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requiring undoubted honesty; that the
applicant has physical ability and can
efficiently perform the duties: that he
is of good address and familiar with
men and the manner of approaching
them; the voucher must show the
length of time he has lived in the dis
trict from which he seeks to be APP
pointed and with the familiarity he has
with inha bitants, must show what
knowledge applicant has as to methods
OF operating small distilleries and
his familiarity with the manufacture
of spirits at Illicit distilleries; and
that the candidate can render efficient
service as an officer of internal revenue
where honesty and integrity are indis-
pensable. The applicant must have
this voucher prepared before he is sub
jected to any academic test, and when
it is approved by the collector it will
count 20 per cent. in an examination.
The other 80 per cent. in the examina-
ton will be the academic tests.
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The IONS of Veterans Meet.

DETROIT, Mich, Sept s-Whether
there is really any friction between
the Sons of Veterans and the G. A. r.,
and whether the two societies shall in
the future camp together are the seri.
Gus questions being considered by the
eighteenth annual encampment of the
Sons Of Veterans which began here
Thursday afternoon. Opinion among
the delegates on the matter of
camping together with the veterans OF
the G. A. X. is divided. There is in
the hands of the resolutions commit
tee a resolution fixing the 1900 en-
campment at Chicago simultaneously
with the G. a. Il. and ordering that
the sons camp with the veterans here
after. II was reported to the delegates
for consideration Friday.
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SNcAMPMENT ENDED.
Gel Albert II shaw Elected CommanAsvs
hief-Resolutions Adopted -
the Pension Question.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. S--The SD m.
tional encan pment of the Grand Army
Of the Republic came to an end Thurs.
day night The election of com
mander-in-chief, which, 1t was sun
POSED, would be settled only after q
warm con test was conducted and car
ried out in the most peaceable manner
imaginable. Col Albert ID. Shaw. Of
Watertown. n. ", was unanimouslv
elected to the highest Office OF the or
ganiEation after Judge Leo Rassicur.
of St Louis, had declined to be a can.
didate. Early in the campaign there
were three candidates w. c. John.
son, of Cincinnati, who was acting com.
manderin-chief, was frs, mentioned
and the names of Col. Shaw and judge
Rassieur later became prominent.
Johnson's boom was ended Wednesday,
with his election to the office for the
unexpired term of the late Commander
Sexton, lasting two days
This rendered him ineligible to can.
didacy for another term, and with the
election of Col. Shaw he becomes an
past commandcr-in-chie The friends
of Col. Shaw and Judge Rassieur
claimed the victory until the Missouri
veterans at Thursdays session o. the
encampment, withdrew from the con
test in favor of his New York oppo-
nent. Aside from the selection of q
ccmmander-in-chief, the pension ques.
ton receives the major portion of att
tention. Resolutions were adopted
that rule a25, passed by congress in
1890, and now in practice. was hard
ship in that il required proof of iden-
tity and injuries which many old SOL |
diers could not furnish and asking
that the president re-establish
rule 1874. later passed by congress-
which is not so stringent in its re-
quirements. The resolutions also de- |
plored the practice in the pension bu.
reau which bars widows who have an
income Of 500 . year, and asks that the
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.er to connect the many build

- - ssAd permitihe powder proc IS to
oe carried on expeditiously, a COM
plete trolley car service is TO be in op-
sratioa. This will keep the material
in its various stages moving forward
from tuiiding to building until com.
pleted. The electric light plant serves
the three fold purpose of running The
machinery, running the trolley car
service from mil. TO mill, and supply
ing light for the plant.
The opening Of The mills will mark
a distinct departure by the govern.
ment. Heretofore all the supplies OF
powder have been drawn from private
sources The first appropriation made
by congress for "A powder factor was
about $500, 0O0. but in the last naval
appropriation bill 81, 900. 600 was gwen
for the purchase "or manufacture" OF
powder. This permits part OF the
last appropriation to be used for the
mills now in course of construction.
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CURRENT TOPICS.

