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The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-06-13
Other Important Changes.

A number of important changes have
been made in the bill by the committee
in addition to those already mentioned
in The Times.
There has been a general oyerhauling
Of the license system in the District.
Many other licenses in addition to that
of the retail liquor dealers are in
creased.
The license on wholesale liquor deal
ers is increased to $500 a year.
The personal tax feature of the bill
ms heen further amended. although the
Senate personal tax plan is retained as
the groundwork OF this section of the
bill.
The tax to be imposed on banks and
trust companies has been fixed at 4 per
cent On their gross earnings, the same
rate as that imposed on the street rail-
ways and other public utilities.
II is said that this plan of taxation
is not in vogue in any other city in the
United States. but the representatives
of the financial institutions generally
have opposed the Senate District Com
mi,tee plan OF tax on capital, surplus.
md undivided profits. and this plan was
finally substituted as a compromise.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-28
Gov. StCne Alps the Strike

By Union Associated Press.
Wilksbarre, Pa, May 2S.-lt
i, announced today, seml-otflclal-
lv. butnone the less authentic,
that the $4,000 miners Of the
strike region have secured "a
promise from Goveauor Stone, OF
Penns ylvania, of assistance. The
attorney general will commence
proceedlns against the operators
on the ground that they centrib
ting to trust in violation of the
constitution aud the Sherman
law. The strike leaders are Ju
bilant.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-28
President Palma's Message.

By Union Associated Press.
Havana, Cuba. May 2S.- Pres
ident Palma's message delivered
to the Cuban senate today, opens
by giving thanks to Almighty
God for His assistance In carry
ing out the work of obtaining
Cuban independence, and asks
Divine aid in establishing a firm
and stable government. He
speaks of the hard fight OF the
Cuban insurgents for independ-
euce. Recon- mends the encour-
agement of agricultural indus
tries on the island; the raisiuS OF
cattle: the establishment Of aSrl
cultural industrial stations. i'm
proving the culture of sugar cane
and tobacco, and the introduction
of varied agricultural industries
and possibly meet the crisis
the result of the ruinous price o
sugar. He declares it the pur
pose of the government to devot
it's attention to education, eSpec
iall the primary schools.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-28
CHARITIES, CORRECTIONS.
Mammoth Gathering of Trustees ana
Superintendents From Many
Places

Special to the Record.
Detroit. Michi gan, May 2S.-
Nearly one thousand men and
women, drawn together by their
common interest in the alleviatlon
of the sufferings of the poor, the
rescue of children from vicious
surroundings, the reformation OF
criminals and the uplifting of
the submerged, are in Detroit
to attend the twen-y-ninth annual
meeting of the national confer
ence of cha rites and corrections.
The visitonS come from all parts
of the United States, from Can
ada and from Mexico, and ln-
clude among their number busl'
ness and professional men, trust
ees and superintendents OF asy'
Inns and correctional lnStltu-
tions, city and state Officials,
matrons OF police stations and
representative club women. In
the number and representative
character of the delegates, the
conference is the most notable
ever held in America, and prob
ably in the world.
The conference formally opens
| this evening with ID meeting II
the Central Methodist church
i Governor Bliss and Mayor May
bury will deliver addresses O.
welcome, and the respon nses VII
be embodied in the annual ad
dress of the president, Hon. Tim
othv Nicholson, of Richmond
Ind. A reception at the Hote
Chaldec in honor of the delegate:
follows the meeting.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-28

Again it has eendemonstrated
that we have a gusher field and
that it can be made a money pro
ducer by a very small expen'
diture. It is true that great
deal of money has been spent IN
bringing about the results and
the men who have stuck to IT
through thick and thin and put
up the money have displayed
wonderful pluck and are deser-
wing of great praise. But they
are about to be rewarded. The
ushers are here. The best OIL
in the world is here and in such
immense quantities that it's ex'
hauston is counted among the
impossibilitles.
The oil is now bel ilS used at
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-28
The GuSher Fields
Proven to Thousands
AMERICAN COMPETITION.
England Feels the Effect of American
Comdetiti0n.

