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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-05-10

The more certain man is that he is
In the wrong the more absolutely sure he
IL TO find fault with his wife.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-05-10

There are men who have their nails
manicured as regularly as do women.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-05-10

Some people arc harder upon their shoes
than oIhsrA
Some are apparently hardy upon them
That's when the shoe has something to
do With IT, lt's easy to be hard on a poor
shoe-hard 10 Do hard on a good one
How much longer VIII one shoe (goodl
last than another (bad)f
Just twice In most cAssA That perhaps
surprises you.
EXPERIMENT. try OURS
against any others you can get In town.
Compare In other respsots-ali respects
zoo.
Petersen K Brown.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-05-10
TOrluring
Disfiguring HumOrs
Itching, Burning, and Scaly
Eruptlons Of the Skin and
Scalp with Loss Of Hair
CURED BY CUTICURA.

Tho treatment IA uuuplo. dfrrt agreeable,
and economical. and ia adapted lD tho Junhg,
cat infant a. uril "a ailulls of ctrfy ago,
Hattie the aHnird iar,a With iiOt WArm
and JttiurnA hiAr Iu cleanse tho skin nf
crush aud acalra. AMI anitah tho thirkrned
cullcir nft, Niihutt hard rubbing, and
Appl, CufiruhA Ointment freely. Ia Allay
lhhluE. irritation, ami Inflammation. and
snu,hu and heal aui lastly take the CutictHA
hEantNhAr Ia c'url and cleanse tho hlnpi
This treatment affords instant tullei, permits
fcat anu aloup, and trninla Ia a speedy prftha'
noht, and economical cufu when all uthri iuil'
odloa aud even tho bost physicians fail,
Eoa srssrvhrls. rplos rus sat gi 81 o., CvttrtsA
haar, - olrsstsf NJ hNsnt'gsy halt sifsb kA,
Fvtrss usra tHt CpHH, CnHr, has rtpFs lia'ioa.
ar- uss ~ Cais namsss." u pags bosk. fisss
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-05
ON SECOND THOUGHT
Perhaps Bluefelds Merchants Haven't
Strong Case.

Washington, May Sin answer to com
plants by our government that its dis
patches to and from our agents, consular
and naval, in Nicaragua, are now being
intercepted and delayed. the state depart
ment has been informed that the trouble
is that the land lines forming the essen
tial part of the cable system have been
unavoidable in Nicaragua. The depart
ment has been dispatching. therefore. its
orders and adViceS to and from BluetieldS
via Greytown by means of boats. but the
service that way has, also been found to
be slow and unreliable that the plan
steamer with New Orleans, which involves
only delay of two or three days. The state
of affairs in Bluefields, according to the
last reports to the state department, is
not believed to be critical
Mr.. Merry, the United States minister
has reached the place from Managua. the
capital, but he had not, at last accounts.
received his instructions to guide him in
the controversy between the American
merchants at Bluefields and the Nicara-
guam government. He has been advised
by cable that these instructions on
the way. and he is awaiting their arrival
before taking any further steps.
Meanwhile, the government here is by
the United States merchants IN Bluefelds
to claim exemption from the repayment
of duties already. paid to the insurgept
leader Reyes, and the whole subject is
now befoNe the attorney general 1t is
probable Questions of fact will determine
the ISSUE the principal point being the at
titude of the American merchants toward
REPRESENTATION they were willing I'M
willing to contribute to his tax-gatherers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-05
A Great Autograph Collection.

The owner of probably the greatest
private collection of autographs in the
world, Alexander Polonyi, has died in
Vienna. His collection was so large that
it filled the entire upper story of his
house. Polonyi possesses the auto
graphs of over 10000 persons. not only
of modernS. but of medieval and re-
naissance persons as we'll. He was not
particular as to age. religion, profess
sion. All he stood out for was that the
autograph was to be that of person
of certain historical Importance. He
possessed original writings which have
not yet been printed of Michael Angelo
and Marie AntOinette, letters by Calvin
and Luther, Schiller and Goethe, pages
of music by Wagner and Beethoven,
original documents from the eleventh
century. private letters of Canovas, old
Hebrew scrolls, and sermons by famous
HuSSiteS. 1t was POlonyiS greatest
pleasure to show his treasures to schol-
airs and to bewilder them with the
wealth and variety of the materials
which he placed before them in the cal
culated disorder we have attempted to
describe. He began life as an appren-
tice to a Leipzig bookseller. His great
est success was with magnificent COL
lection of Durer's drawings. which he
happened on quite accidentally and sold
to the Royal Gallery in Berlin for a pro-
digious sum of money. Polonyi had no
scientific or historical knowledge, but
he had a genius for collecting and it
was as a collector he was known
throughout the world.
throughout the World.-Leisure Hour.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-05
PINGREE AFTER M'KINLEY.
Michigan Executive Says Alger Is
Blamed For the Faults of the
President.

