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INVESTIGATION
BEARING FRUIT
Chief Officials of Mutual Re-
serve Life Insurance Com
paLy Indicted.
Larceny and Forgery Are Charged
and Five True Bills Are. Returned
by the Grand Jury--Money Used
to Settle Actions Against Of
ficers of the Company.

New York indictments charging
grand larceny in the first degree and
forgery in the third degree by Fred
erick A. Burnham, president; George
d. Eldridge, first vice president, and
George Burnham, jr., second vice
president of the Mutual Reserve Life
Insurance company, were found by
the grand jury on Thursday. In all
Ave indictments were brought against
each officer, two for grand larceny
and three for forgery. The alleged
larceny and forgery was brought
about, according to the indictments,
by payments of $4,000 of the COM
pany's money to law firms, the ap-
parent purpose OF which is alleged to
have been to settle claims against the
company, while the real object is al
legged to have been to settle actions
which had been brought against Of
ficers of the company as individuals.
The indictments on which charge
of larceny Is based alleged that the
officers embezzled two sums, one of
$500 and the other of 81 800, on Oc-
tober "a, 1901. The three officers APP.
peared in the court of general session
where Judge O'Sullivan fixed their
bail at $12,500 for EACH and fixed
upon next Thursday as the time foy
pleading.
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COURT-MARTIAL OF
JAPANESE OFFICERS.
Charged With cowardioe Because
They Failed to Suicide When
Defeated

Viotoria.-The steamer Kanagawa
Maru, from Japan, brought news that
Lieutenant Commander Mizoguchi and
other officers of the transport Kinshiu
Maru, sunk by the Russian Vladivostok
squadron at the commencement of the
war, are being court-martialed for al.
legged cowardice. On the occasion OF
the disaster the war department at
TOXIC issued bulletin that none of
the soldiers on board were taken pris.
oners, that with the exception of the
survivors who returned all had been
Killed or had suicided. Extended &C.
counts We're given in Japanese news.
papers OF how Lieutenant Commander
Mizobuchi and other officers commit.
ted hari kari, but with the return of
THESE officers among the prisoners
from Russia, Japanese newspapers say
they regret their sympathy.
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INDICTMENTS RETURNED
IN THE DYNAMITE CASES
Adams and St. John Not Included,
and II 10 Believed They Are to Be
Used as Witnesses.

Caldwell. Ida.-Although strenuous
efforts were made to conceal the fact,
II is stated on first-class authority
that indictments were returned by the
grand jury in the dynamite cases We'd
nesday afternoon. The grand jury
reported about o'clock The men
known to have been indicted are Orch
ard, Meyer, Haywood, Pettibone and
Simpkins. The latter is not as yet
under arrest, but inasmuch as he
knows, If he knows anything. from the
publicity that has been given the case
that he is wanted, there is no posi-
bility of thwarting justice in report
ing the fact of his indictment. Orchard
was indicted separately for the murder
of former Governor Steunenberg.
The others, with one more individual
whose name has not been mentioned
in connection with the case, were in
dicted jointly.
Steve Adams, who made a confess
sion some days ago in which he in
volved number of other Western
Federation men, is not included in the
list Of indicted. Neither, it is said, is
Vincent st. John. 1t is within the
range of probability that st. John will
not be indicted. One theory has 1t
that the failure to indict st. John, re-
CARELESS of his confession, is that he is
20 be used as witness for the prose-
cution, and as compensation for this
he will be permitted to go free.
The same report is current regard.
ing Orchard, who is believed by prac-
tically all of the people of Caldwell to
be the man who discharged the bomb
that killed Steunenperg.
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Iabit-forming Medicines

