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I9SUKO UT (ULWEULT SJCCTIOKS. BACH TOTES DAT AXD rBXOAT. 51st YEAR No. S2. SALEM, OREGON. TUESDAY. MARCH. 11, 1902. FIRST SECTION EIGHT PAGES. VICTIMS Of TRAlMECI -i Twelve lives Lost and Twenty five Injured IN THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC DIS ASTER AT MAXON, TEXAS, ON FRIDAY MORNING. The Qhio River la Rising Rapidly and Threaten to' Inundate the' Low lands. Frightening the Farmers on Its' Banks An Actress Falls in a 8L Louis Theatre: and Is Injurec Performance Ends. SAN FRANCISC, Mar.Jo. The of ficwl report of thefloss of life in the ! trajn wreck at MaxOn, Tex on Friday places the number of dead at twelve and the injured at twerjty-five. The revised lint of the. dead follow; Engineer Al Mairt, El Paso. . 3 reman II. Hertcholat. El Paw). Three children of Mart Riddle, Che- Unnt, Kuna. i , f .. ; Wife and baby of Andrew C. Slid ly, Lozlftr; Texa. S , llaby of O. E. llouseniptaclne,. Wis. i Eatawm- Contfera. iief Rio, Tex. Mr. and Mrs. White, Manitowoc A. L. lioone, Doyline, Ala. 'High Waters. -j ... Kvanaville; Iod., lar. liull ration tonight are that the Ohio river svtH rem-h a stage of 40 or, 41 feet oil the itreefirt rlw'. There Is groat ulanm ftilt aiHonjf tfijp farmer In the low land ti rtighf, as the river?! 33. 7 and lining slowly. ;: : j --. An Actress Injured. St. lamia. Mo.. Mr. 8. Mrs. Fluke rvvaa palfifuiiy, If iiot Verlouwly, Injured tonight w1iils at lilt her patt In "A UK of Old Chelsea.'! She had just left u flight of fli t s lettdln;T to the room of .the artist whoi surrendered hi nplirtmeit and bed. to heir, when tho "room icave way uwi jars. r iKe piungeo liendiong t the floor of the wtage, and alighted on her htd. The audience! w.is fHsft-lniiefl. The" doctor say she in not fitOilly hurt, thou gh the. exact ;.vtcrrt of hfr liijliryl9 nt knovvn. OPPOSE THE MERGER, 'I- Attorney General Takes a Hand Will Test Anti-Trust Law. and V VHINVJTnN'; March 10.' tly dlree iM(ti f the-Attorney General, a bill wws fit-M -St. Paul today. In the Circuit Ci.U r if- the United rftote for the Dl- lrl'-t-of.Mlom-srtt,, 3n the faun of the J'nUui flat omp!nlaant, againt the .Northern sertiritie tTompany. tne Hreat Xiirtivetli Hallway Company, th N'rth"f Pacific Railway Company mil oilier,- defendant, to test the 1 gatity of the aliened combination or merger of the two 'roads and the others turned In the bill. The action Is rrotuchtj under the act of July 2, 18'JO nn".M ihe Hherman anti-trust taw. " AMERICAN WARSHIPS. COLON; Colombia Mar. . The United Suite fwiuadron, cmpriilnis the linbhfjF Keoraaffe; Indiana, Mtwa nthuMdta nd Alabafnn, under ivm- tfMndof Itenr-AdnriraJ IIIfficinMon, en- t r-d' the harbor this afternoon. Tlie iu;dmn will pwdKibly retnafn here th.r- days. . MANY WERE. DROWNED. llf iNil IiiNi, Msr. ,rlt la rumorel fntn Canton that rlVer5 atmmer' ply ing ihw Ctpton river ran down a sitivf iKiitftruer boat, and that one hundred aimI. fifty fl-eraona were FINE HOUSE BURNED. 1 ST. PAt'U Minn.. Mar. 8. The siiiimwr riIlenee of Mlehnel Iran, Hi' l'inHntl' polMlrlan, tit White U-r l-ik. UttMyel by fire to- l;y. with It valuable twntcnta. " T1e rei-ldent-e co? $100,000.. WILL VOTE MONDAY. WAHHIXflTON, Mnrch 8 The Hoyae rl fd th treneral denal on thp bill to 1 t-.