Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 43, Number 24, Jasper, Dubois County, 15 February 1901 — Page 6

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AKPKR. INDIANA, A recumbent statue of the late Queen Victoria, enisled 30 year ago, la being prepared for 1U place on top of the sarcophagi, by the side of the prince consort's statue. In consequence of the reeen'. death of Har m Wilhelm von Rothschild, Huron Armand de Rothschild, of Paris, becomes the head of the Frankfort bunking house of the family. The bill providing for the restora tion of capital punishment und tanning electrocution as the method )Msscd the Colorado house on tht third reading, on the Mh, by a vote ol 41 to 24. In view of the many contradictor reports regarding Dowsger Empreaj Frederick, the British embassy in Her lin announced) on the nth, that m change in her condition had been re ported there. King Victor R in mantle! of Italy con rerred, on the Sth. with Bignors l villa Rlcotti, Rudini and Biancberi, with the view of forming a new cabinet U succeed the Rarrscco ministry, whid I IgllSlI on t he th. John Dickinson, of the firm of Johl Dickinson & Co.. ( hicago conunlssJoi merchants, was expelled from his seat on the ( hicngo board of trade, on th 8th. by the Itoard of directors, charge against him wa.s cutting Standard Commission rates set by board. llu tht tht Mayor Reed of Kansas City, Mo., or the Otl algned an ordinance regulaS lug the rates of the Missouri & Kansas Telephone Co. At present the annua, rate for business telephones' is $00. and for residents $4. I lie ordinauct reduces the rates to $4s and j-o respectively. . ' t S M v. i i i . " ' u ' 'Ii, n i i it i ll i i i or lowers, smashed the "Senate" the fin f ru I 'urr-.i Vfi t In a-i t Vi t liroa erl. est saloon in Tone k a kas.. on tlie .1th. She was arrested, alter completing hel work, and taken before the police judge, who, nfter receiving a severe 1 l Ll. 1 . 1 1 . I 1 e UIHIIl IIIS 11 LI I UH i I LT. If iased her. The Berlin Voasische Zeitune ex f r j Ft -' presses the opinion that Kmperor William's visit to England can not he divested of political importance. Not that treaties or agreenienta have be -en concluded, but many matters must have been discussed, and probnbly satisfactorily arranged. Gov. Barnes of Oklahoma, hIk h m formed, on the 7th, that the Shawnee air association bad ottered a nure ' $25,000 for the JefTries-Ktihlin prize rht, declared: "No prie fight can aheld in Oklahoma while I am gov esur ias end the laws will be enforced." Dr. Homer C. Stone, of Mount Vernon. Ia., has been appointed presiding elder of the Methodist Kpiscopal church in the Philippine islands. ,-)d will sail from San Francisco for Manila to Uike up his new otticial duties, April L He expects to take a dossn or more missionaries with him and organize Methodist Episcopal churches In every section of the Philippines. In consequence of a series of ai'T-a-rinn riots in t'je fruit-producing pai .-h of St. Mary, .!; maiea. the irincmor, Sir AuSjUStOS Bemlna, on the Tth, issued a proclamation warning the people against attempting, to take forcible possession of any lend. The tronbles have slowly been developing n serious phase, nnd the authorities sre taking a firm stand in the matter. The secretary of the treasury, on the 5th, wrote to Representative Tawney, chairman of the Louisiana purchase exposition committee, that ha bad received satisfactory evidence Ai a ,l. r i n . , uav me iiumiiuia rurcnsw r.xposition Co. hal raised the $lo,0(X).000 required as a prerequisite to poverngnent aid of the great St, Louis exposition in 100.1. Iater in the day the bill was ordered favorably reported. Representative Tawney, of Minneeota. chairman of the special committee on the St. Louis exposition, on the th. filed his report on the bill npproriatiin' vonniifil. n th.. ti... vnrri hin r e t . . .. . 1 1. .. .. I iL ita Rieriti and in redemption of the ?aire or eonrri rn n tw l.s a I. . ..t.i l . i aw as m v a i ui i u. on i nr . i t t i ri I'fll i. I. Ill I r I I'ti :ild.'iw totwit a lb 1 1 1 re I a ' . . 1 , . 1 1 . . - a : I a : r j in ijniir in is , or to purchase rope or firearms ' the use of a mob. The bill also rridss that an officer who allows a soner to he taken from hia cna. ly by a mob shall be removed from e unless he can show to the court at he was unable to keep the prise f w iinnnr artim t- ,i . i .,..-. i,,m - - V v Hw, J V (IMtlllt.1 111 11 IV The William Kimball nuhlio uhnnl West Superior, is., was destroyed Are on the 5th. There were nine men teachers nnd about iwn - 'J ......... .. , , iu o - v no-, ouiuita a discovered up stnirs, ajid the aigsi tar nt. ihn time r fi... i ci.. given by tue ringing of tto frong. ry child In the building got out in orderly manner, the lsrger ones ing to carry out the kinder.

