They Deny Tyranny in an Address to the
Boer Government.
THE DOCUMENT IS DISCREDITED
Faallng In Washington that African Sit
uation Is Calm and that Thera la No
Dangnr of War—What la Hot Forth In
the Petition Drawn I p.
NEW YORK, July 17.—A special to
the Herald from Washington says:
The Boer government has transmitted
to the United States a copy of a peti
tion addressed to it by 9,000 outlanders
denying thut the present government
in the Transvaal is tyrannical as de
clared by other outlanders, supported
by Great Britain. The petition was
circulated in May and addressed to the
Boer government and a copy of it has
been received at the state department.
Sir Alfred Miluer, the British high
commissioner, in writing to Mr. Cham
berlain concerning the petition, declar
ed that it was generally discred led,
os it is openly stated that the signa
tures had been obtained through the
instiumentality of government officials
and railway servants, who are mostly
naturalized. In diplomatic circles here
the opinion is expressed that the Boer
government has transmitted copies of
the petition to the governments named
therein in order to convince them
there is little truth in the British
statements and to prevent any of them
from Joinoing Great Britain in en
deavoring to secure better treatment
for the outlanders.
The feeling prevailing in adminis
tration circles is shown by the instruc
tions sent today to Rear Admiral How
ison, directing him to continue his
cruise. The admiral reported his ar
rival at Capetown from Pretoria and
that the Chicago was ready to tail,
and the fact that he made no mention
of the situation and failed to recom
mend that a warship be sent to Dela
goa bay shows conclusively to the
minds of the officials that he is satis
fied the situation is calm and that
there is no danger of war.
THE OUTLOOK TOR TRADE.
It Is Nald to He of a Decidedly Kucouih*
King Cliararter.
NEW YORK, July 17.—Trade fea
tures, the past week, Bays Bradstreets,
were of a uniformly encouraging char
acter. Statistics of past trade move
ments received are certainly of an en
couraging nature, foremost among
these being exceptionally good railroad
earnings, returns for June and the first
half year and ascertained totals of an
enormous export trade, practically
equal to the pbenom^hal business of
the preceding fiscal year. Among cur
rent news features might be mention
ed the quite favorable July crop report
of the agricultural department, which,
while confirming earlier advices of a
more moderate yield of winter wheat,
point to a large acreage In corn, and
conditions, which, if maintained, would
easily result in a crop excess of two
billion bushels- The outlook seems to
favor the probability that Europe will
buy nearly as much wheat in America
as it did in the last fiscal year, when
exports exceeded the totals of the
boom year 1897-98.
In industrial lines the outlook Is a
promising one. The settlement of the
coal miners’ strike in Pennsylvania
and of the tin platq. workers’ dispute,
bid fair to result in nearly 60,000 men
resuming work after the summer shut
down. The price situation is naturally
a strong one, wheat and coffee alone
of all the prominent staples being
lower on the week, and the former
only fractionally so, owing to large
receipts at the west and the check to
export demand caused by reaction
from the price reported some time ago.
Internal Revenue Collection*.
OMAHA, July 17.—J. E. Houtz, col
lector of Internal revenue, lias com
pleted his report of collections for the
year ending June 30. The total
amount collected is $3,248,079 38,
which is a round million in excess of
the collection of 1888 and two millions
ahead of the collections oi 18*97. The
cost of collection was 1',* per cent as
against 1 4-5 per cent for 1888 and
8t4 per cent for 1897. This Is less than
the cost of collection of any other col
lector In the country, eveu where the
collector had but a single state under
his care. The amount was swelled
this year hy the additional tax sub
sequent on the war. The stamp collec
tions amounted to $607,111.51, which
does not Include the special tax and the
levy on bankers and brokers. The ter
ritory comprising Nebraska and the
two Dakotas Is the largest geographi
cally considered, of any collection dis
trict In the United States.
»lll|>ls<» Jest* Will Move.
