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? ' \ Carious Point In Insurance Law, | A curious point iu insurance is ! troubling the Vienna courts. A surgeon, in trimming his nails before performing an operation, cut his finger, but went on with the operation, and his finger was infected so that he had to call in a doctor for himself. He claimed compensation on an accident polw;, bai ihe company refused to j pay on f l .e ground that operations per- ! formed ly doctors on themselves.were i expressly excluded iu its policy. The ! courts must decide whether nail-cutting is a surgical operation. _______ " Never Do Things by Halves ." Sometimes the condition of i your health could be de* scribed as half-sick and half- ' well. You may not be ill enough tb go to bed but too ill to be happy or efficient in your home or your business. Why not be wholly 'well? Your draggedout, tired feeling is due to poor blood and nothing else. Make your blood rich by us~ ing Hood's SarsapariHa. It works to perfection there is nothing like it. a Tired Feeling ? "My husband would come home from work so tired he could hardly movt. He began taking Hood's SarsaparilU and it cured him. It cured my girl's headaches." Mrs. A. J. 'Sprague, 57 Oak St., Fall Kpoer, Mass. SkrtS UnhnJilffn Hood's Pillgcnre liver Ills; the non lrrltattng and 'only cathartic to Uke with Hood'g 8ar?apartiul What do the Children Drink ? Don't give them tea or coffee. Have you tried the new food drink called GRAIN-0 ? It is delicions and nourishing and takes the place of coffee. The more Grain-0 you give the chi'-Jren tho more health you distribute through their systems. Grain-0 is made of pure grains, and when properly prepared tastes like the choice grades of coffee but costs about ? as much. All grocers sell it. 15c. and 25c. Try Crain-O! Insist that yonr grocer gives you GRAIN-O Accept no imitation. "Why They Didn't Interest Him. Politics is absorbing; so the gush ing young woman who had been talk ing to a Congressman at last decided. "See those distant stars," she said, in a soulful tone. "Did you ever pause to think that they may be worlds?" "Ye-es, I believe I have thought of it," was the somewhat dubious reply. "Anrl ilipv iMt Ua inhabited by human beings that hope and struggle as we <lo." continued the young ' woman,.earnestly. "Oh, did you ever give deep thought to those people so far away, unknown to us?" "No," was theunhesitating answer, "I've never thought about them at all." , "Why not?" demanded his questioner, with sudden briskness of manner. "Well," said the man, leflectively, *'I suppose one reason may be that they don't vote in my district."? Youth's Companion. $ Woman's Kidney Troubles Why trifle with health when the easiest and surest help Is the best known medlolno In the world ? fx known everywhere and thousands of women have boon cur edof serious kid" noy derangements by h. Mrs. Pinkham's moth* ods have tho endorsement of tho mayor, tho postmaster and others of her own city. Her mediolno has tho endqrsement of an unnumbered multitude of grateful wonion whoso Jotters are constantly printed in this paper. Every woman should read those letters. Mrs. Plnkham advises suffering women free of oharge. Her address is Lynn, Mass. ~ BAD ~ BrtCA i n I k*T? btei value CA8CABETS and a* a mild aDd elTecttve laxative they are simply wonderful. Mr daughter and I were Iwthered with alck stomaon and onr breath wai very bad. After taking a few dosea of Cascarets we Lave Improved Wonderfully. They arc a great help Id tbe family." WlLBELMINA NAQSL. XJft Kitten houK) St., Cincinnati, Ohio. M CATHARTIC ^ Pleasant. Palatable. Potent. Taat* Good. Do Good, Never SlcM*. Weaken, or Gripe, KJo.Sc.COc. ... CURS CONSTIPATION. ... Urilnf Wta*4y l'?i|Jiiy, Cktcaga, Ka.trMt, *?w Tork, SIS HA TO RAP Sold and guaranteed by all drugNil* I 0-BJIO gists to OJBE Tobaoco Habit. nESADCV NEW DISCOVERY: give# J fx tr O quick relief and our?* wont BoaBof testimonial* aod 10 d?y?' tr*atm*at M. a*, a. * Itin'lltlt. Bm ?. AUaaU. to. u^ . --i. / . flji , .. GRONJE YIELDS "Lion of Africa" Snrrenders His Entire Army After a Brave Fight. rrm rmt TUTnTn TinnniTflTI HIS MlJilJ IMUB, For Ten Days and Nights the Boer General Held Off an Overwhelming Force. Four Thousand Prisoners and Fifteen Guns Fall Into General Roberts's Hands on Blajuba'* Anniversary?Frustration of Final Effort to Escape and Pushing Forward of Besiegers' Lines Forced tbe Lion Hearted Boer to Lay Down His Arms?General Cronje Sunt to Cape Town With an Escort?German Artillery Officer Among Prisoners Losdox (By Cable).?The War Office anlounced the surrender of General Cronje ind ait his fnrftftainthe following dispatch: "Paardeberg.?General Cronrje, with all lis force, capitulated unconditionally at layllght and is now a prisoner in my camp. "The strength of his force will be com' n^nlcated later. "I hope Her Majesty's Governmeit will sonslder this event satisfactory, occtyrlng is It does on tlje anniversary of Majuba. I 't "Roberts." The details promised by~ Lord Roberts In lis first dispatch were as follows: "Paardebero.?From information furlished dally to me by the intelligence dei inrtment it became apparent that General Jronje's force was becoming more dei iressed, and that the discontent of the iroops and the discord among the leaders vere rapidly Increasing. This feeling was loubtless accentuated by the disappoint1 GENERAL PIET1 ("The Lion of fi neat caused when the Boer reinforcements vhich tried to relieve General Cronje were lefeated by our troops on February 23. I esolved, therefore, to bring pressure to 1 )ear on the enemy.' -L 4.