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He McHenry Plaindealcr HfJRLED 10 MP'"'mm m Published by F. G. SCHREJNER. JleHENRY, ILLINOIS. Mrs. Jack Gardner f writing a novel. iti man has outgrown < bought two years ago. Bargain sale ! IMUfchases don't always pay. LIEUT. SELFftlDGE KILLED PALL OF AEROPLANE. ORVILLE WRIGHT INJURED Tennessee man and wife lire to­ gether 20 years and never speak but twice. Do you envy him? It begins to look as if Castro's splendid isolation would be wantonly ripped up the back before long. Says the Indianapolis News: "Sup­ pose one of these sheath skirts should shrink?" Well, the wearer could call a cab. Breaking of Propeller Blade Causes Tragic Accident at Fort Myer in the Presence of Thousands. Between airships, balloons and aero­ planes the air is getting to be some­ thing of a highway in these progres­ sive days. When an automobilist "takes a flyer Sn the street" it generally means that pedestrians would be safer at home under the bed. Esperanto has been officially recog­ nized again. It seems to need rein- trodiiction almost as frequently as poor relations. There is such a thing as genuine gratitude, after all. A Goldfield miner has left his entire fortune to the girl who jilted him four years ago. The mother of a Philadelphia heir­ ess denies that her daughter is en­ gaged to an Englishman who possess­ es a title, but fails to explain why. Some scientist has found that there are 5,200 ways in which death may eome. We wonder whether he has included being mistaken for deer by reckless hunters? Efforts are made to encourage cattle raising in Scotland. Still, it is likely that a large proportion of the roast beef of "old England" will continue to come from the United States. When the Dutch have captured Cas­ tro will they please hold him and noti­ fy the nations of the earth so that there may be pulled off a chaste and orderly International spanking match? Fritzi Scheff is to become the wife of a literary man, and it is only rea­ sonable to expect, therefore, that the stories sent out by her advance agent will in the future be properly edited. Judge Thompson of the United States court has decided at Cincinnati that Imitation whisky must be so labeled as to show just what it is. A simpler way would be just to label It poison. It was from New York that Horace Greeley advised the young man to "Go West!" The advice now comes from 1,000 miles farther eastward, and is addressed by Israel Zangwill to an au­ dience of Jews in London. He told his fellow religionists the other day that they ought to migrate to the western states of America, where there Is room for them. The most enduring memorial of Bishop Potter is the great, unfinished cathedral of St John the Divine on Morningside Heights, which will have cost, It is estimated, over $20,000,000 when it is completed, well on in the present century. This was his own conception, and it was his influence alone that secured the financial back­ ing which made its commencement possible. Persons who wear orange-colored garments are supposed to be less sus­ ceptible to heat than those wearing other colors. To test the theory, the war department is having 5,000 suits 1 of underwear colored orange for the nse of soldiers in the Philippines. An orange bat lining is also being pre­ pared, that the heads as well as bodies of the men may receive whatever ben­ efit there may be in the color. In a New York court a policeman arraigned a chauffeur who, the officer testified, was towing two "dead" au­ tomobiles and speeding at the rate of 20 miles an hour. "Three machines, each going 20 miles an hour?" said the magistrate. "I should figur£ that the prisoner was going 60 miles an hour. I'll hold him for trial." And no­ body punished the magistrate for his unprovoked assault on physics and mathematics. The millionaire automobilist who went crashing with a 120-horse power flyer through carriages in crowded streets at Long Branch the other day will have his license revoked, and war­ rants were procured for his arrest. The reckless speeder is as much the enemy of the moderate autoist as of the rest of the public, and all should combine against him. It might be even justice to strap some of the merciless scorchers to their own ve­ hicles and set them going on a steam railroad track, where they would meet something of their size. And now the directoire gown is to Be accompanied by a bracelet worn just below the knee. The necessary number of rings for the fingers and bells for the toes will also be strict­ ly in style. We can see how perfected flying machines distributed all over the world, and so low in price as to be within reach of all, if not quite so low in flight, might cause the custom­ house officials along the frontiers of the various countries to accumulate a stock of steely, premature gray hair. Shopkeepers in Paris with various phases of high life for sale at ruin­ ous prices will be pleased to learn that King Leopold has sold the Congo Free State and has the money for it In his "inside pocket. Prof. Lichtenberg may be sincere In his belief that he can drown the flres of Vesuvius, but has he Calcu­ lated the force of the superheated steam that be would generate? As a first experiment he might try sweep­ ing back the waves of the ocean with a broom. X.