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A Tremendous Loss.

Belfast, July 27.-The great ship
building yards of Harland & Wolff,
this city, were burned to-day. Loss
81, 10000. The yards, with the marine
engineering works attached, cover an
area of nearly eighty acres. The firm
employed upward Of 5000 hands. The
yards were on the admiralty list as
suitable for building vessels for the
royal navy.
The fire began early this morning in
the engine fitting department and as II
high wind was blowing, the flames
spread rapidly. The fire was communi.
Gated to the building In the shipyard
OF Workman. Clark & Co., adjoining
Harland & Wolff's. The buildings In
the ship yards which were mostly huge
wooden structures, were destroyed.
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Enec. of tn. African Climate,

II must be fully recognized that the Mata-
Deie murders of unarmed whites. merely be-
cause they are whites, put them almost ont
OF the pale of mercy, and that the absence
esmoIE am them Of any leader who can answer
Tor their conduct makes general arrange
ments for peace exceedingly difficult
AT the same time We regret, II only op
grounds OF policy, to see the temper OF the
white settlers hardening. to notice a certain
Teluihess TO execute as well as to slay In
nshung. and to read exulting expressions as
bodies In Rhodesia, but quipr subjects who
VIII work for wages and ultimately become
taxpayers. Lenity Is good policy In Africa
as well as Asia, but It is very seldom that 1t
Is displayed on the former continent
something In the climate or the surround
1nss seems to make all Europeans. Germans,
men. abnormally hard.-London Spectator
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ests Of the Peoples party, and one
man said that as Mr.. Bryan was the
nominee of two other parties. he had
enough people to look after his inter
ests.
J. f. Edgerton of Nebraska was elect
ed secretary and NJ. C. Rankin of Indl-
ana treasurer. The following, with the
chairman, secretary and treasurer,
were elected members of the executive
committee: J. Il. Sovereign of Arkan-
sas, G. +. Washburn OF Massachusetts,
E. F. Taylor of Pennsylvania, w. II.
Reed of Georgia, J. W. Briedenthal of
Kansas, John s. Dore of California
1t is probable the headquarters will
be In Washington.
The Meeker herald., 1896-08-01
Noisy Anarchists.

London, July 27.-The International
Socialist Labor and Trades Union
congress opened this morning In st.
Mary's hill. The session was devoted
to wrangling as to whether anarchists
should be admitted. A group Of anar-
chists present behaved In noisy and
turbulent manner, and the chairman
promised to have force of police han
dy to expel them from future sessions,
If necessary. The question of cdmit-
ting anarchists was not decided when
the session was adjourned.
The Meeker herald., 1896-08-01
American Brightness.

From the Indianapolis Journal: at
is the custom in America" wrote the
visiting foreigner in his notebook.
for one American, when he hears an
other American say anything savorint
Of wit, to at once treat the speaker to 6
drink of something alcoholic. Thi
is done as an encouragement to al
Americans to keep up the reputation o
their people as the brightest on earth,
and produces much strenuous ant
praise-worthy effort"
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H.r sl.,rt. c.uxh..

Otto, Wyo., July 25.-Grace Allen,
daughter Of Ranchman ]. d. Allen of
Medicine Lodge creek. was thrown
from her horse while on the range
hunting horses and badly injured.
Miss Aliens dress caught In the horn
Of the saddle and she was dragged for
q long distance before the garment
gave way and released her. She was
found unconscious by q searching
party, which started out to look for
her, when her horse came In riderless.
Miss Allen 10 In q precarious condl.
ton,
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1olsoM.s D1sr TO nls WIFE.
FAsar xAfs Rss.tss Tie saying rAas O.
Mics sAsalAn't Nnxry.

