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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-16

ARGE BUSINESS piece, close in, 225 feet
Il on Campbell, extending from Myrtle to
surprfse you. Horace b. Stevens, Real Es-
tat e and Insurance
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-16

IN OVERLAND ST, which is improving
u very fast; 6Oxl20 feet. Horace b. Slew
ans Real Estate and Insurance.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-16

7 room brick. No. GIT Magoffin avenue.
south front.
7room brick No. SD n. Kansas St., partly
furnished, $1,000.
HORACE B. STEVENS.
Real Estate & Insurance, MIL Biock.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-16

anew brick houses rooms each on west
Overland sire ct. porcelain bath. sanitary
plum bling well arranged, $3.50 each.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-16

MICE RESIDENCE SITE on North Stanton
" st. for $500. Horace B. Stevens, Real Es-
tate and Insurance.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-16

COR SALE-Two east front building lots on
/ North Greg IN st near boulevard. John
A. Happier, real estate, Mills Building.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-16
FOR SALE-UNIMPROVED RESI-
DENCE PROPERTY

COR SALE-Property. improved and unim-
7 proved, in all parts of the city. If you
want to sell. list with me and will adver.
sise your property withoutcost to you.
Horace B. Stevens,
Real Estate and Insurance Agent.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-16

AIO. b13 NORTH SANTA FEE, 2A lots, east
IN front with Groom brick house; nice lawn,
With plenty of shade; only one block from
Ruckler square. Horace B. Stevens, Real
Estate and Insurance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-18
EXPOSITION FOR 1907.
To Celebrate the Founding of James
town, the First American Colony.

=. c. Mitchell of Richmond college,
in Virginia, writes as follows to the
Richmond Dispatch concerning the
founding of jamestown:
THE three hundredth anniversary of
the founding of jamestown, the first
permanent English colony in America,
will be an event of significance and
ought to be fifty observed. If this an
niYersary lin 1901 is to be SignaliZed,
it is eminently appropriate that the OBJ
servance take place in Richmond, the
capital of Virginia, the mother of
states.
Gould not such an event be best
marked by an exposition in which
should be gathered the memorials Of
our past. the evidences of our progress
in agriculture, manufactures and art
and illustrations of the condition of
such activities in all parts of the
world? If the Virginia press and if
the Richmond chamber of commerce
and the Association For the Preserva-
ton of Virginia Antiquities see fit to
take hold of such an enterprise for the
year 1907, il is believed not only that
the state and national governments
could be enlisted. but also that foreign
countries would be represented, for by
reason of its unrivaled historic interest
the date thus to be concentrated ap-
peals TO the heart and imagination of
the world, and especially of all Eng
lish speaking peoples. Shall the ener-
gy and public spirit of Virginia take
the initiative in celebrating the three
hundredth anniversary OF the planting
of English civilization and political
ideas in America
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-18
The Unsteady North Pole.

Although the inhabitants of the earth
are not perceptibly affected by the
wandering motion of the north pole,
yet it is phenomenon of unceasing in
terest to astronomers. and on Jan. 1 Il
new plan for Investigating it went into
effect. The motion, which is suggest
i've of the wabbling of a top, is eX-
tremely slight when the vast size of the
earth is taken into account. Since 1890
the north pole has never been more
than 80 feet away from the place it
should occupy if the carth's axis of
revolution never varied i'll direction.
But the motion is erratic, and its cause
is obscure. The new plan of observa-
ton was formed by the International
GeOdetic association. 1t provides four
observing stations, all close to the thir-
ty-ninth degree of north latitude and
all within 500 feet of the same parallel
These are at Midzusawa, Japan; Carlo
forte, Sardinia; Gaithersburg, Mary
land, and Ukiah, California. Precisely
similar observations with exactly the
same kind of zenith telescopes will be
made at each station ON carefully Sc
lected stars. Any change in the direc-
ton of the pole reveals itself by shift
of the stars.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-18
Letter Delivery In London.

