Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, November 21, 1896, Page 3

4 % ANOTHER LE CARON AN INFORMER AFPEARS IN THE AL- LEGED DYNAMITE CASE, -A Man Giving the Name of “Jones” Gives Some Sensational Testi- mony in the Case of Ivory, the Irish Agitator Under Arrest in London—Had Been a Member of Irish Seeret Socicties. London, Noy. 15.—During the exam- ination to-day at the Bow street po- lice court of Edward J. Ivory, alias Bell, the Irish-American ‘saloon- ‘keeper of New York, and alleged dyna- miter, there was an exciting feature for the first time in the long and ‘dreary proceedings against the pris- oner. Ivory was arrested two months ago at Glasgow, and since that time has been brought up once a week for examination only te be remanded to another day. To-day, however, a wit- ness who gave his name as “Jones” was examined. When this man ap- peared in the box Ivory’s face showed consternation. The prisoner seemed to be completely staggered by the appear- ance of “Jones,” who, it is understood, has for years been identified with the Olan-Na-Gael and other Irish-Ameri- can organizations. The prosecution ex- pected that “Jones” would unravel the secret story of the pbysical force move- ment. Replying to questions upon the part of C. F. Gill, who prosecuted for the treasury department, “Jones” said he was a native of Armagh and was employed by the British government to make inquiries at Manchester in 1890 and that in 1891 he was sent to America, where he continued his in- quirie In November, 1891, “Jones” continued, he entered the employ of wholesale grocers in New York city and remained with them until 1899, when he opened a business of his own. He remained in New York until Sep- tember of the present year, all this time making inquiries for the British government. He related how he joined the Irish secret societies, a1d produced a document purporting to give the con- stitution of the society up to 1895, and also type copies of th econstitution and Y of the Clan-na-Gael. Continuing, he said that any one convicted of a dynamite outrage was described in the proceedings of the organization as a “soldier of Ireland.” “ Held for Trial, The witn produced a mass of documents giving “camp” instructions, password: gns, ete. At the close of the close of the proceedings Ivory was formally committed for trial. The newspapers make great spreads of the evidence furnished by Jones and have scare heads reading: “Le Caron the Second,” “Secrets of the Clan-na-Gael,” “Startling Disclosures of an Irish Spy,” ete. When Jones first appeared on the witness stand Mr. Gill asked the pre- siding magistrate to stop all sketching in court, exclaiming that it was of the utmost importance that nothing should be allowed to transpire to identify the witness in the ruture. Mr. Carter was present in court as the representative of the United States embassy. The Globe says of the testimony of Jones that the most sensational de- velopments are expected, eclipsing those of the time of LeCaron. Joves is a small, irsignificant-looking man, 5 feet 5 inches high, with a brown beard and mustache end hair a shade darker. He has a bulging forehead and black eyes. He is of pale complexion and has a furtive, shifty look. He was very nervous while in court, constantly pulling his beard. He delivered his testimony as though in fear of his life and seemed to be scared at his own voice. Jones caused a sensation during the court proceedings by suddenly address- ing the magistrate and saying: “A reporter is taking a sketch of he. I fear for my safety.” The magistrate then ordered the reporter to desist. After the close of the proceedings a jailer remarked to a representative of the Associated Press: “Jones is a dead man. I am glad I am not in hi a J Identity, New Yor! ov. 15. — The news of the production of an informer in the Ivory case in London created quite a sensation and was productive of con- siderable comment in Irish circles in this city. Dilligent inquiries among prominent Irish Nationalists by a rep- resentative of the Associated Press failed to establish the identity of more than one man named Jones who ever had any connection with Irish matters in this city. This man’s name is Thomas M. Jones, who was a member of the Shamrock club and also one of the secretaries of the Amnesty associa- tion. MeLaughlin, secretary of the Irish tional alliance, said: “I hyve known Thomas M. Jones for about three years. He was a member of the al- Mance and also one of the secretaries of the Amnesty association. I believe that he was also a member of the Nally club, which also belongs to the