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tool making must
be earried to what
j^H^^HB^ars to bo a high developis
the limit of the toolHflner's
art, and when and where
^^^Enould or must tool making stop?
Commerciallyspeaking.it must stop
in any particular case when more tool
making cannot cheapen the total time
ooat of production; if the demand for
the product is unlimited, then the
nnly limitation to tool making is the
limit of human understanding and
mechanical resources.
Broadlj speaking, it is conceivable
iliat m some special production tool
making may be carried to a point
vhere no further profitable advantage
ean be made, and it is also conceivable
that there may be things useful
and desirable to the few, which capaot
by improvement of quality and
lowering of cost be made useful and
% desirable to the many. Speaking nar' %jrowly
from existing facts and condi'
lions, it seems probable that the limit
ti tool making has never been reached
in any particular case.?Engineering
Magazine.
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The census, taken at the dawn of
the twentieth century, marks th?
greatest epoch in our National life.
The age of iron has come to a climax
' with a force almost dynamic. The
world has witnessed the golden age
of Augustus, the silver age of Elizabeth,
the era of great wars and of
wonderful progress in the arts and
!?oioEces; but as the nineteenth century
culminates, behold! the age of
iron and steam and electricity, telegraphs,
sewing machines, telephones,
automobiles; an age which is devoted
; to material development, to the accagf
mutation of wealth, and to the upbuilding
of vast enterprises and which
hails the advent of the uncrowned
king of commerce, the consolidation
of great corporate interests. Highwater
mark in our commercial and industrial
life has been attained, and tc
tank fVia vast ?nnmf>rftfcion to be I
luav &HVV V"V ? MW . ?
taken next year will add its testimony.
The work of the Twelfth Census
will mark the industrial growth oi
the Nation and be another mile post
in its marvelous history.?W. R. Mernam,
in the North American Review.
*
A Wreck of a Wreck.
"In the space of a single year Sable
Island claimed more than two hundred
lives. In fact, so many wrecks
line the shoals of this ocean graveyard
that the new pile up on the old, like
bodies heaped in one ditch. The
Crofton Hall, an iron sailing ship
wrecked two years ago on the northsast
bar, broke in two about amidships.
The pieces have drifted together
again, and the islanders suppose
that she struck crosswise upon
an old submerged wreck, and is settling
over it, which accounts for the
two parts coming together. Nor is
Ihe island satisfied with the awful |
tribute which it exacts from the living.
The same informant who writes
no about the Crofton Hall adds that
the barque John McLeod, which was
wrecked off Devil's Island at the entrance
to Halifax Harbor, has drifted
whore on Sable Island bottom up?a
t ?nreck of a wr?ck!"?Ainslee's Maga^
noe.
Heavywelchta From Texas.
Physically speaking the Texas delegation
is the weightest in the House
?f Representatives at Washington,
There is not a man of the thirteen
representatives from that State who
does not reach six feet in height unless
it is Mr. Lanham, bat he, as all
the rest, weighs over two hundred
pounds.
The average height is considerably
above the six foot mark, and of weight
considerably more tiiau the two hundred
pound point on the scales. The
Ideal Texan is a big six footer, and
the men who represent the State in
public life certainly look the part to
perfection.
Mervou*,
Women :
are ailing women, When
a woman has some female
trouble she is certain to
be nervous and wretched.
With many women the
monthly suffering Is so
great that they are for
days positively Insane,
and the most diligent efforts
of ordinary treatment
are unavailing
t
| Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound I i
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MftiaQ arammv/o there
lief of these women* The
tetters from women oured
by it proves thfafei This
paper is oonstaiitfy printing
them? / --C-X
The advice of Mrs* Pink*
ham should also be secured
by every nervous
woman* This costs nothJr0?
Her address is Lynn,
Mass* /
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jBMEWSSjRBByP"Mirk I'.
HOgg^NTA!NS HIS GROUND.
Hmam Goebel Succumb? at Frankfort to
r Assassin'? Wound ? Ills Last Wlsli
Warn That the Peace Should be KeptManifesto
of Hlg Friends?Democrats
Will Meet at Louisville.
Frankfort, Ky. (Special). ? Governor
William Goebel, one of the executives of
Kentucky, died at sixteen minutes past
seven Saturday evening, from a wound
made by a bullet fired from an ambush.
His last words were a warning to his followers
to "keep cool." Efforts wore mate
to delay the end until the arrival of his
brother Justus from Arizona, but the
brother arrived too late.
Goebelites in Frankfort were wild witTi
grief and eager for revenue, but announcement
of the Governor's death was withheld
until the Democratic headers couB
Issue an appeal to their followers to keep
the peace. Guards about the State House
were doubled, but there was no trouble.
The announcement of Goebel's deatu was
made at the Capitol Hotel by the distribution
of the following circular, which had
been prepared daring the afternoon, when
it was certain that hl9 death was a question
of only a few hours:
"To the People of Kentucky: It is with
the most profound sorrow that we ac
nounce the death of Senator William Goebel,
Iu his last moments he counselled his
friends to ke<y> cool and bow to the law in
all things. We, bis friends and admirers,
beg of the people of Kentucky in this hout
of affliction to carefully abstain from any
act of violence or any resort to mob law.
It would be his wish, If he were alive, that
there should be absolutely no stain left on
his memory by any Imprudent act of any
who were his friends. The law is supreme
and must in time be re-established, aud
all the wrongs he und his party have suf?
fered will (Ind their proper address.
