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The times., 1901-04-29
MR.. COOPER OPTIMISTIC.
Hopeful of Good Results From the
Cuban CommissiOD's Visit.

Dependcncies and n colonial policy, even
though 1t is but hardly initiated, will
mean responsibilities to Government Of
ficiaIs TO this statement, Representative
Cooper of Wisconsin would probably ac-
auiesce with a loud amen. To attend the
state dinner given to the Cuban commits
sioners, he was obliged to travel full
thousand miles. 1t was necessary that
he, being the Chairman of the Committee
of Insular Affairs of the House should
be present when the commissioners were
entertained, and so he was bid to be
present When he received the urgent
summons from the President he was in
Wisconsin. with important business on
his hands. But neither the distance, nor
the business, was to be considered as
against the necessity of his presence at
the state dinner. So he came, and will
in a few days have the same route to
travel over again, returning to his State
and his business.
Mr.. Cooper is satisfied that the best re-
suits are 10 be expected from the trip of
the Cubans to the United States. 4
think that this will settle the whole mat
ter-perhaps not at once-but it will
eventually. The Cubans are being care
ful. They are sollcitous of the future,
and II seems to me Justly so. They want
to be sure Of the construction of the
Platt amendment before they 20 ahead
and accept il. They desire to be certain
what the powers OF the United States are
under it, parallel situation might have
arisen just after our Revolution. Sup
pose France, after having helped us to
become free, had said. Here is a law
which we expect you to incorporate in
your Constitution DO not you think
that the makers of our Constitution would
have sent Ben Franklin, or some one else.
to represent us at the French Court, and
to find out what the French meant by
their law. or course they would, and
what would have been commendable in
us is commendable in the Cubans now"
The times., 1901-04-29
BIcYcLIsrs AS SPECTATORS.
Professional WheeImen Find II Diff
fcuit to Keep Money.

NEW YORK, April 2S.-The failure Of
Walter c. Sanger announced from Mil
waukee is a reminder Of the fact that
champions OF the cycle path are as a rule
unsuccessful in business ventures. Sanger
had invested his earnings in the stock
of company which manufactured a
handle bar named after him.
Arthur Zimmerman. the wonderful
Jerseyman, saw his riches go scorching
out of reach when ne made bicycles that
bore his name.
Tom Eek, trainer and manager, said
yesterday: Il have earned $500. 900 in my
time, and ! have nothing 10 show for it,
That money, judiciously invested, would
have made me a millionaire"
Tom Cooper is the wealthiest Of the
racing men Of today, having by shrewd
Judgment turned his prizes over until he
has now about 900. This amount is
increasing, as Cooper stands well with
Detroit stock brokers, and they see that
many a good tip is given to him.
Johnnie johnson spent $4,000 of his
earnings as a professional wheelman upon
his home in Minneapolis furnished il
with prizes won in the amateur ranks,
and then went TO work. While he is un-
able to clip any coupons, he regards his
house as a profitable investment. and
says he could get his money back for il
any day,
owen Kimble has paid off the mortgage
on his fathers home and viii Inherit the
property some day Hardy Downing has
a large fruit ranch in Santa Clara Coun-
aty California. So long as the wheelmen
keep clear of the flying wheels Of com
mercial competition, they get along well
enough. But the pace In these lines has
seemed To be little too hot for even the
top notchers.
The times., 1901-04-29
A MINERS FUTILE STRUGGLE.
Death Prevents Him From Reaching
Rich Veins of Ore.