alliance, but I think the cabled reports have confounded the lish National al- liance with the United Irishmen. The books of the alliance are open to the public, and the English government can send its representatives to ex- amine them if it wishes to do so. The platform and principles of the alliance, which were adopted at the Chicago convention last year, have been pub- lished and there is no secrecy what- ever in the organization. Whether Jones is a friend of ‘Tynan or Kearney I do not know, but I am satisfied that if he knows anything of a so-called dynamite plot, the whole thing must Fy originated in his own brain. Ac- eee to the cable reports he says himself that he has been employed by the English authorities since 1890, and to my mind it is very evident that he is delivering ‘gold bricks’ to the Scot- land Yard people in return for a fat remuneration. ‘his trumped-up eyi- dence is another part of the old worn- out scheme of Scotland Yard when its sleuths want to secure the conviction of any Irishman who may be unfortu- nate enough to fall into their hands.” Weyler on the Move. Havana, Nov. 15. — Word has been geceived that Capt. Gen. Weyler is marching in the directior of the moun- tains of Brujo, and news of an im- portant action is expected to-morrow. MYSTERY ABOUT 1, Col, Fred Engel Dies Suddenly in Milwaukee. Milwaukee, Noy. 17. — Col. Fred Engel, a member of Gov. Upham’s staff, is dead. It is not known whether it was a stroke of apoplexy or suicide. Col. Engel, who came frum Kenosha, has been a resident of this city a short time, and was employed as bookkeeper by the Schlitz Brewing company. When he arose yesterday morning he complained of being ill. He went to the bath room and, after a bath, sank into a chair and was immediately seized with ccnyulsions. He died be- fore medical aid could reach him. He was in the best of health up to two hours before his death. Dr. M. H. Clarke, who was summoned, refused to issue a death certificate, and the ease was reported to the health au- thorities. They turned it over to the coroner. In the ‘meantime, H. L. ‘Thomas, an undertaker, was called to take charge of the body. He had it re- moved, and when the coroner arrived on the scene it was claimed that the embalming fluid had already been in- jected into the body. Last night Mrs. Thomas, the wife of the undertaker, denied that her husband had em- balmed the body, but would not call her husband from the post-mortem which was ordered -by the coroner, and which was being conducted by Doctors Washburn and Seifert. It is reported that Col. Engel was short in his accounts at the brewery, but this cannot be verified. Manager Wuesthoff, of the brewing company, when asked about the matter, said that Col. Engel was*discharged from their employ on Thursday. In regard to the rumors of a shortage he .ould have nothing to say. He admitted that an examination of the dead man’s books was now in progress, but did not think this would indicate there was any truth in the rumors about a short- age. Health Commissioner Kempster has issued orders that any undertaker who embalms a body before a death certificate issued by his department will be prevented from deing business in the city. The urdue haste with which the body was taken to the un- dertaking establishment end em- balined, and the statement of M Thomas that the body was not balmed, are regarded as suspicious «ir- cumstances. The sudden death caused no little surprise in Kencsba, where he yes held in high esteem, both in busi- 1 circles. Prior to his aukee he was essistant Dan Head Company coming to Mil cashier of the bank at Kenosha. ITALIANS LOSE IT, Abyssinia Becomes a Free and In- dependent Country. Rome, Noy. 17.—Under date of Ad- isabeba, Oct 26. Maj. Verazzim, Italy's euvoy plenipotentiary to the Negus Menelik of Abyssinia, telegraphed to the Italian government as follows: “I have te-day with great solemnity signed a treaty of peace and a con- vention for the release of the prisoners (in Menelik’s hands.) The trcaty pro- vides for the restoration of the status quo pending the appointment of dele- gates by Italy and Abysinnia a year hence to determine the frontiers by friendly agreement. It recognizes the absolute independence of £thiopia and abrogates the Uccialli treaty. Italy undertakes in the meantime not to eede the territory to any other power. Should she desire spontaneously to abandon the territory it would return to the Ethiopian rule.” By the Uccialli treaty concluded in 188) between Menelik and Italy Abys- sinia became an Italian protectorate. The settlement anncunced above is the outcome of the Italian