Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 44, Number 26, Jasper, Dubois County, 28 February 1902 — Page 2

Weeklu Courier.

IIOAM:. Pabllaarr. I INDIANA. ffASPKh. Col. "nob" Crockett, prandmm of ilhsvy Crockett, hero of the Alamo, Idied at hi home in Stuttgart, Ala., on the night of the 17th. All täte wefflce closed on the 18th. Mr. Crockett was 70 years old. A dispatch from lirussels says that Austria has decided, in compliance with the demand made by tireat Britain, to abolish sugar bounties, and to reduce the impost M -agar to five francs. The correspondent dc clan s thi adherence oi Hungary to the decision has been assured. Rev. Calvin Holman. one of the pioneer preachers f Methodiana, died at hi home in Top.ka. K.i . on the list, aped Si years. He had been a Methodist minister for M years. 50 years of which were spent in active service. He tilled many important ehnrges in the New England states before coming west. i I Cabling from St. Petersburg, on the " fOth, the correspondent of the London Daily Mail My "the seismic disturhnnres at Shnmaka have recommenced and ft fresh volcano has begun to erupt vigorously." The correspondent adds that the number of killed in the Bkamaka district by the recent, earthquake is now estimated t 5.UU0. A report was received, on the 21 t. that the Pennsylvania excursion train was wrecked on th. Mexican Central a considerable distance south of El ras... Tex. It waa reported that five ears left the rails, but no details ns to casualties have been received. Tho wreck is said to have been caused by burning ties which permitted the rails to spread. Richard B. Field died in Cincinnati, on the '.'1st, in his ninetieth year. Mr. Field was one of Cincinnati's pioneer business men, havinp been actively enpaped in the baking business from 1837 to lsjs. During the civil war he wns a larpe contra. tr for "hard tad.." He was ihe survivor of the founders of the Unitarian church in Cincin nat i. Gov. Stanley of Kansas received a letter from the mayor of Paterson, h'. J., on the 17th. returning BS&M which the Kansas Indian Kelief commission bad ient to the P&terSOn fire sufferers. The letter thanked Gov. Stanley and the eoan&datioa, but etatcd that Paterson was able to take care of its destitute without outaide assistance. At the sneeting of the Illinois press association in ( hicago, n the l'.'th, a lengthy paper in the nature of a report, written by Fred Whitney, of the Waukegnn Qasette, oa ' Trusts Cost Thereof to Publishers," was presented. Mr. Whitneys paper showed a jjreatly increased cost of papersince the formation of the combination of patter manufacturers. A third warrant was issued, on the Slst. for Frank C. Andrew-, vie. --president of the i it SSvinga bank of Detroit, Mich., which is in the hands of a reciiv.r, on a complaint charging him with niakintr a false report on the hank's condition to the state hanking eonunissioaer on labruary So. 1001. Mr. Andrews WSJ sent to Jail in default of r.o.noo bad President glesias of Costs Pica has agreed to cooperate with President Belays of Nicaragua in effecting a Satisfactory srrnngemeat for the local jurisdiction of the territory deaired by the povernment of the Cni led states in the district to be traversed by the proponed Nicaragua canal, and all minor points in the matter can now easily be adjusted. The trial of Gen. Osmnn Pasha, on the rharpe of high treason, began In Constantinople, on tha SOth, behind closed d ors. Osman, who j.i a son of the famous Kurdish chief Itedrahan Pasha, fled to Europe and thence to Cairo, but he was induced to return to Constantinople by the sultan's promise of pardon. fn arriving there Osmun was immediately' arrested. S) Attorney V. A. Lewis was sentenced, at Spokane. Wash., on the 19th. to serve eight years nnd six months in the penitentiary at Walla IWalla. for stealing 922 ä belonging to sn of his clients. This sentence is go run concurrently with a sentence of seven years previously imposed on ILcwis f..r stealing money from another client, nnd he will remain in jail pentling appeal to the supremo aourt. J. B. Billnrd. on the 10th. brought autt in the district court to eotapel he board of education of Topeka, Kns., to restore his son to niemberhip in the public schools. Young Jtillird had been expelled for refusjng to desist, from his studies during (the devotional exercises taking place 4n the morning. The suit brought by Billnrd is the result of an orgaabssd effort to stop the use of the Bible in be schools of that city. The Colorado state senste. on the Oth. adopted a joint resolution, previously adopted by the house, declaring thst the interests f Colorado rorkingtnen are seriously jeopardize I BMf the mmlntsiMl ,,f .Umnn.,. 0 i, Coal mines in Huerfano county, and .that it is the sense of the. thirteen! I, general assembly that the congress Of the i'nited Slates shall take steps to exclude from this country all of Bhis class of Asiatic labor." ... ... ... , ...

