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Cf DON'T RUN wail buili i around it to I around it to I growth. bj THK NEWS GBAND OPERA HOUSE AT POPULAR PRICES, Pearl Melville SuuJayNifht MirUAEL STJUXiOFlr PRICES: 3Oc. San Jactnto, Hatluee and Night, April tflsc. l. A.

Wolf' iiii'l Employes' Ueuefit. 3VTissi St. Groo. rEXvLswoy, In fr'uimieH of l-'ttrce t'uiiit'ities, "M'CARTHY'S MISHAPS," A Perfect Hurricane of Maddest Merriment and STRICTLY UP-TO-DATE. Mitrry I'ouuxlians.

Pretty Girls Clever Siiroiitltii's. Kiii-fitd Novelties for Cynical Features. Ttiau AH Oihtira. Ojporn. Monday Evening, April 13, 1806, Tho One-Act "GERTRUDE'S MONEY and tho Three-Act Comedy.

Will bo inosontod ly the DKANAT1C CLUH, uuder tho uiauuifumtmt of Mr. Hou C. Slusuu. A I I 5Oc. The World-Famed Authority on Physical Culture Will Deliver a Dramatic LECTURE On the Complexion and Artistic Care the Body at Grand Opera House Wednesday, April J5, at 2.30 p.

m. GLOVE FITTING TIGHTS Will encase her perfect form, enabling her to practically illustrate and teach her eystom that develops the limbs, bust, chest neck and every part of the body Into the highest type of perfect physical perfection, AT 44 SHE APPEARS A IRL OF 20, No Cosmetics. No Pads, yet her skin Is like, velvet to the touch and alabaster to HER'FIGURE ABSOLUTELY PERFECT. Aside from. Mine.

Wilson's remarkable physical and facial perfections she is an accomplished luay, master of many languages and a life Ions student of her profession. LADIES, BRING 'NOTE BOOKS, AS MME. WILSON FREELY GIVES VALUABLE RECIPES. FROM AGE TO i UTH. In the presence of the audience.

Mme. AV ilson will remove all traces of age from an aged lady's face. Mme. Wilson will portray in a dramatic manner the power of expression by. changing the expression of her face in at least fifty different ways, showing the obedience to the mental forces of properly educated and muscles.

STRICTLY HIGH-CLASS EDUCATIONAL DISCOURSE, INTERSPERSED with MUSIC BT A FULL ORCHESTRA IN TWO PARTS. FOR LADIES ONLY. Price of admission 50e, reserved seats 75c. on sale at box office. The Madamo's late book on the care of the body free to ladies attending the lec- lure.

Mailed for 10 cents in stamps. TELEPHONE Over tho LONG DISTANCE lines of the Southwestern Telegraph Telephone Company tt nearly 7000 subscribers In the principal cities and towns of Texas. Toll stations in ihe central office, hotels and other convenient locations, Ask "Central" for stations connected and rates charged. Harmony Hall. TUESDAY NIGHT, MAY 6, Only Appeal-race of LEOPOLD GODOWSKY The Great Russian Pianist.

Reserved seats now oo sale at box office. Opera Night SAUL UOT ISStt. Ijjrovatore, ACT.V. First appearance in Oalvcstoa of the Groat Violinist, ilKS. E.

C. OLIVtR. Balfe'e Opera Boufte, The Sleeping Queen Magnificent Costumes. Splendid Orchestra. TICKETS, FIFTY CENTS.

flOVEpRG NOTARY PUBLIC -AND- Fire Insurance Agent Representing tho Tallowing Companies: Caledonian Ins. Co. of Scotland. Orient Ins. Co.

cf Hartford, Conn. Merchants' Ins. Co. of Newark, N.J. American Central Co.

oi St. Louis, Mo. Fireman's Fund Iris. Co. of San Francisco, Cal.

Sun Ins. Office of London, Eng. Wtochanlos and Traders' Oo. Of Kaw Orleans, Csrman-Amerloan Ins. Oo.

of Kew VotSi. TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. 55TH YEAR-NO. 19. The Coffee.

If you enjoy a perfect cup oi Coffee, with a delicious aroma, absolutely fresh and wholesome, get the Or. 32d nml (With.Leo lion Works.) mid reriairirip qf'Unrioc, Jxicu.no* lira and Maiiomry care tho door and cur. within a block. Touphoni 25S. Apex Roasted Coffee, Hundreds of spontaneous testimonials have reached us from consumers, praising the quality of this Coffee.

