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* FINLAND’S DISTRESS
IS BEINGJELIEVED
* Distribution of Funds Care*
* fully Supervised.
AMERICA CONTRIBUTES SIB,OOO.
General Surprise and Gratitude Is Ex
pressed at the Large Contributions .
i Being Received by the Committee*.
1 Czar and Czarina’s Liberal Re
\ < sponses.
St. Peresburg, Feb. 7.—The corre
' opondent of The Associated Press re
turned yesterday from Helsingfer. He
found the measures for the relief of
* tile distress in Finland apparently
well organized. The distribution of
funds is carefully supervised. The
Finnish National Relife committee
has received up to the present SIB,OOO
from American relief organizations.
The general surprise and gratitude
is expressed at the large contributions
which the committee has received.
Other foreign countries have contrib
uted $3,000, and. in Russia $23,000 has
been collected, including $14,00$ from
the Russian Red Cross society, of
Which the dowager czarina is the pro
tectoress; $2,000 from the czar and
SI,OOO from the czarewiteh.
The Fins were agreeably astonished
at the fact that the imperial gifts and
the Russian contribution through the
officials at St Petersburg organized
by Interior Minister Von Pish we, with
Admiral Craemer as chairman, were
eent to the Finnish committee in
stead of Governor General Bobrickoff.
The governor, however, is receiving
the funds collected by the Novoe Vry
emya. AM this is regarded as signi
flcent since General Robrickoff in his
official organ declared that justice de.
manded that In the distribution of
the governmental funds dcided pref
erence must be given to the communes
whose inhabitants* obeyed
service decree. The Finlanders re
gard this as tantamount to an admis
sion that the money passing through
General Bobrickoff’s hands is used
against the Finnish committee includ
ing $49,000, which remained from the
previous famine funds, amounting to
SIBI,OOO.
Owing to the demoralization caused
by the money distribution at the time
of the last famine, the committee now
restricts help, excepting in extreme
cases, to the distribution of foodstuffs,
seed and materials for cottage indus
tries, as loans or in return for work.
• In some cases, on the advice of the
agricultural experts who have been
throughout the country, small sums
at money for farming improvements
are grantee! on the-condition that if
the improvements are actually made,
the committee will cancel 50 per cent
of the debt; if it repaid by 1906.
FOR FAMISHING SWEDES.
Dr. Louis Klopsch Will Visit Strick
en Provinces with Relief.
New York, Feb. 7. —Among the pas
sengers sailing today on the steam
ship Blucher, of the Hamburg-Ameri
can line, is Dr. Louis Klopsch, who
will visit the famine-stricken prov
inces of Finland, Lapland and Swe
den, in the interest of the Christian
Herald relief fund. A third remit
tance of SIO,OOO has been cabled to
the Central Relief committee at Hel
singfors and $5,000 to the Swedish
famine commission, Stockholm, for
the relief of the suffering Swedes,
making a total o*f $30,000 thus far ca
bled from the famine fund.
’ Birthday Dinne.r
New York, Feb. 7.—The annual
Washington’s birthday dinner of the
American Society in London will be
held at the Hotel Cecil on Feb. 23, ac
cording to a dispatch from London to
Tribune. The chair will be tak-
D. G. Haldeman, president of
the societies, and 50 guests are ex
pected be present. Invitations
have been-Jssued specially to a large
number of prominent commercial men
throughout Great Britain. David R.
Francis, ex-governor of Missouri, and
president of the St. Louis exposition,
will be among the speakers.
Mexicans Welcome Boers.
Mexico City, Feb. 7. —President Diaz
and Minister Azio, minister of the
private Srissions, have sent letters to
■the Boer generals now here, intro
ducing them to courteous attention of
governors and other officials so that
they may be aided in obtaining suit
able lands for their proposed Boer col.
onies. General Joubert is still suf
fering from badly healed wounds. Pop
ular regard for the Boers is shown
■wherever they present themselves.
In the House.
