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DIES WITHOUT TITLE.
Baron Won Benthen Passes Away on
Boat In Chicago Harbor.

Baron Won Benthen Passes Away on
Boat In Chicago Harbor.
Herr van Benthen, who o1ly lacked the
coronet TO De lord Ola Netherlands barony.
died in "A ship In Chicago harbor the other
day at sunrise. He was stricken with
fever en- route from Petoskey to his wide
estate In Kansas. and died on the lake, an
unknown royal passenger In the lists OF
the ordinary excursioni'ts. Herr Van
Benthen came from family with his
tory as long as the story OF the country In
which be was BORN. His birth gave him
the right To q peerage. but by the curl
Gus manipulation OF titles in the Neither
lands. he was declared a pretender All
the other me bers of the family Jared
better than he at the time OF the distin-
guished IA theirs death and. takin z his por-
II IN OF the estate. he came to the Western
worl 10 make a future. He went directly
into Kansas, bought n tract OF 1, o0o as fpo
acres as the sun ever shone on, and stocked
1t with the best animals he could buy.
This was near the town OF Lindon. For
twenty-five years he lived there in seclu-
SIGN and prosperity, rearing fam ly OF
three girls and six boys. He built great
house, decorated IL with the heirlooms of
his ancestry. and planned this year to have
his relatives over from the fatherland.
Thoy were to come at the end Of the sum-
mer trip on the lake, but ms cad OF this
reunion In this country theie Will be a
funeral and burial OF the eXpectant host
down In the Irovince OF Gelderland, where
all the other Van Ben thens for dozen
centuries are resting.
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LARDERS ARE EMPTY.
GOVERNOR ALTGELD VISITS
PULLMAN.
s. OF v. Encampment at Davenport-Inter-
esting Figures from Poor's Manual-Four
Men Killed In a wreck-Farcical End of
the Tarsney Cases.
Tales of Des titutiou.

Governor Altgeld visited the starving
strikers at Pullman. ILL.,. Monday after
noon. Led by a member OF the Relief COM
mittee, who made up list OF the most
destitute families In town, the Governor
went up and down Fulton avenue. and In to
the dwellings down by the brickyard. where
two and three families live In three rooms.
The Governor heard stories OF hunger and
restitution that made him sick at heart.
Pale women. with weak little children I'm
their arms. or clinging to their skirts told
him that for more than a week they had
been living on bread and ten Mon with
haggard faces and wild flash In their
eyes told the Governor their families had
eaten nothing but potatoes and coffee for
lays, and that in many cases they
we're compelled to beg the pota-
toes Others told the Governor they
were eating nothing but dry crusts,
such food as they could beg from
neighbors more fortunate than themselves
"There must be at least 600 starving fami-
lies In Pullman, not counting strikers who
live in Roseland and Kensington, " he said,
after his tour of the tenements was COM
pleted, and he had In ter vie wed the officials
on the number OF old men lately taken
back to work. "Something must be done
for them at once, or many will die OF star
walton The conditions are much worse
than expected to fnd.p
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Unreliable Ammunition.

Neither shrapnel nor shells OF the pres
emit construction vii be used again by the
Department OF the Missouri OF the United
States army. This was decreed by Gen.
Miles Tuesday. Two explosions of shrap-
mel from slight causes In n IN onth brought
the General to this decision. The news
was heard with delight by the artillery
men and other soldiers, who were fright
ened at continually risking their lives near
these Internal machines, that were liable
to blow them into eternity without mo-
ments warning. The explosion OF the
caisson on the drill grounds at
Evanston Monday was freely dis
cussed In the army camp The unani-
nous opinion OF officers and men was
that the explosion was caused by de-
fective fuse In shrapnel This also had
caused the terrible accident at Chicago on
Grand boulevard June 16 Some one will
have to answer for the Evanston explo-
sion. At the very first of the encampment
General Miles ordered all ammunition but
blank charges taken from the caissons and
stored In camp before the artillery went
upon the field. A sergeant is said to be
the one at fault
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LONDON Is AFFLICTED.

