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THE STODAY OREGONIAtf, PQBTLAND, MARCH .6, 190. FD8 DREYFUS1 Court Grants Appeal of Famous Soldier. CASE IS TO BE REVIEWED Final Decision Is Expected to Rehabilitate the Petitioner. INQUIRY WILL OCCUPY WEEKS .There Will Be a Thorough Sifting of the Evidence on the Points Pre . 'sented Through Docu ments. PARIS, March 5. The criminal branch of thV Court of Cassation, today granted the appeal of Alfred Dreyfus for a revl-' slon of his trial at Rennes. The court held that a sufficient show ing1 had been made to warrant a reopen ing of the case, and ordered a supple mentary Investigation for the purpose of establishing a.'l the doubtful points -which have been th'i basis for the present appli cation to reopen the case. " The court's decision does not discuss the merits of the case. It merely recites the various steps taken In behalf of a revision of the trial, declares that these steps con form with the legal requirements of the French code, and concludes with the state ment that the document presented -warranted the court in receiving the appeal, but did not permit a final Judgment, there fore the supplementary investigation is or dered. It Is expected that this investiga tion will take some time, perhaps two or three months, and It Involves hearing oral testimony and a thorough sifting of the evidence on the points which thus far have been presented through documents. The ultimate form of the final decision also remains open. The criminal branch of the Court of Cassation will conduct the supplementary investigation and thereaf ter Its findings will be presented by ths united branch of the Court of Cassation, which is the supreme and final civil authority. It is the expectation of the highest government authorities that the court's final decision will rehabilitate Dreyfus, but the Court of Cassation has the right to order another trial before a military court. The decision Is another marked success for Dreyfus, although It is not yet final, owing to the extended supplementary In vestigation which must follow the court's decision. NATIVES MUST BE PUNISHED. German Press Astonished to Think .Officers Would Offer Peace. BERLIN, March 5. A dispatch to the Cologne Gazette from Okhanje, German Southwest Africa, says Missionary DIehl and all the missionary families have been rescued. Nothing has yet been heard from Missionary Elch, in "Waterborg, and Missionaries Kremer and Deterlng, in Guab. Mission stations have been par tlally plundered and chapels have been destroyed. According to a cablegram received here from Swakopmund, eGrman Southwest Africa, Colonel Leutweln, Governor of German Southwest Africa, is trying to begin peace negotiations with the Her xerors. He has, however, received re peated orders from Berlin not to do so. The Emperor's personal decision in this matter was that negotiations could be mentioned only after the rebels had been chastised, or after they admitted them selves to be beaten and sued for peace. Newspapers here express, astonishment at Colonel Leutwein's wanting to nego tiate concerning the murders of German citizens. The Tagellscherundschau says that if the blacks are not punished this time for their atrocities every white man who settles out there in the future must be regarded as foolhardy. The fighting must result In the disarmament of the natives, the confiscation of their lands and the seizure of their cattle.' AGAIN ALARM IN BALKANS. Sultan Rejects Memorandum Pre sented by the Reform Powers. VIENNA, March 5. The optimistic feeling-regarding the situation In the Balkans has again given way to pessimism. The Sultan was reported to have refused emphatically to ratify the Natchovltch agreement and his attitude occasions much anxiety in the Bulgarian govern ment Fears arc expressed In .Sofia, Bulgaria, that oven if war with Turkey Is not imminent, it will be Impossible to avoid a conflict later unless Borne agreement with, the Porte is speedily reached. Telegrams reecived here today declare further that the Sultan has rejected the memorandum presented by the reform powers as well as the demands of the gendarmle commission. This commis sion's making slow progress in its work. The two civil agents are reported to have broken down under the strain. NOTED GERMAN IS DEAD. Field Marshal Von Waldersee Was Generally Beloved. HANOVER. Prussia. March 5. Field Marshal Count von Waldersee died short ly after S o'clock this evening. The doctors were sent by Emperor Wil liam to attend the Field Marshal. Von Waldersee Is the only subject not of royal house who was always cheered by the public. Not even the Chancellor was treated with more respect and admlni' tlon, for he had to do with the things that made Prussia great and the empire possi hie. Hl9 partial estrangement with the present