CUHRBXT TOPICS. TEE NEWS IN BRIEF. FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. In the n-nstr. on the lTth, several tl!t nt Importance were t.iken from Um kl ndar ami (,-aiI. anions; idem one tendlaa the chtirtcr f natl.Mi.it n:ink Aft. r an astendes1 debate, th Mil est.itllshinn a permanent . i-nsu ottli w is passed In the houiie. afur the adoption to a tri. i nsttv vnir. f . ni.il

order f.r th consideration of the bill repaai ssif a rir wan. iy unniiiniiMiM cotmeni. pin uin it iuisici Uli. re..tvol t lie tiitlr Mil' of ths house ayes. r?; nay. 0 In the senate, on the lttth. It wi nKree.l that n ni Vota on tha Philippine t.irtn Mil and Use pending ami ndntente shuuM b taken ti the :4th at tour o'clock, it"' l.iit dSjr'i assets t ha restricted lo "... nes n.t i..-edinir 15 minutes in du ration Senator Wellington spoke .malnst. and Senator Stewart In favor ot the pemltng measure In the house the .lay was dsvoted entirely to ap ckmafcinf. no I.Klslatton k' att. nipt. I Mr OUIetl iMjs i severe!) rebuked Mr tVhaeler f..r the Intemperate L.tiKuat; used In Ills speech asaaillna Secretary Hay anil Lord 1'aunrefote. Mr Talh.-t iS C.) Lndoraod Mr Wheeler. The Indian bill, ostensibly Under discussion, wus not touched upon I by any of the speakers. In the senate, on the 10th. rnnsMerntlon of the Philippine tariff bill was continued, a lame number of senators takln, part In tho debate, and the arKumenta eoverj InK a l.irjse ranife of thouitht. Several 1 rather lively ex. 'bansen took plaee betvn.n Mr ro raker and the opposition senators during the dajr. In the house ...... .- ' i . ,,,, ,1.., Ii. .nmro- ! prlatlon bill was again under const. leraI tlon, an. I aa on former days the debute was devoted almost entirely to extrane1 Otis tOBtea. Mr BoutOtM IH Impaled Mr. Wheeler iKy.i on a trenchant dlsplay of wit while he humorously traced I the history of "truculent sycophancy" as j displayed by former presidents In enter taining royalty. In the Bangt, on the ;oth, with the exception of a few minutes given to routine business, the entire day was devoted to discussion Of the Philippine tariff Ml!. Messr Patterson (i'ol i. Nelson iMiim I and If eCuanber tS. D.) were the prtnclpal speaker In the house, the day was spent In work upon the Indian api proptiatlon bin. a of the paces being ,!:-;., , .1 .,f. Several nmen.lments, none of them of much lmiortunce. were adopted. In th senate, on the 21st. the Philippine tariff bill was under discussion for I more than six hours, carefully prepared und forceful epeechee nclns: delivered both for and against the passage of the rneastire. The debate was not concluded when j the senate adjourned In the house. I the Indian appropriation Mil was passed, no amendments of Importance being attached to It. The latter part of the session ; was devoted to consideration of private claim bills, a number of which were passed. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. At Kansas City, Mo., en The IStb William Prince was formally BCD tenced to two years in the penitenHary for complicity in the murder of. his brother-in-law. Philip II. Kennedy,' for which his sifter. Mrs. Kennedy, is serving n ten-v ears' sentetiee as principal, and for which his father and brother are still awaiting trial for complicity. The Danish premier, J. M. Deunster. who consented to stand as a i candidate for the rigsdag to succeed j Herr ;. Hoegsbro. bit. pre-ident Of ( the folkething, has bean eleetad withI out opposition. Julius W..I1T. .the celebrated oste- ! ologist and ortheopedist of the University of Berlin, uicd in that city on the lfth. The federal land office at Santa Fe. K M.. received orders, on the itth, to withdraw from settlement six towaships of land east nnd northeast of Albuquerque to be occupied as a

