M'KiNUf GREETS I LOYBL SOUTH. CONTINUOUS OVATION. The Preeldenfa Trip to tht Atlanta Peace Jubllti Shawt that Wa ara a Strongly United People - Stirring Bptechee. The Presidents visit to the south ended Sundny night after several days if remarkable displays of enthusiasm, fur above the Importance of the recep tion Is the f ut that the original ob ject nf President MrKlnley's Visit has been entirely lost sight of. The unprecedented outbursts of toy nlty to the union hnve completely over shsdowed the rejoicing over the pence with Spnin though purtlcipntlon In the laller wan the avowed object of the president's southern trip. In all the speeches and In 'all the tli nuuiFtratloim which have marked the president' visit to Atlantn. Tua kegee, Montgomery and Savannah, there hits been the tacit admission that the war with Hpaln was the great fac tor In achieving the result, hut It Is to the result and not to the factor that the chief trend of speech-making and of enthusiasm has lent Itself. The president Konday attended serv ice at the Memorial Methodlnt churi'h at Savannah, lie wna met at the door of the church by leading members of the congregation, who escorted him to the it w reserved for hltn. As he en tered the congregation arose and re mained standing until he I. ad taken his S"Bt. The sermon was by Itev. John A. Thomson, D.D. There was no reference to the distinguished presence during the service, beyond an Invoca tion by the preacher for divine guid ance for the president during the crisis which now confronts the country. SOLDIERS BUFFERING AT MANILA. Red Croat Nurse Speaks of the Neglect Which Our Men Our Subjected To. The t'plted States transport Brandln arrived from Manila at Han Frand'co a few daya ago. She brings a number of officers, 91 discharged and furlough ed men and two Hcd Cross nurses Miss Schaefer, one of the latter, who went to Manila September 2B. make startling charges as to the way United States soldiers are taken care nf there. She said: "Scores of the soldiers are dying In the hospitals at Manila Just for wnnt of proper nourishment. They say the government allows (in cents a day for each patient. You can save dozens of lives on 6 cents a day. Men are hop ing for death, aeeklng It, taking pn!s in, doing anything that will end the des pair." "They see nothing before them but days of pain and nights of wretched ness, without proper food, alone, with no one to give them sympathy. No wonder the deadhouse Is never empty, "And outside the hospital, and even In It, there is Indifference, petty con sideration of rank and position, squab bles about precedence, lack of con sideration In prescribing and preparing food. I got Just so that I could nut g i through the wards. "There ls-o much Inexperience. To think of an attendant going through a ward with a pall of beef broth, lad ling It out to the 50 or 110 patient! in discriminately .by the cupful! In the whole pall there was not enough nour ishment for one, even If It were made of the best materlnl. Hut what It real ly was made of, I shut my eyes and refuse to Imagine." t ' ramaia a,nipioye uisciiargea. Two hundred women stenographers and clerks will be affected by an order Irsued by the Chicago and Northwest ern railroad company to the effect thai female employees shall not remain In the service of the corporation after January 1, 1899. In caaea where, long service makes retention a matter nf Justice, the employees will be retained, and on this account the number affect ed will not bo large In Chicago. The order embraces the whole Northwest ern system. Officials nf the road re fuse to discuss the question of policy Involved In the new rule. Lea in Havana. The I'nlted States transport Pan ama, one of the first prises captured In the late war. arrived Wednesday evening at Havana with Clen. Fits liugh lee and staff. The United States transport Michigan, which left Savan nah on Saturday last, a day before the Panama, has arrived with two battalions of the Second Illinois regi ment. A Rich Vein of Oold. ' Rat Portage, Ont., Is wild with ex rltcmont over a marvelous strike made In the Mikado gold mine. The ore fills a, slops 40 feet high and I 1-1 feet wide and the richest ore la worth on a con servative estimate from 126.000 to 000 a ton In free milling gold. The ore Is being put In' barrels and sacks and men are guarding the treasure. The mine Is owned In England. At a low estimate there la now a quarter of a million dollars In sight. The latest advices from miners coming In say the vein la now eleven feet wide with no 'decrease In value. The length and depth of the ore body la not yet determined. 