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Republican Progress. BLOOM1NCTON, IND W. A. OABF, - Editor and PnMtuhpr.

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NEWS IN BRIEF GUSTS

BLOWN IN FROM ALL PARTS OF THE EARTH.

Important ccord of the Week As ToM ox Ithc To I e t ph Ia tes t ! Foreign Shores Crimes. Casaltiea. Flrea, Bc Tke Interminable FoiaooCaae Kew York special: New names are beiag dragged into the poisoning case daily. District Attorney Gardiner will investigate the death ot Walter 8. Idwin, who died in October, 1S79, after a gay cruise on Albert J. Morgan's yacht. Among the g nests were Henry C. B u oett, Roland Jlolineaux and Blanche Chesebroogb, now Molineaux's wife. 'Ill feeling is said to have been developed on aeeoant of the attentions some men on board paid to Miss Chesebron;b. Baldwin took ill soon after the cruise was over and died in a few days. Morgan also took ill, bat recovered. Both eases were pronoun oed typhoid fever. Baraett's body will be exhumed. Flowers for Graves. Commodore B. J. Cromwell, commander of the United States Navy Yard at Havana, following the instructions received from Charles H. Allen, Assistant Secretary of the United States Navy, eanaed a large number of flowers and potted plants to be placed on the graves of the victims of the destruction of the . United States battleship Maine. Three day after, every flower bad been removed by memento seeking visitors. Filipino Barn a Village. Manila special: The natives, fearing the Americans were about to make an attack on or bombard the town of Sin Ruqaeset fire to U. It Is still burning as this dispatch Is sent and, as it is composed in the main of bamboo hots, it will probably be totally destroyed. Telegraph operators are now worth their weight in gold and the members of the Signal Corps are working day and Bight. New York Blase. Fire which burned all Friday t morning destroyed 1600,000 worth of property, it ?ttted a whole block on Front street. New ork. Factory girls narrowly escaped. Several firthnen were injured. Fireman Blair fell from a ladder and will die from Injuries. The fire started in Walter A Weils' bagging factory. The Eastern, Hartman. and Whitehall, hotels, were burned. To Accommodate Miles. An inquiry into the charges against the character of army meats preferred by Gen. Miles will follow close upon the presentation of tbe report of the commission to investigate the conduct of the war. Three members wilt constitute the eoart. The late Eagan court-martial will be represented in the membership, bat up to this moment no designations hare teen made. Mexican War Veteran Dead. Capt- x. H. Crawford, aged 78 years, a Mexican veteran, died at his home in Louisville, Ky. His death was indirectly iaed by wonnds which he received in tbe battle of Churn bos eo. In that battle be received five wounds and they gave him much trouble all his life, lie was a student at the West Point Aeademy, and graduated in the same class with Gen. Grant. Btcamer Iioat. Nashville special: Tbe steamer P. 0. Stagga, which collided with the railroad bridge at Johnsonville, drifted four miles down the river and burned. There were sixty people on board the steamer, all of whom were saved except Second Clerk Robert Scott and six or eight roustabouts. Assistance has been sent and definite news is expected in a short time. It CostSlOO.OOO. Investigation into the conduct of the Spanish war will cost Uncle Sam 1100,000. Nine commissioners draw 120 per day each for 138 d lys; their personal expenses were (13.43); railroad fares, fS.000; secretary's salary, $2,000; clerk hire and printing, 135,000; recorder, 930; livery, 1500; incidentals. $3,000; cost of wit-

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To Select Beaton's Sacceasony Tbe Executive Committee of the National Couneil of tbe ti. A. K. will meet in Cincinnati in about three weeks to elect a successor to the late Col. Sexton, as Commander-in-chief. Senior Vice Commander W. C. Johnson of Cincinnati, and Department Commander John C. Blake of Illinois, are the leading candidates. Fire Sweeps an I wa Town. Fire in Belmond, Wright Connty, Iowa, destroyed thirteen business bouses, also a number of residences. The tank in which the city water had been stored for fires was frozen, with the thermometer 20 degrees below z to, and no water eould be secured to nut on the lUmes. The estimated lossi S2MC00. Waal tbe Insurgent Leader ' It is stated that Alger, at the President's r. quest, cabled Otis to catch AsuiaaJHo if iiossibie and hold him a prisoner antil further notice. Foar Kille.1 by Dynamite, Charles Koterts, a farmer living in a house belonging to A. C. Darrow, five m'les west of Coffey ville, Kan., placed some dynamite on the stove to thaw out. It exploded, killing Roberts, bis wife and child and a negro whose name is unknown. A. C. Darrow inJ a negro were badly injured. The bouse was wrecked. Cortes Summoned.

Madrid special: The Queen Regent has signed the decrees convoking the Cortes, on February 20, and re-establish-

ins the constitutional guarantees. Indian Uprising- m Bolivia. Advices from Bolivia confirm the report of the retreat of President Aionzo and his

army to Oruro, a town of Bolivia 100

miles southwest of Sucre. The Indians, It is added, arc rising everywhere and are murdering and plundering. There are also rumors of complications between Bolivia and Chili. Winnipeg Hotel Destroyed, The Manitoba Hotel, at Winnipeg,

Man.,, the largest hotel building in the

Canadian west, wnB destroyed by fire, be

ins a total loss. The building was erected

at a coat of f 300,000. It was crowded with guests owing to the bonspcil then in

progress. Electricity for Manhattan Elevated,

Electricity is to be installed as the mo

tive power for the Manhattan Elevated

Railway at New York, and $18,000,000 of additional stock will be issued to meet the expense. It is expected that the change will save Sl.OOO.OCO a year in operating

expenses. Brick House Blown to Atoms.

