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Moro About Good Rnnda

Hare to this bit of wisdom from
ditor Hubbcll. Of the Marlette Leader,
hich ought to be Endorsed by every
rmcr IN Michigan: "There should be
genuine overhauliug of road laws and
ethods IA Michigan and some plan
FRIED out that would do away with
re semi-annuat closing up Of trans.
prtation, The farmer loses more
cry year in increased expense of get
pg to market than good roads would
'st him, and the business mans loss
fully % much. A law that would
,mpel the building Of roads by con-
act and do away with The road work
Irce should be welcomed.
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n Good Investment.

The cemetery trustees at Dowagiac
1deavor TO inaugurate custom there
hich prevails in numerous other cities
18th very great success The plan is
induce the owners of lots in the
Ametery TO deposit 500 with tho
.metery board, who will in turn invest
lie money in municipal bonds At
er cent this investment would provide
n income OF Sc per year, which amount
lie trustees would appropriate an
ually and send TO the investor a re.
'ipt in full for the SPECIAL care of his
metcry property. Thus all expenses
ould bo pad for the lot owner by the
ere deposit Of 500. winch money
ould always remain the property OF
ne dcpuSitov.
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Mosquito Fleet to go to Philippines.

Five little cocllleshells of the navy
are to travel more than $4,000 miles to
the Philippines. The flagship of this
mosquito fleet will be the gunboat
Annapolis, and her consorts will be the
gunboat Vicksburg, the converted
yacht Frolic, and the tugboats Wompa-
tuck and Piscataqua. They are to be
sent in response to the request of Rear
Admiral Remey for small vessels to do
patrol duty in the Philippines. They
will be examined by a board of inspec-
ton and if their condition is satisfac-
tory orders to sail will be issued at
once
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NEwSY BREVITIES.

Russia is experiencing a coal famine.
Bryan's plurality 10 Kentucky ac.
cording 10 the tiiciai count. was s. O9s.
Rubin and Maber who meet IN a SIX
round bout at Phladei phia on Dec Ia.
have started to t,ain for the fight.
Ex-Champ,on John T. Sulhvan is out
of the hospita, ard strong and well
again. after being patent Of the
Polytechnic institute. New York. Tor
two months, where dangerous oper'
alton was Performed.
Bobby Dobbs. The cclcred lightweight
champion 6ghter. sustained his reput-
alton by easily defeating I'd Wall, The
southern igbtwc'ght champion, IN he
arena of the Phoeu' Athletic club a,
Memphis, Tenn on The night Of the Ith
Dr.. Thompson. OF Wi!namsport, IA
and Adam Baliey, OF Panther, w. Va.
were shot and killed on the night OF
the 9th by JAS II Chambers, prom
lnent merchant of the latter place.
The tragedy WAS one OF the bioodiest
and most shocking that has occurre cd
in that part OF the state for long
time
Five railway employees were instantly
killed and /? people injured by the ex
plosion of boiler in the power house
OF the Chicago ~ Northwestern road a,
Chicago on the Sd. Several Of the w
jured are hurt so badly that they may
die.
The w. c. Il. u in session at Washing
ton, on the 4th adopted resolution:
against the cantcen and the ,mporta
ton OF liquor and opium into tn,
Philippines and drew up petition 10 the
great powers OF the weird. asking To-
an International treaty TO forbid tn,
sale of liquor, opium and firearms II
regions inhabited chiefly 10y aborigines
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lIE USES BAGS.
An Inventor Dsvisos New Scheme to
Prevent Ships from Sinking.

