Marshall County Independent, Volume 6, Number 7, Plymouth, Marshall County, 26 January 1900 — Page 2

THE WEEKLY 1I1DEPE11DEI1T. a Y9. METSKER, Pub. and Prop. PLYMOUTH, - - INDIANA.

CURRENT TOPICS I'Ko;kksk of irrigation. The preliminay work of the census office in collecting data relative to the arid and sub-humid regions shows that mriR the past ten years vast areas have been reclaimed by irrigation, both by ditching from running streams and drilling for subterranean waters. Where only a few years ago the sage brush struggled for existence in the midst of a waste of alkali and sand, today are fields of waving grain and blossoming orange groves. Hundreds of miles of canals and ditches have been constructed; hundreds of wells have been sunk, and thousands of acres of land have been cultivated in zones where once the desolation of Sahara reigned. Moistened by fresh waters and fertilized by the rich silt of the swift mountain streams, once trackless wastes and desolate valleys in the arid southwest have become as fertile as the famous valley of the Nile, and send forth crops of fndless variety and exceeding abundance. Irrigation is intensive farming. Where the water supply is ample, it is sure farming. There are no failures, and crops are enormous. The experienced irrigator is like the trained engineer with his hand on the lever. The movements of his hand regulate th1 amount of water supplied to his field.-' s those of the engineer control Irs engine. In most of the irrigable rations of the west, fertilizers have nev r been used, although the land has i a constantly cultivated for over iwo centuries. In many sertions fields may be seen which have yielded successive crops of wheat for forty years and show no diminution of productive strength. Wonderful progress is shown in the methods of constructing canals, dams, and pumping machinery, and in the manner of distributing water. Modern Inventions in machinery liave greatly lessened the time, labor and cost of construction and management and made possible many gigantic enterprises of land reclamation and water utilization. Mountains have been tunneled and whole rivers have been lifted from their beds and spread over the valleys precisely as wanted. High up in the ranges and the elevated plateaus immense storage reservoirs have been constructed to impound the flood-waters of the streams so that the thirsty land below shall not suffer during the long rainless summer. As the successful solution of the problem of conservation of flood warers means the reclamation of millions of acres of public land, the people naturally ask the government to promote measures having this end in view. To this demand the government responds. Lands containing excellent reservoir sites have been set aside and a thorough Muuy oi me sources and permanence of the water supply of arid regions has been made to enable congress to leg islate with intelligence upon this im portant subject, in aid of this work iur inniui census win endeavor comprehensively to show the present condition and values of agriculture in the V n.,iri. mi , arid and sub-humid regions: the length, irrigable extent and cost of the various canals, wells and ditches; ine cnaracter. volume and constancy of water supply; systems employed in distribution: amount paid for water, and the crops, acreage and yield of irrigated farms. This effort will be successful if those interested in irri Kation shall heartily co-operate with tne census office and its agents. With in a brief period the main schedules for taking the census of irrigation will be distributed, and Director Merriam iriiu'M mat an recipients prepare properly to fill them out and to re turn them promptly. MAY ItKKHi.MZK ItOKH. " a m.iu in an aumoruative quarter that if Montague White is equipped w.m proper credentials from the Tr'iniT ! r- - . . i i mw'i iniiMu ne win re re ceived as its representative by the administration, den. O'Heirne's rejec lion was ostensibly due to his Amer ican citizenship, but there is no doubt that the authorities would have preferred that the matter of the Transvaal representation be left undetermined. However, when Mr. White calls at the state department Secretary Hay v.ili see him. and his status will thn f determined. i out i rv im; tiik ai.. I: is reported that Great Britain will protect against fortification of the Nb-aragua canal if that waterway is constructed by the American govern -r.-ient. It is also reported that if the Fnited States agrees to the non-fortification proposition or to the neutralization of the canal. Great Hritain will ronsent to the abrogation of the Clay-ton-Bulwer treatv. IlKITAINS HIKK NKKO. Strange as it may appear, the nation of the world that has been looked to as foremost of all in her statesmanship, is today convulsed for want of a statesman in whose ability the nation cm place implicit confidence and whose policy would unite the loyal Knglish people. A distrusted and totWing ministry, with defeated armies in a war that now involves the honor and even the integrity of the empire, clearly indicates that Fngland has been declining in her statesmanship. TAI.KIN; .NOW OK Mill CAN Now that the Chicago and .loilet sanitary canal is completed, the trustees are beginning to think of such an extension of it as will give a clear waterway from the lake to the Mississippi. According to an estimate made by Lyman E. Cooley, this waterway could be completed for $25,000.000. This includes the cost of constructing a canal 250 feet wide, to contain fourteen feet of water, from Iockport to the Illinois river, a distance of nineteen miles, the cost of bridges and dredzin.

