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wsssgasr*0* S Sfccs... EMMONS COUNTY RECOHD, D. R. STUSTO, Publisher. LINTON, Emmons County, N. The Czar needs advice. There are millions of Americans willing to give him all be wants. A poem to htm by Alfred Austin forms Just at present the fly in White law Reid's ointment. Rockefeller has cornered all the oil3 except castor oil. The castor bean is holding out defiantly. A man's name is often very attrac tive to a woman—except for the man that goes along with it. Of course the aeronauts are making progress, but the future of aerial navl ?ation is still all In the air. A man in St. I.ouis shot himself dead because he couldn'L sleep. In somnia will worry him no more. The English papers speak feelingly i)t "Dr. Osier of Chicago university." This evens things up, and all is now forgiven. Charity rovers a multitude of sins, but It's too much to ask of us to stretch It over those who coismit crimes in its name. Even Russell Snge has to have a birthday once a year, unwarrantable though he may feel it to be to indulge tn them so frequently. We can readily believe the doctoi svho says there are no good mosqui toes. Even dead ones are generally mussy and undesirable. The man who sold his wife for and his furniture for $50 would bring about one-ten-thousandth of a cent if be were sold at auction. A Pennsylvania woman coughed up .two frogs the other day. There will be no excuse for her if she ever gets bopping mad after this. "Next" to whisky," says a pliyslclar, 'mosquitoes are mankind's greatest curse." Did you know that mosquitoes had got next to whisky? Nobody who knows Wizard Burbank will believe for one moment tnat he had anything to do with the evolution of the California raisin trust. Secretary Wilson says the cotton scandal was started by a bull, a bear and a woman. Of course it couldn't get along without a woman in It. Speaking of heroism, the doctors and nursed who are volunteering for service in the yellow fever belt ought to come in for honorable mention. To sell a gold brick to the smart sev is not so uncommonly funny. There are fads and fancies in humbler life or parting the fool and his money. Harper's Weekly predicts that soon Jt will be considered bad form to be •wicked. It is so considered now— unless there's at least a million In it. '-'"i" modern grafters will get after Prof. Shepardson if he tries to class "When." asks the London World, "does a woman look her best?" We have heard of men who would be mean enough to answer: "When her lips are closed." By getting herself elected school trustee Mrs. Mackay shows the other New York society women that there is a better way of gaining fame than by giving monkey dinners. Judging by the sample cabled. Alfred Austin's poem against the un preparedness of the British army for war is quite down to the usual stan dard of England's poet laureate. It is encouraging to see that the decision of a New York hotel manage ment, ousting dogs from the hostlery, is tempered by the gracious permis sion that "a few babies" may remain. Public opinion probably will sustain the Massachusetts judge who says that umbrellas are private property. They are anybody's private property, according to many persons who see them lying around. Whenever an auto accident occurs, the explanation is made that the chauffeur did not purposely do the damage. Certainly when a man is scorching he does not have time to plan every twist of the wrist. Nat Goodwin has, it appears, beei. arrested through a practical joke by "his friend" Jimmy Brltt, prize light er. Britt is not to' be complimented on the quality of his humor, nor Good win on the quality of his friends. Japan's tea crop Is a partial failure this year. The suspicion is that the mikado's illustrious ancestors have been too buay assisting in the conduct of the war to pay their accustomed at tention to the agricultural interests of the empire. An Italian and his wife have made $7,000 grinding a hand organ in New York, and with this fortune will tire, to Italy. What a blessing it would be if we could induce every organ grinder to retire for so inslgni flcant a sum. One of the saddest things in life /s to read in the newspapers the jocu lar accounts of the good tiiqe the man who owes you money Is having at a summer resort, while you are com pelled to remain at home because you can't afford to go away. Because his wife urged him a Phlla delphia man took the examination .and is now chief of the Bureau or Highways. This Instance of quick re ward should point In many a reluctant 'household the moral of the practical beauty of husbandly obedience. :^v u-i'~- ^'r .