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Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1900-01-26

VITALITY low, debilitated or exhausted. cured
by DR.. Kllne's Inyigorating Tonic. FREE 81.
Trial bottle containing two weeks treatment
DR. Kiines Institute, s3l Arch St. Philadelphia
Founded 1871.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1900-01-26

The widening of the east end of the
Strand, in London. so long debated, is
to be proceeded with at once.
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TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.

Take Laxative Bromo Qulnine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money II II fails to cure.
@. W. Groves signature Is on each box; 2Sc.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1900-01-26

PORTLAND WIRE 4 IRON WORKS, WIRE
and iron Fencing; office railing. etc. "a Alder
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1900-01-26

The roses drop from sin. but the
thorns remain.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1900-01-26

The striking Kansas City leather
workers have been intunctioned by the
courts.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1900-01-26

'aek any organ oi
Ivic organs. I'll
De 81 catarrh Of
the head, they
auHe Of many
10 women only.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1900-01-26

ssL0cKW GOD, LATE CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENCY.
the eminent barrer of Washington, d. c., is the
Been candidate for the Presidency of the United
bent known America. AS the pioneer of her
SION he has gahefed fame fortune In letter to The
she says:s
d youf Psruna both for myself and my mother, Mrs.
lett now IN her 8th year, and find it invaluable
catarfh, hay fever and kindred Diseases also good
and old people, Or those ron down, and with nerves
Yours trsily.F BELVA A. LOCKWOOD.
ank any organ the body Women especially liable to
organs There hundred Of catarrh of
of the head Most people think because they
head, they have catarrh at ALL This is great mis-
afse of many of sickness and death. Heah and
Id women only by The Peruna Medicine Co.. Cumbus Ohio
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INDIAN RELICS WANTED

s5sN& Cash paid for Stone Arrows. spear.
Pipes,Axes, etc. Write and send out
,ss n HI, r. Hamilton, Two Rivers Wia'
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1900-01-26

youf Peruna |
istt, now IN her
catarfh, hay fe'
and old people,
Yours truly.
The evening times., 1900-05-28

LONDON, Nay pa despatch from
Cape Town. dated today. says: II is re-
ported here that General French, with a
force Of cavalry. has entered Johannes
burg Although this report has not been
verified by dispatches from other points,
il is accepted here with willingness. espe-
cially since the rapid and unOpposed ad-
vance Of General Roberts forces has made
everybody willing 10 believe all reports Of
progress from South African points
The passage OF the Vaal River b. Rob
erts' immense army Of Se.0O0 foot and 20
oeo horse, with 80 guns, removes the
greatest natural barrier TO the advance on
Pretoria and the fact that the British az
my was unoppose5 at this Boer vantage
point leads military experts here to believe
that the burgers have abandoned all ideas
Of resistance and 10 credit the Cape Town
report Of the occupation Of johannesburg.
Early today. however. there were more dis
quieting rumors in circulation concerning
Boer plots 10 destroy the Johannesburg
mines These reports come from Pretoria
by way CT Lourenco Marques
a despatch from a correspondent. sent
| early today, says that he has received
| Trustworthy information that the Beers
| will Try 10 lure the British into appearing
l &c threaten Johannesburg with an attack.
I whereby a reason viii b given for the
/ destruction o. property
| The Federal force at Laing's Mex is Va
riOUsly estimated at from 7.Oej TO I0.Ce0
Een. The buTgheTs are. il is said. resolved
/ 10 oppose General Buffers advance and =
/ pitched battle is imminent.
/ i is reported that communication be
/ tween Pretoria and HeidIeburg has been
/ cut on. The latter town is on the rail-
I way BY which the Beers ct Laing-s Mex
( would be withdrawn for defence Of the
| capital
! IN view OF the Cape Town report, wo-d
I from General Roberts Is being awaited
/ with intense interest II General French
/ has secured possession CT johannesburg.
/ as reported IL VIII not be q great WaIie
/ before Pretoria is entered b. R-ber,s'
I forces.
There is every reason 10 believe that
! the Beer spirit OF resistance Is rapidly dy-
| ing out and that evidence Of that fact
VIII soon be fCreh ,omiEg from the author
/ tiles 81 PretoTia- in the form CT a PROPOSE
Jion for an GrnisJice 10 arrange terms o.
| surrender. II Is said that Kruger IS BE-
4 coming mere and more favorable 70 nego-
I tiaIons for peace as Roberts army usars
I the TraEsvaaI capital, and that he s like y
D 10 override those who desire 70. continue
I the fight
The evening times., 1900-05-28

