Marshall County Independent, Volume 6, Number 15, Plymouth, Marshall County, 23 March 1900 — Page 2

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THE WEEKLY 1HDEPEHDE11T. C W. METSKER, Pub. and Prop. LY2XOT7TH, HTDIANA,

CURRENT TOPICS Tili: Ct.AVT(V-liri.HKK Tit EAT V. TLe "Clayton-Bulwer treaty" derives its name from the diplomatists who negotiated it: on the part of the United Staici, Hon. John M. Clayton, secretary of state in President Taylor's administration, and on the part of England. Sir Henry Hal wer. British minister at Washington. The "treaty" to use proper diplomatic language it was a "convention," and not a treaty was concluded in Its purpose was to promote the bulding of an isthmian canal, to connect the Atlantic und Pacific oceans. In 1S43 the United states had made a convention with Nicaragua for constructing such a canal, starting at (Ireytown, on the Atlantic. But Grey town was occupied by British settlers, and Great Britain claimed a protectorate over the Mosquito Indians, who held the eastern coast of Nicaragua. The United States desired Great Britain to waive its claims, but as the request was denied, the next Lest thing seemed to be the establishment of a joint protectorate over the proposed canal. This was done by the "Clayton-Bulwer treaty," one condition of which was that neither power should sure exclusive privileges in the canal, and another that neither power should occupy or exercise dominion over any part of Central America. Since the convention was made, and especially during the list few years, the building of an isthmian canal has become Increasingly i:')ortant to the United States; but it is important also that the canal should be under the sole control of the United j States. This could not be while the convention was in force It has been eometimes suggested, but never formally lnsl-ted upon in diplomatic correspondence, that Great Britain has violated the convention by continuing to exercise dominion over British Honduras. So long as Great Britain did not take this view of the matter, awkward questions might arise after the canal should ? constructed. THE KXH.OIIINd IIAI11T. That royal exp'orer, the duke of the Abruzzi, is not. it ftras, an exception to the rule that gentlemen who start out to find the north pole have to be bunted up themselves. The history of polar expeditions is almost invariable. The Intnpid individual who fares forth to the frozen north always has to tw rescued. Ills bark is scarcely out of right behind the headlands before another vessl is fitted out for the purpose of saving him from polar bears and similar inconvenience:. The Italian prince, who is te be hunted up by Mr. Nansen, is merely keeping up the traditions of polar exploration. Mr. Nansen will bring him home covered with glory and frostbites, and his highness will either write a book or take to the lecture platform to relate to an admiring world how he subsisted on a light diet of blubber and old boots for two or three monthR in the interest of science. They all do it. ENGLAND'S IIOYCOTT ON PA HIS. An English paper has this to say by way of encouragement to the Paris exposition: 'If you are going to Paris get vaccinated before you start. According to private letters from that city f mall pox prevails in an epidemic degree. There bfcs been no statement of this act through the forign newspapers or by the news agencies. Even if It be true, there would be a disposition to keep quiet about it. It will be prudent to take precautions against this, and. as far as possible, against other infections and contagions which great miscellaneous gatherings of people from every quarter of the world are apt to contain and to propagate." KIPt-FNG IN SOUTH AFRICA. Having arrived at Cape Town and mastered the situation within twentyfour hours, Mr. Iludyard Kipling has prepared plans and specifications for the speedy settlement of the entire South African difficulty. As nearly as we can judge from his cabled mani festo, Mr. Kipling favors shooting about half the population of Cape Col ony and hanging the rest. The plan is probably all right, but it involves a needless waste of ammunition, says the Chicago Chronicle. Why not line the traitors up and read Mr. Kipling'3 poems to them? RUSSIA IS MOVING TICOOPS. A St. Petersburg correspondent says: "Fresh alarm is spreading abroad from south Russia with regard to further suspicious military movements. Hus Klan troops are being concentrated at Odessa. Perhaps, however, it is only in timely preparation for the grand maneuvers." A Constantinople cor respondent Fays: "Therv Is a rumo that Russia Intends to ask Turkey for a coalinjr station In the archipelago, either in Lemnos, Imbros or Mityiene' PROSPECT OF CHEAPER KEEP. Early reports from the great cattle ranges at the west indicate that the winter has been favorable to stock. that Iossph have been few and unimportant and that animals com out of the blizzard " eason in remark ibly go.jJ condition. This is regarded as some thing uncommon, for many thousands of young southern cattle were turned out on the ranges last fall and hud to "rustle" for food during the winter Perhaps the light snows gave them a better chance than usjal at the rang grasses. PKEMIP.U ON- IIOMI. The pas5ag cf the new financial hill leadj bankers in all Industrial centers to discuss the effect cf the banking sec tions on circulation. Dvery where the question in asked: Will the volume of national bink note be increased, and if 30, to what extent? Negotiations for the exchange of 3, 4 and 5 per cent Loads for the new '1 per cent obliga tions to be issued have been proceed ing for several days. The new bonds have been quoted at a high premium 6 and 6 per tent but even with this price bank circulation will be more profitable than under the existing Uir.

