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t THE SUNDAY OBEGONIAN, PORTLACT, OCTOBER 1903. 99 99 HURLED TO DEATH appeal for a new trial, and today Dis trict Judge Mprse fixed upon Friday, No vember 20, as the date -when Mortensen snail suffer the death penalty by being shot to death. Before sentence -was pro nounced today, Mortensen appealed for a new trial In a speech lasting an hour and a- half. The burden of his remarks was that he had not been given a fair trial. HOTSHOT FORGROUT a e 99 99 99 99 Explosion in Distillery Costs Seven Lives. Fusionists Sized Him Up Wrongly at Convention. Embcirler Under Heavy Bond. NEW YORK, Oct 3. Mrs. Mary Lay ton Johnson, wife of a Fifth avenue den tist, who is alleged to have committed a series of embezzlements aggregating ?33, 000, from a Cincinnati firm, was today held in $10,000 ball for examination. The hearing was set for Tuesday. f FIVE MEN SUFFER INJURIES HE CANHOT STAY ON TICKET A Great Copper Cylinder Burnt, Crashes Throngh Two Walls, and Landa 200 Feet Awaj- From Place of Ita Start. PEORIA, 111., Oct. 3. Seven men were killed and five others Injured by an ex plosion at Comings distillery here today. 'One large section of tho five-story build ing was thrown into the air by the burst Ujjg of a copper cylinder 20 feet In lengtn tend eight feet in diameter. Every man "who was in the building at the time of the explosion was Instantly killed, the Wnjured being men who were on the out iBlde. The dead: J AlrBS McMANUS, cookerman. CHARLES C. POWELL, assistant engineer tin cooker-room. JAMES O'KEEFE. laborer. ED SCHAEFER, waterboy. GEORGE C. GEORGE, mealman. GITY 3RENNAN, yeaotmaker. JOHN WILSON', United States storekeeper. The most seriously hurt .are: James Welch, United States gauger, face and ibody badly scalded; Daniel Sachen. labor er, right leg broken at knee; Charles Lane, laborer, badly cut and scalded. The great cylinder of copper crashed through the east wall of the cooker-room, and on through the mill as though the wall had been tissue-paper, shot In an ob lique and downward course through the air, cut down a large tree In Its flight, scattered a pile of lumber as If beams and timbers had been so many straws, and landed 200 feet away from the start of its flight. Three or four walls of the building were blown out. Great gaps were rent in them from top to bottom, pulling thb roof with them, and underneath that mass of brick, mortar, beams and twisted ma chinery lies the mangled corpse of Jofm "Wilson, which may not be got out for a day or two. Nobody has a clear Idea of what caused the explosion. The damage to the build ings and machinery Is estimated at about 100,000, -and It will be three months before the plant will be In operation again. Fire alarms were Immediately sent In for the entire department and police and am bulances were hurriedly summoned. For tunately, the wreckage did not take fire and the firemen Immediately assisted tho distillery employes who had. escaped the fate or their less fortunate fellow-work-mon. The cooker Is a steel contrivance about SO feet by 20 feet in diameter, used in cooking the mashes. It Is presumed that a vacuum was formed, and when the steam was turned on to cook today's mash the explosion followed. Parser's Daughters Lost in Wreck. NEW YORK, Oct. 3. Two little daugh ters of the purser of the British steamer Laurel Branch were lost when the steamer stranded Tuesday between Port Pringlo and Stewart's Bay. according to a Herald dispatch from Valparaiso, Chile. As pre viously reported, all the members of the crew were saved. The vessel is a total loss. "Bnrnefl to Death, at Bonfire. SALT LAKE, Oct. 2. Mabel Lillian Rus sell, the G-year-old daughter of the presi dent of the Utah Rubber Company, was fatally burned at 2 o'clock this afternoon while playing around a bonfire in the yard. STATE'S SIDE NEARLY IN Ex-Lieutenant - Governor Tillman Will Malic Defense Tills Weelc LEXINGTON, S. C. Oct. 3. The trial of ex-Lieutenant-Governor James H. Till man has been In progress just one week, and the state has not formally rested Its case. Solicitor Thurmond today an nounced, when the last witness for the prosecution had left the stand, that the etate practically was Teady to close, hut desired to pass the closing until next week, as there Is further testimony the etate may desire to submit. One of the witnesses for the defense was heard today, the state having disposed of all its witnesses present some little time prior to the