Marshall County Independent, Volume 6, Number 14, Plymouth, Marshall County, 16 March 1900 — Page 2

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THE WEEKLY INDEPENDENT. C W. METSKEB, Tub. and Prop. PLYMOUTH, - - INDIANA. c CURRENT TOPICS

WIM. STAKT NATIONAL HANKS. Advices received by New York bankIns interests from small towns and villages throughout the United States indicate that state banks in all sections of the country are preparing to ake out charters under the national system aa soon as the currency bill tevomes a law. It was estimated today that any one with $3.000 capital rouM start a national bank under the new system. All that is required i3 in 2 per cent government bonds, which could be secured at ruling rates for about $27.750. These, representing the capital of the bank, could be sent to Washington, and circulation for the full amount of tho capital immediately taken out. The organizer of the buck then has $2,700 tied up in the, entorpri.se, but could take deposits in tho regular way-. Whether tho system can be properly safeguarded under such requiron;outs is not known. Tin: siunr.iAN i: iiavay. The last rails have been laid oa thi trans-lUikal stion of llussi.Vs grcat Siberian railway. This establishes complex steam communication between St. Petersburg and th extreme eastern liiuUs of the Itussian empire on the Pauf.o coast. The section just finished is about 70 " miles Ions, and it runs from the eastern shores of Lake Jiaikal to Streiensk on th.; River ShllKa, which is a tributary of th ? Amur. Trains are carried across I-aku Iiiilrul by an iee-breikin-; ferryboat. From Strcionsl: the rivr route must ho used to reach Khabarovsk, and theme the Usurl seetion of tho railway runs to Vladivostok. iL is reported that con siderable portions of the sections l'r-:t built must be relaid with heavier rails. itr.cAi.T.s moors it.o.m Manila. Hy direction of Acting Secretary Meiklejahn instruetimis have be'ii sent to Major-Oetieral Otis to return to the United States seme time in May one battalion cf tho Fourteenth. Kighteenth and Twenty-third infantries. The withdrawal of these, troops was recomnn r.de.1 by M:i jor-dem ral Miles, who point r-d out that the three rr-gi-ments designated would have is u two years in the I'hilippities in Juni next. There is r.o doubt that the decision to withdraw three battalions. whirh number move than 1.I100 men, is influenced to some extent by thv. disorganization of the rebel army, .uvl th; prospect that the American troops wi;i no longer meet with resistance from an organized force. INDIA'S CURAT FA MINI'.. The famine in India now affjets a population if J'.i.O'.O.Ouo, of whom about 3 .7." 0,000 arc already in receipt of relief. The viceroy, at a recent meeting of the Indian council in Calcutta, expressed fears of cattle, water f.nd food scarcity of a terrible character. He promised that the government would spend its last rupee, if necessary, to ?ave life, 'nut intimt.M tint India would have to struggle with her diCieulties ahme, as the attpntion of all Englishmen was concentrated on tSouth Africa. Three years ago. when similar distress prevailed. largo contributions were made by Rnsllshmea. A relief fui'd has been opened in Lop. don. but it grows slowly. Tin: ;oyi:i:nmi:nt of Hawaii. The bill for the government of Hawaii, reported to the houso of representatives by the committee on territories, proposes a territorial organization closely modeled upon that of. ".sti;!g terriroris. The plan includes the appointment of a governor and fc.tT'tary by the president, and of other executive otkrers by the governor, the election of a legislature by the people, itnd representation in congress by a delegate. All classes of the population, except the Chinese and Japaneso, are to b3 given rights of citizenship. I he bill makes the islands a customs and revenue district, and places them under the tarii? laws of the United States. Tili: COM STAND A ICD. The senate passed the gold standard bill by a vote of 4G yeas to 21) nays. The vote was a strictly party one, except that one elected republican, Mr. Chandler of New Hampshire, voted against the bill, and two elected democrats, Mr. CaiTery of iouislaua and Mr. Lindsay of Kentucky, voted for it. A free silver substitute was rejected by a vote of 2S yeas to 47 nays. The populists and all the democrat.? except Messrs. Caffrey and Lindsay voted for, and all the rcpubii can j against it. THE II A CL'K TKKATY. The treaty of The Hague, which was the result of a peace conference last, year, has been ratified by tho senate. One of the conditions of the treaty i3 that within three months after its ratification the president shall appoint four jurists to represent the United States in the permanent board of arbitration created by the treaty. ODDS AND ENDS. Three foggy mornings mean rain. The secret of sticcfss Is constancy to purpose. Lucky stone are only found la plucky paths. Planning to mcft a note is mature deliberation. Diplomacy is merely the art cf concealing our dislikes. It is a great mistake to set up our standard ol right and wrong and judga people accordingly. Every man owes something to himself, but it's what he owes to other men that causes all the trouble. Lyddite can not be fired from any gun of les3 caliber than the four-and-teven-tenth-inch forty-five pounder.

