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£& < - rj-; ̂ - i r' '< L*s 1 *•„ -/•• ^ _ _ _ _ _ _ r S^C^i#SF^' <? I ,, V N71- Vv ,% +VCV*% r * V\ - >< » ,^V , "it4l ' ^ 5 >**> *v * ' • »-'v , i%;:-i. Vt^'" '^'"••^•T : vJ':^V<\^v'!r t* ., V"' ^ * 4 \ *- } * -I--"$<** JF »fc "V ^ «• * % 6- ^ \ , '•'* £ Jfc / fy, H V J * j * * .̂ K -ut ? t r i. THE MCHENRY PLAIKDEAUR *.c#;- McHENRT PLAINDSALS2R GO. IfecHENRT. -L - ILLINOIS. f$v- • iNP KWS OF THE WORLD PaTtltcat, Domwtlc tit# Ftwlp Happenings of Miner Important* Told In Paragraphs. Ektmflfoe maneuvers for the tor iedo fleet as well as several of the hiew submarine craft of the navy will take place off Newport, R. I., in the iiprlng. „ Mrs. Kate Gtnder, aged 65, of Web- ; liter City, la., has committed suicide fcy hanging. Despondency brought on the deed. She used a fly net fastened a corn shelter. A deal has been consummated Whereby a syndicate of eastern capi­ talists. headed by W. F. Sbeehan of Mew York, has acquired control of the Louisville Electric Light Company and the Citizens' General Electric Com­ pany, controlling nearly all the elec­ tric-lighting contracts in Louisville, Ky. Nearly $1,000,000 is involved. Col. W. C. Hartridge. a lawyer of Savannah, Ga., has left for Hong Kong •nd the Caroline islands to look after Che estate of Captain David O'Keefe. known as "King O'Keefe of Yap." ^Twenty-five years ago O'Keefe was wrecked on Yap, an island of the Caro­ line group, and became chief of the •atives. He is supposed to have left «n estate of $2,000,000. After thirty years of litigation W. A. Brown and his daughter. Miss Mar­ lon Estey Brown of Boston, have won their suit against the estate of George N. Fletcher and have been awarded $394,000 in cash uid title to timber lands at Thunder Bay, Mich., now partly occupied by the city of Alpena. The defendants were Frank Fletcher, regent of Ann Arbor university; Al­ lan M. Fletcher, mayor of Alpena, and Mrs. Grace Fletcher King. According to a telegram from Kieff A widespread and well-organized sedi­ tious movement against the govern­ ment and against capitalism has been discovered in south Russian labor cir­ cles, and it is rumored that three in­ dustrial ares will be placed under Martial law. Miles Johnson, colored, was hanged «t Augusta, Ga., for assaulting a white Woman. :, Former Secretary of the Navy John II. Long is reported to show continued Improvement at Boston, and hopes are now expressed of his complete re­ covery. The Missouri Supreme court at St. Jbouis has ordered the bondsmen of (the fugitive boodler, Charles Kratz, to jpay into the school fund $200,000, the •mount of the bond. # • Steve Clark, white, and Will-Gatlin, Colored, were hanged at Poplar Bluff, * -Ho., Clark for murder of his be- {frothed in June, 1901, while Gatlin had ^Killed a negro. Oflicers of the Missouri, Kansas & Vexas railroad have granted the de­ mands of the conductors and train­ men for an advance of 15 per cent in wages for freight and 12 per cent for passenger men. Similar action is ex­ pected by other Gould roads. At Liberty, N. Y., the H. J. Series flfc Co.'s general store burned. The "lioss was $50,000. ; An entire business block at Scotts- tmrg, Ind., was destroyed. The loss p ~|p about $40,000. Col. G. R. Stormont has been ap- ' V pointed commandant' of the Indiana Soldiers' home at Lafayette. At the coal investigation at Topeka ; * |fc developed that the average Kansas miner earns only $350 per year, rr , Dr. J. L. M. Curry, former ambassa­ dor to Spain and head of the Peabody V .fund, is critically ill at A6heville, N. C. Former Senator Frank J. Cannon : lies critically ill at Salt Lake, where underwent an operation for acute Appendicitis y Charles F. Tenney, for many years -•Connected with the postofflce service lit Sioux City, Iowa, was arrested, Charged with robbing the mails. : Street car service was suspended In Montreal and employes say they frill not return to work until their de I?:;; > .'pjands for more wages, shorter hours \ r jfcnd reinstatement of men are granted. Fireman Winderwall, the conductor, <vi»rhose name is unknown; G. Davis and ' two unknown men were killed In a 'tf- . jbead-ou collision between two Rock iff Island freight trains near Tecolate, M. A bill was introduced in the Colo- -fado house to exclude all trusts from *k; ;* operating in the state. The measure |< / - }s modeled attar the Texas and Kan |>vV»as laws. The Navy league of the United :./ % States has been incorporated at New ^ A yiYork, with Benjamin F. Tracy, for-' ^.v.'