Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 January 1897 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1897.

thu.slasm. It always followed the declaration that one of the things that wc were aiming at was to purge the fair record of Illinois of the name In ortlce of Altgeld. He It wan who m tho Chicago convention demanded, as we all understood as was published and declared everywhere the Introduction of those planks of the platform that arrayed hundreds of thousands of Iemocrats, independent of the question of the tariff and of the currency, against the Democratic party. Why. it Is not very strange. Mr. Chairman, that that gentleman should feel some degree of responsibility for the results and some degree of Foreness as he looks back over the miserable record In politics which ho himself has

made." NO FRAUDS IN OHIO. Continuing, Mr. Grosvcnor paid that there had not been a dishonest election In Ohio for years, and he gave the credit of this to the "joint efforts of the leading men of both political parties." He then proceeded to describe the Ohio election law and methods designed to prevent fraud, aid subsequently, after analyzing the Republican and Democratic election figures for some years past, concluded that whatever justification might exist for the charge of fraud based on the Increased vote In that State applkd with double force to the enormous increase of the Democratic vote in that State, lie called attention to the fact that the largest percentage of increase in the Ohio vote occurred In one of the Democratic districts (represented by Mr. Layton.) He also repelled the insinuation that the Republicans ha t lost groiuid in Ohio at the late election. When Ishneil got plurality he only had 17.M majority. This year, he said, there was absolute fusion of all the opposition to the Republican ticket, and yet McKlnlev had majority. In conclusion he congratulated the Democratic -p'-css of his State on the fact that It had not paid the slightest heed to Altgeld's slanders. Mr. Uromwell lltep., Ohio) followed In further substantiation of Mr. Grosvenor's statements. These two fpeches drew a brief but somewhat sarcastic response from Mr. Deaxmond. Hut he said he had no desire to defend Governor Altgeld. He paid a high tribute to the men who made up the Chicago convention, who. he said, were actuated by deep conviction and repudiated the suggestion that any man had dictated the Chicago platform. Perhaps In some other arena, ha said. Mr. Grosvenor and Mr. Altgeld might be able to decide the worth or worthlessness of their relative statements, but he stated, rather sarcastically. th.it ex-Governor Altgeld had always rnad.i his charges against others in the ojen, where they conld be met. He concluded with a high tribute to Altgeld's Among the bills passed was one to pension Mary A. Viol, widow of Major W. D. Sanger, Fifty-fifth Illinois Infantry, at the rato of t per month. A number of amendments to the Indian appropriation bill were made before it passed. The salaries and expanses of tho Dawes commission was reduced from J-"o.-Ouo to $13.0JO. The items appropriating $2."..(XK) for the Irrigation of the lands of the Southern ITtes. In Utah, and 5lUfO for th; erection of a bridge across the lig Wino river, on tho Shoshone reservation. In Wyoming, were stricken out on. points of order. Amendments to imrK5se a fine of J10) or Imprisonment for thirty days on any one who took from the public lands aboriginal antiquities; to require Indian agents to make a semi-annual detailed statement of all Indian moneys passing through their hands: placing the children of Indian women who had married whit-:? men on an equal footing with other members of the tribe in matters of inheriting tribal property and rights were, adopted. On a point of order, made by Mr. Cannon, the last sixteen pages of the bill to ratify the treaties with the Shoshones and Arapahoes of Wyoming, made April 22. isTfti. and the Turtle mountain band of Chlppewas. In North Dakota, made Oct. Zi. is:c were stricken out. The. item to remove all restrictions existing against the leading, wale or conveyance of the allotted lands of the ruyallup Indians, in Tierce county, Washington, was ruled out. An amendment offered by Mr. Mondell (Rep.. Wyo.) to appropriate $3,000 for the repwlr of a brJdsre across the Wind river. In Wyoming, was adopted. At 5:10 p. m. tho House adjourned. MANY FIRMS SUFFERED. Losses IXennltinf? from the 3IaItliouc Fire- nt Cincinnati. CINCINNATI, Jan. Fire early this morning broke out in the five-story malthouse of Herman Goepper & Co. on Commerce street, between Vine and Race, and caused a loss of about $200.0X). The building was owned by the Pcrln estate and was occupied by several prominent business firms. It required the best possible management by the fire department to prevent a spread of the lire amor valuable and comparatively combustible property adjoining. Goepper & Co. estimate their lo.ss on stock at $00,0.). The building was valued at $10.0 0. It is practically a total loss. W. W. lilair & Co.. commission merchants, say their stock was mostly consignments and all insured. Millen & Erowif. also commission merchants, were burned out. Their loss is estimated at $10,000 and is insured. The Overman & Schroeder Cordage Company suffered a loss estimated at J10.t)0 and is fully insured. A furniture company also suifered a loss roughly estimated at $i:..i: insured. The other losses were caused by water, which In most instances ran into cellars. The firms thus suffering ranged in Joss from a few dollars t $2SK and are John Stonn & Co., Cincinnati Transfer Company. C. H. Iteinhardt & Co., C. M. llolloway & Co.. Polman. Hill & Co.. A. K. Monte & Co.. W. G. Hill & Co.. John J. Perkins Co. and the ' Kerr Grocery Company. Owing to the excitement early this morning the total loss was erroneously estimated at $00MJU. Other Fires. TMward J. Ivorv. of New York, who was recently acquitted in London of the charge of conspiring to cause a uynamue explosion; John F. Mclntyre. wnu acted as Ivory's counsel, and the three American witnesses in the case, Patrick Wynne, I'm trick. O'Kourke and Thomas Sniythe. sailed from OueenMown for New York ' yesterday on the steamer Majest.c. YOirxoSTOWN. O.. Jan. 2S. Fire at 7 o'clock this morning completely gutted the three-storv brick building occupied by the Deavitt. McConnell & O. wholesale erro-4-erv house on h.ast federal street, loss on building and contents. $0.); insurance about one-half. COLUMBUS. O.. Jan. 2S.-FIre at Center burg to-day destroyed ten buildings. Loss $,0OO; insurance, .lo,i. Ilualnr F.mbnrrnMment. BOSTON. Jan. 2S. A bill in equity has been brought by Commissioner Merrltt against the Kastern Mutual Life Insurance Company asking th.t a receiver be appointed to wind up the company's affairs. - The receivership is sought at the instance of the company itself. The company Is said to bo financially sound, and the rea son given for taking the step is that the prospects for the patronage of mutual companies in the future teing bad. the oilicers thought it expedient to ask that its affairs be wound up and thereby obviate th- likelihood of an assignment upon thj. policy holders. KNOXVILLi:. Tenn.. Jan. '.N. The Cov- . ent Building and Loan Association failed to-day. making the seventh within the last week. A receiver was asked for In the same manner as the others on account of inutil ity to pay off the applications for with drawal. &I'iu:s.iKIL:l.L. Mass.. Jan. 2v James It. Hawkins, proprietor of It. F. Hawkins Iron work?, bridge builders, to-day made a. vol'int irv petition In Insolvency. Liabilities, $2J0.U. Assets about the same. ;Iam Worker Still In Conference. PITTSP.rnG. Jan. 2. The committee on consolidation of the American Flint Glass Workers' Union ami the Green Glass Iiottle Association of the United States and Canada were in session until late to-night and adjourned until to-morrow without having completed a plan for amalgamation. A decision will be reached to-morrow and the conclusion submitted to the trade for a vote. While details are not known as yet. It is well understood that the plan of amalgamation will provide that the green and Hint bottle blowers be constituted one branch, with the rest of the flints another, but with separate organizations, but under one had. A joint convention will be held In Pittsburg during the summer. Groivth of Jeulnh Population. BALTIMORE. Jan. 28. The principal paper read at to-day's session of the American Jewish Historical Society was on on the "Orowth of Jewish Population in the United States." in the course of which Mr. David Sulzberger, of PhlladelShla. the writer, stated that the number of ews in the United States bad increased from 3.000 in lsll to over 1'H.OO) in 153. Proof Ponltlve. "Washington Post. That Indiana girl who hid applied for a divorce in order that she may resume her school duties show that frhe poadeoaea an Ability for learning.