Etuhatever may be the fact as to many
Il the eo-called patent medicines con-
lining Injurious Ingredients as broadly
+blished in some journals of more or
rs Influence, this publicity has certainly
In of great interest in arousing needed
ftention to this subject. 1t has, in q
znsiderable measure, resulted in the
Ia intelligent people avoiding such
Z .,s and medicines as may be fairly sus-
r,,ted of containing the injurious ingre-
$,nts complained of. Recognizing this
n some time ago, DIR. Pierce, of Buffalo,
FX stock time by the forelock,n as it
5ere. and published broadcast all the
E,raiients of which his popular medi-
~ are composed Thus he has COM
[ptely forestalled all harping critics and
4 onposition that might otherwise be
kyed against his medicines, because they
: now OF KNOWN COMPOSITION, Fur
<ermore, from the formula printed on
<ery bottle wrapper, 1t will be seen that
Xese medicines contain no alcohol or
ber habit-forming drugs. Neither do
&ey contain any narcotics or injurious
Eents, their ingredients being purely
&petable, extracted from the roots OF
%djciual plants found growing in the
Xpths of our American forests aud of
IN recognized curative virtues.
*nstead of alcohol, which even In small
&rtiops long continued, as in obstinate
os Of diseases, becomes highly objec-
Snabie from its tendency TO produce a
living for stimulants, DIR. Pierce en-
Bvs chemically pure, triple-refined
tcerine which of itself is valuable
<nedy in many cases of chronic diseases,
Ing superior demulcent, antiseptic,
tiferment and supporting nutritive,
#enhances the curative action of the
kldep Seal root, Stone root, Black
errybark and Bloodroot, contained in
olden Medical Discovery" in all bron-
Sal, throat and lung affections attended
Ia severe coughs. AS will be seen from
writings of the eminent Drs. Grover
3, Of New York; Bartholow, of Jeffer.
Medical College, Phila. Scudder, OF
hcinnati; Ellingwood, of Chicago;
lie, of Chicago, and others, who stand
leaders in their several schools OF
ctice, the foregoing agents are the
= Ia best ingredients that DR.. Pierce
hid have chosen to make up his IA.
ms "Discoveryo for the cure of not
" bronchial, throat and lung affec.
rs. but also of chronic catarrh in all
various forms wherever located.
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Bowling Congress in Salt Lake.

Salt Lake City.-The first tourna-
ment of the Western Bowling con-
gress began at Salt Lake City at $3.50
Wednesday night, when Mayor Thomp-
son threw the first ball down the al
leys, after short speech granting the
freedom of the city to the visitors.
Teams are present from many of the
western cities to take part in the con-
test, and liberal purses are being
hung up. Two Salt Lake teams, one
from Denver and one from San Fran
cisco bowled at the opening session.
The attendance is large and a sue
cessful tournament is assured.
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LAST OF FRENCH ARlsrocBAoy
Princess de vaImort Claimed Mat,

Tr'neess de VaImort Claimed plstlne
ton on Her Desshbed.
me old French aristocraov dios
with me- cried the Princess de Val.
mont ON her deathbed. She WIS
Otter old soul who, born of lone
hne OF uncontaminated ancestors and
married to noble of eouaIlv suner
nne strain, had, through her bus.
bands death in financial dificr,ties
10 marry her five children to "abom.
maple persons" of high character
put with the blight of trade or indus.
uy In their blood. Her last wears
were made mournful to her by this
pitirul descent, and just before her
srandios last utterance. looking with
bitter smile at her children and
srahdchildren in tears round her
deathbed, she broke silence in the
loliowing terrible reflection: 1--WE
nave here,' counting on her fingers
representatives of carriage-making
wholesale grocery. confectionery. coal
mining and the stock exchange. and
all grated on the old tree of the De
Vaimonts. New York Herald.
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rwaln's FeIieitous introduction.

Mark Twain on one occasion intro
duced Senator Hawley of Connecticut
to a political gathering in New York
state. Mr.. Clemens told the audience
that they could bank on the senator's
honesty, for although his back yard
at Hartford adjoined that of Gen.
Hawley he had never lost a single
chicken and although he had closely
watched the general as he passed the
plate in the Asylum Hill Congrega-
tional church he had never seen him
take one cent out OF the plate. In
closing he said: Now, my friends.
have paid high tribute to Gen. Haw-
ley, but assure you not one word
have / said of him that would not
say about myself"
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Ap1I 5z2SzzZ .A13tGzI

preparations for flying machines came
mp incidently in the debate in the
house while the army bill was under
consideration. Considerable of the
scientific work done by Prof. Langley
has related to the sun. it's heat spec
ira and other sources of radiation and
he accompanied some of the eclipse
observation expeditions. Prof. Lang
ley had been the secretary of the
Smithsonian institution since 1887. He
was member of scientific societies
and his published writings include
more than 100 titles.
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lh.l on State of Arkansas.

