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8 VETERAN IS SERVICE PROP. J. «. DOWELLV'S (tI'ARTER « KVri KY AS A SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, CITIZEN AND EDUCATOR Came Prom Ireland <o MfameMta mid Hokum Tem'hinit J« Small !•<*■» tlt-MiciitH Ills Ability HfdiKiiln *«l. ami He Became Siijhtliilcii •lenl of the We»< St. I'aul SelujUla mitl at Sanw Time Cimdnclfrt One. Prof. .1. «:. Donnelly, principal >:f the Gorman school, will soon complete a quarter of a centurj as principal in th* public schools of St. Paul. With out exception he has served longer in the capacity of a principal than any other BChool uifn-ial now on the pay roll .i! the BChool board. There are a few, however, in the schoola who have serv ed tor a longer continuous period, but noi in tli»- capacity of principal. Of thr- half-thousand or more educa tors employed in the public schools. there is scarcely one who is as well known among teachers, and who has mM^^^s*! PROF. JOHN G. DOSSELLV. been as conspicuous in all school mat tt-rs as Prof. Donnelly. He has at all times been prominent in the St. Paul Teachers' association, and has shared ideas, which he has been frank to ex pr< ss. He led the opposition to the n ovement of the teachers' association to sue the city for back salary last fall. :;. believed that the school board was bending Its best efforts to do the right thing by the teachers, and such action r>n the part of the association would embarrass the board, and in the end gain nothing. -Although his following on the subject was in the minority, a Stubborn Eight was made against such action. The association finally decided to brir.g suit against the city for the hack salary due them, and the supreme rourt handed down a decision last week deciding against the teachers. Mr. Donnelly belongs to the old school '■'■ educators, but Ik'.s kept abreast of the times by the adoption of modern . th< ds In bin school work. His school, which is located in a distinctively wage earning community, is regarded by the board tip ••-■> of the best in the city. despite the meager facilities offered by ■■;■< of the older buildings. Th^ Gorman school is the only graded school in the city which has an alumni association and literary society, both of which are active organizations. Th? latter is comprised of the scholars of •'i seventh and eighth grades, who mcc( every Friday afternoon and give an original programme under the di rection of the teachers. Mr. Donnelly believes in combining the ideal with the routine in school work. Meetings of the alumni association are held regularly, and as an evidence of the ; LCtical results emulating from the association it has undertaken several new departures for the good of the fichooi. The school has nearly 500 scholars. The professor is wrapped up in his school work. It has not alone been of an educational nature, but he has al ways had the welfare of the commu nity tributary to the Gorman school at heart. The hard times weighed very heavily on the constituents of his school, and in many cases he has been the means of assisting families to keep their children In school, and at the : fame time to keep the wolf from the door. Prof. Donnelly 1? a man of very quiet habits, and of unassuming disposition. H< goes nbout his work without any I ostentation whatever, and Is a regular visitor at the high school building. Hardly a day passes that he does not. after his school work, visit the superin tendent's office. in the Central high school. He takes an active interest in all that pertains to the schools of the city. Prof. Donnelly was born at Six Mile Cross. County Terone. Ireland. His father was a well-to-do merchant, but at an early age young Donnelly con ceived the idea of coming to America. the land of promise across the sea. He received his early education in the na tional schools of Ireland, except two years that he remained in Ireland, when he attended a private school. Upon coming to this country he em barked in a number of enterprises, and first entered the educational field in 1566. when he taught a country school "7 7 " 13 Dr. Humphreys' Specific for Lingering Coughs, Stubborn Colds That "fcang on," Influenza and The epidemic of fJrip is proving- the