new military post. There are 12.1.000 'moditicnt ion of the present order acres of government land in these Prohibiting Chinese from entering townships, which are at the foot of Ml Philippines. the Saadia mountains. Seward Webb's special train, en The spring weather of the paat few HOUta from New York to San Franweeks in Iklahoma was cut short, on Cisco, pssatd MarahalltOWS, la., at

the r.'th. hv a cold wave atrl zero weather with Hurries of snow and wind. Courts-martial have been ordered in the ease of number of Japanese officers who are accused of looting during the campaign in China against the BoXers. R. O. Hunt, of Marinette. U'i., a former member of the legislature, was nrrested, on the 19th, charged with mutilating the records of Oconto county. Wisconsin, for the purpose of defrauding the Peshtigu Lumber Co., of Peshtigo. Wis., out of 80,0M worth of land. He is alleged to have lifted j 12 piiires out of volume 15, in the regist r of deeds' office. A. P. Qould, cashier of the defunct Ballwood bank of David ( ity Ni'b.. who lost, by speculation, a quarter f a million dollars, was sentence d to eight years in the penitentiary on the Hth. Representative South wick, of New : York, on Cue 2oth, Introduced bill to prevent the brewing of inferior beer, it requires that hops ami mall j shall be the only producta entering 1 into the brewing of heel and ale. and that no other products than barley, wheat and rice shall enter into the manufacture of malt. Western Oklahoma was buried, on the 2(th, under the heaviest snow since the opening to settlement. In Blaine and Great counties it was over ' two feet deep; and in many places the trains cut through drifts of thr'e and four feet. The Missouri, Kansas & Texas HallI road Co, announced, on the 20th. to the citizens of El RettO and Anadarko. kla.. its intention t build through 1 those citi-s from (iuthrie. ami on to i southwestern Texas, a distance of I IM miles. The Venezuelan congress convened, I on the 20th, at n p. m. in the federal palace at ''arm-as. The presidential message was not ib bvered to the congress. Aeiording to the St. Petersburg correspondent of tha London Daily Mall, Count Tolstoi, who h is recently been grave! v ill, .s now out of danger. The ectcuttve comniitli'CN of the Cattlemen's Ass .n-iuf ions of Oklahn ! tna nnd the I'anh-mdle of I exns w ill meet in (luthrir merge under th Okie., in March to name of tho Stmt hw eaten cattle (Towers' sssocisth a, which will then be tha largest Organization of cattle interests in the world.

The Eighth I'nitcd States caalry. which hud been stationed for two veal at Matanus. Cuba, arrived ut M..1. lie. Ala . M the -Ms, on tlio steamer VcltUld. I'hey left tin- amo night for Fort Kilcy. Kua. U. (J. Dun fc Co. reported on the. '-Mat: "Failure for the week mini IM in the I'nitcd States, against 53 last year, and 31 in Canada, namst J'J last eur." A special Kock Island t rain, bearinff Preaidenl VY. B. 1 eels. First Vicel'rcsidcnt H. . i'aiker and Chief Fnerinecr W B. Dauchey arrived at Morton. Kns., on the '-'1st. They ordered the immediate rebuilding of the Kock Island simps, deatroysd by tire two weeks bcf. .re. The statement of the treasury halanccs in the gtMIMl fund. e. Iumvo of the tlM,000,000 er, iid rvaerre in the division of redemption, issued on the Li-t. thowad: Available raah balance, 140,0hni.0(I0; pold, :-s7.'.M'.i.7.i:'. The death of Emil Bolttb, the frican explorer, WTM announced in Vienna on the '.'Ist. LATE NEWS ITEMS.

