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Aure- llano Blanquet, his minister of war, or any other member of his official fam­ ily or of the unofficial coterie that he anight be expected to control. ^ This ultimatum from Washington has been conveyed to President Huer­ ta through his private secretary, Senor Jlabago, by NelBon O'Shaughnessy, American charge d'affaires, acting un­ der instructions from the state depart­ ment Senor Rabago presented the memo­ randum to his chief late Sunday, but up to Monday evening President Huer- ta had returnedno answer, and, so far as could be learned, had guarded its contents from almost all his official and intimate counselors. Those who learned of the Washing­ ton note regard General Huerta's posi­ tion as one in which he will be forced to give one of two answers--refusal point blank to comply with the de­ mand, possibly going so far as to hand the diplomatic representative his pass­ ports, or the elimination of himself officially. Those most intimate with the Mexi­ can president insist that the latter course will not be taken for many rea­ sons, chief among which is that such action would be tantamount to sub­ mission to the rebels. ' Official Mexico is no longer in doubt that the Washington administration favors the rebel cause, and is con­ vinced that this is the means' adopted by President Wilson : and Secretary Bryan to assist Carranza to win. General Huerta summoned to the national palace at night the diplomatic corps, but for what purpose was not revealed. * Three of the ministers, those of Germany, Norway and Russia, were absent. They have been in Vera Cruz, where they were in conference with President Wilson's representa­ tive, John Lind, who is understood to be fully conversant with the latest representations from Washington. Washington, Nov. 5.--A press dis­ patch from Mexico City was read to Seqreary Bryan over the telephone. He manifested much interest, but said he would make no official comment. All last evening the secretary had been expecting news developments and prepared to stay up late to re­ ceive dispatches. It was reported In diplomatic cir­ cles that copies of the ultimatum had been transmitted to all foreign gov­ ernments by the United States inline •with the policy of keeping them in­ formed of every step taken in the Mex­ ican situation. The ultimatum was regarded by of­ ficial Washington as the first step in the American program for which the United StateB had asked all nations to wait before they formulated any new policy toward Mexico. It was learned, too, that the Wash­ ington administration had indicated a desire to all foreign powers that any government set up as a result of the election of October 26 should not be recognized until the United States had communicated its views on the •abject The president doea not believe that Huerta will go to the length of de-. daring war, but it is expected that unless he agrees to quit he will break off diplomatic relatione with the Uni­ ted States. The "war plans" of the army ord­ nance department are completed, and Dor the first time in histr^y Uncle Bam is in readiness at a moment's notioe to arm and equip 500,000 men to send into the field In the event of war with a first-class power. These plans have been worked out during the last six years by Lieut. Col. J. T. Thompson under the direction of Brig. Gen. William Crozier, chief of bureau. Reports from John Lind, President Wilson's personal representative in Mexico, concerning his recent confer­ ences in Vera Cruz with the Russian, German and Norwegian ministers, conveyed the impression to President "Wilson that there was a disposition on the part of those diplomats to co­ operate with the United States in sup­ porting the plana of the Washington government HUERTA'S GUARDS FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION Churchill In Airship Flight. » London, Nov. 5.--Winston Spencer lv>' C&urchill, first lord of the admiralty, went to Parnborough toward dusk and made a flight in the airships Delta ^ and Beta. Eiach flight lasted some 15 ., V; fltinutes at a height of 1,80<> feet. f: -r. • Execute Spanish Officer. jjL./ Madrid, Spain, Nov. 5.