The Headlight. (Augusta, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, December 7, 1900 Page: 3 of 8
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NICARAGUA CANAL TREATY;
Also with Cnita l{lr* And Colaabla An
CoiirludaA
Washington. Deo. 4.—Secretary Hay
and Senor Correa, the Nicaraguan
i Minister, have signed a treat)' whereby
the latter government concedes to the
government of the United States the
,,, , . j necessary rights and privileges within
Washington. l)ee. 4.—Administration j her bestowal for the construction of
officials continue .anguine that the the Nicaraguan canal. The state de-
ministors of the powers at l'ekin will | partment has already entered into
Koon reach a common ground of agree | arrangement on similar lines with the
Illl'fl f 111 t hfi <iu •> i undi: ♦ . > I... .1 - I n ...
Will Not Agree to Demands 'llpon
China That Cannot be Met.
to PREVENT LAND GRABBING.
ment in the demands to be made upon
the Chinese imperial government in
satisfaction for the Hoxer outrages.
The state department ia in communi-
cation with the ministers and ambas-
sadors of the United States to the Eu-
ropean courts, and advices which have
come from them from time to time lead
the officials here to hope that the pow-
ers will be brought to the position
maintained by the United States in
dealing with the Chinese, via: That
there should not be demands made
upon tne imperial government which
it is not able to fulfill. Our govern-
ment has pe-sistently held to this view
Republic of Costa Kica. Thia was be-
cause Costa Rica lias established a
claim to the right bank of San Juan
river, which must of necessity form
about a third of the length of the
canal, should the Nicaragua route be
selected and be constructed on the
lines which will be suggested by the
Walker commission. An understand-
ing has been arrived at with the United
States of Columbia covering the same
rights and privileges for the Paaama
route as are conveyed by Nicaragua
and Costa Rica in the case of the
Nicaragua route. So the state depart-
ment has cleared the way for such
1 "It iur BUIH
in the progress of the negotiations be- action as congress may care to take in
tn-uAn 4 Un — * Ti.i.i i s m ! .% ...
the case of either of the canal
which have been found feasible.
route*
November Treasury Figures.
Washington, Dec. 4.—The total re-
ceipts of the treasury during Novem-
ber have been £48,344,r>14, and the ex-
penditures 841.278,000, leaving a sur-
plus for the month of 87,065,854. The
receipts are itemized as follows: Cus-
toms, ®18,r,50,2'.K5; decrease over No-
vember last year, $054,121. Internal
revenue. 827,550,150; Increase, 33,805,-
905. Miscellaneous, 82,238,058; de-
crease, 81,812,842. Among the expendi-
tures are the following: Paid war
department, 89,573,739; decrease,
81,882,363.
tween the ministers at l'ekin, and if
the principle of this contention can be
maintained in the combined note to
be handed to the Chinese plenipoten-
tiaries a decided advantage will be had
At the start.
The attitude of our government on
this subject has been made clear to
Mr. Conger.
The position of the United States
government is, and has been from the
ilrst, that the demands made upon
China shall not be so great as to leave
an excuse for any one of the allies to
demand or accept slices of Chinese ter-
ritory. by reason of China not being
able to meet the demands.
Recess Appointments.
Washington. Dec. 3.—The president
in the first week of the session of con-
gress. will submit to the senate for
confirmation sixtj- nominations for
presidential postoffices. This includes
those appointed during the session and
postmasters whose terms of office ex-
pire previous to .January 1, next. It is
the smallest list of recess nominees
scut in for some years.
Cermans Seize Ilrltlsli Treasure.
New York. Dec. 1.—It is reported ^
here from l'ekin that the Germans | its opinion respecting' these suffrage
have boarded a Chinese vessel and de- ' laws.
jnand(*d Immiuh / .■■> .. —i . —— i
Knglish company at Tien Tsin. As the
boxes of treasure had been landed the !
To Teat Southern Suffrage Restriction.
Washington, Dec. 4.—The National
Afro-American council has appointed
a committee to see that the validity of
the Louisiana constitution of 1898 is
tested before the federal supreme
court. The opinion of a number of
leading lawyers north and south has
been obtained resecting the Louisiana
and North Carolina laws restricting
suffrage aud the supreme court will
have before it shortly cases that it is
believed will secure an expression of
Germans could not get them. They
hoisted the German flag on the vessel
and confiscated her cargo.
I rilon And Xon-1'nlon Fight.
San Antonio, Texas, Dec. 1.—In a
melee here between union and non-
union employes of the Southwestern
Telegraph and Telephone company,
one man was killed and four others
wounded; It was the first bloodshed
of the telephone strike, which was
begun November 3.
