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The St. Louis Republic., 1900-09-30

- cat for wc were r3venously hungry, hav-
| irE had hardly anything TO eat on the scow.
V, dTrpT,; into the first restaurant avail
| all. and ordered to our hearts content. But
jutEa of ou- surprise when the waiter pre-
| scented "a bill Of $50. We had not neJr
/ enough to ply the bin. but the manager
came 10 our rescue.
However. prices are lowering now. It
| us-1 To be that ham and eggs cost S2.5Q but
| now they cost not more than dollar. 4
half spring chicken costs only s. now. It
used To- cost about S. Liquor. though is
about AS high ae sysr. Beer costs g. a gal
! Ion. or 81 4 glass. Wine is SIS a pint and
DHi-hs 81 4 glass.
There axe Vet many gambling houses. as
I there always are I'm miu!ue towns Within
! the space OF iva ana "a half blocks on tho
| river front counted fourteen, and most Of
| them were pr,Jeat.ous, too,
Yes. there are several pIayhouges there
Vaudeville. of course the people like most
Many companies have stranded there, but
our manager vas fortunate. He took suf-
frjrrt capital and came away with S2lopJ in
three months time
'.Nn. / DO not think tn. chances for
making fortunes th1rc are alluring except 20
experienced miners. ANA then. like every
thing else in that country, it IS q sort Of
gambling game. Some get rich. while many
Others come away rIg.erS II one were 20
60 he should steer clear az Cape Nome. The
reports from there are unfoundad-at least
those that relate IN the fabulous resources
There Some people who went there from
Dawson were glad 10 get back. and those
that remained viii 10 ~ ut th, first op-
portuuitv. Some folks thought there was
gold on the beach, and the people were al
most hystericai for several months. Why.
saw two actors walking along the streets
Sitting sand under their feet"
In December Miss Inman will return to
Dawson city, making most OF the trip by
sled. she likes the country; besides. shu has
he- valuable claim % look after. Already
she has taken out 4 goodly amount Of gold
and the claim has not yet been worked sys-
temati.aly.
Anon; her treasures that she brought
from the frozen north is a 3-monthS-oId
M1ianut puppy, half native dog and half
wolf. Tn. animal does not bark. but howls.
Il eats nothing but fish. The fUrs that she
brought with her We're a present for her
Tuottr'-
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-09-30
i: BOOTHS ILLNBSS." s

stopped What is IT, said n voice.
Booth knew the voice; it was. as he had
! hoped, q hanger-on about the theater tho
sort OF young man We would now call .
tough.
Listen" said the actor: Il Will thrust q
bank note under the door, and 1 want you
to go to the tavern at the corner and buy
a bottle of whisky and a iong-steInmed clay
pipe. When you return Will tell you what
1 want done
The young tough departed on his errand
and quickly returned. Then he was IN
strucTei 20 thrust the long stem OF the pipe
through the key-hOie OF the door, and slow
ly to pour the whisky into the bowl.
As a result of this easy stratagem, the
bcWildered stage manager found the fam
Gus actor in "A drunken stupor when he came
to release him in the evening, and was
forced once more 10 appear before the cur
taln and TO say:
ladies and gentlemen, 1 regret to an
nounce that a sudden and serious indisposi-
tiou will prevent Mr.. Booth from appearing
on the stage Tonight
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-09-30

From the New Lppencott's.
Stories Of the Incorporate habits OF the
elder Julius Rrutus Booth are not uncon-
mon. and here is Il characteristic one:
During an engagement the business and
stage managers had to keep an eye on him
night and day. and yet he very often sue
c"edcd in oTtwitting them. On one occa-
sion. after an unusually serious and pro-
lonEed outbreak. the manager locked Booti;
up in his dressiug-room and put the key
Of the door I'm his OWL pocket. The rear Of
the theat.r. Ike that Of almost ali thGaters,
opened on an unfrequented alley. ana the
great actors dTesSinS-roQm was on the
ground tiocr. Now, opening directly into
this alley was a door. but this door was
also locked and the key reposins In the
managers pocket. Booth added to his dis
eased thirst. however. an almost devilish
cunning. and he soon devised a plan by
which he could obtain the liquor for which
he Craved. Listening at tho door which
opened into the allsyway. he soon heard
a passing foOtstep. and softly raped on
the pauei. The footsteps Jagged and then
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-09-30
%