Outbreak OF Smallpox Complicated by
Scarlet Fever Epidemic.
The London authorities are seriously
alarmed over the outbreak OF small pix In
Marylebone, St. Tancras Hampitead,
shoreditch and other thckly populated
sections OF the city. The first cases weio
discovered about three weeks ago. and it
Is reported that ovor Is. 900 people are now
afflicted. On single nj yht last week over
fifty sufferers we're removed in ambulan ces
from St Pancras district alone. The two
)spital ships lying in the Thames at Long
Reach. the Atlas and the Castalia, are
crowded With patients. and the asylums
board, which has charge OF all matters re-
lating to public health in the metropolis,
Is now seeking TO purchase addition al
vessels
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KING OF SIAN. put some"huo Horo
exclusive He was particularly interested
in America and American business
methods, and remarked TO our Con-
sui at Bangkok not long ago that
he hoped before long to see a line OF steam
ers plying between American ports and his
capital. Although the king had upward
OF 300 wives only one of them ranked as
queen. The other wives are as subject TO
her will as to her husbands The "second"
wives. as they are called, attain. through
their relation to the king, certain rank
OF nobility, The king had eighty seven
children. The king. like all his subjects.
was Il devout Buddhist and believed In the
TRANSPORTATION of souls. In the royal
palace grounds are fo1r white elephants In
which his majesty believed were incased
the souls OF four OF his royal predecessors
on the throne The king himself never
came into their presence without making
humble obeisance
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PLEADS FOR THE POOR.
Citizens of Illinois Asked tn Give Food to
5000 Starving Ones.


5000 Starving Ones.
Just before returning from Chicago to
Springfield Tuesday night Gov. Altgeld
issued a proclamation TO the people OF
Illinois, asking them 10 send contribu-
tions TO relieve the starving strikers at
Pullman lie also addressed letter to
the County Commissioners, calling their
attention to the suffering in Pullman
and urging them to furnish immediate as
sistance The letter TO the county commits
sioners is expected to secure food enough
20 keep the strikers alive until responses
ID Governor Altgeld's proclamation begin
coming in. The appeal to the people was
not made until the Governor had sat-
ished himself that the Pullman Com
pany would do nothing to relieve
the distress The Governor engaged
during the day, in spirited correspond
ence with Mr. Pullman, but could get no
promise that officers OF the company would
help the starving tenants. "As you refuse
TO do anything to relieve the suffering in
this case,n the Governor wrote TO Mr..
Pullman, in closing the correspondence IL
am compelled to appeal TO the humanity
of the people of Illinois to do So"
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CHINA CAN borrow.
Foreign bankers Ready to Furnish Plenty
of Money.


The Hnanciers OF London. Berlin and
other capitals OF Europe are eagerly dis
cussing the proposed Chinese loan. In
quiries made at the Offices OF Jardine,
Matheson g. Co. London and China mer-
chants, and at the Offices OF the Hong Kong
and Shanghai Bank Company. show that
the loan which the great banking institu-
tions OF Berlin are said TO be floating for
China amounts to 10. 900. 900 taels, and not
to a1o. 900. 900 as previously announced In
London and Berlin. A tael is about 81 40
1t appears that about "a month ago China
inquired through the Hong Kong and
Shanghai Bank for the rates at which
such a loan. 10 be made In silver, could be
effected. The bank Immediately offered
to loan the Chinese Government II, 600, 900
sterling. or S.. 900. 000 Jardine. Mathe-
son g. Co onerel TO lend China an
other f1,00), 900, or as much more as
the government should require. But Vice
roy Ii Hung Chang declined both offers
at that time, saying that there was no
immed late need for the money, as China
had plenty to go on with. Later. however.
IL became know that China desired to in
crease the amount OF her available cash.
A syndicate OF German bankers was az
once formed In Berlin, aud their agents
offered R100, 900. 900 TO China, and this
produced the result that China was not In
clined to pay over per cent for her loan.
The negotiations for the loan have already
affected the price OF silver and there is no
question that silver Will go higher
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QUARTER OF A MILLION LOSS.

Manifold Drug Company and Other Bust.
ness Houses at Memphis Burned.
Fire broke out at Memphis in the four
story building at $40 and 37s sholby street.
occupied by the Mansfield Drug Company,
and within less than an hour nearly a
quarter of million dollars worth OF prop
erty was destroyed. The fire started
among the chemicals and oils In the rear
OF the Mansfield building and spread so
rapidly the iremen soon lost control Of It,
A general alarm was turned In and every
engine In the city was brought 10 the
scene. Finding that they could not subd ne
the flames, the firemen devoted their work
to saving adjoining property. The follow
iig firms have suffered heavily: Mans
field Drug Company; Fader s. Co, whole
sale grocers. aid A. u Treadwell & Co. /,
wholesale grocers and cote n factors.
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TRADE HAS A BAs Is.
Passage OF the Tariff Bill Has Removed
Uncertainty.

