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To Protect Trained Nurses.
The graduate nurses of Baltimore
imi Maryland are to be commended
for their action, taken at a meeting
hold recently, in regard to the need of
legislation for the regulation of tL?
profession of scientific nursing. They
rvrr.nnv-i-i tr? nromw 51 hill. tO be intl"0
i?4vt.?/w iv r- T"~- ~ -- ? -- due
<v! at the coming session of the Legislature,
providing for the protection
of thrir interests in a manner similar
to that enjoyed by physicians. In the
event of the bill's passage, all trained
nurses will be properly registered,
which will entail a test of their fitness
for the profession.
In the work of aiding the sick and
the in.iured, the trained nurse is a factor
whose importance is second only to
">? -v?^!/ilon TTVrvnnenHV her
mat iuc pujoicmu. a-*vxjm?
responsibility Is almost as great. Arduous
training is required to fit ber
for li rr profession, and when she is
ready to take up her duties, not only
great skill but unlimited patience is
deirunded of her, which Is all the more
reason why she should receive full
credit for her abilities and be protected
in her work?a protection that will benefit
mutually both herself and the public?Baltimore
Herald.
Fanners All Rich in Texan.
"There was never a-time-in the history
of our State when the farmers
had as much money as they possess this
year." said C. K. MeClure, of Brenham,
Texas, at the Riggs House. "Heretofore
only a minority of our agriculturists
were able to boast of having ready
cash, but this year a large per cent, of
them are in funds. Another thing is
xu-i. r ~ Krtnrmnlnor fn 11CO
t licit UUL icti xutrio a;c uc^iuuxn^ w ww
the banks, instead of putting tlieir cash
in old stockings or hiding it away in
sec ret places; they are going to their
county scats and depositing it in banks
as business men ordinarily do. This
has much to do with the financial showing
our institutions are making. Their
deposits are far ahead of what they
used to be, and the deposits of many
small country banks make an aggregate
that is astonishing."?Washington
Post.
A K??ord Murder Trial.
The quickest murder trial in the history
of Northumberland County occupied
just twenty minutes, and it was
that in which Charles Mirarchwas acquitted
last night of the murder of
Fidele Codispoti in a hotel in Shamokin
last Easter.
One witness was examined, clearly
establishing self-defense, and the court
directed the jury to acquit.?Philadelphia
Ilecord.
Coughing
"I was given up to die with
quick consamption. I then began
to use Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. I
improved at once, and am now in
perfect health."?Chas. E. Hartman,
Gibbstown, N. Y.
It's too risky, playing
with your cough.
The first thing you
know it will be down
? i i
deep in your lungs aim
the play will be over. Begin
early with Ayer's
Cherry Pectoral and stop
i the cough.
"Three sties: 85c., enonch for an ordinary I'
cold; 50e?, Just right for bronchitis, hoarse- 2
ness. hard colds, etc.; (1. most economical I
for chronic cases and to keep on hand. b
J. C. AYER CO.. Lowell. Mass. ?
Blind, He Mad? a Fortune.
David N. Selleg, who died at Northport.
Mass., though blind since childhood,
made a fortune recently as a
business man and inventor.
In 1851 he came to Newburg and began
in a small way the manufacture
of mattresses. The business growing,
he began to make furniture, and went
so far as to desfgn and carry out machinery
for their manufacture. His
sense of touch was so wonderful that
he could detect the slightest flaw in articles
matie ia his factory.?New York
World.
Eleven sovereigns and five half sovereigns
tendered to cabmen in Dublin,'
Ireland, in mistake for silver coins
were given up to the police.
FITSperman?ntIy cuied. No fits or nervousneesafter
first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great
N??rveK3storer.?2t rial bottle and treatisefree
Dr.R.H. Kliwe, Ltd.. 931 Arch St., Phila., Pa.
A man seldom sees a perfect man without
the aid of a mirror.
10,000 Plants For 16c.
This is a remarkable offer the John A.
Kalzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., makes.
They will send you their big plant and
eeed catalog, together with enough seec*
to grow
1,000 fine, sclid Cabages,
"2,000 delicious Carrots,
2,000 Blancivng, nutty Celery,
2.000 rich, buttery Lettuce,
1,000 splendid Onions,
3,000 rare, luscious Radishes.
1.000 gloriously brilliant Flowers.
This great offer is made in order to induce
you to try their warranted seeds?
for when vou once plant them you will
grow no others, and
ALL FOR BUT 16C. POSTAGE,
providing you will return this notice, and
jf you will send them 20c. in postage, they
will add to the above a package of the famous
Berliner Cauliflower. [A.C.L.]
Some live men remind us of dead ones
"who forget to get buried.
When Baby Has the Croup
give Hoxsie's Croup Cure. The greatest preventive
known of Pneumonia and Diphtheria
No opium. "No nausea. All druggists, 50 cts.
The lazy man would rather sit down and
hope than go after a certainty.