••i V:::j .- ri Washington. Edwin H. Conger of Iowa has re signed his post as American ambassa dor to. Mexico, to take effect Oct. 18 next, and President Roosevelt has ac cepted the resignation. The secretary of the interior has or dered the withdrawal from entry of 160,000 acres of land In the I.a Grande (Ore.) land district on account of the Umatilla irrigation project. The isthmian canal commission has adopted as a coat of arms for the gov ernment. of the Panama Canal zone and use of the commission itself a shield showing in base a Spanish gal leon of the flfte...th century under full sail coming head in between two high banks the sky being yellow with the glow of sunset—in the shield the col ors of the arms of the United States. Under it is written, "The l.and Divid ed, the World United." Foreign. The Chinese boycott against Ameri can goods is evidently weakening, and the intended mission of Former Min ister Conger is considered to be en tirely superfluous. Members of the Russian national as sembly will be elected ofter the model of the Prussian diet. The municipal ities are already compiling lists of men entitled to vote under the ukase. Alfred Waterhouse, a well knowu architect and a prominent member of the royal academy is dead in London. He designed many of the best known buildings in various parts of England. The governor of German East Af rica telegraphs that the situation in the colony has changed for the worse. The emperor has ordered two cruisers t.o proceed immediately to East Africa. The London Morning Post's Shang hai correspondent says that a dispatch from Pekln has announced that China has raised a loan of $2,U00,000 in Bel gium for the service of the Luban railway. A dispatch to the Ueuter Telegram company from Zanzibar says in ad dition to the murder of a Catholic bishop by African natives several days ago, two shsters, three missionaries, a surgeon and two traders were killed. The Japanese navy department has rochristened the captured Russian war ships as follows: The Peresveit has been named the Sagami Poltava, the Tango the Bay an, the Aso Pallada, the Tsugaru, and the Vlriag, the Soya. MacCaddon's American circus has been stranded at (irenoble. Prance, since Aug. 10. Henry Yignaud. the American charge d'affaires, and John K. Gowdy, the American consul gen eral, are co-operating with a view to relieving the stranded persons. Emperor William anuouuees in the North German Gazette that he ard the empress will not receive presents at the twenty-fifth anniversary of their wedding, but that contributions of money from members of society or corporations for charitable purposes will be welcome. Baron von Sternberg, a brother of the German ambassador at Waslilng ton, shot a female poacher at mld- night VOI1 them with the grafters of a century Neugattersleben. The woman has ago, who were mere pikers at the game. In mistake for a deer, on Count dou Schulenburg's preserves, In since died. Baron von Sternberg has voluntarily surrendered to the police and has been allowed bail. Casualty. Four men were killed in the explo sion of an engine on a dredge boat •ear Norborne, Mo. The city plant at Syracuse, Neb., was partly demolished by an explosion which also wrecked a part of the waterworks plant. Both plants are owned by the city. The explosion was caused by a leak in the pipes. J. C. Reed, a fireman, was probably fatally Injured. A fire, which for a time threatened to wipe out the entire city, broke out. Before it was under control an entire" block was destroyed. Several firemen were seriously Injured, three of them fatally, it is believed. A number of persons are reported missing. The loss is estimated at $150,000. The big breaker of the Greenough Red Ash Coal company at Marion Heights, Pa., was destroyed. The breaker was built five years ago at a cost of $87,000 insurance, $12,000.. Five hundred