TUE NORFOLK NEWS : FRIDAY , n'TKMUKRiili. \ M2
President to Be Sole Judge in
Venezuelan Dispute ,
SAID TO HAVE CONSENTED.
London Believes Chief Executive Will
Act In the Matter Castro Accepts
President as Arbitrator American
Ships Arrlvo nt Trinidad.
London , Dec. 22. It IB believed thut
President Hoosevolt's answer to the
proposal made by the allied powers ,
that lie arbitrate the Venezuelan Is-
cues , has been received In London.
The strictest secrecy with regard to
every phase of the negotiations IR pre
served , however , and It Is Impossible
to make a definite statement , uut such
Indications as are obtainable point to
President Roosevelt's acceptance of
the ofllee . of arbitrator. A constant
interchange of cablegrams Is proceed
ing night and day between the United
States embassy here and the state de
partment nt Washington. By Wednes
day , unless some unexpected compli
cations arise. It IH expected the ne
gotiations will roach a stage approach
ing a settlement. With President
Roosevelt acting as arbitrator , the se
rious objections in the matter of guar
antees , which frequently have been
mentioned at the foreign office and
In these dispatches , would disappear.
The foreign office has repeatedly said
that the great difficulty In Its seeing
n way to aid a pacific settlement of tbe
Venezuelan trouble was Its Inability to
ascertain to what extent tbe United
States was willing to assume respon
sibility.
TRINIDAD IS BRITISH BASE.
[ Venezuelan Blockade is Begun With
Effective Force.
Port of Spain , Trinidad , Dec. 22.
The blockade of Venezuelan ports
was begun with an effective force at
midnight. The British have the cruis
ers Indefatlguable , Alert and Tribune ,
the special service steamer Columbine
and the torpedo boat destroyer Rocket
along the coast. All the British oper
utlons will be directed from Trinidad.
The cruiser Vineta , the German flag'
Jj -1 ship , left hero for LaGuayra to rein
force the German cruisers Gazelle ,
Panther and Falke and the training
chip Stosch.
The United States battleships Kear
earge and Alabama arrived here yes
terday. Their appearance provoked
considerable comment on shore , but
when Admiral Higglnson called upon
the acting governor of Trinidad and
the commander of the British ships ,
he took occasion to explain that the
visit of the men-of-war was part of
the usual winter trip of the squadron.
The Kearsarge and Alabama are an
chored outside the British warships ,
Which are guarding four Venezuelan
vessels , none of which flies either the
British or Venezuelan flag.
WASHINGTON HAS NO NEWS.
Believed Chief Executive Will Act aa
Mediator.
\Vrjhington , Dec. 22. Officials of
the state department announced that
there was nothing to make public re
gardlng the latest phase of the Vene
zuelan embroglio. Such dispatches
from the American embassies in Eu
rope and from Minister Bowen at Ca
racas , regarding Venezuelan matters ,
as come to Washington" , were of a con
fidential character , concerning the na <
ture of wjilch It was Impossible to as
certain anything. It was believed
there has been no change of import
ance since Saturday , whe.n the state
department announced that In re-
X .eponse to President Roosevelt's sug
gestion to the allies that The Hague
tribunal arbitrate the Issues the Eu
ropean governments suggested that
1he president himself act In the ca
paclty of arbitrator. While reluctant
to take up the role of mediator , the
president will do so rather than see
the unfortunate state of affairs now
existing prolonged Indefinitely.
Nerd Formally Elected President.
Port au Prince , Haytl , Dec. 22.
There was a disorderly scene at to
day's sitting of the congress as a re
eult of the violent speeches by Sen
ator Oauvln and Deputy Jeannot , who
protested against the proclamation by
' the army of General Nerd as president
\ r of the republic. One hundred and fifteen
S I"
> teen votes were cast. Of these , Gen
eral Norfl received 100 and was elect
ed , while fifteen of the ballots -were
blank. The people of the country tie-
j3lre peace and they have received the
result of the announcement of the voting
ing with satisfaction.
.Accident on Steamer Deulschiand.
Plymouth , "England , Dec. 22. The
Jlamburg-Amerlcnn line steamer
Deutschland anlved here yesterday.
