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DIR. ]. r. COOKE.

for a moment allowed their victim to
escape from their sight. Miss Harring-
ton, the late doctors nurse and aman-
uensis. announced that for a week be-
fore his death the doctor had been
aware of the terrible shadow that was
closing in upon his life. The first in
dication that he had Of the coming
fate was the appearance OF a tall,
bearded stranger who rang the doc
tors bell a few days previous to the
shooting. The man demanded an in
teryiew with DR.. Cooke, and after he
had gone the doctors face was blood
less and he appeared much perturbed.
A few hours before the shot was fired
Miss Harrington again saw the mys-
terious stranger skulking about the
house.
II has been learned by the Bostori
police that Count Progonof actually
left Washington for Boston, but all
traces OF him have been utterly lost
after his departure from the capital,
An obscure Russian Hebrew, who
lives in the foreign colony in the West
End OF Boston, and who was formerly
himself a prominent member Of the
Nihilist propaganda, declares that tc
his positive knowledge a party of Nj
hilists, who had wind Of the intended
Journey Of Count Progonoff to Boston
left that city for the purpose of dis
posing OF the titled emissary OF th'
Russian government. and the fact tina
he cannot be found seems to show
that they succeeded we'll In their de
sign. DR.. Cooke was born in IrelanC
43 years ago. He has served the Irisl
re%volutionists as agent at st. Peters
burg and came 10 this country as tn
agent of that government. He haI
lately been active in this country il
behalf OF the Beers. Highly startlin
developments are looked for in con
nection with his sudden death.
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BALCONY SCENE A FAILURE,
Jealous Lover Had Sawed supports. and
the Dusky Juliet Fell

Lille Hatcher, 81 years old, colored.
is at the city hospital suffering from
a confused forehead and severe bodily
bruises. Lille Is employed as a do
nestle at 1929 Market street, where
she attends to the table and scours the
dishes. At the same house Sam Har-
ris, also colored, is employed as a mar
Of all work. Sam has been employed
at the place for four years. but Lille
Is only a recent acquisition. Lilies
ebony complexion and robust form
soon won Sans heart, and while he
worked about the house he took occa-
sion to glance at Lille now and then.
The glances became frequent. N nm
ally. in the language of Lille, sam
made google eyes" at her. For a time
she thought Sam was the whole thing
and loved him with all her soul. ABOUT
a week age a coal man made his APP
pearance in the neighborhood and Lii
lie transferred her affections to the
latter. Harris was wise n he saw
the trend of things. The coal man us
ually came early in the morning, Ion
before the household was up. Lille
soon learned this. and she made ar
rangements to talk to her dusky lover.
Her room was in the rear Of the house
and opened out on a small wooden
balcony about four feet long and two
feet wide. Like Juliet, she would stand
on this balcony and murmur sweet
nothings to her black Romeo. For a
few days everything went we'll. Then
in some manner Harris learned OF the
balcony scenes and determined to be
revenged. Early the other morning
Lille arose to talk to her lover. she
waited in the window until she saw
the familiar form with a basket on its
shoulder enter the alley gate. Then she
stepped out on the balcony. Fol a mo-
ment the frail structure swayed, and
then, with a terrific crash, fell to the
ground, ten feet below. The coal man
was some distance from the balcony
and escaped injury, but Lille was not
so fortunate. She struck on her head.
An examination showed that the sup
ports holding the balcony, a small
wooden affair, had been sawed through,
so that ny weight on the balcony
would cause II to fall. Lille Is unkind
enough to allege that Harris sawed
the supports.-St. Louis Globe-Demo'
crat.
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The Buffalo Fair Next Year Will Be
Equal to that of 1893.