In the senate, on the ?M. during the discussion on the Philippine tariff bill. Mr. Tillman (S. C.I. En Ihe course of a speeah, made serious ictlcct ions upon the honor of his eolleaguUi htr. McUiuiiii. eharg-itifT that his ,,tc in support of the ratification of the treatj of Paris had been east through the exercise of improper influences. Mr. McLsurin, speaking to s questlo of privilege, denounced the slatemenl U "wilful, maliciotU and deliberate lie." In an instant Mr. Tillman spraag at his colleague und a lively list tipht ensued. The senate immediately went Into executive tea sioti and declared both senators in contempt. Both later tpologistnV .... The house was not in session. Prince Henry of Prussia, repre-en-tativc of his brother, the emperor of Germany, at the launching of the latter'.s American-built ateht, reached New York, on the -id. and Was cordially welcomed U; a gttCSl of the nation. He was passenger oa the Kron Prim VVilhelna, which arrived one ilay late 01 account of heavy storms which for several days la tarded it.s pfOgiena. Bejuads Of minute men have been organized at Wetumka, Olds., to protcct the town from the ( ray Snake Indians. The sijunds are on guard alternately after ndght, and runners are sent in all directions irom the t iwn on the lookout for the hostile Indians. The stores have supplied all sble-bodied citizens with rillen and botguaa, A force of native constabulary at Santa CrUZ, province of l.airuna. Luz"n- '"' captured Crt.-. secin eommand to t he insurgent Cert. Maleag, and turned htm over to the military authorities. Corte was in fancied Security in a suburb of Santa 'Fritz, known as Aliph. nnd was raiaf,"l(ls fnr insurrection, Acting Civil Cov. VTright of Maalia, replying to a question addressed to him bjf the Ameriean chnmheT "f eominerce. on the 13d, said that the I nitcd States Philippine commission unanimously favored a : p. in. ot the ai. I lie tram was i2 minutes ahead of schedule time. Tn the senate, on the fth. the Philippine tariff bill, aft-r eight hours tumultuous debate, was passed, by a rote d 4; to it, Mauers, Tillmah and McLaurln wi re denied the right to participate in the debata r to vote. Only one amend meat other than those of th- committee was adopted that restricting the operation of the sedition luvvs ad .pted by ihe Taft commission... .In the bcaeo, after routine business nml the passage of sonn1 bills of no general interest, tha session was devoted to consideration of the diplomatic and Consular appropriation bill. A visit from Prime Henry elic'ted suppre sed ppls use. lien. James 11. Wilson innonnces ns his aides at the coronation of King Fdward: l.ieut.-( oi. John Blddle, mteil states engineers, in 1 I Lieut CoL Hon r D. Ilorun, ordnance da irtment. He de in s Corporal Jef ferson Moulton, Second csvolry, for orderly. All on the il on staff are now in Porto Kieo ami Cuba, Ihe National Council of Women, on the 21th. iclopteil a mein' trial to congress sshlng an annuity of 13,000 for Miss lara Barton, for her serviced for the Bed I rose soci tv, ami also decided hereafter t pay the recording and correspond log secretaries of the council for th. ir services. in a dispatch dated Baloniha, tha 24th, the correspondent of 'be London Dally Graphic savs the Sriganda escorted Mis-, Btonc and Mime, Tslllca tO the outskirts of a villi called Kharddouaua, near Htmmitsa and then told them they were fr''. Before the dinner at the White House, on the night of t he 3 Mb. there I WaS pit eiited to the tir'--idenr u m - a large portrait Of Prince Henry in naval attire, a statuette fbUSt) of the emperor and an autograph naval sea le prepared hj I be emper r, At Havana, on the 21th, Dr Tomas Estrada Palma and Senor Rstcves were formally elected bv tin- (leetoral college reapeetlvljf Rrst president and Aral ice prCI Idl nt of 1 he 1 uhan republic. Senators arare also elected. News fnun the Sealers Which have been sealing otr the California and Oregon ct.'ist tells of stortnv weather with wreck, ami a poorca'.h. The winter StsnjOa promises to be the worst in years.

