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DURRANT MUST HANG

LAST HOPE OFTHE CONDEMNEDMAN SHATTERED

United States Supreme Court Affirms the Decision of the CircuitCourt of California The Decisionwas Not Unexpected

Theodore Durrant Will HangThe United States supreme court has

affirmed the decision of the circuit courtof California refusing a writ of habeascorpus to William Henry Theodore Dur¬

rant under sentence of death for the mur-der

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of Blanche Lamout iu San Franciscoin April 1895

The news that the United States courthad decided not to interfere with the ex¬

ecution of Durrant spread quickly overSan Francisco Monday and crowds readthe announcement eagerly from the news-paper

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bulletin boards The decision wasnot unexpected apparently only Durrantand his attorneys seemed to have any hopethat he would be saved from the gallows

The decision paves the way for the exe-cution

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of five other murderers who havebeen sentenced to death whose executionwas deferred pending a decision in theDurrant case

Durranis parents were notified of thedecision and were deeply affected

TAX SYSTEM IS FLAYED

Brown Universitys President De ¬

livers a Sensational AddressPresident Benjamin Andrews of Brown

University and James A Heme theactor spoke at the Henry George memorialmeeting in Providence R I Sundayf ught It was the first time Presidentrihdrews has spoken in public on politicalmatters since he withdrew his resignationas the head of Brown University which heendered last June on account of criticism

of his attitude on the silver question Hecharacterized George as the most influen-tial

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political economist in the world at hisdeath and as certain to exert great in-

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on the days that are sure to comeAndrews thought- - everything Georgewrote was well worth reading He elicitedapplause when he declared that in his be-

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Georges theory touching land taxwas substantially true

The most interesting part of his addresswas when President Andrews denouncedthe present system of taxation as unjustpaying If people knew really how bad itis they would rise up and sweep govern-ment

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away Andrews spoke with greatearnestness and was applauded re

oatedlj

GET THE KLONDIKE FEVER

Three Members of a Whaling CrewAttempt to Burn Their Ship

The whaling bark John E Winthroptins arrived at San Francisco from theiteming Sea Early in July the Winthropsjpokethe whaler Gayhead and for thefirst time heard of the Klondike gold dis-coveries

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Tlie crew became greatly ex¬

cited and three of the sailors J AKruegor O W Digman and H J Jonesformed a plan to destroy the vessel andmake their way to the Alaskan coastwith a view of ultimately reaching thegold fields The men stole tar and turpen-tine

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from the ships stores and with otheriiflammable material started a fire in theforehold Fortunately the flames wereextinguished before much damage wasdone The three conspirators were atonce put in irons Digmas made a writtenconfession stating that Kruger was theoriginator of the plot

GRAIN FOR EUROPEANS

A Biff Fleet of Ships Will Sail fromPhiladelphia

There are twenty seven steamships inlort at Philadelphia or under charter toload grain for European ports Most ofthe grain will be shipped in the next fewweeks They will carry in tao aggregate8000000 bushels of corn and wheat Sofar this j ear the shipments of corn haveaggregated nearly 22000000 bushelsagainst less than 7000000 last year

Cut the Heart from a CorpseWhile Richard Simpkins and Charles

Wiser were walking through Mt PleasantCemetery at Millville N J Mondaymorning they were startled by finding thefcrave of Mrs Phoebe Tilton had beenopened They followed the tracks wherethe body had been dragged and about 200yards in the woods found the corpse cut

pen with an ax from breast to pelvis andthe heart missing

Mark Twain Xot Making MoneyMark Twuins publishers at Hartford

Conn have received a cablegram fromHie author in which he denies the reportthat he recently wrote a letter to a per¬

sonal friend stating that he had made 82- -the last two years and had paid his

business debts in full The facts are thatixli vieiiHiiis sun owes anout ouutKAccouutof C L Webster Co

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Colorado Cashier SuicidesHiram K Holder 27 years old and un ¬

married cashier of the Central NationalBank of Pueblo Colo in a fit of tempo-rary

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insanity committed suicide by shootIn himself through the head His booksare correct to a penny

