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-•f:' r - . J r * 1"' •*+'• '*':_v • "V^.-W. . r IH£ HeNENHY PUiNDEALER McHENRY PLAIKDEALER CO. McHENRT. ILLINOIS. *135 In Eumrm IWEVTIIE^ Fire at Berlin Heights. Ohio, de­ stroyed Newton Andrews' block and adjoining buildings. Loss, $40,000. A loss of $100,000 was caused by a fire at Hoopestown, 111., which de­ stroyed Frank H. Parnell's depart­ ment store and the adjoining block, owned by Mayor James A. Cunning­ ham. Paul A. Downer, J. Fred Tarbox, Charles P. Duntley and two other fire-' men were injured in a fire which de­ stroyed the Second Baptist Society's building in Lynn. Mass. Loss, $100,- 000; insurance, $50,000. John Sprechen, aged 72, was found lying in an abandoned coal shed in the Burlington railway yards at St Joseph, Mo. He had been without food for three days and his limbs were badly frozen. Thirty years ago he was a prosperous merchant of Kansas City. Th^re. was a remarkable exemption from forest fires in the Adirondacks and the Catskills during the past sea-" son; according to the annual report of Col. William F. Fox, superintendent of state forests to the forest, fish and game commission of New York. The total area burned over during the year wjis 1,635 acres, with a damage of but $930. Bankers from the cotton-growing states have been invited to meet in conference at New Orleans Jan. 25 •with a committee to be appointed by the interstate cotton convention. The plant of the J. E. Mergott com­ pany in Irvington, N. J., was destroyed by fire. A sleighing party driven by a driv- " er said to be intoxicated was run down by a car on the Logan Val­ ley trolley line between Altoona, Pa., -*nd East Altoona and every member of the party of twenty-one was more or less injured. Dr. Paasche, second vice president of the German reichstag, denies that he has said Germany and Great Britain were on the verge of war in December. The authorities of the Congo in­ dependent state deny the report of the massacre of whites and Catholic / missionaries in the upper reaches of the Congo river. Replying to a deputation from the pugar-raising industries who com­ plained that the sugar tax is injuri­ ous to their trades, the British chan­ cellor of the exchequer, Austin Cham­ berlain, defended the fairness of the tex. He could not hold out any hope that a tax which brought in $20,000,- 000 annually could be abolished. The Phoebe Street school at Toron­ to, Ontario, was burned, causing a loss of $70,000; insured. The chil­ dren, obeying the call to fire drill, »iarched out without mishap. The municipal authorities of Hel- _ iingsfors, Finland, have declined to assume charge of the conscription and ? Gov. Gen. Obelsky has appointed Rus­ sian officials to take their places. ... Consideration is being given in the highest quarters in Paris to the event- sal^ retirement of the French cabinet as the result of the election of M. Dou- . *»er as president of the chamber of deputies. It is expected that M. Mil- ierand or M. Rouvier will form a cab­ inet M. Doumer assumed the presi­ dency of the chamber amid disorder. Charles Schuman and John Burke Of Scranton, Pa., were blown to at­ oms, a small building was demolished and many windows were shattered by An explosion in the Lafiin & Rand ipowder works at Wayne, N. J. Stepg have been taken in Philadel­ phia to negotiate a loan of $10,000,000 to the Philadelphia Traction company to complete the .Market street sub­ way east of the city hall to the Del­ aware river. By a decision promulgated by Sec­ retary Shaw of the treasury depart­ ment American millers won a victory in their fight for the successful op­ eration of the drawback on wheat im? ported for export purposes. The Chicago & Alton railroad's Red Limited ran through the interlocker at Wann, 111, The engine and mail car left the track. Conductor Stewart and Mail Clerk Pettit were injured. The Venezuelan legation at Paris has given out a denial of the reports circulated in Europe that complica­ tions between the United .States and Venezuela are imminent. Secretary Morton has designated Fa­ ther J. M. F. McGinnity for examina­ tion and appointment as chaplain in the navy, vice Father MacGrail, dis­ missed. Customs officers - in