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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-03-12
SUGAR 6oUNTIEs GONE.
Result of Brussels Convention Ie Con-
flrmed by Minister Townsend.

The State Department at Washing.
ton has been informed by Minister
Townsend at Brussels that he is able
to certify as official the statement of
the agreement reached by the beet
sugar producing countries, namely, the
abolition of all bounties on sugar and
provision for a uniform customs tariff
of G francs per 100 Kilograms. or
about half cent a pound. Roumania
alone refused to enter this arrange.
ment. Her sugar production is too
small to affect the agreement. The
United States Treasury must proceed
at once to take steps to remove the
countervailing duties now levied on
bounty-aided sugar. thus considerably
affecting the revenues.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-03-12
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.

The Cabinet discussed the anarch.
ist documents that the Treasury De-
partment has been receiving of late.
The condition of Representative o.
II. P. Belmont, OF New York, who is
Ill with pneumonia, was reported
Tuesday as slightly better.
The Austrian Minister confirms the
report that he is to be made an Am
(Dassador. The United States will a.
once respond and elevate Minister Nc
Cormick.
There was laid before Congress
Thursday communication from the
Portuguese government officially la
mentng the assassination of Presl
den. Mckinley.
General Robert P. Hughes said We'd
nesday the Filipino forces would have
been of little assistance If it had been
Spanish by assault.
Senor Don Joaquin Walker-Mar.
tinez, who succeeds the late Senior
Vicuna as Chilian Minister at Wash
ington. presented. his credentials to
the President Tuesday.
George de Groat, a letter carrier of
Morristown. N. j., has been allowed
18 claims by the patent Office at Wash
ington for a collectors recording
mechanism for letter boxes.
The Census Bureau reports on bi.
cycles and tricycles. exclusive of re.
pair shops. shows that the products
of the industry increased almost $30,.
100000 between 1890 and 1900.
Rear Admiral j. A. Howell next to
Admiral Dewey ranking officer of the
navy, will be retired on March 16. This
will result in the promotion of Cap
tain A. S. Crowninshleld to the grade
of Rear Admiral.
John ]. Feely, the new member OF
Congress from the Second Illinois dis.
trict. is the youngest member who
ever sat in the House of Representa-
tives. He is a graduate of the Yale
law school.
The Spanish treaty claims commits.
sion handed down a decision against
the claimants for death and injuries
received by officers and seamen in the
wreck of the battleship Maine in Ha,
vana harbor.
General Henry L. Abbott, a retired
army engineer, testified before the
Senate Committee on Inter-Oceanic
Canals that the Panama route is the
most desirable for ship canal across
the Isthmus. The property and fran
chises of the Panama Canal Company
would be cheap at double the price
asked by that company.
The President has made the follow
ing appointments for cadetships at the
Naval Academy: Ralph Earle Samp
son, son OF Rear Admiral w. It. Samp
son. principal; Woodward Philip, sor
of the late Rear Admiral Philip. frs
alternate; o. w. Howard, son of Major
General Howard, u. s. A., second al
ternate, and Presley Morgan Taylor
son of Rear Admiral Henry c. Taylor
third alternate.
Chinese officials are greatly dis
turbed over the conditions at Jeho
(Cheng-Te), about 100 miles north
east of PelSing. where bandit soldiery
have captured priest An officia
of the Foreign Office declares that tn,
Russians have already dispatched 50l
troops to Jehol from the Manchuriai
border.
The Commander of the Department
OF the Potomac. G. A. r. have invited
the President to deliver the addres
at the Memorial Day exercise to b.
held at Arlington. The Presiden
conflitionally accepted.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-03-12
INDICTMENTS AGAINST REDS.
Anarchists to Be Broken Up by Appli.
cation Of Postal Laws.

Four prominent members of the
coma, Wash, were indicted by the
Home colony of Anarchists near Ia
Federal grand jury for transmitting
lcentious matter through United
States mail. The indictment was fol-
lowed by a strong recommendation
to the Postmaster General and Attor-
ney General. through Judge Hanford,
that the Home postofiice he imme-
diately abolished because the men,
bers of the colony wilfully abuse its
privileges. The chief offences named
are the continued mailing of the col
ony paper Discomfort and the alleged
indecent pamphlets. BY Judge Han
fords order, certified copies of the
grand jury report were forwarded to
Washington.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-03-12
MISS STONE CLAIM MADE.
Second Note Has Been Presented to
the Porte.

