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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 23, 1906. BIG JACKY FORCE READY AT HAVANA Troops at Home Rushed to Convenient Points, 5000 Being Selected. WAR OFFICE PREPARES Greatest Activity In Army and Navy Since Spanish War Detailed Plans Laid for In vasion of Cuba. HAVANA, Sept 22,-Captaln Albert R. Couden, commander of the battleship Lou isiana and senior naval officer here, said today that while the American warships now in the harbor could land 4000 men, he did not believe that more than 2400 men would be necessary In case a land ing bad to be effected. The force here includes a special bri gade of 1000 marines. Landing drills were held on all the ship today. All are ready for Instant landing with full equip, ments, ammunition and supplies for two days. The commanders of the warships say that the landing of the entire force could be accomplished In 15 minutes. In case of necessity the battleships would remain at anchor while the cruisers dem onstrated nearer shore to protect the landing parties. The United Statea cruisers Minneapolis and Newark arrived here this morning. WAITING PRESIDENT'S SIGNAL Military Officials Already In Posi tion to Rush Into Cuba. WASHINGTON, Sept. 22. Every branch of the war establishment is In a state of readiness for instant activ ity. Officials of all the departments now are awaiting an answer to the question, "When?" That answer can come only from President Roosevelt. All this vigorous work is in progress in preparation for any possible eventu ation of the trouble in Cuba. There is greater activity in both the Army and Navy than at any time slncer-the.war with Spain. Careful and systematic arrangements are being made In every branch of the military service for act ive work in the field. A formidable fleet of American warships already Is in Cuban waters, and the Army only awaits a signal from President Roose velt to move In force to Cuba. Detailed plans for an Invasion, of Cuba have been worked out by the General Staff of the Army. When General Fred erick Funston left Washington this af ternoon for Havana he knew precisely what troops would be ordered to Cuba In the event of a decision by the President In favor of armed intervention; how those troops would be mobilized; from what ports In this country they would em bark for the Island; and what means the Government had secured for the trans portation of the invading force. 5000 Men Already Picked. It was admitted at the War Department today that the troops for service In Cuba already had been selected, nd that they were being prepared for the campaign. No intimation of either the number or of the present location of the troops, how ever, was obtainable. In view of well-informed circles It is believed the force de tailed for the Cuban service numbers at least 5000 men, and that It will consist of infantry, cavalry and light artillery. It is expected that the troops, if ordered to Cuba, will be mobilized at Norfolk and Newport News end a part of them, pos sibly at Port Tampa, Fla. While the War Department has not at Itn disposal just now on the Atlantic Coast a sufficient number of transports to convey an expeditionary force of 5000 men, it has arranged to use for the transpor tation of the troops nearly a score of har bor boats, each of which Is able to carry 300 men and their necessary equipments and eupplies. The three great supply bureaus of the War Department, the quartermasters commissaries and medical, are prepared to take care of the army and all of them now axe engaged in working out the de tails of an expedition. Horses and mules are being purchased In the West; medical and subsistence supplies are being bought In large quantities at some of the Cast ern departments and anticipatory ar rangements for the railroad transporta tlon of troops are being concluded. The general staff, aside from determln lng the number and character of the troops to be employed In Cuba, is not idle. Maps of a special kind already have been printed, which cover the latest obtain able Information of the topography of the Islands and plans have been worked out for the force after It Is landed in Cuba. Practice Marches Cut Off. It is regarded as significant, too, that some of the troops engaged in operations at the various practice camps have been hurried back to their stations by train. or at least not marched back, as original ly was Intended. Information was re ceived today that at Fort Riley, Kan., the second squadron of the second cavalry, the first squadron of the Thirteenth Cav alry and the seventh and twentieth bat talions of Field Artillery would start next week and the week after on overland marches of about 250 miles. These are just the sort of troops which would be utilized In a Cuban campaign, and it is thought they may be hurried East at the time of their practice marches in the event of a decision to invade