froveht SHIPS from Blinking.
French engineer, M. Henri. Mariolle,
claims to have invented system by
which the sinking of ships can be pro-
vented. M. Mario1le proposes to at
tach to the sides OF the vessels a large
number OF bags. Each Of these bags
Is to have a capacity of $4,000 litres.
and will be covered by several coats
made of q mixture OF wool, cotton and
Indian rubber. the latter preponderat-
ing. These bags are to be placed all
around the ships, a trile above the
water line. and can. when empty, DO
placed in holes in the ships sides. A
strong iron sheet then shuts up the
holes containing the bags. From the
lower part OF the bags a tube leads
down almost to the surface OF the
water closed up at the bottom by
little valve which opens inward; in
each bag there is a certain quantity OF
calcium carbide. In case of an accident
and when the ship begins to sink. it
cannot dive to more than 20 one-third
OF its size, for the water, rising around
the vessel, opens,by means OF pressure.
the valves of the above described
tubes. penetrates the bags, vets the
calcium carbide, and quick develop
ment of acetylene gas takes place.
whereby the bags are inflated, thus
removing the sheet iron cover. This
process is performed within few Sec
onds. AS all bags work Simultaneous
ly. the vessel is considerably lightened
and kept above water Mariole has
calculated that big ocean steamer
can in this manner be saved from
sinking If it is provided with $50 Of
these bags, each containing fifty kilo-
grams OF calcium carbide.-Boston
Post.
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OUR PENSION ROLL GROWS.
Secretary's Report Shows As, 344
New Names.
AN INCREASE OF 2,O10 NAMES
Five of Our Little Cockieshoil Boats Have
Been Ordered to the Philippines To
do ratrol Duty as per the Request
of Admiral Remey.
45.34i Now Names on Pension Roll.

a5,34i New Names on Pension Roll.
The report of the secretary of the
interior shows that on June 50, 1899,
there were 9o1,5l9 pensioners borne
upon the roll, During the fiscal year
ended June 80, 1900 there were allowed
40,645 pensions on original applica-
tons, and the number restored to the
rolls was AGO, making n total of new
names added to the rolls of As. 344. The
pensioners dropped from the rolls dur
ing the year by reason of death and all
other causes aggregated 43, 1874, leaving
the number remaining on rolls June
30, 1900, 903, $50, a net increase of 2,01O
as compared with the previous fiscal
year, 1899. The amount dsbursed for
army pensions during the year was
S134, roo. 597.25, and for the navy pen
sions So, 761 ,533.41, q total of $l3S, 462,-
1870 65, showing an increase over the
previous years expenditure of $107,-
OTTO. Adding the expenses of the
bureau, the expenditures on account of
pensions was $l42, 3o3. S37 80. There has
been disbursed on account of pensions
and expenses incident to the execution
of the pension laws, from 1866 to 1900,
inclusive, the sum Of 81 ole, 327 ,64S. 81.
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MICHIGAN NEWS ITEMS.

Esscxy,l'e reports one case of small
,ox.
Lansing is to have q beet sugar fac.
DRY.
Grand Rapids reports one case OF
.mallpox.
A postoaicc has been established at
Iitchcoc's
Eggs arc selling for 20 cents dozen
IT Holland.
Oiiyct reports one case OF diphtheria,
Jut many exposures.
Saginaw is to have new sugar fac
,ory to cost $500 600
Another gas well was struck at
Royal Oak on the 18th.
The state auditors annual report is
eady for distribution
An evaporation - among the indus
rial probabilities for Caro-.
job Goodell, Of near Romeo, suicidcd
Jn the 9Th by the rope route
Six new cases OF smallpox developed
AZ IshpeDing on the I'd and 3D.
An Ohio telephone company has been
granted franchise az Jackson.
The big cement factory at Cold water
has closed down for two months.
Mt. Ciencus moved the city hall
:locl< ahead % minutes on the ,d
The Calhoun County Agricultural So
.icty is now free and clear of debt.
Steps have been taken to reorgauize
the Berricn County Bar ASSOCIATION
The number Of lives lost on the
great l,I,cs durtog the past season was
its.
A monument to the memory OF Ferc
Jacques Marquette - to I've greeted 81
Macluuac ,siaud The same viii cos
$50, 900
The supreme court on The 9TH ordered
new trial 20 the |asr ot Tue feopl'
cx icl Espcr vs.. Tht Dcuott Saline
.pianl< Rran 10
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Murdered Seven and was Behcaded.

