AGE ON TERMS Preliminary Arrangements Tor an Armistice Are Concluded. DISPUTED POINTS ALL CONCEDED Japan Waives Indemnity and the Last Barrier to Peace In Far East Is Removed. The Ions anil bloody war between Japan und Russia 1h ended. The terms of peace were Bottled by Mr. WJlto and Huron Komura ut the ses sion of the conference August 29 and preliminary nrrnngaments for an Armistice were concluded uml the uc tual work of framing the "treaty of Portsmouth" was by mutual agree ment turned over to Mr. dJ Martens, Russia's great 'international lawyer, and Air. Dennison, an American, who for 25 years has acted as the legal adviser of the Japanese foreign office. For the sake of peace Japan, with the magnanimity of a victor, at the last moment, yielded everything still In 'issue. Russia refused to budge from the ultimatum Emperor Nicho las had given to President Roose velt through Ambassador Meyer. No Indemnity under any guise, but an agreement to divide Sakhalin and re imburse Japan for the maintenance of the Russian prisoners were his last words. They had been repeated ly reiterated In Mr. Witte's Instruc tion and. In the form of a written re ply to the Japanese compromise proposal of last Wednesday, they were delivered to Huron Komura at Tuesday morning's session. The Mikado, nt the session of the ab'inet and elder statesmen held In Tokyo August 28 had sanctioned the final concession. When Karon Ko mura yielded, the rest was mere child's play. - Articles 10 and 11 (Interned war ships and the limitation of Russia's sea power In the far east) were withdrawn. Japan agreed that only that portion of the Chinese Eastern railroad south of Quanchrontze, the position occupied by Oyama, should be ceded to Japan. Both sides, once tha deadlock was torolten, wanted a "just and lasting" peace, and in that spirit it was decid ed practically to mutralize Sakha lin, each country binding itself not to fortify its half of the Island, and Japan assuming an obligation not to fortify tha La 1'nrouse strait betVeen Sakhalin and Hokkaido, which would lar Itussia's commercial route to the Jciflc. The plenipotentiaries went further. They decided to add a new clause in the nature of a broad provision for mutual commercial privileges, by which each country will secure for the other the benefit of the "most favored nation" clause and the "open door." The new treaty, therefore, will be a wonderfully friendly document, of a character almost to raise the sus picion that the two countries have not negotiated peace, but have con cluded tha basis of a future alliance. CHINA BUYS RAILROAD BACK Pays Indemnity of $6,750,000 for the Recovery of Franchise. As the result of the conference be tween the President and J. P. Morgan at Oyster Bay, the Chinese Develop ment Company held a meeting and ratified the sale of the Hankow rail road back to China. The plan was arranged at the meeting between the President and Mr. Morgan and Is aat'isractory to both of them. It was announced by tho President that the Empire of China had cancel led the rights and concessions of the Canton-Hankow railroad and that, as an Indemnity, the Chinese Gov ernment would pay the owners of the road, the American Development Company, tho sum of $0,750,000. The detasion to abide by the determination of the Government of China to can cul the franchise was reached at the conference between President Roose velt, and J. P. Morgan. LINCOLN FARM SOLD New York Man Buys Birthplace of the Emancipator. Abraham Lincoln's birthplace, a 100-acre farm near Hodgonville, Ky., was sold at auction to R. J. Collier of New York, for $3,000. The property was sold by order of court in the bankruptcy case of A. W. Donnette, of Naw York, who had purchased It 15 years ago from the Crcnl family, into whose hands It came at the time the Lincoln family removed from tha State. John E. Burton, of Philadelphia and f. D. Frost, of Chicago, were also bidders at the salo. Musician Drops Dead. With his Instrument to his mouth awaiting the signal of Conductor Robertson to begin an encore, George D. Dean, familiarly known to the musical profession throughout the country as "Denny" Dean, dropped load from his seat In the midst of lis fellow musicians In Robertson's Military band in Luna park, Pitts burg, expiring In sight of an audi ence of 6,000 people. Burglars Steal Safe of Jewels. A steel safe, which Is understood to Lave contained $150 In cash and .awclry valued at over $20,000, dis appeared from the summer residence nf Paul Bonner at Nlrvana-on-the-Somid, near Sound Beach, Conn. The family believe that burglars entered the house and conveyed the safe to the shore and placed it aboard a ves sel. The Mississippi university has re fused to accept a gift of $25,000 from Andrew Carnegie for a library. RESULTS OF THE WAR. Concessions Secured by Japan at Portsmouth Conference. The Mikado's