Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1902 — Page 6

JASPER COUNTY DEMOCRAT. “ F. E. BABCOCK, Publisher.. RENSSELAER, - • INDIANA.

SUMMARY OF NEWS.

Memorial Hall of Thiel College, located at Greenville, l’a., was destroyed by fire at 3 o'clock the other morning, entailing a loss of $25,000. The boys' dormitory is about fifty feet south of Memorial Hall and they were routed out in their night clothes. No one was hurt. Fire broke out in the large building 250-200 North Broad street, Philadelphia, occupied by Murks Bros., owners of a large department store, as a stuble and warehouse. The building is also iist-d as a station of the Electric Vehicle Company and the Columbia Automobile Company. So thoroughly infuriated were the people of Hastings, Fla., against William Austin, who killed young Bertha McCullough and four of her family and then committed suicide, that they decided his body could not have Christian burial. After the bodies of bis victims had been removed and while Austin’s remains were In the cabin, the house “accidentally” caught tire and the murderer’s body •was cremated. Following is the standing of the clubs of the National Baseball League: W. L. \V. L. Pittsburg ...25 5 Cincinnati ...11 18 Chicago ....17 If Brooklyn ....11 18 New Y0rk...15 12 Philadelphia. 10 17 Boston 11 14St. Louis.... 0 10 The club* of the American League atand as follows: W. L. W. L. Chicago ... .13 8 St. Louis. .. .11 0 Detroit 13 8 Baltimore ...10 13 Philadelphia 13 VI Washington. 10 14 Boston 13 10 Cleveland ... 0 18 In order that he might have sufficient money to wed the girl lie loved Willard S. Tillibridge, it is said, attempted to ■wreck a Santa Fe train on the Eastern Oklahoma line near Perkins. Ok. He wrote letters to the Santa Fe company after setting lire to two bridges over the Cimmaron river that if SI,OOO was dropped from a handcar on a certain day between the Santa Fe rails no further disaster would result to the road from hint, lie was engaged to marry Miss EllaClarey of Bartletsville, I. T., be admitted in his confession, but she postponed the wedding until lie should have enough money for housekeeping purposes.

Pioneer days are recalled in Charles Mix and Hutchinson counties, S. 1)., by a band of Lank robbers who have been operating thereabouts. Banks at Scotland, Ethan and several other points h iVo been blown open and robbed. At Ethan the robbers operated after the style of the James boys, with a guard mounted at the front door and with the inhabitants looking on from a safe distance. At Harrison in making their escape the robbers boldly drove away with teams taken from farmers on the public road. The bandits coolly drove through Wagner in broad daylight, and, though known to lie bank robbers, were not molested. The entire region is terror-stricken.

BREVITIES.

The lowa G. A. R. encampment at 1)< s M (tines adopted resolutions praising tlie work of the army iu the Philippines. The Wash burn-Crosby Company's mill “A” at Minneapolis will close because of alleged discrimination in railroad rates. The convention of electric light men at Cincinnati elected L. A. Ferguson of Chicago president nnd C. L. Edgar of Boston first vice-president. Because fifty-four high school hoys ut Omaha wore shirt waists Principal Waterhouse has ordered that no men not “properly clothed" be admitted to classes. Mrs. Letitin Eagle of Avalon. Pa., was arrested on n charge of killing Edna Varner, her 13-year-old adopted child. The girl died May 5 from a bullet wound in her heart. President Roosevelt, in address to Presbyterian General Assembly denounced citizens who stay at home aud criticise men who are reclaiming savage countries. Edwin Lawrence Godkin. editor emeritus of the New York Evening Post, died in Brixham. South Devonshire, England. Tin* immediate cause of ids death was a hemorrhage of the brain. Prof. James W. Wilson, son of Secretary Wilson of lowa, has accepted the chair of animal husbandry and u directorship in the South Dakota Agricultural College experiment station. In a mutiny nt the Starke County workhouse, Canton, Ohio, Guard George Jacobs was killed and Guard Iloincr Stone was dangerously shot. A prisoner named Gigante did the shooting. A construction train on the Choehiw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway plunged through a high trestle twelve miles cast of Ardmore, I. T. Four men were kilh*d •snil twenty-one injured, seven fatally. George E. Nye, an expressman, received fatal injuries at the Northwestern block in MinueaiKilis, Minn. He was caught between the descending cage and the tb>or, badly crushed uud then fell down the shaft. The grand jury nt Pinevillc, Tenn., Indicted Lee Turner, charging him with being an accessory before the fact in the killing of Charles Cecil nnd John Doyle, who fell in tlie “quarter house” battle near Middles boro lust February, Rev. Dr. Milburu, the blind chaplain of the Senate, was struck by a runaway horse attached to a buggy us he was leaving the cnpltol in Washington. The large toe of one foot was cut off and several other toes badly Injured. Use of whisky nud tobacco when on duty nud non-payment of debts will hereafter cause the discharge of employes of the Northwestern Railroad. Judge Kohlsnat of Chicago lias decided that “Cyrano de Bergerac" Is a plagiarism of “Merchant Prince of Cornvillc” nnd granted 8. E. Gross an injunction against Actor Mnusticld. General Coal strike was brought nearer by of Michigan union to join anthracite districts in call for national convention. President Mitchell conditionally orders men protecting vast mine uronorties to strike June 2.

