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A PASTOR
WHO WAS REFRIENPEP
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SAVED BY PERU -NA
Rev. II. Stnbcnvoll, of Klkhorn, Wis., is pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran
t. John's Church of that place. Rev. Stiibenvoll is the possessor of two bibles
presented to him by LmptTor William of Germany. Upon the fly leaf of one of
the bibles ttie hmm-ror has written in his own handwriting' a text.
This honored pastor, in a recent letter to The Peruna Medicine Co., of Colum
bus, Ohio, says concerning their famous catarrh remedy, 1'eruna:
The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio.
Gentlemen: "I had hemorrhages of the lungs tor a long time,
and all despaired of me. I took Peruna and was cured. It gave me
strength and courage, and made healthy, pure blood. It Increased
my weight, gave me a healthy color, and I feel well. It is the best
medicine In the world. If everyone kept Peruna in the house it
would save many from death every year. "-If. STUBENVOLL.
Thousands of people have catarrh who
ronld he surprised to know it, lxcause
It has been called Rome other name than
catarrh. The fact is catarrh is catarrh
wherever located; arid another fact
which isof eiiualty great importance, is
that Peruna cures catarrh wherever
located.
If you do not derive prompt and satis
factory results from the use of 1'eruna,
write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad
vice gratis.
Address Dr. Ilartman; President of
The Hart man Sanitarium, Columbus, O
Ask your druggist for a free Pe-ru-na Almanac
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Good for the Aches and Injuries of MAN or BEAST.
Commoner Comment.
INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM.
The Chronicle, (Chitago) has had
another opportunity Ij show Its leas
ing toward capitalism and it has
hastened to Improve ic. The people of
that city having at the last election
declared for the initiative and referen
dum and botn Mayor Harrison and
Judge Dunne having spoken In favor
of the reform, the Chronicle at once
proceeds to castigate them for taking
sides with the people. "Political lun
acy" Is again called lnt service to de
scribe the movement. Harrison Is ac
cused of "pandering" to it and Judge
Dunne of "playing" to those who voted
for it. It substitutes epithets for argu
ments and declamation for facts.
Why? Because it cannot oppose either
the initiative or the referendum with
out denying the capacity of the people
for self-government. The initiative
makes it possible for the people to
compel the submission of a question
and the referendum enables the people
to pass upon a measure after the legis
lative body has acted certainly no one
can reasonably object to so democratic
a reform.
What Is the secret cause of the
Chronicle's opposition? It is to be
found in another column of the same
issue in an editorial condemning mu
nicipal ownership of municipal fran
chises. It professes to see great dan
gers ahead if the people undertake to
own and operate the natural monopo
lies now farmed out to private corpor
ations. It seek3 to scare the people
into subjection to the syndicates that
corrupt city councils and prey upon the
public.
Nothing better illustrates the atti
tude of most of the great dalios. They
are either owned by big financiers, as
the Chronicle is, or are controlled by
mortgagees who use their influence to
defend all kinds of exploitation. If
the Chronicle will publish the name
of its principal stockholder and state
the amount of stock he owns in cor
porations holding municipal franchises
and the amount he and his bank hold
as security for loans, the people can
tell whether the editorial advice given
in that paper is disinterested. A wit
ness is always questioned as to his in
terest in the case because the influence
of interest is always recognized; why
should financiers hide behind an im
personal newspaper corporation in or
der to advance their pecuniary inter
ests? The opponents of the initiative
and referendum may be divided into
three classes, those who do not un
derstand the subject, those who dis
trust the people, and those who have
pecuniary interests adverse to the pub
ic but the reform will yet triumph
through the education of the first class.
The Baltimore Sun provides food for
thought when It says: "It has been the
experience in recent advances in wages
that the public, the consumer, must
pay the freight. When the wages of
railroad employes have been advanced
the advance has been usually accom
panied by an increase in freight rates,
so that upon the whole the company
has perhaps made money by the oper
ation. Mr. Rockefeller gives a million
dollars to a college and raises the price
of oil so that he will get his million
dollars back from the public many
times over. The people would appre
ciate liberality by the corporations to
their employes, whether in the form
of profit-sharing or in the increase of
wages, if the liberality was at the ex
pense of the corporation and not ex
torted from the public."
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"John." said the retired lawyer to
his coachman, "aren't the horses try
ing to run away?" "They be, sir!"
"Then drive into something cheap."
