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CAN GOVERN THEMSELVES.
One Congressman Who Believes the
Cubans Are Able to Manage
Their own Affairs.

considerable talk has been heard
about the ability of the Cubans to gov
ern Themselves said Representative
Updegraff, of Iowa, 'and even some of
the officers connected with the Cuban
army who have been in this country are
reported as believing their people in
capable of self-government. The same
talk was current during and after the
revolutionary war; and the people who
INDUCED in it were tories of the most
pronounced type, and history has
proven that they were wrong. | be-
lieye our history will be repeated in
Cuba, and the people of that island
should be given a chance to show
whether they can govern themselves or
not. OF course they are not all Wash
ingtons, but | believe there are plenty
of men capable of assuming charge Of
the government, and when occasion de-
mands men always appear who are
equal to the emergency. After the
Spanish troops are driven from Cuha
our forces should be withdrawn and
the people permitted to form a govern.
ment which the majority of them favor
without any interference on orr mart
and l believe future events will nrova
that this is the proper course for orr
government to pursue"
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TO CUT A SWELL.
wealthy Montana Mine Owner to
Build n Magnificent Mansion
in New York.

VI. 4. Clark the Montana mine owner
and millionaire who paid $4,000 for
Fortuny's Choosing the Model" will
begin the construction of palace on
the northeast corner of Fifth avenue
and Seventy-Seyenth street, New York
city, in the near future.
The building will be erected from de-
signs made by French architects. The
man who designed the Palais de JUS
tee on the Seine, it is said, is engaged in
putting the finishing touches upon the
plans.
Mr.. Clark, when he is in New York,
which is seldom, lives in the Lisbon
apartment house at rs West Fifty
eighth street. He returned from Eu-
rope two weeks ago and has gone to
Butte City. When he purchased For
tuny's masterpiece at the Stewart sale
1T was his first step into prominence in
New York.
George j. Gould had helped to run up
the price of the picture and bid Sal, 900.
Mr.. Clark quietly raised him 81 900 and
added the famous painting to his large
collection of pictures by famous artists.
Mr.. Clark built a handsome mauso-
leum in Woodlawn cemetery recently
that cost $4,000. He is part owner of
the rich Anaconda copper mines in Mon
tana and other valuable mines. Mr..
Clark's wife died five years ago.
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Is 4 FAVORED SPOT.
Report on the Resources, Climate
and Natives of Philippines.
State Department Issues Pamphlet
of Notes on the Islands--GoIi
Deposits Found-YeIIow
Fever Unknown.

"Notes on the Philippine Islands"
have been issued by the state depart
ment as No 13I Of the advance sheets of
the consular reports.
One expert extensively quoted, frank
Karuth, says that extensive gold de-
posits have been opened up quite near
the sea, assuring a large output for
many years to come. Il has also been
proved tina. they extend over wide dis
trict.
A.lnvial gold is found in the island
OF Mindanae, and there are extensive
copper deposits in Luzon. While no
true coal has been found there IS lig-
mite of a very good quality, quite useful
for steam vessels. This in great guam
fity. Roughly washed alluvial gold has
been found 10 contain rubies and hya-
cintbs. There is no want of labor at
cheap rates, and on the whole the gen
eral conditions for mining are excep-
tionally favorable.
Some facts of interest aside from min
ing are noted. For instance, the Phil
ippine archipelago contains nearly
1000 Islands. Two of them are larger
than ireland, Luzon with 1900 and
Mindanao with $4,000 square miles.
Earthquakes are moi infrequent. The
rainfall Is not excessive, nor is It con-
tinuous.
The climate is very healthful for a
tropical region, and diseases such as
yellow fever are unknown. The natives
are mostly Malays, but in the interior
are remnants of race of Papuan ORR
gin.
The author of the pamphlet speaks in
the highest terms of the character of
the natives. The family tie is very
strong. children are orderly, parents re-
speeted and the race has an inbred
courtesy and prudence, and ready hos
pitality is never missing. Eight mil
lion inhabit the Philippines; food re-
sources are ample and famine is I'M
known.
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KISS FOX CERVERA.
Spanish Admiral Formerly n sociaf
Fayorite In the National Capital
The story of His Pet Monkey.

