THE LOS ANGELES LIMrrED
CINEMATOGRAPH.
When the contlnt'nt threndlng llrnln
of the crentor of the Union Poclflo
short line , mno ( It ( the IIno ) ho prob.
abb' hnel no Illen or the HOIIIO or the
prnlrlo IInel or the W'ost. 'fho Imrty at
cost11 ! ' nowspnllor mon plo 'ed this
mUe nmusclllent 'Behelllo ' to n finish.
Out "r Chlt'aro thor rolled , these
men willi the wl'hht : of many' '
"scoops , " "excluRlvos , " "heats" or
what 'ou will , rolloel err their shaul.
ders nnd with nothing worse In the
. wn ) ' of "nnlt . limn n tl'nvelltl cnll
solecteel accore1lng to ullln's9. llut-
once out on Iho pralrlo nil the nntlve
mollcs13' or the horn nowspnller mnn I
wns tunnloll ! out or his s 'stom or
tholr R 'stomR h ' the underground
worle or the Union Pacific netvertlslng
exports. From somewhere In the
bowels "Or Iho trnln there hove n
strnngo shopo cnrrylng somothtng thnt
] ooleod 111(0 n trlpoel tenelerroot. 1l
W B the essontlnl point or the hl
gnmo or the west. Soon the pnrty
stopped. It wns mt1es rrom nowhere
and the sandstone renred their henetll
up to nn unsmiling cloud that seemed
a continuation of the desert below.
"Whnt Is the mntter ? " wns IIs1eed hy
those who hnd Ume. 'I'hose who did
not have tlmo were wntchlng the
scenery on the docle. With visIons of
a wrecle mndo h ) ' n bnnd or Indians
r'hJarsln for Dufflilo Dill's Wt1d
'Vest Show , with themselves as the
rohearsees , the travellers gleefully
dlsombarked. Arler these nboard had
tnltcn stocle of tholr dignities. Includ.
Ing Dorranco's ( Now York Trlhuno )
fur slippers , Hnzlett's ( Plttsbur
r eaeler ) hallltln ability , O'Donnell's
( pJttshurg Dispatch ) spllynxlno aIr
nnd n few others It was founel thnt nll
' \Vero unhurt hnt thnt somothlng was
goIng 10 happen. Ah ! It wns the first
fntal fnlse step. The game was on.
Atter thnt It wns plnyod at nll sunny
hours. There nro plnces between
New Yorle anll Los Angeles that some
dny , will have monuments erected to
commomornto the plnces "Wllorowe-
hndourplctllr sl nlten. " It you go to
Snit L.1lee , "That'swllerowehadourplc.
turestalccn. " Or' Lucky Daldwln's
rnnch , near the U. P. end , that too
Is "Wllerowolmdourplcturestnleen. " Or
should ) 'ou care to vIew the glorIes of
Pllsndenn. there ) 'ou will find the spot
"Wherewehndourplcturestnleen. " Dut
It w.1s a great cnmora. It must hnvo
been.
Chinese Hand.Made Papers.
The Chlneso hnnd.mndo IJ pers nre
mndo mostly of rico strnw nnd nre
colored or staIned on ono sldo by
band. 'rho vIsiting cnrds , which arE
thln , octavo sheets , nro colored crim.
son i 111110 red Is usell for bills , yel.
low , sprlnlt1ed wIth sold or green
for wrapping goods , orange for wed.
dings. and so on through Cho list.
Balls and Bats In California.
Callfornlnns but. moro bnsoballs nnd
bnts with whleh to Dlay the nntlonal
game thnn the people of any other
state In the union In pl'oportlon to
pollUlatlon. Close to 50,000 baUs nnd
20,000 lJats are annually required to
aUllply the demallll created lJy the
strong hold whlcil the great AmerIcan
snmo hns secured In the state.
A NEW DEPARTURE IN SPEED.
On , Monday , l obrllary 19th the Dig
Four Ry. Innuguratel } a now fast traIn
130rvlce , ChIcago to Clnclnnntl , leavIng
ChIcago 11 : 30 p. m. , arrivIng IndIan.
apolls 4.10 : , CIncInnati 7:4f : a. m. . con.
sumlng eIght hours nnd fUteen mIn.
utes coverIng three hundred miles of
dIstance.
' 1'hls I3chedulo Is the sarno as the .
fastest tlmo IUndo IJr dny.lIght trnlns
between alJovo cIties , nnd will mal < o
but ono stop , nt 111111anapolls. The
traIn will consIst of Pullmnn's Intest
sleepers , ladles' conch and smoltlng
car ChIcago to Clnclnnntl , with n local
aleoper Chlcnso to Indlnnnpolls nnd
sldotrncleed nt Intter place for occu.
pancy until 7 n. m.
