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VO LUME LIII. MILWAUKEE, SATITRDAY 2, 1899. NO, A Story of a Bichard Davis, a. married man with a Ifiainlly, bad Jatdy retired 4roin business 1 A substantial Office fait giitu aim no opportunity of de- bis -muscles. He looked a frail steadying Ms boat under the at a.

tm. 'be once more summed up upon his fingers. "Shall I sot- hew, in he reflected. "The enough. The house: 5tt lirtlomiwhat small; but the garden bor- the riVflr exactly I want it.

sebooU! Everybody says that I 1 not do better for the children. remains the river to be considered. hM Mr. Davis looked round -'a particularly critical glance. "That cuebt to do.

There is not too much current for vrliBt I. shall want. settle 3u 1-1 Mr. Davis had a fixed intention to de- to a certain aquatic hobby, -would him in the open air, while UP his time and providing him amusement. "Aycl and it won't be hard work as handling these he-reflected "to himself, whilst rowing an.

The pleasures of anticipation kcptlbr. Davis company till lie stepped from the boat upon the wharf of Bon.or boatyard. "I had it out lor an hour and a half?" he, interrogatively. Xhe referred to a memorandum book. "Ninepbnce.

sir," he replied. "There you are," snid the stranger, taking the money from a purse, "and for yourself." Mr. Davis tnnwfl ronnd to look once more over the placid reach of river. It was.beautiful, nnd was the -gray stone bridge, witn White ducks sailing into a side arch. fine river here," he remarked, dwamily.

"Let's see; what do you call Tbev are proud of the river at and always ready to answer about "The Slowe, sir," said the -waterman, briskly, measuring up the as a calls ft the Slowc, sir. And there am no finer river, not. in the kingdom. the Sawiey Schules keep thrir boate 'we. And so do the Town Club Do we build for we did.

Aye: and for a ot others over the wide, world Tes, sir; right, sir; you 11 'art our boats at 'Enley. When Bonsor's Is. not busy it gossips. yielded himself to the at- i of the place, sitting himself dowp upon a wooden trestle to watch listen. Five minutes they come!" said, the waterman, "Now, mister, you'll see im coachin 1 'em today ready fur the The sharp nose of a racing boat had Just Appeared under the central arch or the'gray bridge.

Scarcely a second elapsed before an eight-oar came into 'lulfview with a splendid vigor of back and blade. Steering by the boundary walls and igardens of the reach, the eight" traveled rapidly toward the boatyard with a rhythmic rise and fall of its green and -white jerseys. "Basv all!" the coxswain shouted. His voice was manly and authoritative. In an 'instant the powerful "clock, clock ot the oars ceased, their blades flouted Uatlv upon the surface of the and the boat, steadying of us throbs, slowly into rest alongside the yard.

Edward. Foster, the coxswain, who Stepped ashore, was nn old "Blue the Salsey Rowing club, eyed the local celebrity freed of a nuisance that he could not see his way to check. Then people to make agrievance of the presidents inaction. The finest regatta that they had had for years was rapidly drawing nigh. Everybody knew that the attendance wonld be exceptional owing to unusually valuable prize list and the country crowd that would be attracted for the menagerie and circus advertised to arrive in Salsey upon the same date.

It would be intolerable if the man, iJa- vis, were allowed to tricycle here, there and everywhere over the river, as he affirmed that he intended to do. There would be an accident. There must be an accident. Mr. Foster should really move in the matter.

"All very fine! -But how? What can I do?" the president grumbled. "1 he does not care a tinker's curse for yon, or mo, or anybody." People, being irresponsible, were not satisfied. The president, being president, ought to move somehow in the matter. At length Foster determined to send ail official letter to the delinquent. An answer came back by.return of post.

Mr. Davis was of opinion that people were envious of his novelty, and that Se7 exaggerated. If Mr. Foster was not iiware of the fact, as his letter would seem to imply, and would refer to the regatta subscription list, he would hud that Mr Davis was a subscriber, and so had a moral right to be present at the re fhe 'president of the Salsey Rowing club brooded over this reply for two davs Then he went to Bonsor and called one of the watermen aside. "Bill" he am hiring the Jane for regatta dav.

I shall want you just before the Salsey Schools' race comes off to row Miss Foster in her away from this, part of the river dov- to the The Schools' race is, for local reasons, always the great event of Salsey regatta. It attracts the attention of the crowd more than any other detail of the pro- gramme. At the exciting moment when the course opposite to Bonsor was about to be cleared for the great race, the president intended to foul Mr. Davis tricycle with a dinghy, so skillfully that the cock ney would be covered with public obloquy us a careless, reckless fool who has at last received what he well- merited upset and ducking. A gray stone bridge, with several arches, crosses the river 100 yards below Bonsor's boatyard.

The stream widens beyond the "bridge, running By a fine promenade upon the left to a terminal lock. Halfway between the bridge and the latter another side lock on the right gives access to a lower river It was toward this side lock that Bill, according to his orders, began to row Miss Foster upon the day of the regatta, just before the course was cleared for the Schools' race. The river was crowded with pleasure boats. Their progress was slow as Edward Foster watched them from the midst of a gayly-dressefi crowd at Bonsor's. At length they disappeared out of sight under an arc-h of the bridge, and Edward Foster immediately stepped a dinghy that was being held ready for him at the wharf by a waterman.

