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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-10

ONE light spring dray. mule and har-
ness: one heavy dray, mule and har-
ness: will be sold cheap Apply to r.
Il. Thomas, cor. King and Smith SITS.
55S1
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-10

A KNABE piano. cheap. Inquire at
American Messenger Service. 55S5
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-10

man wants position as engin-
eer; experience in England, Scotland
and Australia with gasoline, marine
and stationary engines. Il. L., this of
flee. 5592
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-03-24
7zl CHICAGO OPERA HOUSE.
TELEPHONE MAIN $50.
Stockholders Meeting.

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK
i holders OF the Chicago Newspaper Union viii
be held at the Office OF .the Company, No % South
jefferson street. Chicago. ILL.,. Mt $3.50 p. M, on
the 10th day Of April, 1900, for the purpose Of
electng board of directors for The ensuing year.
GEO. A. STRONG. Secretary.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-03-24

is mantled as he rides toward the col,
Century"
Send twenty-five cents, stamps or eur.
rency to Armour Il Co., Chicago, and
they will mail you, postpaid, this clab.
crate calendar securely fastened IN
strong shipping package.
~HA
Conan Doyle claims TO have invented
gunslght that will enable an English.
man to shoot rs straight rs BOcr.
This fiction Inns less color of plausible.
ity than any tale tho noted novelist
ever cOncocted.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-12-28
sALr MAKEs HEART BEAT.

neelared that Common ChsmIcal VIII
start New Notion II vital organ.
Chicago, Dec. e7-Professor jacques,
Loeb OF the University Of Chicago,
who has attracted the attention o.
the scientific world by his original re-
search work in physiology, with the
assistance of Professor ID. j. Lingle,
also Of the University of Chicago, has
discovered that common salt, or sod.
UNI chloride is the element in the
blood which causes the heart to pull
safe. s
Experiments have been conducted
in the laboratories of the University
OF Chicago during the last four
months which have revealed this
truth. BY experimenting on the
hearts of turtles and other animals
it has been found that heart tissue
which has ceased to beat can be made
again to take up its rhythmical pull.
Stations by placing il in solution OF
common salt or sodium chloride.
Medical men throughout the world
have long known the value of salt as
a stimulant to weak heart, but they
have never before known jnst*swhat
caused the heart to beat faster. They
were disposed yesterday to say that
the theory of Professors Loeb and
Lingle was very plausible, and
thought that when the discovery was
put on practical basis it might have
a wonderful effect in prolonging hui
man life.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-12-28
FOR BUILDING AT AMEs.
Executive Council Appro PIRATES for
New Structure.

Executive Council Appro pirates for q
New Structure.
Des Moines, Dec. 27.-The execu-
tive council has made an appropria-
ton of $4,000 out of the providential
contingent fund for the erection OF
temporary building at Ames and
heating it. President Beardshear
and members of the board of trus-
tees appeared before the council,
with rough draft of the plans for
the temporary structure as prepared
by State Architect Liebbe, and with
the councils approval.
slight notifications the plans met
the councils approval.
The building will contain ten
rooms for recitation purposes. II
will be one story high. covered with
a flat roof. sealed within and covered
with rough lumber on the outside
The cost of the building itself will
be between $4,000 and $4,000 but the
council decided to provide enough in
addition to pay for heating. The
$4,000 appropriation covers both the
cost Of erection of building and put
ting in the heating apparatus. y..
The appropriation of $4,000 is in
addition to the appropriation of
$500 made short time ago for re-
pairing the main building and OF
200 for assistance in starting the
botanical laboratory.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-12-28

Stories about misers are sometimes
exaggerated. but It has been verified
that q beggarwoman,, named Marie
Leret, who has died at Versailles, loft
behind her in gold and bonds about
$4,000. The money was found in an
old cupboard In the howell wherein the
deceased had lived for over half CEN
fury. Marie Leret was eighty-three
years old. and was one OF the most
successful mendicants of the day. She
begged persistently at church doors,
In the streets, at the railway stations,
and received, moreover. substantial
gifts from charitably disposed per-
sons, who had no idea that they were
assisting a miser. OF the sum found,
nearly $4,000 in gold tell out Of a
long stocking, the remainder being in
various securities, Of which the divi
dend warrants had not been utilized
for eighteen years. -, e..
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-12-28
WORD FROM CONGER.
Military Occup patton to Continue Tlll
China Settles. ss

