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ON THE IsTHMUS.
Precedent for Our Military Forces
There.

n
There.
''They seem to be considerably disturbed
in some quarters on the Isthmus Of Pana-
ma concerning the avowal of the United
States that our military and naval forces
in the shape of marines and jackies will
be landed to protect our interests in the
city of Panama If the revolutionists at
tempt to attack and lombard the city,
said State Department official today, "but
we have ample authority under the treaty,
as we'll as that all-powerful arguments
precedent.
''In the early eighties, in one of the
ever recurring revolutions In the republic
Of Colombia, the revolutioniSts secured Tor
a time the upper hand, entered and par
TALLY burned Colon attacked the railway
and the towns along Its lines, lnterfered
with the running of the trains and impeded
traffic, attacked Panama, and made 1t eX-
ceedingly lively over the entire isthmus.
'The interests of citizens of the United
States were jeopardized and suffered at
the hands Of the revolutionists and so
grave became the situation that the United
States dispatched two warships to the port
of Colon and a large body Of marines and
sailors were landed. The United States
commanding officer assumed charge, clean
ed the revolut!onists out of the towns along
the line of the railroad, policed 1t, started
up the trains over the isthmus. held posses
sion and occupied the disputed territory UNI
til order was restored, III all, l think, re-
naming ashore about two months
Panama is located upon the beautiful
bay Of that name, and our warships can lay
at anchor and drop shells over the town into
the outskirts OF the city and the roads Of
attack OF the insurgents. so as to render
their close approach impossible. The city
is compactly built situated on rising ground
and well placed to make a stron6 defense
with a comparatively small force. With
one of our warships in the harbor 1t Is
safe to say that an attack is very improb-
able
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scribed by a single adjective. They filled
the churchyard; nned sup part Of Cannon
street, and the overflow reached Cheapside
on the one side and Queen Victoria street
on the other. Ludgate Hill was one NOV
ing mass of humanity. and had not the
police diverted the traffic the drivers must
Of their own choiQ have selected another
oughfare no vehicle could have forced its
way through. -.
Even Fleet street, was well filled. and per-
sons making their way f-on the various
theaters found that tipe could be saved
considering the occasion and the fact that
no small proportion of'those present were
youths out for amusement, was remark
ably orderly. Now and then some rush
would be made as the police, who were In
full force, detected some. one trying to pick
a pocket, and some commotion was caused
by the free use Of thesinevitable peacock
Gather "ticklers."
There were doubtless fully hundred
thousand people gathered there, and when
the cathedral clock pealed out the first
stroke Of midnight there was so much
noise that only few in the crowd heard it,
A second afterward there was a hush, and
as the third stroke doomed out a verse OF
"Auld Lang Syne" was started. Then came
a vociferous cheer, everybody wished his
neighbor Happy New Year." and the
crowd began to dispense. The coster aud
his lass adjourned to the side street for
the dance they could not enjoy in the more
crowded thoroughfare, and the thirsty, re-
Numbering that 1T would soon be 1890
when the saloons must close made a rush
for the nearest public houses
England a Healthy Country.
England must be healthy place. despite
its climate, as there are eight Englishwo-
men and one Englishman who have seen
the light of three Centuries Lady George
ana Grey, a daughter of Earl Grey of the
reform act, is the most famous of them
Her hundredth birthday was kept at Hamp-
ton Court Palace in February last Almost
equally well known in Yorkshire, perhaps,
mrs. Susannah Parkinson of Low Wortley
was 100 years old in October, and seemed to
be hale and hearty. The Oldest known Brit
Neve, Guernsey lady, who retains all her
faculties. it is said, at the extraordinary
age of los. Two Lincolnshire centenarians
still survive out of four who had either
attained to that dignity or did attain to
1t in the year 1900 One is Mrs. Elizabeth
Wilmot of Kirby-layThorpe, Seaford.
New Year day was her one hundred and
first birthday. and year ago she was said
to be looking as If she had many years
of life yet before her. The other. Mrs.
Ann Kingston of Moulton Chapel, near
Spalding. Is in her one hundred and second
year. and will be in the one hundred and
third If she lives through February. The
single male centenartan was one hundred
and two In October and gave his vote in
the general election. But during the year
twenty-six centenarfans have died, one at
the age of one hundred and eight another
at one hundred and five, a third at one
hundred and four, a fourth at one hundred
and two, and several at one hundred and
one. L. H. MOORE
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PRAISED ny M1ssIoNARIEs.
Commentator of the Discipline ON
the SOlace.

