Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 13, 1906, Page 4

. | Late News of the % FIFTY DEAD IN WRECKi IMMIGRANTS BOUND FOR NORTH. WEST MEET DISASTER AT WOODVILLE, IND. SIX COACHES REDUCED TO ASHES BODIES OF THE VICTIMS CRE: MATED IN FIRE FOLLOWING THE COLLISION. Valparaiso, Ind., Nov, 13.—Fifty out of 167 immigrants on a Baltimore and Ohio train which collided headon with a freight train at Woodville, ten miles north of here, are missing and it is believed their bodies were consumed by the fire which destroyed six coach- es of the immigrant train. The immigrant train was bound for Chicago. The accident was caused by the freight crew failing to observe stgnals on the first section of the im- migrant train that another section was following. The immigrant train caught fire and was entirely consum- ed. There was 167 passengers on board the train and 117 of the party have been accounted for. All the in- jured were taken to the Mercy hos- pital at Chicago on a special train after their injuries had been attend- ed to by a corps of physicians. All the train crew on both trains escaped except the fireman on the immigrant train, who was killed. Both engines were demolished. A wrecking crew from Chicago is now at the scene of the accident, clearing away the wreck- age. The immigrants consisted of Russian Jews, Servians and Poles and were en route, by way of Chicago, to the Northwest. The {mmigrant train was the seco@! section of the regular express and the first section did not carry any signal to indicate that the second section was following. The freight train pull- ed out on the main track and met the immigrant train on-a curve. Engi- neers and firemen saved themselves by jumping, though the engineer on the passenger was badly scalded by escaping steam. The passengers were asleep when the accident occurred and many were killed while they slept. The scenes that followed were heartrending, for the cars took fire at once and many were caught in the wreckage and were unable to release themselves before the flames reached them and were consumed. Cries of the dying filled the air and those who were not badly hurt tried to save oth- ers, but they were not very success- ful as the flames drove them back. Say Dead Numbers Forty., Chicago, Nov. 13.—At 1 p. m. offi- cials of the Baltimore and Ohio an- nounced that they had received pos- itive news from the wreck at Wood- ville, Ind. It was known that out of the 135 people on the train forty were killed, thirty-five others injured and sixty escaped unhurt. ENGINE RUNS INTO STATION. One Man Killed and Several Injured at Detroit, Mich, Detroit, Mich., Nov. 13.—One man was killed and several injured, three of them badly, when a Michigan Cen- tral railroad freight engine ran away and crashed into the Third street depot, tearing down a large section of the structure. The engine was switching in the yards a mile from the station when, it is said, the crew saw a passenger train approaching behind them, thought a collision was about to oc- cur and jumped from the engine. It was running at good speed and, un- checked, dashed into the station and hit the west wall, tearing out a sec- tion of twenty-five feet wide. The second and third floors over this sec- tlon also collapsed. RIVAL IS SUSPECTED. Italian Slain Fifteen Min- utes After Marriage. New York, Nov. 13.—Fifteen min utes after he had married Maria Aranstini in Brooklyn Augustino Syl- vestro, twenty years old, was fatally shot in his home, where he was cel- ebrating his wedding. He dled at midnight in the Seney hospital, with his bride at the bedside. The shooting was done by six un- known Iatalians, who entered the room and started a row. It is suspected that a rival instigated the murder, and the police are looking for this man, who is known. Pedro Depalino, a wedding guest, rvas seriously wounded during the me- ee. BOILER EXPLODES IN SHOP. Brooklyn Flve Men Killed and About a Score Injured, Cleveland, O., Nov. 13.—Five men were killed and fifteen or twenty oth- ers badly injured by the explosion of a boiler In the shops of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railway et Collinwood, a suburb. GENERAL SHAFTER DEAD. Pneumonia Terminates Fatally, Bakersfleld, Cal.,, Nov. 13.—General Attack of “Wflliam R. Shafter, U. S. A, retired, ' died at 12:45 p: m. of pneumonia. All [bope of his recovery had been aban- doned for twenty-four hours before the end came. DISCUSSES INSURANCE LAWS. Committee of Fifteen In Session at Chicago. Chicago, Nov. 13.