Military Occupation to Continue TIN
China Settles.
Washington, Dec. 27.-A cablegrams
received at the state department.
from United States Minister Congeri
dated at Picking on the Path inst,
states that the first, formal meeting
between the diplomatic representa-
tives and Prince Ching took place
on the oath. Ching presented the
credentials of himself and III Hung
Chang, who was unable to$attend ow-5
ing to illness to the diplomatic rep-s
resentatives, who handed to him the
international note. The officials OF
the state department are unwilling to-
venture q guess as to the length Of
time that will be consumed by tho
Chinese government in considerations
of the note. The last article Of tho
note notified the Chinese government
that the occupation of Chi III and
Picking would continue until the CHS
nese government has complied with
the terms of the note. II may DO
stated, however, that the UrAt1d
States is not bound or affected by
this condition. Our occupancy. from.
military point of view has termi-
mated and there is no disposition to-
renew it. As for the other powers
it is expected that the main obstacle
they will encounter in withdrawing
under this condition will be found
in the difficulty in obtaining salts
factory guarantees upon the Chinese
promise to pay indemnities.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-12-28

The Austrian government has re-
Gently entrusted a particularly valua-
Die commission to Fraulein Erika
Paulas, this being nothing less than
the erection Of residence at Bis
tritz for the official Forest Commis-
sioners. This is the twentieth COM
mission the government has given to
Fraulein Paulas, who has not achieved
her success without q struggle and
much opposition from the building
trade, which petitioned the minister
of public works to prohibit her from
entering for the examinations. Frau
lein Paulyas gained her architects
diploma at Buda-Pesth, after passing
the mason's examination at Klausen-
burg. In England the only two mem
bers. 1t 10 said, Of the Royal Institute
Of British Architects are the Misses
Charles.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-12-28
lEPRosY IS SPREADING.
No Loss Than 10000 victins Of Dread
.-5, - Disease In Philippines. 5ss&$S 33jfss

.s.H,I Disease In Philippines. Ss%
Washington, Dec. 2s.-An appended
report TO General MacArthur's re-
view of the civil affairs of the Philip-s
pines. for the past fiscal year gives
some rather startling facts regarding
the introduction and prevalence oi
leprosy in the islands
According to the estimates o. the
Franciscan fathers, says Major tiny
l.. Edie, the writer of the report
there are no less than 10000 slepNrs
in the archipelago, the major portion
of these being in the Niscayas. Lep.
rosy was introduced in 1858, when
the emperor of Japan sents q ship
with $50 lepers ON board to the Phil
lppines as present to be cared for
by the Catholic priests.
Thus the seed was planted, and as
no practical methods ever were;
adopted to eradicate the disease, or
prevent its spread, it has taken firm
root. A house to house inspection
begun last January found more than
a hundred lepers concealed in dwell,
ings. These were sent to San IazarO
hospital in Manila, but many Others;
escaped into the surrounding conn,
try. A commission is now engaged in
the work Of selecting suitable island
or islands for the purpose of isolat.
ing all lepers in the archipelago.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-12-28
Found His Homo Haunted.

Marcus, Dec. 2...-William Mitchell
of this place and sexton of the Mar
Gus and Amherst cemetery believes
his home to be haunted. About two
months ago Mrs. Mitchell took sick
and suddenly died, leaving Mr.. Mitch
ell with three children. Within few
days after her death he and his chill
dren departed for Dcs Moincs, where
he hoped to find employment and
make his future home. Not doing
SO, he returned here. Upon retiring
at his former home here he allowed
the lamp to burn, which was his GUS
tom; upon entering the bed it was
extinguished by some unknown cause.
Thinking nothing of this, he relit it,
and no sooner had he turned around
when again it was blown out. He re-
peated this operation several times,
but each time with the same result.
Being frightened, he Immediately left
the house and says he never will go
there again.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-12-28
For a Pearl button Factory.

Clinton, Dec. 21.-Articles of incor-
poration have been filed here for the
Clinton Pearl Button company, with
a capital stock of $4,000. The stock
holders include several bankers and
other business men. The manage.
ment will be in the hands of practical
button men. The company is author
lied to buy. and sell shells, pearls.
slugs and saw button blanks. The
capital provided will equip Il large
plant that will employ fifty people
The factory VIII be ready for bust
ness as. soon as tie ice goes out.ir.
the spring. 49, fEak
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-12-28
FARM HAND HAD HIS NERVE.
Was Made Social Lion at tie Chicago
Fat Stock Show.

