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sVK:,tfli,5 l1"-;? i ? T& "" !-5irV. ; "- 1 v- - - , V --V ' j- . 2 8. I I: re 13- Golumbus Journal STROTHER &. STOCKWELL, Pubs. COLUMBUS, - NEBRASKA MUCH IN SMALL SPACE FOR THE 'HURRYING fREADER. t j ' cw ' EVENTS COVERING WIDE FIELD -. Something of Congress, Political Gos sip Here and There, and News and Notes of General Character. Congress. Currency legislation by the pres ent congress seems Improbable. The house passed the bill appropriating- $1,500,000 for participation by the United States in the international exposition to be; held in Tokio, Japan, In 1912. The bill lacks only the pres ident's signature to make it a law. An omnibus territories bill embrac ing fifteen measures, favorably con sidered by the committee, was passed by the house Tuesday under suspen sion of the rules. The various provi sions of the bill deal exclusively with legislation pertaining to the terri tories. Passage by the house of the gen eral deficiency appropriation bill, car rying an appropriation of $17,368,572, marked the completion by that body of tbelast?of the groat supply measures of the1 government; The bill, was put through -under suspension of the rules, with no time allowance for general debate. Nebraska members of the house have arrayed themselves on the side of the president as against Speaker Cannon. Senator Bulkely (Connecticut) spoke in favor of the passage of his bill to authorize the president to re-inlist the negro soldiers of the Tyenty-fifth in fantry, and declared that if possible he would secure action on it. Announcement is made that no riv ers and harbors bill other than an administrative measure will be passed at this session of congress. In the public building bill Iowa fares very well. Davenport gets $60,000 for improvements to its building; Council Bluffs $05,000 for additional grounds and improvements; Ottumwa, $165,000 and addition heretofore granted for a new building; Fort Dodge, $130,000 for improvements, extensions and repairs; Estherville, $60,000 for a new building; Ames, $60,000 for a building; LeMars, Red Oak and Fort Madison, $10,000 each for a new site; Denison and Iowa Falls, $7,500 each for new sites; Bur lington and Mason City", $5,000 addi tional each to complete their build ings; Cedar Rapids, $10,000 addition al to complete its building. Political. Mr. Bryan says the result in Penn sylvania is a good argument for the direct primary. Senator Dolliver will make some speeches in Iowa in the interest or Senator Alison. Judge Evans has resigned the chair manship of the Missouri democratic state committe because he is a candi date for governor. President Roosevelt has "taken no tice" of the $2,000,000 public building bill and may veto the measure. Bryan carried the Alabama primary over Johnson by three to one. Pennsylvania democrats are divided on the question of supporting Bryan. California democrats to the Denver convention are instructed to vote as a unit for Bryan. Secretary Taft announced the terms of the agreement he reached with the. Panama government on his recent visit there, which, it is believed, if carried into effect, will guarantee the absolute integrity of the elections to be held in July. Tammany Hall will be represented at the democratic convention at Den ver by a delegation 650 strong. All arrangements for the journey have been completed. The democratic territorial conven tion of Hawaii instructed delegates to Denver for Bryan. Washington state demands split up on the liquor question. Milwaukee democrats will stop in -Lincoln on their way to Denver. Complete returns thus far received from the primary Indicate that Wil liam J. Bryan will be supported by the Alabama delegation to the national convention at Denver. In the New Jersey prohibition state convention Dr. Day criticised Pres ident Roosevelt for drinking in pub lic, Secrtary Taft for saying that pro hibition would not solve the liquor question and Mr. Bryan for remaining silent on the subject General. The war department has issued or ders for summer maneuvers of the army. Twenty peasants were hanged for agrarian disturbances in Russia. Presbyterian general assembly dis cussed the reports of the committees on evangelism and Sabbath observ ance. Resolutions were passed con demning all secular work and sports on Sunday. ; No bill to modify the power of the federal courts in injunctions will be passed at this session of congress. It was so decided by republican confer ence. The Allagheny bank failure is a bad one, shortages appearing to grow heavier day by day. w Eastern wool consumers favor the Omaha wool warket. Six deaths are laid at the door of James Brimmlngstall, under arrest at Dowagiac, Mich., two murders being already confessed. John Wrede, aged 53 years, a sa loon keeper at South Omaha; was shot and mortally wounded by two" men J Intending robbery of his saloon. Thirty-five thousand coal miners of Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Ar