Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 December 1903 — Page 6

n eoimir upon F. E. BABCOCK. Publisher. RENSSELAER, - - INDIANA.

SUMMARY OF NEWS

The Groat Northern and Northern Pacific officials say that a conspiracy to rob the two companies haa existed in Seattl# for four years, and that losses running into thousands of dollars have resulted. Freight cars have been robbed of their contents. The Christinn party has issued a call for its national mass convention to be held in St. Louis May 1 and 2 to nominate a candidate for President. The call is signed by William Rudolph Beukert, chairman of the national executive committee. By a ruling of the United States Department of the Interior, which has just been announced, the State of Minnesota is confirmed in its title to swamp lands in the Cass Lake Indian reservation, which are valued at several hundred tuousand dollars.

“The Meteor,” the fast train on the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway which left Fort Worth Sunday afternoon for Kansas City, was wrecked at Godfrey, fifteen miles south of Fort Scott, Kan. Nine persons were killed and more than twenty were injured. Mrs. Anna Sieboldt and her 5-year-old daughter, Esther, were found dead in the bnsement of their home in Chicago. The* two were wrapped in blankets and the gas was turned on. It is thought by the police that the mother turned on the gas and murdered the child and committed suicide. The Governor of Alexandrettn, Syria, mnde an official call upon United State* Consul Davis and formally apologized for the indignities suffered by the consul. Attrinn, the naturalized American citizen whose arrest by the Turkish authorities caused Consul Davis to leave, has been liberated.

The steamer Courier, ice-bound at Hanging Rock and almost given up for lost, has reached the Kentucky shore, a break in tho ice caused by rnins giving her a clear channel. The boat is-now in Comparatively little danger. The river is still ice-locked at I ronton, Ohio, and for miles above and below. Grand Master Charles G. I’nvey of the Ohio Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows has issued a circular to the effect that Jau. 10, 1904, all saloonkeepers, bartenders or professional gamblers slinll either quit the order or those occupations. In the event of a refusal to cease such callings they will be tried and expelled. Burglars have blown open a safe in the Tower Hill, 111., bank and escaped with $5,000 in cash. The thieves stole n horse and buggy in which to get away. Attorney General Hamlin is one of the hank's principal stockholders. The same night a gang of safe-blowers that lias been robbing central Illinois banks exploded dynamite and wrecked the bank at Anchor. Just ns SIO,OOO was exposed the telephone bell in the office commenced to ring and frightened away the men after they had secured little plunder. It developed that the robbers previously cut all the telephone wires leading out of Anchor, to prevent communication to outside cities.

BREVITIES.

Judge Joint Haynes, formerly district attorney at Zanesville, Ohio, is dead at San Francisco. Lillian Albnno. one of the Alba no fosters, musical artists at vaudeville houses, died at Detroit of typhoid fever. The military convicts on Alcatraz Isl and rebelled, but the mutiny failed and seven leaders were thrown into dungeons. Dr. E. O. Nash has effected a cure of n Chicago maltese cat which lias been suffering from asthma by sending it to Pueblo. The jury in the case of A. Wilson, charged with robbing the Rawlins-Coun-ty, Ivan., treasury in 1901. returned a verdict of not guilty. Gov. Bliss of Michigan paroled Frank C. Andrews, the Detroit bank wr«>cker. who had served but eighteen months of a fifteen years’ sentence. Attorney General Bryan of Maryland has prepared a constitutional amendment, the purpose of which is the disfranchisement of the negro. Contracts for the construction of the new Pennsylvania station at Washington have been Jet. The station is to be 500 by 8,000 feet and will cost $4,000,000. The civil service commission, during the year, gave 054 examinations to 112,024 applicants, resulting in 39,040 appointments, against 12,894 in the preceding year. After being out for three days the jury in the case of Mrs. Cora Weeks disagreed iu Bedford, Ind. She was tried on a charge of murdering her mother, Mrs. Susan A. Ireland. The American Dressed Beef Company, recently chartered at Guthrie, O. T., has entered into nu agreement with the Commercial Club of Leavenworth. Ivan., to construct a packing plant in that city to cost $250,000.

