Loup City Northwestern
J. W. BURLEIGH, Publisher.
LOUP CITY, - - NEBRASKA.
Brief Telegrams
At Boston Tom Sharkey won in the
wrestling bout with John Piening.
Details of an alleged dynamite plot
along the Lehigh Valley railroad have
come to light.
Dr. Simon Bell of Rosedaie, Kas.,
has given the university of Kansas
$25,000 in Missouri lands.
The shops of the Wheeling & Lake
Erie railroad at Canton. O., were
gutted by fire. Loss $50,000 to $75,
000.
The supreme court of Missouri has
upheld the constitutionality of the
eight-hour law’ passed by the legisla
ture three years ago.
John Hayes Hammond, the Atneri
can mining engineer of New York, has
increased his gift of $50,000 to $100.
000 for the metallurgical laboratory
at Yale college.
John Mitchell denies the report sent
out from Trinidad, Colo., that the
United Mine Workers has withdrawn
financial support of the striking min
ers in Colorado.
Governor Pennvpacker issued a
proclamation to the citizens of Penn
sylvania, requesting aid for the fam
ilies of the victims of the explosion
in the Harwick mine near Cheswiek.
Near Hobart, Okla., Frank Warner
shot and killed his father-in-law, P.
Towne, because the latter had taken
Mrs. Warner to the postofflee against
his wishes.
A/» effort will be made to secure an
additional appropriation of $100,000
in the New York legislature for an
exhibit at the St. Louis fair. An ap
propriation of $200,000 has already
been made.
Charged with robbing the body of
a woman victim of the Iroquois thea
ter fire, Louis Witz, a Chicago saloon
keeper, was found guilty. T. McCar
thy and Charles Conway were con
victed of aiding Witz.
President Stuart R. Knott of the
Kansas City Southern railway an
nounces the resignation of B. F. Dick
son. general superintendent of the
road, and the appointment of T. E.
Jarrett to fill the vacancy.
The supreme court at Havana, Cuba,
has modified the sentence of six
years' imprisonment imposed on Con
gressman Corona, editor of thfj El
Cubano Libre, of Santiago, who was
e«wvicted of killing Senor Insua.
Through President A C. Wharton
of the International Machinists' union,
the demand of the 2,500 machinists
of the Missouri Pacific and the Iron
Mountain railroads, has been present
ed. for an increase in the wage scale.
The Dupont Powder company has
secured practical control of the man
ufacture of powder on the Pacific
coast through the absorption of the
California Vigorite company. The
consideration paid is said to be $200,
000.
Official advices have reached Wash
ington from Santo Domingo and Port.
Au Prince showing a distressing con
dition of affairs in San Domingo and
Hayti. Business is declared to be
almost at a standstill in both coun
tries.
The graduation exercises V the
midshipmen of the class of 190<* were
held at the United States naval acad
emy. Secretary of the Navy William
H. Moody delivered an address and
handed out the diplomas to the grad
uates.
i ne report or the rommissioner or
patents for the calendar year 1903
shows that the patent business trans
acted exceeded all previous records.
The total cash ceceipts of the office
were $1,010,698, leaving a surplus of
$188,000.
A branch of the Russo Chinese Bank
association is to be established in
San Francisco, a license for it hav
ing been issued by the board of bank
commissioners. This concern is or
ganized under the laws of Russia, with
a capital stock of $7,500,000.
At the Korean legation, the state
ment is made by one of the secre
taries that Minhut Cho, the minister
who has recently been recalled by
his government, will be appointed as
minister to .Japan, a post of consider
able importance at this time.
Several accredited agents of the
Japanese imperial remount depart
ment are in the Okanogan and Nicola
districts of British Columbia purchas
ing horses for the Japanese cavalry
and for the land transport service.
Other buyers are in Assinabola and
Alberta. A large number of horses
have been secured.
Daniel M. Lord, for twenty-three
years bead of the advertising firm of
Lord & Thomas, locked his desk last
week and retired from active business
life. His act in severing his connec
tion with the business world was in
accordance with a promise that he
made nearly a quarter of a century
ago—to enjoy a life of leisure when he
reached the age of 00.