—The committee of fifteen appointed at the meeting of insurance commissioners, governors of states, attorneys general and insur- ance attorneys held in this city last February to formulate plans for the regulation of insurance in the Central and Western states met here during the day. With them were officers of the American life convention, which met at Chattanooga, Sept. 28. Unofficially it iz stated that the committee, in relation to standard forms of policies and standard provi- sions for policies, will recommend standardization, altbough the Ameri- can life convention adopted a resolu- tion opposing it. It is expected that the report will favor limiting invest- ments of insurance companies to bonds of the United States or of.any county, city, town or duly organized school district and to loans upon im- proved unincumbered real estate to an extent not exceeding 30 per cent. of the value of the property. The re- port is also exnected to favor invest- ments in buildings for home office pur- poses and in well secured promissory notes. It is planned that the report of the committee shall be followed by the introduction of laws regulating in- surance companies which will take the place of the Ames bill which was dropped some time ago. Shaw Not Ready to Assist. Washington, Nov. 13.—Secretary Shaw during the day said he saw no present need of going to the assist- ance of the money market and that, as before stated by him, unless condi- tions materially change he will adhere to his intention not to refund, buy bonds or increase deposits. GOMPERS IN THE CHAIR AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LA BOR HOLDS OPENING SES- SION IN MINNEAPOLIS. Minneapolis, Nov. 13.—The twenty- sixth annual convention of the Amer- ican Federation of Labor opened in Minneapolis with President Samual Gompers in the chair and 300 dele gates in attendance. Through the opening session there was little to in- dicate that questions of unusual im- portance in their bearing on the eco- nomic and political conditions of the country were to come up for discus- sion and settlement. On the platform were President Gompers, Secretary Morrison, Gov- ernor Johnson of Minnesota, W. H. ‘Williams, state labor commissioner; Alderman A. E. Merrill, acting mayor of Minneapolis; J. H. McNally of the trades and labor assembly and J. N. Bell and A. Gee, the delegates of the British trades union congress. In the body of the hall the delegates were seated at the sides of seven long ta- bles, well stocked with stationery. About twenty women delegates are in attendance. At the opening of the meeting a band of 110 pieces, picked from the local Muscians’ union, played the “Star Spangled Banner.” President Gomp- ers was the first to rise and the rest of the convention followed his exam- ple. As the band swung into the sec- ond measure of the national anthem Rev. G. P, Magill, pastor of the Oli- ver Presbyterian church, made the opening prayer and Alderman A. E. Merrill welcomed the federation in be- half of the city. President Gompers was responding to the address when an outburst of cheering gave notice that Governor Johnson had entered the hall. President Gompers at once resigned. the floor to the governor, saying that while it would be a pre- sumption to introduce a man of the national standing of Governor John- son he considered it an honor to pre- sent him. Governor Johnson said that he not only welcomed the federation but wished it Godspeed in its work for the uplifting of the labor men of the United States, PREVIOUS RECORDS BROKEN. Heavy Importation of Precious Stones During 1906, New York, Nov. 13.—With several weeks to ‘spare the present year has passed all others in the total valua- tion of the preclous stones and pearls brought into the port of New York. Figures compiled by customs authori- ties showed that the record of last year, $37,146,337, the highest up to that time, already has been passed. The American demand for foreign gems is mostly in diamonds and pearls. Tmporters say that the tendency of | prices is still upward, because never before has it been as difficult as it is now to obtain. the beétter grade of stones demanded by American buy- ers. PRESIDENT AND PARTY WELL. Wireless Message From the Battle- ship Louisiana. less telegranis received here from the battleship Loulsiana, with the presi- ,dent and party aboard en route to IColou, show that at 7 a. m. the ship, | with her convoys, the Washington and Teénnessee, was at a point about 300 miles 'south of Jupiter Inlet, Fla. * The squadron was heading for Crooked is- land passage, between Crooked island and Walting, or San Salyador island, where Columbus first landed in this hemisphere, and was making about fifteen knots an hour. The president l“d party were all well. Charleston, S. C., Nov. 13,.