Mrs. A. S. Rosenthal of New York is reported to have established her claim as one of six heirs to a $25,000,000 estate in Melbourne, Australia. Mrs. Frank Wnterlund, said to reside in Chicago, is . one of the claimants. James Rial, one of the original Randolph slaves, died at the county infirmary in Piqua. Ohio. His age was between 102 and 105 years, he having no knowledge as to the date of his birth. He had lived in Piqna since 1840. Excitement has been caused at Pottsville. Pa., by reports from Aucbey'a Station. Schuylkill County, of the discovery of beds of pure authracite eoal far beyond the limits of what haa been considered the southern boundary of the hard coal region In Pennsylvania. W. Tattersall’s annual review of the cotton trade says this year -has been the worst in the last decade. Eighty-two ■pinning concerns in Lancashire lost (180.000 during the year and the trade raust adopt short time because American cotton is 45 per cent above the price at .the same time last December.

NINETEEN FOOTBALL PLAYERS HAVE MET DEATH THIS YEAR

Nineteen live* were lost on the football field during the season of 1903, one boy was driven insane from injuries and thirteen players were severely hurt, some of them being disabled for life. The number of minor but paiu/ul accidents goes into the hundreds, and the list of the severely injured necessarily also ia incomplete. The feature of the year’s tabulation is that it shows serious casualties prac-. ticaily were confined' to untrained players. No member of any of the first-class elevens wns killed or permanently disabled. One Yale player and one Harvard player suffered a broken leg. No player in any one of the teams of the “big nine" in the West was the victim of any hurt worse than a wrenched shoulder, a bruised head, a sprained knee or a turned ankle.

In consequence of the Injuries sustained by their players several of the minor schools linve forbidden the game of football. Two towns —Columbus Junction, Pa., and Greenfield, Ohio—hare stopped the sport ns the result of petitions circulated by parents. The list of dead this season is as follows:

Sept. 18- Gustav Beeher, I.ake Forest University: hack broken. Sept. 20—Wilson Aeroyd, I’enllyn, Pa.; brokeu neck. Sept. 28—James Boswell, Winnipeg, Man„ Itoha: dislocated neck. Bept. 20 B. Jeffry, Norwich. N. Y.; Internally Injured. Oct. 10—J. H. Hanghton, South Bend, Ind.; Internally Injured. Oct. 17—John Nelson, Bt. Paul; fractured skull. Oct. 21—Robert E. Lewln, Baltimore Medical College; heart disease. Oet. 21—John Wlthnell, St. Louts Uni-vt-rslty; Internally Injured. Oct. 23—Walter Edmunds, New Castle, Pu.; Internally Injured. Oct. 23 W. F. Connolly, Elmira, N. Y.; ruptured Intestines. Oet. 23—Daniel Meany, Boston; ruptured artery. Oct. 24--Edward Cox, Newark, N, J. ; Internally Injured. Oct. 28 —Thomas McCauley, Brooklyn; concussion of the brain.

Nov. B—Raymondß—Raymond McVeigh, Brooklyn; concussion of the brnin. Nov. 7 Frank Shauklin, Indiana; Internally Injured. Nov. 7—ll. Gustavel, Akron, O.; Internally injured. Nov. 13— Charles Hope, Corning, N. Y.; fractured spine. Nov. 27 —Harvey Chase, Kirkwood, Mo.; died of blood poisoning following operation on Injured arm. The Injuries, minor injuries they are called only in football, run up into the hundreds. Scarcely a team in the country is without its list of broken bones and dislocations. The list of nineteen dead docs not include a large percentage of the team from Purdue University, who were killed in a wreck on their way to play a game.

SHOOLS AND COLLEGES

More young men and women nre receiving a college education this year than ever before in this country. Sure indication of tliis educational fact is gained from enrollment reports received by the Chicago Record-Herald from sixty-five prominent institutions of learning. Last year’s phenomenal attendance of 80,000 nt these schools is now increased to more than 83,000. The growth reported does not confine itself to any section of the United States or to any specific lines of work. The University of California shows a substantial addition to its roll of students, the University of Maine does likewise, and in the South and middle West the deans and registrars report a similar increase. Higher requirements for admission have not acted as a restraining influence save in the case of Brown University and a few other isolated instances. Itemized estimates of the attendance show that most of the 3,000 new students are actual freshmen and not post-graduate pupils. The professional schools attached to the universities have thefr share of the increase, but it is in the undergraduate, academical departments that the classes evidence the greatest expansion. Schools of music seem next in the favor of seekers after culture.

