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the McHenry Plalndealcr Published by F. G. 8CHREINER. MCHENRY, ILLINOIS. Yellowstone park Is becoming al­ most as unB&fe as If It were a great city. An infant weighing 20 pounds was born at Shewano, Wis., the other day. Who can think of an appropriate name for him? Every American must respect the army uniform and the nary uniform, but he cannot respect the man who wears it when that man proves him­ self unworthy. A shortage of chorus girls was re­ ported lately In New York, and now Oklahoma reports a shortage of 1,200 school teachers. What are the girls doing, .Anyhow ? The success of Maxim's noiseless device for rifles serves to correct the somewhat popular notion that Max­ im's is something loud and nolsv, as well as festive. Washington dispatches say that within the next 90 days a new Pana­ ma bond Issue will probably be put oat, amounting to about $25,000,000, but postage stamp bids won't go. Texas has more miles of railroad than any oth§r state, but still it is possible for the mosquitoes to get down to earth through the network of telegraph wires above the tracks. If Minister Wu has really discov­ ered the secret of prolonging life in­ definitely, the empress of China would scarcely be blamed for wanting the personal advice of so valuable a sub­ ject. We are not surprised at the feat of a St. Louis woman who has written a play in 16 hours. A good many of the current plays might, It would seem, have been written in less time than that. According to an observing coin col­ lector superstitious persons who be­ lieve in the "13" hoodoo should have nothing to do with a quarter-dollar, for the unlucky 13 is much In evi­ dence on the coins of that denomina­ tion. A British peer has just married a chorus girl in London. Maybe the peerage finds the American heiress giving out or getting wary, and is looking for wives among women who can support their husbands by going to work. The British consul at Tamsui re­ ports that the total exports of cam­ phor from Formosa in 1907 amounted to 4,121,566 pounds, of which 2,452,933 pounds was sent to Havre, London and Hamburg: 1,635,300 pounds to America, and 33,333 pounds to Madras. The New York health board has again arraigned the fly on the mur­ derous charge of carrying typhoid mi­ crobes on his feet and thus distribu­ ting them on foods. This seems a lit­ tle fanciful, but whether it be true or not, the fly is a malefactor and should be eliminated. The French Panama Canal Com­ pany, which went into bankruptcy In 1889, finally passed out of existence last month when the receivers were discharged. It took longer to wind up the affairs of the unsuccessful corpor­ ation than will be required for the American government to build the canal. The contest over the will of the late Sir Lionel Sackvllle Sackville- West is not altogether astonishing. His domestic relations were somewhat extensive and complicated, as may be Inferred from a bet he once made while at sea, that he would marry the first woman he met when he landed. He won--in a way. The duke of the Abruzzi continues to have difficulty in persuading the queen of Italy to consent to his mar­ riage to Miss Elkins. The queen has a reputation at home for beauty, and it is but natural that she should not want another woman at court who would become, as a well-known Chl- cagoan once said, the sinecure of all eyes. MICHIGAN IS QUICK TO HELP IT8 FIRE-STRICKEN PEOPLE. GOVERNOR ISSUES APPEAL Detroit Also Adopts Prompt Measwres --General Situation Improved But Conditions are Pitiful Among Survivors. Detroit, Mich. -- Reports from the forest fire district of north­ ern Michigan were fragmentary Sun­ day, but there were indications of im­ provement in the general situation so far as imminent danger to life and property was concerened. But as to the victims who survived the destruction of their homes and vil­ lages, conditions are pitiful in the ex­ treme with the likelihood cf greater distress and many deaths from ex­ posure in the event of a sudden drop of temperature falling upon the half clothed refugees camped in box cars and open fields. Relief Measures Taken. Gov. Fred M. Warner Sunday is­ sued an appeal to the