kansas; members of the United Mine Workers of America, who have been on strike since March 1 last have re turned to work. iinivi iiijIi r Rirn I inn IH H llllll I 111 I I 'I lllll Senator. JUtttesMed Jin the jji- irorce'suitrTjrought'brMatf E. Wood, denying marriage or promise of mar-. riage. , The divorcacae'otMae CWood against Senator Plattvwas called for trial-in a New. York-court; ' i. Tha mm nt Van WnndB aeainst i v. . - t - , Senator Piatt was dismissed ana me woman sent to the tombs for perjury. The Washington state democratic convention adopted a resolution de claring for the submission to the vot ers of a constitutional amendment for bidding the sale and manufacture of spirituous liquors. St Louis has been-granted authority by the United States supreme court to tax corporations for occupation of the streets.' Burlington and Union Pacific tax commissioners told the state board that their lines are assessed too high in Nebraska. More than fifty persons were killed in a Belgian railroad wreck when trains telescoped. Missouri is to be for Mr. Bryan in the Denver convention first, last and all the time." Secretary Metcalf has detailed Ad miral Robley D. Evans, late commander-in-chief of the Atlantic fleet, to duty with the general board of the navy, which has to do with the preparation of plans for naval campaigns for use in time of war.' Attorney General Bonaparte has written the circuit judges of the dis trict of Philadelphia asking for a quick' hearing of a test suit of the com modities clause of the new rate. Omaha ministers are up in arms against Sunday baseball. Evelyn Thaw is said to be .in a mood to drop her suit to annul the marriage with Harry Thaw. Mr. Bryan got the endorsement' of Michigan democrats, but fell down, in the Keystone state. Governor Brooks of Wyoming sajs there is no doubt but what ihe east ern buyers are taking advantage of wool growers and offering lov prices for the clip because the growers are in debt for sheep bought last till. The outlook is not encouraging for any financial legislation the present congress. Senators and reprerenta-, tives are wide apart. William A. Martin, sole survive r of the John Brown jury, is visiting in Washingtaon. His home is at Eela-' plaine, Va. He is 77 years old. Rev. S. A. Coffman, a Methodist clergyman of Fremont, W. Va., kill'd his wife while suffering froma fit if temporary insanity, as he claims no?., Ernest S. Kenison, who killed Sail' D. Cox at Minatare, was sentenced to twenty-three years in the penitentiar; I by Judge Grimes. This is KenisonTs second trial. He was sentenced to twenty-four years in the former trial. The New York stock market con tinues to show an upward tendency with an increase in the volume of business. In a boarding stable fire at Omaha' seventeen horses perishedl t Senator Heyburn started a filibuster against the conference report en the homestead bill, which would allow a settler 320 acres of' any?non-irrig-able land. Louis C. Coufal has been appointed postmaster at Abie, Butler , county, Xeb., vice F. J. Reh, resigned. The fire loss at the Omaha, packing plant is about $500,000. Washington. A resume of the present session of congress elicits the interesting fact that there were more important ques tions presented to and discussed by congress on which the public gener ally or sections or casses demanded actionthan ever before in its history. Representative Norris of Nebraska has been the recipient of many con gratulations on the part of his col leagues of the house for the able and impartial manner in which he presid ed over the republican caucus on two occasions. The house refused to concur in the conference report on the postoflice bill because of the ship subsidy sec tion and passed the campaign public ity bill with an amendment decreas ing representation of southern states. Senator Brown and Representative Norris presented to the president in the strongest possible manner the name of William M. Geddes of Grand Island for one of the commissioner ships to the Tokio exposition. Senator Newland endeavored to get the bill appointing an inland water way commission before the senate. Mr. Burkett, of Nebraska, objected to its consideration in advance of the house building bill. Mr. Newlands insisted upon his motion, and it was voted down almost unanimously. Senator Rayner made an appeal to the senate for a vote on his resolu tion requesting and requiring the president to appoint a court of in-, quiry to Investigate the charges against Col. William F. Stewart, coast artillery, stationed at Fort Grant. Arizona. Personal. George W. Berge, it is understood, will enter the gubernatorial race' in Nebraska. Secretary Taft has returned from Panama and is pleased with progress being made there. Old officials of. the International Ty pographical union .have all been re elected. v Mr. Bryan says that the people will demand 3 government hank unless de posits are. secured. Rear Admiral Hemphill and the