A trainload of thoroughbred Mis
souri mules passed through Joplin en
route to Port Arthur, where they will
be shipped to Russia to be used iu
the Russian army in the threatened
war with Japan.
\V. I. Buchanan, United States min
ister to Panama, has sailed for homo.
Passenger agents of the Trans
Missouri association have completed
arrangements to put a 2,000-mlle iu
terchangeable ticket into force March
1, This ticket will be good on all
roads in the territory west of the Mis
sourl river and east of the Rocky
mountains.
WAR IS IN SICHT
JAPAN AND RUSSIA BREAK OFF
NEGOTIATIONS.
LEGATIONS ARE CALLED HOME
Japan Would Not Wait for Russia's
Long Delayed Note.—Imperial Gov
ernment Sends Messages.—Tele
graphs Ministers an Official Notice.
ST. PETERSTUT RG—Count Lams
dorff, the Russian foreign minister,
has officially informed the Russian
representatives abroad that Japan has
decided to break off all negotiations
with Russia and to withdraw the min
ister and whole Japanese legation
staff from St. Petersburg. The Rus
sian foreign minister has thereupon
ordered toe Russian minister. Baron
de Rosen and his staff to leave Tokio.
The Official Messenger publishes the
following circular telegram dated Feb
ruary 6. It has been sent out by the
Russian foreign minister to the repre
sentatives of the Russian government
abroad:
"Acting tinder Instructions from his
government the Japanese minister at
the imperial court has presented a
note which Informs the imperial gov
ernment of the decision of Japan to
break ofT further negotiations and re
call her minister and the entire staff
at the Jananese legation.
‘‘In consequence of this his imperial
majesty has been pleased to order that
the Russian minister at Tokio, with
the entire staff of the imperial mis
sion, shall leave the capital of Japan
without delay. Such an attitude on
the part of the Tokio government,
which has not even awaited the an
swer of the imperial government,
which was sent off during the last few
day, throws the whole responsibility
for the consequences which may arise
from a rupture of diplomatic negotia
tions between two empires on Japan.”
TOKIO—The severance of diplo
matic relations between Russia and
Japan appears to be only a step to
ward war. although when the minis
ters of Russia and Japan withdrew
from their respective posts quick and
decisive action is expected. When
the minister for foreign affairs, Ko
mura. on Saturday notified Raron de
Rosen, the Russian minister, of Japan's
determination to sever diplomatic re
lations he is reported to have declared
to him that Japan is tired of Russia's
delays, evasions and insincerity and
has decided to take independent action
for the conservation of Japan's orien
tal interests.
During the final negotiations Japan's
repeated requests for answers were
treated in a most unsatisfactory man
ner. Japan waited until convinced
that it was useless to w'ait longer and
has now ended me dicussion. The in
dications are that there will be no
formal declaration of war.
FLAMES SWEEP BALTIMORE.
Fire Department Absolutely Powerless
to Check Progress of the Firs.
BALTIMORE—One of the greatest,
if not the greatest fire in the history
of American cities is now raging in
the city of Baltimore. It started at
about 11 o'clock Sunday forenoon in
one of the large dry good? stores in
the heart of the city and at the pres
ent writing it is as far from being
under control as at any time since its
inception. Aid has been sent, by the 1
fire departments of Washington Phi la- j
delphia and Wilmington, but the com
bined efforts of the firemen are mak
ing no impression on the flmes.
Dynamite is being used to stop its
spread, buildings in its path being
blown up in the hope of destroying
the food for the flames. These are
being driven, however, by a fierce gale
and burning brands are being scat
tered all over the city and constantly
s’arting fires in new places. The'e
appears little hope of stopping the
progress of the fire until it has swept
everything in its path.
over iv/u si reams irom lire engines
have been playing on the flames, but
for all tho apparent good they have
done the heroic work of the firemen
might Just as well not have been done.
