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11 FURY OF A MANIAC THE MORNING. OBEGONIAN, .TSESILAX. JMARCH 21903. A IUGE1IER : THE HAMLET OF BIG SPRING, WIS., HAS A SENSATION. LARGEST RETAIL AND WHOLESALE DRUG STORE IN AMERICA lOTKER SLAUGHTERS CHILDREX AND KILLS HERSELF - iter Dralnlaj? Eack of the Little Jucb, She Ports Oil Over Them and Herself asd Starts Fire. JE. Mass.. March 23. A. feazled mother In the little hamlet of Bkdale. alter cutting oft every means escape by fastening windows and doors. mhed to the heads or ner iour lime ldrea today, threw their bodies Into a at. scattered oil over tnem. ana nerseii hi then, after setting all on fire, closed fer awful work and her own life bv cut- her throat. . It was Mrs. Peter Burke, ie wife of a machinist In an auger fac- Iry, who committed the fearful deed, and tr victims were: una, 6 years oia; wm- 5 years old; Louise, 14 years old, and lay Hose, 6 months old, respectively. lat the woman naa previously snown is of meatal derangement seems to be Emitted: but that It should have taken Ich a violent form was not even thought by her husband or her relatives. Jut for the accidental discovery of the the deed of the mother might have jen hidden forever from the world by o destruction of the house. Two boys Lppened to be passing- the house when Icy saw smoke coming from a, window. ley burst In the doors and tried first to tt the fire out with buckets of water, t it gained on them eo fast that they obliged to run for help. The nelgh- irs prevented the flames from reaching jve tho first floor. Up to that time no ie knew of the tragedy. But some one Ltlced that a closet door was open, and. ins Inside, eaw a blackened mats. this heap were tho bodies of Mrs. irke and her four children. The fact fat she killed them was not disclosed ktll one by one they were taken out and ien it was seen that every one of the EUo ones had Its head spilt open, Ho the cause of the mothers death was sn in the gaping wound In her throat. ?rom the appearance and the position of bodies It would seem as If Mrs. Burke Id first cut off every means of escape r the littla ones by nailing down the Indows and locking all tho doors. Tho papon with which she crushed out tho Ie of her own offspring was a large ax. appeared as If the eldest. Lilla,.met lath first, for her body was at the bot- of the pile. That of William, the ct oldest, was above bis sister, then me that of Louise, and finally tho baby. rs. uurke must have dragged all the llldren into the closet and then poured Irosene upon their clothing, about the l-lls and upon herself. the fire had so completely charred the odwork and the floor that no blood pts could be found. The bodies of thrn the children were burned almost beyond iogniuon, out mat of Louise was only jrcaca. zno Doay or airs. Burke also -yaiy burned. As soon as the fire -x-'overed in his house, Mr. Burke notified and he arrived lust as th lies were found. He fainted from thn sck. llrs. Burke was 34 , ears of age. The nuy inenas say Vie urjon has always 3n a happy one. VICTIM OF ins SOX'S CRIME. l-ins Italian Tells Hoir Insurance Fraud Warn Worked. PITTSBURG. March 23. Casslmar rM. fc. the aged Italian, who fcterday as one of the principals In tho Iw xotk insurance rrauds, Is In a dying iditlon, and may expire before the New rk attorneys representing the lnsur- L-e company can reach him to take his JOEiuon. xoaay mrougn an Interpreter blamed his son for cettincr him ntn I able and told how the fraud Irked. - jfe sold .he was the keeper of a frult- Ina in isew ionc several years ago, en he was approached by an Italian neu joe nose, wno wanted him to have life Insured, nromislne- to meat enses. Ciclone signed the application I says he thought no more of the mat- unui tnc aetecuves came and told my son had said I was dead nnrt lied. The money I received for slgn- Ixne paper would not pay for a bunch bananas. I am told my son collected money on my policy. My eon got me the business and I want to Ha 'h(.fnr thing coes anv furthpr he son who brought Ciclone here has lppearea. Bntler Elope "With JeTrels. fEW YORK. March 23.