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Prepare This Yours Qj For those who have any. fprm of blood disorders who want new, rich blood and plenty of it, try this: Fluid Extract Dandelion, one-half ounce Compound Kargon, one ounce Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla, three ounces. Shake well in a bottle and take in teaapoonful does after each meal and at bed time. Any good pharmacy can supply the ingredients at small co*t. This is the prescription which, when made up, is called "The Vege table Treatment by others, the "Cyclone Blood Purifier." It acts gently and certainly does wonders for some people who are sickly, weak and out of sorts, and is known to re lieve serious, long standing ases of rheumatism and chronic backache quickly. Make some up and try it. CASTORIA for Infants &nd Children. DM KM YOU Han Always Bought Bean the Signature ot WHY STOP AT A HOTEL while in the cities, when you can go to Rogers Turkish Bath Pariors in the Globe Building i® St. Paul, and have a good Turkish Bath, including use of hot room and stean room, shower, rub, swimming pool, and private sleeping room for all night at ONE DOLLAR. Rogers Turkish Bath Parlors are the most commodious and luxurious in the United States west of Phila edlphia. Turkish Baths are not only excellent for their cleansing and tonic effects, but are recommended for rheumatism, goat, lumbago. La Grippe, colds, asthma and muscular diseases. RetfsriTvrKiah Baths Globe Bldg..St. Paul, Minn., Est. 1896 WHAT KIND OF Financier ARE YOU? To sell a lot of ground for $50 lens than it would bring if $5 were ex pended in sdvertismg it is veay com mon—if not very wise—financiering. To sell a shop or farm for $2,000 when $10 worth of advertising would have found the man willing to pay #500 more fer it—'that is "near flighted" financiering. To allow a house or apartment to remain tenantless for three months, when #3 worth of advertising would have rented it in three days—is not a GOOD way to "manage property," bat it is a very usual wayl Through all the little affairs of life we are apt to thus trample upon al of the Financial Commandments— snaking ourselves the pojrer and no ibody else especially the richer. ADVANCE WANT ADS. WILL HELP YOU "MANAGE THINGS." PATENTS a™*, copyrights, eta, Send model, I ALL COUNTRIES. JBudmess direct vnth Washington save* JmkI money and often thefatent. fotmt andlnfrfngMent Practice Exduiyaly. Write or oome tonaat •U HMk Stmt, Off- United Btotef hM «Oc*J WASHINGTON, O. C. GASNOW! PATENTS 1 Md rrRA DC- RTXftKS Pr°BW?r »«*»lned In I I aB countries, or no lea. We obuia PATE NTS 1 THAT PAY. advettin tbwn theiWDgUly, at our I mMM. Anrt hiJrv Tffil Ifimtff I Barf model, photoor skctdt tor FftCC I «i rslwfhlllty. J» ywan? report pmedecs. SUR- I PASS! MO REFER EN CCS. For free I Book oo Frofltable Patenta wrfteto Gukl- RHINOTON.D. C. 3^B30lq X' 60 YEARS' •XPEAIENCB PATENTS I jpnRffR DESIGNS FM COPYRIGHTS AC. CTaMS3saen»sa.iPr?^ •ent free. Oldeet a^cy for•eourinapaUnU. Patent* taken, .tErouib Mnnn ft Co. noelT* H»rtal wot tea, withoot charge, In the Scientific HtnencatL IgssiBrM^jerJFmk JT Bt, B.C. DAMAGE IS IMMENSE GREATEST FLOOD IN THE HIS TORY OF PENNSYLVANIA 18 NOW SUBSIDING. Aggregate Loss at Pittsburg and Vi cinity Estimated at Almost Ten Million Dollars—West Virginia and Ohio Also 8uffer Severely From High Water, Some Loss of Life Be ing Reported In Both States. Pittsburg, March 16.—With the rapid receding of the waters in the Monongahelar, Allegheny and Ohio riv ers, conditions are fast assuming nor mal proportions and the greatest and most destructive flood in the history of the city is at an end. The ap proaches to the bridges are, clear of •water and street car service in the flood district has been resumed. Thou sands of suburbanites who have been stranded in this city sfhce Thursday have been able to reach their homes. The rivers have fallen eight feet, and are dropping a half foot an hour. Ten square miles were inundated. The loss in dollars will probably nev •er be known, but an estimate thus far In Allegheny county may be sum marised as follows: Loss in output of steel mills, $3, 000,000 loss in output of other indus tries, $2,000,000 loss in wages ot em ployes, $1,837,000 estimated