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MINNEAPOLIS. OFFICE 05 SOUTH FOURTH STREET. WlliliflßD IS WED HE IS CHOSEN TEMPORARY SEC RETARY OF THE COMMER CIAL CLUB. CALDERWOOD AGAIN PREX. SECOND DAY OF THE ANNUAL CON GRESS OF THE WOMAN'S COUNCIL. PHILANTHROPY IS DISCUSSED. Seven Bicyclists Who* Deserted the Mud for the Sidewalks riaced Under Arrest. E. R. Willard was elected temporary Becretaiy of the Commercial club at the annual meeting of the board of di r< .tors yesterday afternoon. This ac tion was taken after the acceptance of the resignation of E. L. Danforth, who for a long time has occupied that po sition with the club. Mr. Danforth has for some time been contemplating this action, as his health has to a great ex tent been impaired by the confining duties. Mr. Willard is a young man of excellent attainments, and has sig nified his willingness to assume the duties for a short time. The other of ficers elected were as follows: Presi dent, John F. Calderwood; first vice president, W. L.. Harris, second vice president, George A. Duvigneaud; treasurer, H. L«. Jenkins. A house com mittee of three was selected as fol lows: W. 1». Harris, Walter Gregory, H. L. Gregory. This committee re places former committees, and its du ties will be quite extensive, it having practical control of the rooms, and will estimate needed improvements and see that they are carefully executed. There has been considerable discus sion within the club as to the advis ability of abolishing the gymnasium feature. The board of directors yes terday decided that this should not be done. On the other hand, a strong sentiment prevailed in favor of this department, and this work will be ex tended on broader plans than hereto fore. It was also the sense of the meeting that first-class paraphernalia be secured, and that the gymnasium be under the direction of a competent attendant. It will from now on be the endeavor to make the gymnasium a perfect one, and a department that will in itself be a model. COUNCIL OF WOMEN. Yesterday's Session Mainly Devoted to Philanthropy. The Woman's Council progressed two sep eions yesterday in the second day of its annual congress in the Unitarian church, and provided Interesting programmes for the afternoon and evening. There was a large hearing for both, and the discussion of phil anthropic work and methods In tho afternoon session touched a responsive chord among those who have made philanthropy a study. The evening programme was' furnished by the department of literature, and the study clubs furnished a series of brightly written papers. The breadth of the council through its various departments is exemplified in the successive programmes, and every direction of feminine effort is met in the several de veloped lines. A visitor of the afternoon was Mr 6. Sallie M. Moses, president of tho Woman's Press Association of Illinois, who spoke on the philanthropic work of distributing perused literature to country readers, which the news paper women of Chicago are conducting through their press association. Mrs. Moses' short talk preceded the regular papers. In her Introduction, Mrs. S. B. Williams led the wny to the proper presentation of the subject of philanthropy. Her talk was a gen eral survey of the field offered under the head "Evolution of Phllanthrophy and Com parative Methods— lts History and Deveiop _ ment." To Mrs. C. W. Keyes was intrusted the dis cussion of American methods of charity dis pensation. At the outset she said charity must have tho gift of self-sacrifice and effort. The evolution of philanthropy has appeared In the growth of the idea that the higher Christian way Is to check the Inevitable ten dency of charity to lower the standard of character, and to prevent the sapping of the foundations of true living, industry and fru- ! gality. Mrs. T. J. Gray had for the subject of her paper 'English Poor Law and Elberfeld Sys tem," to which was traced the early form of American poor law, and from which may be derived the broadest instruction in the right employment of philanthropy. Mrs. S. B. Williams followed Mrs. Gray'a exposition of the Elberfeld system with a I word to philanthropic workers, urging the j necessity of learning to do philanthropic [ work as the politicians handle the wards, and j extracted a lesson from tho result, of the late election in Xew York, where the evidence of power lay with the party that most con scientiously worked every district and left no vote uncounted In the slums. Mrs. O. P. Carter gave an exceptionally in teresting and well arranged account of the i systems of poor relief as practiced in France | and Holland. Mrs. J. M. Parker, whose labors with the Associated Charities have brought her in contact with tho local form of organized charity, brought the discussion to a close. She naii'.cd the four cardinal points in charity organization as