men and boys are thrown out of employment. The Cor poration is owned by local and Pitts ton capitalists, and Is one of the most valuable in the region. During a ball game at Walnut, Iowa, a section of seats containing several hundred spectators, mostly women, collapsed and half a dozen persons were seriously injured. Mrs. Edward Burke was crushed under the mas3, being hurt internally and sustaining a broken ankle. Lhe may die. Mrs. M. Moore, Misses Bertha Wilmarth and Harriet Spangier sustained broken limbs. Harry Weaton, assistant treasurer of the Houghton, Mich., county Elec tric Light and Street Railway com pany, was drowned in Lake Superior while en route to Bet Gris in a launch. He was seated in the back of the boat and was seen to fall backward. Fifteen stables and five blooded horses were burned at the Butler Pa., fair grounds. The horses were the property of Trainer De Marest of Kingston, N. Y. Two employes of the stables were slightly burned while trying to rescue the animals. The De Marest horses were all fancy trick an imals, and very valuable. Carl Haller, village poundmaster of Houghton, Mich., suffered injuries in the runaway of the village team at tached to a sprinkling cart, from which he died several hours later. Edward Westcott, watchman at the passenger station of the Chesapeake & Ohio and Loisvllle & Nashville rail roads at Newport, Ky., was electro cuted In the watch tower through the crossing of an electric light wire and a telephone wire. He was experiment ing with a young telegrapher, the lat ter demonstrating that the gutta per cha receiver of a nonconductor. •i-X SSPJEi./ viso f- *AJ Cbe news \\rii Of (be Oleek^ ~fT Criminal. Frank Ward, foreman of a yard ganfc at the Pueblo, Colo., steel works, has caused the death of his daughter Frances, aged sixteen, by forcing her to swallow a qumtity of poison, and then committed suicide by using the same durg. A spectacular and mysterious sui cide occurred from the upper deck ot the steamer Crescent returning to Keokuk, Iowa from Quincy, when Pearl Kohn, after a quarrel with a male companion, dived Into the river at. Canton, Mo., and was drowned. David T, Stubbs, cashier of the Citi. /en's Gas and Electric company, of Council Bluffs has been found short in his accounts and was arrested on a charge of embezzlement $1,875. He admits that a discrepancy of at least $1,500 will be shown in his accounts. Mrs. Mary Harris, charged with the murder of her husbund, James Harris, who was found dead at his home near Kfrkville, Iowa, Aug. 5., with a bullel wound in his head, was discharged at. the preliminary hearing on motion for dismissal. No evidence was introduc ed by the defense. In a second meeting of the feuo clans of the Mullins and Flemmings, on the pike at the Letcher county line, near Pikeville, Ky., Monroe Sew ard, a member of the Mullins faction, was killed, and Henry Mullins dan gerously wounded. The shooting was general, but all escaped Seward and Henry Mullins. Creed Wanover, of the Fleuiming faction, was slightly injured. Tom Reid, a young man aged twenty five, committed suicide In a sensation al manner at Goldfield, la. He had been arrested for forging a note for $75 and attempting to pass it. When arrested he asked permission to go to his room at. the hotel for a minute, which the constable granted. Five minutes later his lifeless body was found on his bed. He had cut his throat from ear to ear. B. M. Beebe, a cement finisher oi Los Angeles, Cal., shot and almost in stantly killed his half-sister, Mis3 Lot tie Beebe, fired four shots at another, which failed of their mark, then turned the weapon on himself and fired five shots into his breast, dying a short time after. The tragedy oc curred at the home of the Beebes. Beehe objected to Ills sisters accept ing attentions from young men. General. Leon Jacerwltz, formerly a noted Russian musician, died in the Dayton, Ohio, state hospital, aged sixty-six years. Mrs. Frances Jermaln, seventy-six years old,' and for twenty-four years librarian of the Toledo public library, has died from heart failure. It is announced that the Illinois Steel company toward the end of the year will operate a new beam mill in Chicago, estimated to cost $1,200,000. Mayor Dunne of Chicago was