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Practically the czar has the power to
convert to his own uses any portion of
the state revenues that suits his fancy
But Russia has not In vain been called
an autocracy tempered by assassina
tion If tho little father assumed
too much his aefllstants In the govern
ing business might get jealous and bat
ter his brains out as they did with
Paul or poison or stab him to death
as they did with tho various Petere
Alexanders Annas and Catherines
Assuming that the Petersburg
Statesmans Year Book can be relied
upon Nicholas takes 44 cents annual
ly from each of his subjects but
though ho has nearly 107000000 of
them tho official excuse maker figures
his incomo from tho empire at 5000
000 per annum only while other
sources state it to be twice as much
It should be added though that the
state places 1000000 square miles of
cultivated land at Nicholas disposal
besides gold and silver mines yielding
a fortune every day in the year
It doesnt do a man any good to be
close mouthed when he is in the den
tists chair
Concentrated Pain Rheumatism
Concentrated Medicine Hamlins Wiz
ard Oil
The pickpocket keeps In close touch
with the public
820 A WEEK AND EXPENSES
to men with rlc to Introduce our Poultry goods
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It Is hard to find a truth without
an error in its shadow
Mrs Whislowa Soothing Syrnp
For children teething toftcni the gums reduces in
flauiuiatluu ullayb pain cures wind colic 20c a bottle
A Puzzled Patiensrcr
At the table on an Incoming liner on
a recent trip one of the first cabin pas
sengers found in an oyster one of the
tiny seed pearls which look almost ex
actly like bird shot Apparently the
formation of pearls was a mystery to
him for he examined the thing curi
ously picked it up gingerly and laid it
on the tablecloth for further investiga
tion Now it is a habit of cooks at sea
to carry fish hooks in their pockets
and on this trip by a curious coinci
dence part of a small hook got caught
in a piece of beefsteak that wrs served
to this particular passenger As soon
as his knife encountered the hard ob
ject he started picked it out carefully
and laid it beside his other find on the
cloth Then he beckoned to the wait
er and confidentially whispered in his
ear I dont want to be impertinent
he said but would you mind telling
me where you shoot your oysters and
why you catch your steaks with a hook
and line New York Post
Reciprocity Insisted On
Rev Alferd Waller a clergyman
whose church is located in Southend
a few miles down the river from Lon
don is an enthusiastic temperance
worker He offered a local saloon
keeper 10 for the privilege of hang
ing up behind the bar a temperance
placard The salon keeper is a bit of
a wag and he replied Certainly par
son let me ang up on the pulpit an
advertisement of my bottled ale
A 40000000 Station for Chicago
All the railroads with four excep
tions centering in that city have ac
cepted the proposed terms of a move
ment to build a 40000000 union rail
road station It is to combine both
passenger and freight facilities and
will be equipped to make it the finest
structure of its kind in the world
There has always been a great desire
pmong railroad men to Chicago to
bring the Eastern and Western roads
together in the same structure and
this union station will accomplish the
object
Second Kings Fourth Cuaplor Tenth
Verse
If you read this verse you will find
the basis for the little story printed in
The Four Track News for May which
is entitled The Prophets Chamber
The Four Track News will be sent
free to any address in the United
states for one year for 50 cents single
copies 5 cents Address Geo H Dan
iels Publisher Grand Central Station
New York
The need of an excuse is the step
mother of invention
To Cure a Cold in Orc day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Ail
druggists refund money if it fails to cure 2oa
Nine times out of ten when a man
does get justice he doesnt like it
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES do not
stain the hands or spot the kettle ex
cept green and purple Sold by drug
gists 10c per package
Charity sometimes begins at home
but frequently nowhere
IKONING A SIIIUT WAIST
Not infrequently a young woman
finds it necessary to launder a shirt
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 cne with a blunt
