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yqgjgfairB die in * mine MCHENRY, fished by F. G. 8CHREIN8H. ILLlNOia The annual chestnut about the opti­ mist who eats them In the dark !s also with us. English prime minister says the house of lords Is a set of Irresponst- bles. Now let the lords respond. Indiana took the first prize at the Omaha corn show. There was no frost on the fodder that was responsible for that ear. DISASTER IN JOE LEITER'8 COL* LIERY AT ZEIGLER. GAS IGNITED BY SPARK Owner Prntentlly Conducts First Re­ lief Party to Rescue Bodies-- Victims Were Clearing Away Debris. Germany will establish three airship passenger lines next year. But for some time there will be no guarantee of the schedules. Fewer marriages this year mean that fewer' men have had Jobs good enough for two, and have been sure of keeping them. Diamonds have been found in Ger­ man southwest Africa, and already Von Buelow is trying to get revenues from them to build battleships. It cost China $4,200,000 to bury its dead emperor. If the maintenance of ft tfve one is equally expensive mon­ archy In the orient certainly comes high. France has voted by a substantial majority to continue the death pen­ alty. This will be injurious to those persons only who commit crimes worthy of death. Wealthy natives of India have formed a company with $7,500,000 cap­ ital to erect at Bombay blast furnaces and a complete steel plant for the •tllization of native ores. That the magnetic influence of the coast of Lapland drew his iron ship ashore and wrecked it was the sworn statement of the captain of the Brit­ ish steamer Sandal to the British board of trade. It is estimated that the aggregate of waste in all mineral products for the past year amounted to about one mil­ lion dollars a day, and this doesn't in­ clude the unnecessary coal that the hired ffirls burn in the furnaces and ranges of the land. Lately we have had expert testimony to the efTect that the oil business Is hazardous and that the coal business is hazardous. Perhaps in time the phrase, "a hazardous business" will come to mean a business in which men ma&e abnormal profits. Of all the schemes put forward to help the unemployed one of the most alluring Is the proposal by the Glas­ gow corporation to construct, at a cost of $80,000,000, a great battleship canal between the Forth and the Clyde, and thus to link up the North sea with tbe Atlantic. A. Matamoras newspaper calls atten­ tion to a test of the pumping of water in the Rio Grande region for irrigation compared to the older method of con­ structing dams. A 36-inch pump with 36,000 gallons' capacity on a 24-foot lift, was operated at a fuel cost of 62% cents an hour. In New Jersey an attempt will be made to restore to life the nert vic­ tim of the electric chair. It has fre­ quently been contended that electrocu­ tion was not fatal and that resusci­ tation was possible. Still, nobody pro­ poses to take that sort of electric treatment for his health. Although there is no national law against using the flag or shield of the United States for advertising purposes, the commissioner of patents has lately exercised his discretion, and decided that he will register no trade marks which contain the arms of the United States or of any state or city, or any part of such arms. One of the most interesting conclu­ sions reached by the first Internation­ al Congress on Good Roads, recently held in Paris, is that automobiles do little harm to the roads if their av­ erage speed is not more than ten miles, and their maximum speed 15 miles an hour. If that is the case, the remedy looks simple. Managing the finances has often proved the rock on which Latin-Amer­ ican government has been wrecked. The fact that American rule of Cuba, while meeting all expenses, has been aUch that Gov. Magoon will turn over $1,500,000 to the new native adminis­ tration constitutes an object lesson that may be highly valuable. Election bets are always objection­ able. Now and then, however, one is recorded which has an amusing side. In New York a young woman who manifested great int«*est in the out­ come of the recent presidential elec­ tion was asked wfcy she was so ex­ cited. "Because," she said: "If Mr. Taft wins, I have promised to marry a certain young man.