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>/- % n* Tf^PTSW? - '*. Jf$ ** J M ^ •* ; , j. <V 4 ; ** >J V' ^ r , j > J The Icflenry Plaindealer. py^.-'i PUllLISHSD BY r. e. MBmnsEB. JicHENRY. ILLINOIS. Sir Oliver Lodge says he has realty talked with spirits. Spirits make lota of men talk. Pres Castro defying the United States looks a good deal like a Jackass defying the lightning. BOMB FOP OFFICERS UNION SQUARE, NEW YORK, IS SCENE OF"RED" OUTRAGE. ASSASSINS SUFFER % MOST Older people must learn to speak the baseball language if they wish to associate with their sons. Man About to Thow Explosive Mutilated and Companion Is Killed--Four Policemen Wounded. la Naturally no Spanish experts have ventured to contribute anything to the criticism of the American navy. The Oneida. N. Y., woman who con­ cealed $2,500 in a mattress could at times be said to be fairly rolling in money. Kitchener is keeping his pitching arm in training among the Afridis He'll have them called the Afraldls shortly. A Pennsylvania man who lootcet'. ! into a mirror was scared to death. He evidently hadn't had the lifelong prac­ tice of most men. i A copper half-cent minted in 1825, fend very rare, has just been sold for $51, the record price for a coin of that denomination and date. The report that King Edward does not wear a night cap does not material­ ly affect our civilization. Night caps are out of style anyhow. This country is importing very few diamonds but it is getting ready to use all of those now on hand which are of the* baseball variety. One man has thrown up a $250,000 a year job just because of ill-health. It looks a bit strange that a man making all that money finds time to get sick. The little boy out west who tried the effect of a lighted match on a keg of powder would, no doubt, have become a boat-rocker anyhow, had he grown up. A company has been organized to extract silver from sea water. It Is not being capitalized by the same peo­ ple who undertook to get gold from sea water. A Brooklyn school-teacher has been frightened by a "Black Hand" letter. Ordinarily, you can't scare the city school-teacher with the black hand. She's used to it. With two such languages why don't the Japanese and the Chinese make it a war of words? Chunks of speech thrown at each other certainly would Inflict sufficient damage. A St. Louis preacher says girls should not object when young men wish to hold their hands. Naturally this leads to the suspicion that some 8t. Louis girl has been objecting. Charles M. Schwab has shocked London by wearing a top hat with a short coat, but we are assured that he has never appeared anywhere with tan shoes and a clawhammer. Two thousand errors were found in the books of a California bank by the examiners. The bookeepers in that in­ stitution must be in the habit of play­ ing baseball during the summer. When the New York school board decided that teachers should not lambaste the pupils it should also have made a regulation forbidding pupils to make faces at the teachers. Naval critics tell us that a battle­ ship is in a bad way when her armor belt is too low. Of course, not being human, she can't hike it up and an­ chor it with a safety pin.--Philadel­ phia Pres 8. That New York woman who stole $20,000 worth of jewelry in order to maintain her social position gives one a rather poor impression of what it takes to maintain one's social post* tlon in New Yurk. Prosperity must be sitting around picking its teeth in Argentina these days. During the season Argentina wasn't doing a thing but raising wheat and how that the crop is being marketed it cannot but be cheerful. Australia has many dogs and no rabies, no hydrophobia. If it were possible to discover how a century of absolute immunity has been brought about in that vast island continent, the world might learn a lesson worth knowing. The New York man who wants to be "Oslerized" because he is out of work and because chemical experi­ ments have "destroyed all his vital organs save his lungs," takes a wrong view of matters. Without any diges­ tive organs he 1b in no need of a boarding house and ought not to care whether he has work or not. He is really in an enviable position for these hard times. New York.