-try the Hural ixdlvrry m rvlef. and T)'.ii . th enrrler under the contract system. It 1 undertood a -ote w 111 bf taktlfn Monday. DANGEROUSLY ILL. TRNVKtt, Colo.. MaK Jt. Rev. John I. Spildlrs, Ittehop of the Ti-otesiant Ki'ls, onl Churrh of. fho dlorcw'of otir:id, is reportl dangerously 111 fniu htMrt. disenAc at Krle, Ta. THE DATES FIXED. , Kt'OKSE. Or.. March . The i;epub licnn county central committee today i .up a i-alf for the- primaries to be held March 22d. and the county conven tion March 2lMbT j 'f CROP REPORTS. Percentage of Last Year's Product Still in the Hands of Grower. " VASHINTON. M-ir. 10. The Agri cultural Dciartuient issued the follow- triK crop report today: Report received from the : Depart ment'a correspondents Indicate that about 23 per cent of last year wheat crop la stilt In farmers' hands. The com In , farmers' hand la estimated at about 29 per cent of lat year's crop. Of oats there la reported to be about 30 per cent of last year's crop still iir farmers' Hands. YOUNG PEOPLE - DROWNED i While Boating on Lake Washington, Near Seattle, Sunday Morning. SEATTLE. Wash., Mar. 10. Roxy White, a 19-year-old jrlrl. and H. D. Tupiier, a vounjr drautrntaman. have disappeared and thetr relatives believe they were drowned In a eo.ua! I on Lake Waahlngtpn, Sunday roornlng-. Their boat wa found bottom up near the beach. . " , OTIS DISCREDITS REPORTS. - ( - - : .'t".-4 aasasi : "j'':' ' ';' ' CIIICAQO, March 10. Report of In creasing; cruelty among American troop. Jn dealing with Filljnnoa are dl"ountenaneed by" fleneral K. S. Otl. who declares that an American soldier Is not capable of the brutality which has been accredited to him, says the Tribune. Ttevenre was not wreaked upon Fil ipino by United Btate troops whli I was in the Islands," aid General Otis, "That was" not the spirit of ftho troop. Whenever occuaional. case of cruelty, came to the ear of officers rigid in vestigation were made and adequate punishment given, i : There ;l leas trouble with the natives as time Wear on, and 1 am certain thwt the reiorts of cruelty are overdrawn." - miSU CARRIED ALL UMATILLA COUNTY PRIMARIES ALMOST SOLID FOR HIM. He Claima On Hundred Out of One Hundred and Ten Delegates to the County Convention A Solid Delegation. s ' PKNDLKTOX, Or.. Mar. 7. The Umatilla county-piimnries 'rvHulted in a walk-over ftr'Wm. J. FtirnMi. can didate for CJovernor. Out of 110 dele gate In tthe county, 100 are wUd to be Furnish men. It Is exiected that Furnish will hfive tho support of nearly every man in the county convention. AT THUNDER MOUNTAIN Quartz Is Plastered With Gold So It f Can Be Cut with a Knife. Uojse, M.i., Mar. 7. lleeent advices f romiThunder Mountitlh tell of further rich strike T gld n the district somfhwest, -which Is being thoroughly protdievtetl. it Is wild that ono of th ouirts telng taken mt in plntrcxl with gold so thickly that It van he dug out with n. knife. AT SAME TIME, Two Brother In Different Towns Pass Away at thet Same Hour, I'OUT TOWNSKND, Wash.. Mar. 10 Charles Kls-nbels. a plonr of Puget Sound, ll'd to!ay In his seventieth year. At almost tne same nour, r. r. Klsenbels. his brother, difd at Hiella- coom. A a rnemper oi ine umuy oi Charh F:isenleis was In the t-legraph oRlce eendlng the news of the death of Charles, he -received a message an nouncing the death of F. E. KlsenbcM. Cantain Moore received a letter today from his son In Nome, under date of December 24th. It Is said the season has b-e.n quite mild. There Is plenty of provisions with the exception of eggs which sell at a dollar per dosen. No More War. Many iMimrinent people of this oun try and England profcrs to. are th re alisation of their hpe for uni''rsl pice la an Anl-Amerlcar alllnnre. rheir plan is to settle all future diiTer- cimjcs by iniernaiionst arnuranon. nn news will be joyfully received by every- horfv. but esoeftally by the soldier, w no is at present engaged on some forf