Emperor In the early part of the latters reign, the reason for -which still remains obscure, had long since dlsap peared and had been replaced by the Emperor's cordial friendship. Count von Waldersee's end came "with out a struggle. The hopelessness of his case became evident at noon, but be re tained consciousness Intermittently -until 6 o clock, lie was aware of the serious ness of his condition and asked to see his friends. Shortly before S o'clock the physicians informed his wife that medical skill could do na more. His two nephews- were also at his side -when he died. Emperor William was at once Informed of the death of the" Field Marshal. It is believed that His Majesty will attend the funeral, which is set for next Tues day or "Wednesday. The Emperor was always a great admirer and firm friend of Count von waldersee, and when the latter resigned from the army In 1S3L as result of the so-called "Von waldersee Crisis," His Majesty wrote a personal letter re fusing to accept his resignation ana giv ing the warmest expression to the con fidence he felt in the Count. Bismarck, in the last year he was in office, resented the efforts of the Von Waldersee group to estrange the Emperor from him, and secretly Inaugurated a newspaper campaign against the late Field Marshal. In this Count von Wal dersee was not mentioned by name, but was referred to vaguely as "military under-currente." His Wife an American. BERLIN, March 6. Newspapers of all political shades publish eulogies of Count Von 'Waldersee as a military leader and a patriot. Countess Von Waldersee was Miss Mary Esther Lee, of New York, whose first hus band was Prince Frederick of Schleswig Holsteln. GREAT EXPLOSION OF POWDER One Man Is Killed, 21 Injured, and Many Houses Shaken. LATROBE, Pa., March 5. As the result of an explosion of powder and dynamite at the magazine of the IL S. Kcrbaugh Company at Heads' Hill, near here, one man, Patrick Qulnn, was killed and 21 others were Injured. Jacob Squib bs, who was in his home half a mile from the scene of the explo sion, was fatally Injured. Houses within a radius of a mile were toppled from their foundations and window glass In houses 20 miles distant were broken. LITTLE HOPE OF BEING AT FAIR Russian Minister Finds the Senti ment for St. Louis Not General. ST. PETERSBURG, March 5. There is little prospects now that the Russian government will reconsider Its decision not to participate in tbe St Louis Expo sition. The Finance Minister finds the response to reopen the matter to be In sufficient to insure a creditable display. HE HITS S0L0NS. (Continued from First Page.) tlon. He showed more feeling than he had at any previous time exhibited as he leaned forward and said: "But it is to the law of Utah that I am answerable, and it Is the law of my state that has the right to punish me. The courts of Utah are of competent jurisdic tion. Congress has no business to inter fere with my private affairs. "If the courts of my state do not see fit to call me to account for my conduct 1 cannot help it No Congress has the right to Interfere it has no right to pry into ray marriage relations, and call me to ac count" Chairman Burrows at this point ques tioned the witness. He asked: "You say you would not abandon your wives or your children. Why do you con sider it necessary to have issue, by your plural wives, In order to clothe and care for your children that had been born be fore unlawful cohabitation became a crime?" Necessary to Maintain Peace. "Because my wives are like all other women. It Is ilecessary to maintain peace, harmony and good will between myself and my good wives.. That Is the kernci In the nut That Is why I have chosen not to obey the laws of my state, prohib iting polygamous cohabitation." "The church gave me my wives and I do not think the church could be consist ent in taking them away." said Mr. Smith In answer to a question as to why he did not agree to the Woodruff manifesto. "The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh," quothed Senator Bailey from scriptures. Continuing, the Senator said it appeared that polygamus cohabitation Is forbidden -f by both the law of the land and the law of the church, as laid down In the Wood ruff manifesto, and addressing the wit ness, he asked: "Then as head of the church you are violating the laws of the land and the ordinances of your church as well?" "Not the ordinances," said Mr. Smith. "Well, the Jaw, then?" "No, the rule," said the witness. "The rule after all Is the law for con duct" said Mr. Bailey. "I was only trying to emphasize what the revelations are. I don't know as much about the nice distinctions In re llglon as I hope I do about the law, but it appears that both the rule of the church and the law of the land forbade polygamus cohabitation, and you as the head of