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QUIET AT THE CAPITOL.
Demands Made by COnEressmen
Upon the Document Room.

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Though, on the whole, the season is a
duh one at the Capitol, there continues to
be considerable activity in the matter OF
visitors and great energy in the matter Of
applying for documents. The recitals of
the guides go on, and troops Of strangers
tramp across the acres of marble thing
some Of them in an interested way AMI
Others in a weary, detected, and supplied
manner. Pilgrims still awaken the echoes
OF Statuary Hall by addressing the Old
clock or whispering from one cOEglonerate
column To another. The great paintings in
the ROtunda and Westward HO," Lake
Erie "Chapultepec," anu Lincoln and
His Cabinet" continue to attract yis.tO. s,
but the football OF the statesman is rare
ly heard.
In the document room, over which Col.
Joel GraysOn rules. there are stacks Of let
tiers bearing the frank Of Congressmen.
and containing queries about Government
literature. Congressional action on bills anl
resolutions, and all other subjects under
the dome.
Colonel Grayson. who BY reason Of his
familiarity with laws and cOgn2te matters,
is frequently styled the Attorney General
OF the House Document Room, Is in re-
ceipt Of about 500 letters a day, each con-
tanning from one to a score Of questions.
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LONDON, June 19.-According to the lat
est advices received from General Roberts
by the War Office. the paciication Of the
captured territory in South Africa is pro-
ceeding favorably. The British command
er-in-chief reports that affairs in Pretoria
and Johannesburg are peaceful. The Beers
are still interfering with the lines of COM
munication when opportunity offers, but
Ge- eTal Roberts message indicates that
there IS a constantly diminishing prospect
Of formidable resistance TO British arms
Since the occupation of the Transvaal
capital more than 2.OO0 rifles have been sur
rendered and the arms have been turned
over to the released British prisoners.
Welcome tidings have been received from
Natal in the form Of a message from Gen,
eral Butler announcing the resumption OF
railway traffic through the Laing's Mex
Tunnel, which it was recently reported.
had been hopeIessly damaged by the Beers.
General Roberts despatch to the War
Office follows:
Pretoria. via Zerust, June 1S.-AI
is quiet here and at johannesburg.
The usual daily message was not sent
yesterday. as there is an Interruption
on the line.
cover 2,0OO stands Of arms have been
given up in Pretoria since our Occupa-
ton. and these are being utilized for
the released prisoners. One hundred
and fOrty-eight officers and 3O39 men
have been released. OF the former
twelve and of the latter 248 are in the
hospital.
"Our total losses on June ( were
two men killed and one officer and
fOrty-eight men wounded. About 900
prisoners were removed on June {.
ROBERTS"
The despatch from General Butler con-
cernirs his progress in repairing the rail-
way service, reads:
'Laings Mex. June 19-C9:4O a. M.
The first train passed through
Laing's Mex tunnel at p. m. yes
terday. 'BULLER-'
The War Office expects 10 hear at any
time that the Boer leaders have reconsid-
cred their determination T. oppose the
Queens forces and made OYertures for ne
gotiations with { view 10 restoring the
peace Of the country.
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nal and political friends of the Admin

sOnal and political friends Of the Admin
istratiou.
After all. il Governor Roosevelt shall be
nominated he viii receive the cordial sup
port OF every straight-Out unqualified Ad-
ministration man. and his power VIII be
valuable in the West and Northwest. as
heretofore stated. and he will be given a
cordial reception by the managers OF The
party and Mr.. Plat viii be left free 20
make his OWu organization. select his own
candidate. and may the stars above shine
in porlents OF JOY and happiness in the
matter Of his safely carrying the great
State Of New York for the Republican par
ty.
There is nothing new about the plat
form. The principles Of the Republican
party are 50 well Understood that there viii
be no disagreeiHE votes upon the reception
Of the report OF the committee"
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Lost His Thumb in q Fight.

