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WHO S1 SKETCH OF THE LIFE And a True Story of How Had Its Birth and How It to be Offered for Pu This remarkable woman, whose 'maiden name was Estes, was born in ynln, Mass., February 9th, 1819, con ing from a good old Quaker family. For some years she taught school, and became known as a woman of an alert and investigating mind, an earnest seeker after knowledge, and above all. pOssessed of a wonderfully syInpa thetic nature. In 18143 she married Isaae Pinkham, a builder and real estate operator, and their early married life was marked by prosperity and iappiness. They had four children, three sons ard a dlaugh ter. In those good old fashioned days it was common for mothers to maklie their own home medicines from roots and herbs, nature's own remedies calling in a physician only in specially urgent cases. By tradition and ex perience niny of them gained a won derful knowledge of the curative prop erties of the various roots and herbs. Mrs. Pinkham took a great interest in the study of roots and herbs, their eharacteristics and power over disease. She maintained that just as nature so bountifully provides in the harvest fields and orchards vegetable foods of all kinds; so, if we but take the pains to find them, in the roots and herbs of the field there are remedies ex pressly designed to cure the various ills and weaknesses of the body, and it was her pleasure to search these out, and prepaie simlple and effective nedi. cines for her own family and friends. Chief of these was a rare combina tion of the choicest medicinal roots and herbs found best adapted for the eure of the ills and weaknesses pecu liar to the female .,ex, and Lydia E.Pink. han's friends and neighbors learned that her compound relieved and cured and it became quite popular among them. All this so far wa~s done freely, with out money and withot price, as a labor of love. But in 1873 the financial crisis strucki Lynn. Its length and severity were too much for th~e large real estate interests of the Pinkham family, as this class of business suffered most from fearful depression, so'wvhen the Con ten - nial year dai'ned it found their prop erty swep~t away. Some other source of mncome had to be found. At this point Lydia E. Pinkcham's Vegetable Compound was made known to the world. The three sons and the dlaughter. with their mother, combined forces to> The " Nublack " ~ good in construc ,and sure prirner, the best brands o -favorite among I black powder s uniform shootin - and strength The London Counmty Council now~ -nres motor repair wagons to attendl to breakdowns en the street railways. Itch cured In 30 minutes by Woolford's fianitary Lotion ; never fails. SoldI by Druggists. Mail orders prompt ly fillled by Dr. Detehon. Crawfordsviile, Ind. $1. Mud baths wvere first used as complexion restorers ini India. A cousin of Lord Curzon, late Vice roy of Indlia, is a truck driver in this tity. DOES YOUR BACK ACHE? *ure the IKidneys, andi the Pain Will Never Rturn,. Only one waoy tr- cure an aching back. Cure the cause, the kidneys. Tfhousandt: tell of cares made by Doan's Kidney Pills. .Tohns C. Colemann, a prominent merchant of Swainsboro, Gn., says: "For several yeare my kidneys 'vere affected, and my b.-ek ached day and night. I wvas languid, 'nervous and Uiuo ini the morning. Denn's Kidney Pills helped me. right away, and the great relief that followed h'as been permanent." -Sold by ftlI dealers. 50 cnts a box. .'ostrMilburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y. OF LYDIA E. PINKHAM the Vegetable Compound the "Panic of '73" Caused blic Sale in Drug Stores. restore the family fortune. They argued that the medicine which was so good for their woman friends and neighbors was equally good for the women of the whole world. The Pinkhams had no money, and little credit. Their first laboratory was the kitchen, where roots and herbs were steeped on the stove, gradually filling a gross of bottles. .hen caime the question of selling it. for always before they had given it away freely. They hired a job printer to run off some pamphlets setting forth the merits of the medi cine, now called Lydia, E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and these were distributed by the Pinkham sons Iii Boston, New York, and Brooklyn. The wonderful enrative properties of the medicine were, to a great extent, self-advertising, for whoever used it recommended it to others, and the de mand gradually increased. In 1877, by combined efforts the fam ily had saved enough money to com mence newspaper advertising and from that time