investigation, registration, co operation, friendly visiting. In the evening the programme was under the direction of tho department of literature, of which Mrs. G. B. Willet is chairman. "Traveling Abroad While Staying at Home" was the subject of the first paper, read by Mrs. Einmett T. White, of The Ramblers' club. Mrs. H. C. Tuttle, of ti»e Nineteenth Cen tury club, gave- a review or "Kate Carnegie." She said lan Maclaren. the writer of so I many short stories of Interest and delicate j f>athos, is at a disadvantage in writing a ; ong story. Mrs. C. E. Wenzel, of the Travel- j ers', read a sketch of "The Greatness of i England." Miss Emily P. St. John, of the Coterie, spoke of "Browning's Obscurity." . She first gave the opinions of the critics I on Sardello at the time of its appearance, j They were refreshing to any one who has ever found difficulty in understanding Brown- Ing. The last paper of the evening was a summary of the play of "Othello." written by Mrs. C. F. Clark, of the Shakespeare club, and read for her by Mrs. C. E. Dickenson. It was a clever analysis of the motif of the play and the means used to develop the plot through the characters. The musical nuni* bers of the programme were a piano solo by Miss Helga Olson and a violin solo by Miss Florence Verge. For Selling? Liquor Sunday. Alfred Olson, otherwise known as "Stock holm Olson," was arraigned in the municipal court on a charge of selling liquor on Sun- SHE GLADLY SPEAKsT Victim of Nervous Dyspepsia and Nervous Prostration. Onalaska, Wis.— For ten years I have " -" the suffering victim of nervous pros nd nervous dyspepsia. I cannot ->v or remember the reme n or the prescriptions I what I would, I grew and was well -en came the grate th ago— on the ad io sent mo a box— >r. Oharcot's Kola ye taken one box . but that is noth •aical relief I have tter and happier ■ye years. If I •idatlon stronger t m\u Gleason. lne Tablets are Their strength are wonderful, ists or mailed t Mfg. Co., La day. This is the result of the case of Lizzie Holmes, the seventeen-year-old girl who was arrested Sunday night for being intoxicated. The court ordered an investigation, with the result that Olson was called to answer to * charge of selling liquor on Sunday. Mr Olson pleaded "not guilty." and de manded a Jury trial, but the court refused this request and set tho case for Thursday. SAYS IT IS gPITE WORK. Eaterley'n Plea in the Case of the Acid Throwing. "I think that somebody put acid on their clothes, and then that they put something on their neck to make it look like an acid burn, and that no acid was ever thrown.' Thus spoke Theodore Dsterley, when on the stand in his own behalf, under the cross-examination of Assistant County Attor ney Smith. He was loud in his claims tihat it was a case of blackmail, and that no acid had ever been thrown upon them. "You mean, to say that you believe that they did all this to Miss Henke, the mother and the little girl, Just out of spite?" was asked. "Yes. Just to get me Into trouble. This was about all that was brought out new in tho case since the first trial, the second trial being then at about the same point where the first one was 6topped be couse of a mistake. Esterley claimed that there had not been any trouble between the families that he knew of, except that once a brother, who is now dead, threatened to shoot him. "Didn't you try to brain him with an ax?" asked the questioner. Esterley denied it. He said that before going into the drug business he had been a bar tender for several years. Surveyor Dahl was placed on the stand by the defense te prove a diagram, and also to state that he had tried to ccc Esterley in the back room where the complaining witness claimed to have seen him through the win dow, and that it was impossible, although he went there the same time of day, and in bright sunlight. Cross-examined, however, Mr. Smith showed that Aug. 27 the sun would have bean in a totally different place, and would in fact have shone right in the window upon the person who might have been in the -room, especially If that person had stepped to the window to see if there was any one on the shed. At this point tho trial closed for the day. BILLINGS' EVIDENCE THIN. Not Very Damaging- to John R. Howard. The trial of the case of the state against Join R. Howard commenced yesterday mom ing before Judge Smith and a jury. Assistant Attorney General Edgerton outlining the case of the state to the Jury. The case conies to Hennepln county on a cha-nge of venue from Wright county, where Howard was indicted by a grand jury. The same facts wore tried before in this county, no agreement being reached. The claim of the state is that Howard procured Otis L. Billings to bribe a juror in a case on trial at Buffalo, in which tho Great Northern Railway company was interested. The case Is chiefly interesting from the fact that