damage to industrial plants, $2,600,000 total, $9,337,000. Reports from all parts of Western Pennsylvania are to the effect that the flood has subsided and efforts are now being made to clear up the wreckage. Railroads Resuming Service. Railroad service, which was de moralized by the high water, is rapid ly resuming. Within a few days, it is said, all the 'lines will be operating in fall. Excitement was caused here by sev: eral fires. One that swept the Mount Washington district had to be dyna mited on account-of a shortage of wa ter in the mains. The loss from fires will not exceed $225,000. While the rivers are receding at a •rapid rate it will be several days be :fore they reach their normal stage. Thirty large blast furnaces in this •city are out of commission on account of the flood. It Is said here that the •suspension will cause a scarcity in iron. The power from the plants of the Allegheny Light company was turned Into the trolley wives in an effort to maintain street car service. As a re sult Pittsburg is in darkness. It is also stated by the management of the railway company that it will bd at least a week before the street car system Is in order. The flood was directly responsible for more than a score of deaths. BY FLOOD AND FLAME TOWNS IN OHIO AMIS WEST VIR GINIA SUFFER LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. Wheeling, W. Va., March If.—Fires added horror to the stress of flood in the Wheeling district, causing a loss of $150,000. At Bridgeport, O., oppo site Wheeling, lime In water set fire to the extensive plant of the Scott Lumber company, which was com pletely destroyed, Involving a loss of about $100,000. The fire spread to a number of nearby houses, which were destroyed, and the total loss Is $150,' 000. For a time Jt was feared the fire would spread to the principal busi ness section of the town and owing to the flood the flames could not be eheckedt An explosion of gas at the Warwick pottery in South Wheeling destroyed the greater part of the plant. The police rescued 100 or more per sons from their homes In skiffs, but three little Syrian children were drowned. The loss will be more than $100,000. The city and surrounding towns on both sides of the river are complete ly cut off by rail and steamer. Every foot of Wheeling island Ip submerged and 7,000 residents have been driven to upper floors. It is estimated 5,000 homes are flooded, affecting 25,000 people. The property loss will reach 9100,000. One fatality Is reported. 'SEEK TO ESCAPE FLAMES. boxen or More Syrians Less Their Lives by Drowning. Wheeling, W.^Va., March 16.— Panic stricken as a result of an ex plosion and,fire at the Warwick pot tery works in, the flooded district eight persons, all children but three, lost their lives by Jumping from the windows of their homes into the flood waters and drowned before they could be rescued. Surrounding the pottery is a colony tof Syrians. The explosion was fol lowed immediately by firs which en veloped the entire plant and threat ened adjoining property. Fearing death in the flames the frenzied for eigners leaped from the windows into the water and were drowned. After the Are an investigation by thepollfce developed the faet that nine Syrian* wers still unaccounted (or dtt, Is bslievsi they war# alas MAY APPROVE THE IDEA- President Will Consider Suggestion to Hold Conference of Governors. Washington, March 19.—The pro posal of Governor Johnson of Minne sota that a conference of the gover nors, railroad commissioners and at* torney generals of all the states be called to consider uniformity in the exercise of power in the regulation of railroads will be carefully considered by. President Roosevelt, If formally submitted to him. Until careful con sideration has been given, however, the president is not likely to express his opinion -of the plan. The administration just now Is en gaged up to its neck perfecting the plan for further federal control and there are many things to be taken into account in connection with the pos sible benefits that would accrue from a conference of state authorities. In the case of conference over the insur ance regulation the matter was some what different, because insurance Is not interstate commerce. COUNT LAMSDORFF IS DEAD. Former Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Dies in Italy. San Remo, Italy, March 20.