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The St. Johns herald., 1899-08-12
Special Terms.

'DO you make special terms to bridal partiesY asked the innocent looking bridegroom.
 "Yes," replied the honest hotel clerk; i've always charge 'em double rates" Ohio State Journal.
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PrOnerIY Treated.

"You didn't even pay the minister who married us" cried Mrs. Peck.
 'He deserved to be hung upp" shouted Henry, avagely.-Philadel- phia North American.
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An Fxnlauatiou.

He-I wonder why it is that mems pockets are so easy to get at, while women's are so difficult?
 She-Oh, that's easily explained A man has no business with a woman's pocket, but woman has with mans S"
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OUR BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SAYINGS AND DO.
 lNGS HERE AND THERE.

Jokes and Jokelets that Are Supposed to Have Been Recently Born-Sayings and Doings that Are Old, Curious and Lauxhable-The Weeks Humor.
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MOstlY EXOtics.

"What tremendously tall men your policemen arel Are they natives2"
 "Oh, noI Nearly all of them came out here and grew up with Chicago. "- Chicago Tribune
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Suspicious Conduct.

'Ma, I don't like pas taking us on so many boat excursions"
 'Why, daughter"
 ''It looks as if he was getting ready to say he can't afford to let us go to the seashore"
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Mixed Motiven.

"She insisted on being married right away this month";
 "Well, she must be smitten"
 "Then she let out that her hair won't stay frizzled in July and August"
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A Horse on Somebody.

First American-Bicycles and auto mobiles. What show has the horse here in Paris? You seldom even see him on the boulevards.
 Second American (who has just din ed)-No, he's iD the soup.-Chicago News.
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4 Logical Conclusion.

Sunday School Teacher-Now, can any girl tell me what are the Epistles3 3
 Intelligent Scholar-Please, ma'am, they were the wives of the Apostles.- MOonShine.
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What the Minister Said.

Jingso-What did the minister say when the plate came up?
 HingsO-He said he wouldn't mind so much if the buttons were all alike Syracuse Herald.
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Centenarians in servis.

Of all the countries in the world, Servia contains the most centenarians. In that little country, with fewer than 100000 inhabitants, there are 575 persons whose age exceeds 100 years.
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Iests from the Iokera.

'Did you ever find that when you stood up to talk before an assemblage you forgot everything you ever knew" ?"
 "No," answered Senator Sorghum, q never was investigated d."-Washing Star
The St. Johns herald., 1899-08-12

Mothers will find Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup the best remedy to use for their children during the teething period.
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You'll excuse me, sir, but I can't possibly shave you if you hold your head like that"
 Old Brandy Drop (who has dozed off) All ri, don't; cut me hair instead.- Fun.
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A Contrary Persnn.

"Old Bill Gudgett, he was that con- trary," said the oldest inhabitant, "that when spring come he pertended he felt like workin l"-Indianapolis Journal
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How True,

Dick-These church fairs are deuced bores.
 Helen-Why SO?
 Dick-They bore such deuced big holes in fellows purse.
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Gan This Be True?

Hix-I wonder why a doctor never prescribes for himself when he is i'll?
 Dix-Don't know, unless it's because he can't send himself bill.
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NightineaIe and EIephant.

It is said that if the voice" of an ele- ehant were as loud in proportion as that of a nightingale, his trumpetings could be heard round the world.
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Very Rare.

Adaline-When I marry shall select a man who resembles an arc light.
 Mae-Graciousi In what way?
 Adaline-NOt go out at night and never smOke.-Chicago News.
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Generally Speaking.

Here's an ad dat says dey wants a man to do general work"
 ''What kind of work is dat, beau?
 "DunnO, but I bet it's dead easy, for who ever heard of general doing any hard work ?'-Chicago News.
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Muslin owes it's name to Mussoul, fortified town in Turkey. in Asia. Tuile obtains its name from that of a city in the south of France
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believe Piso's Cure is the only medi- cine that will cure cOnsumption.-Ann M. Ross, Williamsport, Pa., Nev. 12, 95.
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Johnson-What do you do when you have any stomach trouble?
 Thompson-I just keep still about 1t. In that way I escape advice from ev- erybody I meet.-Boston Transcript.
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ETC Permanently Cured. No fits or nervous iIAS ness after first days use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve RestOrer. Send for FREE s2 .OO trial bottle and treatise. DR. R. Fl. KLINE, Ltd. 9SO Arch St. Philadelphia. Pa
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Not NecessariIH an AriS

