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TUESDAY. ..FEBRUARY 17.1ooa.
EXPLOSION wREcKs HOSPITAL

Hot Water Tank B.7vls L. a. Pals
delphia institelicn.
Philadelphia. Feb. l3-Two Dig hot
water tanks In the basement of the
main building OF the Medioo- Chhurgi-
cal Hospital blew up yesterday morn
ing The floor OF the rotunda was com
pletely wrecked and now lies in the
basement; the accident ward and the
receiving wards to the west were
wrecked; the ceiling of the superinten-
dents Office vas partially torn of, and
the trustees room was badly damaged
Nearly all the heavy plate glass win
dows on the front of the basement and
the first floor were blown out
There were many marvellous escapes.
but no one was injured AS there were
over 100 patients in the building and
more than $50 people. including nurses
and employees. it is wonderful that
there were no serious accidents Heavy
pieces of glass were thrown in ali di-
rections and great chunks of plaster
were loosened and thrown from the
walls. No one can tell just how il
happened that no one was struck b.
this flying debris.
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coALlNc STATIONS IN CUBA
Minister Squiers Has Lengthy Confer
ence With Palma.

Havana, Feb. 13.-United States Min
lister Squiers spent yesterday at the
palace. going over the draft of the
naval coaling station agreement Pres
identPalma and Foreign Secretary Zal-
do. No bitches occurred on either side
Cuba agrees to cede some 20 square
miles Of land at Guantanamo for the
naval purposes of the United States
as long as the United States deems il
desirable to maintain a station. Pres
ident Palma will send a message to
Congress asking for the enactment of
law authorizing the purchase of land
for this purpose
The amount of rent paid for the
ground used by the United States gar
rison at CienfUegos has been raised
from $3.50 monthly to $500 monthly
Colonel Haskin has recommended that
the post be evacuated and the troops
ordered back to the United States.
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Baltimore
To- more a
Ferct-.nrs HENRY WILLIAMS
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Contract AIiens,As Strike Breakers.

Lynn, Mass, Feb. 13.-An CTSe'
representing immigration Commis.
sioner Billings came here YESTERDAY
with warrants for 13 men who have
been employed in the Nicholson Com
pany's shoe factory, charging then.
with being aliens and having bee.
brought here. in violation of the con
tract labor law. The cutters yere
strike breakers brought here frcn,
Montreal it is claimed by the union
They have disappeared. The matter
will be reported to the treasury dc
partment al Washington.
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-Es,wHIsKEY. BRANDY. WINES q

Raw hloNE1, hhAND1, WlNE,S 81
In case goods. The finest assortment
in the city. Murphy's Pure Malt Whiskey;
The Eagles Rye Whiskey, years old;
the Delaware Valley Rye, years old;
the !. c. L. Whiskey,..1O years old; the
AAAA Monogram Old Rye; the Triumph
Celery Rye, fine goods; Rock aud Rye. the
best made; John GibsOn's Sons &ICo's.
Old Nhiskey, made on the MonoBgahela
river. In addition still keep in stocklthe
other leading brands previously adver-
tised. Imported Wines and other brands
OF the best on the market. With thanks
Tor your liberal patronage in the past, i
hope.t merit continuance Of same. 2O9
Commerce st. J. Il. HARRIS. at old
Racket Harris stand. =. S-Ffne line of
Tobacco and Cig~lrs.
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LOEB TO SUCCEED coRTeLYoU
Will be Promoted to be Secretary 10
President Roosevelt

President Roosevelt.
Washington, Feb. 13.-The Depart.
ment of Commerce bill. which has
passed both houses of congress, and
will become a law as soon as It re
ceives President Roosevelt's signature
will be submitted to the attorney gen
eral for his approval before it receives
the presidential sanction, which will
probably be early next week. Immedi-
ately thereafter the president will APP,
point George B. Cortelyou as secretary
OF commerce and labor, and the ninth
member OF his cabinet
At the same tine William Loeb, Jr
who is now assistant secretary To tn
president Will he appointed to fill tho
vacancy left by Mr.. Cortelyou as sec
Rotary to the president. Mr.. Loeb's
home is'in Albany. n. Y. He came TO
Washington with President Roosevelt
when the latter succeeded President
Mckinley.
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Fatally Stabbed In a FIGHT.

