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Marble Hill press., 1905-05-25
TORNADO KILLS ONE MAN IN
FORT WORTH; CHURCHES DAMAGED

Fort Worth, Tex: A heavy wind
storm, blowing a; the rate of seventy
miles an hour, struck this city from
the southwest at 6:30 Sunday night
Part of the west wall of the Texas
and Pacific passenger station was
blown in, and John Young, a train dis
patcher, was Killed.
The dispatchers' office is in the
southwest corner of the building,
which was partly burned last fall y
temporary root was put on, and the
use Of til" building continued.
One Of II" unsupported walls pro
jcctei above The nispatchers' Office.
Exposed to the fnll blast of the wind,
it fell at the first blast and crushed
Young to death He was As years
old, and is survived 10y h.+ wife.
Trees were blown down ana bran
ches torn off in ali parts OF the city.
Many OF III" trees Il the City Park
were ruined,
The chimney Of the Broadway Pres
byterian Church. in which the General
Assembly Of the Southern Prcsbyter-
ian Church is meeting, was blown
down and crushed the roof, but there
were no services being conducted at
the time
The breaking Of the telephone AMI
telegraph wires caused contacts with
the wires of the trolloy-car lines and
the elcctric-light wires. which te0p-
nOa get shelter. and some were, severe
Marble Hill press., 1905-05-25
IT'S ALL OVER
WITH HOCH NOW
Jury Finds Him Guilty of Poisoning
One of His Forty Wives.

Chicago: Johann Hoch, who. by his
own confession is several times a
bigamist, and who is charged by the
police with having married at least
forty women i'll the last fifteen years,
was found guilty OF murder Friday
and the death sentence recommended
by jury in Judge Kersten'S Court
The crime for which Hoch will be
led to the gallows. was the murder
of his last known wife, Mrs. Marie
Welcker Hoch.
Hoch had been married TO this wo-
man but a few days when she became
suddenly i'll and died. He then formed
an alliance with the sister OF the dead
woman and securing the latter's
money. fed from Chicago.
This woman. in quest of revenge.
notified the roIiCe that HOch had
poisoned her sister and a search for
Hoch was begun.
He was found two weeks later in
New York and brought back to Chi
cago and confronted by several of his
supposed wives.
During the trial expert testimony
was offered by the State that Hoch
had poisoned the woman by admins
tering arsenic.
Fridays verdict was one of the
quickest on record in Cook county,
the jury having reached decision in
less than half an hour.
Marble Hill press., 1905-05-25
Armour Managers Admissions.

Washington: Before the Senate com
mittee on Interstate commerce which
is investigating The railroad rates
President George Il. Robbins of the
Armour car lines company Tuesday
admitted that the company had twenty
or thirty exclusive contracts with rail
roads for fruit transportation bust
ness. and Acknowledged a monopoly of
that traffic in parts OF the West and
South Wherever these exclusive CON
tracts applied, he admitted, the pro
ducers and shippers OF fruits had 10
accept the rates laid down by the Ar
maliTS
Marble Hill press., 1905-05-25

this one which hai! enfeavored to
play his funeral march that afternoon
in particular.
Even this small thing is q point in
favor of the runner.
The time is too limited for Jack tC
head the animal as is his earnest de
sire: but he has been able TO cut
down the brutes lead considerably
which may count for something ere
this scene in the exciting drama mas
closed
AS he runs, Trayers shouts at the
top OF his voice. hoping i'll this man
ner to attract tine notice of the bull
toward himself.
Under ordinary circumstances he
might be able to accomplish this. bat
there is now SO great It clanor on
all sides that Taurus pays not the
slightest heed.
ling of an eye that take much time
to describe; and while so great an
amount OF damage has been done by
the furious beast, it has not 0eon two
minutes since he burst from his pen
to scatter CONSERVATION over the vast
audience Sa'nefcn 10 pay tNelr re-
spects to the Captair-Gcneral OF CUBA
and without the least anticipation of
Witnessing hullfghr.
Straight on gallops the beast. with
Jack straining every nerve to throw
himself 10 the fore.
Perhaps Jessie secs his brave ef-
fort perhaps she realizes that it is
on account of her he would willingly
face that monster before whom all
others have fled i'll dire dismay. II
so. her heart must he touched by this
evidence of his devotion.
ITO be continued
Marble Hill press., 1905-05-25
Straddiing the beast.