B008IKB HAPPENINGS Told in Brief by Dispatches Iroa Various Localities.

Vinn a lleerpllou. Vtarriif, bd-. Feb. N, WkM Virginia Hamad coma I 'his city to present "Alice of Ohl iiu ciiiies' she will lc given a hearty reception bj the eitlanna AriaanjndaU nai i.ccii made to eoftvej her to hiatoHc points in u carrlaff woaian of the city will give her a reception at the Qraad hotel la the afternoon I he etdM will be showered with bouquets. The fete will clow a reception at the Pa-time rooms after the performance. w ith club KlitK with a HlMtorv Wabash. Ind.. Feb. :. Ir. Henry q, Moore, of this city, adth pen ehaat for collecting Indian relies, a4 who spent nanj years nl Rich Val ley, m ar tbis. itv. win re he was froquently in contact with the Miamis, has an old buttle lag said to have been carried bv i. en. A nth on Wayne (Mad tnthony) during bis eansnalgn through northern Ohio and Indiana toward tha close of the eighteenth cent u ry. shot m pettaH, Muncie. Ind.. Feb 14. dust bcf.ut Pranh Dempaey, of Muncie, was sentenced by Judge I. etiler to the -late prison for stealing a pair of baby hoes, he received s telegram saying that his brother. Albert Dempsey, had i n ahoi and killed In Detroit. Mich., by n policeman. The policeman shot Dempsey when the latter resisted arrest. The Jt heat t rp. Cra w fordsv ille. Ind.. mild weather dating da s has pract len lly now from t he v beat diana farmers report Feb. 24. the past rc inov ed The few the fields ami luthe plant as coining out badly Injured. With the ruined corn crop of last season 'hey arc very apprehensive and Mar the wheat crop is the next to suffer. Xotrr DaUSM IIHP. N.itre Dame. Ind.. Feb. M. Notre CJaaae is laboring under suppressed excitement over the result of the relav team's strong showing in Washington. The capture of the one-haM mile by Uffendsll from eastern crscks ami the defeat of Comall by more than M yarls by the relay team has caused great enthusiasm. II It tell . .Teffersonville, I ml.. Feb. 24. Mrs. EfllC initiM-rle. who was taken from a train at BeytnOUT while en route to St. Louis and brought back I. atiswiT the charge of stealing $224 from her motherdn-lnW, Mrs. Sarah J. immerie, was given s hearing In tho police court and was eoquitted. Narrow RaSW pe. Muncie. Ind.. Feb. 24. The bouse of If, Lassar, former proprietor of the ( "it v lint stör-, shd now travelinc for the Columbus Shirt company. of (hieac-o. vv.is ilestr.ivi'd bv lire. the loss being Jfi.iSHi, with small insurance. Mr. ami Mrs. Lauer hal a Harrow escape from suffocating. Una latass. Muncie. Ind.. Feh M, M. H. Pickell. 11 young man Of this city, has piloted tWO parties to the Klondike gold field-, and now posaesscs a iiutnber of claims, which are said to be producers. Be will soon return lo the gold to-lib it take active charge of his claims. line 111 i UK . OoHtte, Ind. Pah. 24, Not at any lim' in tha bist try of t lie stone industry in Indiana hav the piatry operators bad a many advance orders on hand ns ut present, and they an- anxious for moderate weather to some that they may begin work. 4 rased i? Drink. Frankfort. Ind.. leb. 24, l'hamer Douglass, aged IS, was brought here from Hichlgantown sad placed in jail. He is insan' from eneasslvo drinking, and besides making attempt on the lives of his family threatened to kill several of his neighbors. Ilev n riletl fir II rn i in . South Betid, D"l.. Feb. M. Of the W medals granted by the government to officers and soldiers for cal Isntrj in ( nha, I bins and the Philippines, Joseph A. Nolan, now a workingman her-, has received one. Twin iti I Ii ereil. Washington, Intl.. Peh. 24, The infant daughters of Arley Wallace, of South Washington, were found (lend