IT Is not generally known that Ad.
mlral Cervera, the commander Of the
Spanish fleet, was formerly q naval at
tacbe In Washington.
He represented the government Of
Spain in Washington about Is years APO.
He resided ina boarding house on Thir-
teenth street, and the hndlady of this
establishment now has a good picture
taken of the lieutenant when stationed
here.
Lieut. Cergera was universally liked
and was a close student of naval mat
tiers. He was recognized then as an I'M
usually capable fellow
The woman with whom he boarded
told me an amusing incident of Ger
vera. The latter had a white monkey
which he kept as a pet. A young wom-
an who boarded at the house took a
great liking to the animal and asked
the lieutenant if he would part with
1T. Ceryera replied in laughing man
ner:
Il will give you the monkey if you
will kiss me tomorrow in the break
fast-room before all the boarders."
He thought nothing further of the
matter, but the young woman was not
easily put off. When Lieut.. Ceryera APP
peared at breakfast the following morn
ing he was astounded by having pair
OF arms thrown around his neck and
receiving hearty kiss on his cheek.
The young woman had taken him at his
word and carried out her part of the
compact, and Lieut.. Cervera promptly
turned over to her the pet white mon
kew
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RICH ORE FROM MT. BAKER.
Discoveries Made by Robert Flor
man, n Prospector, May Re
suit In "A Stampede.

Robert Florman, a veteran pros
pector, has returned to Whatcom,
Wash, from the Mount Baker mining
district bringing 100 pounds OF surface
samples of ore from the newly discov-
cred ledge which he traced several thou
sand feet. Three assays Of the samples
yield $l,1O0, 81 400 aud $4,000 to the
ton. The news revived the excitement
of last year regarding the Mount Baker
country and scores of Whatcom citizens
are preparingto start for the gold fields.
The present prospects indicate that at
least 1000 men will be stalking claims in
the Mount Baker region during July.
The new ledge was found a mile and a
half from the Lambert ledge, which was
found last fall and sold 10 Portland
men, who began development work two
weeks ago.
Florman's party also found lodges Of
copper and iron pyrites very similar TO
the Rossland ore, the lodges being from
two 10 six feet thick. The Mount Baker
district is very rugged, .he valleys mar
row. and mountains rising at an angle
Of IS degrees to from 1900 to 5000 feet.
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LEGLESS BASEBALL PLAYER.
trenton On. - Boasts of n Cripple
who Is n Pitcher in
Demand

Trenton, j., boasts of probably the
most remarkable baseball player in the
country in Herbert NJ. Van Cleef He is
without legs. His favorite position is
mat OF pitcher, and he has a control OF
lhe ball that is wonderful. He is much
IN demand among the Trenton amateur
clubs as ball twirler. and during the
summer season picks up a good many
collars in that way. lie is wheeled to
and from the box in a chair, and while
seated in the vehicle delivers the curves
That puzzle the best batters among The
amateurs. Behind the chair stands an
attendant, who manages it, and when q
liner or fly comes in the direction of
the pitcher be is Immediately wheeled
within reach OF II, and il rarely escapes
his clutch. When it comes TO base run
ning he is handicapped. but there are
always substitutes to attend TO that
part OF the game for him. Van Cleef is
. Ooul 20 years old. and lost his legs two
gears ago through a railroad accident
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NURSES OPEN AN EXCHANGE.
Cooperative Society Formal
cage Under the Patronage
of Physicians.

A cooperative society among N.
trained nurses of the city of Chico
has been formed, the idea being 70 oi1o
an equitable adjustment Of the ,sorl
ny means of an exchange. Miss Vina
halson Brown is the head of the orcan
ization, and it is her intention n -,
all of the nurses of the citv 49, s
society, thus giving a central -, az
where an impartial EMPLOYMENT ~
those belonging TO this profession -
be obtained. The idea is meeting LEI 80
the approval of all whom the moyer,' ',s4
interests especially the members 90 ~ '
medical profession. Many well.Lno,,'
physicians have given their ann ,Io~ = /
ana promise to work with the oraa ~, 81
tion to make it "a success tbs ,'r'~a-
has been opened in the Stewart b hpu se
ing' and 1t is hoped TO have il in , vu'Ip-
ing order within a few DAYS sa., W. \
five nurses have already eptered 81 y
names as members Of the societr 'a as5
are using their endeavors 10 hi 4uu
others IN The advantage is ,gs, 'ne
physician can secure a nurse III, ',d, a
.ea,ing bis Office by simply telenb ',-uut
10 me exchange. The hosnitsis ,'ol'ug
o !. in sympathy with the nI n, nor ,
!, is thought that it vii! y. ,,r r.an' and
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HAVE NOTHING BUT LAND.
Zoar Are In Plight
Ready Cash Gone.

