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The Job department of the PRKSS is complete •nd affords facilities for doing the best class of work. PAKTICUI.AH ATTENTION PAIIJTO LAW PRINTING. No paper will be discontinued until arrear r,ges are paid, except at the option of the pub- Isher. Papers sent out of the county must be paid for in advance. The people of the United States yielded half protestingly to the deci sion of the board on geographic which prescribed "Puerto IJico" as the spelling of the name of that island, although they had become accustomed to spelling it "Porto Bico." They will, however, refuse to accept the decision of the board that "Ilabana" shall be the spelling of the name of Cuba's chief city. The proposed spelling is illogical and un-American. After "Ha vana" has been the American spelling for centuries, after this spelling has weathered the storms of peace and war and become imbedded in the hearts of the countrymen, no board of ten men, even though they have geo logical, geodetia, lighthouse, hydro graphic and postal training, will prove powerful enough to change the spell ing. A Lewiston (Me.) girl, who has never tasted the weed and who dislikes the smell of a much-smoked pipe, has one of the most remarkable collections of tobacco pipes in the state. She began to collect them when she was a little girl, and has kept up the fad, till now she has a wonderful variety of them. And what is more she has sent them around the world for great men to smoke. She has one that was smoked by Bismarck, one by the prince of Wales, and her pipes, which are all new when she buys them, have been smoked by many great men in Amer ica. When her girl friends gather at her house she brings out her pipes to display and will not show them to strangers. She fears notoriety, but real ly her collection is remarkable. It is estimated that more than 4,50 C miles of new railroad were built in lie United States last year. This is nearly 50 per cent, more than the new con struction of 1898, and is more than twice the average of the four precedingyears. lowa took the lead in railroad building last year, with 553 miles; Minnesota came next, with 374 miles; then Arkan sas, California and Michigan, in the or der named. These five states include one-third of the total new mileage of the year; but there were only live of the 50 states and territories, including the District of Columbia, in which there was not some new construction. In common with Massachusetts and some other states, Illinois has a law forbidding the use of the American flag for advertising purposes. ThJfc :pericncu.—N. Y. Tribunte. tCCoI. Bryan lias a sure thing on publicity. He excites even mora won der when he does not make speeches than when he does. —Washington Star. cySilver republicans show a disposi tion to be republicans hereafter, with out the prefix. The lesson of repub lican success is national prosperity and progress, — St. Louis Globe Demo crat. ICA series of banquets lias been ar ranged for Mr. Bryan, and from this time on his campaign for the presi dency will be pushed. He will let somebody else do the "chasing of the almighty dollar."—Cleveland Leader. tC-'Coin Harvey's new book makes the principal discussion on "imperial ism" the "terrible octopus," as well as free silver, are in the background. It seems hard to tind out just where de mocracy is going to stand this year.— lowa State Register. ICCoI. llenry Watterson explains the gloom of the democratic outlook by remarking that "the country is in a state of hopeless prosperity." Those are the exact dimensions of the situa tion. There isn't enough calamity in stock to support a populist campaign in a single township.—N. Y. Mail and Express. CTGrover Cleveland says:"lt seems t«» me that the inconsistency of un reasoning and false party leadership is impressively exhibited when the c laim is made that Jacksonian democ racy sanctions the degradation of the people's currency and a reckless disre gard of the restraint of law and or der." There, Col. Bryan, "put that in your pipe and smoke it."