No Prohibition in GeorgiaThe Georgia senate on Saturday defeatedmeasure which if passed would have

had the effect of making Georgia a prohi ¬bition Male The bill has been pendingin the legislature since last year and has- -

ween exiumsuveiy argued The volethe bill was 18 to 23

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Maj Handy Home from EuropeMaj Moses P Handy special cemmis

fiiouer of the United States to the Parisexposition in 1900 returned to this countrySaturday The major reports that he hailja very successful mission

WEDDING UNITES NATIONS

iamous Holland Painter marries aRemarkable Hawaiian BeautyHolland and Hawaii have been united

by a marriage solemnized in St PaulThe crown painter to the Dutch royalamity was married to the daughter of thelawaiian king a widow of remarkable

heauty The groom was Joseph HubertVos of The Hague and the brideEleanor Kalkilani Graham of Hono-lulu

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The wedding was very pri-vate

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only two personal friends and thewo children of the bride being presentfos is one of Europes famous portraitainters During his several years resi-

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in this country he recently locatedV tFort Cotton and supposedly to studyhe Indian types Mrs Yos is said to be-

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to the Hawaiian royal families Herormer husband is believed to have been a

planter of vast wealth The couple leftfor Honolulu Saturday afternoon

COMPELLED TO RESIGN

Old Officers of the National Liife In-

surance¬

Company OustedCommissioner of Insurance Frederick A

Belts of Cincinnati made public on Mon ¬

day the report of the investigations of theNational Life Association of Hartford theoutcome of which was the requested res-

ignation¬

of President Fletcher and Di-

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Wilbur the voluntary resigna-tion

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of H T Braman the secretaryand the reorganization of the companyAccording to the report of the com-

missioner¬

it became apparent in the earlystages of the investigation that the ofliccrsof the association attempted in many waysto mislead the insurance department andthe general public

The report gives a detailed statementfrom the books of the association whichshowed the many discrepancies in reportsto the commissioner

MAY ADOPT CISNEROS

Wealthy Chicago Widow TakesFancy to the Cuban Girl

Mrs Celia Wallace who resides at theAuditorium Chicago and is a childlesswidow has taken a fancy to EvaugelinaCossio y Cisneros the Cuban refugee andhas offered to adopt the Cuban maid andmake her an heiress to a fortune estimatedby friends of Mrs Wallace at 500000Evangelina looks with favor upon theproposition and took it under advisementWhen it was explained to her that thewritten consent of her father would benecessary before the adoption could bemade legally she said she thought he wouldbe willing to take the step

CONFIRMS THE SALE

Union Pacific Deal O KM by Fed ¬

eral Judge SanbornJudge W n Sanborn of the United

States circuit court at St Paul has con ¬

firmed the government foreclosure sale ofthe main line of the Union Pacific Kailroad which took place November atOmaha when the reorganization com ¬

mute bid upwards of 5S0O0O0a for thegovernments claim on this road On Tuesday November 2 there was a second saleunder foreclosure of the first mortgagebonds controlled by the reorgani7ationcommittee

Insurance DecisionThe supreme court of Illinois has handed

down a decision of great interest to insur-ance

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men all over the country The stateof Illinois has a law that insurance underthe Lloyds plan may not be transacted inthe state John A Barnes whoissued policies in various Lloydsnot authorized by the state insurancedepartment was fined 500 andhe went to the courts represented by At¬

torney Myron H Beach of Chicago Thesupreme court has decided that Lloydsmay transact business in the state and thatthe law which seeks to prevent them fromso doing is unconstitutional This throwsthe doors wide open to insurance menfrom other states whom Illinois has triedto keep out as the court says that whathas been granted to citizens of Illinoismay not be denied others

Cost of Luetgert TrialStates Attorney Deneen of Cook County

llinois has filed with Deputy ComptrollerMonoghan his bills for the expenses in-

curred¬

in the prosecution of the Luetgertcase The actual expenses incurred by thestates attorney amounts to 5735 Forthis expense the county board has appro-priated

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5000 The total expense of thetrial including the salaries of the jurorsand the feeding of jurors amounts to3S808 The chief item of the cxnensu incurred was 2S05 for expert Icstimonj