Comdetition.
Special to the Record.
London. May 2S.-The bng-a-
boo of American com betition will
not down. A London paper this
week prints the following state
ment giving few facts regard
ing the strides of American com.
merce.
The worlds output of copper
last year was 541, ,611 tons, as
compared with 486, 4Oe tons in
1900. The production Of the
United States figured in these
totals for 2el, III tons and 269, Ill
tons respectively. Spain and
Portugal ranked second last year
as copper-producing region,
but their output was only $1,000
t ms in 1901, and 52,s72 tons in
1900.
Experiments which have been
made with American gas coal at
Copenhagen shows that the
A merican product stands as high
as the English coal as regards its
gas-prodncing powers; while the
coke obtained is said to he some
what better than that secured
from English gas coal. Increas-
ing quantities of shoes, cotton
goods, shirts, hardware and coal
are now being imported into ia
m aca from the United States.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-28
VIM. Alden Smith Renominated.

Special to the Record.
Grand Rapids, Mich, May %.
The republican congressional
convention of the Fifth district
was held here today and resulted
in the renominatiod of Congress-
man William Allen Smith of this
city.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-28
Coal Advances.

By Union Associated Press.
New York, May %. An ad-
vance of fifty cents las been
made in the price of soft coal by
retailers today, making the price
i've dollars per ton. This is an
advance of 81 80 since the strike
began.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-28

If you have not our phone num m :
Der please make note OF 1t, and
remem Der the name. "Amerlcan
Laundry, Cleaning and Dye
Works." Main ST., Phone num-
Der Isl. If our work suits you
tell YOUR friends; if not tell US.
1912 G.. S. BLOM, Mngr.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-28

profit. The pumps OF the pump.
ing plant have been kept going
steadily, pumping the oil that
has been standing in the lake
around southern No. 3. Agreat-
er portion of it has been pumped
into the tanksat the bayou, where
several barges we're loaded and
towed to loves river plantations.
Southern No. i is now almost
completed, the drillers today set
their pipe on the cap rock tomor-
row they will take place the liner
in position and commence bail
ing the we'll. During the last
part of their drilling they kept
their pumps gong almost to
their Unfit to keep down the gas
pressure.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-28
Excursions.

Jennings to Chicagoand return
date of sale June Is, 1920 and ~.
Final return limit Sept. II rate
S27. 95 for round trip.
Jennings to ST, Louis date sale
June Is, 16, 20 and %. Return
limit Sept. II, rate $3.50 Tor
round trip.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-28
Sole Agents in Jennings and vicinity tor the
Harris Oil Burner

There are five sizes and Patterns OF tn's
Burner designed for various uses ana var
ious kinds of boilers. They range IN price
from $500 to $500, including plans ana
specifications and full instructions Tor
equipping any kind of plant. Write 1or
circulars or call on
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-28

You'll save money May 26, "a
% on Furniture at Jennings
Hdw. Co.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-28

1t means you "Red letter sale y
of interest Jennings Hdw. Go. S
clearing prices.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-28
GREAT CROWDS WITNESS DISPLAY
Oyer Two Thousand People Visit the Oil Field
and See Southern No. Split the Air.

in jennings Lake Charles and Grow"
that Southern we'll No would De
today the Entertainment OF vls'tors
these cities and great many
from other surrounding There were also
all direction from the Oil held
The ell was O'Clock this afternoon
The crowd from 1000 to 5000
people, was very impatient the gusher not turned
loose exactly at Two not kept waiting long
The valve opened of oil shot as through
sbot from cannon blowing and blew the Oil
derrick which prevented Its dong ts oest
for fully 100 feet above the top OF the DER
c The crowd was and yelled themselves
hOarSe.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-28
Big Sale of Oil Land.

A. D. McFarlain & Son have
sold to the Des Moines Oil Go. ~
acres near the Gusher for $24, 600
and Is acres to local company
for $4,000. This is $4,000 per
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-28

Jennings Lumber Co.. Ltd
has just received some new select
cvpress dressed four sides for
nice inside finished. l24-ti
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-28

WANTED-A nicely furnished
room with board by Frank Breese
RECORD office u
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-28

Farmers wishing deep wells
for irrigating will do we'll TO see
Bert Ritter. ootIoNW
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-28
Gen. Wheeler off For Europe.

Special TO the Record.
New York, May 23-General
Joseph Wheeler, accompanied by
his daughters sail on the Phila-
delphi, today to witness the
military manneuVerS IN france
and Germany. They do not ex'
pect to return late in the Autumn.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-28

Everything goes at the red
letter sale Jennings Hdw. 20.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-28

4SS acres of rlce land Z miles
east of Kinder, So. so per acre.
Southern Realty ~ Collection Co. ,
Record ouitdinE.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-28
window Glass.