formed that one may scarcely discover
where the park has been grated upon
the newer grounds Of the exposition.
The park lands have necessarily been
somewhat invaded, but not disfigured.
A little grade brings you finally to a
point where the architectural beauty
of the great main group of exposition
buildings blossoms before the eye as a
flower opens when the sun streaks the
eastern sky and heralds the dawn OF a
new day.
There are some twenty or more large
buildings. including the massive archi-
tectural features of a decorative char
acter. The lesser buildings are num-
bered by the hundred. The love OF
symmetry has guided the hands OF the
designers OF these glorious works, and
the arrangement Is upon harmonious
lines. Color shades into color, shadow
blends into brightness. and there are
brilliant contrasts in a thousand ways
that forbid a hint of severity and
sameness and make a picture that one
will carry always in his mind when
once II has beer recorded there by the
camera OF the eye
! We are now at the Approach, shaded
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Just where 10 begin a story OF the
great Pan-American exposition az Buff
falo is a problem Offering many ways
OF approach. all Of them attractive. all
OF them so inviting as to leave one
still In doubt which to choose.
II we begin AZ the upper left hand
corner-the northwest-as an artist
might do in making a picture. we shall
straightway find ourselves In the laby-
rinths Of the Midway. surrounded by
the gayest of scenes. in a maze OF
novelties. threading serpentine walks.
meeting the grotesque and the incon-
gruous and laughing with the merrlest
OF merry crowds. II we begin at the
northeast corner, we shall sit in tie
top row OF seats in the Stadium. look
ing at a crowd of 1000 people in that
great amphitheater. larger in its di-
mansions than the coliseum built by
Vespasian and Titus TO please the
sportive Romans at the beginning OF
this era.
Rather let us cor1c up from the city
by trolley, as most Of the visitors Will
do. and approach the exposition from
the south. 1t Is a close four miles
from the business center Of Buffalo TO
the southern gates Of the exposition,
but no city ever had a better street
railway system than this. and 1t Is
short ride. Several hundred new car:
have beer ordered for the Pan-Ameri
can year, and a Scent fare will taxi
passengers from any point in the city
no matter how remote, 70 the gate
Of the exposition.
The ride is through rs beautiful
residence section as any city can boas'
There are miles upon miles OF smoot
asphalt pavement. bordered with gree
lawns. EMPOWERED with naples an
elms. Nearly every dwelling has
broad %veranda, shaded with vines G
banked with brilliant blossoms. Ever
lawn has its floral feature. The al
sence OF fences gives the whole eli
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NIHILIST PLOT.
REACHED CLIMAX IN DEATH OF
DOCTOR COOKE.
Found with q Bullet In His Head ana
Police Believe Twas Pot There ~
Another Hand Than Bls-wss Czar's
Agent

What was perhaps one OF the deep
est laid and most unscrupulous politl-
cal plots of the century reached a cli-
max the other day when DR.. j. II.
Cooke, a secret representative OF the
Russian government, was found e a
in an apartment of his house in one OF
the most fashionable part OF Boston,
with a bullet hole in his head. Miss
Charlotte Harrington, who was alone
with Or. Cooke in the house when he
died, told the police that she and DIR.
Cooke were in the employ OF the secret
intelligence department of the Russian
empire. and that they had received
from Count Muravieff, the Russian
chancellor. large sums OF money when
they applied to the purpose of collect
ing information in behalf OF the Rus
sian government upon the movements
of the Nihilist propaganda in this
country. DR.. Cooke was widely known
as a successful scientist and erstwhile
Beau Brummel, and was often termed
the blind surgeon" 1t now appears
that DR.. Cooke and Miss Harrington
had an appointment at the Nendome,
one OF the most aristocratic hotels OF
Boston, to meet Count Progonoh, an
emissary of the Russian government,
who had left Washington three days
before.
A few hours before the firing OF the
shot that ended the romantic career oil
DR.. Cooke, a closed carriage drove UT
to the steps OF the Vendome. A yelled
woman stepped lightly from the We
hicle, ran briskly into the entrance and
asked IL a stranger had arrived In
room No. GIT. She appeared very much
disconnected when the clerk Informed
her that the room was vacant. Ons
OF the hotel servants who passed Dj
the waiting carriage noticed that II!
occupant was q slight. nervous mar
who wore blue glasses. He identified
this man as DR.. Cooke. The docto'
was later Joined by the yelled woman
and the carriage started at a rapid gal
for the house Of DR.. Cooke. where tn
fatal shot rang out W hours later
The yelled woman was Miss Harring
ton.
After all that has been done to as
certain the true cause OF DR.. Cooke
death, the Boston police say that 1t |
not at all certain that he died by hi
own hand. They believe that tn
murder may have been done by tn
agents of some government that is I'm
friendly to Russia. 1t has been dis
u1l .Lok n, Coolya lprinO tha 70,
days that preceded his death, wa
tracked constantly by dark-visage
men Of impenetrable mein, who neve
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The Pan>American Exposition

