PE-ny-mlttb hi.
Cold Affected Head and Throat
?Attack Was Severe.
Chas. W. Bowman, 1st Lieut, and Adjt.
4th M. S. M. Cav. Vols., writes from Lanham^
Md.. as follows:
"Thougn somewhat averse to patent
medicines, and still more averse to becoming
a professional affidavit man, it
seems only a plain duty in the present instance
to add my experience to the columns
already written concerning the curative
powers of Peruna.
"Ihavebeen particularly benefited
by its use for colds in the head and
throat. I have been able to fully cure
myself of a most severe attack in
forty-eight hours by its use according
to directions. I use it as a preventive
whenever threatened with an attack.
"Members of my family also use it for
like ailmetftB. We are recommending it to
our friends."
' ?Ghas. W. Bomnan.
Ask Tour druggist for Free Peruna
Almanao for 1907.
Improved Machine Milkers.
The progress of the milking machine
toward perfection is becoming
quite rapid. The latest type machine
c by a New Zealand inventor delivers
the milk straight into the bucket
without going through any tubes, although
tubes are used to convey the
necessary action to the teats. A New
Zealand dairyman writes: "My
twelve-year-old son can fli and adjust
the machine with the greatest
ease. One man or boy can attend
to four machines and can milk from
four to ten cows in twenty minutes."
I STIFFNESS, STITCHES,
| TWISTS AND TWITCHE1
Jl JACJ
1 E f
& OLD-MONK-CURE I
It goes straight to the j
mark
Hale's Honey
of Horehound j
and Tar
unu mi r
: Quickly Cures Coughs I
and Colds j
Pleasant, effective, harmless |
Get it of your Druggist
Pike's Toothache Drops Cure in One Minute g
DPOP^V^ DISCOVERY J
| 8 3riT?c qnlek relief and cores
Oortt case*. Book or testimonial* and f O Dnri* treatment
grow. Br. H. H. GBH.VS 5053. Boi B, Atlanta, Q?.
A Paris paper devoted to scientific
subjects announces the discovery
of a practical method of shielding
watches and clocks from magnetic
influence. It is said to be the
work of a watchmaker named Leroy.
To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take .Laxative Kromo Quinine Tablets.
Druggists reiund money it it fails to cure.
E. W.Grove's signature is on each bos. 25c.
A ir? ITictor arrrra to />r?o r?f nrlftca
that is electrically lighted.
In some parts of England auctions
are held with a minute sand glass.
The highest bid made between the
time the glass is turned till the sand
runs out wins the article that is under
the hammer.
UTTERLY WORN OUT.
Vitality Sapped by Years of Suffering
With Kidney Trouble.
Capt. J. W. Hogun, former postmaster
of Indianola, now living at
Austin, Texas,
\ writes: "I was
?jf \\ afflicted for years
V* with pains across
'.v?0 iv? the loins and in
the hips and
ayS? soouiaers. l naa
<??> headache also
L- ^er-and neura.gia.
I " Utaj* * Ivly right eye,
Jrj j ^ from pain, was
' - of little use to
me for years. The constant flow of
urine kept my system depleted, causing
nervous chills and night sweats.
After trying seven different, climates
and tisine all kinds of medicine I had
the good fortune to hear of Doan's
Kidney Pills. This remedy has cured
me. I am as well to-day as I was
twenty years ago, and my eyesight is I
perfect."
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a
box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
N. Y.
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Halved For the Substitute.
Bishop Talbot, the "Cowboy Bishop,"
the original of the bishop pictured
by Owen Wister in his "Lin
McLean" and "The Virginian," had
a host of picturesque experinces
during the years of his life on the
plains when he was Bishop of Wy
oming and Idaho.
Entering a particularly wild mining
camp in Idaho one day, he went
from one saloon and gambling house
to another, inviting the men to attend
a meeting in one of the dance
halls on the following day. Out of
sheer curiosity to hear what this
churchman would say, the men
flocked to the meeting, and his trenchant
words and his manliness made
instant friends. v
For three weeks he remained at
the camp, working day and night,
and when finally he announced that
he must leave a committee of miners
solemnly went to him and offered
him a salary of $2000 to stay and
"hustle up this preachin' business."
i He wa*, of course, unable to accent
their proposition, but offered to send
them a good man in his place. To
this, however, the committee demurred.
It was not "in the deal,"
they said.
They retired for consultation, and
then came back with another offer.
