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The Washington times., 1901-07-31
uia.. to be barred.

The Treasury Department is preparing
a circular letter to be sent out to col
lectors OF customs. warning them to re-
fuse entry TO all cattle hides that are not
dry salted. arsenic. OF lime cured. or that
have not been thoroughly disinfected
The only exception to be made Is in the
case of abattoir hides from Norway and
Sweden. where the process of curing IL
supervised by the Government.
The Washington times., 1901-07-31
FUNERAL OF MRS. E. D. ROACH.
A NOnngenaripn ms Remains Buried at
GIenMs,od Cemetery.

Mrs. Ellen l.. Roach. of AL Street
northwest. was buried yesterday after
noon in Glenwoou Cemetery. The funeral
services were held in the Hamline Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, Ninth and p
Streets northwest, and were conducted by
the pastor, the Rev. DIR. Lucien Clark,
assisted by the Rev. John Wright, D. D.,
an old personal friend of the deceased
A quartette, consisting of Miss Ancelia
r. Fisher, Miss Belle Carpenter, w. ID.
Mcfarland, and ]. Waller Humphrey.
rendered appropriate music.
Mrs. Roach reached her ninetieth year
on June %, and the occasion was fittingiy
celebrated. She is survived by son,
Thomas Z. Roach, of the Postoffice De-
partment. and a grandson, Frank c.
Roach. who is employed at the District
Building
The Washington times., 1901-07-31
Continued
Clearance Sale
Before
Stock Taking.
New York-washington-Paria

Wednesday we shall take our
summer inventory, and, as we are
desirous of reducing our stock to
the smallest proportions possible
by that time, we offer all slOw-sell.
ing goods, incomplete assort-
ments, to-be-continued designs, ir-
regular staple stocks and the like
The Washington times., 1901-07-31
To Convey Teachers to Manila

The transport Warren has been desig
mated by the Quartermaster's Department
to convey to Manila some Of the addition
al teachers TO be appointed for service In
the Philippines. The date of the sailing
OF the vessel has not yet been fixed upon.
About fifty-fve OF the teachers recently
selected failed to take passage on the
transport Thomas. which is now en- route
to Manila from San Francisco. The 400
teachers still to be appointed for service
in the islands win also sail on the War
r.u
The Washington times., 1901-07-31
Two-Thirds, a Hall, and Less
Than Half Former Prices.

Dainty Dimities, Lawns, Organ
dies, Swisses, and many Of the
other most beautiful and most
popular sorts of wash fabrics for
midsummer wear.
Stock-taking is but three days
off and we want less yards to
count this year than we've ever
had in any season gone. Hence
the very decided price reductions.
Some of the most interesting
items are as follows:
The Washington times., 1901-07-31
124-Cent
New Dinlities.
74c the Yard.

The very best quality of l2lc
Dimities-and all new, crisp, per
feet goods, fine and sheer; print
ed in scores of the most wanted
designs, on white ground. Neat
figures and stripes and the hand
some large patterns, in pleasing
variety.
The Washington times., 1901-07-31
The L.,nd Omce Report.

The annual report, Of the Commissioner
Of the Land Office. it was stated Yesterday.
will not be ready for the printer until
the latter part of next month. The report
this year promises to be the most interest
ing one issued In years.
The Washington times., 1901-07-31
stamps for redemption.

The Bureau of Internal Revenue has re-
ceived for redemption % about 2,0o.Oo
worth of stamps which are no longer of
value on account offthe abolition of GER
tain taxes under the WAR revenue law.
The persons remitting the stamps VIII be
reimbursed by the Treasury Departr ent.
and then the stamps will be destroyed.
The Washington times., 1901-07-31
124-Cent
Printed Lawns,
64c the Yard.

A lot composed of several kinds
all sheer and pretty. White
ground with printings of lavend-
er, heliotrope, red, yellow-alsO a
few solid colors, principally in
old rose and pinks.
The Washington times., 1901-07-31
Moxement~or Naval Vessels.

The gunboat Yanlzton has arrived a.
Portsmouth. n. H., the sunboat Dixie at
GARDENERS Bay. the gunboat Don Juan de
Austria at Honekong, and the training
shin Hartford at Kiel. The training ship
buffalo has sailed from Boston for Gil
braltar.
The Washington times., 1901-07-31
Hoods Pills ,sss,,ss. ass ssss by 3,

fdence. Try them once and yon Will prefer them
70 all others. Sold BY all druggists. Is cents.
The Washington times., 1901-07-31
To Bring General Macarthur.