the church violated both." "I will not quarrel with the Senator about that" the witness replied. Later he said that Senator Bailey's assumption was correct Will Be Corrected. In answer to Senator Overman, Mr. Emith said the rovelatlon of the " manifesto of 1S&0 had not been published in the late edition of doctrine and covenants, but that this -was an oversight and would be corrected. Replying to Chairman Burrows, Mr. Smith said he docs not teach polyg amy, and added: "I am not openly and obnoxiously prac ticing polygamous cohabitation." "How could you better teach polygamy than by practicing it?" Mr. Burrows con tinued. The reply was: "I am nor. practicing polygamy. I am practicing polygamous cohabitation, which Id not polygamy. Polygamy Is plural marriage, and I have taken no plural wives since the manifesto of 1S90." Replying to a question from Senator Overman, Mr. Smith said the pam phlet containing the manifesto did not state that It was a revelation from God, but that the statement was made that it was published by authority of the church, which was sufficient It then appeared that the manifesto had not been put In as evidence, and Mr.. Tayler then introduced It with othor documents. A few minutes before the time for ad joumment arrived a photographer ap peared and was about to focus his camera upon the committee and its distinguished witness, but Senator Dillingham made a strenuous objection. Chairman Burrows stated that no photograph o the commit tee or of tho room would be taken without the consent of the committee. The pho tographer then folded up his apparatus. The committee then adjourned until Monday. . Eddy Will Head the Delegation. TILLAMOOK, Or., March 5. (Special.) Chairman A. W. Severance called the Re publican County Convention to order "Wed nesday and It was decided to hold the pri maries on March 26 and the County Con vention on April 2. It is expected that there will be little or no factional fight in the county this year, as there Is a disposi tion to harmonize the party. There is not the least doubt but that B. L. Eddy will head the delegation to the State and "Congressional Conventions. APPEAL FOB SMOOT Mercantile Institution of Utah . Addresses the Trade. ASKS IT TO WRITE SENATORS Hostile Public Sentiment Is Declared to Have Been Fomented by a . Coterie of Sectarian Minis ters in Salt Lake. CHICAGO, March 5. Circulars of the ZIon's Co-operative Mercantile Institution of Utah, bearing on the Smoot .case, and sent out from Salt Lake City, have been received in Chicago. The full text of the circulars follows: From Zlcn's Co-operative Mercantile Instlte Uon, Salt Lake City: Gentlemen Once more the country Is being disturbed by an anti-Mormon agitation; the purpose of which being the expulsion from the United States Senate of Reed Smoot a Sen ator from Utah, who was duly elected and seated, notwithstanding the disturbance cre ated at the time by over-cealous and mistaken religious enthusiats. It is conceded by his opponents that Senator Smoot Is not .and never has been a polygamlst; that hla personar character Is beyond reproach; that nothing can bo alleged against him ex cept that he is an apostle In the Mormon church. The hostile public sentiment has been fo-,. mented by a coterie of sectarian ministers in this city, whose heated harangues hare ex cited religious circles until appeals to their reason, justice and Christian tolerance seem to be In vain. Senator Smoot Is a director In this institu tion. Is a thorough business man, and Is iden tified with a number of Utah enterprises which have relations with the manufacturing and mercantile world. He Is a representative man, and no constitutional or rational objec tion can be raised against him. The present commotion Is injurious to the business in terests of this institution and of this state. It hinders the Influx of capital and obstructs commercial progress. We, therefore, appeal to you for such proper aid as you may be able to render In preventing the wrong that would be done to Utah If the present demand should prevail against tho right of a 6tate of the Union to choose freely Its own representatives In the National Congress. A word from you to the Senators from your state to strengthen them In resisting the force of religious prejudice certainly would receive due consideration, and It would be In the Interest of republican principles, of civil, religious liberty and of this entire Nation, as well as the State of Utah. We arc, gentlemen, respectfully, JOSEPH F. SMITH. JOHN R. WINDER. ANTON H. LUND. JOHN HENRY SMITH. WILLIAM H. M'INTTREL HENRY DINWOODBY. THOMAS G. WEBER. A. W. CARLSON. JOHN R. BARNES. TE00PS CAN'T JOIN FQJt MONTH Japanese Will Not Be, Ready for Ac itve Fighting In Corea Until Then PARIS, March 6. In a .dispatch from St Petersburg the correspondent of