knife and with the edge of the Iron
follow every line of stitching to give it
distinctness After the shirt waist is
Ironed it should be well aired by the
fire or in the sun before it is folded
and put away says the Philadelphia
Inquirer
HOW CHEAP DAKING FOWDER 13
MADE
The Health Department of New
York has seized a quantity of so called
cheap baking powder which it found
in that city Attention was attracted
to It by the lov price at which It was
being sold In the department stores
Samples were taken and the cheml3t
of the Health Department reported
the stuff to be an alum powder
which analysis showed to be compos
ed chiefly of alum and pulverized
rock
Tho powder was declared to be dan
gerous to health and several thou
sand pounds were carted to the offal
dock and destroyed It Is unsafe to
experiment with these so called
cheap articles of food They are
sure to be made from alum rock or
other injurious matter In baking
powders the high class cream of tar
tar brands are the most economical
because they go farther in use and aro
healthful beyond question
False Alarm
While up to their ears in mud at
Carlsbad one morning last summer
some Americans were startled bv a
loud scream relates the New York
Sun Good American lungs those
they remarked to each other A sec
ond later came the cry Snakes
Such a commotions as there was
The air reverberated with nearly every
language you ever heard of some
that you hadnt Suddenly tho hubbub
ceased It was learned that an Amer
ican woman bather had seen what she
supposed was a snake wriggling in the
mud around her only to discover that
it was her own switch
Good Prices for Some Pictures
Eighty pictures from the Matthies
sen collection were sold in New York
at auction last week for ii505 and
several prices were noteworthy the
highest sum 13000 was for Arabs
Crossing a Stream by A Schreyer
The Awakening of Love by Diaz
brought 10000 Rosa Eonheurs A
Normandy Horse 7200 A Gypsy
Mother by L Knaus 7200 Offi
cer Ordering an Advance by Detaille
7100 Castle and Forest Lombardy
by Corot G200 and paintings by Ren
ouf Vibert de Neuville Henner Du
pre Troyon Gerome Mauve Muller
and Lessi received fair prices A por
trait of the pope by Lenbach went for
only 600
A Soldiers Narrow Escape
Watts Flats N Y May 5th George
Manhart of this place a hale and
hearty old soldier of SO years of age
tells a thrilling story of a narrow es
cape from death
Four years ago he says the doc
tors who were attending me during a
serious illness called my wife aside
and told her that I could not live two
weeks as I had Brights Disease which
meant certain death
As a last resort we thought we
would try Dodds Kidney Pills and
accordingly sent to Mr Clarks drug
store and got a box
This remedy worked wonders in my
case I noticed the improvement at
once and discharged the doctor
I kept on improving until every
symptom of illness had gone and I was
strong and well
I feel like a boy and to day I am
cnopping wood as well at eighty as at
twenty Dodds Kidney Pills did it
Made a Professor at 84
At the age of 84 the German novel
ist Max Ring has been honored with
the title of professor It had been his
ambition as a young man to become
a professor but the death of his father
and the lack of means prevented him
from taking a university course
Do Yonr Feet Aclio and IJurn
Shake into your shoes Allens Foot
Ease a powder for the feet It makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy Cures
Corns Bunions Swollen Ilot and
Sweating Feet At all Druggists and
Shoe Stores 2oc Sample sent FREE
Address Allen S Olmsted Lelloy N Y
Its folly to preach future punish
ment to the man whose mother-in-law
boards with him
If you wish beautiful clear white clothes
use Reel Cross Ball Blue Large 2 oz
package 5 cent
We often hear of the sweet simplic
ity of childhood yet every mother
considers her baby cunning
The world needs kindness of heart
more than keenness cf head
A Hoarding House 2 70S Years Old
is the motif of the story of Tho
Prophets Chamber in the Four Track
News for May
This little story will prove intensely
interesting to every farmer and par
ticularly to every farmers wife in
New York and New England
The Four Track News will be mailed
free to any address in the United
States on receipt of 5 cents in stamps
or it will be mailed for a year for
50 cents by Geo H Daniels General
Passenger Agent Grand Central Sta
tion New York
