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1519815 As many nn 4,i;i mimics have been counted in the body of a moth. KnwimoloHt deihire that t!n mgnr cine Uuti zz varieties of insect ene mil's. It id estimated that S.OoO murriuges or.' dally performed throughout Die World. The new Theater Kninenls In Paris vover liiree mres of ground, and Is the larucut In the world. 7 In Belgium Severe pcmiltles are im Voxed on persons who have the right to vote, but do not uvuil themselves of It. Soil whs brought up from a depth of Zl-H feet from a coal mine In Belgium, mid from It sprouted weeds of a spe He unknown to botanists. There Is a hospital for trees on the banks of the Seine In I'uris. Trees which do not thrive on the Ixnilevurds lire taken there to recover. The British soldier has not always worn a red uniform. White whs the prevailing color under Henry VIII., 11 nd dark green or russet In the tluu of Klizabetli. Between Madagascar and the coast t-f India there are about lii.OUO Islands, only i;,(l of which are Inhabited, but limit of which are capable of support ing a population. .Near the coast of Cuba a fresh-water wiring arises from the bottom of the ocean, and for some distance round the water is perfectly fresh. A similar mil marine spring Is known to exist In the " gulf of Spezzia. The largest and most cumbersome for n of money Is found In Central Af rica, where the natives use a cnoss xhnped Ingot of copper ore over ten Inches long. It Is heavy enough to be a formidable weapon. Two hundred old people whose ages altogteher amouuted to 15,3H years have received half a sovereign apiece from the magistrates' poor box at Brighton, England. Charles Green, one of the recipients, is 107 years old and rtill retains all his faculties. Lr. David Paulson, a Chicago nerve wpiH'iallst, declares that much drunk enness, especially lu young men, Is caused by highly spiced food and the use by cooks of pepper, mustard and similar relishes. To this also the doc tor i.ttrlbute the cigarette habit Women are more and more patroniz ing life insurance, and many of the companies maintain a woman's depart ment, presided over by a female super intendent. The statistics indicate that business women and women of great wealth are the principal patrons. Concessions have Just been granted to construct and nm twenty -seven new branch lines of the Swedish railways. The new lines will cover In all a dis tance of miles, and It means that Sweden will again have occasion to purchase a large quantity of rolling stock. AH employment of natives In the Philippines Is on the padrone system. No American can walk out and biro a dozen Filipinos to go to work for him. He must Instead arrange with a "boss" and on a commission for so much la bor. This Is the Philippine substitute for trade unionism. j An old convict ship from Australia Is! on exhibition at the Waterloo pier, Imdon. It Is the Success, owned by a Melbourne firm and kept solely for ex hibition purposes, and it remain prac tically with the mini linings It bad when It was used for translating con victs from England to Botany Bay. Honest Mistake. The story In told of a little New Eng laud girl the workings of whose Pur itan conscience Involved her lu difficul ties on one occasion. She was studying mental arith metic at school, and took no pleasure lu It One day she told her mother with much depression of spirit that she had "failed again In mental arithme tic," and on being asked what problem had proved her undoing she sorrowful ly mentioned the request for the addi tion of "nine and four." "And didn't you know the answer, dear?" asked nor mother. "Yes'm," said the little maid, "but you know we are to write the answers on our slates, and before I thought 1 made four marks and counted up, 'ten, 'leren, twelve, thirteen;' and then ol course I knew that wasn't mental, so I wrote twelve for the answer, to b fair." Open to Conjecture. It 1 not quite clear whether the fol lowing excerpt from a recent speech of Aabbel P. Fitch, ex-controller of New York, should be considered as a socio logical fact or an Ingenious attempt to push the bald-headed man still farther to the fore. Bald Mr. Fitch: "When I was controller of New York 1 thoroughly Investigated the subject of baldness, and reached the eonclu alon that It Is an Index of Intellect. In the last year of my Incumbency aa con trailer my curiosity Impelled me to In quire as to the hair of the paupers that had been sent to the county poor house. "Of the eight thousand seven hun dred and ninety-three paupers who had come under the charge of the county that yesr, there was only one buhl hended man and lie bad bee scalped by the Indians." Not Her Forte. "She says she would like to get away somewhere where she would have tliro to think." "Well, I always feared she wasn't cot out for society glrl."