It is probably not generally known that the United States spends annually on elementary education about $227,000,000 —the exaet figure* for 1900 —1901 were, according to the report of the United States Commissioner of Education, $220,043,236. Europe spent during the same period approximately $246,000,000. The enrollment in the elementary schools of Europe is, however, In the neighborhood of 45,000,000, while in the United States it is not much more than 16,000,000 —although it Is estimated that there were, In 1901, almost 22,000,000 children of school-going age in the United States. The yearly expenditure per pupil hi the United States averages $22. Some profit may be gained from a comparison of the amounts spent yearly by representative American cities for the maintenance and operation of their public school*. New York spent in a alngle year $19,731,029; Chicago follows with an outlay of $8,203,493; Philadelphia's expenditure was $3,319,604; Boston’s, $3,043,640; Baltimore's, $1,417,392; Cleveland’s, $1,257,845; and Washington’s $1,182,916. New Orleans is at the end of the list, with an expense of only $478,025. St. Louis, by the way, pays more for ita police department than for Its schools; $1,602,182 for the former, against $1,526,140 for the latter—a ratio of one dollar for the police to ninety-five cents for the schools.

He Nominated Bryan.

Ifal T. Lewis, former Supreme Court justice of Georgia, died Thursday at Greensboro, Ga„ at the age of 52. Lewis ■prang into national fame in 1886 by making a speech at the Chicago Democratic convention, nominating W. J. Bryan for the presidency.

Champion Coruhnsker.

Another world’s record has been broken by lowa. Charles Rennack of Shenandoah performed the almost incredible feat of husking 201 bushels and 16 pounds of corn in ten hours, thereby winning a bet of (175. Theron 8. Brown, for some yean cashier of the Life Insnnnce Company of Virginia, whose headquarter* are in Richmond, is missing. Hia books are undergoing Investigation and the officers of the company admit a shortage of several thousand dollars.

EVENTS OF THE YEAR.

IMS LEAVEB DARK RECORD IN MANY REBPECTB, Deeds of Rapine and Vlolenoo ant FarReaching Natural Disasters OverShadow Ita Showing of tho Fruits of Industry and Ponca. The year 1903 haa been marked by massacre, murder, disaster and violence that are in sharp- a intrust with the underlying spirit of progress that is steadily making for friendliness and bettor mutual understanding between individuals and nations. Religious intolerance, political intrigue, class hatred and convulsions of nhture are the causes upon which the dread responsibility rests. In May occurred the great massacre of Jews In Kishinev, Russia. A month later King Alexander and Queen Draga of Servla were murdered in their palace in Belgrade by their own soldiery .and officers. Strikes and other labor disputes hkve been responsible for a good deal of Violence and several deaths in tha United States; and natural phenomena, under which classification are numbered the disastrous floods and storms of last spring and early summer In Kansas, Nebraska, lowa, Missouri and other parts of this nation, hurricanes in the South Sea Islands and an earthquake in Asiatic Turkey, have caused the loss of thousands of lives and much valuable property. The unfaltering course of commercial achievement has been evidenced by the opening of two new cables beneath the Pacific ocean, successful practical tests of wireless telegraphy, and the establishment of a Department of Commerce in connection with the government in Washington. The year’s roll of deaths Includes ecclesiastic authorities like Pope Leo and Canon F. M. Farrar, statesmen like Lord Salisbury of England and ex-Pre-mier Sagasta of Spain, thinkers like Herbert Spencer and Prof. Theodor Mommsen, public men like former Postmaster General W. S. Bissell, religious workers like Mrs. Emma Booth Tucker, and Inventors like R. J. Gatling.

The events of the year 1903 are briefly summarized below. JnnuarT. I. Opening of Pacific cable between San Francisco and Honolulu Asiatic plague St Mnzatlnu, Mexico. . B. Death of ex-Premler Sagasta of Spain In Madrid. . 6. Death of J* I. Case, of Racine, Wls. 11. Death of Gen. Samuel Thomas, prominent railroad man. 14. Congress votes tariff off coal. 17. German gunboat attacks Fort Carlos, and Is repulsed by Venezuelans. 18. Death of ex-Mayor A. S. Hewitt of New York. 19. President Roosevelt and King Edward VII. exchange greetings by wireless telegraphy Forty-four Chicago coal'teen Indicted by Grand Jury. 20. Death of Julian Ralph, war correspondent. . 21. Germans recommence bombardment of San Carlos. .. . . 22. Canal treaty with Colombia signed. 24. Treaty for arbitration of Alaskan boundary dispute signed in Washington..... Senator Teller re-elected in Colorado after hard fight W. R. Day appointed to United States Supreme bench. 27. Fifty perish In burning of Colney Hatch Insane aßylura In England... ...24 killed and many Injured by collision on New Jersey Central railway near Cranford. 28. Train wreck at Vailo, Ariz., kills and burns 20 persons, Injuring many others. 29. Army of Sultan of Morocco routs that of Pretender lu battle near Fes.

