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 A LIBEL SU-T


Secretary of Agicsltvrce lis De-
 fianc: to Broker Price*


HIS THREATS ARE IGNORED


Pre Dea jeJ Withdrawal of Chartcs
 ad I t RFtr..i6c g of
 olaues Uder Die-ws,


 That Secretary Wilson intends to
 take no step backward In his report
 oa the cotton leak investigation was
 evidenced Monday by the statement
 that he was not afraid of any libel
 sult which might be filed against him
 by Theodore Price or other brokers
 mentioned in the report; in fact, he
 said, he would welcome such action,
 because it might be the means of de-
 veloping such facts not already un-
 covered, and which it was desirable
 tV) know.
 "This is a quarel among gamblers,,
 he said. "brought about by the dis-
 satisfaction of some of them In not
 getting what they thought was their
 due. I have nothing to take back.
 As the head of an executive depart-
 ment of the government, it was my
 duty and right to give to the public
 the result of the Investigation by the
 secret service agents into the charges
 which had been filed leading up to the
 dismissal of Mr. lloimes.
 The secretary added that he had
 given consideration to Mr. Price's re-
 quest, as presented through his at-
 torney, William M. Ivins, of New York,
 "to withdraw the unjust, offensive
 and unsustalned charges and implica-
 tions" and had reached the determiaa-
 tion to take no further action in
 the matter. He :aid he would not
 communicate with Mr. Price or his
 attorney in any way.
 In view of the opinion by the
 United States district attorney, a crim-
 inal prosecution against Holmes woulah
 not lie. Secretary Wllson intimated
 that he would isugget to President
 Roosevelt a recommendation to con-
 gress that legislation be enacted to
 cover cases of similar character in-
 volving a breach of trust.
 Roosevelt to Take Action.
 It is regarded, according to a (1:s-
 patch from Oyster Bay, as not unlike-
 ly that criminal piosecutlon may ie-
 suit from the Inrestigatton of the cot-
 ton report leak in the department ot
 agrIculture. The subject has not yet
 been presented to the president in a
 formal way, although he is familiar
 with most of the derails of the in-
 quiry. United States District Attor
 ney Beach of W'ashington was of tit,
 opinion, after a cursory examination
 of a part of the evidence adduced in
* the investigation, tha, a criminal pro
 ceding wculd not lie against Assist-
 ant Statistician Holmes. who Is alleged
 to have profited by giving advance in-
 formation of the condition of the cot-
 ton crop to certain brokers. The ao-
 partment of justice is not inclined to
 accept this view of the case. While
 no decision to institute criminal pro-
 ccedings has been teache,. the subl-
 Ject Is being considered by Attorney
 General] Moody, who later will take
 up the matter with the president.

 BAOIIS HOti" IUP BAWKMR.

 Story fram febe Savs Amerlcea Was
 Forced to' Hinod Over ResOm MoenVy.
 Julian Condoya, a wealthy Amert.
 can banker and agent of .he Ward
 Line, were dining with his family St.
 day night at his home ac'oss the
 bay, from Sanitago, ('uba, was attac'k-
 ed by eight bandits, who covered t"he
 members of the family with guns and
 searched the honse. The bandits pre.
 sented a written demand for $30t.00(,
 and seed Mr. C(ndoya as a hostage
 until the amount sbtould be paid.
 After parleying. Mr. Cendoya
 agreed to pay $2.00, and the bandits
 withdrew. Monday morning Mr. Cen
 doya was allowed to go to Sanitage,
 and seure the money, which he turn-
 ed over to the bandits at a rendez
 vous in the bay.

 BOOZl JOlhIs ARl DYAMIfT[D.

 Three Sala*es in Kansa fows Totail
 Wrecked by likaewn parties.
 Three saloons !n the heart of the
 business section (<f IPa. Kansas,werr
  completely wry-,ked my dynamite on
 Monday. Much damage was done to
 other property in the vicinity and tnr
 lees is estimated at $10,ii)0. No on-
 was killed.
 There has been much agitation I*
 Iola recently to c'one the saloons
 which have been nrun openly in viola.


tion of the prohibition law, and Govy
eraor Hoch had been appealed to to
aid nla closing the places.


