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^ 7,>»*v 'sr^ / i; . s<;> / ,i • > >i-r • The McHcnry Plaindealer Published by F. Q. 8CHREINER, McHENRY, ILLINOIS. England loses fiO.OOO persons every fear l^y emigration. It seems that a most iuartfstic tem­ per may go with the artistic tempera­ ment. This summer has been oid-fashloned enough to satisfy the most exacting ice dealer. York has produced an insane murder who is insane. Such a rare occurrence is worth noting. A man named Wind won $15,000 In a Panama lottery, and, of course, blew It all in inside of a week. If we are to believe the novelists, the good people who get into society are not worth writing about. Sanitarianism, or half vegetarian- Ism, has gained many converts since Minister Wu coined the new word. Now and then Hetty Green lectures contemporary capitalists as if she re­ garded them merely as boy financiers. South Dakota boy commits suicide because his mother won't let him go fishing. Won t mothers ever get any sense? The Drago or Calvo doctrine is that private claims of foreigners against American countries shall not be col­ lected by force. The kaiser says that peace is as­ sured. He adds incident all}' in an off­ hand sort of way that he is keeping his powder dry. Now the summer girl checks up her accounts, striving to strike a balance between her damaged complexion and her conquered young man. Alaska is still a rather neglected region. But wait until a few centuries hence it becomes the center of the continent's coal supply. Two policemen and a soldier ex­ changed 30 shots at Kansas City with­ out hurting anybody. Is western marksmanship a myth? Oysters are report^ to be un- usultlly fat this year. Evidently their feeding grounds were not much dam­ aged owing to the drought. A professional swindler of lawyers has been caught and not a single one of the profession has volunteered to build him a case of craziness. Ib Denver a divorced woman mil­ lionaire married a detective set upon her track by her former husband. De­ tective work is full of hazards. There is in Ohio a man who has written 21,000 words on a postcard. Now let him round out his useful ca­ reer' by trying to swim the English channel. President Diaz has been invited tc serve another tern as ruler of Mexico. How the kings and sultans and czars and shahs of the effete east must envy him! The moral seems to be that when travelers visit Yellowstone park they should carry no more rocks, partic­ ularly of the yellow variety, than are absolutely needed. The falling off in attendance at med­ ical colleges leads some to fear that we will have a shortage of doctors. The undertakers are expressing no alarm aB yet, however. In two recent instances a bull has attacked a locomotive, and in each case got the worst of it, although the last emotion of the bull may have been that of satisfaction. A man has been arrested in Phila­ delphia for swindling several lawyers, hence it may be necessary to revise the old saying concerning the shrewd­ ness of a Philadelphia lawyer. A tiny Maltese cat has completed a trip from Holland, Mich., to San Fran­ cisco, a distance of 2,500 miles, in a drawer of a bureau wrapped in sack­ ing and shipped by slow freight. When freight hands opened the bureau draw­ er the cat jumped out. ^SVhen traveling by trafh from Oroya to Lima, in Peru, the passengers were held up at Galera, 15,000 feet up in the mountains, by a fully armed band, who took some of the travelers as hostages. Fifteen soldiers who were in the train were disarmed, four being wounded and one shot in cold blood because he would not hand over his rifle to the miscreants. "The Old Geezers' club" has oeen organized at Pittsburg. Only old men san belong to it, and the purpose of Its members is to vote for old men, no matter what ticket they may be run- aing on. It is expected that branches 9f the organization will be rapidly es­ tablished throughout the country, and It may be that old age shall yet be respected in this proud land. *' There is money in the by products of the national mints, as well as in other Industries. The San Francisco mint is about to have a new carpet placed in the adjusting room. But the second- hand man will not get the old carpet, which has been in service ten years. The carpet is literally lined with gold dust, and will be burned to secure the precious metal, which is expected to "pan-out" to the amount of $4,000 or $5,000. That, remarks the Chicago Record-Herald, is better than pros­ pectors in the gold regions some­ times do. WAR CLOUDS HEAVY INDEPENDENCE OF BULGARIA TO BE PROCURED. a Vv? : MORE GOULD CASE BRIBERY: : I" > -iHAV"v'mTrfc C ^^ , & HOTEL EMPLOYE TOLO PRIEST OF BEING OFFERED $2,000. FERDINAND WILL BE CZAR Armed Conflict with Turkey Seems Certain to Follow--Austria Prac­ tically Annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina. London.