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weekly courier. UUAM:. ruhltsher. ""I j INDIANA. JASPFK. I Th Venezuelan congress ha ratied the election of GsB. astro mm president fur six years. DHU tu permit the Pennsylvania Jtailroud Co. to tunnel beneath the Vorth snd Fnst rivers und the borough of Manhattan, New York city, passed the state senate und assembly n the Mth. Insurance against assassination is one of the new idea Prince Henry kail brought to American shores, Bs carries a policy of $iK)0,(K)0 against assassination, and is said to be the only man in the world s. insured. The ways and means commit toe divided on party lines, oa the Mth, on motion to non-concur in Ihe senate Minidiiir nil to the Philippines tari? bill, the demo, rats voting against the motion, which, however, prevailed. B Oil is said to have been struck near 1 Garrison Point, Mont., on the North U ern Pacific. IS miles west of Helena. Floyd Brown, who was prospecting, r Is said t.. have discovered the thiol, I which contains a high percentage of I pet roleum, The battleship niinots, which is to be the flagship of the European squadron, has been ordered to report at the New York navv vard, to make rendv t. nvev Beed-Admiral CrownInshiehl to his in w assignment sm ill sail ou March :". He D. II Scott, a wheal expert, wh has traveled two weeke over the Kau I aas wheat belt, reports the plant in better condition than ever before at this season. Scott says be has watched Kansas wheat for 25 years, and he never before saw such a line ! prosp i t for crop. The Corn Products Co., which wai recently incorporated at Trenton, N. 3., filed an amended certificate, on the 26th, increasing its authorized capital to 180,000,000, of which 30,OOo.ooo is to be preferred stock, with seven per cent, cumulative dividend! and the remainder common stock. Quartermaster-! leneral Aldington of the army, and Godfrey t'abott. of Boston, a carbon manufacturer ami exported, were before the house committee on coinage on the CTth. Thev both favored the metric system, and were of the opinion that the system bids fair to he universally adopted. Gen. Smith, in command of I'niteil States troops on the Inland of BsV mar. cabled, on the Lsth. that Lieu. Bttebler's scout had captured Lok ban. the notorious leader of the Sa'luar rel-el-. and taken liini to Laguan (capital of a small island of that name north of and adjoining Snmarj. The National Council of Women, on the :'ltb. adopted a memorial to congress asking an annu t y of ooo for Miss lara I (art on, for her services for the Bed Cross oeiety, and also decided hereafter t pay the recording and corresponding secretsries of the council for their services. The coroner's jury which had been Investigating the caUSC of the cxplaion of the hoilep at the IVnberthy Injector t o. 's plant in Detroit. Mich , on November' last, which resultel In the loss of o ine-, brought in a verdict, of the "Mh. that the DOtlSf was defec. ie and censured its makers. i Surpeon-Cieneral Sternberg;, on the ijtb. received a private letter from Sl'ol. L. M. Maus, commissioner of public health at Manila, in which he Bays that sieknev. amonif soldiers in the Philippines appears to be decreaIng, and that there are no lonper any complaints iu regard to proper care of patients. John I). Iihode, a roupb rider who was wounded at San .Itian Hill, is tinder arrest nt Vernon, Tns charged with accepting money from Texas cattle men t. permit their violating the Oklahoma live stock qo irntine laws b erovsi'ijf it with cattle not properly Inspected. Be is undersberiff of Comanche county, Oklahoma. O'Donovan Kossa. the celebrated I ; Fenian agitatrer, was reported, on the 8 Wtb, tobe dving at St Francis' boaj pitnl in rdorado of blood poiaonittf, at noon nn operation was pel Baking off the large toe of foot. The onh hope for Ko At noon nn operation was performed. the left Kossa now Hies in amputating the entire foot, jind the patient is too freak to perBit. this. Ijl The launching of the schooner jiVfaoht Meteor, built nt shontera I--' and for the (n iiiian emperor, was I Jie -rownini: feature of the itinerary rf for the s.ith. The ehftetentng cere U Ktnv was erformei by Mi- Alice f ilooseit. daughter of the president. f the i nited states, in the preaemee if the preaident, the prince, (b-rmiin lmlisador Von Hollebcn and a bril laut assemblage. The National Legislative league, in wnference In Washington, on the pth, adopted resolutions urging bgSlllti.O) , r uu.. ..II ! I . - . ' ..iii .in nt, 1 1 e ihm ii perrons, "without regard to ma," pro tection in American citiaenship und ntestlng againal the elimination of ptlgcnship of a woman who marries . foreigner, and advocating trial of eomcn accused of crime by juries imposed wholly or la part of their wn sex.