The American Legation at Con-
stantinople, Turkey, has presented to
the Porte the second note referring to
the capture OF Miss Ellen NJ. Stone
In this note 1t is pointed out that as
Miss Stone was captured. the ransom
paid and the prisoners delivered in
Turkey, the brigands must be within
the Turkish frontier and should, there.
fore. be captured. The note denies
that the authorities were ever required
to lessen their vigilance on the frontier
and asserts that only the movements
of the troops in the interior were in
terfered with.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-03-12
FOUGHT FOR TWO HOURS.
British Could Not Hold Out Against
Beers at klerksdorp.

Telegrams received in England
from Klerksdorp describing the at
tack upon and capture by the Beers
February "a at a point southwest Of
Klerksdorp of ACT British soldiers who
were acting as convoy to an empty
wagon train, show that General Della
rey laid his plans with consummate
care and precise knowledge of the
ground. For two hours the British
held out. They then divided and
were overwhelmed. A few minutes
of incautious fighting and all was over.
The Beers galloped along the line fir
ing at every man who showed the
slightest tendency to resist until they
reached and captured the guns.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-03-12
ouden Refuses to vacate.

Charles o. Guden, whom Gov. Odell,
of New York, deposed as sheriff OF
Kings county declares that he will
fight the Governors order and carry
his case to the courts II necessary,
sleeping and eating there. Governor
Odell may call out company OF mill
tia 10 oust Guden.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-03-12
CHILDREN QUIT SCHOOL.
sympathizers With Street Car Strik.
ers Leave to Rebuke Teachers.

A novel strike is on at Seeleyville.
Ind. More than so school children
took their books away because all but
one of the school teachers had ridden
on the boycotted street cars. Thir-
ty children stayed at their desks.
Their parents are mostly miners. The
township trustees refuses to discharge
the teachers and says the children
will have to stay out until they get
ready to come back.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-03-12
TO SETTLE SALA CLAIM.
Negotiations With Santo Domingo
Have Prospect for Success.

The United States minister, Will
lam F. Powell, at San Domingo, is u.s.
ing his good Offices in order to bring
about a settlement of the Sala claim
for $4,000 cash, and is also endeavor-
ing to arrange a settlement of the
affairs of the Santo Domingo Improve
ment Company of New York. The ne.
gotiations have fair prospect of be.
ing successful. Sala was French
man who loaned money and supplied
munitions of war to the late President
Hereaux of Santo Domingo, amount
ing in the aggregate to about $4,000.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-03-12
To Protect Presidents.

The Senate Thursday agreed to take
final vote on the ship subsidy bill
at 3 o'clock Monday, March II.
and then took up the bill for the pro-
lection of the President. On motion
the Senate adjourned as a mark Of
respect to the memory of Representa-
tive Polk.
The House devoted Thursday to a
continuation of the debate on the bill
to classify the rural free delivery serv-
ice and to place the carriers under
contract.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-03-12
OCEAN RATES UNIFORM.
All Except cunard and White Star
Lines Sign the Agreement.

The various steamship lines plying
between New York and Europe have
finally agreed as to passenger rates,
and although the White Star and Gun.
ard lines are not signers to the agree.
ment, 1t was authoritatively denied
Friday by prominent steamship Of.
fetal that a rate was was impending.
The agreement only affects passenger
rates and went into effect March /.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-03-12
Hotel Guest Has Smallpox.

william j. Spencer. a travelling
salesman from Chicago, was removed
Sunday from the Broadway Central
Hotel, New York. suffering from small
pox. The patrons of the hotel were
not compelled to submit to vacclna-
ton.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-03-12
coaohmen Boycott Sunday Funerals.

The Trenton Coachmen's Union, of
New Jersey. decided not to attend
Sunday funerals. They have the sup
port of all the. undertakers but one.
His drivers will be expelled from the
union. The agitation against Sun
day funerals has the endorsement of
the clergy.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-03-12
FARMER KILLED BY BURGLARS.
Torture Wife, Force Her to Tell
Where Money Was.

Three masked burglars forced an
entrance into the farm house oecu.
pied by Henry Smith, aged So, and
his wife. near Butler, Pa, Thursday
and killed the aged husband. and tor
tured the wife, compelling her to
reveal where their money was con-
cealed. Three men were placed un-
der arrest Friday at Butler suspected
of being connected with the crime.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-03-12

Anxious to dispose of the budget,
the French Chamber adopted the unu-
sual course of sitting Sunday and held
two lengthy sessions. The Chamber
passed a law imposing a tax of one
franc per 100 Kilograms on crude Pc
troleum. The budget for 1902 was
finally adopted by a vote of 398 to
81 and the Chamber OF Deputies then
adjourned.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-03-12
American Fruit Prohibited.