ThIs w111 bo a passenger trnln cn.
tlrely nnd no express or mnll will bo
handled. ThIs will nllow patrons to
visit the theater or theIr frIends before -
fore loavlng ChIcago and they cnn eat
breakfnst In CIncinnati next mornIng.
For tlcleols and resorvallons on thIs
traIn apply to all tlcltOt ngents or I.
P. Splnlng , General Northern Agent ,
238 Clnrle St. , Chlcngo.
Romans Ate Oysters.
The ancIent Romnns were grent oys.
tor oplcures. They ate the bIvalves In
Immense uumbors , and were able to
toU , with eyes closed , just what coast
they came from.
Aaed People In 1,000.
In France , out of every 1'.000 Inhab.
ltants , 123 nro old peopo of moro
than sIxty years , as ag"alnst 73 In i
England and 79 In Qermany.
Boston's Fondness for Beans.
Mal'o money Is spent each yea.r In
Boston In buyIng ba.leed beans thM
would buy the largest battloshlp In the
United States nav ' .
fN j RHE Rr
If you think yotthavc heart dis.
ease you are only one of n countless
number that arc deceived by indi.
ge tion into beHeving the bc.-u1 : is
nffected.
Lane's Family
Medicine
tha tonic.laxative , will get your
stonmch back into good condition
and then the chances arc ten to on
that you will htl\'o no more symptoms -
toms of heart disease.
Sold by all denIers at 2SC. and'Soc. .
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Bill Will PASS
PRACTICALLY AS IT C Pr1E FROM
LClWER HOUSE. .
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SENATO S 'COME ' TO ROOSEVELT
No Hope For An Amendment for Ju.
dlclal Review-Outlook for State.
Hood Measure Is Not of nn En.
Cournglngly Chnracter.
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W ASIIINO'rON-'J'hnt the rnllroad
ralo hill will ho If\lsed by the Ronnto
prnctlcally as It cl1.lno from the house
Is nn nehnlssloll that the opponents or
Iho measure arc nlrllost ready to malec.
It wns ndl11lUCII that the } ' cnnnot hOllO
for an ) ' asslllnnco from the presIdent
In golllng nn umolllimont for jUlllclal
rovlow of orders In the Interstate COllI'
merco cOl11mlsslon.
'rho Ilrosidont mnelo this clear to
Sonalors Crane und Spooner. The
only hope 10ft to the ollllOnents of the
measure Is In lho democrnts. They
hnvo not doflnltely delormlned what
the II rty IlOsltion will ho toward such
nn nmondment , hut It Is nelmllted that
moro than hnlf of tho' minority favor
passing the hili oxnctly ns It came .
from the hottso.
'rho rnllroad rate hill for several
dars had heen rognrded ns the ono
monsuro standing In the wny of an
earl ) ' neljournment of congress. Ono
or the ] endlng rOIJIlhllcnn sonntors , n
momhor oC the steering commltteo. declared -
clared today that "tho Phlllpplno tariff
hili , the stntehood hili and the Santo
DomIngo treaty are an dead. "
110 qualifIed his stlltemont concern.
Ing the stalehood hili hy sayIng that
ho meant that the frIends of the bill
could no IIalS It without the Foraleor
nmendment. provIding for the submls.
slon to the votes of the people of Now
l\Iexlco nnd ArIzona separatelY the
question whether they would have
joInt statehood. A 11011 of the senate
today shows that It voted upon now
the l.'ornleor amendment would wIn , 48
to 40. provIdIng the entlro vote of the
Bonato was cast. A vote on the Phil.
IplIno ! tnrlrr hili In commltteo Is sched.
uled for today.
A hasty poll of the senate Indicates
thnt If brought to a vote the Phlllpplno
tarIff bill will bo defented by n much
Inrger vote than was found for the
Foralcor nmendment to the statehood
bill.
bill.In
In the event the 11111 Is defented In
the commltteo the opponents have ox.
pressed the Intention of malclng a mo.
tlon In the senate to have the commIttee -
tee dlsehnrged for further consldera.
tlon or the mensuro and lima finally
dlsposo of It by a test vote on such a
mollon. '
Practlcnlly nll of the senate lemlers
concede that the Snnto Domingo treaty
will bo defeated If brought to a vote
and the plan generally favored Is to
defeat the treaty as early ns posslblo
and thus avoid contlnucd dIscussIon of
It.
SENDS MONEY TO JAPANESE.
AmerIcan Red Cross Goclety Helps
Famine Sufferers.
