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Show MOHNINO ML EXAMINER. CHILD MEETS DEATH IN FLAMES Fatality Develops a Peculiar Case of Hidden Identity Which is Puzzling Brooklyn Police. Nr Tork. May 31. A' email Bra which destroyed a negro hovel In Brooklyn baa disclosed to t.ha police a strange rasa of hidden identity. In the lira which deatroyed tha building beautiful whita child I year old, loat her life. borhood. In some manner tha girl had been allghtly crippled. Fragmentary admissions by the lead to tha belief tnat the child's mother waa a young woman well-knoIn Brooklyn society. Its foster mother said she received for a Urns ISO every twelve moatha to care for the little girl but that payments topped five years ago, and owing to her attachment for tha little one, she want u work In order to provide for It She was absent when I he house a as burned. The child was locked In and perished. Thua far all efforts to unseal the woman's lips and disclose the secret of the child's Identity have ne-gre-ee Her prearnre in the hut which bad been occupied by an old negrese for eonie years caused an lnveatigation. It was learnad that the child had been reared by the negren and had, although evidently of refined parentage, been compelled to grow up without education and find her playmate among tha negro children of the neigh failed. APPOINTEES AT HOSPITAL DARKENED CONVENTION Flash of Lightning Burna Out a Circuit and Destroys Lights. Only a Limited Number of Employee Will Receive Fay at Chicago. New York, May 31. A flash of lightning that passed Into the motor in tha power bouse of tha United Electric lght A Power ronipany. which supplies power for the lights at Bellavna hospital, he thrown the great establishment In darknem for nearly three hours. Fortunately no operations wera In prog reus and no damage was dona. The flash waa preceded by a fearful thunderclap and the darkness following Immediately after caused anma uneasiness among lbs patient a and hoapital William K. Rlone, sergeant-at-arm- g at tha coming Republican national convention at the Coliseum has devised a system which he bellevee will be a great Improvement over former years, lie la determined to avoid the friction hie predecessors had to contend with by reason of misunderstandings over appointment of employes. He also has announced that a limited number of neeleunt doorkeepers are the only attaches who will receive pay for their services. Only suck persona as are recommended by members of the national committee will be appointed to any position In connection with the convenChicago, May 31. staff. At Mount lightning struck Vernon the power house of the Connecticut tion. Trail ion company, and all traffic was Mr. Atone has mailed a letter to the crippled for tha night committeemen fully explaining hie A small panic occurred In the T receplane, and Mat lag eperlflcally that the when music hall at Port dero George lightning struck the building. Nearly 3,000 people, many of them women who had entered to escape the storm, were wildly excited for a few momenta Havant fainted but no one wae seriously Injured. . Many of the hotels wera affected by the etorm, their lighting plama being .'smporarlly put out of business. and attendassistant aergeanl-al-mrm- a. ants of every rank, .must accept with the understanding that they are not to receive compensation, traveling expenses, or hotel bills. The long used standards will be dona away with. Placards carrying tha name of each atata will be tacked to tae backs of tha seats. BALTIMORES RAZOULPS . OBJECT NEW MAYOR Frasidant of Council Takas Oath of He Kidnepe An American In Order te fice and Will Finish Unesplred Old Debt. Force Bultan to Pay an Term of Mayor McLano. Of- President E. Clay New York. May 31. Jean lleae, an Tlmanus, of the second branch of the explorer who baa Just returned from city council, took the oath of office as Morocco. In dlacueeinf with the Faria mayor of Baltimore today, becoming correspondent of the Times tha kid- the successor to Robert M. napping of Ion Perdlcnrie, and hie who suited hie life yesterday. Under a stepson Varlry, recently, said: provision of the city charter. Mayor Releouli la a Moorish chief, an Tlmanue will serve out the remainder functionary whom tha sul- of Mayor MrLans'a term of three years. tan baa