popularity and intrinsic merit of "Seven'y-SJVen" as a preventive and cure. Those who take "77" in time do not have the Grip; those who take it early escape with slight illness, and by its continued use receive all the benefits of its sustaining- qualities, making- a rapid and vigorous recovery. At drogpists" or sent prepaid: 25c f>Or&sl 00 DR HUMPHREYS' BOOK SENT FREE. Humphrey*' M«<l. Co.. Cor. Willmni & John fcts.. New York. Be sure to get HUMPHREYS', at Webster, Bice county, of this state. In 1867 he taught in St. Alias" academy, Milwaukee, a Paroclal Institution. A year later he taught for a term the district school at Holland, Michigan, and the following term at Berlin, twelve miles distant from Grand Rao ids. The following year Mr. Donnelly returned to his parents at Milwaukee, and in the fall he came to St. Paul, and later organized the first high BChool in Anoka county, at Rosemount, and one of the- first in the state. Hist work was highly commended by the state super intendent and tn 1872 the St. Paul school hoard elected him principal of the Kice school, which had just been completed In what was one of the most promising portions of the city. In 1880 West St. Paul was annexed to St. P.iul. and throe small schools were opened up by the school board. Pi of. Donnelly was elected the same year as superintendent of these schools. In addition to teaching his own school, he was obliged to visit once a week the other schools, which oftentimes required his leaving his own school without any teacher. He was very successful in this, however, and i never experienced any of the little school insurrections which were at that time looked upon almost as a certainty in every district school. One of the three schools was held in the town hall, the second on the Dodd road and the third the central school, or "Flat" school, stood on the present site of the Lafayette building. In IcES than a year Mr. Donnelly re- turned to his o";d school on Granite street. The people living in the neigh borhood held several indignation meet ings and circulated a petition which was signed by nearly everybody in the Kice school district. During 1883 Mr. Donnelly resigned aa principal of the Rice school and went into the dry goods business at the cor ner of Ramsey and West Seventh street, where he continued until 188 ft. He sold out during that year and was appointed principal of the Gorman school, which position he has occupied to the present time. He is a strong believer in free text books and on many occasions has giv en voice to his sentiments on that sub ject. SEVEN FEET^OF SNOW. Colorado Han Never Before Eipe- I'iriiccrl St:cli Storm*. DENVER, Feb. 4.— Trains are again running on regular schedule from Den-' ver to Como, on the South Park road, but beyond Como the rotary is still bucking the snow drifts in the efforts to open the road to Kokpmo and Lead ville. Between Dickey and Leadvllle are twenty-five snow slides, each twen- I ty-flve to 200 feet long and eight to i ten feet deep, and at the present rate of progress Kokomo will not be reach ed until tomorrow. At Wheeler a freight train loaded with merchandise I and two locomotives, stalled since last Thursday, was discovered on a siding with the train crew still Its occupants. Slides before and behind had pinned ] it in. The train had been snow-bound for ten days. Division Superintendent Zeninger, of the Soutfi t-'ark branch of the Colorado & Southern, said today: "We have had seventy-one consecu tive days of snow and storm between Como and Leadville. In all that time there has not been a single day free from snow storm and high winds. The j old settlers state emphatically that this winter has been by all odds the most severe in twenty-five years. The ! snow is seven feet deep on the level j from Boreas to Climax, and in many j places drifted to more than twenty i five feet. The snow is sl»ht and grad | ual and drifts easily. There has been j no suffering from lack of provisions or fuel, unless it be at Kokomo. We have I the road, open between Denver and i Como and within twenty-five miles of i Leadville." MINERS MAY STARVE. Critical State of Affalrtt at .Inde pendence Dne to Storm. ASPEN. Col., Feb. 4.