Rev. William Howe. D. D. , founder
of the Union Baptist Church , now
Tremont Temple Church , Boston , and
alfio founderof , the
Broadway Baptist
Church , Cam
bridge , roc-cully
celebrated bis ! ntb
b i r t h d a y. Dr
Howe was born ai
Worcester. Mass. .
May 2. ) . ISOi ; . when
that city was a
.small country vil
lage , with a court
house , a common
,
KhUK. . 1IO\\K. ,
some stores and
but three or four churches. Notwith
standing financial dilliculties be man-
.aged to lit himself for college. After
, -Lis theological training he entered the
Baptist ministry and for nearly three-
.quarters of a century has been promi
nent in that church's affairs. He knew
.many . prominent men , among them
.Webster , Calhoun , Choate , Clay and
others.
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Edmund Downey is writing a biog
raphy of Charles Lever. e
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Former Senator Daniel S. Berry ,
; who was the 'victim of a mysterious
assassination at the door of his oihVe
in Savanna , 111. ,
was a prominent
figure in Illinois
politics a decade
ago. lie V.MS OIH-
of the leaders of
the thirty-ninth
general assembly
in 1S95 , when sev
eral pieces of leg-
t islation Avere pass-
1 ed which raised a
storm among the
, , . D. S. BICIIRY.
reform elements.
> He was the right-hand man of Speak
er Meyer , AVIO was in very ill-health
during the session and who died short
ly after adjournment. In consequence
lie acted as speaker almost continu
ously tiie last weeks of the session.
William Salter , who made the accepted
model of the Victoria monument to be
erected in Calcutta , is but 22 years old.
Alfred Charles De Rothschild is one
of those men who have solved the
of bow to be hannv though
.
;
"
* . r > L r.oTiisciiii.D. old ; a dapper little
man and the most exquisitely attired
member of the Rothschild clan. Like
all of them he is an astute man of
business. He is also a distinguished
amateur musician , a connoisseur in
art and a dilettante in many things.
He has an income that works out a
Sittle over $ u a minute.
President Castro is "touchy" on the
subject of his height. lie will not go in
company with tall men or women.
David W. Ross , general superin
tendent of transportation of the Illi
nois Central Railroad , has been ap
pointed purchasing
agent for the Pa
nama Canal Com
mission. He is the
second I llinois Cen
tral ollicer to go
with the commN-
sion. the other be
ing J. F. Wallace.
Mr. Ross has been
with the Illinois
Central eighteen
unmarried. Few
people seem lo get
m ore enjoyment
out of life than he.
Possessed of a
great fortune , his
' ntertainments are
among the features
of the London sea
son. "Mr. Alfred , "
as he is universally
called , is 01 years
years , being forDAVID w. io-s.
cnerly secretary to Vice President J. T.
Harahan and later purchasing agent of
the company.
J. T. M. Pierce , superintendent of pub
lic instruction of Bolivia , failed in a
CTagniih-ent speculative career in South
'Dakota for $3.000,000 ten years ago.
Baron Alphone de Rothschild , gov
ernor of the P.ank ot * France and head
of the Parish branch of the great bank
ing house of Roth
schild , who died
recently in Paris ,
was noted for his
benevolences as
well as his large
financial transac
tions. He did
much business with
J. P. Morgan and
.1. W. Gates. Just
previous to his
death he crave 82.-
UABOX liOTIISC 1III.D
tablishment of homes for French work-
iugmen.
The Hon. John LJoyd Tlwchcr of Al
bany , remembered of the Columbian ex-
.position , instituted recently a novel meth-
od of history teaching in the Lenox li
brary in New York. Autographs illus
trating the French revolution were ex
hibited , accompanied by pictures , all ar-
'Canged in chronological order.
Dr. A. S. Hopkins , forest insect in-
-.vestigator , Department of Agriculture ,
- ays the annual loss from insects which
/prey on forest trees and their crude and
finished products is $100,000,000-
CROP OUTLOOK FAIRLY GOOD.
Floods and Cut Worm Hurt Corn , but
" \Vlicat Suffers Little.
Crop conditions are summarized as
follows in the wet'kly bulletin issued by
the weather bureau :
The week ending June 5 was the most
favorable of the season in the Rocky
mountain region and over the western
portions of the central valleys. Gener
ally favorable conditions also prevailed
in the middle Atlantic and Southern
States , but in New England low tempera
tures , with light frosts and lack of rain
fall , have prevented growth. Portions
of the Ohio valley , upper lake region ,
Oklahoma and southern Texas have suf
fered from excessive moisture. On the
Pacific coast the conditions were gener
ally favorable , although portions of Cal
ifornia and Oregon experienced tempera
tures Loo low.
