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The CarlistS Are Showing UnmiStakable
Signs Of Activity.
Further Alarming News From the
Philippine Islands.
The Government Disgusted With the
Performances of Captain-GeneraI
Weyler in Cuba, Yet the Spanish
Cabinet Dare Not Recall Him,

MADRID, March 6. Copyrighted,
1897, by the Associated Press "A
very troubled condition of affairs pre-
walls in Spain. The most acute dis
treSS is being experienced. The Car
lists are showing unmistakable signs of
activity, there IS further alarming
news from the Philippines, and the
Government is disgusted with the per-
formanceS of Captain General Weyler
in Cuba, but they dare not recall him.
In this connection a startling expla-
nation of the inaction of the Govern
ment is hinted at. According to rumors
circulating here the reasons why Wey-
Ter is not recalled are: First, because he
he is pronounced republican,; secand
because it is intimated that sooner than
return to Spain in disgrace he would
proclaim a republic in Havana.
The distress is most severe in the
Biscayan provinces. The people of
Leon are on the verge of starvation,
the crops having been practically de-
stroyed by the recent floods which fol-
lowed the previous severe drought,
While on all sides flocks and herds are
dying of famine and disease
In La Mancha. the failure of the olive
crop has prevented the peasants from
earning anything the whole winter and
large numbers of them are barely able
to keep body and soul together. Many
families have not seen a loaf of bread
for months, and meats have been out
of their reach since last fall. The dis
tress is not only confined to isolated
places. All the towns and villages are
afflicted more or less and as a rule the
inhabitants are famishing many of
them being reduced to subsst on
acorns. In this city, where it might be
expected the distress due to crop fail
ures would hardly be felt over $500
persons are daily being fed from char
liable institutions
Coupled with the distress. the rumors
of the strength in the Carlist movement
in the northern and central parts of
Spain is cansing the greatest anxiety.
The Pretender is assuming patriotic
attitude, however, in view Of the COL
onial troubles, which may win him
sympathy, and may be of material use
to him, when his advisers direct that
the moment has arrived for him to
make another attempt to reach the
throne of Spain. However, the news
papers are full of curious details of the
proportions and plans of the Carlists to
take the field when the signal is given.
incidentally, there seems to have been
a bad blunder committed by somebody
IN the Puebla and San Miguel districts.
where band of Carlists recently at
tempted a rising.
The insurgent Carlists who were
armed were arrested and imprisoned.
on their persons were found compro-
mlslng documents. When submitted to
examination the prisoners confessed
that they had expected a simultaneous
rising to take place in other districts
showing that the instructions thev had
received We're the result of some mis-
take.
Ihe revelations thus made have pre-
vlously alarmed the Government.
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SAILING OF THE OREGON
Creates Furor on the Water Front
at San francisco.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 6.-All
sorts Of rumors have sprung up on the
water front in regard to he|sailing of
the battleship Oregon. The reports have
varied greatly, some being that she was
to start next week on a trip to Seattle
TO go on a dry dock.
a small sensation was created to-day
by the river boat j. D. Peters going along
side and discharging onto the Oregon
a large cargo of -four. 1t was an indi-
cation that the battleship is prepar-
ing for long cruise, and water front
prophets said that the war vessel was
getting ready for a voyage to Cuba, in
case Of war with Spain.
The cruiser Philadelphia has already
started toward Cape Horn, and though
common report has it that she will re-
turn this way in few weeks, the water
front wiseacres believe that only enough
vessels to- protect San Francisco will be
left on this coast
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ARIZONA LEGISLATURE.
Passes Measure Exempting New
Railways From Taxes.

fhoENIA, March 6.-The Legisla-
ture to-day passed the measure provid-
ing Tor fifteen years tax exemption TO
new railways, construction to begin
within six months, and to continue at
the rate of twenty-five miles per an
mum.
Two bills were introduced favoripg
female suffrage, one putting the oues-
tloh TO vote at tie next general cleo
tioh ana the other granting suffrage to
single women only
other new bills prohibit the sale or
manufacture of cigarettes and fix
freight rates for railways on ore shin
ments.
resolution which passed the Council
ana was Killed N the House warmly
commended Colonel William r. Sbafter
Tor gallant services against the
apaches and asked his appointment to
be the next Brigadier- General in the
regular field
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THE REWARDS OF LITERATURE.
Scarcely Another Profession With So
rIany DisappOintments.