UNK= SAo GETS POWEVS

Noted Nusser Takes Res Jfulec-
 X C.cc t k Tr te"I

 FedalCoWt
 In the custody of the United States
 marshal, under orders of United
 States Judge Cocran, who last week
 assumed Jurisdiction 4a his die, Ca-
 lob Powers, charged with complicity
 In the murder of William Goebel at
 Frankfort, in the winter or 1o00, was
 lodged in the Newport, Ky., Jail Mon-
 day aight, where he Will be held pend-
 ing a decision of the various legal
 legal points arising out of his trans-
 fer from ptate to federal Jurisdiction.
 When Powers arrived at the New-
 port Jail at 7:50 o'clock p. m., a co,.
 troversy arose between Jailor Ploeger.
 and Mayor Hembold as to what cell
 the prisoner should occupy. The
 mayor Insisted that the ceil espec-
 ially prepared for Powers was no-,
 the proper place. Ploeger and Mayor
 Hembold finally came to blows, ana
 the latter was knocked down. During
 the fight between tle ma:or asj tne
 Jailor the furniture In the call pre-
 p&.red for Powers was confiscated by
 unknown persons. Surasequently Pow-
Sers was placed In another cell witi4
other prisoners, where he will remain
until Jailer Ploeger can secure other
I quarters for him.
 For five years Powers has bpn In
 prison, he has been tried four times
 and sentenced to death three times.
 but as he walked into the Jail he ex-
 pressed hope of his ultimate acquittal
 of the charge entered against him.
 He was the only one of those charged
 alth conspiracy to murder William
 Goebel to be convicted and sentenced
 to death. His fight for life has been
 remarkable, and attorneys express the
 belief that three more years may pass
 before the ena of the present legal
 complications will make possible the
 trial in the federal courts for which
 he had applied five weeks ago at Lon-
 don, Ky.
 The decision of Federal Judge
 Cockran assuming Jurisdiction will be
 appealed by Kentucky to the I'nlted
 States sL;ireme court.
 On instructions from United States
 District Attorney Tinsley. warrants
 were sworn out late Monday night for
 the arrest of Mayor Helmbold for In-
 terfering with United States officers.

 (iAT WAVE KOCKS OUT NLW YORKERS.

 Ten People Die from Sunstroke and Iwo
 Score are Prostrated.
 Ten deaths and more than two
 score oases of prostrattons resulted
 from the continuance Monday of the
 wave of Intense heat which reacheno
 New York city Saturday. A gratetut
 breeze from the sea served in a meass
 are to temper tire torrid t emperature,
 and excessive humidity, but the sat-
 fering, especially in the swarming ten-
 ement honpe quarters, was intense,
 and throughout the day the amlbu
 lances were kept l'iiy removing sun-
 s;iicken patients to the various Los-.
 jitals.
 At 3 o'clock Monday afternoon a
 he-avy thunderstorm with a deluge of
 aiin descended on Brooklyn, the low-
 er portion of Manhattan and sulur-
 ban towns in New Jersey. The storm
 brought a startling fall in the mercury,
 which dropped thirteen degrees within
 half an hour, effectually breaking tk?
 hot wave.

 CASlNI LIAVIS NATIONAL CAPITAL.

 Rseas Ambassador Depats for Nw Post
 at Madrid After Seven Yeaw' Service.
 Count Casslnl, Russia's first ambas-
 sador to the United States, after seven
 years' service in Washington, left
 the city for New York, where he sails
 fcr Europe, and will later go to his
 new post at Madrid. (lathered at the
 s t'toni to bid him God-saeed wern-
 nearly every diplomat remaining at
 the capital and a number of the an,
 hassador's ,personal friends.

