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Canadians are dow advocating the policy of makiug improvements for Canada only, and putting a stop to public work in the interest of Ameri­ can capitalists. At New York Secretary of the Treas­ ury Shaw personally observed the in­ spection of trunks by customs inspec­ tors, being unrecognized by them. A panic was started in the Hotel Endicott on Columbus avenue, New York, by alarm of fire. The flames were put out by hand extinguishers. Lyman E. Cooley, in address before the Iroquois club at Chicago, said the canal problem could be solved by American colonization of Nicaragua. Two French inventors have devised a contrivance by which firemen may breathe in foul air. The sixty-fifth birthday of Bernard Cavanaugh, the oldest conductor on *-the Chicago and Northwestern rail- / road, was celebrated at Union league I1' club, Chicago. He has been on the |^r road forty years. Private Pepke, the defendant In the famous Philippine fourteen diamond g|; .. rings case is endeavoring to secure |10,000 damages from the government through congressional action. C. M. Stanton, general manager of the Jacksonville and St. Louis, is criti­ cally ill at Citronville, Ala. He is Buffering from rheumatic fever. A corps of Chicago and Alton en­ gineers is busy surveying a line from Woodson east to Springfield. It is said that the Alton intends building be­ tween these two points at once. Officials of the Southern railway an­ nounce that all Southern railway trains are now running on regular schedule, damages caused by high water having been repaired. The Omaha, Kansas and Gulf road has been chartered in the Indian Ter­ ritory to build a line from Wichita, Kas,, through Pawhuska, in the Osage nation and Stapulpa, in the Creek na­ tion, to South McAlester, in the Choc­ taw nation, a distance of 225 miles. The National Congress of French Miners, by a vote of 105 to 98, adopted a resolution to postpone a general strike. Captain Casati, the African explorer, is dead at Rome, Italy. Kip Holton was hanged at Van Bu- reh, Ark., for the murder of his wife last September at Lancaster, Ark. (David Grady, aged 53, of Orleans, Ind., a civil war veteran, committed suicide at Vlncennes, Ind., by taking morphine. The foreign residents of Kobe, Japan, have decided to refuse payment of the new taxation on property, as a violation of treaties, until the ques­ tion is definitely settled between the powers and Japan. President Loubet will start for Rus­ sia on his visit to the Czar on May 17 M. Delcasse, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, will accompany him. Two irregulars, who were convicted by a court-martial of shooting a Boer after he had surrendered, were shot at Pretoria. Osman Pasha, a son of the famous Kurdish chief Bedrahan Pasha, whose trial on the charge of high treason be­ gan in Constantinople Feb 20 behind closed doors, has been sentenced to death, but the sentence will be com­ muted to perpetual Imprisonment. General Nazmi Pasha, a son-in-law of the former grand vizier, All Pasha, has been arrested. Lorenzo Lantz, 16 years old, who re­ sides on the Traster farmirear War­ saw, Ind., was thrown under the wheels of a Baltimore and Ohio through freight and decapitated. Mrs. Mary Walsh, an aged woman, was burned to death in her cottage near the railroad depot at San Rafael, Cal. The fire Is supposed to have been of incendiary origin. Rev. Mr. Bauserman of Maltland, Mo., who has been holding revivals in the Christian church at White Cloud, Kan., Buffered a paralytic stroke while delivering a sermon and had to be car­ ried from the Dulpit. Dr. Van Naainen Van Femnes, pres­ ident of the First Chamber of the States General, is dead. Minnesota G. A. R. convention at Minneapolis vot£d down a resolution censuring Pension Commissioner Evans, but adopted one arraigning the department for its policy. Luke Sanders, colored, was hanged at Marion, Ala., for the murder of Ro&d Overseer Mulllns last April. / The storehouse of the Southern Pa­ cific railway at Glidden, Tex., was burned with a large quantity oC stores. Loss, estimated at $12,000. Fireman Albert Johnson was killed Mar Mexico. Mo., in a collision be­ tween two Chicago and Alton engines. Louis C. Witnaup, a Denver pension attorney, has been sentenced to five yetilrs In the Leavenworth penitentiary tor forging signatures to pension B. B. Magill of Chicago who two yaars ago received a franchise for an electric railway between De Kalb and "Sycamore, 