We have just had a pamphlet printed explaining how this degree of excellence has been reached, and including a few of the testimonials. Every lover of Coffee should read this pamphlet, which we will mail free on application. HOUSTON, TEXAS. I ARE STATE AGENTS For the Following Articles: AAA NO. 1 SOAP.

120 bars, 90 pounds to the box. Tt pays the retailer a better profit and- the consumer gets the largest bar and beat soap on tho market for the money invested. Once tried always used. KITE CIGAR. In this we offer the public the best Five- Cent Cigar that can possibly be produced.

Test it and be convinced. H-O OATMEAL. Try it. Put up 24 2-pound packages in case. The best and most nutritious breakfast dish extant.

It makes the weakstiong and the strong- longer Jived. We ask a trial order. Duplicates will follow and your trade rapidly Increase. The goods have genuine merit that rapidly introduces them to permanent favor. Tho best trade uses H.

You can not do without it. P. J. Willis Bro The Oldest Wholesale Grocers and Cotton Factors, CALVESTON, TEXAS. WSEEES.

ED MOCABTHT. A. H. PlGBOS. Weekes, BANKERS.

Successors to AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK Of GalTestOD, Taxas, DEPOSITS rocQlTed COLLECTIONS taade on favorablo terms, roroipn and Domestic Exchange Bought and Sold. Oablo and Tela- Transfers madq, and Commercial and iTelera' Cradita furniflhbd, ayailable in all parts of the world. ACCOUNTS SOLICITED. THE WEATHER, Washington Forecast. Washington, April till midnight, April 12: For eastern Tpxns: Threatening weather, with local rains; hjgh southerly winds; cooler in western portion, where winds will shift to westerly.

For Arkansas: Increasing cloudiness, oHoweI by rain; northeasterly winds. l-'or North and South Dakota; Ruin and snow, followed by fair; warmer by Sunday evening: northerly winds. For Colorado: RaJn or snow: colder in southern portion; warmer In northern portion; northerly winds. For Wyoming: Fair, preceded by snow ii eastern portion: warmer Sunday even- ng; northerly winds. Temperature Kccorri.

Yesterday's temperature record at Gal- as shown by thermograph on the of the cotton exchange, was as folows: a. CS I 1 p. 70 us p. in 70 1 in 7U 5 p. ni us Comparative Krooril.

Oalveston weather record for April 31. ii, i corresponding date of the last SUii. witli correspi lirt-e years: Time Har.ITIifirJWlnil|lialn[Weatlicr a. ISU.OM'I C7.0 I (Cloudy ii P. U7.0 SK22I .00 ICIoudy a i tfinptTatiiro I 71 71 i i temperature AvyriiKf tompuraUlro GN OS Precipitation j.uo j.CO Tempernfnrft and rrc-tpifntion.

Temperature uiiu precipitation at Galvos- tcr. H9'j, and since January 1, us compared with geneial averages: Normal temperature, Deficiency for the day. Accumulated dt'ilcicncy sir ce Jan. 85. precipitation, .09.

DclK-k-nry for UK- day, .09. Deficiency since Jnnn'ary 1, 2.HJ. TEXAS, SUNDAY, APRIL 12, ESTABLISHED 1812. A Ceaseless Flow In spite of the so-called general depression we are favored with a constant flow of orders, both direct and from our tireless representatives. Our system of selling- on a close margin, made possible by our enormous sales, can not fail to draw the best trade of Texas to this point.

If you have never permitted us to quote you figures on Dry Goods, Dress Goods, Notions, Men's Furnishing Goods, We would suggest that this is an opportune time. MERCHANTS VISITING GALVESTON Are invited to make their headquarters at ou'r office. The Galveston I Dry Goods 2J14 to 2320 Strand, Galveston, Texas. HOLMES' ALLEGED CONFESSION. He fto Ucffret--Actenowl- Twenty-Seven.

Philadelphia, April North American of this city will to-morrow print what to IJQ sentences from the confession nlleged to have been made by Murderer H. H. Holmes. Among other things tho story says: "In prefacing 1 the confession, which covers In full nearly three newspaper pages, written In Holmea' own hand-writing and detailing with a minuteness that Is at times simply revolting-, the arch-mutilator and author of twenty-seven murders, as he admits himself to be, states with something like pathos that he does so simply that he may obtain money enough to educate his boy. Holmes writes of his blood-curdling atrocities with an abandon that simply ap- pals one.