TAs1R Life 1sfutss Tie eayi.g That oe-
MICS shsalAn's HAsry.
Thomas A. Edison has been married
twice. To his two wives he owes con-
siderable Of his srh-cess as the greatest
living inventor and the greatest in
ventor that ever lived. They looked
after his health and physical welfare,
enabling him to retain that vizor with
out which he could not stand the strain
Of day after day in his laboratory,
without wink Of sleep, says the New
York Press.
twenty-five years ago Edison's
friends urged him to marry, hoping
that domestic life would compel him
to eat at least one meal q dny and
sleep with some regard to regularity.
Edison said he had no time to court.
but II some decent girl wanted to mar
~ him he had no objections One day
while watching young woman who
was working one of his instruments
and to whom he never before had
spoken. he asked her, somewhat anx-
iously. II she would be his wife. She
said yes, and in three days they were
married, though he came near forget
ting the hour for the ceremony, being
busy on complex machine.
Walter p. Phillips has been quoted
as telling this story Of Edison: One
night a friend of the inventor found
him In his Newark laboratory and
went in, saying: Aren't you going
home, Tom? It's late"
How late?" said Edison, yawning.
about one O'clock" returned his
friend.
rs that so?" exclaimed Edison. "By
George, 1 must go home. was mar
ried this morning."
By his first marriage Edison had
three children-Thomas. William and
Marion. The last two were nicknalned
by their father Dot and Dash, and Dot
has clung to Marion even in her days
of early womanhoOd. She Is well cdu-
Gated, and has spent some time In
Europe.
The second Mrs. Edison was Miss
Nina Miller. daughter of Lewis Miller
of Akron, Ohio. Lewis Miller, besides
being the founder and early financial
hacker Of the Chautauqua assembly,
Is rich manufacturer and an inventor
of some note. To his daughter Edison
was married in February, 1886. rhey
have had two children, Madeline and
Charles. When Edison spends whole
days at a time In his laboratory, Mrs
Edison goes to him, sleeping on a cot
near his work bench. She is a good
pianist and is well read. She Is young
and fine looking, has dark eyes and
hair, and is of vivacious disposition.
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Druggist Asssssin.ted,

Cairo, Ills, July 27.-On his way to
the depot at midnight last night, /. n.
Coffee. president Of the state board of
pharmacy, was killed by DIR. Crabtree,
also a prominent druggist.
Crabtree stabbed Coffee twice, the
tragedy occurring In front Of the muir.
derer's store. No reason has yet been
assigned for the assassination.
The Meeker herald., 1896-08-01
A Veil of Mist

Rising at morning or evening from some low
lands, often carries in its folds the seeds of
malaria Where maarial fever prevail no
one Is safe; unless protected by some ef-
nclent medicinal safeguard. Hostetter's s
stomach Bitters is both a protection aud a
remedy. No person who inhabits. or So
1ourns in mlasnntic region or country
should omit to procure this fortifying agent,
which Is also the finest known remedy for
dyspepsia, constipation, kidney trouble and
rheumatism.
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WATSON WILL STICK.

tAs rsVsais< Candidate fer vSes PresaAs.s
Waats-to save the Party.
New York, July N.-The World this
morning publishes the following sign
ed dispatch from Thompson, Georgia,
signed Thomas e. Watson:
To the questions asked me I reply
as follows:
"Ffrst-I will run the race to the end.
"Second-I will make the fight even
The Meeker herald., 1896-08-01

The Rio Grhnde has ordered two new
engines from the Baldwin works
Thtse will he the largest engines in til,
West. being seventeen tons hcavic'
than any now in use on the line. The!
will lie used for passenger sei vice.
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months efforts on the part OF Governor
Matthew'S Of Indiana to put a stop to
racing and pool selling at the Lake
county fair. = temporary injunction
was granted against the operators at
the tracks this afternoon by Judge GIL
letts Of the Lake county circuit court.
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WORSE THAN EXPECTED.
Victor View of the Florence and Cripple
Creek Damage,

Victor, Colo, July 25.-Postofiice In
spector Putney was in Victor to-day
and instructed the postmaster here to
forward all mail for the south and east
via the Midland Terminal and Colo
radO Midland railroads until such time
as the damage done to the roadbed of
the Florence & Cripple Creek line by
yesterdays storm is repaired. This
damage Is much worse than Mt first re-
ported, and it is estimated that 1t will
require about three weeks steady work
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Reports from the country surround
ing Victor show that yesterdays rain
storm was undoubtedly the most Sc
we're which has visited this section for
many years. No great amount of dam
age to property was done, however, ex-
cept in the case of cloud bursts and
flood on the line of the Florence &
Cripple Creek railway.
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Racing Doe. In lnd,.n..