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sit. :- I i -i 8 29 CÜBBBNT TOPICS. THE NEWS IN BKIEF. FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS, Tn the senate, on the Hth. the Philippine tariff bill, after Ijfht hours tumultuous debate a passed, by a vote of a to :. Messrs. Tillman .tn J MeLauHa were denied the rlrht to participate In ttie .lehnte or the vote, only one amendment other than those of the t omniittce was adiipte.)- that restricting' the operation of the seiiltlnn laws enacted by the Tuft commission in the bouse, after rutitm business cn,l the nasM.ij.-e of some bills of no general interest, the session was devote.l to consideration of the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill. A visit from Priaee Henry elicited suppressed applause. The senate was not In session on the Sr.th In the house, the diplomatic and consular appropriation hill was passed, brum the fifth of the regular annual supply bills to be sent to the WMtl at this session. No amendments of Importance wore adoottd. The uu.-stton of reform In the consular service was debated to some length, but no amendments on the subject were adopted. iv. Mth lire in'.li em-e )n f,0 caiieries. which had Rather.-d I In anticipation of a reopening of the est ! niKston of the l ontroversv rMDrl ling the rlcht of Senators Mct.atirln and Tillman tS C.) to participate in the proceedings of the body, were disappointed by the announcement that the committee on privileges and elections had been unable to reach a derision on the matter, and the senate almost inimedi.it. ly adjourned In the bouse, the Philippine tariff bill w is sent to conference, all of the senate amendments having been non-concurred in. The democrats sought to amend the amendments by reducing the rate of duty and declaring that the L'nlted St ites should relinquish atl claim to the archipelago, but all such propositions were tic.ited. In the senate, on the "Tth. as soon SI the body was called to order. Mr Kr -. the president pro t m . said that on the cith. the senator from Washington iMr Turner) had taken sa appeal from the decision of the chair OH the Tillmvn-Mc l,Hurin episode, whlrh, in the chaos of points of order and objections, he had overlooked ami forgot tea, and had proe r led with other business ! or this forK'tfulnesB he begged pardon of the sn- ' ator. The s.-nate adjourned early to atI tend the McKinley memorial services in the bouse of representatives The house was not In session, the hall of the aoust of represi r..i'i es b :ng . upied by a M'-Kinley memorial service. In the senate, on the 28th, the report of ; the committee, (ensuring the senators ' from South Carolina, was adopted 4M to j 12. During the roll-call on adoption cf the resolution, Mr. Tillman further offended ; the senate by an insulting remark, which : he afterwards attempted to withdraw by I unanimous consent, which was not obUtned. The senate aodpted the conference 1 report on the permanent i ensus bill, and i then took up the urination measure, and later cci sideeed the omnibus c laims bill I In the house, I.V. private pension bills , w.re taken from the Calendar and passed. The conference report on the census bill was adopted, and the house adjourned until the 3d. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. Prominent South Carolinians are deeply chagrined ut the uctin of Lieut .-fiov. Tillman, who assumed to act in behalf of the subx ribers to the Maj. Jenkins sword fund, nnd withdrew the invitation to President Booaevell to make the presentation, "One of the most beautiful pages in our International relational is the record of these festivities," says the Cologne Onaetto, referring to Prince Henry's visit to and cordial reception in the United States. Prince Henry f Prussia attended the memorial services in honor of the late President McKinley, at the national enpitid, on the g?th, and afterwards visited Mount Vernon, where he placed wreaths OB the Uunb of Washington and planted a linden tree on the law n. ( apt. tirosvmnn. who stnrted, nn Februar' 8, to walk down the Danube from Lin to Vienna, 100 miles, on his newly Invented water-walking shoes, towing ins wife in a boat, arrived at bis destination, without mishap, on the tti h. Tomas Estrada Palma, elect of the Cuban republic Cuba about the middle of will begin his duties as May l. president- . Will eo to April, and president Prince Henry dined quietly with with President Booaevell and bii family on the evening of the -'7th. The dinner was aerved in the family dining room at the White House, and was the most nu lei and least. Formal j hpsI which Prince Henry ha attend' ed since his arrival in this country. 1 he peine paid a visit to young Theodore during the evening and Chatted with the invalid for some moments. "Fighting Bob'1 Evans, admiral nnd naval escort to Prince Henry, has SUeeiUnbed tO the hot pace the royal party hai been leading and, on the ' -7th. was worn Ottt nnd quite ill. He was laid up for repairs, at Washing ton until the party Started west. Mrs. Arabella 1). Huntington, widow of Collis p. Huntington, has just paid 131,800 in cash customs duty. Officiate, who frequently have to baggie with women .,. r too tribute to Cnelc Sam. doi land thnt she was a paragon of travelers. William Matthews, a milroad fireman, on the -7th, put. on n mask. , ntered the bank of Platow. Minn. Overpowered and locked np the cashier and took ff.'.on from the safe, He caught, a freight train for OkmcOf nnd was arrested there, confessing the crime. All the money but tSS dollars was recovered. The preliminary list of jockevs licensed in Bngtond for 1 801 Includes the names' of Danny Malier, Pastev M Derniott nnd W. L'. Buchanan, the American riders.