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NEWS IN BRIEF. Compiled from Various ßouroes. FlTY-SiXTH CUNGKESS. Second Session 1 In the BSMtSj on the 4th. after much of the session bad been i.ci upletl In a speech by Mr Daeon iiJu.i en the right of tl senat" to ileniirel inf"rn'atlon on tile In the lepartnktMit, the shipping ubnuiv bin was lata seine, bj conaent, to gtvo place to action n the i!roirlatln hill, the shlvpiiiK bill still hoMinS Its pi. tee MS lllltlnlsheil buslncsa. In the house a bill t extend the charters of national banks for another -'" yeu! fmm lC when the present ixiensicn expire, was pasMeil Without debate Boosts bill to create a commission to aj )i ilu-ati claims against Pp. ii i. was amende.! sc as to ref.r the cuims to the eoiirt of claims instead OX a nomtiilsaiiiii and, aa amended, passed. In the snati. OH the 5th. the District of Columbia. ap;.t .irla'ion Mil was passed, and the bill atakiiia provision fer tho SUBS rf of West 1't'in' military acini rny was partially considered. The ship subsidy bill wes formally laid aside and superseded as the urlailsh.-d business In the hi. use consideration of the post offne aiiproprlation bill was continued, a larci- number Of members taktiiK part In the debate, but little progress being mad with the bill. Ammn,- other speeches Mi Ortggs (On. i Inv. uln-d anatnst the "association of otrt;il employes formed to force testation in thtir interest." in the senate, "ti the th, the Military academy appropriation bill was passed after only c.n sour i consideration. The only chance made m the bill was t lu st rengtlienlmr of tin- provision against r.azinK at W.st P i.i.t The remainder of the day w.is iieM.ted n the w.ir revenue reduction bin. whi h, after the adoptior f seeetul comniitte,' a nu ndinents. was A nirfht s sslo" was held for dlsof tht sbui.ii.tr bill In the 'SSlUIl house, the day was devoted to the furtier consideration of the Host ottit e unpropriatlon bill. th. time, afttr a twohours' speech by .Mr. i.oud. being de voted to Senate on pneumatic tube service, special mall facilities and railway mall piy. It was agreed to vote, on thT'.h. at 12:30 p. m , upon the several amendments. In the senate, on tht 7th, the pension ap ptoprtatiee bill carry Inn tut. '.', was Vassed aft.-r a few minutes' consideration, ho ship subsidy bill was then taken up. Mr Melauren Mem.) spenkintc for. anil Mr Morgan (dem.) sp. aklr.k' atcalnst the meaeure in the hi us the post ottiee appropriation bill, after a dbate lasiin; ilttM-t an ntii-i- we. k. was p.is, d. ih-propost-d nmndments Im-Iiik all votd down. Several bills of minor Important e w- r- p.isH. .1. after which the house ;,.k up the diplomatic ani) consular apprnpriIn the senate, on the Mh an efrirt tfierce upon a date for a final vote upon nl;J',ri'- was . I. I lr I'r.ai.b'"' Whth th"" informativ I Id ask ,', and the i :i n) proprlatlon b(U eui.it . i the remainder ol the session In the house ., (r.-tieral pension bill was pissed to restore t. the pension rolls w t.tows of soldiers of n rebellion who r..fa"? ,,"",;,r.I '' subs -pi-ntly became ltu ' , ' "o,Jr--e. I nt benefits o.m.i .,. tiowever. It) WltlfiV.S of i ri sol ti. rwnv were m.trrietl p.for,. the c lose fit th. i '-...-in 1 1 arm w t tb.ir own lab. r f..r 'XZ 'VI"'' re rein- .1..... n. 