C. E. Speer of Fort Smith says
while the average Arkansas citizen Is
good.natured and slow to wrath, there
is one story which is sure to make
him fight. 1t is about the stranger
who got off at a little Arkansas town
and found a gathering of citizens OF
the place in the public square
whats going on here?" he asked.
SIS it a fair or a celebration of some
kind?" Nope" said a resident,
"taint that, but Judge Browns son
Is 81 years old to-day and they are
going to catch him and put some
clothes on him.-Chicago Chronicle
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Wetl.xNowN SCIENTIST DEAD.
Prof. Samuel p. Langley sueeumbs to
Attack OF Paralysis.

y D.
Prof Samuel p. angley, secretary
OF the Smithsonian institution and
known as scientist throughout the
world. died at Aiken, s. c.. Feb. 81.
Prof. Langley had slight stroke of
paralysis on Nov. % which affected
his right side. He was gradually re.
covering from this attack when on the
advice OF his physician he went south
TO escape the more rigorous months
OF February and March in Washing.
ton Prof. Langley was 72 years old,
His whole life had been devoted to
scientific work. Though by profes,
sion a civil engineer and architect.
astronomy occupied most of his time,
Several years ago Prof. Langley con
Quoted a series of experiments with
a flying machine at Whitewater, Va.
on the Pontomac river, the results of
which were watched with widespread
interest The experiments. however,
ended disastrously. 1t was singular
coincidence that on the day Prof.
Langley's death the question of ap-
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went over the Bridge.

Rome.-The marchioness of Corsini,
formerly Princess Barberini, was
killed Thursday by the overturning of
automobile in which she was riding
with her husband, who is King Victor
Emmanuel's master of horse The
marchioness, who was 62 years old,
was driving the automobile, her hus.
band. 60 years, sitting beside her.
While crossing bridge in the sub.
urbs, seeing a cart approaching. the
marchioness essayed to turn out to
give the cart safe roadway.
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Ono Use for Waterbury Watch.

John Wesley Gaines who has been
called "the inventor of perpetual mo-
ton in conversation" went to Con
necticut some time ago to deliver a
speech. He made a hit with the cit
liens of the nutmeg state and they
presented a Waterbury watch to him.
Mr.. Gaines was talking about it and
wondering why they gave him a
waterbury instead of a gold watch.
"They had read about your habits,
Gaines" said a republican friend,
and they gave you that watch so
that you would be kept so busy wind
ing it up you would not have time to
make any speeches in the house"
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READING HIS OWN SENTIMENTS.
Good Reason Why Speech Pleased
Senator Morgan.

Senator Morgan, the venerable
statesman from Alabama, has that
,aluable sense of humor which en-
ahles the possessor to enjoy joke
Shen the laugh is on himself. The
other evening, as he tells about it, he
picked up an old copy of the Con.
gressional Record while at home and
opening it at random began to read.
Very soon," says the senator, 81
became interested and as | proceeded
said to myself, This man is max
ing very sensible talk found
myself quite in accord with his views
and read along with a good deal of
approval until had finished two
pages was wondering who could
have made such speech, but was
90 much interested to look back to
find out. But as | turned the page
came upon an interruption, and there
was my own name given as the sen
ator making the reply. 1t was my
own speech l had been reading"
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PAREs DOWN ESTIMATE.
Appropriations Committee Of House
Gets Economical Streak.

Washington.--The house committee
on appropriations agreed on Thursday
to report an executive and judicial APP
preparation bill carrying appropria-
lions aggregating $29.134.181 as
against $29,S22,5S0 for 1906. The
amount agreed on is reduction of
$1,135,573 from the estimates submit
ted to the committee by the various
departments.
Salaries are carried in the bill for
sixty-ive less persons than were pro
vided for in the last bill and the num-
Der of salaries contemplated in the
estimates was reduced 236 by the
committee. Many limitations on the
appropriations are stipulated.
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No Proof of Charges Made Against
Congressman.

