Ligonier Banner., Volume 38, Number 49, Ligonier, Noble County, 3 March 1904 — Page 6

oi. 4 < The Ligonier Banner LIGONIER,, . - = = INDIANA. - “One quart of whisky,” says Qn ex¢hange with a taste for figures, “should weigh just two pounds.” Why is it, : then, that less than a quart often conI stitutes such .an awful load? _ -

A Boston paper says that one should “smile just as one is going to sleep.” Now, how ¢an that be done? Nobody can tell the exact instant he is going to sleep, and the effort of holding the fAce in readiness would keep anybody awake. Try some easier plam. - :

Women who are inclined to observe all thieir leap. year prerogatives cannot do better than to take a trip to the Philippines. A cry comes frofm the i¢lands that there are. not enough women, and it should be “easy picking’” over there for the bachelor maids this year. -

- The shah of ‘Persia knitted a pair of silk hose with his own hands and presented them to King Edward, of England. It will be remembered that the shah recently got rid of several dozen of bis wives, and he has had to attend to the knitting and sewing himselt since that time. .

- This new preparation fluorescin, which has {he X-ray beaten a mille or more, ‘zend Jx‘_e\;(.a!s a man's internal anatomy zs if he were made of glass, ought to prov>a great boon to d¥speptics. With its aid, no doubt, they will be able to sec-just what it is in their stomacll§that leels—tike @ briek.- : There l:as'aris,_en a doctor who gravely a2nnounces that leg grafting is possible. Millionaires who lose their legs will find that good healthy ones cost much more than ears, howeyer, It is probable that this form of grafting will never grow as popular or as profitable as some other varieties.” : , “‘Alcohol made from sawdust is already al commercial Success,” announces a-trade journal. Of course it is. Alcohol made from anything under the sun would'meet a ready sale. Whisky made of’prune juice, tobaccéo and rain water is sold by the barrel—the only .requirement is that it shall “do the business.?”” . - L

A newspaper reader asks why it is that the war news nowadays malkes such uninteresting reading, in. contrast to thie graphic stories we have been used to in former wars. The answer is that all the newspaper correspondents are “bottled up” in Tokio and other points distant from the front, and that even their meager reports are mercilessly censored. . : 2

How " often the ugly little despised things turn out to be agents for good, and—but 4hat is very trite, of course. Nevertheless, it may be noticed that Jones falls saved the residence portion of Baliimore from destretion. And Jones falls has been an eyesore to the city for many 'y._e:irs—i.ts existence deplored as an ugly blot marring the beauty of the surroundings. :

It is interesting and significant that Admiral Uriu, the Japanese officer who won the victory at Chenpxlp‘b, is a graduate of the United States naval academy at Annapelis. He was in the class of 1881, and is only 41 years of age, though his advancement has been won by his ‘merit alone. It is not so well known that his wifé is a graduate of Vassar college. The pair furnishes a tyife of culture and progress in “New Japan” . i

There is a. man on exhibition at the Collegze of Physicians and Surgeons in New ‘York city who has _an appetite that demands 20 hearty mealg a day. “This wonderful man,” explained the college professor to the students, “has stenosis ‘of the oesophagus with an oesphageal diverticulum.” Twenty meals a day should satisfy even a ticklehim like that, but the wonder is that a man with such an encumbrance can hustle around sufficiently to get the 20 meals. .

Radium had d{on’e nothing new for several days, so it was a‘distinct relief yesterday to read that the University of Michigan had added to fhe achievements of tHe modern miracle. It appears that if a tube of radium is put in a bucket of water and kept there over night the water will thereafter be a cure for cancer, lupus and the morphine habit. Somehing like this was needed to offset the cisappointing news that radium would rot jetermine sex nor blow up battleships, after all. : :

The ratification of the Panama canal treaty by the senate clotes one of the Jongest-discussions of a public.question that has ever occurred in this country and paves the way for important action by the executive. In his last annual message President Roosevelt said: “For 400 years, ever since shortly after the discovery .of this hemisphere, ‘a canal across the isthmus has been planmed and for two score years it has been worked at.” Now at last it is to be constructed. The vote in the senate means the opening of a new page in. history. : .

