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NJ MOreau- Christophe the inspector OF
prisons under the Second Empire. knew
the man who served as the prototype Of
Jean Vatican, and whose story haunted
the brain Of Nicto Hugo and Inspired his
famous "Miserables" NJ. Moreau- Christie
phe had a passion for reforming convicts
He gathered many strange secrets. The
following story Of the convict Urbain Le-
melle is taken from his notes.
Urban LemeIIe. like Jean VaIjean. was
the abandoned child OF drunken
father. When he was only eight years
old, ne went from farm 10 farm 70 Ter
for piece Of bread the work that his
little hands could do. He was first IA en-
in hand by kind hearted peasant named
Brisset. who kept him mindiug COWS for
three years Then he was employed by
two neighboring farmers. who sent lin
TO tend sheep for three years more Ur-
balm tired OF the life OF a shepherd. and
determined to become a sailor. when ne
reached the age OF fourteen He began
as cabin bcy in a river boat from An
gers. whose captain generally spoke to
-+-- "ANA NhN NAAA VI a AbHt. 4 hlft year >
passed IN this way, during which Ur-
bain's only consolation was his friend
ship for the son Of the captain. a young
man named Geryais. who was no less
badly treated than atmself. This friend
ship was unfortunate for Ulbain. One
winters day when the waters OF the
Loire were frozen and navigation sus-
pended, Gervais proposed to Urban 70 take
tho mo haf An,
the boat for the pay OF the hands
Then he said we will go Nantes
where we will become real sailors
But that is robbery you propose noe, q"
said Urbain.
Robbery, nonsense" replied Gervais
Doesn't my father owe you so francs?
Well, you can pay yourself the so francs
out OF the sack, and then you VIII be
square"
No Longer ON the Boat.
An hour afterward the money was no
longer on board the boat Gervais had
taken # away. and Urban had hidden it in
the trunk Of a willow tree Next day
the imprint OF his feet upon the snow led
10 the tree. where the treasure was found.
Urban was arrested. and tie lock OF the
safe having been broken. ne was con-
demned to seven years penal ssryitude.
He was then only seventeen.
During his seven years Imprisonment
Urban Was resigned, Industrious. relig-
ious. and exemplary in his conduct When
he left the penitentiary, where he had
lost seven years. he thought he had moth
ing to do but to return % Angevs purified
completely. II was at Angers that he
committed his crime, and he wanted 10
prove that he was reformed. This hope
WAS dissipated. The fact tNdt he was an
ex-convict closed all door. and all hearts
TO him. He found il extremely difficult
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Glorious News

Comes from DIR. d. B. Cargile. Of Washita. I T
lie writes: Pour bottles Of Electric Bitters
have cured Mrs. Brewer OF scrofula, which ba5
caused her great suffering for years. TerribIo
sores would break out on her head and face. anG
t6e best doctors could give help; but ber
e,.re is complets and her health is excellent >,
This shows what thousands have proved
that Electric Bitters is t. best blood purise,
known It's the supreme remedy for eczema
letter salt rheum, ulcers, boils, and running
sores II stimulates liver, kidneys, and bowels
sxpels poisons helps digestion. builds up the
strength Only 50 cents, Sold by Henry EyapS
Druggist, eos Street Guar ntesd.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 12.-The stock market
opened active and fairly firm, again fol-
living the leads made by London. The
iaUe- markets strength was reported owing
'oih to the easing OF OF money there, and
{ r.- ors OF British successes in South
Afra.- although the latter were altogether
acking in any Official confirmation. Foreign
houses bought the internationally listed
stocks uDon the opening Of business, the
largest buying appearing in ST. Paul.
The / lndon stock exchange settlement
was reported as having passed of without
any hitch Sugar refining was an exception
TO the general market in the initial deal
ings in a further sharp rally, but after
opening II more than recovered It's early
loss Among the strongest features Of the
market were Lcuisytlle and Nashville,
Chicago. Cleveland Cincinnati. and ST.
Louis and Pacific Mail and Metropolitan
Railway
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A radical reversal Of form took place
IN the market this morning. Prices opened
strong, and in most cases advanced in SYM
pathy with London buying. and during
the first hour or more the advance con-
tinued, with good buying in all classes Of
securities The hopeful matters that did
not make the market buoyant yesterday,
on account OF the Sugar game, seem 10 have
eXeTted their influence today instead The
discount rates Of both the Bank Of England
and the Bank OF France have been cut,
and there nov seems little II any chance
OF further gold expectations at this time
The feeling over the South African situa-
tlOn Is more hopeful in London. The in
ternational stocks were bought all DAY yes
terday and again today. IL is now predict
ed that the bank statement tomorrow viii
be an excellent one. better Than any here
tofOre probably. The balance between the
banks and the sub-treaSuTy this week is
50. 100000. and more than 81 600 600 has
been received from the interior. These
sums will more than Offset the exports Of
sold last Saturday.
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Army Orders.

