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the forearm Indies Can Wear Shoes One size smaller after using Allens Foot Ease a powder It makes tight or new shoes easy Cures swollen hot sweat ing aching feet ingrowing nails corns and bunions All druggists and shoe stores 25c Trial package FREE by mail Address Allen S Olmsted LeRoy N Y We have all met people who look as if they had accidentally been mis placed from a curio cabinet PDTMAM FADELESS DYES are fast to sunlight washing and rubbing Sold by druggists 10c per package Virtue means to expose the scan dals that ioint to your neighbors immorality Sirs Winsiows Soothlnjr Syrup Tor children teettlng softens the gums reduces tn Caamation allays pain cures wind colic 23c s bottle All the great deeds of which we have record have been done by ear nest beliefs and earnest enthusiasm even though mistaken ones INSIST OX GETTIXG IT Some grocers say they dont keep De fiance Starch because they have a stock In hand of 12 oz brands which they know cannot be sold to a customer who has once used the 16 oz pkg Defiance Starch for same mpney How strange it is that even the most exquisite pleasure palls when it ceases to be a novelty I do not believe Pisos Cure for Consumption has an equal for couphs and colds Johs F Botkb Trinity Springs Ind Feb 15 1900 A promise neglected is an untruth told A promise kept is a debit dis charged TrtTTff NINTH AGlfflA Y1CT1M Bolomcn Attack Detachment of Sam9 Kegiment that Suffered at Samar TEN INFANTRYMEN ARE KILLED Comrades Come Just In Time to Prevent Further Slaughter One Hundred Na tives Arc Killed Ilcforo They Can Es cape After Attack MANILA Oct 19 Five hundred bolomen attacked a detachment of forty-six men of he Ninth infantry at Bangajon on the Gandara river island of Samar today killing ten and wounding six The remainder of the company arrived on jthe scene in time to prevent furner slaughter and rout ed the enemy killing over 100 of them It is believed that the enemy only retired for reinforcements As soon as the news was received at Cat bologan the gunboats were dispatched General Smith going in person to the scene The War department officials were somewhat dismayed at the press report of the new setback on the island of bamar WASHINGTON Oct 19 The fol lowing brief cablegram from General ChaJf ee reporting the fight of the Ninth infantry in Samar Wednesday was re ceived at the War department this afternoon MANILA Oct 19 Corbin Adjutant General Washington Forty six men Company E Ninth infantry under First Lieutenant George W Wallace in field lower Candara Samar was attacked by 400 bolomen October 16 Our loss ten killed six wounded names not received Eighty one of the enemy left dead on the field Enemy beaten off The Ninth infantry which suffered there was the same organization that engaged in the latest fight at Banga jon though in this case the company attacked it not known An inspection of the dispositions made of the troops on the island of Samar shows that before the Balangiga fight there were no less than thirty eight separate posts These were so disposed that supplies could be con veyed to the troops by water Gen eral Hughes has left Samar and gone to the island of Cebu to recuperate which accounts for the assumption of the command on Samar by General Smith General Hughes was worn out and suffered from the effects of a se vere fall received while chasing insur rectionists in the mountains of Samar NATIVE HAWAHANS DYING OPE In Addition to Decreasing in Numbers Will Not Work on Plantations WASHINGTON Oct 19 Henry E Cooper territorial secretary and for several months prior to his departure for the United States acting governor of Hawaii has discussed with Secre tary of Agriculture Wilson the con ditions in the territory One of the main aims of Mr Coopers trip here is to acquaint the administration with the actual situation in Hawaii In his conference with Secretary Wilson he emphasized the seriousness of the labor problem The natives are dying off rapidly the mortality being in the neighborhood of forty deaths to the thousand and foreign laborers are get ting out of the country much more rapidly than they are coming in The encouragement of Chinese labor said he is regarded as the most promis ing solution and the territorial govern ment is anxious that large numbers of laborers shall come in from China The sugar cane crop that should have been harvested at the beginning of July he said is not yet off the field and will not be harvested before next month The natives generally will not woi k The coffee industry is lan guishing and many things that should be raised