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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, MARCH 12, 1899.

WON'T BE SIMUltES

rosiTios ix tub cknsi s nrnnAu 0.LY FOR HARD AVORKRRS. -

Incompetent nnd People Who AVnnt Vaj for Dolnsr Little ertl ot rile Applications for 1'lacea.

STATBIENT FROM MERRIflM

all umiloyi:s to nn siimi;ctj:d to A RIGID I1XAM I .NATION,

Claim Amounting to $21,000,000 Filed by Americans AVlione Property W'a Destroyed Dnriu the Cuban AVnr.

WASHINGTON, March ll.-The policy that will govern the task of taking the census of 1CjO was outlined In an official Btatement made to-day by Director Merrlam and Assistant Director "Wines. Director Slerriam started for MiLnesota this afternoon, leaving Assistant Director Wines in charge. On Governor Mcrriam's return Dr. Vines will go home to settle his private afXalrs. Meantime there will bo no consideration of appointments, and it will be at J east thirty days yet before another selection of a staff officer la made, with the probable exception of Professor Henry Gannett, 'cf this city, as geographer, which is in accordance with the decision of the director to-day that in hl3 absence there must be no tpromise of office, nor assurance nor encouragement for any given. Several of the officials selected Thursday night have qualified and the active preliminary work will begin at once. The statement of policy follows: "Aa to prospective appointments to office the service of no more staff officers can be utilized at present, and there will be no others selected within certainly thirty days. Professor Henry Gannett, the well-known jrecgrapher of the geological survey, who was the political and statistical geographer of the last census, has been asked to. take '-charge of the Fame work for the coming census, and If the geological survey Is Willing to spare him tufhciently to undertake this work he will !e intrusted with It and Klven an absolutely free hand. Until th schedules come hark to the cfllce from the enumerator in July, 1'jdO, there will be no Klerks wanted save such a small skeleton force as would be needed to take care of the correspondence and office work preliminary to the taking of the census. When the schedules come back there will be a Jarge force of employes appointed. All apf'llcationa for office will receive consideralon and a large number already have been received and placed on file. "While the impression has gone abroad that the census is to be a refuge for incompetency, the truth and the actual facts are that all applicants will be subjected to examination before appointment, which will Jie as rigid as the examinations- before the Oivll-serviee Commission. No political inHuenea will be sufficient to put an employe on the census pay rolls, of whoee competency to do the work to be assigned him the director is not satisfied with in adVance; and, furthermore, If any employe Is found to be incompetent on trial, such employe will be discharged regardless of his or lier political backing. The examinations of employes will be directed not so much for the testing of their general information and capacity as it will be their fitness for the ork to be done, as for example no copyist who cannot write or spell satisfactorily will be appointed, nor calculators who cannot calculate. "First of all, after the general administrative officers are selected there must be oOO supervisors appointed, and In their selection consultation will be had with senator? and representatives in the respective States. It may be announced also that senators and representatives who do not belong to the Itepublican party will receive the same fair treatment and consideration along this line that is given Republicans. The?e supervisors will be appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. None of these, as now contemplated, are to be recess uppolntments, but the list will be ready for tubmisslon to the Senate at the opening of the next fession. The supervisors, in turn, will appoint 40.0jO enumerators to do the actual work throughout the country, but the list of appointments' of enumerators first must have the approval of the director of the census. After approval they will be immediately furnished the necessary blanks find instructions. This will be no small fask. Assuming the population of the United States at this time to be, in round numbers, JO.OOO.OOO people there must be 4'V.OX sheets issued for the population schedules alone. Adding to these the other schedules there will have to be in the aggregate, not less han a half million such sheets in printed torm h?sued. All this mass of paper will have to be manufactured and printed without delay. In counting the population every Jndividual will be represented by a separata card and there will have to be manufactured and printed not less than 10VjO of these cards. "The probability fs that a system of machine calculation which admits of counting facts In combination and which worked t-o well in the last census will be adopted for that cf ir. The office will have to seJct from the various devices the one most ratlsfactory, and a sufficient number to do the wcrk must then be manufactured. The work will be pushed with all possible speed consistent with accuracy and every effort made to avoid dragging the work along unnecessarily. Taken all in all, the complete liumber of appointments that will be made in the course of the census will be over 4.".0. These include eighteen or twenty staff offic t rs, COO supervisors, 4),oOO enumerators and about 3,000 clerks and other employes here. The Department of State has received tlalrns to the amount of $21,X on account of property in Cuba belonging to American citizens, and nUo on account of injuries sustained by citizens for which pecuniary Indemnity is nought. The peaco treaty expressly provided that the United tftates and Spain each should assume liability for all such claims preferred bv their respective citizens. Therefore, the "United States government is probably chargeable for all the damages sustained by Americans through property destroyed in Cuba, by either the Insurgents or the Spanish troops, and in the case of some plantations owned by American citizens these losses were very heavy. Congress made no provision for the settlement of these claims, so the State Department is at present unable to do more than merely Hie them. It is the purpose cf the department, when Congress meets Rgain, to call attention to the treaty obligattona assumed by the Unitec". States toward these claimants, nnd to suggest that some means of settlement bo provided, either through a commi?iton or by reference to the Court of Claims. The President to-day made the following appointments: To be chief Justice Court of Frivate Iina Claims, Joseph It. Rekl. of Iowa: to be associate justices of the Court c-f Private Tand Claims. Wilbur V. Ston. of Colorado: Henry C. Slush, of Kansas; William W. Murrae, of Tennessee: Thomas C. Fuller, of North Carolina. Erastus W. Harper, of Akron, O.. to be special agent to allot lands in severalty to Indiana. Robert Howard, ex-secretary cf the National Spinners' Union, was before the industrial commission to-day. He said the" Southern mills could not be seriously considered as competitors of the Northern mills, because they produced a different class of articles and because the Southern Turkmen could not be pressed to expedition a could the Northern operatives. He quoted a foreman of a Southern mill as saying that if he should tell an ojeratlve in his Institution to hasten her work, she was liable to be after him soon with a Winchester rirte cr a shotgun. Mr. Howard, who at one time had been a number of the Massachusetts State Senate, told of the difficulties encountered in getting the legislation providing for weekly payments to laborers. The manufacturers had opposed the measure on the ground that it was a species of socialism, und that It would produce drunkeness. Tho measure, however, had proved a success, and instead of causing an lncrea.se cf drunkenness It had proved a promoter of temperance. There was not so much temptation to spend money for liquor when received weekly as when tho entire month's wages were received In a lump sum. Congress gave the secretary of the treasury authority to sell at par and accrued interest the notes given In settlement for the purchase of tho Central Pacific Hailroad. They amount to about $.'3,000,000, bear 2 per cent, interest and fall due In periods eX zlx months after Au. L nest. CicxeUrj

