand and more active party workers of the state who were present. KULP DISOBEYED ORDER& Court-Martial Recommends That Iowa Captain-Be Reprimanded. Des Moines, la.--The court-martial trying Capt. Kulp of company B, Thir­ ty-fourth regiment, for alleged failure to stop a prize fight upon the orders of Adjt. Gen. Thrift on the night of No­ vember 21, returned a verdict late Friday, holding that Capt. Kulp, while he may not have Intentionally dis­ obeyed the orders of Adjt Gen. Thrift, did so, and the court recqgauaeuded that he be reprimanded. ' Pacific Coast Unprotected! Seattle, Wash.--T. C. Woodbury, aet> infe commander of the department ot the Columbia, U. S. A., in a statement Wednesday said that the whole Pacific coast would be helpless in case the navy should prove unable to prevent the landing of a force of 20,COO Japan­ ese or other foreign army at any of the numerous unprotected bays along the coast Conscription for Brazil. Rio De Janeiro.--The senate Friday, on third reading, approved the govern­ ment bill requiring obligatory military service under conscription. Goldfield is about to provide a cur­ rency of its own by making bullion produced at the mills into bars and stamping thereon the value. Goldfield people will have no trouble in passing currency wherever they may go. Says the Boston Globe: "An even­ ing lamp, a mellow, open fire, a book, a bottle and a good briar; a little wife who doesn't mind the smoke and doesn't talk--could paradise come Higher?" For a selfish man, nerbaps not How about the snbmisaive Uttle cipher of a wife? Head of Carlisle School Resigna. Carlisle, Pa.--Maj. William A. Mer­ ger, who for six years has been super­ intendent of the Carlisle Indian Indus­ trial school, has resigned. His resig­ nation is to take effect upon the ap­ pointment of his successor. > • t' yf 4frjij •' - Will Not Treat with Union. Philadelphia.--The directors of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit company, at a meeting Thursday, framed a reply which they will hand to the commit­ tee of employes who have demanded increased wages, a ten-hour working" day and improved working conditions. The company will receive the em­ ployes as individuals to hear their gret*ing8, but will not recognize them as representatives of any union. The action of the company, it is generally bVAav<>r! will result jn a settlement of *he trouble. Rich Man Dies on a Train. Lincoln, Neb.--Maxwell Spencer, aged 26, of No. 24 East Ninety-sixth street, New York, a young man of evident wealth, died on the east-bound Burlington train as it entered Lincoln Friday evening. Mob Breaks CMneae Quarter. Lethbridge, Alberta.--Because they believed that a prominent citizen had been murdered in a Chinese restau­ rant 1,500 men raided the Oriental quarter of the town and wrecked the district. Raleigh, N. C„ Goes "Dry." Raleigh, N. C.--By a majority of 545 Raleigh Thursday voted oijt Jts liquor dispensary and becomes a pro­ hibition city, the dispensary to close at noon Friday. The dispensary has been in operation here for four years. THREE PERISH II WRECK TRA1N8 COLLIDE ON ELEVATED TRACKS AT CAMDEN, N. J. Seventeen Othera Suffer Injuries When Crash Occurs as Result of a Heavy Fog. Camden, N. J.--Three persons were killed and 1? injured in a collision on the elevated tracks of the Pennsyl­ vania railroad just outside the station here Friday when a Pemberton ac­ commodation train ran into the rear of an Atlantic City express. A heavy fog was the principal contributory cause of the accident. The dead are: C. H. Brown, Moorestown, N. J.; J. L. Garbarini, Mount Holly, N. J.; T. L. Webster, Merchantville, N. J. All those killed or injured were passengers in the first car of the Pem­ berton accommodation. The fog was so thick that the engineers of, the two trains were running cautiously, and just outside the station the At­ lantic City train was signaled to stop. The engineer of the Pemberton train failed to see the Atlantic City train in time to avoid a collision, but he Instantly jammed his brakes down hard when it loomed up through the fog. The sudden jplt forced the tender of the Pemberton train into the first car, wrecking it