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CATARRH OF LUNGS. A Prominent Chicago Lady Cured by Pe-ru-na. ICm Maggie Welch, Secre of tb* ntatj .Rom Educational and -cnerolent geeiety, writes from 328 North State street. Chicago, 111., the following gloving worm eeecrmng Perun*,: *I?it fill I caught the moet eerere eold I tntr had in my hfe. I coughed night and in, and my long* and throat became n are that I via m great distreee. All cough t?u. m r j _ TVaIaV H "'H1- ncKu. remedies nauseated mil tad nothing afforded me relief antii my doctor and father ia a joke, 'I mi Peruna is tba air medicine that will cor* too.' *1 told him that I would certainly try it, aad immediately seat for a bottk. I foond tha( relief came the first day, aad lit I kept taking it faithfully the couch gradually diminijuied and the KmMk(t ma. 21 it fine."?Maggie Welch. Addreae the Peruna Medicine Co., Col?bae. Ohio, for free literature on catarrh. Batehara Who Swap Meat*. housekeeper who went to lire on the far east side of New York asked A hatcher why she couldn't get from him the best cuts of meat His shop was In Second avenue, above Thirty* fourth street The housekeeper, although the waa economical, occasionally wanted a fine steak or a choice piece of other meat for a special occasion. She learned that while the batcher bought a whole ox, he did not keep the best parts of It "Brery day." he said, MI send the beet meat I bay to the shops farther west The batchers over there bay It from me. sad I get from them the e cheaper cats, for which they hare'no use. We hare a regular system of exchange."?New York Times. LiaMta1! Playmate a Flarmui. Working as railway flagman In Kokomo. IimL, says the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune, at seventy cents a day Is John Booney, formerly an intimate friend and associate of Abraham Lincoln. Rooney is pan eighty years ot age. He iSres alone, keeplog house tn addition to serving the railway aa watchman. Rocney was always Lin* coin's partner In "town ball." Wrest line waa Lincoln's athletic sport and Booney is the only man who erer threw him In a rough and tumble wrestle. ."John," said Lincoln, "you are the only man who ever did that" This was many years before the war, when Lincoln was practicing law at Springfield. What She AIM Htm. mother asked a little boy on his return from Ms first day at school now ha liked,the teacher. He said: "Mamma, be la the funniest teacher I erer saw. She didn't ask me a thing 'cept what t didn't know.**?New York Press. W?m1 Smiw tfta. * woman gets more fun out of planling things that nerer come off than a man does In enjoying those that da ?iWew York Press. Evening classes for policemen are he* teg formed at Aberdeen, Scotland. m ^ Zy^ESSF Awtbor dub woniaa, Mrs. Haute, of Edferton, Wk, tdb low she wis cntd of irrefslsri" fits nd oterioe trouble, terrible . gains aid backache by Lytia E . Pinkbam's Vefdabk ComiKNiod. "A while in my hedth began to fell heennee of female titrable* The deetor did not help me. I remembered that my mother and need Lydie E. ttnkham'a Vegetable Compound m many oeeaefone for irregularities end ntarine troubles, end I felt ewe thai it eonld not harm me at any rate te give it a trial. "I wae ocrtainlr glad to Bad that within a week I felt much bitter, the terrible pains in my back end side were beglaning to ceaee. end at the ** "?T AiA i.M liu. nearly M serious a time as kirttofont, so I eon tinned Its use for two months, sad at the end of that tine I wis like a new woman. I really have ever felt better In my life, hare not , -had a sick headache since, and weigh H pounds more than 1 ever did, so I vnhesitatingiy reoommend Vegetable Compound."?Mas. Mar Biuu, Edferton, Wis., President Household leonomtoi jjljj **** ? Women should remember there , la. one tried end true remedy for 11 female 111% Lydln E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Refuse to buy any other medicine^ you need the best. Capsicum Vaseline . PUT IP IN COLLAPSIBLE TUBES. ^gSSSmaaettta CWrBugliMaiaclDnneGo. JZSttSMItarJKtflk ViT 4j. . THE PRESIDE He Devotes Much A Problem, and U Remedy j AGAINST CHANGES^ Advocates Reciprocity, Wants Duty an Elastic Currenoy System, a P Between Capital and Labor, Commerce and a Gene; Washington, D. C. ? President Room* velt's mesMge, which vu read before the Semte and House of Representatives, is, in part, as follows: To the Senate and House of Representatives: We still continue in a period of unbound ed prosperity. This prosperity is not toe creature of law, but undoubtedly the laws under which we work bare been instrumental in creating the conditions which made it possible, and by unwise legislation it would be easy enough to destroy it. There will undoubtedly oe periods of depression. The ware will recede, but the tide will adrance. This nation is seated on a continent flanked by two great oceans. It is composed of met? the descendants of pioneers, or, in a sense, pioneers them elves; of men winnowed out from among the nations of the Old World by the energy, boldness and lore of adrenture found in their own eager hearts. Such a nation, so placed, will surely wrest success from fortune. But our people, the sons of the men of the Ciril War, the sons of the men who had iron in their blood, rejoice in the present and face the future high of boart and resolute of will. Ours is not the creed of the weakling and the coward; ours is the oospel of hope and of triumphant endearor. We do not shrink from the struggle be fore us. There are many problems for us to face at the outset of the twentieth century ? grave problems abroad and still graver at home, but we know that we can solve them and solve them well, provided