--The Haymarket tragedy of Chicago was almost reenacted in Union square Saturday when an an­ archist who graduated from the ranks of socialism attempted to hurl a bomb into Capt. Reilly's squad of policemen. The bomb exploded in the hands of the assassin, who was probably mor­ tally wounded. A companion of the anarchist was killed instantly, four po­ licemen were wounded, and scdres of persons near by were struck by fly­ ing fragments of the bomb. The outrage followed the breaking up by the police of a mass meeting of socialists, many of whom carried red flags. Bomb Thrower Confesses. The man who held the bomb and who was about to hurl it at the squad of policemen when it exploded had his right hand blown off just above the wrist and both of his eyes were injured. Despite his terrible injuries he was occasionally conscious during the aft­ ernoon and evening and told the po­ lice and the coroner, who took his ante-mortem statement, that he had intended to throw the bomb at the po­ lice. He also said that he had been beaten by a policeman over on the east side about a week ago when he was trying to make a speech and he wanted to get revenge. "Ordered to Kill." Later he added: "I was told to do this. I bought the nitroglycerin for the bomb at a drug store at Clark street and Broadway, Brooklyn. I made the bomb myself from a piece of gaspipe. "I have a wife and two children in Russia. I have been in the United States two years. My nearest rela­ tive is named Cohen and lives at 21 Park street, Brooklyn. I worked for a tailor named Goldstein on Eldridge street, near Broome street (Manhat­ tan)." The bomb thrower 6aid his name was Selig Silverstein and that he lived at 82 Beaver, Brooklyn. Disciples of Hunter. Silverstein's companion was identi­ fied as Ignatz Hillebrand of 288 Third avenue, a tailor who worked for H. Beckman of 82 Prospect place, Brook­ lyn. Both Silverstein and Hillebrand were followers of Robert Hunter, the Chicago preacher of socialism, and graduated from his "school" into the ranks of the Berkman-Goldman an­ archists. In Silverstein's room in Brooklyn a letter, sealed and stamped, addressed to Berkman, was found by the police. ^Silverstein May Recover. Silverstein was still alive in Belle- vue hospital Sunday night. Though the explosion tore off his right hand, temporarily blinded him and caused frightful bodily injuries, he may sur­ vive. As yet he cannot see, but the sight of one eye may be restored. Seven men arrested after the bomb explosion were arraigned in court Sunday. Of the number, six called themselves Russians. One of them was an American. The foreigners were held in $3,000 bail each for fur­ ther examination, while the American was held without bail. They are charged with taking part in a riot. MINE BUST KILLS SCORES TERRIBLE DISASTER IN A COAL SHAFT IN WYOMING. First Explosion Snuffs Out 18 Lives, and in the Second Many Res­ cuers Perish. BEAUTY AND THE BEASTI ROBBER'S HEAD BLOWN OFF. ' War with the noiseless gun, if the participants also should put on gum shoes and give commands in low re- lined tones, might be carried on with­ out disturbing the business of the country or driving the; timid to nervous hysteria. War has been too noisy and there is no sense in it. The Society for the Suppression of Useless Noises was afraid for a time that it would have to abollBh war altogether, as there seemed to be no way to get it to modulate its tones in a pleasing man­ ner. The noiseless gun, however, •olves that problem. Safe-Cracker Killed by Own Blast In Arkansas. Gentry, Ark.--In a futile attempt to blow open the safe of the Farm­ ers' bank at Sprlngtown, near here, early Thursday, the head of one of the robbers was blown from his shoul­ ders by a premature explosion of dyna­ mite. The body of the dead robber was found in the bank near the safe. Danville, 111.--Two desperate men believed to be the same who at­ tempted to loot the bank of Chrisman Wednesday, on Thursday morning held up and robbed the office of the Danville Water company at the point of revolvers, forcing Cashier Bvers and a woman to stand while they looted the safe. They obtained ten dollars and overlooked a large amount in another compartment of the safe. Cheyenne, Wyo. -- Between 55 Mid 70 men " lost their lives in two ex­ plosions in coal mine No. 1, owned by the Union Pacific Coal company at Hanna, Saturday. The explosions were caused by gases and coal dust and each was followed by fire. The first explosion occurred at three o'clock, when 18 mine workers, includ­ ing a superintendent and three bosses, were killed. The second occurred at 10:30 o'clock at night, snuffing out the lives of from 40 to 50 members of a rescue party, including State Mine Inspector D. M. Ellas.1 The wildest excitement prevailed Sunday in Hanna and at the mine, where hundreds congregated, includ­ ing widows, children and other rela­ tives of the victims. When the second explosion occurred additional appeals were telegraphed