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!*gK5 P*^" \V fei 5 -s fc-' & •Ji j0iinmm ®o. gtoi R. STREET**, Publisher. LINTON, Emmons Co., N. D. There la a sweeping movement oq foot to organize a broom truBt The sultan has again promised to tie good. It's a w&y the sultan has. Think as kindly as you can of the mosquitoes. Tliey work while you sleep. Germany Is beginning to thl^k-the auto invasion worse than the Amerl r.n invasion. Lucky is the Chinese diplomat who comes to this country. It is not only more sociable, but safer. As the late Horace Biglow would say, the underpinning of Venice is purty consid'ble out of J'int. Some persons might ttaink that eat ing fifty ears of green corn was about as pleasant a way to die as any. Prof. Schenk will always be remem bered as the man who thought he was posted on the whims of the stork. A noiseless mosquito is no im provement on the other kind. It leaves him too much time for actual business. How many loving wives will envy Mrs. John R. Drexel her birthday gift of a check for $200,000 from her hus band. King Edward has confounded the soothsayers, and that's not a small job, even for a man who weighs 250 pounds. The Chicago discovery that the color yellow scares away mosquitoes won't help women to whom yellow is not be coming. Grand Duke Boris says Chicago is big aud ugly, but good-hearted. The same thing may be said of John L. Sullivan. J. Pierpont Morgan, it is said, re fuses to "tip" hotel waiters. This Is another of the advantages of being all-powerful. The work of amassing a fortune of 518,000,000 cost Mr. Schwab his health, and it was not very hard vorlc either. When last heard from the crown prince of Germany was beginning to eat solids and cast shy glances at other girls again. W. C. Mead refused a drink and was shot by the genial gentleman who offered to treat him. This did •jot happen in Texas. As the Chinese rebels are being ex ecuted at the rate of 1,000 a day, it is predicted that the rebellion will not last more than a year. The world at large hangs very littlt crape on its door for the, scorchobo-. list who parts company with life at an 80-miles an hour gait. The man who tied dynamite to his sick dog and lost I1I3 house when the animal wagged his tall has by this time learned that cruelty does not pay. There are 600,000 Jews in Nov. York, according to The Jewish World. That city can now present a pretty strong claim to being the New Jerusalem. If the United States mail is deter mined to suppress lotteries, they should suppress the mail. The aver age man's mail is a whole lot of lot tery to him. A Boston landlord who tried to col lect his rent in kisses from a pretty widow was fined $25. There are somfl freakish landlords and peculiar wid ows in Boston. As a result of an automobile acci dent Sir Thomas Lipton received a shock. But it didn't trouble liim. H« is used to shocks. He received a few iu the yacht races. Mr. Schwab leaves his home In private car, but just now he no doubt would be glad to trade places with a man of sound nerves going to a pio nic-behind a team of mules. All other theories regarding thi suicide of young Remington may ba disregarded since the fact became known that his last act before the t-hooting was an experience with telephone. If the crown prince of Siam haft read what the newspapers have bees saying about the crown prince of.-Ger many he may think a second time b» fore venturing into the American girl's country. A great many young women In Eng land are gaining social prominence by being reported engaged to Lord Kitch ener, but the hero of the South Afri can war appears to be successfully conducting bis famous skirmish line tactics. A Kentucky girl who has had 15t offers of marriage has decided to re main single and devote her life to mu sic. When she gets on the stage, how eVer, she will probably cease to re fk. gard marriage as a thing to be much dreaded. A Chicago man has been denied the prfvilege of crossing Niagara Falls on a tight- rope. This is quite proper. It Is much better that be should await the regular visit of the fool killer. --A Kentucky undertaker became In sane after conducting 36 funerals In 31 days. He is probably one of those men who cannot stand prosperity. •Vfsk' New York orchestra leater bai .j|ult rather than pjajr for a troupe ol trained monkeys. Hurrah! Art hasn'il been completely knocked out yet Resume Washington Notes. Maj. E. P. Glenn has been restored to duty, and will rejoin his command in Luzon. The mimic war over, the North At lantic squadron has separated, to go to various stations. The government will prepare an ex tensive Philippine exhibit for the St. Louis exposition. The government has decided against the sale of intoxicating liquors of any description in our Samoan possessions. Orders have been issued by the navy department assigning Capt. Eugene H. C. Leutze to command