dise) to as close a fraction OF a second as
possible. To obtain this desired result
three separate instruments were to be
used, namely the two equatorial telescopes
and comet-seeker.
Nessrs. E. A. Boeger, at the great 26-incn
equatorial, William NJ. Brown at the u
inch equatorial, and NJ. E. Porter at the
comet seeker. were busy before o'clock
with their respective instruments and
watching with anxious eyes the appearance
Of the sky IN the vicinity of the sun Mr.
Brown had stayed at the Observatory all
night and when at about 3 o'clock this
morning he noted the huge bank Of clouds
in the east he despaired Of success.
AS the merning wore on from that time.
however, things celestial began to look
brighter, until, at about a. m, the sun
appeared in all its radiance. But light
clouds began TO gather and so rapidly did
these accumulate in number and intensity
that 1t was soon seen the best results could
no longer be expected.
Just at tie computed moment for the first
contact the western limb Of the sun upon
which the moons disc was to appear vas
cloud-obscured and the telescopes with the
dark shade glasses attached 10 their eve
pieces showed, as before stated, a dark,
undistinguishable mass of rapidly moving
vapor BY what might be termed a happy
accident, the observer at the great equato-
rial removed the shade glass attached 10
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MICHIGAN MINE ABLAzE.
WOrkmen Driven From the Great
Calumet and HecIa shafts

WOrkmen Driven From the Great
Calumet and HecIa Shafts
HOUGHTON. Mich, Nay 28.-The great
Calumet and HeeIa mine is on FIRE again.
AID WOTkmen are fleeing from all the
shafts One miner. VIII NcRae. has per
ished and five Others. one of whom is ex-
pected 20 die, have been taken 10 the
hospital
Fire was discovered at 5:f5 p. m. yes
terday afternoon al the time Of the change
Of shifts. The blaze started al the hot
tom Of No shaft at point 5000 fee; be-
low the surface
Only the watchmen, pumpnen. and few
timbermen were below al the time. Some
came up directly, reporting trouble, while
others made their escape by other shafts
with which No. . is connected By levels.
ItamedIateIy after the e was q scOVered
shaft No . was closed and covered over
with earth. men and teams being engaged
in the work FOR hours. Gaz from the fire
soon fCoded No. shaft 4 party vas
organized to go down 10. 3 shaft 10 c-os7
the trap3oors II the drifts with clay. and
all OF these men we've brought 10 the scr-
The party consisted Cf twelve men Gas
came upon them 50 suddenly tia, althou h
they fed for their lives they barely e.
capped They craWled up the LADDERS IN
twOs and Jhrees. helping each other along.
but finally one man had 20 be dropped he
hind This was VIII McRae, z young pps-
man a rescuirg party was sent after HIM
twice before he vas found al the ninth
level. sun hanging 10 the ladder.
When the men reached the surface they
we're laid. 0Et On the ground and doctors
worked over them with an oxygen aQpara-
tus- For kalf al hour they labored over
McRae. but their efforts we're unayaiIiEg.
The men who were taken 70 the hospital
are Ben Saunders. John Haun, Richard
Martin. Richard Richards. and Simon Rob
erJs. Roberts Is expected 10 die.
Al a. II. the men in other parts CT the
T.ine began coming 20 the surface as gas
from the burning shaft vas penetrating the
other shafts The eomp2Ey's preparations
for FIRE fighting are elaborate and mine men
believe that he blaze can be confined %
shaft No. .
The evening times., 1900-05-28
DEWEY's PRIZE MONEY.
The Supreme Court UPLolds the De
cisiCn Of the Lower tribunal