Biltongs charges that Wendell & Pidgeon, well known attorneys of Wright county, knew of the effort to bribe and acquiesced In it. This is denied by tho de fendant, who claims that he had no under standing with Billings to approach any Juror. Another peculiar thing is that Mr. Pidgeon is now county attorney of Wright county, and hence could not try the oaso, which is being prosecuted by the attorney general. Mrs. Amelia Os.'borne, John E. Holmberg and Frederick Graff were sworn in the morning, to give evidence as to an alleged appointment between Billings and the de fendant. In the afternoon Ernest Otto, the Juror in the case, was sworn and telHfled that Billings spoke to hinr about the case at Buffalo, .Minn. Billlnps was placed on the stand, and told his story much as at the previous trial. He claimed that Howard came to him and wanted him to do a piece of work at Buffalo for which he would pay him. In complying with that request, he went there and made tho proposition to Juror Otto. He admitted, upon cross-examination, that Howard had never mentioned the name of Otto to him, but he claimed he knew who Howard wanted approached. COMMON LAW WIFE Gcla Very Much in the Way of a Foreclosure. In the action of the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance company against Cornelius Kelley et al., there is a bit of interesting district court history. Several years ago Kel ley, who owned a brick block on Cedar ave nue, made an effort to get a woman out of his building by ejectment proceedings. Be fore he was through the court had decided that the woman in question was Mrs. Cor nelius Kelley, by a common law marriage, and also provided Kelley with a family of children. Since then she has remained in the house, and since then also a mortgage has been foreclosed, and the year of re demption has expired. The plaintiff in the present action seeks to gain possession and lienco the suit. Of course Mrs. Kelley claims that she never signed the mortgage, that therefore It was no mortgage, that it is her home stead, and that she will not vacate. Since the same ccurt that is now invoked has de cided that she and Kelley were husband and wife, it will be interesting to see what the jury will find in the matter. MANY MASONIC DEGREES Will Be Conferred in the Next Day or Two. At the convocation of the Scottish rite Ma soj«s of the southern jurisdiction degrees 15, 10 and 17 were communicated to a class of ton yesterday afternoon. In the evening de gree 18 was conferred in full from under the direction of the wise master, Willard B. Pineo. At 2 o'clock today degrees 19 and 20 will be worked, and degrees 21 to 29, inclu sive, will be communicated this evening, in addition to degree 80, which will be conferred in full form by the regular officers, under the direction of the commander, H. Danforth Dickinson. At 5 o'clock Thursday afternoon degree 31 will be conferred in full form, under the di rection of Prior Brother Edwin J. Forster. In the evening the thirty-second degree, the master royal of the secret, will be conferred in full ceremonial form by the officers of the consistory, under the direction of the master of the Kadosh, Roland H. Hartley. Among the distinguished visitors are Capt. A. Williams, of St. Paul; Maj. J. M. J. Sanno of Fort Snelling; Col. Frank M. Joyce, of the Cincinnati consistory; Congressman Tawney, of Mankato, and Henry Clark, of Winona. MUCH TO THEIR SORROW. A Squad of Seven Wheelmen Take to the Sidewalk. There was consternation among the ranks of a party of wheelmen who were on their way home at 6 o'clock last evening. Eighth street southeast is very muddy at present, and the road has been cut up by heavy teams. Of late it has been customary for wheelmen and wheelwomen, too, to take the sidewalk, and this is what caused the trouble. Officers Nonnand and Stanley were on hand at Fifth avenue southeast, and seven bicyclists fell into the trap. They gave their names at the central station as Jessie Brown, May Smith, Albert E. Slnims. Joseph N. Hlscock, Charles H. Johnson, Andrew Peterson and Elmer Bosworth. All the prisoners furnished bail to appear in court today. A majority of the wheelmen are employes of the Minneapolis Bedding company, and were on their way home from work. Fined Him flO. Christopher H. Mills, agent of the Syndi cate block, arrested Nov. 5 by Inspector Lux ton on the chaige of violating the smoke or dinance, changed his plea to guilty in the municipal court, and was fined $10. Judge Kerr, in passing sentence, remarked that as it was the first offense he would let him off with a light sentence, but he would be very severe if the defendants was arrested again. The Syndicate block has a smoke consumer, but has been using sawdust as fuel. Mr. Mills promised to use a good grade of coal from now on and abate the smoke. Dispatches Undelivered. Dispatches from Detroit announcing