the new battle ship Maine. Secretary Shaw is weeding out the "sporty" element in the treasury de partment. Several clerks are said to have gambled too much. Ambassador White, who will soon retire from his post, is at work now on a book of reminiscences and on a volume describing (he development of Germany in the last, decade. A net increase of nine per cent oc curred in the receipts of the fifty larg est postoiTices in the United States Inst month as compared with August, 1S)01. The total receipts at these fifty offices aggregated $4,321,444, a net in crease of ?:J57,810. Accidental Happenings. The Fredericksburg brewery At San Jose, Cal., was burned, resulting in a loss of $300,000. Fire wiped out a large section of the business district of Gilmore, Iowa.The '.oss aggregated $50,000. Michaels, the bicyclist, while train- ing in Paris, possibly permanently dis- -elf delense. abled Huret, the French champion, in a collision. An explosion among varnish pots set lire to a four-story tenement in West Twenty-eighth street, New York, re sulting in the death of Mrs. Mary Fra ser and injury to several other women tenants. While walking on the Northwestern tracks near Kenilworth. 111., William Hoar and William Gilbow, both of Chi iu William iriiuuw, uulu ui viii- cago, were struck by a passenger train ,n.L. and killed. The men were walking south and stepped off the tracks out. of the way of a north-bound train di rectly iu front of the passenger train. J. W. Crawford of Crawfordsville, Ind., and Elizabeth Tyler °f Chicago, entered a balloon car at Binghamp- They were badly bruised in their de scent in- the woods, some miles dis tant. People Talked About. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee has accepted the presidency of the Jamestown Tercen tenary exposition. r^. at Louisville. Mrs. McBurnie was a member of it church society and her colleagues were the honorary casket bearers. The executive committee of the Western Passenger association 4.t a meeting in Chicago elected P. S. Eus tis, passenger traffic manager of the Burlington, as the chairman of that committee. Congressman J. C. Shaforth, who has been classed a Silver Republican, has been nominated for congress by the Democrats of the First district of Colorado, defeating Clay B. Whitford of Denver by 50 votes. Bostwick R. Noble of Yale, Mich., a prominent banker, died at Grace hos pital in Detroit. He had been ill ten days and died of typhoid pneumonia. He was president of banks in six towns in Michigan. He was fifty-four years old. ,-iZi Rev., C. F. Zimmerman, editor of the German Evangelical Magazine, Sunday school papers, leaflets, etc., and for twenty years presiding elder of the Wisconsin conference, is dead at Cleve land, Ohio. From Other Shores Large volumes of flame are issuing from the crater of Mount Vesuvius. Ellen Beach Yaw has been singing into a phonograph for the shah of Per sia. The Cuban house of epresentatives has passed the $35,000,000 loan bill by a vote of 48 to»2. The failure is announced of Prince Dulep Singh, eldest son of the late maharajah of Lahore. Dr. T. A. J. Van Asch van Wyck, minister of the colonics, who under went a surgical operation the other day, died at The Hague. Roman d'Aurignac and Frederick Humbert, who were charged with hav ing been concerned in the great jewel frauds in France, have been living re cently in Florida, Uruguay. Mgr. Guidi, the newly-appointed apostolic delegate to the Philippines, has postponed his departure for Ma nila until after his consecration as tit ular bishop of Stampolis, which will take place on Sept. 15. There have been frequent shootings, arising from political quarrels be tween the Republicans and Federals at Caguey, Porto Rico. The Republicans'' attacked the Federal portion of the city. Hundreds of shots were fired. The police assisted the Republicans. Four Federals were wounded. Crimes and Criminals. Peter Olson shot and fatally wound ed his sweetheart, Mary Peterson, at Omaha. Harvey Logan, alias Kid Curry, al leged leader in the Great Northern train robbery, has been turned over to the federal authorities at Knoxville, Tenn. The body of George S. Randall, & well known druggist of Kansas City, who disappeared mysteriously a month ago, was found two blocks from his home in a clump of weeds. Maj. William S. Brackett of Peoria. 