"Joe C. S. Blackburn, J. B. McCreary, B.
W. Bradburu, L. H. Carter, Speaker pro
tem. of Senate; C. M. Lewis, Lewis Mc*
Guown, South Trimble, Speaker of the
House; William S. Pryor, Urey A. Woodson
.Tames A. Scott, C. C. McChord, John K.
Hendrlck, S. J. Shackelford."
When the announcement was made':th?
corridor of the hotel was filled with friends
I of the Senator, and there followed a scen?
- ?1 o?,l in mnnv WftVS T0
Ui ?urrvw uuusuHi ?m ? j ? markable.
Men and women put their arm#
around ono another's neck and wept or
one another's shoulder.
Within an hour after the death of Goebel,
J. C. W. Ueckham, who had been de
olarod elected Lieutenaut-Qovernor on the
Democratic ticket, took th9 oath as Governor.
As he did so, he uttered a prayei
for divine help to do his duty and pledged
himself to follow the policy adopted by Mr
Goebel.
Governor W. S. Taylor again plainly mads
an issue with the State courts, refusing tc
honor a writ of habeas corpus for a prisoner.
Judge Moore, of the Franklin
County Court, whose writ was ignored, declared
that he would enforce the order.
Judge Cantrill also issued an order prohibiting
Governor Taylor from' interfering
with the sessions of the Legislature. Nc
service was made on this, and a motion
that it be made permanent will be decided
at Georgetown.
An appeal to the Federal Court in
Louisville on behalf of Taylor was met
with the decision that the Court had no
jurisdiction iu the case.
Governor Taylor said when ha heard of
Goebel's death: "I have taken the step
that decides the matter, and I cannot
draw back^trom the issue."
Governor Taylor himself had been inaccessible
to visitors all the afternoon, even
I ?~ NIanile %TTa ttTOa
WUCU wurjr woic Mluao lliouuo. ?? ,
more so after the news of Goebel's death
reached him.
He was closeted in his private office,
where he had been since Goebel was shot
and where he has se9n nobody bat his
closest friends aud the newspaper reporters
who represent papers that 9lde with him
in the controversy.
Two rewards have now been offered for
the arrest of the man who fired the shot
thnt killed Mr. Qoebel. Governor Taylor
sent for a friend and announced that he
decided to offer a reward of 8500 personally.
He said he could not offer a reward
of State money because he had not been
requested to do so by the county authorities,
as tho law requires.
He would show his own anxiety to catch
the assassin by a personal offer. The
Judges of the Fiscal Court of Kentucky
met and offered a reward of $1000. There
is little doubt that the Democrats of the
Legislature will carry out their purpose
and supplement this with an offer of $50,000
reward for the capture of tho man.
Governor Taylor ordered the release ol
Alouzo Walker, for the possession ot
whom Judge Moore had declared that
Sheriff Suter would swe?r in a posse, and
take possession of the Capitol grounds if
such an extreme measure became necessary.
While not recognizing in his action the
existence of the writ of habeas corpus
which had been sworn out in behalf of
Walker, Governor Taylor, by releasing the
man, removed the most threatening sign
of trouble.
It is announced that the Democratic seal
of government for Kentucky will be established
at Louisville.
The Republican members of the Legisla
ture went to London, the small town Id
the mountains where Governor Taylor had
summoned them to meet.
CREAT BRITAIN CEDES HER RIGHTS
Will Have Xo Voice in Nicaragua Canal
Affairs.
Washington, D. C. (Special).?The Unite*;
States and Great Britain have reached at
amicable agreement respecting the opera
tions of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty as affecting
the right ot construction and control
by the United States of the proposed.
Nicaragua Canal.
The result marks tho termination of conferences
between the officials of the State
Department and Lord Pauncefote ot fully
a year's duration.
Great Britain agrees to a modification of
the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, by whiclj she
practically relinquishes any claims respecting
a dual control ot the Nicaragua
Canal after it shall have been constructed.
The result, therefore, is to eliminate that
feature of the treaty bearing on the subject
of dual control and to leave the United
States free to construct aud thereafter control
this great interoceunic waterway.
BULLER CROSSES THE TUCELA.
The Beginning ot IIIh Third Attempt tc
llelleve Ladysuiitli.
Lo:;dox (By Cable).?A dispatch frorr
Durban says that General BuU^r crosse 1
the Tugela oti Friday night and marched
on Ladysmitlt.
a. iLieabii-'t; irum utiuysuiuii smu iiini
General Bailer's guns had been beard on
Saturday, but tlie result of the eugagement
was uot kuown. The Boors were
agalQ masslug around Ladysmlth.
General Roberts reports all welLut Mafe
king oa Jauuury 27, with tlie garrison pushing
the besiegers out of rifle rauge on three
sides.
Bocr-Urltlsh War Notes.
The Boer experiment of financing thelt
war at the expense of foreign shareholders
in,gold mines is something unique in history.
-i Only a few of the regulars are left Id
England. They are bitterly disappointed
because they are unable to'get to South
ifrica.
Geueral Hector Archibald MacDonol^1
nas arrived at Modder River, Cape Coion.
iad assumed command of the Highlanders.
An American named Turpin has stated
for the Transvaal to help the Boers ma
an explosive more deadly than lyddite
melinr.e.
Washington Items.
