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CHINA'S HOUR OF PERIL Wi!l Be Dismembered if She Takes Part iii War. NOT WANTED AS ALLY BY JAPAN American Government Doinj; All in TU Power to Prevent the Outbreak Which GreccJy European Powers Are Hoping ?Pledges Which Havo Keen Made to Tliia Government by Leading; Chinese. TV.i oil ; n T+ r\ t-? r* P Till* Stntf? DfV. partmcnt has diplomatically warned China that if she allows herself to be drawn into the war between Russia and Japan, the dismemberment of the Chinese Empire will probably follow. Some of the European nations which Binned the neutrality agreement of Secretary Hay are watching China iwith greedy eyes, awaiting a violation of neutrality on her part as a pretext to step in and grasp territory which they have long desired. State Department officials do not believe the Chinese Government means to take any active part in the JapaneseRussian war, but is taking every pre caution to impress upon uuina ir.e necessity of maintaining neutrality. Additional assurances have been received by the State Department from China?either from United States Minister, Conger, at Pekin. or from Sir Liang-Chang, the Chinese Minister here?that China will keep out of the Far Eastern imbroglio, and realizes that her integrity depends upon the maintenance of neutrality. No credence is placed at the Siate Department in the reports emanating from St. Petersburg that Japan and China have laid a trap for Russia which has for its object the driving of the Russian army into Mongolia, and the consequent uprising of China "to repel the invaders." On the contrary Japan is said to be more anxious than any other Power that China keep out of the war. and feels that she alone is capable of dealing with Russia. Whether or not there v ill be an uprising of the Chiuese similar to the Boxer outbreak of 1900 cannot of iruuiatr uir IUICOCCU, uuc At occuig iuut fear of such an outbreak exists. Advices from China indicate that a feelin? of unrest exists among the common people which might at any time take the form of an actual outbreak against foreigners, and especially against all who sympathize with Russia. That the Chinese people are with Japan heart and soul in the present war is evident, ! but it is hopKl by the State Department that the powerful influence of the Viceroys may be sufficiently strong to keep the people in check. St. Petersburg, Russia.?The Chinese Minister here has jriven Foreign Minister Lamsdorff fresh assurances of the fmrpose of his Government not to vioate its neutrality and to preserve tranquility throughout the Empire. "While there has not been the slightest fear that the peace of the Empire ivouid De disturbed or tnat my uovprnment would intervene in the war." said the Chinese Minister, "it was still Beemed wise to communicate to Pekin .7nd Viceroy Yuan Shi Kai, commander-in-chief of the Chinese forces, the sensational rumors circulating in Europe. ' The Chinese Foreign Office telegraphically reiterated that China is determined to continue to observe the Strictest neutrality, gi-ing support neither to Russia nor Japan. "Viceroy Yuan Shi Kai telegraphed that the i imors ot impending uprisings were without oundatioa and assured me that a repetition of the Boxer revolt of 1900 -.ras impossible. "The Viceroy is a s':rong man, who can be depended upon to preserve order. The mass of the army, consisting of 10.000 men is distributed in small detachments throughout the vast territory, which undoubtedly is under Chinese control. Its duty is to maintain peace and see that neutral territory is not violated by either oelligerent." LAWYERS OX STRIKE. ,Whole County Bar Refuses to Plead Before Judge Peebles. Raleigh, X. C.?Thirty-five lawyers, being the entire bar of the Robinson County, were charged with contempt of court. Their trial came up before Judge Robert B. Peebles, of the Supreme Court, before whom the lawyers refused to trf their cases. Recently when he called court, he faced a row of empty benches, and learned that the entire bar had gone c:i a strike. He cited the lawyers to show why they should not be punished, and in answer they gave seventeen reasons, among them, discourtesy to lawyers, lack of temperament, reports that he had been intoxicated, unanimous public criticism of his act at a murder trial, and the right of the Robeson bar to try its cases as it saw lit. Montana Democrats Uninstructed. United States Senators W. A. Clark aud Paris Gibson. Governor J. K. Tool, Martin Maginnis. W. G. Conrad and Harry Galway were elected by the 'Montana Democratic convention, at Great Falls, as delegates to the Democratic National convention at