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A LAYMAN
Gave Doctor Hint About conee.

Speaking of coffee a doctor OF Decatur
Vile. O.. says: I'VE used TO anaiyze coffee
at the medical college and In spite OF our
laboratory tests. which showed il 10 contain
caffine. an active poison. continued TO
use the drink. and later on found myself
affected with serious stomach trouble. In
digestion. headaches. etc.
THE headaches came on so regularly and
oppressed that l found IL difficult TO
attend 10 my regular duties. One day last
November | met friend whom l had
known to be similarly afflicted. His marked
Improvement In appearance caused me TO
INQUIRE what he had been doing. lie an
nounced that he had. some time ago. quit
coffee and vas using Postum Food Coffee.
TO this change he attributed the change
in his health
II took the hint even from layman. and
made the same change myself The first
week / noticed a little difference but not
much The third week the change was al
most magical. | have continued with the
Postum and now my digestion Is perfect.
the nervous headaches have entirely dis
appeared and l am well. My own analysis
of the Postum Food Coffee shows IL 10 b
a pure food drink OF strong character which
Is a marked contrast 10 the old-fashioned
coffee" Name given by Postum Company.
cattle Creek. Mich
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
HARTFORD CITY, Ind, March 4-There
is a clash of authority between Mayor Luz
cas- and City Marshal Worley as to who is
chief of police in Hartford City. After
consulting a lawyer Marshal Worley made
a demand on the postmaster for mail ad-
dressed to the police department Mayor
Lucas has made a similar demand. The
postmaster, who was formerly mayor. is
delivering the mail to the marshal and says
he will continue to do so until otherwise in
structed by the department. Tuesday night
the City Council took hand in the mat
ter, and by a unanimous vote adopted a
resolution to recognize the mayor as CHIEF
and that the mail should go to him. The
dependent of the other policemen and with
holds information that they should have.
The marshal threatens to take the matter
into court.
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THE CANAL TREATY.
Uncle Sam Promises Allegiance to the
Colombian Flag.
Review of Reviews.

Review of Reviews.
Spooner act that, in case the President
should find the title of the French Com
pany such as to justify the expenditure
of S40,000,0Oo in buying up that concern, a
treaty should be negotiated with Colon
bia for the perpetual control of a strip of
land in the territory of the Republic of
Colombia, and also for jurisdiction over
such strip etc. But the Colombian nego-
tiators have succeeded in putting the
American government into the position of
an ordinary private commercial company.
If the terms of this treaty be strictly Oh
served, ii will not be permissible to float
the American flag at any point on or ad-
iacent to the greatest public work ever
that matter, by any other government in
the history of the world. Uncle Sam be-
comes mere alien tenant. He promises
faithful allegiance to the Colombian flag,
in return for being allowed 10 invest money
in canal. We build our great canal under
the sovereignty of a republic of so wretch
ed plight that 1t has no legitimate govern
ment. and has had none for years past.
We have been sOlemnly told at Washing
ton that Colombia, under her constitution,
could not ALLEVIATE territory; and yet We
all perfectly well aware that she is
not governed, and has not been for years,
under any constitution at all, and that even
if constitutional government should ever be
resumed, il is in doubt which of two or
three paper instruments should be regarded
as the valid one. so totally devoid of normal
republican government has Colombia been
for some twenty years past. The lsthmus
of Panama several weeks remote from the
capital of the Republic of Colombia. is in a
chronic state OF anarchy. We undertake
in our treaty to perpetuate, even inside the
six-mile strip through which the canal is
municipal and police authority Of Colon
bia
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and many are Unexpectedly cut down by
death.
Your blood is surely filed with waste and
poisonous matters when you suffer from
boils. pimples. blackheads. eczema, salt
rheum, erysipelas or itch. When nerve force
is low, when you suffer from insomnia, las
situde or neuralgia. be assured your blood
demands purifying and cleansing.
Paine's Celery Compound quickly BAN
ishes from the blood all poisons: it supplies
the proper elements for enriching the vital
fluid, building Tissue and for the general
repair of the whole system. Try its reno
waiting and life-giving virtues at once II
you would be made well, strong and happy.
Judge p. p. Desvernine. of Havana, says
while was in New York read about
Peine's Celery Compound and never
thought i would ever get well. / only took
one bottle of that wonderful discovery
and found myself with better vigor and
energy"
Mr.. Thos. Young. Elmora. Pa. says
81 suffered very much from blood poison
ing, and after doctoring for two months
with my physician and not receiving any
good results. L tried Paine's Celery Com
pound The use of two bottles completely
cured me. All my thanks are due to Paines
Celery Compound"
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MRS. sTANFORD's LIBERALITY.
She Has Deprived Herself of Many
Things for the University's Sake.

