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LINTON, Emmons County, N.
Even If Harry Lehr does have brain
lag it may not bother him very much.
Sir Thomas IJpton is seriously
thinking of becoming a gooil loser
once more.
A celluloid collar saved a man's life
Most men would prefer death to tlie
wearing of one.
Much credit is due to Mr. Fltzslm
mons for the "remarkable footwork"
displayed by Mr. O'Brien.
While Mr. Chamberlain is framing a
retaliatory tariff he should not forget
to extend It over American athletes.
Von Plehve's predecessor was as
sasKinated a little over two years ago.
They have rotation In that ottlce all
right.
Mrs. Maybrick has read the
American newspapers all these years
she must be used to being released by
this time.
.The gatherings of the believers in
universal peace are the finest things
In the world, splendid optimism under
difficulties.
William C. Whitney left only 4.21,
tiOO.dtiu. Tliis upsets the theory that
litly rich men can live In style in
New York.
Iioth Kugland and France seem to
1rmd the Idea of touching toes, so to
?peak, through a luniiei under the
English channel.
The cry lias goi-.e up throughout
lite country save Niagara Falls.
They are certainly unsurpassed for
':cener,v and suicide.
While the automohilist is liable to
locomotor ataxia, the man who ven
tures to cross the street is liable to
sudden uttacl of rigor mortis.
Some people will complain of the
Panama canal coin mission's extensive
pin chase of mosquito netting while
New Jersey remains unfortified.
Pugilists shake hands before ano
atier the tight. Oh that some way
could be devised for injecting some of
•he chivalry of the ring into politics! I
Such are the resources of modern
science that the failure of the Span
ish olive crop will have no effect what
ever upon the supply of pure olive
oil.
An immense quantity of castor oil
has been destroyed by fire in Boston.
What a squeal of delight should ema
nate from the nurseries all over the
laud?
Wilson Barrett died from the effects
of a surgical operation which was
"thoroughly successful." What would
have happened if the operation had
been a failure?
A San Francisco girl has begun suit
for divorce on the ground that she!
was tricked into marrying. But, hon
estly, that is what happens to most
girls who marry.
Probably more girls would take the
advice of Gov. Warfield of Maryland I
and delay marriage until they are 26
if they only felt absolutely sure they
?ould get married then.
It Is claimed that a new kind of
bread has been discovered which is
an excellent substitute for beef.
There's no use shouting about it,
though, if it's as good as they say it
is some trust will get it.
A Pittsburg man has been fined $8(,
In Canada for catching fourteen more
black bass than the law allowed. Still,
he will probably find It hard lo get
people to believe his fish stories.
A millionaire prohibitionist In his
will cuts off any child who indulges in
liquor. This may be an incentive to
temperance and then again It may be
an incentive to a family blind pig.
A New York man,.aged 103, boasts
that he has never used soap during
his lifetime, but that he drinks lager
beer. It seems he prefers his "suds" to
be applied internally instead of exter
nally.
The young queen of Holland, the
queer, of Italy and the crown princess
of l.uxemberg are all awaiting the
expected news from the palace at
Peterhof with a special sympathetic
interest.
Young Mr. Tiffany complains that
he cannot live on the $18,000 a year
he draws from his father's estate. For
$1,000 of it he could hire some good
man to show him how to save money
on $17,000 a year.
The landlord of an Illinois hotel
fasted twenty days to cure stomach
trouble. He has taken no patent or
copyright on his method, and it Is
understood that guests at his hostelry
will be allowed to use the cure with
out extra charge.
As King Peter of^Servia puts on his
chilled steel nightshirt and then looks
under the bed for bombs, prior to re
tiring for the night he reflects that
there are. after Sll, some disadvan
tages in holding a job'as the bene
ficiary of ascsssination.
_____
Well, if men will sit In automobiles
?fday and night for ninety-six hours or
so, torturing themselve's into the be
lief that they are doing something
Worth while, we suppose It l.s their
own affair. But to the averag&gltizen
0 S^s the height of idiocy.
lw'Djtiyslcian advances the
-.great deal ofthe preva-
•lentmUlnisacaused' by- smoking.
.We are skjmticalaboutthis. The in
dignant wire Of a smoking-husband
^msjr be tempted to jerk him bald-
Aed, but she seldom does it.
Resume
Washington Note*
The secretary of the treasury® lias
awarded contracts for the erection of
the public building at Orand Forks to
Butler Bros, of St. Paul, Minn., the
orice being $112,550.