In the Ladies' Home Journal Ed
ward w. Box editorially writes of the
rewards Of literature, and its disap-
pointmenTS to those who are attracted
to the profession by the Turing and very
often greatly exaggerated reports of
big prices paid some famous authors.
Mr.. Box GisposeS of these will-o'-the-
wisp stories, and unQualifiedly asserts
that mot one-tenth of the entire lit
erary profession of this country and
England makes sufficient money to live
upon. Not ten out of every hundred
authors receive enough for their work
to support them. There is scarcely
another profession in which there are
SO many disappointed and heart broken
people. The ranks are full of them.
They strive hard they work morning.
noon and night, and they do tolerably
good work. But the results are not
worth the effort in nine cases out of
ten. Why is this some one asks. There
are two reasons for it. First, an
author can produce, each year just so
much work which is good and that the
public cares to read. That quantity is
necessarily small. A mans capacity
for really good literary work is wonder
fully limited. He must, therefore, get
well paid for everything he does, or the
sum total is insufficient for the work.
The second reason lies in the contract
edness of the market. We have mag
azines almost without number. and
publishing houses in plenty. But how
much material can one author sell a
year to all these outputting channels
combined? Two novels at the utmost,
a half dozen articles and as many
poems. Let him give more than that,
and no matter how good may be his
work he is at once accused of writing
too much-a fatal criticism for any
writer. On the one hand, therefore,
is a limited capacity, and on the other
a contracted market. And between
these the author must live-or starve.
Good literary work will
always find its market. But it is not a
profitable market to the many 1t pays
well, but not as thousands have an
idea that it does. There is a living to
be had out Of literature by tireless
work and good writing; fair, comfort
able living. But that is ALL
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AN ATHLETIC MEET.
A Fistic Carnival to be Held at San
Francisco in April.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 5.-At the
last meeting Of the Board of Directors
of the Olympic Club, it was decided to
hold fistic carnival in this city some
time in April. A committee of three was
appointed to canvass the idle pugilists
for the arrangements of three matches
The men appointed were Directors
White, Taylor and McLennan.
These viii be present at the Corbett-
Fttzsommons fight in Carson, at which
place will be congregated the pugilistic
element of the country and while there
will attempt to arrange matches, the
prizes for which are already fixed.
1t is the intention Of the club to have
heavy weight match between the best
men in the country outside of Corbett
and FitZsimmons. The second event
Will be for light-weights or bantams.
The contests will be of limited rounds.
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HOW IT HAPPENED.
The Prominent Citizen Tells the Judge
the Facts.

Western Judge-You are charged, sir,
with being the leader of a party which
hunted down and iynched a horse thief
The days have gone by when citizens
Of this great Commonwealth can thus
take the law into their own hands,
hence your arrest. What have you to
say?
Prominent Citizen-I amt guilty,
Jedge. I'll tell you how it was. We
caught the feller and tied his hands
and feet. Nothin wrong about that,
was there Jedge?
No; that was no doubt necessary"
wal, Jedge, there was a storm COM
in up and we couldn't spare him an
umbrella very well, so we stood him
under tree. That was all right, wasn't t
it?"
Certainly"
wal, the clouds kept gatherin' an
the wind was purity high, and we didn't
want him blown away, SO we tied a
rope around his neck and fastened the
other end to the limp above-not tight
Jedge, jest so as to hold him-and we
left him standin solid on his feet
Nothin' wrong about that, was there ?'
Nothing at ALL
Then l kin be excused, can't II"
But the man was found suspended
from that tree, and stone dead the next
morning"
None of US had anything to 10 with
that, Jedge. You see we left him stand
in there in good health and sp,tita. fer
we give him all he could drink when We
said good by; but, you see, during the
night the rain came up an I s'pose the
rope got purity wet and shrunk couple
O feet. That's how the sad accident
happened, Jedge. New York Weekly
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0AKLEY'S DEATH.
Physicians Do Not Believe That 1t
Was a Case of Suicide.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 6.-The
finding of traces of carbolic acid in the
stomach and mouth of j. NJ. Oakley.
who died suddenly at the Palace Hotel
last Tuesday, has caused the circula-
tion Of a report that the companion of
the Countess Espanola" suffered a vio-
lent death.
The autopsy physicians discovered
that his mouth was burned with car
bolic acid, and that there was consid-
cradle of that poison in his stomach
The physicians having knowledge of
the case. however. do not believe there
was either suicide or foul play They
explain the presence of the carbolic
acid by the act of the undertaken in
trying TO thoroughly embalm the body.
The record-union., 1897-03-07
Railway Organized.