111., who had heavy cattle interests in Montana, brooding over matters con nected with a recent divorce from his wife, shot and killed himself. "Baron Ginzberg," alleged Boer lead er, who demanded money of Webster Davis at Kansas City, was given a few hours by the chief of police in which to leave the city or be placed under ar rest. Judge Storrs of Utica, N. Y., who ac cidentally killed Maj. Smilie, by mis taking him for a deer, endeavored to beat his own brains out against some rocks, but was finally restrained by his guide. Charles O'Neill, janitor of the New York Fruit Exchange building, was probably fatally shot by his wife, who then committed suicide. They were about twenty-six years old. The cause is unknown. Resenting an alleged insult to a wo man, a tenant of the building in Chica go of which he was janitor, Amaziah Hayner, seventy-three years old, shot Mj„„ ton, N. Y„ to be married, accompanied .. been-arrested, and by Rev. .1. F. Hamilton, when the rope broke, carrying them out of sight. Gen. A. Williamson of New York died at Jamestown, R. I. He was commis sioner of public lands under President R^st'St'Louls," by Six women acted as pallbearers at rushing into a saloon crying that a ne the funeral of Mrs. James L. McBurnie g,0 The volcano of Kilauea, Hawaii, has broken out again. The eruption was preceded by heavy earthquake shocks, felt in Hilo, thirty miles away. The eruption is in the middle of the crater of Halemaumau. A lake of molten lava 400 feet-in diameter, at last account, !«stitution. was within 600 feet of the top, and rap idly rising. The maratime court at Tromsoe, Norway, has found that Capt. Johan sen's claim that he was captain of the Baldwin-Zeigler Arctic-steamer Ameri ca is untenable, and that he was only sailing master, and subject to Evelyn Baldwin's orders. Evelyn Baldwin says: "SailingMas ter Johansen's demands to become the America's captain were untenable and unbearable. His threat, Dec. 15, to take possession of the ship as captain and deal with the crew in accordance with his own will, might have*spoiled the expedition's plan, if enforced. Jo hansen's refusal to obey orders caused 'lis discharge." Richard Croker, who has just ar rived in ixmdon, announces that he lias disposed of the greater part of the big stable he had in England,4 tiec^use lie found American horses lirve no chance, in England, as the handicap put upon tbern is so heavy. .-k U'i1!,e1 Henry Mal" All doubt as to complete identifica tion of the body of William J. Bartho lin was dispelled when Dr. H. C. Walch, Bartholin's dentist, declared that the crown and bridge work on the teeth of the lower jaw bone was his work. D. W. Culklns of Yonkers made love to Mabel Secor of Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., concealing the fact that he was a mar ried man, and all went well until his wife found a package of the young Nnw er 'lusland in his e„„nl. wants $-o,000 from Cremation of living babies in hei kitchen range is the charge made by Charles Early against Mrs. Paulina Taeschler, who conducts a private hos pital for women in South May street ,ln had been chasing her. A number of men captured Brown, whom the girl fully identified. -He was turned over to a policeman and the patrol Wagon summoned. While being driven to the station Brown jumped out of the wag on and ran. Citizens and officers pur sued, firing at the fleeing negro, who was killed. '. General. •. Benton Hanchett is out for the Mich igan senatorship. The next good roads convention will be held at St. Lbuis, and will be iner nation in character. New York dealers intimate tliat coai will soon be cheaper, due to an expect ed settlement of the strike. Over fifty blind people were givet. $50 each by the city of New York re cently. It is an annual custom. Dr. W. L. Griffen of Shelby, Mich. has been fitted out with a new hip socket at the Mercy hospital, Chicago. A seat in the New York stock ex change recently sold for $79,000, an ad vance of $3,500 over the last previous sale. Soldiers returning on the transport Buford report heavy gambling during the voyage. One private is said to have won $,000 from his comrades. The first installment of money col lected' by the German Turners of Chi cago for the striking anthracite miners has been sent. It amounted to $1,200. Edward C. Stimson of Cripple Creek, judge of the Fourth judicial district of Colorado, was nominated for governor by the Democratic, state convention on the first ballot. Rev. J. C. Murray, a member of tht faculty of the German theological school at Richmond, Ind.,was cleared of a charge of immorality before church tribunal. Two thousand dressmakers, organ ized as the Dressmakers' Protective Association of America, for the pur pose of combating the Parisian and Berlin modistes at New York. John Moore, a farmer, living neai Hermansville, Claiborne county, Mis sippi, while demolishing an ancient dwelling on his farm, found a jug con taining nearly $4,000 in $20 gold pieces. The International Mining congress, at Butte, refused to indorse the Kerns bill, providing for a change in the min ing laws of the. country, so as to es tablish separate claims and do away with extra lateral rights, by a "vote of 95 to 3. Henry W. Grady has disappeared from Atlanta, Ga., and his frlend3 and relatives are much concerned. Mr. Grady is the only son of the late Henry W. Grady, editor of the Atlanta Con- Authentic reports from the new Na zina gold diggings, in the Copper River valley, prove them to be the richest strike made in Alaska since Nome was discovered. The best pay seems to be in Rex Gulch, where, in three days, four men sluiced out $1,500 in one sluice box. About 400 claims have been'staked in the district. Vincenzo Guerrleroi the alleged an archist who last May threw two stone? through the windows of the train on' which King.. Victor'. Emmanuel and Queen Helena"were traveling, to Paler mo, has been- sentenced to be impris oned' fpr six years and eight months and. to' pay a-flne of.