The Senate in executive session without
a division ratified The Ha^ue Peace Conference
treaty and the extradition treaty
?Ilk n.~ a Domihlid
VY11U LUC7 aij^OUfclua
The Republican Congressional Campaign
Committee organized for the coming campaign.
Representative Babcock, of Wisconsin,
was re-elected Chairman.
General Charles Heywood, of the Marine
Corps, denies that "Bill" Anthony, hero of
the Maine, was dismissed from the service
on account of falling eyesight. He says
every effort was fiiade to have Antliouy reenlist.
The War Department announced that the
total number of troops in the Philippines
on February 1, as reported by General Otis,
was 63,532, including officers and men.
There are 946 regular officers and 1334
volunteer officers, 30,826 enlisted regular
men and 30,426 volunteer troops.
The Senate Committee reported on a
section to be added to the financial bill,
whereby it Is provided that nothing In the
measure shculd conflict with an international
blmetalllo agreement.
The House Committee on Claims favor*
ably reported the Cooper bill for the payment
of the Southern cotton claims. The
bill Involves an expenditure of $10,000,000.
Senator Penrose, of Pennsylvania, Introduced
a bill extending the pension laws to
persons who Berved In the Civil War for
only one month.
The Hay-Pauncefote treaty, amending
the Clayton-Bulwer treaty In regard to the
Nicaragua Canal, was signed at the State.
Department.
The mission of Robert P. Porter, Special :
Cuban Comlssloner, who sailed for Ha'a
fn nnnanlf ujlfh rtnvnrnnr-Gftn.
eral Wood and learn what schedules of .
".he present tariff need revision. f {
? ?.
Oar Adopted Iilnnda.
For the first time ia months Havana Is
clear of yellow fever. No case has been
officially reported for some days.
Samuel Gompers, President otthe Amerloan
Federation of Labor, 1s in Havana,
telling Cuban workmen of the advantages
of organization and pointing out to thqm
bow to work to obtain legislation for the
protection of labor, for factory inspection
and for the.prohlbltIon of child labor.
The plague situation is improved.in
Honolulu and the authorities now baveifcin
control. Honolulu has appropriated $118,000
for improving the sewers and purifying
the water supply.
W'l must respectfully but urgently ren*w,"
wrlteB Captain Rlohurd Leary, Naval
Commander of Guam, to the Navy Department,
"my request that a good library be
sent to this station, and also that the musical
instruments asked for be sent at the
earliest possible date."
The Puerto Rico Council, recently elected,
is composed of ten Republicans and five
Federals.
Governor-General Leary has an artlflotal
ioe plant in operation la Guam. It adds
much to the comfort and health of the
garnsvu.
I : Conditions In Puerto Rico are very discournglng.
Business Is very bad and misery
among the laboring classes 13 widespread *
Hud intense.
I)OID?ttlC.
The Pennsylvania 8teel Company is to
make improvements in Its Steelton (Peun.)
plant Involving millions of dollars.v
Judge Fisher in the Criminal Branoh of
the Circuit Court, 8t. Louis, Mo., In delivering
his instructions to the February
Grand Jury, called attention to the charges
o( fraud in municipal affairs and the alleged
lnefHciency of the police force in
suppressing crime.
Nearly $5000 was added to the Dewey
Arch Fund by the concert at Carnegie
Hall, New York City. Admiral and Mrs.
Dewey were present and Governor Roosevelt
delivered an addross, in whloh he
urged the necessity of an increased army
and navy.
Oneida Eisenhardt, a young man who
was on the wuy to visit his sweetheart,
while trying to board a freight train at
[ netmenem, ronn., was kqockbu uuwa uy
odo coming from the opposite direction.
He was tossed to and fro like a football
between the two trains and every bone la
his tody broken, j being lifeless when
picked up.
Members of the Sixty-ninth Regiment, oi
New York, have a good 'prospect of recovering
damages from the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad for injuries a hundred
of them received in a wreok near Birmingham,
Ala., daring the Spanish-American
War. In the United States Court an
award of $4500 has been made to one of the
injured soldiers.
Major-General Lawton'abody lay lo state
In the Capitol Building la Indianapolis,
Ind. 8eventy-flve thousand persons passed
the casket.
i At the meeting of the executive committee
of the Rough Rldsrs' Reunion Associa
tlon it was decided to chango the date of
the annual reunion at Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma, to July 1 to 4 inclusive. This
was done to meet wishes of Governor
Roosevelt.
As a result of scandals In the Dispensary
Stute Board of Con.trol of South Carollua,
In which the members preferred charges
against one another, the House of RepreonnfntlvM
hv n. three-fourths vote. Dassed
that section"' of the Senate bill removing
from office the entire board.
General W. A. Olmstead, a vetoran of the
Civil War, wa:i ordained a deacon in the
Ohuroh of the Sacred Heart at Notre
Dame, Ind. He afterward received holy
orders and became a priest of the congregation
of the Holy Cross.
Forelm.
Official advices concerning the battle at
Plolio, Colombia, have been reoelved to the
effect that General Galtan defeated the
rebels, who lost twenty killed, 140 wounded
and 170 prisoners. Am;>ng the latter is
General Rodriguez.'
Tbo ooal famine In Germany, due to the
strikes, is assuming a threatening aspect.