empire has secured a place among the great powers of the world. Japan has wrested from Russia the control of the Llaotung peninsula, In cluding Port Arthur, Dalny and the Blonde and Elliott islands, and one half of Sakhalin. Japan has forced Russia to con sent to the open door for all nations In Manchuria. A "preponderant Influence" In Korea has been secured, an Inlluence which admits the right of Japan to give military and financial advice to the Emperor of Korea. Japan obtains the retrocession to China of the Eastern railroad, which runs south from Harbin to Port Ar thur, a change of control which will aid Japan In a financial sense. Japan has forced the limitation of the Chinese concession of 18S, under which the "cut-olf" through Northern Manchuria was built to connect the Trans-Siberian and Ussurl railroads, so as to provide for the retention and ownership of the line by the Chinese Eastern railroad. Chinese imperial police are to be substituted for the Russian railroad gua ids. The Japanese treasury Is to receive a liberal sum In payment for the care of Russian prisoners. Japan's fishermen secure the right to ply their trade In the waters of the Russian littoral from Vladivostok north to the Dehrlug Sea. Russia has lost its position as a ranking naval power. Its Meet In the Pacific Is cut tJ pieces, and Its great llaltic Meet has been destroyed. The costs of the contest are sum med up-us follows: Cost to Russia (estimated), $1, 875.01)11.000: cost to" Japan (estimat ed), $500,000,0(10; Russia's casualties in battle, 420,000: Japan's casualties In battle, 170,000; forces In the Held, Rusla, 810,000; forces In the Held, Japan, 700,000: Russian' warships lost or captured, 73; Japanese warships lost. 12; value of Russlun ships lost, $150,000,000; value of Japanese ships lost $150,000,000. Cause of the War. The primary pretext of the war was Russia's failure to keep her promise to evacuata Manchuria by October 8, 1903, but It had long been apparent that there must be a clash between that empire and Japan over the question of predominant In Hit ence in China and Korea. I lie na tional pride of Japan was outraged nv tha Russian occupation of Port Arthur after Japan had been forced bv a coalition of Germany, Russia and France to relinquish this import ant prize of her war with China. Russia hastened to establish a prac tical occupation of Manchuria, and gave so many evidences of intention to permanently hold this province of China that Japan took alarm and re sorted to war. Japan desired politi cal and commercial expansion, and found Russia standing across her path. She demanded that Manchuria should be evacuated, and when Rus sia made various excuses for delay ing the fulfillment, of her promise, Japan took tha Initiative by the at tack on the Port Arthur fleet on the night of February 8, 1904. SCRUBWOMAN WINS Angellne Williams Gets Her $1.03 From Railroad. The celebrated case of Angelina Williams, the East Strousburg, (Pa.) scrubwoman, against Milton Yetter's Delaware Valley Railway company, has at last been settled out of court. Tho railway", company, through Its attorney, after a bitter and costly fight, has paid the $1.03 In controver sy, and Mrs. Williams received the money. The road was to have been offered for salo under the hammer by Sheriff Evans. Mrs. Williams was cleaning a pas senger car on the road when the train started and carried her to Bushkill, and back. Her bill, It was said, was offset by the faro for the compulsory round trip. Mrs. Williams sued the company for $1, and got Judgment. August 28 was set for final argu ment, after months of litigation, but It was announced that tho reargument wa3 off. CAN'T MAIL LOVE CHARM Fraud Order Against Amatory Paste Cake Works. "A lovers' secret, to make nny one love with true and everlasting love," which would be sent on receipt of 10 cents, was the business operated by E-. F. Hansell, of Chicago, under the name of the "Gem Supply company." The Gem Supply company has been debarred from the use of the malls, a fraud order against It having been issued by the Postoffice department. This concern advertised for sale a so-called "Oriental charm," which would enable Its possessor to In fluence any one. This charm, which was nothing more or less than a small paste cake of perfumery, cost $1. and it was accompanied by a book entitled "Love, Courtship and Marriage. The inspector said the scheme was fraudulent and that Hansell admitted that the small paste cake of perfumery posscssad no power to charm. Kuropatkin Resigns. The Japaneso correspondent of the London Daily Telegraph at Moji. Japan, sends a report that General Kouropatkin has resigned his com mand and that his heulth has given way. James F. Carey, of Haverhill, was nominated for Governor at tho Massa chusetts Socialist State convention. Patrick F. Mahoncy, of Boston, was