forgotten to pay. Ha hopes Mayor Tlmanue is a Republican. He by obtaining ransom for bla prisoners announced today that It la loo early for to get financially square with bis for- him to definitely outline what hie polmer master. icy may be. hut it te not believed he "There need be no fear in the United will undertake to undo the appointHtntee that the ront of the expedition ments of hla predecessor who waa a will not he paid by Morocco, Inasmuch Democrat. aa a Paris financial Institution In now preparing to laaue n loan to the aul-ta- ln Ball i more, May 31. of BRIBERS HAVE 110,000.000. ANOTHER CONVENTIONS. SOCIALISTIC CHANCE New Haven, Conn.. May 31. Slate conventions have been hel.1 by the Soci- party, and the Socialist party In Connecticut, candidates for Supreme Court of Missouri Reverses Decision Againot Former. Mempresidential electors were chosen and bers of BL Louie Municipal state tickets named. The Hoclatlst. Aeaembly. party nominated George A. Rwretland of Bristol for governor, while the Jefferson City, Mo.. May 31. The party named Timothy Sullivan of Hartford for the aama of- Mlaamirl supreme eourt today reversed and remanded the easeo of T. Edward fice, Albright, Jerry J. Itannlgan and John A. Hheridan, former memliers of the GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP. HL touts municipal assembly, convicttondon. May 31. The amateur golf ed of bribery and sentenced to flve rhsmplonshlp contest opened at Sand- year each. The cases wera reversed wich today In wet weather. Them were on the brief of the Attorney General 104 entries. Including hslf n doses that the informal Ion wera not verifled a required by law. by affidavit Americana. alist-labor CKjDEX, UTAH. WEDNESDAY MORNING, ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO BlICK- PORT. Mukden. May 31. The Japanese on the night of May 2S made an- other attempt to block Port Ar- (bur by sinking merchant vessels In the harbor entrance. The at- tempt waa discovered through the operations of n searchlight and oue JD.NE 1, 1901. I l. Vancouver. It. May 31. The big coal washer and engine room of the Western Fuel romimny of Nanaimo weie destroyed by fire. List S0, 000. and a mine w hich em- ployed 800 men i idle. Japanese gunboat and two torpedo boat destroyers w era sunk. The merchantmen then retired. I. a General bin's trooj has taken place at Ping Chuug, sy a Jiorald dispatch from Pekin. There were 3,uu0 Infantry, S.Ooo cavalry, 20 light mounted guns and four Krupp guns. The infantry I fair. The natives are quiet. The Iroops are living on tbe district and prices are trebled. Two Ruasinna moving west and alWashington, May 31. The Japanese leged to be cattle buyers have been deTangier. May 21. The United State Mindanao, when Lieutenant Winfield legation today gava out ui following tained at Cbien Chang owing to irreguCaiuine and Marietta arrived Harper and thlrty-nln- a of the Sevengunboat dispatch from Tokio: larities in their passport s. here during the night, completing with teenth United Slates infantry were at"General Oku, commanding the army the Moras. Atlanta, the Ameri- tacked by several hundred operating against Fort Arthur, reports RECOXNOITKR IN FACE OF HEAVY can Brooklyn and squadron sent here in connection Tbnye killed In the amlqish were First that our troupe occupied Daluy on May FIRE. A. Perdlcarla of Ion Lieutenant Harry wih the kidnaping Woodruff, Second 10. Over 100 warehouses and barracks and Mr. Varley. The population is IJeutenant H. Hall and fifteen besides telegraph tiffices and railway 31 Noon. Four gun- deeply Impressed by tbe assemblage men of the Joseph Tokio, May regiment. Over station, were found uninjured. and two torpedo of ao many warehlp. and people living boats, two 300 railway cars are usable, but all boats sent destroyers to Port Arthur early on outside the city are removing berc.fur Manila, p. I., May 31. Major Genersmall railway bridges in the neighbor- Monday by Admiral Togo, efal Wood has returned from Zamboansafety. hood era destroyed. All dock piers ex- fected a morning e careful facing Tbe British and American reiKvseai-arivega. Island of Mindanao, where he has cept the great pier, which was sunk, a heavy fire from the land batteries. have sent n special courier to been organlxlng n punitive expedition remain uninjured. Some launches were They discovered a new Russian searchthe sultan concerning the prisoners. dispatched In pursuit of the Datto Ail also found at the mouth of the dock. light station and one or two new forts Tbe officials maintain strict secrecy and his band of Morns from the Rio n on tbe Liao promontory. the negotiation in progress. Grande, who. on the 12th instant, surOCCUPATION OF PORT DALNY. Number 3 gunboat was struck by a regarding e A death ha occurred on board one of prised and massacred Filiinshell which killed one petty officer, (he ships. Funeral services were pinos. men women and children, emChe Foo. May 31. 