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I rtto Fails In Umbrella Handle
Fashion has paid much attention to
umbrella handles for the soason and
many cxqulslto Importations are to be
Boon in metropolitan shops Gun metal
in great variety of designs is on view
whllo ivory beautifully carved and
heavily plated dull Egyptian gold ex
amples are also exhibited Dogs cats
and even parrots heads executed in
ivory have become very popular this
season
Iln nn ISncIlftli Voto Too
While George L Rives the man
whom Seth Low has selected for cor
poration counsel is an American citi
zen he is one of the few men in the
country who have a right to vote at
English parliamentary elections Ik
onlalncd this right as an M A of
the English university at Cambrldgt
where he look his degree after grad
uating from Columbian college
No Owls in Ills
A correspondent who objects to owls
writes to a Georgia weekly Please
do not put any more pictures of owls
in the paper I do not like owls star
ing at me I am down on the owl
A squirrel or horseshoe would bo
much a more pleasing thing to look
at from my point of view But the
owl is a bird of ill omen So no more
owls please
A Strong Statement
Star Wis Feb 10th Mr Samuel
S Hook one of the most highly re
spected residents of this neighborhood
has given a very hearty recommenda
tion to Dodds Kidney Pills a remedy
recently Introduced here He says
I have been a sufferer from Kidney
Disease for some timo and found noth
ing to help me till I began to use
Dodds Kidney Pills They gave me
almost Immediate relief and I am now
well I have recommended them to
many friends and in every case with
splendid results
They are the very best pills for all
kinds of ailments but especially for
Kidney Complaints
This is a very strong statement and
coming from a gentleman of Mr
Hooks standing and reputation it
has had a tremendous influence in
Vernon county
A bachelor says the only certain
thing about women is their uncer
tainty
AEX UP-TO-DATE HOUSEKEEPERS
Obo Red Cross Ball Blue It makes clothes
clean and sweet as when now All grocers
Perhaps the longevity of the an
cients was due to the fact that they
had no cookbooks
I am sure Plsos Cure for Consumption saved
my life three years ago Mrs Tnos KonniNS
Moplo Street Norwich N Y Feb 17 1900
Kissing is said to be responsible for
a good deal of heart trouble
Florida Excursions
via Virginia and Carolina Winter Resorts
and Charleston Exposition Hot Springs
Old Point Comfort Southorn Pines For
information address W E Conklyn N W
1 Agt Chesapeake and Ohio Ry 234 Clark
St Chicago
Poker keeps more men awake nights
than insomnia
In Winter Ubo Allens Foot Ease
a powder Your feet feel uncomfortable
nervous and often cold and damp If
you have Chilblains sweating sore feet
or tight shoes try Allens Foot Ease
Sold by all druggists and shoe stores
25c Sample sent FREE Address
Allen S Olmsted Le Roy N Y
A woman likes to be considered
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Try me just once and I am sure to
come again Defiance Starch
Cranberries are grown in bogs that
cost from 300 to 500 an acre
Hundreds of dealers say the extra
quantity and superior quality of Defi
ance Starch is fast taking place of
all other brands Others say they
cannot sell any other starch
Nothing is so regular as the happen
ing of the unexpected
THE KANSAS PEOPLE ARE IN LOVE
WITH WESTERN CANADA
Thoy Say the Land Tliero Is the Finest
on Earth
A great number of delegates have
been influenced through the agency of
Mr J S Crawford the Canadian gov
ernment representative at Kansas
City to visit western Canada and
whether from Missouri or Kansas the
story is always the same they are
pleased with the new country being
opened up Isaac H Levagood writeg
from Didsbury Alberta as follows
I met three delegates from Kansas
yesterday at Didsbury and took them
home with me and took them out in
ihe afternoon and showed them some
of the finest land that lays Dn top of
Gods green earth They are more
than pleased with this country They
stayed with me last night this morn
ing I took them to Didsbury and
they went on north When they come
back they are coming to my place and
I am going to help them to run some
lines and they are going to locate in
sight of my house There have been
over 1200 acres of land changed hands
here in our neighborhood this spring
When I located here last fall I was
the furthest back of any of the set
tlers to day I am in the center of the
settlement We have thirty six chil
dren that are of school age in our dis
trict and we will have our school dis
trict organized next month when we
will proceed to build our schoolhouse
The longer we stay hero the better we
like the country that is the way with
everybody here they all seem to be
satisfied and doing well I have
talked with a great many men here
and they told me that they had less
than 50 when they got here and to
day they have got 160 acres of good
land and five or six hundred dollars
worth of stock Crops are looking
fine here I think this will be a good
winter wheat country One of my
neighbors has a small piece and it
