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C__ gift elf lt urlam I WELSH PTQG CO., L't'd, Put., WkLSH, LOUISIANA. The Grand Duke Cyril must thank bis stars that he was exiled when he ,'as. A woman seldom makes a fool out of a man; she usually acts as nature's T' assistant. All's quiet in Ekaterinoslav-'he place with the name that sounds like a roll of musketry. If they shoot too well for the world m to know about it, Uncle Sam's tars de must be shooting some. ye Admiral Togo can't be so much of a hero, after all. He hands over every cer.t of his salary to his wife. th The consumption of Scotch whisky m. is "steadily declining." So it was in really a fad and not a preference. ., "Where," Asks a Nashville paper, "are the strong men?" A good many of them are playing center just now. M - --- er When a bank fails, it is only an- al other case where the examiners fail- in ed to examine or the directors to di rect. The man who makes two laughs th grow where two sour faces grew be- S1 fore deserves to be made a multimil- ei lionaire. A Philadelphia woman had her hus band arrested for beating her between h .rayers. He was p)robably praying for c "more strength." g fi: If the Vniversity of Chicago suc- t ceeds in discouraging the great Amer- R, ican toothpick habit, it will need no ' other claim to fame. Henry Arthur Jones, the English cl dramatist, says the people should read f( p;ays as well as see them. Heavens! ti Has the man no pity? V Pittsburg is to have a hotel of great .magnificence, and New York one of great height. You pays your money t and you takes your choice. I -- -- e Hall Caine addressed the Rockefel- t ler bible class on "The Pace That, Kills." Does Mr. Caine use a gaso line, electric or steam car? On the new liner Amerika there is I every modern facility for getting % meals, but the facilities for keeping T them are as primitive as ever. o The full fall text of the Portsmouth treaty shows it to be much more com prehensive than the summery sum mary wculd have led one to believe. * Jerome K. Jerome's joke about ii American cooking is all right-as a joke. Also it is all right when applied b seriously to some American cooking Secretary Taft thinks football needs reforming. It is certainly no game, as played at present, for gentlemen I built on the architectural lines of Mr t :Taft, It seems sometimes to the owner that about all the fun there is in a nice, well kept, airy house and lawn is enjoyed by folks who drive by and look at it. Owing to the disturbed condition of the public mind in Russia, the proj ect of a tunnel through the Caucasus, to cost $150,000,000, has been tempor arlly laid aside. : If the women's charges are true, washerwomen first tear a garment up, then they split it across, then they wet it, dry it and send it home with a blll.-Atchison Globe. Let us not shed more than a pailful of tears over the brief imprisonment of an American swell in Paris. The tears are proper for the girl whom he killed by reckless driving. New Jersey is about to have a law providing that drunken chauffeurs shall pay $1,000 and spend three years in state's prison. That ought to lower the death rate considerably. Chief Chemist Wiley found butter colored, with coal tar dye, but with out a tremendous journey he could have made the much more painful discovery of butter flavored with it. During all of the time he has been in India Lord Curzon has never work ed less than fourteen hours a day. And look at him now-turned out of o'lce in humiliation and not a friend ca earth. By the use of kites at Fort Leaven worth the signal corps has demon strated that the upper air is full of wireless messages hovering around and looking for some convenient place to light. A New York man after being run over by an automobile was asked if he wished to prefer charges against the chauffeur and replied that he did not, because it wasn't the chaffeur's tault The heroic philosophers are eaot all dead. The Spanish naval authorities have given up all hope of saving the arma ment and hull of the cruiser Cardinal 'Cisneros, now lying in eighty feet of water. She is as effectively lost as the kettle in the well, although they know just where she is. DEATH IN A FIRE. CITY HALL AND OTHER BUILD- j INGS DESTROYED. LOSS WILL REACH $75,000.00 Two Negroes Missing-Body of a Man Supposed to Be Walter Woods, White, Recovered. Shreveport, La., Nov. 21.