( "But suppose Mr. Bryan wins?" "Oh, in that case the young man will marry me." f'V A :*#• drafters in Australia are worthy people, for to graft" there means to work hard. But the origin of that meaning of the word is as obscure as of the meaning now common in this country--to plunder the public. Duquoin, 111.--A disastrous gas ex­ plosion in which 25 men lost their lives occurred at an early hour Sun­ day morning at Zelgler. A spark from a trolley polei of an electric motor coming in contact with a pocket of gas is assigned as the cause of the ex­ plosion. The Americans killed by the explo­ sion include: Willis Warner and Al­ bert Kerr, foremen; James Patterson, Joe Richardson, Fred Morgan, J. O. Erans, Gilbert Jones, Joe Tate, James Philipps, John Cassay, Aaron Jereoll, Thomas Hubbard, Cebe Pueket and Charles Smothers. Eight bodies yet remain in the mine, but will be recovered before many hours, it i3 thought "Mr. Leiter per­ sonally conducted the first relief party that descended into the mine to recov­ er the dead bodies. The lone survivor of the explosion was an Italian youth, who escaped un­ harmed. An expert who had been experi­ menting with the gas in the mines at Zeigler left Wednesday, confident that he had placed the mine in safe con­ dition to be operated. The men entombed were engaged in clearing away the debris caused by the recent fires in the mine and it was expected that operations would be resumed at once after two months' suspension. Mrs. Leiter was at the mine with her husband, and gave coffee and food to the widows and other relatives of the victims and comforted them. HADLEY IS INAUGURATED. He Is First Republican Governor of Missouri Since 1871. Jefferson City, Mo.--Herbert S. Hadley was inaugurated governor of Missouri Monday. He is the first Re­ publican governor of Missouri since 1871 and the Republicans enlisted the state militia to make the inauguration a brilliant affair. Columbus, "O.--Gov. Andrew L. Har­ ris of Eaton was succeeded at noon Monday as Ohio's executive by Jud- son Harmon of Cincinnati, attorney general of the United States during the second term of President Cleve­ land. Indianapolis, Ind.--Gov.-elect Mar­ shall and Lieut. Gov.-elect Hall were inaugurated at noon Monday in the south corridor of the first floor of the capitol building. Gov. Hanly called at Mr. Marshall's home with a car­ riage and took the governor-elect to the state house for the ceremony. Sim­ plicity to a marked degree character­ ized the ceremonies, all pomp and ostentation being dispensed with at the request of the incoming governor. CHURCH FALLS; MANY DEAD. Ancient Edifice in Switzerland Col­ lapses, Burying Worshipers. Berne, Switzerland.--During divine service Sunday an ancient church near Sion suddenly collapsed, burying the worshipers in the ruins. Practical­ ly all the members of the congrega­ tion were killed or injured. A wild panic followed, those who escaped rushing through the fields shouting that an earthquake had over­ taken the village. Other villagers joined in the outcry and were with difficulty calmed. After an hour's exertion the fire company of the place extricated 40 corpses, but it is believed that there are still a number under the timbers. Sixty persons were badly injured. The collapse of the church was caused by the time-worn pillars in the underground crypt giving way. Dean Howard Poisoned. Des Moines, la.--Dr. Howe, special examiner appointed by Coroner Iver G. Newlen to look into the sudden and mysterious death of Dean Frederick Howard of Drake university, Thanks­ giving day, reported Wednesday night that the distinguished professor was a victim of poison. Quantities of mor­ phine were found in the intestines. The report says that there are marks pointing to asphyxiation. As to who administered the poison or whether it was Belf-administered, is not known. U®eCtrIcity ls loom'11? 