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7! ) ROCK ARGU PRICE THREE CENTS. ROCK ISLAND, ILL,., MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1S99. VOL. XL.VII. "0. 117. ISLAND ADVANCED AGAIN. Filipinos Attack Waterworks Near Manila, But Are Repulsed. THE REGIMENTS TAKING PAST. A Central Inilaatbt Kipcrtrd by fieu. Otis When Unton anil KfioforrrniniH teach llim Will (.'lean Out the Juu glea Ahoct the Philippine apital at all Events. New York. March 'J. -The Joitrr.Hl s Manila special lateI at 10 a. iij. to day, says the rejorts that the Fili pinos attempted today to rapt r re the waterworks, six miles from Manila are oon!irmedt ami that the attack was rt'puNfil with a lo.is to the rebels of 17 killed and many wounded. 1 lie 2d Oregon and lit Nebraska wire en- faced. Two American's were woun led. An Onslaught f.spccted Siwn. Wwhin-rlnn. March . J here IS rca-scii t7 cMject Otis will make a Ta:nl onslaught within a fortnight with the e peetation of depriving the insurgents of offeriMve power at iea.-i The American troops an- retles un der the pettv, lnt anneiving. snaij she.ting of the Filipinos, and as soon as reinforcements are at hand lliey will probably elear out the jungles in the vifinitv of .Manila at least. MTl.lTMIN IMIKOIKS. Manila Takes on an Appearance That Is Murh Lews I.Ike Red r. Manila. March C The I'niicj States Iran: port Ohio ariiv-J ye-st-nlay. In t"ie 1 i.-it two U,y th'-re h:is li -en a very noln cable change in Manila for th bfttr. i-r'-l.alily tin- ti the arrival of reirf-re in nts lor the American troops Xu'iilii is f I i I are n up'n tie slr.ets and th amount of b'siii.-.-s 1 ra a?a( t! ir. the Hurts has m irvi"U)" ly ir. n aH.'i!. Yesterday th- L'jr.eta wa Mocked with carr'.as.'S for the flr.t time sim e hc nuthr-ck. n 1 the banl of the Twentieth r pillars played a number f airs, and it was hard to be iiec that a state of war existed, 'nit ride the city there was desultory fir.iv; throughout lie- elay. atal at var.ous points th" f- li. 1 1 pshooters were mist rnnoying. At S;tn I'olru Mat all th rolj Is are very aMiv. crectin'T entrenchments In front of the positio-i oi i ur.i d by I he- V',i.'-Iiiii'i' ii tr.iips. al though two-stun battciy of th- Sixth arti!l-ry rcpe;! t !;-- shelled thi n:. 1 ilipinos Tnko "I'ot Shot. The- T my 's fully alive t the fart hat .Ma js rs t ave a much l-mer rang than S.rintrli. 1 !.. rind art- on Inuously takii.g "p..t shots'' at us in e mrparatU e siTi ty. Th- Ame rit an soldiers elislik Ihis passive rv-sistar.c an-.i r cage: for the excitement of an active can pa::;n. Assistant Kngim ; r Winship. oi ihe- f-urd'oiit I't-ntdritton. was w.uni'ol in lith ! its y-to'ilay l-y a v ilioy fr m th.- n' r -. Tl:" M'-atr. r I'l Cann ha a:r. il Iron !:!! with a!vies that a!i is t:: ! th ! at:i that lu-in -.'-. is brisk. 'I :r.:-uri'' nts in the interior. tin- v t . i r . . t ; r.-iu rt". ere Ifvyir.s nj on th Uf-i'l:rs in ! hnn'! of the n.'tivfs and r i-1 i :t f. ! it T v. Itli tlie work up on t!i I ' '.-tail ih. s.ipit l.r Atlmiral Drwfy. Admiral I l-.avinir re oi vd olti rial in t'ora. a? ion of t-lpvation t- th rra-le of adaiira! r-i.ti;rday ijroke o;:t Horn his lla-h'p. lhf o'ymjia. th" ad miral's r.s en. Kt.d itnm' diatt ly ad miral": sal-it.- wcieliri'd f:o;n the Hrit-i.-h aid inian warship end the re-inair-.'I.-r of the I'liit 'il Stat. s llr et in the harl or. whi'e the men marntd the railt- Hn ! h" r'd. Two of ih ivil memt rs of th" I'hi'.ir pir." niT.rr.isd'in .1. J. - hiirn.i.i'. pKMdvr.t f t'orneil t:r,iv'-r-ity. an '. I"i..f .--.r H 'an i". Wor tit. r. of th- t'i.:rf :;y 4if Mi. hisiMii jirrivel l:"re Sitnnl iv in tie- I la t in-. r. from H r.i; Kor;. f ! r.-'. I'luriti' l n tiy. the oth' r fini'ia!'!ii'T. i-' e:- rt 'l ; n tin- next sir im- r tn:n II nsj K t'j. I'rivata Killi'il on u (iunboat. Tli-"' ir.surpt-nts atoiit dal-.ak Sat nn'.ay p. 'i d a p::M"d fire r.n l'.' ia ili.T lo r.ial Vl:-aton's 1. ft. at .-an lN-lro .Mnati. Tin- tir- was r. I Is.v' to ly the American irfartry and artii: -iv iin.: Iy a Kurlmat from the riv. r. an 1 ih" r.-l t !.-: wr- si! ni -d in hour. i'riat" John Toi-.of i ompany O. Thirl artiliiiy. was ki!'