— The situation j at the mining camp of Independence, | eighteen miles from here, is critical in | the extreme. Starvation stares the in habitants of the town in the face. Pro vision and fuel supplies are nearly ex | hausted. Wood that has been cut and I piled up for winter use lies buried un -1 der many feet of snow and cannot be j reached. The mines there, in all prob ability, must close down now until spring. Roads leading to this place, the only source of supply for Inde pendence, are impassable, and the only method of journeying between the two places is on snow-shoes, an exceeding ly dangerous method of travel. The s(orm still rages fiercely at Independ ence, making the outlook more gloomy. Snowslides are so frequent between Aspen and Independence that it is al most suicidal to venture on the route there. Coldent In Yearn. LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 4.-Last night was the coldest in eight years In -entral and northern Nebraska, the thermometer regis tered 32 degress below at Valentin*; 22 below at Beaver City, and 18 below at North Platte. There was an absencj of wind and Valentine, which is the center at the north X< braska cattle ranges, reports that sto^k is standing the cold weather well and that there have been no losses. Soldiers Dead In Cuba. WASHINGTON. Feb. 4.— Gen. Brooke, com m&r.ding at Havana, reports to the war de partment the following deaths among the troops in Cuba: Corpjral Robert H. Doirtz, -Ninth volunteer infanu-y, dysentery at Sai tlago, Feb. :!; Corporal J. M. Hill, Fifth Unit ed States cavalry, malarial fever, Santiago, Feb. l; Private William H. Graham, Second Kentucky, gunshot wound (accidental), Ma- Utuzas, Jan. 31. Minnesota PolitipH And other information of great interest to Mmnesotans. Complete stalls. ica! record of vote of the last cnmpai«n. An invaluable reference. All ir. The Globe Year Book. I 25 cents, at counting room or by mail. IHK ST. PAUL GLOIJ&-— SUNDAY— - FEBRUARY 5, 189 D. t CARED NOT FOR HER LOVER'S CONVICT GARB, h » « © A Stranye Romance of Alabama That Began With a Shooting and Culminated in a Forbidden $S ®> Afarriage in a Convict Shack. Mb An Alabama woman of culture and personal attractions married a hero convict a few days ago, and two states are now agog with the gtory of the nuptials, says the New York Herald. It is an extraordinary narrative, this romance of the Southland — of the clay hills of Georgia and the black belt of Alabama. Even Opie Read's stories of Dixie life are tame beside this tale of truth. A more dramatic wedding cannot be pictured. In the center of a rude dis pensary, close to a convict stockade, a felon, melanchojy In his prison garb, held the eager hand of a fashionably attirtd woman, whose fair face loomed out from the somber background like a. cameo. In front of them a burly magistrate, with one powerful arm thrusting back a frantic interrupter, hurriedly read the marriage ceremony and pronounced the queerly mated couple man and wife. Such was the wedding of "Dr." W. S. Baldwin and Miss Eugenia Ray, at Dolive, in Mobile county, Alabama , on Jan. 14. But this marriage forms only one chapter in the remarkable story of love, heroism, tragedy and pathos. Stretching back over a period of sev eral years, this drama Involves two of the most prominent families In Ala bama and Georgia, and reaches for its details into courts and capitols, schools and churches, hospitals and death rooms. BEGAN WITH A KILLI.NG. In the spring of 1595 a university student went from Cuthbert, Ga., to vi&it his cousin at Fitzpatrick's Sta tion, on the Alabama & Georgia rail road, nineteen mile 3 south of Mont gomery. In the midst of the cotton growing section, where the plantation lilts of the working negroes keep time with hoe and shovel, this young Geor gian found much to please and Inter est him. There was a petite, coy Southern girl, Gena Hutchinson, whose brown eyes won the visitor's heart. He decided to establish himself afthis growing village of 200 souls. There was another suitor for the girl's favor, however, and Baldwin's path was studded with thorns. Miss Hutchinson seemed to find Frank Eid eon more attractive than his Georgia rival. Bad blood sprung up between the two men. Baldwin had studied at the Univer sity of Maryland and at the