SPAIN has lost sac, 900, 900 in colonal
trade.
AMERICAS cprpet mills employ 10, zoe
women.
A woMAS's hair is said to begin &c
turn gray at 81
FIVE per cent. of all Europeans are
trained soldiers
SOME New York boiler-scalers enjoy
the eight-hour day.
CINCINNATI is to have a cooperative
antitrust distillery.
THE cemeteries in and around Low
don cover 9, 900 acres
PARCHMENT used on the best banjoes
is made from wolf skin.
OF thousand persons only one
reaches the age of 100 years
OWING to the dry. cold atmosphere,
not single infection. disease is known
in Greenland.
FRANK II. BURFoBD, I5-year-old
boy. has been admitted to the bar In
Guthrie. Ok. T.
AT Wardbury. Norway. the long est
day lasts from May 81 20 July 90 with.
oat interruption.
A FEw weeks ago the Krupp factory
turned out its twenty-thousandth large
gun fer European armies
MRS RICHARD p. BLAND is collecting
material for a life of her late husband,
the famous congressman
The first automobile club of Ger
many has just been organized, and the
duke of Ratibor is the President.
An English statistician declares that
frime. considered in decennial periods,
bears constant relation to the popu.
lation. f
WILLIAM BADGE has resigned his po-
sition as conductor on the Maine Cen
trail railroad after SO yearN service as
Q railroad man.
DR. MAX BRESER of BIffalo. has
been decorated with the Cross of the
Legion of Honor for saving the life of
French seaman.
The population of the South African
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!, 5sE5NSifes .sSseEs
600. 600 Kafiirs and Zulus.

The skeleton of a mastodon was dis
closed in digging ditch on the farm
Of L. w. Schaefer. one mile west of
Newburgh, \. Y, recently.
The erratic actions of church clock
at Harborne, England, were traced to a
swarm of bees that had deposited hon
ey in the machinery and dial.
A SINGLE foundry in New Jersey. it
is said, casts annually IS 900 bells for
the farmers and about 1, 200 Tor schools,
churches, engine houses. etc.
WHEN the prince of Wales was a boy
the book that most took his fancy was
Robinson Crusoe." and even now il
anuses him greatly TO read a chapter.
SCIENTISTS are recommending the
electric light bath. 1t is free from the
exhausting effects of Turkish baths
and is soothing to sore muscles and
joints.
TABLE manners differ greatly with
different nationalities. The Russians
follow the old Arabian habit of pre-
erring natures weapons to either
knife or fork.
THE giraffe was thought to be nearly
extinct but Maj. Makes, a British ex-
plorer, has found great herds of them
along the Sobat river. a tributary of
the White Nile.
THE largest mass of pure rock salt in
the world lies under the province of
Galicia. hungary. IL is known to be
$50 miles long, 90 miles broad ana ESQ
feet in thickness
THE house of commons has met on
Sunday II times, on various occasions,
when urgency demanded il. The first
time was in the reign of Edward Ill,
the last at the death of George III.
SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN has joined the
army of inventors. He has invented
rontrivance to be fixed to carriages so
that the horses can be instantly un-
yoked and the carriage set free in the
event of the animals taking fright.
Twenty centuries before the birth
of Watt, Nero of Alexandria described
machines whose motive power was
steam. He also invented double
Gree pump, used as a fire engine, and
anticipated the modern turbine wheel
by machine he called ''neolpile."
A STEEL birds nest was recently &C.
4ulreu Dy the museum OF SoIeure, In
Switzerland. Soleure has an extensive
watch and clock factory, and thin met
al filings are continually being swept
into the roads with the waste from the
workshops. OF these two wagtails
built nest, which was secured after
the brood had flown.
REFERRING to recent report that
Russian florist had succeeded in rails
ing blue roses, a Slovenian gardner de-
:lares that blue roses grow wild in
Servia-
N BArHERs along the New Jersey beach
are sorely tried this year because.
/. while the average temperature of ocean
water in July and August has been "a
degrees, this season the average has
only been 6s.
The velocity Of light is 1872, 900 miles
n second of time. From the sun
light comes to the earth in eight min
ates From some of the fixed stars OF
the twelfth magnitude it takes 1000
years for their light to reach ua
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rrlg. Gen. o,.n.hln. ,s Washington.