St. Louis. Thoy were uuinstructed. New Hampshire For Roosevelt. The New Hampshire Republican State convention, at Concord, heartily and unanimously favored the nomination of President Rosevelt, and elected four delegates-at-large. For Governor of Arkansas. The Hon. Harry H. Myers, of MonToe, Ark., who led the ticket two years ago. was nominated for Governor by acclamation in the Republican eouvenvention at Little Rock. Four delegates to the National convention were instructed for Roosevelt. Monument to Salisbury. The House of Commons has asked King Edward to order a monument to l.i.Jlf I.. 1.,.C T liclmrr ill ur uuui in iiwii u ctuwvuij *** ^Vestujiuster Abbey, at public expense. Newsy Gleanings. New York is suffering an epidemic of measles. Mrs. Joseph Jon^. just from Dublin, was welcomed to New York by six sons, who have made their way in this country. The original indictments of Aaron Burr for treason and misdemeanor iwere found in an old book in Richmond, Va. New York theatrical managers will J il lilA Ul It; 11 Ueilld truuu. VU CUlXipil* mentary tickets, expectics; ito raisp $300,000 yearly for the Actors' Fund. jA YALE SENIOR ENJOINED 1 E. H. Hurd, '04, Must Not Talk to His New Haven Landlady. Relatives of Mrs. Foy, an A^ed Widow Worth Half a Million Dollar#, Allege He is Getting Her Mon^y. Now Haven. Conn.?A temporary in- : junction has been granted by Judge j James Bishop, in the Common Pleas Court, against Ernest H. Hurcl. a senior in the Academic Department of ) Yale, to prevent him from longer liv ins in the home of Mrs. Laviuia H. \ f Foy. a wealthy wido, . She is ninety j years old. Two years ago the relatives of Mrs. Foy thought she ought to have some man in the house for protection, and j Hurd. who is twenty-two years old, ! was recommended by the college authorities and by the officers of the Y. M. C. A. He was working his way through Yale, and was very quiet and j studious. His home is in Wilton, j Conn. It was reported that Mrs. Foy was | lavishing money on the young student. and her relatives made an investigation. the result of which was an application for the injunction to keep Hurd out of tue house and to stop him from corresponding with the aged ? -J ? line wiuuw. rur u muutu j^aoi, uuiu not bem able to enter tbe house or to see Mrs. Foy. nor do r.ny, of bis letters reacb ber. In addition to tbe injunction. Hurd bas been sued for $1000. money which it is alleged Mrs. Foy bas let bim have. Tbe relatives of the widow charge that Hurd has so influenced her that he practically controls ber mind. They j charge also that be has obtained from her large sums of money and that he also managed to get enough out of her for the last two summers to take trips to Europe. Within a week Mrs. Foy bas been in- i duced to create a trust of all her property. By the terms of tbe trust she is relieved of all care of ber property. I She can do as she likes with the in- i come. Upon her death her property i will be disposed of in accordance with i a will she made in 1!)00. The rela- I tives feared that if the trust was not I established some of her property might ' * * j-t - _ _ e TT 3 I ( gee into tue possession 01 nuru. i < Not long ago Mrs. Foy gave $30,000 ' to build the Foy Auditorium at the j local Y. M. C. A. Her son is former ; Adjutant-General George M. Harmon, i of this city. After she had married Foy she invented a corset which was named after her. and in the manufacture of which her husband made a vast sum of money, which she inherited. Young Hurd denies that he used undue influence over Mrs. Foy. He will tell his story to the court, when he will ask to have the temporary injunction set aside. RAID SHOWS POOLROOMS RUN. I _ I Alleged Western Union Operators Caught, After President';: Statement. ' New York City.?District-Attorney i Jerome began an investigation into the j alleged partnership existing between the Western Union Telegraph Com- j pany and the poolrooms. About the ' time that Jerome was beginniug his j inquiry President Clowry, of the West- j ern Union, who is also general man- j ager of the company, announced that | the delivery of racehorse reports in j this city has been discontinued. The j order had apparently no effect on the poolrooms in this city. According to District-Attorney Jerome, as well as i racetrack and poolroom men, the rac- j ing news was distributed here from j points outside this city. With the ink scarcely dry on the ; formal statement by Colonel Clowry. j that he had directed the discontinuance | of the delivery of reports of horse ! races to all classes of subscribers ic j the city of New York, and that the reports had been discontinued, the