"If you'll send us a good talker and
a good mixer," they said, "we'll
guarantee him at least $1000 a year.
"But, please," they added, imploringly,
"don't send us no stick."?
Harper's Weekly.
His Ambition.
Yellow-covered literature was not
allowed in the Benson family, but
Harold had friends who narrated to
him some of the stirring tales they
had read.
"What is your ambition, Harold?"
asked an aunt who was visiting the
Benson household, and was blessed
with a long purse. "Perhaps you've
not decided yet what you'd like to be
or do by and by," she added.
"Oh, yes, Aunt Ellen," said Harold,
shaking his head at such a suggestion,
"I'm all decided. I should
like to be such a man that people
would tremble.like leaves at the mention
of my name."?Youth's Com
panion.
Uncut Orchids.
Even when orchid flowers are fully
developed they may remain uijcut upon
the plants for two or three weeks
without apparent deterioration. This
gives them a manifest advantage
over most flowers that have to be cut
immediately upon or even in advance
of reaching full maturity.?Country
Life in America.
Ambiguous.
Wanted?Strong donkey to do the
work of country clergyman.?Religious
Weekly.
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Spice of Life in the Maine Woods.
The southeast corner of the State
of Maine is a happy remnant of the
ancient wilderness. The railroad3
will carry you around it in a day, if
you wish to go that way, making a
big oval of 200 or 300 miles along
the sea and by the banks of the
Penebscot, the Mattawamkeag and
the St. Croix. But if you wisely wish
to cross the oval you must ride, or go
afoot or take to your canoe; probably
you will have to try all three methods
of locomotion, .for the country is a
mixed quantity. It reminds me of
what I once heard in Stockholm^ that
the Creator, when the making-of the
rest of the world was done, had a lot
of fragments of land and water, forests
and meadows, mountains and
valleys, lakes and moors, left over;
and these He threw together to make
the southern part of Sweden. I like
that kind of a promiscuous country.
The spice of life grows there.?-From
"A Holiday in a Vacation,"*by He^ry
van Dyke, in the Scribner.
When to Make Camp. '
When the sun comes within the
width of two paddle-blades of the
horizon, if you are wise you will take
the first bit of level ground within
reach of wood and water, and make
haste to get the camp in order before
dark. So we pitched our blue tent
ou the beach with a screen of bushes
at the back to shelter us from the
wind; broke a double quantity of
fir branches for our bed, to save US'
from the midnight misery of sand in
our blankets; cut a generous supply
of firewood from a dead pine tree
which stood conveniently at hand;
and settled down in comfort for the
night.?From "A Holiday in a Vacation,"
by Henry van Dyke, in the
Scribner.
COSTLY PRESSURE.
Heart and Nerves Fail on Coffee.
:
A resident of a great Western
oiaie puis me case regarding stimulants
with a comprehensive brevity
that is admirable. He says:
"I am 56 years old and have had
considerable experience with stimulants.
They are all alike?a mortgage
on reserved energy at ruinous interest.
As the whip stimulates but does
not strengthen the horse, so do stimulants
act upon the human system.
Feeling this way, I gave up coffee
and all other stimulants and began
fho nca rv F PAcfiirM orvfPnfl eAmo
uou V/l. X UOIU1U X' WUU V/UiiCt. OWUiV/
months ago. The beneficial results
have been apparent from the first.
The rheumatism that I used to suffer
from has left me, I sleep sounder,
my nerves are steadier and my brain
clearer. And I bear testimony also
to the food value of Postum?something
that is lacking in coffee." Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek,
Mich. There's a reason. Read "The
Road to Wellville," the quaint little
book in Dkes
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Whole Island Rivei
Causes Heavy
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SURVIVORS CAMP OUT
Soldiers Burned to Dea1
Heroic Work by Rescuerj
Terror Seizes Population
?Big Hotel and Othi
Wrecked?Hospitals C
of Wounded and Govi
ficials Work to Brin
St. Thomas, Danish West Indies.?
Reports received here from Jamaica
say it is now estimated that 100(T
persons have been killed by the
earthquake and fire.
Ninety thousand persons have been
rendered homeless.
The damage to Kingston alone is
placed at fully $10,000,000.
All people have been warned to
keep a\py from Kingston. The
stench there is described as awful.
There is no fodder for animals, and
famine is imminent.
Money is useless. The banks have
been burned, but the vaults are supposed
to be safe. ') >
The misery on all sides is indescribable.
