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MICHIGAN'. Tav,r, the negro, is one or 'the uest sprinters in America. lie li warrant ed fast black. Norway's ceawced. used as fuel, yields a greater revenue than do the fisheries of that ccuntiy. If women would rather do the pro posing than the supj osing, why, the men ought to bo agreeable. With famine, rebellion and earth quakes, China Isn't missing many cf the tig things going this year. A Chicago gii refused to marry a man, who at once 'justified her lack cf confidence by killing himself. Dr. En: II Keich says music is dead. Perhaps they have no llano in the fiat above the one Dr. Emil occupies. The doctor who collected 1.000 skulls ou?ht to be an ex-officio mem ber cf all the Greek-letter fraternities. Says an Alabama poet, "I said In my haste all fishermen are liars." Haste? After due reflection you mean, man. .Are we not to be permitted to retain a single old belief? A Washington ex pert now says that it 13 healthful to cat green fruit. Prof. Hell says we shall soon be fly ing. Others have thought that, too, professor, but the law cf gravitation has been in the way. Once in a while seme girl who has never been in a chorus succeeds in getting a rich husband, thus showing that there are exceptions to all rules. A Paris paper says Emperor Wil liam looks and acts like a Frenchman. It is evident that the Parisian editors aie bound to keep Germany and France from becoming friendly. Tlu former office boy of a St. Louis clock company has been made Its tem porary manager. The moral of this brief story is uncertain. Which pays better to bo on time or to keep one's eye on the clock? A St. Louis university has estab lished a chair for chauffeurs. Doubt less it will be much pleasantor to be run over by a college graduate than by some rude person who knows noth ing about the classics. Roller skating parties in a rink erected on a lawn are the latest fad. If this roller skating crazo gets much worse we shall have to i ave all the streets with asphalt and warn auto racbiles and wagons off. Chinese launurymen in Chicago are crpanizing a military comi any in an ticipation of an upheaval at the death of the dowager empress. We should think they could .do damage enough by going home and doing washing for their enemies. It Is said that anyone wishing to dilute wine with water can be sure the wine will kill the microbes which may lurk in the water within six hours after the mixture is made. Put how long does it take the water to kill the germs of "brain storms" in the wine? After she has secured him and has rafely put him away where she knows rhe can get him at any time doubtless the girl who won a husband by hitting him with a snowball will confess to him that she was aiming at a cow on the epposite side of the street from him. The most unique method of deliver ing mall doubtless is that employed by steamers passing the islands of the Tonga group in the Pacific. On account of many reefs landing Is ex tremely dangerous, and the few let ters to be delivered are attached to large skyrockets, which are fired and reach the shore in safety. The historic plains of Abraham will be dedicated as a national park at the celebration next year of the three hundredth anniversary of the found ing of Quebec, provided those most prominent In the commemoration are able to have their way. At present the p.lains are marred by a rifle fac tory, and instead of listening to the demand that they remove to another site, the owners of the plant demand more room. The Evening Mail, of New York, goes earnestly If not profoundly into the question of what makes or breaks a hotel. It talks pleasantly about the old-time boniface of rubicund counte nance and warm jolly at the tap, tells how he is succeeded by the modern clerk and upon these premises places the unassailable conclusion that the hotels that get the money are made and that those falling to get it are broken. It only took a little over half a column, says the Detroit Free Press, to work out the syllogism. Underneath the reassuring reports as to Mr. Chamberlain's health given out by his family there circulate per sistently rumors of the incurable na ture of his malady. One statement very strongly made In England, in pri vate circles, Is that Mr. Chamberlain Is dying from cancer. NO:ie woman who applies for a dl vorc?i f a s ,nat her htisband took her home Nfci their wedding day and that Ms fcrrnVr wife was at the door and wouldn't let her in, but took back her husband. Some men are so careless about doing things