only that we bring to the solution the qualities of head and heart which were shown by the men who. in the days of Washington, founded this Government, and, in the days of Lincoln, preserved it. President Roosevelt then calls attention to the great fortunes of the country, which, be says, have been won not by doing evil, but as an incident to action whicn has benefited the community as a whole. In dwelling upon the evils which have arisen in the course of our industrial development he says that the evils are real and some of them are menacing, but they are the outgrowth not of misery or decadence but of our prosperity. This industrial development must not be checked, bat side by side with it should go such progressive regulation as will diminish the evils. TRUSTS. In my message to the present Congress at its first session I discussed at length the question of the regulation of thoee big corporations commonly doing an interstate business, often with some tendency to monopoly, which are popularly known as trusts The experience of the past year has emphasised, in my opinion, the desirability of the steps I then proposed. A fundamental requisite of social efficiency is a high standard of individual energy and excellence, but this is in no wise inconsistent with power to act in combination for aims which can not so well be achieved by the individual acting alone. A fundamental base of civilization is the in notability o( property, out mis is m no wiat inconsistent with the right of society to regulate the exercise of the artificial powers which it confers upon the owners of property, nnder the name of corporate franchises, n such t way an to prevent the misuse of these powers. Corporations, and especially combinations of corporations, should be managed under public regulation. Experience has shown that under our system of government the necessary supervision can not be obtained by State action. It must, therefore, be achieved by national action. Our aim is not to do away with corporations; on the contrary, these big aggregations are an inevitable development of modern industrialism. and the effort to destroy them would be futile unless accomplished in ways that would work the utmost mischief to the entire body politic. We can do nothing of good in the way of regulating and supervising these corporations until we fix clearly in our minds that we are not attacking the corporations, but endeavoring to do away with any evil in them. We are not hostile to them; we are merely determined that they shall be so bandied as to subserve the public good. We draw the line HCHIUnir IIIMVUUVIUV?| IIVV Hie capitalist who, alone or in conjunction with the follow*, perform* some great industrial feat by which he win* money i* a well-doer, not a wrong-doer, provided only be work* in proper and legitimate line*. We wiali to favor sich a man when he doe* well. We wiah tc supervise and control his .action* only to prevent him from doing ill. Publicity can do no harm to the honest corporation, and we need not be over-tender about sparing the dishonest corporation. No more important subject can come before the Congress than this of the regulation of interstate business. This country cut not afford to sit supine on the plea that under oar peculiar system of government we are helpless in the presence of the new conditions, and unable to grapple with them or to cut out whatever of evil has arisen in connection with them. The power of the Congres* to regulate interitate commerce is an absolute and unqualified grant, and without limitations other thsn those prescribed by the Constitution. ??- - n ? i X UK l/ongnw OH CUIHUWUUUIM1 auvnuiuj to make all laws necessary and proper for xecuting this power, ana I am satisfied that this power has not been exhausted by any legislation now on the statute books. It is evident, therefore, that evils restrictive of commercial freedom and entailing restraint upon national commerce fall within Mm regulative power of the Congress. and that a wise and reasonable law would be a uecessarv and proper exercise of Congressional authority to toe end that such evils should be eradicated. I believe that monopolies, unjust discriminations, which prevent or - cripple competition, fraudulent over-capitalization and other evils in trust organizations and practices which injuriously affect interstate trade can be prevented under the power of the Congresa to "regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the several States" through regulations and requirements operating directly upon such commerce, the instrumentalities thereof, and those engaged therein. l earnestly recommcna mu sudjcci to the consideration of the Congress with a view to the passage of a law reasonable in its provisions and effective in its operations, upon which the questions can he finally adjudicated that now raise doubt* as to the necessity of constitutional amendment. If it proved impossible to accomplish the purposes above eet forth by such a law. tnen, assuredly, we should not shrink* from amending the Constitution so 4t to secure beyond peradventure the power sought. The President then asfes that Congress make -i special appropriation which will enable the Department of Justice to secure the better enforcement of the aati-trust law as it now stands. THE TARIFF. One proposition advocated has been the reduction of the tariff as a meant of reaching the evils of the trusts which fall within the category I hare described. Not merely would tbia be wholly ineffective, but the diversion of our efforts in such a direction would mean the abandonment ot all intelligent attempt to do away with these evils. Many of the largest corporations, many of those which should certainly be included in any proper scheme ?f regulation, wguid aoji be affected in the slight NTS MESSAGE ttention to the Trust rges Congress to \ny Evils. I THE TARIFF POLICY on Anthraeite Coal Removed, Urges roper Immigration Law, Harmony thi Cmtion of t S?AMttnr of ml Staff For the Army. eat degree by a change in the tariff, save u such change interfered with the general prosperity of the country. The only relation of toe tariff to bi? corporations as a whole is that the tariff makes manufactures profitable, and the tariff remedy proposed would be in eff.ft simply to make manufactures unprofitable. To remove the tariff as a punitive measure directed against trusts would inevitably result in ruin to the wesk.