'arge as a mo- /We power for railroads. A scheme is on foot to employ efectrlclty in carry­ ing trains over the Rocky mountains. The steam engine has served a valu­ able purpose in bringing about trans- continental traffic, but possibly it wfiQ soon be eclipsed. A New Jersey legal official thinks it would be "highly indecorous" for prison officials to allow attempts to he made to revive an apparently elec­ trocuted man. As a question of pro­ priety and decorum, the matter had JM* hitherto struck any one interested. •' "The largest national task of to­ day," is what President Roosevelt calls the work of oooservation of the natural resources of the country. It mast be pleasing to the president to realize how great an impetus he has gtvm to the performance of that task. Mississippi Negro Lynched. Poplarville, Miss. -- At 11 o'clock last night a mob stormed the jail at this place and lynched Pink Willis, a negro, who Saturday eve­ ning at seven o'clock attempted to as­ sault the 14-year-old daughter of for­ mer Sheriff J. A. Moody. The body was afterward shot full of holeB by the infuriated mob of 100 men. Young Professor a Suicide. Trenton, N. J.--Clark Tanby, pro­ fessor of Greek and Latin at the Law- renceville Preparatory school, com­ mitted suicide late Saturday by shoot­ ing himself through the right temple. He was a graduate of the University of Kentucky and of Oxford university, being a Rhodes scholar at the latter Institution until last June. It is be­ lieved that he was suffering from over- study. The dead man was a resident of Hopkinsville, Ky., and came to Law- renceville as professor last September when barely 26 years old. NOT 6IIILTT OF ERR MR MRS. ERB AND MRS. BEI8EL ARE ACQUITTED BY JURY. \ Defendants Scream and Fall Into Each Other's Arms When the Verdict la Announced. Media, Pa.--Mrs. M. Florence Brfa„ wife of Capt. J. Clayton Erb, who was well known in political circles all over Pennsylvania, and her sister, Mrs. Catharine Beisel, who were charged with the sensational murder of Capt. Erb on the night of October 6, 1908, walked from the Delaware county courthouse Thursday free women. After the jury had been oiii nearly 18 hours it brought in a verdict of not guilty in the case of ear!) woman, both of whom had been charged separately and jointly with shooting the captain. Thus ends a trial that has held the interest of the people of the country for more than a week during which much scandalous evidence was brought oyt, some of which did not reach the reading pub­ lic. Judge Johnson took his seat Just as the Jury was escorted into the room. There was absolute silence. Then the court clerk went through the usual proceeding o? asking whether the jury had agreed and the foreman announced the verdict of not guilty in each case. There was a second's pause, a dead silence, then, with a half scream, the sisters fell in each other's arms. Everybody In the court room was on his or her feet and women wept as they looked at the pathetic scene. Surrounded by Wild Crowd. In an instant the women were sur­ rounded by friends and their attorneys and overwhelmed with congratula­ tions. Harry Beisel threw his arms around his wife and his sister-in-law, Mrs. Erb, and tears came to their eyes. This scene lasted several minutes. The Jury was not polled, and after Judge Johnson had thanked them, Mrs. Erb hurried from her seat to Dickinson, the foreman, and wrung his Jiand. Mrs. Beisel did likewise, and they went down the line of the 12 men. Tears stood in the eyes of most of them and the thanks of the women were sobbed out in brokea syllables. EXILE CAUSE OF DOWNFALL? Overthrow of Yuan Shi Kai Blamed on Ousted Reformer. New York. -- Special cable ad­ vices from Penang, Straits Settle­ ment, says that Kang-Yu-Wei, China's exiled reformer and leader of the Chi­ nese Empire Reform association, claims credit for the overthrow of Afghan Army Invades Persia. Teheran.--There is a persistent ru mor in circulation here to the effect that 6,000 Afghans with six guns have crossed the Seistan frontier into Per sia. The Seistan frontier is at the junction where eastern Persia and southwestern Afghanistan meet. Courthouse Sold for Two Dollar*. Kankakee, 111.