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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-03-03

When you want something to heal
a burn. or sore. or cut, why not
try Banner Salve. which is guaranteed
the most healing ointment in the
work. All druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-03-03
Light Weight Wool
Underwear.

One case shirts and drawers in
natural color, light wool just the
thing for spring. this sale is your
opportunity. all sizes 80 to 4S. the
regular price is always 90
Csc, this sale. ........ SC(S~
A general cut throughout the en-
tire stock of mems heavy under
wear II you are interested in this
line 1t will pay you to call and
price.
Csc 1ine-iust in, all new tecks.
string bows. clubs. Imperlals,
spring line, call and see
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-03-30
The Man with the Key.
ANSWERED BY Prick HIM ELF.
He viii Not BE Director in the New
Carnegie Steel Company.

ne w Not Abc N DiEOCeoA ~ s'sO ~'>''
Carnegie Steel Company.
Pittsburg, March 27.-The specula-
ton as to whether or not III. G. Prick
would he a director of the new Car
negie Steel company has been dis
posed of by Mr. Prick himself. When
asked the question he replied:
mo"
The officials Of the company and
their attorneys are still busy arrang-
ing the plans of reorganization and be-
fore night it is expected that the new
board of directors will be chosen. The
suits Instituted by II. G. Prick and
John Walker against the Carnegie
Steel company. limited, are still a
matter of record and pending. They
have not been discontinued and prob
ably will not be for some time to come.
1t was stated by some Of the persons
Interested that Mr.. Prick would file
no additional statements with the
payment Of costs, and that of course
will permit the bill and the answer to
speak for themselves. The public has
both sides of the controversy and now
that both participants are friends
again there is no necessity to make
additional apologies.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-03-30
STRONG TESTIMONY.
This is owossO Testimony and VIII Stand
Investigation.

lhiS Is Ow0SS0 IeStim0ny ana VIII Slana
Investigation.
III you doubt the following and wish to
investigate, you haven't to go 10 some
other state in the Union to prove it, It's
not long story published in Owosso
newspapers about resident in Camden,
N. J or Tampa, Fla. It's about resi-
dent of Owosso and given in his own
words. No stronger proof can be had,
Mr.. w. White, finisher at Robbins Ia
BILE factory, says: "For two years 4 was
bothered good deal with pain and weak
ness through the small of my back. If
stopped it was extremely painful to
straighten again and when l caught cold
it settled in my back and made me worse
/ had seen Doan's Kidney Pills highly
recommended and got box at john
son 4 Henderson's drug store. They re-
lieved me of the distressing annoyance
right away"
Doans Kidney Pills for sale by all deal
ers. Price 30 cents. Mailed by Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Sole agents
for the United States Remember the
name Doan's and take no substitute
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-03-30
TRIAL OF CEN. MARSH
Member of the Firm Involved in
the Military Board Deal Cor
roborates Bickerstaff.
HE WAS NOT PROMISED IMMUNITY.

state Under No Contract to Save Him
from Punishment for His Testimony
Sutton To BE Called to the Stand-Mur-
derous Assault on Two Women Followed
by Suicide of Assailant-Miners at the
Saginaw Get Better Wages.
Lansing, Mich, March 27.-John II.
Hunter, of Kalamazoo, president of
the Henderson-Ames company, which
dealt with the state military board in
the alleged fraudulent clothing trans
action, continued his testimony in the
trial of ex-Inspector General Marsh
yesterday afternoon. His evidence con-
corning the deal continued to be cor
roborative of the testimony Of Man
ager Bickerstaff. Of the same concern.
The company's books and checks and
drafts were also submitted in evidence.
State Promised Them Nothing.
On Hunters cross-examination the
defense attempted to show that the
prosecuting attorney had secured q
promise from Hunter and Bickerstaff
to testify against Generals White and
Marsh and Colonel Sutton, on promise
that the Kalamazoo men would be
protected from prosecution. Hunter
swore positively that no such promise
was made. State Armorer Tobin tes-
titled to the shipment of the supplies
to Chicago and their shipment again
from Kalamazoo to Lansing. Colonel
Eli Sutton will be the first witness
called today, but it is believed he will
stand on his constitutional right and
refuse to give any evidence.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-03-30
TWO TOWNS TAKEN.
Troops Under Clements Occupy Faure-
smith and Jagersfoutein.