When she was searing the Scllly isl
ands a cylinder burst and the star
board engine wa& badly damaged. It
-will require four months to effect re
pairs. One engineer was badly scald
ed. For a time the vessel was In com
plete darkness and filled with escap
ing steam. The passengers were
greatly alarmed.
Castro Accepts Roosevelt.
Caracas , Dec. 22. In the name of
Venezuela , President Castro has signi
4. fied acceptance of the appointment of
President Roosevelt to arbitrate the
Venezuelan difficulty. i
/ Vanderbllt Is Improving.
New York , Dec. 22. Cornellui Van-
dcrWlt's condition shows considerable
improvement , there bulng a reduction
of one degree in hla temperature. He
treated well throughout the night.
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SNOW PLOWS CLEAR ROADS ,
! orm Said to Be the Worst In a Num
ber of Years.
Denver , Doc. 22. The blizzard that
raged on Friday and Saturday in east
ern Colorado and Wyomliw and west
ern Kansas and Nebraska was the
most serious In years to the railroads
as far ub the interruption of tralllc is
concerned. All trains on the Union
Pacific and Burlington roit.s wore de
layed nt least twenty-four hours and
BO me trains due Saturday rnornl ! s did
not arrive In Denver until Sunday
night. This Is true of trains over the
Kansas Pacific branch of the Union
Pacific. Along this line snow drifts
from six to ton foot deep nuulu the
movement uf trains Impossible until
the tracks could be cleared. Perhaps
the storm was most severe on the Den
ver and Alliance branch of the Bur
lington. ThU Hue runs to the Black
Hills and trains which left Denver
on Filday were only released from
their wedged positions In the drift
Sunday. One train , which was com
pletely hidden from sight by the snow ,
was relieved by snow plows from Alli
ance , Nob. A supply train was run
from Mercer , Neb. , with fuel and pro
visions to provide for the needs of the
imprisoned passengers. It required
desperate work to reach the stalled
train through the blinding storm and
almost impenetrable drifts. The at
tention of the railroads has been di
rect almost exclusively to getting the
trains going on schedule time again.
HUMBERTS UNDER ARREST.
Famous Parisian Swindlers Are Cap
tured In Madrid.
Madrid , Dec. 22. When Mine. Hum
bert and other members of the Hum
bert family , who became notorious In
connection with the great safe frauds
in Paris , were arrested here Saturday ,
one of tlie family handed a package
containing $48,000 to some people who
lived in the same house with them.
This package has been sent to the
French consulate.
According to published interviews ,
Frederic Humbert declares that the
revelations of himself and his confed
erates will rival the Panama scandals
und show they were the victims of
robbers , who exploited them. He says
that all classes In Paris , from minis
ters down , will bo Involved. Mine.
Humbert claims to have In Paris docu
ments which compromise prominent
personages.
While the police were waiting to en
ter the house , Mme. Humbert burned
many papers , Including in her hurry
bank notes to the amount of $1,200.
DOUBLE TRAGEDY ON A FARM.
Drunken Farmhand Kills Mrs. J. B.
Wilson and Himself at Liberty , Mo.
Liberty , Mo. , Dec. 22. Joseph Foley
shot and killed Mrs. James B. Wilson
and then with a shotgun literally
blew off his own head , at the Wilson
farm , near here. Foley was formerly
employed by the Wilsons and while
drunk he went there yesterday to bor
row a gun. He handled the gun so
recklessly that Mrs. Foley remon
strated with him , when ho shot and
killed her without provocation. He
then killed himself. Foley , who was
twenty-four years of age , was a cousin
of William S. Foley , who , three years
ago , Avas charged with killing his
mother and sister. Mrs. Wilson was
thirty-five years of age.
FARMERS SURROUND BANDITS.
Robbers Who Held Up Restaurant and
Stores Caught In Indiana Barn.
Logotee , Ind. , , Dec. 22. Word was
received here that farmers had sur
rounded in a barn west of this place
the outlaws who held up the night
clerks at Patterson's restaurant ,
robbed two stores and attempted to
rob the White River bank yesterday.
A posse of twenty armed men left
at once , accompanied by detectives
employed by the bank and Insurance
companies , to assist in the capture.