1 Items of General Interest Told in Paragraphs. COMPLETE NEWS SUMMARY. Record. f Happenings or Much or Little Importance from All I'arts of the CiiUized World Prices of Farm Produce Lu Western Market. CASUALTIES. Bridgeport. Conn. Fire at the Bar man & Bailey winter quarters destroyed one of the large car barns, conining eleven cars, and the quarters of the Italian laborers on the railroad improvements near oy, causing a loss of 1100.000. Watseka, 111. Fire destroyed the First National bank brick block, causing a loss of $:i0.000. Benton Harbor, Mic... E. B. Mack of Chicago, representing a safe and lock company, was crushed to death while superintending the placing of vault doors for the new Citizens bank. Peru. Ind. The newly completed natural-gas pumping station south of this city was wrecked by a boiler ex plosion. John Clark, the engineer, was killed. Baltimore, Md. Fire did damage to the extent of $S0,000 in the building occupied by Burrows & Co., and others. New York. By the falling of a freight elevator in a storage warehouse at 125th street and St. Nicholas avenue Michael McLean and Patrick I -eddy were killed. CRIME. Washington In the case of Homer Bird, who is under sentence of deatn for murder alleged to have been committed in Alaska, the president has granted a respite until March 16. 1100. St. Louis. Mo John Flynn and James Thompson, charged with booKmaking in violation of the Broders law. were tried before Judge Clark and convicted. Each man was fined $1,000 and costs. Leadville, Colo. Two masked men held up Golob's saloon. Jerry Ryan, the bartender, refused to throw up his hands and was shot twice by one of the robbers, dying instantly. MISCELLANEOUS. New York. Helen Gould has contributed $150.000 toward a new building for a Seamen's Retreat. Chicago. The geueral offices of the Kansas City, i'lusburg and Gulf railroad are to be located here. Rome. Explosion of Nobel dynamite factory destroyed every house and tree within twenty-five miles. Kansas City. Mo. Kansas City is to have an electric- railroad to Olathe. Kan., twenty-one miles distant. The capital has already been subscribed. Nashua, N. H. Alonzo Blanchard, his wife and William Mooney were burned to death in the two-room board shack in which they lived, ten miles northwest of this city. Minneapolis. Minn. The tenth annual convention of the Northwestern Lumbermen's association was held here, with representatives present from Minnesota. Iowa. Wisconsin and the Dakotas. Anna, 111. Mrs. Adolphus Henley was struck and instantly killed by an Illinois Central passenger train. Cedar Falls. Iowa. Edward Townssend, a former member of the legislature and a member of the board of directors of the Iowa state normal bthool, died of lung trouble. Joliet. 111. The plan to use the convicts at the penitentiary to construct the deep waterway channel from Lockport to Iake Joliet on the Illinois riv er is not regarded as practicable by Warden Murphy. Euglish, Ind. An inventor of this city claims to have solved the question of perpetual motion by the use of hol low wheels charged with mercury. Washington By a vote of 4 to 1 the naval board of construction at a meet ing submitted an adverse recommenda tion upon the proposition that the gov ernment purchase the submarine boat Holland. Valparaiso The Chilean council of state has approved the estimates for the current year, which call for about 78.500,000 pesos in paper money, the equivalent of about 34.000.000 pesos gold at 18 pence ($12.410.000). Manila First Lieut. McRae. with a company or the 1 niru lntantry. nas severely defeated Gen. Hi.on and the remnant of his command near Mabalacat. New Orleans, La. British officers now in this city arranging for the purchase of mules for shipment to South Africa have been ordered to purchase horses also for the use of the cavalry and the mounted infantry. New York All grades of refined sugar were advanced in price ten points, or one-tenth of a cent a pound. Dover, Del. Certificates of incorporation of the Farmers' Voice Colonies company of Chicago, to buy, sell and lease real estate and other property, capital $10,000.000. were filed here. Berlin. Elaborate plans to welcome Prince Heinrich on his return from Asia. Houston. Texas Charles Hauptman was fatally stabbed by (S. W. Chaffee, a brother of Gen. Chaffee. F. S. A., after he had fractured (Mia (Tee's skull with a hammer in a fight. Henning. Tenn. Anderson Ganse, a negro, was lynched for aiding in the escape of the Ginerly brothers, colored, who murdered two officers near Ripley, Tenn. Paris. Five French senators have died from over-exertion during I)eroulede trial. Oxford, N. J. A section gang of nine men was run down in the Deleware, Lackawanna &. Western tunnel near here, and three of the party killed. Pittsburg. Pa. William Newman, a negro, convicted of the murder of Alice Warner, alias Vrn Horn, on account of jealousy, was hanged. St. Joseph. . Mo. Receiver Milton Tootle of the Central Savings bank has served notice that he will not accept one cent for his services. He is entitled to $10.000. Madrid. Representatives of Spanish chambers of commerce conferred and planned reformation of nation.