smith and Jagersfontein.
London, March 2S.-General Glenn
ents' column entered Fauresmith Tues
day, March q, having previously oc-
cupied Jagersfontein. Magistrates were
appointed, the proclamation was read,
bands of music met the troops. and
flags were flown. The scenes resem-
bled the American occupation of Puer-
to Rican towns. Among the specta-
tors at Fauresmith was President
Steyn's daughter. Heavy rains made
General Clements march hard and are
causing sickness among the troops
Further advice from Mafeking. dated
March 16, reiterate that all was well
there, and that the Gordon was not so
tightly drawn, the Beers allowing ma
tives to pass through their lines, which
they had previously forbidden. The
native refugees are reported to be too
stupid and lazy to work or take cover
from the shells. They gather in crowds
around the soup kitchens and have to
be driven away when the warning bell
rings. The bombardment just previous
to the dispatch being sent. had been
unusually vigorous and it was added
that it was probable that before long
the ratiOns would be still further re-
duced.
Two Boer prisoners escaped from the
camp at Simonstown March 90 The
sickness there is undated and many
Of the prisoners are in a serious condi.
ton.
The only word from General Butler
is report Of the officers who have re-
covered from wounds and who have
returned to duty, which list includes
the name Of Lieutenant John Church
i'll, brother of Winston Churchill.
A special dispatch from Bloemfon-
tein says: THE period of inaction ia
coming to IN end. Troops are being
pushed to the front and transports
and stores are being collected. The
men are in grand condition, and the
horses are picking mp wonderfully"
However, the reports regarding the
imminencc Of forward movement are
so conflicting that they cannot be Ia
ken in any way authoritative.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-03-30
Announcemsn Regarding the County
Teachers Examir ations for The School
Year I89o-Iooo.


Until further notice the examinations will he
Corunna, beginning the last Thursday Of
March,
Corunna, beginning the third Thursday OF
August,
October.
All examinations will commence at 500 a. NJ,
standard time. Applicants will write upon
photographic penmanshlp x, Ograpiiy and
general history the first hall day arithmetic,
u. S. history and theory and art the second
half DAY; reading, algebra, civil government.
mar, school law, botany, and ply sizes Second
grade) the fourth half day; third day (for first
grade applicants only physics and geometry.
The above schedule will be strictly followed.
REQUIREMENTS
For third grade. not less thaH 20 per cert will
be accepted in grammar, arithmetic, history
civil government, geography and reading. and
not LEI Than 10 per cent in any other branch;
for second grade not less than 20 per cent In the
branches before named, ana not less than 10
per cent in any other branch; for first grade,
not less than So per cent in the branches before
named. and not less than 80 per cent In any
other branch.
Applicants for first and second grades who
pass in part of the branches may rewrite at the
next examination in those remaining. After
falling in two consecutive examinations they
must rewrite in all branches.
Applicants for third grade who fail In part OF
the branches must rewrite In all branches en-
cept those in which they receive at least eighty
FIVE per cent, and such third grade credits VIII
be carried until the next examination only.
Before certificate will be granted to applicants
for third grade who have never taught, they
must furnish sufficient proof OF having read,
cerefullv and studously. Page on Teaching"
"Swetps Methods of Teaching Whites
School Management" or some other work on
teaching of equal merit; and they must also.
have familiarzeo themselves with the general
principles OF the state Manual and Course of
Study" The foregoing work is necessary in
order to pass the subject Of theory and art Of
teaching Such third grade applicants must
also, possess the required knowledge OF school
law, the same as other applicants for certih.
Gates.
Attendance or non attendance at the teach
ers' institutes and the teachers associations
held in the county during the year next pre-
ceding the examination, will be taken into
srict account in granting certificates OF any
grade.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-03-30
Met,ts.s Friends ere Surprised.

