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The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-11-22
REV. IRL R. HICKS Is NOT DEAD

Notwithstanding widely current
rumOr that the Rev. I'll R. Hicks was
dead, he never was in better health,
and never did harder and more sue
cessful years work than that just clos
ing. He has just completed his large
and splendid Almanac for 1902 and.
with his staff of able helpers, has
brought his journal, WORD AND
WORKS, justly forward into interna-
tional reputation. For quarter of a
century Mr.. Hicks has grown in repu-
tation and usefulness as the peoples
astronomer, and forecaster Of storms
and the character of coming seasons.
Never were his weather forecasts 80
sought after as now, his timely warn
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-11-22
CAUGHT ON THE WING.
PPIEF NEWS NOTES FROM TIE
WORLD AT LARGE.

BRIEF NEWS NOTES FROM THE
WORLD At LARGE.
FLASHES FROM THE WIRE
Events of Interest to the TaIIahss-
seean Readers.
R. J. Davidson, OF Virginia, has been
elected vice-president of the Assoeia-
zion of Agricultural Chemists.
The cotton crop of North Carolina,
is estimated at 328,04O bales, against
$4,000 last year.
More than fifteen miners were caught
IN the burning Baby Mine at Poca-
hontas, Va, last week.
1he latest cablegrams from the Vati-
can state that the pope is seriously
sick, and has only short time to live.
The flashing eye, buoyant footstep
and rosy complexion result from the
use'of DR.. M. A. Simmons Liver Medi-
cine.
Mat MatsOn, carpenter on the British
steamer SalOpia, fell overheard, While
drunk at Pensacola Saturday, and was
drowned.
The new Hay-Pauncefote treaty was
signed in Washington Monday at noon,
by Secreatry Hay for the United
States. and Lord Pauncefote, the Brit
ish ambassador, for Great Britain.
Weary women need an occasional
dose of DR.. NJ. A. Simmons Liver Med
icine to strengthen their nerves and in
Vigorate their systems.
United States Senator Bacon, of
Georgia, arrived at San Francisco Sat
urday on the steamer Gaelic, from the
Orient. Chas. COnant, a representative
of the War Department, who is on his
way to Washington with report of the
Philippine Commission, was also pas
senger on the Gaelic.
When you feel that life is hardly
worth the candle take a dose of Cham
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets.
They will cleanse your stomach, tone
up your liver and regulate your bowels
making you feel like new man. For
sale by Wight & Bro.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-11-22

sediment or set
Ting indicates an
unhealthy condi-
ton of the kid
neys; if It stains
your linen It is
evidence of kid
ney trouble; too
frequent desire to
pass It or pain in
the back is also
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-11-22

The Phenix Hotel at Montbrook,
owned and operated by Capt. e. Ran
dali, was burned down Saturday nignI.
Mr.. Randall has large family and
several boarders and they barely es-
capped, saving comparatively nothing.
The loss is $1,500, and is partially COW
cred by $500 insurance in the London
and Globe. Mr.. Randall stated that the
building was discovered on fire at about
1:SO a. m, and seemed to have caught
over the kitchen, in the second story.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-11-22

WHITES CREAM VERMIFUFE re-
moves the unhealthy tissue upon which
worms thrive; it brings. and quickly, a
healthy condition of body where worms
cannot exist. Price 25 cents. Wight &
Bro.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-11-22

The Louisville & Nashville authori-
ties have announced that beginning
December 1st, the wages of all me-
chanics in the shops at New Decatur,
Ala, will be advanced 10 per cent.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-11-22

T. S. Hannay, president of the Liver
pool Cotton Exchange, after d "trip over
nearly all the cotton growing states
says that he is convinced the crop
will be considerably less than 11,OOO,-
900 bales.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-11-22

The structures used during the Cot
ton States Exposition in Atlanta, as the
transportation and Electrical build
ings, were burned Friday. Loss S6O.-
600.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-11-22

There is probably no disease more
distressing and annoying: than piles
TABLER'S BUCKEYE BILE ONT
MENT is daily curing cases of years
standing of itching and bleeding piles.
The cure begins on the first application,
a. little perseverance makes the cure
complete. Price so cents: in bottles.
Tubes Is cents. Wight & Bro.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-11-22

