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Tii* Woman and the Cellar.
Society our •—am* that the alga of
woman's emiadpttloa from tbe aeelu
aton of til* harem or tbe slavery of the
MTife tribe la her education, or her
domestic responsibility. Not atalL Tha
symbol cf bar freedom to do aa aba
jfleasea and to be what aba pleases la
fear possession of the right to wear the
masculine lines collar. Comfort, trim*
7«eas, respectability, dignity are all ea
***]trencbed behind the spotless white of
^^:tbe carefully laundered band. Bate in
V^its firm creep, a woman may be active
or idle, warm or cool, calm or excited,
!fbe hlstj.7 of the collar is Interesting,
t' la Its present form It Is, of course, a
!T modern device. Those "ho woald
1 trace It to the necklace of teeth col
fescted by the savage mistake its real
aignificance. It began Its existence In
Civilization, not in barbarism. The ruff
Invented to hide a royal scar evolved
Into the lace ruche and the linen band.
{The Byronic collar proclaimed laxity
of morals, as the white stock declared
lor the stern virtue of the Puritan.
Dut the conventional modern collar
has encircled the neck of the modern
freeman for many years, and has ap
parently established its claim as a
kind of insignia of liberty. Let the
woman beware how the charms of
lingerie or lace beguile her from her
Tight in the plain linen collar, urges
the Youth's Companion. When her
Wle la that of princess or queen, she
may don the necklace or the ruffle.
When she claims her right to a fair
partnership, a good day's work and a
phare of the profits—be they gold or
truth or love—let her wear, happily the
white linen yoke, at once buckler and
badge.
Constitution Island, which the gen
erosity of Mrs. Russell Sage has pre
sented to the United States govern
ment aa an addition to the West Point
reservation, waa once a strategic
place. During the revolution a gigan
tic chain was stretched from It to the
knalnland to prevent British warships
from making their way up and down
the river. At first, so Bay the records,
the chain sank so that boats could
float over it thiB difficulty was at last
obviated by the use of a log boom.
8c?aral of the links have been pre
served as curiosities, notably at the
Washington headquarters at Newburg,
ano at Trophy Point on the We#
Point plateau. Constitution Island
was the home of Susan Warner, who
wrote under the pseudonym, Elizabeth
Wetherell. Here "The Wide, Wide
World," "Queecby" and a score of
books of religion and romance were
composed. Misa Warner is burled near
the Cadets' monument in the West
Point' cemetery. Her sister, Hiss
Anna Warner, who also wrote many
novels, still lives on the island. In
presenting the island to the nation,
Mrs. Sage announced that Miss War
ner is a joint donor, inasmuch as she
has "steadily refused, from patriotic
motives," to accept offers to sell from
private parties, who were willing to
give more than the government could
afford. She Is to have the use of her
old home while she lives.
Convention requires that the writer
of a letter shall at the beginning and
end of bis epistle express, if he does
sot feel, respect for the person whom
lie addresses. Sarcasm, vituperation
and virulent hostility may be intro
duced by "Dear sir," and followed by
"Very respectfully, your obedient serv
ant." The writers of "baboo" English
In India—some of them, at least—are
more consistent A sympathizer with
the sedition now in progress in India
lately wrote a letter to an English of
ficial, which la printed In a London
paper, which begins, it is true, with
"Dear sir," but concludes with this
sentence: "Hoping you are not In good
health, 1 am your enemy, Gemajl Tim
aJL"
Prof. Doibeare of Tuft's college has
found that at 60 degrees Fahr. the
rate'of the chirp of crickets is 80 per
nftnute at 70 degrees Fahr. the rate
is 120 per minute, a change of four
chirps per minute for each change
oi
one degree. Prof. Dolbeare also notes
that the individual crickets chirping
by themselves observe no great regu
larity, but in chorus they keep in time
as If led by the wand of a,conductor.
Again, the professor asserts that crick
ets in adjoining fields, preserving the
same rate per minute, will follow dif
ferent beats as of their respective con
ductors, "as one ms*y easily perceive
by listening."
.At a recent special session'f^e Geor
gia legislature passed a law which vir
tually ends the convict-lease system.