8paniard Ballad. To expel a criminal from the United States Is an unusual proceeding, but that was done In the case of John Hlbert, who left a few days ago for Havre on the steamer La Champagne. Ho was convicted In Lancaster, Pa., of a murderous assault, and the finding of the court, under Judge Brubaker, was that he should start Immediately for Spain, his native country. Sentence was suspended to allow him to go. It Is claimed that he had been goaded to commit the assault by patriotic Amr icans during the Spanish war. Crime and Matrimony Mixed. A romantic wedding took place In the county Jail at Milan, Mo., a few days ago, John Qrenn, aged 19 years, under penitentiary sentence for burg lary and larceny, married his 17-year-old step-mother, whose (0-year-old husband Is In the penitentiary for horse stealing. She waa divorced at the recent term of court, but she fail ed to obey the mandate of the court for payment of costs and she may be prosecu ted for bigamy. Americans Humbugged. The police of Brussels have unearth ed a manufactory where spurious masterpieces of all the foremost mod ern artists have been produced. A number of false Millets, Puvls de Cha vannes and Haudrys were seised They are all excellent Imitations. The sharpers amassed a million francs from the sale of their forgeries, a majority of which have been shipped to America; Death of Senator Brlce. Ex-United Btates Senator Calvin Stewart Brlce died last Thursday at his residence In New York of pneu monia. He contracted a severe cold and his physician said that pneumonia bad developed, . UKor. UUGRAMS. Pet ri Inry Ultra of the Interior w ill resign January J. Millers of Minneapolis have decided against the Hour trust. A revolution Is on In Unllvln, and the rebels hold the capital. It will cost from 124.000 to 150,000 to repair the Massachusetts. The heaviest snow fall for twenty years occurred at San Antonio, Tex, last Thursday. The United Btates now commands 2!.0,ooo square feet of space at the Pari exposition. The consolidation of Baltimore's traction lines w ith a capital of W.COO, 000 Is announced. Col. Rryan says the Issues of 1900 will be free sliver, antt-lmperlalism and rights of labor. Ten stores, a hotel and a large lum ber mill were destroyed by fire at Tlf ton, (la., last Sunday, An Omaha mass meeting subscribed fins.imu fur "a greater America ex position' In Omaha In 18!W. The business portion of the town of Ariaili. N. Y Kn destroyed by lire last Wednesday. Loss, 100,00, Flf,ty thousand dollars has been pre sented to the Presbyterian hospital of Chicago by Mrs. Anna B. Averell. Michael Itolllnger, an Austrian, Is charged with strangling and then burning his wife to death at Chicago, (ago. Capt. Slgshee, who was at Albany when the Texas sailed, has been or dered to Hnvimn to take command ol his ship there. Henry A. Clmpln, the. mine owner and wealthiest cltli.cn or Michigan died last Sunday at Nlles, Mich., as a result of old age. Bryan will be the Washington's Birthday orator of the Virginia Demo cratic association at Washington. Alt geld Is also expected. The Interstate National Ctuard asso ciation adopted a resolution that con gress shoultl appropriate $".,('W),(KK) a year for the state guards. A lighted rlgaret In the fingers of sleeping William Crook set fire to the house and he was burned to death at Philadelphia n few days ago. Hubert Ingersnll attended the funer al of ex-Senator Calvin B. Ilrlce at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church In New York City lust Saturdny, The collapse of a wall during a fire at Chicago Thursday night, killed two firemen and Injured a number of others, some of whom may die. John D. Hockfellcr has promised $100,000 to the Denlson, O., University, provided that the trustees collect $150, 900 before the end of the century, A necklace worth $10,000 was taken from the store of J. Frankel's Sons, at New York a few daya ago. A reward of 11,000 Is offered for Its return. A gasoline stove overturned In a Philadelphia home last Wediusday and Mrs. Martha Kaufman and her two daughters were burned to death. A messenger boy lost a check for l.'fi.OOO at New York the other day. Payment has been stopped by Shu maker Bro., who had signed the check, Lieut. Holison was kissed by 163 girls at Chicago liiHt Sunday. This occurred after