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Show $ AS THE WORLD THgyFF."' BEFORE PANGEIAF1A PUBLIC EYE REVOLVES FEAR FCR THE POPE. HAS DONE GOOD WORK. S to a .yfT7 r'--;: SAD END CF A USEFUL LIFV- - Career of Prcf. Johnson Brought to a Italian Police Eclieve Anarchists Are Close by an Accident. Plottirg Against Him. The Italian police think themselves Prof. Johnson of the University of Wisconsin, fell from a load ot goods on the traces of an anarchist plot With much sehe was moving into his summer home against the pope. stil but undoubtedly, precaucrecy, tions are being taken at the Vatican, and vigilence redoubled to protect its aged master, as it is not so difficult to enter that abode as is usually supposed. The real danger lies, however, in one of the huge functions in St. Peter's, where from 40,000 to 70,000 persons are always gathered together, who obtained their tickets legitimately or otherwise that is, through such as some prelate, or influence. bought them with back-doo- r The pontiff is carried slowly through held high above the the church heads of all, completely tressed in white, an admirable target for an assassins bullet. MANCHESTERS DECTS ARE PAID. of Young Duke Comes to the Rescue. The young, duke of Manchester, near Pier Cove, Mich., and was inis just 25 years old, took bis who stantly killed. havDean Johnson was elected head of seat in the house of lords after the college of engineering on JaD. 17, ing registered the customary oath. He 1899. The place was created at that was enabled to do so by the payment time. He was then professor of en- of his debts supposedly by his richfather-in-laMr. Zimmergineering in Washington university, American he Mo. For St. Louis, many years had been recognized as an engineer of high rank, and was president of the society for the Promotion of Engineering Education. He was professor in the St. Louis institution for sixteen years prior to going to Madison. He was fellow and past vice president of the American association for the advancement of science. For a considerable time he was president of the Engineers club in St. Louis. Father-in-La- DEATH Ex-Jud- OF FAMOUS LAWYER. Mark Bangs, in Illinois, Passes Away. Mark Bangs, one of the Well-Know- n e oldest of Chicagos eminent attorneys, a foremost man in the affairs of Illinois during the war and at one time United States district attorney for the northern district of Illinois, Is dead. Judge Bangs was born at Hawley, man of Cincinnati and the removal Franklin county, Mass., Jan. 9, 1822. thereby of his disabilities as a peer Coming to Illinois in 1850, settled in good standing. In Lacon, Marshall county, and soon William Angus Drogo Montagu, became recognized as a leader and the ninth duke of Manchester, sucIn 1858 he was elected to the circuit ceeded to the title on the death of his father in 1890. His estates were heavily incumbered, particularly the beautiful Kimbolton Castle, with its rare pictures and its relics of Catherine of Aragon. The duke was married two years ago to Helena Zimmerman, daughter of Eugene Zimmerman, the Cincinnati railroad official. WILL CHRISTEN NEW WARSHIP. Miss Susan Quay to Name the Formidable Pennsylvania. Miss Susan Quay, wno will act as sponsor for the new United States cruiser Pennsylvania, is the youngest daughter of Senator Matthew Stanley Quay. She made her debut at Washington in 1896, and at once became quite popular in the younger set of The cruiser society at the capital. upon whose prow JJ'St Qut, will break the traditional bottle of champagne will be the fastest war ship in the American navy and will be one of the safest of the armored ships bench for Marshall .counties, where he terms. During his activity in Marshall county Judge Eacgs became a warm personal friend of Abraham Lincoln, Robert C. Ingersoll, Owen I ovejoy and Gen. Grant. With other influential men of the state he was an organizer of the Republican party. For his activity in the organization of the Union league in war time Judge Bangs will be chiefly remembered. With the late Joseph Medill, of State George P. st'- ,Vs4w,t V s. s recis an old soldier with a ord extending back to the early days of the civil war. Gen. Burt Is a native of Ohio, and began his military career as a volunteer sergeant in the Union infantry. He entered the regular army after the close of the war, and served in various capacities in the East and the West. first-clas- Co- penhagen for the construction of a trial steamship of a new type. The inventor is Capt. F. C. Ishoy, who has taken out patents in the principal countries. In this new form