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Only One Preventive Known.

That fully one-half of all cases Of Ca
tarrh, Bronchitis and Consumption are
contracted in the month of March is a
well known fact. The germs Of these dis
eases, having accumulated during the
winter are warmed into life by the sun,
taken up in the strong winds and spread
broadcast throughout the land. tits I'M
possible to avoid the inhalation of these
germs, and woe betide the person whose
bronchial tubes or air passages in the
head and lungs, are in an inhamed and
weakened condition at this season.
There is but one known method by
which these disease germs can be de-
stroyed after entering the air pas
sages-the inhalation of the new Dry
Air Germicide,
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MILITIA ABOUT JAIL.
But II Is Fesred There VIII he &
Lynching Before Morning.

Richmond, Va, March GA negro
named Cotton who escaped from the
Portsmouth. Va, jail some months ago
while under sentence Of death and who.
with q white man, was concerned in the
killing of Justice of the Peace Saunders
and MIR. Welton at Shippers, 6reensville
county. Thursday, was, after an all
night chase, captured at Stony Creek,
Sussex county. He confessed to shooting
aunce;s and Welton and to several rob-
berries. He was taken to tbs Jail at En-
poria where the white man who was with
him when the murd er occurred Is con-
fined. A large crowd gathered around
the Jail bent on lynching Cotton. At the
request OF the county judge and the
sheriff, the governor sent to Emporia
Co. %. of the Richmond blues. The
troops surrounded the jail. Cotton gave
the names of several parties, who. he
said, were engaged In the murder recent
IL OF George W. Black. At 9p. M, 1t
having been reported that II the troops
RENE ined the mob would attack them
and the citizens agreeing the
Law should take Its course,
the troops went to the cell house
and the sheriff placed local guards In
charge of the jail. At H. p. m, how
ever, 1t was reported that two other mobs
were marching towards tho Jail and 1t is
feared there will be lynching before
morning.
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FIRE IN BOSTON,

Boston, March 23.-Tbree alarms OF fire
were sounded at / As tOrEa fire in a five
story trick building adjoining ths build
ing occupied by Carter, Rice & Co., on
Purchase street, In the wholesals dts.
triot. The fire will probably be confined
to the upper story and the loss will not
be very heavy. HosemAn Darrah Of en-
CINE 90, fell from ladders and Was ssri :
ously hur..
The fra was In the wholesale oil
house OF W. A. Wood g. Co. The damage
will not exceed IS OOO
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SAPHO PEOPLE PLEADED NOT
GUILTY.

New York, March s3.-Through her
counsel Abe Hummell. Olga Nsthersols,
too III to appear in corrt, pleaded not
guilty today before Justice Fursman of
the supreme court to the Indictment
charging her with producing a play that
violates the ordinance against public
indecency
At the same time, MIR. Hummel plead
ed not guilty for the other defendants.
Marfus Mayer, Theodore Moss and Ham
ilton Revells, none of whom was in court.
After some consideration Of the prob
able length of Niss Nsthsrsols's illness.
Tuesday, April 8 was set as the day fer
the trial.
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gun, but he could not say positively
whistler they were fired from the upper
or the lower story of the building.
Ssates Senator Frazer testified that he
was ON the steps of the State House when
the shots were fired. These steps face the
executive building The shots sounded as
IL right in front of him. but although he
looked around he saw no one and could
not state what part of the building the
shots came from.
Sheriff HeLry W. Bosworth Of Fayette
county testified to the arrest Of Powers
and Davis. The papers found on the
prisoners including the psruons issued by
Gov. Taylor, were plt cad on record.
Adjourned until tomorrow morning.
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MAGE SCALE sETTLkD.

Pittsburg, March 23-The detailed
wage scale for the coal miners for the
Pittsburg district was finally agreed 20
ana signed today TO become effective
April /, the bas's in the main being
horizontal advance of s1.21 per cent over
the present rates. The settlement affects
directly and indirectly twenty thousand
men and is the msss advantageous settle
meat ever secured by the United Mine
workers In this district
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QUITE A DIFFERENCE

Elmira, NY. March SO The report OF
former City Chamberlain. Frank Z.
Bundy, dated February 6, stated that the
city was solvent and had balance to It's
credit of $EcO. Instead the common
council committee of investigation finds
that the city Is In debt between $75, OOO
and SlO0. COO because of overirafts. This
IS outside OF Bundy's heavy shortage and
hns caused as great surprise as did the
news Of his defaloation.
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AT wARRENTON.