President Roosevelt has appointed
Regis H. Post of New York, secretary
of Porto Rico, and Rrastus S. Rock
well, District of Columbia, auditor, to
'.aire effect Sept. 1 next.
His hobby for writiing freak bills to
he acted upon by congress lias lost
James Selden Cowden a lucrative po
sition in the treasury department and
landed him In St. Elizabeth's insane
usylum.
Postmaster General Payne has
Amended the postal regulations to per
mit the elimination of all weight re
striciions on first-class mall matter ad
dressed to all countries except Canada,
Mexico and Cuba.
Secretary Loeb has made It clear
that no letter was sent either by the
president or by him to the National
Association of Stationary Engineers in
session at Richmond, declining to re
ceive the engineers.
Criminal.
Fred Knockle. aged twenty-live, a
farmer, hanged himself in his barn
near Dubuque. He had been suffering
from melancholia.
The body of Mrs. Ed Doverty, wife
.if a llock Island couductor, was found
liy the police locked in her room, at
l)es Moines. She had been dead six
hours.
Slate Senator Foye of Egypt. Ga„
lias heen lalten to Savannah, Oa., on a
rliarge of holding negroes in bondage.'
Foye is one of the wealthiest men in
3»utli Georgia.
One burglar was shot in the arm
and captured and others escaped with
$200 in cash after blowing open the
safe of the Windham County Savings
"ank at. Newfane, Vt.
Six non-commissioned officers of
Company D. Twenty-seventh infantry,
were tried by summary court-martial
at Fort Sheridan and reduced to the
ranks on the charge of bringing beer
into the reservation. The charges
against forty-one privates of the com
pany were dismissed.
Almost recovered from a bullet hole
through the brain, Frederick Beck,
who tried to kill himself on July 11,
will be discharged from the city hos
pital at Newark, N. J., In a few days.
The bullet entered the right temple,
and, passing through the brain, was
found just under the skin an inch and
a half below the right temple.
From Other Shore*.
The case of the British steamer
Knight Commander, which was sunk
by the Vladivostok squadron, will be
reviewed by a special admiralty court.
It is announced that Peter Curran,
the well-known labor leader, will rep
resent England at the international
peace conference at Boston in Octo
'jer.
M. I.ebaudy's steerable balloon made
a quarter of an /hour's flight at a
height of 80 meters in Paris, ami re
turned to its shed without the slight
est hitch.
The Zelgler relief expedition arrived
at Vardo, Norway, on board the Frith
Jof, July 3, on Its return from the
North. It did not succeed In reaching
'be America.
The Rev. Dr. Nevln, rector of St.
Paul's, the American church in Rome,
recently underwent an operation as a
result of which his eyesight is being
restored.
The announcement that the British
government intends to make a large
issue of exchequer bonds which will
yield a better rate of interest than con
sols caused depression in the latter.
At Archaries, Haiti, the populace,
after looting three Syrian shops, drove
away 100 Syrians, who reached Port
in Prince stripped of everything. Trou
ble is feared in other cities of the re
public.
The German bourse is almost In a
panic ovef Hibernia coal shares. Rival
factions are manipulating the stocks
of the mining company, striving to
iain control. The company is the
'jiggest trust in Europe.
The Canadian senate has passed, the
anti-tobacco combine bill. It now
awaits the royal assent. The bill is
designed to protect the Canadian to
bacco manufacturers against the meth
ods of the big American concerns,
who, it is alleged, have been-trying to
force retailers to handle no goods ex
cept theirs.
Accidental Happenings.
Sheets Bros.' grain elevator in
Cleveland burned, the loss being $100,
ooo.
Aid. Lundy of Brooklyn was mortal
ly injured in a trolley car accident in
Soney Island aevnue.
The Colonial distillery at Trebeias,
three miles west of Xenia, Ohio, was
lestroyed by fire. The loss is $250,000.
The freighter City of Berlin, with
about 300 tons of iron ore on board,
collided with an .unknown boat in the
Detroit river.
Benny and Clarence Ghysels, aged
10 and 8 years, were drowned In Grand
river at Grand Rapids, Mich., while
«wimming.
"While lying asleep the Infant babe
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Eckert of Char
ter Oak, Iowa, was accidentally shot
by a. boy uncle.
Mrs. Victor Moore and her slfftef ln
law, Miss Cora A. Moore, both of Bell
Station, La., were killed at St. Louis
by being struck by a street car.
GOPDNOW IS UNDER FIRE.
Minnesotan in China a Much Accused'
Man.