Ign battlefield. The news that IIof.tetters Ht-nmarh Hitters will pf.sltlvely cure tomach, liver and bowel complainis. will also be gladly received by every sufferer from sick headache, diatxiness, flatulency, indigestion, dyspepsia, ion- 1 1 pat ion or -biliousness. !i not suner any longer, but try the Uittcrs at owe. t Is backed by a record of nay years f. cure. Jleware of counterfeits when buying. Our Private Stamp is over me neck of the bott-le. MURDER IN ARIZONA, Rsmains of Railway Contractor Found Near Mexico Line. rilOENJX. Arls,, March 10 The re mains of K. II. McKay have beefi foun l thre inllea north of Douglas; near the Meiicjn iijie bearing unmistakable evl. ijphce of murder. McKay disappeared Iat November. He had Jbein a contrat t or oh the Nacwarl Railway. He form erly lived in Montana, and had a large acquaintance In Anaconda and Mis aou!a. ' - 1 . ' ;-; ' WEARY OF LIFE. VANCOUVER, Wah, Mar. 1. Oeorge Alger. a;well-kno,wn Tinner of Proebstet. Clark county, committed mticide today by KlKxHlns himself In the luoutu with a rifle. BIG CATCH IN SOUTH AFRICA Beers Captcre Gtceral aietbseo and four Gsos BY THE WILD RIDERS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN VELDT THE ' BRITISH BADLY BEATEN. Fore of Twelvo Hundred Men Cut Up, Their Commander Wounded and Taken Prisoner, a Number of Men Killed and Captured Deep i Gloom In London Over the Latest -Revert in Africa. , LONDON, March 10. General Lord Methuen and four guns have been cap tu red by General Delare-y. - General Methuen was wounded in, th thigh. Thre British officer and forty-eight men. were killed. Five British officers and seventy -two men wee wounded. On British officer and 200 men ar missing. The fight occurred before dawn on March 7th between Windbur and Litchtenburg, Orange River Col ony, Th British force numbered 1200 men. The Boers captured all. British baggage. General Methuen is retained as a prisoner. , r - NEWS IN LONDON. London, Mar. 10. When t was an nounced . that General Lord Methuen and four guns had been captured by the Hoers, commanded by General De larey, the news came like a thunder twlt to London. Hitter remarks were passed on the subject of the Govern ment's declaration that the wtir In iMMith Africa was over. The news came too late to affect business on the stock exchange, but excited curb deal Inga quickly followed the- closing, in which the South African slumped heavily. The news caused great ejt cltcment in the .mine market. The news was received In the House1 of Commons : amid great -excitement The reading of Lord Kitchener's tele gram was listened to in d?ep alienee, which was broken by loud Irish cheers. Inntantly there were cries- of "Mhame, Khame," from the Government beneh ex. Then the Irlwh members seemed to think better of their outburst, and sui dcnly subsided., - Th feeling of depression In the lob hies of (he House of t'ommons, over the news of the disaster was very marked. The relief wa' widely expressed that the Iloers will not frill to take ad van lago of Methuen' prominence, to hold him a a hostage for the safety ' of Commanrbint Krltslnger anil other Itoer leaders, now In the hands of the British. BANQUETED BY CONGER. I'EKIN. March 10. United States Minister Conger gave a banquet to night to a large party or Chinese Princes and officials, including all the prominent members of the foreign of fices. ENORMOUS TIDAL WAVfl DOES GREAT DAMAGE ALONG THE CENTRAL AMERICAN COAST Many Live War Lost In th Moun tain-like Wave that Rolled Over th - Land Buildings Destroyed and People Swept to Sea. SAN FRANCISCO. March 10. The steamer Newport, from