7:3U p. m. Five three men and damaged one of held today. ployes of the government at Camp hundred Chinese refugees from Port jured her guns. The other boats escaped Overton. United States trooii are now Wan here arrived and Talien Dalny without any damage. All, determined to capture or trailing ENLIST FRENCH AID, After their today. conflicting sifting exterminate the band. stories It appears that the Russians BANDITS AWAIT EXECUTION. left Talien Wan May 26. for Port ArWashington, May $1. Through AmI'orter, Secretary liay ha re- AGAINST THE COLD BATH thur, after burning everything likely Liao Yang, Hay 31. Seventy con- bassador the to be of use to the Japanese.. Bandits demned Chinese bandit quested Fyench government to exare here offices toward securing ercise later took possession of tbe Town and good lu The local Chinese the release of the kidnaped wera pillaging when the Jainese cav- awaiting execution. Pcrdlcaria, Beef, beer, and cold baths our faith In view of the troublous governor. alry appeared. May 37. On May 26. the times, has been empowered to behead American in Morocco. The French In the two first na necessities for the Russian left Port Delay previously bandit without government has undertaken the task fitness of nil men In sedenreferring their rases and because of its closer association tary city life hae been rudely shaken burning the office and reeidencea, de- to the Chinese authorities Mukden. at with the various element in Morocco by experience. Whet o f the cold stroying tbo railroad and scuttling 3 largo merahanimen. the Zeld, Bureaia MINE PETER THE GREAT GULF. it le believed here it can accomplish plunge bath? Ia that a necessity, or ie more then any other government. The It a custom doomed to lie discarded and Nagadan, and ail the dredgers and British government aiao is acting with by many, together with black clothes launches. 30. It la Vladivostok (Monday).May Home of tha refugees also sty in behalf of young Ver- and top hats and no exercise and extra the believed from information received great energy Russians destroyed the gunboat Bohr, here that the ify. heavy feeding on Sundays mined have Japanese Admiral Chadwick is not expected at which la said to have taken part In tbe Peter the Greet tot us give the cold both Its due gulf ton which this fleet land his a from battle of Thursday last at Kin Chou, town le to party a valuable Anglo-Saxo- n inheritance. situated). a task of easy ac- present to pursue the brlgande, but it la atalrd Like boxing and end three torpedo boats Others say because of the recent Rugby football. It Is executes Razoull his if these vesaola returned to Port Arthur. complishment One that a training in pluck; and that small Korean nailing positively fogs. the assuredly Tha docks and piers at Dalny wera not heavy threat of killing hi captives, la more than can be raid for ell sysvessel was blown up yesterday. will Insist tem of physical culture, Stales government destroyed. Bandits occupied tbe city The region is quiet ao far ns military United e)iec tally for levied that he be ran down and executed at many which after the Russians left and we see au widely adverore concerned. operations tribute on the inhabitants. A Chlneaa any coat. It la expected at the navy tised today. Atlantic rant rector who had built moat of Dalny department that the South Otherwise (that I to say, except In CONFLICTING REPORTS. for tbs Russians, was held for ransom squadron now at Tangier, will be re- bo far aa pluck 1 a mental help) the the European inforced today by and hla rlerka were killed. Tbe town la' not particularly Che Foo. May 31.