Commentator of the Discipline ON
the SOlace.
Secretary Long has received copy Of the
following letter, written by a number of
missionaries to Commander Winslow Of the
hospital ship Solace:
Nearing the end Of our voyage with you,
and mindful Of the generous hospitality ex-
tended to us. we, the missionaries of the
American board Of commissioners for for
eign missions. desire to express our thanks
to you. Lieut.. Stoney and all other officers
associated with you, for the very delightful
trip we have had from San Francisco, made
so very largely, as we feel, by the splendid
management Of the ship and the invariably
kind ana courteous treatment we have re-
ceived from every one.
I'VE desire, further. to express our pleas
ure In finding on ship of our beloved coun-
try such discipline. orderly conduct and
manly behavior, with an absence Of excess
sIve drinking. gambling and profanity. as
seem BETTING ship Of our great Christian
nation.
s I'VE have come to love and respect ron
III, and our earnest prayers viii follow you
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after slight wound. They are hard to
kill, and a rifle ball must reach a vital
point to drop the game. So the hunter
hindered at every step by cumbersome
snow shoes, must get quite near. When
the time comes to shoot he must not waver
and yet he must be ready to run In case
the beast should turn on him. The least
mischance means death, for the moose's
front feet are sharp 1t has trick of
rushing a man and striking an outward
and downward blow that is likely to cut
him in two. Dogs are generally able to
take care of themselves far as moose
are concerned but at the critical moment
can do little to help their master When
the moose, driven to bay, turns it always
makes for the man, seeming, by some
strange intelligence, to know who is the
real enemy. For all this. moose hunting
is the most exciting sport to be found on
the American continent today, and the man
who loves adventure will get enough on
one hunt to last him until another wear
Then he will go after more moose. But II
may be that he will never come back.
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N THE CANADIAN ROCKIES.
Hunting the Moose and Camping IN
Hollow Trees in the Winter.


Nearly all the adventure of the region
AZ the Rocky mountains comes from the
satisfying of the sporting instinct. There
i little lawiassness among the resident
ponulation. and what there is is strongly
curbed by the Canadian mounted police.
There Is practically no mining. Mountain
climbing for exploration has probably
caused more dea tbs than anything else.
Travel through this region in the winter
season while beset with hardships enough.
is still much more agreeable than in the
summer. Hunters and trappers usually To-
cate in some habitation. and use 1t as a
central point from which they search for
game travelling on snow shoes. Even
when long journey is necessary the OLD,
experienced trIipper seldom thinks of TAX
3ng a tent with him. but trusts to luck to
and big hollow tree for the night. Such
trees are common In certain sections of the
Canadian Rockies They are all old, and
have only thick outer shell. An old oak,
six feet In diameter. affords an admirable
Mace TO bunk providing the opening is not
100 large The experienced hunter always
looks for hollow tree with the opening
into II down close to the ground, as this
prevents the possibility OF a wild beast
climbing In on top of him. Sometimes the
man finds the hollow tree already occupied
by a bear or a cate mount, which he must
fight as the hollow trees are hard to find
in the dark by even the most experienced
hunters. and in most cases the man gets
the tree and thu skin of the wild beast, too.
When the hunter has completed his work
he builds fire in the snow, not far from
the hole in the tree cuts a piece of meat
from his vanquished foe and prepares his
supper. And never does man partake of a
meal amid more solemn surroundings. The
air is still. and no sound breaks the silence
except the cracking of the ice on the sleet-
covered twigs. Rocks. canyons and gorges
are buried deep under the snow, and tine
light from the camp fire lights UP the
scene with A vivid glare.
His evening meal finished, the hunter
crawls into the hollow tree and gets into
his sleeping bag, lying so that his head
viii be close ia the opening. And there he
sleeps as comfortably as If he were in
bed of si0-a-day hotel in New York. Such
an experience is usually an event to mark
epoch in a mans life, and yet to the
hunter and trapper in the Canadian Rockies
Al is an everyday Occurrences.
During the winter moose and the wood
buffalo hunted along the eastern slope
of the Canadian Rockies both of these
animals are still plentiful there, and are
stalked i'm much the same manner as deer.
But the hunting of the moose is more dan
serous. and requires all the nerve a man
has. The beasts are vicious, especially
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SENT TO THE GALLOWS.
Many ,Ft1IpinOs Convicted of Murder
md Other Crimes