Ph1lade1phla Press.
"A millionaire and his money are soon
parted should be the amended form of the
proverb in these days of strenuous giving
money kings. In the race to lose wealth for
the benefit of the community few endowers
OF philanthrOpic institutions have outdone
Mrs. Jane Lathrop Stanford. widow of Sem
ator Leland Stanford, who is about to retire
from the active control of Stanford Uni
versity, California, as soon as the necessary
changes in the law can be effected.
Mrs. Stanford has given more money to
the cause of education than any other wom-
an of her day and generation. Here in the
East, in connection with her name, little
but the Stanford University is heard of. In
San Francisco. however. 100000 Of her
money have been spent to establish kinder
gartens. and in her carefully-concealed pri-
vate benefactions, whose amount, il is said,
will never be known, Ii may easily be as
sumed that educational gifts compose an
important part. In Albany. n. Y, where
Mrs. Stanford was born just as the nine
teenth century struck the chimes of its first
quarter, she built nearly dozen years ago,
a free hospital for children at a cost of
100000 and endowed it with gift of an
equal sum.
The story of Stanford Cniversity's cause
for being Is a familiar and pathetic one.
To be born. to live sixteen brief years, and
then TO die. is apparently 10 miss all chance
of usefulness, ali excuse for life at ALL But
the grieving parents of Leland Stanford.
jr, nobly determined that this should not
be so with their dead son, and the 5000 or
more students since the opening In 1891 of
the university have received a free educa-
ton there have taken the gift from van
ished hand and answered the call Of voice
that was still
Since her husbands death Mrs. Stanford
has given millions to the university as free
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YOUNG MIR. WI.
Son Of the Ex-Minister Now i'm an
American Public School.
Philadelphia Press.

Philadelphia PreSS-
The wit and wisdom of our late erstwhie
Chinese minister. WI Tingfang. which will
long build up the "Wu legend" in this coun-
try, after their genial possessor is shining
in some new diplomatic constellation. seem
ond generation. WI Chao Chow, his son.
is a bright, manly little fellow just enter
ing his teens. whom his father plans to ed
ucate i'm this country, beginning with full
course at the Atlantic City High School.
Young WI quickly became enthusiastic
over his school, anc the democratic COM
panionability of his fellow-student whom
with his teachers-he somewhat astonished
by his truly Oriental devotion to study. In
his native land 1t is considered disgrace
of the same shameful dye to shirk lessons
as here it would to run away from fight.
WI Chao Chow not only lives up to the
Chinese schoolboy's standard, but to the
Americans also. and that he has kept his
ears and eyes open in all that concerns this
country a clever reply of his to an Ameri-
can acquaintance shows.
The American had met both Mr.. and Mrs.
WI socially at Atlantic City, and had I'M
dertaken to teach the former TO swim. IL
was no easy requirement for the diplomat.
but he persisted in his efforts. Now, he
to either learn. or go down TO the bottom. :"
and TO the relief of his many friends the
first was the thing he did.
WI Chao Chow stood by, most inter-
ested spectator of these struggles, and was
introduced to the American gentleman by
his father. with the jocose remark, Mr..
So and SO having no sons, perhaps he
would take you of my hands"
How old is he?" asked the teacher.
Thirteen" was the reply.
"Oh, said the American. in the same
testing mood, Il can't adopt him till he's a
year older Thirteen's my unlucky num-
Der
Young WI turned quickly. How can
Won say that" he demanded. when your
| teen stripes in its fiag?
Sure enough. WI Chao Chow!
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dispelled many illusions about the great
desert. First of all IL does not lie below
the sea level. though this has long been
known. And il is not level region. but Is
made up of stretches of plateau. divided by
ranges of hills, cliffs and canyons, At one
point the dividing summit between north
and south the range of hills is four thou
sand feet above sea level. The expedition
traversed the fifteen hundred miles In fif-
teen and a half months. being constantly
annoyed by distractions, attacks. lack OF
supplies and deaths or cames taken along
to bear the burdens. Water was scarce. but
not so much so expected, though the sup
ply was often scant. Evidences of the
presence of iron and perhaps other metals
was found, and also of phosphate beds. such
as comprise the wealth OF Tunis. The pop
ulation is small. but this is much be-
cause of the lawless raids as OF the barren
ness of the country. The data collected
by the expedition are used in support OF the
project for a railroad from Algeria TO Lake
Tchad, where it would tap the business
life and industrial. wealth OF Central At
RIGA. II is urged that such a road would
pay, and probably II would; at any rate.
the French cannot make much progress In
advancing their lines southwark or in oc-
cupying their vast African 'hinterlsnd"
without building il.
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Indiana Obituary.

