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Chicago eagle., 1900-08-25
HIS FORTUNE Is MYTHICAL.
Search for Kansas Minister'S English
hcrifnncc In Nain.

Inheritance iu Vain.
:. J. Osborn. Speaker of the last Kan.
sas House of Representatives, has re-
turned from England. where he was sent
ty the trustees OF the Wesleyan Onlvcr'
sity to investigate the Inheritance OF kev.
I. H. James of Salina. Kan, and to hhd
MIR. James himself. Mr.. James returned
to Kansas two days after Judge osuo'n
sailed from New York, after having hcen
urhcard Of for a month. Judge Osbolh
believes Mr.. James has been made the
durc of English attorneys who wanted 'o
get Il fee from him. ~ could hnu no
trace OF any fortune Tor the James ram
ily.' Judge Osborn said. IT found ths
Place i'll Liverpool where he boarded anu
from the description of his condition. ny
the woman who Kept the boarding uouse
l believe he had been druggcd. She sa,'
Ia seemed drowsy all the time. Two oit'
fcrent men called to see him. One was
his brother, but the other was some one
else. IL is my theory that the other n'n'.
had something to do with Mr.. James
Illness. believe he was druggcd ana
what money he had was taken from hiih'
Rev. Mr.. James assured himself That
wealth was coming to him and announced
gltis TO several colleges. among them the
Kansas Wesleyan College. After months
OF wandering he returned to his home III
Kansas Ill aud unable to recall the dc
tails OF his trip. He is still seriously Ill
Chicago eagle., 1900-08-25
MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to $3.50: hogs, shipping grades,
81 90 to 81 81, sheep, fair To choice, $500
to Si.l5; wheat, No. red, I3c to 1ie,
corn. No, 2. :Sc to soc; oats, No. 2, 2lc
To 22c; rye, No. =, iSc to 43c; butter,
choice creamery. lsc to 20c; eggs, fresh,
Zoe to 13c; potatoes. 30c to Ale per
bushcl.
Indlanapolis-Cattlc, shipping, $500 to
500; hogs, choice light, $500 to $3.50
sheep, common to prime, $500 to $500
wheat, No =, 7lc to Toe; corn. No. =
white. 4lc to 42c: oats. No. white
23c to Die.
St. Louis-Cattle. S325 to $50; hogs
S3 90 to S5.35; sheep, $500 to S4.23'
wheat, No, =, Csc to G0c; corn. No.
yellow, 3sc to SOC, oats, No =, zoe tC
2lc, rye, No. 2, i7c to 4Sc,
Cincinnati-Cattlc, $500 to $40, hogs
$500 to S5.35; sheep. $500 to $3.50
wheat No. ., Toe TO 7Gc; corn, No.
mixed, 40c to Ale; oats. No. = mixed, 22t
to 23c; rye No 2, 52c to 53c.
Detroit-Catte, $50 to $50; hogs
$500 to S5.I5; sheep, $500 to S4.iO
wheat, No. ., IIc 10 ISc; corn, No.
yellow, 4Oc to Ale; oats, No, 2 white, 24'
to 25c; rye, soc to Ole.
Toledo-Whcat, No. mixed, TIC Il
Toe; corn, No. . mixed, 42c to 43c: oats
No, 2 mixed, 2lc to .2c; rye, No, 2, so
to 5lc; clover seed, prime, S5,O5 to S5,4O
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. 2 northern
re to 13c; corn, No. 3, 39c to 4Oc; oats
No, 2 white, 2ic to zoe; rye, No. /, 40
to zoe; barley, No. 2, 4Ic TO 4sc; pork
mess, Sll.OO to Sll,l5.
Buffalo-Cattlc, choice shipping steers
$500 to S5.s5; hogs, fair to prime, S3.O'
to S5,55, sheep, fair to choice, $3.23 4
Si.2o; lambs, common TO extra, $i.OO t
1913
New York-Cattle, SO "a to $3.50; hogs
$500 to S575; sheep, $500 to $i,35
wheat, No. 2 red, 7sc to zoe, corn, No.
44c 10 45c; oats, No. white. 2Sc to 23c
butter, creamery, lSc to gle; eggs, west
ern, l5c to l7c.
Chicago eagle., 1900-08-25
FOR The EAGLE.
4 COLLATION. Of News from
All Over the World.
Feast Of Political. Commercial
and General Intelligence
for Eagle Readers.