CURRENT MARKET PRICES.

GRAIN. PltOVISlONS. ETC. Milwaukee Flour Five cents lower. Vi'hoat Irregutai : No. 1 northern, Cali'di V,c; No. 2 iv rthern. CiKI'jc. Kye Firm: N. 1. r.T'-c. lUrhy Steady ; No. 2. Kc; sample, ö"1' 1-V. Oats Steady; No. 2 v.l:it.. iv.nv.'ie. poultry lul!; chickens, t'7c; tuikeys, 7'dSo; duck-, fc'-e; i,ci -e, .' Jc. l-:?.gs Lower. 13c. Hutt i -Su-ai!; creamery, 20y2l'.ic; dairy. l 'i V. c. i'h!car-- Cash qunt.it Ions were ns fallows: v'lu it No. - sprint:, l'd'mW'ir: No. - red. C7S-'m;c. i'cin No. UU's'Lir.e; No. '2 vtll.iw. 2.rt Oits No. 2, 'JÖVü t"' e; No. 2 wl'.'te. 23f2t;e. Ilub y No. 2. .Tv.cJac. Mt:-s pork Per bbl. S..7t) h).i. I.ard Per b) lb.. J"..12,2'f.V7712. Short II by Sid.-. loose. sr,.7'i?iö.'.'5. Clover Contract frtaiie. Hütt r Strung: creameries. 1. ;.!; (Kibiis. l'i'-lc. Clne.-.e 1 Inn at l'.;in. I-:--;--Firin ; fresh. 1Padi inapuiis Wheat Fiinier; No. 2 red, Ot;. track: ;',c oa nnlUug freight; N". a red. r.'.it.-.o: waonwheat. C"c. Corn - Stia.iy; No.' 1 white. Sie; No 2 white, ."do; No. 3 white. ÖJ'-,e; No. l while. Ci f.f:::u nats st ady: No. 2 white. 27c: No. - white. 2öe; No. 2 mixed. 2:l4e. Hay e::let; No. 1 timothy, J ll.S.Jjj 12; No. 2 timothy, $Rr.ilI. i.ivi: stocic. Indiannnolis Cattle CJooiI tr rr!ni. rteej-j. 5. t,0; fair tj medium steers, Sl..i.-,; stecktrs and feeders. hoif. !. vp.iI, tTt.Z'Si "!.'); c,ilve. ti.7V.rV50. llors-t;oo.l to choice medium und heavy. t.'.tn; mixed an t heavy packing. $l.v" I.V.',; rood to chow o liuhtei:rh's. $I.7.i 1.v.": c-mni'in tuht-wiKhta. ??.::';'!.;."; i,u;;l;-. .v.'f MS. Sheep Jood to choice lambs. J'e-iT: common to ineilium larr.b.;. yt'i); cmvl to chdci sheep. Sill l.ö ; fair to rmihum sheep. $ ir r.;:.7.": comnion sheep, $2.5tTi3.2j; bucks, per hJ lbs-, $., 3. Ch!e;jRo Cattle Goo. tn prim-' ster. poor to in iuun. $l.lU'i .Tockitk and feedors. K',. 1.7j; cows and hcitrs, $.r.t!.JJ: Texas-fed SteclS. i:,.'-i". I loirs Mix-.i ami batchers". SI.0.V' 4 f): i-'0...1 to choice heave, $ t.v. 'j t.t0; rovisrh heavy. 51 "''.""): iiht. ?t Ce( v2'i". balk of vale--. JI.?;i t s2' .. S'aeejv -Sheep, $130 ''"..!': Limb.--, $".';. 4' ). Jlilw:uikf" Ifnsr.- I.tsht. K to -'v' lha. common to hoice. Sl.r.iiz 1.7": rough to pood heavy packers. 1.7: pi od to (loir-, pfiekers. $IT".'tv': plain to jror.U iricdturr wcisrlit. f .' 1 Catth tlood to choice b-ef steers. I.'.'hi to l.'.ai :iv rr.iu'c S 1. l":iir to ttjeiiium. V. to !.0"1 lls iivcrau'o. J!.7.".''i5; I fifcrs, fair to i'.'iZ.Z": heifer-, pood to choice. M.'-O-.S 4.15. Ph? p-la!r to rholc. K.T'.Ij I.i; poor to f air. i.'."v'TiU.7.": bnrks. T-."' : lamb.--, common to ij.,ijU, J1.7j'('i.2j; 'J-l tO Clioice, $'J.".o'J J.U'1. LAVTO Nf 3 SLAYER AN ASSASSIN Story Printed lit Maiill Say lifnarul'n Dfi.ktll Wim Kf-tllit of I I'lot. Thj .Nlv- Oritnt. a hew.-paper published in .Manila, prints a sensational ttory of a conspiracy among prominent Filipino., who have posed a.s "amigo.;." The ttory, for which the p-'per doe-5 not stand eponsw, asserts ti.at the members of the. conspiracy raised a fund to reward those who sliould pick out and kill prominent American o:Ucer.