oth er officers of the visiting American squadron are shown much attention by the Japanese officials at- Tokio. I The various functions in their honor approximate in importance a public reception. Mayor Dahlman and Comptroller Lobeck (democrats), both of Omaha, have launched gubernatorial booms In Nebraska. The jury returned a verdict of murd er in the second degree against Keni son for the killing of Sam D. Cox at. Minatare, "Nebraska. Thousands of people continually visit 1 Laporte, Ind., to look over the Gunness J farm where so many people were lured to death. Julius C. Burrows oV Michigan was selected by republican national com-1 mittee for temporary rfcairman of the 1 J national convent!? TREATIES APPROVED THIRTY-SEVEN DEALT WITH BY -THE SENATE. LARGEST IN TWENTY YEARS Gains in Arbitration 'Recorded as Dis trict Victories for American ' Dliplomacy. Washington. With little discussion ' and less publicity, the United States senate has. at this session placed its approval of thirty-6eveh treaties more in number if not in importance than had been ratified during the twen ty years preceding. In making effect ive so many agreements with the na tions, international advancement has been made along three distinct lines. Twelve nations have agreed by treaty with the United States to arbitrate future disputes, which is taken to mean nothing less than that the world has now been established on the plan of arbitration. The foundation for continued friend ly procedure In adjusting questions with the Orient is believed to be con tained in the treaties with and ..the le gislation in respect to Japan, to which is added the friendly visit of the fleet to that part of the world. A basis of settlement has been ar rived at' with Great Britain, by which longstanding questions between Cana da, and the United States are assured of satisfactory adjustment.. To these important accomplish ments, directed throughout by Secre tary Root, may be addeda number of lesser magnitude. The territory avail able as asylum for the fugitive from justice has been further restricted through extradiction treaties with Spain, Portugal. Urugay and San Mar tino, while naturalization treaties have been concluded with Peru, Salvador and Portugal. The gain for arbitration is regarded as a distinct victory for American diplomacy, initiated by the instructions to the American delegates to The Hague conference. The result so far Is approval of general arbitration treaties with Great Britain, Japan, France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Mexico, Por tugal, the Netherlands, Sweden and Denmark. Besides the general arbi--tr&tion treaties eleven of the interna tional treaties resulting from The Hague conference were approved. They include these subjects: Recovery of contract debts, opening of hostilities, lawB and customs of war on land, fights and duties of neutral powers; submarine contact mines, bombard-, ment of naval forces, naval war and the Geneva convention, right of cap ture in naval war, discharging pro jectiles from balloons and the final act of the peace conference. As to the orient the important ac complishment is the bringing of Japan Into the group of nations committed to arbitration. Besides this are the con ventions with that country which guarantee in Korea and China protec tion for inventions, trade marks and copyrights. President Signs Bills. Washington President Roosevelt has signed the bills providing for the participation of this country in the exposition to be held in Tokio in 1912; the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill, and a bill author izing the extension of the street rail ways of this city to the new Union station. Mrs. Eddy's Son in Jail. Deadwood, S. D. George Washing ton Glover, son of Mrs," Mary Baker G. Eddy, came to town from Lead. An hour later a policeman hunted him up and told him to remove his frac tious horse to a livery stable. Glover declined. An alteration ensued and the officer placed him under arrest. Night Riders Miss Baby. Ripley, O. Night riders destroyed the tobacco beds of Walter Hook, six miles from Ripley. Hook fired at the men and in return they riddled his house with bullets. One bullet came within two inches of hitting the Hook baby. Alcohol Decimates Paris. Paris After devoting' two years of study to the question of death due to alcohol, directly or indirectly, Mr. Fer net of the French Academy of Medi cine announces that S3 per cent of all deaths in Paris are from use of alco hol. ' CONGRESS TO ADJOURN SOON. Both Houses Shaping" Business to End Session This Week. Washington Both the senate and house will devote their best efforts to so shaping their affairs as to bring about an adjournment at the earliest time possible 'during the present week and as a consequence whatever is done will be in the nature of com pleting work already begun. Vote to Return to Work. Cleveland, O. By a vote of 640 against 611 the striking street railway conductors and