of that sort. 8ELDIN0 NO REGRETS. Old Soldier Stabbed Car Conductor Nine Times. , W. K Johnson, a civil war veteran and an Inmate of the Soldiers' Home, stabbed Conductor Luther E. Haney, of Grand Rapids, nine times, because he had been told to stand aside to permit other passengers to get on md off. Haney Is still alive, but his condition is serious. Johnson Is C3 years old and has been In the Soldiers' Home over three years. He says that he was born and reared In Detroit and served In the Sixth Michigan cavalry during the civil war as bugler. Enlisting in the Fifth U. 8. cavalry, he served during the Indian wars in the southwest in the early 70s as sergeant. He was discharged for disablement. He is a carpenter and says that he lived 30 years in Colorado. Johnson stabbed the conductor twice in the neck, once on the left wrist. twice In the abdomen, once onthe left arm and once on the right wrist. I do not regret what I did," said the old Eoldler. Gov. Magoon Stays. Gov. Magoon's rule in Cuba will continue for 18 months, Secretary Taft 6ald after his conference at Oyster Bay with the president. The interven ing time will be needed to complete the census of the island, prepare for and hold an election for president and install the new executive. STATE NEWS BRIEFS. Russell Freeman, of Detroit, who created a stir in Colrtwater by at tempting to get his babe out of his father-in-law's home, and gained en trance through a cellar window, and was subsequently arrested, has been released in $100 ball. Auditor-General Bradley refuses to pay extra allowances for employes of the legislature. The senate voted $50 to Jacob Newmark and Geo. Clark. bill and journal clerks, for services In organizing the senate, and $6 a day additional from June 30 to July 10, af ter the legislature shall have finally adjourned. Capt. John Parker, of Marquette, took a whitefish from his nets that weighed nearly 19 pounds. "This is the biggest fish of the kind ever caught in Lake Superior of which I have any knowledge," said the cap tain. "The whitefish is a shallow water fish and does not generally grow to a great size. It Is nothing unusual to catch a trout weighing much more, but a whitefish of even 12 pounds is a veritable jumbo of Its kind." The notorious "water case." which gavt Grand Rapids, a reputation from one end of the continent to the other, is being aired to a small extent over the contest for possession oT $1,250 "tainted money." The mone was handed former Prosecutor C. E. Ward by Frederick Garman as "evidence." John Martin, formerly of New York, now of Texas, is after the coin. He had it in the f!rst place, and it was part of the game planned to graft a million. THE MARKETS. Detroit Cattle No fine tock in yards. Choice ft--r, fid; gooA to choice butcher nUern, 1,000 to 1.200 pounds. 4 &0fi4 ?5; light to g-ood butcher otters and heifers, "00 to 900 pounds. $36 4 50; mixed butchers' fat cows. f3 40; canners, $1 0(0:2; common bulls. 2 50ffz 3 50; common feeders, $3 r.o8 :r. Veal calves Market strong:. $4 50(17; milch cows and gprinirers, $400 50 each. Sheep and lambs Market quiet; best spring lambs. $7 508: fair to good lambs. $5 r,0Q6; yearling. $6(J? 6 50; fair to good butcher sheep. $3 T.Ofdi 60. Hogs Market lower. Range of prices: Light to good butchers. $6 05; pigs, $6 05; light yorkers, $6 05; stags, one third off. East Buffalo. The general market was draggy from start to finish, with decline of from 5c to 20c on the good kind of steer cattlo and about 20c to 30c on decline on the female kind; best export steers. $6(6.90; best shipping steers. $5.70fi 6.2.V. best 1,000 to 1.100 11. steers, $5.4 0(Tj 5.90: best fat cows, $4f?4.5o: fair to good. $3.75fr4 :trlm mers. $ 2 (ft 2.25 : ben heifers. $ 4.75 Ti 5.25 ; mediums to good. $3.75(7 4: hftt feeders, $4S4.25; yearling steers. $3p3.50; com mon stock steers f2.7Rfii3: vnrrt t.nlla $4.50rur,; bologna bulls. $3.25& 3 50; stock hulls. $2. 5057-3; the cow market wa about $2 per head lower than last week; good to extra. $45(?48: medium to good, $30'g,40; common, $20 Ti 30. Hogs Market 5c to 10c lower; beavv. $.2.. di 6.30: yorkers and pigs, $6.S0(j) 6.35: roughs. $.'.20(5.30. f-'heep and lambs Higher; soring lambs. $7.257.50: culls. $5.50T 6.50; yearlings. $6fj.50; culls. $5(0 5.50; wethers, $3.25 i 5.75 ; culls, $3(34; ewes $4 5pfi5. Calves Strong; best, $7.257.50; heavy, $4 (i 4.50. (rnln. i:te. Detroit Wheat Cash No. 2 red. 98 Vic: July. S.ooo hu nt 4ic 12.000 bu nt 94Ac. 3.000 bu at 94ic 10. 