-- 2:45 p, m. One squadron, commanded by Read Admir- cold plunge-bat- h was still burning May 26 when the cleansing: it cloaca the pores of the hundred Chinese here arrived refugees al Jewell. Foo. Che started for The Japrefugees akin for the time. from Dalny nndTallen Wen. While their The hnttlehip Iowa left Horta today anese had not appeared at Dalny to statements Neither is It In its complete nnd viodiffer in many respect re- for Lisbon, whither she waa preceded lent form that time. good for those who liave One Junk which was leaving Dalny garding existing conditions on the Lien by the Kearaarge. Maine and Alabama poor reaction. If It leaves the victim was sunk by bandits and fifty persona Tung peninsula, the majority agree of Admiral Barker's squadron. The blue It la bad. The victim may have n upon thq point that the Russians had Perdlcarla matter wa discussed at weak heart. wera drowned. Anyhow, he Is not likely left both places before the junks sailed some meetat cabinet Tbe Chinese who hare arrived here on length today's to find the cold plunge-bat- h a help to 38th instant. Upon evacuation the did not leave Dalny or Talien Wan ing. fitness. the bandits both attacked by Russians, because they wera afraid of the Rus- towns and Some local uses, however, are likely commenced burning and pilsians nr Japanese. They fled from the to suit nearly every one, especially If The arrived laging. end later Japanese bandit who entered thoae towns. the person la already clean and warm took etepa to protect the Chinese mer(for example, by deep breathing, by chants. One Russian official was killFIGHT AT AI YANG PIEN MEN. the use of warm water, pure soap, and ed by the bandit The Japanese troops vigorous rubbing), and If the cold be the naval guns taken from followed hy rubbing and exercise to 8t. Petersburg, May 31.-- 1:30 Port Arthur to Kan Shan hill. p. ra. Tbs war office has received a detailed Three Week Ago She Ordered Her restore tbe glow and circulation, a well a to remove tbe relics. In some report of the fight at AI Yang lien Casket and Foretold Hor Apcases this may be followed with adMen, aliout sixty miles northeast of Death, proaching vantage by cold water again; for Feng Wang Cheng, on Saturday night. the feet, after being cleaned In which two batteltona of Japanese inand warmed and then Invigorated with fantry and one squadron of Japanese New York, May 31. Dr. Anna E. cold water, and then rubbed and warmcavalry, numbering about 2,300 men, Park, raid to have been the firwt wo- ed again, may be dipped once more in attacked flve squadrons of Cossacks. man admitted to medical practice In gold water, before they are covered. e The Russian kieses were seven New York, is dead ai the age of 74. How doe cold water act upon the killed atid one offlrer wounded Is Suspended Through En- Three weeks ago, when In perfect and nine horses killed. The Cossacks Business system? One's first Inclination is lo Beaver tire Services Valley care to of agree with Frieesnlls and the early adDuring the health, devoting herself were encamped 13 miles northwest of Over Remains of Senator n number of charity patients whom vocate of water treatments, when Kuan Dion Rian. which was held by they Quay. alie bad attended ever since her practitwo of several Japanese battalions, ray that cold water send the blood cal retirement several years ago. aha from the surface hence the pallor of which and one squadron of cavalry left May 28 for Hamaixa. This force enBeaver, Ia., May 81. For two hours vfHtted an undertaking establishment the surface inwards, after which the countered the Cossack bivouac at. 10:80 today during ihe funeral services over and told the manager he wished to ar- blood should come back to keep up the o'clork the same night and attacked the remains of Senator Quay, business range for her funeral. temperature of tbe surface and protect The undertaker, who knew her, waa it against the cold. There la much the Cossacks. who retired in good or- wdH suspended throughout tbe entire doc"You Ktartled. are well, perfectly truth In tide view. Tbe cold water der, keeping up a running fight along Beaver valley. Not a wheel revolved torts rapid chongee In the body, esthe road to Ramatxa. Thera wae a in any of the numcroua mills and tor," he mid in protest over her hurto coffin. a select great, deal of firing on both aides, hut. workshops in Beaver. Rochester, New ry