Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1900 — Page 2

JASPER com DEMOCRAT, F. E. BABCOCK, Publisher. RENSSELAER, - - INDIANA.

SUMMARY OF NEWS.

Buapsaaion of the wire mills of the American Steel and; Wire Company in Pittsburg district, over which there Was much anxiety, has been brief. The wire departments of the works ace in operation again, while the nail mills will probably be idle some time. At Lancaster, Ohio, the divorce case of Moses Swift against Martha Swift was to be heard and the defendant had arrived from Chicago to tight the case, the next morning the plaintiff died, with the defendant on her knees at his bedside praying for his restoration. A dispatch from Manila announces that Cj»t James S. Pettit of the Thirty-first regiment of volunteers, in command at Zamboanga, has been court niartialed for handing a prisoner of war over to President Medel) of Zamboanga, who killed the prisoner at once without trial. Sullivan M. Cutcheon, ex-Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives Hid prominent iu local business circles, died at his residence in Detroit, aged <>7 years. While Ktqtertatendent of schools at Pittsfield, 111., in 1858 he became an ultimate friend x>f President Lincoln. Chicago tailors who were locked out Fell. 15 have returned to work, the contract between the Journeymen Tailors’ i nion and the Tailors and Drapers’ Exchange having“been drawn up and signed by representatives of both Isidies. The exchange wins every point in the* Controversy. President Patton of Princeton announced' that the university had recently received the sum of, $45,000 by the will of August Van Winkle of Hazleton, Pa., $25 ,000 to be used in the erection of a gateway on the campus and $20,000 for a register’s office to be connected with the gateway.

United States Engineer L. H. Hyer, who has been engaged in the preliminary survey of one of the proposed routes for the Nicaragua canal, either fell or jumped overboard from the steamship Jarl, from Bluefields, off South Pass, at the mouth of the Mississippi river. The body was not recovered. Robbers broke into the State Bank of West Pullman, HL, and made an ineffectual attempt to open the time lock safe. They were scared away by two policemen and fled without securing any booty. The safe, which contained between $lO,000 and $12,000, was partly wrecked by the use of explosives. * Chief of Police Alex. A. Main of Stevenston, B. <?•• was found murdered. His body was literally hacked to pieces. Chief Main had made successive raids on the hold-up men and thugs whoh ave caused trouble in former years, and it is supposed that his death is their revenge on his work against them. The delegate meeting of the block coal miners and operators at Brazil, Ind., resulted in the settlement of the suspension of work in the mines by the signing of the contract, the miners conceding the operators’ demand-for semi-monthly pay after having been out for a month. Three thousand miners have returned to work. The will Elian Chrisman, who died in Topeka recently, has been tiled iu the probate court there. She bequeaths the greater part «of a fortune, estimated at $250,000, for the founding of the University of Topeka. The bequest is contingent on the Methodist Church of Kansas raising an equal amount within ten years. At Lima, Ohio, the Circuit Court has affirmed the verdict of a judgment of $lB.000 and interest against N. L. Michael, V. P. and Gun Kalb, officials of the American National Bank at the time it was robbed of the money a year ago. The stockholders brought suit to recover the money so mysteriously stolen, alleging negligence upon the part of the officials.

NEWS NUGGETS.

LaudnlideH and earthquakes are changing the face of Bohemia. Ten persons have been indicted in Kentucky for the murder of William Goebel. Czar of Russia has presented to France a inap of France made of precious atones in mosaic. Jewels valued at SIO,(MM) were stolen from the Princess Auersperg in New York City. Keth Low, president of Columbia University, has been elected president of the American Gi-ographieal Society. Latest advices received at Kingston, Jamaica, tell of the complete defeat of the insurgent forces in Colombia. Jeunie O’Neil Potter, the well-known elocutionist, died at St. Luke's hospital. New York, from cancer. She was 28 years old and was born in Patch Grove, Wis. Fin l caused a loss of about $75,060 in the big mattress and iron bed factory of Charles H. Hoge rs & Co. in New York. The fire was discovered iu the cellar near the engine room. Rev. Faye Walker. D. I).. who for aevcnteen years hus been president of Oxford, Ohio, College, formerly Oxford Female College, has presented his resignation to the board of trustees, and it has l»en accepted. Judge Isaac Jobnsun of Wooster, Ohio, waa killed by an Eric freight train at the union depot in Main-field. He was standing on the track and did not see the cars ajtpronch. He was 60 years of age and a leader in the Republican party. Belated dispatches from several sec lions of Mississippi indicate that the three days’ flood caused damage greatly in excess of the first estimates, especially to growing crops. Many truck plantations will be almost completely destroyed. D. T. Baxter, aged 45. a well-known Kentucky newspaper <<>rrv«|>ondent, committed suicide at Lexington by shooting. 11l health is given as the cause. An anarchist plot has been discovered at Ancona, a city and free port of Central Italy. The police seised a number of latten from Paris and America, and arrested the recipientH of these missives. The Ohio legislature has adjourned. Among other legislation killed by the adjournment was the million-dollar appropriation for the Toledo exposition. A stand was made for that amount, half tb« Sum having been refused.