Owing to the nature of the buildings
involved the Are has not spread with
the rapidity of some conflagrations
and consequently so far as known no
lives have been lost. The Immense
warehouses, stores and office build
ings, however, have been reduced to
ruins.
The estimates of the losses vary
widely, and, in fact, It is an impossi
bility at this time to make an intelli
gent estimate. The estimates given,
however, range all the way from $40,
000,000 to $200,000,000. 'This latter
figure is $10,000,000 in excess of the
loss from the great Chicago fire of
October 9. 1871.
For Lewis and Clark Exposition.
WASHINGTON.—Senator Mitchell
Introduced a bill as an amendment to
the urgent deficiency bill, to appro
priate $2,150,000 for the Lewis and
Clark exposition to be held at Port
land, Ore., in 1905.
Japan's Demands Were Moderate.
LONDON—The London Times as
serts Sunday morning that the Japan
ese demands were of a moderation
that will astonish the world when they
are disclosed. Japan did not even ask
Russia to promise to move a single
soldier from Manchuria or to renounce
a single right in Manchuria.
The Daily Graphis. dealing with this
same subject, asserts that tho original
draft of the treaty submitted to Rus
sia was drawn up by Baron Kornura in
consultation with Baron de Rosen.
*
TO AMEND ANTI TRUST LAV*.
i * _
I
1 Would Empower United States Attor
neys to Enforce Act.
WASHINGTON — Representative
• Hearst (N. Y.l introduced a bill to
I "empower United States attorneys
| without the direction of the attorney
| general to enforce tho act to protect
! trade and commerce against unlawful
restraints and monopolies."
The bill amends the Sherman anti
trust law to read as follows in sec
tion 4:
“The several circuit courts of the
United States are hereby vested with
jurisdiction to prevent and restrain
violations of this act, and it shall be
the duty of the several district attor
neys of the United States in their re
spective districts to institute proceed
ings in equity to prevent and restrain
such violations. Such proceedings
may be by way of petition, setting
forth the case and praying that such
violations shall be enjoined or other
wise prohibited.
"When the parties complained of
shall have been duly notified of such
petition, tho court shall proceed to
the hearing and determination of the
case, and pending such petition an 1
before final decree the court may at
any time make such temporary re
straining order or prohibition as shall
be deemed just in the premises, but
nothing in this act or in the acts of
which it is amendatory shall be so
construed as to apply to trade unions
or other organizations of labor, or
ganized to deal with hours of labor,
wages or other conditions under which
labor is to be performed.”
RUSSIA IS TO STAND FIRM.
No Concession is to Be Made to the
Japanese.
LONDON—English correspondents
in St. Petersburg refer to an excep
tional honor which has been accord
ed the American press. The corre
spondent of tile Times in St. Peters-,
burg, who considers war inevitable,
declares that the czar's nesifation has
beene overcome and that Russia will
make no concession. He says:
“Up to the present time not a line
of information or apparently a word
of inspiration has been given the Rus
sian press on these serious negotia
tions. although the American press
has been honored with the granting
of an audience to the czar of the rep
resentative of a trans-Atlantic news
agency.’’
DIPLOMATIC BILL PASSES.
Carries Nearly $2.000,OCO—Several Po
litical Speeches Follow.
WASHINGTON—The animation of
Wednesday was completely lacking in
the proceedings of the house Thurs
day. The principal feature of the day
was the rivalry between republican
leaders for the honor of moving an
adjournment.
The diplomatic bill, carrying $1.
995.600, was passed without amend
ment. Everything but the bill was
discussed during its consideration.
Mr. Morrell (Pa.) led with an argu
ment for some system of building up
the American merchant marine. A
democratic political speech by Mr. j
Hamlin of Missouri followed and re
ceived a brief reply from Mr. Fuller
of Illinois. Mr. Lind of Minnesota
spoke for Canadian reciprocity.
DIES RATHER THAN SURRENDER.
Minnesota Doctor Wanted for Embez.
lenient Ends Life.
SAN FRANCISCO—Malcolm de la !
