Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 45, Number 22, Jasper, Dubois County, 6 February 1903 — Page 2

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c. DOANK, raalUkrr. t , I J" INDIANA. Mr. McCormack, wife of Kear-Ad aniral A. II. McC.u mack. I S. N i re tired), died at Annapolis, hid . " ihs ' ftfth Ecrciei In memory of the late Thomas II. Reed v re held in both branches of the Main legislature, on the Mth. Former President Cleveland eulofie.i the late Ahrain S. Hewitt at a Manorial meeting in Wen Vork, on the Mth. The cornerstone of the army war College, at Washington, will be laid with military und npisönic honor on February It A hill was introduced in conpress, on the 29th, increasing the salary of the priwltl.nl of the United States to $100,lo0 a year. Asbury C Tn timer Unite! States senator Carolina, on the '.'Tth. Hon. J. L. IteLauritt. was elected 'rotn South t u -eel A handsome ly -engrossed memorial was presented to Mr- McKinley, on the 19th, by a committee of the Society of Sons of the Am. i Van Revolution. President Rro.erelt ,va the principal orator at a banquet in Canton, O., on the 27th. given in niflBMMHl Hon i f the birthday of William McKinley. The roof of Lincoln's old home, at Springfield, 111., caught fire, on the tbth. and onlv prompt work of the firemen saved the building from detruction. ii. t 'i- ' Walter Slratton Anderson, of Carlitnillc. 111. stood sixth in the li.t of 6o graduates announced by the ai-ad-BMBk board at Antiapolit naval academy. M the .'Kith. Preekbml Hurper announced, on the Mk, that the I'niversity of Chicago had .beorbed the lllinoi. college, at Jacksonville, one of the oldest colli g. - n the xv est. a Herman Helsiclier, who attempted to kill Victoria de Clevre, the anarchist, was sentenced in Philadelphia, on the 2','th. to six years and nine month' iuipri -ontnent. The city of fifteen bep.m supplying coal, on the 2?th, to these who ere willing to pay f-r what they get but are unable to pay the prices ataked bv the retailers. Senator Foraker introibn-t 1 a bill S. n . . n i a mm ti... o"tli malflt.0 itm m t, m ':v.i i I Ivens of Porto Kn-o rligib'e to anpointnient as c.naiaatea nt me navai and military academic. Senator Foraker offered an amendment to the Indian appropriation bill, on the 28th. providing for the a- :n saion of 50 Por ii Kicnn child: n to the Indian aebool ' I arlisle. Pa. Cloogk, Ike telegraph operator who Is alleged to have !-. en n sponsible for the terrible disaster in the Southern l'aeifif road, gdsappeared, on the Cjth, anil is believed to have gone to Mexico. A reolution was introduced in the Kansas legislature, on the OUth, to exclude all negroes from voting in that täte, and to reouire all fovefgMTC to beeOBM fully naturalized before voting. President Roosevelt notified Joe. Keek, on the Ittk, that on account of his ... ming trip to the Pacific eoast he would be unable to attend the Ohio centennial celebration, st I hillicot he, in May. The New York board of aldermen. On the 27th, decided n the purchase by the city of the historic Fraunce's tavern, where Washington took lease of his officers prior ti resigning command of the armv. Physician In att end nice on Hon J. II. Ionf, former secretary of tlK rtavy, gave out the statement, n the M that there wae n liattirlal improvement in his condition, and t'.at he was a very sick man. fjoe. Yatea of Illinois, on the -sth. refused to honor a reojaiaitioa from the governor of Missouri for the return of Dr. Appel, wanted in Nebo, Mm, on a charge of selling liquor in his drug store without a license. At the annual bammet if the Confederate Yeternn camp, in New York, cn the rJGtb. many prominent unbin ml confederate officers were present. Henry Watterson paid a tribute tu the character of Abraham Lincoln. Cot. Ofleoby, pri.ate secretary, went to Indianapolis, on the 117th. a the bearer of a letter from Gov. Yates to ,ldin Mitchell, of the mine workers, offering Mr. Mitchell a place on the Illinois stale board of arbitration. Gov. Yatc- and Yilliam J. BffJFM Were among t tie ienkcr. at .laeksontllle, .Hi the Mtk, when Illinois cob le;.e i-elehrateil the receipt of endowSsent gift, of $-'00,000 and its recent afliliation with the UnUersily of I biete.. nieijiori.l presented to ennirrcM, on UM Mtk, by lien. John M. Wilson, Me. pftiaaieat af the Vational Bai Croaa, ask. for legislation that will take Hie management of the lociety'a affaira .,ut of the hand, of . single fer.on- Mi.. Clsra Uartoa

