THE V OREGOfK SUNDAY " JOURNAC. fcORTLAlJDU SUN D A Y M ORNING, - MAY " 23" 1905.-
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EDUCATIONAL.
'
Filipinos, Bright Students.,..
rniajrkablerec
our niplno students at Purdue unl-
'."JJ.Z XVerstTjrr showing the-quickness - with
which -the ' young men -of the "Islands
eresp American ideas. - The four sons
,- ....'iOf Philippines have been at Purdue
'. . only one semester,'- but -already stand
i near the head ef their class. Thar are
;' Ildefonso Patdu. ot Basolor, Peir.panga,
; T Phtllppine.islands; Joss Rivera, Lsjuna,
;Phlllpplns Islands; Sllverlo Apoatol, Iba.
-. Zsmbales,i Philippine Islands, and Al
. . fonso Tuaeon. Manila, Philippine Islands,
i .'While all the young men come from
-i Luson.' they are from different local 1-
.. ties, and though their vocabulary was
TT- somewnat auae tney naa trouble in talk.
.t Llng to each, other at the outset. Now
S they use a combination of English' and
' - : Spanish and have no difficulty, la under.
t4-standing each other or. talking- to their
v Carnegie to Weliesley, ;-rsrrrr
- A. glf twfrnjn Andrew Carnegie f 11J5..
t60 for a. hew imraTTtWllealey--coaIigharyd " "smokers when arrested: some
' legs on condition that the college raises
' ""'en'1 equal - amount was announced la
i chapel' recently. ' There Is mch rejole-
Ing over the prospect of a new library
: an .addition- for . which . WeJlealey 3haa
( Jong been -amiouely -waiting, but the
Tajoy Is tempered aomewhat by doubts
: as to the ability of the college to meet
. ' ' the condition imposed. Colleges for.
; women find It extremely difficult to
.i raise money owing V the lack of wealth
among the graduates and tha compare
: tlve youth of the Institutions
- - An .Aged Student. " ' "" . '
a mora energetic, loysl, enthusiastic stu-
' dent than M. Bx Oreensfelder, the oldest
, student. Though SO years old,- Mr.
' Greensfelder is "one of the boys," ssso-
' -''"g with t1""" 'i-"'
leeletles
t and even - in tha 'gymnasium.
Thers
-'tis no more popular student in tha agrl
.;, cultural college, in which tha ?'old koy,'
. 'as Mr. Oreensfelder Is called. Is taking
special work. ... .. -' .s..
Professor Graduates Self,
; Superintendent Crawford of-theAr
' " llngton. Ohio. schools -will - havsth
unique privilege of poasesalng a, diploma
. .T ; granted to hianseir : by niroseii as -a
" . " T graduate of tba high-school.- Mr. Crsw-
. ' ford was, -supcrtnlandent-ot achoola be-
, fore the high school was started, and
. ..' . . . aa soon as it waa argantsed he began
the course with, tha young peopla,-
vr;
ught-Mcd FacJ: . W ..'
;.-Forthaflrst-tlmerln tha fclfltory-of
' tha-ancients orsanlration,-5- thj-'Med
lyaearof Harvard -rtinlTersltr-wera-l
- taught redhanded in one of their expe
ditions recently." Benjamin -Joy,-s proml-
,nent senior, was arrested on the charge
"and waa held In 11,600 for tha grand
"lurjf Professo Beale.fnrnlslied balV j
Carnegie Aids Negroea. y -,
Tha Rev. O. W.' Klncald, president of
tha- Western Pennsylvania Colored In
dustrial school, located near Newcastle,
has received a f 1,600 check from, An
drew Carnegie as a gift to the Institu-
tion.-V The school Is in prosperous -coa-
dlthm. harrnr received a stats approprla-
tlon of 1 6,000.- " "
INDUSTRIAL.
Turbine Battleahip
U.Tbs British admfralty has Invited en
gineering firms to make tenders for
tha construction of turbine mschlnery
: Intended for ona of tha new battleships
to ba built In tha government dock-
yards ' The specifications demand that
tha engines "develop J J.000 horsepower.
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.Tralna" Acroaa Alps. -
. Tha famous Jung friuT
"rallroajl.-: m
Bwltserland, is making steady progress.