EASTERN.

Fire destroyed the cold-storage house of the Willow street company iu Philadelphia. The loss is estimated at $200,000, covered by insurance. An ordinance fqr the acceptance from Andrew Carnegie of $150,000. for a free public library has been rejected by the City Council of Albany, N. Y. Geotgc Pope, a manufacturer of Brooklyn, N. Y., itas received from the Pope the title of knight commander of the Order of St. Gregory the Great, The Baltimore Sun, one of the old-time conservative high-priced newspapers of the country, has announced a reduction of its price TFoui 2 cents to 1 pent. At a sale just held in New York of historical letters written during the Civil war, a letter written by President Lincoln to Gen. Grant April 30, 180-1, brought $1,050. Automobile records between New York and Philadelphia have been broken by a party of New Yorkers, who made the run in four hours and eight miuutes. The distance is 103 miles. Because her pet dog died M 9?. Elizabeth Slawson, 05 years old, committed suicide by cutting her throat with a razor in Albany, N. Y. The dog had been the woman’s pet for m*ny years. Private Frank L. Farris, serving in the headquarters building at the military academy nt West Point, was killed Sunday. He got out of the way of a freight only to be struck by a passenger train. Mrs. George Buck, 75 years old, and Mrs. Hannah Cummings, over 80 years old, were burned to death at Shrewsbury", Mass. The two victims were smothered in their beds before rescuers could reach the scene. The will of the late Admiral William T. Sampson was filed at Washington, D. C. It leaves everything to the widow, save $4,000 of life insurance, which is left for equal division among the four daughters. Naval Constructor Richmond P. Hobson is reported to have beep appointed superintending constructor in the ship yard of Lewis Nixon at Elizabethport. N. J. Four government vessels are being constructed at the yards.

It is snid in Boston on the best authority that Samuel Hoar of Concord, Mass., a Boston lawyer of wide repute, has been tendered by President Roosevelt the position on the United States Supreme bench now occupied by Justice Horace Gray. In New York the coroner's jury which has been investigating the death of Paul L. Ford, the novelist, and Malcolm Ford, returned a verdict declaring that Malcolm had killed his brother and then committed suicide during a fit of temporary Insanity.

One man is reported dead and eight injured ns a result of the explosion of a tank of gasoline nt 008 Winnebago street. Pittsburg. The injured were all badly burned and several are in a serious condition. The cause of the explosion is not yet known. The verdict at tlie inquest on Walter Brooks, who was siiot at the Glen Island Hotel Feb. 14, was returned in New York as death at the hanyis of a person or persons unknown. Foster M. Backus, counsel for Florence' Burns, broke down and wept on hearing the verdict. At Houltou, Me., fire destroyed the greater part of the business section of the town, seventy-five residences and three churches, entailing a loss of $400,000, only oue-third of which is covered iiy insurance. One hundred and twentyfive families were rendered homeless.