to all surrounding towns for assistance. One train was rushed west from Omaha, carrying of­ ficials of the Union Pacific railroad and the Union Pacific Coal company. The bodies of four of the 18 men who lost their lives in the first explo­ sion were located Saturday night, but owing to the increasing volume of gas, which threatened to explode at any moment, no effort was made to re­ move them to the surface. Fire started in the colliery last Sun­ day,' since which time attempts at reg­ ular intervals have been made to ex­ tinguish it. Saturday it was deemed unsafe to send the miners down into \he workings and they were notified not to report for duty. Superintendent Briggs, with a team of picked men, the best and most experienced hands in the camp, went into the mine to fight the fire, but at two o'clock the flames had got beyond their control and at three o'clock the fire connected with the walled-off gas and a terrific explo­ sion followed. The victims are all be­ low the tenth level and it is likely that the flames consumed the corpses. A second explosion occurred at 10:30 at night in the east shaft, where a gang of 50 relief workers under State Mine Inspector Elias were about to remove four of the victims Of the first explosion. The shaft was filled with debris and all air currents cut off. The second explosion was more se­ vere than the first, being felt in all parts of the town, and it* is feared that 50 or 60 names have been added to the death list. Miners and citizens rushed to the east shaft, where they were joined by the relief workers who were driven from the West shaft, which was also caved-in by the explo­ sion, and all set to work to dig out the entombed men. Penetrating a short distance the rescuers came upon James Case, who was lying uncon­ scious in the level. He could tell noth­ ing about what happened inside, as he was badly injured. It is feared that all the miners were either killed outright or smothered by the after-damp. As all were volunteers and their names were not taken when they entered, a list of the victims of the second horror will not be available until a house-to-house canvass of th« camp is made. CONGRESSMAN SHOOTS NEGRO. 8evere Storm in Michigan. Detroit, Mich.--A tornado near Jackson, in the southern part of the state, late Friday afternoon, and a blizzard with heavy snow fall In the upper peninsula at night were the ex­ tremes of a general storm that struck Michigan Friday. The tornado did considerable damage to farm property around Blackman and Woodville, northwest and west of Jackson, but no loss of life has been reported. The young Connecticut man who called for a young lady with the in­ tention of eloping with her and was received with a shower of hot water should cheer up. He might have found himself in hot water a little later anyhow if his plans had not mis carried. Bank of Commerce Reopens. Kansas City, Mo.--Its credit re­ stored, with $6,000,000 In cash and ex­ change with which to pay a deposit account of twelve millions, and with financiers of national prominence in charge, the National Bank of Com­ merce of this city reopened Monday. Col Mi S. Langhorne Is Dead. Lynchburg, Va.--Col. Maurice 8. Langhorne, aged 85, who commanded the Eleventh Virginia regiment dur­ ing the civil war, died Saturday after an illness of some weeks. Heflin of Alabama in Desperate Affray --Wounds Another Accidentally. Washington.--In a desperate affray on a Pennsylvania avenue car Friday night, a negro and a white man were shot by Congressman Thomas J. Hef­ lin of Alabama. Thomas Lumby, the negro, was shot in the head and is In a critical condition, and Thomas Mc- Creary, a New York horse trainer, is suffering from a wound in the leg. The shooting of McCreary was acci­ dental. Mr. Heflin was arrested and taken to the Sixth police precinct sta­ tion where a charge of assault with in­ tent to kill was placed against him. Later he was released on $5,000 bail. Mr. Heflin rebuked the negro for drinking on the Btreet car and the latter is said to have made a motion as if to draw a pistol. Aldrich Bill Is Passed. Washington.