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Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-07-13
partment is being examined

partment is being examined.
AT the Government building it is said
by persons not in the pension DEPART
ment that the whole trouble is that
Agent Jones is not large enough to con-
duct the affairs of the office. 1t is said
that the powers that be are aware of
this and will not appoint Jones to an
other term, but this does not prevent
MIN from stirring up trouble now.
A draw net has been set by the ex-
amlner and all the government en-
ployes and officials in the building who
are likely to know anything about the
affairs of the pension Office are to he
called.
Mr.. Pontius refused to say anything
about the investigation when seen.
Agent Jones hung his head and said
i don't know anything" He would
not say that he had preferred charges
but it is known that he did or his
son-in-law, Allen, did it for him. The
Jones family have been examined and
the clerks will not be called. The ex-
animation is secret.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-07-13
sIoNA1s THAr FAlLEp.
mmbarraasing Situation of "a Man
who Had the Committee
Habit.

"T have long since quit serving on
committees" said man from Arlkan-
sas, who is now living in New, Orleans,
according to the Times-D Democrat,
"and under no circumstances would
1 accept a place on any kind of COM
mittee. / had the committee habit
once, and L had a thoroughly devel-
Oped case of it, too. | was living in
Little Rock at the time, and no COM
mittee was complete without my
name, There was on one occasion
big function at the capital, and I
was placed on an important commit
tee. The hall was iammed with spec
tators and guests. We had every avail
able band in that section of the coun-
try including the bands which had
been organized in private and public
institutions. One of my duties was
to look after the bands, so the music
could be kept going. Another member
of the committee had scattered the
bands around the hall, and he had
placed one band up in ,the gallery
portion of the hall. Il wish you
would signal the band in, the gallery
to strike up he said to me, and
made my way down the aisle until I
got to point where the band was
placed in the gallery. | made the sig
nal. The members of the band paid
no attention TO me whatever. | got
excited and bit angry, and my sig
mailing became more violent and ]
went through series of absurd arm
movements and my face was burning
up with embarrassment | felt a man
pulling at my coat tail, and when 1
turned around he said: Excuse me,
but are you waving at that band in
the gallcry?' They are the biggest |
lot of blockheads ever saw" | said |
in reply. Excuse me- he said, softly, |
that is the band from the blind asy- !
lnm.' ! have not served on a commit
tee since that time. and / believe [
am completely cured of the commit
tee habit"
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-07-13
HOW TO ENTER POLITICS.
A Small Budget of Sage Advice from
Arkansas Editor to Aspiring
Statesmen.

If you want to be politician, the
first thing to do is to get into the push,
or at least create the impression that
you are in, advises the Topeka Mail
and Breeze. When there is conyen-
tion, if you can't work in as delegate,
you can at least get into the crowd
in the hotel lobby, and if you carry
yourself in shape you can make the
stranger who is within the gates of
the city believe you are not only del
egate, but one of the steering com
mittee. Keep busy. Take at least eight
or ten men off to one side in the course
of the evening for private conversa-
ton.
There is quite a good deal in making
people believe you are cutting a good
many lemons, whether you are or not.
1t is good idea to be seen off in a
corner talking with some prominent
candidate. You can arrange this if
you have the proper amount of gall.
You may not have anything to tell him.
but then you will be seen in consulta-
tion, and you will make some parties
who don't know you very well think
that there must be a hen on. But,
above all else, cultivate your gall. If
you can get some reporter TO inter-
view you on the political situation, that
viii be good scheme. The newspapers
can make reputation for almost any
sort of man.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-07-13
GIRLS PAY CHURCH DEBT.
Earn Money in Various Ways-One
Girl Washes Fathers Pet Pig
and Sells Kisses.