--The Kankakee coun­ ty courthouse, built In 1871, was sold at auction Friday for two dollars to local contractor. It wiii be replaced by a $150,000 building. Yuan 8hl Kal. Yuan Shi Kal, the eminent Chinese statesman, as member of the grand council. According to the dispatch Kang-Yu- Wei charges Yuan Shi Kal with com­ plicity in the death of the emperor. He Is quoted as follows: "We know Yuan Shi Kai paid a physician 40,000 taels (about $33,000) to poison the emperor. Yuan Shi Kai, seeing the dowager empress' death impending, feared retribution at the hands of the emperor for his betrayal a decade ago which forced my flight and resulted in the dowager empress seizing the reins of control." Accused of $1,000,000 Forgeries. Oakland, Cal. -- F. B. Signor, real estate promoter and mining broker of this city, was arrested on com­ plaint sworn to by James H. Murray, a multi-millionaire banker and mining man of Montana, Salt Lake and Seattle, but more recently of Monterey, Cal., charging Signor with forgeries aggregating nearly $1,000,000. Signor is alleged to have forged Murray's name to four notes of $100,000 each, as well as to numerous other negotiable documents. 8hoots Chum and Kills Self. Chicago. -- Crazed by the belief that the affections of Bertha Ya- stowed her love were being diverted, stomed her love were being diverted to a man, Anna Rubinwitch, 715 West Thirteenth street, shot and seriously wounded the "object of her unusual de­ votion yesterday, Then she wounded herself so seriously that she died a few hours later. Another Real Daughter of Revolution. Deer Isle, Me.--Mrs. Salome Sellers, 108 years old, a real daughter of the revolution, and said to be the oldest person In New England, is dead at her home in this town. Mrs. Sellers was born in this place. Weil-Known Racing Man Dead. San Antonia, Tex--W. H. Sims, president of the International Fair as­ sociation of this city and a well-known racing man, died at his home here Sunday following an operation for ap pendicitis. THt ICY miT. * NI6HT RWFRS ARE GDMYICTF.D SIX GUILTY OF MURDER IN THE FIR8T DEGREE. Two Escape with Twenty Years for 8econd Degree Murder--Death Probable for Others. Union City, Tenn.--With a verdict of guilty in varying degree, the jury In the night rider trials reported at 8:45 p. m. Thursday night. The 12 men found Garrett Johnson, Tid Bur­ ton, Boy Ransom, Fred Pinion, Ar­ thur Cloar and Sam Applewhite guilty of murder in the first degree with mitigating circumstances, and Bud Morris and Bob Huffman) the other defendants, guilty of murder in the second degree, and fixed their punish­ ment at 20 years in the penitentiary. The punishment of the six first named defendants was left to the court, and may be death or life im­ prisonment The court probably will sentence the six first named defendants to death. The defendants took the verdict with calmness, as they had been .ex­ pecting it since the closing of the ar­ guments. Attorney Pierce turned to them when it was announced, and said: "We will tear this case to pieces in tbe supreme court." The state expected a verdict of first degree murder in all eight cases, and was visibly disappointed. Bob Huff­ man, one of the men to escape with 20 years, ls the man who, according to the confession of Frank Fehringer, fired the shot which killed Capt. Ran- ken as he was being drawn up by the rope. When the Jury's readiness to report was announced the military quietly surrounded the courthouse and a de­ tail of soldiers, with revolver holsters open, was deployed around the walls of the courtroom, but there was no demonstration. The prisoners were quickly handcuffed and under military escort taken to prison. The verdict is considered a compromise one, and no trouble is feared by the authori­ ties. TOOK MONEY TO BUILD HOME. Embezzling Granite City Banker Sen­ tenced to Five Years. Springfield, 111--Pleading guilty to the charge of embezzlement and giv­ ing as an excuse that he took the money to build a home for himself and his bride, Wesley A. Martin, for­ merly a Granite City banker, Friday was sentenced to five years in the federal prison at Leavenworth, Kan., by Judge J. Otis Humphrey In the United States district court. Martin, prior to his arrest, was a