Heretofore men convicted of penal of
fenses have been leased to contractors
for work of certain kinds. They were
/dreed to toll in chains, were poorly
fed and ill clothed, and In many cases,
subjected to hideous cruelty. The sys
tem also tended toward corruption in
the administration vt the laws,, and
was altogether evil. Georgia Is to be
congratulated'upon having rid itself of
-the. syatam.%rW'$j*$
A pension for total... disability ha?
been granted to a soldier who con
tracted lfeprosy while serving in ih«
army in the Philippines. It amounts
to |72 a month. The government, very
properly, takes tore of those who risk
ilfeandbeaJtb In Its servfce^l^S^?^'
ft
that Georgia' heiress bad Wen
M^cti five dollars Instead of 1500,000
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Iowa State
FIRE AGENTS MEET
Will Finish Detail Worfc of Prsven
tlon Bureau.
Des Moines.—All the prominent
state and special agents of lire lnsur
ancn companies doing business in
Iowa were in Des Moines Nov. 10 to
attend the second meetins of the
Iowa Fire Prevention association.
There were at least 160 underwriters
la the Commercial club hall when
President Warn shuts called the gath
erlng to order. President Warnshulr
divided the state into thirty-five dls
tricts, with a chairman at the head
of each. Inspection of large rlskf
and conditions will be made In each
district and reported to the chairman
who will in turn report to the secre
tary at Des Moines. The fire agents
wilt inspect all large buildings and
notify property owners of the defects
discovered. The property owner is
then expected to remedy them and
make repairs. The inspectors will
also investigate Incendiarism and will
work In conjunction with the fire
marshal, an office which will be In
augurated by the legislature this
winter.
2,500 PEOPLE ARE AFFECTED.
Residents and 8tudenta at Iowa City
in Dyaentery Epidemic.
Iowa City.—Fully 2,500 residents of
Iowa City and students of Iowa uni
versity, Including most of the mem
bers of the football team, are suffer
ing from an epidemic of dysentery
which has swept over the community
,t was almost necessary to suspend
class room exercise at the university
on account of the small attendance.
It was later determined that the
dysenteric erilemic waa caused by
crenothrlx, a micro-organism which
flourishes in the still water of the
mains. A test is being made of the
river water and unless it is very im
pure, the mains will be flushed with
unflltered river water, which will re
move the organic growth. In case the
river W2ter is t'oo impure to be used
with safety nothing can be done ex
cept to let the crenothrlx work Itself
out by natural means. In the mean
time boiled water is being used by
the residents of the city.
IOWA TO BE TOBACCO CENTER
Secretary Wilson Pleased With De
velopments Near 8ac City.
8ac City.—It is quite evident that
this section is destined to be one of
the great tobacco raising centers of
this country. This year W. L. Strum
has raised 140,000 pounds, and the
yield per acre was very large and the
quality surprisingly' fine. Recently
Secretary «f Agriculture Wilson was
shown a sample and given an oppor
tunity of testing it and he pronounc
ed it a superior quality. He was so
taken with the project as a possible
successful western Iowa Indnstrv
that two experts will be sent here to
make a thorough examination.
SUES BIG BREWING FIRM.
Saloon Man Wants to Recover IS,737
Paid Out.
Waterloo.—Alleging that liquors
sold to'them by the Val Blatz Brew
ing company and paid for by tbem
were sold in violation cf law, Joseph
Lcder and Martin Loder of Solon,
Johnson county, instituted suit here
against the brewing company to re
cover money paid it for lager beer
during the period extending from
June 26, 1899, to Oct. 3, 1905, the
amount of $3,737. Plaintiffs claim
defendant is a foreign corporation,
but that at time sales made to them
it conducted an establishment on
Dewey avenue, Cedar Rapids.
Bound Over to Grand Jury.
Newton.—Earl W._ Lindsay, until
recently manager of the Jasper Coun
ty Telephone company at Co'fax, was
"bound over to the grand Jury on the
charge of rape upon little 8-year-old
Grace Hopkins. Justice J. W. All
free of Newton, before whom the pre
liminary hearing was held, fixed the
amount of Lindsay's bonds in the sum
of $2,000, but the prisoner has not
found bondsmen and be was still In
custody in the Newton Jail. The
state examined only enough witness
es to have Lindsay bound over to
tbe grand jury, which will sit Decem
ber 2. The defense offered no wit
nesses.
