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Spring
Medicine
I«8o important that you should be sure
to get THE BEST. Hood’s Sarsapa- i
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the fact that it has a larger sale than
any other sarsaparilla or blood puri- ;
fier shows the great confidence the
people have in it. In fact it is Me
Spring Medicine. It cures all blood
diseases, builds up the nerves and
gives such strength to the whole system
that, as one lady puts it, “ It seemed to
make me anew.”
If you decide to take Hood’s Sarsa
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HOOD’S
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JAPAN NOT TO BE BULLDOZED.
OWE OF HER DIPLOMATS SAYS SHE
WILL FIGHT FIRST.
Romorii That the French Fleet la
Making Hostile Demonatrations
With a View to Intimidating Japan
Denied at Paris—Such Action on
the Part of Russia in the Near Fu
ture Would Not He Surprising—The
United States to Maintain an Attl
. tnde of Neutrality.
London. April 27.—The Paris represen
tative of the United Press has learned
at the office of the ministry of marine that
the statement that the French fleet was
making* demonstrations, with the view of
intimidating Japan unless she should
Abandon her demands for the cession of
Chinese mainland territory is incorrect.
If such action was to be taken shortly by
Russia, it would not cause surprise, but
it is by no means certain that France
would aid or abet her.
An Interview was had by the correspon
dent with a high official of the foreign of
fice, where the utmost discretion is ob
served, who said that he was able to state
that the government had not fully decided
upon their eventual action. The matter
was discussed at length yesterday, and a
primary remonstrance to Japan was made,
merely to please Russia. It was not then
thought that England would withhold ac
tion in the matter, or that Japan would
■««»%•’'tiwvA Britaip.
might take England's action In the mat
ter, ft was staled, confronts France with
a variety of possibilities which require
reflection and discussion. The Chauvinist
section of the cabinet arc in favor of fol
lowing the lead of Russia throughout, but
certain prominent ministers and Statesmen
are disposed to endeavor to persuade the
hotheaded ones not to push French ac
tion to an extreme point. 7
Mr. Kato, the chief secretary of the
Japanese legation, in an interview to-day,
expressed the opinion that Japan would
fight the European powers rather than
abandon her territorial claims.,
The Pall Mall Gazette in editorial on
the Chine-Japan situation, says: ”Aa
Japan's troubles drop asunder she moves
nearer to America. Let us also move near
er to America.”
The final decision of the British govern
ment to refrain from meddling with the
eastern question as regards China and
Japan has been taken upon the advice,
strongly put, of the British diplomats In
Pekin ana Toklo, who have been asked
by the government to report their vi'ws
•nd observations. It is likelv, as the situ
ation now appears, that the conditions
of the treaty of peace when seen with
unprejudiced eyes, will show that Jap.in
has won a complete victory, not only by
force of arms, put In the fleld of diplo
macy.
The reports which were made after the
Chinese New Year Indicated that Japan
was determined to dictate in Pekin terms
far mor© rigorous than those exacted at
fihlmonosekf. Lord Kimberly, secretary of
state for foreign affairs, has
reclved assurance from the Brit
ish representative in Tokla that
the present Japanese ministry u<
experiencing their last days of exist
ence as a composite body. The British
•gent expresses his belief that the con
ditions of the treaty of peace, as already
published, are incapable of reduction in
respect to their exaction, and that the
minimum of the Japanese claims is vastly
greater than before the war, when as a
matter of fact an accession of terri
tory was the chief alm of the mikados
government. It la reported to the for
eign officers by the British agent at !
Toklo that Count Ito, the president of the
Japanese council of ministers, will be un
able to govern much longer, owing to the
tactics of the party of the opposition in
the diet in rejecting war measures and |
refusing supplies, virtually bringing the !
legislative machinery to a standstill. Al- i
though the complete success of the v. u
with the consequent revision of the exist- !
Ing treaties, has greatly subdued this i
spirit, there is no doubt that the Ito I
party will overthrow if they accede to i
the demands of Russia. What may han- |
r,en if they oppose these demands is a ma;- i
er of still graver doubt.
Lord Kimberly and his colleagues take ‘
the same view of the situation as that
which Viscount Curxon, M. P., outlined
on the eve of the war—that if the It©
ministry should fall it would be a gen
uine calamity, -not only to Japan hut
to the European powers. The British
government ascribe the early and sue- ;
easeful close of the war to the tact and I
capacity of Count Ito, in spite of the
Clamor of a vast majority of the people
of Japan, who are sUll practically in- i
•isttng that Japanese troops shall occupy I
Pekin. In view of this feeling, the Brlt
ieh and other European representatives
in China and Japan have advised the I
government that any proposal thnt Japan
surrender any part of the ceded territory >
at the bidding of the European powers,
whether such cession should ultimately
be necessary or not, would be likely to
jeopardise the Japanese constitution,
which occurrence would inevitably undo ;
the greater part of the progressive work
whten has been done in Japan within th® i
last quarter of a century. Inquiries on
this subject have brought from Chinese
sources a great deal of information in
the same vein, though couched in cvnl
cal terms.