Close of Chicago Horse ShowThe first annual horse show ended in

Chicago Saturday The enterprise hasbeen one of the mostsuccessful exhibitionsever held in the city and its projectorshave been so encouraged by the attend ¬

ance and the number of exhibitors thatthey have determined to make the showan annual feature The show was a finan ¬

cial success

LeeGen

Leaves forLee in pursuance of

left Washington Fridayway to Cuba This fact

Cubainstructions

afternoon on hisis believed to ox- -

hibit Hie confidence of the administrationin the satisfactory outcome of the pendingnegotiations with Spain

Edmund S Holbrook DeadEdmund S Holbrook for many years a

leading attorney of the west died in Chi ¬

cago Sunday Mr Holbrook was widelyknown as a poet and newspaper contrib ¬

utorDenver and Rio Grande Earnings

For the mouth of October the leceipts ofthe Denver and Rio Grande were S76S0Wan increase of 54700 over the same monthlast year or 771 percent

Buy Crokers ThoroughbredsGen W H Jackson of Belle Meade

Ten n has purchased the interest ofRichard Crokcr in the Belle Meade breed ¬

ing farm of thoroughbred horses

Weekly Bank StatementThe New York weekly bank statement

shows the reserve has decreased 3000ftflf Tlif linnl c imM sm ni nni inof legal requirements

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NINETEEN LIYES LOST

ONLY THREE OF THE IDAHOSCREW ESCAPE

VSank in a Terrific Gale on Lake Erie

November 6 Three Men and TwoTeams Annihilated by a NitroGlycerinc Explosion

Onlv Thppft nf a Creiv RcnnnnThe are the of sixteen storekeePfrs

of the nineteen men who lost their lives onthe steamer Idaho which sank during thegale on Saturday morning above LongPoint on Lake Erie Alexander Gilliescaptain Buffalo George Gibson firstmate Buffalo William Clancy chiefengineer Buffalo John D Taylor Stew-ard

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Buffalo Nelson Skinner first assist-ant

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engineer Louis Gilmore watchmanRichard McLean wheelman RobertWilliams wheelman A J Rich-ards

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lookout Henry Thompson lookoutConrad Blanker fireman Gregory fire-man

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John Healy assistant stewardFrederiekMiffort oiler Edward A Smithdeckhand Rochester N Y M Beeledeck hand three unknown

The names of the two men saved areLouis Laforce jr second mate WilliamGill a deck hand Rochester N Y

The Idaho went out of commission threeor four years ago but this summer shewas thoroughly overhauled After heroverhauling she was placed at the dis- -posal of the Naval Veterans Associationand by that organization used as a flagshipduring the G A R encampment at Buf-falo

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in August At the close of the en-campment

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she was put into commissionagain as a freighter

The captain of the ill fated steamerAlex Gillies was one of the most widelyknown of lake seamen He was 41 yearsold His brother Donald Gillies is cap-tain

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of the steamer Harlem

NITRO GLYCERINE EXPLOSION

Three Men and Two Teams Annihi-lated

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in West VirginiaAt Pinefork near New W

Va Saturday William Conn of Cuba NY drove oto the nitro glycerine maga-zine

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with a two horse wagon to get twelvegallons of nitro glycerine to shoot someoil wells over which he had supervisionWhile he was inside anolher two horsewagon with two men in it who have notbeen identified drove up Before thesestrangers alighted the magazine blew upwith a report heard ten miles away Theonly thing found that ever was humanwas a piece of a mans foot All elsethree human beings four horses and twowagons were as if they had nexer existedWhere the magazine stood was a deepcavern Windows were broken in everydwelling within a radius of half a mile

SOLD NATURALIZATION PAPERS

Government Employes in Philadel-phia

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Are Put Under ArrestA sensation has been caused in potitical

and official circles of Philadelphia by thearrest of several city and United Statesgovernment employes of prominence onthe charge of conspiracy and the issuanceof fraudulent naturalization papers Thosearrested are Eugene Lindsey clerk in anotarys office Richard Merrick and sonJohn clerks in the United States frcnitcourt It is stated other arrests are incontemplation It is said naturalizationpapers were furnished for 17 each thatquite a number were issued They gavebail for further hearing