ar rested in the suburb of Evanston for violation of the ordinance regulating the speed of automobiles. The chauf feur paid a fine of $10. Mrs. Mary Mapes Dodge, poetess, editor of St. Nicholas Magazine, and author of several stories for children, died at her summer cottage 1© On teorapark, Tannersvllle, N. Y. The midsummer gathering of the middle western section of the National Young Women's Christian association is being held at Waterloo, Iowa. Fully TOO delegates are on the camp ground. The army transport Sherman, leav ing for Guam and Manila, took a large collection of ironwood trees, seeds and cypress trees from here. They are to be planted in Guam and the Philip pines. Gen. Leonard Wood, who has been resting near Boston after a slight op eration on his head, left for Washing ton. Gen. Wood is now perfectly well and expects to sail next month for the Philippines. The International Typographical union's convention closed in Toronto. It was decided' that Canadian mem bers should pay an extra tax of 1 1-4 cents a month to the Canadian trades and labor congress. The tax is in ad dition to the Canadian contribution to the American Federation of Labor. Leah Russell, a Yiddish vaudeville enterta\per, was refused admission as a student at the young women's col lege, St. Mary's of the Woods, at Terre Haute. St. Mary's is the mother house of the Sisters of Providence. The mother superior said that it was unde sirable to have an actress among the other students. Arrangements have been made the Jefferson club for a farewell ban quet in Chicago Sept. 15 to William J. Bryan, previous to his departure for an extended tour around the world. Besides Mr. Bryan, Gov. Doug las of Massachusetts, ex-Gov. Hogg of South Dakota have been invited to take part in the program. Hotelmen, wholesale butchers ana restaurant keepers of Chicago have formed a combination to fight the "beef trust." Two plants, one cost ing $150,000 and the other $300,000, are in course ot erection and the third, to cost $500,000 is contemplated. Judge Lannlng, in the United State*, district court at Trenton, N. J., has denied the application of Jame3 Smith, Jr., receiver of the United States Shipbuilding company, to have the company's charter dissolved. Applica tion will now be made to the state courts. Mayor Dunne of Chicago has nijti fled the Illinois Tunnel company, which is* building tunnels underneath the city, to cease work on all connec tions with buildings and new drifts where air pressure is not used. This practically stops all the new work ot the company, as that now in progress is said to be done without air-pressure. John telephone, was G. a Jones, who supplies food to the Tombs in New York, is suing Nan Patterson for the return of a rabbit's foot loaned her when it became known that Abe Levy had been retained to defend her. The foot is promised to Bertha Ciaiche. .wrftg ^l?fi WHOLE COAST IS INFECTED YELLOW FEVER 8PREADS FROM THE LOUISIANA- LINE TO MOBILE, ALA. CONDITIONS ABE APPALLING MANY NEW CA8ES FOUND POINT8 OUTSIDE OF NEW ORLEAN8. NO BELIEF UNTIL St. Rose, tw'o cases. WINTE: HEALTH AUTHORITY SAYS TH PLAGUE CANNOT BE CHECKED UNTIL WINTER. New Orleans, Aug. 29. It is cm rently reported that the entire gi coast, from the Louisiana line to Mi bile, Is infected w.'tii yellow fever. Seven cases have been reportc from Gulfport,- and there are sevt under treatment at Mississippi Ck. Before the fever was reported at r, latter place there was open commim cation, with the neighboring town.. which is believed to have been th means of introducing the disease I. most of the towns on the coast. The condition in Leeville, I.a., a small settlement of fishermen and lug germen near the moutb of Bayou I.a Fourche, is appalling. The surgeon there reports 223 cases and 28 deaths In less than two weeks' time. Up to a few days ago there were over 200 cases in 111 houses, most of the Victims Being Too Poor to provide their own medical atten tion. A corps of physicians and sur geons has been sent there in charge of Dr. Ralph Marecur, formerly sur geon of the Island of Guam. From Nacliez, Miss., came the re port yesterday morning of sevefi cases in Nachez. Physicians of tho Nachez board of health made the dis covery. A marine surgeon has been sent for to hold a conference as to methods ot treatment and procedure to prevent a spread of the fever. De population Is recommended. It. is thought 'the fever was brought from New Orleans, but there are sev eral gaps tn the chain that Is being traced, and no positive declaration will be made. Outside New Orleans. Following Is a summarized report of the situation outside New Orleans: Amelia, two new cases. Bayou Roeuf, one case. Pecan Grove, three cases and one death. Elizabeth plantation, one death. Henson City, four new cases and one death. 