A terrible gas explosion occurred in Etna, Pa., completely demolishing the brick residence of Joseph Ackerman, it being blown to atoms. One woman was killed and four persons injured. The explosion was caused by a gas leak in the cellar.

M1MT1T1ATY

Opposing Senators Won Over on News from Manila.

HORDES OF FILIPINOS SLAIN.

PEACE WITH SPANISH

Ballot In Executive Session Results: Vets 57; Nays 27.

Senators Jones, McI.Hurin and McXnerjr at the Final Test Range Themselves for Katiflcation One Vote to Spare Great Crowds Aronnd Senate Awaited Result of the Ballot President Stays TTp at Night Awaiting Manila Dispatches.

The Paris peace pact, ending the war with Spain, was ratified by the United States Senate Monday. The administration forces had but one vote more than the necessary two-thirds majority. The vote was 57 for ratification anil 27 against. Senators Jones, McLanrin and McEriery, counted upon by tbe opposition, voted for ratification. Following is the analysis of the rote: Republicans in favor 42 Democrats In favor 10 People's party In favor 5

Total Republicans against Democrats against People's party against...

..57 .. 5 . .1 .. 1

Total 27 Although known in advance that the vote on the treaty would be in executive session and that visitors could not even loiter in the corridors, great crowds went to the Senate and awaited the result.

Most Conservative Estimates Show losses Terribly Heavy. As a result of the riglitini; at Manila Saturday niiiht nnd Sunday afternoon, it is conservatively estimated that tbe Filipinos lost nearly 5,000, of which 2,000 were slain. They were slaughtered by the American fire, which was both deadly ami accurate. In the engagement there were involved 33,000 men, of which number 13,000 were Americans nud 10.000 natives. AlfhoiiKh the loss to the Filipinos was heavy, then' was sustained by the Amerienn forces a loss of fifty killed in (1 at leasl 150 wounded. Of the latter there arc many whose injuries are nut of a serious nature. Most of the American loss was suffered liy tin- Fourteenth infantry, which was pushi.u.' the at lucking insurgent)) hack, ami in consequence was close to the enemy. The Filipinos resorted 1o bushwhacking methods throughout. rishtinK from behind huts, shrubbery and ledges. Hr. Youus, formerly quartermaster in the Third nrtillery, was wounded, captured and brutally murdered, and his body, when recovered, was found to have been horribly mutilated. A message was sent to Maj. Wen. Otis announcinir the ratification of the peace treaty and instructing liiiu to notify the, insurgents of the fact. The receipt of official information hail a buoyant effect on the American troops ami officers, and also upon Admiral Ilewey mid his fleet. The effect of the news mi the Filipinos, however, had a correspondingly depressing effect. (Jen. Otis was also told to: follow up his victory vigorously along the lines he thought 1ms1.

FLIGHT OF AGONCILLO.

Agnlnaldo'a Representative in Washington trkips to Canada. Filipc Agoneillo, the agent of ilie rebel Agninnhlo, on the eve of the conflict at, Manila fled with his secretary from Washington to Montreal. He is under the constant watch of American secret service agents. At the first act showing him to bo a spy the Canadian Government will be asked to expel him. This meddlesome yonng Filipino, while in Washington, several times laid himself liable to arrest, but n cabinet ollicer ex-

AGUINALDO (SOLIQ.) "I'm Up Against the Real Thing Now."

standing outside in the rotundas and speculating on the outcome. In the crowd were diplomats and high officers of the government and men of every station. Tbe interest was not confined to the enpitol alone. At the White House interest and anxiety were shown and the President called in conference some of his most trusted friends. It was apparent to any visitor at the capitol that the day marked an epoch of history making unprecedented in the Senate. Lights burned all night in the War De

partment and twinkled from the windows of tbe Navy Department, where on the

May morning the first word came from Dewey of the destruction of the Spanish fleet. There was little or no sleep at the

White House apparently, for the clerks

and telegraph operators were at their

posts all night. Messages were carried to and from the President and the chief executive once more felt the anxiety and strain of war times.

Mr. McKmley did not retire nntil word

came from Gen. Otis in response to urgent

cablegrams, telling that quiet had been restored and the American troops controlled the situation at Manila.

Before the Senate convened the leaders

on both sides of the peace treaty mani

fested great anxiety and all seemed to lie very much in doubt as to the final result, the ratification or rejection seeming to depend upon several doubtftit votes. It was

found, however, that Aguinnldo's attack

on the United States troops at Manila had strengthened the sentiment in favor of a

prompt ratification of the treaty, nud the peace compact with Spain was rushed through the Senate by a small majority. Friends of the administration urged that immediate ratification was necessary

in order to enable the government to deal with the insurgents with a firm hand, as well as for the moral effect it would have

on other countries, and this view was

generally accepted.

The advocates of the treaty hnve ar

gued from the start that our relations toward the islands could not be clearly and legally defined nntil the Paris convention was approved by two-thirds of the Senate.