Explosion In Boarding House.
Plttsburg , Dec. 22. An explosion of
natural gas In the boarding house of
Mrs. Laura Rlckards resulted in the
probable tatal burning of one man and
the serious injury of two others. F.
G. Walters , a telegraph operator , was
burned about the face , chest and arms.
He is not expected to recover. E. W.
Barrett had his feet and arms burned
and Is in a. serious condition. Burt
Piper had his face and arms burned.
The men -were asleep on the second
floor of the building and were sur
rounded by fire and smoke when they
awoke.
Prisoners Try Suicide.
Cincinnati , Dec. 22. The officers
have detected a compact between two
aged Germans , John Tabe and Rudolph
Schaum , to cammlt suicide. Both
wore held awaiting trial on the charge
of shooting to kill their wives. They
occupied adjoining cells. Tabe se
cured a rope and gave half of It to
Schaum , but the latter was discovered
before he carried out his purpose.
Tabe succeeded and Schaura will be
examined for lunacy.
Woman Ready to Surrender.
Iowa City , Dec. 22. Mrs. Ella Gal-
laugher , a fugitive from Justice since
her indictment for perjury , growing
out of her testimony in her trial for
the murder of her husband , has noti
fied the authorities through her near
est relative , George Colwell , that she
Is near the Canada line and Is ready
to give herself up as soon as satisfac
tory terms as to ball can be arranged.
Farmer Fatally Shot.
Sioux City , Dec. 22. At George , la. ,
August Bunge shot and mortally
wounded Helmer Dcboor as a result of
a quarrel over rent of land. Bunge Is
under arrest. Both mon are farmers.
Train Smash in California Kills
and Maims Many.
ACCIDENT HAPPENS AT BYRON
Stockton Flyer and Los Angeles "Owl"
Train Collide With Frightful Re-
suits Clouds of Scalding C team In
tensifies Suffering of Injured.
Byron , Cal. , Dec. 22. As a result of
a collision between the Stockton flyer
and the "Owl" train on the Southern
Pacific twenty deaths have already
been recorded and there are indica
tions that the total will soon be raised
to twenty-four. It was a rear end col
lision , the engine of the local plowIng -
Ing its way Into the last coaches of
the "Owl , " which was filled with
Fresno people. The passengers who
escaped death weio hurled to the fore
part of the coach , crushed in between
the mass of debris , their sufferings
and danger Intensified a hundredfold
by the clouds of scalding steam that
poured out upon them from the shat
tered boiler of the Stockton engine.
After the "Owl" left the Oakland mole
it was ifnU-d that there was a leak in
the Hue of the engine. Tills Increased
t Mich an extent that it was deemed
advisable to stop here to take up n
freight engine for relief. The train
olilclals knew that the Stockton local
was following half an hour behind and
sent a flagman back down the track
to give warning of the presence of the
"Owl. "
The Stockton train , In charge of En
gineer McGuIre and Fireman Joyce ,
got the warning signal in duo time
and gave the usual response with
whistle blasts.
Fireman Joyce , in a statement explaining -
plaining the collision , said : "Wo saw
the flagman's light ahead of UB , and
put on the brakes at once. They
seemed to work well enough , but wo
could not stop In tlmo to avoid smash
Ing into the rear of the 'Owl' train.
The engine went right through the
car. "
Relief quickly came to the passes
gers who were penned In the wreckage -
ago , axes and suws being brought into
play and passengers and train crow
lending eager aid. Messengers were
sent to Byron Hot Springs , a short dis
tance away , and doctors came quickly
to the station. A trained nurse accom
panied them and first aid was at once
given to the mangled , bruised and
scalded sufferers who wore lying near
the track. None of the passengers of
the Stockton train was injured and all
of the crew of the "Owl" escaped un
hurt.
hurt.Ten
Ten of the dead have been identi
fied , as follows : Elizabeth L. Smith ,
Fresno ; Clarence D. Oluffs , Fresno ;
Miss Birdie Elliott , San Francisco ;
Mabel Vezey , Modesto ; George Ses
sions , Oakland ; Charles Owens. Fres
no ; Miss Myers , Fresno ; Robert Ren-
wick , San Francisco ; Len Irwin. Oak
land ; W. F. Temple , D. J. Vernon.