Washington, Feb. 7.—ln the ab
sence of Speaker Henderson, who i.\
confined to hie hotel with a sore '
throat, Mr. Lacey, of lowa, today pre
sided over the house. Some routine
business preceded the the resump
tion of the consideration of the anti-I
trust bill, the senate amendments to
the army appropriation bill -were non- i
concurred In, and the bill was sent to ■
conference. Messrs- Hull, of Iowa;
Capron, of Rhode Island, and Hay, of
Virginia, were appointed conferees.
Want Chinese Kept Out
Manila, Feb. Filipini Labor
union has issued a protest against
Chinese immigration, threatens vio
lence to prevent its introduction* here
and asks the people to co-operate
in the efforts tp prevent such imml
pation. •
KODOL digests ALL food
There is a difference between Kodol and all other digestants. Pork chops, turnips, boiled cabbage, weni wurst and Welsh rarebit have no "night-*
mares” for the man or woman who takes Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. You can eat whatever and whenever you like if you take Kodol. By the use of this
remedy disordered digestion and diseased stomachs are so completely restored to health, and the full performa nee of their functions naturally, that such
foods as would tie one into a double-bow-knot are eaten without even a "rumbling” and with a positive pleasu re and enjoyment. And what is more
these foods are assimilated and transformed into the kind of nutriment that is appropriated by the blood and ti ssues.
KODOL DYSPEPSIA CURE
should be used in all cases of sour stomach, gas
on the stomach, sour risings, bad breath, no appe
tite, general debility, sallow complexion, weak stom
ach, indigestion and catarrh of the stomach.
KODOL DIGESTS WHAT YOU EAT.
Bottlei only, SI.OO size holding 254 times the trial size, which sells for 58c.
Prepared by E. C. DeWITT A CO.. CHICAGO.
BIG PLANT FOR BRUNSWICK.
Mohawk Steel and Wire Company Per- 1
fecting Plans.
Brunswick, Ga., Feb. 6. —President
Umsted, of the Mohawk Valley Steel ;
and Wirg^company, has arrived here ]
and has surveyors at work on the lo
cation of the mammoth steel plant
this company is to erect here.
Other notable arrivals in this city
are Douglas Gordon, president of the
International Trust company, of ■
Baltimore; Richard H. Edmonds, ed- '
itor of The Manufacturers’ Record; (
Charles P. Grasty, owner of The Bal- (
timore News; William Scddon, Balti
more, banker and president of the ,
Norfolk and Carolina Railroad com
pany; Gr&sty Edmonds and Seddons ■
are directors of the Alabama Consoli
dated Coal and Iron company, and ,
am guests of Piesldent B. C. Machen, j
of Cfae/Brunswick and Birmingham
Construction company, at his country ,
home near Brunswick.
They are here ostensibly on a pleas
ure trip, but are inspecting dock prop- j
eities. New arrivals daily of repre
sentatives of commercial and invest- .
ment companies indicate a new influx
of capital into Brunswick, following ,
the announcement of the Mohawk’s
plans.
ALLEN MAY ENTER THE RACE.
Milledgeville Man Likely To Oppose,
Congressman Bartlett.
Milledgeville, Ga., Feb 6. —The re
port that Colonel John R. Cooper, of
Macon, would oppose Colonel Bartlett
for congres when his present term ex
pires has caused a good deal of talk
here a: ong local politicians.
It is also rumored that Colonel John
T. Allen, who represented Baldwin
county in the house of representatives
in 1898, and the twentieth djjtfrici in
. senate in 1900, has had his eye
on the congressional plum for some
time, and if this is the case the peo
ple of the sixth district, as well as
those throughout the state, will wit
ness a lively race when election time
draws near.
Colonel Allen is an eloquent speak
er and has a large number of friends
in the sixth district.
STETSON SUED BY PRESIDENT.
Founder of Florida University Must
Face Big Libel Suit.
Jacksonville,, Fla., Feb. 6. —Suit for
libel has been filed at Deland by Dr.
John F. Forbes, president of Stetson
university, against John B. Stetson,
the founder of that institution.
The amount claimed for damages is
$250,000. The amount claimed for
damages is $250,000. The case grows
out of charges of Immorality which
were brought against Dr. Forbes. The
charges were Investigated by the board
of trustees of the university and Dr.
