The Rush County Leader from McCracken, Kansas • 2

WITH A HATCHET. KANSAS STATE NEWS. NEWS OF THE WEEK. THE RUSH COUNTY LEADER rVBLIHIIKU KVBUY THUKSDAY. T.

MOLAM, Kdlloi-. UAUtl, rmui. The lllrrela the Modern Pexaaua. A bicycle Is better than a horse to ninety -nine men und women out of a. hundred, because it costs almost nothing to keep, and it is never tired.

It will take one three times as far as a horse lu the same number of days or weeks. In tourinr with a bicycle I can muke fifty miles a day as comfortably as tweuty inlleson font, and I can carry all the clothing I need, besides a camera and other traps. Tho exercise is as invigorating as walking, or more so, with the great advantage that you can get over uninteresting tracts of country twice as fast as on foot. In fact, as any bicyclist knows, walking-seems Intolerably alow after tho wheel; even easy-going tourists, with women, in the party, can make forty miles a day, and find it play. I'erhaps even, greater and more important than its.

use as a touring machine la the bicycle' as an every-day help to mechanics, factory hands, clerks and all people who-live in or near small towns. Thanks, to this modern wonder, they can live several miles away from their work, thus getting cheaper rents and better-surroundings for their children; they can save car fares and get healthful exercise. For the unfortunate dweller-In cities it offers recreation after working hours ami Induces thoufnnds who. would never walk to get out into the air and find out for themselves that life without out-door exercise is not-living. Scrihner' a.

Ilia I'eroratlon. "And now, brethren and Rev. Mr. Wiltfus at tho close of his sermon on fads, "we have had so violent attacks of the Trilby fad and tho Napoleon fad, that I have hopes, before 1 die of seeing- a llible fad started in this congregation." And with a sigh the good man sat. down, while the choir rendored the latest adaptation from Wagner.

In-dianunolis Journal. KANSAS CROPS. Com snit I'nteito Mnke Tinm Appear, anna ttec flarveetlna; Hearun. Toi'kka, June 12. The weather-crop bulletin of the Kansas service for tiie week ended the loth says: la the eastern division corn and potutoe are clean and muke a fine appearance In the field.

The corn has grown very rapidly. Outs and flax are much Improved and are in bloom. Wheat harvest Is well along in the southern counties and Is Itcjrinnlnir In the central; while the straw Is short and a thin stand, the berry Is reported generally very good except In Wilson, where It wus much Injured by the bugs. Fruits of ail kinds are very good. In the western division the greut rains have brought forward the growing crops, put the ground in fine condition for plowing and working and given an abundance of stock water.

The growing corn Is in fine condition and much more is being plun ted. (irass, gardens, potatoes and fruits greatly Improved. Small grains improving. The tine rains in the middle division are bringing the crops rapidly forward. Wheat harvest has begun in the southern counties, while further north the heads are filling up with good berry.

MAY HAVE TO WALK. KamuuKsllrcMda Will Hht the On Cant Kattn to Militiaman. Toi'kka, June 13. Tho railroad attorneys of Kansas have notified the state board of railroad commissioners that the companies will not comply with the law enacted by the legislature last winter, limiting' the charge for the transportation of the Kansai national guard to 1 cent per mile per man and 1 cent per mile per ton for baggage and Kiipplles, It is claimed that the law is unconstitutional for two reasons because by decisons of the United State supreme court railroads cannot be required to perform a service for lest than the cost of such service, it being declared thut the actual coKt of transporting a puHsengcr is more than i cents per mile, and because of the provision that the penalty for violating such law shall go to the state militia fund, which is unconstitutional, because the constitution provides that all penalties shall go to the school fund. LAWS NULL AND VOID.

MrnnurM I'naied lij the Kunsaa Isrlilatiira Loratino; Towmliei Declared l'ncoutl-tutlonaL Toi'KKA, Juno 13. Attorney-General Dawes has rendered an opinion In which he declares fifty-six laws passed by the recent legislature are unconstitutional. All of the acts so declared relate to the vacation of town-sitesor parts of townsitcs. During the boom times additions were laid out to nearly every town in Kansas with no earthly hope of their ever becoming a real part of the city, and these ucts ol the legislature were intended io put the lots, streets and alleys back into their former legal status as "land." The attorney-general declares that these acta An attempt was made to murder the postmaster at Fisher's Switch, north of Indianapolis, by sem'ing him a dynamite infernal muchlne through the mails. The machine contained enough dynamite to have blown up a steamboat, but fortunately the postmaster failed to) observe the caution on the box to open at a given end and opening at the other end, the fuse was not Ignited.