111., has sold his rights to John Stewart of Elburn and Mr. Ull- man of St. Charles, Illv who expect to MM the- line at once. Tha President has signed tin Philip plna tariff bill. At the request of the resident clergy of The Hague, Stanford Newel, United States minister to the Netherlands, un­ veiled the window in the Anglican church presented by the Mayor of New York as a memorial of the work ac complished by The Hague peace com- ference. General Chakir Pacha, a brother of the late grand vizier, who was recent­ ly arrested by order of the sultan, and the other officers taken into custody with him, have been liberated. It is said the Russian General Grib- ski, who was responsible for the mas­ sacre at Blagovestchensk, has been dismissed from the army. Cholera has broken out at Mecca. The date of the Kansas G. A. R. en­ campment at Fort Scott has been changed from April 29 to May 20. Fred Pressly, a vorkman at stone quarry at Carthage, Mo., was crushed to death by a load of stone. George A. Williams, mayor of Ida Grove, la., is dead. Mr. Williams had been engaged In journalism for thirty years. A disastrous fire at Chickasha, I. T., Friday, burned out four stores, with their goods, and one large brick block in course of construction. The loss is is $20,000. The Georgia-Tennessee Development company, capital $600,000, has applied for a charter in Catoosa county, Ga., George L Root, of Peoria, 111., is among the incorporators. Robert Perry, a 15-year-old negro, was convicted at Birmingham, Ala., for killing Joshua Williams, a 16-year- old white boy, Christmas night last. The jury imposed a sentence of fifty years in the penitentiary. Owing to the closing of saloons in Linn Creek, Mo., the town has no rev­ enue with which to pay the marshal, and he has resigned. The third annual convention of the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way association will be held at the Auditorium hotel, Chi­ cago, March 18 to 20. Harvard university nas extended a call to Professor Charles H. Haskins of Wisconsin university to become a full professor of history at Harvard. Martin J. Lynch, superintendent of the construction of the locks in the Warrior river, was run over by a dummy engine at Tuskaloosa, Ala., and instantly killed. The battalion of United States ma­ rines which made the hazardous march across the island of Samar has arrived at Cavite. An explosion in the stack of the Carp River furnace near Marquette, Mich., came near resulting in the de­ struction of the plant by fire. One man was seriously burneu. Japan has arranged to get Its sup­ plies of railroad steel from steel works at Pueblo, Colo. At St. Paul, Minn., representatives ol the independent country elevators of the Northwest organized the North­ western Co-operative Commission com­ pany with a capital' of $1,500,000, and offices will be opened in Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Duiuth, Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas City. Privy Councillor Kirchner an- neunced before the budget committee at Berlin that a sure means had been discovered to render cattle immune from the foot and mouth disease. Dr. Scholtz, the principal witness against Princess Radziwill, charged with forgery in connection with notes purporting to have been signed by Ce­ cil Rhodes, died at Cape 'iown of pneumonia. Harvey S. Cunningham, aged 72, the oldest and most prominent citizen of Victoria, Texas, is dead. He had been in business at Victoria for more than sixty years. At Zanesville, O., the jury in the breach of promise suit of Miss Loretta Roberts against James E. Starkey, county auditor, has returned a verdict for the plaintiff of $13,250. George Duvall and Marion Bell, em- fflCyes of the Colorado Telephone com­ pany, who were supposed to have been lost in a snowslide between Ironton and Red Mountain, have arrived at their homes in Silverton. Col. Frank M. Smith of Springfield, O., and George L. Cunningham, traveling salesman for a music house in Urbana, O., were killed while driving near Hagenbauch station, being struck by a fast pasesnger train. Between 300 and 400 employes ol the four leading trunk and bag fac­ tories of St. Louis are on a strike be­ cause of a cut in wages which the men declare is intended as an attempt to disrupt their union. Nearly 1,800 painters of Pittsburg and Allegheny struck yesterday for an eight-hour day and 45 centb an hour, an advance of 10 cents. The majority oi the master painters say they will not sign the new