"Shall I shove yer off, sir?" the man asked. The brass band of a circus anil menagerie was playing noisily in a field behind Bonsors yard. "What? No. not yet. H61d on a bit," the president replied.

A minute passed. Suddenly. Mr. Davis' motor-tricycle rolled forth from an arch of the distant bridge, and. trumpeting discordant to the crowd of boats, began to dodge its way taking in the preen cap, the I hi uucl toward Bonsor's.

"All creen blazer nnd thg short flannel breech- right. init!" -said the president, reaching just the knee. "I cure to fall foul of him." he tpmarkert, after a "1 shonldn't think 59u would, the -waterman icplicd, glancing with a scarcely concealed disdain at the Whippety lig- nre of the Londoner. Bonsor's is approached by lane run- in pursuit of himself. He began to his and halloa, at first faintly, but soon with the growing passion desperate man entering his.

whole energy and heart into a splendid attempt to save life. The monstrous, wallowing, barrel-like hnlk was not to be diverted from the boat. The curved white tusks traveled closer and closer to its frail stern. A. catastrophe seemed imminent.

Suddenly Mr. Davis removed his hat, casting 't cuttingly downward with' his whole force. The-ragged edge of the straw caught the brute's eye painfully. The hippopotamus swerved and turned. In a second the tricycle was following round on a curve, gashing up the surface of the rrver into treble lines of foam.

"Come on. you beastr' the man shouted tauntingly to the brnte-passion glaring at him. "Come on!" The challenge seemed understood. The small pointed ears cocked themselves cunningly. With a surging leap that ex-posed its shoulders, the hippopotamus began to chase Mr.

Davis down the river toward the bridge. The bicyclist, gaining palpably npon the- savage brute in his wake, ap- tiharply. catching sight of it. The waterman obeyed, pressing hard upon 'ho outrigger, and afterward himd nfoife, first, through an open space, where Balsey's outdoor as held, mid afterward tie- tween high brick walls to the gate of the boatyard. Some weeks after tbo conversation necoidfld above a bath chair wns being drawn along this, lane by a boy in buttons.

Its ueetipant was a young lady cripple for life. Her approach wns not till she entered the gate of the boatyard. Then there was uu immediate Stir nniougthe mermen, and one ran toward. 'Tes." said the young lady; "tall my brother that I nm please. It Edward Foster, with his physical strength and personal popularity, was occasionally dictatorial wnh people, wns Jiever so with hK sistoi.

Pulling on his blazer, 'he descended the ladder. A fvv later Bdfcard Foster had gathered his sister up in his arms and wan her to the boat. It was a feat of Strength that the yard Itkcd to The environs of Salsey' were soon left and the brother and found meandering with the river through some Hat green meadows. The invalid dul not talk much. Lazy Towine, warmth and the occasional pautet her? and there for a flower, made the president of Salsey Rowing chrb ffrOW drowsy.

His eye began to watcli She smooth, oily flow of the current. Ins ear to listen to tho water rippling under their keel. Fringes of feathery reeds ap- 1 peered on either bank Soon the meadows weie hidden, and the river wns 'twisting nud turning with short reaches -toward the green gray bulk of ft distant wood. Suddenly there was Arrange mixture of rattle nnd splash; and tt man seated upon an object like a cumbersome tricycle came swiftly round a curve of the rivor. There wns just time "far Edward Foster to unship his left checking the motor water looking over the shoulder of crushed-strawberry colored blazer.

president of the Salsey Rowing u.jad no sympathy with nuiscle-sav- machines. They appeared unmanly "1m. For a moment he was dumb at the peril to which his had just been exposed. Then he You ought to. be.

I complaints of you before, sir. 1 a nuisance upon the river. gSjj! stranger seemed taken aback. He prefl. making no reply, ike my advice!" the president add- rimly.

"Learn to row like man of treading away like an old nan at a sewing machine. You 11 jonrself from getting into trouble the law. -It you hadTnn us down I the stranger interrupted, sirT' the president asked, 'on'were tipon the wrong side of the the stranger said, simply. president started and looked An expression iof chagrin swept his face. "The pace at which you traveling gate me no time to cross replied, after; a pause.

lattanger sarcastically. to Miss Foster, ne touched i machine and moved away. fly-unpleasant ion upon Edward 'B mind. all aquatic Slowe had so that tfce stran- rameas he had been "set 10 order over an the Inmucation to over hand alone the length of a scull. The light era ft yielded steadily outward till tin-re was water enough for'the president to take a stroke.

A glauce over his shoulder told him that the tricycle was advancing rapidly. must be He began to heart the boat hastily round into a position that would enable him. alter taking a few strokes, to deliver a slanting blow into the wheel of the tricycle as it passed. Presently another dance behind told him that the revolution was satisfactorily completed. A weak man wonld now have dashed forward.