--Events which threaten to change the political face of Europe are crystallizing with lightning rapidi­ ty. Almost over night the horizon of the near east, which seemed gradually to be assuming a peaceful appearance, has become crowded with war clouds. News has reached here from several Sources that two definite strokes are impending which cannot fail to bring matters to a crisis, and perhaps force an immediate war. One is the proc­ lamation by Prince Ferdinand of the Independence of Bulgaria, which will Include Roumelia, taking for himself the title of "Czar." The other is an announcement of Austria-Hungary of the practical annexation of the prov­ inces of Bosnia and Herzegovina as appanages of the Austro-Hungarian crown. Either action will be equivalent to the tearing up of the treaty of Berlin, while Prince Ferdinand's course seems almost certain to precipitate's war between Bulgaria and Turkey. Before these possibilities, the quarrel over the East Roumelian section of the Orient railway sinks into insig­ nificance. Both armies are reported to be quietly and swiftly mobilizing Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria. near the borders. Bulgaria is said to be buying up munitions and horses on an extensive scale. The emperor of Austria, it Is under­ stood, has dispatched a letter to the president of France, setting forth his intentions regarding Bosnia and Herzegovina, although the contents of the letter are kept secret, and he is sending similar notes to the other powers. While Austria's action with regard to the two provinces may not tech­ nically be called annexation, it is be­ lieved it will amount to that, what­ ever it may be called. Apparently the emperor is determined that the destiny of these provinces shall be Austrian, not Turkish. For 30 years they have been administered by Aus­ tria-Hungary, but they have always remained theoretically Turkish. MICHIGAN OFFICIAL8 OUSTED. Collector and Special Agent at Port Huron Removed. Washington.--As the result of a re­ port made by the civil service commis­ sion, President Roosevelt late Friday removed Lincoln Avery, collector of the port at Port Huron, Mich., and also directed the removal of Charles H. Dailey, special agent of the treas­ ury at that place. The civil service committee found proof of charges of serious violations of the rules and regulations in regard to campaign as­ sessments, which also involved, on the part of Special Agent Dailey, "per­ nicious activity in politics." Bulgaria Prepares for War. London.--A news agency dispatch from Sofia says it is officially an­ nounced there that M. Malinoff, presi­ dent of the council, has telegraphed Prince Ferdinand, who is making a tour of Europe, requesting him to re­ turn to Sofia. The message is said to indicate the urgency of the situa­ tion. It is stated that Prince Ferdi­ nand received the telegram and that his immediate return is expected. All the factories capable of supplying war material, the dispatch adds, are work­ ing day and night and preparations for mobilization are being openly pushed forward. Powder House Blows Up. Spencer, N. C.--Two lives were lost and 20 or more persons were injured in Spencer Thursday night by the ex­ plosion of a powder storage house on the yards of the Southern Railway Company, and most of the buildings near by were damaged by the shock and the fire which followed. TheThe Pacific is to be covered with stations for the wireless telegraph sys­ tem. So will the ocean be brought Into subjection to human enterprises and Big Blaze in St. Louis. St. Louis.--Fire Sunday afternoon destroyed the warehouse of the Camp­ bell Glass & Paint Company at Main and Gratiot streets, entailing a loss of $150,000. Three firemen were over­ come by the poisonous gases from the burning paints and oils, but they were soon resuscitated. » Rabbi Sonnenschein Is Dead. St. Louis.--Rabbi Solomon H. Son­ nenschein, one of the best known Jewish rabbis In the Mississippi val­ ley, is dead at his home here. Boat Sunk to Extinguish Fire. Mobile, Ala.--Fire broke out a* two o'clock Friday afternoon In the after no more roll a chasm to be bridged for I hotd of tbe Mallory ,ine steamer Rio news only with expense of time and trouble. In short, it will probably be only a matter of comparatively short time when the sultan of Sulu will be calling, up the White House on his wireless 'phone. Only, it is to be hoped, in his artless, heathen way, he will not order a few heads to be cut off every time he is informed the "line is Grande, loading at her docks, and it was necessary to flood the after hold to extinguish the flames. The Rio Clrande sank stern down. Commander Bernadou Dies. Washington.