An electric car on the Cleveland and
Chagriu Falls suburban line was wreck
ed near Chagriu Falls. the crew and
twelve passengers being cut and badly
bruised. Five persons wcA seriously in
jurcd. The accident was caused 10y a
broken brake rod. The car jumped the
track on sharp curve while running ut
a high rate of speed. The trucks broke
and the car plunged over on Its side,
Those most seriously injured are: John
Young. conductor. Chagrin Falls. badly
injured about the head: Miss Rathburn
Newburg. Ohio. right arm and shoulder
injured: Mrs. NJ q. Meicc. Chagrir
Falls. head and shoulders injured: Mrs
Walter Barrows. Chagriu Falls. cut and
bruised about the head. c. II. Hubbcll
Chagrin Falls. cut and bruised about
head and shoulders. Fortunately the cat
struck trolley pole when it left th,
track. otherwise Ii would have gop,
down steep cmbankment.
Chicago eagle., 1900-08-25
TAlLEST OF LIVING MEN.
European Scientists Are Interested II
n Resident Of Minnesota.

European Scientists Are Interested In
"a Resident Of Minnesota.
The biggest living man Is Lewis VII.
klns, who Is now arousing great inter-
est in the scientific circles Of Europe.
wilkins was born on n farm near st.
Paul, Mimi, In 1874. When he was but
10 years Of age he measured u feet In
height, and now has grown to the tire.
mendous height Of 1OIh inches.-just
three-quarters Of an inch less than D
fcct-nnd weighs 3G4 pounds:
There have been other tall men and
women before wilkins, aud scientists
have striven In vain to account for
these freaks of nature. Only lately a
plausible story has been put forward
by a French physician, DIR. Marie, who
says that giantism Is nothing more or
less than u disease. The disease gen.
orally occurs In patients between the
ages Of IS and 35. and IL first called
"acromegaly" (from two Greek words
heanlng enlargement Of the extremi-
ties"). II the patient Is not attacked
until after he Is IS the ends Of the
bones In the arms and legs are enlarged
and prolonged slightly, but II this dis
ease has attacked a child mt or soon
after birth giantlsm Is the result. The
bones are prolonged all alOng their
length, grow unnaturally and the result
Is n giant.
When you see big man It Is there.
fore question whether he Is unusually
| strong or whether he Is a sufferer from
acrOmcgaly. All giants have not been
acromegalic. according to DIR. Marie
He mentions two giants In the French
army who did not belong to this class
One was Charles Freut, cavalry sol
dler who was O feet IL inches, and an
other was Marnat, a drum major in the
Nineteenth Regiment OF Infantry, who
measured @ feet o inches.
Perhaps the greatest giant who ever
lived before wilkins was Charles
Byrne, an Irlshmnn. He measured
o feet 2 inches. His skeleton Is still
preserved, proving beyond question his
enormous size. He was probably
acromegallc.
other giants are Constantine, borr
at Zurich, in Switzerland, s feet inch
Herold, born at Lepsic, feet inches
and Lady Emma, s feet inch.-Golder
Penny.
Chicago eagle., 1900-08-25
roRGErs HE DESIRES TO DIE.
Aiiigators Scare q Convict Ont of a Pool
In Which He Seeks Suicide.

James Quinn. a Montgomery County
horse thief. made four unsuccessful at.
tempts to commit suicide at the Colum.
bus. Ohio, penitcntiary. He inhaled gas.
but the guards restored him to conscious.
ness. Then he made desperate attempt
to leap from the gallery in front Of his
coll to the stone floor fifty feet below.
The guards restrained him and started to
take him TO the prison hospital. As they
passed the fountain In the yard Quinn
broke from their grasp and plunged head
first into the water. which Is about six
feet deep. The fountain contained sew
oral alligators. and one Of these made for
Quinn. who then forgot that he desired
to die and tore several bricks from the
fountain wall in his frantic efforts to
scramble out Of the fountain. After re-.
ccivng treatment at the hospital Quinn
tried to cut his throat. The guards finally
placed him in a dungeon.
Chicago eagle., 1900-08-25