he had lectured at the audi torium on the "Sinking of the Merrl mac." Antonio Terry, the Cuban millionaire who married Sybil Sanderson, the American actress, died Wednesday at his home In Paris. He had been III for a long time. Baron De Longuel dropped dead of heart disease In the dining room of the Hollnnd House, New York, the other evening. He was a Frenchman and re sided at Montreal. There are said to be 200,000 counter felt silver dollars In circulation, all bearing the date of 1S90. They are supposed to have been manufactured In the Mississippi valley. President McKlnley pas assured the Vatican that Catholics In American colonies will enjoy the same privileges that they do In the United States. Their property will not be confiscated. Money Is very plentiful In the Coun try at present and borrowers are sup piled at 3 per cent. In the large money centers. Financiers say that a foreign power Is now negotiating a loan In this country. Major Gen. Wesley Merrltt arrived at New York. He said the United States should keep the Philippines, and that 30,000 men would be needed to hold them. Natives and Spaniards could easily be enlisted. Ex-Oovernor Altgeld declares thai Chicago newspapers can be bought to support the 50-year street car franch ise. .He names the papers and also gives the sums at which their columns are purchasable. ' Senator Grey, -of the American peace commission, In an Interview on the St. Louis Just before she sailed from Southampton for this country said that the United Btates Is making a grave blunder In annexing the Philippines. President McKlnley made a strong speech for expansion at a banquet at Savannah, da.. In which he said that having destroyed the government of the Philippines the I'nlted States Is In duty bound to give them a new and table one. The Socialist element of the Amer ican Federation of Labor session at Kansas City attempted to get the de legates to Indorse resolutions favoring their principles, but were promptly squelched. President Qompers scored them unmercifully In a speech. During the presidential visit at At lanta last week, Mrs. McKlnley, whl'e riding In her carriage, was presented with a hot brick by an aged colored lady who was solicitous for the health of the president's wife. As a reward the old lady now has a position In the white house. An accident occurred at the power house of the Buffalo and Newport Rail way at Lockport, N. Y., the other night which Is pusxltng electricians. An electric current, said to have been of 11,000 volts, passed through the body of D. 3. Clough, and the man lives and will recover. Pleas Ooln, the mountain desperado who killed Hunt Kesterson and fatally wounded Fred Burk on Clinch river. In Lee county, Virginia, Tuesday, was Thursday night swung to a limb by an Infuriated mob of mountaineers at Middlesboro, Ky. After stringing him up the mob stood off and poured volley after volley Into his body. Millie Peters, 19 years old, of Chica go, was a few days ago refused per mission to attend a danc. . A younger sister prevented her from shooting her mother, and she then Inflicted a wound upon herself which will permanently affect her mind. Protect Againat the Big Pee. The Information that the adminis tration contemplates .giving Peace Commissioners Day and Held $100,100 each and Secretary Moors $50,00) fur their services in Paris aroused a protest among members of the Con gress. The legislative branch of the Government, howsvsver, will have no official vole in the determination of tht recompense. WORK COMPLETED. Travel In a Special Car Provided by the Railroad Company Communication From Aguln sldo's Representative. The American peace commission left Paris for the United States via Havre and Southampton Saturday and sail for New York on board the American line steamer St. Louis. The United States ambassador, Oen. Horace Porter, and the other officials of the United States embassy, a rep resentative of the French foreign of fice, and the members of the American colony, bade farewell to the American peace commissioners at the railroad station as they started on their home ward Journey. A special salon car had been provided by the railroad company for the use of the members of the commission. The friends of the departing commissioners gave thre rhiers and waved their hats and hand kerchiefs as the train started. It Is learned that Agonclllo, the rep resentative of Agulnaldo, the Philip pine leader, has lodged a strongly worded protest