--Commander John B. Bernadou. American naval attache of the embassies at Rome and Vienna, died at the naval hospital ia New York city Ffi^lay. Wife Submits Affidavit Defending Her* self Against.Charge of Drunken- * ness Made by Husband. ,1-1. ** 4, 1 ^ ' j, 4 , New York. -- That $2,000 had been offered an employe of the Hotel St. Regis to give false testimony against Mrs. Howard Gould was the substance of an affidavit, purporting to have been made by Rev. Father Joseph G. Murray, which was presented to Justice Giegerich in the supreme court Friday. The case came up before the jus­ tice on a motion to strike out certain allegations in Mrs. Gould's complaint in her suit for a separation from her husband, as scandalous and irrelevant. Mrs. Gould's counsel opposed the mo­ tion and presented several affidavits in which It was charged that certain wit­ nesses had been hired to testify in favor of Mr. Gould. The affidavit of Father Murray was one of the p&perB presented. It declares that Michael H. Doody had told the priest that while j he was employed at the Hotel St. Regis where Mrs. Gould lived, a de­ tective went to him With the proposi­ tion that he "give a proper report of Mrs. Gould's comings and goingd at the hotel, the amount of wine she drank and the names of her visitors, notably those of them that were men." Another affidavit, made by Maurice Molloy, alleges that Molloy was under contract, while custodian of Castle Gould at Port Washington, to treat Mrs. Gould in a contemptuous fashion. The lawyer for Mrs. Gould recited how it was alleged that Molloy had gone into the house, sat on divans and puffed cigarette smoke in Mrs. Gould's face when she ordered him out of the house. An affidavit submitted by Mrs. Gould in reply to allegations of her husband that she is addicted to the use of in­ toxicating liquors, says: "When living in the country and spending most of my time in the open air, I have drunk a cocktail on sit­ ting down to luncheon, and generally a glass of white wine with luncheon. At dinner, whenever I felt like It, I drank a cocktail and a glass of cham­ pagne. We were always accustomed to have wine served at these meals, but that was the extent of my drink­ ing," ITSNftt Tt> M »uch A weuoHa JACK' fM*« t*W*p4TS Pfcr$<t>et "-syvvwH®# TWO LARGE HOTELO BURNED. Fire 8weeps Summer Resort Near Boston. FUTILE ATTEMPT TO ROB BANK. Yeggmen Use Dynamite In Cogswell, N. D., and Then Flee. Cogswell, N. D.--Citizens, aroused at 1:15 a. m. Wednesday by three dis­ tinct explosions, poured out from their homes to find that yeggmen had blown off the front door of the safe in the Sargent County State bank, but had fled before they secured any loot. The robbers stole a handcar at Nicholsen on the Soo road and came here upon It. They transferred the car to the Milwaukee line and used it to make their escape. They abandoned the car near Newark, S. D., and attempted to conceal it in a cornfield. The au­ thorities have sent to Bismarck for hounds to track the fugitives and posses are out after them. CAR UPSETS; MAN 18 KILLED. Dick Brink of Grand Rapids. Meets Death in Auto Accident. Holland, Mich.--While on an auto­ mobile trip from Grand Rapids to Hol­ land Sunday night Dick Brink, Grand Rapids, a prominent merchant, was accidentally killed. While driving down a hill near Vriesland the steer­ ing gear broke and the automobile turned bottom side up in a ditch. The other members of the party, Mrs. Brink, Mr. and Mrs. Bush and Mrs. Tenbroeck, all of Grand Rapids, es­ caped with slight injuries. Can't Take Liquor from Depot. Lawton, Okla. -- It is a violation of the prohibition law for a trans­ fer man or any other person to con­ vey liquor from the railroad depot. Liquor shipped from without the state ceases to be interstate commerce after it leaves the carrier's hands. This is the opinion of Jtidge J. H. Wolverton of the county court, announced in a liquor case here Wednesday. Minnesota Town Burned. St. Cloud, Minn.--Foley, the county seat of Benson county, Minn., a vil­ lage of 1,000 people, was practically destroyed by fire. The place has lit­ tle fire protection, only a gasoline en­ gine. Owing to strong winds, the fire spread rapidly. St. Cloud was ap­ pealed to for aid, but could do noth­ ing. The loss is estimated at $75,000. Mine Workers' Secretary Resigns. Pittsburg, Pa.--Announcement was made here Thursday that W. D. Ryan, national secretary-treasurer of the United Mine Workers of America, had tendered his resignation and will ac­ cept the position of commissioner of arbitration of the Southwestern Coal Operators' association. Steamer Wrecked; Crew Saved. Nassau, New Providence.