IB EVENTS Of I WEEK

LATEST MARKET REPORTS.

CHICAGO.

Cattle, all grades $2.10 06.60 Hogs, common to prime 2.60 4.T5 Sheep and lambs 2.50 6.25 Wheat, No. 2 red J3 .65 Bye. No. 2 cash .50 Corn, No. 3 white .31 Cuts. No. 3 white 25U -2t Eggs .17 Butter 17 ft .25 milvaLivc:e. Wheat. No. 1 northern. .04 .65 Corn. No. 3 .30 Oats. No. 2 white .254 Rye, No. 1. ........... .ySü Harley, No. 1 43 .46 Butter 16 .24 Eggs 14 .16 Cattle 2.00 6.30 Hogs 2.50 4.50 Sheep and lambs 2.20 G.00 ST. LOUIS. Oats. No. 2 cash .24 Wheat. No. 2 red .C9T Corn. No. 2 cash .31V2 Cattle, all grades 1.50 6.50 Hogs 4.40 4.70 Sheep and lambs 2.50 6.35 KANSAS CITY. Wheat. No. 3 red 65 (d .69

Oats. No. 2 white Corn. cash. No. 2 mixed .24 .29?4 5.75 14.65 G.OO Cattle, all grades 2.50 Hogs, all grades 4.00 Sheep and lambs 2.00 TOLEDO. Wheat. No. 2 cash Corn. No. 2 mixed Oats. No. 2 mixed .67; .24 .54 4.90 Rye. No. 2 cash t 'overseed. prime cash. NEW YORK. Wheat, No. 2 red Corn. No. 2 Oats, No. 3 white PEORIA. Oats. No. 3 white 24 Corn, new. No. 2 .73 .4iy2 .31 Va .24 .31 Cen. Wheeler Coming; Home. It is said at the war department that there is no special significance in the fact that (Ten. Wheeler has resigned his commission in the army and started for home. Fear Revolt In India. A Moscow newspaper says the situation in India is becoming dangerous, and the British are becoming alarmed. It is said the rajah of Golkhar is ready to revolt. No Illinois F.stra Session. Gov. Tanner refused to call a special session of the Illinois legislature, declaring that democratic opposition would prevent revision of revenue law. 3Iiss Anthony Will Resign. Miss Susan B. Anthony has officialally confirmed the report that she is to resign as president of the National American Woman Suffrage association. Canadians at Cape Town. A number of Canadians, including two experienced scouts, have arrived at Cape Town, and have offered their services for scouting purposes. Death of .. W. Steeven. A Ladysmith dispatch announces the death from fever of George . Steevens. the distinguished war correspondent of the London Mail. en. MacArthur'n Troop Bust. Gen. MacArthur's troops are pursu ing inanv small bands, killing numbers of the Filipinos and sec uring guns. Kxpedlt Ion Starts from Manila. An expedition under Col. Kobbe haa left Manila to occupy Samar and Leyte islands, now held by insurgents. Col. Hushes Defeats Filipino. Col. Hughes drove Filipinos from Sibalom, another capital, and captured many other towns. France Oppose American Control. The French press almost unanimouslv opposes American control of the Nicaraguan canal. Illinois State Dairymen Fleet. The Illinois State Dairyman's association elected George II. Gurler, DeKalb, president. War Taxes to Stand. War revenue taxes are not likely ta be removed or reduced at this session of congress. Ciillom Favors Senator yusy. Senator Cullom says he will vote for Quay and other senators appointed by governors. French Threats Are Fffective. Venezuela released the French ban Is director on the threat of his govern ment. (iermaiiy Favors American Control It is officially declared that Germany favors American control in the Philippines. President ltefuses to Pardon. President McKinley has refused to pardon violators of oleomargarine laws. Smallpox Closes the Schools. The board of health of Harrisburg, 111., has ordered ths schools closed oo account of the smallpox. Count Castellans in America. New York telegram: The steamship La Bretagne, with Count and Countess Castellane on board. arried at quar antine Monday morning. Indiana Dank Safe Looted. The village bank of Hllettsville. Ind. was broken into and the safe looted. The robbers secured about $1,500 and esei'.ped on a handcar. Killed His F.ntlre Family. Catcher Martin Bergen of the Boston baseball club killed his wife, children and himself with az and razor. Would Pay Dominican Debts. It i.--, said a Belgian company will pay all the debts of the Dominican govern ment for a sixtv-vear concession of the iron mines. Osman Dlgna a Captive. A disnatch to the Telegraph from Cairo says: "News was received tonight htat Osnan Digna has been cap tured." 40,000 Fire at Itaelue. The pany's Common Sense trunk cornfactory at Racine. Wis., was burned, at a loss of more than $40,000