the death of Fred G. MeGraw, of that city, have arrived at Minneapolis during the week, but so far havo failed to reach the person for whom they are intended. George T. MeGraw, of this city, is the brother of the deceased, and, owing to his absence from town, and his present whereabouts being unknown, it 1b feared that the dispatches have failed to reach him. He was wired at Deer River and later at Grand Rapids. His deceased brother was one of Detroit's well known business men. The cause of his death was heart troublo, with which he had been ill for two months. Railway Club Meeting:. The Northwest Railway club met at tho West hotel last evening. "Incrustation of Boilers" was the subject of a discussion. A paper entitled "Car Journals and Bearings" was read by John Connolly, foreman of tha St. Paul & Duluth shops. George Dickson, president of the club, read a paper upon "Fire Bo* Steel and Water Circulation," which was foll6wed by discussion. The club will meet next month at the Hotel Ryan, in St. Paul. Do Not Want a Receiver. Judge Emery, attorney for the Pioneer Sav ings and Loan association, does not think THE SAIN* PAUI, GLOBE: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1897. that tfcwe irtll be any receiver appointed tor that concern. "When -we first began to liquidate In 1891." lie saiA "there were two and a Quarter mill ion of debts to pay. We have eefctled all these but about $130,000, and have more than enough to pay them up In assets. Aside from that, tfe have made profits enough in the liquida tion to pay the expenses of the settling up, and they cannot be run much cheaper. Alexander O-ver the Term. There will be no trial of Aid. Roman Alex ander this term. The calendar is bo crowded tjiat the county attorney's office will have all U can do with the case of the Btate against Aid.. Durnam, of the Third ward, who will be Wed on a charge of bribery directly following the Esterley oase. now before Judge Elliott. The Alexander case was continued over the term. Harry Johnson Pleads Guilty, Before Judge Elliott, In the criminal branch of the district court, Harry Johnson pleaded guilty to assault In the second degree, and he was remanded for sentence. He was in dicted for assault in the first degree for an alleged taking from the person after an as sauiti Fell Sixty Feet. B. J. Wolborn, a painter, fell from the roof of the Zier row, Ninth street and Fourth avenue south, yesterday noon, lighting on the atone walk. His hip was dislocated. It was a happy streak of luck that the man was not killed, as he fell about sixty feet. He was taken to the city hospital. He lives at 317 Third avenue south. Fassett Is Dead. John Fassett, city salesman for George Benz & Sons, who shot himself Monday morning at his home, 3016 Aldrich avenue south,' died yesterday afternoon at the city hospital. It was thought at the time that he would re cover from his injuries. Cold Wave Signals. The approach of the cold wintry blasts from the north are to be indicated the coming sea son by the cold wave flag raised over the fire engine houses. Observer Outram has com pleted the arrangements with Chief Stetson, and the flags will be hoisted at the Btaclons applying only to tha "cold wave" predictions. Who Is Michael? A Chicago telegram yesterday stated that Michael Jacobs, of Minneapolis, had been killed by a train there monday. A letter on his person was addressed to Mrs. Turner, 247 Fourth street north, Minneapolis. Mrs. Turn er could not be located and there is no such name as Michael Jacobs in the directory. Methodist Ministers Elect. The Methodist Ministers' association has elected the following officers: C. F. SSiarpe, president; Rev. J. H. Dewart, vice president; Rev. E. C. Clemens, secretary; Rev. T. W. Stout, W. A. Shannon and C. F. Blume, com mittee on programme. GEORGE TURKS THE METER BACK. 'This bill is wrong," said George Van Fleet, "I didn't burn five thousand feet." i "I'll take a wrench and fix the me ter, Begosh, It's nothing but a cheater." f~T \~77 ~~™ * To turn the hands two thousand back, George started, gave the glass a crack, I .. v j The gas escaped and it exploded, George never knew that it was load ed. PS. PCX GIVES I]l CONFESSION MADE BY THE WOMAN INDICTED WITH THORN FOB MURDER, WILL 60 ON .THE STAND. NEW YORK MURDER MYSTERY TO BE CLEARED UP AT LAST. . i MR. VINCENT AGAIN DRAWS OUT. Senior Counsel for Luetgert No Longer Connected With the Famous Chicago Case. NEW YORK, Nov. 9.