But the president's nerves were ol steel! He saw that he must wait live seconds or more for the advance of a heavy family boat. The blow, delivered from behind this, would inak" the tricyolist appear more plausibly in the wrohp. One, two. three seconds passed. Tlrt- president leaned forward.

His blue eyes gleamed But the stroke was never taken that would have launched him at tricy- cli-u. The president's purpose was sud- clrnly distracted by an outburst of terrific bellowing. It seemed to be approaching the river by the lane leading to Bonsor's. growing louder and louder. There was scarcely lime to speculate what it might be when the Bayly-dressed crowd'in Bonsor's scattered in all directions like a flock of frightened hens.

Will) a powerful action of the wrists, the president reversed the blades of his sculls to back water so that he could come into view of the yard gate. he looked past the angle of a tarred plau'k shed. A half ot the flimsy gate of the yard was open; and, bellowing, blundering, trampling toward it. he saw the dark'-browii body of an enormous animal, shaped like a rhinoceros. Quick as lightning a thought of the menagerie miide the president glance up at the white cnnvas.

showing over Bonsors roofs. Immediately afterward the huge carcass entered tho narrow aperture before it. There was. a splintering crash. The pate buckled up like matchwood.

And. upsetting the table of a ticket collector, dispersing the bowls of coins in a clinking shower, the animal entered the vard. For a brief second it seemed that the thick-lipped brutal head would run itself in its mad fnry against a red brick wall. But the four feet came together like a pivot. The enormous body swung round.

There followed a moment frightful expectation when the pig-like eyes examined the shadow of the sheds where women were crouching. Afterward a dreadful, many-voiced cry rose from the boats upon the river, as, with one tremendous veritable caricature of animal hippopotamus made straight for the entering it with a thunderous splash. The brute sank deeply under. As it reappeared with dripping tusks, the crowd of pleasure boats began to flee, some up, some down the river, with fran- hissed, position amid the panic with a superb bravery, and splashing wildly with his serills in an endeavor to drive the beast back to land. The chase very soon began to tell upon the crowded, jostitag-boats.

interval berireen them and the powerfnlly- swimming brute diminished and diminished. Bresenty the peril of children, was becoming feartttlly evident. It was faBing behind 4he yawing, undecidedly straight course, giving the pursuing animal greater and greater advantage. A man the ter- ttble sight from Trherejhe halted after the first panic. Suddenly he touched a lever.

There was a Trturnng. rattling fall oil power, uuu the town bridge ut full speed. A dense crowd was standing the latter, their faces peering red and white through the stone balustrades. It was no sooner evident that Mr. Davis intended to shoot the central arch thau there was an agitation amid this mass of people.

They began to shout. The confused babel of shrill cries appeared to be a warning. But of what? Mr. Davis looked aftrightedly over his shou der. No, it was not that: He was still gaining.

Immediately afterward, with one glance up, he swept unenlightened under the uproar of the crowd. As Mr. Davis again flashed out into the sunshine beyond the arch a sight met his gaze which explained. Straining along the foot of a high promenade was the crowd of pleasure boats that had fled down the river from Bonsor's when the hippopotamus had first appeared. They were some 250 vards away.

It was a necessity, if Mr. Davis were to save them, thnt he should slacken he should keep the hippopotamus in play till they could reach and land npon a low bank some hundreds, of yards beyond a side lock on the right. A few seconds passed an agony of indecision. Then Mr. Davis' hand went resolutely to the machine's brake.

He began to press it harder and harder, looking over his. shoulder. Suddenlv the awfully critical moment, "that he hod been anticipating, came. The hippopotamus was almost upon him when, with a clever touch of the steering-rod, Mr. Davis deflected the machine aside.

It was the commencement of a second duel between man and brute. The crowd watched the conflict gradually withdraw in the wake of the fleeing boats. A score of times Mr. Davis endeavored to escape past the hippopotamus into the open water up river. A score of times the cunning of the mad brute foiled him.

Presently they were opposite to the side lock, and it seemed that the cyclist must be driven back and fol lowed among the boats. The crowds upon the bridge and the promenade grew breathlessly silent. There was a moment when the trieycle wns stationary. Then the great brute rushed And women shut their eyes. But the ringing, vociferating cheer! The cyclist had escaped into the open gate of the lock.

But again the horror of it! The lower gates of the lock were firm and fast as iron. The hippopotamus wa following in after him. The rescue took place just in the nick of time. A tall figure, landing from a dinghy, rushed across a meadow to th lower end of the lock. The crowd sav it kneel and stoop over, and pull up th cyclist by main force.

Then the man who was saved and th man who had saved him ran bnck to gether to close the lock gate. The hip pnpotanms was trapped. "Bnt your tricycle is smashed up! sni Edward Foster, glancing down upon th event of the day. Mr. Davis held out his hand, have saved it, too, if you could," be said The president of the Salsey Rowing did not deny the Strand Magazine.

COUNT OF ASHLAND. Alexander Wndblad ia Irftt a Fortune by Sire the Pond. Ashland, Nov. -Liudblad, a native of Norway, fell heir several months ago to a iieut fortune, which he has been using with the-ex- CAN HAVE BACK. ubtcrlberi to Dewey Hotne gnnd will be Reimbursed ir Tbej So New Tork, Nov.