Many people are suffering fearful y
from indigestion or dyspepsia, when
one single bottle of HEhBINE would
bring about a prompt and permanent
cure. A few doses will do more for a
weak stomach that a prolonged course
OF any other medicine. Price so cents.
Wight & Bro.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-11-22

TO remove a troublesome corn or
bunion: First soak the corn or bunion
in warm water to soften it, then pare
it Gown as closely as possible without
drawing blood and apply Chamber
Iain's Pain Balm twice daily; rubbing
vigorously for five minutes at each ap-
plication. A corn plaster should be
worn for few days, to protect it from
the shoe. AS a general liniment for
sprains, bruises, lameness and rheum-
atism, Pain Balm is unequaled. For
sale by Wight & Bro. and all medicine
dealers.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-11-22

The latest experiments with electric
locomotives between Berlin and Eos
sen, Germany show that the engines
have reached a speed of one hundred
miles an hour.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-11-22

The new Seaboard Company, which
has just been incorporated in Trenton,
N. j., will take over the controlling
shares of the Seaboard Air Line Rail-
way system. The authorized capital of
the new company is $5,OOO,OOO.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-11-22

Deputy Sheriff ]. H. Carroll, of
Tallaulah, Ala, was shot and killed
Saturday by bridge laborer named
DeLee, employed on the Vicksburg,
Shreveport and Pacific Railroad.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-11-22

Jim Jeffries and Tom Sharkey are to
meet next month under the auspices Of
the San Francisco Athletic Club The
exact amount taken in Friday night
from the sale of tickets to the Jeffries-
Rubin fight was $4,000.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-11-22

The southwestern express of the
Northern Central Railway, was wreck
ed Saturday night by a charge of
dynamite placed under the track near
Black Ridge, Pennsylvania.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-11-22
Real Estate Agency,
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA

100000 acres Land for sale Middle East and "e
Florida tracts ranging quarter section fifteen thousand scfe
unreasonable pce rated according to TIMBER location etc
desirable CITY Residences and Building s In snO
Tallahassee the picturesque and city In n
State with bright prospects improved business conditions.
improved Farms and adjoining countess 1of
ayation, Stock Raising and Darying. .ooo - :. a.
Oneof the most desirable Of Of 800 acres OF the
finest FARMING Land in Leon County, garden spot OF Middle Florida
and health fertility scenery unsurpassed by any secuon
the South Especial attention called to this tract winch WI" 10 ~
very reasonable figures. :, - .la;oa
~ P W. W. MOGRIFF,
Talahasseean Office,
Tallahassee, FL
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-11-22

Naval Constructor Hobson has been
detached from duty in the bureau of
construction and repair, and detailed to
duty in connection with the manage
ment Of the government exhibit at the
Charleston Exposition.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-11-22
Notice of DissoIufion-

ITO WHOM 1T MAY CONCElSN: Notice is
/ hereby given that the partseFhip hereto
fore existing under the firm naHkP of Duval &
Hall, prnpriPtnrS of Pdnacea Mzaeral Springs,
hotel etc was on the first of fSctCber A. d.
1901. dissolved by mutusl cOnsGat The bust.
ness will be continued by .. r. Hall, pro.
prietor. Respectfully.
F. ". DUVAL.
TH$. n. HALL.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-11-22
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble
and Don't Know It.
How 70 Find Out.

Fill bottle or common glass with your
water and let it stand twenty-four hours; a
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-11-22

The negotiations between the govern
ments Of the United States and Den
mark, looking to the cession of the
Danish West Indies to this country,
have been transferred to Washington.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-11-22

Orders have been issued by the War
Department directing the Twenty-SeV-
enth Infantry, battalion of which is
at Fort Mcpherson, Ca, to proceed to
Manila, via New York and the Suez
Canal. A battalion of the Twenty-third
Infantry, now in Colorado, has been
ordered to Fort Mcpherson, where the
other two battalions now en- route from
the Philippines will be sent on arrival.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-11-22

The Georgia State Fair in Savannah
last week was an immense success.
The average daily attendance was
about 5000.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-11-22

The test Of the Gathman gun and
shell, at the Sandy Hook proving
ground last Saturday afternoon, prov
ed unsatisfactory.
Mayor Lows first appointment in
New York has been announced. G. L.
Rives has accepted the position Of cor
poration counsel
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-11-22
Notice