pecially if the heart le strong enough well am but end fear "I the now, to stand the shock; the system 1 forlike moat fighting in the dark, it wae Brighton, llcavci Falls, anil nearly a my labor la near," replied the aged cibly Incited to make active efforts. very ineffective, as shown by the doxen other centers for mile around. of mallnesa of the Russian losses. In this place. Senator Quays old woman. Rhe choe a casket and robe Moreover, after a scries of such shocks, home, the street were thronged with witb rare and arranged the details for a mere draught of resh air. is unlikely TO RELIEVE PORT ARTHUR. crowds from surrounding towns, anx- her funeral before leaving the shop. to have power to shock us. In conious to pay a last tribute to the dead A daughter of Dr. Park resides in Los trast with this, it was said that warm California. water attracted the blood from the orTlcn Tain, May 31. It la reported statesman. During the earlier hours Angeles, gans perhaiia congested organ to here that the first brigade of the First tbe residence of the late senator waa the surface, and opened the pores of Russian division, consisting of tha closed to the outer world, and those the skin so that they might, get rid of First, Second. Third and Fourth Sibe- who wera closest to him in life, spent waste matter. The cold water, then, rian rifles, left Tashicbao (a point on the time with the dead free from Inwould be rather like nn enemy attackNew Chwang) for Kin Chon yesterday. terruption. in Ihe borne was Tbe leave-ukln- g ing our coast and driving us Inland, The purpose of this movement is not known but It la believed the troops are alien t nnd sad. There were brief ser- Young Man of Anderson, Ind., Assault- thus waking us up to resist, and to work hard and well; In a word, suped and Killed by Unknown moving to the relief of Port Arthur. vice by the Ilev. J. R. Ramsey. Only plying us with a strong motive, a crisis Aeeailante. They are to be followed by an entire tbe family went up to the Utile bed-liroom above the senator's beloved worthy of our effort. division. It Is probable, however, that another brary end took n lqpt look at their lead. Chicago. May 81. A despatch to the Mrs. Quay broke down again and Record-Heral- d GENERAL RTOESREL'S MOVEfrom Anderann, Ind., effect of aster on the surface la to stimulate or soothe the local centres, cried aa she dll by her husband' bed-aia MENTS. on Saturday afternoon, when the say: Hiram Staley, a young business man which we might call the heartlets of Mukden, May 80. (Delayed I Ac- physicians told her he wee dead. ha been stoned to death Jut after the body, and compare to the local A private sendee waa held at the stepping from an electric car at Ches- telegraph or telephone offices rather cording to advices received here General Stnemel'a force has taken up n house and under a guard of honor from terfield. flve mile east of here. Hi than to the central office, the great Beaver G. A. R. post Ihe remsiu axuallant have not been Identified and hen rt. The local offices con, to a cerstrategical position near Port Arthur, the tain extent, relieve the central office. which is supported by the gun Of were remove I lo the Fourth Presbytenot known. tlictr motive They have far more Independent life the outlying batteries, and the fort- - rian i hureh, where, for three hours, the than science used to imagine. public was given an opporlunltty to The comparison of the cold water It Is believed that General Oku has view the dead. Floral irilmics from with the enemy attacking our coast received strong reinforcement from all parts of the country have arrived. One of the first, arrival was Goversuggest the question. When our forces the Japanese army which landed at nor Pennypaiker, who. with ex Lieut. are driven hack from ihe coast, are we Tnkusban. ami g number of relatives prepared for tbe Influx of the coast There Is little change In ihe situa- Gov. dwellers, and are w fit to resist the tion to the eastward of Mao Yang. of the late senator, came in on tbo A correspondent has Just returned same train. enemy? If on whole surfs e were attacked at. once, and if our body were Every train brought in person of here from a sixty-mi- le Journey In the prominence In the slate, and country Miss Alice Roosevelt Tendered a weak and our heart weak, the