people of Michi­ gan for contributions, and on call of Mayor William B. Thompson of De­ troit a special meeting ; of the com­ mon council was held Monday morn­ ing to consider the matter of con­ tributing relief. A public meeting also was held in the mayor's ofHce at noon for the same purpose and Bishop Charles D. Williams of the Episcopal diocese of Michigan, who has just re­ turned from the fire district, described conditions as he witnessed them. The Detroit board of commerce held a meeting at the Detroit club Sunday night to arrange the details of ship­ ping a preliminary car load of provis­ ions and bedding north Monday and Gov. Warner directed Adjt. Gen. Mc: Gurren of the state troops to take the! initiative in similar measures at Grand Rapids. The Detroit & Mackinac Railroad company has already sent a dozen car loads of provisions, lumber and hay into the burned district from Bay City. Town of Ossineke Threatened. President J. D. Hawks of the De­ troit & Mackinac railroad received word Sunday that forest fires were seriously threatening the town of Os­ sineke. south of Alpena on Thunder bay. Quartermaster Gen. W. J. Rogers, of the state troops, who was sent into the burned district to investigate con­ ditions, telegraphed Gov. Warner to­ day that there was no need of troops, as the fire situation was improved, temporarily at least. The immedi­ ate need, Gen. ^Rogers reported, was for bedding and food for the refugees and fodder for horses and caltle. "Fred M. Warner, Governor." Known Dead Are Twenty-Six. Alpena, Mich. -- Reports from the flame-swept counties in this section of the state indicate improve­ ment in the fire situation. But the necessity for immediate substantial re­ lief for the refugees is hourly becom­ ing greater. But one fresh report of loss of life came into Alpena Sunday. Henry Hines, his wife and two children are believed to have been cremated on their farm near Cathro. Between Metz and Rogers City seven more bodies have been found, making a total of 26 lives that are known to have been lost in Presque Isle and Al­ pena counties sincG Thursday night. Rogers City, reported in imminent danger, has been saved. South Rogers is also safe. After Young Cudahy Again. Omaha, Neb. -- A stranger was found in the home of Edward A. Cudahy, the millionaire packer, Tues­ day night, who made his escape out of an open window on the second floor when a servant girl screamed. He was well dressed and wore a silk hat. He was in the room of Edward Cudahy, Jr., who was kidnaped seven years ago. That Genoan father who shot and killed the driver of an automobile, and also one of the woman occupants of the vehicle, who was a marchion ess, when he saw his child crushed to death before his eyes, Is commend­ ed by some in Genoa who do not stop to reason; but his violence is more reprehensible than the neglect of the chauffeur. An American woman has made a tour of Europe, with but one gown and no trunk at all. She has preferred comfort to style, and the fact of see­ ing to being seen. Having nothing but a suitcase, she has bought no handsome gowns or fine laces abroad to smuggle paBt the customs authori­ ties. Not the unexpected, but the im- N possible has happened. Tolpdo, Ohio, is said to have fewer bad b&ys than any other city In Amer­ ica. Ay writer in the World's Work gives the>l«eason in his account of the Juvenile organization established there by a wise philanthropist. He or­ ganized the boys into drum corps and athletic teams, provided the uniforms and equipment, and then made it a condition of remaining In the organi­ zation that the members refrain from bad talk, alcohol, tobacoc and gam­ bling. Almost any boy will pive up a harmful habit for a harmless one if the harmless one is made attractive. Attempt to Slay a Priest. Chicago. -- An attempt to as­ sassinate the Rev. J. K. Fielding of Corpus Chrlsti Roman Catholic church, one of the most widely known priests in America, was made in the church vestibule Sunday afternoon by an un­ identified man. The stranger fired two shots at Father Fielding after a • struggle and then made his escape. Dr. Mann Declines Bishopric. . Washington--Giving as a controll­ ing reason that his work in Boston is still unfinished, Rev. Dr. Alexander Mann, pastor of Trinity Episcopal church of that city, has declined the position of bishop of Washington, to succeed Bishop Satterlee. Captain of Bark Drowns Self. Pensacola, Fla.