reverses at the hands of the Abyssinians. Maj. Verazzini telegrephs further, as follows: “The treaty provides for the conclusion of a further commercial treaty if necessary. The present treaty will be communicated to the powers and ratitied a month hence. The con- vention, after detailing the arrange- ment for the release of the prisoners provides that Italy shall indemnify Abyssinia by a sum which the Negus leaves to Italy’s sense of equity for the expenses incurred in the maintenance of the Italian prisoners.” The Negus Menelik sends a simul- taneous dispatch to King Humbert an- nouncing the signature to the treaty, and, siding: “May God always keep my irends,” and expressing the hope that i* -vill make Nov. 20 a great festi- val in ‘Xing Humbert’s family “memor- abl s a day of joy for the parents of Italiar prisoners. May God long pre- serve the life of your majesty.” Claims Kinship to Washington, New York, Noy. 17. — Among the guests at the Hotel Gerlach is George Washington from Belgium. “Yes, I am related to your George Washington,” he said. “It is only since I made application for citizenship papers a few days ago that I have realized there was anything of note in that. My great grandfather was Will- iam Washington, a brother of your first president. My grandfather, Geo. William Washington, was born in America, but my father, John William Washington, was born in Belgium. There is a portrait of George Washing- ton at my home in Belgium, and, I think, records showing the relation- ship, but I have no documents here in relation to it.” os ical authorities fail to men- tion thet ‘“‘eorge Washington had a brother W°*‘liam. "s Movements, Nov. 17.—No very explicit news hes been received from Capt. Gen. Weyler, but it is known that af- ter the engagement at the Rubi hills he continued his march into the in- terior of the movntains toward Soroa and he succeeded in penetrating to points which no other Spanish columns have ever reached. We has had sey- eral skirmishes with the insurgents notwithstanding the advantage of his position which they hold in these mountain strongholds, but he has not succeeded in confronting any consider- able force of the insurgents. Attempted Jail-Break, Owatonna, Minn., Nov. 17.—An at- tempt at a general jail-break was made last night. A half-dozen prison- ers took bars from an iron bedstead and having found a defective rivet in the cage surroundirg the cells, pried and broke a hole through into the cor- ridor. They then attacked the brick wall of the jail building end had near- ly succeeded in making their escape when Sheriff Barncard, having heard the noise, appeared on the scene and stayed with them the remainder of the night, and the prisoners still remain. OFFICIAL FIGURES. COMPLETE RETURNS ON THE LATE ELECTION. Forty-Four Counties Have Reported Their Official Returns to the Sec- retary of State—The Remainder Have Completed the Canvass at the County Seats — McKinley's | Plurality Is 53,758 and Gov. Clough Has 4,128 Plurality Over Lind, \ 1 Figures printed below are practically an official tabulation of the vote for president and governor at the recent election. Forty-four counties of the ‘eighty-one have reported thelr official re- turns to the secretary of state. The re- mainder have been secured officially from the county seats, with the single exception ‘of Wilkin county. The Prohibitionist, Na- tional Democratic and Socialist Labor yote jis missing from half a dozen counties. ;McKinley’s majority is 53,758 and Gov. Clough has 4,128 over Lind. The total vote ion president is 340,796 and the missing figures will probably increase this to about ‘342,000. One of the interesting results shown by the table is that unless the few Temaining counties ow up with a dispro- jportionate vote for the Palmer electors, the National Democrats will have failed to poll the required 1 per cent of the vote to constitute them a political party for the next campaign. They lack about 300 votes of enough with only six counties to hear from. The Prohibitionists polled more than enough votes for their presidential electors to keep them in the field as a party, and about a thousand more for their candidate for governor. The Socialists are below the ‘mark and so is Dr. Ames. . For President. Lev- Pal- Match- ‘McKinley. Bryan. ering. mer. ett. 855) B44 9 6 791 ca 24 1 Cottonwood .. Crow Wing... (Dakota Dodge . {Douglas . (Faribault 59 2 Fillmore 1,939 Pathe ia Freeborn 1,179 99 26 2 Goodhue ., 1426 118 78 12 Grant 739-25 9 5 Hennepin 20,515 450 291 256 Houston . ol 47087 Hubbaid Isanti . 730 os Itasca. 705 4 6 eu 1,150 29 17 Kanabec 256 7 5 (Kandiyohi . 