placed In nomination for Lieutenant Governor; C. C. Hitchcock, of Ware, for Secretary of State, TUT -IH THE 'CM Aeronaut Blown to Pieces while Up in His Balloon. WITNESSED BY GREAT CROWD Dead Man Had Been Giving Exhibi tions at Fair and Had Suc ceeded Several Times. Professor Baldwin, "airship wiz ard," was blown to bits by the ex plosion of six sticks of dynamite In his balloon while 1.550 feet In the air. His wife and two children were in tha crowd of 25,000 persons who saw the calamity, Baldwin was giving dally exhibi tions nt the county fair at Greens ville, O. He would ascend several thousand feet In the air ami explode half a dozen slicks of dynamite at different times. He had mounted 1.550 feet In the nir, and his airship was soaring a? gracefully lis a bird. While the thrill ed crowd, with heads uplifted, watching the sky where tho airship had been, a great cloud of smoke ap pea red. Seconds later there came a great boom from the clouds. Tha smolec obscured the view, but those who could continue the grewsiune watek saw fragments of I he airship falling Baldwin had literally been blown tc bits by the explosion. Ills body was picked up in blt3 and removed to e morgue. Baldwin's wife screamed when she snw the smoke, long before the ex plosion, for her practiced eye toll) her of the tragedy which had occur red In the clouds. She fell In a fain' before the vast crowd had realize what was happening. No one can toll how the necldon! occurred. The six sticks of dynamitf exploded simultaneously, and oulj one report was heard. Baldwin carried along with hint sufficient dynamite to have) 'blown himself and his airship Into atoms Men's faces blanched and womet fainted as the fragments of the shl and the unlucky aeronaut's body fel over a vast area. Baldwin was from Losantlvllle Ind., and was aged 30. He had beer engaged for a long while In giving balloon and nlrshlp exhibitions at county fairs. JAPS FORCED FIGHT Attack and Defeat Russians In the Mancburian Field. Army headquarters at Toyko has made the following announcement: "In the direction of llalngchlng, on the morning of August 17, out forces attacked and defeated tha ene my's mounted infantry several hun dred strong near Yutinagtsu, 30 miles northeast of Hslngehing. "The enemy's Infantry and one, battalion of four guns advanced the same morning on Nucliun Clientsu They were Immediately repulsed and chased toward Hokuanhslang, some eight miles north of Nauchan Client su. "Another body of the enemy, about one regiment of Infantry, opened an attack on Kushantsu tfie same morn Inc. and were repulsed. "In the direction of Taolu our force illslodecd the enemy's cavalry at Nantaikokou. some 20 miles south east of Taolu, and occupied the place. Another force took Kushulln at noon, making a further advance to Nlenpar hoku, some 10 miles south of Taolu. Another force advanced toward l.lannshiiichentsu. 10 miles south west of Taolu. dislodged the enemy's Infantry and one battullon with some guns and hotly chased him ward." north Four Men Killed. The bursting of a massive flywheel In the 10-Inch continuous roll depart ment of the National Tube company, a constituent of the United States Steel corporation, at McKeesport, Pa., resulted in the deaths of four men and the Injury of many others, one of who will probably die. TEN KILLED AT STATION Cars Leave Railroad racks and Crash Into Buildings. As the express from London to Cromer on the Great Eastern Railway of England, was entering Wltham station several passenger cars left the track and crashed Into the sta tion buildings, causing the death of 10 persons, six of whom were women, and seriously Injuring 20 persons. Among the killed was the porter of the station who was sitting In his room on the platform. He was crushed to death. Two ticket sellers were burled In the wreckage but they escaped serious Injury. - The gasometers beneath tha cars caught fire und consumed the wreck age. Fortunately, however, all the bodies wore removed before the flames gained headway. The real cars that left the track, the engine and front cars remaining on the rails. The rear cars mounted the platform ot the station, demolished tho buildings and then turned over. LAST FIGHT OF WAR Russians Had Advantage and Took 130 Prisoners. A dispatch from Lldzlanndse con tains the details of what will probable be the last engagement of the war. This encounter took place on August 9 uml resulted In an advantage tc the Russians, who took 130 prisoners A number of Japanese were killed; The Russian losses were eight kill ed. The remnant of the Japaneso ra tired bearing their wounded. PRESIDENT PRAISED. Receives Congratulations for His Ef forts to Bring Peace. Crowned heads of tho world nnlto with distinguished statesmen of America and Europe in according the glory of peace between Russia and spun to President Theodore Roose