chemically. we are not yet able to sup.
ply the complete answer to such sim
pie question as, Why is sugar sweet?
The chemistry of sugar gives perhaps
a bare hint In the way of explanation
but sweetness Is undoubtedly a condi-
tion where constitution or construction
rather than percentage composition Is
responsible for specific physical prop.
erty. Smell is related subject, and
mt present We cannot tell what deter.
mines the characteristic smell Of many
familiar substances. The chemical
composition Of turpentine or oil Of
roses Is Identical with that Of good
many other essential oils-that Is to
say. the percentage and kind Of ele.
ments In these bodies are the same: but
no one would maintain for n moment
that turpentine or oil Of cloves Is as
pleasant Rs the oil of roses. We are
dealing here with a question which
most probably relates to the arrange.
ment Of the atoms In the molecule.
Doubtless difference In the relative
position of atoms determines a great
difference In physical character. In
other words, the elementary materials
are the same, but they are placed, so
to speak, In such a way In different
bodies having the same composition as
to present manifold shapes. A given
structure, for example. may contain a
certain number Of bricks and present
an ugly exterior, but the same number
of bricks may be contained In another
structure which may present an artis.
tic and pleasing appearance.
Sugar Is not the only substance
known to us possessing sweetness. but
It Is the only known naturally occur
ring substance which possesses this
characteristic. Therefore 1t IL not un.
commonly thought that when a sub.
stance Is sweet It must contain sugar.
Such a notion. Of course. Is quite er-
roneous. Glyccrin Is sweet, but con.
tains no sugar; saccharine is 800 times
sweeter than cane sugar and Is a defin.
ite chemical substance without trace
Of sugar In Its composition. 1t Is prob.
able. however. that some analogy exists
between the structure Of these bodies
that Is to say. In the relative position
Of the atoms-which determines the
common property, though In varying
degree, of being sweet. 1t Is, at any
rate. remarkable that according to the
respective formulac assigned to these
bodies by chemists, starting with the
body which contains the Least number
Of carbon atoms-namely, glycerln
which contains three atoms-the rest
OF the substances possessing sweeten'
Ing power contain exact multiplcs OF
this number. Thus grape sugar con
tains six atoms Of carbon, cane sugar
twelve atoms of carbon. milk sugar
also twelve atoms. malt sugar twelve
atoms again, while that intensely sweet
substance saccharine contains siN
atoms of carbon In Its main group. Pos
sibly this fact Is related to the physical
characteristic of sweetness. 1t Ia ar
interesting matter, this question Of the
relative positions Of the atoms decid
ing physical characters. for two diff
fercnt substances may coincide exactly
In composition, one Of which Is quite
harmless, while the other Is a power
full pOlsOn.--LOndOn Lancet.
Chicago eagle., 1900-08-25
WOMAN WALKS zoo MILES.
Three Children Trudgc Along, with
Three Others In a Pushcart.


Footsore and weary. Mrs. Elizabeth
Burns of Grand Rapids. Mich. and six
children. the youngest and the eldest III
years old. arrived ut Poplar Bluff. Mo-,
having walked from Grand Rapids. IOO
miles. Three months ago Mrs. Burns
husband died In the Michigan town. lcav-
ing her and the children in destitute cir.
cumstances. Her father. Eli Gray. who
was living In Odin, H.. wrote to her to
come there. aud not having the money to
pay car fare. she gathered up a few ar
ticles OF clothing. bedding and cooking
utensils and placing these and the three
youngest children in pushcart, the other
three children accompanying on foot,
started on her long journey. When she
finally reached Odin she learned that her
father had sold out and removed to south.
east Missouri locating In the vicinity OF
Poplar Bluff. The woman. undauntcd by
the hardships experienced In her already
long walk. gathered her family and small
possessions and resumed her journey. The
other morning she reached her dcstina'
zion. only to meet another disappoint'
r.cnt. as her father cannot be found. The
woman's health Is broken and the chill
drcn are sick. The authorities are car
ing for them. Mrs. Burns is 3S years old
Chicago eagle., 1900-08-25
The Gentle Jan.