Rich and poor alike are
homeless. Provisions of all kinds are
urgently needed. It is impossible to
say where anybody can be found.
The dead are being .buried under,
smouldering ruijis.
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Property Loss of $10,000,000.
Kingston, Jamaica.?The destruction
in Kingston is appalling. It is
now estimated that from 500 to 1000
persons have lost their lives through
the earthquake shock which wrecked
the city and the fire that followed in
its wake: .;
The fire ha3 burned out, and what
. was once a-beautiful city is now a
ghastly area of wreckage and full of
. .the sounds of lamentation and
mourning.
Thousands of homeless persons are
sleeping in the streets and parks,
their principal food being bananas.
The troops and police at present have
the situation well in hand, but there
is pressing need of supplies and tents.
If rain should fall, the suffering is
sure to be great. Houses in the country
for miles? around have peen
wrpr?kpi1 Thrpp hunrlrprt anrt tpn
bodies were buried in the Catholic
cemetery.
It is estimated that the loss will
total more than $10,000,000. The
Insurance carrifed by the Norwich
"Union Insurance Company of England
alo^e is ?800,000. H. Heaton, a
man who has gone over the district,
estimates that the dead will number
anywhere from five hundred to a
thousand, but the discovery of bodies
and the search for the missing are
proceeding very slowly.
With the destruction of the insane
asylum hundreds of lunatics escaped
and are roaming at large.
The natives refuse to wc:ki Sir
Alfred Jones says they will continue
to seek employment on the Panama
Canal, and that their places here
must be taken by coolie labor brought
from India. - .
Of the dead it is safe to say that
nna Vinnrlroqi*a rtrViffo omnno- thorn
Captain Constantine, the local representative
of the Royal Mail Steamship
Line; Captain Young, commander of
the Areno, of the Royal Mail Line,
and Captain Lamont, who was soon
to be married to an American girl.
Among those reported missing are
Charles and Edward De Cordova, J.
W. Middleton Bradley, who married
Miss Varley, of the family extensively
Interested in sugar cultivation; Bertie
Varley, Charles Sherlock and his
brother, well known merchants.
Messrs. Baker and Angier, of Bos-ton,
and Francis Kahle, of Buffalo,
escaped without injury. Sir James
Fergusson was instantly killed in the
street by falling masonry.
Three Great Shocks Leveled City.
Holland Bay, Jamaica.?A violent
earthquake destroyed Kingston at
3.30 in the afternoon. Three shocks
within an interval of -fifteen seconds
leveled the lower part of the city on
the water front.
The upper part was less damaged,
but was ruined by the fires which followed
immediately. There was no
water, all the mains being broken,
an'd the fire burned all nieht. It is
under control. The whole city south
of the Parade is consumed, including
churches, banks and government
buildings, except the Treasury.
The streets are full of wreckage
and wires, and the charred bodies of
men and horses. The worst disaster
happened at the camp. The whole
barracks is down. The Military Hos100
LOST IN TYPHOON.
Leyte and Samar, in the Philippines,
Devastated?Worst in Ten Years.
Manila, P. I.?The Islands of Leyte
and Samar were swept by a typhoon.
One hundred lives were lost in Leyte.
The barracks and officers' quarters
on the east coast of Samar w?re destroyed.
rso estimate or tne damage to property
has yet been made. No damage
to shipping is reported.
The storm is the worst for ten
years. Communication with Leyte
and Samar has been cut off for six
days, and only meagre particulars of j
the storm have been received.
Attack on Fashionable Pastors.
The Rev. Dr. Madison C. Peters, at
the Majestic Theatre, New Yorlc City,
characterized the pastors of fashionable
churches as forced panderers to
the rich men of the congregations.
Tariff Changes Assured.
Secretary of State Root, speaking
at Exporters' Convention, in Washington,
D. C., declared that a change
in the tariff is bound to come.
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ME ID FLAMES
n by Tremor Which
r Loss of Life
roperty.
AND SUFFER SEVERELY
ra in Military Hospitals?Many
Terrific Shocks?
r?Military Rule Prevails
sr Large Buildings Are
rowded With Hundreds
irnor and Colonial Ofg
Order Out of Chaos.
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pital collapsed antl caught fire instantly,
and as there was no water
forty-six soldiers were burned alive.