For. doctor, ex-soldier and inventor, !
who was wmnted by the Minneapolis 1
police authorities for embezzlement,
has committed suicide here by tak
ing poison. De la Fer fame to this
city last April from Minneapolis ?n or
der to escape trial for the misuse of
funds entrusted to him.
While in Minneapolis he attained
some distinction as an inventor of
electric railway devices, a number of j
which are at present in use. When i
the SpanislnAmerioan war broke out j
he enlisted in the Thirteenth Minne- j
sota volunteers and was made an as
sistant surgeon, setries with distinc-'
tion in the Philippines.
ROOT TALKS FOR ROOSEVELT.
Glad to Hold Up the President's
Hands.
NEW YORK—EMhu Root was the
guest of members of the Union League
club at dinner Wednesday night. Mr.
Root spoke at some length of the re
gard President McKinley had inspired
in him and reviewed the progress
made in Cuba and the Philippines
since the war with Spain. Speaking
of President Roosevelt, Mr. Root
said:
"1 coant it one of the greatest priv
ileges of my life to have been able
when that sad day came that brought
the death of President McKinley to
hold up tho hands of his true and loy
al successor.”
Health of New York.
ALBANY, N. Y.—The state depart
ment of health, in its bulletin of vital
statistics published Tuesday, states
that there were 127,100 deaths during
the past year in this state, which
make.? a mortality per 1,000 popula
tion of 1G.50.
Czar is Considering It.
RT PETERSBURG.—The czar now
has before hint the report of the spe
cial council on the Russian response.
All the papers relating thereto were
submitted to him Tuesday by the
Grand Duke Alexis and the czar is
giving them earnest consideration. He
had not rendered b.is decision up to
G o’clock Tuesday evening and it is
authoritatively said it may possibly
be several days before the response is
forwarded to Tokio.. Prices on the
bourse are again weak, 4 per cents
falling a point.
| KILLED BY A SHOT
REBELS FIRE ON AMERICANS,
KILLING THE ENCINEER.
_
ACTION OF MINISTER POWELL
I ■ -
Drastic Measures to Avenge the Am
erican’s Death—All the Houses Out
side of the City Walls of San Do
mingo Pillaged.
| SAN DOMINGO.—The Insurgents on
I Friday deliberately fired on the launch
of the auxiliary cruiser Yankee, kill
ing J. Johnston, the engineer. The
bullet entered his head above the eye.
Fnited States Minister Powell has
directed the captain of the Yankee to
take drastic measures to avenge
Johnston's death and this insult to
the American (lag. Johnston will be
buried on shore this afternoon.
The German consul here has re
quested United States Minister Powell
to afford protection to Herr Worman.
the German vice consul, that he might
bring his family Into the city, as the
insurgents have given Mr. Worman
forty-eight hours to leave where he
is or suffer the consequences.
Air. rowrii secureu a guaru ui
sixty men from the cruiser Columbia
and informed 'lie government that it
was the intention of the German con
sul and himself to bring Herr Wor
man’s family into *the city and asked
the government that its troops not
fire upon this party while it was on
its mission. He said that if fired upon
this party would protect themselves.
The guard started out. As soon as
they passed outside the city they were
covered by the guns of the Columbia.
No attack was made and the Worman
family and their belongings were
brought back here in safety.
All the houses outside the city walls
have been pillaged. The insurgents
are desperate and are destroying for
eign property wherever they find it.
Mr. Powell has received urgent ap
peals to protect foreign property
against this pillaging and the Colum
bia may be compelled to land marines
to do so. The firing around the city
continues. The situation is serious,
the prices of provisions are very high
and the poor are suffering from want
of food.
The funeral of Johnston took place
yesterday. The body was escorted
to the grave by a detachment of ma
rines, bluejackets and officers from
the Yankee, headed by the ship’s band.
United States Minister Powell, the
American consul and vice consul, and
nearly all the diplomatic and consu
lar ••epresentatives here went to the
funeral.
FIVE CHILDREN BURN TO DEATH.