velt. Telegrams of congratulation poured In upon the President In a great flood. They came from persons of high degree and of low and from all quarters of the civilized world. In a cablegram received by Presi dent Roosevelt Emperor Nicholas congratulated and thanked the Presi dent for his efforts. The cablegram follows: "Accept my congratulations and warmest thanks for having brought (ho pence conclusions to a successful conclusion, owing to your personal energetic offices. My country will gratefully recognize the great part you have played In the Portsmouth peaco conference. "NICHOLAS." RUSSIA MUST PAY BIG SUM China's Interest in Railroad Will Cost $75,000,000. The Associated Press Is able to ;Ivo one additional and Interesting as well as Important detail In regard m the conditions of pence. Most Im- lorlant of all Is the fact that, the formal recognition of Japan's posses sion of the Chinese-Eastern railroad M'low Kiienclu nglse, the junction of lie branch of Klrln, Involves pay meat by Russia to China of a sum stlmated at $75,000,000. This is the Chinese Interest in the road, and for It China must he remunerated. 1'ho question of the ultimate pos session of the road is a matter to ba settled between China and Japan. Japan can keep the road or surrender It to China, demanding In return the money paid by Russia to China. If she elects the latter course Japnn w thereby obtain as an Indirect "spoil of war" from Russia the above men tioned sum In addition to reimburse ment for the cost of maintaining the Russian prisoners of war, for which Japan will present an Itemized bill CHINA TO HAVE PARLIAMENT The Dowager Empress Will Issue a Formal Decree. The foreign ministers attended banquet which Prince Chin gave In bidding farewell to the commission starting from China on a tour of the world. The principal object of this m'isslon Is to study the parliamentary proceedings of tho governments abroad, as the dowager empress In tends to Issue a decree nt the new vear for the establishment of a par liament 12 years hence. In the meantime the government will maintain a body of students abroad for the purpose of preparing the country for parliamentary govern ment. The commissioners will spend a month In Japan, proceeding thence to Europe via America. A REMARKABLE CASE 3cy Sleeps Over Four Months as Re sult of Injury. Medical scientists have had their attention directed to a remarkable :ase of catalepsy In Yonkers, N. Y., where Charles Canepi, 8 years old, has Deen In an unbroken trance-like sleep .'or more than four months. On April C last while whirling round i lamp post ha became dizzy, fell '.o the ground and struck on the back )f his head. Two days later he com plained of pains In the head and Svlthln a few minutes lapsed Into a state of unconsciousness from which Co has not awakened. Liquids have oeen poured Into his mouth In small luuntities, sustaining life. Yellow Fever Record. Tho official report of tho Yellow Fever 'ii.icfl in New Orleans up to 6 o'clock p.m. .Sept. 1 Is summarized as follows: New can's, 89. Total to (lute, 1,958. J Deaths. 4. i Total deaths to date, 2H1. King Oscar, of Sweden, has con ferred the honor of knighthood of tho Royal Order of Vasa upon B. Lowensteln, of Memphis, Tenn. Mr. I.owensteln has been a constant visi tor to Sweden for 12 years. Views of the Eclipse. The total eclipse of the sun was ob served In France under tho most favorable conditions. Dispatches from Burgos, Spain, report that excellent results were obtained by all tho scientific expedition. Military bal loons took part in the observations (here. The astronomers gathered in the various districts of Tunis suc cessfully carried out experiments es tablishing valuable astronomical data. The American astronomical expedi tion, headed by Rear Admiral Ches ter, superintendent of the United States naval observatory, succeeded In obtaining a splendid photograph of the eclipse of the sun at Guelma, Algeria. The expedition also by means of special apparatus, sketched the sun's protuberances. Threw Money In Street. A New York drummer was arrested nt Coshocton. O., while rtrunk for throwing dollar bills promiscuously around on the streets In violation of tho scrap paper ordinance. He was sober enough to give his name as John Jones, but declined to reveal his Identity. A tornado struck the northern part of Carbondale, Pa., and demolished a score of houses, barns and railroad cars, but caused no fatUUcs, GHliM STOPS THE BOYCOTT Government Issues Edict to the Vicroya and Governors. THEY MUST HAVE OUR GOODS Purpose of Movement Was to Frighten America Into Signing a New Treaty. The boycott of American goods by the Chinese merchant guilds Is being lirted, and will soon be a thing of the past. This Is the Information re ceived by tha department of com merce and labor from Minister Rockliiil at Pelilu. Minister RockhlU