The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 13, 1903, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, APRIL 13, 1903 f Che Sabas< Call. MONDAY.. ¢ ...APRIL 13, 1903 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Broprielor. 11 Communication Acéress Al s to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. Ask for THE CALL. The Operator Will Connect You With the Departme:t You Wish. rUB ON OFFICE. ..Market an: Third, nnl‘l':cl‘ln RoOOMS 217 to 221 Stevemsom St. Delivered by Carriers, 15 Cents Per Week. single Coples, 5§ Cents. Terms by Mail, Including Postage: DaIL: (including Bunday), One Year. DAIL: :C::L.ux. (including Sundsy), 8 months. DAILY CALL (including Sunday), 8 months DAILY CALL—By Single Month. SUNDAY CALL, One Year WEEELY CALL, One Year. All postmasters are subscript! Sample eopies will be forwarded when requested. Mafl subscribers in ordering change of address should be perticular to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order w0 insure & prompt and correct compliance with thelr request. OAKLAND OFFICE. 1118 Broadway.. e home Main 1083 BERKELEY OFFICE. 2148 Cemter Street ..Telephone C. GEORGE EROGNESS, Manager Foreign Adver- tising, Marquette Building, Chicago. (Lopg Distance Telephone “Central 2618.”") NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: STEPHEN B. SMITH. 30 Tritune Building NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: CARLTON .Hernld Sguare NEW YORK NEWS STANDS: WalSorf-Astorie Hotel; A. Brentano, 81 Union Square; Murray Hill Hotel; Fifth-avenve Hotel and Hoffman House. CHICAGO NEWS Ehermen House; P. O. News (% Tremont House; Auditorium Hotel WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE...1406 G §t, N. W. MORTON E. CRANE, Correspondent. North 77 c. © PR ANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery, ocrner of Clay, open 30 o'clock. 800 Hayes, open until 9:30 o'clock. 633 McAlister, open until 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin, open until o'clock. t, corper Eixteenth, open until ® o'clock. 1098 V. Jenets, cpen until § o'clock. 108 Eleventh, open until 9 NW. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky, cpen clofk, 2200 Fillmore, open urtil § p. m. e LULL IN BUSINESS. JERE was a pronounced hesitation all along ne of business last week. The demand ds fell off more or less everywhere and hasing capacity of the country have reached its limit, that turning point so and so remarkably deferred. Still, it en one of the lulls observed during the six years, when the country apparently T’, ked as the purc expected five or 1ses to catch its breath Whatever it was, however, it attracted the attention ymercial observers and excited commer to its general character, as it seemed Thus the demand for pig iron fell ose co owing largel to affect aff materially and the Up to the present buyers have nd steel products d have oiten es- ines. letely ned been begging manufacturers of iron to them prompt deliveries a teem t a favor to be placed on the order books Now. however, these same red for even distant deliveries buyers are hanging ofi, and while the asking quota- A marked disposi- is also r reduction later on the placing of new no longer difficult to obtain fairly mpt deliveries of iron and steel goods, especially as the railroads are moving ireights more easily and Ail these signs point to a sub- sidence o pre- led in the iron and steel trades, and as an important supplement thereto it may be mentioned that foreign The produc- at the highest point ever known and as far as indications go is at contracts is more plentiful. the fever which has for five years fue quotations for pig ifon are also lower tion of iron, however, is increasing, is last overtaking the enormous consumption he textiles, too, are reported quieter, with less demand for fall deliveries. Some interior markets report a fzir busine cotton and woolen goods, but large E: c r eport buyers holding bac Wool has been y steady thus far this month, but none of the March decline has n recovered. Aside fros derate revival in cotton purchases for China, there is no revival in this trade. Leather is still quoted firm, but the New England footwear | factories report the spring rush over, while hides, both domestic and imported, are much weaker. There has been 1 coffee, bu the Brazilian would either his staple or burn a cer vy liquidation report that Government mpose an export (¢ tain percentage of the lower grades to reduce the| large and unwieldy surplus steadied the market some what rovisions have been wavering for some little time, and there are signs that the "high prices for pork products are checking the demand somewhat In dry goods an excellent demand for summer fabrics it reporte though the cas in the wholesale trade is not without its effect on jobbing buyers. Lumber and bailding materials are reported active and gen- erally firm, but in the Pacific Northwest the shingle markets are heavily closing down, beir enormous holdings. overstocked and many mills are g unable to dispose of their Other staples are irregular, but none of them show any tendency to advance, winber exhibit easier and quieter