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* j, , ,\ - • .' 1, • ": *. :* % Jj* < ' ' ' " ' V N " Tb u^MM.jiVAR IS TOKYO CRY McHENRY. ILLINOIS Every gtem known to the lapidary has been found In the United States. Berlin is to see an American musi­ cal comedy for the first time. Never fear bat that it will get the habit- It appears that some of the food preservatives cease to do much active preserving when they come in contact with the internal economy of the sons of men. In Germany changes- costing $125,- 000 have been ordered in a coal mine to make it safe for the miners, an ac­ tion well calculated to make vested rights throw a fit. A St. Louis poet committed suicide because he discovered that the world had places only for men of action and not for dreamers. He Ought to have given action a trial. A man who is 100 years of age re­ cently climbed a 7,000-foot mountain in Switzerland. It is the men who are nearing the century mark who are do­ ing the real stunts these days. A man in New York got mafried in order to escape a sentence in Sing Sing. He was certainly in a tight fix and time alone can tell whether he chose the wiser course or not. A Boston waitress has inherited $200,000. Doubtless many of the men who used to request her to bring on their beans and be quick about it now wish they had known she wafe going to be rich. A western physician claims to have discovered a new germ in milk. Good! We were beginning to get tired of hearing about the old ones, and since the price went up we felt entitled to something additional. The women of Japan are sharing in the advance of progressive ideas with the men. That is the reason why the nation is so far ahead in its progress of other oriental nations. They are bringing progress into the very foun­ dation of the nation--the home. A Washington jury has decided that $2,100 is a suitable recompense for a woman who, while waiting for a car caught a cold, resulting In the loss of ber voice. After the mean things that are continually being said about the feminine desire to talk, this valuation, while not extremely flattering, is com­ forting. The dowager empress of China, in the edict creating provincial assem­ blies, orders that "under no circum­ stances shall men of evil reputation, or local bosses who seek only their OWn advancement, be chosen.", This sounds like a good rule, which might be followed in every country with great profit. Official charting shows that the Philippine Islands are about 2,600 in number. Before this government made survey Jjnd took account of stock, the number of islands had been variously given from 1,200 to 2,000. It is no use trying to count them on an ordinary map, for most of the islands are too •mall to show. In order to convey an adequate Idea of the magnitude of the work at Pana­ ma, the latest canal report says that the amount of concrete to be used in building the locks would be sufficient for the construction of more than 22.- 000 eight-room city houses. This is certainly a case where the concrete Is more impressive than the abstract There are few able-bodied paupers ta Holland. A tract of public land, containing 5,000 acres, is divided into six model farms, to one of which the person applying for public relief is sent Here he is taught agriculture, and is subsequently permitted to rent a Bmall holding for himself. Holland also has a forced labor colony, to which vagrant* are sent to do farm and other work, whether they like it or not. According to the report of the-com"- missioner of internal revenue, only ten •tills have so far been established in the entire country for the manufacture of denatured alcohol. This does not mean that denatured al­ cohol is not the commercial and me­ chanical boon which it promised to be. But it takes time to start a new Industry, to build up a system that will coanect the consumer with the pro­ ducer. A writer whose Christmas money perhaps ran short, and who is obvious­ ly trying to comfort himself with the thought that "her" birthday is yet to come, remarks that "the one kind Of gift always acceptable to a woman Is something, anything, in cut glass." It is a wise saying, and one to be explained on the principle that like attracts like. She, like cut glass, re­ veals new beauties the longer one studies her. STEAMER SEIZURE BY CHINA CAUSE FOR STRIFE. LONDON REPORTS PEACE English Capital 8aid to Have Heard of Apology by Oriental Emperor --Pekin Dispatch Says "No Settlement. Nothing succeeds like success Henry Farman, who made the trip in an aeroplane at Paris and won the $10,000 prize, is in receipt of invita­ tions to repeat the performance at different European capitals. This goes to show the interest taken in the matter. But what the ordinary, everyday citizen would like to know ie whether navigating the air is to be an accomplished fact. Airships for com­ mon, practical use must be produced before the average person will be­ lieve that the problem has been really solved. Tokyo.