" Count Zeppelin, of Germany, has started in again on airship construe?ion. having received $112,000 from ‘equally enthusiastic believers in the possibility of aerial navigation. The count and Thomas A. Edison séem to be the leading minds in the advocacy of this sort of experiment, though Mr. Edison has not given much time to the matter personally. He asserts,’ however, that navigating the air will yet be practicable, but he thinks it well to search for some new principle to be applied to flying machines. He does not regard imitation of birds as feasible. 7 People who are familiar with mounfain scenery are aware that the greatness of a mountain appears to increase as the spectator recedes from it and that a mountain appears greatest when seen {from the summits of surrounding mountains. So it is with the greatness of George Washington, who to thoughtful ‘people appears greater and greater with every t=terning anniversary of his birthday. Washington’s natalday ought to be celebrated as long at least as the American constitution endures. Woe bénto' this country if ever in its conceit it turns its back on Washington. ;

The Important Happenings of a ~° Week Briefly Told. - IN ALL PARTS OF THE UNION All the Latest News of Interest from Washipgton, From the East, the est and the South. THE LATEST FOREIGN DISPATCHES FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. ‘Stmmary of Daily Proceedings in the . Senate and House. The.senate ratified the Panama canal treaty by a vote of 66 to 14 on the 23d, 14 democratic senators voting with the majority, and a bill was introduced to provide for the temporary government of the canal territory and the protection of the works. The agricultural -apprcpriatgon bill was considered. In the house the naval ?/6propriation bill was discussed. ok

The greater part of the session of the senate on the 24th was spent in discussing the agricultural appropriation bilt. The legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill, carrying $28,736,232, was reported. Inthe housethenavalappropriation bill was further considered and a bill was introduced limiting to 80,000 the number of ‘aliens to be admitted to the United States in any one year from any foreign country, Canada, Mexico and Cuba excepted. ' On the 25th the senate passed both the- agricultural and the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bills. In the house the building programme of the navy as contained in the pending naval bill occupied " the time. ' - FROM WASHINGTON. The United States supreme court says railroad companies are exempt from paying damages where passengers traveling free are killed or injured. Leaders in the senate, who usually make the final decision, announce that both branches of congress will be ready to adjourn by April 15. - World!s fair railroad rates announced provide for coach excursions at one cent a mile. 3 The president has signed the ratifica--tions to be exchanged between the United States! and the republic of Panama on the isthmian canal treaty, and has named the commissioners. v - THE EAST: - _ At Brookville, Pa., Michael Pallone, an Italian, was hanged fori the murder of Rosso Crocco. : . From the Twelfth New York district W. Bourke Cockran has been elected to congress. Sl : At Westville, Conn., Robert J. Rich, a Yale sophomore from Fort Dodge, la., fell over a precipice‘and was killed. The banks:in Baltimére have all resumed business for the first time since the fire. u .The death of G. 8. Griffith, a philanthropist of national repute and president of the Prisoners’ Aid soéciety, occurred in Baltimore, aged 90 years. The inventor of the Lee rifle, James Parish Lee, died at Short Beach, Conn., aged 71 years. ; ; The legislature of New. York ' has granted a pension of $l2 a month to Hiram Cronk, of Dunnbrook, aged 104, the only survivor of the war of 1812. ~ln the Baltimore fire 21 British fire companies lost $8,900,000. . - At Kittanning, Pa., Harry A. Zillfaro was hanged for killing his young wife February 14, 1903. ’

At Pittsburg, Pa., John Conroy was hanged for the murder of his wife on December 2, 1902. ) J A prominent Bosteon insurance man, Wallace H. Ham, confessed to having embezzled $286,000 from his company, a church and a hospital of which he was treasurer..