-;. "It !s known," the -story goes on. " that the insurgents attempted to kill r.en. Lawton while o:; the north line, an J the occasion chosen was when Major Howard was killed on a river boat. The rebels lnd learned that Lawton wa to take that boat and mudo a desperato itttempt to kill him. l".t killed Maj.:" Howard instead, den. Liwton, owing to some accident, did not tak" the h;atas li?. Intended. When the news of (iu. bav.'tou's death reached Manila then was great rejoicing in certain native circles. In Ttinondo at; i Tor. io d:?trict3 particularly was this the case, and It was at once proposed to ra!s a purse to reward the man who tlew him, and h: was paid i:'.".:)' 0." GRAIN IN FARMERS' HANOS. Ilrrc? l:nirt of IIih Nttion:il Jpprtiiient of Af ricutt arc. The March report of the statistician of the department of agriculture will show the amount of wheat remaining in farmers' hands on .U:rch 1 to have been about l'S.TOO.COO bushels, or -J ler cent of last year's crop, as compared with rS.00Ct,..0'. or 2'J.Z per cent of the crop of on hand March J, The corn in the farmers' hands is estimated at TTS.TOO.OOO bushels, or 37.2 per cent of last year's crop, auust S0'),5C0.Vö0 lmsliels, cr 4").l per cent of the crop of I-SICS, on hand on March 1, ISO'J. The proportion of the total crop of last year shipped out cf the country were grown is estimated at If, S per cent, or about 243,000,000 bushels. The proportions of the total crep lust year that was of a merchantable standard is estimated at Sf.9 per cent. Cf oats there? were reported to lit? about SUO.OOO.üiO bushels, or CC.3 por cent, of lat year's crop, ftill in farmers' hands, as compared with 2S3,000.000 bushels, or CS.7 per cent of the crop of ISOS, on hand March 1, 1803. IIT lSnepiPt of NhrMlau. Nebraska republicans are arranging for the most elaborate banquet and political function ever gicn in the history of the state. Gov. Shaw of Iowa and I. lent. -Gov. Woodruff of New York will be the guests of honor and also tlia chief speakers. March 24 is the date. The fact that both gentlemen aro prominently mentioned ns possible selections for McKinley's running mate adds interest to their simultaneous participation in the gathering. Covers will be laid for 1.000 persons. Hunting for IIodqnartem. The Mystic Workers of the World, a fraternal benevolent society whicn was organized in Fulton, 111., a few years ago, and which now has a membership exceeding 13,(00, mostly in Illinois and Iowa, wiil soon settle the question of the location of the head tlliccs of the society. The cities of HUrling, Fulton, Dixon and Chillico'be are making bids for the offices. Fulton is making a hard fight to retain them, and is offering bis inducements. In Springfield on .Inn Sfl. The Illinois democratic state Committee mtt at Springheld Wednesday and called the .state convention to mct in Springneid on June 2(1, passed a resolution of 'sympathy with the IJoers. named auxiliary committees and rdjourned. tlnv. Ti ftir 51 jr io Nnnlh. (Jov. Tanner is to much improved that a trip south is again being talked of. Whether the executive will go south or remain in the state and give his attention to politics is not known as yet. Hy a vote of f.i to 27 the Iowa houso reconsidered and pa.-sed tho conference bill for the establishment of one or more normal colleges in the state. riiinn rile it iaiii suit. Col. Jack Chinn has filed suit against Mrs. Kate I. Hanta of Frankfort. Kyt for r.a.CO) (Images for saying that L rdiot William (.ocbtl. Ilom ra Ami-rlian 0mper. The UoIdLeti; prize of tho Royal Academy o" Aiusic has been awarded to W. It. Maxwell of New York.