--Japan is undoubtedly pre­ paring for eventualities in the trouble with China and there is tre­ mendous activity among her warships. The entire decision in the matter rests with Premier Saionji and Foreign Minister Hayashi. There has been no indication of the period of time that Japan would await China's reply. What action Japan will take in the event that she decides immediately to take "independent action" is a matter of speculation In diplomatic circles in Tokyo. While war is considered improbable, the naval base at Sasebo is extremely active. It is announced that a part of the first squadron will leave port March 14. The armored cruiser Chi Yoda suddenly left port. Coaling is proceeding rapidly, a number of torpedo boat destroyers having already coaled. Enormous sup­ plies in storage at Sasebo are being hurried aboard the vessels Agony Is Prolonged. No sooner does one diplomatic issue appear to be on the eve of satisfactory settlement than another one crops up to prolong the agony and keep the Tokyo foreign office and the Chinese foreign board more or less busy. The Kanto. a boundary, the Tsln-Min-Tun- Fakumen railway, the North Man- churian customs and the telegraph questions--all these have now ceased to excite much concern in the minds of those who can see below the sur­ face of the political current, but on the other hand, as though the Chinese themselves were determined to furnish the Japanese opposition with its strongest arguments in favor of a more spirited policy vis-a-vis, the mid die kingdom, whose Chinese warships seized a Jpaanese merchant steamer-- the Tatsu Maru--in Chinese territorial waters, just outside Macao harbor, and escorted her to Canton on the charge that she was engaged in an attempt to smuggle arms and ammunition into China. No Understanding Yet. Pekin, Mar. 9.--The Japanese and Chinese governments have not as yet come to an understanding in the mat­ ter of the seizure of the Tatsu Maru and the Chinese board of foreign af­ fairs maintains that the case can­ not be settled without a thorough in­ quiry into the facts. China has suc­ cessfully temporized for two days, and Sunday a member of the board of. foreign affairs and the Japanese min­ ister, Baron Hayashi, had a lengthy conference with regard to the disposi­ tion of the cargo of the steamer if it were restored. China has^proposed that the shipment of arms and am­ munition on the Tatsu Maru be re­ called and that the permit for such shipment be canceled and she further asks for pledges from Japan looking to the suppression of the traffic in arms and ammunition to the main­ land through Japanese sources. The Japanese government has intimated its willingness to consider the matter of such assurances. Full Apology Is Reported. London, Mar. 9.--A special dispatch received here states that China has apologized to Japan for hauling down the Japanese flag when the steamship Tatsu Maru was seized. The dispatch further states that China later will reply to the Japanese government re­ garding the seizure of the steamer and its cargo. The statement was made at the Japanese embassy here Sunday that China has expressed a' deep regret for hauling down the Jap­ anese flag on the Tatsu Maru and has promised to punish the officers re­ sponsible for this act. It was further stated that China had promised to reply concerning the seizure of arms. ASSASSIN ALIA ON TRIAL SLAYER OF FATHER LEO FACES HIS DOOM. AFTER THE ROOF COLLAPSED. Insanity Is Plea Made by Defense In the Denver Murder Case. U. S. Soldier Gets Raise. Washington.--The army pay bill was passed by the senate Friday. The bill provides for army officers a graded increase of pay ranging from five per cent, for lieutenant generals to 25 per cent, for junior officers. It also provides that "the average pay of enlisted men of the army as now es­ tablished is 40 per cent." Wealthy Horseman Slain. Kansas City, Mo.--David Waldo, a wealthy . horseman well known throughout the United States, and who formerly owned a race track here, was killed near Independence, Mo., in a runaway accident. Conductor Killed by Own Train. Toledo, O.--Frank Taylor of Syl- vania, conductor on the Toledo & Western Traction road, was thrown from a box car and killed at Frank- Jing Junction Sunday. Jerome to Answer Charges. New York.--District Attorney Jer­ ome left for Albany Monday to tender to Gov. Hughes his answer to the charges filed with the governor by W. F. King, former president of the Merchant*' association. A chamber well known to devotee* of chess for a good many years is the "silent room" under Prof. "Isaac C. Rice's residence on Riverside Drive, Manhattan. It is hewn out of and un­ der solid rock, and not a distracting •ound can penetrate its quiet. Cable matches with England and tourna­ ments between colleges and notable players have often been played there. Now the house has been bought by 8olomon SchinasI, but the new owner Is a chess enthusiast himself, and the room will remain sacred to the Ittng of games. ^ Chic* and Aid Threatened. St. Joseph, Mich.