CURRENT MARKE.T PRICES. GRAIN. PROVISIONS. ETC. Chicago No. 2 sprliK wheat. 6lic; N". I spring wheat, KTa4c; No. 2 red, fc6ye. No. 2 corn. 3Tl4c; No. 2 yellow. S5i;'(J2öV'. N'o. 2 oat. TZttiZiic; No. 2 wh.te. -MlA' ZIc; No. 2 wnlte, Wi&L'Slic. No. 2 rye. Si'vc. No. 2 bailey. 3.4j4v. No. 1 flaxeted. $1 Northwestern. Mess pork, per barrel. X MVu lu.W. Lard, per 10J lbs.. $5.75iib.J71 2. Short ribs sides tloose), $3.0 irti.05; dry salted shoulders (boxed), $6.23 tft.5u; short clear nidci (boxi-d). $0jjt.lO. lJutter market strung ; cicuint-ries, 1X9 mc: dairies, lJi22c. Che nrm at K5c. Eggs easy; fresh. 12 y LP.c. Indianapolis Wheat No. 2 rd. TO'jc track. 7uc on milling freights; Nu. 2 red, WYaxC Corn lirmer; No. 1 while. 3il-c: No. 2 white. Söc; No. Z w oite, Ui'sC-, No. 4 white. äl'Vyui.e; No. 2 wh.te mixed, V:; .No. 3 white mixed. Cüc; No. 4 white mixed. 22' 34c; No. 2 yellow. No. 3 yellow, 2oVtc; No. 4 yeliow. 32Va34;c; No. 2 mixed. 3-ic; No. 3 mixed, Uoc; No. 4 mixed. ZZ &3U:; ear. 26c. Oats tinner; No. 2 white. 2Tc; No. 3 white. 2o'c ; No. 2 mixed. 2ic; No. 3 mixed. 21c. liay firmer.

LIVE STOCK. Chicago. March M. Hogs-Active. :3c higher; mixed and butch, rs, $4.70'n Wi t'. good to choice heavy. $l7'-:'i4.y7'i ; rouga heavy, ?t.7u"l.V5; hUt. 51.Cmi4.SC"-; bulk of sales. $I.M."t4.:2i. Sliee Sieady ; sneep, $1.73&5.1n; lambs. Milwaukee Hoks 2'ic lower; Uijht. 1) to 2w) lbs., common to choice. $1. .''! l-5w'. rouh to aood heavy packers. $ .Wu4.52'fc; good to choice, packers. Jl.bOi4.s5; choice. 225 to 30o lbs average, 545"u4W.. Cattl Goo.! to choice bo-f steers. 1.U5J to 1,2 lbs average. $4.2Vfi 4 r: fair to medium, Ki'i to l.C&j lbs average. $3.75'i i.OO; heifers, fair to good. $3.c (f $.5"; heifers, good to choice, J3.5o;p4.2j; canners. $2.4.fr2.; cows, fair to Kood. $2.NiV3.2S: cows, pood to ch"lce. $3 25 gi3.fiö; bulls, common to good. J2.1i3.30; bulls, good to choice. Milkers and Springers Common to cood, $.(MviC5.W; Kood to choice heavy cows. jaö.WitJÜ.OJ. SheepFair to choice, $4.2514.75: sheep, poor to fair, $2.5"Q1.25; bucks. $2.7:'!t3.5J; lambs, common to good. l.7yo.2ü; lambs, good to choice, i0.2-VyC.5u. SHELDON IDEA IS ADOPTED. Topeka Capital la CoDtinn C'hrUtlto .Vein M per. The management of the Topeka Capital has decided to adopt the methods of the Rev. Charles M. Sheldou and continue permanently to publish a stiictly Christian daily newspaper. This announcement was made Friday night by F. O. Poponoe, president of the company and a majority stockhold er. Mr. Poponoe said the matter had been discussed briefly by the stockholders and decided upon in a general way, but that a meeting would be held soon, at which all details will be decided upon and a formal announcement will be made at that time. A. C. Bbize of Chicago will become managing editor under the new regime. Outbreak at Copper Mine. A pitched battle, in which knives and pistols were used, was fought Monday night between Mexican and American laborers at the Helvetia copper mines, near Tucson, Ariz. The fight was pre cipitated by drunken Mexicans "shoot ing up the camp. One Cisneros was killed. Two Americans and three Mex ican were wounded seriously. More trouble is expected. The big