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prospective end of the Hood as wen M
Sightseeing.
At Charleston, W. Va. about 200 ncon,e
were rendered homeless anu inc loss Of
timber In Elk, pocca. Gualey and coal
rivrrs has been very great.
Al Huntington the gauge this eventn.,
was S6.a and still rising.
Adjacent towns were sumherged wafer
In many Instances being In second stories
Over 1000 people are homeless In this dis
trict and many are destitute. In Harvey
located near Central City, not half dozen
Inhabitants are left.
Many towns In this valley lighted nv
natural gas are in darkness. The damage
In this section Is estimated MT over 5000
COO F'V'
At Marietta. Ohio. about $50 families arc
homeless. The Ohio became stationary at
10 a. m. and afterward fell slightly lis
rise tonight Is due TO a food In tue Musk.
ingum.
Al Point Pleasant, W. Va the water Is
all over the lower part Of the city. oyer
~ families being driven from their homes
The court house is full of colorcd peoplc.
fed by the city.
At Ripley, Ohio, the river is rising Mt the
rate of one and n half inches an hour.
Ruats are usei in landing passengers nj thc
Ripley National bank on Second strcrt
and MT Woods hall on Third street. rho
city east OF Main street is covered with
water. but only about 100 families have
been driven out by the food
At GallipoMs, Ohio. only about forty fam
lies moved TO the second story and the
condition Is improving.
At Maysville. XIV, about thirty families
have moved to the second story and some
have vacated.
At Aberdeen, where the gauge is ffty-
four feet. tn" condition Is much worse 1t
Portsmouth the stage at o'clock tonight
was o64 feet and rising one inch per hour.
the stage Is not expected to be more than
hfty,,eight feet aud the limit Is anxiously
awaited.
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ORANGE LOCAL NEWS.
Rivers and Hsrbors Committee viii ar
rive in June.

Rivers and Hsrbors Committee viii Ar
rive in June.
Orange. Texas, April 2}-When II was
arst announced that members of the rivers
and harbors committee or congress would
visit r xas this summer an invitation was
extended TO them 10 make taeir FIRST stop
A. orange and inspect the proposed deep
water projects Of Southeast Texas Ad'
vices have been received 10 the eject that
Chairman T. r. Bur.on and 0theT members
Of tho committee would reach orange
al,,,tt June o and the board OF trade and
cItizeus have already begun 20 MAKE ar
rsngements/ Tor properly entertaining them
while here and giving them all the desired
Information regarding tire deep Wlnl
projects and an opportunity 20 personally
INSPECT the proposed Improvements
mo Orange Prospecting company WorR
ON whose well IN this county mas been de-
inved nv reason " failure ~ the wen ma
,hinerv company a. Aurora; lli' 10 SNIP
,,rnu1pflg have been noilhed that the fo'
tarr and cable which they nave heen
awaiting had AZ last been shipped. As
sooel as they arrive the work wili go rapid
Is forward. - .,o.,.,
IL church announces that ne VIII peein
a reI4val meeting ~ that church on tne
arst SUNDAY In May.
Rey j. c. Gentry OF Waco Is now con
a,,sf,ro a series 81 meetings az the bfeei
a venus Raptist church. wiiich i attracting
much interest aud aitehtl"A-
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A PARDON FOR woLFsoN.
Served in the Army with Sentence
Over Him.