EASTERN.

Mrs. Mary Blackstone Plant is dead at Branford. Conn., aged 82. In New York 5,000 eigar makers were locked out by six large firms, * Students of social science will start an altruistic town in New Jersey. Dr. C. H. Parkhurst has sided with Dr. Hillis and demands a new Presbyterian creed. At Scranton, Pa., George Manger, aged 88 years, committed suicide by blowing out his brains. A. M. Candell of Washington, D. U„ and Miss Penelope Cuniff of Perkins. Ok., were married by telegraph. Certificate of incorporation was tiled at Dover, Del., for the Reuter Automobile Company of Chicago. Capital $500,000. An autopsy on the body of Dr. James R. Cocke, the blind physician, found dead in Boston, indicates that he shot himself, J. Wesley Churchill Bartlett, professor of sacred rhetoric and elocution at Andover, Mass., seminary, is dead. The handsome building of the Catholic Club in New York was badly damaged by fire. The police estimate the damage at about $28,000. Two men were badly injured in West Orange, N. J., in a sham battle in reproduction of the famous engagement at Spion kop. South Africa. Three men were instantly killed and one fatally injured nenr Snowshoe, Pa., in a wreck on the Snowshoe branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Three masked robbers blew open the safe and wrecked the postottice at Mount Airy, Md.. with dynamite and secured $1)50 in stamps and $350 cash. j Levi Beebe, the famous weather prophet who predicted the March blizzard of 1888, was found dead in his house on Beartown mountain in the town of Lee, Mass. A fire in the lumber yards and coal elevators that line the upper part of Newtown creek in Brooklyn, N. Y., did nearly $500,000 damage to proiierty and caused the loss of at least one life.

The First Parish Church, Concord, Mass., one of Concord’s best known historic buildings, was destroyed by tire. The loss is $25,000. It was there that Emerson, Thoregu and other literary men worshiped. William F. Miller of the Franklin syndicate was convicted in Brooklyn of grand larceny on the indictment charging him with having taken SI,OOO for Catherine Moeser under false pretenses and with the design of robbing her. Control of the Pittsburg, Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad has passed to the Carnegie company by virtue of the purchase of 10,000 shares of the stock from Col. Samuel B. Dick, chairman of the board of directors of the railroad. Abram R. Wiltse, most of the time a butcher and some of the time constable of Fishkill village, N. Y„ arrested a painter, William Reilly, put him in the village lockup and then forgot all about him. He was rescued four days afterward more dead than alive.

WESTERN.