In the States of the Missouri and
central Mississippi valleys corn is much
improved and good progress with culti
vation has been made. In the upper
Ohio valley much planting remains to be
done , and in the middle Atlantic States
considerable replanting will be necessary
on account of cut worms. In the South
ern States corn is being laid by in good
condition.
Winter wheat has advanced favora
bly , fewer reports of injury from rust
being received from the greater part of
the area previously affected. In Ohio
and Nebraska , however , although in
promising condition , damage from rust
and insects has increased somewhat.
Winter wheat harvest is in progress in
the Southern States and is beginning in
Oklahoma and in southern Kansas , and
wheat is riyening in the lower Ohio and
central Mississippi valleys. Harvest has
also begun in California , where wheat is
maturing rapidly. On the north Pacific
coast winter wheat is in promising con
dition , having experienced decided im
provement in Washington.
Under decidedly , better temperature
conditions in the spring wheat region
spring wheat has made good progress
and is stooling well. In portions of the
Dakota ? , however , the crop is thin and
-weedy in localities. In Washington
spring wheat is in splendid condition and
has made rapid growth , and while the
outlook in Oregon is favorable , low tem
peratures have been detrimental.
The general condition of the oats crop
is very promising , an improvement being
reported from the middle Atlantic States
and Missouri valley. Oats are heading
as far nortli as Kansas , Missouri and
central Illinois , and harvesting is in pro
gress in the south Atlantic and east gulf
States.
A general improvement in the condi
tion of cotton is indicated. , With the
exception of southern Texas and portions
of the east gulf and south Atlantic
States , where heavy rains have fallen ,
the weather has afforded opportunity for
much needed cultivation , which has been
actively carried on , although a large part
of the crop is still in grass , with insuffi
cient labor. Cool nights over the north
ern portion of the central districts have
checked the advance of cotton , but , as
a whole , growth has been satisfactory ,
especially in the eastern districts. Some
planting remains unfinished in portions
of Arkansas , Louisiana and Texas.
Good progress with tobacco planting
has been made in the Ohio valley and
middle Atlantic States , where the out-
look for this crop is promising , although
cut worms are causing injury in Virginia
and Kentucky.
In New England and portions of the
middle Atlantic States the grass crop
has been materially shortened by drouth ,
but throughout the central valleys and
lake region a good hay crop is promised.
PREACHED AT HIS OWN FUNERAL
Kentucky Pastor Who Influence "Wa9
Active Even After Death.
Although Rev. Henry C. Slade , Ken
tucky's famous "feud breaker , " created
perhaps more sensations during the'
course of his life than the average moun
taineer of his State , he broke all rec
ords when , the other day , his own voice
preached a funeral over his dead body ,
directed the music and made one last , im
passioned address to the rough people
among whom he had lived and worked
for so many years.
When this man. who in his little
mountain church had won widespread
fame , was breathing his last in his hum
ble cabin under the mountains he asked
that by means of a phonograph he might
be allowed to direct his own funeral ser-
vices in the church at Hideout.
On the day of the minister's burial
the wondering mountaineers and miners
of the Cumberland district gathered from
far and near. On horseback and afoot
came the crowds. Superstitious and ig
norant disciples of the dead minister
trembled when they heard the dead man's
voice. Miners and mountaineers in rough
attire and women in coarse homespun
bowed their heads in awe and fear when
from the horn of the phonograph came
the last words of the minister. All
listened in awe and wonder to the most
solemn and impressive funeral service
they had ever heard.
E. II. Sothern. the actor , is soon , to
Issue a book of his poems.
Anthony Trollope's son is about to pub
lish a careful biography of Moliere.
John Jacob Astor owns twenty-two au
tomobiles and W. K. Vanderbilt four
teen.
teen.The
The late George S. Boutwell's will
provides that his daughter shall publish
his writings. He was once Secretary
of the Navy and Governor of Massa-
cnusetts.
Gov. John I. Cox of Tennessee worked i
on a farm in that State for 25 cents a
week when a lad.
President Roosevelt will visit the Tus-
kegee institute and address the students
of that institution about Oct. 10.
James Henry Smith , the New York
millionaire , talks so little 5u busineag ;
or society that he is known as "Silent
Jim. "
Postmaster General Cortelyou is on
of the finest pianists in the country. It
is said that at one time he seriouibjr
considered the idea of making music bin
profession.
WHERE RUSSIA'S FLEET WAS WIPED OUT BY TOGO'S WAR SHIPS.
