BIG FIRE IN PHILADELPHIA. Six-Story Building Occupied pus a Carpet Wdrerkiom Destroyed. Philadelphia, Dec, 13. -—Fire broke out shortly before 10 o ’clock Saturday night in the Six- -story building, 809 and 811 Chestnut street, occupied by the carpet manufacturing fir of John & James -Dobson as their L holesale and retail salesrooms. The fire sta-1 ted in the basement and quickly shot up the ele- ~vato‘r shafts. When the firemen reached the seene the three upper floors of the building, which extended half a block back to Jayne street, were a mass of flames, and there was every indica- tion'that the building as well as those adjoining were doomed. By heroic work, however, the fire was confined within the walls of the Dobson Build- 111;. General Manager Berry, of the Dob- D1011 carpet house, stated that the stock in the building would amount to about five hundred thousand dollars. The loss is total, the entire six floors hav- ing been burned out completely. The building was owned by the fi1m, and was Valued at about sixty thousand dollars. The loss is fully covered by insurance, which is carried by quite a large number of companies. Sharpless Bros.’ large drygoods es-i tablishment adjoining the Dobson’s on the east sustained considerable damage by water, as did also the Com- mo1 wealth Title Insurance and Trust Coz‘xpany and William H. Hoskins, sta- ticrer, who occupied 813 and 915, re- Spesctively. The two large hotels, the Girard House and Continental Hotel, httth in close proximity to the fire, sus— ruined no damage whatever. NEW LIGHT ON DREYFUS CASE. Snid'to Have Been Retained in the German Army. Paris, Dec. 13. —The Intiansigeant announces that it has asceitained the real story of the Dreyfus aifair, which is as follows: Dreyfus, owing to the anti-Semitic campaign, determined to leave the French army, and wrote to Emperor William asking to be admit— ted to the German army with the same rank he held. The Emperor replied through the German‘Embassy that it would be preferable for Dreyfus to serve Ger- many in the post he then occupied. He would be regarded as a German officer on a mission to France, and in the event of war would take his rank in the German army. This Dreyfus ac- eepted. The Intransigeant says it is informed by the military attache that before the arrest of Dreyfus eight letters were stolen from the German Embassy. Count von Munster, the German Am— bassador to France, called upon M. Dupuy, the Premier, to restore the let- ters, declaring that if his demand were not complied with he would leave France within twenty-four hours. The letters were restored, but were first photographed. These photographs were submitted at the trial by court- martial. Seven of the letters emanated from Dreyfus and the eighth from E111- per‘01 William. PREACHER KEPT A BAR. ‘ Convicted of Selling W'hisky on the Sly. New Haven, Ct., Dec. 13.—For several days past the town of Niantic has been stirred up over the trial of Rev. Charles [-1. Gates, charged with illegal liquor selling. Gates is a regularly ordained minister, and has preached at various places in this State, but finding there was not money enough in the minis- try to make such a living as he should have he left off preaching and leased girlie Bayview Hotel at Niantic. The hotel was run like the general average of country hotels, and is said to have been a place where a. guest could get a drink of whisky if he want- ed it. As a result stories soon got abroad that liquor was sold on the sly, and finally this matter culminated in Gates’ arrest. The trial has been the sensation ”of the little town, and has finally resulted in the conviction in twenty—one counts against Mr. Gates, for which he has been fined $20 on each count. LOVERS WERE MURDERED. flips-Failes Gets VTwenty Years and Kern Twelve. Waverly, Iowa, Dec. 13.—Judge Clyde has sentenced Delilah Failes and Will Kern, aged 20 and 17 respectively, to twenty and twelve years in the peni- tentiary. Young Kern and Miss Failes were lovers, but the father of the boy objected to the match. Miss Failes planned to murder young Kern’s father and persuaded the son to assist her.‘ On Aug. 23 she wrote the elder Kern a note to meet her in the woods about five miles from Cedar Falls, and when' he arrived at the place she shot him three times,. killing him. With the help of. the.~ son she covered the body with brush and burned-it. Young Kern was arrested for the murder, and a short time ago con- "Eessed, declaring that Miss Failes had shot his father. She was immediately arrested and. shortly afterward she confessed her guilt. Coal Miners to Confer. Pittsburg, Dec. 13.-——The coal miners and operators of the Pittsburg district issued a call to-day for a joint conven- tion to be held next Monday. This con- vention will agree upon a price for dig- ging coal after Jan. 1. In a separate circular the miners’ ofi ficials say it is their object to bring about an interstate joint convention at Columbus, and they ask that delegates some to the convention with instruc- tions concerning all matters in dispute. The most important of these is differ— antial between the Pittsburg and Ohio districts, and an effort will be made to abolish it. . \Veyler Wants Our Notes. Barcelona, Dec. 13.