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Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy can always be de-
pended upon and is pleasant and safe to
take. Sold bv Hay Il JoHantgen.
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people.
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c, O. r.rler ws:ssrs lesa ,h. fts, for r'rD,
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HOW TO FIND O1|

Fill a bottle Or common glass
and let 1t stand twenty-fo, hons;
ment Or settling indicates an
condition OF the kidneys. M w
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bile. Too frequent desire 10 urlnals x
In the back, is also convincing ny
the kidneys and bladder ale cut ".
WHAT TO DO.
There is comfort IN the kncwlsd-s
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The mild and the extraordinary ~
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to say anything further about his business
affairs, and his future course Is kept away
from the public.
Wade Chance. the financisr's private Sec
Rotary, who has stood between his employer
and the reporters who have besieged him
aimee his presence in town became known.
left today for Omaha. He refused 10 gay
what he was goins there for and whether
or not Mr.. Cradle would follow him. He
said, however, that Mr.. Cradle was firan-
ciaIly stranded at present. and had net
been able 10 meet certain obligations
This has been reported about" he said,
"nnd presumably marred his credit. Mr..
Cradle has considerable money tied UP. but
these Investments are yielding slowly.
Others should wait as he must do
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A sI5,ooo,o0o nLuyDEn.
Fiuod Said To BE Due to Mistake
I'm GaVrrnIncnt Engineering.

Fluod Said to BE Due to Mistake
I'm caVcrnmcnt Engineering.
Washington. February 2.-1he appalling
loss of life by floods in the Yazoo coun-
try last year. the destruction of personal
property valued at more than Sl5.O00.OO0
and the inoalculable losses to realty and
business interests, are now attributed to a
stupendous engineering blunder.
The department OF agriculture has is
sued report en- tho Mississippi floods OF
1897. in which 1t Is pointed out that
In the attempt TO stYe from flood and
render habtable about 5000 square miles Of
land IN st. Francis bottoms, more than
1900 square miles of cultivated lands IN
the fazoo bottoms below We're over
flowed
The expenditure of the Mississippi river
commission TO improve the land In the
s. Francis bottoms was more thnn $780,
200, There seems TO be little room for
doubt that II the ST. Francis !ovaos had not
broken In places the disaster In the lower
country would have been much greater
than they we're
The 81. francs leyees are as vet incom-
plete. There are in place now g. 260. $40
cubic yards of earlh This hes been put
thero by the United States. by private
niti1ens and hy the State governments OF
Missouri and Ark,lnsag. The United States
government in addition to the enormous
ou'lnys made by private citizens aud the
states affected by the Hoods, has spent more
than SSs,D0e,o0D on the Mississippi river
leyeos and improvements and The commit
tee on levees In It's report, estimates that
the sum necessary TO complete the system
is about $40. l0n. 0N0
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AMERICANS TO BE SETTLED IN CUBA.
Colony OF One Hundred Thousand Men Being Enrolled VINO
VIII Land in Cuba July Next

ai Journal from Aberdeen
Jim Minneapolis
peculiar mission ise
TO take i"" men
Fourth July He SAYS he y backed ov
ana claims the
To cutu small plantations 10
IL "p
and ALI
number people whom they in'ena
TO trhnspor the rayelin vii be nominal
already arranged Tor a anu
be the
island where they Intend % an
formdane that
viii be
TO armhe nse md
holders Spain would not allow them to work @
ana ho
worked he VIII become the
The Euan to
through
willing
Will the Minneapolis
10
largest
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PROGRESS OF JAPAN.
MARQUIS Iro SAYS THE FLEET Is
s..osGaR THAN EVER BEFORE.
IL a believer In fabiic Education
and WIN Adapt American Meth
ods-Formosa "a he Pmcin.d.