symptoms. while a The statistical conditions, however, do not The railway earn- ngs in March increased 138 per cent, compared with March, 1902 As wages indicate any particular falling off in trade and 24.1 per cent, compared with 1901. frequently menticned, d parent gair however, the st of material will cut down more or less. increased this ap- The country's bank clear- ings last week showed a loss of 2.4 per cent, with the same week compared st year, with most of the great cities exhibiting a slight decrease. The failures for the week were 107, against 198 last year. The best trade reports continue to come from the West Local conditions remain about as beiore. r Both wholesalers and retailers report business good, and crop prospects are excellent, though there is no talk this year of unusually large crops of anything, owing to the prolonged cold weather in the late winter months, which kept everything back. Money is still plentiful, collections zre normal and the whole com- munity is looking forward to another good year. ———— -According to a Pennsylvania, story, 2 girl who was bitten by 2 snake ten years ago is now in convulsions skowing all the symptoms which are manifested by the venom of that reptile and the physicians are wondering how the poison could ‘have remained dormant for so many years. Of course, in any other State the thing couldn’t have happened at all, but :: l:eml that in Pennsylvania even rattlesnake poison slow. 1841 Mission, open until 30 c'clock. 2261 | ables in this industry became ! on for pig iron has been reduced, they will not bid | a dollar of it, evidently expecting or hoping for | FRANCE IN CHINA. T is a singular revelation of the weakness of the I central Government of China that France should plead an invitation of a Viceroy to send troops into Southern China against the prohibition of the Peking Government. The growing strength of the revolution in Kwangsi so appalled the Viceroy that he appealed to the French commander in Assam for help. The central Government countermanded’ this appeal, but the French go on pouring into that vast region south of the Yangtse Kiang. As the French feel able to enter against the imperial order, they will no doubt feel able also to stay in spite of it, and there will be added another to the serious complications which beset that unfortunate country. It is history that when foreign troops are invited to take part in a domestic quarrel they seldom with- draw willingly. The soldiers of Strongbow were welcomed to Ireland by a faction and their successors have been in Ireland for more than seven centuries. China has a population of 425,000,000. All Europe has only 372,000,000. policy of the Western world to let China remain intact, to let her ancient civilization alone, to cease trying to destroy the ideals of her people, but to join in peacefully adapting that civilization and those | ideals to conditions which will bring her vast con- | suming power into proper relations to the world’s commerce. She can be brought into such relations as will increase the power of her people to consume what they cannot produce and to produce more sur- plus to enter into the world’s commercial exchanges. With their matchless capacity for passive resistance, it doubtful whether the Chinese can ever be adapted by conquest or force. It is human nature to cling, with more desperate courage and devotion, to ideals and institutions which are assailed by force. England has learned this lesson in India and long ago ceased to attack the ideals of the people. In- stead of trying to make the Indians English, the English, intrusted with administration on the penin- sula, have gone far toward becoming Indian in their methods, manner of speech and customs. This was | shown in the great Durbar at Delhi in honor of the { accession of Edward. All of its features were dis- | tinctly Indian and could not have been more so had it been in honor of a new mogul of the line of Shah is | 1t would seem to be the proper | Jehan China has a large number of statesmen who are | thoroughly learned in Occidental civics and econom- | They have shown keen intelligence in the| methods by which the industrial. commercial and | financial systems of the modern world may be adapted | to their own people. But so far not one of them | has considered it necessary to destroy what their own i civilization has developed in order to secure such adaptation. Every wanton defiance of Chinese rights, whether by Russia, Germany or France, only post- pones a result that the Chinese themselves would work out in good time and for the benefit of the whole world. The United States, as a Government, cannot even | suggest the impolicy of such moves as this last one | by France. We have gone to the limit of diplomacy in securing the agreement of Europe to our open door policy and the equality of opportunity for Chinese trade. If Russia in Manchuria and Germany on the gulf of Pechili and France in the valley of the Yangtse Kiang secure and use ‘dominion for their exclusive purposes, to take to themselves the trade within their respective zones of influence, our open door policy | will avail us