$160. Lieut. Walter Sneli, of the Germai emperor's body, grenadier regiment, No. 106, has arrived in Chicago to take the position pf second vice consul at the- Genflan. consulate. The new at tache is one of the youngest members of the German diplomatic corps in the ^United States. He was born Jn Dree 'den in 1871. SK1 May street attributes the charge to motives of re venge. Daisy Carlton of Bloomington, 111., a very pret.ty girl of some twenty years, shot and killed Mrs. Joseph Leslie, fol lowing an attack with a horsewhip. The shooting was the sequel to the jealou3y aroused in the Leslie woman by the alleged attentions paid to Miss Carlton by the husband of the. dead woman. Edward Brown, colored, was shot and fatally wounded in the street at a number of citi zens. Annie Gates, aged twelve, came" zens. Annie Gates, ™,lc RECORD OF THE PAST. The best guarantee of the future Is. the record of the past, and over fifty thousand people have publicly testi fied that Doan's Kidney Pills have cured thfem of numerous kidney ills, from common backache to dangerous diabetes, and all the attendant annoy ances and sufferings from urinary dis orders. They have been cured to 'tay cured. Here is one case: Samuel J. Taylor, retired carpenter, residing at 312 South Third St.! Goshen, Ind., says: "On the 25th day. cf August, 1897, I made an affidavit before Jacob C. Mann, notary public, stating my experience with Doan'B Kidney Pills. I bad suffered for thirty years, and was compelled at times to walk by the aid of crutches, frequently passed gravel and suffered excruciatingly. I took every medi cine on the market that I heard about and some gave me temporary relief. I began taking Doan's Kidney Pills and the results I gave to the public in the statement above referred to. At this time, on the 19th day of July, 1902, I make this further statement that during the five years which have elapsed I have had no occasion to use either Doan's Kidney Pills or any other medicine for my kidneys. The •jure effected was a permanent one." A FREE TRIAL of this great kid Gey medicine which cured Mr. Tay lor, will be mailed on application, to »ny part of the United States. Ad Jress Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by all druggists. Price 50 cents per liox, SCRATCH CAUSES HI8 DEATH. Pioneer of Eau Claire Dies of Blood Poisoning at Edmonton. Eau Claire, Wis., Sept. 12.—A mes sage received here announces the death at Edmonton, Can., of Casper Neher, aged sixty years. He was a pioneer of Eau Claire. He left this city and resided in South Dakota for twenty years, then went to Edmonton and established a bottling works. The remote cause of his death was a scratch on the wrist, resulting from the bursting of a battle. Blood poison set in and amputation of the arm was necessary. CROWD TAKES TUMBLE. Street Fair Throng Goes Down an Area Way. Anoka, Minn., Sept. 13. The col lapse of a sidewalk on which a great mass of sightseers was packed, caused almost a panic just previous to the coronation of the carnival queen, Miss Kate Meyers. The walk was seven feet above the ground over an area way and nothing short of a miracle saved many from serious injury. Miss Gonynea of Dayton was the only per son suffering injuries of any exteht. She was bruised by the fall and fainted away....... HIS JAW CUT OFF. Telephone Wire Frightfully Disfigures Farmer on a Load. Spring Valley, Minn., Sept. 13 Charles EUenburg and two compan ions while riding- on a load of grain nine miles north of here, met with a painful and serlous accident. A tele phone wire hanging across the road caught them and completely severed Ellenburg's upper jaw. One lost part of one ear and was badly cut in the cheek and the other's neck Was terri bly lacerated. STEAL SiDEWALKS. Duluth Residents Tear Up Board Side walks far Fuel. Dulucn, Mini)., Sept. 13.—The price of coal and the inability to get it at all, is driving some Duluth people desper ate. They are stealing city sidewalks for fuel. Five hundred feet of good walk has been stolen in the past two or three days. Residents of the Assyr ian colony in tbe West end have been stealing the walk for firewood, but they liave not yet been caught. GREAT CROWDS SAT YANKTON. State Fair Receipts Lively to Aggre gate Fully $10,000. Yankton, S. D., Sept. 13.