Gage said to-day that he did not believe the necessity of selling these notes to raise money for governmental purposes would arise. He scouted the idea of another bond if sue, and said further that he lid not believe there would be any occasion to take advantage of the authority conferred by Congress upon the secretary of the treasury to issue certificates of indebtedness to the amount of 51(w,o.(, bearing 3 per cent, interest and running a year or less. In short. Secretary Gage thinks the condition of the treasury and of the revenues very satisfactory. The first four of the twenty semi-annual notes recently given by the Central Pacific Ilailroad Company, in settlement of the government's claim against the road, amounting to nearly 512,O00,", were anticipated and paid into the Unitd States sub-trei-airy at New York yestenkiy by Speyer & Co.. representing the officers of the Central Pacific company. The available cash balanrv in the tn-a.sury Is Increased by this amount. To-day's statement of the condition of the treasury shows: Available cash balance, J2J5,237,1SG; gold reserve, $2C'',7:9f7C2. W. B. Howell, assistant secretary of tho treasury, lit charge of customs, to-day took the oath of office as a member of the board of general appraisers at New York, to which he wa recently appointed by the President. He leaves here to-night for New York to enter upon the discharge of his new duties. Mr. Horace Taylor, who has been appointed as Mr. Howell's successor In the Treasury Department, is expected to reach

Washington next Monday. Jn the reassign

ment of the special work of the assistant

secretaries. General Spaulding will have

charge of customs matters.