--A firing squad of Spanish troops executed Capt. Manuel Sanchez, a Spanish army offi- 5 cer found guilty by a court-martial of - ^ the murder of Don Garcia Jalon, a jg-v *ealthy land owner, last May. Set Date for Labor Cases. Washington, Nov. 5.--On the re­ quest of Samuel Gompers, Frank Mor­ rison and John Mitchell, the Supreme court of the United States set January • 1 as the date for hearing arguments in the labor Contempt cases. The cavalry which acta as the bodyguard of President Huerta, seen In the photograph, was utilised by him as guards at the recent presidential election and paraded the streets of the capital, keeping perfect order. 1. J. HILL IN WARNING A38ERT8 THE COUNTRY 18 WA­ TERLOGGED WITH BONDS. Tells Financiers in Chicago That Overissue of Securities Is Fatal Debauch. Chicago, Nov. 1.--James J. Hill, the dean of the nation's railroad builders, on Thursday night told 900 financiers and men of commerce that "credit had been abused"--that ""the country 1b waterlogged with bonds," and that "if the present abuse of credit continues an abyss of possible suffering and financial distress opens before us." Mr. Hill delivered his warning in &n addresfe at the annual banquet of the investment Bankers' Association of America at the Congress hotel. At the same gathering Frank A. Vanderlip, president of the National City bank of New York, decrying danger from an­ other source, declared that the pass­ age of the Glass-Owen bill in its pres­ ent form "would start the country on the road to flat money," a possibility, he said, "that contains elements of a national disaster." Mr. Hill characterized the over-Issu­ ance of securities as a financial de­ bauch, but spared the railroads in his arraignment. The liquidating value of railroad property, he asserted, "is so far in excess of its capitalization that the margin of safety is plainly in view." It was on industrial promo­ tions and crn the extravagance of states and cities that he laid the bur­ den of his censure. Formerly, he said, the limit of a bond issue waB the value of the prop­ erty as an asset for immediate con­ version by forced sale at any time into cash. In days of soberer financing, an Industrial concern was capitalized at somewhere near the actual amount of cash put into the business. SPARKS FROM THE WIRE Washington, Nov. 1.--Admiral Dew­ ey repudiated the claims of Harry F. Dewey, an actor, under arrest at Al­ pena, Mich., on a charge of imperson­ ating an officer, that he was the "fa­ vorite nephew" of the Spanish war hero. St Paul, Minn., Nor. 1.--William Mc- Mahon of Amboy, I1L, a brake man, has been awarded the largest verdict but one ever recorded in Ramsay county, when a district court jury returned a verdict of f39,000 In his favor against the Illinois Central Railway company. McMahon had both his arms crushed and one leg was cut off. Berlin, Nov. 1.--The Nobel prize for science was awarded to Prof. Charles Richet a member of the French Acad­ emy of Medicine and president of the Psychical Research society of London. Ho is sixty-three years old and has spent many years combatting tubercu­ losis. Centralla, HL, Nov. 1.--Mistaking a can of gasoline for kerosene, Mrs. Paul Wadklns poured gasoline on a fire in the kitchen stove in an effort to make the fire burn more quickly. An explo­ sion followed, Mrs. Wadkins being far tally burned and dying from her in­ juries in a few hours. Washington, Nov. ^l.-7-Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo celebrated his fiftieth birthday anniversary and re­ ceived congratulations on becoming a grandfather. His daughter, Mrs. Charles Taber Martin of Prescott, Ariz., has just become the mother of a girL $ Save Lives of Many Birds. V New York, Nov. 5.--Two million I birds found a safe refuge this year On reservations and guarded colonies "Of the National Association of Audu- ; bon societies, according to the annual j^WPOTt of the organization. " W*' ' % Wealthy Mexican a Prisoner. ,* El Paso, Tex., Nov. 5.