A full car just received. Spec
al cut prices. Phone lO5.
12l If. II. +. JAENhE.
For bargains the "Red letter
Sale"
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-28

Mating almost at your own
prices ut "Red letter Sale.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-28
Feed.

have in stock a large supply
of oats and Purina feed, which l
i'll sell ut prices that are very
we. A. d MCFARLAIN.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-28

We sell you the best shoes and
guarantee every PAIR. Try US
once. The Fashion. l2otf
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-28

High grade goods at low grade
prices at the Fashion. l2otf
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-28

The "Red letter Sale means
business.
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BRIEF TELEGRAMS.

Berlin, Aug S-The quaint old city of
sapdth anniversary Of it's founding by
historical procession representing the sue
e es OF
Berlin, Aug. 5.-The utterances attributed
to Rear Admiral Taylor of the United
to ana tSe aee saes In
1907 was printed conspicuously here. The
Tageblatt says it requires al. the wrong
plete ignorance of European affairs, to
imagine. that Germany intends to annex
the Netherlands.
Port Au Prince, Hayti, Aug. 6.-Cen-
eral Jiminau, the Ffrman street conman-
der. has started for qonaives in order to
sssscIed BY the government troops under
Gen. Noord.
Washington. Aug. s-stanford Newell.
Acting Secretary Adee today at the state
department. He. is on a short vacation
fore returning to The Hague. He visited
President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay last
week.
chief Tosranes q shs g. K K nas ap
% 4 speedy complet:sa the work of erect
com Of the O. A. r.
Mns aThe ys,cs .TsSar fr sa
the closing of unauthorized consregationist
schools as most grave. as It i now be-
| the French premier, to denounce the con-
cordat-
New York, Aug. 5-TIenry B. Lockwood
Frank n. Hurd and Frank M. Kelley, com
| posing the firm of Lockwood, Hurd & CO.,
| bankers and brokers of this city, who made
an assignment last May, today filed a
schedule showing liabilities of $721 BE- NOM
| ina1 assets of $3.50. 500 and actual assets OF
| $5O6, 49,
| washington Aug. 5.-The naval board of
construction has passed upon the contract
| and advertisement for the new 1900 ton
| battleship Louisiana which Is to be built
| by contract at the same time that similar
| ship Is to be built In q navy yard. The
| bids are to be opened on October !.
! Washington, Aug. 6e-A dispatch received
| at the Colombian legation from Governor
salazar of the department Of Panama. re-
1 ports that the light hetWeen the govern
i ment troops and the r8vUlutionfsts Of
/ Aqua Dulce still continues. The battle
has now ragged since last Tuesday.
cieaSRb AVE- hSadred s and fifty City
1 builders in the Pullman Palace Car COM
pany at Pullman went on strike today for
| an increase of 90 cents q day.
Newport, r. H. Aug. 6-The engage
Catherine E. Gehhard Nelson was tor.
| mally announced today by cards sent out
by Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt. mother Of
the young man. and Mrs. Frederick Nell
son, mother of the prospective bride.
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CONTRACT LET
For the Liberal Arts Building at st
Louis Exposition.

ST. Louis, Aug. 5-The contract for
the construction of the Liberal Arts
building has been awarded by the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition company
for $475.000. The building must be COM
pleted by April 1, 1903, in time for the
dedicatory ceremonies of the exposi-
ton.
Orders are being received from var
ious parts of the country for number
of the 100000 souvenir gold dollars to be
struck by the United States government
in COMMUNICATION of the Louisiana
purchase exposition. They are to be
part of the S., 600, 900 appropriation made
by the government in March, 1901, in aid
of the exposition. 1t is expected that
the first two hundred coins issued will
the treasury department will accompany
ing. They will be sold to the highest
bidder. The other coins will be sold at
81 each. The premium on the entire is.
sue will be devoted to the construction
on the site of the exposition of heroic
statues of Thomas Jefferson, who sign
ed the treaty by which the United States
government acquired Louisiana terri
tory, and William Mckinley, who sign
ed the bill for government participation
in and supervision of the celebration of
the centennial of that event.
The design Of the souvenir dollar is
now the subject of correspondence be-
tween the treasury department and the
exposition authorities.
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ALL READY FOR CABLE.
Landing Place Has Been Secured in
Hawaii.