At present essence of roses Is almost
the only article exported to the United
States from Btucaria. NY2
Deaf?e?4 Cannot Be Cared
by localapplieations as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There Is only one
way to cure deafness, and that isbyconsti.
tntional remedies. Deafness is caused by aa
inflamed condition of the mucous lining of
the Eustachian Tubs. When this tube is inflamed
you have a rumbling sound or imperfect
hearing, and when it Is entirely closed
Deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation
can be taken out and this t,ube restored
to it3 normal condition, healing will
be destroyed forever. Nine cases out of ten
are caused by catarrh.whichisnothingbut an
j inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
"We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
. case ofDeafaess(causedby catarrh)that cannot
be cured by Hair's Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars free. P. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0.
v Bold by Druggists, 75c.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
'THaTRE MANAGERS HELDs
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Davis and Powers Charged With
Manslaughter.
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ALL CHICAGO THEATRES CLOSED
Chicago's Mayor Decidcs That None Are
Safe?Funeral?, of tho Iroquois Fire 5
Victims?Busiues* Generally Suspend- c]
ed and Church Rolls Tolled for an <v
Hour? Theatre Managers Held in g(
810,000 Bail. t<
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Chicago, 111. ? The first blow was
struck at the owners and managers of 7
the ill-fated Iroquois Theatre, when
Will J. Davis and Harry J. Powers
were held in bonds of $10,000 each on 11
a charge of manslaughter for the liola- ?
caust. George Williams, Building a
Commissioner, of Chicago, was arrest- li
ed on the same charge and held in $10,- J*
000. The firm of Davis & Powers is
said to own about one-third of the the- r<
atre, the other principal owners being s<
Nixon & Zimmerman, of Philadelphia, t<
and Klaw & Erlanger. of New York.
Davis and Powers are the resident
managers. They are charged by Ar- c<
thur E. Hull, whose wife and three 51
children perished in the fire, with the f(
responsibility for the Iroquois calam- 0<
ity. $:
Nineteen theatres and museums were $(
closed, and the sweeping order of the pi
Mayor shut the doors of all the rest.
These last are the leading theatres in
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me uusmess secuuu vl uie citj, uuu. ,p<
are tlie Studebaker, Grand Opera rt
House, McViear, LaSalle, Garrlck, II- H
linois and Powers. The last two are gi
owned and controlled by Powers & fc
Davis, the managers of the ill-fated ol
Iroquois.
The places of amusement were closed le
for the one reason that they were not d<
provided with an asbestos curtain, m
This action is taken in consequence of ki
violations of other sections of the or- C
dinance regulating theatres. ni
Fire Inspector Monroe Fulkerson an- tt
nounced that he had finally discovered
the secret of the fire. The asbestos si
curtain upon which the safety of the cc
audience depended was, according to la
Mr. Fulkerson, blocked in its descent tt
by a steel reflector, carelessly left open pj
by a stage hand. While one end of ly
the curtain got within five feet of the ai
stage the other was suspended twenty vi
feet above it, and beneath it swept the te
flood of flame that carried death to so w
many hundreds. 01
It was announced that every theatre
in the city must hereafter comply with If
the following provisions before they IS
- a. ci.1 1 Mnn
will De anoweu 10 open: o?;ei iun w
curtains, wide exits, no combustibles of th
any kind in the bouse furnishings, fire- Si
proofed scenery, no calcium or "spot" bl
lights to be used on the stage, skylights
above the stage provided with tL
automatic lids to permit the egress of m
smoke, fire and gas, separate stair- ci
ways?each exit having its own stairs of
leading to the street. oc
From the large number ?f complaints cc
received of the loss of personal effects w
from the bodies of fire victims, Coro- fr
ner's office clerks estimated that $100,- m
000 worth of diamonds, watches, jew- si
elry, furs and other personal property, cc
was lost in the fire. Many of the victims
had money in their possession dt
which could not be found when the 32
bodies were examined at the morgues, in
Much of the property of value was ai
undoubtedly lost, but a large amount fij
may have been stolen by ghouls. The in
excitement which reigned at the scene 82
>f the fire .made it impossible to sys- lit
tematically superintend the removal of st
the bodies and 100 or more volunteers is
assisted the police and firemen. Hun- cc
dreds of the bodies were carried away bi
In trucks or express wagons, and there
svas no way of? preventing persons d<
from searching the victims and taking si:
their valuables. 16
Chicago's head was bowed in grief y<
?n the day of the funeral of the fire fo
rictims of the fire catastrophe. Busi- 1*3
ness generally was suspended, the $1
banks being the only commercial cen- lo
tres which for obvious reasons could ei
_ -i j.\. j in
OE Close uieir uuui?.
