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SECRETARY ROOT ORDERS HOME
MANY TROOPS
THIRTEEN THOUSAND COMING
This Will Leave Thirty Two Thou
aand Abroad Movement Will Be
Slow Troops Returning in Order of
Seniority of Service
WASHINGTON Feb 27 Secretary
Root in conformity with assurances
recently made to various committees
of congress he a arranged for a grad
ual reduction of the military force
in the Philippines to about 32000 men
Orders have been sent to General
Chaffee commanding the division of
the Philippines to arrange to send
home all the regiments under his com
mand that were sent to the Philip
pines In 1890 About 13000 troops are
affected by these orders
The movement will be made very
slowly a regiment at a lime in the
order in which they arrived in the
ft Philippines and in each case only
when the regiment can be spared with
out embarrassment and without im
pairing the military control of the
situation All the troops sent out in
3898 already have been recalled to the
United States with the exception of
those who re enlisted for service in
tho archipelago
When all the fresh troops in the
United States under orders to the
Philippines have arrived there it is
calculated that General Chaffee will
have an effective fighting force of
nearly 32000 men which are to be
brought home at his earliest conveni
ence It is not believed that it will be
possible for the first of these troops
to leave the Philippines for at least
three months
CAPTURE GENERAL LUKBAN
Energetic Filipino Leader a Prisoner
of United States
WASHINGTON Feb 27 General
Cbaffee notified the war department
that Lieutenant Striber of the Philip
pine scouts had captured Gen Luck
ban on the 22d inst The prisoner is
confined at Laguan
y The officials of the war department
regard the capture of Luckban as the
most important military event since
the Aguinaldo capture He was run
down on the Island of Samar Tho
place of his confinement is a tiny
island in a bay on the north coast of
Samar
Luckban is one of the most ener
getic and ferocious of rebels He is a
half breed a mixture of Chinese and
Filipino stock and he has been an
Irreconcilable from the first He had
various fastnesses in the mountains of
Samar from which he would descend
upon the coast towns and his reign of
terror was so complete that the en
tire population of the island paid
tribute to him as the price of freedom
from attack Ordinary campaign
methods failed in his case and his
enpture now is believed to be the nat
ural working out of the system of
dividing the island into small squares
by military garrisons and making it
impossible for the insurgent to obtain
food or shelter
New Cases of Smallpox
STERLING Neb Feb 27 Several
new cases of smallpox have developed
in and about Sterling the past ten
days The entire Pettem family south
of town are afflicted They are occu
pying the same house formerly used
the Heckxnan family which had
tho disease just a year ago which
tends to show that the premises at
that lime were not thoroughly fumi
gated
Railroad Mrn Promoted
CEDAR RAPIDS la Feb 27
George A Goodell superintendent of
the Burlington Cedar Rapids North
ern has become general superintend
ent of the Chicago Great Western
with headquarters in Minneapolis
President Bounces Noyes
WASHINGTON Feb 27 President
Roosevelt acting upon the recom
mendation of Attorney General Knox
has dismissed Arthur B Noyes judge
for the Second district of Alaska
Booker T at the White House
WASHINGTON Feb 27 Booker
r Washington was at the White
House today and had a conference
with President Roosevelt lasting fif
teen minutes
Murdered While in Bed
CARL1NVILLE Hi Feb 27
Woodford Hughes a prominent citi
zen of Scottville a small town north
west of this city was murdered in
his bed at 1 oclock in the morning
j by three unknown men Hughes was
spending the night with Barlar Sey
mour and when the three men enter
ed the house he arose in bed startled
only to be filled full of bullets The
ymen made their escape and blood
fccunds were at once put on the trail
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LAUNCH EMPERORS YACHT
Boat Takes to the Water Gracefully
Without a Hitch in Program
NEW YORK Feb 20 In a driz
zling rain and in the presence of a
brilliant assemblage amidst c Bering
and tho roar of cannon the German
emperors new schooner yacht Meteor
was launched from Shooters isand
yesterday Unlike the weather the
arrangements were perfect and no un
toward incident marred the occaslcn
The president Mrs and Miss Roose
velt Prince Henry and all the dis
tinguished party accompanying them
were enthusiastically cheered on ar