San Francisco, Aug. SIS. S. Dickin-
son, superintendent of the Commercial
Gable company in Nova Scotia, who has
been in Hawaii for some time past
m aking arrangements for the landing
of the company's proposed Pacific cable
at that point, returned here on the
steamer Sierra. He states that the
cable will land at Waikiki on a strip
of land purchased for $1,000, part of
what is known as the San Souci prop
erty, where Robert Louis Stevenson
lived during his sojourn in Hawaii.
The offices of the company will be
In the Alexander Young building in
Honolulu. The territorial government
has granted permission for an under
ground conduit from the landing place
at Waikiki to the office of the Youns
building. Everything is now in readi-
ness for the cable
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THE c. O D. MAN.
he Tells How He Gained Wealth and
Got Into Trouble by It.

Copyright. 1902, by C. b. Lewfs.)
81 am no kicker" said the G. o. d.
man as he pocketed the quarter ex-
tended to him and hitched along to
make room on the park bench, "but
when q dilapidated gentleman is driv-
en- too far he must turn and maintain
his dignity. I was making a highway
map of Wisconsin one summer when
ran across village with new town
hall. There was some trouble with the
painters, and l stepped in ana handled
a brush for fifteen days at 81 = day /
had tramped on for about thirty miles
when a farmer who had had an old
watch stolen from his vest hanging on
q tree in q field had me arrested al the
thief I was rushed to the nearest vii
lage. asked few questions by q JUS
tice OF the peace and sent to the county
Jail for ninety days. In Jail I was
searched and the $50 found on me.
This was grounds for suspicion, and /
was Immediately hailed before another
justice, who tackled sixty days on to
the original sentence and held my cash
to await claimant took q week 70
think things over and then got word to
q village lawyer, and when We had
consulted together the fun began
ssOur nfst move was to begin Z suit
tor damages against the farmer Mho
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nAomentOus question, but he had PROV
ed nothing. At one time q bottle of
sarsaparilIa had made his hair curl
and he had promptly called Lish Bill
lings liar. On the very next night
after drinking like drink feeling of
complaceney had stolen over him, and
Lish Billings had called him a liar
without his resenting it. A bottle of
pop had made him threaten to lock his
wife up in the smokehouse for burning
the bread, and bottle Of lemon soda
had caused him to weep and beg her
pardon. Under these circumstances he
had decided not to cast Z vote.
There was a windmill man from
Ohio present, and in looking over the
crowd the deacon espied him and asked
for his experience. He got up and said
that in his opinion soft drinks and the
weather had a good deal to do with
each other. The soils Of different locali-
ties might also exert an influence On
one occasion, while driving over blue
clay road on cloudy day, he had been
made fighting drunk by a glass of GIN
ger ale and had licked q whole town
ship. On another, while putting up a
windmill on sandy soil with the bright
est OF skies overhead, he had eimbiDed
gallon of the same to be bluffed out
Of his boots by a tin peddler Some
times he was inclined to believe that
il General Washington lad had more
lemonade at Valley Forge he would
have ended the war a year or two
sooner, and again he had figured it out
that If Lord CORVALLIS had had more
sarsaparilla at Yorktown he would new
er have surrendered. It was not for
him to attempt to sway public opinion
in Jericho. He was there to put up
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"A WIDOW RrcocN1zrp NE"