Twenty-two of the Injured reached
the South Pacific hospital at San Fran
cisco , where it was announced that R.
Post of Fowler and Lee Sou would
probably succumb. Of the twenty-two
patients , only three were permitted to
receive visitors , so seriously were
they suffering. D. J. Vernon's son is
reported to be In a state of collapse.
Mrs. Mayor , whose little son and
daughter have died , Is very low and
her other son is in a critical condition.
The condition of Stella Howard of San
Francisco is also exciting the appre
hension of the physicians.
Story of an Eye-Wltness.
Frank H. Short , a prominent resi
dent of Fresno , who was at dinner
when tha collision occurred , said In
discussing the wreck :
"It jvas Indescribably awful. Sev
eral successive jars occurred , the
lights went out , glass crashed all
about us , the chandelier toppled down
and the crowd was panic stricken. We
ran to the Fresno car and there en
countered a scene of the most terrible
description. Men were begging , ap
pealing , swearing and groaning.
Everything was 1n utter darkness
and a fence was torn down and firea
started to give light. Men were seen
sticking out of windows with their
limbs caught In the wreckage. Some
had doubtless met Instant death , while
others were horribly ucalded and im
paled. On one side of the car the vic
tims seemed to be mostly scalded ,
while on the other side they were
crushed. We began the work of res
cuing. With axes and eaws we made
our way into the car. and worked back
among the seats , carrying out the In
jured. I think every person I carried
out had a broken limb. The plight of
the Vernons , father and son. was par
ticularly harrowing. The father's
body was sticking out of the car win
dow and he was begging to be rescued
quickly , as he said he was crushing his
son underneath. We chopped him out
as quick as possible and then freed
the boy from the mass of splintered
wood and twisted iron , The boy was
badly burned. The father died from
his Injuries. "
Christmas Mall Burned.
Syracuse , Dec. 22. Official report
of the burning of a carload of Christ
mas mail for the west was made
yesterday by the crew of mail clerks
arriving hero from New York on fast
mail No. 3 , on the New York Central.
Only twenty or thirty out of 700 or 800
pouches were saved , the burned mall
being for Chicago and points further
west. The crew discovered the fire
between Poeksklll and Highland.
The car was left burning at the latUr
tation , . _ _ .
WAGE DEMAND ON ROADS.
Rail Lines Asked for Increase by
100,000 Employes ,
Chlrnro , Dec. 22.- One hundred
thousand railway conductors and
brakemcn employed on the forty sys
tems west of Chicago filed demands
with the managers of the roads Sat
urday for a WHRO Increase of 20 pur
cent. The demands were filed Hlmul-
tHiiootiBly In all the Importniy ce \ CIH ,
and the manage were given until
Jan. f > to make their preliminary reply.
The movement IH urrdnr the auspices
of the Brotherhood of Railway Train-
men. which controls practically all of
the freight conductors and bnikoincn ,
and the Order of Hallway Condm'iors ,
which has jurisdiction over the pas
senger men. It Is ono of the most I in
portant wage demands ever made In
( he west , and , should It bo granted ,
will add fiom J2.500.000 to $ ! I.OOKIO ( ) (
to the annual pay rolls of I1o lines In
volved.
The officials of the roads have
lviio\\n for several months that the de-
iiinnd was to be tiled , but the dulo
originally set was In January of next
year. When they ramo In Saturday , n
furore was created in railroad circles ,
rveii among the employes. Attempts
to get the persons Interested to talk
about the movement proved of no
nuill , as neither wished to risk com
promising themselves.
TELLER HAS OPPOSITION.
Many Aspirants In Colorado for United
Stnteu Senatorshlp.
Denver , Dec. 22. Senator Henry M
Teller arrived here from Washington
yesterday to spend the ChrlstmitH neil
days and to look after his IntorestH In
tlie contest for re-election. In addi
tion to Teller , the announced candl
dates are former Senator Edward O.
