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I ft tnapier or dinguiar cvenis iuiu
by Telegraph,
A GIRLS' REBELLION IN A HOME.
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F -GIrTg Escape From an Industrial Home at
Chllllcotlie, Mo., to Secaro Iiettet
i Treatment?Chattanooga Women Win
j a Temperance Fight by Singing flymna
/ ?Women Elected In a Kansas Town.
f Chillic:>the, Mo. (Special).?Armed with
fcnlves, forks and scissors, twenty-five inmates
of the Girls' Industrial Home In this
eity, a State Reformatory, rebelled n few
flays ago, forced their way out of the bulldlag
and marched In a body Into the buel*
aess part of the city. Policemen set to
ivork to round up the rebel9. Two of tbo
girls who carried knives wielded th9m so
viciously that the policemen were compelled
to club them before they would surrender.
Most of the rebellious inmates were reiaptured.
The girls say that they rebelled
because they were being starved and
jibused. Desiring a Legislative lnvestigailon
of the management of the home, they
leclded that the aotlon thaytook was the
way to bring it about.
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FULL WOMAN* TICKET ELECTED.
The Outcome of & Contest lit the City of
Ueattie. Kan.
Beattie, Kan. (Special). ? In the city
election two tickets were la tuo field,
ine composed of women and the other of
men.
Mrs. Charles Totton was eleoted for
Mayor, and Mrs. 8he!don, Mrs. Schlight,
Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Klrlin, and Mrs. Watklns
for Council, while Miss O'Neill for Clerk
hron easily.
Tho women drove their own oarriages all
through a blinding snowstorm carrying
eoters to the polls.
Defeated Her Hnsband at the Polls.
Galesburo, 111. (Special).?Mrs. James
Mansfield, Democratic nominee, defeated
'her husband, the Republican nominee, in
the School Trustee contest In Rio township,
feceivlng the largest vote given to any candidate.
HTHNS SUNG TO ALDERSIEX.
Chattanooga Women Fight and Win
Against Saloon Keepers.
Ceattanoooa, Tenn. (Special).?A few
weeks ago the City Council passed an ordinance
comDelllng all saloons to be closed
from 10 p. m. to 5 a. m. Saloon keepers attempted
to have the ordinance amended by
siaklng midnight tbe closing hoar.
A mass meeting of prominent women of
ilie city was held at thr Auditorium and
resolutions of protest against; the amend?ent
were adopted. Two hundred women
*ben marcbed to the chamber where the
Council wan to meet. While the Aldermen
were assembling tho women sang "Rook
Dt Ages," "Stand Up For Jesus," and other
hymns. Strong petitions against the
thange of the ordinance were presented.
The Council did not alter the ordinance*
GIVES HIS BODY TO SCIENCE.
Desire of a Soldier Who Expects to Dl?
Soon of Locomotor Ataxia.
Washington, D. C. (Special).?Surgeon*
Soneral Sternberg of tbe Army has received
ibis letter from a soldier in the regalar
irmy. who Is now In the hospital of one of
j'le Western Army posts:
t "th? rtlsRMfl locomotor ataxia, from
IrblchI am suffering, la making rapid pro*
ress toward my heart. I am convinced
jat 'Wftliih'a short time I shall bo dead,
i view of thU and the faot that but few
llmllnr cases now exist, and bat little of It
8 known to medlCAl science, I wish to rejpectfully
request that ray body be disposed
of to medical science, with the hope
hat the knowledge Rained thereby may b? .
i benefit to the world at large."
A FAMILY'S STRANGE DAY.
there Was a Funeral, Marriage and
Birth In a Cincinnati Hoaiehold.
CiNcisuATi, Ohio (Special).?In one family
living at Third and P&rsons street*
ihere were a few days ago a funeral, marUaga
and birth. The body of Thoma3
Sanders, of the Sixth Inmune Regiment,
irrlved home from Porto Rico the day before.
William Klefer, a bricklayer, uncle
io the dentil youth, was being married In
ehuroh to Miss Lydla Hall at almost the
tame hour. En route home the fnneral
nourners learned that Mrs. Stella BursEian,
sister of the dead soldier, had given
irth to a son.
A PORTO RICAN REGIMENT.
Sovernor-Oaueral Henry'* Order For thn
Enlistment of Xatlvo Soldiers.
Sax Jcak, Porto Klco (By Cable).?The
following olroular has boon Issued by Gov#rnor-6eneral
Henry with reference to the
equipment of a Porto Rloan regiment:
The commanding officers at the posts of
San Juan, Ponce, Mayaguez, Areclbo,
Agu&dilla, Cayey, Humacao, Adjuntas,
Utwido, Yauao, Co&mo, San German,
Sayamon, Manatl, Lares, and Aibonlto,
ana Porto Blco, will each designate au
officer at his post to enlist, equip und instruct
twenty-flv? men, Including one Sergeant
and two Cvrporals, as United States
soldiers from among the Porto lilcaus.
