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The Colfax chronicle., 1900-11-24

The steamer Rex arrived here yes
terday frOni White river, at 2p. IN.
and left for the Upper river. She
was purchased at Clarendon, Ark,
from w. p. Skin and brother for VIM.
Markell, and will take the place OF
the steamer Ruby between Shreve-
port and Garland City, Ark, ON the
Red river. The boat IL l25 feet long.
% feet beam, and has. 4-fOOt hold.
She can carry 500 bales Of cotton. We
are informed that the Rex Ii = years
old and cost $2.OOO-TOwn Talk, No
yember 18th.
The Colfax chronicle., 1900-11-24

To remove troublesome corn or
bunion: First soak the corn or bunion Ia
warm water to soften it, then pare it
down as sclosely as possible without draw
ing blood and apply Chamberlains Pain
Balm twice daily; rubbing vigorously
Tor five minutes at each application. a
corn plaster should be worn for few
days, to protect it from the shoe. As 4
general linimsnt for sprains, bruises,
lameness and rheumatism, Pain Balm is
uneaqualed. For sale by ]. H. McNeely;
Collar; Bush & Randolph, Fairmount:
The Colfax chronicle., 1900-11-24
4 GENTS wANTED-fa actiys ne

A GENTS WANTED -fase active rbeii
"A and women can earn from . to $40
a day by canvassing for Frank g. Car
penter's book, "SO6th Ameyica: Socials
Industrial and Political" This book 10
just out and is having an enormous sale.
Everybody wants it. As It il being sold
by subscription only. we desire represens
tatives who are htstiers at Once to intro,
duce the work in your territory. Most
liberal terms. Write today for territory
and full particulars To SAAtfIELD PuBs
LISTING Co. Akron, Ohiu "a
The Colfax chronicle., 1900-11-24

Many people worry because they
believe they have heart disease. The
chances are that their hearts are all right
but their stomachs are unable to digest
food. Kodol Dyspepsia Cnre digests what
you eat and prevents the formation OF
gas which makes the stomach press
against the heart. It will cure every
form Of indigestion. j. A. HYDE.
The Colfax chronicle., 1900-11-24

II yon have ever seen a child in the
agony OF Group you can realize how
grateful mothers are for One Minute
Cough Cure which gives relief as soon
as it is administered. It quickly cures
cough, colds and all throat and lung
troubles. j. A. Hyde.
The Colfax chronicle., 1900-11-24

Mrs. v. A. Bumgardner, Liberty Hill,
La, writes: DIR. M. A. Simmons Liver
Medicine in n years has CURED in our
family enlargement OF liver, headache;
indigestion, childaen's many ailments,
Believe it is worth double zeline's and
Black Draught.
The Colfax chronicle., 1900-11-24


is all right, # you are too fat;
and all wrong, if too thin already.
Fat, enough for your habit, is
healthy; q little more, or less, is
no great harm. Too fat. consult
a doctor; too thin, persistently
thin, no matter what cause, take
Scots Emulsion Of Cod Liver
Oil.
There are many causes of get
ting too thin; they all come
under these two heads: over
work and under-digestion.
Stop over-work, if you cans
but, whether you can or not,
take SCOTS Emulsion Of Cod
Liver Oil, to balance yourself
with your work. You can't live
on it-true-but, by it, you
can. There's a limit, however,
you'll pay for it.
SCOTS Emulsion of Cod Liver
Oil is the readiest cure for
"can't eat" unless it comes Of
your doing no work--you can't
long be well and strong, without
some sort Of activity.
The genuine has IA
this picture on It, N
take no other. AWA
jf you have not AN
tried it, send for xNISn
free sample, its a. 6QGN y
greeable taste will 9SLN GI
surprise you. $ElESH
SCOTT 8 BOVINE <l{1 tJI
Chemists, sly l6
400 Pearl Street, N MK
Ner York. ~$H
soc. and $l.oo; all druegjsts.
The Colfax chronicle., 1900-11-24

Cactus compound, true laStive tonic
is guaranteed to expel your rialaria, bill
iousness, clear your COMPLEXION and in
crease your weight.
The Colfax chronicle., 1900-11-24

To regulate the system and stop fre-
quent pains women should take Simmons
Squaw Vine Wine or Tablets.
The Colfax chronicle., 1900-11-24

Chamberlain Cough Rem dy in Chicago.
Hisgen Bros, the popular South Side
druggists, corner Goth street aud Went
worth avenue, say: ave sell a great
deal of Chambeflsin's Cough Remedy.
and find that it gives tie mort satisfactory
results, especially among children for
severe colds and Group" For sale by
]. II. McNeely, Colfax; Bush 1 Randolph,
Fairmount.
The Colfax chronicle., 1900-11-24