Two ferryboats were damaged in collision in the fog in New York harbor and one man was killed. He was J. C. Atterbury of New Brighton, Staten Island. A steam yacht, belonging to Richard Stevens of the New York Yacht Club, was the craft that crashed into the ferryboat. The largest combination of photographic supply interests ever effected has just been consummated by George Eastman, the kodak manufacturer of Rochester, N. Y. The factories involved are the lnrgest In the world, including the Hammer, Seed and Stanley concerns, besides the big Eastman dry plate works. <>n returning to his home in New York, with news for his wife and six children of success iu finding employment after two months’. idleness, Thomas Kilty found three Italians shooting “craps” in front of Ids house. He kicked the dice into the street. The Italians drew knives nnd revolvers and in a moment Kilty lay dead on the stairway.

WESTERN.

Five children were bitten by a supposed mad dog at Colorado Springs. Salaries of Minnesota officials have been increased 10 per cent on the ground that living is higher. William S. Green shot and killed his divorced wife nnd committed suicide at Montgomery City, Mo. A tornado struck tile school house near Brandon, Minn., killing the teacher, Miss Ida Hanson, and injuring several of the pupils. Chicago's population, ns estimated from city directory compilers, will reach 2,140,000 for 1902, an increase of about 140,000 over 1900.

E. 12. Murrell gave Sheriff Dickman in St. Lotda a check for $5,092, representing the amount of tlie bond forfeited by nis brother, John K. Murrell. Tlie safe of tlie bank at Harrison, S. I*., was cracked by robber*, but only $2<K) was secured, us the rest of the cash had been shipped away. In Cleveland Miss Elizabeth Sturen was thrown from a carriage in a runaway accident nnd probably fatally injured, her skull being fractured. May Hchook. a 15-year-old girl, was run over aud killed In Toledo by an automobile, run by James T. Bradley, the Independent Telephone magnate. Joseph Boucher was found guilty of manslaughter at Sprlngvieiv, Neb., for killing John Belleisle nnd wns sentence! to the penitentiary for eight years. lamils J. Toombs, who murdered Carrie Larsen iu the cnbiu of tile steamer Peerless. in the Chicago river, was sentenced by Judge Brent ano to be hanged June 13. Anton Reglcr and Ilaunah Ivickel, who left a note stating they were too poor to get married, committed suicide together at St. Louis by taking carbolic ucid. A. M. Rothschild sold Ids entire holdings in tin* firm of A. M. Rothschild & Co. In Chicago on tlie seventh nnnlverfary of the founding of the big department store. Nelson Morris, who has

been a large stockholder rrom the oeglnning, purchased Mr. Rothschild's holdings. Charles Middleton, aged 14, of Marine, Mo., blew off the top of his head with a shotgun. Rheumatism hpd caused the boy the most intense pain for months past. Daniel Dinmont, a patient at St. Elizabeth’s hospital in Chicago, committed suicide by leaping from a third-story window. Dinmont suffered from melancholia. In a collision on the Burlington’s Billings line, near liyannis, Neb., between the Portland-St. Louis flyer and an extra stock train, five men were killed and sixinjured. M. Hoaglnnd, water commissioner of Hastings, Neb., and Edward Hansom and Clarence Pendavts were badly injured in a fight. Hoagland had his skull fractured and may die. Henry Laboda, aged 50, and Harvey Clay, colored, aged 24, were killed ut Leavenworth, Kan., by coming in contact with a barbed wire fence across which a broken electric light wire had fallen. Despairing because of obstacles in the course of their love, Antoine Itegnier, 23 years old, and Miss Annie Ivickel, 18 years old, both of St. Louis, took carbolic acid and died in each other's arms. The jury in the case of Julius Lehmann, on trial for perjury in connection with the St. Louis “boodle” scandal, returned a verdict of guilty and fixed his punishment at two years in the penitentiary. At the Mescalero Apache reservation in Otero County, N. M.. an Indian exchief named Tabasco was killed by two Indians named Muchete and Jack Tortier. The murderers fled to the mountains. Officers of the Simmons Hardware Company of St. Louis have acknowledged that the $120,000,000 hardware trust was a thing of the past and that their company had withdrawn from the combination. President Ripley of the Santa Fe has offered the railroad Y. M. C. A. of Topeka, Kan.. $20,000 for a new building. He stipulates that the association secure a site and SIO,OOO. The proposition has been accepted. John McCarty, aged 22 years, shot and killed his mother at Custerville, Cal., and then gave himself into custody. lie fired four pistol balls into her brain at close range. His story is that the shooting was in self-defense. Mrs. Carrie Nation has been sentenced to thirty days in prison and to pay a SIOO fine by Judge Ilazen in the District Court at Topeka, Ivan., for smashing bar fixtures. She will not Appeal ’the case, and has gone to jail. Walking Shield, a Sioux brave, charged with the brutal murder of a squaw named Ghost-Face Bear, has been captured by the Indian police on the Rosebud reservation. United States marshals had chased him over 150 miles.