Cuba. All of the questions, In fact, as to how and where and what have been answered, so far as the War Department is con cerned and the same may be said of the fvavy and Marine Corps. Buying Horses and Mules. WASHINGTON, Sept. 22. With a view to meeting any possible emergency that may arise In connection with Cuba, the Clunrtermaster-General's Department is busy making Its preparations. Proposals are already out calling for bids for sup plying large numbers of horses and mules. and these bids will be opened in this city next Tuesday, requiring almost immedi ate delivery of the animals. Officers o the Quartermaster's Department of course do not know that these animals are in tended for Cuban service, but there is no question that this Is one of the meas ures that are being taken with such an emergency In view. The urgency of the case was shown by the fact that Depot Quartermasters at various points were telegraphed to call for bids under exist ing specifications. Funston Starts for Havana. . WASHINGTON, Sept. 22. Brigadier General Funston left here today, aecom nanled bv his aide. Lieutenant B. J. Mitchell, for Havana. He hopes to be In Havana not later than xuesaay morning. General Funston spent ine entire morn lng at the War Department holding final fnfrmno with thtt f Vl 1 f flf stfLff And other officers, but declined to make any statement regarding me steps oeing iuk. n hv thp flnvprnment toward interven tion. It Is known that preparations for the possible occupation of Cuba are rap idly going on. Rebels Buy Arms and Munitions. NEW YORK, Sept. 22. The Cuban revo lutionary junta In this city ordered in Germany about three weeks ago a large quantity of firearms and ammunition, the shipment of which has been temporarily countermanded, pending the peace nego tiations. The order Includes 5000 Mauser rifles and 1,000,000 cartridges, the entire order amounting to $60,000. In case the peace negotiations In Havana fall, these supplies will be shipped to Cuba. Flan to Coal Warships Quickly. WASHING-TON. Sept. 22. Naval offi cials. In order to meet the present emer gency in the matter of a coaling supply for ships that may be needed for Cuban service, are looking around for a barge with a capacity of not less than 2300 tons. which it is proposed to have moored near Newport News and keep filled to its ut most capacity at all times. MEXICANT0WN5 INREVDLT TEN THOUSAND MEN SAID TO HAVE RISEN. States of Vera Crux, Tabasco and Chiapas Reported on "Eve of Joining Them. A EL PASO, Tex., Sept. 22. (Special.) A Spanish paper, the Reforma So- clale, thia afternoon prints an extra containing the following: Cooatzacoalslcs, Sept. 22. The peo ple of Mlnatltlon, San Juan. Bquilma and San Geronlmo have declared against the Mexican government and Diaz. They have been joined by the federal guards. The revolutionists are 10,000 strong. The States of Vera Cruz, Tabasco and Chiapas will Join them." Cooatzacoalslcs is a city on the gulf several hundred miles from South Vera Cruz. HONGKONG WEATHER BAD Home Relief Fund Totals $45,000, Over Half From Chinese. HONGKONG. Sept. 23. Europeans and Americans have contributed $20,000 and the Chinese J25.000 to the relief fund for the sufferers from the typhoon. Boister ous weather continues- and la hampering the work of salvaging In the harbor. The damaged torpedo-boat Francisque will be docked tomorrow. The body of Bishop Hoare has not been recovered. MONSTER METEOR IS SEEN Falls Near Stockton and Leaves a Long Tall of Smoke. STOCKTON, Sept. 22. At 6 o'clock this evening a great meteor fell In the north western heavens, and many persons de clare that an explosion occurred which was felt in this city. A monster tall of smoke followed the falling body, which seemed to go In a zigzag course. CAMPAIGN IS OPENED. Glllett and Bell Address Large Meet ings at Oakland and Vallcjo. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 22. The cam paign was formally opened in this state tonight, J. N. Glllett, the Republican nom inee for Governor, addressing a large meeting in Oakland, while his Democratic opponent, Theodore Bell, spoke at val- lejo to a large meeting. Trees on Business Streets. PORTLAND, Sept. 22. (To the Editor.) Perhaps It would not .be presumptlous In an old Portlander, who has been ab sent from your city for seven years, to make a suggestion which. If carried out. would add to the appearance of the city. It Is easily to be perceived that Portland has long passed the "country-town" stage, and looking along Third, Seventh and Intervening streets proves this, but when we attempt to do the same on Washington and Morrison, our view of a long business street is spoiled by a few trees here and there, while beyond these are blocks and block's of stores and fine buildings. I am a lover of trees and think these are the glory of this city, but their place Is not on the business streets, and If the few I speak of were taken down (they are mostly scrubs, anyway), would It not be a fine sight to look way out to Sixteenth street and see nothing but business blocks (or what would appear to oej, ami on Morrison to about the same distance. If you agree with me (and many others perhaps you would give your editorial approval of same. The work to be done would be so slight (and must. In any case be done In the near future) whilst the Improvement in the appearance of these streets would be so great, that If suggested to the property-owners I think they would concur, and let us hope. act. T. W. HINDMARSH. Starved Babe Succumbs. NEW YORK, Sept. 22.