New York. February "A special 10
the Herald from ToSlo says; Marquis lilo
received your correspondent at his official
residence. He said
Concerning the matters OF foreign policy
must be necessarily lsticaal, The gov
enrment OF Japan is watching the sltua-
ton IN tho East and Is prepared to safe
guard Japan's interest by whatever muars
may DO required by events am In
yestigaiing the conditions OF internal uf-
fairs, retired from power only sixteen
months ago, but there have been no many
changes nnder the late government that
feel need to study the situation care
fully before announcing my pnlicy ami
plans. The diet 10 be elected on March
ID Will probably convene about the middle
Of May, by that time shall be ready 10
my u programme before parliament
DO you approve the proposal to in
crease the Japanese navy 10 400. 900 tons.
nov advocated BY several japanese news
psrersi"
Every n4ilon." The marquis replied,
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Not Exactly Right
MOT Sick Enough for the Bed or Well Enough
For the Table,"
Minister'S Wife APPLY Describes Well Known Condition and
Tells How Was Overcome

There are thousands Of people In all
walks OF life, particularly at this sea-
son, who are "not exactly right" and
yet are not sick, for whom a single
bottle of Hoods Sarsaparilla would do
q world OF good, as II has done for
others. Business and professional men
as well as the busy housewife are es-
pecially susceptible to this debilitatcd
feeling 1t Is the peculiar combination
Of the best tonic, anti-bilious, tliuretlc
and Alternative agents OF the vegetable
kingdom, carefully and scientifically
combined, which enables Hoods Sar-
saparilla to reach simple as well as
sefions ailments when oil other medi-
cines fall. Read Mrs, Hnnts letter:
~ q !. Hood u Co.. Lowell, Mass,
Dsas 5iru. ~ trust that the publica-
Sion Of my testimonial may nerve to intro
ducs Hoods 6arsapsriils to many who
need physical improvement, and lead
them 70 rive II trial. Ny husband,
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The Canal Commission.

Managua. Nicaragua, via Galveston, Feb
ruary 4.-rhc United States canal com
mission VIII complete its examination of
the western division, including Lake
Nicaragua and westward to the Pacific.
on next Monday. The commissioners are
mapping out accurate rosnrveys on the
scale OF one inch 10 100 feet with sections
showing the geologic formation. They
have examined the ground several hundred
feet by borlngs, The commissioners viii
travel ON foot from ochoa to tho Caribbean
sea AT The rate Of about three miles day.
examining both sides Of the route and
wading ton miles through the swamp belt
All the membere of the American party
are in good health.
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GAUNT FAMINE PREVAILS.
Russian Papers Are Not Permitted
to Mention 1t.
PEASANTS IN TERRIBLE DISTRESS
Rapid MISUNDERSTANDING Roof
Thntches to Cattle.

London. February 5.The st. Petersburg
correspondent OF the Times says; A fall
ure IN the harvest has caused terrible dis
tress among the peasantry of the interior
provinces. and especially in the central
and southeastern part of Russia. In some
places they are worse of even than during
the famine of 1891. The Russian papers
have been forbidden to refer to the mat
ter. Private letters from canboden, in the
province OF that name. southeast OF Mos
COW. say the peasants are feeding their
half starved cattle with the thatchcs of
their roofs. The prevailing diseases are
making rapid Roadway
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election Of Cuban congress hostile 70 gu.
topofny IA tainpcfing with the electoral
lists. Tho representatives Of tho fovffn.
ment reply that II Is not true, and u y
were the conservatives would not save
ground for complaint because they did ne
same thing when they were IN power. Thia
Is an exnct statement. II Is also TO G
feared that the charge OF tho conservatives
that tho present districts arc being tam
pcred with IL an exact statement The nu.
thorities do not feel that they can tru .
nutonmy Us civil issue TO the hands
Of their enemy 80 they take means TO IN.
sure the elections resulting favorably 10
the government.
The Marquis Apezteguia continues his or
forts 10 enlist the younger conservatives on
the side OF a policy OF moderation and 70
detach them from the radicals TO the IN
TRANSFORMERS. He does not seem TO mhKa
Roadway. The local aut onomists complain
Of the distribution OF ncnitipgl Tdtronags
Stree the re,ornist ana the autonoinist
rariies formed an orgarizatiun by fuiion
n does not appear to be a vital matter
Nevertheless, individual au'onomists 40 not
like II that the individual Ieforinists get
the offices.
The autonomist cabinet romans In re-
inpHo. The general staff Of the Amy on
croaches further uron rs supposed ftnc-
lions by the control Of the nross censorship.
Tho newspapers complain bitterly that
through all the periods Of repression they
have never been so completely muzzled az
under the present rcFima df Iiberality. The
cabinet Ia also seemingly in relapse with
the Madrid ministry. Senior Gown, who IL
the head Of the department 81 Justice. 81
reported 10 be IN controversy with the
minister ~ the colonies over tho action
Of the ministry IN narniJig the Judges end
magistrates FOR The. isI,nd That was n
violation OF the spirit and the letter Of
government under autonomy. But, while
regrets are said TO be felt fin Madrid for
tho bad impression caiisei by the appoint
ments, they are moi withdrawn Senior Mo.
ret stands by his appointments.
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FOREIGN BRIIsrs.