--Threatening them with death if they harmed any Italians in St. Joseph, letters were re­ ceived by Chief of Police William H. Frans and Inspector of Detectives Charles H. Kelly. Two Negroes Lynched. Hawkinsville, Ga.--Two negroes. Curry Robertson and John Henry, were lynched Thursday near here and thoir bodies burned. They were charged with the murder of Mr. and Mrs Warren Hart. One of the ne­ groes confessed to the crime and Baid the motive was robbery. Denver, Col.--Giuseppe Alia, the priest-killer, was paced on trial in the criminal court at ten o'clock Monday morning. The shocking nature of his crime-- the shooting down of -Father Leo Heinrichs at the altar in St. Eliza­ beth's Catholic church on Sunday mornl.ig. February 23, when he was giving the sacrament--aroused think­ ing people throughout the country and caused them to speculate as to the origin and purpose of the plot. If any existed, that made Father Leo a marked man. Alia's conflicting state­ ments regarding the shooting have led many people to believe he must be in­ sane. However, four of the most ex­ pert brain speeialists in this city, gave it as their opinion that Alia is per­ fectly sane, and this after observing him since his return to this city from Colorado! Springs, whither he was ta­ ken to avoid possible mob violence. Notwithstanding public announce­ ment through the press of results of the observations of the specialists ap­ pointed by the district attorney, the defense engaged three alienists who were present during the trial. They sat in the courtroom and observed the defendant for the purpose of detecting any sign of insanity. Should they be successful no doubt the defense will be quick to grasp that as a means of saving the life of Alia. On the other hand, the prosecution summoned eight alienists to be present, whose expert knowledge is to be used later to offset any claim of insanity that may be raised by Alia's attorney. With the question of insanity aside, people won­ der what excuse or reason Alia could have for wanting the life of the priest. In this connection his first confession, in which he admitted that he was an anarchist, comes to mind. CONVICTS KILL A WARDEN. Effort to Break Jail Causes Murder at Deer Lodge, Mont. Deer Lodge, Mont.--Warden Frank Conley of the Montana state peniten­ tiary was dangerously wounded Sun­ day and his first assistant warden, John Robinson, was killed when three life convicts, George Rock, W. H. Hayes and another whose name is not given, made a dash for liberty. Rob­ inson's throat was cut from ear to ear and the jugular vein was severed. Conley's throat was gashed and he was stabbed several times in the shoulder and groin before he was able to draw his revolver and shoot two of the assailants down. Convict Hayes and Rock were both shot down by Conley after the latter had been wounded. It is believed that the war­ den will recover. KING LEOPOLD GIVES UP. Consideration for Surrendering main Is $21,000,000. Do- Brussels.--The text of the new Congo annexation treaty was submit­ ted to parliament Thursday by Pre­ mier Schollaert and, on his motion, was sent to committee without debate. According to the terms of the new treaty, King Leopold agrees to aban­ don the crown domain and the crown foundation to Belgium. Belgium, on its part, shall not only assume all the Congo obligations, amounting to $21,- 000,000, but undertake also to con­ tinue the king's part In the Congo revenues during his lifetime. Belgium is specifically required to respect the concessions granted to two American companies in 1906, in which Thomas F. Ryan ih interested. EVAN8' VOYAGE NEAR END. San Diego, Cal., in Wireless Communi­ cation with Fleet. San Diego, Cal.--Sunday the Point Loma (Cal.) wireless station reported a dispatch for the navy department from Admiral EvanB on board his flag­ ship, the Connecticut, which with the remainder of the battleships compris­ ing the Atlantic squadron, left Callao, Peru, for Magdalena bay February 29. The Point Loma operator was unable to determine the position of the Con­ necticut as the signals which doubt­ less would have indicated the where­ abouts of the fleet, were indistin­ guishable. Nothing could be learned as to the contents of the message. Duma Wants Big Loan. St. Petersburg.--The Russian Duma has adopted unanimously an interpel­ lation asking M. Kokovsoft, the finance minister, to explain his rea­ sons for inducing the emperor to issue a ukase about the end of January au­ thorizing an international loan of $83,000,000 in violation of a provision of the fundamental law requiring the sanction of the Duma in all budget operations. Musician a Suicide. Waterbury, Conn.