—Count Vladimir Nicolaievitch Lamsdorff, the former Russian minister of foreign af fairs, died here Tuesday night. Count Lamsdorff had been connect ed for the past forty years with the Russian diplomatic circle. He was born in 1845, entered the ministry of foreign affairs at the age of twenty one in 1866 and resigned as minister of foreign affairs in 1906, when he was succeeded by Baron Iswolsky, the present incumbent of that office. THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH DEAD. Noted Author Fails to Rally From Surgical Operation. Boston, March 20.—Thomas Bailey Aldrich, the author, died at his home in this city Tuesday. He failed to rally from a surgical operation per formed about a month ago. €APTUEE A SEAPORT iNAVAL FORCES OF NICARAGUA TAKE THE HONDURAN CITY OF TRUJILLO. Managua, Nicaragua, March 19.— The Port of Trujillo, Honduras, has been captured by the Nicaraguan naval forces. The Hondurans left behind them piece of artillery, a number of rifles and a quantity of ammunition. Panama, March 19.—According to reliable information received here from Salvador that country has allied Itself openly with Honduras In the war with Nicaragua. On March 10 2,600 Salvadorean soldiers landed at Amapala and proceeded the iiext morning in the direction of ChOluteca. This body of men cams from San Miguel, in Honduras, and ax* under the command of iGeneral Joss Dolorse Presa. It is ifurther ^reported that Qeneral Bonilla, the president of Honduras, at the head of a bedy of troops, has started for Segovia, Nicaragua. In this movement he its supported by two detachments of Nicaraguan revolution ists commanded by ^Generals Chamerro and Chavarrla. Hie government of Guatemala has refused a request made by Honduran revolutionists to be permitted to cross ethe frontier and to invade Honduras BARS JAP LABORERS PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT ISSUES AN ORDER CARRYING OUT ACT OF CONGRESS. Washington, March 15.—President Roosevelt has issued an executive or der directing that Japanese or Korean laborers, skilled or unskilled. who have received passports to go to Mex ico, Canada or Hawaii, and to come therefrom, be refused permission to enter the continental territory of the United States/ Th!s is practically the final chapter, except so far as the question may bis taken np in treaty negotiations with Japan, In the issue growing out of the differences with that country over the action of the SanFrancisco authorities in prohibit ing Japanese school children attend ing the schools se( aside for the -whites. BOY SH00T8 HIS FATHER. Well Known St. Louis Physician the Victim. St Louis, March 19.—Dr. Julius H. Weinsberg, a well known physician, is lying in a serious condition at St. An thony hospital as the result of being shot four times by his son Oscar, aged eighteen years. The boy is under arrest He said he had only recently learned that his own mother died at his birth and the present' wife of Dr. Welnsburg Is his stepmother. This caused estrangement andi culminated In the shooting. Manchurian Railroad Dlssater. Harbin, Manchuria, March 19.—As the {result of a collision between a passenger train and a freight train at Turushlche station seventeen persons were killed sad thirty-five iters in Jw* .... ... BORDERING ON PANIC Viif ^TRADING ON NEW YORK 8TOCK EXCHANGE IN A DEMORA- LIZED CONDITION. Prices of Lekding Securities Touch a New Low Record Under Precip itate Selling at Whatever the Mar. ket Would Pay—Reading and Union Pacific Each Suffer Losses of More Than Twenty Points. New York, March 15.