'J. prjMu. pension Mils, m.ik .... nine nunoreti pr Hate bills pps.ei by this congreas pension PERSONAL AND GENERAL. with th ie si'iinle cereiiome rr ,u. - - , w I iiv Hutch Reformed hurch. Wilbsdmina queen of the Netherlands, and lbik. Henry of Mecklenbun-Sohwerin . re united in laarnaire nt The HffM, on the 7th. By th. gogvrrlsgl contract the ipi.-en allows h-r bus band the Interest on 5.t,oou,0tio guilders. A dispatch ol the Tth, from Baku Russin, says that .M it; persons perished in the eonJgtfjrStgO there aSOCMUJ the oil properties. All the Hot hschih reservoirs itere burned. The burghers of Volkarush have in saed a gtrotnj appeal for pea. .- to the commandants la the districts in that vieinitTi resnindfng them that thou sands of lioers have been exiled, killed or wounded, ami that ruin is Impendin": from the hopeless st nipple. "Plague prevails in sverj part of India," says the Bombnj corrospoV dent of the Loudon Daily ISspreen, "except the central provinces." It in only particularly Mvere in Bengal, where there is a weekly mortality of 2.5(H). In Bombay the deaths reached 94 per cent, of the case. William W. Scott. 52 years of ape. a ( hristian scientist and himself a "healer," who had been ill for three wr. ks I rietlm of the prip and pneumonia, died at his home in New York city, on the 7th, leaiini. a widow and ...... . II. I i m , . ., iip Mne. nt niiti reiusetl to allow a j physic (SS to attend him. J Maddened by the knowledpe that i his bride of three ggOBthl hail de ceived him. and tl at she had a husband and child of three years shea she went to the altar with him. Curl ; Arnold shot nnd killed h is w i ft i gj ; New York city, on the 7th, nnd then ended his own life Count SmolianolT, the inventor credited with the discovery of smokeless powder, was, on the 7th. declared by the police court of Washington to be a continued drunkard, and was ordered committed to the workhouse for three months. Queen VYilhelmiria'a marrhhM to Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, who. en his weddinp day, became Prises Heinrich of The Netherlands, was celebrated, on the 7th, at The Ha true. Train No. 5. the New York limited on the Erie railroad, was wrecaed, on the 7th, within the town limits of tireenville, I'n. Five pnKSenpers were dend when taker, from the wreck, several are missing and there sre many badly Injured. R. O. Dun & Co. reported, on the 8th: ' Failures for the week were 2M in the Cnited Stntes. against. 245 Inst year, sad 36 in Canada, against 33 last rear"

AVlille attempting to arrest Hera FSfgUSSOO und heg Taylor, u pair of desperate characters from Kentucky City, Marshal t.us II. (much of Metropolis. III., was shot aud killed; Night Omcer Mcldaason wus luutly wounded, and Clsn Fcrpusson was badly hnttered. The tWO desperadoes M ere lockcil up. t belies i oopee, one of the oldest and best-known iron manufacturers in Ohio, on the Mh, died at Mount Vernon, O.. aged M years. It is rumored in London that Crown Prince Frederick William of Prassen, will marry Princess Kiwi, of Hattenberg, daughter ol Princess Beatrice. I he djOWSgei carina is going to London to visit Queen Alexandra, her si st er. Kmperor William has liest owed on Dr. mi ilollchcn, the German ambussador at Washington, the crown ordc; of the Tu t class, John B. Hart a prominent maim facturer and philanthropist. of RacinS Wis., died suddenly in l,os Angele, t 'til., on tl sth.