"Muss Bunk must be thoroughbred; she has lofty, scornful carriage"
 "Oh, l don't know! Some girls get that air by refusing to help their moth CTS with the work"
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Be BeautifnIi

of all beauty. Cascarets Candy Carthartic make and keep the skin soft and velvety. All druggists, 10c, 25c, soc.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-08-12

Utica Cleansing Compound. Utica Compound Paste, Utica Toilet Compound. Utica Liquid Compound in packages for family use, ask for it
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Journal

There was young man from Lenore, Who boldly went off to the war; The "beef'' made him sick He recovered quite qick
 By the prompt use of old Jesse Moore
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An Awkward Mistake.

Briggs is dreadfully nearsighted. You know that hat his wife wears with all those black plumes in itF"
 "Yes, I've seen it.
 ''Well. Briggs thought it was the head of d feather duster, and he tied it to his cane and brushed lot of spider webs from the porch ceiling before his wife caught him at it. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Her First Trip.

Old Lady lon ocean steamer)-Mercy mel Is this all one ship?
 Travelled Granddaughter-W yes, grandma, and we haven't walked a quarter the length of 1t yet.
 Gracious! How near will we be to the land when we get to the other nd?'-Boston Traveller.
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Painfully We'll Infor med.

''Td be afraid to marry a girl who had just graduated, wouldn't you, Billy?
 "Yes; too much like going in for civil service examination"
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r obbed of Motive Power.

T don't value success in life as high ly as I used to-
 ''Why not"
 "After people have won fame they have nothing to look forward to-"
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Ask your grocer for Utica Cleansing Con- pound for washing clothes, blankets, fannels, silks. carpets, and for general household use.
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Unpaid bills are sometimes the source of a poets best efforts.
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Utica Toilet Compound for the hands and skin. Salt or fresh water baths, shampOOing, poison oak, bites, cuts sores. burns etc
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Impressive.

"So ye've got back from New York, Hogan? Phwat struck ye tn most?' twill, tn mounted cops made a viry dape imprission on me-"
 Did they"
 "Yis; put yer hand here on me head; ye kin fale the imprission yit."
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Logic of the Dental Office.

Dentist-For heavens sake, don't holler so! You've paid for a painless operatlon!Fliegende Blaetter.
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Consistent.
HOW SOF

"Bill the Gamblers always up to date"
 "How sop
 "His wedding cards are all Queens of Hearts. Philadelphia North Amer ican.
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Too Extravagant.

Washington's steward once purchased the first shad of the season for the presidents table, as he knew his mas ter to be extravagantly fond of fish. He placed it before Washington at ta- ble as an agreeable surprise. The pres ident inquired how much he paid for the Shad
 ''Three dollars" was the reply.
 "Take it away" commanded Wash ington rather sharply. ''I will not en- courage such extravaganza in my house. ."-P1ttsburg Dispatch.
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A Genuine Article.

"How detest a humbug." ''To whom do you referP "Why, that snOb, Gillespie Jones'" Hes no humbug; he's the real thing"
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A Considerate Son.

A (Onsiderate Son. Willie, hate to whip you. It hurts me worse than it does you" ''Let ma do it, then. She can't pound hard 'nOugh to hurt me her her either"
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Our CviVr1of.

What does the forecast bulletin sayT
 Threatening weather" Threatening what-sunstrokes or phtlblainsT'
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Every married woman travels under an assumed name.
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That's the Trick.
"Well. forget and forgive"

"What's the matter. old man% 'Oh, I've just had quarrel with my
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Hot Weather Cynician.

hOt " "catHcE ' ynlCISms
 "AIl things come to him who waits 'Yes; we get nearly everything we want after we get through wanting it.
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FOreiHn Notes.