1,688 4288 «617 \Kittson ..... 7 2B (18 Lac qui Parle. 932 ST 21 Lake 320 6 5 2,003 56 bt OD 6 BE 2 BU" 5 1,351 eT 23 ee 1,653, 43, 47 4 1,222 16 16 oe 1,327 93 32 9 1,538 SL 23 13 46 «13 «134 1,734 bl 88 8 1407 8 28D 1064 21 2 OB 1,303 837 32 42 = 1,563 1,198 45 35 7 1,882 1,308 738 20 .. 3,201 1,741 83 chy 4 B44 4482 162 7880. 1152 «87518. 807 CRE Cet ae aks 2,86 5,080 81 86 84 1,773 68s 43 8 2 17,522 12,048 177 «435207 SS 185s os) SBA es 2.503 1,978 Gl 38 (8 3,483 2,002 103 110 13 1,200 765 38 1b 3 287 527 6 5 3 9,810 7,412 92 7% 10 1,126 1,706 62 eee 6 1008 'sa6.-si8—s1B 2 1,826 1,251 19 47 7 2,873 4,911 42 142 oe 20 «1248 80 6 il 981 685 oe 7 oe 1,273 1,222 40 15 7 1,739 ss ae os 589 963 22 23 5S 1,630 76 61 x 534 25 7 1 1,244 oT 29 3 Washisston 3,995, 1,558. 47 58 8 Waty.wan 1,622 586 33 10 2 8,528 69 89 13 2172 4 387 69 1,015 63 2 1 ‘Totals. 139,537 3,968 8,115 881 Plurality. For Governor. _ Ham- Clough. Lind. Dean. Ames. mond. Aitkin .. cre: ae Ce a | BOs a! Ble 113606 45 C(O tsi A Saar Teeaaee nu 9 8 8 CTR aE ts 3,310 148 40 14 1, 2 18 4 701 ik 7 1, 13 15 ‘308 1,064 26 2,244 1,352 87 1,076 1,550 1.746 171 1,682 2,770 3,803 2,962 5,073 795 EI tJ 3 32 8 21 8 a8 4 ‘56k 8 2,200 67 9 ‘905 84 «= 310 51 16 1 15 6 3 eee hE Sate rT Maa ent 61 at 9 2 8 66 a Rae “ 8 8 50 8 5 88 1B wseee 10328 8 212 59 13 See 7 iL 2-3) <6 105 4487 45 i 1 274 243 250 33 1 SL 18 3.104 2,342 «113 40 pg Loss 806 29-8 25 549d 8,276 8,283 §=109 2 40 1001 1,784 «648 «17-10 928 574 p53 i 8 1,520 144 28 16 7 267% 5,18 73 80 2 184 «1448 «838 8 851 B2D nee. seeee . 1,016 1,553 34 Bi 4 igsz 192 98 ‘436 -1,099 12 2147 1952 68 1 8 706 575 OD 1561 149 51 W 6 31275 2,000 28! 1338822 3,450 3,916 83 "52 "80 2905 2,620 62 «87 «10. 1333 «21220 «8 )~=— 68 Totals ...166,108 161,975 4,950 2,746 1,029 4.323 WEYLER AT WORK. First Results of the Spanish Ac- tivity in Cuba. Havana, Noy. 13—Capt. Gen. Weyler, according to a dispatch from the front, has captured the insurgent strongholds in the mountains of El Rubi, in the Province of Pinar del Rio. A brigadier general, seven officers and forty-seven soldiers were wounded. No further details were obtainable as this message is sent. Washington, Noy. 13.—The renewed reports that’ the United States was about to intervene in the Cuban con- flict are not confirmed in official quar- ters, nor is there any evidence to indi- cate that at the present time the Unit- ed States has under consideration any change in its policy. Information reaching here is that the Spanish mili- tary operations begun in October are about to go forward with greater ener- gy than at any previous time. Im- portant results are expected from this forward movement within the next three weeks. There are now 25.000 more Spanish troops en route for Cuba. It is now asserted that every approach and egress to the mountain recesses is now commanded by a heavy force of Spanish troops. This plan of cam- paign is relied on to force the insurg- ents to fight in the open country. Key West, Fla., Nov. 14.—Capt. Gen. Weyler has at last met the Cubans on the field, and has suffered a repulse, according to the advices per steamer Olivette from Havana, last night. Weyler, it is said, was attacked while encamped in the Gobernadoro hifls in Pinar del Rio provirce by the Cubans under Perico Delgado and Perico Diaz. The Cubans surprised the Spanish out- posts, and for a time great confusion prevailed in Weyler’s camp. Weyler is said to have fallen back about eight miles. During the retreat the Cubans killed thirty-four Spaniards and wounded sixty more. Havana, Noy. 14.—The following de- tails have been received from the front of the capture of the insurgent posi- tions in the mountains of ¥l Rubi, Province of Pinar del Rio, by the force under command of Capt. Gen. Weyler: At daylight on Tuesday the troops of Gen. Echague were reinforced by the column commanded by Gen. Aguilar, and the combined forces, at the point of the bayonet, captured in succession all the insurgent positions. The ene- my defended its works with tenacity, but the Spanish troops succeeded in oceupying the heights of El Rubi, the principal insurgent defense in the vi- cinity of the military line. It is be- lieved that the greater part of the in- surgents in the Province of Pinar del Rio, took part in this engagement. The Spanish troops lost six men killed and had Gen. Exchague, six officers of minor rank and fifty-four soldiers wounded. The insurgents lost seven men killed on the field. Their actual loss is not known. Gen. Echague was shot in the hip after the actual fighting was over. During the engagement quite a shower of bullets fell over Gen. Weyler and his staff, whereupon some- body expressed anxiety as to the safe- ty of the captain general. To which the latter replied: “The bullet which will kill me is not yet cast.” ONLY MERE DETAIL. But There Is Considerable Difficulty in Making the Decision. Washington, Noy. 14.