davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Meeker herald., 1901-12-21

He-It was hard work to keep from
kissing you last night. She-Weli. you
must be careful not to over-exert your
self. Jack.
The Meeker herald., 1901-12-21

A western Judge has decided that saus-
age isn't sausage unless 1t Is in links
The Meeker herald., 1901-12-21

The man who owns but one shirt u,
necessarily. short OF change.
The Meeker herald., 1901-12-21

Mrs. WinAlow's sooshing syfur.
For children teethinS. softens the gums reduces IN
asmmaton. alinys pain. wind collie sc bottle
The Meeker herald., 1901-12-21

An Irishman says there is no blessing
like health. especially when you are sick
The Meeker herald., 1901-12-21

A Dry Joke.-All flesh is grass, but
President Roosevelt's secretary Of
state Is Hay.
The Meeker herald., 1901-12-21

1t is said that many q fool has b,
maintaining silence made people believe
he possessed wisdom. This Ia a mis-.
take. A fool never knows enough to
keep quiet.
The Meeker herald., 1901-12-21

Gust think what we'd be missing"
Said he. III that delighted
Discoverer Of kissing
Had had 1t copyrighted"
The Meeker herald., 1901-12-21

Do not su6er the aGonies of Rheuma-
tism. MarshAil's Remedy for Rheuma-
tism ,Gout and Neuralgia 10 guaranteed
by all druggists.
The Meeker herald., 1901-12-21

Niceboy-I nay. Chawfie. did you tell
me girl sent her kiss by yeu! Char
lie-I did. and she said II was much nicer
than II you had brought It
The Meeker herald., 1901-12-21

And tell them Of Garfleld Tea, which
cures Indigestion and liver disorders and
ENSURES the return Of many Happy Christ.
mas Dinners by removing the cause OF
dyspepsia and 111-health.
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1901-03-06
Ze statniho snemu.

Zapas senaiorsky dosud vlete
Sc We starych kolejich, aniz by wy
hlfdka byla ma brzke jeho skonte-
nj. Kaukusy republikanske vetsiny,
kazdeho vetera odbyvane, dosud
nemely zadneho vysledku spise
jimi iest& situace Sc zhorsila. v
ksukusu 1ternfm prohlasil totiz
jeden odpdrcd Rosewaterovych,
ze v padu nomlnace tehoz kauku-
sem nebude povazovati rozhodnuti
ono zavaznym a nasledek toho
byl, ze delegace okresu Douglas,
pfi Rosewaterovi CO nerozborna
hraz stojfci, We stfedu ami We
ttvrtek kaukusu Sc neL1castnila a
situace We ctvrtek zhorsena ieste
prohlasenim pfedsedy kaukusu,
Searse, ze zadna nominace zavaz-
nou nebude, dokud v kaukusu nej-
meme 81 republikanh pfitomno
nebude. Nasledkem prohlasenf
tohoto uznano dalsi pokratovani
v kaukusu zbytetnym tyz do
vterejska vecera odrocen.
Vysledek pfi vterejsfm, 81. hla-
sovani, byl nasledovnf:
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1901-03-06
z P0LITICKEH0 svETA.
I Washington.

! Washingtonsky dopisovatel
zaslal casopisu Sentinel v Mil
waukee telegrafickou zpravu, ze
W. A. Rublee jmenovan bude ma
stupcem X. Wildmana, jakozto
konsul Y Hong Kongu. Rublee byl
"a vlady IIarrisonovy konsulem v
Praze.
! S,atni odbor We Washingtonu
podava zpravu. zeAlexanderW Wood
Pennsylvania, konsul Sp. Statd
Kielu, Nemecku, zemfel patek
rano, byv ranen mrtvicf. Wood
jnenovan byl konsulem Kielu v
fijnu 1899
| Z Washingtonu Sc sdeluje, ze
vypomocny sekretaf pokladnieniho
odboru, Frank A. Vanderlip, podsl
min. 1tery resignaci, kteraz ma
vejiti platnost neidele s bfezna
Mr.vanderlip pry hodla navstfviti
Evropu, ably tam studoval hnancni
prdmyslove zalezitosti. Nastup
Gem jeho stane pry Sc nejspfse
Milton E. Allies Ohio, ktery jill
etrnacte let pokladnitnfm odbo-
RI Jest zam4stnzn.
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1901-03-06