Not one grain oE remorse seems to enter Into the construction of that document, and never for a moment, except fn two Isolated cases--one where he refers touchlngly to the memory of Annie Wi'l- iams and another time when he pathetically speaks of an outrage perpetrated on his hoy--does the redeeming element uity figure in the case. Regret Is never for a moment expressed, and he comes out boldly and without compunction on his very opening with the statement, 'I was born with the very devil In KVMI now he believes that the evil spirit Is the guiding genius of his destiny. "I was born with the devil in me," says he In one part of his confession. "I could not help the fact that I was a murderer no more than the poet can help the inspiration to song, nor the ambition of an intellectual man to be great. Where other hearts were touched with pity mine filled with cruelty, and where in the others the feeling was to save life, 1 reveled in the thought of destroying the same.

Not only was I not satisfied in taking i sought devices, strange, fantastical apd even grotesque. This Inclination," he suys, "came- to me early In life. I remember gthen mere lad my ambition was tu siud iuedieine that I might know the effects of gases that I might become fully acquainted with their use and learn to be an expert in handling them. From what I can see believe fully that am growing to resemble the devil, that the osseous parts ol" my head and face are gradually assuming that elongated shape so pronounced in what is called the degenerate, head, and a the i i i is almost completed. "In fact, so impressed am 1 In this belief continues Holmes, "that I am convinced a I have no longer i a in me." Holni'-s' confession from i on speaks of i experiences of his boyhood days on i fiifiu up in Vermont and tile lift' he led i mull he tin- collie to study medt- tne In i was not i a he a a equipped i kimwl- of poisons i i tlit- easiest way the simple thread oi' 111 1 1 i Holmes his career as a i i and imi- tilator.

he began he. a i himself IK- was unO he luck twenty-seven lives. 'And 1 would have, committed six other minders," lit; added, "had not certain occurrences interfered." Possibly emu of UIP worst, most brntfil. revolting and disgusting crimes this arch nuitilator ever i was one he speaks of in a chapter to his boy, the. son of his first wife.

The only explanation he offers Is a he simply did it to a i his love uf i a i "It was shortly a I was warried," lie declares, "tiud our boy ivns but a youngster. I called ilm in from the yard where he. was playing ami took him out to a renr barn. I don't mow what It was a possessed me, but I ook a surgical knife along i me. I w'iH simply a a i for murder that made me maku a subject of my boy." With abandon and i here and there a sigh of regret, he then tells how he went through the operation of mutilating his own son.

Finishing with that, Holmes felt satisfied and did not murder his boy outright. jaii Ncvuilu'B Lute Governor. Carson, April John E. Jones, who diefl at San Francisco last night, was born in Wales December 5, 1S40. He came to the United States with his parents and settled in Iowa in 3S5G.

He was educated in the public schools, liriishing with a four years' course in the Iowa university. He was a school teacher in his fcarly manhood and afterward, like most western men, followed mining and such vocations as came his hand in Colorado, Wyoming- and Nevada, In 1863 he held the office of United States deputy internal revenue collector, residing at Eureka, Nev. In 1SS6 he was elected surveyor general of the state by the republican party. He was re-elected in 1S90. serving until he took the office as governor In 1895.

He was elected governor by tho silver party. He will be succeeded by Lieutenant Governor Reinhold Sadler, now acting governor. News of his death caused much sorrow in this city and state. Highest cf ail in Leavening U. S.

Gov't Report POLITICS. Democratic erg-cant at Arms. Chicago, 111.. April J. T.

Martin of St. Louis will be sergeant at arms of the democratic national convention. His selection was made this mornlngr by Chairman Harrlty and his committee of the democratic national committee 1 Colonel Martin Is a well known politician and very popular In St. Louis democratic circles. Other candidates for the position were G.

Curley of Philnrlelphia, ex-Congressman ISlijah J. Hrookshire of Cruw- fdrdsville, Daniel Donaldson of Ten- nesstte and N. S. Cooper of Chk-aKO. It Is said Curley was Chairman Harrlty's choice Ue i at the last mini)to from the race, saying his business would prevent his attending the convention.

It Is saUl John S. Cooper of the Cook uounly democratic club will bo the first as- Bistant sergeant at arms. Sixth Joint Dclmtc. Albany, April Ifoke Smith and ex-Speaker Crisp held their sixth joint discussion on the coinage question lu-re to-tiny. The audience was one of largest and most intflllgent yet ad- ilrcsKtd by the champions of the causrt of Kiiuml inunuy iintl uf True silver coinage A a is ri'cuKtUziM sound i i i i of smith bring gn-ssman TnrnyrV old home, i tin- sym- a i of till- wen- a evenly divided.

