? ' it j ' ' '".i The IcHcary Plaindealer. PtTBMBHsn BY P. O. NCI1RCIKKK. McHENRY, ILLINOIS. J-ljriauIt-findittg generates enemies. ! .:. ..-^j *:? % bear in camp is worth two la th* easebrake. fell* The deepest grief finds BO expr«»> Ion In words. Faults in the poor are only7 tricitlee in the rich. An automobile ran Into tfeo post O0be. Hence all the dead letters. Lynching has a most deplorable ef fect---particularly to the gentleman lynched. A Yarmouth man has married a girl named Dollar. Hereafter she will only be a better half. The Zeppelin airship outdistanced ft Steamer. Most any airship would. It has the advantage of gravity. It is a dull man who does fiot wait xrith more or less interest for the ap- pearanco of the "eurveless woman." $£••< IK Conan Doyle, with or without the aid of his friend, Sherlock Holmes, ii»« "Succeeded at last in finding a wife. A Chicago florist is growing dahlias OQOlpped with thorns. No doubt he figures that his patrons will get stuck on them. A policeman in Brooklyn recently reported a hard battle with a real lire rattlesnake. They must serve strenuous liquids from the Brooklyn aide doors. The manufacture of glass eyes is said to be a growing one. However, is not an Indication that the •tony stare will become more than usually fashionable. Sweden is staying with the idea of the America cup and what's more, she will send a steel yacht, not • wooden one as first announced, after It. More power to her! New York can't get over the fact tiiat her buildings are high. Every time a steeplejack paints a flagpole on top of one of them he's good for a Croat page story with pictures. Prof. Haupt having decided that Solomon did not write ikfe songs st- trfbnted to him, says the Washington Star, may now take up the question of who wrote "Laugh and the World Langtin with You." •* A convention for the purpose of dis couraging fish Btories is expected to !» ?«»!* York in a short time. While it is not authentically stated. It is strongly suspected that fisher- will not attend. ' It is probably true that the public Vfliffcre a^d safety do not call for the rigid enforcement of the law which requires the placing of exit signs over the doors in the interiors of the country churches. What they at cm to seed most is mere general attention to the entrance signs ovt» It Is reported that a man in Denver IUM married his mother-in-law. This mmj seeas strange, but Edgar Allen Foe. who was somewhat hypercritical, CSCc wrote & sonnet eulogizing hi* ^wife's mother. Still, the Benedict in question must have mixed up things considerably if his new spouse should lwppen to be a stepmother to her grandchildren. ^ - The opinion of Mrs. Gilson, of ~ Champaign. 111., that the substitution of the Teddy bear for the doll will not mean a "diminution of the in stincts of maternity," carries with it the weight of her position as president of the National Congress of Mothers. An additional argument for the sub stitution of bears is that it may help the young idea to shoot, beginning at iw,; ttie earliest possible period. CASH TO BE PLENTY INCREASE OF BANK NOTE CIRCU L ATI ON SEEMS CERTAIN. , MUCH GOLD ON THE WAY Comptroller Ridgely's Plan Generally Approved by Bankers--Cortelyou Disposed to Help Cotton Movement. . **7 way °f variety, why not sing the praises of the peaceful fleets that plow the waters of the great lakes? asks the Detroit Free Press. They outnumber far the armored and tow ered crafts of destruction. They build and do not tear down. They symbolize life, prosperity and prog ress; not death or suffering. Theirs Is a glorious and bloodless mission, contributing ever to the strength and , renown of the country. Paris physicians are reported •» have demonstrated that radium will remove birthmarks. The method is •ery simple--the application of a Plain surface covered with a varnish containing radium--and it is said to be painless as wei'l as radical in its removal of all trace of the marks, •without any disfigurement. If the re port is correct it will cause radium t» be recognized as a boon to the hu man race by a number of persons who heretofore have taken very little Interest In it New York. -- Indications that the available supply of cash would be materially increased within a short time% both by imports of gold and the increase of the bank note circulation, and that the movement of cotton and grain crops would be facilitated in every way possible with the result of increasing our credits abroad, were the salient features of Thursday's financial situation. It seemed to be recognized every where that the acute stage of • the crisis was over and that all that re mained was to obtain sufficient cash to resume currency payments upon a broad scale and thus to restore condi tions prevailing before