February. 8. Earthquake shakes felt between St. Louis, Mo., and Louisville, Ky...... More tban 1,000 lives destroyed by hurricane In Bouth Sen Islands. 9. William Hooper Young pleads guilty to murder lu New York and gets life sen**ll* One million five hundred thousand dollar fire at Kook Island, 111., arseual. 13. Allied powers sign protocols for raising of Venezuelan blockade. 15. Venezuelan blockade raised. 15-18. Extreme cold and storm over United States. . , 17. Eighteen lives lost by sinking of river steamer near Edeuton, N. C. 19. Eight children killed by train In New**2o. Many Injured In Are that destroys Clifton House at Cedar Rapids, 10wa...... Pope'a silver Jubilee. 25. Four miners killed and many Injured In battle with United States officers at Btamitford City, W. Va. . 20. I’lke Opera House In Cincinnati burns with half a square of other buildings; loss $2,000,000 .Albert Knapp, of Hamilton, 0., confesses five murders..... .Death of R. J. Gatling lu New York.

March. 2. President Roosevelt Issues message calling Senate in special session March 5.. ....Two Senators elected lu Delaware, after long tight. 3. Pope Leo celebrates 25th anniversary of his pontificate. / 6. Special session of Senate meefs. 7. Nineteenth lives lost by capsizing of ferry boat nt Spier Falls on Hudson River. 8. Six burn to death lu hotel at Lelten, W. Va Death of Hawaiian Commissioner Blount at Macou, Ga. 9. Twenty-two lives lost by oil fire and Explosions at Olean, N. Y. 11. Cuban reciprocity convention ratified by Senate lu Havana. 12. Czar proclaims religious freedom through empire. 16. Tax riots at Cotabn, Portugal. 17. Strike Arbitration Committee files report Senate ratifies Panama canal treaty. 1020. Floods along Ohio and Mississippi rivers. 19. Senate ratifies Cuban reciprocity treaty and extra session lr adjourned sine die. 21. Finding of Coal Arbitration Committee made public. 22. Death of Very Rev. F. W. Farrar in London. " 23. Six miners killed by explosloa at Athens. 111. 25. Irish land bill Introduced lu Parliament. 27. Death of N. K. Falrbauk. 28. Reciprocity treaty with United States ratified by Cuban Senate. 29. Death of Gustarus F. Swift, Chicago packer. 81. “Young Corbett” defeats Terry McGovern at San Francisco. April.

I. President starts on long Western trip. 8. Republicans gain In elections In Ohio cities Republican* carry Michigan election. 11. General, strike In Holland declared off. 30. Erie train wrecked at Red House, N. Y., and six persons burn to death. gl. Eight hundred thousand dollar Are In La Crosse, Wla. 23. Riot In Illinois House of Representatives .Russia demauds Manchuria of China. 20. Negro lynched for assault near Santa Fe, 111 1600,000 fire lu Columbus, 0.... ~11 killed In railway wreck uear Buffalo, Kansas. 28. Forest fires In Northern Wisconsin ind Michigan Burning of Melbourne, lowa. 20. Dedication of St. Louis Exposition Death of Stuart Robeon 2,000 lives lost In earthquake at Melasgherd, Asiatic Turkey. May. L Death of Luigi Ardltl. S. Eight persons killed and 40 hart by Grand Tran i bain at Detroit,