TWO HEROIC SISTERS

LIVES RISKED DRAGGIXR FATHER FnOM A IIl'HXING 1IOMU. Interesting; Flection Case .Hpninc at Seymour Double Tragedy In Blackford County. if - -. . ..V Special to the InJlanapolla Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., Jan. 2. Henry Hemper, an old resident of thlr county, was probably fatally burned to-night. His farm residence, four miles east of townj took tire and ho was unable to leave his bed on ac count of slckne? Ho was finally rescued by his two daughters, who dragged him out, and both suffered severe burns on the arms and shoulders. He Is seventy years old. Tho house and contents wero consumed. Two-Story Dwelling IlurncJ. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FORTVILLK. Ind.. Jan. 23. Last night the two-story frame dwelling occupied by William Castetter, north of town, was destroyed by fire. A portion of the household goods were saved. The bulldlnsr was owned by Madison Brooks and was insured for a small amount. The flames reached the house from an adjoining outbuilding. wnicn caught fire accidentally. Loss, $1,50". IDIAXA ) II IT FA It V. Dr. Abner C. Jones, Prominent . in State G. A. It. Circles. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, Ind., Jan. 2S. Dr. Abner C. Jones, aged forty-eight, one of Muncie's best-known physicians, died of aeuto Bright's disease to-night, at 11 o'clock. Dr. Jones laid claim to being tho youngest man who served through the late civil war and was commander of Williams Post, G. A. R. At the last G. A. R. State Encampment ho was a prominent candidate for commander and had announced himself as candidate for tho next meeting. He leaves a wife and one daughter, Miss Josie. a promising violinlot, tils death will bo a great surprise to his many friends througnout the State. F. 31. Profllt. Crucial ff TrilJnninrillB T-n f 1 1 FRANKLIN. Ind.. Jan. 2S. F. M. Promt, a prominent farmer, east of this city, died early this morninr, after a brief illness. He leaves a wife and several children. Mr. Profflt was born in 1S32. in Tennesse?, and was teaching school in that State at the breaking out of the war. He took a decided stand for the Union, and participated iu the exciting events which East Tennessee knew during the first y?ars of the war. He was finally made a prisoner by the Confederates, but escaped and with a party of Union sympathizers was tracked through the mountains with elogs and over half their number killed. He finally reached Indiana and settled in this county. He has lived here ever since, teaching and farming. Mm. Mary A. Dally. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LEBANON, Ind., Jan. 2S. Mrs. Mary A. Daily, mother of Auditor of State A. C. Daily, died at 8 o'clock to-night of old age. She was eighty-four years old. and was born in Carlisle, Ky. She has been a resident of this city nearly all her life. She was a member of the Methodist Church slnco 1S23. ioliti Cur roll. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LEBANON, Ind.. Jan. 2. John Carroll, aged sixty years, died suddenly this morning of heart elisease. He was the most wealthy citizen of Marion township anil well known all over the county. He leaves a wife and two adopted children. SHOT HIS SWEKTIIEAIIT. Joseph Iloxell Then Sent a Fntnl Bullet Through IIIm Own Drain. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY, Ind.. Jan. 2S.-Xcws reached this city thl? morning of one of the most startling tragedies ever committed in Blackford county. At Dundee, seven miles north of this city, Joseph Boxell, aged twenty-five, shot his sweetheart and then killed himself. His sweetheart was the fifteen-year-old daughter of John Brothcrton, a merchant and one of the wealthiest farmers in Blackford county. Boxell formerly clerked in Brothertons grocery and became infatuated with Miss Ora Brotherton, which resulted In his being discharged. They continued to meet clandestinely, and yesterday the girl was severely reprimanded tor her conduct. At 7 o'clock last evening Boxell called at the home of his sweetheart and was met at the door by the girl, who told him of her parents' objections. At that lie pulled a revolver and exclaiming. "Then we'll die together," shot the girl through the head and then sent a bullent through his right temple. His death was instantaneous, while the girl is still lingering between life and death. Both were of the best and most respectable families in the northern part of the county. Boxell was a K. of P. and stood well In tho community. There is a chance that Miss Brotherton will recover. IOI.T AGAINST ELECTION LAW. Claimed that n. .linn Cannot "Connlerfelt" the Ballot Stamp. Special to the Indianarlis Journal. SEYMOUB, Ind., Jan. 23. Josephus Goss, a very reputable citizen of this county, had in his possession on election day lst November a sample ballot and a sample stamp for the purpose of instructing voters. Some political enemy went before the grand jury and caused him to be indicted and charged, under Section 10 of the election law, with having had a "counterfeit" election stamp in his possession. Judge' Voyles to-day quashed the indictment and Mr. Goss was discharged. A point raised by lion. O. II. Montgomery, attorney for defendant, on the motion to quash is of general interest at this time. It was contended by Mr. Montgomery that all crimes in this State must be denned by statute. That there is no statute denning or describing the ot'.lclal or genuine election stamp, but that Section 2j of the election law leaves It discretionary with the State Board of Election Commissioners to pro vide election stamps with such device as they may select." He argued that this device may be changed at each election and the citizens of the State cannot know what the otticial stamp is to be. and consequently what may be a counterfeit: that it may happen tat under tne same statute an act mav be a crime this year ami not be at the next election; that the Legislature cannot delegate to the iJtate Board of Election Commissioners the right to add to or take from criminal statutes, and that Section o) of the election law is therefore -invalid and void in so far as it attempts to nt ike it a felony to have in possession a "counter feit election stamp. District Meeting Iv. of P. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WILLIAMSPOItT, Ind.. Jan. 2S. Tha district meeting of the Knlghts'of Pythias for the Eighth district, comprising Tippecanoe, Benton. Fountain and Warren coun ties, was held at Wllliamsport this week. The following officers of the Grand Lodge of the domain of Indiana were present Grand Chancellor Otto Kolb. Deputy Grand r-h in.iifir ;orire V. Bice. Grand Keener of IP-cords and Seal Frank Bowers and Grand Instructor James YYillard; alo John D. Benedict, grand chancellor of the domain of Illinois. There were about j.V lisitins' brothers present. Grand Instructor Wiliard exemplified the secret work of the order, and Falls Lodge, rso. oi w ullamyport. exemplified the lirst and third rank work. Besolutlons were auopieti uru In'r th.it the Grand Lodre conventions b. lu-ld in October instead cf June, and also that the next district meeting tor this ills trlct be held at Covington next year. A "Wealthy Convict Free Aaln. Special to the InJianapolls Journal. FRANKLIN. Ind.. Jan. 2. Wm. B. Lawwas brought from Jeffersonvllle to-day by the sheriff ar.d released. He has just com-t-?.-rl -n trm t eltrht venrs In thr nni. tentiary. his punishment being for killing Aaron Lamon. with whom ne quarreled over family matters. He is quite wealthy, and will ppend his time for the present in rest and pleasure. RcmnliiK a Mystery. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FRENCH LICK. Ind., Jan. 28. The in vestigation of the Klrby robbery and at tempted elouble murder ended to-day with out obtaining evidence sufilclent to warrant the arrest of anyone.' The evidence did one great service. It vindicated younjr Winln-

ger, who was first suspected, and to whose house the bloodhounds were said to have trailed the criminal. The evidence pointed to some tramps, who had been In the neighborhood for a day or two and then again It pointed to some one close to tho Klrby fa mil v. There is a mystery about the horrible deed and it will probably never bo known who was the perpetrator of such a crime. Mr. and Mrs. Kirby are both improving rapidly and will recover. I'scnpert tx Uridine Disaster. Freclal to the Indianapolis Journal. LIBERTY. Ind.. Jan. 2S. As the east-

bound passenger train. No. 37, on the C, II. & P. approached bridge No. 21. near Brownsville, this afternoon the attention of the engineer was attracted by a man running up the track frantically waving a bandanna handkerchief. The man was the owner of a team of horses, which had run away and become fast on top of the . . . . . . . T1 cringe, wnere tney iay struggling. ine te:im nnil wurnn w e re sn wed red In be tween the timbers of the bridge that 'it was necessary to kill the horses before the obstruction could be removed. The trainmen regard it as a narrow escape from what might have resulted in a bridge disaster. Dnmnges of SI Againut the Editor. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind., Jan. 23. The case of Mamie Roberts against Benjamin F. McKee, editor of the Lebanon Pioneer, has been on trial here during the present week. The paper in publishing a news item said that the girl mentioned resided at Whitestown. and It happened that the nnmo ivorn similar, but the YVhitCStOWn woman was not the person guilty of tho act charged in tne article, one so uuoimeu. the editor and he published a retraction, but she entered a suit for elamage and the case was venued to this county. The Jury this morning returned with a verdict of $1 for the plaintiff. Day of Prayer at Be Pauw. Sredal to the Indianapolis Journal. GREENCASTLE. Ind.. Jan. 2S. Tho day of prayer for Indiana colleges was observed to-day by a fair crowd, a partial holiday being given the students. Exercises wero held in Meharry Hall at 10:30 o clock. 1 JiUV. & VJ' ll. 4 HIV llftAa er. After musical numbers. Rev. Lasby, of Central-avenue Church, Indianapolis, i At . i At 4 t 1 preacneu on :ne meme ine mum oi oi-n-rt, T"h( fl:iv' virrijr elosrwl with a meeting to-night la Plato Hall of the Christian organizations or tne university. New CnMIe Paper Sold. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NEW CASTLE. Ind., Jan. 2S. The Daily Press and Republican has been sold by Clarence Beard to W. J. Cameron, late edi tor of the Winona (Minn.) Herald. Mr. Cameron will assume control or the piant Monday next. Mr. Beard, it is understood. will remove to Indianapolis and engage in tho practice or law. A MtiNle Teacher Arrested. Sf ecl?l to the IndiP.napolls Journal. GREENCASTLE, Ind., Jan. 2S. Charles Nabor, a music teacher, has been making his headquarters at Fillmoro the past week. He had organized a class and was to have given a lesson last night, but an Illinois sheriff gathered him in on a warrant charging him with having stolen a horse. Kappa Alpha Theta Girl Reunion. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GREENCASTLE, Ind., Jan. 2S. The members of Kappa Apha Theta fraternity of De Pauw celebrated the twenty-seventh anniversary of the foundation of their order yesterday at their clubrooms. The alumni of the city and a few friends of the members were present. Indiana ote. There is an epidemic of grin at Fortville. Several families are prostrated and num erous deaths are reported throughout the country. The Blackford county farmers Institute closed at Hartford City yesterday. The meeting was in charge of D. 13. Johnson. of Mooresville. Ind.. and T. B. Terry, of Hudson, Summit county, Ohio.. Deputy Great Commander A. N. Kelspy, of the Knights of Maccabees, instituted a lodge of thirty members at Montpelier last e'vening. Sir knights from Muncie. Hartford City and Bluffton assisted. The tent number of the new lodge Is 89. It Is rumored at New Castle that men in that city contemplate launching a peri odical for members of the I. O. O. F. of Indiana. It is claimed there i but one such magazine published in the State, which has 4-5.WK) members of the order. New Castlo is a stronghold of Odd Fellow ship, and the project is said to have strong support. The annual meeting of the Knights of Pythias of the Twentieth Indiana district was held at Rockport yesterday and about live hundred knights attended. The parade was abandoned on account of cold weather. Several members of the Grand Lodge, were present. Otto Kolb. grand chancellor, responded to the address of welcome, and Grand Instructor J. H. Wiliard spoke on Pythian knighthood. The meeting closed with a banquet. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. At Memphis, Tenn.. yesterday W. II. Lee, a shoemaker, shot and seriously wounded his. wife and a hackman. Claude Limb, after surprising the couple together. State Treasurer Collins, of Florida, In a report to Governor Bloxham states that he had in the Merchants' National Bank of Oeala. which failed recently, about $30,000 of the tax redemption money. At Austin. Tex., yesterday W. J. Bryan was given a public reception in the Governor's private room nrA eluring the two hours four thousand iemle tiled through and shook hands with h.m. Many ladies were among the number. S. Kantrowlteh. of New Haven. Conn., was found dead in his berth on the eastbound Santa Fe passenger train at Sterling, Kan., yesterday. He was ticketed from Denver to New York and died during the night. Ho had been West for his health. The committee appointed by the American Bessemer Association, better known as the steel billet pool, to bring about conciliation among the members, has prepared a report. This will bo presented at a meet ing of the pool to be held in Pittsburg to-day. Chester S. S. Sands, who registered! from New Orleans, committed suicide Wednesday night at the Frontenach Hotel. Quebec He shot himself in the head. He left noth ing to explain the reason for his deed. He had very little money. Ho was about twenty years old. Tho coffin makers, who have been in Fes slon at Chicago for two days trying to re organize their combination, which was dis rupteel several months since, adjourned yesterday without having accomplished their object. Another meeting will be held in the near future, either in New York or in Chicago. Shropshire Itejjlry Annoeiation. DETROIT. Jan. 2. The executive committee of the American Shropshire Registry Association was in session here to-day for the purpose of passing on charges preferred against memlers of the association and to lix special prizes at fairs to be held this year. Among those present were Prof. W. G. Latta and Mortimer Levering, of Lafavette, Ind. Tho commltteo decided to distribute prizes at each ef the following State fairs: New York. Ohio, Indiana. Michigan. Wisconsin. Vermont. Massachusetts, New Jersey. Minnesota. South Dakota. Iowa and Nebraska, and the fairs at St. Louis. Mo.. London. Toronto, Ottawa and Manitoba. Whhky Trust Ctmtraet Nullified. CHICAGO. Jan. 23. In the Federal Court to-day Judge Showalter decided that the successor of a corporation that has been destroyed by quo warranto proceedings cannot be held responsible for future contracts made by the annihilating company previous to the intervention of the State. This decision was elicited by litigation in the b ase case of the old Whisky Trust, for which the American Spirits Manufacturing Company was held. This absolves the whisky company from fdling about fifty contracts made by the old organization. Chinese Must ot le Firework. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 2S.-Chief of Police Crowley Is determined that if the Chinese residents in this city will not regard the laws of this State they shall forfeit all the privileges heretofore granted to them, and over which he has a discretionary control. In a curt letter to the Chinese consul general, he forbids the explosion of lireworks during the Chinese New Year season. If the order Is not obeyed the mayor will march the entire police force Into the Chinese quarter and compel by force of numbers the observance of thr? law. A Pointer. Cleveland Leader. Pllger I always pay as I go. Dickson No wonder, then, that people are unwilling to accommodate you. Why. I always keep my tailor at least one suit of clothes behind, and then, when I pay him. In addition to allowing me a good stiff discount, he invariably gives me a box of clzars. You're too Innocent for this world.

ACCUSED OF FORGERY

LATIMER E. J OX KM, A IIOnSEBREEDEB, ARRESTED IX ENULAXD. Indicted at Xew York in 1SS7 for Forffcrien AKre;atlnK $ir0,000 General Foreign News. SCARBOROUGH, England. Jan. 2?.-L-R. Jones, an American, proprietor of the Eskdale stud farm, near this place, was arrested to-day -on an extradition warra-nt. charging him with forgery, said to have been committed in New York during the year 1SS3. The amount involved is reported to be $110,000. Jones lived in great style here, and there was quite a crowd of people at the railroad station to witness his departure for London. The prisoner is a well-known breeder of American horses. The Eskdale stud farm is situated about five miles from this city. It is a very fine establishment, accommodating about sixty horses for breeding matched pairs. All the prope-rty Is said to be in the name of Jones's wife. Indicted nt Xenr York. NEW YORK. Jan. 2S. Latimer E. Jones is well known in this city. In 1SS3 and 1SS7 nineteen indictments for forgeries which are alleged to have netted him $150,000, were found against him by tho grand jury of this county and he was arrested. He forfeited $10,000 bail and left the United States. The principal complainant against Jones is B. L. Luddington, a moneylender of this city. Jones, it is alleged, swindled Luddington by means of forged notes and checks bearing the names of well-known suburban merchants who did business in New York. The district attorney's office will take immediate steps to have the prisoner brought to this city f.T trial. THE FAMINE IN INDIA. 