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A Belgian Rat Story
A particularly good rat Btory is told
In a Belgian paper A gardener had
planted 250 tulip bulbs The follow
ing day when about to complete the
number the man noticed that the
bulbs had disappeared mysteriously
Ho was told that perhaps rats had
been at work and looked for their
hole This ho found and dug down
Into tho earth until a subterranean
chamber was disclosed where the
whole of the 250 bulbs were hidden
packed neatly in rows one above the
other There was a bundle or hay and
dead leaves also showing that the rats
had mado most elaborate preparations
for the winter season
Sam Houston as an Indian
The statute of General Sam Houston
of Texas to be placed in the capitol
at Washington of which Miss Eliza
beth Ney Is the sculptor is to be a
duplicate of the statue which has just
been finished and placed in the capi
Jtol at Austin This statue represents
Houston as an Indian at a time when
ho was living with the Cherokee tribe
after his self bantehment from Tennes
see Judge John H Reagan who
knew Houston intimately is angry
over the Indian statue and in a letter
protests against its duplicate being
placed in the national capitol
He Means It
New Berlin 111 March 16th Mr
Frank Newton of this place speaks
very earnestly and emphatically when
asked by any of his many friends the
reason for tho very noticeable Im
provement in his health
For a long time over two years he
has been suffering a great deal with
pains in his back and an oil over feel
ing of illness and weakness His ap
petite failed him and he grew gradu
ally weaker and weaker till he was
very much run down
A friend recommended Dodds Kid
ney Pills and Mr Newton began to
take two at a dose three times a day
In a very short time he noticed an im
provement the pains left his back
and ho could eat better Ho kept on
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Yes indeed I am a different man
and Dodds Kidney Pills did it all I
cannot tell you how much better I feel
I am a new man and Dodds Kidney
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The unexpected never happens
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A Remarkable Legislative Record
Duncan Gillies the father of the
parliament of Victoria and its new
speaker has a legislative record that
is unique In tho British empire or
elsewhere Forty five years have
pessed since as a young man of 25
and a working miner he was first
elected by the gold diggers of Balla
rat With the exception of three
years spent in London as agent gen
eral he has been continuously in the
Victorian parliament ever since but
he has hardly ever represented tho
same constituency twice That is be
cause ho has a rooted aversion to
raus on the treasury and doing drudg
ery for constituents besides a consti
tutional love of ease He has lost
count of his constituencies At a re
cent lord mays dinner in Melbourne
ho said to his neighbor Let me see
have I ever represented your dis
trict No was the reply I be
lieve it Is the only one you have not
represented
Queen Victoria and the Telephone
Sir William Preece who was for
nearly thirty years in the employment
of the po3tofflce is fond of relating an
anecdote which while it rather tells
against him does his vesatility and
readiness full justice It was at the
time when a telephone had been set
up between Osborne and London and
in order to give Queen Victoria an
exhibition of its possibilities certain
tests were carried out One of them
was the playing of a band in London
so that her majesty might hear the
music at the other end of the wire
By some mischance the band was not
there when Sir William was informed
that the queen was waiting to hear
its performance Tere was only one
thing to be done and Sir William
knowing the possibilities of the tele
phone hummed an air into the receiv
er Then he inquired whether her ma
jesty had recognized the tune Yes
was the reply It was the national
anthem and very badly played
Music Hath Charms
An electrical engineer employed by
Mr Edison was lately engaged upon
some experimental work upon har
monic telegraphy He happened to
notice that when the note given out
by the instrument reached a certain
pitch all the mosquitoes in the neigh
borhood came nying towards the ap
paratus The workman produced a
quantity of flypaper with which he
covered the machine and so succeed
ed in capturing thhousands of the nox
ious insects The cause of this queer
musical attraction seems to be that
the note produced by the machine was
exactly similar to that caused by the
rapid vibration of the wings of the
mosquito when flying Sir Hiram
Maxim has since made experiments of
a similar kind and found that a tuning-fork
giving a similar note was
equally attractive to the gnats and
mosquitoes in the neighborhood
War Veterans in the Senate
Thirty eight years after the civil war