Description of Lord meshaen's Posi-
tion-
London. March PA despatch to the
Daily News from warrenton dated Thurs-
day dssnibing Lord Msthnsn's position
there saTsi
"a small thanking force sent through
BesAof, secured en- important crossing.
where the pont, or terry, had been de-
stroyed but foreseeing this, Lord Me-
thuen had another pont built which Is
ready to be sent thishsr when an advance
is considered opportune.
"The cavalry and Infantry column lie
snrouts for this point. Thua the position
Of the Beers ct Fourteen Streams is for
midably threatened.
"Lord Methuen's advance has not been
hurried to the relief of Mafeking where
the pr ssure apparently has been related
as q result of operations elsewhere; bus
he lie confident Of his ability to push aside
the opposition on the vsal river when
the proper time oomes."
A Bloemfontein correspondent OF the
Daily News tslearaphins Thursday. says:
"A letter from Mr.. Poultney, an inter-
prefer In the Free State courts, has been
received by his wife here In which the
writer declares that General Joubert 10
commanding the combined force at
Kroonstadt, where there 10 plenty Of
men, guns and food stuffs for deter
mined residence"
MILNER's MISSION.
Care Town. March es.-lt is under
stood that Sir Alfred Miners mission
northward is connected with the enforce
ment of martial law. He will uss his
personal influence toward the pacification
Of disaffected centres.
The Cape ministry is Loyalty support
ing him. Martial law In response to re-
quests from loyais's, has been proclaimed
In the Gordonia district.
LOOKS DARK FOR MAFEKING,
London, March 23.-Col. Plummer ap-
parsntly has retired to Crocodile Pools
and Mafeking seems further OF than ever
from relief.
A Springfontein telegram publ shed In
she second editions Of the Times says:
"The apparent submissive attitude OF the
Free Staters should be accepted with oAu-
ton, A large proportion OF obsolete In
ferlor weapons being turned In by them
to the British is givisR the impression
that large stores of modern maussrs are
being concealed"
sTEYN DEPOSED.
Springfontein, March sS.-It 10 re-
ported here that Mr.. Steyp has been do
posed from the Presidency and that the
public affairs Of the Free State are being
adm Mustered by committee a. Kroon-
stadt.
REBELLION SUPPRESSED.
Bloemfontein, Thursday, March "a
The rebellion in the Priesak district has
been suppressed and Lord Kitchener
Is returning here.
ISOLATED PLUMER. |:
London. March 24.-A despatch to the
Daily News from Loprenco Marques dat
ed Friday, says;
SIT 10 reported bsre from Pretoris It's
Commandant Eloff is isolating Col.
Plumsr's forces near Gaberones."
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CHARLES DAY,
247 Middle st.
mar24-l weOd

s O'Clock. Mr. Browne has lectured in
the principal cities Of New England and
New York state, having spoken to I'M
msnss audiences in New Haven, New
York. Albany, Troy. Boston, Springfield,
Worcester, Bangor. Rutland and Fitch
burg and several Of the smaller towns
and cities. An important event connect
cd with the lecture will be the attendance
Of the local militia companies OF the
National Guard in a body.
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MEETING TROUBLE.
Part of Col. PIumer's Army Compelled
90 Retire.


40 Retire.
/. London, March 23-9.2l p. m.-Tbe
war Office has issued the following:
Cape Town, March 23.-The following
telegram has arrived from Nicholson,
Buluwayo, March 16.-"The following
is from Plumer-Lobasti, March H.
The Beers advanced from the south in
considerable force this morning. They
first advanced from GODDESS Siding.
After q sharp little engagement. Lieut..
Col. Bodies's advanced post was oom-
PEELED to retreat. The retirement was
excellently carried out TO our main posi-.
tion. The casualties included Lieut..
Chapman and q corporal, prisoners. and
two missing, probably prisoners. Five
troopers were wounded. Chapman q
horse fell with him, close to the enemy.
who Immediately surrounded him.
"The exactly Beers casualties are I'M
known, but several were shot at short
range.
sin the afternoon the Beers advanced
further north and shelled our position
from a ridge on our lsft. Our IL la
FOUNDER replied, the artillery duel CON
tinuing until sunset.
"Lieut. A. ]. Tyler has since died of
wounds. One native was killed"
BOERS ARE ENCOURAGED.
Boer Camp, Kroonstadt, Thursday.
March 22.-Affairs ara being put in prop
er shape and the Free Skaters who had to
leave are returning in crowds. The Pres
idsnt's proclamation has shown the
burghers that the government Is standing
firm. The commands are mobillzinE In
great numbers and the men are more
determined than ever President Steyn
has issued a proclamation in which be
warns the burghers who lay down thsii
arm and help the knglish that they are
liable to the utmost punishment as trait
ora,
FRENCH FIGHTING.
Tendon. March 80, 6 So p. m.-Acoord
ting to a special despatch from Cap,
Il iWn. dated today, General French
cavalry BRIGADE Ii fighting eastward o
Bloemfontein.
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COLUMBIA TRIUMPHED.