3Inny People Starving In the Solarpore AVeavlcg Illiitrlet. SOLARPORE, Jan. 25. The special correspondent of the Associated Press nvho is visiting this district finds It badly affected. The scarcity of food is most severely felt at Talukas, Sangola, Madra and Karmala. Solarpore ,clty Is the center of the weaving Industry and its inhabitants are suffering from the stoppage of work at the mills. It is estimated that three-quarters of the whole number of weavers are already out of work and 40.0JO persons throughout the district are? being relieved. No cases of cholera, however, have been recorded in the camp at Ekruts, five miles from here, specially laid out for the weavers, who aro employed In the light work of Improving the reservoir which was built during.. the last jtamlne. Only S.O), however, aro employed, as the Mohammedan weavers remain idle In the city, living on their savings. They will not accept manual labor until compelled to do so. The correspondent traversed Irrigated jowani fields which promise splendid crops and met a number of traveling bands of people in search of work. Returning to the city, tho correspondent arrived at the poorhouse In time to see doles given out to over .100 poor people, the halt, maimed and blind. Each person relieved received a measure of meal and a modicum of oil. salt and chllies. There were many children suffering from ophthalmia and groups of lepers were noticed apart from ail the wrecks of humanity. Taken as a whole the Solarpore district is in a bad condition, which will probably become worse as time passes. Earl CoTTley'a Admission. LONDON. Jan. 2i In the divorce dlvislon of tho High Court of Justice to-day, before Justice Barnes, tho hearing of the petition for divorce brought by Countess Cowley against her husband, Henry' Arthur Mornlngton Wellcsley, Earl Cowley, was resumed. Sir Edward Clarke, Q. C, opened for the defense. Sir Edward Clarke denied the chargo of desertion brought against his client hy. the plaintiff, and said that the charge of adultery was based on uncorroborated evidence furnished by servants. Continuing. Sir Edward said that the Intimacy between Earl Cowley and Mrs. Charrington arose wholly from matters connected with racing and betting in which they were both interested. Earl Cowley testified that he had not lived with his wife since the birth of their child, owing to her jealousy leading to frequent quarrels. He denied specifically the stcries told of his familiarity with Mrs. Charrington. On cross examination Earl Cowley was compelled to admit that he haa committed adultery with several women. In Behalf of Ceell Rhodes. LONDON. Jan. 2S. In tho House of Commons to-day Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, the secretary of state for tho colonies, moved the appointment of a South African committee. Mr. M. J. MacLean, member for the Cardiff district, proposeel an amendment reciting that in view of the peaceful settlement of th3 South African question and the punishment of the Transvaal raiders that it would be inexpedient to reopen the matter and needless to reappoint the committee. Ho argued that the great public services of the Hon. Cecil Rhodes and the fact that he had succeeded in preventing the compact between the Transvaal and Germany from becoming a settled fact really absolved the great South African leader from blame. Tho Rt. Hon. Sir J. Lublock seconded the amendment proposed by Mr. MacLean. Tho House of Commons then adjourned. Duke of Anjou Must Pay Cost. LONDON. Jan.-20. A dispatch to the Dally Mall from Paris says that a nonsuit has been ordered by tho civil tribunal in the case of the Duke of Anjou. who sued the present Duke of Orleans for using tho royal arms of France. The claim was made that tho Duke of Anjou was the rightful heir to the throne, as he was de scendant of Jxmls XIV. According to the dispatches received by the Daily Mail the nonsuit was ordered upon the grounds that the plaintiff had failed to disprove the claim cf Don Carlos to be considered the head of the Bourbon house, and it was as?erted bv the tribunal that the royal arms had ceased to exist with the elownfail of the monarchv. The judgment further Intimates that it was puerile to expect a republican tribunal to attempt to try such a question. Tho Duke of Anjou was ordered to pay the costs. American Consul Fined. BERLIN, Jan. 28. A dispatch from Mayence says that Perry Bartholow, the United States consul there, has been fined 200 marks for an assault committed last sum mer. In October last a dispatch from Berlin said that Mr. Bartholow was being prose cuted for severely Injuring an inmate of his house by striking him on the head with a revolver and early in November. It was stated that the authorities at May once, after hearing Mr. Bartholow's ver sion of the assault and the witnesses' state ments regarding the original trouble, exon erated the consul, who settled ths difficulty with the complainant privately. Revolution In t'ruKiiu). MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Jan. SS.-Ad-vlces received here Indicate that the insur rectlon in this republic has not yet been suppressed. President J. Idiarte Borda has received news to tho effect that the South American Indians are holding meetings ; daily. These meetings are believed to be r.cstlie to the government of Uruguay. The white settlers on the Argentine and Bra zilian frontiers are said to be in danger from the insurrectionists, and a general up rising Is expected. It Is feared that a state of siege will coon be declared, ami a rigor ous censorship of telegrams is looked for. Little Hope for Ilelenne from Prison. LONDON. Jan. 2S.-In the House of Commons to-day Mr. Balfour, the first lord of the treasury and tho government's leader. replying to Mr. McNeill, antl Parnellito member for South Donegal, was asked whether. In view of the Queen's diamond Jubilee, the government would advise her Majesty to grant amnesty to political prls oners, said: "The eiuestioner is aware that I have never admitted that there u any distinction between treason-felony and other long-sentence prisoners. Czar and Czarina Doth 111. BERLIN, Jan. 23. The Hamburglshe Correspondent to-day publishes a dispatch from St. Petersburg saying that the proposed visit of the Czar and Czarina to Rome and London at the end of April has been abandoned, owing to the health of their Majesties and that, the visits of President Faure, Emperor William of Germany

and Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria to St. Petersburg have been deferred for the samo reason. 11 a cue Victims In India. BOMBAY. Jan. 2 According to the official report Just Issued there has been 4,3T6 cases of the plague In Bombay and 3,2"3 deaths from that disease. At Karachi cases and 644 deaths from the plague have been recorded. At Poonah there have been 55 cases and CO deaths, and a few cases have occurred at Surat, Baroda, Ahmadabad, Kithianwar and Cutch. SvIh Soldier In Peril. PARIS, Jan. 2?. Reports received here are to the effect that the Swiss artillery regiment Is now crossing tho Coldesmoses, nearly 5,000 feet high, marching from Agile to Thun. The soldiers have not been heard of for live elays. Inasmuch as heavy snowstorms have prevailed during the last three days a disaster is feared.