there have to be bought out side the islands Secretary Wilson informed Mr Coop er of a report from the superintendent of the agricultural station in Honolulu showing among other things that it costs 26 an acre to fertilize the cane crop in Hawaii and pointed out the big farm wage which has to be paid to farm laborers viz 40 a month in cluding board which is approximately 10 more than in this country Made Master of the ItoIIs LONDON Oct 39 Sir Richard Henn Collins lord justice of appeal has been appointed master of the rolls in succession to Sir Archibald Smith who has resigned on account of ill health Court Martial Ordered WASHINGTON D C Oct 19 Sec retary Long has approved the recom mendations of the court of inquiry in the case of Colonel Robert L Meade United States marine corps and will order a court martial to try Colonel Meade on charges of intoxication while on duty of giving false testimony and of violating the regulations in fail ing to respond to charges preferred against him by Colonel Denny and Lieutenant Colonel Launchheimer fcWaistOsrAOxr PULLMAN COMPANYS PROFITS They Are Shown in the Annual Koports of the Officer CHICAGO 111 Oct 18 At the an nual meeting of the Pullman com pany which was held yesterday after noon all the directors were re-elected They are as follows Marshall Field A S A Sprague Henry S Caulbert Henry R Reed Norman B Ream Robtr T Lincoln William K Yandorbilt J P Morgan Frederick W Vanderbilt W Seward Webb and Frank O Lowden The usual quarcerly dividend of 2 per share was declared payable No- vember 15 - For the fiscal year ended July 31 the annual report states the tolrJ revenue of the company was 1799R011 ihc total t expenses of the corporation were T378199 and other itsms of including diiridenl3 brnuphr tLo total outlay of tho company for the year to 15130446 leavii a not surplus of 2866335 WLr the sur rius oC 4895444 brign forward from the preceding lis ul year the itlal surplus of the eoaipauy ia now 77227 STUDY THE BANKRUPTCY BILL New York Merchants Preparins to Su STiSt Amendments NEW YORK Oct 18 A special committee on revision of the bank ruptcy act has been appointed by D LeRoy Dresser president of the Mer chants association pursuant to a re quest made by a number of its prom inent members at a conference re cently held with United States As sistant Attorney General E C Bran denburg The purpose of this com mittee is to make a study of the pres ent act to point out its defects and to suggest amendments to remedy the same The committee will report to the board of directors of the associa tion and it is expected that work will be completed in time to be effective during the next session of congress at which time the amendments to the present act will be sought Ijeavo Manila for Home MANILA Oct 17 The party of senators and representatives that has been visiting the Philippine islands left today for home on board the United States transport Sheridan Be fore leaving the members of the party had an interview with Aguinaldo who however was reticent He said the or iginal outbreak of hostilities was a surprise to him and that his efforts to maintain a truce were unavail ing Aguinaldo has written to a law yer who is trying to obtain a writ of habeas corpus in his behalf say ing that he has remained a prisoner while there was one compatriot lan guishing in jail suffering for the Fil ipino cause and an infinity of Fili pinos are deprived of the liberty which they are anxious to obtain Disgusted With Indian Schools LA CROSSE Wis Oct 17 Influ ential Indians of the Winnebago tribe will make an effort to get a number of Indian charges into public schools In taking this step the Indians are influenced because cf the slow prog ress of their children in the Indian schools A delegation will visit Su perintendent raf Public Instruction Bird and will ask that the children of Winnebago be taken into the La Crosse public schools Names Mrs Pugh of Omaha BUFFALO Oct 3S The national meeting of the Household Economics association ended tonight after a three days convention The election of of ficers resulted as follows Honorary president Mrs Ellen M Henrotin Chicago president Linda Hull Larn ed Syracuse vice president Mrs Mary Moody Pugh Omaha corre sponding secretary Mrs Burroughs Buffalo secretary treasurer Mrs John Kendall Dunn Jamaica N Y Don Carlos Mnst Move Out ROME Oct IS The frequent meet ings of Carlists at the residence of Don Carlos in Venice have led the government it is said to determine to expel him from Italy as his proceed ings if continued would be likely to compromise friendly relations between Italy and Spain Koosevelt