W ASIlINGTON.-'t'ho American nn.
tlonnl Hod Cross through the state department -
partment cabled to the Jalmneso Hed
Cross $ f , OOO , maltIng a total of $25,000
contributed by the Amorlcan people
nnd transmitted to Jalmn through that
organIzation for the relief of the suf.
ferers In the famIne strlcleen pro-
vInces.
'rho latest omclnl report from .Tllpnn
shows thnt thousands are destttuto
nnel that the famlno Is the result of
an almost total failure of the rico
crops , duo to an unuBunlly cold and
ralnr summer , and the ahsonce from
the rIco fiolels of the ahle.hoelled tillers
of the soli who were sorvlng their
country In the battlefields of Man.
ch urla.
A NEW COO ROAD
TO EACH PIKE'S PEAI (
COLORADO SPRINGS.-Tho owners
Dt the Pllco's Penle eeg rullway nro
nogotlatlng for pntent rIghts under
whIch they propose to construct an nlr
1Ino road up the east slope of the peole
to the summIt. The project contem'
plates the use of sovornl Inc1lnes , the
motlvo power on whIch Is covered b '
the patents In quesllon. ThIs lIne will
replace tllO llrosont cog wheoll'oad and
at the sarno tlmo maleo n finer scenic
route than the present ono , and will
bo In use for prnctlcallY the whole
year.
Wall Street Prices Tumble.
NEW YOHK-IIeav ' IIqulllation wns
preclpltntedln the stocle mnrlcct h ) ' the
call1ng of loans ane } the forcIng out of
speculatlvo holcllngs br large po01s.
There was no conspicuous development -
mont In the situation outsldo or the ac.
tlvlty In the mone } ' to account for the
wealenoss , hut a feeling or distrust ever
the S110culntlvo situation whIch has
been growl11g , reached n sudden cui.
mlnatlon. Declines were vIolent and
practically no sUPllort developed In
the wa ' of sumclent demnnd to arrest
the decllno.
Postofflce Appropriation.
W ASHINGTON-'fho suh commlttoo
of the house commltteo on postotllces
and post rends , whIch has heen consld.
orlng npproprlatlons for the Ilostomco
department , practlcnllr comilleted a
bill Welnosdar fixing the nllilrollria.
tlon for the dopartmcnt nt 'W2.000,000.
or $10.000,00U moro thnn the first np.
proprlatlon. The bill provIdes for
some sweoillng damages In the depart.
mont's methods and contaIns a Ilrovl.
slon to prevent the shillmont or an "
thIng but actual mall matter through
the mnlls by the governlUont.
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THE PEACEMAKEft. :
PresIdent Acts :1 : : C3ueh In Miner
Troubles.
NgW YOHK-ProMldont. Hoe ! < , volt
has lignin Intorcvonud IHI n poaculllnltor
hotwuon the coni miners and olloratorn
nnel nil the rCl'lIIlt ' of a loller adelroRRecl
hy him to .John J\tIlrholl , Ilresidont of
the 1\lIno WOI'leers uf Amorlcn , ana.
tlonal cunventlon will ho hold at In.
IlInnllllolla l\lnl'e' \ 1 1j [ to , lry to rench nn
IIgreonwn t wllh I ho soft coal ollem.
turs wllh the hope of averting the
U'eatoned strtllO of AIlrtl 1 In the hi.
tlllllinous cOlli fields. 'fho prosldent's
lellor nnd the annuuncoment that the
Imtlonlll cuuvuutlon would ho cal1eel
were mndo IJllhUc hy Mr. 1\tltcholl ,
acter n Ions conflronco with 1"rIlncls 1. . .
Hohhlns , Ilreshiont of the PIllHhurg
Coal comlHlUY IInel chnlrman or the bl.
tumlnous oJlerntol's , who came to Now
York. Also Ill'escnt nt thIs conference
were W. C. Peny or the Soulhwestern
Coal assocllltion and B. 1. ' . Bush , rep.
resenting the sort coal Interests nl1lcd
with the Oouhl railroads.
'rho llrcsldent's letter to Mr. MIt.
chell foIiOWR !
WHl'l'.M HUUHl1 , WashIngton , 1"eb. :
24.-Slr : I note wIth vor ' great con.
corn the fallll1'O or 'our late conven.
tlon on the Joint Intel'stato agreement
to como to a IlI\sls of sotllement of the
hltnmlnous mining scale of wages. You
In this busIness have enjo'ed n grent
Industrial Ileace for mnny ) 'ears ,
thanles to the joint ngroement that has
resultell In the actton of your succos.
slvo convonllons.