-Unabe to sur ive the ordeal of fivA Hnt-a vritttAn John Boyle, the baby of 4 years, who was found on Thursday beside the body oi airs. atnerine uenham, his mother, by adoption. In her home in Brooklyn! died last night In the Norwegian Hospi tal. Mrs. IVnhnm Hlori rt i .. ease, the physicians say, some time on lusfc nursauy morning. Newfoundland Angry at Parent. ST. JOHNS, N. F.. Sept. 22. The re ported determination of the Imperial Government to override the colonial au thorities and concede to the American Commission a more liberal construction of the herring tlehery laws asked on be half of American fishermen, has evoked much criticism here. Canada, it Is said may be a factor in the dispute, as she has for years enforced against Ameri cans the laws that Newfoundland now seeks to make effective. Carl Daenzer, German Editor. ST. LOUIS, Sept. 22. Carl Daenzer, the nestor of the German-American press, died today at the age of 88 years In Germany, where he had spent the last few years since his retirement from the editorship of the Anzeiger aes westens, the oldest daily newspa per In the West, having been started in 1834. Buffalo Fire Costs $150,000. BUFFALO. N. Y., Sept. 22. (Special.) The rrame structure partly occupied by the Keystone Warehouse Company and the Russell Salvage Company burned to night; loss $150,000, partially covered by insurance. TUG TO DASH OFF WITH STENSLAND Will Hurry Him to Jersey City, Then First Train to Chicago. ILLINOIS IN GREAT HASTE Notorious Plunderer of the Poor Will Probably Reach Quaran tine on the Prlnz Adelbert "' This Afternoon. NEW YORK, Sept. 22. A tug chart ered by the State's Attorney of Cook County, Illinois, lay alongside the barge office at the Battery tonight, with steam up and prepared to make a dash for Quarantine as soon as the Hamburg-American liner Prince Adelbert, with Paul O. Stensland. the Chicago bank embezzler, on board, was sighted off File Island. Detective Kinder, of Chicago, wno Is handling the police end of the case here. Intends to, take no chances, .but to remove the prisoner from the steam er through special permission at Quar antine and hurry him to Jersey City, where, unless the unexpected happens, Stensland will be put aboard tne first train for Chicago. The matter of extradition has been arranged with the Governors of both New York and New Jersey, but arrival in town of the banker's son, Theodore, linked with the rumor that the latter would also meet his father and at tempt to Influence him to fight extradi tion, determined the Illinois authori ties to make the removal of their pris oner to Chicago as expeditious as pos sible. When Stensland was arrested at Tangier, he expressed a willingness to return home without legal procedure. At midnight the Prince Adelbert, which does not carry a wireless equip ment, had not been sighted and was hardly expected to arrive before tomor row afternoon. The vessel sailed from Naples September 8 and usually takes 15 days in passage. DIARY TELLS OF DUAL LIFE Passionate Verse and Tributes to Woman Mingle In Its Pages. CHICAGO. Sept,' 22. (Special.) The diary of Paul O. Stensland was found to day in a vault In the looted institution. Through it runs an Arabian Nights, story of revelry, Intrigue, wastefulness and pleasure in the banker's leisure hours, during the same years that he was known to the business world as a man of spot- lees character. The diary is the marvel ous record of a creature of dual person ality, looking at himself through his pen. One page contains a bit of passionate verse, another pays tribute to his love for a beautiful woman, a third tells how, with a snap of his fingers, he filled bis purse with the gold of the provident. In one place he outlines the plan for the creation of the Milwaukee-Avenue Co operative Store, the mercantile establish ment which, by its heavy losses, finally proved his1 ruin. Cashier Henry Hering figures largely. The diary furnishes clews through which the police have 'found love letters, writ ten to him by several different women and received. In most cases, at a saloon near the bank. Theodore Stensland, the banker's son was given an "Immunity bath" by the grand Jury- today. It does not mean that young Stensland cannot be Indicted later. but gives a sort of verification to the rumors that he bought immunity by sur