Secretary Wilson is making arrangements for letting the government seed contracts in the spring. Instead of in the autumn, as has

been done heretofore. This will allow the contractors to grow the seed contracted for

and permit inspection of the fields, as the seeds axe growing. The result, it Is believed.

will b$ that seeds will be obtained fresher

and of higher germinating power. The secretary says the department, later on, may

go further and contract with the growers

direct. An Interesting point. Involving acknowl

edgmcnt to papers in our new possessions.

has been raised, the issue being the proper persons before whom acknowledgments of

deeds to land In tho District of Columbia may be taken in Cuba, Porto Rico and the

Philippines. A communication from the

Stato Department to a real-estate title com

pany here says the War Department some

time ago issued a circular permitting persons who were exercising the functions of

notaries at tho outset of the war to con

tinue so, but that the State Department is

not informed as to the persons so authorized It adds that in a recent elispatch from Os

car 1. Williams, consul at Manila, It was

stated that he had been designated by Major

General Otis to perform notarial functions.

but the extent of this authority Is not

known. This indicates that persons now ex

erclsing notarial functions are acting under

the authority of the War Department, and

there is grave doubt of its right to appoint

anv consular officer or to continue to al

low tho person to exercise such duties after

his term or olhco is ended, and it is neces

sary under the statutes here for such ac

knowledgements to be taken beiore a con sular officer.

William G. Edens. assistant superintendent

of the free-delivery system, Postoffice Department, who has been acting superintendent of that bureau the past three months in the absence of Superintendent Machen In Cuba, left to-day for Ohio on postal business, and will then proceed, to Chicago to resume charge of the free-delivery service throughout the West. Sergeant E. E. Dougherty, Third Company, United States Volunteer Signal Corps, now on sick furlough at his home. Brownstown, Ind.. is honorably discharged, the service to date from March 1. Tho President has not yet appointed the members of the isthmian canal commission, but he has practically concluded to adhere to his original plan, and, instead of-creating an entirely new commission, simply to increase the membership of the existing Nicaraguan canal commission by two or three. members, leaving Admiral Walker at the head of the body. It is the object of tho President in making his selections to choose men of such reputation in the public mind as will command for their report absolute confidence, a consideration of the most vital importance when it is recalled that the choice to be made by the commission involves Interests running up into the hundreds of millions. Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock left to-day for Misouri. his first return thero since he became ambassador to St. Petersburg. KEY TO A MURDER.

Police Find Part of a AVomnn's llody in a Scrap of Drew Goods.

CHICAGO, March 11. By the discovery of a portion of a human body and a torn scrap of black dress goods under the barn iloor at August A. Becker's home, No. Rockwell street, the police are satisfied that they have at last found the key to the mystery surrounding the murder of Mrs. Theresa Becker. The police now declare that without doubt the butcher killed his wife in the barn and disposed of the remains by cutting them up, by burying them or throwing them in the Chicago river. The piece of lung found to-day is about the size of a man's hand, and a portion of the bronchial tube is attached to It. The dress goods have been identified by Mrs. Tillie Manthy as a portlon'of the. black dress which Mrs. Becker wore around tho house, and which has been vainly sought for by the police since Becker confessed to murdering his wife.