*.. A. -I "iiftca Dlgui uo irauuuao woio ^ududu orward toward the enemy's laager, ao as o gradually contract bis position, and at be same time I bombarded It beavily with irtlllery, wbicb was on Monday materially ildod by tbe arrival of four six-Inch lowitzers which I had ordered ^up from | De Aar. "In carrying out these measures a cap! :ive balloon gave great assistance by keepng us informed of the dispositions and novements of the enemy. ' ' "At 3 a. m. Tuesday a most dashing adranee was made by the Canadian regiment lud some engineers, supported by the first Gordon Highlanders and Second ibropshires, resulting in our gaining a joint some 600 yards nearer the enemy and fftthin about eighty yards of his trenches, vhere our men intrenched themselves and nalntained their positions till morning?a jallant deed, worthy of our colonial com ades, and which, 1 am glad to say, was atended by comparatively slight loss. "This apparently clinched matters.for at laylight a letter, signed by General Oronje, n which he said that he surrendered uniondltionally, was brought to our outposts inuer h na)( ui iruuts. ."In my reply I told General Cronje he nust present himself at my camp and that lis force must'come out of their laager af.er layiug down their arms. "By 7 a. m. I received General Cronje tnd dispatched a telegram to you announcng the fact. In the course of conversation he asked for kind treatment at our lands and aiso that his wife, his grandson, private secretary, adjutant and servants night accompany him wherever he might , le sent. I reassured him, and told him lis request would be complied with. I Inlormed him that a general officer would De sent with him to Cape Town, to insure lis being treated with proper respect en route. He will siart Tuesdey afternoon Cuban Claim For S400,000. Heirs to the Venecia estate, In Cuba, lave presented to the State Department at Vashiogton, through an attorney, a claim lor $400,000 for damages to the property luring the Cuban insurrection. The claim s based on a clause in the Paris peace reaty. . fi? Kbodes Breaks a Lone Silence. I Cecil Rhodes after telling the De Beers | ?tockholders at Klmberley, South Africa, 1 :be year's profits amounted to 5siu,uuu,uun i (aid: "We have done our duty in preservI ng and protecting the greatest commer! Jial asset in the world?her Majesty's flag." / Four Hen Dashed to Death. William Gilbert, Thomas Williams, John Regan and Frank Woodward started to lescend on the mine carringe to the sixth re in of the Mount Pleasant Mine at Scran;od, Penn. When it reached the flfth vein ;he carriage, which was going down at a rapid rate,atruck an adjustable shelf which waa left'pfj&jecting, breaking the bottom of ;he carriage and dropping the men to the pit, seventy feet below, killing all of them. The Ettate of P. H. Armour, Jr. | An estate valued at 88,000,000 is disposed of by the will of Philip D. Armour, Jr., which was filed in the Probate Court in i Chicago. Of this $6,800,000 is In personal property and tl,200.000 In real estate. ' J: under charge of Mnjor-Genera! Prattyman, who will Land him over to the general commanding at Cape Town. "Tho prisoners, who number about 4000, will be formed into commandos under our own officers. Tbey will also leave here Tuesday, reaching the Jlodder River the following day, when they will be railed to Cape Town in detachments." In a supplementary dispatch Lord Roberts says that of the Boer prisoners about 1150 are citizens of tlie Orauge Free State. The remainder are citizens of thd Transvaal. Twenty-nine Transvaal officer? were captured and eighteen Free State officers wera made prisoners. The officers captured, in addition to General Piet Cronje, includethe followingnamed well-known commanders: Chief Commandant M. J. Wolverans, a member of the Volksraad. Field Cornet Fruz, a Scandinavian. Major Albrecht, the famous German artilleryman. Major Von de Witz, the German officer responsible for most of the engineering works of the Boers since the beginning of the war. The guns captured from tbe Transvaal forces were three 75-centimetre Krupps. nine 1-pounders and one Maxim gun. From the Free Staters one 75-centimetra Krupp and one Maxim gun were captured. WHI CRONJE SURRENDERED. He Was Overwhelmed by Number* and Without Ammunition and Food. Paardebero, Orange Free 8tate (B5 Cable).?General Cronje, Commander ol