Vanderbilt university, in Nashville. Three courses in medicine had fitted him for a phy sician's practice, and the neighborhood looked up to him as a man of unusual education. Still, some ugly stories were told about him. It was said that Eld son found it convenient to tell some of these tales himself. Back at Nashville, it was rumored. Baldwin had wooed a Louisiana girl and won her hand. This story went on to say that he married at the bride's Louisiana home, but that after a few weeks he left his young wife. In after months Baldwin ac knowledged this report was true, but declared a divorce had been obtained. One bright Sunday afternoon Bald win, Miss Hutchinson and Eidson met in the little postofnee at Fitzpatrlck's ALABAMA LOVERS WHO WEDDED IN A CONVICT SHACK. station. No effort was made by either man to conceal his bitter enmity for the other. A few heated words were spoken and Eidson reached for his hip pocket. Even before the Alabamian could draw his gun Baldwin's revolver spoke. There were three shots, and Eidson lay mortally wounded. In the court proceedings that follow ed there was little to show that Bald win was either rewarded by Miss Hutchinson's love or that the Georgian had stood between the girl and Eidson. The latter died. Baldwin's relatives hastened to his side. Money and influence, plentiful and extensive, were forthcoming to urge his release. An effort was made to secure Baldwin's liberty on a writ of habeas corpus. This was unavail ing, and finally, after a few months' delay, Baldwin went to trial at Union Springs, in Bullock county. Some of the ablest counsel in trie state were engaged in his defense. They were gratified by a verdict fixing the prison er's penalty at ten years' confinement in the state penitentiary. Baldwin's father, however, was eager / the WorlA- every label / D genuine— the con- P tentj of every bottle \ exactly what the- 1 label specifier <s^> I When you buy \* here you buy wfet V you pay for -there I 15 not an imitation / label \r\ our entire / C StOCK! <3\© GN£> p, / St.Paul. V / C*6U\6-Awwjota 3j.Soiith.4m.sr. \ to appeal 'l hb case. The late Col. H. Clay Tompkfhs, one of the South'* most eminent lawj'ers, advised thai no effort be made ib disturb the judgment of the trial court. Baldwin finally accepted the sentence. .Hie head was shaved and he donned^tfte convict's striped suit. His education, quiet demeanor and gentlemanly tvays won for him the position of "trusty." His acquaintance with medicine gave him practice and rendered him of especial value at the "stockades." Jle was soon transferred to Mltylene. where there is a stockade and where t\Vo hundred convicts are employed 'to work in the large lumber mills. Baldwin was made physician for these convicts. It is there that Miss Eugenia Ray's personality entered into the story. Miss Ray is a member of one of the be3t connected families in Montgomery. Her father is a large planter, and is also connected with the oil mills and other industries of Montgomery. He owns a handsome home at Highland Park, one of the fash ionable suburban towns, and his three daughters have been mem bers of the most select coterie. Eugenia, who is the second daughter, was graduated with distinction at a Montgomery seminary in the spring of 1896, and immediately she was pos sessed of a fad popular among South ern girls— to teach a village school. Mitylene is a small village, but Miss Eugenia went there. It was a lonely life at first for this young girl just from the social gaye ties of the "sweet girl graduate." There were no young men of her set in the village, but in the home of a neighbor Baldwin boarded as a "trus ty." Baldwin excited the pity of the young woman. Frequent were the op portunities for the meeting of the two, and gradually the girl's pity changed to affection. The little school had not been in session many weeks be fore Baldwin was a daily visitor to the class room. To and from the school the couple strolled the pine fringed path together. They were con stant companions. Then came the school vacation, and Miss Ray returned to her home. That was in the summer of 1897. Letters continued the love assurances between the convict and his sweetheart. A CONVICT HERO. Next came ;the yellow fever. The