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY RT-rUBLTC.
Miss Lulu InmEn, vaudeville star Is
spending the surosser and early fall with
her parents in their Kansas City home.
The petite. pretty and courageous Young
woman has Just returned from Dawson city
with 5000 in gold nuggets, $50 in money.
$500 worth of furs and a tile 70 q claim
which mining men assert is worth so GOD.
For eight yeas Miss IEmaH has ben on
the vaudeville stage. She made her debut
in theatricals in omaha and since t1at time
has appeared in all the principal cities of
the West. In the spring Of 1893 she was
playing in Seattle when She became i meu-
Der of company styling itself Tho
Bostonians,' which started for Dawson
City May IS, 1899.
When Miss Inman reached Dawson City
she had but SO. Shortly afterwards she be
came imbued with the prospecting fever and
invested SO In q claim that Is worth $5909o
She purchased the claim from an habitUal
drunkard who was cut OF resources. From
this mine she has taken out several thou
sand dollars worth Of gold. Her belt is Of
gold nuggets inlaid with twenty-four emer-
aids, The belt is said to be worth 1900.
Miss Inman talked eatertainingiy OF her
szsas
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-09-30
ROBERTS ON BOER TACTICS.

THE United Service Gazette SAYS: AN an
ccGpte which comes To us from the club
at Pretoria shows that 'BobS himself. at
all events has fully srasred the 'slimncss
of the Roer. Immediately before the sur
render of General Prinsioo. General Hunter
wired to lord Roberts that Prinsloo had
Capituiated: that lie was coming in next
day to give up his arms, and asking for
| Instructions. The reply was laconic. but
pregnant with meaning. consisting OF TIRE
] words only: Double your pickets.'"
The true northerner., 1900-12-28
Forrest ..n Negro Minstrel.

From almost the beginning of Ameri-
can stage history there were negroes of
the minstrel variety impersonated on
the stage, though ii was not until about
1910 that they were organized into
bands. Some Of the greatest actors of
later days had their experience as min
strels. among them Joe Jefferson and
Edwin Forrest.
Forrest was given negro song and
dance act TO do when he was very
young. and after he had studied 1t up
he asked where was the "old negro
lady" that was TO act his assistant In
the piece. The management tried sew
aral Of the women who were members
of the company, but none of them
would consent TO blacken UP. and. in
fact. they were very indignant over the
proposition. The actor, however. was
not easily discouraged and on the
night of the first performance he black
ened up and went around the corner to
an old negro woman who did his wash
Ing.
''IIello, Dinah." he said on entering.
'IIow yo be er feelln dis berry fine
ebeninT
'TIello, yo'." replied the African lady.
"'Pears to me yo' am er berry fresh mig
GER
"I'ze no niger" answered Forrest,
and then. time being rather short he
assumed his natural voice and told Di-
nah. much to her surprise. that he was
Forrest. the actor, and that he wanted
her to 60 on the stage with him that
night and laugh loudly at frequent I'm
tervals, which was all the female part
called for. The two made great hit
and were kept on for some time, which
goes to show that Forrest might have
been n good minstrel had he been Of an
ambitious nature. Saturday Evening
Post
The true northerner., 1900-12-28
LoeoI and Nisoe oeII0neous'

Charles Bennett is home from Ann
Arbor for the holidays.
David Dillon is at home from Canada
to spend the holidays.
Don Taylor of Kalamazoo is spending
the holiday season in Paw Paw.
Miss Lois Wilson of Mt. Pleasant is
spending her vacation in Paw Paw
Miss Grout will entertain number of
young people at her home this evening.
Miss Lizzie Roundy closed successful
term of school in the Richmond district
last Friday.
The Y. p. S. c.. Il. of the Christian
church will hold business meeting this
evening at the home of M. o. Rowland.
The G.. A. r.. will have public install
lation January II, at Longwells opera
house, followed 10y an entertainment by
the best local talent.
Mr.. and Mrs. viii Miller DR.. and Mrs.
Maxwell and Miss Daisy Longwell were
among those from Paw Paw who attend
ed the charity ball at Dowagiac last
evening.
A long thought on hard subject en-
ables the uncertain man to arrive at
definite conclusion; so have E. Smith ~
Co. on their great overcoat stock; still
lower price is their conclusion.
Statements Of both Paw Paw banks
will be found on the 9Th page of this
paper. Upwards of S270,000 of deposits
in the two is a proof of the prosperity of
Paw Paw and its people
Cardinal Manning, upon going to bis
publishers for copy of his book enti-
tied Confidence in God" was told that
he would have to wait to hear from the
stock-room, and in few minutes heard
loud voice shout down from the stock
room that Manning Confidence in God"
was all gone.-Pr Practical Printer.
The true northerner., 1900-12-28

