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Y-. V - ' WITCH IDBBBREBSFREE End of a Remarkable Trial of Educated Choctaws in Texas. HEREDITY'S STRANGE INFLUENCE Former Judge and District-Attorney, and Also a Presbyterian Preacher, Acquitted Wifh an Accomplice of Killing l'our Persons to Get Kid of Witches? Verdict Bat.1 d on Theory of Insanity. Faris. Texas. ? After a trial lasting over a week the jury returned a verdict in the witch-killing case, finding the defendants. Hotema and Frye. not guilty. The verdict was based on the theory of insanity. The crime for which the prisoners were arraigned is attributable to a belief in witchcraft, which has possession of the most superstitious fullblood Choctaws as completely to-day as it uau a nuncirea years ago. The tragedy occurred near Cold Spring Church, six miles northwest of Grant. There had been a number of sudden deaths in the community of spinal meningitis. A little son of Solomon Hotema was among the number. Hoteina was the pastor of the church, and was the head man and leader among his people, as well as their spiritual adviser. The Choctaws were greatly disturbed by the sudden deaths, for which they were unable to account. The manner in which the disease worked upon the victims caused them to attribute the malady to the evil charms of witches. Meetings were held at the church to discuss the matter and to devise means of staying the plague. Sam Tarnatubby, who lived fifteen miles east of Grant, had fame among the full-bloods of being a great witch doctor. He was sent for. His diagnosis of the patients confirmed the suspicion that they had been bewitched. By the occult methods of the witch doctor he found the witches and declared that the only way that the plague could be stopped and the patients relieved was to kill them. Some of the supposed witches were relatives of the defendants, and had sat up with the sick members of their families. Tnrnntnlihv hnvinfr dpHnrod that the "witches must be killed to stop the plague, Hotema, as the chief man in ' the community, summoned Tobias Williams and Sam Frye, young fullbloods, to his assistance. They got in Hotema's buggy, armed with a rifle and a shotgun, and started on their death-dealing mission. They first called at the house of Vina Coleman, the sister-in-law of Hotema, and shot her down without compunction while she was holding a little child in her arms. The babe was wounded, but not killed. An older child attempted to run away when the shooting began, and was shot in the back. They next went to the home of Hall Greenwood, who came out to meet them. They inquired where his wife was, informing him that she was a witch, and that thoy had come to kill her. Grt;enwood began to plead for ner me, uiu rney Kiiieu ins wn? ueiuie his eyes. The last victim was Alfred Morris, who was deliberately 6hot down without warning. The defendants were arrested and lodged in jail at Antlers, and from there were taken to Atoka, the holdover jail for the Antlers court. While incarcerated there Tobias Williams ^ died. Hotema. Frye and Tarnatubby secured a change of venue to the Paris Federal Court, and were transferred to jail there pending trial. They made application through habeas corpus proceedings to Judge D. E. Bryant for bail. ITotema and Frye failed to get bail, while the offence of Tarnatubby, , the witch doctor, was held to be bailable. having advised the killing, but not being present when the tragedies occurred. He was admitted to bail in nn nr'r-nv<nvx' hpfnvn tlir> t Solomon Hotema's witch-killing feat vrhs a great shock to his white friends. It is a striking instance of the force of heredity and early instilled belief. He was one of the best-known men in the Choctaw nation. He is forty-eight years old. is well educated, is an entertaining conversationalist and a good writer. He attended school in a Pres byter'an college at Roanoke, Va., three years. Soon after his return ho was elected Couuty Judge of Kiamitia County, and held tlio office a number of consecutive terms. He also held the office of District-Attorney and was a member of the National Council eight years. In addition to this he was a regularly ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church, and had just returned from the meeting of the General Assembly in New Orleans wfcea he killed the witches. In early childhood, however, he became a Arm believer in witchcraft. CHILDREN HELD FOR MURDER. 