.'ljmer secretary of the navy, president, £ and William McAdoc, former assistant j?*.'/-'aecretary of the navy, vice president i The master builders, masons, car- If")*'. penters, painters and plumbera of . Behanectady, N. Y., have decided to Mi'^ .organise a builders' exchange. The ~ motive is to cope with the trades unions. iij'•'> The wholesale grocery and liquor i 'store of L. C. Younger at Richmond, |p: ; '!Va., was destroyed by fire, resulting IIn damage of $100,000. The California assembly has passed ^4:. a bill appropriating $25,000 for the na- ' .tional G. A. R. encampment to be held ^ In San Francisco in August next ' V , conference between the repre- sent atives of the locomotive engineers nd firemen of the Erie railroad and fe ^.^'Prsident Underwood and other repre- -y.;/ * eentatives of the company in relation "'.ito an Increase in wages has been post- /£poned one month Fifty midshipmen were given di- - 9^%I t"' - delivering an address All the members of the crew, twen- > ty-four men of the Norwegian steam' fl^J;.X:ar Avena, from New Orleans, which ^^•iwent ashore at Lemvig, Denmark, , ^rere drowned. j?reDCJx company has petitioned the postal authorities at Paris for ^ permission to establish a wireless tele- graph station at St. Pierre, near New- found land, with the object of estab- a service between there and ; <Sap® La Hague, in France. & % Cole Younger has complied with the j condition Imposed by the^ Minnesota board of pardons and filed a pledge with Governor Van Sant not to exhibit himself as an actor or participant In.^ any exhibition. i It is proposed at Toledo that every- union man in the city write personal letters to Senators Hanna and For- aker and Congressman Southard to urge passage of the eight-hour bill pending in Congress. The Democratic convention to nom­ inate circuit judges in the eighth Illi­ nois judicial district will be held at Plttsfield March 24. State Insurance Commissioner Barry of Michigan has announced his decision not to interfere in the con­ test between the great camp of Mac­ cabees and the supreme tent of Mac­ cabees, rival fraternal organizations, which have their headquarters at Port Huron, Mich. The South Carolina house of repre­ sentatives has passed the bill, already passed by the senate, prohibiting child labor in textile manufactories and mines. After May 1, 1903, the age limit is to be 10 years, for the year following 11 years and after May 1» 1905, 12 years. Christopher Moran. ot Sioux City, la.,* walked Into a saloon and was seized with a violent attack of sneez­ ing. He sneezed until physically ex­ hausted. then threw up his bands and fell to the floor dead. The national convention of United Brewery-Workers which has been con­ sidering the troubles of the brewers of Cincinnati, Covington and Newport has secured a final settlement of the long lockout which the union workers say cost their organization over $180,- 000 the past year. The Montezuma group of gold mines. Chihuahua, Mexico, have be­ come the property of the United Min­ ing and Exploration Company of Los Angeles, CaL The purchase price is $5,000,000. D. M. Ryan of Kipton. O., who was indicted last October on a charge of offering a bribe of $2 to John Ross- man, a school trustee of Peru town­ ship, to purchase sets of an encyclope­ dia for use in the schools, has been arrested, taken to Norwalk and • re­ leased on bail. The shoe factories of Bowers & Shaw, F. W. Lord & Co. and W. E. and C. E. Osgood at Peabody, Mass.- were destroyed by fire. The loss is $70,000 and 200 hands are thrown out of work. The McKinnon Sash and Hardware company's factory at Buffalo was de­ stroyed by fire at a loss of $175,000, and four firemen were injured, one fatally, in a collision that delayed the apparatus until the flames gained such headway that they could not be con­ trolled. »• N 1 The notorious Socialist leader Fa- bri, who fled from Holland to escape imprisonment for participating in the Antwerp strike last year, has surren­ dered and has been returned to the prison at Antwerp. The Spanish minister of foreign af­ fairs denies positively-.