Cleveland are said to have found jewels worth $125,- 000 brought into the country by Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick. A magnificent collection of gems, the property of Mrs. Chadwick, but held as collateral for a $20,000 loan, was discovered in the possession of Henry W. Wuerst of Elyria, Ohio. A forecast of the report of the na­ tive affairs committee in the Trans- "vaal shows that the commission is ^agreed that la limitation be placed " on the colored vote. Mrs. Louisa Olds, aged 80, living near Martinsville, Ind., since 1829, is dead. Russia has. been informally notified by the United States that owing to the limited time at the disposal of the short session of the American con­ gress further negotiations on the pro­ posed Russian-American arbitration - treaty will be postponed. Both plaintiffs and defendants have V filed motions and grounds for new trials in the Hargis-Marcum damage suit at Winchester, Ky. Mrs. Frank Sindeler of Friendship. Wis., accidentally fell into a well and ; remained in the cold water for over six hours before being discovered. The conference between Herbert P. • Drake, representing Gov. Douglas, Mayor Coughlin and the secretaries of ;; the cotton mill operatives' unions, ,r :• with reference to a possible settle­ ment of the long-continued strike in .Fall River, Mass., was without result. LATEST CASK MARKET REPORTS Chicago Produe*. Better--Creamery, extra, 29c; prims, SOftc; June extras, 25%@28c; firsts, 26® 2"c\- seconds, 19@20c; storage, 26%c; ren­ ovated. 22Hc; dairies, Cooleys. 24@2«o; firsts, 21c; ladles, 15@16c; packing stock, Cheeso--Full cream, daisies. llMi© twins. ll@UV4c; young Americas, li\Cr^lSc: long horns, 1194 @ 12c; Cheddars, eastern. ll^#ll%c; Swiss, block. 11^1 I2e; drum. 11H@12C; limburger. cholc®. 18@10^c; brick, choice, ll%@12c; off grades. T@10^. Eggs--Fresh stock at mark. 20 @ 25c; prime firsts. 2Sc; extra (high-grade), packed for city trade. 30c. - Live poultry--Turkeys, per lb., ltd; chickens^ fowls, good weight. 11c; springs, 11c: ducks. lO^f&HlVfcc; geese, per dos„ l«.oo^rio.oo. Sweet potatoes--Illinois, choice, $2,269 2.6s>: common. 50c @$2.00. Potatoes--Car lots, on track: Wiscon­ sin. Minnesota and Michigan BurbankSc good to choice. 34@35c; extra fancy. 37c; rural?, good to choice, 32@33e; coarse, large lots, not well assorted. 26^ 30c: Kings, common to fancyfi 32@34c. Onions--Home-grown. Spanish. 1.50 per box; yellow, 70@75c per bu.; red. 70975c per bu.; white. 90c@1.10 per bu. Ntw York Produce. Butter--Firm; held creamery, common to extra. 21@27^4c. Cheese--Steady. Unchanged. Eggs--Strong, unchanged. - Grain Quotations, WHEAT. Chicago--No. 2 red, $1.19. Tork--No. 2 red. $1.20. ' Minneapolis--No. 1 northern, $1.15%. St. Louis--No. 2 red, $1.17.. Duluth--No. 1 northern. $1.14%., Kansas City--No; 2 hard. $1.08@1.10. Milwaukee--No. 1 northern, $1.16© 1.17. Toledo--No. 2 red. $1.18^4. *. CORN. Chicago--No. 2. 43c. Liverpool--American mtated, 4l Id. New York--No. .2. 52fcc. T . " Peoria--No. 3, 42^0. \ ' St. Louis--No. 2, 43c. Kansas City--^No. 2 mixed, 42%c. Milwaukee--No. 3. 42@43c. . OATS. Chicago--Standard. 31a.i 32*40. New lork--Mixed. 36M>®37%c. St. Louis--No. 2, 30Vso. ' ' Kansas City--No. 2. mixed. 30^4©30%C. Milwaukee--Standard. 31% @32c. PKf fijZZLE riiliinL. RUSSIAN mLKS Member of North Sea Commission Admits That Czar's Fleet.Is Entirely Unequal to r- the Japanese Squadron* 8«IirJLs*«^ltM &• Live Stock. CATTLE. Chicago--$1.7.r>@6.25. ' O m a h a -- 5 . 5 f t . Kansas City--$1.75^5.50. St. Louis--$1.75®6.10. St. «Joseph--$1.75@">.40. New York--$1.60(u .r>,30. Pittsburg--$1.50(0 5.40. • HOGS. • Chicago--$2.25@4.85. Omaha--$3,50@4.67^t. Kansas City--$3.90@ 4.82%. St. Louis--$3.75@4.S0. . St. Joseph--J-).50@4.85. Pittsburg--$3@o. Buffalo--*3ft 4.90. SHEEP AND LAMB$. Chicago--$4.40@7.60. Omaha--$4 @7.35. Kansas City--$4.25@7.25. St. Louis--$3®7.25. New York--$4 50@7.75. Pittsburg--$2.50@7.90. Buffalo--$3 @7.75. City Councilman Joseph Schwen­ inger of Cincinnati was indicted charged with conducting and permit­ ting gambling in his place of business. Joseph Wilkes and Luke Gay, color­ ed firemen, were instantly killed as a result of a boiler explosion in the Vul­ can