'tittle Brother and Sinter Accuse Each Other of the Crime. Elkton, Md.?Sallie Simpers, twelve years old, was committed to jail, charged with the murder of her sevenyear-old brother. Howard. Accused with her is Thomas Simpers, her nineyear-old brother. The boy implicated his sister, stating that she was angry because her mother had kept her from school while she went on a visit, ana that she told him to shoot his brother, as that would bring his mother home. Thomas killed Howard with a shotgun a few uays ago. The sister denies the boy's story, and states that Thomas committed the deed because Howard would not givf him a chew of tobacco. Saved Others, But Lost His Own Life. After having successfully rescued fellow-workmen from what would probably have resulted in death, J. C. Wilson, a pipe fitter, whose home is in Salt Lake City, fell off i platform at the plant of the Ohio Steel Company, at Youngstowu, Ohio, and struck on his head, dying instantly. Three fellow-workmen of Wilson were at work on a hich scaffold. They had been overcome by gas, when Wilson went to their aid. In a few minutes Wilson succumbed to gas and rolled off the ^platform. Hague Court Heady For Work. M. W. H. DeBeaufort, Dutch Minister for Foreign Affairs, and President of the Administrative Council of the International Court of Arbitration, at The Hague, Holland, has notified the Powers that the Court is now constituted, and ready to enter upon its duties. Mach Wood Cat For Palp Mills. About 16,000,000 feet of logs and between 5000 and 6000 cords of pulp <vood have been cut In the Adirondack ^for the different mills In Porestport, N. Y.. this year. k "T V |p| BANNER YEAR FOR TRADE Commerce of the United States is Beating* All Records. Trade Kalr.uce in Favor of America May Amount to 8700,000,000 in Fiscal Year Drawing to Its Close. Washington. D. C.?At the close of the last fiscal year persons who were interested in and who understand the significance of figures showing large imports and exports were amazed to find that the commerce of the United States had amounted to the prodigious total of $2,244,424,260. and that the excess of exports over imports was nearly $545,000,000. or only slightly below the excess of exports shown In 1898, when they ran to nearly $616,000,000. The report for the fiscal year drawing to a close promises to beat the totals of either of the recent great years, and the excess of exports will, it is expected, reach quite $700,000,000. With the figures of March now accessible. it is seen that the exports for nine months reached $1,140,170,728. In the same time the Imports were $599.4S3.391. The balance In favor of the United States for the nine months is therefore $540,087,337, or within $5,000,000 of the excess of the whole exportation of the last year. The balance for last year, at the end of the nine months' period, was less by $128,832.671. This showing is brought about by an Increase in exports of $S6,540,032 and a decrease in Imports of $42,292,639. Thfe muieauons are mat traue win i-muuuuc to maintain the figures for the preceding nine months, and that the total of exports and imports will reach to more than $2,300,000,000, with a balance possibly $100,000,000 in excess of the hitherto banner balance year of 1898. - The figures showing the exports of leading products, as given by a recent Treasury statement, reveal a tendency to increased exportation, except in mineral oils. Of breadstuffs, there were exported nearly $5,000,000 more in the nine months than In the preceding year; there was an Increase in exports of cattle and hogs of about $5,600,000; the exports of provisions increased $8,500,000, the increase In value of cotton exports was $65,800,000 over the nine months ended March 31 of last year, and there was a slight falling ofE in the exportation of mineral oils. If there is a decline shown in the exports of manufactured goods. It will be accounted for in part by the ruin of the cotton exports to China, and by the loss of exports to Hawaii, which !s no.longer a foreign country in the estimation of the authorities. AMERICANS IN THE NAVY. During Spanish War 81xty-FlTe Per Cent, of the Men Were Native Born. Washington, D. C.?Secretary Long has had compiled, in response to an inquiry from the West, a table showing the proportion of native-born and foreign-born sailors in the United States Navy. This shows that during the Spanish-American war, out of a total force of 22,828. the total of nativeborn sailors was 15,406, and of foreignborn, 7422. Yhe percentage of nativeborn sailors was sixty-five, and, including foreigners who had become Americans by naturalization, the percentage was eighty. The statement also shows that of 1 the foreign-ucrn sailors more than onehalf have become naturalized or have declared their intention of becoming citizens. The statement further shows i that the navy is more exclusively i American than is generally supposed. | I MRS. NATION TO RULE A TOWN. I Will Conduct the Affairs of Medicine | Lodge, Kan., For One Week. Medicine Lodge, Kan.?Mrs. Carrie i Nation, the saloon smasher, is to con- ' duct the municipal affairs of this < place for one week. If, during that j time, according to the agreement, Mrs. | Nation betters the condition of trade and social relations