lias communicated with all the American consuls throughout the Chinese einpiro and they ull report that tho embargo upon American goods Is being removed. It Is predict ed by t he department of commerce and labor that when the annua! trade reports aro made up It will be found that American commerce In China has suffered but. little from tho boycott. What it has lost will he more than made up in the near future in the Increased trade that will come to this country by tho settlement of the Russian-Japanese war, and the devel opment or the orient that will result from pence. Several causes are contributing to tile failure of the boycott. First and foremost is tho demand for goods made In this country. The Chinese find they must have our wares and that to refuse to buy them works a greater hardship upon themselves than upon us. It Is pretty generally understood here that tho whole purpose of the Chinese boycott wus to frighten this country Into signing a new treaty with China, by the terms of which the rigid exclusion regulations would bo very materially modified. The move ment was a bluff, and for a time ap peared to be a strong one. Wu Ting Fang, former minister to this coun try, was credited with originating It, and nothing has developed to prove that this Idea was erroneous. But the bluff failed. DUN'S WEEKLY SUMMARY. International Trade Centers Re spond to Cessation of Hostili ties In the Far East. Peaco and prosperity succinctly ex-' press the results of un eventful week. International mercantile markets re sponded to the cessation of hostili ties and a period of commercial de velopment, mny be expected to follow the return of confidence. Capital that had been diverted Into bellicose chan nels will be used for construction In stead of destruction, and the United States will secure a stronger hold on tha markets of the Orient. Domestic reports were scarcely less encouraging Leading branches of manufacture are Increasing productive capacity, es pecially in departments pertaining to railway equipment; textile mills have little Idle machinery; footwear fac tories are running freely, while in structural work there is no evidence of less activity. Visiting buyers still throng the great Jobbing centers and place orders for distant delivery that testify to faith in a vigorous demand from consum ers. Railway earnings thus far avail able for August show an Increase of 4.8 per cent, over last year and for eign commerce at New York for the last week exhibited gains of $1,592,032 In exports and $1,052,022 in imports, as compared with 1904. Liabilities of failures in August were $4,350,00' less than last year and the latest crop news endorses earlier estimates of record-breaking cereal production, most of the harvesting and threshing being completed, but cotton returns are less satisfactory, many experts reducing their estimates to 10,500,000 bales or less. Iron and steel production Increases in response to the broadening demand, extensive plans for enlarged facilities being contemplated, and in structural shapes pressure for prompt shipment. Hides are maintained at full quota tions, although receipts of range cat tle continue to expand and the mar ket shows signs of artiflcality. Leathers Is in a better position, com mercial failures this week in the Vnitod States are 217, against 19 last week, 218 the preceding week and 222 the corresponding waek last year. LIST NEEDS CORRECTION Martin Blames Registration Assess ors With Carelessness. Insurance Commissioner David Martin, one of the leaders of the Re publican organization, admitted that there are perhaps 55,000 names on the Philadelphia assessors' lists of persons not entitled to vote. Commissioner Martin contends however, that they are almost wholly the names of former voters who have died or moved away, and that their names on' the assessors' lists indicate nothing worse than carele.ssness on the part of the registration assessors and householders. As against, these, Martin declares there are 40,000 le timate voters whose names nre not on the lists. Tha town of Shusha Is besieged by Tartars, who are well armed and are massacring the Armenians. Explode Egmb in New York. A bomb thrown ngalnst the front of the house of MichaH Palladma, a wealthy contractor, In East One Hun dred and Sixteenth street, New York shattered tho front door, smashed the windows and drove all of the inmates in haste to the street. The new feature of the yellow fever situation outside of New Or leans was tha development of two cases in Vlcksburg. Reports from Patterson Indicate an Improvement In the situation. CROP REPORTS. Temperature Highly Favorable In the Central Valleys. The Weather Bureau's weekly num mary of crop conditions Is us fol lows: During the weak ending August "23 the temperatures were highly favor able In the Central valleys und In the Gulf and