It was sent from Cincinnati. The gold fever which recently struck Oklahoma territory is being dispelled. An assay of the dust shows It to be merely a mica composed of zinc, copper and about 8 per cent, gold nut enough to pay to wash. In spite of this large numbers are still heading for the fields greatly excited. Clearing house returns for the principal cities in the United States for the week ended June 14 showed an average increase as compared with the corresponding week last year of 21.8; in New York the increase was 87.9; outside New York.

15.1. Seventy people gathered in the death chamber of a young man at Rovigno, a seaport town of Austria. The flooring of the chamber collapsed and all fell Into a deep cellar, the walls of the house falling on top of the unfortunate victims. Fourteen of the mourners were killed and thirty injured. The unhappy young woman who had been the fiancee of the deceased man was found dead in the ruins in a position close to the coflin.

William J. Henderson, a prominent cattleman, was killed at Erin Springs, in a quarrel with J. Frank McDonald. The first annual race between the freshman eights of Cornell and the university of Pennsylvania was rowed on the 14th at Cayuga lake, New York, over the 2 milecourse, and Cornell won by nine lengths in 11 minutes 18 3-5 seconds. Knowi.es' Light of the West, an imported stallion valued at 510,000, owned by llurgess died recently at Lacon, 111.

The horse took first premium at the World's Columbian exposition. It was one of the best known stallions in America, and has been on exhibition in every horse' show since 1800. The breeders considered Light of the West the best draft stallion in America. Geneva, a thriving little town 38 miles south of Fort Wayne, in the center of the gas belt, was almost wholly destroyed by fire, more than thirty business houses and dwellings being burned, the total losses being 875,000. A riiENOMENAL hailstorm destroyed thousands of acres of grain in the western portion of Ransom county, N.

on the night of the 12th. The storm was 10 miles long and 6 miles wide. Hailstones as big as hens' eggs fell to the depth of 6 inches. While the British vessel Why Not was on its way to the island of Jersey recently fire broke out in the hold. While sailors were attempting to quench the flames a bucket was dropped overboard.

A boat was lowered to recover it and the captain An Iiihuiimn Kallmr liimta Out III llralna or Ilia Two Clilltlraa. St. Francis, June 17. A hor rlble tragedy wus enacted about II miles northeast of St. Francis Sutur day.

Frank Williums, a farmer, attempted to murder his wife, Miss Alice Smith and William Smith, aud after wurd beat the brains out of his two children with a hatchet, a little girl aged about 5 and a boy about 0 years, and then blew his own brains out with a revolver. Williams lost his first wife last So p- teinl.or and on May r. 1HU5, was mur ried to Mrs. Anna Kennedy, formerly Miss Dixon, who had lived near by and who had assisted in his housework for some time past Their married life wus very unhappy and after about four weeks of turmoil the woman left him and went to live with Mr. A.

Swanson, a neighbor. During the past week, Mr. Williams went to the house of Swan- son, flourished a revolver and threat ened to kill his wife and Mrs. Swanson. Saturday morning the Swanson family and Mrs.

Williams started to come to St Francis for the purpose of having Williams arrested. On the way they stopped at the house of (ieorge Smith. While there Williams appeared upon the scene and proceeded to settlo the differences betwen himself and wife by whipping out a revolver and beginning to fire at everybody in sight William Smith was shot through the cheek, knocking out two teeth and tearing away a portion of the jaw bone. lie was also shot twice in the back. Miss Smith recived a bullet in the breast but fortunately her corset arrested the bullet und she received but a slight flesh wound.

Mrs. Williams, the wife, received a bullet in the mouth, but was not seriously wounded. Williams then rode home where he completed the work by smashing the brains out of his two children with a hatchet, and shooting himself through the head. When the sheriff arrived on the scene, Williams and the girl were dead and the boy dying. IT WAS A BIG METEOR.