scale. Bishop Fitzgerald of St. Louis, Mo., will preside over the annual session pt the Troy conference of the M. E. church at Saratoga, N. Y., beginning April 10. The correspondent of the - London Standard says that Mr. Steyn and General De Wet have passed tne Natal line, and, it is reported, are conferring i with General Botha in the Utrecht dis­ trict. Prohibition carried in Mitchell coun­ ty, Tex., by a small majority. The high school building at Con­ verse, Ind., was destroyed by fire. Loss, $15,000. Bennett Gregory of English, Ind., was killed by a dredgeboat His head was caught between two arms of a beam and crushed. The budget committee of the reich- stag has cut 23,500,000 marks from the government's estimates. This cut in­ cludes 10,500,000 marks from the army and 4,200,000 marks from the naval es­ timate. Dr. A. H. Blackman, a prominent phyBician ot Oamden, Ark., la dead. The residence of J. s. Telfare at Innls, Tex., was burned. Loss, $6,000. The president of the supreme court of Panama, Senor Guizado, adminis­ tered the oath of office to General Salazar, the new governor of the isth­ mus. At St Joseph, Mo., Judge Phillip* fined John E. Madinger, a prominent stockman, $200 an# costs for shooting at a rural route mail box. Safeblowers dynamited the postof- fice safe at Westervillfr, O., and made away with $1,204 worth of stamps and several hundred Tiollars in money. Business Transacted by the House and Senate in the National Capital. APPROPRIATION BILLS IN HAND Time of Both House* Taken Up with HtworM for Disposing of lli* Cash on Hand--Senator H*BU Afga« for the Shipping Subsidy. Tnesday, March 4> The ship subsidy. bill was further discussed in the Senate by Mr. Frye. His remarks were principally directed to the Republican Senators, and he gave further expression to his views that the subsidy bill was a logical response to the demands and principles of the Republican party, and that in its preparation he had obviated £he ob­ jections entertained by Senators friendly to the measure. No other Sen­ ator desiring to speak, the bill was laid aside and a number of minor bills were passed, including one appropriat­ ing $3,500 to construct a lighthouse keeper's dwelling at Calumet Harbor, Lake Michigan, Illinois, and another authorizing the erection of buildings by the international committee of the Young Men's Christian Associations on military reservations of the United, States. The House spent another day in dis­ cussion of the bill to classify the rural free delivery service and place the car­ riers under the contract system. No vote was reached. The fate of the bill is in doubt, although the impression prevailed that it will be defeated. The speakers were Messrs. Smith (Dem., Ky.), Gardner (N. J.) and Williams (Miss.), in favor, and Messrs. Landis (Ind.), Maddox (Ga.) and Hill (Conn.) against the measure. Before debate began the conference report on the Philippine tariff bill was adopted. The vote was on party lines, except that Messrs. McCall (Mass.), Littlefield (Me.) and Heatwole (Minn.) voted with the Democrats against adopting the report Wednesday, March 5. It appears likely now that the Sen­ ate will reach a vote on the pending shipping bill one week from next Mon­ day. When Senator Frye, in charge of the measure, endeavored to secure an agreement for the time of taking a vote that date was mentioned as being sat­ isfactory to the minority members of the commerce committee. Senator Clay (Ga.) addressed the Senate in op­ position to the bill, especially on Its general subsidy feature, and had not concluded when the Senate adjourned. Early in the session the Senate passed the legislative executive and judicial appropriation bill, the second of the big supply measures to be acted on at this session. The House continued the debate on the bill to classify the rural free de­ livery service, but without action ad­ journed early out of respect to the memory of Representative Polk of the Seventeenth Pennsylvania district, whose death occurred suddenly at Phil­ adelphia Tuesday night. Messrs. Sims (Tenn.) and Smith (111.) spoke in fa­ vor of the bill and Messrs. Underwdod (Ala.), Sperry (Conn.), Foster (Vt.), Gaines (Tenn.) and H. C. Smith (Mich.) against it. The conference re­ port on the pension appropriation bill was agreed to. Thursday, March 6. Senator Hanna as the champion of the pending shipping bill was the fea­ ture of the day in the Senate. He urged its passage both from a patriotic stand­ point and as a measure in