Willi the peace com mission, which thus becomes part of the records. It begins with saying that "the very noble and gallant (c;i. Agulnnldo, president of the Philippine republic," had honored him with "the post of nfllclal representative to the very honorable president of the United States." Following Is a brief outline of the articles of the treaty: Article 1 provides for the relinquish ment of Cuba. Article t provides for the cession of Porto Blco. Article 3 provides for the cession of the Philippines for $0,000,000 as com pensation. Article 4 embraces the plans for the cession of the Philippines, Including the return nf Spanish prisoners In the hands of Tagalos. Article 5 deals with the resslon of barracks, war materials, arms, stores, buildings and all property appertain ing to the Spanish administration In the Philippines. Article A Is a renunciation by both nations of their respective claims against each other, and the citizens of esch other. Article 7 grants to Spanish trade and shipping in the Philippines the same treatment as American trade and ship ping for a period of ten years. Article 8 provides for the release of all prisoners of war held by Spain, and of all prisoners held by her for politic al offenses committed In the colonies acquired by the United States. Article 9 guarantees the legal rights of Spaniards remaining In Cuba. Article 10 establishes religious free dom In the Philippines and guarantees to all churches equal rights. Article 11 provides for the composi tion of courts and other tribunals In Porto Rico and Cuba. Article 12 provides for the adminis tration of justice In Porto Rico and Cuba. Article 13 provides for the contin uance for five years of Spanish copy rights In the ceded territories, giving Spanish books admittance free of duty. Article 14 provides for the establish ment of consulates by Spain In the ceded territories. Article 15 grants to Spanish com merce In Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines the same treatment as to American for ten years, Spanish ship ping to be treated as coasting vessels. Article 10 stipulates that the obliga tions of the United States to Snsnlsh citizens and property In Cuba shall terminate with the withdrawal of the United States authorities from the la land. Article 17 provides that the treaty must be ratified within six months from the date of signing by the res pective governments In order to be binding. Decoy Letter Arreeta a Thief. Otto Helntz. lately employed an jan itor In the Equitable building at St. Louis, was arrested at Kansas City, the other day charged with the lar ceny of $42,000 negotiable bonds from a vault In the office of L. C. Nelson, a tenant of the Kqultable building. Helnta disappeared several eeks ago, and It was supposed that he had com mitted suicide. A few daya ago Helntz wrote St. Louis parties anony mously, offering to return the bonds for $18,000. A decoy letter resulted In the arrest of the supposed suicide. On his person were $11,000 of the stolen bonds. The balance of the bonds, which are unregistered, and negotiable anywhere, cannot be found. Col, Bryan's Idea. Col. William Bryan has expressed himself as opposed to the Imperialistic policy. He favors an Immediate rati fication of the peace treaty. Then he would grant the Philippines and Porto Rico the same privilege which has been granted Cuba freedom and Inde pendence as soon as a stable govern ment can be estnbllshd. Oreat Blockade of Orain. The grain blockade at Buffalo con tinues and Is unprecedented. Fully 80 large steamers are In the river waiting to be unloaded, or frozen In, They carry about 9.000,000 bushels of grain, while In the different elevators 7,000.000 bushels are at present stored. This total of 18.000.000 bushels of grain afloat and temporarily In store Is a record breaker af the first dimen sions. Ice is forming too rapidly to permit any of the boats attempting another trip up the lakes, consequent ly this great fleet of grain carriers will be forced to winter in this port. The railroads are greatly hampered In their efforts to get the grain to the seaboard by the continued snow blockade. Hundreds of Illegal Marriagaa. Two hundred Canadian marriages contracted during the past two years have been found to be Illegal and near ly seventy children born of these mar riages Illegitimate. These marriages were solemnised In Canada by clergy men resident In the United States, who were very often relatives of one of the contracting