At Least the Terrified Cltlaena of a Wash. Incton Town 't'houictit So. Port Townskxd, June 17. Saturday night at 8 o'clock Chimacum, a small farming center 4 miles from here, experienced a terrific explosion and jur, the result of the fulling of a 5,000 pound meteor, which burst with a leud noise at the height of 100 yards and, after causing a small sized cvclone of several minutes' duration, buried Itself deep in the muddy water of a neighboring lagoon. The meteor struck the bottom with force enough to break crockery in furm houses 3 miles away, creating terror among residents, who believed the end of the world had come.

Ten hours after lie occurrence the waters of the lagoon were still bubbling and seething, and were found to bo hot enough to readily cook eggs. Sys tematic dragging of the lagoon failed to bring up uuy traces of the celestial messenger, which is believed to be buried deep in tile earth. DEMONSTRATION AT KIEL. At the Imperial llitnqitet GemanT'a Fm peror 111 Offer a Toast to Uncle Ham. Hkri.IN, June 17.

The United States squadron entered the harbor at Kiel Saturday and on passing Friederichs fort saluted the German flag. The fort returned the compliment. At the imperial banquet, at Holtennu, the emperor will toast the United States navy and the band will play "Hail Co lumbia." The lavish character of the hospitality which will be extended to thecrewsof the warships rouy be judged from the fact that a contract with a Hamburg firm provides for fourtuen tons of fresh meat, 2.000 bottles of wine, 200 bottles of spirits, 10.000 bot tles of beer, 0,000 gallons of beer in casks and 1,000 gallons of milk a day. NOT FOR FREE SILVER. A I'nlloftlin Next II nine Sulil to show a HlK Majority Agnin.t the White Metal.

NOT A FIIKK KII.VKR HOUSE. Wasiiinotov, June 17. A careful canvass of the members of the next house so far as their position has been disclosed by their votes in previous congresses, or by their public declara tions show about 24 republicans for and 220 opposed to free coinage. The democratic division is 75 for and 30 op posed to free coinage. The populist strength of 7 is wholly for free coinage.

The total of these figures is 100 for and 250 opposed to free coinage. New York Theater Iturnecl. New Yohk, June 17. Jacobs theater on Third avertue was almost completely destroyed by fire this morning at 12:14, from some unknown origin. Im mediately joining the building on the north was the five-story tenoment house in the basement of which is (Jrundey's saloon.

All the people in the house were asleep at the time the fire started, and policemen and citizens broke into the building and drove them almost by main force out of the building. Nioe Pereone Killed. London, June 17. A boiler explosion at the Red Car iron works, Yorkshire, Saturday, resulted in the death of nine persons and serious injury to many others. Thirteen out of the fifteen boilers exploded.

The masonry was hurled a hundred yards away and a volume of boiling water a yard deep poured over the workmen. Hie dam- aire done will nmount to about 82.10,-000, and, in addition, 40:) pcrsous huve been thrown out of work. Drowned While Saviuir Ilia Hot. Annapolis, June 17. W.

H. Kerr, of Ilchestor, was drowned from his yacht Watunga yesterday in attempting to save his 0-year-old son who had fallen overboard. The boy was rescued bv Cnpt Hurlis, of Annap olis, and Mr. Kerr's body was recovered soon after. l.HZZurone Wou the Suburban.

New Yohk, June 17. Fifteen thou sand people saw Lazzarone, a 10 to 1 shot, capture the rich Suburban handicap ot Sheepshead Hay Saturday, with Sir Wulter second, hong and Dance third and the almost prohibitive favor ite, Domino, unplaced. LITERARY FOLK. iilrss Maltby, formerly a teacher -ft ib now a in irOllto) jen university, and will receive a de cree during the present summer. Du Mauiuer has declined a Boston manager's offer of an American lecture tour on the pica that he does not feel physically ablo to bear the fatigue of it HitNitl Rocukfoht, the French ed itor whoso long term of exile in Eng land recently terminated, finds that he prefers London to Paris.

Upon his return to the French capital ho felt him- Senator Peffor recently addressed free silver convention at fort Scott The graduating class at the state normal school at Emporia numbered 100. Dr. ft Tanner has been appointed pension examining surgeon at King man. The agricultural college at Manhat tan gruiliiutcil a class of 57 at the re cent commencement The republican county convention of Sedgwick county Indorsed the silver plank of the Ohio republican platform The wheat in Montgomery county is all harvested. The yield varies from ten to twenty-live bushels an acre.

