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fr f . ??f I Premature Repentance* The sick man seized his wife's hand to his feeble grasp. "Tell me the truth at once," he begped. "Oh, William! It's all right. The *Hcic *c nncl- nnrl thp riopfnr savs VOU will recover." . "Is he sure of that?" "Perfectly." "Well, say, dear?run and telephone to my partner that I didn't mean what I said yesterday about not foreclosing that mortgage. I was delirious, ybu know."?Cleveland Leader. lr* _________ A Heavy Fine. ' Under the Elkins law any railroad tompany which pays rebates in any form, or any shipper who accepts them, is liable to a fine of from $1000 to |20,000 upon conviction. It also prohibits the carrying of freight at less than the published tariffs. The Interstate Commerce Commission is empowered to detect aud prosecute violators of this statute. President Knapp, of the commission, states that since this law was passed rebate paying nas been as rare as forgery. Attend to the Lawn. Roll the lawn well all over once of twice a week. That will compact the roots which have been loosened by the ?'\ i. frost of the past winter, and the resulting benefit to the grass will pay you well.?Garden Magazine. NO TONGUE CAN TELL Pa ^ i How I Suffered With ltchine and Bleeding Eczema Until Cared by Cuticara. I "No tongue can tell how I suffered fot five years with a terribly painful, itching and bleeding eczema, my body and face being covered with sores. Never in my life did I experience such awful suffering, and I longed for death, which I felt waa near. I had tried doctors and medicines without success, but my mother insisted that I try Cuticura. I felt better after the first bath with Cuticura Soap, and one ap- , plication of Cuticura Ointment, and was soon entirely well. (Signed) Mrs. A. Etson, Bellevue, Mich." French Printing Trade Exhibition. Following British precedent of 1904, an international exhibition of printing, papermaking, journalism, engraving and all graphic arts is to be held In Paris in 1906. It is to be the largest j slum of the kind ever held. Paper | i manufacturing and wood pulp making will, it is stated, be shown In operation. ; How's This? Weofter One Hundred Dollars Reward tor any case ot Catarrh that cannot he cured by Hail's Catarrh Cure. i. J. Cheney <fc Co., Toledo, 0. f." We, the uiidersigned, have known F.J. j ? Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him , perfectly honorable in all business transac- j tlons and Ilnanoiaily able to carry out any , obligations made by their llrm. Vizyr ?fc Tboax, wholesale Druggists, To- j ledo, 0, Saldino, Kixius <fc Mabvis, Wholesale : Druggists, Toledo, 0. Hall's Catarrh Carets taken internally, aoting directly upoii the blood and mu<3oas3ur? faoesof the system. Testimonials seat free. Price,75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Take Hail's Family Pills for constipation. What ia an Ide? ' A companion question to the famous "What are Keats?" was provided by the Intelligent curiosity of a lady spec* ' tator of Mr. Tree's "Julius Caesar,1* I who demanded "What is an Ide?" It ; is a natural pitfall for modern genera- i tions. Even Bulwer Lytton allowed one of his Soman characters to say, : "It stands fixed for the ninth Ide of August," although he must have known that "Ides" is a plural without a singular. Why the Romans called the 15th of March, May, July, October and ; the 13th of every other month the Ides, they do not seem to have known for certain themselves. Some thought j it meant the half-way day of the : month, from an Etuscan word mean- ( Ing "to divide," but modern philology4 - . -digging into Sanscrit, has suggested that it means the bright time of the : month, full moon.?London Chronicle, j Two Years to Mabe a Soldier. The new law fixing two years as the term of military service instead of one month is welcome, the French press quoting the statement of the Japanese that far from being worn out, they are able to get all the troops they want, be I ing able to make a fine soldier out of ; a civilian in three mouths. The French conclude that two years ought to suf- J flee to make a soldier out of a French , civilian.?New York World. A Nicfcle's Worth of Jumpi. "A small boy came into my store the other day," remarked the druggist, "and asked for Ave cents' worth of. 'Jumps.' Now what do you suppost ' he. wanted?" When everybody gave it up the drug gist told them what the boy had been sent for was hops.?New York Press. HONEST CONFESSION. A Doctor's Talk on Food. , r,, -- A# rwrtn ' \iiiere are nv tuirei ocl ui ucu earth than the doctors, and when they find they have been in error they are i ? ' usually apt to make honest and manly confession of the fact. A ease in point is that of an eminent practitioner, one of the good old school, -who lives in Texas. His plain, nn- j Varnished tale needs no dressing up: "I had always had an intense preju- j dice, which I can now see was unwarrantable and unreasonable, against all - - ? ? 