THE NEWS IN NEBRASKA,
SUGAR BOUNTY IS ILLEGAL.
Supreme Court Hold* It To Be Uncon
stitutional.
The Oxnard Beet Sugar company
and the Norfolk Beet Sugar company
will not receive the money due under
the sugar bounty act passed by the
legislature of 1895. The supreme court
has again denied a motion for rehear
ing filed by the companies, bnt in do
ing so holds its former opinions wrong
and rejects the motion on the consti
tutional provision that the legislature
cannot appropriate public money for
private purposes. The act providing
for a sugar bounty was passed in 1895.
when the beet sugar industry was in
its infancy in Nebraska. It gave a
Itounty of $1 per ton for sugar beets
used in the manufacture of sugar.
The bill as originally drawn only pro
vided for a sugar bounty, but to catch
the votes of a number of people in
northastern Nebraska, where chicory
then was starting to be raised, it was
amended to include chicory. The sugar
companies went ahead under the act
iind paid increased prices to farmers
for beets, but the legislature never
made appropriation to pay the boun
ties. The companies for years have
attempted to recover the amount
claimed to be due them by legislative
enactment and by suit against the
state. At the legislative session of
1903 they were given permission to sue.
The case was submitted to the su
preme court and decided in behalf of
the state, the court holding that the
bounty act was unconstitutional be
cause two subjects were included in
the title. Later the motion for the
hearing was filed.
In denying this the court holds that
the first opinion was wrong, in that
the title of the bill was not in reality
a double subject one. but says that
the voting of these bounties was the
expenditure of public money for pri
vate purposes, and as such unconsti
tutional. The amount involved in the
bounty claims is approximately $49,
000.
MRS. LILLIE WILL TRY AGAIN
Friends Working on a Clew Discovered
After She Went to Prison.
LINCOLN—Now that the supreme
court has denied a rehearing for Mrs.
I^ena Margaret Lillie, sentenced to life
imprisonment, her friends have begun
work in earnest.
The imprisoned woman has made a
large number of friends during her
stay at the penitentiary. These be
lieve in her innocence. Chief among
them is Mrs. A. D. Beemer. matron in
charge of the woman's ward of the
state prison.
Friends of Mrs. Lillie are working
on a clew discovered after she was
committed to prison. It is now known
that a personal enemy of Harvey
Lillie disposed of his property and dis
appeared shortly after the murder
Now he cannot be found. The identity
of the fugitive is known only to Mrs.
Lillie and her closest advisers.
MUST NOT TAKE THE MONEY
Brown Urges That Taxes Be Not Ac
cepted.
LINCOLN—Attorney General Norris
Brown has advised the county treas
urers of the state that it is not wise to
accept the partial tax payments of the
railroads who are fighting the state as
sessment. Said the attorney general:
“There is nothing in the laws which
authorize the making of more than
one receipt. There is grave danger
of invalidating the right to collect the
rest of the taxes if part of the money
is accepted. It is dangerous, to say
the least, and I have so advised the
county treasurers.
Small Banks to Be Drawn On.
State Treasurer Mortensen will draw
on the smaller depository banks of
the state for the funds with which to
pay the December apportionment. For
all current demands he has been
checking out the funds in the larger
city banks, until they are at a com
paratively low ebb. He has a smaller
supply at his command for this appor
tionment than ever before in recent
years, due to the zeal with which he
has sougtt investments for the perma
nent school fund. The apportionment
will range from $240,000 to $250,000,
it is believed now. and the total bal
ance in depository banks at the begin
ning of business today was $236,000.
$100,000 less than the total balance
a year ago.
Hini-haw Left for Washington.
FAIRBURY—Congressman and Mrs.
E. H. Hinshaw departed for Washing
ton. Mr. Hinshaw was forced to go
ahead of the meeting of congress on
account of an unusual amount of de
partmental business which had accum
ulated and demanded bis presence in
Washington. ,
Corn Carnival at Fremont.