The scene of the great naval fight is shown on the map. with the course of Rojestvcnsky's ships to the wa
ters in which they were destroyed. The Russians left the China Sea May 24. and , threading the Bashee channel ,
between Luzon and Formosa , passed into the western sea and entered Korea Strait the morning of May 27. In
the afternoon the fighting began east of the Tsu Islands , or in Krusenstern channel. Here the Russians suffered
the greatest losses , chiefly through torpedo attacks at night and from submarines , the vessels that had not been
sunk being driven ashore on the adjacent coast of Nagato province. Japan. The Liancourt rocks , where four ves
sels surrendered Sunday morning , May 2S , also are shown. Part of Togo's fleet , whose base was Masampho , in
delivering the attack passed through the channel between the Tsu Islands and forced the enemy toward the
Japanese shore , but the main division rounded the Tsu Islands on the north and effectively barred the passage of
the Russians. Ikl Island , behind which Uriu was concealed and wlience he delivered a rear attack , is thirty
miles southeast of the Tsu Islands.
MUTINY IN THE BATTLE.
Nebouatoff Is Thrown Overboard or
Bound in His Cabin.
Details from , a trustworthy source
leave little room for doubt , says a dis
patch from St. Petersburg , that Admiral
!
Nebogatoff's sailors mutinied in the bat
tle of the Sea of Japan and either threw
' the admiral and many ollicers overboard
, Dr , according to another version , bound
j : them in their cabins and hoisted the
| white flag. Eight men in Nebogatoff's
iquadron were , it is again asserted , hang
ed for mutiny while still in the Red
tea.
tea.A
A remarkable story is in circulation
concerning the wounded on tlio Orel. It
Is said that at the opening of the fight
i BOO men were killed and wounded , and
that the groans and shrieks of the
wounded exercised so harmful an effect
that it was decided to throw the mortally
wounded into the sea.
One hundred and forty , it is said , were
thrown overboard. Those slightly wound
ed were then fastened to tiie mast to
! prevent their interference with the fight-
Ins of the ship.
> ND REFUGE AT MANILA ,
Rawsan Admiral with Three War Ves
sels Arrives in American Port.
Bringing with him three Russian
[ I rruisers which had escaped from the Jap
anese in the Korean straits and , protect
ed by a fog , had taken to the open sea ,
Rear Admiral Euquist sought the protec
tion of the port of Manila at 9 o'clock
Saturday night. The vessels were all
'protected cruisers , the Aurora , his'flag-
( I ship , the Oleg and the .Temtchug. The
TOGO'S FLAGSHIP BORE BRUNT.
Had Most Japanese Casualties List of
the I3attle IiOsses.
The Japanese losses in the battle of
the Sea of Japan were 113 officers and
men killed and 424 officers and men
wounded. The completion of the revised
list shows that the losses were under the
original estimates. The flagship Mikasa
was the heaviest loser. The losses were
distributed among the fleet as follows :
Mikasa & > Asaina 15
Adzuma . ' 50 Nauiwa 17
Shikishima 37 Tokima 13
Asashi 31 Yakumo 11
Fuji 2S Chitoso ti
Idzuma 20 Idzumi 10
Nisshin 27 Kasuga 0
Otowa 20 Hashidate 5
Kasaga 20 Niiatka 4
Taushima 10
The casualties among the destroyers
and torpedo boats were eighty-seven.
Commander Togo was wounded on the
Adzurna.
The Emi > oror of Germany takes his
meals with his family , even to the small
est tot.
Emperor Franz Josef of Austria has
given $5.000 for the erection of a Mozart
building in Salzburg.
Some of the Czar's children are fully
appreciative of their exalted rank. The
small Grand Duchess Olga often speaks
j
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COURSE OF RUSSIAN FLEETS AROUND THE WORLD
vessels were more or less damaged and
brought many wounded men to Manila ,
who received the attention of the Ameri
can authorities.
The Russian ships were met outside
Corregidor island by Rear Admiral Train
with his flagship , the battleship Ohio ,
accompanied by the Wisconsin. Oregon.
Raleigh and Cincinnati. The Aurora
ealuted the American commander with
thirteen guns and the Ohio answered.
The American squadron then accom
panied the Russian vessels to Manila.
Admiral Enquist will not be permitted
to repair his ships at Manila. This gov
ernment has decided that as the damage
to the .vessels was not caused either by
the sea or by storm it will be obliged
to refuse permission for the vessels to
be repaired. Accordingly Secretary Taft
cabled the following instructions to Gov.