1. t_ 4?A?.i!nAi4 #AA/1n T 7 on1 mUL'Uijf ttuvei uscu. lu<jus>. ucuic, * never read a line of the many 4ads.' of Grape-Nuts, nor tested the food till last winter. "While in Corpus Cbristi for my health, and visiting my youngest sou. who has four of the ruddiest, healthiest little boys I ever saw, I ate my lirst dish of Grape-Nuts food for supper with my little grandsons. I became exceedingly fond of it and have eaten a package of it every week shice, and find it a delicious, refreshing and * strengthening food, leaving no ill effects whatever, causing no eructations (with which I was formerly much troubled), no sense of fullness, nausea, nor distress of stomach in any way. "There is no other food that agrees with me so well, or sits as lightly or pleasantly upon my stomach as this does. I am stronger and more active since I began the use o:' Grape-Nuts' than I have been for ten years, and am no longer troubled with nausea and indigestion." Name given by Postum Co.. Battle Creek. Mich. There's a reason. Look in each pkg. for the famous little book, "The Koad to Wellville." [TEN HiR If HllEt | I'n.ted States Supreme Court De i dares It to Be Unconstitutional. ?. . ! ! l:ng legal fight closec i ! . Juatire Harlan Declare* This to Be Oin ol the Moot Important Decisions o the Centurr?The Case of Loehner v?, the State of New York Settled For ever?May Affect Eixht Honr Law Alsc Washington, D. C.?The Supreme \ Court of the United States held to be i unconstitutional the New York State law making ten hours a day's work and | sixty hours a week's work in, that Slate. The decision was rendered by Jus, ticcs Peckbam. White and Day. Justices Harlan and Holmes dissented. ! '\Xo more important decision than 1 this has been rendered in the last century." was the comment of Justice Harlan in his dissenting opinion. He i declared the decision of the Supreme Court as read by Justice Peckbam to , be an interference in State rights that , was not warranted. 'me decision was nanuea aown in I tlie case of "Lochner versus the State j of New York," anil b?s been pending in different courts for several years. The importance of the case has been clearly recognized. The lower courts all upheld the law, and this last decision j must result in the nullification of all legislation along similar lines. j The decision of the United States | Supreme Court was based ou the ground tliat the law interferes with the i free exercise of ihe rights of contract between individuals. 'The right to purchase or to sell labor is part of the liberty protected by the Fourteenth Amendment to the Federal Constitution, unless there are circumstances which exclude the right,'' is the wording of part of the decision. The Court of Appeals of the State of New York upheld the law and affirmed the judgment of the trial court holding Lochner guilty. The decision of the New York Court of Appeals was written by Judge Parker, and the court divided four to three on tho question of validity. The sixty-hour-a-week iaw is chapter 415 of the New York Laws of 1900, and prescribes a ten-hour day except where it may be desired to work for a longer daily period in order to procure a shorter day at the end of the week. Sixty hours for the week is the limit nrosfrihpri hv thA lnw. however, in all biscuit, bread or cake bakeries or confectionery establishments. A violation of the law is described as a misdemeanor. Joseph Lochner, a baker of Utica, N. r., was charged wiili permitting an employe to work extra hours, as he wished to learn to make cake. Lochner, who conducted a non-union shop, was arrested at the instance of the trades unions of Utica and on conviction paid a fine of $50. In a short time another case was made against him, but this he fought on the ground that the law was unconstitutional. To-day's opinion dealt entirely with the constitutional question involved. Justice Peckham stated that the law "is not an act merely fixing the number of hours which shall constitute a legal day's work, but an absolute' prohibition of the employer permitting under any circumstances more than ten hours' work to be done in his establishment." He continued: "The employe may desire to earn the extra money which would arise from nis woi'King more man me ^rcsuiucu time, but this statute forbids the employer from permitting the employ? t? earn it. '"The general rights to make a eontract in relation to his business Is part of the liberty of the individual protected by the Fourteenth Amendment to the Federal Constitution. Under that provision no State can deprive any person of life, liberty or property without due process of law. The right to purchase or sell labor is part of the liberty protected by this amendment unless there are circumstances which exclude the right." Justices Harlan and Holmes each delivered dissenting opinions, Justice Harlan saying, in part: "No one can doubt that there are many, reasons, based upon the experience of mankind, in support