FILTHY WAGONS. (Concluded from First I'ujie.) beef was tho reading of such experiments in tho newspapers; ho never knew that it had been put to any practical use. "Are there not considerable quantities of chemicals used in these packing houses?" "Yes; saltpeter, borax, etc." "Any acids?" "Not that I know of. The use of chemicals would not be a matter over which I would have any Jurisdiction." NO JURISDICTION. "What jurisdiction, if any, has 3our bureau over meat sent from here to Tampa?" "None at all, after it leaves Chicago." The -witness said he had never seen this canned beef used by troops in activo service in tropical climates and had no knowledge as to whether it would be wholesomo under such conditions. "Has tho law under which your bureau Is acting ever been passed upon by the United States Court?" "I think not." Gen. Gillespie asked: "Do you consider your inspection of the canning departments of the packing houses a mandatory one or mereiy a matter cf privilege?" "It is simply a privilege." "Have tho proprietors of these Institutions ever at any time refused to extend to you anv courtesies of inspection?" "Never." "In transit would It be possible for any one to open the cars for the purpose of chemically treating the meat?" "Not without breaking the seal of the car, and that would be a violation of law." By Maj. Bfe: "Do you wish the court to understand that beef shipped by these companies to be supplied to tne troops at Tampa could not be taken from tho car by any one except the government inspector at Tampa?" "We have no Inspection at Tampa; the cars would doubtless be opened by tho contractor." "The labels on the canned roast beef have no reference to any inspection beyond the Inspection of the carcass; they do not relate to the canning process, do they?" "No, sir; that is correct." Drs. H. G. Patton. W. A. Bennett and A. N. Kasper. assistant inspectors of the Bureau of Animal Industry, testified as to the various duties of that office. Their testimony was corroborative of that given by Dr. Devore. The court adjourned until 10 o'clock Monday rooming. Germans Gain Their Point. CHICAGO. March 11. A lively tilt occurred to-day between the English and German speaking delegates at the convention of the Journeymen Bakers and Confectioners' International Union, over the resolution to make both English and German speaking bakers eligible to International offices. Heretofore no one was eligible unle3 ha could speak and read both the German and Rnglish languages. The English speaking1 Ixikera contended that the rule made the organization of the English speaking bakers impossible. The resolution providing that botn classes must be represented in t ie general oQcej prevailed,

RUSSIA AND BRITAIN

temfojt ahy tiu'cis hetwekx the two goveh.vmexts.

Concrmtlons Believed to Have Been Mnde by Both to Avoid a. Conflict in China.

BRITISH FINANCIAL DEFICIT

TAXES LIKELY TO I1R INCREASED TO MAKE UP $:0,000,000.

Qaeen Victoria En Bonte to Southern France Movement Against American Petroleum.

LONDON, March 11. The British lion and

the Russian bear came to uncomfortably

close quarters this week over the Chinese

Imbroglio. Tho newspapers had already be

gun to talk cf a serious crisis and a grave outlook, but the diplomatic switchmen again succeeded in warding off a collision on the

subject of the northern railroads, a conflict being averted by a Russian backdown, according to the jingoes, and by a compromise.

according to more Impartial observers. The

real explanation of the affair appears to be that Russia made a protest against the

British railroad contract partly as a feeler

and partly as a warning. If the British premier had shown weakness, Russia would have persisted; but, in any case, Russia, by her protest, elicited a ministerial statement in the House of Commons that the