The Supreme Court UpLOlds the De-
eiSicn Of the Lower tribunal
Admiral Dewsy's claim for Prize norey
on account OF the battle Cf Manila was
settled by the Supreme Court today. Il
approved the judgment Of the Court e
Claims, which fixed the amount st SIO0
for e2ch nan OF the force. OF TIE g-oGnd
that the enemys force was inferior to his
own. He claimed s20O. asserting that the
enemy's force was superior, including as Z
did the guns OF the land batteries and tn
mines in the hay. some OF which sxplod J
during the battle
This was conceded by the court but The
only rule Of the court in similar cases. said
Justice Harlan, had been 10 give SI0O .
man when the enemy's vessels were iEfe-
riOr 10 the captOrs, and S200 when the
enemys vessels were the superior. The
total amount awarded Dewey BY The judg-
ment is about Sg.5Go-
Chief Justice Fuller read 4 dissent. hold
irg that the intent Of the Law was 10 take
into account all the forces Of the enemy.
land as well as sea, and 10 give a bounty
for overcoming them Justices White and
McKenna concurred in the dissent
Justice Harlan, in his opinion. paid .
high tribute TO the patriotism and galIantry
Of the American Navy on that occasion.
which every American remembered with
Joy and pride. but such considerations
could not be permitted 10 influence the
court in determining purely judicial mat
ter
Later in the day. Former Secretary Her
bert, counsel for Admiral Dewey. obtained
leave to file petition for a rehearing Of
the case.
The evening times., 1900-05-28

by that hour late sleepers and children
were at windows, upon roofs, and in the
streets Smoked glass, opera glasses, and
spy glasses were called into use. Then the
moon was well upon her way across the
suns disc. The golden crescent grew
thinner and sharper as the inky black ball
ate its way through, and twilight seemed
10 fail upon the earth. Then followed
weird scenes. Though it appeared to be
late In the afternoon, trees and men cast
shadows to the westward. The sparrows
In the trees ceased to chirp. In the country
thrushes sang their evening songs and
swallows fitted here and there. In tie
WOODS the whip-pOor-wi cried. Some
chickens went to roost, but others that
were wiser remained abroad, though with
aStOnished glances in their round. rel
eyes.
Groups of people collected on available
street corners and on the west side Of the
numbered streets. Old and forgotten
candles were lighted that glass might be
coated with SCOT. Every broken bit of
glass became precious. and children and
adults, like ostriches, picked the shining
fragments from the streets and aIIevs,
Many thousand eyes followed the round
black moon in her course
AT $50 O'Clock the sun had been whitfield
away to thin crescent of orange red
naming and swinging in a choppy sea of
white and black clouds At SIS the oh
scuratlon was at its greatest. and the
seeming twilight was deepest. Then was
The evening times., 1900-05-28