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Beer Forces Are Fleeing to the North Country. DECISIVE BATTLE 13 NEAR. Ttie Krpubliran rarmrri JJrlleved to lie Matins for t l-t Deaperat for Their Couutrj' Libert Uaotus Kclnu Arinrd. TnrdtT. Murrlt C The Dutch of Cape Colony are In armed rebellion and moving to aid Doers. London Times gives Roberts whole credit for recent British successes. Boers raid to be intrenching at Oi-'ontein, with Joubert in command. Case of bubonic plague discovered on transport to Cape Town. Duller lost 4,484 men In his expedition. Ladyemith has 800 typhoid fever cases. England refused GOO Italian volunteers. Catacre occupied Stormberg. Wednesday, M;irh 7. Roberts sent 40,000 men in a bold sweep around Doer left at Osfontein. making center and right untenable;

DESTRUCTION OF A WORLD FAMOUS THEATER.

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THE THF.ATF.lt FRANCA IS K OF PA KIS DKSTUOYKD IT RE. lfitory of th Theater l'rn uctue. Opened as Hotel Bourgocne Reopened as Theatre du Mara is Named Comedie-Fraacaiso by Louis XIV Known as ?daison de Moliero Museum of the Francaise created Voltaire's bust received I)catf d in Rue Richelieu, present site Annual salary lift Annual receipts, approximately Annual government subsidy

Doers abandoned positions fifteen miles Ion across his path and retrcat:d northward. Prii!sh lo-;. 50. V.'hitn f-'aid his Releases wtrj fonvteen miles long and 200 men to he mile. DritiH now acroas Transvaal border, movlnrr towards Dabango. Rising in vrestcrn Cape Colony spreading. Kdinhurgh students broke up peace meeting. lt"ller officially thanked his troops. Orouje may be sent to St. Helena. TliiirsdüT, JMareli K. (!en. Lord Rob-rts has approached .Iftcen miles nearer Dioemfontcin. Boers now concentrating at Abraham's Kraal, thirty miles from the Free state's capita!. flerman-Am-'ricans in pro-lloer mass-meeting at Auditorium adopted resolutions ask ins United Statea to stop the war. Secretary Rcltz said Cronjc's surrender will not discourage the burghers. Clements seized Nor va 13 pont. Garrison at Mafeking In sore straits. Fridaj, Strrcli P. Doers seem to be thinking of seeking peace. Dispatch from Pretoria editor, censored by Iloer government, said If England is waging war of conquest Tranvaal and Orange Free Stato will fight to a finish, but otherwise peace terms guaranteeing independence would be considered; English press ridiculed demand. British will invade Free State with 70.000 men: White will lead one party; Boer forces believed to be "5.00' London Times declared demonstration in honor of queen proved popularity of war. Saturday and Sunday, March lo-ll. A censored dispatch from Pretoria states that Kruger has asked Salisbury for peace, conditional upon independence of Transvaal and Free State and amnesty of colonial rebels. Kruger asked consuls of powers at Pretoria to urge their governments to intervene. Roberts nearly at Dloemfontein. Five regiments encountered Boers in strong position in Dreifontein kopjes; after stubborn resistance burghers fied, leaving 102 dead and twenty prisoners. Roberts ofiicially informed Kruger and Steyn he had seen Boers disregard white flag and had found explosive bullets after each battle. One report that Mafekins was about to surrender; another that siege had been raised. Subscription books of Boer relief fund opened in New York; aims to raise 51.000.COO. l'Miniiu Theater Destroyed. The Theatre Francaise was destroyed by fire Thursday. Mile. Hcnrlot lost her life and seven firemen were injured. The fire caused general consternation among Parisians, crowds rushing to the scene from every quarter of the city. The opinion is that the conflagration was due to the explosion of a bomb, for neither the gas nor electric lights were In use at the time the fire broke out. As Thursday matinees are attended by the rich classes, the supposition Is that anarchists were at the bottom of the affair. I)nt i;ptolon I i the Mine. A terrific dust explosion occurred at tho Torrey mines at Clinton, Ind., late Wednesday evening, in which three miners were probably fatally burned, and three times that number seriously injured. Money for Ohio Centennial. The Ohio senate and house Joint financial committee Is not disposed to agree to $1,000.000 appropriation for the Ohio centennial. It Is Inclined to allow the expos!t!on only half that amount.

DIES AT HIS POST, Engineer nu IMinol Central Diea lu UN Cab. Joseph E. Hoffman, engineer of a passenger locomotive on the Iowa division of the Illinois Central, died at his post of duty Friday night with his hand on the throttle. Hoffman's train was due in Chicago at 12: CO Saturday morning. When it arrived at Hawthorne the speed was not lessened, as is the custom, and the fireman glanced across the cab at Hoffman in surprise, for at Hawthorne there are a number of switches. It chanced that the track was clear. The fireman noticed that something was wrong with the engineer, and crossed tho cab. Hoffman s.U uponthe seat, his html was on the throttle, and his face was turned toward the track .-.head. The fireman was horrified to find that he was dead.

