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The Bowbells tribune., 1900-05-11

The arbitration tribunal of Swiss
jurists, which has had under consid-
Grafton for nearly ten years the claims
Of English and American citizens
against Portugal for damages for her
seizure of the Delagoa Bay railroad,
condemns Portugal to pay sum
which, with interest, amounts to be-
tween $4,0O0,0jO and s5,00o,000. 1t had
been anticipated that the sum would
be so large that Portugal could not
raise it without ceding some of her
territory in South Africa. But Portu-
gal can pay this moderate award with
out aid.
The Bowbells tribune., 1900-05-11

In one of the statistical! divisions OF
the Department of Agriculture in
Washington may be seen machine
resembling a typewriter, which multi
plies and divides with unerring accu-
racy and with great rapidity. Give it's
operator a multiplicand Of six figures
and q multtpner as large, and he will
write them out as upon typewriter;
then he turns handle few times.
and before the onlooker knows what is
going on, the product is written out
before him. The machine performs
EXAMPLES in division with equal ease.
Does any one of our young readers
fancy that he sees in this invention an
emancipation Of boys of the twentieth
century from the vexation Of the mul.
tiplication table, Alas! that is too
much for him to hope.
The Bowbells tribune., 1900-05-11

Admiral Dewey recently appeared
before the house pensions committee
and eloquently advocated the passage
Of several bills granting pensions to
the widows of officers who served with
him in the battle of Manila Bay. The
measure now pending provides for
pensions for the widow Of Captain
Charles v. Gridley of the Olympia at
the rate of 5000 a month; the widow
of Commander E. B. Wood of the
Petrol, at 500 a month; the mother of
Lieutenant Thomas M. Brumley, the
Admiral's Flag Lieutenant, at $50 q
month, and the widow of Captain
Henry E.. Nichols of the Monadnock at
500 a month.
The Bowbells tribune., 1900-05-11
HORRIBLE MILL ACCIDENT.

Large Splinter Driven Through the
Neck of a saltwater Employe.
Saltwater. Mimi, May 6.-William
Rabloff was instantly killed at the
Staples Alice mill. He was employed
on an edger and splinter five feet in
length was hurled with such force
that it passed through his neck. 9th
ers went through his arm and lacer-
ated his face. He was about forty
years Of age and leaves wife and
child
The Bowbells tribune., 1900-05-11

The enlargement of church at
Quincy, Mich, and its recent rededi-
cation testify anew to the power one
person may exert in a community.
Thirty years ago Quincy was but q
hamlet, and the Presbyterian church
being reduced to single member, the
presbytery dissolved the church and
sent a committee to get the minutes.
Mrs. Patter refused either to give up
the minutes or to be dissolved"
what the presbytery should do,' was
her plucky answer, lis to send us q
minister" Her advice was taken, and
today the church is happy, hopeful and
dourishing. 1t lived simply because
one earnest Christian woman would
not let it die.
The Bowbells tribune., 1900-05-11
OtherwiSc.

Turkey is scheming how to settle
with America.
Mere relief is needed for the unfor
tunates at Ottawa. Ont.
Riots. murders and diabolical acts
were committed upon native Chris
tians in China.
The appointment Of Norwegian to
high office causes trouble at Stock
holm.
Louis Lucchein of Geneva. the assas-
sin of the Austrian empress, is on trial
again.
German military men recommend
4'trophon'' as strengthening food for
the soldiers.
The British Empire league gave q
banquet in London in honor Of the
colonial troops in South Africa.
The legislature Of Trinidad has def
nitely rejected the offer of free trade
made by Canada. r.
Reports received at Calcutta from
the tea districts show the prospects to
be generally unfavorable. Hail and
rain storms have done much damage
to the crops.
Works for the manufacture Of armor
plate will be constructed near Kiel,
Germany. to compete with Herr
Krupp. Several prominent shipbuild
ers are interested in the undertaking.
Rev. d. Girlmondi. recently appoint
ed to the consulship at Santos, Brazil
says he has never denied that he waa
a priest. and expresses his willingness
to resign at the request Of either the
president OF the pope.
The Bachelors Club of London has
asked the Due d'Orleans to resign,
owing to his conduct with regard to at
tacks of French papers made on the
queen.
Forty members of the Malta have
been arrested at Palermo. Sicily. One
| offered violent resistance and fired
on the police. A great impression has
| been caused by the arrests, and it IS
| expected others will be made.
The Japanese consuls in the West
are alarmed at the fact that many OF
the Japanese already here are not Sc
curing work, and have sent petition
to the home government to stop the in
fux. g.
Frequently-heard songs are not al
ways the popular ones. There's thu
MOSQUITOES for instance: .Il- -34aA'
The Bowbells tribune., 1900-05-11
TOWN ALMOST WIPED OUT.

