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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-04-05
! Sam to Act
As Peace Maker

shington, March 2i.-BeCause OF
Importance of the attitude of tho
a States, representatives of the
powers in Washington have
"a earnest effort to ascertain it's
. d q er in case of war in the Fas
East
IA more is to be gained by maintain
ing absolute silence regarding its pol.
icy and by dealing with the questions
as they arise, this Government has de.
clined to give any initmation Of its fu'
ture action should the relations Of
Great Britain and Japan on the one
hand and Russia and France on tho
other became strained to the point OF
breaking. The President will use mis-
good offices to preserve peace. The
United States does not want war. The
policy of this Government Is one Of
peace and every effort will be made tC
preserve existing conditions.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-04-05

The Chinese loan was covered TWEEN
ty.four times over in France. The
town of Paris furnished 1868, 20
francs, and the country districts 1885,
sos, 5S7 francs. The Finance Minister
will return SO per cent of the sums
paid by the investors.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-27
Saws eeresford's All Gas.

London, March 24.-Vice Admiral
Penrose Fitzgerald has written to the
London Times q striking criticism of
Lord Beresford's recent utterances.
Referring to his lordship's speech be-
fore the London chamber of COM
merce, Admiral Fitzgerald character
ICES it as 'all gas, brilliant gas. in
candescent gas, II you will: but still
gas" Admiral Fitzgerald maintains
that the admiralty Is quite able to meet
an international emergency. He ad-
mits that some minor reforms may be
desirable, but says: 1T is not neces-
sary to upset the coach because one of
the wheels wants greasing, nor is it
desirable to wash our dirty linen in
public, supposing we have any"
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-27
FORECAST OF CONGRESS-
Fight on Cuban Reciprocity Trans
ferred to Floor of House.
oLEo BILL CALLED UP IN SENATE

VIII Receive Greatest Attention This
Week, But When Senators Are Not
Prepared to Speak On II the Chinese
Exclusion Bill Will BE Taken Up.
Washington, March 24.-There is a
bare possibility that the fight over the
question of Cuban reciprocity will be
transferred to the floor Of the house
during the coming week. The proba-
bilities, however, are that the recl'
procity resolution introduced by Mr..
Payne. the floor leader of the ma.
jority, after the action of the Republi-
can caucus last week, will not be called
up until the following week, though
upon this point no definite decision
has been reached as yet by the lead.
ers. The present program Is to take
up the army bill after the disposal OF
the Moss-Rhea contested election case
tomorrow. Several days will be con.
sumed in general debate on this bill,
as the Democrats are inclined to use
it as text for speeches in opposition
to the policy of the administration in
the Philippines. 1t is foregone con-
clusion that Mr.. Rhea will be unseated
when the vote on his contested elec-
ton case is taken.
The oleomargarine bill will receive
the greater share of the attention of
the senate during the present week.
but If there should be time when no
one is prepared to speak on it Sena-
tor Proctor, who will have charge OF
it, will give way to the Chinese ex'
clnsion bill, which is in the hands of
Senator Penrose. Senator Proctor
called the oleo bill up today and made
a statement of the intent and purpose
of the bill. He expresses the
opinion that the final vote on the
bill will not be long postponed, and it
is understood that the members OF
the committee on agriculture who are
opposed to the bill will not contend for
many days for debate. Senator Proc
tor already has presented to them the
desirability of fixing time for vote,
no opposition to this proposition, Sen
ator Bailey thus far has objected. The
present indications are that the bill
will not be before the senate a great
length of time.
Senators Penrose, Mitchell and Fair
banks will be among those who will
make speeches in support of the
Chinese bill. This measure will pro-
woke no little controversy. The Indian
appropriation bill probably will be re-
ported from committee during the
week, and will receive early attention.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-27
SAYS HE SET FIRE TO HOTEL
Astor House Attendant Fired Building
Nine Times.