Mr. Pickering, an official who has served
long and faithfully in the British service,
•nd who hns lately been employed in the
Intelligence department of the war office
to report upon the slate of the Chinese
army, says: "The partition of China is ’
inevitable. If .England is wise, she will
prepare for the coming scramble, in the 1
meantime, the Interest lies in the suc
cess of Japan. It Is my belief that Russia
will not remain content until she gets
•n all the year round open port in the
Pacific and a portion of Manchuria. Ger
many will act merely as a cuckoo to place
her young in the nest# of the others, so
a# to make money out of our markets and >
undersell u# "
The same sentiment Is expressed bv I
other official residents in China and Japan
Who have had an opportunity to observe 1
«I was all broken down in health,
so weak and nervous I was hardly
able to be up. I had severe pains in
my side, and headache. I would often
have to stop when going up-stairs on
account of palpitation of the heart.
I had no appetite and a distressed feel
ing in my stomach. I resolved to try
Hood’s Sarsaparilla. I took two bot
tles and have not had a spell of sick
headache for four months, feel well,
work all day and eat heartily. My
friends remark how well I am looking.
I think all nervous, run down people
ought to take it, especially nursing
mothers.” Mrs.S.Asiiworth, Eaton,O.
the situation. These gentlemen also add
in a most candid fashion that the United
States is the only power that has en
hanced its reputation in the east since the
beginning of the quarrel and subsequent
war. They also declare that the United
States is the only power that Japan and
China respect and trust. They believe that
the American government is acting honor
ably and is not making either of the war
ring countries a tool for the attainment
of its own ends.
The antl-Japanese protest issued by
France is regarded generally as a mere
form to satisfy Russia. Certainly If it
is proposed to attack Japan, the proposal
will be defeated In the Chamber of Dep-
Ut M S 'Fellz Mellne, a member of the Cham
ber of Deputies and editor of Le Repub
llque Francalse, writes in his paper on the
subject: “France bolstering China and
assisting her to recover her strength may
eventually mean an invasion of Tonquin
by the Black Flags.”
The article proceeds to say: "Russia
must not imagine that she can lead us
anywhere she pleases. We are in an ex
cellent position with Japan; do not let us
destroy that position."
M. Clemenceau writes in La Justice:
“We will not admit that Russian official
circles have the right to dispose of our
ships. Her quarrel is none of ours, and
we have no business to interfere. As for
the independence of Korea and the integ
rity of China, that is all humbug.”
A good judge of the situation in Paris,
wittily sums up the situation thus: "There
is no irresistible impulse of public opinion
in favor of France drawing her sword in
behalf of her old enemy, China, against
her good friend, Japan, and shaking hands
previously with Germany, for the ultimate
benefit of Russia.”
The People will print to-morrow a
Shanghai dispatch saying that a private
telegram from Yokohama says the Russo-
Japanese position is beginning to look
meat serious.
| A Paris dispatch says there was a re
np#t on» the Bourse tc~4ay th-GJ Japan
agreed to revise the Chmo-Japan -se
treaty in ac<:ot<isinee with the tripartite
demand.
Washington, April 27.—Yang Yu, the
Chinese minister, called upon Secretary
Gresham this afternoon at 3:30 o’clock
and half an hour later, within a few
moments after Yang Yu departed, the
Japanese minister, Mr. Kurino. who camo
by appointment, was closeted with ihe
secretary. Both visits related to the clause
in the treaty of peace relating to the oc
cupation by Japan of the “Regents
Sword" promontory and the Korean bay
coast from Port Aruthr to the Yalu river,
to which Russia has so strenuously ob
jected. It Is now understood that Rus
sia is endeavoring to induce China to
resist this demand, which was agreed to
by Li Hung Chang.
The United States has declined to be
drawn into the controversy to such an
extent as to take sides, but will continue
its good offices as in the past to secure
peace between China and Japan.
The United States ministers at Pekin
and Tokio, Mr. Denby and Mr. Dun, were
largely instrumental in securing the agree
ment between the two countries, it be
ing wholly due to their efforts that the
plenipotentiaries were brought together.
During the preliminaries they made Chi
na. acquainted with Japan’s requirements,
and through them the terms were practi
cally arranged in general terms before the
Shlntonoseki conference met. As the Unit
ed States was the confidant of both parties
and being familiar with the arrangements
from the beginning, the assumption is
made that this government approved
them. Therefore no reasonable ground
seems to present Itself for United States
Interference now.
CAMPOS AT HAVANA.
The Consuls Call nn Him in n Body
and Are Agreeably Impressed.
Havana, April 27.—A1l th© foreign con
sul# formally visited the governor general
in a ix>dy to-day and Senor A. C. Vaz
quex. the senior consul here, delivered an
| address of welcome. Gen. Campos ans
wered in a long anti admirable speech.
He promised to pay prompt attention to
all just petitions that might be sent to the
government, and said he was looking con
fidently to the triumph of justice on the is-
■ land. Ha dwelt upon the good will exist
ing between Spain and all friendly pow
ers, and expressed his hope that tt would
always be maintained. During his address.
I Gen Campos was frequently Interrupted
' by exclamations, suoh as "Very good,”
and other words of approval from the con
-1 suls, all of whom left the palace sgreea
i bly impressed by the remarks and man-
I ner of the new governor general. At the
i various consulates, flags are displayed in
honor of the arrival of Gen. Campos.