-Llfe. THE PRETTY SPANIARD. Rcnse of Pelf- 1'o.acaaloii the H lie Amonu the Women. Far from being the gayly d.fKsec beauty, who raises her skirts anr os tentatiously flirts behind her fan Uie typical daughter -of Spain Is grave, uulet, unfailingly dignilied, simple and home-loving, singularly affectionate l.i lier domestic relationships. Passionuta he can doubtless be, but passion to a Spanish woman Is a matter of life and death, far too serious a matter to be played with, and flirting Is unknown to her. That is the secret of that simple, direct bearing and speech of the Span ish woman, so free from the embarrass ing consciousness of sex, which renders a Spanish woman bo charming, with a charm In this and In many other re spects so unlike that of the French woman; and the poorest of Spanish women, however gracious she may be, hns no difficulty in conveying an assur ance of the fact that she belongs to her self, says n writer lu the Nineteenth Century. The Raying of Pope that "most women have no character at all'1 wo'dd at all events not have suggested '.rftelf In Spain, where the sense of til roost self-sutlicing self-possession seems to be the rule among the women of the ordinary population, who often retain both vitality and charm of manner Into old age. There Is no class of the pop ulation of whom this Is not true, per haps least of all that class (on the verge of glpsyibmi) which still keeps up ilie dances of old Spain for the joy of an ever smaller circle. Abroad, the dances of Spain are transferred by the original skill of an Otero or a Canueneila (Guer rero being the splendid exception); at home they are attenuated in polite so ciety, rendered commonplace in cafes chantants, suppressed in their favorite haunts by the nnregiirdlng Spaniard. In Seville nearly every home of real native dancing is now closed; in Mal aga you may think you know every thing, and yet never see or hear of the Chinltas, with Its malodorous approach, with the strange old world picture It presents within, such as one sees In seventeenth century Hutch paintings. Here one may sometimes witness the best performances In Spain. POPE LEO'S OLD NURSE. Woman Now Over One Hundred Tears Call at the Vatican. The Pope recently gave an audience to Anna Moroni, a woman over 100 years old, who, as a young girl, acted as his nurse. She was conducted over the "royal staircase," otherwise re served for sovereigns, and sat opposite the Pope in a big armchair, also an extraordinary favor, much against Vat ican etiquette. The holy father smiled benignantly on "Signora Anna," cau tioning her to rest well before she spoke. After a while the old woman commenced to talk of old times and old friends. "Do you remember when good old Auntie Protperl saved you from the bad boys on the market phice In Bel letri? They would have whipped you sure If auntie hadn't Interfered, for you were not a strong hoy." The two old friends talked for over an hour, Dr. I.apponl occasionally In terpreting, for both Anna and Ivco are hard of hearing. As she hobbled away the old woman excused herself for having given the doctor so much trou ble. "That's all right. Annlnn," said the holy father; "both of us heard so much In our long life no wonder our ears refuse to serve." Anna left the Vatican In a papal car riage, holding In her lap the golden rosary I.eo had given her and a docu ment granting her an ample life pen sion, payable by the Vatican treasury VOTI N QB YT E LE GRAPH. Klectric l'evice Once Planned for Ger man LeKiilatiirea. There Is only oue reference to me chanical voting lu the thirteen reports on foreign parliaments which have re ceutly been Issued. 