United States Consul Chester. at
Budapest, sent to the. State Depart
ment a new order OF the Royal Hun.
garian Ministry of Agriculture prohi-
biting the import of American fresh
plants and fruit. The Consul says
that the Hungarian government lately
has opened chemical inspection sta
ton at Fiume.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-03-12
Arlstocrats as MlIkmen.

The milk trade attracts England's
aristocrats. Lord Rayleigh Is q milk.
man and owns one OF the finest bust,
neses In the home counties.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-03-12

Ecuador to Be Shown the Flag.
The cruiser Philadelphia left Pana-
ma Friday for Guayaquil. Ecuador,
where she will show the United States
nag for the tirst time In several years.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-09-11
WOMEN AND JEWELS.

Jewels candy, flowers. man-that is
the order of woman's preferences.
Jewels form magnet of mighty pow
er to the Average woman. Even t.
greatest of all jewels health is ia
ruined in the strenuous effort y =
Or save the mon y to purcbs% r
If a woman VIII 'isk her heait C ?-t
coveted gem, thzn let P.r l.,.tifv
herself against sh :nsi[ .ou, conse.
Qrences of couch ,!r ud hron-
chial directions .as,atar use of
Dr.. Boschee's G "=..al -yrup. ii will
promptly arfe rtHsumption in its
early stages a.td cal the affected
lungs and bron' !.ta' ubes and dive
the dread disease fl m the system. 1t
is not cure-all )ut it is certain
cure for coughs olds and all bron.
chial troubles. ! u can get DR.. G. G.
Green's reliable emedies at ]. A
Coles. Get Cree Special Almanac
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-09-11
Had Eyes and Saw Net.

'9he late Jimmy" Patterson, known
we'll in local newspaper work, sat
down in game of poker with some
tellow-reporters one night, but soon
drew out of the game, saying he was
too drowsy and tired to play. He took
a chair in a corner and was soon
sound asleep. After two or three hours
the boys turned out the lights, nudged
Jimmy until re was awake, and then
proceeded u ak. SHUTTLE cards and
rattle chips rs |, oi2h the game were
at its height. For fully ave minutes
Patterson listened to their well-de.
vised comedy-"l1l take two cards" ;"
'Deuces and kings, = Ii stay Hold
that match till get q 'i2ht, Look
out, Eilly-youll set VIZ sleeve in
the beer" etc. Then they heard him
rise; the chair, which had been tilted,
fell with a crash; and he faltered:
Say, boys = i = think there's
something the matter with me!
can't can't see you Philadelphia
Times.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-09-11
BRIDGE BUILDING IN AMERICA.
This Country Leacs the World in
Cheap and Safe Construction.

All existing railroad spans of more
than 500 feet have been built since
1870, and probably more in America
taaA in the rest of t. world all to-
GetEer, ana certainly these are much
better and cheaper and have been
more rapidly and safely constructed
than those of any other country. In
a word, American engineers have
built most OF the greatest and most
difficult bridges i'll the WClld. and in
less than half century. largely with
III the last quarter century, nave de-
Veloped the art of bridge building to
a perfection that 10 other sort of con-
struction has reached in hundreds of
years. They have brought it to prac.
tlcal limits that cannot be greatly ex-
tended until sor,e radically new ma
terial is provided that is notably
stronger, cheaper or lighter than
steel. This is the triumph of the pro-
fession or bridge engineering.-The
Century.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-09-11
Drink CAUSED His I-GTH.
leo Much Water Blamed Fer De.
mise cf Ebea Na.s.s


a dispatch from Salem. .i.ss con-
VeyS the information I'D! Eben
Waters (prophetic name, 29 years
Old, died last weel, from excessive
water drinking. He die rot indulge
III alcoholic drinks of al" hind. AMI
he is said to have been g -:.er;,te in
all Things except his appetite for
water. 1t was his haS.t r. drink
three quarts of water eve,v Gay. and
this. his doctors say, resu.ieG II com.
pications that proved fatal At any
rate, he died. 1t is a sad case &C con
template. Here was a van cut off
in the prime of life, at the perihelion
OF his usefulness, so to speak, and
all because of the lack of little
Wholesome restraint. 1t is charitab BILE
& believe that he was not wholly re.
sponsible. 1t may have been that he
was all only son, and thai mis- doting
parents spoiled him, allowed him to
have his own way too often and did
not point out strongly enough that
self-indulgence is the shortest path
to the grave. Of course, they see
lnelr error now tn3t IL IS too late,
which is the cause of fully o',e third
OF the tragedies Of life. Scientists
aver that the average of life is great
er now than at any other period in
the history Of man. and that more in
terest is taken in The subject of long
evity. II tais be SO th ere is a moral
III the untimely demise OF Mr.. Waters.
|. is, Don't so to the pump toe often" :"
Rochester Post-EXpress.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-09-11
LanSsIipS Cause Terrc-.