ford the tOreadOrs a haven of safety
in case of being too hotly pressed
by the beast.
Every niche he looks into seems to
already have an occupant. His con-
fusion increases, and he darts hither
and thither. much after the fashion
of a chicken with its head cut off.
And his eccentric movements
speedily attract the very attention he
would avoid. so that almost before he
realizes his danger All Sin has rise
in the world.
Perhaps he clings to the long horn
Of the animal, thus destroying the
charm of the arch his body might
have described At any rate, to the
astOnishment of the crowd, and doubt
less to his own CONSERVATION, All Sin
lands plump upon the back of the rag
ing terror, straddling the beast as a
cayaIryman might a horse.
One action follows another with
such lightning-like rapidity that al
most before the multitude can real
ize that the terror of the arena has a
rider on his back. All Sin, finding
himself near the barrier. makes a
desperate 1unge and throws his form
halfway over the fence, having es
capped destruction in a miraculous
manner.
What next?
The bull is not at all weary of well
doing-in fact, he appears to have
only made start. and having fin
ished the Celestial, as he believes,
,I,L> ErJ f,,- ~,
There are plenty left.
Alas. most of them are of the gem
tier sex. Sad to relate, in this tre
mendous excitement. the gallant
beaux who promenaded with their
sweethearts in the arena have been
Mortified to discover the entire alb
scnce of suitable weapons among
them. At least, it would be charitable
to believe that the frenzied rush these
noble cavaliers make to secure weap-
Ons, and be the first to face Monsieur
TOrO.
Some scramble up the palisade;
others fill the inches that might bet
ter have given shelter to helpless
women; and not a few, urged on by
this heroic desire to save the poor
creatures in danger of being tramp
led and gored, finding the exit
blocked. climb over the heads of those
who fill the gateway. Their ardor
and gallantry may not be baked by
triiies.
Alas, for the helpless women thus
left to the mercy of a maddened beast.
The sight is enough to stir the
blood in the veins of any man worthy
of the name.
Senior Jack has seen it all.
He suddenly remembers his words
to his companions when discussing
the same matter. The time has come
for him to make his boast good-the
time when helpless ones are in deadly
peril, with no mans arm to stand
between them and destruction.
1t flashes upon him that when last
he saw Jessie Cameron she was in
the arena. He aTOuses himself-he
Chambers over the seats in front, and
while all other men have been leav-
ing the bull-ring in mad haste, Jack
Travers drops from the barrier into
the open space.
Marble Hill press., 1905-05-25
PAINFUL SCIATICA
EVERY SUFFERER WANTS THE VERY
QUICKEST CURE.