Pacific Coast I.lnemen Strike.
San Francisco,, Dec. 4.—The linemen
employed by the various telephone and
telegraph companies on this coast have
■truck for increased wages and shorter
hours and for the recognition of the
union. Several hundred men are out.
A number of concerns have agreed to
the demands of the strikers.
ltatler County Pays It.
El Dorado, Dec. 4.—The trial of the
Morrison case will cost Butler county
at least £10,000 and perhaps more. The
authorities say it wiU cost about
84,500 to get the jury. Witnesses will
draw about 81,000. Then there will be
costs of the court officers an<J special
counsel.
William Totes a I'ulplt Around.
llerlin, Nov. 29.—The. Emperor, while
at Kiel approved plans for the expendi-
ture of ;io.000,00i) marks on naval im-
provements. While at Kiel a score of
newspaper men were in evidence, but
all the information as to his speeches
and doings there is doled out accord-
ing to the pleasure of a certain court
official entrusted with this duty.
When traveling nowadays the emperor
usually takes with him a specially
carved pulpit from which he delivers
his speeches and sermons.
■Rear Admiral MeMalr Head.
Washington. Nov. 30.—Rear Admiral
Frederick G. McNair died at his resi-
dence in this city, from a stroke of
apoplexy. He had been in poor health
for many months. lie was taken
violently ill, and his condition became
ao critical that hia attending physi-
cians called ihto consultation Dr.
Stone, one of the naval surgeons, but
the admiral alowly sank away. He
was the ranking rear admiral of the
navy and the officer next in rank to
Admiral Dewey.
Castle on the Stand.
El Dorado, Dec. 4.—Castle is a slen-
der young man. 24 yeart of age. He is
not a fellow that any woman would be
expected to rave over, and it is almost
inconceivable that Jessie Morrison
should comtgit murder on his account.
The fact that his wife had been slain
by his old sweetheart does not appar-
ently hang heavily upon him. As he
began his testimony his relatives and
the father and brother of the murder-
ed woman all broke down and wept,
but the witness did not shed a tear.
Stole Three Can of Wheat.
Mound City, Kans., Dec. 1.—F. L.
Wesser was arrested here by a detect-
ive of the Chicago and Milwaukee
road on the charge of stealing three
carloads of wheat from the yards of
the company in Des Moines, Iowa.
Wesser in some manner secured the
bills of lading for the cars and got
them to market, realizing 81,600.
She Threw Vitriol.
Van Wert, O., Dec. 3.—Mrs. Emma
Van Liew. who wag under indictment,
for murdering Alice Ilummell by
throwing vitriol in her face, pleaded
guilty to manslaughter and was sen-
tenced to the penitentiary for ten
years. She was taken to the peniten
tiary at Columbus.
The Extension Prom Liberal.
Topeka, Dec. 4.—R. W. Day, engineer
of the Rock Island, lias been in con-
ference with Chief Engineer Dauehy of
the Ilcck Island on matters pertaining
to the extension from Liberal, Kan., to
the Pecos river. The engineers were
engaged preparing the plans and esti-
mates for the new extension to be
placed before the board o* directors for
approval at their annual meeting two
weeks lionce. Surve3*ors are still at
work in the southwest and the esti-
mates are not all in as yet.
Coal Screening I-aw Set Aside.
Columbus, O., Nov. 30.—By a decision
of the supreme court the law requiring
coal to be weighed before it is screened
at the mines is declared unconstitu-
tional. A Hocking county operator
was arrested for \ iolation of the law
and at once applied for a writ of
habeas corpus, attacking the law on
the ground that it took property with-
out process of law and infringed upon
freedom of contract. The'application
for the writ was sustained by the
supreme court.
OUR BUDGET OF FUN.
Story of • New rophetna.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer:
The heir of the gilded household had
Just proposed to the pretty kitchen
maid. 6he regarded him with a steady
glance as she polished oft her rounded
arms with a coarse towel.
"I must have every Thursday out,"
she said.
"Yea," he murmured.
"And every Sunday afternoon."*
"Yes "
"And every night as soon as till
dinner things are done up."
"Ys-es."
"How many in the family ?**
"Only you and I."
"Any children?"
"N-n-no."
"Much company?"
"Very little."
"Any furnace to tend?"
"No."
"Hired man to do all the outsfds
work?"
"Yes."
"What make of piano do you use?**
"The Bangaway."
"Let me think. Ah, yea. I shall In-
sist upon having the breakfast room
to receive my beaux In."
"Well, by thunder, you don't get it!**
cried the gilded heir as ha turned and
stalked away.