WASHINGTON, Sept BRIG. Gen.
oyenshine, who has just returned from
he Philippine islands, called on Secre-
tary Root and the president Friday,
Gen. ovenshine has been suffering
from fever and has not yet recovered.
He undoubtedly will be granted a
furtter leave OF absence. lie reports
that Gen. Lawton has suffered from
shills and fever since he has been in
the Philippines
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Alleged ON the Iruat Conference.

CHICAGO. sept. il.-Ex-Gov. John +.
iltgeld has returned TO Gov. Tan.
ler the commission appointing Mr.. Alt.
reid delegate to the trust conference
o be held in Chicago September Is. As
O his reasons for this step Mr. Ait
reid said: 1.-THE fact is, | haven,
much confidence in the proposed trust
conference. 1t looks as if IL were go.
ing to be more Of trust love feast
than anything else"
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Can Not Accept the sword.

ATLANTA, Ga. Sept. l0--Mrs. David
Eich berg, of this city, who recently
started a movement TO raise fund
among American Jews for the purpose
OF presenting a handsome sword TO
Capt. Alfred Drcyfus, convicted fer
treason toward the French govern.
nent. received a letter from Nine.
Dreyfus in which she said the captain
could not accept sword from the
American people.
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Tn. yellow Fever at Key we.,.

KEY VEST Fla, Sept 9.-Thirty
:ases OF Fellow fever have been re-
ported during the past ., hours. In.
,luding two cases previously omitted,
the total number occurring 10 date so
FAR as knotn is I.27L Two dcaths
nave been reported during the past 2,
hours, making the total number OF
deaths nine. THE weather is til
very warm and r,iny and favorable fer
The spread OF the diSease.
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limitations be increased to $3.50 year.
Pursuant to the resolutions a commit
tee of five was appointed 10 seek re-
lief from the administrative officers
and, failing there, to ask congress TO
amend the law in favor OF the vet
Grams.
As Chicago secured the next en-.
campment it is expected that Judge
Rassieur will then be elected comman.
der.in chief.
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1EEY WILL NOT FIGHT.
British cabinst Minister ssys There WIN
Ne No War With the -Qassa
Victoria WIN Not Permit L..

LONDON, Sept e-Mr. Montague
White. the consul general Of the south
African republic in London. said to q
press representative Friday evening.
II assure you on the authority OF q
cabinet min ister that there will be nc
war with the Transvaal. In fact, the
queen will not permit war. l received
. telegram from Pretoria to-day as
surihg mo that the Transvaal govern.
rnent quite understands the position
regarding the peace party in England
and is in nowise misled by speeches
and demonstrations"
LONDON. Sept 9-Thc Anglo-TranS
vaal situation wore Friday a more
peaceful aspect In addition to IN
troops from India brigade OF fou,
battalions OF infantry is under order.
To start for South Africa Immediately,
one from home and three from Mcdi.
terranean stations. The sailing OF
the Castle Liner Harlcch Castle has
been cancelled and the steamer
will probably be employed to transport,
these troops. \ semi.oflicial statement
comes from Pretoria through Cape
Town TO the effect that the Ttan,vaal
government has explained 10 the Brit.
ish diplomatic agent. Mr. ConynI ham
Green that its last dispatch was meant
as an acceptance Of tine proposed Join,
inquiry.
PRETORIA. Sept Q. In the first .aad
Friday morning debate was resumed
on the Interpolation OF the govern.
ment respecting the concentration OF
British troops on the border and the
stopping of ammunition consigned to |
the Transvaal. The house adjourned
shortly before noon. after adopting |
unanimously the following resolu-
ton:
The volksrsad having nsidersd
that friendly correspondence In still /
passing between the two governments
that the concentration OF troops in
great numbers near the border has q
detrimental and restless effect on
the Inhabitants Of the state. and
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POWDER MILLS.
The Work on the Government Plant
Near Indian Head Being Pushed.
Altogether the Group Of Buiidings WIN
Number 20 or 20. With - Capacity
of 1000 Pounds Daily he Ph,nt
Covers - Wide Area.