but Tittle. It would be an incident satisfactory now and great | | in history if Europe and the United States would join | in a convention, like the peace conferenct at The | Hague, to agree upon a policy as to China. The real | interest of all the parties to such a convention is| Chinese trade. There is enough of it to exhaust the | combined surplus of the exporting nations. and progress among nearly half a billion of people | will so increase consumption as to keep pace with | increase in the production of Europe and the United | | States. *Such a conference, with such a result, would | | remove the strain that 1s now felt in the commercial | | ics. | Peace relations of the Western nations. In joining to open | peacefully and philosophically a commercial field so | vast that all would be taxed in its supply, trade wars! between themselves would disappear and the world’s peace and prosperity would be served and secured. The United States can afford to propose the curb- ing of the spirit of conquest and the policy of war. We are now the purveyor of food for Europe. 1i we | ions would perish of famine. Such a position is more powerful than can be at- tained by vast armies and invincible military strength. We are in the world’s councils to stay. cut off the supply We cannot avoid or evade any of the responsibilities of our po- sition. Among the new international politics to be oped by our presence as a power to be reckoned | th, what could be more interesting, or useful, or | | | | | de humane, or profitable than a congress of nations to | -~ . | map out a permanent policy toward China, conceived | in justice and carried out in good faith? Reports from the East tell of great damage done to the peach crop by frost. Maryland is howling and a wail comes up from North Geprgia. It is remem- bered, however, that such reports come in every year at this time and then later on peaches flood the mar- kets just the same. | | | | | of industry devised a NIAGARA ENDANGERED. the water power of | WHE the captains iagara to the servicé of man there was a| means of converting general jubilation. People talked of “harnessing | Niagara” as if it were an achievement to be proud of, and many were the sanguine speculations as tc the coming of a time when it, the great scenic wonder | of the East, wounld transformed into a dynamo to light the streets and drive the engines of New York. Those expectations have not been | realized, but already the voices of the jubilant ones | | of yesterday are no longer proud and gay. They have | | become tremulous and are asking with apprehension 1 whether it be worth while to destroy the majesty of | Niagara for the sake of running a streetcar and light- | ing a bakery. be It is feared that extensive works erected on both | the American and the Canadian side of the falls will | seriously diminish the quantity of water that goes | over the precipice. The managers of the enterprises | are reported to be quite aware of the probable effect [o! their works, but they take a strictly utilitarian | view of the question. One of them is quoted as say- ing: “If it were possible to transmit Niagara power to New York City economically, then the falls as a scenic display would have to give up. The com- | mercial spirit and necessity would not warrant hold- | ing the show any longer. The question in my mind | ested enough to do his duty, and consequently is whether the march of progress can be stopped by | sentiment.” Another danger to the falls is the great drainage canal at Chicago. It is asserted. that if the canal be would be such a quantity of water drawn off by that outlet that the supply at Niagara would be much less than at present. In fact, some alarmists assert that there would be a “dry Niagara” at certain seasons, and they are deing their best to organize an associa- tion devoted to the duty of saving the falls. Whatever be the merits of the question between the artists and the utilitarians, it appears there is no immediate danger of a serious change in the falls. A careful student of the subject says that on the Ameri- can side 113,000 horsepower is now in use and fran- chises have been granted to divert 105,000 more. On the Canadian side about 100,000 horsepower is operat- ing and 200,000 more is being planned for. The amount is large, but the American Consul reports that it has had no noticeable effect upon the volume of water passing over the falls, The danger lies in the probabilities of future developments, but ‘while that appears alarming to the artistic it is treated scornfully by the utilitarians. One of them says: “What all agree on is that a means of conveying electric power cheaply to New York as it is now conducted to Bui- falo would create a comr’nercial necessity which would drain the falls dry at once But scientists agree also that such an invention is a long distance in the future.” T ——— A number of prominent men in New York signed what they believed to be a petition to the Legislature to provide for improving Erie canal, but they have been amazed to find that it requested the Legislature to do nothing of the kind and leave the whole thing to the national