-George Bossut, ouuer in me residence or Alfred han. llvinir in East Sivontv..nn eet. has dlsannearcd and totc-nirv ra ising to Mr. and Mrs. Nathan valued ,wu is missing also. The butler left koto addressed to Mrs. Nthnn ai-tn. had taken the Jewelry, as he could not psi me temptation and offering to re- a me pawn ucKcts ir she kept quiet, added: "But if vou nut the, noii heols Til 6tay In cover and get away r-urope. 'FERS TO END THE WAR jto Makes Acceptance of Castro' Resignation the Condition. pLLEMSTAD. Island of Curacao. rcn as. uenerai Matos, the leader of Venezuelan revolutionary movement, ) Is here sent todav th fr,iin.i . I'gram to General Bnmnn Ain -in rsldent of Venezuela and President of wongrcss: General Castro hn Ttn&mmA v. -d- i Icy. Considering that his being inde 6 dent renders lmnnssihiA nti j Isperlty in Venezuela, if Congress will icpi qjs BDaicauon i will promise vou iuso au my influence with the com- riaers or me revolutionary army to put immediate end to the war." VESSEL SEIZED AS PIRATE. bat Britain Takes Vigorous Action Agalnat Venezuelan Gunboat. YORK. March 22. Tho -rmHoK ser Pallas has f!r.tvl iha rm.i,. ship Restaurador on tho mr.4 , is a d irate, cahlvs th ttti,i jntativc at Port of Spain, Trinidad. cuao against me itestaurador cites soon after she was hnndwi it Venezuelan authorlUcs by the German hmodore" she bexran nc-AJn te nt tand robbery on the high seas. It Is i ""it sue seized the cargoes of ves and dismantled and abandoned, the Port af Srtnln namnin.. . . ally of tho Restauradors case: "Such f jjruve me unwisdom of leroslty of the allied powers." The pa- uiuutcs me nopo mat retributive ice will be swifter and more effective 1 Oil lift Insf rrri clrtm erican yacht AUanta. She was built Ittf VrQUlC j REJECTS 1I1S RESIGNATION. icrnelan Conprrcu Decides Castro jlnut Rcjnain President. ASHIN'GTON. March 23. - United pes unarge usseu. at Caracas, has ted to the State Department that the Jezuelan Congress has Ided not to accept the resignation of siaent (jasi.ro. SULT OF FOREIGN TROUBLES. inch Say Castro Resigned to Es cape Complicated Situation. ilS. March 21 An offle'al dUnifh been received hero rivlnir th pou.oc th led up to President Castro's resig pn. It shows that this action was a mere formality, as some of the dis hes inaicaiea. out was the outgrowth erlous conditions caused by the recent Agitation Over the Story of a Woman IVh WaateS to Die Her Condi tion Dae te Serious Ill-Health. Big Spring, Adams County, Wiscon sin, is much the same as other country villages, where every resident's affairs are pretty welL known to everybody else. It was co secret, therefore, that Mrs. Jenaette VTilber led an unhappy life and had wished for death as a re lief from her suffering. "For 25 yearn I was tortured with indigestion," she says, "but now I am well, thanks to Dr. Williams Pink PlUs. and I have told all my friends of the almost mirac ulous way in which I was cured. "Every one in the village knows of zny long sicknepe. After each meal gas would form Id my stomach and cause me great distress. So great was my suffering that I thought many times it would be a relief to die. Of course, I was treated, by the best doctors in our section, but the help they gave me was only temporary. I ,was very care ful of my diet, hut as I became worse I had difficulty In retaining the simplest food, in fact, the smell of food often nauseated me. One day I saw Dr. Wil liams' Pink Pills for Pale People men tioned in a newspaper, and, although 1 had tried many medicines without be ing benefited, I decided to try them. I knew that my case, being of long standing, could not be cured In a day, and I gave the pills a thorough trial. I began to Improve slowly after taking the first box, and' in a few months I was entirely free from Indigestion and could eat anything I wanted. Since that time I have been troubled but once, when I became run down from overwork. I resorted to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills again and was soon entirely well." Anyone having Indigestion or dyspep sia can be cured if Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People are given a suf ficient trial. These pills act, not on the symptoms, but on the cause of diseases arising from impoverished blood or shattered nerves. They cure partial paralysis, locomotor ataxia, St, Vitus dance, sciatica, neuralgia, nervous headache, after effects of the grip, pal pitation