Lieutenant Belcher and two privates
were saved. The mess room flfell,
wounding Major Headyman, also badly
injuring Colonel Hay, Captain Motley,
Lieutenant Dixon and Quartermaster
and Mrs. Price. >
The Constant Spring Hotel is badly
damaged, but standing, and 150 tourists
camped on the lawn in tents or.,
under the trees, with a cool norther,
blowing, in morning toilets, presented
a strange spectacle. *
The school walls fell, but the poof
stood, and none was killed, though
some were hurt. The ball Toom and
upper part of the government house
are in ruins.
The Governor was seen in Kingston
directing the firemen. Lady
Swettenham is tending the wounded.
The residence of the officer commanding
the troops is a total ruin,
but his wife was dug out alive, "fhe
hospital is shaky, but standing. The
full wharf of the Hamburg-American
line is used as a hospital, and the
dead and dying are brought by water
in barges and by land in drays, i The
prow nf Am n V? ot? A A
vt v? \/?. xuv uwi taiu uuau,
was saved at the Royal Mail wharf by
the ships here.
The damage outside of Kingston is
not great. Trains are running to
Titchfield. Port Antonio is reported
little damaged and Spanish Town the
3ame. The negro population behaved
splendidly. There were no riots or
looting, but they got religious frenzy
and were singing and praying in the
streets. Warships are reported summoned.
Troops are guarding Varley's
flour store, where there is sufficient
food for twenty days.
No Death List Possible.
Kingston, Jamaica.?The magnificent
landlocked harbor here is closed
to shipping as a result of the earthquake.
Bowden, however, is open,
and all food and medical supplies will
have to be landed there. It is imperative
that relief supplies be sent at
once, for under the present conditions
pestilence is bound to break out.
Money is useless here, and the great
cry is for food and medical supplies.
Human misery seems to have
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content and indolence which have
been the chief characteristic of the
native have given way to despair, and
men, women and children wander
about blindly, apparently unable to
do anything to help themselves.
Fully 50,000 persons are in the
streets or camped on the outskirts of
the city, and the total number of
homeless men, women and children
in a radius of ten miles from here is
estimated at 90,000.
The bodies of the .victims of the
disaster still are lying in the streets.
No effort has been made to bury the
victims, and in spite of the gravity of
the situation it is hard to get the natives
to do any work. Even in their
present condition their indolence is
asserting itself.
All the residents seemed to have
lost their heads immediately after the
first big tremor of the earth. Following
the first shock every one ran into
the streets and dashed for the open
squares.
uecause or tne general cnaos it is
impossible to tell how many whites
have been killed. The fact that a
person is missing and cannot be
found by relatives means nothing, for
only chance can bring friends and
relatives together in the crowds. All
the big hotels have been destroyed,
but it is believed that the guests escaped.
Whether they did so will not
be knowu positively, however, for
several days.
The worst damage was done in the
business section of the city, where
big warehouses fell together as if
they had been built of thin paper.
The employes in those houses were
buried in the ruins, and as flames
broke out soon after the collapse of
the structures it is likely that the
bodies of the unfortunate ones will
never be recovered.
For several hours after the first
linlieaval hniifips cnntinnprl tn fall
and many'persons were injured by
falling walls, roofs and poles. Business
was suspended, as all the merchants
deserted their shops and ran
for safety.' So great was the terror
that none dared return to his place
of business, and the shops were left
"Moonshine" South's Curse.
Federal Judge Speer, in charging
the Grand Jury at Augusta, Ga., said
that illicit distilling was the greatest
cause of negro outrages and race
riots. He said the illicit distiller supplies
the worthless i amp with the
fierce intoxicant that earns him into
a savage.
Tmnnrv Tjfl.iv 'Fnvnrprl.
The Mankato (Minn.) Trades and
Labor Assembly has gone on record
as favoring a truancy law.
Peirce Exonerated.
Herbert H. D. Peirce was exonerated
by the State Department, Washington,
D. C., from all blame in collecting
a fee for prosecuting the
claims of the owners of the schooner
Lewis, it being stated that Peirce
acted with the consent of his superior
officers.
Union Pacific After Santa Fc.
Before the Interstate Commerce
Commission E. P. Ripley, president
of the Santa Fe, testified that an attempt
had been made by the Union
Pacific to obtain control of his road.
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open to any one.who cared to enter
and help himself to what he could
carry away.
Although the residence section did
not fare as badly as the business section,
most of the houses were damaged.