of the theory that, all things considered, more than ten hours' steady work each day, from week to week, in a bakery or confectionery establishment may. endanger the health, impair the usefulness and shorten the lives of the workmen. o * * Let the State alone in the management of its purely domestic affairs, so long as it does not appear beyond all question that it has violated the Federal Constitution." Anna)* Many Contracts. Albany. N. Y.?State officers who are experts on law said that the decision of the United States Supreme Court that the ten-hour Bake shop law .is unconstitutional not only vitiates that act in New York, but the eight-hour labor act as well. If so it annuls millions of dollars' worth of State contracts and would particularly affect those just signed for the construction of the $100,000,000 barge canal. I LOOPING THE LOOP KILLED HE?v j Woman Who Rode in the Auto in Paris Performance is Dead. Paris. France.?Owing to the death ; of the woman who was found to be j suffering from congestion of the brain j after looping the loop in an automobile ! the Prefect of Police has forbidden i similar performances.. GREAT FIRE IN CHILE. City of Pisagua Suffers Nearly $2,000,AAA T r~ r* VW JJUOS. i Santiago. Chile?Fire at night caused [ great damage in the city of Pisagua. j Fifteen blocks of buildings were deI stroyed. including tbe town ball and I several banks. The loss is estimated | at $1,750,000. | Oyama Reports a Victory. Field Marshal Oyama reported the repulse of five Russian squadrons. Labor News Notes. Wilkesbarre (Pa.) Court House stoneI oiiffArs struck airainst the "open shop." A general strike of ice and coal wagon drivers was instituted^ in St, Louis, Mo. Brewery coopers, about 350 in all went on strike in Milwaukee, Wis., for a wage increase. The Commercial Telegraphers' Unior of America has made wonderful strides in the two years of its existence. Four hundred ironworkers in Cin cinnati, Ohio, went on strike becaust their demand for more pay and ai eight-hour day was refused. j GIRL BATTLES WITH APE Monster Orang'-Outang- Esoapss From His Cag-?. I Miss Barlles Fanes Enraged l5onit in Her . ; Father's Now York City i Store. I New York City.?Pretty oighteeur j year-old Lillian Bartles for a 1 hour and j a half fought a giant orang-outang " j which had escaped from Us cage. Her * j father, William Bartles, is an importer ? j of wild animals and "ias a store at No. > j ICO Greenwich street. The huge mon> i key, which stands four feet six in I | height, and weighs about 110 pounds, . I was one of a consignment recently rej ceived from India. Reinforcements in the shape of three j men, at the end of a fierce struggle, saved the girl from being seriously injured. The ape acted mostly on the defensive while seeking lveodom, so long as the girl was his only adversary, but when the men ;ook a hand he turned^, 9avagely upon them and bit one so badly his hand may have to be amputated. Miss Lillian assists in the big store, in which all maun^r of animals, birds and fishes are exposed for sale. At 9 o'clock at night the doors had been lockel business was at an end. and j she was sitting at her desk busy bookI keeping, when the big orang-outang, ] without a moment's warning, suddenly seized the bars of his cage and broke mem to pieces, xne ukji tuumcui uc leaped to the floor. Miss Bartles was alarmed, but she did not lose her presence of mind. Approaching the huge r.nimal, which was chattering what s?emed to ho all sort3 of horrible threats, she tried to coax it back to its cagp. MeanwhWe all the Tarious birds and beasts broke out into a perfect bedlam. The din was terrific. The store was *;riiliantly lighted, the window curtains uj, and quickly an excited crowd of more than a hundred gathered ou the sidewalk. Some tried to force the locked C. .rs and aid the girl in her alarming plight. Miss Bartles fixed her big I rown eyes on the brute aud tried to cow it into submission. She sought no aid. For a moment it stood chattering, and showing its great white teeth. Slowly she approached it, holding an apple in her hand as bait to lure it into captivity again. When within a foot of it the ape suddenly bounded toward a winding iron staircase, which leads, from the store to the residence o* the Bartles. Then a strange chase began. Up two stories the girl followed r.t the heels of the ape. The door above was closed. The ape turned at bay. Then the situation was reversed. Down the stairs again flew the girl ' * J- * i 1-? KaUU/1 rph/v | witn rne great oruie oust ucmuu. courage she had in facing ner escaped prisoner began to ooze when shi found it pursuing her. Side-stepping to the rear of the store, she hid for a moment as the now thoroughly frenzied brute uashed down again. Meantime tLe terri^ed spectators on the sidewalk were yelling for the police, the fire engines and any sort of help. Three men more plucky than the rest had rushed up the stairs to the Bartles residence and ihey followed