WILKESBARRE. Pa. June 19.-Joha
Moechok. Of this city. was before Alderman
KerhUT yesterday charged with mayhem
in biting OF tne thumb from the left hand
OF his brother Steve. One Of the men
boarded with the otner on Darling Street.
and because Of some trouble decided TO
leave and proceeded 10 carry away all that
belonged 70 him A fight resulted. from
which Steve came out minus thumb. He
said JOHN bit IL OF. although the work was
done almost as clean as II by q knife.
John was sent 10 jail in default OF S1.oG0
bail.
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Uric Acid Diseases, Rhauma-
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JOKE MAY COST A LIFE.
Young Woman Frustrated by the
sight OF IoN SnnLAc.

CHESTER Pa, June 19--Miss Minnie
-Gyles. Of so West Second Street, this city,
Of being frightened by q snake, which a
practical Joker placed On the table at which
she was working al the Arasapha Nils. five
weeks ago
Miss Gyles was a cloth inspector and o-s
OF the employees OF the mill had a toy
snake The make-believe reptile as a joke
was placed over Miss EyIes' shoulder and
on her table. She swooued and was taken
home Since that time she has had q mum
Der Of faIntIDg spells. and her nervous sy>
ten IS 50 shattered that her life is now
deSnairei Of
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New Consul sworn In.

Orlando H Baker. the newly appointed
United States Consul to Sydney. New South
Wales, was sworn in yesterday morning
and will sail at once.
Mr. Baker has written pamphlets and
newspaper articles on economic subjects
from the Republican, gold-basis standpoint,
and has at times been editorially connected
with Iowa Republican papers He was ap-
pointed Consul TO Copenhagen by President
Harrison. but held the position only a few
months before Mr.. Cleveland came in and
removed him. Mr.. Baker has been trying
for tie Copenhagen berth, but that vas
given TO another man some time ago.
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Landmark of Crime Burned.

EDGE HILL. Pa. June 19--The Edge
Hill furnace Row. Of sixteen houses. one Of
the most familiar landmarks on the North
Penn Railroad. was burned to the ground
early yesterday morning. The fire was
started by an incendiary in house No. 4.
The row has been unoccupied for the past
six months. Furnace Row was formerly a
part OF the property of the Edge Hill Com
pany. It was built in 1865. Every degree
Of crime, from petty theft TO murder, has
been committed in the row. The Bank of
the Republic. Philadelphia, owned the
houses.
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Dr.. Shades ChIOridum
Discovery for Consumption, Throat,
Lung, and Catarrhal Diseases.

D.. SHADE las returned f-on his E1-tsrn TIP
and removed his Office from 12S5 l4-h ST. % 513
I5,h ST, where he AID his assistant physicians
treat successfully AL stages Of lung. throat Kid
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WORRIED INTO SUICIDE.
Editor MediITs Brother Kills Him.
NeIf Nrnr MiInn Ill

MOLINE, III. June Ig--GeOrce D Ne
dIL cousin Of Joseph MediT. late eti-or
Of the Chicago Tribune" and brother e
ex-Mayor T. J. MediI Of Rock Island,
committed suicide near Milan. III, yester-
day
Mr. NedIl was one OF the principal Wit
nesses before the grand jury in the investi-
cation OF the Nina Miller suicide a. Rock
Island several weeks ago. and IL is said be
afJerTarc confessed 10 a friend. ID. l. Lit
tie. Of Milan that he had pzrjured himself
in court This preyed On his mind, AMI
caused his act.
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HAVRE DE-GRACE. Nd. June I9.-In a
fight Sunday afternoon between John Wha-
len and Lois Fresch. growing out Of some
business transaction. FresCh was badly
injured. He has only one arm the other
having been amputsted above the wrist.
This stump was broken and bruised and
his head was lacerated FreSCh's CCndi-
ton is serious. alS he will be taken 10 a
Baltimore hospital where his arm viii
likely have 70 be reamputated-
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CONVENTION OF DOCTORS.
First Session of the American Instf-
tute OF Homeopathy.

IuIV OF TVtHVUEetHF-
The first sessions Of the Annual Conven-
tion Of the American Institute OF Homeo-
pathy will be held this afternoon between
the hours Of / and 5 o'clock IN the parlo7s
Of the Arlington Hotel Sessions viii be
held tomorrow morning and afternoon and
Thursday morning
Tonight from 10 10 O'Clock az the New
National Theatre, a reception viii be given
10 President Walton Thursday afternoon.
from l 70 ? O'Clock, the E-embeTs OF the
Institute. and their friends viii be receiv-
ed az rhe White House By President Nc
Kinley. At 4-45 Thursday afternoon. the
dedication Of the Monument 70 Samuel
Hahneuanu viii take place at Scott CIR
Gle. Eith elaborate ceremonies.
The sessions OF the convention viii close
next Saturday when the final meeting VIII
iA held
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LINEMAN's FATAL FALL.