When flames broke out these
houses easily were destroyed in the
fire. Rich and poor alike are home- j
less and are seeking food wherever
mey can.
Although little outside of their
own misery is known to the residents
of Kingston, the indications here are i
that the devastation wrought by the 1
earthquake in the surrounding country
also has been great. Messengers
who arrived from nearby towns ,say 1
they did not see a single uninjured
house between the place? from which
they came and Kingston. The loss of
life also is said to have been great in
the outskirts of the city.
Practically all the work of burying
the victims of the disaster is being
done by the whites. The negroes ab- <
solutely refuse to do anything save (
moan and weep, and no argument can ,
overcome their hatred of labor. Prac
tically all the hard work is being done <
by the professional men and businesa j
men, whose interests lie in saving the ,
city. '
It will be days before anything liie J
a systematic effort to bring order out s
of the present chaos can be begun.
No one appears to know what to do,
and everyone is waiting for outside
help. Those who were fortunate 1
enougli to obtain norses ana carts
hastened to get as .far away from 1
Kingston as possible, and so bad are
conditions that thousands of others (
will have to be transported elsewhere. ^
Three Small Tovras Destroyed. ]
Kingston,, Jamaica.?Unofficial re- 1
ports from outlying districts say that !
at least three small settlements have ;
been totally destroyed, and the dead *
and injured there may reach 200 or 1
j 300. These places are Boston, Trini- 1
tyvllle and Cole;'.
j For many mile3 from Kingston the ?
i upheavals and openings of the earth
I ruined sugar and coffee plantations, ]
and homes and warehouses of the
planters were wrecked. |
| Spanish Town reports great loss of *
property, but no -lives, and says the 1
shocks were feltseventy-five or eighty 1
miles west of Kingston. J
I Won't Pay Fire Losses. '
I London.?It is roughly estimated 1
that the twenty-three British- fire s
offices in Kingston have about
?1,500,000 insurance there. The ex- t
pectation is that they will stand to- '<
' gether and repudiate liability for all 1
fire losses due to the earthquake.
Two months ago, after a, shock of 1
earthquake in Jamaica had been re- t
ported, a well known London' insur- i
ance firm telegraphed, off ering to ar- i
range insurance on KlngBton proper- I
ty against all damage done by earth- i
quake, including fire. The firm's cor- <
respondent replied that no such insurance
was wanted in Kingston, as t
no serious earthquake had occurred c
within the memory of living man. g
There had been slight shocks, but
material damage had never resulted j
from any of them. It is unfortunate s
for the people of Kingston that the t
proposed insuranoe policies were not i
nlared. since the existing fire policies t
all contain earthquake clauses, ex- ^
eluding liability. (
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American Navy's Aid.
Washington, D. C. ? Everything ?
possible will be done by the American ^
Government to alleviate the distress s
of the residents of the stricken city c
of Kingston. The first thought ol i
the Navyl Department when news oi t
the disaster was received here was tc T
order Admiral Evans, commanding t
the Atlantic fleet, now at Guatanamo, T
Cuba, to proceed at once to Kingston r
and give assistance. Evans, it turned
out, however, had anticipated the or- r
ders of the officials, and before a mes- r
sage could be sent to him word was a
received here from the wireless sta- s
tion in Key West that he had already h
started on the torpedo boat destroyer t
Whipple, the fastest ship of his fleet. j
Several hours after the Admiral c
left the battleships Missouri and In- j
diana followed, and other vessels also
will proceed to Kingston at once.
The Navy Department is relying on
Admiral EvanB for authentic news of j
the disaster, and it is getting in readiness
to send supplies.
' General Shakeup of Globe. p
London.?Professor Belar tele- t
graphs from the Laibach Observatory p
that there is general unrest of the f
earth, cf which the earthquake at a
Jamaica is only oneinstance. Further r
proofs are given by shocks elsewhere, b
hailstorms and rock falls. e
The earthquake at Kingston was
coincident with increased activity of c
Mount Etna, in Italy, and slight o
earthquakes in the Madonian Moun- s
tains. The volcano is throwing out j
a considerable quantity of ashes, and a
subterranean detonations are heard.' t
The present phenomena are similar n
to those of 1893, when one of the t
most severe eruptions occurred.
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Disasters That Have Befallen Jamaica, p
June 2, 1692?The whole island 11
was shaken by an earthquake. 1
1722, 1734, 1751 ? Destructive t
hurricanes.
