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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1900-10-22

An Indication IF some OF the impors
tant industrial Effects which may be
expected to follow the opening up OF
China. is given IN recent reports con
corning the Chinese tree called the
"tu chung" Both French and English
botanists assert that this tree contains
a valuable substance resembling rub
Der, or Futta-percha. Mr.. Weiss. Of
Owens college. believes that the sub
stance is a true caoutchouc. and that
the tree win become OF great ecoHomie
saportance- Yonth'a COMPANION. u
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1900-10-22

Every man should have purpotss
In Fife" remarked the severe old lads,
us she sized mp the tramp through her
'steel-rimned spectscles. "Yes'n."
said the trann. Mines maxim foot
prints in de sands o tine; an dere
<iont seem ter be much doin' here.
ruess I'll make few tracks. Phil
3s6eIplia Record.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1900-10-22
ApnIe Puddsr1.

An easily made pudding that has
serted an old housekeeper on many
emergency occasions is prepared by
making u mixture Of one cupful os
-four. ore cupfUl Of sugar. one eupfui
Of milk. half c''pful of butter and
three eggs. and adding. to it three
chopped armies and three-quarters o.
4 cupful Of chopped raisins. This
should ho baked in a moderate oveR
about half an hour. Serve with hare
&suce.-N Y. Tribune.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-03-16
Cape Colony Free of Beers,

London, March 1O.-The Beers while
in retreat twice repulsed General
French's cavalry with rife fire. AS no
report has been made of the capture OF
prisoners, the enemy probably got
away with their entire force. General
French is still following them and
keeping between them and Bloemfon-
tein.
The evacuation of the northern dis
tricts of Cape Colony is now nearly
complete. The British are in posses
sion of the railroad crossings.
At Mafeking Colonel Baden-Powell
seems to be in grave need of outside
help. Otherwise he would not allow
the correspondents to send out in
formation respecting the distress Of
the garrison.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-03-16
franchises Not Taxable.

Austin, Tex, March 12.-The corpora
tions of Texas won a big fight in the
district court here in securing from
Judge Morris an opinion throwing out
of court the hundreds of franchise tax
suits pending against all quasi-public
corporations for taxes claimed to be
due on their franchises. The conten-
ton was that such franchises were
taxable the same as personal or real
property, and under such contention
hundreds of suits have been brought
all over the state to recover taxes, in
some instances as far back as 1880, and
representing thousands upon thousands
of dollars. Judge Morris, the presiding
judge, held that such franchises were
in no wise taxable under the law, thus
scoring big victory for the corpora
tionS
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-03-16
UNIQUE HANDWRITING.
Roumanian's Nervous Malady Compels'
Him to Write Backward.

An almost unique case OF nervous
disease was Investigated at the last
sitting OF the French Academy of Med
icine. The patient Is young Rou-
manian, whose malady has been OBJ
served by DR.. Marinesco OF Bucharest.
The most curious manifestation OF his
disease takes the shape OF what Is
known among scientists as mirror,
writing" which means that the char,
acters are written backward, so that
when reflected in a mirror they are to
be read in the ordinary way. DR.. Ma,
rinesco had observed that the hands OF
his patient, when unoccupied, were af-
fected with q nervous trembling, which
ceased to a great extent when they
were used for definite purpose. Wish
ing to see what effect this symptom OF
the malady had on the handwriting
DR.. Marinesco asked the patient to
write a few lines from dictation; to
his establishment he found that the en-
tire passage had been written back
ward with absolute accuracy. The ex-
pertinent was repeated several times
with exactly the same result, and 1t Is.
in fact, impossible for the patient to
write otherwise. When asked to trace
word with his foot on the ground 1t.
too, was found to be written backward.
The patient being Jew. final ex-
pertinent was made with Hebrew. This
language, as Is well known, is al.
ways written backward, but the pa
tient, reversing as usual, the normal
process, can only write 1t from left to
right. Partial cases OF mirror writ
ing have been observed before, but
1one in which the tendency was so ir-
resistible.-Pall Mall Gazette,
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-03-16