Indian Ke turns to lie Shot. Chcctaw honor was again vindicated when Johnson Jacobs, a full-blooded Chcctaw Indian, returned to his home at Antle. s. I. T., Saturday, to be shot for a murder committed two years ago. Jacobs killed Nellie Hays, a full-blood Choctaw woman, in a drunken row, and he was sentenced to die for the crime. IN THURSDAY'S . .l.'ts ..170 ..!() ..170 J i n . . 1 I t ..17S) 7('l .?4ri),ou . .$1S,000 l;alMi In Optiere a Wnji-r. Tho Supreme court of Nebraska has decided that dea'in;,' in options in the Chicago board of traue was a wagering tnui.sactior., and no suit for recovery of looses could be maintained. The case came i;p from Dixon county, where a grain bujer. who was dealing in options, induced a Chicago brokerage firm to catry him for $1,100. He did not pay, and suit to recover was brought. The court holds that contracts for future delivery of grain where no grain is transferred cr intended to be delivered are against publie policy, gambling, void and non-en-f or cable. Answer to a f.Irl'n Stilt. Sam Strong, th Cripple Creek millionaire mine owner, has filed his answer to the $2(0,000 breach of promise suit brought by Miss Xullie L.ewis. He denies the existence at any time of any marriage contract, but alleges thrt the plaintiff had at variotu times since lSOil sustained relations to him with the knowledge ct her parents. Miss Lewis is reported to be 20 years old, while defendant is 2$. Feb. G, the day of Strong's marriage to Miss Regina Neville, a like suit for $230,000 damages was brought against him by Miss Vance of Coldlield. One KU C..it I! Im frIO. Joseph Whiteiaw, a well-known merchant of Akron, Ohio, aged CO, and father of Jennie Whiteiaw, who has won fame in grand opera in Europe this season, was arrested Wednesday charged by Nora Strong with assault and battery. Miss Strong is a pretty collector for a laundry, and alleged that when she entered Whitelaw's store to collect a bill ho seized and kissed her. He pleaded guilty, saying the woman encouraged him. He was fined $10 and costs. Score of Minrrn IVrUli. An explosion at the Red Ash mines, near Thurmond. W. Va., at S o'clock Tuesday morning killed 125 miners. The explosion Is believed to have occurred near the mouth of the mine. The mouth of th mine was found jammed almost full of carts, mules and a few human bodies. It is believed that every man in the mines perished. The werk of taking out the bodies is progressing slowly, from the fact that the interior is now burning. Author KxtateH 1'rntred. The returns filed at the probate office show that the estate of R. I). Blackmore, the author who died recently, is valued at .C 16.953. Tha value of the estate of Canon T. Wells, the hymn writer. Is placed at S3.2Sy. San FmnrUrn l'nnle Over. As the monkeys, guinea pigs and rats which were inoculated with bacillus from the dead Chinaman's glands showed no signs of having bubonic plague the quarantine on Chinatown, San Francisco, has been lifted. Acoimt Ion Father I.oic. A decision in the appeal of the Assumption fathers to tho French courts against the finc3 and dissolution order has been given against the appellants except that the fines were remitted. It is certain that the association will be dis.-olveJ. WnHoii lt Ordered Home. The navy department announces that Admiral Watson has been ordered home and the command of the Asiatic station assigned to Admiral Remey, on account of the delicate condition oi Admiral Watsoa's health.