Terrible accounts have reached
Rome Of the great landslip OF Cornig-
:io in Val di Parma. For some time
the hillside has slowly been slipping
down Oh to Corniglio. and it is feared
that before it stops the Whole country
side may be practically blotted out
Already mary houses have been over
thrown and the main stree: OF Ger
rl&!'o parcs with overwhelming
crcvasses. The most terrible thing
about the catastrophe is the slowness
ct the movement. Cracks appear on
the faces of the houses, and slowly
widen before the eyes of the terrified
spectators, while the crash Of trees
slowly torn up by the roots, and. the
grinding Of rocks sound along the hill
side. Every day the peasants fear
TO see the graveyard of Corniglio torn
open Terror reigns throughout the
whole valley.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-09-11
He DIsLlKED GEORGE ELIOT.
Autocratic Ways Of Famous Authoress
Made ar Enemy.

When George Eliot was still Miss
Evans, and before she nad begun to
write novels, she used to frequent AZ
she left ve.y uHfavorable impression
on one young man who W&s at that
time an assistant in John G..;.fe mars
shop. His description of her is that
of remarkably ugly young woman
Of universal knowledge, whose delight
it was to use the Socratic method in
conversation, but without the Socratic
beneyolerce of Intention The result
vas that the young IGien at the dining
table (the shop had Z boarding house
for its employees and guests) who
hecdlessly hazarded an opinion, were
very soon made to feel not only that
they knew nothing OF the subject un-
der discussion, but that they knew
very little indeed of anything. Now.
a young man does not relish being
badsered and made a fool of by a
pretty woman, but it is intolerable to
be sat upon by an ugly one-at least
suc,l was the feeling of our informant,
and one consequence of this treat
meGt was that in after years, when
Miss i. ais had become George Eliot,
ora man could never persuade him.
sell To read Adam Bede,' or to ad-
n1it tisat the author was other than a
Vc:y irtoierant person and an intol-
cradle intel-ectEal prlg.--Harper's
Weekly.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-09-11
AS SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN.
Philadelphia Minister Gives Congreg@s
ticn Needless Shock


a Philadelphia Episcopal con2rcgs9-
tion takes a great interest in da&
nursery for babies that is run as L
part of the organized charity of ttts,
church. Mothers going out 10 Work av
having other reasons for i1truStinG
the day receive a numbered bras
check corresponding to Il tag hung O9g
each baby. The nursery. located in 4.
working folks ighbo,lGod. is yer.
popular with all classes ard Gcnomina-
tions, the charge being merely ncn1t
nal. At a recent Wednesday evening
service in the church, the pastor tote
the congregation that the day before e
strange woman had left her baby, re-
turned in the afternoon, asked for hGv
child and was refused because site
had los ncr checl, The matron IL
charge would take no chances, bns
told the woman to come around later
when, if there were an unclaimed baby
remaining, she could have it. The
woman called just at closing time, anG
was told the only baby left was d 2e4@
gro. Here the pastor was interrupted
with eXclamations of On What sa
shame!' "Dreadful!' Poor woman"
etc, from the feminine members OF
his congregation.
Il forgot to EXPLAIN he went OH,
after a moment, that tho mother, too,
was black"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-09-11
SURPRISE FOR CHlVALRoUs MAN
German Customs Officer Made Very
Blunt Request.