Hartford was lighted by electricity for
the first time Saturday evening.
The home OF Rev. DR.. Dunsmore of
Bangor was damaged by fire last week
Tuesday.
1t is said project is on foot to buy
the bankrupt Kenney stock at South
Haven and conduct it as Grange store.
III. Desenberg of Lawton died Sunday
at 2 o'clock at the advanced age of "a
years. He has been highly respected
resident of Lawton since 1874
The South Haven Tribune says j. w.
Kenney, the bankrupt, returned to that
place driving 5000 trotting horse he
had purchased in Battle Creek.
Last week one day, the Pere Mar
quette had a smash-up at Bangor. Two
freight trains, while switching, got mixed
up and about 60 cars were derailed.
Traffic was tied up for several hours.
Citizens of Marcellus are petitioning
for free rural mail route west into Por-
ter township, Van Buren, county, cover
ing 25-mile trip and accommodating a
thickly settled community.
Last week Edward Osborn sold his
bean crop, receiving over $500 for it.
The high prices paid for beans last year
attracted Mr.. Osborns attention and he
decided to make them his big crop this
year. He accordingly planted 80 acres,
and the result exceeded his most
sanguine expectations. He threshed
625 bushels and they were number
one in quality. He sold them at his own
price, Sl.50 bushel.-Decatur Republi-
can.
Messrs. John Condor. drain commits
sioner for this county, and Hathaway
and Goss, drain commissioner and sur
veyor for Van Buren, have been taking
a survey of the raging Dowagiac, pre-
paratory to dredging and Strengthening
that picturesque river in the early
spring. From the old True crossing on
section nine in Pokagon to the Arbor
bridge six bends were found, some of
which were from one-quarter to a mile
in length, but which dozen rods would
straighten, and the same tendency to
meander is to be found in it's course
from the county line down to that place.
In the event that the work is carried out
The true northerner., 1900-12-28
The Coterie.
JANUARY 2.


Among the tens OF thousands who
have used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
for colds and la grippe during the past
few years, to our knowledge, not single
case has resulted in pneumonia. Thos.
Whitfield q Co, 240 Wabash avenue,
one of the most prominent retail drug
gists in that city, in speaking of this,
says: I'VE recommend Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy for la grippe in many
cases, as it not only gives prompt and
complete recovery, but also counteracts
any tendency of la grippe to result in
pneumonia" For sale by Longwell Bros,
Paw Paw tt
The true northerner., 1900-12-28
The Best Plaster.

A piece of flannel dampened with
Chamberlain's Pain Balm and bound to
the affected parts is superior to any
plaster. When troubled with lame back
or pains in the side or chest, give it a
trial and you are certain to be more than
pleased with the prompt relief which it
affords. Pain Balm also cures rheuma-
tism. One application gives relief. For
sale by Longwell Bros, Paw Paw. [tf
The true northerner., 1900-12-28
Marriage Licenses.

Frank p. Smith, As: Wilhemina L.
Keller, 36; both Of Geneva.
Leonard Root, 22, Bangor; Alice
Tompkins, q, Watervliet.
William III. Dusenbery, 90, South Hay.
en-: Ida c. Merker, 30, Chicago.
Jay Roosevelt, D; Ona Fisher, 20, both
of Keeler
Benjamin Scamehorn, 81; Bertha
Hoffman, 2l; both of Waverly.
Thomas Willis, SO; Eflie Masters, %;
both Of Bangor.
Will l.. Congdon, 20, Decatur; Pearl
Exceen, Is, Lawton.
Gay J. WicIssall, %, South Haven;
Juliette L. McCarty, 26; Vermontville.
Albert II. Meek, 2l, Lawtou; Goldie M.
Ickes, Is, Decatur.
The true northerner., 1900-12-28
How to Cure Group.

Mr.. r. Gray, who lives near Armenia,
Duchess county, n. Y, says: Chamber
lains Cough Remedy is the best remedy
for Group, and never fails to cure. when
given as soon as the child becomes
hoarse, or even after the croupy cough
has developed, it will prevent the attack.
This should be borne in mind and a bot
tie of the Cough Remedy kept at hand
ready for instant use as soon as these
symptoms appear. For sale by Longwell
Bros, Paw Paw.
The true northerner., 1900-12-28
among the Magazines.