The shaking I place Jn the i a i i a tent. Smith having tho opening. Two Sots of IlolcKntes. Louisville. Ky.

result cf a split in the i congressional district i two nets of di-Iegatfs, one for and on-j for will do- mand a i a to St. Lsuin national body, find two sets of i will claim to ropresont Louisville find county in state convention, which meets here April 10. 11111 II CMI 0111 In a el. Freeport, 111., April i was renominated for congress by the republicans of the i congressional district General Smith Adkins of Freeport and General Kerr of Dlxon were named as delegates to the a i a convention. They Wort) instructed for AluKinluy.

COMMERCIAL MATTERS. Receiver Askort. ImlifumpcMls, April R. aontf, wholesale confectioner, lllctl a mortalities on hia stock to ihi? Amount or B. F.

at. onro niiplieil for a ri'eoivu- and the case- will lie hi'iird to-morrow. CnmplM'H. Olrulowalor, April Campbell, a aw millers, mnlu an aanlgument to-day. No GENERAL MELQUIZO.

HIS i OI' 1 I I I I I I CO.MHATANTS l.V I'l IIA O.N uuuu ruin.iv. 10 them, or' I M.ri:i will ni-i CALLED IT REBEL LOSSES. Cuban Kxiiedltiuu liniidcil --Insurgent Deiiretlutlonti Reported--A. Letter From Ciumez. New York, April Herald's Havana special Fays: It is an uncommonly week when pome new butchery is not committed by General ilelgutzo's command, but tho fuels are never published here.

quarters for reprisals, for nivil 10 i by being cruel and will no on i Oils war, the ivsutt ol which you iit-td not Wt.rry i ftU 1 I lie iirillfi i i when In us lu-iny tired out and willl- OUT i My a a well uiuK-rstood liv my and i a lo di. Cive us so a sohiier-i van light, and you can depend. I lull in I lie spriiiK cainiiaimi tiic enemy's lie tKvessury lor Spain to send another do I il would i i say a i Spain 1ms nu nmney i i to H. Jiave an a i i a of i :tn.l the a i tr cicm-ral generals. Tin- ofllcial reports Hi' vierorii-s i i they cnJl- a i pretiMid dt-reive ihvir jiovermneiit and wurld, contribiiU; 10 siieedv or the revolution.

No i i work which has Jor its base falseness and i a enn be either lirm or lusting, i i Spain orders and i Kind, a i sla- has drenched i blood or her own men, to ruin he'- powt-r. And im man is so Well vt'oson I Weylei- to represent in these liiiiL-s and iu America the Spain of Phillip 11. Is sitltl and i uliant the recognition of belligerency by the A govcrnmeni. This would l-e very advitn- to us, and is only doing justice, but us WL- ro.su i tyranny wo GENERAL CAYETAN MELGUIZO. The latest exploit of his men occurred on Good Friday, at Campo Florida, near Balnea, where Melfiiiteo's name is already a terror to the whole country.

After a skirmish of trifling importance Major Fon- devllla of Sleteuizo's command took as prisoners there nine of the residents of the town and vicinity, all white. They were Margarita Zara, a one-legged cripple; Ines Cejas and Camlllo Cejas. brothers, support- ins an aged mother; Domingo Lugones, Joaquin iledlna, Jesus Ochoa. a mechanical engineer; Manuel Martinez, Ramon Castellanos and an elderly school teacher known as Don Carlos, a native of Montevideo, but a resident of Campo Florida for many years. All these were arrested by llelgulzq's orders and locked in the barracks without trial until Good Friday, when they were taken cut, bound together with ropes around their necks and conducted to a neighboring patch of woods, where ail were either killed by rifle volleys -or machete cuts.

Jn the official report of a skirmish at Tlevottvo these victims, as usual, were recorded as rebel losses. The military inquiry in the Delgardo case is moving slowly, and Melguizo is still in the field. Hit van a AVnr News. Havana, April forces of Antonio Maceo are reported to be discontented and suffering from the excessive fatigue and privations they have undergone. Maceo, it Is said, promised them rich booty in the province of Pinar i including the capital, the city of Pinar del Rio, which they were to capture.

But instead, it is asserted, the insurgents have been compelled to seek refuse in the mountains. General Suzrez Yalduz has surprised the insurgents near Bandera as they were about to attack Guayabo. He routed the enemy and the latter were dispersed in the direction of tho mountains, with a loss of thirty-seven killed. The troops had one captain wounded. The insurgents at midnight attacked Caudal uria and after one hour's firing retreated.

