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\ A Kansn* Man Heard From. A Harper County man has patented ft machine to take the place of wind j mills in pumping water. The powei | IB famished by a big steel spring that i is wound up like a watch. A man can | wind it in dve minutes, and it will ruD an ordinary pump for ten hours with one winding. It is self-regulating and costs $30. ? Leavenworth (Kan.) I Tim oo A compilation of dates from the year 416 to 1867 indioates that .Tapaii mast expeot a destructive earthquake about once in two and a half yearn. Cleanse Your Blood The thing most desired of a Spring Medicine is thorough purification of the blood. With this work o* cleansing going on there is complete renovation of every part of your system. Not only is the corrupt blood made fresh, bright and lively, but the stomach also responds in better digestion, its readiness for food at proper times gives sharp appetite, the kidneya and liver properly perform their allotted functions, and there is, in short, new brain, nerve, mental and digestive strength. Hood's Sarsapariila Possesses the peouliar qualities? Peculiar to Itself?whiah accom plish these good tmngs lor an who take it. An unlimited list of wonderful cures proves its merit. A Swallow] ta ene of the earliest harbingers of sprtnc? equally euro indication 1a that feeling of languid deprewton. Many swallows of HIRES RootbMr I are best for a spring tonic?and for a summer beverage. 5 fallout for 3 cren- Writ* far ^flM| ' Hit of prcmiaat offered rrM Cor Ubcl?. Wy ^_x^vChtrie? E. Hires : Try Grain-O! Try Crain-O! Ask your Grocer to-day to show you a package of UKALN-U, tne new food drink that takes the place of coffee. The children may drink it without injury as well as the adult. All who try it, like it. GRAIN-0 has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is made from pore grains, and the most delicate stomach receives it without distress. ^ the price of coffee. 15 cents and 25 cents per package. Sold by all grocers. Tastes like Coffee Looks like Coffee Insist that yoar grocer gives 70a GRAIN-0 Accept so imitation. ~PT>mm remedy for Dr. Bum Cough Syrup sufferrr will soon be cured. Price only 25 eta. Mall by Aorinl Trsin. That American ingenuity is capable of devising means to overoome apparently innurmQuntable obstacles is proved by the method^adopted to supply mail to the little town of Smug gler, in mountainous Coldrado. The mail is carried over .. tramway, operated by a mining company, from Telluride. The pouches are securely looked in a steel buoket twenty-four by thirty-two inches, and oonveyed a distance of one mile, to an elevation of ovor throe thousand feet, in sixteen minutes, and lauded with perfect safety at the door of the Smuggler postoffice, which is looated among the clouds. ' This arrangement is perfeot in erery particular, and oan be operated ucoessfully every day in the year) whereas it would be almost imposaible to parry the mail on horseback up the steep mountain trail during the winter season, on aooount of frequent enowslides. Nothing Basm mmm .mmm%& Wide World has such a record tor ab soiuiely curing female ills and kidney troubles as has Lydla E. Phdtham's Vogotable Compound. Medicines thai are advertlsed to cure everything cannot be spool flee for anything. Lydla E, Plnkham's Vegetablo Compound will not cure every kind of IIInoss that may aftHot men, women ana ontiaren* out proof is monumental that will and doos ouro all thoTff^QOuliar to women. This S*?t htdlsputablo and (j^S^hevorifled by moro ihaa a\mi"i?n | women 1 *if you are tfiok don't eSSr pertinent, take the medley vine that has the record of tho largest number of I ouresm Lydia 15. Pinkhvr-i M?d. Co., Lynn, Masa. ndnioqy ,r2w discovert: <* < t/|\ \jl ?Uoi rell*f and oaret wont mm iooc ?f U*UiMSl?lf k.*& 10dfc.7?' trMtumil Ml '"Sifl'SS.C! Tbotnpion't EyiWatar POETO ICO BILL PfflL The House Accepted Senate Amendments by a Vote of 161 to 153. THE MEASURE WAS NOT AMENDED iflne Republicans Voted With the Democrats Against Concurrence? One Deino crat Votfid "Ayo"?The Bin was laKtn to Fresldent McKinlcy For Hlsiilcnatare Wlilcli Makes It I.av, Washington*, D. C. (Special).?In the presence of an uuu9ually large audience, and by a majority of 8 in a vote of 314, ihere being 325 members present, the House ooncurred in the amendments to the Porto Rico Tariff and Government bill as It came from the Senate. The bill was taken to President McKInley for him to affix his signature to it, which action makes it a part ofthe law of the land. Upon the final vote nine Republicans voted against the bill?Messrs. Heatwols (Minn.), Crumpacker (Ind.),Lane (Iowa), Llttlefleld (Me.), McCall (Mass.). H. C. 3mith (Mich.), Warner (III.). Fletcher (Me.), and Lorimer (111.) Two Democrats, Messrs. Davey and Meyer, of Louisiana/ were paired with "Democrats In favor of the bill, and one Democrat, Mr. Sibley (Penn.) voted for it outright. Mr. Devrles, * * -a. ?V, ^ Pa?