The strike has spread to the Zwickau and
Zeitz districts,'and the Maehen. district,is
affeOted. The question is now mooted of.,
forbidding coal exports until normal con-1ditlons
shall huve been restored.
! rtnnanl Wnrman of Miinlnh rfl?orta to th?
State Department at Washington the creation
of a paper trust In Bavaria, embodyr
ing the.entire industry in that country.
! iLtelegram from the frontier announces
'that a body of Venezuelan troops invaded
jBrazliian territory. They were met by u
{battalion of Brazilian troops and, after a
illvely fight, were forced to\beat a retreat
across the frontier.
Dr. Leydai has been offioljally recognized
as the representative of the Transvaal Republic)
by the Governments of France,
Germany and Russia.
Barou Hengelmueller, Austrian Minister,
may be recalled bdcpuse ol unpleasuut incidents
resulting from the feud with the
Mexico Ambassador.
France and England are ntjthe threshold
of a serious disagreement.
! The United 8tates gunboat Machlas arrived
at Puerto Gaoello, Venezuela, to
guard American interests in the event of
another rebellion breaking out. General
Hernandez Is reported to be organizing
his forces for another effort to seize the
presidency. ,
Lord Methuen has disbanded Remington's
Scouts, because he ascertained that
some members of the corps had been communicating
with the Boers.
The mortality In Bombay, India, a few
days ago was unprecedented. There was
a total of 408 deaths. The situation is aggravated
by the advent of famine refugees.
The Japanese legation in Paris is raising
objection to the Franco-American commercial
treaty, on,the ground that the silktrade
between France and Japan will be
seriously injured by its provisions.
Emperor William has prohibited the performanoejof
a drama by Herr Bonn, the
act,or, whloh allows Frederick the Great in
.character.
4" The German cable fromEmden to New
ijlorfc Cfty, by way" of the Azores, will be
llald Jsy a London Company. It will cost _
jjg^,?00. The cable will be 4336 miles
for Waterf^^ti^wM elected ohairman
jof the reorgaiMeilttsh Hatlonaltatptrty,
which now includes all tha Irish Members
of the British Parliament. . -
Sfcs&':-V.
SMALLPOX IS EPIDBMiC.
Disease Prevalent in Many States in
the South and West.
ALLEGED CAUSE OF INFECTION.
A Peculiarity of the Epidemic is That
There Are Many Cases But Few
Deaths?One of the Cau?es Assigned
For the Spread of the Disease^Tlie
Afflicted States and Territories.
New York City (8p3Clal).?From almost
all sections of the country, but particularly
from the Middle, Western and Southern
States, come reports that smallpox Is epidemic.
Tbe disease manifests some peculiar
features, too, for it Is much less vlru
lent than usual, and in many cases delaj
in combating It has resulted from Its being
at first taken for chloken pox. While there
are many cases there are few-deaths. The
epidemic seems to avoid the largo cities,
and, passing over the centres of popula
tlon, to strike Into smau country towns uuu
villages. Chicago, ^for instance, lias had
fewer than a dozen cases tbisvear, but at
least 700 have been reportednhroughoui
Southern Illlcois, of which oulyfourhavt
resulted fatally. ->
A. generally aocepted theory is .-.thatvthi
disease his been brought frooi Cuba
Puerto Blco and the Philippines by returnIng
soldiers. Much alarm now prevails, lc
the infected districts, where at fltat th?
warnings of the physicians who recognized
the symptoms were.iwoffed at. ' . '
Commercial travelers find great , difficulty
In getting about through some rural
community/owing to local quarantine
regulations, schools are closed, and at
points along the CanadlaniSfrontiei1 mailt
have been delay6d ,through controversies
between tha Oa&adtiife.v.aad the United
States postal at^MdtlW^'aa to^whlch. shall
undertake the;fumKatton^bfthe'mallsacks
Kentucky 3eeaafc?;b?j the principal snf
forer. In that fiBM*--thlrty-flv9 counties
are affected, andjtoSozefc County Boards ol
Health have reiU&OTfrttause they have nc
money wltlyrMcJEtQ light the plague.
Dr. J. ^$BuHy, of. the Indiana Stati
Board of'Mgffh^ln a warning to the pub
lie, report??KiSkere are between 1500 and
annn ----- l-'.WSSJWfota Af TniHann ?inrt that
iflUW UtUOO ??. ?
the dlseaaaVfirMtdemlc in four counties.
Before the Suslasippl State Legislature
at Juclcson. Seoretary Huater-Qf tuo State
Board of Health.ln argafng for a measure
to establish aompulaory-jVacclnatlen, said
there had been 130 cases of amsllpofc k
that olty slaoe last Sept'tTmbeb, apd, 4008
cases and several deaths throughout thf
State In the game period* / -v
Birmingham, Seottsbor?, and Oohrtland
Ala.,^report muoh^soiallpox^In. tha^.sdr
a lew days*ago reported ttilrCy-^^^niM
but all recovering. .Kansas
a quarantine agnliiatseveral coutfttas lhOk
.lanoma Territory, and gnarda^l^a-beit>i
stationed along the State line. ' TfliAs tc
Woodward, Oklahoma, hare recMti?m<tf
abandoned on account of the
Smallpo* exists In nearly everyMio^ftt'o'1
the Cherokee Nation in Indian Territory
and the Cherokee National Board bas is
sued a proclamation urging oompulsorj
vaccination upon all.
The disease seams to be spreading it
Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota and Soutt
Dakota, however, are almost free from it.