Mr. Donovan Thinks the Remedy Used by
Him with Such Remarkable Success
the Best-Cured by Five Boxes.
MEN who have to do difficult and
dangerous work on electric lines at any
hour of day or night, can t afford to have
anything the matter with their health"
said Mr.. Donovan. You can imagine,
therefore. how much was alarmed one
winters day in 1902, when ] was seized
by IL pam Jus; behind my right hip that
made it difficult for mo to walk home.
1t was so bad by the tim" / reached the
house that l was obliged to 20 straight
TO bed. y
l." Did that rclicv" Won -
No, the pain grew more severe and
kept extending downward along my leg.
] sent for physician, ana he soon de-
cided that had sciatiCa. In a few days
the whole nerve was affected, and tho
least movement brought on terrible
agony
Did your condition improve under
the doctor ) treatment:'
"Quitc the contrary. At the end Of
two months wash bit better. and ut
times / feared that | would never be
able TO leave my bed. -
How dad yOn get out again -
When | WAS lying i'll bed, unable TO
move and wasting away III flesh, friend
visited me and told me about the WON
dcrful cures brought about by Il great
blood and nerve remedy, DIR. Williams
Pink Pills. lie strongly urged me to try
them, and luckily had sense enough to
take his advice"
Did you mend quicllly?"
Yes, that was the astonishing thing
l noticed Il slight Improvement before l
had quite finished the first box of the
pills, [ could get out of bed while was
on the third box, and l was entirely
cured by the time / bad taken five boxes" "
Mr., Joseph y. Donovan is living at
PIaistow, New Hampshire, and is line
inspector for the Havcrhill, Newton and
Plaistow Electric Street Railway. DR..
Williams Pink Pills are the remedy to
use when the blood is thin, as in anPmia;
or impure as III rheumatism; or when
the nerves are weak, as III neuralgia; or
llfelcss, as III partial paralysis; or when
the body as whole is ill-nouIished, as
i'll general debility. They are sold by
oil druggists,
Marble Hill press., 1905-05-25
Thirteenth Commandment

An officer of large corporation is
often given to speaking lightly of his
company. Each time that he does.
and it reaches the ear of the presi-
dent, there is d warm meeting
A short time ago this officer was
in a specially humorous mood and
said many thirgs about his company
which created considerable laughter
There was director present 'eho
did not relish the criticism and the
next day he reported what was done
to the president.
The offending official was sent for
ana given a heart-tO-heart talking to-
When he went back to his room he
sent fa<' a messenger and ordered him
to pvrcfase one of the cards used in
Sunday schools on which is printed
the Ten Commandments. When he
received r he added another COM
mandmen: ~ was as follows, Hold
your tongue. e.''-PhiIadelphia Press.
Marble Hill press., 1905-05-25
TWELVE CARS IN MIDDLE
OF TRAIN ARE WRECKED
Two Tramps Killed by Ditching Of
Freight in Peculiar Manner.

Lamar, Mo: A northbound Frisco
freight train was wrecked FIVE miles
southeast of here at 1:3O Friday after
noon, ditching twelve cars and killing
two trampS.
The wreck occurred in the middle
of the train. which consisted of an
engine and eighteen cars. Three cars
were uninjured on the track at each
end of the train. The track was torn
up for a hundred yards, and the cars
which were loaded, were scattered
over the right of way.
The two trampswere killed instantly.
The trunk of one was completely sew
cred at the waist. The names of the
two dead men are not known
A wrecking crew was promptly sum-
mOned. and before morning the debris
was cleared and the track replaced
Marble Hill press., 1905-05-25
HOGS HAVE KEEN HEARING.
Can Detect Dropping of Acorn at
Great Distance.

Hogs have a much keener sense
of hearing than most people seem 10
think" said Il man from the country.
They can see we'll and at consld-
cradle distance. but the nose and eyes
Of the hog must give first place to
the ears.
This is so. no doubt. because hear
ing is probably the most useful of the
senses III the hog life, particularly al
that season of the year when the hog
In the wild state must rely upon the
fruitage of trees, i'll The main, tor
food Even with this advantage it is
frequently fierce race 10 see which
hog can get there first. IT would be
Interesting to know just how far
hog can hear an acorn fall 1t is re-
markable how quickly they become
cOEniZant of the fact that an acorn
has been blown from its outer shell.
and tumbling toward the ground. and
he seems to catch the sound quicker
when he knows a competitor is near
who will run him a race for the nut.
have Witnessed some fierce and inter-
eSting races between hogs. with an
acorn as the stake.
Put a hog within twenty yards Of
an oak and in nine cases out of ten
he will beat the acorn to the place.
in nine cases out of ten the hog viii
be within a few feet of where the
acorn strikes the ground. another fact
which argues the superiority of the
hogs hearing He can apparently tell
pretty we'll by the sound where the
acorn will fall, and he Will rarely miss
it more than a few feet. New Or
leans TimeS-DemOCrat,
Marble Hill press., 1905-05-25
URGES FRANCE TO
ARM iNDO-CHiNA
$42, 900 600 Must Be Spent to Prevent
Japanese Invasion.