New York, March 23.-Columbia Drawn
ana ekill triumphed over strength and
dexterity as repessnted by six other Anne
rican institutions of learning in the first
annual meet Of the interoolle igats gym
nastic association held tonight in the
Columbia team scored &c against II for
Yale, their closest opponent. Harvard
was third with six points; New York
university fourth with thres, while
Princeton and Haverford each made but
a single point, and Cornell was closed
out entirely.
1hs all around championship was tax
en- by a Columbia man. j. De La Fuente
scoring over Z. L. EIiason of Yale by
two points in a total Of l02.
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DEATH BY EXPLOSION.

5 Muno.e, Ind, March 80. The james
Niokum's saw Ill, six miles south~fs st
OF Muncie was dss' royed by an expIe sion
this evening. Three men are dead, one
mcrs Will die and three others are In
iursd. The explosion resulted from the
water pump becoming broken when the
boiler rad ON q full head Of seam.
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MUSIC AND DRAMA.
MASTER AND PUPIL.

At the Jefferson Monday evening
MesMs. Rich and Harris will present for
the first time here the new comedy drama
''Master and Pupil" IL Is In three acts,
from the pen of Sydney Rosenfeid and IL
introd uoes Louis Mann and Clara Lip
man In the sItuias roles. Particular IN
t,rest attaches to 'shis production, not SO
much from this fact that 1t Is something
of a novelty In that IL differs radically
from the usual order Of plays bearing sne
Rich and Harris stamp. but because 10 Is
an entirely new departure for their TWO
stars, taking them from the plane oil
French and German fares to that OF the
more serious level Of comedy drama.
HOYT'S "a DAY AND NIGHT. "
What Charles Hoyt terms his report OF
the doings Of O gentleman from New Jsr-
sey during q sojourn In New York, "A
Day and A Might" will be presented at
the Jefferson theatre next Thursday eve
ming. MIR. Hoyt, for severnl seasons. ess
annually given the public new oomedy'
and this Is his latest Offering. The cast
Is of exceptional excellenoe. including
Frank Doane, W. II. Currie. Charles
Warren, Louis EAgan, W. NJ. Ryan, NJ.
Rsean, Eugene Rowley, Charles Mitohen'
Hattie Williams. Gensvra Gibson, Clay
ton Sistsrs, and Sara Carr.
CoRSE PAXTON LAST APPEAR
ANCE.
This afternoon and tonight at the
jefferson theatre will witness the con-
oluding performances of Corse Payton
and his clever associates In "The BLACK
Ruby" and "Jim the Penmau, re-
spsctiyely. Mr.. Payton has never before
presented The Black Ruby In Portland,
be having reserved u surprise for his
friends. In the evening the play an
nounced will rsintroduos Mr.. Payton In
his most artistic characterization "Capt.
Redwood" There are still good seats
for sale at both performances.
MISS NELLIE KENNEDY OF KEN
NEEDY PLAYERS.
II Is almost incredible that one year
can make 50 great q difference In per-
son as the past twelve months have In
Miss Nellie Kennedy. When Scranton
last saw this little lady she was talent
ed child. Now she is u winsome young
woman, with an abundance of dramatic
ability. This was demonstrated to O
large audience at the Academy OF Music
last evening. Pa. Truth.
kYLES MCCARTHY AT PORTLAND
THEATRE.
"Dear Hearts of Ireland" was played
to a good sized audience last evening
at the Portland theatre. The play datei
back to 1s25. during the dissension In
Ireland. Mr.. Mccarthy a. Barney Flynn,
was very amusing throughout the whole
evening, and his singing Is very pleas
ing. Miss Laura Stone, an old Portland
theatre favorite, played the part of Nora
Malone. Miss Rsrtine Robinson a
Henrietta was exceedingly fine. MIR. Har
~ Browne az Rogsr Fitzgerald shovel
himself to to oreditabls nembsr o
the profession, which he has lately Joined
In fact the company is made up Of
very capable company of people. The plaI
will be repeated this afternoon with I
final performance this evening.
SUNDAY EVENING LECTURE.
Persons desiring to hear talk on TIL
Cuban campaign as witnessed by par
Elephant. will be pleased to know tina
Harry c. Browne of Co. n. Second Mas
saohusstts U.S.V., will speak at Pertains
theatre. Sunday evening, March % q
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Relief i'm SIX Hours.