> fflA cue . otaer jusmucnu \mu wmu iv> >uv original bill, voted against concorrenoe. Mr. Stalllogs (Dem., Ala.), was the only member on either side absent and unpaired. The Rules Committee agreed that a vote should bo taken at 5 p. m., and that It would not be In order to offer amendments to the bill. To get a test vote a roll call was ordered in the House on the adoption of this ru{e? It resulted In 168 yeas to 142 nays. DebaStowas thus limited to one hour and forty*' seven minutes a side, One of the features of the dobate was thJ reading by the minority leader of extracts from the original opinion of Charles E. Magoon,legal adviser of the Insular Bureau o( the War Department, in whloh he argued that the constitution^ was extended to Porto Rico. Afterward Mr. Magoon gave* out another opinion In which he 'took an opposite view. v. Mr. Richardson said he had no words -of crltioism for Mr. Magoon for ohanging h'ls mind, but what would the country think, he asked, of the Secretary of Warwho had demanded thai be reverse his opinion? Mr. Dolllver asked Mr. Richardson If he would accept the opinion of General Davis, Governor of Porto Rleo. "Which opinion?" asked Mr. Richardson. "Give us both and I will take my choice." "This Is his official report," said Mr. Dolliver, and he proceeded to read It. "Did not he In his sworn testimony before the Insular Committee recommend free trade?" asked Mr. Richardson. Mr. Dolliver read General Davis'*opinion and also'the opinion of Dr. Carroll. tha President's confidential agent, r/ "Did not Dr. Carroll recomi^?&d free trade?" asked Mr. Richardson. ? ' - a? "Ultimate free trade," responded' Hr. DolllvS'r, "Just as thisbill does." -<$ In conaluslon he dismissed as berffeath contempt the charge of bribery as a motive for this bill. He had as well accuse Mr. Richardson of corruption forintroduc* rag a resolution to place, raw sugar on the free list. This was a Republican measure, he said, indorsed by the Republican President and the Republican leaders. Mr. Payne, the floor leader of the majority, olosed the debate with a vigorous speech, in whloh he said he was ready to submit the Issue Involved in the pending bill to the common people, of the country. At 5 o'clock the House, under the terms - A- A/) A/4 f A W/tfA UL tUO t)pt3Uai vruui, piuvoouou w vv?w. The roll call wa9 followed yiih Intense la- [ terest. The only demonstration ooonrred when Mr. Henry G. Smith, ot Mlohlgan, voted "No," and when the Speaker directed the alerk to call, his name he answered "Aye." When the Speaker' announced the pa33age of the blll-^yeas, 161; nays, 153; present and not voting, 11?the Republicans ohesred for several minutes. CIFT FROM KING LEOPOLD. flte Belgian Nation Presented With the Whole of Hit Real Estate. Brussels, Belgium (By Cable).?In the Chamber of Deputies the Premier, 11. de Smet de Nayer, read a commutation fron i M King Leopold, presenting to the nation the whole of hid real estate. Prolonged cheering greeted the reading ot the document. ; , CONFESSES TO OLD CRIME. Man Who Forced Notes In 1876 Returni to Serve 1'rUon Term. Rochester, N. Y. (Special).?After evading the authorities and suffering exlh nearly a quarter of a oentury, Gustavluf Bates returned to give himself up and suffer whatever penalty might be imposed for tho self-confessed crime of forgery. The indictment to which Bates pleaded guilty was brought on January 10,1876. In 1875, Bates was engaged in business in Clarkson with a man whois"now a prominent Democratic politician in Chicago. Bates forged tho nums of Captain James" H. Warren, a wealthy resident of.the town, f jr two notes of $300 and $500. TKa nnfaa hn.tnmino> tin a "Rfiffta the renewals, and when they were presented Bates's partner fled and Bates was arrested and sontenoed to a year's imprisonment. At tho expiration of bis term a second Indictment was brought, but not in time t< apprehend Bates, wno bade farewell to his wife and fled the State. Boy ot Eleven a Suicide. John Lane, the eleven-year-old son ol Thomas Lane, a blacksmith, of Worcester, Mass., returned from Sunday-school and went to the cellar to do some chores, as was supposed. Twenty minutes later hi! stepmother found him hanging from i rafter in the cellar. Tee boy's motive if unknown. For a Cable to Hawaii. With little debate of importance tbt United States Senate has passed the Pacifl< Cable bill, a measure appropriating $3,000, 000 for the construction of n cable line be tweeu San Francisco and Honolulu. Died of Rope Jumping. Freda Poignee, elev3n years old, died at Belleville, 111., as a result of a rope jump Ing contest. She was the "champion rope, jumper" of the school until her record wa9 DcoKen and a new marie sot at isu jumps xien she jumped the rope 230 times, whet) fSStacame dizzy and soon after reaching homeOT^ame sick nnd died of heart affec Larfcc Dun's Review says: QuartorJy re^d^ i show that, outside the Immediate effects of stock speculation and industrial consolidations, the volume of business has been larger this year than a Year ago. L ' , THE NEWS EPITOMIZED, Washington Ite:n?. Secretary Gape gent to Congress his (jailmates of revenues and expenditures this year