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r< - m - A Considerate Kentucky Judge. Representative Kehoe of Kentucky tells of a considerate judge in his State Who passed sentence on a man convicted of murder. The judge said: "Mr. Dodson. the jury says you are guilty of murder, and the law says you are to be hanged. It is my wish that you and all your friends on the river to know that it is not I who condemns you; it is the jury and the law, Mr. Dodsen. At what time, sir, would you like to be hansred?" The prisoner made answer that it was a matter of indifference to him, and that he was preWOMEN NO! This Statement Has Bet Modest Women Ev Male Physicians. . An eminent physician says that Women are not truthful; they will lie to their physician." This statement should be qualified; women do tell the truth, but not the whole truth, to a male physician, but this is only in regard to those painful arid troublesome disorders peculiar to their sex. EL There can be no more terrible ordsal to a delicate, sensitive, refined woman than to be obliged to answer certain questions when those questions are asked, even by her family physician. This is especially the case with unmarried women. '* ' Is it any wonder, then, that women continue to suffer and that doctors fail to cure female diseases when they cannot get the proper information to work on ? This is the reason why thousands and thousands of women are now corresponding with Mrs. Pinkham. To her they can and do give every symptom, so that she really knows more about fmiA nnnrlifmn nf nofionfa through her correspondence with them than the physician who personally questions them. If you suffer from any form of trouble peculiar to women, write at once to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass., and she will advise you free of charge. ' The fact that this great boon, which is extended freely to women by Mrs. Pinkham, is appreciated, the thousands of letters received by her prove. Many such grateful letters as the following are constantly pouring in. Ask Mrs. Pinkham's Advice?A Worn* m . f % iff %kT Ml ^^GUARANTEEDCUR^fb^al^oweMroubl blood, wind on the stomach, bloated bowels, "> 8 pains after eating, liver trouble, 3allow skin a regularly you arc sick. Constipation kills mc starts chronic ailments and lone years of suffi CASCARET3 today, for you will never get v right 'fake ouv advicc, start with Cascarel money refunded. The genuine tabiet stamp 9 booklet free. * AdoreeD Sterling Remedy Com Bangkok, the capital of Siam, is ono ' ?f the most interesting cities in the world. It is called the "Garden City In the East." The announcement is made in London that chocolates made in Europe eontaiu a large percentage of proof spirits. FACE LIKE RAW BEEF Saniing Up With a Terrible Itclnnj; Ec? > xema?Speedi4y Cored by Cutlcura. "Cuticura cured me- of a terrible eczema from which I had suffered agony and ^ain for eight years, being unable to obtain any help from the best doctors. My scalp was covered with scabs and my face was like a piece of raw beef, my eyebrows and lashes were falling out, and I felt .as if burning tip from the terrible itching and pain. Cuticura gave me relief the very first day, ?nd made a complete cure in a short time. My head and face are now clear and well. (Signed) Miss Mary M. Fay, 73 West Main St., Wcstboro, Mass." A rural district carrier at Rockport, Vn u'hon nsl-ort tr? ifofino hie riictrinfr wrote: "My route begins at the livery stable and runs all around and ends at the postoffice." L*. . - Though ski running originated in Xorxcay, Zdarski, an Austrian, is the champion. jSffiM * " ' SIOO Inward. SIOO. Tba readers of this paper will be pleasedto learn that there is at least oue dreaded disea??that science has been able to cure in all itssta:;es, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's CatarrhCureistakeniateroally.aTtiii jdirectly upon the blood and inu CCIJSS'iriilJe.-! Ml IUU sj.5(,o;u. iui.uuj ujjiwjingthefoundatio 1 of tne dissass, aad giving tho patinnt strea^tli by building up the constitution aud assisting nature ia doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith iu ftscurative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for aay case that it fails to euro. 6end for ii9t of testimonials. Address F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0. Sold by Druggists, 75o. Tufco Hall's K/imilv Pills f'.r f?onstiDati02. Cliinn'rt Coal Fields. China's resources of coal and iron are among the largest and most favorably situated in the world. The extent of the great coal fields has been put at 400,000 square miles?more Than seventy times the aggregate "stent of all the coal fields of Britain. pared to swing off at any time. The j judge continued: "Mr. Dodson, it is j a serious matter to be hanged. It can't j happen to a man but once in life, unless I the rope should