Chicago, July H.-Racing on the In
diana tracks Is dead for week, and
1t may be forever. The horses are all
tied up In their stalls and the jockeys
havs begun to 60 home. After two
The Meeker herald., 1896-08-01

Mohammcdnn depositors In the postofTlce
savings banks are enIicl,ins the British gov.
ernment, as their religion forblds them to re
ceive interest They Insist on taking out nc
more than they have put In.
The Meeker herald., 1896-08-01
How to GROW 4o Gem. wbs.t.

Salzer's Fail Seed Catalogue tells
you. It's worth thousands to the wide
awake farmer. Send fOur-cent stamps
for catalogue and free samples Of
grains and grasses for fall eowing.
John A. Salzer Seed Co., Lacrosse,
Wisconsin.
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The Greatest rledical Discovery
Of the Age.
KENNEDY'S
MEDICAL DISCOVERY.
no1lAlp kENNEpy, or RoxpuRY, MASS,


Has discovered in one Of our common
pasture weeds 4 remedy that cures every
kind OF Hunor, from the worst Scrofuh
down to common Pimpk.
He has tried It In over eaeven hundred
eases, snd never failed except In two oses
Doth thusadsr husnor): He has now IN bis
possession over two hundred certificate!
81 tts value, al within twenty miles of
Boston. Send postal card for book
A benefit Is always experieneed from
ti,e frst bottle, and perfect cure Is war
Yanted whsn the right quantity Is taken.
When the lungs are affected It ouseS
shooting pains, like needles passing
through them; the same with the liveS
o. Bowels. This Is caused by the ducts
being stopped, and always 6sappeafs IN a
veef sfta taking II. Read the abea
II the stomach IS foul OF bilious Il WI
oase squsaInish feelings At first.
No change Of diet ever Necessary. =
~ best you cal get, and enough q
pcee, one tablespoonful In water 9 Qo&
tina Sod BY ~ Druggists
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Stranger: "Have you seen stray horse
about hereI" Mike OFlanagan: "Faith and
now could Oh tell sthray horse from any
The Meeker herald., 1896-08-01

The hotel keepers at Mantou are com
planning about lack of ozone there thI.
summer. The bicycle riders pump 80 muct
of 1t Into their tires and carry 1t away.
The Meeker herald., 1896-08-01

Plso's Cure for Consumption Is our only
Beltz 430 Sth Ave, Denver Col, Nov 8, 'D5,
The Meeker herald., 1896-08-01

The classical young lady with spectacles
as she clung to a strap. wondered whether
when Clrce changed men into swine, she did
II hv starting a street railroad in Denver.
The Meeker herald., 1896-08-01

Boston dispatch announces that ex-Gov.
ernor kusselrs father repudiates the Chicago
platform; As the old gentleman has been
The Meeker herald., 1896-08-01

"Just listen to that hen crow!' said the
visitor. "Wbat makes her do that?" ..She
wants to make folks think she Is tough"
said the farmer
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FIT . stopped free and permanently cured No
ksstorer. Free - trial bottle aud treatise.
Send 70 DE. KLINE, 93l Arch St, Philadelphia, Pa.
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The observatory on Mont Blanc Is now
complete, with the exception of one large
which cannot be taken up the
till the snow is less deep. Regular
work was begun this summer
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Spend Your Vacation in the Mountains.

But hrst write the General Passenger Agent
Of the Colorado Midland railroad, Denver
for maps, views and descriptive matter, Sc
as to know where to go.
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..Does God ever make blufrs, mar" seer.
tainly not" "Well, He makes mountains
and preclpIces doesn't He9''
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PerHODal.