Ephrlain Vun Horn, nneof the oldest settlers in Sedgwick county, whs fatal ly overcome by the heat the other day. He was 72 years old. The state accountant has now the accounts of Dr. Pilcher, superintend ent of the asylum for Imbeciles at Win field, under his crucial tests. Hon.

(ieorge It. Peck, "formerly of Kansas," but later of C'liicugo, deliv ered tho address at the recent coin tnenceuiciit of the university of Vir L-inia. A cloudburst at liurtomlale, llurton county, the other day, Is reported to have done much dumnge. A herd of fifty cuttle were said to have been drowned. A large mass meeting of the people of Kansas City, recently passed resolutions protesting against the ac tion of the school board in dropping from the list of teachers five Catholic young women.

A. A. Sharp, presidentof the defunct Larned state bank, was recently ar rested and tried before a justice of the peace for receiving deposits while the bank was insolvent, and bound over to appear at the September term of the district court The jury in the Matson murder trial at iopeka tried for 50 hours to agree but failed. There were eleven white men and one colored man on the jury. The white men voted for conviction and tho colored juror stood out for acquittal.

1 he prisoner was a negro named Novels, who was charged with the murder of Mrs. Matson. For several years a feud between Editor J. K. Hudson, of the Topeka Capital, and Hon.

C. Foster, judge 3f the United States district court, has existed, and lately it broke out afresh by the editor making serious charges through his paper aguinst the judge, end the latter filing a suit in the Shawnee county court against Mr. Hudson fur criminal libel. The recent heavy rains broke down lams and irrigation ditches in Cheyenne county and it will cost hundreds of dollars to repair them. Ilridgesand fences were torn down and carried away.

Water from the main ditch of the South Fork Irrigation which enters St Francis on the south, ran lown Main street, washing away sidewalks, injuring buildings and flooding 3ellars. The Republican river was nearly a mile wide in places, the highest it has been in fifteen rears. As I'resident Fairchild, of the state agricultural college, expects to make a tour of Europe during tho summer, Secretary Cobiirn has commissioned him on behalf of the Kansas board of asr riculture to make an investigation of the agricultural ami horticultural methods, productions and markets of those countries in which he may travel and especially such aspects of them as may huve a bearing upon or afford useful suggestions along similar lines in our own country, and report the substance of his observations in un ad-iress before the board ut its annual meeting in January. The supreme court has decided the lobcs-llrcidentlial controversy over the Dllice of bank commissioner in favor of llreidenthnl, holding that when Itreid-snthal was appointed by Gov. Lewel-ling in it was for a full term of four years, and not for the unexpired term of C.

F. Johnson, who was appointed in The conclusion of tho ipinion is that "as the appointing power defined by the statute consists jf the governor and the senate to-rether, and as the governor and the ienate did not act jointly until February, at the lime when the defendant (lireideuthal) was appointed and confirmed, it follows that he was the first commissioner regularly appointed for a full term and that term for which he was chosen will not expire until February, 181)7." Associate Justice Johnson dissented. Pensions lately granted Kansas vet-srans: Original, Cyrus Webb, Augusta; lohn Snowden, Manchester; Wesley Woods, Kansas City; Jonas Shirk, Hillsborough; Simon Regnier, alias Peter J. Regnier, state soldiers' home; Alexander Millville, Welda. Additional, Patrick ltarry, Raymond.

In-irease, Andrew liutler, Fort Scott; David Iirotherton, Washington. Reissue, Jacob T. Ketring. Elk City; Charles T. Calvert, Springfield; Joseph P.

Siinmonds, Wakefield; John ilyle, Arcadia; William H. Miller. Oswego; l'homas 11. Hetticord, ltelle Plnine; l'homas Adkins, Toronto; Thomas 3uinn, Dwight; Francis M. Downs, Lyndon; Isaac T.

Earle, Eskrldge; liordon W. Parker, Pratt; Jacob Sever, 'Joddard; William C. Wentz, (iarnctt; lames Vaneyoc, Inman; William Vess, Harnett; Charles Davis, Hugoton; Isaac I). Gordon, Ontario; Alexander S. Hatch, Wallace.