Atlantic Coast districts with tha exception of the northern portion of the Middle Atlantic Slates mid New England, where It was rather cool. Wet weiither Interfered,' iwlth farm work and Injured crops in portions of Virginia, the Carollnas, Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee, Wisconsin, Iowa and the Dakota. Kaln Is much needed over tho Southeastern Rocky mountain slope the greater part of Texas and on the North Puc'itlc Coast. Tho principal corn States of the Central valleys have experienced a week of exceptionally, favorahlo weather conditions for the develop ment and maturity of corn. There Is everywhere ample moisture to Insure satisfactory development of tha crop, except In Texas und portions of Kan sas, but In the last-named State It Is onlv the late planted that Is suffering for' rain. Cutting Is In progress in Oklahoma and Indian Territories. Southern Missouri and over a large part of Kansas. The reports indicate that tho bulk of tho early corn will be safe from Injury by September 15, and most of the late corn will be safe by October 1. Some damage by local storms is reported from por tions of Illinois and South Dakota. ELEVEN THIEVES KILLED Fifty Others Hurt by Peasants In Russian Poland. The peasants in the districts sur rounding Warsaw, Poland, are making determined efforts to exterminate hands of thieves who have been com mitting extensive depredations. On August 2G the Inhabitants of the Mlonzovna district killed 11 thieves and wounded 50, and the thieves of Warsaw, fully armed, set out to avenge their comrades by set ting fire to vllages. The peasants thereupon organized to resist them, and a conflict Is imminent. The au thorities have not taken any action In the' matter. Boston Wool Market. The wool market Is active and firm. Heavy sales to the worsted mills are reported. New England and Philadel phia concerns buying largely. There has been a fair demand for all grades of wool and medium fleeces have sold in moderate volume, but the larger part of the transactions have been in Territories. Montana wools have been especially active. Pulled wools are generally quiet. Foreign wools are steady. Quotations follow: Ohio and Pennsylvania XX and above, :;r,37c; X, 313fc; no. i, wttHic: No. 2, 41ffH2c; fine unwashed, 2SffJ 9c; quarter blood, unwashed, 5c: blood, 35 (ft HOc; half blood, tfi35c; unwashed delaine, 30S-31c; unmerchantable, 3132c; line washed delaine, 3910c. CURRENT NEWS EVENTS. A series of earthquake shocks were felt along the New Hampshire Coast August 30. Congressman Townsend of Michigan has begun campaign for railroad rate legislation. The "9th National Encampment will assemble In Denver, Colo., dur ing the week beginning Monday, Sept. 4, 1905. Edward S. Holmes, Jr., surrendered himself nt the United States mar shal's offire at Washington, and was released on $10,000 bail. The barn of Andrew Stairs, near Acme, Pa., was struck by lightning and burned to the ground. The loss was $3,000. Henry MUtenberger, a well-known lumber dealer of Cumberland, Md., was killed by a Baltimore and Ohio railroad yard engine. Ofllcial announcement that Gover nor Douglass of Massachusetts will adhere to his resolution not to be a candidate for re-election in spite of messages and personal urgent solici tations to run again, from various parts of the State. Jesse T. Wilson, of Indiana, was appointed by President Roosevelt to ba second assistant secretary of the interior, succeeding In that position, Melville W. Miller, also an Indiana man, whose resignation the Presi dent accepted to take effect August 1, last. The Comptroller of the Currency issued a call for the condition of Na tional banks nt the close of business on August 25, 190o. Contracts Aggregate $9,000,000. The directors of the Western Pa cific have awarded contracts for the building of practically the entire line from Oakland to Salt Lake City. It Is understood that the aggregate amount of the several contracts for construction is about $9,000,000. Russell Harrison Resigns. Colonel Russell B. Harrison, of In dianapolis, has resigned as Adjutant General of the United Order of Span ish War Veterans. Captain Wm. k.. English, commander-in-chief, will an nounce the appointment of a succes sor at tha national encampment next week at Milwaukee. ' Cholera In Prussia. The official "Relchs-Anzeiger," of Berlin rays that since August 1(1 seven cholera cases, three of which were fatal, have occurred In the Weichsel district. East Prussia. Traffic from Weichsel has b?en placed under medical and police control. Plague Takes Another. Consul General Lee at Panama, cabled the state department that there was ona -death from bubonic plague at Panama, on Saturday. THE B08S OF THE RANCH. Small City Girl Well Knew Powers of the Janitor. Mabel's mama and papa had Just moved Into the new apartment and Ma bel had been Intrusted