. d i n the pert' mat. Pr:vrts l.-nus Karri-au. iit.a:.y '.. aj..! v"ili:a!'.i h- ! r. ioin;aiv I., l'.r.-t t ".. !i .'ornia Infantxy. wtr.- w i tir.d--.1. I:.-Miic-nt reinf' rr-fin, nls .itfTi.r td t. tns the river, hat w.re repjis-. J. I'reftltlrntlal Appolntitif-nt. j Washington. Man h The prei-! dent has appointed F. II. Wines, i f l 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I . assistant lir-ctor of the cci'-; 1 Baking Powder Made from pure cream of tartar. Safeguards the food against alum, Alum baking fwwtsVrs are the greatest meaacers to ntslth of the presect day. sus. and (I. W. Harriett, of Iowa, IrZ dian spent at the" Navrajo agency, New Mexico. BlCi Siai IS IMMINENT As a nolt or a Dispute IXnrfii Riral Ljtbor Organizations. Nev. York. March 6 !t devi-ped at the meetir.s of the Central F'-ccrated I'r.ion yesterday that a strike of ir.,C00 or 20,0'.0 mechanics is thr ater.f d. The Mrike. if it corr.es, will not he due to any existing trouhle between caritu ar.J labor hut to troubles amor.jr the wi-rk-injrm'n thtmseiveF. The matter was brought up yesterday by J .P. Arhi i aid. the di-kate of the Paper ItaiiRtrs' union, who declared that efforts were b- insr made to compel the men of his or ganization to go on stiike. aithoi:sii thty tiid not want to do so. as they had no Krievar.ce. There has beer, a strike at the new buiidirtr of the I'ni vtrsity cluii for about a vek, and the unions afTiiiated with it are enpaftd with the l;uiidin? Trades council, a rival organi zation to the board of delegates. The paper hangers are represented in the board of delegates, and w h n called upon to strike by the Huild ir.S Tradt s council they promptly re-fus-d to do so. rvdesate ArihilaM said that sinre that time a stror.s effort has I if ( n made to force the paper har.jrer. at work upon the I'niversity club to strike. This effort is still being made by the LIuilidntr Trades council. Here is Some .More Kvliteurc. Chica''o, Manli ti. Udell, former chaplain of the :ird Illinois, pave the IJaptist Ministers association the out line of Ins experiences in I orto l.ico lie eharired (Jen. Grant with incom petency aud all manner of neplect and incidental! v made eharires in re gard to 'enibaimed beef" as stronj; as those of (Jen. Miles. He said he could corroborate the statement if required. Kansas Kieml Confesses. Kmporia. Kas., March . Jtdin (Jill berl, in jail here, confessed that with a hammer he beat out the brains of his wife and four small children near Knterpri.se Tuesday, lie said he was badlv in debt, and" his wife kept na- him about the children till he could stand it no lonirer. The Flood at Charleston. Charleston. Va.. March 6. The citvis nearlv half submerged but the ver is steadily fallin;r. having re ceded three feet. Five thousand peo ple are driven from their homes and will not be able to return for several days. I f Hoard to .lunkfl. Washington, Much i. 1 he war beef denarimcnt court ot innuirv of charges adjoiirneil to meet in Chicago ihursilay. Jt v. ill inspect tne pack- ;nif plants at t.nica";o, tinaua aim Kansas (Jit v.. . ... - Mm. Stevenson 1m Dead !'tooniine;ton. III.. M ircli ". Mrs. F.lt.t A. S;eveiion, mother of Adhii K. Stevenson, ex-vice president of the I'nited Slates, died this morniii";. KipllllC'" I:i"Kliter Iies. New York. March ". Josephine Kiplintr, ddest. child of Kudyard Kip li died this morninuf pneumonia. Kiplins; continues t' improve. Soldier leallis at Manila. Washington. Manh rl. Gen. Otis repris fro-n Mmil.t 1 deaths s ne.? Fob. 2o. i if which six were from sinallnox and three from wounds. lpe t'tintliiues ti Improve. Home. March 6 A satisfactory bul letin reardiiiLT the health of the pepe was issued this morning. No other lii!lctin will be issued iiiiti! Tuesday inorniti. tVill Aliouc ItouTnl Out His l.i fe. rievelar.d. O., March 6. Itari-l Jor.- s. alias J. M. Wallace, who swindled irte fitizer.s' Savinin and Loan Association bar.k of this rtty out of n a forged mortfta.e. ar.d who is all. d t.i b" a p'.ember of a ftar.K of har.k swind lers, has ton .