NO JOKE.
"This." explained the superintendent
of the hospital for infants, "is tb
colic ward."
"Ah," mused the visitor. "Cramped
quarters, eh."
The Indian scalps his enemy;
Paleface skins his friend.
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Beware of Ointment ror Catarrh That
Contain Mercnry,
as mercnry will surely destroy the aen.se of
smell and completely derange the whole system
when entering it through the mucous surfaces.
Such articles should never be used except oo
prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the
damage they will do is tenfold to the good yon
can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh
Pure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo. O.. contains no mercury, and is taken
internally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. In buying
Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine.
It is taken internally, and made in Toledo, Ohio,
by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free. 3cl4
by Druggists, price 75c per bottle.
Hall a Family Pills are tbe best
"Out of sight out of mind" does nol
apply to the detective or the tax inquisitor.
The Indian takes his dog to heaven;
the Paleface sends his brother to hell
U. Omaha.
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No. 41903
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Sensible Housexeepers
will have Defiance Starch, not alon
because they get one-third more foi
the same money, but also becaitse o;
superior quality.
On another page will be found the
abstract of Attorney General Knox s
anti-trust recommendations recently
given to the public. While they go
farther than he has gone before, they
come far short of what was reasonably
expected of the law officer of the gov
ernment. He seems worried lest there
may be unnecessary severity and says
that "it is not nearly so important to
act quickly as to act wisely." assum
ing that it is impossible to do both.
He recommends action along four
lines: First, the prohibition of re
bates and discriminations by railroads.
This is good as far as it goes, but the
legislation should be even broader and
prevent extortionate rates as well as
discriminating rates. His second rec
ommendation is that corporations
should be prohibited from making dis
criminations in prices for the purpose
of destroying competition. This also
s worthy of trial, but does not go to
the cause of the trouble. Mr. Knox is
trying to cut off a few branches, but
he does not lay the ax to the root of
the trust tree. He does not declare
the principle of private monopoly to
be bad and undertake to make such a
monopoly impossible. He would at
tempt to strike at some of the methods
of the monopoly instead of seeking its
entire extermination.
His third recommendation is so rea
sonable that it ought to meet with uni
versal approval, namely, that anti
trust cases should be given precedence
by the court and tried at once. Surely
a case involving all the rights of all
the people deserves a more speedy
hearing than a case in which only a
few persons arc interested. The Com
moner has already discussed this phase
of the subject, saying in the issue of
December 12. 1902: "He (the president)
grossly exaggerates the work of the de
partment of justice, when he says that
it has done 'very much in securing the
enforcement of the anti-trust law.' It
could not well have done less. Ho
suggests that it could have done 'more
if a special appropriation were mane
for the purpose. By all mtans, let the
special appropriation lie made, and
whle it is b?ing made let the courts
be instructed to give immediate atten
tion to suits brought by the govern
ment for the violation of the anti-trust
law. Certainly an offense by a corpor
ation against an entire country should
be given precedence over suits of
minor importance."
The fourth recommendation is pub
licity and th?s, is has already been
pointed out. is only vali able as an aid
to other legislation.
On the whole, his communication
must be disappointing to those who
expected vigorous action on the part
of tbe administration, but there is
some consolation in the fact that pub
lic opinion is forcing some action, even
though the officer of the law advances
with slow and hesitating step.
Mr. Knox does not explain hy he
fails to enforce the criminal se tion of
the existing law. but that Is another
matter.
The Washington Post approaches
the danger line when it gives utterance
the danger line when it gives utter
ance to this treasonable statement:
"We find the press declaring that the
trusts 'are bursting with as bitter a
hatred of the president and the repub
lican party which supports him as ever
they could feel for the powers of ex
tremest destruction.' The fact and the
dimensions of the republican victory
in the middle of a presidential term
prove that the trusts were not out for
the scalp of the g. o. p. The party's
consistent record of fidelity to the in
terests of monopolistic combinations
was accepted as a guarantee of con
tinued friendship. Where is there the
slightest indication of danger to the
trusts from republican animosity?"
FAVORS NATIONAL CONTROL
OF COAL MINES AND ROADS
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts has
introduced a bill providing for the
suspension for a period of ninety days
of the tariff on anthracite coal. In his
message to congress Mr. Roosevelt
said: "In my judgment the tariff on
anthracite coal should be removed and
anthracite put actually where it now is
nominally on the free list. This would
have no effect at all save in crises, but
in crisis it might be of service to the
people." Are we to understand that
the Lodge bill complies with the presi
dent's recommendation? Can it be
possible that all danger of crises will
be avoided if anthracite is placed on
the free list for a period of ninety
days?