John Owens Loses His Balance and
Is Killed.
While descending telegraph pole at the
northeast corner Of Third and l Streets
northwest at SIS o'clock this morning.
John Owens, forty years old, a lineman,
employed in the telephone and telegraph
service of the District of Columbia. lost
his balance. and pitched head fOremCs ST
from height of fifty feet to the hard as
phalt.
He sustained fracture of the base ot the
skull and broken rib. as the result Of
which he died al he Emergency Hospital
a few minutes before O'Clock.
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The Italian Cabinet ResfgnS.

ROME. June 19--In the Chambsrof Dzpu-
ties yesterday afternoon, Gen. L,euguf Pei
Ieux. President Of the Coun-I and Minis
ter Of the Interior. announced that the
Cabinet had resigned.
The resignation of the Cabinet was due
10 the failure Of the negotiations looking
20 a compromise concerning the rules OF
procedure in the Chamber OF Deputies. The
Ministers viii re-aLn- ofRce tennora-LLv
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men. The numbers Of the signers Of thr
votes sent back 10 him by the clergymen
stood as follows: No. l, 1O6, $50; No. :.
1,345.
Mr.. Nansicklen thinks that America s
offer to Lord Salisbury to aid in any
friendly manner 0 bring about peace was
not an offer of mediation
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IN FAVOR OF MEDIATION.
Result of "a General Church Vote on
the Boer War


NEW YORK. June 1S.-Ceorge ". Van
sicklen has issued a pamphlet called
American Sentiment on the Boer War
It contains the results Of a poll taken by
clergymen Of the United States on the
opinion of their congregations with regard
to the Boer war. The clergymen were ask
ed to have the members Of their congrega-
tions subscribe to one or the other OF these
two descriptions:
''First-Each person whose name and ad-
dress are subscribed hereto votes in favor
OF the United States Offering to mediate
between Great Britain and the two South
African Republics, for the purpose of put
ting stop to the war rOw going on.
''SecOnd-Each person whose name and
address are subscribed hereto votes in IA
vor Of Great Britain in her war TO conquer
the two South African Republics"
Up to June u. Mr.. Vansicklen says. he
had received answers from $500 clergy
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SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES

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instantly takes the sting out Of corns and hunions
It's the greatest comfort discovery OF the age Al
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easy. Il is certain cure for sweating calIous
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by all druggists and shoes stores By mail 2Jc
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MR.. soLoMoN's REFUSAL.
Gives His Reasons for Not JOinini
the New Cnpe Cabinet.

the New Cape Cabinet.
CAPE TOWN, June 19.-In an intervisw
yesterday Mr. Solomon authorized the state
ment that his refusal to accept Office
under Sir Gordon Sprigg was not due 10
any desire to hamper the new Ministry.
After careful consideration he was con-
vinced that he could best ensure the
passage of necessary bills by remaining
with Mr.. Schreiuer and his supporters,
who would loveli- uphold the Ministry
until the bills were passed. Mr.. Solomon
added that he W net able at present
tc make any further statement
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Baden-Powen at Pretoria.

LONDON. June 19.-In a despatch dated
Pretoria. June is, General Roberts Informs
the War Office that General Baden Powell
has arrived in the Transvaal capital.
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GROSVENOR SPEAKS OUT
Tells of the Fight of Quay and
R1att Against Mckinley.

Says the PennsyIvnnian and New
Yorker Are Booming ROOseveIt So
eePt IA DistnstefuI Running Mate
Long the AdminIstratiOn's Choice.
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TURNING IN THEIR ARMS
Thousands of BOeP Rifles Given Up
TO General Roberts.

British Commnnder-in-Chic Reports
Thnt All Is Quiet ut Pretoria and
JOhannesburg-LoS in the Bat
tie of June 4-RuIIer ReOpcns the
Railway Tunnel at Laing's Mex
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DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK 4?
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.