Consular Agent Dwight Hauss{er,
just returned from his post at Sonut;~-
berg, Germany, tells the following ors
himself:
"On my first voyage to Germany 7
was approached aboard ship by
young lady who was much perturbes
in regard to her baggage AS she did
not speak German she expected all
sorts OF trouble with the customs OF
lcials | volunteered my services.
and when the customs officer began fee.
e2 anime her baggage | started to give
the necessary information in my bess
German. He listened patiently for u
inoment, and then interrupted me.
with:
Young man, won't you please.
speak English; your German hurts
me, New York Times.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-09-11
SURVIVAL OF CID TIMES.
Ancient English Custom Carried On in
Present Cav,

Present Day.
FrarE Gent, an Arch street resident,
knows hundred quaint and curious
corners of England that tourists never
visit. He described one of them yes
terday. Back Of Twyford, which is
near Southampton, he said, there is
an old, old monastery, with an old and
tt ick stone wall around il. In this
wall there is wicket gate, ard by the
gate a monk is always stationed. The
monk is there to halt every traveller
1t goes by, and, having halted him,
he gives him cup of ale, crust Of
bread and a penny. Years ago, it
seems, some one died, ard in his will
lett to the monastery an endowment
t1at was to ease the way of weary
travellers by giving them this refresh
ment and small coin. AS long, there
fore, as the monastery stands monk
will stand by it's wicket gate, and
every traveller who passes will be
cheered with drink, bite and a
penny. y.'-Philadelphia Record.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-09-11
ALL OWING TO CERVERA.
S,rsniard in Cuka Had Novel Idea Of
What Might Have Been.''


Now and then | met a soreheaded
Spaniard who itched to have fling at
nc, said a soldier who had been in
Cuba for year or so, and they didn't
always come off victor. On one occa-
sion. While | was walking my beat in
front of headquarters. having just
donned new uniform and feeling that
had dignity to maintain. a
Spaniard struttcd past me and gave
me scOwl and multcred 'Caramba!'
between his teeth. | gave him no at
tention, and five minutes later he re-
turned to stand and scoWl and stare.
Nhen he had kept ii up for some time
politely iGquired:
.. Do You observe any flies Oh yours
truly, senor?'
No flies do | see, he replied, but
was t1lnking'
OF taking a drink
" 'Garamba, no. | was thinking that
if Admiral Cervora had not been gen
t'eman enough to come out and have
his ships sunk you would probably
have been nothing but senator in
Your own land
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-09-11
PRELA1E READY WITH REPLY,
Archbishop cyan Credited With Fiece
Of Clever Repartee.

At dinner at which ex-Attorney
General Wayne MacNeagh and Arch
bishop Ryan We're present, Mr.. Mac
Veagh discussed the great convenience
Of railroad passes
Il never enjoyed one said the
archbishop.
Il shall be glad to use my influence"
said Mr.. Macy aagh, Ito secure one
for you on the Pennsylvania road if
you will secure one for ne on the
road in which YOU are Interested"
The archbishop smiled.
You Will never ha occasion to
Use ticket on the road in which | am
Interested he. answered.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-09-11
SALT A CURE FOR PNEUMONIA.
@ntcaso Physician Puts Forward
Startling Announcement.


Startling Announcement.
ne great value of salt as an anti
septic ard the fact that nature an
pears to have made it an essential
ESredlent in the food of nearly all
"Almals have made the medical pro-
lesslon very hospitable toward new
'1eorles or discoveries regarding it's
therapeutic qualities. The doctors, in
tatt, are never unprepared for the
announcement of some extraordinary
cure erected by the use of this wide.
y distributed compound
nat pneumonia can be cured by
humping an per cent sodium chlo-
rae solution at temperatures ranging
from 120 to 13O degrees Fahrenheit
INTO the lungs, however, naturally
taxes the credulity of most physi.
lans. This achievement was an
tounced by DR.. w. Byron Coakley of
-hleaso, III a paper read by him be-
loie the American Medical associa-
aon at the recent convention at Sara.
1"Sa. Ihat such saline solution
would be death to all bacteria. and
would also have an antiseptic effect
upon diseased tissue will be readily
conceded. 1T is question of getting
tae solution into the lungs in such a
way tnat the patient could stand tho
treatment
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-09-11
BUTLER'S HATRED OF PEPPER.
General Had Good Reason for His
Refusal to Use It,

Did you ever hear the story Of
sen. B. F. Buffers hatred of pepper?
No; we'll. here it is, and | know it
has never been in print" So spoke
& we'll known lawyer.
Years ago, when the general was
ct tie height OF his career, he was
counsel in big case that involved
thousands of dollars worth of hides.
These hides We're from South Amer
iea, and were in an awful evil smell
ing state In order to keep them to
sether it had been necessary to cover
them wita black pepper, vast guam
titles of which had been used.
When the general tod nc this
he used to say that he had a s;is-
pcion that this pepper was afterwards
gathered together and sold, and so
great was his horror that he might
rUn against some of the article that
nothing could induce him to use pep
per again-Philadelph Telegraph