i I M I Red Cloud Chief. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. RED CLOSD, NKBKASKA Now that Prlnco Henry la nt homo lio may safely uncork that bottle of Kentucky peach brandy. HotiBt) hunting, bonnet hunting and octopiifl hunting nro a few of the oc cupatlouB of tho prcHcnt season. Another (uniiel 1 to bo built In Now York. Tho iHltiml Is destined to becomo n veritable gopher camp. Crneglo 1m making money bo fnnt that ho haa now taken to giving away libraries In flocks Instead of singly. Insurance- rnloH aru climbing ho high that any midden descent will havo to bo made by way of tho lit e escape. Agulnaldo, Lnkbnn and nil of the raptured Filipino chieftains ngrco that tho fat of'tho land Is far prefcrablo to tho lean. Every time Italy looks over at Tri poli it thinks It ought to do a Ut ile expending just to keep It up with the procession. J. Plcrpont Morgan does not burden his mind with such u trllle as $10,000. 000. In this respect thorn Is a number of us Just llko him. Nineteen ltnllan nowspnpers have been suppressed In Austria for foment ing disorder on tho occasion of tho ro ccnt riots at Trlcst. From tho way they nro lighting tho Chlncsu rebels must havo stood around and watched tho armies of the allies do things two years ago. London la a poor location for tho coronation. Thoro nro not enough mansions in tho city to nccommodato tho American millionaires. A Husslnn has Invented a monorail electric road that ho believes will transport passengers nt tho rate of 200 miles an hour. ,I)on't! Now that revolvers aro being used In tho nobln art ot self-dofcuso ngalnst hazing, tho collego pastiniu will loso pome of Us zest for exuberant claim men. Tho automobile appears to havo tho peculiar faculty of running rich men Into tho police courts. The poor man's chanco won't come till tho machines aro cheaper. Some of tho Now York restaurants now havo "smoking rooms for ladies." They should bo raoro explicit and label them "smoking rooms for per fect ladles." When Max O'ltoll tells peoplo to "ro tnaln childish as long as you can." ho probnbly means chlldllko which doesn't Bound very different to u Frenchman. Tho socini climber who has wasted his substanco in golllng outfits Is now suffering from ping pongltis, n disease that Is said to bo prevalent among American plutocrats. A long term m prison seems to destroy n man's appreciation of lib erty. Hardly had Jim Younger got out of tho penitentiary when he be gan to yearn for mntrlmony. Tho now $5 national bank notes bear tho vlgnetto of Ilenjamln Harri son anil tho new $!0's that of William McKlnloy. To tho acquisitive tasto the $10'a aro tho moro attractive Sultan Abdul Hamld has stopped the pensions that had bcon allowed to sev eral Turkish students In Paris. Nat urally tho sultan looks with suspicion on any ono who cau rend and wrlto. Yet another Btop In tho disappear ance of gold lace from Ilrltlsh oillccrs' uniforms. Drigado orders of tho Foot Gunrds announce that gold-striped trousers and overalls must bo worn no longer. You aro led to bollevo from tho vn rlotis pronunclamontoar of tho great powers that houcoforth It Is going to bo so quiet In tho far cast that you can hear a pin drop anywhero there abouts. Miss Susan M. Hallowoll, professor of botany for tho last twenty-seven years at Wollesloy collego, has ten dered her resignation. Her retirement withdraws from tho faculty ranks tho Inst member who served In the open ing year in 1875. Tho viceroy ot India has announced a detailed schemo for utilizing n quar ter of a million sterling subscribed In India for tho Queen Victoria memorial in building a great hall of classical architecture of whlto Pontollcon inar blo to bo brought from O recce. Tho news that Andrew Cnmeglo hns refused to becomo Achilles II. of Araucana shows how really great Is tho American mlllionnlrn who prefers to Invest In libraries Instead of spend ing his fortune in coronation ceremo nies. A man who served a long term In the