The following orders have been issued by the
War Department.:
Major Henry 8 KilboIrne. surgeon now on
duty in New York city as medical superintend-
cnt Of transports Is relieved from station at Mad
s0n Barracks. New York.
Acting Assistant Surgeos Elmer 6 Tenny viii
proceed from Ninchestp.N. H., 90 Fort Doug
las, Utah. to relieve Acting Assistant Surgeon
Hugh l.. Taylor who viii proceed to his home,
Waco. IeA-. lor annulnenl Of his oonLracL
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LemeIIe Rearre-ted.

One Sunday while he was walking in
the suburbs with his wife. he met police
man who vas q former convict. who knew
him at Brest- This policeman destroyed
his entire happiness He arrested him.
Urban was brought TO Bicetre. and from
there was taken 10 Brest to finish the eight
years of penal servitude that he had still
TO serve. in addition TO the supplementary
years for the crime of escaping
II was during the fev. months Of his de-
tentton at Bicetre. in 1893, that Mouerau-
Christophe knew Urbain and learned his
story. Nj. Moreau- Christophe obtained
for him the favor Of exemption from the
first chain gang, or leaving Bicetre for
Brest: and few months later he managed
TO send him back to Paris. In other words.
he brought the case TO the attention of the
King. who pardOned the man upon the
spot.
Urban Lemelle lived to a great old age
He was the best Of husbands and wished
TO be the best OF fathers. but that 10y
was denied him. He coDsoled himself
nevertheless. by making pets Of all the
children in the place where he lived. and
he amused them often by telling them
stories OF brigands. Heaven only knows
what queer stories he must have learned
during mis- ten years in the Bagne,-Figaro
The evening times., 1900-01-12

Market people we're inclined TO believe
this mornig that prices would be we'll
held up today and tomorrow. and that with
good British news from South Africa. II
such comes. the prospects for an ad
vancing market next week are excellent
The tumble in prices on this decline has
been from . to Is points or more, and a
recovery OF some Importance Is due, even
il the present were a bear market
The evening times., 1900-01-12

Policeman \. 4. Beans. Of the Second precinct,
was fined $40 this morning for a violation Of para
graph leo. o. the Police Manual regarding an Off
Ger leaving his beat Il is alleged that Beans
entered hsrruom on November q while on DUTY
The evening times., 1900-01-12
TIE Real JEAN VALJEAN
The Convict Who Inspired Victor
HugO's LES MiserGbles."

Memoirs of the Chief Inspector of
Prisons Of the second French EN-
Pire-' rbain LcmeIIe's Life story
One of Thrilling Enterest-Pardoned
by the I\inE-Lived TO an Old Age.
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STRONG LONDON MARKET
The RumOrs Of British Success
Add Strength to Prices.

The Sharp Recovery of Sugar Renn-
Ing From the SbrinkaEe of Yester-
and Nashville, Pacific MniI. and
MetrOpOlitnn-Buyi i'm st. PHuI.
The evening times., 1900-01-12

Sales-District Title Insurance. lO06
, 5-S. -1Od3 "a; Capital Traction, SOG
91 "a; Washington Gas, 3S653 SIS: Mer-
genthaler Linotype. 15G199 1-2. 100
1879 3-S; Lanston Monotype. 25G15; Ameri-
can GraphOphone. 10G12. 25Gl1 rs.
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served His Time.

At Brest he served his time as he did
formerly at ToulOn. In prison his conduct
was irreproachable. but after four years
Of tortures inflicted upon him in that
dreadful place, he escaped. Where was
he TO gO2 Paris was the only place that
could hide him from the police He went
there without encountering any difncul-
ties. and the very next day after his ar
rival he was on the Place de Greve among
the labOring men. There he was taken by
building contractor. with whom he re-
mained for three years whose regrets fol-
lowed him 10 the establishment Of VI.
Masse, dry goods manufacturer. where he
received better wages. For four years NJ
Masse kept him and entrusted to his hands
large sums OF money, which Urban al
ways handled with zeal and intelligencs
and perfect honesty. He commenced to
prosper and married an honest working
girl. Happy in The thought that at last
he was loved and respected. he lived with
her FOR seven years.
The evening times., 1900-01-12