It is said that the ladies of Egypt
stained their cheeks with alcohol 1000
years ago It is now used as a nose
tint by some men in this country
Try One Package
If Defiance Starch does not please
you return it to your dealer If it
does you get one third more for the
same money It will give you satis
faction and will not stick to the iron
Anything that is mighty enough to
prevail is mighty enough to set itself
up as the truth anyway
inonc nEXiuLn and lasting
wont shahe out or blow out by using
Defiance starch you obtain better result3
than possible with any otht r brand and
one third more for same money
The man who is long on wheat may
be short on dough
The man who makes the best of
everything should have no trouble in
disposing of his wares
When one borrows trouble the in
terest is usually pretty heavy
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AFFA1RSJN CUBA
TESTIMONY PRESENTED BEFORE
SENATE COMMITTEE
DONNER GOES ON THE STAND
He Denies Holdings in the Island by
the American Sugar Refining Com
pany Says the Trusts Make No
Advances to Cuban Planters
WASHINGTON May 3 Arthur
Donner treasurer of the American
Sugar Refining company testified be
fore the senate committee on Cuban
relations concerning American hold
ings of Cuban sugar
He said that Mr Havemeyers state
ment yesterday to the effect that his
company had purchased 93000 tons
of sugar since the first of January
last was correct No more Cuban su
gar could have been bought as none
could have been purchased without his
knowledge as the treasurer of the
company He promised Senator Piatt
to send to the committee a memo
randa showing the purchases made
and giving dates All the sugar which
had been purchased had he said been
paid for
Senator Piatt called attention to the
discrepancy between Mr Havemeyers
statement as to purchases amounting
to 93000 tons and the returns made
by the War department placing the
American companys option at 3285
tons up to March 25 but Mr Donner
was net able to explain it
Responding to questions by Senator
Teller Mr Donner confirmed Mr
Havemeyers statement that of the
trusts purchases of Cuban sugar 45
000 tons still remain in Cuba He also
said that his company dealt entirely
with brokers principally with Zaldo
Co Francke Co and Czamokow
Co of Havana and New York and
did not know the names of the pro
ducers The American company had
made no advances to the Cuban plant
ers and had not advanced any money
to the Cuban banks for the planters
While he did not know he said he
presumed there were other purchasers
of Cuban sugar besides his own com
pany in the field Asked as to realty
holdings in Cuba he said that the
trust had none there He knew noth
ing of the private holdings of stock
holders of the trust
You have taken some interest in
securing a reduction of sugar duties
by congress have you not asked Mr
Teller
I have not was the reply
Senator Piatt asked
So far as you know has the Amer
ican Sugar Refining company taken
any interest whatever in forwarding
or opposing the reduction of the duty
on Cuban sugar
No sir I dont think so
Senator Teller You spoke of it as
a corporation
Yes
Do you know whether the rtock
holders have taken any interest as
such in the reduction
I do not I know nothing about
it
Henry C Mott purchaser of raw
sugar for the trust was the next wit
ness He said he had acted in that
capacity for the last five years and
that he buys all the raw sugar for
the company except the Louisiana su
gars He confirmed previous state
ments that the trust had bought 93
000 tons of Cuban sugar since January
1 He said that in the course of the
year the American company pur
chases 50 per cent of the Cuban sugar
product and that he supposed the
other 50 per cent is secured by other
sugar refiners in the United States
ST LOUIS FAIR POSTPONED
Secretary Hay Sends Letter to Senate
Stating Necessity for Delay
WASHINGTON May 3 Secretary
Hay today sent to the senate a letter
stating the necessity for postponing
the Louisiana Purchase exposition
from 1903 to 1904
Enclosed with it was a letter from
Chairman Carter of the government
commission and a telegram from Pres
ident Francis of the exposition com
pany showing the necessity for the
postponement
Senator Cockrell had the letter
read in the senate and then offered
an amendment to the sundry civil
appropriation bili now pending in the
senate providing for the postpone