-The esti mated loss caused by the fire which destroyed the city hall about 3 o'clock yesterday morning is given out as $75,000. The casualties which result ed are one death, two missing and three injured. A body believed to be that of Walter Woods, an old white man, 65 years of age, who was asleep in the building at the time of the fire, was recovered from the debris yester day, so badly charred as to render identification impossible. Thomas Mc- I s Mahan, H. H. Clark and Captain Rob ert Sawyer of the fire department were t all injured at different times by fall Ing walls, but not fatally. A negro t woman and small child, who were seen in the building at the time of the fire, are reported missing, and I so far no trace has been found of either. The fire originated in a negro res taurant in the rear of the market house and is believed to have been I caused by the explosion of a can of gasoline in the hands of a negro. The fire was thrown all over the rear of the market and in fifteen minutes the wIhole lower floor was a mass of flames. "A general alarm, bringing out five companies, was sounded. The fire was found to be uncontrollable and in les:s than an hour and a half the city hall, containing the offices of the city judge, controller, auditor, engineer, electri clan, plumber, court room, police sta tion and a number of other depart ments, was completely wrecked. Sev eral brick buildings, in which were the Ruby saloon, Stephenson's tailor ing establishment and Renfro & Mar tin, druggists, with two rooming houses, were on fire and two were de stroyed. A two story frame building was swept away in thirty minutes. The city market, which was located on the ground floor, was also destroy ed, with several restaurants and stalls, all of which were a complete loss, the parties being unable to even recov er the cash registers. The building was an old one and was constructed in 1867, costing $25,000. It was in sured for $5,000. A new building is to be constructed on the site. Very little insurance was carried by the losers, and the majority is dead loss. F. F. Harkey, proprietor of the Ruby saloon and owner of several buildings, losing $22,000 alone without insurance. The municipal offices are scattered throughout the city today, while some have not been re-established at all. The police station now occupies the ground floor of the parish jail. This is the worst fire that his visited this city in the past five years. A search ing party has been removing the de bris since the fire cooled enough to permit, but so far have found no trace of other bodies. Man Drowned Near Houston. r Houston, Texas: Yesterday after I noon Judge McDonald held an 'inquest on the body of David Slater, found under a trestle of a bridge on the I Houston East and West Texas railway, in the eastern suburbs of the city. The Sbody was partly in a pool of water. It bore no marks o violence, and the appearance warranted the verdict .that r death resulted from drowning. He was Sa middle aged man. r Belton Has Signs of Rain. Belton, Texas: The dlay was clear and warm; towords evening clouds r began to form; about dark a light rain commenced to fall, and the indications I are for a heavy rain before morning. Cattleman shot. SLake Charles, La.: W. E. Perkins, . a well known cattle and sheep raiser . near Gills, was Sunday night shot I through th shoulder and chest through Sthe window of his 'home by unknown parties. Sheriff Reid left for that place Monday morning. Deputy Chit Swood, who 'went with him, arrested a negro named Tom Perkins for com f plicity in the crime. W. E. Perkins d will live. Later Sheriff Reid returned it with Walter Graham, accused of being the principal, in custody. n Territory Women's Clubs. SSouth McAleeter, I. T.: The Terri Story Federation of Women's Clubs , adjourned sine die yesterday afternoon to meet in Tulsa in 1901. Mrs. C. E. Wilcox of Eufaula was elected presi dent. S Trinity River Lock Plans. rl Wash;agton: Capt. Wooten's plans if for the making of a lock in the Trin a ity have not reached Gen. McKenzie 7 yet. They are not likely to reach him to, several daY 'EAR MISSING MAN WAS SLAIN, frlends of John N. Tisdale, Wyoming Capitalist, Are Alarmed. Friends in Cheyenne, Wyoming, of ohn N. Tisdale, the wealthy mining G nan who mysteriously disappeared in ;ew York under peculiar circum / / S I stances, express the opinion that he is dead