A 'special to the World from Washington says: Any snb- eriber to the Dewey home fund who wishes to may have his cr her money- lack. John K. McLean, speaking lor his sister. Mrs. Dewey.

said: "'Sirs. Dewey the admiral have beeO overwhelmed vith not hundreds, but thousands of tele- 'raius of sympathy for) the affliction vhich has befallen them In this furious ind thoughtless attack de npon their fomestic life. Admiral 1 statement- has had great effecHto accomplish his revulsion of sentiment Among the elegrams received was 01 from Emeron McMillan of New Tor to the effect hat if any person desired the return of heir subscriptions to the tome fund, if he admiral would forwuU tho. list of contributors to him, 'togeaei trith any etters or dispatches requesting a refund- ng of the money he. 3 Jr.

McMillan, would immediately reimburse all applicants in full. "I am authorized to say jtaost positively iat all such requests receive the ironiptest attention. AHUhat is necessary for these people to do is to forward their requests to the admiral himself and lot to rush to the newspaper offlces with All that come in proper style will receive attention. "I also desire to say that nothing that ias happened to us throughout our fives ias been such a of grief as this public furor. Mrs.

Dewey has always seen the favorite in our family and has been almost idolized. We; feel her grief very keenly and propose defend her. At present she is in no. condition to say anything for publication. "This trouble has seriously afflicted our aged mother, who looked forward to the coming of Admiral Dewey with such pleasure auil admiration, and who was so happy in jlier daughter's marriage.

We certainly" never anticipated the xmtburst and acted in absolute good fakir, as we supposed, with every- days, bnt had done his ordinary work Tind had; taken the milk to the factory that morning. It is supposed he was temporarily insane, as he has a brother now in an asylum. The funeral will be held Monday. In'the Church World. Washington, D.

Nov. unforeseen circumstances, arise Admiral Dewey will be the guest of Chicago on May 1. "1 received a telegram from the mayor of Chicago," he said, "supplementing a U-tter of the Dewey comnmtee of that city, inviting me to visit there on the first of May. You may say that, all things being equal and barring any unlooked-for circumstances, I shall accept the invitation. "From every section of the country, he said, "telegrams and letters have come to me showing the good will and kindness of the American people.

I am constantly receiving tokens of good will from the people, as you will see by looking around this room and seeing the besrttafnr things that have been sent to me. "No, I do not care to make any observations on the criticisms which have arisen as a result of the transfer of the property other than those which I already have given pubHc expression to. Enough bus already been said, arid- I now want to live qnietrytiiid peaceably." There is a decided modification in the gossip resultant from the transfer by Admiral Dewey to his of the property in Rhode Island avenue presented to him by popular subscription, and the incident, according to his brother-in-law, John B. McLean, is practically closed. Since the publication of the statement by Admiral Dewey in defense of his action, the tide has turned from criticism to sympathy.

People are beginning to realize that after all the failure on the part of a hero to come up to expectations of the public on a matter of Jmrely domestic concern is insignificant compared with a WAS IN THE TORNADO. Beret. Talks About the Storm that Wrecked Porto Bico. Milwaukee, November 27, 1899. P.

-Walsh enlisted ifl the army at the Hilwankee recruiting office this morning. He will join the First cavalry at Fort Meade, S. D. The recruit has been in the army eight years, five years in the Eighth.cavalry and three years the Eleventh infantry. During his last enlistment Walsh was a sergeant.

Lip to nine years ago he lived in Milwaukee His-people, whom be has been visiting for the past week, live on Cold Spring avenue. He was born in Portage. Sergt. Walsh recently spent a year and four months Porto Hico Co. Eleventh infantry, which is Capt.

Penrose's regiment. Having had experience both in infautry and cavalry he likes cavalry the better and so enlisted in that branch of the service today. 'At the time of the big tornado which swept Porto Hico, August 8 last, Sergt. Walsh was stationed at Port Playa. Humaoca.

"I would rather go through fifty battles than- so through another experience of 'that'kind," said Sergt. Walsh this mom- ing. Thirtyrone people were drowned or by flying timbers or roofs at the port where he.was stationed. He buried twenty-nine of these victims himself. Afterwards he was the non-commissioned officer in charge of distributing the relief supplies.

He received notice a day previous to prepare for the storm and. to toform the peopte. Not much attention was paid to the warning and some of the natives laughed at the idea. When the storm was over there were 800 of them homeless who would have starved but for the aid which came from the United States. Sergt.

Walsh had to use some strong persuasion to make the natives unload the supplies sent for their own relief, but.he made them work by refusing supplies unless they After the wind had blown down most of the houses at Port Playa Humaoca the sea rose and flooded the place. Sergt. Walsh was in the barracks, formerly a Spanish hospital. When he left this post he had to swim for it. All the cocoaaut trees in the neighborhood were destroyed.

Times are now beter in Porto Rico, the soldier says, and an era of prosperity has 'set in. A Tot of Americans are coming in buying land and starting fruit farms. Sergt. Walsh left Porto Rico npon the expiration of his term of enlistment J.o- veniber 4 arrived in Milwaukee a week ago Saturday. His love for the army soon manifested itself, so he re-enlisted today.