Destructive Fire in a Mining Town
in British Columbia.
Victoria. B. c., May 6.-Sandon, a
British Columbia mining town, was
all but obliterated by fire. The big
Reco hotel and the Canadian Pacific
railroad station were among the first
buildings to go, and then, famed by a
strong wind, the fire climbed up the
hills to the residence portion Of the
town. Sandon is situated twenty miles
from Kaslo. 1t is the terminus Of the
Nakusp & Slocum railway and has a
population of 1900 people. The big
silver mines at Sandon are reported
to have lost their Office and plants by
the fire.
The Bowbells tribune., 1900-05-11
Perished in Forest Fires,

Marinette. Wis, May g. David
Malafon. his wife and little child, set
tiers Eear Creivitz. are missing, and
it is feared that they perished in the
recent forest fires. They were living
on homestead and it is supposed that
on the approach of the flames they
fed from their home and were over.
taken by the fires. Neighbors who
went to look for them found their
dwelling place deserted, but could Sc
cure no trace Of the missing three.
The Bowbells tribune., 1900-05-11
Washington Chat.

Mr.. Strauss has not yet resigned as
minister to Turkey.
The Nicaraguan canal bill passed the
house by the overwhelming vote Of
225 to 35.
The Rock Island arsenal will be
equipped with machinery for making
small arms.
Claude NJ. johnson, chief of the bu-
reau Of engraving and printing at
Washington. has resigned.
The war department has decided
that the revised Cuban tariff shall go
into operation June Is.
The senate, by a vote Of 50 to 3, de-
cided Senator Scott Of West Virginia
entitled to his seat.
Capt. Chadwick was severely reprl-
manded for his interview rejecting
upon Admiral Schley.
Secretary Long has made public a
letter condemning Capt. ChadWlck S
''inexcusable discourtesy'' in CRITICS.
ing Schley.
A delegation Of prominent Western
business men appeared before the spe-
cial committee on the st. Louis falr,
and asked for an appropriation OF $9'-
100000.
The reported engagement Of gold at
New York for export is not disturbing
treasury officials. Secretary Gage says
that gold exports at this season of the
year are quite usual.
The president has approved recon-
mendation of the secretary of war
that the authorized number Of commits
sary sergeants in the army be In"
creased from 165 to 200.
Senator Morgan Of Alabama intro
duced bill providing for a collector
Of customs at Honolulu at $4,000 per
year. The Hawaiian act inadvertent-
ly omitted provision for a collector.
Mai. Stephen w. Groesbeck, judge
advocate. has been ordered to Manila
for assignment to duty, relieving Maj.
John A. Hull, judge advocate, U. S. ",
who is transferred to duty in the de-
partment of California.
The Bowbells tribune., 1900-05-11
Killed bx q Street Car.

Detroit. Mich, May 6.-Dr. Edward
Everett Vincent. who was one of the
party of Peary's Arctic expedition,
was run over by street car and killed
yesterday. DR.. Vincent was riding a
bicycle along Grand River avenue.
His wheel was struck by the car fen
der. He was thrown under the wheels
and instantly killed. The body was
fearfully mangled.
The Bowbells tribune., 1900-05-11
Driven Crazy by Practical Jokes.

