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Accordisg to Russias experience, the most deadly danger of naval warfare is your own submarine mines.

It has been discovered that the “blues” ere only a form of splanckinic neurasthenia, due to intra-abdominal venous congestion.” Cheer up—it may not be true! -

No wonder the Kansas supreme court has decreed. that the Bible- may be read in the schools, considering the lin€ of statesmen Kansas has been turning out of late.

A Cleveland man bet that he could drink a gnart of whisky, and did it The only mistake he made was in net making the bet large enough to cover the funeral expenses. = .

Coal of a quality almost equal to anthractte has-been found in Alaska and the : beds cover 85 square miles. The natural wealth of the big territory is a great national possession. :

A woman in New York sues for separation on the ground that her husband never kissed her. This is a point upon which intelligent comment cannot be mwadé without seeing the plaintiff.

And now the treasury department is f2id to be seriously handicapped becduse of inability to meet the defhand for small bills. There are plenty of private individuals who have been embarrassed by a similar trouble. :

Twenty-five of the present members of the senate have passed the age of 73, znd yet not one of the number is decrepit or shows loss of mental vigor. The senate may be said to illustrate the art of gracefully declining to grow old.

Two Minnesota women, ‘nei'ghbdrs, are having a lawsuit over the possession of a piece of clothesline. No decision has yet been reached, and it looks as if they intended to fight it out on that_line if it takes all sumner. ;

I:awyers’ fees and other claims in the Fair estate, which is under order for final distribution, amounted to more than .$200,000. The amount may seem largé, buf the estate is appraised at over $3,000,000. California. lawyers are slow: Something was actually left for the heirs.

One of the things whicn marked the “Jate Senator Hanna as a man of strong individuality was his consistent belief in the practical value of the work done by the Salvation Army. Though bLis gifts to the army were without ostentation he did not hesitate to publicly proclaim ‘his sympathy with the purposes and aims of ' the ~ organization. He advocated its cause upon every suitable occasion.

They that go'down to the sea in fighting ships take their lives in their hands, whether in time of peace or in time of war. These powerful engines of destruction are so-delicately balanced, so charged with death, so prone to do the thing least expected, that they are freighted with ever-present danger to their operators not only when engaging an enemy, but when playing at warfare or riding peacefully at anchor.

The recent terrible accident on the Missouri has a mitigating feature in the evidence it furnishes of the splencid courage of the officers and sailors of ‘the navy and their perfect discipline in a moment of supreme danger. Withcut a moment's warning a situation was developed that had endless pdssibilities of disaster, even to the sinking of the ship with all on board, yet everv officer and man showed perfect mastery of himself and-did just the right thing, regardless of personal danger. Nothing could better show the stuff of which the personnel of our navy is composéd.

The chief difficulty with the phenomenal high tigle of immigrants has been in the fact' that they are readily, but without good reason, induced to setile In the cities and engage in peddling or in digging trenches or subways, while tke west and south, which need imriigrants, remain a sealed book to the great majority. In the <ceuntry diztricts there would be fewer temptations because of politics, and better temptations from the greater probability of obtaj;xing work at good wages aud with more comfortable and elevaiing surroundings. - . §

A very practi¢al and ‘praiseworthy plan to help-unprotected girls who go to the St. Louis exposition has been formulated by the Women’s Christian Temperance union, which will have the active cooperationof the Young Women’s Christian association in carrying it out. Members of these organizations assigned to the duty will be on hand at the railway centers when young girlsand women arrive as strangers im the city, and will £ee that they do not fall into bad hands, asgist them in finding respectable boarding houses, and if they want it, in getting work.

Verestchagin, the Russian painter who has devoted his life to depicting the horrors of war, with the intention of abolishing the cruel curse of the ages, was on board the Russian battleship Petropavlovsk. He was only in the mil- . itary camps and upon the murderous engines of sea battle to study realities so ‘as to present to the world the scenes inseparable from war. It was his hope that, when the nations saw what they were fostering in the mflitary spirit, they would revolt from it and bring about a new reign of peace on earth, TTgood will to men, - : :

A WEEKS HISTORY

The Important Happenings of a

Week Briefly Told.

IN ALL PARTS OF THE UNION

All the Latest News of Interest from Washington, From the East, the West and the South.