Monthly and bearing down pains, at
tendant upon irregular and suppressed
action are relieved by Simmons Squaw
Vine Wine or Tablets:
The Colfax chronicle., 1900-11-24

ANTi-KREoN Tablets, the only Iaxative
digestive 25c cure for chronic chills and
malaria. No cure, no pay.
The Colfax chronicle., 1900-11-24

Stops the Cough
and Works off the Cold.
Laxative Bromo-Q Quinine Tablets cure
cold in one day. No cure, no pay. Price
25 cents.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-24
BAPTIZED AT FATHERS COFFIN.
Dying Wish Regarding Four Little
 Ones Carried Out at Funeral

-Higganum, Conn, Oct 24.-Mingling his tears with the water with. Which lie baptized the four sons of his dead parislioner, David Driggs, the Rev o. s. Hagerty yesterday formally received into the Christian, church the little ones beside their dead fathers coffin. Mir -Driggs said he had no other wish i'll life than to see his children bup- tiZed. r.-
 During his illness several days had been set for the ceremony, but it was postponed invariably in the hope that the sick man would improve and be better able to witness with keeuer ap- preciation the ceremony. He suffered q relapse, however, and passed away .5.s
 He called his little family around him just before he breatleti his last and urged them to heed his dying re- quest to be baptized before he was laid in the grave. It was finally decided that the baptism should take place at his funeral which was held yesterday Mourners and pastor alike were af- fccted by the unusual consecration of the four children. M
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-24
GETTING TOGETHER.
Mine Worker. and Mine Owners Hold
 Meeting To-day.

Haxlcton. Pa. Oct n4.LThc meeting of the national executive board of the United Mine Workers and the officials Of the three anthracite districts whose men have been on strike for over five weeks. began to-day and is the most important held since the strike was in au.urated This meeting. it Is be lievcd. will takc positive action as to whether the strike shall b" declared off at :l certain time.
 The conference, 1t is understood. will not be concluded to-day. The labor leaders are anNiously awaiting m off c!al announcement by the big coal com- panies in the Lackawanna region guaranteeing the payment of the 10 per cent advance until April. II is uu- dcrstood that these cuInpanirs have uuofficially stated tia. they will con- tinue to pay the increase until thas time, but tue strike leaders would rath- CT have them make the statemont elf cially.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-24
MORE STATISTICS.
Annual Report of the United
 States Commissioner.
HAWAII HAS 169 SCHOOLS.

School Attendance in the Philippine
 Islands-Cuba Shows q Large Per
 centage of Increase in the Number
 of Schools.
 Washington, Oct 24-The annual re- port of the United States commission- CT of education for the fiscal year end ed June 3U last, gives the figures for the fiscal year 1S9S-99 as the latest statistics Obtainable. It shows that the grand total of pupils in all schools, elementary. secondary and higher, pub lie and private, for the year ended July l, 1S99, was 1G.73S ,3G2, of which the number enrolled in the common schools, elementary and secondary. was 15, ,13S, I15. Twenty and one-half per cent of the entire population was enrolled in the public elementary schools and high schools. There were ,45S pupils ill attendance in all de- partments of the colleges of agricul- 1 ture and the mechanic arts under the act of congress approved August 30, 1890. in aid of such institutions. The total income of these institutions, dis tributed among the various states. amounted to 6.193.U16. of which $1.- | I69, ,116 was derived from acts of con-
 gress. S2,57O.4 was appropriated by the several states and territories, and the remainder was derived from fees. investment funds and other miscellan- eous sources. Under supervision of
 the bureau twenty-five public schools
 are maintained in Alaska, with total
 enrolment of 1.723 pupils. The report
 was the school work in the Philippines. Cuba, Porto Rico and Hawaii. The total attendance in the Manila schools
 is given as 5,IO6 on September 30, 1899
 against a school population of some 25, ,G00. In Cuba in March. 1900, there
 were 131 boards of education. 3,O99
 schools in operation. with $500 teach
 CTS and 130,o0O children enrolled. In 1899 there had been only POO schools. attendance 4.00O The expenditures up
 to the end of March. 1900. had been
 s3. .5G0.000. the school fund being taken
 from the customs receipts and the es- timate for 19n0 was S4.00O.O00. In Por- to Rico. for the first term of 1S99-19oO the school enrolment was 24.392; ay-
 craze daily attendance. 20, ,103: popula- ttion Of the island. 9o7.779. In Hawaii 1.-the total number of public and private IschoolS is 169. with total enrolment
 of 15.49O. including q large proportion
 Of foreigners. each nationality has ihG
 its own teacher. .i@@-.S
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-24
THEY MUST BEHAVE.
Truant Officer Hurley Brings Boys Be
 fore Superintenuentno Schools. ,s