of steamer, the screw , is placed under the bottom instead of aft. The hull is materially changed in form, being flatter and the ships draft thereby considerably lessened. It is claimed that a saving in the consumption of coal of about 20 per cent will be effected. The inventor believes that with the same amount of fuel the speed will be greatly increased, and, finally, that this form of craft will be much steadier and more seaworthy. to-aa- y two-heade- d well-know- n d Lord Derby Is George Spear, when phis with the stable of of New York, went Fast. he left MemE. E. Srnatk-er- s direct to the Grosse Pointe track at Detroit, where be will stay until his campaign opens. There was a matinee at Detroit on Memorial day, and as a special feature, Mr. Spear worked his star pupil, Lord Deroy (2:06), in public. He only sent him a mile in 2:18, but the last end of it was a 2:05 gait and the famous gelding electrified the spectators with the ease with which he moved at this dizzy rate of speed. Unless . something unforeseen occurs this game son of Mambrino King will surely do something extraordinary before the season wanes. ly. German Beet Sugar Production. Since Aug. l last the German beet sugar factories have turned out tons of raw sugar, as against 1,706,030 tons during the preceding s of the German sugar year. product Is exported. Two-third- Has Cure for Rheumatism. A German army physician declares he has discovered a serum which will enre even chronic rheumatism. Her Lucky Daughter. Mrs. Wiggles Laii sakes! 5 flxin up so fer? Mrs. Backwoods Wy, halnt heerd thet Hattie married oat you advise? them French fellers George Love Is the salt of life, my title an s comm' home with a W next weetj friend. Without it all else is naught Mrs. Wiggles Do tell! makes poverty i)jj k pure love, Love, marry one o them counts? wealth, pain a joy, earth a heaven. Mrs. Backwoods the Mercy Jack Enough, I will marry guess hes biggern a count' poor girl, whom I love. says in her letters that hes a ck George Bravely Spoken! By the feur. Judge. introducmind er would you way, whom you woman rich the to ing me Not Very Smart do not love? New York Weekly. Theres no use trying to make believe that Francis Bacon was a 2 Her Tribulations. smart man, said Senator Sorgho woman, "Alas! sighed the poor Have you read any of his . who had Just closed the door on the But his biography shows tb who folk charitable of deputation when there was a little financial had called to show her how to make on hand he wasnt cleer enough j a cooling, cheering dessert from the from getting caught.' seven-cours- e keep dinner a of remains alas! the rich we have always with the star sprinter of Georgetown University, at the Berkeley oval meet at New York. Ever since John effort after Owes set the mark at 9 effort nas been made to lower it, and A. Duffy, 4-- 5 it has been tied time and time it remained for the fleet-foote- to clip a fifth of a second from where it is it and place it at 9 likely to remain for some timw, as the limit has been nearly reached In the sprint. Duffy deserves his honors, as Duffy he is an athlete of the clear-cu- t stamp and extremely modest. When he was informed after his record breaking ;emPh! empbi fr om lc now of Befit ,onths ivinff Mr-- lace. C Afte it re si our va com pi io hea eakne feeh was s id I b1 ig and Bob Fitzsimmons, and the contest which hung in the balance nearly six months now seems a certainty. Both men are In hard training Jim at Harbin Springs, where he prepared for his battle with Gus Ruhlin, and Bob at Skaggs Springs. The training quarters selected by both men are on mountains, which gives them practically the same leg exercise. Reports from their respective camps have them doing all sorts of ridiculous stunts and daring feats of mountain climbing, which will condition them to fight for a kingdom. Fitz celebrated his fortieth birthday last week. This may not down with those who have always claimed Bob could shade forty by several years, but the old man must be given credit to know his age better than the general public. Lord Roberts Has Fine Pedigree. The colt, Lord Roberts, owned by J. Malcolm Forbes, of Boston, is a remarkably bred youngster. His sire, Arion, 2. 07, still holds the world's trotting record, Nancy Hanks, 2:04, 2:10; his dam, at one time held the worlds trotting record, and her time has been beaten by but one other mare, Alix, 2:03. He is a colt, and promises to add much to the reputation as a brood mare. It Is not Mr. Forbes intention to He start Lord Roberts as a will be worked carefully this season, and if he comes up to expectations may carry Mr. Forbes' colors In the a futurities of 1903. Lord Roberts is to Admiral Dewey ' (3), well-gaite- d half-broth- 2:14. 