THE LATEST FOREIGN DISPATCHES

FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Summary of Daily Proceedings in the Senate and House. - Most of the day was spent in the senate on the 19th in consideration of the question o;; additional accommodations in .the way of office and - committee rooms. The house passed the statehood bill, which provides that one state each shall be created of the territories of Arizona and New Mexicoand Oklahoma and Indian territory. The vote was 147 to 104. :

Senator Dolliver -delivered a speech in the senate on the 20th on the trusts. Consideration of the sundry civil bili was completed. In the house the naval appropriation bill was sent to a conference committee. . A bill providing for the allotment of the lands of the New York Indians was passed. On the 21st the senats passed the pension appropriation bill, carrying an appropriation of over $137,000,000, and the emergency, river and harbor appropriation bill, which carries $3,000,000. The house passed a largé number of bills, among them being one to provide a temporary government for the Panama canal zone.

FROM WASHINGTON.

The men selected as delegates to the democratic national convention from Pennsylvania will go uninstructed with reference to a presidential candidate. The state convention at Harrisburg refused to instruct.

The senate bill for a state hospital for the treatment of tuberculosis was passed by the Ohio-.house and it will become a law as soon as it is signed by the governor. - .

In Washington the corner stone of the Memomial Continental hall, which the Daughters of the American Revolution are to build in memory of the heroes of that war, was laid with impressive ceremonies. . @ '

For the three months of October, November and December last the total number of railroad casualties in the United States aggregated 14,485, a decrease of 702, as compared with the preceding quarter. There were killed 175 passengers and 991 employes, and 1,937 passengers and 11,382 employes were injured. A famous leader of the Mormon Church, Angus M. Cannon, pleads with the Smoot senatorial eommittee to protect him from possible results of his testimony concerning polvgamy. He says the Woodruff manifesto has made him more “modest,” and that he does not now live with all his six wives.

THE EAST.

It is stated that David Rothschild, former president of the failed Federal bank in New York, was held to the grand jury and locked up in jail in default of $25,000 bail. . At Trenten, N. J.. Judge Kirkpatrick issued a temporary order restraining the distribution of Northern Securities assets as arranged by the directors. ' An uncle of President Roosevelt, who was nominated as an elector by the New York democratic state‘convention at Albany last week, has declined to accept such nomination, because of his relationship to the president. Massachusetts delegates to the democratic national convention were instructed to cast the vote of that state for Richard Olney for the presidential nomination. B

At Lockport, N. Y., John E. Pound, United States c'ommissioner, and former supreme regent of the Royal Arcanum, died, aged 62 years. Y A man named Abeel, who imposed upon Miss Anderson by impersonating J. Ogden Goelet, Jr., has heen convicted of forgery in New York.

WEST AND SOUTH.

In many f(llinois towns elections were held for minor officials and the question of license or no license. Municipal ownership carried in Columbia and Cairo. Village of Marramec, 0k1a.,-was entirely destroyed by fire, with a total loss of $20,000; no insurance. At Grand Rapids, Mich., State Senator David E. Burnes was acquitted of a charge of bribery in connection with the Lake Michigan water scandal. Season of the American Baseball association opened.

Republicans nominated Judge H. C. Ewart for congress from the Tenth North Carolina district. A jury in Chicago returned a verdict of guilty in the trial of Emil Roeski, the junior member of the car barn bandit gang. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Otto Bander during an attempt at robbery in a saloon July 9, 1903. He was taken to Joliet at once. )

A convention of republicans of the Eleventh Missouri congressional distFict nominated, Henry S. Canfield for congress. g

Two miners, Frank Hayes and Richard Barcoe, were instantly killed in the Orohondo mine at Lead, S. D., by the falling of a cage in which they were being lowered. The men fell 600 feet. . A fierce blizzard, with six inches of snow, upset the plans of the world’s fair managers at St. Louis, but the work will be rushed to have the opening on time. The storm covers the east and south. Burglars entered the Farmers’ and Merchants’ bank at Clay City, Ind., blew open the safe and escaped with $6,000. The front of the building was blown across the street.

The Fifth Michigan district republican convention at Grand Rapids unanimously renominated Congressman William Alden Smith. i

On the 664th ballot Ralph D. Cole was nominated at Firdlay, 0., for congress by the Eighth republican congressional convention.