The action of the administration in
abolishing the Indianola. Miss., post
office is open to serious criticism. Rep
resentative Pierce o fTennessee says:
"The postoffice was established by law
and if it is to be abolished it should
be abolished by law." The representa
tives of the administration claim that
the better element among the Indiano
la citizenship condemns the annoy
ance to which the colored postmistress
was subjected. This being true, it is
strange that the administration would
insist upon putting the entire commu
nity to the inconvenience of doing
without a postoffice.
Congressman John J. Jenkins, ttie
chairman of the house Judiciary com
mittee, who Introduced the resolution
favoring government seizure of the
coal mines and coal railroads, repre
sents the Tenth district of Wisconsin,
and has been continuously a member
of congress since 1895. He lives at
Chippewa Falls. Wis., and was a for
mer county judge. He has been a Re
publican since the civil war.
One of the most radical propositions
yet made to settle the coal problem
was offered in tha house of representa
tives Jan. 14, and it came from a
source which teemed to entitle it to
instant recognition. Representative
Jenkins of Wisconsin, who is no tyro
in legislation, but who, on the con
trary, is chairman of the judiciary
committee of the house, and who from
that fact is presumed to be a good con
stitutional lawyer, offered a resolution
which provides in brief that the gov-
tlons confronting our people," paid
Representative Jenkins, In discussing
his proposition. "By this resolution I
am calling attention to a power that I
believe exists and should be developed.
It is one of tho sovereign Inherent
rights of the government. Tho situa
tion is not as favorable for tho exer
cise of that power as during last Sep
tember, but conditions are much
worse. Coal is a necessary of life.
The people cannot obtain It and are
suffering greatly for the want of it.
Therefore, it is within tho iower of
congress in such a case to declare that
an exigency has arisen for the exercise
of the power of eminent domain, and
this declaration is not open to in
quiry by the courts.
"It Is not the price of coal that cre
ates the exigency, but tho fact that
the people cannot obtain it, -and that
conditions are growing worse dally.
Hence, It becomes the duty of the gov-
THE LIVE STOCK MARKET.
The Atlanta Journal has concluded
that after all there is something of a
problem in the Philippine question.
The Journal says: "American army
officers returning from the Philippines
state that it will be necessary to place
the three principal provinces of the
island under military rule once more.
We may as well look the Philippine
problem squarely in the face one time
as another it is merely another In
dian problem, but with a vastly su
perior and more formidable people to
deal with, and that, too, under less
favorable conditions."
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Latest Quotations from South Omaha
and Kansas City.
SOUTH OMAHA.
CATTI.K Th-re wn only a nrr.all run
of entile, mid bexiiles Ihut the ciunllty
wn rattier Inferior. Pucker, though,
took hold In k"'I nhnpe, and the mar
ket ruled ncllve from Htnrl to flnlMh.
everything blnR dlMpom-d of In good sen
son. The nunllfy of the rornfort steers on
mil was poorer than on any prevlona
diiy of lhi wet-k. unit In fiict tin-re '
nothing offrred I hat could be cillcl gooi.
The market, I Ik.uk)). could b Uoet
generally about aiewdy, ulthotiKh buyer
were not !arlf-iil,irly anxlou for the
kind that were off-rad.
The row market wiim quite brlfk and
the prlc-e paid wire ii Utile ulronuer.
The demand m- lin-d to te tictlve for run-n-rn
and -utt-rx, well iin for Hie liet
i gradf-M. mid 'he cuttle heftm mov
ing toward lh- Hcale at an eutly hour.
The ft'.K bulk of tlx- re.clptH ronKlHted
tit cow fluff, but th- Mipply wii" none
foo laru In nici-l tin demand and thn
pen w-re rlinn-.l In gin id Hi'iimili.
HiiMm, veal ealve and ulaKM were nil
eawy to ilinpoHa of at i fti.rilay' prlre.
There was not mueh eli.uiK- In lh
Mocker mid feeder hllllilt Ion. HuppllcH
were very lIrM and mi a No wan tin
ilein.iti'l. Country liuyefH are all lnokltiir
for tin- cattle of good Ua!ll, ho tln I
the Inferior gradi-H are aliiioxt unsalable.