4 marriage license was issued today to Roscoe
Z. Peyton and Sarah A. Williamson.
The evening times., 1900-01-12

TO get work. and when. by chance, he did
procure some arduous employment the
other wOrkmen refused to associate with
him. He was condemned TO idleness. beg
gary, and theft.
One Sunday. while roaming through the
country, he stopped, fatiEued, 10 rest him
self in a field where there were some
horses at liberty. He thought OF the sea
that was only thirty leagues from him,
and Of America. that new world where he
expected TO live as an honest workingman.
The idea turned his head. He jumped like
-madmau upon one OF the horses and
started the animal along the road. without
a saddle or bride. He set out In the even
ing, and arrived at the break Of day at In
grandes. Nearing hat place on the edge
Of the road there was a prairie. There he
turned loose the horse and enter
ed the town. An unknown person
turning a horse loose was sus-
peCted. He was followed. arrested, and
brought before the mayor. He gave his
name without hesitation but while they
were discussing the case he managed 10 es-
cape. He reached Nantes, aG1 tried 10 ship
with some captain on a long voyage. But
TO embark IL was necessary 10 have papers,
and UIbain didn't have them.
For some time be wandered along the
quays. almost on the verge Of suicide when
a big hand touched his shoulder the hand
Of a bOatman OF Angers. who recognized
him. The bOsJman wanted help. so Urbain
went with him 10 Anglers. He had hardly
arrived before he was arrested and put In
prison on the complaint OF stealing a horse
Now. il happened that the honest peasant
Brisset was the owner Of :he horse in ques-
tion He testified before the court that his
horse came back 10 him. and that Urban
was too honest a fellow 10 want TO steal t.
But ne pleaded for him in vain The uu-
fortunate young man was convicted sec
Ond time by the assizes court Of Maine-at-
Loire. and sentenced to twelve years penal
caryffuda
The evening times., 1900-01-12
Uncle Sam Don't Wear

~>a Trl1ss. but he czrris the Air
49, Cushion Truss all ever the Iailed
States Alien. women, and children
Nszr and ike them The Air Cushion PAD HOlog
With comfort; nothing else viii Consultation
and two weeks trial tree. Ofice, pariogs. wait
ing and consultation rooms on the same door.
Catalogue free. THE RORICK AIR CUSHION
TRUSS COMPANY. I22t st. NV. ID Door.
iyl3-u
The evening times., 1900-01-12

New York stock Market.
Corrected daily by W. B. Hibbs & Co,
members Of the New Yorl[ Exchange.
The evening times., 1900-01-12
Nem York Cntton MarLet.

There is no beer equs! to Heurieh's Naerzen
Re. Prone ga, Arlington Bo.tling Co., for a
rase.
The evening times., 1900-01-12

t !: q: ]: ]: !; : ]: 9; !.
q Debility and Its COmpli.
10k w cations such as weakness,
tU IL WM anxiety. hopelessness decline
IN MN OF nerve force and control
~N N"H cured forever by our exclu-
EMLb - sive treatment which We sod
iVAD ~AE yOH dDpTOrcL II not q
success, return IL at our ex-
NEEeAN ~ pense and Pay Nothing.
I2 Full account mailed sealed n
no charge
EHiE MEDICAL c., BUFFALO, N.Y.
The evening times., 1900-01-12
TITLE INSURANCE STOCKS

Chicago Grain and Provision Market.
Corrected daily b. W. B. Hibbs & Co.,
members Of the New York Exchange
The evening times., 1900-01-12
Money to Loan
on
Household Furniture, Pianos, etc.