general store, including the Northwestern station and post office. also the general store of Ross Bros, tc Co.. at Spalding. Mich., was wiped out by fire Tuesday evening. The Uns to nearly $20.000 and is fully insure. I. I'rof. Shut turn Hurt. Prof. S. V. Shatt'.ick of the Univer sity of Illinois met with a serious accident late Wednesday afternoon. The accident v.as caused by r.n explosion of gasoline. He was saved from burning to death only by the limcly aid of his wife. Prof. Shattuck has been a member of the faculty of the Univer sity of Illinois since 1S7Ö. He is a graduate of West Point, and one of the best instructors in mathematics in the country. Iraper a Free Man A tain. Charles L. Draper, on trial at Petersburg, 111., for perjury, on a change of venue from Morgan county, was acquitted by the jury under instructions from Judge Mehan. Draper was accused of the murder of Charles Hastings at Jacksonville in 1897. After hi3 arrest a confession was obtained, but at the trial he pleaded self-defense and was acquitted. It was In this connection that the charge of perjury aio;e. Work on War l. The monthly report of Rear Admiral Philrp Hichborn, cbietf constructor of the navy, on the condition of work oa naval vessels under construction, shows that on March 1 the vessels being built for the navy numbered fiftyone; eight battleships, seven protected cruisers, fcyr monitors, sixteen torpedo-boat destroyers, fifteen torpedo beats and one submarine torpedo boat. ItMpoiifl to hheMoo'a Appeal. The sum of JL'O was collected by the people of the Seventeenth ward In Milwaukee Tuesday to help pay for a cargo o grain to be shipped to India, in response to Editor Sheldon's appeal. The perons having charge of the movement In this city propose to continue the work of soliciting, and an effort will bo made to collect at least s 1 ,000. ;anllna Kxploalon Fatal to 81a. An explosion Friday nisht, resulting from an attempt of Joseph White to start a fire with gasoline, occasioned the death of a 4-year-old child and fatal injuries to WhltP. Mrs. Alice Weaver, and her three other children, and the serious, if not fatal. Injury of Jame3 Weaver, father of the family. AbotUhea ülanr Saloon. The Iowa senate, by a bare majority, passed the bill to prohibit the operation of saloons within five miles of the state university at Iowa City. There are twenty-one saloons in Iowa City, und this law will abolish them if it passes the house. Not Sal-I If. Iat .Murilrr. The dath of Willijm Kspy, reported Thursday night at Ilenton, III., as a Filicide, turns out to be a murder. Harry Hubbard, a young man of one of the best families of the county, la under arrest, charged with the crime. Ffit'l KimM In M order. Hurrell Milltr. a resident of McMinnville, Ttnn., was instantly killed by (). P. Green, the result of an old feud. Green has been in pursuit of Miller for peroral days, and broke down, two doors to reach him. after which he r.pllt Miller's ekull with an ax. To Mtart I' roh I bit Ion Taper. An anti-saloon newspaper will be started in Normal, III. .next week. The first issue will appear Friday, March 2G. The paper will bo published in the interests of the prohibition party Of McLean county.