motormen decided to return to work as "new men." The re .sult of the vote, which was taken Sunday, was not announced until mid night. The vote is in accord with the demands of the Municipal Traction company upon this point At midnight the non-union men now at work run ning the company's cars began to vote on the question of whether they would submit their claims of seniority to ar bitration. Seven-Inch Rainfall. Austin, Tex. A terrific wind and rain storm swept Texas from the Panhandle to the gulf early Sunday. The destruction to crops and vegeta tion, trees and shrubbery was the .greatest reported in years. Destruction by Flood. For Worth, Tex. Seven people are known, to be dead, 5,000 homeless, a dozen or more are reported to have been killed at Fort Worth-and North Fort Worth, as a result of the greatest 1 rise in the history of the Trinity river. NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTES.! Items of Greater or Lessee 'Import v tance Over, the; State. " Seventeen horses perished arit boanlirij stable nreiri Omaha. ' George W. Berge of Lincoln has d- clared his candidacjrfor the governor ship. ; I - , A, very,.- heavy rain, amounting al most toi'k cloudburst occurred at. Table Rock. The Kearney Country club is now assured, 120 members -havingTieen secured and about $6,000 having been subscribed. t Harry Gibson, a colored waiter on the. Union Pacific road, was shot and seriously hurt wnile resisting arrest at Grand Island. Norfolk has decided to send one or more1 delegates to the state convention of good government organizations, to be held in Hastings June 4. ' Bert Taylor, the Minden fiend who assaulted his sister-in-law, from the effects of which she has since died, has not been apprehended, although he was heard of in Oklahoma. "Rev. Frederick W. Leavitt has been elected principal of Franklin academy. Mr. Leavitt is pastor of Plymouth church at. Omaha, and a member of the advisory board of Con gregational churches in Nebraska. The Burlington railroad, at the sug - gestion of the railway commission, has,, reduced coal rates from Wyoming to Colorado to meet the rates secured by the commission before the Interstate Commerce commission on the Union Pacific road. Sixty-four loaded freight cars ' be hind a giant mogul made up the first regujar train which went over the new Lane cut-off of the Union Pacific, after which the regular through passenger and through freight trains were sent over the road. Attorney Frank Ransom, acting for. the Union Stock Yards company, filed, a brief in the supreme court asking for a rehearing in the suit instituted by the state which resulted in a deci sion holding that the stock yards is a common carrier, subject to the control of the railway commission. Mrs. Koberg, the Madison county farmers' wife who took her children to Cincinnati some time ago and then disappeared, has not been found. Mr. Korberg, who has now gone east again in an effort to discover the fate of his wife, believes that she took her own life during a fit of insanity. The District court of Rock county was in session for two days, engaged in the trial of Carl Pettijohn, on the charge of burglary, and at the conclusion- of the trial a verdict of guilty was rendered and Judge Harrington sentenced the defendant to a term of six years in the penitentiary. Someone entered the store of Sut phin & Dale at Xehawka and stole $40 from the safe. The money was left by a workman with the firm for safe keeping. The safe door was ajar "in the morning and the firm is not sure whether it was locked or not the night before. Nothing was -taken but the money. The body of James M. Wood, who died as the result of un accident at Des Moines, la., recently was brought to Nebraska City for burial. Mr. Woods was one of the pioneer resi dents of that city and went from there to Rapid City, S. D., where he pros pered and became quite wealthy and was mayor of the town twice. Reports from the eastern wool mar kets show that the movement started by Wyoming wool growers and Omaha capitalists to hold the 1908 clip for better prices is becoming general throughout the country and shipments to the east during the week ending May 15 were about half what they were during a corresponding week last year. After practicing medicine for fifty one years Dr. T. G. Bracking, now 76 years old, of Norfolk, is engaged in a dispute with the State Board of Health over his present right to practice.