"AS "Nuo SoCiA1 AIOn NJ VIC N"'c"S u
Fat Stock Show.
Ottumwa, Dec. est has developed
that the officers and buyers at the fat
stock show at Chicago recently were
"taken in" by farm hand from Mel
rose, in this state, and that while he
did not commit any crime, his acts
show that he has uneXampled nerve
and an unlimited amount of gall"
The young man without cent of
capital other than S. he borrowed
from L. D. Remley of Melrose prior
to starting, made his way to Chicago,
and on going to the stock show soon
became one of the liveliest and most
interesting of bidders. It is reported
that he had a number of choice ami
mails knocked down to him at fancy
prices, and that the total amount of
his purchases was somewhere in the
$4,000 neighborhood.
Being such lively fellow and such
an apparent good judge of fine stock,
and besides a good financier, he was
written up in The Chicago papers and
wined and dined and banquetcd by
the stockmen. He returned TO Mel.
rose in parlor car, making no pay
ments on his purchases, and of course
all the deals were declared off. Max
we'll could not keep the secret to HIM
self and it leaked out.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-12-28
TEST CASE IS ARRANGED.
Plan to Got at Validity OF the Titus
Amend mont.

Plan to Got At Validity OF the Titus
Amend mont.
Des Moines, Dec 2S.-The complete
details of the program for testing
the validity of the Titus amendment
for biennial election have been made
known. Through the medium of this
plan, which was devised by Attorney
General Remley, and which has the
endorsement of Senator Charles w.
Mullan, the. attorney general-elect,
and of Senator Titus, the author of
the amendment, it is expected de-
cision will be forthcoming from the
supreme count before the close of the
January term, the ninth day of Feb
ruary.
The case will be begun at Wash
ington, Washington county, in the
Sixth judicial district, with Judge A.
II. Dewey on the bench. Marsh w.
Bailey, the county attorney-elect of
Washington county, will bring action
in quo warranto against the present
incumbent of the office, S. w. Brook
hart. Both of the men are republi-
cans and personal friends and the
suit will be entirely an amicable one.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-12-28

The newest fashion in New York
sky-scraper construction is to begin at
the top and build downward. It seems
Impossible, yet that Is what a con-
tractor is doing with bank building
at Wall and William streets. At pres
ent the upper five floors, with granite
walls, are practically finished. The
lower ten are as yet mere skeleton OF
girders and trusses. The larger blocks
of granite for these lower floors
were not ready on time, 20 the builder
decided to 90 ahead on the ones above.
1t is perfectly safe. yet the appear
ance OF the structure is 80 unusual
that 1t IL q curiosity. even for Wall
street.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-12-28
fORTY-NINE DROWNED.
Awful Disaster to School Chlldres
at Whit Cheer.

Awful Disaster to School Chlldrea
ut What Cheer.
Burlington. Deo. 2s.-An appalling
disaster has occurred at What Cheer.
While . number Of children were
skating on q pond near that place
the ice broke. precipitating the whole
lot into the water. A panic ensued
and forty children were drowned.
Details are meager.
Des Moines, Dec. 2S.-Communica-
ton was secured at 2 o'clock over the
Iowa Telephone Company's lines with
the Office of the mayor of Oskaloosa.
That gentleman said: s.S
Eve have just received brief mes
sage from Ottumwa saying that the
rumor that forty-nine school children
were drowned at What Cheer is true.
r"They were skating ON pond near
the fair ground at What Cheer, and
the ice suddenly gave way. The panic
helped the catastrophe
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-12-28
HKirIs,s MUCH wORRIED.S
lsoer. Working Further south has9l
q Year Ago. s4s Hs