—Wire- ! VOTE TO QUIT WORK| ERIE FIREMEN PRACTICALLY OF ONE MIND ON QUESTION OF GOING ON STRIKE. SIXTEEN HUNDRED MEN INVOLVEE FURTHER EFFORTS TO BE MADE TO GET TOGETHER BEFORE ROAD IS TIED UP. New York, Nov. 13.—Grand Mastet Hanrahan of the Brotherhood of Lo comotive Firemen said that the polt of Erie firemen has resulted in an almost unanimous vote in favor of a strike, so far as the returns have been received. “On the New York division between Jersey City and Port Jervis the man have voted absolutely unanimously to strike,” said Mr. Hanrahan. “The pol! of the entire road is not complete, but the result thus far shows the state of the men’s minds. I shall do all I can for settlement before order- ing a strike, but there is no doubt of the men’s temper.” There are 1,600 firemen on the Erie’s various lines. The question at issue in all the cases is practically the same and the movement which has been started by the employes of these roads is said to-be part of a campaign which is to be waged on all the great railway systems of the country. ENGINEERS GRANTED DEMANDS. Settlement on Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, New York, Nov. 13.—The demands of the engineers employed by the Deleware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad company were adjusted at a conference between. President W. H. Truesdale and the representatives of the engineers. The engineers were granted a ten-hour day and-increases in wages aggregating for the 900 en gineers $30,000 to $35,000 annually. There were present at the conference besides President Truesdale, Grand Chief Warren M. Stone of the Broth- erhood of Locomotive Engineers. and J. E. Clark, chairman of the grievance committee of the Lackawanna: engi neers. At its conclusion : President Truesdale said that the demands of the men had been adjusted. Mr Clark said that the engineers had ob- tained practically all they asked for and that the new schedule will take effect at once. After the conference Grand Chief Stone said: “I- cannot make public the exact terms of the settlement until they are drawn up by President Truesdale. The final negotiations will be conducted for the engineers by Chairman Clark of the grievanee committee.” “Will the engineers of the Erie rail- road support the firemen in the event of a strike?” Mr. Stone was asked. “I hardly think so,” Mr. Stone re- plied. “You know the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers is a rather big organization and has always kept its contracts.” HILL'S IDEAS APPROVED. Chicagoans Favor Reciprocity With Canada, Chicago, Nov. 13.—Widespread be- lief in the advisability of reciprocity with Canuda is expressed by Chicago- ans as a result of the speech on that topic delivered before the Merchants’ club Saturday night by James J. Hill. Men prominent in finance and busi- ness declared, with scarcely a dissent- ing voice, that they were in entire ac- cord with Mr. Hill’s position. It was pointed out that betterment of trade relations with our Northern neighbor would mean an extension of the Canadian market to the products of the United States and that such an extension would particularly benefit Chicago -and the Northwest. Even men who are not in sympathy with free trade ideas. expressed themselves in favor of some lowering of the tariff wall, as far as Canada is concerned. It was declared that American busi- ness men as a whole have lost through the absence of better trade relations with the Dominion. Occasion also wag taken to sound a note of warning that the establishment of improved relations should not be long delayed, for Canadians are declared to be changing to some extent from their former keen desire for reciprocity. ON. A STATE VISIT. King and Queen of Norway Guests of King Edward. London, Nov. 13.—King Haakon, Queen Maud and Crown Prince Olaf of Norway landed at Portsmouth dur- ing the afternoon on'a state visit to King Edward and Queen Alexandra, with whom they will spend a week at Windsor castle. A series of festivi- tles has been arranged for the enter- tainment of the visitors. The Prince of Wales welcomed King Haakon and Queen Maud in behalf of King Ed- ward, after which the royal party landed amid salutes from the flag- dressed warships and the land bat- ' terles and took a train for Windsor. 1 On arriving there the visitors were met by King Bdward, Queen Alexan- | '‘dra and most of the royal' family. The route from the depot to the castle was ‘llned with troops and the royal trav- elers recelved a splendid welcome from the inhabitants of the borough, the baby crown prince coming in for & | full uhne of the populn plludlu. PITT8BURG TERRORIZED, ree"Murderl and Several Robberies One Day’s Record. Pittsburg, Nov. 13.