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The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-02-06
TAFT CONTINUES.
Governor of h Philippines Talks
Further of the Situation In
the Islands.

Washington, Feb. 3.-Gov. Taft, Sat-
urday continued his statement con-
corning conditions in the Philippine
archipelago before the senate COM
mittee on the Philippines. He re-
sumed his account of his last years
tour of the provinces. He said that
next to Manila Cebu came nearer to
being a city in point of population and
manner of improvement than any
other place in the archipelago. The is
land of Cebu, he said, is the most dense
ly settled of the group. 1t had been a
question whether a civil government
should be established in Cebu, because
just before the arrival of the commits
sion the insurgents had been firing
into the capital site, but the people
had insisted. and the organization had
been effected.
Speaking generally, Gov. Taft said
there were no roads in the Philip
pine islands under the Spanish, but
hat since the establishment of Amer
lean control $1,000, 900 had been appro-
priated for road improvements. both
for strategic and commercial purposes.
Most of the towns are on the sea
coast, and the greater part of the
travel for any distance. is by boat. He
also said that the wheels of such ve-
hicles as are used are so narrow that
they cut up the roads badly. More
over, the frequent freshets in the
streams render it difficult to maintain
the roads. In most. If not all. the is
lands, Gov. Taft said there is a noun
tain backbone which is practically inn
passible. Gen. Hall had succeeded in
crossing the Luzon mountains. but his
men were almost dead when they
emerged.
In his tour Gov. Taft had found the
industries in progress. though much
interrupted. largely on account of the
destruction of the water buffalo or
cariboa. the work cattle of the is
land. This animal he described as "the
beast of burden. the family friend.
the wealth of the individual. and the
object of all the robber bands Of the
mountain districts" In the last two
years about rs per cent. of these
brutes have been killed off by a disease
called the rinder pest. and their price
has increased. from $40 to $t40 per
head. Agriculture also has been inter.
rupted by insurrection. but in the vi
cinity of Manila this was not true to.
day. In the city where the streets are
rough. the witness said that the carl
boa moves so slowly as to block the
streets. and he thought that mules
should be imported. He also expressed
the opinion that milk-producing an
imals might be imported to advantage.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-02-06
CURRENT EVENTS.

Creditors of John Alexander Dowie are
beginning to worry him about money mat
tiers.
Senator Hanna's civic federation Sec
ton may undertake to settle Boston team
sters' strike.
Six thousand operatives are out owing
to a strike at the American wooden mills,
at Olneyville, r. /.
w. E. Mitchell, a farmer. was struck by
a train and killed while driving across the
Monon tracks near Lafayette, Ind.
Policeman Charles Mayer was fatally
shot at st, Paul by two burglars whom he
attempted to capture. The burglars es-
capped.
Arthur j. Barrett, builder and contractor,
fell through an air hole while crossing
the Mississippi at Fulton, ILL.,. and was
drowned.
Samuel Smith and Miss Anna Bender
shot, well-known young people of Cam
nonsburg, Pa, were killed in a railway
crossing accident.
M. A. Osburn. travelling salesman Of
Decatur, ILL.,, committed suicide by hang
ing in Richmond, Va. He is said to nave
brooded over domestic troubles.
Mrs. Sherman w. Knevals died while
sitting In the audience at the Criterion
theater, New York, having been taken
with apoplexy, due to excitement.
The grand jury at ST. Louis, Investigate
Ing boodling charges, has indicted Henry
Nicolaus, a director of the Suburban Street
Railway company, making the fifth to
land in the drag net.
Pope Leo XIII. concerns himself daily
with affairs concerning his death and his
probable successor, and has arranged all
details OF burial and the disposition Of
his estates Of about $50, O00,0 900.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-02-06
His Third Term.

Managua, Nicaragua, Feb. 81.
Santos Zelaya was on Sunday inaugu-
rated president of Nicaragua for his
third term in the presence of the Mica
raguan congress and a large assem-
blage of citizens. Judge Matos, of the
supreme court, administered the oath
to the president, who in his address
briefly reviewed his previous admins
tration in Nicaragua and referred
hopefully to the prospects for the con-
struction of the Nicaraguan canal and
to the benefits that Nicaragua would
derive therefrom.
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Many Corn.es Fonnd.