ii ii wm fififl. Boer Forces Are Fleeing to the North Country. END OF THE WAR SEEMS NEAR

Storlea of Intervention and Mediation Are Iltlns Circulated In Enrope Kruger Said to Hve Aked for as ArmMIre ItritUh Heaviest I.nitn. Tnltj-, March 13. Lord Salisbury rejects peace overtures from Kruger and Steyn, and war will continue until the republics are crushed. Uritish forces under Lord Roberts control the railways from Dlcemfontcin and expect soon to occupy the capital. Papers of Paris prediet blowing up of mines, and other disasters when Dritish troops carry the war into the Transvaal. The Unlte.l States has made no attempt to mediate In behalf of the Doers. YV4lnelM7, March 14. Roberts entered Rlocmfonteln, being welcomed by the inhabitants, many of whom were opposed to the war; British flag run up; Steyn moved capital to Kroonstad, strongly fortiüed town 100 miles north, where Boers are concentrating. General belief in Europe that possibility of intervention has passed; czar said to have promised not to Interfere; President McKinley will not make public his correspondence with Salisbury. Thnr'T, March 15. Ferreiary Rcitz, refuting Salisbury, said England endeavored by threats to force changes in Transvaal and imported troops, thus forcing war, al though Kruger's demand for withdrawal was not Intended as a message of war. Kruger willing to grant reforms before Salisbury's telegram. Foreign Minister Dclcasse declared officially France would not intervene. President McKinley made public correspondence regarding offer of United States to mediate. Chamberlain declared Kruger and his government would be held personally responsible if Johannesburg is destroyed. Mass meeting in New York demanded American intervention and hissed names of McKinley. Hay and Chamberlain. Bloemfontein Is regarded aa half-way house for advance on Pretoria. Gatacre crossed the Orange river and occupied Bethulie. FrMay, March IB. Cecil Rhodes criticised BrltUh generalship and declared English victories rcTe due largely to luck: said Boers BRITISH CRAVES AT One of the saddest sights in South Africa, at least to English eyes, is that level plot of stony ground just to the rear of the little township of Modder River, where Oeneral Wauchope and some fifty members of the highlanders killed at the battle of Magersfontein were buried. These graves, as will be seen from the accompanying never had more than SO.000 men In the field. Railroad open from Bloemfontein to Cape Town. Roberts is expected to push on to Pretoria; Boers fled before Gatacre advance. London Times says France and Germany never seriously etertalned notion of intervention. All power rofuse Kruger's request. Rumors that President Steyn is willing to surrender and Free-Staters are deserting. lord Roberts sends further encouraging reports and Britons believe the w3r near an end. President Kruger, it is reported, has annexed the Orange Free State to the South African republic - The British consul at Moscow defended his country so loudly as to offend Russians and was rebuked by the czar's aid-de-camp. Emperor William assured the Transvaal government he would gladly assist in mediation If Great Britain would consent. Sandar, March 1ft. London papers believe Maf eking has been relieved by Plummer. Boers were .shelling it on March 10. ) Free-Staters laying down arms; 1.SÖ0 surrendered at Edenburg to Fole-Ca-rew; hundreds signed pledge of peace. Basuto border cleared of Boers; latter hold position at niggarsberg. Many protests against breaking up of pro-Doer meetings In Ixndon. Boers estimate their casualties at 4,251 up to the siege of Ladysmith. Secretary Reitz expects outside aid. (Jaticre crossed the Bethulie. Railway to Pitsand restored. Itanked 23,OoO.f0 Teat of Lot. The annual drive mtetiug of the Menominee River Loom company was held at Marinette. Wis.. Friday. The driving of the different streams was apportioned and tbe .driving and boomage barges for next season fixed. It was estimated at the meeting that 275.000.0CO feet of logs were banked along the Menominee and tributaries this winter This, with M, 000 .000 feet by rail, will make the total stock for next season over TOO.OCO OOO feet. The stray-log and drive committee were designated. Itrjan'a I"rlnl In Control. The state convention of the democrats of Rhole Island at Providence Thursday was one of the rr.jst exciting In many ycarp. The Bryan forces, represented by Mayor Greene of "WoomEocket, carried the convention. Sentiments denouncing the expansion policy, Tuerto Rican tariff, trusts and British aggression in South Africa, contained in the speech of Chairman FitzsImmoDS and in the platform, were cheered enthusiastically by those prea-ÜOt.

SMALLPOX IN THE CAPITAL.