They further insisted that pending the

ratification of the treaty the administra

tion was powerless to make any overtures looking to the pacification of Agui-

naldo and his followers. They predicted thnt the attitude of the opposition would

encourage the insurgents to attacV. the city of Manila and this prediction has

been fulfilled.

plained thnt he had not been molested for two reasons. These were that the President considered him too insignificant, and it was deemed unwise to do anything that

would seem like interference with the deliberations of the Senate on the pence treaty.

Since arriving in Montreal Agoneillo

has said: "If the Americans seek to subjugate the Filipinos it will mean an everlasting war. We foughr. the Spaniards

for hundreds of years for our indepen

dence: we will still light for it to the last man."

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Gen. Marcus P. Miller, in command of the Iloilo expedition, has been in the army since 185S. Joshua M. Sears is the biggest individual taxpayer of Boston ami aur .nnlly puts $57,003 into the municipal treasury. There have been few men who really climlied the Mnttcrborn, and among them is but one American Col. Roosevelt. The youngest enptain in the army during tbe Spanish war was J. D. G. Oglesly, aged 18, who commanded Troop K, First Illinois cavalry. Mrs, S. J. Atwood, who runs a Inbor bureau in Denver, has hired over 40,000 men in the Inst thirteen years for work on Western railroads. Senator Vest's recent illness left him thirty pounds lighter, but though nearly 70 years old, he is still as vigorous as before he was taken sick. Addison C. Harris, the new minister to Austria, is said to be one of the best classical scholars ever graduated from the Northwestern University. Maj. Gen. Ludlow, military and civil governor of Hnvnna, has for years beer, considered as one of the best authoritiei on municipal sanitation and engineering iu this country. When the President of the United States sits at a dinner table, even as the host and there are ladies present, he is always served first, as with nil other rulers. It is"an old custom observed in all countries.

SENATORS WHO MADE TREATY RATIFICATION POSSIBLE.

senator m'esxbv. sicnatok jo.shs. sen a ron m'i ai.iun.

Kiot Over Dreyfus. At Marseilles, in a meeting of the antiIircyfus League of Patriots, a hostile demonstration on the part, of some Dreyfusites led to serious fighting in the streets, during which revolvers we:-c fired. The police repressed the disturban ces, but a number of people were injured. Many arrests were made.

Married by Telephone. Albert B'rnnz was married at Ehnira, N. Y to Miss Nellie Maxwell at Williamsport, Pa., seventy miles away. The ceremony was conducted by telephone,

Senator Gear of Iowa is amusing his

friends In- an odd habit of always carry

ing his hat with him, even when moving

only about the Senate chamber.

Col. George H. M. Hnwley, who is. at

the head of a syndicate reported to have bought the II iviinn street railway for $1,472,000, began life as a newspaper mini.

Jacob Heard, 01 years old, walked from

('ni.imbia Cny to Princeton, I ml., it dis tance of twelve miles, to visit his grand

daughter, Mrs. Hurry Fletcher. He is hale and hearty and walks from three to eight miles every day wbeu the weather

is not too stormy.

BATTLE AT MANILA

Filipino Rebels Attack Americans and Are Routed.

MORE RL00J) IS SHED.

Oiis' Losses Are Estimated at 175 Men in Dead and Wounded.

Conflict I.iiHtH Twenty-four IIors,

with Little CcMsntion Volunteers and KcBUlars Were Prepared for the Niiiht Attack, nnd Vulrlv Slaughtered the Hordes of Natives Whp, Well Armed Koueht with CourageDewey's Ships Throw Shells.

The long expected rupture between the Americans .iiul the Filipinos at Munila

has come at Inst. The clash came at S:40

o'clock Saturday evening, when three dar

ing Filipinos darted past the Nebraska regiment's pickets at Santa Mesa, but retired when challenged. They repeated

AGU1NAI.DO.

the experiment without drawing the sentries' fire. But the third time Corporal Greely challenged the Filipinos nud then fired, killing oilc of them and wounding

another. Almost immediately afterward

the Filipinos' line, from Calvocon to San

ta Mesa, commenced a fusillade, which was ineffectual. The Nebraska, Montana

and North Dakota outposts replied vigorously anl held their ground until reenf orcemer ts arrived. The Filipinos in

the meanjine concentrated at three

points, Cnlvocan, Gngnlangin and Santa

Mesa.