A strllto such liS Is threatened April
1 Is n monl\ce to the Iwaco and gen.
eral welfare of the countr } ' . 1 urge
) 'ou to maleo Il further effort to avoId
such n cnlamlty.
You and 1\11' . Rohhlns are joInt
chnlrmon of the trade agreement com-
mltteo or the ! 'Inltonal Utvlc federation -
tion , and It seems to l11e thnt this 1m.
poses additional duty upon 'ou both
and gIves an additional reason why
each of 'ou should join In maldng n
further effort. Very resllCctfull ' ,
'rllEODOHE HOOSEVElJT.
The conference l1ld not adjourn
until nearly H o'clock at nIght. when
Mr. Mitchell announced that after the
reading of President Hoosovelt's let.
ter It was agreed by both hImself and
the operators that the national con.
ventlon shoulll ho called. 'rho miners
were In session recently nt Indlanap-
01ls , but failed to reach an ngrcoment
with the ollorators. PresIdent 1\I1t-
chelt hlmsett has been quoted as say.
Ing that so far as he Imew there certaInlY -
taInlY would bo a strlleo In the bltu.
mlnous fields Allrlt 1.
'rho negottatlons for an agreement
between the hard coal worlecrs and the
!
anthracite ollorators have been pro.
gresslng smoothlr to all outward all. I
pearance and arrangements have been
made for a joInt conference Wednesday - .
day between the subcommittees having
the settlement of the dIfferences In
hand.
A HUGE W EA 111 FOR
UENDEnSOU'S GRAVE
COUNCUJ DTJUFI"S , Ia.-A hugo
flornl desIgn , the offerIng of the Iowa
delegation In congress. was shIpped
from thIs poInt to Dubuque for the
funeral of Former SllCalwr DavId D.
IIonderson. The picco Is In the form
of n wreath live feet across , standing
seven feet hIgh on n lIaso. The wreath
proper Is composed \lrlnclpall \ ' of red
and pink roses , lilies of the valley nnd
asparagus fern. Imbee1clod In the center -
ter Is a mlnlnture Amorlcan fia of
l'cd and white carnations and purple
vIolets. A whlto a\'el made of carnations -
nations Is at one aide. 'rho pIcco can.
talns moro than two thousan blos-
soms.
The President to Mrs. Henderson.
DUDUQU , la.-Mrs. D. D. Hender-
son. the wlelow of the Iowa statesman ,
recolved the followln lolter of con.
dolenco from Preshlont noosevelt :
'fIl W\I1'rE \ IIOUS , W ASIIING.
TON , Feb. : n-"J\1r Dear Mrs. Honder-
son : I hesltato to Intrude upon ) 'our
grlof , but I Imow you will pardon my
sondlng n word to express my great
personal SYl11ll11.th ' wIth 'ou and to
say that I join with : t.ou In mournIng
the denth of that gallant soldier and
uprIght puhllc sorvnnt whom for many
years , I lenow and admIred. your hus.
band. I earnestlr hOllO that the blow
will bo sonened to 'ou and that nil '
oed fortune will attend ) 'ou In the fu.
turo.
turo.With
With the highest respects , bollevo
1110. Slncereh' 'yonrs ,
' 1'11l.uDUHI llUOSEVELT.
Moving Canal Dirt.
W ASIIING'l'ON - The Isthmian i
Ganal commission has receIved a roe
port from the chler engineer , Stevens , .
at Pnnama , which shows that the total
ynrdngo moved on the Culehra dIvIsion
for the month or January exceeded
lhat moved In Decemher.
France Wants Bla Ships.
PARId-Premler llouv.or lnld the
l\Ioroccan \ sItuation heCoro the cabinet
hut no announcement was made con.
corning the moel1l1catlon of the llresent
status.
Wood Stnrts on Tour.
lIANII.Atnjor \ General Leonard
Wood has sailed for the Island of
l\1I1111annll \ on a two weeles' tour of In ,
spectlon. The Ftltplnos are anxIous
to organlzo n voluntper regiment to
assIst Amel'lca In China.
Senate Ratifies Treaties.
W ASIIINGTON-1'ho Rennto In ex.
ecutlvo session ratified the treatlcs
with South Amorlcnn countrlos relat.
Ing to quarantlno rogulatlons. 'rho
trenty Is sImilar to thnt with guropoan
countries.
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f . , . . ,
I FORAKER SPEAKS
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DEFINES HIS POSITION ON RATE
REGULATION.
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! PROTEST AOAIHST LEGISLATION
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i Thinks the Elkins Lnw , If Properly
Enforced , Will Cure Evils Com.
plalned of-RnllronLl Evils Divided
Into Three Classes.