---Gencnil Ter- ; nzas, said to be the wealthiest mun ^- ln Mexico, is reported a prisoner of the Mexican federals at Juarez. Mili­ tary officials In Juarez deny know! •dge of his •.vr ]-g 'M& Wrecked Ship's Crew Saved. ' Halifax, N. 8., Nov. 4.--A wireless message received from the govern­ ment survey ship Acadia said the wrecked transport steamer Alette's crew was safe on the government ship. The Alette was beached. Turks to Reorganize Army. Constantinople, Nov. 4.--Turkey completed arrangements for the em­ ployment of a German military mis­ sion for reorganization of the Ottoman army. Greater powers will be given to the instructors. •110,000,000 for Oil Firm. San Francisco, Nov. 1.--The pur­ chase of two independent oil ' com­ panies in California, the Union Oil company and the General Petroleum company, involving $110,000,000, was consummated by Eugene DeSabla. U.S.PUN TO POWERS WILSON'8 THREAT OF INTERVEN­ TION IN MEXICO GIVEN TO ENVOY8 BY LIND. WILL RECOGNIZE CARRANZA Formal Demand Will Be Made to Gen­ eral Huerta as 8oon as He An­ nounces His Intentions--Await Die?, tator's Plans. Washington, D. C.# Nov. 4.--Presi­ dent Wilson has two plans for the elemination of General Victoriano Huerta, dictator of Mexico, and ending the warfare which has engaged that country for almost three years. Ac­ cording to high authority these plans are: a 1. Intervention as a police power by the United States. 2. Recognition of the revolutionists under General Carranza as a de facto government, and the lending of moral support to their cause. These plans are contingent one* up­ on the other. John Lind, personal representative of President Wilson in Mexico, con­ ferred today at Vera JCruz with the Norwegian, German, Russian, French and Spanish Ministers to Mexico. He conferred with these diplomatic offi­ cers yesterday, too. The subject of the conference be­ tween Mr. Lind and the foreign repre­ sentatives wero the two plans Presi­ dent Wilson has mapped out and one of which, if not both, he will follow. This demand will be made as soon as President Wilson receives officially from Mexico City a definite announce­ ment as to Huerta's plans. It Is ex­ pected Huerta will be prepared to an­ nounce in a few days his Intentions as the result of the elections of Sunday a week ago. If Huerta does not make an an­ nouncement within a reasonable length of time--within the present week--President Wilson will then in­ form him that ther United States gov­ ernment Is prepared to take such steps as it deems wise in bringing the present disturbed conditions to an end. He will follow such an act by demand­ ing of Huerta that he resign. The presiident wishes to use first su­ asion in the elimination of Huerta, but unless the matter makeB some definite announcement as to his intentions- Intentions regarding the holding of the office of head of the de facto govern­ ment of Mexico--the president will be forced to adopt other than suaslve measures. New York, Nov. 3.--Mrs. John Lind, wife of Wilson's special envoy to Mex­ ico, arrived here on Friday on board the steamer Morro Castle. Two Mexi­ can legislators also arrived, and they owe their escape and possibly their lives to the quick wit of Mrs. Lind. To save the two Mexicans from ar­ rest at Vera Crux Mrs. Lind hid them in her stateroom and sat up all night on deck until the officers of the Huer­ ta government had gone ashore and the boat had left port San Luis Potosi, Mex., Nov. 3.--A force of 600 revolutionists rounded up, tortured and killed forty-seven of fifty mounted policemen sent from this city to protect a ranch twenty miles to the west Many of the mutilated bodies were hung fp trees. The three police­ men who escaped returned home. Vera Cruz, Nov. 3.--Gen. Felix Diaz and his companions put to sea on the American battleship Michigan. Off Progresso, Yucatan, they will be trans, ferred to a New York and Cuba steamship. •1'* Kilbane Knocks Out Mars. Cincinnati, Nov. 1.--Before one of the largest crowds that ever witnessed a boxing contest in this city, Johnny Kilbane, champion featherweight of the world, knocked out K. O. î rs of city 1* Um seventh roeod. Get $2,500 In Freak Stamps. New York, Nov. 4.