restrictions of quarantine law forced Miss Ray' to remain in Montgomery. She could,, not return to the village school at Mitylene. Thousands of per sons were fleeing from the dread plague to the North. The parted lov ers longed far each other's companion ship in the trying days of the epi demic. Love led Baldwin to heroism. As a medical studerit he represented that he was an unusually competent nurse. The convict inspectors testified to his capabilities in the sick room. Baldwin volunteered to nurse the yellow fever patients at Montgomery. At such an hour such an offer was valuable to the state. It was accepted. An extraordinary course was pur sued. Gov. Johnston, with the consent and at the advice of the board of con vict inspectors, released Baldwin on a thirty days' parole. The convict went to Montgomery. He was allowed to wear citizen's clothes. At Hammer Hall, the seminary where Miss Ray was graduated, a hospital was im provised for patients suspected of af fliction with yellow fever. There Bald win made his headquarters during that month. He had the freedom of the city, and It is related that the fearlessness with which he thrust himself into contact with peril of death, the readiness with which he sought yellow fever patients, showed the courage born of heroism. But that month also afforded the hero convict many opportunities to see his sweetheart. He called frequently at the Ray residence and made the most of his companionship with Miss Eugenia. When the month's parole had expired Baldwin returned to his prison stripes. AN ELOPEMENT FRUSTRATED. Baldwin was assigned to what is known as Prison •tfo. 4, on the Coosa river, near Wetumpka. Meanwhile a definite understanding had been ar rived at between the lovers. Baldwin appealed to Qov. Johnson not to In terfere with the issuance of a marriage license to him. But the young people knew the Ray family would never con sent to the marriage. An elopement was planned. Miss Ray went to Wetumpka, ostensibly to visit a friend.! After her departure from Montgomery an acquaintance warned her father of a suspicion that she intended to marry Baldwin. Mr. Ray hurriedly ; hitched a fast horse to a light bu£gy and drove to the house where his daughter was visiting. Tt was a cross-country drive of twenty miles through tlarkness over uncertain roads, but the excited father reached Wetumpk^. at midnight and in time to prevent a >vedding. Miss Ray was tak en home, c It now transpires that President S. B. Trapp, of the board of convict In spectors. SVarned Miss Ray then that he would not permit the marriage. In deed, he threatened to deprive Baldwin of his privileges as a "trusty" if the efforts at matrimony were persisted in. Miss Ray turned her attention to ward a pardon for her convict lover. Industriously and with the persuasive powers that only a charming young woman can exercise, she got up one of the most voluminous petitions ever pre sented to an Alabama governor. But against her work were massed the ef forts of dead Eidson's friends. The Piosecuting attorney and the jury who considered Baldwin's case declined to fign the petition for pardon. Undis mayed, Miss Ray pleaded personally with the governor for executive clem ency. Her eloquence was in vain. Again and ugain she visited the capi tol, but Gov. Johnson was firm in hla refusal. In the meantime Baldwin was trans ferred to the stockade at Dolive, in Mobile county. On Jan. 9 Miss Ray made her last visit to the governor. She was accompanied by her mother. But Gov. Johnson remained obdurate. On the following Wednesday Miss Ray left home on the pretense that she was going to visit a girl friend. Thursday, Jan. 12, she told this friend she was going to McGehee's Switch, a nearby point. Instead, she boarded the train for Mobile. There she spent the night. The fol lowing morning she was met by friends of Baldwin and escorted to Dolive. Another friend had meanwhile ob tained a marriage license at Daphne and forwarded it to the convict. Con vict Lessee John D. Hand intercepted the envelope containing the license. He thought this would prevent the mar riage. But the lovers had enlisted the sympathies of Justice of the Peace Burns. This magistrate — stalwart, ag gressive and weighing fully 