and assert that he probably I has been assassinated on account of c the part he took in the cattlemen's t war which was wagedl in Wyoming fif- i teen years ago. During a raid led by Tisdale two prominent leaders of the small stock raisers of Johnson county. Ray and Champion, were shot down by the invaders. Later friends of Ray, It is said, swore vengeance on Tisdale. TABOR RAISED QUARANTINE. Last Case in New Orleans Is Up Some Louisiana PoInts Unden Ban. Austin, Texas: The quarantine against New Orleans was raised at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, when State Health Officer Tabor wired the New Orleans health officers and Tex as border guards. The embargo is still on against Bon Ami, De Ridder, Luddington and Patterson. The quar antine against New Orleans has been on since July 21 and rigidly enforced with absolute success, not a case 'hav ing entered Texas. It has cost about $25,000. Dr. Tabor received wires from Iou- i isiana inspectors stating that the lone case at New Orleans was up and dis charged, that the last case at De Rid der occurred ten days ago and the last at Bon Ami October 28. Dr. Tabor stated that the fever had been stamped out in New Orleans and that cold weather was upon the South. hence the quarantine could be raised. * Killed by Her Baby. Lockhart, Texas: Mrs. J. V. Wise man of Lavernia. who was visiting her sister, Mrs. J. P. Sanders, at this place, was shot and seriously wound ed yesterday morning by her li"le 4 year-old son. The pistol, a Colt's 44, was lying on a chair in the room and the little fellow playfully pickt i it up and pointed it at his mother, when it was discharged. The bullet entered the abdomen, ranging around the stom ach and fracturing the hip bone. com ing out near the spine and going into the wall of the room. The mother died soon after, and her remains were taken to Lavernia for interment. Turner Sentenced. San Antonio, T'rexas: George H. Turner has been sentenced to hang for the murdcier of Mrs. E:izabeth Lynch in this city last spring. The Court of Criminal Appeals has affirm ed the judgment and no appeal to the Supre'me Court is to be taken. The date set for executioh is Dec. 22. lago Shipping Corn. Iago, Texas: S. T. Taylor is busy filling orders for corn. He has made an unusually fine crop this year. The acreage will average 65 bushels to the acrve, most of which has been har vested. Two carloads, one weighing :34,740 pounds, the other 32,450 pounds, were shipped to Hungerford, which sold at 50c per bushel. Charged With Killing Cousin. Ardmore, I. T.: Lee Sti'cklanl has been placed i,: jail here on a char:'ge of mur'hr It is alleged d;at he killed a ci-ia of the snnc name near Stone wall recently. Two for Penitentiary. Caldwell, Texas: In the district court here yesterday there were two convictions, as follows: Tom Jordan, assault with intent to murder, two years in the penitentiary; Jacob Jones, burglary, two years in the penitentiary, Both are colored. Rain in Goliad County. Berclair, Texas: Rain fell here Mon day, but the precipitation did not amount to more 'than one-half inch. Heavy Rain at Eagle Pass. Eagle Pass, Texas: A heavy rain has fallen here, accompanied by hail, a most unusual thing in November. The creeks were all set foaming, as suring water for cattle during the winter. Full Carload of Pecans. Lam'pasas, Texas: A full carload of pecans was sent out Monday, 13.000 pounds being bought by one firm. Twelve carloads have gone out from here this season, in addition to broken lots. WANTS BIG CUNS M GEN. CROZIER'S REPORT SAYS al THEY ARE NECESSARY. p1 st THE RAPID WEAR OF THEM 1i 01 Suggestion That They Be Not Used to ti TheOr Full Capacity and Com- k ments Thereon. i a Washington. Nov. 20.-The report ofe, Gen. William Crozier, Chief of Ordi nance, is so replete with technical in- ft formation concerning the arms and tl armament of the United States Army e that Lieut. (Gen. Chaffee, Chief of s, Staff, has recommended that a copy of it be sent to every officer in the a army. I Gen. Crozier presents some interest ing information showing the growth of gun construction, how it has advanced i from old style guns to meet the imn proved condition in the manufacture i of guns, the growing increase in the 5 thickness of armor and the improved a powder which is used for firing these guns. A problem now confronts the d ordinance officers on account of