conditions of the loan did not constitute

foreign control. Thus Russia obtained a pledge that no such interpretation would bo placed on the contract In the event of default, which Is a further substantial concession to tho Russian claims In northern China. On the other hand, Lord Salisbury scored In securing a withdrawal of the Russian protest. But Russia also gained a point, with which she has good reason to feel satisfied. The Times thinks Lord Salisbury achieved a considerable success, which must unquestionably strengthen Great Britain's position at Peking. The paper, however, also sees in the adjustment of the dispute a triumph for the pacific and conciliatory elements of Russian statesmanship, and, above all, a practical expression of the Czar's determination to meet Great Britain half way in the removal of all the regrettable misunderstandings, which have hitherto kept Great Britain and Russia apart. The Times adds that it is sure the British government Is prepared to give fuller recognition to accomplished facts in the northern Chinese provinces and to assist Russia in regularizing her position on the basis of reciprocity. This remark of the Times shows the British now accept the Russlfication of Manchuria as an accomplished fact; tTTat they only expect their government to secure compensation In other directions. The Conservative government has got itself into financial straits. The publication of the naval estimates completes the various items of national expenditure, which total up 112,1S3,2 (55GO,S2G.O0O), being an increase of 4,471.200 (S.WjOO) over the estimates. It is probable that there will be a deficit of over 4,000,000 ($20,000,000), which, it Is expected, the chancellor of the exchequer, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, will meet by a reimposition of the former tobacco duty and an increase of the income tax to 9 pence. The suggestion Is made In the press that the deficit be met by a suspension of a portion of the sinking fund. The city, however, is opposed to this, as calculated to weaken the whole financial position of the country in a time not only of peace but of ample revenue and great prosperity. A ray of sunshine in the financial situation i3 seen in tho apparently booming stato of trade, as shown by the Board of Trado returns. The imports since December show an increase of 1.100,(100 ($.,500,000) as compared with 103, Indicating that the purchasing power of the country is still growing. These satisfactory figures help the chancellor of the exchequer in taking a hopeful view of the revenue for the coming year, but they will not avert the necessity of new taxation. The Liberal press naturally makes the most of the government's financial difficulties, which are attributed to the government's policy of "Doles to squirearchy," and to extravagancies. Emperor William's message to Mr. Rudyard Kipling has naturally attracted great attention, particularly the reference to "our common race." The first impression

here was that Emperor William thought

Kipling was an American, especially as the German papers referred to the "American author, Kipling," but this Impression is

quite erroneous. The Emperor was a reader of Kipling's writings long before ho Fettled

in America. His Majesty, however, knew that Kipling's wife was an American, and it U thought he Intended to include America when he spoke of the "common race." The Spectator, to-day, says: "The Emperor la evidently willing to substitute the Teuton for tho Anglo-Saxon as the ruling race of tho future. He did not venture to

call Kipling an American; but being anxious that his telegram should be taken as a compliment to Americans rather than Englishmen, the German journals received a hint to describe, him as an American at least. As the Germans read Kipling and know his pedigree as well as we uo. that Is tho only explanation we can offer for their otherwise inexplicable unanimity in blun

dering."

Tho Spectator In another article, remarks: "It must be a singular experience, even fcr Kinling. to wake up from a serious illness

and find that two great peoples have been

Interested in his fate, that an Kmperor has

grieved for him In words having the weight of a political manifesto and that his value

to publishers has been increased ny nun-

dred?, perhaps by thousands, a year."

www "Mr. Dooly, in Peace and in War," by

Mr. Peter Dunne, the newspaper man of

Chicago, has met with a wonderful reception here. The book is quoted everywhere

and the author Is spoken of as another

Mark Twain. The Spectator, to-day. during

the course of a long review of the work.

compares Mr. Dunne with Artemus Ward.

www The English papers are Jubilant at the

prospects cf the success of Mr. Cecil

Rhodes's visit to Berlin and his coming

audience with Emperor William, which. It

is said, promises well for the Cape to Cairo

Railroad. It is remarked that it will be a

curious meeting between the prime mover In

the Jameson raid and the author of the im

perial telegram to President Kruger, of the

Transvaal Republic. Mr. Rhodes, it is under

stood, is prepared to offer Germany freer access to the line and a certain control of that portion traversing German territory.

Germany would secure Important conces-

sions and running powers over me wnoie Rhodesian railroad system. The National

Zeitung anticipates that Mr. Rhodes will be successful and contends that his success will not ho injurious to German colonial interests in Africa- It says coolly: "Mr.

Rhodes is not a favorite here, but German interests are not so Identical with those of the Boers that Germany must forever share the feelings- of the Transvaal towards Mr.