Washington, Aug. 10. The formal
presentation of charges against Con
sul General John Goodnow at Shang
hai was made at the state department
yesterday before Assistant Secretary
Pelrce by George F. Curtis, an at
torney representing interests in the
Orient. The hearing yesterday wras
lf\|
One miner was killed and three oth
ers seriously injured at Calumet,
Mich., by the cage in No. shaft of
the Hecla branch of the Calumet &
Hecla mine running away.
Champlips Bros.' livery barn at Clin
ton. Iowa, "with all contents except
horses, burned recently. The loss" is
probably $40,000. A tramp sleeping in
the hay is suppo'sed to have perished.
John Martvok, member of.the Unit
ed Mine Workers, was killed at Garri
son, Mont., by falling beneath the
wheels of a North Coast limited on
which he is supposed to have been
heutiug his way. $
The Rev. Glenn Gillian was acciden
tally and fatally shot by Rev. New'
some at Pomeroy, Ohio. These two.
ministers were spending their vaca
tion with the father ol Rev. Gillian.
The tragedy occurrcd while they were
shooting at a target.
Fire started in the pattern shop of
the Albion Iron works at Victoria, B.
C., destroying, besides the northern
portion of the building together with
a quantity of machinery, many resi
dences. In all about fifty houses were
destroyed,) the majority being homes
of working people. The loss exceeds
$i no,ooo.
Domestic.
Dr. O. Eduard Hanslick, the famous
musical crlllc, is dead at Vienna. He
was horn at Prague In September-,
1825.
Carrie Nation has mailed a check
for $1,150 to the home for wives of
drunkards at Topoka, Kan., as a -per
sonal gift.
S. F. R. Morre states that a South
ern col ton corporation has been' or
ganized in New York, with a capita'
of $20.0(10,000.
Gen. Greeley of the United States
army has received the first wireless
telegraphic message ever sent direct
from Nome, Alaska.
The Interstate Sheriffs' association
convention adjourned at St. Louis,
after deciding upon St. Paul, Mlnn.
?.s the place for the next convention.
Jabez Cogswell, a full blooded Indian
and the last of his race, once numer
ous in Connecticut, died alone in bis
hut in a wild part of NewiMldford.
The attendance at the world's fail
last week was the best in point of at
tendance up to the present. For the
first time the .000,000 mark was passed.
It Is announced at the prison at
Joliet, 111., that immediate employment
would be provided for 1,000 convicU
who have been idle since July 1 and
locked in their cells.
Former Mayor W. J. Donnelly ot
Victor, Col., his decided to remove
with his family from the Cripple Creek
district, having received warning That
his life Is in danger.
One of the most important church
conventions of the year will be the
nineteenth annual meeting of the
Brotherhood of- St. Andrew" at Phila
delphia from Sept. 29 to Oct. 2.
An experience with an automobile
sent Andrew Kendall of Bluffton, Ind.,
to the bankruptcy court.. The ma
chine originally cost $600, and more
than $2,000 was spent in repairs.
Thirty-six lake vessels of the lum
ber fleet have thus far been retired
from service'in the movement of the
Lumber Carriers' association to main
tain its schedule of freight rates on
lumber.
"It is time we outgrew the old adage
'Children should be seen and not
heard,'" declared Mrs. M.. Van Vliet
before the mothers' meeting of the
Women's Christian Temperance union
In Chicago.
There is great, excitement at Hunt
ington, W. Va., over the strike of a
gas well at a depth of 900 feet which
is producing at a late of 8,000,000 feet
dally. The escaping gas can, be.
heard for miles.
Dr. William Jepson of Sioux City,
professor of surgery in the state uni
versity at Iowa City, has received a
commission from the government of
Russia appointing him as a field sur
geon in the Russian army.
A new $20,000,000 coal combine com
posed of twenty-eight independent
companies is in process of formation.
The principal objects of the ne.W com
bination are, it is said, to establish
selling agencies and maintain prices.
PENSION DISTRICTS .-CHANGED.
Parts of St. Paul District Added to St.
Cloud and Marikato.
The territory of Special Pension
Examiner E. W. Young has'been'cur
tailed. The nine counties -in*the south
ern part of his terrltgrj^ were'annexed
to the Mankato division and' several
counties in the northern part' of "the'
state were annexed to ,the St.'Cloud
district. This -new !apportionment
leaves' in the St. Paul district the
counties of Ramsey, Chisago, Dakota,
Scott, Goodhue, Wabasha, rice and Le
Sueur.
Turtle Doves of Magnitude.
"What Is love?" aslced the sweet girl
who was looking for a chance to leap:
"Love," replied the old bachelor, "Is
a kind of Insanity that makes a man
call a 200-pound female bis little tur
tle dove."—New York Dally News.