"Roddy" Stewart, a Wellsville barber, in a peculiar freak, and seemingly without cause, cut the throat of Albert Metcalf at his shop in that town the other day. The injured man would recover. The jury in the case of the Mexican who assaulted Miss Fannie Nesbitt, who had charge of the Union Pacific telegraph office at llonner Springs, re turned a verdict of guilty, at the second trial at Kansas City, Kan. Charles Orendorff, of Topeka, got on i spree the other day, quarreled with his wife, then kissed her and his three children, took a dose of poison and was soon dead. The body of an unknown man was found the other morning 3 miles west of lirookville near the railroad track.

The throat was cut and a razor was lying near. Fire at Holton the other day de stroyed several warehouses, the W. C. T. U.

library and did other damage. The fumes of burning gasoline over came one man for a time. Lightning struck the Neosho Rapids Free Methodist seminary during a re cent storm and it was burned. It cost about $7,000 and was insured for $3,000. Fire at Wellington the other day destroyed several business houses.

Oloaned By Telegraph and Mall FKRXONAL, AND POLITICAL. It was at Washington that the Illness of ex-Senator Matt W. Ran- torn, now United States minister to Mexico, was much more serious than his friends have heretofore permitted be known. Even if he does not die immediately, there is doubt as to his return to Mexico. Thk preponderance of opinion among public men at Washington and else where who have given attention to the progress of the German movement for tn international conference looking to the rehabilitation of silver is that the for such a congress in the near future are very slim.

The action of the minority of the Gorman federal fovernments, which was reported to have been adverse to the bimetallic movement, was the principal basis for this opinion. SiccHKTAKr Carlisle spoke at Louisville, on the 14th to a large audi-jnce in the interest of a gold standard. Bknator Hlackiutrx addressed a large audience at Frankfort, on the 14th. The greatest portion of his speech was devoted to a severe criticism of Cleveland, Carlisle, Lindsay ind the press. Tin Insurgents have burned the village of Nue vitas, near Santiago de Cubs.

Tub Japanese have made a peaceful occupation of Tamsui and Taipehefu, in the island of Formosa. They were administering; the customs and trade was resumed. No further trouble was expected. Tub czar and czarina of Russia received the Armenian Catholics recently with great ceremony at the palace at St Petersburg and accepted their petition for the redress of Armenian wrongs graciously. Thk silver phalanx of Michigan has organized.

The organization is called the "Honest Dollar club," and claims a membership of 100,000, composed of all parties. A state newspaper organ will be established. A DHFATcii from Constantinople stated that the sultan's health has suf fered on account of his anxiety over the Armenian question and other diffi culties, and that symptoms of paralysis have appeared. Prksidknt Cleveland on the 12th issued a proclamation warning all people in the United States against violating the neutrality laws by taking part in any armed expeditions from our shores for the purpose of attacking the Spanish forces in Cuba and giving notice that all such violations of the laws would be rigorously prosecuted. About 1.500 delegates were present at the gathering in Memphis, on the 12th in the interest of free silver.

Senator Turpie, of Indiana, was made permanent chairman, and made a lengthy speech. Alexander Delmar, of California, and Congressman Joseph C. Sibley, of Pennsylvania, also made speeches. The resolutions committee included W. J.

Ilryan, of Nebraska; Senator Jones, of Arkansas; Senator Harris, of Tennessee; Senator Tillman, of South Carolina; Senator Marion Butler, of North Carolina; Alexander Delmar, of California, and Senator Turpie, of Indiana. Thk replies to a circular letter sent jut to 120 democratic editors of Ohio showed that ninety favor free silver and the other forty were divided in their views. The government cruiser Raleigh has been ordered to patrol the Florida coast and to enforce strictly the neutrality laws by stopping all filibustering expeditions from the United States to Cuba. If the measures taken prove insufficient then active steps will be taken on shore to prosecute those who have aided in illegal ways the warfare against a friendly nation. Tim Iowa populist state convention met at Pes Moines on the Uth and nominated the following state ticket: For governor, Sylvester Crane, of Da venport; lieutenant-governor, A.