social leader of Granite City. He took $20,000 of the bank's money. The shortage was made good. His wife has stood by him, and she was at his side when he was sentenced. Accused of Stealing Bank Funds. Philadelphia. -- Dewitt C. Hll- legas, a well-known insurance broker of this city, was arrested yes­ terday by the United States authori­ ties, charged upon the affidavit of Bank Examiner Folds, who accuses him with misappropriating funds of the Boyertown National bank In con­ nivance with Morris L,. Hartman, the cashier, and being responsible for the failure of the institution in June, 1907. Woman Freed of Murder Charge. Newark, N. J. -- Mrs. Josephine Amore, who had been on trial here on a charge of having murdered Michael Martellanen on August 5 last was ac­ quitted Friday night. The woman's defense was that she shot tbe man In defense of her honor. Big Mail Robbery in Paris. Paris. -- A lnail sack containing bonds, etc., worth $200,000 was stolen from a delivery wagon in the Chaussee d'Antin in broad daylight yesterday. The police have not the slightest clew to the thieves. Boy of Ten a Bank Robber. Joplln, Mo.--Charged with looting the Noel State bank of Noel, 40. miles South of here, Oliver P. Billings, aged ten, was arrested here Sunday by Sheriff Carnell, culminating a five weeks' chase. The tot entered the bank through a rear window while Cashier Kissler was at his noon-day meal, and looted the cash drawer of its entire contents, $92. The boy, In his confession, bragged of taking the money. He stated he was given a nickel to execute the theft, but this story is scouted by,..the sheriff. MINISTER NOT THE VICTIM. Dates for the Confederate Veterans. Memphis; Tenn.--By a unanimous vote the executive committee having in charge arrangements for this year's confederate reunion Friday decided on June 1, 2 and 3. Bury 1,300 Quake Victims. Messina.--A most impressive funer­ al ceremony was witnessed near here Thursday when Archbishop *Barrigo made his way through the ruins of the city to the cemetery at Mare Grosso and blessed a grave 100 feet wide and 30 feet deep, containing 1,300 bodies. The dead were piled one on top of the other and the bodies covered #ith quicklime. The prelate was followed to the cemetery by a large gathering of survivors whose lamentations mingled with the Latin words of the service and benediction. Carpenter Was Murdered and 6ra» mated--Pastor Is 8ought. Port Huron, Mich.--By means of two false teeth it was definitely estab­ lished Friday afternoon that Gideon Browning of Adair village was the man who was butchered last Tuesday evening in the little "Rattle Run" Methodist church in Columbus town­ ship. , With part of the mystery which has enshrouded the brutal crime thus cleared, the supervisors of St. Clair county immediately offered a reward of $500 for the arrest of Rev. John H. Carmichael of Adair, pastor of the lit­ tle church, who was at first supposed to have been killed, dismembered and then burned in the church stove. Strenuous efforts to discover some motive for the destruction of the car­ penter by the minister have been fruitless. Rumors that Carmichael had been seen crossing the St. Clair river into danada could not be cor­ roborated. An officer sent to St. Thomas, Ont., reported no trace of him there. Mrs. Carmichael and Miss Carmi­ chael, wife' and daughter of the min­ ister, were examined by the prosecut­ ing attorney here and he stated after­ ward that he was convinced they' knew nothing of the murder nor the man's disappearance. 'FATHER" HORTON 18 DEAD. Founder of City of 8an Diego, CaU Passes Away. San Diego, Cal.--Alonzon Erastus Horton, founder of the present San Diego and Its oldest inhabitant, died Thursday, aged 85 years, as a result of Infirmities incident to old age. In 1867 "Father" Horton, as he was uni­ versally known, surveyed, and pur­ chased at auction for 26 cents an acre, the 880 acres of land around the bay upon which San Diego now stands. Every flag in this city is at half-mast. Beside being the oldest local inhabi­ tant, Horton was the second oldest Elk In America. ROBBERY CALLED A FAKE. Deputy Postmaster at Sault 8te. Marie Arrested as Embezzler. Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.--Deputy Postmaster Prank L. Higgins was ar­ rested Friday on a charge of embez­ zlement. The arrest, is the outgrowth of an alleged robbery of which Hig­ gins reported himself the victim De­ cember 14. It was stated at that time that three foreigners assaulted the deputy postmaster with a sand bag while he Was alone in the post office making out his payroll the previous evening, and that his assailants es­ caped with $2,500 of post office funds. Four Battleships Reach Naples. Naples.--The United States battle­ ships Connecticut, Kansas, Minnesota and Vermont, under Rear Admiral Sperry, the commander of the Atlan­ tic fleet, arrived here at dawn Sunday. The admiralty sent a ship to meet the vessels, to inform the American com­ manders that because of the national mourning and as a result of the earth­ quake the government and the duke of Aosta would not require them to flre salutes on entering the port. Object to a Larger Navy. Boston.--A remonstrance against further increase of the United States navy was sent to congress Thursday by the board of directors of the American Peace society. It was signed on behalf of the board by Rob­ ert Treat Paine, president, and Benja­ min A. Trueblood, secretary of the society. m KILLS SELF FTEV. CARMICHAEL A SUICII CARTHAGE, JUL. Ill :P- HE i CNFESSES HIS CRIME Leave! L°n9» Weird Story of ' Being Hyfet-^tized by Browning and Killing Hirjfi in 8elf» Defense. Cartilage. HI.--Rev- John H. Car­ michael -vho last Tuesday night in the little Methodist church at Rattle Run, Mich., killed Gideon Browning, the villdkf carpenter, and then burned the bod| n the stove, committed sui­ cide hefe Monday by cutting his throat witti a pocket knife. He died at the county hospital after he had fcren taken from the boarding house of Miranda Hughes, where as a stranger!he had been living since last Friday. \ • Iii a JAiig written, confession which was found 111 bia suit case, Carmichael Boys Charged with Murder. St. Louis. Five boys, ranging In age from 8 to 13 years, were arrested in their classrooms in the Shaw Bchool Friday and charged with the murder of William Wachter, a peddler, who was found with his skull crushed. The arrests followed information given to the police by Mrs. Mary Goebthardt 5232 Wilson avenue, mother of two of the prisoners. The boys are: Joseph L^o, 13 years old; George Remmel, 12 years; Frank Mamie, nine years old, and Henry and Arthur Goebe- hardt, II and 8 years old. ^Destructive Fires In New York. New York--The flre-flghting forces in the down-town section of New York had their work cut out for them Thursday night by a series of fires within a radius of a mile or two. The fires were at 98 and 100 Hudson street at Hester street and the Bowery and at 134 Crosby street. Each assumed threatening proportions and called out many of the city's flre apparStuB It required nearly three hours to sub­ due the three fires, which caused a loss estimated at $1,250,000. No liver ware lost. told in detail the story of the killing of Brownjng; bow he had fallen a vic­ tim to Browning's hypnotic power and meeting in the church Tuesday night, wab compelled to obey every commandj how finally when Browning attacked jhim with knives he, Car­ michael, defended himself with a hatchet. fMter finishing his victim with the hatchet, he said, the red-hot stove in $ie church room suggested itself as the best method of disposing of the bow. Before putting his body in the stoyhowever, he exchanged some of t|e dead man's clothing for his own, ^Ihich had become bespatr tered with} blood. Carmlchiels death was almost as horrible aslthat of his victim. When he arrived^ at the Hughes' boarding house he give the name of John Elder and as he laid he was a woodworker and had cofce here to start a factory no suspicion was attached to his presence, dnce he went to a Catholic priest and neclaring he himself was a Catholic, ksked the Influence of the members of jthe church in helping him in business.! Although |o far as he knew he jvas still beyond; the reach of detectives, the crisis catoe Monday morning when about 7:30 O'clock he informed Miss Hughes that as no satisfactory site for his factory could be fdund here, he in­ tended to go Ho Bowen, 111. "I think I'- will find a better site there," he said. "I'll take the nine o'clock train," Saying this he went out into the |>aek yard. There he cut his throat. ; TIRED OF BEING HUNTED. Nebraskan Surrenders But Asserts His Innocence of Shocking Crime. Los Angeles. Cal.