To those whose duty or pleasure calls
them into the busy thOrOughfares Of
large cities, and whose ears are assail-
ed with the shocking expression with
which many of the passers-by delight
to garnish their language, Japan should
be terrestrial paradlse-for the Jap
anese never utter an oath. AS mat.
ter of fact. the reason for this Is that
there is no word In the japanese Ian.
guage which Is equivalent to an oath,
Even the vast number of foreigners
who have gone to that country during
the last ten years, and the thousands
of new words added to the language
have not In the least affected the Jap.
anese In swearing. III this respect the
Japanese stand alone, for all other In
habitants Of earth can use pretty
strong language, when, for example. or
getting out of bed they step on tacl
with its "business end up"
Chicago eagle., 1900-08-25
RAIDS couNTERFEirERs' DEN.
Michigan sheriff Discovers Bogus
Moncy-Makcrs shop In Cave.

Sheriff Ferguson has rounded up a
gang Of supposed countcrfritcrs near
Sodus. Mich. The officer arrested Clyde
Churchill. whom he caught in the act Of
passing worthless money. On ChurchilTs
statement Sheriff Ferguson also arrested
Richard and Joseph Braut. lie then
tinearthed the workshop of the alleged
countcrfcitcrs. which he discovered iu he
In a cave near Churchill's home. In the
cave he found molls and all the appara'
tuS used In the manufacture Of bogus
coin. The prisoners had Il hearing before
United States Commissioner O'liGra ana
were remauded to Jail in default of S.
900 bail each,
Chicago eagle., 1900-08-25
TRAGEDY IN MINNESOTA.
Farmer Kills Wife aud Three Children
an1 Burns His Barns.

Theodore Walln;t. q farmer living three
miles from Arlington. Mimi. killed his
wife. boy of 10, girl Of III and a baby.
He then set fire to his barns. destroying
the stable with nine horses, corn crib
and full hay barn. Three years ago
Wallart married the Widow Starnbors,
and for some time they had been having
trouble. The wife recently had been try.
ing TO secure divorce and had taken
means to prevent the man from coming
to the farm. The other day. after prac.
ticins in the woods with a revolver. he
returned to the house and entered by one
Of the windows. His wife evidently was
alarmed 10y the noise and was shot and
killed us she was leaving her bed. The
baby was found dead on the lounge. the
girl on the floor of her bedroom. a Sec
ond boy was seriously wounded. Wallart
fled To the woods
Chicago eagle., 1900-08-25
Doiiiver Appointed Senator.

GOV. Shaw Of Iowa has appointed
Congressman J. L. Dolliyer OF Fort
Dodge United States Senator from Iowa
to succeed the late John Henry Gear.
Chicago eagle., 1900-08-25
PRAIRIE LANU SINKS TEN FEET.
Phenomena Reportci from New Mex.
tcO--Subtcrrnncnn kiNcr.

At Aqua Negra. y. NJ. the inhabitants
were awakened by a rumbling noise like
that Of an earthquake. Subsequent In.
vestigation revealed that several hundred
acres of prairie had sunk about ten feet
and the cavity had filed with water, al.
though there had been no rainfall. In n
few days the water had sccped through
the ground and subtcrrancnn river was
discovered 800 feet below the surface.
Chicago eagle., 1900-08-25
Rcar-Eud Freight Collision.

In n freght-train collision AZ Kcnisco,
y. Y. seven persons were killed and 9th
crs are missing. \ freight train was
standing at the depot when second
freight dashed into the rear end OF It.
The engine Of the second train smashed
the casoose Of the first train ana then
turned over.
Chicago eagle., 1900-08-25
Court House Blown Cp.

The county court house at Medina, o.,
was wrecked by a terrific explosion OF
dynamite. a large box Of which was stor'
ed In the basement Of the building. The
ianItor was painfully injured and several
county officials were badly shaken mp
The dynamite had been placed In the
basement to be used as evidence In d
criminal trial.
Chicago eagle., 1900-08-25
Fire Engine Trust Formed.

a consolidation of the largest manufac.
turers Of heavy fire apparatus in this
country has been effected in New York
under the name Of the International Fire
Engine Company. All the concerns In the
United States manufacturing steam APP
paratus are included In the combination,
which is stated to have capital Of So
OUO, 600
Chicago eagle., 1900-08-25

tic City. n. j. The tracks were obstruct-
ed with railroad iron and ties. and the
express on the Pennsylvania Railroad
from that city, carrying over 200 passcn-
gers. was almost dcrailcd. by what
seems to have been almost n miracle the
train was brought to a standstill before
much damage was done.
Chicago eagle., 1900-08-25
Will Rescue Gold Hunters.