Trolley Facilities.
Strangw (to conductor)—Which end.
of jthe car do I get off?.
Conductor (politely)—Either you
.prefer both ends stop.—New York
'Daily News.
Simply preliminary And occupied an
hour's time in private'conference be
tween the attorney and secretary, In
which was presented the documentary
evidence, including petitions of Amer
rlcanrfesldents ln»the Orient, and oth
ers making charges against Mr. Good
now. The matter, will be taken up
again-later by Assistant
-v
Secretary
Peirce, at whlch -time it may be- de
termined whethe'r the department wt]l
invite a fuller statement of the.
(Charges" and an answer on .the part-of
the consul general.
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IRESN ASSAULT
ON PORT ARTUR
CITIZENS DEMAND SURRENDER
BIG BATTLE IN DIRECTION OF
AN8HANSHAN IS HOURLY
E^PtCTED.
POUT ARTHUR FLEET SCATTERED
JAP ADMIRAL REPORTS DOINQ
MUCH DAMAGE WITHOUT BE
ING HURT.
London, Aug. 13.—The YInkow cor
respondent of the Gazette reports that
Ave Japanese divisions Thursday com
menced-- a fresh aesaiflton Port Ar
thur.-*'-The inhabitants of the town,
says the correspondent, are feverishly
demanding capitulation. He con
cludes: "Anarchy reigns at Port Ar
thur"
Fighting Day and Night.
Chefu, Aug. yj.-f-A junk which has
arrived here, having left Port Arthur
on Aug. 8, brings confirmation of pre
vious reports of severe fighting day
and night. One Japanese shell struck
the corner of a building In Port Arthur
and killed or wounded 200 people. It
-is roughly estimated that the Japanese
are from Ave to eight 'miles from
Port Arthur.
To Aid In 8tormlng.
Paris, Aug. 13.—A dispatch to tlie
Temps from Liao-yang says:
"The Japanese outposts are eight
miles southward of Hal Chanchwang.
The Japanese- ."advance has entirely
stopped. The Chinese afflrtri that sev
eral regiments have been detached
from this army and sent to Port Ar
thur."
Big Battle Expected.
Liao-yang, Aug. 13.—A Russian cor
respondent of the Associated Press
who has arrived here says:
"We are daily expecting a big bat
tle in the'direction of' Anshanshan. It
has probably been delated by the
rains.
"The Japanese were checked at
Benitzu, twenty-eight miles east of
Liao-yaqg, w^tie advancing on the
Yantao coal mines. It is reported
that there- was -a .panic among the
troops, resulting in great loss of life,
but this cannot be confirmed."
Warship* Still at Tsingchou.
Chefu, Aug. 13.—A. late report from
Tsingchou says that -the Russian war
ships still there are- the battleship
Czarevitch, the protected cruisers
Pallada and'Npvlk. and |hree torpedo
boat destroyers Thf Czarevitch,
which is badly damaged, is being re
paired with German assistance, it is
allege ).
A report haB also! been received
Jjere to the effect that Admiral Wlt
hoff was killed in the naval battle off
Round island last Wednesday.
A strong detachment of. Japanese
warships is -reported to have sailed
south for the purpose of intercepting
the Vladivostok fleet, whic{i it is be
lieved has not yet effected a junction
with the vessels reported to have been
purchased fjy Russia from' the Argen
tine government.
Report of Jap Loss.
London, Aug. 13. A dispatch to
Reuter's Telegram company from St.
Petersburg says that'* the Japanese ar
n&ored ..cruiser Kasuga (formerly the
Argentine" warship Rivadayla) was
sunk with all on board during the en
gagement off Port ArthUf on Wedne's
,day last.
Thinks Czarevitch Is 8unk.
Tokio, Aug. 13.—Admiral Togo has
reported as follows:
"On Aug. 10 our combined fleet at
tacked the enemy's fleet near Gugan
Rock. The Russian Vessels were
^emerging from Port Arthur, trying 'to
go south. We pursued the* enemy to
the eastward. Severe- fighting lasted
from 1 o'clock Wednesday afternoon
until sundown, .?-•
"Toward the .close the enemy's Are
weakened remarkably,, His formation
became confused and then his ships
'scattered.
"The Russian cruisers Askold and
Novlk and several- torpedo boat de
stroyers
Fled to the.Southward.
Others of the enemy's ships retreated
separatelytoward Port Arthur. We.
pursued'them and- it.
appears that we
Inflicted considerable'damage.