Truant Officer Hurley Brings Boys Be
 fore Superintenuent0of Schools. <,
 Three unruly small boys, pupils of the Bishop street school made things very interesting for the principal and one of the teachers a few days ago. One of the boys threatened to assault the principal, Miss. Finch. If she dared whip him, and another of the boys in q tussle with one. of the teachers all most tore the sleeve off her dress, 1t is reported about the neighborhood. The following morning when the teachers were going up Bishop street on the way to the school they were surprised to see the chalk figure of a woman drawn out on the sidewalk surrounded by remarks of a very serious charac- ter. Investigation showed that the three boys referred to were the instf- gators of the thing. One of them was expelled from the school this noon. and all three of them were arrested hy Truant Officer Hurley and taken be- fore Superintendent of Schools Tink- CT. who will decide what action shall be taken to punish the boys. ..,y-
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-24
FINANCIAL STRAITS IN SWEDEN

London. Oct 24.-A dispatch to the Daily Mail from Stockholm. Sweden, says: The extraordinary scarcity of money which has been growing more acute for q month. Is so seriously affecting commercial circles as to threaten q crisis. The balance of for eign trade continues against Sweden and the repeated contradiction of gold loans abroad fails to palliate the sitr- ation. Industries are daily launched
 but adequate funds are not available and the newspapers are filled with ap- peals from manufacturers in desperate straits for money. Rural people at tracted by the industrial activity are Hooking to the towns, and, consequent ly. the demand for houses is so great that rents have advanced twenty, to thirty per cent The civil servants have already been granted twenty per cent increase in pay to meet the hard times and it is expected employees generally will have to follow suit"
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-24
CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM.
Samuel L. .Bronson's Response to th1 Questions Propounded. @

Samuel L. Bronson's Response to th1
 Questions Propounded.
 New Haven. Oct 24.-The Constitu. tional Reform association this after. noon made public the following letter. received by it's secretary from Samuel l.. Bronson, democratic candidate for governor, in response to Il series of questions propounded in a recently is- sued circular.
 Mr James E. Wheeler. Secretary of the Constitutional Reform Associations: My Dear Sir: I am in receipt of your favor of the 18th. enclosing ser es of questions. which you inform me have been submitted to the candidates of both parties for the genera lassem- bly,. In reply allow me to say that I am in favor of calling convention to revise our present state constitution: and I believe that there should be c change in the composition of both, the house of representatives and the sen ate. providing for the representation of the people per capita. that the gem eral assembly should be restricted to legislative functions and that the gov ernor should have more effective veto. Will you kindly add my name tn the list of your members.
 a--<s ,-- z.NerE respectfully, '[--- SAMUEL l.. BRONSON.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-24
.ANGLO-GERMAN ALLIANCE.

New York. Oct 24.-Lord Salisbury's |explanations of the motives of the An glo- German alliance. will find sym pathetic ahearing SBalmoral. says the Triba,ne's London correspondent. It is a eurreIft saying that Ihe sonly per son of whom ztheE German a emperor stands in 2aMe is ! his grandmother QHeen Victoria Her gympatllies have Afn-ays been excited rvAen Z England and Germany have been working to- gether in diplomacy. The two govern ments already had a secret under standing respecting African schemes of partition before this fresh agreement was made. and many of the best in formed men in the diplomatic world have been convinced that it also in cludes possible contingencies, in the near east.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-24
HUNTINGToN's SUCCESSOR.
D HI. Hartman President of the Un-
 ion Pacific Railroad.