New York, March 22.--The police
yesterday morning arrested Edward
]. Farley. an elevator attendant at the
Astor House, who confesses that he
is a wholesale pyro-maniac. Farley
who was arrested for setting fire to
the Astor House twice, confessed to
Fire Marshal Freel that he had set
fire to the Astor House no less than
nine times. He said that he had also
set fire to ten other places In this
city. Farley said he had ignited the
Grand Union Hotel once in Saratoga.
The incendiary said that his pur-
pose was to put the fire out after 1t
had been started and then secure a
reward. On several occasions prop.
erty owners had given him cash. He
was suspected by the police because
of the fact that he was always on the
spot where the fire broke out.
When arraigned before Magistrate
Brann in the Centre street court he
was held without bail for examination
until next Tuesday. During the fires
Farley always managed to get burned.
as he believed this would bring a
greater reward.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-27
WILCOX FOUND GUILTY
First Degree Verdict Rendered In the
Famous Cropsey Case.

Famous cropsey Case.
Elizabeth City. N. c., March "a
The jury In the case of James Wilcox,
who has been on trial here for the
murder Of Miss Nellie Cropsey, his
former sweetheart, Saturday night
brought in q verdict of murder in the
first degree. He was then sentenced
to be hanged on April 25.
The deliberations Of the jury con-
tinued for 30 hours, and the proceed
ings on Saturday were marked by an
application to the court for further in
formation. These gave rise to reports
that the trial had resulted in dis.
agreement. One rumor had it that the
jury stood eight for conviction and
four for acquittal, while later report
made the number ten for conviction.
The verdict seems to have met pop
ular approval, though it was not con-
sidered probable that the jury would
SO report. Lawyer Aydlett for the de-
fense will enter an appeal on behalf
of the prisoner. He will seek to set
aside the verdict on the ground that
1t was not consistent with the evidence
brought out in the trial. There is lit
tie prospect of the prisoners paying
the death penalty on the date set by
Judge Jones. AS the supreme court
does not meet until next September,
1t is more than probable that it will
be twelve months before the case is
disposed of finally.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-27
MEYERS WILL BROKEN
After Trial Lasting Four Days, jury
Decides Celebrated Case.

Cape May, N. j., March 22.-After
a trial lasting four days, the jury in
the celebrated Meyers will case, after
celebrating a half hour, broke the
will under which the widow of Charles
Meyers, who was his fourth wife, re-
ceived nearly all of an estate of about
SITS 900. BY the will, Mrs. Mary De-
Roche, daughter by second wife,
was disinherited except as to $50.
The case was upon a suit Of eject
ment, in which Mrs. DeRoche was try
ing to oust Mrs. Meyers from the
home at Ocean City, which she said
her father promised to give her before
he died, and by the verdict she comes
into possession Of the home.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-27
GREATER MuHLENRERe COLLEGE
Vast improvements Contemplated For
Lutheran Institution.

Lancaster, Pa, March 21.-A con-
ference of prominent Lutheran lay
men from Lancaster. Cumberland,
Dauphin, Lebanon and Berks counties
was held in this city yesterday after
noon in the interest of a greater Muh.
lenberg College. Rev. DIR. c. ]. Coop
er, of Allentown. stated that the cost
Of the proposed new building would
be 100000; toward this sum the citi-
zens of Allentown have already sub
scribed $4,000. and the alumni &c..
600.
Resolutions were adopted declaring
that Muhlenberg College should have
grounds, buildings and equipment
second to none Of the great educa-
tional institutions Of the land" recon-
mending the purchase of an ample
tract on the outskirts of Allentown,
and commenting the project to the
prompt and generous support of the
Lutherans of this conference.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-27
welI.known Publisher Dead.

Philadelphia, March 24.-Charles O..
Sower, president Of the Christopher
Sower company, publishers of school
books, died yesterday of angina pee
toris, aged 81 years. Mr.. Sewers was
a member of a famous family of pub
fishers, the first of whom, Christopher
Sower, has the fame of having issued
the first Bible to be published n
America in the German language. The
publishing house Is the Oldest in its
line in America, it having been estab-
lished in 1898.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-27
Sending coIonists to Manila.