\V ASIIING1'ON-Fnr three hours ,
Inclclng n few minutes WednClllay ! 1\Ir.
Foralwr held the attontlon or the sen.
I
nlo whllo ho read n carefully prepared
spoceh on the ralh'oad rate quesllon.
Ills speerh WIIS a tlrotest ngalnst any
general leglslntlon on the theory that
the existing Blltlns law could bo so
extended as to maleo Itnnswer n1l the
requlroments. lIe diet not fall , how.
over , to point out what ho conslelored
the deCects of the lIophurn.Doll\vor \
hili and he mndo the declaration moro
than once thnt It would fall to remedy
the ovlls eOl11plalnell of. The Sllooch
wns IIsteneel to by a large attendance
hoth on the. floor of the sennto anl In
the gallorles , IInd nt Is close the son.
ator WIIS warmly congratuillted by n
numhor of his coUellglles.
Mr. l 'ornlccr conceded that some
evils exist In connection with the rail.
roads , hut urged that all of thorn
could ho moro offoctlvely met hy
amending the Ellclns laws lhan by
IlI1sslng the 110lHlIng hili. He an. '
nounced hIs regret at dtrrorlng from
the Ilresident , but sahl ho could not
see 'hIs way to clenr to pursue any
other course ,
Ho gavc n general rovlcw of the hIs.
tory of the rallroall elevelopment of
the country and pnssed to the ovl1s of
the system wh ch ho said nre neces.
sarlly IncIdent to the upbulldlng of so
vast an Interest. His attltudo toward
the Ilendlng rnllroad rate htll was cor.
rectly outlined In hIs first paragraph
In which ho saId of the hili : "It Is so
rontrary to the spIrit of our Instttu.
tlons and of such drastic nnd revolu.
tlonnry charncter that , If not In Its 1m-
meellato effect , nt least as a precedent ,
the ronsequonces arc 1I1:01y ; : to bo most
unusunl and far.reachlng. " '
Ho dIscussed the railroad evils of
three classes-excesslvo rates , rebates
and dlscrlmlnattons.
He found mUe to complaIn of under
the 111'st heading , but said there are
some Instances of charges that are too
hIgh and ho thought a prompt and effective -
fective remedt' should bo provided.
A moro serious evl1 ho found In re-
hates and he traced the present oxten-
slvo railroad consolidations to the fact
that the supr ml' court decIsIons
agaInst pooling had left the roads wIthout -
out protection from the rebate system
except to resort to some general under-
standing.
neforrlng to the El1dns law , he saId :
" ' 1'hore has beell no sonaus attempt
to enforce thIs law to prevent dlscrim.
Inatlons as to localities. but a glance
at Its provisIons will sulllce to ShOW
that It Is as hroa . direct , oxpllclt and
efficIent to remedy that ldn of evH
wherever It ma ' exist ns It has heen
found to bo as to personal dlscrlmlna.
tlons. That the law has not lJeen test.
cd In this resllect Is not due to any
fault of the law , but hecauso no ono
has seen ilt to InvoltO It. "
DISCREDIT REPORTS OF
WITTE'S RESIONATION
ST. pETEnSDURG.-Tho reports
abroad that PremIer Wltto had re.
sIgned and thnt hIs resignation had
been accepted h ' Emperor NIcholas
are dlscrodltod here. No further
changes In the cabInet are expected at
Ilresont and It Is probahlo tlmt 1\1. Ne.
menchalerr , mInIster or communlca.
tlons , wll1 rotaln hIs portfolio for the
t Imo helng. The successors of MinIs.
tor of Commerce Tlmlrlazeff and 1\lIn-
Ister of Agrlcuclturo Kul1er have not
been determIned upon. 'rho nppolnt-
ment ofI. . 1rlyosheln. former mInIs.
tel' of public worl < s and rallwa 's , as
mllnstor of agrlculturo , Is regarded as
only temporary.
England Stili Claims It.
LONDON-In the house of commons
the statement was made that the trans.
fer of Port Arthur from RussIa to
Japan does not affect the status of
Wol-Hal.Wel , whtch was leased to
Great Drltaln.
Vote on Statehood Bill.
W ASllINUTUN - 'rho senate on
' 1'ues ay agreed to vote on the stato.
hood bill hefore adjournment on FrI.
day , March 9. The proposition to tallO :
the vote at that tIme was made b '
Mr. Deyerldgo ! lnd there was muo dIfficult -
ficult ) . In reachln nn uncorstal1lllng.