--The Aldrich currency bill was passed by the senate Friday by a vote of 42 to 16, in the main a party vote. Previous to the taking of the vote on the Aldrich bill a vote was taken on the Bailey subsittute, authorizing the government, instead of tlie na­ tional banks, to Issue the emergency circulation for which the bill provides. The vote on the substitute stood 42 to 13, and this vote was entirely parti­ san, even Senator La Follette casting his vote with the Republicans. New Senator from Florida. Tallahassee, Fla. -- Gov. Broward Friday appointed Hall Milton of Marlanna to succeed the late Sen­ ator Bryan of Florida in the United States senate. Mr. Milton is a grand­ son of former Qov. John Milton of Florida and is 42 years old. The paragraphers who are poking fun at the Harvard graduate who has gone to work for a railroad at a salary of $15 a month are wrong. He may be president of a big railway corpora tlon 20 years from now. Relief for an Iowa Man. Washington--The bill appropriat­ ing $10,000 for the support of P. B. Banton of Waterloo, la., who was per­ manently injured while serving as yardmaster of the Panama railroad, was passed by the senate Friday. Dr. P. A. Llndahl Passes Away. Rock Island, 111 --Dr, P. A. Lindahl, president of the Augustana Book con­ cern, editor of the Augustana, a Swed­ ish publication, and for a long time a director of the Augustana college, died Friday of heart disease. Father alfid Child Drowned. Pacific, Mo.--A wagon In which Henry Oilhouse, his wife and two in­ fant children were attempting to ford Meramec river, Sunday was over turned by the swollen stream and Q1V house and one child were drowned. Terrible Deed of Crazy Man. Somerset, Pa.--Edward A. Watrlng Sunday shot and instantly killed Den- nig M. Weimer, 60 years old, his step­ father, set fire to a summer kitchen, and ended his own life with a bullet Watrlng was demented. R DR, HILL HOW IS ACCEPTABLE KAISER RECALLS ALL EXPRES­ SIONS OF DISAPPROVAL. Causes President Roosevelt to Be So Informed--Statement from the Berlin Foreign Office. D. L. Dresser Set Free. New York.--Daniel Leroy Dresser, former president of the Trust Com­ pany of the Republic, who recently was arrested on a charge of larceny, was discharged by Magistrate Barlow when arraigned Friday. Cyclone Hits an Iowa Town. Burlington, la.--A report from New Boston states that a cyclone struck that place Friday night, blowing 12 freight cars from the tracks, demolish­ ing a church and injuring a number of people. Berlin.--Emperor William, having been fully advised as to the attitude of President Roosevelt and the feeling of the American public in regard to the alleged refusal of his majesty to receive Dr. Hill as ambassador to Germany in succession to Charlemagne Tower, has recalled all the expressions of disapproval he recently sent to President Roosevelt and would be pleased to receive Dr. Hill as ambas­ sador. The emperor has caused this view to be communicated to President Roosevelt. The German foreign office has sent to the Associated Press the following official declaration on the subject: "The notices which have appeared hitherto in the foreign press in re­ gard to the Hill affair have orginated in the erroneous impression that it was Intended in Berlin to recall the approval given here last autumn to Mr. Hill's appointment. . This has never been thought of. It is true that doubts subsequently arose as to whether Mr. Hill would feel himself comfortable in the post of American ambassador to Berlin, but these doubts have been removed, so that nothing stands in the way of Mr. Hill's nom­ ination to the Berlin embassy, and he will be welcome in Berlin now, as he would have been before, or as any other unobjectionable representative would be who should be named by President Roosevelt. "It is to be stated emphatically that throughout the whole incident the am­ bassador, Mr. Tower, has not swerved for one instant from the straight line of absolutely loyal and honorable con­ duct, both toward his own government and the Imperial German govern­ ment." EXPRE8S MESSENGER SLAIN. Brutally Murdered by Robber Who Rifles Two Safes. Newton, Kan.--O. A. Bailey of Kan­ sas City, an express messenger of the Wells-Fargo Express company, was killed by an unknown person on Santa Fe train No. 115, between Florence and Newton, early Sunday morning. The murder was a very brutal one, with robbery as the object. Both the local and the through safe were ran­ sacked and at least $1,000 in money and some jewelry taken. Whether this is the full amount the robber se­ cured is not known. Korean's Bullet If Fatal. San Francisco.--Durham W. Ste­ vens, who was shot Monday by a Korean, died at midnight Wednesday. One of the bullets passed through the intestines, although until Wednesday the doctors were not sure of the fact. An operation was performed but it was in vain. Mr. Stevens was shot by a Korean who blamed him for the protectorate of Japan over Korea. He was the ad­ viser of the Seoul government. Gen. Home Acquitted. Kansas City, Mo.