ANY ONE who has been benefited BY the
use OF DIR. Williams Pink Pills, wifi re-
ceive Information OF much value and inter
est est by writing to "pink Pills." P. o. Boz
1892, Philadelphia. Pm.
The Meeker herald., 1896-08-01

THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE.
Senator Butler. Of North Carolinn, Elected
Chairman
The Meeker herald., 1896-08-01

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is constitutional cure. Price, 75c.
The Meeker herald., 1896-08-01

II the Baby Is Cutting Teeth,
Be sure and use that old and welltried remedy. MRi
WINDOWS SOOTHING SYRup for Children Teethins.
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lNO. S. WORIHlNGIQN = f:ss bss..s! s.oel

and sisai Ropes. Nall, Shovels, Tool Steel; Plain
Corrqga,ei md siruo urai Iron, steel jail worl
Cores ponds nee solicited sud quotations freely
given on any quantity.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-15
TEyss PRESS OPINION.

Terrell Timcc star The collection If
taxes for this county Under ,he law uf 1873
was about 9gi4 per cent Of the whole
amount assessed for 1888 Rrpots from
most all the counties In the State lhdicato
the closest collection under the law FOR SOS
over kncwn in the state before.
Port layGcaon The great campaign is
over, hu. the Galveston News. the leading
Texas republican paper, continues to te
cditorinlly Offensive to the great inass Of
the people In the State who happen to rog-
cess sufficient Intelligence to sec through
the golden calf herosy, The News form, rly
played for the smiles Of the .sp-hca.led
Cleveland mugwumrs OF tho moribnmi Epst
but now seems determined TO rocure no
good gracos 81 Mark Uannl and his .,o!it-
lcll rstalnors.
WaSnhacaio Enterprise; Now everybody
knows that tho republican increase is lue
mostly To the ropulisi fusion deal and tho
true test OF relative strength lies. not In
the ratio OF norensc or loss but Ia n con.
parison between the vote OF the combined
opposition In 1891 and IN 1895. In 1872, trI,-
herscn received 2l7.a!3 votes. Nugnn- ard
Makemnon received 3iS, As3 votes, giving Inc
combined opposition majority Of 1870 over
the democratic tictcL In 1896 i'rIl,, rsnr
nau -M'N6 votes ard 80 cop'bncd pcsi
non represented by knarny nay va al5
No'es giving demosru;i, majority of
'h1'l thus IT Is secn that while the com
nlnsd opposition gained only II 4S2 votes
me democratic party gaincd 5e.l0l, a. COM
rAt.a WIN the vuto ot 1894, Z he on.
poaiion shouters can gather any comfort
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-15
TIP BEST WAY TO AID CUBA

he Dispatches Tor few asyr ,sa
have e''ea account II large uuuhcr
Of expeditions which are being organized
10 MS country afh view 10 }eitfog
tho cuhaE Insurgents Squads Of mea
from thirty 10 sixty 10 number are being
collected IN haif d0nn dHerent states.
thus indicating thur recruiting for the
Cuban army DO proceeding GA an extea4ci
scale.
Thee expeditions are ~ timed and m.
advised ard he hot headed Young .sen
who are getting ready Tor such adyeo
iufo aFo likely, under all the rlrcum-
stances. 10 reap but o harvest Of bitfe-
ana barren regret. The Cuban Iesdc.,
ha'e repeatedly declared that th.y Ga
not need men. They have according ia
the latest report. some Is 900 men who
are without arms or equipment. Their
policy is not to oppose large ana orran.
lied armies to those OF Spain. but to keen,
mo natives, proof against tho climate and
familiar with the topography Of the island
constantly active as guerilla bands har-
assiHg the enemy. destroying his xonrco
favorable occasion presents aud thus slow.
~ but surely eshaus,ing Spanish strength
ana resources. And the climate is tho
cnbans great ally in this character of
warfare
What is necessary. therefore, IL am
munition or equipment. Americans can
do little good ms soldiers in Cuba they
only add to the mouths TO feed and the
sick to be attended TO by the insurgents
and thus burden the patriotic army. The
American sympathy can better be shown
ia providing quick firing guns and light
artillery and clothing and medicine AMI
ammunition. The young men In Texas
who want TO aid Cuba can best aid her
in the latter way. by contributions OF
money for the supplies needed. Texas
needs her young men In her own indus
trial and agricultural development now
and the youths themselves will be better
Oh 70 stay away from the West ladies
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-15
HOUSTON. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4
AN IMPORTANT CONGRESS