The King Solomon Mining Company has been organized in Washington with $30,000,000 capital. Both of Cleveland's delegates to the Presbyterian general assembly state that they favor a shorter creed. Fire at Ponca City, Ok., caused sl‘>o,000 loss. The biirned district includes one of the best business blocks in the city. At Northfield, Minn., the tine new’ An* ditorium building, costing $20,000 and owned by A. K. Ware, was damaged, SIO,OOO by fire. At Lesterville, S. D„ fire totally destroyed the McCall-Webster grain elevator with 0,000 bushfil* of grain and the Hunting elevator. | | In a wreck of a Southern Pacific work train, four miles belcfw Cottonwood, Cal., three men were killed and three injured, two probably fatally. Mrs. J. 8. Siniugtou, colored, and tier twin babies were burned to death in their home at Denver. The fire was caused by the explosion of a lamp. Murat Halstead has accepted the presidency of the new College of Journalism at Cincinnati, an institution devoted to teaching practical newspaper work. The members of the Minneapolis Packers and Nailers' Union have demanded that the employing flour millers restore the 35-cent cut In wages made in 1895. Charles J. Figgs, arrested on suspicion of bending an internal machine to the residence of George B. Cox in Cincinnati, has been released after a preliminary hearing. At Alexander, Ark., Mrs. T. N. Holland shot and instantly killed William Cook, a member of a prominent family. Mrs. Holland claims Cook defamed her character. E. Benjamin Andrews, superintendent of the Chicago public schools, has been elected to the chancellorship of the Nebraska State University. The vote was 4 to 2 iu bis favor. At San Francisco thirty-three of 219 Japanese steerage passengers who arrived on the steamer Belgian King a few days ago have been refused a landing by the immigration officials. The Toledo, Ohio, Daily Commercial has been succeeded by the Toledo Daily aud Sunday Times under the management of the Toledo Times Company. H. P. Crouse is editor-in-chief. William Horner, proprietor of the Park House aud saloon at Steubenville, Ohio,shot and killed his wife. Horner locked the doors and defied arrest, but the officers broke in and overpowered him. After being in existence nearly forty yean the firm of Armour & Co. of Chicago has lx*en dissolved, and the vast interests of the firm pass into the hands of the new corporation of Armour A Co. A storm approaching a tornado in proportions is reported from near Winfield, Kan., and in the vicinity west of Clearwater. Two deaths are reported, and four persons were hurt by overturned houses. An English syndicate has dosed a deal for eighty acres of sine and lead mineral lands at Galena, Kan., the consideration being $500,000. This syndicate will organise a $17,000,000 trust to operate the property. Miss Alta Rockefeller, second daughter of John D. Rockefeller, president of the Standard Oil Company, Is to bo married to E. Parmalat Prentice of Chicago. The wedding will probably take place next fall. The aub-commlttee of the national

Democratic committee has formally decided to let Kansas City retain the national convention in July, the local committees having made satisfactory promises of a hall. • ■_ At Colorado Springs, in the breach of promise suit brought by Miss Nellie Lewis against President Sam Strong of the Free Coinage and other Cripple Creek gold mining companies the'jury awarded the plaintiff $50,000 damages. The Citizens’ State Bank of Yates Cantier, Kan., has been closed by Dejhity Bank Commissioner Waterman. There is a heavy shortage, but Waterman says it may be made good when the board of directors and'stockholders meet. The big Southern Pacific railroad bridge over the Colorado river at Columbus, Texas, has been entirely swept away. The loss will exceed SIOO, OUO. No lives are lost, but all crops are destroyed and all cultivable laud overflowed. Jesus Garcia and another Mexican of the name of Flores held up a faro game in Tom Steel’s saloon in Johnson, Aria., and killed Scott Weathersby, a prominent mining man, who they thought was attempting to prevent their escape. A portion of a building owned by the Armstrong-McKelvey Lead and Oil Company collapsed without warning at Pittsburg. Twelve persons were in the building at the time, and three were killed. The financial damage is about $20,000. Michael Ellison, Jr., was instantly killed and five other men seriously injured by an explosion in the plant of the Chicago Pipe Line Company near Logansport, lud. Defective pipe and high pressure are said to have been the cause of the accidenj.

The Denver and St. Louis express on the Burlington Railroad ran into a wagon containing twelve persons near flarfem, Mo. With one exception all of the occupants of the wagon were injured. The wagon was drawn by two mules, both of which were killed instantly. Albert G. Robert and William Duncan, Jr., in the criminal court at Kansas City pleaded guilty to stealing $32,000 from the Barse Live Stock Commission Company and were sentenced to three years and six months apiece in the penitentiary. They mortgaged Oklahoma cattle that they did not own. The novel sent of building a railroad through a mule barricade was successfully accomplished at Oronogo, Mo., by a Missouri Pacific construction crew. For some time-there has been lively competition between the Missouri Pacific and ’Fripco companies in seeking to get into the busy new zinc mining camp. .The representatives of the Indiana miners and operators have signed the wage sca|f for the year ending April 1 next year. The miners waived the weekly pay day as provided by the new Indiana law, pending a decision of court of last resort on its constitutionality, and will be. paid semi-mouthly, as in the past. Rufus Wright of the firm of Morgan & Wright, bicycle tire manufacturers, was shot and mortally wounded by Mrs. Louisa Lottridge of Paw Paw Lake, Mich., in the latter's apartments at the Leland Hotel, Chicago. Death resulted iu a few hours. Mr. Wright declared to Captain Colleran, chief of detectives, that the shooting was accidental. Frederick Kestermeir, after a short illness, died at Marietta, Ohio, aged 83 years. His soa, Frederic, Jr., lived with him and they kept house together, all other relatives being dead. Ten minutes after the father died the son, who had cried for three days, went to his bed, threw himself down and was dead in a few minutes. The physicians say he died of a broken

SOUTHERN.

