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VOLUME 7, NUMBER 11
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CIiiu'Ioh H. Mellon, president of Iho
Now York, New 1 In von & Hartford
railroad, visited tho Wlillo house,
March 11), and hold a thirty-live min
ute conference with the president. Mr.
Molleu'H viHll was the outcome of a
call made upon Mr. Koosevolt by J.
IMorpont Morgan.
Mr. Itrynn celebrated IiIh forty
Kovonlh blrlhday an the gue.sl of tho
Uinciimatl democratic club.
Socrelary of Iho Interior fJnrfiold
Announces that steps arc under way
in Iho general laud olllce lo cancel Iho
proofs .by which Coo I. Crawford, gov
ernor of South Dakota, obtained pos
session of certain public lands in that,
stale. Crawford being Iho republican
candidate was elected governor last
fall.
Secretary Garfield says: "Crlmln.il
prosecutions in tho case are now
barred by tho statute of limitations.
The commutation proofs, however, up
on which tho Investigation was lirst:
started are now under suspension and
those can bo canceled. Stops aro now
under way In tho general land ofllco
to take that action. This appears to
bo all Unit can be done In Iho matter."
Seven fy-flvo Indictments have boon
returned in San Francisco again.sl
various persons. Concerning these In
dictments tho Associated Tress says:
'V'JMicy reveal an amazing story of 'al
leged graft and corruption that sur
passes tho boodle cases of St. Louts,
ranks with tho Minneapolis exposo and
Is only eclipsed in tho amount of
money passed, but not In its ramlllcn
Itons and organization by the famous
Tweed ring of Ncnv York. Of the In
dictments returned sixty-live are
against Abraham Huof, for years tho
political boss of San Francisco, charg
lug him with bribing tho board of su
pervisors to grant franchises to tho
United Railroads, tho Homo Telephone
company, tho San Francisco Gas and
Electric eompany and the so-called
'prize light trust.'"
hundred thousand Inhabitants or
more.
To provide an enactment with an
emergency clause for the suppression
of race track gambling.
To consider any other subject that
may be submitted by special message
during tho session.
General Theodore .7. Wint, com
manding the department of tho Mis
souri with headquarters at Omaha,
died suddenly at Philadelphia, aged
sixty-two.
th commission -which will be filled by
the appointment of former Senator Jo
soph 0. S. Blackburn of Kentucky.
As chairman Colonel Goethal will -e-celve
a salary of $15,000 annually,
Majors Calllard and Sibert and Civil
Engineer Bosscnu $11,000 each, and
Dr. Gorgas, Jackson, Smith and Mr.
Blackburn $10,000 each."
The Wisconsin legislature will
choose a successor to Senator Spoouer
May 14.
heavy. Immediately after receipt of
these dispatches telegraphic commun
ication was interrupted and the only
news of the final day of the battle
has come from Nicaraguan . sources,
which claim that the allies were de
feated willi 1,000 killed and wounded.
United States Judge Emory Speer
at Macon, Ga., has upheld the consti
tutionality of the employe's liability
law enacted by the last congress.
A dispatch from Washington relat
ing to the war in South America fol
lows: "nine jackets and marines have
boon landed from tho United Stales
gunboat Marietta at Trujillo and
Celha and probably at Puerto Cortex,
Honduras in order to protect Ameri
can Interests In those ports. Advices
to this effect wore received today at
tho navy department from Commander
Fullani of tho Marietta and they
wore at once transmitted to the slate
department. As yet no word has been
iccolved as to whether forces have
boon landed at Central American
ports on tho Pacific coast side, but
undoubtedly this stop will bo taken if
American interests aro considered in
danger."
A dispatch from Washington says:
'"raft has reconsidered his original
opinion of March 7 relative to the
eight-hour law and Its application to
employes on river aud harbor works.
Then he hold that the law applied to
every person connected with the work
on dredges and steamers of various
kinds, while he is now of tho opinion
that It affects only mechanics and la
borers and does not change the pres
ent hours of work of captains, cooks,
deck hands, pilots and the like."
Tho lower house of the Nebraska
legislature has pased the terminal
taxation bill.
' It. Is proposed that tho United Stales
and Mexico act jointly In putting a
slop to Iho war In Central America.
Governor Folk has called an extra
session of the Missouri legislature for
April 0. The subjects for oonsldor.i
tlon named In tho call are as follows:
To enact such legislation as mav be
necessary to proVide for tho regula
tion of rates of public corporations.
To control dramshops.
To provide legislative enactments
for tho enforcement of tho dramshop
laws throughout tho stale.
To provide for the recall or removal
of derelict otllclals.
To enact laws relating to the police
systems of cities of this state of. one
Former United States Senator Jo
seph It. Burton has boon released from
the jail at Tronton, Mo. lie went im
mediately to his home at Abilene, Kan.
Charging a deliberate conspiracy to
stifle any competition in transportation
facilities by bringing about a combina
tion of the city's traction linos, a peti
tion has boon tiled by William Ran
dolph Hearst with Attorney General
Jackson asking that legal proceedings
be instituted, in tho name of tho peo
ple of tho state of Now York, lo bring
about tho dissolution of the Ityan
Bolmont merger.
The petitioner makes tho charge, and
cites evidence In corroboration, that
-Thomas F. Ryan, with his associates
In tho old Metropolitan company, and
August Belmont, with his associates
hi the Tntorborough, deliberately con
spired to deprive the people of this
city of adequate transportation facil
ities, prevent competition and create
a monopoly by the consolidation of
their two systems.