& Steamer Saginaw sank off Ytrgtnin coast; over SO lives lost 13 persons drowned In wreck of Olouceoter finking boat Glorious on Nova Scotia coast 8. A. W. Machen, superintendent fre# do-' livery, ousted by Postmaster General Psjrns. A Discovery of plot to blow sp stoamsr Umbria In New York harbor. in. Great fire In Ottawa, Out. li Death of Poet K. H. Stoddard. 18. Great massacre of Jews in Kishinev, Busila. 23. Falling elevator In Plttsbnrg kills five persons and Injures 12. 23. Death of Max O'Rell (M. Panl Blouet) Eight persons killed and alx Injured la Parls-Madrld automobile race Severe storms in Kansas, lowa and Oklahoma. 23. Nineteen persons killed and as many more Injured by tornadoes near Hastings, Neb. 28. New York City celebrates 250th anniversary of Incorporation British steamer Huddersfield sunk in collision and 22 lives lost. 27. Eight trainmen killed in wreck near Bryan, Ala. 28. Feudists attack jail at Jackson, Ky., and are repulsed..... .Presbyterian general assembly votes for revision of confession of faith. 81. Great floods devastate Kansas, Nebraska and lowa Big fire In Racine, Wls. Jane. I. Cyclone near Gainesville, Ga., kills 83 persons. 4. Bants Fe train wrecked near Stillwell, Kansas; nine persons killed and 28 Injured. 6. Heavy flood losses near Spurtausburg, 8. C Negro hanged by mob at Belleville, 111. 7. One hundred lives lost In collision of vessels off Marseilles, France Flood at Its height at Bt. Louis. 9. Marriage of Gov. W. J. Bailey of Kansas and Mrs. Ida B. Weede In Kansas City. 11. King Alexander, Queen Draga, two brothers or the .queen, Premier and two Cabinet members assassinated at Belgrade, Servla. Prince Peter Karageorgevltch pn> claimed king. 12. Death of Gea. Alex McCook.

15. Prince Peter Karageorgevltch chosen king of Servla Waterspout destroys Heppner, Oregon. 20. American Derby at Chicago won by The Picket. 21. End of Lowell (Mass.) textile strike Death of Major James B. Pond. 22. Negro burned at stake near Wilmington, Del. 25. Peter Karageorgevltch takes oath as king of Servla. 27. Million dollar fire In Milwaukee. ,80. Two hundred and thirty-four men lose lives by explosion In mine at Hanna, Wyo. July. L New Department of Commerce started in Washington. 4. American Pacific cable from San Francisco to Philippines completed. 3. Fifty to 100 persons lose lives by breaking of dam near Jeannette, Pa Race riots at Evansville, lud Hammond packing plant at St. Joseph, Mo., burns, causing loss of $1,500,000. 6. Seven killed In race riot at Evansville, Ind. 7. Twenty-four killed lu railway collision near Charlottesville, Va. 15. Death of Mrs. James G. Blaine. 18. Son born to Grover Cleveland and wife. 20. Death of Pope Leo XIII. 21-26. Great financial storm In Wall street. 22. Death of Gen. Cassius M. Clay. 25. Entombment of Pope Leo. 26. Negro lynched and burned and public buildings defaced by mob at Danville, 111. • 29. Twenty-five persons killed and 30 Injured by powder explosions at Lowell, Mass.

August. A Cardinal Sarto chosen Pope. 7. Circus trains wrecked at Durand, Mich.; 21 persons killed. 8. Fall of balcony at Philadelphia baseball park causes nine deaths. 9. Crowning of Pope Pius X. 10. Fire and panic on Paris underground railroad causes 100 deaths. 14. Jeffries whips Corbett in San Francisco. 15. Russia sends fleet into Turkish waters. 20. Turkey accedes to demands of Bussin 22. Death of Lord Salisbury, former premier of England. 23. Death of Chns. C. Rooney of Chicago, originator of World’s Fair Congress. 24. Lou Dillon trots mile In 2 minutes at Readvlllc, Mass 60 persons burned to death at Budapest. 24-27. War game off Maine coast and Portland harbor. 26. United States Vice Consul Magelsaen assassinated at Beirut, Syria. 27. Heavy rain storm sweeps Western States. September, A Reliance wins International enp race from Shamrock 111. 7. Town of San Miguel, Yucatan, destroyed by hurricane. 14. Rain, snow and frost Injures crops In Northwestern States. 18. Severe storm on Atlantic coast. 17. Joseph Chamberlain and two others resign from British Cabinet. 19. Four more members of British Cabinet resign. 22. Curtis Jett convicted of Cockrell murder at Cynthlana, Kentucky. 23. Death of ex-Senator Chas. B. Farwell of Chicago. 28. Big riot In Sault Ste. Marie, Canada. 30. Death of Sir Michael Herbert, British Ambassador to Washington.