-.that any rep­ resentations have been made to the Cuban minister at Madrid, Senor Mer- chan, regarding the hoisting of the Cuban flag over the residence. The government recognizes both the Cu­ ban minister and the Cuban flag. The Vatican, is contemplating placing the Catholic University of La­ val, Quebec, under the jurisdiction of the congregation of studies, thereby removing it from the jurisdiction o' the congregation of the propaganda, as was done Jan. 12 in the case of the Catholic university at Washington. The Iowa State Dairy Association, in session at Cedar Rapids, adopted a resolution asking Secretary Wilson to discharge Henry E. Alvord, chief of the dairy division of the bureau of ani­ mal industry, for alleged incom­ petency. Chancellor von Buelow expresses satisfaction at condition of General foreign affairs and says the future pol­ icy will be along conservative lines. Prof. Delitzch, the Biblical critic; now says the Mosaic law was not de­ rived from the Babylonians and as­ serts that the idea of monotheism is purely Jewish. The city of Paris has given up the idea of establishing municipal gas works, and a statement is made that the city will be supplied with gas made by French and not American capital The Ministers of Central American republics called on Secretary Hay at the state department and gave infor­ mation concerning the disturbances in those countries. A strike has begun in the mills of the American Woolen company al North Vassalboro, Me., the spinners asking for an increase in wages and the weavers objecting to the practice of teaching apprentices. Following their demand for 20 per cent Increase in wages, trainmen and conductors of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad have been offered raise approximating 11 per cent Acting upon the advice of bis phy­ sicians, Captain William F. Morton, millionaire and noted character of Louisville, Ky., will leave for Los An­ geles in search of health. It is possible that he will spend the rest of his life in travel in this country, Europe and Asia. Peter McCrea, a deaf-mute, 58 years of age and the owner of $25,000 and 160 acres of land, was assaulted at Shelbyville, Ind., by Jeff Richardson with a spade and his skull fractured McCrea cannot live. Richardson is in jail. The Russo-Chlnese bank at Odessa has been commissioned' to place loan of $8,000,000 in Paris for an ex­ tension of the Chinese railways. The British board of agriculture re- *voked the prohibition against the en­ try into Great Britain of live cattle from Argentina and Uruguay. The date for the international Ep- worth League convention to be held in Detroit next summer was finally fixed by Willis W. Cooper of Kenosha, Wis. The sessions will begin July 16 and continue through Sunday, July 19. A Kansas City judge in a loan shark case decided that a city employe can­ not sell unearned safary. The breaking of an elevator cable In the Joseph Creswell building, Den­ ver, Colo., caused the maiming and bruising of seven persons, one ot whom may crippled lor J^fa. T • 1- A6REE ON SCALE FOB TJEMINERS District Conferences Are in Order to Ratify Work of Committee. OLD AND NEW WAGE FIGURES Vice President Lewis Gives Out a Comparative Statement, Showing the Difference in Pay in the Various Bituminous Fields. The "final session of the national ex­ ecutive board of the United Mine Workers was held at Indianapolis Mon­ day. All of the district members were present except James Wood of Ken­ tucky, William Morgan of Ohio, Harry Bousfieid of Kansas, and Miles Dough­ erty and J. P. Gallagher of the anthra­ cite district. The officers of the Mine Workers' union will all bo very busy attending the different district conferences, which will be held in the various states between now and April 1. The times for holding the joint con­ ferences in the several states have not all been fixed. The Indiana bituibln- ous convention will be held, in Terre Haute, beginning March 2, \and the joint conference on March 10. That of Illinois will be held at Springfield, Feb. 15; Kentucky miners and opera­ tors will meet in March. Many Conventions. Other conventions which have been was 80 cents per ton, and is now 80 cents per ton. Pick mining, mine run, is now 67 cents per* ton. Illinois, Danville district, pick min­ ing, run of mine basis, was 0 cents, and is now 56 cents per ton. Machine mining, run of mine basis, was 39 cents, and is now 45 cents per ton. NAVAL APPROPRIATION. Bill Carries 96,000,000 Less Than Da* partment Estimates. Washington special: The naval ap­ propriation bill reported to the house carries $79,048,420, or $6,142,089 less than the estimates submitted by the navy department. The current appro­ priation is $78,856,363. In addition to the provision <for three first-class bat­ tle ships, one first-class armored cruis­ er, two steel training ships and one wooden brig, the bill allows the se­ lection of two midshipmen