there are fouteen men in the United
States senate who served in the con
federate army and thirteen who serv
ed in the federal army during that
great struggle While a number of
men in the last list are well advanced
in years yet there are quite a num
ber of comparatively young men who
entered the army when boys of 15 to
18 In the case of union officers who
are now senators most of them were
quite young when they entered the
service One senator Pettus of Ala
bama served in both the Mexica and
civil wars
Original of Uncle Tom
Norman Argo born a slave has just
died at Pains Lick near Lancaster
Ky at the reputed age of 111 years
the authority of which is fairly estab
lished by members or the family in
whose service he has passed nearly
all his life Argo belonged to Gen
eral Sampel Kennedy at whose place
Harriet Beecher Stowe got most of the
material for Uncle Toms Cabin He
is said to have been the original Un
cle Tom In his youth he was a great
jockey and won large sums for his
owner Argo was but 3 feet 4 inches
tall
A 1000000 Hitching Post
J B Poston of Bath Me has a
hitching post which he says is worth
1000000 even if it would not bring
that sum at a forced sale It is be
lieved to be the last of the thousands
of posts which were driven along on
the route of the Erie railway when it
was being constructed through the
Susquehanna Canisteo and Allegheny
sixty odd years ago The purpose
then was to elevate the railway bed
but the plan was abandoned after it
had cost 1000000 and had driven the
Erie into its first bankruptcy
First Woman Across the Bridge
Mrs Washington A Roebling who
died last wreek was the first woman
to cross the Brooklyn bridge and she
had aided her husband to complete
the structure when he was disabled
by illness She studied engineering
with him in Europe and always oper
ated with him in his plans Many
successful men give their wives credit
for their individau achievement but
few women have been able to secure
public recognition for assisting their
companions in life as came to Mrs
Roebling
IEWIS
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HONEST WEN
are at a premium everywhere and an Honest Farm
Wajjon should be If more men who misrep
resent articles they offer for sale were put
IN JAIL
the fanner would hare less trouble When von bur
a Farm Wagon see that it is the NEW TIFFIN
for it is an HONEST wagon in every part No
Maple axles No Elm or inferior Birch hubs Noth
inc in the gears but first quality Hickory and Oak
If your dealer will not handle it write to THE
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will tell you where you can cet one
PASS THE TREATY
ONLY FIVE INJTHE NEGATIVE
SENATE RATIFIES THE PROTOCOL
WITH COLOMBIA
Seventy three Members Answer Yea to
Final Qucsion Put Many Amend
ments Are Rejected Morgan Bunch
es Prposals Into Complex Substitute
WASHINGTON The senate uet at
11 oclock Tuesday and went into ex-
ecutive session after the journal was
read and approved
Shortly after the doors were closed
Mr Money offered a substitute for the
fourth article of the treaty which dis
avows any intention on tho part of the
United States to increase its territory
at the expense of South or Central
America
Senators Bacon Teller Daniel Mor
gan Bailey and others contended for
an impartial recognitnon of all Amer
ican republics urging that under the
language of the fourth article of the
treaty Mexico would be left as the only
American republic to which the avowal
of non encroachment could be held as
non applicable Senators Spooner and
Hoar replied contending that there
was practicaly no difference between
the language of the amendment and
of the article
The amendment wac then defeated
by 25 to 27
Senator Daniel then offered an
amendment providing that the treaty
should not take effect until it had been
approved by congress
The fact was soon apparent that he
offered his amendment for the purpose
of making a general speech on the
treaty and when the fifteen minutes
allowed him had expired and the
amendmenc was voted down Senator
Morgan presented four or five of his
amendments which were each in turn
defeated but upon all of which Sen
ator Daniel continued to speak All
told he spoke for about an hour
His speech was an arraignment of
the republican policy in pressing the
treaty with what he asserted was un
due haste He referred to the enorm
ous expenditure that would be required
to construct the canal and charged
recklessness in rushing into such an
enterprise
Mr Morgan asserted that senators
were not thinking for themselves but
following blindly in the lead of the
secretary of state They were prac
tically surendering their own offices
in order to maintain a reputation for
party allegiance
When it became apparent that the
fifteen minute speeches had been con
cluded Senator Morgan surprised the
senate by presenting all the fifty
amendments which he had prepared in