Rhodes." Other German newspapers, which were formerly rabidly anti-Rhodes, now approve of an arrangement with him respecting the railroad. It Is further reported that Mr. Rhodes also Includes In his scheme the construction of a railroad from the Atlantic across German Southwest Africa Into Rhodesia. The latest advices from Sudan minimize the strength of the Khalifa's forces, though It has been practically decided to send an ex

pedition to finally dispose of him. General Lord Kitchener, of Khartum, will shortly make en extended tour of the eastern Sudan, visiting KassJila. Suakim and Gederef. A squadron of cavalrv has been dispatched from Omdurman up the White Nile to prevent supplies being furnl?hed clandestinely to the Khalifa's camp in Kordofan.Several cases have recently come to light pointing to the prevalence of a widespread system of secret commissions gnawing at the roots of commercial life, which came as a surprise to the general public. The London Chamber of Commerce appointed a committee to investigate the matter and report this week. It shows that bribery and corruption are rampant in every department cf business and professional life. According to the report, comm.'3sions which easily pass Into bribes are given to firms or agents to secure custom. Vhen the recipients demand similar bribes from other firms and the stress of competition necessitates their being paid. Thus a form of blackmail has been instituted, and also a system of disposing of inferior articles. The committee, in order to cheek the evil, recommends civil proceedings under the present law and fresh

legislation making the practice criminal. VICTORIA EX ROUTE SOUTH.

Her Majesty Bound for the Riviera

London Society Talk.

LONDON, March 11. Queen Victoria started for the continent to-day. The sea

was calm. The Princess of Wales, Princess Victoria of Wales and Prince Charles of

Denmark also left England this morning

by way of Dover and Calais on their way

to Paris, where they will spend two days.

They will then go to Marseilles and embark

on the royal yacht Osborne for a Mediter

ranean cruise.

A dispatch from Boulogrre-sur-Mer this evening says: "Immense crowds awaited the arrival In the harbor of the special

steamer bearing the Queen, while the town

and ail the vessels in the port were deco

rated with bunting, and the route from the quay to tho railway station was lined with troops. A brilliant gathering of military and naval officers and prominent civil offi

cials boarded the steamer and were Intro

duced to the Queen, who, speaking in

French, cordially thanked them for the welcome extended to her. Several superb bas

kets of flowers and a number of engravings,

representing the last visit of her Majesty to

Boulogne, in lJw, were presented to the royal visitor. As the Queen's special train

drew out of tho station an artillery salute

was fired."

London has been favored with ideal spring

weather during the past week, and there

has been a marked diminution of Influenza.

The Marquis of Salisbury caught a bad cold

while returning from Windsor on the occa

sion of the formal presentation of the

Lnited States ambassador, Mr. Joseph II.

Choate, to tho Queen, and he has been con

fined to his house ever since. The premier

is unable to preside at the Cabinet meetings or to hold the usual reception of the mem

bers of the diplomatic corps. Thu3 Mr.

Choate has not yet called formally at the Foreign Office. Mr. and Mrs. Choate have

been inundated with the invitations to social

events which are about to take place. All

the ambassadors have left their cards.

The absence of the Queen and the Prince of Wales, respectively, from the opening

drawing-room and levee of the season has given rise to much criticism and a great deal of grumbling among society people. As one of the papers says: "This is one of

ine auties belonging to the throne and the heir, and the public, who pay the piper, ex-

pecr royai music. Another paper says:

iuLiuo oi me cnarmea circle or tne .Marlboroughs and Manchesters, there is a very smart American set In London now Ladies

AOinger and Oxford, Mrs. OiTby Sorester.

wnosa oaugmers were ine Denes or tne Riviera, season last year: Mrs. Blake. Mrs.

Alfred Paris, who is holding the most pleas

ant wetKiy receptions m unesnam street, and Mesdames Balchaler and Freeman Schulge. of Philadelphia.

"London will lose one of Its most popular

oeauues nunng ine trip or Jady Mary Sackvillo to visit Mr. and Mrs. George J. Gould next month. Lady Mary was on board tho train yesterday, ready to start for South

ampton, on her way to New York, when the

porter suddenly shut the door of her carriage, crushing one of her fingers, which

oDiigeu ner to return to ner hotel.