Changes in the local government in
the canal zone, which will abolish all
the municipal governments now in ex
istence and result in the harmonizing
of various departments of the zone,
are to become effective April 15. Pres
ident Roosevelt has signed executive
orders providing for wholesale changes
and Richard Rogers, general counsel
for tho isthmian canal commission,
will go to the canal zone with Secre
tary Taft and remain there for some
time to assist in re-organizing the
government.
Gov. Coe I. Crawford of South Da
kota, when asked for a statement In
regard to the charges made by Secre
tary of the Interior Garfield, alleging
fraud on tho part of Governor Craw
ford in proving up on public lands in
South Dakota, has issued a statement
In which he declares the charges to
be unfounded and instigated by polit
ical enemies.
ODD FACTS ABOUT EYES
Prof. Stirling in his lecture on eyes
at 1ne Royal Institution yesterday
gave some instruction in the art of
winking. "It requires a veritable cd
ucaliou to wink," he remarked, "al
though 'blinking' is very simple."
Ho told the audience many strange
tilings about their eyes. The eye
lashes, for inslaree, contain from 100
to 150 hairs on the upper and SO to 00
on the lower lid; these hairs are re
placed about every 100 days. "Rub
your finger outward along your eye
brows," he advised, "and you will ex
rerienee a most pleasant sensation:
rub in the opposite direction and you
will have a revelation of the exquisite
sensitiveness of your eyes."
Tears are of three kinds, he con
tinued: "1. Natural tears, the little flood
which nature secrets in the eye to
wash away all the dust particles.
"2. Psychic tears, which flow when
minds are for the moment unbalanced,
aud
"3. Alcoholic tears.
"Tears do not always overflow, be
cause there is just a little oily secre
tion along the edges of our eyelids
which keeps the fluid back.
"Tho Japanese have a peculiar over
lapping fold, which obscures the real
edge of the eyelid. That is why their
eyes look 'slanting.' And babies" Sll
tho .mothers in the room bent forward
"have just the same fold ' on their
eyes, if you look for it." London
Mail.
An Associated Press dispatch from
Y ashing! on follows: "Secretary Taft
today announced that Lieutenant Col
onel CJoethals would succeed Mr. Stev
ens as chairman of tho Isthmian canal
commission and engineer in charge of
the canal work on April 1. When Col
onel Goethals becomes chairman by
promotion from the grade of com
missioner there will be a vacancy in
THE PRIMARY PLEDGE
I promise loattoi-d all the primaries of my party to be held between
now and the next Democ alio National Convention, unless unavoidably
prevented, and toue my inlluence to secure a clear, honest and straight-
KnM?,t,0n f l,llG ' lUty '8 Piiti011 C D 0Ver (i"eStiCn "P "
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Former TJ. S. Senator Burton after
being released from the Ironton Co.,
Missouri jail was given a reception
by bis old neighbors at Abilene, Kas.
Ho delivered a speech in which he
said that he had not been guilty of
a crime and that Thoedore Roosevelt
had persecuted him because he had
not, as senator, done everything Mr."
Roosevelt desired.
Associated Tress dispatches on
Tuesday announced the capture by
Nicaraguan troops of tho city of
Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras.
It is generally conceded that if tills
is true the war is practically ended.
The ITondurans tell of horrible out
rages perpetrated by the Nicaraguan
troops. ITondurans in the interior
have added to their country's troubles
by rebelling and attacking smaller
towns for the purposes of loot.
Americans have suffered great loss by
reason of the damage done to the
banana industry. Shipments have
fallen off 75 per cent. The American
gunboat Marietta is credited with do
ing good service in the interests of
Americans when Nicaragua captured
the Honduran port of Trujillo. The
battle of Los Portillos de Namasique,
which the Nicaraguans claimed ended
in disaster to the allied Honduran
and Salvadorean armies, was reported
by ofilclals at the capital of Honduras
as probably the greatest battle in the
history of Central America. On the
second day of the battle these dis
patches announced that 10,000 were
engaged; that the allies, after forcing
the Nicaraguan outposts, had trained
sixty cannon on the enemy's main en
trenchments, which were on a hill
and the mortality on both sides was
THE EVAPORATING ELM
Do you know to what extent trees
aid in the evaporation of the water
which goes to form rain clouds? If
you don't, there are some interesting
surprises awaiting you such, for ex
ample, as the fact that a full grown
elm tree is capable of sucking up and
throwing off into the air seven tons
of water in the course of a single fair
day. No, it is not a typographical
error seven tons, I say more than
enough water to till a tank five feet
square by ten feet deep.
Now, what if you cut that tree
down? Don't you exercise an influ
ence over the rainfall in some part
of the world? Brooklyn Eagle.
Faint Spells
are very often attributed to biliousness, ana
the stomaoh is treated to cathartics.
That's wrong.
Faint spoils are often accompanied by bili
ousness, but you will also notioo shortness of
breath, asthmatio breathing, oppressed feel
ing in chest, weak or hungry spells, whioh aro
all early symptoms of heart weakness.
Don't make the mistake of treating tho stom
ach when tho heart is tho source of tho trouble.
Dr. Miles'
New Heart Cvire
will strengthen the nerves and niusoles of tho
heart, and tho fainting spells, together with
another heart troubles, will disappear. -
jy.?T yoa,r? 1B0 l was yery low with heart
trouble, could hardly walk. One day I had
fainting spoil, and thought I would die. Soon
Hr VW11 1llInB Dr- Miles' Heart Cure, and
after taking three bottles I fool that I am
VitoAn' EPFIE 0li0UGH' Ellsworth
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