—Pittsburg ter rorized and likened to 2 mining camg or a frontier town is the tone of all the morning issues of the papers. With three murders, a number of robberies on the highways, accompanied by vio lence and an attempt at crucifixion in twenty four hours, added to the large number that have occurred during the past two weeks, there has been such a public demand for extra police that Mayor Guthrie and Director of Public Safety Ridgway have put on a number of extra police without legal provision for their compensation, trusting to the effect of public clamor upon the se lect and common councils for favora ble action upon this move. The crucifixion case was brought tc light by the screams of a woman in a tenement on Forbes street, near the Jones & Laughlin steel mills. Neigh: bors rushed in and found Mrs. Jean Mitchell, nineteen years old, in the kitchen, huddled in a kneeling posi tion on the floor with both hands nail ed to the draining board of the sink with the blood running down her arms, The woman was unconscious and was taken to a hospital. When she recovered she merely said that when she entered her flat something struck her on the back of the head and she felt herself drawn toward the sink, her hand pressed down against the board and two nails driven in. Bomb Thrower Shot Dead. Moscow, Nov. 13.—A bomb ' was thrown at Mayor Reinbot on Tyer street at 11 a. m. Reinbot, who was not hurt, quickly pulled out a revolver and shot and killed the man whe threw the bomb. BLOWN UP WITH DYNAMITE THREE WAREHOUSES OF THE TO: BACCO TRUST IN KENTUCKY ARE_‘DESTROVED. Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 13.—The warehouses of the American Snuft company at Eddyville, Princeton and Fredenia, Ky., have been wrecked by dynamite. The Eddyville warehouse was blown up early in the morning Citizens of that place were awakened by the shock of the explosion, which shattered windows for a wide radius Bloodhounds were secured and fol lowed th¢ trail of the wreckers for ten miles into Caldwell county. ' Several months ago trust ware houses in the southern part of Ken: tucky were dynamited and grower: * who sold tobacco to the trust received warning messages from the “night riders.” ENGINE BOILER EXPLODES. Number' of Persons Killed and In " jured in Disaster. . San Jose, Cal, Nov. 13.—Two men were killed, another fatally injured and many passengers more or less shaken up and cut by broken glass in an accident to the Southern Pacific Sunset express, No. 10, southbound from San Francisco to New Orleans, opposite the depot at Sargent’s Sta- tion, eighty-seven miles south of San Francisco. The dead are’ Engineer Gillespie and Signal Construction Foreman Goodfellow. It is also be- lieved that four or five tramps riding on the platform or underneath the first car were killed. The accident was caused by the ex- plosion of the enghe boiler, the force of which blew the depot to pieces, tore up the track for a hundred -feet on both sides of the place and turned over the first four cars of the train. The sleeping cars remained on .the track and none of the passengers in the cars was hurt. PRICES ARE TOO HIGH. Government Quits Buying Silver for the Present. Washington, Nov, 13.—The treasury | department during the day received offers for the sale of silver to the gov- erhment at 72 cents per fine ounce. These offers were rejected and Sec- retary Shaw stated subsequently that no more silver would be bought at present high prices, The government has on hand, he said, silver emough to keep the mints in operation for some timetto come and he regards the present prices as too high to war- rant the government in making any more purchases at those figures. KILLS WIFE AND HIMSELF. Michigan. Man Suspected of Murder Commits Double Crime, Owosso, Mich,, Nov. 13.—Bert See- ly, who was under suspicion in con- nection with the murder of Edwin Edgar in West Haven'township last Wednesday, was found dead in bed and lying beside him was his young wité, also dead. They were found by Seely’s brother. It is thought that the couple com- mitted suicide, There was no evi- dence of a struggle in the bedroom and on a stand near the bed stood a | glass with a spoon and'a white tab- let beside it. |l MILLIONS FOR THE PODR MRS. RUSSELL SAGE WILL GIVE AWAY THE BULK OF LATE HUSBAND’S ESTATE. CHURCHES AND BEGGARS BARRED . INTENDS TO KEEP ONLY ENOUGH TO GET ALONG QUIETLY AND COMFORTABLY, New York, Nov. 13.