the Echo de Paris cays that according to a member or the general staff not more than 50,000 Japanese have been landed in Corea, The Japanese transports are in bad con dition, and they cannot accommodate more than 800 men each. The last hls-smbarka- tlon took place at Port Lazardf' but the Japanese are fortifying Ping Yaxg, and are sending reinforcements therelj The troops which have been landed ot the coast will have no difficulty In Joining those In tho lnterlor.of the country,! and they will require another month for con centration before they have sufficient force to begin operations. A tempest Is raging in the Yellow Sea, and lsj delaying the movements of the troops by water. - A Russian officer who was formerly military attache at Teheran, Persia, in formed the correspondent of the Echo de Paris that the Shah of Persia had sent 30,000 men to the Afghanistan frontier as a precautionary measure. Czar Will Replace Vessels Lest. PARIS. March 0. The Figaro this morning published a St. Petersburg dls- i patch saying that a member of the com declared that $7,500,000 has thus far been subscribed to this end. Count Orloft Da vldoff has telegraphed from Rome that he has placed Jl.500.000 at the disposition of the committee. The Czar, the correspondent continues. has decided to rebuild the Russian cruiser Varlag and the torpedo gunboat Korletz. which were destroyed at Chemulpo, out of nis private purse. Socialists Say Czar Wanted War. PARIS, March 6. L Action in its issue of today quotes a Russian Socialist leader named Plekanoff as saying the Czar pre cipitated the war with Japan In order to turn .ie minds of his subjects from the threatened and growing revolution for lib erty. Russia will bo vanquished, he says, because she engaged In this war without being prepared for it Her soldiers are brave, but misery and privation have de stroyed their activity. Japan Hopes to 'Get Colliers By. CALAIS, France, March 5. In order to prevent their capture by Russian warships In the English Channel or the Mediterranean Sea, the owners of col liers for Japan are giving their vssels Instructions to proceed for a neutral port in China, there to receive orders for a Japanese port In this way, it is hoped to assure the safety of the coal which Is for Japaanese ships. Russia Strengthening Fortress. STOCKHOLM. March 5. The Nya Dag ligt Allehanda says that Russia is hur riedly strengthening the Sveaborg 'fortress, which adjoins Helslngfors, Finland. All the wooden buildings In the vicinity have heen pulled down to -lessen the danger of fire In the event of a bombardment Tone of Catholic Press Resented. PARIS, March 6. In a dispatch from Rome a correspondent of the Figaro says it la reported that the Russian Minister to the Vatican has protested against the hostile tone of the Catholic press toward Russia- FLOOD EEIVES MANY OUT. Susquehanna Is Still Rising, and the Worst Is to Be Feared. HARRISBURG, Pa., March 5. Today the Susquehanna River registered 23 feet above low-water mark, and was still ris ing. There Is no change In the conditions between this city and Columbia. At Mid die town the lowlands are submerged and the electric-light plant is ruined. The town was without light last night and many families have been compelled to leave their homes. A large district of South Harrlsburg is Inundated. Traffic Is still demoralized on tho Philadelphia division of the Pennsyl vnla, owing to the tracks being covered by water in ana beiow Steel ton. Many in dustrial establishments -arc closed down. Tillamook Without News. TILLAMOOK, Or., March 5. (Special.) Owing to the heavy snow in the moun tains there ba3 been no- mall from North Yamhill since Sunday, and as the tele phone lines are also down, with no news- J papers, Tillamook does not know what 13 going on on the outside or. how the war Is progressing. There Is about 20 feet of snow in the mountains, and It is about Impossible for the mall to get through. Tillamook had 18 inches of rain during February. TIGKET OF PEOHTBinONISTS. Columbia County Convention Is an Enthusiastic One. RAINIER. Or., March 5. Special.) The Columbia County Prohibitionists held a mass convention at Houlton today, nomi nated a county ticket and adopted a plat, form. The meeting was a very enthusias tic one. but, owing to the failure of Oliver Stewart to" arrive, a great many people -who went to hear him were greatly dis appointed. The following is the county ticket: Representative TV. A. Tounff, of Clat- skanle. Commissioner G. L. Tarbell, of Yank ton. Assessor Frank Peterson, of Mist Clerk Clyde Stewart, of Rainier. Coroner Dr. J. E. Hall, of Clatskanle. Treasurer1 C. W. Allen, of Scappoose. Sheriff Lew Davles. of "Warren. Clyde Stewart and T. B. Lott were elected delegates to attend the State Con vention in Portland. Owyhee Ditch Little Damaged. ONTARIO. Or., March 5. T. J. John son, president of the Owyhee Ditch Com pany, has returned from an Inspection of the canal, and reports that the damage done to the company's property has been greatly exaggerated. The headgata was not washed entirely out, and there are only two serious breaks In the ditch. It is estimated that 51500 will repair the damage occasioned by the recent flood. Repair wo.