--The Norwegian bark Majorca, which arrived here Sun­ day from Buenos Ayres, reported the suicide by drowning of her master? Capt. Ellersen, at sea. WAR IN BALKANS AVERTED TURKEY'S MOBILIZATION ORDER IS CHECK TO BULGARIA. GONE AT LAST. Both Countries Formally Declare In­ tentions Peaceful--Quick Diplo­ matic Work Alone Pre­ vents Hostilities. Constantinople.--The report that the mobilization of the Turkish troops had been ordered is unfounded. Presum­ ably it arose through the fact that certain battalions of the Anatolian re­ serves attached to the Saloniki and Adrianople army corps were convoked for the maneuvers in the native dis­ tricts. and that three battalions were ordered to Constantinople from Macedonia for police service in the capital, these being replaced by an equal number of Redifs from Smyrna. London.--The Turkish ambassador and the Bulgarian charge d'affaires Sunday emphatically denied the re­ port that War was imminent between the two countries. " Paris.--Bulgaria has backed down, according to Naoum Pasliat the Turk­ ish ambassador, and not only has the probability of war, which appeared im­ minent Saturday night been elimi­ nated, but an understanding between Bulgaria and Turkey is in sight. The ambassador Sunday practically admit­ ted that Saturday the two countries were on the verge of war and ex­ plained that, while his denial of the mobilization of the Turkish troops was literally true, it was equally true that mobilization had been previously or­ dered and then suspended. To France largely belongs the honor of opening the way for an understand­ ing between Turkey and Bulgaria be­ fore it was too late. From official sources the story is learned of how the crisis was averted at Constantinople. On Friday night a confidential report reached the porte from Sofia that the Bulgarian cabinet was about to re­ sign and would be succeeded by the council for national defense. This was interpreted as a preliminary move to a declaration of war. The Turkish cabi­ net forthwith was summoned. It de­ liberated throughout the night and de­ cided not only to order the mobiliza­ tion of the troops immediately in Asia Minor, but to complete tho mobiliza­ tion in Macedonia. The French ambassador, M. Con- stans, was apprised of this decision at two o'clock on Saturday afternoon, and by urgent telegrams informed M. Pichon, the French foreign minister, of the situation. The French foreign office in turn notified M. Paleologue, the French diplomatic agent at Sofia, the result being that at five o'clock, when M. Constans called upon Kiamil Pasha, the grand vizier, to demand an explanation of Turkey's action, he had the pacific assurances of Bulgaria in his pocket. EXPLORER HEADED FOR POLE. -First Message Is Received frcm the Cook Arctic Expedition New York. -- The first message from Dr. Frederick E. Cook, the arctic explorer, since he started for the pole from a point north of Etah February 26, has been received In this city. It was brought here by Rudolph Franke, who accompanied Dr. Cook on the early stage of his Journey and who received it from the explorer by messengers whom he sent back to the winter base after he was well on his way to the north. The message was written March 17, about three weeks after Dr. Cook had started on the last stage of his journey. It was dated "Polar Sea, North of Cape Hubbard," and said that up to that point every­ thing had gone well, although the weather was extremely cold. He was making a straight line for the pole at that time, he said, and expected to be back at the base late in May. "I am making a straight course for the pole," Dr. Cook wrote. "The boys are doing well and J have plenty of dogs. I hope to succeed. At any rate, I shall make a desperate effort. While I expect to get back by the end of May, still I wish you to be ready to go to Acponle, the island off North Star, where the Whalers' steamers come, by the 5th of June, and if I am not back, to go home with the whalers. I think, however, we