"We found life buoys and other ar
ticles belonging to the Russian battle
ship Czarevitch floating at sea. The
Czarevitch probably waB sunk. We
have received no reports from the tor
pedo boats and the torpedo boat de
stroyers which were engaged In the
attack- on- the ships of the" enemy. The
Russian vessels, with the exception of
the Askold, the Novik^the Czarevitch
and.'.thcf cruiser- Pallada, appear to
have returned to Port Arthur. Our
damage was slight. Our fighting pow
er has not been impaired."
Totai« casualties of the Japanese
force were 170.
Formal Protest is Made.
St. Petersburg, Aug.. 13.—The Asso
ciated Press Is able to announce that
Russia has already formally protested
to Japan/through France, against the
action of the Japanese torpedo boat
destroyers in attacking the Russian
torpedo boat destroyer'Ryt*hltelnl at
Vote to Build New Schools.
Fergus Falls, Minn., Aug. 12.—At a
special .election held here It was voted
to Issue $5,000 Vorth of bonds for tke
erection of a new"high school building
and a new gf&de school-building to re
place the combination building recent
ly destroyed by Are.
Omaha Fast Freight Wrecked.
Cumberland, Wis... Aug. 12. A
broken flange' wrecked the fast 'freight
oni the Omaha road near Mlnong last
night, damaging rolling stock bat
Jilting uo one.
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FIVE JAPANESE DIVISIONS TRY
.TO REDUCE THE TOTTERINB
FORTRESS.
Chefu an'l towing her away Sr'im tlittt
port, and that the protest
IIBS
hoen
communicated to tlie powers.
This prompt action is based upon
the ofllclal report of the Russian con
sul at Chefu, which is very explicit on
the subject of the dismantling of the
Ryeshitelni. saying that not only were
the breech blocks of her" guns and all
her small arms removed, but the en
gines were rendered useless.
BIG JEWEL THEFT CHARGED.
Though Freed of Hold-Up Accusation
Wilson Is Not "free.
Chicago, Aug. 13. Arrested four
days ago as a suspect in the hold-up
of the Diamond, special oft the Illinois
Central railway nfcar Harvey,. James
Wilson, who could not be Connected
with the train robbery, has- been Iden
tified as a man wanted at Beaver
Falls, Pa., for the theft of fS.OftO worth
of jewelry which he is alleged to have
Stolen from the residence of James
Piper. Wilson was iaken to Pennsyl
vania yesterday by a Beaver Falls de
tective.
POISON IN COFFEE CAN.
Murder May Be Found in Death Under
Suspicious Conditions.
Des Moines, Iowa, Aug. 13. Win
field Carpenter died at Iowa City yes
terjlay under circumstance which
gtyes rise to suspicions of possible
murder and suicide. According to his
own dying statement there was poison
in a can of coffee from which he
drank while eating his lunch. The
coffee will be carefully analyzed by
experts. Carpenter recently figured in
a lawsuit In which his wife was one of
the chief witnesses against him.
BRYAN LOSES BEQUEST.
Supreme Court of Errors Decides
Against Him.
New Haven. Conn.. Aug. 13.—A de
cision adverse to William J. Bryan in
'his contest.over the will of the late
P. S. Bennett of'New York and this
city was handed down late, yesterday
afternoon by the supreme court-of er
rors after an all day session. The de
cision virtually denies that Mr. Bryan
is entitled to the $50,000 mentioned in
-the sealed:letter written by Mr. Ben
nett and adefressed to his widow to be
read to lWi(|iier'his death.
PREFERRED DE^TH
Tb sAppearing-in Court asHr Witness
Against His Brother.
Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 13. David
Henry, living near Noblestown, took
his own life in the family1 orchard
yesterday. His brother had, been ar
raigned on a' serious, charge and David'
was to be the chief witness against
blm. David said he would never testi
fy against his own flesh and blood.
Soon after the subpoena- was served
on him he. went out, into the. orchard
and ended all with a shot.
•MUCH BAD CAShi MADE.
Physician Arrested on Charge of Pass
ing One' of 5,100 $2 Bills.
Boston, Aug. 13.—Ten thousand two
hundred dollars in counterfeit J2 bills
were found yesterday by secret service
agents In the house of Dr. Frank- G.
Sanft, a prominent Roxbiiry physician,
after Sanft had been arrested by the
city police on a charge of having
passed a bogus bill upon a street
vendor. A Complete outfit, for manu
facturing spurious bank notes was
also found.
MAKING SPURIOUS COIN.
Eight Counterfeiters Caught in the
Act Are Arrested."