break before the necU j is broke, and j*ou had better take all i the time you can. But since it makes j no difference to you, ybu may hang I four weeks from to-day at 12 noon but you may have a good dinner first." ?Philadelphia Public Ledger. Great Britain's naval estimates foi ^ next year are just double those of the j United States. r TRUTHFUL I in Unjustly Made, Because ade Questions Asked By Mrs.Ella Lee, Frankford, Ind., writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham " I want to thank you for what your medicine has done for me. " Three years ago I had inflammation of the ovaries and ulcers on my womb. I was under the doctor's care for about three months, and the only time I was not in pain was when under the influence of morphine. The doctor finally said I never would be better, and woula be an invalid the rest of my life. I had given up in despair, but one evening I came across one of vour advertisements and decided to write you for advice. I did so and commenced tio take Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound. I began to improve at once, and to-day I am a well woman, and I know it is all due to your advice and medicine, xf-c T TT Wcj-moT. oana ttii.w* v? ? w*ujv4 va ?uvt/ uiiiubw Avenue, St. Louis, Mo., writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham:? "I cannot thank you enough for what your advice and medicines have done for me. They have done me more good than all the doctors I ever had. "For the last eight years I have suffered I with female troubles; was very weak; had I nervous prostration, and coula not do my j work; but I am happy to say Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has made & , different woman of me. I am in perfect j health and have gained in weight from 98 | pounds to 122 pounds." No other medicine in the world has received such widespread and unqualified endorsement. No other medicine has such a record for actual cures of female ills as has Lydia E. Pinkham'? Vegetable Compound. Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women to write her for advice. She has gnided thousands to health. Address, Lynn, Mass. in Best Understands A Woman's Ills. i fit BOWELS * INI t* l CANDY ^ V CATHARTie es, appendicitis, biliousness, bad breath, bad 1 foul mouth, headache indigestion, pimples, 3 nd dizzinss9. Whsn your bowels don't mova H ; ire people than ail other diseases together. It HI :ring No matte? whai aits yoa: a tart tr.king fl ! /ell aad 3tay wall until you get your bowels I :c ;oday 'jadev absolute guarantee to euro or I ; ?dCCC, Never sold in bulk* Srmpls aart N pany, Chicago or New York. 502 - | ' Tealongy to "the LIuait." A young inau was very jealous of a girl lie adored. She was a bit more | coquettish than other girls. "Your | eyes can flirt in al! directions," he said one day, and cut them out. "You might wave your hands to somebody," and cut them off. "With your feet you can make signs to some one under the table," and cut those off. "I forgot that you can also speak," he remarked three days later, and tore her tongue out. "You shall not smile," he said, and knocked her teeth out. "So, I am a bit quieter now," be remarked the day after he had cut her hair off, and for the first time he was going to trust her to herself. "Now she is^ugly, but still I feel she is quite my own," he said on leaving her. But when he returned the girl bad disappeared?she had run away with the proprietor of a show.?Fables of Eugen Heltai. Effect* of Prosperity. In the six yeai'3 of the country's greatest prosperity, from 1897 to 1903, average prices of breadstuffs advanced 63 per cent.; meats, 23.1 per cent.; dairy and garden products, 50.1 per cent,, and clothing 24.1. All these were products of the farmer and stockman, who profited more than any other class of the community by these advances. The miner benefited 42.1 per cent, by that advance in the average price of metals. The only decrease in the average prices of commodities in that period was in railway freight rates, which decreased from .70S per ton-mile in 1S97 to .763 in 1903, a loss of 4.4 per j cent. The report of the Interstate Commerce Commission shows that the j average increase in the pay of railroad ' nmnlni'oc in tliiit n tritfr> i above S.5 per cent. Cbarlemajjne'a Hutnor. Charlemagne was ia need oi! amusement. "Wliy," they asked him, "do you have suc-h a large number or Court jesters in constant attendance on your royal person?" "Bocause." be replied, with a right regal chuckle, "I could not earn the surname of 'The Great' were I not carenu iu ujj ?us uuuuc me. It is said that the courtiers died laughing.?Cleveland Leader. RUSSIA'S HARD PLIGHT *> Peace Movement Growing in the n f _ n ?.! ozars oapuoi. HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR LOAN Fooslbilitie* of Settlement at Close of Prcttent Hostilities?Japan Wants Indemnity?The Control of Siberian East* era Railroad in the Fatnre?The Milia1'0't 1 i; 2 ts in Korea and Lfau Tunc. New York Citj.?Russian diplomacy has made several very foolish and very futile attempts to have it appear that Japan was seeking tentative peace proposals. Ail these having failed, as was inevitable. Russia now does what she ought to have done in the first place. She'acknowledges, in a semi-official Statement from the Ministry at St. Petersburg, that the peace party "has won the Emperor to its side"' in the consideration of tentative terms which he would accept. It is now admitted that liberal compen U. 4.