looks fine
WO
RK IN SENAT
THE PHILIPPINE TARIFF BILL UP
FOR DISCUSSION
A DELUGE OF PENSION BILLS
The Measure Passed in the Upper
House Restrictions Placed Upon
Pensions Other Matters at Wash
ington
WASHINGTON Feb 8 The Phil
Ipppine tariff bill was taken up in the
senate yesterday The session was
notably quiet Mr Turner of Wash
ington delivered a carefully prepared
speech on the general Philippine ques
tion and had not concluded when the
bill was laid aside for the day Ho
discussed particularly the legal and
constitutional questions involved in
tho government and control of the
Philippine archipelago by the United
States
After the adoption of only minor
notes the pension bill was passed early
in the session
The senate disagreed to the amend
ments of the house on the urgent de
ficiency bill agreed to the conference
asked and appointed Senators Hale
Allison and Toller as conferees on the
part of the seate
At tho conclusion of routine business
Mr Patterson of Colorado made a per
sonal explanation of what he had said
concerning government affairs toward
the treason and sedition laws enacted
by the Philippine commission
Governor Taft he said had made a
statement before the Philippines com
mission in which he said that Mr Pat
terson inadvertently no doubt had
conveyed a wrong impression to the
senate and to the country as to his
attitude toward those laws
Mr Pattersons statement Governor
Taft said had put him in the attitude
of criticising his colleagues on the
committee The particular statute was
enacted while he was ill but anything
he may have said he did not intend
to convey the impression that he wa3
opposed to laws enacted The respon
sibility for their enactment was as
much his as of his colleagues
Mr Patterson said he had stated in
his own way the impression govern
ment officials original statements had
made upon him That impression he
said was wrong
Taft does not agree with the law
he added but approves of it as pecul
iarly necessai y Mr Patterson dis
claimed any intention or desire to mis
represent Governor Taft
Mr Gallinger of New Hampshire
chairman of the pension committee
called up the pension appropriation bill
and offered an amendment which was
adopted prohibiting the collection of
any fee to aid in the passage by con
gress cf any pension bill He said
that the number of special pension
bills Introduced in congress at this
session probably was larger than ever
before nearly 5000 having been intro
duced in the house alone
Mr Pritchard of North Carolina of
fered an amendment providing that a
man who had served in the confeder
ate army but subsequently had served
in the union army should have a pen
sionable status A point of order
against the amendment by Mr Gal
linger was sustained
Mr Pritchard evincing his disap
pointment at the loss of his amend
ment gave notice that he would see
tnat not many bills would go through
hereafter until something is done in
the direction of granting the relief de
sired The pension appropriation bill
was then passed
A bill appropriating 150000 for a
public building in Winston Salem
was passed
Protest Schleys Appeal
WASHINGTON Feb S E S
Theall representing Stayton Camp
bell counsel for Rear Admiral Samp
son called at the White House and
filed with the president a brief in the
Schley case The document is short
and while it has not been made public
it can be stated that it is devoted en
tirely to one subject a protest against
the claim set up in Admiral Schleys
appeal that he was in supreme com
mand during the battle oil Santiago
Captain Batson Retired
WASHINGTON Feb S Matthew
A Eatcon Fifteenth cavalry who ren
dered such efficient service in the
Ssly days of the campaign in the Phil
ippines in command of the Macabebe j
scouts has been retired in conse
quence of wounds received in action
against the insurgents
Schley Goes to Washington
KNOXVILLE Tenn Feb 8 Ad
miral and Mrs Schley left Knoxville
for Washington in the private car of
W H Peddle superintendent of trans
portation of the Southern railway and
the entire trip will be made over the
Southern The train is scheduled to
stop at Morristown Tenn Asheville
Hickory Statesville Salisbury and
Greenboro N C Danville Lynch
burg and Charlottesville Va arriving
at Washington at G42 a m tomorrow
WEDDING IN CABINET CIRCLE
Leading Social Event of the Wash
ington Season
WASHINGTON Fob 7 Helen Hay
oldest daughter of Secretary of State
John Hay and Payne Whitney of New
York son of ex Secretary of the Navy
Whitney were married yesterday at
noon at the Church of the Covenant
The wedding was the most notable so
cial event of the season in Washing
ton being celebrated in the presence
of the highest officials in the land in
cluding the president and his cabinet
aad of what is recognized as the beBt
of Now York and New England so
ciety The Hay family has been in
mourning since the death of Adelbert
Hay but for this one day the mourn
ing was put aside and the wedding
was celebrated with all the pomp and
circumstance that would have charac
terized it otherwise
VERDICT OF DEATH IMPOTENT
