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j VOL. XXXVII-No. 1.1 SALEM, OREGON, FBIDAY, FEBRUAEY 25, 1887. 1 WEEKLY EDITION EASTERN. News of the Week from Be yond the Rockies. AGAIX ON MIS MC8CI.K. jBhn . gnlllsnn la Arlu Keody to Fljht A Belt for the Chnmpibn. Ntw York, Feb. 17. John L. Sulli van, who has been suffering with a broken arm, which was caused by hitting Cardiff's cheek, will be ready to go on the road again by the 10th of March, lie laid to-day, "You bet I'll get sauare on the next man that stands op before me. .1 hone it witl be Cardiff. I'll fight Smith '.'or Mitchell for all or nothing for any j amount." Boston, Philadelphia and J Kew York will present Sullivan with a diamond belt of solid gold, set with 198 1 large diamonds. Edison's Health. I New York, Feb. 16. The Tribune I slates that Kdison telegraphed from J Florida yesterday that he was getting 1 along well. He was dangerously ill in I December with pleurisy, but his lungs are not affected. Good Advice by Powderly. i Ciiicaoo, Feb. 17. District Assembly No. 24, Knights of Labor, in its session I to-day, recommend that mechanics be not excluded from mixed assemblies. Is Powderly advised the exercise -of more i wisdom in the use of the boycott, and aaid that in cases where such measures ff I 1. t 1.1 l 1 j . j oecuuie newoanry , nicy buuuiu ira neuv f ! ii proi junaiy secret. 5 , More Coast Defense. I Wasiiinqton, Feb. 17. The senate re ) tamed consideration of the bill to provide or increase of naval establishment (Hale's bill) to-day. The amendment effered yesterday by Butler was with' vlrawn. The bill then passed yeas 46. 'f.totys 6. The nays were : Jones, Plumb, 'fan Wyck, Vance, Vest and Voorbees. i The bill provides for the construction of ' heavily armored vessels for coast defense ' and auto for gunboats and torpedo boats. Vt appropriates $15,400,000, to be availa O.le during five years from March 4, 1887. Mr. Lotu'i Fortune. Chicago, Feb. 17. A Washington rpecial says: The grand total of Mrs. , Logan's fund has been footed up. It ' aggregates 61,000, which include) $13,- : O W raised in Chicago, ana mai reportea from all quarters. After the incum brances have been lifted from Mrs. Lo ; fan's projwrty here and in Chicago, there will remain nearly $35,000. This Till all be in United States 4 per cent. bonds in a few days, and will yield her a I Bet annual income of about $1400. Mrs. i ogan's real estate, outside of her home Uere, will bring the amount to probably ff.300 a year. As she has no one aepena 1 ent on her, it will be seen that she can f lire very comfortably. She does not rare to enter that swim of society she ; has seen and so will have no special need for more. The Retaliation III II. J Washington, I. C, Feb. 18. A min ority of the committee on foreign affairs have submitted a report urging the house to pom the retaliation bill, which passed the senate. The report is signed by Rice, Waite, Ketch um, Phelps and Hill. Wont Sell Maud S. New York, Feb. 1H. Joseph Marker, who bought Maud S. when she was only foor years old, for the late Wm. II. Van derbilt. has iiwt offered Robert Bonner, on behalf of a gentleman of large wealth, $100,000 in cash for tlie queen of the tnrf. t -jKooner paid $4 ),000 for Mand S., but re ' "'Tanes to sell her at any price. Washington, Feb. 18. A senate com mittee tvjiorts adversely en the bill to PT B. F. IVjwell and hei rs of A. C. Gibbs attorney fees for defending Lieut. Good all years ago in Southern Oregon. ; Sheridan on Coast Defense. Washington, Feb. 18. The house , committee on military affairs to-day re I turned consideration of the McAdoo bill, which appropriates $20,000,000 for coast 'efense. Lieut, lien. Sheridan was pres- fit by inviution. He said that be had ; eretofore refrained from expressing any -pert pinion on the subject of coast de tew. bat in his view what the country " ceed at present is guns, and when they j been procured- it will be proper to 4e up the question ei fortification. Slaoritjr Report oa the RetaUatloa Hill. wasrinutox, Feb. 18. Rice, on behalf ftlie minority of the committee on for affairs. Yesterday submitted the fol ; f"Tog : " Tlie minority of the committee uxti of seeing prompt action, and if ble, unanimity of expression by a branches of Congress on pending ; fstions in dipute between this govern- nt and that of Great Britain concern , tet fisheries, nd believing that the bill 3- luw already passed the senate by , ' bttUntially unanimous vote clothes Cl xeeutive with ample powers, are grained to differ front the recommen fatsoosof the majority that the house a separate or new measure, which rn iH be followed by delay, and rec ameo4 llMf IWJWage by the house of the tt bill Tlie report U signed by ra. Rice, White, Ketchman, Ihelps, The CUlm or gentile. "hixotox, Feb. 18. The secretary Ihebterior yesterday transmitted to "ne a letter from the gorernor t Washington territory, together with a wonty, W. T., requesting reimbursement xij ui buiiu omies m uie sum ot for expenses incurred by the county in DuwcHiw vi violence ana e m or cement of law dnrinc anti-f 'SinaK il'.tr.. - in Seattle in November, 1885, and Feb ruary, 1886. The secretary is of the opinion that the claim is a ju.