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The Press., 1898-05-19

Mme. Calve has finished her engage ment at the Opera Comique in Paris, where she has been singing in Massenet's new opera, "Sapho,"' and will go to Lon don in 8 few days for the opening of the Covent Garden season there.
The Press., 1898-05-19
THIRTY YEARS AGO.

items of local interest taken from the columns Of The Press, thirty years agoI
 May 22. 1888.
The Press., 1898-05-19

At the factories of the American ord nance company in Bridgeport, two of the 6-pounder rapid-fire guns recovered from the Maine are being repaired for service. The corrosion resultant from lying in the waters of Havana bay Is not 50 bad but that they can be made ready to shoot Spaniards in about 10 days.
The Press., 1898-05-19

The mines which Professor Robb oi Hartford is laying in New Haven 'harbol contain over 5000 pounds of dynamite. Two intersecting rows of mines, about 100 feet apart and four feet below the sur. face, are being laid. The switchboard ap. paratus has been placed in the new light house.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-01-13
A WEEKS RECORD
All the News of the Past Seven
Days Condensed.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
News of the Industrial Field, Personal
and Political Items, Happenings
at Home and Abroad.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
CONGRESSIONAL.
of First Regular Session,

Proceedings of First Regular Session.
Senator Mason (Ill) introduced bill In
the senate on the 9Th fixing special tax
Of 500 upon the manufacture of mixed flour.
Senator Teller introduced concurrent res
olution declaring the bonds of the United
States payable in silver dollars. Senator
Davis gave notice that he would call up
the Hawaiian annexation treaty in ex-
ecutive session on Monday next. The civil
service law was discussed. In the house
a bill was introduced appropriating $780,
900 for a gunboat on the upper lakes. The
legislative appropriation bill was taken up
and the item covering the expenses of the
civil service commission led to general de-
bate on the question Of civil service.
A favorable report on the bill increas-
ing the military force of this country to
the extent OF two regiments of artillery
was made in the senate on the 9Th. In the
house bills were introduced to amend the
patent laws of the United States; to at
tach the Indian territory to the territory Of
Oklahoma and make the two territories
into one, and bill for carrying out the
plan Of the monetary commission for the
reform of the currency. A joint resolution
providing for the election of United States
senators by direct vote of the people was
favorably reported. Mr.. Grosvenor (O0
spoke in favor of a modification of the
civil service law and Mr. Johnson Qnd.)
replied in defense of the law.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-01-13
BETRAYED His Trust,

New York, Jan. 6.-The American Ex-
press company was robbed Thursday of
$10,5S2, and Clark Braden, Jr., a trusted
employe, is missing. Three days ago
the night manager in charge of the Of
fee at Forty-seventh street and Mad
ison avenue was taken i'll, and Braden--
a clerk of the company for more than
ten years-was temporarily substi-
tuted. Among the parcels to be sent on
the $3.50 o'clock train on the Hudson
river road Thursday morning were sew
eral containing cash to the amount of
$5,5S2 and one containing five 81 900 Chi
cago gas bonds. 1t was Braden's place
to take these packages to the train,
returning to the Office and remaining on
duty until seven o'clock. When the day
employees arrived Braden was not in the
Office. There were no receipts for val
liable packages by the morning train,
although the books showed that sew
eral such parcels had been received at
the office. The leather bags which had
contained the packages were found I'M
der some other freight. They had been
cut open and the money and bonds
taken. s".
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-01-13
He Could Change His Mind.

No man is better known or more gen.
orally beloved in the city in which he lives
than Prof. Adam Hendershott His conversa.
ton is quite devoid of bitterness. Only once
was he ever known to say anything indicat-
ing even the slightest trace of ill-temper.
Travelling downward on suburban trolley
line to call upon friend, he asked the con-
ductor to transfer him to the city street
cars at certain point
Soon afterward the car stopped, and he
was surprised to see outside the very friend
he was seeking. He started to leave the
car, but the conductor accosted him.
you can't change for your car here" he
said brusquely. go back!"
The professor passed him, taking no mo-
tice.
Cant change cars here, I tell you,"
snapped the conductor again.
Prof. Hendershott, deep in conversation
whit his friend, merely waved his hand to-
signify that the car might go on without.
him.
"Here, you old jay!" cried the man with
the brass buttons angrily, don't tell you
that you can't change cars at this station?"'
The good old professor answered with Sc
verify: "But can change my mind at this;
station, can't I?"-Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-01-13
"THAT TERROR of MOTHERS.'
How it was overcome by a
Nova SCOtian mother
Who is we'll known as an author.