Will Back New Industries.
Sioux City.—Prominent business
men of Sioux Sity have organize a
corporation for the purpese of bach
ing all new industrial enterprises that,
money will head toward Sioux City.
Before Jtn. 1 the new company will
be dcing business in a manner that
promises to opep the eyes of com
mercial Sioux City and give a new
Impetus to the movement of a city of
lOO.COO population. The corporation
will have a capital of $100,000 and
every business -man. of standing Is
to have an opportunity to pledge him
self for a certain number of shares.
Events 'of Recent Occurrence Uronsboot the
Commonwealth.
Coroner OnIV Won In Clinton.
McGregor.—William Beernian. por
oner-elect in Claytin count.v, is *d's
tinguisbed as being the only republi
can on national, state or ccinty ticket
who polled a, majority. of votes In
Cl.ay.ton. cpuijty. 'Tis strange, but
true, that the republicans seem to
glean little consolation from the fact
that they are in control of the
coroner's office.
J. W. Henderson Dead.
•Cedar Rapids.—Hon. John W Hen
derson, former state senator and for
mer mayor of this, city, died Nov. 8,
aged 8$ years. He was. treasurer of
the Farmers' Insurance company for
thlfty ytfars, and had just retired
from -the treasureshlp of the Crescent
lodge No, 26, A. F. and A. ,' after a
continued aervi©* of forty
BAD YEAR FOR CEMENT MILLS.
So Say Managers of Big Eatabllsh
menta at Mason City.
Maaoa City.—"This has been a
hard year for the product of cement
mills,** said Secretary McCourtle of
tbe Northwestern Statea Cement con
pany. at Its second annual meeting
here. McCourtle went on to ex
plain that the panic which was preva
lent in the east affected the big!
projects In the way of building, and'
thus directly affected the cement
business. Many mills were shut down.
While this was true the local mill
waa able to run under full head all
year, and declared its regular
dividend, and re-elected Its present
corpa of officers. Tbe mill at tbe
present time I* turning out cement
at the rate of 3,500 barrels per flay,
and all of this Is finding a ready sale.
Eight big kilns are under fujj head
way, and ne.vly 400 men find steady
employment
BISHOP LEWIS TO SAIL 800N,
Ha Will Embark from 8an Francisco
Nov. 17.
Sioux City.—Bishop Wilson Seeley
Lewis will sail from San Francisco
on the steamer Hongkong Maru for
China on November 17, and will hold
his first conference at the West China
mission at Chung King, 1,500 miles
inland in China on February 3. His
headquarters in China will be at Foo
Chow. Mrs. Le*[is left Sioux City
Monday evening to join Bishop Lewis
in St. Louis where a large Methodist
meeting will be held. Bishop Lewis
will attend the meeting of a board
of bishops in Topeka Thursday. The
bishop's position as president of
Morningside college has not yet been
filled, the college being In charge of
a board of regents.
MUST PAY PENALTY.
George Young Pays Penalty for Kill
ing of Frank Parker.
Newton.—In the presence of an
aged father, George Toung was sen
tenced for the Frank Parker murder,
near Kellogg, and next Monday he
will be taken to Fort Madison by
Sheriff Russell to begin service on
twenty year term at hard labor.
Young seemed a thoroughly penitent
man as he stood before the court
Judge Clements talked to him in a
kindly manner and asked the prisoner
questions concerning his past record.
Toung said he was born In GlflSrd,
la., thirty-five- years ago. He an
swered with not a little pride that he
had never before been in trouble In
the courts. Evidently the young man
concluded to take his punishment
without further fighting, for no mo
tion for a new trial or an appeal was
filed. Young may reduce his sen
tence from twenty years to eleven by
good behavior.
SECOND CARROLL BANK DEATH
National Examiner 8haw Is 8trlcken
While Alone.
Carroll.—National Bank Examiner
Shaw, who was called here by the
recent Buicide of President W. L. Cul
bertson of the IfirBt National bank,
and that Institution's sensational fail
ure, himself became tbe victim of
sudden death while alone in hlB room
Mr. Shaw died at 10 o'clock on the
morning of Nov. 12 of hemorrhage
of the brain after he had beea dis
covered helpless and dying In his
rcom when a clerk of Burke's hotel
called him for breakfast at 8 o'clock.