hour appointed for ad journment. No afternoon sessions were held today, and the trial will not be re Bumed until Tuesday morning because of other matters demanding the attention of the court Monday. Only four witnesses for the state were examined, today. CAUGHT AFTER. A LOJfG CHASE. USegrro Butler Is Alleged to Have Stolen Diamonds "Worth. $4200. CHICAGO, Oct. 3. After chasing Wil liam Hayes Bonner, alias William Bar nard, a negro, formerly a butler in the home of Alexander Niedrinhaus, a wealthy paving contractor of St. Louis, Irom St. Louis to New York, thence to Cleveland and from there to Chicago, detectives last night arrested the man. He Is wanted for the theft of diamonds valued at $4000 and $200 in cash from Mrs. 2Ciedringhaus. The theft is said to have been committed by Bonner while Mr. Niedrlnghaus and his wife were attending a party. When arrested Bonner had only 18 ,cents, and refused to tell where he had Jdlsposed of. the gems. Detectives were assigned to find them, and It is believed ithey will be recovered in Chicago. Folk Gets Grain Broker Indicted. ST. LOUIS, Oct. 3. The grand Jury. rhlch concluded Its work today and was discharged, handed down the indictment If Major Hugh C. Dennis, president of the tlalto Grain & Securities Company, whose Ices were raided several days ago on ae order of Circuit Attorney Folk. Den Is is charged on four counts with grand Vrceny. It Is believed that additional In ctments have been found, but none her Is made public bennis was indicted on five counts, ns fiows: . Three counts charging grand laeny, one charging the operation of a buket-shop, and the fifth, the one In "wlch Thomas B. Harlan, an attorney, is naed as defendant, 'charging conspiracy to efraud. Mijor Dennis was at once .arrested and tckei before Judge Douglas, accompanied by hs attorney, C. H. Krum. He imme diate began preparations to secure his releasj on bonds. Swindler Rob and Stabs Hint. PUEBLO. ColQ., Oct. 3. H. E. Williams, a younr man on his way from Denver to Kansas City, -was fatally stabbed last night on the Santa Fe train by a stran ger who Jumped off when the train was two miles, from this city. The man had swindled Williams out of some money, and when the latter tried to compel him to give it up tho man stabbed him in the abdomen with a knife. Williams is In a hospital In a dying condition. Again Sentenced to Be Handed. SAtLT LAKE, Oct 3. For the second timet within the past year, a death sen tence, has been passed upon Peter Mor iensen for the murder of James R. Hay, tn thus 'city, several months ago. The fixate I Supreme Court recently refused an AN INCREASE OF MILLIONS 2Vcw Yorlc Central Reports BIrt Jump in Gross Earnings tor Year. NEW YORK, Oct. 3. An Increase of nearly J7.000.000 In the gross earnings of the New York Central Railroad system for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1903, Is shown by the annual report Just issued. Owing to extraordinary increases in the Items charged to operating expenses, the net earnings were only $105,051 in excess of the previous year. RAILROADS 17i A BOX. Face to Face With Greatest Car Shortage in Their HIstorjr. CHICAGO, Oct. 3. The railroads of the entire country are face to face with what promises to be the greatest car shortage in their history. Despite the fact that most liberal orders for new equipment have been given by all the railroads dur ing the last 12 months, they now find themselves unable to accept all the traffic that Is ordered. The condition of affairs is outlined by Vice-President W. C. Brown, of the Lake Shore, who says that the company Is In urgent need of 1500 bqxears daily. On other systems, with a much greater mileage than the Lake Shore, large num bers of cars are needed for Immediate use. JUDGE BEAN IS NAMED. Oregon Jurist on Important Bar As sociation Committee. ST. LOUIS. OctT President James Hagerman, of the American Bar Asso ciation, tonight announced the appoint ment of a committee of 52 members of the association to act in co-operation with the committee of authorities of the Louisi ana Purchase Exposition, for the Univer sal Congress of Lawyers and Jurists In St. Louis during September, 1904. Among the members are: W. J. Hills, Juneau, Alaska; David L. Withington, Hawaii; Bam ford A. Robb, Boise. Ida.; William W. Dixon, Butte, Mont.; R. S. Bean. Sa lem, Or.; David Walker Yancey, Lucena Tayabas, P. I.; George M. Forster, Spo kane, Wash. PRISON CONGRESS MEETS The National Association Delegates Crovrd