The grand jury impanelled several weeks ago in Toledo, Ohio, and charged by Judge Ivinkade to investigate the rumors of bribery and official dereliction, made a partial report. Ten indictments were found against officials. A waterspout, accompanied with high winds, caused the loss of six lives in Cincinnati and its Kentucky suburbs and damaged property to the extent of over $2,000,000. Half of the loss was sustained through the flooding of the business district of Cincinnati. H. W. Mayes, a prominent merchant of Webb City, Mo., was shot and instantly killed by W. H. Wagner, a laborer. After the shooting Wagner gave himself up and stated that Mayes was Infatuated with Mrs. Wagner and would not cease annoying her with his attentions. Cards sent to immediate relatives an nounce the coming marriage of Miss Sarah Duncan of Cleveland, niece of President McKinley, who refused to live at the White House and be the belle of Washington society when urged to do so by her illustrious uncle and aunt. Tony S. Deisner. former assistant police court clerk of Cleveland, Ohio, pleaded guilty to the charge of making out false claims of indebtedness against the county in connection with witness fee vouchers and certifying to the same. The penalty is from one to ten years in the penitentiary. The Kansas City and Southern Railway is believed to have passed under control of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific. It is believed the Moores and John \V. Gates also have acquired the Arkansas nnd Choctaw. The latter, road bus changed hands, but the name of the purchaser has not been divulged. One of the worst storms iu the history of Great Falls, Mont., struck the city the other day. Three inches of rain fell in four hours. The basements of many stores were filled with water ten teet deep. Over 300 people were made homeless. Several miles of track of the Great Northern Railway is washed out. Grace Dickson, aged 8, gave her life for her 3-yenr-old brother at Dresbach, Minn. A rattlesnake six feet long had crept into the house and was discovered by the girl as it was about to attack her little brother. Seizing a broom she attacked the reptile, when it fastened its fangs in her body. She died in great agony. The Omaha City Council completed its sittings as a reconvened board of equalization to consider complaints against public service corporations. It increased tlie valuation of the Omaha Street Railway from $550,000 to $1,300,000. Ibis brings the total of increased' assessment ugainst the corporations to $1,523,100 aud will increase the city's tax receipts by about $30,000. The I own Supreme Court lias decided ■that agents for liquor couecrns iu other States can legally sell liquor iu that State. The effect of the decision is feared by temperance people. The opinion prevails that it will result in flooding every community in the State with liquor shipped in on cash or delivery orders and that the prohibitory law, which is ID actual effect in more than half the counties of the Stute, will he absolutely nullified.

Over thirty persons wore hurt, seven of them probably fatally, in the collapse of a hog runway nt the Chicago stock yards, from which 2,000 spectators were watching the destruction by fire of Armour & Co.'s ucw lard refinery, which entailed a loss of $500,000. Insurance fully covers the los*. The blaze furnished the firemen one of the hardest battles they have been called upon to fight in years, nnd many were the narrow escape* they had from fulling walls nnd showers of melted lard, which came from cverar direction. The lard Louse was bußt

anout three months ago and was ronsldered the finest of Its kind in the country. The west half of the structure, five stories in height and 300 feet in length, was in ruins in less than an hour.

SOUTHERN.