in Medicine Lodge, | her ideas will be adopted permanently | and the city run along the lines thus ] laid down. If business should fall off , for the week and a majority of the citizens grow dissatisfied with her con- 1 duct of affairs, then the city officers ] will contiuue to run it "wide open." . PUT TO DEATH PENDING APPEAL. ] Mexican Soldiers Executed Before Final ( Decision Was Kendercd. Oaxaca, Mex.?An official inquiry has ' been instituted by Secretary of War Keruardo Iteyes, into the recent execution of a number of soldiers for alleged insubordination while engaged ( in the campaign against the Maya Indians in Yucatan. The soldiers were tried by court-martial and condemned tn ilonth Pending an appeal to the Supreme Military Court they were executed. 1 The court disapproved the finding of the couj-t-martial, but the decision arrived t<jo late to save the lives of the 3oldiers. FUNSTON RELIEVES GRANT. Two Peaceful Districts of Northern Lazot? Have Been Consolidated. Manila.?The First and Second military districts of northern Luzon have been consolidated -and placed under command of Brigadier-General Funston. Similar action has been taken with rega J to the Fourth and Fifth districts of southern Luzon and General Sumner has been placed in charge. This action has allowed the relief of Generals Grant and Hall respectively, and is one of the results of the pacified conditions of these districts. It is expected that further consolidations will be made at an early date. New Governor For Oklahoma Territory. President McKiuley, at Washington, has decided to appoint William M. Jenkins to be Governor of Oklahoma Territory, to succeed the present Governor, Barnes, whose term will expire soon. Mr. Jenkins is the present Secretary of the Territory. Powers' Claims Against China. The indemnity claims of European Powers against China are sak. to be approximately as follows: Russia. $90,u<a>,UUU; France, $05,000,000; uermany, $'JU,0UU,?JUU, and England. $22,5UU,000 Labor World. The Brazil soft coal district, in Indiana, will be indefinitely tied up by a strike. In Italy children of either sex under nine years of age are not permitted to work in factories. The coal workers at Marseilles, France, decided to resume work, and the prolonged i'trike is finally at an end. Four hundred coal miners who have been on strike at Blossburg, Ala., on account of a difference regarding the charges for yardage work, have returned t < work :: r - ' ' . . ~: .-~r - . . .1 i . i\ % IN7ALIBITY OE DUQ The Value of a Decree in a State OTItr Than That Where Granted. OECISIONS OF SUPREME COURT The General Principle of Matrimonial Domicile is Sustained?Wlien Tarties Are Learal Residents of the State, the Decree is 3ood K very where ? Other wise It is Not. Washington, D. C. ? The United States Supreme Court has decided a number of cases involving the validity in one State of divorce decrces granted In other States. The Court held practically that in cases in which the decree Is granted in States where the husband and wife have made their legal residence it is valid in any part of the United States, but that in other cases In which there is no legal residence in the State in which the decree is granted they are invalid. The opinions were handed down by Justice Gray, and involved the cases of Atherton vs. Atherton, Bell vs. Bell and Streilwolf vs. Streilwolf. In the Atherton case the husband obtained a decree of divorce in the State of Kentucky, where the parties had resided as husband and wife, after the wife had left the husband and pone to the home of her parents, in Clinton. N. Y. In his opinion Justice Gray called attention to and laid stress upon the fact that Kentucky was the place of their marital residence, and he also brought out the fact that notice of the tiusband's petition for divorce had been forwarded to New York, and that the wife had made no response. The Kentucky court thereupon had granted the decree. The question involved was. he said, whether the decree was valid in New York, the question having been raised by a counter proceeding of the wife for divorce in New York. He concluded that owing to the fact of her former residence in Kentucky, and the ; further fact that due notice had been, given her, Mrs. Atherton was as much'I bound by the Kentucky decree as if she had been present ir. the court when It was granted. Hence the decision of the New York Supreme Court in favor of the wife, and against the validity of the Kentucky decree was reversed. The other two cases al?o came from New York. In the Bell case the question of the validity of a decree granted to the husband In Fennsylvauia was raised, and In the Streilwolf case the same question was at issue concerning a decree granted to the husband in North Dakota. In both these cases the decrees were held to be invalid because neither the husband