IA WIDOW RECOGNIZED ME-"
suppose they will continue ON for an
other half century
But they must be big nuisance
says I.
They surely are
How much would It cost to fill
them up with gravelY
Just exactly $14. I've figured It out
Z thousand times.'
And wont the town vote the mon.
eyr
Never in this world
Would It object to my doing itr
Il don't think 10; but what's ycu1
objectr
Just to get rid Of them Here's the
money, and I'm going to hang around
and see the work DONE
"Well, It was DONE" said the c. o. b.
man, ssbut got into trouble over It.
When those holes had been filed up
there was no longer any place for the
stray hogs to wallow in. and that made
all the hog owners mad. There was No
longer any excitement over teams get.
ting stuck, and that hurt the feelfnrl
Of others. A third party couldn't I'M.
derstand why Z tramp should take II
upon himself to do such 4 piece Of
work. and It was fnaIIy decided that
was either I lunatic or Z suspicious
character. They run me into the en-
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MOSES BLACKBURN ROSE UP.
wfndmills for whoever wanted them
the best windmills on the face Of the
earth-and he neither wanted to see
carnage nor pitch into lemonade.
Jabez Carter was the last speaker.
He was anti on soft drinks. He be-
heved they brought about the dewn-
fall Of Rome and killed OF Shake.
speare. Any soft drink country soon
became dissolute country. He wasn't
prepared to say that q man who gulped
down a glass Of lemonade felt the spir-
It OF murder rising in his soul, but
drinking lemonade led to buying and
drinking a quart OF whisky. He was
reluctant to drag In names, but yet he
felt it q duty to say that his own
brother-in-law was in state prison for
no other reason than an abnormal
thirst for pop. He had bought and
drunk pop until he no longer had any.
thing to buy with, and then he had tax.
en- to stealing it by the case. II jericho
had q soft drink celebration, then he
not only wanted to be counted out, but
he would guarantee her the fate OF
Sodom and GomcrrAh within sixty
days.
Jabez was sitting down with = feel.
ing that he had done his duty when
Jonas williams called him an ass.
Somebody called Jonas a fool, and next
minute that whole crowd Of patriots
was punching heads. The row didn't
last over ten minutes, but it tore the
insides cut Of the town hall and busted
out every window, and the Goddess OF
Liberty picked up her trail and went
sailing over Jim Harrison's cow pas
ture to return no more. Deacon Spoon
er was about the only man who got
out Of that row with all the skin left
on his nose, and when 1t was over he
stood On the postoffice steps and said:
"Feller citizens, ewin' to the auspices
Of the present occa sion think we'd all
better go home and 60 to bed and let
the American eagle take care Of his
self"
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6eWTTT'% Vllel Razd SAW
\ certain cure for piles and skin diseases

CINE house, and two doctors and COM.
The doctors pfobed for evidences Of
tunacy, and when they had finished
they differed in their reports. One Of
them reported:
He talks az sane 40 any man ever
heard, and It may simply be a case Of
hereditary aversion to mudholes.'
1.-THE report Of the other was:
I don't like his talk. He uses more
or less Latin, and when asked what
lunatic asylum he escaped from . cum
ming expression came to his eyes. He
may not be dangerous, but 1t would be
As we'll to keep an eye ON him.
1.-THE committee of townsmen fred
questions at me for three straight
hours" said the dilapidated, land It
ended by their solemnly shaking their
heads and declaring that q tramp who
had $14 to pay for filling up six mud
holes In a strange town must be plan
ming the murder Of at least a dozen
citizens. 7 was showed into the lookup
over night, and next morning a con-
stable led me forth by the arm and saw
me mile or SO on my way toward the
next town. Az we walked up the
street saw that all the gravel had
been thrown out Of those mudholes
during the night and that the glad
hogs had returned to their wallows.
There are some things in this world
you can't beat, and one Of 'em is a
pastoral village with hogs and mud
holes picturesQuely scattered about"
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SPECIAL SALE THIS WEEK OF
F'ARMS!S FARMSi FARMS!
By SHILLINQLAAW,
240 acre stock farm miles from Topeka
highly improved. $1,000
800 acres miles from city, large 10 room
house, about 100 acres In cultivation, bal
ance meadow and pasture, ~ per acre.
$50 acre stock farm, the best Ia this
county, fine buildings, well watered, rum
ming water and timber; all Lies level; rich
black BOIL. $3.50 per acre.
10 acre dairy farm miles from posfo{-
nee: buildings cost 5000 Price this week.
5000.
$50 acres miles from city. 20 acres IN
cultivation, 30 lcfe8 meadow and pasture,
leo acres s niles from city, fenced
Smooth level hay land n mile to railroad
station. rs per acre.
100 acres adjoining Valencia, i1rst station
west on Rock Island railroad, 80 acres In
cultivation, 20 acres kaw bottom, balance
timber and pasture. $2o per acre..
30 acres. the best have to ,offer to q
speculator. Only IL miles to capitol
square; 90 acres smooth and 70 little rough:
road on hides: buildings; only - per
acre. Gan you beat 1T
8 choice lots in Quinton Heights; all
corners. Snap-$30o.
Loo. 900 acres grading land In Kansas
from 7pc to 800 per acre.
TfzOS. e. SHfELfNQLAW.
1dG1k WAU4 Firth n
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archbishop will appear before the inter-
national court at The Hague in the
claim which he has brought against the
Republic of Mexico for the payment of
the interest on California's Plus fund
The sum involved is nearly 81, O00, 600
and the international court is to decide
what part of that sum, if any Mexico
must pay over to the archbishop as in
terest on the fund the history of which
goes back to 1897. The archbishop will
sail tomorrow ON the Coptis