-it one, and Kvmuieuui its payment. Tbejttos, N. J., Feb. 19. To-dayg ballot lor TJ. S. senator showed no change. A long siege is probable, not- wunsianaing the confident prediction of democrats that this waoIt - ..1,1 ... - democratic senator elected to succeed oewait. ine republicans still maintain a firm front, and will do so to the end. A BIO HOLE. Dlacorerjr io Kentucky of n Rival for the Mammoth Cave. Chicago, Feb. 19. Advices have been received concerning the discovery of an other wonderful cave in Kentucky. A partial exploration shows many rooms of great extent. There have been found two skeletons, and considerable money and silverware. The caye has not as yet been thoroughly searched, but it is un doubtedly another wonderful series 6( subterranean cavities. It is supposed that this was the hiding place during the late war of the guerrilla band of "Bloody Bill Grady." The caye will be thorough ly explored, if possible. A Crooked Officer. Jefferson ville, Inb., Feb. 19. In vestigation into the accounts of Captain Howard, the superintendent of the state prison at this place, has shown that he is short in his accounts somewhere between fifty and one hundrod thousand dollars. Howard will be held to a strict account ability for his misdoings. He has ten dered his resignation. A nic Blur. New York, Feb. 19. Last night dur ing a heavy storm, lightning struck a cot ton dock, atTompkinsville, Staten Island, about six miles from this city. Upon the dock were 10,000 bales of cotton, which ignited and burned with terrible fury. The loss is $400,000. Beaton Wool Market. Boston, Feb. 20. Manufacturers have not felt disposed to purchase wool beyond what they need for their immediate wants, and trade tlie past week has again been quiet. Sales have been 1,503,500 pounds. Holders are not over anxious lor sales, and are indisposed to grant the concessions in prices which buyers de mand. On the other hand, manufactu rers are persuading themselves that they will, before long, be able to purchase supplies at lewer cost than at Uie present time. Both sides, therefore, are waiting, and in the meantime the market remains inactive. Orders that are being placed are unusually small. Oregon wool -is in fair demand ; California wool is qxiet. Ilutte'a Mlne Clmlng Down. IU'tte, Feb. 19. Three large ftamp mills closed down to-day for want of salt and two more will close Monday, stop ping all the silver and copper mines, and throwing 3500 men out of work on ac count of the snow blockade. Germany Baying- Food Sappllr. Chicago, Feb. 'J0. The Inter-Ocean's Milwaukee special says: A prominent firm of masters of this city have re ceived a letter from their New York agent, in which he states that he has been approached by an accredited agent of the German government, who came to this country to purchase corn, oats, and red winter wheat in enormous quantities. The firm has been requested to bid on furnishing 200,000 bushels of oats, and their figures have been forwarded to their agent at New York. Two w Ordnanro Mtnurrv Washington, Feb. 19. The house committee on military affairs to-day resumed conwderation of the McAdoo ordnance bill. Cutcheon presented a substitute for the bill before the commit tee. It provides for the erection of a gun factory, and for first-class modern guns for the army, sea coast and other defen ses. It appropriates $10,000,000 for the purpose. Alter the bill had been read, Chairman Bragg stated that lie was en- ! 'aged in the preparation of a substitute or the original measure, which be hoped to be able to lav before the committee Moaday, and with a view to allowing comparison of the various measures, and combination of the best feature of each, the committee adjourned without voting on Cutcheon 's proposition. Bragg indicated that his substitute on ly provides for the erection of a govern ment factory, and for Uie creation of a testing board, of which Lieot.