Cable Xote. Senor Cancvas del Castillo, tho Spanish premier, is slightly Indisposed. The French Chamber of Deputies yester day adopted the lirst clause of the bill granting export bounties on sugar by a vote of to IIS. Professor Gaston, the well-known Faris philologist, was received in the French Academy yesterday, being given the seat formerly held by Prof. Louis Pasteur. The Princess of Wales has given United States Embassador Bayard and his wife photographs of herself as mementoes of the visit of the United States embassador and his yit"e to Sandrlngham House. Count Muravleff. the new Russian min ister for foreign affairs, until recently the Russian minister at Copenhagen, arrived at Paris yesterday on a special mission to France, and was welcomed by a large crowd of people. The Russian government is about to establish, for the purpose of encouraging trade, commercial agencies in all of the European capitals as well as in a number of tho largest cities of the United States. Agencies of this character will also bo founded in Manchuria and Coria. The two great French iron manufactur ing firms of Schneider and Canet have amalgamated. The heads of these two iron foundries visited President Faure yester day and assured him that France now hael an iron manufacturing house rivaling the ivrupps establishment in Germany. Advices from Agordat say that the Der vishes, who are believed to be advancing on that place, have abandoned their forti fied camp at Amideb. and are retreating in the direction of Atmoasa. pursued by the "frler.dly" natives. It Is further announced that there are no Dervishes in tho vicinity of Kansala. WEALTHY WOMAN DEAD. Mrs. Anna Allen, of St. Louis, Whose i:tnte In Valued at if 10,000,000. ST. LOUIS, Jan. 27. Mrs. Anna Allen. reputed to be tho wealthiest woman In St. Louis, who died In Pittslicld, Mass., yes terday, is said to have left no will. Her estate is said to bo worth SIO.OOO.OOO. The attorneys for Mrs. Allen and the manager of her vast interests are unaware of the existence of such a document and serious ly doubt that one was ever made. If there Is a will it has been made within the last few weeks at Pittsfield, Mass., where Mrs. Allen died. In this case the instrument would have been drawn up without the assistance of Hiram J. Grover, who for years has been Mrs. Allen's attorney, or without consultation with J. W. Wallace, secretary of tho Southern Hotel Company and the manager of Mrs. Allen's estate. If there Is no will the estate will be divided among the hein, twenty-nine in number. Mrs. Allen leaves three sons, three daughters and twenty-three grandchildren. Four of tho children resido in St. Iouis. They are George V. Allen. William Russell Allen, -lrs. Elizabeth W. Donaldson and Mrs. Anna I Chauvenet. The two children residing at Pittstield are Thomas Allen, jr., and Mrs. Maud Atwater. Mrs. Allen before her marriage was Miss Ann Russell. She was born in St. Louis in 1S24. She married Thomas Allen In 1S42. Mr. Allen was the founder of the Missouri Pacific road, the first owner of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern and tho owner of the Southern Hotel. He was elected to Congress from St. Ixrais in 1SS0 and died soon after taking his seat. The funeral takes place at the Pittsfield home, and Mrs. Allen will be interred beside her husband in tho family lot in the Pittsfield Cemetery. Surgeon Clenernl MeFnrlln. ANNAPOLIS, Md., Jan. 2S.-Surgeon Gen eral McParlin, U. S. A., retired, died here this afternoon at an advanced age. During the late war he was surgeon general of the Army of the Potomac. He leaves four daughters, one of whom resides in Peru. Other Deatlm. WASHINGTON. Jan. 2S.-Charles II. Lyman, of the navy, elieel in this city to-day of Sneumonia, following an attack of grip. He as been attached to the naval observatory since last November. Lieutenant Lyman was navigating officer of the Kearsarge when she was cast away In Samoa. ST. PETERSBURG. Jan. 28. Dr. Zedekauer, tho private physician of the Czar, Is dead. THE CASK OF MISS STALXAKEH. Injustice Done to n. Womnu ly a Government Department. Washington Post. The experience of Miss Maud Stalnaker with the Civil-service Commission and the adjutant general's office of the War Department, a detailed account ef which appeared in the Post of the 22d inst., has attracted wide attention. Many of our contemporaries express sympathy with the young lady, and all who refer to the subject at all speak with admiration of her almost encyclopedia! attainments. The Post Is not inclined to put censure where it does not rightfully belong, but there certainly must have been an error committed somewhere in the official machinery, or Miss Stalnaker would not have been examined, passed, and certified, for a place for which her sex was bound to exclude her. The advertisement to which this applicant responded was as follows: "The Civil-service Commission will hold a special examination on Oct. 2G to fill a vacancy In tho position of clerk, class two, in the office of the adjutant general, U. S. A., for which special qualifications are required. The applicants should be able to translate into English technical military works in French, German. Spanish, and Italian; to do typewriting in all of these languages; to do proofreading and prepare manuscripts for the press, and he should be familiar with modern library methods, with the classification of books, cataloguing ar.d Indexing, changing, preparation of binding, etc. He will also be tested in the use of the English language and literary' composition." It will be seen that tho word "he" occurs in the announcement, but that Is not unusual In announcing competitions that are open to both sexes. At any rate. Miss Stalnaker appeared, and received no intimation that she was not wanted. The examination was even more difficult than was indicated in the advertisement, for, besides translation from foreign languages Into English, the exercises required written translation from English into French, (!c-rman. Italian and Spanish. Miss Stalnaker was the only applicant who was able to pa?s tho test. Her name was sent to tho adjutant general's office and she had not the slightest reason to doubt that the place was hers. But In a few days she was invited to call at the War Department and was then and there Informed that a woman could, undef'no circumstances, have tho place. We submit that, under all the circumstances, this was such treatment as no woman or man ought to receive at the hands of the government. The Adjutant general's office claims that it made requisition on the Civil-service Commission for a male clerk. The commission does not deny this, but hohls that the law admits of no discrimination as to sex. But the commission did not inform tho applicant that a controversy was pending, and that, if she should pass ?:nd be certified, she would not fill the requisition and would bo morally certain to be rejected. She went through the ordeal, passeti an examination that not one person In a hundred thousand rrobrbly not one in a million could have passed, and was rejected for a cause that had been officially made known to tho commission before the advertisement was printed. With the contention between the War Department and the commission as to the right to discriminate in the matter of sex we do not e"aro to interfere .at this time, for wo do not know what reasons may have existed for demanding a male clerk. There are department positions for which men are preferable, ana there are positions for which women are much to be preferred. But it was a cruel wrong- to permit Miss Stalnaker to undergo the examination in Ignorance of the sex contention. We hope that no repetition of this wrong will ever occur. A Lnek of Consistency. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. "The less one knows the happier one feels." says the Prince de Cnlmay. but this is hardly consistent wltti the fact that there arc so many unhappy Populists.