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Condensed Report of the Weeks Proceedings. IN NATIONAL LEGISLATURE. Hearing: of the Adverse Report Agalntt Congressman Roberto of I tali The 1'lilllpplne Knqulry ant! Other Matters of Interest. lYaUneaflay, Jan. 17. The senate agreed to take final vote on gold standard bill Feb. 15. Passed Mr. Hoar's resolution of inquiry regarding conduct of Philippine war as substitute for similar pending resolutions. Adopted resolution offered by Mr. Hale as to seizure of flour by British authorities, but only after spirited debate and after resolution had been materially amended. The house decided by vote of 174 to 138 that census bill reported by Mr. Hopkins (Illinois) was privileged. Mr. Barney (Wisconsin), from the committee on appropriations, reported pension appropriation bill. Passed urgency deficiency bill. Thursday. .Ian. IX. The senate listened to a speech by Mr. Wellington against permanent retention of the Philippines; also to a continuation by Mr. Teller of his attack on the financial bill. Received a resolution from Mr. Ross declaring in favor of creating a separate government department to take charge of all outlying dependencies. The house passed senate bill extending power of director of the census after rejecting amendment opposed by labor unions authorizing director to contract for extra printing with private contractors. Friday, Jan. li. The senate listened to an impassioned speech by Mr. Hale, in which he said he believed nine-tenths of the American people were in sympathy with the Boers in their war with Great Britain. Passed Mr. Allen's resolution inquiring of the president whether any representative of the Transvaal gov ernment had applied for recognition, and whether it had been granted or de nied. Listened to a speech by Mr. Mor gan in opposition to the financial bill. Adjourned until Monday. Jan. 22. The house passed pension appropria tion bill, carrying $145.245.250. after debate in which northern democrats attacked the policy of the commission er of pensions. January SO. Saturday's session of the house was taken up with the receipt of the report of Roberts committee and the discus sion of urgent deficiency. Report of negotiations for purchase of Danish West Indies has been revived. Troy Traction Men Strike. The conductors and motoimen on the Troy division of the United Traction company road struck Sunday morning and the line has been tied up. The railroad h.f made no attempt to reopen the line. Kxtra police have been provided in anticipation of trouble. Starved to Death. r.-mt Frederick Hbersold. former thief of police of Chicago, died Sunday at his residence, 4401 Lake avenue. He had been ill for nearly a year, and his death was due to starvation, he having been unable to partake of food for some time. Against Knlshts of Labor. The United Mine .Workers indorsed the resolutions adopted at the Detroit convention, advising all members of all organizations affiliated with the Amer b an Federation of Labor to withdrawn from the Knights of Laoor. Working for Passenger Pool. The nronosal to unite all railroads in a big passenger pool is favorably considered bv eastern lines, and a com mittee is working to get western roads into the combination. 40.000 Miners on Strike. Fortv thousand miners in the an thracite district of Pennsylvania, near ...-.r,tn und Shumokin. who have been in a restless state for some time. have decided to strike. West Virginia Dank Kohhed. At Philippi, W. Va., robbers forced an entrance into the Tygart Valley bank. and. blowing open the safe, se cured between $5.000 and $tJ,O00. French Covetnment Is Pleased. The French government expresses itself pleased with the settlement of the Santo Domingo trouble, which was a complete victory for France. Canada's Offer to Knglaud. Canadians have offered to garrison the forts at Halifax and Esquimault. and also re.ieve the British regulars in Bermuda and the West Indies. KiiRfttan Loan to Cor. a. Russia has lent Corea $12,000.000. of which $.".000.000 will be paid imme diately, Corea having unsuccessfully applied to Japan for a loan. Will Not Seat Itoberts. The special committee of the house to investigate the case of Brigham H. Roberts of Utah decided to recommem exclusion at the outset. Portugal's Position Is Defined. Minister of Foreign Affairs F. A. de Veiga Beira declares that Portugal will neither sell, cede nor lease any of her colonial possessions. Italy Ordsrs Vi Material. Italy has ordered $10.000.000 worth of war material from Krupp. Denial that it is for Great Britain. Canal Dill iuarantees Neutrality Nicaragua canal bill reported by the senate guarantees neutrality. Senator Morgan explained the greater cost or the Panama route. Poultry Men Clios President. The twenty-fourth annual meeting of the American Poultry association elected E. A. Kegley, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, president. Much Money for Pensions. The appropriation for payment of pensions Is $144,000.000, being the same as In 1901 tor the current vear.