— The Herald tomorrow will say* Emanuel Friend, counsel for Mrs. Augusta Nack, was at the Harlem opera house last night. It was noticed when he oame into the lobby that he appeared nervous and excited. His extreme nervousness caused some comment and he remark ed casually that he had just come from a long interview with his client, Mrs. Nack. He sat half the play through a.nd: on coming out said: "Mrs. Nack has confessed. That is all I can say. She has confessed and will go on the stand tomorrow against Thorn. I can not talk about the matter any further. I have made a solemn promise of secrecy. There is no use of trying to ccc me later — there is no use trying to see any one else. Even Mr. Howe does not know. The few others who do know are pledged to secrecy as I am. I shall go home, disconnect my tele phone and refuse to see any one or answer any questions. Mrs. Nack has made a full confession— that's all I can say." The Herald will further say: Mrs. Augusta Nack has made a full confes sion. She had until yesterday not ut tered ,a word that would incriminate her. ' She had withstood the efforts made by the police to extort from her an admission that she had killed Wil liam Guldensuppe, or that she had planned his death and lured him to Woodside, L. L, where Martin Thorn actually did the shooting. The woman had been subjected to the thirty-third degree by the police — to every known | method of torment. She had been con fronted with the horrid masses of flesh; she had been coaxed, wheedled and threatened. The promise of life had been held out to her as a reward for a few words that would surely result in Thorn's execution. She had remain ed firm during her imprisonment at police headquarters. At all hours of the day and night she had been besieg ed, but she had kept her own coun sel. Now she confesses, by what direct influence is not known. The story that Mrs. Nack has told and that she will be called upon to re peat to the jury is full of dramatic interest. She has described at great length her life with Guldensuppe in the little fiat on Ninth avenue, near Thirty-fourth street. She quarreled with him frequently after Thorn ap peared upon the scene. Guldensuppe was violent, anj to rid themselves of him she and Thorn determined to kill him.- She induced him to go to Wood side to inspect a cottage which she had hired, as she told him, to conduct her business as midwife. She sent him upstairs alone, and, when she heard shots, she knew that Thorn had car ried out his promise. The greatest dif ficulty was to obliterate the traces of murder. The only plan that appeared safe and sure was to cut the remains into fragments small enough to be carted away without suspicion. When the packages had been prepared, Mrs. Nack and Thorn hired a surrey in this city and drove to Woodside. They threw some of their bundles into the ' East river, but were then frightened j by the approach of deck hands on the i ferry boat, and they drove on until i they found an unfrequented spot to leave what remained. The discovery of the body was followed within a few j days by her arrest. Regarding the alleged confession of j Mrs. Nack, the Herald will print the following interviews: District Attorney Rosalsky said: "I left Mr. Youngs only ten minutes ago and Mr. Youngs knew nothing of the confession. I don't know how Mrs. Nack could have made the alleged confession. I have heard nothing about it from any source. We are able to convict both Thorn and Mrs. Nack. We can do so beyond a doubt. However, if she has made the confession it may have been to Eman uel Friend. We are going on in the morning to prove our case in the usual way." William F. Howe, senior counsel for Martin Thorn, said at the Park Ave nue hotel tonight: "This is atrocious. I had the most perfect defense ever presented in a court. I am utterly at a loss to understand how any lawyer with the entire absence of evidence against Mrs. Nack would have sanc tioned her making a so-called confes sion, for, assuming that her story be true, which I deny, in so far as it may implicate Thorn, if it does in any way, there wa-s no evidence in the pos session of the district attorney to show Mrs. Nack was anything more than an accessory after the fact if Gulden suppe was killed in the way attribut ed." Sheriff Dohe says he knows nothing . of any confession made by Mrs. Nack. He stated, however, that Mr. Friend was closeted with Mrs. Nack for a long time this evening. TRIAL OP THORN. Testimony of Twenty Witnesses Heard on the First Day. NEW YORK, Nov. 9.— The trial of Martin Thorn for the alleged murder of William Guldensuppe began in earn est this morning. Yesterday the jury was secured and at 10 o'clock this morning District Attorney William J. Youngs began his address. Thorn, clean-shaved and well groomed, sat with unmoved countenance aa the prosecuting attorney outlined his case. When he had concluded the taking of testimony began. Twenty witnesses were summoned for examination today and the district attorney took them one by one, just as the finding of the different portions of the body opened up to the public and the fact that a terrible crime had been committed. The first witnesses were the boys who, while swimming in the East river, had found the upper portion of the severed trunk, and