000 bu at 95c. 5.000 bu at 94 c. $.000 bu at 94ic, 5.000 bu at 944c. 5.000 bu at 94R4c. 10 000 bu at 94 r.. 15,000 bu at 5c. 5.000 bu at 954c 2 '0 bu at 964c. 5.000 bu at 97c. 3.000 bu at 98c. 6.000 bu at 9Hc: September. 22.000 bu at 97c, 15. f'00 bu at S7'4r. 20.000 hu at 97Vic. 6.000 bu Ht 97c. 5.000 bu at Sio, 10.000 bu nx -j.'r, in nun ,U at 97c, 15.000 hu at 97 '4 c. jO.onrt bu at 97c. 25.000 hu at 974c. 10,000 bu at 9c. 5,000 bu at Mic 11.000 bu at 93ic. 5.000 hu at $1, 10.000 In at It oi; December. 10.000 bu at 99V, , 30.000 b nt 99io. 15.000 bu at P9"i.e. 16.000 bu at 9v4r 10 000 bu at 99U.C. 5.000 bu at 994,0, 6.000 hu at !S c. R.000 bu at 99Hc. 20,000 bu at 99V;r. 5.000 bu at $1. 10 000 bu at $1 01. 5 000 bu at $1 01 S. 10.000 bu at $1 024. 15.000 bu at $1 03 10.000 bu at tl 03 U : No .1 red. 954c; No. i white. 96 c. Corn Ch No 3, 64c: No. 3 vellow 1 car at 65Hc; No. 4 yellow. 3 cars at 64c. 2 at 54'c: sample, 1 car at 524c; rejected, 1 car nt 63c 'Vts Cash No. 3 'whit, S can at Hy; Cash No. 2. 7c. Han Cash and June. $1 66: July, $t 67 asked: October, $1 70 asked: No vember. $1 69. Cloverseed Prim spot. $!); October 2d December. $8 26; prime alslke, $7 1 5. Timothy seed Prime spot. $2 IB. There are now 870 students regis tered at the P. 0f m. for the summer school, and the number is steadily in creasing. It is probable that there will ho at leaat 1,100. Henry Reed, of Victory. Mason county.' possesses a much sought and valuable coin, a 25-cent piece of 1872. Cut four coins tf that denomination were made. The Muskegon contractor has begun work on the new binder twine plant at the Jackson prison and expects to have it enclosed by April 1. Warden Armstrong believes he can begin work next April MICHIGAN EVENTS NOTED GRAND LEDGE HAS A MYSTERY IN THE DEATH OF TOAZ, DETECTIVE. IS IT MURDER OR SUICIDE Officials Call It Suicide, But Wife Says He Was Murdered, and There Are Evidences of a Struggle. The Compton Cate His Last. Tom J. Toaz, constable and detec tive, and the best known peace officer in Eaton county, was shot in the head end instantly killed in his homo in Grand Ledge about 2 o'clock Thurs day morning. The shooting is a mysterious affair, as there are evidences of a desperate struggle, yet the doors were locked and when Toaz was foind he held a revolver In his right hand. The bul let had entered his right temple. It was extracted and was found to be the same caliber as Toaz's revolver, which had one chamber discharged. Mrs. Toaz says that her husband heard a noise and went down -stairs to investigate. He called back that there was some one in the house, and told her to remain at the head of the stairs, then he went to the dining room and Mrs. Toaz heard a crash and one shot was fired. She ran out and called to a neighbor for help and they found the dining room table had been overturned and Toaz was lying just inside the back door in a pool of blood. Prosecutor Peters, of Charlotte, was at once summoned and a coroner's Jury was impaneled. It was the opln- loji of Sheriff Sloan, Prosecutor Pe ters and the coroner that 'foaz had t-hot himself. Mrs. Toaz insists that he was murdered. She and Miss Min nie TUlner, a clerk who boards in the Toaz home, say they heard Toaz ex claim, "What are you doing here?" Then there was sounds as of a strug gle and the table was upset with a crash. Toaz had returned early in the evening from Charlotte, where he had been attending the Compton murder trial, he having been instrumental in bringing Silas Compton back from Pennsylvania for trial for the murder of Miser Lampham 15 years ago, and ho was also the officer who worked up the case in 1S:2 that sent John Butch er ti Jackson for life for the same crime. Uneqrs! Ascescmcr.tc. Arrangements have been made by the state tax commifsioa to look into complaint.1? of unequal assessments at Alpena In July. Fletche r & Sons have complained of an excessive assess ment of a steam yacht, and other com plaints' have been received. The grievances of several street railway companies in the matter of assessments have been referred to tho attorney-general for an opinion as to whether the board may make a review of the complaint cf a corporation. The law says that reviews may be had only on complaint of a "resident taxpayer" and the question for settlement by the state's attorney Is whether an electric railway corporation comes un der that head. Found the Plunder. 