PASTOR LIKES WORLDLY WAYS. Oakland Minister Defends "Thine That Are Tabooed by Church-Goers' The Rev. James C. Mclnnes. pastor of the Oak Leaf Congregational chapel, in Oakland. Cal., in announcing his retirement from the ministry, said: "I believe in dancing and a long list of other things that are tabooed by church-goers when idulged in by ministers. If a man needs a drink he has a right to take it. When I meet a man on th1 street I like to slap him on the back and say 'Hello, there. Bill. in a good hearty voice. I believe in God and Christianity, but the church is full of false ideas and full of sinful hypocrites, and some of my friends here who might be called 'lushers are infinitely better than those frauds of piety. The ministry is no place for a young man who wants his personal liberty. He must use too much hypocrisy and overlook too much hypoc

risy in others." TAKE BOER SIDE IN WAR. Congresimen at Washington Meeting Urge Interference, At the meeting held at the Grand opera house, Washington, bumiay night, for the purpose of expressing sympathy with the Boers in their risht against the English. President McKin ley, Secretary Hay. Ambassador Choata and "official America" were denounced in the most plain-spoken manner. Hatred for Great Britain was breathed by nearly all the speakers, among whom were Senators Mason, lien and a large number of congressmen. Senator Mason made a fervent appeal for the liberty of the Boers and the Filipinos, and when he had finished the applause which greeted his remarks lasted two minutes. Famous Writer I'asses Away. Richard Doddridge Blackmore. the novelist, died at Teddington Sunday. He was born at Long worth, Berks, in 1S2.". From boyhood Blackmore was deeply interested in horticulture, and ga: much of his time to his garden. His earliest writings were on this subject. Nine years before he gave the world his greatest and best known novel. "Lorna Doone." he had pub lished "The Farm and Fruit of Old. a translation in verse of the first and second Georgics of Virgil. Nearly all dav he would work among his fruits and flowers, and at evening would slowly and with infinite pains add a few paragraphs to the literary work then in hand. Workers Entombed in Tunnel. The west end of the Third street tun nel. Los Angeles. Cal., which is under construction between Hill and Hope streets, caved in Sunday morning and entombed eleven laborers and brick layers, and fatally injured W. T. Lambie. an inspector in the employment of the street department. The entombed men are: Jerry Mohn and Frank Eckhart, bricklayers; Frank Pelasseur, John Mitchell. William Pauly. Kimberley. Max Costello. W. Baden. John Bejoe. J. W. Washburn and Bert Garrett, laborers. American Carpoes Are Kleased. The British foreign office notified Ambassador Choate that a portion of the seized American cargoes has been released. It will be landed at Lourenco Marques and delivered to the consignees. Itefused to Head lliltle. About fifty pupils have been suspended from school attendance at Mc Donald. Washington county. Pa., be cause they refused to read the Bible in the :egular religious exercises of the school. Hear Trap Iam Opened. Bear trap dam at Lockport, III., was opened after Gov. Tanner granted a permit, and the waters of the Chicago river and Lake Michigan started for the gulf at rate of 200,000 gallons a minute. Artillery for South Africa. The British war office announces that next week will be embarked sev-entv-two guns. 2.710 men anu 2.21U horses. This is the largest consignment of artillery ever sent abroad. Sheldon to Ituu a Newspaper. For one week after March 13 the Rev. C. M. Sheldon, author of "In His Steps." will edit th-i Topeka Capital on "Whfit Wnniii Jesus do?" lines. No VVAlWt, w ' " police or sporting news. Itlow to French Government. French educational commission de feated the plan to require state in struction of boys seeking government ncitinn This is a victory for tne . - nationalists and Jesuits.. Sar Soldiers Are Cruel. Dispatches received at Madrid from Honckong sneak of the cruelty of the American soldiers, who are said to shoot down native women and children ruthlessly. Treacher Jults the Ministry. nnkhiml Cal.. telegram: The Rev. Sk -- v . James C. Maclnnes. i astor of the Oak Leaf Congregational chapel, has an nounced his retirement from the min istry. Wilson Charred with Forgery. j. W. Wilson, former trustee of the iiMit:il for the Incurable Insane, was aa-'-''sv. - arrested ai Kinmundy on charges of forgery and uttering forged paper. Ta Law Keneated. The South Carolina income tax law has been repealed. rlhe auuoritics pronounce the law a farce and not one objection was made to its repeat. flvll Dffirrn to Control. Military officers have been ordered to interfere as little as possible in civil affairs in Cuba. In Contempt of Court. Court held Milwaukee mayor and aldermen guilty of contempt in granting street railway franchise. This may ------- Invalidate ordinance. Indians to lie Watched. Further depredations by Indians in western Colorado will be prevented by the co-operation of the war and Interior departments. FrliM-ipal Towns Are Ocenpled. Gens. Bates, Wheaton and Schwan have occupied the principal towns in Cavite and Batangas provinces.