rendering his father. - Receiver Fetzer unearthed two more forgeries .today for $16,000. They are in the form of notes of 7500 each, ostensibly signed by Ignatz Kohler, a furniture dealer. Kohler says he signed neither of them. "It's odd that the State Bank Ex aminer could overlook two forged notes, aggregating $15,000, for ten years," re marked Receiver Fetzer. BOTH .ARE GOOD SPENDERS Stensland Often Drew Out 7 5,000; Hering Lost $3000 a Week. CHICAGO. Sept. 22. (Special.) Sen sational disclosures in the Milwaukee- Avenue Bank looting case came to light today. A high police official confided to one of the bank directors that Walter Frantzen, a former teller in the savings department, will tell the grand Jury that Cashier Hering squandered $3000 a week for two years at gambling and on the race tracks. Frantzen will also tell the jurors that It was an ordinary occur rence at the bank for Paul O. Stensland, the president, to draw out $75,000 or $100,000. "It is a most astonishing story,", said the police official, "and It will amaze the public as it has not been- amazed at any time." WHITES KILL OF NEGROES (Continued From Pars 1.) stones. Negro men and women riding to their homes after the wor of the day were ruthlessly torn from the cars or attacked on the streets. In a few cases negroes retaliated during the early part of the night, but after 10 o'clock they were scarce In public places. The Fire Department was called out to disperse the mob in Decatur street, a street most frequented by negroes, and for a time seemed to hold the crowd at bay. The police reserves were called out, and will hold the situation until troops can be mobilized. The mob seemed to lack leadership, and this doubtless prevented greater slaughter. First Attack Starts Riots. The disturbance has taken the form of an active and bitter race war. The incidents of the day, which were given in numerous extras by tne local pa pers early this evening, added im mensely to the usual Saturday night crowds on the streets. A negro walk ing along Whitehall street, the prin cipal shopping Bectlon, was attacked about 7 o'clock, beaten and escaped with few clothes. The news of this at tack spread rapidly, and within a few moments the appearance of a negro was the "signal for a riot. The ne groes scattered from the streets, going to their homes by back alleys, or flocked to Decatur street, the home of part of the negro element. Soon street-cars were attacked, and negroes going to their homes were taken from ! the cars and beaten, stamped upon and in several cases fa tflJ 1 v hurt. Th a ha r bar ihnu whM negroes were employed next became objects of attack. Barber Shop Wrecked. One of the hardest fights of the night took place about the Postofflce. A negro barber-shop across the street was the object of attack,, and, in less time than it takes to tell it, the shoo was wrecked and the negroes weio beaten, one to death, the other pro prietors escaping by the aid of the po lice. On Peters street a hard fight took place. This was started by a negro shooting at the crowd below from a second-story window. A bullet hit him and he fell back and died in a few moments. One negro who was found with a pistol !n his hand was beaten to death on the via duct in the center of the city and a block from the Associated Press office. At midnight' BOO men and boys marched to the Union Station and smashed out all the lights In the waiting-room. The Bi jou Theater has been turned into a hos pital and wounded negroes were carried there. At midnight all negroes were ordered from the streets. A mob of 150 men marched out of Pe ters street, a great negro thoroughfare, broke open Pierson's hardware store and confiscated 150 pistols and thousands of cartridges. One hardware store sold $1000 worth of pistols since the riot began. Governor Calls Out Militia. At midnight Governor Terrell Issued an order calling out e?ght companies of the Fifth Infantry and one battery of light artillery. This order was not Issued until three negroes had been killed and 15 taken to the hospitals, five of whom will die. These include only those cases of which the police have official knowledge. At this hour the downtown Btreets are quiet. Occasionally a member of the lo cal militia passes and Is jeered and hooted by the mob. The possibility of re taliation by the negroes is among the serious things discussed In the streets and newspapers. Troops Patrol Streets. Colonel Clifford nderson of the Fifth Georgia Regiment Is in charge of a squad of 100 militiamen, patrollng the center of the- city. It Is not expected that more than a full company will be mobilized before 6 o'clock in the morning. What action Is to be taken tomorrow will de pend upon developments at sunrise. Only two .white men are reported In jured. They are Frank Scudder, frac tured skull, probably fatal, and A. C. Moore, shot Cn the leg by an unknown negro. A dozen negroes are in hospitals