—The state fair was a record-brealter again yester day, the biggest day since the fair was located at Yankton. If to-day's crowd turns out as well receipts for thfi" week oughtto aggregate more than $10,000. Blackbird* Ruin Corn. Sioux City, lown, Sept. 13.—A new alarm is felt by farmers in this section for their corn. Ti swarms of black birds migrating South have stopped to feed upon the soft succulent corn. They tear the top of the green husk away, peck some of the tender corn and leave the ear exposed to the rains and dew. This moisture gets under the husk and is rotting the ears, seri ously.-. Fireman Is Killed.- Duluth, Minn., Sept 13. Philip Stackmesser, a fireman, fell under a hook and ladder truck running to a fire. He was fatally injured. He was formerly .from St. Paul. Port Columbia Burtiing- Astoria, Or., Sept. 13.—Port Column bia, Wash., is. on fire, a result of the prairie fires raging in that~part of the country. A steamer has left here to render assistance. Threshing Outfit Burned. Battle Lake, Minn., Sept. 13.—The Berg & Wood threshing outfit burned last evening with a full .setting of wheat while threshing j»n Engelbret Peterson's farm west of Underwood. The fire started from the engine.,. Potatoes Arie Spoiled. Delano, Minn., Sept. 13—Many farm ers are digging their potatoes^ and in stead pf there being a big crop of fine tubers they find that fully one-half of them are rotten, caused by so jaueh rain and cold weather. He Took Advice... /'Why have you failed in-life?0 "'My employers always tild me th^t ia man with my brains could make more money doing something else.— Judge. "Gate money" is what-the-father cf several pretty daughters is called upon to put up for repairs..: SHE STEALS ANOTHER NAG. Woman Horse Thief Adda One 4o Her Liet of Thefts. .Bock Falls, 111., Sept MILES or FLAMES. FOREST FIRES CAUSE GREAT DE STRUCTION IN WASHINGTON AND OREGON.. & -4£V- 2 v, THE LOSS OF LIFE IS REPORTED MILLIONS OF FEET OF TIMBER AND MANY FARMHOUSES DESTROYED. "X rt Mjt PEOPLE SEEK PLACES OF SAFETY FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA TO THE CALIFORNIA LINE THE FIRE IS RAGING. Portland, Or., Sept. 14.—Forest fires are burning over the Cascade and Coast ranges from British Columbia to the California line, destroying mil lions of feet of timber, many farm houses, barns and much live stock. Two persons are known to have lost their lives, others are missing and scores are hurrying to places of safety. At Bridal Veil, Or., yesterday, the Palmer sawmill and the Brewer mill were burned. Elsie Palmer, proprie tor of the Palmer mill, was burned to death, and a man named Trickey is missing. About forty mill, hands are in danger of being surrounded by fire. At one mill on the plain near Van couver eight farm hands were burned yesterday and Mrs. Hendrickson and her children are missing. "3|?5 Rushing to Places of 8afety. VM Tillamook, which was threatened with destruction Thursday, is-no long er in danger. In Washington the town of Enum claw, on the Northern Pacific in King county, is in great danger. Every team is being pressed into service to take people to places of safety, and the water supply Is cut-off by the burning of the mains. Every effort is being made.to protect the mill property. Word cannot be received from Elma and Aberdeen, the wires to these points being down. It is known, how ever, that six lumber mills and ten houses have .been burned about six miles south of Elma. Many similar re ports are being received front Wash ington points. At Ducora,,forty-five miles south of Tacoma, the town was' In Total Darkness at noon. Many people refused to be lieve that the phenomenon was from forest fires and congregated on-street corners, predicting dire disaster. At Centralia darkness caused all business to stop. The last report from Sheldon was to the effect that nearly all of the mills in Mason County were on- fire. The town of Matlock, that county, was in Imminent danger when last heard from, and timber 100 feet high was burning. Sixteen miles from Ottawa the bor der string of can»ps on the Black Hills district are in great danger. Forty men on horseback have gone to rescue women and children. In Tacoma a. heavy darkness set tled down. Boats could not pass the Narrows on account of darkness,-and at Olympia the electric light plant shut down and at noon it was as black as night.- DENIAL OF MEAT TRUST STORY. The Tale Is Said to Be Untrue, but It Is Again Reiterated. Chicago, Sept. 14. Denial is made by a legal representative of one of the large packers that any merger of the packing companies has been arranged to go into effect on or about Sept. 27. The new report had it that the details of the consolidation were arranged at a meeting of all packing interests, held Thursday in the First National bank building. The person above men tioned flatly denied that any such meeting was held, and further said that no meeting had been called for Monday to settle the final arrange ments. The entire story"Was branded as without truth. From another sourse it was learned that such a combine was being underwritten, but that it would be at least five or six weeks be fore the details of the merger would be made public. HIS ILLNESS A BLESSING. King Edward Improving Remarkably, and May Live Many Years. London, Sept. 14.