mil ! British Forces Are Rapidly Nearin Ladysmith. BOERS KILLED IN SKIRMISH. Said to Have Lost Twenty Men No Change with Hens. French ami tiatacre Kimberley and MwfckiiiK Safe War Due Hundred Days Ol.t. Wednesday, .Ian. 17. Puller moved his troops across Tugela liver in four divisions, taking Boers by surprise. No casualties. Belief that battle is in progress near Ladysmith. Details of attack on Ladysmith on Jan. t' show assault failed all along the line. Defeat is severest blow Boers have had. Great Britain will release Bundesrath anil give guarantee against further seizures. Methuen made a demonstration in force to draw Boers from Kimberley. No doubt goods are smuggled into Transvaal via Delagoa bay. Free-Staters reported tired of war. Artillery duel at Colesburg. Tliursda . .fan. IS. Bulb r's army across Tugela. tired on Boers without receiving reply; latter pvidently entrenching themselves. I'n-t-onfirmed rumors of fighting. Inva sion of Orange Free State expec ted aft er relief of Ladysmith. Ambassador Choate is trying to find flour seized by British. Gatacre with Ö00 men occu pied Lopesburg. Cabinet stands together on conduct ot war. Boers captured seventeen of French's men. British losses up to date T.9S7. Frida, .tau. 1 '.. Duller reported Boers lo.t twenty killed and injured and fifteen captured in Dundonald's right at Acton Homes; British lost two killed and two wound?d. Naval guns firing on Boers direct?d from balloons. No change with French and Gatacre or at Kimberlev or Mafeking. Methuen made reconnais sance. Ex-Consul Macrum is in Na ples. War has lasted 100 days. January 'O-'l. Warren forced Boers from three po sitions, advanced steadily under fire, occasionally severe. Buller cabled: "Difficult to tell exactlv how much we have gained, but I think we are making substantial progress." Pro-Boer mass-meeting in Washington addressed bv Senators Mason. Allen and Hale and several representatives. Committee of Danish farmers sent Princess of Wales 12.000 boxes of butter for soldiers. Kvuger's private car will take Webster Davis to Pretoria. He has no mission. Hospital ship Maine, equipped by Americans in Lon don, arrived at Cape Town. London military experts believe Boers near Ladvsmith outnumber Puller's forces. Roberts ordered British to respect rights of non-combatant colonists. Boers continue to shell Mafeking. CHILD DEAD, WOMAN DYING. Two Are Asphyxiated in a Room in a Milwaukee Hotel. Milwauke. Wis., telegram: Mrs. Mary Yadoski. a wealthy Polish resi dent of Manistee, is dving at the emer gency hospital, and Mary Kanocock. her 5-year-old niece, is already dead as a result of asphyxiation. Mrs. -Yadoski had been visiting a married daughter at La Salle. 