The market yesterday took unite a bltf
drop on tin- common l-.lndx. and tin" f W
that arrived the following day wcr
MRa J i' extremely hlow cale at xlMI lower
J l( !S - There wa not a largr run of
hops and a repoits from oilier point
wire favorable to the felling InleiexlM
price improved. The advance as a gen
eral IhlniT amounted to iVS 10c. The bulk
of the nic, Hum weight hog fold from
..: to $i;..V and hob e heavy hog Hold
mostly from to t'l.C. The light
weights went from ti;.1.1 down. Tradlm.
was not very brisk owing lo the fact
that buyers were a Utile nlow about
bidding the full slieimth of the market,
but aw Hiipplles were limited It did not
like long for tho bulk of the olTcrlngs
to change hands.
KI I KKP Quota! Ions: Choice lambs.
$..4'i'f .".."." : fair to good lambs. $r,.o' .". ;
choice native lambs. $."..7.V,i;.K; choice
yearlings, $l..'iri.",.(M; fair lo good year
lings. $I.'KV 4..VI; choice welhers, ll.l.V'
M0; fair to good, :.7.''H.1.: choice ewes,
tlUi 1.1.1; fair to goo.l, :i..V'-i X'Mf. feeder
lambs, feeder yearlings, t'l.oo'i1
3. .10: feeder wethers, $2.7.Vf .1.2.1; feeder
ewes, $l..1iKl'.-J.1.
GET NO COAL FROM FRANCE.
JENKINS, or WZJCQfsZJSJY
- "-w -y -
Mrs. Hetty Green has been allowing
an insurance company to pay th? taxes
on a piece of her real estate. Mrs.
Green is not the only person wlio has
accumulated wealth by this sort of
thing.
The Cook county grand Jury is in
vestigating the coal situation. Of
course Mr. Baer will look upon this as
an altogether sacriligious attack upon
his divine rights.
While the anti-trust bills multiply
the trusts keep right on with their robbery.
Mr. Knox might try enforcing the
criminal clause in the Sherman law
pending the availability of that appropriation.
Before the Paleface came there wat
no poison in the Indian's corn.
Dealers say that as soon stz a custo
mer tries Defiance Starch ii is im
rcEsibie to sell them any othr colt
water starch. It can be used cold o'
boiled.
If the Indian could lie like the Pale
face he would -'lb? the earth
Having invested a quarter of a mil
lion in a senatorial ambition, Mr. Ad-
dicks naturally gives it considerable
attention.
Mascagni doubtless believes now
that the American people love trouble
more than they do intermezzos.
The New York World has inter
viewed Grover Cleveland with relation
to the Monroe doctrine. The readers
of the World would doubtless obtain
more accurate information concerning
that doctrine if Richard Olney were
persuaded to say something on the sub
ject. Mr. Cleveland says that tins
American principle will never be bet
ter defended or more bravely asserted
than was done by Mr. Olney in his
dispatch to the British government in
189-i. On this point there will be very
general agreement with the former
president.
Mr. Knox's communication explains
very clearly that if Mr. Knox is al
lowed to have his way the trusts will
be properly taken care of by his de
partment. The Chicago papers declare that the
city has need of a children's hospital.
Are those Chicago philanthropists
through with building homes for cats
and dogs?
The republican promise to throttle
the trusts meant about as much as the
republican expression of sympathy for
all peoples struggling for liberty.
The organization of the Nebraska
legislature was a fight between rival
railroads. Of course the taxpayers
provided the gate money.
Senator Hoar may believe that his
anti-trust remedy will be effective, but
it is scarcely probable that he believes
it will be adopted by congress.
The Sultan of Morocco should
hasten to look about for an oppor
tunity to saddle himself upon some
complaisant salary list.
By returning to Mississippi. Presi
dent Roosevelt will be able to find
fully as much g. o. p. harmony as he
did bear meat.
It is a mighty wise army officer on
duty in the Philippines who knows
whether his actions are to bring him
a court-martial or a promotion.
The Dick gubernatorial boom is in
trouble now that Mr. Rathbone is un
able to properly attend to the tele
phone terminal facilities.
William E. Curtis asserts that there
is vast riches in beet sugar. But it
may be that Mr. Curtis was looking at
the tariff annex.