- James H. Davidson, of Oshkosh, was renominated for congress by the republicans of the Eighth Wisconsin congressional district. = .

At Cleveland, 0., Dr. Ignatz Friedman, a prominent physician, was killed as the result of a_collision between his carriage, in which he was riding, and street car. 5 :

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

The German emperor made the ascent of Mount Etna. : Ore hundred miners have been buried by an immense avalanche near the village of Pragelato, Italy. . - It is estimated the total loss by the fire which destroyed the wholesale district- of Toronto will reach $12,000,000; the total-insurance is $8,360,000. The area swept hy the fire embraces 14 acres. Nearly 250 firms were put out of business, and 122 buildings were burned. :

A force of . Japanese landed on the Liaotung peninsula and attacked Port Arthur by land and sea, according toa dispatch from Yinkow. . A dispatch to the Leondon Daily Telegraph says that Port Arthur undoubtedly is effectually blocked, and that events arg culminating around the doomed fortress. .

The cost of thla war to Russia up to April 5, in all branches of the service, is officially estimated at $46,250,000. The cost by June will reach $100,000,000. :

Probably the most accurate estimate of losses by the Toronto fire place the total at $13,000,000, with insurance at $10,000,000. ]

Newchwang was bombarded by Japan, according to a report received in St. Petershurg, and troops have been landed which will attempt to effect a junction with the army disembarked at the mouth of the Yalu three days ago. :

LATER NEWS,

In the senate on the €3d the general deficiency appropriation bill was passed. Among amendments adopted was one limiting the Chinese exclusion legislation to a reaffirmation of the exclusion law of 1902 and other existing exclusion laws. In the house the senate amendment to the pension appropriation bill was agreed to, and the conference report on the naval bill was adopted. Bourke Cockran repelled a charge made by Mr. Dalzell, in debate, to the effect that the former was paid for making republican speeches in 1896. A witness in the Smoot inquiry said the Mormon church was a trust which sought to control all profitable public utilities.

Three firemen were killed and 15 injured at Ne"wark, N. J., by the caving in of a roof from which they were fighting a fire in' the factory of Weimer & Co. :

The general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church opens at Los Angeles, Cal.,, on May 3, and probably will continue for a month.

In the house during the special and regular sessions of the Fifty-eighth congress there were 15,298 bills, 349 resolutions, 152 joint resolutions and 61 concurrent resolutions introduced. Of these 2,253 passed the house. In the senate there were 5,645 bills introduced. A ‘total of over 1,400 bills have become laws. y 2

Senator Hanna and seven members of the house died during the session of congress now about‘to close. y

The house was in session for over five hours Sunday for the purpose of paying tribute to the memory of the late Senator Marcus A. Hanna, the late Mr. C. W. Thompson (Ala.) and the late Mr. W. W. Skiles (0.). i Henry Eggert, a St. Louis miser, who committed suicide to escape the privations he imposed upon himself, was buried in a coffin trimmed with gold. The casket cost $l,OOO. Eggert left an estate of, $lOO,OOO. it A severe tornado struck McPherson, Kan., demolishing six residences and causing more or less other damage to property. Three persons were injured. Dr. Edward Henry Lee, of Chicago, surgeon: and clubman, fell from the ninth story to the first floor of the Chicago Athletic association clubhouse and was killed. ¢

Judge George Gray will preside over the tenth annual conference on international arbitration, which will be held at Lake Mohonk, N. Y., June 1 to 3. In the senate on the 22d the general deficiency bill' was discussed. Senator Gallingers spoke on the tariff policy of the republican party, and Senator Cullom- delivered a speech on the house Chinese exclusion rider. In the house Mr. Kitchen (N. C.) delivered a scathing address in which he bitterly assailed President Roosevelt. He declared the. president had insulted the south, and charged him with being an advocate of lynch law, unfit to hold office, and a dangerous man. Frank Rose, a wife murderer, was shot to death in the yard of the state penitentiary in Salt Lake City, Utah, at 10:09 Friday morning. Death was instantaneous, four bullets lodging in or very close to his heart.