­ Washington.--After having drawn the attention of the world to his aero­ plane flights at Port Myer and having established new world's records for heavier-than-air flying machines, Or- ville Wright Thursday met with a tragical mishap while making a two- man flight. The aeroplanist wais ac­ companied by Lieut. Thomas E. Self- ridge of the signal corps of the army. Lieut. Selfridge was fatally injured and died at 8:10 o'clock at night. Mr. Wright was seriously injured, but is expected to recover. • While the machine was encircling the drill grounds a propeller blade snapped oft and, hitting some other part of the intricate mechanism, caused the machine to overturn in the air and fall to( the ground, enveloping the two occupants in the debris. Wright Not Dangerously Hurt. After a hurried surgical examination it was announced that Mr. Wright was not dangerously injured. He is suf­ fering from a fracture of his left STEAMER COLON BATTERED BY FIERCE HURRICANt. Panama Craft Plying York Orville Wright. thi^h and several ribs on the left side are broken. Both men received deep cuts about the head. Mr. Wright re­ gained consciousness at the hospital and dictated a cablegram to his brother at Le Mans, France, and re­ quested that the same message be sent to his sister and father at Day­ ton, O., assuring them that he was all right. Mr. Wright Wednesday replaced the propellers which he had been using with another pair, the blades of which are six inches longer. They were used for the first time in Thursday's disas­ trous flight, and many who have wit­ nessed Mr. Wright's flights at Fort Myer believe the change of propellers caused the accident. An examination of the broken blade showed that it had been snapped off at a point one- fourth of the distance from the hub. A deep indentation of the broken piece indicated that it had struck some other part of the aeroplane. Fully 2,000 persons, including many army officers and scientists, were at Fort Myer and witnessed the tragedy. 8elfridge an Enthusiast. Lieut. Thomas E. Selfridge was one of the most enthusiastic believers in aeronautics among the officers In the military service and through his own efforts succeeded in securing a detail with the aeronautical division of 'the signal corps. He was born in San Francisco 26 years ago and was ap­ pointed to the military academy at West Point from that state. He was appointed a second lieutenant In the artillery corps in 1903 and commis­ sioned a first lieutenant four years later. Military Funeral for 8elfHdge. Lieut. Selfridge's body was removed from the hospital to an undertaker's, where it will remain until the arrival of the young officer's father, who wired from San Francisco that he would like to have his son buried either at Arlington or West Point. Cause of Disaster Explained. Speaking for Mr. Wright, Mr. Taylor later said: "The accident was caused by an ex­ traordinary vibration of one of the wires running from the main planes to the upper steel fitting of the rudder. This vibration was so great that the wire got in range of the propeller and was struck by the blade, cutting a deep gash in the edge of the propeller blade about four inches from the end. This caused the blade to break. The other blade of the propeller flew around and in turn struck the same wire, breaking it. This made Mr. Wright lose control of his rudder en­ tirely, and the loss of both blades of the propeller and the breaking of the wire caused him to lose control of the planes." Noted Entomologist Dies. Lawrence, Kan.--Dr. Frank Hunt­ ington Snow, former chancellor of the University of Kansas and an entomog- olist of world-wide reputation, died at Bellfleld, Wis., Sunday. He was a native of Fitch burg, Mass. Convicted of Embezzlement. Denver, Col.--Clint O. Heath, for­ merly a real-estate dealer and pro­ moter of this city, was found guilty of embezzlement of $8,500, from Mrs. Mary Husted of New York, by a jury in the criminal court. International Thief Caught. Paris.