Tha railroad has already been completed
'un to a height of .10.I40. feet. Trains
are, now running up toTthaElgtrwanjl
station.
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Another African Kauroafl. , '
SYTgrtTiiraeBe-avenimcnt
bl railroad from Delagoa bay to 8 was!
land. This adds- ona- more to tna many
"onenlnca UD" In Africa. '
SCIENTIFIC.
Waves Direct Torpedoes.
Dtanatehee from Puerto - da Hants
Maria on tha bay of Cadis announce
1 that experlmenta mads there with an
"" Invention of Senor Balsora, an employs
of the telegraph department, for direct
ing torpedoea at sea by means of Hert
lan waves, have proved highly sue-
-- I RELIGIOUS. r
"ZA Modern Noah. ;x '
Benjamin, of the JTlylng Rollera.-a
77Huee rellgjoua sect which is building
- the City of Pavld. Just outside Benton
' . Harbor. Michigan, is collecting a variety
of animals .which, he Bays, wilt ejual
- that of Noah, when all living -creatures
" '- were ared from the- deluge.- Benjamin
aays the dbj.ect of his work Is the Same
ss that of the patriarch of old, for It la
I prophesied that the- world will end
, shortly. Benjamin, hosu .collected up to
. this time a monkey, a parrakeet, cocka-
toos. parmts. Australian pigeons, a large
- ' number of -song- birds. r Bellsntnr,
Australian sheep and a gost. lie has
. contracted also for an elephsn and sey
7.1 ersl lions, togetherwlth-tthpranlmaIs
" j bf the Jungle. He proposes to Save all
ef them when tha time comes. J ; .
- Pastor Can't Resign. . -
7- Alt Hough- the -congregation ef- t.
Luke's Evangelical church of Louisville.
. Kentucky, has Informed the pastor, the
Rev. W. F, Wernhelm, that he haa mls
, , represented the state of bia health and
. that of his wife to obtain releass from
his charge In order to become pastor
. of a church In Buffalo, the members
refuse to permit him to "resign. . They
'. ssy that Mr. Wernhelm can lake a vara.
, , tlon and his expenses wilt be psld, but
- that he must return and preach. 'They
threaten to bring the mattef before the
ynod. : , , '
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.'. To Blackliat Millfonairea. ...
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Dr. Washington Oladilen. moderstor of
tbe national council of the Congress -
tlonal church, has declared for a black
Met of America's wealthy-men.. It was
the substance of hie interview that as
fast as. financiers are shown by regular
legal proceedings to .have made their
millions. Jay oppressive and illegal anett.f-
ods the church should and -Will, refuse
to solicit gifts from them.pr-.accept
motley for charity at their hands. .
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Chaplalo'a Queer Prayer.' '
The chaplain or the Hawaiian house
of representatives, the Rev. B. L. Desha,
is In trouble becsuse he prayed alqud
In the houee that., God would forgive
the members who had . voted for the
new Sunday bill and passed It over the
governor' reto.'i .vu- ... V..-
LEGAL AND CRIMINALT
Cigarette "Law Troublesome.
No other law ehactsd in Indiana has
been the subject Of . ss many varying
constructions as-as - the . sntl-clgsrette
law. of the recent session of the general
assembly. Borne Judges have held that
It applies only to dealers and have dla-
have held"thst It appll'
If they are 'found wli
,ndlv4duala
they are 'found with cigarettes or
cigarette paper In their possession, and
some haw held that even amoklng la
a violation and have fined persons guilty
of tha offense. Others still have held
that while the law Joes not spply to
the- Individual smoken he cannot legally
give a cigarette to another,- and convic
tion has been had for this cause.
FOREIGN.
A Popular Cheat.
Whether, 9t n& Wiiaaschieved a I
artistic success It Is certain that the
Hon. John Collier's, atrlklng painting.
