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IN A TELL WIN humble BEES.
1t Was n Cell They Didn't Build. but They Re-
sented Intrusion All the Same.
From the Chicano Record.

fN'' ' 'N'b ''''fN'
MACoN, Mo. Sept. 5-The town Of La Plata,
Macon county. has been sued for 5000 by John
Bunch. a farmer living near that town. for per-
sonal in uries occasioned by a violent and con-
tinual attack Of humble bees while the plaintiff
was an inmate Of the town calaboose on the 23d
of August.
The fair was running nj La Plata that week,
a~d Mir. Bunch. who is a very old man. was
locked mp for some slight infractlon Of the
rules. As soon a. the door was fastened the
iailcr went 10 the races and Mr.. Bunch was
left 10 himself; but he soon found there were
other tenants in the cell besides himself. and
his intrusion was sharply resented. The other
~iailhirdS were large and active colony Of
humble bees. Bunch picked UP a stick and
fought them on the best he could, but they were
n such great numbers that his efforts were
unRvailing. They stlng him over the eyes
could do nothing but strike at random, some
Of the insects got In his mouth az he cried ior
help and stung him so badly he could hardly
breathe. He was attacked on every exptssd
portion of the body. and many OF his tCrmentors
got down in his clothing and roamed about az
their own sweet Will.
Bunch ? dured this torture for nine hours
and had about lost Consciousness when the
iailer got back. II took the hardest scrt Of
work by two physicians before bunch could
he brought around and the swelling counter
acted. In his suit he charges that the town
officials showed criminal carelessness in per-
uniting the bees 10 build their npzt in the cell
and in not having some one on hand 10 respond
TO his call when he vas attacked.
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Lost weight, the man who had abstained had
lost many pounds. The men who had drunk
were not exhausted. the man who had not
drunk was dead beat. and some days passed
before he fully r~egaIned his strength
But this instance Is scarcely convincing in
favor Of drinking during e%xertion. for II IL
suddenly applied in the case Of n MAI who has
habitually done so. 1t is probable that the
loss OF fluid by the skin. consequent upon active
exertion in a very high temperature. was really
excessive, and that the mans health suffered
accordingly. II is equally probable that this
effect was at least partly due to his ordinary
practice Of drinking largely, and consequently
OF perspirinR ~profusely. when engaged In work;
and that. IL II had not been for this practice.
and for the activity Of the skin produced by
constant stimulation Of its glands. he would
have perspired much less under the Same con-
ditions Of work and OF temperature, and would
have escaped the consequences from which
lie Is said to have suffered.
The man whose experience comes closest
to what one saw in the South African cam
paign IL W. J. Stillman. who writes: The
habit OF drinking even cold water Is one which
is easily kept in the limits Of the actual neoes-
sity - the body for renewing its moisture.
But the habit must be regulated by the exer-
Cise Of a certain degree of self-contTol before
the necessity arises. When n boy ! had the
ambition Of exploration, and prepared myself
by abstinence for privatiOn. ! used To abstain
from drinking any liquid whatever for twenty
four hours at Il time, knowing that thirst was
the hardship most to be dreaded. | found the
habit 50 acquired Of great utility in my travels,
and especially in the campaigns In Montenegro.
which IL a country Of few wells and no springs.
the main supply being ralnwater collected In
%cisterns. and during the Turkish invasion their
army could never maintain u force sufficient TO
hold the localities occupied for the want OF
water. | have seen the Montenegrin army on
a forced march almost uncomfortable from
thirst. and my groom lie down in the rond To
drink from the puddleS after a passing shower.
though the water was yellow from the trampling
OF horse and man, while | felt no inconvenience
whatever. I have seen the soldiers drink the
entire contents Of a'cistern such a. IL provided
by the way AZ convenient distances. down to the
mud at the bottom ~ long as there was any
liquid. budding. crowding almost fighting to
get to the cistern, though had made the same
march Though on horseback without the sen,a-
ton OF thirst. In the hottest weather 81 an
Athenian or Italian summer / have rarely drunk
anything between meals, and avoid iced water
"a the greatest provocative OF thirst
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BRUIN MEETS A TRAP Gun.
Farmer shuck's Plan Right In Theory. but
DANGEROUS for His Pigs.