tne Orange Free State Army, has surrendered unconditionally to the British force.' under Lord Roberts.? Cronje sent an officer through the British lines at dawn Tuesday morning with a flag | of truce. The officer 3aid he had a message for the British General in command. He was taken to Lord Kitchener, to whom te j said-General CroDje was willing to surrender, he having found his position nntenable, only defeat and capture in prospect If he continued to fight. He! wished to avoid a useless shedding of blood and to save his women and children. He requested that they be given a safe conduct. General Kitchener granted Cronje's request, so far a3 the women and children were concerned, but Insisted that the surrender In all other respeots be absolutely unconditional. To this Cronje agreed. The British commissariat >vas taxed to its uttn03t to give immediate reuoi to tuo sufferers, but everything possible wus done to alleviate the condition of the captives. CRONJE'S JBKAVE STAND. With 4000 Men He Stood Off Nearly 50,000 Brltiflh Troops. General Cronje's force, estimated at 4000 men, was surrounded by from 30,000 to 50,000 British, with upward of 100 guns. The Boers' position was one chosen In haste, and their defenses consisted chiefly JUS A. CRONJE. louth Africa.") (JI IUO Ultf ITOKKIUK waguua ITHU rrutvu they surrounded ttielr laager. The wonder to that General Cronje was able to bold out as long as he did. Although the position was regarded hopeless since General Roberts oangnt up with him, military men see a method in the madness of Cronje's resistance. By occupying the attention of Roberts's main force, the gallant Oronje gave the Boers time to hurry reinforcements to Bloemfonteln and to make strong asecond line of defense, either at Bloemfonteln or further north in the hills near Wlnburg. Cronje left Magersfonteih on the night of Thursday, February 15, trekking eastward aoross the front of Roberts's big army and eluding the cavalry of General French. Roberts soon got wind of the fact that his bird was flying, and the mounted Infantry started in pursuit. The infantry, under Kelly-Kenny, followed'by forced marches and Oronje was caught up with la the bed of the Modder Blver In the vicinity of Koodods Rand Drift. His rear guard put up a brilliant light while Cronje 703 making hasty preparations for a stand. Ou Saturday and Suuday, February IT and 18, at attempt was made to takeCrooJe's position by assault, but agala the Boerd dem onstrated their ability to stand off Ipfantry attacks, and the British Vere treated to a deadly Are, against which they conld not advance. On Monday, February 19, General Roberts arrived. He saw the futility of attempting to storm the Boer position and ordered a cessation of these tactics. Instead, he brought up the artillery around the Boer laager and openea a terrific bombardment, meanwhile employing thepinfantry in an attack on the Boer reinforcements, who tfere coming to Cronje's relief. Until Thursday the bombardment contlnuad unabated, and It was reported that the "Lion of Africa" was ready to surrender. , These reports, however, proved premature. Friday the British bombardment had Blackened, Roberts evidently thinking it poor policy, even If war, to turn the little Boer camp into shambles. Seventy Scutch Fllhtrmtn Lost. Five Aberdeen trawlers which started for the fishing grounds betdib the recent gales have not returned, and all hope o< their safety has been abandoned. Their crews number about seventy men and boys. Baffilo to Be Used as a Training Ship. The IJavy Department at Washington has directed the Commandant of the New York N?vy. Yard to place the auxlllarj cruiser Buffalo In commission for use as s training ship for landsmen. She will gc into commission about April 1. Plagne Not Stamped Out. That the plague is not wholly stampeJ out la Honolulu, Hawaii, Is shown by the unwelcome discovery of three new cases after twelve days had passed without a sign of infection. Two of these new cases resulted fatally. At Kabulul on Maui Island there have been no cases of plagm since the first seven deaths reported, and in every way the situation is hopeful. At Hilo no new cases have been reported A Big Telephone Combine. Tb? Erie telephone system, the largest in the United States operating under the Bell patents, has passed Into the hands of a rival concern, the Telephone, Telegraph and Gable Company of America. IOTP BILL IS PASSED.1 The Porto Rico Measure Adopted B) a Vote of 172 to 160. THE DEBATE IN THE HOUSE, ill Republicans Vote Ajjainst tho Ell ~ I _ All till I ana ruur Amendments Acreed Upon By the Re publican Conference Are Adopted" The Views of the Members. Washington, D.C. (Special).?The Porto Rican tariff bill, amended as agreed upoo at the conference of Republican on Monday night, so as to rsduce the tariff frorr twenty-five to fifteen percent, of the Ding' ley rates and limiting lt3 life to t?70 y3ar3, j passed the House Wednesday by a vote cl 172to 1C1. Six Republloans, Crumppcker, of