After the tornado he says relief committees of civilians were organized in every city and town, while the soldiers attended to the actual distribution. It seems that a pretty state of affairs exists in the diocese of Honolulu, the bishop of which is urged to retire, in order that the jurisdiction may be transferred to the control of the Protestant Episcopal House of of the United States. A controversy is raging in Honolulu over the transfer, aggravated not a little because the bishou or Honolulu and the rector of the only parish in that city have long been engaged in a personal quarrel. Their differences have gotten into the local newspapers, and form a scandal of the day. The two men have so far iicreed that they conduct two services in the same small church on different hours on Sunday, each having his own partisans.

It was. into this controversy that Bishop Potter projected himself, on his recent call in Honolulu oiiXhis way to the Philippines. Bishop Willis, one of the most formal of men and not possessed of tin ounce more avoirdupois than is needful, has his oppo-' site in the rector, an American, who is a hale fellow well weighing 200 pounds and more. The bishop has Ions been personally unpopular on account of his ritualism, and the prospects of his religious work there have never been any too promixing. It is said that Bishop Potter carried away with him the Honolulu bishop's resignation, but that point cannot be confirmed.

Baptists in Oklahoma have enjoyed some unhappy divisions ever since the territory was settled, bnt they are now in the wav of being settled. They arose between. Baptists North and South, but their chief cause was the pretensions of the Landmarkers. Those who are not familiar with Baptist conditions in America will need to have it explained to them-that there are, particularly in the Texas, Arkansas and of these Landmark Baptists. They are really "high! re- Five Get Fortunes.

brilliant national world importance. and Chippewa -Falls, Wis, Nov. now develops that instead of Frank Sleinmetz being the only one who will get a fortune in Alsace-Lorraine, there Sre four others who will receive a like amount. They are three brothers of Mr. Steinmetz; Joseph and Steven, who reside in this county, and a brother who travagance that generally follows a short cut to wealth.

His father, a Norwegian politician, died recently, leaving an at- iumulation of wealth to be divided between two children, of which Alexander is one, the other being a daughter. Ine sums bequeathed to the sou amounted to $15,000 down 1iud a yearly installment of $1000 thereafter for the term of his natural life. Shortly after corninb into this good fortune, Alexander began to buy everything in sight in the line of apparel. Local clothing merchants, learning of his wealth and desire to become prominent, took him under their protecting wing and sold him nearly all the misfits they had in stock. He began giving wine suppers, ench of which was atu-nded by a large concourse of fake friends, who were bleeding" him continually for his ready- cash.

Tallyho and excursion parties next occupied his mind. Everything went along smoothly with his supposed friends until he became mixed up with the manager of a stock opera company, who had gone to the wall here and who was trying to organize another company. Alexander. became infatuated with dramatic art and feverishly waited to go on the Of course he found an adviser in the bankrupt manager, who made known to Alexander his intention of organizing a new company as soon as his treasury could be reinforced. Alexander was thereupon overwUling to advance him the first required sum, $500.

About this time some of his countrymen, learning of his insane adventure, Report of the threatened prostration of the admiral from the effects of the recent severe criticism, too. has won sympathy, and the people here appear to be inclined to allow him to manage his own affairs and disturb him no further. Virgtn-O'Seil Wedding- Platteville. marriage of Miss Ethel Lmn Virgin and George; Edwin O'Neil ot Milwaukee was solemnized in this city today at 11 o'clock in Trinity church. Bishop Nicholson officiating, assisted by Rev, O.

£. Miss Virgin was attended by oVsun Edgelow. her sister. Georgia as maid of irg houor. Daisy Her bridesmaids were Misses Virgin, Chicago witutLre, it Georginia Grandy, Sioux frails, Ia.

Frances Staver, Slonroe. Mr. Neil was attended by Vrooman Mason of Madison. The ushers were Messrs. Harrv Hawley, Platteville; Harry Boardman and Stanley O'Neil, Milwaukee, and Charles Burgess, Madison.

It was a chrysanthemum wedding, shades being pink and blue, which are the of the Beta Theta Pi rater- nity, to which Mr. O'Neil belongs The bride is the of Col. anil Mrs. Horatio H. Virgin and is oneof Plattcville's fairest young ladies She spent two years in Milwaukee, studying music under Mrs.

KimbalU also a year in Madison, under Miss Farnese, a companion musician of Madam Marcnesi. Mr. O'? 'Neil is a tic strokes of their oars. '8-shrishr Edward Foster j-, Mr Dayls began to his-tricycle after the of It was impulse do he gave him counsel, which, to their Almost surprise, he accepted. But the manager already had $500 and rrom all appearances would retain it.