the crisis. The engagements of gold made in New York, Chicago and. elsewhere, brought up the total import movement within the past week to $23,750,000. As the amount of geld will afford a fcasis of credit to four times the amount, or about $#5,000,000, it will in itself af ford much relief to the existing pres sure. Ridgely's Plan Liked. The prompt response of the national banks throughout the country to the suggestion of Comptroller Ridgely that they should employ their United States bonds as largely as possible te secure circulation and substitute other bonds for those pledged against de posits of public money, promises a considerable increase in the available stock of currency. The estimates of an increase in the bank note circula tion of $30,000,000 is considered well within the probabilities. It will re quire time, however, In some cases for the banks to obtain proper bonds to substitute for their United States bonds. Mr. Vanderlip, vice president of the National City bank, made the fruitful suggestion that the savings banks would at once improve the general sit uation if they would sell their hold ings of United States bonds to the na tional banks. Even in cases where they do not care to sell, it is believed that they will lend their bonds to the national banks, as has often been done in the past Helping Cotton Movement. Interest continues to center in the movement of the cotton crop from New Orleans and other southern points, which is so essential to pro vide bills against the imports of gold. Secretary Cortelyou, according to Washington dispatches, was disposed to increase deposits of public funds in the southern banks as rapidly as such funds became available. This will supply the banks with the stock of cur rency so much needed to handle the cotton crop and will enable them to await with less embarrassment than otherwise the arrival of their cotton bills in Europe and the bringing back of the gold. The committee of New Orleans bankers which is in Washington has suggested that the New York banks can ease the situation by giving the southern banks credit for checks in foreign banks, forwarded as scan as they receive telegraphic advices of the amounts. This will enable the south ern Panics to check against such bal ances in payment of collections and in making remittances to interior banks throughout the country. To Reopen Oklahoma Banks. Guthrie, Okla. -- Pour hundred bankers, representing the Oklahoma and Indian Territory Banking associ ations, agreed Thursday night on a plan to reopen all banks early next week. San Antonio Bank Suspends. San Antonio, Tex. -- The West Texas Bank & Trust company of this city closed its doors under a temporary suspension of business Thursday and is now In the hands of the state commissioner of insurance and banking. The suspension is at tributed to the tightness of the money market and the refusal of northern and eastern bankers to ship cash. The West Texas Bank & Trust com pany is one of the principal banking institutions of San Antonio. Accord ing to G. B. Moore, president, the com pany will soon be In condition to re sume business. pft. $-v- a; This proposition to make bank Suites of different colors, varying ac- «prding to the denomination of the rails, is at least well calculated to give point and pertinency to the inquiry «T the vernacular as to the color of jitrar money. Otherwise It is a some- ffhat fanciful proposition. V • • ft m. iv - & •• r A surgical operation has been per ginned on a New York woman, in which c*x of her internal organs were removed. It is said that she will live, but there will not be so much fcfermony in her life as heretofore. i Europe is waking up, an<TIs actually beginning to see that the holding of a title does not make the difference be tween men that it was popularly sup- Posed to do. A German nobleman has been dismissed from his court posi tion on the testimony of his coach- On Pilgrimage to Holy Land. South Freeport, Me.--The yacht Kingdon, with about 60 members of the Holy Ghost and Us colony at Shiloh on board and a crew of 20, sailed Thursday for the Holy Land. Among the number was Charles E. Hollaid, who is known as "Moses" and who during the absence of the leader, ftev. Prank W. Sandford, has been 4n charge of the colony. It is understood many of the disciples will remain at one of the colonies in Palestine, where Mr. Sandford is supposed to be located. RAILWAY STRIKE i&KPENOIJIB EMPLOYES' UNION fN ENGLAND VOTES TO QUIT. THE BALLOON RACE. Soma Hope That Lloyd-George May Avert TroubBs--Railroads Blame Socialism. London.