nor the wife had domicile in the State in which the divorce was granted. "Therefore," said Justice Gray, "the decrees are not entitled to credit." In those cases the findings of the New York courts were affirmed. In the Atherton case Justice Peckham dissented upon the ground that the husband himself had been responsible for the wife's changeof residence. APATHY OF NAVAL MILITIA. No Ship For tlie Annua) Exercliicii to Bo Furnished This Year. Washington. D. C.?The decline of the State naval militia and the lack of interest shown by those organizations in the assistance the Navy Department has offered them is keenly felt by naval officials, who see no hope for the practical usefulness of these bodies of men to the Government un less there are closer relations oeuvt-tu them and the navy and some co-operation in the annual summer exercises. The National Government contributes aver $500,000 in support of the organisations. Most of the States have shown little interest in the work. Lr<-t year the Navy Department detailed a specially equipped vessel for :he exclusive training of the naval milftia, and provided that every organisation should have at least one week's sctive duty on hoard at sea. during which practical instruction was given by naval officers in all the duties required of sailors and officers on regular seagoing warships. But few of the Drganizations took advantage of the Government's offer. This year the \Tavy Department will provide no ship, snd the organization must do as best they can for summer cruises. ACCUSED OF KILLING A CHILD. Servant Testifies- Agninst tTin Stepmother Now Under Arrest. Mount Holly, N. J. ? Mrs. Mabel Haines, of Delanco, was arraigned on a charge of having murdered her stepdaughter, Gwendolin. in Delanco. Mrs. Haines ever since her arrest lias maintained the charge against her is false. The body of the child was cut and bruised, and it was alleged by Mrs. Haines that the child was subject to fits, and might have injured herself. The father of the child alleges that its death was accidental. The testimony taken was to show that Mrs. Haines had beaten the child twice a day during several months, and, according to the physicians who performed the autopsy, this was the cause of death. A woman employed by Mrs. Haines said that once she heard Mrs. Haines exclaim: "My, how hard it is to kill that brat!" It was further testified by the physicians that Gwendolin's body contained seven and a half ounces of arsenic, more than enough to kill. Mrs. Haines was committed to wait the action of the Grand Jury. Spinster Leaves 610,000 For a Dor. Miss Ellen A. Griffin, who died ia New York City, a few days ago, made provision in her will for the support of her dog, leaving $10,000 to her housekeeper on condition that she care for the animal. New Match Factory in Nebraska. Arrangements have been mnde in Omaha, Neb., whereby Charles Greuning, a retired capitalist, will open a match factory there within sixty days. The plant is to cost about $30,000. Cashier of Vermont Bank Arrested. Cashier D. H. Lewis, of the Farmers' National Bank, of Vergennes, Vt., was arrestrd by United States Marshal Field on a charge of misappropriating the funds of the institution. The shortage In the bank is now placed at $75,000. Kansas Sod Houses Caving; In. A calamity has befallen many of the families still living in sod houses in Kansas. The recent heavy rains have caused many of these to cave In, and In several cases Uvea have been lost ' i -;.S> ' r; V. ? BOEPCASE LOST IN COURT Judge Parlange, of New Orleans, De. Mines to Stop Shipment of Mules Decides That the Court Han No .Jarildiction in the Suit of General Pearson and Other*. New Orleans, La.?Judge Parlange, of the United States Circuit Court rendered a decision in the Boer suit brought by General Sam Pearson of the Boer Army, Consul-General Charles D. Pierce, of the Orange River Free State and Edward Van Ness, of New York City, asking for an injunction to prevent the shipment of mules and horses from New Orleans to the Britisn Army in South Africa. The Court denied the Injunction asked for on the. ground that the Court is without jurisdiction in ^be matter, ?The Court also reviewed the case and decided that the plaintiffs had not a foot to stand on; that mules and horses cannot be regarded as munitions of war; that under tne treaty of Washington of 1871 with Great Britain, private citizens of neutral countries can lawfully sell supplies to belligerents; that in this particular case, the vessels which the plaintiffs sought to enjoin and prevent from carrying mules and horses to Africa were private vessels not .equipped for the military service of England, but carrying on their regular commercial business, and prepared to carry any kind of cargoes. It is true that they carried horses and mules, but these were landed not in the Transvaal