1 bis occurs in a memorandum on the subject of dl visions lu the relcbstag and Prussian landtag. As long ago as 1800 a motion was Introduced In the Prussian lower house In favor of establishing a system called the voting telegraph, an electric In vention designed by the Arm of Sie mens & HaUke. Each member was to have at his place a handle to turn to right or left as be wished to vote "yes" or "no," and this handle could be turned only by the member to whom the seat belonged, each member being provided with a special key. The time for taking the votes of the lower bouse would, according to tbla scheme, have occupied less tban two minutes. There were no practical objections made to the machine, says the London Chronicle, but It waa rejected, partly because no pressing need existed for shortening the divisions and partly on account of the advantages of an oral process of voting. Mew York lias Most Popalows Street. The most populous street lu the world la aald to be that In New York extend ing from Amsterdam to Weat End ave nue and from Sixty first street to Sixty-second. Eight thousand seven hun dred human beings, of twenty six na tionalities, of every race, color and creed, are huddled together In 0ve an'' lx -story tenements. With Joy. Borrow ever eometh To sudden snd destroy, But in a daisied uiesdow We're hand la-hand with joyl -AtJaDta Constitution. Life Is short and art Is long. Moat men resemble life rather than art It's all up with the drummer when be loses bis grip. DEALS OUT DEATH TERRIBLE MONT PELEE CLAIMS NEW VICTIMS. DESTROY SECOND VILLAGE 200 HUNDRED LOSE THEIR LIVES AT MORNE ROUGE. 200 PEOPLE ARE DEAD Terrific Eruption Saturday Night La Car bet, a Kntertrd Village on Coaat, Swept by a Tldul Wave. Castries, Island of St. Lucia, Brit ish W. I., Sept. 2 The British steamer, Korono, arrived here Sun day evening from Fort De Fraoce, Island of Martinique. It Is reported that a terrible erup tion of Mount Pelee occurred at 9 o'clock Saturday night and that peo ple who arrived at. Fort De France from the northern end of the island reported that the village of Morne R iuge, oear the district previously devastated, had been entirely de stroyed ana that Le Carbet, a village on the co.ist, which was destroyed at the time of the great eruption, had been swept by a tidal wave. About 200 persons lost their lives. A sloop from the Island of St. Vincent which reached here tl.ls morning re ports that the Mount Pelee's crater is quiet, but that the denotations during Saturday night were the loudest bearJ up to that time and that the inhabitants were terribly alarmed. TURKEY HELD RESPONSIBLE. Constantinople, Sept. 2. The re port circulated in the United States by a news agency that the Turkish government had addressed an abrupt note to United States Minister Flelschmao, In which it absolutely refused to further discuss the respon sibility for the capture by brigands of Mis? Ellen M. Stone, the Ameri can missionary and her companion in September, 11)01 as the outrage was not committed on Turkish territory is not true. As a matter of fact, the question of the pope's responslblltiy is indispcnsible since the capture, payment of the ransome and libera tion of the captives all occured In Turkish territory. The correspondence on the subject of the measures taken or the discov er? and arrest of the brigands contin ues, and the Insufficiency cf there ports displayed by Turkish authori ties has been the subject of complaint by the United States legation. Bid BALLOON OUT OF SIOHT. Denver, Sep. 2. The last report of the progress of the baloon which was sent up from this city yesterday af ternoon In an effort to establish a new lone distance ana time record was received from Castle Rock last night. It was to the effect that near that point just at dusk, a quantity of bal last was t issed out and Immediately the balloon began to ascend, until a height of 4,000 feet was attiined. The balloon then started In a southwest ern direction, and when if passed from view was apparently going at a high rate of speed. The story that a descent to the ground was made anywhere sines the start is vigorously denied by those who should know. It is ex pected that the occupants of the ba loon will soon release one of the p irachute message carriers, the con tents of which will be teleriphed here. SHOOTS PEACEMAKER DEAD. WlnfJeld, Colo., Sept. 2. In a re tolver and rifle duel on Main street here Gus SJoslron, aged thirty-rive, a swede miner, was killed; Sana Amsdon, sged thiry-flve also a miner, waa shot through the left breast and and mortally wounded, snd Cbauncey Dennett, a bartender, was shut in the groin and perhaps fatally wounded. The shooting was the direct re sult of Amidoo's jealousy of the at tentions paid by Andy Malloy, a young mloer to Amy Bltti, a fifteen- year-old girl with whom Amsdon was lo love. Amsdon. armed wltb a ! rifle, went on a bunt for Msloy. He ssw bis rival on tbe streets and tired two shots at blm. Neither reached its mark and Maloy escaped. SJoistron later attempted to make peace between tbe two men Amsdon resented tbe Interference, and tbe shooting followed. Bennet waa an Innocent bystander. BET '.IEAVILY ON SAVABLE. Chicago, Sept. 