-i competitors who are struggling against them. Our aim should be not by unwise tariff changes to Sive foreign ' products the advantage over omestic products, but by proper regulation to give domestic competition a fair chance, and this end can not be reached by any tariff changes which would affect unfavorably all domestic competitors, good and bad alike. The question of regulation - t A. -A- .i J. ft. 1. ftt oi ioc inuu imuui apart irum iuc quci* tion of tariff revision. President Roosevelt then states that one way in which the readjustment sought can be reached is by reciprocity treaties. He believes that such treaties can be used to widen our markets, and also to secure in practical shape the lowering of duties when they are no longer needed for protection among our own people, or wlien the minimum ot damage done may be disregarded for the sake ot tnc maximum of good accomplished. Wherever the tariff conditions ar? such that a needed change can not with advantage be made by (he application of the reciprocity idea, then it can be made outright bv a lowering of duties on a given product. If possible such change should be made only after the fullest consideration by practical experts, who should appn^cn the subject from a business standpoint, having in view both the particular interests affected and the commercial wetibeinz of the Deoole as a whole. The ma chinery for providing such careful investiStion can readily be supplied. The execure department has already at its disposal methods of collecting facts and figures, and if the Congress desires additional consideration to that which will be given the subject by its own committees, then a commission of business experts can be appointed, whose duty it should be to recommend action by the Congress after a deliberate and scientific examination of the various schedules as they are affected by the changed and changing conditions. The unhurried and unbiasM report of this commission wonld show what changesshould be made in the various schedules, and how far these changes could go without also changing the great prosperity which this country is now enjoying, or up* setting its fixed economic policy. President Roosevelt declares that, in order to prevent the recurrence of financial stringencies which injuriously affect legitimate business, it is necessary that there should be an element of elasticity in our monetary system. He believes that currency circulation should be so regulated that a sufficient supply should be always available for tho business interests of the rountrr. H* lunrMti thit all fntnrp 1mH? lation on the subject should be with the riew of encouraging the me of each instrumentalities as wiu automatically supply every legitimate demand of productive in* dustries and of commerce, not only in the amount, but in the character of circulation. and of making all kinds of money interchanfeable, and, at the will of the holder, convertible into the established gold standard. He calls attention to the need of passing a proper immigration law, covering the pouts outlined in his messace which was resd at the first session of the present Congress. LABOR AND CAPITAL. The relations of labor and capital is the next subject dwelt upon by President Koo?evelt. He declares that this is an era of federation and combination. As business men work through corporations so it is often necessary tor laboring men to work in federations, and these have become important factors of modern industrial life. Opposition to each kind of organization should take the form of opposition to whatever is bad in the conduct of any given corporation or union, but each must refrain irom arbitrary or tyrannous interference with the rights of otners. Organized capital and organized labor alike should remember that in the long run the interest of each must be brought into harmony with the interest of the general public, and the conduct of each must conl.orm to the fundamental rules of obediencc to the law, of individual treedom, and of justice and fair dealing toward all. hath should rnmember that in addition to Dower it must strive after the realization of healthy, lofty and generous ideals. Few people deserve better of the country than th0*0 representative both of capital and labor?and there are many such?who work continually to bring about a good understanding of this kind, based upon wisdom and upon broad and kindly sympathy between employers and e mployed. The President then earnestly hopes that a Secretary of Commerce may be created, with a seat in the Cabinet. He asserts that the creation of such a department would in itself be an advance toward dealing with and exercising supervision over the whole subject of the great corpora viuui uuiu^ mix lubciaiavc uudjuubi, ?uu with this end in view the Congress should endow the de[?rtment with large powers, which could be increued as experience might show the need. The President states that he hopes soon to submit to the Senate a reciprocity