A SHOE FACTORY FOR GEORGIA.
Eastern Manufacturers to Guild One
at Columbus.
Columbus, Ga.. April 27.—While other
cities in the south have been making
! strenuous efforts to secure the location
I of eastern cotton mills, which have indi
i rated a desire to come south. Columbus
I already recognized as the Lowell of the
south, and possessing the largest single
mill in the country, and several others
has been comparatively quiet, but it is
now learned that through the J. K Orr
Shoe Company, some wealths’ eastern
■ manufacturers have been interested and
an extensive shoe manufactory is on the
j card for this city and will shortly be es
| tabllshed. _
A SURPRISE IN A MURDER CASE.
Two Business Men of Guthrie Charg
ed W Ith the Crime.
| Guthrie, O. T.» April 27.—The whole city
j was astounded this morning to learn that
’ during the night the detetrtlve sent here
to investigate the death of Frank Led
j gers, whose body was found in the river
last fall, had caused the arrest of W.
H. Thorne and O. C. Seeley, two promin
ent business men, on a. charge of mu’*,
dering him. William Knowles, at the
time a night policeman, and Frank Thorpe
a negro porter, are held as accomplice*
and it is alleged that ledgers was
i reformed and then thrown Into the river
his murderers securing M.(M» in money
and securities he had brought with him
’ from England.
THE WEEKLY NEWS (TWO-TIMES-A-WEEK): MONDAY. APRIL 29, 1895.
NICARAGUA IN AN UGLY MOOD.
AN ATTEMPT MADE TO ATTACK A
BRITISH CONSULATE. .
Police Finally Succeed in Dispersing
the Rioters Before Their Plans
Could Be Carried Out—The Consu
late Guarded by Nicaraguan Sol
diery at Night—The Hatred of the
Populace Against England Intense.
Corinto Occupied by the British on
a Refusal to Accept the Ultimatum.
Colon, Colombia, April 27. —Advices just
received state that the populace at Man
agua held a mass meeting yesterday at
which resolutions were adopted urging
the government to refuse to accept Eng
land’s ultimatum. A mob, headed by a
military band, paraded the streets and
attempted to attack the British consulate,
but were prevented by the Nicaraguan
police, who finally succeeded in dispers
ing the rioters. The consulate was guard
ed last night by a Nicaraguan military
force and every precaution w r as taken to
prevent any violent demonstration. The
enthusiasm of the people is aroused. Their
hatred of England cannot be eradicated.
The government is using all means in its
power to restrain the populace from com
mitting violence.
Advices from Corinto, dated 8 p. m.,
say that the British cruiser Wild Swan
has left for San Juan del Sur with dis
patches for Lord Kimberley, the British
foreign secretary. No further action will
be taken until a reply has been received.
The Nicaraguan government has or
dered the Pacific mall steamers not to
stop at Corinto.
Nicaragua will address a note to the
Euroiieani ppwers justifying her con
duct.
London, April 27.—A dispatch from Man
agua gives the following details of the land
ing or a British force at Corinto: “Short
ly after 2 o’clock in the morning twenty
two boats filled with marines and sea
men lowered from the warships and im
mediately after the vessels came around
bows on and advanced in a line toward
the government pier. Each large launch
carried a machine gun forward. There was
a great crowd at the pier, but no hostile
demonstration was made. Tr -nding
party marched without opposition to the
custom house and hoisted the British
flag thereon. A part of the marines oc
cupy the principal square of the city.
Rear Armiral Stephenson has declared
martial law.
"A large force of Nicaraguan troons
arrived at Corinto on the evening of April
26, with artillery and encamped at the
lower end of the town. Order is main
tained by the British marines, who pa
trol the street. The populace is quiet.
The landing party was commanded bv
Capt. Frederick French of the Royal Ar
thur, who at once issued a proclamation
assuring the citizens that their rights
would be respected and that they might
pursue their vocations without fear of
molestation. The proclamation also con
tained a warning that any acts of hos
tility would be opposed- by th© full force
of the fleet.
A Colon dispatch says that the Nicara
guan forces at Corinto withdrew, cross
ing the Lagoon separating the town from
the mainland, and are now strongly en
trenched there. The British ships have
taker! a position from which they can
open fire If the Nicaraguan forces should
attpmpt to interfere with the occupation
of the town.
Washington, April 27.—Nicaragua has
refused to accept the British ultimatum.
This Information was communicated to
Rear Admiral Stephenson at a late hour
last night. The three days given Nicara
gua to make reply having expired at mid
night Friday, British forces at once took
possession of the town. The garrison at
Corinto, whioh consisted of a small force
of luO nr 200 men, was withdrawn to the
interior, leaving the British in peaceable
possession of the town. No opposition was
made to their landing, but it is stated by
tWose familiar with e.bA-Nica”agußn peo
ple that any attempt ~a the part of the
British fOrdCis to penetrate to !)C ißeriol*.
or, in short, to leave the environment# of
Corinto, will be restated by Nicaragua.
Great excitement is reported to exist not
only at Corinto and Managua but through
out the entire republic.