At about 1 o'clock the Filipinos opened

pronunciamenl'rs and in interviews he has claimed that the Americans have bo other than commercial rights, which he would agre? to whin the time came, to the islands or any part of them; that the insurgents practically had the Spaniards whipped long before Iiowoy sailed into the harbor on May 1 last and that his countrymen only owed th? Americans a debt of thanks for having accelerated the ending of Ihe conflict. notl.iiiK more, lie has protested against the acquisition of the islands dircclly to this Government at Washington ami by re resent at ives In the conference at Paris during the discussion of the pence lerms with Spain. Despite all declarations by tbe American authorities at Manila thai their intentions t" ward the unlives wt-i f .he most friendly character, the insurgent leaders apparently concentrated Ihe b'-st pan of their army on the island i ': Luzon, and rumor has had il Hint the Filipino force has gradually been closing in on the capital city, Manila. The native army surrounding Manila has been estimated at lO.ooo men all ''oil armd and the crenni of ihe soldiers under Agiiinahlo. These men, as a rule. re up iu modern military tactics. A large part of fife rifles with which thev are aim cd were furnished by representatives ot' Ihe Ciiitel States when the original v-un-paign agaUist Manila, then under Spanish control, t't inaiigiirnied. The Aineiicaiis also gave t"ic islanders a goodly supply of aniiuunitior, little of which win ucd in the war with Spain, so it is pivsiijicd there is mi i ll of it still on hand. WILL PUSH THE WAR. President to Pursue a Vigorous Policy in ihe Philippines. A Washington corrcspojulcnt says that Ticsideht Mclrinley will pursue a vigorous policy in the Philippines, now that Agiiinaliio has t.irowu down the gauntlet. -VI: a cabinet meeting following the news of the battle it was din-ided to cable instructions to (ic'j. Otis to follow up his victory ov.r flu? Insurgents an' to crush the power of Agfiniildo in all lie Philippines. The Frevdcnt greatly ilepreciites tile actloi: of till' insurgents it a lime when he hint hopf s (hat affairs might find a peaceful solutWit. He believes, however, I hat Aguiiulido bad sntltcient warning 111 the proclamation to the Filipinos, w hich said the I 'Cited Slates would bring to aeersnt those responsible for disturbances it) the islantis, and who should fail to recoloize the authority of the United States. Otis Vrill lie sent to lake Iloilo and occupy a'l the islands possible Willi the f ircos at hand. U-enforcemei'ls will also be sent K the isVmls as speedily as possible The Oregiin, now due a1: Honolulu, will be ordered to augment Deney's force ill Manila bay. Approximately (1,000 men are on tbeir way o join Gen. Olis. in four separate expeditions, though none is expected to reach Manila for three weeks.

JAMES A. SEXTON DEAD. Noted Chic-ncriftn Succumbs tto Attack of Illness at Wnahiticton. ,'ainpK A. Sexton of Chicago, commander-in-chief of Ihe Grand Army of the Hepublic, oicd Sunday morning at Garfield hoirpitnl in Washington. i-'ol. Sexton

THE HARBOK AT MANII.t.

a hot fire from all throe places simultaneously. This was supplemented by the fire of two siege guns at Biilik-Balik and by advancing their skirmishers at Paco

and Pandacnn. The Americans respond

ed with a terrific fire, but, owing to the darkness, they were unable to determine

its effect.

The Utah light nrtillery finally succeed

ed in silencing the native battery. The

Third artillery also did good work on the

extreme left. The engagement lasted tver an hour. The United States cruiser Chariest :n nnd the gunboat Concord, stationed of)' Mnlabona, oiR-ued fire from their secondary batteries on the Filipinos' position ft Calvocau and kept it up vigorously. At 2:45 o'clock there was another fusillade along the entire line ami the United States sen-going doiiblc-turreted monitor Monadnock opened lire on tbe enemy from off Mnlale. There was inter

mittent tiring at various poiuts nil day long.

American Troops Advance. With daylight the Americans advanced.

The California and Washington rcgimeuts

made a splendid charge and drove the

Filipinos from the villages of Pace and Santa Mesa. The Nebraska regiment also j

distinguished itself, capturing several prisoners and one howitzer and u very strong position at the reservoir, which is connected with the water works. The

Kuusas and Dakota regiments compelled the enemy's right ilauk to retire to Culvocan. The losses of the Filipinos ore known to be considerable. The American losses

arc estimated at twenty men killed and

125 wounded. The Ygorates, armed with bows and arrows, made a very determin

ed staini, in the face of n hot artillery fire and left ninny men dead on the field.

Though there was no concerted uprising in Manila, several attempts were made in

the city during ihe night to assassinate

American officers. The American outposts are the ones foraierlt- occupied by the Spaniards on the

outskirts of the city, while those held by

the insurgents are about a mile away to the not 111 and east. The distance between Culvocan and Paco, the extreme points of the fighting, is six miles. Cnlvocan is the most northerly of the insurgents' outposts. This is the town bombarded by the Charleston and Concord. Halik-Balik, where the insurgents had two field pieces, lies to the east of Calvocau and nrich nearer to the American lines, being close to Pnndncan and I'nco. These (wo small towns are a very short distance from Amnio, the American outpost, and almost, directly west of Santa Mara. They are on H road running westward from Manila. The positions which the Americans held nt the be'-inniug of the fight were formerly occupied by the Filipinos. At the siege of Manila the natives drove the Spaniards from these positions and took possession of them, but finally gave them up at the request of Gen, Otis, falling back about a mile, where they established new defenses. Some of these were captured by the Americans. Gen Otis had known for some time that the Filipinos were preparing for an attack, and when it came everybody was ready The natives cut many of the telegraph wires, which for a time caused no little bother to the Americans. Most of the ill mace of this kind wss in the city or in the immediate vicinity. The American i Ulcers generally are pleased at the manner ill which (he volunteers conducted themselves. Their six or seven months' drill and seasoning has made them equal

to the best troops in Ihe world. they fought with the slime sang froid as the regulars, surprising even the, most sanguino of their oltlivrs. Foe some time the situation at Manila has necn considered critical and it has been feu nil Hint a conflict with the insurgents was at hand. Gen. Otis, under instrip Hons from the State Department at Washington, has done all possible u reconcile the natives to the American occupation and it was hoped that his efforts would prove sm-i'i'ssfiil. Acuinalili" has been menacing eve- since the Spaniards surrendered to Gen, Meiritt and Admiral Dewey. In his official

went to Washington in October to accept (i position on the army investigation coinmission. 1 luring the holidays lie -oui rnctod a severe tild. which soon developed into a seven; attack of the grip. While suffering from the latter ilisci.se complications set in. Col. Sexton had been one o? Chicago's most conspicuous public men. Born iu Chicago in 1844, he entered the army at President Lincoln's first call for troops in April, 1801, being then but little over 37 years old. Within three months he had won a sergeautcy. One year later, when only IS, he was made a lieutenant, and t!ree months later he took Ihe captniucy of Company D, Seventy second Illinois. His company was one raised by the Young Men's Christian Association. He became regimental comiiia;:uior before ito was 21 and led his regiment in the battles "f Col ii in bin. Dii-k river. Spring Hill, 'franklin and Nashville auI Hirjiighout