of the heart, pale and sallow complexions and all forms of weakness: At all drug-grists, or direct from Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y., BO cents per box; two boxes lor $2.50. International entanglements. The dis patch says the main cause of the Presi dent's resignation was the troubles with Germany, which, besides being dim cult of solution, have caused widespread alarm. The situation, It is added, has been fur ther complicated by the activity of the revolutionary bands. The dlspatca clear ly conveys the impression that the resig nation of General Oastro is IMicatlve of the present condition of unrest and insta bility in Venezuela, probably foreshadow ing a general change of government. LOW ANSWERS LIQUOR MEN Says Their Association Is Obstacle la Way of Police Reform. KEW YORK. March 23. Mayor Low today sent a letter to George P. "Gemln der, chairman of a committee from tho Liauor Dealers' Association, which sought to obtain a hearing before tho Mayor concerning the proposed changes In the state excise law. The letter closes as follows: "If, as citizens who are engaged in a lawful occupation, you wish to call upon me. I shall be glad to see you at any time that may be mutually convenient, but I cannot see you as representatives of the Liquor Dealers' Association." The Mayor recalls that in his message of January. 1S0Z to the Aldermen he de voted himself wholly to tho subject of. blackmail. Jle offered to co-operate with every citizen to break It up; "The police department has been racked from stem to stern In the effort to pun ish and prevent the taking of blackmail for the sale of Illegal privileges," says the Mayor, and he adds that if certain rumors are well grounded, the association (liquor dealers) Is one of the principal obstacles to a complete reform of the police force, and one of the principal tempters of the members of the force. Doings .of Mlatourl Legislature. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.. March 23. X L. Page, newspaper correspondent, and Cole Rlckox, Senate clerk, who .were com mitted to jail last week for contempt of the House of Representatives in refusing to answer questions put by "that body as to where and for what purpose they came. Into possession of tWOO each, were released by the Supreme Court today on a writ of habeas corpus. The Investigation In the House grew out of charges of brib ery in connection with the enactment of certain legislation. Page and Hickox. who refused to answer questions put by the Investigating committee, were sent to jalL A writ of habeas corpus was applied for last week, and today, after brief argu ments. Chief Justice Robinson and Jus tice Gannt ordered the .release of the prisoners without retiring for consulta tion. Before the Legislature adjourned sine die at noon today. Judge Hazell, of the Cole County Circuit Court, convened the Grand Jury in special session, to invest!. gate the charges of Doodling which have been openly made against the Legislature. Xo Direct Evidence of Bribery. JEFFERSON CITY. Mo., March 23. The report of the House investigating committee, submitted today, finds no direct evidence of brlaery in connection with school book legislation. The testimony obtained, the commission said, shows noth ing that would sustain the charge of boodllng. Photo Frames ALL PRICES ALL STYLES ALL SHAPES From 9c to 98c NEWEST DESIGNS LATEST NOVELTIES GOLD CLOCKS Guaranteed , FROM $1 TSS.25 We are closing out our elegant line of Gold Clocks, affording buyers an excel lent opportunity to save money. WOODARD, CLARKE & CO. The warm, Spring days which tell of Summer's approach, when we go to the seashore or mountains to spend our well-earned vacation, are here. It Is well now to prepare against the ravages of sun and sea air upon our complexions by giving special care to the skin and the toilet generally. WE WILL HELP YOU BY LOW PRICES ON'THESE GOODS Items for Spring ALMOND COMPLEXION CREAM VIOLET COMPLEXION CREAM DERMAL FACE LOTION ' " WITCH NAZEL CREAM 25c Each Most Popular Perfume Specials Fiver's Le Trefie, regular oz special oz. Fiver's Azurea, regular oz. ; . . special oz. Guerlain's Jickey, regular oz. special oz. Fiver's Safrauor, regular oz special oz. (The very latest.) Druggists' Sundries All New Goods. Lyon's Tooth. Powder, 2 for. . . .25c Pasturine Tooth Paste, 2 for. .'