--Monetti Monti rezza, a well-known local musician and his young son, William, died Fri­ day as a result of taking carbolic acid and a six-year-old daughter was found nearly dead from the same cause. Twenty Die In Gale. London.--A violent gale swept the coasts of the British Isles Friday. There have been numerous wrecks of small craft. Most of them were on the east coast of Ireland. Altogether about 20 lives have been lost. Receiver for Eastern Road. Balt imore, Md.--B. F. Bush was ap­ pointed late Thursday receiver for the Western Mat \lund railroad. Mr Bush Is president of the road. Slays Wife and Self. Kirtland, O.--Lave Martip, ftO years of age, Thursday shot and killed his wife and then committed suicide. The tragedy followed a quarrel between the couple. Mrs. Martin had recently applied for a divorce. Town Is Fire-Swept. Pottsville, Pa.--The central part of Glrardville, a mining town near here, was Thursday afternoon swept by a flre which burned seven houses and a Store and slightly damaged a number of other dwellings *.w SCHMITZ IS FREE SUPREME TRIBUNAL CALLS 'FRIS­ CO MAYOR FAULTLESS. HIS DISCHARGE ORDERED Drawing Made from Photograph of Coilinwood, O., School, Where Over 180 Pupils Lost Their Lives. AWFUL SCHOOL HOLOCAUST NEAR CLEVELAND KILLS 167 Refusal of Rehearing Consequently Sustains Opinion of Appeals Body --Former Executive to Imme­ diately Apply for Release. Building Housing Elementary Pupils in the Suburb of Coilinwood, O., Burns, Bringing Death to Children. Cleveland, O. -- Penned and held in narrow hallways, jammed up against doors that only opened inward, 167 children In the suburb of North Co!- l/nwood Wednesday were killed by fire, by smoke, and beneath the grind ing heels of their panic-stricken play­ mates. The awful tragedy occurred in the public school of North Coilinwood, ten miles east of this city. One hundred and sixty-five corpses were in the morgue at Coilinwood Thursday, six children were unaccounted for, and all the hospitals and houses for two miles around contained humbers of chil dren, some fatally, and many less seriously injured. All of the victims were between the ages of six and fif­ teen years. The school contained be tween 310 and 325 pupils, and of this entire number only about 80 are known to have left the building un­ hurt. Fire Drill Is Forgotten. The school building was supposed to be practically modern, although erected three or four years agof The school children had been given flre drills, and were supposed to be in training for just such an emergency. When the crucial moment arrived the drill was forgotten and not the slight­ est effort to effect an orderly or prompt escape availed. Victims Practically Incinerated. As soon as firemen and volunteers could get close enough, attempts w^re made to pluck bodies from t^e death heaps at the doors. It was found that the flames had practically incinerated the bodies. Firemen with rakes, forks and shovels turned up blackened bones, little blackened skulls and masses of charred flesh, but bodies recognizable as such were no longer to be found. A fearful stench added to the horror of the scene. Miss Anna Moran, the principal of the school, who escaped, says that the children made a mad rush for the door as soon as the alarm of flre was sounded, but were driven back by the choking smoke. Later the flames prevented the escape of many of them from the burning building. County Coroner Burke immediately after the flre said: "The construction of the school- house was an outrage. The hallways were narrow and there was practically but one mode of exit. The children were caught like *-ats in a trap." Terrible Scenes Enacted. Fearful scenes were enacted around the burning schoolhouse. Fathers and mothers raved, cursed or prayed. Many tried to break through the crowd and some got so far as to dash toward the flaming doorways. One big man in overalls and jumper was restrained by force. Explaining in broken English that his "kinder" were in the building he struggled desper­ ately with the three men who held him. Finally they threw him to the ground and sat on him, forcing his great form downi n the ankle-deep mud. The building was completely de­ stroyed, only the outside brick walls remaining standing. The floors and roof fell into the Interior early in the flre, making the rescue of intact bodies absolutely hopeless. Dead Laid to Rest. Cleveland, O.