or Orange?River Free State, but in the British possession, Cape Colony; and there was no more reason why the United States should prevent the shipment of mules and horses to Cape Colony than to Canada or Australia. to for the complaint of General Pearson that these mules and horses were being sent to Africa to destroy property, the Judge i-j I" fa a nnool +a nn 11 if XT ruieu Liiil L 1U ViUU vv vw In a case of this kind, it was necessary to show that the damage apprehended Is clear and reasonable, and not remote, undistinct and even speculative as in this case. The plaintiffs had made no charge that the neutrality laws were being violated. "But aside from all these considerations," said Judge Parlange, "the Court's view is that the case is a political one of which a court of equity can take no cognizance, and which, in the very nature of governmental things, must belong to the Executive branch of the Government. "The three complainants are private citizens. They own property in thA Smith African Renublic and the Orange Free State, foreign countries now at war with Great Britain. They fear that the war. if continued, will result in the destruction of their property. They believe that if the shipment of mules and horses from this port are stopped, the war will cease; they claim that by virtue of a declaration of international law contained in an international treaty, to which the foreign countries in which their property is situated were not parties, they have the personal right to enjoin the shipments for the purpose of stopping the injury to their property through the destruction which they apprehend will result to it from a continuation of the war. When the complainants' cause is thus analyzed and the nature of the alleged right under the treaty is considered, it is obvious that a court of equity cannot take cognizance of the cause. I am clearly of opinion that this cause is not within the cognizance of this (Jourt ana ror mac reason iue rule nisi must be denied."' Boarman. District Judge, who sat in this cause with Farlange. District Judge, concurred in the opinion. $90,000 BANK EMBEZZLEMENT. Temporary Iteceiver Appointed For the Farmern' National, of Ver;?ennes, Vt. Washington, D. 0.?The Controller of the Currency has appointed J. T. Sullivan temporary receiver for the Farmers' National Bank, of Vergennes, Vt. Bauk Examiner Fish, during an examination of the bauk on April 3, discovered a shortage in the cash, and a further investigation, which has been conducted by Special Examiner Cunningham, indicates a total embezzlement by the cashier,. D. H. Lewis, of $!)0,0U0. After the discovery of the defalcation the examiner secured the return of $25,000 to the bank. Until a more complete investigation into the acts of the cashier is made it is impossible to say whether any loss will accrue to the depositors. It is not believed, however, that such a loss will be large. The deposits on February u amounted to auout jj>su,uuu, ana tne capital stock and surplus to $60,000. - EVANS DECLARED A MURDERER. Brother of Sooth Carolina'* Former Uai ernor Held For a Fatal Shooting. Columbia,' S. C.?Major Barnard Boo Evans? brother of former' Governor Jolni Cary Evans, who is a prospective candidate for the United States Senate against McLauriti, was arrested in his room for the inurder of Captain John J. Griffin, commercial representative in this State, of the Norfolk and Western Railroad. The coroner's jury rendered a verdict that to the best of its belief the death of Captain Griffin was caused by a gunshot wound inflicted at the hands of Major Evans. The news of the tragedy excited intense interest over the State. There are many theories for the killing, but none has much to support them. It is known that Major Evans was in financial straits. MI3SINC COLD FOUND ON SHIP, Three Bam Discovered by a Steward lo a Corridor on the Kaiser. Bremen, Germany.?The three gold liars supposed to have been stolen from the strong room of the steamship Kaiser Wiihclm der Urosse have been fouud. Steward Magers^^^^He discovery of the gold bard^^^^BrcmPt-liaven, while cleaning a^^^^Hin the corridor outside the^^^^Hclass saloon Mager's reputa,^^^^Hcelleut. BASHFUL COW^^^HjLUCKY CALL Accidentally and the Young Wo^^Hrent to See. Hackberry, fl^^^Kll Effersen, a swaggering c^^^^^Bher, came to town a few and called on Miss Daisy with his six shooter stra^^^^Vhim. Being unaceustomed^B^^^wociety of young women he^^^^^Bsiderably embarrassed, an^^^^Hwisting about in bis cbair went off. Tbe bullet ploT^^^^Hgh tbe fleshy part of his thfl^^^V struck tbe young woman Inflicting a palnwo^^HV I MUHEB IS BISCOniiAGBD Says South African Conditions Are Worse Than Last Summer. GRANTED A LEAVE OF ABSENCE I The Boers May Renew Peace Nejjotlaf tlons?They Objected to Hit Partlcipa\ tlon in the Last Conference?His Last j Review of the