--The Brit­ ish steamer Hesleyside, C»pt. Bedling- ton, from St. Michaels for Key West, was driven ashore on Abaco island in a hurricane October 1. The steamer is a total wreck, but the crew were saved and have arrived here. Bishop of Connecticut Stricken. Hartford, Conn.--Right Rev. Michael Tierney, Catholic bishop of the dio­ cese of Connecticut, was stricken witb apoplexy Saturday night and is in a critical condition. Georgian Dies on 8hipboard. Tokyo.--H. P. Smart of Savannah, Ga., died September 24 on board the steamer Mongolian, while en route to this city to visit his daughter, the wife of Dr. Fuehr, secretary of the German embassy. Mr. Smart's death was due to double pneumonia. Fatal Runaway Accident. py St. Louis.--Mrs. C. H. Shea of Ham­ ilton, Ont., and her husband were In* jured, the former probably fatally, lii a runaway accident near Florrissant Friday. HITS MANILA BAY IS SWEPT FOR HOURS BY TREMENDOUS STORM. Battleships Uninjured by the Fierce Gale and Heavy Sea Dam­ age Done Ashore. Manila.--The Atlantic battleship fleet has safely outridden a hurricane which swept Manila bay for 12 hours and did much damage ashore. Typhoon signals were displayed early Sunday morning, but the storm oroke over the bay suddenly and un­ expectedly at noon. It was impossible to hoist the cutters and launches be­ longing to the fleet because of the dan­ ger of smashing them against the steel sides of the battleships, and the little craft were sent scurrying inside the breakwater into the Pasig river, where they remained all night. The storm quickly increased in in­ tensity and the torrential rains shut in the ships. At eight o'clock Sunday night the storm had reached its height and it then gradually tapered down until at midnight it was comparatively calm, although heavy seas swung across the harbor. During the storm all the battleships had steam up ready for any emergen­ cy. Rear Admiral Sperry finally or­ dered the flagship Connecticut and the Kansas, Minnesota, Vermont, Virginia and Ohio under way. They were close to Cavite, where they anchored. At times the wind blew at the rate of 100 miles an hour. All communica­ tion with shore was cut off. It was impossible during the height of the storm to see the warships through the haze of rain and spray. Manila.--Lieut. Frank Taylor Evans of the battleship Louisiana and Lieut. Charles Burt of the battleship Georgia, will be tried before a special court- martial board which will assemble on the battleship Wisconsin Monday. The charges against Lieut. Evans are for being absent from his station while acting as chief of the deck, us­ ing profane and disrespectful lan­ guage to a superior officer and intoxi­ cation. The charges against Lieut. Burt are for "conduct unbecoming an officer and gentleman." Lieut. Evans denies the charge of intoxication and says that he will of­ fer the testimony of a number of wit­ nesses to prove that he has been sober and quite fit for duty. Carload of Abandoned Children. St. Paul, Minn.--A carload of 60 bright-looking boys and girls from New York reached St. Paul Wednes­ day. The unusual consignment was made up of children who had been de­ serted by their parents and had been sheltered in the foundling hospital of the metropolis. They are being taken to the Dakotas, where homes have been found for them among the farm­ ers. On their arrival here about 35 of the children were transferred to a Soo line coach to be taken to points along that road in North Dakota. Mormons for "Dry" Legislation. Salt Lake City.--Having heard their president expound the revelation of the words of wisdom which prohibits the use of all intoxicants by the faith­ ful, 16,000 member^ of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Sun­ day proclaimed their faith in the prac­ tical application of the ecclesiastical law by voting unanimously approval of a resolution pledging the entire mem­ bership of the church to support pro­ hibition legislation. The occasion was the opening of the seventy-ninth semi­ annual conference. Col. Marcy Burned to Death. Minot, N. D.--Col. J. C. Marcy, aged 77 years, once one of the most promi­ nent attorneys in the northwest, was bnrned to death at his home in this city early Sunday. The fire was caused by the upsetting of a lamp, which set fire to the bed clothing. Winnipeg Cathedral Dedicated. Winnipeg, Man.--The new St. Boni­ face cathedral, erected at a cost of $600,000, was dedicated Sunday after­ noon in the presence of a great array of prelates and clergy. 8ix Men Killed lir Collision. Portland, Ore.