October, 1815?The whole island
deluged, hundreds cf homes washed
tho spa: hundreds of vessels | R
wrecked; more thau 1000 persons
killed.
185 0?Epidemic of cholera carried
off about 50,000 persons.
October 18, 1S82?Port Antonio g
destroyed by fire.
October 27 to 30, 1899?Destruc- ?
tive floods, with great loss of life. ,
May, 1902?Volcanic dust falls in
great clouds over island from St. Vin- t,
cent. 1<(
August 10, 1903?Great hurri- e
canes destroyed crops.
August 10, 1903?Port Antonio in d
ruins from fire. v
January 14, 1907?Riven by earthquakes,
followed by destructive fires.
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The whites, numbering approxi- r,
mately 10,000, are well to do, being n
chiefly merchants or government repJ $
resentatlves. The negroes are all v
poor. Society is composed chiefly
of government officials and their
families. There are several restaurants,
and all are distinctly Spanish.
They remain open until 9 o'clock s;
at night, at which hour Kingston goes o
to bed. t<
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Late News Paragraphs.
Emigration from St. Pierre, the
only habitable French possession in
America, has ceased. j<
Senator Gearin, of Oregon, advo- ''
cated exclusion of Japanese laborers e
from the United States.
In his annual report, Secretary of
War Taft says conditions in the Philippines
are steadily improving. ?
A resolution has been presented ^
in the Senate calling for a Judiciary
Committee investigation of chargcs
that a lobby has been endeavoring to
influence matters relative to the Congo
Free State. r
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PRESIDENT LIFTS BAK
OFF njOLDIERS
Revokes Order Barring Them
From Civil Service.
MAINTAINS RIGHT TO. DISMISS
Tn Message Reasserts Soldiers1 Guilt
of Brownsville Crime and Sends
Testimony to Prove It?Convincing
Exhibits Before Congress.
Washington, D. C. 7? President
Roosevelt sent to the Senate a special
message regarding the discharge of
the negro troops of the Twenty-fifth
[nfantry, which gives the additional v
evidence collected by Assistant Attorney-General
Purdy and Major Block*
50m, who were sent to Texas by the
President to investigate the shooting
ind killing at Brownsville.
The President stands pat on his orler
dismissing the troops, but admits
is an error that part which bars the
soldiers from alt civil employment
jnder the Government.
This section the President re7okes.
Concerning it he says:
"I am now satisfied that the effect
of my order dismissing these
men without honor was not to bar
:hem from all civil employment uurler
the Government, and thereforte
:hat the part of the order which consisted
of a declaration to this effect
vas lacking in validity, and I have directed
that such portion bo revoked."
Continuing President Roosevelt
says:
"As to the rest of the order dis-.
missing the individuals in question
without honor, and- declaring t.he
iffect of such discharge under the law
ind regulations to be a bar to their
Euture re-enlistment either in the
irmy or navy, there is no doubt of
ny constitutional and legal pcwer.
rhe order was within my discretion/
inder the Constitution and the laws.
in4 cannot be reviewed or reversed
save by another executive order."
"The facts did not merely warrant
he action I took?they rendered such
iction imperative unless I was to
jrove false to my sworn duty.
"If any one of the men discharged
lereafter shows to my satisfaction
hat he is clear of guilt, or of shicldng
the guilty, I will take what action
s warranted; but the circumstances
: here detail most certainly puts upon
my such man the burden of thus
bearing himself."
Strong language is again used by
he President in dealing with -he col
)red soldiers, he referring to the
juilty ones as "midnight assassins."
' The evidence shows beyond an;*
jossibility of honest question that
ionie individuals among the colored
roops whom I have dismissed comnitted
the outrages mentioned; c-.d
hat some or all of the other individuals
whom I ' ismissed had kncwlidge
of the deed and shielded l'rom
he law those who committed it.
"The only motive suggested as posiibly
influencing any one else was a
lesire to get rid of the colored troops,
,o strong that it impelled the citizens
?f Brownsville to shoot up their own
louses, to kill one of their own num>er,
to assault theh- own police,
vounding the lieutenant, who had
>een an officer for twenty years?all
vith tha purpose of discrediting the
legro troops."
The President submitted '.vith his
nessage various exhibits, including
naps of Brownsville and Fort 3rown,
bandoleer, thirty-three empty
hells, se7en ball cartridges picked
ip in the streets a few hours after
he shooting, thrfee steel-jacketed bulets
and some scraps of the casings of
ither bullets picked out of the houses
nto which they had been fired. \
MILK FROM SOY BEANS.
uvention of Japanese Chemist Like
Condensed Cow's Milk.