Central Ameri can and Mexican ports, brings a few letails of the recent disaster between L Llbertad and a point thirty miles north of Acajutla. A terrlfle tiasi wave burst over all that length of the coast, and It wa said' fifty-three bodies had been recovered- The wave rolled in like a mountain, and over embank- .. at metits. covering them to a neigni oi four or five feet, completely inun.uung the whole coast, and almost wiping put smal lbulldlnga 1n La IJbertad and Ac ajutla, When the .steamer left, the work of rescuing the remain had only Just begun. STRIKE RIOTERS. NORFOLK, VaW Mar. 1 Fully :0f9 sympathizer with the striking street railway employe engaged In rUAotjt deinofHmtion totay. They bet the non-union employe of the company. bombarding cars, wrecking , several. nnd several person wore hurt. Many rioter were oxrested PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION n Mexico, th Subject of Dispute Two Strong Men Named. MEXICO CITY. Mar. Rceer tel- egmms to journai in in ion Htatc state that. In of the retire ment of IVeeident Diax or at the ex-t-trutlon of his present -oontituilomtl period, tie ! would be uceieded by the m:rr- t-tml nrcsem aiirasier w , vmoi , - ' ; ::.... Darnanlo Reyes. It I known on unimpeachable au thorlty that General Reyes, In case of a Presidential change would lend tola cordial support to the candidacy of the Minister of Finance. Jose Umantour. a statesman of demonatrated aptitude tor the highest position In the Gov ernment- THE KING REBUKED. A Minister in London Censures Edward VII. for Making Beer and See i . ing Sunday Concerts. i LONDON, Mar. . 7. There was striking scene In the City Temple yes terday, when during the course of his sermon Rev; Joseph Parker, IX D ad ministered a pointed rebuke to King Edward, which wa loudly applauded by the congregation. Having alluded to the public houses a ."trap-doors of helV Dr. Parker referred to the King's recent brewing f beer while visiUng Lrd JBurton. Tray tor me.T said the Divine, that I may speak delicately, loyally. . if the King brews beer, what can be wrong in subject of drinking It? What the King does is likely to be Imitated by others. If the King go- to a. Sunday concert, as he did recently, he deals a deadly blow to the Englishman Sun day. RRESTED FOR FORGERY. WilATCOM. Wash.. March . Her mann Conk! in was arrested tonight. charged with forging his father's name to chock aggregating 1.110, which were paid by the bank, , Conkiin' parents late tonight stated that ' the' checks would be honored. THE ROYAL VISITOR PRINCE HENRY THE GUEST OF -. THE NEW YORK-GERMANS And Entertained at Banquet by Hit Countrymen Several Toasts Drunk by the On Thousand Guests, and Speeches by Proml- ' nent Men. "N'EW YORK, March 8 Prince Henry was the guest of the German Soelety of the CHy of New York, at its annual dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria, tonight The large banquet hall was beautifully drat ed. "Over the guest's table were two Immense German and American flags i around the German Imperial I.-iffl whlrh was-studded with electric lightsL There we're approximately 1000 guests at the dinner, 2.V) of whom were accommodated An the Astor Gallery which ailjoins the main b.inquet hall. I'reHdent Schwab proposed a toast tu the health of the President of the Unit ed mates, which was drunk standing He then prooe.ed the health of the Gorman Emperor, which called forth thre,. lusty "1 lochs." Schwab then pro pojiedi the health of the Prince, whlrh wa: responded to with great warmth. , The! Prince spoke in German. His ad dresai was brief. He said the reception