.ATE NEWS ITEMS. Tn the rennte, on the Sth, almost the entire session was devoted to consideration of the naval appropriation bill. All the comniitte.- amettdmsnta were adopted, bul when the measure wus abOttl to be placed on it passage, a discussion Of thl armor plate ipiestion was precipitated bj Mr. Butler, and to enable sonic others t. speak upon the subject, the MH went over. Eulogies upon the lute BcpTOOc ntativo Alfred c. Banner, of Pennsy Irani, MNSClude.1 the s. ssioB In the house, Consideration of lhc diplomatic and consular appropriation bill occupied the icssion until two o'clock, when it was laid aside, and the remainder ol the session was tit voted to eulogies of the late Representatives Daly, of New Jar nay, ami Wise, of Virginia. A specie cablegram from (ondon, On the llth said: "At ten o'clock this morning the gates of Aylesbury pris on will gering open and Mrs. Florence Elizabeth slay brick, the American woman whose case has stirred two continents for years, will walk out a free woman. It :s understood that in thus granting clemency t Mrs. Maybrick, the king wishes to eniphasie the character of his regard for America." A collection of autograph IcttCfftJ and documents of William Penn, ineluding his will, written by himself in 17o... were sold at auction in London, on the loth, for ;i""i guineas. The collection was purchased by a London dealer, nfter 15. F. Stevens, the I'niteil Stales dispatch apent and purchasing ege)Bt for American libraries, had bid ISO guineas. The documents amis thai property of Lady Budely. Three thousand male citiens of Topeke, Kas.. in mass meeting, on the; 10th, decided that the numerous joints of the ritv must close their places. rhey issued an ultimatum, piling the jointisis until th" 15th, at 19 o'clock noon, to i tiit tills i iiess. ir tins were not done, warning was given that a thou, ami armed men would move ou j the joints and remove them by force. , Representative Alben i. Shew, of Wntertown. V. i . formerly com-amnder-in-cbief of the Grand Array of , the Republic was found dead on the morning of the thth, In his room at ihe Kitrps house, Washington (. Ity. A physician summoned Immediately after the discovery of the Is'dy. pronounced death to bt ths result of apoplexy. In thfl senate, on the 11th. the :.avnl appropriation bill was passed early ill the session. T):e shipping bill was then taken up und kept before the senate during the remainder of the legislative day In the house, Mr. Pnyne, chairman of the ways and means committee, submitted the resolution of the committee to disagree with the substitute proposed by the senate as an amendment to the war revenue reduction hill, and asked for a conference with the senate. This precipitated a lively debate, on the constitutional limitations of the miwer of the senate over revenue legislation initiated by the house, which consumed most, of the day's session. Representative BabCOCh, of Wisconsin, on the llth, introduced a bill repealing a considerable part of "Schedule C On Metals," of the tariff act of July 24, 1-H7. The proposed repeal applies to bar iron, round iron, beams, Ixiiler iron, anchors, hoop iron, railway Imrs. steel ingtt, wire of various kinds, nails and wheels for railway purposes At the weekly meeting, n the nth. the Presbyterian ministers of Palhsdelphia sdopt4 d a pet it Ion t the manngement of ths Can-American exposition, at Buffalo, N. Y., ukin" that tin- exhibition be closed on Bun .lavs. This action w;is tnken in compliance vvith a it quesi made iv the American Sabbath union. Senator I'oiaker, from the Commit tee on Porto loo ami Pacific islands, on the llth. reoortei ll bill l iti v Iii i n .r - i i " m that Hawaiian . (.ins may ! received al par for all govcrnjuent dues, and that when so received they shall not he again put Into circulation. While a mob was besicping the jail st ( rested liutte, CoL, on the nth, and threatening tn lynch Oeorga Berte, h mmitted suicide by hanging himself to a window bar in bis cell with an clecti ic light wire. The berliner Tageblatt publishes a ilispatch from a Correspondent in Siberia, who cites evidence going to show that Russia (.insiders that h r recent nets have annexed .Manchuria and Mongolia. .lohn V. Rower, ex-state senator, brother of es- sited States Senat, ,r T. C. Power, died at Fort, Henton, Mont., on the llth. He had been a leading business man of Montana for 3 years.