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CTBAXS PXIIEH COMMAND OF THREE ACTED LEADERS KOI TED. Spanish Accounts of Various Engagement with the Enemy OIney Xeffotlatinfr with Canovas. HAVANA. Jan. 2S.-Licutenant Colonel Zabalza, in command of the Vlllavlclosa Regiment, was engage! yesterday in the woods of Bayamo. near San Jose de las Lajas, province of Havana, with the insurgent force-s commanded by Castillo. Hernandez and Acosta. The attack of the Spanish troops was met by a heavy fire from the Insurgents, under the cover of which a squadron of cavalry succeeded in turning the flank of the insurgents and ocenpying a iwsition near the ground over which the enemy was expected to retreat. When this movement had been carried out, the Spanish cavalry and Infantry advanced on the insurgent positions and carried them. The Insurgents thereupon tried to escape, but the Spanish charged their left tlank and cut down thirty-nine of them. The troops had seven men wounded. General Montaner was engaged on Jan. 26 at Colony Sequerio. province of Santa Clara, with the Insurgents commanded by Pancho Perez. After an hour's firing the insurgents were dislodged from their positions, leaving eleven killed. The troops had a lieutenant and nine men wounded. Lieutenant Colonel Aguiler, after leaving Palos, in the province of Havana, met and dispersed a number of groups of insurgents at Colestino and Ajicos. According to official advices received here, the insurgents left seventeen dead on the field. Among those reported killed were the Cuban Major Luis Rivera and Lieut. Theo. Sardlnas. Of the Spanish Dr. Rodriguez and two private soldiers were wounded. A number of soldiers are now reported to be suffering from smallpox at Artemlsa, At Tenlente. Colonel Mira. while reeonnoiterlng, met the insurgent forces of the so-called Cuban General Castillo commanded by Col. Pancho Rodriguez. Spanish and Cubans fought a hotly contested engagement, the Spanish finally capturing several important positions. The Cuban Lieut. Col. Jose Pantaleon, who was wounded, succeeded in effecting an escape. A large quantity of groceries tell into the hands of the Spaniih. A considerable quantity of medicine was also captured. With bayonets fixed the Spanish captured Camp Guanabo, the insurgents abandoning in a cave fifteen of their dead. Among the Cubans killed and found dead in the cave were a captain and a lieutenant. An engagement is reported to have occurred Jan. 22 at the Volcan farm, near Managua, five miles from Havana. The Spanish forces were commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Vlcarto. The guerrillas finally succeeded in overpowering Lieutenant Menendes. the chief of tho Cubans, who was seriously wounded. Four of the guerrillas were killed and twenty-five wounded. The Insurgents, numbering five hundred, finally succeeded in effecting a retreat. The local guerrilla band of Mordasa on Jan. 23, near Sagua, completely overwhelmed by a superior number of Insurgents, was obllzed to retreat, losing eight killed and fifteen wounded. The insurgents commanded by Chucho Monteague, Julio Domlnguez and Evaristo, numbering about six hundred, marched In the elirection of Encmcijada, province of Santa Clara, and united with a large band of Cubans now In the vicinity of Sancti Splritus. Members of the Cuban government have left tho province of Puerto Principe, their recent headquarters, and they are now in close consultation with General Maximo Gomez, who is said to be la the vicinity of the Sancti Spiritus district. Captain Cieneral Weyler recently left Manufato. In tho province of Matanzas, and marched in a southerly direction Vi Cienfueges and Villa Clara, where ho wil. establish his headauarters. The report that the insurgents succeeded in landing an expedition well supplied with arms and ammunition at La Caleta, near Pucnta Maisa, is confirmed. Since Captain General Weyler left the city of Havana and commenced his march through the province of Havana and the province of Matanzas. he has issued orders allowing planters to grind cane in many instances and on a number of the plantations grinding has already commenced. OIney XcKotlntinjr with Spain. LONDON, Jan. 28. A dispatch to the Daily Mall from Madrid says that tho negotiations are actively proceeding between Spain and the United States, Secretary OIney acting as intermediary - for Cuba. Spain has submitted the Cuban home-rule project. The new autonomy programme gives Cuba two legislative chambers, and reserves to the island the power to initiate all tariff and revenue bills, Cuba paying an equitable share of the expenses of the Spanish army and navy. The governor general 13 to have full power to appoint all subordinates. It is claimed that Cuba will accept the provisions if assured of the protection of the United States government and of the sincerity of iJpain. Jacknon Xot in Morro Castle. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. 1 RICHMOND, Ind., Jan. There is no longer any doubt but that the report received hero to the effect that Charles Jackson, of this city, is imprisoned in Morro Castle, Cuba, was a fake. Mayor James S. Ostrander has received copies of the official letters that passed between the Department of State and the United States consul general and General Weyler, and made them public to-day. The letter of General Weyler says there is no citizen of the United States named Charles Jackson In Morro Castle. Prefers Extermination. NEW YORK, Jan. 28. Referring to the report that Spain is about to concede a home-rulo measure to the Cuban Insurgents, Tomas Estrada Palma, of the Cu ban Junta, said to-day: "Unconditional and absolute independence is all that Cuba will ever accept from the government of Spain. If she cannot have it Fhe prefers extermination. It Is scarcely worth while to discuss a home-rule proposition. It has not been made, and 1f it should be it will receive no consideration at our hands." AN ENRAGED HORSEMAN. Samuel L. Cat on Wound Hi Wife untl Tries to Kill Her Associate. LANSING, Mich., Jan. 2. Samuel L. Catcn, tho well-known horseman, who has for tho past two years been handling race horses in Russia, was involved in a shooting affray here to-night with his wife, who has a suit for divorce pending. Ho returned from Russia a short time since and has purchased several speedy animals for shipment to Russia, making his home here at the Hotel Downey. To-night Caton visited his former home and encountered a man named Scott, a questionable associate of his wife, and the two exchanged shots without apparent effect, although Caton c'aims to have received a wound In his forehead. Ho then kicked In the door to the house, but he was met by his wife, who knockel him down with a club, iaton retaliated by shooting her through the cheek, Inllictins a liesh wound. Senator Mason, of Illinois. Major Handy. In physical characteristics Senator-elect Mason Is a replica of Stephen A. Douglas, and in mental filler they are not at all unlike. To say that his mental equipment Is p.s great as that of Douglas would be to challenge Fkcptlcl.m. but the comparison Is not entirely to the advantage of Douglas. Mason Is as good a lawyer as Douglas was. find Is an orator of the name clasj. In his closer sympathy with the people. In his emotional nature and In his Irresistible inclination to find the humor In every scene find every question, he Is more like Lincoln, before he was tempered by great responsibilities. He suffers from the repute of being a funny man. There is no better storyteller in the country. In Congress he was the rival of Senator Vest and John Allen and as great a favorite, but the drawback to his acceptability In this role was a lack of taMe. While there he had a lesson which he has never forgotten, and which he sincerely hopes every one else has forgotten. In domestic life Mr. Mason is at his best. His family is his Idol. He has a sweet wife and seven children, and nothing but necessity tempts him ever to leave their society. In Washington he used to drive about town in a one-horse vehicle Into which the whole family was crowded, whatever might be the father's business and destination. Meson himself held the reins, one of the children flled the whip and the turn-out. as a whole, ooked like that of a ccstermonger out f :r a holiday. When he made a speech mother and children always filled a front bene a In the members gallery of the Houfe. When one of hh sons died the father was heartbroken. Years passed before he recovered bis old form. At Sprlneflcld during the senatorial struggle his wife was never out of

Wc hear a great deal about purifying the blood. The way to purify it is to enrich it. Blood is not a simple fluid like water. It is made up of minute bodies and when these are delicient, the blood lacks the life-ivinu principle. Scott's Emulsion is not a mere blood purifier. It actually increases the number of the red corpuscles in the blood and changes unhealthy action into health. If you want to learn more 'of it we have a book, which tells the story in simple words SCOTT & EOWNE, Cheni:.:s. New York.