will be back." MfiYBC JHtLL PAY ^TT£NTlOM To Me NOV* If TERRIFIC 8TORM WORK8 HAVOC IN NEW MEXICO. TOWN OF CLAYTON IS HIT New Courthouse and Many Dwellings A«-e Wrecked--Cloudburst at La­ mar, Col., Causes a Destructive Flood. FLEET DELAYED BY STORM RAN INTO A TERRIFIC NORTH OF LUZON. GALE One Man Drowned and Some Damage Done to Vessels--Arrival at Yo­ kohama Sunday. Tokyo. -- The delay of the Amer­ ican battleship fleet arriving at Yo­ kohama was due to a tremendous storm off the north coast of the Island of Luzon of the Philippine group. The storm began on the morning of Octo­ ber 12 and continued until the after­ noon of October 13. One man was drowned and some damage resulted to the fleet. These details were communicated to the Associated Press at Tokyo by wireless telegraph from the battle­ ship Connecticut through the special courtesy of the Japanese government. The fleet will arrive at Yokohama at nine o'clock on the morning of Octo­ ber 18. The wireless dispatch from the Con­ necticut was dated 5:10 a. m. October 17 and was sent by way of Shimonoz- eki wireless station to this place. It did not give the details of the storm encountered by the fleet, but simply stated that on the morning of October 12 the fleet ran Into a terrific gale that assumed the proportions of a typhoon, off the northern coast of Luzon. Tremendous seas were kicked up and one man was washed overboard. The dispatch did not state from what ship the man was lost. There was some slight damage caused by the heavy seas, but nothing of a serious nature, and the dispatch stated that all was well with the ships at that time. Vice-Admiral Saito has received a wireless message from Rear Admiral Sperry thanking him for the welcome extended to the fleet by wireless tele­ graph. INDIAN ACCUSED OF BIGAMY. White Wife Says She Has Learned He Has Red Spouse. New York.--Henry Standing Bear, a full-blooded Sioux Indian, who is a graduate of the Carlisle Indian school and formerly was a fullback on the Carlisle football eleven, was ar­ raigned in court here Wednesday charged with bigamy. The complain­ ant is Hazel M. Moran of St. Louis, who said she was a graduate of Smith college at Northampton, Mass. Miss Moran alleged that she was married to Bear in May last and has now dis­ covered that Bear has a Sioux wife and three children at Pine Tree, S. D. Bear was held in bail for a hearing next Monday. Two Trainmen Fatally Hurt. Chillicothe, O.--Two trainmen were probably fatally hurt, and many pas- j sengers received minor injuries when a | passenger train on the Detroit, Toledo | & ironton railroad Sunday afternoon j crashed through an open switch into i an accommodation, which had been j standing all night on a siding at Bain- i bridge. Engineer Sharp and Fireman ' Siles of Springfield were caught in | the wreckage. I Will Move Hindus to Honduras. Vancouver, B. C.--J. B. Harkin of the department of the interior of the Dominion government has solved the Hindu question so far as the province of British Columbia is concerned. The entire Hindu colony, consisting of more than 2,000 persons, is to be moved from British Columbia to Brit­ ish Honduras. The Hindus are anxious to move and the imperial gov­ ernment will assist in the cost of transporting them to their new home. Many of the Hindu colony here are not only out of work but actually starving. Cincinnati Capitalist Dead. Cincinnati.--Hiram Harper Peck, 59 years of age, a leading capitalist of this city, died at his home Sunday morning of paralysis. His illness was Indirectly caused by the Jamaica earthquake of some months ago. Mr. Peck was in Jamaica at that time. Heretofore elections in Cuba have been the signal for disorder and revo­ lutionary outbreaks. The recent elec­ tions were as peaceful as a contest for selectman in a New England town. The new electoral law which provides for non-partisan electoral boards was tried for the first time, and it proved to be a good political device. But the real reason for the unprecedented good order of the elections is to be found in the temper of the Cuban peo­ ple. They are learning, if not to gov­ ern themselves, at least not f.o make a riot of government Three Quakes in California. Salinas, Cal.