"The Cheat." at thla year'a Royal acad
emy exhibition has . become - the most
t.llriM nf pltiir In TnMnn kt all the
clubs where bridge ,1s played it is a
staple toplo of -conversation and at af
ternoon- teas, , aacrto-femininity,-it
has. provoked mych acrimonious discos-,
sion. Some time ago an article was
written in-a popular magaslne accusing
women bridge players of being much
addicted to cheating. ' Itavoked a atorm
of. Indignant protests. In- Mr.-CoUler'a
picture .the cheat la a woman. But' no-
body-has srlsei to ilsnounce jjfcas--an4
-unwarranted aspersion on, the ex. rrora
which It msybe- Inferred societynow
concedes that women some women at
least do cheat at bridge wjieo they get
the. chance. . - - 1
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Europe's Oldest Woman.
Maria CandtdaMa galhaes-the oldest
woman In Europe; celebrated her 115th
birth- anniversary May .20. and Is proud
ly showing Jetter. from. Queen Amelle
of Portugal, who" some time ago visited
the home zor aged women-in .which, she
is-living1 and -apent-lialanhourin
AAHitanintlftw L i a T r fnli aft s hsUf
"Wee p an ay wwwwT warssrnTBsssrasrT. u .4 - - a' " v
g-1ernr-tn-posse9illF-f all hefrTaculi
ties sad declares she . does wot feel a
day older than aha did 60 yeare ago.
She often speaka of the battle of Trafal
gar, which abe remembera as If It had
Just happened. Bha has spent, most of
her life ss a domestic worker and at
tributes 'her- good health - to the ; fact
that she has always taken plenty ot
exercise and always beena jmuderte
drinker of- wine.
Eloped With Family. -"'
After having eloped with four daugh
ters of Mrs. Petra Herrera de Floras,
beginning with the eldest and finishing
with the Youngest. Ramon Rlvero Is
iow In Belem Jail, in Mexico City, where
he was lodged on complaint of his four
time mother-in-law, who stated that aha
feared he would try to beguile her Into
running away with him. Rlvero Is al
leged to have enticed the girls awayt
from- home, - one after-the 1 other; and
to hare deseTted-etrch In her-torn when
he wearied of her.,. After each deaertlon
be would reappear at the home of his
mother-in-law; and in a few days there
-wele ee .one- jess i JtB family of. eUris. .
World'aNewest Island. -
The - latest addition ' to the " man of
(he Japan sea la a little IsTandTonly two
snd three-quarter mil es-ln clroumfer-
I 1 i "'Ulna -uvv ICVi WUl ML 111. B.lir
at Its highest pornt. The Island, which
lajfjirolcanla
origin and possesses a. boiling lake at
the northern end.. : It is about three
nautical mllee south ot the Iwo islands
and has been claimed by Japan. It was
doubtless caused by the ssme disturb
a nee i that waa lately- responsible for
such a grave loss of life In India, and
la by no meana the first island to make
lla appearance In these waters. ; ... .
Spain Has Famine. 1 - 7
Tha Bpanlah government has granted
further credits to the amount of I4(0.
000 for tha construction of light rail
ways, with S.. view of relieving the pre
vailing distress. . Tin the province ot
Seville' the tradesmen era refusing to
sell food because the local autHorltea
sre not fulflUlng-thelt-promlses to-re-J
I m bums them. If tha present state of
affairs continues the children and aged
persons who are living In shelter pro
vided by the autborltiea will be deprived
of food. , ,. ..,.-..- : ........ ..... '
Australia Land Unsettled. ?- -
As the New Booth ITales government
Is strongly-desirous of removing the
impression thst Immigrants are not
wanted In that state its agent-general
in minn--commencea lmmeaiateiy
after .Easter, a series of addresses In
the agricultural aismcts or England. It
In estimated .thstt over tO.OOO.OpO acres
of "first-class wheat lends, "readily ac
cesslble by rail,, are still uncultivated.
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Argentina's. Gold Reserve
Argentina la piling up gold received
for Its excess exports."' The conversion
office 'now holds 6(9.000.000 gold, the
most it ever held, partly sgslnst the
republla'a paper-money- Bo much,, money
lying unproductive In causing anxiletv
to the governments - Tart 0 It may be
.sent to tngiana anausea,
Fine Dog Stolen. '
Barry II. the finest dog at the nesplce
ef uBrrnard. in the Alps, a descendant
of the famous Jlfcsaver Barry, haa been
stolen. . It is believed that the thief
is en Itallsn lay helper In the monas
tery. The enonks Say thst a strsnger
coul not have decoyed thedoj
away.