Served in the Army with OehtenOe
Over Him.
Washington, April 23.-rhe president TO-
day pardoned Joseph " wolfsou who was
convicted in 1896 in the United states dis
trIct court of Louisiana of being in colu-
sion with the hookkeeper of the Union Ma
tlonal bank of New orleans in the cmbez-
element of s640,000 of the funds of the
bank and who was sentenced to eight
years imprisonment
The case Is IN many respects remarRa-
bic one and has attracted considerable at
tenton.
Wolfson was a prominent lawyer in New
Orleans before the failure of the bank IN
1896 and had been n depostor in the insti'
tuition for many years prior to that ume'
OF the missing funds ne was charged win
having obtained $4,000. The long legal
battle which today ended In Wolisoh P' "
powerful and influential friends. me ease
WAS appealed TO the circuit court o. az
penls. which affirmed the decision OF NJ
lower court ana was tne men cn ~ cnrtiornri
supreme court on writ OF certlor rti,,o
Meantime Wofson continued the prartirH
Of his profession in New Orleans uhtil Wv
hreakinr out of the Spanish American WhI.
RcIug then under sentence. with his ease
still pending in the supreme conrl. ne IN
listed in the volunteer army WIN the 80
sent of the attorney general ana ,,nHr,,,rr
torv of war and served until fenru1la ,
1Sen when he was mustered out he tnsn
enlisted IN the regulars ana wenl ~ , "
philippines. whore he served untll ocl" ~,
1000. when he was invalided home IN ian
nary of tho present year the supreme ,oult
refused Tho writ Of cerjiorarl ana Mois9p,
applIcd for executive cicmency. ne ~
has ahnnt year to serve IN the feFuth'
nrmv before his term of service expires;
III 9xnacts to return to the Philippines aud
Immediately reioin his regiment
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WANT INDEPENDENCE.
Cubans viii Be Satisfied with Nothing
Less.

Cubans viii Be Satisfied with Nothing
Less.
Jacksonville, Fla, April 23.-The Cuban
constitutional committee which arrived
here last night, left at 1899 this morning
for Washington. General Rafael Portuondo,
one Of the committee, defined Cubas po.
sitlon as follows: "Nnety.nlnc per cent
OF the Cuban people desire absolute indie
pendonce. II is their wish that the mi 1.
tary occupation by the United States come
TO an end at once
1T may be said that small element or
Spaniards, from a purely commercial mo-
tive, would favor annexation, hui the Nisi
for Independence Is felt generally by mahr
Iubans and Spaniards alike. Those Spnn-
iurds who favor annexation are not I'M
PEELED by any love for the United Sat 9.
they hatn Americans, but they seem p
wish some sort of guarantee US to "a, lr
property and business interests
Peace with the Americans without the
Independence of Cuba is mposshlc-
mean moral peace.
4 do not mean TO say that In the event
revolution would follow but that there
wou.u he no sympathy, no friendliness br'
tween the peopes We should not desire
free trade with the United States If the M
dependence of our country were cstaiI-
lshcd We should require revenues To
II necessary TO raise them by customs dil-
lies What we would wish would lac It
specially devised system of tariff duties
between the countries, making the rates
MS low as practicable and to the muIjl
advantage of both countries.
General Portuondo was caustic In hts
general criticism Of Governor General
Woou
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STOMACHS THAT WON'T WORK.
bat Retain the Food and Refuse to
Digest 1t, Make the Head HEAVY
and the Nerves Weak, Need
StIIart,s DMsnarri, T. kIeI.
IartIs DYspepsia Tahlets.


Ihere is a cure for dyspepsia. sufferers
VINO nave tried noxious nostrums will prob
ably be skeptical. but skepticlsm vanishes
when Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are tried,
Whether the trouble is dyspepsia Of long
standing or merely simple case OF mdi.
gestlon, relief Is prompt and pronounced
me less the trouble the fewer tablets
need be taken.
1Ieayiness after eating. sour stomach, as
Indicated by belching, fatigue with slight
exeruon, or with no exertion at all, dis
tnrbed sleep, nervousness, constipation de-
preston, blues these things can com
monty be set down as symptoms of dys-
pepsia. And dyspepsia is merely indlges.
tion in an aggravated form
Dyspepsia Tablets nrodaces strong nerves.
restful, refreshing sleep, pure blood and
good sound healthy flesh They make the
skin clear, the eyes bright, the nina
Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets are medl-
cine and more than n medicine. They di-
gest the food and make II easy Of asslm
llation and they relieve the lnflamed dts
eased condition Of the memhraneous lin
lngs and the glands Of the stomach and
bowels. They help the digestive organs
over the hard places and put them into
healthy. active condition. They effect n
quick and permanent cure You dent have
to continue taking them forever, still 1t
Is well to have a box handy and take one
at the first return of the trouble.
eating too too much. or nnnwSo',some ONE, food, but
not If they take tablet after eating.
Treatment with Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
does not neceSsitate dieting or any change
of habits. They digest the proper food
aud act upon sae other kind In such
way as TO make 1t pass off quickly and
harmlessly. You may eat and drink what
you like, when You like and rs much as
yon like II YOU take tablet afterwards;
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are sold by
all druggists at 80 cents for full size pack
age. :,
Send to +. A. Stuart Co. Marshall,
Mich. for little book on stomach diseases,
mailed free
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DOMESTIC.