--Three slight earth­ quake shocks were felt here Sunday. The first was felt at 12:22 a. m. and the last at 4:39 p m. No damage resulted. The shocks were also felt at Holister. J. O. Curwood Alive and Well. Winnipeg, Man.--The story being published in the press that James Oliver Curwood, the well-known maga­ zine writer of Detroit, had been mur­ dered by Indians in the Hudson Bay district, Is untrue. Curvrood is alive and well. . Murderer Kills Self in Jail. Champaign, 111.--John Cook, aged 78 years, committed suicide in the coun­ ty jail Thursday by bauging himself. One month ago he murdered Mrs. Edna McLennan. Great Cathedral Started. St. Louis.--An era of extensive church building in St. Louis culmi­ nated Sunday in the laying of the corner-stone of the new Catholic cathe­ dral, which when completed will cost over $2,000,000; and in the dedication of the Second Baptist church at Kings highway and McPherson avenue, which has just been completed at a cost of $250,000. Big Fire in Rock Island. Pock Island, 111.--Fire Friday night caused $500,000 damage In the yards of the Rock Island Lumber Com­ pany and the Rock Island Sash and Door works. The flames started in the southwest corner of the yards and, fanned by a southeast gale, swept everything north of the river, devas­ tating an area of ten acres in two hours. Twenty million feet of lumber and two sawmills were destroyed. Woman Teacher Is a Suicide. Decatur, 111.--Miss Anna Carson, a teacher in the Urbana public schools, I came to Decatur and committed Bui- t eide by shooting herself in the head. \ the body was found in a field hear De- j catur Sunday. Couden Acquitted of Murder. Lebanon, O.--Frank L. Couden, a well-known politician of Warren coun­ ty, and cashier of the Federal customs office at Cincinnati, was acquitted by a Jury Sunday of the charge of man­ slaughter. Florida Engineer Murdered. Pensacola, Fla.--Eugene Wood, en­ gineer of a logging railroad operated by a milling concern, was shot and killed by Jack Gilbert, a naval stores operator, near Panama City. It Is sala the engineer had passed Gilbert's plare without stopping to take on some freight. Santa Fee 8hops Burned. Amarillo, Tex.--Fire early Sunday morning destroyed the Santa Fe roundhouse and shops, entailing a loss of about $200,000. Iowa Girl Commits Suicide. Oskaloosa, la.--Clara Wat land, 15 years old, committed Filicide at New Sharon Friday, because her mother scolded her, it is said, for tardiness in returning heme from school. The girl took arsenic. Bank Cashier Is Arrested. Li Grande, Ore.--J. W. Scriber, cashier of the Farmers' & Traders' National bank, was arrested Friday on a charge of embezzlement of the bank's funds. It is said the amount of defalcation will reach $24,000. Original "Topsy" Passes Away. Boston--Mrs. George C. Howard, well known at one time as an actress, and the original "Tops.v" in the dram­ atized form of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," died Thursday night at her homd in Cambridge. New President for De Pauw. ' Indianapolis. Ind.--Rev. Francis J. McConnell, Ph. D., pastor of the New York Avenue Methodist Episcopal church, -Brooklyn, N. Y., has accepted a call to the presidency of De Pauw university. Green Castle, Ind. HAIN8 BROTHERS INDICTED. Both Charged with Murder in First Degree. New York. -- Indictments charging Capt. Peter C. Halns, Jr., and T. Jenkins Halns with murder in the first degree were handed up by the Queens county grand jury at Flush­ ing, L. I., Saturday. The indictments are based upon the killing of William E. Annis at the Bayside Yacht club in i August last. I Although T. Jenkins Halns has j been held as an accessory to the murder, the indictment charges him, as well as his brother, with being a principal. Witnesses have testified that T. Jenkins Hains by the display of a revolver prevented the spectators from interfering while Capt. F. C. Hains fired several bullets into the body of his victim. It has not been charged that T. Jenkins Hains fired any of the shots which killed Annis. The district attorney notified the court that he would arraign the j Hains brothers to plead next Tuesday, and would ask that their trial be set for November 9. ROOSEVELT GOING TO ENGLAND. London Times Says He Will Lecture at Oxford. London.