TLieso men should be enlisted as soon as
practicable and will possess the phvslcal
requirements of a solder la the United
SfntAfl nrmv and. as far as Dossiblo. should
be able to tpouk the English language, and
especially the non-oommls?loned officers.
Their term of enlistment will be until
July 1, 1901, and they will receive the Kumc
pay aud alio wancos as soldiers or the United
btates Army.
The detachments so onllsted will afterward
be united In companies of 100 men
naoh until a battalion of 490 men has been
formed. Tho battalion and companies will
be officered by American offloers for the
present.
The officers designated to make these enjlstments
will make report to these headquarters
at the end of eaoh ten days during
tho time they are ongaged In enlisting,
equipping, and instructing theso men, and
Upon the completion of their duties n full
report will be made.
Coal For Admiral Dewey.
The British steamer Langbank has clsarec
trom Norfolk, Vu., for Manila with 680C
tons of Pocahontas coal for Admiral
Dewey's ships. It Is desired by the Government
that the coal shall reach its des
tlaatlon as soon as possible, 80 the Lungbank:
wilt go by way of the Suez Canal.
The Clayton-Bnltrer Treaty.
It la.said in official circles in Washlngtot
that Groat Britain trill modify or annulth?
Clayton-Bulwer treaty ns far aa It effects
the Nicaragua canal. This treaty la one ol
the greatest obataclea to the building ol
the canal.
Xeiviy Gleaning*.
The London County Counoll has at ias\
criven consent to the Sunday league to give
Sunday concerta.
Slnco January 20 nine Ensrllah steamers
valued at $2,0i5,000 and haying 800 peraonf
aboard were lost at Bes.
A ycnng man who has bson preaching on
street-corners in Denver. Col., Is now lc
jail ior ooaiessou ourgmty.
The as36368d valuation of Dootou ia $1,038.600,578,
and the value of t'je property
exempt from taxation Is 8172,826,678.
First Assistant PostmaBter-General Perrj
8. Heath' hda gone to Pcrrto IUoo to make h
thorough examination of the postal system
of the island.
THE NEWS EPITOMIZEDL
TVaililneton Item*.
Acting under orders from General Met
ritt, commanding the Department of th
East, Lieutenant-Colonel Clnus, of th
Judge-Advocate-General'.s Department
stationed at New York, has come to tb(
city to Investigate the case of Lloutenan
Clarence E. L?ng. Second Artillery, to de
termlne whether his recent conduct in thi
city calls for his trial by cuurt-martial.
It has been decided by the Posto/Bo
Department to establish a postal route ii
Alaska which shall cross the arctic circle
One mall route now operated touches thi
circle, but the one proposed sous man;
miles beyond.
United States Treasurer Roberts mailo<
checks in payment of quarterly intorest ot
United States registered and coupon bond;
just due amounting to 55,596,501.
The quarterly statement of tlio values o
4.1.- J"- ' ~~~' flw* wAflil flhftiraflm
lut) siauuniu uuius wi iuv nvtiu
since January 1, 13!)D, the value of sllvrt
has decreased $0.00619 per ounce to 50.00017
nnd tbe value of the coins has decreased
accordingly.
Acting Secretary Allen has consented t<
loan to the State of Connecticut for thount
of the naval mllltla the oonverted yachl
Elfrida now at the New Yorli Navy Yard.
Moineatic.
The crew of the battleship Iowa, which
fs now on the Pacific Coast, have presented
to Captain Robley D. Evans a handsom<
sword, accompanied by a letter. The swori
bears the inscription: "Presented to Cap
tain Robley D. Evans, U. S. N., by the crew
of the U. S. S. Iowa." On the reverse sldi
&re the words: "To our hero?Too Just tc
take a fallen foe's?We Rive this sword Injtead."
Captain Evans has acknowledged
the receipt of the sword by a letter.
Lily Post, tno opera singer, is dgad ol
heart failure. 8he was taken to the lnsan<
asylum at San Francisco, Cal., by her son,
who had trouble in restraining her. On th?
flay after she was stricken with heart
trouble and died peacefully.
Lieutenant N. C. Twinning, of the battlertiip
Iowa, was married at St. Stephen'!
Church, San Francisco, Cal., to Mrs. Caroline
S. Baker, of Washington, D. C. Th?
bride was given away by her brother-ln<
" T> W T Pat nf Vow Vrtrlf. J
The State eleotlon Id Rhodo Island resulted
In a general victory for the Repub
iioan ticket. Governor Ellsha Dyer Is re.
sleeted, with a decrease of about 3000 lc
his plurality as oompared with last year.
The body of Dr. Gideon J. Stivers wa^
found floating In the river at the foot oi
Seventh street, Louisville, Ky., and the
Coroner's Jury rendered a verdict of suloldfl
by drowning. The suicide of Dr. Stivers
ivas the culmination of a train of misfortunes
that left him a wrcck financially
md socially.