nnd next. The estimated surpluses ?re $70,000,000 and $82,000,000, respectirey. Eleven of the United States warship nodels stmt by the converted cruiser Prairie to France for the Exposition were iadiy damago on the voyage. Senator Pettus introduced a bill providng for the abolishment of the duty on printing paper. Mrs. Dewey denied all responsibility for :he Admiral's candidacy for the Preslden:ial nomination, and said she tried to permade him from taking that course. Arrangements have been praotlcally concluded with Costa Rica and Nicaragua for :he acquisition by the (Jnlted States of s strip of territory for the Nicaragua CanaJ route. Secretary Hay has addressed a vigorous protest to Turkey against an edict exclud' ing American pork. The United States 8enate is Informed bj Senator Cushman K. Davis, who Is lc jharge of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty* thai 13reat Britain will accept the treaty ai imended. Great Britain is wilting, hi iald, to let the United States utilize thi :anal in time of war as part of the United States coast line, and that this country Is to be allowed to take any necessary step9 for the canal's protection. Our Adopted Islands. General Gomez sailed from HavAna> vuba, for San Domingo. The news that civil govarnment Is soon^ to be established in the Philippines gives Che greatest satisfaction to all residents in Manila. Cuba has many thousands of grants o( land, consisting of some ttflrty acres daob, made to the men who have been in the military service, that are fit for the oaltivation of sugar cane. The Taft Commission's rule of the Phil" Ippines begins July 1. Delegations representing the country poor arrive at the palace In San Juan, Porto Bice, almost dally. They tell the usual story of starvation and want, and they ask for food and work. \ i v Domeitie, Congressman. C. A. Boutelle, of Maine, who has been la a sanitarium for severa* TQ6 rospytery 01 uaw, n. x., vuiou iu favor ot (dtmla&tiag the doctrines of election ahd reprobation from the confession ot faith. Matilda Qaltman, of New York City, wept nntii she lost her eyesight through grief at the death of her husband and little daughter. George W. Hall, a millionaire of Arizona, was held without bail la New York City on a charge of perjury alleged to have been committed before the Supreme Court of Rhode Island. The postofflce of East Liverpool, Ohio, was burned out. Much of the loose mail and that In boxes was destroyed. The loss cannot be-estlmated. Seoond-st^ry thieves secured $25,000 in (ewelrv aifd other valuables in tho home of Orrln W. Potter, the multi-millionaire, in Chicago, while the family was at dinner, and escaped. A complete steel house was shipped from Philadelphia to Prince Yoshiblto at Toklo, | and thirty-one locomotives, and tenders were shipped to Russia. Millard Fillmore Dunlap, of Jacksonville, 111., Treasurer of. the Democratic 8tite Committee, Has been appointed Treasurer ot the Democratic National Committee. The two concerts Riven in the Academy of Jlusio, In Philadelphia, Maroh 29 and Jqstfil 5 lor the relief of the families of the soldiers and Bailors killed in the Philippines netted $13,000. :.:JPhe tteamer European arrived at Ne^ York City from London with 250 cases ol smokeless powder for the United State: Government. ^.Curglars blew open a safe in the postwee at Graham, N. C., and secured $600 nnr escaped without leaving any cluje. *?#i!rty Inmates of the Home for Disabled Soldiers, in Kearny, N. J? were taken suddenly 111, tbe symptoms being those of as Irritant poison. All are recovering. ; Tbe heaviest snow storm in twelve mcflths parsed over New Mexico. Fifteen lnobai of snow fell at Santa Fe. Fruit trees were not Injured as the temperature Is mild. GonttoUer Coler said that as agent foi the State of NewYerk he had collected $2,000,000 'Inheritance tax on the estate ol George Smith, who died in London. Altamont de Cordova, who enme into prominence n^conoeciiou wnu uiu uiwudter Virginias, Is dead In New York City from pneumonia. Charles Sohnellbacher, while spading up his garden near Qulney, III., unearthed u oopper kettle containing $2000 in coin. It Is supposed that it was buried by Ills mother. The Republican State Convention held at Ellensburg, Wash., elected eight delegates to the National Republican Convention, in* struotlng them to vote for William McKlnley fof President. The Automobile Club of America will have a fifty-mile raco for a silver cup, offered by Leon Blanchet, of France. *01ga Nethersole, the actress, was ac-. quitted In New Yoik City on the charge ol offending public decency in the production of the play, "Sopho." The Independent party held 'its State Convention at Grand Forks, N. D., to select delegates to attend the National Convention at Sioux Falls, N. D, Karelin. >The American Pavilion at the Paris Exposition will be closed on Sundays. Ttie TransVa'al Peaco Commissioners, Messrs. Wolmarans, Fischer aud Wessels, arrive^ at Naples, Italy. All Europe is suffering from a coal famine. Majfty,-foreign nations are planning to'import American