—Under the ef fect of 25 per cent money and the gen erally pessimistic sentiment developed as a result of the recent heavy de cline trading cn I'A Stock Exchange Thursday reached a stage of demorali zation bordering on actual panic. The worst period of the day was shortly before the closing of the Stock Ex change session, although there was an extremely violent falling off in prices between 12 and 1 o'clock. New low records for the year and in some in stances for several years were estab lished in the active speculative issues under precipitate selling with the market apparently without buying or ders other than those of the bears to cover their short contracts and realize their profits. The closing quotations showed the following declines for the day in leading shares: Amalgamated Copper, 17% Ameri can Smelting, 16% St. Paul, 13% Consolidated Gas, 7 Delaware and Hudson, 19% General Electric, 9% Great Northern, 5% Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie, 6?'8 Mis souri Pacific, 7% National Lead, 12% New York Central, 6 Norfolk and Western, 7% Northern Pacific, 3: Pennsylvania Railroad, 6% Read ing, 20% Southern Pacific, 5% Twin City Rapid Transit, 5 Union Pacific, 20% United States Steel, 3% and United States Steel preferred, 4. In most instances even these figures do not represent the extreme declines, as Reading closed 2 points above the lowest and Union Pacific 4% above the lowest of the day. The total sales were 2,719,906, the largest total on any day in the recent trading. The announcement of government relief for the money situation was not re ceived until after the close of the Stock Exchange. USED RAWHIDE WHIP iEVELYN NESBIT'S AFFIDAVIT OF BEATINGS BY THAW GETS INTO EVIDENCE. New York, March 18.—After fighting for an hour and a half against the in traduction in evidence of the famous affidavit drawn by Abraham H. Hum mel at the request of Stanford White and with the alleged consent of Eve lyn Nesbit charging Harry K. Thaw with having cruelly beaten Miss Nes bit on several occasions during their trip through Europe In 1903 Mr. Del mas, attorney for the defense, sudden ly switched tactics at the trial of Har ry Thaw and demanded that the whole of the alleged affidavit go Into the rec *rd and be read to the jury. The affidavit specifies numerous os casions In Austria, Switzerland and Paris when Thaw is alleged to have beaten the young woman, who was traveling with him as his wife, until she swooned. Her bare skin, she de clared, had been bruised and cut by the flashings of Thaw's cowhide whip, With the reading of the affidavit Mr. Jerome announced that the people rested their case in rebuttal. Mr. Del mas Immediately offered in evidence the record of lie trial of Abraham Hummel on the charge of conspiracy The district attorney did not object and the defendant's lawyer proceeded to read the entire record to the Jury. MANY INDICTMENTS LIKELY. 8an Francisco Grand Jury Probing Graft Charges. San Francisco, March 19.—Follow ing an all day session which lasted un til after midnight, during which fifteen of the eighteen members of the board of. supervisors were examined in re gard to alleged municipal corruption and graft, the grand jury met again during the afternoon. It is expected that numerous indictments will be re turned. It is known thait the district aittorhey's office was busy all night on what, It Is said, were the legal forma of the Indictments. District Attorney William H. Lang don Mid that the session of the grand jury was the most sensational meet ing of any inquisitorial body in the history of San Francisco and one of the most remarkable meetings for re sults of any similar lnveatlgatlon In this country. Abraham Ruef Is practically held Inoommunicado at the St. Francis ho tel, Elisor Rtggs refusing to allow any one but his attorneys to see him. NO MISTAKE IN BOOKKEEPING. Money Missing From Chicago Sub Treasury Was Stolen! Chicago, March 19.—The counting of the $62,000,900 in the local sub treasury to determine if the shortage of $173,000 discovered Feb. 20 was due to a mistake In bookkeeping was finished without the discovery of any thing to explain the shortage other .IfcUJthat ths. money, had becustolea. OCCUPANTS NARROWLY ESCAPE. Home of Upton SinclalKi Colony De stroyed by Fire. Englewood, N. J., March 16.—Heli con Hall, the home of Upton Sinclair's colony, was destroyed by fire early in the day. The blaze was preceded by an explosion which seemed to occur in the ballroom, which was at the ex treme end of the building from the boilerroom. The flames spread with such rapidity that the fifty-five col onists'had to flee for their lives with out paving time to save any of their belongings. Five persons injured by jumping from windows were taken to the hospital. Lester Briggs, the community car penter, perished in the fire. He was cut off by smoke and burned to death on the third floor of the building. TOTS IN SUICIDE PACT. Ten-Year-Old Girl Kills Herself at St. Louis. St. Louis, March 16.