At Johnstown, Pa., Elsie and Robert Shonafelt, aged six and four years, were burned to death in their home, and two children of Carmack McAleer met a like fate at Pittsburg. . WEST AND SOUTH. Frank Lewandowski, 45 years old, without an apparent motive, killed his wife and himself in Chicago. By acclamation Congressman Charles Dick §vas nominated by a republican caucus at Columbus, 0., to succeed the late Senator Hanna. : In an explosion that wrecked the C. M. Wraner sugar refinery at Waukegan, 111., five workmen were killed and many hurt. . :

' Flames destroyed the livery stable of W. R. Loveless at Farmer City, 111., and 34 horses were cremated.

In a fire that gutted a laundry in Stackton, Cal., five Chines?\m?ere burned to death. E ¢

Burglars broke into the post office at Caird, la., blew open the safe, secured $4OO in currency and made their escape. - The death of Sam Cortes in Ogden, Utah, made the twenty-ninth victim of a dynamite explosion. - ot

The owners of 44 American broom plants meét in Chicago and agreed to form a combine under the name of the National Broom company. ° To celebrate his birthday with his father, aged 90, whom he had not seen in 41 years, George Aderhelt, aged 62 years, went from Canton, 0., to Carroliton, Ga.

Death sentence was imposed on James Sammons and John Lynch, 18 and 19 years old, for -the murder of Patrick Barrett, a .Chicago saloonkeeper. - :

W. A. Calderhead, of Marysville, has been .renomiimted for congress by the republicans of the Fifth Kansas disteict :

H. M. Pollard, a prominent attorney and former Missouri congressman, died at his home in St. Louis aged 68 years. The death of James Bare occurred at Sioux City, aged 102. He never wore glasses, and could see to thread a needle up to the time of his death. . Jabel Register was hanged at Whiteville, N. C,, for the murder of Jesse E. Soles and Jim Stanley. , - Four stockmen and many cattle were killed in a railway wreck at Dyersville, la. 5 Republicans of the Ninth Indiana district have .renominated Charles B. Landis for congress. :

Flames practically wiped out the businéss. portion of Conneaut’ Harbor, O. w s : The value of the estate of the late Senator Hanna is now 3 placed at $7.000,000. . FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. Japan has negotiated a treaty with Corea, which guarantees the integrity and independence of the Hermit kingdom. A report from Viceroy Alexieff to the czar says that the Japanese attempted to send a fleet of four ships laden with inflammables into the harbor at Port Arthur and that they were destroyed by the Russian guns and the convoy driven back. Twenty-three Japanese warships, following the,attempt to bottle-up the Russian fleet, appeared off the harbor and engaged the Russians in battle. At Campbell Ford, Ont., a man and woman who have been living together for 35 years as man and wife and who have -reared a family of five children, have discovered they:are brother and sister. i

In Havana, Cuba, the anniversary of the outbreak of the last war of independence was observed. Hostility of Russia to the United States plays ~havoec with American trade, many orders being canceled. A Japanese fleet was repulsed in a second engagement at Port Arthur, following the attempt to close \thefi harbor by sinking stone-laden ships. The Japanese forces land in Possiet-bay, 80 miles from Vladivostok, and advance to Hunchun. § _ The secrecy of Japan in military movementis amazes all Europe, there being only a few hints as to the whereabouts of the army. . LATER NEWS. ‘'he senate on the 26th considered at some length the bill requiring the use of American ships in carrying government supplies. In the ‘house the naval appropriation bill was passed. A treaty cof arbitration between France and Spain has been signed. There were 249 business failures in the United States during the seven days ended on the 26th, against 211 the same week in 1903. g

- A dispatch from Madison, Wis., said the state capitol was on fire and haif of the building was in flames. President Roosevelt issued a proclamation putting into effect the Panama canal treaty, and ratifications were formally exchanged by Secretary Hay and Minister Bunau-Varilla. - Dun’s review of trade says development of spring business is slow, owing to cold weather. :

Nearly 200 houses were damaged, some of them being completely wrecked, by a cave-in covering an area of 40 acres at West Scranton, Pa. Mrs. C. B. Fountain and her mother, Mrs. A. Hoch, of Valley Junction, la., were crushed to death in the elevator at the capitol building at Des Moines. ~ Michigan socialists met in Lansing and nominated C. J. Lamb, of Dryden, for governor. ; James Byron was killed and 35 ‘men injured by the collapse of a scaffold 161 feet high in the dome of the new post office building in Chicago. : In a freight wreck near Sikeston, ‘Mo., four trainmen were killed. Five members of Franklin Union of Press Feeders were given jail sentences by Judge Holdom in Chicago for picketing in violation of the court’s injunction. :

~ The business center of Rochester, N. Y., was swept by fire that did damage of from $4,000,000 to $5,000,000.