--The Times is informed that President Roosevelt will visit England after his African trip early in 1910. He will deliver the Ro­ manes lecture at Oxford and, on the occasion of the university commemor­ ation, will receive the honorary de­ gree of D. C. L., which Oxford already has bestowed upon Emperor William. According to the Times, President Roosevelt also will visit Paris and de­ liver an address at the Sorbonne. Neither the dates nor the subjects of the lectures are yet known. The Times further states that according to the present plans Mrs. Roosevelt will join the president at Khartoum on the Journey northward. Clayton, N. M.--Four homestead­ ers were killed near Clayton as the result of a tornado and cloudburst Twenty other persons were more or less injured, three of whom it is be­ lieved, will die. The dead are: W. H. Haight, J. S. Fox. Mrs. Fox and their daughter. The new Union county courthouse, which cost $40,000, was wrecked, and a score of houses were wrecked, or torn from their foundations. The Colorado & Southern railroad sustained heavy loss. Clayton was in Utter darkress after the toriiado until daylight. The water system was also put out of commission by the storm, and the town is without water. The storin was severe in other sec­ tions. At Folsom, where 19 persons 'were drowned last August, the Cimar­ ron river rose to within a foot of high' water mark causing a panic among the people, who fled in terror to the hills. It is reported that many houses were wrecked and much damage done to outlying places inhabited by home­ steaders. Lamar, Col.--A cloudburst struck this city Monday, registering a fall of nearly four inches. The Arkansas river, already a torrent, rose rapidly, and the large bridge over this stream was in danger of being swept away. All of the irrigating systems norty of the river are breaking and flood­ ing valuable farm lands. Sharon Springs, Kan.--Two sepa­ rate tornadoes struck Sharon Springs Monday and completely demolished three residences and injured a dozen people. It is thought that one will die. The tornadoes were about 200 feet wide and traveled north. Denver, Col.--Six accidental deaths are traceable to the snowstorm which prevailed in Colorado. Seven persons sustained serious injuries in railroad collisions and by coming in contact with live wires. THREE WEEKS. Brought About a RemarkiUf Chang* Mrs. A. J. Davis of Murray, Ky., •ays: "When I began using Doan's Kidney Pills, kid­ n e y d i s e a s e w a s slowly poisoning me. Dizzy spells almost made jne fall, sharps pains like k n4 f e thrusts would catch me in the back, and finally an attack of grip left me with a constant agoniz* tag backache. Doan's Kidney Pills helped me quickly and in three weeks* time there was not a symptom of kidney trouble remaining." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. FLY YOUTH. & TRAGEDY IN NEW YORK. Man Commits Suicide and Fiancee Tries.to Drown Herself. KING OF ITALY CONSENTS. Agrees to Let Abruzzi Marry Miss Katherlne Elkins. Turin.--Although no official an­ nouncement has been given out with reference to the marriage of the duke of the Abruzzi and Miss Katherlne Elkins, it is asserted that the king has definitely given his consent. As a consequence the duke is preparing to leave for the United States. It is likely that he will proceed via Havre. The newspapers, in the belief that the marriage is certain, say that Miss Elkins can now be considered as an Italian royal princess, while after her marriage she will have the position and honors due her rank as a member of the royal family. New York.--The attempt of Nellie Waldron, aged. 19, to drown herself in the East river off the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn Monday disclosed the iact that Edward McDonald, the man whom she expected to marry, lay dead in his rooms with a bullet wound in hlB head. Miss Waldon, who said her home was in Flushing, was res­ cued by a policeman. She gave as a reason for her attempt that McDonald had shot himself in her presence. The police then found McDonald's body and are investigating Miss Waldon's Htory. The Bob8^--'Where did you work last? Boy--On a fly paper. The Boss--A fly paper! What's a fly paper? Boy--Wot! Don't you read the bally Balloon? CORNET BROUGHT ABOUT PEACK. 