--With the state­ ment that he was worried to distrac­ tion with beiAg hunted as the perpe­ trator of cringes at Minden, Kearney county, Neb., .5 for which a price of $1,000 hung o*er his head, a man giv­ ing his name «s Bert M. Taylor, sur­ rendered himself to a Southern Pacific passenger braktman at Redlands, Cal., on whose train lie was riding, and is locked in the jail at San Bernardino, awaiting word s from the Nebraska of­ ficers. j Taylor related a story of the death of his two sisters-in-law after a brutal assault upon thm, and murder of one of them and the final destruction of the home by flre after kerosene had been poured over the bodies of his victims. The crime was committed on April 18, 1908. Taylor denies his own guilt and asserted that James Mar­ tin, with whom he had had trouble, committed the outrages and then laid the crimes to him. QUAKE IN FAR NORTHWEST. Bellingham, Seattle, Vancouver and Other Cities Are 8haken. Bellingham, Wash.--Bellingham was shaken by an earthquake at 3:45 o'clock Monday afternoon. Buildings in all parts of town were Jarred but no damage was done. Hundreds <4f people rushed into the streets. The duration of the shock was about ten seconds. Brick build­ ings were so badly shaken that the plaster fell to the door and there was a panic. Only one shock was felt. Seattle, Wash.--Reports of a slight earthquake shock came here from Van­ couver, Victoria, Sumas, Tacoma and Bellingham. The same trembler was felt here at 3:44 o'clock and lasted from seven to thirty seconds. No damage was done, but persons rushed from buildings. is highly prised fa India. In many of the temples they are blown daily to scare away the mar lignant spirits while the god receives his daily meal. A conch with the spiral twistings to the right Instead of to the left is supposed to be worth its weight In gold. Some years ago a conch of that description was offered for sale in Calcutta, with a reserve price of a lakh of rupees placed on It. It was eventually bought In for $20,000. D&tfness Cannot Be CufeO| # application*, u Biey cannot reach i eased portion of the ear. There is only one way to .cure deafness. and that !s by constitutional remedlH. Deafness Is caused by an Inflamed condition of Hit raucous lining of the Eustachian Tube, When Ihli tube Is Inflamed y6u have a rumbling sound or te> perfect hearing, and when it to entirely closed, Dsaf- neaa is the result, and unless the Inflammation caaM taken out and this tube restored to Its normal cooSt- tion, hearing will be destroyed forever: nine cum out of ten are caused by Catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucous surface*. Wc feill give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cufiKl by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for clrculan, free. «'-* F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Sold by Druggist*. 75c. Take HaU'* Family Fills tor oomtlcatioa. I A Toast. The latest thing in toasts conlM from "ap-state," and was responded to by the father of 12 daughters, who. claims that he ought to know. "To the Ladies--to their sweetness we give love; to their beauty admira­ tion, and to their ba^s, the whole side­ walk.---New York Times. Twenty-8ix Per Zeigler, 111.--Of 2 mine owned by Jos< killed by the explo; Ing, according to ( given out at the 11 last of the bodies w day. ished in Mine. 3 workmen in the ph Leiter, 26 were ion Sunday morn- >fHcial information lining office. The as recovered Mon- Oklahoma Coal Miners Strike. Fort Smith, Ark.