American or pan-American character
Of the exposition. Throughout Latin
America the approved architecture Is
that which has come down from the
Spain of old, changing somewhat
through the lapse of centuries. The
visitor from California, Mexico, Cen
trail and South America will feel the
compliment expressed in the architect
ural features of the exposition.
The financial resources Of the expo
sitlon aggregate $500, 900 including
the federal government and New York
state appropriations. The other states
and many countries are responding
heartily, and appropriations from those
sources will aggregate several millions
more. Official responses to invitations
issued by President Mckinley through
the state department have been re-
ceived from the governments OF Can
ada. Mexico, Honduras. Nicaragua. Sal
vador, Guatemala, Guadalupe, Dutch
Guiana. Bolivia, Argentine Republic,
Chile. Costa Rica, Brazil. Peru, Vene-
zuela and Haiti.
The Hon. William I. Buchanan
former United States minister to the
Argentine Republic. is director genera
Of the exposition. The gates will bt
open from May LIST to October 81. 1901
MARK BENNITT.
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IL materially increases the cost OF
dressed lumber. The Pine Lumber
Dealers Association includes all OF
the retail dealers in dressed pine lum-
Der in this city. 1t Is claimed by the
association that the dealers OF this
city are the only ones in Ohio that
have been selling dressed pine and
other lumber by the face measurement
that is, the measurement and esti-
mate Of cost. not including the tongue
on each flooring board, that is made
to make 1t fit into the groove OF the
board laid adjacent. Yesterday it was
resolved unanimously to hereafter sell
all lumber by what Is known as the
strip measurement; that Is. the tongue
on each board will be measured as
well as the face of the board. The deal
ers claim that thousands of dollars
have been lost to them by this waste
or tongue lumber. A tongue on a
three-inch plank will measure as much
as a tongue on a six-inch plank. This
II Is claimed, will cause the price OF
dressed pine lumber to rise from IF
teen to twenty per cent. The member!
of the association caused a circular Il
be printed, and these will be mailed I,
all customers of members OF the asso
citation tomorrow morning, notifying
them of the new method of measure
ment and the rise in the price. -Cincin
natl Enquirer.
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by tall trees, and advance to the Fore
Court. We cross the Mirror Lakes upon
the Triumphal Bridge, one OF the
splendid exterior features OF the expo
sition. The Mirror Lakes are a part
Of the Grand Canal. which completely
encircles the main group of buildings.
a mile or more in length. upon which
pleasure craft OF all sorts will carry
the visitor from point to point for a
small fee. Leaving the Triumphal
Bridge, we come to the Esplanade,
where 100000 people may gather upon
the occasion Of special celebrations or
ceremonies.
The main exposition buildings are
grouped around a vast court, in shape
like an inverted 7. AS we stand in the
Esplanade facing the north the lesser
courts OF the horizontal are at the
right and left. The Esplanade is 1,7i5
feet long by $40 feet wide. The per-
pendicular or greater court. including
the Court OF the Fountains and the
Plaza, is 1000 feet long by 500 feet
wide. From our viewpoint in the Es-
planade we can see some parts of near
ly all the great buildings. II will be
noted that there has been a liberal use
OF color in all the exterior work. The
roofs are red tile and the walls OF staff
are tinted in various soft shades that
suggest the tropics. Numerous shady
arcades and airy payilions promise
comfort upon the warmer days. There
Is a uniformity OF cave line among the
great buildings, and patient attention
to detail is everywhere manifest In
these extensive architectural works
Pillars and pilasters are made ricf
with bas-reliefs and arabesques. Arch
es are tinted and frescoed. Towers
lanterns, domes and minarets, fial
standards, finals and festoons. will
countless flags. streamers and banners
waving gayly, combine TO heighten thu
festival aspect. The style OF architec
ture here observed is described as
modification of the Spanish renais
sance. it having been decided that thi
would somewhat proclaim the all
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A Boy Blown to Atoms.