Accepts WASHINGTON Oct 18 President Roosevelt accepted today honorary membership in the William McKinley National Memorial Arch association and gave his approval to its purpose of erecting by popular subscription a memorial arch at the aWshington ap proach to the memorial bridge Discover Bidden Arms NEW YORK Oct 18 The Paris correspondent of the Times dwells at great length on the discovery of 3000 guns and revolvers with ammunition at Montceau les Mines a hotbed ot socialistic agitation He remarks that an article in the Temps shows that the government is uneasy over this seemingly trivial affair The fear of a general strike of miners and other labor troubles grows and much inse curity is felt PAYORS LARGER NAVY Qsotetary Long Likely to Eecommend Additional Vessels NEW BATTLESHIPS AND CRUISERS Three of Former Two of Latter and Some Smaller Gunboats Estimates for Other Needs Total Kxceeds Amount Appropriated Lust Year 82000000 WASHINGON Oct 17 Tho esti mates for the navy for the fiscal year ending Juno 30 1903 were made pub lic at the navy department The total amount is 98910984 against 77924535 appropriated for the cur rent year The chief Increases are 2500000 for construction 2000000 for armor and 129355 in the appro priation for yards and docks Secretary Long in speaking of the estimates said that they were made with a due regard for the needs of the navy and intimated that they had the approval of the administration Ho spoke of the increased cost of the navy and said that the building of a battleship costing 5000000 was not the end of its expense as its main tenance was very costly It is more than likely the secretary will recom mend three new battleships and two new armored cruisers and a number of small gunboats Among the new items of importance In the estimates are the following New battery for Newark 175000 new batteries for Albany and New Or leans 200000 reserve guns for other ships of the navy 500000 floating dry docks Portsmouth N H 500 000 total for that yard 1600455 Also a total of 1271700 for new docks at the Boston navy yard whicn includes a plant for housing and stor ing torpedo vessels and new building The estimates for new improvements at the New York navy yard aggregate 3110000 which includes 2000000 for barracks for enlisted men The es timated items for the Norfolk yard ag gregate 1208500 which includes 350000 for the purchase of land The estimates for the naval station at San Juan Porto Rico are 2613000 and include 1000000 for a masonry dry docic 500000 for the purchase of land 25000 for dredging and 200 000 for the extension of coaling facili ties An estimate of 7550000 is made for a plant for housing and storing torpedo boats at Pensacola An esti mate of 108000 is made tor the naval station at Tutuila Samoa An esti mate of 381000 is submitted for the Cavite naval station which includes 200000 for refrigerating plant Esti mates are made for a complete naval station at Alongapo P I amounting to 1443000 Other estimates are as follows Naval magazine near Bos ton 500000 naval magazine near Portsmouth N H 400000 naval magazine at Puget Sound 100000 defenses for insular naval stations and coal depots 500000 Miss Knox of Denver Insane DENVER Oct 17 Miss Minnie E Knox daughter of a former wealthy business man of Denver was declared insane in the county court and ordered confined at the county hospital The investigation as to her sanity was made at the request of the treasury department at Washington on account of many abusive letters that had been receivedt here from Miss Knox de manding money and suggesting changes in the methods and manage ment of the department Miss Knox imagines herself the owner of vast wealth and a few months ago created a sensation in Chicago by laying claim to millions of dollars worth of prop erty in that city Submarine Boat Is Tried LONDON Oct 17 Continuing tho experiments with the first British sub marine vessel the admiralty caused six men to be sealed in the boat as it lay alongside the water today The compressed air cylinders were set going and after three hours the air tight hatch was opened when it was found the men had suffered but little discomfort End f Department of Alaska WASHINGTON Oct 17 A dispatch received at the war department from General Randall dated Dutch Harbor Alaska October 5 reads The depart ment of Alaska was discontinued Sep tember 30 Leave tonight for Valdez and Skagway The department of Alaska has been merged into the de partment of Columbia Austrian Commerce Suffers NEW YORK Oct 17 The Vienna correspondent of the Times says The rapid succession of failures of impor tant banks in Germany