--Five freak Uni­ ted States stamps of the issue of 1869, valued by their owner, Clarence E. Chapman of New York, at $2,500, were stolen from the, International Phila­ telic exhibition. Jackson, ky., Swept by Fire. Jackson, Ky., Nov. 4.--The business section of Jackson, the scene of many feud murders, was destroyed by fire. The loss is $150,000. Governor Mc- Creary has been asked to call out the National Guard. Blasts Kill Million Salmon. Washington, Nov. 1. -- Railroad blasting on a tributary of the Fraser river In Washington has killed more than 1,000,000 salmon and pre­ vented the spawning of three billion sock-eye salmon eggs. ' CHAOS OVER NEW TAX INCOME TAX CONFU8E8 WALL 8T. BANKER8 AND LAWYERS. Admit Their Ignorance--Find Chief Difficulty |S In Clause Providing for Collection "at the 8ource." New York, Nov. 8.--That part of New York which Is referred to vague­ ly as Wall street was in a state of con­ fusion Friday. For once in its career Wjall street did not know which way to turn. The new Income tax law be­ came effective that day and 4ome of the highest priced lawyers, bankers and corporation officials in the world confessed that they were completely at sea as to its meaning. It is practically a foregone conclu­ sion that payment of a large part of $80,000,000 November Interest pay­ ments due in New York will be de­ ferred pending a Bolutlon of the riddle. Whatever the outcome, it is predicts ed that many suits will be instituted against the government to test the law. Some of the leading Insurance companies, led by the New York Life, have questioned that feature of the law (Which Imposes a tax on corporate holders of state or municipal bonds, of which they hold large amounts, while exempting the Individual. The chief source of trouble 1» that portion of the law which provides for the collection "at the source" of the tax on income derived from Interest on bonds, mortgages and certain oth­ er obligations. Banks and corporap tions are required to withhold thie tax in making payments of Interest due to holders of securities. The ruling in question has given rise to endless confusion. In cases in which bonds are not registered the names of their owners often are not known to the banks or fiscal agents to whom coupons are presented for pay­ ment The identity of the owners must be established to determine whether the tax Is to be deducted. GIFT AROUSES INDIANIAN Gray Tells House Plan to Give Mlaa Jessie Wilson a Wedding Present Is "In Bad Taste." Washington, Nov. 1.--Representa­ tive Gray of Indiana created a commo­ tion on Thursday by denouncing his colleagues in that body for presenting $5 apiece to a fund, the purpose of which is to purchase a wedding pres­ ent for Miss Jessie Wilson. Gray de­ clared members were getting "too fa­ miliar with the president's family," and suggested that money be turned over to charity. • '1 think this movement Is in bad taste, indiscreet and an unwarranted assumption by members of this house," said Gray. "I do not think we should tender a trinket to this lady. Most of us are strangers to her, and it Is bad form for us to Intrude." MRS. EATON IS ACQUITTED Widow' of Rear Admiral Not Guilty of Polaoitlng Husband, Declares Jury. Plymouth, Mass., Nov. 1.--Mrs. Jen­ nie May Eaton was acquitted of the murder of her husband. Rear Ad­ miral Joseph Giles Eaton, after the jury had deliberated her case 11 hours. The acquitted woman rose to her feet and, gripping the hands, of her lawyers, exclaimed In a shaken voice: "Thank God! I have the best law­ yers in Massachusetts." Battleship Fleet Meets Rough Seatik Cape Race, Nov. 4.* "The battleship fleet on its way to Mediterranean ports has encountered rolling seas blown up by fresh southwesterly winds. The vessels $iave 1,660 miles more to steam. • « • • . • < k . Rats Ravage Whole Island. Tokio, Nov. 4.--The entire popula­ tion ot the small island of Nakashlma, of the Ten Islands group in southern Japan, has been threatened with ex­ termination by a veritable plague > fit rats. '• • Bavaria Has a New Ruler. Munich, Nov. 1-- King Otto, the mad ruler of Bavaria, who has been insane since 1870, was deposed and Prince Ludwig ascended the throne. The succession was approved in $tee Bavarian legislature. " ; •m y - j ' " - :3: Lawyer's Home Looted of Gem* Many Llvee Are Loit. New York, Nov. 1.