COt. JANE A. 6SXTUN. the Nashville campaign, although wounded both at Franklin and Nashville. In the successful assault on Spanish fort, at Mobile, Ala.. April S, lN(t"i, he had his loft leg broken below the knee by a piece of shell. II e was mustered out that year. Iu 18811 President Harrison made Col. Sexton postmaster of Chicago. He was always an enthusiastic, worker in ihe timid Army, the Union Veterans' League ami the Loyal Legion. In the Grand Army he was commander f the dapartiner.it of Illinois in the SO's and in l!S!lh was chosen coiumaiider-in-ehief. Noteo of Current Events, Henry Lniipuciuicr auctioned more than 20.000 bides of various kinds, at Sedalia. Mo. At least 400 cases of siuullpox, with uiinii'ious deaths, have occurred ul Siiloui At!;. A bill has passed the Alabama Senate establishing separate county l onirol of the liquor traffic. I'oliina. the volcano in the Mexican State of that iiaiiic, has been in a violent Kt.-ite of eruption since the recent earthqi ake. Gov, Barnes of Oklahoma lias offeriil a reward of $100 each for the 'iiiinlen-is of A. C. Fulton of Independence. Kmi., who was murdered near Kuid, Oklu Gov. Theodore Koosrvclt of New York will receive the brevet of brigadier general of volunteers for gallant anil meritorious conduct in the Santiago campaign. While Mr. and Mrs. Tlioiiins Maley. living near Cedar (.'reel. Mo. were at

church, (heir three small children, whom they locked in (he house hi home, were burned to death. Sixty seven million silver dollars new in the United States mint iu Philadelphia will, as soon as the vault iu the new mint is completed, be transferred I here and laced in compartments hearing the Gov criiini'lll seal, Judge Hughes of the Adrian County I Mo. I Circuit Court, lias decide I it was cither nol (he ind niieii of t'ougivss lo inquire a stamp on certilicati of a judicial ch a racier, or, if it wi re so intended, thti law is unconstitutional.

A. neinlde speccl' was iii.tdo in the Sen ale on Thursday by Mr. Spooner of Wis cousin, lie tool, for his text lln anli expansion ivsolnt ion offered by Mr. Vest, but did iioi confine himself closely to that proposed declaration of policy. The executive session of the Senate was merely a continuation of the egnl argument which started with Sei ntor Spooner's speech, iu the open Senate. The river and harbor bill, carrying slightly more than $2MMN-),(NMI, passed the House by a vole of Kill lo 7. A bill was passed to pay the heirs of John Smith S1.000 in snlisfaclioii of a judgment against Gen. John H. Brooke for trespass and false imprisonment while he was liculenaiit colonel "f the Third infantry in The controversy in the Senate over the vote upon the various resolutions interpretive of the ponce I reefy took an acute turn late on Friday. The opposition to a vote first came from the friends of the treaty, who held to the theory thnt it could be ratified without compromise. Those who apparently "ere then willing that a vote should he taken thnt day, held an opposife view and absolutely refused to agree M a time for taking a vote. The contest occurred iu (he executive session. At the opening of Saturday's session Mr. Allen (Pop.. Neb.) offered a resolution declining that the United States, in ratifying the treaty of Paris, does not commit itself to the doctrine that the islands acquired through the war with Spaiu are to be annexed to or become a part of the United States. Mr. Chiiion (Dom.. Tex.) addressed (he Senate oil Mr. Vest's antiexpiiusioii resolution. Senator Wolcolt made a strong sikh-cIi 'in favor of expansion. The Senate went into executive session without voting on any of the pending resolutions rega riling expansion. The time of the Senate behind closed doors was consumed almos': entirely by Mr. Morgan. After disposing of a few routine matters the House took np the bill making appropriations for the expenses of the military academy at West Point for the year ending June 30. 1000. It enrries a total of (!01,S17. Th Lf bill was reported to the House and passed. The treaty of ponce with Spain was ratified by (he Senate Monday afternoon, the vote being ,"i7 to 27. only one more than the two-thirds majority required. Monday was suspension day in the House and quite a number of bills were passed, some of them of importance. The census bill prepared by the House committer went through by a vote o-f 147 to 42. The bill differs in several essential features from the Seiiaie bill, particularly in that it makes (he census bureau entirely independent of .my exist ng department. A bill was passed to extend the nuti contract labor Inws over the Hawaiian islands, and another hill was passed to refer forty-four war claims for stores and supplies to the Court of Claims. In the Senate on Tuesday a bill granting a right of way H rough Indian Territory to the Chociaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad Company was passed. Mr. Spooner of Wisiiuisiii presented the credentials of Seiialnr-eh-ct tjuarlcs. Mr. Tillman of South Carolina, in accordance with nutice given, addressed the Senate on the McKnery -esolntion. Tuesday was ihe first of two days set aside for the consideration of public building bills. The "inmiltce bad rciwirled seventy-eight bills for buildings n thirty-lire Stales, authorizing in the aggregate an expenditure of ?14.IMXl,!N)0. Little or no opposition developed and bills were favorably acted upon nlmost as rupjdly ns they could 1k read. There whs. however, moreor less good-natured dialling throughout: (he session. As a result forty bills, carrying or authorizing appropriations aggregating 8lt.3iil.IMHI, had been laid aside with favorable recinitiiciiiliitious before adjournment, was reached. In the Senate on AVciluesday the Indian appropriation bill, which has bei-l pending for several wiidis. was completed and passed. The legislative, exoeutivf and judicial appropriation bill was take: up. but after twenty-four pages of it had been disposed of it was laid aside for the day. A few measures of minor importance were passed. The net result of the work during the two days allotted for the consideration of public building bills iu the House was the passage of n single bill providing for (he erection of n building at Newport News. Vn., at a cost of $75,000. Sixiy-livo bills in nil. carrying or authorising the expenditure of about. $l2.0iii,iiiHi, wore favorably considered in committee of tin- whole when Ihe comniiiteo rose, but because seventeen other liilis reported had not been acted upon, in committee- all Itotts to advance the bill-; favorably ne ed upon in committee wore locked. AVr. Corliss (Itep.l -if Michigan ailed up the Senate bill to amend the law requiring ballots for members of Congress to be written or printed, so as to permit the use of machines where authorized by Ihe laws of the State. The bill was passed 94 to 44.