the wearing of the bore of the gun through t the great velocity of the projectuies s with the result that "After some fifty u of sixty rounds from large guns the rifling is so worn away that the pro ject iles are no long:er given the mo- c tion of rotation necessary to steadiness of ilght and an auiuisible loss of ac curacy results.' e The question whether the guns should not be used at a power less than that which their strength en ables the realization of, in order to 1 diminish the erosion and increase the life is being considered. The re port says: "It must be remembered that in thus using the guns at less power, the energy of the projectile is reduced by a sacrifice of the quality which it loses soonest in flight in any event, namely, the velocity; and it must also be remembered that it is quite possible 1 I to retain the superiority of the gun over anything which it is called upon to attack ,by using larger calibres for given work and by building guns of larger size than is now customary, ex- i perimental construction as well as theory and natural foresight having shown that the present conventional maximum need by no means be ac cepted as a limit." Gen. Crozier says that, at the sug gestion of the President, further con sideration by the general staff result ed in the substitution of a knife for a rod bayonet for the army rifle. He addsi "In view ot the instructions of the President of tne United States that .he utility of the design of the saber t.,ed in our service be considered, (ne manufacture of the 20,o00 sabres, and the 23,00O scabbarbs refurred to in my last report was suspended from February 24 to July 17, 1905. "Trenching tools have been adopt ed as a part of the soldier's equip ment." Tammany Corruption Fund. New York: Information will be laid laid today before Attorney General Mayer that a Tammany leader drew S$50,000 in one dollar bills from a bank on the day before election. Clarence J. Shearn, counsel for William R. Hearst, said last night that ne would make known to Mr. Mayer the name Sof this leader, the bank from which e the monew was withdrawn, and all e other details. Mr. Shearn said that in e the case of other Tammany leaders also he will give the Attorney General g specific information of the withdraw , al froin banks of large sums of money Sthe day berore election. Street Fair for Luling, Luling, Texas: At a meeting of the s Luling Business League held at the bank of A. K. Lipscomb last night it a was decided to have a two days' street Sfair and trades day, and Nov. 23 and 24 was selected as the date. Five hun dred dollars in prizes will be given away on those days for various things. o Vladivostok Half Burned. , Tokio: An eye witness of the recent o riot at Vladivostok, who has arrived at s, Nagasaki, reports that nearly half of , the city was burned and that 600 of the garrison were killed, and that the jail was thrown open and that Gen. Kappek is missing. The uamage is - estimated at $25,000,000. Soldiers 3 from Harbin are reported to have Joined the rioters. Taylor Prize Winning Fowls. In Taylor, Texas: Mrs. Alice McAn iI, nulty, the leading chicken fancier of r. this section, shipped from her ranch s- near Circleville to San Antonlo a half oe dozen coops for her prize winning fowls, which will be placed on exhi bition at the International Fair. f Austin Pecan Shipments. )o Austin, Texas: The pecan ship Sments from this section are not as n heavy as were expected earlier in the meaon. The crop aaemes to be in rata THEIR COFFIN AN INGOT. Men Encased by Metal That Killed Them Buried In It. Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 20.-A funer al without a parallel in this city took place yesterday at the Midvale sieel works, where a ior;.