Hall to Suffocation. LOUISVILLE. Ky.. Oct. 3. The Na tional Prison Association of the United States held the opening session of its an nual congress here tonight, the delegates crowalng Music Hall almost to suffoca tion. The opening session was devoted for the most part to welcoming addresses by state and city officials and to responses by officers of the association. The congress will continue for six da3. and nearly every state and Canada is represented. xne feature of tonight's session was the address of .the president, Henry Wolfer, Warden of the State Penitentiary. Still water. Minn., in which he condemned lynching. KAIN IS VERY WEAK. Attendants of the Archbishop Fear tor the Worst. BALTIMORE, Oct. 3. The condition of Archbishop Kaln was reported by the at tending physicians late tonight to be un changed. The prelate remains very weak, however, and his attendants fear for the worst. Mrs. Davis Rapidly Recovering. BUFFALO. Oct. 3. Mrs. Jefferson Davis Is rapidly recovering from her Ill ness. Her physicians believe she will be able to leave for her Winter home in New York next week. WILL NOT SUCCEED MELLEN President of the Burlington Will Not Be Northern Pnclflc President. CHICAGO. Oct. 3. Darius Miller, first vice-president of the Burlington, today declared that there was no truth in the report that President George B. Harris was to succeed C. S. Mellen as president of the Northern Pacific "There will, be no changes here what soever." said" he, "I do not know who is to succeed Mr. Mellen." MILES NOT A CANDIDATE Famous General Declares He Has Xo Eyes on tlie Presidency. CHICAGO, Oct 3. A dispatch to tha Record-Herald from Dallas, Tex., says: General Nelson A. Miles made this state ment last night. "I am not a candidate for any office, and don't expect to be, not even for President of the United States or Governor of Texas." Says Lyons Was Xot Drank. The Bricklayers' Union, at the meeting last evening, ordered the corresponding secretary to issue the following statement In regard to the death of John Lyons: "We, as bricklayers, refute the charge of Officer Kerrigan of Brother John Lyons being Intoxicated Wednesday night, Sep tember 23. Knowing positively that he was sober on that night, and by the evi dence of the Coroner's jury we believe he was murdered and laid on the track to hide the crime, and consider the charge a stigma upon the good name of our members- CHAS. T. STOKES, "Corresponding Secretary." Trustee "tor Cement Concern. DETROIT. Oct. 3. The Hccla Portland Cement & Coal Company, with a factory at Bay City, has filed a trust mortgage for S731.S18, conveying all Its property In Bay City, Iosco, Ogemaw and Alpena to the Detroit Trust Company as trustee. The mortgage Is given for the benefit of creditors, to raise funds for the liquida tion of Indebtedness and to make possible certain necessary changes In the plant Hawaii Cables Appreciation. HONOLULU. Oct 3, 1:35 P. M.-George E. Carter. Secretary of the Territory of Hawaii, today notified Territorial Treas urer Keporkal of the decision of the Treasury Department at Washington to accept Hawaiian bonds as security for de posits for circulation. The territorial government promptly cabled Its apprecia tion of the extraordinary favor shown the territory by the Administration in thus assisting it to place its bonds. Chinese Immigrants Detained. CLEVELAND, O.. Oct 3. Seven China men were arrested when they arrived here on a train from Buffalo today, on tne charge that they had entered the United States in violation of the law. Iron Works Destroyed ay Fire. SAVANNAH, Ga., Oct 3. The iron works and marine railway of John Rourke & Co. were destroyed by fire tonight Loss, $125,000. Mayor Low Says a Man Must Be For or Against Tammany Kings Dem ocrats Will Knife Grout and Feracs. iinw YORK, Oct 3. The feature of the political situation today was Mr. Grout's formal declaration that he would resist all efforts to force him off the Fusion ticket What legal steps will be taken by him to maintain his position, or by the Fusionists to compel his retirement, are yet undetermined. Tonight, the situation Is practically unchanged, the Fusionists waiting for their convention on Wednes day; the Democrats waiting for their op ponents to make the first move before they take stepB to keep Grout and Fornes on the ticket. As it stands now, four men are being considered for the office of Controller, should Grout be ousted. They are R. Ful ton Cutting, J. Edward Swanstrom, An drew