R. Sterrett, of Humboldt: supreme judge, I. W. Ivory, of Mills county; superintendent of instruction, E. J.

Stason, of Sioux City. The platform reaffirms the principles of the Omaha platform, denounces the late decision of the supreme court on the Income tax, the acts of the government by injunction in the Interests of corporate wealth, and the Issue of Interest-bearing bonds. MISCELLANEOUS. Tins failures in the United States for the week ended the 14th, (Dun's report) were 241, against 532 last year. Flag day, Inaugurated one year ago by the American Flag Day association as a holiday, was observed on the Uth by the public schools in Chicago.

The celebration, in which teachers and children took part was held in the parks of the northwest and west side. Children marched and speeches, mar tial music, songs and recitations characterized the observance of the day. Philip Goodwin, colored, was hanged on the 14th in the jail yard at Mobile, before a crowd of 500 people. The crime for which he died was the murder of John Poole, a section boss on the Louisville Nashville railroad at Venetla, who had dismissed him from the road's employment. Mr.

Judbon Harmox was sworn in as attorney-general on the 11th by Justice Harlan, of the supreme court. He then attended the cabinet meeting at the white house and was introduced the other members by the president. Secretary Hoke Smith has rendered a decision that will be of interest to many western homesteaders. The case in question was that J. A.

Wells, of the Alliance land district, Nebraska, who requested an extension of time for making payment on his preemption claim. The land office refused the request In hisdecision Secretary Smith reversed this decision and called attention to a recent act of congress which extends the time of final payment for one year in cases where the entryman is unable to make payment on account of any cause which he isunable to control. Frederick. Pate, a colored balloon ist, made an ascension at Marcellus, and found his balloon leaking. He dropped into a tree and then fell to the ground and was killed.

Two small boys named Poyer were drowned while playing on logs in the river near Menominee, recently. One fell In the water and the other lost his life endeavoring to rescue his brother. The bodies have not been found. Two colored boys, aged 0 and 10, were drowned while bathing in Harmon creek, 9 miles from Huntsville, Te.t., recently. Neither could swim, and they got in water over their heads.

M'OIIACKKN, KANSAS. CURRENT COMMENT. The Colorado M. K. conference voted to admit women to the general confer ences.

Knurr, the (Treat German gna munu fucturer, payi an income tax of 1K00, 000 a yeur. A brewer at llucharebt pays one of Tub report of ft recent inquiry by government committee allows that while crime (renorally (iccreuslnu in Englund, offenses against morality are increasing. A Wtw Yohk paper estimate the an Bual revenue of the churches in that city at $5,500,000, or about fl.OOO.OOQ less than the theaters, although the churches outnumber the theaters ten to one. In the Brst ilve months of 1H93 the net gold exportation from the United States was about in the first five months of 1894 it' was 000, and in the first fire months of 1805 It was (12,000,000. A writkii, named W.

T. Hornadayy, who has made a close investigation of the matter, says that there are now only 200 wild buffaloes alive in the United States 150 in the Yellowstone (ark, 20 In Colorado and 30 In Texas out of the vast herds that once roamed over the plains. Rohkrt McCam.um, a daring young Scotchman, has started from New York to make the perilous attempt to cross the Atlantic in a 32-foot sloop. His only companion is his black Scotch terrier "Jack." If the lad completes the journey successfully, which he expects to do in forty-five days, he will receive $3,000 and a prold medal Tint New York Evening Son says that 20,000,000 packs of playing cards are consumed In the United States each year, and of this quantity no less than 500,000 packs are used on Manhattan island. Since the prices of the cards vary at wholesale from 2 cents a pack up to 75 cents and the retail prices are from 5 cents to 81.50 per pack, it would be safe to say that New Yorkers spend 9100,000 for their playing cards every year.

Assistant Surgeon Edgar A. Mearxs, who has been attached to the international boundary commission during the last three years in its work from El Paso, across the burning deserts of New Mexico, Arizona and California, has made a valuable collection of specimens of birds and mammals, many of which are absolutely new to scientists. It is reported that lie has collected nearly 20,000 specimens of curious life which will be added to the Smithsonian Institution at Washington. The review of the fruit conditions of the country for the calendar year 1SS4 by the nomologist of the agricultural department at Washington is printed for the first time in the year book now almost completed. It characterizes the season as a peculiarly disastrous and unprofitable one in most lines of fruit cultured The average value of apples per barrel exported was about 20 per cent less than in 1893.