'hlle walking home Just after mid night Albert West, an elderly man of Rattle Creek, was stopped by an at tractive young mulatto woman, who asked him to go with her. West pushed her aside and went home, but on ar riving there found his pocket had been cut open and his roll of bills, amounting to $380, removed. Police Capt. Bymer sent patrolmen to all the colored resorts and Officers Hamilton and Abbey arrested Marion Miller, of Cleveland, who answered the descrip tion. A stovepipe hole in one room had a suspicious appearance and there the officers found the amount of money West said he had lost. Is 103 Years Old. j Levi Rivers, of Inwood township, Schoolcraft county, who has the dis tinction of being the oldest person liv ing In the upper peninsula, has Just passed his 103d milestone , in life. Rounding the century mark In 1905, he is still hale and hearty, and is sur prisingly active for a man of his years. A walk of upwards a mile, taken shortly after breakfast, is his dally exercise v hen the weather is pleasant. The old man has been a great grandfather for a number of ears. He has always been a user of tobacco. Big- Mill Destroyed. Fire at Baraga destroyed the large sawmill of the Nester Estate Co., causing a reported loss of 165.000 and throwing 300 men out of work. The town Itself had a close call, as did large piles of manufactured lumber. It was necessary to summon a fire engine and tugs from Portage Lake, the former being rushed to the town by special train. Child Killed. Little Lillian Robblns, aged 11, was killed by a train at Vanderbilt. She was crossing the tracks with some of her companions nnd her friends got over safely, but when she reached the middle of the track she stopped a second as if afraid and was caught by the engine which backed down on her. R. R. Commissioner Glasgow and Mechanical Engineer Bice start on July 8 for an Inspection of all cf the railroad lines In the state. It's the first In three years. Tomes White, aged 33, of Kalama zoo, says that religion was the cause of the separation of his wife and him self elcht years ago. She became a convert to the Seventh Day Adventist faith and Insisted that he share their home with a "brother" of that belief and his wife. White refused anj his wife went to" Wisconsin. They have a child 8 years old which White has never seen. IN SUNSHINE. Lightning Killed Man and Did Some Very Remarkable Things. A bolt of lightning from an almost cloudless sky struck and instantly killed Joseph Bourassa, one of the old residents of Ecorse township at noon Saturday as he was hoeing hU garden. One of his shoes was blown to shreds, the other was found twenty feet away, wholly Intact, his clothes were stripped from his body and his whiskers were shaved clean from his face, but not a hair cf his head was even singed. The clothes not blown away caught fire and were consuming the body of the old man when a son, working nearby, extinguished them. The youns man says It was not raining, the sun even shining at intervals. When the bolt came he; did not realize what had happened until he saw the almost nude body of his father. His body and hands were frightfully burned, but the face, although cleanly shorn of whiskers, was not scorched. The handle cf the hoe he was wielding was burned to a char. Mr. Rcurassa had a large family and had lived In Ecorse township his entire life. He leaves a widow and twelve children, most of them grown up. After Many Years. After over fifty-nine years of sepa ration Thomas Heney, of Hastings will see his brother in England, and thus be successful in a search of years. Fifty-nine years ago Mr. He ney sailed from England for the Uni ted States to make his fortune. His brother was then but 5 years old, and finally left home and his whereabouts were unknown until last November he returned sick to his old home, and the brother in America, who several times had been abroad in efforts to find his brother, was notified. The younger Is now a shipping clerk for a Liver pool company and is eagerly awaiting the arrival of his older brother. P. M. Flyer Wrecked. A locomotive pulling the. Fere Mar quette "Cannon Rail" resort fiyer jumped the track one mile north of Thompsonville Tuesday night, carry ing seven sleepers with it and tearing up a long stretch of track. Charles Stanfield. of this city, baggageman sustained several broken ribs and in ternal injuries. Traffic' is completely tied up, trains going via the Manistee i Northeastern. This train was making Its first run south for the season. When coming north from Chicago in the morning the train was delayed four hours by a freight wreck. "Pitchfork Ben." "Pitchfork Ren" Tillman was in the Sco with his wife and three daughters us passengers on the