T. Sullivan and Henry Hentz. Jo seph C. Hendrlx and Julian D. Falrchlld have been dropped. For president of the Board of Aldermen, three names are being considered. The men are Thomas M. Muley, Stepnen Far .relly and Frank C. Travers. Herman A. Metz has been dropped from considera tion. At the headquarters of the Republican committee, the failure to. consider Metz and Falrchlld was also announced. It was also learned that Joseph C. Hcndrix had refused to allow his name to be con sidered. Low in Accord With Fusionists. Mayor Low returned from Chicago to day. After a long .conference tonight at his residence with leading Fusionists, the Mayor made public a letter written by him today to R. Fulton Cutting, In which he expressed himself as being In accord with Mr. Cutting on the attitude of Grout and Fornes, and said Mr. Grout had, a few days after his nomination, suggested that Tammany might indorse his nomina tion, but in that event he would attack Tammany Just the same, and give his sup port to Mr. Low. In conclusion, Mayor Low says: "As the situation now stands, I think I may properly quote these words which I had penned for my letter of acceptance before the difficulties transpired: " 'In this battle, aa it seems to me, there can be no neutrals. Ho that is not against Tammany is for it " R. Fulton Cuttfng, chairman of the Citi zens' Union committee, sent a response today to the letter of Mr. Grout In which the latter declared Grout had proven un equal to the situation, and was apparent ly blinded "to the disastrous effects upon the good government movement Involved In the election of a Tammany Mayor." Mr. Cutting, proceeding further, says: "Surely, you cannot lmnglne for one in stant that the Citizens' Union convention would ever have nominated you had you written your letter of October 1 before their convention, and had they known you as they know you now." Grout's Couasel States His Plans. NEW YORK, Oct 3. Henry Yonge is sued the following statement as counsel for Mr.' Grout: "No trick or device secured any nom ination for Mr. Grout No trick or device, whether by way of editorial abuse, pri vate threat or altered record,' will induce him to withdraw from any nomination or deprive him of any such nomination." DEMOCRATS WILL KNIFE HIM. Kings County Convention Keeps Up Fight on Fornes and Grout. NEW YORK, Oct 3. Contrary to gen eral expectation, the Kings County Demo cratic convention, held In Brooklyn to night passed off quietly and without the predicted bolt of the city ticket Resolu tions Indorsing the nomination of Mr. McClelland for Mayor were adopted, but making no mention of the names of Grout and Fornes beyond the indorsement and commendation of the action of the Kings County delegates In opposing their nomi nation In the city convention. This was taken as an Indication that tho fight will be carried to the polls, and that the Tammany candidates for Controller and Aldermanlc President will be general ly knifed by the followers of Hugh Mc Laughlin. These nominations were made: For Borough President Martin W. Little ton; District Attorney, John F. Clarke; Register, Matthew E. Dooley; County Clerk; Edward Kauffman. noly Rosary Church. Corner Clackamas and Third streets. Today, being the first Sunday in October, will be Rosary Sunday, or the great feast day of the moBt holy rosary, one of Jhe most remarkable feast days In the cal endar of the Catholic Church. The great indulgence called the "Totles Quoties" or "as many times," can, be gained by all the faithful, who being contrite, and hav ing received the sacraments of penance and tho holy eucharlst visit the altar of tho most holy rosary in this Dominican Church; any time from 2 o'clock P. M. next Saturday till sundown on Sunday; praying during each visit for the intention of the supreme pontiff. No particular prayers are required to be said; neither is there any special length of time prescribed for these visits. The masses on Rosary Sunday In Holy Rosary Church will be at 6:30 A. M., 7:30 A. M.. 8:30 A. M. and solemn high mass at 10:30 A. M.. which will be celebrated by Very Rev. Father A. S. Lawler, O. P.. assisted by Rev. Father H. S. Shaw, O. P., as deacon, and Rev. Father C. V. Lamb, O. P.. as subdeacon. The sermon will be de livered by Rev. Father J. D. O'Brien, O. P., the eloquent Dominican orator. At solemn high mass the choir, all male voices, will render the following pro gramme: Asperges Memorare "Kyrle Elelson." "Mass In B Flat.... Mcrcadante "Gloria In Excelsls Deo" Mercadantc Preface organ, selected "Credo In Unum Deum" Mcrcadante "Salve Rlgina" M. Haydn "Sanctus" (tenor solo and chorus) Gounod "Benedlctus" Op. 28 (bass solo) V. Cenppcns "Agnus Del" Mercadante The regular choir consists of the follow ing: First and second tenor, J. P. Wild man, D. A. Morris. J. H. Cass, J. E. Malley. Albert King. J. H. Duggan. J. Bell and William Sandercock; first and second 'basses, Thomas Nuson, Benjamin Wlrine man, E. J. Alstock. J. Hoben, Edward Atkinson and A. Morris. Frank Barrtt A. J. Brault, A. Kane and others will assist on this occasion. Organist, Miss Nora Shetland. After the mass there will be a procession of the holy rosary. In which the whole congregation will take part carrying In their hands a rose which had been blessed and presented to the rosarlan before the beginning of the mass. In the evening there will be rosary de votion and litany, followed by solemn benediction of the most blessed sacrament during which religious exercises the Very Rev. Father A. S. Lawler, O. P., will preach on devotion to the Immaculate Mother of God. Great efforts are belns: made to induce Eng lish farm laborers to settle In C&n&da. o 9 9 99 9.9 9 9 9 e s e e e 99 99 9 NEED NOT FEAR WAR Powers Can Leave Balkans to Russia and Austria. REFORMS AGAIN AGREED UPON Programme Is Extended and Elab orated Cznr and Emperor Con. clHde Their Conference, and the Former Says Farewell. VIENNA, Oct 3. M. Sawlnskl, Foreign Minister LamsdorfTs secretary, has Is sued a statement regarding the result of the conferences In Austria between Count Lamsdorff and Count Goluchowskl, the Austrian-Hungarian Foreign Minister, from which It appears that they reached a determination that the two powers shall continue the Balkan policy arranged last Winter. The programme for reform In Macedonia then drawn up has, however, been essentially extended and elaborated. The secretary characterized the state ment that Russia had demanded the free passage of her ships through the Dar danelles as belng quite Incorrect, and added that the Ministers' conference in cluded the whole area of Eastern Europe, with the exception of Old Albania, and gave repeated evidence of entire accord in the views of Count Lamsdorff and Count Goluchowskl, and that in conse quence of the agreement the powers need not fear war between Turkey and Bul garia, nor any great difficulty in the exe cution of the reforms. Repatriation of Macedonians. VIENNA. Oct. 3. The Neue Freye Pressc'a correspondent at Muerzsteg, near which place the Czar and Emperor Fran cis Joseph are- hunting, telegraphs that the repatriation of the Macedonians who have fled to Bulgaria was also discussed at the conferences between Counts Lams dorf and Goluchowskl. and all the signa tories to the treaty of Berlin will be ap prised of the agreements reached by means .of Identical notes, which will be published simultaneously. Rulers Say Farewell. VIENNA, Oct 3. The Czar and his par .ty left the railroad station at Meldling, three miles from here, for Darmstadt to night The Imperial train from Muerzsteg arrived at the Southern Station. Meldling. at 5 o'clock. Emperor Francis Joseph and Archduke Francis- Ferdinand accompanied the Czar to that point, where they all alighted. Their Majesties cordially bid each other farewell and kissed each other twice. MANY ARE LIVING ON ROOTS. Red Cronn So Represents in Its Ap peal for Admission. CONSTANTINOPLE. Oct. 3. The fol lowing Is the text of the petition signed by 21 men and women constituting the American missions at Monastlr, Phlllppop olis, Salonlca and Samakov, recently pre sented to United States Minister Lelsh mann and to the British Ambassador, Sir Nicholas O'Connor, requesting them to se cure the admission of a corps of thcRed 8' "; OVERCOATS AND RAINCOATS TAILOR-MADE AT ONE HALF TAILOR'S PRICE $10.00 to $35.00 BEN SELLING LEADING CLOTHIER iiai9ieiititiiitttteiatiaittcfattieitatitti(tttt Cross Society Into Turkey. After reciting that ?. state of insurrection exists In parts of European Turkey, and that great suf fering will certainly result therefrom, the petition proceeds: "Without a canvass of the districts In question we do not care to estimate the number of homeless people who are suf fering from lack of food, clothing, medical attention, etc We are morally certain, however, that the number runs Into the thousands. In some places they are living on roots and grasses, even now, at the end of the harvest. We have the testimony