--Notwithstanding the pow erful influences that have been at work for some time past in the hope of averting trouble in the .British rail road world, there seems to be but little probability qf preventing a strike which will halve the most seri ous consequences to the , traveling pub lic and the men and companies in volved, as well as to commercial in terests generally. The action taken Friday by the executive committee of the Amalga mated Society of Railway Servants, in passing a resolution to call a gen eral strike, leaves little or no hope for a favorable outcome. This society al ways has been looked upon as one of the most conservative of the labor unions, and its dealer, Richard Bell, M. P., has been noted for his efforts to prevent strikes and for his utter-1 ances in favor of the rights of capital as well as the rights of the working man. While there is a long list of alleged grievances, the principal one has turned on recognition of the union, and this the railroad companies, whose chief spokesman is Lord Claud Hamil ton, are determined not to concede. The general strike, however, under the rules of the society and the re quirements of the law, cannot take place for some weeks. In the piean- time there is a remote hope that the efforts of David Lloyd-George, who, with the influence of his high position, as president of the board of trade, has been working strenuously to bring about a settlement, will be successful. The railroads charge that the pres ent agitation is due to the growth of socialism and curiously enough, while this idea was being voiced by Lord Claud Hamilton Friday night in a declaration that socialism was "irre ligious and immoral in its teachings," Mr. Lloyd-George was averring in his address that socialism was "a bogey of to-day introduced to frighten the unwary" and that there was no danger but a "certain advantage in socialism insomuch as it stirred the people to think." EDITOR HARDEN ACQUITTED. Gen. Count Von Moltke Beaten in Ber lin Libel Suit- Berlin.--Maximilien Harden, editor of the Zukunft, was acquitted Tuesday on the charge of defamation of char acter brought by Gen. Count Kuno von Moltke, former military governor ot- Berlin. Gen. von. Moltke was oon-» demned to bear the costs of the trial.; The scenes in court when the ver- j diet was rendered were as dramatic as any ever witnessed in a Berlin court room. Harden's victory gathers double emphasis from the fact that the court not only declared Herr Harden's state ments in the Zukunft true, but af firmed that their publication was justi fied on the specific grounds alleged. The verdict, while net confirming the charge that Count von Moltke Is a man of morbidly abnormal prop*ssi- ties. inferentially confirms Harden's other charges--namely, that Moltke, with Eulenberg, Hohenau, Lecomto fuid other high-placed personages be longing to Prince Euienburg s coterie of mystics and occultists, formed a vicious circle surrounding the throne and wielding through Eulenburg a powerful influence upon the emperor. In one case it positively enabled the emissary of a foreign government, Le- comte, to obtain information perilous to the vital Interests of Germany. JUDGE GRO88CUP ARRE3TED. Accepts Service and Gives Bond on Charleston Indictment. Chicago.--E. H. Slover, sheriff of Coles county, came to Chicago Wednesday and arrested Judge Peter S. Grosscup of the United States cir cuit court on a charge of manslaugh ter, contained in indictments returned at Charleston, 111., as a result of the fatal wreck last summer on the CharleBton-Mattoon lnterurban line, of which Judge Grosscup is a director. Simultaneously warrants were served on Francis S. Peabody, presi dent of the Peabody Coal company; Marshall E. Sampsell, receiver for the Union Traction company, and Arthur W. Underwood, all directors in the ln terurban company and indicted on the same charge. Each gave bonds amounting to Rich St. Louis Man Dies. Rutland, Vt.--Huntington Smith, a wealthy resident of St. Louis and k member of various clubs in that city, died in his summer home in Castle- ton, near here Thursday night, fol lowing a stroke of apoplexy. Governors Agree on Rail Rates. Atlanta, Ga.-r--After a session lasting nearly all day, Govs. Glenn, of North Carolina; Cooper, of Alabama, and Smith, of Georgia, reached a complete agreement on the question of railroad rates within their states. "v A f-o&don physician has discovered #***• insanity can be cured by aurgoryv K' a With the present popularity of the ; knife, it will soon be as fashionable to develop a foolish brain fiber as to Hflpenrifcltl*. Wages at Houghton to Be Reduced. Houghton, Mich--Notices posted about the Calumet & Hecla works, an nounce a reduction of wages on De cember 1 of 12% per cent., approxi mately equal to the increase granted wly in the jear. Knoxville 8aloons Closed. KnoxviHe, Tenn.