The T'ransvaal trouble may be COM
promised.
The Venezuelan arbitration commits
sion begins it's work in Paris.
The Outlanders prepare to leave The
Transvaal if it proves advisable.
Germany, it is expected, will cause
the failure of all the arbitration plans
before the peace congress.
Two officers of the Chasseurs were
arrested at Nice for shouting "Vive
L'Armee!' and "a has les Traitres!"
The Authors club gave a dinner to
Mark Twain Samuel Clemens) and Sir
Spencer Walpole, secretary of the post
office, at London recently.
a conference will take place at st.
Johns, N. F., between the governor OF
Newfoundland, Sir Hugh McCallum,
and the British and French commo-
dores, with respect to the fishery ques-
ton as affecting the treaty coast.
\ dispatch to the London Daily Tel
egraph from Cairo says that Janos Ri
go, the gypsy musician, who eloped
with Princess De CARAVAN and him
ay, and who, it was recently reported,
had died Of the plague Mt Alexandria,
has gone to China with the princess.
1t is understood that the Bank of
England has bought $2,5O0,OOO in
American eagles to strengthen its re-
serve, to which end more of the gOl0
now on its way hither will be devoted.
The report that Russia is a buyer OF
gold in New York is regarded there as
being significant.
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WILL VISIT FARGO.
North DakOt Farmers to Accept
President Hill's+ Offer.

North akO rme to Accept
President Hill's. Offer.
Fargo, N. D.-When President Hill,
of the Great Northern, was here last
spring at the grain growers conyen-
ton he made q proposition to h farm
ers of the state that a free excursion
would be run over his lines to Fargo II
fifty bona ide farmers of each county
would come to this city and inspect
the practical work of the agricultural
college and experimental station. He
is very enthusiastic over this branch
of the work in all the Western states.
and especially in North Dakota. A res
olution Of thanks was offered by the
convention for the liberal offer. Presi-
dent Worst, of the college. stated at
the time that about tine latter part of
June would be the best fer the eXcur-
sion, as the crops and experiments at
the farm would show to a greater al
vantage then than at aliy' other time.
It is proposed to have the farmers ] n
this city about week after next. There
would seem to be no doubt as to the
farmers taking advantage Of the free
excursion, and those Of Trail, Grand
Forks, Pembina, Walsh, Cavalier, Mel
son, Ramsey and other northern coun-
ties, could spend the day most pleas.
antly here without a cents expense, II
they wished, as lunch will be served at
the college grounds free. President
Hill will be here to make an address II
the farmers decide to come. They r
at leisure now. and could easily afford
to spend the time and enjoy the trip.
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Casualities.

Four people are browne din foods
near Ia Crosse.
-Four small children named ChGtstea-
sen were drowned in the Platte river
at North Platte. Neb.
Three persons near Mingo, Iowa,
were killed by drinking a preparation
used in painting, and three more are
dying.
Miners who have just reached Veto
ria, Il. c., from the headwaters of the
Stewart river. tell of a number of
deaths from starvation among t b In
dams.
Three of the largest shops connected
with -Whitworth ordnance
works at Newcastle-on-Tyne were de-
stroyed by fire. The damage is esti-
mated at 100000.
Fire at Perrysville, Ind, north of
Terre Haute. destroyed the elevator,
containing 5000 bushels Of corn, the
Chicago .& Eastern Railway station
and several freight cars.
A revised list Of the casualties re-
sulting from the explosion Of the fash
light apparatus at the launching of the
Columbia at New York, shows that one
boy was killed, one boy possibly fatal
ly injured and six others severely IN
jured.
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MIDST DEATH AND RUIN.
Fully 5000 People Flock Into New
Richmond.

Fully 5000 People Flock Into New
Richmond.
New Richmond, Wis, June 2O.-Yes-
terday was visitors day at New Rich
mond. At least 5000 people came to
see what there is left Of the ruins
caused by the cyclone Of last Monday.
The streets were crowded all day, out
side the lines, and the soldiers were
kept busy keeping the crowd outside
the district roped off to give men a
chance to work. Most Of the visitors
were disappointed. There are no more
scenes Of horror in New Richmond.
With true Western grit and enterprise
the people have recovered from the
shock Of the storm, and have started
to clean up the debris and to rebuild
the city. There is NO comparison be-
tween the busy scene yesterday and
the awful cen of destruction and
restitution last Tuesday. In the busi-
ness district much of the debris has
been carried away and the streets
have been cleaned. Hundreds of men
have been have been at work cleaning
up the city and making ready for the
building operations, which have al
ready begun. The work of going over
the ruins in the business part Of town
was continued all day. but no bodies
were found. All the injured that are
left here r doing we'll.
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The governor Of a state is said to
have declared his intention to pardon
or parole all convicts in the peniten-
tiary who have consumption. his argu-
ment being that the disease is cbnta-
gious and the other prisoners might
catch It. II this IL 50 the action Of the
governor must be characterized as un-
wise and illogical. sanitarians tell US
there is almost no danger Of the spread
Of consumption II proper care 10 taken
to disinfect and destroy the expector-
ated matters. This can be done per-
fectly in prisons, where discipline is
absolute, but would probably not be
done by the patient in his own home.
So the governor lets the consumptive
ont Of the p%enitentiary, where the
health vf convicts only is endangered,
and where the danger Of contagion can
he reduced to a minimum, and sends
him out into the world to scatter
broadcast among innocent and law
abiding people the seeds Of this terri
bic
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The car, as reported by Mr.. Stead,
''likes the United States and admires
the principle of united sovereign states
conducting their affairs peacefully
without standing armies" The prin-
ciple is an admirable one and it is bare
ly possible Europe may apply it some
of these days. But when the United
States of Europe Copyright by Mr..
Stead) get that far along it is more
than probable there will be a number
Of thrones sent to the historical lum-
ber-room. That is a result Of the reali-
cation Of Mr.. Stead's dream which he
has probably not mentioned to his au-
gust friend, the czar.
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CAPTURE OF BANDITS.