—Mrs. Russell Sage will give away the bulk of the fortune of about $80,000,000 bequeath- ed to her by her late husband to in- dividuals whom she considers worthy. It will not be given to endow churches nor to'those who write begging let- ters. “I shall keep only sufficient of the fortune left to me by my, husband to live quietly and comfortably,” Mrs. Sage said. “The fact that churches are endowed put them beyond the ne- cessity of work, thus making them in- different and negligent along the lines where Christian institutions should do the most good. I mean to give to those individuals whom I think worthy. ‘When I have left only enough to live comfortably perhaps I may not be an- noyed by persons indelicate enough to beg for help, as I am now. I wish to help men and women of the higher or lower walks of life, who, through no fault of their. own, are so unfor- tunate as to need assistance and too proud to ask. Such persons I deem it a pleasure, a privilege and duty to ald. Persons who were faithful and kind to Mr, Sage will be remembered, as I know he wished me to do so. In all my plans I am carrying out his desires, 1 am certain.” Mrs. Sage said she will do all she can, however, for struggling churches and institutions devoted to the care of the needy and sick. She declared that she intended to buy a homefor a clerk in a railroad office who was kind to Mr. Sage. The bodies of her paternal grandparents, now buried on a farm near Troy, will be removed to a cemetery in that city and the burial place of her maternal grandparents in Sag Harbor, L. L, will be cared for. ! “ BIRTH RATE DECREASING. French People Have Aversion to Large Families, Paris, Nov. 13.—Public attention again has been drawn to the national peril involved in the constantly di- . minishing birth rate, by the publica- tion of the vital statistics for 1905. The births in France for ‘this year numbered 807,292, showing a decease of 10,937 from the total of 1904. The reason for this decrease is not to be found in a reduction of the number of marriages, in which the statistics show a slight increase over 1904, but it apparently arises from the aversion of the French people to raise large families. The national association, which is studying this matter, has reached the conclusion. that it is necessary to in- culcate the idea that any couple that raises more ‘than three children mer- its and is entitled to public gratitude and protection. HOCH’S - ELECTION CONCEDED. Attributes Small Majority to Opposi. tion of Standard Oil. i Topeka, Nov. 13.—Complete official returns from ninety-six out of 105 counties give Governor E, W. Hoch a plurality of 2,060 votes over William A. Harris, Dem. The nine.counties still out are all sinall ones, but prob- ably will bring :Governor Hoch’s plu- rality down to 2,000, or less. The Democratic campaign manngers now concede the election .of Hoch, but claim that his plurality 1s‘eonsxdera~ | bly ‘less than 2,000. After frequent discussions of the tase with his advisers and hearing the results of their investigations Gov- ernor Hoch has become convinced that the Standard Oil company was behind the fight made on him in the recent campaign, which reduced his plural- ity of 69,000 two years ago to less than 2,000 at last Tuesday’s election TO DISSOLVE OIL TRUST. Government' Decides to_Institute Pro ceedings. ‘Washington, Nov. 13.—While no au- thoritative statement could be obtain- ed in regard to the matter there is good' reason to belleve that the gov- ernment has decided to- institute. pro- ceedings against the Standard Oil company under ‘the Sherman’ anti- trust act. With a: vlew of olitaining an order of the court dissolving the company as it.now exists and restor- ing to. each of the seventy-five or eighty constituent companies its pro- portionate share of the stock and also compelling the observance of the law inhibiting them from entering ‘into any contract, agreement or under- standing' with'each other with a view to maintaining pricés on oil.. Texans Boom Johnson, Domestic--Foreign--Financial-—Social--Political and Commercial EMERGENCY CIRCULATION. Bankers Would Name Commission te Control Matter, _Washington, Nov. 13.—Committees representing the American Bankers’ association and the New York cham:| ber of congress met in this city dur- ing the day to endeavor to form a measure for the consideration of ‘con- gress looking to the giving of au thority to banks to issue emergency circulation in cases of financial strin- gency. The plan outlined by the; American bankers at their conven- tion in St. Louis and that subsequent- ly preselted by the legislative com- mittee of the New York chamber of! commerce are not’ greatly different in character and it is believed that they can be harmonized to an extent that a powerful recommendation for rem- edial banking legislation can be made to congress at the approaching ses sion. These plans provide in a general ‘way-for the appointment by the presi- dent, with the approval of the senate, of a commission of seven members, of which the comptroger of the cur rency shall be