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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-05-05
Back With Old Proposition.

MANILA, May g. Major Arguelles
and Lieutenant Bernal Of the staff of
General Luna returned here yesterday
to renew and press the request of Cen
eral Luna for cessation of hostilities.
They have found the field of labor a
most uncongenialone. The two officers
We're received in conference with Major
General E. S. Otis. The proposals
which they had to submit differed but
slightly from those which they brought
from the Filipino commander in the
first place. They desired little time
in which to summon congress and ex-
pressed themselves as being confident
that the congress will decree peace, be-
cause the people desire it. They repre-
sent Aguinaldo is without power to sur
render the army and that the congress
must decide that question. Incident
ally the Filipino ENJOYS asserted that
Aguinaldo had not yet made fair test
OF his strength against the American
forces, because only one.third of his
army had been assembled together.
The ENJOYS will see General Otis
again today.
Whether or not General Luna is sim
cere in his overtures the negotiations
are giving the insurgents much
needed opportunity to rehabilitate their
demoralized forces. The truth is that
dissensions among the leaders of the
rebels are helping on the disyrganiza-
ton of the Filipino army almost as
much as the American campaign.
In the course of the conference with
the Filipino ENJOYS General Otis agreed
with the statement of Major Arguelles
that the people of the Philippines
wanted peace, and he added that re-
quests for protection are pouring in
upon him from all parts of the coun-
try.
Major General Lawton was engaged
in hard fighting yesterday. Telegraphic
communication was cut at 8 o'clock a.
m. and there have been no reports from
General Lawton since that time.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-05-05
s1onumentto chancellorsv,lle Heroes

RICHMOND, Va. May 4.-On the bat
tlefield OF Charlottesville yesterday
General Charles H. L. Coils and 20
other members of the One Hundred
and Fourteenth Pennsylvania regi-
ment, Coils zouaves, dedicated mon
ument to the memory of three officers
and 35 privates of their regiment who
fell i'll the battle. The visitors were
accompanied to the monument site by
number of citizens of Fredericks-
burg. General Coils made patriotic
address, and James Park Corbin ac-
cepted the monument on behalf of the
National Battlefield association, to
whose care it has been entrusted.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-05-05
Grain Islockade at Rutfalo.

BUFFALO, May 3.-Another large feet
of grain carriers reached port last night
and the congestion in the harbor is be-
coming most pronounced. The threats
that every union man on the docks will
be called out shortly are reiterated by
the strikers. A dispatch was received
from Albany stating that Governor
Roosevelt had instructed the state board
of mediation and arbitration to come to
Buffalo at once and report on the strike.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-05-05
Chicago Goes to Tangier.

WASHINGTON, May 4.-Before the de-
parture of the cruiser Chicago yester-
day from Punta Del Gada, Acting Seo-
rotary Allen sent instructions to Rear
Admiral Howison directing him to pro-
coed to Tangier, Morocco. The United
States has sevepal small claims against
the Moorish government, the result of
the looting of stores owned by Ameri-
cans and of outrages committed upon
Moorish agents of American houses.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-05-05
Democratic Landslide In Baltimore.

OeIIUCrHtIC l1hhUsIlde In BAIt1mOf6e
BALTIMORE, May 3.-One of the most
exciting campaigns in the history Of
Baltimore city resulted yesterday in a
Democratic landslide. Thomas G.
Hayes was elected mayor by nearly
5000 majority over William T. Malster
(Rep.), the present incumbent. while
his running mates, Skipwith Wilmer,
for president Of the second branch Of
the city council, and James H. Smith,
for comptroller, were chosen by prac-
tically the same figures. In addition to
these candidates at large, the Democrats
elected all of their candidates for the
second branch of the city council and 18
of the "a members of the first branch.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-05-05
Henderson Explains Currency Plan.

WASHINGTON, May 4.-Representa-
tive Henderson of Iowa had a half
hours consultation with the president
today regarding the work of the Re-
publican caucus committee of the house
of representatives at Atlantic City. He
explained to the president at length
the currency reform plan which the
committee unanimously decided to re-
commend to the Republicans of the
next house.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-05-05
Funeral of Lewis Balser.