The large dry goods houses along
State street announced that they would st
remain open during the earlier portion cc
of the day in order to supply the de- in
mand for mourning goods, which has ni
been unprecedented in the history of ai
the city. It being evident by noon that
this demand had been fully met, the in
stores closed for the remainder of the of
2ay. ni
For an hour at noon the bells of the
city tolled a requiem for the dead. The ^
Idea of an hour of mourning was not ty
generally disseminated, but when at
ooon the sound of the silver chimes If
of St. James' Church, on the North ^
Side, were borne by the wind over the
heart of the city, it seemed as though pi
every other church in the city caught rc
from it the inspiration, and the bells of L
each responded at once. ^
MARTIAL LAW IN TELLURIDE. ct
Colorado Authorities Will Keep Agitators
Out of Mining District.
Denver, Col.?Governor Peabody has 0
declared a modified form of martial
law in Teliuricie, ana mat ciiy is piuceu
under the same restrictions as now ?
prevail at Cripple Creek. .
The object of the order is understood E
to be to prevent the return of the men ?
who were sent out of the district. These
men are considered by the military as ^
agitators who were responsible for the j?
whole trouble at Telluride.
A)
Plot at Salonika. w
Over 100 Turks were arrested at Sa- \*
lonika, Turkey, on suspicion of complicity
in a plot to massacre Christians. ^
Car Rolls Down Mountain.
Two persons were killed and a large
number injured by the breaking of a k
rail on the Western Maryland Railroad,
near Blue Mountain House Station. ^
A. coach was thrown from the track
and rolled down the mountain. a
Fighting in Uruguay.
A revolution has broken out in the
Department of Florida, Uruguay. In S
a skirmish with the insurgents the
Government troops lost one killed and S
three wounded. P
Iowa Bank Closed.
The First National Bank of Storm
Lake, Iowa, has been closed by direc- i
tion of the Controller of the Currency r
on evidence of insolvency. a
South Africa to Import Asiatics. ^
After three days' debate in the Legislative
Council a motion in favor of the e
introduction of Asiatic labor into J
South Africa was passed.
Got $8000 in a Safe.
Burglars dynamited the safe if O. 5
Cohen, jeweler, at I>es Moines, Iowa, 1
and secured $8000 in cash, diamonds, (
watches and other property.. J
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5TATISTICS OF PAST YEAR
'he Donations For Public Purposes
Was Enormous.
uicides Numbered 8597 and Homicidei
8976?Sliplit Decrease in Record
of D?falcatlonf>.
Chicago. III.?'The donations of 1903,
y actual gift aud by bequest., to
liarity, religious euterprises. eduitional
institutions, libraries, mu?ums,
galleries aud municipal bet?rments.
amount to $78,912,411, as
ampared with $77,397,167 in 1902;
123,S88,762 for 1901?the last belg
a record breaking year. It should
e understood that these sums dp not
present contributions to charity in a
eneral sense, or church contributions,
?* thnco inriivirinnt dnnntians
ad bequests which have been pubshed
as news announcements. Of the
>tal amount stated above, there has
een given to educational institutions
59,950,692; to charity, ?21,726,318: for
?ligious purposes, $3,906,912: for mu?ums,
art galleries and municipal bet*ments.
$2,927,500, and for libaries,
r.583,556.
Mr. Carnegie's share in this benefice
is as follows: To libraries, $5,)5,500;
to colleges, $1,294,500; fund
>r pensioning steel workers, $4,000,)0;
for the Engineers* Union Home,
1,000.000: for miscellaneous purposes,
>8,000. He has also given for various
urposes abroad $9,837,000.
J. D. Rockefeller, Sr.. has given over
2,000,000 to the University of Chicago,
282,000 to other colleges, $173,500 to
'ligious bodies, and $30,000 to charity.
:e has also intimated his intention of
vine- or has nlreadv civen. $6,000,000
>r scientific research at the University
' Chicago.
One hundred and thirty-seven edges
have shared in the educational
^nations, but seven of these-Barard,
Colombia, Cornell, Johns Hopins,
Harvard. Tuskegee, University of
hicago and University of Pennsylvaia?have
taken $14,487,789, or more
lan one-third of the total sum.
The lynchings reported for 1902
lowed a decrease of twenty-nine, as
>mpared with those of 1901, but the
st year they have <ncreased again,
le list standing 104 for 1903, as comired
with ninety-six in 1902. Of these
nchings. twelve oecorred in the North
id ninety-two in the South. Of the
ctims, eighty-six were negroes, sevenen
whites, and one Chinaman. One
oman was lynched in Mississippi and
le in Louisiana.
Til* number of legal executions in
)03 was 123, as compared with 144 in
>02,118 in 1901, and 119 in 1900. There
ere seventy-seven persons hanged in
ie South and forty-six in the North,
xty- three were whites and sixty
acks.
Suicides are steadily increasing in
:e United States and the value of huan
life steadily cheapens. The suides
of one year closely resemble those
' another year in causes and methIs.
No special feature stands out
nspicuously except tne ease \mu
hich the victims can obtain poison
om the druggists. Poisoning is the
ost common method of committing
licide, and carbolic acid is the most
immon poison in use.