—lowa State Register. SENATE IN A TURMOIL. Dignity I* Forgotten by the LCKIKII t»r» ami Fierce I»eiiini< -latloiiK are Hurled at Mr. Peltlurew, of South Dakota. Washington, Feb. 1. —Debate in the senate, ordinarily calm and dignified, burst yesterday into passionate utter ances and bitter recriminations. Sen ators hurled denunciations one at an other until the auditors quivered with excitement. The debate grew out of a phase of the Philippine question and no scene has been witnessed since the discus sion of the war resolutions in the last congress which, in sensational feat ures, compared with that of Wednes day. Mr. I'ettigrew, who has precipitated nearly all of the debate upon the Philippine question during the pres ent session, sought to have read a resolution embodying a document written by Emilio Aguinaldo upon the Filipino insurrection and containing his version of the alleged recognition of the Filipino republic by Admiral Dewey. Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, protested against printing the docu ment and read a letter from Admiral Dewey in which that portion of Aguinaldo's statement relating to the admiral was denounced as "a tissue of falsehoods." Mr. Lodge said he preferred accept ing Dewey's word to that of Aguina 1 - do and was satisfied the American people would also. In a passionate reply Mr. Pettigrew declared that Admiral Dewey had rec ognized the Filipino republic and. al though afforded an opportunity here tofore to deny Aguinaldo's state ments, had not done so. In an instant half a dozen senators were on their feet. Mr. Hawley, the senator from Connecticut, denounced Mr. I'ettigrew's action as treason. Senator Pettigrew was made the target of stinging arraignments by Senators Spooner, lltiwley, Sewell and (iallinger. That the feeling was at a pitch seldom noted in the senate was evidenced by the pale faces of the men who spoke. Mr. Jones (dein.. Ark.) and Mr. Tel ler (Col.) endeavored to stem the tide of protest and deep feeling by concil iatory speeches. At the conclusion of the scene the financial bill was taken up and dis cussed. ALL ARE WILLING. I'rcMldcnt lleKlnley"* Proposal for a Can-American Congri'ss I* Approved by Our Southern Neighbor*. Washington. Feb. I.—Secretary Hay has received assurances from all of the South American countries which have diplomatic representatives in Washington of the favorable reception bv them of President McKinley s sug gestion that a congress of pan-Ameri can nations be reconvened, this time preferably at the City of Mexico, be cause the first congress was held in Washington. The next step toward the execution of the project probably will be the extension by Mexico of invifations to the nations of North, South and Central America to partici pate in such a congress. It is the president's expectation that, aside from the great political ad vantages that may be expected to fol low a closer association of the nations of the three Americas, important com mercial and business opportunities may be owned to the merchants of the United States through the legis lation of the conirress. It is the intention of this govern ment to earnestly forward the project for the establishment of an interna tional bank; to adopt, if possible, measures to simplify the customs practices of the various nations; to secure the universal acceptance of the system of commercial nomenclature and perhaps to push the construction of the inter-continental railway. There are other vast projects, too, such as a universal arbitration scheme and a uniform set of extradition laws and treaties which may be expected to come before the congress. TO MAKE NO MISTAKE. Itepublleaii Presidential IClertor* Will be rhoHrn by State Convention*. Washington, Feb. ].—Secretary- Dick. of tlie republican national com mittee. is preparing to mail letters to the chairmen of the sit ate committees, informing them that it is deemed bet ter that all the presidential electors this year should be nominated by state conventions. Hon. Joseph Man ley called the attention of the com mittee recently to a decision of the Maine supreme court that, under the provisions of the Australian ballot law, the jurisdiction of a nominating convention must be as wide as the jurisdiction of the otlice represented on the ticket. In view of this it was decided that no loopholes should be left to contest the rights of the presidential electors to cast their ballots. Conventions for congressional districts will be allowed to designa'e the 71re.sident.ial electors, as usual, but state conventions of the renublican party will be expected to rait if v these nominationis, that there may be 110 question as to their valid ity. Heretofore state conventions have generally nominated only two presidential elector:-:. An Anil-Foreign HaiilfeKto. Berlin, Feb. 1. T»ae Loltal Anzeiger reprints an alleged secret decree is sued by the empress dowager of China to the governors of the provinces, ex horting them to strong measures against foreigners and even to war. The lamruage is very violent. Decided Again*! the Chinese. Fargo, N. D., Feb. 1. -Judge Ami don made an important ruling in the Chinese eases yesterday and incident ally the prosecution scored first blood in the tight to exclude the men alleg ed to have violated the exclusion act. !n the eases against Moy Hall and Moy FOOll. Judge Amidon ordered th > n'cn del irted. In his order the court ruled that the alleged membership of these men in the Tai-Wah Co.. of Chi cago. was not tenable, as 7.'