At Huntington, W. Va„ Thomas Brennen, aged 27, quarreled with his sweetheart, whom he wgs engaged to marry within a few days and committed suicide. Henry and Rodger Ginery, the mam participants in the murder of Officers Turner and Durham at Brownsville, Tenn., several months ago, have been arrested at New Madrid, Mo. President W. V. Powell of the Order of Railway Telegrap iers has ordered a strike of the telegraphers and other station employes of the Southern Railway. The Southern has about 1,200 employes of this class. Rugby Inn, situated at Rugby, Tenn., on the Cumberland plateau, was burned. Rugby is the English Colony established at that point in the 80's and of which Thomas Hughes, the English philanthropist and the author of “Tom Brown at Rugby,” was the founder and promoter. Two boilers in the furnace department of Riverside Plant National Tube Company at Wheeling, W. Va., exploded, carrying the boilers 150 feet and destroying three buildings and boilers in the steel works and water works. Several workmen were injured, two seriously. Loss is about $50,000. At Calhoun, Ga., Alfred Frix, hale and hearty, verily died a-laiighing. He heard a funuy story as he sat whittling at the corner grocery. He laughed till everyone thought his aides must split. Suddenly he leaned back in his chair, dropped his knife and gasped. When bystanders reached him he was dead.

WASHINGTON.

Double turrets on battleships have been abandoned by the navy construction board. Osborn Deign an, who was one of the crew of the Merrimac when that vessel was sunk in the harbor of Nautiago, has been appointed an acting boatswain in the navy and assigned to duty on the gunboat Marietta. Admiral Dewey's claim for $10,060 as a member of the Philippine commission, the same as the civil members received has been denied by the Government. Unci Ham’s lawyers decided that Dewey and Otis couldn't legally draw two salaries. The United States Supreme Court has denied leave to file habeas corpus proceedings In behalf of Ramon Baes, a citizen of Porto Rico, imprisoned for violation of the election laws of the island. The decision la based on technical grounds. Owing to continued ill health, John Addison Porter, secretary to the President, has tendered his resignation and the President baa accepted it, to take effect May 1 next. George B. Cortelyon of New Yosk, the present assistant secretary to the President, has been appointed to the office. Bpain*s t claim to the Islands of Cagayan Hulu and Hibutu on the outskirts of the PbUippine group baa been repudiated by the United States in a note addressed by Secretary Hay to tho Spanish minister.

Thia course was determined after a careful study of geographical, topographical and historical authorities. ' Smith Curtis, minister of mines, announces that the law passed a year ago to exclude aliens from the placer mines of British Columbia, and particularly aimed at Americans iu Atlin, would be repealed at the next session, and in the meantime the Government would grant free miners’ certificates to American companies incorporated under the laws of the province.

FOREIGN.

EMizzia Tewfik, a Turkish state councilor aud distinguished writer, has been exiled to Asia Minor for writing an article displeasing to the Sultan. Several cases of plague have been reported at Cawnpore recently. A body of rioters attacked the segregation camp and severai persons were killed. Amid pomp and pageantry that would have been magnificent for the empire, the French republic formally inaugurated its third exposition at Paris on Saturday. A landslip has occurred at Klappai, Bohemia, causing a hili to move. Fifty-two houses built on the hill have fallen in, and it is apparent that the rest of the village will follow. In the chamber of deputies at Brussels the premier, M.. de Smet de Naier, read a communication from King Leopold, ip which his majesty presented to the nation the whole of his real estate. The Paris Petit Journal declares that a plot to assassinate President Loubet has been discovered at Nice. Three Italians are implicated in the plot, and one of them, the paper asserts r .has already started for Paris to do the deed. As the result of the wreck of a fishing boat on the north Cornish coast of England three fishermen and eight lifeboat men were drowned. The lifeboat went to the rescue of the imperiled fishermen and was upset in the attempt to save their lives. A Chinaman, arrested and beaten at Wuchang, claims he is the Emperor, according to news brought by the steamer Rio Jun Marti. He claims he escaped from the castle, where the empress dowager had him prisoner, and has since traveled incognito. The prisoner had documents bearing the seal of the court. An investigation is being made.