Mother Unconscious and Fatally Burn
ed in the Hospital.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, la.—Five chil
dren were burned to death and the
mother fatally burned in a tiro which
consumed the homo of Peter Christen
sen, 1C02 South Tenth street. Council
£> luffs. shortly after midnight Monday.
The dead are:
Etna Christensen, aged 11.
Frank Christensen, aged 8.
Lila Christensen, aged 5.
James Christensen, aged 2.
Peter Christensen, baby, aged 6
months.
Fatally burned:
Mrs. Dora Christensen, mother of
the children.
The bodies of four of the children
have been recovered from the ruins,
'nit they are so badly burned that they
are unrecognizable.
The mother has been taken to the
hospital in an unconscious condition,
and ns hopos are entertained for her
recovery.
Seventeen Cents for Cotton.
NEW YORK.—July cotton sold
above 17 cents a pound Monday. The
market opened excited and higher.
Notwithstanding the sensational ad
vances of Saturday, Liverpool again
cabled higher prices than expected
and the opening here was strong at
an advance of 6 to 20 points, carrying
July through to 17-cent mark and
making new high records. Following
the call the market advanced still
further, though in a somewhat Irreg
ular fashion, with March before the
end of the first half hour reaching
16.80c.
Increase of Public Debt.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The moi"h
ly atatcL.eul of the public debt shows
tha* it the close of January .70 the
total deb*, less cash in the treasury,
amounted to $915,062,543, which is
an increase of $911,663 as compared
with the preceding month. Tuia in
crease is accounted for by n n>ra
spcnding decrease m the cash on
hand.
More Cardinals are Wanted.
ROME.—It seems more and more
likely that the pope will meet the
visit* s of the Brazilian government
hy creating the archbishop of Rio .la
neiro a cardinal, the pontiff remarking
In this connection that Brazil con
tains over 15,000,000 catholics.
Bell Company Loses Suit.
BOSTON—The American Boll Tel
ephone company is ordered by Judge
Colt of the United States circuit court
to give an accounting to the West
ern Union Telegraph company, the
successful plaintiff in a damage suit
involving millions or dollars. Judge
Colt has also appointed Everett W.
liurdett special master to take charge
of the company and secure all evi
dence that may bo piesented. The
salt was brought to recover royalties
in the American Beil company on cer
tain inventions.
SENATOR DIETRICH APPEARC
His Presence In the Chamber Bring
Many Friends to His Desk.
Washington. — senator Dietrici
made his first appearance on the floo
of the senate Monday morning sinci
his return to Washington. His pres
ence tn the chamber brought man;
friends to his desk and until the son
ate was called to order he held quiti
a levee. Among the first to gree
Senator Dietrich were Senators Alii
son and Aldrich, then closely follow
ing came Senator Burrows, chairmar
of the committee on privileges am
elections, and Senator Hoar, who bm
a day or two ago returned to the sen
ate after a month's absence on ac
count of the sickness and death o;
his beloved wife. Senator Platt o;
Connecticut and Senator Spooner eon
gratulated the senator on his return
Senr.torR Dubois and Cockrell from the
other side came over with expressions
of good fellowship.
Senator Dietrich showed in his man
ner a thorough appreciation of th<
warm and kindly greetings of his col
leagues. The senior senator from
Nebraska, however, had determined tc
demand an investigation at the hands
of the body to which he was accrect
ited by the legislature of his state
and in consequence he could not oth
* than feel, as later developed
that he was sitting in the senate tin
e’er charges that had not been cleared
up to his liking at home and he told
his friends that he had determined tc
ask an investigation at the hands ol
me senate.
IOWA HAS TWO GUNS BLOWN UP.
Board of Inspection Testing Battery
of Big Battleship.
WASHINGTON. — Captain Train
president of the Board of Inspection
and Survey, telegraphs to the Navy
department from Fort Monroe that
while the Board of Inspection was
testing the battery on the battleship
Iowa both guns in the starboard for
ward eight-inch turret blew off their
muzzles. No damage was done except
to the guns and one whale boat.