treaty with Cuba. On May 20 last the United States kept its promise to the island by formally vacating Cuban soil and turning Cuba over to those whom her own people had chosen as the first officials of the new republic. He urges the adoption of reciprocity with Cuba not only because it is eminently for our own internets to control the Cuban market and by every means to foster our supremacy in the tropical lands and waters south of us, but also because we, of the giant republic of the north, should make all our sister nations of the American Continent feel that whenever they will permit it we desire to show ouneives disinterestedly and effectively their friend. President Roosevelt declares that the formation of the international tribunal which sits at The Hague is an event of food omen, from which great consequences or the welfare of all mankind may flow. It is far better, where pouible, to invoke such a permanent tribunal than to create special arbitrators for a given purpose. It is a matter of sincere^ congratulation to our country that the United States and Mexico should hare been the first to u*c the good offices of The Hague court. This was done laat summer with most satisfactory results in the case of a claim at issue between us and our sister republic. It is earnestly to btr hoped that this first cane will serve a* a precedent for others, in which not only the United State/ but foreign nations may take advantage of the mnchinery already in existence at The Hasue. The Congress has wisely provided that we shall build at once an isthmian canal, if possible, at Panama. The Attorney-General reports that we can undoubtedly acquire good title from the French Panama canal company. Negotiations are now pending with Colombia to secure her asaent to our building the canal. The work ahould be earned out as a continuing policy without regard to change of administration, and it should be begun under circumstances which will make it a matter of nride for all administrations to continue IfbtpoKcy I Daring the fall 9IWW1 gflwmnni,cation I r?i addressed to the Secretary of State, asking whether permission would Ik? granted br the President to a corporation to lav a cable from a point on the California coast to the Philippine Islands by way of Hawaii. Inasmuch as the Congress was shortly to convene and Pacific cable legislation had been the subject of consideration by the Congress for several years, it seemed to me wise to defer action upon the application until the Congress had first an opportunity to act. The Congress adjourned without taking any action, leaving the matter in exactly the same condition in which it stood when the Congress convened. The President then relates how, pending Congressional action, the Commercial Pacific Cable Company procredcd with preparativns for laying its cable. As the comnanv needed the soundings taken by the U. ?. 8. Nero conditions incident to their use were imposed, which prescribed among other thing* a maximum rate for commercial message*, and that the company should construct a line from the Philippine Islands to China, there being at Ftresent. as is well known, a British line rom Manila to Hongkong. An all-Araerican line between our Pacific coast and th? Chinese empire, by way of Honolulu and the Philippine Island*, is thus provided for, and ia expected within a few months to be ready for business. Of Porto Rico it is only necessary to say that the prosperity of the island and the wisdom with which it has been governed have been such as to make it serve as an example of all that is best in insular administration. PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. On July 4 last, on the 128th anniversary of the declaration of our independence peace and amnesty were promulgated in the Philippine Islands. Some trouble has ince from time to time threatened with the Mohammedan Moron, but with the Ute insurrectionary Filipino* the war has entirely ceased. Civil government ha* now been introduced. Not onlv <Joe.? each Filipino enjoy such right* to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness as he has never before known during the recorded history of the islands, but the people taken as a whole now enjov a measure of selfgovernment greater than that granted to any other Orientals by auy foreign power, and greater than that enjoyed by any other Orientals under their own governments, save the Japanese alone. The President maintains that no policy ever entered into by the American people has so vindicated itself. The triumph of our arms, laws and principles has come sooner than we had any right to expect. He praises the Army and the civil authorities for doing better work in the Philippine Islands than has been accomplished elsewhere in modern times. Large numbers of Filipinos are to be commended for cheerfully accepting the new conditions. Only 15,000 troops remain in the islands. THE ARMY AND NAVY. The Army has been reduced to the min.. i- i._ r. : 11 iraum auowca oy iaw. it in mi omau m thi size of the nation, and most certainly should be kept at the highest point of efficiency. A system of maneuvering our Army in bodies of some little size ha? been begun and should be steadily continued. The President urges that marksmanship should receive apecial attention, that the general staff bill ahould be passed, and that an efficient militia system should be adopted. For the first time in our history naval manocuvera on a large scale are being held under the immediate command of the Admiral of the Navy. Constantly increasing attention is being paid to the gunnery of the Navy, but it ia yet far from what it ahould be. I earnestly urge that the increase asked for by the Secretary of the