GRAND ENCAMPAfENT, Wyo., April
ZS-Jack Kurtz worked nineteen years to
find the rich mines Of copper and gold that
bear his name but died in poverty when
within only two feet Of the long sought
wealth Others are reaping the fruits Of
his long years OF ceascless labor. Today,
at the mouth OF the tunnel that he him
self drove, wheels whirl and roar and rich
ore is being smelted.
Kurtz was a blacksmith who made a
scant living at his forge in Rawins. One
dag, while wandering about, he found bits
of copper ore thickly strewn over the
mountain side. Investigation convinced
him that a great vein of ore lay beneath
the surface The blacksmith closed his
shop. and with pick and dynamite began
TO tunnel at the base OF the mountain
near Copper Creek
This was nineteen years ago. KurtZ
was in the prime of life, strong and en-
thusiastfc Doggedly he hcwed his way
through rocks and quartz. His supplies OF
powder gave ont many, many times, but
each time hc walked TO Rawlins, sixty
miles and worked at his forge until he
could buy new supplies-then went back
to the hills 10 renew his grinding labor
Tbis is how Kurtz worked for nine
teen years. His friends laughed at him.
The years passed and with them came
HdgfE. BGIl lOfHls anu a ildsd ana
wrinkled skin. But hopes grew brighter,
for every day the tunnel was forced lit
tie farther into the mountain.
KurtZ worked on heroically until the
tunnel was ], 500 feet long. But the hard
work and the exposure at last brought
on a violent attack Of pneumonia. Jack
Kurtz died. He left a tunnel barren of
ore and died lamenting his phantom chase
for gold.
kurtz had scarcely passed away when
a party Of Eastern capitalists sent trained
men TO examine the mountains near his
tunnel 4 wonderful discovery was made
Less than two feet Of rock separated
KurtZ's tunnel from a massive vein Of
copper and gold ore.
TWO days more work by the old miner
would have revealed TO him the prom
ised find Further examination brought
20 light the fact that Kurtzs tunnel par
alleled the vein OF ore for 200 feet The
old miner had worked for two years in a
line parallel with the rich ore Had he
turned his pick TO the left untold wealth
would have been his.
The tunnel became by purchase partly
the property of FenimOre Chatterton,
then a Rawlins lawyer and now Secretary
OF State i'm Wyoming Later three Chi
cago mining men. George Z. West, George
W Best and Charles +. Knapp, joined
Chatterton and began TO develop the vein
Recently the promoters Of the KurtZ-
Cbatterton mine pensioued the widow of
Eurtz. and, ii is said, viii bestow on her
p gift Of $4,000 in recognition of the
pioneer struggles Of her husband.
The times., 1901-04-29
The WORST HEADACHES

peopIe refuse TO disclose. Sierk' 5 entrance
had not awakened her and he had PROB
ably been in the room for more than hilI
an hour when his reSOund1ng SnOreS dld
what his entrance did not. The woman
screamed for help, and her cries alarmed
the entire house and awakened Sierk, VINO
darted down the hall with Detective Max
well and the entire hotel force in close
pursuit.
In and down the corridors and in and
out of the rooms dashed the frightened
man until he reached the corridor on the
ground floor. where he rushed into the
Open arms of the waiter who had all this
time been waiting for his 90 cents.
Sierk spent the night in the West Thir-
t,'-seventb Street police station. and after
telling his story TO Magistrate Meade yes
terday was fined s..
The times., 1901-04-29

pend much upon what we receive, whether
will ask Congress for money or not.
If we get enough we will buy our site
and our pictures; If not, we may have TO
go to Congress for either or both.
There has been some contention that
the establishment of national gallery
would hurt other galleries. ! can only
say that that SupDosttlOn Will not nolu
for minute. The experience in all the
European capitals has been that where
there We're two or more galleries each
has helped the other. 1t has been hlnted,
too, that the scheme may be frouSht
with some ultimate benefit to the artists
organizing the plan. That is an UNJUST
insinuation. for in the first place it is
probable that pictures of these artists
may not be admitted during their life
time so that it would help none Of the
organizers in a financial way. The men
who have thought ont the national gal
lery scheme are simply disinterestedly
trying to build NJ art in America.
While here / hone to be able to see
the people who are managing the I'M
prONcmentS in the parks of washington
It seems to me that as we have the
movement for national gallery so FAR
forward the alterations in the parks
could be modified IN such way as 10
permit a site for our building. You may
toe sure that we viii not cease pushing
this until we have brought it to sue
CeSSful issue.
Art matters are always slow moving.
and they seem all to prone to fail because
Of lack of interest on the part of those
most to be benetited-the people them
selves"
Mr. Howard is an old Washingtonian'
and was born heTe. He is the grandson
of C. n. Raschal a well-known member
Of the legal fraternity in washington
many years ago. and is also a descendant
OF Benjamin Franklin. He is a portrait
painter with a world reputation Lest
he should be suspected of any mercenarY
motive in promoting the national gallery
scheme he has refused to accept any
commissions since ne has been IN the
United States. He has had ample eN-
perience in organizing art institutions,
and was the main worker among those
who instituted the International Society
of SCulptors. Painters, and Engravers,
which holds its annual salon in London
Because of his experience in this line he
was appointed by the committee which be
gan the movement for the American Ma
tional Art Gallery as its secretary ana
representative He viii remain in WASH
ington until the middle of the week, ana
then will start on trip to several other
large cities, where he expects to arouse
great interest in the movement.
The times., 1901-04-29
ART IN DoDGING A CREDITOR.
A New Yorker Enters n Woman's
Room But Gets Arrested