—There has been a marked Improvement in the king's health since the coronation. .His diet is strictly regulated in quantity and character. Those who have seen aud talked with him in Scotland assert that he is in better health than for many years, and that his vivacity and Cheerfulness are noticeable. His June illness is now regarded by many as a blessing in disguise, whlch^may help to prolong his life for many years. HAVE THEIR DOUBT8. British Scientists Not Confident" of Success of Shipping Combine. Belfast, Sept. 14.—The British As sociation for the Admancemeht of 8clence resumed its sessions yester day. .-The subjects under .discussion werecthe mercantile trusts and the shipping combination. Doubts were: expressed by some of the members as to the financial success of the Atlantic shipping "combine." Various speak ers expressed the opinio^ that such trusts and combinations hacTlittle op portunity for eventual success ill Eng- -rVH- *£3 MARINES GO TO PANAMA. -.C Battalion Ordered to 8all at. Once on v' the Yankee. Annapolis, Md., -Sept. 14. Orders were received yesterday at the naval: academy directing: Capt. Marix and Lieutenants Purcell and Kixey of the. United States marine corps to proceed tail, morning with., a company of ma rines stationed there to the Lesgue Island navy yard, Philadelphia. They will form a portion of the battalion of marines which will sail at once on the auxiliary oruiser Tankee for Colon. 5 :19.—The mys terious female 'horse thief has (ulded another horse to her credit, Tuesday evening she appeared -in Fbrt Byron and, through Iter usual method -ot fair-' Ing ana paying in advance, she se cured a livery rig'and she luii. not 'te* turned. The authorities now believe that they are on the trail of the gang which has been operating here for sometime and will be .able to laifd them HIT BY A TRAIN. Narrow .Escape for a Couple Near La T-A-Crosse, Wis., Sept. 12.—The Bur lington limited, south-bound, while go ing at high speed, atruck a buggy con talning George Dittman and Lucille Belstad, killing ttie horse, demol Ishlng the buggy and hurjing the down a twenty-foot embankment. They are unhurt, except that Dittman has lost all reooliectloa of aay vents that teok place betot* the acoldent tor soma days back. EXAMINE ALLEGED 0OODLERS. Tell St. Louie Grand Jjury of Bribery Transactions. St Louis, Sept. 14.—The grand jury, after a day spent examlnlhg wltnesses supposed to know something about the lighting bill, for which $47,000 is said to have been paid to members of the house combine and another large -aum to: ringsters in the council, adjourned last night until to-day. Former Del egate Tamblyn, who attempted to .turn state's evidence Thursday with out success,, was examined/at length, as was also Edgar A. Mepham, a form er delegate, who is supposed to know more or less about the distribution of money In acknowledgment of boodle deals. Before going into the grand, jury room Mr. Mepham expressed his willingness-to tell all he knew. Sev eral other minor Witnesses were ex amined. After thei adjournment of the grand jury Adolph Wallner called on Mr. Folk and announce^ he could deliver Charles F. Kelly if allowed to go on his bond. Kelly has been definitely named by J. K. Murrell as the man who received and distributed the $47, 000 for the passage .of the city lighting bill. No one in the combine but Kelly, so Murrell says, can give the informa tion as to who supplied the money for the big corruption deal. It is through his testimony that Circuit Attorney Folk hopes to secure the indictment of some of the principal bribe givers, who are reputed to be men of wealth and standing lh the community. A reward of $700 was offered yesterday for the apprehension of Kelly. GOV. STONE IN EARNEST. Has With Midnight Conference Mitchell and Others. Harrisburg, Pa., Sept. 14.—A confer ence was held at the executive man sion. after midnight between Gov. Stone, State Senator William Flynn and M. K. McMullln of Pittsburg, Pres ident Mitchell and District Presidents Duffy, 'Fahey and Nichols of the Unit ed Mlneworkers for the purpose of dis cussing means of settling the anthra cite coal strike. The conference was held at the suggestion of the governor. He. has devised a plan by which he hopes to effect a settlement between, the operator^ and miners -without the necessity of an extra session of the legislature for the enactment of arbi tration legislation. The governor de clined to outline his plan in advance of the conference, and none of the oth er parties to it would make any state ment until after they had concluded their talk. The conference did not be gin until after midnight owing to the late hour at which Mitchell and his associates arrived here from. Phila delphia. ACTIVITY IN ALL INDUSTRIES. New -Factories and Additional Facili ties for Production.. New York, Sept. 14.