Creditors legateeS. distributes. and all per-
sons having claims or demands AGAINST the es-
tate of Thomas J Roberts. dPceaSed, are hereby
notified that they must present tEPm within two
years from this the the third Gay Of October,
1901. to
WILLIAM alCBERTS.
p1sdE1i Administrator of the L'tat Of Thomas J.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-11-22

For all fresh cuts or wounds, either
on the human subject or on animals,
BALLARD'S SNOW IMMINENT is ex-
cellent; while for corn-huskers' sprain-
ed wrists, barbed-wire cuts and sores
on working horses, it cannot be too
highly commended. Price 25 and so
cents. Wight & Bro.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-11-22

The cotton crop of Alachua county
has about all been gathered. 1t is hard to
estimate the size of the crop just at
present, as many farmers have put
their cotton away, and will say nothing
about it until they get better prices.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-11-22

ga pills a pill" says the saw. But
there are pills and pills. You want
pill which is certain, thorough and gen.
tie. Mustn't gripe. .DeWitt's Little Early
Risers fill the bill. Purely vegetable. Do
not force but assist the bowels to act.
Strengthen and invigorate. Small and
easy to take.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-11-22

Never try to coax a cold or cough,
use the remedy that unfailingly con-
Quers both. BALLARD'S HORE-
HOUND SYRUP is the great specific
for all throat and lung troubles. Price
25 and so cents. Wight & Bro.
Bobby Walthour has broken the
worlds record for one hour on the BIZ
cycle. At Memphis the other day, with
the thermometer below the freezing
point, he did twenty-three miles and
three laps in one hour.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-11-22

Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets cure biliousness, constipation
and headache They are easy to take
and pleasant in effect For sale by
Wight & Bro.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-11-22

or in other words, men with
good sound hearts, are not very
numerous. The increasing
number of sudden. deaths from
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-11-22

D. P. Dreggory, of Punta Gorda, died
Monday in Kansas City, Mo. He was
en- route home from Trinidad, Colo,
where he had gone seeking relief from
consumption. Mr.. Dreggory was for
merly a railroad man in Georgia.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-11-22

Gen. Chaffee reports that while cross
ing the Doroi river, Samar on a raft,
Lieu. Crawford, First Infantry, and
six men, Sergt. Albert Daier, Privates
Frank r. Fitzgerald, Frederick W.
Schander, P. o. Gilbreath,, Kersey
Dowie, and Guy McBeth, all of Com
pany I, First Infantry, were drowned.
All bodies were recovered and buried.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-11-22
Events of Interest to the TaIIahas-
seeaH Readers.

R.. J. Davidson, OF Virginia, has been
elected vice-president of the Assoeia-
zion of Agricultural Chemists.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-11-22

Defalcations to the amount of $780,
900 have been discovered in the ac-
counts of the Williamsburg Savings
Bank, an institution in the suburbs
Brooklyn.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-11-22

A large hotel is being erected at
Mariana by the Baptist church. 1t will
be fully equipped with all modern i'm
provements and be under the able man
agement of Mrs. Eva Solomon by the
first of January.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-11-22

Secretary Hitchcock has disbarreu
VIM. C. Buderus, an attorney of Stur-
gis, S. D., from practicing before the
Interior Department because Of criti-
cisms alleged to have been made by
the latter on the late President Nc
Kinley.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-11-22

Mrs. Louis Huddle an aged and re-
spected widow living near Rural Re
treat, Va, was killed Friday morning
by her son-in-1aw, Henry Radcliffe, in
order to secure insurance money.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-11-22

The Florida State Teachers Associa-
ton will meet in Ocala, beginning Fri
day, December q. An excellent pro
gram is being prepared and a large
is anticipated.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-11-22

At the annual session OF the United
Daughters of the COnfederacy, at Viii
mington, N. c., the report OF the JET
ferson Davis Monument Association,
showed that $3.50 was collected dur
ing the past year. The monument will
cost $4,000, and will be in the form OF
an arch spanning Twelfth and Broad
streets, in Richmond, Va.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-11-22

Zapata county, Texas, is in the throes
of severe famine The people are on
the verge of starvation, and unless re-
lief is sent them, many will die. Gov
ernor Sayners has sent $500 and relief
supplies will be gotten into the county
at the earliest possible moment.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-11-22