Washington, March 10.-General
Davis who is at the head of affairs in
Puerto Rico reports TO the war de-
Sartment to the effect that it is abso
lutely necessary to continue to feed
Che starving people there. The coffee
planters are making strenuous efforts
20 clear up their fields, but having no
money for the payment of their hands,
the laborers have been laid off and are
drifting into the towns, thereby becom-
Ing public charges Unless fed at the
public expense, starvation will result,
and the military governor therefore
has requested shipment of 500 tons
Of rice goldfish and bacon, in addition
to the 500 tons asked for about three
weeks ago.
General Davis states that if he could
put about $4,000 men at work for
period of three months on the roads
Involving expenditures for labor, tools
and supervision of some $223,o00 a
month, the period of acute distress
could be tided over.
The acting commissary general Of
subsistence was directed to secure the
food asked for, for immediate ship
fnant
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-03-16
Ninety-Seven Pension Bills.

Washington, March 12.-The first
day pension session of the house pro-
vided for under the new rule proved q
great success. There was compare
lively little friction and ninety-seven
bills were favorably acted upon in
committee of the whole and passed by
the house. The only incident of the
session was brisk exchange between
Mr. Loud of California and Mr.. Sullo.
way of New Hampshire on the general
policy of pension legislation, in which
the former attacked and the latter
defended the system.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-03-16
FIRST WOMAN LAWYER.

Two years ago Mile. Jeanne Chau-
van of Paris applied to the authorities
to be admitted to the bar as lawyer.
she had passed her examinations far
more brilliantly than most men and
only waited the verdict of those in au-
thority to make her a full-fledged add
vocate with the right to practice. II
was a very sensational scene at the
Palais de Justice when the affair was
brought up. All the students OF the
Sorbonne were there and cheered her
as she appeared. They admired the
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-03-16
Secretary Root In Havana.

Havana, March 9.-Secretary Root
has arrived here on board the United
States transport Sedgwick. He was
received with salute from Cabanas
fortress. General Ludlow was also on
board the Sedgwick. Governor General
Wood and all of the division staff and
the department of Havana staff were
conveyed to the transport by the quar-
termaster's tug and escorted the party
ashore. The prominent Cuban visitors
to the Sedgwick were the chief justice,
the secretaries, the mayor, civil gov
ernor and the chief of police.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-03-16
Against Publishing Prize Fights.

Washington. March 12.-Representa-
tive Hepburn, of Iowa, introduced a
bill providing that no picture or de-
scription of any prize fight or pugilistic
encounter, or any proposal of betting
on fight shall be transmitted in the
mails or by any common carrier en-
gagged in interstate commerce, whether
in newspaper or periodical or in any
other form. Any person sending or
knowingly receiving such matter for
transmission is made liable to imprison-
ment not exceeding one year or fine
not exceeding 81 900.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-03-16
Price of Binding Irvine.

Topeka, March 1.-the board Of
directors of the Kansas penitentiary
decided that the price of the product Of
the binding Irvine plant at the state
penitentiary at Lansing will be 10
cents pound, or as near that figure as
the cost of production will permit. w.
A. Thompson, deputy warden of the
prison, is now in Central America
making contracts for sisaL Last year
the farmers paid 1s1I to is cents for
Irvine. The binding Irvine win BE-
sold direct to the consumer
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-03-16
DUTCH STREETS.
Delightfully."- Suggestive of Tranquil Re
pose and Old Fashion.


