Andy Williams, an employee of the Gagen Lumber and Cedar Company, of Gagen, Wis., in one of their camps, two miles from this village, killed what is thought to be the largest bear ever seen in this vicinity, it weighing nearly 500 pounds. A Russian who was swamping out logs suddenly aroused a monster bear, and, in his excitement, accidentally hit bruin on the head. The bear, furious at being struck, made for the Russian, who was now fleeing down the road at his utmost speed. The Russ no doubt imagined that his end was near and that there was at least one Russian who would never get back across the big pond to face a German gun. He probably never would have if Andy Williams hadn’t come to his rescue and dispatched the bear with an ax. They went back and found three cubs in a hollow log, and they are now getting the best of care at the camp. Tiny Locomotive is Wonder in Details. A perfect model of an oil-burning railway locomotive, forty-two inches long, is to be put on exhibition at the Panama-Pacific Exposition. Arthur H. Johnson, of Seattle, Wash., who built the model, has been requested by the San Francisco authorities to enter the locomotive as an exhibit, and he has consented. Johnson, who is a young electrician, spent three years in making the model to try out an invention of his on the fire box. The engine is equipped with air brakes, an electric-light system, and everything else that a modern locomotive has. The boiler has been tested out at 150 pounds working pressure. A Massachusetts man has built a miniature battleship, thirteen feet in length, which has all the features of a real dreadnaught, including guns that fire, range finders, wireless instruments, gunners, and even a band that plays martial music. The vessel is propelled by electricity, and can make ten miles an hour in smooth water.... Santa’s Aids Honored. A large statue of Santa Claus, made of paper pulp molded from five thousand letters written by poor children of the city to Kris Kringle, was presented at the Hotel Astor, in New York City, to William C. and F. A. Muschenheim, two of Santa’s aids. It is the gift of the Santa Claus Association and the Waterman’s Ideal Ten-year Club. John D. Gluck, founder of the Santa Claus Association, presented the figure to the Muschenheims. The statue is three-quarters life size and rests on a base of Italian marble. Kratina, the sculptor, spent two months in molding it. The inscription says the gift is in recognition of “assistance rendered to the children of the poor, who wrote to Santa Claus. A fortune was sent to poor kiddies, for fuel, food, and toys, and five thousand of them no longer say there is no Santa Claus.” Find Missing Man in Shark.