Immediately on receipt of the tele
gram announcing the accident Secre
tary Moody sent a dispatch calling for
full details and ordering the Iowa to
proceed at once to New York for ex
amination and repairs. This second
explosion on the Iowa in less than a
year has cast a gloom over the offi
cials of the navy department. The
cause of the explosion off Panama
last year, in which there was a loss
of life and considerable damage to
the ship, remains a mystery.
TELLS OF ALASKAN DISPUTE.
British Government Issues Circular
Giving History of Case.
LONDON.—A white paper giving
the facts regarding the Alaskan
( boundary, beginning with the late
Ixird Salisbury's proposal, July' 1,
1899. to submit the question, together
with the award of the tribunal and
the reasons for judgment of the com
missioners, was published Tuesday.
The contents are already history. The
paper closes with a letter from Clif
ford Sifton, Canadian minister of the
interior, who was agent of Great
Britain in the Alaskan boundary ques
tion. to Lord Lansdowne, dated Oc
tober 22, 1903, expressing apprecia
tion of the work of all those who
were associated with him in present
ing the British case, to which Lori
Lansdowne replied October 30, ex
pressing the king’s approval of the
ability and zeal with which the Brit
ish interests had been advocated.
FIND BODIES OF THE BARKERS.
Had Been Shot and Killed and Then
Buried in a Cattle Shed.
INAVALE, Neb.—Great excitement
prevails in this community over the
discovery of the bodies of Dan Bar
ker and wife, who were murdered last
Sunday night. The bodies wore found
in a shallow grave in a cattle shed,
clothed only in their sleeping gar
ments. Bullets front a revolver which
had pierced the man and his wife told
the story of the gruesome affair. There
were two bullet holes in Barker’s neck
and breast and one in Mrs. Barker's
breast.
Frank Barker, the murdered man ?
brother, is held in jail suspected ol
the crime. Although he strenuously
denies his guilt, circumstantial evt
dence points very strongly to him and
It is feared that he will he lynched
by the infuriated citizens. The sher
iff of Webster county is exercising ev
cry precaution to protect his prisoner
MRS. MAYBRICK’S NEW JAIL.
Is at Convalescent Home Ready fO'
Release ir> the Summer.
LONDON—Replying to a questloi
in the house of commons Thursday
Home Secretary Akers-Douglas con
firmed the reports that Mrs. Florenct
Mavbrick had been removed fron
Allesbury prison to a convalcscen
home, where she will remain unti
summer, when she will be allowed he,
freedom, and said that she had beet
granted a license under the penal ser
vitude act.
in accordance with Mrs. Maybrick’s
earnest desire, Akers-Douglas wll
not make public details as to the tint*
or place of her release.
Says It Looks Threatening.
LONDON—Baron Ilayassi. Japan
ese minister to Great Britain, describ
ed the situation in the far east or
Wednesday as "Certainly very threat
ening,” hut said that everything de
pended upon Russia's reply. "it j<,
highly improbable,’’ the minister con
tinned, “that Russia will make an ag
gressive move before the Japanese
government has received and consider
ed the Russian reply, wiiat Russia
wishes to do Is to throw the respon
sibility of taking the Initiative upon
japan."
• „ „ -r,’n ‘»it f.ttr
Pn Cr-ci Faymt-nU, PEVIEAI. CHOICE FA1»m
( bcndterlut J.Ml LUAlX, Sioux City.
| A New Portrait of Washington,
i Notable among the February Cen
: tury’s illustrations will ba a full-page
■ portrait of General Washington, the
• copy oi an original painting now for
i the first time introduced to the notice
of the general public. The portrait
! wa* made from life by Dr. Elisba Cui
i ^ len Dick, of Alexandria, Virginia, in
■! 1 < i#7, and The Century’s representa
j ^on taken from an excellent photo
graph of the original made by Getz of
Baltimore. In size the portrait is.
! about fourteen by sixteen inches; it is
an excellent state of preservation, tho
colors being still fresh and bright,
and is surrounded by a beveled giit
frame about two inches wide, which
shows the marks of age and is believ
ed to be the original one in which the
picture was placed.