-3en. Sher idan is to be a member. Tfcn Crop Oatlook. . Chicaoo, Feb. 20. This week's Farm ers Review says: Injury to winter wheat by reason of recent sleet storms and accompanying cold weather is report ed from various portions of Illinois, In diana, Missouri, and Kansas, but the general situation, as affecting the prospects of winter wheat, continues to be favorable. A Deatmetlve rim. BotrroN, Feb. 21. The Rogg block in Haverhill, in this stite, was burned to day. The loflB is estimated at $100,000. A Reclamation. Bt. Loc, Teb. 21. Famoel Treat, TJ. S. judge for the eastern district of Mis souri, lias resigned. THE TREASURY PORTFOLIO. Speculations mm to the Person Who WUI Succeed Manning. Nkw York, Feb. 21. The Tribune's Washington special : The president is en countering great difficulty in selecting a successor to Manning. There are two DOintS which it is believed he nnaifara desirable to carry out. The next secre tary or tne treasury ought to be a West ern man, thoroughly imbued with New York ideas of finance, and be ought to be a politician. The president is, however, full of set notions. He is convinced that civil service reform is the rock of his administration's salvation. Pendleton is the apostle of the new political creed ; hence it is not at all impossible he may be called into the cabinet. CARLISLE MAY BE THE MAX. The Star's Washington correspondent telegraphs : There is no longer any doubt here that Carlisle is to be secretary of the treasury. It is also thought Pendleton may succeed Garland, and Lamont be made postmaster general. He has good executive ability, and great skill in deal ing with men. The speakership is becoming a pressing question. Randall's candidacy will be stoutly resisted by the revenue reformers. Hatch of Missouri and Mills of Texas are talked about as candidates for the speakership. Both being ex-Confederates, the question will arise whether that will make them available for the office. The belief is, the party can now safely rest upon the assumption that the war is over and the country at peace. THE PRESIDENT UNDECIDED. Washington, Feb. 21. Lamont said to-night that tlie secretaryship of the treasury had not as yet been offered to any one, all reports to the contrary not withstanding, and that the president had not settled the matter in his own mind. The Oreat Failure at Kew York. Nkw York, Feb. 21. ITie 'longshore men of Jersey City and Hoboken have formally abandoned their strike, and started out this morning individually to get work where they could. Coal hand lers at some points have asked to be ta ken back in a body, which was refused. They too will make individual applica tion for work to-morrow. One of the results of the failure of the longshoremen's and coal handlers' ftrike will be the modification, if not abolition, of the autocratic factions of- executive committees, if not of the roaster work man also. The feeling among the great body of men attached to district assem bly No. 49 on that point is very vtrong. Before any body is ordered out in future they will insist upon their rights being consulted. If tlie order is supported by a majority vote in public meeting, the or der will 1 obeyed ; if not, not. The Canadian Election. Montreal, Feb. 22. The federal elec tions will be held in Canada to-morrow. Hie general oninion is that the govern ment will be defeated. INTERSTATE COMMERCE LAW. The Genera Manager or the Tranx-onti-nental Lines Consider It. Chicago. Feb. 22. The general man agers of the transcontinental railroads began to-day consideration of the inter state commerce law, and the necessary steis to be uken to meet its require ments. The session opened by the read ing of a pp'r prepared by N. (ireen Curtis, general solicitor of the Southern Pacific Railroad comjany. The tenor of his article was that the law was suscepti ble of liberal interpretation, and if so taken would not seriously interfere with the operation of the Pacific nvli. After the reading of tlie taper, the meeting agreed that nothing could be done to ward regulating tariff, as. under a strict construction of the law, either through or local business would have to be sacri ficed. It was decided that a committee be appointed to go befitre the commis sion, so soon as it members are named, and ask them to make such exceptions as will allow the roads to carry both classes of traffic without loss and "without diver sion, to water or foreign routes. The meeting will remain in erosion to or three days. ANOTHER CONFERENCE. The adjustment of such local and through rates as was reached by the gen eral freifc-hi agent f Hie Western Traflit? i association line to-day settled by the managers 'f tii-e roads, who met for this purpose. John Mherman Keslg-n. Washington, Feb. 22 John Sherman tendered bis resignation as president of the senate this afternoon, to take effect on Saturday. The reason he gave was that his term expires March 4th. and tlie senate would be left without an execu tive officer daring tlie recess. HE WASTED TO K50W, YOU KNOW. Gus (at a fifty-cent table d'hote din ner) I wonder if there is any hash ? Jack What do you want hash for at a dinner like this T Una 1 want to know what I'm eating. 