in bed by their parents, having smothered during the night. They iver" twins and but two weeks om. Falnlly llnrneil. named, Ind.. Pah. -'. Mrs. William Masters, I? years old. wife of n farmer livintr six miles northwest of this city, wns probably fatally injured by nn explosion of a lamp. Uli. w 11 I lint null a I ml oTT. Anderson, Ind.. Feb. B4. Raymond nml Kcrtoa Peel, aged ten and t ight vears respect I Vely, were blown through 11 window in a gas explosion here and fatallv Injured. iriii of n Paat, Muncie. Ind.. Pah 14. .lames llot-line-er has been a warded St. lino by the jiii v in bis demand fur 110,000 from the lliel icail ollillLr hf 111 eomjiany for the loss of 11 foot. nt llrnn nei. Marlon Ind., Pehi .'i OranvBle, the Sil veat old son of .lohn Hutchson, an employe of the North nfarion Window fltaa Company, was drowned In n pond. After a visit with a neighbor he bsfl for home. His ih.g reached home without the boy and the father went in eardi and found his body in the water.

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Cripple Creek, Col., In a State ot Terror Over Destruction of Assay Offices. SIX OF THEM WRECKED BY EXPLOSIONS. The llMlilers llld Not lleltnte to .leiirtllse lluiuun l.lfe. mnd Nrtoiim lUfaetae Were Inltlelrd om Several I'erstius 'I lie nluius ot the ittertia Victor Cd.. Feb. 2."..- ( ripple Cr ek is in u state of tenor owing loa preeoaearted attack upon tha assay offices doing business in tb' district. Beginning at three oYlock MoadS) Bsorningi and following in rapid succession, six explouions wrecked as BtaDi sassy offices in the centers ranging from id r tot tipple (reek ami up to Goldfeld. In 'very instance the object sought bv the ineendiaries was accomplished by the destruction of the offices with their tine equipment of delicate balances. The raiders did not besitste to Jeopardize iit'-, as all bat one of the buildings were als.i occupied by sleeping families. As it was, tneu. women and children were hurled out of their beds by tha shocks, nnd serious injuries inflicted. The full extent of the damage eaa not he cstir mated. lu this city the Davenport office was wrecked by two exploslona, inrolring loss of fully $I.201. Almost at the same time the assay offices Of Vandewalker, Morgan ami Willi. uns were treated likewise. Tha loss w;u apprOXimStely SS large as Havenjiort's. One man, miner, SUS seeerely Injured at the explosion at Williams' office. He was parsing at 1 the moment if the explosion. Fly lug debris struck him in the face, gashing his eyes, anil may result, in total blindness. in Cripple ( nek Benjamins essay office, north of tha Florence and Cripple ( leek depot. Was blown Up. In the town of Gold field, about a mile and s half north of lu re, almost simultaneously, Boyce's office end another as-ay es tab) ishmcal were wrecked. Boyce's family OCCtt pled nn adjoining room, Mrs. BoyOS was blown out of had) but escaped without fatal Injuries, b' was badly shocked. family living in the Other offict was also blown out of bed. but escaped SerloUS injury. The giant powder was blown out of the w indow at Goldflchl. In this city the powder was placed under the building. The house in which a family lived next tO the Williams hvmi office here was much daanagod. and a woman was much prostrated. Sheriff Boh ertsun ha1- called nut his deputies u 1j(kil)0. n .ns t.i discover. if possible, the perpetrators of the crimes. The g-neral laprcasloB here is that the attacks are the result of n iletvrmlned effort tt rid the district of nil high-grade un purchasing institutions. F'-r years there has beea syatemntie st-aliiig of rich ore from the mines, amounting to thoussnde f dollars monthly, It is thought that .'