The mutilated body of Joe Choung, s
Christian Chinaman, was found under an
Dll tauk la St. Louis, Mo. Pinned to the
slothing was a note In Chinese characters,
?nd near bv an empty opium pot, botb
trademarks of Highbinders.- A cousin ol
:he dead Mongolian Identified the body,
ind said that he had been pursued by
Highbinders for a year, going from New
Orleans to San Francisco, and from therq
n T.nnls.
Hannah Gafey, aged twenty-two years,
;he oldest of the two Gafey slaters, whd
aave been afflloted with leprosy for the las
leventeen years, died at her home, thre<
lilies from Junction City, Mo. About tw<
months ago the Gafey sisters were exam
!nod by a specialist, who diagnosed theij
iiseaae as genuine leprosy. The famiij
iive on an Isolated farm, whioh Is shunnet
oy all the natives.
George A. Marden. of Lowell, Mass., hai
:aken the oath of office ns Assistant D la
:rlot Treasurer of the United States a
Boston.
George Ferina, stxty-flve years old, o
Elizabeth, N. J., was killed by a fast east,
}ound freight train on the Central Ball
road ?t Aldene. He was rup down whll<
irossing the tracks. A widow and sto
jhlldren survive him.
Neil B. Shaw, flfty-flvo years old, com
nltted suicide at Buffalo, N. Y., by taklni
:arbollo aold. Shaw had been for severs
fears emploved by the Delaware, Lacks
<vana ana Western Railroad as a clerk
3ad health and impaired eyesight, inca
Dacitating him for work, were the causes
Five rr.on working In a narrow ditoh a1
foplin. Mo., lost their lives by a cave-li
:hat caught them from both sides. Fou<
>f the men were burted under eighteen
,'eet of rock. One, named Neigbargerj
ivas covered to the walet and died from
lis Injuries before he could bo dug out.
Henry Weidman, Tax Collootor of Elizabeth
Township, Penn., committed suloide
by hanging himself. He wa? forty-five
rears of age.
W. B. Bryant, manager of the Southwestern
Telegraph and Telephone Company, at
Hlllsboro, Texas, committed suicide by
iho.oting himself through the heart. The
ludltor of the company was chocking up
:he office accounts and discovered a shortige
In the cash for which Bryant was re-;
iponstble. Bryant ii9ked to be excused for
i moment, stepped into an adjoining room
ind killed himself. A young wife and Utile
baby survive him.
While Dennis Bannon, or North Tarry) i
mrrrn V V wn? ftHhn ffftmatflrV a few davi I
*go, at his wife's funeral, his youngesf
laus?hr?r, who had been 111 only a few days,
lied. It is believed that her grief for hei
nothor and a little sister caused her death.
3er little sister was drowned in John D.
tlookefeller'i pond lost fall.
Liquor dealers in Indiana paid in feei
ind Ones last year @943,525.
Foreign.
The relations beween the Republic ol
Elayti and the P.epublio of San Domingo
ire very much strained, owing to dispute!
regarding territories claimed by both Republics.
The two Governments are ooncen
iratlng troops on the frontiers.
A farmer named Boucher, living in Inverness
County, Quebec, hud a quarrel
with his wife. In the middle of the nigbi
the man arose from his bed, put his wif?
out of doors, and then murdered hit
slevon months' old child. He first strangled
the Infant and tben put Its bodylntc
the stove. After a while the father, whc
is 3Upposed to be insane, went to the stove
and taking out tbe babe's bult-consumod
body threw it into a snowbank near the
house.
Archduke Ernest of Austria is doad.
&rCDUUite j^raeai ui AUSIHU oouuuu nuu ui
irehduke Reuier was born in Milan on August
8, 1824. Archduke Renter was a grand*
unole of the present Emperor Frauds Joleph.
The Italian Press Congress wns formally
opened by King Humbert at Rome a few
isys ago. There were COO delegates prosant.
The sorai-oiTlcial Norddeutscher Allgemeine
Zeltung, Berlin, says that Germany
has no aim toward territorial acquisition
in China. The object of the German expedition,
the paper says, is to protect the
jormun missionaries nhd engineers.
Angry protests are flowing into Quebec
from Great Britain and the United States,
as well as from every part of Canada,
against tho plan of cutting up the historic
Plains of Abraham into building lots. The
Mayor of Quebec will go to Ottawa to re- j
monstrate with the Premier on the subject. I
General Count Gruenne, commandant of
the army corps stationed at Prague, Austria,
suddenly became insane during parade
a few days ago.
Tho Norwegian bnrk Hans Nllson
Houge, Captain Chri3tensen, from Apalachicola
February 20 for Havre, was abnn>
donod in a waterlogged condition on
March 28, in latitude 61. longitude 12. Thf
crew wero rescued and have been innaej
at Bristol, England.
The Greek Cabinet has resigno J. It wai
composed as follows: President of thi
Couucll and Minister of Foreign Affairs
M. Zalmis; Minister of the Interior,
Triantnphyllakos; Minister of Public la
structlon, 51. Monpheratos; Minister d
War, Colonel Korpas; Minister of Murlnn
Captain Mlaoulls; Minister of Flnunce, M-.