Yokohama, Feb. 3.-Four officers
and seven men of the detachment of
21o Japanese infantry, previously re-
ported to have been frozen to death,
with the exception of one man on the
northern end of Hondo island. have
been found in various stages of ex-
haustion. Forty corpses have also
been found. Maj. Kamaguchi was dis
covered alive. but frozen to the ground
by the blankets his men had thrown
over him. Three living and eve dead
soldiers were found lying near Maj.
Kamaguchi. The search for the last
men is impeded by snowstorms, and
scant hope of finding further survivors
is entertained.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-02-06
THAT JOYFUL FEELING.

With the exhilarating sense of re-
newed health and strength and inter
nal cleanliness, which follows the use
of Syrup of Figs, is unknown to the
few who have not progressed beyond
the old time medicines and the cheap
substitutes sometimes offered but new
er accepted by the we'll informed. Buy
the genuine. Manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Co.
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Claims seIf-pefen,e.

Matewan, w. Va, Feb. 3.-R. B. Blan-
kenship, a wealthy merchant of Del
orme, a small lumber station near
here, Saturday night shot and killed
Robert Browning, a timber dealer.
Blankenship's plea is self-defense, as
he claims that Browning had already
fred one shot at him. The shooting
occurred in the private Office of Blan-
kenship when a dispute arose during
the settlement of an account. Both
men are prominent. B~lankenship is in
Jail.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-02-06
SICK MADE WELL
WEAK MADE STRONG
Marvellous Elixir of Life Discov
cred by Famous Doctor Scent
ist That Cures Every
Known Ailmemt.
Wonder Cures are Effected That
Seem Like Miracles Performed
The Secret of Long Life Of
OIdsn Times Revived.
The Remedy Is Free 20 All Who Send
Name and Address.

After years of patient study, and
delving into the dusty records of the
past, as well as following modern ex.
periments in the realms of medical
science, DR.. James WAKidd, 1862 First
National Bank Building, Fort Wayne,
Ind, makes the startling nnoun
ment that he has surely discovered the
elixir of life. That he is able, with
the aid OF a mysterious compound,
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Died at a Ripe ola Ace.

Milwaukee, Feb. 3.-Michael O'Brien,
who would have been 100 years old had
he lived until August IA next, died Sun.
day at the home of his daughter.
Mrs. Singleton, on Potter enu Mr.,
O'Brien was a former well known lead
miner, having been interested for
many years in a section known as the
"New Diggings," near Wyoming, Wis
Mr.. O'Brien's longevity was said to be
due to regular habits of living.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-02-06
MANY A LOVER.

Has turned with disgust from an other
wise lovable girl with an offensive
breath. Karl's Clover Root Tea puri6es
the breath by its action on the bowels,
ETC., as nothing else will. Sold for years
on absolute guarantee. Price rs cts. and
so cts. GREEN & BENTLEY DRUc ca.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-02-06
T GIRDLES THE GLOBE.

The fame of Bucklen's Arnica Salve,
as the best in the world, extends
round the earth. It's the one perfect
healer of Cuts, Corns, Burns, Bruises,
Sores, Scalds, Boils, Ulcers, Felons,
Aches, Pains and all Skin Eruptions.
Only Infallible Pile Cure. 25c a box
at Green & Bentley Drug Co.'s.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-02-06
Chinese Boxer. Active.

London, Feb. 3.-"A report has
reached here" wires the St. Peters
burg correspondent of the Daily Mail,
"that2,oo Chinese Boxers have crossed
the Corean frontier and plundered sew
eral towns, the Inhabitants of which
fed. The government has asked for
military assistance"
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SHORT AND TO THE POINT.

Gentlemen-Dr. Caldwell's Syrup
Pepsin is the finest preparation for
the stomach and bowels that | have
ever used. Wishing o continued
success, l am. Yours very truly,
w. C. KEMBLE, New Troy, Mich.
Sold by
GREEN & BENTLEY DRUG Co.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-02-06
DO YOU KNOW

Consumption is preventable7 Science
has proven that, and also that neglect is
suicidal. The worst cold Or cough car
be cured with Shiloh's Cough and Coz
sumption Cure Sold on positive guar
antee for over fifty years.
GREEN 4 BENTLEY Dlua Co.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-02-06

Il have used Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy for a number of years and
have no hesitancy in saying that it is
the best remedy for coughs, colds and
Group | have ever used in my family.
| have not words to express my conf
dence in this remedy."-Mrs. j. A..
Moore, North Star, Mich. For sale by
all druggists.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-02-06
TO CURE LA GRIPPE IN TWO
DAYS.

