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Greet Britain Protests.

Peking, March 12.-The British min
lister, Sir Claude Al. Macdonald, visited
the Chinese foreign Office on Tuesday
and lodged a strong protest against the
cession of Port Arthur to Russia, say
ing it would destroy the balance OF
power in China. The Chinese officials,
however, declared their inability to
withstand the Russian demands. NJ.
Payloif, the Russian charge d'affaires,
wished the cession TO take place within
five days. in order to forestall the ar
rival of his successor, NJ. Speyer, but
China required longer time to con-
slider the matter and therefore the
negotiations were transferred to st.
Petersburg. Russia is still exerting
pressure to bring about the dismissal
OF the British railroad engineers. The
Isung-Li-Tamen referred the matter to
the director of railroads, who declared
their services to be indispensable re-
CARELESS of the nationality. q
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SETTLED AT LAST.
Agreement Reached In the Alaskan
boundary Dispute.

New York, March IA dispatch to
the press from Ottawa says: Sir Julian
Pauncefote, the British ambassador,
has informed the Canadian ministry Of
ficially that he has arranged conven-
ton with the United States whereby the
Alaskan boundary dispute has been set
tied. Under the terms of the conven-
ton the British government has con-
ceded the claim of the United States
that the three marine leagues should
be measured from the shore of the MAIN
land, and should proceed along the
shores of the inlets, which are thus rec
ognized as arms of the ocean, and not
as rivers.
The contention of the British and of
the Canadian governments was that the
three-league limit should begin on the
ocean side of the island and the delimi-
tating line should be run across the in
let's, and not follow their shores. These
inlets are numerous and extend into
the mainland great distance, and the
decision, therefore, is of much impor-
lance to the United States. The United
States has agreed to the British retain
ing the boundary on the limit Of the
Chilkat pass and the White pass, be-
cause in the Russo-British agreement of
1928 the line of demarkation was fixed
as one running along the tops of the
mountains.
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,HuMoRous.

- 4 81 y 1.
--Hearf DeIusions. How can a man
tell when he Is really In loye7" "well--
q man is really IN love when he thinks
be doesn't eat or Sleep. Puck.
Its hahd,~" said Uncle Eben. 'foh
er man ter excuse boy fob bein' as
foolish at Is yesrs OBJ age rs he wah
hissef at 2s."--washington Star.
Lingering Delight. "stickenlooper
gets his moneys worth whenever he
buys newspaper" I'm what way?"
ale can read any joke four times before
he sees the poinf."-~Puck.
--s,yhat is an aggressive policy,
grandpa2'' "well. II Is policy which
makes man So mad that he wants to
fight, but which scares him so that he
doesn't dare to."--Detroit Free Press.
Financial.--"what's the difference
between wages and boodle?" well,
wages is money man earns and some
times doesn't get; but Doodle Is what
man gets and doesn't earn."-Detroit
Free Press. fss-r
-Reputation. = Editor - II cannot
consider your contributions; you have
no reputation" Poet-"Ah?" Editor
Yes, go and impose on two or three
lesser editors, and then I'll talk with
you."-Detroit Journal.
Broke the Ruie.-"This coffee, my
dear" said Kickles, reminds me Of
what mother used to make" Does IL
really?' exclaimed his wife, pleased
look coming into her face. "Yes; and
she used to make about the worst cof-
fee ever drank."-Boston Traveller.
"A Source Of Comfort. - Summer
Visitor-"You must take lots of com
fort in winter from that great fire.
place" Green Mountain--"Wal, you
see we don't hes much time; I'm busy
choppin' wood for 1t most of the time,
an Johnny he's busy lnggin' it in, an
ma shes. bnsy pnftin' II on the fire.
Truth. = tsB .sSs7ll st. s+5-. 20
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Senator Proctor Tells of His Trip
Many Sad Sights Witnessed.