Almost everybody who reads the news
papers IS sure 10 know Of the wonderful
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DIED.

FREEMAN-On Monday. june Is, 1900 at 2-45
D. n VIRGINIA MAY FREEMAN, only daughter
Of Clarence W and Kate NJ Freeman, az the resi-
dence Of her grandfather, Rear Admiral Re2rick
90 East Capitol Street, aged eleven years and
nine months.
FUnoTal notice hereafter. II
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MAJOR EDMUNDs' DEATH.
A Victim of GLOW Fever Will.
Ser-In- in Cuba.

Ser-In- in Cuba
The War Dep -tment today received
notification of lie death OF Major F. H.
Edmunds, First Infantry, at Quemadas de
Mariana, Cuba. The despatch is as fol-
lows:
Adjutant General Washington:
Major Frank II. Edmunds, First Infantry, act
ing Inspector general died Of yellow fever at this
station az l2:3s ?. m, this date. LEE.
Frank H. Edmunds was born December
80, 1S49, in Michigan. and appointed from
Dakota. He Joined his regiment Septem-
Der So 1871. and served with it at Fort
Brady Michigan, to September. 1872; on
duty at Military Academy, West Point, 10
May. 1875; with regiment in Dakota to
September, 1880; in Texas November. 1881:
Fort Leayenworth, Kan, to May, 1886;
Fort Grant, Arizona. to July. 1886; in Cali
fornia to October, 1893; David's Island,
New York. 20 September, 1895; professor
Of military science at st. Johns College,
New York city. TO April, 1898; on muster
ing duty in Louisiana to July, 1898; with
Third Division. Seventh Army Corps in
Florida. to September 1898; on sick leave
to January. 1899, chief ordnance officer
and adjutant general Seventh Army Corps
at Havana. Cuba. 10 February, 1893; on
leave May. 1899; acting inspector general
Department Of Havana and Pinar del Rio,
Havana. Cuba. 10 June IS, 1899.
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Adjutant General, Washington:
Major Frank II. Edmunds, First Infantry, act
ing Inspector general, died Of yellow fever at thi
station az I2:3S p. m, this date. LEE.
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CHARGES BY a MCKINLEY
PAPER
The Times-Herald Says A Plank OF
The Platform Was Changed

CHICAGO, June 25--Ths Times Herald. 4
Mckinley organ. prints charge that the a
member of the platform committee in the Re
publican N4tionalC0uvenfiOn paid = $500
lee for placing the word ..Isthmian" in place
Of the Eord s-Nicarsgua-' in the Republican
national platform at Philadelphia A we'll
knOEn Nez YORK man makes the charge
which i vouched for by Walter Wellman, the
explorer and Washington correspondent, who
SAYS: There was much surprise when the
word -Isthmian' appeared in that plank OF the
platform which fayoEs the construction Of a
canal connecting the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans The Republican platform adopted
at ST. Louis in 1885 expressly favored the
Nicaraguan Canal route IS opposed to the
Panama, and the same route has been favored
by name IN most of the State platforms which
express an opinion on this subject
The Panama Canal Company has long
desired the Republican party 10 declare in
favor of an 'Isthmian- waterway without spec
living the route Then the Panama Company
advocates would have chance when Congress
takes up the canal bill
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John Walter Smith