The transport Sheridan has been order
ed to stop at Yokohama to take on board
Gene raj Macarthur. who is returning to
this country from Manila.
The Washington times., 1901-07-31
The Req, Prescription for Malaria

ChiIls and fever is bottle of Groves Tasteless
Chill Tonic 1t is simply iron and qunne in
tasteless form. No cure--no pay. Price soc.
The Washington times., 1901-07-31
Clearance Sale Of
Wash Dress Goods,

Foreign and domestic, and every
yard produced for the present sea
son, offered at
The Washington times., 1901-07-31
121-Cent
Dotted Swisses,
&c the Yard.

Tinted grounds of green, yel-
low, red, and blue with printed
figures of black and white; also
white ground with pink, blue,
heliotrope, and navy stripes. A
great many very pretty effects.
The Washington times., 1901-07-31
Remnants of
Cotton Dress Goods
AT Hall and Less.

q to 12-yard lengths)
Imported:
25c Belfast Dimities, 129c yard.
35c Foulardines, 129c yard.
25c Mercerized Pongee, 129e
yard.
Domestic:
&c Lawns, &c yard.
9c Dimities, sc yard.
12Jc Dotted Swiss, Sc yard.
12Jc Lawns, Sc yard.
124c Percales. Sc yard.
First Floor-Tenth Street.
WOODWARD { LOThROP.
The Washington times., 1901-07-31

To cure headache in ten minutes take Roya.
Headache Tablets. -Four doses. 10 cents.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-09-12
A NIGHT OF TERROR.

awful anxiety was felt for the wild
ow OF the brave General Burnham OF
Machias, Me-, when the doctors said
she would die from Pneumonia before
morning" writes Mrs. S. II. Lincoln,
who attended her that fearful night,
but she begged for DR.. Kings New
Discovery, which had more than once
saved her life and cured her of con-
sumption After taking, she slept all
night. Further use entirely cured
her" This marvellous medicine is
guaranteed to cure all Throat, Chest
and Lung Diseases. Only Soc and
$l00. Trial bottles free at A. ID. Lee
maire 4 Sons.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-09-12
Death OF Jas. cIeary.

James Cleary of Carlin was thrown
from horse he was riding last Thursday
and received injuries which resulted in
his DEATH The accident occurred near
the Dean ranch about 35 miles from
Beowawe at o'clock Thursday morning
and Mr.. Cleary died from the injuries ha
received shortly after & o'clock that
evening.
Mr.. Cleary and two other men were
riding for cattle through a canvon when
Cleary's horse suddenly threw his head
down. jerking the reins from his riders
hands and commenced bucljng. Cleary
was an excellent rider and stayed with
the frightened animal for some time be
fore he was thrown. in the meanwhile
calling to his companions to catch his
horse. They tried to assist him but
their own horses became unmanageable
and it was impossible for them to do any
thing. Cleary fell from his horse into a
pile Of rocks, and received several scalp
wounds besides internal injuries, and
was unconscious for short time. After
regaininy consciousness he walked a
mile and half to wagon, it being i'm
possible to got conveyance to the scene
of the accident, and he was taken to the
Dean ranch for medical treatment, doc
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-09-12
Notice..
A. FILIPPINI.

Notice is hereby given that at
the next regular meeting of the
Battle Mountain Improvement As
sociation resolution will be Of
fered amending Article No. 9 Of
the bylaws establishing a men,
bership fee of 81, this fee to be
exacted from all persons who par
ticipate as members in the work
of this Association, but this fee
will not be exacted from those who
have already contributed to the
Associations fund.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-09-12

Another counterfeit in the money line
is reported. 1t is a dangerous semblance
of the silver half dollar of 1900, and
seems 10 have been east in mold from
metal somewhat similar to that used in
the manufacture of platcware, and is
silver plated. The front IS almost per-
feet, but the lettering on the back is
rough and somewhat broken. The mill
ing is fair except at one point on the
edge where the metal might have been
poured and the projection filed off. The
easiest way of detecting the counterfeit
is by its light weight.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-09-12