--As a result of the application of the Pendleton law by vhicfc cities of Tennessee can reincor porate without the saloon, over 1CN> sa loons closed their doors In Knoxville Thursday night. Life Convict Kills Guard. Rawlins, Wyo.--A convict namod A. Eckard, serving a life sentence, Friday shot and killed Ed Samuelson, day cell house keeper at the state penitentiary, in an attempt to escape. Eckard had a pistol and a stick of dynamite and when Samuelsen opened his cell the prisoner shot hiss dead. Eckard then tried to dynamite the outside door and, falling in this, shot and killed himself. Qtfti "«i i i t , " / / / BUTTER n>i n r irfwswri i lMtanWiffli Journal J If As Viewed Every Day by Mr. Householder. HELD FOB LETTER THEFTS INFORMATION IS STOLEN FROM DISTRICT ATTORNEY SIMS. Miss McLean, His Stenographer, and A. B. Gordee, Charged with Conspiracy. Chicago.--Peeping through a sky light just above her desk, a federal secret service operative saw Miss Etta L. McLean, trusted stenographer, secrete in her stocking the stolen copy of a letter from United States District Attorney Sims to Attorney General Bonaparte. Miss McLean a little later, having been arrested, produced the letter from the self-same receptacle, while in the office of heir employer, Mr. Sims. At the saine time she confessed to having stolen another letter written to the attorney general several weeks ago. Both communications related to the John R. Walsh bank cas^. Miss McLean, in her tearful confession, Im plicated as her accomplice Alexander B. Gordee, with whom she has been living. From the secret service detective who witnessed the stacking episode It was learned , that Gordee had gone to Mr. Walsh's office in the Grand Cen tral' railway depot and, presumably, tried to negotiate -for the saj^e of the first letter. All this was brought out Friday af ternoon at the hearing of Miss Mc Lean and Gordee before United States Commissioner Mark A. Foote. They had been arrested by government offi cers on the previous evening. At the conclusion of the preliminary inquiry the two were sent to the county jail in default of $5,000 bonds. The charge against the couple is conspiracy to steal and also agfeinst the woman the actual theft of the letters. For the conspiracy charge the penalty may be two years in the peni tentiary and for the second charge the penalty may be five years, with the addition of a $10,000 fine in either charge. BOLD FIGHT BY MUTINEERS. Crow of Russian Destroyer Battle with Four Other Vessels. Vladivostok. -- An exciting little naval battle took place in this har bor Wednesday between the mutinous crew of a Russian torpedo boat de stroyer and their loyal comnfAes. The mutineers were finally subdued, but not before a number of men had been killed or wounded. The mutinous boat is the Skory, and she gave fight to the gunboat Mandschur, the destroyers Garsovoz, Smely and Serditz and the garrison of one of the harbor forts manned by the Twelfth regiment of artillery. The Skpry soon was overwhelmed and she iuul to be beached to save her from linking. JYNAMITE IN TRUNK EXPLODES. Surgery for Backward'Pupils. Pittsburg, Pa.--Surgery may be re sorted to to brighten the minds of backward pupils in the Pittsburg pub lic schools. It is planned to have phy sicians perform operations on pupils who are behind in their lessons. Weston Is Ahead of Schedule. Boston.--Edward Payson Weston, who is walking from Portland, Me., to Chicago, repeating the trip he made 40 years ago, arrived here at 6:20 o'clock Thursday night, 40 minutes ahead of his schedule time. Eloping Couple Deported. Washington. -- Commissioner Gen eral Sargent of the bureau of immi gration Wednesday denied the appeal of a confessed eloping couple from Berlin, Germany, for Admission to the United States. They were ordered deported and sailed from Baltimore. Several days ago Frau Elizabeth Hesse, aged 35, and Hans Nachtigall, aged 21, arrived at Baltimore on tho Rheln. They had been preceded by a cablegram from the husband of the woman, who is secretary of tho rafk way mail service in Berlin. Blast in Pittsburg Depot Seriously Injures Two Men. Pittsburg, Pa. -- A panic among about 300 persons in the Union sta tion was narrowly averted Friday when a terrific explosion ^occurred in the baggage room under the waiting room- A quantity of dynamite packed in a checked trunk was set off, pre sumably by concussion due to han dling the trunk. James Lyons, a baggage assorter, and David Chappell, a porter, *"were reriously but not fatally Injured. Charles Flatch was arrested. BANK CASHIER A SUICIDE. Official of First National, Charlton, la* Kills Self. Des Moines, la.