2 John W. Gates, In discussing tbe victory of 8a fable In tbe futurity raco on Saturday, made the statement today thst Chi cago was richer br SoOO,noo than be fore tbe race. Mr. Gates would alve no na me.. "The l.m"sald Mr. uates, "does not Include whatever may have bei ron by Chicago men who were at tbe race track. It covers si mply what was won by men beie Saturday.'" FINALLY LAND HIM. Ieperate New York Negro Hustled osTia) Jail New York, Sept. 3. Jerry Flunter, the negro who shot a number of po Jcemen and set fire to his house ia Queen's borough last nlgbt, in an effurt to escape arrest, was captured early today and locked up in the As toria jail. In the fight between Hunter aDd those wbo tried to arrest him eleven policemen, three citizens and Hunt er's wife were wounded. Mrs. Hunt er, who assisted her husband in his efforts to escaoe, was taken to a hospital, where it was said today she was badly injured Hunter was badly beaten in the struggle when be was caught. John McKeona, a patroleman, was shot In the head and face. Both his eyes were destroyed and the wounds in his head were so serious that bis recovery was thought to be doubful. The citizens wounded were men that had been called upon by the police to aid In subduing Hunter. A list of the wcuuded follows: John O'Nell, New York, shot in back and shoulder. William Ordnian, Corona, L. I. buckshot wound In shoulder. Willilam Thoipe, printer, York, buckshot wound in face John McKeona, policeman. New both eyes shot out, lips shot off, head Oiled with buckshot; wounds likely fatal. Arthur Brill, policeman, one eye shot out, head, face and arms full of buckshot. Thojoas Cassidy, policeman, cut on head and shoulder by sword wielded by Ilunter's wife. Police Cadtain Thomas Dacy, slight gunshot wound In ear. Foliee Sergeant Downey, face filled with buckshot. Thomas Borgan, policeman, shot in leg and head. P"liceman Healy, shot in leg. Patrick Kernan, shot In leg. Fiank Putz, policeman, shot in leg. Thomas Rlgney policeman, shot in right leg and thigh. W. J. Ward, policeman, shot in the left leg. Jeremiah Hunter, aged seventy, negro, beat in head and face by po lice. Mrs Jeremiah ITuDter, shot in bead scalp wounds and body bruised while resisting arrest. Hunter was employed as care taker of a large tract of land near North Beach, L. I,, Yesterday he saw a man digging sand worms on the prop erty and he shot at the intruder, who ran away and told Policeman McKeona what Hunter bad done. McKenna ran to Hunter's home and was shot by the negro. The police reserves were called out then and a siege ws begun which lasted until after 2 o'clock this morning. Every time a man moved fioro cover a shot would be fired. Fortunately, for the police, Hunter seemed to have only a shot gun. Shortly after 2 o'clock this morning Hunter set fire to the house and tried to escape. Mrs. Hunter carried an old cavalry saber and with this she fjugbl until overpowered, inflicting severe wounds on Policeman Casidy. Hunter ran for a bunch of wood near the house, but was caught and subdued after a struggle in which he was badly wounded. ROBBERS MURDER POLICEMAN. Kansas City, Sept. 3. At 3:30 a. m. today an attempt was made by three tasked men to rob the Metropolinan Street Railway company car barn at Tenth and Osage streets, Armordale. Watchman Minsker was ordered to hold up bis hands and take inside the robbers, but befere the robbers secured any booty Policeman J. W. Morris entered through the back door. M rrls dealt one of the robbers a heavy blow on the head with his club and was shot through the heart snd Inst intly killed by the second robber. Watchman Minsker was also shot and slightly injured. Both rob bers made their escape. Ike Johnson, a negro well knowa by tbe police, Is being held for In vestigation. OAVE IT UP AS A BAD JOB. Tucson, Ariz., Sept' 3. Reports reached bere of a daring attempt by three American bandits to bold up tbe International express 00 tbe ito nora railroad three miles from Her- moslllo, Sunday morning. A torpedo signal caused tbe engineer to stop. 1 Dree Americans stepped out of the brush, one covering the engine crew and two went to tbe express car and demanded admittance. Tbe messenger replied wltb a vol ley of shots through tbe door, the bandits returning his Are. Severs! passengers srmed them selves and were going to the aid of tbe plucky messenger when tbe high waymen became frightened and gave up their attempt, disappearing Into tbe woods. TEACHERS NOT SATISFIED; Washington Sept. 3. -Tbe Manila malls which have Just arrived give evidence