Driven Crazy by PRACTICAL Jokes.
Menominee. Mich, May 6. - Philip
Holub, aged thirty years, in fit Of
dependency shot himself through the
heart yesterday. His body was found
at the farm of Joseph Stohol, two
miles north of the city. Holub stated
Thursday that two of the men en-
ploved with him in the lumber yard
had driven him crazy by playing prac.
tical Jokes and tantalizing him while
at work. Warrants are out for the
two men who tantaliZed him.
The Bowbells tribune., 1900-05-11

''Discussions of the war and the
> twentieth century," reads a notice on
the wall Of a hotel in Glasgow, Scot
aand. Twill not be allowed until the
close of both" So far as this gener-
alton is concerned that seems to be a
prohibition until "the day after never" "
The Bowbells tribune., 1900-05-11
Kinr O.car yi.it. yictoria.

London, May 6.-The king and queen
Of Sweden. foregoing the usual Gus.
tom which has heretofore marked
their visits to England. went to Wind
sor hotel. accompanied by their suite.
Queen Victoria received her royal
guests at the entrance Of the grand
quadrangle. After luncheon their
Swedish majesties returned to their
country residence.
The Bowbells tribune., 1900-05-11
HE sWINDLED RICH MEN.

And Now There Is a Warrant Out for
the Arrest of Banks.
New Whatcom. Wash, May 6. - A
warrant has been sworn out for the
arrest of J. E. Banks, rancher. 1t is
alleged Banks went to New York and
fleeced w. G. Whitney, Amos J. Cum
mings and other Gotham capitalists
out of several thousand dollars by a
bogus mining scheme.
The Bowbells tribune., 1900-05-11
K.n.a. Corn for Indis

Topeka, Kan, May 6.-,rhe Kansas
India relief committee has instructed
Secretary Anderson to order the
purchase of 10000 bushels of corn in
New York. to be loaded in relief
ship which sails next week for Bom-
bay. Treasurer Coburn's cash re-
ceipts to date are $1O,272.
The Bowbells tribune., 1900-05-11

John D. Rockefeller has offered to
give Denison university 100000 if the
trustees will secure other subscriptions
amounting to $125,000 before the close
of the present term. What fun it
must be for Mr.. Rockefeller to see
college trustees and presidents hus-
tie.
The Bowbells tribune., 1900-05-11

Even at the present time there is
enough fighting in the Central Ameri-
can republics to justify the United
States in fortifying the Nicaraguan
canal.
The Bowbells tribune., 1900-05-11
RAT PORTAGE FIRE.

Several Business Houses Burned Out
LOIS $4,000.
Winnipeg, May 6.-Fire at Rat Port
age did $4,000 damage. Delbridge's
livery Duncan's grocery, Kings har-
ness shop and Virden's butcher shop
were burned.
The Bowbells tribune., 1900-05-11

HOES1Bns
The Washington council is a tie, with
a Republican mayor.
Montana Central switchmen join the
trainmen in the strike.
Democrats show gains in city elec-
tions throughout Indiana.
Andrew Carnegie says there will be
No catastrophe in iron and steel.
Sixty cutters in a button factory at
Muscatine. Iowa, are on strike.
Motormen and conductors at Little
Rock. Ark. went out on strike.
Rev. John w. Patton wants the liquor
traffic prohibited in the New Hebrides.
Serious disaffection now exists
among Porto Ricans against the United
States.
The Prussian government has agreed
to compromise on the meat inspec-
tion bill.
It is considered almost certain that
Aguinaldo was murdered by hostile
natives.
Gen. Otis has issued an order pre-
venting Cinnamon from landing in the
Philippines.
The Indiana State Populist conven-
tion declare In favor Of fusion with
the Democrats.
The Bowbells tribune., 1900-05-11

Admiral Dewey will do we'll to keep
his sea legs on if Kentucky city has
sent him twelve bottles of the blue
grass product.
The Bowbells tribune., 1900-05-11

The almighty dollar resembles some
men; it talks without saying any
thing.
The Bowbells tribune., 1900-05-11

It is useless to advertise for lost
opportunity.
The Bowbells tribune., 1900-05-11
South Dakota strock Br.na..