ment of the exposition in accordance
with the request
Ten Million Dollar Road
PORTLAND Ore May 3 Articles
of incorporation have been filed for the
Great Central Railroad company with
a capital stock of 10000000 The in
corporators are J Thoburn Ross John
K Kolock and John E Atchison all
of Portland but it is understood that
eastern capital is back of the move
ment The articles of incorporation
state that the proposed railroad will
run through Idaho Utah and Oregon
to the Pacific coast
ORDERS TO MERRITT STRICT
United States Not Committed by Ac
tion of Troops to Any Policy
WASHINGTON May 2 Major Gen
era MacArthur yesterday continued
his testimony before the senate com
mittee on the Philippines Answering
a question by Senator Culbertson the
general stated that Aguinaldo and the
Filipino people were justified In con
cluding that the actions of the United
States army are sympathetic
flhe Filipinos he said were in a re
sentful and vindictive opposition to
Spain and any active force on their
part against Spain naturally helped the
United States and vice versa but he
said there was a distinct purpose
through the intercourse between the
Americans and the Filipinos to re
pudiate the idea of direct co operation
which in any way committed the
United States to a policy
General Merrit he said was under
Ihe strictest orders not to commit the
government but Aguinaldo was anxi
ous to make an artificial record which
would oblige General Merritt to do
something he did not want to do The
Filipino said General MacArthur
has quite a comprehensive knowledge
of Latin diplomacy
Aguinaldo was landed at Manila
aboard an American warship because
he was a useful individual who could
be employed in a manner that would
contribute to American success
TORNADO AT BAYARD SOWA
Depot and Several Dwellings Demol
ished and Other Damage Done
DES MOINES la May 2 A torna
do struck Bayard la at 730 last
night Two elevators the Chicago
Milwaukee St Paul depot and a
number of dwelling houses were de
stroyed The agent of the Chicago
Milwaukee St Paul is missing and
is supposed to have been killed or
injured Telegraphic communications
with Bayard were paralyzed by the
storm Details of the disaster are dif
ficult to obtain
At Vanwert a funnel shaped cloud
dropped down on the town The high
wind blew down houses and barns
and uprooted large trees Several
people were reported injured but
none killed
At Weldon a farmhouse was blown
down and three children were Injured
The tornado was seen from the town
of Leroy hut that town was not in its
path All these towns except Bayard
are in Decatur county
MOODY TAKES THE OATH
Former Congressman Now the Secre
tary of the Navy
WASHINGTON May 2 Wm Henry
Moody the new secretary of the navy
took the oath of office at the navy de
partment yesterday morning The
oath was administered by E P Han
na solicitor of the department
Those present besides the retiring
secretary Mr Long were Assistant
Secretary Darling former Assistant
Secretary Hackett and Representatives
Roberts McCall Lawrence and Green
of Massachusetts
The entire personnel of the depart
ment was then presented to Mr
Moody the clerks at the same time
bidding Mr Long farewell
Army of Consuls for Cuba
WASHINGTON May 2 The house
committee on foreign affairs today of
fered a favorable report on the bill
of Representative Hitt of Illinois es
tablishing a United States diplomatic
and consular service in Cuba with a
United States minister at 10000
secretary at 2000 second secretary
1500 consul general at Havana 5
000 consuls at Cienfuegos and Santi
ago 3000 each The bill differs
from the plan proposed in the sen
ate which allows the minister a sal
ary of 12000 and adds a consulate
at Matanzas
Mar Soon Get Together
WASHINGTON May 2 Senator
Hanna chairman of the conciliatory
committee of the national civic feder
ation said tonight that he had not yet
received the report of the meeting of
the representatives of the operators
and the United Mine Workers which
has just been held in New York
Pending its receipt the senator is un
able to say when a meeting of the
conciliation committee will be held
Extension of the Katy
SPRINGFIELD 111 May 2 Con
tractors of Chicago and Terre Haute
signed a contract to construct 265
miles of railroad in Oklahoma an ex
tension of the Missouri Kansas
Texas
Budget in British Columbia
VANCOUVER B C May 2 The
debate on the budget in the provincial