The Post is In receipt OF an invitation %
the proposed National Good Roads eoa.
gress to be held at Orlando Florida, the "a
Of February next. Il is cause which has
the full sympathy and support of The Pest
and has had for years past.
With every kind Of disbursement. ca
lstne chiefly in an indifferent public sen
tmont in the South and West par,ieh Irly.
the promoters Of good roads haze gradually
perfected Organization uliil now the nt,e-
mont has attained TO Naiionl dignity. II
is the constant agitation ~ 4 lgcsiion
which generally secures attention lnd Na.i-
~ sucoess Facts aud figures Hays been
constantly kept before the people feia lag
the progress Of the movement lni is bo1c.
fetal results. where good roads have been
substituted for the old. and. hero aud there
distinct Improvement 10 noruil- interest
has been noted But the -;res, BASS q The
people stun stand in ,her own Hight They
continue 10 Hacp 4o~n tbe valre and Of.
tractiyeless Of the land ;hsy cvn y keep
ing them inacess Die saa continue 70 wear
out wagon and animal in hard aai there
fore costly hsuls Of agricultural l-rcueis
to market. and offer. for weeks =, time
are shut ~ from market be cause thcv neg.
lee, TIE building q good roads The Very
people who are o. psi directly u'errsied are
,As r1pat Indifferent
Iht fnlue q e congress- .ike hc ano 20
"ontere - rrisaeo. FLORIDA. eoafBns fne
Irst a'l.y u sua h-rt1e- etes,'He f-oat
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until dsvotioa to our own Gag should tab,
them there.
Those Who are playing upon the imas-
ination and adventurous spirit OF youns
and even mature Americans. In the or
eaniration Of these expeditions. arc mani
festiy engaged In poor work and work
that ought TO be discouraged. The Post
wants to see Cuban belligerency recos
nired by this country and the moral sup
port OF the Nation thrown in favor Of
the insurgents. but !; can see only useless
sacrifice and unrcmunera;ive adventure 10
any concerned In the departure at this time
OF numerous companies OF Americans. COM
posed largely Of young men for Cuba
The only foreigners needed there are ex.
pert artillerists--vith the artillery.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-15

VNnTflIIl, Mo, VnnrIor.
It's amusing 10 note Francis and otac,
rolditos tear a passion 10 tutors" over
the trusts. Let us SEQ, what is The most
damnable trust in this country: Evidently
the god trust. II has caused more SUI
fering and misery than all other trusts
combined. II has made three million re-
spectacle lahorcrs tramps; has caused
thousands of failures and suicides has
forecloscd millions of mortgages. has taken
price out OF all products of labor; has cost
the country S262 000, 600 81 bonds IN lime OF
peace Mr.. Francis and his crwd of gold
bugs supported and voted for this giant
trust at the recent election. For them 10
turn round now and talk about enforcing
law against the trusts is to talk drivciing
idOcy
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-15
SOME POSrSCRlrrS.