MANILA. July 17.—It Is reported
that the Killplno Junta will lie moved
from Hong Kong to the Island of l<a
huan. a Itrltlsh colony six miles from
the uorthwest coast of Itorneo. as the
American officials have watched the
members of the Junta so closely at
llong Kong that the latter have found
It Impossible to supply the Insurgents
With arms
The transport Warren sails Holiday
with the Colorado regiment. Major
Itradley Htrong sad Major Touag of
the supreme court, who la gulag tu
Utah for a vacation, on bonrd.
I*ruf Hr bur man will nrriva nt Han
>'rsa< is4o on board the China
is. riMW.si
WARHAW. lad . July if.■ The Indi
ana auwstatioa of ediima held the
Hrst eesstoa of Us midsummer meot
tag Halurdav. A large number of the
noMt promises! editors vf the stats
Were present A set of resolution* wea
pu.seit fully Indorsing the u iiuini.'ru
lion of I* resident M Kiahry In deaitag
with the rebellion agsiaul \ut*tu ta
eovarsignty In the f*fculpptaaa They
Indorsed the at tiua of the r.publ wau
rongrssn In passing the Dtagiey lav,
and the eRorta of lha administration
to sorry n«t .the Saauial pothy of I ha
•a. LwH platform
SHOT TO DEATH IN THE JAIL.
81 Smith, • Georgia Farmer, Murdered In
Hie Cell by a Mob.
GAINESVILLE, Ga„ July 17.—SI
8mith, the Habersham county farmer
who killed William Bell, the commer
cial traveler from Atlanta, several |
months ago, was shot to death In the
Jail here this morning.
About midnight Sheriff Munday, who
lives at the jail, was awakened by a
man at his door, who, when the sheriff
answered the summons, stated that he
was the sheriff of Gilmer county and
that he had a prisoner he wanted to
have locked up for the night. In the
dark Sheriff Munday could see nothing
but three or four men just outside the
building and hurriedly dressing him
self, appeared at the main entrance to
the jail building. Gathered about it
were some eight or ten men, all of
whom were armed. The sheriff took
them for deputy sheriffs.
The leader of the mob Btepped for
ward and said: "Here, come here,”
using a name the sheriff does not now
recall. The man stepped forward with
his hands bound and in every way
played the role assigned to him. As
he advanced those around him closed
in and in a few seconds the entire
crowd was inside the Jail building.
Then a gun was thrown in Sheriff
Monday’s face and the keys were de
manded. The sheriff saw what was
up and remarked: "The keys are
downstairs."
"Well, get them quick," replied the
leader.
Sheriff Munday hurried down the
stairway, followed by the two men.
Half way down the steps he was
brought to a sudden stop by the rattle
of firearms in the room he had Just
left. Wheeling around, he bounded
up the steps until he had reached the
cage in which Smith was confined.
Upon examination he found that Smith
had been shot six times and was dead.
A WOMAN CLAIMS MILLIONS.
Katherine Hitchcock I* on a limit for
Illg Money.
CHICAGO, July 17.—Louis A. Hitch
cock, a special agent of the Orient
Insurance company, is sought by of
ficials, in whose hands are warrants
sworn out by Katherine Hitchcock,
who claims to he his wife, and who
charges him with bigamy and other
offenses. Behind the effort to have
Hitchcock arrested is a tangled story
which comes to the surface as a re
sult of the litigation over the $2,000,
000 estate left by John Stetson, the
Boston millionaire and theatrical man
ager, who died three years ago. and
the subsequent death of his widow,
Katie Stokes, the once famous circus
rider and stake celebrity. Mrs. Kath
erine Hitchcock figures in the story as
the daughter of Katie Stokes by a
marriage previous to that with Stet
son, and consequently claims to be
tlie heir to the whole fortune. Mrs.
Hitchcock’s sole purpose in desiring
to place her husband in the hands of
the police, she says, is to recover quit
claims to the Stetson case, to which
she alleges her signature was obtained
by Hitchcock through intimidation.
The woman formerly resided in Kan
sas City, where she was known as
Katherine Shirley and where she met
Hitchcock.
ORDERS STRICTLY ENFORCED.