Paris: NJ. Francois Deloncle (Re-
publicanD, Deputy for Indo-China, has
submitted 10 the special Parliamentary
Committe on Naval Affairs a remark
able report on the urgent necessity
for strengthening the detenses of 1ndo-
China against the peril OF Japanese
invasion.
'Indo-China," he says, has only two
enemies 10 fear. namely Japan alone
or China, encouraged and supported
by Japan The former constitutes 4
real danger. tor Japan has much 10
gain and little To risk, and her isolated
position makes her almost invuIner-
able to us. She could in few weeks
throw 100, ,0GV men into Indo- China and
easily reinforce this first landing
party.
The first phase OF such d struggle
would consist OF Japan'S efforts to Sc
cure mastery of the sea in order to re-
infOrCe her troops. Owing to Japan
great superiority in naval forces in
far Eastern waters our feeble division
would not risk a decisive battle. but
would fall back on our only naval
base. Saigon.
There it would be blockaded as the
Russians were hloCkaded within Port
Arthur. With our division thus bot
tied up. Japan could oppose the juno
tion OF the blockaded warships with
the relief squadron, and having Sc
cured the mastery OF the sea Japanese
transports would be free to land in
vading forces"
The report concludes with asserting
that it would be puerile to disregard
the gravity Of the situation. There
fore. it is necessary to make large sac
rifices to place Indo-China in readiness
to meet the shock.
Marble Hill press., 1905-05-25
Private Car Lines,

The railroads seem very willing to
have the private car lines brought
under the jurisdiction of the Inter-
stale Commerce Commission. A rail-
road president is authority for the
statement that lines are paid mileage.
without discrimination. and the CUES
ton of excessive charges is matter
for the shipper to settle with the car
lines, SO long as there is no law to
govern their rates. Car mileage pay
ing has been decided to be as legal as
the payment OF rental for property.
Marble Hill press., 1905-05-25
The Cariines Are Ladies Now.

All things come at last to those VINO
know how to wait. bu: the interval is
sometimes long and tedious. Three
hundred years ago there was a little
group of ladies i'll Scotland who tried
to obtain something and failed. Last
week their successors at length OBJ
tanned their hearts desire. When
James l. found that the wives of the
Lords of Session were trying to get
themselves called my lady he would
have none of it. True" he said, Il
made the carls lords, but who made
the carllnes ladies'" His descendant
and successor. King Edward VII. has
made the carInes ladies at last and
Joy reigns in more than one feminine
bosom beyond the Tweed. II is, no
doubt. an anomaly that Il husband
should be your lordship" and his wife
plain "ma'ani." but it is one from
which bishops wives suffer to this
day, and from which they will prObab-
ly continue to suffer.-The Guardian.
Marble Hill press., 1905-05-25
The Head of the District.

Ruel Durkee held the politics Of
Sullivan county, N. H, and especially
of Croydon, in the hollow of his hand,
and woe to the aspirant for office who
did not first consult him.
A man who wanted to be speaker OF
the House, and who had been looking
the ground over for the Anticipated
harvest, cornered Ruel one day and
enlarged upon his qualifications at
great length.
Now, Ruel,' he said at last, "eant
Won help me to be speaker?"
'Ye amt chose yit, Levi" said
Ruel And when the March elections
came Levi want chose"
Marble Hill press., 1905-05-25
CHAPTER xxx.
Well Won,