Indiana; Fletcher, of Minnesota; " if Minnesota; LittleQeld, of Mau.u; . mer, of Illinois, and McCall, of Massachusetts, voted against the bill and four Democrats, Davey and Myer, of Louisiana; Devrles, of California, and. Sibley, oi Pennsylvania, voted with the Republicans tor the bill. . Warner (Rep. 111.") was paired against th< I Dill with Boutelle (Rep. Me.), for It. Tw< ( other Republicans, Line, of Iowd, anc Paris, of Indiana, were absent and un paired. They were understood to bt agalnBtthe bill. Four Democrats,who werr opposed to the. bill, Fleming, of GeorgiaSmall, of North Carolina; Smith, of Sen* tucky, and Stalllngs, of Alabama, were absent and unpaired. The first testwas on a substitute offered by Mr. McCall?the original Payne bill for free trade with Port<J Rfoo. This was dfr -feated, 160 to 174. Only live- Republloans voted for the substitute. Mr. Fletchci (Rep. Minn.), who. subsequently voted tc re-commlt and against the bill voted against the substitute. A motion to re commit It, which followed, was lost, 160172. Not since the declaration of war witb Spain has there been so much Interest in the action of the House as ^as manifested Wednesday. The;. grvllurles were filled, crowds of anxious people extending tai out Into the corrldbrs, and the lobblefl'wprc < thronged." In offering the substitute providing foi the reduction of the duty to fifteen per cent..Mr. Payne,Chalrmanof the WayS and Means Committee, said .he still adhered to the opinion t?at twenty-five per, 09aij would be better, but believed, that'filt?ta per cent. was better t^&n nothing. -Hit.: estimated that the blHtt^ftmenied would' ralsH about $1,250,000 a jteaj. He had be.Ueved in free trade with PbnofBlco at one time, be admltted. but saldthtffc>ub?equenl Information had oonvluc^fhUtt 'that thl/ duty, should be Imposed.' Mr. Berry (Ey.)nald the am?|Wiej^t proposed potty Instead of. ?ran<KMxeny of the people of Porto Rico. Mr. D&Armond (Mo.) called attention tc the peculiar language of the substitute. The words "Coming into the United States," he said, were plainly Intended to 3vade the Constitution. ?ut he argued the "murdering of the Queen's English anb the violation of the canons of language" jould not make It constitutional. Mr. Bromwell (Rep. O.), who has hitharto onnosed the bill, ^sald that he Was ?onvinced that the Administration, whicl} :hree months ago recommended free trade for; Porto Rico, now desired the passage ol the bill. For this reason he had concludeJ :o support the measure. Mr. Grosvenor (0.) said that much of the opposition to the bill was due to the fact chat it wits misunderstood. The editor ol a prominent Republican paper had made che statement to him that theblllproposed that we should put our hands into the pockets of the starving Porto Ricans. When he learned that all the money collected at both ends of the line went to the Porto Ricans he whs astonished. Mr. Richardson (Tenn.) had read a communication from a delegation of Porto RicanS appealing for free trade. Mr. Payne said the gentlemen who signed that ;ommhnlcatlon were all pecuniarily incerested In exporting sugar azd tcbacco iuto the United States, and that so far as :he Merchants' Assoolatlon o! New York was concerned it was Interested in tree trade with all the world. Mr. Powers (Vt.) said there was with him i question as to the constitutionality of :he bill and one as to its expediency. It was. however, he understood, satisfactory to the President, and that being the case le wa3 willing to support it. Mr. Sibley (Dem. Pena.) announced his ntention of voting for the bill. He said that all the testimony before the Insula! Committee showed that the people ol Porto Rico were in a deplorable condition. ' ari.iU mow Hahiifintr olfiinHnn the* were starving. On the second roll call Representative 3plght, of Mlssissfppl, who had been In u Dathtnb when his narao wa3 called, came running into the House halt clothed ant1 (vith his overcoat pulled around his throat This caused general laughter. Salt to Recover Porto Ulcan Duties. Washington, D. C. (Special).?Suit was filed in the United States Oourt of Claim; ay Ludwio: Duplace, 6t Porto Rico, to resover $6534, which he has paid as customs iutles on goods imported from the Uuiteii States. He based his right to recover or :he claim that he is a citizen of the United | States under the treaty of peace witt Spain and the Constitution of the UniteC 3tat?s. Porto Rico, he claims, is a part ol :be United States, and therefore, undei :he Constitution, the duties were lllegallj jxacted. NEBRASKANS TO BOOM BRYAN. Ten Tliouaand to Go to Kansas City in L.ons Ulsters and Tall White Hats. Lincoln, Neb. (Special).?As soon'as thej received the news that tbe National Demo 1 J IT It n n n r :racic UOnvenilOQ WUUlU un uoiu 111 uuiun; I Dity, Bryan's friends and the State Demo:rat!c Committee began to make plans to :ave thousands of Democrats no to the onventton to boom Bryau. It is estinated that 10,000 Nebraskaus