Monroe. Mich, March %. = Under
Sheriff Rod received a letter saying
that Charles Mettle, of this city. who
was aGprehended here ut the instance
of the Cedar Rapids, Ia, authorities
on Tuesday, has confessed completely
in the attempted destruction of proper,
ty at that place by dynamite. and in
default of $4,000 bail has been re-
manded to Jail to await trial Met
ties friends here are greatly sur,
prisei ut bis confession. as he volun-
teercd TO go without the formality Of
requisltion and professed his ability
20 disprove any connection with the
crime in question.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-03-30
HELD WITHOUT BAIL.
Courts Decision in the Case OF
Caleb Powers.
GRAND JURY TO PROBE FURTHER.

No Testimony Introduced by the Defense,
but Governor Taylor's Pardon Given to
Powers Is Produced and His Release
Asked-Court Does Not Recognize the
Pardon-Another Arrest for Completely
in the Murder of William GoebeI.
Frankfort, Ky, March 27.-The
fourth day of the examining trial of
Republican Secretary of State Caleb
Powers began with the courtroom
cleared of all people, excepting attor-
neys, newspaper correspondents and Of
ficers of the court. The attorneys for
afterwards called County Attorney
Polsgrove. Immediately after the con
sultation Governor Brown, for the de-
Tense, announced that no testimony
would be introduced for the defense,
and that they would waive further eX.
animation. The pardon issued to Pow
ers by Governor Taylor was rendered
by Ex-Governor Brown as bar to the
prosecution and he asked that the de-
PENDANT be dismissed. Colonel Camp
bell said the commonwealth denied
Governor Taylor's right to issue q par
don ut the time the pardon was
granted.
Held TO the Grand Jury.
Governor Brown moved that the pris-
oner be dismissed upon the evidence.
The motion was overruled. Bail was
asked for. Judge Moore said
1T is not my belief that Powers
fired the shot which killed Governor
Goebel, but from the evidence it is my
opinion that he was connected with
the conspiracy to kill him. l will
therefore order that he be held over
without bail to the Franklin county
grand jury that the case may be fur
Their investigated"
After the Powers case had been dis
posed of Judge Moore asked if the
commonwealth was ready to take UP
one Of the other cases that of Captain
John Davis or William III. Culton, who
are also charged with being accessories
to the murder. County Attorney Polls
grove asked that both cases be post
poned until O'clock in the afternoon,
the attorneys having agreed, and court
adjourned until that hour.
The Man with the Key.
At II: 80 o'clock in the morning De-
tective Dee Armstrong arrested Ii. Il.
Youtscy. Republican Auditor Sween-
ey's private secretary, as the man with
the black moutache, whom Golden
mentioned in his testimony as the man
John Powers gave the key to the Of
flee Of Caleb Powers. Youtsey is a
half-brother of Hon. L. j. Crawford. n
prominent Republican Of Newport. The
warrant charges him with being an ac-
cessory before the fact to the murder
of Governor GOebel
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-03-30
Must Pay Timber Inspectors.

Lansing, Mich, March 27.-Auditor
General Dix, who refused to draw Or
ders for the payment of timber in
spectOrs employed by the tax commits
sion. after the claims had been al
lowed by the board of state auditors
has gotten an opinion on the subject
from the attorney general. The attor-
ney general decides that the auditor
general has no discretion in the mat
ter. He says the board of auditors has
powers under the constitution to ad-
inst all claim against the state.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-03-30
BRUTE ASSAULTS TWO WOMEN.
Tries to kill Her and Her Mother with q
Chisel-Euds with Suicide.

Owosso, Mich, March 27.-Charles
Scott, boilermaker employed in the
Ann Arbor railroad car shops, broke
into the home IF his wife, from whom
he had been separated, and furiously
assaulted Mrs. Scott and her mother
with n heavy chisel. He then drew
a revolver and shot himself dead. Mrs
Scott is fatally and her mother, Mrs
Letiti Ferguson, seriously injured.
Scott gained entrance through a cellar
window and crawled through q trap
door to the ground floor.
Springing upon his wife's bed, yell
ing, I've got you at last" he rained
blows with the chisel upon her head
and face, gashing her terribly. Mrs.
Ferguson rushed into the room and
grappled With Scott who turned and
struck her thrice with the chisel, hut
she succeeded in wrestling it from him.
Scott fired his revolver at them as
they fled, and then killed himself.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-03-30
Mafeking Gets Supplies.