ROBBED HIM OF SPEECH

Footpads Destroy the Vocal Chordsof a Moneyless Victim

William Kastner a cook was held up byfootpads when passing under the LakeStreet elevated railroad structure inMarket Street Chicago Sunday eveningThe robbers searched Kastners pocketsbut finding nothing of value there theydetermined to rob him of his speech Oneof them placed a revolver close to thevictims throat and fired The bullet cutthrough the vocal chords and completelydestroyed Kastners power of speech Therobbers escaped

BIG ARKANSAS FIRE

Lumber Company Suffers a 100OOO Loss

Fire at Texarkana Ark destroyed foursteam lumber kilns five lumber sheds andover one and a quarter million feet of lum-ber

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the property of the Central CoalCoke and Lumber Company The aggre ¬

gate loss is over 100000

Pupils Kill A TeacherRunes Allen teacher in a school at

Whitland Hickory County Mo was beat-en

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to death Thursday by his pupils As apunishment for misconduct Mr Allenkept several boys after school was dismiss ¬

ed njght When released theyouths went away angry and later as theteacher was on his way home way-laid

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him pelting him with stones andclubs Mr Allen was knocked down andhis skull crushed He did not regain ¬

and died Friday morning Theyouths have been arrested

Mobbed by ChineseA Shanghai dispatch says that the cap-

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of the German gunboat Cormorantand the German minister to China wereattacked by a mob at Wu Chang a largecity in the province of Hoo Pee on theYaug-ste-Kia- ng River The rioters arealso reported to have stoned the Germanfiag and insulted the minister The latterthe dispatch says has demanded the pun ¬

ishment of the offendersi

Prominent Lumber Man DeadIconic S Shaw president of the Clo

queLtMinn Lumber Company and oneof the best known lumbermen in the north ¬

west died suddenly at his residence inCloquer He was 75 years of age but upto the hour of his Ueath he remained theactive head of one of the largest lumberconcerns in the United States

Woolen Mills Are BushedNotice was givdn Friday that on Mon ¬

day the Conn woolenmills would put to work the full force ona full liiie schedule of sixty hours a week

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BRADSTREETS REVIEW

Unseasonable Weather Has Been anUnfavorable Feature

Bradstreets Weekly Review says Kill-ing

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frosts south the raising of quarantineembargoes in nearly all states invaded byyellow fever the resumption of trade anda prospective revival in demand of staplemerchandise constitute the trade featuresof the week Rains in central western andwestern states followed by colderweather have favored farmers andstimulated demand from interior

following names

Martinsville

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con-sciousness

Willimantic

This has had a favorable effect at Louisville St Louis andKansas City Jobbers in northwesternstates are awaiting seasonable weather tostimulate the movement of heavy drygoods and winter clothing Larger east-ern

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cities report no increase in the gen-

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merchandise movement New Eng-land

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centers report that orders from thewest exceed those from the south or east

ATTEMPT TO KILL MORAES

Brazilian Minister Loses His Life inProtecting the President

A dispatch from Rio Janeiro says At1 oclock Friday afternoon a soldier of theTenth batallion which constitutes part ofthe local garrison attempted to shootPresident Moraes with a pistol The presi-dent

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was just landing at the marine ar-

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after visiting the steamer on whichGen Barbosa minister of marine had returned from Bahia

Bystanders frustrated the attempt butCol Moraes the presidents nephew wasslightly wounded in disarming the soldierGen Bittancour Gen Marsedo Barcourtsecretary of war then interfered and washimself stabbed The wound was so ser-

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that he died soon afterward Theattack has caused the greatest agitatioivthroughout the city

TAKES THE LIVES OF FOUR

Horrible Quadruple Tragedy Re¬

ported from Rawdon CanadaA quadruple murder is reported from

Rawdon Can The victims were threedaughters and one son of Nully a farmerwho having gone on a visit Friday morn-ing

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found the children murdered when hereturned home The girls were 18 16 and14 and the boy 10 The parents went toSt Julienne on business leaving thechildren home A neighbor called anddiscovered the ghastly spectacle Whenfound the bodies of two of the girls werein the kitchen with their throats cut Thebody of the oldest girl was between thehouse and the barn in the same conditionThe boys remains were in the barn Noreason for the crime was discovered except a desire to assault the girls