Navy in the appropriation for improving the marksm.inanip be granted. Ia battle the only shot* that count are the shots that hit. There should be no halt in the work of building up the Navy, providing every year additional fightingcraf t. A good navy ia not a provodative of war. It is the surest guaranty of neace. Each individual unit of our Navy should be the mont efficient of its kind as regard* both material and personnel that is to be found in the world. I call your special'attention to the need of providing tor the manning of the ships. Serious trouble threatens us if we can not do better than we are now doing as regards securing the services of a sufficient number of the highest type of sailor men, of sea mechanics. We need 1000 additional officers in order to properly man the ships now provided for and under construction. The classes at the naval school at Annapolis should be greatly enlarged. At the same time that we thus add the officers where we need them we should facilitate the retirement of those at the head of the list whose usefulness has become impaired. Promotion must be fostered if the service is to be kept efficient. THE POSTAL DEPARTMENT. The striking increase in the revenues of the Postoffice Department shows clearly the prosperity of our people and the increasing activity of the business of the country. The increase for last year was 810,216393.87. Rural free delivery is now a fixed policy. It is justified by results. It is a potential educational force, enhances the value of farm property and makes farm lift pleasantcr and less isolated. The message urges liberal appropriations for its extension. The President then urges the necessity for nationally aided irrigation, me neeu <u scientific forest protection and the desirability of protecting the wild creatures on forest reserves. So far as they arc available for agriculture, and to whatever extent they may be reclaimed under the national irrigation law. the remaining public lands should be held rigidly for the home builder, the settler who lives on his land, and for no one else. In view of the capital importance of these matters I commend them to the earnest consideration of the Congress, and if the Congress finds difficulty in dealing with them from lack of thorough knowledge of the subject, I recommend that provision be made for a commission of experts specially to investigate and report. After calling the attention of Congress to the need of wise legislation for Alaska the President treats of the Indians, and says that our aim should be their ultimate absorption into the body of our people. The first step toward this is to teach them to earn their living. The President then describes the remarkable agricultural progress which has been made in all seotions of the country under the scientific aid that the Department of Agriculture has extended to the tkorahv ihitu'inff them iatu*iu|| pv|rwM*iv>t) ? ...v bow most efficiently to help themselves. He recommends that Con grew favorably consider the plans for the improvement of the Smithsonian Institution and for preservinf the records of races of men and animals of this continent that will noon become extinct. The President suggests the enactment of social and economic legislation for the District of Columbia, nnd which will make Washington the model city of the country. After referring to the excellent workings of the safety appliance law for the protection of the lives and limbs of railway employes the President urge* that the printing of public documents be cut down to only what contains something of permanent value. Congress, lie declares, could materially cut down its customary printing. Gratifying progress has been made during the year in tlie extension of the merit system ot muting umtoinimenis in mc Government service, it should be extended by lair to the District of Columbia. It in much to lie desired that our consular system be established by law on a basic providing for appointment and promotion onlv in consequence of proved fitness. Through a wise provision of the Congre** at its last session the White Hnu.se, which had become disfigured l>v inconcru' ? ? L__ U.J ... K??r, ous aficmions ami ciiiingc!>, u.m <>? restored to what it wm planned to bo by Washington. In makhig the restorations the utmost care ha* been exercised to come as near m possible to the early plans, and to supplement these plans by a careful study of such buildings as that of the University of Virginia, which was built by Jefferson. The \Vhit? House is the property of the nation, and so far as is compatible with living therein it should l>e kept as it originally was, for the same reason that we keep Mount Vernon as it originally was. The stately simplicity of its architecture is an expression of the character of the period in which it was built, and is in accord with the purposes it was designed to serve. It is a good thing to preserve such buildings aa historic monuments which keep alive our aenae of continuity with the nation's past. THEODORE ROOSEVEL?. SMMMl'SflHW He Recommends That Silver Be Mai Pavaole in Gold. STRENGTH OF THE TREASUR1 Additional Cnrrcncy NrfMiarjr For Cot llullf Increasing Hu#lne???