building, Cleveland, Ohio. Cripple Creek, Col., mine owners de­ cided to build a new drainage tunnel for the benefit of tthe Cripple Creeti mines, to cost upward of $500,000. Fire destroyed the frame residence of James Smith, colored, in Bluefield, W. Va., and the charred remains of Lizzie Parker and Josie Billupe were found in the ruins. It is believed the women were murdered. The Black Hawk Insurance company and the German Insurance company, both of Freeport, 111., have consolidat­ ed under the name of the German In­ surance company of Freeport, with a capital stock of $200,000. The Union Pacific railroad^ has let contracts for the double-tracking of the Union Pacific line in Kansas from Kansas City to Topeka and for the construction of a new line from Meno- ken and Onaka, Kan., which will com­ plete a cut off from Topeka, Kan., to Grand Island, Neb . Mandy McGlothlin, aged 17 years, daughter of Dan McGlothlin, a sol­ dier of the civil war, took an over­ dose of morphine at Boonville, Ind., and will die. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. McFerrin of Hoopeston, 111., have ordered a $2,500 pipe organ for the new XJniversalist church there as a memorial for a former wife of Mr. McFerrin. United States Commissioner Pavey, In Springfield, 111., in the case of seven Chinese arrested in that city on a charge of violating the exclusion act, ordered six of them deported and discharged one. The La Porte and Eastern Railroad company, with $500,000 stock, has been organized by Chicago, Milwau­ kee and La Porte capitalists to build an electric interurban line from La Porte to South Bend, Ind. The Arizona supreme court decided that the Santa Fe railroad should be allowed to retain possession of its track through the Gila canyon pend­ ing the decision of the dispute over the right of way. Hans Albert, a well-known Omaha violinist, was taken to the asylum for the insane at Lincoln. He became vi­ olently insane while giving a concert at Wayne, Neb. Secretary Morton and Admiral Dewey and his staff returned,to Wash­ ington from Hampton roads, where they reviewed the north Atlantic bat­ tleship squadron. i Fierce fighting is reported to have occurred between Kabyle tribes in the neighborhood of Alcazar, Morocco, whence burning villages are visible. It is feared Alcazar will be sacked. Frank White, aged 70 years, was found dead in a chair at Wilson's grocery store in Pana, 111. The Russian committee of minis­ ters resumed their consideration of the press laws at St. Petersburg. One of the things decided is the unifica­ tion of the laws to make them appli­ cable alike to provincial and metro­ politan papers. The explosion of a boiler caused a Are which damaged the plant of the Corn Products company at Oswego, N. Y., $225,000. Several employes were slightly burned, and one of them, Jeremiah Sweeney, who Jumped from a fourth-story window, ^Jjjjactured his hip. Firemen Grueneberg and A. L- Cochran and Philip Freinensheiner were killed, and Engineer F. G. Boom­ er and P. A. Allison fatally injured in a collision near Raton, N. M-, be­ tween the Santa Fe California limit ed and a freight train. William S. Camp, secretary of the Zeigler polar expedition, Bald in New York that the arctic steamer Terra Nova, purchased, by Mr. Zeigler from the British government, would be thoroughly equipped to take out the relief expedition, which leaves Nor way <or Franz Josef When Knaves Fall Out Honest Men Get Their Goods. Find an Honest Man. Polygamy la Passing. Washington dispatch: That polyg­ amy, in Utah is dying out so rapidly that there is no need of prosecutions, and that the younger Mormons are so opposed to the practice that there would be a revolution in the church if it were revived, was the testimony of three witnesses for the defense in the Smoot case. It was admitted that Senator Smoot had to get the con­ sent of the church to become a can­ didate for his office, but it was de­ clared that this took only the form of a leave of absence from his church duties and that he could have beer nominated and elected without it. NATIONAL SOLuHS Wednesday, Jan. 11, 1905. The attention of the senate was divid­ ed between the statehood question and governmental regulation of railroads. All