.25c Kubifoam 13 c Sozodo'nt ..14c Graves' Tooth Powder 9c Saunders' Powder .....28c La Blache Powder. .26c Slennen's Talcum Powder, 2 for. 25c Herpicide . , 54c Dickenson's Witch Hazel, pint. .15c Malvina Cream . . .31c Malvina Lotion 31c Rubber Specials All New Goods. Rex Fountain Syringe, 3 hard rub ber pipes 3-qt, regular 70c, for .49c 2-qt, regular 60c, for. .39c Imperial Fountain. Syringes, red rubber, cloth, inserted 2- qt, regular 1.10, for 73c 3- qt, regular 1.20, for. . . 83c 4- qt, regular 1.30, for 93c Rex Combination "Water Bag and Syringe Reg. $1.00 For 73c Reg. $1.10 For 83c Reg. 1.'20 For 93c Extract of Beef s 2-oz. Jar Regular 50c, now 30c Glycerine Soap Full 4-oz. Cake Regular ISc, special 9c Burnt Wood Large and novel stock of Decorat ed pieces, ready for use. Free instruction. Soap Specials All New Goods. ; 4711 White Rose, cake 10c Pears' Glycerine, cake 9c Fairbank's Fairy, doz. ,35c Cotton Soap, doz. .-...... 35c 2-lb. bar Castile regular 25c, for. .loc Fiver's Le Trefie Soap 43c Lubin's Soap, assorted, small. . .27c Malted Milk- Soap, box 9c Number Soap, doz 30c Queen Bess Soap, cake. .......... .12c Pure Almond Oil Soap, reg. 10c. 7c Hood's Soap 5c The Star Soap, box. 6c LEATHER WARE OFF. ON OUR ENTIRE STOCK Toilet Articles All New Goods. Hind's Honey and Almond Cr?m.28c ; Robertine . .-r.-., .:.,..25c : Camelline ...rT.. ..,.2Tc . Oriental Cream 98c Creme De Lis ....... .)-.-.;. ,27c Espy's Cream ..-wJr.....16c Woodbury's Facial Cream . . ... .12c Nail Buffers, large .18c" Pinaud's Eau De Quinine, large. 63c Coke's Dandruff Cure .......... 67c Crown Lavender Salts ........ . .39c Hoyt's German Cologne, small. .14c . Hoyt's Cologne, regular 50c 36c Picture Erames Just a few left Closing them out. Make your own prices. . . Perfumed Sachet Hearts For the Corsage .or Draperies 7c U-ran-go The Great Mexican Mineral Water Just in 25c Bottle see: our advertisement of sterling silyer and cut glass sale page io. BROWNS BADLY CRIPPLED pi V13 OP THE PORTLAND PiAVERS OX TH2 SIOIC LIST. Draerts Kcr Soldier Husband. NEW YORK, March 23. The sensation of the week In social circles, and particu. larly among Army and Navy officers, aaya the Herald's San Juan. Porto Rico, corre spondent, has been the departure of Mrs. Broome, wife of Captain Broome, of the Porto Rlcan regiment stationed at Cayey. Mrs. Broome took with her her little girl, and Is said to have proceeded directly to her home In Washington, D. C. after reaching New York. She was accompa nied by her friend. Miss Fuller, a daugh ter of Chief Justice Fuller, of the United States Supreme Court. Gets Both Fortune nnd. Haaband. NEW YOIIK. March 23. Mr. Fanny Rayne McCcmb Kersog has won her suit for a share of her father's estate, amount ing to about SI.000.OQa. A clause in the will of her father, the late James Jennings McComb. provided that she sh-vrld not share his estate, valued at J15,t0u . if she married Louis Hcrsog. the artist She married him and brought suit U ln w -Idate the wIlL Judge Truax. of ih Su preme Court, today decided In her ihw. Shifting; of X Wealcena Teawotk XcClolcer Ageat Are Gives a. Coql Reception. SAN JOSE, CaL, March, 23. (Special.) Five of the, Browns are on tho sick list, and tho outlook for the opening of tho season on Thursday la very discouraging' to the managers and players of tho Port land team. Harlow fixed matters, today by badly -spraining bis ankle in practice at Cyclers Park, andi ho will not be able to work for several days. Anderson is rapidly recovering, but will not be on the field for practice before the end of the week. Slagle's finger Js recovering, so that he will be able to do some pitching before the series with San Francisco is finished. Smith is quite lame from his sprained ankle, and Andrews is barely able to wilk. In practice the men have been shifted around. Vigneux haa to do the back stop work since Harlow is in jured, and Van Burcn has been brought in from center field to play third in An drews place. One of the pitchers wHl take the hitter's place in the field. This shifting: process has been bad for the players, as it has allowed but little team work. The team will leave this city for San Francisco tomorrow morning. It