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was my duty, to the best of my ability"
Secretary Ayers attention was called
TO the selling of supplies in Havana at
less than the regular market rates, in
connection with which it was said that
the supplies were all army rations.
The Secretary said: Colonel Bliss.
who was in charge of. the collection of
customs at Havana, was asked to in
vestigate this when it was learned that
such sales were being made. Some per-
sons were selling supplies at less than
any one else could sell them after i'm
porting them and paying the. duty.
Colonel Bliss found that two men were
buying up all the supply rations from
the troops. The :rations the. troops Sc
cured We're more than they could wish.
and it is considered legitimate to sell
them again. 1t is a general practice in
the army for companies. to sell their
surplus rations and place the sums re-
ceiyed to the credit of the company
funds. These two men We're in way
on legitimate business"
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GARClA'S SON REBUKES
THE CUBAN ASSEMBLY


HAVANA. Feb, 14-Carles Garcia. the
son Of the late General Calfxto Garcia.
has sent the following letter to the ex-
ecutive commission of the Assembly OF
the Cuban Army:
HAVANA: Feb. .11@-GeneraI Garcia,g body
was abandoned in the public streets BY the
Cuban Assembly, the officers and soldiers OF
the Cuban army and by General :Garciais staff
officers. The soldiers of the Cuban army Who
formed the guard Of honor and escort also
abandoned athe body. obeying an oral order
bly,. !. : = :.
AS brigadier general which / am to-day.
and as former member Of Garcia, ( sta Fl 7
protest before the Cuban people and CUBAN
army against the -Assembly's cowardly act
consider the act criminal and characterize il
as at least shameful insulting and inconDati-
bic with the. honor of the Cuban army. As an
Individual consider II beyond characterize
ton. and condemn it with all my energy A.
a son lament that at the end of glorious
LIE, ana even after death, a father should be
pursued by the perfidy of man
CARLOS GARCIA.
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operetta the acting was good, and, in
fact, far above the ordinary. Those who
essayed the various roles seemed to have
Invested themselves Of the awkwardness
usually characteristic of the amateur.
They carried their parts as professionals,
and received undiminished praise and en-
coura cement for their efforts from those
who constituted their audience. The cast
was as follows:
Pitcher, ]. c. O,Donnell Tosser, F. A
Grifing; Chalks, d. c. Sheerin; Mrs.
Croaker, Miss G.. Sullivan; Penelope, Miss
Eta NJ. Welch.
The various numbers on the programme
were rendered by the following local tall
ent: Misses Hattie Edwards. Phoebe De-
mara, Eta and Lillian. Coleman. Joseph
inc and Emily Paradi. Miss Anna Roney
and John A. McAuliffe. both of San Fran
cisco, contributed vocal selections.
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VAIN SEARCH FOR A
LONE HIGHWAY MAN
Santa Barbara Officers Traverse the
Trails of the Santa Ynez
Mountains.

SANTA BARBARA. Feb. 13.-Sheriff
Nat Stewart and Deputy Sheriff Peter
Storm returned late last night complete
iy worn out from a three days man hunt
over the toughest trails of the Santa
Ynez mountains, in search of the lone
highwayman who held up the stage last
Thursday. Every clew they could pos
sibly get hold of was followed to the end
and proved TO be false one. Every
cabin in the mountains was searched
with no favorable results. 1t has been
almost impossible TO get description Of
the man, so all the work has been handi-
capped.
Sheriff Stewart has two theories: First,
that the robber is one OF the many German
woodchoppers in the neighborhood, who
Immediately after the crime was COM
mitted rushed into the brush and began
chopping wood. Second. that ii is a negro
woodchopper who is familiar with the
Germans, and who might have put on a
brown wig, disguised his Voice TO resem-
bic a Germans and committed the rob-
berry. A careful watch is being kept on
all the suspects.
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in. Their testimony is overwhelming
" against the beef 1t contradicts Ea-
gan and Alger. It does more than this:
1t gives the lie point blank to the white
washing report by Ayers Investigating
Committee, just published.
These solemn. statements from 264 Of
ficers. who with their troops were at
the front, and saw and tried to eat the
decayed and poisoned beef have made
a deep impression upon the lawmaking
branch of the Government
1t is because of the overwhelming
character of. this testimony. now near
a committee to make thorough inves-
tigation of all the facts involved in the
beef scandal. Such committee can hold
its session, during the interval between
March 4 and the session next autumn.
The committee WILL have supreme pow
err. 1t can call for books, papers and
witnesses, regardless of protests or in
fuence of national combinations. It
can summon whole regiments of SOL
diers, officers by the hundreds and find
out just what kind of beef they really
had to eat in the army. The million
afre beef packers. their employees and
manufacturers and importers of chem
fcals will be obliged to tell the truth or
perjure themselves.
However, there is much evidence al
ready at hand-quite enough, it is said.
to overwheIrn the beef trust and vindi-
cate General. Miles. It is declared that
the indignant representatives have been
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ATTACKS THE HOUSE OF LORDS
Labouchere Would Limit the Veto
Power of the Peers.