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Newt by Telegraph from Virions Towns in Indiana. Will Mm Ma. Indianapolis. In.i.. Feh. 1 L- Kx-I're sident Ha rrison beg declined to sign the petition that is In ing circulat ei ask eg ciinpr.s to appropriate to erect a monument on TppeCS HOC battlefield, the scene of William Henry Harrison's vie tor 3 govember 7. llll, lien. Harrison said the movement vvas commendable and pat riot iCi bul h- had uniformly declined to sign all petitions to congress, um! in this case he fe't Ilia' it Mould be indelicate for liiin to sign on account of the pnomshenes of ail ancestor in t he Im 1 1 le. IM lie Line vbxirli. d. Bert ford City, Ind., Feb. It. The Manhattan Pips Line couipanv ami the Indiana Pipe Line company, Ihe only competitors to the Standard pipe Inns in the Indiana oil Hehls, have been combined, end the consolidated Company will Ix- known as the Man hattan Pipe Line company, and will become a formidable competitor t. the Standard in this Held. The Manhattan already had a large mileage Of pipe line, nnd the consolidation will increase its holdings over L'on miles. Vlut Int li'P.'lM Qald, Wabash. Ind., Feb. II. -Agents of the express companies in this and other cities in this part of Indiana have been notified from the general offices not to nccept pol.l coin for money senders. Agents here recentl.v sent in gold pieces for orders and the same wen promptly returned. The reason given b.V the officials of tht companies is that the coins I OSS in Weight from abrasion and in the aggregate the loss to the companies is considerable, MVoeee eases SaiclSe, Hammond. Ind.. Feh. 11. Olaf M. Bwenson committed suicide her.- by severing the Jugular vein. Be was found dying, but was conscious, and gsaented when asked if the wound J was self-inBletedt Bwenson vvas about iti years old and formerly lived at South Bend, where he was grant cd a divorce from niia Swcnson last December. An uhmailed letter to his Wife announces the divorce aud wishes her happiness with "the other fellow." 1 Unlkeil from n Trnln. Rei'ssc'aei-. Ind.. Feb. 11. Senator N. L. Agnew.of Valparaiso, representing the counties of Lake and Porter in the legislature, was found in the snow Bear the depot at Lee station, in W hite county. The train from which he fell Shll a fast one. and at Lee station makes probablj W ggiles aa hour, and the supposition is that Senator Agnen sre iked off the rear platform in his sleep, and that it is n clear case of omnainbuüjm. He yvn not terlouslj Injured, Inj Take tnireralt. Hunde, Inc.. Feb. 11. Twenty-eight senators and 30 representatives from the legislature Cg me to If UUele from Indianapolis to inspect the Esstern Indian:'. Normal university, which wi'l probablj be made a state institution. The delegatlos reported fsvorsblj and the elaborate college anil grounds,! valued at 080,000, probsbl will go lo j the state in accordance with the bill 1 now in the legislature. ii.-n in sentence, Princeton. Ind.. Fib. 11. Judge O. M. Weibern has formally passed sentencc OB Joseph Keith, who was convicted by a jiirv January 11 of the murder Of Jfors Keifer and sentenced to death. In passing sentence 1 he court Rxed Friday, Mai M, a the dutc for the execution and the Indiana prison at Michigan Citj gg the place. I'h will DC at once appealed to t hi RUpremc court. c :i I e tat' Hartford City, Ind.. Feb. 11. The disappearance of illiain Thomas has driven his young wife insane and brought his aped mother to the verge of tin- grave, through constant worry. Thomas left his borne in I plan. I two months apo to buy furniture in this city. lie never arrived, and it in thought tramps murdered him for the 300 he carried. Fell Den. Richmond. Ind.. Feb. 11. -While engaged in tiüinp a grave from .vhieh the si on re Ing part had just departed its 1 Rhodes irxton of the FayettevlIIe cemetery, fell dead. Rhode was at work with lib helpers, when suddenly he pSUSed from his labors, put his hand to hi heart, uttered a half Inarticulate cry and ank on the pile of earth beside t h' 1 'SCS pra ve. iranil Jorj (filled. La ports, (ndM Peb. 11. 'ihe gram jury which will bear charpes SgSinst Joseph w. Drill, the Cleveland nineowner, for the attempted murder f Rlla worth F. Weir, a leaoing attorney of this city, has been called to meet Monday. February 16, 'I he trinl promises to be the most bitterly contested Criminal case in the history of Indiana courts. Found iul!t. she brvlUe, Ind.. Feb. II. (borge Rsy, a prominent politician and et 1 1 . r of the Ibelbj Dessosrat, has beta adjudged guilty of consul reej bj a Jury, RgJ vva charged tvith fraud in the handling of county supplies. The trial has attracted wide attention throughout the state. A prison sentence probably will be imposed. Death of a Mayor. W'timaw. Ind., Feb. 11. James II. CUney, mayor of Warsaw, died Sunday from pneumonia, aged ß0 yesrs. Deceased was prominent in pollt icn, served two terms n sheriff of Kosciusko county and was inspector of Indian agencies under President Harrison's ad mi nil-trstion.