many rFhipinOs Convicted OF Murder
and Other Crimes.
General orders from the Philippines re-
ceived here show that a large number of
native Fiiipinos have been convicted of
murder and other crimes and sentenced
to be hanged or to long terms of imprison-
ment. In one case the accused belonged
to an organized band which, under the
name Of ''Guardia de Honor" had for it's
declared object the assassination of peace
full and unoffending victims. IL found neces-
sary to crafty either a desire for revenge
or feeling of envy against the rich.
These inhuman Methods says General
Macarthur. remove all the participants,
whether chief, or willing follower of the
bands from the pale of the law and place
them among that class of cowardly and
secret assassins which all civilized men
the world over hold to be enemies of man
kind"
A native named vincente Prado estab-
lshed himself In a strong position, diff
cult of access, in the mountainous district
near Rosario, in Union province There
he entrenched his camp and erected build
tngs for band of armed outlaws whom
he gathered about him. Recently two
-...1r..ccricans were taken into the camn as
prisoners and for no assigned reason other
than that they were enemies they were
ordered to instant death. Shortly after
ward two IgorrOtes. man and a woman,
were taken before Prado, charged with
being American spies. Without any at
tempt at proof or form of trial they were
ordered to be Immediately executed. In
both instances Prado personally witnessed
the bloody execution Of his orders by mem
bers of his outlaw band. who used their
bolos on the defenseless prisoners. On
another occasion Prado ordered his band
to attack and burn. the pueblo Of San
Jacinto and to arrest and. III he resisted.
kill," the presidente of Rosario. In pur-
suance OF these orders the presidente of
Rosario and his son were killed and 1O3
houses destroyed by fire.
Prado and his chief outlaw assistants
were sentenced to be hanged.
Another native sentenced to be hanged
was Pedro Lachica. This man was one
Of a band of natives who. representing
themselves to be policemen. entered at
night time several houses In the barrio OF
Capix and by threats and the use of fire.
arms. forced the natives to come out and
surrender. They then tied the arms of
the men behind their backs and beat them
with bolos and robbed the houses of money,
jewelry and other vaiuables.
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IN your further service OF our country, that
health, wisdom and all needad grace NAV be
given unto you, the bounteous Gifts of God
our Father, while you live. and an album
dant entrance into the kingdom of His dear
son. whose tragic departure from among
men opened for all who love him a path
way to eternal mansions
Secretary Long suggests that If more of
our good people could go on our naval veg
sells there would be more testimonials Of the
same sort. A naval vessel. he SAYS, is al
ways model of good order AMI good be-
haYinr.
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Cook Books Useless There.

From the Kansas City Journal.
I'VE have little use for cook books in our
town, said the man from Albuuueroue.
New Mexico
why. don't you eat?" he was asked.
Yes. he answered. land that's why we
do not use them. If we did everything
would be cooked wrong"
''How's that?"
We'll. you see, we are so high up"
Il don't understand"
We are nearly 5000 feet above sea level
almost mile. Water normally boils at
2l2 degrees; with us it boils al 2O2 degrees
Consequently everything cooks slower with
US than in places lower down. The cook
books are based on the normal degrees of
heat and cold effect. They are useless to
us; we have to make up our own recipes
Farinaceous food, like beans, corn and
such, has TO be left long time In water, or
IL Is moistureless when we go to eat It,
We have to modify our recipes as to eggs,
baking powder and the like. too
This may explain, IL followed up, some
failures In cooking In the way that mother
used to do" The hint is recommended to
brides for trial on their husbands. Find
out where mother used to live.
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had dear suffering with cold Frustrated with
of remedy that should rely implicitly as my
thousands that checks
discharges of the Nose and Eyes promptly relieves the
Throat and Lungs ys Inflammation and Fever and tones up the |
symptoms Grip produces sleep and restores strength to the body
invaluable influenza obstinate colds make this
the sole Of selling remedies or making
money doing fellow
beneht.-MUNYON
IesaCu will cure
cents a
St.
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CoNGER WAS AUTHORIZED.
Why He Signed the "Irrevocabie" De
man0s UpOn ANNA.