the growth and success of the enterprise were assured, until to day laydia E Pinkham and her Vego. table Compound have become house hold words everywhere, and many tons of roots and herbs are used annu ally in its manufacture. Lydia E. Pinjcham herself did not live to see the great success of thin work. She passed to her reward years ago, but not till she had provided means for continuing her work as effectively as she could have done it herself. During her long and eventful expe. rieneo she was ever methodical in hier vork and she was always careful topre serve a record of every case thateame to her attention. The case of every sick woman who apalied to her for advice and there were thousannds--received careful study, and the details, includ ing symptoms, treatment and reSults were recorded for future reference, and to-day these records, together with hundreds of thousands made since. nre available to sick women the world over, and represent a vast collahora tion of information regarding the treatment of woman's ills, which for authenticity and accuracy can hardly be equaled in any library in the world. With Lydia E. Pinkham worked her daughter - in - law, the present Mrs. Pincham. She wascarefullyinstructed In all her haid-won knowledge, and for years she assisted her in her vast correspondence. To .her hands naturally fell the direction of the work when its origina. tA)r passed away. For nearly twenty. five years she has continued it, and nothing in the work shows when the first lydia El. Pinkham dropped her pen, and the present Mrs. Pinkham, now the mother of a large family, took It up. With woman assistants, some as capable as her-self, the present Mrs. Pink ham continutes this great work,and pro~bably from the office of no other person hav-e so many women been ad. vised howv to regain health. 8ick wo men, this advice is "Yours for Health" freely given if you only write to ask for It. Such is the history of Lydia E. Pink hnm's Vegetable Compound ; made fronm simple roots and herbs; the one great medicine for wvomen's ailments, and the fitting monument to the noble wvoman wvhose name it bears. fNl E 8T E R .ACK POWDER SH ELLS s a grand good shell. It is tion, primed with a quick and carefully loaded with f powder and shot, It is a tunters and other users of hells on account of its g, evenness of pattern to withstand reloading. E RS S E LL T HE M THlE PAGE~ IN GOTHIAM. "Our- friend Jones wants to be con sidered a typical Newv Yorker." "Yes; and he works ver-y hard to that end. He pretends that he can't recall any scandal that bappened more than a week back." Curea Cancer, Blood Polson and Serofuta If you have blood poison pr-oduclng eruttions, pimples, ulcers, swollen glands, bumps and risings, burning, itehing skin, copper-colored sp'ots or rash on the skin mucous patches in mouth or throat, fall ing htair, b)one paIns, old rhetumatnr oi foul catarrh, take Botanic Blood Bairm (B. BI. 1.) it kills the poison in the blood soon all sores, eruptions heal, hard swell ings subsido,, aches and( pains stop and a perfoot u'ure is made of the worst eases of Blood Poison. For enncers, tumors, swellings, eating sores, ugly ulcera, persistent pimples of alh kinds, tako E. B B. It destroys the cnn cor p olson in the blood, heals cancer of alJ kindls, eures the worst humors or sap purating sweilings. i'houuands cured u B). 1. BI. after all else fails. B. 13. comiposedl of pure botanic ingredients.-Im proves the digestion, makes the blood lure and rich, stops the awful itching and all shap, hooingpains. ThoV6"ghly tested forathirtyoyears Drugg'i t$ por bottle, with complete directions Lor home carn. 8ample free and preptaid by writing lo Dalm Co., Atlanta, Ga. Descri be trouble andi free medical adyice also sent in scale4 letter. lIlvery good citizen is oppoired 'to bo-sism, -but very few- of them-have the net-ye to tell wifoy so. PITS norma4nently enre. No Ote or .iervous. ness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Beatoror;%2trial bottle andtreatisefree )r..It..KL1NR, Ltd., 931 Arch St., Phila., Pa. The only Englishman who ever became Pope was Adrian IV. A (4uarantand esfre, For P1101, 7tehinr, Blind, Bleedinr. Protrudlin Ptles. Drugalsts are authorired to refund monov it Pazo Ointment fails to cure in 6 to 14days. 50c. The numiber of bAbiait horn on Manhat tan Island in 1004 vas 59,100. Itobbed in C1hurelp. ,1inst think what an outrage it is to be robbed of all the benelita of the services by continuoui cosughing- throughout the congregation, when Anti-Gripine is ruaran teed to ure. iSoid everywhere. 