While Alexander was in this state of bewilderment he received a telegram from Washburn, a city just across the bay, announcing that the hnlk of his fortune was there and requesting him to come over with $300 and get it, Alexander showed the telegram to the manager and asked for a loan of that amount, feigning a penniless state until he could get it. The manager, believing everything, gave mm $480, or what he had left of the original. Alexander departed for Washburn and upon his arrival there sent word to his theatrical friend that he had withdrawn from the company. He has been dubbed by many the Count Lindblad and seems to- enjoy hearing himself called by that title. The count leaves this week for Norway, in company with a woman for whom he has a fascination.

Fire in Detroit. Detroit, Nov. building occiroied by A. Krolick commis- SmScblnts, at 35 and S7 Woodbridge street, and the wholesale dry goods establishment of Strong. Lee Co, lack It, at 153 Jefferson avenue, were destroyed by fire last night.

TfeTfire started on top floor of Krolick six-story establishment stock is worth about and for 5250,000. Strong. stock is valued at between $300,000 and $400,000 and is fully insured, cahse for the fee can Be as there 'wma. prominent young business iTan "of Milwaukee. Mr.

and Mrs. O'Neil will be at home after January 1 at 3500 Grand avenue, Milwaukee. Spending Mncb Money. Fond du Lac, Nov. Wisconsin Central Is spending $250,000 in concentrating its Waukesha and Stevens Point shops at Fond du Lac.

Twelve hundred men will be employed at the new shops immediately upon their completion, 600 of whom wid come from the Stevens Point shops and 500 from the Waukesha works. The pay roll at Fond dn Lac will average between $75.000 and $100,000 ajmonth. Storage tracks which will hold 2000 cars at one time now are being built, and ten receiving tracks are in the course of construction A transfer table will take the cars from one department of the shops to others by means of electric motive power. The site of the shops is three miles northwest of Fond do Lac, and arrangements for the building of an electric railway between it and the city have been completed. By locating the shops at Fond dn Lac the company will take out one division of the road, increase facilities; and materially reduce expenses.

The movement already has given a commercial impetus to the town and claims are being made that the will nse at least 5000 within a short time after the shops are ready for occupancy. Took His Own Infe. Wankesha, Nov. Gygax was found hanging: his father's barn about four miles'west of the city yesterday He was 32 years old and unmarried. The body found by the father -who went look for the young man because he did not come to dinner.

When he entered the barn he saw his son standing aa it appeared on a pile of cornstalks in the haymow. He caHed to him and received: no answer. Perceiving something-was wrong he called for the mother and then climbed op where the body was. He found that instead of standing on the cornstalks the young man was hanging from the beam upon which the haytOnc led "with his feet among the ru -nich were piled neady to the rooftof the barn. He -was dead and tte father cut the rope and let him down.

The tody was -em! warm and life had eitinctbnt a-shorttime. ti, a the young man-ant is a sister of the Steinmetz brothers, nnd will also receive an equal share. Ine total amount to be divided am is 29,000,000 francs, or about The Steinmetz brothers have resided in this county over thirty years, and all are fairly wealthy aside from the legacy. They are industrious' farmers and are not at air excited over their good fortune. Frank Steinmetz has a copy of the will, which was sent him by his attorney, it is dated in-1842 and signed by his grandfather.

The beneficiaries, however, had all moved to the United States and for years no trace of them could be found. After the Franco-Prussian war the estate went to the French government, although the search for the missing heirs was continued. Over 1200 claimants, all named Steinmetz, endeavored to prove themselves the heirs, but not until ten years ago were the legal heirs found here. Then commenced the suit to re- qover from the French government, which was not decided U) favor of the beneficiaries until last week. Body was Removed.

Merrill, Nov. There is somewhat of a mystery surrounding a discovery made by hunters recently in the Chat settlement, about ten miles north of here. While cruising through the woods traces of a set gun were discovered and near the spot a recently-excavated grave was found, carefully covered over with and leaves. The hunters made no investigation as to' the contents but notified Sheriff Rnsch of the find and guided him to the nlace. But when they reached the place the contents had been removed from the grave and it was left open, the bottom being lined with soft boughs and A careful investigation of surroundings was made and the stakes used in arranging the set gun were found near the not hold to apostolic succession as the Roman Catholics do, a personal line, bnt in apostolic succession of baptism, from-John by Baptist ministers who have themselves been baptized in correct form.

They got their name of Landmarken from the following they give to. one of their leaders of many years since, who preached what came to be a famous sermon on the ten "Remove not the old landmarks." Not a little difficulty has come from- them to both the benevolent organizations of Northern and Southern.Baptists; the same sort of trouble that Episcopalians have from their High Church party. While they do not, among Baptists, maintain separate benevolent boards, they do on many occasions influence the action of the regular societies. There have long been two Baptist state conventions, bnt the two have now proposed to unite in an effort to harmonize their differences. At the meeting of the state convention in co-operation with the American Baptist Home Mission society, just held, a committee of conference was named to consider terms of nnion.

It is expected thnt a similar committee will be appointed by the Baptists South. The controversy has been raging -for about two years. The Presbyterian Board of Home Missions is getting its work in Porto "Rico I well established. Layaguez was the first point Rev. Milton J.

petite ig not good, and that nafppdjs to take: fancy. Possibly, this taj cause of the medicines we are Methodists South' are laying npon education in 'their Cuba. They report a great demand for of English, both in Havana and in, Cfengj and the'v are doing their nest.wr-! supply it. They say the people ious to Team, and also to secure copftaj the Bible, but that the Roman Ca church is straining every nerve toJ its hold. Two male and one teacher are at work in Bavana, amous the pupils at one of the schO- a professor in the University of Havi who conies ta learn English pronur tion.