Bishop William Kenney was consecrated in the old cathedral at St. Augustine, Fla., Cardinal Gibbons officiating. George Shirley of Pittsburg, under restraint at Louisville, attempted to commit suicide by driving an eighty-penny nail into his head. George Taylor, l colored, who died at Louisville, is said to have been 102 years old and to have belonged to the family* of President Zachary Taylor. Four white men nnd four negroes were killed, five white men wounded and a block of houses burned in a race riot at Pittsburg, a suburb of Atlanta, Ga. The Fraterville and Thistle coal mines at Cool Creek, Tenn., exploded. Only one man escaped, he being blown out of the mine. About 200 men were at work in the mines. The eity of Charleston, S. 0., has made a contract with the Mercantile Trust and Deposit Company of Baltimore for building water works, giving a thirty years’ franchise to that corporation. Crazed by his infatuation for little Abetha McCullough, a 13-year-old girl, William Austin, a young man, killed the girl, and four other persons, and then committed suicide in a lonely farm house of William Wilkinson, near Hastings, I’la. Mrs. James B. Haggin, wife of the New, York multi-millionaire, has offered to give to the Episcopal diocese of Lexington a building for the Ashland seminary of Versailles, Ivy., to take the place of the dormitory recently destroyed by tire. Clifford S. Roberts of Coinpauy D, Third infantry, committed suicide at Fort Thomas, Ky., by taking morphine. Ilis officers and comrades say the deed was due to afflictions that followed the privations of hard campaigning in the Philippines. Loss of from 100 to 200 lives nnd destruction of much property resulted from a hurricane, which sw'cpt through Urge part of southern and western Texas. The town of Goliad was practically destroyed, seventy-four persons being killed there and 200 injured.

FOREIGN.

Lord Pauncefote has tendered his resignation as ambassador to Washington and asked immediate acceptance. A college building collapsed at Lerida, Spain. Many pupils were buried in the ruins. The director and five children perished. A bomb was discovered in apartment of train occupied by Emperor Francis Joseph shortly before his departure from Vienna for Budapest. King Alexander has accepted the resignations of the Servian cabinet. M. l’assies, formerly a Radical, has been intrusted with the formation of a new ministry.

Gabriel Lopez aud sfte?n other anarchists arrested at Madrid confessed a plot to kill King Alfonso at coronation. Nine dynamite cartridges were found in their possession. Earthquakes are reported from the southern part of Portugal, but no fatalities occurred. The disturbances are supposed to be connected with the upheavals iu the West Indies.

A destructive hurricane has swept over the province of Sciude, British India, and many lives were lost. Forty miles of the Scinde Railroad were washed away and bridges, houses and embankments disappeared. The lower part of Lisbon, Portugal, has been partly destroyed by fire. The municipal petroleum stores nre burned nnd the garrison has turned out to assist in checking the fire. The losses are incalculable.

Aufonso XIII., attaining his majority, has become King of Spain in fact as well as in name. When he had taken his oath to uphold the constitution, his mother, the queen regent, kissed his extended hand in token of allegiance. A riot occurred at Kingston, Jamaica, between soldiers aud civilians, in which twenty of the populace were wounded. Parties of soldiers from the West Indian colored regiment made a sortie from the camp and attacked people in the street* with razors lashed to sticks. The civilians ttsed nail-studded clubs. Numbers on both sides were injured.

IN GENERAL.

Prof. Willis L. Moore has nsked a patent on a cooling machine by which he says living rooms may be kept at 72 degrees in the hottest weather. Emperor William may conie to America to unveil a statue of Frederick the Great to be erected in Washington as his gift to this country aud as a token of international amity. An officer of the North German Lloyd steamer Bradcnburg said that it was the purpose of the Czar of Russia to establish a line of merchant steamers between Russia nnd the United States. Large numbers of 17-yenr locusts have made their appearance in Washington, and reports of similar visitation have reached the Department of Agriculture from Altoona, Pu., and Nashville, Tenn. The republic of Culm is born. At noon Tuesday the Hag of the new republic in the family of nntious wus hoisted amid enthusiastic cheers from Cuban patriots who have fought for years for what bus finally been given them. Returned army officer says Filipinos are deluded into continuing the struggle by the Hongkong juuta, which represent* President Roosevelt ns a prisoner in the White House, menaced by Americans, who demand independence for the archipelago. Eastern Canadian capitalist* hare brought about the amalgamation of fifty canneries on Fraser river nud tlie Brlttsli Columbia cqa*t. with a yearly output of 1,500,000 cases of salmon. Tlie company lis* been capitalized at $4,Q00,000 under New Jersey laws. The recontl set of the Gaynor-Greeo comedy was played when the two fugitives were kidnaped back to Quebec by the defense. They went by special train, which had come all the way from Quebec and which had been started ,wltldn on hour after Judge La Fontaine had given his derision there to the effect that the two men should Ik* taken to jail. Startling developments may follow.