one block with those portions of the
treaty he did not desire to change as
a substitute for the whole agreement
He did not demand a roll call and was
voted down viva voce almost unani
mously
It was now a few minutes past 5 and
Senator Morgan took the floor to make
the last of his long series of speeches
in opposition to the treaty In accord
ant with the unanimous agreement
he spoke for an hour and to make
the points he desired he had prepared
his speech in advance He read de
liberately but in a firm A oice often
disgressing in order to emphasize
Senator Cullom occupied only about
three quarters of the hour allotted to
him and when he concluded the ques
tion as to whether the treaty should be
ratified was promptly put before the
senate All the senators in the city
occupied their seats and all were
prompt in responding when their
names were called The vote resulted
in the ratification of the treaty by 73
to 5
The report was no surprise for all
had predicted that when the offered
amendments had been disposed of the
treaty would he approved by an over
whelming majority Such proved to
be the case
SAYS MISS ASTOR IS TO WED
Vienna Paper Reports Engagement to
Bavarian Statesman
VIENNA A dispatch from Buchar
est Roumania to the Die Zeitung
says Miss Astor daughter of Will
iam Waldorf Astor is engaged io mar
ry Jonet Bratiano the Roumanian for
eign minister
Miss Astor is now visiting the Rou
manian crown princes family Bra
tiano has a fascinating personality
He is not a wealthy man and is a son
of the late Jean Bratiano the dis
tinguished statesman whose monu
ment will shortly be unveiled at Buch
arest
Mr Mercer Not Appointed
WASHINGTON The president has
tendered the position of director of
the census to S N D North formerly
chief statistician of manufactures of
the census bureau to succeed Director
Merriam resigned Mr North has ac
cepted and will enter upon his duties
some time in May
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AVAILABLE SUPPLY OF GRAIN
Decrease in Wheat and Corn Since
Last Repot
NEW YORK Special cablegrams
and telegraphic communication receiv
ed by Bradstreets show the following
changes in available supplies since
tne last report
Wheat United States and Canada
east of the Rockies decreased 2222
000 bushels afloat for and in Europe
aecreased 000000 bushels worlds
available decreased 2282000 bushels
Corn United States and Canada
east of the Rockies increased 408000
bushels
Among the most important de
creases this week were those of 800
000 bushels at Manitoba elevators
300000 bushels at northwestern inte
rior elevators 111000 bushels at St
Joseph 81000 bushels at Omaha SO
000 bushels at Portland Me 35000
bushels at Nashville and 68000 bush
els at Chicago private elevators
VRIGHT IS ARRESTED
New York Detectives Capture
sconding Promoter
NEW YORK J P Whittaker
Wright the London company promoter
who is accused of colossal frauds in
connection with the organization of
various financial corporations was ar
rested Sunday on the arrival of the
French line steamer La Lorraine from
Havre The arrest was made by two
central office detectives at the request
of the London police
Wright was taken to police head
quarters and later to the Tombs police
court where he was arraigned before a
magistrate and turned over to the
United States authorities He was then
taken to the Ludlow street jail
Traveling with Wright was a tall
good looking young woman who said
she was his neice Her name appeared
on the passenger list as Miss F
Browne
REBELS DEFEAT GOVERNMENT
Bonilla Routs Rival Claimant for Hon
duran Presidency
NEW ORLEANS The fruit steamer
Duncan of the Vaccuro line reached
quarantine Thursday night from Cei
ba Honduras with the most signifi
cant war news since the outbreak of
riie Bonilla rebellion
A battle was fought at Ceiba on
Marach G when Bonilla defeated the
government arrny killing six wound
ing fourteen and capturing the fort and
town
Admiral Vice Consul W C Wildt
sent a telegram by one of the passen
gers asking that a warship be sent to
protect American interests
Prepare for Roosevelt
SANTA FE N M Word was re
ceived by Major W H H Llewellyn
and it is understood also by Gov
ernor Otero that President Roosevelt
will be in Santa Fe on the morning
of May 5 and in Albuquerque in the
afternoon on his way to California
Extensive preparations are being
made to make tho presidents recep
tion a notable one
Hcuce Must Approve
WASHINGTON D C The senate
committee on foreign relations Thurs
day authorized a favorable report on
the Cuban reciprocity treaty with an
amendment similar to that recom
mended in connection with other
reciprocity treaties oroviding that the
treaty shall not tae effect until ap
proved by the house of representa
tives as well as by the senate
AMERICAN WAY TOO RAPID
Financiers Anticipate Panic Due to
Absorption of Capital
BERLIN Apprehensions regarding