--All of the coal miners in and around Coalgate, Okla., walked out of the mines Monday fol­ lowing a dispute with the mine opera­ tors regarding the observsnce of a state law providing that only sufficient blasting powder for one day's use be carried Into a mine. Pioneer Telegrapher Is Dead. Ithaca, N. Y --Otis Eddy Wood, who took the first telegraph message by sound, died Monday at his home at Etna, near here, aged 77 years. Long Railway Strike Ends. Denver, Col.--The strike of the shop­ men of the Denver & Rio Grande sys­ tem, which has been in effect since last March, was declared off Monday after a conference between railroad of­ ficials and representatives of the or­ ganizations. About 1,200 men wil} re­ sume work. ; Dutton Heads Western Ho*e?men. Salt Lake City.--Samuel Dutton of Denver was Monday elected president of the Western Hotel men's associa­ tion, organised here. Hon. Emil Kiang, Vienna, Ans., on© of the world's greatest horsemen, has written, to the manufacturers: "SPOHN'S DIS­ TEMPER COMPOUND has become the standard remedy for distempers and throat diseases in the best stables of Europe. This medicine relieves Horses of great suf­ fering and saves much money for the own­ er." 50c and $1 a bottle. All druggists. SPOHN MEDICAL CO., Goshen, Ind. The total gifts for last year to the Christian Missionary alliance amount to close to $250,000, the largest la the history of the organization. Garfield Tea, the Herb Laxative, agree­ ably stimii'ates the liver, corrects constips> tion and relieves a clogged system. Write fot samples. Garfield Tea Co., Brooklyn, N. Y, I long to hand a full cup of happi> ness to every human being.--Dr. Pay- son. III! III §75 "Guar*" 320 Acres "VSHS"4 IN WESTERN CANADA WILL MAKE YOU RICH Fifty bushels per acre have been grown. General averagegreaterthan in any other part at the continent Under new regulations it is possible to secure a homestead of 160 acres free, and additional 160 acres at $3 per acre. "The development of the country hn made marvelous strides. It Is a revelation, a ree> ' ord of conquest by settlement that is remark­ able."--Extract from correspondence of a Natlontl Editor, -who visited C&nada in August iMSt. t The grain crop of 1908 will net many farmers $20.00 to $25.00 per acre. Grain? raising, mixed farming and dairying are the principal industries. Climate is excel­ lent: social conditions the best; railway ad­ vantages unequalled; schools, churches and markets close at hand. Land may also be purchased from railway and land companies. For "Last Best West" pamphlets, maps and information as to how to secure lowest rail­ way rates, apply to Superintendent of Immi- tpration, Ottawa, Canada, or the authorized Canadian Government Agent: t. J.BR0U0HT0N, 412 Merchant*'Loan <Trust BMg., Chicago, 111.; W. H. ROGERS, third floor. Traction To* iuiiii! Side., IndiaKapolis, Ind.; or T. 0. GUSRIE.'IN Street, nilWfiiibfet, Wi#» #####+#+4 Bad Taste In the Month, Appetite Bad, Bead Heavy, StomachSonr, A general feeling of being tired and worn ont--unfit for business or the duties or pleasures of life. Is that the Wqy You Feel f If it is, you should know that the famous tonic laxative, Lane's Family Medicine (caUed also Lane's Ten) j • will give that perfect internal clean­ liness and wholesomeness which pro­ duces health and the feeling of com­ fort that makes life enjoyable. All druggists sell it in 25c. sad 60c. packages. 60 cts. peracrt Cabbage Seed Per Salzei's catalog page 129. (The biggest money making crop in vegetables I lis cabbage. Then comes onions, ratiisiies I 1 peas, cucumbers. Big catalog free: or, send I J 16c in stamps and receive catalog and 10001 [kernels each of onions, carrots, celery. rad~| lishes, 1500 each lettuce, rutabagas, turnips,! [100 parsley. 100 tomatoes, 100 melons, 1200] I charming flower seeds, in all 10.000 kernels,! I easily worth SI.OO of any man's money. Or, I I send 20c and we add one pkg. of Earliest I I Peep O'Day Sweet Corn. [ ISAL2ER SEED CO.. Box W. La Crosse, Wis. AN inftUKTASSED REMEDY! PSao'l Cwe it an un»urr»» J re­ medy (or coughn, colds, brouduiit Mthmi, hotrtcnew and throat <umJ B luag affection*. It goe* direct to tha teat of the trouble and apicrally condition*. iVlothcrs can spve theit cMdreti Pine's Cure with coafidencc in indurative Kwert ami freedom horn opUlca. uaow (or lulf a century. At all druMata', 25 da. mem