Those who have been most active Ter
years In advocating the dissolution of
the Zoarites, near Toledo, o., now re-
greet their action. After the payment
of outstanding debts there was moth.
ing left but land, about 1900 acres.
part is of the best, some is worth
less for farming purposes. The men
and women who receive the land have
not cent of money for improvements
or for living, and they never have had
any. When they lived in common they
had plenty. Now they are in need.
They have land, nothing else. The 1870
members are causing the appraisers so
much trouble that they are about ready
10 abandon the task as hopeless, when
such peculiar legal complications
would be involved that there is no CON
occurring where Il would end.
The raising Of crops for the year was
abandoned, and the members will have
absolutely nothing except land MANY
are complaining Of their allotment. and
10 begins "a ,ook as though the courts
would soon be- appealed W and much
litigation follow.
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SUICIDES STRANGE WISH.
Aged Man Mt st. Louis Wills His
BODY to Medical
College.

1t was ascertained at St. Louis the
other day that l., BuclNner, aged 20, who
committed suicide in Forest park by
shooting himself through She head, be-
louged TO one of the oldest families in
St. Louis. lie was a brother of Mrs
Samuel I. Glover and an uncle of Mrs.
Robert II. Kern and eN-Congressman
Glover, all of ST. Louis.
The following note left by the suicide
gave no reason fer the deed and none is
known:
Il is my desire and wish that my body hs
given to any medical college that will Gre
mate OF destroy IL with chemicals after
serving their purpose. ] want relatives TO
leave my body alone. l.. BUCkNER.
The strange wish OF the suicide can
rot be explained by those who know
him.
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INVADED BY BUGS.
Myriads of Green Flies Take Possess
sion of Jersey City to DiscOm-
fort of Inhabitants.

Jersey City, N. j., was invaded the
other night by an innumerable swarm
OF green flies, or bugs, sometimes called
shad flies. They came like magic, in
clouds, swarmiug everywhere, with
green bodies and white wings and long
feelers projecting fore and aft.
SO thicllly did they spred themselves
over the town that the dingy hue of the
buildings took on the color of grass.
On short acquaintance the new bugs
became most extensively familiar and
by sheer force of numbers and impu-
dence captured the place. Work in of
fees was delayed because of the car
pet of bugs that spread itself over desks
and tables and books. They explored
the inner mysteries of typewriting ma
chimes and clogged the works; they
slid down the backs of the neclSs of men
and women and transformed school
rooms into places of slaughter, for the
children had nothing to do all day but
kill bugs.
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CURE FOR NERVOUS DEBILITY.
Novel Method of q New York Doctor
In Treating His Patients OF
the Fashionable Set.

There Is no elegant phrase for the de-
scription of New York doctors cure
for the nervous debility Of Fifth av-
enue patients. The doctor simply cures
nervousness by fattening the patient.
Every spring he has had dozen or
more such patients upon his hands, and
this time he has opeaed place where he
can Keep them under his immediate care
and see that all his rules are rigidly
carried out by nurses employed for the
purpose.
The fattening cure promises TO be-
come a Fifth avenue fad. Sound,
healthy flesh Is muscle, or muscle unde-
veloped. The society woman Is a wreck
at the end Of season. There is an over
draft upon her system. and it must be
met These are the doctors premises.
His conclusion appears to be logical
what they need are rest and fatten-
ing"
Patients who are taking the fattenng
cure must spend six weeks in bed. The
doctor viii tolerate no substitute in the
form of invalid or steamer chairs.
What you need is absolute relaxa-
ton, and you can get it nowhere else, !"
he says. During the day he insists that
the room be as light as sunshine can
make It. He believes that sunlight has
rare tonic effect, and wants his pa
tients to have as much as possible dur
ing prescribed hours.
He insists as primary rule that the
patient sleep nine hours day; more
If possible. His food Is all of liquid form
and is given every hour. The quantity
is increased until It is two ard half
times as much as is taken by a normal
person. II consists of eggs, chocolate
and milk. Exercise is taken in the form
Of light massage twice day.
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A QUEER PREDICAMENT.
Admiral Miller, of the Pacific station,
. Has to Utilize the AIbatross
as n Flagship.