Negris, and Minister of Justice, M. Monpheratos.
Henry de Toulouse-Lautrec, one of the
famous Chnt Nolr group of artists In Paris,
France, has become insane. He is a huuch- I
back, aud this Is said to have preyed on his
mind.
It Is announced In Paris, France, that
Figaro, which is publishing daily the evidence
given before the Criminal Chamber
of the Court of Cassation In the Dreyfus
affair, will be orosecated- I
OUR PHILIPPINE POLICY.
The Proclamation Issued by the
American Commission at Manila.
NATIVES PROMISED HOME RULE
Filipinos Informed of the Objects of the
United Stales Government in Assaming
sovereignty?No Ileal Conflict With
Their Rights and Liberties^Our Dec
laratlon of Intentions.
Manila. (By Cable).?A. proclamation
was issued by tho United States Philippine
Commission. Tho preamble recites the
cossion by the Peace Treaty of the Philippine
Islands to the United 8tates, refers tc
the appointment of the Commission, as3uros
the people of the cordial good-will
and fraternal feeling of the Presiden'
- * *u ~ tt ?!ohtf jo arwl fhrt A mflri
)L L LiO l/uuoii ovmoo HUM
can people, and asserts that the cbjeci
of the UjiteJ States Government
apart from the fulfilment of Its solemn
obligations assumed toward the family of
nntlons by the acceptanea of the sovoreignty
over tlie Islands, is the well being,
prosperity and happiness of the Filipino
people, and their elevation and advancement
to a position among the most civilized
peoples of the world. Continuing, the
proclamation says:
"The President believes this felicity and
perfection of the Filipino people will b?
brought about by the cultivation of letters,
science, and the liberal and practical arts,
by the enlargement of Intercourse with
foreign nations, the expansion of industrial
pursuits by trade and commerce, by
the multiplication ami improvement of
rnrans of Internal communication, and by
the development of the great natural resources
of the archipelago,
"Unfortunately these pure aims and purposes
of the American Government anil
people have been misinterpreted to some
of the inhabitants of certain islands, and,
iu consequence, the friendly American
forces, without provocation or cause, have
been openly attacked. Why these hostilities?
What do the best Filipinos desire?
Can it be more than the United States la
ready to give? They say that they are
patriots and want liberty. The Commission
emphatically asserts that it is willing
and anxious to establish an enlightened
Bvstem of Government, under which the |
people may enjoy the largest measure ol I
home rule and the amplest liberty con*
sonant with the supreme ends or the Gov- I
ernment, and compatlole with those ob- j
ligations which the United States has as- j
sumed towards the civilized nations of the !
world."
The proclamation then says there can be |
ao real conflict between American sov- j
erelgnty and the rights and liberties of the
Filipinos; for America is ready to furnish
armies and navies and all the infinite resources
of a great and powerful nation to
maintain its rightful supremacy over the
Islands, so it i9 even more solicitous to
spread peace and happiness among the
people and guarantee them rightful freedom,
to protect tbelr just privileges and
Immunities, to accustom them to free selfgovernment
In an ever-increasing meaa.
ure, and to entourage those democratic
nspiratlons. sentiments, and ideals whicb
are the promise and potency of fruitful national
development.
The proclamation announces that the
Commission will visit the Philippine provinces
to (ascertain the enlightened native
opinion as to the forms of Government
adapted to the people, conformable with
their traditions and ideals, invites the
leading representative men to meet the
Commission, and declares that the policy
of the United States, In the establishment
and maintenance of tbe Government, is to
consult the wishes and secure the advice
?nd co-operation of the people.
The proclamation contains eleven ortcles,
declaring America's intentions, a?
follows:
1. Tlie supremacy or the United States
must and will be enforced throughout every
part of the archipolago, and those who resist
can accomplish nothing except theii
own ruin.
2. The amplest liberty of self-government
will be granted which is reconcilable with
the just, stable, effective and economical
administration, and compatible with the
sovereign rights and obligations, of th<
United States.
3. The civil rights of the Filipinos will be
guaranteed and protected, their religious
freedom will be assured, and all will have
equal standing before the law.
4. Honor, justice, and friendship forbid
;he exploitation of the people of the islands.
The purpose of the American Government
is the welfare and advancement of
the Philippine people:
5. Guarantees uu honest and effective
iivil service, in whlob, to the fullest extent
practicable, natives shall be employed.
6. The collection and application ol
taxes'and other revenues will be put upon
a sound, honest, and economical basis. The 1
public funds, raised justly and collected
honestly, will be applied only to defraving
the proper expenses of the establishment
and the maintenance of the Philippine gov- 1
arnment and such general improvements
? ? ?J ?rv> ? T aaaI #nn/la
A3 UUUliU 1 illOI OS 13 uouiauu, uv/uiu
collected for local purposes shall not be
diverted to other ends. With such prudent
and honest fiscal administration, It is believed
the needs of the Government will in
a abort time become compatible with aeonaiderable
reduction in taxation.