Indian with the Brtagle Ith tfaa CoajrrrMinen. A feeling of panic reigned In the corridors of the house of representatives at Washington Tuesday when it was learned that a member of tha Osage -Indians, who have been there for several days, had smallpox. The Indians had made the room of the committee on Indian affairs their headquarters, and when Chairman Sherman was advised of the situation he bundled the whole lot outside and had them sent to the pesthouse. They were not all at the capitol at the time, and the police were at ence set to work to round up the strolling visitors and get them off to the pesthouse. Th; necessary fumigation was made and no serious results are feared from the exposure to contagion. Fot a Longfellow Sttn. A public meeting of the Longfellow National Memorial association in Washington Friday afternoon was a great success. President McKinley, with several members of the cabinet, occupied boxes, and a brilliant audi ence completely filled the theater. The principal speakers were Senator Depew, Secretary Long and Rear Admiral Stewart. John Evans, 12 years old, a rca of Capt. Michael P. Evans of the bureau cf identification of the Chicago police department, was accidentally shot and killed Friday afternoon by his brother Emmet, who is 14 years old. The accident, which occurred at the family residence. No. 3545 Princeton avenue, Is the third of the kind to happen in Chicago within a week as the result of the careless handling of pistols by boys. Moiify for Delrolfa Co'nnm. Three hundred persons attended the mass meeting rt Detroit Wednesday night to raise funds by subscription to pay for the Stanford White Doric column and peristyle to be erected in the city. The subscriptions aggregated 1300,000, and it is regarded as a fair start toward the $1,000.000 estimated cost of the memorial. The highest individual subscriptions, $25,000, were made by the following: Senator James McMillan. Gen. U. A. Alger. Col. Frank J. ! lecker. C. L. Freer, D. M. Ferry and James E. Scripps, who offered to double his subscription, if necessary, to insure the success of the undertaking. Sold to Iii Leal Iter 1'rnt. It is reported here the tannery belonging to the N. R. Allen's Sons at Kenosha, Wis., has been sold to the leather trust. The consideration is said to have been $l.000;000. MACERSFONTEIN. illustration, arc cf the rudest description. A few of them have rough wooden crosses, but as a rule they are distinguishable only by a heap of earth marked out by small pieces of rock. A great number of the Black "Watch who f ill were buried side by side, and the words "Black Watch" were spelled out on the long grave with white stones. Trie Hard to Kill Hlinir. Charles D. Minis of New York attempted to end his life at the Suerman house In Chicago Tuesday afternoon by cutting bis throat with a razor, and stabbing himself three times In the region of the heart with a penknife. The wounds are not deep enough to inflict serious Injury, and physicians at the county hospital say Mims will be out of the hospital in a week. IV III Sail on Itoyal Tacht. The queen will sail from Holyhead for Kingstown, Ireland, on the royal yacht Victoria and Albert ou April 4. The yacht will be escorted to Kingstows by the cruisers Australia and Galatea. Her majesty will start for Windsor on her return trip on April ?i Millionaire of 73 Tear to WmI. A marriage license was issued Thürs day to Alba Webster, aged 72, of Los Angeles, and Mr6. Maria E. Martin, 41, of Hammond, Wis. Webster is a mil lionaire of Wisconsin, who spends his winters in Los Angeles, where he owns considerable real estate. Orerall Factory Horn. The C. B. Cones, Son & Co.'s overall factory in Indianapolis was destroyed by fire Wednesday night with a loss estimated at $75.000. One of the walls of the factory fell, and five firemen were caught and btdly Injured, none sc-rlously, however. Kseliemeol at Theatnr. The attempt of a traveling company to present "Sapbo" at the Academy of Music In Kalamazoo, Mich., Tuesday night, was attended by scenes of tu mult- and - excitement. At a council meeting Monday night the. aldermen voted to suppress the play. The man agement. however, ran up the curtain to a packed house. The chief of police ordered the curtain run down. No one responding, he ran it down himself Twice the manager ran up the curtain. Finally the chief of police ordered the crowd to disperse. . Claim Ialr XYmm Mnrilerot. After an investigation, which has been going on quietly, for almost two months, it is believed that evidence has been secured which proves beyond a doubt that William F. Daisy, the Philadelphia salesman who died In the West Pennsylvania hospital of Pittsburg on Jan. 28, did not die of uraemia, as was stated by the doctor's certificate of death, but that he was the victim of a fiendish plot, and that be wa foully murdered