WASHINGTON, sept 1.-THE navy
department expect, to begin the man
ufactue OF smokeless powder at III
| powder mills, a few miles back from
| the Potomac river, near Indian Head.
| within the next two or three II nths
Work ON the mills has been pushed
encrgetically, and at present about
| /, 200 men are employed. Adm. O'Neil,
chief OF bureau of ordnance, accom-.
panied by Lieut.. Seymour, OF the bu.
reau, inspected the work during the
asst week. and was much pleased at the
progress made. Already about a dozen
buildings are completed, the electric
light plant, said to be one of the finest
in the world. is installed. and the stand
pipe, 100 feet high, is up. There are
ten or twelve other buildings well
along toward completion. Altogether
the group of buildings will number ~
or IS, with a capacity of 1000 pounds
Ok smoSelcss powder daily. This daily
output seems large at first thought,
Sut one OF the big lS-inch guns OF tn,
Indiana uses 1000 pounds of powder q,
a single shot
The various buildings of the powder
slant cover wide area about four
miles back from the river. The gen.
tral purpose has been to keep the
buildings as far apart as the require
nents OF manufacture would permit.
IN order to avoid the dangers of eSplo-
SONS For that reason there il no
large central building, but many small
ones each having distinct branch OF
the powder making. They are ar.
arranged, also, with a view to the pre-
'ailing winds, 30 that the risk Of hav-
ing the fumes of acid borne by the
Wind is reduced TO minimum.
One building is Us d exclusively for
he picking process; another for the
mixing; another for the acids In this |
way each stage of manufacture is de- |
,ached from all the Others, not only re.
lucing the chances of accident. bu, |
Ilso giving some security against wide.
pread damage in case of explo-
ion in any one stage Of /
he process Another precautionary |
Measure has been the building OF light
paper walls at the ends OF the build.
ags These readily give to the pres
Iire OF an explosion. leaving the main
'alls of the structure standing, and
<Srially reducing the loss which oc.
"a Ncn an explosion n c!o-ely con-
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Two Men Killed by Lighting.

TUscoLA, Ill, Sept Sat the Doug
las county fair at Camargo lightning
struck the north end of the grand
stand, killing two men instantly, IA
tally injuring two more and seriously
disabling six Others. The party was
eating supper under the grand stand
when the flash came.
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fai will probably occur on Monday. osse-
bsr 2 although the dat. viii depend upoa
the length OF the celebration In New York
which is stlll unsettled. The PRINCIPAL
features az the reception Ia wsshinsion.
~ planned by the citizens. with IN. co..
eperation sf an. pre.ldsnt a.a c.ss.-s.
VII be two IN numbsr-ths presentation
or the sword voted by Congress and q
nirhi parade. publlr reception 81 the
Whiie House siil =. followed by dlnnsr
20 tao Admiral ~ President Mckinley,
Th> sword viii - presented by Secretary
Long. at tho east front OF the Capitol. In
the presence 81 AR Mckinley and al the
ncmhsfa 81 tho Cabinet late IN IN. AFT.
srnoon, while The parade. consisting % sr-
raniz-tlons % al kiEds. will 10 acco .ipa-
MED by an Illumination OF the city on q
srale OF beauty never before witnessed IN
Washington.
The dl1srent features Of tho pr.pars-
tons are In IN. hands OF central BODY
az citizens and eleven committees. en-
traoirE In all over a thousand psorl.,
Preparations for the celebration have
BE- ~ ~ for over o. sannsH
Tho baltimore and Ohio Railroad and
other railroads entering Washington have
agreed upon cheap rates Tor the cclchFa.
ton, ana the committee expects that thcrs
vii be an outpourinE % patriotic citizens
almost equal TO the Inauguration Of .
President
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Interstate Commi..,oo.r Rs,,.,

CHICAGO Sept. S-A story was circu-
lated Thursday night that w. j. Cal.
houn is TO resign from the interstate
commerce commission 20 practice law
in Chicago. Friends of Mr.. Calhoun
say the story is true.
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The situation ii Key West.