8e4 your friends la ts east tat Weekly States ax. Batter tbaa a letter. Only tz per rex- PACIFIC COAST. News by Telerraph from West of the Rockies. San Francisco, Feb. 21. Dispatches from Los Angeles give the information that twelve cases of smallpox are report ed in that city. The disease is supposed to have been brought from Mexico. Two deaths have occurred t It is in a light form, and it is not probable that it will become epidemic. Peter Waldo Insane. Waixa Waixa, Feb. 21. Peter Wal do, a colored youth of Roseburg, Ore gon, is sick here in the hospital, having been sent from Waitsburg, where he de veloped violent insanity, consequent on a broken skull of long standing. He lately returned from Lewiston, where be went in search of a sister, from which he was separated when they were small children, after the death of Governor Lane, with whom they lived. Twelre Hoars Late. San Francisco, Feb 21. Owing to a heavy fall of snow along the line of the Central Pacific, the overland train that should have arrived in the city at 11 :10 to-day is twelve hours late. Superin tendant Fillmore says the railroad com pany will do everything possible to pre vent a recurrence of a blockade like that of last week. Thirteen days' mail from Oregon, from February 3rd to the 10th inclusive, has arrived by special mail over the California and Oregon line. Election at Heppnor. Hei'Pner, Feb. 21. The Heppner election resulted as follows: Henry Blackman, mayor ; O. H. Hallock, recor der ; M. C. McDongall, treasurer; J. B. Bperry, P. Garrigus, Tom Morgan, Geo. Noble, E. Minor, and K. K. (Swinburne, councilmen. One hundred and twenty three votes were cast. Chinese Bark Sold. San Francisco, Feb. 21. The Chinese bark Kwong Tong was sold by the United States marshal to-day to Adolphus Bi chard, for $4,400, in order to satisfy a claim for wages. Portland, Or., Feb. 22. Mrs. Maggie M. McGinn, wife of Henry E. McGinn, district attorney, died at her residence in this city at noon to-day, of consumption. She was sged 24 years. Judge Deavdjr's lion Harriett. Portland, Or., Feb. 22. Edward X. Heady, eldest son of U. 8. District Judge Matthew P. Deady, was married this morning to Miss Kate Hanover, Arch bishop Gross, of tlie Catholic church, officiating. The Canadian Pacific Steam Line. San Francisco, Feb. 22. Private ad vices received in this city state that the Canadian Pacific railway has completed arrangements with the Cunard Steam ship comjiany to transfer three of its fast steamers to the Pacific ocean. The steamers mill ply between New West minster, Yokohama, and Hong Kong. In order to obtain a share of the Shanghai tea shipments, the Indo-Chinese Steam er company, a British concern, will co operate with tlie railroad company. Vessels of that line will meet the big Cii narders at Yokohama and transfer their cargoes. It ic expected that the Cunard steamers, the Bothnia, the Gallia, and the Scythia, will leave England, via the Suez canal, about April 1, their destina tion being Hong Kong, so that they will reach "China in time to load the new tea. Clans KpreckeU in Washington. San Francisco, Feb. 22. The Call's Washington special says : Clans Spreck els arrived yesterday. Mr. Spreckeis is very mnch interested in securing an al-lowan.-e for the mail service of ships owned by him engaged in the Australian and New Zealand trade. These vessels are granted a subsidy by the colonial governments, and there is every indica tion that the British government will.offer to giv bounty to ships sailing from Vic toria. 'In that event Mr. Spreckels thinks trade will go from San Francisco to British Columbia. He informed the president of the situation, but he has no hope that congress will take any' action on the subject at its present session., Portland, Feb. 23. Judge Stearns, of department No. 2, state circuit court, to-day granted a new trial to Dan. Mo- ran, convicted of murder in tbe first de cree in poisoninz Frederick Kalashua. ;he ship carpenter, last summer. The :. A. R. election. ' Portland, Or., Feb'. 