badly and either killing or injuring everybody in the coach. The train, however, did not come to a full stop but slid into the rear of the Atlantic City express, causing the tender to still further tel­ escope the first car. EDITOR BONtlLS ARRESTED. Denver^te Charged with Asaaulting Ex-Senator Patterson. Denver, Col,--Fred G. Bonfils, one of the proprietors of the Denver Post, was arrested Friday on a warrant sworn out by Thgmas M. Patterson, former United States senator and prin­ cipal owner of the Rocky Mountain News and Denver Times, charging him with assault ana battery. Mr. Bon­ fils was taken before Justice of the Peace Thomas Carlon, who issued the warrant, and furnished bonds for his appearance for trial. The assault was committed Thurs­ day as Mr. Patterson was walking from his home to his office. Mr. Bon­ fils knocked Mr. Patterson down and struck him repeatedly, inflicting pain­ ful Injuries. Missouri Bank Robbed. Camden Point, Mo.--The Bank of Camden Point was robbed by three men Friday and $4,000 in currency was taken. A fierce battle between citi­ zens and the robbers took place, in which many shots were exchanged, but the robbers escaped. They were pursued by a posse and surrounded in the hills near Dearborn, six miles from Caipden Point. Society Man Kills filrnaelf. New York. -- Despondent over continued ill-health, Henry F. Terry, a well-known society' man of Brook­ lyn, committed suicide by shoot­ ing himself through the chest in Pros­ pect park Friday night New York. -- Real estate agents from Brooklyn went into the crowd­ ed tenement house districts on the East side of Manhattan Friday and tried to do missionary work in their own interests by urging the tenants^ who are now engaged in a crusade for lower rents, to move to Brooklyn. But activity of outsiders did not seem to disturb the local real estate owners and agents. One of them said that the East sider is a clannish crea­ ture and likes to associate with the friends and neighbors whom he has known since his arrival from Europe^ "A majority of them come right here from the steamers that bring them over, or from the immigrant sta­ tion," he said. "They stay here, too, until such time as they have earned their little piles and can move else­ where." At the Socialist party headquarters' on Grand street it was v learned that the evictions which have been made since the rent strike was decided upon have no real connection with the movement Such evictions are for failure to pay rent for the present and past moiitua. The crucial point will come, if at all, when the collectors make their January calls. ' * Admiral Evans Expects to Reach Rl® Janeiro Friday Evening, January ^^qainCfJIier -Awal^^B^. ,.x ^ "" %% , ** • There. • i --- * - r v . Port of Spain, Trinidad.--The American battleship fleet weighed an­ chor at four o'clock Sunday after­ noon and steamed for Rio Janeiro. Accompanying the fleet were the sup­ ply ships Culgoa and Glacier. Early in the morning the signal went up from Rear Admiral Evans' flagship Connecticut to prepare for de­ parture at three a. m., but owing to a delay in the ooaling of the battleship Maine from collier Fortuna, it was necessary to change the sailing time. Long before the hour set a myriad of small eraft, chiefly launches and steam yachts moved up and down along the lines of anchored warships, the merry parties aboard shouting farewells to the departing visitors. Thousands of residents climbed the aurrounding hills to view the great White ships as they moved outward on their jemrney of 3,000 miles and more, •bile boat loads of excursionists went to the small islands in the gulf and others to the floating dock to catch the last glimpse of the ships that were so royally welcomed to this port almost a week ago. An average of from ten to if knots an hour will carry the fleet to the end of the second lap of the 14-000-mile Journey in about 12 days, and it was announced by Admiral Evans before his departure that he expected to reach Rio Janeiro on Friday evening, January 10. ( The newspapers here, and the resi­ dents, are unsparing in their praise of the exemplary behavior of the men, and the papers compliment Admiral Evans in the warmest terms. Rio Janeiro.