will be presjnt to shout for Bryan. They propose to wear a uniform consistng of a long ulster and white high hal vith a red ribbon and each will carry a .valking stick made of a Nebraska cornitalk. The State Comnilttea wired tc Kansas City for ?juartera tor 10,000 Nebraaca Democrats. They are preparing for a lemonstration that will rival anything ol :he kind ever attempted at a National Contention. Secretary Root to Vide Cuba. Secretary of War Root is about to visit 3uba, for the purpose of ipakirig a persona nspectioa of affairs in the island. few York Railroad In Receiver'* RandsFormer Mayor Hugh J. Grant was appointed receiver for the Third AveDueRail road Company, in New York Cltv, upon the . ipplication of the Old Colony Trust Com-1 pauy of Boston, the Directors consenting] .. ii- 1InntlAn A nnmlmrnf hiro?A mar I .U UIU ap^iiv-anuu. * . ...? sbants' liens were flled, aggregating *03,545.91. Acert l'nstmaster Kills Himself. Robinson Brown, Postmaster of Goffs .own, N. H., shot himself a few days ago He livod nearly two hours. He was mori :ban seventy-years old and leaves a widov *ud six children. Prominent Faople. Tbe Sultan of Turkey is booked to via?che Paris exposition. Senator 8imons, of Oregon, b the short ust man In the Senate. Andrew Carnegie's income from ti3stoe works is $63,130.13 a day. George L. Watson, the 3coich designei of yachts, will this y3ar celebrate bis flf tieth anniversary as a dotfigner. Aubrey Thomas de Ve:e, the oldest liv ing English poet, has just celebrated the aighty-sixth anniversary of his birth. Senator Clark, of Montana, is the most accomplished linguist in Congress, although ho never had the benefit of a college training. SECURES AMERICAN LOAN New York Syndicate Lends $25,000,000 to the Russian Government. Money Will Be Left in This Country For Purchases of Iron, Steel, Coal and Finished Product*. New Yohk City (Spocial).?Ignoring Bar. in, Loa:lon, Paris and tlio otlier European ranking centres, the Russian Imperial Govjrnmeut has come to Not? York City for a loan. A syndicate of financial institutions >f this city?banks, trust com panie3 and insurance companies?have just arranged the purchase of an issue ot $25,000,000 of four per cent, bonds, representing a nrst mortgage on the Wladlkawkas railway system. The principal and interest of these bonds is guaranteed by the Russian Government, and is payable in American gold dollars. The nature and size of this loai> and the disclosure which It makes of thta-coualry's present position as a financial power of the world Is its moat interesting feature. Another is the surprising shorting- It reveals as to Russia's purchased In the American market of iron, steel, coal and finished machinery. -Besides,There Is the Interesting fact of & gold, loan guaranteed oy one of the g^eot European Powers selling In the American market .at a price tvhlch netS;t&e syndicate slightly more than four yet cent. It may be stated positively that the first 110,000,000 of the bonds have just been delivered In New York City, and that a payment of t5,000,000 has been made on acjount. From a financial sttfcdpolnt, prooably the moat remarkable part of the operation lies in the fact that all of the saph to be paid by the syndioate for the bonds will remain in this country, and that, therefore, there will be no disturbance in the exchange markets. A special arrangement, made with the Russian Government by a representative of the syndicate who recently returned from St. Petersburg, provides that none of the money for the bonds is to be transferred to Russia,' but that all or the amounts are to be? deposited in New York City to the-credit of the Government and disbursed under direction of the Russian fiscal agent in/America, M. de Routkowsky, in payment of the balances which Russia id Incurring with American shipbuilders, iron and stefcl manufacturers and others of that classj i - . R?aafan ViATJSHOS Reiioraiiy *. uun U bUi?w . purchase* ta this country amount t? befc ween'_t8,000,000 and $10,000,000 anatiaUy, sueh veil known<fl*ms as the Cramp Shipbuilding Company, the Carnegie Company,' (the Bethlehem Steel Company, the Baldwin itooomotlve Works, the Westlnghouse Air 'Brake Company and the big Westeru.haryestlng machine companies being the principal sellers. Id addition to these products Russia lambent to conclude the purchase of tl,000,1)00 worth of bituminous "VLuthorltlef'belMve that this initial purBuse of cdal tUf the buying of materials in oonneotion^ptli the construction of the Trans-SiberiiJjraaUfW an ( the great developmenWwiB^gTOttltura! products ladioate onLRh'WgWafEg of Russia's purchases in ttiiflJBQHfltrv. The New JWW Herald; commenting on the placing of aBussian loan in the United 3tates,'says: "In comparison with many great loans sffected by the leading Powers the sum is aot so large as to startle the financial world by any means. "But the terms under which the Iloan is made, the non-withdrawal of the amount furnished, the objects for which the