London, March 2S.-The latest news
from Mafeking is contained in a mes
sage from The Mail correspondent on
March 16. Supplies have apparently
been got into the place, possibly by
means of native assistance, and as it
is known that some captures Of cattle
have been effected from the Beers,
the garrison may be able to hold out
q few weeks longer.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-03-30
s,vS tnc Duke WIS Yi,rasbed.

Paris. March 2S.-The Journal states
that the report that the Duke of Or
leans was injured by wild boar Is
untrue. The Aurore states that the
dukes indisposition is really due to a
sound thraShng he received from an
Engli shman on account of his letter of
congratulaton of NJ. Willette, the art
list who caricature the Queen in LIE
Rira
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-03-30
What Do the Children Drink!

Don't give them tea or coffee. Have yen
tried the new food drink called GRAlN-0?
1t is delicious and poul ishlng aud takes the
place of coffee The more Grain-O you
give the children the more health you dis
tribute through their 8, stt ms. CRATIC is
made of pune grains, and when properly
pr. pared tastes like the choice grades of
coffee but costs about n as much. Ali
grocers sell IL. 15c and 25c.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-03-30
o. L. BRISTOL. Commissioner.

God pity the young man or woman
who is willing, in this day of universal
need and universal opportunity, to re-
main ignorant and useless. If | were
young girl again, would rather wear
last years clothes and live on two
meals day than to deprive myself of
the blessings of good education. -
Mrs l., w Bliss
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-03-30
Miners Get go Per Cent. Advance.

Saginaw, Mich. March 27.-The
joint convention of coal miners and
operators of Michigan concluded it's la
bors last night. The wage scale pro-
viding for an advance of 20 per cent
was submitted and ratified and will
go into effect April l next. The ma
chine scale which at present affects
only Bay county mines was also
agreed rpor 1t provides for arbitra-
ton Of the differentials and other
complaints.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-03-30

The bare bulletin announcing the
Boer leaders death Is all that has
been received. 1t is supposed that his
demise occurred at Pretoria, as the
dispatches few days since announced
that he had gone there from Paarde-
berg. The circumstances of the death
of General Joubert are. not explained
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-03-30
FILIpIyOs BEHEAD A PRISONER.
Put tn Death an American Soldier Taken
on the Island of Leyte.

on tire LsiauN ot Leyte.
Washington, March 2T.-"Leyte ISL
and Forty-third United States volun-
teer infantry, March II, at Dagani,
Company A, Nike porgolzleski, be-
headed while prisoner of war
This extract from the casualty list
forwarded to the war department by
Major General Oils announces new
departure In the prosecution OF the
war by the Filipino insurgents. ON
cials say IL may he possible that For.
gorzlesl,rs death was due to fanatics
but should II be found that he was he
headed by Instructions from the OH
Ger I'm command sharp measures VIII
he taken to insure humane treatment
for American pr.s1lCis.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-03-30

DIR. Woods Norway Pine Syrup seems
especially adapted to the needs of the chilo-
rem. Pleasant to take; soothing in Its influ-
ence. 1t Is the remedy OF all remedies fer
every form of throat and lung disease.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-03-30

1T is the function of civil govern
ment to make it easy to do right and
diff cult to do wrong"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-03-30

The kidneys are your
blood purifiers, they fill
ter out the waste or
impurities in the blood.
If they are sick or out
Of order, they fail to do
their work.
Pains, aches andrheu-
matism come from ex-
cess Of uric acid in the
blood, due to neglected
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-03-30

in the dispatch from Lorenzo Mar
ques, which recalls the fact that Will
liam Cox, a newspaper correspondent
who was recently released from i'm
prisOnment at Pretoria, and who has
arrived at Durham, said General Jou-
bert was apparently suspected of half
heartedness and that his life would be
in danger at the hands of the burghers
il Pretoria was besieged,
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-03-30

"Cleverness is sort of genius for in
strumentality. 1t is the brain of the
hand"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-03-30
BoERs DESTROY COAL MINES.
Other News OF the War by Way OF the
Trnnsvaa1 Capital.