ucitelskych v S. 6. kongressnfm
distriktu, k dohodnuti vsak nedo-
speno a zasedanf 6 hodin odro-
ceno.
v snemovne poslancd dtery
Chill Sc pani podavanfm novych
pfedloh, nebot podano jich dne
toho celkem 43, cimz potet poda-
nych 47S dosahnul. Z pfedloh,
schdzf plenarnf ku pfiJetf odporu-
cenych, zaslouzf zmfnky ona, O.
pravhujfcf jmenovanf komisafe,
kteryz by pecoval d0stojne "a
stoupeni statu naseho ma vystave
panamericke a jehozto vydanf
$1,000 ptesahovati by nemelo - Y
zApeti ma to vsak pani nezmerne
moudrosti sve ma neurcito odlozili
tim porazili pfedlohu, kterouz
ma zastoupenf statu naseho ma
vystave one $4,000 povoleno byti
melo. Mezi move podanymi Pied
lohami nalezala Sc ona, povolu
jicf sluzne statnich 1fadnfkd a
zamestnancn jednotlivych odbord
dstav1 a sice povolovano by j
bylo celkem $87o,8oo proti $685.
$50 povolenym pied dvsma roxy.
Stfeda venovana ctenf projedna-
vani rdznych pfedloh, nichz 4
pfijaty 0 4. hodine schdze odro-
eena, tax ably vyboru zeleznicnimu
dana byla pfflezitost vyslechnouti
dnvody v zajmu pfedlohy senatora
Webera, kterouz snfzeni cd III do
rs procent vsech cen dopravnfch
Sc pozaduje. ~ cryrtek straven
vyhradne schdzf plenarni, mimo
cehoz jmenovan zvlastnf vybor,
kteryz by podane a neprojednane
dosud pfedlohy prozkoumal a k
odporuceni vyhradne jen ty nejsa-
doucnejsi by odporuti!. Deset
pfedloh odroceno ma neureito, coz
ovsem Sc zamitnutfm totoznym je.
V patek pokracovano projedna-
vani pfedlohy Eyansovy a tai
konetne po nekolika nepatrnych
zmenach pfijata. z dalsino jedna-
nj dluzno uvesti, ze podobne jake
v senatu pfijat navrh ma jmenova-
nj zvlastnfho syboru, kteryz by
neprojednane dosud pfedlohy pro-
zkoumal pouze ty neiddleziteisi
snsmovns k projednauf pfedlozil.
v sobotu odporutena k pfijeti
pfedloha, povolujfci $500 drok 2
teze eastky "a rs, roki nemecke
evangelicke obci CO odskodne "a
kupni cenu lotu, na nemz kostel
postaven. Stalo Sc tax ma zaklade
zakona 2 roku 1869, jimz stat "a.
vazai Sc poskytnouti zdarma po.
zemek pro vsechny kostely Lin.
coin, V nichz pravideln6 bohosluz.
by odbyvany jsou. w. Pondell
venovano projednavAnf rtznych
pfedloh We schulz plenarnf 1c
tychz k pfijetf odporuceno. Ease.
dAni odroceno 5:45.
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1901-03-06
Z bojiste V JIM Africe.
KneAeneyoyy he vyeAdsf ma jeOo. 90
DeWet aniknul. = /ak< s3dnf a
zkLamdnfl