ALTOONA. Pa, Sept Is The black bear Of
the Alleghanies Is nothing II not a humorist
While his days are usually few and full OF trials.
he makes the most Of them. often TO the Chagrin
Of his lord and master. man. His appetite
for young pork Is often his undoing, but there
are some smart bears who manage to catch a
shoat or two once in a while without coming
10 grief,
Farmer John Shuck, who lives away back
IN the mountains. makes a business Of raising
hogs. A year or 80 after he started in the
business all the bears within n radius Of 100
miles had heard Of II. Al least that il what
Shuck thinks. Al any rate. Shuck's Young
pigs began to disappear at an alarming rate
from an Enclosure which he deemed impreg-
nable. A. first he did not understand it. Then
a friend suggested bear
Full Of the bear heory Shuck loaded a shot
gun with slugs and laid in wait for his enemies
Six nights he sat M without result. and on the
seventh, when. tired almost to death, he went
20 he'd. two OF his pigs disappeared Then he
thought of a trap gun.
calculated TO kin everything within n radius
Of ten miles when It wsnr on. II was loaded
with slugs TO the muzzle and pointed at the
open door 81 the sly. where. he reasoned, any
sensible bear would enter A string across
the door provided the necessary exploding
After setting the trap the first time, Shuck
went TO bed confident Of having bear meat for
DTeaklHsl ABOUT mlutlgnl ne nearO the gun
go of. Rising hastily. he hurried TO the sty
and arrived just In time To see the favorite Of
a large black bear With his customary GU
riosity Brnin had smiled AT the gun before he
near the trigger. exploding The tran without
harm TO the bear Unfortunately. the buck
shot tore through the stv. killing four pigs aud
driving the remainder oui Of the sty. Bruin
caught one Of the fugitives a. II came out and
scampered on with IL, carrying away n whole
hide and a SUPPER besides Shuck has absn-
doned the use Of trap guns as bear destroyers.
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Addressed the Jury.


TTOWT F DVTVTI WWTT|T-
4 man who had never seen the inside ~ 4
court room until he was introduced AZ a wiz
nes, in a case pending in one Of M" scottish
courts, on being sworn, tOok a position WIN
his back TO the jury and began telling The story
to the Judge.
The Judge. in a bland an . courteous Manner
said
Address yourself TO the Jury. Ill.
The man made a short pause, but. not"lths
standing what had been said "a him, continued
his narrative.
The Judge was then moro explicit, and sni1
10 him. Speak 10 the jury, sir, ia" men ~'Nus
behind Won on the benches.
The witness az once turned around a.nh,
making an awkward bow, said. with psf1e~'
gravity:
Good morning. gentlemen'
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At RAILHEAD,

Railhead was at a bridge over n canal which
ran toward the river at right angles to the
track. There was very little water in the
canal 80 that II was easier 10 get the supplies
down the two miles 10 the river by cart than by
boat. Beyond the bridge the road was badly
torn up. Most Of the slecpers had been carried
away or burned M and the rails had been bent
and twisted ont of all possibility Of usefulness.
on the river side Of the track. stretched along the
canal. was the camp Of the British. There
were engineers who were to take charge Of the
work of reconstruction. Sikhs Of the Royal
4 iatic Artillery. Pathans and Punjaubis Of the
Hong Kong regiment. Chinese Of the Wei-Hei-
Wei regiment. Royal Welsh Fusniers and detach-
ments of the Ordnance and Army Service
corps. In the piles Of goods they were guarding
there was everything that could possibly be
needed by a soldier OF any OF these various kinds
Wabbling about on top Of the canal dixie on their
way down to the river were a string OF carts
taking stun to the tug that was waiting for the
afternoon tide TO get IL up TO Tientsin.
Here was Tommy Atkins on active service.
aud the nrst brief glance was enough TO show
what has been So strenuously denied by the
Brltishers one meets in this part OF the world,
that Tommy on parade. or on liberty in one OF
his garrison towns, and Tommy in the field
are two very different persons in appearance
The Englishmcn Of the extremely superior
order who live in Manila have been fond Of
pokinE fun AZ our men there on account Of
their appearance and Of comparing them with
the smart Tommies one sees about the streets
in Hong Kong, to the great Disadvantage Of the
Americans. I have been about the Philippines
with our men a great deal and have seen them
on all sorts Of service. but | never saw them 81
dirty as thes" fellows at railhead. and there
never was an American camp in the Philippines
so slovenly and ill-kept as this one.
From Toneku to railhead the country had
been laid waste absolutely. As far as the
glasses would reach there was not a house
that had not been burned or mmhlei down.
only three men were seen in the fields in all the
way and the guards on the train shot az them.
Along the canal from railhesd 70 the river
everything was destroyed, the vegetable gar
dens had been trsmpled down and there wasn't
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LoorrNG ny THF RUSSIANS.