-er.tencrd Judi;-Logue to ten years in th- penlt r tiary. J..n.s. who is ears old. was arrest.. in in diar.apo'.is, where he had Just ommit- ted a fortK ry. lirpimit tor a liij; I-1 lit. New Y rk. Manh C W. B. Orny. m.ir.iciT of th- W st Cht st.r At' : club. Saturday licjmsitt d with Pave Ilo.iar.d. of this ity. i.t suppcrt tj". cluii's . ITt of $r.C) tor the KitzsJti n-.or.s-.K ffrieji risht. w ith the (or.oi'is, tl.;t (l"C.jp ?i!-r be rcf-!ee. oiilJ Not Acree on a Scale. Fnircfield. l"if.. March 6. Aft. r be ir.c i stssior. five days the Joint i ..r.f, r. cr.ee i f the coal minus ar.d op. -a;...rs Saturiiay adjiurne.i ur.tn tn;r orrow v.ahout havirtr acrted on ary a ij.is;. rr.er.t of the scale in the districts , fc. ra thrre is ulssatisfactl p. lanlshment. Captain erecaut, note down Private Dolts three days on bread and water fcr tdovculy turning out on parade. beriteant I5cR Tardon. raptain. that wen't make the slightest diMcrtiico to him. He's a vcpefarian. Captain What! Th u pot him for three day? on uitut aud soup. London Judy. The Color of t nlriaiu. Calciotn is osoally described as a yel low iiittal, lot Moi.-sati lias r. ceutlr thown thnt when pore it is r.f alri! lianr white, crystallizing in sis i-ided liores, whicli are Kot by dissolving the metal in liqnid sodioni at a low red heat and removing the sodinm ly the use ef aLsolutealcohcl. Lotdon Globe. The Jrlp Core That Does Core Laxative Uroiuo (Juiniue Tablets re moves the cause that produces la grippe. The renuine has L. 15. on each tablet, -'i cents. Subscribe for Tut Aug is. BLAST IS CONSUMING Leaves the Country a Blackened Wreck and Crushes Out Human Life. ' FRIGHTFUL EXPLOSION OF POWDEfi Twenty-riTe Thousand rounds Goes OCT NearToulou. Fram e, cd Sweeps Bare a Laree Tract of Country. XVhich Is de vastated as Thooh by a Volcauo Forty Corpses Iterovcred Fatal Wind Storm in Tennessee Seven Dead. Toulon, March 6. The r.aval powder magazine of I-a Ooubran. between La Feine and Toulon, in the department of Var, southern France, exploded at haLf patt 2 a. m. yesterday. All of the sol diers on duty at the magazine were killed, ar.d a number of inhabitants of the surrounding district, the building In which were razi-U. also fell victims. rorty corpses have alieady been re- covered. Four of the injured have succumbed to their injuries. It is believed that fifteen are still buried in the dtbris. Looks Like a Volcanic Eruption. Fifty thousand kilogrammes of black powd. r exploded. It looks as though a vwlcar.ie eruption had occurred, the country being swept almost bare with in a radius of two miles, houses de stroyed, trees overturned and distorted, fields devastated ar.d covered with ttor.es and impalpable black dust. Some cf the stones are tnoiTioup. Or.e weigh ing fifty kilogrammes fell in the suburb f Pore de Las. Signs of the explosion are evident in all the suburbs of Toulon ar.d in the city itself. Kven at St. Jean iJevar. Iiv miles distant, windows were shattered and doors battired in. Of th" : even sentries four were killed outright and the others severely injured, the cor poral being literally Fcalped and the scaip overhanging his face like a veil. 'ot I.es Than IflU Injured. A large number of soldiers are now employed in clearing away the debris, but the work is very diWcuH. It is Im possible to as ei tain accurately the number killed, but it is believed that r.o fewer than l'.O were injured. Al though it was a cbar night th ex plosion was so terrific as to produce a slifrht rainfall. It is believed that the explosion orig inated in chemical decomposition in smokeless powder. Theie is no stig-cr-slion of foul play. ISoth th" govern ment and municipal authorities are for warding lelief funds. M. Lockroy. min ister of marine, has telegraphed lO.CO'J francs toward the maintenance of th ? families of the victims, and a. public Ttbsei iptlor; hes b"en opened here. - All the Corpses Terrible Mntilated. All the bodies found or recovered are terribly mutilated. Sixteen were found in the rocks near the shore, and it is feared that others were precipitated into th sK-a. A vehicle moving along a road near the sea was lifted bodily into