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Puerto Rico Tariff Bill in the Senate. PASSES BY VOTE OF 40 TO 2G Senator DavH Öfter a Suhitltuta Tree Trade Hill .V :ondfii-i i: port of the Five Days rroceetllug in I tot It House. Tuesday, March . The tenate, by a vote of 41 to 2), passed currency reform bill as agreed upon in conference. Received from Mr. Scott a resolution authorizing tho president to govern the Philippines until congress shall otherwise provide. Tha house devoted the day to discussion of the Aldrich-Robbins contested election case frozu the fourth Alabama district. .ltiUiT. Starch 7. In the senate a notable speech on th? Philippine question was made by Mr. Lodge, in which he favored the bill introduced by Mr. Spooner, vesting in the president authority to govern the Philippine.? until congress should otherwise provide by legislation. In the house announcement was made of tho death of Mr. Harmer, appropriate resolutions v.-re adopted. and adjournment taken as a further mark of respect. TlutMd.iv, .".larch S. The senate hear 1 Mr. Cor? k er speak in support o: the p--n iing Puerto liican tariff bill fnd Messrs. Peitus, Tillman ;::i! Hoar against it. Mr. Mason made his motion to di. - charge the committer on foreign illations from further con.-dd'.r: .tion of his resolution express dug sympathy for the Boers, and il went over for one day linder the rules. The house unseated G. A Bobbins, a democrat, from the Fourth Alabama district, and seated in his ste?d William F. Aldrich, a republican, who has been three times a contestant from the same district, on the ground of fraud, and who is now given his scat for the third time by a republican house. The vote was a strict party one. A new rule v.-as brought in to set aside the day .sessions on the secu.td and fourth Fridays of each month for pension legislation. The rule limits debate ou each bill to ten minutes on a tide, but this provision was withdrawn upon the assurance of Mr. Richardson, the minority leader, that his side of the house would not indulge in filibustering-. Mr. Ovcrstrce-t (Ind.), in ihargc of the conference report upon the financial bill, gave notice that he would call up the report next Tuesday. L'y unanimous consent it was agreed that the vote on the report should be taken at 4:30 Tuesday afternoon. Friday. Mar:h !). In the senate a speech in opposition to the Puerto Uiean tariff bill w.u made by Mr. Lind -ay. Mr. Mason's resolution expressing sympathy for the Roers was discussfd in executive s.-.s-sion, the question b-.dng the discharge of the committee front consideration. Mr. Allison reported from the committee on appropriations of cusfom.-t dues exacted from the isdand of Puerto Rio from Oct. IS, to Jan. 1, 190, ENORMOUS SUM OF Tho Duke of Westminster's famous horse, Flying Fox, the winner of tho Derby, the Two Thousand Guineas, and many other races, has been sold to M. Edmond Wane. The price paid was 37,500 guineas, or $IUG,S75. The price paid for Fiying Fox is the largest sum of money ever realized on a horse sold at public auction. The Ito'ty of h Nir.c'do I'onnd. The lifeless boly of Claude Kendall of Pierce was found at the home of his father. Dent R. I'er.dall In Sycamore, III., Sunday, by bis brother Karl. The young man had committed euicido by shooting himself in the lungs. Killed In n Kitttrotd rolHtlort. Two sections of a coil train on tho Wabash railroad collided at Boody hill, south of Decatur, 111., Sunday morning, killing lLit Seymour of Litchfield. Munition for C na temRla. The steamer Otero, which left New Orleans Saturday, carried fifty-five cases of Rentington rius and a large number of Mauser ritles and ammunition. The arms and cartridges, which cost $200.000. were forwarded to the Uautemalan govci nmcnt. !! and Itarrhii'iii l'tit t'p. The social democratic convention, In EC'ssion at Indianapolis, Ind., adjourned Friday after nominating ISugeno V. Debs for president and Job Harriman for vice-president. Debs accepted In a feeling: sneecb.

amounting to J'3.00:..Jd5, and gave notice that ho would cali up the measure Saturday. At a night session reading of the Alaska code bill was resumed. In the hous the first day pension session provided for under the new rule proved a great success. There wis comparatively little friction, and ninety-seven b'll.s were favorably acte 1 upon in committee of the whole and subsequently pas.-cd. The only in -i-der.t cf the session was a brisk exchange bttween Mr. Loud of California and Mr. Sullowny of New Hampshire upon the general policy of special pension legislation, in which tbe former attacked and the latter c;c.n led the sjctcra. K:itt!rdT, Miirch If). The senate pass-d the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill, after debating an amendment to give former Utict-u Lilii; kaküii of Hawaii $.20U00 and an annuity of $10,000. Tho house agrc-d to take up the bill providing a government for Hawaii oa April ?, the final vote to be taken on April 5 at 4 p. m. Consideration of the Wise-Young f'.cci'on tontest was resumed. pcchcs w..re made by Mr. Weeks (rep.. Mi.b.). Mr. Lütke (dem.. Texas!. Mr. Hull (rep., Iov.a) and Mr. Linncy (rep., N. C",