-k will commence at once, and will be completed by April L at which time a sufficient volume of water will be turned Into the ditch to meet all demands. This' is- good news to the farmers under the ditch, and Insures a large hay crop the present.season. Prlticeton Loses by Fire. VANCOUVER, B. C, March 5. Prince ton, the principal town in Simllkameen, has suffered a 15,500 fire. The hotel, the Tullameen, worth J5000, was gutted and tho biggest store In town, belonging to A. E. Howse, was destroyed with Its valuable contents. Howse's store was worth 12500, and the goods were valued at $5000. The hotel was Insured for 51000, and the store and stock for J5000. Ten Bricks Building at Aberdeen. ABERDEEN, Wash., March 5. (Spe cial.) Building continues very active in the burned district, but the stormy Winter has kept back many projects which have been under contemplation. There are 10 large brick and stone blocks in process of construction at tho present time. Reception to Idaho Club. MMINNVILLE COLLEGE, McMinn ville, Or., March 5. (Special.) Last evening President and Mrs. Brumback gave a reception to the members of the Idaho Club, at the president's home. Various games -were enjoyed until a late hour, -when a banquet was ten dered the guests. NO OPEN FIGHT. (Continued from First Page.) expressing regret that he would he unable to come to Washington at this time, and told hlmhe would be glad to s him at any time in the near future. It can be authoritatively Aated that Governor Odcllhas' not been offeretllhe chairmanship of talKri&feajMbnai Committee, and there 'is no probability that he will be offered the posltlotj, It was not one of the objects of Governor uaeirs visit to wasmngjon to dlscusa the National chairmanship yjlth the President, so far as the acceptance of the plaa by the Governor was concerned. It Is under stood that Governor Odell's visit is merely postponed. Editorial Indorsement of Peabody. PUEBLO, Colo., March 5. Editorial In dorsement of Governor James H. Peabody of Colorado a9 a candidate for the Repub lican nomination for Vice-President will be made In tomorrow's Issue of the Chief tain, I. N. Steven's paper. The editorial says that by his course In enforcing the laws of the state. Governor Peabody has gained the approval of a great majority of our own people and also gained fame throughout the country. Nominated for Congress. Second Tennessee District N. TV. Hale, Republican. Contrary to .Reclamation Act. TOPEKA, Kan., March 5. The Attorney-General received notice that Attor ney-General Knox had filed, a petition In the Supreme Court moving' for leave to intervene on March 14 in the Arkansas River suit between Kansas and Colorado. The petition sot3 forth that the conten tion of neither Kansas nor Colorado is correct, and that establishment of either state's claim of priority to the use of the waters would .defeat the object and In tent of the reclamation act recently passed by Congress. Case Against Strikers Dismissed. TELLURIDE. Colo.. March 5.-Judge Ward law tonight granted the motion to dismiss the cases against the 16 strikers who were on trial for vagrancy and had taken an appeal to this court from the Justice Court In rendering his decision. Judge Wardlaw says there was not suffl -cjent evidence to convict the men and ordered them released. Americans. Will Be Protected. ST. PETERSBURG, March o. in an swer to a representation made by Am bassador McCormlck in regard to Ameri can gold miners at Un San, Corea, the authorities have assured the Ambassa dor that Russian soldiers will afford them every protection. Has Majortiy Over Reyes. BOGOTA. March 5. The result of the Presidential election Is that, though Gen eral Joaquin Velez has a majority of 11 votes over General Rafael Reyes, the fact must be officially declared by the electoral committee on July 3 next Ex-Mayor of Kansas City. KANSAS CITY. March 5. William Henry Craddock, ex-Mayor of Kansas City, Kan., and Democratic candidate for Governor of Kansas In 1902, dlea at his hotel here today after a two days' illness. He was born in Illinois, in ISol Two. More Bodies Found in Ruins. NEW YORK, March 5. Two more bod ies. the. sixteenth and seventeenth victims of the Darlington Hotel collapse were re moved from the ruins today. Bank Notes Sent in' for Redemption WASHINGTON. March 5. National bank notes received today for redemption amount to $7SS,410. Summer Resort Is Burning. MILWAUKEE, March 