riving at the platform just back of
the bow of the Meteor
Without delay after greetings had
been exchanged Miss Roosevelt
stepped forward and taking hold of
a silver covered bottle containing
champagne broke It on the side of
tho vessel Immediately she seized a
silver axe and severed the rope which
released the weights holding Meteor
The vessel went gracefully into the
water with the American flag break
ing out at the taffrall American and
German national airs were played and
from the chorus of craft containing
excursionists came enthusiastic cheer
ing
Exactly at 1039 Miss Roosevelt
broke the champagne bottle with vig
orous and effective hand saying In
the name of the German emperor I
christen thee Meteor
Guns roared bands played and the
great cheering lasted for several min
utes The prince handed a bouquet
to Miss Roosevelt and then raising
his hat in a few words acknowledged
the cheering of those on the main
platform The launching occurred
without mishap The presidents
daughter lifted a silver hatchet and
struck the rope It parted cleanly
and down came the weights The
wedges flew up and out The yacht
trembled and started forward and
then slid slowly down into the water
to the cheers of the distinguished
gathering It took the water safely
and brought up in the middle of the
without accident
TO REDUCE CHINA CLAIMS
United States Proposes Pro Rata Re
duction of Indemnity
WASHINGTON Feb 26 The Uni
ted States government has proposed
to the powers concerned in the Chi
nese treaty that they consent to a pro
rata reduction of claims o as to
maintain the total within the sum of
150000000 taels which the powers
agreed to accept from China as full
indemnity for the Eoer outrages
Germany has discovered that it plac
ed its claim too low and has demand
ed an increase in allowance of 10
000000 taels and if this is to be met
the other signatory powers must
agree to submit to the pro rata reduc
tion of that sum from their own orig
inal allotments The United States
is firmly opposed to any attempt to
extort from China any more than the
450000000 taels and it will attempt
to avoid the creation of a precedent
to be followed by the other powers
in the allowance of this German claim
Contract for Fair Building
ST LOUIS Feb 26 Dunnevent
Estell contractors today signed a
contract with the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition company for the construc
tion of the Textiles buildings and
gave bond in the sum of 107000
one third of the contract price for
the faithful performance of the work
The Textiles building which will be
600x500 feet is to be completed by
October 15 1903 Director of Works
Taylor today advertised for bids on
the electricity and machinery build
ing the work of Walker Kimball
of Boston and Omaha Bids will be
opened and let March 8
United States is Liable
WASHINGTON D C Feb 26 In
the case of the United States against
the St Louis Mississippi Valley
Transportation company the United
States supreme court decided that the
United States is responsible for dam
age done in collision with its war ves
sels when such collision is due to
the negligence of officers of the ves
sels of the United States The trans
portation company asked for damages
caused to the gunboat Future City by
a collision with the Atlanta and the
Galena both United States vessels in
the harbor of New Orleans in 188S
Actress Cuts Mans Head Off
VANCOUVER B C Feb 26
While her companion Jack Kirk was
asleep Lulu Watts a variety actress
at Nome attacked him in a fit of
jealousy and severed his head from
his body with a razor
Reported Ship Collision
PHILADELPHIA Feb 26 Infor
mation of the sinking of an unknown
vessel and the probable drowning of
all on board has been received here
The schooner Fannie Palmer from
Norfolk for Boston is reported to
have collided with an unknown ship
twelve miles from Fenwick shoals on
February 19 The vessel sank imme
diately and it is believed the crew
went down with it Fenwick shoal
I Jb 19 miles south of Cape Henlopsn
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This is the earliest cabbage in the world
and a regular gold mine to the market gardener
and farmer
By the way there is lots or
money to be xnudc on ear
liest cabbage beets peas
radishes cucumbers and the
like
Far 16c and this Notice
the John A Salzcr Seed Co
LaCrosse Wis will send
vou their mammoth catalog
ana iOKinas or nower ana vegetaDia seeas
Market gardeners catalog 2c postage w N u
Courage Something a man really
needs when he gets ready to go to
war
DO YOUK CLOTIIKS LOOK YEMOTV
Then use Defiance Starch It will keep