One school has seventy-five, all the room will accommodate. Unions jwrvices on Sundays the CO tious ure growing, although only caii be afforded for them, and a vi is to be organized at an early date. ciples of Christ have two teachers to, many schools in San Juan. The missionary is, the Rev. J.

A. Erwrav is seeing their religious work mfa rapidly. The secretary of the Ch Missionary society reports that seems to be an open door in the island both religions and educational we The Rev. L. C.

Pherson and Disciples-missionaries, have just Havana, where they will take up There is a Disciple who is chaplain. one of the regiments in or near" He has been sending home many of conditions there, and under his the Christian Foreign society ia about to. send out two missionary laborers for Philippine field. Things grow'worse and worse In Dr. John Hall's famous church.

Hall, the late pastor's widow, ia a hand in affairs. Although a long past 80, she is- said to have formed the session, of the church that she could not rest easy until her lateyj husband's course was vindicated by reinstatement of the converted- Jew, man Warszawiak. That is said to the reason- why, all at once, the fa case was reopened. It comes Out that Mrs. Hall was dissatisfied with meager pastor emeritus salary that was proposed to pay her husband.

Thtljk sum was $5000 a year, and'she it is now known, that it should" have been double that. The New York bytery upheld the minority in the doing so almost unanimously. It therefore certain that the case wfll go to the General Assembly. Word reaches this country, written just before the late action of the. Fifth nne pulpit committee majority in of Rev.

G. Campbell Morgan, to feet that the London preacher will under any circumstances, accept Fifth Avenue pulpit. This -word direct from Mr. Morgan himself, rests on doctrinal grounds. Besides is strenuous opposition to hint Fifth Avenue church, largely becanse.ht is an evangelist and not a pastor, "nnrv- 1 under the apprehension that he mi called they will for letters of missal.

The factional fights and the young men and the women church are taking part. This is no ngscrated view, but comes from knowledge of local conditions In thia s-v mous church. It-is su fire 3n the Krohck i neck and JThe fire -was confined -to the two buUds iiis and the loss was estimated at f. is snj 9 ftpJJMNl dimhed-onto the he had fastened the rope, to that some person set the gun, but having secured a victim had buried him and then afterwards removed the body for some reason. No person is missing in this section but the forest in this vicinity has been full of hunters from all over the state, Milwaukee included, during the season.

The authorities are on the alert for a clue. Papermaker Killed. Kaukanna, Nov. Dey, a paper marker employed at the Ontagamie Paper company null in this city, was instantly killed at 4 clock this morning. He was caught in a machine and terribly mangled.

His'body was found lying on the floor at the back of the machine among the wheels and pulleys. The principal inju-. ries were on his head. It is thought that he wag. caught by a belt and thrown violently, striking his head.

This is the fourth death of. Kau- kanna men among the paper milla in tne auesviue, Nov. belle Boat of the town of Centeris.lying at the point of death at her home, attempting to remove a pot of burning varnish from a red-hot stove her dotting caught fire and she was badly biSned, She is about 70 years old. Mrs. Gridley Dead.

Milwaukee, November 27, 1899. L. L. Gridley, one of the oldest residents of Wauwatosa, died early thla morning at her home on Greenfield avenue. She was about 81 years-of age and had been an invalid for some years.

A week ago she suffered a stroke of paralysis, which was the cause of her death. She is survived by her hnsband. three sons. L. and O.

K. Gnd- ley and two Mrs, Chatneld of this city and Mrs. Bison, who resides in Dakota. The funeral arrangements Vni he announced later. Charlotte B.

Roe. daughter of J. P. Omaha, died at 427 Grove street Yesterday. Miss Roe was 21 years ot was in Milwaukee attending the south side high school.

The will be shipped to Omaha. Killed by the Can. Kaukanna, Nov. Night Switchman' DavidBedore met instant the. of the Chicago Jk railway.

It is thought that footing on top of the SamTfalUng between Caldwell is in charge of that station with a corpse of three teachers, the latter of whom maintain both Sunday and day schools. Rev. Dr. Milton Greene of Iowa- has been sent to San Juan to begin work there, and he will have such helpers as the needs of the work may require. Rev.

Jndson L. Underwood of Illinois has just been commissioned for. Ponce and will begin work there in January. Thus the three principal cities of the island will be occupied by strong and experienced workers, all of whom are able to preach in the Spanish language. The salaries for all the force in Porto Rjco have been pledged by Presbyterian churches and individuals.

Presbyterians and Baptists have, through their Foreign Board and 5Iis- sionary nnion, entered into a working acreemcnt respecting the Philippines. The former, who are already at Manila, and are sending forward additional workers, have agreed to take for their field the island of Luzon, while the Baptists will go to islands at the south and labor among the Visayaus. The Union has not yet sent out workers, but hopes to do so soon. Rev. H.