A te* isolated cases have appeared ir
Massachusetts, but there the disease ap
pears to be well under control. Citizen!
T?l_ m K0..0 t-rt I
01 nut) DIUU, All,, ua.V. "n ?
their Mayor's proclamation ordering com
pulsory vaccination, while from Savannah
Qa., an Appeal has been made to Surgeon
General Wymnn to have the Marine Hos
pital Service take charge o! the situation
la Georgia.
HONORS EASY IN TH13 WAR.
English '?nd German Fnmlliei Foujjh
Over lioer Question.
Danville, III. (Special).?Frank Speoht
a German who has an English wife, ant1
William Shoemaker, an Engl .shman with i
German wife, got Into an argument ove:
the Boer war. Specht was stabbed threi
times with a pitchfork. Shoemaker wa.1
beaten and scratched. Mrs. Shoemafcei
was scratched and her hair torn out. Mrs
Specht was bruised and scratched.
At the Beginning cf the fracas the women
stood valiantly for their own nationalit?
!>..f oo tha flohf nrnr?rf?t??d Hnnh taraol
lij, */ui. "r.? I
country and fought for her husband
When tho police arrived Specht was un
conscious and bleeding pro fusely,while th?
women were tearing each other's clothe.*
and hair.
COTTON PLANTERS REJOICE.
Tlte Price In Montgomery, Ala., Eight
Cents a Pound?Blc Crop Next Season.
Montgomery, Ala. (Special).?Spot cot
ton is selling here lor eight cents and there
Is great rejoicing. Farm mortgages oi
twenty years standing are being paid off
Over-production nest season is threatened.
Up to February 1 $32,000 worth of fer
tilizer tags have been sold by the State
against 813,000 worth on the same day of
last year.
Kentucky's Republican Governor.
W. S. TAYLOR.
Wants Flowers Kept on Hi* Grave.
By the will of Thomas Watford, who died
reoently at Moorestown, N. J., there are be
quests of $300 each to the CMd Follows
Home and Odd Follows' Orphanage, of Phil,
adelohia, and a further bequest of 31000 io
truaf, the income to be devoted to Keeping
flowers on the Watford buriui lot in Mouul
Peace Cemetery forever. The residue ol
the estate is to be devoted to the purchase
and distribution of books oa the philosophy
of spiritualism.
Ttalt'linore to Hitve ft Fortran*.
Old Fort Carroll at Baltimore, 3Iil., is to
be remodeled into a modern fortress foj
the protection of the city.
Cycling Note*.
The chainless wheel is becapinsj more
popular. ' ,
Bullet-proof bicycles for military use
have been exhibited in New Tork Olty.
The bicycle trade Is In better shapetoday
thun it has been at any time during Its
history.
It is claimed that the average rider adds
considerably to bis labor by unconsciously
back-pedaling.
Among the Improvements in the model
of 1900 the effort to redueo the weight of
the wheel is noticeable.
The apanlty and condition of Australian
rosds are i^oh that, as the uumbar of
cyclists inoreases daily, cycle paths are
becoming a necessity.
J" ' * ?- -"W. L.' / ^
[the new canal treaty.
Provisions of the Convention Sent
to the Senate.
Agreement Provide* For the Construction
of the Nicaragua Canal Under Auierlean
Supervision and Ownership.
Wasitijiotox.D. C. (Special).?The text of
the treaty with Great Britain modifying
che Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, which has
been sent to the Senate by the President,
Is as follows:
"The United States of America, and Her
Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom
of Oreat Britain and Ireland, Empress of
India, being desirous to facilitate the construction
of a ship canal to connect the Atlantic
and Pacific Ooeans, and to that end
remove any objection which may aris^ out
of the convention of April 19,1850, commonly
oalledthe Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, totha
I construction of such canal under the auI
spices of the Government of the United
I 8tate3, without impairing the "general
principal" of neutralization established In
Article VIII of that convention, bavofor
that purpose appointed as their plenipotentiaries:
"The President of the United States,
John Hay, Secretary of State of the United
States, and Her Majesty the Queen of Great
Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, the
Bight Hon. Lord Pauncefote, G. 0. B.,G.
0. M. G., Her Majesty Ambassador Extrordinsry
and Plenfpotontlary to th?
United States:
"Who, having communicated to each
other their full powers, which were found
to be In due and proper form, havo agreed
upon the following articles:
"Article I.?It is agreed that the canal
oan be constructed under the au9p Ices of
the' Government of the United States,
either directly at Ifs own cost; or by frit} or
loan of money to Individuals or corporations,
or through subscription^ to or, pur*
chase of stook or shares, and that, subject
to the provisions of the present convention,
the suld Government shall have and
enjoy all the rights incident to suah construction,
as well as the exclusive right of
providing for the regulation and management
Of the canal. }
"Article II.?The high contracting parties,
desiring to preserve and maintain .the general
principle of neutralization established
In Article VIII of the Olayton-Bulwer convention,
adoft as the basis of such neutralization,
the following rules, substantially
as etnbodi ed In the convention between
Great Britain and certain other powers
sicned at Constantinonole. October 29,
1888, for the free navigation of the Suez
Maritime Canal, that Is to say:
"First?The canal shall be free and open,
lb time of war as In time of peace, to the
Teasels ot commerce and of war of all nations,
on terms of entire equality, so that
.there shall be no discrimination against
nation or Its oltizens or subjects In re ,0#pect
of the conditions or charges of traffic,
-or otherwise.