--The United States col­ lier Caesar has arrived here with coal for the American fleet. The minister of marine has ordered the naval .hos­ pital ship Carlos Frederico to remain iii port for the disposition of Rear Ad­ miral Evans when he reaches Rio Janeiro, WORK OF JAPENESE SPIES. Maps ef Portland and Its Pipe.Llnea Have Been 8ecured. Portland, Ore.--Mayor Harry K. Lane created a sensation Friday in an address before the National Guard as- ' sociation when he declared that agents of the Japanese government had se­ cured accurate maps of the city of Portland, maps and specifications of, every roadway leading Into the city and the various pipe lines from which the city obtains its water supply. Mayor Lane did not discover the presence of the alleged spies until their work was completed, whereupon he transmitted his Information to Washington ana was snkeri i n furnish all the details of the operatlona of the alleged spies. OPENING THE DRUCE GRAVE. Workmen Remove Monument in High- gate Cemetery. London.--The work of opening the grave of Thomas Charles Druce in Highgate cemetery, to determine primarily whether the coffin con­ tained the body of a man or, as has been asserted, a roll of sheet lead weighing some 200 pounds, was begun Sunday. Incidentally, the clearing up of thiB mystery ,will help materially the progress of the famous Druce case. The three-ton monument, which marks the resting place of the Druce family, was removed by a score of 1- -- - « Wui&WCii, nuv ncic jjiv^vuvu public observation by a shed which had been erected around the burial plot Within the shed electric lights were installed, so that operations might proceed without interruption. All of those in attendance at the opening of the grave and coffin have been sworn to secrecy, so that the re­ sult of the investigations will not be known until the experts give evidence at the police court. Veteran Diplomat Passes Away. Washington. --John Chandler Ban­ croft Davis,, for the past 24 years reporter for the United States su­ preme court, and formerly United States minister to Germany, died here Friday. He was born in Worcester, Mass., December 29, 1822. Among the more important positions held by Mr. Davis were those of secretary of the United States legation at London, assistant secretary of state* agent for the United States government before the Geneva court of arbitration for the settlement of the Alabama claims, and judge of the United States court of claims. Bandits Rob a Depot. Springfield, 111.--In a pistol battle following the robbery of the Vandalia passenger depot in Smithboro Friday one of two robbers was shot five times and Emory brown, city marshal of Sorento, 111., was wounded twice. Both men were reported as being in la seri­ ous condition. The pal of the ground­ er robber was arrested and locked up. C. M. Dow Accidentally KllletL TulBa, Okla.--Charles M. Dow, aged 28 years, son of Charles M. Dow of Jamestown, N. Y., a bank president and one of the most prominent oil pro­ ducers in the United States, was killed by the accidental discharge «MF a gun Friday. Whole Family Burned to Death. Boston.--Five persons were burned to death in a fire which destroyed the house of John Clark at Watertown, a suburb, Friday. Every member of the Clark family perished. Kansas Congressman Very filf* Washington.--Representative Wil­ liam A. Calderhead, of Kansas, Is critically ill with double pneumonia at his apartment in this city. Mr. Cal­ derhead was taken down about three weeks ago with the grip. ^ ,<• Woman Dead; Husband Arrested. Macon, Ga.--The body of Mrs. John Watts was found badly charrcd on the banks of the Comulgee river Wednes­ day. She was the wife of John Watts, formerly impounding officer of Macon. The last seen of Mrs. Watts * alive was when she left the house of a friend at one o'clock Tuesday after­ noon. It is reported there was some trouble between Watts and his wife about another man. Watts was arrest­ ed and jailed. The coroner's jury de­ cided the body had been burned after . the woman's death. , Bonfils and Patterson Fight. Denver, Col.