with the Im portant duty of tending door while tho maid washed windows. Very anxiously she waited for the bell to ring that she might enjoy the full dignity of her new post. At last the reward came, and a loud peal sent her Rcuddlng to tho hall. A pompous looking old gentleman stood before the small tot as with great difficulty she turned the latch and swung upen the portal. "la your mother In, little girl?" said the pompous old gentleman. "Yes, sir," said Mabel. "Tell her the landlord would like to see her for a few moments." "The what?" asked Mabel .doubt fully. She had never heard that word before, nnd If she had she could not have pronounced It. "Tell her a gentleman," said the old man, seeing Mabel's dilemma. Presently Mabel came running back. 1 "Mama says she's very busy and what do you want to see her about nnd who are you, please?" "Tell her," said the old gentleman, desperately, "that It's tho man who owns the house." "Oh!" A great light broke over Mabel's face. "Mama!" she cried, "he said he was the Lord, but It's only the janitor!" New York Press. Poured Gold in His Teeth. This story has come to light In a police court. A young man from Chi cago arrived In New York, hoping to obtain work as a waiter. Ho failed, and was arrested for stealing a roll of cloth from a tailor shop, In broad daylight. He pleaded guilty to the charge, and told the fol lowing story: "All the money I had was spent. . I had no friend to help me get work. I pawned my overcoat and spent the money I got on It, except 15 cents. I spent that for a pair of jllers, which I used to to rip the gold teeth from my mouth. These cost mo $75 and I pawned them for $3.50, all I could get, and when that money was gone t had to steal or starve. "I went to a clothing shop, picked up a roll of cloth In plain view of Its owners, and stood ten feet from the door, waiting to be sent to prison, where I would be sure of a bed and some food." Recorder Goff paroled the young young man and the officials saw that he was sent to his home In Chicago. Cleveland Plain Dealer. The Circus Lion. The linn drowses In his gaudy den, I think ha dreams of things beyond the ken Of tinseled shows of animals and men. The moonlight trembles on- the forest' depth The fountain In the palace long hath slept. The shadows to the desert's edge have crept. The clean brown desert sand beyond, there He Blotches of malachite and ebony, The minaret shines white against the sky. A soft wind stirs upon his shaggy mane, A ir lagie fragrance blows across the plain. Borne from the blossom of a crimson stain. By one and two gaunt, lissome shapes go by. All ghostlike pictures to the dreamer's eve: fie sends them In his sleep a hoarse, wild cry. The band men play, the street boys yell and run. The circus wagons glisten In the sun; The show moves slowly on the tzzmxn Is done. Richard Scrace, Guelpt Ont. Mr. MacQueen as a Minister. The Rev. Peter MacQueen tells this story on himself: It seems that Mr. Murphy, the famous temperance ora tor, made one of his great speeches in the West Somerville Congregational church some years ago. At the close of the service one of Mr. McQueen's (arlshloners, a worthy Scot addicted to strong liquors, came up to sign the temperance pledge. Mr. Murphy talked to the Scotch man and asked him if Mr. McQueen was not a brother Scot. "WTiat kind af a minister Is Mr. MacQueen?" said Murphy to the converted tippler. "He's a foln mon, that Mister Mac Queen; a grawn meenlster that; there's nane o' this dom'd releegioit aboot him." replied the old Scotch man. Two Fish Unaccounted For. "Old" Gorton of Manchester was an ardent disciple of Izaak Walton. On one occasion he was sitting upon the railroad bridge In company with some of the young men of the town, pur- suing his favorite occupation. The fish did not bite well, however, and one of his companions, becoming im patient, unnoticed by the old man, got up, wound up his line, and started for home, throwing a couple of fish Into Gorton's basket as he passed. After a time Gorton, too, tired of his poor luck, prepared for dearture. Lifting the the cover of his basket, ho looked. In, counted his catch, and said, with a surprised and disappoint ed voice: "Why, I had five dinners, and now there ain't but seven! Where the devil's tother two?" She Was Safe In Natick. Little Hester, 4 years old, was yls Hlng her grandparents, who are very strict Scotch Presbyterians. One day, having done something naughty, her grandmother took her In her arms, talked to her about being good and finished by saying: "God sees you, and he will not love you If you are not a good little girl." Hester opened wide her wondering eyes, and gravely looking into her grandmother's face, said: "But, grand ma, he can't see me when I am at home, for there Is no God in Natick."
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