The clerk was somewhat alarmed
when he got no response to hl:
knocking and forced the door open.
He found Mr. Shaw lying across his
bed unconscious and breathing very
hard. From the surroundiugs it was
very evident that he had been Btrick
en while preparing to retire.
ODD FELLOW8 SUE ON NOTES.
Nora 8prings Lodge Goes After
$4,000 Due it.
Nora Springs.—In order to collect
the face of two notes for $2,000 each
given some five years ago to the local
Odd Fellows ledge by tbe late James
Ecnahue cf this place, suit was
brought by attorneys representing the
order. The nctcs which were given,
one to the Odd Fellows ledge and
the other to the Rebekahs, were te
be paid after death. Mr. Donahue
died some, two years ago. F. H.
Scbnedler of Ncra Springs, the ad
ministrator of the estate, claims
there are no funds with which to
pay the notes and therefore refuses
to meet the demand. Suit will be
brought against him to pay the
J4.000.
Pays Tribute to McFarland.
Marslmlllowii.—The public -~nor
inl service in hontr of'Silas Mc
Farland, lair nlfcd States consul
general at large for the European dls
trict, wns largely attended on the
yfternoon of Nov. ll, p.t the Congre
gational church. Col. Lafayette Youn"
editor of the Des Moines Daily Cap!
tal, end fcr many ye^rs a warm per
sonal friend of Sir. McFarland, de
livered the eulogy to the dead consul
gehcral.
Glrl'3 Hair Causes a Fire.
Iowa City.—A long braid cf h?'
caused flames lo Jump from a kero
sene stove to the clothes on the back
of Miss Enima Miller of Iowa, Cilr
And the girl was badly burned before
the fire was extinguished by neigh
bors, who rushed to the rescue, tier
side .and back -were painfully seqred
but she wJll recover.
Ten Years' In 'Pan.
Waterloo.—Charles King, aged 48,
Indicted for' aiding prisoners to es
cape,, pleaded: guilty and was senten
ced not to excecd ten years at Fori
Mkdison.' King aasaulteil SherUI
Cildwell at meal time, and lifer mad
an attack on fair-deputy.
RECEIPTS FOR FISCAL YEAR
ENDING JUNE 80, *191,478,683.
LARGEST
DEFICIT
V',Vv/
Washington, D. C., Nov. 13-—Post
master General Meyer announced
that the postal deficit for the fiscal
year, ended June 30, 1903, amounted
to $16,910,279. Tbe receipts were
$191478,63 (being $7.«95.657 greater
than the previous year,) and the ex
penditures $208,351,886. The deficit
is the largest In the history of the
postoffi' department. An analogs of
the figures shows that $9,891,3*1 rep
resents the advance in the rale of
compensation authorized by oongress
for employes of the railway mail ser
vice, rural delivery service, city de
livery service, and assistant postmas
ters and e'erks in postoffices. The
normal Increase in the rever.oe for
several yea1 was about 9 per cent,
and in 1908 4.29 per cent, the falling
off in the rite of growth being due
to the fin tncial depression. The
postmaster general said in hts annual
report he vrild call tbe attention of
congress to tbe faA that he is
'firmly convinced that tbe establish
ment of a pedal local parcel pest
confined to mral routes tfould tend
to wipe out "he postal deficit an*
would finally make the rural delivery
aelf sustaln*:g, besides being of ser
vice to the farmer and a boom to
the retail country merchant."
CA8TRO READY FOR WAR.
Me Puts His Set.porta in a State ot
Defense.
Caracas, iv. 13.—With tbe plac
ing in position of mountain' artillery
at various r'rateglc positions about
La Guaira so as to prevent any at
tempted landing from Holland's war
ships if they :ome to Venezuela with
hosille Intent, President Castro has
now completed his preparations for
the defense of Venezuela's principal
seaport and gateway to Caracas. Not
only have tie Venezuelan army and
navy made preparations for a block
ade, but a'to the merchants of both
La Gaaira and Caracas. All of tbe
salt in La Guaira was purchased by
a promlnen* politician and the entire
stock of tb9 flour mill wr»s acquired
by influenzal interests. Unusually
large importations of rice and other
provisions *iave been received from
Europe bj tbe principal importers,
who instructed their European con
nections to make heavy shipments if
they were convinced, after making in
vestigation that Holland meant busi
ness.