Year Ago. NJ s sss M n
London, Dec. 27.The paIcity 4 iask
obscurity of the dispatches from
South Africa give rise to renewed
anxiety. Apparently the disturbed
area of Cape Colony extends further
south than it did last December, and q
Lord Kitchener does not appear W
have had much success as VEL IN
driving back the invaders.
The war office had received no news:
last evening of the reported caPttlrA
of yeomenry near BritstoWn.
! A Burgersdorp dispatch has asniysss
FERROUS reference to unfortunate nniEss
taking of the enemy for BrabankA
Horse, which resulted in the sound
ing of cease fire." and enabled tn
Boers to occupy all the commanding
positions, the British retiring from ~
difficult predicament. #S n
General Clements success against
the Beers in the Magaliesberg region
is also doubtful, the last dispatch
reporting that it was considered ad.
visable not to- force the Beers frOIOs
their positions "
The British press continues IN the
main optimis tic, but the condition s0ts
affairs brings home the enormous
difficulties that will face Lord kitchs3
ener in patroliing and policing such
vast tracts of territory even hen
the Beers shall be finally subduSki.
The Daily Mail, which makes
strong appeal to the government ta
'face the facts and. send Lord Kitchss
,ener more troops" says: sIas
"There is real risk in being lnlleds
to sleep by carefully censored mes
SaUeS Tart - Ttt. IsS35iF s@s
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-12-28
EVIDENCE AGAINST YOUTsEY.
Important Discovery Made In Gfice Of
49, tho Auditor Of Kentucky.

Important Discovery Made In Ghce Of
80 the Auditor Of Kentucky.
Frankfort, KY, Dec. 26.-One of the
clerks in the state auditors office
in searching the vault for old rec
ords, found q cartridge box contain
ing eight metal patched smokeless
powder cartridges, 1856 caliber, cor.
responding exactly to the bullet
found in the blackberry tree and
which was believed to have passed
through Senator Goebers body. The
significance of the discovery lies in
the fact that Henry Youtsey, con.
victed of participation in the Goebel
assassinat ton in October, 1899, was u
clerk in the auditors Office at the
time of the assassination and had
access to the vault where the car
tridges were found and that George
Barnes, another clerk in the Office,
testified that he saw Youtsey with
box of cartridges.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-12-28
PHYSICIANS ARE WARNED.
Must Report Infectious Diseases or Suf-
kk~m (,nuaAnnA cRN.

Must Report Infectious Diseases or Sof-
fer the Consequences.
Des Moines, Dec. 25.-The state
board of health is determined to pun
ish physicians who resist or interfere
with quarantine of infectious diseases
in the future. The board has had
great deal of trouble with doctors
who, either from ignorance or a de-
sire to protect patients from the rig
ors of quarantine against scarlet
fever or SMALLPOX, have insisted that
these diseases were something else
that did not require strict quaran-
tine.
One remarkable case Of ignorance
is reported from Eddyville, where a
doctor by the name of Brunt minute
~ described disease which he called
yaws, which is disease peculiar to
the races in Africa and in the East
Indies The description given by DIR.
Brunt does not in the least CORE
spond with the best authorities on
the subject, and it demonstrates,
members of the board say. that he
did not know what he was talking
about.
Doctors who make such mistakes in
the future and cause the spread OF
contagious diseases by their ignor-
ance or neglect will be summoned be-
fore the state board of medical exam
lners to show cause why their certifi-
Gates shall not be revoked for incom-
potency. Secretary Kennedy OF the
board says that this notice means
business and that the doctors will
find it out if there is any further
trouble Of this kind. --~'-~-~. $500. -
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-12-28
CAPE COLONY IN BALANCE
Future Depends Upon the Resources
of the Dutch. sag.

Cape Town, Dec. 26.--Fighting is
going on near De Aar. Particulars
are understandable. Two hundred Beers
have left Britstown, after colnman-
deering all supplies available.
London, Dec. 25.-The position OF
Cape Colony is hanging in the bal
ance. According to the Morning
Posts Cape Town correspondent,
everything depends on the quantity
of ammunition in possession of the
disloya1 Dutch residents, 100 of whom
have joined the Beers in the Philip
town district alone. Energetic meas
ures have been taken to stem the in
vasion, but there is unquestionably
danger that parties of Beers will get
through into parts of the colony and
gradually raise the whole cape in re-
belliOn. Reinforcements can arrive
none too soon. =.,.s~z
Most of the dispatches from Cape
Town describe the raiders as doing
little harm and as being rapidly en-
closed by Lord Kitchener's combina-
ton. Lord Kitchener is in the heart
of the disafrected districts. He has
the advantage of being possibly &C,
NlCA 1OCdl lIdSFb
March he supervised the suppression
of the rising which occurred then.
He is bringing down thousands Of
troops from the north.
The Standards Cape Town corre-
spondent says the loyalists demand
that martial law shall be proclaimed
throughout Cape Colony, but adds:
''Such a step is now impossible ow>
ing to lack of sufficient troops to
enforce it." .-@
The correspondent of the Daily
Mail at Cape Town says: .-....
"The pro-Boer press is singularly
quiet. They have been made uneasy
by the promptness and thorough
ness of the military action, but re-
ports from various parts of the west.
ern provinces foreshadow perilous
possibilities. -
"a responsible colonist who recent
ly made tour of the colony declares
that 90 per cent of the Dutch are sim,
ply waiting for the appearance of a
resourceful leader to rebel" r
Civil railway traffic has been sus-
pended largely in all parts of the col
ony, and the movements of both the
Beers and the British are almost I'M
known in Cape Town.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-12-28