FREMONT—At a meeting of a com
mittee of business men with Mayor
Wolz and County Superintendent
Charles Arnot it was decided to hold
a winter corn carnival in connection
with the Dodge County Institute of
Farmers and the school boys' corn
contest in December. The date was
fixed as December 7 and 8. Six hun
dred boys entered the corn contest and
a large part of them will have speci
mens to exhibit. The court house and
Masonic hall will be brought into use
for the gathering.
Many Prizes Offered.
Deputy State Superintendent E. C.
Bishop is receiving many offers of
prizes for the boys’ and girls' contests
which are to be held in December in
1 jncoln. He said that money to the
amount of |300 has been given to
swell the premium.
Requisition for Chambers.
Governor Mickey has issued a requi
sition on the governor of Colorado for
the return to York coutny of Harry
Chambers, who is charged with having
deserted his wife.
OVER THE STATE.
Wood River is in the midst of a
great religious awakening.
The people of Edgar are putting up
a 120,000 high school building.
The Presbyterian people of Edgar
have installed a very large oggan in
their church.
The Nebraska Telephone company
wilt put all of its wires at Nebraska
City under ground.
Madison county pharmacists have
organized an association which is aux
iliary to the national association of re
tail druggists.
The state board of public lands and
buildings awarded a J4.C00 contract
to Howard Burns of Lincoln to install
a dynamo in the Hastings asylum.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed with the secretary of state by
the Copper-Van Dorne Elevator com
pany, which has a capital stock of
$50,000.
Fire, cause from the sparks from a
locomotive igniting a haystack, de
stroyed a large corn crib and a barn
filled with about ten tons of baled hay
belonging to C. H. Norris of Table
Rock.
Thomas Jacob Ritter of Grand Is
land, aged over 70 years, committed
suicide at his home by shooting him
self with a 32-caliber revolver. About
a year ago his wife died and ever
since he has been despondent.
From sheer fright at seeing an auto
mobile for the first time in his life,
the family horse of James Honey of
Columbus dropped dead on the main
business street of that city. The auto
was standing still, but the motor was
in operation.
County superintendents are now re
ceiving from the state board of exam
iners for teachers’ certificates the list
of examination questions to be given
candidates for first grade certificates.
The examinations are held on the
third Friday and Saturday of each
month.
At the farm home of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Luehsinger. residing seven
miles north of Columbus, their little
daughter. 18 months old. was drowned.
While peering into a large tank used
for watering stock the little girl fell
in and was drowned, although the
tank contained only eight inches of
water.
Judge B. F. Good did work at light
ning speed at Osceola. He came in at
9:40 p. im, opened court right away,
received a plea of guilty, fined the de
fendant $200, money paid, besides a
lot of other business, and all finished
up before the lights went out at 11,
and the next morning the judge took
the train for David City to convene
court there.
A. S. Grigereit. the sugar beet farm
er northwest of Fremont, is employing
the first Japanese help in the county.
He sent out to the western part oi
the state and hired fifteen Japanese
to work in his beet fields. They be
gan work last week and give good
satisfaction. They have their own
quarters at the farm, do their own
cooking and are a steady, industrious
lot.
Lewis Vfllnow who had been living
in a straw house on the farm of J
W. Thomas in Cass county since last
July, was taken to the poor farm, and
investigations have been going on
since that time, resulting in the dis
covery that Villnow has two brothers
—one living in Lincoln and the other
at Norfolk—both well to do, and that
Villnow has been in an asylum before,
tut was released.
"Bob" Eckles, a prominent North
western railroad bridge inspector of
Norfolk, and a well known Norfolk
Elk, was blown up by an explosion of
his gasoline velocipede between Win
netoon and Creighton, and seriously
injured. One arm and hand were tom
to pieces and he received other in
juries, the extent of which is not yet
known. He was hurled sixty feet in
the air by the explosion.
me piaster casts recently received
at the university by the art depart
ment have been unpacked and are be
ing placed in the art hall. Several ot
the specimens are life size. Most ot
them are from the best period ol
Greek sculpture, but a few are speci
mens of Italian workmanship of the
fifteenth century. Among the pieces
are Venus de Milo, the Quoit Thrower,
the Dying Gaul, the Apollo Belvedere
and the Nike of Samonthrace.
According to the official returns
now being received at the office ot
the secretary of state, the plurality ot
Judge Letton and the republican can
didates for regents of the state uni
versitv will exceed 25,000. Returns
have been made by sixty-eight coun
ties. In accordance with the election
law, which provides that the gover
nor. secretary of state, treasurer, au
ditor and attorney general shall meet
the third Monday after election tc
canvass the vote and to issue election
certificates, the 3tate officers will
meet November 27.
Reports from various points over
Seward county indicate that the corn
crop this year will prove to be the
best by far that has been grewn for
many years. Estimates on the yields
run from forty to seventy-five bushels
per e.
Rev. John Doane, retiring pastor of
the First Congregational church of
' Fremont, was presented $193 in gold
and silver and a fine set of solid silvei
spoons. The presentation was made
by Mr. Pollard and Mr. Treat on be
half of the church and close friends
of Mr. Doane, who, with voluntary
contributions, made up the gift.
Governor Mickey wired an invitation
to President Gompers of the American
Federation of Labor asking him tc
choose Lincoln for the next meeting
place of the Federation. The gover
nor offered the hospitality of the city
and state.
J. J. Lynch, a foreman on the Oak
dale-Superior line of the Northwestern
secured $400 from Mrs. Wilhelmina
Schonfeldt, a widow who lives at
Scribner, and disappeared. Lynch was
engaged to marry this woman’s daugh
ter, Anna, and secured the money to
buy a restaurant and prepare a heme
for the girl he was to marry.
FAMOUS OLD WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL.
Winchester Cathedral, which is reported to be in imminent danger of
partial collapse. Is said to be almost without a rival as regards historical as
sociations and architectural beauty. The east end of the edifice is subsiding,
the south wall of that section being nearly two feet out of plumb. The ca
thedral stands in a town of the same name in Hampshire, England, eleven
miles north of Southampton. Its aisled transepts are of the most impress
ive early Norman work, and the fine carved stalls are of the thirteenth cen
tury. Among the notables buried in the cathedral is Izaak Walton. Win
chester was successively a British, a Roman and a Saxon town. It was the
capital of Wessex and the residence and coronation place of early English
kings.
MUST READ PAPERS
UNIVERSITY STUDENTS TO KEEP
TRACK OF CURRENT EVENTS.
Professor Considers Such a Course of
Much Importance — Educational
Value of the Reputable Newspaper
Beginning to Be Recognized.
A few days ago Prof. James A.
James, instructor of history' at North
western university, referred in his lec
ture before the American history class
to an article which had appeared in a
morning paper the day before. Upon
questioning one of the members of
the class he found that the student
was not prepared to discuss current I
news. Further investigation developed :
the fact that but two members of the
class had read a morning paper. "This i
will never do.” said the professor. |
“Hereafter I shall expect you to have i
an accurate knowledge of current j
events as chronicled each day in the j
newspapers, and I shall consider it j
fully as important as the daily lesson j
assigned from the textbooks.”
The value of the newspaper as an !
educator has long been recognized in ;
this section of the country, and we are |
pleased to note that the idea has at ;
last penetrated Northwestern univer
sity. Some years ago this very idea
was adopted in some of the primary
grades of our own public schools, and
for some time worked most success
fully. It stimulated the interest of the
children and served quite as good a
purpose as any textbook lesson could.
To those who read a newspaper in
telligently it is as good as a post-grad
uate course, providing the newspaper
is a conscientious and reputable one.
There are newspapers from which no
good can be had—absolutely vapid and
tasteless. There are newspapers even
lower in the journalistic scale whose
teachings are decidedly harmful. The i
kind of newspaper you place in the j
hands of your son and daughter will j
tell in the formation of character. Tour 1
choice should show whether you want ;
them to grow up clean-minded or not. !
The educational effect depends in no
small measure, of course, on the re
ceptive ability of the reader, but con
stant reading will improve even the
most hopeless case.—Utica Observer.
New York Voter Discouraged.
William B. Conkling. who is em
ployed in the offices of the department
of public works in Brooklyn, fears that
he won’t be able to vote any more.
On Sunday before election day last
year he tripped and fell downstairs
at his home, breaking his right leg.
The accident prevented him from go
ing to the polls. As he was leaving
his home on Sunday before last Mr.
Conkling, who was walking with the
aid of a cane, slipped on a banana peel
and fell to the sidewalk, breaking his
left leg. The second accident again
caused him to lose his vote, as he was
unable to leave the house on Tuesday.
—Exchange.
Vegetarian Octogenarians.
Eight octogenarian* of ages ranging
from 80 to 91, one of them a woman,
were the principal figures at a recent
meeting convened by the London Vege
tarian association. The hall was
crowded, but not altogether by vege
tarians. one or two skeptical interjec
tions suggesting the presence of some
carnivorous Philistines among the au
dience. The chairman was C. P. New
combe, who despite his 80 years,
spoke at considerable length in a loud,
clear voice and with much vigor. The
burden of his address was that one
is not too old at 80 or even 100 if he
enjoys the blessings of health, which
can be secured by a non-flesh diet.
Book of Family Fairy Stories.
The Duchess of Buckingham and
Chandos is publishing a book or sto
ries for children which are a tradition
in her family history. The tales are
real children's stories which have been
handed down from generation to gen
eration. The authtor, who says she
can remember them word by word,
has written them down as they were
told, first to her grandmother, then by
her to the duchess’ mother, who In
turn passed them on to her children
and grandchildren.
Senators Who Lost Home Towns.
Among the United States senators
who failed to carry their home towns
at the recent election were Foraker
and Dick of Ohio, Penrose of Pennsyl
vania. Gorman of Maryland and Smoot
of Utah.
Eminent as Scientist and Golfer.
Prof. W. D. Miller of the University
of Berlin, who recently arrived in this
country, besides being famous as a
bacteriologist and dentist, holds the
golf championship of Germany and
Austria.
AMERICAN A CAPTIVE?
REPORT THAT COL. FOUNTAIN IS
PRISONER OF BANDITS.
Former District Attorney of New
Mexican County, Long Thought
Dead. May Be Victim of the Ven
geance of Cattle Thieves.
Credible information has just been
received that Col. Albert J. Fountain,
a former resident of Las Creuces,
X. M., who, with his son. was sup
posed to have been assassinated or
captured by bandits nine years ago in
the White Sands country, northeast
of Las Creuces, is alive and held cap
tive in the mountains cf the state of
Sonora. Mexico.
Col. Fountain was waylaid, killed
or captured nine years ago while re
turning home from a term of the Dis
trict court in Lincoln county, where,
as District Attorney, he had been ac
tive in securing many indictments
against cattle thieves of eastern New
Mexico. Whether the Colonel and his
son were positively killed or taken
and held in captivity no one ever
knew. One thing is certain, he van
ished and no trace of the man or boy
alive or dead has ever been found up
to the present time. The story of
Charles Clump, recently from Mexico,
however, indicates that Fountain is
yet living.
Clump, a prospector and guide in
Mexico, claims to have met and talk
ed with Col. Fountain and his son,
Henry, in one of the most inacces
sible portions of the Sonora moun
tains. Mexico. He claims that he and
the two Fountains started for the
American border and traveled for
three days and nights in a desperate
attempt to escape. They were eventu
ally overtaken by outlaws and a fight
ensued. One of the outlaws and two
bloodhounds were shot by Clump in
defending the fleeing party. During
the combat a bullet struck Clump in
the leg, which put him out of the
fight. He staggered backward and
fell into a ravine covered with bushes,
where he remained unconscious for a
long time. He finally revived and
dragged himself to the bank of the
gulch, only to find himself alone.
Whether Col. Fountain and son per
ished or were recaptured and return
ed to their prison in the fastness of
the mountains Clump says is a mat
ter of conjecture.—Kingston (N. M..j
Cor. Denver News.
Ryan Financial and Physical Giant.
Thomas F. Ryan, the new president
of the Equitable company, has in the
past few years extended his power
and Influence in so many directions
that be is frequently spoken of as a
greater man than Pierpont Morgan,
yet only a very few of New York’s
population know him by sight. And
this in spite of the fact that he is a
giant in stature, standing 6 feet 4 in
his shoes. He is 54 years old, of spare
but muscular frame. Far from being
satisfied with his already vast field
of operations, he is constantly looking
for ways and means to extend it.
Empress Has Passion for Flowers.
Tsi An. dowager empress of China,
has such extravagant fondness of
flowers as seems to be incompatible
with the general idea that she is a
bloodthirsty old woman. In her pri
vate apartments she always has
masses of the most beautiful flowers
and the same is true of her throne*
room, her loge at the theater and even
the great audience chamber when she
transacts Adairs of state. Her majes
ty's passion in this regard is so well
"known that courtiers, princes and
high officials daily send her tie choic
est offerings of plants and flowers.
Horrors of War Realized.
The late Gen. Isaac J. Wistar of
Philadelphia was condemning war at a
meeting of the Academy of Natural
Sciences. At the end of a vivid de
scription of war’s horrors he smiled.
“A woman,” he said, "twice married,
stood with her second husband beside
the grave of her first. "‘Here,’ she
murmured, ‘a hero lies. You would
not be my husband to-day. Jack, had
John not been killed at Gettysburg.’
’Oh,’ the man cried fiercely, ‘what a
curse war is!’ ”
Proper Apology Forthcoming.
The other day a British merchant
vessel saluted the royal yacht Victoria
and Albert in passing and the Victoria
and Albert did not return the salute.
The skipper of the merchantman com
plained to the admiralty and the cap
tain of the royal yacht sent him an
apology.
Elephants and Ivory.
Among elephhnts both sexes of the
African species have ivory trunks,
while In Asia these are generally re
stricted to the male.
THE LATE BISHOP MERRILL A
VETERAN OF METHODIST CHURCH
News of the death of Bishop Stephen |
M. Merrill came as a shock to the
city, where he had labored for the last
twenty-eight years, says a Chicago dis
patch. Although he was 80 years old.
and had retired from active duty, his
health, according to his friends, was
as robust as usual when he left Chi
cago with Bishop McDowell to attend
a general missionary conference in
New York.
He presided at the sessions of Nov.
11, and showed no indications of weak- *
ness beyond the remark that he found
it "more difficult than usual to keep
track of parliamentary business.” Nov.
r
■ BUTiOP STZVZW ?r. rrrpprri
I 12 he preached at the Fleet street
church in Brooklyn at the request of
the Rev. E. G. Richardson, the pastor.
At the close of the sermon, which
he delivered with his usr.al clearness
and vigor, he complained of a slight
asthmatic trouble. He was urged to
rest during the afternoon, and went
out to Keyport to spend the rest of
the day at the residence of Mrs. Jose
phine A. Brown, an old family friend.
In the evening he was taken suddenly
ill, and died at 11:10 o'clock, despite
the efforts of three physicians.
Sketch of Bishop Merrill.
Stephen Mason Merrill was born
Sept. 16. 1825, at Mount Pleasant, Jef
ferson county, Ohio. His father, who
was a son of a New Hampshire minute
man of the revolution, was a shoe
maker and taught his son the same
trade. The family moved to Green
field, Ohio, where young Merrill joined
the Methodist church in 1842 and was
licensed to preach in 1845, before he
was 20 years old.
His educational advantages were
slender, considering his subsequent
success. Besides the studying he did
while at work as a shoemaker, he had
only a few years at the public schools
and a year at the South Salem acad
emy and the special training of a
scholar and teacher. Rev. Dr. James G.
Blair. But being possessed of fine in
tellectual abilities, he applied himself
so assiduously that before his death he
was considered not only a well-read
man and a fine theologian, but a fair
Latin. Greek and Hebrew scholar.
He was admitted to the Ohio confer
ence in 1846. the year made memorable
by the secession of the Methodist
church, south, from the general con
ference. His first appointments were
to the Monroe, Wilmington, Roseville,
Worthington, Marysville, Groveport j
and Pickering circuits and he was af- j
terward pastor successively of i
churches at Granville, Zanesville and j
Portsmouth. Ohio.
In 1859 he was transferred to the
Kentucky conference and was first pre
siding elder of the Maysville district
and then pastor of a church in Cov
ington. In 186J he vas transferred
back to the Ohio conference, and after
being pastor first at Royalton and then
at Circleville was appointed presiding
elder of the Marietta district two suc
cessive terms.
In 1S68 Elder Merrill was a delegate
to the general conference which met
in the First Methodist chi.-eh in Chi
cago. and it was there that he first
achieved distinction. That was the
general conference which first voted
for the admission of lay delegates and
a famous debate over the measure
raged for several days. When the
speeches had been limited to ten min
utes Elder Merrill made a speech in
favor of the change of surh power that
the body removed the limit and begged
him to speak as long as he pleased.
The result was that not only was lay
representation adopted, but Elder Mer
rill was elected editor of the Western
Christian Advocate.
When the next general conference
met in Brooklyn, in 18ci. it elected
eight new bishops, and Elder Merrill
was one of them The other seven
'-ere Bishops Bowman. Harris. Foster.
Wiley. Andrews, Haven and Peck. Of
these Bishops Harris. Wiley, Haven.
Peck and Merrill are dead and Bish
ops Bowman and Foster are superan
nuated. leaving only Bishop Andrews
in active service. Seniority among the
Methodist bishops is determined first
by the date of electi m and then by
the number of votes received, and Bish
op Merrill was for many years the
senior bishop of the church, a distinc
tion which now belongs to Bishop An
drews.
The Methodist bishops have no geo
graphical jurisdiction, each of them
being a bishop of the whole church,
but each of them is assigned a place
of residence by the board of bishops,
and the residence assigned Bishop
Merrill was St. Paul. Minn. In 1877,
however, his residence was changed to
Chicago, and remained there until his
death.
Bishop Merrill had been for many
years the most venerated bishop of
the Methodist church. He was greatly
admired as a preacher, though his
sermons were rather deep and strong
than eloquent. But his chief reputa
tion was based on his comprehension
and exposition of Methodist doctrine
and Methodist law. In these fields he
was regarded as without a peer and
was sometimes called the John Mar
shall of the church. He was regarded
as a man of sincere piety, a tender
heart and an affectionate disposition,
and was fairly idolized by the local
Methodists.
May 24. 1897. the twenty-fifth anni
versary of Bishop Merrill's consecra
tion was celebrated in an elaborate
manner by the Methodist preachers’
meeting and the Methodist Social
Union of Chicago. The exercises
lasted all day, closing with a banquet
in the evening, and the proceedings
were published in book form.
Bishop Merrill was married in 1848
to Miss Anna Bellmire of Greenfield.
Ohio, who survives him. together with
their only children, two sons, both re
siding in Chicaeo.
In the prosecution of his episcopal
work he was a great traveler. He
not only traversed this country fre
quently, but in 1887 visited Mexico, in
1880 made the tour of Europe. India.
Palestine and Egypt, and in 1883 made
the tour of Japan and China.
An industrious writer, he published
the following books: In 1870. “Chris
tian Baptism"; in 1878, “The New Tes
tament Idea of Hell"; in 1879, “The
Second Coming of Christ”; in 1882,
"Doctrinal Aspects of Christian Ex
perience”; in 1885. "A Digest of Meth
odist Law"; in 1886, "Outline Thoughts
on Prohibition”; in 1892, “The Or
ganic Union of American Methodism”;
in 1895, "Mary of Nazareth and Her
Family.” and in 1896, “The Crisis of
This World.”
CHINESE FRUIT FOR AMERICA.
Consul Thinks the Pomelo Would Do
Well in This Country.
Consul Anderson of Hangchow
thinks the pomelo, or. Chinese bread
fruit, would do well in this country.
The fruit is grown In the United
States by a few persons, but not com
mercially. Foreigners agree that the
pomelo is the finest fruit in the far
east. It combines the good points of
the orange with the good points of
the grape fruit.
The Chinese say that a good-sized
tree will ordinarily produce from 600
to 700 pomeloes. When it is consid
ered that many pomeloes will run as
laige as seven or eight inches in
diameter and even larger, it will be
appreciated that such a tree is bear
ing a load. The fruit is more oval
than round. Its color and appearance
are those of the grape fruit.
To Staunch Wounds.
For wounds of all kinds there is
rothing better than peroxide of hydro
gen, save where the bleeding is pro
fuse. Sometimes a bandage kept wet
in w’*c-h hazel will prevent further
trouble there.
Sedan Chairs Not for Taft.
The appearance of Secretary Taft in
Hong Kong in search of a chair struck
terror into the hearts of the chair
coolies. Mr. Taft is a heavy weight in
the strictest sense of the term and the
sedan chairs are not built for such
bulky men. It is said that his first
day he succeeded in breaking the poles
of three or four chairs, and thus hav
ing become known to a majority of
the chair bearers they endeavored to
escape when the secretary showed a
disposition to go anywhere toward the
higher levels.
Property Has Grown in Value.
The Duke of Bedford, the ground
landlord of Covent Garden market,
London, derives over $75,000 a year
from that space alone. It came into
the possession of the Bedford family
three centuries ago, at a time when
its yearly value was estimated at
about $32.
Earrings a Mark of Slavery.
In bygone days the slave always
pore his master’s earrings. In the
cast they were a sign of caste and
here buried with the dead.
COMPANY'S TOBACCO IN DANGER.
Self-Interest Prompted British Soldier
to Brave Deed.
During the South African war one
of the privates in a British infantry
regiment performed a very gallant
deed. He dashed forward from the
trenches across the veldt, which was
being swept by a hail of bullets, lifted
a wounded comrade in his arms and
carried him safely into shelter. The
colonel, who witnessed the action, be
fore the day was over called the pri
vate before him. oraised him for his
heroism and told him he would be
recommended for the Victoria cross.
Later on the soldier was relating the
incident to his comrades. “He said
something about the Victoria cross. I
didn't think anything about crosses.
What I know is that I wasn’t going to
leave Robinson lying out there with
all the comjany's "baccy in his haver
sack.”
Expect New English Cardinal.
It is considered probable that Most
Rev. Francis Bourne, archbishop of
Westminster, will be chosen as the
fifth cardinal to be appointed at the
next consistory in Rome.
Origin of the “Reticule.”
That openwork bag for shopping,
called a reticule, gets its name direct
ly from the Latin “reticulum,'' "little
net.” Popularly, however, the word is
supposed to owe its existence to the
fact that when an Englishwoman vis
ited the first Paris exhibition with her
little bag in her hand the Parisians
cried, “Ridicule!” The English wom
an, misunderstanding the exclamation,
is said to have thought it’the correct
translation of “little bag” and re
turned to England calling it a “reti
cule.”
Virtues of “Pneumonia."
She was a "lady helper” and her
specialty was advice. She had just
finished scrubbing the floor when she
looked up with a bright smile. “They
co say that a spoonful of pneumonia
tc a pail of water does great things,”
she cheerfully volunteered.
Wins International Prize.
The international Italian “King
Humbert prize” of 2,500 francs for the
most important contribution to ortho
pedic surgery has been awarded to Dr.
Oscar Culpius of Heidelberg.
CHARGED WITH MANY MURDERS.
Dr. O. C. Haugh. Ohio Physician, Al
leged Wholesale Poisoner.
Dr. Oliver Crook Haugh. alleged
fratricide, parricide and multi-mur
derer, has been arraigned in Dayton.
Ohio, on charges of killing several
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people. His alleged crimes include
the following: Jacob Haugh. his
father, murdered Nov. 4, in Dayton.
Ohio: Mary Frances Haugh. his moth
er, murdered Nov. 4. in Dayton; Jesse
Haugh. his brother, murdered Nov. 4.
in Dayton: Mrs. Mary Twohey, of
Lima, murdered in Lorain. Ohio, in
1904; unknown woman, murdered In
Toledo in 1904; John Paris of Lorain,
his patient; who died under mysterious
circumstances in 1904.
SUFFERS REDUCTION IN RANK.
Former Austrian Major-General Now
Common Private.
According to Le Petit Parisien, the
ex-Archduke Leopold of Austria, who
married Fraulin Adamovitch and be
came naturalized as a Swiss citizen
under the name of Leopold Wo!fling.
is now serving as a common soldier
in a Swiss regiment at Geneva, in ac
cordance with the law which requires
military service from all citizens of
the confederation. The ex-archduke
has to perform all the duties of his
new position, helping to scrub the
floors of the barracks and to sweep
the yard, besides participating in sev
eral hours’ drill each day. Through a
practical joke played upon him by
some comrades he lately incurred the
punishment of four days' arrest, but
it was not carried into effect, as suit
able explanations were forthcoming.
This new Swiss recruit formerly held
the rank of major general in the Aus
trian army.
TO TEACH AMERICAN HISTORY.
Professor of Columbia University
Given Position at Berlin.
Dr. John William Burgess of Colum
bia university. New York, has been
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chosen to teach Germans American his
tory. He will occupy the “Theodore
Roosevelt chair of American history,"
to be'e3tabl:shed at Berlin university
with an endowment of $50,000, given
by Jacob Speyer of New York.
CHANCE FOR FEDERAL JUDGES.
Edison Would Have Them Find Some
"Obvious” Solutions.
The federal courts have several
times invalidated Edison’s patents on
the ground that the improvements
made by tis devices were “obvious"
solutions of the mechanical problems
and therefore not patentable. As in
many problems that require hard
study, the solutions did seem obvious
enough afterward. Not long ago Mr.
Edison was trying to work out a new
piece of mechanism. It seemed a sim
ple enough problem when he began it.
but it proved to be extremely difficult.
After several days’ exasperatingly fu
tile work his attorney happened to ask
him how it was coming along. “No
good yet," replied Mr. Edison. “But,
of course, tbe thing is perfectly ob
vious. I wish you’d bring a committee
of those federal judges down here that
are always saying that. If this thing
is so almighty obvious, perhaps they
can tell me how to make it."
He Knew Mankind.
A group of microbes were conversing
on the lip of a pretty girl. Suddenly
a young microbe burst in upon them,
greatly excited.
"Doomed!" he cried. “We are
doomed! Mankind has discovered that
kissing is the chief cause of our multi
plication."
But the others laughed easily, and
an old, wise microbe said:
“Don’t worry, lad. Despite that dis
covery we'll still continue to multiply
at the same old rate.”
Peculiar Accident
While Albert Rogers was working
in a chair suspended by a rope on
board a ship in San Francisco bay a
workman above him dropped a redhot
rivet, which burned the rope through
and precipitated Rogers into the hold,
to his serious injury.
Former Ambassador at Work.
Joseph H. Choate, the former ambas
sador to the court of St. James, has
resumed the practice of law in New
York city. H« has taken offices with
bis son, Joseph H. Choate, Jr.