legislature was continued until 10
oclock Wednesday the members cf
the opposition talking against time to
prevent the house from going into
committee of supply They were suc
cessful in defeating the object of the
government which was to rush
through the debate The debate had
not been completed when the house
adjourned for executive work
MORTONAT REST
THOUSANDS FOLLOW REMAINS
TO THE GRAVE
COMING FROM ALL SECTIONS
A Day of Mourning at Nebraska City
Business Suspended Childrens
Touching Tribute to the Distin
guished Dead
NEBRASKA CITY Neb May 1
Yesterday was a day of sorrow and
mourning among the people of this
city as the remains of the late J
Sterling Morton tho founder of many
industries of this city and the father
of Arbor day arrived here and the
people testified their respect for the
memory of one whom they held doar
and had learned to dearly love in the
forty eight years that he had made
this his home
Everywhere the building were
draped In mourning and the peoples
faces told the story of the loss of a
true and noble friend
The remains arrived on a special
train at 740 one hour ahead of sched
uled time over the Burlington road
consisting of a number of coaches and
the funeral car in which the remains
lay in a casket covered with floral
offerings from friends and relatives
There was a monster crowd of peo
ple representing every vocation in
life to pay tribute to the memory and
assist in the removal of the remains
from Hie train to the public library
building where they lay in state for
over three hours They were viewed
by thousands
The school children came in line
under the directions of their teachers
and passed to review the remains of
the father of Arbor day and the advo
cate of timbering the treeless prai
ries
There was a military escort from
Company C N N G This with the
Commercial clu city council fire de
partment and factory employes all
formed in line and escorted the re
mains
After lying in state at the library
building which was a present to the
city from Mr Mortons oldest son Joy
Morton the remains were escorted to
Arbor Lodge the family home and
there they lay in state for three hours
until the hour of the funeral In each
place the floral offerings which were
profuse were banked about the casket
and so great was the supply of flow
ers that many of them were banked
up in the ends of the room making a
very imposing sight
The funeral services were conducted
by Revs Eason and Knickerbocker of
the Episcopal church and were main
ly ritualistic The remains lay in the
room where those of his beloved wife
who died twenty one years ago and
where also lay those of his favorite
son Carl a year ago last January
when they were brought here from
Waukyegan 111 he having died very
suddenly from pneumonia
Special trains bearing friends from
Omaha and Lincoln arrived at noon
and these people joined with the
throng here in the cortege that escort
ed the remains to their last resting
place at the cemeteiy where they
were laid by the side of those of his
wife and son
At noon all of the banks business
houses and industries closed and the
schools were closed early in the day
LIVES LOST IN PANIC
Eight Factory Girls Killed in Stam
pede Caused by Their Own Fright
PHILADELPHIA May 1 An un
fortunate accident to a deaf and dumb
boy Isador Baccus Avas today directly
responsible for the death of eight girls
and young women the fatal injury
of three others and tho serious injury
of more than two score of girls em
ployed in the cigar factory of Harbur
ger Homan Co a branch of the
American Tobacco company located
at Tenth street and Washington ave
nue
The building in which the disaster
occurrred is a five story bricic struc
ture and reaches an entire block
Twelve hundred persons were at work
at the time of the accident 90 per
cent of whom were girls whose ages
range from 12 years upward
Wilhelmina Doing Well
THE HAGUE May 1 Queen Wil
helmina passed a quiet night and the
feverless periods were more frequent
The bulletins issued by her majestys
physicians will hereafter be limited to
one daily
Thinning Out Supply Bills
WASHINGTON May 1 The house
has passed the agricultural appropria
tion bill and began consideration of
the District of Columbia appropriation
bill the last but two of the regular
supply measures By the terms of a
special rule adopted before the dis
trict bill was taken up it will be in