Wolcott , Frank C. Goudy of Denver ,
District Judge Walter N. Dl.von of Pu
eblo and Irving Howbcrt of Colorado
Springs. Teller claims ( ho entire
Democratic vote on Joint tmllot and
will likely get it , as there Is no one
opponed to him In the Democratic
paity. The remaining four candidates
will divide the Republican support
Goudy claims to have pledged about
two-thirds of the Republican members
of the legislature. A great deal de
pcnds upon the outcome of the con
tests now before the state canvassing
board. Should the Democrats be seat-
eil , the house will stand , Democrats 32 ,
Republicans 33. The Illness of Ropro
Rcntatlve-elcct Jones , a Republican , at
Hot Springs , Ark. , also complicates
matters. Should he be compelled to
remain away and the Democrats bo
seated , the vote In the house would be
a tie.
PIERCES HEART WITH NEEDLE
Vivisection Experiments Show Possl
billty of Local Treatment.
Chicago , Dec. 22. After a series 01
experiments , covering a period of
more than live years , W. Byron Coak
ley , a well known vivlsectionist of Cht
cage , has just discovered that to ad
minister local treatment to the heart
is not the impossibility the world's scl
cntists have always held It to bo. n >
means of a fine hollow golden needle
seven or eight inches long , Dr. Coak
ley not only has been able to pierce
the heart without causing death , butte
to Inject into it various fluids with
out subjecting the patient to the slight
est danger. Thus far Dr. Coakley has
been compelled to confine his expert
ments to dogs , rabbits and similar an
Imals , but so certain is he of his
ground that he will attempt to secure
n human subject for a demonstration
which he has been asked to make be
fore the International- medical con
gress at Madrid In 11103.
No General Increase In Rates.
New York. Dec. 22. The Journal of
Commerce says : For some time pas
reports have been current that begin
ning with the first of the year railroac
freight rates will be increased on gen
eral merchandise shipments , the ad
vance to be made not in the class
rates themselves , but hy shifting varl
ous goods from a lower to a higher
class rating. It may be stated definite
ly that there will be no general in
crease on tlie first of the year on goods
shipped at class rates. There are in
all some 200 changes. Some of these
will Impose a slight increase In
freight rates , while many show actua
reductions.
Orient Line Soon to Run Trains.
Kansas City , Dec. 22. A. E. Stil
well , president of the Kansas City
Mexico and Orient Railroad company
who returned yesterday from New
York , announces that beginning about
Feb. 15 the Orient would operate
trains south of Wichita to Sweet
water , Tex. For a distance of thirty
miles from Wichita the tracks of the
Missouri Pacific will be used until the
Orient tracks are completed. "I be
lieve that by the last of next year COO
miles of the Orient line will be in op
eration , " said Mr. Stilwell.
California May Bar Consumptives.
Los Angeles , Dec. 22. The commit
tee appointed from the Mate senate to
investigate tlie conditions connecter
with the coming of consumptives to
California from eastern states and the
proposed plan to establish a state in
stitution for the care of such patients ,
has decided to recommend to the legis
lature that legislation looking to the
restriction of the coming to the coast
of consumptive persons be enacted.
Oil Discovered In Iowa.
Des Molnes , Dec. 22. Oil has been
discovered oozing from the banks of
the Coon river , near Grant City. In
Sac county. A quart of the oil sent to
Ames college for analysis is said to
have been found to be SO per cent
pure. The discoverer , a woman , has
quietly leased 0,000 acres in the local
ity.
Marconi Sends Message Across
the Atlantic Ocean.
COMMUNICATION ESTABLISHED.
Inventor Announces Successful Test.
Congratulations Pans Through
Space From Shores of Canada to
Coast of England.
Halifax , Dec. 22. After eight expcr
ImentH , conducted with the greatest
ticcrccy , Marconi uunnuriccti that ho
IIIIH solved the problem of tiimmiro
mile IramtmlsHlon and huw successfully
transmitted wireless IIICHHMKCH horn
the HlmroH of Canada to the coiiHt of
KriKlnnd. The formal Miuiuuncomciii
of this achievement was mudo by the
Inventor hlniHcll ycsturduy , when ho
Hinted that wireless IIICHHIIKCM hud
been stifcoHsfully transmitted and lot
wauled t'loin the Kovurnor goiioial of
Canada to King Kdwnrd VII of Kn
gland and to the King of ituly.