FRAUDS IN NEW YORK

Citizens Union to Begin Prosecutions of Election Law ViolationsThe executive committee of the Citizens

Union of Greater New York proposes toinstitute a series of prosecutions aaainstviolators of the election laws The com-mitteemen

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say that they are in possessionof evidence of fraud practiced in that cityon election day It is also claimed thatthe frauds are of such a gigantic nature asto affect the official returns to a markedextent Chairman Reynolds says thatsomebody will go to prison before the in-

vestigations¬

are completed

Find No Trace of Bad IndiansThe war department has received word

from Gen Otis at Denver to the effectthat he has been advised by Capt Wrightcommanding the troops scouting after theIndians witlr- - whom the Colorado gamewarden had a brush a few days ago inwhich several Indians were killed thatthere are no indications of the presence ofIndians anywhere in the vicinitv of thefight

Rich Iron Ore FindThe most important iron ore discovery

on the Menominee range in several yearshas been made a few miles east of CrystalFalls Mich The drill hole was put downat an angle of 80 degrees and struck theore at the depth of 117 feet From thatpoint to a depth of 104 feet the drill cutthrough clean ore

North Dakota Divorces InvalidJudge Frazier of Pittsburg Pa has

handed down an opinion in which he de-

clared¬

that a North Dakota divorce isworthless in the state of Pennsylvania

DIAKKET QUOTATIONS

Chicago Cattle common to pnrneouu to qouu nogs shipping grades

iJOO to 400 sheep fair to choice 200to 450 wheat No 2 red 92c to 94ccorn No 2 23c to 2Gc oats No 2 18cto 20c rye No 2 4Gc to 4Sc butterchoice creamery 22c to 24c eggs freshluc to 17c new potatoes 35c to 50c perbushel

Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 to525 hogs choice light 300 to 400

sheep common to choice 300 to 400wheat No 2 93c to 93c com No 2white 24c to 20c oats No 2 white 21cto 23c

St Louis Cattle 300 to 550 hogs300 to 400 sheep 300 to 450

wheat No 2 97c to 99c corn No 2yellow 24c to 25c oats No 2 white 20rto 22c rye No 2 45c to 47c

Cincinnati Cattle 250 to 525 hogs300 to 400 sheep 250 to 425

wheat No 2 92c to 93c corn No 2mived 23c to 27c oats No 2 mixed 21 fto 22c rye No 2 4Gc to 48c

Detroit Cattle 250 to 525 hoes300 to 375 sheep 250 to 425

wheat No 2 92c to S4c corn No 2yellow 23c to 2Gc oats No 2 white 21cto 23c lye 47c to 48c

Toledo --Wheat No 2 red 93c to 95ecorn No 2 mixed 26c to 27c oats No2 white 17e to 19c rye No 2 47c to 48cclover seed 320 to 330

Milwaukee Wheat No 2 spring 84cto 8e corn No 3 26c to 27c oats No2 white 22c to 24c rye No 2 47c to 49cbarley No 2 40c to 44c pork mess725 to 775Buffa o Cattle 300 to 550 Logs

300 to 4G0 sheep 300 to 500wheat No 2 red 96c to 98c corn No2 yellow 29c to 31c oats No 2 white25e to 26c

New York Cattle 300 to 525 hogs350 to 425 sheep 300 to 475

wheat No 2 red 99c to 101 corn No2 32c to 33c oats No 2 white 24c to25c butter creamery 15c to 25c eggsWestern 19c to 21c

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SECRETARY WILSONS WORK

A Tears Operations of the Agrxcultural Department

Secretary Wilson has presented his re¬

port to the President reviewing the opera-tions

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of the Department of Agriculturefor the past year The most importantrecommendation made by him is one thatagents for the department should be sta-tioned

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at each of our more importantAmerican embassies for the collection olinformation of interest to American farmers Referring to this subject he says