Young women members OF the Ep-
worth league connected with the Meth
odist church of Matteawan, \. j., sey.
eral weeks ago, promised each to earn
81 in some way and contribute it to-
ward the liquidation of the church
debt. Each told the other night of her
experience in earning the dollar.
Some of the young women are~among
the smart set of the town.
Miss Ida LiSk almost convulSed the
audience when she stated that she
was paid 50 cents for washing her fa-
ther's pet pig. She said: Il took a
broom and pail of water and soon had
the pig as clean as whistle. The ami
NAL seemed to enjoy the wash and
did not mind the experience. Then
earned the most of the other half dol
lar by selling kisses at five cents apiece.
This part did not mind either"
Two other young women told of how
they played an organ about the streets.
One ground out the music while the
other collected the money in tin cup
Their appeals for aid ended with:
May your path be strewn with roses
and your children bear pug noses"
Some sold flowers from door o door.
another stole vegetables from her
grandfather's garden ard sold them.
and pleaded that the fact that the vege-
tables were stolen for IN pney that was
used for the church wrg not to be con-
sidered wrong. Several ministers in
the audience smiled at the argument.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-07-13

The announcement of the engage
ment of Stanislaus Castellane, broth
er of Anna Gould's hus band. with
Miss Terry has induced the Castel-
lanes 10 boast that they can marry
their sons advantageously to French
girls as well as to Americans. Miss
Terry, who is. the daughter of rich
Cuban, will bring her husband the
magnificent chateaux of Chenonceaux
and dowry almost as large as that
Anna Gould brought to Boni. She is
the same girl whom Paul Deschanels,
it is believed, once meant to marry.
Thus third scion of the house of
Castellane sustains the family repu-
tation for fortune hunting. The sec
ond brother, married Princess de
Fuesrsteni.s.g, nee Talleyrand. '7D'
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-07-13
Newport.
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
Cincinnati, July 12.-After 81 days
of racing at Newport the management
today decided ii close down until Octo-
ber l. The meeting has been losing
venture. Manager Fowler said tha,
the difficulty in securing entries was
the chief cause of the meeting being
discontinued. The meeting was origi-
nally scheduled for As days. The fall
meeting will continue two months.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-07-13
Russian Girl students Must Marry

In Russia if a girl desires to study at
either of the universities etiquette re-
auires that she should be married.
says a London newspaper. According
ly she goes through the civil form of
marriage with one of the men stu
dents, whom She may have never seen
before, and perhaps may never speak
TO again These marriages are per-
fectly legal, and if the contracting
parties like each other they are united
for life, but otherwise their marriage
is dissolved when their university
course is finished, and both are free to
marry again.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-07-13
PITCHERS BATTLE.

By Associated Press.
st. Louis, July 12 2.-MatthewsOn and
Powell had eleven nning battle for
the third time this season and the st.
Louis twirler got the best of the great
New Yorker. Three errors by Buelow
and one by Strang caused the downfall
of New York. Attendance 5000.
81. R. H. r.
st. Louis. 80. ... ....3 5 l
New York: ....... .,..2 4
Batteries-Powell and Ryan; Mat
thewson and Bowerman.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-07-13
Serious Accident.

By Associated Press.
Noblesville. Ind, July 12.-Mrs
Charles Sowerwine, Miss Alma and
Master Leo Sowerwine were seriously
and probably fatally injured in run
away today. The horse became fright
ened at an automobile. The three were
thrown violently to the ground.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-07-13
TWenty-First Victim.
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press
Kansas City, Mo. July IL. 2.-Leslie s
Colburn, of Pawpaw, Mich, died at the
hospital tonight, being the twenty-first
victim o. the Chicago C Alton train
wreck at Norton, Mo-, to succumb.
Miss Lottie L.. Still, of Hornellsyille
N. T., died this morning.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-07-13
WESTERN ASSOCIATION.
Columbus. S; Dayton, 8.
Wheeling, 6; Grand Rapids, 0.
UNION
Fishermen Battle With The
Japanese.
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Vancouver, B. c., July 12.-Develop-
ments in the Fraser river strike situa-
tion during the past twenty-four hours
are startling. Union fishermen now
have the upper hand and as result
there was small battle out on the
gulf. Many shots were exchanged, but
none of the combatants were killed
Sixteen Japanese were taken prisoners
by the strikers. Japanese boats were
overturned and the rifles and fishing
gear of the orientals were thrown into
the water and the Japanese themselves
taken to one of the small islands far
out in the gulf. Exactly where this
island is located is a secret of the white
fishermen.
They say they will continue to mar
oon non-Union Japs there for the re-
mainder of the season or until it is dis
covered by authorities. All that is
known is that the island is between
here and Nanaimo; fifty miles away,
and that it is hard to find. The Japa-
nese will be given food every few days.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-07-13
Chill's President Dead.