parties, and as such guests at the weddings. The law requires that all marriages be solemnised by a fudge, magistrate, marriage regis tar; clergyman, a resident of Canada and crdained to his sacred office by a Ca nadian church organisation. The heir ship to valuable properties Is In some cases affected, and legislation Is to be Introduced making all such marriages legal and expressly forbidding such marriages In future. Fatalities la the Klondike. The steamer Danube, arriving from Lynn canal, reports a succession of fatal accidents during the construc tion of the Whits Pass railway, caused by an avalanche. First Officer Law rence of the Danube while at Bkaguay, was told of six of these accidents oc curring within a week. He was told that 16 to 20 had lost their lives on the railway since the advent of winter. A number of deaths ara also spoken of Indefinitely as having occurred oa-4h ' irau to uenneu. FIITY-FJFTH CONGRESS. Senate. SEVENTH DAY. Discussion of two questions, each nf Interest and Importance at this time, was begun by the Senate. Territorial expansion and the construction of the Nicaragua canal occupied the atten tion of the body. Mr. Morgan opened the debate on the Nicaragua canal bill with a three-hour appeal for action at this session, in the course of his re morks, he agreed to accept an amend ment specifically excepting the canal from neutrality with regard to any country with which the United States might be at war. As soon ns the routine morning busi ness hatl been disposed of. Mr. Vest called up his resolution, offered last week, declaring It to be unconstitution al for this Government to acquire for eign territory, except for coaling sta tions or some like purpose, unless Its Intention Is to confer Statehood upon the territory and citizenship upon Its Inhabitants. Mr. Vest declared that It Is a basic principle of this Government that the powers of the Government are derived from the consent of the governed, antl maintained that the Federal Government has no authority, either In morals or In the Constitution, to go beyond that principle. He held that the principle bad been sustained by the Supreme Court In various decis ions, and that no public mnn of promi nence and no recognized tribunal had ever been reckless enough to controvert EIGHTH DAY. Mr. Morrill addressed the Senate on Ids bill authorizing the purchase of a site east of the capltol grounds In Washington for a building .for the United States supreme court. The Ben ate promptly passed the bill. The session of the Senate was largely consumed In discussion of the Nica ragua canal bill, Mr. Turple (Dcm. Ind.) attacking It on the ground that It la In the Interest of the maritime com pany, which he characterized an a fraud and bankrupt. He moved a post ponement of the matter until after the holiday recess. Mr. Morgan defended the bill. Mr. Berry gave notice of an amend ment providing for the direct appro priation of money for the construction of the canal and limiting the cost to $115,000,000. NINTH DAY. The Nicaragua canal bill held Its place as the principal subject before the senate. Speeches weie made by Messrs. Harris. Money, Stewart and Morgan. Mr. Money urged postpone ment of the question In order to per mit an opportunity for negotiations with Great Bi Haiti for a modification of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty and Mr. Morgan antagonized the proposition. TENTH DAY. The urgent deficiency appropriation bill, making provision for the army and navy for the next six months, dis placed the Nicaragua canal bill in the Senate, preventing even the taking of a vote on the question of postpone ment until arter the holidays, as had been Intended. The deficiency bill was passed after a spirited discussion, turning principally on the point of keeping the volunteer sold lets In the service. At the Instance of Mr. Har ris, the Senate adopted a resolution (ailing upon the President for Informa tion as to the status of the report of the Nicaragua commission. Mr. Mor gan presented a memorial from the National board of trade favorable to the construction of the Nicaragua canal, asking that the document be printed In the "Congressional Record." Mr. Allen objected. He predicted that the canal would cost $."i00,000,000. House. SEVENTH DAY. The House spent the lamer part of the day on District of Columbia af fairs. The bill to relieve the condition of American seamen was taken up, but nothing was accomplished. Representative