coal. t. i IfcUulUUUlD uio vjuuuili uau y niuxujk, IU South Africa, bat competent authorities estimate that tlie number or hordes lost monthly by tbe British must be calculated at not less than Ive thousand. Persons arriving In Kingston, Jamaica, from Colon, Colombia, verify, tbe report that an armed force, supposed to be Venezuelans, landed near David, oathe border of Costa Rica. David Is claimed both by -Costa Rica and Colombia. < J. JL Rice, an American, just arrived at Vancouver, B. C., from the Klondike, reports that a new and extremely rich gold field has been struck on American soli near tbe White Horse Rapids. , While a priest was administering the last sacrament to a dying mun in the presence of relatives near Coranna, Spain, the floor of the room collapsed \?ud live persons were killed and fourteen fbjured. , A new canal, from Hamburg to Newd'tadt, Is to be built aaa part of the national defence plana of Germany. ; General Gataorfc Commander of one of :he British dlviwoai -In Elouth Afrloai, will return to Engludat once, presumably secause of Lord Bdpsrts's dissatisfaction with his work. v The Popo gave an audience to ninety jailors of the United States training ship Dixie. < There Is groat unrest among the natMW" ln Swaziland andBasutolund, SouthAXiic*, Jebobo and M'quezie.tsvo chiefs, hMppyil^i A tidal wave destroyed the wbgral|f'OP I Dunsmulr colliery at Ludysralth^lraSi ?'*' I ttr backing up the waters of the I J.ue President or Venezuela uu wgu the parcel post convention with tfiiifaiUed States which Is expected to augiraflPtlie American rotall trade by about a year. *><&.* . ?: The Boer prisoners at 81mon's Town, 3outh Africa, made a determined attempt to escape. Fourteen of them succeeded In Setting away. The squadron of the United States Nary recently formed In Chinese waters Is to have Us headquarters at Hfog Kong. Generul Clementa**. division, 6000 strong, arrived at Bloemf?e!n,Orange Free State, ^ ^Erlnce and.PrlnoesS of Wales kttlr&d Th^^^Copenhagen, Denmark. The; safely in^fc^ture denounced the attempt Belgian Leg^BJ^nJBrussels. to (issas8inutel<im^^fe|^a fHEHAVfGHTS TOBTOGAS An Order of Great Importance Issued by the President, THE GIBRALTAR OF THE GULFTlie First Fortified Naval Bate Ever Pos? aeaaed by the United Statos to Be E?tsl^lllhed?The Strategic Value of the Island of Dry Tortugaa From a Naval Point of View?Fortifications Planned. Washinotok, D. 0. (Special).?The President la an executive order tins trans* ferred from the Army to the Na./ the Island of Dry Tortugas, whloh will hereliter be used exclusively for naval purposes. The Acting Seoretary of the N-tvy Immediately issued orders to the coutraotors for the extensive ooallng v station now under construction on the Island to continue the preparations for their work throughout the coming summer, revoking earlier orders which bad authorlied thein to suspend operations in the quarantine season. The Marine Hospital Service, whlqh has bad a foothold-,nt Tortugas for several ydars, will withdraw its force to Sbl? Island and other points less valuable strategically. The Importance 6f the President's order may prove more far reaching than appears sunerflclully. It establishes the first fortified naval base under allusive naval control ever possessed by the United States, and for the .first time thfr responsibility of holding and defending- an American land fortification is given to the Navy. At Guantannmo. it Is true, the naval force held the harbor as an indispensable na vat rendezvous by its battalion of marlnps.wben the Arriy cotild spare no force | for tti&gpur^ose.v- The conditions at Tortugas Are somewhat Analogous, and may be regarded as the first distinct step toward the eventual adoption of the highest European system of const defenoe. At Tortugas, Fort Jefferson, is one of the largest fortifications ever constructed by t^ovgrnmeat: Its guns are obsolete, but with 'Me repairs, and hlrfth high powflpr nnval ordnance mounted,^bls "Gibraltar of the Qnif " could be oonrerted Into a Vast immovable and practToally impregnable battleship, tbe flagship of a fleet tbat would command tbe lower Atlantic seaboard,>the Gulf coasts and the approaches to the isthmian canst. Garrisoned by a battalion of marines, as it will be, with cable communication with Washington and all points of the W?*t Indies, Its tactical value to^ttM^ftjflwgarded as of paraCAVE HIS LIFE1 FOR . ANOTHER. Carpenter Save* HI* Employer'* Daughtei From Death, Bat Dies Himself. Nnr Orleans, La., (Special).?A young man sacrificed his life in New Orleans to save a little girl. The deed of heroism was performed several .days ago, but aftei hours of agony the man died. His last words wfere an expression of pleasure that ho saved tlie little one from being crushed to death. Peter Doe, a young carpenter, was employed to rulse a Cottage on Bayou St. John, in the outskirts of the city. The neighborhood is a quiet one, but nearby lived Descamps, Doe's employer, and little Alloe Descamps waa ao Interested spectator of the work. ^ In the afternoon of the fatal day D09 had almost completed his job, and the work of putting a new foundation beneath th? bouse was about to begin, when suddenly one of the corner jacks began to slip, and the house careened. Doe could easily have escaped,' but as he turned to fly he saw little Alice standing nearby, petrified with fear, beneath the sagging building. 