It is now said positively that Nicaragua
will not pay the $75,000 indemnity demand
ed by Great Britain. Should this deter
mination be adhered to the occupation of
Corinto by the British government may
be indefinite. The British ultimatum pro
vided not only for the payment of $75,000
"smart money" to Pro-Consul Hatch. It
included also a payment of $2,500 to com
pensate a number of British subjects who
were arrested and taken to Managua with
Hatch, and provided further that a joint
commission be established to fix the
damages which resulted to these and oth
er British subjects as a result of their
arrest and expulsion from the republic.
The Nicaraguan minister was an early
and anxious visitor at the state depart
ment this morning, but failed to see Sec
retary Gresham,who had driven out to
Woodley to consult the President, and
who was met there by Secretary Carlisle
and other cabinet officers.
At a late hour t’o-nigat Secretary Gres
'ham stated to the Morning* News corres
pondent that he had received no official in
formation bearing upon the occupation of
Corinto by the British forces. He is not
disturbed by the attacks made upon the
administration by those jingoists who
claim that the United States should inter
fere in behalf of the Nicaraguan govern
ment. As the case now stands there would
not be the slightest justification for the
United States to interpose to prevent Great
Britain from collecting $75,000 which she
claims is due her from Nicaragua. All at
tempts to show that the administration
has abandoned or proposes to abandon the
Monroe doctrine are not sustained by the
facts. Th© diplomatic records are filled
with precedents which justify the United
States in keeping hands off in the present
instance. If it was the United States that
was claiming $75,000 indemnity and Eng
land should interfere, every patriotic
American would resent the action of Eng
land. That Is the position that the admin
istration occupies to-night. The President
and Secretary Gresham are keeping a
close watch on the proceedings at Nicara
gua and the interests of the United States
will not be permitted to suffer at the hands
of Great Britain or any other nation.
STRIKE OF THE WEAVERS.
A Rename of the Situation in the
Mills nt Providence.
Providence, R. 1., April 27.—A summary
of the situation, at the different mills
of the National Worsted Mill Coiqpany
shows all weavers in the No. 2 mill on a
strike. All the weavers, spinners and
help in the carding and finishing room
of the No. 4 mill are out. The weavers
on the top floor of the No. 6 mill, the
top floor being used by the National Mill
Company, are out, but those in the weave
shops on the lower floors attached to
the Saranac mills remain at work, the
number being less than two score, and
these workers being engaged on a differ
ent class of work. The No. 7 mill is
known as the Saranac. The loom fixers
and "day help" in all of the shops affect
ed declare that they will stay out with
the w eavers on the fight for the old sched
ule of wages.
MISS POLLARD GOES TO EUROPE.
The Story Denied Thaf She Travels
as Companion to a Woman.
New York, April 27.—Miss Madeline E.
Pollard, the young woman who became
famous through a sensational suit against
W. C. P. Breckinridge of Kentucky, for
breach of promise, was a passenger on
the French line steamer La Champagne
this morning. Miss Pollard, it is said,
goes as companion to a wealthy Philadel
phia woman who is interested in the
young womans future. The steamship
officials deny that Miss Pollard was ac
companied by any one.
Stewart County’s New Solicitor.
Atlanta, Ga., April 27.—Graham For
rester was appointed solicitor of the coun
ty court of stew-art county bv Gov. At
kinson to-day The appointment was made
in recommendation of the grand jury and
holds until the legislature meets
MAKING LAWS FOR FLORIDA.
TAYLOR COUNTY’S CONTEST WON
BY THE POPULIST.
The Railroad Commission Bill Made
the Special Order for Tuesday—The
Marks Bill in Reference to Unpaid
Balances on Mortgage* Defeated.
Several New Bills Introduced in
both the Senate and House.
Tallahassee, Fla., April 27.—Nearly the
entire session of the House this, morning
was occupied with the contested elec
tion case of Vann vs. Kelly from Taylor
county. The committee on privileges and
elections w r as unable to arrive at any
conclusion in the matter and submitted
the case to the House. The case, after
a long debate was decided in favor of
the populist, who had but 2 majority, by
a vote of 34 to 12.
The railroad commission bill was made
the special order for Tuesday afternoon,
when it will no doubt pass its third read
ing.
A committee of two was appointed to
examine the accounts of the phosphate
inspector and House bill No. 160 was made
the special order for Thursday after
noon.
The new bills introduced were one
to encourage the propagation of oysters
in Citrus county; one amending section
1658 of the revised statutes; one relat
ing to service on garnishments;, one
amending section 21 of Chapter 4140, .re
vised. statutes.
Mr. Ballard, by permission, introduced
House bill No. 255 and Brady No. 256, pro
viding for the admission of Carlisle’s tables
of mortality as evidence in certain cases.
In the Senate, the Marks bill, rendering
it impossible for creditors to sue on the
unpaid balance of a mortgage, was killed
on second reading.
The following bills were introduced: One
providing for permits to sell liquors, wines
and beer; one fixing the punishment for
wife beating.
The House resolution providing for a
joint committee to investigate the East
Coast Canal Company was read the second
time and ex-Benator St. Clair Abrams
submitted a letter disclaiming any desire
toi secure his share of the expenses of the
committee appointed in 1893 to investigate
alleged railroad discriminations.