DENVER, March Ga special to the
Republican" from FL Paso, Texas,
says: The FL Paso Southern Railway
Company was organized in this city
with capital of 100000. The incor-
porators are ]. p. Ramsey. General
Manager of the Rio Grande, Sierra
Madre and Pacific Railroad, now in
course of construction in Mexico; ]. w.
Fewson Smith of Salt Lake, Z. W. Mead
New York; ]. II. McKinner, ]. D. Mat
thews, l.. p. Atwood. Max Weber. L. S.
Welch, b. w. Duke of Ell Paso and
Lieutenant Winan of Fort Bliss. The
company is organized to build the El
Paso terminus of the Rio Grande, Sierra
Madre and Pacific and TO construct the
bridge across the Rio Grande provided
for by the bill which passed Congress
last month.
The record-union., 1897-03-07
The Cooks Rule,

IF I speak pleasantly to my cook, -
said a despairing housekeeper the other
day, 'she thinks L am afraid of her.
If l speak angrily-and, indeed. there
is plenty of occasion for it-she be-
comes sulky and insubordinate, and the
dinner suffers
Get rid of her. I suggested.
"And fly to the evils that I know not
OFF," she queried. ooh. 1 am afraid of
it. Good cooks are scarce
But l understood you to say that
she wasn't a good cook"
Good cook, but bad servant. When
we get the food it's fine. but. oh. the
getting of it! She has diabolical old
clock in her kitchen that she has to
shake about every hour, and that
could give Captain Cuttles watch
cards and spades, and its always
wrong. I've put in a good clock, but
she pays no attention to it. Yesterday
my husband wanted his breakfast at
s, as he had an important business en-
gagement Cook was notified, but at
$40 no food had appeared. In a rage
George rushed into the kitchen.
Mary, what the meaning of this?'
"'Fwhat's tn m'anin' av fwhat?'
Z" No breakfast
"'Yez'll git it in five minutes
That won't do for me- You should
get up earlier
THE cook fairly danced with anger
See here, sor,' she shouted It's
no part av a gintleman to be comm
into kitchen like this. Wud 1 be a.
walllin' inter yure parlor or yure office
n snlr who
give yez lot av old-fashioned CAB?
I've lived in some av the best families
in this town-gintlemen as is gintlemen
an it's the furrest time I've been in
suited like this. That clock says
But my husband fled and got his
breakfast outside. while Mary went
around all day yesterday with such a
large chip on her shoulder that l didn't
dare address her at all. But I'm afraid
she'll have to CO."
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Died From Heart Disease.

SAN JOSE, March 6 Mrs. NJ. White
WIFE OF I. A. White, mail agent, died at
her nome near Mountain View some
time last night. White was away on
ms run, and only four children were at
nome with their mother, the Oldest o
years Old During the night the mother
got out OF bed and fell to the floor. and
the httie daughter of 8 heard her fall
ana got up and lit lamp. The mother
could not speak, and the daughter was
afraid 10 go in the rain and darkness to
nelghoors for help. This morning she
went to the neighbors and told them
her mother was dead. A Coroner's Jury
decided death was due to heart disease
The record-union., 1897-03-07
a NEW LEAF.
Puffer Resolved to Turn 1t Over on
New Years Day.

Puffer had determined to turn over
new leaf.
This decision was not the decision of
moment, rash or otherwise. He had
been contemplating the act for a week
Again and again during that time the
leaf had f1uttered invitingly before him,
mutely pleading like a burning batter
cake to be turned over, but again and
again Puffer had procrastinated.
Smoking? Yes, it was smoking-Ny
Lady Nicotine, whose adorers burn an
incense of greenbacks at her shrine.
Yes, the leaf to be turned was leaf to-
bacco, very poor material for the
good roads movement, but neverthe-
less a material which doubtless fur
nishes in it's plug form at least one-haIf
of the roadbed where asphalt, maca-
dam and Belgian blocks give prece-
dence to good intentions as paving
matter.
Puffer's father had advised him to
at once turn the leaf. Puffer's wife, in
fluenced by his nervous and irritable
state, had enthusiastically seconded
the motion, for Puffer had been a
veritable bear about the house.
AT the store there was the same
unanimity of feeling regarding Puffer's
contemplated act. Puffer had been so
cross and exacting and unreasonable
that every employe from the humble
business manager to the naughty ele-
vator boy was praying that he would
catch that leaf collar and elbow. so to
speak, and turn it over and glue it
down.
Their supplications were about to be
answered. Puffer had resolved to act
on New Years day.
For one week-seven whole days
Puf1Hr had abstained from the use of
tobacco, but now-now he had resolved
to turn over new leaf and smoke to
his tobacco hearts content-New
York Journal.
The record-union., 1897-03-07
The Eve a Perfect Camera.