Ex-President Cleveland is writing for
the Saturday Evening Post series of
strong articles which will appear in the
magazine during the winter months.
Some of these papers will deal with
political affairs, and others with the per-
sonal problems of young men. They
will be Mr.. Cleveland's first utterances
in any magazine on the questions of the
day since he left the White House.
The true northerner., 1900-12-28

the Arbor bridge will be moved about
20 rods further north. as the new
bed would require such change, and
the historic and sylvan spot known as
the Arbor crossing for the past 40 years
or more will become memory--and
possibly mudhole. -Dowagiac Republi-
can
The true northerner., 1900-12-28

Accidents come with distressing fire.
quency on the farm. Cuts, bruises,
stipgs, sprains. DIR. Thomas Electric
Oil relieves the pain instantly. Never
safe without it.
The true northerner., 1900-12-28

For HoABsENEss. BENZ. Ingerson Of
Hutton, Ind, says he had not spoken a
word above a whisper for months, and
one bottle Foley's Honey and tar restor-
ed his voice, 1t is used largly by speak
ers and singers. Take no substitute. T..
B. Longwell. [tf
The true northerner., 1900-12-28

The person who disturbed the congre-
CATION last Sunday by coughing: is re-
quested to call on e. b. Longwell and
get bottle of Foley's Honey and Tar.
IL always gives relief If
The true northerner., 1900-12-28

To Cure ~ Cold In One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money il it fails
to cure. II. w. Groves signature is on
each box. 25c.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-14
III SENDS MORE
TROOPS TO PEKIN

Berlin, July 13.-According to a semi
official telegram from Canton, dated
Thursday, July u, Ii Hung Chang,
July g. received a written imperial
edict. dated June II and sent overland,
in which all the governors were urged
to dispatch troops with the utmost
speed to help against the rebels, among
whom Prince Tuan was clearly indi-
Gated.
Acting on this edict, which is said to,
be undoubtedly genuine. Ii Hung
Chang is sending some thousands OF
troops 10 Pekin. and the other gov
errors are probably doing the same.
London, July 14.-It is stated. posi-
lively from Canton that Ii Hung
Chang will remain there until the al
lied troops have defeated Prince Tuan's
forces, and will then go north to lend
his powerful aid in arranging terms of
peace, cooperating with Prince Ching,
Yung Lu and other pro-foreign vice
roys. For the present LII Hung Chang
considers that he can best control and
direct the vicerOys from Canton, and
also keep in check the turbulent prov
ince of Kwang Tung.
All the foreigners and missionaries
have evacuated Wen Chau, and have
arrived at Ming Pc. Large bodies of
Boxers appeared at Wen Chau and
threatened to exterminate the foreign
ers and Christians. They also distrib-
uted the banners, badges and infam-
matory anti-foreign appeals.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-14
Crane Swan Out on a Hencoop.''

'In the death of Stephen Crane. said
New Orleans newspaper man the other
night to a Tfnes-Democrat reporter, the
world at large has undoubtedly lost d
unique and remarkable genius. but his
sincerst mourners will be those who knew
him as a boon COMPANION. a hail fellow
Wei met a cheerful sharer of hardshios
and discOmforts and a whimsical observer
of the passing show He was an ideal
bohemian. in the best sense of the word
and had passed through so many Derils
that there is something curiOuSly incon-
gruOuS in the idea Of his diving quietly
place. During his life he had the strange
experience of twice reading his own obit-
uaries- While the Cubans were fighting
on their own account. before the interVen-
common sailor on an old tub of steamer
bound for the island with cargo of
contraband arms The vessel founde-ed
off the east F1Oridian coast and all hands
reached Ebert Hubbard. the poet sage
OF East Aurora. \. Y, and, as the
novelist had once been one of his famous
PhiliStine household, he immedia tely sat
down and wrote q beautiful and touching
tribute for the next Issue of that Sprightly
periodical. AS the PhilistiQe was going
to press, with the obituary as its chief
feature word was received that Crane
and four others had escaped in an open
boat. Hubbard was rejoiced, of course.
but. not liking TO lose such an admirable
piece of composition, he let the obituary
go anyhow, with q foot note running
something like this: Later have Just
learned that Steve was not drowned after
all. He swan out on a hencOop.' That
singular composite caused Crane many d
hearty laugh. Afterward. when the war
was on, he went to Cuba as a CORE
spondent and disappeared for over a
month. wrestling with an attack of fever.
In the interim somebody wired back that
he was dead and again the newspapers all
over the country blossomed out with post
mOrtem appropriations of his genius
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-14
SCHOOLS FOR ISLES
National Educational Associa-
tiOn Members Act.
URGE BROAD BUREAU
WANT DEPARTMENT no SUPER.
WISE TEACHING.