amendments to the statehood bill except that relating to liquor traffic in Indian territory were agreed to. The bill making the restriction on the transportation of lottery tickets betwee:i the states applicable to transportation be­ tween the states and territories was taken up and passed. Upon the convening of the house Speaker Camion announced as the com­ mittee on inaugural ceremonies Messrs. \">aIzeU (Pa.). Crumpacker (Ind.), and Williams (Miss.). The army appropriation bin was taren up in committee of the whole. Mr. Bou- tell (111.) in the chair. Mr. Hull (Iowa) explained the several changes which the committee hnd made in existing legisla­ tion, the principal items of Which already have been published. He offered ar amendment reducing the pay of retired officers above the rank of major who had accepted commissions in the state milit?a. This. Representative Cockran held, was directed against Gen. who lately acceptcd command of the Massachusetts militia, and a lively debate followed. The amendment was adopted. Mr. Johnson of South Carolina, In a short speech, favored an agreement among the cotton growers to curtail the cotton production for the next year one- half. Consideration of the army bill was not concluded when the house adjourned. Thursday, January 12, 1905. The legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill was read at length in the senate, and there was consider­ able discussion of the civil service ques­ tion and the provision for an investiga­ tion of foreign trade conditions by the department of commerce. The bill for the encouragement of the merchant ma­ rine was reported to the senate, and Mr. Bailey made the point that the com­ mission had been pledged to report in favor of discriminating duties ana not in favor of ship subsidies. The sugges­ tion was combated by Senators Gallinger and Lodge, who were members of the commission. The house of representatives devoted its entire session to discussion of the impeachment charges against Judge Charles Swayne of the Northern district of Florida. A dramatic incident oc­ curred when Mr. Littlefleld of Maine called on Mr. Lamar of Florida, who filed the charges against the judge, to admit or repudiate an alleged interview which the former claimed tended to in­ cite the people to commit an act of vio­ lence against Judge Swayne. Mr. Lamar admitted giving an interview, but em­ phatically denied any suggestion from him that could be construed into ad- visirg assassination or murder. The Shackelford resolution a«gLhorizing the committee on interstate coffftnerce to In­ vestigate the Panama Railway company was passed. Friday, Jan. 13, 1905. The legislative, executive and Judicial appropriation bill was passed in the sen­ ate after the chair had sustained a point of order against the amendment increas­ ing the salaries of civil service commis­ sioners from $3,500 to $4,000. Bills were passed amending the law governing the distribution of public documents, grant­ ing pensions to the families of Indian policemen killed in the capture of Sitting Bull in 1890, extending the law relative to the intimidation of witnesses in federal covrts, to witnesses before United States commissioners, and appropriating $3,000 for Charles S. Hooper, a blacksmith, who lost' an eye while In the employ of the government. The senate amendments to the Phil­ ippine government bill were nonconcurred in by the house and the measure was sent to conference. Mr. Sheppard of Texas introduced a bill prohibiting the payment of mileage to members and sen­ ators who r' > on free passes. Discus­ sion of the charges against Judge Swayne occupied the time until adjournment. Saturday, January 14, 1905. In the senate another unavailing effort was made by Mr. Beveridge to secure t^nanlmou" consent to fix a day for tak­ ing a vote on the statehood bill. Mr. Bate spoke for the opponents of the bill, saving there were still a number of speeches to be made. There was ipuch discussion of a bill permitting American •women who have married foreigners to regain citizenship in the United States. A bill was passed which makes it a felony to counterfeit the great seal of the tlnited States. Pension legislation at the rate, of 459 hille in 108 minutes