The eve is a perfect photographer
camera. The retina is the dry plate
upon which are focused all objects by
means of the crystalline lens. The
cavitv behind this lens is the camera.
The iris and pupil are the diaphragm.
The eyelid is the drop-shutter The
draining of the optical dark room is the
only black membrane in the entire
body. This miniature camera is self
focusing, self-loadng and self-develop-
ing, and takes millions of pictures
every day, in colors, and enlarged to
life size.-William George Jordan in
Ladies Home Journal.
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Resulted in a Draw.

SAN DIEGO, March 6.-Jack Weady
of the Monterey and Billy Gallagher of
Los Angeles fought a ten-round contest
tonight for 500 purse and $100 a
side. 1t was an even, square fight, but
resulted in draw. Weady weighed in
at 15S pounds and Gallagher at 141.
The latter saved his strength and in
the last two or three rounds made a
strong fight. Weady showed great en-
durance and proved a heavy hitter.
Gallagher showed the most science.
The record-union., 1897-03-07
Statecraft.

''Vote for the arbitration treaty? I
guess not" said the Senator. Aren't
you on to the plot? Those bloody Brit
ishers know that as long as peace is
assured our war vessels will hang
around home. And then, when the last
one of 'em has smashed itself to pieces.
old Johnny Bull will file notice that all
treaties are off, and where will We be
at?"-Indianapolis Tribune
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One Good Reason,

Mrs. Warmheart-My good man, why
do you let your children go bare
foot?
Pat O'Hoolihan-For de raison,
ma am. dat I have in my family more
feet than shoes.-Harper's Round Ia
bic.
The record-union., 1897-03-07
A Lot of Poetry.

May-Mr. Sweetlines has a lot of poe
try in his soul.
George-He must have; he has never
given any of it to the world.-Wash-
ington Times.
The record-union., 1897-03-07

Harmon, the retiring Attorney-General,
| upon the business of the department,
| and received all of the subordinate ol1l-
Gals, who came to pay their respects.
The record-union., 1897-03-07

street, tonight and received injuries
from which he died shortly after He
was sliding down the bannister when he
fell
The record-union., 1897-03-07
A Child's Fatal Fall.

SAN FRANCISCO. March 6.-Harrv
Kelly, aged .. fell from the balustrade of
the New Brunswick House, on Sixth
The record-union., 1897-03-07

Ell Azhar. meaning 1.-The splendid" sit
uated at Cairo. IT is the greatest Mo-
hammedan school, and has clear rec
ords dating 915.
The record-union., 1897-03-07

The volcanoes of vesuvius and Etna
are never both active at the same time.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-04-02
MACkSBUl7G.
Interesting Letter From the Hustiing Lit
tie Oil Center.

tie Oil Center.
Married, at the residence of the
brides parents, Miss Nellie e. Shimp
and John b. Hupp. 1t is said that the
bride is not quite 10 years old.
Mrs. NJ. II. Haddox and children, of
Marietta, visited Mrs. William Drumm
last Tuesday.
Joseph Gruder and family and his
son-in-law, j. w. DeLong, and wife
will move to Cambridge next week,
where Mr.. Grudier is working on the
railroad.
Joseph Dutton e Co. have commenced
to rig up on the c. j. Eagler. This is
almost in town. Old territory.
Another we'll came in on Cook en-
Thursday, but we have not heard the
result.
Miss Flora Scarberry, primary
teacher of our schools, is nursing a case
of measles.
The well on Lauer came in drv last
Weeh' Lie company nave let the con-
tract to drill another well.
The Rice we'll is through the salt
sand and cased, 1t will probably be in
in a few days
Mrs. G. j. Lund and daughter Jessie,
of Marietta, visited Grandmother Lund
few days this week.
Charley Markey, of Moundsville, w.
Va, is calling on friends here for dav
or two.
Merritt Cox, who has been working
in the West Virginia oil fields for the
past four weeks, is home.
The quarterly meeting was we'll at.
tended last Saturday and Sunday.
The Elder preached two very able ser.
mons.
Miss Edith Longfellow, who has
been at Granville Seminary for the
past two or three months, is home for
a short vacation.
Charley Eyssen, of Caldwell, an ex
pert bookkeeper, is here looking ovel
Mcconnell & Stephens books.
Frank Eiles has his new house en-
closed 1t will soon be ready for the
plas sterer.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-04-02
PERSONAL AND LOCAL.