of eye-witnesses that In some places the wounded are Ijing without medical atten tion and with no remedies within reach of their friends. We humbly and urgently petition the governments of the United States and of Great Britain to take active measures to induce the Bed Cross Societies of America and England to bring relief to the stricken districts and also to encour age tho opening of popular subscriptions. The Ottoman government should welcome with avidity the offer of such relief for its suffering subjects." SHIFT BLAME FOR ATROCITY. Tories Accuse the Insurgents of Massacre at Mchomln. SOFIA, Oct 3. Courier dispatches re ceived at the Macedonian revolutionary headquarters today repeat the reports of the masacsre of all the Christians in the town of Razlog (Mehomla) by Turkish trcops last Sunday. The Bulgarian gov ernment is not represented in Eastern Macedonia, hence no official Information is obtainable, but the Foreign Office here believes that several hundred Christians were killed. According to Turkish reports the revolu tionists massacred the people, burned the town of Razlog and the Turkish population and troops departed, leaving tho place in J the hands of insurgents. These reports the insurgents deny. MANY TURKS ARE SLAIN. Foar Hundred Houues In Village of Kohchnrlna Burned. SALONICA. Oct. 3. At the village of Kobcharina, inhabited by Turks, 400 houses are reported to have been burned, most i of the Inhabitants being killed. j It Is reported that a Turkish convoy was I recently attacked In the Fiorina region j ana mat j or tne soiaier3 were Killed. Shows "War Is Not Expected. SOFIA. Bulgaria. Oct. 3. Prince Ferdi nand, accompanied by his mother and chll- A bad cold; a goqd doctor. A'yer's Cherry Pectoral. "Thanks.51 J.C.AyerCo., Lowell, ITau, ' dren, arrived here this morning,- His com ing at this time is regarded as tending to show that war is not expected. Xevr Vnll Reaches Beirut. BEIRUT, Oct 3. Khalld Pasha, the new Vail of Beirut, has arrived here. LYNCHINGS EXCITE BERLIN. Attacks of Tonprhs on Negrrocs As cribed to American News Reports. BERLIN Oct 3. The negro residents here, of whom there are about 200. most ly American, have complained to the po lice of various attacks made on colored men by stone-throwing, etc. In two or three instances In the East End, where most of them live, negroes have been subjected to severe beatings. These oc currences are ascribed to the lynching " news which the New York correspondents of German papers are particularly fond ! nf nsihtlni thf Imnresslnn belncr nroduced I on the East Side roughs that this is the proper way to treat negroes. The members of the Black and White Society (Schwartzweiss Vereln) composed of both races, has Issued a protest to the public against this brutality. Colored men have a measure of social equality. Some of them marry white women. Postponed In Honor of Herbert. LONDON, Oct. 3. The Pilgrim's Club ' banquet to the Alaskan Boundary Com missioners, scheduled for October 6, has been postponed in consequence of the funeral of Sir Michael Herbert, the late Ambassador to the United States, occur ring on the same date. The commls- , sloners have also declared off the meet- ' lng set for that date. Report on Canal Bill Today. i unnOTA Pnlomhia. Oct 2. via Buena. Ventura, uci. o. ine report, uu uic um authorizing the President to negotiate a new canal treaty with the United States will be presented tomorrow. Conger Arrives to Slf?n Treaty. PEKIN, Oct. 2. United States Minis ter Conger arrived today from Shanghai for the purpose of signing the commercial treaty with the Chinese commissioners. Jewish Massacre Is Denied. ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 3. Leading Jews here declare the story of a massacre at Mohlleff-Podolsky to be untrue. Bubonlo Pin sue In Rio Jnniero. RIO JANEIRO, Oct. 3. Some cases of bubonic plague have been discovered at Campos, State of Rio Janeiro. The Rest Told Stories. Joplin (Mo.) News-Herald. A preacher at the conclusion of one of his sermons said: "Let all In the house t who are paying their debts stand up." In stantly every man, woman and child, wltn one exception, rose to their feet. The preacher seated them and said: "Now every man not paying his debts stand up." The exception noted, a careworn, hungry looking individual, clothed In his last Sum mer's suit, slowly assumed a perpendicu lar position. "How Is it, my friend," asked the minister, "that you are the only man not to meet his