The total number of cases reported
iring the .year is 8597?5385 men and
!12 women?as compared with 8291
1902. How steadily suicides increase
inually is shown by the following
jures: In 1899 there were 5340 cases;
1900. 6755; in 1901, 7245; in 1902,
191. Physicians, as usual, head the
jt among professional men, the record
anding: Physicians, thirty-five; minters,
five; lawyers, four; artists, four;
>llege professors, two; actors, one;
ink officials, twelve.
The record of embezzling, forgery,
faulting and bank wrecking for 1903
iows a slight decrease, being $6,562,io.
as compared with $6,769,125 last
>ar. The losses are distributed as
llows: Stolen by public officials, $615,'6;
from banks, $1,689,752; by agents,
.,712,912; forgeries. $218,817; from
an associations $188,28S; by postal
nployes, $17,967; miscellaneous stealgs,
$2,174,153.
The number of homicides in 1903
iows a small increase, being 8976. as
>mpared with 8834 in 1902, and 7852
. 1901. There was an increase in the
jmber of murders by burglars, thieves
id hold-up men.
The total number of trains held up
fourteen years is 341; total number
! persons killed, ninety-nine, and the
amber of persons injured (shot) 109. '
The number of trains held up in 1903
as thirteen, as compared with twen-two
last year.
The number of stage robberies In
)03 was six, while that of last year
as seven.
This year's record shows that no
issengers or trainmen were killed by
bbers, but there were six wounded,
ast year one was killed and three
ounded.
One robber wi\8 killed in 1903. as
jmpared with three killed last year.
TWO LOST IN THEATRE FIRE.
pera House at Mt. Sterling, Ky., Destroyed.
Lexington, Ky.?J. W. Barnes and
rank White lost their lives in the
urning of the Opera House at Mount
terling by being caught under a fallig
wall.
The fire started in tha large retail
rocery of T. K. K. Burnes & Sons,
l the Opera House building. A high
rind was blowing, and the spire of the
Eethodist Church, two squares northrest,
caught fire from the sparks and
ras destroyed. The church was saved.
The Opera House, valued at $20,000,
ras destroyed.
Robbers Slay Woman.
Mrs. Amanda Youngblood has been
illed and her son, Robert, seriouslj
rounded by three men who attempted
> rob the grocery store they conducted
t Valverde, Col.
Bank President a Suicide.
President Ahlman. of the Bank ol
Itaten Island, at Stapleton, S. I., com
aitted suicide in New York City. Th(
itate Examiner closed the institutior
lending an examination.
Odds and Ends of News.
Germany's pavilion at the World's
'air is under roof. The building is c
eplica of the castle at Charlottenbarj
nd the plans were revised by JEmperoi
Villiam.
The Shah of Persia is afraid of trav
line in express trains, and on his Eu
opean trips orders are always givei
hat his trains must not exceed twenty
niles an hour.
Rear-Adnriral Sir Charles Drury, noT
Second Lord of the British Admiralty
s a Canadian. His wife is a daughte
>f the Whitehead of torpedo fame am
in aunt of Princess Bismarck,
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flnlifncnin .mri (Vlpvir,-* FYnrpc: flni
lides With Cattle Train.
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NEWYORK MAN HERO OF WRECK
Officials Place Responsibility For th?
Horror Upon Ihe Fassenecr Enpineor,
and Alleje Diaobedience of Orders
?Over a Score Are Injured?Accident
Worst in History of Road.
Kansas City. Mo.?The Rock Island's
California and Mexico express, which
leaves Chicago every Monday night at
3.1.30 for the West, collided head on at
TVillard. Ivan., fourteen miles west of
Topeka, with a cattle train.
Seventeen persons were killed and
every person on the train was injured.
The train carried many persons for
Oklahoma who had taken advantage
of the home*eekers' excursion rates.
It also contained through sleepers and
chair cars for San Francisco and Los
Angeles.
The wreck was one of the most serious
that has happened on the Itock
Island system in years. Between Kansas
City and Topeka the Rock Island
uses the tracks of the Union Pacific,
and as there are no general offices of
either road in this city details of the
disaster were obtained with difficulty.
Occurring as it did at a small station
with few facilities for aid and in the
darkness, there was much delay in extricating
tlie dead and injured and in
caring for the latter. The train was
composed of a combination baggage
and mail car. a regular baggage car,
a smoker, a tourist sleeper 5nd a standard
sleeper.
The wreck, according to the passen
?Ttrnt! M11M/I hv thA
j LUllUUtlUl, >?UC vaugvu .-v
I freight crew running off scnedule. Tbe
passenger train bad tbe right of way,
he declares, and the freight train
should have waited for it to pass at
Maple Hill, six miles west of the scene
of the collision. The wreck occurred
at a curve.
The hero of the wreck was a Dr.