was a new and additional proof of the friendship and enthusiasm with which he had been received in every part of th .United States he had visited. Carl .Schurx was tho'next iH-akr, and hi address was loudly applauded Hchurx was followed by President Nicholas Murray Uut!er. of Columbia University; Frederick W. Holts, and Rtidotph Keppler. One of the most en JoyabCe features of the evening was the singlhg of well koitwn songs, by a trained chorus of 100. of the Liedtrkrani Club. I ' " I The Emperor's Gift, , .Cambridge. Mi'., ' Mareh s An ex amlnation of the portfolio of photo graph, presented by Prince. Henry to President RHot. of Harvard, shows that Emperor William's gift to the German- if: Mupw-um, a indicated by the photo- grafths, will embrsee casts of twenty five subjects. Many of them are Im portant architectural monuments, and the collection ranges in potnt of time from ithe great brrtnxe door at the Cathedral of Hi!dehe!m. which date from (he t-egnnlng osthe eleventh cen tury, down to Gottfried rVhadow's sta tue if Frederbk the Great, at Htc-ttln, erected in 1793. 1 A GUNNER TURNED DOWN. Haa Not the "Professional Qualifies tiona" for a Commission 4 th : Naval Aristocracy. SAN FRANCJ.sro. March 8 Jos, Hi;i, gunner on the training ship Pensa- o:, and a survivor of th Maine wrerk. haa received official notification trrm Washington that he br Ineligifete for a commin!on In the navy. The no- tire says that he tasaed with credit th m-ral. mental and phys;e eamlna tion. but that be was lacking In "pro feNional ualioctions" . Hill thus meet the same fate a did Gunnr Morgan, whose application for a commission wa adversely passed up on last year. BIG VEIN OF IRON. PIATTSRinWJ. N. Y.. March 7. The Chateoiatgwjr Ore A Iron Company ba discovered that the vein t Iron or at It mine near Lyon Mountain, N Y., whtoi It wa uppfd was f In thicknes. is over 7 fee, and tend wix mile, making it one of the Ijirget depfta of . iron ore in the world. The company hs-lncred at eapital stock from I l.SOO.ftOO to tZ.'iiO.f ooo. rh IHavar at Hudson Okti -pny own a oortt rolling erest. The company will double its preiwift output of too toa of ore a day. ROOSEVELT ON RECIPEOCITY HIS Views Have Nat Cbicged Since His Messsje WAS SENT TO CONGRESS AT THE OPENING CUBA CARED FOR. WILL BE Some Plan Will B Devised Before Adjournment t'oTGiv the New Re- public the Desired Aid Th Rifcsl Fee Delivery Service Bill Passed th House After Material Changes War Mado. WASHINGTON, Mar. 10. Chairman Pmynm, of th Ways and Means Com mittee, and Representative Grosvenor, were among th President's (jailer to day. Although both maintained' a great reserve, it was known! that th Cfuban reciprocity situation was dis cussed. It was stated that no special message was at present in contempla tion, and that th President continued to maintain th position for reciprocity he had taken in hi annual message, Payne's aesooiates in the odntest ex pressed th belief that the reciprocity plan would prevail in some farm. THE. RURAL MAILi Washington. Mar. 10. The bill t ciaaslfy the Rural Free. Dellk-ery ser vice and place tre carrier under ,the contract systeffi. which ha Iteen' de- baited In the House for oveij a week wa Jviesel today, but In a forni that completely- changed the purpose for which It was framed. He foe it wu paused the bill wa altereil nujlloilly by Its opfonents. All the provisions rehvt ing to the niacins: of carriers antler the contract system were stricken out, nd tne saiary of earners not only was continued, but the muxlmtiin nry of carrier wa Increased from $i00 to $600 er annum. A motion offered by