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Show TTHmrtxPECTEir SJPitfillBlS FAMINE IN CHINA CAUSED BY DESTRUCTION OF CROPS THROUGH FLOODS. ... - (Mi m Ta Ia 1e Shanghla. Present reports confirm earlier advices of the suffering from famine In a district in the northern part of the province of Annul, north and east of the Hwai and Kwo rivers, about 7.00 square miles in extent and containing a population .of approxi- W5 Villi.. S "f'.fl (Copyright. 1U.) DUE rena- TO FREIGHT RATES d lf ' n-- d - Ik Washington Legislature. Olytnpla, Wash. The biennial res-lioVVaahii.aifi AHtiir" 'it tpenefl Mofid.ir. The senate unani-noiislelected W. II. l'aulhamiis of Pierre county president, and Edward ra1ir of King county was chosen peakef. n -- Standard Pays Fine. OH comBuffalo. 'The Ftanlard pany paid Into Hie federal court here n Monday. $23. 7M, the fine ase-etcainst it for accepting rebates. ThU Is I he first fine ever collected from the company tinder the anti-trus- t law, 1 "o. c. bahiu;r." (signed) MineBiiiiriinaa aVeeeheo'; Victor. Colo. An explosion of several hundred pounds of dynamite in the thawing; room of the Granite n ine on Battle mountain, early Sunday mornlnr. wrecked the min tending. Catch Alleged Assassins. Winneiniirca, Nev.- Two men, believed lo be of the three bandits who he'd tip the Imlay salon Friday n'eM. killing Jsan Quilicl, the and mortally wounding his lf set" c;i tnred Saturday and are fiow In the Winneruurra Jail. fo pro-irieto- Park Bill by Smoot. Mine Roof Falls. Washington. A bill creating a new lltielTa. f pa n. The roof f,f bureau of the interior dena'tm-n- t l for In a copper mine In Rio Tin'o the ron'iol of national parks was Inin the senate Monday by fell, hurjirg many of the workers. Irednr Rer.atof Sni'tot The Mi; has the sane-- . Five bwilca were recovered snd five j ion of Se:r'ary Uailic?er. Injured men were taken out. tun-fte- - I If these, danger signals are unheeded more serious results follow; Blight's disease, which Is the worst form of kidney tr?ublo, may steal upon you. The mild and immediate effect of Swamp-Hoo- t the great kidney, liver and bladder remedy la soon realized. It stands the highest for Its remarkable curative effect In the most distressing cases. If you need a medicine, you should have the best. to President Taft, Is Made That Eng- land Always Understood the United States Would Fortify Canal. contribution V de- i musigned to clarify r the confused tton thut has iirlsen over the tight of the United States to fortify the Panama canal was submitted on Sunday by former Senator Foruki'r of Ohio to President Taft. who made It public. Throughout the period, lutt which the luted Hay Pauncefoto treat ytjwus-negund ratified. Senator Foruker advised John Hay. then secretary of state, and made muny of tha 'suKgt6U0n.fr'. that were incorporated into the treaty preINCREASE IN CONGRESSMEN serving to this government the right to take such means as It deemed necessary to protect tut cuiil,ud, the shipping, w ithout specifically "authorized fortifications. Proposed Reapportionment Would Give Senator Foraker's letter to Presione More Montana Utah, Idaho and dent Tuft reviews the acts of the senRepresentative In Congress. ate In connection with tbe treaty-makinwith England and laws passed subHcqucntly to the ratification of the The apportionment existing Washington. treaty. bill Introduced by Chairman Crutn- Senutor Foraker shows conclusively packer on Friday fixes the membership that the United States reserved the of the house at 433. The bill was re- right of military patrol, aud that Engferred immediately to the census land ul ways understood thut the canul committee where the entire subject would be fortified by thefnlled States. will be taken up. NEW YEAR LOOKS HOPEFUL. Should the bill as presented become a law, it means an Increase over the b prebeni membership as follows: Ala- William E. Corey Says It Would Impossible to Forecast Prospects. bama, Colorado, Florida. Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana, Michigan Minnesota, Pittsburg. "The new year looks Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, hopeful and business at present is en Rhode Inland, South Dakota, Utah and couraglng, but at this early date 11 West Virginia, one each; Illinois, would be Impossible to give more that New Jersey, Texas and a casual forecast of the prospects fot Washington, two each; California and 1911." Oklahoma, three each; Pennsylvania This was the statement made b and New York, six each. William E.- - Corey, retiring president A majority of, the members of the of the I'nlted States' Steel corpora commit lee believe that this plan will tion after tbe dinner of the Carnegie prtvall. steel operatives at the Du Quesm . club here. VIEWS OF WOOLGROWERS. i if s ihfi A 1 Lame Back. Lame back Is only one of many symptoms of kidney trouble. Other symptoms showing that you need Swamp-Hoo- t are, being obliged to pass water often during the day and to get up many times during the night. Inability to hold urine, smarting In passing, uric acid, headache, dizziness, indigestion, sleeplessness, nervousness, sometimes tho heart acts badly, rheumatism, bloating, lack of ambition, may be loss of flesh, sallow complexion, Prevalency of Kidney Disease. Most people do not realize the alarming Increase and remarkable prevalency of kidney dlBease. While kidney l alwun knpi to tu high manOaaa disorders are the most common dis- Swamp-Roul punly anj eswllpneA. dpA inom ceruUcai eases that prevail, they are almost the ul parti? IU Terj bolUo. ln6t recognized by patient and physi- pound a physician's prescription tor cians, who usually content themselves special diseases. with doctoring the effects, while the and sis Regular fifty-cen- t original disease constantly undermines bottles at all drug stores. the system. Don't make any mistake, but rememA Trial Will Convince Anyone. ber the name, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Roo- t, In taking Swamp-Boo- t and the address, Blngbamton, you afford natural help to Nature, for Swamp-Hoo- t N. Y., which you will find on every Is a gentle healing herbal com- - bottle. EDITORIAL NOTICE To prove the wonderful merits of SwampBoot yon may have a sample bottle and a book of valuable Information, both sent absolutely free by mall. The book contains many of the thousands of lettera received from men and women who found Ewamp-Uoo- t to be Just the remedy is so well known that they needed. The value and success of Swamp-Boo- t our readers are advised to send for a sample bottle. Address Dr. Kilmer & Co., Blnghamton, N. Y., be sure to say you read this generous offer la this paper. Tbe genuineness of this effer is guaranteed. j X-JG- . tive place. It is estimated that a million farmers will be dependent upon charity IT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE for their existence until the spring HIGH COST OF LIVING. crops. The people have been left so poor that they are able to sow only one-thiror one-haof the usual amount Millionaire Says That People Are Bled to Pay Dividends on Nine Bilof wheat It will thus take several lions of Watered Stock. years for the region to recover. It U will the that expected government send relief. Chinese and foreign reAkron, O. Declaring that excessive lief committees have been orgalzed. freight rates are responsible for the VICTORY FOR CANNON. high cost of living, Ohio C. Barber, the millionaire match magnate, has Speaker Sustained on Ruling Identical sent a letter to every member of conWith One That Caused So Much gress demanding reforms. In addition to the regulation of Trouble Last March. rates, he demands that laws freight Cannon had Washington. Speaker be that will effectually limit passed his hour of triumph in the house on railroad and industrial capitalization. Monday in winning the first Important business of He declares the political maneuver of the present ses- the railroads costs freight $87 a each family sion of congress. with the This year. latter, coupled Hadly battered In the three days' of the railroads, he