France JQaina Territory. 7 '
France haa Just enlarged her territory
jtoy an ezthange wltlt Belgium, , The
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. . S'aT7"1", MONKVILLE HAPPENINGS.l----:--o:
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I IWWj1 VTA A r .Wak. . Ml - IrJ ' V. -
- - ? Say,JVyhattth)Trouble Over Jtf . ' ' villi- -- : . . 1.:. ; ,: - ,- --- - . ',
jl . Aw, It'a the Head Officials of the Monkville Life -Assurance Society Holding a Meeting. '
Parle -awernmenthas-ecAdBdnreaaemhfty
nlsa - King Leopold s sovereignty over
La-Netjvllle-aux-Tourneurs, receiving
IhaaBjappUli
Rler.es as jompsntatlowi
pTowssTesattr-tnaeTrTteflaT a-ggran-
Isemeat ef-franee br W equare-yayds.
Lafayette Statue. .
" The large equestrian statue of Lafay
ette, offered by . the Americans to
France, which Is to take thepJaceof
tha-tempOTSrlly-erecTed plsster cest, will
shortly be placed in the square au
Louvre. - -.
ODDS AND ENDS.
Cape Colqny has borrowed tl0,76.O00
for rallway workaUJcal improvements,
etc.."
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In 1818 earthquakes were felt In Aus
tria on 2& days.
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-Ths shah of Persia has placed another
order for six high class automobiles In
Paris. - The value of this order is sai
to be 2,00.
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It -la estimated that BO 0 molor-QmnU.1
buses will be running In London a year
hence. Drivers of horse-drawn omni
buses tare toelnr'-tratned "for the " new
work.
-Smfeltlm
me ago iEu roea n woma n
at Peking presented the dowager empress
with a sewing machine. er majesty
was sq pleased with It that she ordered
100 modern machines lor tns laaies ot
the Chinese court. - "
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One bf the strangest societies In Japan
Is the cult In honor of Sir Isaac New
ton formed among the graduates snd
undergraduates of the Tokio university.
-Cerebro-eplnal meningitis r Is spread
ing to all-parts of north Germany.
By a large-majority the French sen
ate recently voted 18000.000 as ait In-
Miss Candace C Stixnson, the Only
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Ocean Yacht Race From Sandy Hook to the: Lixard. She Is the
Daughter of the Owner of the Fleur tie Lys and Passenger Aboard
That Yacht -
ual pensions granted by Napoleon I
i r
r It ls"annrmwd -w Wretersbtirr-tris-tl
the-arrangement -for -the' exchange of
postal money orders between Great Brit
ain and Russia has been officially aanc-
tloned.
By a decree of the khedlva lsaued
recently. EngIIshla - admitted las the
Judicial language in the Egyptian mixed
tribunals.
As an Indication of . their hostility
toward the government SkPetersbuxg
workmen are said to have- resolved Ho
boycott vodka, which la. manufactured
by the etate.
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Attached to a goat, a new bullet-proof
shield, the composition of -which Is a
secret, hss been tried by the Swiss mili
tary department with satisfactory re
sults. -
Here Otto von Btruve. a noted as
tronomer who discovered 500newstar
In the northern hemisphere, has Justt
died s,t-Karlsruhe, Germany.
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Built-20 years ago at a cost of 18.-
Wales, has never been utilised, snd la
now..tobe . converted into-an -agricultural
college. ; .'"
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-riieavtn ir S w ttxe rland rf or - A merlca-a
Swlsa-ntered Into a conversation with
a stranger st Kale, whom he discovered
later,. says.the Burner Volksxeitung, was
previously. - .
To be printed In the Abyssinian lan
guage, the negus . has ordered .4.000
copies of the Book of rsftlrts ' through
the Abysalnlsn mlsson, . at-present- In
Constantinople. -
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" The Canadian government . will dis
patch the steamer Neptune, Commodore
Low In command, to make an. effort to
pierce the Northwestern passage. The
Woman Who Sailed -in . the Great
Halifax, TJfova
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Thaselght jnrtn
whlh nlku 1 1 1 1
mltrtlons confined under the govr
ernment's bill are London, Lelth. New.
haven,. Grimsby. Hull,; Harwich, South
ampton and -the Tyne.'