The robbers who held M an express
car near Memphis were said TO have
cotton only S30o.
The Ohio river is still rising ami
many people have been forced TO re
move from their homes,
As result OF an election Alabama
VIII hold constitutional convention
May 81.
\ mob hanged negro At Spring
field Tenn
Tho strike Of 5000 miners In Ohio
Is heIng settled, the miners carrying
their point.
1t is charged that republicans IN
Cuba excluded hundreds NJ natlonallsts
from registration on several nawHr'
ranted preteyts.
General Wood has arrived in New
York and talks freely Of the situation
in Cuba.
West Point cadets are almost Ia
State Of INSTRUMENTATION
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ssesssesssssesesssssessssssss
Ties have voted in favor Of a convention

Ties have voted In favor OF convention
being held
rhp principal reforms which tho convear
zion hnx in view arc the suffrage. tho
courts. Tho terms OF public ofhcc nnd the
nboiishment 81 80 much local legislation,
No definite program has been mapped oht,
and tho convention viii necessarily be In
session some days before the dfift Of sen
timcnt can he arrived A.
There has been apathy IN every county
furlng tho campaign The democratic state
committee made brief campaign ana
speakers were sent ont. but nowhcrr were
the peonlc greatly cnthufed There Whs
no ofranization against IN Issue. the oppo-
gitlon 10 il being simply disinchnntlnh 10
70 10 the polls The days election elect
ATTY Delegates from the state NJ large and
100 from the counties, each being allowed
n. many delegates as metnbers IN the house
OF REPRESENTATIVES, These viii IN no event
exceed four from each county.
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OIL DEVELOPMENT.

Nineteen new oil companies. with n
capital OF SI,00n,oo0. we're chartered.
small show Of oil was found in an
artosian well ut Waco,
An injunction has been granted to
prevent the sale Of certain land at
beaumont
a company has been organized 70 de-
vclop Tho oil lands Of Orange county
The Southern Pacific has put In a
hurry order Tor 5o0 tank cars aud for oil
burners for an locomotives
The week opened up 40 Beaumont
with renewed excitement and rush.
Many NOW wells are being started at
Beaumont
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RAILROADS.

The lumber and railroad men VIII
make contest against the commits
Slon's proposed lumber rates.
The Frisco may possibly bc extended
from Brownwood TO Eagle Pass
Suit has been died by the attorney
general against the Houston East and
West Texas for violating the ami dis.
elimination law.
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ALL WORK SUSPENDED.
The Strike at San Antonio Has Become
Serious.

san Antonio. Texas. April 23.-As a re-
suit OF the differences between the Build
ers' Exchange and the labor unions the
strike In building circles was aggravated
tnhay bv still further walkout and no
work is being done on any building IN san
Antonio by union men. This leaves a large
anrnber of buildings unoompleted. and an
contracts for building 10 be commenced
CON have TO be cancelled or extended The
waIkont Involves 1909 wOrkmen-
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ni.no.ilinn M New Stool.

Now York, April - The Mall and FIX
press SAYS: II was admitted today Wy
persons close 50 thr Missouri facihe ibAt
rhugp Of The Denver and Rio Grande VIII
not oXcrcd S6.OOO.fsO. The remainder %
Tho S.g0. OD0oOO tn be- authorized VIII he iF'
sued from time 10 time ~ the company
hnd, II advantageous 60 secure new prop
critics.
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COMMERCIAL.

SPOT cotton advanced l8ad AZ LiYer-
peo ana was revised At Houston. cos
Ing unchanged elsewhere.
Wheat declined 4, corn advanced X,
oats closed u lower, aud provisions
declined ~ to he
The close OF the stock market.
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pInu, Trus. Formed.

Chicago, April 2s-After a conference
lasting several days the pillow manufnctur-
ers OF the United States practically have
completed the formation Of s5o-ooocoo
combination.
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A,,aiin Minlnn comnanY Chartered.