Lansing, Mich, May Sin discussing
Secretary Ayers candidacy for the
senate, Governor Pingree said today:
IF he says Mcmillan is out of the race
he must have pretty good reasons for
thinking so. L am glad Alger is a can
didate, and I only wish we could have
had him in the last campaign to run
against Burrows. The trouble was then
that we could not get a candidate to
run, everybody being scared OUT The
governor declined to say whether he
would support the secretary, saying it
was too early to commit himself
4 am glad he is aspiring, however"
he continued, and as far as his war
record is concerned, let me say that
that would not prejudice me one bit
against his candidacy. There has been
a concerted attempt to make him wear
the muddy clothes of the administra-
ton, and to take the blame that should
be laid at McKinley's door,. Ayers all
right. and he should not be blamed for
the Presidents bad admnistra tom,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-05
ECHO OF PAST.
Suit to Enforce Doable Liability
Against Telephone Stockh olders.

Gordon c.. Lofland today brought
suit in the district court against the
Topeka Telephone and Electrical COM
pany and it's stockholders, asink for the
appointment of a receiver for the COM
pany and it's stockholders, asking for the
against the stockholders to enforce the
double liability law.
The petition recites that in July, 1895,
Edward A. Rozier secured judgment
against the company for 81, 9S7-75, and
also secured the foreclosure of a mort
gage by which he received $5,3S202 on
the judgment. Since then he has sold
the balance of the judgment to Mr..
Lofland, who claims that there is now
due on it $60573.
The stockholders, as set forth in the
petition. are follows: G. E. Tomlin-
son, 302 shares; Simon Greenspan, 101 !;
A P. Jetmore, 1; D. K. Reinhard, IL;
c. d. Logan, IA; F. H. Click, 1; Chas.
G. Wood, /: H. P. Wareham, 1; F. G..
Moore l; D. A VanTrine, l; S. ]. Bear,
124; E. H. Crosby. l; Topeka Harrison
Telephone and Electrical company, 315;
K Rodgers. 125.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-05
BARS CORSETS AND STAYS.
German Statesman Takes Vigorous
Measures Against Them.

Berlin, May 5.-The minister of edu-
cation of Saxony has stirred up a hor-
nets nest in the feminine world of this
German principality. Emulating his
distinguished contemporary of the
cars dominion, he has issued a decree
today that hereafter all girls and
young ladies who attend the public
schools and colleges of Saxony shall
discard corsets and stays.
The decree is the result of vigorous
agitations in the press and public lee
lures of the medical fraternity. Physi-
clans have been unanimous in their de-
nunciations of the alarming increase of
tight lacing, especially in Dresden and
other large cities of Saxony.
Though girls and their mothers
strongly protest against the new order
some going so far as to threaten to
boycott the schools. the preponderance
of opinion approves of the minister's
action.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-05
OWEN A SPLINTER.
Officer Overtakes Prisoner Who
Makes a Break For Liberty.

Charles Kane was arrested last night
for being drunk, was fined in police
court and this morning broke Jail and
was recaptured.
Jailer Grubbs started with him for
the shed to place him in charge of the
guard where he could break rock. AS
GrubbS stepped into the yard with the
prisoner the telephone bell rang.
wait here till L answer the tele-
phone" said Grubbs and he went back.
AS he stepped into the office he glanced
out of the window and saw Kane just
clearing the high board fence. Sergt.
Owen started in pursuit and down Jack
son street they went. owen is better
than the average sprinter and after a
three blocks run he oVerhauled the
prisoner who now wears a bah and
chain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-05
ALION HUNT IN AFRICA.