police I of the East Thirty-fifth street police f station made a raid on a place in East Forty-second street. They captured eleven men. supposed to be operators for the Western Union Tele- [ graph Company and the New York ( Telephone Company, twenty-one tele- ( graph instruments, most of them be- j , longing to the Western Union, and sev- ; . enteen telephones, the property of the New York Telephone Company. I California For Hearst. I After a session of two days the Dem- i ocrats of California in convention at < Santa Cruz instructed the delegates 1 to Louis to vote for W. R. Hearst j for President. The resolution of instruction was carried by a vote of 3Go I to 340. The result came after one of I the most desperate political conflicts that ever marked, the history of California. Sealer Brings Hubbard's Body The sealing steamer Aurora, which has beeu at Cape Charles, Labrador, ' returned to Wesleyville, one hundred j miles north of St. John's, N. F., bring- j ing, the body of Leonidas Hubbard, Jr.,' who was assistant editor of Out- ; ing. and who perished in the interior | of Labrador la:.: October, while oa an i exploring expedition. " French Papers Genuine. The French Government admits that j military documents said to have been , sold were authentic, but minimizes | their importance. Battleship Launched. The batleship Rhod(? Tsland was lauuched at the Fore River Ship and Engi_e Company's yards, at Quincy, I Mass. Wisconsin For Wall. The Wisconsin Democratic convention, at Milwaukee, instructed for Edward C. Wall for President after a bitter tight by the Hearst men. Hearst's j followers from two districts bolted, j but the adoption of the unit rule nulli- j fled their action. Stanley Interred. Th.* body of Sir Henry M. Stanley was buried in the churchyard of I'ir- i bright. Surrey. England, after a fun- | oral service in Westminster Abbey. j Sporting Brevities. Michigan is trying to arrange a foot- j ba!i game with Columbia. Lehigh University found but little ! trouble in defeating Cornell at la- j crosse by the score of tweuty-three to i one. * * ~ Philadelphia ".Tack" O'Brien says | that in about two years he will be i heavy enoug- and good euough to lick "Jim" Jefifries. The ILoanokes, of Boston, won the tug-of-war championship at Celtic Park by defr-ating the Eccentric Firemen team in straight pulls. CZAR CULLS OUT RESERVES < ??? W Russia Resolved to Reconquer Manchuria by Weight of Numbers. L THE JAPANESE MAY ADVANCE OopRternation Auion;j Kugai.nn Teople ^ Caused by Announcement That 300,000 SI More Men Must Co to Far Kast? Hi Cossack Ktiitl Into Manchnria?Flj inj: W Column Crosses the Yalu. S< St. Petersburg.?The Russian war ai plans having resulted in blundering 111 and defeat the Czar has determined to P' crush the Japanese by overwhelming Jj" weight of numbers. He has called the fy reserves to the colors in the Moscow di and Ivharkoff provinces, and the ai Tenth and Seventeenth army corps are being placed on a war footing with all possible speed. This means that 100,000 fresh troops are to be rushed to the ai Far East as rapidly as possible. As " soon as this great body of soldiers can be entrained reserves will be called ^ from other provinces. Four more army si corps -will be mobilized, and 200.000 at more men will be sent to the front. jn The Czar's army, on a war footing, con- w sists of over 5,000.000 men, more than so ten times the war strength of Japan. Consternation has been caused ^ throughout the provinces which have been called upon for reserves, but Rus- tr sia has entered upon a struggle in m which the cost of lives is not to be counted. The sentiment of the author- in ities here is that however long and ex- n( pensive the war may be. it must be ai won, and that if Kuropatkin needs a ^ million men or more to meet less than gj, balf that number of Japanese he must liave them. The Japanese are to be allowed to y( overrun Manchuria. Kuropatkin will, sy perhaps, make a stand at Liaoyang or ^ Mukden, but, unless he sball be unexpectedly successful against the Japanese he will eventually withdraw with w all his forces to the vicinity of Harbin, to which place the Japanese wili hard- ar ly follow him. There, according to the present Russian expectation, he will ^ settle down to wait until his present r****v?Tf ic? /IaiiHIa/1 in ci7n onrl will thon ? ALJLU,} 1<9 UVUWitU lu """J- ? ' ??? v" start to reconquer Maucliuria, to drive jc, :he Japanese into the sea, and. if neces- ^ sary, to invade Japan in order to crush ^ forever the power of the Island Em- ap Dire and to dictate peace terms which j * will include the payment of the great- i ?st war indemnity ever wrested from a jn ranquished people. This is the Rus- Jo >ian plan. cl] By the departure of the troops now fr( Jestined for the Far East the Russian ut European army will lose six out of Q.