--Coilinwood Friday came to a full realization of her woe. Slowly and solemnly the processions of death began to wend their way towards the cemeteries, bearing the battered and charred remains of some of the 167 children whose lives were snuffed out in Wednesday morning's catastrophe in the Lakeview school. All day there was no cessation in the funeral corteges. Those who had no dead to mourn as a personal loss stood In the streets with bared heads as the grim processions passed. There was scarcely a dry eye in Coilinwood. One of the sad funerals was that of the three children of Janitor Hirter, held jointly with the services for three other little ones. Janitor Is Made Target. Mutterings against the janitor could be heard about the village as half- crazed parents sought an object upon which to wreak vengeance, forgetting as they did that Hirter himself was walking with bowed head and broken heart behind the biers of three of his beloved. A detail of police was placed about the Hirter home when the hour for the funeral came. Foully 500 persons had gathered, but when the coffins were carried to the door­ way the crowd spread and opened the way for them without protest or ex­ pression of hostility. Altogether there were 50 burials Friday, and Saturday the grewsome task was repeated. Sunday will wit­ ness the last of the individual burials, and on Monday the remains of all those who are unidentified will be laid to rest with one funeral. Friday night there were 28 of these bundles of flesh that awaited claimants. Fire Testimony Heard. Testimony describing the mad rush to death of the school children was i given Friday at the continued session of the coroner's inquest. Stories of heroism on the part of the women teachers were recited. F. P. Whitney, superintendent of the Coilinwood schools, stated his belief to be that no flre department could have done any effective work after the flre had started. Two of the teachers told of their unavailing attempts to open one of the double doors at the rear, which they said was locked. The inquest also developed the fact that, after the ' first crush at the door, it was beyond human possibility to aid or save those whom the tongues of flre were devour­ ing in the charnel house. The inquest will be resumed Monday. Partitions Cause Great Loss. In a statement Friday, Chief Wal­ lace of the Cleveland flre department, after an examination of the ruins of the Coilinwood school, said it was his opinion that the loss of life would not have been so great had there been no partitions at the sides of the storm doors at the rear entrance. San Francisco.--The state supreme court Monday refused a rehearing in the case *>f former Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz,. convicted of extortion from French restaurant proprietors and" sentenced to five years in the peni­ tentiary. The opinion was unanimous. This sustains the decision of the dis­ trict court of appeals, which decreed that the judgment and order of the lower court here, sustained the de­ murrer to the Indictment and ordered the discharge of the defendant on the ground that under the law no offense had been committed. Abraham Ruef, who was jointly indicted with Schmitz, pleaded guilty, and his sentence is now pending. Monday's decision of the supreme court also applies to him. It is believed that Schmitz will im­ mediately apply for release from the county jail, ahd Ruef may do like­ wise. The prosecution proposes to at once bring to trial some of the many other charges proferred against them. The court sustained the appellate court in its decision that the indict­ ment upon which Schmitz was con­ victed was defective in that it did not aver that Schmitz was mayor, that Ruef, his co-defendant, was a political boss practically in control of the city, that as such they were In a position to exercise power and undue influ­ ence over the police commissioners and that it did not show that Schmitz resorted to unlawful means in threat­ ening to have liquor licenses with­ held. The decision practically nulli­ fies Ruef's plea of guilty, invalidates the remaining four extortion indict­ ments against the former mayor and Ruef and will enable Schimtz to gain his liberty on bail after eight months' confinement in the county jail. NAVY ARMOR BELT TOO LOW? Receiver for Company. Laporte, Ind.--Judge C. Richter, in Laporte circuit court, on application of stockholders representing 2,000 shares of the stock of the Chicago- New York Electric Air Line com­ pany, Wednesday evening appointed George F. Mull of Indianapolis receiv­ er for the company, for the Co-Opera- tlve Construction company and for the Goshen, South Bend & Chicago Rail­ way company. Senator Proctor Dead. Washington. -- United States Sena­ tor Redfleld Proctor of Vermont died late Wednesday afternoon after an ill­ ness of one week. His ailment was diagnosed as the grippe, which de­ veloped into pleurisy with pneumonic complications affecting the heart. He was 76 years old. Famous Confederate dead. New Orleans.--Congressman Adolph Meyer, formerly an assistant adjutant general in the confederate army, died at his residence here Sunday. Columbian Official Dies. Lima.