1, Port Barrow, two cases. Ninth ward ot Jefferson parish, one case. Lake Providence, fifteen cases. Gulfport, three cases. More Deaths. Following is yesterday's official yel low fever record in New Orleans: New Cases 31 Total cases to date 1,743 Deaths yesterday .. 13 Total deaths .- 255 New foci 12 Total foci 402 Under treatment .f 119 The record shows the smallest num ber of new cases since Aug. 6, and the largest number of deaths since the fever made its appearance. The un usual number of deaths Is attributed in a measure to the change of the weather, Saturday night being cool and pleasant, in great contrast to the weather of the previous week. Three well known merchants are among the new cases. Only two names that can be traced to Italian origin are among the thirty-one. Of the deaths, eight are Italians. No Relief Until Winter. Pensacola, Fla., Aug. 28.—Dr. J. Y. Porter, state health o%cer and assis tant surgeon of the marine hospital service, does not believe the disease will be entirely stamped out before cold weather. He said: "The time to commence work to eradicate the mosquito and to clean up is winter. This was shown by the manner in which Havana was cleaned. Most of the work was done during the winter season, and when summer ap peared it found the city in good con dition. You cannot expect any city ot any size to be cleaned in a month or two months, as it requires time and hard work' to place it in condition."* Business Man Hangs Himself. Iowa Falls, Iowa Aug. 29.—George M. Tower, a pioneer business man of this' city, while temporarily deranged, hanged himself in his barn. Fire Causes $50,000 Loss. Kansas City, Mo., Aug. .29. The main building of the W. S. Clay Man ufacturing company's plant, a three story brick structure located in the bottoms east of this city, was de stroyed by fire, causing a loss esti mated at $50,000. Killed In Auto Accident. Renssaler, Ind., Aug. 29. Joseph Fagot, a well known business man of Remington, was killed in an automo bile accident last night while return ing home after a~visit to ibis city. Killed Parents and Brother. Ardftiore, Ind. T., Aug. 28.—Clarence Brown, a full-blood Indian, 20 years old. Is in jail charged with the murder of his father, mother and brother. He has confessed to killing them so that he would come in possession of the entire estate of the family. "•own Swept by Fire. Stevenvllle, Mont., Aug. 26. The business section of this place yester day was swept by are. 'With the ex ception of two buildings one entire Mock was turned. Lots, $100,000,. JS? .X -fe4 10Y 8LEKP8 FOUR MONTHS. Got Dizzy While Swinging Around a Lamp Post and Fell .on His Head# New York, Aug. 29. Medical •lclentists throughout the country have had their attention directed to a re markable case of catalepsy in Yonk ers, where Charles Canopi, eight years old, has been in an unbroken trance like sleep for more than four months, and it Is probable a consultation of specialists In nervous diseases from this city will be called to investigate the case. An April 6 last while whirl ing round a lamp post he became dizzy, fell to the ground and struck on the back of his head. Two days later h.e complained of pains in the head and within a few minutes lapsed into a state of unconsciousness, from which he has not awakened. Liquids have been poured into his mouth in small quantities, sustaining life. POLICE ARRE8T PREACHER. Creates Disturbance In Church During 8ervices. Mel ford. Conn., Aug. 29—Rev. R. W. Field, formerly pastor of the First Baptist church, was arrested during a service in that church yesterday, charged with creating a disturbance. He was later arraigned and gave bonds for his appearance in court. Mr. Field, it is