Arbor day was observed generally throughout Nebraska, especial significance being given to the occasion by the public schools and other educational .institutions. :

-The wife of Gen. Strandman was murdered in St. Petersburg. A' valet was also murdered. The motive was robbery. - Thousands of roubles in bonds and securities were taken by the perpetrators of the crime. :

President Palma sent a message to the Cuban senate announcing the concluson of an extraditionary treaty with the United States. .

During the placing of mines in Port Arthur harbor by some steam launches Lieut. Pell and 20 men were killed through a mine exploding prematurely under the stern of one of the launches. Niedermeier, Marx and Van Dine, the car barn bandits, were hanged separately in Chicago. The latter two met death- bravely. Niedermeier was too weak to walk and was carried to the scaffold. In addition to the robbing of the Chicago City Railway company’s car barns when two men were killed, one wounded, and $2,500 in cash taken, the gang during the past year robbed five’ saloons, killed six men and woundejl three others. Three Japanesé armies are ready to invade Mamchuria; one will attack Port Arthur, one Liaoyang, and one Antung. » Russiang were repulsed in a skirmish: on an island in the Yalu river opposite ‘Wiju. Three were killed, and an officer and 17 wounded.

Rumors at St. Petersburg declare the Japanese army has crossed the Yalu. Port Arthur reports the defeat of 1,500 Japanese soldiers. . ;

EAGER TO ESCAPE, | TROOPS PERISH

Russians in a Panic Flee Across Yalu—Boats . Overloaded, and Hundreds Drown— Another Fatal Blunder.

London, April 22.—A correspondent of the Times, cabling from Newchwang, says that a messenger has arrived there from the Yaluriver with theinformation that the Russians are fleeing north across the river in overcrowded boats ‘and are losing hundreds by drowning. The Yalu at the point where the czar’s troops are crossing is nearly two miles wide and, while the current is not very strong, there are many whirlpools and eddies, and it is ursafe for even the best handled boats to attempt a crossing in windy weather. For soldiers who know nothing of the handling of boats it is doubly unsafe, and the Russians have discovered it to their great cost. . ; . Russian Launch Blown Up. |

St. Petersburg, April 23.—The emperor has received the following telegram from Viceroy Alexieff, bearing Friday’s date:

“I respectfully report to your majesty that to-day, during the placing of mines by some steam launches, Lieut. Pell and 20 men were killed through a mine exploding prematurely under tha stern of one of the launches”

Gloom in St Petersburg.

Viceroy Alexieff’s announcement of the destruction of a launch and the'loss of 21 men by the explosion of a Russian torpedo at Port Arthur has added to the gloom which has prevailed since the disaster to the Petropavlosk. ‘““We are paying the price of carelessness,” said a member of the admiralty, “and previous disasters seem to teach nothing.”

Japanese Forces Concentrating.

St. Petersburg, April 23.—The following telegram from Viceroy Alexieff has been received by the emperor:

““Quite a series of reccnnaissances carried out on the Yalu have shown that the Japanese are concentrating in considerable force. It is believed that they have about one division to the north of ‘Wiju. They are also beginning to concentrate troeps in Wiju, from which place they ‘have moved the Korean population. Information - has reached me that quantities of material, apparently parts of pontoon bridges, are being collected opposite the island of Mabikhe. Our scouts have Kkilled two Japanese scouts, one of whom appeared to be an officer.” - Russians Suffer Loss.

“On our right flank our scouts executed daring reconnaissances, extending over several days, on the left bank of the Yalu, as the result of which it has been ascertained that there are only ‘'a few troops south of the river Pomakua, but that the Japanese there are occupied in preparing boats. A Russian detachment of two officers and 32 men- proceeded thither in three boats. The detachment, however, was discovered by the enemy and shots were exchanged, three of our riflemen being killed. Staff Capt. Smeizin and 11 riflemen were severely and Lieut. Pushkin and four men slightly wounded. The detachment returned to our bank of the river under the, cover of two of our guns.n & i ¥

Japs Cross the Yalu.