25 eta. . .V. Dipmer. M. D., manufacturer, Sprin'field. Mo. 'Jauanese counterfeiters in Hawaii are turning out American money. "I" C1r.' a Cold I" 0"ai DaRr Take Lnxatvo Iromo Quinine Tablets. Drugefsts refund money if it fails to ouro. E. W.G rovo'ssignature on cach box. 25c. Srience has discovered several new kinds of mosquitoes. :do not believe Piso'si Curo for Consixyro. lonbasaino iiti for onIsm'1 aidi coldi.-.Jott F.Bovent.Trinitv ftSrintrs. Ind., Fob. 15. 193). BOX OF WAF'.RS FREE-NO DRUGS -CURES BY ABSORPTION. Cures Belching of Gat--ad Breath and Blad Stomactb.Short Breath h11oating-Sour Eructations Irregutar Heart, etc. Take a Mull's Wafer any time of the day or night, apd ikte,the immediate g9od e feet on your. stomach. It absorbs th egas. disinfects the stomach, kills the poison germs and cures the disease. Catarrh of the head and throat unwholesome food and overeating mate bad stomachs. Scarcely any stomach is entirely free from taint of some kind. Mull's Anti-Helch Wfers will make your stomach healthy by absorbing foul gases which arise from the undigested food and by re-enforcihg the linin$ of the stomach, enabling it to thoroughly mix the food with the gastric juices. lhis cures stomach trouble, pro imotes digesiton, sweetens the breath, stops belchiug and fermentation. Heart action becones strong and regular through this Diseard drugs, as you know from experi eneL they do not cure stomach trouble. Try a coinmon-sense (Nature's) method that does cure. A soothing, iealing sen batiou results instantly. We know Mull's Anti-'Belch Wafers will do this, and we want you to know it. SPECIAL. OiFsFn.-The reguilar price of Mlil'a .Anti-lHeich Wa ferA is 50c. a box, but to introduce it to thousands of suiferers %c will send two (2) boxes upon receipt or 73e. and I his advertisement, or we will send you a free sample for this coupon. 1130 FR EE COUPON. 129 Send this coupon with your naipe and address and name of a druggist who does not sell it for a free sample box of Mull's Anti-Belch Wafers to MULL's (luAr Toxic Co., 328 Third Ave., Rock Island. UT. G ive Futl Address and WVrite Plainly. Sold by all druggists, 50c. per box, or sent by mail. Berlin, G'rmany, has a population of 2,013,900 soltd. Taylor's Cherokee Rlemody of Sweet Gum and Mullen is Naturo's great rmindv---(:ures Coughs, , Nolds, Croup ind ConUSaunptlon and ail throat and lung troubles. At drug. gists, 25c., 50". atjd $1.00 per bottle. Tyler Cobb Told Him a Way. Some years ago, when Tyler Cobb ran a general store at the corner of Main and High streets, in Brockton, Mas?., In what is now the Metropoli tan hotel, his store was the gathering place for the wits and story tellers ot the vicinity. Sonme of them are now wealthy merchants of Brockton, and one of them tells this story: "The stories told of Tyler's queer Isayings are legion. This one illustrates h is shrewdness as well as his wit, Hie had a man working for him whom lie ioveral times caught taking homie meal which lhe kept for his hor-ses. The hired man, who was unaware that lie had been detected, one (lay asked Tyler for a raise in tpay. Upon being asked why lie should receive moire, lhe ainsweredl that he could not support lils family' and buy food for them with what he got. "Lord a'mnighty, man," said Tyler, "take more meal, take more meal." OUTCLASSE~D. Argus was boastlng of his hundred eyes. 'That's nothing." we returned, "did you ever think of how many mouths belang to 'They Say'?" IHerewith he acknowledged 'himself beaten by a mere sewing circle Artist Gib'son lias left the country, lbut the gdrls wvill continue the effort to live up) to .ais picturMs. INCiPIENT CONSUMPTION.' Flow F'oodl Headed Oft the inasidious Dilsease. T1hie happy wife of a good ohi-fash ionied- Maich. fairmer sayvs: "In the sprIng of 1002, 1 was taken siek-a general breaking down, as it were. I was excessively nervous. could Int sleep well at night, my food seemed to do mne no good, and I was. so weak I 'ouild scarcely walk across the room. "'Thie doector sid mly conditlin was duie to overw~ork and close confluement anid that lie very much feared that con sumption wo-uldl set in. F'or several mionthsq I took one kInd of medicine after another, but wlih nio good effect in fact, I seemned to grow worse. I"Then I determIned to quit all medl. clues, give up coffee and see what G4rape-Nuts food would do for me.I begani to eat Grape-Nuts with sugar and( cream and bread and butter three thnes a day. I"Th le effect was surprising! I began to gain flesh and strength forthwith, my nerves quieted down and grow nor. mally steady and sound, sweet slee) came back to me. In six weeks' time I discharged the hIred girl and comn mienced to do my own housework for a family of six. This was two years ago, and I am doing it still, and enjoy it." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason. Read the little book. "The Road to Wellv'ille." In nkgs A "SHAME AND DISGRACE" Says Husband of Woman Who Was Roughly Handled In Ejection from the White House. "This white house outrage is i burning shame and a national dis. grace." So said Dr. Minor Morris, husband of Mrs. Morris, who was forcibly re moved from the executive o(11ces in Washington, and taken to the house of detention. Dr. Morris arrived In Washington early Saturday morning, and found his wife still confined to ber bed, suffering from nervous shock, but much improved. He was indig nant, but was guarded in his state ments as to what he proposed to do. Mrs. Moi ris' coqdition was sucl that she was permitted to receive newspaper men in her room, where she and Dr. Morris discussed with them the story of her father's will, which brought on an estrangement between Mrs. Morris and her brother, Representative Hull, and which led to much personal bitterness, crimina tion and recrimination. According to Dr. Morris, he was re moved from the surgeon general's of flee on charges filed by Representa tive Hull at a time when Mrs. Mo: ris was about to go to Pueblo, Colo., to get at certain facts pertaining to the will, which she alleged had been made to l)poar in the case. It was these charges, Mr. Morris said, which Mrs. Morris desired the president to have investigatod, Inas much as both she and her husbani had exhauited their efforts to have Secretary of War Boot and other of ficials of the war department to take action. In view of their refusal to act, Dr. Morris said the president was the only p er-son left to whom suen an apl)pal could be made. What he desirei, he added, was a vindication cf the charigs filed1 by his brother ln-law, rather than reinstatement. Acting on the advice of friends, it is probable that Dr. Morris will ad (dre5ss a letter to the lipiresildent, urg ing him to inve.3tigate, not only the charges against him, but also certain officers of the war department, who are allegod to have permitted them selvo's to be improperly influenced in his case. "I do not desire a reinstatement to my position," Ie said, "but I do want those charges looked into. They aro unjust and false. "According to my present determi nation, I feel that so far as the treat ment of Mrs. Morris is concerned, I will take no action, believing that the ymp~athetic letters and telegrams which have been recceived f-1m1 friends and strangers front all parts of the country, as well as the attitude of nlmny newspalpers on the subject, have accoiiilished miore than could be (one if a protest were to be made to tle pre-sident." ROGERS REFUSED TO ANSWER. Standard Oil Official Averse to Giving Out Information. It dleveloped from the questions asked by Attor-ney General Herbert1 S. Hadley of Missouri of H-enr'y H. Rtogers, vice president andl diroctor' of the Standard Oil company of New< Jersey, that cne ot Mr. Hadlley's chief pur'poses ini conducting an exaimina tion of' ofieer's or that company in New York is to find out wvhether' that ccm. - piany Ownis a controlling interest in the Standard Oil company or Indiana, 1 tihe Waters-Pierce company of Missou ri and the Republic Oil company. Mr. Roger's (declined to ireply to questions as to whether lhe controls any stock in the Waters-Plot-ce Oil company, wvhether- M. Van Butren of New York holds a contr-olling Interest in that company for the Standard'( Oil. company of New Jersey; whether the Now Jeirsey conmpanty controls the. Standard -Dil company of Indiana or' tile Waters Pierce company, and whether two-thirds of the (dividends of the Wauter's-Pier'ce Coinpany ar'e not1 paid to Hi. M. Tilford. Mi'. Hadley dleclared fthat he0 wld'i~ < take all the (1uestlin; to thle supri'ie court of Newv York state to secura an oi-der' for Mr'. Rtoger's to show I cause why he shall not answer them. "KICK ME" SIGN PROVED FATAL. Boys of Thirteen and Fourteen Have Fight and One is Killed. At Dallas, Texas, Ollio Claywell, 14 years oid, stabbled Carl Owens, aged 13, and is ini jaIl charged wIth nuir dier. Tlhie boys wvere employed in the Texas Pacifle general ofilce. Sonie one inned ai placardc on young Claywell 's back, read(ling "KICK ME." The Owens boy kicked and a fight was stted. Theli boys wer'e separat ed,. but met in the street and1( the stab l~ing followed. MORE OP JAMISON CASE. Georgia Supreme Court Says Negre Must, Return to Chai-ngang. Because