was the feature of the house session, all previous records for speed in legislation being smashed. Then unanimous consent legislation held sway for an hour and not a measure presented under this head came under the ban of objection. Among the meas­ ures adopted was one revising the copy­ right law with reference to trademarks and another authorizing the use of stone, earth and timber from forest reserves and public lands for the construction of irrigation works. ENGINE KILLS FIRE MARSHAL Peace between Russia and Japan is believed to be not far of. Sentiment in diplomatic and official circles at Paris has been changed completely, all because of the interview given out by Vice Admiral Doubassoff, chief of conr i struction in the czar's navy and now in Paris as the Russian member of ;the international commission inquir­ ing into the North sea affair. The admiral had Just come from St. Peters­ burg, where he had a long conference ^with Emperor Nicholas, and his state­ ment that an honorable peace is like­ ly to be made is regarded as most significant. In connection with Admiral Doubas- soff's statements dispatches from St. Petersburg announce that M. Wltte has made his acceptance of the posi­ tion of minister of the interior con­ tingent on his being allowed to enter into negotiations with Japan with a view to effecting peace. His stand ac­ cords with the view of the radicals. Admiral Doubassoff, while expecting I>eace, does not think it will be last­ ing. He predicts a tuture and still greater War between Russia and Japan and tells of his recommenda­ tions to the czar for meeting the exi­ gencies .of a second war, recommenda­ tions that he says the czar indorsed and promised to submit to the coun­ cil of the empire. "I am convinced," said Admiral Dou­ bassoff, "of the immediate necessity peace sink deeper and deeper Into the hearts of men and that strife may soon end forever on earth." May Fight on Equator. Japanese correspondents of the Lon- don Morning Post consider it Is not incredible that Japanese men of war have reached Diego Garcia/' Chagos archipelago, and point out that al­ though Admiral Togo Is at Toklo, oth­ er admirals . are not idle. Vice Ad­ miral XJriu, it is said, hasvbeen cruis ing in the vicinity of the equator for some time. The number of vessels he has kept secret, but doubtless he Is ready to do battle with the Russian Baltic squadron whenever it appears east of the seventieth meridian, Vice Admiral Kp.mimura's where­ abouts is somewhat of a mystery, the correspondents say, but possibly his squadron is in the China sea within easy sailing distance of either the Malacca or Sunday straits. If Vice Admiral Rojestvensky purposes to spend the ensuing weeks in cruising in the vicinity of Madagascar, they de­ clare, it is not improbable that he will find himself assailed by a torpedo fleet. Damage to Russian Warship. The Berlin Lokal Anzelger's St. Petersburg correspondent wires that the Russian cruiser Izumrud is return­ ing to Port Said on the way to Cron- LOCATION OF 203 METER HILL, CAPTURE OF WHICH DECIDED THE FATE OF PORT ARTHUR. Americans Control Chinese Road. Washington special: Sir Chentung Liang Cheng, the Chinese minister, has recommended his government not to cancel thp franchise of the Hankow- Canton railway, as he bas been in­ formed that J. Pierpont Morgan and other Americans ha ve bought back their stock in the road. The agita­ tion for canceling the franchise was due to the passing of the road from American control. Indorses Hearst Resolution. Washington dispatch: The hotiSS committee on reform in civil service authorized a favorable report upon the resolution introduced by Repre­ sentative Hearst, calling upon the president to lay bare his action rela­ tive to political activity on the part of letter carriers. Mr. Hearst said the president's action was "arbitrary and restrictive." Postal Receipts. Washington dispatch: The gross postal receipts for the fifty largest postoffices in the country for Decem­ ber, 1904, as compared with December, 1903, show a net increase of about 9 per cent. The hignest increase was 22 per cent at Peoria, III. The re­ ceipts at New York increased almost 6 per cent and Chicago almost 14 per cent. President