Bell, of New York City, a young physician.
himself crippled'and walking on
crutches. Dr. Bell, although slightly
hurt as a result of the collision, was
the first man to leave the Fullman
sleeper, which was not damaged.
Struggling forward on his crutches, he
immediately assumed charge of the
rescue work. First, he ordered the
chair car and sleeper cleared. Then
after directing the removal of the injured
to these cars, he allayed the pain
of tlie injured as much as was possible
without medicine or instruments, bandaged
broken legs and arms with strips
torn at his direction by others from
sheets and pillow slips, administered
stimulants for the injured until the relief
train should arrive, and saved the
life o? the fireman by tying an artery
with the aid of a penknife and a picce
of string. After working until nearly
exhausted, Dr. Bell only gave way
when the physicians arrived from Topeka
with medicine and instruments.
Then he steadfastly refused to disclose
his name, and it was only partially
learned from his fellow-passengers.
The dead that were identified on the
morning after the wreck are: Gale Fuller.
seven years old. of Brockton, Iowa;
James Griffin, of Claremont, Mo.; Mrs.
Mary Harvaille, of Chillicothe. Mo.;
Benjamin Harvaille. son of Mrs. Harvaille,
thirteen years old; Tot Harvaille.
daughter of Mrs. Harvaille, three years
old; .Mrs. J. H. Hill, of Greensburn,
Kqn.; Mrs. Mary Kaiser, Russian, address
unknown; Raymond A. Martin,
of Chillicothe. Mo.; W. S. Martin, of St.
Joseph, Mo.; Mrs. W. S. Martin, of St.
Joseph, Mo.; E. E. Myer. of Buffalo. N.
Y.; E. R. Rankius, of DeKalb, Mo.;
urace iteeii, oi uuniicuiu?, ?j.v.f lit-unova
Reed, of Chillicothe; Mrs. Susan
Reed, sister of Mrs. Hnrvaille; William
J. Wells, of Jacksonville. 111.
General Superintendent Gruber, of
the Rock Island, makes this statement:
"The engineer of the passenger train
had orders to wait at Willard for the
special stock train. He passed on. mistaking
a freight train on the siding at
that station for the stock train. This
caused the wreck. Nobody else is to
blame, so far as our information goes.
"The passenger conductor says that
the accident was caused by the freight
crew running off schedule. The express
had the right of way. he declares, and
the freight train should have waited
for it to pass at Maple Hill, six miles
west of the scene of the collision."'
CUBA YIELDS TO BANKERS.
Senate Passes Loan Law Amendments
Without Minimum Feature.
Havana, Cuba.?The Senate passed
the amendments to the loan law after
eliminating the provision for a miui
mum price or ninety cents, tuus complying
with the requirements of the
New York bankers with whom the
Government negotiated for the floating
of the loan and also leaving President
Palma free handed regarding the terms
of the loan.
In addition to the receipts from the
internal stamp taxes President Palma
is authorized to pledge whatever proportion
of the customs receipts which
may be deemed sufficient for the payment
of the loan. The Senate added a
new amendment, which is a compromise
with those who have insisted on
some sort of declaration that the army
will be paid in full. This amendment
> asserts that Congress, in view of the
increasing amounts which will remain
unpaid, will provide a means of discharging
these debts without nffecting
the guarantees given for the present
loan.
British Sailors Killed.i
Forty-three persons have been killed
l>y the explosion of the boilers of the
. British cruiser Wallaroo, of Sydney.
N. S. W. The Wallaroo is a third
class cruiser of 2575 tons displacement,
used for Australasian trade protection.
Slio was formerly named the Persian.
' Banker Ends Life.
M. \V. >!ills. Vice-President of the
People's Savings Bank, at Sioux Kails.
1 S. 1")., shot and killed himself. Personal
troubles are ascribed as the cause.
World's Fair Poiulers.
? Map of United States in grooving
1 crops covers area of live acres.
! Rob-.c Burns' cottage at Ayrshire to
L be reproduced on grounds.
Ninety thousand gallons of water per
minute flow over cascades.
j Palace or Mines and Metallurgy, 525
f by 750 feet, cost $498,000.
Forestry, Fish and Game Building,
, 300 by GOO feet, cost $171,000.
Three great cascades, largest waterr
fuHs ever constructed by man.
3 The Grand Trianon aud Versailles
Gardens reproduced bv France.
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PRESIDENT ON PANAMA
Justifies Our Government's Aotion
in a Message to Congress.
Denial of Complicity in Revolt?Prompt '
Recognition Based on Treaty Right*
ami ' InterextH of Civilization.
Washington. D. C.?President Roosevelt
sent to Congress a 10,000 word
message telling of bis action in Panama.
It contains the text of instructions
to our representatives on the
Isthmus and their replies, notably
Commander John Hubbard's detailed
reports of the uprising and the action
be took at Colon to prevent loss
of American and English-lives, and to
preserve transit unimpeded.