Government. The moral is an easy one and goes without saying. S —————— TALKING OF BRIBERY. OR various reasons the people of New England Fhave been very much occupied of late in dis- cussing the prevalence of bribery in elections. Out of the discussion there has come of course a | conference on the subject. The principal speakers | were Governor Garvin of Rhode Island, who de- scribed the bribery practices of that State; Rev. J. J. | McCook of Hartford, who spoke of the evil in Con- 1neclicut, and George Kennan, who told of the way | things have been run in Delaware, with incidental references to Massachusetts. Altogether they made a strong showing and an interesting one. It appears that when it comes to the use of money to carry elections or to persuade Legislatures California is in the kindergarten class while New England is getting ready for the doctor's degree. In a New England conference Delaware should not | have been brought to the bar, for she is outside the Puritén pale. It happens, however, that the alleged master of bribery in Delaware is Addicks, and Mas- sachusetts has a deep interest in‘\Addicks. He once monkeyed with a Massachusetts Legislature and got | away with it. Moreover—and this grinds the New Englanders—he got away with it cheap. Mr. Ken- nan relates that when Addicks’ manager went down to Delaware to fix things he expected to have an e; iob, but to his surprise he found he could not make the deal. Concerning that phase of the issue Mr. reported as saving: ‘“‘He (Addicks) thought by put- ! ting $140,000 into that campaign he had bought a| Senatorship, and no doubt he was going to get it. But it was found that while the Republicans had a ma- | jority of eleven he could control only six or Yeven of them. He therefore turned his attention to buying votes of legislators in the Assembly. He and his workers offered from $10,000 to® $20,000 apiece for every vote they could get. I am glad to say for the credit of Delaware that although $20,000 was offe-ed | to legislators for their votes he did not get a single | man during that session of the Legislature. And his Boston worker, Mr. Doaohoe, was so disgusted with | this result that he said to the chairman of the Sus-| sex County Republican Committee: “This is a d—d | queer state of things down here in Delaware. In Bos- | ton Mr. Addicks can get all the men he wants for| $5000 apiece, but if there is any man in this d—d Leg- islature that can be bought 1 haven't found him."” Governor Garvin, after reviewing the exposure of bribery in Rhode Island, suggested as a remedy thf“ abolition of the secret ballot and said: “I think the | final way to vote will be to hand each voter the vot- | Kennan is | | ing list, with his name upon it, and at the side of the | name a'space for him to write the name of the candi- ! dates for whom he wishes to vote—opposite his name. | There we will have the list and know who votes, and it is a matter of proof in courts. It is an open ballot, to be sure, but by that means you will need no cor- rupt practice act.” Mr. McCook gstimates that in Connecticut there are upward of 30,000 venal voters and that they hold the balance of power in every election, so that bribery virtually decides every way of suggest- ing a remedy he said: “What is required is that plain, honest people begin to attend primaries, com- mittee meetings. the polls: that they put on no airs; that they be ready to ve and take; that they plant their heels at every favorable spot, taking in and holding every inch of the slack, and that they suffer not themselves to be discouraged because they get more cuffs than ha'pence, and because their Rome cannot be built in a day. In a word, duty, conscience, unselfishness, imperturbable good nature, invincible stubbornness.” The results of the conference are by no means en- couraging. Governor Garvin's plan of an open bal- lot is too much opposed to American tradition to be adopted. Mr. McCook’s plan is easy to recommend, but there appears no way of getting it enforced. Prob- ably if some vitally important issue were at stake the good citizen would go to the primaries and the polls nd scorn to sell his vote; but as politics go to-day here appears 1o way to get the good citizen inter- the contest. man who is ready to pay for votes generally gets more of them than the other fellow. Astley Parris, a native of the West Indies and a preacher, recently told a Boston audience that the West Indians did not wish any missionaries from this country. “They come to us,” he said, “all puffed up with a notion that they are superior beings: they patronize us, and in the end they. degrade our people rather than help them.” There are other people who share the opinions of the West Indians on that sub- ject. It is stated that John D. Rockefeller is backing an experimenter who is trying to devise a means of pro- ducing electricity direct from coal; and now, if the ex- perimenter will work the lead as cleverly as did the in- venter of the Keely motor, the Rockefeller millions may be properly distributed in a few years to the sat- isfaction of everybody. Israel Zangwell says the reason why so many art- ists