money is to be expended, and the fact that the Quanclerlng has been quickly accomplislied here, and not at some European money jentre, make it an affair that has deep Ugniflcance In many ways. i "The money is to be left here to be expended in purchases of manufactured material for the Trans-Siberian Railway -_j nt mihlta imnortance ' ill 11 Vluofc wwlfca yjt. - ? j lo Russia. It means that this customer !or our great mills and foundries is to be a larger customer than ever; that Russia is at the 'door as a buyer, ind is deposiciag a large sum because 3ho expects to give larger orders than over in the future?that not only our commercial market is one In which Russia will bo ? large operator, on the right side of our edgers, but that she finds our financiers ready to accommodate her, to tbair joint oroflt, as well." LADYSMITH IN DESPERATE STRAITS. General Buller Succoeds in Piercing the Boer Lines Around the City. London (By Cable).?General Buller baa' ' it last succeeded, after a week's continu- ' j >us hammering, in breaking-tbe steel band' j( ffhich tho Boers have placed around Ladyjmltb, by bis successful attao&j oa Tuej- : He then held the backbone of tb%Tttgge$ 5 ;ountry between Coienso and EiSfysoM^b-. Before him wore some minor. htll*,'^Bgg^ i :lie B93ter'.s Farm position. T^'en-flSBMl in open vailov and thea Caesar's;<3ampS Ladysmith. aud low hills and opftc^yiliajr,: 1 commanded by tho great BuIv^ana-JCoxni" tain, still occupied by the BoereS-31jrf$ : ;he guns on that eminence are sltead'enl ;ni>, ; Jtorea can be soat to Ladysmith, j,-"1, If the relief of Ladysmith is to bo/aJtw tuai, it must be accomplished. qaiofcty. Despite lhe optimistic reports heliograph?! ' from the baleagnored city, It is known! to , the War Offico that the garrisoa \ at Its lost gaap.-r . This is not so maoh onacoount provisions or a martini t Ion ."wh I? yet oxhaustod, nlthcugh tie raMK&itMV'8 convoy had beon thrown into now authoritatively ?tatqd to .' becauso of the poiaontma datar?#jHa*tj(b&, ] Klip River ami the unhcaUhy eflSim^ the | moist boat on tho rostciotod'OTea Jl^^felati the ^arrlior. has i.^cllOjoo of raNHHB9| bardniant wero speedily jlitb;;j$?88?h;* Even those who oscapofl foVM^jaBrtffipary I or diarrhoea havo now reached a at te of , FOR THREE CUSAN RECIMENJS. : May Form Wadena oC Native Withdrawal of Amqrican Forcgfe;'^}, Washington, D. 0. (Spociai).? ierstood to bo the purpose of tho W^DarjS? partment, in carrying out its alroad^an-jfl nouncod policy of rodtiduq tbe forcos of g A.:nerloan trocps in Cuba, to boj?in wlthlu H n ? r??1 unt-lon ot' thrt- nresanf !' fCrttie of 9,0'j0 to about 5000, which limit will be re?oned by the beglnniufj of summer. U The proposition Isun&ercoMldoratlonto organize threecomploto jCJnlwlii regiments, with Cuban offlfcers, to ropfa^fevtho United States trodps In garrisons*. uaiKo form the .. nucleus M the CTriwwj arqv.-wfiicU would* exist whten the-lsland paMe25Pfci tho Unitid > v^r-1?1 TForaaa Muffrarj?f;to Fund, to raise an endovm^ot f6ad o^8iS00]|j^ f''>: the National 8affc<ige fuad.wlll be placed In the bauds otfwW t y one trustees, who shall' nsii it as they se? fit to secure equal political rights for worn* en. 8enten oe<l for Selling "gapliu." Frederick Kahlcr, a dealer iu boolcs, wat sentenced by Judge Finletter, in the Criminal Court in Philadelphia, to one year'Imprisonment for selling coploa of Daulet's novel, "Sapho." Fonr Frozen to Death. W?a ?miHianna Pnon a mad aVrvhi tr?iAVafi yecrs, wandered from home in Philadelphia clad in a nightgown and waa frozen to death. James Johnson, seventy-three years old, a rich resident of Pomeroy, Penn., waa frozen to death In a road near his homo. Near Archibald, Penn., an unidentified man was found frozen stiff. Alexander Douglass, of Dover, Del., pot 'shed iu a snowdrift near Hayes Hill, Dol Views of Two American Generals. General Nelson A. Miles said the surrender of General Cronje would help the Boer cause. Lieutenant-General SchotlolJ regarded the British triumph as ImDortuut. m i t" r CHAPTER OF FiTiLlTlES. Many Persons Killed in Various Sections of the Country. STARTLING SERIE? OF ACCIDENTS. nir amen hi ? iv?iirn:i<i crossing?one Family Almost Wiped Oat?Fathet an?l Four Children Drowned In a Storm ?Other* Killed by Boiler and Powder Explosions and in Other Ways. " Buffalo, N. Y. (Special).?A little attei midnight Saturday night the midnight ex< press on the Lehigh Valley Railroad strucl a carriage containing seven persons al Tuttle's Crossing,'about twenty-fire milei east from Roohe-ter, instantly killing flv? of the oempants, fatally injuring another and badly braising the other. All wen members of one family. The dead are Mrs. Amy Smith, forty eight years old; Beft Smith, twenty-threi years old; Miss Miranda Smith, twenty-foui years old; Glee Smith, fourteen years old and Catherine Smith, eight years old. Th? Injured are Poreer'Smith, husband of Mrs 3mlth, and father of.;the other victims, anl Gardner Smith, twenty-one years