San Francisco, March 24.-Eforts
are being made by number Of local
capitalists to take advantage of the
low railway rates to send a number
of colonists to Manila. The projectors
of the enterprise hope to get up q
rush to the islands that will equal, If
not eclipse. the rush to the northern
gold fields. 1t is expected that the
land laws Of the United States will
be applied to the islands and that
thousands of acres now idle will be
filled with American farmers and
miners
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-27
Lord FrancIs Hope Given Divorce.

London, March 22.-LOrd Francis
Hope was granted divorce yesterday
ON the ground OF the misconduct of
his wife MAY Yohe) with Putnam
Bradlee Strong. Of New York. Coun-
sci for Lord Francis detailed the mar
riage of his client to May Yohe, their
visit to the United States in 1900, the
meeting with Strong and the subse-
Quent intimacy of the respondent and
correspondent, endig with their de-
parture for Japan under the name Of
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. F. Smith.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-27
Arrested As He Came From Church.

Pittsburg, Pa, March 24.-As he
was walking out of a church yester-
day at Williamsburg, Lewis Strayer, an
insurance agent employed by the Pru-
Dental Life Insurance company, was
arrested by city detective and Post
Office Agent O'Brien. on a charge of
forgery and using the mails for fraud
ulent purposes. He confessed to
having forged at least one check. and
the detectives think he Is one of the
leaders of a gang who have literally
flooded this city and New York with
bogus checks for small amounts rang
ing from SIS to $35.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-27
$1a,5oo For Exeter Wreck Victim.

Norristown, Pa, March 21.-Charles
Cox was awarded $13,5O0 and cents
against the Reading railway here yes
terday. Cox was injured In the wreck
at Exeter, when 10 persons were
killed. At the last term of court q
jury awarded him $500. The rail-
way company secured a new trial on
the ground of after-discovered evil
denc. 1t was contended that Cox had
received his injuries by falling down
a flight of steps. A piece Of his skull
had to be removed to relieve the pres.
sure on the brain.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-27
Vatican Thief Convicted.

Rome. March 22.-The trial of the
three officials of the Vatican, who
were charged with thefts from the
Vatican treasury aggregatins $4,000.
was concluded here yesterday. The
Official named Scotto was convicted
and sentenced to eight years impris-
onment, while the other two were &C.
quilted of the charges against them.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-27
PhiIIIes Are at Practice.

Norfolk, Va, March 24.-Manager
Shettsline, Of the Philadelphia Base
Ball Club, with IA players, reached
here over the Clyde line from Phila-
delphia yesterday. They left this
morning for Washington, N. c., where
they will engage in practice. All are
in good shape.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-27
The Cat Escaped.

Quincy, Ill, March 22.-Henry Bush
attempted to kick cat OIL the porch
at bis home Thursday evening He
missed the cat, lost his balance and
fell OF the porch to the ground, three
feet below, striking on his neck and
dying instantly.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-27
Killed BY Rush Of Sand.

Baltimore. Md. March 24.-A sand
bank 20 feet high caved In upon
party of boys playing under it Satur.
day afternoon. Two Of the lads were
killed. Arthur Fluskey, years of
age; Earl Leamont. aged 8, were the
victims. Marion Cawthorn was dug
out alive, but badly bruised,
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-27

1SVoIdI tHousd11u years ago, gentIe1nan
named Esop told a little story that has dis
tinct application right here
A fox was once caught in a trap by his
tall and, in order to get away, was forced to
leave it behind Knowing that without tail
he would be laughing g-stock for all his fellows,
he resolved to try to induce them to part with
theirs. So at the next assembly of foxes, he
made speech on the unproitableness of tails
in general, and the inconvenience of fox's
tail in particular, adding that he had never felt
SO easy as he had since he had given up his
own. When he sat down, a sly old fellow rose,
and waving his long brush with graceful air,
said with sneer, that if, like the last speaker,
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-27

he had lost his tail, nothing
further would have been needed
to convince him and till such
an accident should happen, he
should certainly vote in favor of
tails"
Pick out the largest users of
newspaper space, and you will
find that they are the smallest
users of space in extraneous
media. You will not find among
them a single one who is not
firmly convinced that advertising
does pay. The more a man
spends for newspaper advertising
the more positive he is in his be-
lief in the results that it brings.
CobvyipLt Charles
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-27
EXPOSITION Wants Prize Fight.