--Frank Crocker, cashier of the First National Savings bank, of Chariton, committed suicide early Thursday. His daughter found him dead in bed. He had taken mor phine. The bank is believed to be In good shape. Worry over losses sustained in al leged use of Modern Woodmen funds is believed to be the cause. Crocker left a note saying: "I can't bear this strain any longer." Crocker was once, gpand treasurer of the Modern Woodmen of America, and held a national office in that order at the time of his death. Chariton is a town of 5,000 inhabi tants, 100 miles from Des Moines. National Bank Examiner H. M. Bost- wick is in charge of the bank. Crock er, before killing himself, addressed a note to Mr. Bostwick, whose visit was expected. This note explained briefly that the bank was overloaned and re quested the examiner to take immedi ate charge. The bank has a capital stock of $50,000, a surplus of $50,000, and carried about $900,000 in deposits. The other banks of Chariton are entirely unaffected by the closing of the First National. The Bank of Rus sell, a private institution of Russell, la., of which Crocker was president, also closed its- doors temporarily. MOUNTAIN BURIE8 VILLAGE. Karatagh, in Bokhara, Is Overwhelmed by Landslide. Tashkend, Russian Turkistan.--The little town of Karatagh, in the Hussar district of Bokhara, has been over whelmed and completely destroyed by a landslide that followed the earth* quake of October 21. According to the latest reports of the disaster, a majority of tbs inhabitants of Kara tagh lost their lives. The first reports of the casualties were exaggerated, the death list be ing placed as high as 15,000. Kara tagh had about 2,500 dwellers, and there is reason to believe that about 1,600 were buried alive. Among those who survived the disaster are the governor of Karatagh and his mother. Karatagh is remotely situated, and it takes a full week for news to. get out from there, but according to one courier who has come through, an enormous section of the Karatagh mountain, which practically hung over the town, broke loose and thundered down uponvtbo/ village, which is al most completely buried. POLICE STATION IS BURNED. Girl In Men's Clothes Arrested. Kankakee, 111. -- After traveling around attired in man's clothes for six weeks, a girl, giving her name as Rosa Moore of Newark, O., was ar rested Friday. She said she wore male attire for convenience. Diphtheria in Kankakee Asylum. Kankakee, 111.--Ten male inmates and one woman nurse are sick of diphtheria at the Illinois Eastern Hospital for the Insane and two cot tages are quarantined. The cases, with one exception, are mild. Cleveland Traction Man indicted. Cleveland, O.--The grand jury Wednesday indicted John J. Stanley, vice president and general manager of the Cleveland Electric Railway com pany, charging him with endeavoring to influence a witness. Incendiary Fire Ruins the Headquar ters in Buffalo, N. Y. Buffalo, N. Y.--Police headquarters of this city was practically ruined Fri day afternoon by fire discovered in the lavatory and which spread rapidly through the two top floors. All of the 30 prisoners were re moved in safety. This is the fourth time the building has been on fire within a few months. Police records, the rogues' gallery and many important documents, in cluding the original copy of Leon Czolgocz's confession of the assassin ation of President McKinley, were destroyed. The fire was of incendiary origin. Two companies of firemen were caught in the collapse of the roof and cupola and eight men were serl ously injured. None will die. Absorbs Its Subsidiary Lines. St. Paul, Minn.--Deeds were filed Friday with the secretary of state, conveying to the Great Northern Railroad company all the subsidiary lines of that syestem in Minnesota. The deeds filed covered the following lines: Minnesota & Great Northern; consideration, $1,000; Wilmar & Sioux Falls; consideration, $7,327,904.23; Park Rapids & Leech Lake; consid eration, $512,817.26;- Eastern Railway of Minnesota; consideration, $16,7S3,- 545.04; Minneapolis Union railway; consideration, $808,607.16. Dr. Richard Mohr Falls Dead. Philadelphia.--Dr. Richard Mohr, general director of the Hahnemann hospital In this city and professor of materia medica and therapeutics, dropped dead Thursday while walk ing down Chestnut street Seeks to Enjoin Football. . Kankakee, 111.--Charging that foot ball la prize fighting, Attorney S. R. Moore Wednesday flledj a bill in the circuit court for an injunction •training high playing the game. Bubonic Plague in Tunis. Tunis.--It is believed that bubonic plague has broken out at this port. Seven cases and three deaths, appar- .-- -- ^ntly from the plague, were reported student# from Thursday among tho men employed at furniture factory. j re- REPLY Iff A TALENTED •f SAY® tHAT CAPFEftEV KNOWS / 'WHERK TO FIND HIM. LOUISIANA 1^8 feXCITED Son of Former Senator "Posts'* tho t Lieutenant Governor, Wb9s*,v Jr 'yUwHfa Will Not Let -/A.. Fight Duel. '* New Orleans, La.