Seoul, April 23.—Japanese scouts have crossed the river 12 'miles above ‘Wiju and have reconnoitered the Russian position. They sustained no loss. The Japanese have established posts on small islands near Wiju. It is believed that they have succeeded in blocking the mouth of the river. The Russians are extending their fortifications. They are strongly reinforcing their troops on Tiger island, opposite Wiju, where a severe battle was fought in the Chi-nese-Japanese war. Advance Ordered. il

Paris, April 22.—The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Peti Parisien says he has learned that Gen. Kuropatkin has ordered the advance of the Russian forces which are massed in northeastern Korea, and that a brigade of infantry, with 5,000 Cossacks is within a hundred verst} of the banks of the Tumen river. 8

No Decisive Fighting

Newchwang, April-25.—There is no official information that any decisive fighting has taken place on the Yalu river, neither have any reliable reports been received here that the Japanese haveyet attempted to cross, although the opposing lin\es, it is understcod, now skirt the two banks of the river.

The Russians are preparing to resist a Japanese advance by the further construction” of intrenchments and other fortifications on the Machurian side of the river especially opposite the points where the Japanese have coneentrated their forces within the last few days, and all reports of a decisive engagement on the Yalu are premature. Japan’s Strength in Xorea.

Paris, April 25.—According to the St. Petershurg correspondent of the Echo de Paris, Col. Vannovsky, of the Rusisan general staff, declares that the report

Ex-Congressman Dead.

Towanda, Pa., April 26.—Hon. Joseph Powell, representative in congress from the Fifteenth district from 1874 to 1876, and ex-special deputy collector of the port of Philadelphia under President Cleevland’s first administration, died here Sunday, aged 74 years.

Justice Gray to Preside.

Lake Mohonk, N.Y., April 25.—Judge George Gray will preside over the tenth annual confernce on international arbitration, which will be held here June Ito 3. ey

Old Sailor Shoots Himself.

San Francisco, April 22.—Robert Nicholson, chief boatswain’s mate of the United States gunboat Petrel, after 22 years of honorable service in the United States navy, has shot and killed himself here, rather than face a charge of having brought liquor on board the ship.

Renominated for Congress.

Oshkosh, Wis.,, April 22.—Congress-, man James H. Davidson of Oshkosh, was repominated by the republicans of the Eighth congressional district Thursday. = :

of a Japanese reverse on the Yalu has not been confirmed. The colonel does not believe -that there has as yet been any serious fighting on the Yalu, neither gide having finished the concentration of troops. He estimates thé Japanese strength in Korea to be 85,000 men. -

Japanese Barge Sunk.

- St. Petersburg, April 25.—A Japanese war barge was sunk Friday night on the Yalu river by the fire from a Russian field battery. There was a sharp skirmish on the river, in which the leader of the Russian detachmeht and three soldiers were killed. The Japanéte loss is unknown. -

Attempt Was Unsuccessful.

St. Petersburg, April 25.—Rear Admilar Wirenius has just retufned from his unsuccessful attempt to reinforce the Port Arthur fleet with his squadron, consisting of the battleship Osliabia, the cruisers Aurora and Dmitri Donskoi, 11 torpedo boats and two transports. Japan’s Hidden Armies.

St. Petersburg, April | 25.—N0 one knows whére Japan's armies are concealed. Russian scouts believe there is one division at Wiju; but the hiding place of the other division is a mystery. It is known that they sailed from Japan, some of them weeks ago. They may be in Korea—or Thibet—as far as anyone here, in Paris, or St. Petersburg knows. Will Wait for More Troops.

Paris, April 21.—The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Journal says a friend of Gen. Kuropatkin has received a letter from him in which the general says he intends to await the arrival of another 100,000 men before risking a battle with ithe Japanese. :

Japanese Advancing.

St. Petersburg, April 21.-=Gen. Kuropatkin has sent the foliowing telegram to the emperor: “Gen. Kastalinsky reports as follows on April 19: ‘All is quiet on the Yalu. The Japanese are throwing up entrenchments opposite Golutsy and further to the north. .The numbers of Japanese troops are increasing. They are concentrating at Wijuand spreacding toward the north along the Yalu. Cossack sentinels have observed the lighits of Japanese transports near Chingtaitse, opposite the village of Potansa, 25 versts west of Tatungkau. The vessels were anchored at a distance of 50 versts from the shore. According to dispatches from Gen. Mistchenko Japanese ships were also seen near Sou Choti.?]

Heavy Fighting Is On.