As to insinuations that we inspired,
the revolt and took a hand in it. the
President says they are "as destitute
of foundation as of propriety," and (ire
alluded to by him only lest "unthinking
persons might mistake for acquiscence
the silence of self-respect."*
The timely proximity of oar naval
forces at the revolt of Panama he attributes
to the common foreknowledge
of its imminence, derived from press
dispatches, as early as August 31,
which he quotes, as well as from special
advices, which warned our Government
to be ready, in pursuance of
its established policy, to maintain free
and uninterrupted transit over the
Isthmus. For this reason, on October
19. the Boston, the Dixie and the Atlanta
were sent to convenient stations,
and on October 30 the Nashville was
ordered to Colon with instructions to
keep transit free and prevent conflict.
In his reports Commander Hubbard
of the Nashville charges Colonel
Torres, the commander of the Colombian
troops which landed at Colon
on November 3. with practically making
war against the United States.
Colonel Torres notified our Consul that'
if the Colombian officers who had been
seized by the independents in Panama
on that day were not released forthwith
he would "open fire on Colon
ana Kin every unitea oiates ciuzeu
in the place." i
Commander Hubbard advised that .
the women and children be sent to
ships and that the men take refuge in
a stone shed of the railway company,
which was guarded by our marines.
Colombian troops for an hour and a
half surrounded this building in menacing
attitude, evidently determined to
provoke an attack, but tire coolness of
our men averted bloodshed.
Later Colonel Torres' asked for an
interview, professed friendship for th^
Americans, sayiug that the whole affair
was a mistake, and agreed to withdraw
his men if Commander Hubbard would
leave the town in possession of the police.
Meantime Commander Hubbard had
been advised of the uprising in Panama
and the establishment of a provisional
government there, and bad thereupon 1
directed the railway officials to refuse
to transport the troops of either party.
He disavowed all interest in either
side, and expressed his determination
to maintain a strictly neutral attitude,
save in defense of our rights.
Finally Colonel Torres was persuaded
by representatives of the new government
to return with his troops to. Cartagena.
In these negotiations Commander
Hubbard declares he had no
part. *
Th* promptness of our recognition of
the new-republic, contrary to custom,
the President says, was based upon
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(2) our national interests and safety;
(3) the interests of collective civilization.
Regarding our intentions toward Panama.
the President refers "those who
are pessimistic as to our action" to our
conduct in Cuba.
Referring to Colombia's proposal that
if we will restore the status quo before
the revolt she will ratify the canal
treaty unconditionally,' the President
says:
"I will not for one moment discuss
the possibility of the United States
committing .in act of such baseness
as to abandon the new republic of
Panama."
The President concludes with these
words:
"The question actually before this
Government is not that of the recognition
of Panama as an. independent
republic. That is already an accomplished
fact The question, and the
only question, is whether or not we
shall build an Isthmian canal."
LOAN AND TRUST CO. CASE.
Decision in Omaha Suit May Affect
Millions of Eastern Money.
Omaha. Neb.?An important decision
in the first of the Omaha Loan and
Trust Company cases was rendered by
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that of R. R. Pace vs. the Gilbert
School Company, of Winsted, Conn.
Mr. Pace had paid the Omaha Loan
and Trust Company a sum of money,
and later his mortgage aud interest
notes, amounting to $1400, turned up in
the hands of the School Company. The
action was to enjoin the collection of
notes and mortgage by the School Company
on the ground that the money
had been paid the Trust Company and
receipted for by it, and Mr. Pace won
his case.
The defendant contended that the
plaintiff having willingly paid the
wrong party was not entitled to relief
from his mistake. The loan and trust
company failed three years ago, and
millions of dollars of Eastern money
are involved in its transactions. Its
method was alleged to be to make
loans on farm property and sell the securities
to Eastern financiers. The
Winsted company had invested a portion
of its endowment fund in the loan
and trust company's securities.
New Guinea Massacre.
Th<? natives of Parrhaven. German
New Guinea, rose November 14 and
massacred two Europeans, two Chinese
and ten friendly natives. Twenty-five
of the hostile* were killed sub*
scquently.
,7ew Mayor Congratulated.
Mayor Patrick A. Collins was inaugurated
at Boston, Mass.. tor bis second
term of two years. He points out
that the gross debt of Boston is $So,1MG.000
and the borrowing1 capacity $3,325,000.
Mrs. Moffat Not Guilty.
The jury in the case of Mrs. Alice
Moffat, charged with attempting to
poison her husband, Philander Moffat,
at Bennington, Vt., returned a verdict
o? not guilty.
Macedoniaus Dying.
Macedonian prisoners in Turkey
whose liberation was promised by the
Sultan are dying of cholera by the
score.
Submarine Boat Floated.