WASHINGTON. May 3.-The funeral of
Lewis Baker, formerly minister to
Nicaragua, was held yesterday at the
family residence, the service being con-
Quoted by Rev. Byron Sunderland of
Washington. The ceremony was ex-
tremely simple. Honorary pallbearers
We're dispensed with. The interment
ut Rock Greek cemetery was witnessed
only by the immediate family.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-05-05
Funston Gets His Reward.

WASHINGTON, May 3.-The president
has appointed Colonel Frederick Funs-
ton of the Twentieth Kansas brigadier
general of volunteers. This appoint
ment was recommended by Major Gen
eral Macarthur and supplemented very
strongly by General Otis.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-05-05
Iowa Women's Clubs.

BURLINGTON, Ia, May 3.-The pre-
liminary session of officers and promi-
nent delegates of the second biennial
convention of the Iowa Federation of
Women's clubs was held last evening.
The regular session began today, 200
delegates being present.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-05-05

LINCOLN, May Sine BOARD OF man.
ayers of the State fair held meeting
last night, the subject of discussion be-
ing the holding of a statssfair in con-
nection with the exposition at Omaha.
The final decision was that no fair
would be held this year. and resolu-
ton to this effect was adopted.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-05-05
Spring Rush of Immigrants.

New YORK, May 3.-The spring rush
of immigrants into this country through
the port of New York has been unusu-
ally great. Since the opening of the
season some weeks ago there has been
an average OF 1000 persons landed each
day. Italians are arriving in extraordi-
nary numbers
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-05-05
torpedo Boat somers Arrive..

New York. May 3-The torpedo
boat Somers, which was bought by the
United States in Germany previous to
the war with Spain. arrived here yes
terday on board the Atlantic transport
liner Manhattan.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-05-05
a1aher and Rubin Fight a Draw.

New YORK, May 3-Peter Maher and
Gus Rubin, the "Akron Giant, " fought
a 20-round round draw before the Lenox
Athletic club last night. Six thousand
people saw the fight. Maher weighed
ISL pounds and Rubin 100.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-05-05
A CARD.

To my friends and patrons. AS work
is coming faster than l Can handle it
alone l have been compelled to get help
and have been fortunate in securing L..
j. COPYRIGHT, of Lincoln, Nebraska as
a painter and paper hanger. Mr.. Court
right has few equals, and we are now
prepared to figure on anything in our
line.
II. w. RANDALL.
l. j. CoURTRIGHT.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-05-05
Hensel's Whereabouts 4 My,t.ry.

HASTINGS, May 4.-The mystery con-
corning the disappearance of H. @.
Henel is still unexplained and no trace
of the missing man can be found.
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urals with reservation reservation
which / am prepared to withdraw very
gladly. In the meantime | must be honest
with myself.
Among the men who are naturals there
are precious few can only recall two at
the moment-Mr Gillette and Mr. Nor
gan. They are both good because they
are natural There is one other, Of course
Charles Coghlan. He is natural because
he is great There may be many others
but do not recall them. At this moment,
when think of the men on the American
stage there comes before me a phantas-
magora of waving arms and legs and
beyond the screen / seem to hear shouts
and Kisses and hah-hahs. and all the
sounds of all the things that never were
by land or sea.
The tenets of this natural school were
first formulated, so far as [ know by
Shakespeare himself, as witness Hamlet's
instruction to the players:
Speak the speech, ! pray you. as [ pro-
nounced it to you, trlppingly on the tongue;
but if you mouth it, as many of your
players do | had as lief the town-crier
spoke the lines. Nor do not saw the air
too much with your hand, thus. Suit the
action to the word, the word to the ac-
ton. with this special observance, that
you oerstep not the modesty of nature:
for anything so overdone is from the pur-
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-12
L NEW SCHOOL OF ACTING" is NOT REALLY NEW
How the Present Theatrical Was
Country Nick of
By JOHN GILMER SPEED.