( thirty-one army corps. The previous drafts of troons from EnroDean Russia ? ias been formed into Siberian rifle bat- ^ ' talions, -without changing the organi- 0,^ sation of the Emperor's force on this ra( side of the Urals. The present units tQ tvill be transferred bodily to Manchu- W( -ia, retaining their present officers and f staffs. Viceroy AlexiefT. who barely escaped ? 'rom Port Arthur before the Japanese lo( nvested that stronghold, and who pro'eeded first to Liaoyang and then to Mukden, telegraphed to the Emperor o(> :hat he had moved, his headquarters to ca Sarbin. Here he will be practically >utside the zone of operations for some w] :ime to come. General Kuropatkin re- ne nains at Liaoyang. He will remain 1)Q :here at least until the evacuation of \"ewchwang can be completed and will probably then order the evacuation of 2aichen. The Russians still have a small force at Newchwang which will emain there as long as possible in or- < ler to prevent a raid by bandits. When i !orced to leave by the approach of the ra Japanese it will damage the fortifica- jjf :ions as much as possible, and will jn jlow up the Russian gunboat Sivoutch. JAPAN LOSES SHIP. 01 rorpedo Boat Sunk While Raising bo Mines. f? lit Tokio.?The Japanese torpedo boat i So. 48 was destroyed, by a Russian ci< nine while she was removing mines en from Kerr Bay, north of Talienwan th Dalny). Seven men were killed and w seven wounded. se This is the first warship Japan has lost in the war. She was blown up . (vhile Admiral Kataoka, commander of * the Third Squadron, was engaged in a series of bombardments and surveying 11 operations at Talienwan, Deep Bay and Kerr Bay. in DESTRUCTION AT DALNY. of nc Quays Blown Up to Prevent Japanese ,lf Landing Siege Guns. ljS London.?Although the destruction of te Russian works at Dalny by the Iius- te sians themselves is confirmed, the details are not allowed to be known. According to the best present information. tbe destruction was confined to tli two deep water quays, the object being p to prevent the Japanese from landing siege guns with which to threaten Tort r <^'thur. . j" lit Reorganizing New York Postoffice. ro President Roosevelt, in accordance ?l ?vith the recommendations of Mr. t'1 Robb, former assistant attorney-gen- 'n ?ral for the Postoffice Department, or- sc .iered the removal of Richard C. Van re Cott, son of Tostmaster Van Cott, as superintendent of delivery in the New Ir York Postotliee. This marks the beginning of the reorganization of the New is York office so long expected as a re- bi suit of the investigation which has ci been going on for ten months. tc Dr. Mackay Instantly Killed. Unable to hear the clanging of the gong or the shouts of warning be- lJ 'juuse of his extreme deafness, Dr. a Barnard Mackay, a wealthy New York 0 physician, was run down by a fire n engine and instantly killed. He was u returning from a stroll. Life Saved by Priest. Father Boylan. of Jersey City, called ? to nriminisipr tln? !.ist rifp;: to n woman wlio liad accidentally taken poison, ^ gave lier an antidote and saved her life. r Adirondack Stage Robbed. The stage coach running between North Creek. Warren County, New c York, and Blue Mountain Lake, Hamilton County, is reported to have been held up by tin-ee masked men near " North River, Warren County. The kbaggage was ransacked, and Wilcox, the driver, was relieved of $40. The ii robbers are believed to be tramps. s E. T. Hooley Arrested. a Ernest Terah Hooley. the famous c English company promoter, was arrested in Loudon on a charge of con- i spiraea to defraud, t ? i ; ilRL'S BODY IN CHIMNEY ' lystarious End ot a Cass That Ex- " cited All N9w York. Ittle Josephine McCahiU, Wlioin AU j 1 Believed Ki:ln:i|>eil, W.m Uanil H'itUia a Few Feet of Her Mother. New York City.?Sudden end came ) tbe search for little Josie McCahiU, ; c x years old. when ten days after lier * lysterious disappearance hor body ^ as found cramped, with the face j ( 1 - ? :aneu, 1u U UU1IU \Y iuiujucj numu I r rm's roach of the bed where her L lotber lay grieving over her disap- | l sarance and refusing all cousolation. x nly a wall the width of a brick had d the mystery of Josie's terrible , 1 ite from her mother. The body was , [ scovered tifleou feet down a chimney 1 id was taken out by detectives 1 L caking a hole in the brick side wall ! ' the apartment directly north of l rs. McCahill's bedroom. A That Josie was suffocated to death 3 id not' murdered was