Sultan of Turkey Sentences Brother-in-Law
to Death
CONSTANTINOPLE Feb 7 The
sultans brother-in-law Damad Mah
mud Pasha has been sentenced to
death Mahmud has long been prom
inent in the young Turk movement
and was recently expelled from Greece
at the behest of the sultan Mahmud
went to Rome and the sultan requested
his expulsion from Italy It was re
fused but Mahmud proceeded to Par
is where he remains in safety All
the sultans blandishments failed to
induce him to return to Constantino
ple so the criminal court was instruc
ted to issue a warrant for Mahmuds
arrest and to try the fugitive by de
tault with the result that he was con
demned to death
TO DEBATE IRRIGATION BILL
Senate to Consider the Measure After
Philippine Tariff
WASHINGTON Feb 7 Mr Hans
brough of North Dakota addressed the
senate on his bill appropriating the
receipts from the sale of public land
in certain states and territories to
the construction of irrigation works
for the reclamatkr of arid lands He
claimed that the proposition was not
a sectional one and said it would
provide homes for many now home
less
At the conclusion of Mr Hans
broughs speech the irrigation bill was
ordered to be unfinished business when
the Philippine tariff bill was dispos
ed of
Three Die from Burns
WATERLOO la Feb 7 One of
the most appalling accidents that ever
occurred in Waterloo was the burning
of Samuel Kushners home Mrs
Kushner and two children are dead
and two other children are lying in the
hospital at the point of death from
burns they received The fire was
caused by the overturning of a kero
sene lamp upon a table about which
Mrs Kushner and her six children
were gathered before retiring The
clothing of Mrs Kushner and two of
the children caught fire at once and
when the first assistance arrived the
woman and two elder children were
so badly burned that they only lived a
few hours
U urges New Forest Reserve
WASHINGTON Feb 7 Senator
Pritchard from the committee on for
est reservations today presented a
written report on the bill appropriat
ing 5000000 for a forest reserve in
the South Appalachian region as au
thorized by the committee several
days ago The report urges the es
tablishment of the reserve for the pro
tection of the timber and the conser
vation of the waters of the land em
braced within its proposed area plac
ing the damage done by floods arising
in that area in the year 1901 at 15
000000 It is claimed that the land
needed can be purchased for from 2
to 3 per acre
Oleo is on the Increase
WASHINGTON Feb 7 The census
bureau has issued an advance bulletin
on the manufacture of oleomargarine
in the United States It shows that
the number of establishments increas
ed from twelve to twenty four between
1890 and 1900 with a total capital in
vested of 3023G4C an increase of
37G per cent
Wants the Old Shinplasters
WASHINGTON Feb 7 -Representative
Griffith of Indiana today intro
duced a bill to provide for coupon
currency in order that small sums in
multiples of 5 cents may be conveni
ently sent by mail
Rhea Loses Seat in House
WASHINGTON Feb 7 House
election committee No 1 decided the
contested election case of McKenzie
Moss against Representative Rhea
dem of Kentucky for the seat of
the Third Kentucky district in favor
of the contestant recommending the
unseating of Mr Rhea The vote was
on party lines the democrats voting
against unseating their colleague The
contest is one involving alleged elec
tion irregularities
CUBA ANNEX BILL
IT PROVIDES UNION FIRST AS
TERRITORY THEN AS STATE
INTRODUCED BY MR NEWLANDS
Author of Resolution Under Which
Hawaii Was Annexed The Meas
ure Advocates Absolute Political
Freedom
WASHINGTON Feb 6 Represent
ative Nowlands of Nevada of the
ways and means committee who was
the author of the resolution annexing
Hawaii introduced a joint resolution
inviting the republic of Cuba to be
come a part of the United States first
as a territory and then as a state of
the union to bo called the state of
Cuba also authorizing a 25 per cent
reduction of duty on the present crop
of Cuban sugar in consideration of
Cubas granting preferential rates to
the United States The resolutions
confine the 25 per cent reduction of
duties to the period prior to January
1 1901
The provisions as to annexation are
as follows
In the meantime the republic of
Cuba is Invited to become a part of
the United States of America and her
people to become citizens of the United
States with the assurance that Cuba
will be entitled at first to a territorial
form of government under the con
stitution and laws of the United
States with a delegate In congress to
represent her people and that ulti
mate statehood will be granted when
in the judgment of congress it is ad
visable to admit Cuba including such
other West Indies belonging to the
United States as may be deemed ad
visable as a single state in tho union
to be called the state of Cuba
Mr Nowlands in explanation of his
resolution said
All these who have appeared to
voice Cubas needs and requirements
have indicated that an invitation to
Cuba of annexation would be accept
ed
Annexation by force would not be