P. McCormick, the general Baptist missionary for Porto Rico, has purchased a property in San Juan and organized a church. So far there have been eighteen baptisms: the other forty members coining in by letter. While small, the church is said to be most attractive. In Ponce Rev.

A. Rudd has made purchase of a church, and is about to his congregation. Both missionaries are assisted by women helpers, and Rev. Mr. McCormick has a native evangelist in Senor Manuel Le Bron.

Rev. Dr. H. R. Mosely, the generalmis- sionary of the Baptists North for Eastern Cuba, has a Baptist church in Sanitago with 150 members.

A church property centrally located has been purchased and remodeled, the value now being fully $10,000. At Guantanamo there is a Baptist church of fifty members and a pastor for it has jnst been provided. His name is Rev. N. C.

Cariyle. Young Men's Christian association workers in report that owing to constant changes in men their work has been much increasd. Regular church services are held on Sunday mornings, conducted by Rev. Messrs. Hodgers and Hibbard, two of the Presbyterian missionaries, and there are Bible classes on Wednesday evenings.

Arrangements were recently made for holding services in Cavite barracks, for the marines stationed there. Forty-five attended the first one. A traveling library placed in the barracks has been ranch appreciated: by the men. A Sunday-afternoon service is held at the convalescent hospital, the large dining room being used for auditorium. Owing to the activity among the troops on the northern firing line no work has of late been possible among them except sending supplies to some of the chaplains.

Three Association secretaries are in duty in Havana, and a new feature of their work is a class in Spanish at Cabana fortress. At several of the barracks reading rooms have been moved from tents into quarters in buildings, and men detailed for aggressive winter's work. In oneVif the Havana branches educational work has been started, and English, geography, arithmetic, penmanship, history and elocution are taught- The religions services on Sundays attract from 100 to 150 soldiers. The Association week of prayer was observed, and the attendance of the soldiers was encouraging. SOFT.

HARVEY Normal Special Cwmmlt Exonerate! Him. Superintendent of Public L. D. Harvey has been charge brought against him by G-jnn Co and Silver, Burdette AV of ing used a pamphlet prepared the state teachers' institutes pose of advertising tne works American Book company. The acquit is contained in the report of the fomiL tee at the state board of normal Behoof, regents which was intrusted with, the Mr vestigation.

This committee consists of, Gustav Woilac-ger, A. B. Thompson and, J. J. Fruit.

The report tiiat Harvey is entirely bUimeless. has violated no law and tnat were based upon a wrong conception, the scope of the statute governing itt premUiS The report will be aub" to the board at its next meeting- The charges set forth that Supt. vey had prepared a pamphlet the teachers' institutes. wMch three chapters from a the United- States," published by American Book Five page advertisements and recommendations. publications by the same company peered in the pamphlet.

The law vides that neither the st cut nor any person connected witft office in any way shall act as agent; soUcitor for the sale of any school hex or any school supplies, or furnish. ance this direction to any author, "Usher or bookseller. The report of the committee holds I the advertising matter the pa did not make the superintendent of violating the law, and that eveu Usher has more or less advertising, ter printed on the fly leaves of his Supt. Harvey said he was very gratified at his complete, though he had been certain all he had not been guilty of any law. He said he never worried over affair, CUBE ra OSBDAT; A member of Dwight L.

Moody's amity, after being with the evangelist at Northfield some days after he return from titeSVest, wrote as follows; Mr. Moody was not in very tion when ne got to Kansas strain of speaking to the immense enceTin the hall, the largest one in the United Statea, was too much. heart troubled him, and he retired some measure a matter of pwcantfon. He now- says that, under the doctors treatment, he is breathing freererthan be has- a- Tigotow Wtgbeman to Guilty. Fond dn Lac, Novv jury in the case of i.

Wightman, charged with murdering ence Updike, brought in a morning of murder in the first after being out only seven aged prisoner will not be sent several days, his attorney having that the verdict be set aside ajr contrary to the evidence in the The jury decided that be when he did the shooting. When the verdict was read far Wightman was the most unconcern) those present On betog asked thought of the verdict; he replied, satisfied if the people are." The defendant is 67 years of i has been confined in. tie county nearly a year and a half. It 19 ofjl diCferenee to the accused navel home where'they look ifter Ma Wightman shot and killed Clarence I dike as he thought that he was to with his wife. spends his declining days, but flw take it hard, and would glaoTyJur but he to very tired and doctors report he not wtfrelmr jjjj.

other organ- Section Man Killed. Stonghton, Charles Gibson, a section mantel ploy of the Milwaukee, Paul road, was instantly killedj today. He was at work-1 track washed away by the ing of the dam of the SI company and did not notice- train which backed-in on hinv him to death. He lived at iiTsnrvivcdr by a. wife and.

i was about 45 years, old. Killed by: Dynamite. Iron Mountain, Northe premature explosion of a. cartridge the; Bristol mine-; William Holm was August Xygren was so J1 his recovery is not exf KeUen received serous; recover. The accident level- blast one of the holes did i others.

The memrere; causeVhen the blast an.