Hepburn, of Towa, Introduced a bill authorizing the Presi dent to acquire by purchase from the States of Costa Rica and Nicaragua full ownership, jurisdiction and sover eignty of such land as may be desir able and necessary to construct and defend a ship canal. The President Is also directed to construct such a canal, and the bill appropriates $10,000,000 to complete It. EIGHTH DAY. The house passed the District of Co lumbia appropriation bill without a single amendment. The bill carries $8,359,950. which Is $178,600 less than whs carried 4y the last bill, and $2,871,857 less than the estimates. On motion of Mr. Hay (Dem Va.) a resolution was adopted calling upon the secretary of war for information as to what towns In Porto Rico. Cuba and the Philippines are required to be garrisoned; how many troops will be necessary for that purpose, and how many soldiers will be needed for the United States proper. Representative McRae of Arkansas to-day Introduced a bill extending the public land laws to the island of Ha ivall, subject to such regulations as may be made by the secretary of the interior. NINTH DAY. The pension appropriation bill was reported to the house and Mr. Barney (Rep., Wis.) gave notice that he would call It up on the following day. The senate bill to regulate the sitting of United States courts within the dis trict of South Carolina was passed. The pension appropriation bill re ported to the house carries $145,233,830, being $4,000,000 more than carried by the current act, due to the Increase in pension disbursements, which rose from $139,949,717 In 1897 to $144,651,879 In 1598. The total number of pension ers on the rolls In 993,714. TENTH DAY. The' pension appropriation bill In days gone by haa been one of the most fruitful themes of acrimonious parti san debute", but to-day, although car rying $4,000,000 more than the act for the current year. It was passed In 20 minutes without a word of criticism by the House. Mr. .Hill (Rep., Conn.) then called up the bill "to carry Into effect the recom mendations of the International American conference by the Incorpora tion of the International American bank." Mr. Broslus (Rep., Pa.) said the business between this country and those of the south of us had aggre gated more than $3,000,000,000 sine the recommendation of the Pan American congress was made In 1889. Practically all of It haa been carried on by drafts on London at a cost of to 1 per cent exchange. This American trade snould be controlled by Americans. ELEVENTH DAY. The bill to extend the customs and revenue laws of the United States over the Hawaiian Islands was pus ted by the house without opposition. The bill, Mr. Dlngley explained, carried with it the civil service laws relating to ap pointments In the customs and revenue service In Hawaii. He urged the Im mediate passage of the act In order to protect the revenue of the United States. Representative Rtxey of Virginia in troduced a bill for the admission of confederate as well aa union soldiers to all soldiers' homes and government Institutions maintained by the gov eminent SPANIARDS SHOT. Evacuation of the Enemy Leads ta a Violent DiaturbancePaaaengera Compelled to Shout for Free Cuba. Sunday evening a crowd of Cubans of the lower class passed a barracks of engineers on the Infanta avenue, Havana, shouting ""Long live Cuba," nnd "Death to Spain," and fired shot" Into the air In celebration of the evac nation of Cerro. The crowd stopped street tars and compelled passengers to shout "Viva Cuba llbre." Jose Gnncetlo and his cousin, Teodoro Huen tas, were wounded with knives. Gan dhi died and Hucrtas will probably (Jle. Later the crowd met some engineer at the Ksqulna de Tejas and fired up on them, seriously wounding one. The engineers returned the Are, wounding a street tar conductors civilian. Iso dure Basols and John Leonard, a negro. Spanish soldiers were ordered to the scene. While marching through Cerro they were fired upon by men conceal ed behind pillars. One Spanish private fell wounded, and the battalion tired Into the air to scare the rioters. On resuming their march they were again fired upon and another man was hit. The Spaniards then fired and dispersed the rioters. Among the wounded was a negress, and It Is also reported that there were several others. The rioting caused great alarm In Cerro and along the Calzada del Monte, where all house have kept closed doors since last night. The Spanish commissioners Inform