the ape dowc the stairway to the store. Seeing himself outnumbered, the m&nkey then sought to escape through the big plate-glass windows to the street. In these windows are large tanks, containing gold and ether fancy fish. Into one of these the monkey flopped, and becoming almost entirely immersed, splashed and floundered like a drowning man. This seemed to cool his excitement to some extent. Miss Lillian, who had been reinforced by her cousin, Miss Freda Bartles, then rallied and took Command of the attack, issuing orders to her three male volunteers. To one she threw a big sack, telling him to put it over the monkey's head. This he did, but dripping with water, and full of fight, the ape sprang from the tank, and fastened his fangs in the man's band. The other two fell upon him, however, and, beating him with clubs and sticks, reduced him to submission. He was carried back to his cage in a condition suggestive of his having had an argument with an entire squad of police. Miss Lillian suffered no worse harm than a few scratches on the hand. The unknown man who aided her and who was bitten by the ape, had his wounds dressed at a neighboring drug store and went home. , HEIR TO THE BELGIAN THRONE. Son of King Leopold's Brother is to Be Named Officially. Antwerp.?It was learned bere tbat this year, on the occasion of the seventy-tifth anniversary of Belgian independence, Prince Albert, son of King Leopold's brother, the Count of Flanders, will be publicly proclaimed heir to the throne, as the health of the Count is not sufficiently satisfactory to allow of bis succession. This has been tacitly understood for years, but was never officially sanctioned. LIMOGES STRIKERS RIOT. Factories of the Havilands Attacked by the Workmen. Limoges, France.?The strikers who were Jocked out of the Haviland porcelain works and who made an attack on that and several other factories, sacked Theodore Ilaviland's works. Among the things which the mob destroyed was a valuable automobile. Several policemen were injured in attempting to protect the property. Choctaw Agent Dead. Tne body of W. H. Ainsley. special representative of the Choctaw Indians at Washington, D. C.( was found on a sand bar in the Arkansas River, five miles from Fort Smith. He disappeared from a hotel there. Togo Captures Colliers.. A dispatcli from baigon sum tuai ! Admiral Togo's warships lmd captured j n large number of colliers o? the I Cochin China coast. The Field of Sports. The Highlanders won from Macon by 0 to 1. , The New York Giants defeated Columbus by a score of 9 to 4. Four balloons lield a race from Eng; land across the Channel to France. The Giants easily defeated the Jersey City Eastern League team at the Polo L r- ? r^iyuuu. The Highlanders disposed of the fast I Newark nine at American League Tark. The Napier boats were first and sec1 ond respectively in the 100 kilometre race at Monaco. - ' -*"1 ' ' .v >.-. J; - V ' . C ' J/ ROOSEVELT SHOOTS BEAR KiHs a Six Hundred Pound Bruin the First Day. TAKES NO FOOLHARDY RISKS Cliier Executive Arrives at Netr Castle, Col., Slakes Speech and Immediately Slartrt For Camp Twenty Miles Awar ?Protest Against Caged Animals Beins; Hunted. New Castle, C?H.?President Roosevelt, with his usual luck, killed his first bear before he got to his camp the other day. The Presidential party started to the hunting grounds, and when fifteen miles out the dogs struck a bear trail and the President insisted upon going after bruin. Within a half hour the dogs had overtaken the bear. The President dismounted and, after waiting in order to avoid hitting the dogs, pumped several shots into the badly fagged bear, killing him. It was a cinnamon bear, weighing about GOO pounds. Goff skinned the animal, and the party finally succeeded in reaching camp about five o'clock in the evening. The day was sunshiny and pleasant. A parade had been planned at New Castle, but it did not take place. It Ka/mi nfKflrifTArl +/\ f/vrm O nrOPDQ. xiau uctn auaiijj^u iv ivi,uj i* j,>*.www siou, led by a miners' brass baud, a caged bear and the President's party on horseback. This pageant was to pass through the village streets and into the hills, where the bear was to be turned loose and given a start of thirty minutes. The State Humane Society broke up the plans on the ground that the bear might return to the village and harm children, as it had been caged so long that it was vicious. After the Humane Society had interfered the captors of the bear tried to-sell it to the President's guides, but they said they would take their game wild, as domesticated animal3 had no attractions for the President. At noon the party started from New Castle at an easy canter over the hills to the permanent camp, which Is situated at East Divide Creek, 011 Charles Penny's ranch, twenty-three miles southwest of New Castle. There is about a foot of snow in that region, and bear tracks were seen there. Before starting , the President announced that he was not