pose and Old Fashion.
Commend us to the ever-tranQuil
Dutch streets with their mellow an
tique houses, says the Gentleman's
Magazine. These mostly follow cir
cles, as is to be expected in fortified
place. But the typical Dutch street,
found everywhere, is the line Of houses
by the canal, range of old trees In
front, shading the Indian red brick
behind, with its bright white window
sashes, as bright as much polished
brass. Nothing is more suggestive OF
tranquil repose and old fashion. They
stretch along the broad canal before
them, where bridges cross and barges
lie together alongside. Even In very
populous capitals we come in the su.
burbs on some delightful, retired bits
OF canal, leaving much the same effect
as does Church row at Hampstead. Old
fashioned, well-to-do folk live here In
retirement. There Is one such at the
entrance of The Hague on the Sche.
veningen side, where the charming
woods begin; anything more old world
and solemnly attractive cannot be i'm
agined. We might well fancy our
selves back in the days OF Sir William
Temple and of William of Orange, who
may have strolled along these banks.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-03-16
Church In Chicago Burns Down.

Chicago, March 1o.-The Second
Presbyterian church, at Twentieth
street and Michigan avenue, is destroy
ed by fire. The building was the home
of one of the most aristocratic congre-
cations in the city. A reception was
being given in the church parlors by
the Young Peoples Christian En-
deavor of the church and the as
semblage was in the midst of the
festivities when the blaze was discov.
cred in the organ, in the main audi
forum. There was a wild rush fol-
the exits, but all escaped safely. The
loss on the building and furnishings is
estimated at 5000, 900.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-03-16
water And Light CompanIes.

Topeka, March Illegal machinery
will soon be placed In motion to put
the public utility law passed by the
legislature of 1897 in operation. The
first suit will probably be directed
against the Dodge City Water and
Light Company, and, If the state wins
that, then the attorney general will
strike right and left in his efforts to
compel corporations to comply with
the act The law requires semi-annual
statements and the payment to city Of
all over per cent profit.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-03-16
MLLE. JEANNE CHAUVAN.

girl who had been cleverer than they
The verdict was that no woman could
practice law in France, and Mile.
Chauvan went out amid the cheers OF
encouragement, and she has never
ceased to press her claims when they
would work the most for her good. AT
last she has succeeded, for recently the
courts granted the right to women to
practice law with the full honors Of
men, and Mile. Jeanne Chauvan is the
first to go to the bar. She is also one
of the editors and founders OF the IA
nous woman's paper of Paris.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-03-16
DID THEY SHOOT GOEBEL?
State Officers And Clerks Are Un-
der Arrest For It.
HUNTING PROMINENT MEN.

Frankfort, KY, March 12.-W. ii.
Coulton, q clerk in the Office Of State
Auditor Sweeney, was arrested and
placed In Jail charged with completely
In the murder of the late Governor
William L. Goebel The arrest was
made by Chief of Police Williams.
Warrants have also been issued for the
arrest of Secretary of the State Caleb
Powers and Captain John w. Davis,
policeman of the state capital square,
but they have not been served. The
warrants also charge them with being
accessory to the Goebel assassination,
and warrants against ex-Secretary OF
State Charles Finley and John 7. Pow
ers, brother of Secretary of State Powers
have been sworn out and have been
sent to Whitley county for service.
Davis is in the city but was not at his
residence, and up to a late hour the
police had not found him. 1t is not
known whether Secretary Powers is in
the city.
Several witnesses who testified at
the trial of Harlan. Whitaker swore
that the shots at the time of the Goebel
assassination were fired from the
direction of Powers office and he and
all of the parties for whom the war
rants were issued have been under the
strctest surveillance ever since the
assassination.
Public admission to the state house
grounds was denied.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-03-16
AMEND THE CANAL TREATY.
So As To Authorize Its Defense By
This Country.
ALL VOTED FOR 1T BUT MORGAN