We are endeavoring to get informatiorfrom foreign countries with which wcompete in the markets of the world regarding crops and prices We are alsttaking steps to ascertain what crops artgrown on different thermal lines so thaiseeds and plarits may intelligently btbrought to this country to assist in thrdiversification of our crops and add totheir variety There is necessity --foiAmerican agents in every foreign country to which we send representatives whhave had education in the sciences relating to agriculture The agricultural col¬

leges endowed by Congress are educatinfalong these lines

The Secretary refers to the efforts olthe department to extend the foreign markets for our dairy and live stock productswhich he thinks can be done by makingthe foreigners familiar with them In-stead

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of sending abroad for seeds he saysthe policy in the future will be to en-

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the introductioin of such seedsas will enable our people to diversifytheir crops and keep money at home thatis now sent abroad to buy what the Unit ¬

ed States should produceMr Wilson says the department will

continue its pioneer work in the encour ¬

agement of the sugar beet aid expressesthe opinion that the country will withina few years raise all the sugar it requiresHe expresses the opinion that nearly allof the 382000000 sent abroad last yearfor sugar hides fruits wines animalsrice flax hemp cheese wheat barleybeans eggs and silk might have been keptat nome He also thinks the UnitedStates should grow their own chicory cas-tor

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beans lavender licorice mustardopium etc

With reference to horses the Secretarysays The American farmer can growhorses as cheaply as he can grow cattleWe have a heavy and profitable exporttrade in cattle and may have an exporttrade equally heavy and profitable inhorses The department is gatheringfacts regarding our horse industry athome and the requirements of purchasersabroad so that our farmers can learnwhat foreign buyers demand

The most important work in which theanimal industry bureau has been engagedis he says that looking to the destructionof the cattle tick for which it is behovedthat an agent has been found in a petrole-um

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product known as parallin oil in whichinfected cattle are dipped

The extension of the meat inspection toabottoirs engaged in interstate businessis recommended as is the continuance ofthe inspection of export animals in orderto maintain the market which has beensecured for them in other countries

The Secretary criticises the present sys-tem

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of crop reporting He says it is ex-tremely

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cumbersome lie recommends theemployment of a principal statistical agentin each State

CHICAGO HORSE SHOW

Society Turns- - Out in Iorce on theOpening Night

Ten thousand enthusiastic Chicagoansgave emphatic approval to their first horseshow in the beautifully decorated andbrilliantly illuminated Coliseum Societyon the opening night filled the boxes andgraced the spacious promenade which en¬

circled the right It was full an hour

THE CENTAUR OK TO DAY

after the opening before the places ofhonor were filled by many Chicago nota-bles

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The best the handsomest the fleetestand the most aristocratic members of thifamily of horses were gathered to receivetheir admirers during the week TheColiseum had been decorated elaboratelymusic added to the attractions of theshow and nearly 50000 worth of prizeswere given to successful competitors

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After all the ideal foot ball colors aieblack and blue

The health department of Baltimorewants kissing abolished on the groundthat it is a public menace Why pub- -lie

The country hears less of General Milessince he came home than when he wasabroad He was more popular when hewas Miles away

A St Louis newspaper contain an ad-vertisement

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reading as follows WantedA woman to cook Is this a result ofthe Luetgert trial

Kansas women are setting the fashionof removing the hat upon enteringchurch It is an old custom to avoid theha at church services

And now it appears that some denningrascal has been swindling the Indianafarmers by charging1 exorbitant pricesfor kernels from an ear of corn of mam ¬

moth size which lias been manufacturedby neatly joining together several sec-tions

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of different cob As the swindlealready has been perpetrated and theswindler is at large and unknown nothingremains to he done by the victim i exceptto acknowledge the corn

SUPERSTITIONS OF ACTORS

Comedian Crane Docs Not Like theNumber Thirteen iPjL

There are possibly no more superstitious people on this mundane sphere fu vr i inivtfil nrnfesslonman ujubc iu me ui111 x

The actor or actress who is not super ¬

stitious is as hard to lintl as the pro ¬

verbial needle in the haystack Theactress who would look at her reflec-

tion

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in a cracked mirror would be anobject of sympathy among her friendsas some dire calamity would be sure tobefall her and the actor who valuedhis life would never walk under a lad-