The traveller is interested in getting
his letters promptly. At his London
hotel there are 10 deliveries day. He
may drop card in a post box at 8
O'Clock in the morning. get an answer
at noon and mail a reply which will
get to his friend before evening. With
in the last three years whenever the
postoftice bill has come up in the house
of representatives there has been dis
cussion as to the practicability of the
pneumatic dispatch. One might as well
discuss the practicability of the tele-
phone They would smile at such sug-
gestiOns in London or Paris, where a
slight addition to the postage will Sc
cure rapid delivery by pneumatic dis
patch. Another great convenience in
the postal system abroad is the method
of paying money orders. One is not
obliged to go half a mile to a branch or
three miles to the central postoffice to
get his money. The postman who
brings the order brings the money
with him. You receipt for it, and that
is the end Of it.-Forum.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-18

The members of the international
commercial congress recently held in
Philadelphia were told by Mr.. W. C..
Barker as the result of his observations
among European manufactures that
time seems to be regarded as of COM
paratively little value abroad. while IN
America the maxim that time is mon
ey" is practically applied. Mr.. Barker
found that in n large agricultural ma
cbinery mandatory in Europe the
only triphammer in use was worked by
hand, the weight being drawn up with
ropes and pulley and allowed to drop.
The American power hammer strikes
100 and more blows in n minute.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-18

We ask nothing of the United States
except TO preserve our liberty, Let her
do that. and she will reap a reward
politically and commercially. II Brit
ain is willing TO lose 10000 men and
to spend some 500, oo0, 600 10 conquer
and annex the two republics. then they
must be worth something 10 Britain's
chief commercial rival-America- We
shall need much in the future, and If
America VIII help us now, in our hour
of need. we viii be grateful in a most
practical manner-C. II. Vessels in
Harper's Weekly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-18
Killing Rats on Ships.

A new way TO destroy rats on board
ship is TO I'LL the bilges with carbonic
acid gas contained in cylinders As
the gas has no odor the rats do not per-
ceiye that it is being released from the
tubes. and another advantage is that
1t causes no harm to the vessel or the
contents of the hold. This method was
discovered by finding a number of dead
rats near a cask OF fermenting mo-
lasses.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-18
8EE4eneNs
NIEISf0c
@-@
DOGWOOD PIANO KEYS.
Connecticut Lands Furnish an Ac-
ceptabIe Substitute For Ebony.


ceptabIe Substitute For Ebony.
How many of those who play pianos
and organs know what the keys repre-
resenting sharps and flats are made of?
Owing to the high price OF ebony, of
which they were formerly made, the
manufacturers of keyboards have been
searching for Il substitute which would
be cheaper, but il seemed impossible to
find a wood with 4 grain close enough
to take the necessary polish until ex-
periments with our native doSwood
showed that it could be oiled, colored
and polished until it equaled ebony in
looks and utility. 1t is a wood which
seems to have no particular locations
for growing and is scattered through
nearly every forest, and on rare occa-
sions n number of trees are found in
group. 1t grows as Il large bush or
small tree, requiring % or 80 years to
gain a diameter of five or six inches.
1t is of an exceedingly scraggy growth,
giving a profusion of handsome white
blossoms during May. Owing to the
small amount of wood contained in
tree it is rarely cut unless to clear up q
piece.
Thus when Z. f. Nettleton of Deep
River contracted with Comstock, Che
ney & Co. of IvOryton and Pratt, Read
& Co. of Deep River to furnish them
some 500 cords of il sawed into strips
an inch square, in lengths from s to 20
inches, he asked the farmers to get it
for him, and he had to offer $3.50 to So
per cord for it. In a short time the sup
ply came so fast that nine mills were
kept busy until the first of this month
saving it into strips. These strips are
piled up dollhouse style out of doors,
where they remain until thoroughly
seasoned. They are then sawed to the
right size, oiled, colored and polished.
when they are ready to be put on to the
keyboard.
This immediate section is about clear
ed of dogwood now, so that future sup
ply must be looked for away from
home. Several thousand dollars have
been distributed among the farmers
and mill men for what was considered
worthless property. This, with the
amounts paid for witch hazel brush,
has given considerable money to those
needing it during the winter MONTHS
Hartford Courant.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-18

ROCK ISLAND & PEORIA
IA Railway-Depot First ave-
ThE nue. and Twentieth street. NJ.
/0ERnUR\ A. Patterson, General Passen-
L FBGNsA , ger Agent. Passenger trains
Va ROUTE leave c.. r L & p (Mo-
". = ~ line svenue) depot five (5)
%st,% minutes earlier than time
given
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-18
TRAINS.

St. L. Springfield. Peoria,
Bur. Quin via Monmouth
Chicago, Sterling Clinton s
Dubuque 1890 .---.. --.-
Peoria, BeardStoWn. Bur
lingtou. Denver and west
St. Paul & Minneapolis. ..-
Sterlin ?, Clinton & Dubuque
St. l., Kans C., Denver &
Pac. coast via Galesburg
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-18
COURSE OF THE PLAGUE
Bubonic Pest Has Been Known
For Centuries.
DESTROYED MILLIONS IN AFRICA.