TFrom The Wide World Magazine.1
While staying in one of the suburbs
of the capital of Toro was one morn
ing called up by the chief to come at
once and shoot a lion that was doing
great damage in the district, and had
lust then killed a poor woman whlle
cultivating her garden. She was stoop-
ing down pulling up some weeds, When
in front of her she heard the horrld
roar of a lion. Looking up in speeches.
horror, she saw in the grass few yards
away huge male lion apparently ABOUT
to spring upon her; but just at that mo-
ment the iOneSS, which mad crepI up
behind her, sprang out, ana with an
awful stroke of the forepaw killed her
where she stood. and then carried heI
off into the thicket. As soon as L heard
this story 1 started off with couple
of nv boys to hunt the lions, but, al
though 1 spent the whole day searching,
not lion did l see. The mangled re
mains of the poor woman we discovered,
butSthe lions kept out of our way HOW
ever a few days after this a party OF
native hunters, returning from their
days hunt after small antelope, were
attacked by the same lions Walking
in single file through the long grass
on the narrow path, the man at the
end of the line was suddenly seized
from behind by the lOnesS and instantly
killed and carried off.
The rest of the party made off with
all haste excepting one little boy, the
son of the man killed, and he, amazing
Iy plucky little fellow that he is, actual
ly turned back and, armed with nothing
but a small spear, followed the blood
stained track through the thicket. After
a little while he came upon the HoneSS
in the act of devOuring his father With
out a moments hesitation this brave
little chap rushed at the huge beast,
and the lioness, becoming aware of his
approach, left the prey and sprang
upon the boy. By merciful Providence
the spear which the boy carried entered
the breast of the lioness, and by the
brute's own weight was forced right
into it's body, piercing the heart, and
the great creature rolled over stone
dead The boy was utterly unframed.
Rapidly withdrawing his little weapon
he rushed to the mangled remains of
his father. and while bending over them
the male lion came roaring through the
thicket. The grief-stricken lad sprang
up, and with almost superhuman cOur-
age rushed toward the second lion, wav-
ing aloft his blood-stained spear. and
shouting: Come on. come on; I'll kiln
you alsoi'' But the male lion was so
discounted by the unexpected approach
of the lad that he turned tail and fled
leaving his spouse dead by the side of
her mangled prey.
The boy then went home to his village
and called his friends to come and bring
the dead Honess to the king, and this
was done. The brave little fellow was
suitably rewarded by Kasagama for his
wonderful pluck. and he made him his
own page. I photographed him, with
his little spear all blood-bespotted, just
after his noteworthy act of bravery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-05
THE "WARWICK ESTATE
[From the London GIobe.l

IFrOm the London Globe.
The fashion recently set by Lord
Montagu, of Beaulieu, and his heir,
when they turned themselves with
their assets and liabilities into a joint
stock company. is now being initiated
by the Earl and Countess of Warwick
The alleged reason for the previous op-
Grafton was a desire to avoid the death
duties In the case of the Warwick
estates it is evidently something of
more pressing nature that has to be
provided for seeing that the deben-
lures now offered for public Subscrip
ton are repayable, as to three fifths
on the death of the earl. and as to the
remaining two-fifths on the death of
the countess. This buSineSslike couple
have entered into arran gementS to sell
their entire sources of income to
company, to be called the Warwick
Estates company, Limited, for the sum
OF &295.00O payable as to &2150OO IN
cash and as to 100000 in fully paid
shares. the latter comprising two
thirds of the total share capital of the
company, of which &34. 800 is reserved
for future issue. The cash, is to be
mainly provided out of the proceeds of
a present debenture stock issue of
9210,000 carrying interest at the rate
of per cent and secured by SPECIFIC
first mortgage to trustees of the life in
tereSt of the earl in his WarwlckShlre
estates. a freehold estate with collier
les in SOmersetshire, and the countess
settlement secured on her Essex and
cies have been taken out on the two
lives separately, involving an annual
premium charge upon the company of
$50. but securing the repayment of
the debenture principal as already men
toned.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Warwick
heads the list of directors. He does not
produce other than inferential testi-
monials as to his capabilities for man.
aging a property of this kind, but he
will be recollected as having figured in
some of the Hooley deals, being chair
man of the Singer Cycle company, as
well as of the millinery undertaking
ffoated by the Andre Mendel group I'M
der the name of Maison VirOt, Limited.
1t is noticea BILE that the countess has
not a seat upon the board. We should
not be surprised to learn that she is the
better business man of the two, for she
has for some time had the distinction
of being the only peeress whose name
is displayed over the door of Bond
street shop. The three other directors
of the Warwick Estates company are
Lord Kenyon. Tyndale White and Ma
jor w. T. E. Fosbery. 1t is to be noted
that the trustees for the debenture
stockholders are Sir Henry c. Burdett,
late of the Stock Exchange stock and
share department, and his grace, the
duke of Sutherland, who is, of course,
a sort of stepbrother-in-law to the
countess of Warwick.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-05
THEY FEAR GHOST.
Hillsboro, Texas, Negroes In Panic
Over an Expected Visit of an
Apparition.