How quickly the huge herds of buff
Alo on the American plains were swept
from the face Of the earth! A recent
careful count by q competent person
places the whole number Of animals
Of the kind living today at only 1.024.
DR.. William T. Hornaday says In his
book concerning the buffalo that 1t
would have been as easy to count the
number Of leaves in a forest al to CAL
eulate the number Of buffaloes living
at time during the history Of the spe-
eies previous to 1870.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-12-28
The NEWS in IOWA
ems ron TUsERcuLosIs.
rveatme nt for Tiils Dread Disease Said
to Have Bsen Found.

Il IS - n 49,
rveatme nt for This Dread Disease Said
to Have Bsen Found.
Des Mones, Dec. cs.--A sensation
nothing short of profound was caus-
ed at the meeting last night at the
Still College of Osteopathy Of the os-
teopaths of Iowa when DR.. William
Vest, a young osteopath OF Center
vile, Iowa, read a paper in which he
gave in detail new and, it is assert
ed, a successful treatment for tuber-
culosis,
DR.. Vests paper, which was sci
entific and technical, dealt with the
treatment and results of the care
of ten patients whom he has treated
since last June, each one OF whom
was restored to health.
In a word, the treatment hinges
on a knowledge OF the Importance
of the functions of the spleen and
the making use of splenatic vibra-
tions. DR.. West demonstrates before
death the blood forming functions
of the spleen by vibrating the spleen
and throwing into the blood stream
the phagocytes which prey on the
bacteria of tuberculosis Further
more in his treatment he aims to
correct organic diseases of the ali
mentary tract and give to the diseas-
ed lungs the support of healthy
organs. -.
Added to this is the auxiliary
in which the greatest at
tention is paid to diet, pure air, sun
shine. ouietude and freedom from
emotional excuses. The diet insist
ed upon consists largely Of fats, pro-
teids and carbohydrates.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-12-28
NEWS IN GENERAL
OPERATIONS IN rRANsvAAI.
3os1s Continus 60 Keep Kitohsass's
ny Mona RuaY.

i IS
3osFs Contjnus 60 Keep KitchsasE's
Mems Busy.
London, Dec. 2s.--The following dis
patch from General Kitchener WINS re-
ceived from Pretoria:
Yesterday two hundred Beers at
tackled o small police post near Boks-
burg. The police CALAMITY drove
them off before reinforcelnents from
johannesburg arrived. The Beers
damaged the mining machinery in the
neighborhood.
"The Beers attacked Utrecht at 2
o'clock this morning and were driven
off.
"The Beers held up a train three
miles west of Pan and were driven
off.
1.-THE eastern force of Beers in
Cape Colony was headed yesterday
and driven in the direction Of Venter-
stad.
1.-The western force is still being
driven north through Strydenburg."
London, Dec 2s.-The latest dis
patches from South Africa show that
Lord Kitchener has succeeded in
holding the invading Beers in check.
But he has not yet been successful
in expelling them from Cape Colony,
while small commanders continue to
display astonishing bearing and acti-
witty over an immensely wide field.
1t is questionable whether his proc
lamation will have much effect until
General De Wet has been captured.
The Beers are likely to regard it
as sign of weakness and to have
4 wholesome dread of De Vets ven
geance if any surrender.
The proclamation is approved by
the party at home that favors con-
ciliatory terms to the Beers. j
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-12-28

A large amount Of American steel is
tling imported into Scotland. One
Scotch shipbuilding firm has received
over 10000 tons Of ship plates from
America at a price. that IL f4.ooe
cheaper than the same could be oh.
tanned In Scotland. Another firm ii
taking over $4,000 tons. and altogether
1t is calculated that about 100000 toni
will be imported. Some steel Is also
being sent from Germany, but not in
zach large quantities a. from America