8pits Controversy Happily Ended Without Legal Warfare. "Fellow was raising bees back lift the foothill country," remarked Frank H. Short of Fresno. "Plenty of sage* brush; sage makes clear, delicious honey. Got in a row with a neigh­ bor; shot his dog; said its barking annoyed his queen bees. Neighbor waited a whole year to get even, plowed up a big patch, planted wildi mustard; grew fine. Bees thick on mustard flowers. Mustard makes bit* ter honey. Like to ruin the bee man's sales. Bee farmer came to me, wanted to sue for damages. "What can I do?' he asked. " 'Nothing,' I said. 'He has a right to grow mustard on his own land.' " 'Well,' he said, 'I'll get some scheme to annoy him.' "So he got a cornet; used to sit up from midnight till four o'clock in the morning practicing 'Wearing of th® Green.' Fellow with the mustard was an Englishman; stood it for three weeks; went out with a scythe and cut down all the mustard. They've been good friends ever since."--San 'Francisco Chronicle. GU8 R6GE RS PASSES AWAY. Well-Rnown Comedian Dies of pendicitis in New York. Ap- New York.--Gus Rogers of the stage comedy team of Rogers Brothers, died here Monday of appendicitis. He was taken sick in Utica, N. Y., three weeks ago. Gus Rogers was one of the best- known low comedians on the Ameri­ can stage. He was said to be worth $300,000, most of which Is invested in theater property in this city. A widow, Maude Raymond, a vaudeville player, and two children survive him. DEADLY BATTLE WITH INDIANS. Deputy Warden and Four Redskins Killed in Montana. Carriers Head a Thief. Chicago.--Robert F. Palmer, pres­ ident of the City Letter Carriers' as­ sociation of Illinois, was arrested _ _ x . , . . . - „ T. „ between Peyton, his assistants and a Thursday on a charge of robbing the T ' Missoula, Mont.--A telephone mes­ sage from Ovando, Powell county, says that Deputy Warden C. B. Pey­ ton and four Flathead Indians are dead as a result of a pitched battle mail. He made a wrltteu confession to Postmaster Inspectors Elston and Llewellyn that he has been pilfering letters for 16 years, and that t-he amount of money stolen is larpe al­ though he kept no account of 1L Palmer is a letter carrier of Joliet. Standard Oil Tanks Burned. Baltimore, Md.--A spectacular fire broke out shortly before three o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the Canton plant of the Standard Oil Company, a short distance beyond the eastern limits of this city, and it was not un- <^er control until nearly four hours later. The fire originated in the pump house, where a spark set fire to oily pipes and the blaze ran along them to near-by tanks, of which three were destroyed. Grandson of Perry Dies. New York.--Oscar Hazard Perry, a grandson of Commodore Oliver Haz­ ard Perry, hero of the battle of Lake Erie, died Friday at his home in Jer­ sey City of apoplexy. He was born in Clarkson, N. Y.. in 1840. Tug Rams Albany Steamer. New York.--One man was drowned and 75 persons were thrown into a-f4 panic Friday night when the steamer New York of the Albany Day line was rammed by the tug William H. Flan- nery in the North river. Minister Ugarte Is Recalled. Washington.--The recall of Dr. An­ gel Ugarte, the minister from Hon­ duras to the United States, was an­ nounced Thursday when the minister called on Secretary Root and said he had been relieved and would go to Mexico to represent his country there. Dr. Lazo Arriaga, a brother of a for­ mer Guatemalan minister to the Uni­ ted States, will succeed him. Arrange­ ments are being made for an audience with the president, when Mr. Ugarte will present his letter of recall and his successor his credentials. band of Indians near Hollands Prairie, on Swan river. Peyton was attempting to arrest the Indians for hunting without a license and killing deer in excess of law. Congratulations Wanted. On entering his club one evening •not long ago a young Philadelphia was accosted by a friend, who ex­ claimed: "Why, Charley, you are positively beaming! What's up?" "I'm in the greatest luck imagin­ able," responded the other. "You know, I've been hanging about a pretty Yonkers girl for almost a year. Dur­ ing all this time she would never ad­ mit that she loved me; she would only say that she respected me. But now, old chap, congratulate me, for last night she confessed that she respected me no longer--that she loved me!"