No sooner does Jack feel the soft
tan bark under his feet than he takes
in the situation. In the few seconds
that have interviewed the bull has
started upon his crusade again.
His horns are no longer shiny
&1ack, but dulled with the lifeblood
of one poor woman whom he has
gored and tossed aside
Again he turns to bear down upon
the deferseIess flock, huddled yonder
like sheep without d shepherd. capa-
BILE only of uttering piercing shrieks
of terror.
Jacks heart almost freezes within
him as in front of all the others he
discovers the one in whom his life's
happiness is bound up.
Yes, it is the maid of Scotland
pale as death, yet not betraying he-
deadly fear in any other way;facing
the onrushing bull with the calm, un-
fiinching heroism that might have
been shown by Christian martyrs at
the stake.
Horrors before he can cover half
the ground, the onrushing beast must
reach her, and the tragedy be made
complete.
Can he cause the assailant to
swerve by means of bullet? The
distance is so great. and the chances
of the leaden messenger missing it's
| mark, to do deadly execution among
the people beyond. that Jack dares
not try 1t.
All, grain of good luck-rather a
factor from a mercifui Providence.
The distracted trombone players
shining instrument chances to attract
| the attention of the charging beast
as it lies there upon the tan bark,
| and he halts long enough to send it
| whirling after its gifted owner. as If
| to emphasize his utter contempt for
| all military bands in general. and
Marble Hill press., 1905-05-25

to his instrument that he cannot part
from It.
A couple of heart beats. then comes
the crash.
Man and drum ascended together
in adversely as we'll as in prosperity
they still refuse to be separated.
1t is really a comical sight, and
Jack would laugh only that the dan
ger is great.
All this in less than Il minute of
time.
The bull has apparently mapped
out his duty. which is to clear the
arena of all specimens Of the genus
homo. and this he sets out to per-
form with amazing zeal
Marble Hill press., 1905-05-25
!, IRE aDonQ|
! <~l 8 AIALE OF TIL CUBAN WAR 3 !
" "u.I[TNNIJ Ac5rczzNE AnzzR29N y !
Copyright, 1>ss. by Street and Smith

Copyright, 1873, by Street and Snith
Having disposed of the most OBJ
nOxjous performer in the military
band, he proceeds to chase the other
wretched members hither and thither
around the limits OF the ring.
All Sin usually manages TO have a
hand in most things as they come to
pass. though i'll this case it is much
against his will that he is made ac
quainted with the raging beast.
Instead Of attempting to escape by
means of climbing the barrier. he has
made for the common exit, and find
ing that blocked by the half-craZed
mob. the Chinaman runs along the
fence, seeking refuge in one Of the
little inches placed at intervals to af
Marble Hill press., 1905-05-25
COMMISSION TO FORM
NEW WAR COUNCIL
New Body Is Expected to Assume Con-
troll of War With Japan Shortly.

St Petersburg, The first step tow
ard the ins tuition Of the long CON
temrla,ed Council OF National De
fcnsr. to coordinate the activities of
the military and naval administra-
tOns. has been jaHon in an imperial
manifesto creating (. special prelimin-
airy COMMISSION under the presidency
OF Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaie-
WITCH
The manifesto is preceded by re-
script whcih Emperor Nicholas has
addressed 10 The Grand Duke, in which
his Majesty says:
In order TO secure thc development
OF the Empires fighting force in
manner corresponding TO the needs
and resources OF the state and uni
formity in the duties Of the supreme
naval and military adminis ration,
and also to harmonize them with
those Of Gtn"r Government institu-
tiODs il questions affecting the safety
of the state. / have deemed i ncces-
sary to establish a permanent State
Defense Council, and | charge the
special commission, consisting of
members appointed by me under the
presidency of your Imperial Highness.
to draw np, according TO my direct
suggestion, Il law relating 10 this in
stltution."
The rescript concludes with the ex-
preston Of the conviction that the
commission will carry out the task
conffdcd to it without delay and with
the care aud undivided attention
which the high Importance OF the
new INSTITUTION demands.
The formation OF the council and
the assumption by it of control of the
war are expected to ensue shortly, as
the main details have already been
Marble Hill press., 1905-05-25
Opening of the Uintah indian
Reservation.