- He has been arrested for not holding a state certificate. He claims his col lege degree entitles him to the certi ficate. The state board insists he must take an examination. At Pattsmouth Harry Van Fleet stabbed Albert Brissey in the back and killed him. The evidence brought out before the coroner's jury showed that Brissey came to his death by having a butcher-knife stuck Into his back by Harry Vanfleet accidentally. Vanfleet was sharpening the knife and Brissey backed through the door and the knife entered his back and penetrated the lung. Washington dispatch: Representa tive Pollard said that he had received letters from the county boards of Lan caster, Cass and Pawnee counties, asking the services of a government road engineer for consultation as to improvement of roads. He hopes to receive communications from other counties in his district, indicating a wish for the consultive advice of the expert who will go to the state. "Any counties outside my district," said Mr. Pollard, "will be able to secure the same service, by addressing their own member." Another national bank is to be es tablished at University Place, near Lincoln, which will bear the name of the-City National. This will make the third hank for the city two having been established with the last three months. - When Zyra Van Pelt, a senior in the kavelock High school,- was sitting on the balustrade in the balcony of the First Christian church at Havelock, teaching a Sunday school class, she lost her balance and fell. She landed among the members of the young men's class and was painfuly bruised. She fell eight feet Articles of incorporation have been filed with the secretary of state by the Corn Belt Shredder company of Beat rice. The capital stock amounts to $50,000. In the district court of Gage county Judge Pemberton handed down his de cision in the, case of Bishop Bonacum against the heirs of the Lynch estate. He sustained the demurrer filed by the defendants, ruling against the Lincoln bishop. The court ruled it had no jurisdiction in the case and that the petition of .the plaintiff did not state facts sufficient to constitute a caase of action in his favor. IHE STATE IV o, - MATTERS OFMNTERSST TO ALL citizens: WIWDBP OF RATE HEARINGS No Further Presentation" Unlesa-Rail-way Commission Ask .for a Sup . plemental Hearing. ',1,, Reduction of Freights. The general hearing on the proposi tion of a reduction of freight rates in' Nebraska has closed and no further presentcon will take place unless the raiway commission asks for a sup plemental hearing. The railway em ployes are yet to be heard. Talk3 .were made, by, C. EL. Spens, general freight agent bfthe Burlington lines west, General Solicitor J. E. Kelbr of the same road. Freight Traffic Man ager J. A. Munroe of the Union Paci fic, and General Solicitor N. H. Loomls of the Union Pacific. The road' men allege that the commission must base rates in Nebraska only on business beginning and ending in the state, and must not consider traffic through the state, beginning in the state and ending outside, or originat ing outside the state and terminating within the state. After this is done, according to the railway attorneys,: who quote .the Wisconsin Railway,: commission as authority, 80 per "cent, of the value of the lines and. equip-' ment. in the state must be taken as the basis for dividend earning; 80-per cent of the equipment having .been found necessary to carry purely, .state trafilc. Mr. Kelby said the Burlington earns only 2 per cent on ltsr taxable value in Nebraska on state business, and Mr. Munroe said the Union Pa cific earns only 1 per cent on Nebras ka business. General Freight Agent Spens con fined his talk to the difference in conditions between Iowa and Nebras ka is about 50 per cent of the density of traffic in Iowa, and that the cost of carrying decreases with the increase of density of trafilc. He said he did not blame the shippers of Nebraska for comparing Nebraska and Iowa rates, but he thought when they un derstood the conditions they would understand the matter. Light on Railroad Values. T. A. Polleys, tax commissioner of the Chicago, St. Paul. Minneapolis & Omaha railway company who spoke before the State Board of assessment, appeared to be boosting for a raise in the assessed valuation of other rail roads in Nebraska or to be looking out for an assessed valuation that may be uted before the railway commission as an argument for leave to increase freight rates. He showed the board how it 'might increase the valuation of his own road from $42,500 a mile in Nebraska to $47,000. and then he talked an hour or two to show the board that really $05,000 was about right. The board of assessment last year valued all railroads' in the state at an average of $44,440 :t mile, ut Mr. Polleys gave a computation show ing how it might be $46,000 a mile. Corn for Omaha Show. The National Corn commission which is planning for a large repre sentation cf Nebraska corn at the show to be held at Omaha, December 10 to 19, met here last week to com plete arrangements for the growing and exhibition of corn. William Ernst of Tecumseh, Dean Burnett o? the agricultural college, Secretary W. R. -Mellor of the state board of agri culture, and members cf the commu tes were present. Secretary E. G. Montgomery of the national exhibi tion and William James of Dorches ter were in attendance. State University Commencement. Members of the senior class of the state university have chosen Charles A. Towne of New York as