Havana, via Tampa, Fla, March IL
delayed in transmssion) Senator
Proctor, before leaving for Key West
by the Olivette, after what he calls "a
most profitable two weeks in Cuba,
said: -.
II have not had an easy time. / have
seen all from the highest general ard the
richest merchant to the neediest reconcen-
trado and the humblest pacifico, bankers
officers officials and others. have visited
the military prison, hospitals, relief de-
pots, asylums, guardhouses, trochas, farms.
offices and homes. l have been IN four
provinces, Havana. Pihar del Rio, Matan-
zas and Santa Clara, and in the principal
cities of each. am of an observant turn
of mind, and l kept my eyes open. have
found out what / could not possibly have
learned without a personal visit, while
have not to my knowledge antagonized
single person on the island. Ny trips with
Miss Barton have been of great service,
because when the minds of people are mel
lowed by gratitude their hearts speak out
the truth. As business man, i wish to
say that Miss Barton's methods Of re-
ceiving caring for and distributing the
supplies are most admirable. / am sur
prised at her ability and delighted at the
results attained. The American people
may be fully confident that all money or
supplies sent will be conscientiapsiy APP
piled. Could they see, as have seen, the
suffering, starvation and death. they would,
as Whittier says, pour forth wine and
oil {"
The leader., 1898-03-16

When people hear piece Of gossip, they
never stop TO ask before repeating it: Is it
probable ?'-Atchison Globe.
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PATRIOTIC PRoMPTITupE
National Defense BIN Carrying
sso.ooo,ooo Now a Law.
,,.... the House and SENATE without
ANY Unnecessary Delay and L.
mashed co the President for
uIs signature.
-,,,n g,ou. March io.-lThe national

u.sb,ng,ou. March 1o.-lThe national
,o,snse bill, appropriating $685. 900 for
,esriencies and s5o.0oo.ooo for imme-
J,.,e use in perfecting the defense of
.he country, passed the senate Wednes
a. afternoon, 12 minutes after u was
u"1 favorably by the committee
~ appropriatious. This was the bill
,ntroduced in the house by Representa-
.;,s Cannon (rep.. lll.) on Monday and
uassed by that body on Tuesday BY q
unanimous vote.
A. 1915 o'clock Wednesday a mes
-.nger came gathering up TO thecapftoa
Sitb the printed bill. Mr.. Hager, Of
,oro chairman OF the committee on
.orolled bills, hurriedly compared the
.rinted copy with the bill as it passed
The two houses.
Mr. Mckinney, the enrolling clerk Of
N house, in anticipating the pas
.aoc Of the bill by the senate. had the
iii printed on parchment Tuesday:
.oodv for formal enrolment, but il was
not anticipated that the bill would be
nsssed by the senate without debate.
The narchment copy therefore was still
a. the government printing Office when
,be bill passed the senate and was re-
turned to the house, .Mr. Mckinney as
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soon as he learned of the action of the
senate telcphoncd the government
printing Office to hurry the bill to the
house by special mounted messenger.
At $40 p. IN. the speaker of the house
announced his signature yto~ he bill.
The vice president put his name to the
measure at three O'Clock, and it was
hurried to the white house by special
messenger.
Although the vice president signed
the bill after the senate had adjourned,
it is said his action is not without prece-
dent. although it is unusual.
The president at 3: 10 p. m. set his
hand and seal upon the bill and thus
was closed one of the most remarkable
instances of prompt and patriotic ac-
ton on the part of the Legislative and
executive branches of the government
ever before recorded.
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LANGUAGE or THE ESKIMO.
Spoken by Inhabitants of Ten Thou
sand Miles of Coast Line.

The Eskimoan language, which is
spoken at the extreme north of this
hemisphere, is also found in the north
Orarians, that Is, jewellers on the
shore" They inhabit narrow strip Of
country around the margin of Green
land, and to the west of Baffin's bay,
around all the great Islands and down
the coast to the gulf of ST. Lawrence,
on the western shore of Hudson bay,
and about the bays and straits to the
north; then to the west around Alaska,
and still further along the Arctic
shores of the eastern continent. They
thus extend along the winding island
and mainland coast for more than 49,
900 miles. inhabiting a narrow fringe of
country by the sea, and obtaining their
livelihood therefrom. More than 10000
miles of coastland are occupied by a
people who speak one language.
But in Newfoundland there are tribes
which speak another tongue mixed
with the Eskimoan, while on the
southwest coast there are other tribes
speaking mixed tongues; and the same
is true of tribes inhabiting the north
crn coast of Asia. II we call all these
tongues Eskimoan, then the princi-
pal tongue is still homogeneous and a
cor %. medium for the communica-
tion ii tribes occupying, as / have said,
more than 10000 miles of the most
difficult coast known 10 mankind.
While there is INSTRUMENTATION 1t
is infrequent because of the difficulties
and perils of Arctic navigation. Thus,
in all that stretch of country there is
tions under which this language has
been preserved in its integrity and
homogeneity? Simply these: The ter
ritory occupied ny the people speaking
this language is cut off from the inte-
rior by an uninhabitable belt of glacial
land, so that the means of communion
tion are to be found mainly on the sea
ward side. The Inhabitants. having
been distributed over this enormous
belt of coast from primitive tribe hav-
| ing one language, have preserved that
language through all their vicissitudes
and stages of culture; while in the
Esoutheast, where the Eskimoan ter
ritory joins territory occupied by
tribes having other tongues, we find
mixed languages. The same facts APP
pear on the southern coast of
Alaska. in languages differentiated
From the main stock by admixture with
Ecther languages. With the exception
pointed out, the Eskimoan Language
is the purest language known on this
hemisphere. So far as they have been
studied, all other languages are COM
| bounded OF at least two. and usually OF
many.-Forum.
The leader., 1898-03-16
Spain Shows Aiarm.