Peaches were almost a total failure in the commercial peach districts of the south, except in Florida and Texas. "We must repeat it once more," the New York Sun said recently, "that the bicycler, man or woman, who doubles up the body while riding deforms the human shape, presents a most ungraceful appearance, invites spinal disease, and loses a great part of the benefit that would otherwise accrue from the exercise. We don't know why the doubling-up habit is so widely prevalent, or why men make an exhibition of it more frequently than women. It is not necessary. Many rider looks as though he were a hunchback on wheels." F.

J. Staklkv, who has spent several years In the Orient, a large part of the time as professor in one of the native colleges in Japan, recently said at Washington that he was not surprised at the reports of uprisings in China against the missionaries. The Chinese, lie said, regarded the Europeans and Americans as the instigators of the Japanese war and therefore held them largely responsible for the degradation of the Chinese nation. lie however, expected the ultimate effect of the late war to be the rapid growth of civilization in China and predicted an era of railroad building. Tim International railroad congress will be held in London June 2U, and will have for its presiding officer the prince of Wales.

There will be present at the congress representative;) of more than 300,000 miles of railway lines, who will be afforded an opportunity for the interchange of views on the broadest possible grounds. A large number of carefully prepared papers will be presented and discussed. The congress promises to be the larg-est and most important conference of railway officials ever held, and some of the brightest railvyay men of the United States will be there. Gold is' said to have been found in paying quantities at the bottom of the ocean near the western end of San Clements island, Dear California. While Archibald Read was cruising about in his yacht it became necessary to ascertain the character of the bottom with a view of casting anchor.

The lead had a small cavity in the bottom filled with tallow that was used to imlicate wlvat kind of a 'seabed it touched. In this tallow the ff6ld was found imbedded. It 1b supposed there is a rich placer concealed by the waves. An expedition is to be fitted out in the near future to go to the island. E.

F. Preston estimates the world's production of gold for the year tc have approximated 8,870,518 fine ouncet of the value $181,510,100 against $158,8:10,000 for 1893, showing an increase during the year of lie also estimates the world's production of Bilver for 1894 at fine ounces of the coining value of the bullion value of the same at the averago price MX cents) of silver for 181)4, was $105,348,135, showing a dlfferenco. between the coining and bullion value of 109, The increase in the production of silver i 1891 over was 72,000 ounces. If You are Tired All tho time, without special exertion, ar. tired in tho morning as when you retire at night, you uiaydeieud upon it, your blond Is impure and is looking in vitality.

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ra-iHKNTB WANTED. ADVI8 RANKIN Ohloaso, III. W.imt ALL USE fULS. Comb Byrup. TaeweGood.

tn tlmn Bold tT dniGRWfl. i Ho i rs jtm. 1 are contrary to the provisions of sec tions 1 and of article 12 of the con stitution. The attorney-general also holds that any act passed to affect any certain city is unconstitutional and says that such laws must apply to every city of the same class or they are null and void. HIS DATES UNCHANGED.

Gov. McKlnlrjr Will Speak at tha Ottawa t'hM titMuqua on Juno XL Toi'KKA, June 13. Charles Dick, chairman of the republican state central committee of Ohio, was here last night, endeavoring to (ret J. P. Harris, department commander of the (i.

A. of Kansas, to change (lor. Mckinley's date, June 21, at the Ottawa Chautauqua Old Soldiers' day. Harris und others interested refused to make the change, declaring that Mc-Kinley had made tliedato at Ottawa a year ago and they insisted that he should keep it. After numerous telegrams between Dick and McKiuley, the governor finally wired that lie would coine to Kansas in preference to the national league at Cleveland.

RESIGNATION NOT ACCEPTED. Waflhbarn College Tnntie Hefue to Her. mlt rrenltlttiit McVicar to Itetlre. Toi'kka, June 13. Kev.

I'eter McVicar, for twenty-six years president of Washburn colleire here, tendered his resignation to tho board of trustees yesterday. The board unanimously refused to accept it and offered him a year's leave of absence, which he refused, saying that he was growing old and infirm and would be unable at the end of the year to resume his duties. Then the board appointed a committee of five to assist him in the work until September, when, if he still insists upon retiring, his resignation will be accepted. Field at Wheat Sold. Leavknworth, June 13.