ed the American commissioners Sun tiny that the Havana suburbs Cerro and Jesus del Monte had been vaeu nted. The Spanish troops left Jesus del Monfe Sunday evening, Immediate ly after which American and Cuban flat; were raised, crackers fired and demonstrations made by the large crowds In honor of the event., NOT FIT TO RULE. Shelter Very Decided In Hie Opinion About the Cubana. At the collation of the officers of the Third Georgia regiment to Postmaster General Smith and the newspaper cor respondents the other day at Savan nah, Ga General Shafter had some Interesting things to say about Cuba and the Cubans. "It seems to me," said General Shaf ter, "that a great many persons have an erroneous idea respecting our re lations with the Cubans. As I view It. we have taken Spain's war upon our selves. We shall, in all probability, hear a good deal more of the 'Insurg ents.' " "How about self government for the Cubans?-" General Shafter was asked. "Self government?" the general re peated. "Why. those people are no more fit for self government than gun powder is for h I." In the same line General Shafttr went on to tell why the United Stats would, in his opinion, be obliged to remain In the Island for some time, and govern the territory by military rorce. Hugged a Citiien's Wife, Prominent citizens of Savannah, Oa have interested themselves In behalf of Moore, the Maine artillery man who was the other day sentenced to pay a fine of $500 or serve 60 days on the chain gang by Judge Norwood for at tempting on "'le streets to hug the wife of a proml'.nt citizen. A petition to the governor for pardon Is being cir culated, and It is being signed not only by leading men, but by society women as well. Moore was hilariously in toxicated at the time of his offense. It Is probable the pardon will be prompt ly granted. Three Cubana Killed. Three Cubana were killed and one Spanish officer and two Cubans were wounded the other night at Havana In an affray between some Spanish of ficers off duty and a number of citizens and a party of Cubans, who wished to close the Tacon Theater on account of the death of General Calixto Garcia at Washington. The Spanish troops on duty Intervened and restored order. Ohio After the Sugar True. Attorney General Mnnnett of Ohio has advised State Auditor Gullbert In a formal opinion, that the Sugar Trirst which has for the last five years sold sugar in Ohio only through dealers ac ting as factors, the title remaining In the trust until sale to the consumer Is made. Is liable for taxes In this State on the whole stock. The tax valuation upon which this unpaid tax is claimed is estimated at mors than $30,000,000. Dceperata End of an Unhappy Man. Gottlieb Wagner, an old farmer liv ing near Montello, Wis., set fire to all his farm buildings recently and then threw himself Into the flames. All his grain and farm Implements were de stroyed. His remains were found in the ruins of the barn. The cause of the act Is supposed to have been be cause a divorce was procured by his wife. He destroyed tho property to prevent It falling Into her hands. Wag ner kissed the children good-bye, gave each some money and sent them to school. His wife left him a week ago. Liberal Leader Retiree, Right Hon. Sir William Vernon Harcourt, member of parliament for West Monmouthshire, and, since the resignation of Gladstone, the official leader of the British Liberal party In the house of commons, haa addressed a letter to John Morley, Liberal mem ber for Montrose Burghs, announcing his resignation of the leadership. A Coetly Pa. Speaking of Sara Bernhardt, they tell this of her in London, where she was last spring. Tho great one dropped Into a bookseller's shop one morning. "I sold her quite a pile of books," said the proprietor, "and showed her every attention, and she seemed pleased. As she waa going out she took hold of my pencil and asked me something In French which I did not 'understand. Seeing that I failed to catch her meaning she looked about on the counters, then, quick aa a flash, she took up a volume of one of the very best sets of Scott, bound In tree calf, opened it at the very center, wrote something quickly, calmly tore out the leaf, handed It to me, smiled, and went out." The astounded book seller Inked at the leaf and discovered that Sara had written a pass for two to her performance that evening! Magnificent, but It was not a cheap entertainment 'or the bookseller. The last instance of boiling to death