behalf of American labor. Speaking as an American business man he marshaled his arguments in a masterly manner, and throughout used forceful and elo- Quent language. Such was the impres­ sion he made that many of his col­ leagues congratulated him when he had ended. Mr. Hanna said: ' "Ninety-five per cent of the cost of a ship built In ^American shipyards or in any ship­ yard is purely labor. The cost of the construction of a ship in the United States as against that in either Eng­ land, Germany or France, simply measures the difference of wages and the efficiency of American labor." Be­ fore consideration of the bill was re­ sumed there was an extended debate on the measure providing for the pro­ tection of the President of the United States. Mr. Bacon took the ground that in its present shape the bill was an invasion of the jurisdiction of the states and that it ought to be amended radically. Mr. Patterson, while he agreed to the general propositions of the bill, urged that it ought not to pass n its present form. No action was taken. The House continued the considera­ tion of the bill to classify the rural free delivery service and place the carriers under the contract system. Mr. Boutell of Illinois made a speech Robbers Overlook Bonds. Washington, Ind., dispatch: The Montgomery bank robbers <lid not se­ cure the $3,700 worth of bonds, these being found in the wreckage. Four thousand dollars in cash was carried away. la support of the measure. The ether Illinois speakers were Williams, in favor of the bill, and Graft against It. Friday, March 7. On aocount of the indisposition of Mr. Vest of Missouri and Mr. Mallory of Florida, who expected to speak on the pending ship subsidy bill, that measure was not considered by the Senate. The diplomatic and consular appropriation bill was passed, and then the Senate took up the measure for the protection of the President of the United States. Mr. Bacon of Georgia continued his speech in opposition to the bill, making an extended consti­ tutional argument against it The Senate agreed to make the bill the un­ finished business at the conclusion of consideration of the ship subsidy bill. The bill to classify the rural free delivery service and to place the car­ riers under the contract system held the floor in the House. By an amicable arrangement the bill will be consid­ ered under the five-minute rule Mon­ day. Saturday, March 8. The House on Saturday closed the general debate upon the bill to classify the rural free delivery service and place the carriers under the contract sys­ tem. Mr. Simms (Tenn.) rose to a question of privilege in connection with the adoption of the conference re­ port on the permanent census bill. He contended that the statement of the conferees with reference to section 5, which originally placed all the em­ ployes of the bureau at the time of the passage of the act under the protection of the civil service, has "misled and deceived" the House. The speaker held that as the whole subject had beefi dis­ posed of no question of privilege was presented. Later in the afternoon a resolution was introduced in the House by Mr. Hughes of West Virginia stating that it was the intention of Congress in passing an act creating census bureau to place in the classified service of the government all the em­ ployes of the census office above the grade of unskilled laborer whose names were on the rolls of the census at the date of the approval of the act The resolution further provides that this intention shall be carried out by the passage of the resolution. PltUbnrt District Miners' Scale. Pittsburg, Pa., special: There will be no strike of the coal miners in the Pittsburg district this year. The op­ erators of the district and, the miners concluded their conferences on the lo­ cal scale by adopting the scale of last year, practically in its entirety. The only changes made in the scale were technical in nature and of no general effect The 50,000 or more miners of this district will, by this agreement, continue at work without conflict. Burglar* Wreck Bank. Last week a gang of burglars wrecked the State Bank of Nemaha with dynamite, but were frightened away before they secured any plun­ der. Citizens were aroused by two ex­ plosions, and gathered at the bank, but the men had made their escape on a hand car. The outer door of the safe was blown off, and the building was considerably damaged. Bloodhounds have been put on the track of the rob­ bers. Bear Admiral Howell to