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lturglars broke into the general store of C. E Larson, at Cambridge, la . on the night of the 08th, blew open the sale with dnaiiiile. rifled it and made their escaM- w t h a stolen team. About $!oii iu inoiiev. with a quantlt of stamps, shseka, drafts, etc.. was asonred. The grand jury concluded its in restigatioa lata the New Voru Ceav tral tunnel disaster of .launary 0, OS the 27th, and found an indictment for manslaughter ugainst .lohn M. Wirker, the engineer of the White Plains' locnl which ran into the Norwalk local in the tunnel. A bench warrunt was issued for Wirker's arrest. President BoOSSVell Sttd Prince Henry took a horseback ride, in the rain, on the 88th, lasting an hour ami u quarter, among the pretty suburbs of the net lonal capital. Frank Purxear, a fugitive fror.. Tevns. charged with assault to ki!i Vernon Uddell, In Gainesville, Olds . n Um 18th, has been arrested at UrdntOffW and is being held for the Texas office ra.

LATE NEWS ITEMS The large plant of the J. TV Owens' pottery Co.. at Zanesville, 0., was leatvoyml by Bra on the -d. Loss, $100.UtMj; Insurance, half. Many valuable designs, the accumulation of years, were destroyed. Four hundred einployea were thrown out of work. Col. Francis W. Parker, head of the School of Education, an institution SffiliSted with the Chicago university, died at Pass Christian. Miss., on the . 1 . 1 , 1 1 & I.. : I . .. BO, i Oli rsrSN nan ueeu 111 '.1:1,111; health for some time. He left Chicago for the south some weeks before. Prof. Hi lbert Allen liiles, who occupies the chair of Chinese at Cam bridge university, England, was oeje of the arrivals on the steamship Um bria on the 3d, He is here for the purpose of delivering a course of six lectures on MChlna and Chinese Civilization, " ut Columbia university. He will lecture in Chicago by invitation of President Harper of Chicago university. Henry Bishop Perkins, one of Ohio's most prominent and philanthropic titiens, killed himse lf by hanging, in his office adjoining his home in Warren ().. on the Od. illness and the suicide of faVurltS soli, Vale graduate, a year ago, arc believed to have made Mr. Perkins tempi 1 a rily insane. Prince Henry of Prussia went up Lookout mountain, on the Od, and after viewing the ground where the Union and confederate armies met in Con Hid and hearing afresh the Btory of the battle, resumed his lonmev to the north and west. He was greatly pleased with his visit to the south. Frederick B. Snyder, one of the four white inhabitants of the territory known as the Piatt Purchase. lied at St. Joseph, Mo., on the night of the 1st. nged sj years, after a short illness. He was prominent jn (he early history of the state, and was one of the wealthiest residents. Francis Warner, special agent of the American Kvpress ( gf Willmette, III., on the 8d. of paralv 1 is, nged 83 years. Mr. Warner was one of the pioneers of Illinois, having resided in I.aSalle county since st::. 'I he monthly coinage statement insued by the director of the mint, on the Od, showed that the total Febru ary coinage was $'.t.L'01,?40. as follows: Gold. 86.A4.1.50: silver S9 AM AAA. nor coins, JIL'.-JOO-In the senate, on the 3d, after the passage of a number of minor measures, consideration of the shipping bill was begun. Mr. Frye (Me.), chairman of the committee on finance, ma le the opening statement in favor f the bill, occupying the floor for nearly two hours. ... in the house consideration of the bin to rlaaaify the rural free delivery seniee and place the carriers under the contract System was begun, Debate was interrupted by presentation of the COS ference report on the Philippine tariff bill, followed bv filibustering. The viceroy of India, Lord Curoti of Kedleston, telegraphed, on the 3d, as