Observatory; Prof A. A. Nyland, director
ef Utrecht Observatory, Utrecht, Holland;
Or. j. II. Wilterdink, astronomer, Royal
Observatory, Leiden, Holland; Prof. II. ID.
Curtis, professor of mathematics and as
trCnomy, University of Pacific, San Jose,
Cal; Prof. John A. Miller, professor of as
tronomy Indiana University, Bloomington.
Jnd.; Prot W p. Russell, professor Of
mathematics and astronomy, Lincoln Uni
versity. Lincoln, H.; G. E. Lumsden, presi-
dent of Toronto Astronomical Society, To-
ronto, Canada.
The story from Thomaston might be du-
plicated for the other stations. at Barnes
Vile, Griffin. Washington, and Sloan. The
gentlemen at al OF these places announce
that their.results were eminsntly satlsfac
tory. The same class OF work was done at
the different stations as al the Lick branch,
the only difference being that all depart
ments were covered simultaneously at
Thomaston.
The Governments station as Barnesville
was in charge Of Prof l. ]. Brown. astro-
nomicaI director Of the Washington Naval
Observatory. the station being in isnmedi
sisted by the following members of the
Naval Observatory:
Prof. T. ]. ]. See. G. A. Hill. F. H. Lit
tell. G. H. Peters. and NJ A. Couion.
The work here was Photographic and
telescope. At Griffin. it was confined
solely to spectroscOpic features. which
were taken eare-of by Prof. s J. Brown
Of the Naval Observatory; Prof Henry
Grew. and Prof. r. R Tatnall. NOrthwes-
tern University Evanston. III; l. Z. jew
ell, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore;
: a. Mitchell Columbia University, New
[ York city. Prot W. J. Humphreys and Y. .
W. Dinwiddie. University Of Virginia
Charlottesville. and Prof. c. A. Perkins,
University Of Tennessee.
At Washington, Ga, there were delega-
; tiOns from the Massachusetts Institute Of
| Technology. Howard College Observatory
! Blue Hill Observatory. ST. Louis Uniyersi-
| ty, Creighton University. Omaha, Neb. and
] St Xavier College Cincinnati At Sloan
| the Chabat Observatory had representa-
| tives. the expenses OF the expedition being
! borne by John D@lbeer. OF San Francisco. a
member Of the Royal Astronomical Society
| Of England
The evening times., 1900-05-28

sympathy to those peOpie2 Shall Ameri-
can sympathy cease with the freedom Of
Cuba?
England is now. as ever, our enems.
What excuse has she for entering into this
war; Dare she claim the diamond mines? {?
The excuse given is that English Govern
ment Will bring Christian civilization to
the TransvaaI. God save the mark II
England's treatment OF the Chinese. the
people Of India, and others is Christian
civilization I want none OF H.
There is no danger Of war with Ger
many today. She is our friend Russia
is arming for war. II she attempts TO fight
with England Will we be supposed TO pre-
tect the Dominion Of Canada for England
No. a thousand times no. Let US first STRIKE
down British rule in Canada and annex il
trine is in no danger. Let US lock 70 our
selves and have no understanding vita
Great Britain"
You speak OF secret understanding
between the President and Great Britain, F"
said Mr.. Lodge. What do you refer to?
Can you explsin2
I have explained and viii explain fur
ther, said Mr.. Wellington. i have not
spoken in q desire TO attack the Admin
istration. but for truth.
There can be no open proof Ct my state
ments until the State Department fur
nishes the secret papers which are locke
Up there. But until that is done I VIII
believe there IS a secret understanding,
and viii continue 10 believe IT,"
Secretary Hay is an honorable nan,
and he has denied this sa d Mr.. Lodge
Il believe il, nevertheless" said NJ.
Wellington
Mr.. Bacon asked leave 20 print a spec
made by Daniel Webster On the eezption
CT kossuth.
Mr.. Wolcott objected or the ground that
the speech was made Fifty years ago The
Teller resolution then went ever until 80
morrow, when a vote viii be taken On Il.
The evening times., 1900-05-28
ELECTRIC WIRES UNAFFECTED.
Testr Of TELEGRAPH and Telephone
Ins1rumenIs During the Eclipse.

Instruments During the Eclipse.
An interesting feature OF the eclipse V as
me observations for electrical variatiozs.
which some scientists have contended
would be produced by the moons shadow.
At the Postal Telegraph Gable COmpany's
Office volt metre was put into circuit by
Chief Operator Slater between Washing
ton and Baltimore and between Washing
ton and Richmond. Mr.. Slater considers,
however, that whatever variations IN The
circuit were experienced were due 10 or
binary causes. George ". Rebble, Man
ager OF the Postal Telegraph Cable Com
pany, stated that the Office was not equip
ped for scientific tests of this delicate na-
ture, and the ordinary tests with the volt
metre indicated conditions which were ap-
parently normal.
A series of tests. co1ducted over a Pc
riOd OF many months, enabling the OF p
make an accurate estimate OF norma, Ccn-
ditions. Mr.. RebbIe explained, wOcid be
necessary. preceding the eclipse, before 4
proper comparison with the cond tions dur
ing the eclipse could be made Owing 10
the difference in potentiallties bctweel III .
various cities. current Of electricity is
continually flowing from enc place 10 the
| other TO establish an electrical equil B.
rum, WHICH WOuiU ACCOUNT IOT SLcl NaEll-
tiOns as were observed this no. ming, and
which are OF daily occurrence.
At the office Of the Chesapeake and Pc
tOmac Telephone Company, the vice presi-
dent and general manager, Arthur G. Full
| Ter, stated that while no special tests di-
! rected toward the discovery Of electrical
variations had been made, the instrum ents
employed in the usual operations OF the
! telephone system were so delicate and
disturbance woulG be noted. He stated
that no variations other than what were
apparently Of usual demonstration had
been observed.
The evening times., 1900-05-28