Chicago, Aug.v 13.—Eight men who
are charged with making spurious
'coin were arrested by federal. authori
ties yesterday, in a raid on an alleged
counterfeiting, den in a. basement.
Seven of the eight men were at work
making counterfeit dollars, half-dol
lars. quarters and dimes when con
fronted with the weapons of the raid
ers, and were' taken into custody.
METEOR BLOWS UP.
Hits Earth, Causing Terrific Explosion
and High Wind.
Meadville, Pa., Aug. 13.—A meteor
or large aerolite, taking a northerly
direction, struck the earth somewhere
near Concord station! thirty-five miles
east of this city on the line of the
Erie railroad a few minutes after 1
o'clock yesterday morning. A terrific
explosion accompanied the compact
with the earth, followed by a high
wind lasting thirty seconds. V-&
Crowded Trolley Demolished.
Defiance, Ohio, Aug. 13.—Three per
sons were killed and three badly- in
jured in a trolley car. wreck ,at the
Baltimore & Ohio crossing in this^city
Just before noon yesterday. *The
crossing is at a-curve and the motor
man did not see a cut-off of the. cars
backing down. The trolley car had 8
-trailer. Both were crowded.
4^ Killed While in a Fit.
Calumet, Mich., Aug. 13'. John
Brlmlucas, aged seventy-four, war
taken with an attack of fit? while rid
ing on a load of hay on his farm al
the .Allouez, and while writhing in the
convulsions fell to the ground and
was killed. He had been incapacitated
from working in the mines by an ac
cident twenty years ago.
Turk Fllrta With Italy.
Paris, Aug. 13.—The Temps corros
ppndent at Rome telegraphs that 's
mission from the sultan of Turkey,
bringing rich presents to King Victor
Emmanuel and Queen Helena, is ex
pected shortly. It Is said that the iitls
slon also brings a letter from the sul
tan Inviting the Italian sovereigns to
Tialt ConsUmtlnpplfc
Brother Against Brother.
Ocean City, MdM Aug. 13. -Former:
Gov. Ellhu Jackson was nomlnated by
the Democrats of the Fifth district
yesterday for congress. His brother,
William H. Jackson, is-the Republican
Incumbent and was renominated.
Revolution IsJFMred. s-
Paris, Aug. 13. The foreign office
here confirms the. Mport .frc^mviiueno)^
Ayres that a state ot siege: has
proclaimed in the /repu^SI&.o^
snay, owlng to fear of retftkuSi
outbreak. W*-"
Jit
leaassasapRW"
ONLY HOPE Ofm
PEACE LEFT
$ r- 'A
HARRISON WILL
TO TRY AND
THE STRIKE.
MAYOR
MASKED
BE
END
jr
NO MORE SYMPA1HETIC STRIKES
TEAMSTERS NOW OUT
STAND PAT, BUT STRIKE WILL
NOT.EXTEND.
DAY Of WIDESPREAD VIOLENCE
HALF A DOZEN^MEN HURT IN VA
•ENCOUNTERS—SHOTS
ARE F.IRED.
Chicago, Aug. 14.—Mayor Carter H.
Harrison will! be asked to-do what he
can toward Settling the stock yflTrds
strike.
.- With all prospects of peace, or even
peace conferences, gone, tlie_ retail
meat, deaiers and grocers last night
decided to ask M-ayor Harrlson to fake
apposition In thfe present conflict sim
ilar to the position taken by-him in
the street car strike last fail.' The
'street railway .strike was settled
through his. efforts.
a meeting of the retail dealers
yesterday afternoon a committee of
ten-persoAs was appointed to wait
upon-'the mayor tO day. Representa*
tives'of tiie strikers were at this meet-'
ing and expressed themselves as be
ing satisfied with the plan to. ask
Mayor Harrison's assistance in the
controversy.
No More. Sympathetic Strikes.
Previousy to'.the decision to request
Mayor Harrison to intercede for peace,
CorheliusTShea, president of the Inter
national Brotherhood of Teamsters,
declared in an interview that there
would be no more sympathetic strikes
of the members of his union. He de
clared that all the packing house
teamsters now on strike would stand
paf, meaning" that' they would remain
on'strike.
Widespread Violence.