the water by the force of the explosion, two of its occupants being drowned. FATAL CYCLONE IN TENNESSEE. Three Killed, a Dozen Wounded and Much I'ropertjr Destroyed. Athens. Tcnn., March 6. A terrific cyclone passed over a portion of Madi tor.ville and Monroe county Katurday night with disastrous results. Karly in the evening a strnr.g wind arose and several hours later a cyclone about 6 venty yards wide struck a portion of Madisonville, killing three persons, wounding ten or twelve others and completely destroyirg twelve or fifteen houses ard-several barns. The killed are Mr. and Mrs. Jaik Moser and Kd L. liorton. Wounded Miss Willie Krvine. Miss Delia Mason. Mrs. K. L. Hoi tor. Mrs. L. A. Robinson. L. A. Ro'. inson. Hobert Robinson. Miss Rod gers. Mr. Moser and Professor Charles Kelly. The Uorton and Robinson residences nre both complete wrecks, not or.e t'tnber being left above another on the foundations. The escape of the inmates i f tli"-se two houses, eight in the Horton and three in th" Robinson, seems mira culous, some of them being blown a d'statice of 100 yards, yet escaping in some cases without a scratch. W. F. Kivfte's residence had one end torn away: Hilion Rodgers" house is almost a wreck: Krsklne Lowry'p residence was moved the distance of ten feet and almost wrenched out of shape. The most frightful feature of the tornado was the manner in which Jack Mi -er met his death. He was hurled by the wind's force from his house a distance of TOO vards. until his rrocress uii:i!iiuiiiiiiiiuiiii!iiiiiiii:iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiu mm a . 1 onvalescing 1 5 is more or less a very slow process, j S according to the severity of the 5 zz sickness. Vitality, when at a low zz ebb, works at a great disadvantage, s and more time is required to regain H the lost strength and power. EE 1 Pabst 1 i Ate! Extract i 1 fcBesTTbnic produces marvelous results in such" cases. The richness of the malt gives life to the blood and the hop principle gives tone to the stomach creating both a desire for food and the ability to di gest it 3 Y-i H At all drug stores. 2 'nlllltllUIIIIUIUIUlUUIIUUIHIIIIIHIIIMIR Coffee Is Absolutely Pure. It is the best that money can buv. It incites the appetite to greater efforts. Give it a trial. You are sure to like it.. All up to-date grocers keep it. Packed in sealed tin cans. Send us your verdict. If your grocer does not keep it send us his name, with your order (naming tills poper), and we will see that you are supplied. THOMSON & TAYLOR SPICE CO., CHICAGO, ILLS. was impeaea by a wire rence, which completely severed his head from the body. Hugh Hicks and Charles Pierce were seriously injured. Miss Rodgers, who Is reprted seriousiy injured, may die. Nashville. Tenn.. March 6. Reports from Atlanta; Decatur. Ala.; Marietta, Elberton. Winder, and Cartersville. G tell of great destruction by a wind tilorm Saturday night. Near Decatur four men are missing from a raft. iMORE OPINION ON BEEF. One Witness Not Allowed to Testify CuUl He Identities Himself. Washington. March 6. Frank Rundas, of th? Third Nebraska, as he claimed, offered to give testimony before the court of inquiry Saturday, but his tes timony was declined. Recorder Davis later saying that if Randus identified himself and the court directed that he be called, he would tall him. Randus said the - refrigerated beef in Porte Rico was bad. Colonel Callagher testi fied that the Cubans preferred the canned href. Lieutenant Hunter, of thu e'ixlh Massachusetts, said the men in ioito Rico liked the native beef, and gave away the canned leef, or threw it away. Uoth refrigerated and canned beef had been satisfactory to him. Major Ruthers. of the lommissary de partment. . said that at. Savannah the refrigerated beef was? satisfactory. There were complaints about Jit at Jackson ville. Lieutenant Colonll Curtis Guild of Roston, on Fitzhugh Lee's staff as inspector general, said -that the beef at Jacksonville had been satisfactory, but 42.000 cans had been cortciemned for be ing in bad condition. The Armour com pany had offered to &nd taken back the whole shipment. He preferred