was in its contents."-Mrs. w. 7. DICKSON
e. Stanford Eveleth ~ author of"Romance
OF the Provinces" Truro, N. S.
To show the prompt action of DIR. Ayers
Cherry Pectora1 in severe cases, we print
a letter. from c. ]. Woodbridge, Wortham,.
Tex, who writes:
"One of my children had Group. One.
night ! was startled by the child's hard.
breathing, and on going to ii found it
strangling. 1t had nearly ceased to breathe.
Having part of bottle of DR.. Ayers.
Cherry Pectoral in the house, gave the
child three doses, at short intervals, and
anxiously waited results. From the mo-
ment the Pectoral was given the child'ss
breathing grew easier, and in a short time
1t was sleeping quietly and breathing nat
urally. The child is alive and we'll to-day, ).
and do not hesitate to say that Ayers,
Cherry Pectoral saved its 1ife."-C. J..
WOODBRIDGE, Workman, Tex.
These statements make argument in
favor of this remedy unnecessary. 1t is
family medicine that no home should be.
without. 1t is just as efficacious in bron--
chitis, asthma, whooping cough, and all,
other varieties of coughs, rs 1T is in Group
To put 1t within everyone's reach, DR..
Ayers Cherry Pectoral is now nut mp in
half size bottles, at half price-5o cents:
Send for Ayers Curebook Vree) and read
of other cures effected by DR.. Ayers|
Cherry Pectoral. Address the J. G.. AYeS|
Co., Lowell, Mass.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-01-13
Great Britain will refuse to recognize

Great Britain will refuse to recognize
any special rights granted at any Chi
nese port to any particular power.
Thesupreme military court in Madrid
decided that there is no ground for
prosecuting Gen. Weyler in connection
with his protest against the language
employed by President Mckinley in bis
message to congress.
j. FL. Blumenthai d Sons, clothiers in
Montreal, Can, assigned with liabilities
of $15O,O00.
Advices from Picking say that Ger
many has taken lease of Kiao-Chau
bay for so years.
In the event of Great Britain guaran-
teeing the new Chinese loan the conces-
sions required will be the opening of
new treaty ports, open to all nations
alike.
A large steamer, as yet unidentified,
foundered with all hands off Beaudoc,
in the Mediterranean.
Venezuela has refused to negotiate a
reciprocity treaty with this country.
Edward Hartford, British delegate to
the American Federation of Labor con-
vention at Nashville, Tenn, died of
pneumonia while returning home.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-01-13
Mrs. Fassett Dead.

Washington, Jan. 5.-Mrs. Adeline NJ
Fassett, an artist of national prom
inence, dropped dead on the street
Tuesday evening. Mrs. Fassett's spe-
cialty was portraiture, and her most
noted work was "Ihe Electoral Col
lege," now among the paintings hung
in the capitol. 1t represents the trib-
unal which decided the Hayes-Tilden
contest. Each one of more than 100
faces in this distinguished gathering
is a miniature portrait, and it is con-
sidered the greatest curiosity of art in
possession of this government. Mrs.
Fassett also painted portrait of Pres
ident Garfield and of many of the MEM
beers of the supreme court.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-01-13
A WISE PEDDLER.
He Knew Very Well How to Dispose
of His Goods.

Oh HIS 1OOuS.
He carried big load of brooms, and as he
zgzaged along the sidewalk with his burden
on his back he cast his pale, gooseberry eyes
over the houses to see probable customer
Then he assembled flight of steps and was
hailed by the woman next door.
"You can't sell any brooms there. The
woman in that house never buys at the
door,"
He rang the bell and waited Sure enough
the woman of the house opened the door, and
when she saw the broom vender she was
about to close it again.
81 don't want anything" she said
II know it," said the man. "The woman
next door said you wouldn't buy anything"
"She did, did she? Perhaps Pm as able to
buy things as she is. How much did you
say your brooms were"
'She said | couldn't sell you any-that you
never bought anything at the door"
Dear me, | wonder how she knew? Give
me that broom with the covered handle and
the one striped red and blue. And I'll take
two of those small whisk brooms. So? |
never buy anything at the door! The ideal"
Then he called on the first woman who had
talked with him and sold out the rest of his
brooms at big advance over his original
prices. He had been in neighborhoods be-
tore.-Chicago Times-Herald.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-01-13
RUSSIA WANTS A LEASE.
Demands from China Similar Treat
ment to That Accorded Germany.