Q*n. Wood IJelerinlneil to Control the
Yellow Fever.
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, July 17.—
The strict enforcement of General
Wood’s quarantine and sanitary order
seems to be repressing the yellow fe
ver outbreak. One death and three
new cases were officially reported to
day, but there have been no new cases
among the United States troops. Many
American and Jamaican vagrants have
been arrested and taken to the deten
tion camp.
Dr. Childs, an American physician,
was arrested subject to the fumiga
tion process, and locked up for con
cealing a case of the fever at his own
residence. This patient, an English
employe of the North American Trust
company, died today.
Agu limitin'* Tint to Murder.
RAN FRANCISCO, July 17.—The of
ficers of the Second Oregon regiment,
while very guarded iu their statements
admit that the condition of the Amer
ican trcops at Manila at the outbreak
of hostilities between the United
States and the Filipinos was very crit
ical.
The capture of a letter sent from
inside our lines in Manila to an em
issary of Aguinaldo is probably all
that saved our army from a terrible
disaster and possible annihilation. The
letter was taken to General Otis, who
found In It the plans of a plot to open
the gates of Manila, sack the city,
murder the guards and allow the insur
gent army to pour into the American
camps and surprise tha men. The
United Htates troops were under aims
all night to meet the expected attempt
but the enemy had learnel of the cap
ture of thu letter anil the outy part of
the plot that wus carried out was
the burning of a portion of the city
of Manila.
4ta«*l In *#|f I •»(•••.
CHICAGO. July 17.—A special to the
Times Herald from At Ixtuls says:
Uiuli W. Ilolladay, son of Jesse W.
Ilolladay, a Chicago millionaire, la ly
ing probably fatally wounded at the
llaptlst sanitarium He was shot tale
last night by his wife at their home
Mrs Ilolladay waa arrested and locked
up at the police station Hhe aaya that
she did the ahootlag In self deleaaa
Young Ilolladay met Mrs Ilolladay,
nee 4nl|t* lire water, a trick bicycle
rider. In Houston Teg., In lltt,
Ptaa n iliot S-m'kj
NKW YORK, July IT The Uhleag.
platform democrat* at a meeting last
night adopted a reaoiutloa providing
4 htg stiver meeting to he held In
thin city or at <hw the *»*rin sum
aver reaocte on Ul*it lv»v At Iku
meeting. If the wtehea of the torsi eit- ■
rttibe ere carried out. addre«e»e will
he made fc>* WlUtam J Hryaa egtjoe
ernor John t* Ailgetd, George Fred
h iliuou and Juige farvin at H*u
tuehy Mr Wllllama has already an
nounced hie wtliiagnean l« h* present
and tha etrungeat efforts will ha mads
In assure the other speakers named.
I
Another Trolley Strike On in the City of
Brooklyn.
A NUMBER OF ARRESTS ARE MADE
Employ** of the Rapid Transit Company
Have a tSrlevanre Which They Want
Redressed—Striker* Slake Trouble for
the I'ollc*—Non-lnlon Train Crew*
Assaulted and Hall* Torn Dp.
NEW YORK, July 17.—Another
trolley strike Is on In Brooklyn. Near
ly all the conductors and motormen
of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit com
pany, numbering several thousand,
quit work at G o’clock this morning.
Those who had cars out left them on
the tracks. The company endeavored
to run cars with nonunion men on all
the, lines and there wan much disorder.
Wires were cut, rails were torn up and
at the Mercy avenue stables a crowd
of 3,000 men resisted the police.
Many arrests were made during the
day. On some lines the company
maintained a regular service and on
others they failed altogether. Oars
were unable to run to the ocean
beaches. The tie-up has not been
nearly so complete as the labor lead
ers said it would be.
So far this strike has not bean as
effective as that of 1895, but there Is
no telling how long or far-reaching
it may become. Meetings have been
held daily and nightly for the last
week, and it was inferred by the re
ports given out by the employes and
their advisers since Thursday last that
while a strike was imminent It would
not occur for some days to come. Gen
eral Master Workman Parsons and
District Master Workman Pines had
charge of the men's afTalrs and a strike
was called at 4:30 yesterday morning.