LONDON. Feb. BIN the House of
Commons. Henry Labouchere. Liberal
member for Northampton, made his an
nual attack upon the House of Lords.
with a view of limiting it's veto power,
from which he said. Liberal measures in
variably suffered. He moved an amend
ment to the address from the throne pro
viding that bills adopted by the Commons
in one session and not adopted bv the
Peers should. if repassed by the Com
law of the land
After discussion of Mr.. Labouchere's
amendment John Lawson. Liberal mem
Der for South Leeds proposed an amend
ment to the address, declaring that the
power now possessed by the House of
Lords of overrulinS the decision of the
House of Commons demanded the urgent
attention of Parliament.
The House then rejected both amend
ments, Mr.. Lawson S by 277 to 15T and Mr..
Labouchere's by 223 against los.
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POSTUM CEREAL.
"STRONG MAN IRVING"
Agrees With Other Athletes on
Points in Diet.

Montgomery E. Irving, who is said to
be one of the strongest men in the
world, in a recent interview with the
Baltimore CMd.) News. said, In regard
TO Diet Keep away from coffee. 1t
should be taken off the market"
Whenever one talks with athletes
nowadays he finds the same expression
in regard 10 coffee. 1t weakens the
heart, shortens the wind and unless
one is very strong in the digestive APP
paratus inteTferes seriously with that
portion Of the body.
II ii is necessary for strong man to
avoid narcotics and drugs of this char
acter it would seem especially impor-
tant for the brain worker or the highly
sentitized and delicately organized
woman 20 avoid them as they would
any other poison, if they feel the slight
est desire to maintain their health and
a comfortable poise of the nervous sys-
TEN. =
True. many people seem to use cof-
fee without a direct harmful effect. but
a little careful inquiry. Will nearly al
have some disturbance OF the body,
which they always attribute 10 some
other cause than coffee, but which. by
a curious law. is likely TO be helped If
they can ever be induced 10 abandon
coffee for ten days to a month and
take on Postum Cereal Food Coffee,
which, instead Of narcotizing and de-
stroying the nervous system, furnishes
the food elements demanded by nature
to rebuild the gray matter in the nerve
centers throughout the body.
Postum is widely endorsed b. athletic
trainers, famous bicycle riders and box
ers. as we'll as thousands of welf-known
men and women who earn their living
by mental occupations.
Postum is the only Cereal Food Cof-
fee yet discovered, with a coffee taste,
that Is pure and free from low grade
coffee or other drugs.
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SEOPGE ~. DAVIS

this happened gave orders that those
papers should not be sent TO me. as
there was no time to waste. My first
duty was to~conduct the affairs of the
department as we'll as could"
General Alger compared the depart
ment with large private business.
saying that many unforeseen things
happened in the department just as in
a large private business. Storms came
up which could not be prevented.
Sometimes the manager of a private
business said the Secretary, has
looked over the field and believes he
has good and faithful helpers. Then he
learns that he has been incorrect in his
thought and that some of his men have
not proved true. These are generally
things which will happen in
many large business concerns as well
as to a Government department.
Though the work of the War Depart
ment was difficult, 1 carried it on, as
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mense body of water has a vertical drop
OF 1890 feet. The cost of the plant viii
supplied by John Hayes Hammond and
other capitalists of London, England. and
w. IA. Hammond and A. w. Wishon. local
capitalists. One of the principal sources
OF revenue will be from pumping for the
irrigation of orange. and lemon groves
in the. foothills and orchards farther
down the valley. The consulting engi-
neer is Robert Doble of San Francisco.
The. contract calls for completion of the
work by April / next. and 1t is expected
the plant will be in operation supplying
light and power, by April Is
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.ALGER SAYS HE DID
THE BEST HE COULD