Ariot in crowded Fifth avenue
witiiin a square of the city hall and- re
calling the teamsters' strike two years
.ago, when missiles were hurled from
tlie. wlAdows of office buildings, yester
day capped the climax of disorder in
the stock, yards strike...- During the
day
..half a dozen men were' hurt in
various ancounters and shots were
.fire during an attack on a trainload of
"Sirikebreakeijs.*
All told, yesterday's violence was
more widespread than in any previous
twelve hours of the strike although
No Mob of Great Size
.toofc part'in any of the assaults. Even
President Golden of the teamsters'
union was attacked while trying to
rescue Max Fall a union teamster
who was driving a wagon loaded with
meat. Fourjiiindred persons had pur
sue"d Falk", not knowing he was a
unionist, and were attacking him
when President' Golden' appeared.
When Falk produced a union button
Golden mounted-the wagon, took, the
reins and urged back the mob. Stones
and sticks were showered at Golden
and'Falk before Golden, who suffered
many Injuries,"was recognized.'
A E S S S E
Ne.W Complication at Tangier Agitates
Foreigners.
Tangier, Aug. 14. Ham el Jai Ya,
principal secretary To El Meiipblti. the
Moroccan minister of war, has been
arrested and imprisoned here and his
goods confiscated under the orders of
the sultan. Jal Ya is a British sub
ject" and tlie European residents are
inhlgnant at his arrest. They say that
life and property, especially where
British subjects "are concerned, are
unsafe.' The British legation has
strongly-protested to the Moroccan
government, but so far the .protest
has been entirely, ignored
PORTO R1CANS AT WHITE HOUSE.
President Roosevelt Addresses Visit
ing Teachers.
Washington, Aug. 14. President
Roosevelt yesterday' tendered a recep
tion and delivered .a brief speech .to
about 500 school teachers jit Porto
Rico, who have been in this country
for several weeks attending various
normal schools. The reception took
place in the East room of the White
House.
Killed by Fall From "Cherry Tree.
Calumet, Mich., Aug. 14. Arcade
DubOrd of Lake Linden, was killed by
a fall^ from a cherry tree. While
standing In tjhe top of the tree eating
cherries he was overcome'by a.
faint
ing spell and fell On a fence. T^o of
his ribs wpre broken, one plerciiog a
lung, 4eath resulting.
Ex-Congressman Dead.""'- Vi
Sheboygan, Wis., Aug. 14.—Ex-Con
gressman George H, Brlckner. died
suddenly of heart trouble yesterday.
WhilO walking outside the office of the
Brlckner Woolen Mills cbmpany he
fell prostrate and died in half an hour.
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Bank Robbed.
Clr^^Fells, Minn* Aug. 14.
State.'Bank of .Hazel ten milei
Brick plant yesterday. He leaves
wife jand several children. M. Bavon
ski, aiaborer, had his leg broken, and
a dozen others were caught in the'
dirt, but managed to extricate them
selves^'- "-C-
£1*1? ^8^ejCnventlon!
"". Mont., Aug. 14. The Re
state nominating convention
.eld'-at Billings Sept:"7. A-call
rhe only high gratis Baking Powder
maris at a moderate prioo.
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SPOOK OPENED SAFE.
Transmitted Combination From the
Other World.
After resisting the skill of two ex
perts connected with the-'lreasury de
partment, a smal}. safe belonging to
Col. J. Eldredg^fSntfth, an inventor,
'who died recently in Washington^'J).
C„ has been opined, and ndw the only
question is whetht
er-it was opened in
swer to Mrs. Smith's. prayers or
'ugh' .information coming direct
from Cdl. Smjthifra^.. Clark Swett, a
SpirUualistlc^me^iiMfir but Mrr Swett,
"flhder whse direction the safe door
swung open, says it was nothjhg else.
The little safe contained alt'the val
tiable papejs belonglng to Col. Smith,
andrhei was (he onfy one who jtn'ew the
combination. Experts' gave it tip as ,a
had- job.' Then Mr. Swett said he Would
try.
Sw&t says-he has been a Spiritual
ist for forty- years, and has,
about twen
ty-five "splrif guifles." .One of the
guides, he says, is an Indian girl, and
she Is the'one he states, who saw Col.
Smith.in. the other world and.got from
him the combination and. transmitted
if. thus enabling (he safe to be open
ed.—Detroit Tribune.
began coffee again
The
miles west
of here, was looted by burjglars last
night und I2.0W taken. The vault
and safW were Tilown." No clue to the
perpetrators.
fcj "Killed'by Cave-In.
Sioux City, Iowa, Aug. 14.—George
A, "Wedaie was burled in a cave-in of
.a cl^ bank at the Sioux City Paving
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And Hotel Guests Wanted the Singing
8topped.