Seoul, April 22.—Heavy fighting has taken place on the Yalu river. For strategic reasons ‘it is impossible to end particulars at present.

Rumors of Severe Fighting.

London, April 23.—Rumors of severe fighting on the Yalu are repeated in various forms and from various points. For instance, the Shanghai correspondent of the Mornihg Post says he hears that the ‘first Japanese army has crossed the Yalu almost without opposition and the Daily Chronicle’s correspondent at Seoul says that heavy fighting has occurred, but that for strategic reasons it is impossible to send particulars. No authentic news, however, has reached London showing that anything has happened beyond skirmishing. . Asks to Be Released.

St. Petersburg, April 20.—Viceroy Alexieff has applied by telegraph to the emperor to be.relieved of his position of viceroy in the far east. It is expected that the request will be immediately granted. While no official announcement has yet been made there is reason to believe that the above statement is correct. Y % ¥

Skrydloff His Enemy.

The immediate cause of the viceroy’s application is reported to be the appointment of Vice Admiral Skrydloff, one of Admiral Alexieff’s strongest enemies and sharpest critics, as successor to the late Vice Admiral Makaroff in command of the Russian navy in the far east. Vice Admiral Skrydloff had an interview with the emperor Tuesday and discussed with his majesty the question of his (Skrydloff’s) relations with Alexfeff o 0

The cause of the enmity between Alexieff and Skrydloff it is impossible to learn. It is believed to be deeper than a mere difference off opinion as to the policy to be pursued in the far east. Skrydlcff has not h@sitated in talking to his friends to charge Alexieff with responsibility for the disasters to the Pacific squadron, by his division of the fleet, which segrated four armored cruisers at Vladivostok and stationed the Variag and Korietz at Chemulpo. It is said that Vice Admiral Skrydloff in hisinterview Tuesday let his majesty understand that he does not care to assume command of the fleet until Alexieff has withdrawn. Therefore the two men will not meet at Port Arthur.

Prominent Man Dead.

+ Lockport, N. Y., April 22.—John E. Pound, United States commissioner, and former chief regent of the Royal Arcanum of the United States,' died Thursday, aged 62 years. He was stricken with apoplexy Wednesday.

Bryan Denies Report.

Lincoln, Neb., April 22.—William J. Bryan gave out an interview Thufsday in which he denied the report that he would discuss a presidential possibility in his Chicago speech next Saturday night. “ : :

Charged with' Murder.

Helena, Mont., April 23.—Henry Ericson, a-Minnesota man, is under arrest at Livingston, charged with having killed Edward Ries on a freight train near Bozeman Wednesday. He is said to have told a hotel cook of his crime and his arrest followed.

Took Many Ballots.

Mansfield, 0., April 23.—0 n the nine-ty-fifth ballot Judge A. R. Webber, of Lorain county, was on Friday nominated for both the long and short congressional terms by the republicans of the Fourteenth Ohio district.

DIED ON THE GALLOWS.

The Car Barn Béndits, Niedermeier, Marx and Van Dine, Hanged in Chicago. -

Chicago, April 23.—The car-barn bandits have paid the penalty of their crimes. All three of them were hanged Friday morning. ? Peter Niedermeier, the leader of the desperate band of robbers, was the first

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and his tones rose ciear and distinct up to the last second. ‘ : The executions were conducted without an incident to martheir smoothness. Niedermeier was hanged at 10:35 o’clock. He died from strangulation, although there was a slight fracture of the neck. Marx and Van Dine died almost painless deaths after the first instant of shock. Their necks were broken.

Chicago, April 21.—Emil Roeski, the junior member of the bandit gang, three of -whom died on the gallows Friday, escaped the fate of his associates. The jury returned a verdict Wednesday that he pass the remainder of his life in the penitentiary.. One man is said to have balked a death sentence. His attorney, Isadore Plotke, informed Judge Kersten immediately that he would not ask for a new trial. sHe said he was satisfied with the verdict in that he had saved his client from the scaffold.

Judge Kersten sentenced Roeski immediately after uttering a’'few statements in which he said that Roeski merited a worse punishment. k-

Two hours after his sentence Roeski went to the Joliet penitentiary to serve the term of his natural life. Roeski’s escape from the gallows caused him to be considered as “a lucky man.” ' Osear L. Sabin, foreman of the jury, said that the jurors could not agree on the question of whether Roeski fired the bullet that ended Otto Bauder’s life at Ernst M. Steir’s saloon the night cf Julg' 9, 1903. :

Treaty Concluded.