Washington.-John r. Mclean,
owner of the Washington Post, testi-
fled on Wednesday before the house
Committee on postofhces and post
roads concerning an editorial which
appeared in his paper regarding al
legged violations Of the ranking privi-
lege by members of congress. He
said he had no evidence as to the
truth of the statements in the edi-
torial; that it was not written in a
serious vein and not intended to be
taken seriously.
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Serious Trouble in Nevada Mining
Camp.

Tonopah, Nev.-Sheriff Logan has
returned from Berlin, New, where
there has been trouble with the min
ers, all of whom are foreigners. The
company has been hiring Basques to
replace Portuguese, who threatened
the newcomers. The Portuguese are
armed The foreman was badly beat
en- and the superintendent fed. The
local justice of the peace wired for
the sheriff and deputies, who arrived
In time to avert a race war.
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FAULT WAS LACK OF eoLpNsss.
french Military Authority criticises
Russian Commanders.

Gen. De Negrier at one time com.
maAder-in-chief of the French army
and high authority on military mat
tiers, has been studying the history of
the Russo-Japanese war and has pub
lished in a leading review an article
In which his conclusions are EN-.
bodied. They deserve the attention
OF those who are interested in the
subject to which they relate. In Gen.
De Negrier's opinion the great mis-.
take to which more than any other
influence their unbroken series of de-
feats is attributable was that of con-
tinually acting on the defensive. The
French writer does not say so, but this
is a criticism which applies with
equal force to their operations both
on sea and and.-Philadelphia In
quirer.
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Were Looking for Excitement.

New York.-Four young men who
were arrested near Passaic, N. j.,
charged with attempting to wreck an
east-bound Buffalo express train on
the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
railroad, have confessed that this was
their sixth attempt at train wreck
ing. All Of the attempts were made
in the vicinity Of Passaic. They said
the only reason for the acts was de-
sire to see the excitement which
would result
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Simple and sufficient Explanation.

A Washington guide directed the
attention of party of sightseers to a
small gray-haired man and said, af-
fectionately: There goes one of the
greatest men in the country That's
Chief Justice Fuller" why, he has
no stature whatever" whispered one
of the ladies' Nor weight" hastily
rejoined another, "And | can't under
stand" observed man in the group.
how he has managed to attain so
great height" The guide answered
him significantly and tersely; BE
cause of his great depth"
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STIRRING UP SENTIMENT.
Meeting Held in Boston to Gail Atten.
ton to Conditions In Congo
Free State.

Boston-With view to stirring up
American sentiment against the re-
State, public meeting was held in
fremont Temple Thursday night un
der the auspices of the Congo Reform
association. The meeting adopted res.
olutions calling upon the president
and congress to deal with the situa.
ton in that country.
The speakers outlined the deplor.
able conditions said to exist in the
African state, and appealed to the
meeting for support of any action
which might be found expedient By
the United States government.
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should cultivate a Mustache.

Because of his youthful appearance
CONGRESSMAN Dawes of Ohio has been
a victim of embarrassing eircum'
stances more than once since his ar
rival in Washington. The other day
he was struggling through crowd
which hung around the main entrance
Ia the house when an assistant door
keeper called to one of the attaches:
"say. stop that young fellow Don't
LET him in there" Explanations fol-
lowed and Mr.. Dawes, looking hVe
wears younger than ever because OF
his blushing cheeks, hurried inside.
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BATTLE ON SHIPS DECK.
Mutiny Of Fireman Results In Death
of One of Malcontents.

New York.-A mutiny in which one
life was lost occurred Thursday on
board the steamer Massachusetts,
which was lying at her dock at
Brooklyn.
James Slocum, a fireman, was killed
during a revolver battle on the steam
er's decks, in which the steamers fire.
men were ranged on one side and OPP
posing them were the ships officers
and members of the crew. Sounds of
the fighting caused a reserve of po'
lice to be hurried to the steamer, but
the firemen who had STARTED the trou.
BILE had been driven into submission
before the police arrived.
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sAeVs ToRTuRINe HuMoR.
rs Looked as If They Would Drop
Mass of Sores-Cured
by Cuticura in Two Weeks
for 75c.


n feel it my duty to parents of
Ter poor suffering babies to tell
u what Cuticura has done for my
He daughter. She broke out all
er her body with a humor, and we
ID everything recommended, but
thout results. l called in three doc
3. they all claimed they could help
but she continued to grow worse.
j body was a mass of sores, and
1 little face was being eaten away;
ears looked as IL they would drop
j Neighbors advised me to get
ficura Soap and Ointment, and
fore had used half of the cake
Soap and box of Ointment the
fes had all healed, and my little
e's face and body were as clear
newborn babes. l would not
without it again If it cost five dol
Is, instead of seventy-five cents.
fs. George J. Steese, 701 Colburn
!, Akron, Ohio"
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Knew Ali About II.