NEW YORK, Feb. 1s.-secretary of
War Alger, who is here to attend the
Lincoln day dinner of the Union
League Club in Brooklyn, said to-day,
in regard to the report of the War Com.
mission that he would rather not say.
anything about it until he had read.
the entire report. General Alger. how
ever. said he had carried on the work
all the way through the war. to the
best of his ability
During the war said the Secretary,
when we had SO much to do, criticisms
began to appear in some papers. When
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PRESIDENTS LOYALTY TO
ALGER MGTURAL-BUT

LONDON, Feb discriminating
upon the report of the special commits
sion appointed by President Mckinley
to investigate the conduct of the War
Department in the war with Spain, the
Times says:
I'VE are not surprised that the
American people greet it with derision
President McKinley's loyalty to Secre-
tary Alger is natural and even COM
mendable, but if the United States is
TO have able administrators it is abso-
lutely essential that those at its head
should be above suspicion. If the faint
of politics is once fastened upon the
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AMATEURS PLAY PENELOPE. +"
Successful Production of the operetta
at Library Hall.

SAN MATEO. Feb. 1S.-One OF the clev-
ereet productions of Penelope" the well
known operetta. was presented in Ii
brary Hall last Saturday evening by the
talented San Francisco amateurs under
the direction OF Miss A. Roney. The OBJ
1ect of the entertainment was TO benefit
ST. Matthews Sunday school. This pur-
nose was more than realized, as the hall
was crowded TO it's utmost capacity by
people not only of San Mateo but from
San Francisco From an artistic stand
point the entertainment was perfect. and
from a financial standpoint a lucrative
one Through the entire course Of the
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TO FREE sTEPAEN WADE.
Technicality May Cause the Release
~ of the Convict

SAN RAFAEL. Feb. 13.-Stephen Wade
who IS now confined in San Quentin, ap-
peared before Judge Angellotti on a writ
Of habeas corpus to-day. and such strong
legal reasons against the legality of his
Incarceration were presented by Attorney
John z. Richards that local lawyers be-
lieve Wade is certain to obtain his free
dom. despite the fact that his case has
been before the Supreme Court OF the
State. The Superior Court of Santa
Clara County. after the prisoner was
found guilty Of seduction, adjudged that
in lieu Of fine OF 5000 he should remain
80 days in San Quentin prison. The
question is as to whether a man can be
confined In d penitentiary for non-pay-
ment of a fine. Two years ago Judge
Angelotti held that such was not the law,
and claimed that two Supreme Court deci-
sions upheld his Interpretation. He has
taken the case Of Wade under Amusement,
and is now examining the records con-
nected with it in the Supreme Court on
appeal.
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TO HARNESS THE
KAWEAH'S WATERS

yIsALIA, Feb. 1s.-The contract for the.
construction of the Mount Whitney long
distance transmission electric light and
power line, sixty-two miles in length. has
been let to c. s. Young and w A. Burk,
holder OF San Francisco and work was
commenced to-day. The company will
supply light and power to visalia. Exeter.
Tulare, Lindsay and Portervilie. The
source of power is thirty miles from Vi
salia on Kaweah River, where an i'm
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CONGRESS TO ACT ON
THE BEEF SCANDAL,

NEW YORK, Feb. IA washington
speclal TO the Herald says: Congress is
90 investigate the beef scandal. This
IS declared inevitable Nearly all the
reports of army officers have been sent
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Visalia Stabbing ARRAY.