7. The establishment of a pure, speedy,
and effective administration of justice, by
which the evils of delay, corruption, and
exploitation will be effectually eradicated.
8. The construction of roads, railroads
ind other means of communication and
transportation, and other public works of
manifest advantage to the people will be
promoted.
9. Domestic and foreign trade and
eotnmero and other industrial pursuits
and the general development of the coun?
try in the interest of its Inhabitants will be
the constant objects of solicitude and fostering
care.
10. Effective provision will be made
lor the establishment of elementary schools .
in which the children of the people will be I
educated. Appropriate facilities will alsc I
be provided for higher education.
11. Reforms in all departments of the
jovernraeni., tin urnucucs ui mo puLmu roivlce,
and all corporations closely touching
tho common lite of the people must be undertaken
without delay, and effected conformably
with common right and justice,
in a wny to satisfy the well-founded demands
and the highest sentiments and a.?
i'lratlona of the Philippine people.
Britain to Fortify the Valklanda.
The British Government is about to send
hq engineering corps of 1400 men to fortifj
Port Stanley and other points on the Falk
land Islands.
Pierced Her Hnsband'c Heart.
Joseph Brown and his wife became In.
rolved in a quarrel a few days ago at theii
home in Chicago. Mrs. Brown, who waj
preparing breakfast, seized a carving knlf<
from the kitchen table and plunged it Intc
hor husband's heart. He died instantly.
Mrs. Brown was arrosted.
The Balkans In a State oT War.
The situation In the Balkans is serious
Turkey has 100,000 men under arms prepared
to put down a threatened revolution
->t Macedonia and Bulgaria , influenced b*
UusSi.t.
Doing* of State LegUl.ttureHf
A :>iil to introduce the merit system in
;lio cities of Colorado bus been rejected by
the Senate.
A bill lo authorize Ibo practice of osteopathy
in Massachusetts has boen referred
io the next Legislature.
A bill passed in Wisconsin provides that
^nly those schools In session seven mouths
in the year shall receive State aid.
The Tennessee Senate has rejected "o
noasuro providing that the State printing
be done by members of the Typographical
Union.
Arkansas is to have a new capitol, the
Legislature having voted to build one al
an expense not to exceed 41.000.000.
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mCiDIOF AN ADMIRAL.
C. C. Carpenter, Retired, Shoots Himself
In Jamaica Plaint While Snflerlng
From Nervous Prostration.
MTAS'AN INMATE OF A SANITARIUM.
3a Was Becentty in Charge of the Spanish Hava'
Prisoners at Portsmouth, N, E
Boston (Special).?Rear-Admlral Charles
C. Carpenter, retired, has committed sui*
clde by shooting himself at the Adams
Nervine Sanitarium at Jamaica Plains.
Admiral Carpenter wa9 seized with a severe
illness in 1834, and never fully recovered
from the disease, as a result of which he
was subject to frequent attacks of nervous
prostration. It was while suffering from
one of theso attacks that he was removed
to the Jamaica Plains Sanitarium.
During the Spanish War the Admiral
was recalled to the service and was placed
in charge of the Portsmouth Navy Yard.
He was there at the time that the prisoners
from Cervera's fleet were brought there
frot* Santiago. He leaves u widow, four
sons and three daughters.
Charles C. Carpenter was appointed a
midshipman from Massachusetts in
October, 1850, and in the following year
was assigned to tho sloop Portsmouth,
in the Pacific squadron. After four years'
' ? ? J. . J -
lit; npcui a .your iu iuo imvai
Academy, and in 1856 was promoted to
Passed Midshipman. Daring the following
two years he served la tho steam frigates
Merrlmae, Roanoke and Colorado,
and the brig Dolphlo. He received
his commission as Lieutenant in
1853. At the outbreak of the wai
between the States he was assigned to the
Gulf blockade, and la the following yeai
was promoted to Lieutenant-COmmnndei
and took part in the attacks on Charleston
on April 7, July 10, and August 17,
1863. Later he was on duty at the Naval
Academy, and in 1866 he went to thfl
steam sloop Hartford, flagship of th?
Paciflo squadron. He remained on the
Pacific station until 1868, when he was
commissioned as Commander, and was assigned
at various times to shore dut^
and ships on the Atlantic coast'. In 188(
he was promoted to captain, and as commander
of the Hartford in 1883 he carried
the Americau and English scientists from
Callao to Caroline Atoll to observe the
eclipse of the sun. Later he commanded
the receiving ship Wuba9hand the Portsmouth
Navy Yard. He wa9 promoted to
commodore in 1893, and Rear-Admiral in
the next year, retiring in 1896 at the age of
sixty-two years, after serving seventeen
years and seven months at sea and eighteen
years and eight months on shore and
other duty. His home was in Portsmouth.
N. H.
NO INSURANCE IN ARKANSAS.
The Drastic Effect of the New Antl-Truit
Lair Upon the Stale.