Distressing kidney and bladder diseases
relieved in six hours by the NEW
GREAT SOUTH AMERICAN KIDNEY
CURE" 1t is a great surprise on ao-
count Of It's exceeding promptness In re-
lieVing pain in the bladder. kidneys and
back In male and female. Relieves reten-
tion of water almost immediately. II you
want quick relief and cure this IL the
remedy. sold by @. II. GaPpy s. Co.,
Druggist, 46S Congress street, Portland
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JEFFRIEsEREADY.

San Francisco, March 2S.-Champion
PugiliH j. ]. Jeffriss, who is jim this
city, says that unless he receives contrary
Instructions from his manager BILLY"
Brady, he will start for Chicago on
Sunday night to prepare for this "three
men In one night" dght.
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G. @. NAFFIT DEAD.

St. Louis. March 2s.-Charles C.Maffit,
former chairman Of the State Democratic
COMMITTEES horssman of national repu-
tation and one of the weaIthiest oitlzsns
Of st. Louis. died here today of pneu-
monia. He was about fifty years of age.
he had an exter sive racing stable and
his colcrs were familiar to RAGS track
throughout tbs country
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WANT TROOPS WITHDRAWN.

Washington, March 23.-Resolutious
were introduced in the House and Senats
yesterday requesting the President TO
withdraw troops from the Occur d'Alens
district.
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no EXCLUDE sAPHO.

Washington. March 90 -Rsprese mt ii Q
Fitzgerald introduced n bill into Con-
eress yesterday instruoting the postmas-
tsr general to exclude copies Of Daudet 5
apho from the malls.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-24

A woman whose name was MT learned
fell on the sidewalk In trent of the Sec.
ond Parish church last evening and wa
taken into the ONCE Of DIR. Leighton neal
by. She was attended to and In few min
utss proceeded on her way.
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CAPTAIN AND GREW DROWNED.

Vancouver. B. c., March 81. -Advices
from Australia state that tho cutter Es-
pegisl went to pieces on Otowa Reef
Captain John Castle and twenty Ton2ans
were drowned and q valuable cargo was
lest.
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TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo QuDus Tablets. al
druggists refund the money II Il fails to cure.
u. W. Groves signature Is on each box. $50
marl6Th&5d9t
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There is no police
man to enforce the
laws of health and
to call = s top!''

to call = top!'
m when you are. In
W danger from dis
ease. But Nature
has her own dam
ger signals. When
A~1 pain shoots like a
~ lightning fash
along the nerves, when
the heart beats feebly or
irregularly, when there
n is unnatural fullness after
eating, sour risings, head
s! 81 ache, coated tongue or
k irritable temper, then
Nature is plucking you by
~ the sleeve and calling
stop!" To neglect
these warnings is danger
Gus. Derangefnent of the
~ stomach and its allied or
- gans is but the beginning
~ of trouble for the whole
body.
AS a complete cure for
disease of the stomach
and the organs of
~ digestion and nu-
triton Doctor
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
stands without an equal. II purihes the
blood, cleanses the system of poisonous
accun1ulations, nourishes the starved
nerves and builds up the entire body,
5 blood and bone, muscle and nerve.
p "u /. with pleasure that tell YOU what DR.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Pellets
have done for me-" writes Mrs t. NJ. Palmer
5 of Peede. Kaufman Co, Texas Two years
ago was taken with stomach and bowel trouble
Everything l ate would put me in distress.
lived two weeks on milk and even that gave me
pain felt as though 1 would starve to death:
Three doctors attended me-one said had
dyspepsia, two said catarrh of the stomach and
bowels They attended me lone at tmel Tor
one year. / stopped taking their medicine
and tried patent medicine; got no better, ano
/ grew so weak and nervous my heart would
hutter. could not do any kind of work. Now
/ can do my house work very well, am gaining
In flesh and strength, and can eat anything
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FRENCH FIGHTING.