23. The grand encampment of the G. A. K. of Oregon, now in session in this city, to-day elect ed M. L. Ol instead, of Baker City, de partment commander ; Z. T. Christopher, of Portland, senior vice commander ; and K. G. Hursb, of Koseburg, late chief clerk of tlie senate, Junior vice com mander. The next session of tlie en campment meets at Albany. IMPORTANT WIT. Two suits to Peerless Morten ogatast : Capitol Flonrtac Mills. Portland, Or., Feb. 3. Te First National bank cf Jak-ta commenced aoif in tlie United States circuit court, Jodge Detdr, a few days since, ajainst the Sa lem Capitol Flour MU'm Cu. for foreclos- ore of a mortgage for thirty thousand dollars. To-day, William Stewart, one of the defendants, filed a cross bill to foreclose a prior mortgage for $71,940 and interest. WHO WILL SI CCEED SUIRXAJt? Washington, Feb. 22. There Is an impression abroad to-night that either Senator Hoar or Senator Ingalla will be elected to succeed Senator Sherman as president of the senate. It is not known that either is a candidate for the honor, and the impression has for a basis only ittformal preliminary talks of this after noon among senators. In addition to their well known standing and long ex perience, both are expert parliamentari ans. It is thought the senator selected will fill the position not merely during recess, but during the next congress. A'PEKSIAX APOLOGY. A prominent official of Tabreeze, Per sia, had an altercation with an English gentleman and repeatedly called him a liar to his face. Ttte Englishman, who seemed not to be acquainted with Ori ental character, sent him a note demand ing either an apology or that he should accept a challenge to fight. The Persian was not a coward few Persians are pol troonsbut the idea of risking his life be cause he had called another man a liar seemed to him preposterous. "I fight!" said he; "what for? I only called you a liar, and now he wants me to fight him. Never was anything more absurd." "Well," said the gentleman who took the note to him, "he says you will have to fight him. There is no way of getting out of it." "But I say I won't fight," replied the other. "Then you must apologize." "Apologize!" What does he mean by apologize?" "Why, take .it all back, and say that you are sorry that you called him a liar ; that is what it means." "Is that all," replied the Persian. "Of course I'll apologize ; I'll say what ever he wishes me to say. I lied when I called him a liar. I am a liar, the son of a liar and the grandson of liars. What more does he want me to say?" Lon don Figaro. NEW FORM OF IMBECILITY. Hie fade is the newest thing in the dude line. It, or' he, or whatever you choose to call his latest evolution in mod ern society, is an individual of the ad vanced order of the dude species. There is no mention of the fade in Darwin'a works. The idea, if a fade can be asso ciated with ideas, was first suggested bj a smart Boston girl. She defines a fade is a dude who never smiles, is inclined to be sickly, and seldom talks. When he does talk be says nothing. There is al ways a far-away look about a fade, as though he had not come to stay. Tlie same characteristics of the dude belong to the fade. He wears the high collar, cultivates the slim neck and smokes cig arettes. The more cigarettes a dude smokes the nearer he approaches to fade. He smokes and smokes, his collar grows taller and his neck slimmer, until he jnst fades away and is gone forever. Hie fade is a warning to dudes. There are several of the latter species in Baltimore that, unless checked in their giddy career, are in a fair way of declining into fades. (Baltimore American. GOOD FOR HIM. Jaim O. Blaine, Jr., went into the office of the New York mail and express and applied for a position as a reporter, says the New York correspondent of the Philadelphia Press Managing Editor Coates informed him there was no open ing. Tlie young man had prepared his request for work in a modest way on his personal appearance, bis experience and his recommendations from Pittsburg newspapers, which he mentioned with out giving his name. Before departing he laid his card on the editor's desk, where it was found a half hour later by that busy man. It is said that Mr Coates nearly jumped over his chair and sent out to find the man, recognizing at once tlMt his employment would be a 'card' f'r the paper. I am told. that Blaine is settling down to a persistent effort to win his own way in the world, and that his hasty marriage has proven a gl th ig in this respect." t IU( aGO'S THERMOMETER. "Mut I? cold out," said the nsher at the Nor. 1 1 extern dejiot to a fat man who had jut t.tered the building. Wh4t makes roil think so?" asked tlie fat man. "Icicl dinging to your mustache." "Well, hat has that got to do with the welh-r!" "And ur none is red." "What has that got to do with the aeatlier?" Well, 1 av it must 1 cold out." "Yoa don't nay nor' - ! "Well, isn't it cold V. "Mm sure I don't know. What makes you think it is cold ?" Why, tle icicles on your mutache and yoir red nose, cf conrse." "Oh, pshaw man that is the fault of the whisky .H Herald. ' .. THE OXLT K CM EOT. Those who saffer from foal breath arc open In the ehargs of earels nets. It is as oteaea tont can te epe4llv s bed, as s single bottie of U Irsrrsot nOZOUON I" will tmnlstAAsMy a eosspiUh tn work. It will preserve sa4 keep