Shortly after midnight about 100
policemen from the precincts of Man
hattan and the Bronx districts were
sent to different barns, and many were
placed along the several routes com
prising the territory covered hv the
Brooklyn Traction company, lip to
half past 7 o’clock there were \ery few
carB run over these lines and those
sent out from the different barns were
policed by two, three and four con
stables. On the Putnam avenue line
only a few men refused to work and
It was notable that scarcely a half
dozen of the cars on this division were
policed.
The Flatbush and Bergen Beach
cars, the Norstrand avenue. Gates,
Ralph and Myrtle avenue cars, as well
as the Third avenue trolleys, had a
meager service in the early hours T)f
the day, but traffic on the old Nassau
lines, which comprise the Fifth, Sev
enth, Park and Vanderbilt avenues,
and Douglas and Butler streets roads
will he practically at a standstill. The
men on the Nassau road were most
determined and not one of the motor
men or conductors went, to work. The
cars remained idle for several hours,
but by 10 o’clock about one-tenth of
the regular rolling stock was working.
These cars were manned by Inspectors
and linemen, and, in fact, oilers and
helpers were pressed into Bervice bo
as to maintain a partial running of
the system.
By the middle of the afternoon over
50 per cent of the old men on the
Galtes. Ralph, Broadway, Myrtle ave
nue, Flushing and Third avenue roads
were at work on these lines. Later in
the afternoon the cars on the latter
road were running at intervals of ten
minutes, which meant that the service
was crippled about one-third.
Kxperlmpiiti with If lull FtploilTefl.v|^
WASHINGTON. July 17.—The War
department has recently concluded an
exhaustive aeries of experiments at
Sandy Hook with high explosives and
the largest field guns that promises to
mark a material advance in the artil
lery branch of the army. Permanent
arrangements were made under the
Board of Ordnance of Fortification,
composed of both line and staff offi
cers and of which the major general
commanding the army Is chairman.
The board's report is in shape to be
presented to the secretary of war and
if adopted will result In arming the
troops in the Philippines with the
most advanced type of light field guns
In the world. The hoard has derhlpd
on a type of field gun which can fire
fifteen aimed shots per minute, which
can be opornted with one man and
which Its full crew can tak# to pieces
in thirteen seconds for loading on
mule back for transportation where
ever needed. It is three-inch caliber,
can carry shrapnel or a bursting
charge of high explosives, which will
kill by concussion In a radius of 200
feet.
'Ike Alack* llUpnlc.
IiONHON, Juljr 17.—There 1* a re
rrud«uence of anxiety regarding ihe
Alaskan dispute In political circles,
though the general public does not at
tach much importance to the matter,
Jingo newspaitera like the Saturday
Itevlew grasped the opportunity to re
alr their anil-American proclivities.
The Review thinks that as the time
for the presidential nominations ap
proaches ('resident klelKnlsy may find
the Cleveland precedent overtempnug
and launch an arrogant Alaska mes
sage against England, the recognition
of which would be very different to
the success attending Ihe Venesuelaa
question."
ae«« Meager tkssS
('Alt Iff. July IT.- la Hepub!b|ue
Eraneabw. commenting upon the •laa
ger in which the proposed Cramo
Americaa ruaarr. tal lonvenlloa writ
plat* our national productions says
"T he project provoked legitimate
tesla Th« arglculiuftata of Ala de
partment hat* already r»iu> M'umi
and taker* -aill tulws, aa alj parts
of Ihe country will he affected "
ntpMag'* !•»*•« |CH)io
LDMtKJM July IT- Hudyard Kip
Hags right thuwh haa keen Mtt*n by
a dog sal la roaelderakly inHaiaed
He cars tea bis arm ta a sling but It
la a as thought the injury wit) hare
serious c«iaaw|Uea»ea
[ RESERVOIRS EOR LIVE STOCK.