wear long hair is because they cannot afford to,_pay the barber for cutting it; but the theory is | untenable, for if a man were a trug genius he could ideveloped as some enterprising men desire there | get his hair cut without paying for it. | August 12, 1782 | the cork and wire are still in good condi- | that forelgn | sallors, pelting them with stones. IN THE BRITISH ARE N USE OF LI l OT EXPERT QUID FUEL BRITISH BATTLESHIP HANNIBAL, OF THE CHANNEL SQUAD! DOCKYARD, IN ORDER THAT INQUIRIES MAY BE MADE A THE VESSEL PROVED A FAILURE. RON, WHICH HAS BEEN ORDERED TO A S TO WHY THE 1 'SE OF OIL AS FUEL ON g —— 'fi‘“—':_'— 2 IQUID fuel is not meeting with any success on board . the larger ships In the British navy, although it has glven satisfaction on torpedo-boat destroyers. It was a flat fallure on the battleships Mars and Hannibal of the Channel squadron, and the ships have gone to a dockyard, where inquiries into | the causes ot failure will be made. Oll as fuel has been used for several years past in the navies of Russia, France and Ger- many, and is being adopted in other na- vies. Its superiority over coal has been demonstrated in large merchant steamers on long voyages, and its fallure in the British navy can be due only to its Im- | proper mantpulation or to the reluctance | to adopt new methods of foreign origin. ‘A bottle of soda water was sold at auc- tion in London last month, bringing the price of $133 87. It was a relic from the 100-gun line-o'-battleship Royal George, which was sunk by a squall off Spitheal resulting in the drownins of nearly 800 of her officers, crew and wo- men and children., The bottle was recov- ered years ago from the wreck, and while one-half of its contents has evaporated, tion. A beam recovered from the same ship in 1839 was also sold at the late auc- tion to a relic hunter for $3. The health of the British navy shows a steady improvement, the report for 191 In- dicating that Mt has never been better | since 186, One interesting fact is this. | service is not attended with high mortality and that the English cli- mate, as a whole, is no better than any oth Captain G. [l B. Mundy of the British cruiser Isis was recently the victim of a brutal assault by three Spaniards at Las Palmas, of the Canary Islands group. ship had landed seven cadets for treatment of measles at _the glish hospital Puerta de la Luz, and the populace, be- Heving_that the patients were suffering from smallpox, attacked the estort of Captain Mundy, who was ashore in plain clothes, ordered the bluejuckets to retreat to the Bospital and tried to quiet the disturbance, | but was attacked and seriously hurt. | Three of the principal offenders were ar- rested z brought before local court, where the leader was sentenced to fifteen vears' imprisonment and the other two to | twelve y each. The London Po curious circumsta e since the introduction of the searchlight calls attention to the mark.” It Is only quite recently that the Germans, in their latest battleships, hava built up an armor screen to save the light from direct hits. As they are now ex- posed it.is not probable that one would be in existence after a hotly contested action. Official returns made to the Relchstag show that the total number of cadets and seamen trained in the German navy since 1879 is 147,000. After deducting 25 per cent from this number for losses through death and disease, it is estimated that there remain 110,000 trained seamen who would be called upon In time of war. Of | these 36,000 men are at present on active service. Twelve thousand men, the re- port adds, enter the service annually, and only about 5000 leave it, and it is coufl- dently asserted that, however much the number of ships Increases, crews will al- ways be found to man them. & Ase Sweden is still utilizing the old monitors John Ericsson, Thordsen, Tirfing and Loke, built between 1865 and 1871. It was realized in 1894 that although the vesscls had outiived their usefulness as coast de- fenders on the high sea they were still valuable when located Inshore and in harbors. They have since been modern- ized, armor has been strengthened and new armament placed on board, and they are likely to last for an Indefinite tine, being bullt of the best iron. The best marksman on board the Texas is J. McCullan, who enlisted only three weeks ago as a landsman. McCulian aimed one of the six-pounders, while at target practice in the gulf, hits out of ten shots at a distance of 1060 yards. The Texas was steaming at the rate of ten knots an hour. McCullan's first experience in target practice and also kis first trip on the water. John Ryan, a coal passer on United States monitor Puritan, has been award- ed a silver war medal by King Edward for services as a scout with the contingent during the recent war 8outh Africa. Ryan, however, from his shiv when the medal warded, and stood on the “straggler,” having been a leave for les s without sent limit s reached he wiil be a msidered deserter and liable to six months or vear's imprisonment and dishonorabie It is the opinion of the legal Ryan can- not accept the gift of King Edward with- out special consent of