The Uintah Indian Reservation in
Utah, containing 2.425,00O acres OF
arabic land, to be opened up for set
tlement on September l, 1905. is des-
cribed in a pamphlet just issued by
the passenger department of the Den
yer d Rio Grande Railroad company.
i valuable map showing the country
to be opened up and the various
routes by which it can be reached, is
published for the first time in this
pamphlet, which may be obtained by
addressing General Passenger Agent
S. X Hooper at Denver.
Marble Hill press., 1905-05-25
Women Meet at Dixon. H..

Dixon. Ill: The seventh annual con-
vention of the Federation of Woman's
Clubs of the thirteenth District con-
vened i'll this city Thursday for a two
days session. The delegates were
welcomed by Mayor l. F. Edwards.
Mrs. Emma Brookmer. past president
OF the Dixon WomaD's Club. and Mrs.
F. Bastain of Fulton responded on be-
half of the District Federation. The
visitors were taken for steamboat
ride up the river Thursday afternoon.
\ picnic supper was served.
Marble Hill press., 1905-05-25
Death lnvades Baptist MEETING.

St Louis: In a manner startling and
dramatic death invaded the Baptist an
niversaries melting Wednesday after
noon. Just as the session of the North
and South bodies came to a triumphant
close, Rev. Josiah \. Gushing. presi-
dent of the Baptist college of Ran
COON. Burma. and one of the fOremos.
foreign missionaries of the denOmna.
ton, expired on the floor of the Third
RantiSt church
Marble Hill press., 1905-05-25
D. M. Parry Is Reelected.

Atlanta. Ga: The National Associa.
ton OF Manufacturers Thursday re
elected David NJ. Parry president by
acclamation, chose New York as the
place for the next annual meeting
and decided that the association shall
be incorporated under the laws of
New York. For the honor Of having
the next convention San Francisco was
the principal competitor.
Marble Hill press., 1905-05-25
Suez Canal Fiqures.

The original cost of the Suez canal
was S95,o00,000. Its depth was for
many years maintained at twenty-five
feet. In 1895 it was dredged to a
depth of thirty-one feet. 10S feet wide
at the bottom and 420 feet at the sur
face. This brought its cost to little
more than 10000 600. Its net profits
average 10 per cent a year.
Marble Hill press., 1905-05-25
Kansas Bars Pullman COMPANY.

Topeka. kas: The State Charter
Board has refused the application OF
the Pullman Company for license TO
do business in Kansas. The company
sent a fee of $3.50 with it's applica-
ton. The board announced that an
additional fee OF $14 4.927.5o would have
to be paid. which is the charter fee
required under the law on the Pullman
Companv's capitalization Of $4,000,
Marble Hill press., 1905-05-25
Origin of Grain Weight.

BY an English law. passed in 1866,
it was provided that a silver penny,
called a sterling. should equal in
weight thirty-twO wheat grains. well
dried and taken from the center of the
ear. This is the origin of the grain
weight
Marble Hill press., 1905-05-25
Heroic Love Custom,

This is the trial imposed upon their
suitors by DongOlowec girls. When in
doubt as to the respective merits of
two rivals the young woman fastcns a
sharp-pOinted knife to each elbow,
then, seating herself between the Low.
era, she drives the blades slowly into
their thighs and the hero who takes
the greatest length of steel without a
murmur wins the bride
Marble Hill press., 1905-05-25
Russians Constantly skirnishina.

Harbin, Manchuria: An officer who
has returned from the extreme left Of
the Russian army says the Ialu de
tachmcnt is constantly skirmishing
with the japanese, with whom are
5000 Chinese bandits armed with cap
,ured Russian rifles and differed by
IarauaSC