6, The business portion of Pewaukee, Wis., one of the best-known Summer resorts in Wiscon sin, is being destroyed by fire. Business Section of City Burned. MASON. Neb., .March 5. Fire today de stroyed the principal portion of the bus! ness section of tho town. Mjoss,-$5,000. FIND "LORD" GUILTY St Louis Jurors Return Ver dict Against Barrington. DEATH IS THE PENALTY Accused Is Found Guilty of the Mur der of Horseman McCann After Three Hours' Deliberation-He Moves for a New Trial. ST. LOUIS, March 5. After deliberat ing for almost three hours the Jury In the case of "Lord" Frederick Seymour Bar- rington, tried for the murder of J. P. McCann, a St Louis horseman, tonight returned a verdict of guilty of murder In the first degree. The. penalty Is death. Barrington's attorneys immediately filed a motion for a new trial. Barring- ton sat motionless as the verdict was read and retained his composure per fectly. When asked it he had anything to say, he replied "nothing." He -was taken back to the Clayton Jail. TOO CLEVER WITH A PEN. Young Englishman From Vancouver Robs Bay City Firm. SAN FRANCISCO, March 5. A war rant was secured today for the arrest of Edward Ansell, a young Englishman, who Is accused of embezzling 5170O from a silk company. Ansell has disappeared and Is believed to be In Chicago. Ansell was arrested here hist November on the ar rival of the steamer from Vancouver, B. C, where he was wanted for alleged forg ery. He was dismissed on habeas corpus on a technicality and when the police sought to rearrest him he was not to be found. He quietly sought a position as book president with the Nonlhlck Silk Com pany. The manager alleged Ansell was given money and checks to deposit In the bank. He returned with the bank books, showing receipts of the money and checks. He did not reappear next morn ing, and investigation disclosed that false entries had been made In the bank books. Arrested for Murder of Aged Woman. ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., March 5. Joseph Trujillo and his wife have been arrested and charged with the murder of Mrs. Mary Ann Boon, aged 70, who was killed in her bed in a room adjoining that occupied by the TruJIllos. Mrs. Boon ap parently had been choken to death after being made insensible by a blow on the head. Robbery was the motive of the crime. Slays Woman Sick in Bed. BLOOMINGTON, 111., March 5. Charles Cohagen entered the home of T. H. Flynn, a contractor of "Winchester, while the lat ter was absent last night and shot and killed Mrs. Flynn, who was sick In bed. Cohagen then killed himself. He had been In Flynn's employ until he wa3 discharged recently. He had been drinking. Found Guilty of Brutal Murder. DENVER, March 4. Russell Boles was today found guilty of the murder of 12- year-old Harold Fridborn and of a brutal assault upon Florence Fridborn. The Jury recommended a sentence of life impris onment Harold Fridborn was killed with an ax New Year's eve, 1901, when defend ing his sister. SAYS POLICE INVENTED TALE Boy Whose Testimony Convicted Father Now Repudiates It. CHICAGO, March 5.-Jullus Wllfrox, a 10-year-old boy, whose testimony con victed his father, John Wlllrox, of the murder of 4-year-old Paul Eassekowskl. repudiates this testimony, and says he wa3 forced to tell It by the police, that the details of the crime which he related were Invented by the police and that he learned them by heart A new trial Is now sought for the father. Indoor Athletic Records Broken. MILWAUKEE, March 5. At the annual indoor championship meet of the Central Association American Athletic Union to night, three Indoor world's records were broken, as follows: Seventy-five-yard high hurdle, by Schule, of Milwaukee Athletic Club, time, 9 4-5 seconds, one-fifth of a second better than the previous repord. Mile run, by Post of University of Wis consin: time, 4:35 4-5. one-fifth of a second better than the previous record. Two-mile run, by McEacheren, of the University of Wisconsin; time, 10:07 2 3-5 seconds better than the previous record. Limitations of the Sex. Junction City Times. The editor of a newspaper down the line, on being asked if he ever saw baldheaded woman, replied in the fol lowing vein: "No, wa never did; nor did we ever see a woman around town In her shirt sleeves with a cigar between her teeth and running Into every saloon she saw. We never have seen a woman go fishing with a bottle In herpocket and sit on the damp ground and come home drunk at night Nor have wo -ever seen a woman yank off her coat and say she could lick every man In town. God bless ser, she's not built that way." No Hammers in Heaven. Klamath Falls Express. What could be a more despicable sight than that of a resident or worse still, business man of a town siding up to stranger on the street and with the long face of a chronic pessimist pour volumes of dyspeptic calamity Into a possible set- March, April, May There is a best time for doing everything that is, a time when a thing can he done to the best ad vantage, most easily and most ef fectively. Now. is the best time for purifying your blood. Why Becanse your system is now trying to purify it you know this by the pimples and other eruptions that nave come on your face and body. Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills Are the medicines to take they do the work thoroughly and agreeably and never fail to do it. Hood's are the medicines you have always heard recommended. .1 cannot rftcosasiesd Hood's Sarsanarills too. highly as a spring medicine. When we take it in the spring: we all feel better through the summer.'' Mxs. S. 2. Kkal, McCrays, JPfc Hood's Sarsaparilla premise ta FOR THIRTY YEARS Congressman Mcekison Suffered With Catarrh Read His Indorsement of Pc-ru-na. Hon. ravid Meeklson Is well known, not only in his own state but throughout America. He began his political career by serving four consecutive terms as Mayor ofthe town in which he lives, during which time hp became widely known as the founder of the Meeklson Bank of Napoleon, Ohio. He was elected to the Fifty-fifth Congress by a very large majority, -and is the acknowledged leader of his party in his section of the state. Only one flaw marred the otherwise Catarrh, with its insidious approach and foe. For 30 years he waged Unsuccessful At last Peruna came to the rescue, and he man as the result: I have used' several bottles of Peruna and I feel greatly benefited thereby from my catarrh of the head. I feel encouraged to believe that if I use It a short time longer I will be fully able to eradicate the disease of thirty years standing. David Meeklson, ex-Member of Congress. HE season of catching cold Is upon us. The cough and the sneeze and nasal twang are to be heard on every hand. The origin of chronic catarrh, the most common and dreadful of diseases, Is a cold. This Is the way the chronic catarrh gen erally begins: A person catches cold, which hangs on longer than usual. The cold generally starts In the head and throat Then follows sensitiveness of the air passages, which Incline one; to catch cold very easily. At lastHhe person has a cold all the while, seemfpgly. more or less discharge from the nose, hawking, spit ting, frequent clearing of the throat nos trils stopped up. full feeling In the head, and sore. Inflamed throat The best time to treat catarrh Is at the very beginning. A bottle of Peruna prop erly used never falls to cure a common cold, thus preventing chronic catarrh. While many people have been cured of chronic catarrh by a single bottle of Pe runa. yet as a rule, when the catarrh be comes thoroughly fixed more than one bot tle Is necessary to complete a cure. Pe runa has cured cases innumerable of catarrh of twenty years' standing. It is the best if not the only Internal remedy for chronlo catarrh In existence. But prevention Is far better than cure. Every person subject to catching cold should take Peruna at once at the slight est symptom of cold or sore throat at this season of the year and thus prevent what Is almost certain to end In chronic catarrh. Mrs. A. Snedeker, Cartersvllle, Ga., writes; tier's ear? Is there a place in this uni verse where the typical "knocker" would be satisfied and settle down to be a con tented and harmless citizen?- Would such a creature be contented In heaven? Would he not find fault with the architecture of his heavenly dwelling place, and declare gold pavements and pearl inlaid temples to be unsightly? Wouid not the very angels at sight of him turn across the street or down the nearest alley of New Jerusalem to avoid meeting him for fear he would Jerk a feather from their wing or step on their toes, because he envied their happy faces. A "knocker," In heaven, and heaven a place of content ment? An utter impossibility. BOUGHT CEOTHES BY INCHES. Sail of String Contained Measure piehts of Family. New York Herald. . Fort Collins, Colo. A Russian Vho lives near Wellington came into one of the leading stores of this place last week and pulled out of his pocket a ball of binding twine tied Into knots every few Inches. After a great deal of exertion In talking by means of sign language the buyer ex plained that the distance between the first and second knots represented the length of his son's foot, and that he wanted a shoe that long and as wide as the distance between h& second and third knots. The siring -was unwound some more and a hat was found to match it. Sixty Inches of string was pulled oft for a coat, and several knots, making a total of 100 lnchearepresented a pair of trous ers. The merchant had Just begun to con gratulate himself. that the worst would seen be over, but his bargain-driving cus tomer had not as yet reached the end of his string, for only one of his boys had been measured off, and he had six more hu3ky boys and three girls to fix up for -the coming "Winter. The remainder of the afternoon was consumed In unwinding the ball of twine. When the end was finally reached the Russian customer was found to have bought a total of 2350 Inches of merchan dise, divided as follows: Shoes, 150; pants (14 pairs). 