ment to That Accorded Germany.
London, Jan. 7.-According to spe-
cial dispatch from Shanghai Russia is
endeavoring to obtain terms similar
to Germany's for the occupation of Port
Arthur and the Kiao-Tong peninsulas
from point considerably north of
Talien-Wan.
The Hong-Kong correspondent of the
Daily Chronicle says: The Russian oc-
cupation of Port Arthur completely
blocks the entrance to Picking, and it
is imperative that the court should be
transferred to Nankin, the southern
capital.
1t is learned on excellent authority
that in the event of Great Britain guar
anteeing the new Chinese loan the con-
cessions required will be the opening of
new treaty ports, open to all nations
alike.
The Times says that it understands
the terms of Germany's lease of Kiao-
Chou to be 90 instead of so years. A dis
patch to the Times from Picking,
dated Thursday, says: Under the agree
ment between Baron Heyking, German
ambassador to China, and Prince Kung,
president of the tsung-li-yamen, Ger
many will pay nominal annual rental
for Kiao-Chou. She acquires the right
to begin forthwith the construction of
a dock and fortified coaling station.
Washington, Jan. Sat the cabinet
meeting on Friday the most important
matter considered was the eastern sit
uation, which was discussed at some
length. 1t appears to be the opinion
of the secretary of state and other
members generally that the gravity of
the situation was overestimated. Ger
many's action, it was thought, had no
other purpose than the acquisition of a
naval station, and did not indicate that
she had any Interior designs upon
Chinese territory other than for the
purpose stated. Great Britain and the
other powers, it was thought, would be
granted the same concessions Germany
had acquired, but beyond this, the Eu-
ropean nations would not seek to go.
The opinion was also expressed that the
interests of the United States in China
were not at present in any sense in
volved, nor were they likely to be.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-01-13

OF ali the evils that attack children
scarcely any other is more dreaded than
Group. 1t SO often comes in the night.
The danger is so great. The climax is SO
sudden. 1t Is no wonder that Mrs. w. ].
Dickson DIETER known under her pen
name of "Stanford Eveleth,") calls it 1.-THE
terror of mothers" Nor is it any wonder
that she writes in terms of praise and
gratitude for the relief which she has
found both from her own anxieties, and
for her children's ailments, in DR.. ]. c.
Ayers Cherry Pectoral. 1t would be i'm
possible to better state the value of this
remedy than is done In Mrs. Dickson's
letter, which is as follows:
"Memory does not recall the time when
DR.. Ayers Cherry Pectoral was not used in
our family, for throat and lung troubles,
and the number of empty Cherry Pectoral
bottles collected during the season, told
where relief had been sought. This
medicine was in such constant use in
my fathers family, that when I had a
home of my own, and had childish
ailments to attend to, it still proved
eficacious. That terror of mothers-the
startling, croupy cough-never alarmed
me, so long as had a bottle of Ayers
Cherry Pectoral in the house to supple
ment tie hot-water bath. When suffering
with whooping cough. in its worst form,
and articulation was impossible on account
of the choking, my children would point
and gesticulate toward the bottle; for
experience had taught them that relief
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-01-13
ON THE WAITER.
why His Customer Couldn't Eat the
Soup.

Soup.
A certain literary German whose manner
of speaking was extremely deliberate, and
who disapproved of impetuosity of any sort
and under any circumstances, had an anus
ing experience in a restaurant one day.
He was well-known figure among the
patrons of this particular establishment, as
he seldom dined anywhere else, and he was
generally served by waiter who had be-
come used to his way of speaking; but one
day new waiter took his order and brought
his soup.
81 cannot eat this SOUP" said the gentle
man, slowly, not looking up from his plate.
The man seized the soup plate before the
customer could finish the sentence, and van
ished with it.
He reappeared in a moment with another
supply of the same soup, which he placed
before the gentleman, and then stood re-
garding him with an anxious face, wonder
ing what could be the reason for the soup
remaining untouched.
Il cannot eat this SOUP" again slowly re-
marked the literary man.
"Why not, sir? What is the matter?"
sstammered the unhappy waiter, who had
been told he was serving an important per.
son.
81 cannot eat this SOUP" said the literary
genius, calmly, for the third time, because
l have not as yet been provided with a
spoon!" = Northwestern Christian Advo-
cate
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-01-13
The Bid Was Undersize.