follows; "The rainfall has been If.dit and scattered and of no benefit to the affected districts. About :tV.000 persons are now receiving relief." A dispatch to the Exchange Tele graph Co. from Lahore says j.noo.noo acres of wheat in the Punjab is suffering from total drought. The United States minister, .lohn A. Lelshman, on tin- Od, presented a note to the porta regarding the capture of Miss Ellen M. Stone by brigands, demanding the punishment of the guilty parties. The porte, in replying, repudiated responsibility and denied ull liabiltv. The United states naval depart meat has ordered for bin station- a complete outfit of the wireless telegraph system ofHIabj and A reo, from Um Allgemeine Fleet riitaots QesslleS 1 in f t . of Berlin, for the purpose of experimenting against the Marconi ß v stem. Emperor William received Prof. Kaue Pranke, of Harvard aaiveraity, on the Od, His majesty quest i, med the professor COpcemtng the tiermanic museum at Harvard In which the emperor showed the liveliest inI crest . prairie fire near Ihixie, Roger Mills county, Okla Is addition te great damage to property, bnrned to death the ten-year-old dasghtat of Joseph Hogers, homesteader. Pranst n van der Putte, who was minister for the colon lea when the chinese war begUfl in 1890, died at The Hague on the 3d, He had been suffering from pneumonia. The Berlin Klchsaiuteiger, on the 3d, published decrees providing f,,r the gradual abolition of boas,, shivery in the t atiieroons and Togo colonics in South Africa,

NEWS FROM INDIANA.

Latest Happenings Within the Borders of Our Own State. After Thlrl , rar. Mi itawakn. Ind.. Mart h 0. After a lepsrstion of 38 years Mrs Rudolph Pechner, of thi" eltj . Mrs. . Wehrleln, of Fort Wayne, and Louii hieyeri oi South AmericSi mst here iu reunion. Povertl forced the mother of the tlnee to permit thee) to pass Into different homes upon the death of the father, nearly oO years ago. The brother drifted to iiraxil, where he laall) became interested in rich milling property. The two alaters were in touch with each other, but regarded their brother as dead, Hecentl.v Mis. Fei liner read all article iu a newspaper detailing a jjreat mining transaction In BrssH, Hie aaaas of bonis Mover was connected therewith, and suspecting this might be her brother, she addressed letter to him in South America. No reply came, but Meyer arrived in person. Hn SttVS Wnrninu. Kokomo, Ind.. Marth 3. t'litTord Chspmna and Daniel ( at bunele. aged nine years, prevented a disastrous wreck on the (lover Deaf road near here. Just as a freight and passenger were due to meet at Ifiddleton the boys found a broken rail on the wildcat bridge. Realising the danger one boy ran ahead and flagged the passenger with his red cap and the other went to the depot and notified Agent Vesch. The prompt action of the children averted a terrible diaaster. look Morphine. RvanavIHe, Ind.. March :;. K. (5. St i inkle, aged 80, one of the Wealthiest farmers in Gibson county, committed suicide with morphine. His body was found under a manger, with a morphine bottle at its side. He left a note saying he bad contemplated suicide for some time, but asslffTied no cause. Btunkle was worth bout 1100,000, TTee Peees, rwav, Lanofte, Ind., March ::. xt. H. Pieck, secretary of the Indiana Horticulture society, has received reports from each of the 08 counties a the state covering fntlt conditions. The reports indicate that peaches are mostly if not all killed, tpfrfes nnd pears promise well and t her fruit a ill be a plentiful as in past years. win i r nnadsr sou, Indianapolis, hul.. March 3. In the tmericSTI association schedule Indianapolls Is scheduled for Sunday games at home. Indianapolis has not played Sunday baseball for a number of years. If the games cannot be played through Interference from the eity officials, transfers will haw to be made, as heretofore. Tri to Hob. Muncie. Intl.. March :'.. Victor K Hilverburg. proprietor of two drug stores and for Ave years a member of the board of police commissioners, was assaulted by footpads and knocked down, but while lying on his back he kicked his assailants fierce ly that they fled. His VafttShlet) were saved. Pf edicts I'lniioe of I.oeimta. Indianapolis, Ind.. March 3.