the opinion j J [pressed by Coroner Jackson after * i autopsy had beon performed upon ie body -of the girl at the Morgue, j [ oth the Coroner and Coroner's Thy- j \ cian Schultz. who made the examiri- | ' ion, said that absolutely no evidence : 1 support of the foul play theory j J as found on the body. Coroner Jack- [ >n said: "Tt ? -:-1 ^ I o : n 1 r. I 1 JLiiC ^1L1 piauilj cuiiuvuitu, j o marks or bruises of any kind were | und on the body and tbere were no j aces of poison in the stomach. It is j y opinion that she was sitting on ' ie top of the flue and slipped and fell | when she tried to get up. She could I >t have lived long enough to make j ly outcry. Death evidently came to j ir in a few minutes." The police j lare the belief of the Coroner that i e girl's death was purely accidental. I Not in a decade has the city of New j jrk been aroused to such general j mpathetic interest in a case as has | ten developed by the tender feeling r the mother of the little girl who id been missing for ten days, and hen it was learned that the mystery j her disappearance had been solved t id the body found a crowd of fully 3 00 persons gathered in front of the J use, blocking the street for hours. Rewards of $-1000 offered by Sena- j j r Frawlcy and other men great polit- ' iIItt in fho nines mppthiM. I ^ e employment of private detectives, e service of volunteer ones of all res?all these things stirred up Har- s oi. . 1 The facts essential to an understand- r g of the case are briefly as follows: sie McCahill, a pretty, light haired t ild, went out into the street in 3 ont of her home. 1S3!> Third ave- 1 le. to play with her doll about four :lock on the afternoon of May 2. In t e street she met one of her play- a ates, Mary Williams, who. attracted c r a street band, left her about five ;lock. Josle went upstairs to her other then, and begged to be allowed play for a little while longer, then S ant from the room, a black pet cat llowing her. Mrs. Bridget McCahill ver saw her child alive again. The lice were notified, but careful search 1 the neighborhood developed no clew * tiatsoever, and the circumstances of * e disappearance warranting a theory 7 kidnaping, the entire district be- ? me interested in the case. It was 1: e odor from the decomposing body ^ Iiich directed attention to the chim- * y and resulted in the finding of the ? TOREADOR IS KILLED. addened Animal Crushes Life Out j: )f Victim at a Lisbon Bull Fight. s Lisbon, Portugal.?Fernando Olivel- ^ , the celebrated bull fighter, lost his e o In a tprrihlrt mnnnpr while <riv- t g an exhibition here. His horse stum- * ed and he was thrown directly in e path of the charging bull. r The maddened animal trampled on ? iveira's head and then tossed the ' >dy high in the air. The unfortunate reador was horribly mangled aud 'e was trampled out of him. \ wild scene of panic followed the ac- c Jent. Women fainted and men sick- i ied at the fearful sight rushed for e e exits. A large number of persons t ere trampled upon in the rush and i riously hurt. t MERICANS FOR CHINESE ARMY. * Ince Pu Lun to Recruit an Entire * Staff in This Country. Prince Pu Lun. of China, who is now America, is to recruit an entire staff < American officers for thp new Chi- j ;se imperial reform army. The Prince g is intrusted a portion of the work of { ' cruiting to General Edmond F. Eng- | ' ;h. of Yankton, S. D., who has en- ! c red into correspondence with volun- j , er officers all over the country. Killed in a Prize Fight. in a ten-rounu preliminary ueiore ie Central California Athletic Club. , resno, Cal., Johnny Bryant was [ >iinded into insensibility by Walter ( obinson, a negro, aud received in- ( iries from which he died in a few >urs. The fight ended in the ninth ( und in which Bryant was floored ( x times. His seconds had thrown ie sponge into the ring when the blow the jaw that rendered Bryant nncon;ious was struck. Robinson was ar- ( sted. .. j . < impendent Telephone Combination. 