Wright at Manila regarding the ships :
"Time cannot be given for the repair
of the injuries received in battle. There
fore the vessels cannot be repaired unless
Interned until the end of hostilities. "
sharply to a bystander who has failed to
iccord her the attention due an emperor's
daughter.
Rider Haggard , the English novelist ,
is much impressed by the menace of the
"yellow peril. "
The late Jules Verne relied chiefly on
his reading and his imagination for the
material for his stories.
Lord Kitchener threatens to resign as
commander-in-chief in India unless hi.s
ideas of military reformation are carried
out.
out.The
The George Peabody fund for the erec
tion of model dwelling places for the
poor in London now amounts to $7,203-
000.
King Victor of Italy has for years
manifested a lively interest in agricul
tural matters , and loves the life of the
farmer.
Sir Frederick Treves , the great English
surgeon , has practically abandoned his
profession "because there was too much
to do. "
PRESS VIEW OF THE BATTLE.
To anticipate peace negotiations at
once may be premature , although there
is not a neutral statesman in the world
who would not advise the Czar to bring
the war promptly to a close. Spring
field ( Mass. ) Republican.
Japan's latest victory settles in full ,
with heavy interest , the old score she
owed Russia for the part played by the
latter in 1804 , when she robbed Japan
of the fruits of victory in the Chinese
war. Washington Post.
Not quantity but quality tells in the
naval warfare of to-day. Every drink
ing man in the Russian navy meant an
unsteady aim. The abstemious Japanese ,
sober , highly educated and self-contain
ed , shot straight. Philadelphia Press.
The Japanese are not the only victors.
From end to end of the huge Russian
empire , ill-cemented by broken pledges
and ancient liberties trampled down ,
millions will privately rejoice in the con
founding of their oppressors. New York
World.
The condition in which Russia is
placed renders it difficult to see how she
can further prosecute a warjn which she
JSSi i-1 at "C T furn and which
seems to portend a continuance of the ,
same experience. Louisville Courierj j
Journal.
The time has come for peace. Civil
ization demands it. Not the civilization
of Japanese or Muscovite , but the great
er and higher civilization toward which.
the benighted of all lands occasionally
lift their eyes when they have nothing
more profitable to think about. Enough
blood has been spilt. Indianapolis. Sen
tinel.
Togo has put the finishing touches upon
Oyama's work. In order to make the
case complete , Japan must have Vladi
vostok. With that port secured Japan
will have her Gibraltar at Port Arthur ,
and her Malta at Saghalin. Shevill
dominate the whole coast from the Aleu
tians to the Philippines. Minneapolis
Journal.
We must conclude that Togo knows
the Russians better than anyone else.
Without underestimating their strength
to his own detriment he nevertheless
yielded the opportunity that was ottered
to strike the squadrons of Rojestvensky
and Nebogatoff separately. He gave
them every chance. He made all conces
sions of time , numbers , preparation and
met the enemy whenjhe enemy was
ready to be met. He declined to make
two bites of a cherry. Detroit Free
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This naval engagement in the Korean
strait marks a radical change in the dis
tribution of the military strength and the
military possibilities of the world. Tha
complete victory of Japan in the war
with Russia which it foreshadows will
put Japan far up toward the head of the
military powers , and before this century ,
ends it will hold the first place beyond
peradvennsre. if its development shall
continue in anything like the ratio of the
progress which it has made since its vic
tory over China ten years ago. New
York Sun.
The result of the battle makes it cer
tain that during the twentieth century ,
unless things happen which cast no
warning shadow. Japan will be the dom
inant power in the far East ; that Rus
sia , either slowly or speedily , is to un
dergo an internal revolution which will
make her a real and not merely a nomi
nal member of the company of wester *
nations ; that the menace which for half
a century has troubled the dreams of
every British prime minister of ft possi
ble assault on British dominion fn south
ern Asia is permanently reaoved *
York Globe.
Parent Stock of Europe' * Kings.
It Is quite true , although it is llttl *
known , that nearly every sovereign in
Europe Is not only kinsman to King
Edward , but Is descended from our
English kings. In fact , eleven of them
are direct descendants of James I.
The kings of Spain and Portugal
spring lineally from King James
through his son , the first Charles ;
while the sovereigns of England , Ger
many , Russia , Austria. Italy , Denmark ,
Belgium , Greece and Holland all come
from James I.'s daughter Elizabeth ,
who married Frederick V. , Elector
Palatine. A future King of Sweden
and Norway will soon join the throng
through his wife , Princess Margaret of
Connaught , and some day the only Eu
ropean ruler who will not be In a sense
British will be the Sultan of Turkey * *
From an English .E cjijinge. . , n ? " $
It PnyH to Read Newspapers. " " *
Cox , Wis. , June 12. Frank M. Rus
sell of this place had Kidney Disease
so bad that he could not walk. He tried
Doctors' treatment and many different
remedies , but was getting worse. Ha
was very low.