^ Tnnnn nl. SilUUIl ?."IU ue [J1UUUCU IU Ou;/au, ?? though the Russian Government still goes through the ridiculous form of asserting that it will not'listen to "indemnity or cession of territory.'' The peace party, however, is careful to give out that Russia could turn over to, the victorious country the proceeds of the sale of the Chinese Eastern Railway: that a generous sum could be paid for the maiutenance of Russian prisoners in Japan; that Russian warships would be surrenderedas prizes of war. and that fisheries rights would be relinquished in perpetuity. Other concessions which Russia woul<i be "willing" to make in return for an early peace would be a diminishment of the Siberian army for a stated period, a naval program satisfactory to Japan, a recognition of Japan's protectorate rights in Korea and a confirmation of her territorial possessions of Port Arthur and the Liau Tung peninsula, with the establishment of a neutral zone between the Mongolian side of China and Siberia, the railroad from that point down to Port Arthur being under international ownership. Ail these concessions, it goes without saying, must be made whether Russia "accepts" peace now or continues the war. And many of them, it may be added, are in fact indemnities, whatever the Czar's Ministry may call them. But the indemnity is not sufficient, and.' we have no doubt, will not be allowed to be sufficient by victorious Japan. Probably the Mikado will exact no cession of Eussian territory, in tbe sense of real Russian territory, because it would be of no use to Japan or to any one else. What Japan has wished to do first of all was to put the Muscovite invader out of Korea and Manchuria, and this she has I accomplished. What she has a right to expect, and will exact, is that Russia shall pay a heavy financial forfeit for her attack on and imperiling of the national safety of Japan, the in-' tegrity of China and international relationships in the Far East Russia can .either acknowledge this obligation now, before Japan has technically occupied territory that is strictly Russian, or she can blunder along for a few weeks more, until Oyama's armies have advanced into Siberian territory, and Vladivostok falls as Port Arthur fell. The New Ragsian Loan. St. Petersburg, Russia.?A preliminary contract was signed, with a number of Rusian banks for the issue ot $75,000,000 of the proposed internal loan of $100,000,000. The bonds bear interest at the rate of five per cent, per annum and are redeemable in fifty years. The issue price is 96. The successful conclusion of the internal loan of ?100,000.000 at the emission price of 9U comes as a gleam of sunshine in an otherwise clouded situation. Of this amount the Government savings bank takes one-fourth and private banks and an underwriting syndicate the remainder. The internal situation in Russia is a source of continued apprehension. In the south of Russia workingmen and peasants already are joining hands, and from the Caucasus, Poland and other quarters encounters between discontented workers and the police. with fatal consequences, are reported. SIX MINERS KILLED. Four Others Injured by Explosion in an Indiana Mine. Princeton. Ind:?Six miners dead and four injured is the result of an explosion in the mine of the Princeton Coal and Mining Company. N The explosion hurled supporting timbers in> every direction. In consequence ttie slate roof gave way in many places, and the rescuers were in constant danger from this source. This is the second serious disaster in the mine, an explosion some years ago having killed nine men. CAUCASUS REVOLT SPREADS, Mountaineers Drive Many Russians * From Their Properties. Tiflis. ? Disorders were reported among the Abha,zians (denizens of the Alps of Abhazfa), who are driving a large number of Russians from tbeir properties. Several serious collisions between police firifl 4 hlin 719 ne nrs runrtrtafl bave occurred. ' The Santo Domingo Situation. Spain and Germany alleged a fiscal agreement antedating that proposed in Washington. D. C.. for Santo Domingo, while President Morales declared that if the American treaty is rejected a revolution is certain to follow* in his country. Germans and Britons Unite. German holders of Venezulean bonds bave signed an agreement for unification of the debt, and the document lias been sent to London, Ens:., for signatures of th?