Iowa penitentiary writes to his home paper that ho is convinced crlmo does not pay, slnco ho has lost $10,800 he might havo made by working at hit trade, while tho proporty he stole brought him only $07. RAID A JOINT Somo of Carrio Nation's Dovoteoo Cot Busy at Eddyvillo. THREATENED WITH TAR AND FEATHERS Htulibcd to llettlli lly Nf;rn' - Dcincnl- ed ffoumn Trie to Kill Her Hun Nmtperted of t'olminlnc Her Pur- ninoiir Accident to I'linncr. Tho followers of Curtlo Nation, twelve in number, closely veiled except tho leader, raided tho alleged "Joint" run by Jim Hammond nt Kddy vlllo and broke his largo looklng glasB and destroyed sovcrnl cases of liquor. Ho was given one day to get' out of town on n threat of receiving n coat of tar and feathers. Ono of Lex Ington'n citizens, who has been trying to oradlcato the haloon evil was pres ent to sco that all went well. POISONED BY A WOMAN Connor town Mun Diet Vorjr Suddenly ut. .Scuttle. llonjamln Jones, n machinist of Portland, Ore., died at Seattle from what tho coroner believes to havo been, violent poison given by a woman with whom ho wim registered at the Hotel York as his wife. Tho woman came Into the hotel of fice, announced that the man was III and left, presumably for u physician. She did not return, and when the hotel management secured u doctor tho man wan found unconscious. Ho was re moved to a hospital, whero ho expired a row hours later. His clothing was stripped of valua bles, lifittcrs found in his grip reveal that tho man had parents, in Oskalooaa, In. Ho registered ut tho hotel under Uio name of J. H. Bayre. Ilenjamln Franklin Jones, who Is reported to have been poisoned at Seat tle Is known at Oskaloosa, la., as Frank Jones. Tho Associated press dispatch wns tho first intimation hlu aged parents had of the circumstances attending his death. He bore an ex cellent reputation up to tho time he left Oskaloosa, eight years ngo. John Jones, a brother, Is a stationary en gineer. Frank Jones was ranked as au unusually expert machinist and commanded a high salary. T-oi Klin Into Million. Tho flood damage In Shclbyvtlle and lledford counties, Tennessee, is esti mated at from $1,500,000 to $2,000,000. Relief committees are doing everything possible, but there Is great suffering and assistance will havo to be secured. Hundreds of families are homeless, it being impossible, even nt this time, to give tho correct number. Tho only deaths reported aro three negro children. Only ono brldgo across Uio Duck river remains standing In the county, all tho steel bridges recently erected nt a cost of 150,000 being washed away. Tho damago to the town is esti mated at J200.000. Duck river is now within Its banks. Kilter of .1. R. Ilnjil Commit Suicide. A dispatch from Philadelphia tells of tho death, by her own hand, of Mrs, Mary 13. Clement, Bister ot ex-Governor lloyd. Tho dispatch says: "Disheartened because of lack of suc cess In litigation and henrtbroken over her innblllty to retain tho affections or securo the custody of her only son, Mrs. Mary E. C. Clement killed herself in her flno homo, 1017 North Broad Btrect. Her body, badly decomposed, was found In a third-story room which was filled with gas, and a rubber tube attached to ail open gas jet and reach ing to tho bed upon which the body lay told tho story of suicide. Minn Million for Indlumt. Senator Stewart, chairman of tho senate committee on Indian affairs, re ported tho Indian appropriation bill to the senate. As reported It carries a total appropriation of $9,415,339, a net Increase of $973,834 over tho total as tho bill passed tho house. Authority Is given to use tho trust funds of tlm various tribes of Indians to tho aggre gate extent of $1,031,191 for tho cettle ment of obligations and for other pur poses. (iraat MlulngNutt HrBiin. What is perhaps tho biggest mining suit in the history or Colorado has been filed in tho district court or Colo rado Springs and Involves mining property valued at more than $5,000, 000. Tho property affected Is all lo cated In the Cripple Creek district. The BUlt is brought by tho minority stock holders of tho Mount Itosa company against tho Woods nveatmont com pany. tloorclu Negro Lynched. Walter Allen, n negro charged with criminally assaulting Miss Ulossom Adamson, a 15-year-old girl, In Home. On., was taken from tho Jail by 4,000 peoplo, who battered down tho prison doors, and hanged him to an electric light polo In tho principal portion of tho city. A volley was tired afterward and fully a thousand bullcta entered tho negro's body. Kill Mother anil Child. Fearing that ho would bo arrested for theft, Wlll'um H. Lane, n colored butler, shot and killed his employer, Mrs. Ella J. Furbush, her 12-year-old daughter, Madeline, and probably mor tally wounded another daughter, Elolse, aged 7 years, nt their homo In Philadelphia. Lano, who is 27 years of age, escaped from tho house and four hours later was captured by Philadel phia detectives while waiting In Cam den, N. J., to boatd a train for Bridge ton, N. J. Ho was Identified by llttlo Elolse and confessed his crime. FIGHT ON ThE RANGE Sheepmen mid Cittllcmcii Untile for Hit prcniiicy. A roiirler rem lied Hock Springs, Wyo.. from the seme of the fight be tween the sheepmen mid the cattle men Hint of Big I'luuy. Ho was on tho ground mid states that no ono wan in Jure cl, but that 12,000 sheep were killed and wultcicd, the auliunls being shot, clubbed to dentil unil tlilven over a cliff Into n deep ami narrow ravine. Three sheep wagons wero burned, to gether with tho bedding and en. .p out lit of the Mock masters. Thu light occurred between Sand Springs and East Houldor creok, twen ty inlltM eust of Big Plney. Tho sheep men wero scvetal miles beyond tho deadline and were encroaching upon the reserve of tho cattlemen, when a band of tho Intter appealed, heavily armed and mounted. AfU'r firing several shots at the sheepmen, who returned the fire, the cattlemen closed In and as they out numbered the sheepmen Mvo to one, tllennned tho herders and lied them and proceeded to destroy the outfit and kill the sheep. The courier refuses to divulge tho names of those Implicated In tin; out rage, neither will ho glvo tho names of tho llockmasters, but ho would not deny that tho intter weie John and Abe Hill. Thero Is consldetablo ex citement in the upper Green river country, mid further trouble Is ex pci ted. DRAGGED BY HIS HORSE NtilTt'M Internal Injtirlri and Ho May Not l.liu. A lO-yenr-oltl son of Sam Plnkerton. who resides In Custer county, Nebras ka, was dragged to Insensibility by a horse. Tim boy was herding cattle, and as he did not return home at tho usual time, a search was made, and he was found In an unconscious state some distance from tho house. Ap pearances showed that ho had been dragged ubout eighty rods. It Is sup posed he was attempting to dismount, and as ho had his feet in tho straps above tho stirrups, his foot caught, which frightened the horse, with tho above result. When found a doctor was summoned who found tho lad's skull fractured and also Internal In juries. It Is thought ho cannot re cover. Klcctlnuw In Vbrukn. Llccnsn or no license was the Isruo In a large number of Nebraska cities and towns. Hero is tho result: Wet Alma. Ansley, Beatrice, Car roll, Claries', Cozad, Crelghton, David City. Kim Creek. Fatrbury., Fllley, Gothenburg, Geneva, Havelock, Har vard, Holdrege, Humboldt, Kearney, Lincoln, Lyons. Norfolk, Newport, Odell, Osceola. Silver Creek, Shelton, Stromshurg, Syracuse, Tekamah, To bias, Wausa, Wymore. Dry Adams. Aurora. Benkclmnn, Hrokcn How, Hellwood, Cedar Rapids, Clay Center, Elgin, Fullerton, Gibbon, Lexington, Mlnden, Nelsou. Ord, Ris ing City, Stella, Tecumsch .Summoned to I) r tunc rut I u "at Homo." The board of governors of tho demo cratic club at New York met anil de cided to havo an "at homo" Monday evening, April tl, and to invito promi nent democrats of ue country to in tend. Among