"August W. Machen, George E. Lorenz and Samuel A. and Diller .B. Groff were found guilty of conspiracy to defraud the government in?! the postal case in Washington. : Fire destroyed the business portion of Nicholson, Pa.

There was a géneral advance of troops from all Japanese ports for the mainland, Dalny and Possiet bay seeming to be the main objective ‘points. Dalny has been evacuated and the Russians boast they have mined the city so the Japanese will not dare occupy it. The Corean government has ordered its soldiers to join the Japauese army in the field. MINOR NEWS ITEMS. The Chicago & Northwestern railway has started a school for the istruction of station agents. The Hampton Normal and Agricultural institute at Hampton, Va., is left $lOO,OOO by the will of Hudson Hoagland, who died in New York. i The Anson bowling team, of Chicago, won the national championship at Cleveland, with a score of 2,737. - The attorney general’s repo¢r{ to the house on artitrust legislation declares the Northern Securities case.alone was considered important enough to precede other, litigation. ° s The New York -yacht club received a letter from Sir Thomas Lipton regarding a fourth challenge for the America’s cup, and a committee will correspond with him.

- The emperor of Japan has never been outside of his own coyntry. His son, the crown prince, though in his twenty-fifth vear; has also refrained.

Gov. Odell, of New York, is urged for chairman of the national committee to sugceed Senator Hanna. The nomination of ex-Secretary Root for governor is part of the plan. The Standard Oil bark Juteopolis ended a ten months’ voyage full of adventure by being caught in an ice floe in New York harbor and stranded on Staten island. Bishop McCabe in an address to, Methodist college presidents in Chicago declared an American university at Washington was assured. Dr. A. J. Magnin, the American physician who has charge of the :American hospital in Paris, has been decorated with the Cross of the Legion of Honor., Four hundred doctors have volunteered for service at St. Petersburg, and 80 nurses ‘at Kieff. i Secretary Taft sent to congress an estimate of $10,000,000 submitted: by an engineer board for the improvement of the Kaw river at Kansas City, so as to remove the poessibility of floods. , Russia will not begin active military operations until the end of March, and an agressive campaign is unlikely now in Manchuria. Officials are confident Japan will be crushed. L : The New York Security & Trust and the Continental Trust companies, of New York city, announce that they will be merged shortly. The new concern will have assets of $70,000,000. |

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St. Petershurg, Feb. 25.—A telegram from Viceroy. Alexieff to the czar says: “At a quarter before three in the morning of February 24, numerous Japanese torpedo boats attempted to attack the battleship Retvizan and sink ‘large steamers loaded with inflammables. The Retvizan was the first to observe the torpedo boats, and opened a strong fire on them. She was supported by the land batteries. She destroyed two steamers near the entrance of the harbor. 'They were coming directly teward her. 'One of them went "on the 'rocks near the lighthouse on Tiger peninsula, and the other sank under Golden hill. The Retvizan observed four steamers in a sinking condition and eight torpedo boats departing slowly'to rejoin the waiting Japanese warships. A portion of the crews of the Japanese vessels was drowned. The grounded steamer is still burning. The enemy is observed in the offing of Port Arthur in two lines. Russians Suffer No Losses.