II Won are in need Of money, We desire 70 IN
form Won Of our method We can secure Won
= loan on an easy monthly payment plan at les
cost than ever before and below tire rate Of anv
other company in the city. You can pay in hlil
At any time after the loan IS secured and il VIII
only cost YOU for such time ss you have had the
money Our business Is strictly private, and al
aDplicstious are treated confdeutialy- II YOU
have a loan with any other concern you can Sc
cure a loan through 70 pay il and Eet more
money IL desired Il viii pay YOU 70 call and see
Us before gong elsewhere. We are ready a. any
and all times during Office hours 70 give informs-
tion concerning our business methods and ycu
will rece.ce courteous treatment.
CAPITAL loan GUARANTEE CO.,
spI3-tf Coz St. y. W.
WANT to borrow 500; best Of security given.
ADDRESS Box lI3, this ofhce JalO-St, en-
MONEY To LOAN Al 81. 81. l. and "a PEI
cent. in sums of $1,000 to $4,000 on d. c.
real estate; pay Of and per cent mortgages
and begin anew: al Transactions conducted with
economical consideration f0r borrowers WA h
SAUNDERS 4 CO. l407 ST. NV. iyl-tf-em
MONEY TO LOAN ON APPROVED COLLAT-
ERAL - No delay. CHARLES A. BAKER,
Rooms 30 and ~ MeIzerOtt Building lll0 st.
ieI2-tf
MONEY loaned salaried people and retail mer-
chants upon their own names, without Sc
curity; easy payments. TOLAAN. Room -. EOS
al4 G ST. Oc-2-lyr
The evening times., 1900-01-12

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BoSDa

C.fi9O2 ''3o-year funding" gold. .... 80.
f'sle0l Water stock" currency lO3S ..
rs 1908 water stock currency. .. 80.
S.Aa AIAAsl S.nl AAoJ1
~ 3 Reg. 2-l0's. lS93-lq0l .......... .. 80
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-02-16
Rr.pl in = nrAvernrd.

One Of the largest hotels in Central
America and by far the largest in Be
lie, Honduras, is surrounded by tomb
stones. AS this old and abandoned
cemetery was located in the center or
the town, and afforded an excellent
site for an hotel, the necessary permis-
sion was obtained from the proper au-
thorities, and In less than year a
large and handsome hotel was erected
II digging the foundation hundreds OF
skulls and bones were discovered, all
OF which were carefully collected ana
inferred in the new cemetery. The ho-
tel possesses a room in which servic
is conducted by local preacher every
Sunday. Last year the Battersea Ves-
try voted a sum of e4OO for the pur-
pose OF erecting a refreshment kiosk in
the Battersea Parish Cemetery, better
known as Modern Cemetery"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-02-16
FIISUOLIXs

Take the most popu,GT rou te TO ST
Louis and Oil points east, Kansas City
and all points north and west.
Santa Fe trains make close connec-
tions at Oklahoma City and Wichita
for all points on the Frisco line.
ST. Louis and Kansas City mail and
express leaves oklahoma City at 9:l5
every morning; leaves st, Louis at $40
every evening aud arrives at Oklahoma
City at $500 the following evening.
Through reclining chair cars with
out change. Pullman palace sleepers
from Monett 10 81. Louis and Kansas
City. You can secure berths before
leaving Oklahoma.
Further information will be cheer
fully given by the nearest agent or
y. DUNN.
Dist, Pass. Agt.. Wichita Kans
RvRoH SNYDER, G. p. A.,
st. Louis Mo.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-02-16

Iris only by the magnanimity of Sen
=sor Allen that tod ngression al
Record does not place the senate on
record as sYmpRthiziog with the Beers
=na believing that this government
should offer meditation. Senator AL
len offered q resolution to that effect
and through the absence OF some SEN
Ators and indifference OF others, It
was Pa. before the senate and declar
ed adopted without a dissenting vote
AS soon rs they realized what had
been done, the administration sena.
ors 6ocKed upon the floor rhe yeas
and nays were demanded, but Mr., AL.
len objected and the objection was
sustained, Later, Senator Alien good
natuIedly agreed that the vote should
be reconsidered and the resolution
sent TO the calendar.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-02-16

In spite OF British rule, India is vir-
tually a soapless country. Throughout
the villages OF Hindustan soap is. in
deed, regarded as a natural curiosity,
and is rarely, II ever, kept in stock by
the native shopkeeper. In the towns
It is now sold to a certain extent, but
how small this Is may be gathered
from the sact that the yearly consump-
tion OF soap in India is about 100000
hundred weight; that is to say, every
$500 persons use on an average only
1l2 pounds of soap among them; or.
in other words, considerably less than
an ounce is the average consumption
OF a per-on,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-02-16