—But one poirt —a matter of detail and not of merit— remains open between the United States and Great Britain in the settle- ment of the Venezuelan question, and the cablegrams passing between Lon- don and Washington give every rea- son to believe that this point, which has delayed the forn.al affixing of sig- natures to the arrangement of settle- ment, will be determined within a day or two. It relates to the choice of the four judicial members of the court of arbitration; two by this country and two by Great Britain. It has been found that it was no easy task to take the lord chief justice, solicitor general or any eminent British judicial func- tionary from his present important duties and charge him with other duties which may take months or years in their execution. For that reason it has been considered wise to settle this matter at the outset. As stated, the point remaining to be settled relates wholly to the persornel of the arbitra- tion tribunal, and in any event will not affect the merits of the agreement al- ready reached on the lines given in full in the Associated Press dispatches. The arrangement as to King Oscar IL, of Sweden, is not open, but is final so far.as Mr. Olney and Sir Julian are concerned. TRUST METHODS GO. An Important Decision Given by Judge Showalter. Chicago, Noy. 14.—Judge Showalter, in the federal court to-day. rendered an important decision in the rebate case of the whisky company. The jurist decided that the compact involved in the rebate vouchers is legal, that the understanding does not preclude the buyer from purckssing elsewhere. The terms merely stipulate tbat if the buyer takes goods from the American Spirits company and wishes to take ad- vantage of the rebates, he must not deal elsewhere. This decision is of the highest importance, since it confirms the trade methods of the sugar trust and other corporations. Seene ia Cowrt, St. Paul, Nov. 14.—William Raleigh and William Maloney were convicted of grand larceny in the first degree in the criminal branch of the district court to-day. They were accused of brutally assaulting and robbing B. C. Toliver during encampment weck. As Clerk Sundberg read the verdict of the jury. Maloney’: sister, who was sitting inside the rail, rose from her seat with a cry of anguish and then fell into the arms of another brother, almost in- sensible. Closed by Ice. Chamberlain, 8. D., Nov. i4. — Al- though an ive bridge formed on the Missouri river only yesterday, te-day the ice was strong enovgb for the safe crossing of stock and teams. This is the earliest the river has closed- here for the past fifteen or twenty years. Veteran Life-Saver Dead, New York, Nov. 14. — Capt. John Maxson Brown, the veteran life-saver, ied to-day. He was eighty-eigkt years id. He probably hel; save were lives than any otber'wan living. MINNESOTA NEWS. anteresting Happenings in the North Star State. The Farmers’ National congress will be held at St. Paul next year. The Southern Minnesota teachers held a meeting at Mankato. Grass Brothers of Wabasha made an assignment. Assets, $5,000; lia- bilities, not known. The trial of Johnson and Kelly, the Wyoming murderes, was commenced at Center City. Caspar Peterson, a fourteen-year-old boy, accidentally shot himself while out hunting near Hallock. Death fol- lowed instantly. John Johnson, a tramp, pleaded guilty at Wabasha to the charge of criminal assault and was sentenced to Stillwater for thirty years. David Blakely, manager of Sous1’s band and formerly connected with the St. Paul Pioneer Press, died suddenly in New York. Peter Lee, residing at Fiftieth street and Lyndale avenue, Minneapolis, ac- cidentally shot himself while hunting rabbits. 