——Lieut.—.Gen. Wey- ier has asked the Government to sub- mit to the Chamber the notes ex- :hanged with the United States on the subject of President McKinley's mes- sage to Congress. The General declares that 111th the elements in Spain and ti 0 he1oic courage of her soldiers she need not fear war with the United Slates, Knights Must Pay $10,000. Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 13.—Le11na Winslow, who sued the Knights of Maccabees for $25,000 for causing in- ternal injuries while‘initiating him into the local order four years ago, has been awarded $10,000 by a jury in Judge Gates’ division .of the Circuit CourL HOW TO .CIIRE ' GATARRHIJ A Liquid Remedy 11.111111 Beach at Once the Seal of the Disease“ 13 an Absolute Necessity. Catarrh Leads to Indigestion. ln somnla, Nervous Disorders. / Consumption and Many ' Other Diseases. 01111011111111.1111 011111 Relieves at once and Quickly Cures When all\' Other Remedies or Treatment Fail, all Froms of Nasal Catarrh, Catarrhal Deafness, Colds, Bron- c IlitI 3, To n silitis. Hoarseness. Etc. liIIIiES MILD II THE HEAD I'IVEII NIGHT. There is a iight way to do all things. Eve1 y suflei e1 from catar rh should know that it is impossible to cure the disease without using a remedy, that goes at once to the seat of the trouble; and that medicines taken internally or by inhailing air into the passages of the head do not cure, the fact that the patient is all the time growing worse is pro cat that the t1 eatment is all wrong. Many that. have been under treatment 1’01 years and met with disappointment instead of benefit are willing to doubt that there is any cure for catarrh. The trouble 1s that all of the treat- ment they have recei ed has been mis- directed, and has not touched their t10uble Catar 111 is a local disease, and a 1emedy is needed, but it must be Good one, which goes down to the very bottom of the. trouble and forces it out: therefore ointments, air inhalants, in. fact nothing, except California Catarrh Cm e, can have any effect upon catarrh, for it is the only CURE which goes di- lect to the seat of the disease and per- manentlv gets rid of it. This is the only reasonable wav to treat catarih. Calif01 nia C‘atarrh C'Ure has never failed if used as di1ected to cum ca— taii'h in all its forms. It has not even a competitor worthv 0f the name. For all inflamed and eaten hal conditions 01' the mucous membrane, viz. , nasal caturrh, colds, bronchitis, tonsilitis, hoarseness, etc. , use C. C. Cited) to inhale, as a spray, douche or gz'nglc. Are you willing to spend 500 01 $1 for 11 cure that permanently cures catarrh bV 1"e1n0ving the cause of the disease. ’ If so, give Califmnia Cat-arrh a trial. Sulfer no longer; doubt no mor:e, get California Catarrh Cure, take no sub- stitute, for thousands of people—your friends and neighbors—say that noth- ing else will cure. All druggists; 500, three times as much $1. A QUICK R‘EToRT OF BRUCHALMERS. Host‘s Manner Didn’t Squelch His His Desire to Tell a Good Story. The New York Observer tells this story of‘the great Dr. Chalmers: “Lady Betty Cunningham, having had some difference of opinion with the parish minister, instead of putting her usual contribution in the collection plate, merely gave a stately bow. This hav- ing occurred several Sundays in suc- cession, the elder in charge of the plate at last lost patience and blurted out: “ ‘We cud dae wi’ less 0’ yer man- ners and mair o’ yer siller, ma leddy.’ “Dining on one occasion at the house of a nobleman, Dr. Chalmers happened to repeat the anecdote, whereupon the host, in a not-over-well-pleased tone, Zsaid: “ ‘Are you aware, Dr. Chalmers, that Lady Betty is a. relative of mine?’ ‘I was not aware, my lord,’ replied the doctor, ‘but, with your permission, I shall mention the fact the next time i tell the-story." Why.George “'31; Not. I"! rs I . Scene-American schoolroom. T each- ar——Who was the first man? Little Boy (at rear of class)-—George Washington, ma’am. “Why do you think George Wash- ington was the first man?” “Because he was first in war, first in. peace, and first in the hearts'of his :ountrymen?” ‘ Another boy raises his hand. «“Well, Johnny, who do you think was the first man?” “Don’t know what his name was but I know George'Washington wasn’t the first.” _ ”' “What makes you so positive?” “Well, my history says he married a widow, so ther-e must have been a man thead of him.”—Exchange. Wandering Wits. The mathematical professor who put a piece of beefsteak on the bottom of a breakfast plate and passed it to a guest, has a rival in Boston, whose last eccentricity is narrated by Har- per’s Bazar. ' He is of a “wool-gathering turn of mind.” One day he entered a grocery store with his babyon one arm and a kerosene can in his hand. 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