--Jewels ranging Casablanca, Morocco, Nov. 1.--Bnor> in value from $25,000 to $50,000 were mous damage and loss of life ^faa stolen from the home of T. J. Oakley caused by a tidal wave. The Greek Rhlnelander, a prominent New York steamer Mlssolonghi and the German lawyer. A number of detectives are' ship Martini were sunk and two va«- at work on the cane; . jsela were steanded. • I DEATH III GUR STRIKE NON-UNION MAN Klt-LCO AT IN* DIANAPOLIS--ONE WOUlfo' EO IN RIOT. RALSTON REFUSES TO AID Governor Tflls Mayor Shank That Police Failed to t>o Their Duty and Urgea Appeal Be Made to the Sheriff for Help. Indianapolis," Nov. 4.--Isaac Streich- «r, a strike-breaker, was the first vic­ tim of the car strike in this city. He was shot and killed by a companion on Sunday night. The attempts of non-union men to run cars were followed by the. shoot­ ing of James Johnson, a street car em­ ploys on strike. Superintendent Hy- land had assigned twenty men to duty on any street cars that might' be startedc and patrolmen boarded cars into which the strike-breakers climbed. The trolley flow from the wire at the curve. Immediately the crowd surrounded the car. John- eon was one of the foremost In the esowd. Suddenly the door of the car was opened and a policeman fired Into one crowd, and Johnson was struck. Johnson was taken to the city hos­ pital where his condition is consid­ ered serious. Governor Ralston refused "Ho take any action In the street car strike, which completely tied up the service here. He told Mayor Shank, who admitted that the situation was beyond control by the city authorities, that the police were not doing their full duty and If they would not do their duty to appeal to Sheriff Theodore PorteuB of Marion county for aid. The mayor conferred with the sheriff, but no decision was reached. No attempt had been made to move a car during the night although about 400 strike-breakers were brought into the city on a special train from Chica­ go. President Robert I. Todd of the •street railway company said he was prepared to start the cars at any time that he was offered adequate police protection for them. Mobs rioted in >:he streets In the forenoon and for more than an hour late in the day a, nob estimated at 5,000 persons fought in the down­ town business section, before it was broken up by the mounted police. At a meeting of business men with Mayor Shank and his advisers the ad­ visability of closing the saloons until the strike is settled was considered, but no action was taken. Although vehicles of every descrip­ tion were pressed into service the great majority of the Indianapolis workers walked home. During a riot a negro was hit by a patrol wagon and killed and a motor- 'man was cut by glass when the car he was running was stoned. His Injuries were so serious that he may die. President William G. Beatty, presi­ dent of the Central Labor union, also telephoned the governor saying that the union disapproved of violence and charged that the police were at fault In not dispersing the crowds and pre­ serving order. GATES BODY PUT IN VAULT Services for Late Millionaire at New York--Report He Died of Druge Denied. I New York, Nov. 4.--Funeral serv­ ices of Charles O. Gates, the young millionaire whose hunting trip in the west was terminated by his sudden death at Cody, Wyo., were held on Sun­ day in the Madison Avenue Methodist church. The body was taken to Woodlawn oemetery where it will rest in one of the vaults until the family mausoleum designed to receive the body of the late John W. Gates as well as that of the son is" com­ pleted. The sermon was delivered by Rev. M. I. Burton of Northampton, Mass. The preacher paid a tribute to the unlimited generosity of Mr. Gates while he was^live. The services were eefaducted b/ Rev. J. W. Lagrone of Lingsley, la.? an pld friend and pastor of the Gates family. St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 3.