In its serious riccts the Calves IN Tr7N
ure esu say more ami Kgpw less Atos'
the finanecs " ,his coaniTy tran arr
iNr,r tha, comes 10 this cifice.
In hts reply to tho PhslA ielrh.a Million
aires club. Senator Quay vent 10 hstoni
snsih'rE Mr. RyAn said during the is;o
campaign NON. viii they ierour e Qusy
as an susphisir
Political tip from the Nashinstoi Post;
OF course, tho senate is a very ohstin ~
restitution. but Mr Hanna has had much
experience IN training ;hings ana it " h
not he 50 very Ions before he vii ~ ah.e
to enses the cage snt teo-i senatorial cour-
tesy raw meat.
Under the hsa1lns The monarch OF the
hsiiies' the India aapo,.s Sentinel sdVcr.
usas its sunday eit;,on. aad says. Lock
out for = great paper pocembcr IS Of isi
columns" The Houston Pos; o; the same
date had SD columns. IN % which
were aarerttsins. And Houston is about
hal: the SIZE Of lndhlnapos
There seems 70 have been more or less
SIS IN that Mckinney oo.,on boom
ouce- Victoria hss made her will bu,
she IS "a no hurry TO provide for It's exc
cutioR
One OF the inconNeniert things sbou,
prcss3ca, Clevelani's ambulance wagon is
that the free silver senator's hold the
brakes.
Eitor Qusiey Of the Galveston Tribune
prints q card ID The Galveston News deny
ms thai he has or VIII have anything to
fo With the management OF the Houston
Age
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-15

Springfield, Mass. Republican.
As in Europe the demand for proper.
tional income tax has been changed into a
demand for progressive income tax. 40
in the United States We shall have to NEE,
a demand for a progr, ssive property tax.
based on the principle that ability to pay
taxes increases faster than the private for
tune. and the sacrifice becomes less as thu,
size Of the fortune grows greater
There is here presented problem which
the ieople Of wealth and Influence must
iaco whether they viii or no II can not he
laughed down or beaten down. We have
only lust seen the first lifting NJ the stand
ara Of revolt against tho present social Or
der call to its support over 5000 geo Of the
$1,000 600 voters Of the Nation That vast
over was not concentrated by any whn,
Of he moment. bat by deep seated sense
OF wrong aud inIuS'ico IN the control aud,
direction Of Industry. And as surely as
there exists good ground for complaint so
surely viii this movement grow up 10 Il
day OF change and whether change shall
come gradually or radically or violently
VIII depend, as all history shows. upon
whether The problem Is earnestly and con
sclentlcusly faced by the influential classes
early or late or not at all.
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POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.

The usually practical ard sensible Dunk
ARCS are going into a colonization scheme
in Brown county. lpd
Nine. Molba shows her appre, iation OF
tie hugh standard Of ulusu+:l taste in
America by investing sl)0ot) In new
gowns.
! Muscoiah III. has citl!4n Who IS .
years old, and the people ,ni.e are moo
proud enough Of him to keep hiui out of he
/ noor house.
Susan h anthony is never seen in pub.
. ne ~ anything but LACK SIN gown,
I which j. lie New Ersi4rl uriform G..
I spinsterhood
nr. Daniel G. Brinton has rroycd that
the first battle ON America SOL in which
horses were used was thar at Clntla. in To
haseo Mexico IL March, .jie
The Philadelphia Record saws chat the
81 Gaudens statue Of Peter Cooper me INA
intre TO tho American people than CALLER,
iulI OF dancing and yinously exhilarated
/ Baochsntes
AZ hokomo. Ind, the amputated leg Of
drayman who had chihlains and corns u
TO be disinterr5d undcr his Doctors order,
ard buried below the frcs line In ordsr 10
relieve he mans present sufierings from
the old complaint.
Otto Shobert a German machinist who
lives IN Brooklyn. is a claimant on behalf
n! his wife OF fortune left by the East
inhian nabob named Paul Holman. who
Hiti without leaving VIII, Mrs Shoha
e MS niece The fortune is said 10 be $50
0o0 o0o
There Is being exhibited Just now at
brussels dinner service In glass man
ufactured IN the Val s, Lambert works
To The order of III Hung chang # consisls
oil $50 pieces, enough for an elaborate ban
uNet 81 sixty guests. the pure crystal being