union, the United Brotherhood of Rail-
way Employees, but they have SO far
thrown no obstacles in the way of the
new organization, says the San Fran
cisco Examiner.
Systematic recruiting work has beer
done among Southern Pacific employees
and attention will next be turned to the
men on other lines. The brotherhood
hasa benefit feature besides being pro-
tective. It's officers are: President,
George Estes; Secretary, B. A. Meyer;
Chief Medical Adviser. E. j. Fraser.
Up TO date the organizers of the new
union have not made any great headway
in inducing engineers and conductors to
become members. A large number of
trackmen, shopmen and station en-
ployees have joined and some trainmen
and switchmen. The work of increasing
the membership is being carried on as
quietly as possible. Without knowing,
however, who are becoming members of
the order the leading officials of the
Southern Pacific seem to be fully con-
versant with the rapid and successful
way in which the union is being built
up.
Bulletins issued by the Southern Pa
cific Company announce changes dsting
from September 1st. in addition TO the
appointment of W. A. McGovcrn as
trainmaster from Carlin to Wadsworth,
the Offices OF local trainmaster at Ogden,
Carlin Winnemucca and Wadsworth
have been abolished, and M. }. Griffin
has been appointed trainmaster for the
division from Ogden to Carlin. These
changes displace Tom Roland, trainmas-
ter at Ogden, E. L. McKellips, trainmas-
ter at Carlin, IN s. II. Kitto. trainmas-
ter at Winnemucca. Hereafter Mr..
Roland will be chief train dispatcher at
Ogden, Mr.. McKellips will be foreman
of the roundhouse at Carlin and Mr.
Kitto agent at Winnemucca.
A San Francisco dispatch says:
With the arrival of E. ST. John who is
mentioned as probable successor of
President Hays of the Southern Pacific
there has been an exodus of company.
Z. II. Fitzhugh, assistant to the presi.
dent. and r. II. Ingraham. secretary to
President Hays, have gone East with
their families. Southern Pacific official
dom is guessing, but have agreed among
themselves that the departure of Fitz-
hugh and Ingraham with their families
at this time admits of but enc interpre-
tation. Their guess is that the Hays
administration is about to be brought to
a close and that those officials, whose
positions are directly dependent upon his
favor, as are those of Fitzhugh aud In
graham, will go with him. Few expect
to see Fitzhugh and Ingraham return,
and it is the prevailing impression in To-
cal railroad circles that before many days
the official announcement of the retire.
ment Of Mr.. Hays and thu appointment
of his successor will be made.
The latest story concerning Mr.. Hays
is that he is wanted in New York by Sir
Charles Rivers Wilson and Charles
Speyer to act in an advisory capacity in
handling and management of their rail
road interests.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-09-12
Yours truly,
j. Ii. Blown.

Silver Creek, Lander Co, New.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-09-12

tor having been summoned from Cortez.
Medical science could do nothing how
ever, and as before stated he died from
bis injuries at o'clock Thursday even
ing.
Mr.. Cleary was we'll known all over
this section and has for many years been
resident of Carlin. where a wife and
two children now reside. He was about
81 years of age.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-09-12
To Whom 1t May Concern.

Notice is hereby given that | have
disposed Of my cattle and horses and
also my branding irons to Frank w.
Martin.
A. FILIPPINI.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-09-12

E. H. Hartman and the Southern
Pacific directors are closely watching
the progress of the latest railway labor
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-22
The Bloody Malta
Record of Treach>
cry, Murder and
Abduction.

sort of a vast mutual help association,
to which an indefinite number of ST.
cilians belong Its aim is to gain in
fiuence by every means SO as to pro-
mote the interests of it's members. 1t
assumes many different forms, and has
no generally recognized leaders. 1t
often has recoursed to bloodshed and
violence for purpose of terrorizing, of
getting money, or of revenge. Its eff
feet is to produce an appalling state
of moral anarchy and lawlessness. 1t
is distributed unequally over the is
land, and, as Signor Cutrera shows by
a map, does not by any means flourish
least in the richest parts of the coun-
try. There are three main divisions
of the Malta; the Malta of Palmero,
the Malta of the district round Paler-
mo, and the Malta of the provinces
Palermo, and the chief center of the
institution and the residences of most
of the "pezzi grossi," or leaders. The
youth who aspires to Malta honors be-
gins as ''ricottaro,' which means a
man who lives on the Illicit earnings
or unfortunate women. Among the
"ricottari" are men of the upper
hourgeoise students and smart
"men about town"-as well as mem
bers of the lower orders. They are ar
rogant, insolent, and ready with the
knife and the revolver. They act as
the official claque in the theaters, and
are commonly used as electioneering
agents. The higher members of the
Malta are often men of civic and
political importance. Their houses are
like government offices. They are con-
stantly busy with secretaries, agents,
etc. Their halls are filled with all
manner. of people waiting for an au-
dience to ask some favor-letters of
recommendation, legal advice, the re-
mova1 of some obnoxious official, pres
sure on the judges in a lawsuit, and
so on. The "capi-mafia" are not paid
for their services, but by this means
they acquire influence and power
among all classes. At election time
their services are invaluable, and the
candidate who has the Malta on his
side is almost sure to be returned,
whatever his political views are. The
Malta in the "Conca d'Oro' is respon-
sibie for more deeds of violence than
the other sections. This proves that
the institution is neither attributable
to poverty nor to the "latifondi"
Qarge landed properies), as this region
is the richest in Sicily and that in
which property is most sub-divided
into small holdings Her
aid and Star.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-22