No remedy equals Warmers White
Wine of Tar Syrup for this terrible
and fatal disease. If taken thorough
ly and in time, it will cure a case in
two days, and for the cough that fol-
lows La Grippe it never fails to give
relief. Price % and so cents.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-02-06

Don't waste your money on worth
less limitations of Rocky Mountain
Tea Get the genuine made only by
the Mandison Medicine Co. A great
family remedy. 35 cts.
BERTscH-BoAL DRUG Co.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-02-06
Isn't il Worth 25c.,
To Be Cured Of
Constipation

People who suffer from habtual constipation with an In attendant Es
dogged stomach and bowels, sluggish liver, heartburn, indigestion, and thin
and impure blood, are too apt to believe that the only remedy Ii violent
purgatives. The contrary is the case. Such cathartics, even If they do move
the bowels, are irritating and gripping, leave the stomach infamed and enfeebied
and the constpated condition recurs with greater difficulty Of sure and the
sufferer constantly growing worse. There IS q laxative that moves ths
bowels without pain or gripping, cleanses the stomach, sharpens the appetite,
stimulates the liver, strengthens the nerves, and purifes the blood, while s
Marvellous tonic properties tos up the entire system and keep 1t healthy.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-02-06

Winter coughs are apt to result in
consumption If neglected. They can
be o o broken up by using Foley's
Honey and Tar.
GREEN & BENTLEY DRUa Co.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-02-06

Dyspepsia-bane of human exist
ence. Burdock Blood Bitters cures it.
promptly, permanently. Regulates and
tones the stomach.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-02-06
AT MERCY OF STORM
English Mail Ship in Peril. Ice
Causes Great Loss.

Dover, England, Feb. 1.-The tre-
mendous gale which swept over the
English channel yesterday continues
today. Mail boat "Marie Henrietta
has been drafting about the channel
for 20 hours. No assistance is able
to reach her. There are many pass
engers aboard.
Great Loss I'm the South
Memphis, Tenn, Feb. 1.-The wealth
er of the present week has
brought disaster to all the small and
many larger towns and villages in the
states of Tennessee, Arkansas and Mis-
sissippi. 1t is difficult to estimate the
amount of damage. 1t is known that
at Little Rock, Ark, alone the damage
amounts to $500, 900, and the footings
altogether, it is believed, will run up
several millions. Business has been
at a standstil in many towns. In addi-
ton to stocks of goods being ruined,
the streets and highways are blocked
by broken telegraph and telephone
po,es, twisted wires, the trunks and
limbs of trees and other debris. The
damage to stocks of goods is due to
the tremendous weight of accumulated
ice and sleet and to the insuficiency
OF roofs to sustain such loads. In
habitants of the smaller towns have
been seriously disconnected by the in
terruption of wire service by tele-
phone and telegraph. In the country
the losses have been heavy. Stock has
suffered and in some sections the
wheat crop is reported to be ruined.
Such a siege of sleet and cold rain is
altogether unprecedented. In some
places the ground has been covered
with ice to a depth of six inches. In
central and western Tennessee the
damage to houses and stocks of goods
has been enormous. Reports from
Paris, Dresden, Mckenzie, Jackson,
Huntington and Union City state that
the storm of sleet and rain has been
unprecedented in these sections. Mis-
sissippi has suffered severely, the peo-
pie being wholly unprepared to pro-
tect themselves from the unusual con-
ditions now prevailing. In Arkansas
the storm Played fearful havoc to
houses and other property. Telegraph
and telephone wires are down in every
direction and it will take several days
before the extent of the damage will
be known. There was'a rise in the tenn
perature Friday and it is believed that
conditions will improve rapidly.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-02-06

Wrinkles are smoothed away by its
healing touch. Brain tired and de-
pressed people will find a cure in
Rocky Mountain Tea. 35 cts.
BERTscH-BoAL DRUG Co.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-02-06
MIR. WHEELER GOD RID OF HIS
RHEUMATISM.