--The police have arrested an alleged thief who went under tho name of 8. Pelisdorf of San Francisco. According to the police Pelisdorf is wanted in every capital in Europe. He made a specialty of stealing bank collectors' wallets. President of Ecuador Recovers. Quito, Ecuador.--President Alfaro, who has suffered lately from heart trouble, has quite recovered and Thursday he assumed again the duties of chief executive. The General Demand <5ITY, MICH., SI* LIVES LOST OTHER PLACES IN DANGER Flames In Woods Break Out Afresh and.Jhe Residents of 8ever^}.. . Villages Take Refuge In || Flight. Colon.--The steamship Colon, half* masted and showing other evidences of distress, came limping into port F*riday. She Jhad been badly battered by the^hurricane encountered Sunday. Three members of her crew lost their lives while engaged in the hold in repairing a water tank. The Colon belongs to the Panama Railroad Company. She left New York September 10,and was due to ar­ rived here Thursday. She encountered the hurricane at a point 40 miles north of Watling island. The wind blew 100 miles an hour, and tremendous seas were soon sweeping over the vessel. The staterooms and the dining saloon were flooded, one of her smoke stacks was carried away, three boats were washed overboard, and the wire­ less telegraph apparatus was disman­ tled. Orders were given that no pas­ sengers be allowed on deck, and the travelers had to spend Sunday and Sunday night in the dining saloon. The water got to the mail bags, and the registered and ordinary mall was badly damaged. Sunday night passed with the ship laboring through the storm and the passengers huddled be- low^ in a state of panic. Early Monday it was discovered that salt water was making its way forward into the fresh water tanks. Fearing that the fresh water would give out the second assistant engi­ neer, William Liley, and the ship's carpenter, J. Olson, were sent down into the hold Monday afternoon to change the tank connections. The two men were below for an hour without giving any signs of re­ turning. Anxious for their safety, R. Barthl, a water tender, and A. Sands, a junior engineer, volunteered to go below and learn what had happened when the disaster occurred. PLAGUE IN CZAR'S CAPITAL ASIATIC m CHOLERA INCREASING IN ST. PETERSBURG. CONGRESSMAN LANING FREE. Ohioan Acquitted of Charge of Mis­ applying Funds. Fremont, O. -- The jury In the Laning case returned a verdict of not guilty late Thursday afternoon after considering the case less than an hour all told. Following the return Of the verdict there' were congratula­ tions on all sides between attorneys, jurors, judge, the defendant and oth­ ers interested. Mr. Laning is interested In many busin&s enterprises in Norwalk, his home. He was a director of the Ohio Trust Company, through which his va­ rious financial matters were negotiat­ ed, and president of the Laning Print­ ing Company, the plant of which was recently burned. This company did much of the state printing. Together, with J. C. Glbbs, man­ ager of the Ohio Trust Company, the congressman was indicted on the charge of misapplying funds of the latter company and embezzling stock of the Norwalk Savings Bank Com­ pany. They also were accused of loan­ ing funds to fictitious real estate com­ panies, owned in part by officers of the bank, it was alleged, and used as a "blind" to cover personal loans. BLOODY FIGHT WITH POSSE. Murderer and Wife Have Fatal Battle with 8herifT. West Plains, Mo.--John Roberts and his wife Sunday resisted a sheriffs posse in a desperate battle near Pres- tonia, one mile south of the Missouri- Arkansas line, when the officers at­ tempted to arrest Roberts for killing Obe Kessinger, a neighbor, Saturday night. As a result the woman and Sheriff Mooney of Baxter county, Ark., were mortally wounded, and Roberts and two members of the posse--Max Lowery and his son--were seriously hurt. Robefts may not survive. The murder of Kessinger was cold blooded. Roberts went to the house late In the evening and called his vic­ tim to the door. When Kessinger ap­ peared Roberts fired and killed him. NURSE CARELE8S; THREE DEAD. Serious Case of Poisoning In Diego County Hospital. 8an San Diego, Cal.--Three deaths have already resulted from the carelessness of Mary Arthur, a 19-year-old nurse at the county hospital, a fourth death Is expected and four other persons are seriously ill. The dead are: J. Young, Charles Kemp and Henry C. Shuette. All were taken sick Thursday after­ noon, and evidence of poiBon was so great that an investigation was start­ ed, ending finally in a confession by Miss Arthur that she had neglected to throw out some water in which there was a quantity of atropine, and that her patients had got hold of it for their medicine. Miss Arthur is in a state of collapse, but is kept under surveillance. Threat of Martial Law--Municipal Officials Finally Aroused to Ac­ tion--Alarm General. St. Petersburg.