New York. Feb. 13.-Henry Freese,
a 19-year-old youth, was stabbed twice
in the throat last night in fight in
Harlem. He died soon afterwards in
the Lincoln Hospital. The police say
Freese was stabbed by George Fink,
40 years old. Fink has disappeared and
his relatives believe he has committed
suicide
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Important piscoverv of silver.

FL Paso. Tex, Feb. 13.-An import
ant discovery of silver ore came to
light yesterday when A. D. Meloy, John
p. Elkin, f. NJ. Neadrick, II. C. Kelly
and Nj. G. Read Pennsylvania and New
York capitalists, returned from Parral-
Chihuahua. They reported a silver
vein, with 100000 tons of ore in Sight,
six miles northwest of Parral
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IhI1a AElT Your Truss Ald Be HAPPY

npl't wear re- triss amy longer. We can positiveis
cgre You. without cutting or pain. 40 detention
from business or waste 90 valuable time.
81 you aye suffering from the Vices and errors o.
youth, and troubled with nervous debility
loss 90 nr.nUr y. hp-hfglucs-. confusion Of ideas
headache. dizziness. ulp. tation 81 the heart wca
back, iirh c.r,.rs around tie eyes, pimples thu
fIt loss 90 sleep. tired feeling mornings evil fore
nnin-s. dulI. ~fu.Ii aversion 20 society. nuibl
uun. hnl tu-t" boa the mouth. drains and night
Il--e. deposits Zoe urne. frequent urinnton. accom-
u1ui-i with slight burning. kidney troubles. or any
disease 81 the Eeuitp-urinury organs. weak back
bone liu- ulcers. hair loose. sore throat. vnr.cO.
ceIr. want o confidence. iupotcucy, lack OF energy
aul rtrerth. manhood aud vitality restored
Anu rH.tl help. We cuu cure vuu y ray used Tor
cNlml Hnfl1u. lin rnn-ls. and treatment.
We rr. ier "a prr-ouu interview. hut 10 YOU cannot
come fn u~, write and Nc shall promptly reply.
giving YOU rl'ur Instructions hv mail under seaied
cuscr thnt Wli pGt you the high road 20 health
aui happiness.
Hcrr--lo u. to -. = p ma 20 q. Tuesday
aud saturday tlii y. sunday. To a. M, to >.
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RAPPAHANN0CS RIVER ROUTE


llers v'u ie.tc nrppalsuuu-h "a dn'fy cxccp
, 0.rt a- above urntiouel. Niu leave IoppahRupork
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Weems Steamboat Co.

tRFDFRICKs ARD RbPPAHAEsOCK RIVER ROUTE
day December 3oh Steamers will observe the echedue below
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Ayers Hair vigOr

HoLLIsTER DRUG CO.. Agents.
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WHAT IS PAIN BALM?

Chamberlain's Pain Balm Is a lini-
ment and, while adapted to all the or
binary uses of liniment, has qualities
which distinguish it from other rene
dies of this class. Pain Balm is es-
pecially beneficial for rheumatism.
Thousands of cases can be cited in
which It has effected a cure when the
sufferer had previously tried the best
medical service without securing re-
lief. Pain Balm is positively guaran-
teed to give relief in the most severe
cases of chronic or acute rheumatism
Pain Balm heals bruises, burns and
scalds in less time than any other
treatment. 1t is "antiseptic'' that is,
is prevents putrefaction and by so do
ing, generally prevents an unsightly
scar remaining after the injury is heal
ed. For lame back, lumbago and neu-
ralgia, Pain Balm has no equal. It
has the quality of getting to the right
spot" No sufferer from these distress
ing affections should defer a trial of
this remedy. One application gives re-
lief. Try it. Benson, Smith & Co.,
Ltd, Wholesale Agents sell it.
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MIDNIGHT VISITOR
DANGEROUS MANIAC