shock neighboring country, which hna . A large silk American flag was might injure us seriously. , the reports of the presence of Luncheon by the Board of Lady But even in such esses, without the Japanese in this vicinity, lie found draped across ihe casket and no other Managers. previous warming, tbe wholesale use that perfect order prevailed and the decoration marked It. of cold water seems to have effected During the time the lusty lay in conversation of the people showed they St. tout. May 31. World's Fair valuable cures; perhaps somewhat as mate, several thousand person viewed had no knowledge of the hostilities. Ground. The social event of today on the burning of a bouse bss been known the remain. The serviies were marked by sim-pl- ii tbe ground was the luncheon tendered to arouse a paras lytic from his bed. REFUGEES . GIVE RUMORS OF Mira Alice Rnoevelt by tbe board of and force him into a sudden pure. ity. FIGHTING. The remain, at Ihe dose of the ser- lady managers. It wa held in the Father Sebastian Knefpp bas many vices were conveyed to the family plot woman's building. It was the first insuch cures to hi credit; only it must to be remembered that the water which be In Braver cemetery for Interment. tention to limit the invitations New Chwang. May 31. Morning. MO. but the pressure brought by soused was not wbat we know as cold Refugees who continue to arrive here from ihe southern part of tbe Liao PANAMA CONVENTION ADJOURNS. ciety women a bo wished lo nipet Mi water: it was water so wild, so fresh Roosevelt was ao great that Ihe list from the hill, that it was a tonic imTung report .tally fighting there and severe luaeea fur Ihxu arNew York. May 31. The national wa extended to 150 and when Mira mediately. and not a paralyser. We mies but the reports are uot confirm- conven'ion bus closed Its regular ses- Roosevelt took her place at the renter could get a somewhat similar effect by able officially. The Russians are de- sion. says a Herald die pan b from of the lab! tbe official member of applying a powerful spout of cold number about water to the body. Till well worth pending on the press bulletins fur news Panama. A special session ha been tbe party swelled the from that vicinity. The very highest convoked, however, by the president the board to nearly 200. knowing. When Kogoro Takahira. Japanese Russian authority here, while not be- and will beg n June 1st to last ten And lbs cold water Is on ihe ground today good forundoubtedly arrived most people if they are allieving that Fort Arthur will fall, ad- days. Pending subject and epecfsl minister, mits that its lose would Ixf a terrible matters propiucd by the executive will he wa greeted hy President Francis, ready warm I even sweating.) but not who extended cnrdinl welcome to tbo exhausted, nor out of blow to tbe Kuesian arm. Tbe same be discussed. hreath. nor laden mikado's representative. a authorities say Russia may bend with an undigested meal. Tbe head to New the south of KAV SUBSIDING RIVER should lie one of the first pans if not. large army Chwang In the event of General Stnes-ee- l the first part of ua. to receive the 31. able bold own hla to The Kaw at Port Topeka. Kan., May being shock. 1 slow iv Arthur. This. however, la not possible river falling at this point. Under suih condition tbe use of rold at present, owing to the position occu- Aside from shutting off the gss water is a stimulant, perhaps in meat pied by the Japanese operating from and street car traffic. North Toptka rase preferable to any ordinary stimfrom the flood. the Yalu river and Tekushan. The has suffered ulant. Russians are not sanguine as to the United States Troops Determined to And it Is a hardener against cold and outlook for Port Arthur. Ottawa. Kan... May 31. Flood conCapture or Exterminate the Band colds. More contraband of war la arriving ditions in this vicinity are fast ImThat Ambushed and Massacred The local applications la here. Two cargoes of flour and tinned proving. tbe water today receding rapMon and Officers of 17th Infantry. a nerve tonic and a tijrculat meats on! some specie were rushed to idly. Communication with North Otr. hein agaiiii-- t depression and other Mukden a soon as they were unload- tawa. revera! hundred person Manila. P. I.. May 31. The remains undesirable states of mind. were