Hillsboro, Tex May 5-The negroes are
in in panic oyer an expected visit, from
was hanged last Friday for an assault
upon Mary Adams young colored girl.
Last night in the colOred Methodist
church the preacher exhorted and prayed
most earnestly that the Lord pacify Tom
Robinson and keep him quiet and happy
and contented SO his spirit would not wan
der back to the scenes he knew in life.
The negroes are in fear because of the
receipt of a letter yesterday signed Tom
Robinson, stating that he would return
and haunt them as long he lived for
prosecuting him.
The negfoes subscribed 81 600 for the
prosecution of Robinson. and at the hang
ing surrounded the scanold and jeered at
the doomed wretch.
Robinson's last words were a passionate
threat to return and haunt his murder
ers. The letter following so soon after
his threat threw the superstitious negroes
into a terror, and the public prayer last
night followed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-05
JACOBS BIG PROFITS.
He Sold 100000 Cigars Which
Were Spuriously Stamped

Washington, May 5-An accurate esti-
mate has been made by the secret SER
vice officers and the internal revenue
agents to the total number of cigars
sent out from the Jacobs factories in
Lancaster, Pa, bearing counterfeit
stamps.
This has been done by comparing the
records of shipments in the books of
the Jacobs factories with the records
of the internal revenue officers as to
the number of stamps sold to these fac
tories. This comparison shows that
about $4,000, 900 cigars have been sent
out with counterfeit stamps since 1896
when the use of these stamps is believed
to have commenced. In 1896 counterfeit
stamps were used on about 100000
cigars; in 1897 about 10 900, 900. and in
1898 and 1899, about $4,000, 600.
The fact that Jacobs and his confed-
crates were able to continue the use of
these stamps so long without detection
is due in large measure to their methods
of purchasing tobacco. Had they bought
from the dealers in leaf tobacco, who
are required to make returns of their
sales, it would soon have been discover
ed that they We're using great deal
more tobacco than their purchases of
cigar stamps would account for, and
there would have been an investigation.
There is a provision in the law, how
ever, put there in the supposed interest
of the farmers. which allows growers
of tobacco to sell it without making
any returns to the internal revenue
and sent men through the tobacco grow
ing regions of the country to purchase
tobacco direct from growers. COnse
Quently, the returns of licensed tobacco
dealers did not show the amount of
stock used by the factories. 1t is prob
able that congress will be asked to
amend the law so as to require growers
of tobacco to make returns of sales.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-05
PROF. GENTRY'S ELEPHANT
"Pinto," the Smallest On the Globe
With the Dog and Pony Show.

''Pinto." the smallest living elephant
in captivity, has lately become the
property of Prof. Gentry, the animal
trainer, who is to exhibit here Tuesday
and Wednesday, May and 10. after
noon and evening.
Pinto" is supposed to be about 8
years ,Of age, is AZ inches in height and
weighs nearly $50 pounds. She was
purchased and imported from India by
Prof. Gentry to add to his large collec-
ton of animal actors, and will be seen
daily in all the new, magnificent street
parades and under the large water
proof tents which will be erected at
Thirteenth and Harrison streets
The Gentry exhibition is fully twice
its former size this year, and enIists
the services of AZ ponies, sc dogs. "a
. monkeyS-and Pinto.
The large tents have a seating cana
city for 1000 people, and there should be
no vacant chairs during the engage
ment here.
The prices of admission are extremely
low when the character of the show is
considered-adults 25 cents; children Is
cents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-05
TEMPLE TEPOXTECO.