Nominee is Unwilling.
New Ycrk, Nov. 13.—A republican
was e1ec*«,£ to congress in North
\Carolina, and who bemoans the fact,
la in Ner Yor-c. He is John Motley
Moorehc-, a wfell-to-do woolen mill
operator, who reluctantly accepted
the nomination, refused to campaign
and did not expect to win, but when
the vote8 were cousted, defeated Au
brey B'ooks, the Democratic candi
date by more than four hundred votes
in the first district. Thef unwilling
statesman is now on bis way to
Washington to obtain a residence for
himself and family, still persisting
that he is a "business fan,' and ignor
ant of politics.
Narrowly Eacape Burning.
New York, Nov. 1"»—Less than aa
hour after a large audience had left
the Park theater, a historic Brooklyn
playhouse, fire was discovered last
night, and an hour liter the building
was in ruins. Mrs. Mary Spooner,
head of the Spooner stock company,
which was filling an engagement at
the theater and several members of
the company were in their dressing
rooms and tbe office, but they escap
ed without injury. Lost $126,000.
8hercliffe's Family Sticka.
Minneapolis, Mfnn., Ndv. 13.—R. W:
Morris of Melbourne, ,1a., brother of
the prisoner held here under tha
allaB of Frank J. Sherollffe on a rob»
bery charge, and facing a fifteen year
sentence for murder in Colorado, ar
rived in Minneapolis yesterday.
Morris will employ an attorney to de»
rend Shercliffe, and Shercllff'e family
in Iowa will stand by htm.
Earthquakes in Missouri.
Sedalia, Mo., Nov. 13.—Two slight
earthquake shocks were felt here yes
terday morning. Windows and doors
wive violently shaken, but no dam
age was dcSe. The shocks were also
felt at Houstonia flfteen miles ncrtb
east of Sedalia and at LaMonte.
twelve miles west' of here. The vl
brat Ions appeared to be from nortu
to south.
Cornell be'an Resigns.
Utlca, N. Y., Nov! 13.—Dean Thomas
Frederick Crane of the Cornell uni
versity faculty, who- has been con
nected with the university for forty
one years, resigned his position, and
at the end of the academic, year will
retire on a Carnegie pension.
New Arrest In Carmack Case.
Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 13.—John D.
Sharpe, er-sheilff of this county, was
arrested here yesterday, charged with
murder and abetting In the murder
of Senator E. W. Carmack last Mon
day afterncon.
Root Denies Candidacy.
Bcstcn, Nov. 13.—It an, interview
published in an afternoon paper yes
terday Secretary of State F.llhu Root,
who is in town, stated thait he was
not a, candidate for the,.United Statea
senate.
100 Paasengera Escape.
Butler, Pa., Nov. 13.-1-Pas8enger
train No. 11, southbound on the Bes
semer &. Lake Erie railroad, running
40 miles an hour, was wrecked four
mllea east of here. Over 100 passen
gers escaped with slight injuries.
Qan. Dodge Re-Elected.
St Louis,. Mo., Nov. 13.—The So
ciety ot the Army of Tennessee
wound uj» Its business' sessions here
yesterday. Msj. Gen. Grenviile M.
Dodge was reflected president
f' ft»
IN HISTORY
Due to Advance In Pay of Employes
and Lower Par Cant in
Increase of Incoms.
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ELEVEN PEfilSHJH WRECK
TERRIBLE COLLISION OCCURS
NEAR NEW ORLEANS.
Locomotive of Express Craahes Into
Coachea of Local Train—Many
Persona Are Hurt.
New Orleans.—It was a heavy price
in human flesh and blood that prjd for
the errors of railroad trainmen when
a Great Northern express crashed into
the rear of a New Orleans & North
eastern local, shortly before nine
o'clock Wednesday morning at Little
Woods station, a fishing and bunting
camp on Lake Poncbartrain 12 miles
from this city. Eleven persons were
killed and many more Injured, some
of them fatally.