"h;irle4 S. Mac a n' Id. Charles S. Mate, secretary o:' the OI ney (111.) Loan and liaiMii.g association, committed uicbie Tuiduy by shooting hiriic-c-.f in the heart. The deed was committed in an orchard near the Mace v zu e. ia this city, but the body was n-i UnvA until I o'clock Wednesday "vr.-nin.v. ItLour.h a vigorous search bad b.-"n made all (lay. The det a:-cd it f : h.- V::.; of expianation, hut the picvailing opinion is that h" w:': t'cirfi;! the outcome cf an examination of h'.s, books, now bring made by .state Lxamincr L. N. Dun la p. Mr. Imn'an h;.s be v. en.g:d in examining the books fu- three need;:; and hr.s ror tinislrd yd. It is .statrd by one of the dire; tors of tho association that a fdxrtage of $2.'J;''0 h;:d been found up to Jan. 1. l-'xami-ir.er Duxilap refuses to n:::ke i'.:y slatemen t. rTto Kicirn Sturvlnc. Acting Fecretiy Meikh-jj' ti has received another appeal frcm Gem Davis, military governor of Puerto Rico, for assi star. for staring Puerto Kicans. 'dem Davis letter depicts an awful situation on the island. He says that workmen and their families, being v. ithout mobey to live, are drifting into towns and demanding food. In a report whit.Ii l:c transmits it is said that many people are bordering on starvation. In the center cf the island there is nothing for the poor to eat. and the nllk-cr reports that unless assistance is given there will "on an outbreak e.f lawicst-m ss. and si.-knesa will prevail. I low to ;. S5-ldn. Second oi ly iu th" .Site! hu Christian newspaper xneriir.ent is the novel pi.m of the Topcka Slate Journal in comb:: ling" the "What Wo'iM Jesu Do?" iib-n. 1. V. Jlowe is preparing lay sermons to b"- published in the Journal duiing th Sheldon week. He will take strong grounds agtinst the idea that the modern ncw.-paper nreda advice from tho pulpit, and will declare that the newspapers of the present r.re the greatest moral and educational agencies in the world. SI9G,S75 FOR A HOnSI. late Charles Reed bid 5105,000 for St. Liaise, whiih, like Flying Fox, was trained for his racing engagements by John Porter, but the price paid for the great 4-year-old that won tlm Hnglis'i Derby last year leaves all former hi da for thoroughbreds far In the shade, Ormonde, the grand sire of Fiyins Fox, was told for ?1SO,OÜO to McDouOUgh. Hannah S. Solomon ("honen. The Council of Jewish Women at Cleveland, Ohio, Thursday, re-elected the old officer. The?e are: President, Hannah CI. Solomon; first vice president, Sophie Peer; second vice president. Rabette Mandel; corresponding secretary, Certrude Rerg; treasurer, Hertha A. Felz. Some unimportant changes an ere made in th? constitution. A resolution regarding Sabbath observance was taken up. and by vote it was decided to have the question to the consciences of the Individuals. Amcrlcii'i Meut ttrreft. At Rellin the reLhstag. ICt) to 00. passed on its second reading the committee's proposals prohibiting the Importation of foreign meats. Roth th conservative parties and a majority of the centrists and national liberals supported prohibition. Edward John Phelps, Kent professor of law at Yale and former minister to England, died at bis home In New Haven Friday. His death was due directly to an abscess cf the luusi. i