1 Pittsburg dispatches state that there renewed talk in that city of a comination of the independent telephone { nnpanies from the Atlantic seaboard i > Kansas City. Fatal Explosion in Mine. Five persons were killed, five serious* ( - injured and twenty slightly hurt in mine at Herron, III., when fifty kegs , f powder on a car exploded. The j line was badly wrecked aud thirty- \ \ iue mules were killed. j , Bemsen Bill Vetoed. Governor Odell vetoed lb? Tlomsen | os bill affecting New- York City, and ! < aid Mayor McClelian in signinc* i| 1 j a.l violated every principle of boim i ule. PromineLt People. Kin? Christian of Denmark lias jtisl elebrated bis eignty-sixth blrtbilay. It is announced that President Plaza f Ecuador will come to the United >tates soon. Senator Quay at seventy years of ago , s full of vigor, and he often takes a ix-mile walk. The Pope has at last selected a cosy ipartment in the Vatican as his esperial quarters. Marquis Ito, the Japanese statesman, s an indefatigable reader of European mil American literatures ^URAL DELIVERY CHANGE flail Carriers Must Not Act as Agents For Any Person. Every Govornment Employe Who Covers a Foil Route Will Receive Slxfy Dollars a Month aa Salary. Washington. D. C.?By July 1, the late sot for the change in the rural ree delivery service, Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow ttill have everything in readiness for the reorganization of that branch of th2 Postitfice Department. The existing eight iivisious will be reduced to six; addiional route inspectors will be emimployed and otticially designated as ural agents, and the new schedule of >ay for carriers and the new regu itinns rpliHner to pjirrviiiff inerchau* Lis? will become operative. Every carrier in the country who ;overs what is kuowu as a full route vill receive $00 a mouth, or .$720 a ^ear, beginning with July. Carriers vho cover shorter boutes will not get he maximum salary. Under the reorganized system thece larriers will uot be isrmitted to act is agents for any person, and it is innounced that while this regulation vill be enforced rigidly, the carriers vill be permitted to do small favors or patrons along their routes, hut lothing more. Publishers of uews)apers and periodicals have asked the lepartment if they will be permitted :o supply carriers with lists of subscribers as a guide, after .paying the lecessary postage, and have been in'ormed that this permission will not be granted. After July 1 every news)aper and magazine intended for a )atron of a rural route must Dear tue lame of the subscriber, though it need lot be actually wrapped. GIRL RURAL MAIL CARRIER. 1 kliss Lane, Aged 19, Takes a Job That Two Men Have Given Up. New Bedford, Mass.?After two men lad resigned because of the rigors of he place. Miss Ruth Lane, nineteen rears old, a graduate of Tabor Academy and educated for a teacher, has )een appointed rural mail carrier. In he recent civil service examination 'or candidates. Miss Lane was the only voman to enter. She stood third. The first two applicants had a trial it the work during the winter and r^iigned. One of the requirements i3 0 cover twice daily a route of twenty niles. In winter the route is full of lifficulties, in many places being pracically impassable. In the last four 'ears none of the men cared to carry Jncle Sam's mail again after a year. Miss Laue, who is a Western girl >orn and bred, a crack rifle shot and 1 tine horsewoman, says she is coufilent she can do the work. 400 MARINES HAVE MEASLES. Spinal Meningitis Also Afflicts Men at League Island. Yard. Philadelphia.?Measles and spinal neuingitis are raging among the maines in camp at the League Island s'avy Yard, and of the 700 men there :00 are on the sick rolls. The maority are measles patients. The camp s divided into three sections. On the iver front are the fewer patients, in hi? barracks and tents the well, then iff to the north is the measies secion. Strictly sanitary regulations are maintained and visitors are not pernitted to set foot within the lines guarded by sentries. Measles first apteared there two weeks ago, and pread rapidly. The sickness iu camp, vhich has never been free from distase since it was established, is atributed to the swampy character of he ground, which was filled from maerial dug from the river. After each ain the moisture fairly oozes from the ground and the surface remains damp or many days. Republicans Indorse Roosevelt. Connecticut Republicans in Slate onvention at New Haven indorsed Roosevelt, and' recommended their del gates to vote as a unit for his nominaion. The Republican conventions in Ala>ama and Maryland, meeting at Birningham and Baltimore, respectively, uslrueted for Roosevelt. The platorm for the Republican convention at racoma, Washington, instructs for ioosevelt. Miss Clara Barton Resigns. A climax was reached in the Red ?ross controversy when Miss Clara Barton resigned as president and was mcceeded by Mrs. .John A. Logan, viceresident ot' the society. The change vas effected very quietly at the home >f Mrs. Logan, in Washington, D. C.. vliere the executive committee met md accepted the resignation. Steeple Jack Hangs Himself. William Johnston, sometimes known is William McCready, of Pittsburg, )ut better known as the "Steeple Jack'' >r "Human Fly," famous the world >rer for his daring