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in Puerto Rico Tariff Bill in the Senate. GOLD BILL IS AGREED ON. Fuerto Kloo Still Kn;a;ea Attention In Ilottt tloua Station auct Allen Continue to Treat Antl-Jtrltiuli Kuqulrie In the Venule, TnJar, March 13. In the senate personal explanUlons were made by Mr. Allen and Mr. Rutlt-r of their positions on the financial question, both announcing their belief i:i the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of IG to 1. Mr. Turner began an extended speech on the Puerto Rico bill, maintaining that thepending measure is clearly unconstitutional. The house passed the conference report on the currency reform bill by a vote of 106 to 120. The report had previously Leen accepted by the senate. WdiieUj, March 1 t. In the senate two speeches on the Philippine question consumed the day. Mr. Teller maintained that the constitution could not extend over territory acquired by the t.'niteJ ?t ites. Mr. Turner took a view precisely opposite. In the house the District of Columbia appropriation bill 'as taken up. and under the latitude allowed Mr. Adamson (Ga.) discussed the Nicaragua canal, Mr. Cowherd (Mo.) t'ao Philippine guestion, Mr. Howard (Cla.) questions relating to the Philippines and the "open door" policy in the orient. Mr. Rucker (Mo.) the advisability of electing senators by the people, and Mr. Boufe'l illl.) replied to Mr. Cowherd. A resolution setting aside alternate Fridays for the consideration of private bills rcportej by the war claims committee was adopted. Bills were passed to settle thetltle to real estate in the city of Santa Fe, N. M., and lor the relief of Thomas Paul. Thnr!aj, Mar Ii IT. The senate devoted most cf the day to discussion of the J2.t-00.000 Puerto Kico appropriation bill. Heard Mr. "Wellington in opposition to the seating of Mr. Quay. When Mr. Penrose asked to have time set for a vote on the Quay case Mr. tialliiger said he desired to speak on the subject. Mr. Penrose said the New Hampshire man had told him he did not wish to speak thereon, and Mr. tlaliinger replied by passing the lie direct. The proposition to fix a time for a vote was postponed one day. 'flu house passed the District of Columbia appropriation bill carrying $6.008.378. and also a bill granting the . abandoned Fort . Hays military reservation to the state of Kansas for experimental station anil normal eHioo! purposes. r ritlar, 1:ir-li t C. S The senate pissod the $2aVi.,00 Puerto Rica 11. appropriation bill without division. Agreed to take up the Quay case Tuesday. April 3, and to discuss it until disposed of. the dis.-ussicm not to interfere with the unfinished business, the Spooner bill authorizing the. president to govern the Piiilippin :s until otherwise directed, the appropriation bills or conference reports. Voted to adjourn to Monday. March 19. In the house this was the first private bill day tinder the now rule. About two hours were spent in the discussion of a bill to pay Representative Swanson $1,7C!) for extra expenses incurred by him in his contest in the last congress, but the bill was ultimately abandoned. Sfc bills or minor importance were parsed. Saturday. March IT. Senate not in session. House members pronounced eulogies upon the late Monroe U Hay ward, senator-elect from Nebraska, who died before taking the oath of office. No other business of importance was transacted. Itniwii Democrat Kea'tf for CoiquMt, At a conference of a number of leaders in the Drown democratic faction to determine the future of the politicil crowd known as the anti-Cicebsd democratic organization, it was unanimously agieed that the state central committee of the Brown democrats should assemble as soon as possible and make arrangements for a stats convention for the purpose of electing delegates to the national-convention at Kansas City July 4. Crashing Itlow to Fnljn.t. The Cologne Gazette announces that the czar has abolished the rule which provided that district governors of Finland 6hould take a special oath on entering the Russian state service. This oath was framed on the status of Finland as a grand duchy, and its abolition has crushiny impressed the Finns. KI1I ;irl anl Hlmaelf. Morris (Joldfus shot Jennie IJ33 three times Saturday night in Chicago. Having thus killed her, he then killed himself. Though a married man, ht was jralous of the attentions paid Jennie by a boy of her own age. Cotkfthlrratila Iraaae f Ilm Navy. Two battle-ships, three armored cruisers and three protected cruisers have been agreed upon by the house committee on naval affairs as the increase to the navy to ba authorized by the naval appropriation bill. It was agreed also that the secretary should be allowed to contract for armor plate, at 9545 a ton, to complete the ships now needing armor, estimated at 7,403 tons, thus deciding against construction on government account. Will Oppose I'rolilMrlnn. ' The Frankfurter Zeitung's corregpondeit has telegraphed his paper that the government wil firmly oppose all icasures tending to prohibit the importation of meat into Uermaay. This fact has canned m'.h bitterness among the agrarians. Italian Kmlcrant Bureau. It Is announced that Marquis Kmilio Vlscontl-Venosta, the Italian minister of foreign affairs, Is preparing a plan to establish a bureau at New York tor the benefit of Italian emigrants.

THREE SISTEHS BEAR TWINS. Tib HitiijtW Birth Or cor "Within ThW 1 1 Mir. Three j-IstPis at M-ndham. a village near Newark, N. J., within about three hours Thursday night were safely delivered of healthy twins. Mrs. J. V. Garrahrant gave birth about 8 o'clock to two boys. An hoar later two tiny boys put in an appearance at the home of her sister, Mrs. Charles Freeman, aud soon afte r a third sister. Mrs. Frederick Gufrin, prorated her husband with twin sirls. In due course the.r will be a sextupl? christening, with ceremonies worthy of an event so unusual.