'rho suggestion Immediately followed
n speech In sUplOrt or the hili hy Mr.
lIoplc1ns , durIng the course of which
: \tr. lIalo suggested that the torrltorles
were not prepared t'or statehood ! lUll
lIuggested that their nIl mission bo do.
ferred.
Congratulations to Kaiser.
mEIU tN.-Ambas.ador Tower 0111
: \Iondnr presentee1 Preslclont Rooso.
velt's message congratulating the
German emperor andt. empress on
tholr IIlIver weetclln annIYersar ' . The
emperor In oxpreslling hIs thanles
montloneel the weddln of Allco Roose.
yelt to Nlrholas Lon worth and the
marrlago oC t\(1 ) \ Duchess Sophlo Char.
lotto of Oldenhurg to Prlnco Eitel.
l redorlcle , whIch occlll'red on Tues.
da ) ' , and sahl ho hoped these 'oung
lloopio would ho ns hnilPY as ho and
1 the emilreS3 had beoll.
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HENDERSON AT REST.
Funernl of Former Speaker of House .
Takes Place nt Dubuque.
DUDUQUE , In.-Tho funeral of for.
mor Spenlwr Davlll B. lIonderr.on was
helel here 'rhursday. Duslness was sus.
ponded durIng the hours of the fun.
t'ral and for flvo minutes following the
commencement of the sorvlces the
hells In every church In Dubnquo
lollod. 81l0nco rolgned , not II. wheel
tlll'ning In the city durIng that period.
During the mornIng the hody Iny In
stnte. the Dubuque militia company
nctlng IL. ! n gunrd of honor. 'l'horo
1V0ro sIx wngon lends of flowers. The
I plscopal funeral servlco was read by
110v. Jolm C. Sago. George D. Porltlns
: If Sioux CIty , a former co11onguo In
congrcl1s , pronounced the eUlogy.
The Grund Army of the Republic
toole charge of the body after the ser.
vices at the church. A rldorloss horse
bearIng a soldlor's accouterments was
led behInd the hearso.
THE WEST LEADS
IN MANUFACTORIES
W ASHINGTON-A report pro pared
by the censu , , ' ! bureau for the use of the
congressional commltteo on manufactorIes -
torIes , dIscloses that In the percentage
of Increases In number of Industries
and vnluo of products manufactured ,
flvo of the Inr western states leads the
list.
list.In
In Oltlahoma In the last five years
capItal Ipvosted In manufacturing In.
creasol 3f l pOl' centi value of the
Ilroductlon 200 per cent ; numb or of
establishments , 107 per cent , and num.
ber of emplo 'es 147 per cent.
IndIan TerrItory ranles on a par
with Olelahoma with nn Increase of
200 pOl' cent In the value of manufac.
tlll'ed matorlnls , 21f per cent Increase
In capItal Invested and nn Increase of
1GO per cent In the number of estab.
IIshments.
Nevada. Idaho and Utah ranleed
next. There was a decrease In number
of manufacturIng establishments , de.
spIte an Increnso In output and capital
Invested In a majority of the states ,
duo It Is stated , to the consol1dallon of
small enterprise.
A MISSION STATION
DESTROYED AT NANCHAUO
. WASHINGTON. - Consul General
Rodgers at ShanghaI calJled the state
department under date of February 26
that the AmerIcan mIssIon station at
Nanchang , In the provlnco of Klangsl ,
has been destroyed. The probabblo
cause Is local. The telegrams received
from these points state that the four.
teen American mIssionaries at these
places escaped , but the KIngham fnm.
Ily , Engl1sh , two ndults and two chll.
dron , are reported to have been lellled.
The AmerIcan gunboat El Cano at
Nanlcln lws been ordered to proceeCl
ImmedIately to Klu Klang , where It
wll1 probahly arrIve 'Wednesday. The
scene of the trouble Is about 400
miles up the Yagtse river.
GERMANY WANTS A ROW.
Certain Knlser Wants Algeclras Con.
ference to Be Indecisive.
LONDON.-Olllclal opInIon In Great
BrItain regardIng the 1\Ioroccan con.
ference can be summed up by the
statement "that It Is now certaIn Germany -
many desires the Aigeciras confer nce
to breal ( up without settling the vexed
Moroccan questions : '
It Is contended hero that , not satls.
fied wIth refusln what Great Drltaln
calls the most 'lIbqral offer' on the
part of Franco In respect to policIng
: \10rocco , Germany has placed another
olJstacle III the way of a settlement
by malting Imposslblo suggestions In
regard to the proposed state banle.
CASTRO'S NEXT MOVE
IN FRENCH QUESTION
WIIJLE\1ST : AD , Island of Cumncao.