driven from their homes, was of the officer and men of the Sevened. Tbe alternate hot and cold bath or Heavy mine ere dally making tbe opened today with bon:, and provis- teenth United State infantry, recently losl application le. g.. for th? feet) nmlm-lie- d roads almost Impassable. Tbe Chinese ions were takn to tbe unfortunate. and killrl hy More, have may be exceleut in cases of cold ex-- t been interred at Cotahato. in Mindanao. ' remit; brigand srb becoming active. and sleeplessness. New York. May 31. The nu'i-ire- a the feet in hot eater for two minute, GENERAL MVS TROOPS REVIEWlias 33.7d9.ikHi on The ambush referred to look place then In cold water for one miuni . tonry paid out ED. e on May Sih at Simnaretn on ihe east j gether with vigorous order against deposits of rubbing. aul reNew York, May 31. A review of gold ai the San Francisco n::ct. there of Lake Liguasac, Lland of I peating this several times has Prepare to Enforce Demands for the Release of the Kidnapped American Gtizen. ch Tlen-Sha- fifty-thre- all-rou- ARRANGED HER FUNERAL LAST TRIBUTE TO DEAD STATESMAN Cne-ark- STONED TO DEATH 1 SOCIAL EVENT AT ST. LOUIS E dls-prnt- j Failure is Said to Have Been Caused by Defalcation of the Office Manager and Head Clerk. New York, May 31. The suspension of S. Munn. Ron A Co., waa announced on tbe ration exchange today. The firm la one of the oldest in the trade in this city. The head bookkeeper and cashier disappeared about ten daye ago and tbe firm believes that aa soon as It accounts era straightened out It will be able to resume. At tbo office of tbo firm it was said Clarence F. Cameron, the office manager and head clerk, had been absent, for about a week. An examination of the hooks so far mod. It was added, showed apparent discrepancies amounting to about 1125,090. SECRETARY TAFT AT KANSAS CITY. Kansas City. May 31. ft'ar Taft was the Secretary of guest of the city for l tmr hour today, and epokn to n large crowd at Convention hall. H had spent part of the day at Fort I seven worth a. the guest of the General BHI. I non arriving I here, he was driven about tbe city and enm-mande- then tenJered a reception, after which he ronilnued hla trip east. WOK iv OF THE REID ANTS. Fnrt Worth. Texas. May Sl.-- A special to tbe Record from San Antonio. Tens, says: Joae Coaalano, collector, who has several hundred acres of rat too in this country is tbe bearer of tbo good tidings concerning tbs work of red ants. Mr. CAfaiano's fields lew than n month ago were olive with boll weevil. Today he sold that there vu not a litre weevil In hie fields. Tbe rows are strewn with dead weevils which tbe bury little rad ants re carrying away by thoueanda Mr. Coaslano says a close Inspection failed to nbow n single live weevil on a rot-to- n plant anywhere in hi fields. The ama are on the pleat and In the rows bet warn In counties thousands. They aeeta to have completed the slaughter of the weevils and ore now engaged In carrying tbe corpses away probably to be store! for fond. ty DATTO ALI IN FLIGHT cold-wat- i , Jap-onrs- many people of mid foi , ness, which nr., aim.; panious.. We.aumhT. u,e whether brain- - oi r ' v,h xro keep awake might m rold water for the f(. . T l,w . 4 Ip than tea. For cold fee, ta .Impossible to get to Me,, p if 1 have worked for I.!. . ! most invariably find iy 'ol,, bear much of tbe mi l os the head; may not mid fern be adapted a a ,lh lr JVL sleepiness when work The desire for a d, ' "N water and the enjovnie,,, nf to lie a test of good hUh or of good circulation, rtu, do . ua ponses them? n, plication under the al,Ve -u likely to be better for m;tn ,nfltThe complete end itf.l.n good If it eulte ell around irvh.lr It doe not kill you. j, your moral fibre. Wha. not its use by those ui,.n p benefits, buf'lts tndWTii,ui,at mendation by such propi i.l?1 here that we need ih rect, by applying tew. Ro long as a certain w. II hnn. . .y.t-hithorlty on physical rnUme bet to take the. mi,. ,iurL moke some cigarette. drlnii beer, and ao on. we hare liui orion, complaint to make, except .i.dl ,jjr may be Judging by ln:n'.