asstorm that swept the house last other earnings has boosted the average railserts, In back" March, the speaker "came cost per family to $127 annually; a way that brought a grim smile of road Barber starts his letter to the consatisfaction to his countenance and gressmen with these three demands: left his enemies, the "insurgents," "What is the matter with America? discomfited. "What is the matter with congress? The speaker was sustained by a "Why has the scat of government Identical on a large majority ruling been transferred to Wall street?" with the one he made last March, Continuing, he says: "Personally, when the house overruled his decis- I appreciate fully the importance of ion through a combination of insurstability of vested rights In property, On Democrats. and gent Republicans corporate or personal. the eve of their return to power the "But I vigorously contend that the Democrats voted to sustain the rul- commission of excesses in the capitaling of the chair. ization of corporate companies forThe insurgents twenty-seve- n of feits the right to claim face them stood by their guns and fought value Instantly for such capitalization in the the speaker bravely in a lost cause. levying of a tax upon the American When Champ Clark of Missoarl, public for the payment of dividends slated to succeeed Speaker Cannon, upon this watered stock. And In this roted to sustain the chair on the offense the railroads always have set same point of order which furnished the pace. the basis for the successful insurgent "Conceived In the master minds of campaign last March, the Republicans Huntington, Morgan, Hill and Hani-man- , broke into a storm of applause. Leadthis policy has been worked out ing Democrats admitted that they to a nicety. These clothed the scheme thoQght the speaker was right in hU in the pretty catch phrase of a 'comruling last March and that he ruled munity of interests' and cleverly set In line with the precedents of the about to grab all the through trunk bouse. lines of railroad from coast to coast. "They argued plausibly, and with Helena Will Own Waterworks. that these trunk lines were the truth, Helena. Mont, Taxpayers of Helena arteries which maintained the after a spirited campaign on Monday great life of commerce; that they were a nevoted to authorize the Issuance of for quick transportation. bonds to the amount of 1650,000 for cessity nine billions of "Approximately the installation of a municipal water this eighteen billions of railroad capplant, the water to be brought In from italization is fictitious; and IJeavr creek. After the calling of the simply watered stock, uponpurely which the election the receiver of the Helena people of the United States are taxed Water Works company, the franchise in railroad rates to maintain the anof which has expired, offered to sell nual dividends. the plant to the city for $.".90,000. The "Despite this tremendous stock wavote was 814 for the issuance of the tering, the railway t earnings have bonds for an inpedendent plant and advanced and the average div steadily 491 against it. idend rate has more than doubled In the last fifteen years. Threw Dynamite at Employer. "In 1894 the dividend rate was l.CB Idaho Fall. Idaho. While working cent. Last year It averaged 3.68 per on the city power plant, a worsman and the railroads earned a per who bad been acting somewhat sul- net cent, income of $8.2,ir3,2&0. or for a two, up lenly picked day "And the people paid the freight! about half a stick of dynamite to "Railroad presidents Indignantly which a cap was attached, and threw that freight rate affect the cost deny it at Contractor Chatfleld, striking of exlotence. James J. Hill and W. C. blm on the side of the head; fortu-stel- y Browne declare low the cap did not explode. Chat-0el- tion by the farmer is acreage producresponsible for waa stunned for a moment. prlres. Whea he resided what had happened high magnates disagree. All seek te went after bis asailant, but the ,to"Trust shift the responsibility. S. IL Gugnan