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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.
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" 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.
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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. ^
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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!"
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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