of friction which may prove , serious In the end In the workings ui buo cunuiitiouui uu'enu iu xnauiia. It Is bard to rind anything In the nature of tangible charges but there aie general expressions of discon tent among the teachers with the system under which they are ope at I ng which may cause some Important changes In a few months. ROOSEVELT WRECKED A. VERY NARROW ESCAPE FOR THE PRESIDENT TWO KILLED OUTRIGHT COLLISION OCCASIONED BY CRIM. INAL CARELESSNESS. TWO MEN UNDER ARREST i Cut the Program Rhort and The Presi dent Betiarns LMrtctly to Oyster Bay, Lenox, Mass., Sept. 5. A terrible accident overtook the president's :oach a short distance from Pittts 5eld about 10 o'clock Vednisday uorning. After a short visit to the aome of ex-Senator Dawes the presi dent started on the long drive to Lenox. He had not gone far when an electric car ran into his vehicle, throw Ing everyooe to the ground and badly damaging the coach The president received a cut on the nead Governor Crane was bruised and William Craig the secret service man, was instantly killed, The president was able to resume his Journey to Lenox, but sent word that ahead that there should be no cheering. After le.ving Senator Dawes' house the four carriages containing t he president and bis immediate par :y were driven down South street, two carriages on either side. When near the Country club and at the : railroad crossing an electric car was aoticed coming at a terrific rate of1 speed. Mr. Craig signaled to the1 motorman to stop but he apparently paid no attention to the warning and the car came plunging on in Its work1 of death. A witness of the accident stated that tbe motorman was speed Ing bis car In erder to reach tbe club The president, Governor Crane and Secretary Cortelyou were piled up in a beap, The awe-stricken crowd whlob witnessed the accident rushed to tbe president's carriage, with no expectation that he would be found alive. Tbe president was cut on the right side of his obin and big face is much swollen. Secret Agent William Craig was klled outright and D. J. Pratt, the driver of the coach, sustained a frac ture of the skull, which resulted fa tally. Tbe accident happened at a point about a mile and a half from this city, near the Pittsfleld Country club house. The president was enjoying a coaching trip from Dalon, Gover nor Crane's home, where tbe presl-i dent spent the night to Lenox, a dis tance of twenty miles, over the Berk- oI.Ifo hills The car was in charge of Conduc tor .Tames Kelly, with Motorman Luke J. Madden on tbe fiout plat form. The car struck the coach in the rear and smashed In the back of the vehicle, tipping it over and throwing its occupants to the ground. The car was not badly damaged Mo torman Madden and Conductor Kelly were at once arrested and taken to Pittsfield. Pratt, the driver of tbe coacb, was also taken there and placed In tbe hospital where be died Wednesday night. Tbe president, wbo In falling from the coach sustained slight bruises and a few scratches and Secretary George B. Cortelyou, who suffered similarly, with tbe exception that be was cut on tbe bead, wltb the other members of tbe party went to the Country club near by, where their wounds were dressed. In a short time they proceeded to the Curry, hotel at Lenox, arriving at 11 o'clock. Tbe president kept bis usual com posure,4 altbougb be waa solicitous of tbe rest of those in tbe carriage. Tbe excitement was Intense and rumors flew thick and fast tbst tbe presi dent bad been killed. After remain ing at tbe scene of tbe accident for an bour tbe president determined to continue bis Journey to Stockbrldge. After a brief stop at Lenox be was driven to tbe train. In tbe next carriage to the presi dent's when tbe accident happened was Dr. G. A. Lung of tbe navy, who accompanied tbe president for Just such emergencies as tbls and wbo was promptly on band to render assistance to the president. But the president wss disinclined to receive such sttention, ssylng be was but slightly burt. TRAOEDY IN A CErlETERY. Rprlngfled, O., Sept. 6.