'T. H. Ivey, of 1245 Charles street, St. Paul, was seriously injured in a street car accident near the corner of Snelling and University avenues, and her thir- teen-year-old daughter was also hurt. Until Nov. 30 bids will be received by the city of Moorhead for $40,000 6 per cent 20-year bonds. These bonds were authorized by a vote at the late election. The little child of Conrad Kelfiesch of East Grand Forks, while playing with matches, got his clothing afire and was badly burned before help ar- rived. He will probably die. A Cottonwood ccunty prisoner named Emerson, lodged in Blue Earth county jail, made an attempt to saw is way out, but was detected. He is waiting trial for burglary. It is reported at Park Rapids that Game Warden Fullerton and deputies have captured a large band of Indians with guns and a large amount of game illegally killed, including several moose, rear that place. William Ableman of Faribault at- tached a grindstone to a horse-power and run it to a speed sufficient to burst the stone. He was killed by a piece of the stone, which struck him on the head. A sad accident occurred at Milaca re- cently. A young man, Charles Curtis, while crossing 2 dam above here, on his way deer hunting, slipped and fell and, as he did so his rifle was dis- charged, the bullet going through his brain and causing instant death. John Clearly, arrested in Minneapolis on a charge of drunkenness, made an attempt to commit suicide at the cen- tral police station by hanging himself up with a rope made of his clothing. He was discovered before he had com- pleted his job. The preliminary examination of Louis Balser, proprietor of the Ameri- can house, who shot his wife on Noy. 2, was held at Mankato. He was bound over to the December term of court. Balser made no defense, and maintains his ind:fference. The United States court adjourned at Mankato. Edward Chimberski of Jackson, charged with sending obscene letters through the mails at Jackson, was sentenced, on account of his youth, to one year in the state reform- atory at St. Cloud. 'The afternoon passenger on the Fort Dodge division of the Minneapolis & St. Louis road killed an old man on the track between Emmons and Norman. He was walking on the track and when warned by the engineer ran ahead of the train. Word reaches Wiaona that sentence has been imposed upon John Johnson, age twenty-two years, by Judge O. B. Gould of Winona, in the district court at Wabasha. Johnson is the tramp who recently assaulted a seventeen- year-old girl at Kellogg, having gagged her mother first. The sentence was for thirty years. Adne Gladden, a boy who has been working at Winnebago City for some months, has been struck by a singular good fortune. He received word that an uncle had died in Wisconsin and left him property valued at $40,000. Young Gladden is about eighteen years old, and has been working in Froelich & Co.’s meat market. A son of F. Breshoff of Norwood, while playing with a 22-calibre gun, accidentally shot his brother. The bullet entered near the eye and man- gled one side of the face terribly, al- though it is hoped that the child will recoyer. It seems that the boy with the gun was at the head of a flight of stairs and his brother below received the charge. Grant Brambel, of the Western Union at Sleepy Bye, was given letters patent for a rotary engine last Decem- ber. Recently, it is said, he received an offer of £320,000 for his patent by an English syndicate. Mr. Bramble has spent over twelve years in study- ing up and perfecting this patent, which is bound to revolutionize engine building if one-tenth of what is claimed for it is realized. Nels Wedmark, living near the depot at Anoka, got into a fight, was beaten and went home for his revolver. Re- turning, he made several dance to his will, firing two shots. Chief Harring- ton arrived, and Wedmark shot four times point blank at him. Harrington was not pleased and put a bullet in Wedmark’s right leg above the knee. Wedmark, was said to be drunk. A bold robbery was committed at St. Joseph, Stearns county, recently. 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There is comfort in ical ills, which vanish before pro) the knowledge, that so many forms of sickness are not due to any actual dis- ease, but simply to a consti ted condi- tion of the system, which the pleasant family laxative, Syrup of Figs, Dg ly removes. That is why it is the only remedy with millions of families, andis everywhere esteemed so highly by all who value health. Its beneficial effects are due to the fact, that itis the one remedy which promotes internal cleanliness without debilitating the organs on which it acts. It is therefore all important, in o1 ‘er to get its bene- ficial effects, to note when you pur- chase, that you have the Yaris arti- cle, which is manufactured by the Cali- fornia Fig Sycud Co. ouly and sold by allreputable drugg's' if Aa the enjoyment of good bealth, and the system is regular, laxatives or ‘ther remedies are then not needed. If sMicted with any actual disease, one ni.v be commended to the most skillful yay.icians, but if in need of a} 1xative, >) oud have the best, and with the sd everywhere, Syrap of 's highest and is most largely sed an *yives most general sa! i}