Charleston. S. c.. July 13.-The Ma
tional Educational association closed
its convention here tonight. During
the day two sessions of the general
convention were held, at which several
papers were read.
President-elect Green was introduced
and spoke briefly at the night session,
after which the committee on resolu-
tons made its report, which was
adopted.
The report contained the following
recommendation:
What has served the people of the
United States so well should be promi-
hentIy placed at the service of those
who, by the fortunes of war, have be-
come our wards. The extension of the
American common school system Ia
Cuba. Porto Rico and the Philippine
islands is an imperative necessity, in
order that knowledge may be generally
diffused therein and the foundations OF
social order and effective local self
government laid on popular intelligence
and morality.
The provisions of law for the civil
government of Porto Rico indicate that
1t is the intention of the congress of
the United States to increase the re-
Sf~'AS4b4iAtAtS VI lut bureau OF eQUCd-
ton. We earnestly urge upon congress
the wisdom and adviSability of reor-
ganlzlng the bureau of education upon
broader lines, erecting it into an inn
poftant department on a plane with
the department of labor; of providing
a proper compensation for the commits
slonef of education and of so constf-
tutlng the department of education
that While its invaluable function OF
collating and diffusing information be
IN no wise impaired, it may be equipped
to exercise oversight over the educa-
tional system of Alaska and of the sew
eral islands now dependent upon US. as
well as TO make some provision for the
education of the children of the tens
of thousands of white people domiciled
in the Indian Territory, but who are
without any educational opportunities
whatever"
Before the department of business
education II. NJ. Rowe of Baltimore
read paper on THE Advantage OF
Difficulties Experienced in Introduc-
ing Commercial Branches Into Their
Grades of Public Schools
The executive committee which has
under consideration the matter of the
next meeting place, will visit Detroit
and Cincinnati early in October
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-14
SEEK AID FOR STRIKERS.
Solicitors Ask Money to Help Street
Car Men.

st. Louis, July 1S.-Two Thousand solic-
itors engaged by the Trades and Labor
unions of st. Louis to canvass the city
and collect contributions for the striking
street railway mems bus lines, began
work today. In addition, the solicitors are
expected 10 ascertain in what proportion
the population is in favor of trades and
labor unions
Eight boys are being held by the police
pending investigation into an assault on
William Johns, aged Il years, who was
attacked by a crowd of youths when he
aliGhted from a Broadway car Tuesday
afternoon, The boys are from 10 to IL
years old.
Late last night an Easton avenue car
ran over an explosive, supposed to be dy-
Mantle, which shattered the front truck
gof the car. Nobody was injured
President w. d. MahOn of the Amalga-
mated association of Street Railway En-
plOyeeS of America, who has been in De-
troit, returned here today and is in charge
of the strike.
Fifteen men who came from Baltimore
in May to work for the Transit company
have left for their homes. They claimed
that they found conditions in St Louis
different from what they had been repre-
scented. and that promises made to them
had not been fulfilled.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-14
HALF A TRAIN RUNS AWAY
THIRTY FREIGHT CARS DASH
DOWN A STEEP GRADE.
Crash Down Embankments After
Rushing Over High Trestles and
Through Deep Cuts.

Redding. Cal, July Blast night, when
a freight train bound for oregon, drawn
by two engines, was climbing the heavy
grade above Upton. a coupling gave way
and thirty cars loaded with fruit started
back
They passed through Sisson seemingly
at the rate of scventy-five miles an
hour.
Half a mile below Sisson is the Pioneer
box factory. Here seven of the cars broke
loose and pitched over an embankment.
The others continued on their mad
course.
1t Big Canyon. three miles below Sis
son, the runaway train again parted, some
of the cars flying the track and being
dashed to pieces.
The other half dozen continued over a
high trestle round a loop and finally shot
off the rails below Mott, after running ten
miles All the timbers are in splinters.
Fortunately no trains were encountered
by the runaway
The north-bound California express,
which left here this morning, is detained
at DunSmuir. and the south bound, which
should so through here before noon to-
day, is at SissOn waiting for the track to
be repaired.