111., and brought her niece with her on her re turn. Arriving in this city too late for a boat to Manistee, they went to Hart's hotel, at Kil Michigan .-trert. for the night. This morning the odor of escaping gas attracted attention to their room, where both were found un conscious and the room full of gas from an open burner. Death Kevealed In a Dream. John Morrison of St. Joseph. Mich.. dreamed that C. A. Reeves, a neighbor. Mad died suddenly. At breakfast he told the dream to his parents. Soon afterward a messenger called at the Morrison residence and informed the family that Mr. Reeves was dead. He had been a sufferer from cancer for the last six monihs. Is .Mrs. I.uetgert Alive? The sheriff of Akron. Ohio, has tele graphed to the Chic ago police that Mrs. Luetgert. now dead in the estimate of the law. is in his charge. He added that he was so sure there was no mistake that he had mailed a photograph of the woman along with a detailed de scription of her. I.lve Stoek Association Officers. The National Live Stock association elected the following officers: John W. Springer. Colorado, president; John M. Holt. Montana, first vice-president; J. D.Wood. Idaho, second vice-president: Charles F.Martin. Colorado, secretary; George Golding. Colorado, treasurer. No Trot est Are Reported. It can be stated on authority that no representations whatever have been made to the state department touching the Clayton-Dulwer treaty in connection with the pendency in congress oi the Nicaraguan canal bill. Statistics of Teuslon Applications. Pension office statistics show that the percentage of applications from volunteers is much larger than from the regula is. Chosen hy Indiana Democrats. Parks Martin of Spencer county was re-elected chairman of the Indiana denux ratic state committee by acclamation. llrlllsli I,K- to lMt. The British losses in killed, wounded and c aptured up to date are T.ltS" officers and men. free K I pans ion of Merit System. The civil service commissions report sent to the president Monday urges merit system for new posses sions. Whereahouts of Cen. White. Gen. William L. White, the fugitive member of the Detroit military board, is believed to have gone to South Africa. Venezuela Fm broiled with Franee. French warship may be sent to demand release of a Frenchman impris oned by Venezuelan authorities.

4 'Take Time by The Forelock." cDont zyar7 vniil sick-.ess overtakes you. When thät tired feeling, the first rheumatic pain, the first uamings of impure blood are manifest, take Hood" s Sarsaparilla and you tuill rescue your health and probably save a serious sickness. He rjrc