> British holders. Russian Coal Strike Ends. A dispatch from Warsaw, Poland, said that the coal miners' strike had ended, and that the agitation among the peasants "was slight. Cubans Laud Roosevelt. Cuban veterans in entertaining ottiu-ers of the American squadron at Havana, Cuba, lauded the course cf President Roosevelt. Public Funeral in Brockton. PnhtiV fiinop.il TVOrt1 held Brockton. Mass., in memory of those who lost their lives iu the recent explosion and fire. ADDICKS AGAIN THWARTED Delaware Legislature Adjourns Sins Die Without Breaking Deadlock. Firat Ballot Cast on February 8 and Balloting; Has Continued Since That Date. Dover, Del.?Without electing a Sen ator, although four ballots were taken and filibustering resorted to to continue the balloting, the Delaware General Assembly adjourned sine die, and as a consequence Delaware will not be fully represented in the United states Senate for the next two years. Senator J. Frank Allee retains his seat, but John Edward Addicks failed to secure the other. While no agreement had been ! reached when the members entered I upon the final joint session, there were j hopes among many of the members that a solution of the problem might be reached. It was intended by the Union Republicans to cast only one ballot, but . when the first ballot had been taken and efforts were made to separate the Democrats, it was found that the regular Republicans had a scheme to prolong the balloting in the hope of electing one of their number. Three more ballots were taken; all resulting the same, except that Representatives Lingo and Vanderburg changed their votes from T. Coleman Du Pont to State Senator S. S. Pennewill.' A recess of fifteen minutes was then taken. The Union men conferred, and. upon information that the Democrats would assist them, went back into the joint session ready to move a separation, which was done, and the motion was carried, much to the chagrin of the Regulars and the Union ! bolters. Senator Pennewiil. who was to have ! been the nominee of the Regulars and i the seven Union bolters, became angered at President Pro Tem. Connei when he recognized a motion from Senator Rose (Dem.) rather than from Representative Vanderburg (Rep.), and made remarks to Mr. Conner as he was -leaving Representative Hall which have caused a wider breach among the Republicans of Delaware. As final separation of the joint assembly was secured pandemonium reigned, many shouting for joy becausi Addicks again had failed to reach the goal. ? The first ballot taken resulted: Addicks, 15; Du Pont, 14; Saulsbury (Dem.), 13: Hughes (Dem.),' 8; T. C. Du Pont, 2. Total vote. 52; necessary to choice, 27. The ballofeng for Senator in joint session began February 8. The first ballot resulted as follows: J. Edward Addicks, Union Republic can, 22; Henry A. Du Pont, ReguTat Republican, 9; Willard Saulsbury, Democrat, 2; one member, a Democrat, absent. Since then there have been changes, the Regular Republicans voting for s j week for Henry A. Richardson, of Dover, in order to show their willingness J to vote for Union Republicans other than Addicks. Seven of Addicks' followers joined them, and also cast their votes on various ballots for T. Coleman Du Pont, but the other fifteen Union Republl' caus remained true to Addicks. PEARY'S SHIP LAUNCHED. Model Arctic Exploring Steamer Successfully Christened at Bucksport.Me. Bucksport, Me.?Commander RoDert E. Peary's arctic exploration steamship, for which funds were furnished by the Peary Arctic Club, of New York, was launched here. She was named "Kooseveit' Dy Mrs. Peary. The vessel was designed by Naval Architect Wiliiam E. Winant, of New j York, and is said to embody all that ' experience in arctic navigation to this date can suggest. She is described as "a three-masted j fore and aft schooner-rigged steamship j with auxiliary sail power." Her prin- i cipal dimensions are: Length over all, j 182 feet; beam, 35.5 feet; depth, 16.3 j feet; mean draught, with stores, 17 ; feet; gross tonnage. G14 tons, and esti- , mated displacement about 1500. I n rrAccnl ia Kn514* nf i' fa !r fh a vcooui 10 uuiit vi uiiu uaa, uio frames being treble and close together, with double planking, making tbe j walls from 24 to 30 inches thick. The ] .keel is 16 inches thick, but false keels and keelsons form a backbone 6 feet : high the entire length of the vessel. The bow is backed by 12 feet of solid 1 deadwood. Her engine and boilers will ! develop from 1000 to 1500 horse power, j Her cost when ready for sea will be i ?100,000. > ^ j / . THRW'N FROM GALLOWS. Noose Breaks in Pennsylvania Prisoa Causing Harrowing Scene. Pittsburg, Pa. ? Two men were hanged here, and the first accident at j the scaffold was