Wants Treaties. Washington dispatch: The senate has made public the letter of the pres­ ident sent to the senate Dec. 19, 1904, urging ratification of the arbitration treaties which, Mr. Roosevelt says, "constitute a considerable advance in the direction of the purpose so ardentr ly desired--of the reign of universal peace and good will." Cockrell to Be Commissioner. Washington special: Senator Cock­ rell of Missouri has decided to accept the position pn the interstate com­ merce commission offered him some time ago by President Roosevelt, on the expiration of his term in the sen­ ate next March. He will succeed Com­ missioner James D. Yeomans of Iowa. Deceptive Counterfeit. Washington dispatch: Chief Wilkle of the United States secret service announces the appearance of a new and very deceptive counterfeit $2 cer­ tificate. The note is of the series of 1899, Lyons, register; Roberts, treas­ urer. Postal Appropriation. Washington special: The postoffice appropriation bill has been completed and will be reported to the house next week. The approximate total is $180,- 000,000, an increase of $10,000,000 over the current appropriation. Of this in­ crease $5,000,000 is for rural delivery. Grade Crossing Brings Fatal Crash With Locomotive in 8pringfield. Springfield, 111., special: G. F. W. Schevers, chief of the Springfield fire department, was killed on a grade crossing. He was driving across t&# Illinois Central railroad at Central Union station, when his wagon was struck by a'switch engine. He was terribly injured on the head and both his legs were broken. He died two hours later. Big Blaze at "Camden, N. J. Camden, N. J., special: Fire broke out in the plant of the Farr & Bailey Oil Cloth company, and did damage estimated at $80,000. The fire raged for fully five hours befosfvl)^fi«g» men got it under control. ;/• ' > * Hits Salvation Army. Lincoln, Neb., special : E. Benjamin Andrews, chancellor of thq University of Nebraska, criticises the Salvation army for what he terms its ruinous anA Ul-advised charity. Philippine Bill Conference. Washington dispatch: The house committee on insular affairs directed Chairman Cooper to recommend to the house that it nonconcur in the sen­ ate amendments to the Philippine bill and asITTfor a conference. MILLI0N8 TO AID THE NEQROE8 Texas Expends Over $17,000,000 to Educate the Blacks. Austin, Tex., dispatch: According to figures from the records of the state comptroller, Texas has expend­ ed for negro education since 1881 the sum of $17,740,508.76. O. B. Colquitt, one of the members of the Texas rail­ road commission, and who hopes to be elected governor two years hence, caused the interesting statistical statement to be compiled. Heavy Fire Loss. New Albany, Ind., special: Fire de­ stroyed the Heddon Dry Goods com­ pany's building.' The effects of of­ fice holders and secret societies hav­ ing rooms over the store 'were burned. The loss is about $75,000. 8tamer Kaiser Frledrlch Is Sold. Hamburg cablegram: The German steamer Kaiser Frledrlch, built for the North German Lloyd company, has been sold to an English purchaser. Tbs vessel leaves Hamburg Jas - Hli.b '»»»!%*« vV'»V'»i to ICERSTAIL • ilV LMOnSSHM for the reconstruction of our fleet at all the Russian and foreign ship yards for the purpose of securing strength and supremacy at sea. This is abso- lntely indispensable if we are to ex­ pect victory from the next war with Japan. The remnant of our fleet Is hardly more than debris and entirely tmequal to Japan's naval strength. Wants to Be Prepared Next Time. The admiral further said it was nec­ essary to recognize these conditions, however painful they might be to na­ tional self-love. "Therefore," he added "I do not hesitate to say that we tend toward not far off peace. We will leave the Japanese Port Arthur and the terri­ tory they now occupy in Manchuria. We will set ourselves resolutely at work to prepare a powerful, invincible navy, as tnis peace will be but tem porary and the next time we shall be amply prepared." The French official vtew is that Ad- miral Doubassoff's statement is ex­ pansive of the growing sentiment within Russia favorable to.peace. Re­ ports show that the movement has made notable progress in