300 pounds — himself procured a duplicate license, and declared that, the couple willing, the marriage would be performed. THE DRAMATIC WEDDING. The bride-elect was met at the ral road by Baldwin and a small group of friends. The couple embraced each other and hastened to the shack in which Baldwin had been conducting a dispensary for the convicts. But Les see Hand, learning that he had been outwitted, hastened to the scene. He reached the place just in time to see the couple take their positions in f ont of the magistrate. Hand grabbed Baldwin by one sleeve of his prison garb and attempted to Jerk him out of the room. The powerful Justice of the peace shoved Hand back and thrust himself between Baldwin and the in terrupter. The magistrate fumed for a moment, stamped his feet, said some harsh things to Hand, and then de clared the couple married. Baldwin was taken back to the stockade. The convict's girl wife remained at Dolive until the Thursday following. The couple were kept apart, however, the intervening time. Mrs. Baldwin is now at her parents' home in Montgom ery, thoroughly gratified over the mar riage and confident thai her husband will yet prove the nobility of character which she is convinced he possesses. The Ray family is much chagrined over the affair. They refuse absolute ly to talk about it. Baldwin enjoys something of a practice as an un licensed physician, and he may be able to support his wife with some degree of comfort during the remaining six years of his term as a convict. He will not be permitted, however, to enjoy the society of his wife during that period. Baldwin's father is a physician at Cuthbert, Ga. He serves as a surgeon for the Central railway of Georgia. The groom Is twenty-eight years old and the bride twenty-two. A FIGHTING FAMILY. The groom comes from a fighting family. Two of his brothers "died with their boots on." One was killed at Brunswick, Ga., and the other was shot to death in the Indian territory. Back at Cuthbert. Ga., where the Baldwin family have lived for years, Dr. Bald win, the convict bridegroom's father, has a reputation for tremendous cour age. "He'd fight a circular saw," his neighbors say. The younger Baldwin himself is de scribed as being "of the shooting sort." Nervous, with keen, roving eyes, swarthy complexioned, slender and short of stature, there Is little attrac tive about him until he engages in ani mated conversation or seeks to make himself agreeable. Then the eyes soft en, the lips curve gently, the voice low ers to a purring tone and the whole man seems to nestle into the midst of one's confidence. Aroused, Baldwin is one of the most dangerous men that ever gained noto riety for being "quick on the trigger." President Trapp, of the board of con vict inspectors, regards Baldwin as a "bad man" — one to whom the revolver is the first and the last tribunal for the adjudication of personal contro versies. WAGNER'S_WIDOW ILL Relict of the Famous Composer Stricken With Pneumonia. BERLIN. Feb. 4.— Coslma. Wagner, the widow of Richard Wagner, the dramatic com poser, is dangerously ill of pneumonia at Vi enna. Co3lma Wagner is the daughter of Liszt, the pianist and composer, and was formerly the ,wife of Horr \on Bulr/w. She mariifd Wagner in 1870. His tlrst wife died in 1866. Possibly few except professional musicians realize the wonderful pos sibilities of the matchless Steinway concert grand piano, under the hand of a master. An exceptional opportunity for this somewhat unique experience is afforded by the appearance on Monday evening of the celebrated Rosenthal who will use the Steinway. W. J. Dyer & Bro., sole agents, 21-23 West Fifth street. Mlanmota Politico And other information of great interest to Minnesotans. Complete statistical record of vote of the last campaign. An invaluable reference. AH in The Globe Year E'ook. | 26 cents, at counting room or by mail. BEFORE DURING AFTER La Grippe TRY W l^ FOR BODY AND BRAIN Since 1863, Endorsed by Medical Faculty. immediate lasting efficacious agreeabla ' Sold at All Druggists Everywhere Avoid Substitutes THIS CAT DRINKS AND SMOKES. William Thompson, of GlenwootJ. Pa., has the most remarkable cat In Pennsylvania. The cat came to Mr. Thompson's home one atormy night a