recorded in Alle- j gheny County. Reno Dardaia went to > the scaffold first and his neck was bro? ken. William J. Byers followed him, and when the trap was sprung the loop of the noose pulled away, throwing him to the ground. For about one minute he staggered around under the scaffold, and then Sheriff Dickson caught him. and removing the noose and black cap carried him into the jail. JbLe was not Daaiy.nurt as tne result of the fall. The rope was again adjusted. and Byers. pale and trembling, was once more placed on the scaffold and the trap sprung. This time there was 110 mishap, and death resulted from strangulation. Jules Verne Dead. Jules Vernv?, the author, died at Amiens, Frauce, at the age of seventysis. Mrs. Chadwick's Debts. At her bankruptcy hearing in Cloveland, Ohio, Mrs. Chad wick declared that her debts did not exceed $750,000. Mexican Ambassador Dies. Senor Azpiroz. Mexican Ambassador ! to tlio United States, dies! :it Washingtou, D. C. RUSSIA'S PHANTOM FLEET. One Division Said to Have Been in Port Said Recently. Tort Said.?Admiral Xebogatoffs division of the Russian Second Pacific Squadron, consisting of a battleship, four cruisers and four transports, arrived here. The vessels did not coal, and were only taking moderate supplies on board. Tht tranf.ftorts were heavily laden with stores. The division, which was said to be bound for Jibutil, French Souialiland and Vladivostok, I proceeded. DOMINICAN SETTLEMENT "^3f ? ? . United States Government to TaKe \ . Charge,of Her Revenues. _ I NO CHANCE FOR OPPOSITION j President Taken Action After the j Hold I7p by the Senate ? Lonj ; Consultation With Cabinet, Sen- { atom Lodge and Spooner?In Lone Letter Mr. Koosevelt Gives Flans. I Washington, D. C.?The solution of the Santo Domingo difficulty was arrived at by the President. Secretary Taft and Attorney-General Moody. An arrangement has been made whereby, despite the Senate's failure to ratify the treaty the United States will go right ahead taking charge of the little republic's revenues and settling its claims. ' Before the Cabinet meeting the President conferred on this matter with Mr Taft. Mr. Moody and Senators Lodge and Spooner. Then it was taken up at the Cabinet meeting and discussed there. After the Cabinet meeting adjourned Mr. Taft and Mr. Moody re mained, and instructions for carrying out the scheme were drawn up. In the afternoon Mr. Taft took these instructions to Acting Secretary of State Adee in the form of a letter from the President. It reads: "White House, Washington. "To the Acting Secretary of State: "I have carefully considered the following, cablegram from Minister Dawsou: " "Under pressure foreign creditors and domestic peril, Dominican Government offers to nominate a citizen of the United States receiver of southern ports pending ratification protocol: four northern ports to be administered under the award. Forty-five per cent, of total shall go to Dominican Government. fifty-five to be deposited in New York for distribution after ratification. Creditors to agree to take no further steps in the meantime, and receiver to have full authority to suspend importers" preferential contracts. " 'Italian. Spanish-German and American creditors, except the Santo Domingo Improvement Company, accept unconditionally; Belgian and French representatives will recommend acceptance. Some modus vivendi absolutely necessary. I am ready, if desired. to start for Washington, D. C., to explain details ana mocnncauons to plan obtainable. Whole matter can be held open during my absence. " 'DAWSON.' "I direct that the Minister express acquiescence in the proposal of the Government of Santo Domingo for the collection and conservation of its rev* enues, pending the action of the United States Senate upon the treaty, to the end that in the meantime no change shall take place in the situation which would render useless its consummation or bring complications into its enforcement. "The Secretary of War of the United States will present for nomination by the President of the Dominican Republic men to act in the positions referred to, in both the northern and southern ports. The utmost care will, of course, be taken to choose men of capacity and absolute integrity, who, if possible, shall have some knowledge of Spanish. ' All the moneys collected from both the northern and southern ports, not fha Flnmtnistnn f^Ararn* i IUIUCU. U.ci IV mi. , ment, will be deposited in some New i Yofrfe bank to be designated by the Secretary of War, and will there be kept until the Senate has acted. If the ac- I tion is adverse the money will then be j turned over to the Dominican Govern- ! ment. If it Is favorable it will be dis- j tributed among the creditors in propor- | tion to their just claims under the ! treaty. "Meanwhile Mr. Hollender will thor- ! oughly investigate these claims, ihciud- ! ing