—It was devel oped through testimony at the c. oner's inquest into the suicK^ I bling Slocum, aged ten years W had entered into a suicide |.u.i w.u. Gertrude Harper, also ten years olu Gertrude testified that she had tol.i her mother that she was going to take her life and was prevented. She did not reveal the pact with Liebling. The two girls were schoolmate chums. Liebling had been reproved for playing truant and became melan choly. The two girls brooded over the matter and agreed to die together. Liebling swallowed carbolic acid and died. MORE BODIES FOUND. One Hundred and Three Removed From French Warship. Toulon, March 15—A thorough search of the interior of the battle ship Iena has been completed. In the engine room a large number of bodies were found, the faces burned beyond recognition. It Is now believed that all the bodies have been recovered. The number as given is 103. ONE HUNDRED KILLED AWFUL EXPLOSION OF FIREDAMP OCCURS IN COLLIERY NEAR FORBACHf)GERMANY. Forbach, Germany, March 16.—An explosion of firedamp in the coal mine at Kleinrosseln, near here, resulted in the death of seventy-five miners and the terrible injury of twelve others. Six of the miners who were in the shaft at the time of the explosion are still missing. One hundred and sev enteen others escaped into adjoining galleries. The immediate cause of the disaster has not yet been established. The mine belongs to Herr Wente, a Na tlonal Liberal member of the reich stag. CAGE DROPS DOWN SHAFT. Twenty-two Miners Killed st Saar louis, Rhenish Prussia. Saarlouis, Rhenish Prussia, March 16.—Twenty-two miners have been killed at the Gorhard coal mine. They were descending one of the shafts in a cage when the cable broke near the top and the miners plunged down sev eral hundred feet. They all met with Instant death. Sixty-two Tribesmen Killed. Brazzaville, French Congo, March 19.—A French punitive expedition has administered defeat to the revolted Waddian tribesmen at the village of Tialo. Sixty-two of the tribesmen were killed, while the French column lost four men. MARKET QUOTATIONS. Minneapolie Wheat. Minneapolis, March 19.—Wheat— May, 77%@77%c July, 79%c Sept., 78%@7S%c. On track—No. 1 hard, 80%@80%c No. 1 Northern, 79 79%c No. 2 Northern, 77%®77%c No. 3 Northern, 74@76c. St. Paul Union 8tock Yards. St. Paul, March 19.—Cattle—Good to choice steers, $5.50®6.25 fail* to good, $4.00®5.00 good to choice cows and heifers, $3.5004.75 veals, $4.50® 5.60. Hogs—$6.4006.56. Sheep—Weth ers, $5.50®6.00 good to prime lambs $6.50® 7.60. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, March 19.—Wheat—To ar rive and on track—No. 1 hard, 80%c No. 1 Northern, 79 %c No. 2 North ern, 77%c May, 79ftc July, 80%# 80%c Sept., 79 %c. Flax—To arrive and on track, $1.19% May, $1.20% July, $1.22 Oct., $1.18. Chicago Grain and Provisions. Chicago, March 19.—Wheat—May, 75%@76c July, 77%®77%c. Corn May, 46%c July, 46%©46%c. Oats —May, 41%c July, 37%0037%c. Pork—May, $15.72% July, $15.87%® 15.90. Butter—Creameries, 22®29c dairies, 20®27c. Eggs—15%c. Poultry —Turkeys, 12c chickens and springs, ll%c. Chicago Union Stock Yards. Chicago, March 19.—Cattle—Beeves, $4.10®6.80 cows, $1.70@4.90 heifers, $2.65®5.30 calves, $5.00®7.25 stock ers and feeders, $2.8004.85. Hogs— Mixed and butchers, 96.5006.75 light, $6.1600.80 good heavy, $6.40© 6.72% rough heavy, $6.4006.55 pigs, $6.OO06 C5 gpod ta choice heavy, H-760M9: 8he«0, $4.4O0«.2I' year llnga^|I.OO07J& lanyhs, $*.000100. NEWS CONDENSATION^ Thursday, March 14. Burglars robbed the Superior (Wis.) Te'.egram building and carried off the cash box from the safe, which had been left unlocked. Between $400 and $500 in checks and money was taken. Secretary Taft has given orders to the engineer officers of the war de fartment to enforce to the letter the language of the eight-hour law as ap plied to public works under their di rection. "Joe" Ullman, known throughout the country as a sporting man, has been placed in a private sanitarium in Belmont, Cal. Mr. Ullman is suffering from nervous prostration and his con dition is reported as critical. The Harvard overseers have