So the maid haughtily rolled up her
sleeves and went back to her work.
Regular Thing.
Grogan—I suppose you know It la
the proper caper now not to serve but-
ter at dinner.
Hogan—That's always been the rule
at our boarding hoiiEe. They serve
oleo instead, you know.—Boston
Transcript.
Horrors!
She (after reading of the shipwreck)
—Oh, my! They say It was the most
awful disaster of recent years. Only
one man survived to tell the story.
Isn't that terrible?
He—Frightful! What a horrible
bore that man will be.—Philadelphia
Press.
AMONGST TUB ICE.
"Was there anything cool about ths
place where you were this summer?"
"Yes; they had in the parlor a pic-
ture o* 'Washington Crossing the Dela-
ware.
to vol Headed.
"The lady missionary declines to go
to Kentucky."
"Why?"
"She says she'd feel Just as safe in
China and get more bric-a-brac."—In-
dianapolis Journal.
'What is the difference between a
person suffering from heat prostration,
and Allen's Foot-Ease? One feels the
heat and the other heals the feet."—
Life.
Thoroughbred.
"Mamma, I've found out my dog's
pedigree."
"What is it. dear?"
"Uncle Jim's hired man says he's ■
fullbloodcd mongrel!"—Harper's Ba«
tar.
Might Do There.
"Maude thinks of applying for a
position as.soprano in a church choir."
"Well, there's a church for the deaf
up on Seventh street."—Philadelphia
Evening Bulletin.
Proof Positive.
'Do you know, I never dreamed slis
was a trained nurse."
"'How did you find it out?"
"Saw her bill."—Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Climatic Extremes.
These autumn days are days of woe
Of which man must be wary;
It's August for an hour or so
And then It's January.
—Washington Star.
Kot Alone.
Miss Withers—I believe Arthur la
afraid to propose to me.
Belle—Of course he la, and there are
thousands of others Just like him.—
Smart Set.
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the latest news in brief
The state of Nevada has a population
of 42,33o, a decrease of 7.04 per cent.
The legislative council of New South
Wales lias parsed an old age pension
law.
Five hundred tons of potatoes havo
been shipped from Tacoma to Shang-
hai. *
The Abbott, the holder of the world s
trotting record (2:03 !*) has been sold
in New York for 820,500.
Lord Roberts lias handed over the
command of the British forces in South
A'rica to Lord Kitchener.
The British are distributing seed
oats and potatoes to such surrendered
Boers as have no way to procure seed.
The Siberian railway is again giving1
immigrants reduced fares which had
been suspended ou account of tlio
Chines© troubles.
It is stated that the profits from
hauling1 fruit from I'alifornia are graat
er for the Santa Fe road than on all its
corn hauling business.
Finlay Peter Dunne, author of the
"Dooley Papers," and an active news-
paper man of Chieago, is dangerously
•ie4. ,
Admiral Remey has sent from Manila
stores for the immediate relief of the
sufferers from the typhoon at Cuam;
and says more is needed.
The Santa Fe is to operate the St.
Louis, Kansas City and Colorado as
town as it can be connected with the
Santa Fo system at Kansas City.
The National Afro-American council
is taking steps to test the validity of
the new disfranchising constitution of
Louisiana in the federal supreme cyurt.
The British army in Africa have met
with a serious reverse. Four hundred
troops, and two guns in perfect order,
were taken by the lioers after a fight.
The Illinois state board of health
will ask f„r a state sanitarium for con-
sumptives: and will Join ti e board of
charities for provision for the care of
epileptics.
The officials of the Los Angeles and
Salt Lake road have awarded a con-
tract for 8,000 tons of steel rails at #2(1
a ton to the Colorado Fuel and Iron
company of Pueblo.
Colonel W. J. Sanford took the oath
of ottice as governor of Alabama in his
sickroom. The oath was administered
by his son, a notary public. No one
besides was present except the physi-
cians.
The Actors' Church. AMiance of Amer-
ica has opened a campaign against
theatrical performances on Sunday.
The government of Honduras has
sent a drcft of I0,000 American' gold
as indemnity ."or the killing of Frank
Pears. *
An express on the Cleveland A, Pitts-
burg ran into a washout west of
Beaver, Pa., and the engine, mail, bag-
gage and express cars plunged into the
Ohio river. M. S. Casey, of Cleveland,
the express messenger, was drowned.
Four trainmen were injured.
Congressman Boutelle, of Maine, lias
sufficiently recovered to warrant the
belief that he will be able to attend
the coming session of congress.