Ably Sc ponekud zakryla An
gill ia velika rama, ktera byla spd-
sobena odhalenfm, ze valka po-
hltila skoro jiz $50 milionn, tu
Kitchener sam ma rozkaz vlady
musel domd telegrafovati same
vitezne zpravy. o tom ovsem nenf
pochybnosti, ze DeWet musel u
stoupiti pied obrovskou pfesilou a
ze utrpel ma tonic dstupu znacne
ztraty, avsak Kitchener to tax
straslive pfehnal, ze Sc mu cely
svet nyni smeje.
We svych telegramech vypocfta-
Vi kofist a uz napocital as 10000
kus . dobytka, ktery pry Anglicane
v poslednim tydnu ukofistili.
Kdo neveff, at tam bezfl Tako
YOU 2yramidainf lei nenapeal ami
Weyler, kdyz s'feznieii'' ma Kube.
Aekoli vice nezli pdl tuctu rdz-
nych anglickych oddslenf vyslano
"a DeWetem, ably no lapila, tu
dopadlo to jako obytejne. DeWet
unikuul die pondelnf depese Pfc
krocil oranzskou feku S 500 muzi
u Lilliefontein, blize mostu Coles
bergskeho.
Tfmto poslednfm telegramem
odhalena nova Lex, nebot nekolik
dnf pied tim Anglieane tvrdili, ze
DeWet prchA Sc Steynem a $
hlouckem svych vernych po fece
ma lodiccel ~
v tomto tydnu Londyn nalezal
sc tel horetnem napjetf, nebot
Sc tam roznAsela zprzva, ze Sc
general Botha VIDAL Kitchenerovi,
ale jake zdAnf a zklamAnf, zprAvs
ia vznikla jen We zbozn9m plan
Anglicandv, Kdezto Botha ma meet
podobneho ami nepomyslf a jes
hotov bojovati AZ do poslednf kap
Ky krve "a neodvislost sve vlasti
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1901-03-06

pocet posrovni, nacez odroceno
Jednanf do a:4s, kdy, anil by co
vykonano bylo, zasedanf Ease do
4 hodin odroteno. Po 4. hodine
,protahovalo Sc jednanf "a tim je-
dinkym dcelem, ably vyckano bylo,
kterak senat pfedlohou ma dpra-
VII toku TEX pffstavd nalozf a
kdyz seznano, ze tato profit ne
mnze, zasedanf snemovny 5o.kon-
gresu skoncenym prohlaseno.
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1901-03-06
NastaI p5st.

Veskerz snad aAbozenstvi "a
vedIa posty jako nutnou protivahu
bujnejsiho uzivanf rozkosf zivota,
aby djmou pozitkn dostavilo Sc
spzsonosne pokani. Posty mali
pax veIky vyznam zdravotni. ne
bot pfivadejf do pofadku telcsnS
system a hlavne dstrojf zazfvacf.
Toto vsak media Sc vzdy spofadati
pouhym jen postem, nybrz je.li
vice poruseno, must byti spraveno
yhodnym lekem. Nejlepsfm tako-
wynn regulatorem zdravf jest pc
mnohA leta co nejskveleji osved
Gene Trinerovo lecive hofke vino,
ktere pomohlo jiz tisic0m cd ne
mocf zastaralych, pokladanych
"a nevyletitelne a jest hojne pied
pisovano nejzkusenejsfmi lekafi
proti vsem chorob4m zaludku,
stfev, jater a ledvin. Jest to pfi.
jenny lex bylinny. z nejlepsfhc
eerveneho vfna sc vzacnymi leei.
vymi pfisadami a vyrzbf je pouze
Josef Triner, 79o So. Ashland
Ave, Chicago, III. Koupiti j.
mozno i ' lekArn2ch (pouze nj
lAhve), ale pozor ma nezdrave jeht
padelky. tu . tam vnucovanG
beze vM leeivk moci Trinerove
hofke vino doporueeno jest CT
nejlepe "a st4ly dom6ci lex. nebot
cistf snamenite krev, upravuj,
stolici, budf chut K jfdlu K prici
leci nastuzeni . chrGnf pied eho
robami, sflfc cely system = I,
vzdy spolehlive, kszdeho vek,
! . pohlsvi.
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1901-03-06
Pan A. Odvarka
z ClarkSon. Neb.

mas novy cestujfci jednatel, vydal
Sc tfmto dnem ma cestu ceskyn
osadami nebrassl.ymi zajmu zf-
skani noyych odberatel0 kolek-
tovani pfedplatneho cd odberatela
stsrych zadame vsechry CT pff-
znivce nase, ably mu die moznosti
jejich radou i skutkem napomocni
byli. vyd. Pohyotn Zdpadn.
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1901-03-06