A field of 310 acres of wheat on the gov ernment reservation at Fort Leaven worth was sold yesterday for It is fine-looking wheat and will aver age twenty-two bushels to the acre. It will be ready tn cut next week. The wheat was put in by military prisoners, but there are so few left now that it was found impracticable to attempt the harvesting of it by them. Itov lrownetl Kvnr Nevada. NkvaixA, June 13.

Albert lled- den, 11 years old, residing1 in Nevada, was drowned in the Murnuttnn river ycstorilay, about 10 miles north of here. lie was with u. party of fishermen. '1 he body was recovered. PeftVr l-Mvori Judge Mrtln.

Toi'kka, June 13. lu un inter view United States Senator l'etfer favored the election Chief Justice Martin, although confessed that the signs pointed to nomination of a straight out populist by the people's party state central committee. bought a Dritw. Kansas City, June 1.3. Lon Agnew and Hob Thompson, tho col ored lightweight, met in an eight round contest, in the opera house in Westport, last night.

The result was a draw, as was the case at the previous meeting- of this pair. l'olaoned Her Unite Ci.r.VELANn, 0., June 13. Mary Flachineycr, a country girl, auout 20 years of age, who was charged with poisoning her babo with Paris green, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the criminal court and was given the extreme penalty of the law, twenty years in the penitentiary. Ma H. Vell to He Married.

Chicago, June 13. It is announced that Miss Ida 11. Wells, the leader of the so-called anti-lynehlng; crusade, will on June 27 become the bride of Ferdinand Ij. Ilarrett, a colored attor ney of this city. jumped Into the boat and was followed by the crew.

I he deserted passengers were greatly alarmed, but they handled the Why Not as best they could and succeeded in beachincr her near Er-quay, France. The Iiritish consul at Lrquay will take the matter up. At Natchez Island plantation, a few miles below Natchez, on the 14th R. W. Dawson, a tough character, killed Frank Macklin, manager of the plantation, and a negro woman.

William Conti, brother-in-law of Mack lin, had come upon Dawson and before the latter could use his gun shot him dead. Secretary Mortox has dispensed with the division of microscopy in his department The secretary indicated that in his next annual report to congress he will recommend legislation to cut off meat inspection except for the foreign trade, the cost of all inspection to be paid by the parties owning the meat, thus relieving the government from expense and responsibility in the matter. The United Society of Christian En deavor, the general body which has directed the growth of Christian Eii-deavor throughout the world, held its annual meeting at Boston recently. The old officers were re-elected. additional dispatches.

One of the most disastrous fires in the history of Bridgeport, broke out in the Oglebay block recently, and the town being without fire apparatus was compelled to call on the Wheeling fire department The entire block was gutted and very little of the contents of the building was saved. A pobtion of Grason county, was devastated by a tornado on the 15th. No lives were lost, but thousands of acres of crops were completely obliterated. A kecent dispatch said that the town of Audenreid, near Hazelton, was threatened with destruction by the caving in of mines. The people have deserted their homes.

At a country church festival near Huntington, W. recently there was a fight Creed Harvey was shot through the heart, dying instantly; Mrs. Amy Lunsford was seriously injured by being struck on the head with a stone. Jack Ward and Rhoda Perdue, the murderers, leaped through the window and escaped to the woods. A head-end collision between two passenger trains occurred on Charleston Savannah railway at Yemasse, near Charloston, S.

on the 10th. The engines were telescoped and completely wrecked. Four unknown colored tramps, who were stealing rides on the front trucks, were ground and cut to pieces. The passengers were terribly shaken up and thrown about, but escaped serious harm. The wreck occurred through the negligence of an operator in giving orders.

A boiler explosion at the Red Car iron works near Uuesborough, resulted in the death of nine persons and serious injury to twenty others. Four hundred persons were thrown out of work. TnK Spanish cabinet council hus decided to act with the greatest vigor in Cuba, and to dispatch 25,000 troops there in addition to the 10,000 already under orders, and to purchase within two months twenty gunboats. At Chimacuin, a small farming center 4 miles from Port Townscnd, a 5,000 pound meteor fell, which burst with a loud noise at the heighth of 10C yards and, after causing a small cyclone of several minutes' duration, buried itself deep In the muddy water of a lagoon, creating terror among residents, who believed tho end of the world had come. Ten hours after the occurrence the waters of the lagoon were still bubbling, and were found to be hot enough to readily cook eggs.

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