Savannah, Ca, March pal Nc
Murray. matchmaker for the Southern
Athletic Club of Charleston, left for
New York this morning to make bid
and post a forfeit for the Jeffries-
Fitzsimmons contest to be pulled of
in Charleston. In this instance Nc
Murray acts as the direct representa-.
tive of the exposition corporation. 1t
is proposed that the contest shall be
held in the exposition grounds, which
are beyond the corporate limits of
Charleston.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-27

G. X. Funston Restaurant pool table. Laporte.
p. J. Finan, 2 pool tables, Lopez, Lopez.
w. y. Warner, Two Bowling Alley. EaglesMere.N n
And that an appeal will be held in the Office of
the County Treasureri in Laporte, Pa, on the 10Th
day of April 1902 at 10 clock a. m. when and
where you may attend II you think proper.
JAMES H. GANsEL Mercantile Appraiser.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-27

Cecil Rhodes 10 Weaker.
Cape Town, March 24.--After
restless night Cecil Rhodes 10 weaker
this morning.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-27

732 "a 7S2 50
Witness our hand and seal this day, March 10Th
1902.
CHAS COLEMAN,
ERNEST " LAUER, Auditors
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-27


Once while business by advertising
other schemes advertising
doesn't pay and forthwith begins to preach this doctrine
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-27
Laporte Borough Statement.

A. II. Buschhausen, Treasurer in account wit
LapOrte Borough for the year 1901. DR.. Or
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-03-27

John Minnier and-Chas. Landon, Overseers of
Poor, in account with Laportc Borough for the
year 1901.
BY ANTS. reed. from W.P Shoemaker 269 75
Paid Mrs. E.sE. Wrede rent.................. 4 90
Paid sullivan Co. for II. GunSky support 22l 50
Sheriff Osler for keeping trampS.......... / 30
John Minnier for services................... 3 90
Chas. Landon e 5 90
7. j. +. III, 1ngham. attorney services Il 90
Balance due Borough ..................,.... IL i3
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-19
WHILE THE BRAIN SLEEPS,
Muscles and Organs of the Body Keep
Busily at Work.
From the Chicago Chronicle.

rom the ChlcagO Chronicle.
If the organs Of the body cannot be said
to sleep neither can the voluntary muscles.
Witness the phenomena of sleep-w walking
the postillions in stage coach days who
slept In their saddles and cavalrymen who
do 1t today: infantry who have been known
to sleep on forced marches; sentfnels who
walk their beats. carrying their guns in a
fixed position while they sleep. For all
we know, policemen may do it too. People
who talk in their sleep are familiar to all
of u.s. Experiments made by Speir, Arm
strong and Child on 200 college students
Of both sexes showed that Al per cent Of the
men and 81 per cent of the women talked
In their sleep. A number of things might
be proved by these statistics. OF these
sleep takers one-half of the women and
one-third the men are able to answer uues-
tons while asleep. More women than men
could answer questions any subject not
alone that of which they had been talking
1t has also been found that most sleep
takers are under twenty years Of
age.
Evidently, then. with the muscles and or
brain only that sleeps. and by no means
all OF the brain. The senses Of sight hear
Ing, touch. smell and taste may be very
much awake while the subject sleeps A
sleeping person hears and answers uues-
tons, rearranges his bed clothing, covers
his eyes to keep out light, draws away his
hand when the experimenter tickIes it. A
child Is broken of the habit Of sucking his
thumb while asleep by putting aloes on It.
He Is conscious OF the bitter taste and
dreams of wormwood. The nerves. then
and the brain centers corresponding to them
are awake. A busy lawyer, exhausted by
overwork, one night went out to supper
with some friends. ate, talked and walked
with them, and the next day remembered
absolutely nothing of the occurrence He
mad not been drinking; the man was simply
"
scious memory-that is. consciousness it.
self-slept.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-19
AMERICANS LIKE FROGS.
They Now Eat Twice as Many as the
French.
From the New York Tribune