Madrid, March IL. - Political and
financial circles here now fully realize
mat Spain is facing grave problem.
IN view of the attitude of the United
states, it is understood the Spanish gov
eminent has completely changed its
pofcy toward Cuba, and is now court
ing the cooperation of the Cuban consti-
'a'lonal party, urging the maintenance
oi the volunteers, and the pushing of
tne campaign against the insurgents,
mus giving the military policy pre-
dominance over diplomacy This
enange is due to the fear that if the rad
leai autonomists insisted upon the dis
armament of the volunteers or melted
Inc eonstitutionalists to disaffection a
eohiliet would supervene, "affording
'ne United States an opportunity for an
armed intervention" S&e#
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nent of Ohio. He participated in the bat
tie Of Corinth, and afterward took COM
maEds of the army of the Mississippi. He
was made commander of the departing Mt
Of the Cumberland. which position he he'd
trQm October q, 1862, to October 10, 1863.
Gen. EosecEaas was relieved in October
1864, and assigned to the depar tment of
the Missc uri. o. He was mustered out of
the volunteer service in January, 1Sc6. ard
resigned from the army in March, 1861.
lie had been brew. ted major general. He
was appointed minister to Mexico in july,
1885, and held the. office until June. 1863.
lie mined in Mexico and manufactured
powder In San Francisco. He was docted
TO congress from California in 1881 and
served four years. He then settled on
ranch near Redondo. Los Angeles county,
Cal, and spent the last years of his life
quietlys His wife. the daughter Of Judge
Hegoman, of New York. died in 1S7S. Three
children, Carl Rosecrans, Mrs. j. X. Toole,
of Helena Mont, and Miss Anna Rose
GRAMS survive him.
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Goc, After Warships.

New York, March 10. = Commander
w. II. Brownson, United States navy.
sailed for Southampton on the Ameri-
can line steamship St. Paul Wednesday.
He said to a reporter:
"I am going to England under orders
direct from the navy department, not from
the president. Ny mission is to prepare
for the exigencfes OF the situation. and to
SEQ what can be had and what can be
done, In case of war; the possibilities OF
which think are very remote. The vote
OF $50, OO0,000 shows our readiness TO enter
upon vigorous preparations. and that In
itself will have the effect of making war
unlikely y may be absent month and
perhaps longer. / expect to be two weeks
in London, but cannot tell where shall
go after reaching England"
. Commander Brownson was asked
whether he intended visiting the yards
of Yarrow, the big British torpedo boat
builder. He did not, answer directly,
rl,ut gave the impression that he would
look at everything in the line of pur-
chasable war craft RI EfEsBftls
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NOW IN HAVANA 44aeoa.


United states Cruiser Montgomery
Takes Place OF the Maine.
Havana. March f0.-The United States
cruiser Montgomery arrived here at
9.55 Wednesday morning.
The arrival here of the Montgomery
was yefy quiet, IL being generally un-
derstood that she comes TO replace the
coast survey steamer Fern as quar-
tiers for Capt. Sigsbee and others.
Commander Converse, of the Mont
gomery, Is a high authority on explo-
sives and his advice will be useful to the
court of inquiry into the loss of the
Maine.-After firing the usual salute and
being saluted in return the Montgom-
cry was moored in the municipal har-
Dor near the wreck OF the Maine and in
the center Of. a circle of Spanish ships.
Washington, March 1O.-The admin
istration has definite Information from
a source which is regarded as beyond
question to the effect that Spain has not
purchased the two Brazilian cruisers
Barboso and Amazonas.
The statement is made at the navy
department that the report of the
Maine court of inquiry probably will
come to the department some time next
week. 1t does not appear. however, chat
this statement is founded upon any di-
rect report from the court, but is rather
an estimate based upon the progress so
far made as revealed by the change of
methods on the part of the court. 1t is
not expected that Lieutenant Com
mander Mark, the judge advocate of
the court, will leave. the court until II
has completed its labors. rs 1t is the
custom for the judge advocate to assist
The leader., 1898-03-16
neIteye War Is InevitabIe.

