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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
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'"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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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:
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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
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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
,:
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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