--W. L. alls, city attorney of Cody, Wyo., and L. Howe, coroner of Park county, In which Cody is located, telegraphed to the Pioneer Press in this city a statement in the most emphatic terms to the effect that the death of Charles G. Gates which occurred sud­ denly in Cody was not caused by drugs, as had been intimated by an* editorial in the Cody Enterprise. w: Huerta to Jail Alleged Plotters. Vera Cruz, Nov. 4.--It was »g»<n hinted on Sunday that the government has knowledge that certain prominent men were involved In a plot to over­ throw the present regime and that these will be taken into custody. Cutting Last Canal Barrier. Washington, Nov. 8.--The task of opening a way through Cucaracha slide, the remaining obstacle to navi­ gation through the Panama canal, has been carried on as "rush work" since the blowing up of the Gamboa dike. Many Hurt In Wreck. Chicago, Nov. 3.--Scores of people were seriously Injured here when a Wabash railroad train crashed into a Halsted street car at West 75th street. The piling of the elevation hid the railroad tracks p»om the motorman. Two Are Burned to Death. Chicago, Nov. 3.--Clasped In each other's arms, Grafton R. Stevens, a wealthy architect and his wife were burned to death in their home at Wil- mette, a fashionable suburb. Their bodies were taken from the ruins. Two Die in Rail Wreck. Macon, Ga., Nov. 3.--Southom pas­ senger train No. 29, from Columbus to Atlanta, was wrecked near Experi­ ment, Ga. Two of the crew were killed and several Injured. The en­ gine turned completely over. NEWS or ILLINOIS fg ^ Herrin.--George Rose was killed by a fall of slate in Sunnyslde mine while walking down an entry. Kirkland.--W. R. Moon, aged sixty, Is dead of blood poisoning, resulting from a slight scratch on his hand. Davis Junction.--Eight horses and a cow were burned to death in a fire tiifet ([gstfoysd 2* big bstm on ths fpTrn* of Ralph Lace. Belvldere.--Saloonist Larry Crfe* gan dropped dead While he was pour­ ing a drink for a customer. Heart failure was the cause. Danville. -- John Savage fatally wounded his fiancee and killed himself because the girl insisted for the fourth time on postponing their wed­ ding. Sterling.--Joseph Knox of Morri­ son is suing his family doctor for $20,- 000, alleging that the doctor left a yard of gauze in his internals after an operation. / Rockford. -- Co-operative barber shops will be established in Rockford. as a result of which the prices of shaves and haircuts will be reduced one-third. Elizabeth.--^Harvey Statham, thirty- two, while dressing a shoulder wound on one of his horses, was kicked in the forehead by the animal and in­ stantly killed. 1 Freeport--Rev. F. Holke, for six­ teen years pastor of St. John's German Evangelical church of this city, has accepted a call extended him by St. John's church of Highland Park. Maroa.--»J. F. Harris has established a goose farm here, having .imported 6,000 geese from Kentucky and Ten­ nessee. It is the second enterprise of its kind in this part of the country. Quincy.--Reckless auto drivers, claimed another death here when Will­ iam Erhardt was added to the long list of killed. Wholesale prosecutions are to follow. Freeport.--Two jnen who appeared in Browntown, Wis., representing themselves to be game wardens, are believed responsible for the robbery of the post office and two stores in ^rowntown. The robbers obtained $db worth of stamps and $25 cash in the poBt office. Springfield.--A $39,000,000 increase in the value of personal property in Illinois is shown in the report of Chairman Marion Watson of the per­ sonal property committee of the state board of equalization. made to the board. There were few changes made in the returns made by local assessors. Galesburg.--Dr. George E. Maley of Galesburg, indicted at Keokuk, la., on a charge of violating the Mann white slave act, was arrested and taken to Peoria., His brother, John E. Maley, will furnish bail and defend him. Doctor Maley denies the charge. Champaign.--A campaign against hazing and hazers is being actively prosecuted. Direct fruits were borne when the counsel of administration dismissed E. F. Bloome, Peoria; W. F. Nance, Urbana, dismissed permanent­ ly; L. E. Williford, Nokomls, suspend­ ed for one year. Champaign.