Trnnsvaal Capital.
London, March 2S.-A dispatch,
dated Pretoria, March 26, says: unit
ed States Consul Hay and his secre-
tary have gone to Kroonstadt to make
necessary arrangements for United
States representation in the Free State.
dispatch received here from the
Boer headquarters In Natal announces
that the destruction continues Of coal
mines likely to be useful to the British.
The Dundee colliery has been blown
up, the machinery has been destroyed
and the mine has been rendered use.
less for three months to come.
According to dispatch from
Kroonstadt, Commandant Oliver has
Joined Generals Grobaar and Lemner,
who are safe. General Delarey Is still
sick at Pretoria, but he will proceed
to the front Sunday. Trains are
frequently leaving with burghers for
the fighting line on this side of Bloem'
| fontein.
1.-The Standard and Digger's News
says it learns that Generals Oliver.
| Groblaar and Lemner have arrived at
| point sufficiently far north to relieve
all apprehension of the possibility of
| their being cut off. 1t Is expected
they will arrive at Winburg In few
days and effect a junction with Gen
erar Dewet, when the federal's posi-
ton II Is declared, will formidably OPP
pose Lord Roberts. Reports received
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-03-30
Many School Children are sickly.

Mother Grsy's Sweet Powders for Chill
drer, used by Mother Gray, nurse IN
Children's Home, New YoiF, break up
colds IN "a hours, cure feverishDess, head
ache, stomach troubles, teethipg disorders,
and destroy worms At all druggists, 25,.
Sample mailed FREE. Address, Alien s.
Oimstead, Leroy, N. Y.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-03-30

from the various banks of the republic
show that the cash holdings amount
to fo o32 O57"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-03-30

THE man who is clothed in righteous
ness, always has good clothes"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-03-30
GIN. J0UBERT IS DEAD
Boer COMMANDMENTS Fighting
Days Are Forever Ended.
NO PARTICULARS OF HIS DEMISE.

1t Is Supposed His Death Occurred at Pre-
toria, but Whether from Wounds Re-
ceived In Battle, assassination or Dis
ease Is Not KnOwn-Some of the Char
acteristics of the Boer Warrior-Latest
News from South Africa.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-03-30

Lorenzo Marques, March 2S.-Gen
eral JOubert is dead.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-03-30
Oyer-WOrk Weakens
Your Kidneys.

All the blood in your body passes through
your kidneys once every three minutes.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-03-30

Injustice is often done to an excellent
man as well as to famous painting by
being placed in an unfavorable light. -
Light and Life.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-03-30
Mercury
Potash la
Make
Wrecks,
Not Cures


signs
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loo in knon'
= :
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Send meTratne tBookw hhouasv % informal a
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charge have mi Of
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-03-30
Was Born In Cape Colony.

General Pietrus Jacobus Joubert,
commandant general of the Transvaal
forces, better known as Piet Joubert,
or "Slien Pet" (Slim Peter, was born
about 6S years ago. He was descend
ed from an old French Huegenot fam
lily which settled in south Africa many
years ago. He was born in Cape Col
ony, but was taken by his parents,
when years old, to the Orange Free
State, where he was taught from early
childhood to shoot straight and hate
the British. In consequence of the ac-
QUESTION of Natal by the British his
family moved from Natal and settled
in the Transvaal. Soon afterward
he became n burgher of the south AT
rican republic and daring fighter
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-03-30

kidney trouble.
Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady
heart beats, and makes one feel as though
they had heart trouble, because the heart is
over-working in pumping thick, kidney
poisoned blood through veins and arteries.
1t used to be considered that only urinary
troubles we're to be traced to the kidneys,
but now modern science proves that nearly
all constitutional diseases have their begin
ming in kidney trouble.
II you are sick you can make no mistake
by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild
and the extraordinary effect Of DR.. Kimer's
Swamp-ROot, the great kidney remedy is
soon realized. II stands the highest for its
wonderful cures of the most distressing cases
and is sold on its merits
by all druggists in fifty
cent and one-dollar sig ~
es. You may have a ~. EI.ssi3 x
sample bottle by mail Homo of swamp Root.
free, also pamphlet telling you how to find
out II you have kidney or bladder trouble.
Mention this paper when writing DR.. Kilmer
& Co., Binghamton, N. Z.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-03-30
BLOOD POISON.


within before nature n
the blood quickly filled
swollen glands patches the mouth scalp