longku is a collection Of mud huts with
q few decent buildings OF brick and stone for
the railroad. and half a dozen others for the
Use OF other Foreigners who have business
Of one sort or another IN Tongku. The river
IL lined with Villages Of mud huts. built Of eN-
acuy the same material a. the forts AZ the
river mouth. The railroad. though largely
equipped with American material, is built
on the English and German plan. The ward
aud station buildings are, or rather were. Just
such a. you can seq almost anywhere IN Eu-
rope. ..nou' Tho yard troops we're going back
and forth, making preparation for the journey
n this town. Two small TRANSPORTS were
nlng alongside the wharf and from one Of
them the Russians were hosting horses in
sings aud forage IN bales. In tho yard were
great piles of army equipment. mostly be-
longing to the Russians. There were all kinds
OF tools for inirenching and camp making,
and rows of portable camp ovens set IN on
trucks. boilers rugged in the same Nay. heay,
two-wheeled carts, tents. harness md Gear
"I all Kinds. Hard at work on the transports
watching the stun piled about. standing GUARD
here and there, or busilv looing some of tho
cars OF freight that had been caught in IA,
Nad hN the sudden outbreak. were tho Rms
sans Whl'"-cnatcd and white-cappod. a mark
lot a bullet a. far A. It could hc fired Thcy
are sturdy, Stocky fellows. most Of them hIus-
"ed and iH!r-huired. They are unutterably
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-08
ROOSEVELT ON ROAD AGAIN
ROUTE FROM CHICAGO TO
ST. LOUIS.
morning

Joliet, Aug. S-A large crowd
greeted the arrival of the Roosevelt
special, which left Chicago at this
morning for St. Louis. Among those
accompanying Roosevelt were Gov.
Tanner and Senator Cullom. Roose'
vent and Cullom spoke briefly.
Peoria, Oct. S.-Gov. Roosevelt
having made brief stops at Streator,
Minonk and Eureka, found Peoria in
gala attire. The corn festival had
Just opened. The governor and Judge
Yates spoke to several thousand per-
sons at the court house square.
Un1cago, Oct S.-Ten thousand per-
sons cheered, waved their arms, swun :
their hats or their umbrellas for TWEEN
ty minutes Saturday night at the Coli
scum when Governor Theodore ROose-
Welt appeared from his long "trip
through the west. They also cheered
everything he said in his speech, while
thousands outside echoed the cheers
they heard within. The governor ad-
dressed the outside audience before he
went to his rest for the night.
Governor RooseveIt's Chicago greet
fng came to him at De Kalb. when a
delegation of the Chicago headquarters
OF the national committee went out
with two special trains and joined in
the De Kaib celebration of the visit of
the candidate for vice president. Chair
man Hanna headed the delegation, and
the De Kalb gathering was large and
fun of enthusiasm. Coming east TO
Chicago the governor spoke at a num-
ber of towns and at all was warmly vel
coined. He rested here yesterday and
this morning started out on a tour of
some more Illinois towns. His arrival
at this city gave him an aggregate
travelling record for this trip of 1851
miles.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-08
SHERIFF OPPOSES MARCHING.
Mitchell Promises to do What He Can 20
Stop the Practice