during the last few months has unfavorably af fected the business of Austria More over the proposed new German cus toms tariff threatens to be fatal to the Austrian export trade to Germany and may cause Austria Hungard to resort to energetic reprisals A ministerial conference aIH soon be held RANSOM UNCLAIMED AS YET bat Ml Drleand HaTe Scatterd Is securely Held SOFIA Oct 16 Altnough the time fixed by the brigands who abducted Miss Ellen M Stone tho Americas missionary for the ransom expired a week ago no one has appeared at Sa makoff to claim the money or to an nounce the fate of the captive It Is now learned that the band has dis solved but that Miss Stone Is kept under surveillance at somo distance from tho frontier This is due to snow and cold weather rendering the moun tains uninhabitable The efforts of the police to arrest Saraoff formerly president of the Macedonian company who Is suspected of complicity in the kidnapping are still unavailing the failure being due to the sympathy of tho Inhabitants and the local author ities NEW YORK Oct 16- A dispatch to the Journal and Advertiser from Ber lin says that the Vosslche Zeltunga Sofia correspondent has wired as fol lowa concerning developments in the kidnapping case of Miss Stone The police at Sofia have arrested certain suspects including Paul Genadieff brother of the well known barrister and deputy Charles M Dickinson United States consul at Constantinople and diplomat ic agent to Bulgaria Is quoted in a Sofia dispatch to the Journal and Ad vertiser as follows When the Stone party were cap tured they were compelled to wade a stream up to the Perin mountain Miss Stone and Mme Tsilka were hurried up the mountains and the other pris oners were released next morning Just befoie the Stone party appeared the brigands captured a Turk and battered out his brains with the butt ends of guns to prevent him telling they were lying in wait Tho whole band was disguised as Turkish soldiers when they captured the Stone party RUSSIA WOULD AID RESCUE Again Offers Its Valuable Assistance in in Miss Stones Uehalf CONSTANTINOPLE Oct 16 The Russian government has repeated its expression of a desire to assist the United States government by all prac tical means in rescuing Miss Stone The other powers are equally solicit ous but Russia is the best able to bring the necessary pressure to bear Messrs Baird and Haskell the mis sionaries have not yet succeeded in getting into touch with the brigands to open negotiations LONDON Oct 16 The United States government will insist that Tur key at once make good any deficit in the ransoms of Miss Stone says the Constantinople correspondent of the Daily Telegraph and also refund the full amount subscribed It is supposed Jthat the brigands who captured Miss Stone have withdrawn into the interior of Macedonia in the direction of Nevrokop says a dis patch to the Daily Telegraph from Sofia Former members of the Mace donian committee who were arrested on suspicion of complicity denied be fore a magistrate any knowledge of the affair Asylum for Mad Indians ST PAUL Oct 16 The asylum for insane Indians at Canton S D has been completed and accepted by Super intendent Pierce on behalf of the gov ernment The building is one of the finest in South Dakota is built of Menominee pressed brick Sioux Falls granite for trimmings and cost 47 000 This is the only insane hospital for Indians in the United States and all of Uncle Sams unbalanced wards ivill be confined there Shoot Sots to Show Skill SILVER GHEES Neb Oct 16 As a result of a quarrel over his ability to shoot straight Thomas Baudur Andrew Nowiski and Gustave Gonsior tfere wounded seriously by Jake Stru man at Duncan He deliberately shot She boys to demonstrate his ability with the weapon Bauder is shot in the head and is not expected to live- The others were shot in the leg ancl shoulder avy Men to Advance WASHINGTON Oct 16 The navj department today received the paper in the cases of Naval Gunners Francis Martin and H B Soule who havC passed good examinations and ha been recommended for appointment for officers of the line When these two men receive their commissions they wlli be the first men to obtain such advancement LnrReDt8 Ma Successful Raid NEW YORK Oct 16 Landing un expectedly Sunday morning at Tabogo Island a watering place twelve miles off Panama a party of revolutionists surprised the garrison capturing arms and ammunition kidnapped the al calde and two other officials and car ried away two small sciooners on9 C M ita pulsions and the other belonging to the alcaldT nays the Panama correspondent oTtt New York Herald IfM iHll n j