-- Lippincott's. Millionaire to Be Deported. New York.--James Howard Allport, reputed to be a millionaire of Liver­ pool, England, and Miss Ray Bucy, an English girl of 22 years, are held at Ellis Island for deportation to Eng­ land on the Mauretania. The two were first cabin passengers on that vessel when it arrived here Saturday. Ahead of them had come word by cable from Howard Allport, the young man's father, that his son had left a wife and daughter in Liverpool and that, as young Allport was charged to be of unsound mind, his deportation was requested. This action was or­ dered. Victory for Saloons In Ohio. Columbus, O.--Returns received at the headquarters of the Ohio Anti- Saloon league Monday night show that Lorain county voted to retain saloons by a majority of 36. There are 154 saloons in Lorain county and the cam­ paign was a hot one. The Bride's Look. A girl about to be married worries BO much she begins to look like an old married woman. In addition to worrying about her clothes and coax­ ing her folks to give her a new outfit, 6he sits up too late with her young man, and the^ result is an anxious, careworn look a week before th® wedding that cannot be told from the look on the face of a woman who has been married a year or two. Look at the next girl you meet who is soon to be married, and you will remark that she has "aged rapidly."--Atchison Globe. Willing to Help Him. He had gone to the dry goods stor® with a bit of dress material which his wife had bidden him to match. "I am very sorry, sir," said the salesman, "but I have nothing exactly like this. The very last remnant was sold this morning." "But I must have it!" exclaimed th® husband. "Otherwise, how can I face my wife?" "If you will permit me, sir," said the salesman, "I would venture to sug­ gest that you invite a friend home to dinner with you." NOT A MIRACLE. Just Plain Cause and Effect. FootbaM 6ame Causes Death. Clarion, fa.-r-Will Smith, son of ex State Senator U. C. Smith of Eagle j tum himself, persuaded me to stop cof Grove, la., received injuries in a foot- j fee and try Postum. After much hesi- There are some quite remarkable things happening every day, which seem almost miraculous. Some persons would not believe that a man could suffer from coffee drink­ ing so severely as to cause spells of unconsciousness. And to find complete relief In changing from coffee to Pos­ tum is well worth recording. "I used to be a great coffee drinker, so much BO that U was killing me by Inches. My heart became so weak I would fall and lie unconscious for an hour at a time. The spells caught me sometimes two or three times a day. "My friends, and even the doctor, told me it was drinking coffee that caused the trouble. I would not be­ lieve it, and still drank coffee until I could not leave my room. "Then my doctor, who drinks Pos- ball game here Saturday from which he died later. Mangled to Death by Machine. New York.--John Karle, a por­ ter in the planlj; of the American Rope Manufacturing Company in Brooklyn, was mangled to death by a carding machine in the presence of 500 screaming girl operatives Monday. Dieis in Theater Lobby. Baltimore, Md.--Harry E. Crout, manager of the Club hotel, was strick­ en with heart trouble while attending the performance at the Gaiety theater Monday afternoon, and died within five minutes in the theater lobby. tation I concluded to try It. That was eight months ago. Since then I havo had but few of those spells, none for more than four months. "I feel better, sleep better and am better every way. I now drink noth­ ing but Postum and touch no coffge/ and as I am seventy years of age all my friends think the improvement •Quite remarkable." "There's a Reason." Name given by Postum Cc., Battle Creek, Mi<-h. Read "The Road to Well- Til le." in pkgs. Ever read the above letter? * new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of human Interest.