for various Injuries. Fire on Whites From Ambush. Several white men are reported to have been fired upon, presumably by negroes. As they were leaving a street car on the west end line on their way to their homes, several shots were' heard and bul lets struck around them. They hastily caught the car, rode to the end of the line and returned to the city, fearing to go home tonight. Late workers are banding together to reach their homes. The fear of ambush by frenzied negroes seems prevalent. Latest Estimate of Dead. X t A. M. The Constitution's estimate of the dead and wounded at this hour is 16 negroes and one white man dead; 15 negroes and three white men wounded, several fatally'. Indefinite reports con tinue to come In of assaults in the out skirts of the city, but it Is impossible to confirm them. 3:30 Ai M. A disturbance at Walton and Peters streets was caused by the shoot ing Into a house occupied by a white family by some unknown persons, who escaped. No one was Injured. Everything Is quiet down town. Troops are gathering and In charge of the cen ter of the city. Special street-cars are taking soldiers to outlying points, where disturbances are likely to happen in thickly settled negro sections. STILL FIGJFITING AT t O'CLOCK Fifteen Negroes Known Dead, One on Main Street. ATLANTA, Ga., Sept. 23, 1. A. M The militia seems to be very slow In mobiliz ing. At present there is little excitement in the center of the city. Fighting is reported on Peters street, near the terminal station. From the As sociated Press office shots are heard fre quently. The Constitution Is authority for the statement that 15 negroes have been killed. One negro Is lying dead less than a block from the Associated -Press office on Forsythe street. Rain Helps to Clear Streets. ATLANTA, Sept. 23. At 2 o'clock this morning the down-town district continues quiet. All reserve police are on duty and are patrolling the streets armed with rifles. The mobilizing of the militia ap pears to be slow. A heavy rain has be gun and this has cleared the streets. WINNIPEG STRIKERS FEAR Building Exchange Threatens to , Close for the Season. WINNIPEG, Sept. 22.' (Special.) A striking committee of the Building Trades met the builders today, but the masters would not discuss any of the matters, while the delegates were particular in stating that all trades will have to go to work immediately. The Building Ex change has no remedy to offer the men and proposes closing down all work for the season, leaving the men to get work in some other town. The announcement has spread consternation in the ranks of tne union. WILL BE FINISH OF HEARST (Continued From Page 1.) running strong for the renomlnatlon of Governor Hlgglns by the Saratoga convention Tuesday. It is generally conceded that Hlgglns can have an other term If he wants it. The final decision is said to rest with the Gov ernor's wife. i CUTS LOOSE FROM HEARST Municipal Ownership League Will Name State Ticket. NEW YORIC, Sept. 22. Following a meeting tonight of the general commit tee of the Municipal Ownership League, the organization which last Fall nomi nated William Randolph Hearst for May or of New York, it was announced that the organization had abandoned the lead ership of Mr. Hearst and would nominate i complete state ticket to be voted at the coming election. - At the headquarters of the Independence League tonight a statement was given out to the effect that the meeting of the Municipal Ownership League was not that of the original body, of which, it was asserted, the Independence League l the successor. ' OUT WITH BAILEY Cry Against Senator Spreads Through Texas. SMELLS OF STANDARD OIL Mass Meetings In Several Counties Call on Legislature to Defeat Him -Opposition to Spring Chilton or Crane. HOUSfON. Tex., Sept. 22. (Special.) Opposition to United States Senator Bailey in Texas, arising from disclos ures in connection with the ouster pro ceedings of Missouri against the Waters-Pierce and Standard Oil Com panies, found additional expression co night in mass meetings in several counties, at which resolutions were submitted demanding of the next Leg islature to vote against the Senator when nls name is presented for con firmation. A mass meeting at Mlnota unani mously adopted resolutions calling upon the Wood County delegation to vote against Bailey. At Cameron this afterncon a similar meeting wound up In a small riot as a result or Bailey s friends seeing that they were in a mi nority and refusing to allow a vote upon a resolution calling for Bailey's removal from the Senate. The anti-Bailey campaign assumed formidable proportions and Bailey ar rived in Texas today for the purpose of making a campaign of the state. Lead ers of the, Bailey opposition are seeking to bring out ex-United States Senator Horace Chilton, whom Bailey once de feated, or Hon. M. M. Crane, of Dallas, against him. An organized effort will be made to prevent his confirmation 'as United States senator by the next Leg islature. WON'T .LINE UP FOR WEAVER Potter and South Say He Wanted Them to "Use" City Employes. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. , 22. Intimating that Mayor Weaver had desired them to use the members of police and fire depart ments of the city In the (interests of the Mayor's candidate for the city party nom ination for District Attorney, Colonel Sheldon Potter, director of the Depart ment of Public Safety, and Thomas W, South, the assistant director, today re signed the offices. The action of the dl rector and assistant director, coming so close on the refusal of N. Clarence G'.b- boney to take the nomination for Dis trlct Attorney because bribery had been charged by Mayor . Weaver In the pro curing of the nomination, created a tre mendous sensation and has caused the split in the ranks of the former to be come wider than ever. The resignations are the climax of a bitter fleht witMn the city party, which last year and this Spring won two notable victories over the regular KepuDiiean or- s-anlzatlon. Subsequent to sending his resignation to the Mayor, Mr. South made the following statement: . The morning that the Shern law, taking officeholders out of politics, went Into ertecl, I resigned from all political associations of which I was a member. When Mr. Weaver desired the Department of Public Safety, In violation of the Shern act. to be used to se cure the nomination of his candidate, Fred erlck K. Shoyer, for the office of District Attorney, I found myself In a position of hostility to the Mayor's wishes. I took the matter up with my chief, Director Pot ter, who gave me instructions not to permit any person in the Department of Public Safety to Interfere in Mr. Shoyer'e behalf or In the Interest of any .candidate for any office. VOTE FOR MAN, NOT FOR PARTY Hearst Puts Character and Record of Candidate First. s ALBION, N. Y.. Sept. .22. William Raldolph Hearst. In an address before a large gathering at the Orleans County Fair, today urged his hearers to vote for the man and not for tne party." "I venture to ofter advice there directly contrary to the advice of Secretary Shaw," said he. "I urge every independent American citizen to consider the welfare of his country first and of his party afterward. This Is a time of serious Importance to the Nation. Great questions press upon us for solution. Serious dangers threaten our American form of government. Under such cir cumstances, party name is of least lm portance, party platforms are of next Importance, but the most Important o all are candidates, who, In themselves, represent the Issues and whose charac ter and record are such that they can be absolutely depended upon to carry out the will of the people and resist the In fluence of powerful Interests. FIGHTS PALMER'S NOMINATION Rival for Congress Says County . Committee Overreached Itself. WILKESBARRE. Pa.. Sept 22. At a meeting of the Republican county com mittee today Congressman Palmer was named as a candidate for Congress on the Republican ticket In the eleventh dis trlct. Counsel for Dr. B. J. Coblelgh, Congressman Palmer's opponent, entered a protest, claiming the committee had no power to act. There was a spilt in a recent conven tion, which resulted In two factions nam lng Palmer and Coblelgh. The matter was taken to court and both nominations were declared invalid. The county com mlttee then decided to nominate. The Llncoln'party (Independent Repub lican) in convention tonight nominated A. E. Coray for Congress. Mr. Coray has already received the prohibition nom lnation. Croker Coming to Help Bryan. DT'BLIN, Sept. 22. Special.) Rich- Sore Lungs We want everybody who has a hard cold in the chest to use Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. Our long experience with it, over sixty years, tells us there is nothing ita equal for coughs, colds in the chest, bronchitis, Iioarseness, sore lungs, weak throats, and weak lungs. Doc tors tell us the same thing Ask your doctor about it. We bare Be Hunts i We publish i . O. Tr O., the formulas of all oar i JUT BtttUinH 1 I XjUW mmm HON. SPENCER BLACKBURN Member of Congress from North , Carolina, Says: friend, Senator Pritch- ard, in commending Pe-ru-na as a very ef- ficent remedy for coughs, colds and ca- taiiuai iiuuuit IVJdliy of my friends have used it with' excellent results." SpencerBlackburn i Hi ill l ww-tow ; v. : If- ; 4 s iir 1'- a v - mi i' v . wiMll ' -- y." . . : ' yj, A. j Catarrhal ailments vary according to the season of the year, and it is thus that we have Winter, Spring, Summer and Autumn catarrh. Ca tarrh of Autumn is likely to assume a systemic character, that is, the internal organs of the whole system become slightly affected, producing a condition closely resembling, chronic malaria. Sometimes an epidemic of catarrhal fever will pervade a locality, simulating Typhoid fever. It is sometimes difficult