Dr. George It. Parkin , pilnclpal of
Upper Canada college , WMH present
when olio of the succcuHful tests wun
mudo.
Prior to December , lilOl , the RH-at
CHt distance covet I'd by wliolesH telegraphy
raphy scarcely exceeded 100 mllcH.
Karly In that year Marconi visited
Newfoundland ami fiom Signal Hill
commenced oxpcrlmentn with Corn
wall , and on Dec. 23 nnd 24 of that
year faint signals ( if the letter " , H. "
repeated several times , were caught
by ear only with the aid of telephones
Later on Marconi , on hoard the stcnm
ship Philadelphia , bound for America
succeeded In establishing communlca
tlon with Cornwall over a distance of
2,100 miles. Transoceanic HlKimlH
wore received on hoard the Carlo Al
berta while the vessel lay at anchor
In Sydney harbor Oct. 31 , and slnco
then Marconi IIIIH boon perfecting the
apparatus at Table Head. Ho met
with Innumerable dllllcultlrs there ,
but at last has succueded In sending
a transoceanic message from Canada
to Cornwall , a distance of 2,300 miles
The Carlo Alhorta , Home days ago. was
ordered to proceed to Venezuela , but
as her Immediate departure would so
rlously delay Marconi's operations
she was hold nt Hydnoy until traiiR-AI-
laiitlc communication was successfully
accomplished. She has sailed for
Venezuela to taltr part In the blockade
operations.
The text of the wlreloBfl rneBfWKP
from the Times' correspondent , which
was forwarded from Ghico Bay to
Poldhu , Cornwall , Is ns follows :
"Being present at Its transmission
In Slgnor Marconi's station , I have the
honor to send through the Times the
Inventor's first wireless trims-Atlantic
message of greeting to England am !
Italy. "
Sends Greetings to King and Times
New York , Dec. 22. The following
dlspntch from Marconi , dated Glace
Bay , Dec. 21 , has been received by the
Associated Press : "I beg to Inforri
you for circulation that I have estub
Hshed wliclobs telegraphic comrnunl
cation between Cape Breton , Canada
and Cornwall , Hngland , with complete
success. Iiiauguratory messages , In
eluding one from tlie governor gen
eral of Canada to King Edward VII
have already been transmitted and for
warded to the king of England. A
message tp the London Times has alao
been transmitted in the presence o
Its special correspondent , D. Parkin
M. P. "
Times Confirms the News.
London , Dec. 22. The Times con
firms the receipt of a message by wire
less telegraphy from Marconi at Capo
Breton , N. S.
BURIAL OF MRS. GRANT.
Remains Now Rest'by Husband's Side
In New York Tomb.
New York , Dec. 22. In the mau
Boleum on Riverside drive services
were conducted yesterday over the re
mains of Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant. In
addition to the members of the Gran
family , there were present among the
GOO persons to whom Invitations hiu
been sent many federal , state nnd mu
niclpal officers and officers of the array
and navy stationed in the city.
General Frederick D. Grant and
other members of the family occuplec
scats overlooking the crypt. The scr
vices , conducted by Bishop E. O. An
drews of the Methodist Eplscopa
church and the Rt. Rev. Alexander
Mackcy E. Smith , bishop coadjutor o
Pennsylvania , opened with the hymn
"Lead. Kindly Light , " aft r which the
burial service of the Episcopal .and
the Protesant Episcopal churches
were read. The services were closei
with the reading of a poem. "The Lan <
Beyond the Sea. " which had been a
favorite of Mrs. Grant , and the sing
ing of the hymn , "Abide With Me. "
Funeral of General Swayne.
New York. Dec. 22. Funeral serv
ices over the remains of General
Wager Swayne were held here yester
day In St. Bartholomew's church. The
Rev. David H. Grecr , rector of the
church , read the burial service. At
the conclusion of the service the body
was taken to Jersey City and placed
In a special car attached to the Wash
ington express. Services will be held
In Washington today In St. John's
Episcopal church and the body will be
Interred at Arlington.
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Drug Store Safe Is Looted.