VISALIA, Feb. 13.-Thomas F.. Clark
former Deputy District Attorney, stabbed
William Kettner this morning in the left
breast, inf1icting a painful but not dan
gerous wound. The men were enga ged
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patiently waiting for the nroper time
to begin remorseless probing of the
whole question.
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No Races at New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 13.-The races
were postponed to-day on account of
the frozen track.
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SELLS HIMSELF
INTO SLAVERY
Peculiar Act Of q Fornoson Who
Had Experienced Much
Misfortune.

a of
after having experienced the
In an
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in an alteration. Kettner is an insur-
ance agent. =.
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Weak Men and Women

G. HOULD USE DAMIANA BITTERs THE
- great Mexican remedy. gives health and
strength to sexual organs Depot, s2s Market.
The border vidette. (Nogales, Ariz.) 1894-1934, 1899-05-13

9 y AaA NshAsAAA-A -.
inaif;S In the
stomach ,.:lpti de-
curposvS Then Of
course digestion
cannot re proper
~ peIfo, med. Tlsc
liver also becomes
involved and i'll a
veil marked case
the symptoms are
most severe. The
eat vegetable
remedy HUDIAN
never fails To cf-
feet a cure. HID
\ AN can be had.
of all druggists
for Soc per pack
age. hen you
have used tiUD-
YAM tell your
friends hout IFS
a6QCfS They niRO
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AMERICAN COPPER.
The Mining journal Says Arizona
Will Take The Lead.

In an editorial on American Copper,
the Mining Journal of London says:
THAT America is by long way the
largest produrer of copper in the world
is known. I; NAV serve good purpose
however. if We give here sone details
of the extent and widely diffueed
character of the industry. Messrs
Merton & Co.'S fienres place tho output
for 1898 at 1872 tons. divided thus =
70. 462 tons: Arizona, 40. $50 tons; OF her
States. 1850 tons Tho miscellaneous
supply. as Indicated in the last total
comes from abOut dozen States.
among which New Mexico and Colora-
do rank first and second respectively.
the others of any Importance being
Idaho. Utah. California a!,d Nevada,
together with The lead mines of tho
Rockies. which furnish round 5000,
900 lbs. annually as an incidental pro-
duet. M',re than one of these minor
States p3asess copper deposits Of much
promise which as yet have not heen
developed tn their full producing capa-
Guy. SHu WHICH, LOT CnlS reason, con-
stitute ? serious nlenance to the opera
tions of any monopoly that might he
formed, unless that monopoly should
see its way TO buy up as it comes ont
each and every company organized to
work them. At present these smaller
States are of little account. and it re-
mains in effect h 1t the copper mining
industry of the country is centered in
three districts. Montana has for
about ten years past been the leader of
the three In 1887 lis production was
I03, 500 tons against 64.7o0 tons from
tho Lake: in 1892 60. 300 tons, against
so, 800 tons: in 1887. when it first forged
ahead, 43, 200, against 1850 tons The
veins are in close proximity to the City
of Butte. and though the average
thick mesa does not exceed ten feet,
there are places in which it is more
than 100 feet. Moreover, the ore gp-
pears to run to greater richness at
greater depths. though this tendency is
not very strongly marked, and is by no
means SO unequivocal as in the case Of
the Chilean deposits. The grade of ore
is low per cent, probably overstates
rather than undertakes the average
yield of metal. But American in
genuity has been equal to the inven-
ton of methods which permit a profit
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sioo Reward 500.

The re.iders of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages, and
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive catarrh cure known
to the medical fraternity Caarrh
being "a constitutional disease, reou ouir.
ing "a constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure is TAX EN- internally. acting
directly upon the blood and mucuous
surf Ices OF the system, thereby destroy
ing the foundation of the disease, and
gi ing the patient strangtiI by building
Hp. the constitution and assisting nature
in doing lis work. The proprietors
have so, much faith in its curative
powers, that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to
cure. Send for list OF testimonials.
Address, T. J. CHENEY -& ca,
-. Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by druggists 75c. -. -.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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= Gard of Thanks.