those to bo invited aro ex Presldent Grovcr Cleveland, William J. Bryan, William C. Whitney, David li. Hill. John G. Carlisle. Daniel S. La mont. Senator Arthur Pue Gorman and all the democratic senators and repre sentatives In congress. Ten 'riioumiid Miner Out. After mass meetings of tho Roches ter and Pittsburg Coal and Iron com pany's miners were hold nt Punxsutaw nuy and Sykesville, Pa., tho threatened strike was formally declared. It In volves 10,000 miners and will havo tho etfect of curtailing the employment of nearly us many moro railroad men em ployed by tho IlufTalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railroad company, -whoso freight traMlc will be uearly paralyzed In consequence of tho strike. Striken Hoy With Hammer. Mrs. Anderson, who, with her hus band and two sons, lives in tho old charity homo nt Shenandoah, la., un der a spell of demontla, struck her youngeBt boy, 12 years old, with a hammer with tho latent to kill him. Sho said that God had told her to kill tho boy whllo ho was yet Innocent. Overwork and worry had unbalanced tho woman's mind. Sho was com mitted to tno Insano asylum in Clarln tln. Tho boy will recover. Mr. Kitther Morrl Dead. A special from Cheyenne, Wyo., an nounces the death thero of Mrs. Esther Morris, known as the mother of woman suffrage In Wyoming. Tho adoption ot tho equal suffrage amendment In t. Vrtllilnif tvu lntrvtttr 1iitt - dun 4 forts nnd sho was tho first woman jus- tlco of tho peace. May l'rovn Fatal. Etl ward Mendeth, a farmer residing In Otoo county, whllo working In the field with a team, was kicked in the left sldo or tho race by one of the horses. Ho has been taken to Ne braska City for medical treatment. Tho wholo left sldo of his faco Is crushed In and It Is feared that ho will not re cover. Sinpectrd of Shocking Crime. The dead body or Will Hayes, 24 years old, of Wheeling, W. Vn., was found lying In a vacant lot near tho business section of Wagoner, I. T. A pair of bloody scissors with which Hayes had evidently bcon stabbed to death, lay near tho body. Tho man's watch was missing, and his pockets had been rifled. Six men and three women, all negroes, wero arrested on suspicion or connection with tho mur der and, owing to threats or lynching at Wagoner, tho prisoners have been brought to Muskogee. SHOTATOlARIVAPJl Merchant at Shelby Accidentally Rocoivos Contonts of Gun. SERIOUSLY WOUNDED IN BOTH LEGS t.nrgo Hotel lit Aliunde llll.v llrtlrn.ye.il hy l'lre Father (it-lit Totm-mlon of IIU Ctilhl 'Amnteiir Athlel Com pete ill llHHtlntn. Henry Durrltt, a merchant of Shelby, ivas accidentally shot at C. Deleal's :toven miles southwest of Rising City, Neb., by Levi Miller and seriously wounded in both legs near the knees v.hllo engaged in chnrlvailng Frank Schesllnger and a daughter of Mr. De lent, newly married. Mr. Buirltt is 4ii Id to be In no serious danger unless blood poison should set in. LUCKY FISHERMAN. .hiiiice of Clmnnel In Ml-mirl (law- lllm 8300,000 Properly. Tho Armour Packing company and Hie Chicago Great Western Railway company will probably be deprived ot tho lMissesslon of forty acres of accre tion land lying to tho south of the Mis souri river by a verdict returned In the district court at Kansas City, Kan. Tho laud Is valued at $200,000 and tho greater part of it has been held by tho Armour Packing company, which caused S. K. Howe, an old Mshcrninn, iiul who claims to be the original own &r, to bo ejected in 18115. Many yearn ago, Howe, a poor fish erman, located on au Island in tho Missouri river, Just opposite the Ar mour packing plant. In 1894 the Mis souri river changed Its course, and the land, which was originally nu island, became a art or the mainland. As an Island, the property was practically worthless, but when it became a part or the malnlnnd It ndjolncd the land of tho Armour Packing company and its value was great. Tho accretions became greater, and the trestle, over which the Chicago Great Western en ters