The cotton crop of North Carolina,
is estimated at 328,04O bales, against
$4,000 last year.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-11-22

More than fifteen miners were caught
in the burning Baby Mine at POca-
hontas, Va, last week.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-11-22

Albany, Ca, was visited by a de-
structive fire Saturday night. The cot
ton warehouse was destroyed, together
with $500 bales of cotton. Loss $780,
600; insurance $11 900.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-11-22

The latest cablegrams from the Vati-
can state that the pope is seriously
sick, and has only short time to live.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-11-22

The flashing eye, buoyant footstep
and rosy complexion result from the
use.of DR.. NJ. A. Simmons Liver Medi-
ninp
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-11-22

Nat MatsOn, carpenter on the British
steamer SalOpia, fell overheard, while
drunk at Pensacola Saturday, and was
drowned
New-York tribune., 1901-04-03
An INHOSPIT4BLE COAST.
FEVER SHIP DRIVEN FROM PORT TO PORT
IN SOUTH AMERICA

Washington, April 2-The danger menacing
travellers to Central and South American ports
through the '1ck of quarantine facilities in those
countries has been called the attention Of
the Marine Hospital Service by P. NJ. De Leon
United States Consul General at Guayaquil. a
case is cited Of passengers being confined in a
fever ship for a month while the vessel was
turned away from port after port and all as
sistance refused, the fever meanwhile continu-
ing its ravages board. The consul-general
incloses a letter from Archer Harman, manager
Of American railroad enterprise in Ecuador
who says that he was one of party of fourteen
who boarded the steamer Chile at Panama
July last The second day out there
death from yellow fever. There was no quaran-
tine station on the Ecuador coast. At Payta
there were two more deaths. The port refused
10 permit the steamer in the harbor The sup
posed doctor aboard the ship had palmed him
self on as a physician to secure free passage
At Callao there were two deaths. and the au-
thoritfes there refused TO permit communication
with the shore or to send a physician medicine
or disinfectants aboard. The Peruvian author
ities declined TO allow a steamer w r Grace
81 Co. had chartered for the party TO take them
on. and the Chile had 10 proceed TO sea until the
PERUVIAN authorities would permit a landing.
The ship went TO africa but two or three deaths
occurred and a small gunboat from africa drove
the steamer out of the harbor refusing 70 nro-
vide either medicine. dsinfectants or provisions
AT Pizagua the authorities attempted 10 drive
the snip out OF the harbor. but as the steamer
had no coal it was impossible to proceed
Finally, with the steamer five miles off shore
coal barges were anchored a mile and half
from the steamer the steamer crew towed the
oarges out and unloaded them. and the barges
Were then sunk. Meantime one or ru,o 49,
deaths had occurred. Failing 10 get either
Inedlclne or disinfectants, the ship proceeded to
Valparaiso arriving after several more deaths
about August 15 where the passengers Ia15aG
aIler a Careful inspection Mr.. Harnan saws
there IS no place where a steamer with an in
heC.Ious olseaSe aboard can land or discharge
its passengers on the west coast ~ Sou+b 49,
lca nor Is II possible 10 secure medicines. dJsin
Iectants or medical attention
New-York tribune., 1901-04-03
RUSSIAN SUGAR TEST CASE
GOVERNMENT MUST PROVE A
BOUNTY is PAID.

The question as TO the right Of the United States
Government TO assess countervailing duty upon
Russian sugar imported into this country came up
before the Board of Classification Of the United
States General Appraisers at the Public Stores
yesterday for the first time. Nothing definite was
accomplished, but the proceedings served to give
an outline Of the point upon which the contest will
be fought
Colonel Tchenor presided the hearing, with
Mr.. Fischer his colleague Judge Somerville.
the chairman of the Board Of Classification, was
absent on account of illness. The principal ques-
ton which came up the power Of the board
and of the Secretary of the Treasury 10 determine
whether a bounty was paid by the Russian Gov
ernnent to exporters of sugar. Mr.. Bgelow. coun-
sci for the importers declared that the burden
rested on the government to prove that the bounty
had been paid, while Mr.. Gibson counsel for the
government contended that the burden Of proof
rested the importers.
Mr.. Gibson read typewriter statement cover
Ing the stipulations as to the facts in the case
upon which he had agreed with counsel for the
importers and describing the three classes Of sugar
under Russian law.
Associated with Mr.. Btgeow was William H
zimmerman, customs broker. Theodore c. Search,
Of Pha delphia, the president of the National AS
sociation of Manufacturers, and Edward H San
born general manager of the association, We're
present as was W. L. Saunders. vice. president Of
the Ingersoll-Sargent Drill Company.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-03
LAST OF LAND GRANT -gErTLrvFyrs