one. This commission would- have the same control over the banking laws as is exercised by the Interstate commerce commission over transportation laws. It would be non. partisan, two of the members being appointed for four years, two for eighi and two for twelve years, and after that all members for twelve years, but without being permitted to succeed themselves. The commission would be charged with the duty of consid- ering all ‘applications of banks for €mergency circulation and would de cide the necessity, the percentage of | circulation compared with caplta] stock to be allowed in order to meet the emergency, and when the circula tion should be called in. Safeguard ing against inflation would be one of the commission’s chief duties in con nection with such circulation. | PROPOSED BY CULLOM, Non-Partisan Tariff Commission tc Study Disputed Question, ‘Washington, Nov. 13.—Immediately after congress convenes next month Senator Cullom of Illinois will intro- duce a joint resolution in the senate providing for the appointment of an expert tariff commission to consider and’report on those schedules that should be revised. Such. a commission, according tc the views of the senator, should be non-partisan and should treat the sub. Ject soplely in accordance with the ueeds of the business and labor in- terests of the country. In the judgment of Senator Cullom the time has come to eliminate the tariff from politics and to make it what it should be—a practical busi- ness proposition. He has no sympa- thy with the view of the “standpat: ters” that the tariff is like an endless chain ‘and that the modification of one schedule necessitates the remodeling of the entire system. ‘What he wants is a law that wili enable a change in a particular sched ule, either increase or decrease, as the interests of working people re quire. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. Isaac F. Taylor of Jersey Clty, one| of the most prominent lawyers at the New Jersey bar, is dead at Newtown, Conn. Fire at Dundee, a small town in Delaware county, Ia., wiped out almost the entire business district. Eight business houses burned. William Sloane and A. C. James have been elected to the board of di- rectors- of the Northern Securities company. . The other members of the board were re-elected. ' Rev. Dr. Henry Martyn Baird, pro- fessor emeritus of Gteek and since 1902 dean of ‘the New York universi- ty, is dead at Yonkers, N. Y., at the age of seventy-four years. Dr. Baird was one of the best known Greek 8cholars in this country. MARKET QUOTATIONS, Minneapolis Wheat. | Minneapolis, Nov. 12.—Wheat—Dec,, T4% @T74%c; May, 77%c; July, 7565%c. On track—No. 1 hard, 78%c; No. 1! Northern, 77%¢; .-No. 2 Northern, 76%c; No. 3 Northern, 72% @73%. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Diiluth, Nov. 12.—Wheat—On track —No. 1 hard, 78%c; No. 1 Nort.hem, 77%¢; No. 2 Northern, 74l4c; Nov.,' 76%c; Dec, 74%c; May, 78c; July;' 78%ec. Flax—To arrive and on track, $1.213%. ‘ St. Paul Union Stock Yards. St. Paul, Nov. 12.—Cattle—Good to choice steers, - $6.60@6.26; fair to good, $4.50@5.50; cows and heifers, $3.50@4.50; calves, $4.00@5.60. Hogs —$5.60@6.10. @5.15; lambs, $6.25@7.00. Chicago Grain and Provlflom. Chicago, Nov. 12.—Wheat—Dec., 2% @72%c;: May, 77%c. Corn—Dec:; 4%c; May, 431,@48%c. Oats—Dec,, 84%c; May, 36%c. Pork—Jan, Sli‘ 05, May, $14.174%." Flax—Nothing do- ing. Butter—Creameries, 19@26%c; dairfes, 13%@23c. Hzgs—22@24c. Poultry—Turkeys, 15¢; chloksns, 9¢; 8prings, 10c. Chicago Union étnek Yardi. Sheep—Wethers, :$4,50 % Dian’t Belong to Colorado. In the early days of Leadville there was a singular character living by the name of Major Martin McGinnis, ‘The major was the important man of the camp, and when any distinguished | parties came to the city they were received by Major Martin McGinnis and presented with the freedom of the camp on a gold plate. The French government sent three mining engi- neers over to examine and to report upon the mineral deposits of this lo- cality. They were received by Major Mirtin McGinnis, who put them in car- riages and took them around the camp. As they were going up California gulch the Frenchmen suddenly jumped | out of the carriage and commenced g to hammer and chisel upon a large black bowlder that lay alongside the road. The major watched thein ges- ticulating to one another, and he final- ly said to the Interpreter: “What do they mean? Whgt are they talking about?” The interpreter said, “They say that rock don’t belong here.” The major said: “The deuce it don’t! You say to those foreigners that I won’t running down our country. Tell them | that they can find anything anywhere in Colorado.” The Frenchmen were right, hnwever for this black rock was a meteor and had fallen from the skies.