Kansas City, was built on a part of tho now laud. In 1895 "tho Armour Packing com pany brought proceedings to eject Howe, who Insisted that the property was his by settler's right. Tho Armour company claimed possession because Its lnnd adjoined the new made ground. The case wns brought originally In a justice court, taken to the city court and finally to the district court, where Howe was given n decision. TO PREACH IN A TENT. Kev. Mr. I.niither Ann mi net- III Future I'liitm. The nov. Mr. Louther of Arkansas City, Kan., who was convicted by the M. E. conference of heresy, says he will start out with a lent and preach the gospel as ho sees It. Dr. Louther announced it as part of his plan to ultimately enter another denomination where he could preach In accordance with his belief. When tho report of tho committee was received half of the ministers In tho conference sobbed. Bishop Mulll- I lieu said it was with the utmost regret that ho had to announce that Dr. i Louther's ministerial "credentials should be taken away. linrneil to Dentil In Cur. An unknown man was burned to death In a car on the Chicago &. Alton road at Grlgg's Siding, Logan county, Illinois. Tho flro was discovered whllo the englno was taking water and the crew set' the car out on a siding to let It burn. Today the charred body of a man was discovered. .His head, legs and arms wero burned away, and it was impossible to Identify him, but the train crew believes tne body that of William Coffery of Montlcello. Ky. Coffery had been employed by the Al ton to work In company with other mon In the "camp car." Other oc eupants of the car cannot be found. Coroner Boyden will make full Investi gation. Joke May l'rove Costly. A plcco of wood dipped In chocolate was tho catiBO or tho filing or a dam ago suit for $500 against C. II. Wild, agent for tho C. J. Fletcher Candy compnny of Kansas City, Kan. Tho plaintiff Is Mrs. Vina Green, who is employed at Collins' candy store. In her petition filed In tho common pleas court of Wyandotte county, sho claims that on March 24 Mr. Wild tendered her what seemed to bo a chocolnto drop; that she accepted It, and, at tempting to blto It, broke ono or her front teeth. Sho found It waa a pleco of hard wood, dipped In chocolate, got ten up for the purpose of playing tricks, nnd asks $500 damages for the pain she suffered and the humiliation resulting from the loss of tho tooth. Margin nt Kiuporln. Burglars entered the home of Charles Jackson at Emporia, Kan., whllo tho family was uway from home and se cured about $55 In cash, somo jewelry and an $80 bank draft and somo minor effects. Tho homo of J. M. Harmon was also entered, but the burglars got but little. These make four robberies committed within tho last week. One Child Kliooln Another. John Lilly, 9 .yeare old, of Ottawa, Kan., accldnitally fired a chargo of shot lntc tho foot of his companion, Charley Wruy, C years old. The latter may lose tho foot The children wero playing In an attic of tho Wray homo with tho gun nnd were pluylng "bur Blurs." Killed, by a Switch Knglne. Ralph Elmore, one of the gntcmen at tho Wichita stock yards, was killed by being crushed between a switch en glno and a freight car. He was 40 years old and had a family. SWEPT BY FLAMES MJivnllr City. N. !., Ilin i 7JO.- OOO l'lre. Twele hotels and more than a scoro of small buildings adjoining tho board walk which Is built along the ocean edge at Atlantic City. N. J., were de stroyed by a flro which swept the beach front for two long blocks from Illinois avenue to New York avenue. Tho loss, It Is believed, will exceed $750,000. In this icspcct tho conflagration Is tho most disastrous that has over visited the city. The loss will be only par tially covered by Insurance, ns the into of 5 per cent charged by Insurance companies on property here is regard ed as almost prohibitive. Fortiinutcly no lives were sacrificed, though probably a dozen pel-sons were slightly Injured and burned during tho