London. ? The Japanese newslapers
give particulars of the invenion
of Dr. Kalayama of a method for
ireparing condensed vegetable milk
rom soy beans. The beans are boiled
nd then pressed. The liquid extracted
esembles cow's milk in appearance,
rut the composition is entirely differnt.
The bean juice consists of 92.5 per
ent; water, 3.02 protein, 2.1G fat,
.03 fibre, 1.88 otner non-nitrogenous
ubstances and 0.41 ash. To the
uice the invontor adds a little sugar
nd potassium phosphate, the latter
o counteract the formation of albu
aen. Then he condenses the mixure.
The milk thu3 preiared is of a yelswish
color and is pleasant to the
alate, tasting somewhat like cow's
lilk with a slight flavor of soy beans,
t can be produced at iar less cost
ban condensed cow's milk.
$450,000 FEE FOR SENATOR.
Ir. Piles, of Washington, to Get It in
a Will Case.
Seattle, Wash.?Under the decision (
f Judge Arthur E. Griffin, in the famous
John Sullivan will case, United
tates Senator S. H. Piles is to re- I
Dive half of the residue of the estate,
rhich is estimated to amount to nor
;ss than $900,000.
The deeds of convej*ance by thf
cvo successful heirs were made disctly
to Samuel H. Piles, in consid
ration ui ins assistance m Lau;iug
tie case to a conclusion and in renering
the necessary attorney's serice.
Cost of Railways Needed.
J. J. Hill, in a letter to Governor
ohnson, of Minnesota, reviewed the
ailroad traffic problem, and estilated
tfc?-.t it would cost the roads 1
5,500,000,000 in five years to proide
proper facilities.
Safety of Life on Scows.
Agitation was begun to cause pasige
of a national law compelling
wners of scows, barges and dredges
~ ?*?oi 1 c nnrl thn? safeguard 1
J a
ie lives of the crews.
Lock-Out of Berlin Carpenters.
Fifteen thousand carpenters and
miners have been locked out in Bern,
Germany, for refusing the mastrs'
demands.
Condemned Woman's New Trial.
A new appeal to '.he United States
upreme Court has been allowed Mrs.
.ggie Myers, who was to hang at
[ansas City.
Violent Earthquake in Pacific.
The -most violent earthquake ever
ecorded was reported from tbo South
'acific Ocean.
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Charles Curtis, of Kansas, Was
Once a Jockey.
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I)iOv > .i Hack and Peddled Before Hie
Cot His Start?Steady Rise V?
in Politics. .. . - y^59g
Washington, D. C.?Congressman A
Charles Curtis,, of Kansas, named for
Senator by thfe Republican caucus, la
a sure-enough . native son. His . j
mother was ? |nll-bl^oded Kaw Indian,
and he will be the first of Mb .
race tojlfcyin the Ugited States Senate.
He is strictly a self-made man. 7'
In two weeks he will be forty-seven
years old.
Curtis began life in Shawnee t3ot*n- ?a
l-r, TT~ ? ?V XT IV -m
lj, ivau., iriwsre nunu iupeu uuw
stands, and earned bis first money 1n^\
the days of the old Kansas City Interstate
Pair Association, -when spiderweb
tidies, embroidered table covers,
and pumpkin? divided interest with V ,
the ..110,000$;in cash prizes la theJ-Vj
spee'd ring, ?*
Floral Hail, Machinery Hall and
the Art Gallery were deserted x>ne .
afternoon for the white rait that
marked the. race conrse. One of the
entries was known most of the
crowd as a?.cra^>'hor?, who bolted;
at a certain spdt oftJthe track. A'
new rider was handling the bolter
that afternoon?a little felow wtth
coal-black, straight hair, ;'gashing ?
eyes and the high- cheekbones of an
Indian. The rider liad been borrowed
from another stable.. ^
Off in a. buflck i3jtey,wwitc.at the
crack of .the pfsfol.-; Whan^fe darkskinned
boy and hTs crazy mount
reached the dangerous point on the
course, the bolting place*-there was^'.!
a short, sharp struggle. The horse
was connneted. and SDed on witir'the r
others, under the lash. - Half around
and then there was another struggle
and a spill;, Boy aqtL horse landed '
In a thundering heap gainst the high
board ; fence. When^the dust wag
cleared away the little fellow wad
picked uo unconscious, covered with
dust and Wood, A long.,g??h lay
across hi* head. That bpjrwai Charley
Curtis. Td-day be'bsarf the scars.