--Ramirez Arbelaez, the Co­ lumbian charge d'affaires, died here. Flre Costs $100,000. Kalamazoo, Mich.--Fire which broke out Sunday in the storeroom of the Superior Paper company did damage ohtlmated at> $100,000. It may be sev­ eral days before the flre is finally ex­ tinguished, as it is burning among a mass of rags and old papers. ** •- Iowa Authority Dead. Boone, la.--Charles Aldrich, curator and founder of the state historical de­ partment of Iowa, died Sunday of grip and kidney trouble. He was born in 1828 in New York Btate. Flre Threatens Newburg, Ind. Newburg, Ind--A flre which for a time threatened to wipe out the town of Newburg Friday, caused a loss of $50,000, covered by insurance. A to­ bacco warehouse, three store build ings and one residence " were de­ stroyed. * Goldfield Troops Leave. Washington.--The United States troops which were ordered to Gold- field, Nev., to suppress mining riots three months ago, broke camp Satur «Uv and returned to their quarters. Pass Bogus Money Orders. South Bend, Ind.--One thousand blank money orders, stolen from sta­ tion 129, Chicago, and filled in in amounts varying from $25 to $50, are being passed on merchants in various towns in northern Indiana, southern Michigan and eastern Illinois. Slays Adopted Daughter. Rapid City, S. D.--During a quarrel over a trivial affair Saturday Mrs. Charles S. Barbour shot and killed her adopted daughter, Rose Adams, aged 17. Steamer Wrecks Bridge. Toledo, O.--Friday afternoon th« big steel steamer Yuma was torn from her moorings by the rush of lee, and water In the Maumee river an<' crashed into the bridge connecting the two sections of the city, tearing out a span and carrying It into the river. Wealthy Alton (III.) Widow Dead. Nashville, Tenn. -- Mrs. Harriet Hathaway, a widow of ^VJton, 111., died at a hotel hero suddenly. She had stopped for the night en route home from Florida. That Is Gist of Testimony Before Sen* ate Investigating Body. Washington.--Testimony was ad­ duced Monday before the senate com­ mittee on naval affairs which is in­ vestigating the criticisms of battleship construction, showing that the loca­ tion of the armor belt of American battleships was too low. On the other hand, a letter from Secretary Metcalf was read declaring it to be the opinion of the board of construc­ tion and Rear Admirals Evans and Brownson that the armor belt lines of the battleships Delaware and North Dakota were right. The secretary in his communication took occasion to declare that American battleships were superior to those of any other navy. The witnesses Monday were Lieut. Richard D. White, assistant in­ spector of target practice, and Rear Admirals George C. Remey and C. F. Goodrich. JEROME DENIES ALL CHARGE8. Puts His Reply Before Gov. Hughes Who Is Soon to Act. Albany, N. - Y.--District Attorney Jerome of New York filed Monday with Gov. Hughes his answer to the charges preferred against him. Ac­ tion was taken by William F. King, former president of the New York Merchants' association and a commit­ tee of minority stockholders of the Metropolitan Street Railway company in which the governor is asked to re­ move Mr. Jerome from office. The answer is a general denial of the charges. The governor said he would announce the procedure to be followed after he had examined the document. Holocaust Narrowly Averted. Lee's Summit, Mo.--Four hundred children In the public school here Monday rushed out in disorder when a flre alarm was sounded. No one was injured. The fire was quickly extin­ guished. Jury for Alia Is Secured. Denver, Col.--Monday evening a Jury was secured to try Gulseppe Alia, charged with the murder of Father Leo Henrichs, a Roman Catholic priest, in St. Elizabeth church. Receiver for Electric Road. Milwaukee.--The Fidelity Trust company was Monday appointed by Judge Tarrant as receiver in Wiscon­ sin for the Chicago & Milwaukee Elec­ tric Railway company. England Hides Missive. London.--The government has de» elded to keep private the personal letr ter written by Emperor William to Lord Tweedmouth, first lord of the admiralty. Tokyo War Cries Tamed. Tokyo.--The naval authorities de­ clare that the visit of the Japanese warship Adzuma to Canton has no connection with the Tatsu Maru af­ fair, the coincidence with that trouble being merely accidental. They also say that it is entirely untrue that the department is now getting the fleet ready. Flotilla Heads for Panama. Lima.--After an eight-day visit, the American torpedo flotilla sailed lion- day afternoon for Panama. Arrest Indicted Official. Bay City, Mich.--A deputy sheriff from Mason county Monday served upon City Controller C. J. Barnett a warrant issued under an indictment returned by the grand jury. Mr. Bar­ nett's indictments charge that he of­ fered money to Representative Adaih Walker in connection with a bill. Fear Trouble in Argentine. La Paz, Bolivia.