thei^ followed the police men who were fcalled to the scene of the finding and ihey^in turn were fol lowed by witnesses who testified to the bringing of that part of the body to the morgue. The discovery of the lower part of the trunk, from which the legs were severed, half way between the thighs and knees, was then taken up. and every person who handled it until it was deposited with the morgue keeper, was examined and each one in turn identified the pafper, oil-cloth and cheese cloth in • which the part was wrapped. The irest "fc>f the afternoon was taken up by,the testimony of those who found and the bundle found floating at the Brooklyn navy yard, and as irl the other two in stances, the carrying of these limbs was followed from the dock to the New York morgue at Bellvue hospital. Then the morgue, keeper was put on the stand. At 4 o'clock all the witnesses who had been brought to court for examin ation had given their testimony and as there were no more available the prosecution asked for an adjournment until tomorrow morning-. The court granted this request and the trial will be resumed at half past 9 o'clock to morrow forenoon. It is expected that the greater part of the testimony to morrow will be that of anatomical ex perts who will be produced by the peo ple to prove that the parts belonged to the same body, and also, If possible, to prove the cause of death. VINCENT DRAWS OUT. No Longer Connected "With the Lnetgrert Case. CHICAGO, Nov. 9.— Former Judge Vincent, who conducted the defense in the first trial of Adolph_ L. Luetgert, has withdrawn from the case. Private business affairs were given as the cause of his withdrawal. Attorney Phalen, who was associated with Judge Vincent during the famous trial and who today announced the latter's withdrawal, will conduct the defense at the second hearing which, however, will not be called within six weeks. Luetgert, who is confined in the county Jail awaiting his second trial, admitted that Judge Vincent had with drawn from the «ase. He exhibited a letter from Mr. Vincent, only a portion of which he would make public. The paragraph which he read said that owing to the accumulation of private affairs during the lengthy trial Judge Vincent felt compelled to withdraw from the case. His personal Interests J demanded attention and he did not feel justified in longer neglecting them. He advised Luetgert to secure the services of some bright young attorney to as sist Mr. Phalen in the defense. If a desirable man could not be secured, however, Judge Vincent expressed his entire willingness to again carry on the defense rather than see the inter ests of his big client suffer. GAVE A FARM TO A CHURCH. Unknown Female's Present to a Preacher In Xew York. All she possessed, the result of thrift and economy for twelve long years, was what an unknown woman pre sented to the pastor of the Church of the Strangers, New York city, recent ly, for the purpose of aiding that or i ganization to build a new house of worship. The gift is the deed to twen ty acres of farm land, with a house and barn on it, in Pennsylvania, near the New Jersey line. The Church of the Strangers is trying to raise a building fund of $100,000 for a new c l ifice, and the woman expressed the wish that her offering be added to the $35,000 already procured. Only one con dition she attached to her gift. This was that her identity might be kept secret. Her reason for this was two fold—in the first place, she desired to escape publicity. Her second reason was that, being an active member of aii^ihei- churcu in iha city, she feared some unpleasantness might be created were it known that she had made such a donation to a church other than the j one with which she was connected. The presentation is the outcome of ! an eloquent plea for donations deliv ered by the pastor of the church Rev. | D. Asa Blackburn. The generous j stranger was present Mr. Blackburn took as his text "What shall I render unto the Lord for all His benefits to me?" The effects of this plea was well filled contribution boxes, and a note from the strange woman asking him ' to call on her. He went to see her i the next day. She told him his text of j the previous Sunday had followed her from church and rung in her brain all day, and at night it had come to her that she ought to mak» a gift to the Lord. She was unmarried, ■ she explained, with only herself to pro vide for, and this she had been able to do comfortably from a business she conducted. Her savings for twenty years — all she had ever put aside — she had invested in a pieco of property, and her thought had been that it would be a home for her in old age. She opened a drawer of her desk and placed the deed to this property in Rev. Mr. Blackburn's hand, a gift to the Church of the Strangers. It was her answer to the text, she said, one she felt she owed for the prosperity that