-Kankln RfitMn Itnp?rfecf?Th? Health of th Country?Immigration Slitiillci For T??r-lh* StertUry'i Annual itepor Washington. I). C.?The annual rt port of Secretary of the Troastir Shaw was presented to the House o Representatives and read. It contain nearljr 30.000 words. His principal recommendations refe to the actual condition of the curreuc; and the necessity for a change In th banking laws which will provide fo additional circulating medium. Whil insisting on no one plan, the Secretar; suggests that the issuance of clrcula tlon based upon general uauk credit be properly safeguarded. He also urges that Congress pass law making provision for the redemp tlon of silver or its exchange witl gold. This would complete ausoiuiei, the gold-standurdiziug of this country It gives a statement of the (tavern meat's finances for the year 11)02. a compared with the preceding yeai showing that receipts decreased $14 UUO.2TiO.4r>. whereas expenditures dc creased $38,77(1,493.51. The public debt was decreased $50 070,340. Duriug the year naviomi banks increased their resources $118 581.017.54. but their supply of specl decreased $211,300,751.11. The total r? sources of the backs was $0,113,028 012.50, the largest in the history o the country. Attention is called to the fact tlia the imports of the country increase by $80,143,783. while the exports dt creased $100,045,500. High prices a home, the increased home coDsumptioc and the failure of the corn crop, ar given as the principal reasons for thi condition. The report on immigration show that 730.798 aliens came to this cour try during the year. Of these 82.03 came first cabin. Of the total European countries fut nished 600.472. Asiatic countries 23.0& and all other sources 17.244. As to Illiteracy, the report show that 102.188 were unable to read o write, ->l i could rcau, nut urn nun leaving 438,038 who were able to <1 both. The total rejection* for all cause under the immigration law* were 497-1 or about two-thirds of one per cenl of the total steerage immigration. The report shows that in the yea ending June 30. 1902. there were 35, 857 cases of smallpox 1852 being fatal Notice is giren that a bill for the et tabllshment of an institution for th study and care of leprosy patients wil be Introduced Into Congress. Refet ences is also made to the freedom o the United States from yellow feve during the year. On the question of the currency, th report urges action by Congress look Ing to the redemption of silver nn< its change for gold. This would wari off a danger which might arise in hnr< I times when the Government revenu wan loss than its expenditures. It ia also urged that tuore subsidlar; allver coin be minted. The Treasur; cannot now supply the growing dc mand. The legal limitation has beei reached?$100.000.000?and the demani I* $10,000,000 a year. The Secretar, urges that the law requiring the coin Ing of 15.000,000 silver dollars a monti be repealed and authorization givei to coin subsidiary silver to the liml of the demand. As to changing the banking laws the report discusses the question a length. Additional circulation, it say* Is needed. Bank branches are not ret ommended. No one plan is. the que; lion being left open to Congress. MARION "WHITECAPS" NOT CUILTI Saves Men Accused of Cains Tar aa Feather* Sat Free. Plymouth. Mass. ? After being ou eight hour* the Jury in the Marion ta and feathers case returned a verdlc of not guilty against each of the *evei defendants: Obder Andrews. Noble E Bates. Owen F. Bumper, Andrew >' (Jifford. Hector D. McLeod. Willlati II. Potter and Joseph Silva. They were charged with riot and a? sault upon James McDonald and Mn rtnm Pr?tt<?r nf Marion, in Angus last. The assaults were committed b; a body of masked men. who gave Mr Donald a coat of tar and feathers an< rode him out of town on a rail. Mrs Totter was disrobed and threatens with chastisement. The reason for the visit was undet stood at the time to be the objectioi townspeople had to the alleged cou duct of Mrs. Potter and McDonald Potter himself was a witness to th assault on bis wife, having compluinei about McDonald to the neighbors. Th defense was an alibi in each case. The defendants were discharge* from custody. Not a word of com ment was heard as the men left th Court House. Praldnt Married Slxtr?n Year*. President and Mrs. Roosevelt hav Just celebrated the sixteenth unniret sary of their wedding. aoK the even was remembered by their friends witl letters and telegrams of eongraiuui tlon and tloral offerings. There wa no special eelebration of the auniver sary other than hy an informal diune to whieh a few intimate friends wer bidden. Crown Prtnc* Thank* tit* Praaldoot. The following telegram from tli< Crown Prime of Shun. dated Vaneou per, B. was received by Presiden Roosevelt at Washington: "llavim completed a most interesting ton through the ['nited States. I beg nov to take leave of Your Excellency am to express my highest appreciation am gratitude for r!?? very hospitable at :i-ntion aeeorded ;ne l?v you ami b; llie olfielals and citizens of :iiis I'rieml ly country. ! assure you that I bea home with me ilie happiest m. inorie of Alllrrica ami ilu* Aim'riraus." Hoy, Lauchnl at. Kills HI* flramir?lhri (.'ally Collin*. tifuvn. shot .ind kiln his grandfather. J. Sparks, in ill* nf hi< father's luuili' Ilea UlUlltfe IWVIU Koek Ilill. S. C. The family had heel laughing at young Collin*. The gram I father was paying the family a visit There in some dotiht as to whet he young Collins intended the bullet fo his father or grandfather. He says th pistol dropped out of his poeket. Bold Itank Bobbery In Moataaa. Three masked men held up the easii icr of the hank at Bridjer. Mont., am escaped with $2000. 9 ] CHILD POISONER A SUlCioT" 2 Woman Arrested at Dexter, Me., Hangs Herself. 1 VICTIMS' LIVES WERE INSURED Tha ArciMd Mnrdrmi Alto W?i Sn? IMdxd of Httlni Killed H<r Hnibaid, Who Died Two Tear* *co-!)b? Had * Purchased Poleonoat Drap and Cava ' Them to Her Two 1-lltle Daughter*. '* Dexter, Me.?Mrs. HMtie L. Whitten. 7 who was arrested charged with having f poisoned her nine-year-old daughter. 