100-mil- e e 20,-00- 0 Ketchum Has a New Sensation. George H. Ketcham, the owner of Cresceus, has just assumed the management of Pegasus, owned by the M. E. Loose of Napoleon, Ohio, and will make the rounds of the grand circuit this season with the. horse. Mr. Ketcham regards the colt as the most promising young horse in the state and thinks that he is a likely successor" to the world famous Cres-ceuThis is only the second season for the horse, and, In almost his first a record of race, he established mtl iu enc Perui I. Pe ent iinty. vals. ltphU te edich Catai ily b; Scattered. What has become of that company of strolling players that used to present an imitation of Mount Vesuvius in eruption?" Last performance I heard of their giving was at some little town in Montana, You dont know where they went from there? No; nobody knows. They were never seen anywhere in the neighborhood after their volcano went off. Somebody had furnished them real dynamite for the eruption. lytha ithec hat 1 If yo ctory s ill 6 til rite j 36 111 Hell Smile New Yorker (to visiting Englishman) So the man who advertised to She He has a bright future bsfe tell you for a dollar the best way to him. make the least money go the farthest He I doubt if he ever catches up; has answered your letter, eh? What 1L does he say? The Englishman (mystified) He Pleasant Country Neighbors says, Buy a penny postal card and Mrs. Waldo (of Boston) I hu write on it to some one In the Philipletter from your Uncle James, P Now, how should the aw pines. lope, who wants us to spend the iq In the Philippine? blooming people mer on his farm. financial know any more about such Penelope (dubiously) Is there t matters than anybody else? Judge. society In the neighborhood? Mrs. Waldo Ive heard him spa Another Statesmans Rise. of the Holsteins and Guernseys Why In the world did you ever send tnat fellow to congress, any presume they are pleasant people way? Another Rash Break. 'Well, you see, we got together and loess I think the seventeen-yea- r talked him over, and seein there wnt nothin any further away than Is an interesting study, observes ts Congress that we could send him to, lady of uncertain age. It must be, we answer though we 'lowed the best thing we could do was to sfend him there. lessly, especially to one' who hi traced them down from generatli to generation. No Mystery. But of course It was her own !s. By the way, remaraed the man from the east, It seems to me that I that she took It personally. have heard taat my old neighbor, Jake The Boston Boy. Billfus, who came out here some years "Lookin fer a birds nest, sonny ago, disappeared completely and mysWesterner! asked the teriously not long after his arrival. d a He disappeared completely nough, boy whom he met r Bill, but not Boston Common. replied Rattlesnake No, sir, replied the intellects mysteriously, stranger. He wuz ridin on a dynamite wagon wnen the hind prodigy, as he continued to gsze q into the tree, I am merely endear? axle broae. ing to correctly classify this trees a botanical product Bidding Against Himself. Auctioneer But I say there Is noWould Be Safer. body else in the room offering to bid Bacon Whats his business? for the ancient cabinet. How is it that you keep on bidding against yourEgbert Why, hes a drummer self? automobiles. Broker Well, you see, that is a Oh, they have drummers for thoi matter of business. I have got thlngB, do they? Well, its a commission from two different parties idea, but I think It would be mocj to buy the cabinet at any cost, and I safer if they bad a drummer andi dont know yet which of them Is to lifer go In front of each of the it have It. chines. good-nature- d seven-year-ol- She Wanted More. Rural Innocence. Mabel, love, said Young Mr. Whats your "son, Joei, doin doe j by way of proposal let me be to the city? for life. I reckon hes learning how to Dll your bread-winne- r I But the girl, with her eye on the buckets. : beef trust, answered: j Do tell. I want some one who can win me Yas! Deacon Skldds son jX some beefsteak. come back from thar an he saya Ja is spendin all his time in a bach . Did Not See It Before. shop. Miss Eastside That is a lovely I seen It before? gown, but havent Abundantly Occupied. Miss Westside No, I think not; What does the society which J have only worn It at a very few smart have just joined find to do? asW affairs this season. Mrs. Bizzies husband. j A great deal, was the anna Of No Consequence. After