Last Sunday party of Nogalos peo-
pie chaperoned by Hon. and Mrs. Ell X.
Chenoweth, drove down to Hon. Geo.
w. Atkinson.s beautiful home near
Calabasas. Music and conversation
were indnlged in until Mrs Atkinson,
that queen of hostesses, announced
dinner. Ys Gods, what dinner that
was. It was a royal feast and should the
writer Of this, who was present, live 10
the age Of hundred winters and as
many summers. he will never forget
the good ness of it all. That dinner
was food for thought and as we 1e-
member it all, we cannot Help but
blush for our action in assaultipg that
turkey and cranberry sauce. as we'll as
the numerous other numbers that went
before and after. If we were too full
to utter our heartfelt appreciation at
the time, we hasten to thank Hon. and
Mrs. Atkinson for their never-to-be-
forgotten kind dness in making us feel
that life mingled with such generous
people Is really worth tho living.
The entire party also desire to thank
Hon. and Mrs. Chenuweth, who made
it possible for them to be The recipients
of such IN enjoyable afternoon.
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The latest organized lodge at Tucson
is the Ladies Auxiliary of the Brother.
hood of Locomotive FIremen.
At Tucson the dog poisoner is doing
his work again and several valuable
animals have been killed.
One hundred AMI eight men are on
the pay roll of the Helvetia mine ard
100 more will be added soon.
The novel scene of an attorney ex-
amining hinlaeif az witness was seen
lately in the d istrict court at Tucson.
The president and vice president OF
the Women's Christian Temperance
Union have left Arizona for Portland,
Oregon.
Large shipments OF cattle have lately
been made from several Arizona points
tothe northern markets. Tho cattle
are chiefly from San Simon.
1t is reported that the Weldon group
of copper mines, Pima county, has been
sold and that the purchaser will begin
active work on them ut once.
g. A. Meicalf expects to ship train
load of cattle from this point soon.
The cattle are to be shipped to Kansas
to be placed on pasturage. Bisbee
Orb.
The democrats swept Phoenix in the
municipal campaign In fine shape.
Out of seven officials elected. the dem
ocrats captured five, including the
mayor @.
Articles of incorporation of the
Peoples Consolidated Gold and Copper
mining company have been filed in
Tucson. The capital stock is 81, 900. 600
divided into shares of the par value of
81 each.
The board Of school trustees Of Bis
bee will soon meet to appoint teachers
for the ensuing year. There are at
present over one hundred applications
in for positions and every day brings
one or two more
Emil CaSsi. of Bisbee. is in Jail at
Havana charged will, shooting Cuban
officer. His side OF the story is that
he was frying to stop a street fight and
a shot was fired which killed an officer
and he was arrested.
AT Havana, Cuba, Ghas. Reiffert- is in
jail for shooting and killing man
named Bill Harrison. formerly Of Will
cox. He alleges that Bill was a very
had man and he shot him in self de-
fense. Reiffert is from Bisbee.
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on the working of very much poorer
raw material than this-The Atlantic
mine of the Lake district makes profits
ont of o 50 per cent ore-and as the
supply OF low grade stuff is almost in
exhaustable there seems no good ground
for supposing that Montana will play
itself out yet awhile, in spite of rumors
to hat effect. especially in connection
with ths Anaconda. In Arizona. the
ore is a much higher quality. This
Territory has made very appreciab1e
progress in copper mining since it be-
gan to be opened up by railroads and
If ndications count for anything 1t will
surpafs either of its rivals in 4 few
years time. Its last years aggregate
of 4a. 359 tons compares with just under
sc. COZ tons in 1877. with 19. 60 tons in
1893, and with 8 035 tons In 1887. AS
in the case of Montana. the mines OF
this Territory are larger in number,
but are mostly under the control of
relatively few companies. The metal
has been found and is now being ex-
ploi'ed in many different localities, but
SO far nearly the whole output hiss
been supplied by the Bisbee. Clifton
ond Globe districts, wbere the ores are
oxides and carbona.es from which, if
We are to credit Mr.. Kirchhoff, metal
95 to 81 per cent fine can be obtained
in the one operation of smelling in tie
blast furnace" Though rich bodies OF
ore are not infrequent. the furnace
=, ield of assorted parcels does not yield
more than Is percent at the best, while
the average is only about half that
figure. This, however is much gre n er
than anything obtained in the Lake
Superior region.
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CATA73I CT tbs sT3MACH

Is essentially a chrGnic disease. There Is
an iniia niInSisi OF the inner coatinG OF
the stomach A thick. fopy nnucus fnrms