Passage OF the Tariff Bill Has Removed
Uncertainty.
r G. Dun s. Co IS WeeklJ Review Of
Trade says;
The new tariff provides definite basis
for business No su Elemental legislation
is thought possible until nextyear ut least
Large Improvement has been expected
from any settlement. the moro because OF
a vast amount OF business deferred from
weel, to week In the hope OF more definite
conditions. The rush OF such business, or
even "a part of IL, might ossily double
transactions for a time. 1t Is not to lie
overlooked that the effect OF new duties
upon many branches of industry and trade
Is profile atcal, and may te determined
only after some months OF experience, and
meanwhile the serious injury 10 corn and
some OF the conditions exerci e IA restrain
ing influence 1t Is too early TO look for
effects OF the new situation in Ihe great
industries. but the gradual recovery which
has appeared for some time IS seen In Il
better demand for products.
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Vaccination Row I'm Sc iaIia.

A fight is on between the Sedalia. Mo-,
Board OF ii alth and the sedalia Board OF
Education Recently the Board OF Health
revived an old ordinance requiring all
children OF sch 2ol Re in the city to be
vaccinated before the opening OF the fall
term OF school The city physicians Of
fered freo vaccination TO the poor II they
would make oath that they were unable to
pay fer security against smallpox. Other
citizens were threatened with arrest and
fine il they did not comply with the ordi-
nance. As result of these bulldozing
methods the Board OF Education sent n let
ter TO Mayor Haskin and the Board Of
Health asking to have the obnoxious ordi-
nnnce rescindpd
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AoueerTemperance Society.

A very curious temperance society
exists in the Siberian village of Ash
lyka. Every year, in September, the
mem beis meet in the church and make
a solemn promise to ab tain from wine
and spirits for whole year. They
also sign an agi cement that any per-
son breaking the pledge shall pay a
fine of % rubles 10 the church, and
submit to be spat upon by his more
continent fellows. The most peculiar
feature of the whole business, how
ever, is that the members on the enc
day of the year when the pledge ex-
piIes allow themselves wine and
brandy during the few hours which in
tervene before the pledge for the en-
suing year is made.
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SOAP MEN COMPLAIN.
OVERSIGHT IN THE TARIFF BILL
CAUSES TROUBLE.
Dutch Noble without n Coronet Dies I'm
Chicago Harbor-Dun & Co.'S Review of
Trade-Trouble Over Vaccination In N
Missouri Town.

Importers and merchants claim serious
blunder has been made In the tariff bill
Under the prop lsed law cocoanut oil Is
admitted free OF duty, but copra which Is
the raw material of which the CO.
coanut oil is manufactured. Is sub
jected 10 duty OF 30 por cent Copra
Is the raw sun-driel product OF the
cocoanut and cannot be used for any other
purpose than making cocoanut oil. which
is chiefly used In the manufacture OF
soap. Copra is not prepared and cannot
be used as a dessicated cocoanut and has
always been duly free Twelve leading
firms have united In telegraphins pro-
test to Washington urging n correction OF
what they believe to be an error made
through ignorance of the articles.
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BUSINESS OF THE RAILROADS.
Increase I'm Mileage smsll-Many Syste mas
Greatly In Debt.