Havana, April 23.—President Palma sent a message to the senate Friday announcing the conclusion of an 'extradition treaty with the United States.

Wants House McKinley Died In.

Buffalo, N. Y., April 23.—A proposition made by Terry McGovern, the prizefighter, to buy for $50,000 tha house in which President McKinley died, has been refused by John G. Milburn, of New York, the owner. MecGovern says he will buy a home elsewhere in Buffalo.

No Opposition.

Green Bay, Wis., April 23.—Congressman E. S. Minor received the unanimous nomination in the Eighth district republican congressional convention Friday.!|

Deafh of Noted Indian.””

Duluth, Minn., April 21.—Chief Bemidji, the oldest and one of the bestknown Indian chieftains of the northwest, died at Cass Lake Tuesday, aged 85 years. He participated in many famous battles, and volumes have been written concerning him. The town of Bemidji was named after the chief.

School Teachers Form Union.

Pittsburg, Pa., April 21.—Public school teachers of this city have organized a union, which- has for its purpose securixg increases in salary and other benefits. b

- HOSPITAL SECRETS., A Nurse Saysv—:—7 Pe-ru-nais a ~ Tonic of Efficiency.” .

; =T : ‘fi\‘ : ISR A R B 5. NN TN I AU, g , g \ = A I 6 S Y/ ) /7, % V : ‘§~ -»c// /! S S e 7NN %i =" 4N\ \\ / . -VJL}\"\l - \\ {1 7 /‘\\\ =R 7 VER B % o, BN ‘.,‘ MRS. KATE TAYLOR. Mrs. Kate Taylor, a graduated nurse of prominence, gives heér experience with Peruna in an open letter. Her position in society and professional standing combine to give special prominence fo her uttergnces. . -.*—.-.M-O—.—.—.—.—.*—.—.—.—.—.H-H—H CHICAGO, ILL., 427 Monroe St.— ‘“ As far as I haveobserved Peruna is the fihest tonic any man or woman can use who is weak from. the after effects of any serious illness. ‘I have seen it used in a number of convalescent cases. and have seen several other tonics used, but I found that those whoused Peruna had the quickest relief . :

. “Peruna seems to restcre vitality, increase bodily vigor and renew health and strength in a wonderfully short time.’’---MRS. KATE TAYLOR., - - In view of the great multitude of women suffering from some form of female disease and yet unable tofind any cure, Dr. Hartman, the renowned specialist on female catarrhal diseases, has announced his willingnesstodirect the treatment of as many cases as make application to him during the summer months, without charge. Address The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio.

COUGH |} DNMng’ BALSAM: VR

1t Cures Colds, Coughs, Sore Throat, Croup, Infinenza, Whooping Cou(/gh, Bronchitis and Asthma. A certain cure for Consumption in first stages, and a sure relief in advinced stages.. Use at once. You will see the excellent effect after taking the first dose. Sold by dealers everywhere, " Large bottles 25 cents and 50 cents, -

[S"THE MAN WHO WEARS‘ sOWERgYQ |’ | \!{qnzm. CILLIVW | \ Ir‘ep_uttatiop oxtendingdover N Rentsd S vk Vs every garmentbearing the Q\% "SIGN OF THE FISH. ) . There are many imitations. REANNY:_Be sure of the name « ?3‘ \T OWER on the buttons. JCSNINN ON SALE EVERYWHERE. . A. J. TOWER CO.BOSTON, MA3S.U. 8. A. “TOWER CANADIAN CO.. Limited. TORONTO, CAN,

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CASCARETS.. Surprizing, isn’t ig, that within three years our sales are over TEN-MILLION bozxes a year? That proves merit. Cascarets do good for so many others, that we urge you to try just a 10c box. Don’t put it off! Do it to-day. :

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When 'yon ‘ask for Cascarets, don’t let the dealer substitute something else. There isnothing else as goaod as Cascarets, and if you are not é)leased we pay iour money back. 10c, 25¢, 50c, all drug%ists. ample and booklet free. Address Sterling Remedy Co., hicago or New York. %

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The average old-style small cylinder thresher wastes enough grain and time to pay your thresh bill. Why not save the grain ordinarily put into the straw stack? “Why not save the timme which the ordinary threshing outfit wastes for you? This can be done by employing the RED RIVER SPECIAL.