OYSTER BAY a.. u, September q
Shortly after 10 o'clock last night Hen
ry Weilbrenner drove to Sycamore Hill
in buggy. He was stopped by the
brenner said he had a personal engage
ment with the President and desired to
see him. As it was long after the
hours when visitors are received, the
officer declined to permit him to go
to the house. The man insisted, but
the officer turned him away.
Soon afterward Weilbrenner returned
and again insisted that he be allowed
to see the President if only for min
ute. This time he was ordered away
and warned not to return.
Just before II o'clock the man re-
turned a third time and demanded of
the officer that he be permitted to see
the President at once. The officers
response was to take the man from
his buggy and put him in the stables,
where he was placed under guard of
two stablemen. A revolver was found
in the buggy. Later Weilbrenner was
brought to the village and locked up.
He is five feet, five-eighths of an inch
high, % years old, and evidently is
of German descent. He resides in
Syosset, about five miles inland from
Oyster Bay. He was we'll dressed
in a suit of dark material, and wore an
old fashioned derby hat. 1t is thought
by the officers that Weilbrenner was
accompanied by two other men, as
their footprints were found in the mud
| alongside of the buggy tracks. In
view of this fact, the officer on duty
| telephoned to the village for assistance
and was soon joined by two other Sc
cret service men.
While Weilbrenner talked nationally
to the officers last night, it seems evil
dent from his conversation today
that he is demented. He said that
he had received a telegraphic COM
munication from the President, bid
ding him call at Sycamore Hill. Well
brenner's buggy was taken to a local
| livery barn. When asked what had
become of the rig, Weilbrenner re-
piled: ''Oh, the President has taken
care of it. That's all right"
| Weilbrenner is regarded by those
VINO have seen him to be a dangerous
iunatic. At Syosset it is learned that
the man is the son of a truck farmer
and is one of three boys. He has two
sisters. The family is respectable and
is held in general esteem.
Wellhrenner several years ago had
a nervous attack which rendered him
mentally helpless for a day or two
but his family supposed that he had
been quite restored by medical treat
ment. Since then he had manifested
no symptoms of mental alteration
He had no socialistic or anarchistfc
tendencies, so far as known. never
having been interested in questions OF
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WANTED To MARRY The
PRESIDENTS DAUGHTER
Excuse Of the Crazy Man Who Entered Roose.
veIt's Grounds and Aimed Loaded RevoI.
yer at Him-.-A Sensational Affair.

NEW YORK, September "A special
to the Herald from Oyster Bay says:
realizes how near he was to death at
the hands of a crazed would-be assas-
sin late last night.
Attracted by the noise of a disturb
ance in the grounds surrounding Saga
more Hill, Roosevelt stepped out on
the porch. Less than 100 Ieet away
in buggy stood Henry Weilbrenner,
a young farmer of Syosset, L. l., with
revolver aimed directly at the Presi-
dent as he stood silhouetted by the
light from his library. Within frac-
ton of a second a bullet would have
been sped on its way had not the ma
MACS revolver been knocked from his
hand by a Secret Service agent.
The President saw one of his guards
| dash a revolver out of the hand of
Weilbrenner, who an instant later was
seized by the collar and dragged from
the buggy in which he had driven up.
He saw another guard rush up to the
first guards assistance and the two
join in overpowering the stranger. He
saw his two guards after moment
toss the stranger back into the buggy
and drive away toward his carriage
house.
At the same time two men, who have
not yet been captured or identified,
were prowling about the grounds, while
the President was left entirely un-
service men having hurried to the spot
| where Weilbrenner was overpowered.
Realizing that something was wrong,
the President called for some one. His
shout was heard by John Seaman who
| had already been awakened by the
noise made by two men crossing his
porch. Seaman ran to the secret SER
| vice men, where they were surrounding
| Weilbrenner, warned them of the pres
| ence of the other two men in the
grounds, and, with one of them, rushed
| to the side of the President.
Requirements were hurriedly sum.
moned from the village, and a search
| of the grounds was made, but the two
strangers whom the gardener had hear
| prowling about his cottage could not
| be found.
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SINGERS REMARKABLE DEATH