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Tickets rood twelve month. For paticulars apply to O. Hheehv. . Detroit. Mich., or any agent of the Canadian I'aclfic lly. his reach. When he was nominated tho message of congratulation brought tears to his eye?, antl yet of all the most welcome was that which came from the children la his Chicago home, "Hurrah for paja:" The Mraragua Canal and the Monroa Doctrine. Review of Reviews. There Is always pending, in one house of Congress or the other, a Xlcarauga canal Mil. It la reported that many of the M-n-ators have desired to deal conclusively with, the Nicaragua canal question iHjfora rntifyins the Keneral arbitration treaty. This country has repeatedly made known to ho world Its intention to exercise full political control over the proposed Nicaragua canal, as necessary to cur international Integrity and peaceful development. The. Nicaragua canal would be for all practical purposes an essmtlal part of our coast line. All parti s In America have adopted the view that tho Clayton-Iiulwer treaty of nearly hair a century ago, providing for the Joint AngloAmerican control of the Nicaragua canal, had sole reference to a, canal which It was then proposed to build, and could not Justly be considered as Mnding upon a generation then unborn and livins? under totally different conditions. The relations of the Nicaragua canal to the Monroe doctrine are of th most essential character. We ouuht not, therefore, to share the political control of tho Nicaragua canal with England or with any European powers. Nor could we well submit to arbitration with England or any other European power any question the adverse settlement of which would Involve to any extent the denial or the weakening of our position under the Monroe doctrine, as defined not only by earlier statesmen but as deilned to-day by such statesmen as Secretary OIney or Senator Davis, of Minnepota. We can no more consent to arbitrate questions which Involve the principles of the Monroo doctrine than England could Fubmlt to arbitration any question effecting the structure of her imperial system. Hut the signing of the general arbitration treaty has immediately followed Mr. Olney's elaborate exposition of the Monroe doctrine, and what seems to he Lrd Salisbury's complete acceptance of Mr. Olney's views. It docs not seem likely, therefore, that there can arise any serious misunderstanding as to the scope of the arbitratloa scheme. Mr. Heed's Mall. Washington Post. Probably Mr. Reed'n daily mail is th largest of any man who hold otlice at the Capitol. People write to him from all over the country, many laboring under the delusion that a speaker of the House of Representatives is uch a powerful man that he has only to ncd to create a fat oflice. But while many write for office others want clerical favors that should properly be done for them by their congressman or his secretary. These letters are all answered courteously, but generally briefly, whether they 1m? for doorkeepers or for documents. The speaker, of course, sees few, if any, of these letters. Tho other day a Virginian wrote" to Mr. Reed for an office in one of the departments. He was informed that he should apply to the Clvll-servlce Commission. Ily return mail there came a very Impertinent letter, criticising the answer that had been returned. The writer did not believe Speaker Reed had ever seen his application, and wanted the letter delivered to the personage to whom It had lcn addressed. The Time of Public Men, Review of Reviews. Collateral demand. upon public characters are greater by far in this country than elsewhere. The scholar In Germany has due opportunity to pursue his scholarship unmolested. In England a statesman, apart from social recreation and sports. Is accorded his full time and strength for hij most important duties. In Franco the artist and the author are guarded and protected by common consent. In Indon the editor In oliicc hours is as Inaccessible to he ordinary caller as the tjuet'n herself, and outside of olP.ce hours he is altogether a private person. As for our own country, one Is sometimes disposed to take the discouraging view that we are o warmly appreciative of everybody who do-s anything creditable enough to gain i-cme little public recognition that henceforth we are all unwittingly engaged in a conspiracy to prevent that poor fellow from loir.g anything again that shall embody his best concentrated effort. Silly Compliment. New York I'ost. Tho ingenuous Mr. Wilson Ilarrett sent a silver wreath with an adulatory Inscription to Sarah IU rnhardt. whereupon the famous Sarah rrplUd: "I have received your adorable wreath, dear and great artist. It has made me very happy. 1 thank you a thousand times, dear Wilson ltarrett. I place my two hands In yours. Sarah Iiernhardt." Was there ever any tiling more silly, contemptible or transparent than this modern theatrical mutual-admiration business? (I'aiiKril Conditions. Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph. "lniew, isn't It cold?" exclaimed Ik liefield. "Don't you like it?" asked Dloomlleld. "I can t say I do." Rut you are one of the men who were wishing for an old-fashioned winter." "Well. It Is a condition and not a theory which confront me now." jf in fJFW Uterine pains, treak backs, CllUiitll eor hing. aehlng muscles, and rheuraatlsia relieved quick DRIMC an electric Cash by Collins' I Hi ltd YolUlc tlcctxlc Plasters.

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