A number of Maryland Democratic papers
have fs-ored Gov. Smith for Vice President
Gov. Smith SAYS he does no, want the nomI-
nation. and the BnElnore News remarks he
nav be the Roosevelt Of the Kansas City
eouvention. By this Is meant he will not de-
cline the nomination If the convention persists
IN giving il to him Bat there the similarity
between Coz. Smith and Roosevelt ends
One man Of brains, Of eonEersatIye and
sound Judgment, of large business and Imam
eiaI interest and capacity, and OF legislative,
congressional and executive experience; the
other i 4 man of excessive vanity One
made his own fortune; the other inherited 1t,
or he would never have possessed one One,
although he never sought ONCE, was never
defeated He served ten years IN the Mary
land Senate, and before finishing out bis
term. was elected to Congress Before filling
out hiz term in Congress be was elected 0o'-
ernor, redeemiag the state irOn Republican
rule, and has made an excellent Chiel Execu-
tive. HIS record. In being elected TO higher
Office before filing Oat lower one, Is much
ike that Of Grover CIeyeIand- The other has
saurht Office. and salked because be could
not get IL He was put mp for Governor oil
New York, because the Republican machine
there vas ia a sad plight, and II was thoaght
that hero zorship would carry him through
He was elected, bat only By slight plurality
He rode up hill. or started to do 50, as
Rouzh Rider, bat would have been driven
into the sea but for the fact that hls regiment
vas sustained BY negro regiment And the
whole United States Army would have been
routed. but for the courage, ability and dash
Of Little Joe Wheeler. the exR=beL Ii
there we're any hsros of San JuzL It was
Wheeler. But. then. Spain only made q
slight show of resistance, for hOHOr's sake
Roosevelt Is not to be mentioned with
GOV Smith. He i 4 man that wore no man -
collar. Roosevelt has been. 10 some extent,
the tool Of B5ss Plair He did net want the
nomination Tor vice. President simply he
cause his vanity led him to believe be would
he r,ssniasied for President in 1894 and be
elected. Mckinley did aoi want him Tor q
running male. because he kno~s Roosevelt
capacity and appropriately
The ADVOCATE favors Cos. Smith for Vice
President not beeaHse he il 4 NarylAnder,
but because be soald add strength to the
ticket. He Is man Of fine presence, pos
sessed ofIe.isIafiTe and executive experience
has large business and financial Interests, has
the confidence OF these Interests, and / 3
vote geifer. He cannot eIecfrify the people
bv his ora,ory, as eaa Senator Daniel, OF
V;rginia. or ex Senator Hill. Of New YORK,
but he Is a better speaker than Roosevelt aud
can say something when he talks Roosevelt
cannot speak veil or say much when he does
talk. With Gov Smith on the ticket Mary
land would be transferred to the column OF
certain Democrats states. and he would Be As
strong IS any other Democrat in every East
ern Stale
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Business Locals
WHEAT WAITED.

EHEAT WAIVED
Wade H. d. Warfeld & Co., SykesyiIle.
Nd, want wheat at highest market price
Have for sale best Threshing Coal and Ferti-
lizers. See advertisement next week
WESTERN MARYLAND RAILROAD 4TH OF JULY
EXCURSION RATES
The Western Maryland Railroad announces
that 9Th of July holiday excursion tickets will
be sold to and between all stations. on July
%, 81 and 4ih, at the low rate of fare and 4
third for the round Trip. These tickets will
be good on all regular trains and valid to re-
turn until Thursday, July 9Th (inclusiye)
The minimum rate will be Is cents The low
rates Will induce many to exchange social and
patriotic greetings with friends residing along
the line OF the Western Maryland Railroad
Enterprise Lodge, l. o. G. I. viii hold Its
annual picnic, on Saturday, July %, in the
grove Of Mr.. A. L. Shipley. near Daniel
Putnam FadeIesz Dyes do not stain the
hands or spot the kettle. Sold by Shaw Drug
Co., Westminster, Nd.
Sunday ChiIdren's Day al 'sZion' will be held
on July LIST, commencing at 10 a. m
LosT-0n Wednesday. p NJ, small white
lee Wool shawl. Finder will please return to
W. F. Derr's store, and receive reward.
The L. S. Civil Service Commission an.
nounces that there will be an examination
held in Westminster on July 10 secure clerks
! and carriers for our postoffice service Full
particulars as to this and all other Govern
ment examinations free by addressing Colum
bian Correspondence College, Washington,
d. c.
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Two Wars

The Mckinley Administration has mum
Der nf times announced the ''rebeliion" in
the Philippines had been crushed, yet Saiu--
day dispatches announced scouting party Of
four officers aad 100 men had been ambushed
and men and officers had been killed and
10 ueu wounded on June II on the Island of
Mindao- A detachment OF 80 men were
sent to reinforce them but the FIIipinOs ~ere
not dislOdged-
The British government has more than
once declared the var in the TransTzal over.
but the Beers have given battle three or four
times lately and have met with some suecess-
Both governments are heartily sick Of these
wars