Ameri can cattle kiiled and refrigerated in Cuba for the men in that island. Ser geant Sullivan, of the Sixth Massachu setts, condemned both canned and re frigerated beef. POLITICAL BOLT AT TOLEDO. Defeated in Convention Jones Says He Will Itun Independent. Toledo. O.. March 6. Samuel M. Jor.o?. the Socialist, was Saturday defeated for a rer.omination by the Republican city convention after one of the hottest tights and most turbulent conventions e ver he ld in this city. Charles Russell, his opponent, was nominated on the third ballot. During the progress of the convention doors were demolished by the crowd, and the hissing of party li.a.'ei-s was part or the Broeeedinps. Mayor Jones secured recognition and announced that he would run for mayor independently on the- Socialistic, plat form. On the first ballot Mayor Jones only lacked two votesj of enough to name him as the candidate. ABBREVIATED" TELEGRAMS. J. M. Cook. the head"of'the great tour ist agency. Is dead at London. The rival of a French actress sent he r a box of obesity pills, each of which contained a small fish-hook. The effect of legislation of the con gress just adjourned making Dewey an admiral gives him J14.5CC a year. Daniel Lewis Shorey. one of the dis tinguished members of the Chicago la-. is dead at Chicago, aged 75 years. An effort Is being made by the agents of New York capitalists to secure op tions on all the laundries in Louisville. A wholesale firm delivery was pre vented at San Quentin. r Ca!.. because one of the prisoners gaye the schema away. i Fire in Mechanical hail, of the West Virginia university at Morgantown. burned the building to the ground. Loss, $52,000. An old grudge between gowboys John Railey and Thomas Palmer was settled w ith pistols at Childress. 5" ex., and both are dead. i The wages of the 1,200 operatives of the Kdmonds Manufacturing company. Augusta. Me., will be restored on April 3. It is reported that plans are maturing to organize a trust of the logwood and dye wood extract companies of the country. Advices from Juneau, Alaska, say that a new strike in the Porcupine dis trict has caused a rush of miners to the Chilkat country. .' Th '."".o.00 of bonds, etc.. found in a Chicago alley had been stolen from J. M. Sigafus, of New York, who has rj c&vereA'lf c.opertv. Ohio River Is .Rising. Kransville. Ind.. March S. The heavi er rain in tn years fell throughout southern Indiana and southeastern Illi nois Saturday. The Ohio river here is three feet above the danger line, and tho waters are rising rapidly. The big geBt flood since ISM is predicted. The Wabash. White and Paic.ka rivers are out of their banks and the farmers are removing thijiatock.tOLjfle Jjishlands. I THE LONDON 1 For the best made spring overcoats call the Alfred Benjamin & Co.'s overcoats. Proper Style Make Price. We are sole popular line ! THE LONDON. I rAItAMOI NT ISSl'K IN CI HA. l'ayment of the Cuban Army Gomez Gives Figures Natives Suspicious. Havana. March 6. Governor Genera! Rrcoke, referring to the complaints made at Santiago that a large number ol" laborers have been thrown out of work by an apparent reduction in the financial allotment to Santiago prov ince, says that the funds furnished the several provinces by the authorities at Havana have in all cases been eiual to tin? respective requisitions. General Maximo Gomez has sent Governor Gen eral Brooke by the hand of Inspector (Jeneral Roloff. of the Cuban army, a statement of the number of men in that army. It is understood that the total !' aches 4S.00O G2.0CO privates. 10. Cfi-) l'on-eommiSFioned officers and the rest commissioned ctficers from major gener als to sub-lieutenants. About 10.000 pri vates enlisted in 1S95. IS, 000 in lSt;6, 4,003 in 1K7. and 8.000 in lfctiS. In the case of -.000 the enlistment date is not known. These general statements are insuffi cient as a basis for the payment, and a more detailed list of the various com mands, with the namesand whereabouts of the soldiers, .is necessary. This, it is understood. General Gomez will supply. The Cuban military assembly is spend ing its time in a discussion of the mys terious loan of $12,000,000, for which it is reported those leaning the money will rsk $20.0CO.COO in payment. Gomez does not attend the meetings of the assem bly, and apparently ignores that body, which has not ye t decided officially to accept the $3.000. 