Pierre. s. D., May 6. - The stata
brand commission adjourned after
passing 354 brands, making the total
number Of brands filed to date 3.28Q
The Bowbells tribune., 1900-05-11
scholl suilding Contract Award

New Ulm. Minn.. May 6.-The board
Of education awarded the contract for
the erection of the new high school
building to Frank Keute. a local con-
tractor. for $1S,452. The contract
calls for the completion of the building
not later than Oct. Is.
The Bowbells tribune., 1900-05-11

The truth that occupies nutshell
finds some minds too narrow to give 1t
room.
The Bowbells tribune., 1900-05-11

A mans conscience is either his best
friend or his worst enemy.
The Bowbells tribune., 1900-05-11
Deus =, It GWGGK

| A temporary bridge at the Paris ex-
position broke down. Nine persons
were killed and the same number in
jured.
German popular opinion regards the
annexation Of Southern Brazil, settled
chiefly by Germans, as inevitable. The
Brazilian press is suspicious.
The annual contract for supplying
the posto ce department with envel-
opes was let to the Western Envelope
Company Of Centralia, I'LL, on their
bid Of $4,000.
Reports received by the National
Livestock association at Denver show
that spring storms have been very de-
structive to cattle on the range. Some
Colorado points report loss OF 10 per
cent in young stock.
The Alabama Steel and Wire com
pany, whose wire, rod and nail mill at
Ensley, Ala, recently began opera
tions. has announced cut in the price
Of it's product corresponding with the
reductions made by the American Steel
and Wire company.
Unfortunate Happenings.
Two Canadian Pacific freight trains
.collided at Winnipeg, Man.
Property amounting to $4,000 was
destroyed by fire at Reedsburg, Wis.
R. r. Rowloy's farm house near Nora
Springs, Iowa, was burned recently.
Dale & Sempirs drug store at Chi
cago was blown up and three men in
jured.
The schooner Halloran, ore-laden,
went to the bottom near Marquette,
Mich.
Five members of fishing party near
Baltimore were run down by train
and killed.
Mrs. Wilson, wife of Gov. Wilson of
Matanzas-S Santa Clara, was burned to
death at Matanzas.
All the rivers in Texas again over
flow and destroy millions of dollars
worth of crops.
/ It is now thought that about three
hundred lives were lost in the Utah
mine explosion.
John Deisler, a farmer near Hor-
licksville, Wis, was killed by the Chi
cago & Northwestern railway.
While firing a salute in honor Of Ad-
miral Dewey at Lockport, ILL.,, William
Popp lost his right hand and several
fingers of his left hand by the prema-
ture discharge of cannon.
The Bowbells tribune., 1900-05-11
Sins and Sinners.