The Malta is one of the most Gu
rfous and regrettable features of mod
ern Sici1fan life. and is a source of
constant anxiety to the Italian gov
eminent. and of absorbing interest to
all foreigners visiting the island.
Much has already been written on the
subject. and many more or less fan
tastic theories as to its causes and
character have been put forward. But
q great deal of light has been shed on
this social phenomenon by a recently
published book called La Malta
Mafiosi" (Pa1mero), by Signor A Cut
rera. The author has for many years
been chief of police at Palmero, and
has consequently had unrivaled op-
portunities of studying the inner work
ings of the organization. The origin
of the Malta is by no means ancient
1t dates back no further than the be-
ginning of the nineteenth century. The
causes to which it is due are probably
the centuries of disagreement to
which Sicily has been subjected, and,
above all, to the infamous police sys-
TENS of the Bourbons. The Sicilian
has acquired in consequence an Unborn
hatred of all government, and he re-
CARDS any interference of the authori-
ties in his private affairs with jeai-
ousy and distrust. His character Is
the exaggeration of individuality All
private differences should be settled
privately, either in fair fight or by
murder; no man is in his eyes SO vile
as he who calls in the help of the au-
thorities for any purpose whatsoever.
He is no man of HONOR but a
"cascittuni" (spy). The highest vir-
tue in Sicily is "onesta,'' which is
possessed by those who never in any
way help the authorities by giving in
formation about crimes of which they
know something, even if they them
selves are the victims. This feeling
is so strong that a man who has been
badly wounded in fair fight or by
treachery, if questioned by the police
as to who committed the deed will de-
ny all knowledge of it. If he should
recover he will revenge himself but he
will never turn informer eff 1 live
1 shall kill you, if 1 die 1 forgive you"
runs Sicilian proverb. For "onesta"
man must go to prison, he must suf-
fer every hardship rather than
peach" This feeling is the burden
of many Sicilian popular song and
legend. The Malta is unlike any other
known institution. 1t is not a secret
society, political or otherwise; 1t has
no fixed rules or statutes; it's objects
are not necessarily criminal It is a
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-22
Beautiful Fata norSana.

The fata morgana is a singular aerial
phenomenon akin to the mirage. 1t is
seen in many parts of the world, but
most frequently and in greatest per-
lection at the Strait of Messina, be-
tween Sicily and Italy. So many con-
ditions must coincide. however, that
even there it is of comparatively rare
occurrence. To allow of its produc-
ton the sun must be at an angle of
As degrees with the water, both sky
and sea must be calm, and the tidal
current sufficiently strong to cause the
water in the center to rise higher than
on the edges of the strait When these
conditions are fully met the observer
on the heights of Calabria, looking
toward Messina, will behold a series of
rapidly changing pictures, sometimes
of the most exquisite beauty. Castles,
colonnades, SUGGESTIONS of beautiful
arches, palaces, cities, with houses and
streets and church domes, mountains,
forests, grottoes, will appear and van
ish, to be succeeded perhaps by fleets
of ships, sometimes placidly sailing
over the deep, sometimes inverted,
while halo like a rainbow surrounds
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-22
MAcLAREN IN THE sLuMa