the claim of the American Improve- ! ment Company, and.will report in de- i tail all the information he is able to j gather as to the amount actually re- j ceived by Santo Domingo, the amount I of indebtedness nominally incurred. I the circumstances ;So far as they are : known under which the various debts | were incurred, and so forth. ' This action is rendered necessary j by the peculiar circumstances of the ! case. The treaty now before the Sen- | ? ^ nrifh SonfA HnmlnffA i U It H tlfl V U'ltV. i UU CU IT UU UUUIV I at Santo Domingo's Ernest request re- j peatedly pressed upon us. and was sub- ; mitted to the Sena te because in my ! judgment it was our duty to our less j fortunate neighbor to respond to her ; call for aid. inasmuch as we were tho ; only power that could give this aid, and j inasmuch as her need for it was very , 'great. "Th? treaty is now before the Sen- i ate. and has been favorably reported i by the Committee on Foreign Relations. . It is pending, aud final action will un- j doubtedly be taken wheu Congress con-; voncs next fall. Meanwhile Santo Do- j uingo has requested that the action j above outlined be taken; that is, she j desires in this way to maintain the sta-! tus quo. so that if the treaty is ratified it can be executed. "Wibh this purpose in view. I direct that the proposed arrangement be ap- j proved. It will terminate as soon as the Senate has acted one way or the other. "THEODORE ROOSEVELT." Two Commit Suicide. H. L. Woodward, of New Torn. nml j C. A. Brouse, of Toledo, committed 1 suicide id Cleveland, Ohio, as the re- ; suit of a pact < REVOLT IN DOMINGO. General Barba Lands?This Country . Prepared to Protect Morales. Cape Haitien, Haiti.?Advices re-; reived here by courier from Monte j Cvisti. on the northern coasc of the ; Republic of Santo Domingo, announce j that General Barba, with a number o? j aviiac line lonrinf] .'if Mmifp i U\J 111 I niL a 11 C AWVO uuw ? Cristi, and that the inhabitants havo risen r.gainst President Morales, re- I proachitsg him with being the cause of the present difficulties with foreign t countries. I Troininent People. Mayor McCIellan. of New York City, , never uses a cab. One of the lest self-advertised of j scientific authorities is Professor! XVUflll^Uil. Nansen. the Arctic explorer, is frequently mentioned for Prime Minister ! of Norway now that the relations of that country and Sweden are strained. Governor Johnson has decided that carbonized water from Minnehaha Falls shall be used in christening the battleehlc Minnesota^ ' - ' !> v'.r i RUSH FOR JAPANESE LOAN Few Eond Issue Oversubscribed I I Many Times. Bo;h in New Toik and Londoo Crowd* Scramble to Invest Their Savings. New York City.?Tlie American por- ' tion of tlie new Japanese loan was ( oversubscribed three or four times at i the offices of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., 52 < William street. Whfcn the office force ] arrived for work the lower corridor ' outside the doors of the banking house 1 was jammed with people so that it was 1 hardly possible to reach the elevators. * Outside the portal there Was a double ^ line of people extending across William J street and two or three doors up on i Tine street. It wasn't a run on ?a bank. It was the company of those who wauted to ] subscribe to the new four aud a liaif ? per cent. Japanese loan before it should be too late. Members.of the Exchauge were tuere to put in tiieir applications in person. Jammed into line with them were messenger boys with envelopes con- i raining memoranda of the amounts desired and checks for the required deposit: thgse touched elbows "with fash- ; ionably dressed women of the Wall Street investor type, a?d they again with others of more humble costump, ; who had come with some of their savings. attracted by the popularity of the 1 issue and its high interest returii. When the subscription taking -was : fairly under way there was a hustle such as the conservative old banking house has not seen for many a day. "They tairly tore us to pieces." declared a representative of the firm in the course of th? morning. "Until 11 ' or 12 o'clock wc; had not time to breathe." And this was pretty nearly so In fact, so far as those who were engaged in handling the applications were con- , cerned. for with the flood of money and checks there was a rush of questions of every conceivable nature from the folks who were, not in the* habit daily of having a part in a $75,000,000 issue. Some had to be shown where to write in on the application blanks the amount for which they subscribed, and very many were worried at seeing their money disappear without getting sc much as a receipt for it. To some it was explained that checks were receipts; others whose deposits were in cash were told to take a good i i i_ _ a. .1.1- - i. J J Jung iook at me uiuu nuu gaiuereu il the subscription