“The Japanese crews saved themselves in boats, and it is possible that some ot them were picked up by the enemy’s torpedo boats. We had no losses. “l am proceeding to examine the coasts. The entrance of the harbor is open. I attribute the complete derangement of the enemy’s plan to the brilliant action and destx;lctive fire of the Retvizan. Floating mines are still visible in the roadstead. I have recalled the three cruisers sent in pursuit of the enemy in order, in the first place, to clear the roadstead of floating mines.” Story of Wednesday’s Fight. Chefoo, Feb. 26.—Arrivals from Port Arthur report a naval engagement at the entrance of Port Arthur early Wednesday morning. - The Russians received timely warning from three torpedo boat destroyers which met the Japanese fleet 20 miles off Port'Arthur. The Japanese fleet approached to within eight miles from the entrance and commenced the attack. The first to retaliate were the forts, followed by the Petropalovosk, the Novik, Pallada and Askold. ‘The engagemen%lasted till nearly daylight, when theWapanese retired. Shells Hit Port Arthur. The details and losses on both sides are not yet known here. but it is said the Japanese lost two ships sunk and three disabled. The Port Arthur forts had five guns silenced. The damage to the town was serious. One shell struck amid the anchorage of junks, blowing many to atoms. The Newsky works and the engine works were struck three times. . Several shells fell just short of the arsenal, but striking the mud wall surrounding it did no damage. Judging from this the Japanese evidently attempted to destroy the arsenal. Several guards were killed by the bursting of shells. . o | Another Engagement. : St. Petersburg, Feb. 27.—A dispatch received here from Port Arthur, dated February 26, says: “At 11 o'clock this morning several Japanese torpedo boats were sighted from here with their sails set for the purpose of disguising their gharacter. The battleship Retvizan ang

- Locomotive Explodes. ; . Williamsport, Pa., Feh. 23.—A freight locomotive on the Philadelphia and Erie railroad blew up Tuesday near Kane instantly Kkilling Engineer James Quinn and Fireman Jones. The wreckage took fire and several freight cars were destroyed. ¢ To Meet in Springfield. " St. Louis, Feb. 24.—The national committees of the fusion and the middle of the road wings of the populist party have decideqd to hold a joint national convention in Springfield, 1i1.,, on July 4. Six Killed by Snowslide. " Barcelonette, France, Feb. 24.—A company of the One Hundred and Fiftyseventh regiment of the line, belonging .to the garrison of Jausiers (Lower Alps), was overwhelmed by an avalanche of snow Monday night while crossing the Col de La Parre. Nineteen men were buried, six of whom were killed. A Fatal Fight: : Bryan, Tex., Feb. 24—In a pitched battle between whites and blaéks nedr Madisonville, Sam Seay, a prominent young man, was killed and several other whites were wourtded.

the shore batteries opened fire on them and continued firing until daybreak without any visible result. After daybreak a Japanese squadron, apparently conveying transports, was sighted. At a quarter past 11 this squadron came nearer and an engagement which lasted 40 minutes ensued. There was no damage. Few shells fell in Port Arthur. It is expected here that the Japanese will attempt a landing soon. . “An inspection .of the Japanese fire ships Ssent into this harbor February 24, shows they were loaded with coal and kerosene and that electrical infernal machines had been placed in the midst of this cargo.” & ’ Gen. Pflug’s Report.

_London, Feb. 27.—A dispatch to a news agency from St. Petersburg says the official report of Maj. Gen. Pflug, chief of staff of Viceroy Alexieff. on the details of the attack on Port Arthur during the morning of February 25, is as follows: “The enemy’s squadron of 16 warships approached from .the Dalny side toward the harbor of Port Arthur at about 11 o’clock this morning, and at once opened fire upon our three cruisers standing outside in the roadstead, name--ly the Askold, Rayan and Novik, and also against the land forts. The bombardment lasted half -an hour.- At its conclusion our cruisers retired into the harbor. The enemy then bombarded one’ land battery for some minutes. Then the enemy also retreated, remaining out of the range of our guns. “In the meanwhile four Japanese cruisers separated from the enemy’s. main squadron and went into Golubinsja bay, where they opened a heavy fire upon one of our torpedo boats stationed in the bay and ‘also upon the coast batteries. Consequently the commander of the fort sent troops to this point, but no land--ing took place. The bombardment there lasted 22 minutes, at the expiration of which time the Japanese cruisers re-