ROTTERDAM The German shin Elise
winch was wrecked at Maasylatke. Uol-
iand' on January 2S. while bound from
savannah for this port has gone to pieces.
BRUSSELS. Tho sugar bounty confer
enee, which was announced TO begln on
February " is now indefinitely postponed
france having renewed her objection.
CITY or MEXICO. There is no fonn-
dation for the report of Contemplated
sariy WISH OF President Diaz to the United
leum fire that broke out here last wesL
destroying aimas, half million FOODS "a
napiha, y sun burninsvfiercely and many
deaths are reported
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And There You Are.

Dallas Democrat.
1t is not that Mr.. Vanderbilt spend
per plate at entertainments OF his
that merits criticism. He has, re-!
spend his money as he chooses, but
the condition OF things existing that
mits his fayoritism and partial leglsls1,
the accumulation of such fortunes "
few to the harm and wrong Of the mn
Dallas Times Herald.
Why did you not talk this way y
when you helped saddle the presen1
mlnistration on the country by your
on Bryan and democracy? The New
the People in recent issue that
ley has done nothing for aDybody. I. s5|
handful Of monopolies and trusts
people are not prepared to believs
thing the News may say now again@3
republican administration after It's
full effort to got thnt party in pcws''||
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All hc Fi.hcrmcn snfe.

st. Johns, N, T., February Ali the
sixteen fishermen who went adrirt on an
ice iloe in Trinity bay on Tuesday escaped,
They We're on the floe for thirty six hours
without fire. food or adequate clothing.
Their boats they dragged ten miles over
the ice. finally reaching land In n state of
complete exhaustion. All were frost BIT
ten and six are seriously III from their
terrible experience
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LOUISIANA PROTEST..
Claim Made that CoIored Men Are
kept on Federal Jurics


Kept on Federal Jurics.
WASHINGTON. February 4---The senate to-
day received from the attorney general a
reply to resolution requesting information
MS TO whether the records OF the depart
ment show that in Louisiana there have
been recent violations of the constitution
OF the United States by exclusion OF SER
vice on the jurles In the United States
courts OF duly qualified citizens on az
count OF color, and II so what action has
beon taken or is in contemplation Ia
response Attorney General Gfiggs sends a
copy Of protest OF Louisianl citizens
against violations ~ the constitution By
abe acting circuit Judge and the district
attorney OF the United States for the
EASTERN district OF louisiana Protest has
been forwarded by the department 10 the
Judge and attorney named, but no reny
has been yet received.
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would like to be as strong as possible.
Such increase would require several years
and a great deal of money. We should
not hesitate, however, to make the neces-
sary sacrifice II circumstances demand II.
would like to have you inspect the Jap
anese fleet and see how we'll disciplined
II is We are stronger than ever before"
do you expect to make important
changes OF National pulicy?"
II believe in making public school edu-
cation nracit teal and harmonizing the
training therein given with what are call
cd modern. progressive ideas. bringing 1t
into line with the American methods.
This will receive very careful attention
from my government
do you expect 10 so forward with
the colonizing OF Formosa?'
Yes | hope to pacfy it soon and ex-
tend our control TO all parts of the island
and develop It's resources"
The marquis said he thought the re-
suit OF the coming election of the diet
very important. The political situation,
he said was very uncertain and it was
possible that such members might be elect
ed as to give no party n majority. The
people, he continued, are very much in
tercstei in economic questions. They arc
inclined to get rid Of mere politicians and
| elect really representative men who un-
derstand the needs of manufacturing in
dustres and commerce.
The late government adopted the gold
standard. The change was too recent to
| Judge Of its permanent effect
What will be the Japanese attitude
| toward Hawait?"
| The marquis laughed and replied mo
do not regard that incident as Import
ant The negotiations are Just whore thew
were. My government WIN cultivate
friendly relations with the United States
whose people always had friendly feel
ings for Japan
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Nominated for senator FROM Tennessee by
the democratic caucus OF the general as
sembly Senator Turey, who was APP
pointed 10y Governor Taylor In July last to
fill out the unexpircd term OF the late Sen
ator sham q, Harris, is n lawyer by pro.
1ession, and ono OF the most prominent
members OF the Memphis bar He was at
enc time law partner Of Senator Harris
He had never held political office until
NJ was appointed senator The contest fer
the nomination was one OF the most inter-
esling III the history Of Tennessee 1t Is
expected that McMlllin and Taylor will
be candidates 10 succeed Senator W. b.
Bate at the meeting of the legislature in
January 1870
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Burlington, VI. February i.--Notices
have been posted at the mills OF the Bur-
iington Cotton Manufacturing company In
this city and WinoosM announcing that
after Monday next wages viii be reduced
10 per cent. The company employs about
500 hands
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England Has Not Rccedca.