-: on ingot of 51 steel, permeated with the fl!sh, blood f and hones of two workmen. was bur- t led with the rites of the Roman Cath- ti olic Church. The workmen who were e so strangely laid away were .ohn For kina nd Jos. Gazda. two foreign-speak- o Ing laborers who miet a horrib le death V a week ago. ''They were in a pit near a cupola containing tuany tons of molt- d en steel. A plug gave way and 80, 000 pounds of the fiery fluid poured I from the cupola andt overwhelmed V them. The men were completely in cinerated, and not a trace of them- 9 selves or their cloth.ng was left. f The Midvale Steel Company was averse to selling the steel or using it for the purpose for which it was in tended, and it was decided to bury it li with the rites of the church to which a the unfortunate men had belonged. i Accordingly the forty-ton ingot, oval in shape, 28 feet long. G feet wide and 5 feet thick, was moved last week by a traveling cranje to the rear of the 1 machine shop, where a grave ten feet ai deep had been made. te A great crowd sought admission to the works yesterday, but only the two r sisters of Gazda, who were dependent upon him worklmen, who werle on Sun- a day duy, were permitted to attend , the services, along with the officials I of the company. Among the officials was Presitlent Charles 1Harrah. All heads were bared and flags were low ered to half mast. The great ingot was covered with earth and the funer al party disiersied. The grave of the men wiil be appropriately marked by f t'ae company. t Planter Shot Down. Memphis, Tenn.: A dispatch to the ( Commercial Appeal from Griars Pt., Miss., says: R. F. Jones, a prominent planter of Cohoma county, was shot an dinstantly killed while standing on the porch of his home near Baugh Station last night. Dave Simms, a negro, living on Mr. Jones' plantation, is charged with the crime, and posses composed of citizens have surrounded the woods where the negro is belived to be hid- b ing. The sheriff later joined the citi lens in the search. As far as can ben learned, Mr. Jones had no disagree ment with the negro, and nothing is known as to the motive which prompt ed the killing. Weevt.l Marching On. New Orleans, La.: Special Agent of the United States Agricultural Depart ment Bamberg, sent to Mississippi to inaugurate a campaign against the boll weevil invasion, predicts that the pest will reach the Mississippi river in an other season. Mr. Bamberg has al ready establshed twenty experimental farm in Mississippi, where the farm ers will be drilled in scientific meth ods of getting rid of the pests, and says that by Christmas he expects to have forty such farms. He declares the weevil has made considerably headway in Louisiana this year. Finger Cut Off by Tank. Orange, Texas: George Livingston was assisting to put a fifty-gallon iron tank of gasoline on board E. W. Ban croft's new launch last evening. When passing it over the gunwale the whole weight was accidentally let down on his hand and one of the fingers from his right hand was cut off by the sharp rim of the tank. Japs Are Suspicious. Victoria, B. C.: A report has been received by the Canadian government from Alex McLean, Canadian commis sioner at Yokohama, which says that recent agitation in life insurance mat ters in New York has seriously af fected the Japanese usiness of both American and Canad an companies. Victoria Turkey Shipments, S Victoria, Texas: Yesterday fifteen Scoops of turkeys went out by express Sand twenty-six .will go today, which makes 410 birds for the two days. The 1 price for them is falling. At one time Sthey were bringing ten cents per pound and now they can be bought for seven. The crop is large. t Negro Women in a Cutting, Fort Worth, Texas: About 9:30 o'clock Saturday night two negro wo B men, Allie Rabb and Mary Justice, be Scame involved in a difficulty on Low 5 er Main street, and as a result Allie s Rabb was stabbed in the breast, and e Mary Justice was arrested charged with having done the cutting. Repeal of Martial Law. St. Petersburg: The Official Mes senger yesterday morning, in addition to denying that the measures taken by the Government in Poland were in fluenced by neighboring powers, states that martial law in Polland will be repealed as soon as tranquility is re stored. El Paso, Texas: O. Torres, a Mexd. can, died last night from a hemorrhage following being kicked in the stomach Sby a oow which he was milling. DISTRESS AFTER MEALS Sure Sign That Dr.Williams' Pink P Are Needed to Tone Up the Digestive Organs. Toss of appetrit,. dlistress after eati, - shortness of breath, a feeling of u#u weakness-these are syrnptnus that familiar to mistt isuff,'rtrc i from sato trouble. Too oft,, tife rdiouardW, treatment s.rve~m but to weaken the tn eased organs. The new tonol: Im'thd of treatingp orders of this kind (toe ut aim todt t work of the stomali. does not deo that the fuood le pre-digested,t buatb up the weakened orgaun, so that theyp do the work that nature inteude, Mrs. L.O. Law, of N,. 