progress of the Ore. It was reported that six men had perished In the llauies, but the rumor was without foundation. The origin of the the Is unknown, but It was snld to have started In either Brady's baths or the Tarltoii' hotel, which adjoins the baths at Il linois avenue and tho board walk., Tho city Is guarded by a company of mil itia who wero requested by the mu nicipal authorities to aid the police In thu prevention of looting. About a dozen men were arrested during the day fur robbery. GIVEN TO ITS FATHER AtTt'ctlnc Scene Frr-tenti-d In I'liittNinonth Court. A 7-inontliR-old baby was brought Into County Judge Douglass' court at Plnttsmouth, Neb., by Its grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Everett, and n heating was had to determine whether the child should remain in their possession or bo returned to the father. George L. Briton. A largo num ber of witnesses had been summoned nt the conclusion of the hearing the court ordered that tho child Imj given to the t'other. It was shown that the mother of the child had departed this life on March 1, 190:1, nnd that It was her dying request that Mr. nnd Mrs. Everett, her pnrents, should take tho child and rear It, but the court did not feel Justified in holding that such re quest was a defense to tho writ of habeas corpus bvued. It was an affect ing scene when tho grandparents, with tears streaming down their cheeks, re luctnntly gave up tho child which they had learned to love ns one of their own. Killed hy n Homo. Henry Westerhouse, a man 00 year? old, who came from Coffeyvlllo a week ago, was instantly killed at Wichita, Kan., by being trampled upon by a frightened horse belonging to Uie Wells-Fargo Express company. The horse war. croslng the Snnta Fc rall toad tracks as an express train was coming in. und Westerhouse ran and tried to check It. Tho approaching train frightened tho horse. It reared up and struck Westerhouse over the heart with Its heavy hoofs. Utility of Murder In Seeontl Decree. A special from Joplln, Mo., says: The jury In the caso of James Wilson, charged with the murder of Orvlllu Lyons, a neighboring farmer, thirty five years ago, returned a verdict find ing him guilty of murder In the second degree, and fixing his sontence at ten years in the penitentiary. A motion for a new trial and nn ap peal was filed. Wilson was arrested In Oklahoma recently after a search of years. Illimilthit l'tmtuiiiMter Arrested. John Schilling, a local politician, caused the arrest of tho postmaster, Ewlng Herbert, of Hiawatha, Kan., ou tho charge that Herbert disturbed hit peace by calling him names and talk ing to him in an insulting manner. Herbert denies Hip charge and has de manded n trial by jury. Schilling wanted his son mndo postmaster and lost out. Herbert asserts that causing his arrest was part of u scheme to dis credit him. Convict Tried Suicide. Coby TIdwell, a convict in the fed eral penitentiary at Leavenworth, tried to commit suicide by hanging. Ho was working In the shoo shop nnd slipped away. Ho was found hanging from the bar across the top of a cell. Ho used his suspenders for a rope. The gunrd TIdwell came to tho penitentiary from the Indian territory n year ago to serve a five-year sentence for larceny. He served terms In two other peni tentiaries before. (lold Medal Content. Leslie Bratton won tho gold medal In the pontathon contest at tho young men's Christian association gym nasium at Hastings, Neb., he having scored sixty-five points out of 100. Par rott won tho running high Jump with four feet nine. Bratton got first In the sprint. In tho fence vault Parrott won tho prize. In tho standing broad Jump Sewell won the prlzo with nlno feet nine. The potuto raco was won by Johnson. Acquitted. Mrs. Mabel Fenton Haines, on trial Tor a week past at Mount Holly, N. J., charged with tho murder or her 3-year-old step-daughter, Gwendolln, by th alleged means of arsenic, was acquitted by the Jury's verdict, rendered fifteen