In view of a published dispatch from
Pekin criticising the course of Minister
Conger for having signed the joint demands
of the powers after he is alleged to have
been aware that the State Department dis
approved of the use of the word "irrevo-
cable 1t is said at the State Department
in justice to Mr.. Conger that the criticisms
are based on only partial knowledge OF
the facts. and that. as matter of fact,
Mr.. Conger subsequently was authorized to
sign the "irrevocable' demands, and that
he did, with a reservation which he had
been directed to attach. The matter Is
looked upon as closed incident. and there
is no disposition to hold Mr.. Conger Gull
pable under the circumstances.
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Friendship.
From Life.

From Life.
Shelves. you men have what you cali
friends, but your friendship is so super
fetal, so calculating, SO watery-"
He-"Ohi Remember David and Jonathan,
Damon and Pythias, Goethe and Schil-
Ter" IL s.,.l
You never brush each others hair. nor
show each other your new hats, nor dis
cuss what Is best for haby's throat, nor
how to make over an old trock nor any
thingg"
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Those Taffeta Silk Waists ait
$685. Worth up to SIS.

Practically lot, because reinforced with fresh arrivals OF
choicest quality taea silks the seasons coors For street.
evening and dinner The cheapest waist the lot is fully
worth $Io The best feature of this sale the high character the
individuality and the charmingnes styles
OF you buy silk bargains almost anyvherebu
rule the and the medioy of the styles
noticeable Whether the bargain table always
distinguished by their many points of superior excellence So
there be style beauty and character added high quality and low
price, then have indeed extraordinary bargain Such Of
fer you in these waists $675.
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Intimatlon Sent to santo Domingo.

Messrs Halls, Abbott and Ward OF New
York, representing the Santo Domingo Inn
psovement Company, have held long con-
ferences with Acting Secretary of State
Hill and Solicitor PenfieId of the State De-
partment concerning the reported repudia-
ton of the companys grant by Santo Do
m;ngo. line Of action is being forml-
been sent to Consul General Maxwell at
Santo Domingo city. asking him to advise
the department If the press reports of q
Reputation of the company's rights were
correct. He Is also asked to forward a
general statement of the situation Al
though 1t is not so stated officially, 1t Is
probable that an intimation has been con-
veyed to Santo Domingo not to take pre-
cipitate action until the matter can re-
ceive due consideration here.
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,&A6sM&Mm@GS
Reduced Prices ON All Fmrs.

Furs outtter par with diamonds jeweler;
thus buy hgcas us reduced price almost good
buying diamonds discount This little talk just illustrate
the importance of special fur sale establishment of this
Every of fur the house. including the genuine Alaska Seal
and Persian Lamb Jackets offered considerable reduction
from original price-and original price the lowest
for equal quality in
Thus consider the great value and saving
have the privilege share being something unusual and entirely
the ordinary We such fur found
outside of this store
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''Buy when the owner
wants to SELL"
N0wis the time for peo-
pie who know the wis
DOM wrapped ap i'm that
maxim. Many men whom
we might term keen econ-
omists visited this cloth
ing store every day last
week and went away
wiser and happier.
Because they bought
clothing, good clothing
best clothing we should
say-and saved quite a
few dollars.
Now you who read may
save also - for it's very
good to buy ''When the
owner wants to SELL"
You see, we lower prices
because we want to sell
more clothing.
Here's your chance to
buy a better
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Thousands Of situations have been OBJ
tanned through the want columns Of The
Star
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WOMEN CAN EARN MONEY eytak1ns

lions for The Delineator No cost for outfit. A
Postal Card will bring full particulars. Address
Department D. Tho Butterick Publishing Co.,
II West 18th Street, New York. -
The Van Buren press., 1901-09-07
AMERICAN TRADE IN AFRICA.
Our Exports Growing Rapidly, with
wonderful Possibilities for
Future Development.