ConGReSS.

Thursday in the Senate was chiefly occupied with debate on the Philippine bill. The bill providing sot. the erection of a union railway station in Washington and the fortifications appropriations bill were passed, the former by a vote*of 45 to 24, and the latter without division after the adoption an amendment proposed by Mr. Proctor, making the acceptance of disappearing gun carriages conditional upon tests. A conference on the agricultural appropriation bill was agreed to, with Messrs. Proctor. Hansbrough and Bate as couferees. The conference report on the omnibus claims bill was presented by Mr. Warren, the conferees being unable to agree on the Selfridge board claims. The report was agreed to. A bill to establish an Indian agricultural school nt Wahpeton, N. D., was passed. In the House the debate on the naval appropriation bill veered into the Philippine question, and when adjournment was taken the measure was being read for amendment. The Senate amendments to the agricultural appropriation bill were disagreed to, and the bill was sent to conference, with Messrs. Wadsworth, Henry (Conn.) and Williams (Miss.) as the House conferees. In the Senate on Friday Mr. McLaurin concluded his speech in opposition to the present Philippine policy of the government. Mr. Deboe supported the pending measure in a carefully prepared speech. Bills were passed appropriating SIO,OOO for the a biological station on the great lakes under the control of the Unitod States commissioner of fish and fisheries; to prevent a false branding or marking of food and dairy products as to the State or territory in which they are made or produced; the bill regulating interstate commerce in falsely branded goods, and ninety-five private pension bills. In the House the naval appropriation bill again had the right of way, but the debate chiefly hinged on the Philippines and the Schley controversy. The bill turning over to Porto Rico all the public lauds of the island ceded to the United States by Spain, except sites designated by the President within one year for naval and coaling stations, military posts and other United States purposes, were passed. After some discussion the bill reported by Mr. McCall from the ways and menus committee, refunding the tax on legacies paid under the war revenue act by religious, charitable, art and educational institutions was passed. The Senate held no session Saturday. The House occupied the day with discussion of the naval appropriation bill.

The conference report on the omnibus claims bill was adopted by the Senate Monday. As passed by the House the bill aggregated $213,105. The net increase made by the Senate was $2,929,252. The conference report shows the House agreed to $1,405,303 of the amount added by the Senate; so the amount carried by the measure as agreed to is $1,018,498. Mr. DoUiver spoke at length in support of the Philippine bill. She House passed the naval appropriaon bill with several amendments. The bill limiting the hours of dally service on government work to eight hours was passed under suspension of the rules, as was a House joint resolution fixing Dec. 31. 11*02. as the date when entries under the mining laws of the United States of certain lands in the Spokane (Wash.) Indian reservation shall take effect. A Senate bill providing for the erection of the northern branch of the National Home for Disabled Soldiers at Hot Springs, S. D., was also passed.

The Senate devoted Tuesday to discussion of the Philippine question. The usual executive session preceded adjournment. In the House the conference report on the omnibus claims bill was agreed to. thus passing the measure. A bill amending the passport law was passed. The remainder of the day was devoted to private claims bills.

Before consideration of the Philippine bill wgs resumed on Wednesday a resolution was adopted by the Senate congratulating the republic of Cuba on its entry into the family of independent nations, nnd the Secretary of State was directed to transmit the resolution to the president of the new republic. Mr. Wellington opposed the pending Philippine measure and said tlie action of the United States in the islands was indefensible. The conference report on the agricultural appropriation bill wns agreed to. In the House consideration of the immigration bill was begun. The principal speech was by Mr. Shattuc (Ohio*, chairman of the committee on immigration. The resolutions seating Charles R. Thomas from the Third North Carolina District; Emmett Tompkins from the Twelfth Ohio District, whose_ seat was contested by John .1. Lentz, and confirming the right of Mr. Rhea of the Ninth Virginia District were adopted. Bills were passed authorizing the erection of buildings by the international committee of the Y. M. C. A. on military reservations of the United States; authorizing the sale of a part of the Fort Niobrara military reservation iu Nebraska, ami regulating commutation for good conduct for United Stntes prisoners.

Washington Notes.