Greatly In Debt.
Poor's Manual occupies unique posi-
ton as the guide 10 knowledge concerning
conditions ana operations In the railway
world. The advance sheets OF the intro
duction, which Is in the nature OF a sum-
mary OF the years business. are at hand.
Here are a few of the salient points of the
summary;
The total liabilities OF tho roads were
Sill. 443, $50, 500. or this amount the capt.
tai stock was $1,000, 032, 004; the funded
debt, $3.50, 292, 613; the unfundcd debt,
S410. 361, SOB; and the current debt, S3s3.-
2Ol.S12. The aggregate assets were SILL
1885, 06s, 100, arrived at as follows Cost OF
railways ami equipment, So G6l, 713, 736;
real estate stocks, bonds and other invest
ments, s1,69s, 500, $685. other assets, $685.
045 1877; current accounts S247 002, $40.
$3.50 535, 623 The total mileage Of
the railway lines OF the United
States for 1898 is given "a III, 753
miles, an increase OF 2,549 miles only
over the preceding year Illinois occupies
as before the head OF the column in State
mileage, having 10. 42S miles; the others
follow in this order: Pennsylvania Q, 436;
Texas, 9,1s5; Kansas, s,93l; Ohio. 1859;
Iowa. s.513; New York, Sill; Michigan,
7,402; the New England States, 1919 The
earnings for the fiscal year Of 1893 are set
down at 81. 222, els, 200. OF which amount
SS0S, 405. 66s came from the freight and
S311. 97S, 3I2 from passenger traffic The
operating expenses were 1858, 027. ISL, leav-
ing met earnings OF 1864. sol. 100 To which
were added miscellaneous receipts Sill,
2SS. 4s2, making total available revenue of
S475, $50, 041, the total sum left for divi-
dends on stock being sos, 3376S1.
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Injun Too Big for His Cell.

There is trouble on the Umatil In
dian Reservation becau the cells in
the calab0osc are to- small. The other
day Switch lex, one of the tai est of the
government wards on the reservati n,
was arrested, and he could not enter
the door Ct the guardhouse erect, and
in the morning was found curled up
like spiral spring lecause the cell
was not long enough for him to lie
straight in. The Indian is seven feet
tall. AMI the Indian police think the
government ought t. build new Jail
there. Portland Oregonian.
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HOW the Snail Breathes.

The breathing operation in the srail
is one of the queerest processes ina =
Unable, and is ca ried on without the
least semblance of lungs. The 'orifoe
through which he takes his supply Of
1.-The breath of life" is, of course, called
the mouth, Notwithstanding that it is
situated in the side OF his great sucker
like foot. The process of breathing is
not carried on with anything like regu-
larity, as it is in most creatures, the
mouth simply orening occasionally to
let in a suppl of fresh air, which is ex-
pel!e by the same orening as soon as
the oxygen mas been exhau sted. Tho
snail's peculiar mouth is pro ided with
tongue set with hundreds of tino
teeth
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-08-24
RECRUITS FOR JAPAN.
Efforts Being Made to Raise Regiment In
Los Angeles.

An effort is being made in Los Angeles,
Cal, by IA man who Is said 10 represent the
Japanese Government to secure the serv-
ices OF 1000 men 10 go to the domain of
the Mikado and help the japanese in their
struggle with the Chinese. J he sum OF s25
per month, besides transportation to and
from Japan, and necessary rations are
promised those who will enlist Because
OF the extreme penalty attached TO an en-
deavor Of this kind, under the laws gov
erning the treaty with foreign countries,
the agent has made himself known to but
few people
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ALMOST A BREAD RIOT.
five Thousand Men with Picks and Shoveh
Cry for Work.

five Thousand Men with Picks and Shoveh
Cry for Work.
Five thousand hungry and determined
Poles and Bohemlans gathered at the Rock
Island crossin, and Archer avenue, in
Chicago, early Tuesday morning and de-
manded work. "Give us work or bread ~
was their cry, and armed with picks and
shovels they looked as IL they would fight
for the privilege OF working. Superin-
tendent Drake who has charge OF the
preliminary work for the elevation Uf the
Rock Island track, said he needed but a
few men and could do nothing for the
crowd which had gathered. He teiephoncd
for the police and Lieutenant Barrett with
twenty-five police came hurriedly to the
rescue. The police charged the crowd and
drove 1t back without violence. The men
were noarly all ignorant and could not UNI
derstand that the railroad company had
no work for them.
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War RIGGS FlerceIy.

War news from the Orient mes slowly.
On Saturday the authentic dispatches re-
ceived covered time To Aug. only, and
the situation 10 shown by the folowing
headlines appearing over Associated
Press dispatches; Two Thousand Slain
Armies OF China and japan clash at seikan
I'm Corel Big battle fought --Mikado's
forces make a brilliant charge on Manchu-
rians. XIII all wounde oes.-Later In
tho engagement they suffer "A repulse, -
Unknown cruiser is sunk by the Chen Yuen.
LII Hung Chang loses his d latch boat
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Defendants in Tars1ey Case Free.