Egyptian Philosophers Wrote of 1t.
Has Killed ON Hundreds of Thou
sands-Its Ravages In the East.
CharacterIsfIcs of the Disease.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-18
TRAINS.

Spr' ghcld, Cincinnati, Peo-l
ria, etc......-............. 1920 pm
Peoria, Springfield, St L
is, etc......., nm. sos am $50 pm
st. Louis Express .......--. FS:45 pm
Peoria, Springfield, Cincin-
natl ...-.............. las pm. If:15 am
Peoria Accom- Freight..... ZOO pm l:25 am
Cable Accommodation. 500 am
Gable & Sherrard Accom-. $50 pm
Gable & Sherrard Accom-. $40 am 30 pm
Cable Il Sherrard Accom-. y 800 pm 7:55
Trains marked daily: all other trains dailv
except Sunday. The S:I5 p. n. tran carries
through sleeper to ST Louis, arriving there
FPS a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-18
THE TRAVELLERS GUIDE.
TRAINS.

Denver Limited & Omaha. 7 3:IO amls 800 am
Fl. Worth. Denver & X. c.. ? sos am lt10:35 pm
minneapolis = $50 ans 800 pm
Omaha and DeS MOines ..... ? so am .tiI:lO pm
+Omaha & Minneapolis +l2.05 am y 500 am
Omaha & Lincoln tx ....... . 7:55 am tli:i0 pm
-Denver, Lincoln & Omaha. ISi155 pm = Obs am
Denver. Lincoln & Omaha. . 3O5 am i 3:O5
Des MOines Express .......- -i2:I0 NIT 6:52 am
Rock Island e. Bureau Ac. : 4:30 PM" $50 pm
ST. Paul & Minneapolis. .... = 305 amt oa5 pm
Denver, Fl. Worth & X &. 500 am I+iO:4O pm
-RanSas Clty.StJoe & Duvrl sIi:lO pmlr $50
crock Island & Washington 80 pull+ $50 pm
Chicago & Des Moines L 2:15 pnl+ 3:45 pm
Rock Island e. Brooklyn Acis 5:35 pnl+ TAO am
-Omaha & Rock Island 80. = 6:35 PM
+ChicBRo. & Davenport ....i L 200 pm
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-18

.Dany. +Dany except Sunday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-18

GO BURLINGTON ROUTE c.,
filf,P,ys,I,H LIB & Q. RAILWAY-Depot
Elillllll1l1iH First avenue and Sixteenth
~ iiilIll.k1i "a. ]. YOUNG,
kft|f,ez IZZMEU Agent.
-D II@5 TF1VR TaRRTVE
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-18

CHICAGO MILwAUKEE&
/cYHS ST PAUL railway Ra-
IrE1sg -, cine & Southwestern Division
/nLLHAUhEt/ depot Twentierh street,
L AS0 .STpSUL ! between First and Second
~~Son I avenues. w. W. BreciSin-
St ! ridge, Agent.
TRAINS LEAVE. ARRIVE.
Mail and FYDreSs --------.--T - 30 am n 30 am
81 paul EXPRESS 80. -. 1925 pm $40 pm
Freight and accom- .......... 1920 PM 1890 am
sOaIIy. +Daily except Sunday. Train
leaving at SIS d m. carries through sleeper,
arriving at ST Paul 7:i5 u. N. and Minneapolis
At $50 a. m
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-18

arrival departure. tDaiy except Sun
ephone 1893.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-18

6:55 am 7:l5 pm
: 7:45 am I $40 pm
? 2:40 pml+1l:5S am
7::hO pmis 6:i5 am
$50 pm : $40 am
- 7:i5 pmls 6:55 am
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-02-01
YOU ARE A DEMOCRAT