going to struggle hand to hand with a grizaly bear or strangle any mountain lions with, bare hands. He said he did not expect to bag a large amount of game, and would feel satisfied if he should get one bear during the whole hunt. His rapid firing rifle was exhibited with great pride as a protection he would constantly keep betweerf himself and danger. The President and his hunting party reached New Castle at ten minutes to eight o'clock in the morning and waited more than two hours for an official mail that had been sent to Redstone, where it had been intended that the seat of Government should be established while the President was away in the mountains hunting bear and other game. The President shook hands with most ?f the 400 citizens of New Castle after he had.- been introduced by Mayor George H. Norris. The party was photographed, the President made a brief address, shook hands with the train crew and looked over the specially decorated locomotive that drew his train from Colorado Springs. ' The run to New Castle was pleasant. Huge bonfires lighted the way during the night and inhabitants of the towns along the railroad stayed up until far into the morning to cheer the President as he pasised. Getting up early, the party had breakfast of fresh mountain trout, while all viewed from the car windows the magnificent scenery along the Colorado Midland Railroad. Near Basalt the first car of the special train hit a rock that had slid down to the edge of the track. The only damage done was the knocking out of a cap of the rear truck of the car Viceroy. ! When the train arrived in New Castle the President, dressed in his shooting clothes of heavy tan duck, greeted the people from the rear platform. He was cheered wildly. After a speech was made and conventionalities had been observed the President gave personal supervision to his hunting outfit. He unsheathed his knife and felt its keen edge, unlimbered his gun and saw that it w.u in fine ..orking order and looked over *he horse that had been selected for his ride to camp. The animal is white, weighing about eleven hundred pounds, and is about fourteen and one-half hands high. It is said to be one of the surest-footed mountain climbers in Colorado, but it is not noted for speed. John Goff, Jake Borah and Brick P. Wells, guides in mountain costumes, busied themselves in arranging fof the trip. In addition to the President's personal party, wmcn was composed of himself, Dr. Alexander Lambert, of New York, and P. B. Stewart, of Colorado Springs, ten men rode to the hunting camp. Five men were already at the camp with everything ready for the comfort of the party. Czar Refuses Petition. The Emperor at his palace In Tsarkoe-Selo refused the Russian cl?rgy's petition for reforms in the church, but promised to take up the question when the state of the country permitted. Injury to the Iowa. The muzzle of an eight-inch gun on the battleship Iowa was blown off at target practice off Pensacola, Ffa. Steeple Jack Killed. Andrew Brown, a "steeple .Tack," was killed in a fall from St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City. Steamer Reports Firing. A steamer reaching Hong Kong, China, reported tiring 130 iniies north of the Xatuna Islands. Fredericksburg to Claim Hero. Fredericksburg, Va., will claim John P:inl .Toi'ps' bodv on the srrouud that his only borne in America was iu that Unvu. For Equality of Sexes. The National, Congress of Women, in Washington. D. C., adopted a series ot resolutions proclaiming Hint there should be an equality of the sexe3. Prevent Disorder in St. Petersburg. Large forces of troops aud police prejented disorder at tue Pntiloff works iu St. Petersburg, Russia. : :T 'ANOTHER PANAMA PLAN New Proposition Made the Government by Linden W, Bates. Prominent Engineer Asserts Hit Method ' Will Save Time and Million# *> Id Money. !f. Washington, D. C.?Two big boxes were delivered at the White House a j day or two before President Roose- j velt departed for the West by Colonel j Edwards, Chief of the Insular Bureau j of the War Department. When opened | they were found to contain beautiful 1 models of relief maps of the Panama j Canal. President Roosevelt, Cabinet ; Ministers and other callers examined j the maps with great interest, as also J have Chairman Shonts, Ctief Engineer | Wallace and the members of the new ! Panama Canal Commission. These models present in graphic j form an entirely new project for solv- j ing the physical problem at Panama, j and this project was deemed so prom- ; ising mat lor its consmcrauon rresi- i dent Roosevelt ordered the creation of { a board of consulting engineers, com-1 posed of the most eminent professional j men to be found in the world. During j the coming autumn it is expected the board of engineers will assemble in this ( city and probably g<* to the Isthmus ! to make a thorough investigation and decide upon the plan to be adopted. The new project is the work of j Lindon W. Bates, the