The 1~1-year-old son Of Mr.. Edward
Fogle, a farmer near Frederick. Md,
while watching workmen quarrying,
took to playing with dynamite sticks,
when there was a sudden explosion
and fragments of the child were sent
flying in various directions, His legs,
an arm and half his head were blown
completely of. A son of ex-Sherif
Zimmerman. standing sixty yards
away, had his hands torn OFF by a hy-
ing tree stump.
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a park-like aspect in the open resi-
dence portions. The streets are clean
as a ships deck. The air Is sweet. A
cool breeze comes from Lake Erie.
which lies to the southwest. II Is this
tempering wind that fans the city
throughout the torrid season and gives
to Buffalo the most delightful sumner
climate known to any city OF the
north. Hot nights are a rarity. An
abundance OF pure water from Lake
Erie. a perfect drainage system, the
cleanest Of streets and proper sanitary
regulations, we'll enforced, combine to
give Buffalo a place OF high rank as a
healthful city. Her mortality record Is
n OF the best. Wheelmen will be in
terested to know that there are 22j
miles OF the smooth clean asphalt
streets in the city, to say nothing OF
the fine macadam roads and cycle
paths throughout the extensive park
system, OF which there are about TWEEN
ty-fve miles.
The plans for the exposition are so
nearly mdluTeu anu SO muCn NOEh mas
been done that we know nov what the
visitors shall see in the matter OF I'M
portant buildings and picturesque
grounds.
1t is May. 1901. We alight at Fores,
avenue and enter at the grand south
ern gateway OF the exposition. II Il
on Lincoln parkway, a broad, beauti'
full boulevard, shaded deeply with row!
Of tall naples. The entrance is one
of the notable architectural works o.
the exposition, OF rich and elaborate
design. A 50-cent ticket gives Vi thu
freedom of the exposition for a day.
We are in the city for at least
week. so will take our pleasure leisure
ly. We are conscious that a myria'
of wonderful sights lie beyond tn
great portal. but the more haste tn
less pleasure. The terminal station o
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FARMER AND GYPSY IN DUEL.
Gypsy Told the Farmer to Defend
Himself.

In the Danbury IN. W City hospital
lies Peter Riley. a gypsy. who was
seriously wounded in a duel with a
young farmer owe the queen OF a
band of gypsies. All that is known
of the story was gathered from the
members Of the band. Adela, the
queen, and Riley, who was the leader
among the men Of the band, were to
be married, but they had a lovers
quarrel. Adela then accepted the at
tentions of a young farmer, who had
followed the band on their journey
east. Adela's coquetry made Riley
Jealous. The other day. while. the
farmer was walking with the queen,
Riley confronted him. This was the
first time he knew he had a rival.
Defend yourself" cried Riley, as
he threw a revolver at the feet OF the
astonished farmer. The country boy
then tried to explain, but the gypsy
would not listen. The farmer picked
up the revolver and fired a fraction
of a second before Riley pressed the
trigger and the gypsy fell.
The queen threw herself upon him
and begged his forgiveness, and pro-
tested that she loved him. She babe
the farmer begone. and told him she
had only played with him. Adela then
drove her wounded lover to the Dan
bury City hospital, and then wanted
to remain with him. but when as
sured that he would get we'll she went
away with the band.
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Hairaas to So. OOO.

Miss Louise Eversole and her sister,
Mabel, two pretty young st. Louis
girls, have been informed by their at
torney that they are heirs to $1,000
900 each in their own right, and that
the money Is now ready for their dis
posal. The snug fortunes are part OF
the Ludwig Fischer estate in Hol-
land. Fischer died nine years ago.
leaving a large estate. This was n
verified into money and held by the
government for the heirs until now
1t has reached the enormous total OF
SIT ,O00, 900. The Eversole family Is
one OF the three who are direct heirs
to the estate.
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Tho Professor Knew.

Professor" the seeker after knowl-
edge inquired of the great toxicologist,
"if a ~tarantula were TO bite you, what
would be the first thing you'd do?"
"Yelll" replied the scientist promptly.
philadelphia Press.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-25
He Pleaded with clio.

Mr.. Walker Horseman and Miss Clio
Williams eloped from Owlngsville,
Ky, and were married at Marysville.
Cabe %Snedicor, a neighbor of the cou-
pie, followed them to M~arysville, and
with tears in his eyes, tried to pre-
vent the marriage. telling Clio she was
the only girl he could ever love.
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Murder and AulcIda.