Stop the Practice.
HaZeltOn, Pa, Oct. S.-A repreSe MIA
tive OF the Associated Press learned
last night that Sheriff Harvey has
reached the limit of his patience in re-
gard TO the marching of large bodies
of men, and that the marchers must
obey his request TO remain within the
pale OF the law or take the conse-
quences. 1t is known that lie feels that
he has been lenient with the crowds
as he could possibly be, and that the
action of several hundred men in run
ming across the property of Calvin Par
dee X Co. at Lattimer Saturday has
had much to do with the decision to be
more stern hereafter. Last night n
carload of sheriff's deputies fully
armed lay In the Lehigh Valley raii-
road yards ready TO start at moments
notice.
A locomotive was near by with
steam up. and all the telegraph opera
tors on the Lehigh Valley system in
this region were on duty for the pur
pose of sending messages to Sheriff
Harvey and TO the chief of the coal
and iron policemen. 1t was also learned
tAat owing To rumOrS of contemplated
marches this morning all the companies
in this region had extra coal and iron
policemen on duty last night. All the
Lehigh Valley Coal company coIlieries
in this city We're heavily guarded. This
company had squads of its policemen
brought here last night from Wilkes
barre. MahanOy City, CentraHa and
Lost Greek.
Sheriff Harvey called on President
Mitchell at the strike headquarters
yesterday afternoon and requested him
as president of the United Mine Work
eIS to use his influence to have the
strikers refrain from further marching
and said that if he did not. then Mitch
ell would be held morally responsible
for Whatever happened Mitchell, it'll
is understood informed the sheriff
that orders for the marching did not
emanate from headquarters. but never
theless he would do all in his power
TO have the men on strike preserve the
peace in every possible manner.
w. ]. Elliott, an aide on Major Mil
ler's staff. +. y. G., was called on last
night by President Mitchell. The two
Were together for n short time. The
object Of the conference is not known,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-08

-aaJion altogether and left it for The
miner and labOrer TO settle between
themselves what, If any, portion of the
10 per cent the laborer should receive.
The labOrers Will not, it is thought, be
content with anything less than a full
10 per cent. raise, and this, il is
thought. is going to cause hitch when
the convention comes TO consider the
question.
More cOlieries We're closed Saturday.
the most important being the mines of
Calvin Pardee d Co. at Lattimer. Par
dee announced that work would be sus-
pended at the mines until further no.
lice, because, as he said, the authori-
ties did not afford sufficient protection
to his employees from intimidation by
marching mobs of strikers, and he
therefore would cease work to prevent
injury to property and possible loss of
life. Many hundreds of strikers. ac-
companied by women, marched to the
Lattimer mines Saturday morning.
and though they did not attack the
workmen or commit any violence they
marched back and forth on the pub
lie road near the mines in such a
menacing manner that the Pardee en-
plOyes feared attack should they
emerge from their homes to 20 to
work.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-08
BRYAN AT HIS OL0 HOME
SURROUNDING COUNTRY AND
STARTS ILLINOIS TOUR.

Salem, H., Oct. S.-W. j. Bryan
began his weeks work with a speech
at his native home. The reception
given him here came from friends,
some of whom had known him from
boyhood. Since yesterday morning
crowds have been coming into the
little city from surrounding towns.
He began his speech at and talked
nearly an hour. He spoke near the
court house, in which his father
nad held court from 1860 to 1872. and
in which he made his first political
speech 90 years ago. He referred to
his boyhood days and friends with
much feeling. Bryan left Salem
shortly after and made 10-minute
speeches at Mt. Vernon and Benton.
At these places he was received by
large end enthusiastic audiences His
speeches were along the same general
lines as those delivered heretofore
Salem, Ills. Oct. S-W. ]. Bryan
Saturday rested in the city of his birth
and spent Sunday with relatives. He
arrived here about noon and dined at
the residence of Mrs. MOllie Webster.
his cousin. Thirty of his relatives
gathered at the residence and partook
of the dinner. In the afternoon, ac-
companied by James c. Dahlman, the
national committeeman from Nebras-
ka; B. T. Shively; the newspaper cor
respondents. and old friends residing
in this city. he went to the farm and
looked over the scenes of his boyhodd.
At night he attended the Cumberland
Presbyterian church. accompanied by
relatives. He spoke here early this
morning. after which he started on his
Illinois tour.
Bryan. Saturday concluded his tour
of the state OF Indiana. arriving at
Louisville, Ky, about $50 p. m. He
made fourteen speeches during the day
before crossing the Ohio river. These
speeches were madeat Plainfield- Green
castle. TerTe Haute. Lewis, Linton.
Elnora. Washington, Shoals. Mitchell.
Orleans. Salem. New Albany and JEFF
fersonville- His audiences were all
large at the very small towns.
At al the stopping points great en-
thuSiasm was displayed. and the peO-
pie rushed after Bryan whether he was
in carriage or on the rrain with a
reckleSsneSs which often imperiled
their own limbs. TO say nothing of his.
He concluded his days work with a
speech 20 an audience that taxed the
Zig auditorium in Louisville to ITS ut
most ---.-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-08