He read in a newspaper how Dodd's
Kidney Pills were curing cases of Kid
ney Trouble , Bright's Disease and
Rheumatism , and thought he would
try them. He took two boxes , and
now he is quite well. He says :
"I can now work all day , and not
feel tired. Before using Dodd's Kidney
Pills. I couldn't walk across the tloor. "
Mr. Russell's is the most wonderful
case ever known in Chippewa county.
This new remedy Dodd's Kidney Pills
is making some miraculous cures in
Wisconsin.
The Invisible Supply.
Mr. Astorbilt I wish a genuine im
ported cipar.
Boy Very sorry , sir , but the boss Is
out.
out."I
"I don't want the boss ; I want an im
ported cigar. Haven't you any ? "
"Yes , sir ; we've got two , but they're
in the safe. "
Yon Can Get Allen's Foot-Ease FREE.
Write to-dnv to Allen S. Olmsted , Le ttoy ,
N. Y. , for n FREE sample of Allen's Foot-
ase , a powder to shake Into your shota.
It cures tired , sweating , hot , swollen , ach
ing feet. It makes new or tight shoes easy.
A certain care for Corns and Bunions. All
Drugfilsts and Shoe stores sell it. 23c
She Would. Found a. Salon. '
The establishment of a salon by
New York club women , says the New
York Tribune , was the remedy pre
scribed by Mrs. Richard Stearns at
the Eclectic ( Jlub meeting at Delmon-
ico's Wednesday for the American ail
ment , "los'i of the art of conversation.7 *
"Is the time not ripe for tfie estab
lishment of a salon in our city ? " she
asked , "where cultivated people could
meet for mental refreshment , instead
of gastronomic indulgence. To meet
and talk together , to recall the pleas
ures of travel , to discuss books , ami
the thousand and one stirring events
which constitute the great human
drama of our life would entertain and
stimulate , would elevate and satisfy.
"It is when the tide Is lowest that
It turns , and we have almost reached ,
the turning point in our need of men
tal stimulus.
"Chief among the various contribu
tory causes to the condition I believe
to be the present epidemic of card-
playing , with its attendant struggles
to capture a prize. It is interesting to
note that Webster defines a prize as
'something taken from an enemy. '
"What do we talk about at our
tables to-day ? I am often glad that
no recording angel attends these func
tions.
"If the art of conversation Is lost ,
on whom so much as club woman
should it devolve to find and capture
it ? " . . _ f
The best way to clean brass is with
sweet oil applied with a soft rag. Only
in extreme necessity should any scouring
substance be used , as this scratches. In
case of a scourer being needed , powdered
bath brick is excellent.
FEED YOUNG GIRLS.
Must Have Iiht Food While Growing.
Great care should be taken at the
zritical period when the young girl ia
just merging into womanhood that the
3Iet shall contain all that Is upbuild-
kng , and nothing harmful.
At that age the structure is being
formed , and if formed of a healthy ,
sturdy character , health and happiness
will follow ; on the other hand , un
healthy cells may be built in and a ,
sick condition slowly supervene which ,
if not Checked , may ripen into a
" " '
chronic disease"and"causcTfifelong suf
fering.
"vt " v
A young lady says : ' % $
"Coffee began to have such an effect
on my stomach a few years ago , that I
was compelled to quit using it. It !
brought on headaches , pains in mj ,
muscles , and nervousness. *
"I tried to use tea in its stead , but ;
found its effects even _ worse than those
I suffered from coffee. Then for ai
long time I drank milk alone at my
meals , but it never helped me physic
ally , and at last it palled on me. A
friend came to the rescue with the sug
gestion that I try Postura Coffee.
"I did so , only to find at first , that I
didn't fancy it. But I had heard of so
many persons who had been benefited
by its use that I persevered , and when
I had it brewed right found it grateful
in flavor and soothing and strengthen
ing to my stomach. I can find no
words to express my feeling of what I
owe to Postum Food Coffee !
"In every respect it has worked a
wonderful improvement the head
aches , nervousness , the pains In my
side and back , all the distressing symp
toms yielded to the magic powvr of
Postum. My brain seems also to share
in the betterment of my physical con
dition ; it seems keener , more alert and
brighter. I am , in short , in betted
health now than I ever was before , aod
I am sure I owe it to the use of your
Postum Food Coffee. " Name gly a
Postum Co. , Battle Creek , Mick.
There' * a reawa.