October. A Tornado sweeps Northwestern States. Village of St. Charles, Minn., razed. Twelve lives lost by sinking of steamer In Green Bay. 5. Peter Elliott, armed anarchist, tries to force his way Into President's room In White House .New British ministry announced. 6. Death of former Postmaster General Wilson S. Blssell. 9. Heavy rainstorm causes losses of lives and property In New York City, New Jersey and vicinity. 11. Marriage of United States Senator Thos. C. Platt of New York. 13. Death of Archbishop K&ln of St. Louis. 16. Mllllon-dollnr fire In Aberdeen, Wash. 17. Decision of Alaskan tribunal announced. 26. United States Senator Wm. M. Stewart of Nevada marries at Atlanta, Ga. 28. Mrs. Emma Booth-Tucker killed In train wreck at Dean Lake, Mo. 31. Members of Purdue College football team killed In train wreck at Indianapolis. ......25 persons bum to death In New York tenement fire. November. L Death of Prof. Theodor Mommsen Fire In Vatican lu Rome destroys priceless literary treasures New Irish land law goes Into effect. A Elections In several States. A Revolution In Panama; new Republic proclaimed. 5. Colombian troops evacnlate Celon. A United States extends recognition to new Republic of Panama. 9. Fifty-eighth Congress meets in extra session.

12. Big strike on lines of Chicago City Railway Co. beglus and rioting occurs. 18. Treaty with Panama signed. 19. Cuban reciprocity treaty passed by House of Representatives 31 men killed in wreck on Big Four near Tremont, 111. ......Death of Novelist Uenry Beton Merriman. 21. Thirty men cremated In Are at Lilly, Pa. Mine explosion at Connellsvllle, Pa., destroys 12 lives. 24. Gustave Marx, in CMengo, confesses car barn robbery and several murders by "Automatic Trio." 25. End of Chicago street-car strike. 27. Bandits Nledemeler. Van Dine and Boeskl captured after fierce battles in Lake County, Indiana Grover Cleveland announces he Is not a candidate for Democratic nomination for Presidency.

December. 1. Receiver appointed for John Alexander Dowle’a Zion City and Industries. 2. Canal treaty signed at Panama. * 7 Congress meets In regular seaaion American Consul assaulted at Alsxandretta, 8. Death of Herbert Spencer. IS. Frigid wave covers Middle West; thermometer registers 13 below aero In CUI- - Bsnats passes Cuban reciprocity bIL

CONGRESS

By the decisive vote of 57 to 18, the Senate on Wednesday passed the bill carrying Into effect the reciprocity treaty made with Cuba. The principal speeches were made by Mr. Spooner for the bill, and by Mr. Bailey against it. The Senate agreed to the House resolution providing for a holiday recess from Dec. 19 to Jan. 4. Senator Cnnnack introduced a resolution instructing the Senate Committee on Postofflces and Post Roads to direct the Postmaster General to send to the committee all papers connected with the recent investigation in his department, and directing the committee to make further inquiry into the administration and expenditures of the Postoffice Department. Senator Nelson introduced a bill to grant to the State of Minnesota for forestry purposes any tracts of vacant public lands not reserved or withdrawn which shall be certified as fourth-rate in soil and too hilly or rocky for cultivation. Central American affairs were discussed in the House and also pensions, industrial and agricultural conditions and labor. Tlte session lasted more than four hours, the House being in committee of the whole almost the entire time on the pension appropriation bill, on which no conclusion was reached. A bill was introduced by Representative Payne, of New York, amending the act to simplify the laws in relation to the collection of revenues.-

The Senate Thursday was the scene of a spirited debate on the istb*iian ( caual question. Senators Hoar and Gorman criticised the President’s action in recognizing the independence of the republic of Panama, while Senator Foraker defended the executive’s action. Mr. McComas (Md.) reported a hill from the committee on privileges providing for the protection of foreign exhibitors of artistic, musical and literary works at the St Louis world’s fair. The bill was passed. A bill authorizing the purchase of 2,000 acres of land near Columbus, Ohio, upon which to erect a military post, was passed. The bill appropriates SIBO,000. The House passed without division the pension appropriation bill carrying $138,150,100. There was a general discussion on Panama, rural free delivery, tariff and pension*, speeches being made by Messrs. Scott (Rep., Kan.), Miers (Dem., Ind.), Sims (Dem., Tenn.) and Burgess (Dem., Texas). Representative Lacey of lowa introduced a bill for the protection of wild animals, birds and fish in the forest reserves of the United States. When the House convened the Speaker signed the bill carrying into effect the Cuban reciprocity treaty, using a gold pen provided by the Cuban minister.