On motion of Mr. Palmer of the Elev
enth district, Mr. Abrams was included in
the resolution covering the expenses of
said committee.
Mr. Williamson offered a resolution pro
viding for an investigation as to the
disappearance from the journal and acts
of the legislature of 1893 of a resolution
authorizing said committee to investigate
railroad discrimination, whch may open up
a very pretty scandal before the Senate is
done with it.
A ROME BANK CLOSED.
The Claim Made That Depositors
Will Be Paid in Full.
Rome, Ga., April 27.—The doors of the
Merchants National Bank were tempor
arily closed this morning, the directors
stating that they hoped to reopen in a
short while. It seems that therajs a suffi
ciency of good paper in the bank to in
sure that there will be no loss to deposit
ors, and after paying them a considerable
surplus will be left. The closing is said
to ba due to a shortness in ready cash,
and it is declared that otherwise the ban a
is in good condition. A bank examiner
has been telegraphed for, and will come
at once. The closing of the doors caused
something of a sensation, but the depos
itors feel sure they will get their money,
and that very soon. John King, the presi
dent, has offered to resign and a move
ment is on foot to open again wdth Cant
R. G. Clark as president The directors
state that they have strong reasons to
believe the bank vUI continue business
as If nothing Bad happened as soon as a
thorough. ex*mlnsv*V> is made pf its as-.
fairs.
The city’s funds, amounting to several
thousand dollars, were deposited in the
bank.
Washington. April 27.—The Merchants
National Bank of Rome, G<a.,' capital S2OO -
000, closed. Its doors to-day. Controller
Eckles placed a bank examiner in charge
Controller Eckles said to-night that
Bank Examiner Burwyn had been placed
in charge of the bank. The bank had been
"lame” for some time, being overloaded
with real estate upon which it could not
realize. The deposits amount to $165,000,
and he thought the bank in time would
pay its indebtedness in full.
Dnrnnt Charged With Murder.
San Francisco, April 27.—Theodore Du
rant was formally charged with the mur
der of Blanche Lamont this morning. The
prisoner displayed Considerable ill' grace
when the charge was read to him and
indignantly asked the officers, "How much
more are you going to charge me with?”
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AN OFT REPEATED STORY OF TRUE
PHILANTHROPY.
What Chai. H. Haekley has Done for
Western Michigan.
(From Grand .Rapids, Mick., Evening Preu.)
The most beautiful spot in all this city is
inseparably associated with the name of
Haekley. Chas. H. Haekley has been in
the lumber business here continuously since
1856 and in that time has amassed a fortune
which gives him a rating among the wealthy
men of the nation. But with wealth there
did not come that tightening of the purse
strings which is generally a marked charac
teristic of wealthy men.
It is no wonder then that the name of
Charles H. Haekley is known at home and
abroad. His munificence to M uskegon alone
representsan outlay of nearly half a million.
For the past twenty years he has been a
constant sufferer from neuralgia and rheu
matism, also numbness of the lower limbs,'
so much so that it has seriously interfered
with his pleasure in life. For ’ some time
past his friends have noticed that he has
seemed to grow young again and to have
recovered the health which he had in youth.
To a reporter for the Press Mr. Haekley
explained the secret of this transformation.
“ I have suffered for over 20 years,” he said
“ with pains in my lower limbs so severely
that the only relief 1 could get at night was
by putting cold water compresses on my
limbs. I was bothered more at night than
in the day time. The neuralgic and rheu
matic pains in my limbs, which had been
growing in intensity for years, finally be
came chronic. I made three trips to the
Hot Springs with only partial relief and
then fell back to my original state. I
couldn’t sit still and my sufferings began to
make life look very blue. Two years ago
last September I noticed an account of Dr.
Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People and
what they had done for others, and some
cases so nearly resembled mine that I was
interested, so I wrote to one who had given
a. testimonial, an eminent professor of music
in Canada. The reply I received was even
stronger than the printed testimonial and it
gave me faith in the medicine.
“ I began taking the pills and found them
to be all that the professor had told me they
would be. It was two or three months be
fore I experienced any perceptible better
ment of my condition. My disease was of
such long standing that I did not expect
speedy recovery and was thankful even to
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towards recovery and for the last six months
have felt myself a perfectly well man. I
have recommended the pills to many people
and am only too glad to assist others to
health through the medium of this wonder
ful medicine. I cannot say too much for
what it has done for me.”
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elements necessary to give new life and
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nerves. They are for sale by all druggists,
or may be had by mail from Dr. Williams’
Medicine Company, Scbenectadv, N. Y, £•*
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A CABINET CRISIS AT BERLIN.
RUMORS THAT THE CHANCELLOR
MAY RESIGN.
He Objects to the Anti-Socialist Bill
in Its Present Form—He Is at Dug
gers’ Points With Herr Von Koel
ler Over the Batter’s Dictatorial
Attitude—The Sympathy of the
People With the Chancellor in His
Present Fight.
Berlin, April 28.—The Boersen Zeitung
published on Friday, rumors of a cabinet
crisis and 'the possible resignation of
Chancellor Prince Hohenlohe. The chan
cellor was said to object to the anti-so
cialist bill in its present form and to
threaten to retire in case it should be
passed until amended. Last evening, the
Reichsanzeiger denied the truth of this
story.