had been vouchsafed her. "Do not ai-'k me to take it back," she broke in earnestly, noticing the minis ter's hesitancy about accepting the gift. She had considered the matter fully, she explained, and no arguments could change her determination. Noth ing was left for Mr. Blackburn but to .receive the gift for the church, and this he did gratefully. The minister related these circum stances to the congregation in the i Church of the Strangers the next Sun day morning, but the stranger of whose generosity he told was not pres ent. At the close of the service men ! and women pressed about him with ! enthusiastic praise for the woman, j and many wore the eager Inquirii s as ! to who she was, but to all of them i the minister was mute. He said lie i would formally present the property j to church at the next meeting of the i trustees, who would consider how best to dispose of it. Its value has not been i estimated. ■*■ ISur'iniiioM Route Excnrilonii If you are intending to travel, it will pay you to look over this list of re duced rate excursions offered by the Burlington. National Grange Patrons of Hus bandry, at Harrisburg, Pa., Nov. 10 to 16. Tickets on sale Nov. 7 to 13, good to return until Nov. 21. Rates, $38.35 for the round trip. National Baptist Congress, at Chi cago, 111., Nov. 10 to 18. Tickets on sale Nov. 13 to 17, good to return until Nov. 21. Rate, $15.35 for the round trip. Homeseekers' Excursion tickets to many points in Alabama, Arizona, Ar kansas, Florida, Georgia, Indian Ter ritory, lowa, Kansas, Kentucky. Loui siana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Caro lina, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Ten- I nepsee, Texas, Virginia and other states, will be on sale Nov. 16 and j Dec. 7 and 21, at the rate of one fare j for the round trip, plus $2. Apply at j ticket office, 400 Robert street (Hotel Ryan). THE KITTEN" AXD THE BEAR. Poms Frightened nmin Up a Tree and Kept Him There. Cluis Burns, the veteran first sergeant of Troop I), had a kitten which, during the sum mer camping of the troop at the Low>.r Gey eser bosin, made her home within the ser geant's tent. Here, curled up on a pair of army blankets, she defied the world in general i and dogs in particular. When tho latter ap- I proached she would elevate every bristle on ! her brave little beck, her eyes wouM glow like live coals, and her tall would swell up threateningly. If doga approached too near she would hiss, and exhibit the usual signs i of hostility, until the intruders had vanished from her neighborhood. One day, when the camp was bathed in sunshine and every soldier In camp felt lazy an inquisitive black bear came Jown the ! mountain side, and wheteher because he v.-as | 'in search o£ advenure or because attracted ■ by a savory smell from the cook's lire, be- ! gan to walk about among the white tents of j tho calvary command. Suddenly the kitten caught sight of him. j I Dogs by the score she had seen, but this par- j ; tiular "dog" was the largest and the hair- ; j iest dog she had ever seen. But she did not j j hesitate. It was enough for her that an <'n- ' 1 emy had invaded her special domain. Hiss- j ing forth her spite, while her little body quiv- i ered with rago, she darted forth at the bear. ■ I The onsalaught was sudden, and one glance i was enough for bruin. With a snort of fear, , ; bruin made for the nearest tree, a short dis- j ; tance away, and did not pause until he was : ! safely perched among the upper branches! | I Meanwhile the kitten stalked proudly about on , | the ground beneath, keeping close guard over j I her huge captive, her back curved into a bow, i and her hair still bristling with righteous mi i dienation, while her tail would now and then i give a significant little wave, as if to say: j "That's the way I settle impertinent bears." The soldiers who meanwhile had poured forth from their tents, could scarcely believe their eyes; but there was the bear in the trae I ! and the kitten below, and there were those who had seen the affair from beginning to i end. 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An Iron model of a cargo ship w;is placed In wat< r, aff'-r having been loaded with bricks. Then a bole, immense in Blze compared with the i ture vessel, was opened ur the side. When the water had rißen to a level with the d<«i< a number of xutta percha ba^.s fixed undei the deck were Inflated with carbonl nun, and the vessel almost Immediatelj ix-^.-.r: to rise. . m A VICTIM. He had first been assessed for a wheel for his WlfP, Th*n in turn for Maria and Bets*] and Rose, And subsequently prfn?Tiy c;in-.e Into life. He consecutively furnished cycles w: E'en his mother-in-law did not vainly ap peal To his generous loul, M I It k.' ' • • That he lavish"! so nui'-h on the family wheel There was naught for himself left remain ing but woe. — B<rstm Courier. 3