Henry Jamison, colored, of Maoon, Ga., who has brought into question the legality of the Macon chaing~ang, is not no* in the custody of E. A. Wimnbish, superintendent of the gang end defendant in error in Jamison's suit, the supreme court oIf (iowgia bas declined to hea"The ap peal Ia is habeas corpus proceedings: fie a ap,,lo. court. STORMHITSALBANY List of Killed and Injured Miraculously Small. PROPERTY DAMAGE GREAT Whirling Terror Came and Was Gone in a Twinkling, Leaving Wido Swath of Wrecked Buildings in its Path. A tornado of terrille force passed over Albany, Ga., and vicinity Wed nesday at 1:15 o'clock, coming from a southwesterly direction and spread ing wreck and desolation over por tions of a dozen blceks. Several persons are dead and oth crs will die as the result of injuries, while many are more or less s3riously hurt. Viewing the wreckage left by the tornado, it seems a miracle that a score were not killed outright, the tribute claimed in the way of human lives being astonishingly small. The list is still incomplete, owing to the fact that much of the destruc tion wrought was well beyond the city limits. The storm was Immediately preced ed by a blinding deluge of rain; the heavens were darkened as at twilgiht, and the wind attained a frightful ve locity. It struck the Thair place, just southwest of the city, where it killed a negro bey and fatally injured two members of the family of Jeff Davis (colored). The buildings on the place were comPletely demolished. Striking the big plant of the Vir ginla-Carolina Chemical ICompany, the storm demolished tho two principal buildIngs in the twinkliug of an eye. rhe acid enamber, four or five storie3 high. was crushed like an egg shell, as was the large brick structure con. taining the battery of ovens. A col ored employe was killed in the col lapse of the latter building. Walker Sanders, assistant manager of tihe plant, was stunding beside the negro and received serious injuries. His esca)'3 was a miracle. The track of the tornado was. not mnore than 75 yards in width, but it left the face of the earth clean where ever its full force was felt. From the guano factory it jumped to a thick settlement of negro cabins. Here twenty-five buildings were con pl)etely demolished. Some were oc cupied by as many as a half dozen persons, mostly women and children, and while a great many were injured not one was killed outright. Furni ture, 1.d clothing, etc., were blown entirely away. In the 111dst of tlis group of houses was the colored Methodist FEpiscopal church, a large and rather mposing structure. It was complete ly dlestroyed, together with its furni ture. T1he stormied turned at ti4 point, uid passed almiost due east throughi Etesidence street, though its full force vas not felt again until several ilocks had been passer'I over. HowV tvrr, on Residence street thra dam ige was great. A number of pretty ottages were unroofed, the dbge cooding them andl ruining their con enits. 'Tle storm dlescendled again at the nterseetion of Washington and Tift rtreets. Here it dlemolishied the par tally completed cold1 storage lplant f the Albany Artesian Ice company. t passed to the plant of the Gieorgi.1 lotton Oil company, where it demol shed the large two-story warehouse, yontaining thousands of tons of cot Great havoc was wrought in the~ vardms of the Central of Georgia and Albany and 'Northern railways. D)ozens of fr'e'.Pht ears In the two vards were unroofedi. A delivery wag n on Warshington street, was lpicked 1p, wIthI horse and diriver, andl car 'ied through the air a considerable listance into the railroadl yards'. Tihc. Iriver was seriously' injnred. Huraes of negroes in the cIty are ...mel.s..,aand many have lost all hieir household effects. 'The injured tre becing cared for, and efforts are icing made t~o secure shelter for all. .AFOLLETTL. TAKES THE OATH. NJew Wisconsin Senator Sworn in by Vice Preoldent Fairbanks. After wvaiting for almost a year, Rt. VI. LaFolletto appeared In the senate when It reconvened Thursday, after ho holiday recess, to claim his seat is a senator from Wisconsin, .and the >nath of ofls. was adlministeredl to urm by Vice Pr-esident Fairbanks. The mrenmony was itnessed by a crowd 'd gallery, which manifestced much nterest In the proceedings. STORM WRECKS SCHOOLHOUSE. Two Boys Killed and All Other Pu p1l. More or Less injured. A tornado struck the schoolhouse of Josie beat, in Alabama, Thursday, a~nd two bxoys were killed by falling timbers. The schoolhouse was demolished, and none of the occupants escaped without injury, although the woundls of only fourteen are serious. When the wind struck the building the sides gave way and the roof fell unon the cocunants. 