The Boersen Zeitung published, however,
only what has been common report in po
litical circles since last Wednesday. The
original difficulty in the cabinet is sup
posed to be 'the chancellor’s differences
with Herr von Koeller, regarding the con
flict between the Prussian government
and thj Berlin city council. Th" chancel
lor has watched with growing disapproval,
the high and mighty way In which Herr
von Koeller has tried to suppress the coun
cil petition against the anti-socialist bill
and is understood to have opposed the
order forbidding the councillors to lay the
-petition before the Reichstag. As Prus
sian minister of the interior Herr von
Koeller has managed the government side
in the conflict. So far, he has succeeded
only in driving the council to an attitude
of open defiance and has got himself into
such a tight corner that it will require
the united efforts of all the ministers to
extricate him. The chancellor’s opposition
to Herr von Koeller’s position commands
the sympathy of the great majority
throughout Germany. Herr von Koeller’s
imperious manner of dealing wi/h the jnu
nicipal representatives has roused bad
feeling everywhere, and the heat of the
conflict is felt most keenly in Berlin.
Herr von Koeller’s order to the council
lors was received with indignation. When
Dr. Langerhaus, president of the council,
replied that the order was too late—the
petition had already gone—the radicals
and socialists and most national liberals
declared that the open conflict had come
and that it could be settled only by the re
treat of the government or the dissolution
of the council. Since Dr. Langerhaus’ re
ply a similar stiffening of back has been
observed in many councils outside of
Brandenburg province, despite Herr von
Koeller’s orders to all provincial presi
dents to forbid the discussion of the antl
soclallst bill at municipal meetings. Stet
tin, like Berlin, is in open rebellion, its
magistracy having declared for the coun
cil’s proposal to send a petition against the
bill to Berlin this week. The Stettin au
thorities will not ask for the amendment
of tue bill, but for its defeat in toto. The
hostility of the voters to the bill and all
responsible for it is so widespread and
deep-seated that if the Reichstag should
be dissolved and the elections held next
summer, the social democrats and other
opposition parties would win any number
of new seats.
On May b municipal delegates from all
parts of Germany will meet here to pro
test against the proposal to curtail free
dom of speech and the rights of the pub
lic meeting and the press. This conven
tion will be an Imposing affair. Among
those who signed the call for it are the
mayors of Berlin and Breslau, the pres
idents of the municipal councils In Frank
fort-on-the-Main, Oarlsruhe, Dantzic,
Munich, Kiel, Stuttgart, Posen and Halle.
Herr von Koeller's newspaper organ, the
Berliner Corresponded, has announced
that the Prussian municipal councils con
cerned have elected their delegates at in
formal meetings. Herr von Koeller’s sec
ond move is uncertain, but the unanimous
opinion here is that the next ten days
will be fraught with such political ex
citement as Berlin has seldom felt In re
cent. years.
Some 550 sailors and marines went on a
special train from Kiel to Wilhelmshaven
Friday and yesterday embarked on the
ironclad Kaiser for China. A rumor
abroad yesterday was that Emperor Will
iam had sent the czar a telegram putting
the German squadron in the Pacific under
the command of the Russian admiral Tyr
toff. The rumor seems incredible. Such a
course would cause an uproar throughout
the German army and navy. It is signifi
cant of the general confusion here that
rumors, equally startling, are circulated
almost daily. The changes in Germany's
foreign policy are so sudden and astonish
ing that even the men supposed to belony
to the inner political circle are often at a
loss for explanations. The change of
front toward Japan is still unexplained.
The official and semi-official newspapers
are kept busy denying false reports, but
they fail to give any clew to the true pol
icy adopted by the government. The viru
lence of the canard fever was shown clear
ly yesterday, when the government found
it expedient to deny the report that the
Greek ironclad taking part in the Kiel
fetes would be seized for the benefit of
Greece’s German creditors.
It Is announced officially that Germans
going abroad to live temporarily or per- i
manently, without having done .qulitary I
service, need not .expect hereafter to get i
marriage permits from the government.
The emperor and empress will go to I
Pasewalk, near Stettin, on June 4 to at- I
tend the jubilee of the Pasewalk euir- ;
rasier regiment and unveil the statue
erected in the town to Emperor Frederick.
Herr von Klderlen-Waechter was se
lected by the emperor to accompany him
on his present journey in South Ger
many. He goes nominally to represent
the foreign office, but really as one of the
emperor’s personal friends.
The emperor's astonishing changes of
his political and personal plans recently
have earned for him the new nickname of
Wilhelm der Ploetxliche (SVilliam the ;
Sudden). His latest surprise for the army :
is that four, instead of two army corps,
besides two cavalry divisions, shall take
part in the great, maneuvers before Em
peror Francis Joseph in the Stettin dis
trict. The change Is supposed to be due
to his wish to show the Austrian emperor
more troops than were assembled before ,
the German sovereigns at Guens in 1833. | .
The trustees of the steamer Elbe relief ,
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fund met Wednesday with Dr. von Boet*
ticher in the chair. The treasurer re
ported that 600,000 marks had been col
lected. The trustees decided that the bulk
of this sum should be used to endow the
children under 16 years and the widows
left by the victims of the disaster.