--St. Petersburg is in the grasp of the Asiatic cholera, which already has exceeded in severity and numbers of victims the visitation of 1893. The disease is increasing daily at an alarming rate and, unless the authorities show in the future a much greater degree of ability to,copf with the situation than they have in the past, there is every reason to fear that it will get out of hand. The government has threatened to apply the provisions of martial law and this threat has driven the munici­ pality officials to bend all their ener­ gies to the campaign of clearing the city of the scourge. The aldermanic council Sunday voted a preliminary sum amounting to $250,000 to enlarge the hospital space, to purchase and distribute disinfectants, the supply of which in St. Petersburg is well-nigh exhausted, and to expedite the inter­ ment of bodies which has been notori­ ously slow. The. dead houses are over­ crowded and many corpses lie un- buried. Advices from all parts of Russia show that the alarm Is very general and that there is good reason for it. At Moscow a quarantine has been es­ tablished at all railway depots and pas­ sengers are placed under the strictest surveillance. Up to the present Mos­ cow has been Immune. A death has occurred at Helsingfors from the dis­ ease and ten Russian steamers have been denied entrance to Viborg har­ bor for evading quarantine at Trang- sund, a roadstead eight miles from that port. Germany has become alarmed over the spread of the disease and the German authorities have taken precau­ tions to prevent its crossing the frontier. Austria has done the same thing; Sweden and other near-by coun­ tries hhave declared a quarantine against Russia, and France is ready to meet any exigencies that may arise. GREAT FIRES IN PARIS." Central Telephone Building, Post Of­ fice and Store Burned. Paris.--Fire broke out Sunday night in the Central Telephone building and spread with such rapid­ ity that the telephone employes were forced ttf flee hastily to the streets. The entire building was soon in flames, and this together with the post office, which is located close to the Place des Victoires, was totally destroyed. The loss is estimated at $5,000,000, but a much greater loss Is likely to be in­ volved through the complete interrup­ tion of all telephonic commnnication in the cente® of Paris, as well as com­ munication with the provinces and abroad. The telephone building was comparatively new and was fitted with the costly new central battery system. Sunday was a record day in the his­ tory of the fire department, the men being out all morning and afternoon for a big fire in a department store in the Fauborg St. Denis. Damage to the extent of $800,000 was done here. HARD BLOW AT FORAKER. RHINELANDER IS IN PERIL. Milwaukee Sends Help to City Threat­ ened by Forest Fires. Milwaukee.--The city of Rhlneland- er, nearly 200 miles north of here, is threatened with destruction by forest fires and Milwaukee was called upon to aid in saving the city. A steam fire engine, half a mile of hose and a truck were loaded on a special train and started for the scene of the fire at nine o'clock Sunday night. No word can be secured from Rhine- lander as to the extent of the fire ex­ cept that the city is surrounded by forest fires which threaten to sweep over the city. Georgia Convict Leasing Ends. Atlanta, Ga.--Just at midnight Sat­ urday night Gov. Hoke Smith signed the convict lease bill, which prohibits the leasing of felons except by the con­ sent of the governor and prison com­ mission. The bill was passed by the legislature Saturday after $35,000 had been spent in an extra Session and nearly a month used in discussing the legislation." With the elgnature of Gov. Smith on the bill aB engrossed, Georgia has done away With a system which has been In existence ever since 1865. Fatal Explosion at . Mare Island. Vallejo, Cal.--The explosion of 250 gallons of gasoline on board a barge moored abreast of the submarine boats Grampus and Pike at the Mare Island navy yard Friday afternoon resulted in the death of Chief Machinist Teddy May and injuries to Lieut. J. S. Town- send, Chief Gunner's Mate W. H. Leahy and Chief Gunner's Mate Mor- rin. Both submarine boats were bad­ ly scorched. The tender Fortune and the tug Unandilla were also injured, the latter catching fire. The men were forced to jump overboard. Tabriz May Be Bombarded. Tabriz, Persia.