v senatu obmezena 1tery te.
mel vyhradne veskera prace ma
podavanf novych pfedloh, nebof
byl to ctyficaty den zasedanf, die
dstavy posledni to den, kteremz
pfedlohy vyjma onech, guverne-
rem odporucenych neb vseobecne-
heho souhlasu majfcfch podava-
Fny .byti mohou a celkem podano
jich ~. Tim dostoupil pocet Y
senatu podanych pfedloh ma 3Io
proti 355 pied dvema. 3s3 pied
ttyfmi a All pied sesti roxy. -
We stfedu y9novzno znaene easu
pfedloze, kterouz by dosavadni
saba telefonnf as proceut spi-
zovana byla, konecne vsak opetne
ma denni pofadek odkazana. Pied
lohy pfijaty pouze ctyry-jedna 2
Mich nafizuje zakopavanf vepfove-
no i jin9ho dobytka, nakazlivymi
nemocemi posedsiho : Is odkaza-
no jich sch1zi plenarnf Q odro.
ceno jich ma neurcito. We etvrtek
venovano cele dopoledne projed-
navani Evansovy pfedlohy ma O.
chranu ptactva zvefe. Pfedlohou
tou zakazovzno bylo by stfilenf
zvefe ptactva k dceldm trznfm,
zkracovzna byla by sezona honeb-
nj a jmenovan byl by statnf hajny,
kteryz by mad zachovavanfm "a
kona bdel. v zasedani odpolednim
odkSzana diouhS fada pfedloh
tsesimu etenf. " patek stravena
vetsina tasu jednanim o navrhu,
ably koupeno bylo 400 vytisko
"modre knihy' po 50. 90, sniz by
jakeho vysledku bylo dosazeno,
zbytek pax strdven projednavanim
rdznych pfedloh We schdzi pie
narnf. - v sobotu doslo tuhemu
sporu, az do osobnostf zabihajici-
mu, pfi projednAvAnf nSvrhu ma
upraveni sluzneho zSpisnfka mel
vyssiho soudu statniho. Tyz dosud
oprAvnen byl totiz ku vsem po.
platkdm a dad ten povazovzn "a
neJyynosnejsf We stztu, nebot od'
hadovzn pffjem jeho dosud nj
$1,000 roen9. Rozmnozenfm poStu
referentd soudnich zvyseny BY
vsak byly pfijmy ty ma Sac, ,ooe
roGns, COZ je piece jen troch,
mnoho q proto sen. Martinem ma
yrzeno, by plat dfadnfka toho nj
$4,000 urcen byl a aby poplatk!
pokladnE stAtnf odvAd9ny byly
Spor veden hlavne proso, ponevai
populisty tvrzeno, lie nAvrh onel
podzn jedine proto. ze dad onel
pfitomne populistou zast&vzn jes
a ze republikine pfedlohu on
pouze jen ze zlste strannicke pre-
saditi pry chti. " pondelf teme
veskery cas- venovGn pfedloze, M
IFisujfcf sfzeni stktnfch 6stav
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1901-03-06
KR0NIKA UDAL0STf.
Nextxsti Y dolp.