. -It Is learned from omclal sources at
Caracas , Venezuela , that Prosldent
Caslro's next move In UIO French
question will ho to call upon the
United States to nrbltrato the ques.
tlon of the amount of damages done
lJy Franco In permittIng the fitting
out of the fl1lbusterlng steamer Han.
rlgh at Fort do France , Island of Mar-
tlnlquo , to prey upon the Venezuelan
trndo and transport troops during the
: \1atos rovolt. The United Stntes clnlm
against Great BrItaIn In the case of
the Alabama wll1 bo cited as a pre-
cedent.
Double Murder In Kansas.
HERRINGTON , } ( as.-wm Arnod
and his wlfo were found with theIr
throats cut at Englneor II. II. Arnold's
homo on Tuosday. The hushand was
d 'lng from his wounds when dlscov.
ered. The body of the wlro Indlcntod
that she has been murdered several
hours before the dIscovery. Will Ar.
no1c1 Is a railroad mnn who came here
a short tlmo ngo from Hocle 18lanel ,
III. , and has been working at Mcl'ar. ,
land. Ills wlto had been stnylng hero
at the homo or hiS hrothor.
Major General Wood.
DAYTON. 0 , - MnJor OOllornl
Thomas J. Wood e\lell \ III hln rMII1/1IHJO
In thIs clt . Sunday nlltht. nftlH' 1\ IJII
II1ness , a ed 83 yonI'll. 110 WM the
last survivor of the t'ulohrlll/1cl eiloRR tIt
West PoInt of IS.Jj. [ lIe Is Rill \11/,1 , k ,
hIs wIdow nllel two nClIIR , (1o"lltll. " .
George \Vood , who Rorvoll In ( Julll111111 I
the Phlllllillnon III tllo HfJIIIIIRt..Alllol'l. .
can war , nnd Thomlln .1. 'Vom ] , IIOW III
Idaho. General Wooel WIIf ! rolfl'ml
from the arJlI ' In 18GS wllh the ralllt
of major genoral. At hla request tlIo
burlnl will bo at West Point.
RHEUMATIO PAINS
Disappear When Or. Williams' PInk . .
Pili. PurifY the Blood and
Hosl Innamad Tissuos.
Rhoumntlsm III disooso of the lood ,
cnullCd by the fnlluro of the body to cnsa
elf cortnln ] lolsOIIS. Extormu npptlcQl
tJons nro of use only lu soourlng tempo. I
l'Clry rollof frolll Il lll-tho euro fcJi
rhoul1l tJslll lIcs in purifying nnd cn ,
riohlug the blood.
Mrs. ll'roderlck Drown , of 40 SmnptcI I
street , Snndy Hill , N.Y. , wns n suffercl
from in nmmatory rhoumatlsm front
the thno ! iho W S fixtccn. ! Sbo ( ; ( \'Sl I
"It first appcared in my kltco joll1t8j . :
.
then IU111Y hips nud WRist. It becnm ( .J& ,
n rcgulnr thiulf that I would bo ] l\ld r'
n11 wintor. The rhonmntlsm affeot 3
mostly my hauds , hips , feet an
shouldors. My ] lnllls were ( \11 puffed
np nud my fcot .ecnm c1ofonncd. 1
lost my a potlto , couldn't slc < , p aud )
sometlmcs WC\I ! compelled to cry out ,
the pain was 80 intollso. ;
If For sovernl winters I was under the
doctor's c\ro and whllo his llIedlcltlo r04
lIoved the paiu lor n little while there
scomel 110 prospect for porl1lancnt
curo. I wns confiucel to my bcd , ofT mId
on , for wooles nt n time. 1\1) ' lImJJq
swotted drcadfully nt times nnd I was
roduood nhuost to llothlug. !
If In the Rprillg of 1004 , upon the ad. I
vlco of n frlenel , I bCgnll to use Dr \
Williams' Plllle Pills. At that tlmo i
wasu't able to do nnythhlg and could . I I
bnroly ent enough to ) wop alivo. I felt '
II. chnngo for the bettcr In nllout n mouth. J
I bogau to cat henrtily aud I suffered
loss pain. Of course I leopt 011 the 1
troatmcnt , using care In my diet , and I
In about three months I was cured. I
(
IllU entirely woU todny nnd do aU my .
OWn worle. "
Dr. Williams' Pink PiUs oure Mrs.
Brown by driving the rhoumatlc poisons
out of her hlooe\ . But you must got the
jol1ulno : Dr. Wl11iams' Pink PiUs , sold
by nll drngRists nnc1 by the Dr.WHllams
Medicine 00. , Schuccta ! y , N. Y.