stops over at Palo Alto to play with the Stanford "Varsity. Wednesday it will practice on the San Francisco diamond, and Thursday the season opens. It has leaked out that McCloskey has had two agents in this city during the past week endeavoring to get some of Marshall's men to go over to the opposition. One of tho agents was Chiles, formerly of the Portland team. Marshall's men only laughed at the agents, and told them that they were perfectly satisfied to re main where they are. Carlos Smith told the agent, when he was approached, that he would not break with Marshall if they placed $5000 in his hands. President Marshall stated today that tho agents had made some tempting of fers to get the men to go to the opposi tion. "My men are all perfectly satls fied,,r stated Marshall. "They only laughed at Chiles when he approached them, and. in order to get rid of him, they made up a purse among themselves and .shipped him out of town. "I am not afraid of any of my men leaving me" LONG SHOTS GOOD DAT. They Rake In the Money at Oakland Jockey MJnaer Reinntated. SAN FRANCISCO, March 23. Long shots were In evidence at Oakland today, only two favorites scoring. Bogus Bill scored at odds of 20 to 1, while la the fifth race Gus Lanka came home at 15 to L The weather was fine, but the track, while dry, was deep. The stewards today an nounced that Jockey Minder, who was recently suspended for unsatisfactory rid ing, has been reinstated. Jockey Connell I will also be allowed to accept mounts. Results: lve ana a nail lunongs, seuing tricx away won. Penance second. Dotterel third; time. 19U- Six furlongs, selling Bogus Bill won. Modicum second, Hipponax third; time, 1:15). Four furlongs, selling Rose Farr won, Ravelena second, Amberita third; time, 0:0. One and three-sixteenths miles, selling Larry Wilt won. Gllssado second. Fili buster third; time. 2:02. Five and a half furlongs, selling Gus Lanka won, Lizzie Rice second. Priest like third; time. IKS. One mile and B0 yards, selling Action won, Jim Hale second. Hlowaho third; time. 1:45. California and Ewtera Races. Direct wires. Commissions accepted. Portland Club. 130 Fifth streoL selling; mile Flaneur won, Optimo sec ond, Fonspray third; time 1:45. Schwartz Rallies From the Jttovr. VENTURA. CaL. March 23. Charles Schwartz, second baseman of the Seattle Pacific Coast League (earn, who was se verely injured in a practice game Satur day, ia slowly rallying. Today he was able to take nourishment, and had recov ered the use of his limbs. He is still suf fering from severe pains in the head. Manager Wilson believes that Schwartz will be able to accompany his team to Los Angeles Wednesday, when the team ends its practice season here. Schwartz injury was caused by a pitched ball strik ing him while he was at the bat. He was hit in tho left temple, the blow causing slight concussion of the brain. slsslppi River at Everton, three miles south of Rosedale, in Bolivar County. The main levee at that point Is said to be sloughing. A special train bearing sev eral hundred laborers was rushed to Ever ton from Greenville. Scores of refugees came in. yesterday, and today the problem of what to do with, them is becoming serious. The gauge here tonight registers ELI, a two-tenths rise since morning. TValia "VVaila' to Have a TTlne. WALLA WALLA, Wash.. March 23. (Special.) A baseball club will be organ ized In Walla Walla at once. Today R. Burns and Clayton Van .De water took over the management of the local asso ciation, and will assume all responsibility in the management and conduct of the club. Players hive been telegraphed far, and the first game is expected to be pulled off in this city April 1 with Spo kane. Burns and. Van Dewater have de posited 5)000 In a local bank, as evidence of good faith on their part, and are cir culating a subscription list among the business, men. An attempt will be made to organize a league among the smaller cities of Washington and Eastern Oregon. Yale Oarsmen In Training;. NEW HAVEN, Conn., March 23. The 12 Yale oarsmen picked for the-training table in preparation for tho annual race at New London, with the Harvard crew took their first meal today at the quarters arranged i for them. The present make-up of the crew follows: Stroke, Bogue; No. 7, Cross; , No. 