y divorce was granted TO MQss. IranIer
on the ground of cruelty and threats TO
kill The injunction, which was
granted three days ago, was not dis
turbe1. and remains in effect. Within
four days the divorce suit was filed.
the injunction was obtained and the
divorce was granted.
The man has made no attempt TO
enter his home since he was escorted
away from it by Il constable. Mrs.
Hahler's attorneys say that it rests
with Hahler whether the injunction
shall be dissolved. If he behaves him.
self they viii not appeal the disSolu-
ton of the injunction, and Mrs. Hah-
Ter says She will after time have no
objection to him visiting the house to
see the children
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-08
President Mitchell Issues a
Notice for Convention
Friday of This Week.
SCRANTON IS THE PLACE
No Disturbances Reported
From the Hazelton
District Today.
C0LLIERIEs BADLY CRIPPLED

Shenandoah, Oct. S.-President
Mitchell this morning issued a call
for a convention of mine workers of
the three districts comprising the
anthracite field, to meet in Scranton
Friday next.
Hazelton, Oct. S.-There is no
marching of large bodies of men this
morning, as was anticipated. Crowds
of strikers gathered as usual in this
vicinity. The dozen or more collieries
still in operation are in q more or less
crippled condition. but there were no
disturbances
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-08

be few miles south OF .Wepener Tin
the Orange river colony about seventy
miles north of -Aliwal North. The
Beers near here are in a state of great
excitement. All the outposts camps
have been called in and preparations
are being made TO defend the town. A
detachment of Cape police engaged in
recOnnoitering near ROuxville (some-
what less than half way between Ali
wal North and Wepener), rode out of
one end of the town as the Beers gal
lOped in at the other end. Two mounted
Australians were captured. Some of
the Rockville merchants have DESTROYED
their stocks to prevent them from fall
ing into the hands of the Beers"
London; Oct. S.-A dispatch from
Lydenburg, s. a. of Oct. > has the fol-
lowing: General Buffers force has
been pursuing the Beers through PHI
grim's Rest and krugerspost. He is
now near Ohrigstadt and is still march
ing northward. The Beers now here
have made a stand"
Caps Town, Oct. S.-The city of Lon
don volunteers sailed for England yes
terday, their departure being attended
by 4 scene of tremendous enthusiasm.
Sir Alfred AIilner in the course of an
address thanking them for their serv-
ices to the empire told them that 4 still
greater reception awaited them at
home.
London, Oct. Sit is estimated, ac-
cording to the PietermaritZburg cor
respondent of The Daily Mail, that
from 600 to 5000 Beers have retreat
ed from Pilgrims Rest, northeast of
Lydenburg. with four Long Toms and
twenty-five other guns. The cOTTespOn-
dent understands that their Long Tom
"a M mn i almost nNhn11Sfp6
London, Oct. S.-Lord Roberts, The
Daily News announces. willleave South
Africa during the last week of OctO-
ber. The authorities have decided to
limit the number of colonial troops who
are to be the Queens guest to 500.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-08
BuennIng Buried.

The remains of Henry Buenning,
who suicided by hanging at Moline.
cemetery. E E. Void, with whom
Buenning boarded, has received let
ter from the latter's daughter at Wal
cott, Iowa. stating she was unable to
come to Moline owing to illness, and
inquiring what disposition had been
made of the remains.
Coroner Eckhart reports the total
amount of Buenning's money in cash
and on deposits to be $685.. 54. An
administrator will be appointed tomor-
row