the greatest hush upon the~city. The
western sky looked like the morning sky
and good eyes could see few bright stars
twinkling rather family in the patches OF
blue. The Heights OF Arlington looked as
the hills Of Good Hope had looked only a
few hours before.
Then the scene began to change the
day slowly grew brighter. Whenever the
morning sunshine came through foliage,
against a wall, or upon sward sloping 70
the southeast in such a way that on or
binary days there are circular dapples of
light overlapping among the shadows,
there were instead OF the dapples, inter
laced crescents-the multitudinous imper-
feet images of the luminous edge of the
sun-The interstices of the foliage had the
effect OF the lens of a camera, and repro
duced many little suns in the shade
At $3.50 the sparrows had hoped from
the branches to the ground and were
ehirping as though gaily gossiping about
what had passed. The groups Of people
had dispersed, and at IO:14 the sun, the
The evening times., 1900-05-28
VIEWED BY THE PRESIDENT.

Mr.. Mckinley sees the Eclipse Prom
the Dolphin
NORFOLK. Va. May 2S-President Nc
Kinley and his party had a splendid view
Of the solar eclipse from aboard the Dol
phin. on Norfolk. this morning. and were
greatly pleased Mr. Mckinley and his
guests watched he ebscuration q the
suns disc with undivided interest from
the moment OF first contact until the end
OK the phenomeEon-
The Presidential party yesterday went
aboard and inspected the battleship Kear-
sarEe. They VII leave for Washington
tonight and viii arrive at the Capital To-
MORROW morning.
The evening times., 1900-05-28
VARIATIONS OF TEMPERATURES.
Fall OF One Degree Mt the PeriO,
of Greatest ObscuratIOn-

Fall OF One Degree Mt the Period
of Greatest ObscuratIOn-
The temperature as recorded by the in
struments OF the Weather Bureau during
the eclipse showed sensible variations as
the suns disc became gradually cbscured.
The temperature at O'Clock this morn
ing, at which time the eclipse was OF about
a quarter of an hours duration, was nor
NAL at CA IL degrees. but at 55, the Pc
riod Of greatest obscuration, the mercury
had dropped almost a degree.
At the end of the eclipse the wealth ar
became warmer with remarkable rapidity.
and at 1-S0 p. M the Thermometer regis
tered "A degrees.
The determination of the atmospheric
conditions al all times during the eel -pse
will be published by the Weather Bureau
tomorrow. There was a large amount OF
moisture in the upper regions. which ac-
counted for the rainbow noticeable during
the progress Of the phenomenon.
The evening times., 1900-05-28

The resolution offered by Mr.. Jones of
Arkansas on Saturday, providing that the
Committee on the District OF Columbia
be discharged from further consideration;
Of the bill incorporating the Washington
Telephone Company. and that the same 20
back to the calendar. was brought UP in
the Senate today, and was laid over until
tomorrow
The evening times., 1900-05-28

ATLANTA, Ga. May 2s.-Bright skies
and crisp, clear atmosphere, with but the
slightest interruption, has made all the
observations Of the solar eclipse perfect.
The eclipse, for which the most distin-
The evening times., 1900-05-28
JUDGE FOR POLICE COURT.
Favorable Report ON n Bill to Pre-
vide an Additional One.