News of Minor Note. Bt.ssin ;;ells to other countries 1,500,(XIO.OlK! eggs a year. The Illinois State fair will increase its purses this year ."jitO.OOO for trotters and pacers. The last three i:i five style of racing is a horse-killing system, says n veteran of the turf. Cusioms receipts at Havana have nearly doubled since the Americans took possession of the I'it '.. What is known as "Mission Hock," Sun Frniicisco Bay. tins been officially set apart for a coaliiig station. Il is reported that G. G. Gillette, the defaulting cattle kiutf. will return lo Kansas City and face his creditors. It is estimated that 40,KS tons of cucumbers arc raised and eaten within the limits of the United Slates every year. The Farmers' Club of San Jose, Cnl.. is forming an aso-iation to control 'he dried prime trade of the Pacific slope. liepresentaiive Payne of New York will succeed the late Air Dingley as a moiniier ni the join, high Canadian commission. The working hours at the Missouri Pacific llailwiiy shops at Sedalia, Mo., have been r .It.ccd from nine to eight a day. For tin- past I wo years each convict in the Missouri penitentiary has earned 3c a day more thnn the cost of his keeping. Gen. Gomez ialends t" concentrate all the Cuban forces in the island in the province of Santa Clara, and from there march to the vicinity of Havana, where he will encamp. The National Creamery Butter Makers' Association, in session nt Sioux "alls.. S. I)., adopted a resolution asking Cougiess to increase the tax lo 10c a pound on colored oleomargarine. ti;" il :. Gilleti. the Kansas c:ittle plunger. vh" recently tailed with licbili ties iurircgai inj, over s.1ihi.im, has turned his property over to his creditors, ami it is staled liim the hitler have promised linn no i rimiin I action will be instituted iigiiinsi him if be returns from M-xicn. Iiereiit ohsei vniions among 'ndiiins how thai in South America, as well us it. North Ainciicr. Ihe woman lives h uge;' than (lie man. But the average duration of life is onl seventeen years for both sexes in the S. nth and 22 per cent nt th ? Indians die during (he tirsl year of life. A bill has been introduced in the Oonnectii ul l.cgisl.,:nrc lo prov ide that Sur.i.i shall be observed as the iodic duel sl'all see lit. so l-oig as he shall not din

i Imb or iiileifire with any olhcr iiuiiviil-

ual. Tic mi asiire proposes lo permit golf. Coot ball. horse racing and other games, the selling of newspapers, milk, meat ami other necessities, and the blacking of boots

STATE LAW MAKERS. The Senate on ThurRdny passed the bill granting the widow of Oliver P. Morton $100 a month pension during her lifetime. She is now 76 years old and is in destitute circumstances. The people of Newton County, who would like to have the county seat removed from Kentlnnd to Morocco, lost in the House in the first skirmish over the relocation bill. ' The majority report of the Judiciary Committee, recommending that it take 85 per cent of the vote of the county to order a removal, was adopted. The House passed several Senate bills, among Hiein Senator Osborne's bill to limit the issue of bonds by county commissioners for gravel and macadamized roads. The lower house paRsed twenty-one bills on Friday. Among the more important of Hit m were bills to establish a State board of pharmacy, to require steam boilers to bp inspected, to require the examination and licensing of stationary engineers, to establish county boards of charities, lo prevent the importation into the State of dependent children, to prevent the adulteration of candy, to liestow the vein piwer on mayors of all cities of not less 1 1 it n 3ii,ooo population and to require that nil street cars lie heated during winter months. After a prolonged debate tbe bill to authorize the State to pay a bounty mi beet sugar was defeated. It has been defeated in both houses. In the Senate the bill by Mr. Ungate to provide for revision of the State constitution was advanced to engrossment. The committee on rivers and waters of the lower house of the Legislature decided on Mondny to report favorably on the bill for an act to assist in the building of n harbor at Wolf Lake. The bill provides for the irondortnation of a right of way for n channel 300 feet wide, connecting Wolf Lake with Lake Michigan, and authorizes the assessment of benefits and damages for the building of the channel. The harbor improvement company which brought the bill to the Legislature says Congress will make an appropriation

f ir tile improvement of the hnrbor as soon.