--Postmaster M. L. Brewer of Philo announced his resig­ nation to go fishing. He has been postmaster since August 14, 1897. Political upheavals and the tarpon season in Florida are his cause for resignation. His post office duties kept him away from Florida while the tarpon were "ripe," so he resigned to get them. St. Charles.--Police are searching for four Chicago youths who escaped from the St. Charles School for Boys. The four left the institution about eight o'clock at night. In some way, they got possession of kdys to the' front gate of the stone wall that sur­ rounds the school, and while guards were not looking unlocked it and fled. None of the prisoners is over seven­ teen years old. There names are: George Eck, William Dunsworth, JameB McGeevy and Frank Ford. Jollet.--Joseph Peart shot and killed W. J. Bell, a railroad man, seri­ ously wounded John Black, a youth, and then, when surrounded by a posse, committed suicide near Carbon Hills. Black will possibly die, physicians de­ clare. Peart went to the home of his divorced wife and found Bell and Black there. Peart ordered them out. of the house, following them to the sidewalk when, without warning, he drew a revolver and opened fire. Both men fell. Pana.--Milton Bowman, age eighty- two, sole heir of the $500,000 estate of his eccentric bachelor nephew, John Bowman, who died at Stonlngton, northwest of Pana, three weeks agt>. arrived in Stonlngton from the Na­ tional Soldiers' home at Marion, Ind., and assumed charge of the estate. Bowman read a newspaper account a few days ago of the large fortune left by John Bowman, and had no trouble proving his rightful claim thereto, as the only near relative "and brother of Bowman's late father. Dr. Asa Bow­ man. He wrote Neal Bowman, execu­ tor of the estate, and laid claim to the fortune. Alhambra.--Mr. and Mrs. Christian Tontz celebrated their golden wed­ ding anniversary at their home hem. Mr. Tontz 1b president of the Citizens' bank and Is seventy-four years old. He is a member of the German Evan-, gellcal church and when six years old ' came to Madison county with his par­ ents from Germany. The couple haa had thirteen children, the following of whom are alive: Mrs. Magdalena Scbrumpf, Grant fork; Mrs. Mary Hit*, St. Louis; Dr. George Tontz, St. Louis; Robert Tontz, Grantfork, and Mrs. Rose Beckman, Mrs. Clara Mind- rupp and Elisabeth Tontz, Alhambra. Mount Auburn.--Charged with con­ verting money order funds to hiB own use, John A. Henderson, a rural mail carrier, was arrested by federal au­ thorities. Henderson was tield for the 'federal grand jury next January. Sterling. -Jo3oph Knox of Morrison, thlB county, sued the Drs. Fairchild «f Clinton, la, for $20,000 damages, claiming they left 36 inches of gause in him when they sewed him up fol­ lowing a recent operation. Decatur.--Arrangements were com­ pleted for a campaign lor $65,000 to finish building the ftew Dscatur and Haeott Conn boapMgfc * ' PLEASANT FOB MISS SMITH Of Course Harvard Man M»y v *5 • Wave Meant Anything,' Then Agllit---' There la a man In town who knows a good story with which to be- . r gin an after-dinner speech. He haa saved it for two years, and haa not ad a chance to use it He eard anybody else use it in that timet He offers it here in the hope that it w*y fcid martyrs--not listed in Fox's book--of whom the toastmaster demands that tnosi difficult oratorical effort--the happy after dinner talk about something which one speaker has already discussed. Here it is, very ahort, but leading Itself graceful­ ly to elaboration: A Harvard graduate student went to Chicago to persue his studies. At one sesjlon of the class he attended, the first speaker was a Chicago woman, a doctor of philosophy, severe and plain, * ip but learned. The Harvard man waa ' ^ ; :« c a l l e d o n n e x t ^ t . "The discussion offers room for end- " - " less discussion," he began. Then he % bethought him of chivalry, "hut really s | when my learned colleague, Miss ,:i > .d Smith, rose to her.feet, It seemed that' the ground was covered."