Washington, Sept. An report to
the state department, dated July 10,
Consul-General Stowe, at Cape Town,
contends that, published statistics to
the contrary Notwithstanding in 1900
Che United States exported greater
amount Of goods to south Africa than
ever before.
The statistics Of 1000, he says, can
not be depended upon, as there is an
entire absence Of figures from Della
goa Bay.
"British trade" says the consul
general, "is envious of the vast strides
made during the last four years in the
exports OF manufactures and products
from the United States to British col.
onies and dependencies, II the per-
mission Of the Portuguese govern
ment can be obtained u railway will
be built from Del0goa Bay 70 Johan.
nesburg, which would cheaper the ear.
riage of goods to the latter point
over Atty per cent"
Delagoa Bay, says Mr.. Stowe, In a
short time will be port Of great
value to the 'rransyaal, and Johannes.
burg probably will reach u population
Of 100000,
The consul general quotes Lord
Roberts in regard TO the superiority
OF American wagons, which, the field
marshal says, are superior TO any 9TH
err, either Of Cape or English manu-.
fncture.
The Van Buren press., 1901-09-07
AMERICA IN OTHER LANDS.
Difference, Respect and Admiration
for Americans Everywhere, Like
wise for American Goods.

Washington, Sept. 4.-Congressman
Charles +. Joy, OF Missouri, who has
just returned from Il trip abroad, has
this to shy with regard to Americans
and American goods in foreign
places:
"Verily, America 10 in IL to-day with
the British as she never was before.
Difference, respect and admiration are
shown her citizens at all ports when
the Union Jack is flying. This comes
not especially because of our late vic
tories over Spain, but by reason of
the push, enterprise and pluck which
have given to all European countries
the fruits Of American genius, the
product of American agriculture and
the output of the American factory.
Why, in Tangier, Africa, city of 50,-
600 souls, which has not and never
has had q wheeled vehicle, and where
the donkey and the camel FIJI the
place OF whcelbarrow, cart. dray, car
riage, trolley ear and locomotive, /
stepped into a Moorish hotel and had
my weight measured on an American
scale and bought from a street ped
dler u weapon which on examination
] saw wns manufactured by the Rem
ington Arms Co. The hotel lunch also
consisted mainly of American canned
(tinned) soups, vegetables and fruits.
"rhus IL the world depending on
US for its necessities and its luxuries,
and thus are all Americans envied,
respected and likewise robbed
abroad."
The Van Buren press., 1901-09-07
THE FIRST STAKE DRIVEN.
The Initial Act Looking Toward
Tangible Work in Building
the Worlds Fair.
WITNESSED BY TWO THOUSAND PEOPLE.
The stake was Driven, Mt . Point
From Which the Building Scheme
VIII Raidiate-WilIiam II. ThOmp-
son Omciated at the Important
Function.

st. Louis, Sept. 1.-Two thousand
persons witnessed the driving of the
first stake on the Worlds fair site at
noon Tuesday.
William II. Thompson, chairman OF
the building and grounds committee,
performed the ceremony Of driving
the stake, and was followed by the
directors present, each of whom
struck the peg representing the first
work on the grounds of the Louisiana
Purchase exposition.
The spot chosen for the initial
stake was the exact center of the
building scheme of the fair. 1t was
one half mile west of Forest Park
cottage, and 300 feet southwest OF
Fair View hill, one of the best-known
elevations in the western portion of
Forest park.
At the top of the wooden stake had
been driven a solid silver eight-penny
nail. This was removed after the
ceremony by Mr.. Thompson. 1t bore
the initials Of Mr.. Thompson, the
date and the abbreviation, Ia. Pur.
En-"
The AK with which Mr.. Thompson
drove the stake and the Ratchet with
which the directors followed up his
work were preserved, the AK by Mr..
Thompson as q personal souvenir and
the Ratchet by Alexander Dement, as
a trophy for the Missouri Historical
society.
President Francis, c. p. Walbridge
and Isaac s. Taylor made brief ad-
dresses, after which the crowd dis.
persed.
This ceremony marks the material
beginning of the Worlds fair of 1903
From the moment of the driving of
this stake, an historical moment as
bearing upon the story of the Louis
lana Purchase exposition, the work of
building the fair will commence, not
to be interrupted until the gates OF
that great show shall be opened on
May /, 1908. Mr.. Thompson's first
stroke in the driving Of the stake will
constitute the signal for this begin
ming of actual Worlds fair work.