obligations?" "I run a newspaper," he meekly answered, "and the brethren here who just stood up are my subscribers, and " "Let us pray," exclaimed the minister. HIrd. Heels May Canse Her Death. Philadelphia North American. Minnie Rhomhlld's' first pair of hlgh hceled shoes may cause her death. Her schoolmats had high-heeled shoes, and Minnie, thought that she, being 13 years old, had a right to follow the styles. ThQ shoe .of the right foot WQre a, blis 99 99 A 99 99 99 9 9 9 9 99 99 99 .9 9 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 9tt 99 99 99 99 99 99 09 99 9 9 9 99 9 9 99 99 9 9 99 99 99 e 9 9 0 9 9 e 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 .: 9 i 9 99 99 9 9 S 0 00 00 00 0 e 00 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 04 00 00 00 00000000A0 0000000O 00 ter on the heel. The blister broke and became Infected. Blood poison set in. The muscles of the leg became putriiled from the heel almost to the knee. The little girl was taken to the Children's Homeo pathic Hospital. Drs.Schwank and Long opened the leg. scraped the bone and removed as much of the poisonous matter from the flesh as possible. Massage and electrical treat ment were used In conjunction with the operation, but despite their efforts the sur geons say that amputation of the Jeg is the only means of saving their patient's life. As though her present trouble were not enough, there is danger that the girl will have lockjaw. Can You Swnllow the Geese f New York Ma'll and Express. "An old Scotchman and neighbor of mine," says an enthusiastic angler from Rockland County, "has a method of tak ing fresh water fish which, to my way of thinking, excels all others for the ease, repose and success with which it is con ducted. The fisherman living on the bor der of Rockland Lake desires, we will say, a mess of pike, perch or pickerel, with which tho waters are amply stocked. Well, he simply goes out to his barnyard and selects a big goose or a half-dozen geese, as the case may be. and ties a baited line about five feet long to their feet "On reaching the edge of the lake with a basket containing one or more geese the fisherman turns the birds in the water. The geese swim out and the old Scotch man lights his pipe and sits down. In a few minutes a fish sees the bait and seizes it, giving the goose a good pull. The bird starts for the shore at full speed, fright ened half to death, dragging the fish upon the bank where it is unhooked." THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL. Few People Know How Useful It Is in Preserving: Health and Beauty. Nearly everybody knows that charcoal Is tha atest and moat efficient disinfectant and purifier In nature, but few realize its vulue when taken Into the human system for tho samo cleansing purpose. Charcoal Is a remedy that the more you tako of It the better; It Is not a dru? at all. but simply absorbs uie gases and Impurities always present In the stomach and Intestines and car ries them out of tho system. Charcoal sweetens the breath after smoking-, drinking or after eating- onions and other odorous vegetables. Charcoal effectually clears and Improves tha complexion. It whitens the teeth and further acts as a natural and eminently safe cathar tic. It absorbs the Injurious gases which collect In the stomach and bowels; It disinfects the mouth and throat from the poison of catarrh. All druggists sell charcoal In one form or another, but probably the best charcoal and the most for the money Is In Stuart's Absorbent Lozenges; they are composed of the finest powdered Willow charcoal, and other harmless antiseptics in tablet form or rather In tho form of large, pleasant tasting lozenges, the charcoal being mixed with honey. The dally use of these lozenges will soon tell In a much improved condition of the general health, better complexion, sweeter breath and purer blood, and the beauty of it Is. that no possible harm can result from their continued use, but on the contrary, great benefit. A Buffalo physician in speaking of the bene fits of charcoal, says: "I advise Stuart's Ab sorbent Lozenges to all patients suffering from gas In stomach and bowels, and to clear the complexion and purify the breath, mouth and throat ;I also believe the liver Is greatly bene fited by the dally use of them; they cost bat twenty-five cents. & box at drug stores, and. although In some sense a patent preparation, yet I believe I get more and better charcoal In Stuart's Absorbnt Lozenges than in any of