-Mr. and, Mrs. O. A. Brown were found lying dead In tbe cemetery at Jamestowi Wednesday night. Tbe msn had 1 bullet hole, through his temple anc his wife had been shot In the m' ut h They were lying side by side, wltl their heads on newspapers, snd a re volvcr was lying between them as 1 mute wltnes to the murder and sui cide, or double suicide. The two came to Paroeson Sunday. a fcaiaija. a . j . .a. a a a TTTTTTTTTVTTTTTTTTTTTTTT I NEBRASKA . -) - a m J. a aV 1 m. W I TTT'I TTTTfTT The largest crowd of people which has been in Plattsmoutb at one time for many years was bere to celebrate the opening of tbe pontooo bridge last week. Tbe Farmers' Elevator company at Virginia, Gage county, was organized. The company Is cap tali zed for $10,000, and will erect an elevator to handle the grain of those farmers who are members of tbe organization. General Berry has challenged fudge M. P. Kinkald to a 6eriesof debates in the Sixth congressional district. Mr. Berry des res to tour the district with his opponent and jointly discuss the issues of the parties. While at work in the canning fac tory at Edgar, Oscar Byore slipped while carrying a bucket of boiling water and was badly burned about the face, neck and shoulders. Ilis- right arm and hand are also badly burned. Tbe corner stone of the new Metho dist church was laid at Geneva Sunday afternoon, Pastor Evans conducting the ceremony. The church is mod eled after the St. Paul's at Lincoln. It wiil be one of the flnest.in the state. A scab machinist working for the Union Pacific attempted to move aq engine in tbe roundhouse at North Platte bue could net stop it, aDd a bole sixteen feet wide was torn in the wall. Tbe roof was wrecked and tbe engine damaged. " According to a dispatch received George Biadly of Peoria, 111., was killed in an accident. No- particu lars were given. Mr. Brady former ly lived at Grafton and later was em polyed in tbe Burlintgon shops as McCool. The old settlers of Otoi county held their annual reunion at Ne braska City. A chorus of fifty voices furnished tbe music and short speeches were made by the men who settled the county when it was s wilderness. The safe in the store of Howard Miles of Preston was blown open and $125 in cash and drafts together with several checks were stolen. The explosion attracted a large number of citizens but tbe robbers made their escape. A posse has been sent in pursuit. George Law was arrested Sunday night on tbe complaint of Miss Grace McCaslin who charges him with at tempted criminal assault. At tbe preliminary hearing yesterday he pleaded not guilty. Law has only receDttly come here from Falls City. W. II. White of Norfolk, was stricken with neuralgia of the heart while at work aE his office and died a short time later. He was manager; of the Singer Sewing machine com-' pany and had only recently moved to Norfolk with his family. ne leaves a wife and son aged 7. C. B. Turner of Adams was taken to a local hospital at Lincoln be cause be has lost his reason, ne was1 manager of the Melville Lumber com pany at Adams and some days ago while sitting In bis office bis reason suddenly left him and since he has been as helpless as a child. He is 31 rears of age, Tbe doctors believe ba will eventually recover. flec-ord or the Past. The best guarantee of the future la the record of the past and over fifty thousand people have publicly testified that Doan'g Kidney. Pills have cured tbem of numerous kidney Ilia, from tommon backache to dangerous dia betes, and all the attendant annoyances and sufferings from urinary disorders. They have been cured to stay cured. Here Is one case: Hamuel J. Taylor, a retired carpen ter, residing at 312 South Third street, Goehen, Ind., says: "On the 25th day of August, 1807, I made an affidavit before Jacob C. Mann, notary public, stating my experience with Do.in's Kidney Tills. I bad Buffered for thirty years and was compelled at times to walk by the aid of crutches, frequently, passed gravel and Buffered excrutlat Ingty. I took every medicine on the market that I heard about and some gave me temporary relief. I began tak ing Doan's Kidney Pills and the results I gave to the public hi tbe statement above referred to. At tbls time, on the 19th day of July. 1902, 1 make this fur ther statement that during tbe Ave years which have ehipaed I have had no occasion to use either Doan's Kid ney Pills or any other medicine for my kidneys. The cure effected was a per manent one." A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney medicine which cored Mr. Taylor will be mailed on application to any part of the U. S. Address Foater-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by all druge-lata, 50c per box. Fractal f tka apian. While working on haystack Mi chael Carrlg of Piatt Center fell and sustained a fracture of tbe spine that resulted In a complete paralysis from bis chest down. He waa taken to Columbus on a special train and taken to the St. Mary's hospital, bat his re covery Is very doubtful. Be Is ft brother of Supervisor O. J. Oarrlf and Is 29 years of age.