work 011 church ;teeples, committed suicide at Chicago by hanging himself in the spire >f the Immanuei Baptist Church. Hanna Monument by St. Gaudens. Augustus St. Gaudens has accepted a commission to design the monument to Senator Hanna to be built at Cieveand. Chinese Bandits Becoming Bold. Chinese bandits have grown bolder md have attacked the Russians at several points in Mauehuria. Japanese Loan Oversubscribed. Subscriptions to the Japanese loan )f $50,000,000 have boon closed. It is HimI- tlm lnnn wie nrnrenh scribed twenty times. There was a ?reat rush to subscribe and an enormous number of applications for small imouuts. Fighting in Armenia. A dosnntch from Batoum. Armenia. says that 700 Turks ami i)OQ Armenian* have l)etMi killed in recent tiguiitig u the Sassoun district. Labor World. 1 A genera! .-trike of all I ho bakers in N'ew England is being discussed. \U the conductors on the street railway ears in Valparaiso, Cbile, are women. The bakers' strike at Chicago has been settled, concessions being granted the men. I Seven thousand boilerinr.kerp in NewYork City shipyards struck against the "open-shop" proposition. : The carpenters have grown, to 1G0C local unions, with a total meiiibcrshiF on July t o? 1G7.229 uiembera1. I I \ IKED HER LIFE, I < Tired, Nervous, Aching, Trembling, Sleepless, Bloodless. t Pe-ru-na Renovates, Regulates, Restores. A Pretty New York Woman's Recovery the Talk of Her Numerous Friends. Mrs. J. E. Finn. 83 East High street, | SOCIETY WRE( NW^WWWW In Society. A woman in society is obliged to keep late hours. She must attend reoeptiou* and balls. She seldom allows herself a quiet evening at home. Her whole time is taken up in keeping engagements or entertaining in her own home. Her system becomes completely- run down as a consequence. She soon finds herself in a condition known as systemic catarrh. This has also been called catarrhal nervousness. If every society woman could know the value of Peruna at such a time, if they could realise the invigorating, strengthening effect that Peruna would have, how much misery could be avoided. Letter8 from society women all over the United Stated testify to the fact that IV runa is the tonic for a run down, depleted nervous system. Engine-Driving Rtcord A unique record of engine-driving Is reported. Robert Maybank, who has bad close on fifty-two years' service on the London and South-Western Railway, has traveled on his engine durtng this period about 2,000,000 miis* and has never once been late for duty. He was fireman of the train which, in 1363, conveyed the King, then Prince of "Wales, from Windsor to Waterloo to meet his bride. During the whole of his long service he has never had an accident to a train under his charge. Industrial Economy. A locomotive engineer on an Eastern railroad said one day to his two firemen, "Suppose you fellows work as if you, and not the company, were paying the coal bills." During six months, merely by careful firing, the men * cause"d?a saving in coal, over the average consumption of the engine, equal to almost four times the amount of wages paid the men for that period. The engine was the same; the men worked differently.?World's Work. I I FITSparmanently cared. No flts ornervo usness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer.32 trial bottieand treatise free Dr.R.H. Kline, Ltd., 931 Arch St., Piiiia.,Pa Dry Rot ia Big; Trees. The famous oak trees about the University of California are, many of tliem, suffering from ''.ry rot. The decayed matter is to be removed and the I cavities formed thereby are to be disI infected with coal tar and filled with ! cement. How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for | any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by ! Hairs Catarrh Cure. F. J. Chene? & Co., Toledo, 0. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him i perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their llrm. West & Thoax, Wholesale druggists, Toledo, 0, Waldino, Kix>*an A Mabvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, 0. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, act! Ing directly upon the blood aud mucousauri faces of the system. Testimonials sent free, i Price, 75c. per bottle, gold by all Druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. liailroud on Cypress. The Island of Cypress In the Modi j terraueao, win suuu uu?s? a lamvwu from coast to coast. The amount of 8,000,000 francs lias been appropriated for its construction. Engineers with their staffs have already arrived ou the ground. i Could Yon Use Any Kind of a Sewinsr Machine at Any Price? If there is any price so low, any offer so liberal that you would think of accepting ou trial a new high gr.ide, drop cabinet or upright Minnesota, ! Singer. Wheeler Sc Wilson, Standard, i White or New Honi^ S?wing Machine, ! cut out and return this notice, and you | will receive by return mail, postpaid. : free of cost, the handsomest sewing i machine catalogue ever published, it ! will name you prices on the Minnesota, I Singer, Wheeler & Wilson, White, ' Standard and New Home sewing 111a| chines that will surprise you: we will ; make you a new and attractive proposiI tiou. a sewing machine offer that will astonish you. If you can make any use of any sew' ing machine at any price, if any kind j of an ufl'er would interest you. don't I fail to write us at once (be sure to cut j out and return this special notice) and get our iatost hook, our latest offers, | >:u* new and most surprising proposi I ii.ni. Address Seahs. Hoeruck & Co.. Chicago. j Tf the average tnan lta<l iii.s life lo live ! )vcr again lie would probabiy make more jiii takes than ever. Mrs. Winaiow's Soothing Syrup forchildron teetbins.soi'trn the ;rJDis,reduce3iuIlamm<itiou allays lain.cureswind colic. 25c. ubottlo We often hear of a middle aged man, bu: never of a middle aged woman. A woman ' ia either young or old. Buffalo, N. Y., writes: PcruoA Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio. J Gentlemen:?"A few years ago I had to give up social life entirely, as my health was completely broken down. The doctor advised a complete rest for ? year. As this was out of the question for a time, I began to look for some other means of restoring my health. ? "I had often heard of Peruna as an excelleht tonic, so I bought a bottle to see what it would, do for me, and it certainly took hold of my system and rejuvenated me, and in less than two months I was in perfect health, and now when I feel worn out or tired a, dose or two of Pcruna is all that I need."?Mrs. J. E. Finn. Mr3. J. W. Reynolds, Elkton, Ohio, writes: "I owe my health and life to Peruna. We rarely call in a physician; in fact, it has been years since 1 have taken any other medicine than yours. I am afraid of drugs, and although 1 have been sick many times I have taken only youi- medicines. They are wonderful, indeed. We have a very large hoMse and entertain great deal and 1 do all my own work, thanks to Peruna."?Mrs. u. VV. Reynolds. Free Treatment for Women. ? < Any woman wishing to be placed on the list of Dr. Hartman's patients for free home treatment and advice should immediately send name and symptoms, duration of disease and treatment already tried. Directions for the Krsc month's treatment will be promptly m tiled free of charge. No free medicine will be supplied by the doctor, but all necessary directions wiJl be furnisaed. Reao what the above ladies have to say of Peruna as a cure for these cases. Address Dr. Hantaan. President ,o?" The Hai'tmun Isauiurium, Columbus, AL: - . Married a Conple In Two Language*. Because the bride (^)uld not .understand English and the groom could not i understand German, County Judge Q. W. Murray, of Springfield, 111., found it necessary the other day to perform ' a wedding in the two languages. I The couple gave their names as Loo' Is Maudra and Miss Wytte Wettl, the {former twenty-six and the latter nineteen years of age. The ceremony wm ! first said in English, the groom gir. Ing the responses, and then in Ger? ! man, to which the bride made repliea ?.Dah*Aif Trihnoa _____ Pens are polished with emery pon* der in a large revolving drum. Hi n Ot Tortirin;. Disfifarii; Niims Ike (Mil Every child born into the world with an inherited or early developed tendency to torturing, disfiguring humors of the Skin and Scalp, becomes an object of the most tender solicitude, not only because of its suffering, but because of the dreadful fear that the disfiguration is to be lifelong and mar its future happiness and prosperity. Hence it becomes the duty of mothers of such afflicted children to acquaint themselves with the best, the purest, and most effective treatment available, viz.: the CUTICURA Treatment, consisting of warm baths with iP T ITU"* T T E> A Cnin anH on?ntl*? 6 V V A AVV WW?^? -? *anointings with CUTICURA Ointment, the great Skin Cure. Cures made in childhood are Bpeedy, permanent, and economical. Sold throughout the world. Cntleura Soap, JSc., Otat- ' meet, 40c., lleaolront, 40c. (In form of Chocolate Coat?<l Fl;In, 24c. per rial of 60;. DepoM: London, *7 Charterhouie 8q.: ParU, I Hue da la Pali; Boston, 137 Columkua Ave. Potter Drug 4 Ctuao. Corp., Sole Proprietor*. airHecd for " Bow to Cure Torturing, DUflgurlcf Human from Inlaacj to Age,"