---Newark has not m Evening 3tar. JUDGE CUREU, HEART TftOtlBLft, 1 took about 6 boxes of Dodds Kid­ ney Pills for Heart Trouble from which I had suffered for 5 years. I had dizzy spells, my eyes puffed. ,»y breath was short and I had •hills and back­ ache. I took the pills about a year ago and have had no return of the palpitations. • Am now 63 years old, able to do lots of manual labor, am and weigh about - M V?\" •v.V' / i •:'"W Judge Miller, well and hearty 200 pounds. I feel very grateful that I found Dodds Kidney Pills and you may publish this letter if you wish. I am serving my third term as Probate Judge of Gray Co. Your? truly, PHILIP MILLER, Cimarron, Kan. Correspond with Judge Miller about this wonderful remedy. Dodds. Kidney Pills, 60c. per box at your dealer or Dodd^ Medicine Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Write for Household Hints, also music of National Anthem (English and German words) and re­ cipes tor dainty dishes. All 8 sent free. Adv. , ________ • Why Poison Ivy Poisons. Poison ivy has long been a mystery both to scientists and laymen; #hy and in what manner it causes the pe­ culiar rash and irritating inflamma­ tion have puzzled both botanists and physicians. At last the reason has been discovered. Dr. Mirande of Paris read to the Academy of Sciences in that city recently the results. of his study of the poisonous weed. Poison, ivy contains prussic acid. This Is found principally in the young leaves and buds; in the older leaves there la very little of it. In three and one- half ounces of young leaves there la about a quarter of a grain of the acid. As with other plants in which prussio acid is found, the poisonous substance does not exist in its perfect form, but develops as soon as the leaves are bruised, a chemical action being set up through the union of an enzyme with a glucosid. % A-. " Hard to Reach Her. A good planter's wife, "befo* de wah," was teaching a jet black house girl, just fourteen and fresh from the plantation, the alphabet Betsy had learned the first two letters, but al­ ways forgot the useless letter "C." ~- "Don't you see with your eyes, Bet­ sy? Cant you remember the word' - see?" said the mistress. "Yassum," answered Betsy, but she couldn't Five minutes later Betsy began again bravely: "A--B--" and there she stopped. "What do you do with your eyes, Betay?" "I sleeps wld 'em, mlstlss." And this ended for that day the "educate" Betsy. ^ about His Grouch. "What's Wombat Irritated now?" "These shocking transparent skirts." "Why should they make him peevish?" ,t "He hears about 'em, hot aevrif sees any." Anything to Quiet Him. "Baby cried this morning for an hour." "Why didn't you. give it to him?"-- Boston Evening Transcript In 1912 British Columbia ^admitted 56,817 new eettlers. •PEAKS FOR ITSELF Experience of a Southern Man.1 "Please allow me to thank the origi­ nator of Postum, which in my case, speaks for itBelf," writes a Fla. man. "I formerly drank so much coffee that my nervous system was almost a wreck." (Tea is just as Injurious be­ cause It contains caffeine, the drug found In coffee.) "My physician told me to quit drinking it but I had to have something, so I tried Postum. "To my great surprise I saw quite a change in my nerves in about 10 days. That wa^ a year ago and now my nerves are steady and I don't have those bilious sick headaches which I regularly had while drinking coffee. "Postum seems to have body-buHd- ing properties and leaves the head clear. And I do not have the bad taste in my mouth when I get up morn­ ings. When Postum Is boiled good and strong, it is far better in taste than coffee. My advice to coffee drink­ ers is to try Postum and be con­ vinced." Name given by Postum Co.. Battle Creek, Mich. Write for copy of the little book, "The Road to Wellville." Postum comeh in two forms: Regular Poetum--must bo weR boiled. Instant Postum Is a soluble powder. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly in a cup of hot water and, with cream and s u g a r , m a k e s a d e l i c i o u s b e v e n g f . v , v Instantly. Grocers sell both kinds. '̂ There's a rsasan" ftp poetaia. ̂ 'J" 'JV