The submarine boat Moccasin has
been floated from the beach near Currituck,
N. C., where she stranded.
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WASHINGTON ITEMS. _
President Roosevelt lias pardoned nt
Robert F. Ashley, serving a two-year
sentence iu the Southern Illinois p.enifunHoiu:
ffti* n.iuuinrr AAii!irarPflIf nmhai'
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The Distvict Criminal Court has
overruled the demurrers to two of the
three indictments against former As- .
sistant Attorney-General James N. Tyner
and Harrison J. Barrett, growing
out of the postal investigation.
Minister Allen, at Seoul, has advised
the State Department that the Empress
Dowager of Korea died on the morning
of January 2.
The Y/ar Department has decided to
mount the great slxteen-inch breechloading
rifle now at Sandy Hook on a
disappearing carriage of the same type
as that now used in the service.
A cable message to the Navy Department
announces the arrival of the gunboat
Vicksburg at Chemulpo, Korea.
The Department of Agriculture announces
that commercial estimates indicate
that the orange crops now coming
on the market will be the largest
ever produced in the United States.
The Navy Department received a telegram
from Rear-Admiral Sands, at
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destroyer Lawrence, while at anchor at
Key West, was rammed by the passenger
steamboat Olivette. He says that
a report will follow later.
President Roosevelt sent a message
of sympathy ou-the recent fire catas- |
trophe to people of Chicago through
Mayor Harrison. ?
Associate Justice Brown, of the Supreme
Court, will probably be retired
by special act of Congress if he does
not regain his sight. tt
Secretary Moody will remain at the
head of the Navy Department until the B
end of the present Administration, ac- cording
to his present intentions.-. U1
Secretary Root will give a reception ?'
and. dinner on January 29 in honor of rj
Governor Taft, who is now on his way j*
from the Philippines.' ^
xne tjrerman .amuassauor auu iue
Baroness von Sternburg, accompanied gj
by the latter's sister. Miss Ivy Lang- ^
ham. will attend the German-American e<
ball in Philadelphia, which takes place
on February 8. , . y
Two mountain batteries, one at Fort ri
Leavenworth and the other, at Fort Ri- g
ley, have been ordered by the War De- a
partment to be In readiness to proceed v
to. Panama immediately.
T
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. A
General Ricarte, the recently re?
turned exile from Guam, now in hiding
in the Philippines, has written a letter "
outlining a new revolution. ?
Perez, a former Secret Service man, I
who saved the life of General Smith in
an attack from ambush, has been garroted
with two companions for murder.
Governor Hunt, of Porto Rico, has
received advices from Washington P
countermanding the order to jlismount ^
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iuc remuiuiiig uxuuuivu * vs-w A??VMU
troops. |
Lieutenant Elmer B. Melton, of the ?
Pliilippine'constabulary. has committed suicide.
The transport Zafiro. with Captain
Matthews' company of marines, has ^
left Manila on its way to Seoul, Korea.
Fire in the Pueblo of Calumpit de- ?
stroyed 250 homes. Several lives were
lost and 1000 persons were rendered 1
homeless. .. ? k. - .. a
The Philippines Commission has ap- ^
propriated $75,000 for the expenses of e
an honorary board of commissioners, e
composed of fifty Filipinos, to visit the a
St. Louis Exposition and the principal f(
cities. <' ?
Af fha Phi'Hnn?n0a I 4-1
iue oupiciuc vjvuh, ui wt u
has confirmed the sentence of death B;
imposed on four natives who butchered _
three marines in September, 1902.
The vessels of the Asiatic squadron, ,,
under command of Rear-Admiral
Evans, sailed from Honolulu for Manila
by way of Guam. E
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DOMESTIC. c
The Amalgamated Association's con* ?
tract with the Carnegie Company at **
Mingo Junction, 0., has been cancelled
and the men will make individual contracts.
The strike of chandelier makers, ^
brass molders and polishers in the Gen- *
eral Fixture Company's plant at Chi- c
cago, 111., has spread until 1500 men are tl
now out. / :' > &
Arrested on a charge of defrauding n
the United States out of thousands of ti
acres of land, John A. Benson was re- j
leased in $10,000 bail in New York City.
After eighteen hours' deliberation the
jury hearing the $50,000 personal dam- c
age suit of Miss Inga Hanson against _
? - a. *
the City Railway Company, ai cuiuugu,
111., returned a verdict for the company. 1
Convicted of sending threatening letters
to the Northern Pacific Railway
C?mpauy. Isaac Gravell was sentenced
at Helena, Mont., to ten years in jail
and to pay a $5000 fine.'
With bullet holes through their heads
Alford and Hayden Johnson, brothers,
were found dead in Inez. Ky., the result
of a drunken row ou the highway.
FOREIGN.
John Redmond has announced the
intention of the Irish members of Parliament
to open an active fight for
home rule.
The National Directorate of the United
Irish League at Dublin, Ireland,
has passed resolutions in favor of home
rule and the maintenance of the national
organization in full power.
A'treaty of commerce and navigation
has been completed between Cuba and
Italy.