--Gen. R. C. Horne was acquitted of the charge of mur­ dering H. J. Groves, managing editor of the Kansas City Post, by a Jury in the criminal court here Thursday night The verdidt stated that Gen. Horne was insane when he shot Groves and has not fully recovered, and commits him to an asylum. 500 MAY BE DEAD IN QUAKE. Two Killed In Rail Collision. Hornell, N. Y.--The west-bound Wells, Fargo express train on the Brie railroad crashed into an east- bound freight early Friday morning at what is known as "JX" tower. Two men were killed and five were Injured. Two Cities and Three Towns Are Completely Destroyed. City of Mexico. -- Two cities and three villages completely destroyed, and a number of villages and towns badly damaged is the result of the earthquake throughout the Mex­ ican republic. The cities destroyed are Chilpancingo and Chilapa. The villages are Conception, Tetiiilla and Coatepec, each having a population of 1,000. Chilapa has a population of about 12,000, while Chilpancingo has 8,000. The greater part of Chilapa burned. Estimates of the dead vary. It Is known that between 200 and 300 per­ sons lost their lives in Chilapa alone. At Chilpancingo reports say only a few lives were lost and that aid has been sent from there to Chilapa. In the villages so far as heard from Saturday there are only a few scatter, ing dead. It is believed, however, that the death list will not exceed 500 throughout the republic. It may be more, and It may prove less. In the City of Mexico 200 houses were shaken down, but no one was killed. A number of persons in the poorer quarters were badly injured. All day there were slight shocks and the people Saturday night were panic stricken, many of them refusing to sleep in their houses. The news was brought to Chllpan-- cingo by a runner. Government re­ ports are minimizing, in so far as pos­ sible, news of the disaster. HOTEL LELAND IN FLAMES. Famous Hostelry In Springfield, III., Partly Burned. Springfield, 111.--The Leland ho­ tel; one of the most widely known hotels in the country, and which has been the center of political gatherings for the last 30 years, was severely damaged by flre Thursday, entailing a loss on the proprietors, the Wiggins estate, of about $75,000. The flre broke out while the Repub­ lican state convention was in session, three squares away, and when the del­ egates received word that the hotel was burning they leaped from their chairs, tore wildly for the doors and hastened to save their effects. No lives were lost, nor was any person in­ jured. The flre for a time threatened the building of the Springfield Journal, which is separated from the hotel by a narrow alley. KILLS WOMAN AND HIMSELF. Bloody Deed of W. W. Tralnor, Actor, In St. Paul. St. Paul, Minn.--William W. Traln­ or, a vaudeville actor, shot and killed Mrs. William Pryor, an actress, with whom he was traveling, in their apart­ ment at the Clarendon hotel early Sunday morning and then committed suicide. Mrs. Pryor was about 25 years old. Coroner Miller learned that Train- or's home was in West Union. O., and He was about 30 years old. that he has a brother In Reno, Nev. New Senator from Florida. Tallahassee, Fla.--Gov. Broward; Friday appointed Hall Milton of Ma­ rlanna to succeed the late Senator Bryan of Florida in the United States senate. Mr. Milton is a grandson of former Gov. John Milton of Florida. Fine and Jail for Perjurer. Milwaukee.--August Wetzel, presi­ dent of the Wetzel Brothers Printing company, appeared before Judge Quarles in the federal court Thursday afternoon, withdrew his plea of not guilty to an indictment for perjury, and substituted a plea of guilty. Wet­ zel was indicted in connection with the T. E. Cameron frauds. It was charged that he gave false testimony and the Jury straightaway Indicted him.. Judge Quarles fined Wetzel$l,000 and ]&§atenced him to one day's impris­ onment in the Milwaukee county jail. jsferti Banker Robbed of $5,000. Peoria, 111.--Frank Froerer, presi­ dent of a Lincoln (111.) bank and own­ er of the Lincoln Mining company, was held up by highwaymen Wednes­ day afternoon at three o'clock In Lin­ coln and robbed of $5,000--the month­ ly pay roll of the company. Three men did the work and two of them were caught, but the third es­ caped with the money after a running fight with the police and deputy sher- iffs. Double Crime by Rejected Lover. Wellsville, O.--Because Mrs. Spires, wife of Constable William Spires, re­ fused to elope with him, George Snow- den of Steubenville, O., Sunday fatally shot the woman and then turned the gun upon himself. Snowden died al­ most instantly. Korea to Help 8tevens' Family. Tokyo,--The Korean cabinet has de­ cided to donate 50,000 yen to the fam­ ily of Durham W. Stevens, who was assassinated In San Francisco by a Korean zealot. Virginia Judge Removed. Richmond, Va.