old. The family bad spent the evening At i friend's Bouse, and ftorted home a lltth before midnight. The oarriage In which :bey rode wits a three-seated affair. Porter Smith and his son Gardner occupied th< front seat. Before reachingthecrossing the carriage was stopped and Mr. Smith listened fot the train, bat did not tysv it in the howling gale. The horses had-jast crossed tb? track in safety when tba, engine of the jxpreas orasbeddown upon the curriag? md its occupants. ' Gardner Smith, who^ae the least inured, crawled to a station near by and jecured assistance. v The bodies of Mrs. Smith and ber'dauKk:er Miranda were carried for a mile on the pilot of the engine. The bodies ot the little girl aatfjyier' two brothers were found near the scene of the acoMent. Went down witsthx babge. Captain *nd HC|f, F?mr Children Drowned tragedy happened cftr ;imtolgMWtt Pier shortj^ arterl o'clock Stfriday morning, when th< t)ar(?e ,-General WUey . foandered daring t southeast gale.' ^mHrtimBtgotd and four little children were drowsed in splt^ of aU attempts to save/theC6&?The tag Jamej flushes, oomraandeiv^JTvCaptain Georgf McGoldrlck, of thtejriMBMrrlved here in Mie arternoon and rehpffpi-the loss ot thl The .Tames HugheeleOTtonJogton 8aturlay night with the bfHfflp'A&VfciMe. Sherwood, J. N^Hylyid a^^^ar^Wiley j t lick did all that was ppfflBft to reseae th? irilUMJ UU UUiUU, jwq wlWor ilTCJtfftfffT*! be cbUdren was droyne^B^^temer ii Death Foilovr7"l? j^^^HH^aTe. ?if? or D minis McOarjsB WgBgo * a smat itream anil was drO^jmapghtei aaniod .Mary Sulllv?BBfiP^-?lnc9 tw|c<' |ittem[ited her ^JimpiDg MoNtao^EBY^jiflSKw).?At 3 o'clock Sunday mocalfl^^HHHH^jBafrinea wen nulling 'tbgS^^HSlPjpassenger train No. 2 oVftjflHHni)iioutovllle'amr NasbviltflJMM^gnhom&ton, an op?c ^ut||[^rcaT^1fbr?r^k.L Sam A.datnla^^ro''flreitt?''ira8 crushed to ieath, atfd Bogtf^r Going wfcs Injured in. ternaUff^yqft wag hurt. Celluloid Dn*t Set Allre: One Had 'Dead WoacsSTin, Mass. (Spaolal), ? Bparki from on emery wheel foiling lri cellilol6 dust, which covered thickly the floor of th< Toseph WUcox Comb Works, sat .the shot itire*. The duat blazed like tfunpowder eni Peither Russia nor A.tutzte wooli' n Buck an outbreak?*. Killed Another's Wife ntLBimielf. Dr. Franklin D. Caid well (|ifbt and kHIec Mrs. Ephraim P. Hayes, wtto , of. anotbei dentist, at the Hotel Endteott In' New York City and then killed himself Sudden Insanity, supeglndttged by, over indulgence in alcohollo atlmulanw, ana tbHt provoked by a hopeless Infatuation for a woman who was tue lawful wife 'o another man, is ttM^xsason advanced lot the murder. American Itnllreada In the Philippine* j The United States owns a railroad in Luzon, P. I., uud is buildlup another. Cycling; Notes. It is estimated that the numbor of cyclists in the United States and Europe woald make an army of over fifteen millior persons. There is 'inrdly a country In the world where the American bicycle is not well and favorably known. Its reputation extends the world over. Coaster brakss, and there are many different sorts, promise to be as popular in this country tills year as they were in England last season. ]>y an almost unanimous vote the League of imeriaan Wheelmen, at its annual assembly in Philadelphia, relinquished coutrol of racing affairs and organizations, a: well as of racing men. ^ -/ '1 I' ?? I ?? . " There Were \Vor?e Tlilnga. An instance of the aort of things one might wish to have expressed differently: A doctor had written a note to the lady; and on his next visit she asked him to tell her what two words in it were, as she had been unable to decipher them. "It has been said of me that my writing is the worst thing about me," said the physician, laugh- V ingly, as he surveyed his own scrawl with doubt. "Oh, but I'm sure that is not so!" was the hasty disclaimer. "Far from it, doctor!?far from it!" : I A Duty to the Weekly. -tj That man -who does not take his focal newspaper is indifferent to the *'3 only agency which can give his community a public voice. No matter what other claimants may be in tha field, there is not one which can have a place ahead of the local newspaper. [f the paper is weak, it is so because the people make it so by uon-snpport. One of the best services which tha business men of the towns of Georgia could undertake would be to make an inquiry into the standing of their local newspapers, with the idea of supplying any improvements which might be needed. The investment would repay itself abundantly within the year.?Editorial in the Atlanta Constitution. Implement For Digging Post Holes. Post holes of any size can be rapidfy dug by a new implement, which Aj has a conical boring tool, with a cut- ^ ting blade inserted in one side, which j cuts a section of earth out of the hole a as it is rev&lved, the tool being lifted out and emptied when it becomes fall. Don't Tobacco Opit ufe Away. To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag* netlc, full of life, nervo and