order to attach a rider to it to make
operative the existing personal tax
law of the district which has been a
dead letter for twenty years
OM
NIBUG BILL IS PASSED
Appropriates Over 517000000 for Pu
lie Buildings
WASHINGTON April 30 Under a
special order which allowed three
hours debate but which cut off all
opportunity of amendment the house
passed an omnibus public building
bill which will distribute 17105450
among 174 cities As tho bill deliv
ers into tho treasury 1585000 tho
total amount carried by the bill Is re
duced to that extent
The bill provides for seventy seven
new buildings and sites six bulldlng3
on donated sltea and fifty eight in
creases In approp Iatlons for build
ings already authorized
It also provides for the purchase of
sixteen sites The majority for the
bill was so overwhelming that only
nine members backed a demand for
the aye3 and noe3 on the passage of
the bill There was some criticism of
the method by which it was proposed
to pass the bill without opportunity
for amendment which Mr Mercer
chairman of the committee answered
by stating that if the bill had been
subject to amendment the appropria
tions carried by it would have been
increased to 07000000
MAKES PLACE FOR EVANS
Vacant Place May Be Offered to Com
missioner of Pensions
WASHINGTON April 30 There is
a probability that Commissioner of
Pensions Evans will be offered tho
position of consul general to London
to succeed William McKInley Osborne
whose death has been announced
White House officials are reticent
in regard to the matter as is also Mr
Evans but there is reason to believe
that the president would very much
like to have him accept it and the
chances are decidedly in lavor of its
being offered him
Mr Osbornes death was not a sur
prise to his frlend3 He had beer
confined to his home since November
last suffering from Brights disease
and dropsy which latterly affected
his heart He was conscious until
near the end The deceased never
had been absolutely well since he ar
rlvd in England
TREATY NOT YET RATIFIED
Sale of Danish West Indies May Be
Left to Inhabitants
COPENHAGEN April 30 The bill
providing for the sale of the Danish
West India Islands to the United
States amended by the Landsthlng
came up for discussion in the Folke
thing today with the result that the
party in the majority submitted a pro
posal as follows
The Rigsdag Diet composed of
both houses approves the cession on
condition that the inhabitants of the
ilsands declare in favor thereof by a
plebiscite similar to the one taken in
1807
The Folkething by a vote of 98 to
7 adopted the majority proposal sub
mitted today
Millions in Gold Dust
PORTLAND Ore April 30 Ac
cording to the Nome Nugget of Feb
ruary 11 which has arrived from the
north coming by registered mail via
Dawson a very important discovery
has been made there A New York
syndicate at the head of which is a
well known mining man of the Pacif
ic coast has been for eighteen months
quietly prospecting the Tundra be
tween Nome and Penny rivers The
result of the work accomplished the
paper declares is startling It shows
that million of gold dust are deposit
ed in the vast Tundra plains which
skirt the Bering sea coast
List Reaches Forty four
CAIRO April 30 The body of an
other of the Burke boys was taken
out of the river just above Cairo and
the body of a colored roustabout was
recovered just below the city The
body of William R Bolinger of Cin
cinnati steward of the Pittsburg was
recovered near the wreck Forty four
bodies have so far been recovered and
it is believed others are yet to be
found
Dentist Convicted of Assault
OTTUMWA la April 30 Doctor
Mark Vance a dentist of this city
was found guilty of the charge of
assaulting a little girl who came to
his office to have some dental work
done
Wilhelmina Improving
THE HAGUE April 30 Queen Wil
helmina passed a quiet night and all
her symptoms indicate improvement
Smelter Closes at Helena
HELENA Mont April 30 The
works of the American Smelting and
Reduction company were closed today
because of a strike order issued late
last night by Mill and Smeltermens
union No 14G which affiliates with tho
Western Federation of Miners The
strike was called because the company
will not recognize the union There
is no question of wages hours of la
bor or other grievance involved in the
difficulty
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