Philip Nordland, who, on May Is
last, as the steamer Prins Carl, on
which he was passenger, was passing
QuicSsund, murdered seven men and
wounded five others, a woman and q
boy, subsequently escaping in boat
to Keeping, and who was convicted
and sentenced to death in June last,
was beheaded at Vestercas, Sweden,
on the 10th. The condemned man
chanted the verses Of q psalm as he
laid his head upon the block.
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TRANSVAAL WAR ITEMS.

Lord Roberts arrived at Fort Eliza
beth, Cape Colony, on the eth and was
accorded splendid reception.
Owing TO the attempts Of sympathiz-
ers 10 communicate with the Boer prs
ouers at Green Point camp Maxim guns
have been placed IN position on the
surrounding heights. III readiness for
dist ur baprc.
The Beers are driving the Boer wo-
men and children from their homes be-
cause their k'usmen refuse to fight any
longer Forty women and children,
i'll clad and hungry. were taken to
Heidelberg by the British recently.
England's supplementary war esti-
mate was brought up in the house OF
commons on the 7th, but the utmost
secrecy rs ma'ntaincd regarding it
Reports say that it asks for Ella, 900. 900
for South Africa and 100000 for
China.
On the night Of the 5th British pa
troll came INTO contact with De Wet S
outposts, close TO the place where his
main force was laagered They took
one prisoner, who stated that De Wet
was suffering from continual trekk,ng
and had abandoned Kaupp gun near
the south bank of the Caledo river
The prisoner also asserted that all the
prisoners captured at De Wet sdorp had
been liberated with the exception of
the officers.
A dispatch from Lord Kitchener,
| dated Bloemlontein, Dec. z, announced
that Gen. Dclarey, with 500 Beers, at
tackled convoy, proceeding from Pre-
| toria TO Rustenburg at Bufelspoort,
Dec. 3, burned half the convoy and
! killed - men and wounded %, includ-
| ing Lieut.. Baker. The Beers. the dis
patch adds, suffered considerable loss,
some of them being killed with case
shot at so yards. Guns and assistance
were sent from Rustenburg and Com
mando Mex and the Beers were
| driven off.
Cen Kitchener reports from South
Africa that the mounted troops OF Gen.
Knox were engaged all day on the I'd
with part of Gen. DeWcts forces,
north Of Bethulic The Beers, he adj.
ded, were headed off and retired IN a
northeasterly direction.
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Thanksgiving Day In London.

More than 400 Americans were pres
ent at the Hotel Cecil Thursday even
ing at the Thanksgiving dinner given
under the auspices of the American
Society in London. +. c.. Van Duser,
president Of the society. was in tho
chair, and the guests included Baron
Alverstone, lord chief justice Of Eng
land; William Court Gully. speaker OF
the house OF commons; Sir James
Charles Mathew Of the queens bench
division Of the high court of justice;
Frank Green. lord mayor Of London.
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1900 FllIpipos Take the Oath.

Dec 9. in the Vigan church. was n
great day for the American cause IN
the Philippines, when 2.2o0 natives of
the region, nearly all lighting rebels,
crowded the church aud took the oath
Of allegiance to the United States.
The oath was administered by the
priest. All but 500 Of those sworn
were bolomen The number included
the 1. 200 bolomen who had previously
surrendered
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OkIahon,as Progress,

The annual report Of the governor
of Oklahoma says that the year has
been marked by general prosperity,
agriculture, grazing. manufacturing
and commerce Hourishlug In an un.
precedented manner. The total as.
scssed valuation Of property this year
is $40, 33S.66l, an increase OF Sc, $50 l47
over 1890. The report argues the
states claim TO statehood
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Watch Meetings.