000 from the I'nited Slates. General Rr-ioke has received a telegram from Washington saying that paymasters with the $3,C00,CCO will ar rive here next week. La Quasirr.a issued an extra based on the speeches of Sewell and White in the s nate last week. It says: "It is omin ous that the senate has decreet! to ex terminate the Filipinos. The United States, encouraged by the asserted vic tories in the Philippines, may inaugu rate the same policy in Cuba. It be hooves all Cubans to be on the alert. Let the w atehword be 'Alert." " Santiago de Cuba, March 6. F.1 Por- vemr. discussing the situation broucht bout by the orders from Havana limit ing he total expenditure upon the de partments of the provincial administra tion to $10,000. says: "There is or.Iy one course open to men who are without c.rk and food namely, to become ban itti. Hunger demands bread. The pro ceedings of the I'nited States authori ties at Havana are evidently antagon istic to Major General Wood and born of j'.alously of his success and popularity among all classes of Cubans. Three thousand men have leen thrown out of employment at only one day's notice, v. hich must mean a serious menace to public peace and property." The Ir.de- p ndencia. El Cubar.o ar.d tte Santiago Herald comment in much the fame strain. tiryau Gut (o U-o I . of "Vf. Madison. Wis., March 6. President Adams, of the university, has just made public the receipt of $250 from Colonel W. J. Bryan for investment iy the board of regents, the proceeds to be giv en annually as a prize for the best es lay on government science. Ry a boner"" explosion at a rtono ouarrv near Myerstown. Pa., Monroe P.illinger was instantly killed and Irv ing Firestona ad Frank Smajtx in- (V A Proper ih k Style f1 J Make i -nce. agents for the of overcoats. three CHINA'S CONSENT WITHHELD, But the Italians Land at San Muu Hay and Take Possession, London. March 6. The Rome corre spondent of The Daily Mail says: "The Italian warships have landed marines at San Mun Ray. thus virtually taking possession. Italy will 000 fur the concession, nun wishes to reduce pay nearly E0. Tlie tsung li ya the lease to fifty years." Pekin. Alarch C The tsung 11 yamen H'liinese foreign office) has returned to the Italian charge d'affaires. Marquis Salvago Ra&gi. his dispatch containing the demand of the Italian government for a lease of San Mun Bay on the same conditions as those under which Ger many holds Kiao-Chou bay, accompany, ing it with a letter declaring that the Chinese gov e riifiient is unable to grant the request. According to a dispatch to the Asso ciated Press from Pekin the action of the Italian government had caused great excitement there, not only among the Chinese but also among the foreign dip lomats, the Chinese being convinced that Great Britain was chiefly responsi ble for th? demand. The representative cf a great power according to the same dispatch was reported to have said that the moment had arrived for internation al control of China, and it was also as serted that if the policy of "spheres of ir.lluenee'' was to be inaugurated the I'nited States would doubtless have a Say in the matter Of Interest to tr ostmasters. Madison. Wis , March 6. At Superior the govenment allowance for rent was insufficient, and to raise the balance the postmaster sublet the lobbies of the pr:stnflice. The amount thus obtained created a Furplus. whieh he claimed as his own. The government sued and the court decided that he must turn It over to the government. !." lor. derails I'af.ri. Washington, Man h G. The vetei'tv preference - in - employment measu v failed to pass the house. This bill hak the approval of the national encamp inert Grand Army of the Republic flood health is worth more than anything else tej you. ami every bot tle" of Hood's ijarsaparilla contains rood health. 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