' M. C. Oesterberg of Stockholm has
been appointed Swedish tutor "to Prln
cess Margaret ofrTOnhaugr7TrwhdIs eif
gaged to Prince Gustav Adolf, tha eld
est son- of the crfiwn prince of Sweden
and Norway.
found in the Jungles of India. It Is
an unusually large insect, the combs
being often I feet long,,,. 4 feet ' wide
and from 4 Inches to Inches thick.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Corset Carried Whiskey.
The business of smuggling; liquor
ScrOsS 1h r.n.rtl.n jln h. Kglivld
a heavy blow by the detection of a big
French-Canadian in one of the border
towns wTio was a walking tank. He had
a sheet metal corset, made double and
cpntainl,n's;jih.ree-gJlonfavilx.in
which, he "smuggled liquor right past
the eyes of the United States suthorl
tles. Suspicion fastened on him when
it was noticed that men whowent up
and spoke to him eventually became in
toxicated. An Inspector decided to warn
him, Tapping him emphatically on the
chest the inspector fell the metal cor.
set.-nearched the man;- and obtained his
ciinvlctiun as a sTrnrggreTr m e
was hinged In front, buckled in the
back, snd had a spigot at the waist for
drawing off a drink under the front of
tha coat.
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Will Retain Queue. ' j
There will soon be a Chinese laundry
at the Jefferson City (Missouri) peni
tentiary', and It will be in charge of
the-Only '. long-haired- prisoner In -ths
pen. . At least, thst is the plan of Judge
Rogers, who sentenced JI. G. Young, a
St. Louis Chinaman. ' to three months'
Imprisonment there for:passlhg"a split
bill." Judge .Rogers thought Young
might he a useful person In the laundry,
and requested- Marshal -Morsey to ask
the penitentiary off lclala -not to" cut off
Young's queue If they ran avoid It. ss
it was a matter of religion with . the
prisoner Young had pleaded is be al
lowed to keep his queue, -snd was pleased
when told that there was a chance thst
he would be allowed to keep It. Ha
said Ms-ancestors' would never see. him
In heaven if he lost it. . , 1 '
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Kick Killed Murphy. '
In trying to resist arrest Harry Mur
phy of Indianapolis, Indiana, was shot
to desth by Pstrolmnri. StreltnjL pecit-J
liar manner, ,-viurpny . was wantea ror
sssnult and battery. lie sew the patrol
man coming and ran out or a saluonil
where he was drinking. The patrolmen
fired Into the ground-to. scare hlmr Mur
phy Jumped a high board fence, but
Slrelt caught Ms coat tails ss he was
halt over. "Murphy, lying across" the
fence, kicked violently to get loose.
Strelt still held his revolver and nKe
nf Murphy's feet hit It, snapping the
expedition- win leave
Scotia, early In June.
an inch boarJ Into his right aide. HeTln,"r. " oc '
died an Instant after- the patrolman
helped him down. j
Gave .Frog Banquet , "
As the result of numerous' t
about living in "Frogtown," J. J. Moon
ey. an insurance, agent or Toledo, Ohio,
was the host at a unique banquet. -1
trolt men had
been having, fun at Mr,
Moomrya-expense-concrrntng frois,-sfl
he gave them a dinner in which every1
possible uss was made of the amphi
bians. In- the renter of ths tsble wt
six-foot' square frog pond derorsted
with. moss, logs and reeds -from the
msrsn t ana sioraaa wnn jnvs, irogs.
-ilYhlle the guests ate the frogs made
merry trt the pool,' splashing and -croaking.
Rubber frogs were used as place
cards and tha ice cream waa molded
tg.reprejmt frees
Lincoln and Davis. . . ' ' -
A novel plan of filling Kentucky's
two vacant niches in Statuary hall is
suggested by members of the Kentucky
colony In official service at -Washington...