A bright little boy-one of the pages of the
senate--sat at one of the senate entrances
the other day, when lady approached him
with visiting card in her hand
will you hand this to Senator Blank?"
she said
II cannot" replied the boy, "for all cards
must be taken to the east lobby"
The woman was inclined to be angry and
went away muttering. Then a thought
struck her, and taking out her pocketbook
she found a 25-cent piece. With it in her
hand she went back to the boy.
Here, my lad" she said, in coaxing
tone, " here is quarter to take my card in. !"
Madam" said the boy, without mo.
ment's hesitation, 81 am paid larger sal.
airy than that to keep cards out. Washing.
ton Post.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-01-13
FOREIGN.


Seven men were killed by powder
explosion at Oviedo, Spain.
Gen. Weyler has defied the Spanish
government to take proceedings against
him.
Twenty persons were killed and many
injured by the collapse of floor in the
city hall at London, Ont.
The congress of Nicaragua reassem.
bled at Managua and President Zelaya
in his message reviewed the disorde d
political and financial condition of the
country.
Ell Diario de la Marina, the Havana re-
IL rmist paper. editorially states that
over 100000 people have died in Cuba of
hunger. most of them being women and
children.
British war ships, one by one, are
rendezvousing in the Corean gulf and
in few weeks England will have a
huge squadron in the Yellow sea.
President Zelaya in his message to
the Nicaraguan congress declared that
the Nicaraguan canal when constructed
would transform Central America and
lead to its being brought under the
United States flag
The embargo en- exports of tobacco
froy" Cuba has been removed.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-01-13
To Unite Methodist Forces.

Washington, Jan. s.-An assembly of
IS representatives of the Methodist
Episcopal church in the United States
is now in session at Foundry Methodist
Episcopal church in this city for the
purpose of effecting c. union of forces
between the two branches of the
church north and south. This assem-
bly, consists of three bishops, three min
listers and three laymen from each
branch of the church.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-01-13
THE HOsTETTER co. WINS ANOTHER
CASE.
heterogeneous on Their Bitters Not
Tolerated by United States Court.

The United States Circuit Court for the.
Southern District of New York, Judge
Townsend presiding, handed down an opin-
ion December 23d, 1897, granting injunction
and accountmg,-in the suit of The Hostetter
Company against Isaac Sommers and Louis.
Joseph, for infringement of it's Trade Mark.
The jurist states, in bold and clear language.
the rights accruing to the Hostetter Com
pany, and the liability incurred by all who
would rob them, by fraud or misrepresenta-
ton, of the well-earned reputation and
profits of business built up by the efforts,
of half century. The judge says, in part:
"The complainant is entitled to protec-
ton against the appropriation of its trade
mark, by any and all unfair and dishonor
able means, and a court of equity has pow
er to grant such protection whenever it is
satisfied that an attempt has been made by
ingenious subterfuges, to invade the rights
of an owner of trade mark. In
the sharp contest between the individual
manufacturer, who strives to acquire and
retain the fruits of industry and hon.
esty, and the field of keen rivals seeking
to wrest from him the prize of the public
goodwill, the inventive ingenuity of the
infringer has conceived a great variety of
devices for evading the established rules of
fair dealing. Courts OF equity find
ing that their ultimate object and effect
were to enable and induce the retail seller of
a fraudulent imitation to palm it off on an
unsuspecting public for the genuine article,
and thus to contribute to the infringement
upon the rights of the original owner, nave
not hesitated to apply the remedy"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-01-13
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

John Burns celebrated his one hun
dredth birthday at his home near Camp
Point, III.
Mrs. Hannah Sherman, aged 1o1, died
at Tiffin, o.
L. S. Ross, ex-governor of Texas, died
suddenly at College Station.
Ignatius Donnelly, aged &c, of St.
Paul, Mimi, the well-knowr populist
leader, famous also as author of many
popular books, will in six weeks marry
his stenographer, Miss Marian Hensen,
aged 20.
Charles II. Byrne, president of the
Brooklyn Baseball club, died in New
York city, aged so years.
DR.. Robert L. Dabney, one of the most
prominent educators in the south, died
at his home IN Knoxville, Tenn.
Hon. William r. Morrison, retiring
member of the interstate commerce
commission, has been admitted to prac-
tice in the United States supreme court.
Ira d. Sankey, the well-known evan
gelical singer and author of songs.
sailed from New York for tour of the
Holy Land.
Roger Wolcott took the oath of office
Us governor of Massachusetts for the
second term.
At a joint democratic caucus of the
Mississippi legislature II. d. Money was
nominated for United States senator.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-01-13
Heavy Failure.