Three Mes, Believed 10 Ne Union Pa.
cinc Train Robbers, Taken in Vel
lOwstOne Park.
Salt Lake, Utah, June 21.-A special
to the Tribune from Mouida, Mont.
says: Near Dwelis, Wyo., just south
of the Yellowstone Park. the park
scouts captured the three men sup
posed to be the Union Pacific train rob-
bers. The men were surrounded by
the scouts just before doyEreak. The.
men are nov being takca acSass the
country to the Mammoth Hot Springs.
This news was brought to Monida by
the driver Of the Monida and. Yellow
stone Park stage. The names Of the
men are not known. They were cap
tured without the firing of 4 gun.
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CHOSEN.
North Dakota formal Teachers for
the Ensuing Year.

North Dakota Normal Teachers for
h Ensuing Year.
Valley City, N. D.-The management
of the Valley City state normal school,
at the session just closed, selected the
following faculty for the ensuing year:
George Mcfarland, principal; Laura
j.. Perrine, natural sciences; Seth Har-
vey, mathematics; Jessie G. Harris,
Latin; Frank p. Bachman, history and
civics; Mary Huguin, critic teacher;
James s. Snoddy, literature and En-
glish; Fanny G. Amidon, singing and
elocution; Kate Burke, piano. Miss
Amidon is a sister Of Judge Amidon,
of the United States court at Fargo,
and is a graduate of the New England
Conservatory Of Music, being an un-
derstudy of Mrs. Marshall, acknowl-
edged leader in Eastern music and
choral circles. She and Miss Burke
are new to the faculty.
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A A s

a pronninent Phyrtcinn and Ex-StRte
Senator From the Mlnot Dtstrict IN
vOlved.
Devils Lake, n. D.-The Belyea case'
as it is commonly called, will be trleu
at the present term Of the district
court. Judge d. E. Morgan presiding.
The defendant, Belyea, is a practicing
musician and a member Of the firm or
Belyea & Belyea, physicians and sur
O With their. offices in this city.H He
ia n former state senator from the MI
not district, where he resided prior 10
his coming here, and was formerly
well known in political circles IN the
northern half of the state. The doctor
finds himself in the present unpleas-
ant position owing to the death, at MIS-
residence in this city, in January last,
of a young lady from Church's Ferry
by the. name Of Julia Solberg, who was
formerly a domestic at the Orvis
house, and who, at the time of her
death. was under the care of he de-
PENDANT, E. II. Belyea.
Upon the sudden death OF the girl,
considerable suspicion was aroused,
and a coroner's jury was impannelled
to ascertain, If possible, the Immediate
cause Of the girls death, and q post
mortem examination was held by Drs.
Ruger, Jones and Moeller Of this city
and DR.. Flath of Churches Ferry, who
agreed that the cause of death was the
result Of wounds inflicted on the girl
during an unsuccessful attempt to per-
form q criminal operation.
The other defendant in the case, Al
bert Sampson, who was Jointly fndlct-
ed with the doctor, had been keeping
company with the girl for some time,
and he made a statement before the
coroner's jury as to his connection with
the affair, claiming that he and the de-
ceased had made arrangements with
DR.. E. H. Belyea, for a small money
consideration, to have the operation
performed, and, in pursuance OF that
agreement, he had accompanied Miss
Solberg to DIR. Belyea's house, n the
next he heard was that she was dead.
Sampson has %contended all along that
he was ready and anxious to marry
the girl, but that she would o con-
sent to marry him while in that condi-
ton. but insisted upon having an oper-
alton, performed, and that it was her
money that was given to the doctor.
The residents Of Church's Ferry,
where Miss Solberg formerly resided,
and was we'll and favorably known,
are especially interested in the out
come of this matter.
Upon the examination before the
committing magistrate, Sampson and
Belyea We're held to the district court,
since which time Sampson, owing to q
failure to secure bondsmen has been In
the Ramsey county Jail, while Belyea
has been out on bail.
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sportinr Notes.