Inasmuch - as Abraham Lincoln
Trd--JeffersunPav1g wererhrttver-of
Kentucky it Is proposed thst their
statues be plsred side by side as the
.offering of the - Bluegrass ' common
wealth- Colonel Bamuel M. Ual nee, a
Veteran ex-editor of Kentucky, who Is
now In the treasury, depsrtment. was
tha first to-advance-this Idea, and -it has
met with- such- general- epprevat'Tthaf
It Is "probable thst an appcoprlate bill
will be introducea at the next session
of the- KentuckyHjegtslB'
Doctor's Long Sleep. '- . .
" CrfirafTn rT FIsrhf,a phystdsn of
PlttsbuEg, Pennsylvsnls. has been asleep
almoat-connnuously for five weeka,. and
it is now. feared, that bf will never
awake. An oneratlon of trepanning has
been "performed by Dr. Csrl Beck of
St..' Mark'g hosrlsl. New X&tVc but It
Is feared Dr. Fischer's llfe-csnnot be
saved. T Wbeh. Dr, Fiacher flrat"Tett
asleep his continued - unconsciousness
was attributed to- -overwork and the
strain of anxiety concerning severer Im
portant cases in his cars. Ha received
every attention -and-hrother physicians
and specialises were consulted. no
diagnosis ' of the esse, however, could
be made without an operation. . ..."
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Fixed for Death.
September 1, because all of the cIarr-4
voyants of Omaha have so predicted.
Mrs. M. Brstlein, residing in tha Martin
flats, has frorthermeagejr funda bought
S shT6Tidina Is now saving money- to
buy a casket. Ho thoroughly is she im
bued with the Idea that -she la to pass
away un llutt date- that, fearing abe
cannot save a sufficient amount irons
her-usual income for-the casket,-she
hss selected. "mottoes", and pictures of
the Madonna which she Is selling from
house o house.- every penny -thus-derived
being plsced in a bank, .which. She
jasi9usizauaiautsv.
-k ft
Want a Nice "Jan.-1;
John Packham. who' Is serving a Jail
sentence of a year at Macon. Missouri,
and nine other prisoners have sent a
communication to-- thai local-ministers;
requesting pra7Tg that the hearts of
the members ot the .county court mignt
be moved to build a Jail fit for human
beings to ltve In. "The purpose Is, said
Pack ham, "."to attract the attention of
Christian -p6ple-toa.'-eond4tlo -which
should be intolerable In this . era of
humanity and the spread of the-gospel.
For months; the newspspers and jjltlsens
hav$ been pleading for a new'buildlng
Wltn proper ssyuary cunuiiivns -.
lighted cells. ..'-.-.''."-. .:.!' ;J.'"'
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In Honor of McKinley. V , ' .
On September 14, the fourth annlver-
sarjpOhe desjtA of WJlllsm McKinleyJ
the cornerstone or-ins naiignsi monu
ment will be' laid on Monument hill at
Canton. Ohio. - Justus William R. Day,
president of the McKinley National Mon
ument association, an intimate friend
ghbor-of Prs id ent McKinley,
111 Dlace the cornerstone. It ia the
present plsn of. the sssoclstlon to hsve
the .monument completed end the dedi
cation ceremonies September 14. 107,
the sixth snnlversary of President Mc
Kinleys death. I . ,
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Negroes in the Army. .
, Msny of ths applicants for enlistment
at- the- United States srmy recruiting
statlon-ln-Kansaa-Clty-durlng tha laat
few days have been negroes. .They are
being assigned to the-cavairy division
of the army.- There are four regiments
of negro soldiers Tn theregTilar army,
twn nf ""'"I' and w infnjry?ToH which
Two negroes, grsdustes of West point,
have reached the rank of captain. One
of them, Captain R. A.-Young, is a
military "attache
In Haytl. jonn k.
Lynch, a negro, who entered the army
as avolnnteer.-le-a-paymaster mt Omaha
with the- rnk-of -captain.
sumption Causes- Dhri
Andrew Herman of Detroit, Michigan,
haa brought divorce proceedings against
his brids of two months, on ths grounds
that she has consumption and that
should he live with her he would be
in dsnger of contracting the disease.