3 from whose funeral she bad just returned. committed suicide by banging r tmnra i a Ko/1 nrtillA In tli? cilHtodV Of i V Deputy Sheriff Curtis. e Her deaih ends a case which nrom>r Ised. from the suspicions held against e Mrs. Whitten. to be as sensational as Y any Inquired into In Maine for a long i* time. s Mrs. Whitten was suspected not only of haring caused the death of the a ehlld Just buried, but also that of her husband, who died two years ngo. and h that of an elder daughter, aged eleven. 1 who died September ID last. Both rliil* ' ilren difd suddenly when Just previous '* ly they had appeared to be In the best * of health. The children were injured ' for $5?> and $8T? respectively. >" Suspicion having been aroused by f" the death of the younger girl Thursday the physicians decided to hold nn au " topsy. The autopsy was held while the l* body was at the cemetery awaiting in * terinent. Traces of arsenic and stryche nine were found. Mrs. Whltten's ar'* rest followed. * Without delay a Coroner's jury was * impaneled, and on evdence presented it reported that the girl's death was 1 due to poison administered by the J mother. Since Mn?. Whitten's death some of 1 ?he evidence presented before the Cor* ' oner's jury bas l>een made public. It 0 was shown that she bought laudanum. 8 j arsenic and castor oil the day prior to the death of one daughter, in Septem* blr. and strychnine and arsenic on '* I three days of last week. 3 J The autopsy showed evidences of pol! soning in the stomach, intestines '* and brain, warranting the sending of % these parts to Professor Robinson, of Bowdoin College, for analysis. The S j stomach and-Intestines from the hotly r j of the elder daughter, which wax exf. humed. were also sent to Professor 0 Robinson. Mrs. Whitten was about forty-flve ? years of nge. and came here from Dover. this State, three months ago. An Incident just brought out Is that j last Monday Jennie, then in good r health, was selling small wares from , bouse to house, stating that with the I. proceeds she Intended to purchase her i- mother a Christmas present, and at the e same time her mother was at the drug 11 store purchasing poison. f CHILDREN POISONED, PERHAPS. r Paniti Arrested f? Coaneetloa With tba p Death af Little Daughter*. Philadelphia, Pa.?After carrying on 1 for a period of several weeks an inves[1 ligation Into the cause of the death of J Annie Williams, aged nine years, and e her three-year-old sister, Josephine, on < October 21 and 22; respectively, the por lice authorities have arrested the par y eats of the dead children. >- Annie nnd Josephine died of what j a the attending physician thinks was poi- j j son. and so notified the Coroner. A j y chemical analysis tended to prove the i. doctor's theory. It Weald the dead ; h children were insured/ the elder one t u for $113 and the younger child for $30. t Williams and his wife deny that they were the cause of the death of tbe two i, children. * DAMAGES AGAINST RUSSIA. * Award of Professor AM?r on tba AmerI* lean Saaler*' Claim*. Brussels. Belgium.?1 Councillor Asser. of the International Court of Arbltra- I ' tlon at Tbe Hague, has rendered his j 4 award in the matter of tbe claim of the United States against Russia for the seizure of American vessels by Russian * warships in Bering Sea. The Judgr ment is entirely in favor of tbe United t States. Dr. Asser appraises the datno ages in the case of the American ; schooner C. II. White at Jo2.444; In the '. cas? of the James Hamilton Lewis at a $28,588: tbe Kate and Anna at $14.sS, and tbe Cape Horn Pigeon at $.'*8,730. > Washington, D.C.?The seizures were t made in Alaskan waters eariy in 1S91, V and it was not until September 5, 11*00, that Russia aud the United States j J ; agreed to arbitration. The agsrejcate I > of the claims as presented by the L'ni- : 1 ted States amounted to about $4r?<).000. j divided as follow*: Tape Horn Piseon, | ' $80,700. with interest from September n 10, 1902. to the date of award: James i* Hamilton Lewis, including nine years' I. interest. II&.IMD; C. H. White. $S3Ze IDS. including interest, and Kate and J Anna. flu. 148. e Mtronc Prctatt Aftloit Mormon Snoot. j The Ministerial Alliance of Salt Lake. Utah, has sent out strong protests P against the proposed election of Apostle Reed Smoot to the United States Senate. Donkbobors Mottling Uown. r Information from Yorkton. X. W. T.. - Is to the effect that tlie uouKnooor pu- j t grirns have settled down since returnli lug to the village and are purchasing i- borses. Villas* Bank Robbed. r Safe blowers made a successful raid e on tbe State bank at Stanford. III., and stole $3000. The thieves escaped. For Harder T??nty-?ljht Years Ago. ? William FT. Murphy, alia* Ilownrd. '* was arrest*il at Duuiap. Teiin.. by au 1 Illinois officer, on a warrant charging * 1)1 iu with the murder of a man named r Woodrome. at Williamsburg. 111., tweiik" ty-cight years ago. KrecMnc Defenses Around I.ondnn. y London's defences against attack in J |. case of war are IwMng nisherl. Power- i r fill batteries are being mounted along j s ihc Thames and at points commanding i the roads to ilie south coast. Sporting Brevities. 1 Direct Hal. by Direct. Is the c largest purse winner of the season; to* r tal. $22,700. a Cincinnati lias signed Pitcher James I- A. Wlggs, who played with the Helena, Mont., team last season. r Directors of the American Antonio* r bile Association have decided on a cru" ? * ' - - *!?<? laturmg a ll.iii.nuuumuiui u>buway. Ynlo defeated Trincctin 12?.". Harvard boat Dartmouth 10??l. an.I Am' beret trounced Columbia 28?0 on the 1 gridiron. I ?