year ago. He looked so for lorn that he was taken into the house. The cat was so affectionate that he was adopted. After awhlio tho cat betrayed a strange fondness for the smoke that Thompson puffed from his cigar. It became co notice able that Thomas 1 foster father regularly shared his after-dinner cigar with the cat, giving him the smoke. For a jcke the cigar was put Into ihe cat-a mouth one day, and to Thompson's great astonishment the cat sat up on his hind legs and puffed away complacently. There was only one drawback to his success. His teeth were so sharp that they bit off thy end of the cigar. To remove this, Mr. Thomp son had a woadeu cigar-holder made i r Thomas and now he is able to indulge his taste for tobacco. abimv'T a ° c P™rAi a hwcnt of the cat is hi 8 effects « " bt ' er wfthou <- disagreeable E 6 O f i£. r £E — ot the *■* - Undoubtedly Mr. Thomoson, of Glenwood has a wonder in the feline speck's but th?re are many tblngß hls ™ here llSf wi, Dr ,f ° eiO ' JS Ilttle P ll^ owned lady who lives on one of the most fashion able thoroughfares in Evanstcn. TUc f man v %xy xsu: sum SS? S3 COL SEXTON DEAD. Grand Army C rtmmanrter Passed Away This Morning WASHINGTON. Feb. 5.-COI. Jameg a. bexton. commander of the Grand Army O f the republic, who has been ill here for several weeks, died this morning at 3:15 o'clock. Mrs. Sexton was with him. aguinaldojvaWs all Lay* Claim to the Entire Philippine Archipelago*. WASHINGTON, Feb. 4,-Aguinaldo has broadened his claim., or at least his agent ■h«re Agonclllo, has done so for him m ° ne Ule Beries of communications which he has addressed to the state depart- Sf n nV A t f. Uin SL d r asserts his Jurisdiction over f fxutt-S h= ore £* • confederation, this is certainly the f. st time that any su K ge S ti ? n has been made touchinl the Sulu archipelago. GAMBUNGMVTUST GO. Arrest of a Club Director and De portatlon of a German Officer. BERLIN,, Feb. 4.-Herr Yon Krecner a re tired officer of the guards and a nephew of the president of the Prussian diet, has been arrested on the .charge that, as a director of the cub Der Harmolsen. he inveigled a nura t>er or wealthy young officers into gambling Prince Henry XVIII., of Reuss, commanding corps at Dusseldorf, has been relieved fro;u outy and ordered to leave the country within three months, and It is believed this action is due to a recent mysterious gambling inci dent. 1 ICE FROM NOZZLE Did More Damage at MpTagn« Than the Fire Being: Extinguished. From the Chicago-Times Herald. When the wind was blowing a gale and the thermometer was 15 degrees below at McTague, Wyo., a flre place. The guests of the house escaped without injury and saved nearly all of their effects. The feature of the fire was that the extreme cold made it an exceedingly difficult matter for the department to cope with the flames. The water was forced through the pipes to the nozzle but as it left it it was quickly frozen into cakes of ice. These had no effect on the flre, and the frame building was allowed to burn to the ground. An effort was then made to save adjoining buildings by giving them a very thorough ducking, but the own ers objected, on the ground that the ice wae doing more damage than the water was good. The chief of the flre department refused to desist playing on the buildings, giving as his reason that if he stopped pumping the water would freeze in the hose and render it useless. He declared that the only thing he could do would be to pump water until the weather moderated. In the meantime the street from curb to curb had become a sea of lee, and an impromptu sJcatlng rink was presented to the citizens. Fortunate ly, the wind abated and the flre en gine was stopped and the only dam age done by the fire was to the hotel. In the meantime, however, all traf fic is suspended on the main street, and in its stead the whole population of the city began to block business by enjoying the winter pleasure of skating on an improvised rink. A game of hookey was begun yesterday, but the police interfered after half a dozen plate-glass windows had been broken by the enthusiasts. The loss on the building was about $1,000, but the damage to property by the unusual conditions presented will exceed several thousand