Retire. Rear Admiral Howell will retire on the 16th instant Next to Admiral Dewey, he is the ranking officer of the navy. His retirement will result in the promotion of Captain A. S. Crow- ninshield, chief of the bureau of navi­ gation, to the grade of rear admiral and permit the execution of the plan to place that officer in command of the European station. Wood Ordered to Washington. Secretary Root has ordered Gov. Wood to report at Washington at his earliest convenience for the purpose of conferring with the President and the Secretary of War in regard to the nec­ essary steps to be taken for winding up the affairs of the military govern­ ment in Cuba and the establishment of the Cuban Republic. To Form New Territory. The House committee on territories decided to report the bill giving the Indian Territory a territorial form of government to be known as the Terri­ tory of Jefferson, with a legislature similar to the other territories, a gov­ ernor and a delegate to Congress. Navy Yard Transferred. The Navy Department has trans­ ferred to the military authorities in Havana the navy yard, station, and Admiralty Building at Havana, for­ merly belonging to the Spanish gov­ ernment. •Ohlleso Minister Makes m. Call ' Mrs. Roosevelt, In company with the President, formally received the new Chilean minister, «Senor Don Joaquin Walker-Martinez, and Senora Walker- Martinez at the White House. Bobbers Make Good Haul. Robbers wrecked the safe in the postoffice in tne town of Marceline, Mo., with dynamite and got away with nearly all its contents, said to hare been a considerable sum. Chicago Man to Be Consul. Harvey S. Sheldon of Chicago will probably be appointed consul. at St Thomas, Ontario, to succeed Michael J. Burke. Oppose Sale of Islands. Petitions are being extensively cir­ culated in Copenhagen by the op­ ponents of the sale of the Danish West Indian islands to the United States for presentation to the rigsdag. They probably will have no effect. National Bank Charter*. The House committee on banking and currency has directed a favorable report on the Senate bill authorizing the extension of national bank char­ ters for twenty years. Groom 81, Bride 05. At Lebanon, Illinois, a marriage license was issued to the oldest ap­ plicant ever recorded in Madison coun­ ty. It was taken out ftv Andrew Lei- ling of Saline, 111., who is 81 years old. The bride is Amanda Will of St Louis. prepare for 8oelallst Disturbances. Brussels dispatch: In view of the growing agitation on the part of the socialists the war department has or­ dered a large supply of lightly loaded cartridges. Manufacturers' Meeting Postponed. It has been announced that the meeting of the National Wagon Manu­ facturers' association, which waa to have been held in Memphis during the first week in April, has been post­ poned until October. Old-Tlsss Minstrel Dead* . In a Brooklyn hospital "Neil" Bryant, another of the famous minstrels, passed away, making the fourth of the old school of burnt cork oomediana to die within three weeks. TIN WRECKED' BY BiKEN RAIL Firo Destroys Cars in Which Passengers Are Held Prisoners. MANY PERSONS ARE CREMATED Little Hope of Rescuing ThoseCaught In the Burning Mass--Engine and Tender Are Thrown Seventy-Fire Feet from the Balls. Racing at a terrific pace over rough grades to make up two and- a haft hours' lost time, the Southern Pacific train struck a broken rail near Max- on, Texas, twenty-five miles west of Sanderson, at 3 o'clock Friday morn­ ing and was destroyed. It is feared that the list Of dead may reach forty. That is the number of passengers and crew not accounted for, and survivors say when they left the wreck was burning furiously, with no hope of getting out alive any of the injured still in the debris. The fol­ lowing are known to be dead: A. L Boone, Estavon, Contraras, child of D. E. Housen of Racine, Wis., Chris Kiel, A1 Mast, W. W. Price, turee children of Mart Riddle of Che- topa, Kan., Andrew C. Shelly, wife and child, Mr. and Mrs. White of Manl- •towoc, Wis. Among the more seriously Injured are: W. R. Adams, Craig Battleman, Antonio Elrio, J. Puller, W. S. Glenn, Charles H. Hoy, Mrs. Mary Koehler, Mrs. Mitchell, George Ollenburg, Mrs. E. M. Sheppard, A. S. Turner, Mrs. Annie Wortherst In addition at least fifteen others received injuries. The road at the point where the wreck occurred is in a rough country, the curves being sharp and the grades heavy. It was when rounding a curve that the train left the track. The train