--A decisive struggle between the sultan and the National­ ists for the control of Tabriz is immi­ nent. Aln Ed Dowleh of the shah's forces has sent an ultimatum to Satar Khan to lay down his arms and sur­ render the city in 48 hours, threaten­ ing otherwise that he would bombard the capital. Satar Khan flatly refused to comply. Foreigners here are In great danger. The Nationalists, think­ ing that their presence will Interfere wfth the bombardment, refuse to per­ mit them to leave the city. Tries to Cremate Herself. Mobile, Ala.--Mrs. Margaret Brad ford, a widow, suffering from mental derangement, Friday morning saturat­ ed her bed with oil, set fire to it and lay down. She was horribly burned and physicians pronounce her recov­ ery Impossible. Joliet Woman Killed by Auto. Joliet, 111.--City Treasurer Martin B. Schuster, while automobiling Fri­ day ran over and killed Mrs. John Lye. The woman became confused stepped in front of the machine. Gas Found Near Shawneetown. Shawneetown, 111.--Natural gas was discovered three miles north of this city Thursday. Drillers made the dis­ covery while drilling a well at Field's schoolhouse. There is a constant flow of gas from the well. Galveston Streets Flooded. Galveston, Tex.--A six and one-half- inch rainfall inside of ten hours caused the streets In th(* business section of this city to be flooded Thursday after­ noon. The wind reached a velocity of an hour^ Hearst Makes Sensational Statements About Htm and Standard Oil. Columbus, O. -- Thomas Hisgen, candidate of the Independence party for president, and William R. Hearst addressed a meeting in Memorial hall .Thursday night under the auspices of the local organization of the party. Mr. Hearst read letters which he said had been written by John D. Archbold of the Standard Oil Company, to Senator J. B, Foraker of Ohio, referring to legislation pending in congress and mentioning 4wo in- closures of checks, one for $15,000 and another for $14,500. Cincinnati.--That he had been an attorney for the Standard Oil Com­ pany several years ago, terminat­ ing such service before the federal prosecution of that concern, but such employment had nothing to do with matters pending in congress or in which the federal government was in­ terested, is the substance of a brief statement made Sunday by Senator Foraker in answer to charges made by William R. Hearst in Columbus Thursday night. Marinette, Wis.--A dispatch from Foster City, a village across the Michigan line of Marinette county, re­ ports that place destroyed by flames driven in from the forest flres and that six lives were lost It is under­ stood that the sawmill owned by the Morgan interests of Oshkosh was de­ stroyed, together with a large store and 30 dwellings. The forest flres have broken out afresh in this section and reports of burning farmhouses and timber cut and uncut are coming from all sides. Menominee, Mich.--Never since 1871, when the .forest fires Bwept Menominee and Marinett# counties, causing a loslg' of 1,500 lives and mil­ lions of dollars' worth of timber, has the danger of a widespread conflagra­ tion been as great as at present. So close are the fires to Niagara, on the Menominee rfver, Faithorn Junction and Ingalls that everything le packed and trains feady to carry the people away as soon as a high wind arises. Calumet, Mich., reports forest fires assuming a threatening aspect all over northern Michigan and several towns in danger of destruction. Lac La Belle, north of Calumet, is in very grave danger, being surrounded, ex­ cept on the water side, by flames. At Bete De Cris, north of Calumet, a large force Js battling to save the light­ house and other buildings at the United States ship canal. It is esti­ mated 800,000 feet of standing timber In the vicinity of Point Abbayev owned by Hebard & Son is burned. Escanaba, Mich. -- Forest flres, though checked by light rains Friday, broke out anew Sunday night and four villages north of Escanaba are now surrounded by flames. The vil­ lages threatened are Niagara, Quinne- sec, Foster City and Hermansville. At all these places telephone and tele­ graph communication is cut off and relief trains are carrying the people out of the territory. of the Well-informed of the World has -i slwaya been for a simple, pleasant and af efficient liquid laxative remedy of known S value; a laxative w^ich physicians could * for family use because its com­ ponent parts are known to them to fcs " wholesome and truly beneficial in effect, acceptable to the «ystem and gentle, yet prompt, in action. In supplying that demand with its ex- ceUent combination of 8yrup of Pigs and Elixir of Senna, the California Fig Syrup Co- proceeds along ethical lines and relies on the merits o£ the laxative for its remark­ able success. That is one 6f many reasons why Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is given the preference by the Well-informed. To get its beneficial effects always buy the genuine--manufactured by the Cali­ fornia Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale by all leading druggists. Prioe fifty oents per bottle. EGOISM. STEWART MAY BE RETIRED. BIG ST. LOUIS FIRM ATTACKED. Receiver Is Asked for the State Trust Company. St. Louis.