As he- grew up he ran a -peanut
stand for a.time,.and4Jien.took!?o '
hack driving. Most of the schooling
he got he gave himself, studying *t; V"
home at such odd moments as he
could find. It was whlle^working as
a cab driver" that lie b%ah the study
of law. Hf'rsad-ia the office of a Topeka
lawyfer; 2nd was admitted to the
bar when ^fie* was only twenty-one.
Immediately he was taken into "partnership
with Mr. Case, the man In ?
whose office he had studied, and continued
the partnership for thre<* ,
years, until he was elected County v
Attorney.
After two terms in that office Mr. .
Curtis formed the Congressional r
habit and has kept it up ever since. /' '
He was elected to the Sixtieth, Houso
last fall, that being his eighth straight
election. In the House his most conspicuous
service lias been on tbo
Committee on Indian Affairs. Hii
was recognized as t he House authority
on Indian matters, although.not
the Chairman of tha committee. Hir r\
bfll, known aS the Curtis act, for tho
allotment in severalty of the landis
and moneyu of the five civilized tribeiJ
wound up the communal affairs/of
97,000 Indians. An a member of th?
rr ! .t.i-1 I Ai..
i\'dw inue lie uoiameu uuuuutmus \x
himself and children aggregating
more than 3000 acres in Oklahoma. <
He is a sturdy, well-built' man, hto
Tndian blood showing inhis'straight
ness of figure as well as in his black
eyes and swarthy, complexion.
has a fine voice and is & ready ' r
speaker. ? ' /'
To-day 117 of his tribe live in Indian
Territory, a few miles .below V
Arkansas City. Evei^ September,
during the season of their tribal fes- :
tivities, Curtis goes to visit them.
Much ceremony, nyuch rejoicing,
greet^ him. Feasting and dancing- *
are indulged In- He is always admitted
to .the council..chamher, and.
his voice is listened to with great respect
by the older members of the
tribe. They are proud of him. Today
their affection -Ha#' 1 Swvanced
many marks. ' A}
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BEDS FOP. CANAL WORK OPENED. .
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Oliver-Bangs Combination Is the.
Lowest Bidder.1 . ^
Washington, D. C.?William J.
Oliver, of Knoxville, Tenn., and An?
son M. Bangs, of New York, submitted
the lowest bid to the. Isthmian
Canal Commission for the contract
for the construction of the Panama
Canal, and if the off er i3 acepted, and
It doubtless will be, the men will be * .
the real builders of the great waterway.
Their profit will be great, but
in the opinion of those thor -ghly
familiar with all tbe details . will ' '1
amount to a sum which the Government
can well afford to pay. The
Oliver-Bangs combination in their bid
offered to do the work for 6.75 per
cent, of the cost of construction an '
estimate of which will be prepared
by an engineering committee, consisting
of two members appointed by the
contractors and three by the Isthml&n
Canal Commission. The bid is considered
low.
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Insurance Company Acquired.
Capitalists headed by F. Augustus
Heinze, E. R. Thomas and 0. If.
Thomas acquired control of the Provident
Savings Life Assurance Society.
Vatican Burns All Bridges.
The Papal encyclical is regarded In
France as putting r.n end to hopes of
making terms with the Vatican.
Murdered by Terrorists.
The Russian Chief of Police Brestiesniovski,
of Daghestan, on the Caspian
Sea, was murdered by a supposed
terrorist. The assassin escaped.
Hill Asked to Help.
The Interstate Commerce Commission
upon its return to Washington
sent a message to J. J. Hill, of the
Great Northern Railway, asking him
to rush supplies to districts suffering
from fusi famine and lack of supplies.
Oppose Channel Tunnel.
Oti./ina- nnnnsitirm to the Dlan for a
Mil vug * . , ,
tunnel between England and France
is being shown in British military
and naval circles.
For a Chilean Ambassador.
The Chilean Government proposed
to Parliament the raising of the legation
at "Washington the rank ot embassy.
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For Famishing Russians. *
mi- - t> Sfnlvr,' hliX I
i ne nusoiiiu iiviu.n, ir.
asked for another credit of ?i$, i J,~ I
000 for famine relief. g
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