escaped. . . . . genheim any it is extravagance on t the part of the laborer. Ogden ArBoy KM IS Grandmother. Danville, Ky. After his fatbrr had mour says it Is the law of nature. "This one problem of railroad been arrested In connection with the (hooting to death of his grandmother, freight rates is the great tconomlc year-olboy hre on Thursday con- question of the age. Were it fairly fessed that he had shot the woman solved all other lines of commerce and trade would soon adjust theme accidentally and had run away to a whipping. The woman ai selves and a more c"iHbl distribution of the products of business would Mrs. Nancy Carter, firt years old. hody m fo'ind In her iotni st J'ttir. result, "What are you going to do about It? lion City, four mile smith of here. "Yours In militant sincerity, d the Declaration Washlngton.-F'- mately 2,500,000 people. The famine was caused by the destruction of fall crops through floods resulting from the heaviest summer rainfalls on record. Thousands of refugees have left the district, but many of those unsure of le In Communication CP v fjjr:.'jj Unauaown Conditions. securing support elsewhere, are maining, preferring to die in their Tain or dull aeho In the back is evidence of kidney trouble.. It la Nature's tlmoly warning to show you that the track of health U not clear. Danger Signals. Thousands Have" Left the District While Many Prefer to Die in Their Native Place Rather Than Face V l - Have You Rheumatism, Kidney, Liver or Bladder Trouble? j FORMER SENATOR FORAKER SAYS J UNITED STATES RESERVED,' RIGHT OF MILITARY PATROL. . GLT UR WITH A LAME BACK? DQ40U g one-doll- Avoid pushing to the front by going back on your friends. yonr HIS VIEW. rrnrn s to Ifu1'AZ.O fttM dats liuikt wilt rrfundixmt.nrr UtMUlu OINT-MKN- T lo rare rila or Prutni4iu caw of Itching, Hugo, aiir 1'lLaa lu B Ul U d;a. buu. " Livestock the Only Practical and Proved Insurance Against Forest Fires. At the Friday sesOre. Portland, sion of the National Woolgrowers convention, Secretary Walker of Cheyenne, In his annual report, urged that the association organize a tariff board of Its own, with a well equipped bureau of publicity as an auxiliary In a sustained effort to educate the people on the subject of the tariff as It affects woolgrowers and manufacturers. Judge S. A. Lowell of Pendleton, Or., who delivered an address on "Forests and Flock masters." charged the "black horse cavalry" of the east as responsible for most of the timber thievery which has "plundered the people of their heritage. Daniel P. Smythe. secretary of the Oregon Woo!giTwers" association. Pendleton, Or., in an address, asserted that livestock, especially sheep. Is the only practlal and proved Insurance against fires in national forests, lie pleaded for scientific Investigation and revision of the restrictive methods of the forestry bureau, and ridiculed the policies of Olfford Pinchot. cloning with the declaration: "One old ewe is worth a dozen forest gusrds." There Is always poison In the sound that is Inflicted by a friend. Mr. Mlnalow'a Soothing- Myron. ir child rpa toothing-- ftna t h gum. ruca Vwa boUia. - . Given Toga of His Father. Charleston. W. Vs. Davis Elklns son of the late United States Senatot Stephen B. Elklns, will be tbe sue cessor to tbe vacancy caused by the death of bis father for tbe few dayt that will elapse pending tbe election of a senator by the legislature. Gov ernor W. E. Glasscock signed tbe com mission Sunday night and Mr. Elklnt Davis KIk(ns Js the,, eldest accepted. son of the lte Went Virginia states man. His home PS In MurgaatowaW Vs., but be is now In Washington, at the home of bis mother. Mr. Elklnt is president of tbe Elklns Coal and Coke company and tbe ,31 orgautowa Klngwood railroad ' .i .: UV-'"-O- Life is full 4f ups and downs but unfortunstely most of us are down more of the time than up. important to Mothers Examine carefully every bottle of CASTOHIA, a safe and aure remedy for Infants and children, and see that it Tlr-ar- a (ha 6&ffl&j&i! Signature In Use For Over SO