Tln'ir ThrestenrU Monopolisation Dori
Not Create Apprehension.
WASHINGTON, July 17.—Reports
reaching the Interior department of a
threatening monopolization of a num
ber of points of the lands acquirable
under the law relating to reservoirs
for watering live stock create no appre
hension on the part of the authorities.
The Bay that the rules and regulations
put In focse for the execution of the
law have been so carefully framed that
there Is no danger of Individuals get
ting more than their share of the pub
lic domain or the Infliction of any pos
sible Injury to the common use of the
areas concerned. The new code of
rules, It Is stated, restrict fillings made
previous to the issuance of the rules,
taking from them every tendency to
monopoly, these previous flllngH being
now returend to the parltes with In
structions that the applications for
such lands must conform to the later
regulations.
They are also designed to prevent an
exclusive right to the tract taken, giv
ing tlie land the status of a commun
cative property open to all seeking
the water rights and furthermore, they
restrict the maximum quantity of land
in any section to 160 acres to each In
dividual, but even this is not permis
sible unless the party has built a res
ervoir having a capacity of 600,000 gal
lons, any less capacity reducing the
area allowed proportionately. The
land taken eannot he fenced or other
wise enclosed and must be kept open
to the free use of everyone wanting to
water his animalB, any noncompliance
with the law and regulations resulting
in cancellation of rights.
NO ONE CLAIMS AUTHORSHIP.
The Pronunrlitiiieiito Kerently Issued
Axulnut I'mlr Ham.
HAVANA, July 17.—The pronunlela
mento recently issued in the city of
Matanzas, signed "Betancourt,” and
callinu upon Cubans to prepare to hurl
from the country the "crafty eagle,"
as they had removed the "haughty and
hungry Spanish lion," is now believed
by many to have been the production
of the oivil governor of Matanzas. The
reasons for this view are not very
convincing, but Senor Batancourt has
not positively denied the authorship
and it Is notorious that he has express
ed almost identical sentiments in the
Havana cafes on different occasions be
fore American officers. He once used
language closely resembling that of the
"proclamation" in the presence of an
American brigadier general and an
American colonel.
Both officers believe it quite probable
that he wrote the appeal. If not its
author, then in their Judgment, he was
cognizant of it and agreed to the use
of his name. Many Cuban officers of
high rank are satisfied that Senor Be
tancourt was in some way intimately
related to the publication and circula
tion of the address to the people of
Matanzas. General Wilson, military
governor of the Matanzas-Santa Clara
department will doubtless ask the civil
governor for an explanation in case
there is no denial from him.
Investigation of Trust*.
CHICAGO, July 17—The general
committee on arrangements for the
conference on combinations and trusts
called by the Civic federation of Chi
cago litis mailed circular letters to 025
trusts and combinations throughout
the country, asking twenty-six ques
tions, such ns the number of organiza
tions included In the consolidation, the
number yet outside, the original cap
ital of the various concerns now
merged, the present capital employed,
the efTect on prices of products and
the effect on labor so far as to dis
placement and rate of wages.
Of the labor unions In the various
crafts employed in these combinations,
questions are asked as to (he effect on
wages, hours of work and the number
thrown out of employment by the or
ganization of the trusts.
The Wyoming an<I Southern.
FORT STEELE. Wyo„ July 17.—Men
and teams are beginning to arrive here
In large numbers for work on the grade
of the Wyoming & Southern railroad
between this city and Saratoga. John
Flick of Denver has been awarded the
contract for constructing the grade and
he la now here superintending the
work. The old grade of the Union
Pacific has been found to be in ilrst
class condition ami very little work
will lie necessary to place it in shape
for the ties and steel. This grade is
about twenty miles in length and will
be necessary to construct only almut
eight miles of new grade, exclusive of
the Bide tracks.
Soldier Violated Orders.
ALHANY, Ore.. July 17.—Frank M.
(Heard. a member of Company I, Ore
gon volunteers, ha* arrived here from
flan Francisco, In violation of orders.