The relationship of the United States to the new republic of Panama continued to be the leading theme in the Senate Friday, bat the discussion was confined to one Senator and was not so exciting as Thursday. Mr. Daniel, of Virginia, was the speaker, and lie advocated the acceptance of Mr. Hoar’s resolution calling on the President for more information relative to the November revolution in Panama. Mr. Fulton made a speech in support of the bill to give aid to the proposed Lewis and Clark exposition at Portland, Ore., in 1905. The Chinese treaty was ratified. Senator Hoar offered a resolution instructing the Committee on Printing to ascertain whether it is not possible to have the Congressional Record printed in better type than at present, which was agreed to. Senator Penrose introduced a concurrent resolution requesting the President to use the good offices of the United Stntes to induce the signatory powers of the Berlin congress of 1878 to convene to see that the provisions of the treaty which guaranteed protection and reforms to the Christian population of the Ottoman empire may be faithfully carried out. Senator Morgan Introduced a bill to fix the compensation of the members of the Isthmian canal commission. It is almost identical with that under which the present commission is now serving. The Honse by a vote of 109 to 100 authorized the Committee on Expenditures in the Postofflce Department to request the Postmaster General to furnish that committee the papers in connection with the recent postofflce investigation.* Mr. Cooper (Wis.) introduced a concurrent resolution providing for the free transportation of 600 teachers of the public schools of-Porto Rico to the United States and return, to allow attendance on the summer schools in this country. He also introduced a memorial of the house of delegates of that island, praying that the Constitution of the United States be extended to Porto Rico. Also a memorial from the same body praying for a territorial form of government. Mr. Morrell (Pa.) introduced a bill granting a rebate of 15 per eent'of tariff duties on goods brought to and from the Philippine Islands in American ships. Mr. Shafroth' (Colo.) introduced a' constitutional amendment providing that the right to vote shall not be denied on account of sex. Mr. Hay (Vt.) introduced a resolution providing that the Speaker appoint a committee of five to make an Investigation of alleged postal frauds.

Notes of National Capital".

Secretary Shaw transacted to the House a request for $15,000 additional for the Department of Justice for “enforcement of the anti-trust laws.” Representative W. A. Smith of Michigan introduced a bill making McKinley’s birthday, Jan. 29, a national holiday, to be known as “McKinley day.” Representative Hepbnrn reintroduced the pure food bill, embodying the resolutions of the national pare food congress. No important changes were made in the bUI.

The Interior Department has suspended Thomas McNutt, a special agent of the general land office, as a result of the investigation of public land frauds in Oregon. McNutt was appointed about a year ago from Indiana. The naval board which was appointed to investigate the fatal explosion at the naval magacine on lona Island has completed its work. The board was unable to ascertain, the exact cause of the explosion, but haa submitted a number of suggested changes in the regulations, particularly aa to the unloading of ahalia charged with black powder.

COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL

TT 72 J R. G. Dun & Co.’a N6I York. Weekly Review of Trade - says; Business is decidedly better than at any recent dute, and the improvement ia not coufined to activity in holiday goods, although the best reports concern those lines. Continued 1 lower temperature not only stimulates sales, hut jobbers are receiving supplementary orders for seasonable goods, and collections are more prompt. Building permits issued during November exceeded the same mouth last year, railway tonnage is heavy and several manufacturing branches are starting idle machinery. On the other hand, there is no improvement of the situation in the cotton industry, and fuel products are restricting output. Confidence is increasing in the iron nnd steel industry, aud the feeling is becoming more general that prices will not be materially lower, except possibly in some departments that have not yet participated in the readjustment. It is encourngiug to find some improvement in the demand for pig iron, although no extensive tonnage is expected to be taken until 1904. The ste^ markets have been uncertain during the week, owing to the numerous meetings for the settlement of price lists and wage scales. At last it is possible to chronicle a substantial advance in quotations for cotton goods. New England shoe shops have many orders for delivery next month.