justified It must be accomplished if
at all by the free act of the Cuban
people by which the popular will can
be tested but the Cuban constitution
has been adopted The Cuban con
gsres will meet in February a Cuban
government will be organized and the
United States will then leave the gov
ernment and control of the island to
its people Cuba will then be in a
position to express her will and it is
only necessary to tide over the pres
ent emergency by a temporary
ure such as I have introduced reduc
ing the duty on Cuban sugar one
fourth for one year and inviting Cuba
to become a part of the United States
under a territorial form of govern
ment under the constitution her peo
ple to be citizens not subjects with
the ultimate result of statehood
In coming into our political union
Cuba will secure immediately the
highest degree of freedom and with it
a large market for varied products
Those products will not threaten our
sugar industry so seriously as they
would under reciprocal trade relations
for the reason that the restricted labor
laws of this country will apply and
will raise the cost of production to
such an extent as to prevent over
stimulation of her industries while
her supplies will be bought In the
high protected markets of this coun
try instead of the cheap markets of
the world I much prefer political
union for that involves the best kind
of commercial union that can be es
tablished between the two countries
Such annexation is entirely in line
with the traditional policy of
country
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Schley Appeals in Vain
WASHINGTON Feb G The Post
tomorrow will say It was stated last
night that the presidents response to
the appeal of Admiral Schley would
be made public next Saturday It is
understood that the response will be
adverse to Schley A visitor to the
White House yesterday with whom
the president talked quoted the presi
dent as saying that he thought the
verdict of the majority of the court
ought to be sustained
Smallpox at Missouri Valley
MISSOURI VALLEY la Feb C
Eight families of this city are now
under quarantine en account of small
pox This is the iirt time in years
that the city has been visited by the
disease and every precaution is being
taken to stamp it out
Libcrtador Appears Again
WILLEMSTAD Island of Curacoa
Feb 6 According to trustworthy in
formation received here today the
Venezuelan revolutionist steamer Lib
ertador was at Sabanilla January 31
and was to have left there February
1 in order to renew its operations
against the forces of the Venezuelan
government This seems to contra
dict the report received at Colon that
Libei tador was sunk at Porto Colom
bit while undergoing repairs
TAFT GIVEG CREDIT TO ARMY
General Luna Was Acsassinatcd by
Direct Order of Aguinaldo
WASHINGTON Feb 5 Governor
Taft today continued his narrative be
fore the senate committee on the
Philippines concerning conditions in
tho Phllippino archipelago
Referring to his testimony of yes
terday he said he feared that he had
given a wrong impression concerning
the part the army had played in
bringing the insurrection to an end
but If so this was due to the fact that
he could not present a correct impres
sion of the whole situation from one
point of view Then in order to give
tne army lt3 just duos he took up
and analyzed its work in the islands
He recalled that as soon as General
Otis had received reinforcements suf
ficient for his purposes the Philippine
army had broken up and scattered into
guerrilla bands On this point Agui
naldo and Luna had differed Luna ad
vocating the continuance of the war
on the old lines So sharp was this
difference he said that Aguinaldo had
directed and secured the assassination
of Luna thus leaving the way open
for tne enrrying out of his own plans
He would not he said report the inci
dent if it had not been positively re
ported to him by General Funston
Aguinaldo said that if he did not kill
Luna Luna would kill him Indeed
the custom was to order a mans death
in his absence and have him killed
upon his return The presence of
theso guerrilla bands rendered it nec
essary to place garrisons everywhere
there being at one time as many as
500 of them This made the work be
fore the army very arduous and the
activity the skill and bravery of the
American troops were such as to soon
render the enemy tired of the war
fare
NATIVES ELECTED TO OFFICE
Filipinos Succeed in Most Cases Over
American Opponents
MANILA Feb 5 The returns so
far received indicate the election in
most cases of natives as governors
of provinces Captain Harry Band
holz of the Second infantry defeated
Major Cornelius Gardener of the Thir
teenth infantry the present governor
of Tayabas province The military
men claim that accepting elective of
fice will necessitate resignation from
the army
At Balanga capital of Bataan there
are only eighty four voters but eighty
nine were cast and another election
has been ordered
A meeting held at the invitation of
Acting Governor Wright of business
ri n interested in tobacco and sugar
in discuss the legislation desired by