VI 'S0Al4OAAAAs
Sins and Sinners.
Mary Olson of Boone, Iowa, commit
ted suicide.
George Gordon, colored, was hanged
by a mob at A1bin, Miss.
Joseph Slama killed Frank Chady at
West Point. Neb., and the suicided.
Judge w. NJ. Purnell of Paris, KY,
was thrown from his buggy and killed.
Henry Wilcox of Lake City, Iowa.
killed his father. A. J. Wilcox,e last
week.
Robert and William Chambers Of
Webb. Miss. were shot and killed by
F. B. Abbey.
Mrs. Margaret Frost Of York, Neb.,
was arrested on charge Of poisoning
her husband.
Mrs. Buena Vista Hunter, daughter
of Senator Burns Of Platte City, Mo-,
committed suicide.
John w. Gates Of New York has
been served with q summons in Grim
inal proceedings.
A gang of Indian horsethieves, head
Cu NY Il AdAh D1dCA x4dWAS Wd0 A1CoS-
ed at Mandan. N. d.
Thomas Nevin of Chicago has disap-
peared with $4,000 worth of property
belonging to his mother.
Albert M. Williamson and c.. W.
Stanscll of Jacksonville, Fla, INDUCED
in shooting affray recently.
Henry S. Fisher was arrested at Eau
Mo WIS thu aha n9 nhf01n.
ing money under false pretenses.
Fred Bortzmeyer, young man from
Cleveland. Ohio, was shot and fatally
wounded at San Francisco and robbed
Of $50.
George Baker, pioneer member of the
Thirteenth Minnesota volunteers. was
arrested in San Francisco on charge
of grand larceny.
Louis Wiley shot and killed himself
near Fort Wayne, Ind, after vainly
trying to shoot Hiram Lawhead. Both
are farm hands.
w. ID. Dickinson. farmer Of Sharon,
Noble county, Ohio, shot Edna Wilkin-
son. school teacher. at Live Green,
slightly wounding her, and killed him
self.
Eli Fisher of Treaty, Ind, once sen
fenced to death for the murder of
three ranchmen in Montana. has been
acquitted on new trial, and will re.
turn home.
The authorities Of Fayette county,
Illinois. have offered $500 reward for
the arrest Of the murderer Of Lafay.
ette Pryor. The Prior family has Of
fered a like reward.
Gen. Harrison Gray Otis, in a fit of
temper. at Los Angeles, stuck saber
through the clothing Of A. w. r.
.Ream. the reporter Of an evening pa
per in that city. He has been charged
with assault.
Jack Lynch was assaulted and
:obbed by four tramps on the Wabash
railway bridge at Logansport, Ind.
The meE then threw him into the river
below. a distance of thirty-dve feet.
He was rescued.
Foreign.
The Washington council is a tie, with
a Republican mayor.
Montana Central switchmen join the
trainmen in the strike.
Democrats show gains in city elec-
tions throughout Indiana.
Andrew Carnegie says there will be
The Bowbells tribune., 1900-05-11

By and by is the path that leads to
never.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-07
THE TRANSPORT SUMNER.
Norfolk Navy Yard Employees Work
ing mt Night to Repair Ii.

NORFOLK, Va, Feb. For the first
time since the Spanish-Ameriean war
night work is being done in the navy yard
Last night more than 500 men were busily
engaged, under the glare of arc lights. fit
ting up the United States Army transport
Sumner, which has been in the hands of
workmen for several months. The War
Department needs the vessel. Therefore
orders were issued to hasten the compile
ton of the ship. 1t is the desire of the
War Department that the vessel be ready
for commission March l.
The Navy Department has agreed to
have the ship ready by that date. Ac--
cordingly yesterday the force at work on
the Sumner was greatly increased. Men
from every department were taken from
other less important work and detailed for
duty aboard the big transport, which is
in the dry dock. The men worked until
10 o'clock last night, and will continue to
work overtime until the ship is completed.
The Sumner will be one of the finest
transports owned by the United States
Government. Originally a German liner.
she was purchased and used as a collier
during the Spanish American war. Some
time ago she was turned over to the War
Department The work of Transforming
her into troopShip was given to this
yard. The officer in charge of the work
says no better can be done. The improve
ments to the ship have cost thousands of
dollars but the expenditure is justified
by the results attained
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-07
THE HAVANA BUDGET.
A Conference of officials to Adjust
Questions of Authority