The early inception OF the Calling
gun is wrapped in much obscurity.
Some French critics claim that their
mitrailleuse antedates II, but there Is
absolutely incontrovertible proof that
not only Is this not SO, but that the
French government made strenuous
efforts to secure exclusive control of
Gatling's invention failing which
their competing mitrailleuse quickly
followed the adoption of the doctors
gun by the American authorities, says
Self Culture Some good Christians
have claimed that DR. Gatling invented
his famous weapon from Humanitarian
motives-an argument which has Some
weight. as we well know that a mob
or a regiment even, will very quickly
get out of range and danger when
once it is known that such a gun is
facing them The doctor himself calls
his invention "peacemaker," but
with the greatest respect to him, do
not believe he had any idea OF saving
life or anything of that sort in miud
while at work upon the gun, whatever
he may have thought of since. There
was field for weapons. offensive aud
defensive, the more murderous the
CORNER the better. and from what then
existed in firearms and from the fer
nifty of his own brain the Gatling gun
was evolved-the first OF its kind. His
experimental gun was made and tested
before military men and experts at
Indianapolis in 1862 When the nrst
lot-paid for by Dr. Gatling was
ready for shipment to Gen Butler, the
factory burned and with it his guns
were destroyed and his hopes blighted.
Another year and many thousands OF
dollars were spent to remake the pat
terms and drawings and a new batch
OF guns-a year of heart burning,
pinching and sacrifice that many of us.
at some time or another. have ex-
perienced-and therefore one WITH
which We can sympathize, Gen. Butler
used some OF these guns on the James
river, near Richmond. and the way In
which their inventor cherishes the rec
ords OF the execution wrought by them
is amusing when one thinks of the hi-
manitarian theories attributed to their
origin. In 1860 the government OFF,
cially approved the gun and. after tests
that make an inventor shiver to think
OF, placed an order for 100. Then not
only did the powers OF Europe order
guns, but so did China, Japan. Siam,
Egypt and the South American coun-
tries A machine gun that spread
devastation in a swath wider than
company of infantry and fired inch
bullets at the rate OF 1900 q minute
(to-day, fred electrically, it's speed Is
slightly in excess of 5000 per minuteP
was a revelation to most foreign ex-
perts and no Christian or other power
sould long withstand the temptation o.
moving down its Christian or Other
foes at any such rate and by machin-
cry.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-02-16


IMPEnIALIsM is the real question in
volved In the Porto RicAn tariff bill. II
makes one of the issues upon which
this years presidential campaign will
be wRged. The Republicans In their
report on this bill, which imposes a 25
per cent duty on Porto Rican products
have come out fiat-footed in favor of
ignoring the constitution. and OF hav-
ing congress assume the authority to
deal with the territory recently ac-
quired by the United States, as coin
nies, and with their people as subjects.
The Democrats contend that the con
stitution is the supreme law of this
republic and that IL recognizes neither
colonies nor subjects; that every foot
of ground belonging to the United
States is part OF the United States,
and every resident Of territory belong
inu to the United States, a citizen.
The imperialists have the votes to win
in congress, but it'remAins to be seen
whether they can win before the peo-
Pile.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-02-16

TaE taxpayers Of tn United States
are 10 be taxed from 100000, 600 TO
sl50. 900. .0oe annually to hold and gov
ern the Philippines, in order that the
Hanna. e kins commercial syodi at e
may gobble up hatever Of value there
Is upon or in the islands. Congress
man williams OF Illinois, who is a
member Of the committee on insulnr
affairs, points out the tremendous
costs already incurred and that which
must follow, and sees no material ben
efits TO anyone from permanently hold
ing the islands except 70 the CONNER
cial syndicate represented BY these
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-02-16

A BOY Is RIM Over by a Train and Leg
Amputated

A Boy is RIM Over by a Train and Leg
Amputsted
The Enid Wave reports the follow
ing unfortunate happening on last
Wednesday:
About 10 o'clock this morning Verne
McMillin, in company with party Of
boy companions, was down at the
depot jumping on and off the Billings
branch passenger and freight train as
it was switching around the yard. II
seems that young McMillen climbed to
the roof of freight car close up TO
the front of the train, and war stand
ing close TO the end of the car when a
sudden bump came in coupling other
cars, which threw the boy down be-
tween the cars when almost he entire
train passed over his right leg, crush
ing IL frcm close down 10 the foot to
about half way between the ankle aud
knee The boy was soon picked up by
the railroad men and sent TO the Office
Of DR.. Fairgrieve, the railroad com
pany's physician,
The first examination Of the wound
exhibited the fact that amputation
would be necessary but H. was some
four or FIVE hours before the circula-
tion and other conditions would per-
NIT the administering Of drugs that
produce a condition of the system
suitable for the operation. This is an
awful misfortune 20 the McMillen
family as Verne was the only boy of
family of six and the pride of his pa
rents. and of course, tie feelings OF
those close To the unfortunate boy are
hurt keenly; the idea that he is des-
tined to be cripple for life is upper
most.