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To cross a funeral would be avery injudicious thing and there is apopular belief that should any omwhistle in a dressing room the personnearest the door at the time will losehis position beltere the end of the weekTo start rehearsals of a new play ona Friday means failure for the workand to begin a tour on a Friday is anunheard of thing A rather good storyapropos of the superstitions of theatri ¬

cal people is told of William II CraneA little over two years ago the come ¬

dian was booked to appear in BvansTille Ind and his agent had reservedfor him at the St George Hotel theprincipal caravansary in the town thebest suite of rooms in the house Par ¬

ticular Instructions wore left regardingthe making of the rooms as comforta ¬

ble as possible Hardly had the actorreached the hotel when he discoveredthat the suite of rooms reserved forhim was number thirteen He becamenervous at once and there was a fever ¬

ish pressing of the bell which did notcease until a boy all out of breath putin an appearance Send the clerkhere at once thundered Crane askhim what he means by putting me in asuite numbered thirteen Doesnt heknow any better The boy made ahurried effort to get his breath andthen smiled iu a proud way Whysir he answered all of the stargemmen what come to this town Htopin these rooms Then as if to carryhonie conviction to the actor that howas in favored quarters he said

Why sir John T Raymond died Inthat bed Had any of the comediansfriends seen him during the next liveminutes ho would certainly have lostthe reputation of being a mild-manner- ed

and amiable gentleman In half anhour he was out of the hotel bag andbaggage and on his way to a priyatocar at the depot in which he slept thatnight

Another incident in regard to thenumber thirteen is probably worth thetelling The morning after The Gov-ernor

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of Kentucky was produced forthe first time in New York Crane aroserather early in order to see what thecritics thought of the comedy A sotof the morning papers had been placedat his bedside and on top the valet hadcarelessly placed a copy of the theaterprogram the first by the way thatcame from the press While dressinging the actor carelessly glanced at thbill His attention was arrested in amoment and in order to assure him- -self that he was seeing straight ho puton his glasses Ella Ella he calledto his wife What do you think Thereare thirteen characters in the playThirteen there were sure enough some ¬

thing no one had noticed during all ofthe time that the play was in rehearsal Breakfast and the papers verequickly forgotten and the actor was onhis way to see Mr Fyles the author ofthe comedy To him he explained thetrouble and said that another charac ¬

ter had to be introduced at once Thisthe author did not find difficult mat¬

ter All through the play a Mr Loonarwas spoken of but never soon and AirFyles found it easy to bring him on inthe last act The second night that theplay was presented it boasted of four ¬

teen characters and the comedian washappy Joseph Brooks the actorsmanager would be indignant with theman who said he was superstitiousand for that reason a little story aboutthe first performance of A Fool ofFortune might not be amiss The playhad progressed up to the last sconewhen a coal black cat walked on the V

stage and brushed up against the oldbroker as he was about to die Thecurtain down Brooks rushed back tothe actors dressing room Will heexclaimed did you see that cat Ishould say so answered Mr Craneit came near ruining the sceneNothing of the kind replied the man ¬

ager that cat has brotght us the big¬

gest kind of good luck You can gohome and rest assured that we havea big hit and the man who is not su ¬

perstitious went around to the frontof the house in a contented frame ofmind

Food that Makes BrainsAccording to a celebrated health ex ¬

port blanched almonds give the high ¬

er nerve or brain and muscle food andthe man who wishes to keep his brainpower up would do well fo includethem in his daily bill of fare Juicyfruits give more or less the highernerve or brain and are eaten ly all menwhose living depends on their clear ¬

headedness Apples supply the brainwith rest Prunes afford proof againstnervousness but are muscle feedingThey should be avoided by those Tvhosuffer from the liver But it has beenproved that fruits do not have the sameeffect upon everybody Some men havenever been able to eat apples withoutsuffering the agony of indigestion toothers strawberries are like poison

Safe PledgeCustomer 1 am not yet entirely satis¬

fied of the superiority of your bicycleDealer Ill tell you what Ill do You

buj one of our wheels and if you dontsay its the best wheel in theworld Defore youve had it twenty four hoursIll buy it back and pay you two pricefor it Detroit Journal

See This PointThe women of all foreign landsTo pur shores should flock in bandsFor women all their chance awaitsTo enter the United States

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