Ry Associated Press.
Buenos Ayres, July 12.-Senor Fed
eric Errazuriz, President of Chilli, who
mas been in feeble health for more than
a year, is dead. He was elected Presi-
dent OF Chill June % 1896, for a term
OF five years, which began September
is, 1896.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-07-13
Hundreds Of Bargains in Our % Departments.

The following additional inducements continue during this ae
On all 81 90 exceeding $200 full fare
Street Car Ticket will be full fare Ferry Ticket On
purchases - 90 and upwards full fare Street Car Tickets
full fare Ferry Tickets will Persons holding Gillette
Tickets have them punched during this SALE This that
make i'll addition picture
arged Free of steamboats, Ohio
and Muskiugum
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-07-13

The PAIL Laundry calls for and de-
livers family washings on Fairyiew
Heights, Norwood and Williamstown.
GIVE us trial.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-07-13
Sixteenth Gusher.

By Associated Press.
Beaumont Tex, July 12.-The six
teenth gusher came in this afternoon.
The flow does not seem to be at all dI-
minished by reason of the many wells.
The new well is in the proved territory.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-07-13
FOURTEEN INNINGS.

By Associated Press.
Pittsburg, July 12.-It was fight
every inch of the way through
the only fourteen inning game ever
played on the Pittsburg grounds.
Cross won the game in the fourteenth
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-07-13
SLUGGING MATCH.
BY Associated Press.

1NoDOVItIVOU
Baltimore, July 2.-Washington
won from Baltimore in a slugging
match. McGraw dislocated knee cap
in the second. Washington has releas-
ed Mercer and Foster. Attendance
1891.
r. H. E.
baltimore. go" ....... ..12 Is s
Washington. .... .... ....14 II s
Batteries-Nops, Howell and Robin
son; Patton, Gear and Clarke.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-07-13
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
BROOKLYN WAS LuCKY.

BY Associated Press.
Cincinnati, July 12.-Brooklyn was
lucky in making hits. Seven of their
eight runs were made after two men
were out. Donovan was hit freely but
was effective with men on bags. The
Brooklyn club signed Charles Irwin,
the third baseman released by the local
club.
r. H E.
Cincinnati. go. ........ ...6 IA 3
BROOKLYN. ...... ....., ....8 10
Batteries-Newton and Bergen; DON
ovan and Mcclure.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-07-13
Hubbard Dead.
By Associated Press.

tAOR5OOItIUOU
Dallas, Tex, July 12.-Richard B.
Hubbard, former Governor of Texas,
and during President Cleveland's adj
ministration United States Minister to
Japan. died at his home in Tyler today
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-07-13
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
IhNII1ItrOHKN IHH
BY Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
Chicago, July 12.-Chicago hit both
Hawley and HusNngs at will and easily
won the game. Patterson was in good
form and kept the visitors hits scatter
ed. Attendance 1900.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-07-13

1000 Mill Remnants of Worseds Wool and Silk Dress Goods
at one-third and onehalf regular prices
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-07-13
SHARP GAME.

BY Associated Press.
Boston, July 12.-Boston finished the
present home series by defeating Phil
adelphia in sharply played game.
Boston batted Mcpherson out of the
box in the fourth, but was unable to
score off Bernhard who succeeded him.
r. H. e.
Boston, ...... ......... ....5 10 3
Philadelphia. 80. ..... ...3 7 4
Batteries-Young and Shreck; Nc
Pherson and Powers.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-07-13
BY Associated Press

Detroit, July 12.-Bad fielding lost
the game for the locals.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-07-19

Seldom has a better chance for stay
at home travelling been offered than
in The Ladies Home Journal for July.
From West Point, as pictured by Geo.
Gibbs on the cover, readers may go
with W. L. Taylor to see "a Busy
Boston Street at High Noon''; next
try "Goin' Fishin with Joe Jefferson" !"
in Florida; then travel out west with
Ernest S Seton-Thompson TO see The
Mother Teal and the Overland Route;
next 20 along the Atlantic Coast to
find out how the places Where Our
Country Began" look today; then seek
Northern Michigan to hear 1.-The
Story of a Maple Tree" by William
Daveport Hubert; next visit an east
ern magazine editors office, and enjoy
the good humoled raillery of 1.-The
Case Against the Editor" by Edward
Box and finally see what '"The Coun-
try of Sheridan's Ride" looks like
nowaday. There are many other arti-
cles OF equal interest on various sub
jects Curtis Publishing Co., Phila
delphia. 81 year; 10c copy.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-07-19
Post Office Trouble.