NEW YORK, April 2S.-Harry Sierl1, of
173 West Forty-fifth Street, a well-dress-
ed man, who said that he had been en-
pIoyed as a tloor-walker for several Sixth
Avenue dry goods houses, was a prisoner
in the West Side police court yesterday
charged with disorderly conduct. Detec-
tive Thomas Maxwell, of the Hotel Ma
yarre. told Magistrate Meade that the
prisoner entered the room Of wealthy
female patron of the house, while she
was in bed, and pretended to go to sleep,
in order to elude a creditor.
Sierk told the magistrate that early on
Friday evening he ate 90 cents worth in
a Fifty third Street restaurant. found he
was unable TO pay the bill, and offered
fer was rejected When threatened with
arrest SfeTk asked that waiter should
accnmpanv him to the home of n friend
near by and he would borrow the needed
amount.
the Tenderloiu for two hours, and when
al 1890 success perched not on Sierk s
banner the waiter threatened To turn
him over to the next policeman.
Il have a friend over at the Hotel Ma
varre said Sierk, and II you come over
there | am positive that VIII pe dDie 10
get you the money.
The waiter oblignglY waited in the cor
ridOr OF the ladies entrance WhliS Slerk
took the elevator upstairs.
When Serk reached the fourth iloor ne
got out, tried several doors ana found one
unlocked.
The room was dark. and Sierk lay down
on a couch and fell asleep.
In this room sound asleep in bed, was
n married woman whose name the hotel
The times., 1901-04-29
The Jersey Peach Crop

FLEMINGTON,N.J.,A April 2S.-The peach
crop in Hunterdon, Warren Somerset,
and Sussex counties will be larger this
year than in former years. The buds are
beginning to open now and are healthy
i'm appearance. The growers report that
the trees are not overloaded with buds,
but have sufficient on them to ensure
large yield of choice fruit. The basket
farfories in this county have been run
ming 10 their full capacity during the
pasf two months and expect To ship
500 OQO baskets during the season.
The times., 1901-04-29
The rresident u sIave 10 Catarrh.

d. T. Sample, President of Samples installment
Company, Washington, Pa, writes: For years
afflicted with Chronic Catarrh. Remedies
and treatments by specialists only gave me tenn
porary relief until | was induced 10 use DR..
AgBey's Catarrhal Powder. 1t gave almost in
stsnt relief and bas proved the one good thing
in nv case y Sold by +. S Williams Ninth
and + Streets; Eduonds q Williams, Third Street
and Pennsv lKania AYenue.--2l.
The times., 1901-04-29
DIED.

SIsMONS-B. STANLEY SIMMONS, son of
Katherine r. and b. 5 simmons, aged two years
and one month.
Funeral Tuesday. April so at l0:S0 a. m, from
1853 Florida Avenue northwest.
BONNET-On April ~ 1901, at 1850 P. m,
HENRY EDGAR infant son Of Mr.. and AIRS g.
A. Bonnet, at residence. III Thomas Street north
west.
Interment private.
The times., 1901-04-29

SPECIAL NOTICE-The annual meeting of the
stockholders OF Fort Myer Heights Land Com
pany will be held at the company's Virginia
office on Military Road. Fort Myer Heights, at
NOON on the FIRST WEDNESDAY IN NAY.
1901 for the election OF seven directors and
transaction of other business that may come up.
GEO. ?. ROBINSON. Secretary
The times., 1901-04-29

TAKO8A SPRINGS HOTEL open May /, having
city water and sewerage and all modern improve
ments finest suburban resort in reach OF Wash
ington: terms reasonable; one carfare; hotel will
be open Sunday afternoon, April 2s for inspec-
ton " W WAKEFIELD.
The times., 1901-04-29

Heurich's Senate Beer is fast becoming the most
popular table beverage Of the city Phone West
81, Arlington Bottling Co., fof a
The times., 1901-04-29
SPECIAL NOTICES.