Insist on Getting it.
Some grocers say they don't keep De
fiance Starch because they have a stock
In hand of 1_’ oz. brands, which they
know cannot In- sold to a customer wh">
has once used the 111 oz parka tie. De
fiance Starch for same money.
Children are of two kinds, ours anti
others.
The February everybody's.
The February Everybody’s has an
other lirst-class ’scoop”—nothing less
than a statement of what the demo
cratic party now stands for. by the
new leader of the democracy in the
house—Congressman John Sharp Wil
liams. Another competent feature is
Emory It. Johnson's explanation of
’’What the Panama Canal will do for
the Country.” The author is a mem
ber of the Isthmian Canal Commission
who devoted his attention to collect
ing the statistics which should demon
strate the economical value of the
great waterway, and he is the chief
expert in American on his subject. If
excellence in magazine-making con
sists in combining authority with en
tertainment. this February Every
body’s should find even greater favor
than its predecessors.
Feet Comfortable Ever Since.
“IsufTcred for years with mvfnet. A friend
recommended ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE. I
used two boxes of the powder, and my feet
have been entirely comfortable ever since.
ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE is certainly a god
send to me. Win L. Swnrmstedt.Washing
ton, D. C.” Sold by ay Druggists, iiac.
Do not take your freedom for li
cense.
Innovation by Theaters.
The Chicago theater managers, or
at least some of them, havo hit on a
sensible plan which will be put into
effpet as soon as the theaters ope*-;
A plan of the house will be painted
on the asbestos curtain, which will be
used often, and in this way patrons
may become familiar with, the loca
tions of the exits.
“Abrictonlne.”
In a recent novel George Ohnet call
ed one of the products which his prin
cipal character placed on the market
"Abrietonine.” He was not aware at
the time that a liquor of that name
actually existed, but its manufacturer
promptly brought an action for dam
ages. The civil tribunal of the Seine
gave its decision against the novelist.
While it exonerated M. Ohnet from
malicious intent, it held that Ignor
ance was no excuse, and that it wa?
the duty of writers to satisfy them
selves that products to which they in
tended to refer did not exist. In this
case, added the court. M. Ohnet could
easily have consulted the register of
trade marks. Consequently the court
ordered the passages objected to be
erased from the book, under a pen
alty of 10 francs a copy, while the
plaintiff was awarded 500 francs dam
ages. and the right to have the judg
ment inserted in two newspapers.
Gratitude Well Expressed.
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., Feb. 8th.—'
Mr. C. L. Smith, painter and decora
tor, whose home is at 309 Anne street,
this eity, makes the following state
ment:
"1 was laid up with some kind of
pains. Some said it was Lumbago,
others Sciatica, and others again
Rheumatism. A few of my friends
suggested that it was lead poison,
but whatever It was It gave me a
great deal of pain, in fact, almost
completely crippled me. 1 had to use
two canes to walk about and even
then it was a very painful task.
"A friend advised me to try Dodd’s
Kidney Pills and I began the treat
ment. After I had used the first box
I was able to throw away one of the
canes and was considerably improv
ed. The second box straightened me
tip so that I could go about free from
pain without any assistance and very
soon after I was completely cured,
well and happy, without a pain or an
ache. Dodd’s Kidney Pills seemed to
go right to the spot in my case and
they will always have my greatest
praise.”
When a man begins to edit the Bible
to suit himself, it is time to audit his
accounts to protect yourself.
-
MEXICAN
Mustang Liniment
Is a positive cure for Piles.
WINTER
TOURS.
This is tne season when yon want to go South
Texiis, Arizona, Old Mexico and California ate
inviting. The rates are reasonable. Let us
suggest that you include one of the tourist te
sorts in these States in your trip Tell ut
where you want to go. an,I we'll supply you
with guide books and full information.
See Katy’s Agent, or write
GEORGE MORTON,
o. F A.. K. a T. KV.,
St. Louis, Mo.