Little Rock, Ark. (Special).?Attorney*
General Davis has flled 126 suits in the
Pulaski Circuit Court against the sixtythree
Are Insurance companies doing business
In this State, and an insurance policy
cannot be now obtained at any price.
ThSSUlts are brought under a new antitrust
law which was passed by the Legislature
a few days ago. It is one of
the most sweeping and far-reaching measures
of the kind ever enacted. According
to the Attorney-General's interpretation of
the law it makes no difference whether the
insurance companies maintain an association,
exchange or rating bureau in Arkansas
or not.
If they merely affiliate with any such association,
exchange, or bureau in another
State they are guilty of violating the law
of this State, and the penalty h a fine of
not less than $200, nor more than 95000,
for each day's violation, with the additional
penalty of the forfeiture of right to
do buslDess In this city.
By virtue of the suits Died by AttorneyGeneral
Davis, all of the foreign insurance
companies doing business in the State have
been charged with being violators of the
Anti-Trust act sinr-e its approval by the
Governor. The State sues for the full penalty
prescribed, $5000, making ap aggrogate
of 1315,000. Under the circumstances,
the Arkansas agents of the foreign companies
are being instruoted to take no
more risks, while many of them are withdrawing
from tho State.
TRIED A QUINTUPLE MURDER.
A Deserted Brooklyn Husband Shot to
Kill His Wife's Whole Family.
New Yobk City (8pecial).?John J.
Schmllt, twenty-flve yaars old, of Brooklyn,
whose wife left him a year ago. went to her
home a few days ago to attempt a reconciliation.
Failing in this, he drew from his
pockets two revolvers and shot and killed
his mother-in-law, Aunie Wild, forty-six
years old. Next he shot his brotber-in-law,
Nicholas Wild, twenty-two years old, In the
abdomen, inflicting a mortal wound. Then
he shot his wife and sister-in-law, Pauline
Wild, twenty years old, both in the thigh.
He then discharged one of the pistols at
bis own one-yeur-old ohlld. Before he
could do it any farther injar.v he was seized
by Frederick Roesch, who had rushed into
tne house from the street upon hearing
the shooting, and dragged, lighting ana
struggling, to the Bushwlck Avenue Police
Utatinn
Schmltt called repeatedly upon bis wife
to effeot a reconciliation, but she repulsed
bi? advances. When ha called on the night
of the murder be again asked ber to return
to him, but she again refused. Mrs.
Schmltt, acoording to her statement to the
police, was prepared to go to church with
ber mother. She told her husband to go
away and come some other time, and this
made bim furious, and he suddenly drew
bis revolvers and shot to kill the wliolr
family.
CONVICT LEASE SYSTEM CONE.
Georgia to Try the Plan of Caring For
Her Own Prisoners.
Atlanta Ga. (Special).?The old convict
lease system, which caused widespread
scandals, has expired, and for the next live
years at least the State will try the experiment
of taking care of Its own convict
4 OUUi. 1UC UJajUXit^ UJL IUD ii C YY VJUUllUUlUlo
for the labor of the prisoners nre old
lessees who have depended on the work of
the convicts in mines, factories and on
farms, but who in the future will be deprived
of the care of their prisoners.
By this revolution in the conduct of the
convict system the barbarities which are
known to have been practiced under the
old regime, and which led to protests that
extended even to England, will be wiped
out.
Jail Ureaker Sliot at Brnnswlck, Oa.
Twelve negro prisoners broke jail at
Brunswick, Ga., and ono was mortally
wounded while resisting recapture. The
criminals broke an Iron bar In thalr cage,
and with It knocked down Jailer Rudolph.
They then rushed to the street, and were
Rflnn oarnnlnf lu* FnrAman ?tan<lpr.<t fif
the Fire Department, who gave nn
alarm. One of tho fugitives attempted to
strike Fireman Smith. Smith ilred, and the
ball penetrated the negro's forehead over
the right eye, and he dropped. He was left
lying were he foil, and the chase continued
nfter the others. In all nine of the men
were recapturod.
Cyc'.lnsj Noted.
Princeton Univei slty will make a bold
bid for the Intercollegiate bicycle championship
this year.
The Norwegian Department of Defence
hns bought two American bicycles to be
tried as military bicycles. The wheels are
supplied with extra heavy tires.
The export of cycles from the British
Islands has decreased considerably in comparison
with the same months of 1808. The
export of American wheels has Increased
In proportion.
The membership of the League of American
Wheelman continues to decrease with
Alarming regularity, the average being 500
*>er week since the National Assembly at
^oyldence. R. I.
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HpHE pleasant method and beneficij
by the California Fig Syrup Com
of plants known to be medicinally la
and acceptable to.the system. It is t
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CLEANSING THE,
COLDS AND HEA
OVERCOMING HA
Its perfect freedom from every
li ? 3 nrntrinfl
liver uuu uuwcia, j vii [/wuij;?