--The general assem­ bly of Virginia Thursday adopted a resolution removing Judge J. W. r G. Blackstone of the Eleventh circuit from office. The grounds upon which this action were based are immorality and gross neglect of official duty. Kentucky Village Burned. Louisville, Ky.--Fire practically to stroyed the central portion of the Til­ lage of Greenville, ten miles north of Albany, Thursday. Greenville con­ tains about 350 inhabitants. SEAL REPORT SIS VICE-PRESIDENT FAIRBANKS It ACCU8ED OF FAL8EHOOD. OTHER BIG MEN ATTACKED Documvsrt Prepared by Prof. Elliott of Ohio la Withdrawn by Sen­ ator Foraker and Sup­ pressed. Washington.--Senator Foraker Mon­ day obtained leave to withdraw from the senate flies a paper introduced by him on Wednesday last and printed as a public document, and the order carried with it the suppression of all the printed copies of the paper. His introduction of the paper last week and the withdrawal contained nb inti­ mation of the sensational character of the document, which still would be unknown had it not been for the fact that several copies hiad been given out before it was suppressed. The paper was prepared by Henry W. Elliott of Lakewood, O., and pur­ ported to be "the official record of the loot and ruin of the fur seal herd of Alaska." Senator Foraker had neglect­ ed to read it. It was not until the paper came out in printed form Monday that its char­ acter became known. It was found to reflect upon the integrity of the pre­ siding officer of the senate and upon members of the senate and house and other government officials. It trans­ gresses one of the established though unwritten rules of both houses of congress and caused a sensation of no ^mall magnitude. - Passing over 30 years of the "offi­ cial record" Pfrof. Elliott dealt with the work of the Anglo-American high joint commission in connection with the sealing question and told of an argument made by Mr. Fairbanks in opposition to a sealing bill before the senate committee on foreign relations in 1902-3, when he was a member of the committee. This paragraph is taken from the report: "The statement of Senator Fair- j banks was an untruth in evecy respect --a square and wholesale fabrication on his part, to defeat the pending bill. Under the circumstances, his col­ leagues could not dispute his false re­ port, therefore they took no action on this bill, at his request." CONSCIENCE HAD SLEPT LONG. Purlolner of Cake of Soao Make* destitution After Twenty Years. Imagine a conscience that would span 20 years and drive a man to re­ member a theft of a cake of soap. That there is such a conscience, how* ever, is proved by the receipt a few- weeks ago of two cakes of soap by a storekeeper in a little town in Minne­ sota. Twenty years ago this man, Edward Hamilton, had a small store> In St. Paul. In front of his establish­ ment he had a showcase in which he displayed several large cakes of soap of special make. One morning he found the glass broken open and one of the cakes of soap missing. The theft was so small that the matter was never reported, and Hamilton had for­ gotten it, till he received a letter from the thief, which read: "Dear Sir: I send you two cakes of soap in payment for one I took from your showcase in St. Paul many years ago. I recently saw your advertise­ ment in a country paper and learned of the change of your place of busi­ ness. I regret deeply having taken the soap, and trust that this which I send will satisfactorily take its place."-- Sunday Magazine. WORKS FOR CIVIC PRIDE. MAN AND WOMAN MURDERED. Muaflc Teacher and RiipfI Found Dead in the Woods. Cleveland, O. -- Detectives are searching Dundas woods for a missing revolver, upon which may hang a so­ lution of the mystery surrounding the tragic deaths of Carl Bernthaler, 58 years of age, and Miss Lena Ziech- mann, 30 years of age. The bodies of the man and woman, with their hearts pierced by a revolver bullet, were found early Monday In the forest in Cleveland Heights, just east of the city. While murder and-suicide first were suspected, the absence of a revolver led the coroner to declare that Bern­ thaler and Miss Ziechmann were mur­ dered by a third person. Bernthaler was a music teacher and a member of an opera house orches­ tra. Miss Ziechmann was a music pupil of Bernthaler, and also was a teacher of Oerman in the public schools. CHARGES AGAINST PINCHOT. Chief of Forestry Bureau Is Attacked in the House. Washington.