From the New York Tribune
1.-THE eating of frogs legs is considered a
la Franchise" said an uptown restaura-
teur, the other day, to one of his guests,
but as a matter of fact, more frogs at the
present time are killed for the table in this
country than in France. I have no means
of estimating how great the business Of kill
ing frogs for the market has grown in this
country, but / am warranted when | say
that twice as many are served for the
American palate every day as on the tables
of the French.
In France the frogs are raised for the
most part In what have been termed frog
ponds. and are caught by the hook or
speared. BY the way, did you ever under
take to catch a frog?'
Never did" answered the guest.
1t is great sport. replied the proprietor
of the cafe. You think that you have got
a whale on the end Of your line fly or
piece of red rag will do for bait, and for
that matter. the builfrog Will grab at any
thing red with more avidity than an ami
mate object. He is like his namesake in his
inclinations toward this particular color
But when you have him on the hook don't
let him drop into the water again, or the
chances are that he will get foothold and
1t will be impossible to extricate him. L
have often hauled in bulfrog which had
in his mouth the broken ends Of old hooks
and other similar reminders of mast ar
temptS on his life
Much of the old-time aversion to the
buiifrog has been overcome by a better
knowledge of the little animal Indeed, Ne
Is not half as bad as he has been made out
TO be: 1t has been said that he lives on flies
and insects. The same thing can be said
of chickens and all kinds of birds / am
sure his habits are not as indiscriminate
and unconventional as that of the hog and
the Americans have become famous for
the raising and eating of pork"
Il have often admired how a frog could
jump. said the guest. who afterward
proved to be a city official connected with
the park department Even now, in nv
middle age, like to startle a frog who
thinks that he has found a secluded spot I'm
the shade, and make him jump. Why, I've
seen a little fellow who didn't weigh more
than half pound jump eight or more feet
If we men could only have such powers In
proportion to our weight a man could stand
on the sidewalk in front Of the post office
and jump into the top window Of the Park
Row building"
AT that rate piped in a fiorid-looking
man, who happened to be standing near,
and had been heard to say that he was a
Wall street operator. there must be frogs
In our July corn. No, don't hit me. I've
been hit already"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-19
Prosperity in Spain.

From the london Spectator.
Spain must be increasing in wealth The
government has just asked for a loan of
thirteen and a half millions at 4 per cent
the minimum tender to be 600. Ten times
the amount has been subscribed, and the 10
per cent deposit in reality fills the loan.
Even SuppoSing that much of the subscrip-
ton was speculative. that speculation shows
confidence in the state and an extent of
capital demanding investment which was
hardly suspected, and is the more remark
able because recent inquiries show that
more than 10000 monks and nuns are living
as unproductive workers. and because the
condition of agriculture is so bad that a
universal strike of agricultural labsrers is
seriously feared. In the distressed districts.
particularly Estremadura, Andalusia. and
the neighhorhood of Cadz. they are making
common cause with the anarchists. who
preach violence as the only remedy for their
grievances. one of which is that they re-
ceive no regular wages. but are paid by
the Jop.an enormous Increase to the power
or the bailiffs. whom many observers be-
heve TO be the real oppressors in Spain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-19
Austrian Oleo.
From the Chicago News.

from the Chicago News.
law passed by the Austrian parliament
regulating the traffic in butter, cheese, lard
and their substitutes recently took effect
The object Of the law is to protect the pro-
Queer against unfair competition and the
consumer against fraud. The artificial but
ter made from oils and suet which has been
sold by retail dealers as genuine butter can
no longer be dealt in except specifically and
distinctly as margarine. All preparations
of or from margarine must be labeled so as
to show exactly what they are. The sale
or mixtures of margarine and real butter is
forbidden. To make recognition easier 10
per cent margarine must be sesame oil.
which can be easily detected Chemically
The outer sign of the substitute must be a
broad red stripe and in addition to this an
exact designation Of the contents must an
pear on all wrappings