TWhat do you understand by cat.
Rct?" the new teacher of Number
10 asked Willy Straw. The answer
Pne promptly: Its the fire milne
wn at Daleville Corners" he said in
painless haste to impart his knowl-
BE- But it leaks some, and it isn't
Z SO good looking as the Torrent
per- You just wait till parade day
4 you'll see. teacher!"-Youth's
knpanion,
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RECOGNIZES VALUE OF TIMBER.
Canada Is Preserving Old and Plant
ing New Forests.


ing New Forests.
While we permit the invasion of
our national forest reserve by chop
pers who want the timber for copper
smelters and while we are but half
awake to the iniquity of the land
frauds that have taken over immense
tracts of woodland from federal to
private control, Canada is putting a
limit to the deforestation of the Rock
les and is encouraging the planting
of trees all over the dominion. Can
ada has been quick to see the com
mercial value of her timber and is be.
stirring herself not only to preserve
such as she has but to increase its
area Irrigation has been introduced
in Alberta, and on the plains, which
are naturally treeless, planting has
been undertaken with a measure OF
success.-B Brooklyn Eagle.
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WON BY NARROW MARGIN.
Municipal Ownership Candidate for
Mayor of Seattle Pulls THROUGH.

Seattle, Wash.-Judge William Hick-
man Moore, municipal ownership can
date for mayor of this city, has been
elected by a small majority of fifteen
votes after one of the closest fights in
the history Of the city John Riplin.
ger, republican candidate, was badly
cut in many wards and ran far behind
his ticket, the balance of which, with
the exception of councilman or two,
was elected by big majorities. Nearly
all of the registered vote was cast
The leaders of the municipal owner
ship party charge gross frauds in sew.
eral of the wards, and had their can
didate been defeated would have con-
tested the election.
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Psrsee Christening Ceremony.

a grandchild OF Sir Dunshan Petit,
lives in Bombay, India, recently
Is invested with the Sudrah Kusti,
bich Is the Parsee form of christen.
!. This ceremony Is one of the
Sst interesting rites Of the Orient,
b consists of placing upon the child
} sudrah, shirt believed to pro.
n the body from harm, and the ty-
) on of the kusti, thread girdle.
)ich is supposed to keep the soul
tm evil
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AA22Y ZE7NIEY

mans relatives charge that he was
poisoned; his trainers think he died
of epilepsy, and that Autopsy Sur
geon Kucich declared that death was
due to hemorrhage of the brain, the
direct result of blow or fall.
Which of these theories is correct
will require further time to deter.
mine. The stomach of the dead boy
is in the hands of the city chemist.
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THEORIES IN TENNIS DEATH.
Boxers Relatives Maintain That He
Was Poisoned

Three theories have been advanced
in explanation of the death of Harry
Tennebaum, better known as Tenny,
the prize fighter, who died at San
Francisco nine hours after a gruelling
battle with frankie Neil. The dead
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r Hear of "scotty" and His Record.
Breaking Rider

2he story. briefly told. is this: Wal
Scott. the Death Valley gold miner,
zue the trip from Los Angeles to
tcago last summer on a special
Fn over the Santa Fe" in less than
hours. That whirlwind train cost
q more than $4,000. 1t was the
pest long distance run over noun
ps and plains ever made on any
Eer1oan railway. 1t demonstrated
fond dispute that the Santa Fe
III; equipment and employees are of
dependable kind. Probably you
'nidn care to ride so fast. You pre-
the luxury of our three trains from
n and Colorado to Everywhere
St and Southwest.
Rsk me for ticket rates and litera-
C. F. WARREN.
G. A.. A. IT. & S. F. Ry.