6, Johnson; No. 5, Stubbs; No. 4 Hal , pen; No. 3, Collin; No. 2, Daly, bow, Cap i tain Waterman; subs. Miller, Adams, Hewitt and McClintock. Bnlldlnic the Levees Hither. NATCHEZ, Mlsa, March 23. Sycamore levee, 10 miles above Vidalla, over which there has been so much uneasiness, Is now a foot higher than in 1887. Work on it has been pushed rapidly. The Natchez gauge tonight ehows 49.5, or 5.5 above the maximum of 1897, and la rising. ' here today tovisIt the wrecks of the Spanish warships; She will then go to Guantanamo. Secretary Moody and his party visited the battlefields In this vl--clnity yesterday and Inspected Moro Cas tle early this morning. . At the reception on board the Dolphin yesterday General Yero and his staff, the foreign Consuls and hundreds of other guests were present. When stress Is applied Internally to eggs they ' give way at a pressure of 32 to 65 pound3 per I square Inch. Iron Mountain Trains to Raa. MEMPHIS, March 23. General Superin tendent Tyler, of the Iron Mountain, to night announced that his system would be running tralns'to the West from Mem phis by tomorrow night. INTERNAL REVENUE FALLS Xo More Free "Ladiea Daya." SPOKANE, Wash., March 23. Manager Garrett; of the Spokane "ball club, -has decided not to have any more "Ladies days during the season, but in Its place he will Inaugurate what might be called souvenir games, at which all of the ladles present will receive a souvenir of some kind. Mr.- Garrett has not determined Ju3t what this will be, but it will undoubtedly be something which will be an attraction. Kelly to. Join Butte Team. MOUNT ANGEL. Or., March 23. (Spe cial.) Thomas Kelly, the college baseball coach, will leave on Tuesday for Butte, for which team ne will pitch during the season. "King" Kelly, his brother, the Seattle shortstop, is now on his way tb Mount Angel, where he will remain a i week, coaching the college nine, before reporting for the season s opening. Barker to Saceecd lligrcinnon. WASHINGTON. March Rear-Admiral Barker will relieve Rear-Admiral Hlgginson in command of the North At lantic squadron May L. the latter prob ably taking -command cf the Washington navy-yard. Ruddy Equals Swimming Record. CLEVELAND, March 23. At the Sports- ; men's Show,. In Central Armory, today, J. A. Ruddy, of the New York Athletic Club, won .the open 20-yard swimming race' in 10 1-5 seconds, equalling the record made by Leary, of the San Francisco Athletic Club, at Chicago last year. Races at Little Rock. LITTLE ROCK. Ark., March 23. Re sults of races: Half mile Check Morgan won. Brook wood Belle second. Achethird; time. 534. Merchants handicap, five and a half fur longs Mistlc won. King's Lady second. Dr. Kammerer third; time, iaO. Selling, six furlongs Chorus Boy won. Jerry Hunt second. Claud Walton third; time, 1:1G$2. Capitol Hotel stakes, half mile Impo den won. Mascot second, Sajtoris third; time, 50. The Carmen purse, six furlong Carl Kahler won, Dewey second, Flint Lock third; time, 1:17. 2kferchants Transfer Company's purse. Kincald Field Leased. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene,. March 23. (Special.) The leasing of Kin caid field for the new athletic ground of the university was closed today, and a force of men will be put to work grading -down the tract immediately. Gans Knocks ont Bennett. PITTSBURG, March 23. Joe Gans, the champion lightweight pugilist, knocked out Jack Bennett, of McKeesport, in the fifth round tonight. MISSISSIPPI IS FALLING. Danger From Flood A'ear Memph! Ended, hat Moves Soathiyard. MEMPHIS, March 23. The river has re mained stationary all day at 33.5 feet, and. tonight it Is reported to be falling. The danger from the flood In this terri tory is considered to be practically over. The center of Interest Is now to the south of Memphis alonff the levees of the Mis sissippi and Arkansas. There has been much wind today, and this has caused uneasiness, for those points along the southern levees are but a foot or more above the flood. SEW TOIXT OF DASGER. Levee Is Weakening and Lahoren UnsU to the Scene. VICKSBURG. Miss, March 28. A new danger point has. appeared on the MIs- Decrease $2,000,000 in Fehrnary, Over 928,000,000 in J3isht Months. ' WASHINGTON. March 23. The monthly statement of the collection of Internal revenue shows that for the month of Feb ruary, 1303, the. total receipts were $18, 250,409, a loss of $2,467,250 as compared with February, 1902. The receipts from the several sources of revenue ore given as follows: Decrease. Spirits ; S9.35S.922. $ 139,330 xooacco ,. d.uis.vos Fermented liquors 2,851,082 Oleomargarine .'