nothing could be further from my purpose
than to discuss her private life That
is no concern of the public and | only
speak of her as I have seen her on the
stage. l. merely suggested that life itself
had taught her her lesson, as it has way
of doing for us all But on the stage she
is natural now, and she is at the same
time charming and convincing. She is so
natural and SO easy in producing her eff
feet that she does not seem to be acting
at all. In a sense she is not acting; in
another sense she is doing the best kind
of acting.
Probably the most notable exponent of
the natural school is Mrs. LeMoyne, and
If it were not for the odiousness of COM
parsons, should say she was the most
interesting. Mrs. LeMoyne was on the
stage when she was a young girl. but did
not stay very long. She says. l am told
(she did not say it to me, as I have not
the honor of the ladys acquaintance) that
she was not good enough looking when
she was young. That cannot believe 1t
was much more likely that under unwise
influences she was not natural. 1t may be
that she admired the artificial She must
have done so sooner or later, for she is
married to him who is about the most
artificial actor on the American stage
He is SO artificial that he excels in it, and
has sincere admirers for it, But Mrs.
LeMoyne, now 40 or thereabouts has re-
entered the profession, and in her art is
the antipodes of her husband. Her sue
cess has astonished the town, and from
early in the autumn we heard on every
side the query: "Have you seen Mrs. Lee
Moyne in Catherine?" Now, she did not
play Catherine; that was Annie Russell's
part. but Mrs. LeMoyne was the central
figure in the play because her art was
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-12
WHAT THE PRESIDENT DOES WITH HIS PRIVATE FUND
He Has Sixy-Three Thousand Dollars to Spend This Y
Any Way That May Suit
His Fancy

vided nominally for the expenditure by .he
department of state, but under the law 1t
can be drawn on only by vouchers slTHe
by the president. The business Of me lie
partment of state is transacted Win tNr-
eign governments. and every now and
then II cash outlay is demanded in Con-
nection with some affair that could not
judcously be laid before the public. In
such cases the desrableness of ere lit
at the presidents disposal is obvious. A
few weeks ago Mr.. Mckinley declared
very frankly that during the recent COLI
f1ict with Spain he himself was p"Lctt'-
ally the secretary of war. 1t might be
said that the president is at all times the
secretary of state, the official holding tie
position thus designated being nothing
more than his mouthnecc.
This subject derives special interest just
now from the question that has been
raised regarding the payment of the
peace commissioners who represented the
United States in Paris. 1t has been al
legged that these eminent gentlemen would
be paid out of the emergency fund
though it is difficult to see how this could
be accomplished if the allowances We're so
great as asserted. For example il was
rumored that Mr. Day would get 100000
for his fee alone The truth is that the
fees of the commissioners, as well as all
other expenses involved in the negotia-
tons. will be liquidated out of the $780,
600, 900 defense fund, which was placed in
the hands of Mr.. Mckinley just before the
opening of the war, to be disposed of as
he might elect. This has been commun-
Gated officially to the writer by the de-
partment of state.
Notwithstanding arguments to the con-
trary. Mr.. Mckinley is of the opinion that
any expenditures for the war may prop
erly be met out of the defense fund, in
Guiding the cost Of the peace negotia-
tions. Nobody knows. except the presi-
dent and possibly Secretary Hay, how
much the peace commissioners will re-
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Curious Seal Is Unearthed.
the Chicago Chronicle.


A unique piece of jewelry has recent
ly found an owner in Chicago after a
precarious existence among the pawn
shops. 1t is an old seal, fashioned odd
ly of gold, with a curious inscription
and almost hieroglyphc insignia cut
into the stone Embedded in the bottom
of the queer pyramidal pendant Sc
cret spring sends part of the gold cas-
ing flying upward with ierky notion
revealing an interior cavity, with two
additional secret seals of different
stones. One is inscribed in the odd
cabalistic design of the outer intaglio
but the tiny one is left blank. The
whole design is so strikingly antique
and unusual that it has attracted con-
siderable attention from connoisseure of
old jewelry, one of whom took impress
sions of the two intaglia to forward to
the authorities at Washington for ex-
PLANTATION. In the interval the Chicago
owner in exercising herimagination try
ing to make up an interesting story to
reply to the questions of her friends.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-12
Tidal Waves and Air Pressure.