Des Moincs , Dec. 22. At Valley
Junction , a suburb , burglars blew open
the safe in Miller's drug store , secur
ing | 3,000. Persons living abore the
Etoro were not awakened.
HALF OUR ILLS ARE CATARRH.
iLottors From Two Prominent Men. ]
CONOKKBHMAN MJNOAN.
Congressman Irvlno Diinpin of .Tnclc-
Bon , O. , elected to ( hoiFlfly-Hocoiiil Con-
< roHti IIH u Domoeral , in a recent loltur
'rom Washington , ! ) . < ' . , nays :
"I desire in Join with my many
'rlcnds In recommending your Inval
uable remedy , I'crttna , to anyone In
nucJ til an Invfyorntlnx tonic , and
whose system la run downbycatarrlial
troubles. I'crnna In a permanent and
effective cure forcatarrh and I would
advise all who are afflicted with this
disease to try this remarkable rem
edy. " In-lnc Diingan.
KvorylKxly iHfliihJuet to catarrh. Po-
rmm curcH catarrh , iieuto or chronic ,
whcruvor located.
Hon. ThomiiH Chilian of Chicago , mom-
lier of the National CoinmlUeo of the
Democratic party , wrlleH an follows :
" I WIIH nfllloleil vrllh caturrh for four-
Icon yearn and though 1 tried many
romodlon and applied in several doclorn
I WUH not ublo to find a euro. I took
I'orunu for twenty-two woolen and am
now ontlroly cured. " Thornn.it Chilian.
If you do not derive prompt and satin-
factory rcnullH from the duo of Puruna
wrltontorrro to Dr. Harlmiui , giving n
full Htatomont of your CUHU nnd ho will
bo glad to glvo you his valuable advlco
frco.
AddrosH Dr. Hartrniin , President of
The Hartrmm Sanitarium , ColumbusO.
FOREIGNERS IN PEP.IL.
Tung Fu Slang Mobilizes Chlneao
F-urcts With Consent of Empress.
Shanghai , Dec. 22. The North
China Dally Nown IIUH received the
Korlous news I rom Sheiihl Hut Tung
Fu Klung , the exiled Chinese com
mander , whoso execution was de
manded by the powers , but who IH
supposed to bo protected y the dow
ager employs , IH mobui/lng In Kunnu
10,001) well equipped troops , among
whom ate included the provincial gar-
ilsoii ofMIIIO men , who were dls-
banded by Imperial command. The
purpose ol Tung Fir Slang Is the ox-
toniiluutlon of foreigners In the prov
inces of Sliensl and Kansu and the
seizure of Sinn Fu. Friendly officials
are advising loroigners and mission
aries to depart In order to avoid the
impending trouble.
Tung Fu Slang Is buying great
quantities of grain and fodder. Ho
Is In constant communication with
Prince Tuan , and the dowager empress
and Yung Lu are believed to be se
cretly encouraging him and supplyIng -
Ing him with money.
FINLANDERS ARE STARVING.
Crops Fail All Over Country as Result
of Continuous Rains.
St. Petersburg , Dec. 22. The aver
age grain crop gathered in Finland 13
valued at $30.000,000. The estimated
value of the 1902 crop is $20,000,000.
The disaster is due to th * Into spring ,
the nearly continuous chilly rains and
the early frost , which was recorded
Aug. 10. So complete was the failure
of vegetation that dead birds by the
hundreds have been found in the for
ests. The present crop failure Is the
worst that has been experienced for
the last fifty years. It is hoped that
better methods of communication will
facilitate the work of relict nnd avoid
wholesale deaths by hunger and ty-
unus.
A finnd Hrncl for Illinium * .
"I'm troubled. John , about tire $500'
I got from Aunt Mary. I want to in
vent It. "
"Well , KO ahead. "
"And I want to get some profit out
of it , and I've just thought of a splen
did plan. "
"What is it ? "
"I'll glvr you the money nnd you In
vest it In stock or wheat or some
thing that promises n big return , and
if you win. why , I'll get the profit. "
"And if I loco ? "
"Why , then , It will be your fault , of
course , and you'll have to make It up
to me. " Chicago Post.
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