Dover, Dsl,. April pa certificate Of
Incorporation was flied here today b. the
oId Mexleaa Mining complIiy Of Austin
tat 81. go, 1O3.
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An ounce OF prevention 10 worth a pound
:, cure aud a bottle OF Ballard Horehound
Svrfn used In time Is worth stan OF
frsicIans with n drug store or two in
rr,,ded Price - and 80 cents. For sale
~ A. &. kieslIps. druggist, 502 Main
street.
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Nearly every person needs q tonic medi;
- a, mis- time OF wear 10 brace up aud
SsnvIgorate the nervous system . sieanS :,
inc w. a,'1 safcst remedy 10 10 this. IS II
tn .,,, c,rc constipation, regulate the liver
vii o,rieh the blood. Price - CENTS, nor
en- sIie f ~ 4. Z. Kleslins. druggist. so2 Aair
street.
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Mo1rla Murder TriaI q on.

Corslcana. Texas. April Ut A. Morris
IL NOW on trial charged with murder. about
limo & 1908 Morris II ~ alleged, MIR
drrcd his friend, W. q. Broome, ana after
weighung the body with iron, threw II into
"A tank.
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ooNs1lrurloNAL coNvENrIoN.
The prooosition Carried in Alabama by
Liuht Vote.

Montgomery, Ala. April 23.-1'he people
~ Alabama voted today on the proposition
~ can convention TO assemble IN this
civ MAY u 10 adapt the consultation ~
,be s,ate 10 the needs Of the present day.
4, exceedingly light vote Was poiied
.s,rorghort the state bpf the returns in
asrsts that perhaps fye-sixths OF the eoan'
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CHINA.

The Germans make protest against
Americans holding a gate; diplomatic
representations viii be made 70 tho
United states Il General Charec per-
sisls
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WEATHER INFORMATION
Probabilities,

Washington, April 2S.-Eastern IeAas-
Fair wednesday and Thursday Var'ap'e
winds.
Oklahoma and Indian Teril'orF fa'
"Wednesday and Thursday; variable WINS
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TO INCREASE ARMY.
TT. REGULAR Number VIII Be About
~ 76 900.

washington, April es-lt has been deter
,,lnea 10 increase the regular army 70 mp
,roxiwatciy 7C.nnl men AMI 20 leave y H.. az
ilgt number unless conditions IN me r1li'
itnines nuke traops necessary.
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WASHINGTON.

II has been determined 10 increase
the regular army to approximately
10 eco
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n.o,.. rynclIino ToIstol.

London, April PA special dispatch
from vienna says the car has signed q
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NATIONAL LEAGUE.

Philadelphia, April % Philadelphia 5;
Boston 3.
New York. April 23.-~New Ycrk-Brooklyn
game postponed; rain
ST. Louis, April %. -Pittsburg 4; ~.
Louis 10.
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a. T. PATRIcks CASE.

New York. April 49, Albert 4. Patrick.
David u Short aud Morris Meyer were
taken before the grand jury asain lo' i,,s,
patrlee n causing the death % William ~.
Rice. rhe three men said that asNns az
the advice Of counsel, they pTeiet,i,r ~, ~.
FOR me day. II was said an order WIS sl ~.
foY the presentation OF an inulc."e,h y.
against Patrick on the charge 1 INN ~
aaainst short and Meyer on charges 81 to.'
gerr IN having, as alleged by the prosssn-
lion, signed their names as w'tn .rs.s, ="
rice. wbIch signatlre. II is claimed wac
forged.
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decree expclllng Count ToistoI from Rus
sla and that the decree has been served.
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General Observations.

Observations taken by United states
weather bureau at p. M, 10th meridian
time: ror,n raii'
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ALL GOING 70 THE CIRCUS.

Everybody 1 King about Ringing
Bros big circAs. which is to exhibit in
Reno. Saturday. August II. Several
big excursions will go from this vicinity
and the popularity OF the show will in
sure an enormous crowd. People from
this locality should make an especial
effort to arrive in time to see the new
free street carnival which proceeds the
exhibition every morning at 10 o'clock
The procession is divided into thirty
enormous sections. each Of which is a
complete parade. and presents in its
entirety bewilderingy magnificent
two-miie carnival Of pageantry. such
as the world has never seen. In its
gorgeous display are shown over 100
beautiful dens and cages of wild ami
mails, 500 horses, 80 elephants and
nearly a thousand people, and the cos
tunes throughout are Of the finest
silks, satins. and cloth Of gold. The
performance that follows is the most
magnificent arenic display ever pre-
sented by any circus In America
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Notice Of Distribution.