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Are Sentenced. Kishineff, Russia, Feb. 26.—Two brothers named Petreske were placed on trial here Thursday, charged with having taken part in the Jewish massacres.. Each was sentenced to four years penal servitude. Negro Democrats to Meet. St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 26.—The executive committee of the National Negro Democratic league has decided to hold the next national convention' of the league in St. Louis, July 7, 8 and 9, 1904, o 0 ‘ Killed by; a Snowslide,. Sandusky, 0., Feb. 26.—Capt. Avery Henderson, well known in military circles and former chairman of the republican executive committee of Ohio, a resident of Sandusky, was killed by a snowslide at Roosevelt, Idaho, Wednesday. . : - —— e TN ey Found Guilty. : Le Sueur, Minn., Feb. 25.—George F. Brainard, president of the Montgomery bank, a state institution, which recently failed, was found guilty of receiving money, knowing that the bank was insolvent. e peligs

treated. ‘The loss on our side this day was one man wounded in one of the land batteries. St : “The officer commanding at Vladivostock reports that on February 24 early in the morning ten of the enemy'’s ships were seen south of the islands. They disappearad on the horizon in the evening.” From a Japanese Scource. Washington, Feb. 27.—The Japanese legation has recejved a cablegram from Tokio, which is substantially as follows: o

“Vice Admiral Kamimura reports on the 26th of February the following: According to the report from the torpedo flotilla ‘which was sent for the purpose of rescuing the crews of the steamers sent to block up the harbor at Port Arthur the Kokoku Maru on the left side of the entrance of the harbor near the lighthouse and the Bushiu Maru outside the entrance were sunk purposely by the Japanese by - explosion. The Tenshin Maru, the Buyo Maru and the Jinsen Maru sunk themselves on the east of the Lao Te Shan. All the crews of these steamers were picked up safely. Our destroyers and torpedo flotilla are unharmed. On the night of the’24th our destroyers again went on a scouting cruise near Port Arthur, Dalny and Pigeon Bay. On the down of the 25th our main squadron approached’ Port Arthur and bombarded the enemy’s men of war and the forts from a distance. We saw the Novik, the Askold and the Bayan ficeing into the harbor, it thus being apparent that the blocking operation had not much effect. Our squadron then fired'into the harbor and saw flames and considgerable smoke. We withdrew after 16 minutes shelling. While our cruisers were thus engaged in firing, we saw one of the enemy’s torpedo boats destroyed. Our squadron received no damage. Admiral To& is stilljon the scen2.” 3 3

Corean Army to Join Japan. ~ Seoul, Feb. 27.—The Corean government has decided to order the Corean troops to join the Japanese in the field. The standing army now consists of about 17,000 men with European methods. In 1896 it was taken in hand by a Russian colonel with three commissioned and ten non-commissioned ofiiéers, who retired, however, in 1898. 'A royal bodyguard of 1,000 men was formed and has been well drilled, and periodically a draft of well trained men is transferred from it to the other regiments of the standing army. . Aims Blow at France. . London, Feb. 27.—A report which emanates from St. Petersburg says the Japanese minister at Seoul, Corea, has requested the Corean government to hand the French minister his passports. Treaty Signed. Tokio, Feb. 27.—The new JapaneseCorean treaty, whereby Japan guarantees,the independence and integrity of Corea, was signed February 23. - Advance of Japanese. Yin Kow, Feb. 26.—Native reports that the Japanése have landed-at Possiet Bay and subsequently undertook operations against Hunchun and towards Kirin, have received qualified .confirmation {from English missionary refuges who have arrived at Newchwang. This reported advance has produced consternation among the European civilians residing in the line of march. Russians Retreat. -Shanghai, Feb. 27.—The Russian retreat from and the Japanese invasion of the Liaotung peninsula has commenced. Dalny, 50 miles north of Port Arthur, is being evacuated. The Rusrians declare they have mined the breakwater, the docks, -the wharves, and the railway to prevent the Japanese from using them. Russia has only five months’ supplies at Port Arthur. The authorities declare they mean ‘o defend Port Arthur and that Russia will fall back with -the rest of her troops from Dalny to the Yalu, and, if pressed, will go even to Harbin, and fight for two years. , Cars Crossing Lake Baikal. Paris, Feb. 26.—The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Echo de Paris states that the first train crossed Lake Baikal on Wednesday. It made the trip in four hours /on the newly laid line over the ice. ledges: take the same time to crosg, but by cars detraining is obviated.