Ills wife protests thst when she mar
ried Merman she did not know ehe wss
afflicted with tuberculosis, snd even
now is not eertsln of .-Bhe notos tnst
Herman Is bound by his marriage vows
to support her. - .
Only Broke Fingers. - '"
Fslllng from the eleventh etory of a
new skyscraper In course of construe
tlon at" Memphis. Tennessee. L.onnis
Stroud, foremen of the-plwmblng forces
of the SeldoaA Breck Construction com-
psny, wss nuriea seemingly to aestn.
but lives to" tell the" tale. -' Stroud- lost
his balance and fell through the elevator
shaft. His cnmpsnlons hurried down,
expecting to"flnd a mangled body, but
Instead Stroud rose to nis reet-ana
exhibited three broken fingers ssthe
total damage. ...TTl '.
New Ambrose CanaL
Brigadler-Oeneral MacKensIe," chief of
engineers - of -- h-armvr has beew tn
formed -by Colonel Marshall, the army
inspector oNrivars -and harbors In New
Yorkv-that4he--new-Ambroaa ship-chan
nel will be open to navigation next year.
irhnugTrit-wtrt not be fully completed
for -several years. By next year the
channel will. oea5-feet-deep. and -1.60
feet wide.--The contract --calls for a
depth of 44 -feet and a width - ef 1,000
feet. ' , "
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Frank Barker, a' hoy murderer, con.
fined in the Nebraska penitentiary un
der sentence of death, will touch the
button which will spring his own desth
trap. Because Warden Beemer. the offl-
auntsrla hangman for the stste, whose duty
it is to spring tns-trap at an legal
deaths In-Nebraska, Is too tender-hearted
to perfoitn .the -operatin,, em the boy.
(young Barker has -volunteered to be bis
own liens ' -T - .......
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Boston Stamp bourse. v
The Boston Phllstelln society hss
voted to. establish a posts ge ... stamp
bourse. Tt will be the flrat stamp
bourse In the United Statea, and will
be superintended by James H. Lyons.
It will be open for business at regular
meeting nights. There '. era- postage
In several" orhe muss
Cities In Europe. The- eldest- and Tnost V
hnportant ta-tg TarlST' .- ,w . "
Good for Evil.
Charles 12. Hunter the new president-
of the Rough Riders' Reunion assoc'a-
tlon, - contributed $60 to the Snyder,.
Oklahema. relief committee. The fetrtld- y;
lng of ths town of Snyder cost Mr.
Hunter f 20.000. He was the. owner of, . .
the townslte ot Mountain Park, tbreV
mllee from Snyder, and ths town of
Mpuntaln 4Park was ruined by Snyder's -growth.'
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Buy Cherokee Lands. 1 "" y
- It'la -stated upon goM authority that"
MuakogeaIndlan Territory real estate
dealera are buying Cherokee lands re
gardless of their restrictions,, basing the
legality of their action upon a recent
decision of the 'United Statea supreme
court whlcH" bolda that when an Indian "
haa beeA'-gTven title to his allotment
he la no longer a ward of the govern
ment. : , -.' -
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Unconscious Prophecy. . ' '- "
To test the . love of his sweetheart. ' -.
of whom -He-waa Jealous, Bert Brown
of Dubois, Iowa, wrote a letter to tha
girl, informing has of his death on the
railroad . and signing to tt the name
of the man whom ha regarded as a rival.
With tha letter In his pocket and before
ha had time, to mall It Brown suffered
almost the death which he had pictured, r
A Mushroom SpeciaL
Aius;uipr3peglarrwhtch-'teft'I)ay:
ton. Ohio, over the Dayton eV Xenla
Tractltm-ltna. before svnrise on Morning,
carried 200 enthuslastlo hunters of tbe
fungi. Most of tha number alighted
at a; convenient- orchard-and scattered
in all directions. It waa the first mush
room speclsl In the history of the coun
tryres far as known, and proved a popa '
lsr diversion. ; . , .