was going at such a rate of speed that the tender and engine landed seventy-five feet irom where they left the rails. The cars behind piled up against the engine, caught fire and all were consumed except the sleepers. A private car owned by Thomas Ryan of New York, with his family aboard, was attached to the rear of the train, but it was pulled away be­ fore the fire reached it, and no one in it was injured. All the injured in the coaches just behind the express and baggage cars were cremated. The smoker and day coaches were crowded with wounded when the flames burst out, and very few of those Inside escaped. Those who did escape say they saw several persons pinioned in the cars, slowly burning to death. Twelve Victims of the Wreck. Officials of the Southern Pacific say that all persons on the train wrecked near Maxon, Tex., have been accounted for and that the dead number twelve, as follows: H. Bertscholst, A. L. Boonse, Estavon Contreras, infant child of O. E. Housen of Racine, Wis., Al. Mast, three children of Mart Rid­ dle, Chetopa, Kas., Mrs. A. C. Shelby and infant child, Mr. and Mrs. White t>f Manitowoc, Wis. 'EH Paso advices state that all who were injured in the wreck will recover. There" have been no new developments as to the cause of the disaster.. Bank Robbers Foiled. Liberty,Center, O., special: Over 100 shots were exchanged between the citizens of this place and a gang of robbers that were attempting to loot the Citizens' National bank. When the robbers were discovered, a watchman gave the alarm, so that many citizens were called out, but not before the rob­ bers learned of the situation and es­ caped. No one was hurt, as the shoot­ ing was at long range. Recommend Minister's Suspension. A committee of ministers which has been hearing the evidence against Ker. J. B. Wolfe at Ashland. 111., charged with immoral conduct, brought in a verdict recommending his suspension from the cuurcb. Charges of im­ morality, lying and falsifying, of high­ ly Indiscreet and improper conduct were sustained against him. Seed Potatoes Bring Good Prices. The price for seed potatoes is ad­ vancing rapidly. Less than three weeks ago potato seed stock was selling at 8^cents at loading stations. Now the holders are asking $1.25. The demand is from Southern sections. While they raise good table potatoes in the South they are compelled to come North each season for seed stock. Fire at Blooming ton. The business district of Bloomington was threatened by a blaze in the Eddy building, a large office and store struc­ ture. The firemen kept the flames con­ fined to the fourth floor. The loss will be about $30,000, well insured. By the liquor Dealers Barred. New Haven, Conn., dispatch: vote of the national council of Knights of Columbus, taken at thefr annual session here, no more mem­ bers who are liquor dealers will be paid death benefits. i Armed Bands In Macedonia. Constantinople dispatch: Consular reports received from Macedonia con­ firm the previous announcements of the appearance of armed bands In sev­ eral districts. Murray Makes Plea of Golltgr. At Chicago recently George P. Mur­ ray, who was Indicted with Alexander Sullivan in the celebrated Lynch con­ spiracy case, pleaded guilty in Judge Smith's court and was fined $500 and costs. Beoteh Philanthropist D»si James Dick, Importer of gutta percha, manufacturer of submarine cables, originator of rubber-soled shoes and philanthropist, died at jhte home In Glasgow. LINERS f ANOTHER GRAND REPORt̂ Steamer Waesland Founders After Being Struck Amidships. ONLY TWO LIVES WERE LOST Accident Occurs During Thick Fog Off the Coast of Wales--Passengers In­ fluenced to Keep Cool by Herole Work of Captains and Crews. The Belgian steamship, Waesland, which sailed from Liverpool on Wed­ nesday for Philadelphia, collided with the British steamer Harmonides Fri­ day off Holyhead, Wales, and sunk. The thirty-two saloon and eighty-two steerage passengers, together with the crew of elghty-nipe persons, were all saved but two and taken on board the Harmonides, The collision occurred in a thick fog at half-past 11 o'clock Wednesday night, when the Waesland was about forty miles southwest of Holyhead. The Harmonides struck the Waesland amldship and there was a terrible shock. Most of the Waesland's pas­ sengers had retired.for the night. Per­ fect order and discipline prevailed. The crew of the steamer rapidly turned out the passengers and succeeded In assuring them that their lives were safe. The passengers were