Dt-alinsr in Op lun : Waer. The Supreme court of Ni braska has decided that dealing in options in the Chicago board of tract- was a wagering transaction, and no suit for recovery of losses could be maintained. The case came up from Dixou county, where a grain buyer, who was dealing iu options, induced a Chicago brokerage firm to carry him for $1,400. H: did not pay. and r-u:t to recover wa; brought. The court holds that contracts for future delivery of grain where no grain is transferred or intended to be delivered are against public policy, gambling, void aud non-en-forcable. llrownloT Faction Vt In. The Tennessee state republican executive committee met Tuesday and was controlled by th Congressman Brownlow faction. Pension Commissioner Evans no longer carries the Tennesse2 republican party in his vest pocket. The Urnwnlow men have absolute control of the situation, and will dominate the state convention, to be held in Nashville April 1?. though tlu Kvans men will make a desperate fight for supremacy. licet Düri a Snici I. The body of Duel Davis, son cf the former superintendent of schools of Oshkosh, Winona and Topeka, was fished out of the Fox river at Oshkosh Tuesday. The young man left home Sunday night, and Monday noon his parents received a letter telling them that he feared his mind was breaking down under study and that he chose suicide in preference to death. Deceased was 17 years old. Filipino ltndl( Condemned. The military commission appointed to try the L3drone leaders. Morales and Gonzales, who were accused of murdering Filipinos, has found the prisoners guilty and sentenced them to be hanged on March 30 near Hayamlang. This action is intended to supp.ess outrages by bands of outlaws, but as the Insurgents have some sixty American prisoners in th'jlr hands, thev may retaliate. IVof. Wnrrcer Kt(n. At the meeting of the board of regents of the University of Michigan Wednesday, Prof. Dean C. Worcester, who has been appointed to the new Philippine commission, tendered his resignation as a member of the university faculty. This action on the part of Prof. Worcester is taken to rneau that, he will never return to the university or to his profession of teaching. It at th Az of 11(. Fanny White died in the Home fci Friendless Negro Women at Knoxville, Ttnn., Sunday. The certified records show her age as 119. She was a daughter of a Cherokee Indian chief In North Carolina, and left the tribe when the westward movement of the race began. She claimed to have been a servant In the family of Andy Johnson when he was a child. Ilarkley HI" HankmptrT retltlon. Gen. James 11. Rarkley and daughter, Mrs. Cora R. I-ax. composing the firm of Barkley & furniture dialers of Springfield. 111., which failed a year ago, have filed a petition in bankruptcy. The liabilities are placed at $13.000, with no assets. Gen. Barkley also filed a personal petition, in which his liabilities are placed at $3,600; assets, $1,700. Throat ItU Itra.t Into a Saw. James M. Kersey of Paulding, an employe of the Paulding Lumber company at Delpbos, Ohio, mounted the table of a buzz saw, and. In the presence of one of the proprietors of the mill, thrust his head against the rapidly revolving saw. His head was literally cleft in twain, and death was instantaneous. Kersey was a civil war veteran. i; tUlon of Tliue for French Trfa. The French ambassador and Mr. Kasson, the special reciprocity plenipotentiary of the United States, were in conference Friday In regard to the proposed extension of the French reciprocity tieaty. If the agreement to extend the time for the exchange for ratification is not made before March 24 the treaty will fall. The joint conference of miners and operators of the Massillon district adjourned late FriJay night at Masslllon, Ohio, without having reached an agreemeat. The operators refused lo make any concessions to the demands of the miners. Iowa to Tax Krea i'onifiaulei. The Iowa senate on Thursday passed a bill, based upon the Indiana and Ohio statutes, providing for taxation of tha capital stork and surplus of express companies, according to the proportion of mileage in Iowa to the mileage of the entire system. Only three votes were recorded against the measure, although it had met with much opposition. Similar bills for the taxation of telephones, telegraph, sleeping-car an! railway-equipment companies are special orders for next Tuesday. Klentiwnt tivr III Keeper. On Fridar Mac, a big African elephant at the winter quarters of the Sells-Forepau?h circus, in Calumbus, Oaio, made a savage attack upoa Bam Brown, a colored employe, and f.ital!y crushed him with his tusk, llrown probed Mac with a pitchfork once too often. Cli Id Uilnk (arttoile Ald. The year and a half old son of Mr. and Mrs. De Kochet of Toledo, Ohio, died Wednesday from the effects o! c'rinklnic carbolic ncid from a botila.