Mankato, Mimi, Jan. S.-George E.
Brett, of the large dry goods house
bearing his name, made voluntary as
signment Friday afternoon. His liabil-
tiles are about 100000. The assign
ment was brought about by the depre-
citation in value of Duluth lands in
which he is interested.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-01-13
The Modern Way

Commends itself to the well-informed, to do
pleasantly and effectually what was former
ly done in the crudest manner and disagree
ably as well. To cleanse the system and
break up colds, headaches and fevers with
out unpleasant after effects, use the de:
lightful liquid laxative remedy, Syrup of
Figs. Made by California Fig Syrup Co.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-01-13
Not Yet settled.

Madrid, Jan. 8.-The cabinet council
has decided to submit Gen. Weyler's
conduct, with reference to the protest
against President McKinley's message
and other matters, to fresh inquiry,
under the direction of the general com
handing the first army corps, Lieut..
Gen. Duban. There is possibility that
ministerial crisis may thus be averted.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-01-13

business OF the Pacific Mail Steamship
company shows a great increase in
| travel.
A monster oil well was struck in Mar
ket township, near Defiance, o., and
there was stampede of spectators to
secure leases.
The work of surveying the old Fort
Mckinney military reservation in Wy
oming has been completed and the res
ervation is offered for sale.
Counterfeiters are active in Texas and
Austin is flooded with bad silver dollars.
The plan proposed for publishing the
list of pensioners is causing many hold
ing illegal claims to have their names
dropped.
A Liverpool syndicate is making ar
rangements to build an immense tobac-
co mandatory in Louisville, Ky.
The New York legislature convened
in Albany.
Tammany Hall has revived the
scheme to make separate state out of
the territory embraced in Greater New
York.
The Louisiana sugar-grinding season
has closed, the yield of sugar being
$4,000 tons and the yield of molasses
27,00O,000 barrels.
David Powell, David Jones and John
Jones were killed by a mine explosion
near Wilkesbarre, Pa.
A gigantic combination of all the
street railway companies in the state of
Illinois was formed in Chicago, with
w. II. Patterson, of Bloomington, as
president.
A steamer from Cuba brought to
New York $4,000 pounds of sugar, the
first shipment in many months.
John McCullagh has been elected
chief of the police department of Great
er New York.
The main business part of the village
of Polka, ILL.,, was wiped out by fire.
Reports of the dreadful condition of
the surviving inhabitants of rural Cuba
continue to reach Washington through
channels which cannot be discredited.
In fit ofsinsanity Alexander Carter
killed his wife and 10-year-old daughter
Monte at Greenville, Tenn, ard then
shot and killed himself.
A big ice house collapsed near Ham
burg, Mich, and Albert Morey and Os-
car O'Conner were killed and five other
men were badly injured.
The Columbia theater in San Fran
cisco was Quilted by fire.
A large vein of gold that assayed
county, Tex.
By use of long-distance telephone
Charles j. Glidden, president of the
Traders national bank of Lowell,
Mass, who is in Minneapolis, presided
over the regular meeting of the bank
directors in Lowell
The American Express company was
robbed in New York of $1O,5S2, and
Clark Braden, Jr., a trusted employee,
was missing.
The Anti-British Alliance association
held a meeting in New York and de-
cided to establish branches throughout
the country.
Samuel Taylor, aged 70 years, living
near Sheridan, Mo-, and nine members
of his family have been arrested,
charged with circulating counterfeit
nickels and dimes.
Mrs. Julia Leard, white woman, was
brutally murdered by a Seminole In
dian near Maud, o. r.
The sentence of 20 years imposed on
ex-State Treasurer BARLEY, of Nebras-
ka, for embezzlement, has been con-
firmed by the supreme court.
William Baker, who assassinated his
brother and his wife at Fairbury, Neb..
was found dead by the mob pursuing
him. He had committed suicide.