Adlt. Gen Case has issued circular
alling attention OF the National Guard
o the fact that the American National
ed Cross is arranging to hold IN every
,llage and city OF the United States
n the last night Of this year, watch
neetiugs 10 sec the old century out
nd the new century in. He said it is
mincnt,y proper that the National
iuard should take the initiative in ar
angling for such meetings in Michigan.
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Gen. Will White, who was pardoned
by Gov. Pingree from Jackson prison,
buckled down to work at the store OF
the White 81 White Manufacturing Co.
at Grand Rapids, on the morning OF
9th. He was not disturbed by many
| visitors.
Vaudeville citizens, instead OF be-
coming disheartened by the removal
from the village of the big Kecler
brass works, have organized an i'm
provement association to secure other
industries to take the place of the one
they have lost
In his November report State Salt
Inspector Caswell records: Manistee
county, 215, OS1 barrels; Mason, IL, 06i;
Wayne, Al, O43; St. Clair, o,74S; Sagi,
nav, $3.50; Bay, @9,09S; Iosco, 5,i3s;
Midland, $500; total 442, 09l; 1900
497, 0l0; 1S0S-477, 1872.
A whole lot of Alpcna county pco.
pie have been caught in the past week
or two by some swindlers who travelled
along the highways selling cheap
watches and taking in payment there
for the farmers notes for anywhere
from SIS to $l25 apiece.
| The tax commissioners expect to be
| able to present to the special session
| of the legislature report showing the
average rate of taxation for the entire
! state on assessments for all purposes
1t is expected that the average rate
will not exceed SIS per 81, 600.
Atty Gen. Orcn gave an off-hand
opinion on the 9Th that he did not be-
licve the military fraud conspirators
| could be proceeded against on the
charge of forgery, # the proceedings
are based on the state of facts consid-
cred in the embezzlement cases.
Fred S. Conklin, of Detroit, Il street
car conductor, alighted from car in
front of his home on the 9th, and de-
liberately walked in front of car
bound in the other direction. Both his
arms and his right leg were broken,
but at the hospital it is said he will
live.
A scheme to run a trolley system
across the state of Michigan, connect
ing Detroit with Chicago, by means of
a steamboat line at st. Joseph, is UNI
der development in the general Office
of the Michigan Traction company, at
Kalamazoo, and the company will
shortly send out Supt. r. L. Rand to
inspect proposed route.
There has been considerable talk at
Saline of organizing a band, but it
never seemed to get any further than
just talk. The kids Of the village fin
ally got together, acted instead of talk
ing. and organized a band. They are
confident that they win be able to turn
out good music before the older folks
get beyond the talking stage.
Dowagiac milk dealers formed a jul
dcious combination and boosted the
price of milk to six cents a quart, but
their patrons promptly formed little
combination OF their own and pledged
themselves TO use only condensed milk
until the dealers Of the product in its
original state came down off their
perch. And the dealers lost little time
in descending from the same.
Secretary Baker, OF the state board
Of health. has issued All important cir
cular on the prevalence of smallpox
not only in Michigan, but In other
states. and advocating strict measures
for the control Of the ep'dem'c. He
emphasized the necessity for general
vaccination, and says that the mild
form Of the disease makes it doubly
difficult to cope with It, as 1t is often
diagnosed as chickenpox
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Horrible Crime In Texas.

Screams Of agony brought policemen
to saloon in East Dallas, Tex, on the
Sd. Seated in a chair, unable to move,
was a man whose garments were a
mass Of flames. The officers say two
men were standing behind the bar,
smoking cigars and watching the un-
fortunate man, who was being roasted
to death. The officers succeeded in ex-
tingulshng the flames but the unfort-
innate man died later at the hospital
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Bank Robbers In louisiana.