New York, Oct 24.-Ths Times says: Control of the Pacific Mail Steamship company changes. IL. H. Hartman, president of the Union Pacific road, succeeds the late Collis r. Hunt ington Mir Hartman and his col leagues have taken over a majority or Pacific Mail capital stock. Identified with Mir Hartman in this new big deal-one of international significance is William K. Vanderbilt t. Under Mr Huntington's direction the Pacific Mail Steamship company was d tender to his Southern Pacific interests, it's operation subordinate to Mr -Huntington's great railway sys- tem. In it's new control the company will have scope never hitherto con- templated. The acquisition Of the Pa citic Mail Steamship company makes possible the immediate accomplish ment of AIr Eanderbilt's cherished plan of continuing transportation system-virtually under one manage ment-from the Atlantic through to the Pacific coast. and thence direct to the far east The New York Central l system, linked to the Union Pacific by the Chicago and Northwestern. with natural auxiliaries already possessed will now connect with Pacific Mail steamships for continuous transporta- tion service to China and Japan. Phil | ippine trade is also, of course, to be incidentally commanded.
 | Under Mir Harriman's control-in which W. K. Vanderbilt directly par ticipates-the Pacific Mail Steamship companys affairs will be revolution ized. More steamships not one or two. but many-will be forthwith add ed to the company's service. Most Of them will be for ASiatic trade. i It may be disclosed that James J. also interested in Mir Harriman's pro- ject. MT Hill and AIr Hartman have come into close utilization in Chicago and Alton and in Baltimore and Ohio reorganization undertakings.
 Pacific Mall shares have been no-
 tably active on the stock exchange re- Icentlv. and they have advanced sub Etnntially.
 Some important changes in the per
 sonnel of the Pacific Mail Steamship company are likely to be soon an
 rornced. The board of directors. as
 now constituted. includes Henry Hart.
 Isaac Gates. Edwin Hawley, Samuel Thomas Russell Sage. George T.
 Could. q. H. Macy of New York and IT. r. Schwerine of San Francisco fthe latter being vice-president and
 general manager. MT Hartman and
 w. K. Vanderbilt may enter the di- lrectOry.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-24
WELL KNOWN LAWYER DEAD.
 Attorney James. T., Lynch of Bridge. port Passed Away Last Night.

Bridgeport, Oct 24.-Attorney James T. Lynch, one of the most widely known lawyers in this city, died last evening, at Dr John w. WriEht's prf- vate hospital on Myrtle avenue after an Illness of four days. He has since the last presidential election suffered with his throat, and for the past three weeks has been suffering from bron- chitis. Last Saturday, this developed to such an extent that it was thought advisable to have him removed to the institution where he died. Yesterday morning. pneumonia developed and he died at S:30 o'clock last evening.
 James T. Lynch was born in Wind ham, Conn, in 1862. and obtained his early education there. He graduated from the. Willimantic High school and went to New York state to study law. After graduating he returned to Willi- mantle, where he studied law in the office of Judge John NJ. Hall. who is now president of the Consolidated railroad. While in Judge Halls office he was admitted to the Connecticut bar. This was in 1890. After prac- tieing short time he went west as an attorney for the Union Pacific rail road. and upon returning to New York he was admitted to the bar there and had an office on Broadway. He re- mained in New York about q year, and it was during that time that he mar ried Miss Annie Lillis, q school teach CT residing in Boston.
 G After his marriage Attorney Lynch returned to Connecticut, taking up the practice of law in this city. He was associated with Judge Douglas until the death of the latter. and q short time afterward he formed partner ship with eX-City Attorney J. D. Toomey, Jr. This continued until last spring, vixen they dissolved partner, ship.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-24
NEW HAyEN.DERBY ROAD.

s New Haven. Oct 24.-The annual meeting of the New Haven and Der by railroad was held this noon in this city. The minutes of the last annual meeting were approved and the an nual statement was also accepted. The following board of directors was ap- pointed: J. Pierpont Morgan, William
 Rockefeller. George J. Brush, John NJ.
 Hall. William E. Barnett. $. b. Mer- win, N. D. Sperry' Franklin Farrell and Thomas Wallace. The directors elected the following officers: Presi- dent. John M Hall: viea-president.
 William E. Barnett; secretary, Fl. NJ.
 Koeherstiger. and treasurer. c. D.
 Robinson The meeting adjourned after the election.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-24
NEARLY SOLD AS SLAVES.
Crew Shipwrccked on African Coast
 in Tow of Native Pirates.

Crew Shipwrccked on African Coast
 in Tow of Native Pirates.
 Philadelphia, Oct 24.-A letter to the consignces in this city of the British steamship Indra. from Captain Burk- ill. shows that he and his crew. be- sides being shipwrecked. narrowly es- capped being made slaves by gang of pirates. The Indra was bound from Java for the Delaware Breakwater fer orders. She was sugar laden. and on August 20 she was driven ashore and wrecked near Cape Guardafui. the most easterly point of Africa.
 Recently Captain Burkill. the first mate. second third and fourth engi- neers. q Quartermaster and an appren- tice arrived ill. Plymouth. England These. with thirty-nine other men who left the wreck in two boats and tried to keep together, were adrift for sev- eral days before they sighted q native dhow
 The latter offered to tow the Indra'S $ crew to port where fresh water could be obtained. One of the sailors was fortunate enough to understand the language of the occupants of the dhow and he overheard them conspiring to tow the boats to a point where the sea men could be sold into slavery.
 When night came on the ship wrecked crew cut adrfft ', from the dhow. When the rascally natives dis covered this they gave chase, and. in order to escape. the sailors had to sac rifce the boat that contained all their provisions. In this plight they drifted about for days, with little to eat and less to drink. until finally after untold priyations they reached Alden.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-24