Sidney r. Powers, a veteran OF the
civil war, shot and killed his divorced
wife and then committed suicide at
Elgin, Ill. Mrs, Powers was at home
when Powers forced his way into the
building, quarreled with her, drove her
out and sent a bullet into her brain,
Then he killed himself.
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UnlGcky.

McJiger-Borrows Is crafty. He paid
back to Hoodew one dollar for the
fourteen he owes him. Thingumbob-
It's unsual for Borrows to pay any
thing back. McJigger-True; but Hoo
dew is so superstitious that Borrows
knows he'll never ask for the balance.
Philadelphia Press.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-25
Brain Workers Live Long,

Statistics have been published to
show that brain workers are long
lived. Five hundred and thirty emf
nent men and women OF the present
century were taken and their duration
OF life gives an average of sixty-eight
years and eight months.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-25
NEW
OF Dressed Pine Lumber Will Greatly
Increase Price Thereof.

An action was taken by the Pine
Lumber Dealers Association at the
offices Of the Builders and Traders Ex-
change, in the Grand Opera House
building, yesterday, that is Of great
moment to contractors and builders as
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-19

Iof the Quartermasters and commissary
departments Of the various forces 1t
mas been contest of methods and
systems, and it is generally acknow-
iedged that at present the Americans are
ahead
The question of supplying the Pekin
army for the long and severe winter Is
serious one. About December the
freeze IS expected and navigation will
entirely close ~om Taku up. All trans
portation will then have to be by pack
ana wagon trains, and there is apparent
Iy little chance that the railway will be
completed this winter.
reports from all directions in Chill
province indicate that the imperial
troops are at least making a show of
Furnishing and dispensing the Boxers AT
number Of villages scouting parties
have found heads of Boxers on the
walls. Advices from Ping-Tu state that
A'UVU men of Yuan's force have killed a
large number of Boxers, and there is
scarcely market town but whose walls
are adorned with the ghastly1 evidence of
punishment At Ping Tu city it is stated
that among the victims of Yuan's troops
were number of mere lads, whom the
soldiers tried to spare. Their fanaticism,
however, led them to resist the troops
and they were put to death.
Huan's troops have also been active in
southwest WI Ting FIJI, where it is said
that early in the summer an entire COM
munity of native Christians, numbering
ahout 10 persons, were massaCred by
Boxers. Yuan dispatched a force to that
region recently and it is reported they
found the perpetrators Of the outrage,
killing seventy of them.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-19
DOOR MUST STAY OPEN
IF PORTO RICAN TARIFF Is
KNOCKED OUT PHILIPPINES
MUST BE SURRENDERED
50 SAYS CONGRESSMAN RAY
CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE COMMIT
TEE ON JUDICIARY AND A LEAD
ER OF TARIFF FORCES
ANY OTHER COURSE RUINoUs
AS 1t Would Admit All Foreign
Products to the States Just
as Freely as to the
Islands.

NEW YORK, Nov. Congressman
George H. Ray, chairman of the house
committee on judiciary who was one Of
the leaders in the fight for the Porto
Rico tariff bill, said, while in this city.
today that until the test case brought to
determine the constitutioEality of the
Porto Rican tariff was decided bv the
United States supreme court, there would
be no tariff legislation by congress for
the Philippines
That decision" he said, will show us
where we stand and we can then pro-
ceed inteiligently. If the court sustains
the Republican contention that Porto
Rico is not a part of the United States,
but territory belonging to the United
States, and that therefore the constitu-
tional provision for uniform taxation
throughout the United States does not
apply to Porto Rico, of course the same
will hold good with regard to the Philip
pines, which will provide the necessary
revenue for the government of the Phil
ippines on progressive lines and so af-
ford the necessary protection to our
manufacturers and labor
MAY HAVE TO GIVE THEM UP.
''What if the decision of the court
should be that the Porto Rican tariff is
unconstitutional and that Porto Rico is a
part of the United States?'
IF such should be the decision of the
court it might necessitate our having to
give UP the Philippines. We are bound
to keep the open door in the Philippines.
That means that the products of all ma
tions can come into the Philippines on
the same basis as our own. If we can
not raise tariff against Philippine prod
ucts coming into the United States then
our labor would be brought into competi-
ton with the cheap labor Of the Orient
If that condition should come about we
might feel that our interests demanded
our withdrawal from the Philippines