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THE NEWS IN BRIEF. FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. i&siotid Ursalonl In the at-natr. on the J.ih. Mr iju.iy InStsleu B thr . usiaertitloii ! lh -taiaaootl MB to tin sscteatua ol other loijiness. aim objected la an alttiii t- Mr. Plan ! call ui u inminiiKv report providing for the p-mtln. of a nui.li. 1...-U-m in. in rei iv o cn.tiiii- u. . ,i,. rv- .... n..,in. ih. tinif of I he i anatc. Mr iju., , i . ll..t that t ill- i uiu be obviated by aliualn. a vote an the Statfhood bill The senate went Into sCUt.e session, at the i'luw ' nun J"" diplomatic and consular appropriation ball wa paare.1 In lta house mllitv.m ir,.ti,.r. ,iu , i .wn up. but not completed. A reaolutloti v. ta ujiopi.ti callliiK on the postmaater-Keneral for itm eorreeppndcece li th intiianoia iMisa. post - fttce caae. In the senate, on the rth. Mr Quay made an rft. rl to hod continuous session to C Pastil IT the statehood Ml, out faJleii I! -ouretl anothar t.illot how er. to teft the sentiment of the senate, the vote tändln IT to In Ma favor With the xespttoa of n hour iW ited to a speech by Mr Scott, of V.-st VlratnU, on the pension law, the Mu-hoo.l l.üi 'decupled the time of the sen t- dünn UM day In th- hou.- alx.ut tw. mv tills re'rt l from the ."idlclary mnil' t .-e. meat t them of a rolii T i harm tor. w.-rs passe,. A Mil ol is.-neral Inn-italics paaaed was one to mo t the ortKlual packes decision of the supreme court l y makli K tntoxh atniK Uquora lmpore.1 i to states subject t. the jurl-IUtion of such States. ThS bill t flcsian.a ta pre.eii evasion, under the original package dectmAm .. Ii....... !. It, t.rohibltlon states. The senate bill to increase the salaries of : federal judges was also passea. In th.- senate, on the th, there was a sharp debate when Mr. Kawllns called op his resolution direct inr the secreten Of war to fun Ish the senate the proceed lugs of a numU r uf courts martial n. Id In the 1'hlllpl 'os I!..- lehnte w..- l'-ir-ticlpatt 1 hi I v Senators K.iw'.ins. H ridfe. Carmack iiml Proctor, im emaal times of a very bitter character. Trie statehood bill was taken up end Mr lanlge spoke In opposition to It. Mr AM rich offere.1 an amendment to divide tl.e business ft the senate with the tat !i 1 bill, but it failed to pass The house made v. .r trr with the Indian ..pproprtatlon bill, Mr ISurton ti. Insisting that the eocaaalttee give an expianatloa of ev rv v., m The senate ai ! to the Mil to am. -id the bankrupt, v act were agreed t. The speaker appointed u..,. HO.Iehrandt lO.i. H'IKh. s v Vs.) ami Bart lett (Qe member of the ten:! ..rv 01 an nest r r.nr- -s. In the senate, on the th. Mr. McLaurln tJdlss i urged tha adoption of the Itaw- , llns r solution callmic on the secretary of i war lor the evidence In certain court! martial cases in the Philippines, on the I sround that army ofPccrs In a r.um.-r of cases had brutally treated Filipino m-n I and women, and he wanted them weeded i out of the artrv M. -rs L"di;e and 1'iird ! spoke In oprs.sitlon to the statehootl bill. Messrs Paraker and Clay contended that Mr. Viuav had precedent for his pro; .