ELKHART Ind. March 4-william Proc
tor. one of the city's Oldest residents, died
Tuesday night, aged eighty-one. The fu-
neral will take place Friday afternoon;
under the auspices of the Odd Fellows. of
which order he had long been member
Mr.. Proctor, whose paterna grandfather
was born in England and later became a
soldier of the revolutionary war, was born
in Wayne county, Indiana, and came to this
county in 1885. He made a trip to California
in quest of gold in 1851, but returned here
in 1856 and became a merchant, later en-
barking in the contracting business. and
as such was instrumental in laying the
foundation for much of Elkhart's material
advancement--the development of the n.y.
draulic power of the Elkhart and ST Joseph
rivers
MUNCIE. Ind. March 4.-Thomas Z.
morning at his home on East Adams street.
He had been i'll for some time but an at
tack of heart disease brought the end sud-
denly. The deceased was well known in
Muncie. s. c. Reid. of Bluffton, w. l..
Reid. of New York. and Cary w. Reid, of
Muncie. are surviving brothers.
AURORA, Ind, March 4.-Charles l..
Howe, aged seventy-one. died at his home
in this city early this morning of pneu-
monia. He was born near Waterloo. n. Y,
on Jan. /. 1892. and came to Aurora in 1854.
cles in Cincinnati and Aurora. being a d.
rector In several banks and in large cor
porations.
GOSHEN, Ind, March AIRS. H. L. VAN
nuys, wife of the Rev. Hervey l.. vannuys,
for more than fifty years pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church here, died at
Scranton, Pa, at Z o'clock this morning.
She went there about three months ago.
II was her gifihood home Interment Will
be at Scranton.
KOKOMO. Ind. March Earl Morton.
son of William Morton. Howard county S
representative in the state Legislature,
died yesterday at Orestes. aged twentysix.
Representative Morton was at the bedside.
having obtained leave of absence from the
Assembly.
NEW YORK. March 4-On board the
steamship Lain, which arrived here to-day,
was the body of Hubbard Taylor Smith,
late United States vice consul at Cairo, who
died at Genoa
LADOGA. Ind. March 4.-Nathan STRAIT
ton. an aged citizen of this place. died yes
terday. He was one of the early settlers
OF Montgomery county.
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THE ART OF ELOQUENCE.
A Man Who Has Knowledge Talks on
the Subject.
enator Hoar. in the March Success.