Grn. RandaIl has rccoIycd anth0Uty 70
send back the INDECENT sick and destitute
from the Nome gold district at the cN'
ucusc Of the Government. lie has rccciv-
,d over 5000 applications for passage
aud there are still several thousand who
are pcUniicss.
Chicago eagle., 1900-08-25
New Diamond Fields Found.

Diamonds. considered by London deal
crs superior to those from South Africa
and valued nt from % to 80 per cent
higher than those found In that region,
have been discovered at the dlggings up
the Mazaruni river In British Guiana.
Chicago eagle., 1900-08-25
Plot to SIay President.

a bold attempt to assassinate President
Mckinley was frustrated by the United
States secret service department.. Two
Italians. said TO be anarchists, on their
way to this country with the avowcd in
tcItion OF killing the President. were ar-
rested on the Kaiser Wilhelm as the big
boat was nearing New York harbor. The
men are Natalie Aiorcsca and Michael
Guiln
Chicago eagle., 1900-08-25
Pordoncd by Gov. Stanley,

William Mcclclland. who voluntarily
returned to the Kansas State prison n
few days ago after escaping in 1883, has
been pardoncd by GOV. Stanley. During
his liberty McClclland married and set.
tlcl In ArkAnsAs.
Chicago eagle., 1900-08-25
Oliver Morton Dies In Alaska.

4 private telegram has been received
announcing the death In Alaska of Oliver
Morton, son Of Oliver l.. Morton. war
Governor Of Indiana. Morton went to
Alaska two or three months ago on be.
half Of the Government TO look into the
scnl and fishing industries.
Chicago eagle., 1900-08-25
Narrow I,scoDc of Miners.

The entire works above ground of the
Bcrwind collicry at Dubois, Pa. have
been destroyed by fire. Sixty men. who
were In the mine nt the time. were saved
by prompt and heroic action. The loss
will approach 100000.
Chicago eagle., 1900-08-25
Rig Four Train Kills Two,

Judson Fleming, n wealthy farmer, and
his son Lawrence, aged 20, We're killed
by a Big -Four train at Ashley, Ohio,
They were in a carriage, and the son,
hearing the train whistle, attempted to
drive over the track ahead OF II.
Chicago eagle., 1900-08-25
Uuri. Child Into River.

James Young, q labOrer, deliberately
threw his 2-year-old child into the East
river IN New York. -Four men saw the
deed. Young was not intoxicated, nor
can he explain his action except by at
tributing II 10 temporary insanity. HIS
child was rescued.
Chicago eagle., 1900-08-25
FiIipino, Attack Americans.

A Filipino force Of 600 men attacked
thirty men Of the Forty-third United
states infantry in garrison in convent
at Catubig, island OF Samar, and killed
nineteen and wounded five, The little
hand made heroic resistance and killed
200 VI the enemy.
Chicago eagle., 1900-08-25
Riot at an Indiana Picnic,

Doolittlr Mills, Ind, was the scene of
a riot ~ a picnic in which fifty or more
took part with clubs, knives and stones.
The trouble was caused 10y n mob from
st. Croix, which harborcd nm old rrudge
and went TO the picnic to stir up fight.
Chicago eagle., 1900-08-25
Powers Found entity.

Caleb Powers, ex.Sccrctary Of State "
Kentucky. was convicted at Georgetown
of being an accessory before the fact to
the murder of Gov. Gocbcl. the jury fix.
ing the punishment at Imprisonment for
Chicago eagle., 1900-08-25
Narrow Escnpc Of a Train.

An express over the Pennsylvania rail.
road, carrying 500 passengers. ran
through broken switch on the Atlantic
City side of the drawbridgc and by some
miraculous means safely crossed over the
structure. when the two cars that had
jumped the track aud had evidently been
held up 10y the momentum of the train
fell athwart of the roadbcd, blocking
trnypl
Chicago eagle., 1900-08-25
wIndstorm In Wisco nsin.