Officers Elected at 51he Meeting Heli
 Last Night

Officers Elected at51he Meeting Held
 Last Night.
 Hampton, Oct 24.--The following of hcers of the New England Beagle club Were elected at the eighth annual meet ing here last evening" President, John CasweH. Hyde's Crossing, Mass; vice. presidents, H. F.JoIin. Oxford. Mass: A. J. Burlington, Palmer, Mass; Brad7 ford F. Turpin, Roxhury. Mass; secre- tary and trasurer, A. D. Fiske, Wor- cester, & Mass; executive committed Howard Amy. Providence. k. l.: Thomas Shallcross, Providence. R. l., Ii. $. Tallman, Providence. k. I.
 The winners in yesterdays events were as follows: Class c. Beagles l3 to l5 inches in height. whclpcd on or after January l. 1899: First Jolliboy, owned by H. k. Dunton. SummervilIe, . Mass. Second. Haven'S Luke. owned by c. $. Haven. Brookline Mass, third, Fred, owned by Lafayette IIoyle, Danielson. Conn. reserve, Romor. owned by John Caswell. Hydes Cross ing. Mass. Class b: For Beagles 13 inches and under in height whelped on on or after January l. 1899: First. Ida Novice. 1st. owned by X. D. E'isko, Worcester, Mass: second. Losmie. owned by Mrs Clara J. Turner. Sum- merville. Mass. The trials will con- tlnue to-day and tomorrow. @
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-24
B|G I|HNKS OFFERING
Nomsn'S Missionary Society f. Raises Over $20c,OOO.
Women Members Make Appropriate
 Was the Event of the First Evening

Chicago, Oct 24. - The Women's Home Missionary society of the Meth odist church has raised it's Twentieth Century Thanks Offering of S2OO.UUU. New pledges amounting to over SlUo,- UOO were reported last night ;:t the ses- sion of the south Park church. The corresponding secretary, Mrs Della La throp Williams Of Dciawarc, Ohio, an uounceu that previously SluU,Ge0 had been raised, Iu;;kiny an aggregate OI S2Uu.OC0, the full nppvrtionmeill O. the society.
 Preparatory to the pledges, Mrs J w. Campbell of New York and Mrs; J. +. Woodcock of Wymore, Neb, ad- dressed the convention on the chitrac- ter of the offering and it's purpose.
 Mrs Bishop Hamilton was chosen chairman of committee composed of Pacific coast and Iunolulu women to take charge Of the newly organlZeI work in Hawaii.
 Mrs F.. l.. Albright announced that Mrs James Mather Of Bradford, Mass, had given S10,000 to Browning home, Camden. s. c.
 The convention also made the year. | ly applications for the maintenance of mission homes in various parts of the country us follows: The Bennett home, Clarkson, Miss, $2,10O; Har- wood home, Albuquerque, \. M., S2,- O50; Las Vegas, \. M.. S1,1IO; Fl Paso home. Fl Paso. N. M., $G30; Spanish home, Los Angeles. Cal, $1,300; Porto Rico, home, Porto Rico. $2,5OO.
 At the first evening session of the | thirty second annual meeting of the 1 Woman's Board of Missions of the In terior. addresses were delivered by Miss Virginia Murdock. who recently returned from China, and the Rev John Henry Barrows, president of Ob- erlin college.
 | Dr Barrows dwelt upon the fact that the United States is the most potent factor ill the civilization of the Orient and said that it is simply inevitable that America should extend its com merce to the ends of the earth. no mat ter whether the question of the safe, ty of missionaries enters into consid eration. He said the chief cause ot the recent uprisings of the Chinese against the foreigners was seliishness and robbery on the part of the so called Christian powers.
 ".We may well rejoice,' he contin ued. that in these later days Ameri ca means far moro than ever to tht +world of the Orient. When I was il Chinese waters an sld side-whee steamer bearing the American fla. wal the only memorial and measure of ou1 national greatness. After ouf victor, over Spain the mighty Oregon and vic torious Olympia became the symbol, of American power and to-day We art told our flag for the first time is re Spected along a coast line of 5.Q0t
 miles on which dwells half the human lEaco"