- Prof. W. s. Blatchley, state gsologutt of Indiana, has designsted tiext .lime for ihe resppesrssec of the dreaded locust pst. Ever I? years these pupae i i-e from ti . gruoDd, where the eggs were deposited by the vrlnged insects that preceded them. Killed tr Bynsmslte. Hartford City. Ind.. March ::. While working at an anvil at Indian Springs Curtis Mi.ninin, aged :;0. was instantly killed by n piece of the metal on which he was pounding Hying sad striking a can of dy namite. Momma's body was badly mangled and the building demolished. IsSoMnSJ for Runsnnra. Whiting, Ind.. March 3. message has been sent to the city police station in Cbicngo requesting that search, be made for James Knight, '.'ft years old. and Miss Katie Marthett. 17 years old. who have disappeared from here. Hies Mi ti rlimalr. Peru. Ind.. March William Sparks, son of wealthy parents who live In efsshville, Ky.. WUS found dead In the courthouse basement here, ink was smeared on his face. Mystery surrounds the death. ffSoaomctsal eii. Portland. I ml.. March n oil well which is snid to have flowed 1. 7 "ft barrels n the first 12 hours of its existence has been drilled nn the Stmlebaker farm, three mile, from Berts, pen ii, f n Piastre e. Rokomo, Ind., March ;!. -Isasc Hol lings worth, a pioneer resident of western Howard county, was found dead in bed. Rs wrss 80 years ohl and hml lived 80 years in the county. Rew hureli Dedicated. Rhelbyville, Ind.. March 0. The dedleation exert 1st - of the Sen I hristlas Church in Ibis eity were held on SundSJ conducted hy ReV, F. M. Ilains, of Cincinnati. C'lusfil tlie Senaoii, Rtoomlngton, Ind.. Marek 3, Indiana university closed the basketball sea on at home, defeating state normal by the score of 08 to 14. Serious ha rite. Psoll, Ind.. March ;:. UsoTge Tol son, a brk'klsyer from Chicago, work Ingos the new Wast Raden Hprlngs hotel, at tempted, it is charged, to cash a raised cheek given him in naj nsnt of work iijr the contractors at nc bank here. The cheek was issued for 4!) Cent I anil had lieen raised tO$48, Toson was arrssted and plnced in jail to await the uction of the grand jury.

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Admiral Prince Henry of Prussia Spends Four Hours in the World's Fair City. BREAKFASTED AT THE ST. LOUIS CLUB. Thnugh rrllna l'nrl. Tlironaed Thsessghlssse Bteeled the icni ITIattSe nnl BaVS llliu Itesiieetfal Welcome Departure of the l'arty for I llll'HH". St. bonis. Marsh ' Prince Henry of Prussia arrived la thS cltj Monday morning, on chedule time, iu a Special train of seven coaches over the Vsndalla route. He was met at Union station liy Mayor Wells, Dr. Rleloff, the German consul and mem bers of the reception committee Dr. KielotT was the tirsl man tfl greet him by virtue of his office. He, in turn, presented Mayor Wells to his royal highness, ami the mayor intended municipal greetings. The prince, suite ar.d foreign visitors, was escorted through u continuous double line of police to the grand hall of the station on the second floor, where an informal recent ion was held. A committee of the Oer man war veterans of St. Louis and Springfield, Mo., welcomed the prince to the city in the name of the Deuteln r Landwehrverein, the Deutscher Militsrvereln end the Kris gcrvercin, of St. bonis, and the Vet eranen verein, of Springfield. He was given a beautifully-engraved scroll.