for each senator, representative and delegate in Congress, thus doubling the num­ ber. The committee says the de­ ficiency in officers at the end of four years will be 1,360 unless additional midshipmen are authorized. Further provision is made for the appointment of twelve epsigns, thirty •additional lieutenant commanders, fifty lieutenants, thirty surgeons, 120 assistant surgeons, twenty-nine naval constructors, eighty-four additional of­ ficers for the pay corps and 3,000 en­ listed meh. To the marine corps the bill adds one colonel, one lieutenant colonel, five majors, twelve captains, twenty-five first lieutenants, twelve second; lieutenants, three assistant ad­ jutant paymasters and 679 enlisted men. The limit of cost for the building of the naval academy is increased from $8,000,000 to $10,000,000. TO FEED THE HUNGRY. m % The only way that Uncle Sam >"l nterferes in the affairs of Europe.' --Chicago Dally News. arranged are Michigan convention at baginaw, March 15, and the joint con­ ference immediately afterward at Bay City, and nine joint conferences in Ohio during the month of March. Vice President Lewis said that dur­ ing the next year he would be in In­ dianapolis at the headquarters of the United Mine .Workers the greater part of the time. Ho will be nearer the center of the fields here and can bet­ ter direct the movements of his or­ ganizers in all parts of the country. It is the intention of the officers to devote much time this year to the unorganized districts of the country. Old and New 8cales. Vice President Lewis has figured out the scale of wages which will now prevail in the several states and dis­ tricts. The old and new scales are as follows: Indiana, pick mining, screen basis, was 8 cents, will bSgJW cents per ton. Pick mining, rut^^iine basis, was 49 cents, will be 55 cents per ton. Machine mining, punching machine, screen basis, was 62 cents, and now will be 72 cents per ton. Machine mining, punching machine, run of mine basis, was 39 cents, and now will be 45 cents per ton. Machine mining, chain machine, screen basis, was 58% cents, and now will be 68Vi cents per ton. Machine mining, chain machine, run of mine basis, was 36% cents, and will now be 42% cents per ton. In the Ohio District. Ohio, • Hocking valley, pick mining, Bcreen basis, was 80 cents, and will be 90 cents per ton. Pick mining, run of mine basis, was 80 cents, and now is 90 cents per ton. Machine mining, was 53 cents, and now is 61 cents per ton. Ohio, Massillon district, Pick min­ ing, screened coal, was 80 cents per ton, and is now 90 cents per ton. Pick mining, run of mine coal, was 60 cents, and is now 672 cents per ton. Pennsylvania, Pittsburg district, pick mining, 1%-lnch screened coal, 8treet Railway 8hops Burn. Chagrin Falls, O., special: The car bains, repair and machine shops ot the Eastern Ohio Traction company here were destroyed by fire. Eight large electric cars and a snowplow were burned. Loss, $85,000. M A N A N D O U T F I T D I S A P P E A R Wagon Load of Detonating Cartridges Explodes Near Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Pa., dispatch: Peter McCallaghan, an employe of the Unit­ ed States arsenal at Frankford, was blown to atoms and Joseph Hunter, another employe, was severaly in­ jured by the explosion of detonating cartridges. Ida Hall, a young wom­ an, was cut by flying glass while seat­ ed in her home. More than 100 panes of glass were shattered by the explo­ sion. McCallaghan was conveying the cartridges from the arsenal to the railroad station in a wagon, and the man, horse and wagon were torn to fragments. The arsenal was not dam­ aged. SMALLPOX AT BIG UNIVERSITY Notre Dame Authorities Ask the Quar­ antining of School. South Bend, Ind., special: Owing to two Notre Dame university students coming down with mild cases of smallpox the authorities of the school have asked as a measure for public safety that the university be quaran­ tined until all danger is past. All connected with the institution have been ordered vaccinated, thorough Iso­ lation has been insisted upon and the disease is considered fully in hand and beyond all danger of spreading. FALLING BUILDING KILLS FIVE . Vigilance 9omm'ttee. English, Ind., special: Owing to re­ ported postofflce robberies in adjoin­ ing couhties^a vigilance committee has been organized here to guard this town. The bank\ postofflce and stores are guarded by volunteers. Officep'# Mistake Costs Life. ^lympjrth, N. H., special: Station Ag&ht George H. Colby was accident­ ally