8ha was too far away for the man to reach her and eitrry her to safety. There was only one thing to do, and Doe did It. He placed his powerful shoulder beneath the tilting woodwork, at the same time shrieking to little Alloe to run. For a moment the building tottered, and In that mpment the little girl toddled oat of harm's way, and then the heavy framework crushed down the man's strength and bore blm to the ground. Assistance came quiokly, bat Doe, while still conscious, was crushed and injured beyond air hope. His first words were to ask whether Alice bad escaped. He bore his sufferings with serenity. NAVY BUYS HOLLAND BOAT. Pays #16!),000 For the Submarine Wonder and May Build More. Washington*, D. C. (Special).?The Navy Department lias bought the submarine I torpedo-boat Holland for $100,000 aud will ask authority from Congress to obtain I from eight to ten additional boats of the same type. The present purchase is maae u'uder the last* Naval Appropriation bill, whiib carried $320,000 for two submarine torpedo-boats. For the last three years the utility of tho Holland boat has been a subject of controversy In the Navy Department. The various boards appointed to make investigations have reported favorably. It was not until the War Department officials determined to take up the Holland boat and make it a part of tho sea-coast and harbor defense that the Navy Department people were spurred to favorable action. Boy and Olrl Kotnno ami Juliet. Edward King, aged fourteen, of Baltimore, Md., has just been prevented from committing suicide, owing to disappointed love. His sweetLeart was little Miss Iuine, aged twelve, who returned his affection and to whom he became engaged. The patents found it out, and the girl and bsy were forbidden to ?pouk to each othet again. Each determined to die, the boy by shooting and the girl by poison. She swallowed laudanum, and became very ill, but the boy's parents found his pistol an'1 'ook it from him before he could use it. New Const Forts Named. The Secretary of War at Washington has Issued a general order to the Army announcing the names of flfty-six new batteries-recently constructed and sites foi works to be ooastrricwd along .the seucoast of the United States. They were named after distinguished American soldiers. , r^" Concrea* May Adjourn in June. Adjournment early in June is planned by Itepubllcan leaders in Congress, and many, important measures now pending will go over to the next session. Preferred Death to Court. H. H. Pitcher, who had charge of the Livermore Bank In the capacity of mannger and cashier, blew his brain* out in his home at Oakland, Cal. Pltober was a trustee of the estate of Thomas Varney, deceased, valued at $600,000.. His trusteeship was being investigated lu court. Object to Bate of Danish Islands. :<.t The Kifig's birthday was unusually celebrated at St. Thomas and St. Ciolx, D. W vi.".!Thero was an outburst of loyalty to Denmark and demonstrations against the sale of tbe islands. The feeling againt tbu suJe of^tbe Danish West Indies Is strong. / ' The Labor World. The coal strike in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia has not yet been broken. The Southern industry is so booming In its lumbiir mills, railroads, mines and other occupations that it Is difficult to get labor to work the farms. It is a curious fact that workers in vanilla factories are affected with headache, lassitude, muscular pains, skin diseases, etc. Some of the workers had to give up tiielr employment. Nine thousand miners in Indiana quit dfffff'os ootl because the wages-s^a year caroeto an end without agree 'powder provtolon in theoontract for rmr ensuing year. '1 . . 'siML J BOYS' LETTER TO KRUGER. Messenger Boy Starts From Philadelphia Meeting- For Pretoria. Carrying; to Oom Paul a Heiiago of Sympathy From 32,000 Schoolboy*?. An Enthusiastic Send-Off. Philadeij'hia (Special). ? James P. j Smith, a slxteen-yenr-old messenger boy I the American District Telegraph Company, I kmld the cheera of thousands of enthuslasI jlo schoolboys and grown-up Boer sympa| ihlzers, started from the stage of the kcademy of Masle with a message of eneouragement from 22,000 of the pupils ol Philadelphia's schools to President Paul Kruger, of the South African. Republic. The messenger received instructions to go b Pretoria and to hand the message perS'onally to the Boer President. The men. age reads as follows: \ "We, the undersigned students of the publlo schools of Philadelphia, the city where our own forefathers enlisted In their pplendld and saecesvftil struggle -agalnqf English oppression, desire to express to you and to the fighting men of the South Afrloan Bepabllc their great admiration for" the genius and courage that have