v dolu Diamond Coal & Coke
CO. ' Diamondville, Wyo., vznikl
polar, jemut die dosud doslych
zprav pablo obzf as zivotn lid
skych. Superintendent nafidil. ably
Timed uzavfeny byly vsechny vcho
dy a tax rozsifovAni pozaru meze
polozeoy. Mnoho havifd bylo "a
chran9no vtasnyn. upozornenfm
ma hrozici nebezpecf, avsak vzdor
veskerAmn 1sili nekterych odyAz
nych hornikd nepodafilo Sc uvez-
meme ohnem soudruhy smrti w
rvati. Polar zavinen byl pry jiskrou,
kterzz zaletla do plachtoviv v ko.
mdrce, kde1 olej q nastroje byly
slozeny. Pied "A mesfci vznikl '
t9mze dolu oheh, kteryz sice byl
vStsf, avsak nevyzadal 81 tolik
oben lidskych.
ternoeh lyaeovin.
Min. 1tery lyncovan byl Y Terre
Haute, Ind. cernoch Geo. Ward,
ktery pondeli odpoledne zavraz-
dill utitelku Idu Finkelsteinovou.
Klyz Sc tato vracela re skoly
domd. byla eernochem pfepadena,
posttelena . kdyz surovy dtocnik
podFizl obeti sve jesse kirk, oloupil
il 0 $3.50 a uprchL Ma smrt era
nenA dfvka poslednim napjetfm
sil doplizila Sc domd, kdez sdEliv-
81, CO Sc stalo, upadla bezyedo-
mi = pol noci skonala. Ward byl
brxy zatcen, uveza9n po krAtkem
zdrzhani Sc k zlocinu svemu Sc
pE;znal. Brzy po pnl noci shro-
mAzdii Sc zAstnp rozhoEten5ch
obcsnn, eftajfcf as a,5oo osob.
pied vezenfm, vyvlekl cernocha a
na nedalekem mostnim tramu jej
povesil a mrtvolu jeho spzlil.
vlak yyjel 2 koleji.
q Goshen, Ind, oznameno, ze
blize fanny Hostetterovy vysinul
se min. dtery rAno 9. hodins
nAsledkem zlomenf Sc kolejnice
osobnf vlak Wabash drzhy a vozy
sfftily Sc S nAspu 40 stop v, soke-
no. Wax, jedouci Buffalo do
Chicago. spozdil Sc dive = pol
hodiny, av dobe, kdy nestestf &C
udalo, uhznel rychlostf 50 mil u
hodinu. vsichni cestujici, krome
dvou, byli vice meme zraneni, PEI
Z mich smrtelne. Mezi tekce FRA
n9nymi naleza Sc TEL chof Best
me.fco stary synAcek omazskeho
mgstskeho klerka VIII. Elbournx,
ktefx vraceIi Sc nzvstevy svych
pFfbuznych v Buffalo. : ZranenI
dopraveni byli do mesteeka Miles
burgu, 6 mil vzdaleneho, kdez 81
i'm dosealo I3kaFskeho osetfenf.
VS1en enffexs nilici.
v pltek essns rkno vyveden by
pod ochrsnou etyf setnin STAN
milice 9 ckres. vxseaf We Spring
field, Ill, AIbest Shsnkle, naloSes
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1901-03-06
zspflsihly nepfitel len.

SeWSusy DSPstSSs ASus
v Denver zatcsn byl AL. Cowan,
o nemz Sc ma "a to, ze v patek v
noci ucinil vrazedny ltok ma til
zenstiny, nichz Jedna jiz zemfe-
Ia a druha zmfrA. Phi zatteni ma
lezeny neho zelezna tyc a revol'
yer naboji. z vypovsdi jeho Sc
znano, ze je ma mysli pomaten.
Ma otazku, proc pronasleduje a
vrazdf zeny, odpovedel, ze zeny
nenavidi. Policie Sc domniva, ze
Cowan to byl, jenz poslednich
sesti mesicfch vice Zen ma ulicfch
pfepadl tyto vice meme zranil.
Ohromne soustfedsni kapitalu.
V sobotu vydal New Yorku ].
P. Morgan & Co. obeznik k akci-
onaf1m Federal SteelCo., /, National
Steel Co. National Tube Co. Anne
rican Steel & Wire Co., American
Tin Plate Co., American Steel
Hoop Co. a American Sheet Steel
Co., jez zaroveh Sc spolecnostf
Carnegie ovon splynouti mali v
jediny ohromny zavod, United
States Steel corporation. Riditele
roznych techto zavodo jiz po delsi
dobu vyjednavali podmfnkach
zamysleneho slouceni. Ucelem
jeho ma byti pouze snizenf vyloh
a vetsi cisty vynos bez zvyseni cen
zhotovenych vyrobkd. Kapital move
korporace obnaseti bude bajecnou
sumu SI,I54, 900, 900.
Jak Sc mai staveti silnice.
Usilim National Good Road
association ucineny byly pfirravy
k podanf fady praktickych ukazek
We budovani dobr9ch venkovskych
silnic podel trait illinois Central
drahy, mezi Chicagem a New Or
leansem. Behem pffstiho mesice
vypraven bude New Orleans
zvlastnf vlak, sestavajfciz jednoho
osobniho vozu a nekolika plo-
chych vozG nakladnfch, ma nichz
slozeny budou vselike modernf
stroje k budovanf silnic porfebne.
Wax tento zastavf Sc ma ceste do
Chicago We dvaceti neb vice mi
stech, kdez pfesinut bude ma po-
bocni traf, zkuseni odbornici
budou pfednaseti davati navody
o budovani silnic. v kazdem mfst9
postavena bude asi mile vozove
cesty, k cemuz farmefi opatfiti
mail potfebnS material.
Stitni hestinee.
v patek podal Legislature
minnesotske poslanec onnsrnd
pfedlohu, kterouz mali byti zfize-
ny statnf hostince po spdsobu
ststnfch hostincn Jiznf Karoline.
Pfedloha tato urcuje, ze otazka
povoleni prodeje lihovin ma byti
dana k odhlasovznf lidu We vsech
okresich, titajfcfch meme nez TO-
600 obySateIa druhy dterek
bfeznu 1907. Vypadlo-li by hlaso-
vani neprospech povolenf pro.
deje lihovin, mdze byti ma zados,
dvou tfetin volicd zfizen statni
hostinec Y kazdkm meste meme
nez 10, 900 obyva,eld. Lihoviny
mohou byti prodavsny pouze '
balitkach ne mensfch nez pnlp.n.
tovych pied prodejf must byti
prohlednuty schvaleny mlecnfm
a potravnfm komisafem. Z&dne
mesto nema mfti vice nez jeiom
jeden statni hostinec a vylohy &
vydrzovanim jeho spojene mai
byti hrazeny z mestske pokladny,
do kterez Ease naopak ma ply.
nouti veskeren cisty vynos ze
zAvodu toho.
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1901-03-06