steamer North west. He refused to name his choice for the Democralic nomination for president. Regarding the race problem he said northern people do not under stand the question as do the southern ers. He said we want the south to al low the black rights which we won't give them In the north. "Treat the blacks as equals and they will bother the life out of you," he said. Mrs. Tillman discussed the race question along the same lines. Gave the Babe Away. In Justice Rattdorf's court, Battle Creek, Mr. and Mrs. John H. Rlod gett, the former a railroad man, signed away all rights to their child, aged four months. Neighbors saw the infant was starving and notified the police, who asked Miss Rertha Rab cock, serving as probation agent, to Investigate. She reported filth and starvation, saying the child was al most a skeleton. The parents did not fight the police plans, being too glad to escape arrest. Laziness, not pover ty, is the claim advanced against the family, the house being unkept an1 neglected. Conscience Stricken. Homer Town, now a prosperous citi zen of Rattle Creek. Mich., lived at New Carlisle, Ind., fifteen years ago. He suddenly disappeared one day, leaving a number, of unsettled obliga tions. Town is now making regular remittances to his former creditors, writing them that he can no longer endure the sting of his conscience, and that he cannot go to his grave, with a single stain upon his life. He was supposed to have been foully dealt w ith after his disappearance from New Carlisle. Adrian's HomeComlng. Adrian's home-coming celebration eclipsed all others. At least 2,300 former residents returned to greet each other and old home friends and relatives. The most Interesting per sonage was Will Carleton, the poet, now of New York, who read an origin nl poem written for the occasion, "Forest and Homestead." The State Association of Probate Judges, which meets at Monroe July 31 to August 2 Inclusive, will be enter tained at the city's expense. A. J. Greulic-h, roofer, fell 50 feet to a cement sidewalk while working on a Grand Rapids school building and was Instantly killed. Miss Luella Burton, deputy factory Inspector, who Icoks after the inter ests of women employes, takes a whack at Flirt because there is no provision for the welfare of its work ing girls out ef shop hours. She says she Is surprised that there is no Y. W. C. A. Men and Hcrses Killed. Kalamazoo. Three valuable race horses and a man were killed In a cyclone which struck Recreation park. William Wiedmaycr, aged 39, was found dead two hours after the storm had passed. He was killed by corrlng In contact with a telephone wire. Hudson Pioneer Passes Away. Hudson. Cornelius Whltbeck, 83 years old, died. He was one of the oldest settlers of this county, coming here in 1S33. Four sons and four daughters survive. Is tr;c Sailors' Friers. !?:!y thousand fuller loo!: to II. A. Ilar.bury fur advice and for protec tion. Mr. HanLu.y is tho 'Unite J States shipping commissioner for tho pert of Now York. Ho 13 the sailors' Juci.T'. cr.d Jar j. Tho men who sign on foreign craft nov.' mast appear b fcre hir.i for their rapors Instead cf gcJn:; to tho consuls of the vcr'ouzj ccuntrlen. He decides all disputed Questions between the men aud their eailin?; ma?ters. Mary of the abuses of these men that former!' were com mon, such an compelling them to buy their outfits from. the s'.:i' owners or j captains, have b?cn done away with under Mr. Hanbury's rule. His ofHco Is cn the Pottery park. New York, where he easily enn rcich r.11 tl; tl.';.3 leaving thit port. IMCUHANCE INVZCTMUMTC. Hew Cns Ccrr.pany's Acrets Are CI trljutcd In the South and West. In connection with Its withc'rr.T.-i'. from Texas, tlcng with many otl:er companies, rather "than to submit to the new law which requires that 75 of tho reserves cn Texas policies shall be invested in securities of that state, which securities shall be deposited in the state and subjected to heavy taxa tion, in addition to the large tax nov imposed on life Insurance premiums, tho Equitable Life Assurance Society has made public the distribution of its assets, at the end of the second year of the ne-v management. The Equit able now has J10.95S.000 invested in Texas, which is twice as much as the new law requires, but the manage ment decided that to submit to the additional taxation would be an injus tice to its policyholders in other states, which imposo no such penalty on the thrift of their citizens. The Equltable's report shows that more than 37 of its total reserves are now Invested