The Vorwaerts (social-democratic) de
voted two columns of editorial relative
to the Standard Oil Company last
Wednesday. It denounced the company
as "a monster that exploits the consum
ing classes," and as “‘one of those rings
that hasten the social revolution more
effectively than any political party.”
The Berlinger Zeitung says that retail
dealers in ]?etroleum, acting in harmony
with their customers, will boycott the
petroleum producers and handle hereaf
ter rape seed oil as a substitute for do
mestic purposes. The Handels Zeitung
comments on the latest Russian statistics,
which show that an enormous increase
of the petroleum output has been concur
rent with the great enhancement.
The Berlin social democrats will cele
brate May day with twenty-two meet
ings. The city police have seized 50,000
advance copies of the May Day Vor
waerts because the leaders were regarded
as seditious and tending to excite class
hatred.
FRANCE’S FATAL FLOOD.
The Lives Lost by the Burstings, of
the Reservoir Now Put at 130.
Paris, April 28.—Reports of the devasta
tion caused by the bursting of the reser
voir at Bousey yesterday have been re
ceived from Epinal hourly this afternoon.
The loss of life is far beyond the first
estimates. About 130 deaths are now known
to have been caused by the flood, and the
list may grow, as in the confusion and
ruin it has been impossible to account for
scores of persons who are missing. The
search for dead bodies is still in progress.
Thirty or more of the dead were buried
to-day.
The villages and peasant farms in the
path of the flood are strewn with the
wrecks of buildings and are covered with
heavy layers of mud. More than 200 fam
ilies are homeless and destitute. .
M. Leygues, minister of the Interior,
has gone with a staff of officials to the ,
afflicted district to distribute money
among the needy. Most of the towns
near Epinal have sent food and clothing
to the destitute sufferers.
A large part of thq valley is little more
than a morass, with timbers and uprooted:
trees protruding from the mud. The sol
diers who are looking for bodies make
only slow progress, as the work of dig
ging in the debris is necessarily slow.
Much damage was done to villages at
some distance from the dam. As the flood
swept down the valley it gathered an
immense quantity of timbers and tree
trunks, which were thrown against the
buildings in the lower neighborhoods. For
the same reason the number of deaths
in the lower villages was disproportion
ately great, and more bodies were man
gled than at points nearer the dam.
Part of the Bousey tavern was found
to-day on the bank of the Moselle, eleven
miles distant. The reservoir Is now emp
ty. For several days it had been above
the normal level. The exact cause of
the break is not known. Some think the
defect was in the plan of the structure,
others assert that the dam, though orig
inally strong, had been cracked for years.
The truth may not be determined until
the official inquiry.
Fifty thousand persons visited to-day
the scenes of desolation in the Aviere vgl
ley. The little Aviere broke, which ordina
rily is but five feet wide, has been con
verted into a lake a mile and a half broad.
Soldiers and workingmen from the depart
ment of roads are burying cattle and sneep
as rapidly as possible to prevent disease.
Hundreds of carcasses were put under
ground to-day.
The masonry on the Bousey dam was
begun in 1879 and finished in 1884. It was
strengthened in 1889. The dam was 550
yards long, 66 feet high and the same
thickness at the base. It was built against
vertical rock and on handstone.
DEBS’ TRIAL POSTPONED.
All ihe Vital Facts Already Before
the Supreme Court.
April 28.—The Debs trial on the
conspiracy charge has been continued in
definitely. This announcement was made
yesterday afternoon by Gen. Black, United
States district attorney, after a confer
ence with C. S. Darrow, one of the attor
neys for the defendants.
Gen. Black’s action was the result of
instructions contained in a letter from At
torney-General Olney, received yesterday
morning. Gen, Black said; “The govern
ment is not willing to appear in the atti
tude of a persecutor of any of its citizens.
At this time the case of these men is
pending before the United States supreme
court. All the vital facts presented in
the record are before the court. The court
cannot and will not render a decision
which will not involve other questions
than those of jurisdiction. Hence the post
ponement.”
Waycross Items.
Waycross, Ga., April 28.—A picnic will
be given at Manor on May 4 and on May
5 children’s day services will be held at
the Methodist church.
The annual convention of the Twenty
seventh District Sunday School Associa
tion will be held this year at Adel, Ga,
The home talent will give another ex
hibition at the opera house In a few’ days,
it is said, and Queen Esther may be put
again before a waycross audience.
Lighting the Atlanta Exposition.
From the Electrical Review.
A feature in the electrical display at the !
Cotton States and International Exposi
tion to be held at Atlanta, Ga., from '
Sept. 18 to Dec. 31, 1895, will be the Im- i
mense battleship searchlight, which will
be placed by the naval department on
•the nighest dome oi* the government
building. From this point, which will be 1
the highest on the exposition grounds
the immense searchlight will be operated •
every night, throwing its brilliant shaft
of light into all parts of the grounds. So <
brilliant will be the light that a news
paper can be read by it miles away, and I 1
the weird and marvelous scenic effects < !
that will be produced as it shifts like a 1
phantom from point to point, lighting up i
domes and cupolas, can be likened only
to a dream from the “Arabian Nights.”