London, March 30, 6 So p. m.-Aooord-
ting TO special despatch from Cape
TiWn. dated todays General French 5
cavalry BRIGADE IL lighting eastward of
Bloemfontein.
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HYOMEI

HYOMEI alone of all the thousand
and one cures can be carried in the air
we breathe to the minutest air cells of the
respiratory organs. HYoMEI alone can
destroy the disease germs which have
found Judgment there. These facts are
now admitted by all medical men, and
acknowledged by the United States
Health Reports published January 5th,
1900.
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1t Cures by Inhalation.

~ NNtAN ~ =
Ten Minutes night and morning de-
stroys all germs inhaled.
Ten Minutes four times a day cures
Catarrh and Bronchitis.
Ten Minutes every hour cures Con-
sumption.
Coughs and Colds cannot exist where
It is used.
HYOMEI is sold by all druggists or sent by
mail
outfit Complete $l.00. Trial Size, 25c.
Five days treatment sent free on receipt OF
&c. stamp for postage.
THE h. T. BOOTH CO., Ithaca, ". Y.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-01

converted are on this roll. There has
been at work for weeks this vast army OF
American citizens striving through the
means Of argument and persuasion to Sc
cure new recruits fer the peoples cause.
1t is this persistent organized effort to
make the plain people see the Republics
peril that has materially contributed to
the remarkable change in public senti-
ment that is now being exhibited in every
State.
The Republican lead cannot in some
States. of course. be overcome. Every
device which an INSCRIPTIONS and enor-
mously wealthy enemy can invent has
been resorted to in order to check the
movement. Intimidation, coercion, brib-
cry are certain to prove useless in this
campaign. When Bryan men are COM
PEELED to parade in Mckinley demonstra-
lions under pain of discharge they are ad-
vised to parade. but to not let that action
influence their vote.
ION election day | expect that the Ma
tional Association of Democratic Clubs
will prove of incalculable benefit to the
party. The clubs will act as an auxiliary
to the larger Democratic organization.
when the clubs are not themselves the
regular organization. They will man the
polls. expose bribery, bring voters to the
election booths. prevent fraudulent vot-
ing. watch election inspectors and judges,
and see that the vote is honestly count
ed" j. J. ID.
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ALVoRD IN THE TOMBS.
To BE Turned Over to the United
States Authorities Today

NEW YORK, Oct. 31.-Cornelius l.. Al
word. jr., accused of stealing 500. COO from
the First National Bank, will be turned
over to the United States authorities to-
morrow and arraigned for examination be-
fore United States Commissioner Shields
District Attorney Gardiner has agreed to
surrender Alvord, although of the opinion
that the State has jurisdiction in this
case.
Alvord is still in the Tombs. He seems
to be ccntcrted so long as he has
plenty of cigars to smoke. Today he said
he did not see that itsmattered whether
he was tried in a State court or Federal
court. He was not taken to the Centre
Street Court today. Colonel Gardiner and
General Burnett told Magistrate Flammer
that they would like to have his examina-
ton postponed until an agreement had
been reached about the jurisdiction. Mag
istrate Fiammer was still of the opinion
that he ought to be brought into his court
He asked to see copy of the complaint
He found that it was made on Information
furnished 10 United States Commissioner
Shields By Fisher A. Baker. counsel to
the First National Bonk. and was a com
plant for embczzlement under 4 national
banking act.
After looking over a copy of the COM
plant and examining the warrant the
magistrate said he would postpone the
arraignment until tomorrow. Then AL
word VIII be shifted to the Ludlow Street
iail
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A DROP IN BETTING ODDS.
tCoatinued From First rase.l


$4,000 tickeks to the Hinton meeting.
which had 70 600 people,
indianapolis, Ind.-"We have nothing
like the opposition We had one week be-
fore the; election four years ago. -Four
years ago the 'goldbug' element composed
of leaders (that have been for years lead
ers) in the Democratic ranks did very eff
fective work for Mckinley by means OF
most powerful organization; this year
they have no organization, while from 6O
to so per cent of them are now support
ing Bryan and working for him. ana
many of the remaining will not vote for
President but support the Democratic
State ticket. This year we have an access
sion of anti-imperialst Republicans and
Germans and from other parties which
estimate at over 10000. There is silent
vote in the Republican party, never before
SO plainly observed. Everything is most
encouraging for the election of Bryan
Dover, Del.-"The vote in this State
will be as follows: Mckinley. 1880;
Bryan. u 500. Bryan is gaining votes daily
and will he stronger on election day than
he is today"
San Francisco, Cal.-"Hon. Charles A.
Towne has been speaking on the Pacific
Coast with great effect. California Will
go for Bryan and Stevenson without
doubt"