! members w ere alleged on a stock oi" only SS,OOO. On this hearing 90 per cent, of the d< #«ndnnts cla'uu a right to admission DULLER BEATEN. English Commander Is Forced to Retreat Across the Tugela. Urn. Wnrrrn lure» an Importuul PUKIIIUII troin lli<' 'l'ruiiMvualrrH, but IN I'urifd to Aliamlou ■ t in u !'<■« Hour*. London, Jan. 29.—(Jen. Buller in a dispatch to the war oftiee states that Spion Kop was abandoned on account of lack of water, inability to bring- ar tillery there and the heavy Boer fire. Following is the text of (ien. Bul ler's dispatch, dated Spearman's Camp, .lan. 27, 6:10 p. in.: "On Jamjar" 20 Warren drove back the enemy and obtained possession of the southern crest of the high table land extending- from the line of Acton Homes and Hongers i'oort t<> the west ern Ladysmith hills. From then to January 25 he remained in close con tact with the enemy. "The enemy held a strong position on a range of small kopjes stretching from northwest to southeast across the plateau from Acton Homes, through Spiou Kop, to the left bank of the Tugela. "The actual position held was per fectly tenable, but did not lend itself to an advance, as the southern slopes were so steep that Warren could not get an effective artillery position, anil water supply was a difficulty. "On January 21! 1 assented to his at tacking Spion Kop, which was evi dently the key of the position, but was far more accessible from the north than from the south. "On the night of January 23 he at tacked Spion Kop, but found it very difficult to hold, as its perimeter was too large and water, which he had been led to believe existed, in this ex traordinary dry season was found very deficient. "Gen. Wood gate, who was in com mand at the summit, having been wounded, the officer who succeeded him decided on the night of January 24 to abandon the position, and did so before dawn January 25. "1 reached Warren's cam" on Janu ary 25 and decided that a second at tack upon Spion Kop was useless and that the enemy's right was too strong to allow me to force it. "Accordingly I decided to withdraw the force to the south of the Tugela. At 0 a. in. we commenced withdrawing the train, and by 8 a. m. January 27 Warren's force was concentrated south of the Tugela, without the loss of i>, man or a pound of stores." Advices have been received from Spearman's C amp that (ien. \Yoodgato lias succumbed to the wounds he re ached in the attack upon Spionkop. Boer lleauquarters, I'pper Tugela, Jan. 25. Some Vryhcid burghers from the outposts on the highest hills of the Spion Kop group rushed into the laager saying that the kop was lost and that the English had taken it. Reinforcements were ordered up, but nothing could be done for some time, the hill being enveloped in thick mist. Scaling the steep hill the lioers found that the English had entrench ed heavily. l'etwee>n the lines of trenches was an o|>en veldt, which had to be rushed under a heavy fire, not only from rifles, but of lyddite and shrapnel from field guns. Three forces ascended the three spurs co-ordinately, under cover of fire from the Free State Krupps, a Creusot and a big Maxim. The Eng lish tried to rush the Boers with the bayonet, but their infantry went down before the Boer rifie lire as before a scythe. The Boer investing party advanced step by step until 2 p. in., when a white flag went up and one hundred nnd fifty men in the front trenches surrendered. London. .Tan. 30. —History pauses for a time in South Africa. The admiralty has warned all half pay naval officers to hold themselves in readiness for service. This, with the fact that able seamen not thor oughly experienced have been with drawn from the channel squadron, is taken to indicate the early mobiliza tion of the reserve fleet. London, Feb. 2. —Mr. Wyndharn's re markable declaration in the house of commons yesterday that Great Brit ain will have in a fortnight 180,000 regulars in South Africa, 7,000 Cana dians and Australians and 2OI Consumption. 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