( asanyen have been doinga business of buying such ore. Recently the Min I Owners1 ssaoclntlon discovered that shipments of high-graile ore had been made by ssaayers from this district to the Sibley smelter at San Francis0 und a smelter at Salt Lake, but all efforts in stop the traffic were unaviiilini. Bloodhounds from ( anon ity have been called fr. BY A REAR END COLLISION. A Number nf PstSS n sers Injured In 1 olllaion 1111 ÜM WlltSaSt phi A l-iollim. Philadelphia, Feb. is, a real end Bolllslon bet wees the Norrhtown aceommodation train, due here at s nnd the Reading accommodation, due ut 8:02, on the Phlladelphls A Reading railway at Conshobocken, tea miles above this city. Moiidav. wreehed two ears and injured s number of paaaengers, Three of tha injured were brought to this city, and tine. 3. M. Cook, is said to he in a Critical condition. The other tWO, Benjamin n. Irwin snd Preston John, sre not seriously hurt VICTIMS OF DYNAMITE. Men Killed While F.smlnlae v lint Visas sii pssseesl tu He m I rt.rrii Kue. Jefferson t ity. Mo., Feb. IS, By an explosion of dynamite n the grading of the Colorado railroad, at HabbtOWn, U'5 mibs south of this city, Archibald Johnson, of Chicago, and C. Bt Andrews, of Marsha lltow 11. la., were killed. They thought tha fuse was frozen nnd w-nt to essmttte it when the si,,t went off. killing them THE NINETEENTH VICTIM. Death of Mrs. Carolin I.. H. Mali, off St mirk. . J Ulm w 11 m Inj urea In Walnrclii ) ' I'lre, New York. Feb. U, Mrs. Caroline L, Hall, of Kewsrk, N. I., who was bunted in tha Psrh Avenue hotel Ire, 8aturdav morning, died sfonday. she Wai si veals old. and WSSI the widow t.f Bar, Dr. Baaaaal n. Hull, who was acrahtry nnd treasurer of th" Seamen's Priens soeiaty. lr. Hall at om- lime waa pastor of a Presbyterian church in Owra-o. N.

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THE GUEST OF THE NATION rrtno Itrury Koysllr l utertMliiiMl ml gag National spllsl lluar I W nlte lli.u.r. Washington. Feb. Tha dinner glrea to Prime Henry by President Ko. sevelt at the White House ht night closed Ihe elaborate rerlcs of honors bestowed on the rOfUl visitor by offu ial Ua .hington geaterdaj. Ihe affair was on an claborte ale mid brought together I most disths Ifuish- 1 company. It was an Matin binge such as has rardy, if ever hefore, gathered in tha White louse. To accommodate the large aumher Of guests the dtnnaV table wa s,-t in tha Fst room, the decorations of which wer- on the most magnificent scab' ever attempted. n infective and sew feature of the decorations was the electric light illumination, Several thousand little electric lights of all colon und arranged in fanciful designs supplemented the i'.lumiua tlon from the great chandeliers. The general effect of the decora tions 011 the ilining room Was pink and white. This was CSpCCIcPj characteristic of the Immense tsl le, which was formed In the shape of s cr scent with the e'"'avc sil- towards the ast, Mnhsrs President Roosevelt had his seat. barge plats of pale and pjnh primroses in beds of b rn were placed al short spaces, and between them wer- huge srystal va s vviili bunches of red and white ro eS, P rik ahsded candlehra complete ! the deeorations of the table, tin SOCIC "f t be msntehi there wen- large bank of pink and White nnialias wltL beds .,f ferns nnd other greens, and OB ..tilers there was a profusion of ma n v eolorad rrotoae, while from the ceiling hung folds of snii' ix. nid f .m the chandeliers were festiov.ed rop,-n of the same mstnrlsl. CUUjrht between clusters of electric bulbs. Back of the seats oecupied by the president and tha royal visitor were draped from the top of the window the Ut - man nnd American flag!