A special to the New York Tribune
from Washington says:
Rear Admiral Miller, commanding the
Pacific station, who in the absence of
flagship for the last four months was
under the necessity of flying his pen
nant from the staff of a Honolulu hotel,
and who afterward was compelled to
transfer it to San Francisco in an eff
fort TO place it on some national vessel
in order to comply with the naval reg
ulations, which require him to be at
least constructively afoat in order to
draw sea pay, has at last secured the
fish commission steamer Albatross for
that purpose, and for the first time in its
history the navy department has had
to go out of the regular service TO find
flagship, so marked has been the eff
feet of the Philippine expedition on
Pacific coast naval affairs. In the course
of a month the admiral will be able to
utilize the Philadelphia as his flagship,
temporarily, at least, if that vessel is
not Immediately ordered to Asiatic wa
tiers.
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referring to the gesture Of one, who had
passed her slim arm across her back
and bad caught the other al the bend OF
the elbow.
"You can afford to say So" observed.
"a Frenchman would have done bet
ter" she remarked.
But am English, you know" | re
Piled. "Veracity is the badge Of all our
tribe. We rarely taste the high JOY of
being truthful and complimentary al
the aame time
But you thrive well on the priya-
Iion,s she laughed. rising. wow take
me- to the show" and she slipped her
arm within mine. You really ought to
think Of getting married" sac eontin-
ned. Marriage supplies raison d'tere.
Did you ever map ont a career2s
Frequently" I replied, but always
failed at reducing the plan Of ny I'M
agination to the scale of my brains"
"a common fault observed madame;
but a wife would show you how. 4
good wife is" She paused, as II lie.
tening.
"A crown to her husband" said |,
wishing to keep the ball rolling.
Madame raised her finger and drew
me into the shadow of the elematis.
Approaching footsteps sounded on the
gravel A moment later Chedderstow
and Nine. de Believille appeared. His
arm was round her, his iron-gray head
bent towards her own, still black as
midnight. They passed slowly, utterly
oblivious of our presence; nor did my
companion move until they had disap-
peared beyond a noble specimen OF
Glastonbury thorn masking another
path.
THE first chapter in a middle-aged
romance" said I. 20, woman!"
''The last. II you please replied mad
anne; "a suivre was written nearly 81
years ago by that great shuffier Of des-
TIMES, circumstance, and now 1t will
run on smoothly TO the end"
''Then, you mean to say
Madame lifted her graceful shout.
ders. ibid you ever read La Proven
Gale? F" she asked.
81 SKINNED through 1t once" said /,
impatiently.
"Then, peruse it again." continued
madame, "but substitute for the hero
inc an English girl. When she was IS
her family sold her in the usual way
TO a Maj. de Belleyille. He spent her
money as we'll as his own and took him
self off on active service to Africa. News
of his death in Egypt reached her n
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1898-07-16
Is SOLVED AT LAST
Shells to Garry High Explosive.
Said to Have Been Perfected
II Successful They VIII Rexoln,,.
fze Engines of War and Nal.
Them So Destructive as Ia
Make War Unlikely.

Since the discovery of high exno
sives the military and scientific exnass.
of two continents have been endaS
ing their brains to perfect a Shell !.
throw them, says the New York Pres
An officer in the United States ARM
has practically completed devss
which perhaps will perform this hithe,
to impossible task.
Pierce Is the officers name. and
there are only two of his name in ,bs
regular army, one of whom is postebsn
lain in Fort Apache, \. T., it is reasoned
that the other Pierce is the man. Uo;s
p. L. Pierce, instructor in the We,
Point Military academy. and second
lieutenant of the Second infantry
Every fact connected with the invon
tion is hedged about with secrecy 7.
is not denied that the device is NOT a.
from actual completion. This fact alona
Is sufficient to set the whole scienta.
world agog, especially in these timss
of war. 1t is possible that it is so q,
advanced that ii may be tried ON tbo
Spaniard. 1t is known that this is boned
to be done, but so sedulously is tba
whole matter guarded that it is not
even known where the experiments ara
being conducted or how far they have
progressed.
The invention is decorating fuse for
a shell to fire high explosives. Sucba
fuse, it is believed, will advance ten
years the day which 1t is predicted some
time will come when war will no more
be waged because of its very destruct-
iveness. The minute an American rife
hurls a shell of this kind suecessfullv
at an enemy all other shells will be as
Anticipated as rifles without magazines
The day that witnesses the perfection
Of such she'll will relegate to a position
of secondary Importance billions Of
dollars worth of ammunition stored in
the arsenals of Europe. So say ord.
nance experts,
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PRINT A NEWSPAPER.
Sailors on the st. PHui
Interesting Little -FOUR
page Journal.