 Bowes is Succeeded b Retell.
 Formal announcement was made by


the department of state Monlay or
thr appointment oif William M. Rur-
sell of Maryland as minister to Ven-
ezuI Ia, where he succeeds Bowen.

 TO OUST RA&O4~9 COMM( ISIOS
 0 ----
 N s is letrodced is GerI N Ms. of
 Repree'atefives bv Prrn'.
 A bill was introduced In the Geor-
gia house of representatives Mon-
day by Mr. Perry of Hall, who pro-
poses to abolish the present railroaP.
commission entirely a.d to erect a
new board of railroad supervisors to
bu elected by the people and to con-
sist of five members at a salary of
1,200 each, with duties similar to
tbose of the present railroad conm.
mission, but, perhaps, a little more
eatenasie.


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 ON WOMAN'S WORK.
 e.--"Do y read all the popular
eelsa of tthe day?"
 She-OraeIoua, not I have Just
Utie to se how they n*d."-Puck.

Ytrpersaeantly eureS. 'n fits ornervons.
se after rt day's use of Dr. Kline'sa Grat
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Dr. R. H. KLINS, Ltd..9 1 Arab St.. Phila.. Pa.
 The flag of Austria-Hungary was adopt-
 ed March U6S.
 The OMe" NWr la OGeoreg.
 Mrs,. L Keasedy. one of the odest and
 bo known nurea in Goorgla, states that
 is all her experience with bowel troubles
 and children teething. Dr. Bigers' lHuckle-
 berry Oordial is the best remdUy.
 gold by all Drugglata, 2S and M0e. bottle.
 Charity covers a tnultitude of sins, but
 it does t remove them.

 A LOVELY COMPLEXION

 S eNw Tork Lady Proves That Every Wo*
 man May Have It by Uslatg
 CaUtlers Sap.
 Mrs. R. Reichenberg. wife of the well-
 known jeweler, of 143 Fu',ton St., New
 York. says: "I had a friend who wua jut-
 ly proud of her complexion. When asked
 what gave her such a brilliant and love-
 ly conipexinn, she replied. 'A healthy
 woman ttan be sure ot a tine skin if she
i will do as I do, uve plenty of Cuticura
toap anti water.' iat inaisted that I fol-
low hr.r ample. whirli I did with speedy
conviction. I find that Cuticura Soap
keeps the skin soft, white and clear, and
prevents redness and roughness."
 (At2 '05)

 The Mean Godfather.
 Congressman Morrell, of Philadel-
 phia, In a discussion of the Delaware
 river appropriations, mentioned a
 mean man.
 "There are many mean men," he
 said, "but this man surely was the
 meanest of them all. Besides being
 mean he was also rich.
 "To a poor young couple living near
 him a eon was born and they decided
 to tame their son after the mean man.
 and to ask him to stand as its god-
 father.
 "He consented. He was flattered.
 "Thereupon the Joy of this poor
 young couple was great. They won-
 dered what gift the rich godfather
 would give to his little godson. Per-
 haps a house and lot? Perhaps a half
 dozen government bonds? Perhaps a
 herd of cattle?"
 Senator Morrell paused and smiled.
 "What do you suppose," he said,
 "the mean man sent the youngster?
 He sent it, sir, a cup that one of his
 Cochin China hens had won at a poul.
 try show."