Senator Hoar, in the March Success
Every American youth, IL he desires, for
any purpose, to get influence over his coun-
IN xo an pne will like to
Is essential to success at the bar, or In the
pulpit, and almost Indispensable to success
in public life. The rare men who have sue
ceeded without II are the men who value
1t most.
The eye and the voice are the only and
natural avenues by which one human soul
can enter into and subdue another When
every other faculty of an orator is ac-
quired, 1t sometimes almost seems as IL
voice were nine-tenths and everything else
but one-tenth of the consummate orator
There are exceptions, of which Charles
James Fox, the most famous debater that
ever lived, Is the most renowned. But ii
is impossible to overrate the Importance to
the orators purpose Of that matchless in
strument, the human voice In managing
the voice, the best tone and manner for
public speaking are commonly those which
the speaker falls into naturally when he Is
engaged in earnest conversation. Suppose
you are sitting about a table with a dozen
friends, and some subject is started in
which you are deeply interest You en-
gage in an earnest and serious dialogue
with one of them at the other end of the
table. You are perfectly at ease You
forget yourself. you do not care in the least
for your manner or tone of voice, but only
for your thought. The tone you adopt
then q, Will , ordinarily be the best tone for
learn from teachers or friendly critics TO
avoid any harsh or disagreeable fashion of
speech that you may have fallen into and
that may be habitual to you in private
conversation.
Next, never strain your vocal organs by
attempting TO fill spaces which are too
large for you. Speak as loudly and dis
| tinctly you can do easily. and let more
distant portions of your audience go You
will find In that way, very soon, that your
voice will increase I'm compass and power
and you will do better than by habit of
straining the voice beyond its natural ca
pacty. Be careful to avoid falsetto. either
in tone style. Shun initiating the tricks
| of speech OF other orators. even OF those
| famous and successful. These may do for
| them, but not for you.
Never make a gesture for the sake of
making one. ! believe that most of the
successful speakers whom I know would
| find ii hard to tell you whether they them
! selves make gestures or not, they are so
| absolutely unconscious I'm the matter. But
with gestures with the voice. get teach
ers or friendly critics 10 point out to you
any bad habit you may fall into. / think
| II would be well IL our young public speak,
! ers, especially preachers. would have COM
petent instructors and critics among their
/ auditors. after they enter their profession
| to give them the benefit OF such observa-
ton and counsel may be suggested in
/ that way.
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LACKEY'S HORSE AUCTION
SEVENTY-sEVEN HEAD SOLD AT
HIGHER THAN TUESDAYS PRICES.
Some Of the Best Sales-ElwoOd Driv-
Other News of the Horses.

RICHMOND. Ind, March AT the
Lackey horse sale at Cambridge City. to-
day, seventy-seven head sold for s1S.S25. an
average of s244.5O. The best sales were:
Christine Bright, trotter. to l.. Commons.
Centerville, Ind, $500; Hazel Wilson, PAGER,
to III. b. Webster, indianapolis, $3.50; S. A.
W.. PAGER. 2:19A. to w. G. Mcdonald, Day.
ton. o., $500; Pearl G., trotter, to w. s.
Stout, Indianapolis $500; Miss Allie. PAGER,
to j. M. Hampton. Connerville, Ind, $500;
Rodney Corbitt, trotter, 2:29A. to r. w.
Nipple. Marion, o.. $500; Redwood, PAGER, to
John Fender, Johnstown. Pa 5000; Wilson
and Francis. trotters, to r. c. Light, In
danapolis, $500; Dick Welsh, 2:2915. to Clay
Knode. Indianapolis, $500; Horseman, jr., to
John Manlove. Bentonville. Ind. $500: Dilo.
to John Butler, Oxford. o., 500; Happy
Jack, to G. Dateman, Loveland, o., $500.
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WILL SHIP TIC ENGLAND.


NEW YORK. March "A syndicate of
English capitalists is seeking to acquire
coal fields In the Danville region of Illinois,
with the idea of shipping much of the coal
10 England. One possible result of the pur-
chase, IL effected. will be the construction
Of another railroad from Danville to Chi
cago. a distance of l25 miles, and shorten
ing the route fifty miles as compared with
that Of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Rail-
road. This branch would connect with the
Big Four system at Chicago and give that
company a through line from Chicago to
Cairo. thence to the gulf
John r. Andrews. representative of the
syndicate. before going aboard the Celtic
to-day, admitted that he had the options,
hut declined to go into details. He expects
to be in the United States again before the
end of the current month TO close the deal,
which. ne conceded. included the purchase
OF Yearly 5000 acres of coal lands
The options obtained by Mr.. Andrews are
said to cover the property of the westville
Coal Company. the Kellyville Coal Com
pany. one other corporation and a number
OF individual holdings. These comprise 20.
$50 acres.
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whole crop of troubles in the future. At
the very moment the allies were busily
pressing their claims by means of the
blockade General Linares Alcantara was
paving the way to fresh claims OF the
same kind by levying forced loans on
foreigners at La Victoria and seizing their
horses, mules and cattle.
Though diplomacy and arbitration may
patch up the present dispute for a time.
there cannot, in the nature of things. be a
final settlement. Any promises which Pres
ident Castro may make are utterly worth
less There can be no guarantee OF pay
ment except such as the allies take for
themselves
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Purcell Probably Back I'm the Execu-
tive Board and other Elections
VIII BE Announced To-Day.
KooNsMAN KILLED BY BOONE
SUBSTANCE OF EVIDENCE IN SOUTH
BEND MURDER TRIAL.
Martin County yote-SelIing Convic-
tfons-Attempt to Burn an Elevator
Coal shipments to England.
special to the Indianapolis Journal.