London, February MIR. Gerald
four, member of parliament for the
trail division OF Leeds, and chief secrs
to the governor of Ireland, speaking
Leeds this evening. emphatically a.
that there was any foundation what
for the rumor that the government
yielded to pressure from any pcvs
had receded from the position it had y
upon the Chinese negotiations.
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MURDER OF THE MINERS.
Second Day Of the Trial Of Martin
and His Deputies.
SCHOOL TEACHER GusCOTT'S STORY.
shows Exnctiy How the killing Was
Done--,NIany of the strikers Were
Shot In the Back.

Of Sheriff Martin and his deputies. who aFe
Jointly charged with tho murder OF the
striking miners at Latincr on September
10. was continued today. The court loom
was crowded Notwithstanding the otder
that no one would be allowed to enter al
ter the seats had been filled. The deputies
Who are on trial seem TO realize the post
ton in which they are placed and are , ay-
irg tie closet attention to the testimony
of the commonwealth Witnesses These wit
neeses are brought into court only as they
are required to testify, She Others teiig
kent in a room upstairs.
Many of them bear reminders OF the
Latiuer shooting in the shape OF ghastly
wounds. missing legs. arms, etc.
One man, with eight buckshot in lls
back. is Just recovering strength enough
TO be able to move around
Charles Guscott, the Latmer school
teacher, who told such thrilling story yes
terday afternoon. was recalled this MORN
ing and was questioned until the noon re-
cess He WIS chiefly occupied in pointing
out those OF the deputies he remembered
having seen at Latimer just previous TO the
shooting.
After this Guscott pointed out by maps
and photographs OF the scene 81 the shoot
ing, just where the deputies STOOD, where
the strikers halted, where the sheriff met
the strikers and where the dead and
wounded had fallen.
1t was shown by this witness on cross.
examination that the strikers We're in Lat
liner ON the Tuesday previous to the shoot-
ing and that there was some rioting.
DR.. II. NJ. Kellar. who viewed the ra-
mains of the strikers and attended many
OF the wounded, testified that number or
the strikers were shot in the back thus
monwealth that the deputies fired when the
men were running away.
Dr. Keller mentioned in order each of the
thirty four patients taken TO the Halle
ton hospital and described their wounds
infinitely. 1t was evident that they had
been shot in all positions. some while
fronting the deputies. some while run
ming and some while lying on the ground
IN the hope of escaping injury. Forty
wounds on thirty-four men were inflicted
by 44-oaliber Winchester bullets and only
small number of them we're caused by
buckshot. The prosecution has all e.ong
ccntended that large number of the men
we're shot in the back.
Rev. s. II. Stafileet, pastor of the Eman-
uel Reformed church OF Hazleton testified
that the strikers were orderly and APP
parently unarmed.
Miss Grace Coyle, Principal Cusoott's as
slstant at the Latimer school, proved TO
be the most important witness OF the day
She said she was standing on the porch
Of the school house aud saw the deputies
line no along the roadside. 1hen the ptrik-
ers approached, quietly and orderly The
sheriff stopped them and some OF them
gathered around him, but she said she cid
not see any of them attack him. Some of
them cried
Go ahead and Few strikers pushed
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poisoning, as the result OF vac0S
Week before last young Turner. alon2
other employees, was vaccinated +
roads surgeon In accordance With
gent orders from the officials. ~;
steadily grown worse, and for fouf'
has been unconscious. His parents'
belong to one OF the best families is
Carolina. are debating the advisabi1H
suing the railroad company.
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TILE JAPANESE III .EEr.