ehecked English invasion of the Transvaal; and the undersigned extend their most earnest wishes that In the end the South African Republic will triumph over Eugland In a war In which the Boer cause Is noble, the English cause unjust." The messenger boy was called to the stage by means of the regulation .call box, and after receiving the message, accom-. pamed by a committee of three high school boys, left for New York, where they were tendered a reception at:the Waldorf-Astoria by the students of the public schools of Greater New York. On Wednesday the messenger sailed on the steamship St. Louis, and before the vessel reaches Southampton he will be taken off by a French steamer and landed at Havre, France, In order to avoid British territory. Thousands of people tried to orowd Into the Academy of Music to take part la the Bohool boys' pro-Boer rally. 80 great was the crush, mostly of the younger generation, that many were unable to get near the doors, and the mass of struggling peo pie was encertaineu uy uiunu ?uuo vuv meeting Inside was In progress. Judge William N. Ashman of tho Orphans' Ooart of tills olty presided, and those who uddresspd the meeting were Webster Davis, W. Bourke Cockran, former District Attorney George S. Graham of this city, P. Louter Weasels, of Bloemfonteln, Orange Free State, and Thomus J. Meek, a pupil of the High Sohool. Edwin Markham recited an original ode to Lincoln for the first time. ' 'three hundred singers of the United Singing Societies of Philadelphia sang the rransTual Volkslofclnnd American patriotic songs. At the conclusion of the speechmaking Messenger Smith received the messago for President Kruger and departed. DIED ON EVE OF WEDDING. Captain Ovtlielm Supposed to Hav? ? Killed HlotMlf In t Dream, Chioaoo (Special). ?Captain Louis Ostbeim, First United States Artillery, was found dead in tils room at the Auditorium Annex. There was a bullet wound in his right temple, Under the body was a new revolver. Caotala Ojthelm and Mrs. Eva I Bruce Wood were to be married In the city on the following day In tlie home o( the bride's uncle, Walter B. Phister. Among the articles found In the captain's room were two wedding rings. One was of heavy gold and inscribed as follows: "Eva to Louis, April 9, 1900." The other was smaller and more delicately made. Inside was engraved: "Louis to Eva, April 9, 1900." Oaptaln Osthelm was stationed at Fort Sheridan previous to the Spanish-American war, and it was during his stay here that he met Mrs. Wood. He bad been transferred from service with the Sixth Artillery In Manila to the First in the United States. The revolver with whioh Captain Osthelm shot himself had been purchased by him on Saturday, ns he carried a large amount of money with him. It Is the theory of his friends that the captain awoke In one of his nightmares and shoe himself, not knowing what he was doing. He was a victim of insomnia. A Coroner's jury decided the death was accidental. PLUMER'S FORCE REPULSED. The Boers Also Checked a Sortie From Hafeklni Wltli Slight Losses. Pbztori*, via Lorenzo Marques (By Cable).?Jl dispatch from the Boer latfflwflf Molopo says sharp fighting occurrwjjfl. the neighborhood of Miifeklnar. The COLONEL PLCMER. Btajtedfr Ori '^^tHPip march with the object aged by General 8j W&.Children The two-*tory tcxmftyNfjml oi James Williams, near CldremootV^&ames Blver. ^^m^^Couuty ,^Vn., WM ^stroyod by the first floor and one.'jf&ft- escaped ^oa plank, which Williams pntvqp rom the ontslde of Matthias Scliroopfel?' and Ernst" I$|S^ soher, younjr men Wb3-went trom'JCflM ohoster, N. K. to Bremen to tare paA&BK for Houth Africa to join the Boer ArajW havo been arreetsd la Germany and forarttt to serve In thejarayof the; German Eo?' The Kearftarge Stood" Ail T?tJMnmi The new battleship Kearsarge stood'jSfci the tests tn a satisfactory manner on tim ast offlololtirlai trip. ... .!{' . *../v'S^Pf Mlouiir'* Wlf* Barned to D??th. y^j The wife of tb? Bev. B. L. LadJamww burned to death near Owattona, Minn/ .Bsjpj husband was at work on his farm, at soqai distance from the house, when.he saw hll ' wife running toward him, ber olotbltfg u ! flames. Just as she reached hla she MiT ] unconscious and soon died. . tra : . f Will Kot Get Statehood. The efforts to get any bill pawed at thl^ session of Congress to admit Arizona, New Mexico or Oklahoma to Statehood art doomed to djlAPPoiptment. . Tjiere.is sc feeling in Congress in' faror of admitting any more States at tbis time. . Boer-British War XotM.. The despatch of troops to South Africa continues unceasingly. ' The Boers in Natal have destroyed tile coal mines likely o be useful to the British. ; ':i British government expenditure, is running now 7,000,000 a week beyond rev enae. The oonsaltlag surgeons at th? seat of war aze being paid at tharat*of $35,000 s [ ?ear, with tree passage to 6<nch Africa and LV Th&felghth Division has been ordered to t Cape Town Instead of East Lon! flog, and to proceed immediately north I . I ; CLARK TO LOSE Mil" iftnate Committee Unanimous Asain?f the Montana Millionaire. RESULT OF THE BRIBERY INQUIRYfirst Time in the History of the Sena;# That a Unanimous Iteport, Advsria, Has Keen Made in a Case ItiTolring Bribery?Mr. Clark Will Kan Again? V?rrl]r?t a mri ia in lTaahlna>Mn Washington, D. C.