The natives 01 rarruaveu,
New Guina, November 14 massacred I
two Europeans, two Chinese and ten ,
friendly natives. Twenty-five of the *
hostiles were killed subsequently. }
At a secret session of the Peruvian <
Congress the treaty of arbitration for .
a settlement of the boundary dispute I
jetween Peru and Bolivia was approved.
A dispatch from Urmia, Persia, re- j
ports that an attack on the Jews, ^
which lad been planned by the Persian j
population, was frustrated by the en- ,
ergetic intervention of the Russian \
Vice-Consul. ,
As a result of the American mission i
to Abyssinia, a treaty with the United i
States has been signed by Emperor t
MeneliU. 3
The report that Germany contem- J
plates the acquisition of a coaling sla- j
tiou at St. Thomas. Danish West In- t
dies, is semi-oliiciaily declared to be .
unfounded. *
In Trebinje and Bilek, in Hungary, t
a serious revolt broke out among the
troops whose terms of service expired ]
but who were retained owing to the i
failure of the Hungarian Parliament to /
pass the annual recruiting bill.
The French Minister at Seoul has {
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the decoration of the Grand Cross of i
the Legion of Honor. 1
The Russian squadron destined for *
the Far East sailed for Alexandria. '
IMMODORE NICHOLSON
OF OUR IAYY ;
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Mm Testify.
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Commodore Somerville Nicholson, oC .
le United States Navy, in a lettec
om 1837 R SL, N. W., Washington,
. C., says:
"Your Pernna has' been and is no*!
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lat I am convinced of its curative
ualities, and I unhesitatingly recomlend
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tat complaint"?S. Nicholson.
The highest men in our nation hare'
Lven Peruna a strong endorsement
[en of all classes and stations are
jually represented. . v
If you do not derive prompt and satifactory
results from the use of Pe?
una, write, at once to Dr. Hartman,
Iving a fall statement of your cams
nd he will be pleased to give r:a hit
aluable advice gratis.
Address Dr. Hartman, President oC
he Hartman Sanitarium, Columiras, O- ;
lsIc Your Druggist for a free Pertaui
Almanac for 1904.
(ANSAS LAND
I want to buy land in Kansas
owned by non-resident*....
Write to-day, giving legal description, and
rice.
M. HlftqETTE, Osborne, Kansas
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Carious Properties .of Kadi am.
The properties of radium are exremely
curious. This body emits with
reat intensity all of the different rays
lat are produced, in a vacuum tube. :
he radiation, measured by means of
n electroscope, is- at.least a million
"lAo-WAM nnnufFnl than that frrtm JIH
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qual quantity of uranium. A charged
lectroscope placed at a distance of
everal metres can be discharged by a
jw centigrams of a radium salt One
an also discharge an electroscope
arough a scree of glass, or lead five oc
tx centimetres thick, photographic
Iates placed in the vicinity of radian*
re almost instantly affected if no
creen intercepts the rays; with screens-,
lie action is slower, but it still take*
lace through very thick ones' if the
rposure Is sufficiently long. Radium
an therefore be used in the production
f radiographs.?lime. Curie, in Cenury
Magazine. #
Gold Piece For First Coarse.
R. I. Baker, of the Baptist Church,
rhile holding a recent meeting at
'aintaville, was the guest at dinner, m
ompany with the other preachers of
tie town, at the home of Mrs. J. C. 0?'
fayo. Imagine their surprise and de?
ght to line |5 gold piece under each!
umbler on the table. -Morehead (Ky.).
fouataineer. i
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In 1870 the German people barely exeeded
40,000,000; in 1885 they had
isen to nearly 47,000.000, and in 1900,
he census returns gave 56,346,014. !
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Miss dannon, Sec'y Detroit V
Amateur Art Association, teds
wunjr women what to do to
ivoid pain and suffering caused
>y female troubles. !
" Deab Mas. Pinkham :?I can ?on- *
scientiously recommend Lydlft E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
x> those of my sisters suffering with!
female weakness and the troubles
which so often befall women. I Buffered
for months with general weakless,
and felt so weary that I had hard
work to keep up. I had shooting pains,
md was utterly miserable. In my dia;ress
I was advised to use Lydia E. g
Pinkham's Vegetable Cornsound*
and it was a red letter day to
ne when I took the first dose, for afc
;hat time my restoration began. In
iix weeks I was a changed woman,
>erfectly well in every respect. ' I feli
lo eiated and happy that I want all
Qnffpr tfl CTfit Wftll a.S I did."
-Miss Guila. Gaxitox, 359 Jones St..' G
Detroit, Mich., Secretary Amateur Art H
Vssociatioa. ? $5000forfeit If original ofaboM K9
etter proving genuineness cannot b* produced.
When one considers that Miss H
Glannon's letter is only one of the
countless hundreds which we H
ire continually publishing in the news* H
papers of this country, the great virtue^M
)f Mrs. Pinkham's xnodlcine must bit H
ulaaitted by all.. H
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