A terrific windstorm swept over Wis.
consn, doing great damage to fruit and
corn. At Sheboygan eight large build.
ings and over 300 dwelling houses were
wrecked, aud the pccuniHry loss In that
city alone Is estimated at S3ON,U0O.
Chicago eagle., 1900-08-25
Charged with Killing Four.

George Griffin and his third wife have
Teen arrested on the charge of killing
Grifin's four children In Nash County,
y. &. II Is alleged that the children
were imprisoned in an clubhouse and al
lowed to die Of starvation.
Chicago eagle., 1900-08-25
Th,cvcs Get So5,OOO.

Tho mysterious disappearance of m OK
press package containing $4,000 sent
from Chicago to Burlington, Iowa. by
tho Commercial Nationa! Bank puzzles
the Chicago. Burlington and Quincy Rail.
road.
Chicago eagle., 1900-08-25
Million. in Buildings.

Zen million dollars, according 10 the
estimate u architects and contractors,
will be expended in Chicago next fall and
spring IN the erection OF buildings. This
estimate Is conservative.
Chicago eagle., 1900-08-25
Bohmrich for Governor.

Louis q. Bohmrich Of keno'ha was
nominated for Governor of Wisconsin by
acrlamatlon in the Democratic coHyrn-
tiyu.
Chicago eagle., 1900-08-25
Coal and Petroleum Field.

Several prominent Astoria, Ore. husi.
ness men have secured control Of $500
acres Of land at Knappa, and have dis
closed the fact that experts have dccldr'
rd il a very valuable coal and petroleum
Chicago eagle., 1900-08-25
Gang Tries to Burn Nome,

The criminal element is again in the
Saddle at Nome, according to passengers
who arrived from the north by the Cen
tcnnial. Greatest Indignation has been
aroused by the discovery Of at least three
attempts 10 burn the city.
Chicago eagle., 1900-08-25
Mob Violence in Akron. Ohio.

\ mob stormcd the city prison at Ak
ron. Ohio, In search OF a negro prisoner.
Guards fred on the rioters, killing a boy
and wouRding four members Of the mob,
The prisoner had been removed 10 Clcvc'
land
Chicago eagle., 1900-08-25
he Wet Cnpturcs 1000 Br,ti .h.

Gen. De Wet Is reported to have cap
tnrcd 1000 British and seven guns. Grip.
ping the forces of Kitchener and Butler.
lie Joined Dclnrcy, then turned on his
pursucrs and completely outmancuvcrci
Chicago eagle., 1900-08-25
Greater New York, 2.O5O, 400.

The census office has announced the
population of Greater New York MAN
haitian and Bronx borOughsl as 1850. 600.
The population Of the borough OF Man.
haitian is l,sjo,O3 and that Of the
Bronx 2OOJO7
Chicago eagle., 1900-08-25
Deaths al Paris Exposition.

IN the second serious accident which
has happened since the Paris opposition
opened. thirty persons were injured. Two
persons were killed. At fetc bridge
was oycrcrowdcd and its railing gave
unV
Chicago eagle., 1900-08-25
Kansas Corn IL Damag,d.

Hot winds are destroying the corn in
Kansas and the crop will not yield over
5O,OO0,OOO bushels. Reports to the rail
road headquarters say the crop has been
ruined.
Chicago eagle., 1900-08-25
Structural Iron Prices Drop,

Structural iron Nnd steel has taken n
big drop in price owing to competitive in
terests.
Chicago eagle., 1900-08-25

The allies have entered Pekin without
fighting, the legations are relieved and
the foreigners are liberated.
Chicago eagle., 1900-08-25
John ]. Ingalls, Dead.

Ex-Unitcd States Senator John James
ingalls, died at East Las Vegas. y. NJ.
of an affection of the throat.
Chicago eagle., 1900-08-25

II 1t weren't for our little trials and
tribulations, Vie would soon become
mou0tonouA.
Chicago eagle., 1900-08-25
WHAT MAKES SUGAR SWEET.

That Property IL Due to the Peculiar
Combination Of Its Parts.
With all the enormous advances
made In our knowledge Of the consti-
tuition Of matter. both physically and
Chicago eagle., 1900-08-25

The clock y never inclined to boast;
on the contrary, 1t Is always running
down its works.
Chicago eagle., 1900-08-25
Contests on the Diamond.

Following Is the standing in the Amer.
L