KEY WEST, Fla, SEPT ll.-Twenty-
three new cases Of pillow fever and
two deaths have beed reported in the
past "a hours. The stuation is still
very gloomy and large pun bers of peu-
pie are sent to the de Nntion camp at
Dry Tortugas
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Caterpillar IN His va

BELLEFoNTAISE, O., Sept. Am i'm.
nense caterpillar cras,ed into the
light ear of Joseph X, ~. of this city,
Thursday night, and, W Cling about.
yet the man in agony. IArcquired the
Efforts of three physicians to success
!ully extract the insect, Which meas
ired over an inch long.
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synagogues Closed.

ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. s.-The gcv.
eminent officials Of the province Of
KEN recently ordered the closing OF
80 synagogues and schools at Birdit-
cheff' which is the center Of the jew
ism population of the southwest prov.
inces
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Prof Wheeler's New Position.

CHICAGO. Sept s--William Morton
Wheeler, assistant professor of embry.
oiogy at the University of Chicago has
resigned to accept a similar positios
will the University of Texas
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vigorou. Quarantine Useless.

OPoRTo, Sept. s.--The faculty of
medicine have telegraphed to King
Charles asking him to come here in
person and "see the uselessness Of the
vigorous quarantine" They belittle
the seriousness of the plague out
break.
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Took Every,hingjn sight.

CocmsE, ARR. SCH ii.-Express
train No. TO- on the nthern Pacific,
was robbed here SAT- day night by
four masked men, whdblew the safe
open and took everything in SIGHT
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the ge,n Volunteer. Pass Through Chi.

\CmcAoo, Sept. 1.-THE Goth United
States volunteers, New England's reg
iment, commanded by Col. Edmund
Rice, passed through Chicago Sunday
night en- route from Boston to San
Francisco where they will embark
for the Philippines September Is.
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rhs Temperatur. At Chicago

CHICAGO, Sept s..-The temperature
reached the "a mark Thursday, and six
prostrations were reported. A lake
breeze, followed by q shower, eau cd q
lrop of IL degrees
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NATIONS GREETING TO DEWEY.
Features Of the k~s spsiss IN he Mszsi,
Mere In Washington.

IN Wsshtrgss".
1he central idea underlying the grand
welcome to be given Admiral Dewey in
Washington the rrst week In October 10
Its national character, His arrival at tho
Capital Will mark his rost homecoming
TO the American people. ~hero tho onicia
OF the government VIII participate. and
the ms snincently J-~eied sword voted by
Congress Will be presented. To that end
all the arrangements Will ha of a simple but
most disnlhsd character. The welcome TO
the hero OF Manila at the National CAp-
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Took Her Life.

ZASEsviLLE O.. Sept a--Miss Eva
Gould, former patient of the Athens
insane hospital, discharged as cured,
hung herself.
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To Invsstigst. the oil adj Fiors.

BERLIN, Sept. a-The tvernmen,
as sent Prof. Won Volk1s, Of tho
University Of Berlin, to Il, Carolinss
. investigate the soil and tle dora.
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Look NJ, IN; up. =" was the motto On IN.
badge worn b, the pale young man "Wots
as Lsked the elevator boy. Has M guy.
got a unions Indianapolis Journal.
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bers Of the royal household; and you
are expected to get out Of the room
within five minutes, backing out, OF
course, with your face at all times to-
ward the royal party.
l am told by one of the diplomatic
ladies that the most trying ordeal she
ever experienced was her introduction
to the Portuguese court. The king and
queen, the Dowager Queen and the
Crown Prince were seated in the four
chairs of state on the elevated dais,
with crowd Of courtiers, mobiles and
officers standing OH either side. She
was obliged to walk alone and unat-
tended from the door to a point oppo-
site the kings chair, where she bowed
very low; then few steps farther, be-
fore the queens chair where she re-
peated the salutation; then to the
doWager queen and the prince; and
then solemnly and slowly backed out of
the room, in imminent danger of turn
ing somersault over her train, in the
face of that august assemblage. The
regulation court costume for ladies In
Portugal must have train at least
three yards long, VITA decollete bodice.
Ill may be of any color except blue and
white in combination, which Is forbid
den to all but the ladlz s-in-Waiting.
FANNIE e. WARD.