At her concert at St. James hall the
other day Mme. Marches! created
something of-a sensation byslnglqg a
Norwegian ditty in which the Voice
part was written In a different key to
the accompaniment. Many years ago
Adellna Patti used to' recommend as
the best training-the singing aif'a song
in one key while the accompaniment
was played in another. Fattt .herself '','$}*•
sometimes to practice what she
preached, only, of- course, in.jpriva.te, -'I
and her two-key practice once led to a ^2
somewhat comical incident. The,
great singer wasvstaying at a hotel iif
Switzerland, and "the suite of ooms'
next to her was occupied by an Eng-^
lish family. of musical tastes, The
English tourists •wereiqtilte H&iawarO
who their «ext door neighbor was, but
after hearing Patti one mosnlns the5r|'ri=wi*
went to Wife landlord and declared tbal 5 .1'
they--must leave the hotel at once |f^ ,'^r
that terrible noise in the neit ^rooi^'^'ljite
tould not be stopped. "But, rtiadame."^'"
said the hotelkeeper, "you know.
that is? That Is the great Patti.'N^
"Patti!" said the mater famallas,*_
'don't dare to tell me any such sto
rles. I have never heard Patti, but I
know she doesn't •tog':exy»tlBtliig|St*S52y^?
•»ut of tune."—London Tatler.
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Free From the Slugger Brought Out a
Fact. '.¥
"During. thjei1 time I ^vas 1^ cottei
drinker," says an Iowa woman, "I was
nervous, had Spells with my heart
smothering spell*, headache, stom^'t-::"'^^-'
ach trouble,-liV6r and kidney: trouble:
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Cleveland. Ark.,": August 15 (Spji -i
clal).—Nearly every newspaper tells, '-X.
of some wonderful cure of some form
of Kidney Disease by the
Mr. A. E. •Carlile, well known anrt
highly, respecte.d here, tells pf his,'
cure afternearly -a quarter of a cen
tury's suffering. Mr. Carlile says:
"I w^int to- let the public Jsnow
what I think of Dodd's Kidney Pills. 'r:
I think hey are 'the best remedy for 'V
sick kidneys ever made.
"I had.kidney .trouble for 23 year^':
and never found anything thai" did me,
so much goOd as Dodd's KtOb'^y Pills.
I recommend them to all sufferers."
There is .no .uncertain' sound about
Mr. Carlile'8 statement. He" knows '.
that Dodd's Kidney Pills rescu^cl him
from a life of suffering and he "wants
the public to know it. .Dodd's: KMney
Pills cure all Kidney ills from Qack
iche to Bright's Disease..
PATTI SANG OUTQF TUNE.
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American Remedy'. Dodd's Kidney*^
Pills, and:'this part of Arkansas Is/
not without its share of evideifc'e that?'^.^:'^
no case is too deeply- roote^
Dodd's Kidney Pills to cure.
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Idid not know for years what 'made •'•J
me have those ^pells. I would fre
quently sink away as though my last
hour had come.
"For 27 years I suffered thus and
ased bottles of medicine- enough to *set
up a drug store—capsules and pills
and everything I heard of. Spent
lots of money but I was sick .nearly
all the .time. Sometimes I WM "so''"*'
nervous I could not hold a plate In my
hands! and other times. I thought I
would surely die sitting at the table,
"This went on until »bout two yMrs '-^^4
ago when one day did not #se stay
coffee and I noticed was fiot so
vous and told my huiband: gboutlit.
He had befen- telling me that itmi|ht
be the coffee, but I said 'No/1 have 43k'
been drinking coffee all my life and it Z,
cannot be.' But after this I thought
would try and do without MUT drink' W'**
hot water. I did this for several davs
but got tired of the hot water and
went to drinking coffee, and as soon
I was
nervous
again. =Thls proved ...that it was the
coffee that caused my troubles
f"We had'tried-I^stiim but h#d^.n'o¥'
made it right »nd did not like it bti &
now
decidfed" to give it itfother triai'
age carefdlty ind iUAHfe It after these
direction? and simply, dellcT&il
so we quit coffge for good and the
snlts are wontfrfuTfe Befq^tsjfc
I a
sImp sbund^ vtKi not a b|f^ hCTvriS,
now, but wbfk hard and can walk
miles, Nervous headaches are gone
my heart does not bother me am'
more like It did and
I
don'f hive
tk the smothering spells Jufc
you believe It?
Wo,UJ
I
am getting fat
drlnk PoBtum now and nothing
Iu»k for the book, "The
Pi"B
and even,
have disappeared We ^^j^g
sound and healthy nbw-4itfd
blessing."., Najne given by Postum
Co.. Battle Creek. Mlctf/ .if
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