In the southern and western states, while only 33 cf its total insurance Is carried' In these states. Its Investments are distributed as follows: Ala., $3,099,000; Ariz., $974,000; Ark.. $4,03S,000; Cab, $3, 142,000; Col., $5.22?,009; Fla., $4,924, 000; Ga., $4,018,000; Idaho, $3,197,000; 111., $12,617,000; Ind. Ter., $443,000; Ind., $C.S3C,000; Iowa, $3,090,000; Kan fas. $11,037,000; Ky $2,031,000; La., $3,054,000; Md., $2,207,000; Mich.. ?C 009.000; Minn., $2,003,000; Miss., $707, 000; Mo., $S,197,000; Mont., $1,890,000; Nob., $7,320,000; Nov., $040,000; Ne w Mex., $1,370,000; N. C, $1,049,000; N. I)., $077,000; Ohio, 5ll.C34.000; Okia., $1,000,000; Ore., $1,138,000; S. C, $973,000; P. I)., $1,305,000; Tcnn., $1. S08.000; Utah, $2,134,000; Va., $0,592, 000; Wash.. $1,202,000; W. Va.. $5,323, C00; Wis., $2,312,000; Wyo., $3,307,000. HAPPENED AT BAD TIME. Minister's Fail Significant in View cf Previous Words. In a' small church In one of the min ing towns of Pennsylvania was a pul pit both antltf'.'c and unique. It was about the size and shape of a flour barrel, was elevated from the floor about four fete and was fastened to the wall. The ascent was by narrow winding steps. A minister from a neighboring town, a man of great vigor and vehemence, preached there one Sunday. While preaching he bent forward and shout-t-l out with great force the words of bis text: "The righteous shall stand, but the tricked shall fall." Just as these words escaped from his lips, the pulpit broke from its fastening, and he fell out and rolled over on the floor before his congre gation. In an Instant he was on his feet again and said: "Brethren, I am not hurt, and 1 don't mind the fall much, but I dc bate the connection," Encroaching. Magazine Editor Seeni3 to me our verse contributors are getting mighty particular. Assistant They are? Magazine Editor Yes; here's one who Insists on having his poem run next to pure advertising matter. Puck. COFFEE COMPLEXION. Many Ladies Have Poor Complexions from Coffee. "Coffee caused dark colored blotches on my face and body. I had been drinking it for a long while and these blotches gradually appeared, until finally they became permanent and were about as dark as coffee itself. "I formerly had as fine a complex ion as one could ask for. "When I became convinced that cof fee was the cause of my trouble, I changed and took to using Postum Food Coffee, and as I made it well, ac cording to directions, I liked it very much, and have since that time used It in place of coffee. "I am thankful to say I am not ner vous any more, as I was when I was drinking coffee, and my complexion Is now as fair and good as it was years ago. It Is very plain that coffee caused L'e trouble." Most bad complexions are caused by some disturbance of the stomach and coffee Is the greatest disturber of digestion known. Almost any woman can have a fair complexion if she will leave off coffee and use Postum Food Coffee and nutritious, healthy food in proper quantity. Tostum furnishes certain elements from the natural grains from the field that Nature uses to rebuild the nervous system and when that is In good condition, one can depend upon a good complexion a3 well as a good healthy body. "There's a Reason." Read, "The Road to Wellvllle," in pkgs. 'AT HE AND ABROAD SOME SUMMER CANAL STORIES J THAT ARE CIRCULATING I JUST NOW. WHY STEVENS QUIT JOB I ' Nctes of Thincs Happening in Thi3 and Foreign Countries, cf Major and Minor Interett. The Canal. f.tcrks arc afloat that the greed of politicians for federal patronage and the subserviency of administration officials in yielding to their importu nlties have brought construction work on the Panama canal to a condition of approximate ctfccs, it 13 claimed. A situation has arisen which threat ens to retard operations and delay the completion of the great waterway for years, If not indefinitely. It is said Col. Goethals, Maj. Siebert, Com missioner Smith and General Manager Bierd, of the Panama railroad, are try ing to get out. Ignorant senators and representatives, with a craze for ask ing foolish questions, helped to make John F. Stevens sick of his Job as engineer in chief of the Panama ca nal commission. This, at least, Is the claim that is made by his friends, who declare that the constant grill ing which Stevens received at the hands of senate and house commit tees had a great deal to do with his resignation. Loving Acquitted. After being in the jury room forty five minutes, the jury returned a ver dict of "not guilty" in the case of former Judge