we get an organization estil lished the question of other peopb eligibility to membership gives U i the work we can possibly attend tL Ten-spot- , 2:17. Schwarts Golf Champion of South-Ithe southern golf tournament on the Nashville (Tenn.) links, Schwarts of New Orleans, won the championship contest from Whiting of Nashville, 4 up and 2 to go. The winner made a brilliant close after a someMrs. OFlynn Im sorry to see what erratic game. The last match your holes for the con- old man coming home In such a con Pacer expected to break into two-- ' was at thirty-sisolation cup, which Sayer of Mont- dition every day. minute class. Mrs. OToole Well, It makes no gomery won from W. P. Ward of Birdifference now. Ye see hes workln mingham, 5 up and 3 to go. Chicago Men Win Honors. In a brewery, and gits his booze fer Charles E. Stahl, who has been nothin. Kid elected captain of the track team at Lavigne. Fairly Beaten. Northwestern University, la a Chicago Billy Lavigne writes that his brothTit for Tat boy and a Junidr at the Methodist in- er George was fairly beaten by JimHe Thats Just like a woman. She stitution. He has done excellent work my Britt in their recent contest, and on the track. Before this season he adds: The Kid deserves some credit cant view any question Impartially. at least for fighting six rounds with All on one 'side, just as she is on d competed exclusively In the dash and quarter-mil- e run, but this one wing so badly broken that, had It horseback. She Yes, John; and havent to his not been for a bandage he wore the year he added the half-mil- e you on every public been bones would have protruded. At least repertory. He has records of 0:10 question the aame ride way you In the hundred, 0:61 horseback! In the quar- such was the statement of his attendter and 2:08 in the half. It seems the ing physician. Heredity. proper thing to elect Chicago boys to ' Do you believe in A woman is seldom In a position to the captaincies of their track teams at heredity? I know Certainly; a barber command At this Cornell who until she has given her year. college Walter has three little shavers. G. Warren, the fast quarter-mller- , has promise to obey. 5 plea ce gr Adds s. 3-- 5 Ire itbe A i ) Not So Tactless as That, She Mrs. Boreton called and I thought she would never go, j He But you are so amiable, I ml pose you never gave her the slift est hint that you wanted her to sa j She Indeed, I did not If I W, shed be here now. to-d- to-da- 100-yar- I .rectio I Big Fellows Working Hard. the i to Repining because there seemed be no place to live where the committees could not hunt her up, she called her little boy in and sent him over to Mullaneys for another can of . foam. Baltimore American. Matters appear to be going along smoothly with Champion Jim Jeffries 1 anifes nd hea us. Arthur F. Duffy, who Georgetown college sprinter broke the world's record for 100 yards, performance that he had established a new record his only comment was, My, but didnt I get a bad start! Duffy will go to England this sum mer and will take part in the meets over there and expects to show the English athletes a few things In the sprinting line. He hopes to equal his record while abroad. i l'o ? US works-No- Con-sidin- Joe Patchen, 2: 01 yA. Mis? Friends Advice. a chance to marry a Jack wopoor girl whom I love, or a rich man whom I do not love. What would A I have 100-yar- d x This scene at a Roman oven 2,000 years ago shows, that methods of breadmaking have not changed great- he w..dred. Duffys New Mark in the After standing at 9 4 5 seconds, where it was set by John Owen, Jr-- , nearly twelve years ago, the record dash was broken by for the though again, 1 )f Wants Auto Endurance Test. The Chicago Automobile club has Corbett and McGovern. written to the automobile club of New Corbett and McGovern will settle York to in inquire if It will their little championship dispute in an endurance test to be run from city New London, Conn., between August to city. The letter as yet has not 15 and Oct. 5. Messrs. Crowley, e enbeen answered. As the and Vendig, the prime movers durance run is no considered a longer of the Nutmeg Athlecic club Of Hartsufficient test for modern motor vehiford, who secured the contest with a cles, and there has been much said bid of $14,000, were unable to secure a in favor of a 1,000-miltest, it Is permit to pull off the contest in Hart- probable that some such event will be but ford, managed, through the politiin the future. cal Influence of John and James Gaff- arranged The Automobile Club pf America has ney, to secure a permit from the