Woman Stirs Up 'rrouble.
A woman at Yarmouth , England"I I
recolved a ) n.wyer's letter , wnrnlng I
her against annoying n. next door
nolghbor. She hung the letter on the
clothes IIno In her backyard , and now
there Is moro trouble.
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Important to Mothers '
EnmIno carefully cvcry bottle of CASTOnIA. . I
a sate nnd surc remedy lor Infants and children , '
U r'
- I
Dears the . . . . - # .
# 7Z.-
SIgnature 01 , . IL
In Use For Over 30 Years.
ho Kind You llilvo Alwas Dought.
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Ancient French Custom.
Dumas In his "Isabel of Dn.varla" re- .J.
fers to an ancient prIvilege whIch n.u. . !
t.horlzed the doputles of the sIx mol" .1
ohn.nt . bodIes to accompany the kIngs t
and queens of Franco upon theIr entry I
Into ParIs from the gate of St. DenIs
to the palace , followed on thIs occasIon .
by the representatives of the dIfferent "
manufacturIng bodIes clothed to represent - 1.
resent the "soven capital sIns , " and ,
by way of contrast , the "seven Chris.
tlan virtues. " . . ,
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Great Desire of Humankind.
"Thero Is In man's nature a secret
InclInation and motion toward love 01
others , whIch , If It bo not spent upon
some one or 11. few , does naturally
spread Itself toward many , " saId Lord
Bacon three centuries ago. The re.
marlc mIght be applied with good rea.
son to the unmarried woman , who I
within the last half century , has boo . '
como n. moving power In the world.
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Fine Pictures In Barber Shop.
There Is a barber at Verdun , snys
the Paris Figaro , who decorn.tes hIs A ,
shop with prIceless Corots , Instead of .
the usual advertlsoments of some.
body's soap or haIr wash , and , what Is ) > If
moro strange , lcnows what ho Is doIng ,
They were n. Dresent from the artist , \
bLmself to II. cousIn of the barber and
came to hIm as a legacy.
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When a man undertalees to provo iI i
hIs Imporlnnco ho Is Inclined to over. I I
step the mnrlc.
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FOOD AND STUDY
'
. A College Man's ExperI : mce.
"All through fuy hIgh school course I.
I and first year In college , " writes an ,
ambitious young man , "I struggled ,
wIth my studIes on a dIet of grensy , f
vasty foods , bolng ospeclally fond of ' '
'I'
cakes and fried thIngs. 1\Iy system
got Into 11. . state or genernl dIsorder ,
and It was dlmcull for me to applY
myselt to school worle with any degree -
gree of satisfaction. I trIed dll'ferent
modlclnos and food proparatlons but
dId not seem able to correct the dlf.
ficulty.
"Thon my attention was called to
Grape.Nuts food and I sampled It. I
had to do somothlng , so I just buck. I
led down to a rIgid observnnco of the
dIrections on the pnclensc , and In -
loss than no time hegan to fcel better. ) } t
In n few weeles my trcngth wns restore -
I
store ( ] , my weight had Increased. I "
had a clearer head nnd felt better In '
every pnrllculnr. My work was slm.
ph' Rport 10 whnt It was formerly. ,
"My sl8ter'0 lIoalth was bndly run
dow II IlIlIl 11110 111111 1I0colll0 BO nervous
tllat nllo cOlllcl not attend to her
1I111111c. Shu wont on Gmllo-Nuti and
hnll Lho 111111I0 I'olrlnrlcnhlo oXlorlenco
that I Illul. 'l'hon lilY IJrothor , Ii'rank ,
wllo III III the IHlstof\lco \ department
lit W"nll"IJllolI city IInd had boon try- " ' .l
hilt LI10 111'1I111 worle on grensy foods , , . .
oRkM11111 nil Ihnt , jolnod the .apo-
Nllt" III'IIIY. I IIhoweel him w t It
won 111111 coulcl clo nnet from a broleen. I
,1owlI , cOllelltloll he haH elovoloped Into
" 11I1I1I"ly.nllll ofllclellt II1nn.
"IIIJI1lllo/l / thollo I could glvo nccount
IIr 111""horn of my follow-students who
IIRV11111110 vl/llhlo / Improvement men.
1I\lIy IIlIel Ilh'tlknlly b ) ' the \lSL ot
thlll fUOII. " Nnmo glvon by Postum
Co. , IInltlo Croele , Mich. .
' 1'horo'll n roauoll. Rend the lItUo .
book , ' ' ' 1'ho Honl1 to WollvUlo , " In
lIkgs.