3EORGIA STANDS SECOND In Production of Fleecy Staple -Ao cording to Official Report Just is. sued by Ginners' Association. Following is the compilation of the reports from cotton ginners over the south, showing number of bales gin. ned, issued at Dallas, Texas, Friday by the National Ginners' Association: Alabama ........ 6,763 Arkansas ......506,870 Florida .... .. .44 Indian Territory.. .. 292,153 'Georgia ...... ..1,667,628 oIulsiana.. .. ......54,440 Miiii .... ..1,016,073 issouri.......... 35,646 North Carolina .. 627,559 Oklahoma ....279,597 2outh Carolina .. ....1,081,806 Ten...nessee ..4..... Viginiia. and Kentucky . 15,791 '~ ~ ~ ~~. 71(l .22 1464 Th'le l'epor-t is of Cotton grinneid to VI lX)clmbor 31, and shows the totall p~et' ('01t jjaChedN 9 ".6, 111(1 total gtnd (9 7.3. T110e 03,11o"t g1le-d from Decebr 13 to :11. inclusiv. wa. i . bal. 'l' ad.ed to the last ,ensus re Por~t, ilnin ().094.011. Acconling; to a \Va:-hig-,toi1 dispatch, .'(ii nl bsafeguard (s ar~e thrown '.bollt tho ee 0cly of governlllic-t t1'0p rejports by, ai 1ill wvhich 11prC)oseltrltivO Ilmrleson of Texas has intro...ce.. .I the house. The mfasure ot only pro sides for the puni shint of t govern lnt eotyees who o ilmlge er1et tifor.tion efo Its official pblica. tpor, bt al1: e roviken punie-met for clplovein to se thi ifonmatih I In olsratia on th Stock arc~n, oVen ' f t Is nct, giveui to of hor pers-1o'1S. t rtesronsey to a requet. of No , Or reot an other cotton exchanes tie sucretary of comesre and Inuer in'r videstrteo the director of goern SA to tI)ol the ilfication mc the eotton ginning rueport from Moao, Ianpera 8. to.n tuesay, January 9, at 2 . s n.1 givy e S Was found to e Ia leg".l holiday i Loisiana. FEAPs TROUBLE IN ORIENT. Anerican Troops and Warships heing hlassc-d Ciosc to China. A brief cmmepat from Manila anr. IbAiaing that there is great actiit auson the tro pus btationieo er he that o iningirents are ume fMoid (fl'iurls All view of ''1tjssiblo evenltunhii ti6 in. China" has given rise to uch talk Toiop n shin drto Wp. I the istatch deprtment's a(vices amglet the trossbilitt of trouble and China t s the resnt anti-foreic.1 rein growiwg ou o of the voyctt t hre is close concealment of the fa-t. However, those 'who have carefully studied army orders for the past two or three mionths have noticed that an unusually large force of field artillery has been sent out to the Philippines, where there is no need of artillery, and that the American force !n the Islands has b~eeni considecrably strength. 4 cned of late. T'here have been suspicions that aill this had to (10 with China rather thani the Philippines, but this is the first intimation that has conme from the islands. Iriday night Secretaries Taft, Root, Bonaparte aind Attorney Gen (nral Moody were in conlference with the president at the wvhile house. ft had been annountced that this con-~ forence would have to (10 only with pe'nding legislation In congress, but the coinlcidetnce of this night confer (3nce following immediately upon the heels of the app~ear'ance of the (dis patch from Manila ha~s given rise to much specutlationl. It is also noted that tile Asiatic fleet will soon be strengthened by sending the cruisers Galveston and1 Chatta n'o ga to Mamla. CASH FOR JAME-STOWN SHOW. State of Virginia Turns Over Appro priation for Exposition. The som of 011e hlundred atnd fifty thous'and dlollars, appr~topriaited by tile state of Virginia for the Jamestown (exposition wvas turned over to the expositiotn company Friday. Sony time ago $50,000 was p~aid1, andl this payment completes the total appro piriation of $200,000. PERMISS*OIN TO FOIST A FAKE. Rojestvensky Declares England Was Ready to Assist the Japs. A St. Petersburg special says: Thi# remarkable allegation thlat tihe Br'it ish fleet was held in reOadiness to de stroy the RIussian fleet if the battle of the Sea. of Japan had gone in the Russians' favor, is made by Adnifral lRojostvonsky in a letter p~ublished inl the Novoe Vrernya WVednesdny .jvith the permission of the minister of marine. High Price Paid for Convicts. The state of Alabama has leased to A. B3. Steele & Co., of Atlanta, fifty convicts for three years to work in sawmills at Dothan, Ala. The price Is $30 a month, net, the best over re ceived In the south. The next best is $26, made some time ago. Costly Blaze at Elmyra, Ohio. At Elmyr'a, O0., the Hotel Andwur*' and the block in which it Is located were destroyed by fire Stunday morn liing. The( loss iii estimatodl at $100,