--Minority stockholders Thursday afternoon filed a petition In the circuit court asking that a re­ ceiver be appointed for the State Trust Company, a St. Louis real estate firm capitalized at $1,000,000. The petition says that on May 20, 1907, the directors voted to increase the capital of the concern from $500,- 000 to $1,000,000, representing that $750,000 had already been paid in.' At another meeting, it is alleged, the di­ rectors voted to pay back to {he stock­ holders the $250,000 that they paid into the company to increase its capi­ tal to $1,000,000, but the money has not yet been paid back. It is also stated that the principal assets of the company are $499,500 In real estate. "Exiled" Colonel Ordered Before Board for Physical Examination. Washington.--Col. William F. Stew­ art of the coast artillery, whose case, beoause of his detail to the ungarri- soned post at Fort Grant, Ariz., has been before the public for some time, has been ordered to appear before a retiring board at Washington, where he will be examined as to his disabil ity, its nature and whether It was in curred In the line of duty. This ac­ tion by Secretary Wright Mon day Is the outcome of the physical examination of Col. Stewart by board of officers at Fort Huachuca, $.riz., when he appeared recently at that post for the purpose of taking the test ride of 90 miles directed by Pres­ ident Roosevelt. Mistress--Bridget, it always seems to me that the crankiest mistresses get the best cooks. Cook--Ah, go on wid yer blarney! 0$E KIDNEY GONE But Cured After Doctors Said Thin Was No Hope. Sylvanus O. Verrlll, Milford, Me, says: "Five years ago a bad injury paralyzed #ne and affected my kid­ neys. My back hurt me terribly, and the urine was bad­ ly-discolored. Doc­ tors said my right kidney was practi­ cally dead. They said I could never walk again. I read of Doan's Kidney Pills qjnd began us­ ing them. One box made me stronger and freer from pain. I kept on using them and in three months was able to get out on crutches, and the kidneys were acting better. I improved rap­ idly, discarded the crutches and to the wonder of my friends was soon completely cured." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, N. T. REVOLT IMPENDS IN PORTUGAL Both Republicans and Monarchical Ex­ tremists Said to Be Arming. Lisbon.--Insistent declarations that a revolutionary outbreak in Portugal is impending continue to make their ap­ pearance in the local newspapers and a new feature of these reports Is the statement that the monarchical ex­ tremists, realizing that the Republicans are arming for a revolt, are making ready for their defense by storing se­ cretly large quantities of arms in the convents of Lisbon. PRE8IDENT'8 VACATION END8. He Leaves Oyster Bay for Washington with His Family. " Oyster Bay; N. Y.--President Roose­ velt Tuesday morning ended his va­ cation, and with his family and exec­ utive staff left for Washington. No formal farewell had "been pre­ pared by the residents of Oyster Bay, but practically every one in town was at the railway station to see the presi­ dent depart and say farewell to him. Rain Checks Forest Fires. Duluth, Minn.--A heavy rain fell at Grand' Marais extending westward from there 15 or 20 miles. While not extinguished, the forest fires were held in check as a result of the storm, and Grand Marais, Chicago Bay. and other north shore settlements that have thus far escaped the flames, are considered safe. R. J. Wallace, Milwaukee, Dead. Miuwaukee.--Robert J. Wallace, aged 47 years, a well-known business man of this city and for the past three years president of the Wholesale Saddlery Association of the United State*, is dead, here of Bright'* dis­ ease. Big Commission Company Fails. Qjiincy, 111.--The Cassidy & Gray Commlssidif Company, with headquar ters here and offices in Chicago, Peoria and 42 other cities in Illinois and Iowa, made an assignment Monday after­ noon to William H. Govert. The cap­ ital stock is $100,000. Aeroplane Flies 91 Minutes. Le Mans, France.--Wilbur Wright, the American aeroplanist, 'flew in his machine at the Auvours field hepe Monday for 1 hour, 31 minutes and 26 seconds. This is the world's record. Mutilated Corpse Is Found. Janesville, Wis.