A remarkable story told of the death young opera
rma COLI Though only her has been brought
end by ncurab disease At midnight
be lifted OF bed This DONE and then again
she dressed in the her
Ali the lights in the having been turned full the singer
sorrowfu farewell her husband and other relatives
Having asked that her brother should play piano
Fruhingsie the dying accompanied the
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ILLEGAL MARRIAGES MADE LAWFUL.

rather curious bill for the egalizaton marriages
just been issued England appears that the Flicker
Birmingham Yorkshire rebuilt and but
unaccountabe the licensing by the bishop publication
OF banns and soennizaton Consequently
marriages celebrated there Illegal the bill
the OF declaring them legal The discovery
lot torae hundreds of dead living
ing iegtate children naturally however
will be right.
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to Spruce Pine was very bad. He sub
mitte.l to a lengthy cross examination.
teE5in g to show that he himself was
not responsible for any mistreatment
Of convicts and was informed that the
men received proper attention under
the disagreeable circumstances.
Supervisor McIver, who has been in
the service over 25 years, corroborateo
the story of the killing of Davis. He
advised that some Of the convicts be
shackled. as they were dangerous. IL
would not be safe to shackle them by
the arms Some Of those moved were
able-bodied men. The march from
Spruce Pine was not of an unusual
length, or cruel. He ordered two ne
groes to take hold of Davis, the white
man killed.
j. c. Lashley, supervisor in charge
Of the ccnvicts from Spruce Pine to
Marion. !aid the convicts had plenty
Of coffee, biscuits and meat, and he was
told all were fed. Wagons had been
provided to cross the river, but it was
found better to cross on the ice. He
himself walked across and did not get
his feet wet The sick men were well
cared for and none Of them walked.
The guards are not allowed to curse
convicts. Fires were built IN the train
after arrival. No convicts died en-
route. He knew nothing Of the story
of man dying after whipping. The
convicts were comfortably clad.
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Three Men Drowned.

Washington. n. c.. Special.-Du-ing
the heavy gale of Thursday night the
skipper Maco was capsized in Swan
Quarter bay. and Captain Robert
Wescom, master, and two white men
were drowned The reports are conflict
ing. but one ruECr is that five negroes,
also of the boats crew. were drowned.
The same evening in Palmetto river,
off Fork Point. two miles from this
city. the schooner Father and Son.
was sunk. The crew, two in number,
were saved. In the cabin is the purse
Of the captain containing $15S. The
service of John VI. Edwards, subma-
rine diver, has been secured and an
effort is being made to raise the "Fa-
ther and Son" from her watery grave.
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CROWDS VISIT THE SENATE
To Hear the Opening Prayer By Gen.
Booth.

Washington, Special.-An immense
crowd was attracted to the Senate Fri
day to hear the invocation Of General
VIM. Booth, founder and commander:
in-chief of the Salvation Army. Among
the occupants Of the galleries were
Booth Tucker, the generals chief as
sistant and son-in-law and large
number OF Salvationists. When the
statehood bill came up, Mr.. Depew re-
sumed his remarks. and attacked the
Mormon Church because he said he
believed its members still cling to the
practice Of polysamy. Referring to the
anti-polygamy provision in the State
hood bill, Mr. Depew said that T. would
seem that ''the fine Italian hand OF the
Mormon apostle had been at work in
the preparation Of the measure and
that the concentrated influence Of the
Mormon hierarchy could be seen Ia
the determined effort to prevent any
amendment which would completely
exclude polygany." 1t is not disputed,
he said. that the vote OF the Mormon
Church is absolutely controlled by the
central hierarchy of that organization.
He declared that the migration of Nor
mons to the different States and Ter
ritories was not for the purpose OF Sc
curing homes and farms, but in the
rough a compact to control legisla-
ton.
Any legislation, Mr.. Rawlins de-
clared. in any State directed at Nor
monism is futile, unless there is
public sentiment which will sustain
the same, while the question was not
as to the ipadeqdacy of the provisions
against polygamy, but as to the exer-
else Of political power. Persecution is
the seed Of the Mormon Church, he de-
clared. and it did not do any good to
arraign the enure people and brand
every Mormon as a slave, most un-
just accusation. ITO d. that" he said,
you solidify those who would aid you
in bringing about the very conditions
yGu see here The best possible school,
he said. for the correction Of these
evils. is to emancipate the Mormons
and leave them free to work out their
own destinies.
Mr.. Dubois said he did not think the
reference of the opponents Of state
hood to polygamy were serious. He
declared that if the statehood bill Is
allowed to be put on the postoffiee ap-
preparation bill he would consent to it,
and advocate the placing Of the Idaho
constitution relating to elections. as
an amendment and require Arizona
and New Mexico to subscribe to it be-
fore being admitted. Under the test
oath of that constitution, he said, Idaho
disfranchised every member Of the
Mormon Church. and for years they
were without vote.
After an executive session the Sen
ate adjourned until l o'clock tomor-
row, to allow Senators to attend the
noon wedding Of Senator Cockrelps
daughter.
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Eight Fires at One Time.