—Leadville Herald-Democrat, Jail Born Books. Bunyan’s “Pilgrim’s Progress” is the most famous and of its class incom- parably the best English beok ever written in prison. Bunyan was a pris- oner in Bedford jail from 1660 to 1672 and in addition to his immortal alle- gory wrote “Grace Abounding” and “The Holy City” during those twelve years, Raleigh, who was a prisoner in the tower, .1603-14, occupied seven years of his captivity in writing his “History of the World.” “The King’s Quair,” a long and romantic love poem, ‘was written by James I. of Scotland when in prison at Windsor castle in 1423. Smollett, during his three months’ detention in the King’s Bench prison Cor libel, wrote “The Adventures of Sir Launcelot' Graves,” and during = similar experience at Newgate in 1703 Defoe wrote a “Collection of Casuai- ties and Disasters.” Naps and the Health. Prolonged “forty winks” during the day are severely condemned by many doctors on the ground that they affect one’s regular sleep. Scientists have found that in the ordinary course in the human being there is the greatest vitality between 10 a. m. and 2 p. m. and the lesst between 2 o’clock and 6 | o'clock in the morning. Long sleeps | during the day interfere with this or- der of nature and sometimes affect va- rious organs, causing headache. The nap of forty winks, but only forty, proves refreshing to many because it is too short to have any injurious con- sequences.—LexGon Telegraph. Keen Sense of Humor. “There is nothing like’ a sense of humor,” said a naval officer, according to the Philadelphia Bulletin. “In a woman, in a soldler, in a sailor, In a clerk, a sense of humor is a help and a blessing through life. At the same time even a sense of humor may exist In excess. I, for my part, shouldn’t care to have so great a sense of humor as a British soldier I once heard about. This soldier was ordered to be flogged. During the flogging he laughed con- tinually. The lash was laid on all the harder, but under the rain of blows the soldier laughed. “‘What are you laughing at? the sergeant finally asked. “‘Why,” the soldier chuckled, Tm the wrong man.’” An Arab Fishing Yara, A fishing yarn from Algiers: “Some Arabs were fishing from a boat with lines off the coast when a dolphin sev- enteen feet long, eleven feet in circum- ference and weighing four tons swal- lowed one of the baited hooks and dashed off at a tremendous speed. The fishermen paid out as much line as possible .and then made it fast. This brought the dolphin up sharply, but the strain snapped the line. The mon- ster then attacked the boat and cap- sized it, flinging the fishermen into the water. Other Arabs ashore waited till the dolphin was clear of the men and then killed it with rifies.” The Logical Question. A little Philadelphia boy was taken by his father for his first visit to the %oo. ' Stopping before an inclosure, he asked, “Papa, what animal is that?” | Reading the sign tacked up to ome side, his father responded, “That, my son, is a prong horned antelope.” “Kin he blow his horns?” was the question that promptly followed. BT i Don’t Talk' Much to Your Horse. ' A horse who has always been made to obey quickly will respond to com- mands from any one, whereas the creature who has been petted and talk- ed to’accords, hnless hungry, scant at- tentlon to any one. We'talk to horses altogether too much, and 1t Is a silly .and us custom. “Whoa!” should mean thing and, slip, slide or fall, -hoh‘l meet with Instant obed!- ence.” t another word should ever be used, beyond possibly the order to | “stand over” in the stall (althoug that s best unsafd) e stand for them coming over here ard Mother |nd Son. Burned. Cooper, Tex.; Nov. 18.—At a mass | Beloit, Wis., Nov. 13—By accidental- { meeting of Democrats here .a boom ly stepping on a match E. W, Clifton | was launched for: Governor John A. ignited a basin of gasoline he was Johnson ' of Mix}emm “for president pouring into the stove.” Mrs. Edward of the United States. Resolutiods Merritt was probably fatally bume(l'were adopted afirming that Johnson and her son Garrett, aged five years, ' {s an honest man with not a blotch o was burned so badly that he died his character and of llnu later.. s {.Mmy IWentermarn, $8.40@6.10; calves, $6. ooo o 2 Chicago, Nov. '12.—Cattle—Beeves, & $400@L25; cows and heltors, $1.600 Sntmeats Suoren 5.15; stockers and feeders, $2.40@4.50; sllent. He does - will do next, and | hedlstrnahmd 7.60. Hogs—Mixed ahd butchers, fears 5@6.45; g00d heavy, $6.25@6.45; ered. tolerates you, even as he rough heavy, $5.80@8. t, @6.37%;. pigs, $5.60@6.10. Bheo .3.’(56 50 lmhn, H».'Il@'l.fl. 4