The extension of the rural free de-
livery service has resulted in the dis-
continuance of postoffices during
the year, the salaries of postmasters
at said postoffices aggregating 812,-
259.
The Illinois Central, at a cost of
•0,000,000, will substitute electricity
for steam in its Chicago suburban ser-
vice.
Paradoxical Preoehlag.
An American minister who reoeatS>
visited Ireland says he he4trd a preach-
er conclude his sermon with thill
words: "My brethren, let not
world rob you of a peace which it oaa
neither give nor take away."
Nearly lOO.pOO pounds of snails are
•old dally In the Paris marketa, to be
eaten by dwellers la that city. They
are carefully reared for the purpose
In extensive snail gardens in the
provinces, and fed on aromatic herba
to make their flavor finer.
Primitive Indiana County Invaded.
Until a few days ago Brown oounty,
Indiana, had neither railway, tele-
graph nor telephone facilities any-
where within ita borders. It Is stlU
minus the two first mentioned necessi-
ties of modern life, but a telephone
line has invaded Nashville, coming
from Columbus, In an adjoining
county.
Delegate from Porto Idea
Frederico Degetau of San JuaR,
chosen as the first delegate from Porto
Rico to the United States. Is a lawyer,
having studied in the University of
Madrid. He Is a member of ssvsral
scientific and philanthropic societies
and was one of the founders of ths So-
clete Francaiee pour L'Arbitrags entre
Nations. Mr. Degetau haa written
several books. He was one of the four
commissioners sent to Spain in 1806 to
ask for autonomy.
AN ENEMY to DRINK.
One Woman Who Has Done a Great
Deal to Pot Down This EvIL
Minneapolis. Minn.. Dec. 3.—(Spe-
cial)—When the Independent Order at
Good Templars of Minnesota wanted
a State Organizer they chose Mrs.
Laura J. Smith, of 1217 West 33<t
Street, this city. The American Anti-
Treat league also selected Mrs Smith
as National Organiser. The reason is
not far to seek. This gifted woman
has devoted her life to a battle agalnat
Drink and Drinking Habits. Her in-
fluence for good in Minnesota Is and
has been very far reaching.
About two years ago however, it
seemed as if this noble woman would
have to give up her philanthropic1
work. Severe pains in her back and'
under her shoulder blades, made llfo
a burden tind work Impossible. Physi-
cians Were consulted, And they Pre-
scribed fo? Kidney niseaae. Three
month's treatment however, failed to
give Mrs. Smith any relief. Her hus-
band was mijch exercised, Shd Cafcf
about him for something that would
restore his good wife to health and
strength. He heard of the cures ef-
fected by Dodd's Kidney Pills, and ad-
vised her to try them, which she did.
0IWUW'K aifil
ing Dodd's Kidney Pills, 1 felt much
better, and at the end of seven weeks
was completely cured. 1 have had no
recurrence of the trouble, but I take
a pill off and on. and find that it keeps
me in good health."
Dodd's Kidney Pills are for sale by
all dealers at 60 cents a box.
They are easily within the reach of
all, and no woman can afford to suf-
fer, when such a simple, and surs
Remedy is at hand.
Schools for Lssraed Professions.
There are 141 theological schools in
the United States, fifty-two law
schools, ninety-two regular medical
schools, nine eclectic medical sobools
and fourteen homeopathic.
To ask a man to pay a bill is as eaaily
said as done.
Mrs. Wins low's Soothing Syiep.
For children teething, softens ths sums, reduces ts-
••nnustloB, sllsys psln. curs, wind colto. Mc s bottls.
The wisdom of one man may be tne
folly of another.
It requires no experience to dye with
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES. Simply
boiling your goods In the dys is sll
that's necessary.
To be trusted is often a greater com
pllinent than to be loved.
It is easy to recognise those whd use
uarttelu Tea; their complexions are good
for their blood is pure und they are not
troubled with constlpatlon-the glow of
superb health shines in their faces.
Sonic folks are so refined that they
object to common sense.
When you buy bluing, ask for Red
Cross Ball Blue. Large package 5c.
The manager of a theatre can't com-
plain that he never gets a show.
The Hest Prescription for Chills
and Fever Is a bottle of Okovk'k Tahtilim
V 011 cant keep your house warm
without a coaled cellar.
In Winter Use Allen's Foot-Ease.
A powder. Your feet feel uncom-
fortable, nervous, and often cold and
damp. If you have sweating, sore feet
or tight shoes, try Allen'o Foot-Ease.
Sold by all druggists and shoe stores
85 cents. Sample sent FREE. Address
Allen S. Olmsted. Le Roy, N. Y.
The man who bets at least gets the
returns for his money.
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