The wreck was attended by unusual
ly gruesome scenes In the fog-bound
swamps of the lake shore. To add to
the horror of the situation, the debris
caught fire and only the heroic Work
of the surviving passengers prevented
tbe cremation of those pinned down
in the debris.
The following killed have been
Identified: C. A. Crawford, Seminary,
Miss. William Attaway, three years
old, Slldell, La. C. B. Lowry, southern
representative of American Creosote
works William A. Martin, Slidell, La.
J. H. Shows, Morriston, Miss. Ora
Travis, Hattiesburg, Miss. Augustus
Heitkampf, Pearl River, Miss. Prof.
C. E. Roos, New Orleans university.
When Engineer Blackman' of the
Great Northern train took the North
eastern tracks at Slidell he says he
was given the usual right of way sig
nal and proceeded to shove his train
toward New Orleans at a 45- mile an
hour clip. As the station at Little
Woods was approached, tl.e North
eastern local suddenly oomed up
through the fog.
Engineer Blackman applied his
brakes and remained at the throttle
while the ponderous locomotive plowed
Its way through the train ahead, leav
ing behind it a trail of corpses and in
jured passengers.
No one of the Great Northern ex
press was seriously hurt, but those
aboard the Northeastern local were
not so fortunate.
Cheyenne, Wyo.—Nine men are
known to have lost their lives in the
collision of two Union Pacific freight
trains at Borle, Wyo., and the fire
which broke out in the wreckage.
NOTED MODISTE IS DEAD.
Mrs. Josefa Neilson Osborn of New
York Paatea Away.
New York.—Mrs. Josefa Neilson Os
born. once prominent in New York
society, but more widely "known as
the modiste of the women of New
York's "Four Hundred," died Wednes
day.
Before her marriage Mrs. Osborn
was Miss Josefa Neilson, a grand
daughter of Col. James Neilson of rev
olutionary fame. She married Robert
Osborn, a prominent New Yorker, and
for some years was counted among
the social leaders of the "smart set"
After her divorce from Mr. Osborn
she opened a dressmaking establish
ment.
Trouble for Newspaper Men.
Lincoln, Neb.—The names of 20
Nebraska newspaper men holding
Western Unioi Telegraph Company
franks were certified to to the attor
ney general Wednesday by the state
railway commission for prosecution
under the anti-dlscrlminatlon clause
of the commission act. Among the
defendants are Victor Rosewater,
chief of the publicity committee of the
Republican national, committee Con
gressman Gilbert H. Hitchcock and R.
B. Schneider.
Well-Known Priest Found bead.
Baltimore, Md.—Rev. George Ernest
Viger, of the Sulplcian Order, and for
over 47 years a member of the faculty
of St. Charles college, Ellicott City,
Mo., and one of the best-known priests
In thl3 country, was found dead in bed
In his room at-the college Wednesday
morning.
Big Department Store Burns.
Litchfield,. Mia,?-:—Wells Bros. Com
pany's big department store burned at
8ix a. m. Wednesday. Loss pn stock
and buildings', $60,000.
Drunken Man'b Bloody Deed,
Grand Rfiplds, Mich.—In a drunken
l'renzy Jacob Sikkema, aged 32, shot
his' wife Cora t\$ce at their home,
478 Logan street, Tuesday afternoon
and then shot himself through the
head, causing instant death. .The wom
an has slight chances for recovery.
•r Businessman Kills Himself.
Lawrence, Miss.—William Oswald,
president of the Tlegr*w 'Publishing
Compan* ana* one "of the 'Vest-known
business men tn l^wfencc,-«oinmftted
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GOTHAM POSTMASTER SHOT.
Wounded by Eccentric Stenographer,
Who Then Commits Suicide.
New York.—Edward M. Morgan,
postmaster of New York city, was
wounded in the abdomen Monday
morning by a bullet-fired by E. H. B.
Mackay, an eccentric English stenog
rapher, who then committed suicide.
Mr. Morgan was resting well at
night and unless complications de
velop he will recover.