-V4T- '"Mi \ >y ROOTOHTHEARMfSKEEDS Many Recommendations in Secretary of War's Annual Report. ANTI-CANTEEN LAW CRITICISED The Reorganization of the Militia aad the Creation of * General Staff I'rcwUR** vUed Tariff and Gold Standard For the Philippine*?Prompt Action bjr Coa? grtu Desired. Washington, D. C.?In bis annual re* port. Secretary Iloot makes a number of important recommendations, chief amoag tbem being these: 1. That the strength of the Regular Army be maintained at tio.ooo. 2. That a General Staff for the Army be created. 3. That the title of Commanding General be abolished and the title of Chief of Staff substituted therefor. 4. That the best possible educational advantages be afforded to the young officers of the Army who came Into tb? service during the war with Spain without a West Point training. 5. 'that the Militia bill passed by the 'House at the last session of Congreaa be passed by the Senate. ' ' U. That the anti-canteen law be repealed. 7. That the Moros l)c dealt with la tbe same manner a.i the Government dealt with tbe Indians?that Is. to allow them for a period to maintain their tribal governments under tbe authority and supervision of tbe United States. x 8. That tbe duties levied In tbe United States upon product* of tbe Philippine Islands imported therefrom be reduced to twenty-live per cent, fit the Dingley tariff rater. 0. That tbe gold standard be established in tbe Philippines. When the orders Issued by tbe War Department on October 24 last providing for tbe reductiou of the strength of the Army to SO.S'JO Las been carried out. there will be left in tbe Philippine Islands 13,480 men. the rest of tbe military force, exclusive of tbe coast artillery maintained in Hawaii. Cuba and Porto Bico, and the small detach* ment of infantry in Pekln. being in tbe United States. On uniform* the report tells of the selection of tbe olive drab color for service, and adds tbe blue trill be re* tained as a dress uniform for officers and men. Tbe bill at present before Congress in regard to making tbe National Guard a National military reserve la indorsed, Tbe Secretary advocates & uniformity of arms for National Guardsmen. The report says: "With the system provided for by tbe bill carried Into effect we should be able, while maintaining a standing Army of but OO.UOO men. to put a force of at least 250.000 well-trained men Into the field instantly upon a declaration of war. and the cost would be less than to maintain hut a few additional regiments of regular troops." Writing of the National Guard and making suggestions for ita use in time / of war to man coast defenses, tbe Secretary says: "Tbe National Guard contains two widely different elements. One is composed of men who wish to perform their duty to the State, and as members of tbe militia, but do not wish or do not feel at liberty to leave their families or their business interests and become soldiers for all purposes, liable u- * # mllltaM m lO W Strut KWU/ lUl uioiiiuv uiniiiai/ operations. The other element wish to go wherever there Is adventure and a chance to light." On the question of the cantecn the Secretary reports: "Referring to the o->eration of section 38 of the act of February 2. 1901. xrhlch prohibits the sale of beer and light wines In post exchanges. I Mid In my last report thnt a great body of reports had been received which Indicated that the effect of the law was unfortunate, but that I thought a sufficient time had not elapsed to give the law a fair trial, and that the observation and report of its working would be continued during the ensuing year. "A great number of additional reports have now been received, and they confirm the impression produced by the earlier reports. I am convinced that the general effect of prohibiting the use of beer and light wines within the limited area of the Army post Is to lead the enlisted men to go out of the post, to frequent vile resorts which cluster in the neighborhood, to drink bad . whisky to excess and to associate Intimately with abandoned men and more abandoned women: and that the operation of the Ian- is to increase drunkenness, insubordination and desertion. and moral and physical de? generation. "These reports are ready to be sent to Congress whenever that body desires to consider the subject." Offer* 91000 Tor Minter Job. Jacob Gllck, the proprietor of & v?? riety store at Geneva. X. Y.. has received a letter from Scneca Falls asking him to find a person who would murder F. <1. Miller, a real estate agent of Seneca Falls. The letter contained n *to bill "for exnenses." and said $1000 would b?> pnlrt to the person who did the Joh. The case Is being investigated. llNT?t Trial For II an tar. If there is any hearing at Guatemala City. Guatemala, of the charge against W. Godfrey Hunter. Jr.. son of the former United States Minister, who recently shot and killed William Fit*gerald. of Grand Rapids. Mich.. It must in* held in secret aud by otHcials of the Government. rtUIUIfi Amonc Hanltrt. The fatalities among the hunters who have been ill the woods of North* era Wisconsin and the Feninsula of Michigan uuring the open season of twenty days, which has Just closed, uumliers fourteen, with twenty-ond seriously injured. Ni>w Diamond Flrld In South Africa. A diamond discovery vhlcli Is probably the most Important since that ut Kimberley has been made at Klauds* fotitein. South Africa. Seven diamond* were found iu three rhallow holes. N'awtj blftninii Irish landlords and tenants are t?| confer on a proposition to sell the land* to the tenants. A London theatre Is planning to experiment with a machine for the takliwr g\f Crematories for the destruction m the Ixnlies of animals which have died of infectious discuses are to be erected in Silesia. itutuors of a plan to consolidate the passenger and freight steamship companies of the Great Lakes are again rife iu marine circle*.