to get Hood" s, because The Health and I'Uasnre Kesortt Of Texas. Mexico. Arizona and California are quic-kly and comfortably reached via the Southern Pacific company's Sunset Route. Daily through service from New Orleans to San Francisco via Houston. San Antonio, El Paso, and Los Angeles. Special semi-weekly service. Sunset Limited from New Orleans Mondays and Thursdays, composed of Buffet Smoking Car. containing Bath Room and Barber Shop. Drawing Room Compartment Car. regular Pullman Sleepers, and Dining Car i meals a la cartel, all of the latest design and mot luxuriously appointed. Direct connections made at New Orleans from all points North and East. Detailed in formation cheerfully furnished by W. G. Neimyer. G. W. A.. So. Pac Co.. 2:IS Clark street. Chicago: W. H. Connor, Com'l Agt.. Chamber Commerce bhig., Cincinnati; O. W. J. Berg. Trav. Pass. Agt.. 220 Ellicott Square. Buffalo. N. Y. Florida, West Indies and Central America. The facilities of the Louisville & Nashvi:le Railroad for handling tourists and travelers destined for all points in Florida. Cuba. Porto Rico, Central Anieih a. or for Nassau, are un-suipas.-ed. Double daily lines of sleeping cars are run from Cincinnati. Louisville. Chicago and St. Louis through Jacksonville to interior Florida points, and to Miami. Tampa and New Oi leans, the ports of embarkation for the countries mentioned. For folders, etc.. write J. K. Ridge'y, N. W. P. A., Chicago. 111. The I. and of I tread and Butter. is the title of a new illustrated pamphlet just issued by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, relating more especially to the land along the new line it is new building through Bon Homme and Charles Mix counties in South Dakota. It will be found very interesting reading. A copy will be mailed free on receipt of 2-cent stamp for postage. Address Geo. H. Heafford. General Passenger Agent. Chicago, 111. Wisconsin Central Kailwar. Trains now leave Chicago from Central Station. Park row and Twelfth street. lake front, for St. Paul. Minneapolis, Ashland. Duluth and the northwest. Nearest ticket agent can give you further information. James C. Pond, G. P. A.. Milwaukee, Wis. Others Than Heaven Could Me. His heroine (watching their sleeping son and heir) How true it is that 'heaven lies about us in our infancy." Her c-old-blooded husband Yes, and somebody else keeps it up afterward. Strav Stories. Do You SuftVr from Worms Or other stomach troubles? SLOCl'M'S ANTI-DYSPEPTIC WORM CAKES are sold under positive guarantee to cure or money refunded. At all druggists, 2öc. Insist on getting the genuine. Kesenting a Slander. Guest "Insomnia kept me awake all night last night." Landlord (indignantly! "111 give you $". to find one in the house." Baltimore News. $1S PER WEEK. A :ilurv ! 1 vchU ami expn-e ; ,', !r p;iul to m;in with ine or two li'rs' ti to nuro1 1 lire ciw Poiiltrv (' nipomd .iml Lire Killer Illinois f;n niMs. KcP-i eure require !. Acliircwilli slump. Ai'MkMh. ct.. Us M.rine Iowa. Weight of London Cog. Every day there hangs over London a vast smoke cloud that is estimated to weight about .".00 tons. IteMahte Help Wanted F'llier scs.i The llunaiiitrlan limine ari'l Sr;:ar 1 u in ut lna!ld" ami ll'a!tti Seekeri.. lu-..r;urj.t 1 sM!i l'V In clatiii'H t'ir f ti 1 1 nl'iuiiation. Ailclre? J. II . Tcil!e!auin, I rvAMirer. Lai I. as vz. V M. Sawing wood is said to be good c ure for insomnia, but some rrui would rather have insomnia. Go to 3'our grocer to-day and get a 15c. package of Grain-0 It takes the place of coffee at the cost. M;i( Ip from nnre ornins it gri, is nourishing and healthilvr ti ; a t? a tv r insist iaa.1 your icmcvr give u sl Accept do imitat ion. It Cures Colds. Ceuqhs. Sore Throat. Croup. In fluenza. Whooping Couqh. Bronchitis an 1 Asthma. It certain cure lor Consumption in fir A stages, and a sure relief in advanced t'ages. Use at one. You tti'l see the excellent elect after takina the first dose. Soil by dealers ever where. Large bottles 25 cents and 60 cents. nCTFnDATIIY method of treating d'iie-, Uw I WiH I II I without cirugK.l.y uianli ultllin, the result of hieb Is to leMure the normal condition Of Of rve control and blood mri I to every oryan of the body. Kiamtnat loa free. W rite for Booklet. Colombian Institute of Onteopatby, 4 AaatM Sir!, Kalt IS Bitor KalUtoc, VktMf.

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