them white 16 02 for Id cents
If the donkey only knew he was a
donkey he would probably kick him
self to death
tTSE THE FAMOUS
Red Cross Ball Blue Large 2 oz package 5
cents The Kuss Company South Bend lad
Any man with ideas in advance of
his age is likely to wear clothes away
behind it
Plsos Cure cannot be too highly spoken of as
a cough cure J W OUkikn 322 Third Ave
N Minneapolis Minn Jan 6 1900
After the matrimonial knot is tied
a girl quits making tea and learns
to make coffee
THREE SERIES OF CHEAP RATES
Great Northern Railway Popular Homo
seekers and Sottieir Excursions
Round trip tickets to points in Min
nesota North Dakota Montana Ida
ho Washington Oregon British Co
lumbia will be sold first and third
Tuesdays in March April and May
at one fare plus 200 for the round
trip
One way settlers tickets to points
in Montana Idaho Washington Ore
gon and British Columbia on sale
every day during March and April at
rates 1500 to 2500 each
One way settlers tickets on sale
March 4th 11th 18th 25th and April
1st and 8th to Minnesota and North
Dakota points for only 600 each
These tickets are good on all trains
including the famous Great Northern
Flyer
This is the best opportunity that has
ever been offered to parties who wish
to investigate the many advantages
offered them in the Great Northwest
Information about Great Northern
country is given by agents of the
Great Northern Railway or those de
sirous of ascertaining just what op
portunities are offered there can se
cure full illustrated information in
reference to land climate crops rates
etc by writing to Max Bass G I A
220 S Clark St Chicago or to F I
Whitney G P T A St Paul Minn
A full grown elephant can
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carry
IRONING A SHIRT WAIST
Not infrequently a young woman
finds it necessary to launder a Bhirt
waist at home for some emergency
when the laundryman or the home ser
vant cannot do it Hence these direc
tions for ironing the waist To iron
summer shirt waists so that they will
look like new it Is needful to have
them starched evenly with Defiance
starch then made perfectly smooth
and rolled tight in a damp cloth to be
laid away two or three hours When
ironing have a bowl of water and a
clean piece of muslin beside the iron
ing board Have your iron hot but
not sufficiently so to scorch and abso
lutely clean Begin by ironing the
back then the front sides and the
sleeves followed by the neckband and
the cuffs When wrinkles appear ap
ply the damp cloth and remove them
Always iron from the top of the waist
to the bottom If there are plaits in
the front iron them downward after
first raising each one with a blunt
knife and with the edge of the iron
follow every line of stitching to give it
distinctness After the shirt waist ifl
ironed it should be well aired by the
fire or in the sun before it is folded
and put away says the Philadelphia
Incmirer
Unless you have confidence in hu
manity you are a suspicious char
acter
AH Sufferers From Rheumatism
should try MATT J JOHNSONS 60S8
Guarantee goes with it Try it
Woman invariably believes one side
of a story until she hears the other
side
The Good Roads Movement
The recent official report of the Rail
road Commission of Missouri refer
ring to Santa Fe lines in that state
contained this significant sentence
We unreservedly rank this line as
being among the best in Missouri in
its physical condition
It is but fair to add that the Santa
Fe line in Missouri is representative
of nearly the entire 8000 miles of that
system
The present administration of the
Santa Fe appreciates fully that its
earning power depends largely on its
physical condition and has wrought
almost a miracle in the past few years
in improvement of roadway bridges
grades etc
The meanest use for money is to
make it cover a multitude of sins
Mrs Winslows soothing Syrnp
lor children teething softens the ruths reduces ltj
flammatlon allays pain cures wind colic 22sabottle
The man who never has sinned nev
er was a man
Unanswerable argument That
which nearly everybody delights to
answer
If you have not yet tried Defiance
Starch just ask your dealer what oth
ers say about It
It is easy to admit that a man is
level headed if he Is below your level
CITC permanently currd No fits or ncrronsnons after
I 1 1 O flrat day use of Dr Klines Orrot NerTo JUator
rr Send for FltKU S3 OO trial bottle and treatlte
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Independence That which may be
often in place but is more often out
of one
PUTNAM FADELESS DYER are as
easj to use as soap No muss or failures
10c per package Sold by druggists