the teeia wbtte, sa4 the breath pars ao4 tweet. FOREIGN. Record of News from Over the Atlantic. THE WAR CLOl'D. Rassla's Prohnblo Attitude In the Kvent of France and Germany FlfhUns;. St. Petersburg, Feb. 18. It is semi officially stated that in Russian govern ment circles the conviction is gaining: ground that war between France and Germany is inevitable. The addition, it is said, of a fresh defeat to France, miffht involve disastrous results te Russia. The czar's government will, in the event of war, preserve entire liberty of action. It will not support France as an ally, but may, by a reserve1 attitude, prevent Ger many from sending the whole of her army west of the Rhine; and, even if France should be defeated, Russia may mitigate, as much as possible, the effects of the disaster. For these reasons, it ia declared, Russia will await the outcome of the different phases of the Bulgarian crisis with the greatest calmness, acting in such a way as to avoid being involved with Austria or England at the moment Germany and France commence hostil ities. The Feeling- In Paris. London, Feb. 20. A trip to Paris in the early part of the week revealed a state of cheerfulness among the French highly creditable under the circum stances, and a most bewildering diversity of opinions as to what is going to happen. Very significant and, from the English point of view, most surprising was the optimistic view almost every where pre vailing among the better educated. I was struck with the great confidence of the more comfortably fixed classes, not so much in France's ability to beat Ger many, as in the improbability of having to make tlie attempt. Talk with McLane, our minister, confirmed the impression I bad received. McLane declared that the wisest Frenchmen did not believe war was coming, and he agreed with them. Mr. McLane believes there has been at no time danger of war breaking out be tween France and Germany. The danger to Europe'! peace has been the uncom fortable feeling between Austria and Rus sia. Here, in London, however, a belief that war is coming with the spring, is held. War Notes from Vienna. Vienna, Feb. 20. The council of war met again on Saturday. Officers of the reserves are forbidden to leave the coun try. French officers are buying horses in Spain. A German Editor In Jail. Berlin, Feb. 21 The editor of tlie Tageblatt has been sentenced to one month's imprisonment for printing a story that the czar shot Yillaume, a mili tary attache of the legation at St. Peters burg. THE GERMAN ELECTION. No Denht of the Defeat of Hlxinarrk and the Government. Berlin, Feb. 22. When Bismarck appealed to the country, and sent back home the representatives of the German people in the Reichstag, because they refused to pass bis army bill, it seems that he did an unpopular thing, and he has not been sustained by the people. The result of the elections of yesterday shows the return of seventeen "conserva tives, fire imperialists, forty-three liber als, six socialists, and fourteen Poles and Alsatians. New elections will be re quired in thirty districts. Bismarck is certainly beaten. The Saltan of Tnrkey Inanlted. I jus iron, Feb. 22. Advices from Zan zibar state that Portuguese men-of-war, by order of the governor of Mozambique, a Portugese dependency, have seized the Sultan's steamer Kilva at Tongi and towed her to Mozambique. THE C1ERMAN ELECTIONS. Contrary to first Ke porta, Rlsmarek Ban Won Deetded Vtetorjr. Berlin, Feb. 23. Tlie German elec tion returns, up to 1 o'clock this after noon, show that Bismarck will have s lanre majority in the reichstag. The newspapers of Paris are jubilant Over the result of the elections in Alsace and Lorraine. They say that Germany is unable to obtain the hearts of the in habitants of the annexed province. A Severe Kartho,nake. Paris, Feb. 23. A severe earthquake occurred this morning in tlie southern portions of France and (rermany. Many buildings have been badly injured and several demolished, and many person injured. The inhabitants were ter rorized. CL'RE OF FX ELMO XI A. Hem Eoa. Kiaoara Co.. V. Y. March 34, 1SW. About a year ago I ws taken with a severe pain la both langa. I wm arst attacked with a violent ekflt, then a dread fot pain and then a rough afleoBapaall by considerable fever. It loosed very tnaeh like a bad attack of pneumo nia. A friend of nine praeared f AlW-wk's Plasters, ova no pnt noder eaeh arm. one na dereseh sbonlder Wade, aad on on my cbest tlM aroond my throat. Its a few hoars the rooeh eeased. the aatn grad'taily abated and I broke ttia a profuse perspiration. 1 'ell into apT'ifonndsIeepandtlienext dsy wss alaus wtl. I wore the planer elf nt dr slier ward. t an I nave sever us a any trouble sioea. J William A. SsWVERa (1