shot and killed by Police Officer Lewis C. Mills. Both were in pursuit of two burglars, who held up the night operator. Hits at Capital Punishment. New York special: A bill providing for the abolishment of capital punish­ ment was Introduced in the state as­ sembly. Life imprisonment is pro- jjpfiofl lor juurder in the first degree. Several Others Hurt by Collapse of Old Structure in Buffalo. Buffalo, N. Y., special: Joseph Becker, William Burke, John Schnei­ der, Adam Herzog and Michael Am­ brose were killed and M. Straus and Beiser and Charles Fagel were in­ jured by the collapse of a building at William 'street and Fillmore avenue occupied by Straus & Son as a tan­ nery. The men were part of a force engaged in razing the building prepar­ atory to the erection of a new one. Kills Sister and Himself. New York dispatch: While standing at the counter of her cigar store Mrs. Mary Fleischer was shot and killed by her brother, Adolph Gross, whose demand for money she had just re­ fused. Gross shot himself dead Mabel Bouton Is Dead. New York dispatch: Mabel Bouton, the actress, di*d of consumption in Flower Hospital, of which she had been an inmate for some weeks. She was one of three sisters, all of whom were well known on the stage. E Dole Given a Divorce. Honolulu cable: Ex-Attorney Gen­ eral Dole has been granted a divorce from his wife on a plea of extreme cruelty. Dole testified that his wife re­ fused to live with him and only wanted his money. Mysterious Murder at Butte. Butte, Mont., special: Emory Chev rier, a barber, was the victim of a mysterious murder. His body, with two bullet wounds in it, was found on a fairway of a lo^gliig house, ' S ' Vv V ' v-i •* * - • i. •' Outline of Business Transacted by the Member! of Both Houses. WITH NATIONAL LAWMAKERS Brief 8ummary of the Doings of the People's Servants In 8esslon at Washington Cleverly Condensed by 8pecial Correspondents. Tuesday, Feb. 3. The senate passed without objec­ tion or discussion the Elk ins bill to further regulate railroad transporta­ tion. Another bill passed amends sec­ tions 5191 and 5192 of the revised statutes, so as to allow national banks to keep their reserves in cities of 30,- 000 population instead of 50,000 popu­ lation as at present. A house bill also was passed for the relief of the officers and crew of the United States steamship Charleston, which was lost in the Philippine Islands. The army appropriation bill was also passed. The provision establishing a general staff was elminatcd. Later the independent measure, identical in its provisions with the general staff section of the army bill, was passed, sfter having been reconsidered to permit the incor­ poration of an amendment by Mr. Berry placing the chief of staff ex­ clusively under the direction of the President. The bill now goes to con­ ference. Mr. Quarles continued his re­ marks in opposition to the statehood bill, speaking for two hours and a half without concluding. The house spent practically the whole day on claims bills coming over from last week. Mr. Payne, the floor leader of the majority, fought them all, but succeeded in defeating only three bills. After the claims measures were disposed of, general debate on the postofflce appropriation bill was re­ sumed, and Mr. Robb (Mo.) addressed the house on the trust question. Wednesday, Feb. 4. In the senate Mr. Hale presented the report of the conferees on the dip­ lomatic and consular appropriation bill, which was agreed to. Toward the end of the session there was a lively passage of words between Mr. Gallinger and Mr. Beveridge. The former declared Mr. Beveridge and his followers on the statehood bill were prolonging the debate in pursuance of a "deliberate and premeditated sys­ tem of obstruction." Mr. Quay inject­ ed some humor into the debate after Mr. Kean, who had held the floor for some time in opposition to the bill, an­ nounced that he would postpone his remarks on account of a severe cold, by laying that the infirmities of the opponents of statehood were increas­ ing to such an extent that he expect­ ed soon to see them all in a hospital. The general staff bill was reconsid­ ered and passed with an amendment putting the chief of staff under the direction of the president, "and the secretary of war under the direction of the president" The senate con­ curred in the amendment of the house providing for a new department of agriculture building? and fixing the cost at $1,500,000. ^ The general debate on the pbstofflce appropriation bin was enlivened