3 2North Horton, Kansas, says: "lu l897,1 we were living on a farm in this borhood, I becrame generally debii as the result of overwork. I hadi indigestion, lo't my appetite, uora from a sense of sutfl ation aandfrog struction of the circulhtion, so thatql, flcial means had to be used to restore, After suffering for months without fi. ing any relief. I troed a box of Dr. Wld. lams' Pink Pills of which I hadreag a newspaper. The first few boxest me lots better, and after using thethird box I felt entirely well. "I am now in Fxc'ellent health ands able not only to take care of my ho, but also to assist my husband in a-atun which be has lately taken. Dr.WilliW;' Pink Pills cured mie and I caun -toa. mend them. They are so simple, a easily taken and so prompt in their as tion." Remember Dr. Williams'PinkPild' not act on the bowels. They nmakene blood and restore shattered nerves. I' this way they carrv health and vigrts every organ and fi.-rt of the body. TIhe are sold by all druggists or will be set,, postpail. on receipt of prie, 50 cenip bo-x: six boxes for ;$3 ;0. br the Dr. Wil. iiatus Medicine Cu., wcheuectady, .IY Diaz Is Not Rich. Contrary to the g'eneral opinion la Mexico and abroad. President Diaz is not a very wealthy man. Intimate friends of the Mexican executive, who - have knowledge of his affairs, declare that. his fortune does not exceed $1, 000.000. He owns a plantation in the state of Oaxaca, some property in the City of Mexico, and a house in Paris This latter was purchased during 4hi first term as President of Mexic when he feared that he might be com pelled to leave the country hurriedly and seek refuge in a foreign land. The salarye of Prsident Diaz is now )W 0000 a year. For many years it, w only $30.000. and, in the early days of his administration, when Mesiia was weak financially, he drew out a ly enough for his necessary expeasek leaving the remainder in the treasury, He is now serving his twenty-fifthl t as President of Mexico. Lion Afraid of Ostrich. There is only one thing of which the lion is afgraid, and that is the ostrich. The bird is more fleet than the quad. ruped, and it can deliver its terrible kick with thei mpact of a pugllist's blow and spring away till it gets a other opening. Such tactics naturally disgust the superior being. Convincing Evidence. Winthrop, Cal., Nov. 20th (Special -A plain and straightforward stopf is always the most convincing. Ali that is what has impressed us mst in reading the testimonials in re~, to Dodd's Kidney Pills. The expeti*' ence told by Davis Lewis of this plti: bears the ring and stamp of truth upon it. lIe says: "I was troubled for six m01thi with dull heavy pains in the li of my back. sometimes it passed lat. my stomach, at other times up bI tween my shoulders. When it w In my stomach I was doubled uP, hardly knew what to do for the pl! SI was advised to take all kinds Sremedies, and did so but without g* ting any relief. Then some one me to try Dodd's Kidney Pills. . a box and began taking them,. first few doses gave me relief, by time I had finished them all the was gone and I have been well e Ssince." Artificial Camphor. Herr Callenberg has produced I artificial camphor in Germany, Sproduct being designated scientilf under the name of chlorhydrate of ti. pentine. It is said to be souble t nitro-glycerine, and to lower o .erably the temperature of explosi - t'his substance, and at the same its congelation point. Don't Do It. Should you have a cough, cold sore chest, do not rely on time a nature to cure. They may do a they may not. Use Simmons' h Syrup. It is a balm for son and will cure you at once. STrees in Schoolyards . r In Germany many school yard - ta nursery in which trees are raied quantity. The children raise from seed and cuttings, and they and bud them. They acquire vagl knowledge of tree culture, take a 0 interest in it, and are full of en . astic love for plants and the c0r. them. The Public Ledger, Phlade says that Philadelphia is ios~n_ drrght to be called the typical A _ d city-that thirty-one daily and S papers are published there in £ languages. i" It is good for a man perplexed a last among many thoughts, to into closer intercourse with and to learn her ways and to Oat, * spirit. a There are-27i cites and t . the United States having a po0 of 5,000 or more. The use of corals by infants Steethng is at least 200 years old s There are practically no llt Norway.