greatly In­ fluenced by the coolness of the crew and obeyed instructions willingly and quickly. The Waesland's boats were speedily got out. and in less than half an hour the entire ship's company had been transferred to the Harmonides. Unfortunately, two lives were lost The dead are a steerage passenger named Edward Dangerfleld and a child named Elsie Emmett, the daughter of a cabin passenger. The Waesland went down in thirty- five minutes after being struck. Many accidents to shipping are re­ ported at coast points in the English Channel. The Irish mail steamer Ul­ ster grounded near Holyhead. The passengers, including the Marchioness of Ormonde and Horace Plunkett, vice president of the department of agri­ culture for Ireland, were taken ashore In a boat. The steamer St. Louis, from New York, was docked after having been detained by fog in the Solent for nine hours. The fog is general all over the United Kingdom and is a great hin­ drance to all traffic. Iowa to Assess Mine Company. Council Bluffs, la., dispatch: City Assessor Everest has included in his assessment roll the property of the Portland Mining company, whose of­ fices are in this city, but whose prop­ erty holdings are in Colorado. The Iowa code provides for taxing cor­ porations having their principal place of business within the state. The local representative of the company refused to make a statement of its taxable property and the assessor assessed the company on the basis of its al­ leged actual value of $9,000,000. The action of the city is expected to pre­ cipitate a lawsuit. Invitation to France. In Congress last week Representa­ tive Hitt introduced a resolution au­ thorizing the President to extend to the government and people of France and the family of Gbneral Rocham- beau, commander-in-chief of the French forces in America during the war of Independence, a cordial invita­ tion to unite with the government and people of the United States in a fit and appropriate dedication of the monu­ ment of General Rochambeau to be un­ veiled in Washington on May 24. An appropriation of $10,000 is proposed to defray the expenses incurred on this occasion. Fort Des Moines, In accordance with special orders the new fort at Des Moines will be known as "Fort Des Mdlnes." The christening is made at the direction of President Roosevelt, who says it Is for the purpose of perpetuating the name of the original military post es­ tablished on May 20, 1843, at the Junc­ tion of the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers by Captain James Allen's com­ pany of the First Dragoons and Cap­ tain J. R. B. Gardener's company of the First Infantry, around which grew the settlement of which the City of Des Moines is the development. Big Grain Elevator DeaL Minneapolis, Minn., dispatch: One of the largest and most important deals involving grain elevators was concluded here. By it the National Elevator company purchases from the St. Paul and Kansas City Elevator company a line of thirty-six grain elevators. They are located between Sioux Falls and Yankton, S. D.; Gar- rettson and Sioux City, Iowa, and be­ tween Jackson and O'Neill, Neb. Winner of Oklahoma Prise Dies. Hot Springs, Ark., special: James R. Wood of Law ton. Ok., who drew the first prize in the government land drawing and laid his claim over half the city of Lawton, died at Malvern, a small connection on the Hot Springs road. He had been 111 of malarial fever and was going back to his home in company with his uncle. He was on a stretcher. As the cot was being placed in the car, the train started to move. The shock to the man caused him to die from heart failure. Sampson Still Sick. There has been no change in Bear Admiral Sampson's condition for two weeks. He is able to be about the house again, but is still a sick man, and the prospects for complete re­ covery appear remote. Alfred Booth Is Dead. Alfred Booth, a prominent Chicago an, founder of the house of A. Booth & Co., is dead. He was 74 years old. The Immediate cause of his death was the hardening of ' arteries. . . . . . . 5 , . l-i&i i ... 'i^ From His Majesty's Dockyard^ Portsmouth, Knglud, Upwards of 10,ooe Me* Constantly Employed. '" " ? Some time ago the PortsmoutH.- ^ ' Times and Naval Gazette published § most thrilling and remarkable experts \ W •nee of the wife of Mr. Fredericlf, < ^ Payne, himself connected with th(K~ Portsmouth dockyard for many year^. ^ .