^"Second?The canal shall never be
?g$ekaded, nor shall any right of war be
ffierclsed iaor any act ot hostility be com4
"Wtrd-^eaaela of war ot a belligerent
"shaS^Krevitfual ncr take any stares in
' th^ptt^ efoept so far as may be strlotly
neBwHiyy aad the transit of such vessels
cabal shall be effected with
sslbre delay, in accordance with
tionsr in force, and with only
nisslon as may result from the
of the serrloe. Prizes shall be
cts subject to the same rules as
rar of the belligerents.
"Fotarth?No belligerent shall embark or
disembark troops, munitions of war or
warlike materials in the canal except in
case of accidental hindrance J>f the transit,
and lq,such case the transit shall be resumed
with all possible despatch.
"Fifth?The provisions of this article
shall apply to waters adjacent to the canal
within three marine miles of either end.
Vessels of war of a belligerent shall not
remain in such waters longer than twentyfour
hour3 at any one time except in case
ot distress, and in such case shall depart as
soon as possible, but a vessel of war of one
belligerent shall not depart within twentyfour
hours from the departure of a vessel
ot war of tbe other belligerent.
"Sixth?Tbe plant, establishments, buildings
and all works necessary to tbe construction,
maintenance and operation of
the oanal shall be deemed to be part thereof,
for the purpose of this conveutiou, and
In ti-ne of war as in time of peace shall eniov
complete Immunity from attack or in
fury by belligerents uud from acta calculated
to impair their usefulness as part of
cbe canal,
"Seventh?No fortifications shall be
erected commanding the canal or the waters
adjacent. The United 8tates, however,
shall be at liberty to maintain such military
police along the canal as may be necessary to
protect it against lawlessness and dissraer.
Xfe
"Article III.?The high contractinfcjmA-.i
'ties will, immediately upon the ejMaajtfl^
of the ratification of this conventloft; bring
it to the notice of the other power*-tod Lavlte
them to adhere to it,
"Article IV.?The ffrfleent convention^
shall be ratified by th# 'President ot:.tb?|
United States by and with the advIoe^TtiMK
consent of the Senate thereof, und.byj|MZ|
Britannic Majesty; and the ratlflcajMBif^
shall be exchanged at Washington 6i??
London within six months from the- qjUpft
hereof, or earlier if possible. '4138
"In faith whereof, the reweotfcgjiflH*
potentiarles have signed thafifbaaraniaat*
and thereunto ufflxed their seaMBaagfaj'
"Done in duplicate at WashlagtflH^^H
flfth dpy of February, in the y??r ofOac?
Lord. One Thousand Nine Hundred,' '
jjohh hat. . < ?
NEW PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
Juilce Taft Appointed i>y the President
to Eitabll;h Civil tifovernment.
Washington, I). 0. {SpecialJTli& Praaident
has selected <?ud#e William H. Taft
to be the first Civilian Governor oC the
Territory of the Philippines 'when; that
Territory is established provisionally by
the Executive, If Congress fails tblefflslata
to that end within the next two
ciouths.
Judge Taft'a appointment us the head of
the new Commission to no to Manila and
set the wheels of the new recimo iu motion
was made public ou Wednesday after the
Cabinet meeting.
Judge Taft has resigned from the bench,
his resignation to take effect March 15,
when it is expected that the new Commission
of which ho is the head will start for
Manila.
The President promptly sent to the Senate
the nomination of Judge Henry S. Severens,
United Stated District Judge ol
Miohigan, in order that ttie vacancy could
be tilled immediately, and that Judge Taft
might be free to arrange his personal
affairs without delay and take up the preliminary
work of organizing the Commission.
Bis Fire In St. Loali.
Fire raged for ten honrs In the business
section of St. Louts, causing a' loss of tl,500,000
and the death of one -fireman, not
hn mAnMnn tliA (nlnrv nf a Hazac jnorn.
Several of the 'ujured fl r em
Thomas R. B.ird, of
millionaire land owner-^nd oti operator'
was chosen by the Repu&mabs .at Sacramento
for United States Senator to succeed
Stephen M. White. _
Prominent People.
The flreplace in the dining room of Cap^
tain Blgsbee's Washington house is decorated
with carved wood from the wreok of
the battleship Maine.
oinuo ui? luuuKuruuua as rresiueni mt,
BIoKlnley ba3 never seen a play, though
each ot the Washington theatres has placed
a box at his disposal.
IV Is said that the Sultan of Turkey's Insane
fits are increasing in duration and
violence. The shelkh-ul-lslam hft9 ordered
prayers throughout Turkey for the restoration
of the Saltan.
T. P. OlUonnor, in describing the appearance
of General Lord Kitchener, says that
he seems to be as coldly unmoved by novelty
or excitement as if he had lived all
bis days among icebergs.
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lirasoraiFElim"
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British Parliament Sustains the Government
by a Large Majority.
THE TALK OF EARLY MEDIATION.
Opposition Amendment'Rejected by the
Home of Commons br a Mnjority of
213 VotRS?General Macdonald Make*
an Important Move ? The Popular
reeling in United State* Par the Boers
Loxdojt (By Cable),?The war debate
closed in th'e House of Commons on Tuesday
with the defeat of the opposition's attempt
to ?01 into the address an answer to
the Queen's speech a criticism of the Government'?
oonduot of the war.
tTpoa the conclusion of the speeches a
division was taken on Lord Edmund Fltz*
maarlce's amendment, which practically
proposed a vote of censure- against the
Government,, with the result that the
amendment was defeated by a vote-of 352
to 139.