Washington, March l9.-The senate
eommittee on foreign relations agreed
TO report the Hay-Pauncefote treaty
amending the Clayton Bulwer treaty,
with an amendment granting author
ity for the defense of the canal by this
country when constructed. The fol
lowing is the text Of the amendment:
Insert at the end of Section 5, of
Article ., the following:
at is agreed, however, that none of
the Immediately foregoing conditions
and stipulations in sections number l,
2, 3, 4, 5 of this act shall apply to
measures which the United States may
find it necessary to take for securing
by its own forces the defense of the
United States and the maintenance OF
public order"
Senator Morgan was the only mem
Der of the committee who east his vote
against the amendment, Senators Ba-
con and Daniel, the only other Demo-
Gratis present, voting with the
Republicans. They also voted with
the Republicans to have the treaty
reported as amended.
Senator Morgan talked at length
during the sitting of the committee in
opposition to the amendment, prac-
tically consuming the entire time of
the session. He contended for the ut
most liberality toward other powers in
the use of the proposed canal and held
that American interests were fully
safeguarded by the treaty as it stands.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-03-16
ru.ntr rhou.and Men Ansstsd.

Youngstown, o., March 12.-At the
.bi-monthly wage conference here be-
tween representatives of the Amalga-
mated Association of Iron Manufacture
lers, an advance of 25 cents ton in the
rate for pudding was agreed upon.
The rate will now be Sc a ton, the
highest paid since 1880. The rate for
pudding is now so per cent higher
than in 1895 and for finishing the ad-
vance has been 81 per cent since that
time. About 10000 men are effected
by the advance.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-03-16
Roera Dissatisfied.

London, March 10.-Mr. Hillawell,
the Daily News correspondent at MAIZE
king, who passed two months in prison
In Pretoria, escaped and was recaptured
sixty miles from Pretoria, sends dis
patch dated Pretoria Jail, describing
the misleading news given the Beers
by their officers regarding the course
of the war. He said: "Great dissatis-
faction exists among the Beers as their
supplies of food, especially meat, coffee
and sugar, are very irregular and many
threaten to return TO their farms"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-03-16
VIII Mine Cape Nome Sands.

Abilene Kas, March s.-M. P. Her.
ington, founder of the town of Herring
ton, is here completing arrangements
for going to Cape Nome. He will take
a party of Kansans with him and will
go equipped with machinery for mining
the sea shore sands about Cape Nome.
Rev. Mr.. P. H. Anderson, of this coun-
ty, who cleared up about 500, 900 last
year, made his fortune that way and
expects to return this summer to work
more claims.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-03-16
nrIsst spot ON Earth.

Payta, in Peru, is said to be the dri-
est spot on the face of the earth, as
the average interval between two
showers of rain is seven years. The
fora Of Payta consists of about nina
species-of these seven are ANNALS.
the seeds of which must remain dor
mant in the ground for eight years.
Notwithstanding the scarcity Of rain.
the natives subsist by the growth OF
the long-rooted Peruvian cotton. which
is able to maintain itself without rain
for seven years in the dried-up river
bed. and yields profitable crops Of col
ored short staple cotton.-Cincinnati
ENQUIRER.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-03-16
More Artillery Not Needed.

London, March 12.-Lord Roberts
having reported that no more artillery
from home is necessary. This is the
first pause in achievements since the
war began. Sir Redyers Butler, Sec
ond in command in the field, and Lord
Wolseley are understood to also con-
slider that no more artillery is needed.
1t is quite clear that General Butler
will not try anything large in the flu
ture, as he is to lose Sir Charles Warren,
and the latter's 10000 men, who have
been ordered to join Lord Roberts
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-03-16
WEALTHlEST PEOPLE ON EARTH
Yet They aro Retrogressing and De.en-
Grating.


Washington, March 10.-The SUBJ
committee of the senate committee on
Indian affairs has decided toreport ad-
versely on the Thurston proposition to
appropriate 500 per capita out of the
funds to the credit of the Usage In
dams to enable them to discharge their
Indebtedness to the traders. There is
considerable talk of starting an inves-
tigation by senate committee to look
into the affairs of the Osages, as their
status is represented as tending toward
retrogression rather than advancement.
They are said to be among the most
backward Indians under the govern
ments guardianship, although their
per capita wealth is the greatest in the
world. What this commission will es-
pecially look into if appointed is the
feasibility of breaking up the tribal
government of the Osages, which rs be-
lieved to be largely responsible for
their degeneracy and also to determine
in what manner their debts to the
traders shall be settled.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-03-16
Gift of An Englishman.