" _ "j Favprahle features of cnicaoo. il' e we<? k’s activities are a the growing ease in money, fewer commercial defaults, and heavy: consumption of merchandise. Weather flpnditious have been unusually conducive to large dealings in the necessities and holiday wares. Gains are recorded in the luxuries and high-priced goods, and the buying was liberal in wearing apparel, household requirements and the best grades of furniture. I’rices average high, bi;t buyers take hold freely. Taken as a whole, retail trade has advanced with excellent results., Dealings at wholesale- are larger than have been expected in several branches, aud reassortment orders have shown well in heavy dry goods, clothing and shoes. Selections for spring delivery are now appearing satisfactorily, and the outlook shows improvement, although interior merchants in some ijespects are conservative in their views. Grain shipments aggregated 1,551,130 bushels, and are 22 per cent less than corresponding week of 1902. Demand has shown sharp contraction in most of ■the cereals, but prices compared with a week ago show only slight changes. Corn declined one quarter of a cent, aud advances are in oats three-eighths of n cent and wheat one-quarter of a cent. Live stock receipts, 380,104 head, are 4 per cent under a year ago. Internaflocal’s Repart. Special telegrams from correspondents of the International Mercantile Agency concerning the state of trade throughout the United States are summarized as follows: Interest and dividend disbursements at Philadelphia Jan. 1 will aggregate $9,000,000, at Pittsburg $0,000,000, and at St. Louis $4,000,000. At the “Quaker City” the wool industry fell behind 25 per cent this year owing to previous forced production and strikes, but the outlook for 1904 is good. General trade prospects at Pittsburg for next year are for gains. Chicago reports a fair outlook for next year, St. Louis an encouraging one, and St. Paul one as good as this year. Nearly all leading western railways are suffering from lack of motive power to move freight offered—the first instance of the kind this year. Inquiries for 50,000 tons of rails and structural steel at Chicago constitute one of the features of the industrial week.

THE MARKETS

Chieagp —Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $5.10; hogs, shipping grades, $4.00 to $4.60; sheep, fair to choice, $2.25 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 84c to 87c; com, No. 2,41 cto 42c; oats, standard, 83c to 35c; rye, No. 2,51 cto 52c; hay, timothy, $8.50 to $12.00; prairie, $6.00 to $11.00; butter, choice creamery, 21c to 23c; eggs, fresh, 25c to 29c; potatoes, 61c to 64c. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.25; hogs, choice light, $4.00 to $4.45; sheep, common to prime, $2.50 to $3.35; wheat, No. 2,85 cto 86c; <?om, No. 2 white, 40c to <4lc; oats, No. 2 white, 37c to 38c. St. Louis—Cattle, $4.50 to $5.50; hogs, $4.00 to $4.50; sheep, $3.00 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2,00 cto 91c; com. No. 2, 43c to 44c; oats, No. 2,37 cto 38c; rye, No. 2,47 cto 48c. »■.

Cincinnati —Cattle. $4.00 to $4.50; hogs, $4.00 to $4.75; sheep, $2.00 to $3.35; wheat, No. 2,80 cto 90c; com, No. 2 mixed, 45c to 46c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 38c to 39c; rye, No. 2,59 cto 01c. Detroit—Cattle, $3.50 to $4.50; hogs, $4.00 to $4.40; sheep, $2.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2,91 cto 92c; com, No. 3 yellow, new, 43c to 45c; oats, No. 3 white, 37c to 38c; rye, No. 2,59 cto 60c. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 northern, 80c to 82c; com, No. 3,46 cto 47c; oats, No. 2 white, 36c to 37c; rye, No. 1,55 c to 57c; barley, No. 2, G3c to 64c; pork, mesa, $11.25. Toledo —Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 87e to 89e; com, No. 2 mixed, 43c to 45c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 36c to 37c; rye. No. 2,06 c to 58c; clover seed, prime, $7.02. Buffalo—Cattle, choice shipping steers, S4JSO to $5.00; hogs, fair to prime, $4.00 to $4.45; sheep, fair to choice, $3.25 to $4.00; lambs, common to choice, $4.00 to $6.00. New York—Cattle, $3.50 to $5.15; hogs, $4.00 to $4.50; sheep, $3.00 to $8.80; wheat, No. 2 red, 91c to 93c; earn. No. 2,52 cto 53c; oats. No. 2 whits, 40c to 42c; butter, creamery, 20c to 28c; •ggs, western, 28c to 36c.