and, of course, want a democratic
newspaper. THE CHICAGO DIS
PATCH is the Great Democratic
Weekly Newspaper of the Country.
1t advocates the readoption Of the
platform and the denomination of
William Jennings BRYAN.
There has never been a political
campaign that will equal in import
ance that of the one TO be fought
next year. The republican party,
backed by the money power Of this
country and Europe. is alert and ao-
eressive. Flushed with the victory of
three years ago il will seek by every
means in its power to maintain its
supremacy.
They must wage an unceasing war
upon their enemies. In no better and
more effective way can this be done
than by the circulation Of a good,
sound democratic newspaper The
Publisher of The CHICAGO DISPATCH
will send TO every new subscriber for
three months a copy of The CHICAGO
DISPATCH for ten cents. IL you are
not already taking this great politi-
ral weekly. send in ten cents at once.
You should not only do this yourself,
but you should induce all yeur friends
you can easily raise club of ten or
twenty subscribers.
THE CHICAGO DISPATCH il Endorsed
by William Jennings Bryan and
other democratic leaders.
Address THE CHICAGO DIsPDTCH.
100 and 122 Fifth Ave. Chicago. III.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-02-01
MEEkS HAD MONEY BURIED.
Lynched Murderer Carried d Secret 10
the Grave.

Fort Scott. Kan. Jan. 24.-The
officers of this city have just given
out the facts regarding a secret that
| George Meeks. one of the murderers
who was lynched in this city last
| Saturday. stubbornly carried To the
grave with him. 1t is relative to
$500 which they believe him to have
buried before his arrest. It seems
that during his confinement in jail
here. and when he began to realize
that the crime of the murder OF Leo
pold Edlinger for the purpose of rob
berry would be fastened upon him, he
wrote TO his wife. Mrs. Mollie Meeks.
at Pueblo, Col. and asked her TO
come To see him telling her that he
had $500 planted and that he wished
to communicate the secret of the hid
ing place to her.
Meeks was a professional robber
and desperate man, and the officers
attribute some of the most successful
rObberies in this part of the country
TO him and his gang. They think it
quite probable that he hid that much
stolen money before he was captured
Just few hours before he was lynch
ed Sheriff Brooks received a letter
from the sheriff of Pueblo. notifying
him that Mrs. Mollie Meeks held let
ters from her husband, cOmmunicat-
ing to her the fact that the money
hidden and asking her to come: that
she had not the money to bring
her here and was trying to raise it.
Mr.. Brooks intended to take Meeks
out Sunday when all was quiet end
question him regarding the hidden
treasure. When the mObwa batter
ing down the Jail doors SATURDAY.
evening the sheriff was in the Jail.
and, knowing that the Meeks realized
how near their end was, thought he
would, perhaps. communicate the
secret to him. that he might inform
his wife. The prisoner was living on
his cot, bleeding to death from bull
let wound he had received a few mo-
ments before from an officers pistol
in his battle with a half dozen men.
George, said the sheriff. in a |
kindly tone, lis there any word you
want to leave TO your folks. If there
is I'll promise you that III deliver it
to them all right. I'll take it down |
IN writing for You and no one shall |
know what it is -
The condemned man replied with |
the same deliberate, defiant Nothing
whatever that he spoke to the court
Turing his trial in response 10 ques-
lions as to whether he desired to ask |
Zach witness anything.
Mrs. Meeks is expected here to
make some effort TO ascertain the
hiding place of the money.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-02-01
Reward For the Capture of Meeks.

Fort Scott, Kan. Jan. 26.-Claims
for the 1876 reward offered for
the capture and conviction of the
murderers of Leopold Edlinger, for
whose killing the Meeks men were
lynched in this city last Saturday.
are now being filed. The reward will
be divided among Bates county Mis-
souri, men. All the condition of sew
eral offers We're fulfilled by the capture
and conviction of the Meeks men and
old man Phillips This county offered
$500, Governor Stanley offered 5000:
Bates county offered 5000 and Her
man Leiner, administrator OF the
murdered boys estate. offered S115.
The claimants are Mr., Turk and Con-
stable Mckinney OF Rockville, Mo,
who made discoveries that led to the
arrest and conviction OF the Meeks
men, and Oran Thompson. a mule
buyer OF Rich Hill, who gave infor-
nation that led to the arrest Of Phil
lips. This county will pay the money
the 1st of February and Governor
Stanley viii probably pay on demand
but it is said that Bates county will
refuse payment on the ground that
the murder was not committed in
that county. The reward will be III
yided equally between the three men.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-02-01