In the process of manufacturing
THE MEDICINAL QUALITIES ARE
by a method known to the Californi;
I to avoid imitations, please remember
.Consumers of the choicest produ
pay for cheap and worthless imitatioi
the best of its class, an article mu:
purchasers. The California Fig Syru
and sale of its excellent liquid laxat
knowledge of the Company and its pi
fifteen years ago, for the special purp
more pleasant to the taste and more 1
remedy, as a medicinal agent and of
annually, and by the high approval c
Jjyrup of Figs is manufactured bv t
will assist in avoiding the worthies
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One Woman's Added Borden.
I was taking my dinner one day at a
mountain farmhouse on the head- n
waters of the Cumberland Biver, and fc
the lady of the house, who had four h
children playing around tbe front of a
the establishment, was inclined to ro- c
pine at her hard luck in haying so a
mnch work to do. 8
"I run this here whole farm," she 0
said m a tone which indicated that sho n
was ready to resign. e
"Hor many acres have you?" I in- 0
quired. a
"A hundred and forty; twenty in g
wheat, sixty in corn, ten in medder p
an* paster, an' the balauce scatterin' t
an' woods." b
"Got an? stock?" n
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"Ten head uv cattle, two ccws, six ti
hogs and work oritters fcr tho place." b
"And you ran the whole bnsi- t<
ness?" n
"Indeed I do; every hide an' hair uv 0
it," she sighed. u
"Don't you hire some help?" o
"In course, bnt 'tain't hired help e
that takes the load of'en a body." g
There was philosophy in that state- h
ment, and I paused a minute. c'
"Haven't you got a husband?" I ti
nes* asked with a good deal of sympathy.
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"Yes," she responded very slowly, a
"but I have to run him, too."?
Washington Star.
Glas* For Street ravin;. r
Experiments are being made in s
Lyons, France, with glass for street J
paving purposes, according to John y
C. Covert, United Statos Consul in o
that city. A stretch of pavement lias tl
been laid in Lyons, consisting of f'
ceramo-crystal, or devitrified glass, in n
the form of blocks, eight inches ci
square, each block containing sixteen y
square parts. These are fitted together, t'
so that water cannot pass between
them, and make the pavement look ti
like an enlarged checker board. It is y
claimed for it that it offers greater re- o:
sistance than stone, that it is a poor It
conductor of cold, that dirt will not b
accumulate on it as easily as on stone,
that it will not retain microbes and tl
that it is more durable than stone and oi
not more costly. The jjaving material tl
is obtained lrom broken glass heated cl
to 1250 degrees Fahrenheit and compressed
by hydraulic force. Nothing hi
is said about its slipperj qualities in tl
wet weather. * cl
DeatrnctiTff Philippine Anti.
nm .1 1 ; n lliA
Willie anu reu urns am jjcsio *u
Philippines. The formtr infest every r?
description of food, and the latter de- p.
vour everything that is not metallic. U(
At Conception a traveling party left p,
their trunks at a hotel, and in n few 01
days the truuks fell apart, and the to
contents had been reduced to a pow- 01
dery mass. tl
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There are more than 2410 women's
clubs scattered throughout the United
Statea, with a total membership of H
.half a million women. 2.
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il effects of the well-known rem
ipany, illustrate the value of obte
xative and presenting them in t
;he one perfect strengthening lax
SYSTEM EFFECTUALLY,
DACHES, JfKhVhmiJMj J
B1TUAL CONSTIPATION
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objectionable quality and subst?
y, without weakening or irritatii
figs are used, as they are pleasar
: OBTAINED FROM SENNA A!
a Fig Syrup Company only. In
the full name of the'Company pr
cts of modern commerce, purchase
is. To come into universal dem:
st be capable of satisfying the w
ip Company having met with the
ive remedy, Syrup op Figs, it hi
oduct. The California Fig Syru
ose of manufacturing and sellinj
Deneficial in'effect than any othe
the Company's efforts, is attestec
>f most eminent physicians. As i
he California Fig Syrup Compa
imitations manufactured by othe
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'U??f?ishs, Price 5i
Cromwell's Mother.
The sympathy existing between th.ii
lother and son is one of the mos
eautifnl traits in Oliver's persona
istory. They loved each other witl
passionate affection that no time o:
hange lessened, and when he arrivec
t the summit of his power, thougl
he was then upwards of ninety yeari
f age, he appointed her royal apartlents
in Whitehall, and visited hei
very day. Noble quaintly says, "Sh<
ccasionally yet offered the Protectoi
dvice, which ho always heard witl
reat attention, but acted as he jadgec
roper." It is pleasant to think tha
liis fine old lady died happily befon
er son's power began to wane. It ii
leasant to think of the Great Protec
sr kneeling to receive her dyinj
leasing, and of her last smiling words
3 him and his children?"A gooc
ight, dears!" There is yet aportrail
f her at Hinchinbrooke, which shows
s a'liandsome woman, with a face full
f character, and a rather melancholy
xpression. Her dress is that of s
entlewoman of the time?a white satir
ood, a pearl necklace, and a necker
Lief edged with rich lace. The man'
o is of green satin edged with gold
ice, and fastened with a jeweled
lasp.?Amelia Earr, in Harper's Mag
zine.