 (:HANGED.
 "Yes," said John's mother, "he use!l
 to worry me nearly to death. There
 was hardly a day the whole summer
 long that he wouldn't run off and go
 swimming."
 "It's strange how men change," re-
 plied John's wife. "I have to beconas
 downright cross and scold to get him
 into the water once a week now."-
 Houston Post.
 WANTED TO SLEEP.
 Curious Thas a Tired Preher Sheulil
 Hnve metk s desire,
 A minister spenks of the c eirlouis ef-
 fect of rape Niutis food ou lian iand
 how It lihas relieved him.
 "You will doubiitlesps iidprtntindl how
 the suffering with indigestia vvi lih
 which I used to be troublledl maded my
 work an alimiost unenldurableh burilen.
 and why it was that after my Stibliuth
 duties had been performed. sl4.ep wuIS
 a stranger'to my pillow till nearly day-
 light.
 "I had to be very careful nas to wlant
 I ate, and even with all my enre I ex-
 perienced polgnan t physical dlistreis
 after nmeals, and miy food never tatia-
 fled me.
 "Six months have elapsed sint-e I be-
 Ran to utae (rpe -Nutsn food. aid the
 beneflta I have deriveil from It are very
 deinite. I no longer sunffr from Indll-
 gestio and I IegiUi to hinirve fromn
 the time (<ralpi NIits alpiarerd on our
 talle. I find tl hnt Ily 'ating a dillh of
 It after my MHalt,.itl work In dotine aiiitl
 I always do so in\iw nay Ierrves are
 quieted aal rent nail rtefreshlrng clIR i
 are insured me. I feel tlit I coulihi ntt
 poslibly do without (Irape- Nuts fradl.
 1ow that I know its value. it l Inava-
 rtfbly on our tahle--re feel that we
 need It to complete the mea-ni -and our
 children will eat irape-Nats when


they cannot be perraunded to touch any-
thing else." Name given by Postuni
Co.. Battle Creek, Michb.
 Thee's a reason.
 Reed the famous little book, "The
4oad to Wellville." In each pkg.


RENA" S OF PAUL JONES

Towed Ow to Aaecricas Special Corn-
 ulSh" at Piutl With Imposln
 Cerwmilo .
 In the presence of the highest dig-
altaries of Prance, the diplomatic rep.
resentatives of many foreign govern.-
ments and civil and naval officials
of the United States, the body of
A-1miral John Paul Jones was for
mally delivered to the United States
government in Paris Thursday. The
ceremony was one combining impres-
%ive dignity with brilliant military
and naval pomp in which the soldiers
and sailors of Prance and the sailors
of America united in rendering hon.
ors to the illustrious founder of the
American navy.
 The occasion was unique and prob-
 ably without parallel, as the funeral
 was that of a revolutionary hero who
 had lain neglected In a foreign grave
 for over a hundred years.
 The ceremony of delivering the
 boly was held In the American
 church on the Avenue de l'Alma, at
 3:30 o'clock In the afternoon. The
 interior of this gothic edifice was
 beautifully decorated with plants and
 flowers. At the foot of the chancel
 rested the casket, wrapped In an
 American flag and literally buried In
 masses of floral emblems.
 At the right of the altar sat Am-
 bassador McCormlck. Senior Special
 Ambassador Porter, Junior Special
 Ambassador Loomls, United States
 Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Rear Al-
 miral Sigsbee and other officers of
 the American squadron. Across the
 aisle sat Premier Rouvier, with oth-
 err members of his cabinet, practi-
 cally the entire diplomatic corps and
 officers of the army and navy. Scores
 of American sailors, on either side
 o? the altar, gave a fitting background
 to) the imposing scene.
 After brief religious services, Gen-
 eral Porter, according to the French
 custom, with the red sash of the
 Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor
 across his breast, advanced alongapde
 the casket and formally delivered
 the body to Mr. Loomis. as the rep-
 resentative of the United States gov-
 ernment, who accepted it In the name
 ot the government and commissioned
 Admiral Sigahes to transport it to
 the United States.
 As the surplihed choir took up "My
 Country, 'Tis of Thee." the entire as-
 semblage rose and Joined in the
 strains of the patriotic hymn. Kight
 brawny sailors from the Brooklyn
 then stepped forward and, raising the
 casket on their shoulders, bore it
 slowly from the church to the wait.
 ing gun carriage. The carriage was
 draped with the national colors and
 was drawn by six black horses.
 The cortege was now formed and
 proceeded to the Esplanade des In-
 valides. Arriving at the esplanade an
 Imposing picture was presented. The
 trench government had erected a
 large pavilion In which to deposit the
 comlan.
 The casket was deposited in the
 center of the pavilion while the cor-
 tege passed, rendering military hon.
 ors. later it was bourne to the In-
 valides railroad station and placed in
 a funeral car where, guarded by
 reach and American soldiers, It
 started for Cherbourg at 10 o'clock
 The unusual sight of a detachment
 of United States sailors and marines
 swinging through the central thor-
 ougbhfares of Paris aroused great in-
 terest and brought out an enthusiasm.
 tic ovation from the crowds alona
 the line of march. The American
 naval contingent numbered o0u men
 and presented a fine appearance. All
 along the route the streets were lined
 with dense crowds eager to see the
 Asmncans. Women waved their hand.-
 kerchiefs and miniature flags. an-,
 there was a conUnuous shouting ef
 "Viva Le Americans."