com- on schedule for next fall a test run mon council to have the fight take to Boston and back. This will be place at New , London. Manager more than 500 miles, and It Is not likeit is will erect aman said, Crowley, ly that any longer trial will be atphitheater large enough to seat tempted until after this ha3 been perfight fans. formed. . Roman Bakers. Two-Heade- d Eagles. Prof. Leopold Messenschmldt in Dcr alte Orient, a popular German scientific journal, deals with a subject so caviare to the general public as the origin of the eagle of modern heraldry. According to the professor, this eagle Is found In the sculptures of the ancient Hittite empire, was adopted from them, as their ; Nowadays pugilists wear boxing writings show, by other Oriental peogloves to lessen the force of blows. ples that survived them, and from In the days of the Olympic games these was taken, in 1345, as the emthey wore thongs of leather, called blem of the Holy Roman empire. to Increase their force. With Harvard Since 1858. Dr. James Clarke 'White, who has Career of Dr. Milburn. with the Harvard Dr. W. H. Milburn, the venerable been connected , Wind chaplain of the senate, is nearly medical school longer than any other 80 years old. In early childhood he man, delivered his last lecture before lost the sight of one eye totally and Harvard students recently, and as a Of the other partially. He entered souvenir of the occasion gave each the Methodist ministry at the age of man & copy of his book, "Dermitltis Venenata. He has been 20, and In the course of twelve years tlnerancy traveled over 200,000 miles In the Harvard medical school since n the discharge of his clerical duties. 1858. iNtne years ago he was elected Few Negroes In St. Pierre. chap lain of the senate, but had been Few of the people In SL Pierre with the house In a similar were pure black, and most of them Capacity many years before. showed only a trace of negro blood. i .Jv to-da- To-da- the Hit. 3 Ip Pratt a Most Successful Evangelist. The Rev. S. Hartwell Pratt prepared for college in the Connecticut Hall Says Fitz Ruined Him. Literary Institute, Suffield, Conn. HeIf it had not been for Bob FitzUnlvrrBrown was graduated from simmons I might have plenty of said Jim Hall recently. money Fitzsimmons told that story so often about fighting me a fake in Australia that he must believe It himself by this time. If the fight was on the square then I would consider Fitz the cheapest faker I ever heard of. When he fought me at Sydney there was not more than $10 in the house. I got $7 for winning, and the balance went to Fitz. The people at Sydney were so sick and tired hearing about Fitz retiring from the fighting game that they would not turn out to see him. You know in Australia you cant pose as a fighter and act the part of a mechanic. You must come out in your true colors. Fitz was working as a blacksmith, and every now and then he would issue a challenge for a fight The sports did not have any faith in from sity in the class of '63, and and they were glad to hear the him, Rochester Theological Seminary in news of his departure for America. the class of 66. Ordained in Spring-fieldWhen he left Sydney he did not have Mass.,, in the fall of 1866, he a penny in his pocket, and had he reserved in pastorate twelve years and in Australia he would never mained entered upon evangelistic work in have been heard of. He wras lucky, 1876. ail. Now I am not jealous of thats Feeling that the summer might came out most advantageously be used for his success, but when he as a faker himself and branded boldly evangelistic work, Mr. Pratt started he should have taken the blame on his many years ago his first work along own shoulders. By this talk he queerthe lines that have proved so successed and all during my travels me, ful. through America I heard the story At the beginning of his undertaking was a fake, he talked with a few laymen, who en- about the fight Fitz said out was knocked I and consequently tered heartily into his plans, and provided him with a fine tent 100 feet of a small fortune. He was the only I ever heard of who by CO feet, capable of seating 1,000 worlds champion was a faker. persons. This tent was first pitched and dedicated in the city of Taunton, Blind Horses Not Valueless. Mass., in 1878. Later meetings were Blind horses are not necessarily useheld In Holyoke and Westfield. The next summer it was pitched in West- less as turf performers, although the are of little account erly, R. I., and at Saratoga Springs. majority of them Then for four seasons the canvas after their sight