Congress. tem on the battleship Connecticut, build- scoring ten ! It was | than ten days. After this | ant Secretary Darling has author- | | 1zed the adoption of the plece-work sys- rapidly being supplied with the latest labor-saving appliances in tools and machinery, good and expedi- tious work may be looked for as a nat- ural result, It now remains with Con- gress to modify the antiquated laws regu- lating the purchase of material, and for the Navy Department to adopt the busi- ness metiods of private yards. The agl- tation for shipbullding in Government yards in which Vallejo took such an ac- tive part one year ago has had beneficlal results and dilatory contractors begin to realize that the navy yards have becoms formidable competitors in the building of naval vessels. \ Special Order No. 37 of the Navy De- partment authorized the issuing of athletic ovtfits to vessels in commission. The articles enumerated in the appended table of allowances are for officers and crews, and in addition fencing folls, gloves and masks are issued for the sole use of offi- cers on vessels having complements of over 100 men. navy yards are ‘essels Having Com- Plementa of Men. | OUTFITS. ‘0¥3 01 001 06F ) 09z | Baseball bats. ... | Baseballs | Catehers’ mitts Catchers’ masks. ... Catchers’ protectors Basemen's mitts Striking bags g | Boxing gloves (sets) | Footballs ~ | Football trousers Football steckings | Broadswords Broadsword masks Broadwsword gloves. . wreBEen~enesba A great improvement is looked for in the general condition of the naval serviee through the encouragement of athletic sports. University professors may have some misgivings as to the detrimental ef- fect on students who make of sports an ‘uuhpaflnu rather than a pastime, but in the navy the body more than the mird | needs development and many bluejackets who hitherto become tired of the mone | ony daily routine work of polishing | brass “work, ete., will prefer to- remain | in the service when an occasional oppor- | tunity is offered for a football, baseball | or sparring match. There will be fewer desertions and attract to the navy young and vigorous men whose fondness for | sport make up just the kind that is re- quired for ships of war. Prizes for row- | tog and land sports are provided for, and | on war vessels nobody seems -to have [ Ing at the New York navy yard. Tiwus |to President Roosevelt the credit belonas thought of protecting it. » seurchlight | another disadvantage of Government | for making the service more popular aud is carried in various piaces in different | shipbuilding in competition with private | attractive than the raise of 10 per cent navies and is in all cases a “shining |vards has been overcome, and as the | of pay all around would have effected. : 1 N the University of Nebraska this evening PERSONAL MENTION. | (armed the report that donn b, Tocke: | ANSWERS TO QUER/ES it feller had offered a gIft of $66,688 66 for the —_— Mayor George E. Catts of Stockton is | construction of a hall to cost $100,000 on 'ARE ACRE— P | the condition that the remaining $33,333 34 ASQl“;\r!:F o "zE‘s' A. D.. Giirey, Cal i ik o of Ukian | D€ &iven by July 1. 194. The buflding is| & 1 acre is 4 roods; 10 poles; 454 | rmer Judge J. M. Manno @7 | designed for social and religious purposes, | Yards; 43560 feet; 6,212,640 inches. A lis at the Lick. square the sides of which are 208.71 fee: Dr. and Mrs. Koch of New Orleans are at the Grand. Dr. Edgar T. Stewart of St. Paul is at the Occidental. Judge and Mrs. W desto are at the Lick. John Poulson, a Tumber Portland, Is at the Palace H. Hatton of Mo- of | | ! merchant j’ Dr. and Mrs. D. Shepardson of Chicago | are regisiered at the Grand. | Frank Pixley of Chicago, the play- wright, I8 at the Occidental. | AL C. Irwin | stoner, of Mary | Lick. Edgar Halstead, a wealthy sugar plant- er of Hawail, is at the Occidental, en route to the islands. Healey Bausul, a civil engineer of Delki, India, who has been traveling throughout Burope, is at the Palace. He is returning 1o his native country. —e————— Rich Strike of Coal in Montana. BUTTE, Mont., April 12—A Miner spe- cfal from Bozeman says that a rich strike of coal has been made near there. A tun- nel has plerced a vein that 1s now seven feet in thickness and its width is increas- ing. The coal is of a high grade and Is readily cokable. State Rallroad Commis- ville is registered at the R RECER Rockefeller Makes Generous Offer. LINCOLN, Nebr., April 12.—Officers of NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. TO CURE ANY DISEASE The Cause Must Be Removed, Same Way With Dandruff. Kill the germ that causes dandruff, fall- icg hair and baldness, you will have ne more dandruff and vour hair must grow luxuriantly. Herpicide not only contains the dandruff germ destrover, but it is alsc a most delightful hair dressing for regular toilet use. No other hair preparation is on this scientific basis of destroying the dandruff germ than Newbro's Herpicide. Sold by leading druggists. Send 10c in stamps for sample to The Herpicide Co., Detroit, Mich. CASTORIA For Infants and Children. 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