Win. G. Loving, of Nel son, on trial before the circuit court of Halifax county, Judge Wra. R. Rarksdale presiding, for the murder of Theodore Estes, the son of Sheriff M. K. Estes, of Nelson county. Judge Loving shot and killed young Estes on the afternoon of April 22 at Oakrldge following a buggy ride Estes had tak en with, the Judge's daughter, Mis3 Elizabeth Loving, who told her father that her escort had drugged and as vaulted her. It is admitted by attor neys and jurors that an actual assault was not committed. Temporary in sanity was the plea for acquittal." Purchase Civjrch Froperty. In accordance with directions from President Roosevelt. Secretary Tatt instructed Gov. Mapoon to purchase all the church property in Cuba in the diocese of Havana, according to the original recommendations. The stipulated value of the property in Havana is $1,499,550. Under the terms of the contract entered into between the military government and the church authorities, the United States was given the option to buy this prop erty at that price less 25 per cent of the rent paid to June 1, 1907. which, being $110,904, leaves a balance $1,388,646, which it Is proposed to pay. The Jape in Korea. A Korean delegate to the Hague peace conference says: "The Japan ese are behaving in Korea like sav ages. They are committing all kinds of barbarities against properties and against the people, especially the wo men. M. Nelidoff's refusal to receive us was astonishing and painful, as our relations with Russia as well as with America are so good that we thought they could not refuse to as sist us. We intend to go to America to appeal to the generosity of that noble country for help." English Crops Fail. All over England the bad weather is seriously affecting agricultural in terests. Dispatches from various parts of the county of Lancashire say that the outlook there Js the blackest with in the memory of man. The land is water-logged and large tracts of grass are rotting at the roots. The oats are only a foot high and are turning yel low. The fruit crop is a practical fail ure. The mountains of Lancashire county are in places covered with snow. The Czar's Outing. Czar Nicholas and his family have removed from Tsarqkoe Selo to Peter hof for the summer. Most extraordi nary preparations were made during the winter for thi3 visit and every thing, has been done which the wit and Ingenuity of man can conceive to secure the safety of the Russian ruler and those dear to him. A Million Immigrants. Commissioner of Immigration Rob ert Watchorn has completed some fig uring which indicated that the num ber of immigrants arriving In the port of New York last year was 900,000, and for the entire country, 1.026.0OO. The number coming over and entered at New York during the present fiscal year, which ended June 30, was 1, 100.000. Thaw Is III. Harry Thaw Is desperately ill in the Tombs and grave fears are entertained that he is on the verge of collapse. An application will be made to a supreme court Justice for ball for Thaw on the ground that his life will be endangered if he remains in prison. James J. HilK though not a Cath olic, may receive a title from the pope. He has been for years a clos? friend of Archbishop Ireland and, It is said, has donated several millions to the church, including $1,000,000 for the new St. Paul cathedral.-Mrs. Hill In a Catholic. Hill courted her when she was a waitress In a hotel and gave her a college education. Gov. Warner, Senators Sam Smith and Thad Seeley are named among the stockholders in a new burial ground Installed Just Inside the city limits on the Detroit road. The com pany Is capitalized at $60,000. Rockefeller Muct Testify. Judge Landis in the United States district court, Chicago, reused to withdraw the subpena issued for John I). Rockefeller, although John S. Mil ler, attorney for the Staudard Oil Co., uigently requested him to do so. Mr. Miller informed the court that Mr. Rockefeller, although' president of the company in Indiana, is not posses sed of the information regarding the financial condition of the Standard Oil Co. desired by the court. He also informed the court that Mr. Rockefel ler is an old man who has many busi ness cares, and that no advantage cculd be hid to any person by bring ing him Into the court. Judge Landis has directeJ that sub penas be issued also, for the vice president and S3?retary-treasurer of tie Union Tank Line. Vardaman's Conversion. While Gov. Vat daman , was deeply moved at the Cates revival services at the Ccl'seum building In