Spring Humors of the Blood Come to a certain jh r. n:.;pe of all the peopk. Probably 75 per cent, of these people are cured every year by Hood'i .?araparilia, and we Lope by th? advertisement to get the ether -5 per cent, to take Ho'mI's Snr-apirilla. It has made mere people- well, eneetenl more wonderful cures tl,;irj any other medicine a tb world. Its f-trenglh as a blood purifier is tl ri.i:.-tr::ted by its marvelous cures f Scrofula Salt Rheum Scald Head Bolls, Pimples All kinds of Humor Psoriasis Blood Poisoning Rheumatism Catarrh Malaria, Etc. All of which are provaN id :tt this season. You need Hood's J-ar.-aparilla now. It will do you wondcrf:;! ;:".'d. Hood's Sai'szsparHSa Is America's Greatest lilood Medicine, Coo'. Hut Not Co'lrcted, "Yes," said the man, after t!ie nitroglycerin explosion hail s.-aiter.-d ih-t remains of the w.ill-sho der over a large section of tl;1 pi tr.:ieuri region. "Doyle always was a .od one. I've -em him rattle over a atony road with a load of glycerin with no more can than if It had been 1 load of hay.' "Well." said the ooron r. sadly, lia he thought of an escaped f my have been cool, but he r.c-viT will lcollected." Harle m Life.

, Hft-m C.mnot II C or-l OT local applications as tl;-y ca.i.ot roach la dlt- ae l rrt-ioc of tfce ear. T'ere is euly t-ue to eurv deafness, und h-t is ty contitiitlouiil remedie. l"Mfne:s i rüis-d t7 a:; Infiamrt torjöit'en the mu vs ht.iric of theEustachian TrVe. When tbA t'.he is inilvne, you hae a rumt-i'.njr sjn2 or ini;x--rfe-t LoarJne. and when It 1" -ntlrely closed deafness i the result, and wdes the lufnynmatiMi can be taV-n out a?ut ibis t:h- re ter-rt to its norma! ron.lition, har'.rc rll he dtroe4 forever, nine cases o'jt of ton are caused Ly catarrh which Is notb'nif retail :nSatn-d condition of the uiuru surfaces. We will giTe One Hundred Dollar for any cae of Deafnes (cawvd by catarrh) that cannot te cured by Hall s Catarrh Cure. Son-i fr circulars, free. F. J. CK F.N EVi CO , Toledo. O. Sold by Dn Kpists. Hall'fc Family l'ilis are the best 1 lot' Torn Net. Flora Georce told me last night that he believf-'J I could break a rua"i heart with my smile. I-aura George was talking nonSense. A man's heart is not like x mirror. Weekly Telegraph. Are loa lln Allen t'oot-F.e? It Is the only cure for Swoiier.. Smarting, Ilurning. Sweating Ke' Corns and Bunions. Atk for Allen Fuot-Eaee, a powder to be shaken in: the fc hoes. At all Druggists .and Sh? Stores. 25c. Sample sent I 'RICK. Ai-drt-ss Allen S. Olmsted. IHy, N. Y. T!i rTor a 1lc 1 (trr. "Pa," said the small boy, his ey -looking lovingly at the new mch.ni.cal top, "you've show d me how ; t work it now for an hour. Let :n? try. " Answers. CttiK.lnf? !:! I foftantttptton Kiijp" Balsam will Moj the coti. -. at ouee. fio to your dm'it to d. and j;i't a sample little free. Soid ;,; 25 ami ro cent bottles. to ut once; u. -lays are dangerous. You never know bow good ox" m .1 are until you read their obituaries. t X X t X A KNOCK OUT Thre is more tHsatnl'.ty and bei 2leM!s from LUMBAGO than any eihcr tuusru'ar ailment, but St. Jacobs Oil has found it the rheie and romjtrt t'j cure of a n- form , LAME BACK 444 Planning to Paper This Spring? U-it :i y. ILfULV T. fori yotr H V y rv w.int of HEALTH SELECT WALL PAPER. W rmrry Al.t. Q ltl ( tx yr. !" 2'i V' K) j ' - r'll !m tr t)r.ri.i"WlJ"l ca ku (ai urv kr' ru jctA i I- t',". khli''. A 4 m pf 'I thfm ff' i. t i. ) 0 rriHai. Our Spring Catalogue f 1 .oor rv. ni"I. in AM t.l (lORk, III bc of !V. shirk ft LVfRtf MT, Ut AR ..vi VSX. IUW1.W JOHN M. &HVTH C0HrAY. lint t li est Md S'.; Ortar t. ihU No. . 1 1 CttlcAOf. ILL. v: 1 4." . - A , Id 2 ry n The Peit SLICKER Saddla Coat Ksets both rUerasl tndJie per fectly dr In the hardest storms. Substitut- Will Jisappolnt Ask fur i87 Fish Bran4 I'ornmet SlWWer it is entirety new. If not for (ule In you town, write feir caulosrue to 2 at

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