as the channel is opened. The supporters of the proposition to reduce railroad fare to 2 cents a mile were defeated ill the House on Monday by the tabling of a motion to require the committee on railroads to report the ".-cent-fare bill. Pious Slot machine. A well-known Union Pacific employe leaned up against Hit- radiator nnd told the following: "Before the slot machines were ordoivil out there were n number of jackpot miicliines itlHHit town which paid from ten cents io ?5 when they paid my thing. One of those machines stood in n saloon in Douglas street nnd had swallowed many n nickel without giving up anything in return. "Olio nfti'ruuii a Salvation Army girl ciiteivii the saloon with a bundle of War Cries utider licr arm nnrl tackled the men ut the line to purchase copies.

Tin men were literal, ann she sold a

number of papers. As she started to

leave the snloou liw eyes fell upon the littK'liiiic. She looked at the directions a moment nud then suld: " 'I'll just play one nickel in here for th Ijrd.' ' She dropped the nickel in tun slot, pulled the lever, and watched the w-hcels go round. When the wheel stopped n shower of nickels dropped Into Hie pan and spread out upou the floor. The girl stooixnl down and raked lit the shining harvest, unci after carefully counting the coins ilemsitel them in her iMickot and sauntered out. "She played one louesomc nickel aud raked in !.70. And that was the only time the machine ever lmld more than a imrter." Omaha World-Herald. ' tiinscng Gathering Profitable. The gathering of ginseng la proving liroiitablo at Sung Run, Garrett Couu(y. Snug Run derives its nntne from tlie ginseng root, which grows along the luniks of Snug Run, a small nioun(iiin stream. Ginseng is highly esteemed In China as a medicine, which, it Is thought, will prolong the vital IHiwers, but Europeans have failed to

discover any remarkable properties in

the drug. The root Is called "seug'

by the mountaineers, hence the name Seng Hun or Sang Run for the stream in Garrett County. Seng run gatherers

of ginseng get from $5 to $7.00 a pound

for it green. Solomon Sines, an old

linntor. hits fi,"0 pounds, dry. which

runiiiiaiids n uiti'h higher price. In China it sells for $0 and $10 tin ounce. The most estoemeil variety is from Corca. The deninml is so groat that

many roots are- substituted for it, notably American ginseng.- Baltimore Sun. Bank of England Note Paper.

The safeguard on which the Bnuk of Kuglaud relics to thwart the, 'efforts of

counterfeiters is the quality of its pa

per. which is made in the bank factory

of a superior quality of linen rags and

with n w.ater mark that counterfeiters. have never been able to imitate so as

to deceive expert handlers of notes

Otherwise the Bank of England note is

very plain, the engraving having none

of that efoboratn detail which charac

terizes the notes of American mttlonal

luniks.

Insect Retards Development.

The bib? of the tsetse fly, so deadly to th horse, ox awl dog, has been found by a committee of the British

Royal Society to affect other creatures

as well. No remedy has lieen found,

This little Insect Is playing a surprising part in the world's development, as, although man Is strangely immune to the

(Miison, large districts in Afri, notably

the Limpoim and Zambesi valleys.

must, remain imiulmlikable until tjic pest shall have been destroyed.

Bullet in His Heart Tor 37 Tears. The Baltimore Smi says that the late. Willhuu B. Sinallbrldgo, of Glenvri. W. Vn., a veteran of the civil war, carried a bullet iu ills heart for thirtyseven years. His death was not. due to tlie jniwentf of the bullet, and. In fnct, he never suffered any Itieonvenietn-e from it. Before his death he asked his physician, in Uu interest of science, to make an autopsy In order to linil the bullet. The physician did so and found it imliedded In the heart.

Odds and Ends. . The wise man never boasts of his knowledge, but the man who thinks he Is wise does nothing else. About 20,000 English ships entered the nineteen free harbors of China in PSim. They curried only English goods, Mexican .school children nre nllowed to smoke durl-jg lesson time provided they have attained a certaiu standard of excellence. The British admiralty proposes to try fans worked !' electricity In order to Improve the ventilation of the lower decks of ships. Thomas Hardy, the novelist, owes much to his wife, for It was she who pcisuniled him to give up architecture for literary work, who copied his first novel and seul It to the publisher, aud who still attends to most of tbe business part of his writing. Col. Charles Marshall, n lawyer of Baltimore, Is writing a life of Gen. Robert, K. Lee, upon whose staff he served

dining the wbolo civil war. Col. Marshall wrote all the official report t of the army f Northern Virginia, and, with Gen. Horace Porter, arranged the terms of so" reudcr nt Appomattox,