Jackson, Mies., Mcnday night, he does not pro fess conversion to Christianity. When the evangelist called for penitents Vardaman went with 40 others to the "mourners' bench" and knelt for prayer. Several members of the local clergy prayed with him earnestly and asked him to make profession of faith, but he said that he did not feel like doing so. The governor declines to be interviewed concerning the matter. He has been regularly attending the revival since Sunday and manifests a deep interest In the work. Another Thaw Witness. Assistant District Attorney Garvan sailed for Europe today to find Vera Simonton, confidential friend of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw and a missing witness In the former trial of Harry Thaw. District Attorney Jerome Is very anxious to secure Vera Slmonton's testimony concerning incidents that are reported to have taken place while the Thaws were visiting music halls In Paris. It Is thought she may also be able to tell something about the cruel ties Thaw Is alleged to have practiced on various girls who came under his power. Five Hundred Victims. A horrible holocaust is reported in mall advices from Hong Kong where 500 Chinese of the audience of a Chi nese theater and ten of the actors were burned to death when the native theater was destroyed by fire. The flames spread rapidly and the building collapsed, blocking the en trance with burning debris. The origin of the fire Is said to have been due to the igniting of explosives concealed under the floor of the the ater, the fire following the explosion. Benefits the Shipper. A binding agreement between ship pers and the railroads, the dream of American commerce in the form of a uniform bill of lading, practically has been agreed on between commercial interests and all the trunk lines of the country and the interstate com merce commission has concurred. The new bill will hold the initial road and Its connections liable for a shipment from the time It Is delivered to the company until it is delivered to the consignee at its destination. Eats Needles. Mollle Dressier, 23 years old, who last September underwent an opera tion in a New York hospital when 40 needles were removed from her stom ach, was taken to the Fordham hos pital Tuesday night suffering from the same "needle complaint." This is the third time Miss Dressier has en dangered her life by swallowing needles. She denies she is trying to commit suicide, but refuses to give any reason for her strange habit. WIRELETS. Gov. Cummins, of Iowa, declared in a Minneapolis speech that "President Roosevelt will be re-elected." The Prohibitionists ' carried Wells ville, O., in a referendum on the sa loon question and 23 saloons must close up. The cigarette-smoker of Illinois will not have to leave that state, as a Chi cago judge has declared the recently passed anti-cigarette law invalid. Carnegie has deserted the library game momentarily and has donated a tract of land valued at $330,000 at Johnson, Pa., as the site of a big in sane asylum. William Stevenson, relative of the famous author, Robert Louis Steven ton, and an expert ship designer, has been arrested In Brooklyn on a charge of wife abandonment. Mr. and Mrs. Nick Longworth are in Yellowstone park for a two weeks' stay, climbing mountains and making the acquaintance of the grizzly bears which promenade on the hotel porches. Senator Allison, Iowa's aged states man, who has figured in history for a quarter of a century, refuses to step aside and declares he will run again for the senate. Recently he was thought to be dying. President Roosevelt entertained Sir John Harrington, recently appointed British minister to Abyssinia, at Oys ter Bay, and it is whispered that the president may make a trek to South Africa to hunt big game with the titled one. Two little girls in New York were killed in premature Fourth of July celebrations. Constance Gabriel was burned to death and Catherine Mach cno was crushed by a horse which had been frightened by the explosion of a cannon cracker. Former Judge A. B. Morse has "tied up" Ionia's new city hall project with an Injunction, after the people had voted to bond for $20,000, the bonds had been sold to Chicago par ties and preparations had been made to purchase a site. Sammy Pendlll. ngei 12. cf Shelby,, was pi ay hi g "buzz-raw" with a large button 0:1 a string when the string broke and the revolving button struck him In the eye, almost severing the eyeball. Charles II. Davis, aged 67, of Wil son township, civil war veteran, dropped dead while driving cows