Columbia, Americas cup defender,
was launched last week.
The big prize fight netted Fitzsim-
mons $35,5S1 and Jeffries $27,OO4.
O'Dea, coach of the Harvard crew,
has resigned. His connection with the
crew has not been pleasant.
"Kid" Mccoy, the middle-weight
pugilist, while In Chicago, posted
$1,000 with George Siler az a forfeit
for q match with James .Jeffries for
the Heavyweight championship.
At the West End club at st. Louis
Clarence Forbes Of Chicago was given
the decision in a twelve-round contest
with Casper Leon OF New York for the
bantam-weight championship Of Amer
lea.
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From Wa~hinsto..

w eO.s
Oregon volunteers sail from Mantle
for San Francisco.
An agreement regarding Alaska has
practically been reached. >.
1t is believed that Gen. Otis will
need 10000 men to subdue the Filipi-
nos. ,' y.
Three regiments Of regulars are be.
ing organized in the Philippines from
volunteers.
A subcommission Of the industrial
commission will visit the Northwest
and investigate agricultural matters.
The postofice department has al
lowed the postmaster at st. Joseph,
Mo-. three additional letter carriers,
to take effect Sept. I. "
Mai. Sears Of the corps Of engineers,
United States army, now stationed at
Duluth, MIMI, has been detailed to es-
tablish harbor lines In the harbors at
Porto Rico.
Bids for the new Mare Island dry
dock, authorized by the last congress,
were opened at the navy department.
The lowest bidder was Dennis Jordan
of San Francisco, $697,573.
Agent Pollock telegraphc to Wash
ington from Oklahoma, in response to
an Official inquiry in connection with
the recent alleged eviction Of intrud-
ers, that there is no trouble whatever
In the Usage Indian reservation.
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ELEVEN CARDINALS.
The Pope Creates a Long List of
Them.

The Pope Creates a Long List of
Them.
Rome, June 21.-The pope, Mt the con-
sistory held yesterday. created eleven
cardinals and a number Of bishops.
The bishops included Mgr. Blenk Of
Porto Rico and Mgr. Barnabe Aguilar
Of Santiago, Cuba. The pope, who
was in good health, delivered an adj
dress dealing with the union OF
churches. The cardinals created are:
Mgr. Joseph Francisco Nava di Bon
tife. papal nuilcio at Madrid; the arch
bishop of Goeritz, Austria-H Hungary;
the archbishop Of Toulouse, France;
the Latin patriarch Of Constantinople;
the Latin patriarch Of Antioch; the
archbishop of Turin; the archbishop Of
Ferrar; the archbishop of Reggie; Mgr.
Ciasca, secretary of the propaganda;
Mgr. Trombaggata, secretary Of the
congregation bishops and friars); Mgr.
Llenaveras.
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Crime. and Criminals.

Baron Christiani was sentenced Ill
Paris to four years. Imprisonment for
assaulting President LOubet.
Alonzo ]. Whiteman, who was SEN
fenced to fine and Imprisonment III
Chicago, escapes. and is thought to be
on his way to Europe.
Fred Freidenheimer of Louisville,
Ky, who was arrested at Cincinnati,
charged with being implicated in the
obtaining of $1,000 from the German
Insurance bank at Louisville, has made
a confession. =
Gov. Savers Of Texas has made pub
lie the report of the assistant attorney
general on the recent lynching of the
Humphrey brothers at Athens, in
which he states that twelve prominent
residents Of the place are under arrest
for being in the mob and that other ar-
rests will follow.
Another chapter of crime has been
added to the Taylor-Lee feud ut Mid
dleboro, Ky. Tom Mosser, II of the
Lee faction, was shot down a his
home by unknown parties. This is the
second murder within two weeks in
connection with the feud between the
Taylor and Lee families