In the Di~trit-t t-.btII-t of tn, Second judicial
District in and fos- the County Of Washoe and
state of NcSadn
In the mattcrof the +--tateof \. W Macpherson
deceased.
Notice is hcrt.bE 81 N-en that Il 4 Jacuuan.
the admin Sf1-ltsBT ssf the estate of A W.
Macpherson. deCs-sA>~s-ai. has rendered and pre-
scented for Setttef11s- N L aud filed n said court.
HIS tinai account of hi a lnuistratio of said
estate, and pet tion for distribution of The
same: and that the fBParing uf the same has
been liked by said rour for Saturday the
seventh day pf - -lttembcr. y D. a1 AT 10
o'clock IA. Of sal day AT the Court House in
the town of Reno County of WaShoc: aud all
persons iutereS in the said ,,sfnt" are noi
fled to tlcn and tt1s-s- Hpprar and SHOW rauSe, II
any they have ~ -<zIid final arcuunl peii-
ton for disfrtisT1t ssp.a. should mol br granted.
allowed, and confirm prayed for la said
petition
Dat,nl August -. IA 4.
~ \ FcGG. Clerk
EsN T y. JULIEN Deputy
W, IA 4 ;'Is<I-- \ :sr,iey for the estate
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Lightning struck tree at w c.
Ruddels place at LOvelock and took a
two inch strip out Of the trunk from top
to bottom. Lightning killed three
cows at Eureka. hess are all the
casualties in the State.
The Turf : Robert Earlstone' s
new resort on the road to Wedeknd
City was formally opened Sunday after
noon. The feature Of the day was a
parachute jump by Prof. Maquire.
The ascension was a beautiful one II
will be repeated Sunday
Ed Shearer came home this morn
ing with two wild geese and said he
caught them down the river. His regard
for the truth is questionable but he has
the birds. He says he knows where
there is an eagle : nest and he pro-
poses TO capture them for his "men-
agere'
j. w. Swaney and C. T. Black are
lost. strayed or stolen, q Denver dis
patch says. Mr. Swaney is about #.
6 in. tall. with dark hair and blue eyes.
and was an engineer between .Wads-
worth and Winnie nucca. Mr. G. T.
Black. is TT. lin tall. with blue eyes
and red hair. and Was an engineer be-
tween Winneinucca and Carlin.
A number OF Pro testant.. citizens of
Toledo. O.. believing that Rev. Edward
Hannin. a Catholic priest Of that city
had overworked himself in the interests
Of his parish in the erection of a new
church, quietly collected ST 900 and
rendered it to defray his expenses on a
health trip abroad. Father Hannin
declined the offer on the ground that
he cannot this year sever himself from
the parish interests.
A young sold er just from the Phil
ippines with his foot on Wadsworth sol
oC'iS uhtJ 80 10 hOW III ttlS' INCiic
jail awaiting the aCt tion OF the Grand
Jury for buying "A bottle Of uhiskey for
an Indian. The young American just
out of his teens. brave enough to offer
to lay down his life in the service OF
his country. VII probably b. branded a
prison bird for tn rest Of his life. Such
whskey cases make the blood boil.
It.is proposed to organize company
with a capital of S I2,5oo,oo0 to work
mining properties near Phoebe which
have been bonded for $1,000. 900.
Senator .Freudenthal has engineered
the deal and says a big porphyry dyke
cuts the formation for | ID miles.
Three veins are found on the property.
two Of them lying on the side Of the
porphyry dyke and one in the center.
An average from this big ore zone.
which varies in width from twenty to
seventy feet. shows about S94o in
gold, with IS ounces silver and to
IL per cent lead Per ton
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Piano Lessons.

herewith notify my pupils that |
shall be ready TO resume teaching
piano on Septeinber 3. Pupils desired.
Addres: Philip KRALL.
ll2 Maple ST.. RENO, NEv
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STORE FOR SALE

/ offer my General Mer-
chandise Store for sale. If
preferred | will sell the stock
and lease the property. Ny
reason for selling is that my
other interests demand all my
attention.
r. III. COWLES.