. 53,913 Adulterated butter" and process or renovated butter (law not In force last year) 11.S37 miscellaneous 455.035 476.301 1435,077 115,277 91,505 Increase. For the last eight months the .decrease in the total receipts as compared with the1 corresponding period- last year was $28,343,724. Xothlnar in the Charges. WASHINGTON. March 23. Secretary Root today took official action on the charges made by Estes G. Rathbone against Brigadier-General Leonard Wood. He ir adi or indorsement on the papers saying ta.t no answer to the charges was require from General Wood, and no action will be taken thereon; that It was known to the Secretary of War that the charges In every respect were without Just foundation. The Secretary' refers to the part taken by the Military Governor in the postofflce cases in which Rath bone was a defendant, saying that Gen eral Wood at every step had the approval of the Secretary of War. and exercised only such control as was necessary as Military Governor. He refers to the game of Jal Alal, and declares that the gift accepted by Gen eral Wood had no relation whatever to any official action of his, but was part of the expression of gratitude of the Cuban people toward tho representative of the United States, and to have re fused the gift would have been uncour teous and unjusi1able. The action of .the customs officials in' reference to the gift., the Secretary says, was strictly in accordance wiC: the law and official pro priety. The indorsement closes as fol lows: "There is no foundation for the charges." 16 CONUNDRUM. If yem giye your dealer a five-dollar bill and he gives you back a five-dollar-hat and two dollars who wins? ThatT8 what happens when you buy a GORDON hat Chemistry proves that the body to be per fectly nourished must re ceive food that, contains, all th properties found in whole wheat and in the same proportion. (This requlrednonrlshmentis sot found in cereal foods or bread stuff foods that are made of part of the wheat) You will find them all in SHREDDED BISCUIT g Made of the whole wheat - and nothing else. ! Contains h ia f ona for easy digestion all the Food ' properties I suited for nutrition in existence. BOER FUND ALL RIGHT. Board of Dutchmen Says Subscrip tions Were Heaestly Expended. WASHINGTON", March 23. At the re quest of Dr. Hendrik Mueller, who, as a representative of the Orange Jree State, visited the United States, soliciting funds for the relief of his countrymen in the South African war, a board of eminent Hollanders has examined Into his man agement. The report of the board is signed -by Count P. Van Bylandt, LL. D Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni potentiary, of The Netherlands, and a member of the States General; N. G. Pier- sen, LL. J)., ex-president pf the Bank of The Netherlands, and ex-Minister of Fi nance, and C. M. Van Vllet, Auditor-General of the Kingdom, and is to the effect: "The management has found the man agement and administration In perfect or der, and has also satisfied itself that the moneys received have been used In ac cordance with the wishes of the donors." Regarding: the state moneys. Dr. Muel ler has accounted to W. J. C. Bretner, the last government Secretary of the Orange Free State. This account closes with a balance to the government's debit. Xooay Visits tke Battle-Field. SANTIAGO DE CUBA, March 33. The United States dispatch boat Dolphin left $3.00. I H IH ' il 'O' ISlf Eg I Use Shredded Whole- Wheat g M MMmMK JEkMJU i fatt'V and be wholly well an j 11 B Toasted it's a. treat. g lit V nilloKtY 1 1 Sold by all grocers. 1 EMBLEM OF . PURITY B The teterel Foaa Co Wlaaara FaIte.H.Y. J Served at all first-class bars l gMWMeBWWiaiwlllMBMtilMIIWM11- r We're talklns about the shoes It will be a' pleasure to' show you. Naturally they are comfort-bringing; naturally taey suit people with tender feet. - " ' THE DELSARTE SHOE for Women At $3.50 Goddard-Kelly ShoeCompany SIXTH AND WASHINGTON STS V 4