in the house by an interesting discussion ot the tariff question. The consider­ ation of the postofflce bill in commit­ tee of the whole was completed, but it was not passed. Thursday Feb. 5. Most of the time in the Senate was occupied by debate on the statehood bill, with polygamy as the chief topic. The pure-food bill passed by the House was read, and an amendment was agreed to providing that nothing in the act shall be held to apply to substances or materials manufactured and sold exclusively for use in the arts and industries, but only when manufactured and sold as drugs or foods. Mr. McCumber, In charge of the bill, detailed the efforts which have been made for the last fifteen years to secure legislation of this kind, and explained the amendments which the Senate committee inserted. The time of the House was chiefly occupied with a debate on the anti­ trust bill. The bill to expedite anti­ trust prosecutions was passed without debate, as was the postofflce appro­ priation bill. Mr. Hitt (Illinois) pre­ sented the conference report on the diplomatic and consular appro­ priation bill, and it was adopted. The army general staff bill was sent to conference. Mr. Klutz (N. C.) an­ nounced the death of his colleague, Mr.lHoody, which occurred at Waynes- ville, N. C., and offered appropriate resolutions, which were adopted. Friday, Feb. 6. The time in the senate was largely occupied by discussion of the isthmian canal question, the resolution intro­ duced by Mr. Morgan calling on the Secretary of the Navy for correspond­ ence regarding the military occupation of the bays of Panama and Colon be' Prize for American Hymn. New York dispatch: Tiffany ft Co. have on exhibition the gold medal which the Society of the Cincinnati in Rhode Island will give to the com­ poser of the best original air adaptable to the words of the hymn "America." Born With Two Teeth. Wankegan, 111., special: An unusual occurrence in infant life is reported here in the birth recently of a child to Mr. and Mrs. James Brenton with two fullsized baby teeth, and a third one grew in a few days. Automobiles Have Failed. Berlin cable: Herr Kraetke, the Minister of Posts, has informed the Budget Committee of the Reichstag that automobiles have turned out to be failures in connection with the mail service. Hungry Strikers Rob.. Barcelona cable: The supply of provisions having failed at Reus, where a general strike is in progress, the strikers have looted a number of shops, most of which are now closed. ing under debate In both open and se> cret session. A conference was agreed to on the general staff bill, and Messrs. Cockrell, Quarles and Foraker were ap­ pointed conferees. Bills were passed as follows: Senate bill amending the revised statutes so as to provide for the detail of retired officers of the army and' navy to assist in military in­ struction in schools; Senate bill auth­ orizing the President to reinstate Alexander G. Pendleton, Jr., as a cadet :in the United States Military Acad­ emy; Senate bill incorporating in the District of Columbia the American Academy in Rome, the object being to establish and maintain an institution to promote the study and practice of the fine arts and to aid and stimulate the education and training of archi­ tects, painters, sculptors and other ar­ tists. The house amendments to the bill to expedite trials in cases under the Sherman anti-trust law was agreed to. The day in the House was devoted to general debate on the anti-trust bill. Mr. Foss (111.) reported the na­ val appropriation bill. Saturday, Feb. 7. The statehood bill again claimed the greater share of the senate's at­ tention. Mr. Kean continued but did not conclude his speech^sn that sub­ ject, and toward the close of the day there was a general debate on the al­ legation of the opposition to the bill that it does not contain sufficient safe­ guards. against polygamy. A large number of bills to which there was no objection were passed during the day. By a unanimous vote--245 to 0--the bouse passed the anti-trust bill. The closing chapter was devoid of excite­ ment. For three hours the Democrats offered a series of amendments, but they either ruled out of order or voted down by a strict party vote. On only one vote were the po­ litical ranks broken. It was on an amendment offered by Mr. Thomas (Rep., Iowa) to make the filing of re­ turns incumbent upon all corporations mandatory. On tnat amendment sev­ en Republicans voted with the Demo­ crats. 