--A warrant was sworn out Thursday night for the arrest of Fred G. Bonfils, one of the proprietors of the Denver Post The warrant was sworn to by ex-United States Senator Thomas M. Patterson as the result of an encounter between the two men at an early hour In the morning, during which Senator Patterson was knocked down and painfully Injured. This was the culmination of a news­ paper fight which has been going on for some years between the proprietors of the Post and Patterson. "Whispering Larry" Dies of Grip, i New York.--Lawrence Delmour, who, until he retired from politics several years ago, was one of the most prominent members of Tammany hall, died Wednesday Of the grip. His natural reticence earned hln* the briquet of KANSAS TO BE 9ONVERTCD. Great Evangelistic Campaign Planned to Last Entire Year. ; . ' V - Kansas City, ' Mo.--"Kansas for Christ" is to be the slogan in a state-wide evangelistic campaign that is to be pushed simultaneously in every county of the Sunflower state next year. Hundreds of ministers of various denominations, together with numerous well-known evangelists, .are to hold revivals. An entire year will, be spent in the movement and an ef­ fort is to be made to demonstrate to the whole country what may be ao» complished in concerted religious work carried forward on Btructly busi­ ness lines. The great revival is to be under the direct leadership erf Rev. William Ed­ ward Biederwolf. "The undertaking will be subject to the general supervi­ sion of a board of two ministers and two laymen from each denomination. Slays 8weetheart and Himself. Abington, Mass.--Miss Edith M. Ashley, 18 years of age, died Sunday from a bullet wqund inflicted Saturday night by her lover, Samuel H. Stetson, 84 years old, of Rockland, who killed himself after shooting her. Mother and Child Die in Fire. McArthur, O.--Mrs. Boyer and one child were burned to death and an­ other child badly burned as the result of a fire that completely destroyed their home near Hamden, Vintou county. F 'Whispering Larry.** X *. *1 : * r "Vyi JSL „<. JtM" , . m • ?<*> 1SJM foWL si* L Killed at Christmas Eve Dance. New Franklin, Mo--It was learned here Wednesday night that during a fight at a Christmas eve dance in the western part of the county George R»»rd Was frillori , . „ , - - ' ' , . „ . £ > Miss Ktnner's Body FoqjiiRb^ Michigan City, Ind.--The body ot Miss Emogene Kinner of Penn Yan, N. Y., who disappeared from Michigan City on December 11, was found Sun­ day afternoon on the bank of a creek In a wild and unfrequented place. She had taught Bchool at Yonkers and at Nyak, N. Y. Over-study had caused nervous prostration, and she came here a month ago to recuperate her health and to spend the winter with a cousin. It is supposed that she lost her way in the country December 11 #nd perished of cold. Skeleton Man Is Found Dead. '•'* Providence, R. I.--Charles H. Perry, who traveled with circuses for 16 years, figuring as the skeleton man, was found dead Sunday in a hut in the outskirts of this city, where h« had lately led a hermit's life. '* Cuncon May Be Irish ^Peer. ; London.--Lord Curzon of Kedleston, chancellor of Oxford university, has agreed to allow himself to be nom­ inated for the vacancy among the rep resentative peers of Ireland, caused by the death of Lord Kilmaln* © H A N D TRUNK ANNOUNCES . D |%v TAILS OF GENEROUS PENSlOU FUND FOR EMPLOYEES. A splendid Christmas box wa| handed out to its men yesterday by thr Grand Trunk, in the shape of n o u n c e m e n t o f t h e d e t a i l s o f i t s n e i f / pension system,' which is of a mObf generous nature. The pension fund " Wli! h« AntfcfetV mntributed DV in# " one cent for its maintenance or adpj^rv ministration. It will affect every mem- j ^ ber of the staff from Charles M. Hayi „ sr£, down to the humblest section man#j.::i|5teg|p;:| while provision is also made for men .j*. incapacitated by accident or otherwise^ i or even men discharged without cause|^J|:".