to distinguish be tween catarrhal fever and the genuine Typhoid. A congested condition of the bronchial tubes producing a cough, with the usual symptoms of a cold, are frequently associated with sys temic catarrh. A cold or a cough during the Autumn season has special significance, and Peruna should be'promptly used according to the direc tions to be found on each bottle. Peruna is not only a preventive, but a reliable remedy for systemic catarrh. ard Croker will soon go to New York to devote considerable time to helping Bryan's campaign. IXDEPEXDEXTS CHOOSK MOKAN Massachusetts league Also on Rec ord for Public Ownership. BOSTON. Sept. 22. The Independence League of Massachusetts held a con vention here today and nominated District Attorney John B. Moran as-its candidate for Governor. The only contest at the convention was In the nomination for Lleutenant-liovernor. John Golden, of Fall xviver. president of the United Textile Workers of America, was presented to the delegates as a candidate for that of fice. He was defeated, however, on an aye and no vote. The platform adopted by the convention expressed favor for public ownership. THE HUMOR OF DUELS Baseballs and Potatoes as Weapons of Precision. Duels, like everything else, have had a certain amount of humor mingled with them, and the colloquialism of a duel with cream puffs at 40 paces becomes less of a myth and more of a reality when we learn from records that some ten years ago a duel took place In Paris between a French Count and an' Ameri can college man In which the weapons were baseballs. The afTair arose through a alight fracas in an art school, and the Frenchman sent a challenge. ' The American, a husky six-footer from Tale, who had pitched on the baseball team and stroked the crew, was loth to accept and took the matter as something of a Joke. The Count pressed his desire for satisfaction, and at last the son of "Old Ell" consented to meet him, stipu lating that he should choose hls own weapons. Seconds were agreed upon, and the mode of combat chosen by the Amer ican was baseball at 20 paces. It was dangerously close range; for a man who has spent three years twirling ln-shoots and out-dropa over a 12-lnch plate is likely to be a pretty accurate shot with a baseball; but the Frenchman was game, and they met on the outskirts of the cltv at daybreak. , Each was to have three shots, and the Count won the toes and thereby the privilege of leading off. Perhaps he had never seen a baseball before, and at any rate his chances of signing a contract with a modern American ball team would have been about as small as they could be. The man from "Pnle had no difficulty in dodging the adamantine spheres which the son, of Belle France sent scaling in his direction. Then the American opened Are. The first ball grazed the frenchman's shoulder; the second lodged in the pit of his stomach, and the third, an in shoot, caught, him on the point of the chin. He went down and out. and never challenged another American citizen. This singular duel reminds me of a similar one which my father used to tell about. It was In one of the South ern States, and if I remember rightly he was a witness. There were some festivities taking place in a church lfr the village, when one of the rakes about town, who was noted through out the country as a bully, entered the church and created some disturbance. The pastor, a square-Jawed man from the North, requested him to leave the place, and when he refused escorted him rather forcibly to the -door. The next day the minister received a chal lenge. He was not the kind of a man to refuse, and his acceptance was sent promptly. By the code of duelling the choice of weapons remained with the pastor, and he chose a basket of po tatoes at five paces. It was a hot bat tle, and lasted for five minutes; but the divine, like the j man from Yale, was an ex-ball Ditcher, and his adversary lf - p f4 H jtr 3 f si fV . V was carried from the field of combat In a badly battered condition. Neither of these duels resulted fa tally; but probiibly one of the strangest duels on record, and one which terminated far more disastrous ly, was one which took place between two Frenchmen. The dispute was over a woman, which sex, by the way. has been the cause of about two-thirds of all the duels ever fought, and as neither of the combatants was a skilled swordsman or good pistol shof, it was decided that they should each, accompanied by their seconds, ascend to a given height In balloons, and at a signal fire, not upon each other, but upon the balloons. Accordingly, they ascended to the elevation of about hHlf a mile, and at a signal from below they discharged blunderbusses loaded with slugs at each other's wind bags. One of the shots went wild, but the other was more effective, and the balloon collnpsed and Its occupants were dashed to the earth and killed. 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