- In opo^fng the debate- the Bight Hon.
Herbert Asquith, Liberal Member for Fife,
East, and Home Secretary-^ Lord Rosebery's
CaWnet, defended the present course
of the opposition. Alter denying that tills
or any other war waa Inevitable, Mr. Asquith
advanced two propositions: first,
that the Government did not intend and
did not desire war, which, explained the
military unprepareduess, and second, that
President Kj-uger oduld have avoided war
by accepting the proposals made to htm la
September, which the Government and
politicians of every shade of opinion urged.
H-e-refused, and then made Impossible demands
wbtoh were Intended to be refused.
He then Invaded and annexed British terrlsfr
Henry Campbei&B&ag?rman, Liberal
leader, in a lengthy rerMBand defence ol
tho opposition's attltudencjia^04that the
Ministers could not poMj^fconeoerora
Their diplomacy had fullW^adl&ir military
operations had not Weeded. Hi
refused to believe in the ftxM&aeof thf
alleged Dutch consplraojjijf then
was-not a single proof. Hwayjtttftd the ,
amendment because It cond?gip?Apa0t er
rors and failures, which, If nbewM.after
the war, would Inevitably be aga|%?atal t<.
harmony and good goveriUMK^ Soatt '
Mr. Balfour clo3od the dabate In behalf o?
the Government. He said he did not regard
the opposition's attack a4 directed at th?
Government or the War oiM&fjw at th<
Colonial Secretary. The latter might wel
Ignore, but the House mjiht welj remem
her. that it was durintr Mr.OhaoilMirlftla'i
term of office *hat thfl 'Wajfifitt*--M 'i
whole had flap shown- idil'oorporati
oonsoloosnoM vt -WhaT ir*. was an/
what , Us destlnlM.-;. really# were
HeadaitwJ tbat Sir. Chamberlain wasno<
alone responsible (or this, bat he mlgbl
| justly bout that It was during htflMgaari
of office, and In no small degree^proogl
his great administrative abilities, tint th< <1
dramatlo'moment had occurred: when tot
the first time in history every Britlsfc
colony had joined the mother .ooontrylr
carrying out a great imperial obftaj, '
.Two or three unimportant , Jtigpbp' fol
lowed, and after the vote.defeating tht
nmendmont was announ??oAW'flouae adjourned.
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EFFORTS M WAJ .
' Sympathy For M
WiBHLHOTOSlearn H1
that under trea.'y j
! waich has b^M
effort win MHa<w8Bwfe|jfeA, >o .e.terj
&uoh officijaH
, t o t h e beltojO l*.tettnfn&'
tlon of
this .
t-xpo'3 Ew^^^^^^^^^,t|>.VaU6r!stloi
of un(r^Hi't,toS^|^??W^|?Aey3lT6^r
the w?Pi|B||rnbout
dedlarTnjfcilK
with the best
vaal toor is not
ginning to . be apprwWBp^ter^^t^ tfti
sympathy tor ;
General Jf^US
Bli'hCfit.|i-' fe
Exeats ol the Bm^^^ther caafc;-^;.^
'^SSpwS^BIp^^ '
of water during tbe marob."
ROBERTS'S OFFER TO
Invitation Distributed to FfWfc$?fttoa ??>
Trantvnnlcri by Gttttfal'lK
London (By Cable).?Lord. Cbberts feai
caused to bor
Rood their
bringing horses oao^Brol' Foreigner;
Boer Prisoners Try to Escape?
Cape Town (By Cablo).?Five BoefpEi*
oaers at Simonsroivu tried to esoapo a lew
days ago. They had flreafros and woaod^ed
a prisoner warder. Two of tbe fugitives :
Tere wounded and all were recaptured.
All Americnn Good* Bele*?ed.
WAsniNflxox, D. C. (Special). ? It H
learned at the State Department that not n
ail, not a grain of corn, and not a spoon*
fui of dour of the cargoes ?elzed by the
British warships oil 8outh Africa now ra<
main in the possession of the British Gov
ernmeut, except such goods as await cue
^orders of their owners or those whoso
ownership remains to be proved.
Safe7r *
Mr. Hay Reoelvecl at Pretoria.
PSZ70&U, Scuth African Ropuhlfc (By
Gable).? Adelbert S. Hay, tbe new United
States Consul here, has beeu rooivod by
tbe Transvaal Government, and presented [
hli credentials.
The Lalmr World.
Machine oro uuloadors are doins the
iwork of 100 men.
The railroads of New York City find toll
for thousands of night workers.
A congress of International textile workars
will be held iu Berlin next July.
By tho end of this year thore will be 50,J00
wage earners In South Carolina mills.
Tho United Miners decided at thoir Indianapolis
Convention to take in coke '
workers.
The physicians in South Framlngham,
Mass., have agreed on a schedule of rates
for their services. i
Easton (Penn.) carpenters have decided 1
to demand an Increase of from 12.70 to I
Per day after Aorll 1. ? 1
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Klnnaird's Erratic Flljrht.