blanks, money at tached, so that they might be able tc identify him in case of trouble. Thej didn't understand the ways of tin Street, where millions of dollars ol money and securities are haudled daj after day without other guarantee of contract than the names of the houses in the transactions. In making such allotments as this ol the Japanese loan it is the custom ol bankers to give preference to the smal.' subscribers and let the larger interests stand the largest cuts in the amount ol their award. Reports from other citien indicate large subscriptions throughout the country. ( Bosh For Loan in London. London, England.?The issuing banks estimate that the Japanese loan has been oversubscribed at least ten times ' They thiuk the foreign applications alone fully cover the whole amount. The portion allotted to London was well oversubscribed within an hour ol the time of the opening of the banks For an hour before the doors opened thrcmgs crowded the vicinity of the iS' suing bouses. The first post broughl in many thousands of applications, and tbe enormous subsequent deliveries gave evidence of public interest in the loan. An interesting feature was J.he faetx , that many applications were received from the Continent, indicating a chaugc of views regarding Japan's tinancia: stability. It is said that large sub- " scriptions came from (iermany. Switzerland applied for $10,000,000 of the loan. TORNADO KILLS NINE. . , Much Property Also Damaged by Bis | Alabama Blow. Roanoke. Ala.?Reports have reached Roanoke of a disastrous cyclone which swept over the southern part of Randolph County. Nine lives are known to bave been lost, and damage amounting to thousands of dollars was done to , property. } e+on+ari a nrtint TJPflT JL ur V.JI. IUUC ouuwu ? Double Heads and proceeded in a north westerly course. Six miles east ( bouses were demolished aud three negroes killed. Three or four negroes J were killed near Rock Mills. At Lime postoffice a store "was demolished and the little daughter of a Mr. Lucas was . killed aud her mother seriously in- 1 jured. 2sEW RUSSIAN* WAR MINISTER. ] General Sukhomlinoff Takes the Place * of General Sakharoff. Paris. France. ? A dispatch to the Journal from St. Petersburg .?jays it is officially announced that General Suk- . homlinoff has been appointed Minister * of War. General Kauibars has been \ appointed to the command of the second Manchurian army. Rojestvecsky Again Sighted, Admiral Rojestvensky's squadron of thirty warships and fourteen colliers was sighted steaming east by a British vessel -30 miles northeast of Madagascar. MENINGITIS SHUTS SCHOOL. Two Deaths of Pupils Within a Week at Somerville, Mass Somerviiie. Mass.?The Benjamin G. Brown School here has beo:i closed by order of the School Committee on account of two deaths of pupils from cerebro-spiaal meningitis out of i total of foil'- in this city. Til? closing of the school shuls oui .*JOi> or 4.')h pupils. 'L'hi* building will be | disintVrfed. t M AX Y DAT) RTF PALO BILL.*?. ; Counterfeit ?I0 and $20 Broadcast- 1 (.Jane Has Made $50,000. Denver.^!.?A counterfeiting scheme t>) Hood flit' whole conntrv with "iiuf | faio" bills of th" Ii> and *20 denoiuin j a r ion has been laiea* ill oil by Federal authorities. A number of Secret Serv- i ice agents arrived in Denver on a search Cor the headquarters of the , Qtllig. I It was believed that something JItce fjd.Wiij bad beeu secured iu tile largei cities. " / . r ;4-*Jro ? ? ? ' COMMISSIONER CARFIELD'S REPORT It la Found to Be Favorable to the Great Packer*. The report of Commissioner of Corporations Garfield on the beef indnsf-rTT offor o hAn t- ni/rnh mnnHjs' Jnveg tigation iu Chicago and elsewhere, shows that there has been an enormous amount of exaggeration in the state- N ments that have appeared for some time past in regard to the beef bust- f ness. This investigation was set on' foot by a resofution of the House of Representatives adoptec^March 7,1904, and the ascertained facts after a. most rigid examination of the methods and general conduct of the 'business are contained in a report covering 308 I pages. Its "figures and tables conclusively show lhat the popular belief in enormous profits made by the large packers, such as Armour & Co., Swift & Co. and Nelson Morris & Co., and in the exclusive control of the business which many think they enjoy, ia really without foundation. xae report maue i<> cresiuem nuuw velt by Commissioner Garfield is really the first official statement of the,actual conditions of the beef business that has been made, and 4s all the conclusions arrived at are based, as shown by him, upon data officially obtained, there seems to be no reason why they ; should not be regarded as reliable and in all respects trustworthy^ This report shows why the price otv both cattle and beef ndvaricM to the highest level ever known