--The mutilated corpse of Frederick Balch, who had been missing for five weeks, was found near Janesville Sunday. The^cause of death has not been determined. Stayer Acquitted as Insane. Trinidad, Col.--Charles W. Moore, who killed David Cohen, son of Rabbi Cohen of Detroit, August 11, In this city by blowing his head off with a shotgun, was acquitted Thursday of the charge of murder. His defense was insanity. "Death for Negro Murderer. Springfield, 111.--Thursday evening the jury in the Joseph James case re­ turned a verdict of guilty and fixed the penalty at death. James took the Verdict unconcernedly. Eight "Black Hands" Sentenced. Winnipeg, Man,--Eight "Black Hand" Italians, who came frcfm Chi­ cago to Fernle, and there plied their nefarious calling for a few days until arrested by the police,, were sentenced Monday to from six months to seven years in Jail. Engineers Threaten to Oifit. Winnipeg, Man.--Canadian Pacific railway engineers have notified the company that they will not run en­ gines longer than another week if- the strike is not settled. Killed by Gas Fumes in Well. Cincinnati--Henry 'Rhymindsnider, a farmer near Montgomery, east of this city, and his son Henry were killed by gas fumes following an ex­ plosion of nitroglycerin in a well they were digging Monday. Confesses to Firing a Town. Eureka, S. D.--Mrs. Fred Gringle of Akaska has confessed to the county attorney that the town of Akaska was fired recently by herself ar.d husband for the purpose of obtaining insurance on their property. A Doctor's Disadvantage. *Tn one way," said a collector, It is easier to get money from a doctor than anybody else who is slow pay. It is more difficult for him to swear that he hasn't been able to make any collections himself since the first of the year. A doctor's reception room Is open to all possible patients. A col­ lector with a grain of ingenuity can find a way to worm out of the men on the waiting list information as to the terms of payment. After an Inter­ view with.three or four persons who have paid spot cash for treatment and who have told the collector they paid, It takes a mighty nerve on the part of the doctor to Insist that he hasn't a dollar to his name." Microscopic Writing. A remarkable machine made by A lately deceased member of the Royal Microscopical society for writing with a diamond seems to have been broken up by its inventor. A specimen of its workB is the Lord's prayer of 227 let­ ters, written in the 1,237,000 'of ft square inch, which is at the rate of 53,880,000 letters or 15 complete Bibles, to a single square Inch. To decipher the writing it is necessary to nse a 1-12-inch objective, which is the high power lens physicians employ for studying the most minute bacteria. Populous China. The population of the Chinese em­ pire is largely a matter of estimate. There has never been such census of the empire as that which Is taken every decade in this country- But the estimate of the Almanach de Gotha for 1900 may be taken as fairly reliable. According to that estimate, the population of the empire is, in round numbers, about 400,000,000. It is probably safe to say that if the human beings on earth were stood up In line every fourth one would be a Chinaman. AFRAID TO EAT. Girl Starving on Ill-Selected Food. "Several years ago I was actually starving," writes a Me. girl, "yet dared not eat for fear of the consequences. "I had suffered, from, indigestion from overwork, irregular meals and improper food, until at last my stom­ ach became «o weak I could eat scarcely any food without {p-eat dis­ tress. 'Many kinds of food were tried, all with the same discouraging effects. Z steadily lost health and strength until I was but a wreck of my former self. 'Having heard of Grape-Nuts and Its great merits, I purchased a pack­ age, but with little hope that it would help me--I was so discouraged. "I found It not only appetizing but that I could eat it as I liked and that It satisfied the craving for food with­ out causing distress, and if I may use the expression, 'it filled the bill* "For months Grape-Nuts was my principal article of diet. I felt from the very first that I had found tftfr. right way to health and happiness and my anticipations were fully rt»-" alized. "With Its continued use I regained. my usual health and strength. To-day I am well and can eat anything I likt^ yet flirape-Nuts food forms a part of my bill of fare." "There's a Reason* Name given by Postum Co., Battjp Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Welt. Yille," in pkgs. Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. th# genuine, truf> end fun of hurraw In teres t . . ' V; W