. One Life Probably Lost. .| Baltimore, Md., Feb. 22.—1 t was thought that not a life was 10st in the fire here, but a charred body, supposed to be that of a colored man, has been found in the water at Bowley’s ‘'wharf. The body is so badly burned as to be unrecognizable. ,Célebrated Trotter Dead. Fishkill Land, N. Y., Feb. 22.—The Abbott, 2:03%, John J. Scannell’s célcbrated ten-year-old trotter, died at the Scannell stoek farm here Friday night, after being sick two days. ""Heavy Loss by Fire. Rochester, N. Y. Feb. 25.—Fire in the factory of the Phelps Piano company’s dry kiln in Brockport early Wednesday threatened for four hours to destroy the entire business section of that place, and resulted finally in a total estimated loss of $150,000. Zionigts to Meet. Cleveland, 0., Feb. 256.—The seventh annual convention of the Federation of American Zionists will be held in fhis city June 4 to 7, inclusive. Prominent Jews from all over the Urited States are erpocied o atisad the ceavention.

DOCTORS FALL IN LINE. Practicing Physicians recognize the unfailing reliability of Doan’s Kidney Pills by Prescribing them for Backache, Kidney, Bladder and Urinary Disorders - a tribute won by no other Proprietary Medicirie, Four cases cited ##bm ‘‘Notes of His Practice,”” by Dr. Leland Williamson, of Yorktown, Ark. FosTER-MILBURN Ca.; Buffalo, N. Y. = YorkTowN, ARK., Mar. T. 1004. ~Gentlenten:—l have been engaged in.the practice of medicine in this section for ten years. This is a very sickly climate, on the Bayou Bartholomew, near the Arkansas River. It is particularly malarious .and miasmatic; we meet with ‘many and various abnormal conditions of the human family. prominent among the cases in which I have been called upon to prescribe is kidney disease. ~ Many of these disorders manifest themselves by pains in“the back, often extending to other parts of the body ; sometimes: headache is present, caused by~uramic or chronic uric acid poisoning, soreness in region of kidneys, cloudy, thickened and foulsmelling urine, discharges of pus or--corruption; inflammation of the Kidneys, extending to the bladder, is caused by excess of uric acid and decomposition of urine. - Hemorrhage is sometimes met with, caused by high state of inflammation” or congestion. i 2 There is no class of diseases a doctor is called oftener to treat than the variety of kidney diseases, in many of which the patient will have chills or rigors, followed by fever, a result of the kidneys failing to climinate the uric -acid poison from the system. Such cases require the kidneys restored to their natiral functions, then the poison and forcign substances are removed——shock to the nervous system averted, and natural health restored. - YRLE , R ' I have, for some time. been using Doan's Kidney *Pills in_ these many manifestations and with uniform success, curing most cases. | can further say that even in hopeless cases where thev have waited tob long, Doan's Kidrey Pills -afford much relief and prolong life. I can recommend the pills in conditions of excessive or deficient secretion of uring, as also in convaleseence from swamp-fever and malarial attacl as verified bythe following cascs in my practice.

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These are a few of the typical cases in which I have used Doan's Kidney Pills. In a great many instances [ use them alone with curative results, while with some others indicatcd remedies are associated. I believe that by the judicious use of Doan's Pills many serious complications-are arrested and many hopeless and incurable cases of Bright's disease prevented. . ; . I have often found that one box of the pills is all that is required fo effect a cure, but in some cases T cominue their use until all symptoms are entirely absent and the cure effectuzl and permanent. Yours truly,

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