(Speclal).?The Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections deilded by a unanimous vote to recommend he adoption of a resolution-declaring that V. A. Clark, of Montana, is not entitled to iccupy his seat as a Senator from Honana. The decision was reached after a wo hours' sittlng,.ftt which all the mem>ers of the committee were present except >ne. The absentee was Senator Cuffery, ?f Louisiana, and he wired his vote in op)Ositlon to Mr. Clack. The committee IS composed of five P.ejubllcans aud four Democrats and the rejuke contained In therQiianlmous iiRreenent that he obtained* hi* election by >rlbery is unprecedented Jnthe-hls.tory of :he Senate. A. majority vote U required to jassthe resolution Which simply says that N. A. Clark is not entitled) to a seat In the Jenate from the State of Hontana. In rlew of the committee?* aetlon It la almost ertairi that this vote,would follow. Senator Clark was- In the Democratic iloak room when the dedlilon of the comnittee was announced. He did not go to lis seat on the floor, but ratoalned In the iloak room'^iome time tdkfog with his rlends among the 8enatonte ' The unanimouarepotf of.the committee fas a surprise 10 me oeiuwo-geaflraity. it *as thought that the OMiibUtee was divided. although to tt?s 8?iMgr? who were >est informed it was kuoflHnat the raaorlty at least was against ptark. The expressions ot approval at taft ao^lon ot the iommlttee we're genetal. ( Mr. Chandler OhBtrmsS^f the comnlttee, said tha^ a of the committee to <tiw>se oj8H^K(e ..as sootf is possible. to?Hrife?*reed to ilmply declare*'not The renortJal^BBS. wroEBr snow thaL dr. Clark wiiafc^aaUyjMty of bribery, [t was held, howeVer,^tnSwtte testimony jointed ovorwholcn(nglyj^? corrupt usa )f money in the eteimonv'^he committee ould not (issum? tM?'tl#1&rge sums of noney handled by CiflraMd|Iari? and Mr. Wellcome were'U9ew,'wiwRjQt Mr. Clark aavlng some Idea of tffH> purpose to which It was to be put. .: 8euatora Chandler- antKTurley worn iirected to prepare the repSrt. nf CLAKlv WILT, frOT fclVE UP. {fill Be a Candidate ror Ke-einction it HI* Seat li Declared Vacant. Helena, Moat. (Speelil).?An appeal from tbe report of the Senate Committee on Privileges and Election*In deciftriog vacaiit the seat of Senator Qlark 'wilt be taken to ttie people of Montana this fall. CharleaW. Clark, son of the Senator, wbo Is In this city, received a telegram frotp bis father announcing this programme. ' Efforts are belDg made fljHnduoe the Governor to summon aa~; extra jBesiion of the Legislature.to choosf&larfc's successor as soon as tbe Senate adopts the committee's report, but It Is believed that Instead the Governor will appoint some one tc serve until next Deo am Mr, when the Leg-. Islature will meet In rMpar w?tt>nr, The Qovernor flatly refuamto tell wri?fr his course will be. ^ ^ ^^ ' WxjfKtpfco, Ma^.^^claO'.^-A. party & forty Doulthob?iwrt|^a fair days ago for CallfornU^jriBHHBtt^^gW' taken by au A.mericau?iBfcg^at' ag?Qcy to worli tw fifty peats a-^|^p^^aald they wanted" oours< Hp on., I,, anJ oat!: pj^B^jllog h(tn instantly r HBHn^^ecompte Is oa!> <~>n 'Stafford married ^ H|||l?s Supreme Court at [^g^^^^^BBra^igflidtta ordinance of \J?jjjjj% ^^aoe^M attacked^as obiota' NM^nklBank, at Rutland, Vt., ha* been held la #50,000 tail for court, on t chargeol;embfizzlemeat,.havIuff?waived " reUtniuar/'bearing: 1 | *? Prominent P?npl?, Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts, i- aiready planning a long lisbing trip iu Malm ror next autumn. Admiral Dewey will make a trip to Eu rope this summer, ami wilt combine business with pleasure. Senator Piatt, of New York, is a man of few words. His sentences are crisp and often epigrammatic. John F. Wilson, delegate to Congress from Arizona. Is an authority on the vari ous American maitm iiiuguAgos. Secretary of State Hay's collection o' first editions of modern authors has bee > enriched by a copy of Rudyard Klpllug't first book of tales, the Rift ot a Bombay friend * * Proper Time to EattiA* Either morning or night is a good time for a cold-water bath or eve a a tepid one, but a hot-water batb should be taken just before retiring, inas/nuoh as it is relaxing. Nevei bathe just before or after a hearty meal. Bathe after, instead of before, \ exercising, and bathe regularly every day.?Ladies' Home Journal. Collie P. Huntington is nearly nine* ty years old, buc plans ahead at though he were going to' live a thousand years. Household If there Is one tiling on which thehons* wlfa nrtdna hAranlf It 1* that of bavins hei laundering done nicely, so that the wearing apparel may be the admiration of all, The washing Is a small matter, anyone almost oan do that, bat to have the linen* present that flexible and glossy appearance after being Ironed requires a fine quality of staroh. J. 0. Hublnger's new laundry