miss Clara Hamilton is in Parliels-
burg visiting friends.
-Supt W. w. Boyd and Principal
Geo. Plumer left Thursday morning for
Moundsville, w. Va. to attend teach
ers' meeting.
Mr. James Hughes returned yester-
day from business trip to jackson,
Ohio.
Mr. Duttor,, a student in the Aca.
deny, returned Thursday from a short
visit with friends at Dexter City.
Mr. and Mrs w. H. Underwood of
Wesley township, are in the city,
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Under
wood
C r. Stevens was business caller
in Parkersburg Thursday,
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Simpson have
gone to housekeeping in their new
house on Second street between Woos-
ter and Washington.
Mrs. Camp, mother of Mrs. Will
Schlaubach, returned THURSDAY from u
visit to Clarksburg, w. Va.
Rev. N. Crooks left Thursday after
noon for Brownsville on a short visit.
-Messrs. j. c. Brenan and j. Fred
Wehrs, Jr.. returned last night from
Cincinnati, where they have been at
tending the grand opera.
Mr.. Richard Kear, of Portsmouth,
has rented the room recently vacated
by Mr.. Samuel Sulzbacher, and will oc-
cupy the same as a saloon.
The many friends of Mrs. James
Dyer, Third street, are pleased to learn
that she is recovering nicely from an
attack of malarial fever of four weeks
duration.
Mr.. Adm Saltzman, of Pomeroy,
Iowa, arrived in the city Thursday on
visit to his sister, Mrs. o. p Hyde,
whom he has not seen for sixteen years.
-Craigs work is out of sight of all
competition.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-04-02
Board of Trade Meeting.

A meeting of the Board of Trade
will proba bly, be held as soon as Presi-
pose of cooperating with the City
Council In urging Congress to take
some action with reference to the pro-
lection of the bank of the Ohio river
near the pumping station. Senators
Foraker and Hanna and Representa-
tive VanVoorhis will be urged TO en-
courage such action on the part of Con-
gress
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-04-02
KILN Err.
An Intere sting Letter From Our Cores
pondent at That Point.
--Craig's S v
competition.

An Interesting Letter From Our Cores
pondent ut That Point.
Miss Stella Barnes is visiting rela-
tives at Marietta.
Miss A. E. Stanley has returned to
her home at Stanleyville where she
will spend vacation.
Several of the young folks of this
place attended the concert given by
the school at Tick Ridge Saturday
night. A very fine programme was
prepared and all report a good time.
Mrs II. True is very i'll at present.
The measles are raging now in this
vicinity.
Charles Gildon attended the funeral
of his sister, at Stafford, last week.
Chas. Archer, the merchant of this
place, has had his hands full in the
past month handling eggs.
The oil well, which was not quite
drilled at the last writing, is n DIV part
ly filed with oil. There are prospects
of another we'll being drilled here in
the near future.
Harry Watkins has returned from
the northern part of the State, where
he went in search of employment. He
found the climate too cold.
Mrs. Lent is quite i'll at present
Mr.. Chas. Robinson, whose health
has been quite poorly during the last
year, is improving. MAE.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-04-02
GEORGE /. CONVERSE.
Death of the Well Known Ex-Congress-
man at Columbus.

Death of the Well Known Ex-Congress-
man at Columbus.
COLUMBUS, O., March 31.-Hon. Geo.
L. Converse, who represented this dis
trict in congress for many years, died
Tuesday morning after several weeks
illness with what is supposed to have
been Brights disease. Though dem
ocrat he was a protectionist and
worked with Randall for duty on
wool, which caused his defeat for re-
election by Hon. j. II. Outhwaite.
Mr.. Converse was i'll seven months.
He was in his roth year and died in
the county of his birth. He gradu-
ated at Dennison university in 1s49,
read law, served as prosecuting attor-
ney and in the house and senate of the
Ohio legislature from 1860 to 1865 and
again in the house in 1878, when he
was speaker.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-04-02
a Bad Accident.

Thursday evening a bad accident
happened to Albert McCullick, a
twelve-year-old boy living near the
pumping station. He was working
with Steve Davis, chopping wood, and
in some way young Davis happened to
strike his right hand with the AK, cut
ting off the index and middle fingers.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-04-02

Darkest America" was greeted with
good sized audience at the Auditor
ium last night and the show through
out was first-class. A number of clever
people are in the company and the
specialties were unusually good. The
performance taken as a whole gave
general satisfaction and was above the
usual order of shows similar in char
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