Extracting Rack-R. nts and Giving to
Foreign Missions.
The author of 1.-The Bonnie Brfer-
Bush" tells a slum story in the Cen
fury. 1t Is called Jasmine Court and
High Ranger Jasmine Court,
Chestnut Street, belonged to an excel
lent maiden lady who supported mis-
sion work among the women of India
with all of her spare means, and did
not know whence her income was
gathered, and would have been very
much Mortified if any one had told her
that her own tenants needed her help
very much more than the women in
the zenanas. Her estate, with others
OF the same kind, was managed by an
agent, who was not any worse by ma
ture than other men, but who con-
sidered it to be his duty to spend as
little as possible upon the property,
and to get as E1Sol ct of it as he was
able, by unrelenting energy in secur-
ing the rent, and imperturbable CAL
lousness to the misery of the tenant.
Very likely he was a deacon in a chap
ell somewhere, and not only paid his
own bills with regularity, but also gave
literally to the hospital collection, and
was very much beloved in his own
family; for half our sins are done vi
cariously or ignorantly, and we may
be as cruel as Herod the Great, and
all the time consider ourselves to be
kind-hearted, open-handed Christian
people. The agent would have been
very much ashamed if any one had
accused him of sentiment, and his pol
icy might well justify him from such
a CHARGE but even this austere man
had his lapses into poetry, although he
endeavored to make the muses. serve
the purposes of business. So long as
the street, to which his property chung
like child to the skirts of a very I'M
sympathetic mother, was called Back
Hooley Lane, he was quite content
that his court should be known as
No. IL, and, indeed, except for police
sheets and coroners' inquests, it did
not really require any name. Chest
nut Street quickened the Imagination
of the agent, and as occasionally he
had been told that his property was
moral disgrace to the city-this from
the phiianthropic visitors,-and also
that it was a sanguinary pigsty-this
Slightly translated) from the inhab-
tants-he felt that something must be
done; and instead of cleaning and re-
pairing it, he covered all its faults as
with garment by painting up in
black letters on a white ground-the
only whiteness i'll the place: Jasmine
Court
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-22

An interesting fact brought out by
the recent elections in Colorado is the
marked tendency of Colorado men to
elect women as city treasurers. Mrs.
Margaret Robins was unanimously
chosen city teasurer of Idaho Springs
At Aspen Mrs. E. A. Kenney was re-
elected to the same Office by a large
majority Mrs Jennie Gale was elect
ed city treasurer at New Castle. Mrs.
Emma c. Palmer in Greedy, Mrs. Clara
A Clark at Alma. Mrs Mary Shanks
at Ouray, Miss Nellie E. Donahue at
Victor and Mrs A. N. Frowine at Man
itou.-Chicago Chronicle
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-22
The Painted Lady.

BY EDNA S. BRAINERD

b EDNA ). BRAINERD
Author His Fulfilled Promise etc.
Copyright, 1901, by Daily Story Pub. Coz
She came to the farmhouse bringing
with her the baubles of the green
room and an atmosphere of that other
life that lay beyond the fields and
meadows. Lem Hartwell saw her and
he felt all his bigness and awkward
ness as his eyes dwelt on her slight
hgure; her hair shone like ripening
wheat in the sun, and her face-ah,
the roses in his mothers garden, he
thought, the roses with their Haunting
pink, were no fairer. That is the way
she appeared to him. Another, meet
ing her as he did, might have seen
only a frail, slender woman. with thin,
bleached hair and a tired look in her
eyes. She wore limp. trailing skirts
and wide, dropping hat and a lot of
little silver bangles and things that
tangled at her belt and on her wrist.
Her ignorance of country-life was
apparent; and Lem watched her, revel-
ing like a child in the clover bios
SONS. In short, he began to love her
and to listen for the tap-tap of her
high-heeled shoes on the floor of the
room above his own.
To him, it seemed a great thing to
De an actress and Wrlter-greater
perhaps than being a fine lady-and
yet she was all three in one; he saw
in her the ideal of his dreams, he
loved the dragging ruffies on her
skirts. her fluffy, shining hair, her
girlish little mannerisms. her wisdom
of the world: he weighed not: he
cared not-he only knew he loved her
but he felt that to hope for her was
like child crying for the moon.
One night when she first came, and
they were sitting on the low porch
with the warm, wine-smell of ripeniRg
grapes filling the moon-lit night, she
spoke of her life in the city, and how
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-22
WyOming's BarbarOus Men.

A report reaches st. Paul, Mimi,
that a tribe of wild men" has been
discovered in the northern part of Ere
mont county, Wyoming 1t is said
that two families there married and
intermarried until they evolved such
characteristics as to make them really
a tribe There are about 200 of them.
They live among the mountain fast
nesses and resent all intrusion with
great fury. The law can give victims
of their assaults little satisfaction He
who goes among them goes at his
peril. 1t is further alleged that sew
eral of the men committed such dep
relations on the ranches in the north
ern part of the state that stockmen
organized to defend themselves, and in
the pursuit of one of the marauders the
stronghold of the cretins was discov-
cred One of the stock thieves was
man of 40 years of age or more He
wore no clothes except of the most rud-
imentary nature. His body was COW