IN GENERAL

Gen. Wood finds the rumor of a coming outbreak of Cubans, June 1, is baseless. The City of Mexico has made a contract for the paving of seventy-five streets with asphalt. The demands of the telegraph operators on the Intercolonial Railway Company for recognition and holidays have been granted by the minister of railways and indorsed by the Government. The War Department has prepared a comparative statement showing the British losses in South Africa and the American losses in the Spanish war. Up to date England has lost in effective strength, killed, wounded and sick, 23,000 men. The American losses were 2,910 dead and 1,577 wounded. A large party of emigrants belonging to a Russian colony that was recently established iu the wilds of the State of Chiapaz, Mexico, has arrived at Tampico, Mexico. Its members claim they were Received into locating in Mexico and have abandoned the colony. They are on their way to Glee Ella, Okla. » All the farmers of the a sort of international trust to restrict the pro duction of wheat and raise prices is the plan which it is hoped to carry into effect at the international agricultural conference in Parils July 9-16. It is proposed to ask the farmers of the world to reduce their wheat output by 20 per cent, and not to sell a bushel for less than SI.OO. Bradstreet’s says: “Backward spring weather conditions have figured considerably in distributive trade reports this week, and in connection with some weakness in prices of leading staples have imparted an appearance of irregularity to the general situation. Another one of those downward swings in the prices of agricultural staples is exhibited this week in slightly lowered prices for the cereals. Evidences accumulate that active missionary work in favor of lower prices for iron and steel is at last bearing fruit. A slight upward swing in cotton is to be noted and Southern mills have officially advanced prices. Wheat (including flour) shipments for the week aggregate 2,896,053 bushels, against 3,836,963 bushels last week. ' Corn exports for the week aggregated 2,799,443 bushels, against 4,361,591 bushels last week."

MARKET REPORTS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $0.25; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 tp $0.00; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $0.75; wheat, No. 2 red, Otic to 07c; corn, No. 2,39 cto 40c; oats, No. 2,23 c to 24c; rye, No. 2,54 cto 56c; butter, choice creamery, 17c to 10c; eggs, fresh, 11c to 12c; potatoes, choice, 20c to 35c per bushel. , > Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $0.00; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $0.00; sheep, common to prime, $3.00 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2,71 cto 78c; corn, No. 2 white, 41c to 42c; oats, No. 2 white, 29c to 30c. Kt. Ixiuis—Cattle, $3.25 to $0.00; hogs, $3.00 to $5.75; sheep, $3.00 to $0.75; wheat. No. 2. 71c to 73c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 38c to 40c; oats, No. 2,25 cto 27c; rye, No. 2,50 cto 57c. Cincinnati—Cattle. $2.50 to $0.00; hogs, $3.00 to $5.75; sheep, $2.50 to $0.25; wheat, No. 2,74 cto 76c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 43c to 44c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 27c to 29c; rye. No. 2, OOc to 02c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $0.00; hogs. $3.00 to $5.75; sheep. $3.00 to $6. OU; wheat. No. 2,72 cto 74c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 41c to 42c; oata, No. 2 white, 29c to 31c; rye, 00c to 62c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 72c to 73c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 40c to 42c; oats. No. 2 mixed. 25c to 26c; clover seed, old, $4.85 to $4.95. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 northern, 6Rc to 87c; corn, No. 3,39 cto 41c; oats. No. 2 white, 25c t<f 26c: rye, No. 2,58 c to 59c; barley. No. 2,43 cto 44c; pork, mess, $12.75 to $13.25. Buffalo—Cattle, choice shipping steen, $3.00 to $6.00; hogs, common to choice, $3.25 to $0.25; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $6.75; lambs, common to extra, $4.50 to SB.OO. New York—Cattle. $3.25 to sß.2s; hogs, $3.00 to $6.00; sh. ep, $3 00 to $6.75; wheat, No. 2 rod. TBc to TVc; con. No. ft, 48c tn 49c; oats. No. 2 white. 30c to BVt butter, creamery, 10c to 19c; eggs, western, 12c to 14e.