Novelty: Lnlwill -,- Z2- '
...One of the oddeat wtlle admitted -4-
probate was that of Edwin Hellerlck of
j Reading Pennsylvania, who wrote and T
algned -It- en- hour before- he died - In "
a local hosplul this week. It resdr "t TjT
give all I own to" my beloved wife, ex-""
cept all my cigars to a friend (whose
nsme he mentioned), jnd I hope they
get It"
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A Missouri Alligator r
Nosh- Beery, proprietor -of the Com ---
mercial hotel of Leavenworth. Kanaas. '
and Oeotge Buohananand Riley Miliar, -
two Mlssourlana caught a 42-inch alll V
gator In Mud lake, Platte county. Mis- "
sourl. across from Leavenworth. .The .
'alligator waa taken in a traromel.net. -
, but not Jaefore it liad torn he net Into :
ribbons.
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Millions More Coming. .
In 1904. the number of arrtvale "at
Ellis Island was 104,000. the number for -the
entire country being S00.000.--Of -thess
ICS, 1 SO- sett led In New-Tork -city,
arid the great majority.-el -the- remain--
der Went to other cities es lsborrS,
where they are not needed.
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Killed mPrlsenghter. 1 r-
Edwsrd Kelleher wes sentenced to IS
yesrs in the Missouri penitentiary re
cently for killing "St. Louis Tommy"
Sullivan, a prlxeflghter. Sullivan was
shot-in saloon and died several days
later at the city hospital. Kelleher mads
a plea of self-defense. v.
Wanted to Help -Pope.
Believing the representations of '
man named Koch that he wee an emis
sary of Pope Plua X, a woman living at
Muenater. Westphalia, parted with $2,(00
on the understanding thst she waa eon-
trlbutln
o a loan, raised by -the pope.
she'wss to rscelve 100 per .
cent Interest. - .
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According to Age. i
According to the government statie
ticIanT'of-T NewSouth-Wales,-when - a, -woman
marries at the age of 20 she.
msy expect to have five children, at tha
age of i thiec tlilldisu. at lhaags
of 22 two children, and at the age
of 27 one child. .- ., .j.,
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Three Sets of. Teeth.; -
Mrs. "Wtlllanr Coyle of Beaver Brook,
Pennsylvania, agsd 10 yeare, la cutting
a third set of teeth. The teeth are.
appearing on the upper and lower Jaws
and are perfectly formed. Mrs. Coy is
is aa active as a woman It years heg .
Junior and is enjoying good health.
Lifeboats Busy. . - - , - --
-Lifeboats were launched on . service .
no fewer than 294 times on the Ameri
can coast laat yesr snd saved 419 Uvea .
Tbe fleet of lifeboats numbers 28s.
'VJLLY BOOK AT BI0 niCS.
--i - From 'the New Tork'Sun.
The famous copy of Joseph X. Ire
land's .Records" of the New York Stage,'
whirl) is said to have cost the late Au
guetln Daly 130.000 to extra-Ulustrale,
waa resold by the Anderson Auction
company yesterday. 4 The original vol
umes were extended to 49 by the Inser
tion of some S.eeo portraits, autographs,
play bills, etc.. and tha set Is In hand
some binding by Btiktman.
It was bought . at the Paly sale on
March l,'l00. by J. O. Wright eV Co.
for t8, 125 and was afterward transferred
to EVert 5ansen Wendell for about I?.- t
600. It. was sold yesterday bf Mr. Wen- "
dell's order, and after spirited bidding
was knocked" down to Georgs D. Smith -
for t.l4. . 1-r : --------j--
There were two very Interesting Foe ,
Itema One wss a two-page folio letter
of Poe to hie uncle. William Poe, datsd -Philadelphia.
August 16, 140. In regsrd
to a projected magastne, JThls jiroilght
tit. Tlie other Hein waa "tha original
manuscript Of what if believed to be an ,
unpublished poem of nine lines by Poe,
beginning; ,. i
Elisabeth, It Is In Vsln you say '
Love' nothou sayst tt In so Set at
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And signed with his Initials. E. A. T.
- Rome of the other aalee were:
Original autograph. MSB. of Etlsahetti
Barrett Browning's alterations and
emendations for "Aurora Leigh," en II
octavo pages, sach sheet, being, heed-!
Aurora Ilgh," and a nee en sn r
signed E. B. B.. 1240. Boi;ht ty I
lead aVCn
Autogrsrh I" . ft I
Barrett r
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