Herbert Kinnaird, one of the cleverest
young fellows in town, is chiefc
cook and bottle washer in J. A. Beazley's
furniture store, He is a firstclass
clerk, but there are many tricks
of the trade he has yet to learn. On
I 1 T> t : j .
oaiuiuoj uir# jDeaziej receiYcu 9
dozen wire mattresses, which were
mashed down to a thickness of about
eighteen inches and tied with rope.
Not knowing of the great force of
the springs, Herbert got upon the
bundle on his hands and knees and
began cutting the ropes. All went
well until the knife severed the last
rope, when Herbert quickly left tho
aartli aDd started on a sudden jonraey
to what he supposed was the better
laud. After reaching a height ten
>r twelve feet his course changed, and
:he downward flight was begun. ?In
ihe latter he cut a dash through a
maple shade tree, knocking the back
>ff a dresser, broke three chairs sitting
on the sidewalk, and finally
'eached terra firma bearing some dozen
juts and scratches. The mattresses,
when released, flew in all directions,
ind it is said one landed on the courtlouse
portico.?Lancaster (Ky.) Rec*"
ord>
Pr wad of Hl? Protection.
Speaking of the elder Bennett of
the New York Herald never having
beld office puts a bright contributor
to the Journalist in mind of a story
told about him. Having been told of
an editor who had '"risen to be a
Member of Congress," he snappishly
replied, ''risen! good God mon, what '
do yon mean? I once knew a moa
who, although he had been a Member
of Congress, yet rapidly rose ur til b#
became respeotable as an ed*jpr'; a
noble example of perseverance under
terribly depressing circumstances.
Risen, mon, risen! why the Presidency
is not so high a position as the
editorship of the greatest paper in tho
country. Hoot avra, mon, and talk
tqnBe.r?
Sitting oa the Left. v;
The automobile has accomplished
at least one reform in vehicular travel.
It has taught drivers to sit on the left
and turn, to the right.
; V Acceptable?
J should say so; they all say the same,
too, When they get them.; Who Is there
that would refuse such works of art when
they can get them for almost nothing.
Ask your grocer for a coupon book, which
Will enable you to get one large 10c. package
of "Bed Cross" starch, one large 10c.
nnflVaiMvnf 'HnblntPflr'a Best" starch, with
the premtygyE^ two Shakespeare panels,
printed to twilve beautiful colors, as natural
a?lU?,or one Twentieth Century Girl
calendar, the finest of Its kind ever printed,
I. *11 for 5c. '
?} ' Beyond HU Reach.
lfWhat has become of the big man
who used to beat tho bass dram?"
asked the private of the dram-major.
? >'He left us about three months
ago."
"Good drummer, too, wasn't he?"
fi "Yes; very good. But he got so fat
Vthat when he .marched he couldn't hit
the drum in the middle."?Tit-Bits.
vSTATaor Ohio, City or Toledo, i _
?! ?. y lvoascouvty. fw*
! -Frawk j. Cheney makes oath that he is the
senior "partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney <St
. Co., doing business in th eCity ofToledo,Count?
' and State aforesaid, and that said fl rrn will pay
:!th680m.6f one hundred dollar!) for e&C3
'and every case of catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use of H All's Catarrh Cube.
t. Frank J. Cheney.
Vgwwn.to before me and subscribed in my
wl<~-V^y presence. this (Jtb day of Qecember,
? ? ??n* A W nr wlYnv
aVMBIIf ML* V- >w. *?. ^
M-?v?: x . Notary Public.
g*HeIT? Catarrh Care Is taken internally, and
f JWto directly on the blood and mucous surface#
rf the system. Send for testimonials, free.
appa^^g'^00--10'^ ?,
' Hall's FainflyPIIlaare the best.
&?*
; Tho nutritions value ot dried beef is said
>to exceed largely that of fresh. /
Window's Soot ting Syrup for children
Me thins?, ioitens the gums, reduces i 11 fl ammn.tion,allays
pain, cures wind colic. 2oc.a bottle.
\ "Hindoo young men 8re turning to Japan
to: Instruction in science.
VilALtJT'low, debilitated or exhausted cured
ijrftr. Kllne'a Invigorating Toulc. Fee*. $1
tttil bottle for ? weeks1 treatment. Dr. Kline,
>UU m Areh St, Philadelphia. Founded 1871.
f Spain has bad thirty-one years ot war
the present century. 3
J Past 80
m .
a Gray Hair
/ rbw LvTZ1
J Vicof ior a great many years,
and altboQgk I am past eighty
years of age, yet I have not a gray
Bair in my bead."?Geo. Yellott.Towson,
Md., Aug. 3,1899.
5SSIS535SS2SS
J Have You I
Lost It7 1
We mean all that rich, dark
color your hair used to have.
But there is no need of mourning
over it, for you can fad it
again.
Ayer's Hair Vigor always reI
stores color to gray hair. We
know exactly what we are saying
when we use that word 1
" always."
It makes the hair grow heavy
and long, too: takes out every
hit of dandruff, and stops falling
of the hair. Keep it on
Your dressing table and use it i
8 every day. si.o# a bottle, ah drnaw*.
8 Write the Doctor
If you do not obtain all the benefits yon
desire from the use of tlie Vigor, write
the Doctorabout it. Ho will tell you just
the right thing to do, and will send you
his book on tue Ilair and Scalp if you
request it. Address, k
Dr. J. C. Ayer, Lowell, Mass.