—John Blondelie Burton, the English '
novelist, stands six feet four inches and i
looks more like a big life guardsman I i
than a writer of romance. He has trav- ’
eled widely and his first newspaper work i 1
was done in Baltimore. He married the | i
daughter of a Philadelphian- l.i
A NEW RULE IN APPOINTMENTS.
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MINTS AND ASSAY OFFICES TO BE
TAKEN OUT OF POLITICS.
State Politicians Not to Have the Se
lection of the Men in Charge Here
of ter—They Will Be Selected by the
President on the Advice of the
Chief Officials of the Treasury.
Ability to Fill the Positions to Be
the Test in. the Future.
Washington, April 28,—The reported se
lection of Herman Kretz, the present ap
pointment clerk of the treasury depart
ment, as superintendent of the United,
States mint at Philadelphia, vice Mr.
Townsend, removed or resigned, and of
W. E. Morgan, now examiner in the mint
bureau here, as coiner of the Philadelphia
mint, vice Mr, Steel, transferred, ara
stated to be the entering wedges of an en
tirely new departure in the matter of the
administration pf the United States mints
and assay offices. Both gentlemen ara
democrats and citizens of Pennsylvania,
Mr. Kretz being from Reading and Mr.
Morgan from Philadelphia, but neither*
was urged for appointment by either of
the contending factions of local politi
cians. The purpose is to take the mint
service out of state politics, not only in
Pennsylvania, but in other states where
United States mints and assay offices are
located. This new policy has not been
adopted without careful consideration.
For four or five months back the Presi
dent has been giving the subject much,
thought. He finally, arrived at the con
viction that officers to whom the coinage
and control of the United States money
in the national mints were confided should
be selected by the President on the ad
" vice of the chief officials of the treasury,
,and that those appointments should not be
made factors in the distribution of the
patronage of the state or city in which
the mint happened to be located.
Under the rule that formerly obtained
and which has been technically adhered,
to by local politicians of both parties, -ttw
superintendent of the mint has been large
ly controlled In the selection of his office
force by the views of the senator or other
state politicians to whose recommendation
he owed his appointment; This pressure, it
is said, will now be lessened, if not en
tirely obliterated, by the new policy of se
lecting mint superintendents from a na
tional and not a local point of view. Men
who possess some natural or acquired
qualifications for such places, will be pre
ferred to those who only command local
political influence. It will not even be es
sential that they should hail from the city
or state in which the mint is situated, bur.
preference will be given to residents, x all
other things be equal.
There are United States mints at New
Orleans, San Francisco and Denver, Col.,
and United States assay offices at New
York, Carson City, Nev., Charlotte, N. C.,
and other points. This same policy, it is
said, will be extended to each of these
alike, should occasion arise, although all
the principal offices in both the mints and
the assay offices are now held by ap
pointees of the present administration.
The principal advantage expected to be
derived from this new departure Is that
the mint service throughout the country
will be less dominated by local influence
and brought closer under the supervision
and direction of the director of the mint
tn the treasury at Washington. Each
mint is now more or less independent of
the others and of the Washington au
thorities, but under the new plan all will
be directly under the control of Washing
ton.
The Philadelphia mint is the largest and
most important. Maj. Kretze, who will
probably be placed at its head, is a strict
disciplinarian and knows the wishes anl
purposes of Secretary Carlisle, the Presi
dent and Director Preston. The selec
tion of W. E. Morgan for coiner is under
stood to be for the purpose of emphasiz
ing this new departure. He has been con
nected with the mint bureau for manv
years, and has practical knowledge of
mint workings.
As far back as last December the Pres
ident became dissatisfied with the conduct
of the Philadelphia mint and decided that
a change was necessary for the good of
the service. United Press dispatches an
nounced the fact then. Several times since
the matter was on the point of being
brought to a head. Circumstances of a
political character at one time and of a
personal nature at another intervened
to cause delay. On April 15 the President
and Secretary Carlisle held a confer
ence at the white house, when the whole
subject of taking the mint service out of
state politics was discussed and the pres
ent policy inaugurated.
Shortages, defalcations and absolute
thefts at Carson Ctty, New Orleans, Phil
adelphia and other points have largely
aided in bringing the President and Sec
retary Carlisle to the conclusion which
they have now adopted.
Ware’s Grand Jury Report.
Waycross, Ga., April 27.-—The grand jury
has recommended that three bridges be
built over the sloughs at Cason’s bridge,
on the Satilla river; that one bridge he
built over the slough at Waitertown, and
that the Mock and Red Bluff bridges be
repaired.
School Commissioner J. D. Smith’s du
ties were investigated and he was ex
onerated of the charge of neglect made
by the last grand jury.
—The editor of the Boston Courier gives
this bit of advice to his readers of the
fair sex: A neat way to send kisses to
a sweetheart through the mall Is to use
a pencil when writing, and every time
the end of it becomes wet, making, of
course, a blacker mark, that constitutes
a kiss. We used to do this, and nearly
every other word was as black as jet.
The Evolution
Os medicinal agents is gradually relegat
ing the old-time herbs, pills, draughts and
vegetable extracts to the rear and bring
ing into general use tbe pleasant and ef
fective liquid laxative, Syrup of Figs. To
get the true remedy see that it is manu
factured by the California Fig Syrup Co.
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