Asroi of French Krhles.
The Ilachette Almanac for the curent
year gives some very interesting
tatistics as to the ages of brides in
'ranee. Only thirteen out of 100
oung women marry between tbe ages
f 15 and 20. From 20 to 25 years
tie averago is sixty out of 100. The
lrMiar from her twentv-fifth year the
laid, travels the slimmer are lier
hances for marriage; still up to 30
ears the nuptial chimes ring out for
arenty-two out of 100.
Maids from 30 to 35 years old hare
velve chanco8 in 100; from 35 to 40
ears six, and from 40 to 45 years
nly fivo in 100. There is only one
icky female in 100 who marries when
etween 45 and 50 years old.
It must not be supposed, however,
lat after 50 oblivion covers the hearts
E "belated maids." Even between
le years of CO and 65 tbere is a
aance for ouo maid among 365.
Tbo strongest competitors maids
ave to encounter are the widows, for
ley marry with equal if not better
lances man iueir siuyie aiaicia.
MouZceys Held to lie Sacrod.
Bccause monkey are held to be sacid
by tlio Hindoos, a native newslper
warns the British Government
3t to kill them off, as has been projsed.
Tho moukeys are so nunier13
that they are crowding into the
iwns and villages, but the Pundits
jject to their slaughter. They say
iat banishment is bad enough "for
le poor -thing."
During 1898 the New York, New
aven and Hartford Railroad handled
079.463 pieces of basuzase.
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tedy, Syrup of Figs, manufactured
lining the liquid laxative principles
he form most refreshing to the taste
ative,
DISPELLING
FEVERS:
' PERMANENTLY. ' 1
mce, and its acting on the kidneys,
ig them, make it the ideal laxative. *
it to the taste, but
SID OTHER AROMATIC PLANTS.
order to get its beneficial effects, an<?
inted on the front of every package. :
i at about the same price that others
and and to be everywhere considered
ants and tastes of the best informed
highest success in the manufacture
is become important to all to have 9
,p Company was organized more than
I a laxative remedy which would be
r known. The great value of ..the
1 by the sale of millions of bottle? ' 'S
the true and genuine remedy named ' [ 1
ny only, the knowledge of that fact
r parties. t:
niwr^v
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0$ Per Bottle. . |
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Anglo-American Friendship ut Mantl*. ( ,
A letter from a marine on H. M. 8.
Powerful, now stationed at Manila,
which has been roceived at Seattle,
Wash., says, regarding the friendliness
of Ainerioan soldiers and British
sailors: Oar men and 'the Yankea
soldieis soon became awfully friendly. s
Yon never saw such soldiers. Very
few of them were in uniform. They .
wore big slouch hats, with the number
of their regiment often written on
a bit of paper and pinned on. It was
a sight to see them come on board.
They went along the deck, speaking
t to everybody, and when we saw tliem
} go up to the officers without saluting
3 we felt as if they must drop on the
. spot. But they didn't. They offered
r their cigar cases to onr men with
} "Have a s'gar, boy," and after they
[ had smoked and talked with no they
t took out their card cases and handed
i ns a visiting card, saying as they did
[ so, "Now be sure you look us up if
r you're our way, you know."
[ The Author of "liy Jluco."
It is rather amusing to those who
. know the facts to hear people talk of
[ the "Great Macdennott," as if lie was
[ really the inventor of the word "jingo."
. That he made it popular is true
eD"ugh, but the famous song came to .
him one fateful morning in 1876, with
the milk, by penny post. So it was
by no means what is called a "put*np
job." Every well-known coinique has
i a biggish delivery of ditties. "We
1 don't want to fight" arrived in such
i a batch. It waa sent by a certain Mr.
i Hunt, who thought it stiftish for the
public. The great one was of another
opinion. Being an old naval man him- '
self, he was thrilled at once, and saw
its possibilities in a moment. Moreover,
ho agreed with its sentiment*,
which enabled him to give it with
gusto, "by jingo."?London News.
One IVijr to Clean a Chimney.
An easy way to clean a chimney of ?:
soot has been discovered by a Maine
man. Instead of going to the top of
the chimney and probing with rods,
he begins at the bottom. There at?
opening is made, and lie hres upward
a revolver charged .with a blank cartridge.
The concussiou, it is said,
will clean out tho soot. He also
claims that the burning of a piece of
zinc in tove wili clear the stove and S
its funuet of soot.
j
Where Consuinpllre* Are relieved.
A sanitarium for consumptives has
for years been in existence in Nordrach,
in tho Black Forest of North- . ;
western Germany. The windows of
the houses are kept open night and '
day; from some of them, indeed, the
sasuea uuvo uucu ruuiuvcu. uus,
sleeping or walking, the ininatea are
alwaj3 breathing the finest outdoor
air.
Theatrical companies in Mexico
have to pay a fine if they do not produoe
the pieoes announced. - - A
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