«' \ The report produced a great sensation^- * not only in Portsmouth, but- throughe" out the country, being considered c#1*** sufficient importance for reproduction and editorial comment by the leading metropolitan and provincial press of ) England, as showing the marveloug ~ . power which St Jacobs Oil possesse#^ as a cure for Rheumatism, its applicaii*' tlon having effected a perfect cure is" the case of Mrs. Payne, after having been a helpless cripple and given. u^~ ' by several physicians. i We have now further evidence of ltg intrinsic value as a Pain Conqueror. Our readers will do well to follow th» Intelligent and highly Interesting de» tails as given in Mrs. Rabbets owm words: "To the Proprietors St Jacobs Oil-- "Gentlemen: My husband, who is ft shipwright in His Majesty's dockyard, met with an accident to his ankle an4 - leg, spraining both so badly that hi*.- leg turned black from his knee to hl4 ~ toes. The doctor said it would be months before he could put his foot to - the ground, and it was doubtful whether he would ever get proper use of his leg again. "A few days after the accident I had a book left at the door telling about St. Jacob's Oil, so I procured a bottle from our chemist, Mr. Arthur Creswell, 379 Commercial Road. I began to use Bt Jacob's Oil, and you may guess my , surprise when in about another week from that date my husband could not only stand, but could even walk about. and in three weeks from the time 1 first used the Oil my husband waa back at work, and everybody talking about his wonderful recovery. This la • not all. Seeing what St. Jacob's Oil could do gave <ae faith in your Vogel- er"s Curative Compound, also favora­ bly mentioned in the book left at my house. I determined to try the com­ pound on my little girl, who was suf­ fering from a dreadful skin disease, the treatment of which has cost ma large sums of money in going from one doctor to another with her, all to no purpose. She has taken two bottles of Vo- ' geler's Curative Compound, and one , would now hardly take her for th» same child. Her skin has such a nlca healthy color after the sallow look she has always had. I shall never cease to be thankful for the immense benefit we have de­ rived from these two great remedlea I of yours. I think it a duty to recom­ mend these medicines now I have proved their value. (Signed.) "Elizabeth S. Rabbets, "93 Grafton Street, Mile End, "Landport, Portsmouth, England." A liberal free sample of Vogeler's Com­ pound will be sent by addressing St Jacob's Oil, Ltd., Baltimore. The above honest, straightforward statement of Mrs. Rabbets evidence is ) stronger and far more convincing than pages of paid advertisements, which, though In themselves attractive, yet lack that convincing proof which Mrg. Rabbets' description of her own expe­ rience supplies. St. Jacob's Oil has a larger sale throughout the world «than that of all other remedies for outward " application combined, and this can only be accounted for from the fact of ita superiority over all others. Prof. Mommsen a Pessimists Prof. Mommsen sees no prospect for the improvement of humanity in the twentieth century based on its his­ tory in its first year. The historian says: "If you have had any hopes of the progress of mankind in the new century I envy you. I have none. In- j, deed, I find it rather backsliding. Per­ haps if a new world would arrive to supplant the ancient one humanity may be bettered; but this, too, Ijthink extremely doubtful." How's ThlsT We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for any ease of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. , , ^ F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, a We, the undersigned, have known P. J. Cheney for tho lust 15 years and believe him perfectly honorable In all business transaction* and llnancially able to carry out any obliga­ tions made by Ibelr firm. West oo TIUUA , Wholesale Druggists, Tc.c-o, Ol; Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. nail s Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act­ ing directly upon the blood and mucous surfaoea of the system. Testimonials sent freft Prloe Vie per bottle. Sold by all druggists, Hall's Family Pills are the best. Proposed Honor for Gen. Wallaee. Congress will soon be called upon to consider a proposition for the erec­ tion of a monument to Gen. Lew Wal­ lace and the troop with whom he de­ fended Washington during the Civil War. The suggestion has been made that Senator Fairbanks of Indiana take charge of tne matter. 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