The so-called earthquake or tidal
waves that are frequently noticed along
the. coast near sydney. n. S. W., are
found by H. c. Russell to be mostly
traceable to low atmospheric pressure
Their period, aoout 26 minutes from
crest to crest, is that of earthquake
waves. Mr.. Russell has proved, how
ever. that only l per cent. are produced
by earth disturbances, While 60 per cent
are due TO low pressure areas, which
causes the sea level to rise, with cur
rents along the south and east coasts
that meet in Bass strait, producing
waves that affect the Sydney and New
castle tide gauges.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-12
The Poodle's BARRIER.

In the large cities a number of women
have found poodle clipping a lucrative
profession Besides being well paid, it is
easy, simple work. From 81 to So are the
ordinary charges for clipping, and to lie
kept in anything like proper form, a
poodle must be attended to every two or
three weeks. To commence operations a
large. firm table is the first necessity. One
large pair of sharp scissors, one small
pair with blunt points, and two pairs of
clippers. one TWO inches wide for tnr
body the other about half the size for the
face and paws; few Jumps of sugar to
tempt the dog TO keep quiet. and a muz-
zle if his temper is uncertain are the only
tools required.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-12
Dalhousie's Emerald Can,

The announcement of the sale in Eng
land next month of the valuable collec-
ton of Oriental armor arms and objects
of eastern art which belonged to the great
marquis of Dalhouse, the last of the his
toric governors general of India under the
East India company, reminds one that the
marquis decreed that, while it had been
the custom of his father and himself to
keep a full private journal. mo portion of
the private papers of my father or myself
shall be made public until at least 50
years after my death.' These papers are
carefully preserved, to be opened in the
year 1910. A considerable portion of the
articles to be sold were obtained after the
capture of Lahore, and two of them, an
emerald bow-rng and an emerald cup,
each cut out of single stone, are alone
valued at e5 900.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-12
The Wonderful Moving Staircase.

Every visitor to the Grands Magasins du
Louvre at Paris has been up the wonder
full moving staircase. You put your hand
on a rail. you stand still, and you find
by a delightful movement, which is both
exhilarating and refreshing, that you are
carried from floor to floor without the
least effort, and without any of those I'M
pleasant thrills which elevators give to
nervous persons. 1t is worth while shop
ping at the Magasns du Louvre for the
sake of going up that moving staircase.
They have got one in London which will
carry 5000 persons Doubtless we shall
soon have one in America.
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Written for the Sunday Standard.

SiXty-three thousand dollars was pro-
Vded the other day by congress fo- the
presidents private fund for the current
year, 1t was an item in the diplomatic
and consular appropriation bill, and the
amount set aside was the same as that
given last year for the same purpose. This
funu is technically known as the "emer-
sency fund.- and it derives its interest
from the fact that the chief executive is
not obliged to make any accounting for it
whatever He may spend ii as he likes
squander it on peanuts, if he so chooses
and not even a censorfous press can raise
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ponents of the natural school in this
country, but are the ablest players that
we have.
Probably l should add the name of Maud
Adams to this trio and make a ouartette
of it, Her work in THE Little Minister
was grand | am told. But / did not see
it, and can only speak from hearsay. In
nothing is hearsay evidence so untrust-
worthy as in matters of the stage: at
least such is my experience. l therefore
place Miss Adams in my gallery of nat
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finer than that we were accustomed to-
inner by far than anything we ordinarily
saw at the New York theaters. 1t was
almost as it was when Duse was here
Tor the first time. or when Mrs. Fiske,
two years before, was making revelations
of her fine art in that grewsome comedy
of Mr.. Hardy's. Here was realism at its
best, for the part was subordinate and the
play a very slender thing, a thing that
could not have run three weeks without
the artistic realism of Mrs. LeMoyne and
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Annie Russell to nut into it life which
made all the spectators assist in the per-
Torrance, for they lived and moved with
the performers, and the Illusion enveloped
them about until they forgot most all the
time that they Were in the playhouse.
This was triumph that was well worth
making, and in my opinion these three
women-Mrs. Fiske. Mrs. LeMoyne and
Miss Russell-are not only the best ex-
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ceive. 1t is very likely that nobody will
ever know what they do get, inasmuch rs
the law relieves Mr.. Mckinley from any
obligation to give an accounting in the
matter The probability is that such an
episode as the placing of millions of mon
ey In the hands of the chief magistrate, to
be spent as he chooses and without an ar-
counting to congress, will never be re-
peated in the history of this country
Somewhat respecting the manner in which
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-03