On reaching Han Francisco harbor,
while atlll on shipboard, he received
a telegram that his mother, who re
sides near Monmouth, was dying, ard
asked him to come at once. He applied
to the officer for a furlough, offering
the telegram as a reason, but It was
refused. Hy the sld of sympathetic
comrades he was let down hy a rope
Uito a small liett and went ashore,
taking the a* ot» for |»«>it»e lie
says that he will return to his regl
meut In n few days.
They !>• Wet levs I Hit Is ns.
DKADWOOH. 8. U.. July 17.—Your
correspondent has Just received s iu<-s
sag* frum Pin* lodge agency relative
to the Crow Indian case whbdi reads:
“The Indian* In question are not
Crows They presumably belong eith
er to Pin* Midge nr Moeehud agen
etee The posse baa arrived from
Kdgeatuht sad an investigatum ol the
Indians to la progress If it u fu md
lha. they bat nog to tial« ressrva'ltm
they will be arrested 1 he case to tn
the hands of the government
"M A Jolt CLAPP. Agent.*
fl»8 *•«» W«i ttol*4t.
MU Mill- Inly 17 Ml I herai. wbnh
yesterday published a statement to the
«ff*«t that S deg* it of J.IM.MH pesetas
had been dl**.**»rsd In the as* mints of
Ik* Northern Mail way company dus to
embe’Sleateal*. publishes a retraction
tods admitting that the Mery wa*
fniss aad aaubigiaisg
IS NOW JKTO EFFECT
The Hew Treaty with Japan Inaugurated
ou the 17th.
THAT COUNTRY ON A NEW FOOTING
The New Treaty of Far Reaching Import
ance In It® Relation® with the United
State®—I.cadlng Countrle® In the Com
pact—The *y»teiu Under Old Trestle®
Now Abrogated.
WASHINGTON, July 17.—A new
treaty between the United States and
Japan goes into effect today, at
which time also new treaties between
Japan and nearly all the countries of
Europe and some of the South Ameri
can republics ulso go into effect. It
is an effect of far reaching Importance
in the relations between Japan and
the United States, as it does away
with the treaty methods which have
been in vogue for nearly fifty years
aud substitutes an entirely new meth
od of procedure. The same is true iu
tiie relations of Japan with other
countries. Taken as a whole the
many treaties which go into effect to
morrow place Japan oil an entirely
new footing with the world at large
as she is recognized for tho first time
as an equal in every respect.
The treaty with this country was
made November 22, 1894, in Washing
ton, between Secretary Gresham ami
Minister Kureno, who then represent
ed Japan here. The changes it made
were so far reaching that it was deter
mined the treaty should not go into
operation until July 17, 1899.
Mr. Juturo Koniura, tho present Ja
panese minister in Washington, was
seen at the Japanese legation today
and gave an interesting outline of the
more important features of this ar
rangement. He said:
1 lie 14 ill ui JUi/ mat no me luiumn
point in the diplomatic history not
only of Japan, but of the oriental coun
tries in general, it will be the ilrst
instance In which the western powers
have recognized the full sovereignty
of an oriental state. This action of
the enlightened nations of Europe and
America shows that if any country is
ready to assume a full share in the
responsibility and affairs of the world
at large these old and enlightened pow
ers are ready to admit such a country
to full comity among nations. So we
regard the advent of this treaty as
a very important step not only for
Japan, but for all the nations of tho
east.
The countries with which Japan has
made new treaties are the United
States, England, Germany, France,
Russia, Austria, Italy, Spain, Portu
gal, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Swe
den and Norway, Switzerland and Pe
ru. Ail of these go into effect today ex
cept those with France and Austria,
which are deferred until August 4.
With most of these countries Japan
had treaty relations before, but they
were crude and unsatisfactory.