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Interview with Alexander J. Jones, President of the Drainage Board of Illinois. ST. LOUIS FAIR HAS N0THIN6 TO FEAR. The llrainaae mihi I Controers ts m Uueallon fair Kuril, Not Theorie, to Determine, and Miould HI No I 'lun re la Hie l.o u lalauat l'urehnae I elelirnt Ion at Nt. I.uula. J ChicagO) l eb. 1'. A diapatch from I Hot Bpringn, Ark., reports Mr. Alexander J, Jones, ths president of the drainage hoard of Illinois, in an interview regarding Chicago's and IIlinoin' attitu Ic on St. Louis appropriations and W 01 Id': fair, as saxinp: "The BUggSStJotl that the St. Louis World's fair appropirations, and lepislalioli should be Opposed cither at Bpringneld or si vsshington, becauas of St. Louis' opposition to the Chicago drainage canal, is not g Chicago annti incut, and is especially distasteful to the officials ol the sanitary district. The St. Louis celebration is to eont incmorate one of Ihe greatest events in American history, the Louisiana purchase, und as it was this event more than any other which shifted the 'seatfof empire' from the Atlantic states to the Mississippi valley, and opened up the greet west, Chica go and Hanoi sin.oid take a special interest in making the St. Louis celebration a success. "The drainage canal controversy has now reached .. st;-v where fads and not theories sre to be pieselited to the court for the settlement forever of the question of whether running water purines ItSeli and whether St. Louis is in jiucd or benefited by the opening of the canal, w.- expect to show, and that, too, before the St. I I. otiis exposition if opened, that it has been not Only S sanitary benefit, hut j that the Increased How- of StoMM PUbtc feet of Watt r per minute down ths Illinois end Mississippi vslleys has j proven such a boot: to navipation 111 all seasons of ihe ear as to convince i the most skiptical that the first and liiosf important step has been taken in the construction of the great commercial waterway and ship canal to connect the "rent lakes with the city of St. Louis, and the citv of St. Louis Ith the Qulf Of Mexico. "Surely this achievement will lie a Biting crow i- for the century's, development of the Louisiana purchase, and Chicago nttttl claim a part in oinnicniorat M.p these events by faVOring all reasonable appropriations for the exposition, both in BpringheUl nnd in Chicago, and following it up by making the same xhii.it of the sssi- J tary district am lirainapc canal that em made last year at the Paris exposition." The sentiment here expressed by 1 President Jones finds hearty indorse- j incut ui Chicago and throughout the stnte of Illinois. IT WAS SIMPLY A CANARD. The Stair? of the I'lirilon of lr. I Itn 1111'r liil,rlek WHhont I -t II II ll II I lull. London, Feb. is, The offlcisls f fhe home office any there is no Inundation whatever for the report that Mrs. Florence May brick had been pardoned. An official of the United states embassy said to a representative of the press: "It does not need the home office denial to prove the absolute baselessness of the Ifaybrick story. We would ie the Mini to le notified of any such .n t imi, or proposed action by the British government. Not a single fact lias arisen to pive the slightest justification for the story or to make the release of Mrs. Maybrick more probable than heretofore." AT THK ÄT.ITK I ISP A HTM K ST. mlinaaador Chnatr la SnM to lie Dolo All He I an I nnielnll. Washington, Feb. is. The stnts oepartment has OOt been advised of the reported Intention f British govern ment to pardon Mrs. Florence Maybrick, the American Woman imprisoned la England on conviction of poiSSnJg her husband. It is said, however, that Mr. Choate lost no opportunity, at all proper times, to work toward that end, and it is understood that his efforts have I u particularly energetic r late. Of course, these must be unofficial, for it would not Ik permisibts for th case to he made the subject of formsl exchanges Beeretnrj May. while ambassador Is Lond on, did all that he could in Mrs. Mnybrick's behalf, and what Mi. Choate is now doing is Slmplj in continuation of that Dsoveasent. it is bsaed, however, that he is working under much more favoralile ausjiices und that success is m art nl hand. A RUSSIAN SUGGESTION. France. Ittiaaln. America anil .In pan Shonld Join to Offaet the 1 n-l.i-lirrmn Alllanee. 8t. l'ctersburg. Feb. 12. The llourse (iazettc, in advocating an alliance between France, Kussiu, America nnd Japan, to offset the Anglo-American alliance, which a portion of the press persists in believing real, says the other three powers should accept Itnssinn leadership and make peace without delay, regardless of the Anplo-tiermans,