 WIL II15R1 CIAM UP ISIMMUS.

 istece Paena he to Be Mtde Nel.M-

 Life on the Isthmus of Panama Is


I ) be made healthful, comfortable
sad enjoyable before the real work
of digging the eanal is begun, ac-
cording to an announcement of policy
made at Washiaton Thursday by
Chairman Shbmta of the Panama Ca-
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 PIOPt. ILEE IROM I00014OSIA. .

 threat of Sombardment bv Ka mneer
 Causes a regular r Stampede.
 The Inhabitants of Theodos!a, Cri-
 ,iea. are leaving the town, in complil-
 t c'e with the orders of the author!-
 ihi who fa.ir that the mutineers of
 hlie Kni.a Pl'temlkne will carry out
 he!r threat of bombardnnat. Only
 Krips and offmri;n rema n.
 A correspond lit who vi.sitted the
 Kniaz Pot-mkine., i:i company with
 hle mayor, fuund the hatt' eship com-
 rmanded by an ele'hcted committee of
 <i tn, headeId 1b "''Ensign and Quar-
 ',r tiiHster" Alexieff. a quasl-command
 rhntk In the lin u an navy. Every-
 !i,.ng wars in order and good discip-
 l.ne prevailed. All thN guus were
 hladed. and It was hald that the mu-
 tir.eers had a full complement of am-
 munition. 'rli crew consisted of 760
 mn(., and there were fifteen more in
 the torpedo boat. No officers were
 sm'n, but it was rumored that there
 c're several enstgnn among the crew
 held as prisoners and costumed as
 mak.ors.
 A dispatch to Reuters Telegram
 ct mpany Loradon) from Theodolia
 says that at 9 o'clock Thursday morn-
 Ing a boat from the Knias Potemkine
 was sent ashore and was met by an
 infantry flre, which killed two men
 and caused seven to Jump overboard.
 The torpedo boat, In the hands of
 the mutineers, fired a shell, which
 passed over the town; and, at noon,
 the Knlas Potemkine and the torpedo
 onat left the port. but continued to
 ri.aneuver In sight of the town. Theo-
 dosla. It Is added, has been declared
 t' be In a state of w-r.


 BRIIISM FLAG A4G6nKO AMERIGANS.

 SI9t of istee Jack Was lee Mud cfor Prt
 Collector lamp.
 A dispatch from Rochester. N. Y.,
 says: A protest has been filed with
 the Canadian minister by Captain
 Simmons of the Canadalsn schooner
 Accacla. because the port collector,
 D'.anP Bump, compelled him to low-
 er the British flag on his vessel on
 ,.iiy 4.
 Collector Rump was informed that
 the Acarciat had floated a large
 union jack on the morning of the
 4th, and oidred ('.a ain Stamons to
 hau| It down, saying it was an In-
 iult to the national holiday. Sim-
 nons r fued 'and thrutt nted to shoot
 If he boarideld his 'ease'. Finally 81m-
 nons lowered the flag when threat-
 cred bth if'-sal of his clearance
 p. pers.