Kit and Kit's Sister." Kitty Riley and her sister Maggie batt bean married on the same day nearly two years ago. Both had married honest worklngmen, with steady positions, and the wages of both husbands were) abont eqnal. Each bad been presented with a son and heir, and both the sisters ought to have been happy, but while Kit and her husband were always in good spirits, light-hearted, contented and pleased with their lot, there seemed to be n shadow hanging over the household that was ruled by Klt sister. It was not that any trouble or misunderstanding existed between Mnggls and her husband. Far from it. They loved each other dearly, and were always happy in each other's society, as true wives and husbands ought to be, but there soon crept Into the young; wife's eyes a careworn, worried look that betokened secret sorrow ot some kind. Between care for her baby and, her household duties her time was futt occupied indeed, It was noticed that she did not take ber infant out for an airing anything like as often as did her sister Kit. At first her husband, John Clarke, was too busy to notice any change In bis wife, and It was only when Kit's husband. Torn White, began to ask If Maggie was ailing that poor John directed his attention to his wife's appearance. "Maggie," he said one evening In a self-reproachful way, "1 have been rather neglectful of you of late, I am afraid, and I haven't been taking can of your health and comfort. Yon are beginning to look pale and thin, and, now I notice it, the baby Is not as healthy looking as he ought to be. You'll have to go out more. You don't get enough of fresh air, and neither does the child! Why don't you pot him in the baby carriage and take him out for an hour or so in the mornings and afternoons?' "I haven't time, John." replied Maggie, In a sad tone of voice. "There is so much to be done in the house, yon know, and between I bat and the baby I don't have a minute to spare." "Well, your sister Kit has just the same to contend with. She keeps her bouse clean and attends to little Tommy, and yet she finds time to take, a run In the park every day with the boy, and she is ns blooming and fresh in appearance as a new-blown rose.' "I know she is, John, and I can't understand It." (Here a tear crept Into the little woman's ey e and her Hp trembled.) "It isn't that I don't feel well, but somehow or another I am always tired. Iam trying to keep things clean and straight all the time, and yet I never seem to get ahead. God knows I would often like to take baby out for a blow of fresh air, but I don't seem to be able to afford tbe timer "Well, see here, now, Maggie," said her husband kindly. "Your healttrand the child's Is of much more importance to me than tbe house work. Don't de so much cleaning! It isn't a bit neceasary. I've noticed yon scrubbing and rubbing many a time when I couldn't see the use of it. Take more healthy exercise and do less hard work." "No, John, that will never do," answered Maggie; "I'm quite willing to have some restful exercise, but not at the expense of a clean house. I like my home to be scrupulously clean at all times." "Well, it Is clean; I'll give you credit for thnt," said her husband quickly, "but then you are too particular. Glva as much care to yourself and the baby as you do to the housework, and you'll feel better and so will I! Now Just get baby and yourself ready, and we'll walk over to your sister's there's good girl." Maggie rose and dressed the baby and handed him to papa while she prepared herself. In the midst of her preparations she said: "Really, John, I don't see how 1 can afford the time to got That kitchen floor ought to be scrubbed to-night and I was going to clean up all the door knobs nnd brasswork." "Let the brasswork be-H?hotograph-ed!" exclaimed John, somewhat testily. "You'll keep on nibbing and scrubbing, and brushing and cleaning until yon drop into the grave! Hereafter you'll have to go out every day for at least two hours. 1 insist on it, and I'm going to ask Kit to come over and take yon with her regularly from this day." At Kit's bouse they naturally met with a cordial reception from Tom and his wife. The house was as trim nnd neat and straight as busy hands con id make it, but Kit and the baby bad been out in the park all the afternoon! John Clarke signed as he noticed tbe different complexions of Kit and her sister. The one was ruddy with health, the other pale, wan and sickly looking. "You poor dear!" exclaimed Kit, commiseratingly, "I'm sure she must be in. John, or she would not look so tired and weary." "I am nor ill. Kit indeed I am not, and you know I never was latty, but somehow I don't seem to keep np with my work, and yet you get ahead of yours always. I was always as strong as you were, and naturally as quick, but I honestly cannot understand how you manage to get through all your housework and yet have so much time to yourself." "Perhaps," said Tom White, as a light gleamed In his eyes, "perhaps this secret Is easily solvable after all. TeU us, Maggie, do you use Sapolio in your housecleanlnc?" "Why no! 1 use almost anything I can buy at the store." "There." cried Kit, triumphantly, "that is really the secret of your troubles! You just use Sapolio as I do. Maggie, and you'll find tbe work easier iu every way. You'll have lots of time to yourself, and therefore you'll feel better, and enjoy good health!"

Plants Which Gt Idjrht. There are a number of plants and flowers which give out a phosphorescent light in the dark. Linnaeus tirsl noticed this phenomenon in the common nasturtium, whose flowers seemed to him to have a fa'ut Iridescence at night. Later observations by others showed that the light was stronger after very suuuy days. Among othet plants which possess this singular prop eiiy are the marsh lily and the fraxinell i. The last named secretes a volatiU 1 oil which oozes out during hot weather, spreads iu a thin layer over the flowers, and forms a vapor which becomes luminous In the darkness. In the coai mines near livsden grows a species ol fungus which "exhibits tbe appearand of luminous festoons of shifting ccdors." La Nature.

A Saitatiou i Hone. A Long IIard editor fathers the story of a horse owned by Samuel Webb ot GreenpoM, which, after being hitched up each morning, goes alone to It master's store; but one day when lt shoe was loose it went instead to the blacksmith's shop, where Mr. Webb found It ' A remarkable feature of India 1 the nuaiber or its deserted capitals. There are no less than tbree old DeUds. all close to each other, and -couth of the present city.

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