OFFICE OF THE CHESAPEAKE AND POTOMAC
COMPANY.-A dividend OF 81 per
share will be payable on the goth day of April,
1901 to the stockholders Of record at the close
of business on the 10Th day OF April. 1901, at
the Office OF the treasurer OF the company, GIG
Fourteenth Street northwest Washington, d. c.
The transfer books viii be closed from the 10th
day OF April 10 the 29th day of April. inclusive.
JEREMIAH NJ WILSON. President.
CHARLES c. BEEBE. Treasurer.
Washington, d. c., April is. 1901
The times., 1901-04-29

TO CURE a COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets. 25c.
The times., 1901-04-29

Royal Headache Tablets. quick, safe. an
effective cure. doses, i0c.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-12-06

The tide of business in New York
city is turning rapidly toward the
BOwery and in a short time the thor
Oughfare will undergo revolution
which will completely change its char
acteristics. Above Grand street the
BOwery is all that could be desired.
Women may walk the streets at any
hour and meet nothing but courtesy.
Children play about with the habitUal
cheerfulness of young tenement dwell
ers. Here and there brightly lighted
concert han may attract the uninitiat
ed to see an uncommOnly bad perform
ance OF some kind, but there is little to
satisfy the lover of the sensational.
Below Grand street-that is another
story. Even there the street compares
favOrably with many others that do
not suffer from equally evil reputa
lions. An ordinance passed last Janu
airy designated Cooper square which
makes a fitting terminal for the wide
street leading to it. The great brown
building of Cooper institute looms up
mpOsingly from the moment the trav-
- + in the Bowery turns at Grand
street. Now the square has a new fea-
ture to recommend 1.-THE St Gaudens
statue of the founder of the institute.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-12-06
StructUres Long in Bnildinc.

The cathedral Of St Peter in Cologne
was 632 years in building. 1t was be-
gun in 124S and was pronounced com
pleted in 1850 The great cathedral of
Milan was BEGUN in 1856 and was not
completed until lS0j-ti9 years later.
Rostermel Castle. in Cornwall. took
ninety years to build. and one-third Of
that time was employed in eXcayating
for the foundations. The late
Lord Butte was engaged for over TWEEN
" years in building his great palace in
the Isle Of Butte, (and his successor is
still at work on it. The palace of
the Dukes OF Atholl in Scotland has
been building since 1880, and the work
is still going Oil.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-12-06
Millions Drink Tea.

Mr.. Edmund Putnam of London.
says: 1T is safe to say that be-
tween 4:30 and o'clock in the after
noon 45.O00.Go0 English people drink
tea. In England | can count upon the
fingers of one hand the people who
will not 1--we it. except those who are
i'll, of course. From The millionaire to
the man sweeping the street. all drink
tea in the afternoon. The people of
the different classes. of course. have
it served in different ways. but they
all have tea. And it is such tea as
one can not get in this country. Just
as the English can not make good cot
fee. SO can not the Americans make
good tea"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-12-06
not say there was nothing new in corm

not say there was nothing new in corm
and design We venture to name the
Pad Cleaner and Ink Distributor as
"A New Thing" And it seems to us
one of the most useful things ever put
on the market in this line, says Chi
cago Stamp Trade Journal.
The following items will fully ex-
plain this new invention to the trade.
Everyone desires to obtain good i'm
preston from stamp. To do this one
requisite is to keep it clean and in a
good printing condition. This is more
important than many suppose. as a
linty and gummed stamp will always
be dauby and blurred.
The illustration represents this new
cleaner. If you viii examine your rub
Der printing dies after a prolonged use
of them you may find them filled with
dust, dirt or lint This scientific
cleaner is just the thing to remove all
these eXcreScences. IT is a cOmbina-
ton OF brush having hexagon-
shaped teeth on one side and a three
blade scraper on the other side, made
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-12-06

What man has learned by dint of
thought and experiment some of the
lower animals appear to- know through
instinct. An instance is furnished by
the spiral swimming OF certain or
Sanisms. such a the spherical-shapcd
volvox and several elongated infusori-
ans. As they revolve about the axis of
progression as does a projectile fired
from rifed gun. the consequence is
as Dr.. II. :. Jennings points cut. that
they are able to travel in a straight
line, as they could not do otherwise
the revolution cOmpensating with alb
solute precision for any tendency to
devlate from a straight course. With
out such device many of these minute
creatures would simply describe circles
making no forward progress.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-12-06
a LOFTY IATLDOS ASCENT

On the last day OF July DR.. Berson.
the German aerOnaut, accompanied by
DR. Suering, made a balloon ascent
from Berlin. and attained the enor-
nous altitude of about 33 900 feet. or
six and a quarter miles. Then they
lost consciousness, so that. although
they descended safely, they have no
record to show what the maximum
helSht attained may have been. The
minimum temperature recorded by
their Thermometer was 40 degrees Cen
ugrade. Their experience in losing con-
seriousness at a critical point recalls
that of Mr. Glaisher and his compan-
ion during their ascent in England
many years age. when the height at
tanned was supposed to have been
about seven miles.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-12-06