vide an Additional One.
In the Senate today, Mr.. Mcmillan. from
the Committee On the District Of COlum.
bia, reported favorably the bill providing
for an extra judge Tor the District Police
Court, and the bill eXempting from taxa
ton the property Of the Y n c 4.
He also asked that the Senate concur in
the House amendments to the bill relating
TO the District Of Columbia Reform School.
and providing that any boy under seven
teen years, convicted Of wrongdoiug.
should be sent to the Reform School, IN
place Of the workhouse until he is twsa-
ty-one years old. This was agreed to.
The evening times., 1900-05-28

that instrument just as the darker clouds
moved away for an instant and showed the
moons disc so slightly indented that none
but praetieed eye could have discovered
any alteration. Nevertheless the contact
had passed, but the record of the ehrono-
graph showed only a difference of thirty
seconds between the computed time for
the compact and the moment of observa-
ton.
The evening times., 1900-05-28
Opening of Chautnuqua Reoch

A remarkable Transformation of Bay Ridge.
cpens for the season May 80. Unlimited attrao-
tions- Trains leave b. & o. Depot Washington.
week days, $3.50 a. m, $3.50 p. m. SUNDAYS 9.31
a Rate for adults 80 cents. children Is cents
The evening times., 1900-05-28
SI3.25 to Louisville, Ny. and Return
Via Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Company. Account Confederate
Veterans, Reunion.

Tickets on sale Nay p. 2s. and % good return
ing until June 10, 1900 with extension until June
25 if deposited with joint agent al Louisville and
cryatiors at 5l3 Pennsylvania Avenue. eco -Four
teenth Street, or Baltimore and Potomac station.
The evening times., 1900-05-28
AT THE NAVAL OBSERVATORY.

Time and the Actual COntnct.
The astronomers at the Naval Observa-
tory were up bright and early this morn
ing tuning up their various instruments,
and adjusting them with delicate nicely
to the task they were expected to perform.
This was the determination OF the two
contacts (the time OF the first and last
appearance OF the moon ever the suns
The evening times., 1900-05-28
CHESAPEAKE BEACH-oN THE BAY
Antietaml BattIefieId-Mav 20.

Always cool Excursion trains leave daily. 10
a. m. and p. m Last train leaves Beach 80
p. m. Take Columbia car to depot.
The evening times., 1900-05-28
Decoration Day at Chautauqua
Beach,

You enjoy pleasant outing at this de-
| lightful salt water resort on Chesapeake Bay
Rate for adults 30 cents, children half fare Trains
| leave Washington B. o. Depot $3.50 a. m. 30
and 4:S0 p. m Returning, leave Chautauqus
4 Beach 7;45 and o:45 p. m
The evening times., 1900-05-28
BosToN's SKY OVERCAST.

Unsatisfactory GlimpSes of the
Eclipse Mt the Hub
BOSTON. May 2s:-An overcast sky this
morning gave BCstonians but two short
glimpsss OF the eclipse and both were un-
satisfactory
The darkness was very noticeable. The
stores were all iighted and the trolley cars
ran with their lamps burning
The evening times., 1900-05-28
Through Coach Service to Atlantic
City via Pennsylvania Railroad.

On week days May Is to June 2s. new through
be operated on trsia leaving Washington al PAS
noon, arriving Atantic City, $50 p. m Return
ing, leave At-InIic City 0:3O a. m, arrive Wash
ingt0n $40 p
The evening times., 1900-05-28

Account Maryland Monument dedication. the
B. & O. r. r. eilI sell excursion tickets 10
Keedysville and return at rate Sis. leaving
Washington s:35 B. m, returning leave Keedvs-
vile ESQ p. Also reduced rates from Wash
ington and Metropolitan Branch points
The evening times., 1900-05-28
NorfoIk g wnshington stennhoa.c -

Delightful trips daily at ESQ p. m. to Old Point
Comfort, Newport News Norfolk. Virginia al
and Ocean View. For schedule see page :.