CONGRESS

The Senate on Thursday, by a vote of 15 yeas to 33 hays, refused to substitute the Nicaragua canal bill for the Spooner Philippine bill as the unfinished business, and by a vote of 22 yeas to 23 nays refnsed to displace the Spooner bill for the Alaskan civil code bill. Listened to a speech by Mr. Burrows against the seating of Mr. Quay and to a speech by Mr. Jones of Arkansas in response to an attack upon him by Congressman Dolliver during the Porto Rico debate in the House. The House adopted a resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to designate depositories in Porto Rico, Cuba and the Philippines for the deposit of Government funds. Passed a Senate bill which will permit the dependent mothers of soldiers and sailors of the Spanish war, even though they married Confederate soldiers, to receive the benefit of the general pension law. Devoted the remainder of the day to debate on a resolution for a constitutional amendment empowering the Legislatures of the States to decide whether United States Senators shall be elected by the Legislatures or directly by the people. A substitute was offered giving the States no option, but providing that in all States the people shall vote directly for Senators. The Senate held no session on Friday. The House by a vote of 240 to 15 passed resolution for constitutional amendment providing for election of United States Senators by popular vote. Attempt of Mr. Hepburn of LoWa to set aside May 1 for consideration of the Nicaragua canal bill was defeated by objection of Mr. Burton of Ohio. Rest of the day devoted to consideration of private pension bills. There were several sharp attacks upon Mr. Talbert (Dem., S. C.) for his course in delaying action. _ On Saturday the Senate passed eightythree private pension hills. The Alaskan civil code bill was under consideration for some time, but finally went over until Monday. In the House after an hour of routine business the session was devoted to hearing eulogies on the late Gov. Oliver P. Morton of Indiana in connection with the acceptance of his statue, which has been placed in Statuary Hall at the capitol by the State which he served. The speakers included Messrs. Steele, Miers, Crumpacker. Overstreet, Griffith, Hemenway, Brick, Alexander, Faris and Watson of Indiana. Grosvenor of Ohio and Cannon of Illinois. Fifty-three private pension bills were passed. On Monday the House joint resolution in favor of a constitutional amendment providing for the election of United States Senators by the people was laid before the Senate and after debate was referred to the committee on privileges and elections. During almost the entire session the Senate had under consideration the Alaskan civil code bill. The amendment providing for the mining of gold along the beach in the district was perfected, after a discussion lasting nearly four hours. In the House consideration of the naval appropriation 'bill began, its provisions being explained by Mr. Foss, the acting chairman of the naval committee. The Senate on Tuesday heard Senator Hoar speak against the retention of the Philippines, and then resumed consideration of the Alaskan civil code bill. In the House the second day of debate upon the naval appropriation bill was confined closely to the subject matter of the bill. The questions of armor plate and the building of warships in Government yards attracted most attention. The Senate on Wednesday passed a resolution introduced by Mr. Mason appropriating $25,000 for bronze medals, to be distributed by the Secretary of the Navy among certain officers and men of the North Atlantic squadron who participated in naval engagements during the war with Spain. Devoted the rest of the day to consideration of the Alaskan civil code bill. The House debated the naval appropriation bill under the five-minute rule, A motion to strike from the bill the contingent fund of $500,000 for the Navy Department was defeated. Conference report on the urgent deficiency bill was adopted.

This and That.

The postal appropriation carries $115,000,000. t A marked increase in the number of left-handed persons is noted by a Washington physician. A hotel exclusively for women is to be built in New York by the Woman's Hotel Companf, chartered with $400,000 capital. \ The two counties of Brewster and Presidio, Texas* having a joint area of 600 Square miles, have, it is said, fewer than 8,000 inhabitants. A Swiss authority insists that 200 Russians will spend more in a month than 1,000 Englishmen and women for the same period of time. Last year the American people ate 2,000,000 tons of sugar. Of this the American Sugar Refining Company, otherwise known as the trust, made 1,385,000 tons. The Chinese Six Companies at Han Francisco have offered to pay for Chinese detectives to maintain order in Chinatown, provided the men are vested with police powers, which will be done. The Paris police have issued,a notice warning the public, and especially foreign visitors, that a great number of false 50-franc notes are circulating in Paris and the large French towns. The great Increase in commerce and in naval armaments has placed the services of experienced seamen at a premium. Th. scarcity of sailors is felt in all navies* and even the great steamship lines are Inconvenienced. Lieut. Bntson will organise the Native Philippine Battalions. The- surplus revenues of the year are likely to be $60,000,000. Hawaii coins are to he received at face value for all public dues. The cable company baa sent in a bill for Dewey's cutting at Manila Bay. A bill ts permit Igdian Territory cities to issue bond* will be introduced in Congress./ *■ J. The announcement k made that a line of steamers will soon commence running on the Dead Sea, the first of the fleet having already been purchased.