HEEDED THE HAND-WRITING. All the Julata In Tupeka. Kaa., ( leseA on llenmnil of Ch!ef-uf-Pgdtea Muhl. Topeka, Kas., l'eb. Vi. An a result, of the meeting of citizens of 1 cka, nil the joints of the city are closed to-night. The citiens made the per

emptory order (hut the saloons lie discontinued by noon .Monday, and as far as known the order was regarded. Early this morning Chief-of l'oli"e Stahl. Willi some of the ofSjsgra, nuule the rounds of the joints und notified the koepcrs, o far as they could bo found, that they would ! expected to close at once. They were 111 each case presented with a printed copy of the citiens' ultimatum, and eon mended, Intbe interests of inn aud good order, to close at once. Chief Btahl told the otatlsta that tiicro was an army of a thousand nu n waTtinp to march on a minute's noLcn to close Ihe joints (f the city, ami that they were of a class that would not be frightened on! f performing their duty us they interpreted it. Notices were slipped In under the doors of closed places. In only one place did the otViccrs find any liquor sold, and this pises agreed to close at once, To-night .Topeka is pract leoll , a dry town, so far as the joints ire concerned. Sonic of the drug stores are said to he doing a thriving BUriUCSS, but the condition is much dilVerent from a week, or even g day. ggo when there were about SO joints running openly, all of which were equipped With the flnesl fixtures. The citiens' commit tec has made all the necessary arrange nts for the enforcement ol order regarding the joints, and Will insist that the order be carried out to the let cr, and that every drinking place he closed and the stock and fixtures removed from the city by next Pridny noon. The condition of putilic sentiment in To pel. a to-night is soinctl ing remarks ble, There has never been any iiiing here approaching it. nts ' ipllanos committee is ready to move on very short notice. IS A "IIH I " l(l ll . Italic 1 I - I ltilitl.il 1111,1 Sfna-k of Liquor let ru !. Teknmah. Xeb., Feb. 1-'. i'iie railroad depot in this town wax raided quietly by unknown parti., Bunday night, and s. cases ol litpior, consigned to farmers and Others, and valued at 4tio. seixed ami destroyed Ths liquors were stored in the part of the depot used by the c.xp.'i --i company, Tckamnh is a "dry" town under the local option, and it is 04 loved S purty of Women took I lie law into then rWB hands ami took this mothod of stopping the shipment ol ii piers into tow a. REMARKS WERE OUT OF ORDER Mliiilcr ( nllctl Down for l.iiloullinu Hie Ceumns "f Mil. ( 11 rrle Viilltin. New York, Feb. IS. At vestcrdsv'g meeting of the I'rcshv t ci ian li;;,stcrs' association of this city, one of those present tried to make an address concerning Mrs. Carrie Nation, the saloon smasher. He said: "I wish here to thank Qsd for the work Of one of his. ilaiiphtcts, who haa had the courage to attack Satan in his den. She bSS taken tin- slimy monster by the throat, and I Iiojh- will throttle him.M t this point the chairman called the speaker to order, saying his remark - were not in order. The Baptist Ministers' conference yesterday adopted a resolution protesting against tin- proponed legists tion to icpali.e the Sunday opening of ths saloons la Buffalo during the Pan American exposition. A SON'S BITTER REBUKE, (tee, ssnalers son sjsnnsmsas his Kather'a Admlnlalrnlinii anil Kmhialaea Mra. Nation. Topckn, Kas., Feb. It, Hen;y Stanley, One, Stanley's son. who is editor of the linker Orange, in yesterday's issue pays his compliments ti flic state ad minist ration as follows: "When a joint has en allowed to continue in open violation of the law, as the "Senate" in Topeka has .lone, almost under the very eyes of thom who have sworn lo enforce the laws and uphold the constitution: of the state, the people welc g any OSS with moral courage to do what the state nnd local Officers, in direct violation of their . niths ..I ofllCC failed t-o do. Lonp live Mrs. Nation " Heiiueal for Siimln) Closing. Philadelphia, Feb. If,. At the srnh ly meeting, vesterdsjr, the Presbyter! an ministers of this city adopted a petition to the management of (BS FailAmerican exposition, ask.tig that the exhibition he closed on Sundays. This action was taken in coinpl ia nee with a rSSSWal made by the American Sabbath union. BY WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. Messaaea KaehanaeS Hetween and Shore as Kaalljr aa h Telephone. emp London. Feb. I:.'. Lloyds' agent si Ilrowhend CXehSnged wireless nies sages, Satiitdiy, with the White Star freighter, (ieorgia. Cnpt. ThjOmpsWU, which lei; Liverpool for New York the previous day, when she was 13 miles out at sen. Colin from the nbore to Ihe ship and from the ship to the shore were mndo ns quickly ami as ensily ss by telephone.