The President opposes "cattle men's bill," which proposes to lease public domain for grazing purposes for 2 cents an acre. Captain Harry Littlefield, army surgeon in Philippines, traced origin of beriberi to Chinese white rice, by effect of diet on prisoners. The United gtate* Supreme Court decided that court mnrtial of rcgulnr officers had no jurisdiction to try charges against Captain Peter C. Detning of the volunteer service. British camp nt New Orleans decided by President Roosevelt to be lawful; no recruiting done there, and mule shipment* do not violate neutrality, though contraband. j Admiral Coghlnn Is to be second in command on the North Atlantic station. This station has Increased In magnitude and imtiortancc to a point where Admiral Higginson, the cominnnder-ln-ehlef, feels that It would be prudent to have a second admiral attached to the atation. Admiral Coglilan'a successor ns captain of the yard at New York will be Captain P. F. Harrington.

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JUST THINK OF IT nSTXpFn Every farmer hli own NyrTiJ 1 landlord, no inenrnUfililiKSfin’l Ibranoes.hLbankaccount I3!U>IP«U I increasing year by year, I I A land value lnciYtoing, »toc.v increasing, apleuIf» A lU dld climate, eiorllent I arbooU and cburcbes. I I low taxation, high price* for cattle and grain, tow railway rate*, *nd every possible comfort. Thl* is the condition of the farmer in Western Canada, Province of Manitoba and district* of Assiuibola, Saskatchewan and Alberta. Thousands of Americans are now settled there. Reduced rate* on all rallwsvs for homeseekers and settlers New districts are being opened up thi. year. The new 40-page Atlas of VVesternCsnada sent free toali applicant*. Apply to K Pedley, Supt. of Immigration, Ottawa. Can., or to C. J. Broughton, 120 Monadnock Bldg., Chicago; N. Bartholomew, 80S 6tb-st.. Ues Moinea, Iowa; M. V. Mclnnes, No. 2 Avenue Theaterßlk., Detroit, M icb. fa as. Grieve, Sault Ste. Marie, Micb.: O. A. Laurler, Marquette, Mich.; T. O. Currie, i New Insurance Building, Milwaukee, Wis.; E. T. Holmes, Indianapolis, Ind., Ageuta for the Uovernment of Canada. A Skin of Beauty Is • Joy Forever. nwt/i'ii vmsßsm® & . fi • t et w Ksl- dl.uares, uudsrerj blumjail OB beaut rand C-Plo ng/ V JQnpeAsadMecHon. It ISWMJiSra P. Cm V/ ■'•Zr is so harmlaaa wo *9 (W AT tuMulttobuaurelt AtcoptaoeooajsrA /jwT V P*/re said to \ \ ladr of the haat- » \"A» you ladle*will f m.ad ‘(louraad'a 1 / I ft , Cream* aat ha l«M ww harmful of all tig Mawa.” For sals by all Drugglata an IV acrT-(Voo<S CoalOTe In tha V. fi,. Canada and F.uropa. FKEDSI HOPKINS, Proprietor, #1 Great Jonaa St., N. Y. SAVE MOMEY Bay your good* at Wholesale Briers. Our 1.000-page catalogue will be sent 1 upon receipt of 15 cenla. This amount ■ does not even pay the ixjstage, but It Is I sufficient to show us thut you are acting B in good faith. Better send for It now. ■ Your neighbors trade with us —why not P you also ? ft S CHICAGO fNf# _Kadwar's Ready Rollof (tares Haadaeha. Toothache, Nauraigia. Rboumstitm. Lushas*. paint and »sakBla tha bank, snlaa or kldnora, paint around the afford immodlat. aaaa and its oehtlauod asa for a few -—yawa rtiSfartstx. litSS m “A Lake of Oil.” Mail draft for SOO to NEWELL A NEWKIJ. Flaoa) Asonla. itanrar aacnrln* a* shares RERTIUhIu (OL Preferred and SO) Gold Bond aecnrlna return of inreatment in fall. Common .tonk. IIU-100 .haras *ll asffLxviSirE— ** A “ |j£g_ HI address on a II bring you trated Pamphlet* | irtunlUes of the I NORTHWmST ■ I. TACOMA, WASH. * be number la M YOU PLAYThTr ACES? 35 E& i^riVj4V.^oTk r a