Mr. Morgan probably owes his life
to the quick wit and bravery of his
14-year-old daughter Dorothy, who saw
Mackay draw his revolver and struck
it with her hand. This deflected the
bullet, otherwise the postmaster would
have been fatally wounded, for his as
sailant was at close range and fired
four shots In all. Tbe shqotlng oc
curred at One Hundred and Forty
sixth street and only a short distance
from Mr. Morgan's home. He was on
his way downtown at the time.
An investigation of tbe life and rec
ord of Mackay reveals that he was
of a morbid nature and a former in
mate of an asylum in Worcester, Mass.
That his act was premeditated is made
certain by a letter he left, but aside
from a fancied grievance against Mr.
Morgan and the post office authorities
concerning the handling of his mail,
nothing has come to light to indicate
why he should have sought to murder
the postmaster. His clothing when
searched gave up between thirty and
forty smokeless oartridges, a heavy
slungshot, a knife with a four-inch
blade and a clasp knife.
WATTERSON'S SON KILLED.
He Falls Nine Stories from an Office
Window.
New York. Harvey W. Watter
son, a lawyer and younger son
of Henry Watterson, editor of the
Louisville Courier-Jonrnal, plunged to
Lis death from the nineteenth floor of
his office building at 37 Wall street
late Wednesday afternoon. His body
shot downward for 110 feet and land
ed on the roof of a ten-story building
adjoining. Almost every bone was
broken and the head crushed and death
was practically instantaneous.
While there were no eye-witnesses
to the tragedy, evidently It was en
tirely accidental. Mr. Watterson's hat
and overcoat were on his closed desk.
Presumably he had attempted to lower
the window, and either stumbling over
the radiator, which was in front of tbe
tow sill, or losing his footing In some
manner unknown, pitched forward'and
down to death on the roof below.
Mr. Watterson was 30 years old and
married. He was Junior member of
the law firm of Wing, Russell and
Watterson.
Bold Attempt at Blackmail.
Denver, Col.—A woman giving hei
name as Mrs. H. C. Cones Monday aft
ernoon compelled Mrs.' Genevieve
Chandler Phipps, divorced wife of
Lawrence Phipps, the Pittsburg mil
lionaire, to take her in her automobile
to a bank for the purpose of getting
$10,000 that she demanded of Mrs.
Phipps on pain of being blown to
pieces with dynamite. At the bank
Mrs. Cones was overpowered by spe
cial officers and placed under arrest.
§he talked incoherently to the police
and is thought to be insane.
Recess for Supreme Court.
Washington. Chief Justice Ful
ler announced Monday that begin
ning on next Monday, the supreme
court of the United States would be
In recess for two weeks, for tie pur
pose of permitting the members of the
court to prepare opinions on cases
which have been argued or submitted.
Election Official Convicted.
St. .Louis.—-Thomas McGrath, who
was an election official in the second
precinct of the Third ward at the Au
gust primaries, was convicted of mak
ing false returns and sentenced to
four years in the penitentiary.
.Girl Killed in Auto Accident.
Green Bay, Wis.—Miss, Elsie Dut
ton, aged 20 years, daughter of E
Dutton, an official of the Green Bay &
Western railroad, was killed Wednes
day afternoon in a collision of an
automobile and a street car.
Kaiser Decorates Zeppelin.
Frjedrichshafen.—Emperor William
after witnessing a splendid series of
maneuvers by the Zeppelin airship
Tuesday, personally conferred upon
the count the order of the Black
fcagle, the highest Prussian decoration
Shawneetown Still County Seat
Shawneetown, ill'.—The contest b«
tween Shawneetown and "P.idgeway
for the removal of the county seat
frota Shawneetown to the latter pWo
resuUed in a victory for ShAWiieetowri
by a majority of 120 votes
After Ysare af Baekaoha,
and Kidney Disorder*.
Mrs. R. C. Richmond, of Norths
lows, says:
Tor
years 1 was
martyr to kldi
trouble, hacka
dixxy spslls, h«
aches and a
rlble bearing
pain. I used
remedy after
other without
lit. Finally I
1
a hox of
ildney Pills and tha backaehe oei
Encouraged, 1 kept on, and by
time I had used three boxes not
sign of the trouble ramateed.
health la perfect."