Burglars dynamited the postofflce
safe at Girard, La, village west OF
Rayville, La, and secured several hun
dred dollars in cash and large num-
Der of stamps. The sheriff, with
bloodhoapds, is in pursuit of the rob
bers.
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To Probe the Military Fraud Deeper.

To Probe the Military Fraud Deeper.
1t is reported that another grand
Try will be called in Lansing as soon
the legislature provides for the cx-
'nse to probe into the military board 5
<penditurc of the half million war
IN fund, 1t is expected that there
i'll be no difficulty in securing the
aressary appropriation for this pur-
'se. Gov. Pingrec. it is said, will
ring something on the legislature
TAT will bc pertinent to the White
oisode. Whether this will be i'm
'achmeDt proceedings against the
,gham county court and officials or
re making of complaint by the gov.
nor against the Henderson Ames
JmpaDy Is not known.
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THE GRtENV|LLE MURDER
flystery has at Last Been Cleared
Up Body Found
IND ACCUSED HAS CONFESSED
he ExPenditure OF the Half Million
War loan Fund by tho Military
Board WIN he Investigated as Soon
as avn Appropriation 10 Made.
re was Murdered.

On the Dornins of the 9TH the body
Lewis Campbell 65 years of age,
Vas found under a rubbish heap in the
orner Of n barn on farm, situated
bout 40 rods north Of the city limits
( Greenville. Campbell was an old
ensiouer who was reported TO have
1T home about four months ago
tories of foul play began to be cir.
ulated, however. immediately follow
ig his disappearance, and recently the
iembers of the local G.. A. r com.
,enced thorough search for Camp.
ell, believing him TO have been muir
cred, One Samuel Alpin, an cx.con-
let, was Immediately arrested,
harged with the crime. AT the jail
c made full confession duplicating
is sou, w. c. Alp'n, who he says
truck the fatal blow.
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Pankake-To yure long letter ov
three pages and two postscripts, in
which you ask nae II horse trotting
and horse racing haz improved the
7 don't think ~ IN
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The s.year.oId daughter of c. f..
Riley, farmer OF near Minneapolis,
was carried OF and devoured by huge
panther on the Sd.
Mayor Harrison, Of Chicago, on the
9th issued an order rcvoitiDg the Ii
censes OF IL notorious saloons in the
business portion of that city.
Evening star., 1900-06-30
THOMAS Dow11NG CO.. Aucr1oyEERs.
TRUSTEES SALE OF IMPROVED RIAL ESTATE
At BRlGHTWOOD, IN THE COUNTY OF

TRUSTEES SALE OF IMPROVED RIAL ESTATE
Al BRIGHTWODD, IN THE COUNTY OF
WASHINGTON. AT THE INTERSE, TION OF
18th STREET ROAD AND PARK AVENUE
Ry virtue of q deed of trust, dated June Is ls,D
recorded in Liber 1906 folio II ct seq one OF the
land records for the District of Columbia. and at
the request OF the parties secured thereby. l Will
Offer for sale at public auction on the premises
AT FIVE O'CLOCK PM, all that part Of a certain
tract OF land situate in the Comfy OF Washington
in the District of Columbia. known AS Peters
MIL Seat. beginning at a point on the south lns
or Wilson King lot. In su,h way as TO be paral-
lei with the new rotd laid ont and forming tho
southern boundary Of said Kings lot and ut n dis
tance of 4l5 feet eastwardy. by the north lin, OF
said road from the southeast corner of Stewards
lot and running thence eastwa:dly by and with the
said line of said road until the line OF 10 - prrcl,S
is reached extending the line TO the Piney Branch
read; thence with said road >. - perches: thenc.
still with said road ol4 perches thence westwar rd-
ly, by IA straight line parallel with said road
to intersect straight line drawn northwardly and
a right angles from the place of beginning; thence
by said last-mentoned line to the beginning con-
tanning 3.:'2 acres OF land, or less, and i'm
proved by connnodlOus two-story frame dwelling
ard outhOuses.
Terms of sale: One-third OF the purchase money
in cash. balance In equal amounts, at one and two
which the purchasers notes Will be required hear
ing interest at six per cent PEI annum from the
day Of sale. payable semi annually, and secured by
deed OF trust on the property or all cash. at the
required of the purchaser at The time OF sale All
cohvcyancing. revenue stamps and recording at tic
purchasers cost. Terms OF sale to be complied
with within ten days from the day Of sale. other
wise the trustee reserves the right to resell the
property. at the risk and cost Of the defaulting
purchaser. after three days public notice.
RICHARD T. MORSFI.T.
)e2i-d&ds Surviving Trustee.
Evening star., 1900-06-30
AUCTION SALES OF REAL ESTATE, &C.