after the short corn crop of 1301, and states that because of the decrease in number of. cattle and also in decreased, weight*, "the high prices of beef which caused so much complaint azrfong consumers it this time were attributable wholly to these abnormal cattle prices." All the figures of the live weight and live cost of all dressed beef cattle were ODtainea trom aciuai Kiiung rewras, ,i and all information of every kind ob- -l\ tained by the Commissioner wasarolun- j tarily and freely offered by the pack- j ers, all books of record and papets | connected with the business having - | been placed at his disposal. To make certain that the results of the investigation should be absolutely accurate^the Commissioner states that a double method of ascertaining profit* was adopted, and, without going into detail here, it is found that the conclusion arrived at shows an average proflt I of 99 cents per head. The Commissioner says "the close parallelism in the results of the two "methods of ascertaining the profits confirms completely the correctness of the general conclusions." Jt is clearly established that "Western packers do not control more than half of the beef supply of the United States," the conclusion of the Commissioirer being that the busi ness done by them amounts to "about 45 per cent." of the total' slaughter of , the country. The whole report is extremely Interesting and well worthy of careful perusal. As an official report It may be regarded as worthy of confidence, and It certainly leads the reader to the conclusion arrived at by the Commit sloner when he states that "tfce capi? talizatlon of none of these concerns It excessive as compared with its actual investment," and that from thorough and rigid examination of original en- t tries in books and papers to whicb Jxe had access there was also "indirect e*t dence that the profits of the packer* in their beef business are less than la } frequently supposed." as shown by comparison between the total profit! and the total amount of sales. A Cheerful Giver. Bobby's father had given him a tea cent piece and a quarter of a dollar,' _ telling him he might put one or tb? other on the contribution plate. "Which did you give, Bobby?n hit father asked when the boy came home home from church. "Well, father, I thought at first I ought to put in the quarter," said Bobby, "but then just In time I remem? bered "The Lord loveth a cheerfuJ jiver,' and I knew I could give the tencent, piece a great deal more cheerfully, so I put that in."?Youth's Companion. The Ply. , > A schoolboy gives the following i? formation about the pig: "A pig when livine has four less, but when you kitf it the butcher says it only has two, because he calls the front legs shoulders ind the back logs are called hams. Ham tastes nice, and they boll it to ?at at a wedding. The missus sprinkles little bits of toast on it to make look pretty."?Massachusetts Pioughmaa. -j wlieit Gre*a Onions. The John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Croeae, Wis., always have something new, some;hing valuable. This year they offer iraong their new money making vege,ablea, an Earliest Green Eating Onion. \ Lt is a winner, Mr. Fanner and Gardener! JUST SEXD THIS NOTICE ASO 160. md they will send you their big plant and , ' J:ed catalog, together with enough seed :o erow 1,000 fins, solid Cabbages, 2,900 rich, juicy Turnips, 2,000 blanching, nutty Celery, 2,000 rich, buttery Lettuce, J 1,000 splendid Onions, ? ^ 1,000 rare, 'uscious Radishes, 1,000 gloriously brilliant Flowers. In all over 10,000 plan .'s-'-this great offer 3 made to get you to test their warranted vegetable seeds and ALL FOB BUT 16c POSTAGE, jroviding you will return this notice, and f you will send them 26c in postage, they will add to the above a big package of Salzer's Fourth of July Sweet Corn?th? arliest on earth?10 days earlier than .,'ory, Peep o'Day, First of Ali,etc. [A.C.L.l A doll whose head is topped off with jrass, is a new toy in Pa:?s. h. h. Gbeen'3 So.vs, of Atlanta, Ga.( are the only successful Dropsy Specialists in th? ivorld. See their liberal offer in advertise* rent in another oolumn of this paper. The Siamese capital is the terminus of our iines of raiiway. 3'rs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children :?etlii:isr, soften the gums, reduces infiamma:ion,allays pain,cures wind colic,25c.a bottle. Two-thirds of the male population of the svorld use tobacco. To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All iruggi?ts refund money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grovo's signature is on box. 26c. A bee that works only at Dight ia found n India. rw,,.v, ftminnnnnf hA tnn Mohlv annk?nrtf as a oougU euro.?J. W, O^qien, 322Ttilrtl ivaaua, N., MinnaapoUa, Minn., Jan. 6,1900, There are, on an average, 200 pigeoqa iq ivery German lortreas. i A