1620; coats, 00, and hats. 100. The merchant received $39.25 for his goods ana his time. The Retort -Courteous. Pullman-Tribune (edited by a. woman.) "As a mere man, we rise to suggest that if the ladles would devote the time to hemming dlshtowels that they give to drawn work, the kitchens of the land would bo far better oupplled. Then we sit hastily down again." Spokane Out burst p' As a mere woman,, suggest that the .Outburst editor .remain soated and, attend to his' own affairs. The ladlesTihow quite complete success of this rising statesman. tenacious grasp, was his only unconquered warfare against this personal enemy. dictated the following letter to Dr. Hart- "I saw that your catarrh remedy, Pe tuna, was doing others so much good tna,t I thought I would try it and see what It would do for me. My case is an old one and I have none of the acute symp toms how, be cause 2 have had the disease so long that" I had none of the aches and pains, but a gen eral run - down, condition of the whole body sore nose and throat and stomach. I bad a good appe tite, but my food did not nourish, my sys tem. I had come down from 140 to about 75 pounds in weight I now feel that I am well of all my troubles." Mrs. A." Sned eker. Send for free book on catarrh, enti tled "Winter Catarrh," by Dr. Hart man. "Health and Beauty" sent free to women only. If you do not derive prompt and satisfac tory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case, and he will ba pleased to give you his valuable advlca gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of the Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O. as well how to manage their household affairs as he does his editorial. Ornaments In the home are quite as useful as hemmed dlshtowels. In fact, the dlshtowels will do Just as good work unhemmed. Banker Indicted for Embezzlement. CHICAGO, March 5. Arthur Ia Kemper, preslaent of A. L. Kemper & Co., bankers at 153 Lasalle street, has been Indicted by the grand jury on a charge of embezzle ment of 525,000. The complainants are EU. M. Upton and Thomas R. Levis, coal deal ers, of Rochester, N. X. Kemper is miss ing. Friend And after all medicines had falls to set the little boy out ot bed. what thee Physician I showed film a sign that reafl "Good skatlnff." Chicago News. THE TALTJE OF CHAB.COAL Few People Know How Useful It Is In Preserving Health and Beauty, Nearly everybody fcnows that charcoal Is tha fafest and. roost efficient disinfectant and purifier in nature, but few realize Its value When taken into the human system for tho same cleans Inr purpose. Charcoal Is a remedy that tha mora you take of u the better: It Is not a drug at all, but simply absorbs the xaeesi and Impurities always present In the stomach and intestines and car ries them out of the system. Charcoal sweetens, the breath after smokln?, drinking or after e&tlnff onions and other odor ous vegetables. Charcoal effectually clears and Improves tho complexion. It -whitens the teeth and further acts aa & natural and eminently safe cathar tic It absorbs tbe injurious gases which collect la the stomach and bowels; it disinfects the mouth and throat from the poison of catarrh. All druRgists sell charcoal in one form or another, but probably the best charcoal and th most for the' money is in- Stuart's Absorbent Lost-ages; they are composed of the finest pow dered ' WUtow charcoal, and. other harmless antiseptics In tablet form, or rather la tb form of large, pleasant tasting lozenges, tha charcoal being mixed with honey. The daily use of these lozenges will soon tell la a much improved condition ot the general health, better complexion, sweeter breath and purer blood, and the beauty of it ia that no possible harm can result from .their continued use. but. on the contrary, great benent X Buffalo physician. In speaking of the bane fits of charcoal., says; "I advise .Stuart's Ab sorbent Zxuehgja to all patients suffering from gas in stomach and bowels, and" ta clear tho complexion and purify the breath, mouth and throat; I al b 11 eve the" liver is greatly bene fited by the daily use of tbemj they cost but twenty-five cents a- box , at drug' stores, asd. although In some sense "a patent preparation, yet J believe t get more and better charcoal In Stuart's. Absorbent Lozenges than- hi ay ot the ordlaary charcoal staSleU.' J ', airs. A Bnedeker.