-—R G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade says: Industrial Activity is greater than at any recent date. Many new factories and mills have been added to the pro ductive capacity, facilities are being increased at old plants, and Idle shops have resumed through the settlement of labor controversies. A coke block ade still exists, the railways being un able to handle the output, which is above -all records and in urgent re quest. Despite the rapid develop ment of transportation facilities the nation's needs have grown still faster, and the situation is distressing for shippers and consumers. Large crops are being harvested and the greater abundance of foodstuffs caused a. de cline in prices of commodities during August of 3.5 per cent, as measured by Dun's index number. Retail trade is large, with a bright outlook for the future in jobbing and' wholesale busi ness. CONFE88ES ON SCAFFOLD. Murderer 8ays He Is Happy and Has No Fear of the Future. New London, _Mo., Sept. 14.—Jesse Johnson, a negro, was hanged here, yesterday. His neck' was broken. On the scaffold Johnson made a speech in which he confessed-to'the crime and said he had joined the church, had Christ'in his soul, was the happiest man on earth, and had no fear-of the future, as he'had made his peace with God. ^§1 IS PUT TO DEATH. 5® Haitien .Revolutionary General Is Exe cuted After a Military Trial. Port-au-PrinCe, Sept. 14.—Gen. Chi coye," of the Firmlnist forces, who was defeated at Petit Goave Aug. 8 and set fire to that town before evacuating it* and who was subsequently arrested near Jacmel, was executed at JaCmel Wednesday, Sept. 10, after having been tried by a military tribunal. BIG COAL DEAL. Mines of the Wilson and Clyde Com panies May Be Bought. London, Sept. 14.—It is stated that the representatives of a London syn dicate will meet at Edlnburg a fort night hence the directors of several Fife coal companies and of the Wilson and Clyde companies, with a view to purchasing the latter's mines. The capital of the syndicate is said to be £10, 000,000. "'^CONFUSION UNCORKED®?® ^s:. Result ef Mayor's Proposed Reception to Chief.Secretary Wyndham. Cork, Sept. 14.—A meeting of the corporation of Cork broke up in con fusion as the result of comments on the lord mayor's refusal to allow his reception of the chief secretary for Ireland, George Wyndham, on the oc casion of the latter's visit to Cork-pp hibltion on Tuesday, Sept. 9, to be discussed without noticed Mm ysMf- -... T-- pt|M R8.: STEWART Kli.LED^§S§ Wife of Nevada S'enator Thrown From An Automobile. San Francisco, Sept /14.—Mrs. W M. Stewart, wife of Senator Stewlurt of Nevada, was thrown, from an auto mobile and killed yestenday -at Ala meda, Qal., Mrs. Stewart- was riding In an automobile with Henry Foote and a young man named Taylor. Through an accident the machiner win into a telegraph pole. Mrs. Stewart was thrown -against the pole with great force and soonHied. "'••agSK':. FOR THE MASONIC HOME. Montana Leaves Pioneer $tbckman Wealth to Order Helena, llont., Sep^. 12:—John Auch ard, a pioniser stockman who died here Monday, left th£ greater iwrtlon of his estate to th^ MMonlc gra$d lodge of Montana, to be held in trust for a pro poked Masonic home. The will gives the entire estsite, :except a 200-acre homestead tfbdflROOO l'eft^to the wld ow» tp the grgad JottK®- The bequest includes 80,000 acree of land in Lewis arid Clarke county and livestocfc The gf*nd. tedgej*: Instant Relief from Rheumatism WHAT THE LIGHTNING DOES. Between 8even and Eight Hundred Lives Lost Each Year From Electrlo 8hocks. It is probably not generally known^t' or even imagined, that every, year in this country between 700 and 800 lives are lost by lightning stroke, and more than a thousand persons injured. Dur ing 1899 there were 4,253 animals—t cattle, horses, mules, sheep or pigs— killed by lightning in the open fields^, while the value of property destroyed, either directly or through fires caused by bolts, was estimated at $6,000,000. There are numberless cases on rec ord where whole herds of sheep and cattle have Been struck with fatal ef fect. In one instance, in Colorado,. hinety-one sheep were killed by li sin gle stroke, and fifty-two in another. In Iowa where, during the year, 266 cattle were killed by lightning, the cu rious fact was noticed that 118 were found in close contact with wire fences. Their death was probably caused by the shock received: from the fence, and not from the direct stroke, as It was evident In many cases, that the lightning struck the fence at some dis tance from the animals. If there had been sufficient grouna connection from the fence, the cattle would probabl)/ have .been saved.