During the winter of 1898 I was
so lame in my joints, in fact all over
my body, that l could hardly hobble
around, when l bought a bottle of
Chamberlain's Pain Balm. From the
first application | began to get we'll,
and was cured and have worked stead
lily all the Year,. Wheeler, North
wood, N. Y. For sale by all drug
gists.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-02-06
DOES THIS STRIKE Your

Muddy compilations and nauseatins
breath come from chronic consumption.
Carl's Clover Root Tea is an absolute
cure and has been sold for fifty years on
an absolute guarantee. Price as cts. and
50 ctr.
IsRxxN 4 sNuxY pnua On
The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-02-06
LaxakoIa Does II

Ns remarkable tonic properties reach every organ-the liver, kidneys
md stomach. nerve, heart and brain-and removes the cause Oh your debI-
hated condition This sis the only way to secure Al absolute and permanent
OwA
Laxakda Is tho only medicine for babies, is purely vegetable and III
action Ia gentle, speedy and effective. For coated tongue, simple levers,
colds, chls and langud feeling 1t is the ideal medicine.
l. tastes good. IL Children like it and ask for it.
Iaukoh the great tocL xmNeB na, only the most efficient of family remedies but hs NOS
mupncaL because combines two meHcne,v viz ;hxtUe and tonic, and ono price N o o@
remedy gives sol much for money At druggist, IS and c,o send rh~ sAmps I" LAAAoA
%. M Nassau sus.N Y $50 Denbon Street, Chicago
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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-25
REPUDLATES THE CONTRACT.
Nebraska PopuIist Committee Does Mo-
Think Helen NJ. Cougars Speeches
Are Worth S25 Each.

Lincoln, Neb., July 20.-Helen NJ.
Cougar, of INDIANA, filed suit in the
district court against the populist
state central committee for an al
legged unpaid balance of $3.50 for
speeches delivered in Nebraska and a
pamphlet which she issued in the
interest of the party during the cam
paign of 1900. Miss Cougar, in her
petition, says a contract was regular
ly signed with the popuist chair
man, whereby she was to receive $25
a speech, the aggregate being $3.50,
and for the pamphlet she was to re-
ceive $500. The committee. it is said,
repudiates the contract, claiming her
speeches, particularly her abuse of
William Mckinley, did more harm
than good.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-25

AN INCIPIENT RIOT.
Soldiers in Leavenworth Demolish a House
in Which One of Their Number
Was Stabbed.

Leavenworth, Kan, July 21.-The
incipient riot, started late Saturday
night by several hundred soldiers
from Fort Leavenworth, who deInol-
ished the house of a negro in the low
quarter here, following the stabbing
of Eli Loucks, n cavalryman, by an
inmate of the place, ended quickly
shortly after midnight and yesterday
all was quiet. A company of the
Fourth cavalry arrived at two a m
and rounded up those soldiers who
had not voluntarily returned to the
post. Yesterday Loucks was reports
ed to have a chance OF recovery.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-25
RIOT OVER BASEBALL.
Friends of Sunday Baseball at Nebraska
City Angry at the Action OF the Law
and Order League.

Lincoln, Neb., July 21.-A telephone
message from Nebraska City says
there was a riot at the baseball
grounds there yesterday afternoon
when the Law and Order league at
tempted to prevent the game. The
warrant sworn out by members of
the league was placed in the hands
of Sheriff Brewer for the arrest of
the two teams. When he arrived on
the grounds an angry crowd sur
rounded and hustled him violently.
His revolver was taken away from
him. He succeeded in arresting four
players and took them to Justices
office, where they were placed under
bonds
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-25

Bonanza King Passed Away In London
Began Mining In CaItfornia 81
Years Ago.

London, July 21.-John W. Mackay,
of San Francisco, who had been suf-
fering from heat prostration since
Friday last, died at his residence on
Carlton House Terrace at $50 o'clock
yesterday.
How Mr. Mackay Became Rich.
San Francisco, July 21.-Mr. Mac
kay was the last surviving member
of the four bonanza kings, Flood,
O'Brien and Fair, the other three
members of the quartette, having
long since died. For the past Ii
years Mr.. Mackay had not been &C
lively identified with the life of this
city, but had passed most of his
time in the east, making annual Wis
its to the coast to look after his
property interests in this state and
Nevada.
Mr.. Mackay came to California in
1851 via Panama. He at once entered
mine, working with pick and shovel
in the placers of the American river
and at Downieville.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-25
COVERED BY WATER.
Mississippi River Below Keokuk
Devastating the Country.
Immense Fields OF Grain Totally Destroyed
and Loss May Surpsss 100000
Greatest Loss on Mis-
souri, Side.