Tampa. Fla. Special.-Eight fires
broke out here and were raging at the
same time in different sections Of the
city. A block of wholesale warehouses
on Whitney stheet. including the Cuda-
by Packing Company, Tampa Fertilizer
Company, Curruthers Produce Com
pany, S. A. Edwards, w. H. Osborne
]. X. Parrish and Walter Willis Com
pany was burned The entire loss was
about $4,000. Labor Hall was Quilted
by fire and the Tampa Furniture Com
pany's mattress factory was destroyed
with several smaller fires.
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Textile Notes.

P. H. Hanes of Winston. \. c., is
installing dyeing plant at his knitting
mill.
1t is reported that ]. Abernathy OF
Lincolnton, n c., will organize COM
pany to build a large cotton mill.
1t is reported that Indian Head
Mills OF Alabama, Cordova. Ala. will
build an addition for the installation
of more looms. Company now has 2I,-
472 spindles and $40 looms.
1t is reported that Watts OF Lau-
rens, s. c., will install 10000 spindles
and 1000 looms, instead of the 10000
spindles and 500 looms announced
previously.
It is reported that T. L. johnson OF
Gadsden, Ala, has sold land at Glen
coe, Ala, to a cotton manufacturing
company that proposes utilizing the
land as site for erection OF mill
Extract Wool Merino Co. OF Chat
tanooga. Tenn, will increase capitai
stock from $4,000 to $4,000. This ad-
ditional capital is proposed for the pur-
pose of enlarging the plant.
Granite Falls Manufacturing Co.,
Granite Falls, n. c., recently reported
as to add spinning machinery, Is not
increasing its spindleage, but merely
replacing worn-out equipment. Plant
now has 5000 spindles.
Messrs. B. Frank Mebane, w. H.
Walker and ]. s. Patterson nave IN
corporated Union Supply &Cotton GO;
of Spray, n. c., with an authorized
capital of $500. 900. The company's
purpose is stated to be the manufac-
ture of cotton yarn and other pro-
ducts.
Rome (Ga) Hosiery Mills, recently
reported incorporated, etc, with S2S,-
600 capital. has arranged for imme-
diate installation Of equipment. There
will be sixty knitting machines, pro,
ducing 900 dozen pairs Of mems and
women's hose daily. H. W. Thurston
will be manager.
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Statue to r1ercer.

Washington, Special-Secretary Root
has issued an order to carry out the
purpose of Congress, directing the sub
mission by Edward V. Valentine, OF
Richmond, Va, of designs for bronze
statue of General Hugh Mercer and
has invited the mayor Of Fredericks-
burg, Va, to secure and convey to the
United States a suitable site for the
statue, which is to cost S21 500.
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houseful
perhaps the best education which she can
haven II the gihood
attitude the girl who has brothers.
knowledge
the words which
uteror motive especially
she used be- ana hopes 10 M
thought Then, anxious hat
endavors
adopts unnaua atude
shows her hand
almost certain to near M expression
children everything
friend she has her best dress and her pest
there are
world sbestha best hats
undoubtedly nsncey the education OF
must be that she wants to please
anything she
besins VIII will be.
Now the with plenty brothers. older and
defects her
avoid faults
She will nsensby compannabe with
like stiff seconscous young women