their com mencement orator, and he has ac cepted the invitation. The alumni orator is to be G. W. Gerwig of Al legheny. Pa. The annual concert of the school of music will be held on the evening of June 6. On Sunday, June 7, Chancellor E. Benjamin An drews will deliver the baccalaureate sermon. The Phi Beta Kappa orator will be Chancellor G. E. McLean or the University of Iowa. As the class play, the senior class will present "The Three Musketeers" on June 9. June 10 will be alumni day. Objection to Cut in Rates. C. C. Wright of the Northwestern spoke before the railway commission and asserted that his road could not stand a reduction of class lates; that it is now making only 2.2 per cent on its valuation, and during the nine months of the enforcement of the Aldrich bill made only 4.4 per cent on all business in Nebraska, and for the banner year ending June, 1907, made 6.07 per cent on state and in terstate business. Board of Trade. A quiet effort is now being made board Qf tr&de or commercia, exchange in Lincoln and there is talk of erect ing a large office building to serve as a beard of trade, a club bouse and an office building. The Commercial club has now about $7,000 subscribed on a building fund, for which at least $25, 000 will be needed. If the board of trade project Is sucessfu the grain and lumber interests would undoubt edly join the Commercial club in erecting the building. New Secretary Chosen. Christopher Schaviand of Madison was the unanimous choice of the State Board of Assessment for secre tary. The election occurcd en the first ballot. Mr. Schaviand was born in Norway and is 41 years of age. He served eight years in the office of clerk of the district court of Madison county, four years as county treas urer and seven years as secretary of a building and loan association. The salary is $1,600 a year. The board will begin work at once "on the assess ment of railroad property in this state. iSKELMPniUHijW DEFENDER OF PORT ARTHUR NOW A BROKEN MAN. Lom of Uniform His Greatest Humili ation .Watches from Window Winter Palace Where He Once Was an Honored Guest. St Petersburg. An. American news paper correspondent recently.waa per mitted to interview Gen. Stoessel, the defender of Port Arthur, in prison. Here is what he writes: Two cold blue eyes examined me through a tiny wicket in the door, and a rough voice said: "What do you want?" "I wish to see Gen. Stoessel," I, an swered. "Have you permission?" said the voice. "Here is my ticket," I said, pro ducing a card on which it was stated that the commander of the fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul had the honor to accord me leave to see the "noble man Stoessel." The gate in the high stone wall was opened and a soldier appeared. He then showed the way to the reception room in one of the buildings in the court beyond. We had not long to wait for Stoes sel. Punctually at one o'clock he came into the room. He was dressed in a black frock coat, his voice was weak and he looked older and more wrinkled than when he was on trial a few months ago. He is now a brok en man who realizes that he has lost in the game of life. 'Oh, yes, one can live here, and in .sufficient comfort," he replied to our inquiries about his life, "but it is a vegetable existence. More than any thing I feel the loss of my uniform. For 40 years I have worn the dress of an officer and now I am not allowed to put on the coat of a common sol dier or to use a military cap." "How does your excellence spend the day?" I asked. "It begins very early for St. Peters burg,' he replied, "at nine o'clock they bring the samovar and I take tea. The authorities do not provide bread and we have to provide that for our selves. After a light breakfast I dress and go out for a walk in the little gar den. At one o'clock I and the other officers imprisoned in the fortress dine together and after the meal I always And my wife waiting to see me. We have a right to receive friends only once a week, but the czar has ac corded me the special privilege to see my dear wife every day. She re mains until three o'clock and is not permitted to stay longer. When she is gone I stroll in the garden for a lit tle and then I settle down to work. I am writing my memoirs." "Perhaps you will allow me to see your room," I said. "I fiave special permission from the governor to do so." "Certainly," replied Stoessel, "but I warn you it is not very imposing." We crossed the courtyard together, entered another building and were soon in a vaulted apartment, furnished with great simplicity. There was a little bed, a square table, a cupboard and, behind a screen, a wash-stand and two comfortable armchairs. The lapping of the waters of the Neva could be heard on the stone walls, a monotonous, plaintive sound, half sad and half soothing. Through the barred windows a glorious view could be seen. Far across the broad expanse of the river stood out in the bright sunshine the winter palace. "I have often