The Necktie Clubb

There 1b an organization in Philadelphia known as the Necktie Club, the members of which have asserted their intention not to marry. Recently one of the members announced his engagement and was fined a supper by his fellows. He spread a fine repast for them, at which the menus were printed on white silk neckties, in small gilt letters. A pin, composed of a miniature silver spoon, knife and fork, adorned the center, while a portrait of the groom-to-be peeped out at the top under the words, “It’s on me.”

The Secrete of Planets Revealed.

The telescope which is now in process of construction is expected to bring the ( moon within a mile’s eyesight of this world, and to reveal the secrets of the planets. It may cause as great a change in the world s thought as Hostettera Stomach Bitters does to sufferers from dyspepsia, constipation, liver or kidney troubles.

A Limit.

“But,” we assured him solemnly, “to receive proper consideration, you do not owfe enough.” “I owe,” he retorted, “all that any of my friends can afford.” We saw that there were Inevitable limits eVen to popularity, and, withdrawing, wept copiously.—New York Press.

A HINT FOR SPRING.

When Housekeepers Are Brightening the Interiors of Their Homes. Now that the backbone of this remarkable winter is broken, housekeepers are remarking the dingy look of the home Interion The question of new wall coverings is up. Paper ia dear and short lived; kalsomines are dirty and scaly; paint is costly. The use of such a cement as Alabastine, for instance, will solve the problem. This admirable wall coating Is clean, pure and wholesome. It can be put on with no trouble by anyone; there Is choice of many beautiful tints; and It is long lasting.

Of No Use to Her.

Mrs. Neverso—l’ve just been reading an article on electricity, John, and it appears that before long we shall be able to get pretty well everything we want by jus£touchlng a button. Mr. Neverso—You’d never be able to get anything that way. Mrs. N.—Why not, John? Mr. N.—Because nothing ou earth would ever make you touch a button! Look at my shirt!—Fun.

Chronic Nasal Catarrh poisons every breath that is drawn into ths lungs. There is procurable from any druggist the remedy for its cure. A small quantity of Ely’s Cream Balm placed into the nostrils spreads over an inflamed and angry surface, relieves immediately the painful inflamma, tion, cleanses, heals and cures. Drying inhalants, fumes, smokes and snuffs simply develop dry catarrh; they dry np the secretions which adhere to the membrane and decompose, causing afar more serious trouble than the ordinary form of catarrh. Avoid all drying inhalants, use Ely’s Craam It is reliable and will cure catarrh, cold in the head and hay fever easily and pleasantly. All druggists sell it at SO cents or It Will be mailed by Ely Brothers, 56 Warren Bt.,fN. Y.

Winning Her.

Briggs—Nothing remains but to ask the girl. Griggs—Do you think she will consent? Briggs—Oh, yes. I am going to tell her that her parents are dead against it.”

Try Grain-O! Try Grain-O!

Ask your Grocer to-day to show you a package of GRAIN-O, the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. The children may drink it without injury aa well as the adult. All who try it like it. GRAIN-O has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it la made from pure grains, and the most delicate stomach receives it without distress. % the price of coffee. 15c and 25c per package. Sold by all grocers.

Strategy.

Hardacre—Heow did yeow git Mary Ann to polish them thar brass knobs so bright? Crawfoot—Told her thar was microbes on ’em. Ask Your Dealer for Alien’s Foot-Kase, A powder to shake l»to your shoes, it rests the feet. Cures Corns, Bunions, 8 wolleo. Bore, Hot. Callous, Aching, Sweating feet and Ingrowing Nails. Allen's Foot-Ease ranges new or tight shoes easy. Boid by alidraggists and shoe stores, 23c. Sample mailed FHEK. Address Allen 8. UI mated, Le Boy. N. Y.

Sufficiently Miserable.

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