--A logging train be­ longing to the Chapman Logging Com­ pany at Scappoose, 20 miles north of Portland, was In collision with a Northern Pacific train Thursday. Six of the crew of the logging train were killed and eight injured. Dr. Mann Is Elected Blehop. Washington.--Dr. Alexander Mann of Plymouth Episcopal church, Boston, was Thursday night elected bishop of the Protestant diocese of Washington on the seventh ballot. Boston. -- Two of the largest ho­ tels, Cresthall and ths Ocean View house, and three valuable summer cot­ tages were destroyed by fire hero early Saturday with a loss estimated at more than $150,000. Mrs. A. C. Du- mont of Cincinnati, who was a guest at Cresthall, was reported by the po- lice as missing, and men waited for the ruins to cool so that they could be searched. There were nearly 100 guests in the two hotels and many had narrow escapes. Few persons were able to save any of their property, as the hotel buildings were practically burned to the ground. Cresthall was owned by Fred Hall and the Ocean View by Mrs. L. B O'Brien. Fifty guests at Cresthall and 30 at the Ocean View were aroused, and all but' one are known to have made their escape before the fire reached them. Some from the Ocean View were able to save part of their effects. The fire started at midnight in the kitchen of Cresthall. A strong north­ east wind swept the flames directly down the beach and only the timely ar­ rival of aid from Boston, Chelsea and Revere, it is believed, saved a large part of the valuable ocean front from destruction. 0PP08E DR. KOCH'S THEORY. Experts Dislike His Human-Bovlnt Ideas. Washington.. -- Pronounced oppo­ sition to the theory advanced b/ Dr. Robert Kpch, the eminent Ger­ man scientist, who minimizes the dan­ ger of human infection from bovinn tuberculosis, and who declares that the tubercle bacilli of bovine tuber­ culosis are different- from those of hu­ man tuberculosis, developed itself at Friday's session of the International Congress on Tuberculosis. The con­ troversy occurred in the section on "The Prevalence and Economics on Tuberculosis of Animals," and the German scientist's theories were com­ bated by some of the most prominent veterinary physicians in the United States. Leaders in the opposition to Leaders in the opposition to the Koch theory were Dr. Otto G. Noack of Reading, Pa.; D. Arthur Hughes of Cornell university; C. J. Marshall of Philadelphia; H. Reno Reynolds of the University of Minne­ sota, and Veranus A. Moore of Ithaca, N. Y. Big Strike Has Collapsed. Winnipeg, Man.--Indications are that the Canadian Pacific railroad me­ chanics' strike has collapsed. Bell Hardy, who has been conducting the strike from Montreal, arrived in this city Tuesday to confer with Vice- President Whyte, and if possible ar­ range for the men to be taken back. It is understood that a message was received from the International Labor Federation at Washington advising the men to approach the company imme­ diately with a view to going back. Pittsburg Has $500,000 Fire. Pittsburg.--An explosion of gas at the plant of the Pittsburg Plate Glass Company's works, No. 2, at Taren- tum, a suburb, early Sunday resulted in a loss by fire of $500,000 and threw 800 men out of employment. W. A. Long, a watchman, was knocked down by the explosion, bruised and internal­ ly Injured. Half of the plant is in ruins and the flames were only checked by a large steel building recently erected by the company. Big Blaxe at Wlnthrop Beach. Boston,--A briBk fire broke out in the summer colony at Wlnthrop Beach at 11:30 o'clock Friday night. Crest Hall, a summer hotel accommodating 75 guests, and the Ocean house were soon in flames, and a large number of cottages near by were threatened. Illinois Banker Is Indicted. Peoria, 111.--James W. Quillan, own­ er of a private bank at Ipava, 111., was Indicted Friday on ten counts for re­ ceiving deposits after he knew the bank was Insolvent. Wyoming Mine Dispute Ends. Sheyenne, Wyo.--A conference here between miners and operators of Wyoming coal mines ended Thursday with the acceptance of a wage scale by both sides, ending the dispute on account of which Wyoming miners quit work for three, weeks. E. L. Shackford, 8t. Paul, Dies. St. Paul, Minn.--Eben L. Shackford, aged 65 years, vice-president of P. R. L. Hardenberg & Co., harness manu> facturers, died suddenly Thursday from a stroke of apoplexy. FIRST PAGEANT OF FOUNDERS' WEEK !N PHILADELPHIA. SEN. GRANT THE MARSHAL Tablet Marking Site of Gen. Rochanv beau's Camp Is Unveiled---Ad-* dress by Vlcomte de Chambrun. Philadelphia.