Man is but a freckle on the face of
time
Defiance Starch 16 ounces 10 cents
The ship of state is often delayed
by congressional head winds
Stops the Cough ami
Works Off the Cold
Laxative Brotuo Quinine Tablets Price 25c
Egotists have a sixth sense that of
their own self importance
DONT FORGET
A large 2 oz package Red Cross Ball Blue only
5 cents The Russ Company South Bend InU
There is no cloud attached to the
silvery lining of the fat purse
BED DUGS DOOMED
Of all the worries of the housekeeper the bed
hug is the worst All will be thankful n remedy
which absolutely rids a house of all bugs has
been found Mrs Bertha Fremont 11 1 Fourth
Des Moines la is tho discoverer She will send
a large sample enough for three beds for 15c
actual cost of postage packing etc Her regular
size Is 50c Every reaaer ought to send at once
It takes a small boy with a new
watch effectually to kill time
Career and Character of Abraham Lin
coln
An address by Joseph Choate Am
bassador to Great Britain on the career
and character of Abraham Lincoln
his early life his early struggles with
the world his character as developed
in the later years of his life and his
administration which placed his name
so high on the worlds roll of honor
and fame has been published by the
Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Rail
way and may be had by sending six fi
cents in postage to F A Miller Gen
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Secretary of Schermerhorn Golf Club
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four months when my husband becamo
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of better and in speakinjr to the drug
gist he advised him to get Lydia E
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had taken that at first it would have
saved me weeks of suffering It took
three long months to restore me bnt
it is a happy relief and we are both
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has brought joy to our home and
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It would seem oy this state
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would get Lydia E Pinklmms
Veffetaole Compound at once
and also write to Mrs Pinkham
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One mav sail the seas and visit every land ami everywhere will find
that men of affairs who arc well informed have neither the time
nor the inclination whether on nleasnre lient or business to use those
medicines which cause excessive purgation and then lcae the internal
organs in 1 constipated condition Syrup of Figs is not built on those
lines It acts naturally acts effectively cleanses sweetens and strengthens
the internal organs and leaves them in u healthy condition
If in need of a laxative remedy the most excellent is Syrup of Figs but
when anvthinj more than a laxative is required the safe and scientific plan
is to consult a competent physician and not to resort to those medicines
which claim to cure all manner of diseases
The California Fig Syrup Co was the first to manufacture a laxative remedy
which would ghe satisfaction to all a laxative which physicians could
sanction and one friend recommend to another so that today its sales probably
exceed all other laxatives combined In some places considerable quantities of
old time cathartics and modern Imitations are still sold but with the general
diffusion of knowledge us to the best medicinal agents Syrup of Figs has come
into general iise with the well informed because It is a remedy of known value
and ever beneficial action
Tho quality of Syrup of Figs is due not only to the excellent combination of
the laxative and carminative principles of plants known to act moat beneficially
on the system with agreeable and refreshing aromatic liquids but also to the
orglnal method of manufacture In order to get the genuine and its beneficial
effects one should always note the full name of the Company California Fig
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of everyday use in the market and who
is reasonably satisfied with the old
we would suggest that a trial of De
fiance Cold Water Starch he made at
once Not alone because it is guar
anteed by the manufacturers to be
superior to any other brand but be
cause each 10c package contains
16 ozs while all the other kinds con
tain but 12 ozs It is safe to say that
the lady who once uses Defiance
Starch will use no other Quality and
quantity must win
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to those whom we dare not pity
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