The Pennsylvania legislature has
again re-elected Mr. Quay to the sen
ate, although the certificate will bear
the name of Boies Penrose.
The South American countries are
grateful for the Monroe doctrine, but
they do not want it to wear any im
perialistic frills.
Being a skilled politician, Mr. James
S. Clarkson is doubtless exacting a
fidelity bond from each one of his
southern delegates.
ooth seize and operate net only the
ernment of the United States shall
coal mines but the transportation com
panies which carry the product, and
in this way distribute coal to the pec
pie.
Such a proposition coming from an
obscure member of the house would
not have attracted any more attention
than dozens of others quite as radical
But a bill of this kind offered by the
chairman of the judiciary committee
acted upon the members of the house
like a dash of cold water, and seemed
to bring them to a realization of the
lact that the country has reached a
condition where ordinary constitution
al methods must be succeeded by ex
traordinary and almost socialistic ex
pedients. Mr. Jenkins did not offer his resolu
tion in an idle moment, but after care
fully thinking it out. He is undoubt
edly a good lawyer, and his position at
the head of the great committee which
is even now formulating the anti-trust
legislation entitles him to more than
the usual credit for his actions.
That his preposition is radical in
the extreme everyone must concede,
but it is also apparent that nothing
but the presence of a great crisis could
have induced him to father such a
proposition. Mr. Jenkins has previous
ly gone on record as asserting that
the government could not regulate the
trusts without a constitutional amend
ment. Not only does Mr. Jenkins assume
complete responsibility for his actions,
but he justifies them by the gravity
of the crisis which the country is now
facing. He does not propose to sup
ply the county with free coal, but he
does believe that the time has come
when, to prevent widespread famine
and hardship, it has become necessary
for the United States government as
an act of supreme sovereignty to give
the people an opportunity to provide
themselves with coal at a fair price.
What he is after is merely to use the
power of the national government to
see that all the coal possible to be
mined is mined, and thereupon also
to see that It is distributed on an
equitable basis to all sections and all
classes In the country.
"For some time we have been call
ing attention to a want of power on
the part of the federal government to
A Story With a Moral.
Mrs. Laura J. Hosier of Anderson,
Ind., has an odd suit on her hands.
She gave her brother, George W. Over
shiner, a remedy to cure him of the
liquor habit. The remedy proved ef
fective. Mr. Overshlner declares that
he did not wish to be cured of the
drink habit, was not aware that the
cure was being administered to him
and has sued his sister for $5,000 for
destroying his thirst.
deal with the many perplexing ques
ernment to exercise this attribute of
sovereignty and relievo the distress
not by buying coal for the people, but
by providing that they can buy it.
"This is the first time in history this
nation could justly exercise that right
of control. Unquestionably the power
exists, as certainly as the exigency is
present.
"We cannot sit here idly and listen
to the cries of pain and suffering from
all parts of the country without doing
something that will promptly bring
substantial relief. The powerful mo
nopolies sapping the life blood of the
people to add to their wealth must al
low conscience to control them, or in a
short time a suffering people will be
aroused so that no iower will control
them, for they are not going to suffer
longer and submit to this continual
robbery. They know that the ccal
question is but an index to what 13
coming.
"The greed of the monopolies is so
great they overlook everything but the
acquisition of wealth at the expenso
and suffering of a nation of people. Lot
the monopolies treat the people as fair
ly as they do the almighty dollar, and
there will be no complaint.
"It is to be regretted that in an in
telligent nation like this, controlled by
Christian influences, where the people
are the government, such a radical ex
ercise of power is even deemed neces
sary. It is not a step in the direction
of government ownership, it can only
be justified by the exigency of the situ
ation; and it can only remain in force
until the cause for the condition is re
moved."
That Country Expresses a D;sire t
Secure Some Here.
PARIS United Stales Consul dow
dy ways it is not likely that any French
coal will be shipped to tin? United
Stales as a result d' !i" ;ietion of flic
American congress in placing coal on
the free list. Tho French mines arc
unable' to meet tlx demands of th'?
home market. Many factories and
railroad are compelled to bring in
Welsh and Kclgian coal of Inferior
grades. Coal sells normally at above
te present American rate, so that
there is not sufficient inducement for
French producers to sock an Ameri
can market.
Owing to a heavy demand, the local
consulate has been gathing utatlstics
on American coal, several French rail
roads having expressed a desire to se
cure some ot the American better
grades of coal.