Sitnation Not Optimistic?The Damage to the Mines. London.?A blue book has been issued giving Sir Alfred Milner's request, made on April 3. for leave of absence from South Africa, on the ground that he had worked continuously for two years and unless he obtained rest he would be unable to superintend the work of reconstruction. Colonial Secretary Chamberlain, in reply, said lie regreuea tne ueccssuj for Sir Alfred leaving South Africa, but he recognized that a leave of absence was unavoidable, and he granted three months. The blue book contains a long review of the situation written by Sir Alfred Mllner at Cape Town, on February G. wMch. while not despondent, is in nowise optimistic. It is no use denying, he says, that the last half year has been one of retrogression. Seven months ago the colony was perfectly quiet as far as the Orange River. The southern half of the Orange Free State was rapidly settling down. A considerable portion of the Transvaal distinctly seemed to have accepted British authority and to have rejoiced at the opportunity to return to orderly government and peace. Now the scene is completely altered. It would be superfluous to dwell on the Increased losses to the country caused by the prolongation of the struggle. The events of the last six months will involve a greater amount of repair and a longer period of recuptiation, especially for agriculture, than anybody could have anticipated when the war began. Sir Alfred holds, however, that the economic consequences, though grave, are in no wise appalling. He dwells upon the country's recuperative powers, and especially upon the fact that the Rand and Kimberley have not been damaged. He says he is convinced that it will not be many years before thafconomic ravages of the war are effj^ed, and believes that the material destruction is less serious than the moral effect of the recrudescence of the war. He concludes by summing up what he believes to be the last unanimous feeling of South Africans who sympathize with the British Government. He says they are sick to death of the war. which has ruined so many of them, but would rather it should continue indefinitely than risk any compromise leaving the remotest chance of its recurrence in the future. They are prepared to fight and suffer in order to make South Africa indisputably forever one country under the British system of government, but, that accomplished, they are willing to bury racial animosities. The attitude of almost all the leading representative men and the general trend of public feeling is against anything like racial eiclusiveuess or domination. One of the obstacles in the recent peace negotiations between General Botha and the British was the Boer hostility to dealing with Sir Alfred Milner, who as British High Commissioner in South Africa, had become very unpopular. It was stated that a request had been made by the Boers for his withdrawal from the negotiations. but that Colonial Secretary Chamberlain had refused to permit it. There have been recent rumors of a renewal of the negotiations between General Kitchener and General Botha OLD SOLDIER GETS $500,000. Bequeathed Him by a Woman 'Whose Life He Saved Yearn Ago. Dayton, Ohio.?Henry H. Hawthorne, inmate of the Soldiers' Home here, has been made beneficiary to the amount of ijioUO.OOO, left him by Mrs. Josephine Fairfax, who recently died in the south of France. Hawthorne was born in England, and came to the United States when a boy. Later he went to England on a visit. While at Kent, bathing in the sea, he saw a woman and her son in a boat, which capsized. Hawthorne succeeded in rescuing the woman, but the son was drowned. x-Ta rot mm o<l tn thw TTnitpri Stales and served iu the army during the Civil War. A few years ago he met Mrs. Fairfax in England and refused a reward. He heard nothing more from her until he was informed of the bequest left to hiin. HELD FOR APPLEGATE'a .MURDER. Coioner's Jury Believed Voting Shinn Responsible For lUch. Farmer's Death. Trenton, N. J.?11 he Coroner's jury which has been investigating the death of Thomas h\ Applegate, tne wealthy Mercer County farmer, who was found dead in his stable under the feet of his horse with a fractured skull, brought in a verdict expressing the belief that Applegate came to his death at the lianas of Samuel Shinn. Mrs. Applegate was the principal witness. She admitted being a party to the visits of the whitecaps to her husband, but asserted that her motive was to reform her husband. She a'.?nitted that Shinn and his father were amoug the white caps. Shinn will be held for the Grand Jury Kansas Wheat Growers to Organize. f.irni.ii'o r\f tlin lvhanfe ll??lf will shortly organize at Salina, Kan., aud arrange for independent shipment of wheat to market. They favor direct shipment to Liverpool by many of the Gulf ports, avoiding Eastern