Add to this the 5000 men in hos
pital and the cost of this imperialis-
tie war in human lives begins TO be-
come apparent.
1t is evident that the army of TO-
900 men and the large naval force
now maintained in the Philippines
must be retained there indefinitely.
Hopeful imperialists think the force
may be reduced at the expiration of
a wear. This hope has no foundation
in fact.
As has been maintained in these
columns ever since the fighting began.
the contest now on viii without
doubt be continuation years. 1t has
taken century of fighting to reduce
the Indians of this continent to
fraction of their former strength and
on the war path ara not
vet extinct.
Evidently parallel condition ex-
lists III the Philippines Organized
armies of revolters may cease to
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-02-01

exist, but hostile bands will continue
to fight, and it will take permanent
garrison of nearly 100000 Ameri-
can soldiers TO keep up even all ap-
pearance of order.
General LawtOn said that subjuga-
ton of the revolters would require a
force of 80. 600 soldiers
There is a way to secure peace with
honor and all commercial advan-
tages. but that is not the imperial
istic way advocated by Mckinley.
His way has proved a costly failure
SO far 1t will continue to be fail
urp.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-02-01
Mr.. Vests Rem0nstrance.
uf1.
" ashins ;0n Post.

That was an impressive scene in
the senate yesterday. when the vet
eran, George g. Vest, bowed by the
weight of years and supporting him
self with both hands upon his desk
arose to protest against the intOler-
ance, the spirit of ostracism. the pol
| icy of persecution and denunciation
through which every man VINO ques-
tiOns the administration policy, or
even the existing situation iii Cuba,
Porto Rico. or the Philippines, is held
up to public execratiOn as a traitor
and a malcontent. Many speeches
have been delivered on the floors of
congress in this cOnnection-speeches
eloquent, fiery. cynical, and philo-
sOphic-but no one of them has done
more to bring out in sharp relief the
folly and the arrogance of the prop
sition that he who questions the per-
feet virtue and prOpriety of the pres
ent state OF things must needs be a
traitor and a slave.
Weeks ago the Post protested
against the narrow and prospective
policy of denouncing every one who
failed to celebrate the government,
attitude toward our new territorial
acquisitions We said then. what
Senator Vest says now, that that
policy of denunciatiOn is as foolish as
it is wicked, and it will recoil upon it's
champions and advocates. The time
has passed when free citizens OF
free country can be successfully 81
fenced i'll the expression of their hon
est opinions, or when any clique can
ostracize and degrade those who do
not reverently subscribe to their pet
ty culminatiOns. The attempt to
brand as traitors and allies of the RI
diculous Aguinaldo every human
being who questions the wisdom and
efficacy of the military operations of
Gen. Otis is SO silly and so impudent
as hardly to merit serious considera-
ton. Yet it is part of the attitude
OF the administrations pretended ex-
ponents, and it provokes even more
and Indignation than the
Missouri senator has suggested. The |
truth is that Mr.. Vest kept well with
in the facts when he complained of |
the accusation of dishonest and un-
worthy motives now hurled at every
one who dares assert his right OF |
private Judgment.
We venture the prophecy that it
will become necessary to arrest this
war of libel and defamation. Mr..
Vest has delivered a powerful and
timely utterance, which it were well
% take TO heart.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-02-01
Other Peoples Money
Chicago Dispatch.

Chicago Dispatch.
congressman are prone to be ex-
ceedingly generous with other people s
money.
There is method in this BENEVOLENT
madness. the method of men who
wish to become popular at the ex-
pense of the people.
This inclination is made manifest
at the current session of congress by
the bills introduced to increase the
pension list and to swell the yearly
taxes OF the people for this purpose
TO the enormous sum of $3.50, 900,
600, TO say nothing of an arrearage
of $500, 100000 additional.
No one begrudges a Just pension.
No one would deprive a soldier of the
eonsiderate care of the government,
but when this matter is made a
method of exploiting personal gen
crosby on the part of congressman
at the expense of the people generally
and without just cause, a halt should
be called.
Benlgnant, generous and suave,
Sen. Cullom OF Illinois has charming
plan to place men who were deserters
from the federal forces during the war
between the states on the pension
list
To make Cullom popular, this open
handed senator would reward cow
ards and bounty jumpers to theextent
OF $4,000, 900 annually.
This proposition eontemplates rank
injustice to the brave men who
fought for the flag and need aid from
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-02-01
Intellectual Otis.
Chicago Dispatch,

Chicago Dispatch,
While General Otis continues to re-
port small victories over bands of
brigands in the Philippines, nothing
of Importance is accomplished, and
the drain ON the American forces con-
tinue and is reaching a grievous
total.
Since August, 1898, this drain has
been progressing and the losses to
American troops, as reported by Otis
from the date given, have been as
follows:
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-02-01

Faults of digestion cause disorders of
the liver, and the whole system be
comes deranged HERBINE perfects
the process of digestion and assimila-
ton, and thus makes pure blood
Price 80 cents, at H. l.. fuckers.