eminent hy- < draulic engineer. Mr. Bates is an American, but most of his work has j been done abroad. As a youth he had valuable experience in building moun- j tain railways in the West. He exe- I cuted an important contract on the j Chicago drainage canal. There he invented and buiit a hydraulic dredge which has revolutionized dredging throughout the world. He built monster dredges for the Mississippi River Commission. The Belgian Government invited him to prepare plans for the enlarged harbor at Antwerp. He carried out important dredging work for the Russian Government ou the Volga. He prepared plans for the Indian Government for improving the river at Calcutta, one of the most difficult pieces of engineering in the world. He devised plans for similar work at Adelaide and other ports in Australia for the Australian Government; also for the improvement of the St. Lawrence for the Dominion Government,, and many more in various countries. Last year he visited the Isthmus and made u careful study of the Panama problem. The result is the present i project, which is entirely new and dif- i feca materially from any previous j plan. | Tha Tn-iT?/?fr?s-? fentnm r>f Ifr "Raton* scheme is the creation of lakes out of the swamps near the terminals of the j canal, which will not only obviate the i necessity for most of the excavation in \ those places always of the most un- I healthy character, but will also enable greater speed through the lakes than in the canal banks, reducing the time Jicross the Isthmus from thirteen: hours, estimated by a sea level canal, to eight and a half or nine hours. These lakes he proposes to form by the construction of barrages between the hills so as to impound the waters of the Chagres River, which are* to be diverted partly toward the Atlantic and partly toward the' Pacific. The lakes are to be fitted with spillways to discharge surplus waters, such as floods from the Chagres, into both oceans. Twenty-six miles of the distance across the Isthmus would by this plan be through the lakes. Either two or four locks would be necessary, and Mr. Bates figures the canal could be completed by 1913, as against 1915-16, for vsea level canal. The cost of the canal completed would be $145,000,000, whereas the sea level project will cost $230,000,000. I BULL GORES FAMOUS MATADOR. Suarez, Twice Wounded, Regains Hi? Feet and Fight3 Back. \ Cap Martin, France.?The1 famous matador of Seville, Antonio Suarez. was gored in the face in the course of a bull fight here. Before he recovered himself the bull gored him in the back. Suarez finally regained his feet and continued the fight with blood streaming from his wounds. The throng of spectators, In frenzied admiration of the matador, rose and cheered and shouted. Women threw rings, bracelets and purses to him, while the men threw coins. The usual revolting cruelty was displayed, although it was arranged that the bully should not be killed. STEAMER HELD BY ICE. The Sagamore a Prisoner to Bergs For Sixteen Hours. Boston, Mass. ? The Warren Line steamship Sagamore, which arrived at Boston from Liverpool, reported having been imprisoned for sixteen hours by icebergs on the Grand Banks. When the vessel reached the banks a dense fog prevailed, and when this lifted she was found to be surrounded by great masses of ice, which towered high above her. Captain Fenton ordered the engines stopped, and sixteen hours had passed before the steamer could pick her way through the ico? bergs. For New School of Arts. Announcement was made of plans P/\f n rrroof onhor*! of fino flrffl if* \TPW York City, to be called the Academy of Design of Columbia, and to absorb the present academy under university auspices, with the co-operation of the j Museum of Art. For New Receiving Hospital. A contract for the construction of a ! new island in New York Harbor, 011 j which a hospital for immigrants will 1 be erected, was awarded by Secretary ! Metcalf at Washington. D. C. General John Palmer Dead. General John Palmer, former Secre- | tary of State and Commander-in-Chief j /%< fli-nrwl. Armv rtf tha Ponilhlif. died at his home in Albany, N. Y., ! after aj illness of sereral mouths. Teople Talked About. Ex-Secretary Daniel S. Lamont nas jusit bought a .