Yokohama February 1.-THE Japanese
feet is manouverlns prior to n cruise In
Chinese waters.
The press Is silent on the situation in
China and il is believed the premier, Mar
qus Ito, is awaiting Il settlement OF the
German claims before committing Japan
TO any policy
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results. WIZ the approach OF spring no
hns had an understandable feeling OF III
health. Not sick enough for the bed or
well enough forthetable,' Ina few words,
Ne Became Run Down
each year from constant mental and ply
steal action. Hoods Sersaparilla has re-
heycd and invigorated him In every in
stance. Last month we purchased four
bottles OF the medicine. took two Of
the bottles, being weak,
Without Appetite and vIgor.
After had used half q bottle Of
Hoods realized quite an Improvement
and soon felt quite comfortable. gained
90 much that recommended Hoods Sar-
saparilla to my nearest neighbor, who has
had malarial symptoms. She has also
taken the medicine and Its effect upon her
Tor good was almost magic. She hss now
prevailed upon her husband to take Il to
build him up. have also given Hoods
Sarsaparilia TO my two little girls, one
nearly years old, who Is not strong, con-
Hequently languid, and tho other, Is yesrs
Old, for pimples which indicate bad blood
and disfigure her complexion. Both have
been helped by Hood sarunparilla which
I Am glad heartily TO recommend MRS.
=. NUM-, 1ol West Sist Street, n, Y. City.
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npworth Lcngue Mretinu.

sherman, Texas, February SD, Il.
Emmerson, a member OF the State Ep-
worth Leagues executive committee. is In
receipt of call from State President
siarki' calling for q meeting OF the com
mlttcc en- the morning of February s. at
Dallas, Texas. az which time the pro-
gramme for the state conference In April
viii he arranged.
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III nnforec Eieht Hour Law.

Washington, February 4,The house
committee on labor has favorably reported
the bin amending the eight-hour law. Its
effect whilo possibly technically extend
Ing the operations OF that measure. is 10
onforec the law rs II now exists. which is
now impossible In many instances owing 70
the lack OF jurisdiction.
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CRADLES HANK FAILS.
Cashier Says 1t Can Pay An
nosifOrs in EuIl

Crawford. Neb, February 4.The
bank OF Crawford did not open it's door
morning. The cashier of the institution
say nothing of the banks affairs fufd
than that owing TO the absence of Fni
Cradle, its president, coupled with The J
that the currency which was expected 4
morning did not arrive from the East
thought it best not to attempt to run tbis|
the day. He says the bank will pay out
positors and all liabilities in full. It's a
arc about $4,000, and liabilities ouui&I
stock about so 900
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WASHINGTON NOTES.

Secretary and Miss Bliss entertained IN.
president and Mrs Mckinley and the
members OF the cabinet at dinner which
In point OF service and decoration was one
of the most elaborate ever given in Wash
ington. The apartments at the Arlington
We're transformed into yeritabie tropical
forest
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aRABLE RnrIoENr.
nemains In His own Hoom-yIi. s.,-
rel.i s,aA-s IL. L.. $1,000

retnrs SAYS tie u Stranded.
~, Louis. February i,-Wnlism q. n.
Cradle, the promoter and flnancier. is
sun IN 81 Louis He stays in his room
az the Palmer hotel. where his meals are
served aud he refuses 10 see anybody ex-
sept few personal friends and the attor-
neg, With whom he has held several con
situations Mr. Grable absolutely refuses
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The house committee on interstate and
foreign commerce gave an extended hear
ing on the Hepburn bill 10 create q DEPART
ment OF commerce and industries. Ferdi.
nand Beck OF Chicago. president of the
National Business league. and others made
arguments urging the proposed legislation.
They claimed that the new department
would be great boon to labor as well as