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oM James Iteckett, Liberal member from

the Brigg division of Lincolnshire, raising"

the flash point of petroleum from 73 to 100,

Is the result of a bitter campaign urged by certain tvening papers against the "deadly

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WEBB M'NALL REMOVED.

Knnwnn Insnrnuce Superintendent

OiiMted by Governor Stanley-.

ix 3iii3ioitv or ivi; amiikd.

1,000 Hi Anniversary of ihe Death of a

Gootl Iliiler to lie Celebrated.

LONDON, March 11. The lord mayor of

London, Sir John Vocemoore, presided at a meeting- held at tho iMaiif-ion House this

week to further the projosed national com

memoration in 1101 of tho one thousandth

anniversary of the death of King Alfred.

Tho Queen has givtn the movement her patronage, and the memorial will take the

form of a bronze statue of King- Alfred, to be erected in his royal city of Winchester. Tho United States ambassador wrote regretting that his vlsit to the Queen at Wind

sor, on the day of the meeting, prevented him from attending. The secretary, who

was former mayor of Winchester, an

nounced that a committee had been formed

In America to co-operate with the movement here, and that its members include

Col. John Hay, secretary of state. Bishop

j'otter ana tne presidents or laie ana Johns Hopkins Universities. King Alfred being the founder of Great Britain's maritime, supremacj. a naval display will be held, and the largest armored cruiser in the world, to be launched in 1901, will be christened Kin? Alfred. Wolvesy Castle, the ancient residence of the English kings, near Winchester, will be secured as a memorial museum. The sum of 30.10 $i:,0X is esked to carry out the whole scheme. AnotlTer DecUion Against Mm. Drnc. LONDON, March 11. The secretary of state for home affairs. Sir Matthew White Ridley, has refused the application, previously granted by the consistory of the Court of St. Paul's to Mrs. Anna Maria Lruce, who claims to be the daughter-in-law of the fifth Duke of Portland, to open the Druce vault In Hlghgate cemetery unless the owner of the grave consents to have the coffin opened or the Probate Court orders an inspection of the remains. The decision is contrary to expectations and means further litigation. Cubic rVoten. The old Hungarian family of Esterhaxy has decided to apply to the Seine court of France for an injunction prohibiting Major Count Esterhazy from using the title and arms of the Ksterhazy family, to which, it is said, he has no legal right. The Indon Dally Telegraph announces that It will shortly start a Sunday edition. It will be only an experiment and, except for the New York Herald's experiment, tho Daily Telegraph will ho the first London parser to have a seven days Issue. A gravestone mason, living at Twickenham. England, has caused a sensation by cutting' the throats of his wife and two children and then cutting his own throat. All four persons are dead. The only motive for the crimes was that the man was a fanatical vegetarian and had been ordered by his physician to eat rae&u

TOrEKA, Kan., March 11. Governor

Stanley to-day issued an order removing from office State Insurance Commissioner Webb McNall.

Tho removal of State Superintendent of

Insurance McNall was a very formal affair. Governor Stanley had set a time for McNall's appearance. The commissioner did not appear, and one hour later the Governor sat as a court, lawyer and Governor In the matter, declaring he was fully sat

isfied that McNall was guilty of the charges,

and Issued the order of removal. The Governor said he regarded McNaJl's letter as one of detiance ot the powers of the executive, and that he understood McNall's statement that lie was ready to turn over his

olhce when his successor was appointed and

qualified as equivalent to a resignation. W.

V. Church, of Marlon, already appointed for the regular terin. was uppointed Insurance

commissioner for the unexpired term, and

was wired to come to Topeka, qualify, tile his bond and take charge of the office.

Church is expected to take charge Tuesday or Wednesday of next week.

The Supreme Court this afternoon handed

down a unanimous opinion that the extra

session of the Legislature, called by Governor Leedy In December, is legal.