8unday, Feb. 8. The house of representatives held a memorial session to pay tribute to the memory of the late Senator William J. Sewall and of the late Representa­ tive Joshua S. Salmon of New Jersey. Mr. Parker of New Jersey presided. The eulogists of the tlwo d" larted statesmen were Messrs. Gardner (Rep., N. J.), McClellan (Dem., N. Y.), Hull (Rep., Iowa), Steele (Rep., Ind.), Stewart (Rep., N. J.), Fowler (Rep., N. J.). Parker (Rep., N. J.), Flaga- gan (Dem., N. J ), Foster (Rep.. Vt ), Graff (Rep., 111.), Williams (Dem., Miss.), Warner (Rep., 111.), Bansdell (Dem., Texas), Lloyd (Dem., Mo.), and Ball (Dem., Texas). Chairman Hepburn of the committee on inter­ state and foreign commerce laid be­ fore the house the report of the con­ ferees on the department of commerce and labor bill, and it was ordered to be printed. FORMER SENATOR DAWES DEAD Aged Statesman Succumbs to an At­ tack cf the Grip. Pittsfleld, Mass., specinl: Ex-United States Senator Henry Laurens Dawes died in his home in this city. He was 86 years of age. Mr. Dawes liad been ill since Christmas night, when he contracted a severe cold while driv­ ing. The cold developed into the grip, which undermined his system. When President Roosevelt visited Pittsfleld last fall he called upon the veteran statesman. It was while re­ turning from the visit to the Dawes house that the trolley accident oc­ curred in wlr" the president figured. I N D I A N A FCRESTEr .o A N N U A L Thomas Hall of Crown Point Is Elected High Chief Ranger. Valparaiso, Ind., special: At the an­ nual state convention of the Independ­ ent Order of Foresters of America, just ended, officers were elected as follows: High chief ranger, Thomas Call, Crown Point; vice chief ranger, J. E. Yocum, Rounn; high medical ex­ aminer, Dr. P. G. Moore, Wabash; high secretary, J. P. Young, Crown Point, high treasurer, J. Lowenstine, Val­ paraiso; directors, L. G. Kramer, Mich­ igan City ; J. A. Love, Leroy, and W. C. Johnke, Hobart. The next meeting will be held at Wabash, Ind. BIG FIRE AT OKLAHOMA CITY Store and Other Property Destroyed, Causing $250,000 Loss. Oklahoma dispatch: A fire started in Lion's store, general merchandise, causing a loss of $250,000--insurance one-third. The entire stock and build­ ing of Lion's store was burned, caus­ ing a loss of $175,000. Another fire in a frame building on Broadway at the same time caused the additional loss. Leaves for Manila. Washington special: Judge Wright, vice governor of the Philippines, who ha6 been in Washington several weeks in connection with legislation for the archipelago, left for his home in Mem­ phis preparatory to his return to Ma­ nila. He expects to start from San Francisco about March 10. - C e n t r a l t o 8 p e n d $25,000,000. New York dispatch: Improvements that will cost from $25,000,000 to $30,- 000,000 have been provided for by the New York Central Railroad company and the plans have been accepted by the representative of the city. Would Forbid "Tips" on Races. Albany, N. Y., special: Senator Mc­ Clelland has introduced in the sen­ ate a bill forbidding the publication in any manner of "tips" on the races un­ der a penalty of six months' impris­ onment or $500 fine. Victims of Texas Tornado. Dallas, Tex., special: A small torna­ do passed over Seagoville, this county, injuring four persona. The victims were pupils of the publis school, which was destroyed along with a pri­ vate residence. XHSI8T ON GETTING IT. Bern• Rrocera My they don't Keep fiance Starch. Tills is because th«y nav» a stock on hand ct other brands contalK tag only 12 os. In a package, which Won't be able to «ell lim. becauM D* fiance contains 1« o*. for the Mime mono Do you want M oz. instead of 12 or for b&me money? Then buy Pefitno Kenulres no cooking. Slur on Rockefeller. An editor down in Pennsylvania fers to the Standard Oil Croesus "John D. Bockybaptlst" No chromos or cneap premiums, a better quality and one-third more dft|' Defiance Starch for the same price other starches. Children are unconscious pMVN*'-'- ;•>: ophers. They refuse to pull to piecaP', their enjoyments to see what they ari*;- made of.