London, March IL. = Despite the
momentary abatement of the tensions
between the United States and Spain, Of
fetal circles in London take the gravest
view of the situation and the belief is
prevalent, as gathered from inquiries
at the highest sources on both sides,
that unless a solution of the Cuban diff
Guilty is arrived at within six weeks at
the latest, war is inevitable. 1t is not
expected that Spain will effect settle
ment with the insurgents, and the only
alternative is the absolute surrender of
the Madrid government, which the
Spanish public will resist to the last
moment
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Powderly Turned DeSvn.

Washington, March 1.-THE senate
committee ON Immigration has report
ed adversely upon the nomination OF
T. V. Powderly to be commissioner OF
immigration. The nomination has been
held up in committee for several weeks
on account of the absence of Senator
Chandler. He having returned to
Washington, the matter was brought
up and the vote taken. President Me
Kinley received large number of pro
tests against Mr.. Powderly's appoint
ment from representative labor organi-
cations in all parts of the United States.
Ever since congress has been in SEES
sion these protests have continued to
come to the members of the committee
on immigration, @ s--s
The leader., 1898-03-16
WHY, Oh, WhY7

Why isn't Q wealthy actor a fixed
star?
Why can't man save time by stop
ping his watch? --v------ --'-s------ ---------
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ropulists Defy supreme Court.


. iopeka, KAN, March 1.-THE popu-
'is' administration OF the state of Kan
T SSs gave out startling public address
thursday, one bristling with severe
1r'.lcism of the recent decision of the
.u'ted States supreme court in the Ne
',aSka maximum freight rate case. The
.uufess is particularly significant in
s sna, GOV. Leedy has already taken steps
preliminary to the calling of the state
es'siature in special session, with the
special purpose of enaeting maxi
nun freight rate law. While the adj
S'sss Is given out over the signature of
Wv -, Leedy, 1t had first been approved
" ohief Justice Doster, of the statesu-
,,' court, and other prominent pop
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Americas Greatest Medicine

Youare at liberty to use this teulimouIeI
II you desire, AZ We feel We cannol ny
too much In praisc Of Hoods sarnope-
riila rs blood purifier and building Up
medicine" MEs. r. Il. ANDERSON, Gun
berIand. Maine. 800
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FEW REQUISITES.
what was Wanted Of q Girl q. One
Household.

: The hired girl out Of job cast her eagle
eye over the want notices of the Newspaper.
Wanted, Wanted, Wanted" she read in
one or two-line ads, straight down the col
umn, shaking her head at intervals as If
disappointed in her search. Finally her
face lightened as she saw a loaded notice
in another column Of more pretensions than
its fellows. : f.s-.- 80 ar - II q
She turned to it and read eagerly. Then
she threw the paper from her.
What's the matter~ asked the. girl with
her: -. 81. a..fs..z;,s..,
"Read that" and she gathered up the
sheet and handed it over TO the other one,
who read this notice. ,r.a4S ..f-sI 5
~"Wanted-A young and strong woman Of
good disposition and habits, obedient and
knowing her place, willing and ready, act.
i've and efficient, tc cook, wash and iron,. do
general homework and take care of chill
dren. Evenings and afternoons off when
possible. Apply, with references, etc, ETC."
"Welle" said the reader.
Its not well at ALL" responded the one
looking for work. That man, whoever he
is, is advertising for a wife, ] should say
from the advertisement, and I'm not look
ing for that kind Of job. sJust a plain
hired girls place is good enough for me-
Washington Star. I4-T - Fa.fa~1 a.-sss sA
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cHIoED Her MOTHERS SPIRIT.
Practical Young Woman Didn't want
to BE Aroused at Night.