markets. China's lieply to Japan. The Chinese Court has replied to tht recommendations of Japan on the ject tnai it is impossible for the' E ap?tQV to return to i'ekir unti- the country's guests leave. (jleaniug* The Texans are counting on a 4,000,OUU oale cotton crop. A meteorological station will be established at Tyler, Texas. Trading and transportation companies in Alaska are to be consolidated. The demand for American flour in the Orient is beyond shipping capacity. The Lincoln monament at Spriugfield, Ohio, will be dedicated October 15. Political agitators are busy among the thousands of idle workmen la Kuasia. ; " Which W?j Probnbly Correct. Tcoplc who ask children questions should be a little careful as to what 1 they lead up to. A school inspector In England was catechising a class of 1 children who had been singing or reciting "The Vacant Chair." The inspector wanted the children to tell him what a vacant chair was. but In 1 spite of all his leading questions he 1 could get no further. At last he said: 1 "Now, children, where do you think 1 I should be most missed if I were to die?" The answer came like a shot "In heaven, sir." Bombay Is an immense city with land and sea shipping equal to the best. It has large commerce and i trade and manufacturing Interests, i Ita buildings are said to be the finest In India. ! TryOraln-O! Try Oraln-O! 1 Ask your grocer to-day to dhow von a packs i age of Gbaix-O, the new food drink that take- . the place of coffee. The children may drink , it without injury as well rr the adult. All who tiyit.likoit. Guain-O has that rich seal brown < of Mocha or Java, but it is made from pure ; grains, and the most delicate stomach receives it without distress. X the price of coffee, j IB knd 25c. per package. Sold by all grocers. I Investigation seems to show that South i Dakota has paid somewhere near $11,000 . bounty for trie scalps of prairie dozs and young coyotes, the State officials having 1 been under the impression that they were 1 paying for wolf scalps. Even experienced j men hnd difficulty in distinguishing betwecn the scalp of a young coyote and ' that of a gray wolf pup. < There 1* a Class of People Who are injured by the use of coffee. Recently there has been placed in all the grocery stores > ?new preparation called Gba.ij.-0, made of 1 pure grains, that takes the place of coffee, j The most delicate stomach receives it without , distress, and but few can tell it from coffee. It does not cost over X M mnch. Children ' may drink it with great benefit. 15 cts. and j 26 cts. per package. Try it. Ask for Gbain-O. When quail are out of season in Missouri the first-class restaurauts in Kansas z-i:j._ -rr? << i?>> it..:. Vll/J UUCl BI1UUUUUO LU IrllCil yuuuuo. It is said that the flavor of the "snowbird" is identical with that of the quail. The Kansas City packers have quail by the thousand all the year 'round, but the birds are stored wnere no deputy game warden could find them. Conghlnf Leads to Consumption Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough at once. . Go to your druggist to-day and get a sample bottle free. Sola in 25 and 50 cent bottles. Go at onro, delays are dangerous. There is on exhibition at La Crosse, Wis., a large piece of the tusk of a mammoth which was found in a gravel bed at Hagar, Wis. The piece when taken out was about seven feet long and shaped like the tusk of an elephant, but after being exposed to the atmosphere it crumbled to dust in many places. l^ane'a Family medicine Moves the bowels each day. In order to be healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on the liver and kidneyB. Cores sick headache. Price 25 and 50 ccuts. In fifteen years ? 1885 to 1900 ? Italy spent on her fleet $300,000,000, and yet the Italian navy does not come up to half the strength and efficiency of the German fleet, on which during the same period of years $298,000,000 was expended. Cupid leads anything but an aimless life. A woman is sick?some dise developing in her system. She j and teils him a story, but not th She holds back something, tated, forgets what she wants what she ought to have told, a the doctor. Is it a wonder, therefore, th) disease ? Still we cannot blame barrassing to detail some of the even to her family physician, hundreds of thousands of ? spondence with Mrs. Pink her they can give every sympto] to advise them she is in posBei correspondence with the patie possibly obtain through a persoi Following we publish a lette result of a correspondence witl letters are considered abe Mrs. Pinkham, and are ne^ manner without the consem in hundreds of women are so grate Pinkham and her medicine h*:v< that they not only consent to write asking that this be done who suffer may be benefited b Mrs. Ella Rice, Chel " P'.AB Mrs. Putkiiam :?For two ' and inflaramS^ax?'tE& womb. I suff pains, headache, backache, 1.7.