Years. The Kind You Have Al vara BoughtBurning Money. Blobbs How did be make "They call that a statue of Vlctotri It must have been a hot fight." his money? Blobbs Blobbs In smoking tobacco. Is that so? I've been smoking tobacco nearly all my life, but I never made any money at It. . Denver Times. ne Reason for Many Divorces. New York Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, head of the Woman's party in the battle for equal uffmgv thoroughly agrees with Judge W. B. Neff ol Cleveland, n,trtiU "wb-H- , makc di vorce frequent in this country is the fact that women now find It easy to be financially Independent of their bus bands." "There can be" no question: to the correctness of this view," said Mrs. Catt when asked f,or her opinion ' n J i of the statement. She travagant. He That is hardly tbe best quality for a husband, is It? She Of course not; I am not going to marry him. Stray Stories. Long Time Coming. ,J Real College Boy (waiting for his change In department store) This suspense la simply maddening, Esrae-raldHadn't yon better start a tracer after my change? Saleswoman (meanly, but sweetly) Just like money from home. Isn't It, Art hlbald? Drake Delphic. Parliamentary Quarrel. "I. sir, aim always at the truth!" "Well, all I have to aay Is. you're a very bad shot." e Souiire. o! Little Mixed. Troops Disperse Mobs. Admiral Evans, at a luncheon In Lisbon. The popular fury aroused San Francisco, said of a naval policy he disliked: by tbe publication arslri "It Is mixed and Illogical. It rearcblft newspapers culminated or Sunday lo violent manifestations minds me of Bob Backstay, who beThe office (1f three were wrecked anc came engineer on a submarine. 'Bob,' said a friend, 'don't you find ill was nerenaary to order out iroop it dangerous work, tbls knocking the mobs. iUUleav-e- r , to dinperao ftT.mlt In a lillim&rlha itMti tyinaafh now guarding the premises. Very Different M.itter. Yes, I like Ted; he Is so eav CONSTIPATION Paw Maaroi'i rills are unlike Taw A all other laxatives oe Experiments in Breeding Animals. cathartics. They enaa Bor.ton. Experiments In the breedthe liver into activing of animals, similar to those carity by senile methried on with plants by Luther od. They it oo are announced by Dr. Earnest sceur; thry do do a universcientist at Harvard CaMtl", gripe; tbey do Dot weaken; but tbry do sity. Dr, Castle has been able to start all the aecre breed a race of guinea pigs with four tion of the liver and to-- s on tbe hind foot, where usually atomach in s way that there arc only three; to invent a new the anon liu la vnrw ztk color for th guinea pig. the cinnaOtcar Straus Resigns. "'Yes. very dangerous.' Backstay n n''lh ' fa trssi"" . mon, which was not known to naturalcondition sod cor Oscar Solomon trau admitted, 'but a man's got to do someists till his were bred; a sliver guire of Washington. to bis rects constipation. you know, head thing, cabinet mlnistet New former keep York, ' Is new to science, and Bill pig. that alfo are, a tonie Munyon'g and for mire than a year and a halt above water." two kinds of ra's. to the atomach, liver and nerve. Tbey American embador to Turkey, ba invijtnrate instead of weaken; they Abtent Minded. Obstacle to Recad Election. remgneo, am win oe puerwfifi nf the Mood tnelead ef Impoverinh it; The bad sneezed Just profnagor for tc Wm. embassador Korkhllt, present the ctnmach to get all tbe trier rnnl.l Seattle. District Judge Cornelius tbe atthirtieth and it nsturally time, nnurihincnt from food that i put iote II. Ilanford rnjotned the members of flusHa, it. tracted oiue attention. the city council on Friday from apThese pill ceniain no ralnmel. no Populat on of Australia. "Wbnt'r the matter with (he profesdfit. they ar aoxthing, healing and elecfor (he money rvial propriating asked the V. W. S. An sor?" est! advance "He visitor. Sydney, appears atmitijaling. Thev achml the Imwela te tion called for February 7 to oust mate of the p. j. n la: Ion of the Aus to have a bid cold." art withmit phvsic. I'nce 25 ceota. th