--Business in Philadel phia was practically at a standstill Monday while the citizens gave them­ selves over to the celebration of the two hundred and twenty-fifth birthday anniversary of the city. Probably the greatest throng that ever gath­ ered along Broad street witnessed the military parade, which called out 20,- 000 soldiers and sailors of the United States and of the National Guard of Pennsylvania. Maj. Gen. Frederick D. Grant, com­ manding the department of the east, United States army, acted as grand marshal of the imposing pageant and received a veritable ovation all along the line of march. In addition to this first of the spec tacular parades planned in connection with the celebration of Founders' week, there were a number of inci­ dents and events fraught with historic significance. At night the city was again a blaze of light. Much in genuity has been shown in the elec trical decorations and the display after nightfall is one of dazzling brilliance. The day began with a salute of 13 gugs fired from each of the warships in the harbor and the trumpetings of mounted heralds in mediaeval cos­ tumes on the plaza of the city hall. Events followed fast from that time until one p. m., when the long military column began to move down North Broad street from Susquehanna ave­ nue. One of the events of the -day was of international importance. It was the unveiling of a bronze tablet at the city hall marking the site of the en­ campment of the French army under Gen. Rochambeau, when it halted in this city en route to join Gen. Wash­ ington's forces at Yorktown. Vicomte de Chambrun, secretary of the em­ bassy at Washington^ represented the French ambassador and paid a grace­ ful tribute to America. ftAISED FROM SICK BED. DYNAMITE IN A 8CHOOL. Evidence of Attempt to Blow Up Building in New York. New York.--Parents of children who attend public school No. 6, the largest institution of its kind in the Bronx, were greatly excited Monday when a report was given wide circulation that the janitor of the building had found a charge of dynamite, with fulminating wires attached, in a section of the foundation walls of the building. About 1,500 children attend this school. The janitor, it was said, discovered on last Friday the evidences of what was believed to be an attempt to blow up the school building. Since then the police have been working in an effort to find the person responsible for the supposed plot and an officer constantly has pastroled the street in front of the school. REPORT AGAIN8T COL. STEWART. Medieal Examiners Say He Is Incapac­ itated for Active Service. Washington.--The medical board of army officers in the case of Col. Wil­ liam F. Stewart, U. S. A., placed in command of the ungarrisoned post at Fort Grant, Ariz., by President Roose­ velt, reported Monday that officer in­ capacitated from active service. The report follows: "We are of the opinion that this of­ ficer is plainly incapacitated for active service on account of heart disease which he first exhibited 34 years ago." This action does not end the case. Col. Stewart will present testimony and produce witnesses of his own be­ fore a retiring board. L08T IN PHILIPPINES STORM. Two Americans Believed to Have ..Drowned During Typhoon. Washington.--Charles H. Webster and Benjamin Franklin Rush, accord­ ing to a dispatch received at the war department Monday, left Pilar Sorso- gon, Philippine islands, in an open boat, September 24, two hours in ad­ vance of the typhoon which then pre­ vailed, and it is believed they are lost. The authorities are asked to notify Charles P. Webster of Austin Hills, Cincinnati, and C. W. Rush of 3055 South street, Lincoln, Neb. 8uicide on Battleship Virginia. Washington.--Rear Admiral Sperry, commanding the Atlantic battleship fleet at Manila, reports to the navy department that George Schiff, chief yeoman on the battleship Virginia, committed suicide at Manila. Destructive Fire in Manila. Manila.--The extensive plant of the Philippine Produce Company was de­ stroyed by fire Monday, causing a losis In excess of $100,000. A large quantity of cocoanut oil and copra was burned. The plant was largely owned by New York people. Nail Mill Destroyed by Fire. Williamsport, Pa.--The cutting mill of the Williamsport nail works was de­ stroyed by fire Monday Involving a loss of $75,000 to $100,000. About 250 men are thrown out of work. Remarkable Trip of Submarine. Cherbourg.--The submarine Emer- aude arrived here Monday after a run of 81 hours in which she covered a distance of 683 miles under ^ water. The vessel maintained a >egniar speed of nine knots an hour. Insurance Man Drops Dead. Dixon, 111.