Washington, March 9.-The presi-
dent has received through Ambassador
Choate beautiful copy in Wedgewood
ware of the bust of Houdin's wash
ington," the gift of Merton Russell
Cotes, ex-mayor of Bournemouth, Eng
land. The bust bears this inscription:
"This bust of the great Washington,
founder of the United States of Ameri-
ca, is presented to the nation through
President Mckinley, February 90, 1900,
by Merton Russell Cotes."
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-03-16

Kansas City, Mo-, March 1o.-Post-
master Scott received an order from
Washington authorizing him to ap.
point mounted guard to accompany
the registered mail to and from the
Union depot. Colonel Scott will APP
point the new man within few days.
This step has been rendered necessary
by the tremendous increase in the
registered mail. A guard has been
needed for some time, and we have
really been taking serious chances by
not having this protection.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-03-16
Early Adjournment Desired.

Washington, March 9.-The Republi-
can committee on order of business of
the senate discussed the program of
legislation during the remainder of the
session. No conclusion was reached
on any subject. The committee is
unanimous in it's desire for final ad-
journment prior to the meeting of the
Republican convention in June and
efforts will be directed to that end.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-03-16

Independence, Kas., March s.-Al-
bert Waller, 10 years old, became vio-
lently insane while at work in a barber
shop in Claremore, I. T., and has been
brought here to his fathers home. He
left a man half shaved in the chair and
went up and down the street preach
ing the Gospel He refuses to eat or
drink and it is feared he will starve.
He will be sent to an asylum as soon
as possible.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-03-16
VIII Gravitate Somewhere.

Atchison, Kan, March Erred Mil
Ter, of Atchison, who died recently at
Mobile, Ala, had no heirs to an estate
of 81, 200 which he left. He was the
adopted son of the late julius Miller,
who owned cigar factory in Atchlson
from whom he inherited 81, 700. 1t is
q question as to what disposition will
be made of the money, as there is no
will. julius Miller left children now
grown, through former marriage, and
some hold that they will inherit it,
while others hold that they cannot.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-03-16

Washington, March 1O.-The secre-
tary of state authorized contradiction
of the printed statement that the state
department has secured the assent of
other powers to the provisions of the
impending canal convention. No pro-
positions in relation to the subject
matter of this convention, he says, have
been laid before any other country.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-03-16
The Kingsford Boiler works, at Os-
wego, n. Y, are destroyed by fire.
Asking For Reinforcements.

Manila, March 12.-Generals Young
and Hood are asking for reinforce
ments, and battalion of the Forty
eighth regiment has been sent to Apar-
ri. Other troops will follow. The rebels
recently persistently attacked APART
for several hours, but were finally
driven away. Details of the affair are
lacking. The Spanish prisoners report
that the enemy has divided into small
bands in the mountains, and are
under the leadership of General
Tepaspi.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-03-16
Another Advance In Wages.

Pittsburg, Pa, March 12.-Four
thousand employees of the National
Tube company at McKeesport, Pa.
were notified of 10 per cent advance
in wages. The increase includes all
day laborers in the tube mills. This is
the second increase of 10 per cent that
the day men of the National Tube
company have received within six
months,
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-03-16
Money to Fight Plague.

Washington, March 1O.-At the cab
met meeting the recommendation of
the Hawaiian council that they be
authorized to expend 100000 in the
suppression of the bubonic plague and
in the relief of natives, was formally
approved. Some doubt was expressed
rs to the authority of the Hawaiian
council to make this expenditure, but
the opinion was unanimous that the
gravity of the situation justified that
course and the necessary directions
will be forwarded at once.