recent days, particularly at Moscow. Emperor Nicholas has not shown a disposi­ tion to check the movement, although personally he disapproves ot Its op­ portuneness. Addresses Czar for Peace. The metropolitan of St. Petersburg, in a sermon preached before the im­ perial family at Tzarskoe Selo at the religious festival of Christmas, drew a parallel between the peace of the gospel and the peace of the world. In concluding he addressed the emperor as follows: "Your imperial majesty, may God grant that the present war will end soon. Above all. may God grant that the angelic message of 8CHOOL TEACHER 18 8ET FREE stadt in a badly damaged condition. The Izumrud, is one of the vessels of Admiral Botrovsky's contingent of the Russian second Pacific squadron. There is no explanation of how it may have been damaged. AMERICAN MISSION 18 8ACKED Rebels in Congo Free State Murder Officers and Destroy Posts. Berlin cablegram: A dispatch to the Taglische Rundschau from Brussels says -the news of the uprising in the Congo Free State is not. confirmed officially, but that unofficial reports affirm in the most positive manner that a revolt has broken out in the Mongalla district. The A-Babua tribe of native troops is said to have mutinied and killed its ofheers, the American mission has been stormed and the posts of the Kasai company destroyed. Asks American Courts. Washington special; The president transmitted to the senate a recom­ mendation from the secretary of state for the establishment of a district court of the United States for China and Korea, together with bills to car­ ry the recommendations into effect. The president makes no recommenda­ tion. Secretary Hay says the present consular courts are inadequate to pro­ tect the interests and rights of Amer­ ican citizens in those countries. Jury Acquits Commissioner Charged With Assaulting a Pupil. Green Bay, Wis., dispatch: School Commissioner Anton Depas, defendant in the assault and battery case grow­ ing out of the refusal of a youth in one of the schools to write the golden rule on the board 200 times as a pen­ alty for disobedience, has been ac­ quitted by the Jury. The commission­ er and the lad's father had an alter­ cation which ended in. a •plea was self-defense. ^ ^ Massachusetts Scnaton. Boston, Mass., special: The Repub­ licans in the legislature In caucus nominated Henry Cabot Lodge for the long term senatorship, and W. Murray Crane of Dalton for the unexpired term of the late Senator Holt. * • Carnegie Aids a Collegau Appleton,Wis.,special: A telegram was received by Dr. Samuel Plantz, president of Lawrence university, say­ ing Andrew Carnegie had given $50,- 000 for a library at Lawrence, the Wisconsin Methodis^jsollege. Sues for Mother's Stomach^ -- Madison, Wis., dispatch: The su­ preme court decided that F. J. Koer- ber had cause for action in not having returned to him the stomach of his dead mother, which he had lent to A. J. Patek, a Milwaukee physician, for examination. NINE ARE OVERCOME BY QA8 Victims Fail to Realize Condition Un­ til They 8trike Open Air. Richmond, Ind., special: Nine per­ sons were overcome by natural gas at Greens Fork. The stockholders of the Greens Fork National bank were hold­ ing their annual session in the bank, where an open gas stove was used. The leak was not noticed until the victims walked into the cold air, when they were strangely attacked. One after another fainted andJEeJJLJn t h e s n o w . . v - $ t • . =*• Scuttle 8hip to Save Cargo. » San Francisco dispatch: The bark- entlne Hawaii, which reached Hawaii about a week ago with cargo on fire, has been scuttled in effort to subdue the flames. The Hawaii is owned by Bind, Ralph & Co. of this city. Nurse Gets Fortune of $30,000. Norristown, Pa., dispatch: Mrs. M. C. Todd, who has been a nurse at the State Hospital for the Insane for sev­ eral years, has received word that a relative had died and bequeathed her • tortune. valued at $30,900. :V... Always ' 4 * * Same ̂ / .