& wa-? 1 endured no ouo knows but those wl hardly drag1 myself across the floor. I town for three months and grew wor and friends wished me to write to you, cines. At last I became so bad that received an answer at once advising m and I did so. Before I had taken two taken five bottles there was no happie: again. I know that your Vegetable C< advise every woman who suffers as I di table Compound. Believe me alway health."?Mrs. Ella Rick, Chelsea, Wi *5000 II M tutimoaial u no Ui# writ?r'i?peci? A Want of Pickwickian Sen??. A little Incident happened the other day, conferring an honor hitherto unheard of upon the Immortal Mr. Samuel Pickwick, says the Westminster Gazette. He was made a member of the German Reichstag, but only by jfl the reporters. A speaker at a public meeting quoted one of the famous sen- Hj timents of Mr. Pickwick. The report- fi| ers did not know of the merely literary 9 existence of that gentleman; they thought he was a Parliamentary col- V league of the orator, and wrote: "Aj said the Deputy, Mr. Pickwick." Boardlnff-School Tribulation*. I This Is a genuine letter from a lad J it school. After complaining gener- I ally of the school, he says: ,1 "I hope Matilda s cold Is better, x am glad she is not at shule. i think ! liave got consumption. The boys at this place are not gentlemanly, but of course you did not no this when you sent me here. 1 will try not to get bad habits.. The pants have worn DUt at the knees, i think the tailor must have cheatcd you, the button? 3 have come off and they are loose behind. 1 don't think the food is good, but 1 shd not mind It if 1 yas only stronger. The piece of meat I send you is off the beef we had on Sunday, but on other days It is more stringy, tvhlch cant be holesome when you are not strong. 1 have a tame beetle as a pet. Do not mind my being so un- .| comfortable, as 1 do not think i shall last long. Please send me some more money, as 1 o twenty-five cents. If pou cant spare it 1 think 1 can bor row it ot a Doy wuo is going 10 leave it the half quarter, but perhaps you ~ would not likf to be under an obligation to his parents. Yr loving but retched son."?Current Literature. The World's Corn. Corn is pre-eminently the American " cereal crop. In some years it rises to be chief of the world's cereal crops, surpassing In quality and exceeding in quantity both wheat and oats. The average corn crop for the past Ave years has been 2,756,057,000 bushels, and of this immense crop about ninety per cent, is raised in the Western Hemisphere, and almost exactly seventyfive per cent, in the United States. Such are the statistics given In the Crop Reporter, published by the United States Department of Agriculture. While an ungrounded prejudice against corn as a food for man and animals has existed in Continental Europe for years, It is manifest that this staple article Is now attracting more attention throughout the world. In Egypt t*. l? fKa oaIa Af tha fr?!_ 11 19 UlJUUVOl IUC OU1C ivvu Vfc ?wv *.V* Iah; in Mexico, the tortilla?a cake made from crudely ground corn?is the staff of the masses, and this is also the case in many of the Central and South American republics. The polenta?a somewhat similar food and a product of corn?fulfills a like function for the peasant of Roumania and Italy. lain iimEm loses ner neaa, uecome? cfcgi- p to say, and finally conceals I ^nd this completely mystifies I at the doctor fails to cure the I the woman, for it is very em- I ) symptoms of her suffering, I This is the reason why fl romen are now in corre- I ham, at Lynn, Mass. To fl m, so that when she is ready ? ssion of more facts from her nt than the physician can I lal interview. >r from a woman showing the i Mrs. Pinkham. All such M iolutely confidential by rer published in any way or I amfiner nf the rmtient: but Hi ful for* Hie health which Mrs. fl 3 been able to restore to them I publishing their letters, but > in order that other women I y their experience. I sea, Wis., writes: U years I was troubled with falling I ered very much with bearing-down H 22t &blo to do anything. What 1 H 10 have suffered as I did. I could H doctored with the physicians of this H se instead of better. My husband H but I h^d no faith in patent medi- H I concluded to ask your advice. I H e to tak3 your Vegetable Compound, H bottles t felt better, and after I had B r woma? on earth, for I was well H jmpouno cured me, and 1 wish and id to try Lydia E. Pinkham'* Vege- I H s grateful for the recovery of my I H II MOwing to the fact that tome skeptical pebplehave from time to time questioned the genuinenessof the testimonial letter* we are constantly publishing, we bavt ie National City Bank, of Limn, Maaa., ?coo* S id to any p?r?on who will show that the abort B t genuina, or *** published before obtaining H 1 pemisai<?.--l<vBtA ?. PIMICMAM Msdicxmi Co. H fl