$12,000 automobile. Frank H. Hitchcock has been appointed First Assistant Postmaster General. It is liOTV asserted that John D. j Rockefeller draws but $20,000 a year i as salary from the Standard Oil Com- j The King of Siam has authorized a loan of $3,000,000, chiefly to be used for the construction of new railways, porta, etc. CM GOVERNMENT LEGAL Attorney General Renders Opinion Upholding Administration! BARRETT COWES PANAMA ARMY Omtnlsslon or Inaction of Conjrrens Xo Bar to Continuance of Oar Ral&?President's Power Ample?Fifty Panama tioldieri Threatened Mutiny Last No. irombsr, But Mr. Barrett Warned Tb> Washington, D. C. ? Attorney-General Moody has rendered an opinion about the effect of Congress' failure to legislate for the government of the Panama Canal zone, under which the Government will now go ahead Just as if there had been legislation. The fail-" ure of Congress to take action was not accidental, but deliberate. The House was determined to clean out the old Walker Canal Commission. It passed a bill for that purpose, presented by Representative Mann, of the Commercial Committee, and bearing the s::amp of that committee's approval. The influence of some members of tile commission blocked the bill in the Senate, where a counter bill was introduced. Whatever may have been the reasons of Congress for failing to re-enact or complete its legislation, the proper presumption is that it was of the opinion that, the power conferred upon the President was ample and continued until it should otherwise direct, and that it rested content on the knowledge that until it should otherwise direct the existing temporary government survived and went out to perform its functions and duties as, already marked out. "The Secretary of War on March 6, 1905. cabled to the Governor of the canal zone that the administration of government there would continue as before. The principle is that where a territorial government under the authority of the United States, temporary and provisional in character, has its origin in lawful authority, it continues to enforce the law and s?rve the usual purposes of civilized Ins'dtutions until it is legally displaced. Tills principle arises ex-necessitate anc! means that anarchy shall not follow because there has been a legislative omission or failure to provide a new and permanent status*.,, ' "This principle must be equally applicable whether the original rightful authority was an exercise of the war power or whether it rested, as here, upon temporary and provisional law? of Congress.'* Barrett Save* the Day. Diplomatic correspondence m ade public at the State Department contains a dispatch from Minister Barrett at Panama giving an account of the assistance rendered by him in averting trouble there at the time of the attempted revolution led by General Huertas laast November. After it had been arranged that General Huertas should resign and the Panama Army disband a hitch occurred. About fifty soldiers marched, unarmed, to the Government House, fbllowed fty a great crowd, and informed the President of the republic that they;'would not accept the Government's* plan to pay them off in two installments, but demanded the whole amount at that timeMinister Barrett, who wa? present at the time, advised the President to be absolutely firm, but the soldiers j persisted and muttered threats against the President. The Minister, in in- j forming the State Department of the i incident, said: "When this word eame up from the street I saw that there must !>e no further delay in bringing matters to an end. and. taking General Guardia, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and War, with me, I went down stains and out upon the sidewalk in front of the soldiers who were there assembled. In brief words I told General Guardia to say to them that the United States with its forces stood back of the Government in this crisis,, and that they must accept the terms of the Government or accept the consequences. "They were warned that if they did not accept these terms and engaged in any acts of Insurrection, riot or mutiny, they would be dealt with in a most summary way. and that if neces- I sary the naval forces in the bay and J the marines at Ancon ODd Empire wuuiu ue useu iw mamtaiu uruer, ?viui the severest punishment for those who were responsible for disorder. "This warning bad the desired effect, and the soldiers immediately declared that they would accept the terms of the Government." GEN. GROSVENOR TO RETIRE. Will Have Been Twenty Tears in Congress at End of Present Term. Washington, D. C.?General Charles H. Grosvenor, Representative from the Eleventh Ohio District, and one of the foremost Repnblicans in Congress, has indicated his intention to retire at the end of his present term. Opponents have gained control of the County Committee in Athens County, where he lives, but be does not admit that this would prevent bis return. He has told friends he will be satisfied when he has served twenty years iD fl/vrnrtwoa a riH hn la nntxr in hlQ tfvntb term. * For President of D. A. R. Nominations for president-general of the Daughters of the American Revolution were made at the society's meetiug in Washington, D. C. Ask Hyde to Resign. General agents of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, in session at the Hotel Savoy. New York City, authorized a committee to wait on James H. Hyde and request his resignation ns Vice-President in the interest of harmony. Strike Demonstration Routed. Mounted police dispersed a demonstration of ironworkers in St. Petersburg. Russia, the strikers fired on the police and many persons were iajured. Feminine Fancies. In Louisville a colored woman. Mrs. White, has received the certificate permitting her to practice law. Emile Zola's widow has offered the villa at Medan as a homo for retired women employes of the French Charity Bureau. In memory of King Humbert. Queen nf Itulv hnc htiilf n li. V/?. 