recall tralian f fmimonwealth Mayor Hiram filll nnd-- r "Oh, no." said Madame la places the to provision of the city charter, for al- tal tiuinber of ft io only his fearful TAKC A DOSE Of ste people In the si leged misconduct In office. Tbe court's at 4.474.o'i I left blm In of rharge was derision banded down In the case the baby for a few moment this of a non resident taf arr against the Viaduct Car Jumps Track. ! etsr UDctic morning, and when be crleij he gave city comptroller and the city council. COUGHS & COt-O-S Kansas City. Kisht persons wr him tbe jtepper j to play with lninjured Sunday niRht wf n a west giead of Lis rattle " Tfrpr's Wepk Robbers Slay Saloon Man. Lourid street car on liit elvted ros4 v. HkllHIIUai IHIlWtl finest tiBoej. Three masked men at tTie union Imlay, Ncvsda de;.( ,'nmprd the track on Friday night entered the saloon was held on the tiadurt li"!i Th A. 1 1 Ts TT conducted by Eueene quiliri. one and It stopped, lanirc aeainsl the second a half mileg from this p!arr, and shot Many people snfTer from weak heart. They may experi the O" a' r utjt.L la'AMiu. nee anorinea cm nreata m esemrm, pain over the his w1f in the bark. Fhe I beikred fewer and Better Laws. or 4tr.tr feeling, oppressed breathin after meal orheart, their to be fatally Injured. s The rrlb"r Th- Atisiin. Te.-lee'alature ol eye become blurred, their heart i not sufficiently strong took ?I.2f In fah and departed In Tf as to pemp blood to the extremities, and they have coid band in Its thirty second the o.iikne. ftv.fhrrn Pacific trai'i and leef , or poor appetite because of weakened hlooj supply to ad'ft "fe-and TuFay to the atomach. A heart tonic and alterative should be tasesj No. 3 was passing at the time an fetter" laa. if terrrat scnslme'it can which baa no bad tt.e siTxliis may have 'crttpei en t Such is Dr. Tierce' (Wddee le t ken as Infiw a:iv-Medical Discovery, which contain so danferou osrcotiaa nor alcohol. Assuan Dam Builder Dead, Killed "?laying Indian." THe twgrwUmt. tttnlrs mmlt- awlij, re fn rnt tCnWnmlm Crm--.lyondon Sir J"hn Alrd. builder of Fort Madison, la Bes) I'an 12 It intrant ( 'Irtlrmtlm Snl iMi UWfS).hlark a ( rant the famous Assuan dam, acroe. of Wrmnmt itl'lntm Hrlrmt)Lm, cherrt the pit). I)iw years old. da'ietiter proprietor tnnt 4an4rk hum ttli triple rn'ineJ r'Tcertnc,lrglmimi, ieitMimwi, prrpareJ is r.vad. of a dejanmeTif atr.re, died Sunlay ol He wa born In l1 la a attentive tarairr la a way that cmM Imltaia, and wag a r of the ronfraciin burns sniTered while plain Iniifin Ttt trmi contain eo alcohol to shriek uprrg't the red Hood corpnarlee f knf, o frm of .tr?rm Aird the other hand, it increase their number aJ tley become round end healthy. fonn. He was sith other tl.iidren. Hhe trid Ic It an in a Inrean and the a Inl in knieht created to tsmrfre t stern the constant manii'aetnre ol rich, red blood. It helps jump U'i. br ii'-ior take up the proper elements from tbe food, kelp the stomach te ttiTie ca'itht fre. Still and many irnme Hetty Leaning Money, tberehy helping dijjestiofl) and C'irinJ dvsoepal, lieart-bnfort a hie tvrppforns, stops tisai wate In tonvgrcmc from lever J Accused of Murdering Wife. New Yfik 1t'wieh Mrs. Hefty for Ids ' is rfrthie " anemic, pe"le, the Orren is ronfr.-- to her bone ifi a L. Knni s Ok'sh'irr a C J t iu'i7irf . Stic k to this saf" and sae rrneiv,nd frf:re all ' s good ' i in!r-r-sshe cdd. t e sri l ,r..., ,,' ered h n't tn lil s to rt'fT brrp n t; is looking lor a Utttr rref.t. f.'h's who CnCVt In h'r;nei. Fhe hnn flifrer to ci'lin of the d n'h of )iii v i'f, ho iSr. 'Pica's GoUen ? fi,;cal Discovery wiil ki job hull a rnvtii wd. lend $.1.".0.f'f 1 to the Roman Cat hoi ;c was f!uti I in Jhfir l,nms h' f. sip rhnrrrt of ?! Iir.ati'i lyOr'ili Dosed lv ro! son eel Bur-ban- J r- ' 1'aw-Ts- I rh Trofes-sorca- a -- sbsent-n.lndedr.ea- f. - nrniurr ctidpu i I tw. fr r f nrr rOT-vpr- r I I after-effec- . -r jr'rt t.-Ni- ie. t. ttt K-- ). cnr)f ( S nir-mli- i t fw-!i'j- d 'iy.--C;--o- ,c l'-- e arrt r' ei-- tt Is-over- v 't |