NAVY RUNS SHORT OF FUEL.
Supply of Coal at Some Stations it
Exhausted.
WASHINGTON Shortage of coal is
causing some concern In the navy.
Tho various navy yards are appealing
to the buioau of equipment for fuel.
Arrangements were made for the
shipment of coal from the depot at
New Ixmdon, Conn., to the New York
navy yard, where the fuel supply is
practically exhausted.
Through the foresight of Roar Ad
miral Bradford, the coal famine thus
far has not affected the navy. Iron
clad contracts having been closed be
fore the strike for the delivery of coal
to the navy at normal prices. Unless
relief comes soon, however the. con
tractors may be unable to supply the
increased demand that la existing
throughout the naval stations of the
country.
The Commoner closes its second
year with upwards of 133,000 subscrib
ers on its lists.
Those Moros continue to show evi
dences of a desire to attach themselves
to the peace-securing salary list.
The men who have the money to lay
ocean cables do not seem to be greatly
in fM.r of Marconigraph competition.
To Serve University Better.
Dr. William F. Warren has resigned
from the presidency of Boston uni
versity. He has taken this action in
the belief that he can better serve the
university In his professorship In the
theological school, a position which
has been retained by him through all
his years as president.
A Mixed Population.
British Guiana is the most cosmo
politan of British colonies, the popula
tion consisting of an admixture of
'Dutch. French, British and American
colonists. East Indian coolies and the
toborifir'ces of the country.
The World's Lumber King.
Thomas B. Walker, who has been in
vestigating Pacific coast forests for
many years, says the Minneapolis
Journal, has returned to Minneapolis
after an absence of six months, the
holder of enough timber lands to give
him the title of lumber king of the
world. Mr. Walker now owns the
largest tracts of pine timber pos
sessed by any person or firm In the
country. In northwestern California
he has purchased standing timber
tracts which wilj last or manufacture
sixty years. A 200-mile railroad will
be built through the tract. Mr. Walk
er's tine will be devoted to develop
ment of this timber land.
Measure Earth's Inequalities.
Chief Rogers of the department of
education, reports that one of the most
interesting exhibits of the University
of Illinois at the St. Louis World's
Fair will be a dynometer car, an in
vention of the mechanical department
of the university. The invention meas-tu-es
inequalities in track 6urfac. A
car now used by the Illinois Central
railroad is to be exhibited at tbe expo,
sitio'n.
France to Try for Pole.
PARIS Dr. Jean Charcot has an
nounced plans for an Arctic trip, under
the auspices of the Academy of Sci
ence and the Ministry of Public In
struction. A ship is now under con
struction at St. Halo.
The party will leave France oh May
15 for Spitzbergen and then proceed
to St. Josefsland. The expedition will
be exclusively French.
Lieutenant Bergen will probably be
a member of the party, which will also
comprise several scientists. Dr. Char
cot says France has hitherto left Arc
tie exploration to foreigners, but he
hopes to revive the French interest.
Prizes for Literary Success.
Since 1897 the government of Fin
land has anually distributed prizes for
the best products in belles lettres. The
recipients of the prizes for 1902 are
Dr. Leir.o. who got about $400 for an
historic drama; Maila Taloia (Mme.
Mikhola), who got $323 for a novel; E.
Tgengren, $300 for ljrics, and T. Pak
hola, $250 for a comedy.
Steamr'iip Built in Dublin.
For the iirst time in over thirtr
years a steamer has been launcher!
from a Dublin shipyard. She Is owned
in Liverpool asd will be enginod at
Glasgow.
Cuban Veterans Threaten.
HAVANA An anonymous manifes
to was issued here saying the liberat
ing army of Cuba will not wait longer
than March 4 for the payment of the
soldiers, but will unite and occupy
every town from Point Maysl to Cape
San Antonio, pacifically. General Go
moz and the other generals have ex
pressed themselves as being perfectly
satisfied with tbe attitude of the gov
ernment regarding the payment of th
army.
Rose be ry Attacks Alliance.
LONDON In the course of a spirit
ed attack on the government's general
policy. Lord Rosebery, speaking at
Plymouth, referred to Venezuela. He
reminded his audience that when the
liberal government had the same kind
of debt collecting to do in Nicaragua
It first consulted Washington and
then settled the business in a couple of
days. Venezuela roust have had mo
tives In entering into an alliance,
tives in entering Into an alliance with
Germany.
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