the financial situation in New York
are still pronounced The American
demand for German money continues
The impression prevails among Ber
lin financial men that speculation in
the United States has been overdone
and that credits have been unduly ex
panded It is pointed out as a sign
of too rapid capital absorption that it
is now difficult for American houses
to dispose of first class bonds bearing
interest at 4 per cent The same diffi
culty is experienced by German banks
in handling American bonds
HARRISON IS TO RUN AGAIN
Nominated for a Fourth Term for
Mayor by the Democrats
CHICAGO Mayor Carter Harrison
was renominated for a fourth term
in the democratic city convention here
Monday
The remainder of the slate agreed
upon at a caucus ofdemocratic lead
ers was as follows City treasurer Er
nest Hummel city clerk William
Loeffler city attorney John E Ow
ens
Just before the hour set for the
opening of the convention however
Loeffler declined to run and the name
cf J J Boehm was substituted
The platform adopted deals at con
siderable length with the traction
question advocating the passage by
the legislature of an ennabling act and
municipal ownership at the earliest
possible date
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CANAL PROTOCOL
SENATE
VOTES DOWN ALL
AMENDMENTS
SIX HOURS SPENT IH WORK
Chief Debate of the Session Centers
Round the Right of Amcrica to De
fend Waterway but the Colombian
Powers Are Not Infringed
WASHINGTON The senate spent
six solid hours in executive session
Monday voting on amendments to the
Panama canal treaty
The greater part of tho debate cen
tered around the American defense of
the canal the democrats contending
that the United States should be
given the initiative in that respect
and the republicans urging that the
interests of the country are sufficient
ly safeguarded by the treaty as it
stands
A substitute for the provision plac
ing the defense of the canal primarily
in the hands of Colombia resulted in
a test vote and the democrats cast a
solid vote in support of the amend
ment the republicans voting as sol
idly against it The vote was 24 to
46 against
During the day Senator Morgan of
fered a number of his amendments
but none of them received more than
ten or twelve votes The treaty will
be ratified tomorrow by a large ma
jority and without amendment as on
the final ballot many of the democrats
will vote for it
Before tho executive session com
menced Levi Ankeny of Washington
was escorted to the desk by Mr Fos
ter his colleague and sworn in No
legislative business of any kind was
transacted
Immediately after the doors had
been closed the order for the presen
tation of amendments went into effect
There was quite a large attendance
of seniors both political parties hav
ing used every effort to secure full
representation so as to make the best
showing in case of a division on
party lines Consequently the roll
calls of the day were well responded
to and the vote cast was larger than
expected
The first vote was taken about forty
minutes atfer the doors were closed
coming on an amendment by Senator
Pettus providing that the treaty
should not go into effect until ap
proved by congress This amendment
was voted down by a large majority
all the republicans and some of the
democrats recording themselves
against it
The amendment was in the language
of the one recommended by the com
mittee on foreign relations to be add
ed to the Cuban reciprocity treaty
In offering it Mr Pettus claimed that
the provisions of the treaty for the ac
quisition of the canal zone do not cor
respond with the provisions of the
law under which the treaty was made
In the law the provision is for the
ownership of the zone while the treaty
provides for a lease to be renewed
perpetually He contended that un
der the circumstances the treaty was
without authority and therefore not
binding without further legislation
The vote resulted SO for GO against
Following this Senator Morgan of
fered a number of amendments of
which he had given notice but they
were passed upon adversely and with
out roll calls One of these was a
declaration that nothing contained in
the treaty sould lie construed as in
validating the Spooner act Another
provided for the submission of the
treaty to the French government as
a party interested
His other amendments provided for
the reversion of the railroad lands
outside of the zone to Colombia and
confirmed Colombias reservation of
shares in the new Panama Canal
company in accordance with the con
tract of 1890
SIX HUNDRED LIVES ARE LOST
Details of the Hurricane in Faumotus
Islands Last January
SAN FRANCISCO The steamer
Mariposa arrived here Monday from
the Samoan islands bringing full par
ticulars of the terrible hurricane
which visited the Paumoto group of
islands in January In all over GOO
lives were lost and the financial loss
will exceed 500000 The Paumoto
group of islands number about 100