The Tarsney OUTRAGE cases ended In a
farce I'm Justice McCoach's court at Colo
RADIO City Coo District Attorney Cochran
appeared before the court and asked that
the cases be dismissed for the reason that
the evidence in the cases had been re-
ceived by the grand jury which had failed
to find true bills against any of the de-
PENDANTS. The court granted the motion.
Not person from Denver who had been
interesting himself in the prosecution was
preSent
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Facts I'm Few Words.

DRESSES are sold by weight in Japan.
LORD RoSEBERY's dairy farm in
Buckinghamshire comprises 400
acres, on which he keeps 10 dairy
cows, SEQ cattle and 1000 sheep.
JOSEPH A. GALLOWAY was admitted
TO the bar in Green County, Missouri,
recently. He is the only colorcd man
entitled to practice law in that county.
NEXT TO her dolls the little Queen
OF Holland values most collection OF
wax figures sent from Batavia and clad
in the picturesque peasant costume OF
the Javanese.
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BEATEN TO A JELLY.
Terrible Murder OF Mother and
oh ut

Terrible Murder of a Mother and Babe
by Robner at Seattle.
At Seattle, Wash, Mrs. Miller, wife OF
John Miller, foreman naltster OF the Bay
View Brewery, and her 1s-mon tbs old
daughter we're found in the Miller home
with their heads beaten to a jelly The
house was also fred by the murderer The
weapon used was sawed-oR hammer.
The police have arrested three men. at
least one of whom they believe has guilty
knowledge of the crime The crime was
one OF the most cold blooded and cause
less ever perpetratei in the Northwest
The murderer had ransacked the house,
breaking open drawers and trunks
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CHINA TO BORROW MONEY.
German and En- gIish Bankers to Loan the
Country S5O,OOO,OOO.

1t Is rum bred ut Berlin that the Discon-
to- Gesellschaft Is negotiating a $50. 900, 900
Chinese loan. In connection with the
proposed loan. syndicate has been form
cd which includes most OF the leading
banks and bankers OF the city. The MEM
bers OF the syndi held a meeting and
discussed the terms OF tho loan. which
will be taken con Jointly by London
banker and the syndicate. The amount
has been doubled in the last few days
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Two Kentucky Horses Killed.

The 4-year- old Bell Roy stallion signal
Bell, the property of J. s Caldwell. OF
Louisville. ran away ut the Louisville,
Ky, fair grounds, and. making his way
down South Broadway. ran in between n
moving freight train and a coal bin. where
he was crushed to death. He was valued
at $1,000. The two year-old bay Hlly. by
Red wilkes, the property OF w. O. France,
OF New York. was struck by lightning and
instantly killed. ! he flly was out Of
Viva, by Wedgewood, and very valuable.
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Sons OF Veterans.

The thirteenth annual encampment OF
the Sons OF Veterans met I'm Davenport
Iowa Delegates were present from all
over the country General Maccabe, the
commander in chief, called the inaugural
session to order with an address reviewing
the official actions OF himself and his as
soclates during the last year COM ratulat-
ed the delegates upon the nourishing
condition OF the organization and urged
his hearers to manifest renewed interest
in the work during the coming Off cial year.
In order that the order might be made
stronger and still more worthy OF the name
II bears.
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Strike on at Omaha.

South Omaha's strike is over. and the
men return to work on tho old schedule.
such OF those who can secure positions.
This was the decision on Wednesday night,
and only l0) hog butchers refuse to de-
clare the strike of When the officers OF
the militia learned thai so many OF the old
men had gone back to WORK, there was a
general feeling that 10 was not necessary
for the troops to remain any longer No
further trouble is anticipated
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Dvnamite on the Tracik.

An attempt was made near Georgetown.
Col, 10 wreck the excursion train on the
Colorado Central railroad returning from
ar und the loop Four largo sticks of
dynamite had been placed on the rails,
and, although they were crushed by the
wheels passing over them, they did not
explode
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Charles T.. Robinson Dead.

Ex-Governor Charles f. Robinson died
Friday morning at his home near Lawrence.
Kan, from stomach and bladder trouble,
at the age Of &c years He was the most
conspicuous figure in the early Kan, as
troubles, and the final triumph OF the free
State party was due largely to his efforts.
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Paid for His Folly with His Life.

A large crowd OF people assembled at
sherburne, Mimi, to witness a balloon as
ceosion. and parachute leap by Professor
T. Ward. AS the balloon was about to as
cend Lee Palmer. OF Jackson, seized IA
rope and was carried u about $50 feet
when he fell and was killed