minutes after its retirement. Th court's charge was favorublo to the de fendant. Two Dead and Four Injured. Two mon wero killed and four In jured by an explosion In one of th( blast furnaces of tho Illinois Steel works In Chicago. Tho explosion forced a mass of molten metal through tho "blower." Ono man, not identified, was burned to a crisp. The other, Nicholas Maturscck, died after linger ing several hours in agony. It Is sale tho injured will recover. Tho samo kind of man who runs af ter you when you havo money will run away from you when you haven't. T Current News and Views FRENCH STATESMAN IN TROUBLE. Soldier Mlntnket tho MlnUS ot .liutlce for IlnrBlHi M. Calllaux, the French minister ot flnnnce, had n curious ndventuro in Paris one evening recently. Ho wns invited to dine with his colleague, the minister of murine, whoso residence Is opposite the ministry of finance on tho" other chip of the Ixiuvre. Ah ho wns late he took a short cut through the gnrden, but found tho gnfo locked and that he had forgotten tho key. M. Calllaux is an excellent gymnast, and proceeded to scale the railing. He hnd Just got on the top when ho was spot ted by the vigilant sentry, who men aced him with his bayonet. His asser tion that he was the minister of justice wns received with scorn, and his trans fer to the guard houso ns a burglar was only prevented by tho arrival of tho minister of marine, who rescued , him from the soldier. IS GREATGRANDMOTHER AT 45. Mm. Mlnule Dnvln or Omaha Holder of tho World's Kurort!. A most extraordinary record In that of Mrs. Minnie Davis of Omaha. Mnr rled at 13, sho was a mother at 14. a grandmother at US and at 45 a great grandmother. Mrs. Davis Is n native of Boston and has lived in Nebraska slnco 1803. Her first child, now Mrs. Ellis of Council Bluffs, born when her mother wns 14. was married when 13 nini had a daughter a year later. This daughter at 15 became Mrs. Rlgby ot Mr. Minnie Dnvla. Seattle, Wash., and two years later was u mother. This latter event hap pened three years ago. Mrs. Davis now has children younger than her great-granddaughter. Another Dead Sea. The new dead sea discovered by Dr. Sven Hedln, In Tibet, seems en titled to rank among the geographical wonders of tho world. It is described as enormous In extent, but so shal low that to navigate it ono must wade half a mile to reach the boat, and must drag tho boat half a mile before it can be floated with a load. But the most remarkable character istic is the almost incrcdlblo amount of salt, and the boat and oars aro as whlto as chalk; even the dress of tho rowers mooii becomo whitened, while drops of tho water sprinkled upon a dry surface leaves globules llko can dlo drippings. CARIOATURE OF GEN. BOBRIKOFF. Finnish People Show Their Hatred of Their Itutalan Governor. That Gen. Bohrlkoff, who has been commissioned by tho czar to "Rus sianize" Finland, Is the most unpopu lar man In the country goes without saying. Though the Finns aro a God fearing and peace-loving people, re ports of nttempts on tho general's lit havo been telegraphed several times. To vent their hnto the Finns have recently spread broadcast bust photo graphs of Gen. Bobrlkoff, which they havo surmounted with two horn, The Caricature, showing that they consider his charac ter on a par with the sntanlc majesty in charge of hades. Tho police have looked In vain for tho photographer responsible for tho caricature. Sev eral arrests have been made, but no convictions have remltcd. An order has been Issued threaten ing all who aro found In pos5CBsloa ot copies of the picture with Imprison-' ment. ' IP- Heir to Japnn'n Throne. His royal highness, Prlnca Mlchl, grandson or the present mikado of Ja pan, Ib the youngest heir preeumptiva to a great throne among all the royal personages In tho world. Ho is eight months old, hns a dozen nurses on English and French governesses will bo secured ns soon as he is uble to talk. jllffi2ciaHdiiiyi jfi m. 4 s: W'- - - :