*i. -4 ' / £"-3v5v Is •Mr iiiflfcM, : WfcslMMt and EcoRomieai Dr. Wiley has found that the popu­ lar mineral waters a^e base imitations likewise. Suggested for the consider­ ation of those who drink them: You knew it already, didn't you? A Personal Remark. "No, madam," said the ladies' tailofc "I can't take a penny off the price of. that ooat. The figure I quoted just now is the lowest possible." "But," protested Miss Bargen, "as 1 told you,.I figure that I can " "Madam, your figure is simply rl? diculous." , "Sir!"--Philadelphia Press. iT^T? Nothing 8erious. "I saw Enpeck going into a doctor's office this morning," sand Stringer^ "He had an awful cut on his head that his wife was responsible for. "You don't say!" exclaimed Nib­ bles. "What did she hit him with?" "Oh, she didn't hit him at all," ex­ plained Stringer. 'It was merely haircut she had given him as a mat* tear economy." - ^ j • • J J Coming Events.; You'Can tell you are in for a Sanger- ous sickness as soon as you begin to suffer from headache, consypation, biliousness, etc., unless you quickly take Dr. Caldwell's (laxative) Syrup Pepsin. This most successful cure for all disorders of your digestive or*; gans, never fails to give relief from all the irritant poilbns, kept in by clogged bowels, liver and kidneys. Sold by all druggists at 50c and $1.00. Money back if it fails. Senators Once. Cabinet Members. There are now in the senate five men who have at one time or another held important positions in presiden­ tial cabinets and each is a lawyer of enviable reputation. Philander Chase Knox gave up the attorney gen­ eralship that he might sit in the sen­ ate with Senator Penrose as repre» senting the state of Pennsylvania. Henry M. Teller of Colorado sat at the table of President Arthur's official family as secretary of the interior, Redfield Proctor of Vermont, RusselJ Alexander Alger of Michigan an4 Stephen Benton Elklns of West Vir­ ginia, all have served as secretaries! of war--Alger under McKinley and the two others under Benjamin Har­ rison. Melba's Son With His Mother. Charles Armstrong, son of Mme. Melba, who has spent most of his life on a ranch in Texas, is now with hit mother. Young Armstrong, who .has just passed his 21st birthday, has al­ ways lived with his father, who se­ cured a divorce from Melba some years ago. When the young man reached his majority it remained with him to decide whether he should re­ main on the Texas ranch or to go to his mother, who had lavished on him everything that a boy might crave, except her maternal presence. He will remain with her until the present tour- Is finished. He has not yet decided whether or not he will accompany her to Australia. HAVE SAVED IT Mucl| A Lot of Trouble from Too 8tarchy Food. A little boy of eight years Wh08#«v '-v1-1 ~ parents did not feed him on the right.' , • kind of food, was always nervous an<| suffered from a weak condition of th|^ stomach and bowels. Finally he wa|\ taken down with appendicitis an (I after the operation the doctor, know» ' leg that his intestinal digestion w; very weak, twico a day. on Grape wa|'; Nut! *1 very weak, put him He rapidly recovered and about twe^ ^ 4 months thereafter, his Father states^ "He has grown to be strong, muscu-- lar, and sleeps soundly, weighs 6^- V pounds, and his whole system is in m- I fine oondition of health." Name giveifet^ by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. ,L" ' -V It is plain that if he had been pu^.*'. \ on Grape-Nuts at an earlier period iqi ' his life, and kept from the use of! ~ foods that he could not digest, he nev­ er would have had appendicitis. ThatT i disease is caused by undigested foo<f^,fc ,v decaying in the stomach and bowels^ 1',- - causing irritation and making for th^f. . growth of all kinds of microbes, set*f. /""" ting up a diseased condition which 1% ! - the active cause of appendicitis, and; % this is njore marked with people whe^ vir^" do not properly digest white bread. Grape-Nuts i:- made of the selected^ V";;! parts of wheat and barley and by thejf peculiar processes of the cooking ai the factory, all of the starch is turned| into 6ugar ready for immediate diges­ tion and the more perfect nourish-^ ' ment of all parts of the body, particu- , larly the brain and nerve centers. > Read the little book, "The Road 40^; ;^ WeUi-ille." found in each »kg. " 7 •-/ T- " .. mailto:2.25@4.85 mailto:3.75@4.S0 mailto:50@4.85 mailto:4.40@7.60 mailto:4.25@7.25 mailto:50@7.75 mailto:2.50@7.90