Keokuk, Ia, July 21.-Exploration
of the flooded districts of the Mis-
sissippi river from Keokuk south
shows conditions beyond the appre-
citation or realization of any but peo-
pie of long experience with the
Father of Waters in its most de-
structive mood. The situation is
growing worse hourly and there is
absolutely not the slightest chance
of stopping this dozen times most
costly flood in the history of the
great river above ST. Louis. The
correspondent of the Associated
press went all over the worst dam
aged area yesterday in the steamer
Silver Crescent and found every
where the greatest crops ever known
under water deep enough TO float
steamboat. People at the river cities
give an immense mass of details, all
to be generahzed in losses aggregat-
ing many millions of dollars, hun
dreds of farmers rich ten days ago,
now penniless and homeless; hundreds
watching and praying that the great
1evees may hold which are now their
bulwark against additional millions
of loss and many cases of penury.
Careful estimates of the territory
covered and generalization of the
statements of best informed people
indicate the loss up to yesterday is
about S6,0Oo,O0O, with every pros
pect of two or three millions addi-
tional by the rise above not yet
reaching the lower stretches of the
river. Most of this loss is on the
Missouri side of the river between
Keokuk and Hannibal.
Immense fields are seen in a great
lake with the shore line, visible only
with glass, where the high bluffs
bound the bottoms. Islands dotting
the river at its normal stage have
disappeared except for the tops of
trees or fringe of high shore will
lows slightly protruding like a cir
cular green coral reef. Occasional
ly a house on piles or stills is seen,
but generally only roofs protrude to
mark the center of farms of corn.
On the edge of the flood river corn
gradually rises on a slope, tasseIs,
tops, ears and stalks appearing in
order. In a few of the half-sub-
merged fields is shocked wheat in
the background, the remnants OF
many more washed to- the Gulf OF
Mexico.
Peoria In Imminent Danger OF Flood.
Peoria, ILL.,, July 21.-The Illinois
river stands in imminent danger of
causing thousands of dollars worth
of damage to buildings and manu-
factories in Peoria. The damage al
ready caused along the lowlands by
the floods will be but a drop in the
bucket as compared with what it will
be if the water gets one foot higher.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-25
old Glory in strange Company.

Does it not swell our hearts with
pride and make our eyes grow dim
with tender feelings for Old Glory
to read that it and the union jacl
swece worn as aprons by % American
women in London VINO acted as bar
maids in serving drinks mixed by bar
tenders imported from New York an6
Boston? These are the things that
lend "saeredness" to the Stars anc
Stripes and increase our veneratior
for this bit of colored cloth, in which
we see our glorious country epitom
lied.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-25
TORNADO IN BALTIMORE.
dreds of Houses Were Unroofed
Sunday Afternoon

Baltimore, Md, July 21.-A fierce
tornado. characterized by wind
storm of extraordinary velocity,
thunder, vivid lightning and heavy
rain, suddenly burst upon Baltimore
at 1870 p m. yesterday, coming from
the southwest, with the result that
IL persons lost their lives, hun
dreds of houses were unroofed, trees
in the public parks and streets were
torn up by the roots, many build
ings damaged and several people in
jured. The storm exhausted its fury
in less than Is minutes.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-25
HOW FILIP1Nos ARE TAUGHT.
cationaI Progress Punctured by
Ocular Evidence.

! The special correspondent in the
Philippines of the Washington Even
ing Star, in a letter dated Gilman,
Samar, April %, 1902, brings out two
highly instructive points concerning
American teachers in those islands
and their relation to the natives and
the army. The administration has
been tickling us with the idea of the
vast progress the natives were max
ing in their studies, but from the
testimony given below, it must be
concluded that these teachers, as a
class, are useless, expensive and mis-
chievous. He says:
81 would advise overworked teach
ers in the States to get an appoint
ment over Lese, where the work is
light and the pay good. knowledge
is not required, but patience one
must have. The first month you
teach the scholars 'Good-morning,
the second 'Good-evening' and the
third 'Good-by' The fourth month
you teach them How are your and
the fifth Very well, thank you
There are two American teachers
here who have been teaching five
months, and as the above is the
present vocabulary of the pupils,
the formula is correct. These teach
ers were notified last week that in
view of their hard work during the
past five months, they would be
granted a three-months' vacation
with full pay. Three for five is a
good allowance, but I fear that the
vacation is so long that the pupils
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-07-25
The Sultan of Bacolod Backs Down.

Manila, July 21.-The sultan OF
Bacolod, Mindanao, who recently sent
an insultingly worded communication
to the commander of the American
expedition to Lake Lanao, in which
he threatened to begin offensive op-
erations in August, has now written
a friendly letter to the commander
of the American forces, in which he
disavows all desire to fight and says
he will confer with the Americans
in the future. The general Moro
situation is regarded as favorable