ThB insurgents have ourned the village of Caminoa, near this city. Miulria Humors. New York, April dispatch to the Herald from Madrid says: is current here in the cafes arid streets that Consul General 'Williams has been murdered in Havana and his body dragged through the streets Excitement prevails throughout the city in consequence of this report, but the authorities have no knowledge of any event. It Is rumored a Maceo is dead, and that in battle yesterday the rebels lost 000 men. No confirmation of these reports is to bo had.

DlspnteH From "Williams. Washington, April dispatch under to-day's date was received by the state de- a this morning from United States Consul General i i a at Havana, thus a disposing of tho published rumor a he had been assassinated and his bndy dragKed the streets of Hav a a Thu reports of tin; battle In which some fiini of Maceo's men are similarly dismissed. No won! of such engagement has he-en at the Spanish legation or else where, a i a i a de- a i of the movements of troops uru constantly forwarded. Denied From Havnim. T-Tnvnna, April Is absolutely no in the Ptory from Madrid, printed this morning In Xew York, to tho effect a States Consul Gene.ral Williams been murdered and his body dragged the street p.

A representative of Associated Press called on Mr. Williams and found him enjoying the best of health. A I From Washington. A i i I'alnia the i i a has made public tho fol- i letter from Gomez, Cuban leader, regarding war ooiulilloiio: Onbii, March l'r--To Kstrada I i i 1 telega te of tho Cuban a The continues mnro noilvo and hard on ncrount tierce, whleb Gonenil lias irlvi-n to i Our 1 are rollnA'cil and assassinated ho who lh i i to I tiie hands of Hpi-nlsh troops IHT- fshes i i The peaceful poopld only lind death rtiid Cuba lo-day. as in ordy pools of blood dried by i-onllfttfratfonH, Otir t-nt-mles are the.

hoiiHes ty UK, uc- only counted upon the strength of our arms and the firm resolution tf victors', we follow our march unconcerned, 'satisfied that what Is to happen will happen. Your friend. MAXIMO GOMEZ. Cabnit Expedition Landed. Key West, April WPR received here last night of the landing on Cuba.n soil of the expedition commanded by Colonel Monson- Ag'uirre, was composed of 45 men, SOO rifles, 400,000 cartridges and a larjie amount of 'dynattUtd.

Although the expedition cost but JoO.QOtt, it is considered as important as those of Garcia and Collazon, though 'more money was spent on them. liisnrsrent Havana, April insurgents have burned the machinery and houses of the central plantations of Diana and Barbon, near Moralito, the approximate loss being SI.200.000. The insurgents also burned 90,000 tons of cane on the plantation of Santa Gertrudes, belonging to Antonio Gonzales Mendosa. Waller Arrived. New York, April Waller, late United States consul at Tamatave, Madagascar, was a second-class passenger on the steamer New York which arrived to-day from Southampton.

He stated to a reporter at quarantine that he was released from prison in France February 20, exactly eleven months from the time he was sentenced at Madagascar. He declined to discuss his case at length, but said he felt JOHX WALLER. confident of i a justification of his actiiHis. He inquired anxiously ns to tho liealih of his i ami a i who have be. in Baltimore tht: past two mouths.

paid a while on a i at a a and i passagy to liis a i was simply iidnrman, a at the prisons in J-'rance his lot was no worse a a i uf an ordinary prisoner. The fo.id lacked i ami liu was obliged to purchase, aun- plies outside. SuiMMKstMl Trulii Itoliber Caiitiired. St. I.ouis, April man whose name- Is to be Robert Bell, and who Is supposed to be one of Ihe.

robbers wlio held up 'Frisco at Sleepy i April 1, ha.s been arrested at i i 1H. He was taken a a des- jienitu struggle i a posse of officers, i which he was shot in tho arm. He refuses to tell a i i anything about himself, but from information received Wells-Fiicuo express comp office, he answer? the description of 0:10 of tlie robbcfd. Two men who wtro him ii fin 11 UI tit. Wynnowood.