Practical Young woman Dfdn't want
to BE Aroused at Night.
Kansas City has at least one young mar
ried woman who takes a very prosaic view
of ghosts and so-called spirit manifestations.
She was forced to spend a night alone in
st. Louis hotel, her husband being detained
elsewhere by business. In the dead of the
night she was awakened out of a sound sleep
by tremendous noise in the wardrobe. 1t
was such sudden and unearthly uproar
that the woman, sensible and practical
though she was, was frightened, The noise
ceased, then returned. The woman jumped
up. lighted the gas, and made thorough
seal CHI both of the wardrobe and the room.
There was nothing SO far as the evidence Of
the senses went which could account for the
racket. The woman put out the light and
went back to bed. The noise was not re-
pcated. =
Six months afterward, however, the
woman was in San Francisco and for the
first time in her life, and solely out Of Gu
riosity,. she attended Spiritualistic meet
ing. Almost Immediately the medium, a
perfect stranger, turned to her and said:
The spirit of your mother is present, mad
am, and she says that six months ago mann
ing the precise date) she tried to communi-
cate with you by means of the wardrobe in
the Blank hotel, st. Louis"
The woman's practical good sense did not
desert her. sT t8
Well you Just tell my mother" she said,
that the next time she wants to communi-
cate with me not to make such an awful rack
ct in the dead of night and brighten me half
out of my senses. "-Chicago Chronicle
The leader., 1898-03-16
WOMAN'S FATE.
From the Record, Bushnell, Ill.


No woman is better able to speak to others
regarding "woman's fate" than Mrs. Jacob
Weaver, Of Bushnell, ILL.,, wife of ex-Gty
Marshal Weaver. She had entirely re-
covered from the illness which kept her bed
fast much of the time for five or six years
past, and says her recovery is due to that
well known remedy DIR. Williams Pink Pills.
Mrs. Weaver is fifty-six years old, and
has lived in Bushnell nearly thirty years.
She is OF unquestioned veracity and unblem-
ished reputation. The story of her recovery
is interesting She says:
81 suffered for five or six years with the
trouble that comes to women at this time of
my life. / was much weakened, was unable
much of the time to do my own work, and
suffered beyond my power to describe. !
was downhearted and melancholy.
II took many different medicines, in fact
/ took medicine all the time, but nothing
seemed to do me any good.
81 read about DIR. Williams Pink Pills
for Pale People, and some of my friends
recommended them highly. / made up my
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The readers of this paper viii be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure in
all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hail.
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure
known to the medical fraternity. Catsrrh
being a constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls Cat1rrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces Of the
system, thereby destroying the foundation
Of the disease, and giving the patiert
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work n.
propretors have so much faith in its cu-a-
tive powers that they offer One Hundred
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Send for list of testimonials "a ~"
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Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are tho. best.
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quired to continue their bail bonds, as
there are still II indictments for muir
der hanging over them, and So for
feloniously wounding. The bond was
continued as requested.
District Attorney Martin says he has
not decided what TO do with these other
cases. The prosecuting committee, it
is said, will insist upon further prosecu-
tiou
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CAV FRANCISCO. CAL q
LOUISVILLE. ~. xFW roex *
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Washington, March 10. = Much con
lecture has been INDUCED in touching
the visit paid the white house by the
British ambassador. The Washington
Post this (Thursday) morning says that
Sir Julian Pauneefote conveyed to Pres
ident Mckinley informally the queen s
personal satisfaction at hs conscrva-
tive course and an expression of her
sympathy with the efforts to relieve
starvation in Cuba, and of her hope
that the amelioration of the condition
of Cuba would be achieved without
war.
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this
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o. c. HICKS, Notary Public.
When woman is passing beyond the age
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These pills exert a powerful influence in
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They contain in a condensed form all the
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The leader., 1898-03-16

Washington, March l2.-The house
naval committee Friday placed in the
naval bill provision for an increase in
the number Of naval marines of 473.
This increase haabeen especially asked
by the secretary of the navy and was
not included I'm tho regular recon-
mendatioRs. This brings the total
number Of marines up to 3.o73.
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To Modify Civil Service Rules.

Washington, March 1.-THE presi-
dent summoned the members OF the
civil service, commission to the white
house Thursday afternoon for final
consultation over the form of the ex,
ecutive order which had been decided
ons for the modification of the famous
cleveland order putting the blanket OF
coyernniental protection over every
thing in sight. The modifying ordef
win, il is understood, take 10000 en-
ployes out of the classified service.