Washington April (speciaD.-At the last ses-
sion OF Congress an enabling act was passed AL
thorlZng the government TO dispose Of its interest
In the Sioux City and Pacific Railroad a small
strip or road lying mostly in Iowa, and one OF
the last pieces Of bond aided railroad remaining IN
the governments hands out Of the vast system OF
transcontinenta lines projected nearly forty wears
ago. By the terms OF the the Secretary Of the
Treasury, the Secretary Of the Interior and the
Attorney-General We're constituted a commission 10
dispose OF the road they might deem best for the
governments interest in it They have virtually
decided 10 offer the road for sale and will do so
after they have fixed upset price This was
the method pursued by the government in dispostng
Of the Union Pacific property and other pieces Of
bond aided road in the West AS the bulk of the
private interests in the Sioux City and Pacific IS
owned mostly by the controlling spirits in the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, il is supposed
that the road will be acquired by the latter cor
pcration and will go into the big Morgan-Hnl syn
dcate now said TO be forming The Sioux City and
Pacific will form important link in the new
community OF interest system in the West which
James J. Hill is supposed TO be financing. It be-
lieyed that formal announcement OF the decision TO
dispose OF the Sioux City and Pacific by the method
described will be made soon after Secretary Hitch
cock returns from the West and the upset price
car be determined
New-York tribune., 1901-04-03
TO INCREASE IT'S SUBSCRIPTIONS
REPORTED ARRANGEMENT OF THE UNDER
WRITING neutrality-suspicious. TO
LIST UNITED STATES STEEL
CORPORATION STOCK

The underwriting syndicate formed month ago
BY subscribers 70 the OF 100000 TO aid IN
the financing OF the United States Steel Corpora
ton. the capital stock Of which was al the time
set at $50O1Ooo0 has arranged TO increase its sub
scriptions by about s50O00lOo is understood.
that the authorized capital stock has been in
creased s5Oe0O O0 for the purpose OF acquiring con-
troll OF the American Bridge Company. the Lake
Superior Consolidated Iron Mines and other prop
critics
Application was made yesterday to the Stock Ex-
change 10 list the stocks the United States Cor
pOration. $50 Co0000 each Of common and preferred
The application considered yesterday by the
committee on stock list. but be granted only by
the governing committee, which may hold spe-
ciaI meeting for the purpose its next regular
meeting will not occur until April 10
Trading in the contracts for the United States
Steel issues was again yesterday OF enormous vol
uIne. more than 206.000 shares OF the common and
los 900 OF the preferred being dealt in Both issues
closed unchanged from Monday. the common at 4s
and the preferred at 967s. It Is understood that
two large blocks of the stock were placed abroad
for several days on the London curb market.
The clearing house committee OF the Stock Ex-
change has appointed April q special clearing
day Tor all transactions in United states Steel
Corporation preferred and common stocks when
The general opinion in Wall Street yesterday was
was, had been predicted. exceptionally
strong one; some surPrise was expressed at ne
fact that his iron and steel interests not part OF
the United states Steel Corporation Mr.. Hewitt
quoted yesterday as saying on this point: 1T
is a surprise 10 me. l was not consulted They
probably add my a compliment Possibly
they think they make OF my experience.
Ordinarily, do not believe that an old man should
engage in these new enterprises But II these gen.
tlenen wish to serve their board OF directors
I shall be glad 70 do I believe that the corpora
tion will be good thing II will tend 10 smooth
over differences of the labor unions and make
easier all the details of the business"
There were again unconhrned reports yesterday
that negouations were in progress for the ABSORB
ton OF the Tennessee Coal and Iron, Sloss-Shef
field and Colorado Fuel and Iron companies into
the United States Steel Corporation