|y|^ and otherwise eligible under the" pen-"' x sion rules. £ '-4 ( The establishment of this penslonf <i system was approved at the last a%;-: * nual meeting of the shareholder! when the handsome sum of $240 was voted as a nucleus. In addition to * ^ ^ the income from this sum, however,^" it is estimated that the company will^ ^ ^ have to supplement this" by a larger* sum, varying from $70,000 to $75,000 a -1 year. The rules of the Grand TruuK V pension fund will apply from the blghl est to the lowest of the staff from the • general manager himself down to ther ^." humblest section man or gatekeeper^ > They require absolutely the ratiref^ ; ment from active service of every fleer or employee when attaining the ^ i 1 age of 65, and if he has entered the,. * service before the age of 50 years, and ' \; » has served for a period of 15 years, off ; Tjf more, he is entitled with the approval^* of the pension fund committee to annuity of 1 per cent, of the average* annual salary paid for ten continuous- t years, for each year of uninterrupted,. ^ employment, the basis of calculation S being the same as that practically uni 3erst ' " ),00(| • - • J versal on this continent. : Thus if a man has served say Sft- < years, receiving an average of $1,009' per annum ($83.33 per month) on the' pay rollB of the company for the las# * * ten years--or for any period of teni : years during his term of service^-h^|:; be entitled to 1 per cent, of 0 would $l,000=$10x30 years, or $300 per an-' num, equal to $25 per month. ; The company, however, have mad#? a provision that irrespective of rate* H ^ of pay or service, the minimum allow* * - ^ ance to be paid under any circum^ ' stances will be $200 per annum, and! this without any counterbalancing.; ^ Surely No Smoker. . The bishop of London at a dinner Ixjr ^ ' Washington told a story as the eigardj came on about one of his predecessors^-. W» "When Dr. Creighton was bishop o| London," he said, "he rode on a tralii JJ " one day with a small, meek curate. u; "Dr. Creighton, an ardent lover pfv N" r tobacco, soon took out his cigar and with a smile, he Baid. . .. "'You don't mind my smoking, suppose?' ... " 'The meek, pale little curate bowed|tl and answered humbly: - • y '"Not if your lordship doesn't mindtl my being sick.' -ST-' •' Important to Mothers, a Examine carefully every bottle ofjp CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy fo; infants and children, and see that i Bears the Signature In Use For Over SO Years. The Kind You Have Alwaya Bought % After a woman has made a strenu­ ous but successful effort to marry m certain man she is apt to discover taat he is .very uncertain. -jr. Gfet best ' %top That Couglt * before it becomes chronic. Brown's Bronchial Troches, the preparation known for coughs. After sizing up their husbands, we don't blame some women for fond of dogs. ONLY ONH "BBOKO That Is LAXATIVE BftOMO OdlNINM, the signature of B. W. GKOVK. Used tba oyer to Cure a Cold in One Iter. He. The man who attends strictly to his own business has a good steady Job. Lewis' Single Binder straight 6c cigar is Cxi quality all the time. Your dealer or wis' Factory, Peoria, 111. In polite society a snub is a sort upper cut 25 "Guars1? SICK HEADACHE CARTER'S '*?pg!r Positively cured by1* these Little Pill*. They also relieve Dia-. Mrmr treMfrom Dyspep«iii,Ii^^ ii4 llf S*W digestion and Too Hearty ; ,,y . * BB I If t R Hating. A perfect 011 • O edy for Dizzinesa, N»a-R^.; 19 rILlaW* Drowsiness, Taste in the Houth, Coal-» • ed Tongue, Pain in tbekj^pf .. lat^' TORPID They regulate the Bowels. Purely Vegetable, t. 'V SMALL PILL. SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE.^| " CARTERS Genuine Must Bear Fac-Simile Signature REFUSE SUBSTITUTES. Advantage- ".'£r- ' .: v IITTLE IVER PILLS. Thfert; Must Be Some OVER 300,000 USB The Smith Premier! THE SMITH PREMIER TYPEWRITER CO. ^ 90 East Van Buren Street, - Chicago, Ol " " " * - > ' . near Salem, Orenon. f -The Cherry City" wesiiUy Marion Count? ,« beautiful Willamette RlTi r. IU>1' wiilnm mid fruit farms pay |2U0 to '•?" per acre, net; dairy farms pay tlQQ: Improved forms,itiS teste t-'UU per acre; uni in proved, U to 026. For in- " y- j formation write DOAKJJ o» Tmaj>k. Halem. OreggB.^^fi.V PATENTS™*TP/toe sharksS., AI.KXAXUF.B A. 1HJWJKKI. (Jfctablished im.) <077th Bu,??. W.,WkstilKUTUtt, FARM OPPORTUNITIES IBUetl I • # w 1 »W4 ,1 a " || 91 ijgsrmation Ma»|-&£S. fciife;' S