(From the San Francisco Chronicle) =
built upen cliff If w HPS3ie is sheer l mass
rock more than 1000 feet in height. Be
chimney. of loose fragments of rock. up
or descends. from San Juanico, a village
iadde ere at the worst part but he must
transfer himself from the topmost rung to
the adder, With the possibility of rouing
down 200 feet if he slips and the probabil
tian headforemost. about Eighteen hundred
feet. Holes for the hands and feet were
The ascent up the. gorge of ,Tepoxtlaln1
is toilsome to the last degree. Though it
BILE to have made a winding trail like the
one in the Yosemite which leads to Eagle
contrary the ascent was made as difficult
possible by. making rude stairway of
height, 50 that climbing the canyqda Of
Of P6 is as 6ad b as getting to the top
The temple is a building of two terraces.
upon the model Of the so-called pyramid
the Tower of Babel, which has eight.
There was an Enclosure with an archeed or
Yaulted roof, supported by four pillars
built up of masonry, which was covered
Tith this stucco SO that from below to
Upon the second terrace are the remains
and the three walls of the temple. These
are intact up to the spring of the vault
ing. If there had been any openings for
the purpose of giving light there, would
have been traces of them; but there is
clusion that lamps were used during the
ceremonies Had torches been employed
the walls would have been blackened- The
temple was all the darker because il was
subdivided into two by breast;high walls
that Joined the third and fourth pillars to
the side walls of the structure. All a long
these walls there was broad seat about
twenty inches high, and the front of this
was covered with sculptured slabs nearly
square. These have been stolen, and rude
limitations have been substituted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-05
CONFEDERATE PENSIONS.
Texas Senate Spends the Day Discuss
ing Provisions of the Bill

Austin, Tex, May 5.-The senate de-
voted all of today's session to a con-
sideration of the house pension bill APP
propriating $3.50, 900 to pay pensions to
Confederate veterans and widows of
Confederate veterans, in compliance
with a constitutional amendment
adopted at the last general election No
vote was reached on the bill today This
bill set aside the antitrust bill which
will come up on Friday.
After cOnSiderabI discussion the
house passed the senate bill to provide
that damage suits against railroads
may be brought in the county in which
the plaintiff lives, and also that two
railroads may be made defendants, in
stead of one, as now.
The house passed the senate bill TO
prohibit the posting of whitecap no
tees.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-05
1T Is NOT FORGERY
To Use False Name ASSUMED by
Another.

London. May Sin police court
here this afternoon BarOnHector Deepen
mark was arraigned on the charge OF
forging cablegramS in the name OF
Count MORO, with reference to certain
Chinese railway concessions and there
by obtaining money under false pre-
lenses. Count MORO, the prosecuting
witness, on cross-examination admitted
that his real name is Phillips. He said
that he is the son of a manufacturing
chemist in Philadelphia and that he had
adopted the title for business purposes.
The charge of forgery against Baron
Denenmark was dismissed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-05
SUES THE ROCK ISLAND.
Also Yukon Trading Company In.
cluded For $4,000.

Chicago, May Suit has been COM
menced in the circuit court by George
M Perine of San Francisco against the
directors of the Purdy Yukon Trading
and Transportation company for the
recovery of $40, 600 alleged to be due for
the payment of two vessels. Perine
says he received $4,000 in notes and
1000 of the stock of the company, but
claims the stock is valueless.
The defendants to the suit include
Warren G. Purdy, president of the Chi
cago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-05
DEPORTED TO SIBERIA.
Report of the Imperial Prison Board
Relating to Convicts.

Moscow, May 5.-The report of the
imperial prison board regarding depor-
tations to Siberia during the last two
years has just been made Spublic. In
that space of time 2O,056 criminals of
both sexes have been condemned to
penal servitude OF these 1872 were
men, 1874 women, and 2,790 incurred the
penalty of hard labor during their term
of exile.
OF the convicts sentenced to hard la
Dor. 1923 were men and 167 women.
The finest harpist in the world plays
at the Steindel concert at the Grand
this evening.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-05
BOOM is ON.
New Towns, New Railroads and Irri-
cation Enterprises in the
Ute Reserve.

Durango, Cal, May 5.-Building on
new townsites in the Ute lands is going
forward with all possible speed. The
filings at the land office up to noon to-
day numbered 80. There is no way of
estimating the number of actual set
tiers. They are in no hurry to file
New York parties are looking over the
ground with a view to building a rail-
road through the reservation from
Durango to Albuquerque, N. NJ. Sew
eral large irrigating enterprises are also
under way.