dollars. TRAVELED~AS~TRAIVIPS. Two Princeton Young Men Tell of Their Odd Experieucen. From the New York World. Two members of Princeton univer sity, made a remarkable experiment during the Christmas holidays in prac tical sociology as applied to a study of the tramp problem in New Jersey. They put on old clothes, placed revolvers _n their pockets— the exact things a true "hobo" would not have done — and left Princeton with not a penny in their pockets. Walter Wyckoff. who made himself 1^ famous by playing traveling laborer for two years and writing books on his experiences, is now a professor at Princeton, and these two young men are members of his class. They want ed to practically test their teacher's teachings. The students were Charles A. Foster and Alfred T. Fitzgerald. That is to say, these are the names they gave out. Their "tramp names" were "Hump" and "Mack."' They left Princeton on foot and gut their first meal at a farmhouse. Then they boarded a railroad train and "bummed" their way to Monmouth. On the train, which was a freight, they fell in with some "hobos" and got a glimpse of their life there. At Monmouth they were challenged by the police and spent the night in the city Jail. Near Petrth Amboy they fell in with a l<!g camp of tramps, and one of these was particularly striking. O t t him one of the Princeton men says: "I asked him why he did not settle down. In his reply there was the logic of the ancient Phoenician philosopher: 'Why work when one can subsist on the labors of others?' He was intelli gent, yet seemed to lack that ambition that turns intelligence into practical use; capable of effort, yet too lazy to profit by it; well read, yet unable to make use of It. "He was a great admirer of Kipling, and, to my amazement, quoted several selections of his verse, the 'Recessional' especially, with much spirit. His reci tation of 'Sestlna on the Tramp Royal' brought the whole crowd about him." Steamer Rhynland Floated. PHILADELPHIA. Pa., Feb. 4— The steam er Rhynland, which went ashore on Cotton Patch shoals on Tuesday night, was floated at 1 o'clock this morning. With the excep tion of the damage to her rudder and pro peller, she is aparently In as good condition as when she went aground. She will be towed to the city by the tugs which pulled her from her bed of sand. First Missionary to Porto Illci.. CHICAGO, Feb. 4.— Chicago will have th« honor of sending the first Episcopal mission ary to Porto Rico. Bishop McLaren has ap pointed Rev. George B. Platt as special mis sionary of the Chicago diocese. He will Irs- -■ for the West Indies to take up his new dutl»s about March 1. He will work under the per sonal Instruction of Bishop McLaren and will establish missions and schools in all the large settlements on the island. Gunboat Castlne at Gibraltar. GIBERALTAR, Feb. 4.- -The United State? gunboat Castlne. which sa,lled from San Juan on Jan. 13 for Manila, by the eastern route, to reinforce Dewey's fleet, is taking 00 coal at this place. The United States Military transport Grant, which left New York on Jan. 19, also bound for Manila and which arrived bere on Feb. 1 for coal ntid fresh supplies, proceeded for the Philippines to day. The public are invited to take par ticular notice of the fact that the pia no used exclusively by Mr. Rosenthal is the Stelnway. W. J. Dyer & Bro., sole agents, 21-23 West Fifth street. Bridge Spun Pall*. DAVENPORT, 10.. Feb. 4.— A -;pan of th« h}gh bridge over the Mississippi river at Muscatlne, 10., fell this afternoo : >, twins to contraction, due to the cold. Patrl -k Curray ■was Injured and four horse* were killed. Women in Japan. Japan Is going to have a woman's univer sity, the Nffaou Yoshl Daijralni, In place of the fromer Academy of Nobles, at Toklo. WORMS , " A **?* worm eighteen feet long st '•?5* o*™e on "*• scene after my tailing twe •JASCARETS. This lam Sure has caused my • . ho *i tll tot toe past three year*. lam still luking Oascarets, the pnly cathartic worthy of notice by sensible people." Gbo. W. Bowlk, Baird. Mms. TRABI MAS,* »»Ol*TT*tO^^^f Pleajant. Palatume^Potentr Tast* Good Do ood, Nerer Sicken. Weaken, or Gripe. 10c. 25c. 50c ... CURE CONSTIPATION. ... ~ril»f Html; Ompurr. Chleaf*. Moatml, lew Tfk. MS i-TO-BAC