--Disquieting news has been received here uf political un­ rest in the Argentine provinces, and trouble is feared. JUbGINQ BY THE RESULT*. Villager's Conversion Had Not Bean Great Avail. "In our business we get many doubt­ ful compliments," said Col. John F. Bishop, deputy surveyor of the port» the other day, "but I do not think I ever received a compliment such a» nay grandfather got down in my state of Tennessee. My grandfather was a minister and I was a very smalt boy when we both strolled down the road one day. One of our fellow Vil­ lagers came along toward us. " 'Good morning,' said the villager, who apparently had looke>l upon tha cup. 'I-sh conver--hie--tei, parson," he stammered with difficulty. 'Ai> twashyou hie--that con--hie--coo* verted--hie--me.' That must be so,' replied xny grandfather, 'for it's certain the Al­ mighty had nothing to do with your conversion.'"--New York, Evening Telegram. THREE CURES OF ECZEMA. Woman Tells of Her Brother's Terribly Suffering--Two Babies Also Cured *--Cuticura Invaluable. "My brother had eczema three dif­ ferent summers. Each summer it came out between his shoulders and dowa his back, and he said his suffering was terrible. When It came on the third summer, he bought a box of Cuticura Ointment and gave it a faith­ ful trial. Soon he began to feel better and he cured himself entirely ec­ zema with Cuticura. A lady in In­ diana heard of how my daughter, Mrs. Miller, had cured her little so» of terrible eczema by the Cuticura. Remedies. This lady's little one had the eczema so badly that they thought they would lose it She used Cuti­ cura Remedies and they cured her child entirely, and the disease never came back. Mrs. Sarah E. Lusk, Cold- water, Mich., Aug. 15 and Sept. 2, 1907.'* MORE THAN LIKELY. W. Willie--I see automobiles have been introduced in Borneo. T. T. M.--What do you think will bo the result? W. Willie--An Increase in the num­ ber of wild men. What Did He Mean? For a number of years a bitter fsud had existed betwen the Browns and Perkinses, next door neighbors. The trouble had originated through the depredations of Brown's cat, and had. grown so fixed an affair that neither party ever dreamt of "making up." One day, however, Brown sent hia servant next door with a peace-making note for Mr. Perkins, which read: "Mr. Brown sends his compliments- to Mr. Perkins, and begs to say that his old cat died this morning." Perkins' written reply was bitter: "Mr. Perkins is sorry to hear of Mr. Brown's trouble, but he had not heard that Mrs. Brown was ill."-- Harper's Weekly. , - ^ Chivalrous Man. A father and mother, with six chil­ dren, spent a holiday at the seaside. Immediately on arrival they set about looking for cheap lodgings. At length they came to. a notice of a "furnished room to let" and mad& inquiries. "Oh, yes," said the landlady in an­ swer to the father's question; "it's, here the room is to let, but there'* only onte bed in it." "Oh, that's all right," replied the far ther; "we're used to roughing it. The wife and bairns will sleep on the floor."--The Tatler. Perfectly Plain. With all the impartiality of the par­ tisan, Prof. Price set forth the con­ tentions of both political parties re­ garding the tariff. At the close of his talk he was sur­ rounded by the fair members of the Woman's Current Events club. "O Prof. Price," cooed the fairest,, "thank you so much for your perfectly lovely talk! I understand all about the tariff now. It's just like a lover's comparisons--the free-traders are the other girls!"--Sunday Magazine. THE DOCTOR'S GIFT. Food Worth Its Weight In Gold* We usually expect the doctor to put us on some kind of penance and give us bitter medicines. A Penn. doctor brought a patient something entirely different and the results are truly interesting. "Two years ago," writes this pa­ tient, "I was a frequent victim of acute indigestion and biliousness, be­ ing allowed to eat very few things. One day our family doctor brought me a small package, saying he had found something for me to eat, at last. "He said It was a food called Grape- Nuts, and even as its golden color might suggest, it was worth its weight in gold. I was sick and tired, trying one thing after another to no avail, but at last consented to tfy this new food. "Well! It surpassed my doctor's fondest anticipation and every day since then I have blessed the goo<) doctor and the inventor of' Grape- Nuts. "I noticed improvement at once and in a month's time mjt former spells of indigestion had disappeared. In two months I felt like a new man. My brain was much clearer and keener, my body took on th$f vitality of youth, and this condition has continued." "There's a Reason." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Road. "The Road to Wellville," \n pkgs.