Billie Waunetta, Kans., svedl
serif Taylor q pffruef jeho prud-
kou bitku peti surovci. kteff1 '
opilosti ohrozovali stfelbou oby.
vatele We Waunetta . Cedarville.
v potycce byI ieden lupien usnr-
cen, ostatni chyceni . uvSsnSai.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-07-24
scoRcHlNe WEATHER.
Heat In the Middle West breaking he
cords of High Temperature.

Washington, July 2l.--One hundred
degrees temperatures were common
throughout the great corn belt yester-
day according 20 reports 10 the weather
bureau here. In various places all pre-.
vious heat records were smashed. There
appears 20 BE- no prospect of relief from
these exhausfing conditions for the next
two days AZ least. eKcep, such as may
come from the always present posdbih.
~ Of scattered thundersiorms which are
predicted for some portions of the su.
perheated area.
Absolutely no rain fell in the corn
belt In western Iowa il was n tribe
cooler while in the central portions Of
the state il was warmer. There was u
little belt Of high pressure over tho
great lakes and another over the south
Atlantic coast. but IL offers no prospect
Of relief in the west
The warm weather was again general
throughout the entire country excep; On
the Pacific coast. Thunder showers
have continued from the south Atlantis
coast westward into Arizona and con
tinuAton Of them is predicted for the
south aud southwest.
Atlanta 90 Boston l03. Chicago i02.
Cincinnati i05, Davenport. Ia, lo6,
Denver %. Des Moines i0s, Helena,
Mont, SO. indianapolis l06, Jackson
vile. Fla. 81. Kansas City 100. LATHE
Rock 90. Memphis %. New Orleans 30.
New York 90. North Platte. Nsb., 100,
Omaha lOl. Pittsburg 81, Salt Lake ss.
ST. Louis lO7. Sc. Paul ss, Springfield,
his. los. vicksburg 81 and Washington
e3. Louisville i05.
The pro.trations reported reached into
the thousands. but fatalities were few
% far a. given.
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WILL REFUND DUTIES.
Merchants VIII Get Back Ameun,s rsis
on Imports from Psrto Rieo.


ON Imports from Psrto hieo.
Washington. July 23.-Attorney Gen.
eral Knox declined 10 render an opinion
which was asked for by the secretary
Of the treasury ON the question whether
or not under the existing laws the sec
retary is authorized 70 refund duties
collected ON goods imported from Porto
Rico between the date Of the ratihca.
tion Of the Spanish treaty and the date
that the Foraker act went into opera.
tion.
The attorney general says that mas.
much as the comptroller Of the treasury
has given his decision ON the subject, it
as a matter for him, (the conptrollsr)
alone and he therefore cannot give q
decision as requested.
IL is authoritatively stated at the
treasury department that the govern
ment will proceed Immediately 20 re-
fund these duties. acting upon the de-
cision OF the comptroller OF the treasury
which was to the effect that the treas
ury department had authority under ex
isting laws. The duties amounted ap'
proximatcly 70 s., 600, o00.
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NEWS IN BRIEF.