decid ed in favor of a continuance of inter collegiate athletics, including football, at the university under certain restric tions, especially with reference to the professional coaching system and the management of contests. Friday, March 15. Maurice Gran, the well known im pressario, is dead in Paris. Lake Crystal, Minn., is suffering from an epidemic of measles. A hun dred cases are reported at the present time. It has been arranged for King Ed ward to visit King Alfonso at San Sebastian, Spain, during the latter's annual spring sojourn. Frank Gotch defeated John Rooney, Chicago's wrestling policeman, by two straight falls in their match at Chica go at catch-as-catch-can style. Anthracite operators have agreed to make the usual 50 cents reduction in the price of prepared coal on April 1, when the new spring schedule will go into effect. In a conflict between police and strikers at Belgrade, Servia, five of the strikers were killed and twenty wounded. Further collisions were nar rowly averted. Saturday, March 16. Archie Roosevelt's condition is still Improving and Surgeon General Rlxey has announced that the quarantine re strictions will be raised in a few days. An appeal has been made to Gov ernor Harris of Ohio for state aid to relieve the destitution in the Hocking valley occasioned by the recent disas trous floods. Former Assistant Attorney General of the United States J. Hubley Ash ton is dead at Washington, aged sev enty-one years. Mr. Asliton was con sidered an authority on international law. Dispatches to Dun's Trade Review indicate well maintained trade in staple lines df merchandise and a vol ume of favorable business that testi fies to no lack of confidence, while Improvement is noted in collections at several points where there was com plaint of slow payments. Monday, March 18. Walter Heisten, a real estate broker of Washington, has filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy. His liabilities are stated to be $623,000 and assets $39,500. Three big warehouses in the Fins bury district, London's busiest indus trial center, were gutted by fire, caus ing damage to the amount of about $1,000,000* Although she is seventy-seven years old Mrs. Frances Metz of Newark, N. J., mother of Comptroller Metz of New York city, surprised and put to rout two husky burglars who were ransack ing her home in which she lives alone. The sixty-fourth annual boat raco between crews representing the Uni versities of Oxford and Cambridge was rowed Saturday over the usual course, from Putney to Mortlake, a dis tance of about four ajid one quarter miles, and was won by Cambridge. Tuesday, March 19. Dr. John S. Brinton, a prominent surgeon, is dead at Philadelphia. Count Lamsdorff, the ex-foreign min ister of Russia, who is seriously ill at San Remo, Italy, is sinking fast and is only kept alive by the use of oxygen. General Joseph Stockton, one of Chicago's oldest settlers, is dead. Gen eral Stockton had been chief marshal of every Republican procession in Chi cago since the Civil war. The Evergreen hospital, a private sanitarium at Leavenworth Kan., was destroyed by lire Monday, causing a loss of $50,000. The fifteen inmates barely escaped with their lives. Vice President Fairbanks, who was the central figure in the St. Patrick's day celebration at Chicago under the auspices of the Irish Fellowship club, made four addresses in various parts of the city and attended a luncheon and a banquet. Wednesday, March 20. The business portion of Gotebo, a small town in Kiowa county, Okla., has been destroyed by fire, causing a loss estimated at $75,000. The Butte (Mont.) street railway system has suspended. operations in consequence of a walkout of track and repairmen. No cara are running. Senator W. A. Clark of Montana and his associates are out of the San Pe dro, Salt Lake and Los Angeles rail road and E. H. Harrlman is the owner of their stock. A receiver has been asked for the $175,000 Xenia (O.) Gas company. It is charged that the Chicago holding company overbonded and "milked" this and other companies. Justice Moody of the supreme court et the United States hais allowed a writ of error bringing to the court the case Involving the. consolidation oi the dtlfts of ptttsbavg aad Allegheny, Fm,... Si