Forbes was exonerated.
Later alleged disclosures, however,
have revived the matter, and it is in con
nection with these that Dr. Forbes
claims that his reputation has been
injured by Mr. Stetson.
Collision In Savannah Harbor.
Savannah, Ga., Feb. 6.—The steam
ship City of Birmingham, of the
Ocean Steamship ‘company, while
leaving port bound for New York, had
an accident. A tramp steamship was
going to sea at the same time, and in
avoiding her the Blimingham veered,
striking the schooner Carry Lane,
lumber laden, and about to sail from
the Granger Stubbs company's wharf
for New York. The schooner was
badly damaged about the stern quar
ter. The Birmingham proceeded on
her way.
Changes In Financial Legislation.
Raleigh, Feb. 6.-—Chairman R. A.
Doughton, of the joint finance commit
tee, which is preparing the revenue
act, says that there will be changes
in the present law so officers of corpor.
ations will not be forced to disclose
the business affairs of such corpora-
* tion; that in all probability there will
j be a bond issue of not over $300,000
of 3 per cent bonds to cover the defi
cit. He says the law taxing railways
will stand about as at present, and
I that the taxes on liquor will be
| increased from 50 to 100 per cent.
; Land will be taxed at its cash value,
i and not at what it would bring at pri
vate sale.
Long Walk to Draw Pension.
Raleigh, N. C.„ Feb. 6.—Daniel Wal
lace, aged 96, but hale and hearty,
walked 23 miles to Raleigh and drew
his pension. He enlisted in the Unit
ed States army in 1843 and served in
the Mexican war. He remained in
I the army until 13 years after the civil
• war. When 90 years old Wallace mar
i tied a girl aged 20, but after :
4 raara rot a divorce.
Kodol is the only digestant or combination of digestants that will digest all classes of food. In addi
tion to this fact, it contains, in assimilative form, the greatest kn own tonic and reconstructive properties.
All other digestants and dyspepsia remedies digest certain classes of food only, and are lacking in recon
structive properties*
That’s the difference
WHITTIER RELICS AUCTIONED.
Manuscripts and Letters of the Poet
Bring Large Sum.
New York, Feb. 7. —Some manu
scripts of John G. Whittier and let
ters formerly owned by him were sold
at auction in this city last night, to
secure funds for the maintenance of
the old Whittier homestead.
The 271 lots sold brought SIO,OOO.
An original draft of a message by
President Lincoln to congress in re
gard to the Freedman’s Aid Society,
obtained by Charles Sumner from IJn
coin and .presented to Whittier,
brought $845, the highest figure of the
sale.
A letter from Alfred Tennyson to
Whittier went for S4OO.
Among the purely Whittier relics
an original unpublished and last stan
za of the poem published in the 50’s,
“To My Sister” —a stanza which is
signed in full by the author—was sold
.for $23. •''7
The original manuscript of the child
poem, “In School Days,” of nine stan
zas, together with two additional stan
zas composed afterward, brought $540.
Attached* to the manuscript was a let
ter to Lucy Larcom, editor of,“Our
Young Folks:”
“Dear Editor Lucy: 1 could not
make verses for the pictures, but I
sent thee herewith a bit which I am
sure is. childish,, if not childlike. Be
honest with it, and if it seems too
spoony for a grave Quaker like my
self, don’t compromise me by printing
it. When I get a proof I may see
something to mend, or mar. Thine
truly J. G. W.”
Almost without exception these
purely Whittier relics were purchased,
it is understood, on behalf of private
individuals.
FlrtXL DETAILS OF BIG DEAL.
British-American Tobacco Company
Absorbs Great Plant
Louisville, Ky., Feb. 7.—Tho Cour
ier-Journal this morning says:
“The enormous plant of W. S.
Mathews & Sons, of this city, the
largest rehandling tobacco establish
ment in* the world, has been absorbed
by the British-American Tobacco com
pany, the English adjunct of the
American Tobacco company.
“Mr. John V. Mathews, the head
of the Mathews’ plant, will leave to
day for New York to complete the
final details of the deal, which is the
biggest of the kind for some time. All
the main terms have been agreed up
on, the purchase price being in the
neighborhood of $2,000,000.