--Charges of a serious nature against Gilford Plnchot, chief of the forestry bureau, were made in the house Monday by Messrs. Smith of California, and Mondell of Wyoming, during the consideration of the agri­ cultural appropriation bill. Mr. Smith accused him of entering into a secret understanding with the city of Los Angeles with the view of securing to the city valuable water rights in the Owens river valley as against the in­ terests of private parties having prior claims. Mr. Mondell denounced him for, as he charged, illegally paying the expenses of forest officials in attend­ ing conventions In the west in which the government had no part, and also of spending government money to boost his bureau in the newspapers. Mr. Pinchot was defended by Mr. Pol­ lard, Nebraska, and Mr. Scott of Kansas. Excellent Scheme Devised by Men chants, of Western City. A new scheme for arousing local pride is being worked in an enterpris­ ing western city. The plan in brief is, Instead of attempting to vitalize the civic spirit of the .whole commu­ nity, to organize clubs in different lo­ calities and to clean up and light up certain sections, without regard to what may be done elsewhere. For in­ stance, a club is organized in a single block, and merchants on each side of the street are persuaded to join. If it is desired to make the block brilliant with light at night aa investigation is had to see how it can be done, how much it will cost and what it is worth. The plan has worked so successfully that organizations are springing up all over the same city to devote their attention to cleaning or lighting a certain restricted territory. It is much easier to secure co-opera­ tion between 20 merchants than be­ tween 200, and the influence of the few spreads in a widening circle.-- Baltimore News. LANGUID AND WEAK. A Condition- Common with Kidney Trouble and Backache. Mrs. Marie SIpfle, 416 Miller St„ Helena, Mont., says: "Three years ago tmy back grew weak, and lame and I c o u l d n o t s t o o p w i t h o u t a s h a r p pain. It was just as bad when I tried to get up from a chair. I was lan­guid and listless and had much pain and trouble with the kidney secretions. This^ was my state when I began with Doan's Kidney Pills. They helped me from the first and four boxes made a complete, lasting cure." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co;, Buffalo, N. Y. Class Favoritism. "The Indian appropriation bill puta an end to the relations of the five tribes, I notice," remarked Reeder, looking up from his paper. "Humph!" growled Grump, whose wife's cousin is making a protract­ ed visit at his home. "I wish we were Indians."--Kansas City Times. Beats His Daughter to Death. Huntington, W. Va.--George Con­ rad, a farmer of Wayne, W. Va., killed his six-year-old daughter by beating her with a poker, and fatally injured his wife with the same weapon. Jealousy is assigned as the cause. Futile Attempt to Rob Bank. Buckner, Mo.--An unsuccessful at­ tempt to rob the bank of Buckner was made here early Monday. The rob­ bers blew off the outer door of the vault with nitroglycerin but were un­ able to open the inner door. Indiana Express Rates Cut. Indianapolis, Ind.--Express rates In Indiana are reduced on an average of between ten and 12 per cent, in an opinion and order issued Monday by the Indiana railroad commission. The new schedule is to be adopted by the express companies within 30 days. The total annual business of all ex­ press companies in the state is about $1,000,000, according to information collected by the commission, and the reduction means a decrease of more than $100,000 a year in the money to be paid out for express service. Many Haltlen Officers Arrested. Port-au-Prince.--Numerous arrests were made here Sunday night and Monday of officers suspected of cpm- plicity in the latest conspiracy of which Gen. Larraque, chief of the cavalry, was alleged to be the leader. The Haitien government announces Its intention of giving these prisoners a hearing before the civil courts and de­ clares that no summary executions will take place. Five officers, includ­ ing Gen. Larraque, have taken refuge in the French legation, and one officer is In the German legation. Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it In Use For Over 30 Years. The Kind Yon Have Always Bought Wayside Chat. "Ever thrown out of a saloon?* Idly Inquired Tired Tiffin. "Yep," answered Weary Wigs. "I've been thrown out of 'most everything 'ceptin' work." 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