James W. Ratciffe. Auct $40 Pa ave NV
trustees sale of lots Florence st. between 18th
ana 10th. Il and & SITS. ne. Saturday June 30
az 80 p IN. John A. Schaefer and William Il
McCloSkr. trustees.
G. g. Sloan & Co., Aucts. 14O7 G ST NV
Chan"cry sale Of Nos. 3lOO VI st. NV and 1o47
3.'d st: NV. on Saturday, June 3d. ut 4:3O and s
pm. j. Edward Libbey and Ii. $. Matthews trus
tees 0
Monday.
c. G. Sloan & Co. Aucts.. 1iO7 G. St NV
Trustees sale of lot I, 81. :ss Monday July 2
at i:'o PIN: No. 337 + st. s.w.. at ; D. m, and nj
5:3O IN. part lot 3. 81. -. Edwin Forrest and
vIeofge T. Hamilton trustees
James w. Ratcline. Auct 800 Pa ave NV
Chancery sale Of No. 1011 12th ST. NV. on Monday
July = at 4:3O pm. Fulton Lewis and John j.
Weed, trustees. ~ ~
g. q. Sloan l. Co, Aucts 14O7 G st nw-S,,e
Of uniIiproved property in Tennallytown D. c. on
Monday July 2. ut pm. Samuel ii. Agnew sur
yiving trustee -
Duncanson Bros, Aucts.. 9th and u SITS NV
Trustees sale OF No 11O9 East Capitol st. on Nom
Day July =, at 5 pm. los X. McCaInnou and
Joseph de F. Junkin trustees.
Thomas J. Owen. Auct.. 3l3 + ST. nw-SaIe Of
contents of printing office. Monday July = AT
4;30 pm James " A. Shields. Rufus p Clarke
Lee s. links. Horace l.. Beall, trustees.
Walter B. Williams & Co, Aucts 10th and ID
SIS nw.-Sale of unredeemed pledges on Montl.v
July at 10 am, at store of Stene,n Bros No
l-'t2 Pa. ave. INV.
Duncanson Bros. Aucts.. 9th and d sts INV
Executors sale of household furniture in No 42O NJ
ST. NV. on Monday, July 2. at 10 am
Evening star., 1900-06-30
At HOME IN A BOX CAR,
Young Couple Equipped with Paris
Made Gowns and Cob Pipes.

Fort Scott. Kan. Cores. Chicago Tilncs-Hesald
Mrs. c. b. Hammond, daughter of a
Butte. Mont, millionaire, and bride of but
a few months, has just packed her trous-
seau of twelve costly Partisan gowns, load
ed them into freight car the Kansas
City. Fort Scott and Memphis road in this
city. and taken up her residence in the car
with her young husband Though Mr..
Hammond was but section hand on the
railroad during the several months of their
residence here, they lived in good style, and
their recent departure is an incident from
which Fort Scott society can hardly re-
cover.
The romance that eliminated in the mar
riage of Mr.. and Mrs. Hammond last fall
is less interesting than the unique circum-
stances attending their early married life.
Millionaire Barrett of Butte took his wife