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How the Jeron ,re Nurtured and the DIsri 1 Spread. It would sc era that people will r.ever learn to be careful. The recent alarming spread of that dire tpidomic. smallpox, throughout different e:tions of the country has b en traced by physicians and sanitarians in many instances dirvctiy to the moldy and rotting layers of paper and past-; whieh cover the walls of many housos. 1 he practice of la: lay r after layer of paper oa a wall, us'ng common Hour past, is especially v .tie dated to create faoraes for di.-ease germs. People could net do moro to elf , t such a result if they tried. The rotting vr ftable matter a fiords tacs from which are ready to dart forth the infeet'.o.i at every opportunity. There is no excuse for this p;a. ti.-e, as walls and cilin?s can be coated with a rir. cleanly ;:nd .sanitary mateual like Alib.astine, for Instance, at no greater expense. Alabastine Is a rock-ba.;. cement, which incorporates itself with the v.'a'l or ceiling. It is easily anplied, ccmes ready to mix With ccM water, requires no warhing er scraping before renewing ;r rctintiLg, is beautiful. Icr.g-Iasting a:. I safe. For walls that have b -n infect : I. nctbitig : tqual to Aialas'Jne ai a uisinb'ctant to render then pre ci-an ar.d the rooms ctu- mtiie habitr V 1 A The above ilb'! rati n db-ws n ( : rui'iRitth Luii ii .us t 1 liv 1 ut i;r..ii MnA tr.1r 11" J-.- cf lJ J.,h:i" M. S..i-4.a Jompj'Tiy cd hic.igo. For cne-;hir-i el a crrt'irv tl.'.i C.ir.pany bris pi ci In bu-ir.i. 1'. i arv.r 1.1 a una1! way, I m y suppIS- d th ir neighbors in th i ar-by t..v;.s, ta. h v.ir wi-b r.ir g their t: .!?. '1'. ':. ;,- ar- now .-.U-!nc; n,t rrh.in JS :::--; to the c.-:isi.:.e?r iit whultsa.t pnevs tiiioip'a.'u; tht L'iiitcd States. Some irs a ;ro thy tx'-j-an apJll;. th-ir cuMeiacis with r.a illustrate J c;.t-Ir,-TU As the lni-i..css x; ar.i!c j tbey v. er f l.lipfd to i : rase tt,e MZe nf tli's cali.ue. ti t. : 11 l .a.iv it e' !s 1." J i:;atiaJed pacts, (juotiiis t!a; lowest wbji-."'-eale piii.t-s on cv-rythi:.g t Lat. Wear ind Use-. Py a f-a; '-rier pr.ces. of cau r ptiot osjrnp?:y tby il'utrat rria':y of thr poods In r.atiiral ii-iwrs, biii j;;t o o it tlm rich cedor ar.;c .f cait.'.ii s, carpets, drapctits. aud ti e latent d itns ia waii pape-r. -tc. ttias t ; ii.ia. tho custouii'-r iiuodre-.'.n ef iri'.ie i!:siir.t to s leet Ruoil at his own l;.iei'i-. Ktiouirg by ih rferii'ti'.n. iiiust: aiivr! and t-ricc the clas of finds he iri.iy ep-.f. This iiaHue of th ir bu-lnei is bec'"tttig rru.de ana ru-ue puji-jlar each .ar. lor it r.ot oriiy saes 1 !i and tircso'ne railroad j' 'JTfi-y t:t Is a Ki-;it ti-vi s.trr. It b'vc- net the pro lit cf the jobbing htcj'", ti.e r tai'. r. the cxpen-U coninu-' ia I ti;:vi-!(.T. the Ceti-ral a-;-c.t. the Miü- urr;t .-ill thu ell::i!:: ttes irorc. rue to four i rei t, i,ivl:i;' this ani itmt !'r I In cotisiir.u-r. In shotl. It Is u -r 4t w li'iloalc t'i'e braucb.t to t'-e h !);. "i rn.intTK.ln I a! u i v T-fe-r.-d t' ir, iotn century i I tinnary r e eauiiy. Tii iil:::-t ra ' l n b !aw !j..v.- tii-? re.-er.t b'Jt' llrtir a.eb d to this irreat en'.erpH . The suriivi of thi- C"oTlt.ny err.s tncrtdible. cv-ide-ilrcr te fact that th-v hie dve: vised :-o lit I. Tl.e'r ii: :' f fairness nnd Industry Is the secret of th'. Hondciful t-u.ccss. The vj..iuliy of gi.-oa-they icouire in same hi es .uabic then to li.u.iiie train b-.id.s of m r ciiaii iie se-c-UTtd at the loc;-t pMbiLilc coat u::d ftcioht rate. Wmn j.-oed' In the r i:h are rorr!r.r from the millsi und factories !:i the i;tt. tlie lake n earners are prese into servIce at a freight expense whieh Is but little iri advance cf the iron ore rates. Their rcferer.ee arc: Any bank or express: ceitnpany, or any man, won; in or child In Chicago. SrlCtterIieri CYntrienee. A public schoolteacher returned $-C conscience money to Clerk Lcgner and it was accepted by the school management committee. The teacher stated that she had received the money whilo acting as a erdet iu the scheio's in 189 1. She was two months under tla ago limit cf IS years when her assignment to a position was made. She considers that she practiced deception by saying she was two months older than she really, was. After teaching five years she returned the nu-n.-y which she bad rccehed in the two months she taught under IS years. Chicago Tribune. Kenton for Iteenncillat . Mrs. A. Hut, Mrs. lt., you told mo you could not live with your husband! How Is it that you have made up with him just before the trial? Mrs. Ik My ta'lor did net finish my new dros in time, and 1 could not possibly appear in court in the same dress that I wore at the preliminary hearing. So I was compelled to consent to a reconciliation. Important to Moths'-s. Earolne caret tide eery botUo or CASTOHIA. t (de and mrc needy fcr ia.'ts u.d caiiiirca. ana ece that it if. sjrfBear? the Sijjuatu'-e of Ia Uso Tor Over 30 Yea:5. Ttio Kind You Have Alwry ßautt. When a woman has her picture taken the generally looks as if the was wondering how the phoioranher could ever afford to make such a beautiful thing so cheap. New York Press. Scene: The Itialtor. Pirst Actor "How did you like my Romeo? Prettygood, ch?" Second Actor "Good! My deah boy good 13 not the word.

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