“For many years Mathews & Sons
have done the bulk of the rehandling,
their business extending for over a
year between the firm and the Ameri
can Tobacco company, which controls
the British-American company. It
was only a few weeks ago, however,
that the negotiations which led di
rectly to the present deal were begun.
“The New Orleans rehandling plant
the largest under the control of the
American 1 obacco company at the
present time, W III be transferred here,
and will be merged with the Mathews
plant. Other business of a similar
nature also will be transferred to
Louisville.
“The new owners of the plant will
incorporate. the capital stock being
placed at $2,000,000.” i
Arrested on Forgery Charge.
Augusta, Ga., Feb. 6.—James T.
Franklin, a young Carolinian who has
been working at industrial insurance
and other employment in Augusta for
the past year or two, has been car
ried Va-ck to Greenwood, S. C., on the
charge of forging a check for SB3 on
a Greenwood bank. The offense is
alleged to have occurred a year ago.
For some months past Franklin has
been in North Carolina. Today a
South Carolina officer came to Au
gusta after a negro named John Nel
son, charged with disposing of mort
gaged property. While here the of
ficer learned, of Franklin’s presence an
took them both.
Senator Clark Will Sport.
New York, Feb. 6.—United States
Senator Clark, of Montana, will, it is
announced, engage actively in racing
this year and has already consulted
Messrs. Frank Hitchcock and Philip
J. Dwyer as. to the advisability of pur
chasing “Ready Made” racers or year-
Mugs. In due time, it is said, Mr.
Clark’s Intention is to establish a
breeding farm.
Sufferings of Ship s cnew.
Falmouth, Feb. 7. —The German
bark Hercules, from Puerta Arenas,
July 19, arrived here today, 72 days
overdue. Her provisions were ex
hausted and her crew were suffering
so severely 'rom scurvy that only five
men were able to stand on their feet
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ALABAMA REPUBLICANS.
“Lily Whites” and “Black and Tans”
May Compromise.
Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 7—lt is now
stated in Republican circles that the
state committee will meet at an early
date and endeavor to effect a compro
mise between the "Black and Tans”
and the “Lily White,” the basis
being their promise to adopt a resolu
tion at the committee meeting declar
ing that all qualified electors should
be held eligible to the councils of the
party. Collector of Revenue K. J. O.
Thompson, who represents the admin
istration, and ot’ .ra c-f that element,
are said to have authority to whip
the members of the committee into
line both holding a committee meet
ing and adopting huoh a resolution.
The resolution is now being circulat
ed. . It reads:
“I, as a member of the Republican
executive committee of Alabama, do
hereby declare that it should be the
policy, as it is the principle of our par
ty not to bar any registered and duly
qualified elector who ravors Republic
an principles and who will support
our nominee, from participation In the
party councils; and I hereby pledge
myself to do all that -I can to carry
out this .policy.”
MURDER IN FLORIDA.
Body of Unknown Man Found Lying
In Pond.
Lake Butler, Fla., Feb. 7.—The sec
tion hands on the railroad near Sand
erson, Fla., discovered lying in a pond
of water the body of a dead man. The
coroner at Sanderson was immedir
ately notified and impanelled a jury
of six leading citizens, who went to
the scene, and, after pulling the dead
body to land, found u;;mi examina
tion that the man had been struck In
the back with an ax. There was no
h ter or other papers disclosing the
man s identity, and no definite clew
has been found as to who he is.
It is thought >e might have been a
man giving his name as Bullock or
Bullard, who applied for and was giv
en work at Hinson’s tie camp about
three weeks ago. Bullock had n<
funds, and was given an ax and din
ner pail full of dinner, with which out
fit he started to the woods to cut cord
wood. This is the last that wa<B seen
of him.
The ax and dinner pail have been
found not far from the place where
the body was discovered. The body
was fairly well preserved, as it had
been in about three feet of cold water
since the murder. ®
The man who teaches women
r.moke always marries one who won’t
let him do it himself. — New
Vimes,
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