It has the Big Cylinder, with lots of concave and open grate surface. = It has the Man Behind the Gun, that does most of the separating right at the cylinder., : - : ' Besides these, it has all the separating capacity of other machines. s It runs right along, saving your grain and saving time, regardless of conditions. s . There have come improvements in threshing achinery the same-as in everythin,&lse. ¢ “

"NICHOLS & SHEPARD CO., Builders of Threshers and Engines. Battle Creek, Mich. b 0 YEARS IN BUSINESS. BRANCH HOUSES AND AGENTS EVERYWHERE.

e Mustang Liniment cures Caked Udder in cows.

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W. L. DOUCLAS $4.00, $3.50, $3.00, $2.50 lON BE IN Wast SHOES 1t bklo. W.L:Douglas shoes’ are worn by more g & men than any other £&= _ 3 ] make. The reason 8;, & is, they hold their . e shape,titbetter,wear Fggms 7 longer, and have QSN [ . greater Intrinsic N&e -t - value than any NSEe""/B other shoes. SEED. -;’j;;;;';;eg\,, Sold Everywhere. 17 sAN T.ook for name and price on bottom. Douglas uses Corona Coltskin, which is everywhere conceded tobethe finest Patent Leather yet produced. Fast Co'or Eyeleis used. Shoes by mail, 25 cents extra. Write for Catalog. W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mauss,

) . 9 8, PISO’S TABLETS The New Boon for Woman'’s Ills. ILENT suffering from any form of female disorder is no loriger necessary. Mary modest women would rather die by inches than consult anyone, even by letter, about their private troubles. PISO’S TABLETS attack tte source of the disease and give relief from the start. Whatever form of iilness afflicts you, our interesting treatise, Cause of Diseaces in ‘Women, will explain your trcußle a=d ocur method of cure. A copy will be mailed free with a Generous Sample of -the Tablets, to any woman addressing THE PISO COMPANY Clark and Liberty Streets, WARREN, PA

BRIDGE WRIST RULES _IHNRRYME BY X. C. DU VAL - EASY 13 :EVEmeER THE BEBT WAY TO OBTAIN A THOROUGH ENOWLEDGE OF THE GAME. FOR SALE BY ALL NEWS DEALERS. PAFRAETSB BOOK CO.#ROY, N.Y. PRICE 25 CENTS.

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- PRICE PER ACRE. 160 Acres in Howard C0.......8418 ~ 180 Acresin Winneshiek C 0... G 0 320 Acres In Howard C 0....... 48 320 Acres in Howard C 0....... 47 120 Acres in Winneshiek Co.. 5 - 90 Acresin Howard C 0....... 42 Bend for our FREE LIST of 100 FARMS forsale inthe famous Corn and Dairying Beit of Hovard and Winneshiek County, lowa. Address . J. H. LUERS, CRESCO, ICWA..

500 000 ACRES intractstosuit the pur--5 chaser. Pricesranging from fifiy cents 10 85.00 ger acre. Terms of sale are cash. These are betterlandsand finer locations than similar public lands anywhere iu the United States. For further information, address EDWIN A. WILDEY, Land Conimissioner, LANSING. MICEIGAN.

Thresh Bill

As the modern self-bindemis ahead of the old reaper of forty years ago, so _is the Big Cylinder and Man - Behind the Gun ahead of the small cylinder old-style thresher. The old-style thresher with its small cylinder and limited separating capacity, has stood for years without much im"grovement. he RED RIVER SPECIAL is the crowning improvement in threshing . machinery. ; < 1t is built for modern, up-to-date work; to thresh well; to thresh fast; to save time and grain and money for the thresherman and farmer. It does it. There are reasons why. Send for our new book on threshing, it gives them and it is free. : Employ the RED RIVER SPECIAL, it is the only machine that has the Man Behind the Gun, and saves eriongh grain and time to pay your thresh bill,

MEXICA.N o Mustang Liniment is a positive cure for Piles,