HAVANA. Feb There were
! several conferences yesterday be-
tween Governor General Wood,
General Ludlow, Civic Governor
Nunez, and Secretary of State Tamayo con-
| corning the issue raised by Governor MI
nez in reference to Havana's budget. No
determination was reached. No talking Is
being done by the parties TO the contrO-
versy. There is an evident desire 10 have
the matter settled amicabiy and at the
same time to have il settled once for all.
Apparently the whole matter turns upon
the Interpretation of President McKinIey's
order making General Ludlow Military
Governor of Havana. Whether or not this
Interpretation is TO be decided here Ie-
mains to be seen. ->
General Ludlow will go north Saturday
for two weeks, ostensibly on private bust
ness. The public, however coRnects his
departure with the present controversy
Today for the first time the "PStria'
makes mention of the Ludlow NuneZ ques-
tion. 1t says that the people of Havana are
awaiting the decision of General Wood with
great anxiety. IL adds that il remains TO
be seen whether the laws are to have real
weight in Cuba The order of President
Mckinley making General Ludlow Gov
ernor of Havana was not meant to give
him an arbitrary veto on the municipal
constitution, matter which is always left
TO fixed laws in all civilized countries.
The matter, the paper holds, should be
settled completely.
The matter OF the aunulment Of the Pam
American Express contract with the rail-
ways by Secretary VillafOn came I'D at yes
terdays Cabinet meeting. General Wood
showed no resentment against Senior Vii
lalon for his hurried action, appreciating
that IL was due to an error In constituting
the scope allowed the secretaries Under
the recent order defining the functions of
the civil and military powers. AS the
American directors of the express COM
pany have already appealed to Washing
ton, the question will be disposed of there
Among the large number of Americans
who have recently arrived in Havana is
Samuel Gompers, the well-known labor
leader. He has been comforting with labor |
leaders here. He thinks that the unions !
OF Havana are well organized, and that /
il they are given proper opportunities they !
will accomplish much benefit for the |
Workingman. He says he intends to In /
vestigate the strike Of last September, !
which General Ludlow put down by threats /
of military force Gompers believes that !
such methods are unjust He says that /
defeat of the strike caused untold harm /
in Cuba, because here, above all other |
places, the workingmen need lifting up \
and more equal share in the wealth they |
produce.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-07
A HEAVY PENUCHLE GAME.
A PIunger Wins Thirty Thousand
Dollars AT m Sitting.

NEW YORK, Feb TN a clubhouse in
the city two men well known to the sport
ing world sat across a table from each
other for twenty-four hours ending at
o'clock last night engrossed in quiet
game of cards. Few words were spoken
as the hours passed, and few of the cas-
ual oplookers knew that the stakes were
beyond the normal size
When the game concluded the loser paid
his score with thirty crisp and new LOCO
dollar bills.
The two men were "Eole'' Pearsall and
Al Adams. Pearsall was the winner. The
game was that innocent one dear to all
German hearts. good old penuchle.
Pearsall is not usually a gambler for
high stakes at anything but faro and the
horses. On the race tracks and when be-
fore a faro table he generally asks for
the limit TO be raised. Adams at one time
was one of the plungers of the city. Then
he was often broke Now he has so much
money that the $50, 600 will not perceptibly
lessen his bank roll. He is credited with
being worth upward of a million.
'Eole" Pearsall has been betting on the
races in the local poolrooms this winter
with varying success. HIS winnings nave
often been large, and some of his losses
have been disheartening He entered the
resort-a favorite one with the people of
his class-Monday evening shortly after
dinner, and announced that he had been
unfortunate during the afternoon in his
wagers.
III give you a chance to get even,
Adams is said to have remarked, men
tioning the fact that at some previous
time Pearsall had boosted of his ability
as penuchle player.
at would take me a long time to win
S., 900 playing penuchle, Pearsail re-
sponded.
Not if you played for large enough
stakes and were lucky was the rejoinder
made with a smile and an insinuating
pause between the phrases.
How would a thousand game suit
your" Pearsall asked.
About my size" came the answer.
The game was made. Cards were pro-
duced and play began. When short ad-
journment for breakfast was taken at
o'clock yesterday morning 'Eole' had an
even dozen games to his credit. After
breakfast and a fresh cigar the two again
seated themselves at the table and resum-
ed play. Again fortune was against Ad-
ans, and all day long he struggled in vain
He was $40, 600 loser at noon, and. during
the next seven hours he fell ten games
further behind.