Music was furnished by t Marine band, which play-d a number of crnsaa and American patriotic airs. shortly before the elock struck eight, prince neary arrives with iniiral Bvans of the United Mt st es navy in an anea cs rriagc As thev k ft the embassy a large crowd had given them a warm greeting, and tl ey Wt re accorded a hearty reception by ihe large aumher of people wl had aa sambted around tha port ee ehe re of the White House. Th' priice repaired to the red room of the White Hous-. where the guests assembled. Tin- tlinm-r was set for . t o'clot k. and when that hour -irr ivi 1 the giM-st.s passe'l through the blue room, where the presentations were nuide. and thence to the ens' roottk President Roosevelt sat at the head if the table, with Prince lieury on his ritrht. n his left WU1 I. r 1 Paunoafota, the Brltiah amlsasaador. n the right of Prince lb iry WaS Count Cassini, the RnssJaa smbassslor. while to the left of fjord Pawncefote was ihe Mexican amlMsaador. Opposite ti the president sal Secretary Hay. while to his riirhr 'i;i- Ur. 'on Hoileben, the German ambassador, nnd to the left the Preach amhasaaalor Tc the right tf the Oer man amhassndor was the I T . I :n ainhaaaador, and to the left Prench embassador was 1 1. Puller. .f the .In-' u-e Boring the linmr the president proposed the health d the German the dinner the the health tf th ind the t iermsn i emperor and the German people, itur: "We atbuiro their gnat p-ot and great present, and we wish them all possible success in the future. Hay the bond', of friendship bet ' 1 1 B 'he two peoples ever grow tr Bgcr" Th1 president also propo-el th" health of oar guest. Prince tfearj of Prussia, in these words: "In the name of the people I greet gOU and extend you our wart .est welcome and t In- assurance of OUT hearts" est good w-ill." Pstsacal iii:xit s iMl'itt'ssmx. Illahly t.rntineil nt the PtawaillSS tion of sjassi Win aa preea lent nml People. Washington, Feb. IS. Prince lb nry gave expression last nitr' t to his deep sense of appreciation of besplea tlid reception sccorded him t the national capital. This was d me through the medium of an official very m ar to Iiis royal high ocas "Prince Henry was particularly impressed.-' sard the oflicial. "with lie" very sympathetic reception he receive. 1 from President Rooserclt ami with the frank and op'-nhea rt ed manner ttf the United States chief esc tire, which gave the most genuine assurance of sincerity an I good will. He was gratified, to... with the kind reception e-iven him by the tnem an public, as shown during Vis lrives 10 the White House, ti, the embSMJ and the Capitol. This was but another evidence .f the friendly feeling of the Amerieaa people which he had already observed (luring hi stay 'n the city. I can assure you thai B gives his highness genuine pleasure to have such a warmth of greeting awaiting him. and hi- reciprocates to the fullest extent every oo tslOU of frond will that has be n given." Hl Tnhle Plant llnraed. Pindlay, n . Peb. H. Fire, originating from an unknown CSUSC, Oe stroyed the entire plant of the Plan lav Table Manufacturing ' ' Sunday mirnlng. enusintr a loss of fgTrOOa, with Hssu ranee of fmmw. Fie cmipanv manufactured tine ditthag raatn tahlea sxciasleely. letini of malfpea. Atltmla. QsV, Pah. H. Frwin Collins. 2" years obi. and the WSJ Mayor t'olllns of West Point. ';. . one of tha stat-'s wealthiest and highest men, is dead of smallpox.