The sailors of the st. Paul have intro
dueed an innovation in naval warfare
mot a weapon of any sort, but fuil-
Aedoed newspaper (unless that could
be called weaponJ, which is published
at sea at irregular intervals, OF "heh-
ever the marines do not have to be on
the alert for Spanish vessels, and hnd
time to edit copy" stick type, ana
work the printing press. 1t Is a niue
fotr-page publication, 10x6 inches, ana
is called the St. Paul War Budget.
Everybody from Capt. sigsbee down
takes hand in getting up copy OF al
finding news to put in the niue pup
1ieation. The first issue came out the
other dax and was run off" the press
while the St. Paul was anchored on
Sandy Hook. When Capt. slgseee
visited the navy department he had but
one copy of the paper with him ana inns
be refused to part with because he DID
not know when the next volume would
be issued. lie allowed some favored
few to read it.
Some of the jaellies are born humor-
lists, as is evidenced by this little para
graph: ''Wasted Energy.-Chasing up
newspaper boats has become monoton-
Gus of late. It causes us useless ex-
penditure of coal, which at this time we
need so badly" while another item
saws: 1.-THE Enemy Found.-At last we
have found the Spanish fleet. Now,
Sampson or Schley, up and at them, and
please, o, please, let the st. Paul get
shot" All incidents which serve to re-
lieye the monotony of blockade duty
are duly chronieled in the unique little
paper, but the most interesting article
Of the first issue is "The st. PauPs
Dairy" in which is described all the. inn
portant movements of the ship from the
time it left Philadelphia to its depar-
ture from Key West, May 90, for New
York. MAY 17-Arrived at Key West
without incident. Crew still guessing
as to our ultimate destination" This
shows that the st. Paul arrived off San
tiago May %, five days before Schley,
and cruised about entirely unconscious
that the Spaniards had been safe in the
harbor since May 10.
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NEW ONE-POUNDER RIFLE.
VIII Fire $50 shots Per Minute-Couid
Annihiiate any Torpedo
Boat Anoat.

The navy department will make an
extensive test at the Indian Head prov
ing grounds of an automatic one
FOUNDER rifle said to be capable of firing
$50 shots minute, says the Washington
correspondent of the New York Trib-
une. The tremendous advantage to be
gained by such a weapon may be APP
preciated when 1t is said that the best
guns now in the naval service capable
of throwing one-pound projectiles are
operated with well-drilled crews at
speed never exceeding Is to 20 shots a
minute, and at that rate for very
brief period.
The terrific effects on light armor of
such a gun can hardly be overestimated,
especially in action against torpedo
boats, which would be rendered alto
gether useless in the daytime and per-
haps at night II vigilant watch was
maintained against their close APP
proach. The effective range of a tor
pedo is scarcely half a mile, and until
torpedo boat can approach within that.
distance of battleship or other OBJ
ject of attack, its presence my be prac-
tically ignored. Projectiles from one
FOUNDER, however, can penetrate any
armor it has yet found feasible to place
on torpedo destroyers, and gun that
can throw over a hundred one-pound
shells within minute would annihilate
any existing torpedo boat before it
could enter the requisite half mile cir
Gle
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NEW COAST DEFENSE SHIPS.
Latest Naval Appropriation Bill Pro-
yides for Vessels of Novel
Construction.

An even dozen is the preponderating
figure in the designs just practically
completed by Chief Constructor HIGH
born for the four coast defense vessels
authorized in the latest naval appropri-
alton bill. These vessels are to be the
most formidable ever constructed for
their peculiar purposes, and will in
clude many novelties in modern naval
architecture. Under the provisions of
the bill their cost, excluding armament,
is limited to ST 100000 each. They will
have ~ knots speed, ~ feet draught,
Pinch barbettes, 12-inch Hichborn in
clined turrets, 12-inch guns, 12-inch
armor, and each of their twin screws
will be driven by ! 200 horsepower en-
gines. Their displacement will be Just
twice 200 tons.
The guns will be mounted in pairs in
turrets placed little forward of the
midship section, and will have an arc
offire of 300 degrees, which is unequaled
in any vessel of the navy. The turrets
will be the first constructed with in
clped surfaces, which are calculated to
defect any shot striking them. The
hulls will have three feet freeboard.
covered with armor, and the engines
will be more thoroughly protected than
those of any battleship ahoat.