No election In Delaware. DOVER, Del., March 11. The ninety-

eighth ballot for United States senator, taken by the Delaware Legislature In Joint assembly at noon to-day, resulted as fol

lows: Addicks, Union Hep".. IS: Anthony

Hlggins. Radical Itep., lv; George Gray, Dem.. 9: Willard Saulsbury, Dem.. 5: U

Irvin Handy. Silver Dem.. 4; John F. Sauls-

bury, Silver Dem., l: aosent, 4. Total vote 47: necessary to a choice, 24. The ninety-ninth ballot resulted: Adlcks.

15; Gray, 7; Hlggins, 6; H A- Dupont, 4;

W. Saulsbury, 4; Jonn r. ssauisbury, l; Handy. 4. No election. By a vote of 24 to

23 the Joint assembly separated until noon

Monday.

Lre Not n. Candidate tor- Senator. RICHMOND, Va., March H.-A letter frcm

Gen. Fitzhugh Lee to Col. B. O. James, cf

this city, has been made public In which

General Lee authorizes Colonel James to

pay to his friends that it is his desire thnt

his name should not be mentioned as a can

didate for the United States Senate to suc

ceed Senator Martin. He gives as his rea.-on

for this course his duties in the army and the uncertainty of their juration.

Neither Bryan Xor 3IcKInley. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.. March 11. The

Missouri Houte to-day refused to invite

William J. Bryan to address the Legislature.

The Republicans amended the resolution when introduced to include President Mc-

Klnley, and on the motion of air. Davis, or Pike, a Democrat, the resolution was tabled.

Six Vote for Quay. HARRISBURG. Pa.. March lL-The for

ty-sixth ballot for United States Benator to

day resulted as follows: Quay, Rep.. 6;

Jenks, Dem.. 4; Dalzell, Rep., 1; Irvin, Rep.. L No quorum. Telephone Coir nle tt AVnr. AKRON. O., March 11. A bitter fight will be instituted at Cleveland next Wednesday when the independent telephone companies will meet to form a combine to make war on tho Central Union and Bell Telephone companies. The independent concerns repieFvmt a capital stock of KCOXOW. ln: distance lines will bo constructed and it is expected to Include every city in Ohio and Pennsylvania which has an independent company. The new company is known as the United States Telephone Company. A big fight is now on here for a franchise, the Cential Unicn so far having bten unable to secure a renewal. Sunnected of Wife Murder. SHARON, Pa.. March 11. Mrs. Maggie Smith, wife of Homer Smith, aged thirtythree years, was found dead last night at her residence with two wounds on hr head and her clothes burned from her body. Her husband claims he was awakened by an explosion and found his vife writhing in riamca on the lloor," with portions of the lamp lying around. He tmothered the flames, but she was burned terribly about the body. Smith was arrested, and at the coroner's inquest to-night told a very disconnected story. He was remanded to Jail to await the result of a post-mortem examination ordered by the jury.

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IS IT A TRIFLE?

THAT COMMON TROl'DLG. ACID DYSPEPSIA Oil hOUIt STOMACH.

Xott Recognized an a Cause of Serloun Disease.

Acid dyspepsia, commonly called heartburn or sour stomach, is a form of indigestion resulting from fermentation of the food. The stomach being too weak to digest it, the food remains until fermentation begins, filling the stomach with gas, and a bitter, sour, burning taste in the mouth Is often present. This condition soon becomes chronic, and. being an everyday occurrence, is given but little attention. Because dyspepsia is not immediately fatal many people do nothing for tho trouble. Within a recent period a remedy has been discovered prepared solely to cure dyspepsia and Ftomach troubles. It is known as Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets and is becoming rapidly used and prescribed as a radical cure for every form of dyspepsia. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets have been placed before the public and are sold by ull druggists for 50 cents per package. It is prepared by the F. A. S.Luart Co., Marshall, Mich., and while It promptly and effectually restores a vigorous digestion, at the fame time is perfectly harmless and will not injure the most delicate stomach, but on the contrary, by giving perfect digestion, strengthens the stomach, improves the appetite and makes life worth living, Ctsd for free book on Stomach Diseases.

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