vlffor, take No-To* Bac.thewonder-worl'ef, that makes weak men strong. AU druggists, 00c or II. Cureguaran- _ teed. Booklet and sample free. Address Sterling Remertv Cn or New Yorlt , ? It costs for food about $30 a week to keep an elepbant. WaiDMB tuuuui UC VU>V_ by local applications, as they cannot reach th? < diseased portion of the ear. There is only on* way to core deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucons lining of tbi Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed you have a rombllng sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed i ( Deafness is the reailt. and unless the inflammation cAn be taken out and this tube restored to lt? normal condition, hearing will b? destroyed forever. Nine cases out of ten an 'caused by catarrh, which is nothing batan in i flamed condition of the mucous surfaces. . We will give One Hundred Dollars for anj U case of Deafness (cauSfed by catarrh) that can* y not be cured by Hall's Catarrh cure. Send forolrculars, free. t "P. J. Chejjev & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pi lis are the best. Seattle, Wash., claims the remarkabU low death rate of eight per tliousund in 1899 To Cure Constipation tforevof, _TakeCascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or 25c. it CO- C. fall to "fund mcnejt ' ' ? . I It has been decide! to do away with | Wooden sidewalks In Chicago. The Best Prescription for ChRl* and Fever U a bottle of Grovk's Tasmin CHILL Tone. It Is simply iron and quinine la a fate lew form. No cure?no pay. Price 50c. / The Congo region exports about 3,000,000 walking-sticks a year. \ They Are Going South. The tide of vtra,vel is headed that way. Tht \ Southern Railway, orerating 5 trains dallj \ . from Xew York, are all going filled to theii \ , .capacity with tourists enronte to Klo.-ila ] Georgia, awjlthe Carolina resorts. The _-a< son promises one of the best for years. Writ* Alex. S.Thweatt, Eastern Pass. Agent, South, em Railway, 1188 Broadway, N.Y., for a copj of "Winter Tours In the South." It will givi you all the information regarding the resorti South, and*the famous Limited trains between New York, St. Augustine, Palm Beach . Miami. Nassau and I am pa, Key We3t and Havana. Aiken, Augusta, Asheville. New Or lease, Mexico and the facittc Coast. It will take more than $20,000,000 to run Chicago during the dnsulng year. r t 1?11 fa.rnnantnrth/tn qivd^ X U0I.10VC riou O viuo *V4 wvw my boy'alife last summer. -Mrs. Alue Douolass, Le Roy, Mich., Oct. 20.1894. ? Illinois expended $18,29U,803 on Its public sohools in 1899. Educate Yoor Bow?li With Cuosr?ti> Candy Cathartic, euro constipation forever. 10o, 85o. If C. O. C. falTV'InT'fftKt.q refund money. It is proposed to make English the of* flolal language o! the Island of Jersey. Jell-O, the New Deaeert, Pleases all the family.- Four flavors:? Lemon, Orange, Baspberry and Strawberry. Lt your grocers. 10 ota. -7 4 1 , Oreat Britain Is increasing her regular army, chiefly in the artillery branch. To'cot* Cold In On* Day. Take Lazatiti Bbomo Qviiffiri TAwra. AH druggists refund the money If lt full* to core. B.' W. Qaora's aUaatara la on each box. 86a. The street accidents in London amount to about 3600 a year. Mrs. Wloalow'sSoothlnc dyrup for children teethmc, softens the gams, reduces lnflamma* tlon, Allays pain.curay wind colic. ^3c. a bottle Mrs. W. E. Gladstone owns three acre* la Niagara* - I B*W Are Tonr Kidney, f Dr. HObbe'BMMuraa Pills euro all kldnerllla. Sami peine. Add. Sterling Bemedr Co.. Chicago or N. Y. / 7? Fruit wrapped la brown paper will stand fifteen degrees more of cold. ?DrBuH's\ J ' Cures all Throat and Lung Affections. COUGH SYRUP Get the genuine. Refuse substitutes. A Vis sure/ Dr. ButTs Pills cure Dysteps ia, Trial. 20 fo~ <K. Barters INK 1 The best ink made, but no dwarei than the poorest. DITCII r II I ! I cum successful. H B Patent advertised m free. Free ad. Ice as to patentability. Send for "Inventors' Primer." M1IA) B. STE VEN'M dk CO., Uty., KsUb..lM4. 8IT 14th Si., Washington, D. C. Branchee: Chicago. Cleveland and Detroit. PEMIUJ0N DOLLAR IA^S]j 1 1 Moat talked of potato on earth! On^^f^Swfl Catalog tells?so also about Sal- iflLjjgjMK|7l fl zsr's Earliest Six Weeks' Potato. fi^3fe?AII I! Largest Urm and vegetable seed jwPWJt1 1WJ i 1 growerslnU.B. Potatoes,ll.aoaDd^,1, yrfi>, Ul 1 irp a bbl. Send thta notice and J (tamp for Blf Cauloj. AO mTfl'r | ] JQHNAiALZERSEED (HA CRQSSEwisj J 4 4 nnfl CLEARED YEARLY. * I UUU LADY OR GENTLEMAN ! Wanted to sell Dr. Carter's K. & B. Ten. One agent ;leared a thousand dollars last year. We will send. prepaiu.t wo Sfic packages and au elegant silver pickle fork and free sample* and nuecial agents' terms on receipt of twenty-fire cent*. Any lady can clear twelve dollars a week and not interfere with her boiisekoBLdutl>-9. Write ns for particulars. THK MOWN IUEIUC1XE CO., Erie, Pa. Vftinnvll J TremedJ?Sr>,l# l^MNSoSf | MALARIA,CHiLLS&FEVER Grippe and Ulver Diseases. KNOWN mxDBi'ficuTi. 09fi