The Post-office Department is hav-
ing trouble over little post office in
Bartholomew county, Indiana, which
was established some years ago under
the name of Springer. A month later
it was changed to Cushman and three
months afterward back to Springer
In 1898 it was called Grammer, but in
1897 the old name of Springer was Civ
en- it, 1t next appeared as Grammer
but Springer followed
A postmaster was appointed who re-
fused to qualify as postmaster o1
Springer, but insisted on being post
master of Grammer. The Department
chose his successor. M ss Mollie Berg
man, and changed the name back te
Springer Miss Bergman has followed
the tactics of his predecessor and in.
sists On qualifying as the postmistres'
of Grammer Or not at all. The difficulty
may be solved by closing the office en-
tirely.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-07-19
SHORT CROP IN GERMANY.
Bread Stuff Will Have TO be Bought
From Other Countries-May Help
Prices Here.

loOS ''oAN.
Mr.. Mason, the American Consul
General in Berlin, reports that dds
astrous deficit'' in German breadstuffs
is at hand. The wheat and rye crops
will be sad failures. The estimated
deficit In the wheat yield of Prussia
alone is ,053, 900 tons, to replace which
with imported grain will cost about
| $43. .00O, 600. The shortage In the rye
crop will be 713, 1000 tons, to replace
which will cost 1874. 800, 900. This Is,
| indeed, serious loss, an to make mat
ters even worse there will be lack OF
straw, clover and lucerne. This loss
of crops. which would have been worth
about 800, 900, 900, coming as 1t does
on top of the industrial depression In
& ermany will make 1901 an unhappy
year for it's people.
In view OF the fact that the req uire.
ments of the German Empire in re
spect to foreign grown breadstuffs will
far exceed those of any resent year,
one would imagine that the first step
tax en- would be to red uce materially
the high duties on foreign grain.
Enough surplus wheat will be grown
in the United States alone to take care
of this German deficit. The only
question is whether the Germans will
ho n 1louod bu tbair Oovarpvnopt r, bcro
this wheat on moderate terms.
Undoubtedly the duties will be low
cred somewhat. but if the Agrarians
have their way the reduction will be
altogether too small. They take the
position that the farmers have suffered
so much that they should be protected
from foreign competition and be al
lowed to make the most they can out
of the scanty harvests they are going
to reap This argument will appeal
forcibly to the men who grow wheat
and rye. Ii will not meet with the
approval of the working classes,
whose foodstuffs have been made too
dear in years of plenty by the heavy
protection given the agriculturists.
Plans have been sketched out for the
relief of the latter. It is proposed that
the Government shall loan money to
the farmers at a low rate of interest.
that railway freight rates on articles
bought by them shall be lowered, and
that the payment of agricultural rents
and ditching and diking taxes for this
year shall be deferred. These measures
will give some relief to the gra In
growers, but the only way in which
the mass of the people can be given
relief is by notable reduction OF the
duties on foreign breadstuffs. The
day has come when Germany, like
Great Britain. is no longer able to
supply the food its people consume.
That day having home, the policy of
excessive protection for the agricultu-
raj classes will have to be given up, or
the manufacturing industries will
suffer.-Chicago Tribune.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-07-19
More About Mrs. Harris Divorce:

In speaking of the dispatch from
Omaha, which said that Mrs. Kate
Neeson Compton Harris had applied
to the court to annul the marriage be-
tween herself and Dr. L. N Harris,
the Harrisonburg News says:
1.-The above dispatch which first ap-
Peared III the Washington Post was
the first inkling which the people of
Harrisonburg had of the sad termina-
tionof what every one thought was
most happy marriage, Miss Katie
Neeson Compton to DR.. Lnrty N. Har
rls, both natives and popular young
people of this place. Every one re-
garded the report as rather colored up
by the correspondent, but the affair
was the general talk of the town. DR..
Harris arrived in town yesterday af-
ternoon. When seen by News repor-
ter this morning he said that he didn't
care to talk for publication.
DR.. Harris conduct in the matter is
that of gentleman and he has the
sympathy of almost every body around
town in the affair. He does not think
his wife is free agent in the matter.
Mrs. Crompton, mother of Mrs. Har-
ris, is prostrated over the news, the
first intimation of which she had when
DR.. Harris went to see her about it,
OF course no one who knows DR.. Lur
ty Harris or his father would think
for moment that the license was
gotten without the consent of Miss
Crompton
DR.. Harris is at home with the par
ents now and hasn't decided yet just
what course he will pursue"
The Rockingham Register says: The
parties to this singular proceeding
we're born and reared in Harrisonburg,
and their unconventional marriage in
Staunton about two months ago is
still fresh in the minds of their friends
here. The dispatch quoted above was
the first intimation to many that the
marriage was not a happy one, but it
transpires that DR.. Harris and his
immediate family had word several
weeks ago that his wife would take
steps to have their marriage annulled.
Mrs. Compton, Mrs. Halris's mother,
knew nothing of it until after the
newspaper publication.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-07-19

Between the ages of fifteen and forty
five, the time when womanhood begins
and motherhood ends, it is estimated
that the aggregate term of woman's
suffering is ten years. Ten years out
of thirty I. One third of the best part
of a woman's life sacrificed Think of
the enormous loss of time But time
is not all that is lost. Those years Of
suffering steal the bloom from the
cheeks, the brightness from the eyes,
the fairness from the form. They
write their record in many a crease
and wrinkle. What boon then to
woman, is DIR. Pierce's Fayorite Pre-
scription. Il promotes perfect regu-
larity, dries up debilitating drains,
heals liberation, cures female weak
ness, and establishes the delicate wo-
manly organs In vigorous and perma-
nent health. No other medicine can
do for woman what Is done by DIR.
Pierce's Fayorite Prescription.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-07-19
Alarming Stories of CrGp Conditions.

A special dispatch says that the great
hot wave in Kansas practically des-
troyed the remaining hope of good
corn crop. The oats and hay are
ruined and the fruit in trees is shriv
elled. The vegetable crop is badly
hurt. Potatoes and late planted oats
have suffered the greatest damage In
Nebraska. From Missouri comes stO
ries that the drought and hot weather
have completely ruined the corn crop
OF central Missouri Oats were not
harvested; hay is a failure, and pas
lures are bare as in August. The hot
winds have been damaging TO corn and
oats In eastern Iowa, and rain is badly
needed. Reports from all over illinois
indicate that the unparalleled hot
wave is playing havoc with the grow.
ing crops. No accurate estimate can
| be made of the damage to Wisconsin
crops since July 1st, but it will ruI
well into the hundreds of thou
sands.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-07-19
CAsToRIA.
Bsar. tina n The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature ss &Azz<zM
Increased Cost of Government.

Comparing the Governments in
come for the fiscal year just ended with
that ended four years ago." says the
New York Herald, There was an in
crease of SO, 100000 in miscellaneous
receipts, $62, 250, 900 increase in receipts
from customs and $159, 900. 900 increase
from internal revenue.
High tariff and continued war
taxes, with the consuming power of the
people increased by several years of
prosperity, gave the Treasury during
the year just ended the record breaking
income of $4,000. 900, besides So, ,5O0,-
900 received from the Pacific railroads.
Expenditures increased $22. 600, 900,
reaching $510 900, 900, record which,
with the exception of the Spanish War
year, was never equaled since the Civil
War. Despite this extravaganza, the
income exceeded the regular outgo by
$75 200, 600. The reduction in revenue
taxes which went into effect on July
is calculated to cut about $40,000,000
off the receipts for the year now begun,
but the end of the Chinese campaign
and the withdrawal of troops from the
Philippines may offset this and make
the surplus for the new year as large as
ever.
There should be a further reduction
of taxes when Congress meets, for a
surplus Of even $50 900. 900 is an incen-
tive to extravaganza and corruption, in
addition to which the withdrawal of
these large sums from circular con-
stantly disturbs the money markets
aud compels the Treasury to resort to
clumsy and wasteful methods to get
the money out again