--J. B. Thomas dropped dead at his home in this city Monday evening. Mr. Thomas was assistant resident manager of the Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance Company with offices in Chicago. After All Hope Had Vanishsd. Mrs, J. H. Bennett, 69 Fountain SL, Gardiner, Me., says: "My back used -- * to trouble me so se­ verely that at laBt I had to give up. I took to my bed and stayed there four months, suffering In­ tense pain, dizziness, headache and in­ flammation. of the b l a d d e r . T h o u g h without hope, I be­ gan using Doan's Kidney Pills, and in three months was completely cured. The trouble has never returned." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foater-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. HE REMEMBERED. i "And did your uncle remember yon In his will?" "Well, he remembered me, all right, but that was why he didn't mention me in It." SKIN TROUBLES CURED. First Had Itching Rash--Threatened • Liter With Blood-Poison in Leg- Relied en Cuticura Remedies. "About twelve or fifteen years ago I had a breaking-out, and it itched, and stung so badly that I could not have any peace because of it. Three doctors did not help me. Then I used some Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Oint­ ment, and Cuticura Resolvent and began to get better right away. They cured me and I have not been bothered with the Itching since, to amount to anything. About two years ago I had la grippe and pneumonia which left me with a pain in my side. Treat-, ment ran it into my leg, which then swelled and began to break out. The doctor was afraid it would turn to blood-poison. I used his . medicine but it did no good, then I used the Cuticura Remedies three times and cured the breaking-out on my leg. J. P. Hennen, Milan, Mo., May 13,1907." Arrange for Pure Milk. Chicago has a medical cow. She was bought by a woman health de­ partment inspector. Dr. Caroline Hedger, to produce pure milk for dee perately Blck babies in a crowded tene­ ment district, and, according to re ports, this latest Chicago experiment In municipal ownership has been a great success. "I purchased the cow for tho department," said Dr. Hedger. "I told Commissioner Evans I needed a cow to save the lives of the sick babies out my way, and he told me to buy one; so I did. Some friends of mine are taking care of her, milking her and taking the milk direct to the sick infants. It doesn't go through a dozen hands before it reaches the babies. We get enough milk to sup­ ply the babies of 14 families." Immunity. Satan had just ordered more coal thrown on the fire. "By Tuminous!" he cussed, "but that last arrival is a tough proposition. ,The more I try to roast him the more he smiles." He called the chief stoker. "Well, what luck?" asked Satan. The stoker shook his head. "He's still smiling," he answered. "Where's he from?" cried old Nick, out of patience. • "New York. He used to be a base­ ball umpire in--" "Sulphurous serpents! Why dldnt you say so before? Take him down; we can't fease him."--Bohemian Mag­ azine. Australia's Wild Oysters. Oysters are sometimes regarded «s dangerous but they are not usually considered savage. A Queensland judge, however, has decided that they are wild beasts. Before a royal com­ mission on the pearling industry, which has been sitting at Brisbane, a witness stated that eight years ago he had laid 100,000 shells in the neigh­ borhood of Friday island. The Jap­ anese stole the shells, and the district court judge held that as pearl shell oysters were wild animals there was no penalty for stealing them. NO GUSHER But Telia Facts About Postum. "We have used Postum for the past eight years," writes a Wis. 'lady, "and drink it three times a day. We never tire of it. "For several years I could scarcely eat anything on account of dyspepsia* bloating after meals, palpitation, sick, headache--in fact was in such misery and distress I tried living on hot water and toast for nearly a year. "1 had quit coffee, the cause of my trouble, and was using hot water, bat. this was not nourishing. "Hearing of Postum I began drink­ ing it and my ailments disappeared, and now I can eat' anything I want without trouble. "My parents and husband had aboat the same experience. Mother would often suffer after eating, while yet drinking coffee. My husband was a. great coffee drinker and suffered from indigestion and headache. "After he stopped coffee and began Postum both ailments left him. He will not drink anything else now and we have it three times a day. I could write more but am no gusher--only state plain facts." Name given by Postum Co., Battle- Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to- Wellvllle," in pkgs. "There's a Reason.** Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. Thdjr are genuine, true, and full of human> interest. m.: