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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 20, 1901)
Slafju' iMWWiSVitiim"Mi 'tm!vtmtmmitm imaiw wMnMMiiiiiiitiiminimminn i imwiwiwimi Wi'f i.m.ii ,.i militil.am,MijiiyiiiiiH-'" 'bij,Mae'JC.",y'' flilliHMMBVH Bt,h,.n....i.i. .n.l.nl.WnTr rihn II Kfl' v 1 : y 5 Jr Rd H, v L.5 WORTHLESS CHECK Two Plattsmouth Morclmnto Aro Victimized. SWINDLE DETECTED AT Tilt BANKS Killed By nn Hipr TmlnHhrepliml- r Fmxon to Death In .Wyoming CltM Iatilontctii Mrs. Klnley rail luff Ullior linimrtniit Nimts, I A man entered the store of 0. I). Long of Plattsmouth unil bought u pair of mittens und gnvo hint a cheek or 810 tin Mio IlariU of Cass county, signed "A. V. Willis," mid received SHU'S In change. Ht tliun wont to thu store of C 13. Wescott and bought an otlicr pair of mittens mill gave tlio pro prlctorn check of tho same kind for tlm nnmo amount nnd wns ((Iron Cii.no In change. He attempted to pass the .ntno lclnd of n check ut tlio drug store of A. W. Atwood and nt the hardware htoro of .lohn . Cnfc and several of tlio otlior merchants, but tliey refused to lalco tlictn. Wftcn tlio olieolff wero pre sented nt tho bank tlm next day It wan luamod that tho cheeks were not Blgncd by A. 8. WIIHn, a wealthy farmer, residing near Louisville, and Wero "worthless. TWO MILLION DEAD. Terrible liomltn r Famine In Nlicu SI, rrnvlnco of China. Tho Christian I lerald'a commissioner, who Is investigating tho famine in China, wrilc from Sinn l'u, Provlneo of Shen SI, tlm the autumn crops will furnish food for a few months, hut being1 tho llrst successful crops In live years will tint lw tiulllclcnt to last un til the next harvest Is withered, and ho predlotn a repetition of tho fiimluo In tho coming spring. Tho commission cntlnmtes that tlio deaths from famine in tho Hlien SI province number :),M'0, (too, or SO per cent of tho population. Ho rodo for four days through villages north of the Wei III river, and during this tlmo flaw hardly two hundred por tions. Tho whole region is desolated. Ifo Trarn of n During Mariner. A special from Atlantic City. N. ,T., nays: Capt. ,WillInm. A. Andrews nnd brldo sailed from Young's pier Sunday, September US, In their thirteen-foot dory, tho Dark Hcerel. They expected to touch at tho A '.area for fresh food supplies and water nnd to land at sorno port in Spain or Portugal In from six to eight wcc-Uh' tlmo. On his former voyogo across tho Atlantic Captain An drews frequently spoke passing vessels nnd bo was reported by thorn on their arrival in part, but, as tho "lone mari ner" anil bin brida have been gone now nearly three months and as their land ing has not been reported any whore, It is tlio opinion hero that tlioy have been drowned. Moaqulln IiitllutiK Seek Itrlli-f. Thrco delegates from tho Mosquito territory of Nicaragua havo urrlvo at Kingston, .Jamaica, and tiro negotiat ing with the Itritlsh government for relief from Nlcaragmin rulo. Thoy Jiavo sent a nlgucd letter to tho news papers setting forth their refusal to believe that Great llrllalu Is abandon ing tho Magagua treaty and declaring that tho Mosquito Indians aro prcpareil to fight rather than accept tlio contin uation of Nicaragua!! control. Tho delegates will await Great 11 rl tain's reply to their representations before they take further action. Ono Collision Cnusos Another. FIroman V. M. ltlloy nt Dubuque.In., wns killed, and Ihiglncer William Nor ton of Dubuque suffered n broken log in a collision on tho (Ircat Western road at llolton, live miles from Free port, 111. Thrco trains were In the collision a freight train, light e.ngluo nnd wrecking train, all eastbouud. Tho light engine, which was In tho middle, ran Into tho rear of the freight. Tho cnglnlnecr reversed ills cngluo nnd jumped, and tho engine ran back Into tho wrecking train, where flroman Riley was killed. Gnllty of Assault. The trial of tho state against Iloth well In tho district court at Valentine, Neb., ended in a conviction on the charge of criminal assault. Vho de fendant whs charged with criminally assaulting his own daughter last May. jjis ncienso was insanity. Dr. J. L. Greene, superintendent of tho Lincoln hospital for tho Insane, tcslinod na an expert witness. After taking pnor bal lot tbo'jury agreed on a verdict of guilty. Tho penalty prescribed by tlio law is lifo imprisonment. Passenger Trill a Burned. An explosion of gas occurred on nn eastbouud Santa Fo passenger train nt Garden City, Kns,, Docombor 10. The smoker, chair car nnd ono sleeper wero entirely consumed, Nono of the pas bengors wore injured. Conductor O'JJay and Porter Pennington wero badly cut mid burned about tho head nnd face. Death Sentence. Joseph Ellsworth llinklo, of Peoria, 111., was sentenced to bo hanged by the neck until dcatl on February 14, for tho murder of his wife, Arlio llinklo. I was a brutal crime, tho condemned man (stabbing her to death with nn or dinary pocket knife. This will bo tho first hanging in that county since 1871'. Killed by tho Car. Frauk Hardy nnd his daughter of Jxwansport, Ind., who wero riding In a buggy, wero run down and killed by train Decoinber, 10. THEY MAY NOT FIGHT. U'nrllko Preparations In Chile uml Argen tine Not Tnlicn Horlously. The alarm manifested In Argentina is declared In Chilean olllclnl circles to lie unwarranted. In tlio opinion Of the government the boundary dispute will never Justify a rupture. A news agency received a dispatch from Ruction AyreH, confirming the dis patch of tho Associated Press from .Vhicnos Ayres announcing tho calling out of the Argentine urmy reserves nnd adding that ut the request of tho gov ernment tho Chamber of Deputies had sanctioned a bill setting aside the con versou fund to bo used for the national defense. Continuing, tlio dispatch from Jiuetioa Ayres says: "Tho report that tho United States will oirer its good otllces is confirmed. At Chile's request the American minister has sounded tho intentions of tho Argentine govern inoiit. Ilrny.ll lias also offered media tion. , "It has been announced that Chilo litis cllliwl nut. I. If 11)11 moil. lint, flu, iioivu is questioned, because, according to tlio otllclals, Chllu docs not possess tho means to equip uml move such a body of men. "Senor Anchora has offered to bear the. cNpehso of n regiment during the entire campaign and patriotic offers of various descriptions are arriving from all parts of tlio country. Neverthe less, In certain centers, tins oplulon is persistently hold that war between Ar guutitino nd Chile is improbable Hmull Flzliti Dully. A Manila dispatch snys: General J. Franklin llell has been exceedingly ac tlvo in iiatangns provlneo where ho in tends by every means available, to stamp out tho Insurrection. There are dally small fights between tho in surgents and the men of General Dell's command, in which tho former aro al most invariably routed. Lieutenant Hennessey of tho Kiglith Infantry, to gether with ono American scout and six Filipinos captured nn Insurgent major with forty-two men, twenty-two ritlus and tMO rounds of ammunition, without tho loss of a man. A number of captured doccumonts and papers, now in tho hands of Gen eral Hell, impllcato'ln tlio Insurrection tho presidonto and other prominent natives of Man, Uataugas province. General Hull lias uotliud tho natives In Iiatangns that on the L'Sthof Decem ber tho purpose to concentrate them In tlio neighborhood of tho town. Ho will move their llvo stool;, rice, etc., to within the limits of concentration. After that date everything outsido these limits will be coutlscated. Tlio roads from Uataugas and La guua provinces aro lined with u con tinuous stream of nntlro men, women and children, in carry-nils, carls und mounted on curabos, seeking safety from tho horrors of war. The column under Colonel Theodore J. Wintof tho Sixth cavalry is tireless in its operations ng.nn's tho insurg ents and has received high praise from the military authorities. Iiiniiiilly rh'ii will Nut Avntt. Tho home olllce at London lias noti fied tho counsel for Miss Josephine Kastvvick of Philadelphia, under sen tence of six mouths' Imprisonment for forging n railroad cortilluate, that tho petition for her pardon on tho ground of insanity could not bu granted. No reason is given. The uctlou of the homo ofllco is taken in splto of great pressure brought to bear in Miss Kast wlck's behalf by tho olllelals of tho American embassy there. Thrco Men Hun l)wn. Two men wero killed nnd nnother severely injured at Delrny, a suburb of Dotrolt. early by Lake Shore passenger tralu No. .TJ:. Tho mon, who wero on their wny to work, wero walking on tho railroad track, it was still datlc and th-y neither saw nor heard tho approach ling train. Do Hosier was Instantly killed and, and Welsnor d'qd from his Injuries very soon after ho wns picked up. Ileinselman will recover. Mm. MuKlutry 1'nllliiff. Itelatlvcsof Mrs. MelCinley havo lit tle hope for her living long, according to a " Htutumont niadu by Lloutenant liiiucH McKlnley, U. S. A., a nephew of the late president. Lleutennnt Me lCinley said: "My aunt remains in about the samo coudltlou that sho was Immediately after tlio funeral of tho president. There has been no Improvement and seems no hope of auy." Fit ft Troieii to Death. Tlio severe bnow nnd wind storm whloh set in nt Cheyouno, Wyo., last Tuesday night and which has been uccompunicd by tho coldest weather seen in tho state for many yiars, Is still raging In many "sections. Imvo persons aro known to ln.,- lost their lives. Sheep aro scattered in nil directions and many herders are miss- Itefu-ies to lie Vurclmited. ISecauso of their refusal to lie vaccin ated, l.()0o children Wero expelled from the liellevlllo, 111., pupllc schools. Tholr expulsion, however, was cancell ed later in the day by the board of health rescinding tlio order. Vomit; Olrl MMslnc. Myrtlo Leppahn, living with her parents at 18th and Van Dorn strcots, Lincoln, Nob., disappeared from her homo and her parents havo been un able to locate her. It was thought sho may havo gone to Omaha where sho has friends but there is no certainty of tills. Tnkra the Oath. Scth Low took tlio oath of ofllco as mayor of Now York In tho supremo court. Mr. Low will assumo ofllco at noon on January I. BULLET IN HER HEAD Killodin Her Room by a Supposed Burglar. BROTHER AWAKENED BY THE NOISE OUtrensInc Htroot Car Accident Ferry boat Collide Tiro Killed ly Kltro (llycorlne Iliploalon t.'niiKlit Uo ttrccii tho Votiillti;. Harriet P. Murphy of Pittsburg. Pn., prominent in church nnd society cir cles nnd treasurer of tho Klngsloy house fund, wns murdered ut her homo a.t 0.V.J1 Howe strret, Knst Knd by a buglnr. The murderer made htfl es cape, nnd, although the whole detec tive and police force of that section wns called the man has not been cap tured. Miss Murphy was tlio only sister of Select Councilman John A. Murphy from tho Twentieth ward and was thirty years old. She with her broth er and two servants, women, lived alone in tlio house. CUBAN COMMERCE Fnlliiiff Off In Iinportu, but Import are Largely Inrrcimcd. A comparative statement of the commerce of Cuba for tho fiscal years 1001 and 100, issued by tho division of Insular affairs, war department, shows that tho total value of merchandise im ported during tho fiscal year 1001 was 605.0.10,141, as against 871,081,187 for 1000; nnd tho totul value of merchan dise exported during 1001 wis 873,1 1.r., 8'J1, as against 815,228,810 for 1000. This Indicates n decrease of 0.3 per cent in the value of imports and nn in crease of 30.5 per cent in tlio value of exports. The value of Imports of merchandise from tho several countries, respective ly, during the fiscal year 1001, was as follows: United Slates 828,078,702, n decrease of 0 7-10 per cent, United Kingdom 80,280,240, decrease of 22.4 percent; Germany 83,403,031, increase 20.4 per cent; Franco 82,022,820, de crease 18.8 per cent; Spain 80,530,015, decrease 13.4 per cent; other countries 811,828,035, decrease 4.0 percent. Tho value of exports of merchandise to tho several countries, respectively, during the fiscal year 1001, was as fol lows: United 8118 815,407,408, nnd in crease of 11.4 per cent; United King dom 84,871,717, incrense 34.0 percent; Germany 80,720,180, increase 102.0 per ccut; Franco SI, 402,005, increase 22.4 percent; Spain 8570,;i02, decrease 29.3 per cent; other countries 83,011,380, In crease 52.0 per cent. FIGHTING IN COLOMBIA Government Troopt nnd T.lboraU Havo KtiKncenient. A schooner which has just nrrlved nt Colon from Nombro do Dlos brings the news that tho Colombian govern ment troops to tho number of seventy, who left Colon n fortnight ugo for Vicnto Fricto, had an engngemen with the liberal forces nt Nombro de Dlos. The liberals numbered 250 men. The casualties on both sides amounted to eighteen men killed and forty wounded. The government troops succeeded In carrying the liberals en trenchments and driving them out of the town back onto the hills bohlud It. During the engagement, tho women nnd children of Nombro do Dlos, to gether with tho United States vice consul at Colon, Mr. Haytt nnd other foreigners, sought refuge ou a small island facing the scene of tho engage ment. Tho government troops aro now on their way back to Colon. Mr. Haytt reports that Nombro do Dlos is now practically deserted and unsafe for foeigners, the liberals be lieving the lntter havo been uldiug me government. Hnhbery ot Mnll l'oiicli. A daring robbery of n pouch of United States registered mall occurred nt tho doors of tho old postotllco build ing at Third and Ollvo streets In St, Louis. Oscar Kclliug, driver of tlio mall wagon, was knocked down by tho butt end of revolvers by three men us he wns leaving thu building, and re lieved of a sack of registered mull, which ho was taking outside. So cleverly had tho robbery been planned that tho robbers succeeded in escaping with their booty before Kclliug could givo the alarm. At thu time tho lobby of the branch postotllco was crowded with people, nnd the sidewalk throng ed with men returning homo from business. Tho exact contents of the lost sack is not known. Iloiton Murderer Kluctrocuted. Storto, the murderer of .Michclo Cal encel, in Itostou, Novombcr 7, 1809, was executed by electricity at the state prison in Chavlestown. Sorto met his death with firmness, being the first criminal to dio in the electric chair un der tho Massachusetts law. Tho elec trocution was successful in every way nnd it was conducted In n very brio time. Mllininkee Train Wrecked. Passenger train No. 2, on tho Chi cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad collided with a freight train just out sido of La Crosso, Wis. The passenger engine, aggago und mall cars, with two cars ot machinery of tho freight train, wero wrecked. Thrco passen gers wero injured. Benjamin Russell Uanby, author of tho famous ballad, "Darling Nellio 3ray," la burled nt WatervHIo. O., twolvo miles from Columbus. PUT TO PRACTICAL USE. OMter Ships Hprak to Kncti Other llua lred Mile Apart. Tho steamer Etrurla, which has just nrrlved in Now York, was in communi cation for mora than five hours in mid ocean with Its sister ship Umbrfn. Long before either ship sighted tlio other their commnudors were convers ing by tho Marconi wireless system. The position of each was known on tho other hours before their main trucks showed above tho horizon. Etrurla left Liverpool December 7, tho samo day Umbrla steamed out of Now York. They wero 1,030 miles east northeast of Sandy Hook when they passed each other, or In Intltudo 45.17 nnd longl tudo 51.07. Flvo hours before that tho receiver ou Etruin began to click warn. ingly. Tho oporator replied, and then tho word "Umbrla" was alowly spelled out on Etrurin's instrument. Then followed Umbrla's location. Etruria replied, giving its location, which showed it to bo fully 100 miles nwny from the other vessel. Umbrla sent its number of passengers, the fact that all was well and tho latest news from New York. Etrurla sont word of tho burn ing of tho great Liverpool exchange quadrangle, which occurred on Decem ber 0, while Etruria was lying in tho Mersey. SURE TO GET THE ISLANDS. Satisfactory Negotiations With Danish MluUter. A Washington, D. C, dispatch says: Asa result of tho negotiations bo tween Secretary Hay and Mr. IJrun, the Danish minister, tho last obstacles of substanco to bho preparation of tho treaty of cession whereby tho United States will become possessor of tho Danish West Indlun Islands, havo boon removed. It Is said that tho points of difference havo been adjusted in a manner to in sure accoptanca of the treaty by tho United States senate, and It is even possible that tho convention may bo laid before that body before the holi day recess. Tho decision of the su preme court in tho insular coses has mado easier tho preparation of the treaty on satisfactory linos, it is Bald. Ipenra Lawlessness In Ireland. A Dublin, Ireland, dispatch nays: Largo numbers of constabulary have been drafted to important points in Mayo nnd Roscommon, and a procla mation placing both counties under the crime act Is expected to bo issued immediately. This influx of of extra poll co in unprecedented since the days of Captain ltoycott. Nationalist mem bers of parliament and tho United Irish league havo been most active In Mayo and Roscommon recontly preach ing forcible resistance to tho authori ties. Dublin's reception of Messrs. Red mond, Mollugh nnd O'Donuell on their return from tho United States will tako tho form of a torchlight proces sion and addresses at tho Mansion house. Instantly Klllod. Frank Rcncr, an employ on the night shift in tho liurlingtouhammor shop at Plattsmouth, was instantly killed De cember 17. A switch crew wero doing some switching in tho shop yards and Renncr, lu attempting to cross the track between tho train and another string of cars, was caught between the couplings. His body was terribly mu tilated. Tho deceased wus u single man, twonty-niuo years ot age, and was on his way to work when tho ac cident occurred. Ho has been work ing in tho shops since his return from tho Philippines, whoro ho served wltl tho First Nobratka regiment Depot nt Drulnard llnrns. Tho Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley depot at Urrlnard, Neb., caught fire on Dec. 17 Agent M.iules' furniture w.is removed, but was damaged. Tho citizens turned out In numbers nnd with buckets carriod water to tho fire, but owing to tho strong north wind nothing could be done. It looked for a tlmo us though tho Hrninard high school and the Nyo & Schneider ele vator and lumber yard would catch fire, but tho wind changed enough to save them. The Urq originated in tho dwcll-ng part at tho north end of tho building. I.lternlly Toru to l'leccs. Thomas L. Edwards, aged thirty seven years, and Charles D. Parker, ajed twenty-five, both of Hutlcr, Pa., wero Instantly killed by a tcrrlblo ex plosion of nltro-glycerino, which com pletely wreckod tho nltro-glyccrlno factory of It. Humes & Co., about ono and one-half miles from bore. Not a shred of tho two unfortunates could bo found and tho site of tho magazine was marked by a hole twenty feet deep and, forty feet In diameter. Mistake Friend for a Burglar. Relieving him to be a r;afo robber, Night Operator Greor of tho Lako Erlo and Western office, at Rluffton, Ohio, shot nnd probably fatally wounded Stephen Miller, his friend. Greor, hearing a uoiso outside, shot through tho wlildow with a forty-four caliber revolver. Tho bullet lodged In Miller's left breast. Tho llluffton ofllco was at tacked by robbers several wcoks ugo and Greer was shot. I'aula on is Ferryboat. Tho Ferryboat Princeton of tho Pennsylvania railroad while crowded with passeugers and teams, collided with tho Hudson City of tho samo Una on tho North river. A holo ynn driv en in tho latter boat's side. Thcro was a tremendous panic among tlio passengers on each bout, though tho Hudson City carriod fow. Wo are In tho best school whon wo havo learned to convort tho dally hap penings and work Into ncans of education. DECLARED REMISS Schloy Court of Inquiry Hand3 Down Docision. DEWEY OFFERS MINORITY REPORT Condemned on Eleven Counts Female riandlt Scntcnrod Kentucky Bank Looted Chile l'reparos for War Other Ncm of Importance. A Washington, D. C, December 13, dispatch says: Tho most prolonged, In teresting nnd important naval tribunal ever held in this country enma to a close today, having In open nnd secret session lasted thrco months, short of one week, when Secrctnry Long waB handed the findings of tho court of in quiry which inquired into the conduct of Rear Admiral Schley during tho Santiago cntrtpaing. For beven weeks tho court heard testimony and for fully a month it deliberated upon that mass of evidence, finally reaching tho conclusions announced today. Tho re sult wns n complete surprise, nnd It is yrobablo thnt no prophesy has ap prohched tho truth. Instcnd of ono report there nro two. Both aro signed byGeorgo Dewey, president, nnd by Samuel C. Lcmloy, ns judge advocate. This is a form said to bo recognized in ail courts of inquiry, the signatures of the other members not being necos Bary. Rut it is explained that Admiral Dewey signed the second report, a mi nority report, to express his qualifica tion of or dissent from tho views ex pressed by the court, comprising, be sido himself, Admirals Reuham and Ramsay in the first report. The mnjority report condemns Ad miral Sthicy on eleven points, whilo Admiral Dewey sustains him in most particulars. MRS. BONfNE ACCQUITTED End of a Mysterious Washington Murder Case. Tlio jury in tho case of Mrs. Lola Ida Uoninc. charged with tho murder of James Seymour Ayers in tho Ken nioro hotel at Washington on tho Might of May 13, returned n verdict of not guilty nnd tho defendant was 6ct at liberty. Such a conclusion of tho trial was generally expected, the popu lar impression being that in tho evidence submitted tho prosecution had failed to provo its case against Mrs. Ronlne. The jury was ont less than flvo hours, retiring n few minutes after 4 o'clock in tho afternoon and report ing their verdict shortly before 0 o'clock. Dispute Results in Tragedy. John Plllcy, fifty years old, wob killed by Willis Ray, his son-in-law, in a dispute over business matters. Tho tragedy occurred nt Plllcy'B home, nino miles from Decatur, 111. Pliley got a shotgun nnd started to kill Ray, but the latter was too quick for him, got a revolver and killed Plllcy. Tho cor oner's jury returned a verdict of justi fiable homicide. Thcro wero no ar rests made. Gouged Out Ills Eye. As the result of n disagreement over business matters thrco weeks ago, Gcorgo R. Foreman nnd Joseph N. Marsh, two prominent stockraiscrs of Niobrara, engaged in a fight in which Marsh, it is chraired gouged out tho right oyo ot Forctnnn, destroyingtho Bight. Foreman's attorneys entered a suit for 32.000 damages, with a crimln al suit besides. Female Bandit Hentuuced Lanra Bullion, tho female companion of "Ren" Kllpntrick, who was con victcd of having in his possession forged national bank notes, was sen tenced by United States District Judgo Adams to flvo years' imprisonment in the fcdcrnl prison nt Leavenworth, Kan. Kilpatrlck received a sentence of fifteen years' imprisonment at Jef ferson City, Mo. fChlle Frcparos for War, From Santiago do Chilo comes tho news that a contingent of tho Chilean reserves has been called to arms. It numbers nbout 10,000 men. No movc mentof the military forces under arms has occurred, howover. Everything is quiet thcro in expectation of Chilo'a answer to Argentine, which, according to nnblio opinion, will bo firm and Ecrcnc, Itoosevelt Richer by 8100,000. According to a decision handed down by Justico Lnwronco of Now York for tho purpose of obtaining a construction of tho will of Cornelius Van Scbaick Roosevelt, who died In Now York in 1887, President Theodoro Roosevelt, who is a testator, will in herit a fortune of between SlOo.OOO and 8150,000. Both Dead. Fred Dorscy fatally stabbed Mra. Cora Wilson at Fort Wnync, Ind., and then cut his own throat. Roth aro dying. Tho tragedy was tho result of a quarrel. Bank Looted, Tho bank of Sturgls, Ky., was robbed of between 83,500 nnd $4,000 by rob bers who blew open the safe with nltro-glycerine. Tho robbers wero thought to havo escaped on horses. Bloodhonndn followed tho trail for Bovcral mlleB but left it then on ac count of rain. . Mebrrskan Honored. Prof. J, C. Kulsey, a graduato of tho Nebraska university, has been elected to tho faculty ofifPurduo tmlverslty ut Rlohmond, Ind ST. PAUL ROAD GETS BID ENGINES. Largest Ones Ever "twit lo Be Used In Fait Passenger Runs. Larger Trnlnu and Quick Schedules Are Expected to Be the Ultimata Result Several of what aro claimed to bo the largest locomotives ever construct ed wero received by tho Chicago, Mil- k, waukco and St Paul road yesterday. In theso days of largo engines each fresh consignment received by a rail road during tho past year or two has had tho distinction et being tho larg est While these monster locomothroa have In a way ceased to oxclto sur prise, those Just received by the St. Paul road nro remarkable lu their di mensions. For cxamplo, tho diameter ot tho driving wheels Is olghty-foui and one-fourth inchos, or one-fourth of an Inch over soven fcot Following Is a technical description of the now glanti: Diameter of driving wheels, 84 4 Inches. Diameter of compound cylinders, 28 and 15 Inchon. Stroke of cylinders, 23 Inches. Total length of engine, C8 feet U Inches. Steam capacity of boiler, 280 pounds. Flro bcx, 8 feet 8 Inches by 5 feet 6 Inches. Number of flues In bollor, 8S0. Heating snrfaco, 3,215 Bqnaro feet. Capacity ot tender, 18,000 pounds ot coal and 7,000 gallons of water. Think! Fust Tim Possible. General Passenger Agent Miller of Ike St Paul Is cnthuslastlo over the new engines, alleging that they will lend to revolutionize schedules and power. He says thoy will bo capable ot hauling fourteon or fifteen heavily loaded coaches or sleepers sixty miles nn hour. Grades will bo- llttlo or no obstruction to tho leviathans. Tho locomotives will bo put in ser vice on the limited trains between Chicago and Milwaukee and between Chicago and Omaha. Novel Tarty In Conotry. Tho town of Dushore, Pa., may be on tho top of tho Allegkantcs, and 4 rural as to some things, but It is not altogether behind in noveltlos. Tho latest In that direction was a "too party," which took placo in the town hall. This Is the way It was done: A row of pretty young women was drawn up on the stage behind the curtain, and ono by ono stuck a baro foot un der tho curtain for tho inspection of young gentlemen. The toes wero auc tioned off to the highest bidder, whoso prlvliego it was to accompany tho own er to lunch. The toes brought all th way from 35 cents to $5. In somo In stances the young women had "tip ped" their host fellow, agreeing to wig- gle their toes in a certain way In or der to avoid being taken to lunch by other fellows, who, when they "caught on," ran tho bidding up as high as they could beforo giving it up. TALKS ON ADVERTISING. The best way to advertlso Is Just to advertise. Get at it with a view to hav ing tlio people know what you most desire to soil, and Incidentally letting them know that tho spcclflod Items do not represent your full stock. Say In teresting things about interesting goods and have the goods to talk. Men talk of the secret ot successful ' advertising, but it Is all very plain. The ossontials aro to offer what people want, at fair prices, and to offer It In a way that will mako readers know thoy want it. The art in writing an advcrt'iBomcnt Is to speak as the Inter ested and well-informed merchant would speak to a prospective customer. Tho mere appearance ot a business man's name and address in every issue ot a leading nowspapor will do work to Increase his tra(de. Every business man, however, Is ablo to glvo facts about his establishment which will encourage pooplo to deal with him. To stato such facts clearly In a newspaper Is tho prln clpal secret ot successful advertising. Tho idea that It takes a number ot impressions to mako the average ad vertisement effective Is not new. Forty years ago an English advertiser said to the publisher ot the Cornhlll Maga ilne: "Wo don't considor that an ad vertisement seen for tho first time by a render is worth much. Tho second tlmo It counts for something. Tho third tlmo tho reader's attention is arrested; tho fourth tlmo he rends it through and thinks about It; the fifth makes a pur chaser of him. It takes tlmo to soak in;" y Prince and Princess to Marrr. Prince Charles ot Bourbon and the Infanta Maria do la Mercedes, princess ot Spain, are to be united In marrlago soon after Christmas. Prince Charles is the second son of tho count ot Caserata. Ho will bo raised to the rank of an Infant ot Spain. Tho royal bride's allowance of 100,000 wlil bo Increased, and the cortcs will provide for a suitable dower. Princess Mer cedes Is tho ildest daughter of the queen regent. Sho was born Septem ber 11, 18S0, and was queen of Spain until tho birth ot her brother Alfonso In 1SSC, When Blea Used Vans. Fans originated In the western coun tries and wero first universally tnadi of peacock, ostrich or parrot feathera Tho hundred years ago the mon used fans nnd wore not considered effemln- r nto. ' -V Cotumtrolat Importance of Tensacola. Tho city ot Pensacola, Fia., now claims to bo tho third In commercial ' importanco on tho Gulf of Mexico, bo- ing excelled In exports only by Now Orleans and GaJvoiton. &m l&t . i. 3, vr ..V'.. . .fcSfi . tvfii U& . jj