island divisions Relief measures
have been instituted and everything is
being done at Apia and other places
in the Samoan group to relieve the
suffering of the Paumotu islanders
Plans for a Rough Ride
CHEYENNE Wyo If President
Roosevelt carries out his plan to ride
horseback from Laramie to Cheyenne
during the western trip troop A Wyo
mining National Guard of this place
will be detailed to escort him
No Cholera Develops
NEW YORK The detained passen
gers of the steamer Karamana which
arrived here with supposed cholera
on board March 10 were released from
Hoffman island Tuesday No new
cases have appeared
SHEEP MUST BE SHUT OUT
Buffalo Bill Writes to President
Roosevelt from London
WASHINTON D C Tho president
has received the following letter from
Colonel W F Cody dated at London
March 3
For the benefit of future genera
tions the timber and especially tho
underbrush must be protected now be
fore it is too late from the sheep dev
astating tho mountain water sheds
as they havo already done the valleys
and table lands If sheep are allowed
to browse on the underbrush cf our
mountains in less than five years
from now the homeseeker the man
behind the plow the actual taxpayer
will have to leave the Big Horn Ba
sin for want of water to irrigate his
land No one knows this better than
yourself for you are familiar with all
of the west
The
HELPS OUT STOCKMEN
Question of Stock Raising
on
Lands Discussed
WASHINGTON Commissioner
Richards of the general land office
announced that recently President
Roosevelt discussed with him the
question of stock grazing on lands re
cently added to western forest re
serve and said that it was not his
intention when additional reserve
areas were created that settlers who
heretofore have grazed stock thereon
should be subjected to hardship Ho
directed that the general land office
permit stockmen who enjoyed grazing
privileges prior to the creation of re
serve additions to continue during this
year to range cattle and sheep on the
same lands with a view to adjusting
business so that the stock might bo
withdrawn the year following In
structions in line with tho presidents
wishes have been issued by tho inte
rior department
NEW YORK TO BE NEW HOME
Ex Speaker Henderson Expected to
Remove from Iowa
WASHINGTON Hon David B
Henderson ex speaker of the house ot
representatives accompanied by Mrs
Henderson and their daughter left
here for New York City whence after
a weeks stay they will go to their
former home in Iowa After remain
ing there a few days the speaker and
Mrs Henderson will visit California
The impression here is that Mr Hen
derson eventually will take up his per
manent residence in New York City
Makes a Serious Charge
MANILA General Allan chief of
the Philippine constabulary has writ
ten to President Gomez of the na
tional party charging that the party
is assisting the ladrones in Rizal and
Bulucan provinces and requesting Go
mez to produce the records of the or
ganization and explain the collection
and use of the dues Gomez report
ed that the party was not guilty He
admitted that individual members as
sisted the ladrones but said the party
expelled them for so doing General
Allan placed evidence in the hands of
the prosecuting attorney and it is ex
pected that the government will pros
ecute a number of the nationalists
Castro Re takes Rebel Town
CARACAS A body of government
troops was sent from Margarita isl
and on March 13 to attack the revolu
tionists at Carupano which during
the blockade was taken by them
After three hours
fighting the gov
ernment forces re occupied the town
recapturing the guns and Mausers
and took sixty three prisoners thirty
nine of whom were wounded
Cash for the first payment due to
Germany under the Washington agree
ment was deposited in a safe at the
treasury and will be paid on the or
der of the German minister Herr
von Pelidramm who is expected here
on Tuesday
PRESIDENT NAMES COMMISSION
Appoints Five Politicians to Recom
mend Transfers
WASHINGTON The president ap
pointed a commission to recommend
any offices bureaus or divisions in
the legislative departments except the
department of agriculture for trans
fer to the new department of
com
merce and labor
The commission comprises Charles
D Walcott director of the geological
survey Brigadier General William
Crozier chief cf the bureau of ord
nance of the war department Rear
Admiral Francis T Bowles chief
naval constructor E G Pinchot of
the agriculture department and
James H Garfield of the department
of commerce and labor
Colored Man Commissioned
WASHINGTON D C Lieutenant
David G Gilmer a colored soldier of
this city has been commissioned by
the president as second lieutenant in
the Philippine scouts The president
recently promised Senator Pritchard of
North Carolina that Lieutenant Gilmer
should have the first vacancy in the
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