opecidi 10 the indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE. Ind, March 4.-The
convention Of district No. Ii, United Mine
Workers. this morning reelected George
Hargrove president and John Boyle vice
president by reclamation. There were no
opposing candidates The ballots were cast
for national committeeman and secretary
treasurer. For the former Office George w.
Purcell, the incumbent, was opposed by j..
C. Keenan,. OF Linton, and for the latter
Secretary Kennedy was opposed by John
r. Cole. OF Clay county.
Many candidates for the five places on the
state executive board were voted for. The
tellers will report the result of the balloting
Tomorrow morning. There is little doubt
that Purcell has been reelected.
This afternoon the convention listened to
many resolutions brought from local lodges
Mostly they deal with conditions OF work.
A resolution calling for weekly pay was
adopted and will be one of the bones of
contention with the operators next week.
Ii was decided 10 adopt disciplinary meas
ures III prevent the men at mine going on
strike while a grievance at that particular
mine is being considered by board OF ar
bitratiOn
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court by continually asking for postpone
ments Of cases for trivial causes. He an
nounced that beginning with call day next
Tuesday every case which is already on
the docket must be set down for trial as
soon as il is called. and tried when its time
comes. or be stricken from the records al
together.
BEDFORD-wheno Quincy Dobbins. aged
about nineteen. SON of c. NJ. Dobbins, a
local wholesale grocer, came up town
Wednesday he was met by DIR. Freeland,
them them breaking n oWt With 10 smallpox. num-
her had been exposed. and guarantees nave
been placed at the places where infection
would be likely to result from such ex-
posures.
LAFAYETTE-Membe of the local
plumbers union have withdrawn from the
Building Trades Council and Will no longer
affiliate with that organization. The ac-
ton has caused stir in labor circles. but
the plumbers say their reason is simply
that they have enough to do to look after
their own organization.
MUNCIE.-William o. Hey has filed suit
against the city of Muncie for damages
I'm the amount of 5000. Some time ago Mrs
Hey fell and broke her ankle on the ice
She received a judgment against the city
for S4l5. Her husband sues for the loss or
his wife's services. She is said TO be Grip
pied for life.
COLUMBUS.-The $4,000 damage suit of
Alexander w. Jamison against the city OF
indianapolis for personal injuries received
Dy a ran In lSU, Oh NlrSlnld avenue, udo
been begun in the Circuit Court here. The
case came on a change of venue from john
son county.
VINCENNES.-Mrs. Katherine Morse a
Vincennes society woman, has received a
check for $500 from the city of Rome, Ga,
damages for breaking her ankle on a
defective sidewalk while on recent visit
to Rome.
SHELBYVILLE.-Jerry Perkins, a Shell
by county farmer, was crushed by fall
ing tree while telling timber and so badly
injured that it is believed he will not re-
cover.
GREENSBURG.-Anoth case of small
pox has developed in this city Joseph Eng
lish Is the latest victim. The cases are all
of a mild form.
AURORA-Big Four trains are unable to
enter this city on account of high water.
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smathers Wins a Prize.

NEW ORLEANS, March 4.-E. E. Smath-
ers, the millionaire light harness horseman.
who has invested nearly $4,000 in thorough
breds in the last few days, tasted the first
fruits of victory on the running turf to-day
when Dick Bernard, his most recent pur-
chase galloped home eight lengths in front
in the Premier stakes. The Smathers COL
ors all brown. were carried for the first
time by a runner, and the successful issue
of the race sugurs well for the new stable.
The stake was worth s1,045 to the winner
Witful was the only other winning favorte.
Winners in order: Versifier, 8 to 1; Mollie
T. TO 1; Right and True. to 2; Dick
Bernard, to 5; Witful, 2 to s.; Peat. to 2
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
PORTLAND, Ind, March 4.-The death OF
Judge Jacob M. Haynes. for many years
president of the Peoples Bank. caused a
vacancy in the list of officers of that in
stitution which was filed to-day by elect
ing Walter M. Haynes. for two years teller,
three years assistant cashier and twenty
three years cashier. as president, w. A.
Norman, twenty-three years assistant
cashier, as cashier. and Lewis w. Hoover
twelve years connected with the bank, as
sistant cashier. The vacancy in the direc-
torate was filed by the election of Calvin
H. Haynes. of Kckomo.