11.C4.J ? - brary on the top of Pic d'Orden, in the Alps. Mrs. Elizabeth Cass Goddard, o^e of the most prominent women of Colorado, has been appointed a deputy sheriff of Paso County. ' A Jap Gold Mine* Japan has discovered a gold mine In the Kezen district of Rikuzen, Iwatl < AAwmmmnTlf nfnilAHT. I" I VVU1U7) UU \jrxs TO&aaamwmw "r ^- *? ? whicli is expected to produce $15,000,000 and to possess workable ore all told amounting to $500,000,000? enough, if expectations are realized, to pay the war debt twice over. The empire has only scratched the Surface of its mineral possessions so far, an<3 will push that form of enterprise aa energetically as it has pushed the war, and no doubt to an equally successful issue. Dyspepsiaof Women apmjlutllt wtti>ll55 awwi m CaiMd by Uteriae Dlsortitrs and Cartd by I Lydla E. Plakham'sVegttable Conpaaad B A great many women suffer with a D form of indigestion or dyspepsia which. H does not seem to yield to ordinary treat- H ment. While the symptoms seem to be similar to those of ordinary indigea- H tion, yet the medicines universally pre- B| scribed do not seem to restorg too pa* n tient's normal condition. m Mrs. Pinkham claims thai there is a ^ kind of dyspepsia that ia caused by a derangement of the female'organism, I and wh ichr while it causes a disturbanoe similar to ordinary indigestion, M| cannot be relieved without a medicine H| which not only acts as a stomach tonic, but has peculiar uterine-tame effects BB A a A# Hft mTI tention to the case of Mra. Maggie H| Wright, Brooklyn, N. Y.,. w4? waa^H completely eared by Lydta B. Piak'Hl ham's Vegetable Compound after trrety- C thing else had failed. She write*: ' Hi "For two years I suffered with dyspepsia I which 39 degenerated ruy &ntax& system that I SB was unable to attend to- my daily dutiea. ifl felt weak and nervous, and no thing that late WQ tasted good'and it caused a disturbance Jo my HH stomach. I tried different d^spepeia cares, bat nothing seemed to* beio< ma-. I ws* ad-By vised to give Lydia E. Plnkham'fc VegetableED Compound a trial, and whs, happily surprised BR to find that it acted like a fine todc, and in s? few days I began, to enjoy andproperijr direst my food. My recovery was rapM*, sad iaH five weeks I was a well woman. Imm no-l| ommended it to many suffering wotnen^ HI No other medicine in tiua-wwirid haaHfl received such widespread; and uwjrxali-^H fled endorsement, or has such a record of ; cures of female troubles, as has LydiaMB EL Pinkham's Vegetable Compound* . aBB The Height on Wit?i. The Hydrograpliic Bureau, at Waoh-HB ington, D. C., has been at the pain^H to make careful measurements of At^H lantic waves, and it findk that thflHgl > waves avehige about thirty feet irHS height, and In rough weather reacaHB from forty to forty-eight * feet IiH| storms they are often from 500 to> 0O<^H| feet long, and last ten. or eleven mcH onds, while the longest yet knowiHjB measured half a mile and did' not speotflH itself for twenty-three seconds. II If a servant in dermany falls fit heiH9 j?i .. in at* rt 1 irtftta/l f/lk miBLTCBO uui anuiTcu %.v w > lier. : ' .ill ALL BROKEN DOWN. ffl| | ' JTo Sleep?No Appetite?JTuafr * GMtHava^np Bncksrhe. Joseph McCauley, of 144 SholtflH street, Chicago, Sachem of Tecwusel^H Lodge, says: "Two years- ago m|H health corrrpJettMH ly broken down. m|Ee Bi&lSSi back ached .and walH 4BB s<> 1;,me ,bat at tinieBfl was hardly abk^tlB 1 n mi hr^ tft. ripwv ttlerl^B | b/y seemed to be no relleflS | wWX&sJm//a until; 1 toot Doan^^B kT~ MKidney Pilis? FoiBM boxes of this remedy effected a conflBfll plete and permanent ctrn?. If snfferlnB^B humanity knew the valoe of Doan^HB Kidney Pills the}* would use nothin^EBS else, as it is the only positive' cure HH9 know." For sale by. all dealers. Price ceuts. Foster-MiIburnCo.,BnCraIo,N.4HS Gold RnHmsd Pmwi. ffU It is nice to bave a gold pass attaeh^Mffi to your watch-chain which franks ycBj^fl Urst-class over the railways of a conflflH nent, and sends every ticket collectoi^^H hand to bis cap. Sneh is the bapi^^J lot of Australian Ministers and (VHB Ministers, but the "dead-beads" a^BC now so many that the question of stricting the issue of passes bas be^^mj engaging the Premiers' Conference Hobart. The loss of railway revenu^^J runs into many thousands of pouncflH In Victoria alone there are eig&ty-e^HR Ministers with free passes. One h^RB had Itis pass since 1857. He must HflH the record "dead-bead" of the worldMfflg London Chronicle. BSafil ? ma o A Marvel of Relief vjHgffij St Jacobs Oill 9 Sata and sure for ' | Lumbago HI I KaP | Sciatica H 0 It 13 th? sp?dflc virtue of penetration in Q remedy that carries it rieht to tho pain spofl^^BH O and effects a prompt curt. MBH ?~