starch, "Bed Cross" and "Hublnger's Best" brands are his latest Inventions and the finest uarch ever placed on the market; not new starch made by a new manufacturer, but a new staroh by the leading and only manufacturer of fine laundry staroh In tha Jnlted States. >' His new method of introducing tbta starch with the Endless Chain Starch Book snablea you to get one large lOo. packags of "Bed Cross" starch, one large 10c. package of "Hublnger's Best" starch, with the ., premiums, two beautiful Shakespeare i. j panels, or one Twentieth Century Girl oal> andar, all for 6c. Ask your grocef. The Major's Story. "Major," said the romantic maiden, '-i "what was the most eventful moment 9( your life?the moment upon whioh 11 your future depended? Snrdy 70a havo had suc'u a moment? Ybu bare been in many battles. - Th mast have been a supreme moment for you?a moment that meant all in all to you." "Yes," replied the warrior, as ha polled his goatee and reflected, "there was such a moment?once." Then he was silent. His thoughts seemed to wander back, and the girl, unions to hear'the story of Host disastrous ohanoes, 01 moving accident* by flood and Held,. Of hair-broad tit 'shapes 1' the Imminent deadly breach, Of being taken by the Insolent foe, olappad her hands and rapturously sxolaimed; <rOh, how perfectly lovely! How I wish I were a man, so that I oould go to war awTliave infilling escapes and do herotytjhingslj1How glorious it moat be to ba abler when the.danger is all past, to rtfSfce how, singlehanded, you heidytbe foe at bay until uinf>i<iun?it'L frnm 'tba dis uouiguva tent fortt Now tell me all about it, Major?abotttths moment that was so fraught withimportanee to yon. I am just dying to hear the story." "Well^hl- said, "I don't know as it's anything so very extraordinary. The fact is, trie supreme moment I refer lo?the one.that was fraught with * the most importance to me?was the motteat whea 1 was bora.Chicago. Tf*?m iHow ConauU Are Hade. > The following will illustrate one ,way of appointing a consul, s^ys George F. Parker; in the Atlantio. Early in the present administration, *the Republican members of Congress from a Western State of importance j met and preferred olaims to a consul for each district; all to be appointed J upon the formal recommendation ol the United States Senators. The* did not pick out individual posts, wito a man of special fitness for eaoh; both Congressman and candidates (new their basinets too well to make it other than a^holeeale job. The candidates were ohosen at random, according to personal influence, or party importance, or the ^relative value of Hi a rtlAAAM. At last everv district save one bad its representative abroad. In this one, every plan short of advertis* ing had been tried, for more than a year, to get a man for a small plaoe in France. Finally, a lawyer in a remote village agreed to accept it. He was nominated, oonfirmed, and sailed for his post, without any notice whatever to his predecessor, from the Presi-i ') dent or the Department, of his appointment. His arrival, with commission and order for possession, was ? .the first notice to aninoumbent whose retention had been promised. The new official had probably not thought ItijfWtkuoe since he recited his geograj&f.Wn thirty years before in some while his manner gave the impression that he bad first heard oonie, when appointed as its consulEnlisted men of the United States Army are eligible to commissions wheiejerar there are vacanoies, provid ed that they can pass the examina ,: > TttOant Cold In On* D?f. Take luuntybbomo Qoinini Tablbts. AU dragffUttretandtoe munwy U it fMlacocure. K. W. QaOTl'B algQUure la on each boZ. 83a. The Wi?g&of Chinamen at Amoy amount i to nboat ,$& a month. i ~ .1' New Dciicrt PleaaM all the family. Four flaTon:Lemon, Orange, Raspberry and Strawberry. At your grocer*. 10 eta. '.Th?*tonnh* maa la not the best sort to approach lor a toon. . Thi B>rt PrMerlptioa tor Chill* and Peter ta a .bottle *f,Orotic Ta?tkAM CHatT0NW.vIt U simply iron and quinine to a. tMteleaffiftin.' No no u?r. Price OOo. Berlin W fourteen person* whose annual inaom4e?oeeds #230,000. Edwesie Yoar Bowels Yfith Cu?tr?t?. Caadf Cathartic, euro constipation forever. XtjLftC.fatUdruggUtetafandmoaey. He'r a lacky fellow who can fall In lor* U without hurting hlauolt. 1 H?W Ar*Y*?r EKUiy. ? Dr Hobbe' Soanurns Pills core all kidney 1U*. 8am <*>- A44.Starung Remedy Co., Cdlogo or M. T. JJye* officii the whole lrls'ls visible bo* long to erraMe persons. Mrs. Wlualow'sSoothing syrup forohlidret teething, softens tbe gams, reduces lutl&mma. tlon, allays pain. ouree wind colic, gftc.a bottle Thn afnmmnrlnff indffo fa nnf frn ha nAtail for long sentences' Piso's Cure cured me of a Throat and Lang trouble <ii three rears' standing.?E. Cadt Huntington. Ind., Nov. 12,1894. The man who excuses his own faolta la seldom lenient with others. To Cnre Constipation Forever. Talte Coscarets Candy Cathartlo. 10c or 28a It C. C. C. rail to cure, druggists refund mono* The proper distance between the eyes la the width of one eye