John Henderson. the shipbuilder. died
at Glasgow, Scotland.
The draying business Of San Francis
60 il at a standstill on account Of the
teamster's strike.
Aasther oil well is reported at Sonny
Brook, Ky.
The French zoologist. Hsi LAcsse-
Dutshiers, IL dead. He was born in 1891.
Bob walthour Of Atlanta. Ga. defeat
ed Edouard Taylore of France in Is
mile motor paced rsSe in Madison
Square Garden.
William Eaglish died at Winnsboro
Tex. from an overdose Of laudaaum.
Delegates are gathering st College Sta
tion. Tex. for the Texas Farmers con
gress.
Old settlers Of McLennan county. Tex.
held their reunion last week IN hoass
built in lss6.
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RUSH IS STILL GREAT
Crowds at Fl Reno TO Secure a
Chance at Free Homes.
RECORD Is BROKEN.
More Than Fourteen Thousand Regis.
ter at II Reno, Making the
Total Nearly One Hundred
and Twenty Thousand.

TT Reno. July 23.-The registration
At this place Monday was record.breaE-
er-l3.b56 were registered. Two thou
sand ot those were old soldiers and 500
Of tEem were women. The booths re.
mained open until o'clock One thou
sand seven hundred aud sixty-four were
registered nc IAwion. Total Of both
places 1851 up to date.
The cheap rates made ythe railroads
In the north and east viii bring thou
sands who bad never thought ofcoming.
II is reported that 2000 factory girls are
coming from New York aud Pittsburg.
There are many "ienderfeet" here now.
Most Of them are surprised 20 see civ
ilized city. They expected 70 see moth.
ing but cattle ranches and CAMPS and
none but cowboys and Indians. There
are thousands Of Indians living near
here, but few Of them come 20 town
during the excitement They are great
" annoyed by strangers who crowd
around them. Most of them run from
the kodak fends. Of whom there are
many. The Indians generally are afraid
OF the camera
W. J. Edwards. a civil engineer, has
laid ont town FOR women only. The
company l. named the Woman's Mu-
tual Townsite company and Is located
not far from Anadarko. About 50 Fl
Repo women are behind the scheme.
The women say that they wan, TO show
tho men that they can conduct city
affairs and attend to business matters
in a manner far superior 10 men.
The postoifice department has estab-
ished eight extra delivery windows aud
still handles mail with difficulty.
All around bad men are becoming
more numerous and private detectives
have been sent for 10 protect tho people.
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r.rm.n, ID chIne.. Ina.nnIlr.

Washington. July ss;TThe state de-
pariment has received a dispatch from
Special Commissioner Rockhill at Pekin
announcing that q plan for the payment
Of the indemnity 70 the powe-s by che
Chinese government finally had been
adopted. The authorization OF bonds to
bo ISSUED will begin in 1902 and the
Ian contempla;es the entire liquidation
Of both principal and interest by ieai.
II is expected that China will raise S23,-
600, 900 annually.
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jackson. Miss., July Ex-Governor
Longino has left for Greenville, where
he will consult with the criminal judge
touching the assassination Of ths Ital-
ians at Erwin. II il expected that a
special term Of the court will be called
at once. +. Calvalli. the Italian consul
at New Orleans. is said 20 be at Erwin
making an investigation. The governor
goes for the purpose Of cooperating
with the officers and 10 have the assas-
sins apprehended and punished.
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Washington. July 2S.-COnsul Magill
reports from Tampico that the Office Of
the Mexican Telegraph company at that
place is closed 70 the public service,
thus sevsring the direct connection with
Galveston. Foreign messages will here
after be routed via Laredo. Tex, over.
land. or via cable 20 Vera CTuE and
thence overland % Tampico.
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Washington. July 23.--The secretary
Of the interior has announced COM
mittee to supervise the drawings for
the lands Of the Kiowa and Comanchs
Indians a. follows:
Ex-Governor Richards Of Wyoming.
chairman; ex-Chief Justice Frank Dale
Of Oklahoma and ex.District Attorney
ID. p. Dyer Of Sc. Louis.
This committee has been instructed
10 repor; at Fl Reno not later than July
26 10 arrange details for the drawing.