-,iia,and not reckoning full civ u rr certainly not n trained uiicrven g directly he preache a dogma that cup plunges are good for all: n., w, cigarette and some hwi in mnijPn tton" hurt no one, we nnM warn that this is not u jjj it is tbe loose thinking of a narrow nun-t minded empiric, and he expo,, ns such. ' Let us offer a better plan. Jmi rold plunge, or the local use of ((, water as cited above, not hy what other oay, hut by what you feel and think and do nnd become, after experiment- er 1 J, . I?!' 1 . sHc-nr- t, ation. So much depends on whether you have a good reaction or not. The cold bath Is rather like poverty. Them are some who do not need poverty u n spur to action; they work right wn In a palace amid luxuries nnd cue. Their character has no need for poverty. Others are blessed hy poverty; they react to It. With two thousand 1 year they would be Idle; with a hue pittance, and perhaps delit. they an active, enduring, at their beat. Other however, do not react to the full doer of poverty; they lone heart, they are paralysed, they arc likirtne man who, after the cold plunge, remain blue and torpid and perhaps giddy for many hours. For such people poverty In gentle' doses may be the prererlption. EUSTACE MILES. IN COURT. SPANKING The fashion set by Colorado has been followed by many other state, sad juvenile courts are becoming quite common throughout tbe country. Many innovations In dealing with children have been Introduced, and in the main, v have ben In Denver, good result achieved. The Denver Juvenile court, aa far aa heard from, ha not yet attempted to bone Ua discipline upon the Injunction of Solomon. From Cleveland, however, comes a rrixirt that the juvenile court of that city hat been forced to have recourse to the method of corrective ditripline A boy, wbo tried th court', patience to the utmost limit. The hoy woe an habitual and confirmed "hoot) player". Judicial counsel, thmti tr all were of no anil Imprisonment The offlcals were about to give np h auggjgted that 1 dlapalr when good, thorough spanking might work So; with the consent nf the boy's father, who waa In court with him, the spanking wae duly administered la the form and In the manner estnMiih-eby custom In that particular direction for cent uric. At. the concluiUin of the operation, which wa not very long, the boy waa bellowing lustily The medicine hod done 11 work and John waa discharged. And now, for fear this single rase may be taken aa a precedent for Juvenile courts In general, atteution It rolled to another ram wher result, were not so satisfactory. In the children'! court of New Ynrl the other dak, the fond fathrr of 1 thaJ confessed girl spanking wag a failure. He said thatng he didn't know much about only one but he imagined slap 'neath the ruffle was s good wij to keep her at home. ' She promptly ran away of com and sought friends who didn't think she ought, to stand up at the mantel all the time at meal "I whipped her twice for runnim I away. But she ran away again, and am afraid those whipirings injured ha more than they did good. Your honor I got hasted when I waa a hoy. and I deserved It. but It didnt hurt half much oa when 1 whipped my girl In tbe meantime, and until there at a sufficient number of cases report! to establish a precedent. It will e well for juvenile courts, as well aa fathm and mothers, to remember lhat what Is sauce for the gender le not alwayt sauce for the goose, and vice verso. nine-year-o- ld glrla-havl- FiJkiTEST OF RT. CLUB IDUIS DENTED. New York. May 31. President of the National league of bart clubs today gave out a statement r gardlng the matter of the proteslK game between the Rt. Ioul and NJ1 York clubs, played at Rt. Louis. May and won by the letter. He denia the protest of tbe St. tottis club ne tbe game in quest ion stands a a victory for New York. n Sydney. N. 8. W., May 81. A threatened strike of the employes of the Dominion Iron & Steel company, ha t averted. The men are eald to h term " received coneesalona but-thnot known. TEACHERS' SPECIAL RATES.' (Denver and Rio Grande.) p Chicago and return Sl touts e H-j.- " " St. Paul Omaha. St. Joseph and w Kansas City Ticket on sole May 80 and 31 and Jnnr Mb and 6th good returning until transit limit ten day In each direction Stopovers allowed. Sept-15t- THE NORTHWESTERN LINE RUSSIA- ATLAS. e A War Alia teen issued by tbe Chicago A western railway. Three fine coinr maps, each 14x20, bound In convenient -JAPAN Rusxo-Jarnnes- form for reference. 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