alleged, was asked to resign the pastorate of the church several weeks ago, but for some time he has insisted on filling the pulpit. Yesterday as the Rev. W. A. Herrod of Hartford was about to preach, Mr. Field attempted to force his way Into the pulpit. He was requested by the deacons to take a seat in the congre gation, and upon his refusal to do so the church officials directed an officer to place the minister under arrest. DUEL RIDS OF CRITIC. Alderman Made to Believe He Killed Adversary Flees. Madrid, Aug. 29. At a recent meeting of the council an alderman made a speech against the prison ad ministration, charging many abuses. Some of his friends sent him a letter, bearing the signature of the director of prisons, challenging him to a duel. The alderman accepted. A hired ad versary represented the director, and at the first shot, he appeared to fall mortally wounded. The alderman fled and has not been found since. REAL ANGRY AT PRINCE. St. John's Decides Not tp Play With Louis of Battenbero. St. John's, N. F., Aug. 29.—At a pub lic meeting held last night, attended by leading politicians of both parties, prominent merchants and other rep resentative citizens, it was unani mously resolved to abandon the pro posed ball and other civic festivities in honor of Prince Louis of Batten berg, owing to his intimation that he intends only to spend one night in St. John's. Indignation is general, all all classes manifesting it. TWENTY MEXICANS KILLED. Carelessness Causes Premature Explo sion of Dynamite. Mazatlan, Mex., Aug. 29. Twenty Mexican laborers were killed and a number injured by the premature ex plosion of a quantity of dynamite at the port works at Manzanilla. While it Is said that the explosion was the result of carelessness on the part of some of the laborers, the families of those killed have been indemnified by Col. Edgar K. Smoot, the contractor in charge of the port works. MUST BE SHIP SHAPE, Vessels Can't Run Pending Neces sary Repairs. Washington, Aug.- 29.—The depart ment of commerce and labor ha% is sued an order to steamboat inspectors stopping the "improper custom" ot permitting the navigation of vessels pending the making of repairs ordered' by the inspection service. Hereafter such navigation is forbidden until the Issuance of a formal new certificate showing the vessels to be in satisfac tory condition. WIFE CONFESSES TO MURDER. Admits Buffalo, N. Y., JAPS With Killing Her Husband Carbolic Acid. Aug. 29.—Mrs. Carrie Horner, widow of John A. Horner, the former proprietor of a small East side dry goods store, yesterday walked into.a police station and told the po lice that she had murdered her hus band. Horner died Friday after an illness of several weeks. Mrs. Horner told the police that she had given her husband a dose of carbolic acid. Hanna Is Disbursing Agent. Washington, Aug. 29.—L. B. Hanna vice president of the First National Bank of Fargo, N. D., has been des ignated as disbursing officer in con nection with the improvements to be made in the public building in that city. ?$$#§ Telephone Line to Black Hills.. Pierre, S. D., Aug. 29.—The Western South Dakota Telephone company has begun active construction on its line from Pierre to the Black Hills, and an nounces his intention of building as far west as Hayes this fall, if it is not carried through to the Hills. The line la to be a copper metallic, circuit. Wireless a Monopoly. Shanghai, Aug. 29*. An imperial edict declares that tele'phones and wireless telegraphs throughout China are government monopolies. Alleged -Slayer Captures Helena, Mont.,. Aug. 26.—Charles Bloom was arrested at Bozeman yes terday on the charge of killing Jobn Strom at Junction, Idaho, on July 1. A large reward was offered for his arrest and he will be held for the officials Hastings Aeylum Inmate Dead Hastings, Minn., Aug. 26. i— Sllversteln, an Inmate of the Hmh^ state asylum, died yesterday from tuberculosis, aged thirty-tyree years The remains will be shinned to St Paul tor interment mm ASK FOR MORE TIME PEACE MEETING SET FOR TO DAY IS POSTPONED UNTIL TUESDAY. AWAIT WORD FI0N MIKADO MAY VHAVE NEW PROPOSITION TO PRESENT TO RU881AN •'•v* 'ENVOYS. .. '."--Av $•: ALL NO# DEPENDS ON T0KI0 UNLE88 THE JAPANESE RELENT THE PEACE CONFERENCE MUST FAIL. Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. ated Press: 29.—There was no rupture in the peace confer ence Saturday, and there will be none to-day. On Saturday Baron Komura asked'for a postponement of the con ference until Monday. To this Mr. Witte readily agreed. At 10 o'clock Sunday night, after a conference lasting three-quarters of an-hour be tween Mr. Takahira and Mr. Witte in the latter's room in the hotel annex, the announcement of a further post ponement was made. Mr. Witte ex plained to the Associated Press that Mr. Takahira had told him that no new instructions had reached his] from Tokio, and fearing none might be received before the meeting scheduled for this afternoon he had Suggested the Propriety of postponing the meetings until Tues day. To this Mr. Witte said he had readily assented. Mr. Takahira made the following statement to "inasmuch as this conference was Initiated by the friendly offices of your president, after ccnsultation, we felt that we should be cautious about ter minating its'labors." Pressed as to whether he regarded the situation as hopeless, Mr. Taka hira said: "No, not hopeless, but al most hopeless." This in itself from one who has spoken always in the most guarded fashion, is sufficient to show the des perateness ot the situation. The Real Crisis In negotiations is at hand. It is very acute, but if it can be tided over for a few days without a rupture, a basis of peace acceptable to both sides may come very suddenly. But to save the situation now, Japan must speak. If on Tuesday she has noti::ng to offer, all is over. Mr. Witte, even if he would, is powerless to take a new step. His hands are tied. Upon the point of indemnity or reimbursement of "frais de guerre", under any dis guise, Emperor Nicholas has given the Japanese emperor his last word. Russia would cede half of Sakhalin and pay the cost of th? maintenance of the Russian prisoners, but that Is all, said Mr. Witte. Emperor Nicholas has given the same response to the president through Ambassador Meyer. Has Right to Indemnity. Whether the president has renewed his efforts cannot be ascertained here, his foriner suggestion for a compro mise having failed. According to a high Russian authority who has been in a position to see the president's communication proposing a compro mise, it quite clearly showed that the president considered that Japan's vic tories gave her the right to ask for an indemnity, in. fact if not in name, and was also entitled £o Sakhalin, and that her military occupation ot 'Sakhalin gave her the right to the isl and. The president's friends, how ever, claim that when the full text oi his proposition Is before the world, all .criticism must cease. President's Plan Not Understood. If the civilized world could know at this time the precise nature of the propositions made to Russia and Jap an by President Roosevelt it would seem that the force of public opinion, of the great neutral opinion of the world, would Induce the plenipoten tiaries and- their governments to pause and consider seriously the re sults before breaking up finally the present conference without an agree ment. Indeed, they might scarcely dare, In the face of the world's opin ion, refuse to accept In principle, at least, the suggestions offered by the president. Toklo Must Now Decide. Although the public last night was led to. believe that the meeting was definitely adjourned until Tuesday, the Associated Press learned late last night that according to the Joint un derstanding between Mr. Witte and Mr. Takahira, it was agreed that there would be no meeting until Jap an'-s response to what may be regard ed as the Russian ultimatum arrived. The meeting, therefore, may not be held until Wednesday or Thursday. Tokio must now decide, and, Judging from .the tone of the Japanese press, the government. must face a great deal of opposition at home if It yields. Elder Statesmen Tackle It. Toklo, Aug. 29.—A specially sum moned council of the cabinet and eld er statesmen is now in session dis cussing the latest phase of the p"""" conference at Portsmouth. President Makes New Appeal. Portsmouth, N. •i the Associ H.„ Aug. 29.—There is a persistent report that President Roosevelt has made a new appeal to the emperor of Japan. Guardsmen May Use Pass." Madison, Wis., Aug., 27.