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showing ihe oats of arms and the national colors of America and derma ny intertwined, with a German inscription expressing the hearty good will of ( he i-ocieties named. The reception was brief. lastiiiL' not fiver twenty minutes. The stand in which the mayor not the prince was lined with royal purple, adorned with flsgl of both nations, and was located at Ihe head of the main staircase. Immediately opposite the Market street entrance, through which the royal party, later, made its ( it. The reception over, carriages were taken for the drive through ihe business portion of the city, his royal highness being the last to enter his carriage, which was Mr. Adolphui Büschs magnificent landau, drawn by four black horses. All of the other vehicles were drawn by elegant matched teams, attended bj liveried coachmen and foot me,.. The cavalcade was beaded by a platoon of mounted police, under command of Chief Kielcy, Immediate y followed by a squadron oi the Fourth United states cavnlry from Jefferson Barracks, under command of Ma j. Edwa rds. Though early in ihe morning, the streets through which the cavalcade paased were lined with people, who gave the royal visitor a respectful welcome, at limes breaking into cheers. Tin' St. bonis i bib. on Lindell boulevard, was reached shortly after eight o'clock, and breakfast was -crved inline I ia I ely, The tirst formal function, nt the Close of the meal, was Mayor Wells' presentation of the municipal sddre - of welcome. It was of elaborate and unique design from the stnndpoint f the engraver's execution, and contsfined in a sterling silver ease, decorated with American ami tiorinan coats of arm-, the German ed admiral's Rag and other appropriate emblems, all wrought In gold and black enamel, surrounded by golden rope and anchors, With nn engraved reproduction of the city ball on its back. The address is held by a dainty scroll of Sorenfo work, surmounted by the German ami American pennants. After it had been officially read i' was returned to its costly encasement and the box minded to the royal guest, who responded brielly. The guests were seated nt n t ilde arranged in horseshoe form, extending the entire length of the dining room. An hour ami forty-live minutes was spent at the repast. At the concluBsOOJ tin party rc-eutercd tucir cur-

rlages and were driven through ths western part of the eity, lot ludiss the Bsosl elegant nf the rsakleace prtlon and Forest Park. The drive concluded, the time of ths prince s stsj in St. Loulh ha i expired. and the special train, having beesj, meanwhile, backed up to i nlon ave nne, on the Wsbash tracks, the parts boarded it there, and after cordial farewells and godspeeds started on, the trip to Chicago, where it is said i. nu. st strenuous programme await the prince. The time allotted to Prince lb nry stay iu St. Louis was sn short th.it bis visit was necessarily ttaSStisfac tory as to opportunity to sic ami know the city and its people. Even the carriage ride to ths World's fsli site, the chief attraction in St. bonis now. bad In be omitted, ami all of the functions arranged for his enter tainiuenl WSra necessarily cut short and th' little that remained had to be hurried through in a manner that left little Impression on Ihe mind oth er than that Oi Vague dream of grandeur and multitudes jumbled together in a con t used ami inextricable mass. Hut, if time was wanting, the heart lest welcome wss not; and if the -n tertslnntent had to be cut short at every point, there was no question of the amplitude of hospitality and : I will and a sincere reciprocity oi kindly sentiment throughout bis stay. However, short and (to that extent) unsatisfactory as the visit was. all St. bonis is agog with excitement and pride at having bail in her mid t even for a few hours so distinguished a personage and so affable a guest, and the sterotyped question upon all lips now, as people meet, is: "'Did you se,. the prince," with a loss of aste to those unluckv wights who

saw huvc to sadly answer No. One of the features of the St. Louis visit was the almost absence of stili formality: and while Henry never, f OI a moment forgot his princely dignity, it was veiled with such a kindly manner that all who came in contact with him felt honored in having met such a pleasant gentleman. The reception t" the prince by St bonis ras all that it should havi been, but there was no sign of toadyism. Ml was dignified, elegant and iu gi KM 1 äste. imunci: RBsrmvS ni:si'osi;. The Weeds of Prtaee llenr, in eceptlnK the Welcome of It, l.onls. St. bonis. March I. Prime Henry, in responding to the words of WCl come, uttered by Mayor WelN. said: Mr. Mayor ami Representatives of the ItiXCns of St. bonis: It Is my de side to thank you for your kind words in welcoming me to your city I have now reached the most WCSt ern point of my visit to the I nlted s-tates. I am -orry that I can not SO farthir Westward and SCC more of your mugnificeitt country, but. as you I. now. my time is limited. Since reaching America 1 have been traveling daj and night through Ibis wonderful country, and I sssurs you that I have been deeply Impressed by the bospitslitj and ihe kind feeling t hat i ha v e rast w it h, I wish to thank all of you. and also to thank till of those with whom I have not been aide to talk and shake bands. Many have coiue tfj my train in the middle of the night to welcome me. and I am deeply grateful. You know whose representative 1 am. I want you all to know the oh ject of my mission t the I nited states, to cement the friendsly bond existing between Ihe two countries. I want von to know that Germany is every ready to exchange greetings and to shake bands across I he 1 lantic, whenever you lire ready to do so, I am also the representative of 8 nations which is ever ready to tight, a nation of anus, but not. a belligerent nation. My sovereign is ever an advocate of peace and Intends keeping bis peace w ith the tuitions. I am deeply impressed by the ui-l-ness of your Country nnd Ihe latgcness of its commerce ami rssources. This greatness jrrovvs upon me daily as I travel through your land. I find that the t nited .states Is worth having as n friend. Now let us drink to the city of St. Louis und its prosperity.