Williams (iVm.', 111.) to recommit the bill with Instruc tion to -report track an amendment providing for a dlmis'il fromi the, tu-t vice of carriers wl Shuld iise their Influenve In f;lvr of any party, or for any particular candldjtc. ws voted down, s 6 to 141, ' As pojwted the bill IaMlf1ea -the Rural Frew Iellvery service and ixe the. com pension of employes na.T Hows: Special agent In charge of divisions. not exceeding $24'M per anotim; e elaJ agents.' four clneneS. graded from $1300 to SIoo: route inspect claase frrNn $S00 ui $1200; cMrka, four cl.tawen frotn $900 to $l20o. l.'ompnaa tlon of carriers Is nH. to exceel $00. Tnorrow the otofne f propria tion tail will be considered: The Shipping Bill. Washington. Mar. 10.-J-i- nearly two hour today Vest addres sed the Senate In opposition to the pending ship ubidy bill. No member of the body had been accorded a" mor flat teringly close attention than h re reived. In aplte of his evlderij feeble news he sixke with force and fire, and at aim- became brilliantly Hoquent Tillman followed with brh f Speech In opposition to the bill. The RcTWtte paed a considerable number of unobjected bills on the cal endar. New Land Office. Washington.- Mar. 10. mils were passed by the Henaie to ewtattllsh n additional land fflc In Motona, at Great Falls, and appropriating $23,000 for a light-house nd fog signal at Mullteo IVant, near Everett. Wah THE FLOURING MILLS Of the United 8tates, and Thieir Pro duct and Its Value ShowJi by i th Census Buresu. WASHINGTON. Mar. . The ren ew prellrnirMvry statement Of ttie .. I of the Hstlc of flouring and grist mtli United States In )09. shows J total of 25.25 eeonblishanents. with art aggre- gate rwrdtal. Of I2K.7H.104. Tlie oap- ital and value of the prtdut of the mills In various stif-s follow Stsite. Oh pitaJ. arduet. Idaho.. ..,$ &69.167 3 2.207 i.702 Montana..., 71t.J fjiregon.. . .... 8I.M7 .3.e:3 Washington-. .... Z.3,22 M7S,7J MISS GRANT'S NOVEL IDEA. Employed a.. Unique Method of An. nouBcinj, Hir Engagemeintt LH AN'OKLESKCaL, MarrH 7. So- rtai Hrele of . Ijr Angeje Han Wego are gmg with the uniquj method emrryeJ ty Ml NeHiV GrwnU graol lrber of the kite aml OrmVt n fternon lurw heon given y her 4 San JHego lit honor. of MV Mb-I (isntLMnn. , popular atprtety bell-, When dessert -wa - nerved, hollow I cannon boil of rho-v4t camtMlning the f n - twva iwffnml f the rrwragrmentl of M ihki n to ji n Adrian H. flemtitafN ... . . . of the 115th fsnrny of C(t Artil lery, wtatioated t Fort ftoaentrku. were presented to the guests. At the rtm- hour, tn bis Ihome In I Laurel street, CaptiUn Fleming gave a racks being his guewt. At this time hi engagement Jo wias formally an nounced in tixun of ctiumpiigne. Mis Grant I the daughter of Jess. W Grant, wtixw pcrmaocnt home is In San Diego. CATTLE QUARANTINE LINE. AUSTIN. Tex.. Manh 7. In a de cision Just handed down, the 'Supreme. .Court of Texas holds that the State Livestock Sanitary Hoard -i as not the authority to establish , cattle quaran tine line t. vwrtam- with Uiut of the Federal Commission. The quarantine wa established m prote;tlon agntnst Splenetic fever ami the varlam-e te tween the Mate - ar1 federal lines ha been a sur-e of mu h trouble to ent ile men throughout te Western wun try. -.yA';-;A A BASEBALL TEAM. ftl'TTK, Mont-. Mar. S. A epeotjil to th Miner, from Helena, soy the Hel en.! Iluseball Club will go to WulU Wnlla. Wuah.. for a three 'k' pra" tU tefore the opetting of the eon. The club will lesivo Helena for WalU Walla, April Kth or tth. A BRAKEMAN KILLED. HPOKANE. Wash, Mar. 7. If I. Frrrymano, bmkenuin.. wn killed In