I. A i Gardner, son of J. W. Gai'dmT, a prominent citizen of tho Chtcknsaw nation, wis from hiH horse nml killed this evening two miles cast o( Try MAR-SHAL-KA MONTE CRISTO SMUGGLER SENSATIONAL StORY, KNiiiKvr fi.Kvi-:i..»xn is SAID TO I1AVK Or'FKKKU TO Jjl'AlX. A FAKE, PURE AND SIMPLE.

levelaiid mi Oliioy 1m en titratin C'ubnu Airtilru--ItvHUll May Ue An- iiuuuced at Auy Tliue. Washington. April A sensational story was sent out from here last night to tiie effect that the president had offered to m-diate Spain and InsiirKc-ms In Cuba. It was said that Mr. Olney Jmd iiddrussed a letter to the American minister at Madrid to this effect and Iho particulars of the wtre fivrn.

At tlie state a tho story is denied. Mr. Olney is emphatic In saying that no letter or instructions have been given. Mr. Cleveland and Mr.

Olney are busily engaged in the investfgution of affairs in Culm, and at a moment some annuunce- me.nt as to the position of the administration toward the Cuban question; through communications to th'j A my lean minister at Madrid, may be expected. A Pure Fabrication. April IL-- The story that Secretary Olney hud addressed a note to United States Minister Taylor In Madrid suggesting mediation, as reported, is a pure falsehood. Wh'en the published story was called to the attention of Senor Dupuy do- Lome; Spanish minister, ho said he had no information of the taking of tlon, and knew of no such note, either as going to Minister Taylor or himself. The report has appeared in various forms with- In the present week, the first statement being a the communication had been sent to the Spanish minister.

It is customary in' diplomatic affairs to advise the minister of a country as to course of negotiations which are proceeding with his government, whether the note is sent through him or not. The Fake Chicago, 111., April A special to the Times-Herald from Washington (1 ys: A last President Cleveland -has taken action In behalf of Cuba. He has made to Spain a formal proposition that the good offices of the United States be accepted In mediation between that country and her rebellious charge. This proposal was made in a cablegram of instruction to our minister at Madrid, Mr. Taylor, which was dispatched to-day.

No diplomatic of equal importance has left this capital since Secretary Olney's note to the British government on the Venezuelan boundary question was sent to London. It bring? to a crisis the relation.s between the. United States and Spain, which have been unsettled since the outbreak of the Cuban rebellion. The note thoroughly explains- the a i of the United States and reasons which led to this action. The principal points are: 1.

The president offers the good office? of United States government iri mediation between Spain and rebels with the view to a settlement of the trouble and to bring about peace in the island. 2. The note recalls the correspondence between this government and Spain at-tne time of the ten years' war. when President fer; forms in Cuba. The 'fact a the United States was in part instrumental in bringing about that settlement and the charge that the Spanish government has not kept its promises is given as a reason why the United States now has a right to be heard in the case.

3. It is pointed out that the present rebellion in Cuba has assumed a much more serious aspect than any farmer Insurrection, the InsurRents having apparently taken possession of the island except Havana and a section of country round about there. Spain is assured of the fact that the United States Is actuated by disinterested motives and a desire through friendship to bring- about a more pacific and satisfactory state of affairs in the island. Spain IE urged to accept our good offices in the spirit in which they are tendered, and the hope is expressed that tne Spanish government will see its way clear to granting reforms in Cuba. The president does not ask Spain to grant the independence of Cuba, nor does he suggest that home rule be accorded the Island.

He- leaves ail these questions of method to be discussed after Spain shall have 'expressed a willingness to accept mediation. Reciprocity Tariffs. Washington, April The bureau of American republics has prepared for the use of the subcommittee of the ways and means, committee, charged with" the consideration of the subject of reciprocity, a table showing in detail the changes made in the tariffs of the countries of South and Central America with which the Unito.d States entered into reciprocity agreements in 1SJ93. as result of these agreements. The tables exhibit in regular form the rates of duty paid oh lifteen staple United States products when imported into these countries before, during and since the treaties were In operation, the purpose being to afford a means for ascertaining the exact amount of benefit derived by American exporters from -the reciprocity plan.

Armor Flute Investigation, Washington, April The senate committee on naval affairs held a secret session to-day for The purpose of considering the testimony which has been taken in connection with tho armor plate investigation. The only definite conclusion reached was not to interfere i sec- Man Pleasure Woman's Comfort THE LUXURY OF THE SEASON THE AUTOMATIC SWINGING HAMMOCK COUCH FOR HOUSE, GALLERY OR LAWN Superior, Stronger and Cooler than Woven Hammocks. ADJUSTABLE ANY HEIGHTH NO SAO PUSH I No Falling Out I No Danger. PRICES: $3.60 $4.50 CALL AND SEE THEM CLARKE COURTS, MAN'JFAOTURINa STATIONERS..