fails. Fuller, the auditorium did fine service in New man who drove Elvira to a championship record when her sight was alYork, where he is now preaching. most gone, had a blind trotter named Prince that could take care of himCAREER OF GEN. BURT. self in a race as well as any horse. No Soldier Who Would Sell the Philip- matter how large the field, or how fast the clip Prince was right in the front pines to Japan. Gen. Andrew S. Burt, who has just rank whenever Fuller called on him arrived from the Philippines and who for speed, aDd in his way of going proposes that the United States turn there was not even a suggestion of over the islands to the Japanese, to doubt or faltering. Down at Paris, be paid for on the installment plan, Ky., Douglas Thomas has a trotter completely blind, that, last fall, as a worked a mile in 2:10, and is expected to be one of the starters in the M. and M. stakes at Detroit this summer, and also to take a hand in the other big stakes for trotters of the 2:25 class. Drivers who have had experience with blind horses say there is far less danger in driving one of them than in handling a hoppled pacer of the average brand, because when a pacer with the straps on his legs makes a mistake and starts to fall he has absolutely no chance to save himself, while a blind horse recovers his balance with marvelous - ' r vA. t . v; aJ quickness. v ,r Sr 7; Harlow and others, he led in the organization at Peoria in 1862. This 'was the movement launcued to counteract copperheadism in the north, and the effective work of the league Is a mater of history. In 1875 Judge Bangs was appointed United States district attorney for northern Illinois by President Grant His most notable achievement during his term of office was the the prosecution and breaking up of the famous afloat. The launching will take place Signed His Own Resignation. Congressman Mercer, while making whisky ring litigation, which attract- at Cramps shipyards in Philadelphia with very elaborate ceremonies. the rounds of one of the departments ed national attention. last week, asked a subordinate how City of Jericho , he liked his chief and was told that Emperor Menelek Is Progressive. The Jericho of is a collecEmperor Menelek travels incognito the official in question never gave tion of wretched cabins, inhabited by and is attended only by M. llg of Zu- any trouble, but always signed everyf& peculiar people, who are unlike any rich and a few personal attendants. thing submitted to him. Mr. Mercer others in Palestine, belng a sort of After a short stay In Switzerland he doubted this, whereupon the subordimixed race and very depraved iu will proceed to Paris, whence he will nate offered to bet a box of cigars character. There are several good return directly to Abyssinia. The that the chief would sign his own hotels and hospices for the accommo- object of this visit, it is said, is pure- resignation. A document of the redation of pilgrims, a big Russian ly financial, for Menelek hopes to quired character was slipped into a church, and the Sheikas residence float a loan for the extension of rail- pile of letters and laid on the chiefs a square house, of stone, which, tradi- ways, telegraphs and telephones in desk.. In a few minutes the corretion says, stands upon the spot where his own country. The emperor takes spondence was brought back and it Zaccheus lived. Correspondence Chi- a great interest in modern arma- was found that Mr. Mercer had lost cago Record-Herald- . the cigars. ments, and is an expert electrician. Rough cn -- been selected, and at Harvard M. T I.igitner is the leader of the track team for sext spring. Other Chicago bays are in line for toe captaincies of the track teams at their colleges east and west. Rev. S. Hartwell New Type of Steamship. A company has been formed in Kr w ft As to Ears. get your ears loppd OBrien," said a smart tourist to Irish peasant whom he was quiziloC j theyre too large for a man. Ah, bedad, replied the Hlberalc I was just thinkin yours would n-tbe made larger; sure, theyre k small for an ass. You should o Confused. You believe? are an authority a:, ' history,! No, replied the scholar sadly. used to be before I began reading torical novels. t Among the Swift i Does Billy Billions get much 6 out of his automobile? : I dont believe he does. I Vf t bear of his being arrested, I i J'f I His very Best , j J Dukane I dont like that conS, ' yours, Gaswell. w , I, Gaswell Very sorry. Im sstr Its the very best I have. V Recklessly Wealthy. Is he really so rich? u Rich! Say, he doesnt even when his automobile runs OfS man." ls khi |