been there to see the emperor; I have dined there and years ago danced at the court balls. I never expected to see it day by day from a prison window." Stoessel sighed as he looked sadly towards the palace and then, turning to me, said: "There is only one beau tiful thing here, the church. I love to go there and stand near the tombs of the czars while the choir is singing the praises of the Lord and of the Vir gin. That rests and comforts me. In my heart I know -that I did what I considered best for my country, but a scapegoat had to be found for the sins of the army during the war and I suffer for many." The heavy door was suddenly thrown open and a harsh voice said: "Your guest must go." "Come and see me again,' said my unhappy host, and I left him still gaz ing at the palace across the Neva. Small Incomes in Germany. Of the 1,125,000 persons in Berlin who support themselves or themselves and families, only 58,611, or less than 5 per cent, have incomes of $714 or more a year. About 1,066,000 have less than that amount, and more than half of these even less than $214 a year. Lipton Spent Much Money. It has become known that the three attempts made by Sir Thomas Lipton to capture the America's cup. the in trinsic value of which is about $250, have cost him $500,000 for yachts alone. mss. SOPHIA kutlesen. KALTH VERY RESrOltO Wt PE4HWVA, Catanh Twenlfl-five Years Had a Bad Cough. Miss Sophia Kittlesen, Evanston, Illinois. U. S. A., writes: 4,I have been troubled with catarrh for nearly twenty-five years and have tried many cures for it, but obtained very little help. "Then my brother advised me to try Pernna, and I did. "My health was very poor at the time I began takinjr Peruna. My throat was verv sore and I had a bad cough. 'Peruna Mas cured me. The chronic catarrh is gone and my health is very muck improved. "I recommend Peruna to all my friends who are troubled as I was." PERUNA TAHTS:-Somo people pre fer tablets, rather than medicine in a fluid form. Snob, people can obtain Peru na tablets, which represent the medici nal ingredients of Peruna. Eaclj tablc equals one average dose of Peruna. Mai-a-lia tbt Meal Laxative. Mannfactured by Pcrwia Drug Mame facturiaej Comaaay, Columbus, Ohio. COMMON PHRASE. "Something hard to beat, Deafness Cannot Be Cured y local applications, as they cannot reach the dl eased portion of the car. There t only one way to cure (loaf nets, and that Is by cocnltatlonal remedies. Deafnesa Is caused by an Inflamed condition of tho Hmcous-llnlng of the Eutachian Tube. When thU tube la Inflamed you bare a rumbling ound or im perfect hearing, and when U It entirely closed. Deaf ness !s the result. and anlesa the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to tta normal condi tion, hearing will be destroyed forever: nlna cake . out of ten are caused by Catarrh, which Is nothing but an Inflamed condition of the mucous ftirface. We will glre One Hundred Dollars for any cae of Deafness (cau.ed by catarrh) that cannot be cared by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for clrculirs. free. F. J. CUEN'EV it CO., ToliUo, O. fold by Dnirslste. 3e. Take Hall's Family nils for constipation. The Little Things. "Tou shouldn't," the doctor ad vised, "permit yourself to be worried by little things." "Good heavens." replied the pa tient, "I wouldn't if I could help It, but how is a man who has married a widow with six children going to get around it?" Eating Cocoanut-Custard Pie. Everybody praises Cocoanut-Custard pte If It's made rlsht. but a soggy pie vrfll spoil the entire meal. Grocers are now sellinjc "OUR-PIE." each 10-cent package containing just the proper ingredients for two pies. Get the Custard for Cocoanut Custard pies. "Put up by D-Zerta. Food Co., Rochester, N. Y." When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity. George Eliot If You Have Common Sore Eyes, if lines blur or run together, vou need PETTirS EYE SALV& 23c! All drug gists or Howard Bros., Buffalo, N. Y. The man who is after results Isnt always particular as to the means. Smokers appreciate the quality value of Lewis' Single Binder cigar. Your dealer or Lewis' Factor-, Peoria, 111. The fairest of all things fair on earth Is virtue. Shakespeare. Truth and Quality appeal to the Well-Informed in every walk of life and are essential to permanent success and creditable standing. Acccr ingly, it is not claimed that Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is the only remedy of known value, but one of many reasons why it is the best of personal and family laxatives is the fact that it cleanses, sweetens and relieves the internal organs on which it acts without any debilitating after effects and without having to increase the quantity from time to time. It acts pleasantly and naturally and truly as a laxative, and its component parts are known to and approved, by physicians, as it is free from all objection able substances. 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