--Henry W. Beecber. MORE FLEXIBLE AND LJUTlMt Won't shake out or blow out; by uslB£ Defiance starch you obtain better result# > than possible with any other brand ml \ one-third more for same money. " It sometimes happens that a maii Is so reserved in his manners thai' they become rusty from disuse. % TRADE MARX. Mind This It makes no difference whether it Is chronic, •cute or inflammatory Rheumatism of the muscles or Joints cures snd cures promptly. Price, 25c. and 50c. s AVEJOMEY Bay yoar goods at Wholesale 1Rrieesu Our 1.000-page catalogue will be sent upon receipt of 15 cents. This amount does not even pay the postage, but it is sufficient to show us that you are acting in prood faith. Better send for it now. Your neighbors trade with .us--why not you also f ma/m - fciasaiii Shoots at an American. Antwerp cable: A cab driver at­ tempted to murder a young New York­ er named Julien Linck here. Linck had refused to pay the driver an exor> bitant fare which he demanded. ">V J-j : : CHICAGO The house that tells the truth. MOVE AU THINGS wara |vV * filature Has Tut Into EVerjf Stomach a liquid called the gastric juice, which In a healthy condition Is capable of digesting the food and converting it into chyme," which at length becomes good, rich blood. The least little ailment of the stomach affects this "gastric Juice" and quickly leads to various serious sicknesses. These ailments may be easily avoided by taking regularly Dr. Caldwell's (Laxative) Syrup Pepsin 49c mkd 01.OO Bottles ALL DRUGGISTS SENT FREE: Sample bottle and aa la* teresting book on stomach troublea PEPSIN SYRUP CO., MonticeHo, ms. It IS.41, KMT A TK. 1,370 AC BBS USD on the Trinity river, m FOR SALE MadlBOU County, Texas. All under good 3-wtre feoafc BtA acres In cultivation; 9 houses, all In good repatrt U separate fields ftnd p&fiturei*; lltjH on river, all being river bottom land. Farm all rented on ghaxM foi ttilu year. Also 100 nea<l good cattle, or will mQ Without cuttle. Termc!: oua-third caab, balance to *1111 yr,-baser. W. M. FOK.ltEST, Midway. Texas. YAK MS, WILD 1..1HDS, STOCK RANCHL. la tba faraouu 1M« Sl-m* and Jame* Hlver Valley* South Dakota, oh liberal payments. Price* raoglac from $10 to $50 per acre, according to location a|| Improvement®. Old established firm; hundred*Of hfevo become rlcb from Investments mate through u». Lands uliowu free of charge. Corasbefora •prlu.1 i u*b if poaalble. iiefereucsb--nnv bank Id this cuy. Soott, WhitabJius* ft Co., Sioux Falls, Ro. Dak. UO I VOB CALIFORNIA I I Shut* Crus CountT, located oa coast80 miles eouthstf •an Frunclaco. Climate eqaltable and healthful; mesa Umperature, Jaly «°i January, 54s; rainfall averaam SS Inches; no Irrigation; abundance of timber; bulM> teg material and fuel cheap; railroad and steamer ooa» •actions Insurlag low rates; leading products--applSS. potatoes, froltt.dairying and poultry. City homes aaf farms from MOO upward. WRITS FOIt LI8T. HOWlHOa ft CO... ItiU Oruz, California. UPOBTilT Tt> Homassskers and InTMton. 1 offer lands la Florida, well supplied wltb arteslsa water, now producing crop*of value el.ooj.oo per aoa per annum; near railroad; only $6 per acre. Cltf {iroperty In Jacksonville, Fla,, now pnylnK In retitSM 0% net on purchase price. Itenta collected, tuxt-oaad Insurance paid fornon-renldonfa. Reference. National Bank of Jacksonville JOBS B. SXEPB£B|L Astor Bailing, Jaskaaavilla, Vlwida. Central Iowa Farm Lands For Salo> Liberal terms arranged; small cdsh payments If dft» Sired'.descriptions nud referemos given on appllcatlaa. Call on or address W. H. Chandler, Perry, Iowa. Homeseekers, Speculators Come Htoace.Day good level land!. Improved and unimproved; lart?e tracts for colonics, •mall tracts actual settles; near county seat; I'M Smites of M. K. & T. Ky. Lantlug springs, flno hog Mr •lock farm, especially adapted coni.cotton.natH, truck. Ill famous fruit (Klberta; District; healthy country, C>od society. $9 to $15 per acre; small payment ilance easy teruin. J. X«. FORD, Jelferson, Texas. Fancy-Productive. ^e'all?edenmuow,,IS last year$?,0iK). HOD aero Missouri farm, adjoins rail* road station. 40 acre nlutcr apple Orchard; 500 uCfW dry valley land. 40>acre ,» averacod 80 bushels Con, Timothy. Ked Clover, Alfa fa, Illuo Grass ami watWf In abundance, improvements flrxt class, flue repair, worth 9I5.00J. SS5 au acre; also 512 acres * 1 '„'5 an acr«| 480 acres «ti> an ucrc: acrou at. s.Vi; also r>y fanav farms from t to s!>0 an acre. Liberal term* nrrutigM* i. H- Lip comb, 616 Nel»o i Bidtf., Kanaaa City, the host SHEEP RANCHES Colorado. 4^00 acres deeded land; 2.000 acres leased; S dtfTereai Camps; about0milesrunnluK water; facilities for caf^ Idk sufficient hay for winter feeding; will sell stocjL 4 ,300 head;'also IS horaert, wagons,Implements.In laM everything needed to curry on the business on a larga •cale. Price for all $30,090. Terms accsmodatloB. K&NKYE. ASBUS, 623 Back Block, Denver, G«to» ••i ;V.. v;