—The attor ney general has rendered an opinioi that, national guardsmen and commissioned officehi in the employ the state can use railroad passes, that commissioned officers cannot non of bu Falls Dead in Dooryard. Crookston, Minn., Aug. 27.—Mrs. AU drew Swanson of tbig city, mother Oscar Fredericks, bookkeeper at Scandia-American bank here, fell from apoplexy while in the yard ing up chips, -sfz .'- I An thi dea pk'k riyr*vi'4- JV7P? 4 X? -t A For Health and Economy use Calomel ^Baking Powder Best by Test** Used in Millions of Homes GOOD HOT WEATHER READING. Some Wayback Winters That Were Corkers for Cold. "Weather talk is always harmless. If monotonous," said Daniel O'Connbr, Buffalo, "but the cold winter of 1709 was a corker in Europe. AU the riv ers and lakes were frozen, and evdn the sea for several miles from shore. The frost in the ground was nine feet deep. Birds and beasts were struck dead in the fields, and men perished by thousands in their houses. My ancestors lived in Oalway then. In the south of France the vine plan tations were almost destroyed, and it took a century to repair the damages. The Adriatic sea .was frozen, and so was the Mediterranean about Oeneva. The winter of 1744 was cold, and snow fell in Portugal to the depth of twenty three feet on the level. In 1764 and 1755 the climate In England was so severe that the strongest ale Sure Enough. Little Amzi (who has an inquiring mind)—Do you s'pose. Uncle Bill, that a hen knows the difference between real egg and a wooden one? Uncle Bill Bilderback—Sartin she does, Amzl. Ye never heard of a hen layin' a wooden egg, did ye?—Town Topics. After the Cannon Went Off. Mrs. Naybor—My Johnny is so care /e88. He is always leaving his things around. Mrs. Nexdore—So I notice. I saw one of his ears and three of bis teeth on my front porch Just now.—Houston STOP, WOMAN1 AND CONSIDER TNBALL. IMPORTANT PACT That in address ing Mrs. Pink ham you are con fldingyour private ills to a woman— a woman whose experi ence trith women's diseases covers a great many years. You can talk freely to a woman when it is revolting to relate your private trou bles to a man besides a man does not under stand—simply be cause he is a man a suffer in silence and drift along from badtotjyorse, knowing full well that they ought to have immediate assist ance, but a natural modesty impels them to shrink from exposing them selves to the questions and probably examinations of even their family physician. It is unnecessary. Without money or price you can consult a wo man whose-linowledge from actual IT perience is great. Mrs. PlaklMUB's Standing Invitation Women suffering from any form of female weakness are Invited to promptly communicate with Mrs. Pinkham' at Lynn, Mass. All letters are received, opened, read and answered by women only. A woman can freely talk of her private illness to a woman thus has been established the eternal confidence between Mrs. Pinkham and the women of America which has never been broken. Out of the vast volume of experience which she has to draw from, it is more than possible that she has gained the very knowledge that will help your case. She asks nothing in return except your good-will, and her advice has relieved thousands. Surely any woman, rich or poor, is very foolish if she does not take advantage of thin generous offer of assistance. 111. don't hesitate to get a. bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham'sVegetable. Compound at once, and write Mrs. Pinl£ Lynn. Mass., for special adviee. When a medicine has been successful in restoring to health so mahy women. 4 A.. t. ~i -e. A-1- is -1*i* •M i:# exposed to the air in a glass was frozen an eighth of an inch thick. I find the other extreme winters in the eigh teenth century were 1716, 1726, 1740, 1771, 1774, 1775 and 1776."— Righteous Indignation. Here the promoter whispered some thing in his ear. "Wojld that induce you to look more favorably on our scheme?" he asked. "Sir," answered the alderman from the- 'Steenth ward, quivering with wrath, "if you think I am to be swerved from my duty by a bribe— like that—you sadly underestimate me."—Chicago Tribune. .-•*& Wit 4 •w "VS "WV 4 & -£s.i 1 »Y». II-"* A "4J tj.