a rr--entAHlHMlw'twceit twi sv-tk-n of thf-et-lound frelgtit train on the Great Northern, near WeiwU cher, this momihg. figtne 1 J&3 la In the ditch. The -otmse, tao flat-rti.r n-l a box-car nre totally wrei keil: ; fREIGIIf . MEN TRIIiE FOURTEEN THOUSAND MENXARE OUT IN BOSTON. Employes of the Big .Express Com. paniea Among th Men Refusing to Work Trouble Caused by the Dis charge of Union Men. ItOWTON. March 10. The Ktrike of the freight handler of this city, which threatened to Involve 10.000 men, wa begun enrly today. The. Team Drivers' Union, No. 21, embracing about t.000 men. led off. tMlier unions followed. The strike grows . out of the Hrlrie Transportation Company's troubles with its teamsters, whlrh brgvwi sev eral weeks ago, but' wa precipitated by the refusal on Saturday of members of the FrelgMlaindlers' Unions to tak care of merchnndlso carted by nnn union, teitmsler employed hjr-lho Prln Company. '. The Team Drivers" Unlofl emlr.ice rieajly all lie drivel's ii.md' ling freight In th city. Stopping. woik because of 'the dis charge of Union men, the various or-' ganlzistl'ms ma1e'every effort tody to extend their uphere of Influene to af filiated bodies, while corporation ener getically trloil to fill th. striker place, Hoth met with iwr ne measuro of ucress.' Tomorrow the lcal em ployes of the great express eompnnlea, the Adams and .th New York and Itooton, which haMle p'rmct b-ally all f.iat freight In Rotilhern New England, will refuse- to work, whit several smaller IkkIIc of org".uiixed labor, such as brewery teamster and piano mo ers, tu well as the freight dandle hKlu" East IISton, Will be ldl. Tli pretlietbm are that th long. shoremen nu mix-ring 4,00 will strike. together with 2,000 Knight of I,bor frelirht handler employed bjr the ISoa ton St, Mulne rouL sod 1,000 wn In, othr unions, when their asslntancn Jhi neled. If nil' the ialKrera tcmnt work the striking fore, will ,e ver 14.000 men. : r v He Kept His Leg Twelve - years sat J. W. Sulilrsn.- of Hartford. Conn., s'-rnt -hd Jils leg with a rusty ' wire. - 1 nfla ma tion and tlool fMiisouing Set ln.- r'r Iwo yeara he suffered Intensely. Then- the -t ' doctors irge -amputation, "bm,"" he writes, VI used ope bottl of Electric Hitters nd 1Vi' liie of lluklen'M Arnl'-jt Halve and my leg was - sound, ami well as ever. For Eruptions, Ee-' em Tetter. Slt Rheum. Sore and fell blood dumrders Electric Hitters has no rival on earth; Try ifcem. iit. STONE win guaisntee nni lfw tion or refund fnoney. Only CO rents. t hp I,,, , 1,,-n nr. . . - . ' THE CABINET WARNED. Roosevelt Tells the Secretaries Not "tor Talk to Newspaper Men He Will Do ThL . . WASHINGTON. Mar. 7 At a Cab inet meeting today, president P.e. vett re)Uete the memltersno4 l' talk o newstater rrrespffKenta about- tracters under diseusMMm at the etitl- wekly rtn-el !. The I'r-d.J nt him - elf- will rrsike puhHe,ru h mitter stsi he deem propT t be gl v-n ut. BRITISH ARMY CONTRACTS. NEW YORK. Mir. 7. In the INm of Ird. Karl frrlngton hn referred. . 'Mt h frrmi Itim to- the -Tribune, to the ngiy rupior whU-h aro prevalent with regwrd to crmtraxts for ..... ... ... . ,,nr-i. mwwm 9iirnw r iro- mop in Snuth Afrlwi. 1 1 wgnlI the c Jvrrnmen t to thrcw tutnt light n the matter, out Ix.nd lUigtjii ti. h-ned to give any fnfrrmtpMi. Food Chang to Poison. Putrefying ford fn ' th- lntetit.u produce eflejf like 1hoo of arsenic ut IW. King's .Nrw.Wf Pill ext-l h toisons from cloggei towels. e,.t. Nr. easily but unr-ly. curing f'on- sMpation. TiilttonsneMH, Hl'k Headache Fevers. Ijver. Kidney and Howl rwiWes. Only 2Jc at DIL LTOSK-a drug stores. L