frequently used. This trap is provided
with an alarm bell which rings soon as
the bird comes in. During the Franco
German war the value of the pigeon as
military messengers became evident to
Europe.
Whom Paris was completely isolated from
tho rest of the world sixty-four balloons,
carrying four hundred pigeons, were sent
from the beleagued city with messages
Most of them returned safely and made
the trip frequently. One which made the
journey six times was called the "Angel Of
the Seige.'
In the Abyssinian campaign the pigeons
were of great serice to the Italians.
Great Britain now has homing pigeon
stations in several of her colonies and has
recently organized a pigeon service for
naval purposes.
In the United States the government mes
senger pigeon service Is quite a recognized
factor, though of recent date. Hawaii,
Klondyke, Spitzbergen, as well as every
important fortress in Europe are stocked
with the little winged messengers
A story is told of one of the little French
messenger birds being captured by the
German Prince Frederick Charles. He
sent the little captive to his mother as
prisoner of war. 1t was confined for Two
years in the royal loft, but finally made It's
escape and returned to Paris.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-03
HOMINC PIGEONS AS
MILITARY MESSENGERS

Noah sent a pigeon from the ark when
he wanted to learn If the waters had dried
from the surface of the earth. Historians
of Caesars time and through the dark and
middle ages to the present tell US of
pigeons as message-bearers. These inno-
cent little creatures in modern history
have become more and more important
until now they are holding places in the
regular governmental equipment of many
nations.
In Russia, Austria, Spain, Germany and
Italy they are used as dispatch-bearers,
while in Belgium they have been carefully
bred for many generations The king and
the principal cities encourage the pigeon
races, which has become the national sport,
by offering prizes amounting to thousands
of dollars. Special trains of fifteen or
twenty cars each are frequently sent out
during the flying season loaded with
pigeons to be liberated at Instant points
for training flights or races.
There is a photo-microscopic process by
which messages are reduced to nearly one
thousandth of their natural size on trans
parent collodion films and one bird can
carry more than dozen of these films.
The holders made of aluminium in the
form of a capsule can be- fastened to the
birds leg.
A trap commonly called the Belgian
trap, which permits only the ingress of the
bird and closes automatically behind it, is
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THE WOUNDED BIRD.

Poor itty birdie! Are you hurried bad?
Tan't you hop away. away?
If you'll fly, pity bird, I'll be so glad;
Tant you hop nor fly, oh, say?
--.s
Is your poor itty wing broked into?
Here's a hole in your poor breast;
Come wight here to me, Ill tend to you
Till you tan fly to your nest.
Did somebody shoot you, dear itty bird?
The horrid old gun went bangi
Wish he had been listening when 1 heard
That sweet title song you sang.
And now you tant sing sweet no more for
me,
Tan't even hold up your head;
Oh, my, but that's DIES too drefful to see!
You'se mighty hurt and sick, Use fraid.
Tan't you jnk some water now, tiny bit?
Won't you eat dis trum for me?
1 will hold you des as still where l sit,
Des as twiot as 1 tan be.
Are your dear itty babies in de nest
Waitin' for you to tum dere?
/ is fraid they will feel mighty stressed
Bout you stayin' so long Taint fair
For dreat big man with a gun to kill
All the sing out of your froat,
And leave your brides with no one to fill
Their mouths. nor teach them note.
Now then your baby birds will c'y. spec,
If you don't get better fast.
Did that old shoot go wight into your neck?
Tan you open your eyes at last?
oh, Use 'fraid it is hurtin' you so badi
Wish you tould hold up your head
And, oh, it does make me feel very sad
1o-dear, dear you is twite dead!
#
And I will have to go and bury you
Be the funeral and c'y,
Enough for me and all your babies, too
Poor birdie! What made you die?
M J. v.