took, place in rcrsia in low. in of fender, who was guilty of stealing ia.iv ri( - - cauldron of cold water, which waa slowly nsaiea w met suiting point, ma pons wsrei uiatrmutw, "ojiih, along to provincial tax collectors. N'sl'XSe-y AM YOU SORE AND STIFF From hard work or outdoor exercise f ST. JACOBS OIL Will cure after a few appll- ' cation, and make the muscle limber and jtronj. i wn'wwai a IOO Reward. IOO. The readers of this naner will tt nleatl en learn that there la at least one dreaded til. rase that science has been able to cure In all Its stages, and that Is Catarrh. Hall's ('ntrrh Cure Is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Cntarrh being a con stitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment Hall's Catarrh Core Is taken Inter nally, acting directly upon the hloott and mn cons surfaces of the system, thrretiy destroy. ma m iininiiniion or ineturae, aim giving the iintlt-nt strt-ngtli he htiiltllnff tin the con. tlttitlon antl a-otliig nature In doing Its worn, i tie proprietors nava so much faith In Its curative tsnvers that. t.hev offer (Ins Hun. tired Hollars for nny case that It, falls to cure. nenti ior iiai oi icMimomnis. Atitiress, . . K. ,i. Ciir.xr.Y ec Co., Toledo, Ca Fold by priiggitx, i.V. Hall's family Pills are the nest. In Turkey the Sultan Is hv tradition bound to dye his hair and beard. Educate Your Bowels With raaeaeeta. iOe, goo. If O. o. C. jail, druggists refund monasi WHAT THE LAW DECIDES. An unrestricted guaranty of pay ment Indorsed on a negotiable Instru ment Is held, In Commercial bank vs. Cheshire Provident Institute (Kas.), 41 L. R. A. 175, to be negotiable and It Is also held that It passes with the title tq the Instrument. The "heirs" who are entitled to right of action for the death of a per son tinder 2 Hill's (Wash.) code, seex tlon 138, are held, In Noble vs. Seattle (Wash,), 40 j. R. A. 822, to include the widow and children only, and not to Include the parents of the deceased. A statute reducing the lien or charge it judgment against the estate or person of a judgment debtor and pro hibiting the renewal thereof for mo: than one year after the act takes eff Is held, In Bettman vs. Cowley (Wasl 40 L. R. A. 815, to be an unconstitu tional Impairment of the obligation of contracts so far as it applies to those made before the statute was passed. A person holding a mileage ticket, who, with Intent to board a train standing on a siding near a station, without going to the station, attempts to cross the main line, Is held, In Southern Railroad company vs. Smith (C. C. App. 5th C). 40 U R. A. 746, to be not a passenger to whom the carrier owes extraordinary care or diligence, but only one of the general publlo entitled to ordinary care, if he haa done nothing to notify any of the of ficers or agents of the carrier that he Is a prospective passenger. Japs. Look Much Alike. The Japanese are curiously alike physically. Recent measurements tak en of an Infantry regiment showed no variation except two Inches In height or twenty pounds in weight. v It AAA fJifAl llueadAcce? Are your nerves week? Can't you steep well? Pain in your back? Lack energy? Appetite poor? Digestion bad? Boils or pimples? These sre sure signs of poisoning. . From what poisons? From poisons that sre ways found in constlpsted bowels. If the contents of the bowels sre not removed from the body each day, as nsture intended, these poisonous substsnces sre sure to be absorbed into the blood, sl wsys causing suffering snd frequently csusing severe disesse. There is a common sense eure. Tbey daily Insure sn essy snd natural movement of the bowels. You will And thstthe use of Astr$ S with the pills will hasten recovery. It clesnses the blood from all impurities snd is s great tonic to the nerves. of the bmi amines ehyeletaae la the Cntud Slates. Tell taeSoetor lust hew you ara eaSerlna. Too Vlll roeel-e the beet BHtUeaT ad-tee Without Witt. Addraea, vat ti. v. air.n UIIU, - -a. Farms for Sale Semi stamp, gat full description and prioa nf 4U chuaouat farina lu Ashtabula. Co- ( Beat statu lu the union: bust oouiitr la the ttate. it N. UANCKOfT. JenTareoa, AahtttlMla Ca., Uliio. mOFITAllE ETLCTr'iT can be Kx nrod aa agent ibt povilar bums- alne, eacturiug aubauriptions, tVelUon per manent. GiMid wages to ladtea of taut and hui u ssa miallSratlnu. Send tat lettse of Inlonua itea, XUKIAiU, m Vetx. alt., as orkcii aTs 1 Ira ii W I
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