To understand the change it is ne
cessary to look at the system under
which the old treaties existed. This
was essentially based on two princi
ples: First, that foreign residents in
Japan shall enjoy the provisions of
extraterritorialty, that is, they should
tie amenable to the laws and juris
diction of the consul of their own
country and not to Japanese Jurisdic
tion, and, second, that foreign resi
dents in Japan shall be confined to
certain open ports, outside of which
foreigners could not reside, own prop
erty or engage in trade. The result
was in effect about fifteen or sixteen
systems of courts in Japan for the
purpose of trying foreigners who com
mit offenseB in Japan. Furthermore,
most of the powers claimed that Ja
panese laws were not binding upon
foreigners. For instance, take our
Quarantine law. While it protected
us as against our own people, yet
there was no protection in the case
of an infected foreign ship. The only
exception to this refusal to recognize
Japanese law was the United States,
which recognized from the first the
binding force for the Japanese law.
One of the bad effects of this sys
tem was that foreign residents bad
entire immunity from taxation. The
Japanese paid all the taxes. All of
this has now disappeared and foreign
ers are under the same provisions as
well as the same obligations as the
Japanese citizens, no more and no
less. The first step in the new system
is to put an end to the old fiction of
extraterritorialty, by which foreign
citizens were Judged by different stan
dards from Japanese.
Callerf Ntales Not Ashed.
WA8HINOTON, I). C.. July 17._TTp
to the present time there has been no
suggestion from any foreign power
that the t nltcd States should take ac
tion concerning the Transvaal. When
Hie recent cable dispatch from Pretoria
brought the first Information that rep
resentations would lie made to Wrth
Ington a rumor that such representa
tions would come promptly mat with
a posltlvs denial that t.-rmany waa
acMng in any capacity in connection
with the Transvaal difficulties. At (he
llrttlsh embassy it u said no lustruc
llons of any kind relating to ihs
; Tranavgal have been received.
Peoaclssst Klh lasrf.
KINNlAltilJH, Mich., July IT —©.
M Hoot. grand stalled leading knight
of the grand logs. Order of Klks died
la thin city tiatay from heart failure.
| kuperladuced by a complication of die
aaaas Mr rinds was *<ne of lha lead
lag rttiisne of Mlnaaapcdla. agd g few
1 years In* a waa a prominent caadMste
for p«silbiaster Its mm M years old
Mr Kinds waa oaa of thorn lajared la
tbs soitapaa of the rulletiM at At
Uatte City, S J. |a l«M
ktfvy fkvMask liunt.
Pin mu Mil. pa Jaly IT Tla
ptata sorbets throughout lha cuuatry
to the suet her of naarly ftouuu rename
• orb tomorrow after sa tdleases of
l'»* It* si a la R i «<t ua at I h I
saga la hawed aa lha prhe »d bar*, lha
minimum adfears aver lam year a
wale to placed at Ml pm real. whl«h
•U1 prevail aallt Jaas to. INC
A Free Exposition.
Fabrics and products from all ths
world's leading markets are displayed
by Hayden Bros., "The Big Store,” in
Omaha. This is a wonderful exposi
tion In Itself. Visitors to Omaha make
it a point to include it among the
points of interest, even when not in
terested in purchasing. Hayden Bros,
carry Immense stocks and are first to
show all the new styles and fads and
Bet the fashions for the entire
west Buying direct from for
eign and domestic manufactur
ers, they are enabled to quote
prices on stylish new goods away be
low those charged by the ordinary
merchant for medium grades, besides
giving an almost unlimited assort
ment to select from. Baggage is
checked free for all visltois and watt
ing rooms and writing material pro
vided free by this big firm.
There are throughout the United
Kingdom nearly one hundred and thir
ty thousand women engaged In teach
ing, almost three times the number
of men.
IT. H. I'stcut Office llnslnaes.
An application filed by us June 27,
1899, for a label entitled “Kidney
Benn,” for a medicine prepared and
sold by the “Manne Chemical Co., of
Des Moines, was allowed June 80.
Mrs. 13. Marple of Des Moines ha*
Invented a design for a member of a
belt clasp adapted to lie permanently
fixed to the ends of a belt In such a
manner that an ornamental member
can be readily connected and discon
nected and used advantageously on
different belts at different times.