Sold by all dealers. .10 seats
Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
LAUSH WAS ON THE DEACON.']
7
1
^atement Might Be *ni», But Cw|
talnly Was Unhappily Expressed,
"I regret to say," remarked Deaeatjj
Trench, at the last meeting of
Squash vllle Political Debate elu^l
'that this club-has been degenfrat
•ver since I became a member of lt.*|
The deacon paused and Unshed
fee saw a slight smile oa the tacea
bis fellow members.
"What I mean to say Is," he coa^
thiued, with some haste, "that et«j
ilnce I Joined this dub I've noticed
gradual hot decided change lor tkfj
worse."
The smile on the faces of the otter
members deepened, and the deacon^,
tace turned almost scarleL j"
-You all know what I mean," ht 1
added, desperately.
"What
I mean M]
that from the very minute 1 became i| 1
member of the Squaahvllle Political
Debate club, I oould-see tbat.it wai
beginning to lose its valae as an ois,
ftanlxation, and the longer I have
itayed In It, the more steadily have 1
seen It running down hilll"—Llppli
sott's.
Tune Kermlt Whistled.*
Mr. W. W. Miller, a well-known la*
yer, tells an anecdote of Hermit Rooat
velt, the president's son.
"I was acting as steward," says Mr.
Miller, "in some gymkhana, races at.
Oyster Bay a few weeks ago, and oas
of the events was a race la which the
contestants had ta ride a given dls-,
tance tea certain spot where an equal
number of young ladles stood with
pencil, paper and envelope. Each
rider had to dismount here and whis
tle a tune, the lady writing Its nana
down on the paper. She then had to
seal It up In the envelope and han'
It to the rider, who remounted aa
3nished the race, delivering the en
velope to tbe judges' stand. The first
one in with a correct answer won the
jvent
"As steward, I was deputised before
the race to write down the name ot
the tune each entraiA would, whistle.
"What are you going to whistle 1:
asked young Hermit.
'Tin going to whistle "Everybody
Works but Father,'" said tbe,. pretfc
dent's son. I V,
,Tvn.
t...
m&i .-.feSM*
FOR THE LADY OR THE AUTO.
Expressman—I don't knew whether
this comes here. The address is in
distinct.
Housemaid—1 guess It's all right
It's either a new tire for the auto, or
anew hat for the missus-! a
Not Guilty.
Willie is a little boy who la noted la
bis neighborhood for his cruelty to
animals. The latest story is that jaat
for fun he took a pair of scissors asf
cold-bloodedly cut off kitten's tsfl.
One of the older girls waa *«proachiftg
him for his cruelty and telling him
what a wicked thing he had -dime.
He flatly denied doing anything off
the sort
"Why, -Willie, how can you ten such
a story?" the girl asked. "Everybody
knows you did It"
"I did not! I did not," he reiterated
when pressed further. "I didn't
any such a thln^ it watk a dog.'
38f
EAGER TO WORK I
'j
Health Repiined by Right Food.
___
The average h«althy man or woman
Is usually eager to be busy at some
useful task or employment.
But let dyspepsia or Indigestion get
hold of one, and all endeavor become*
a burden. ....
"A year ago, after recovering froa
an operation," writes a Mich. lady,, "my
stomach and nerveB began to give m%
much trouble.
.,. "At times my appetite was, Yonifi
clous, but when indulged, Indigestion^
followed. Other times I had no appetite
whatever. The food I took did not
nourish me, and I grew weaker than
ever.
"I lost interest in everythlrig- and
ivanted to be alone. I had alwaya had
jood nerves, but now the merest trifle
would upset me and bring on a vio-'
lent headache. Walking across the
room was an effort and prescribed ex
ercise was out of the Question.
"I had seen Grape-Nut's advertised,
out did not believe what-1 read, at
the time. At last when it seemed as
If I were literally .tarving, I begaa tfr
eat Grape-Nuts.
"I had not been able to work
tor
a year, but now after two months .on
Grape-Nuts I 'am eager ta be at work Si
again. My stomach gives me no troo» *f
ble now, my nerves are steady aa'
ever, and Interest in life and. iunbttton..
have oame baok with t|ie retora ttCji
health."
"There's a Reason.^
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