--The firm reply of Lletit. Gov. J. Y*. Sanders Sunday to what has been universally accepted as a challenge for a duel by Donelson Cafferey, son of the late United States Senator Donelson Cafferey, has cre ated a dramatic political situation in Louisiana. Another matter, entirely foreign to the personal combat, increases the tension. The practically rival procla mations of the lieutenant governor and of Gov. Blanchard of the coming extra session of the legislature were brought face to face by the governor's arrival here Sunday from the east Early Sunday morning, in close con formity to *he code of honor, Mr. Sanders issued a written reply to the statements of Mr." Cafferey. This statement declared that the lieutenant governor holds himself personally re sponsible for the utterances which caused the trouble, and adds: "I am prepared to meet that re sponsibility, and Mr. Cafferey knows where to find me." Preceding this statement, two rep resentatives of each man in the dis pute had held conferences and Mr. Sanders' friends had declared firmly they would not accept a challenge in accordance with the duelling code be cause the lieutenant governor could not violate the statute law making duelling a crime. Next followed the "posting" of sev eral sections of the state by Mr. Caf ferey with hand bills stating that sat isfaction had been refused him by Mr. Sanders. These hand bills declared that the lieutenant governor had called some of Mr. Cafferey's state ments untrue. The discretion of both the lieuten ant governor and Mr. Cafferey is re lied on to prevent a personal encoun ter. There are fears, however, that friends of the disputants may be drawn into a serious quarrel. FAST TRAIN IS WRECKED. Queen & Crescent Passenger Collides with Freight--Two men Killed. Birmingham, Ala.--Fast passenger train No. 3, on the Queen & Crescent, going at a high rate of speen, collided head-on with a freight train one mile south of Morganvllle, Ga., Sunday morning. Two men were killed, six seriously injured and about 20 passen gers sustained more or less painful Injuries. The dead are: C. B. Spencer, en gineer, of Birrrihsgham, and William Walker, a negro brakeman. Three coaches, mail, express and second-claBs passenger, were burned, aTl the mail and express matter being entirely consumed. The passenger train was over an hour behind time and it is said by officials it was run ning 70 miles an hour as the track at this point is exceptionally fine. BRUTE IS ALMOST LYNCHED. Assailant of Girl at Marietta, O., Res cued from Furious Mob. Marietta, O.--John Sweeney, a ma^ ried man, 35 yearB old, narrowly es caped being lynched by a mob for a dastardly assault on Anna Ivoon, a 14- year-old girl, Sunday afternoon. Sweeney, who is the father of five children, was caught with the child in one of the buildings of the fair grounds, which is situated in the resi dence district, where a crowd quickly collected, and binding hlpa with a rope, started for the Muskingum river, bent on throwing him in. The police ar rived in time to rescue him and fought the crowd back, to the police station. ONE MAN ROBS FIVE HOTELS. Highwayman in Prsscott, Ariz., Also Fatally Wounds a Man. Prescott, Ariz.--A lone highwayman armed with a knife Saturday night en tered five hotels in this city, fatally wounded one of the guests who offer ed resistance, and made his escape after robbing a score of people en countered during his single-handed raids. The man first made his appearance in the Schutorman hotel* where he was discovered by Robert Lutely. The latter resisted when the robber made demands for his yaluables, and was almost cut to pieces by his assailant Grahd Rapids Plant Is Burned. Grand Rapids, Mich.--Fire destroy ed the plant of the Grand Rapids Clock ft Mantel company Sunday. The build ing was filled with clocks and man tels. The loss is $70,000. Arrests Check Law Breaking. Kansas City, Mo.--Never before in the history of this city was the Sab bath so strictly observed by the busi ness interests as it was Sunday. AU the merchants who have heretofore defied the attempts of Criminal Judge William H. Wallace to enforce the state law forbidding unnecessary la bor on Sunday obeyed the Sunday closing order. The decision to obey the law was brought about by the wholesale arrests of those persons who were indicted by the grand jury Saturday. Panama's Independence Day. Panama.--The independence of the Republic of Panama was celebrated Sunday with enthusiasm throughout the entire country. Acting President Obaldia opened a new school of arts and trades in this city. Army Reform for Switzerland. Eorne.