Buttons are much in evidence-not
for use so much as for ornament
large. small and of medium size. The
latest fancy in these is for ANTIQUE
COINS. from one to half a dozen. on
bolero or coat, style introduced last
winter in Paris and which has but re-
Gently crossed the channel. Small but
tons. black, silver or gold are used in
quantities On strappings. / have Just
seen dainty gown of pale blue china
crepe, made to order, which was liter
ally dotted with tiny black buttons.
These ran down the front of the skirt
to meet three frills at the foot. and
starting from the three wide tucks
around the shoulders, made line at
the left side.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-12-06
sNTISEPEICS.

One aim Of the surgeon OF modern
times is TO eliminate from wounds all
traces of dirt and of germs. The
growth OF germs produces dirt of the
most harmful nature, since the alb
sOrptiOn of the materials thrown off in
the course of their growth occasions
symptoms resembling acute poisoning.
The words antiseptic and antisepsis
are almost synonymous with words of
oldtime namely. clean and
cleanliness. y perfectly clean wound
heals rapidly and without the dis
charge Of fluids
In order to secure this most desir-
able result the surgeon goes to ex-
IRENE lengths to secure absolute clean
illness. The site of the wound the sur
geCn's hands and nails. the instru
ments employed must each be rende ed
absolutely free from the least trace of
germ life.
Unbroken surfaces Cf the skin and
mucous membranes are themselves re-
sistant to germ life Breaks in the
continuity of the skin or mucous men,
brane. or Inflammation. form avenues
by which germs of disease frequently
gain entrance to the system. 1t is
therefore desirable that even insisnifi-
cant wounds and inhamed conditions
should be frequently bathed with
cleansing solutions.
Slight sore throat. the enlarged ton
sils of childhood. whether they are of
short or long duration. should in the
light of the present knowledge OF the
disease, be daily cleansed with mill an
tiseptic solutions in order that more
serious disorder he not the outcome.
Solutions of the kind termed anti
septic are healing because they op-
pose the growth of germ life Nature
herself heals but progress in healing
is more rapid when the process is I'M
hindered by these microscopic forms OF
life.
Some Of the methods in vogue long
before the modern term came into use
are nevertheless in line with the scien-
tlilc application of the principles OF
antiseptics. The old-tine use of the
I've OF woOd-ashes for wounds caused
by unclean instruments is an example.
Where antiseptic drugs are not avail
able. clean WOOd-ashes. formerly at
hand everywhere. and boiling water
form an antiseptic solution not to be
despised. even yet.
During and after times OF illness a
process of cleansing must be instituted
which VIII render everything antisep-
tic on which the germs of disease may
have lodged
Exposure OF contaminated articles to
sunlight and air is an easy way of OBJ
tanning excellent results.
When floors and the like are to be
cleansed. carbOlic acid freely diluted
with water IS the best of al! the easily
Obtained substances
Lime IS an excellent absorbent Of
moisture and is rapidly fatal to germ
life 1t has wide range OF usefulness,
both indoors and out. 1t is valuable
deodorizer rs we'll as an antiseptic.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-12-06
NEW SYSTEM OF BCILDINE.

The postal savings bank building in
Amsterdam, Holland, is being con-
structed by the "Monier system" a
new method of construction. A steel
framework. like a bird cage in appear
ance. is enveloped in Portland cement.
which prevents the steel from rusting
while the cement itself is rendered
elastic. The steel acts entirely in ten
sion and the concrete in pressure. This
construction is said to be strong, fire.
proof and waterproof and to be grow
ing in favor in Europe for government
buildings and factories.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-12-06
A Clergyman's Discovery.

Fredericksburg, Ind. Dec 2.-Ac-
cordi1g to the positive declaration OF
Rev. +. p. Stevens of this place. that
gentleman has found a remedy for al!
diseases Of the kidneys and urinary
organs. For years he suffered severely
with these complaints. incontinence of
the urine, making life a burden to him,
put he never ceased experimenting in
the hope that some day he would dis
cover remedy. After many failures
he has at last succeeded ard is today
perfectly cured and a we'll man and
explains that his recovery is due to the
use of Dodd's Kidney Pills. This rem
edy has been successfully applied TO
many cases of Lame Back. Rheuma-
tism, Bright's Disease, Diabetes and
other Kidney Diseases and there seems
to be no case of the kind that Dodd's
Kidney Fills will not cure. This is the
only remedy that has ever cured
Bright's Disease.