An application for a patent for im
provements In corn harvesters, by
which the clogging Incident to moving
the stalks from the cutters to the
binder is prevented, filed November
26, 1897, for the Inventor, W. H. Gray,
of Kddyvllle, la., was allowed July
1, 1899.
Consultation and advice free. Val
uable Information about securing, val
uing and selling patents sent to appli
cants. Correspondence solicited.
THOS. O. ORWIG & CO.,
Solicitors of Patents.
Des Moines, la., July 8, 1899.
The National City hank of New York
which has bought the old custom hause
In that city, Is now the largest bank
In the United States, with deposits of
$120,000,000. Its stock, whose par val
ue Is $100, Is quoted at $2,000, and It Is
scarce at that figure. Now It pays
$3,265,000 for a banking house, the
conditions of the sale being that the
government may occupy the building
until the new custom house is com
pleted, paying rent at the rate of 4
per cent per annum on the purchase
price. It. Is a rich hank, the Rocke
fellers, the Vanderbilts, the Havemey
ers and the Morgans being represent
ed In the directorate.
President Andrew 8. Draper of the
university of Illinois, who has come
forward as a candidate of that state
by the republican party, is one of the
foremost educators of this country.
For two years he wrs the state super
intendent of schools In New York
state, and later he waB superintendent
of schools in Cleveland, and under his
administration they won the reputa
tion of being the finest public schools
In America.
Arc Von tyiliiff A1I«d'i Foot-R»*«?
It is the only cure for Swollen.
Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet,
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen's
Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into
the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad
dress, Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y.
Even the soft tire of a bicycle will
cut a deep furrow In the heart when It
rides across God's law.
To Laundry Dresses end Skirts.
To get best results, mix some “Faultless
Starch” iu a little cold water; when dis
solved pour on boiling water until It be
comes clear. All grocers sell “Faultless
Starch.’’ Large package, 10c.
Yielding to Inclination rather than
submitting to limitations accounts for
the narrowness of many lives.
$118 buys new upright piano. Schmol
ler & Mueller, 1313 Farnam St., Omaha.
It takes four weeks’ hard labor to
prepare for a two weeks summer va
cation.
Ar* You ('oiulii*; (o Omaha?
Be sure to visit Hardy's, "The 99
Cent Store," 1519 and 1521 Douglas
street- Toys. Dolls, Fancy Goods, etc.
No picnic is a success to that woman
who doesn't get a piece of her own
cake.
'Pleo’s Cure for Consumption has been a
family niediolne wltk ua ainoe lHriA.—J. ii.
Mediae®, 94W 494 A va , Chicago, Hi.
Any dolt can take time by the fore
lock; It takes a genius to hold on to
him by the heels.
Mrs. Wlnatoar'a (toothing Hyrap.
Pnrrb04rva (Mimas, aofumt Iba ■ niti, rrJurMtv
OaiuaiaOua.alleyi|iala.«afM wn4«uilo- StcabwWi*
William Moore, s Kentuckian, 71
years of age. has not left his bed for
slaty-three years. He was Injured by
a borne when a child.
Dr. Marlin l.uther tlrooka, who died
in Cleveland the other day, at the age
of eighty seven, made the first speech
In favor of abolition ever delivered In
oberltn. Ohio, which Inter became the
headquarters of the underground rail
way. It wan on July 4. till A few
yearn later he taught In Oellopolls.
Ohio, the first colored erhoul In the
elate, tie wan one of the chief mays
of the underground railway, and was
a friend of Macula
The first eeeeattal fur ib Urlbf thee*
M spells In to get nien'v of else*.
There la eminent medical suibority fur
the elateateal that heel p rust re I hum
are due much store lu the eahaustlau
Incident to Inauflb teat else* on eue
**l*e hot hlghu than lu the actual
lalenatty af the 4*
thuman imnn Mag It eh bee i«te4 >-ete
hrnted his iwk birthday at his hums
la New Jersey Me te the eldest liv
ing graduate ef the I'niveretty ef
Penney Ivaaie Null hie feme e«*ntla
nee In rest m the ahuimdegg ef !m