--The question of army re form was submitted Sunday to a pleb iscite of the Swiss people, and by a vote of 300,000 to 250,000 a law pro viding for improvement in the army was adopt®4. Praisw' Pftrwta Catarri Remedy vv- RARS. E. M. TINNEY ^ ̂ ^ n rut/I tTLTV Mrs. E. M. Tinney, story writer, tSS E. Nueva St., Baa Antonio, Tex., writes: •'During 1901 I suffered form nasal catarrh, which various other remedies failed to relieve. "SUE bottles of Peruna, which I took, entirely cured me, the catarrh disappear!ng and never returning. 'I therefore clieerfall Peruna to all similarly recommend icted." Mrs. Ellen Nagle, 414 4th street, €&eeu Bay, Wis., writes: '•I have often heard Peruna praised and it is more widely known here than any other medicine, but I never knew what a splendid medicine it really was until a few weeks ago when I caught a bad cold which settled all over me. "The doctor wanted to prescribe, but I told him I was going to try Peruna and sent for a bottle and tried it. " I felt muoh better the next morning and within five days 1 had not a trace of any lameness orany cough. "I consider it the ft/teat cough edy." ^ PEKTTNA TABLETS:--Some people pre fer to take tablet®, rather than to take medicine in a fluid form. Such people can obtain Pernna tablets, which repre sent the solid medicinal ingredients of Peruna, A Value. •"Nonsense," said the high financier, "we did not sell a worthless fran chise." "But such is current report," ven tured the interviewer. The high financier made a gesture of impatience. "Young mart," he re turned, severely, "if yon got hold of any old franchise that you could un load for two millions, would you re gard it as worthless?" No reply being possible tq this, none was made. * «• Laundry work at home would T)« much more satisfactory if the right Starch were used. In order to get tho desired stiffness, it is usually neces sary to use so much starch that the beauty and fineness of the fabric la hidden behind a paste of varying thickness, which not only destroys the appearance, but also affects the wear ing quality of the goods. This trou ble can be entirely overcome by using Defiance Starch, as it can be applied much more thinly because of its great er strength than other makes. What He Learned. Proud Father--Welcome back to the old farm, my boy. So you got through college all right? Farmer's Son--Yes, father. ' P. F.--Ye know, 1 told ye to study up chemistry and things, so you'd know pest what to do with different kinds of land. What do you think of that flat madder there, for instance? F. S.--Cracky, what a place for a ball game! £ $100 a Month Can be made by any bright matt or woman who will act as my representor tive in this township. Here's an un usual opportunity. Write to-day. H. W. Cole, 1149--15th St, Washington, D. C. It's a fortunate thing that babies can't say what they think of the f baby talk women hand them. ^ Lewis' Single Binder costs more than other 5c cigars. Smokars know _ why. Ypur dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, 111. Most married men do as they pis see In their minds. Z5ttGu»r^ sad Liberal Hoi Ra^ulatien* in WESTERN CANADA New Districts Now Opened lor Settlemeat Some of (lie choicest Sands in the grain grow ing belts of Saskatche wan and Alberta hava recently been opened for settlement under the Revised Homestead Regulations of Canada. Thousands of home- steads of 160 acres each •re now available? The new regulations make it possible for entry to be made oxy, the oppor tunity that many in the United Slates have been waiting for. Any member of a family may make entry for any other member of the family, who may be entitled to make entry for himself or herself. Entry may now be made before the Agent or Sub- Agent of the District by proxy, (on certain condi* tions! by the father mother, son. daughter, brother or sister of intending homesteader. "Any even number*! section of Dominion l*nds In Manltol>» c.r the N<« tU We*t Province*, •*re|>tinp 8 ami not reM'rved, m»y be bom*. •teddtM tiy any p**ri*nn the »t»le of a faintly, er male over IB years of ape, to the extent of oae* quarter section! of 160 arrtt, more or leoa." The fee in each"6ase will be $10.00. Charehet, schools and markets convenient. Healthy climate, splendid crops and good laws. G rain-growing and cattle raiding principal industries. For f u r t h e r paiiiculais as to rates, routes, best time tn go and where to locale, apply to C. J. BRt'Uli IITQN. Boom 430 Quiner Bldj.. Chicago. HI.; V. H. KuotSS. third llesr. Traction lerminai Bidl., Indianapolis, Ini.; or T. 0- CDIUE, Bmb 12 B, Callahan Block, Milwaukee. Wis. WAHTFn wo***. Sale* npsTrta In """ « county to sell onrc«Tfuil product. Ajrents s? can make St u>#»i per day. Write, suiting territory : r , ^ wanted THIS CKiUiNA M1I.1.S. Chicago, Illinois. ./ PATENTS B if' v . -v.-l twiiMi.tMrau, Patent Attor- |ne;, Washington, O.C. Ad-rie 'free. Terms! Highest U'