industries urged a reduction of
T per cent in the duties Buenca
iro said it would mean the instant
ification of Batangas which is
v ally devoted to sugar growing
Fight to Death Over a Pie
UTLER Pa Feb 5 -Word has
received from Slippery Rock Pa
he death last night of Ernest Mor
c from injuries received in a brawl
at tho restaurant of Jonathan Sneath
cn A dispute arose over the payment
of a bill for pies and in the fight that
followed Sneathen struck Morrow over
the head crushing his skull Sneath
en claims the killing was in self-defense
and surrendered to the authori
ties
Ten Firemen Killed
ST LOUIS Feb 5 At least ten
men were killed and as many more in
jured at a fire which broke out in
the five story stone and brick building
occupied by the American Tent and
Awning company The building sud
denly collapsed and although the
dozen men who were caught in the
crash had not been reached by their
hard working companions two hours
later it is almost absolutely certain
that they succumbed
Former Ministers in Prison
PUERTO CABELLA Venezuela
Feb 5 The Venezuelan gunboat Zum
bador arrived here brining as prison
ers two of President Castros former
ministers three generals and several
leading merchants of Caracas
New Governor cf Panama
PANAMA Colon Feb 5 General
Salazar who distinguished himself aa
the assistant of General Alban during
the campaign of 1900 has been ap
pointed governor of Panama
Some Hope for Cuba
WASHINGTON D C Feb 5 Rep
resentatives Babcock and Long repub
lican members of the ways and means
committee called on President Roose
velt today and discussed with him Cu
ban reciprocity
Salisbury Waits on Peace
LONDON Feb 5 It is now said
that the retirement of Lord Salisbury
from office will be coincident with the
close of the South African war The
St James Gazette today claims to
have the highest authority for saying
The premier has fixed the restoration
of peace in Africa as the appropriate
moment to resign office If the war la
ended Lord Salisbury will retire at the
conclusion of the present parliament
ary session
BEFORE HE TOOK VOGELERS
He Could Not Touch 1IU Wlfoa
non and They AVoro Fit
for H KIdb
So writes our estoomed friend Mr
Frank Chambers of 9 Bennett street
Chiswick For over two years I Buf
fered agonies from Indigestion and bo
camo reduced to a more shadow of my
stalwart self I would return homo
from my business feeling so faint that
I could hardly drag one log after tho
othor My dear wife did ail she pos
sibly could to tempt mo with dainty
dishes and as I entered tho houso I
sniffed and thought Oh how good I
know I can eat that But alas no
sooner had I eaten a few mouthfuls
when I felt sick severe pains 3hot
through my chest and shoulder blades
my eyes swam and everything seemed
black I became alternately hot and
cold and got up from such a dainty
dinner heartily sick of living and feel
ing I was a sore trial to everybody I
may mention that I was also very much
troubled with scaly skin and often
bolls But one evening I noticed my
wife seemed more cheerful than usual I
questioned her and found she had beon
reading a pamphlet sho had received
of men afflicted Just as I was and who
had been cured by Vogelers Com
pound Said she What gives mo
more faith in it Is that it is made from
tho formula of an eminent physician
now in active practice in tne West End
of London so I am sure it is no quack
thing All right dear lets have a
bottle said I After taking the con
tents of tho first bottle I felt very
much better and determined to givo
this remedy a fair trial and I enn pos
itively assure you that a few bottles
made a new man of me I can sleop
well eat anything and thoroughly en
jjy life I have told several of my
friends whom I knew vero suffering
the same as myself and they all wish
me to say that they are like new men
I sincerely bless the great physician
who gave you the formula of Vogelers
Curative Compound and also your
selves for making its virtues known to
a suffering public
The proprietors The St Jacobs Oil
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Hails Family Pills aro the best
The calendar maker has a good deal
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We promise that should you use PUT
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Mouoc Druo Co Uniouville Mo
Only a fool goose would tackle the
golden egg business
A New Hotel
During the coming winter tho Har
vey system will open the finest railway
hotel in the Southwest the new Hotel
Alvarado at Albuquerque N M Like
the Castaneda at Las Vegas tho Alva
rado will be a fine structure in Cali
fornia mission style with every mod
ern convenience This hotel will af
ford a luxurious stopping place on
the transcontinental journey
A unique feature will be the 350000
Indian curio exhibit comprising speci
mens of pottery baskets blankets sil
verware etc made by the Indians or
New Mexico Arizona and California
Many of these curios are very old and
can not be duplicated
The man who gives way to temper
only adds wrinkles to his face
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