—Leslie' sMonthly. SfflSSSSi In Bed Three Months. a" Oolitic, Ind., Sept. 16.—Mr W. A. Terry of this place suffered for months with a very severe case of Kidneys- He. tried many medicines but he could not get any relief till he com menced to use a-remedy introduced here sonie time ago as a cure for Kid? ney Trouble, the name of which -is. Dodd's Kidney Pills. .,,3 ... .—.— 5^-fi fe why the Ex-Speaker Was Glad. ^,5 Ex-Speaker Reed loves his joke as 'i' dearly in these days as ever he did In I the time's when he was so much in the,, public eye in Washington. -5* It is related that the other day he"^T*-%" met a friend from a small town in the I interior, where, in rapid succession, jih-ihsl the cashier of its principal bank had* been found a defaulter, a -leading busi ness man had failed dishonorably and been imprisoned, and the county clerk -{living there) had been convicted of misappropriating public funds Mr. Reed greeted his friend very effusively, shaking his hand heartily and saying how pleased be was to see him. The friend, somewhat surprised at the extraordinary heartiness, said "Mighty glad to see,you. Reed, butt "V why all this-—er—?" "Why, becausfe,-" replied Mr Reed, "I'm so very glad to see a man from3" X- out of jail!"—New York Times CSjfijEpEfrjjj I An Opening. jk Stage Director—What shall I do with the wealthy young amaleur vou en- -S" gaged this morning? Manager—What can he do' Stage Director—He says he is will ^2 4 ing to play the smallest parts Manager—Cast him for the armor ia' i the baronial caistle scene.—Judge *r 11 The woman .who does washing by4v Sometimes the Case. .. :&1 m4' Neuralgia* Here Is a case: Mr. T. Shepherd ot Whitburn, Sunderland, Ohio, says: "ity wife suffered severely from rheu matism, and neuralgia. She could not get one moment's rest and was nearly crazed with pain. Obtained instant re lief and a permanent' cure by using the contents of one bottle of St Ja cobs Oil. Titers is no other remedy In the world that will do this. The In stantaneous effect which St. Jacobs Oil produces is a part of its half a century record." St. Jacobs Oil is sold In 25 cts. and 50 cts. sizes by all druggists. The words "Acts like Magic," "Con quers Pain," which have been used in connection with St. Jacobs Oil for more than 50 years are wonderfully and truly descriptive. m\ t?s? *!*•'. j® se 1 Trouble. He was so very bad that he was al-. most confined to his bed for three,. months. Mr. Terry says that the second day -r after commencing to use this remedy 3 he could notice a. very marked im-"^ provement in his condition and in a short tiirie he was able to go about.: \gain. He is naturally filled with* gratitude,"' to Dodd-'s Kidney Pills for the im mense amount of good they have done him and says: "I would recommend Dodd's Kidney Pills to every sufferer from-kidney orj-?4-^^^1 bladder trouble, for from my expferl-' ence I am sure they are the best medi cine to be had for all diseases of that Mature." 8 -&& 1 f's rerah--' 1 the day is willing toTiang out almost anywhere. ^vsft ""She ls of an extremely affectionate disposition, arid yet she has. been dl vorced three times." ~r* "H'm! Love, with her, seems to be intermittent." —Jiidg,p & ... "5- S1? Amusing Errors', of Speech. "Bridget, who came to this, country last year, has a limited vo&bularyi* and #hlle she is learning fast, some of the words and expressions that she 5§l^"?5 has'acquired do not always fit, her ear^ l^^ not having been accurate in getting^. the- right term. Thus the dther day:'#- ihe said-to her mistress: "Mam, Phall fix that Kansas bach^S®:?. duck for dinner?" Again, Bridget was telling a tale o&d' a missing friend in:,thi8 city, when she .jl exclaimed: "Do you know I believe when Katie'" turns up she'll be found in the Potash ^leid!" While at work on Friday a tremenj?^ dous blast near byr in thr subw«^S V rattled the dishes in the kitchen- and^j®.-1 tho girl cried out:' There goes that rapid truison again."—New York Times.' Co^room R?partee.f An expert does not always relish be ing tackled by an oversharp lawyer.' Yet in such verbal duels the former frequently scores. A mining expert was giving evidence in connecUon with an ini'portant mining case,- and«-i& he was being exposed to a galling fio of cross-eiamlnation. The questions^^ related to the form' that the. ore found in. generally deBcrlhed a» ney luriips.'^ "Now^'^sald the sharp i&%yer, "ho» ferge: fhre, these' lujnpis? Yon say' they aie/oblong—are thej^laS'long as mv a "Yes''.' was ihe x:jr«adRu:reply, long," but' riot n'CSHy so thl^.'f »y ifpille ahone^up^njv^eite^^^^ /nlgfet be contest—though, of ponne "j 4-itA MAflttiaaa la ikilU the greatness Is not absolutely necea^ 1 &As-T-' mm '. .--li-