- i Hon to tak the sta'eh .d bill on an ap1 nieartatloe bill The house passed the : Indian appropriation bill and began cnslderat:. n of th- poet office appropriation bill. Mr. Kurton (O.l continued his criticism of the extravairance of the Indian approprUtlnn bill, hut to little effect, as few reductions we-e made. Mr. Patterscn ' (Tenn.i spoke for an hour and a half n : the trust r;- tlon. and Mr Held .Ark. ) spoke on foei roads In the striate, on the 10th. after th. transaction of some routine business. Mr. : Burrows (Mich called up the resolution : relative to the death of his late colleague, Hon. Jame McMillan, and paid an eaf I nest tribute to his memory He as fallowed by other senators, after which, as ! a further mark of respect, the senate adJourmd In the house It was the last private claims day of this congress, and prr.." I: - w . r- acted on favorab'y. : despite the efforts of Messrs. l'ayne, i'annH others to defeat some of them. Many Of the claims were old ones, dating back to the civil war, and some origin..-- I rtor ,(( ,irm. There were several hills to reimburse i ;maters and m ternal revenue collectors for stamps lost or stolen. A bill was presented for pay Of balance on a contract for Ice furnished the armv ho.pltals In the Mississippi valley dunnc the war. the amount claimed bei- t J- is at th- rate of V cents per ' is PERSONAL AND GENERAL. Two trolley car collided in PittsISa m ha ' :, resulting in VUI , . .-. - . - the iniurv of 20 passengers, some of them fatally. A bust ,f the late President McKinley was unveiled in the p.st ollice in J . .,,u l ai t l m i". on ' Over UkjMM poaada, the entire supply of "print" and "roll" butter corning ander the head of ul.iiuiarsj.riM product störe! in the cooling ronnS of Pt. laiis wholesale dait., product lealers, was seized, on tin- -th. tinder friers from the commissioner, of internal revenue. St. Lawrence (N. Y.) Methodist Episcopal church has fanf some into piHssession .f a handsome parsorfage. fully fnrnisked, the gift of H. Clay Pierce, of St. Ixiuis, MM erected as a memorial to his mither. It will be known as the Mary Pierce memorial eajinesM ?c Great BHtakt, Germany and Italyhave s tit a joint reply to Minister Bowen ref-.ieing to accept the proposal that all the eotmtries having claims kgalaat Venea 'i should be plat ed on an equality with the three co-operating .wers. W. A t.rove. a merchant of Ilardolph. 111., ha Wen arrested, on the complaint of Her. C. A. Wright, charged with arson, in having started a fire which destroyed hia (Grove1.) tore, and other properties adjoining. Maj. Edwin F. '.l-nn of the Fifth infantry, who was tried by court-martial, at Manila, on the charge of unlawfully killing prisoners of war. has been ni-'piitted. Maj. Glenn has been ordered to retur. to duty. The verdict is popular. John Heard Aller, formerly I'nited States senator from Washington, flied suddenly at his residence in Seattle, on the UVth. frm nnirina pectoris. He was born in Crawfonls illc, Ind.. in 1' I", and went H while a young man. Enraged over the condemnation of Col. Lynch, la Englmd. Thoirn Lynch, an Irishman, aged 53. of Hrooklyn. N. Y. on the 2'.ttli. in a drunken artriment, stabbed .lames Golden, an Englishman, to death. Errfted State-. Senator George 0, Vest is confined to his home in Washington. While his condition ia not at allalarming he is quite weak and does not rer.pend readily to medical treatmen An nerkfenl on the I'nited States hip Host. at Vallejo. tel., nn the :i0th. cjiii-i.I by a leak, valve, resulted in tke dei.th .f Fdw.rd Iee Uaker and the sever, hajnry of Bsnford H. Tate. both m.'i' hinista,

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York Tribune, iin-d udi!. si J . oa t l IHk. 1 harles F. chultz. city 1 1 i nsurer i f laimrte, Ind.. who dud u he. r.i'th. aged ?. U u! ly phy tennis, to have died .if old a -.. I hc de. 'are be Hd half a lifetime i" ttM than year. The private ear of President Mullen I the Northern Pacific railroad i k tire near Phoenix, viz-, u the .oih. ... t I anil hail a narrow t-canc tioin ilestruct ion. i Dr Merrill Uytnan. A M . I I Bk, lone of America's mot di-ti nirmdiel I ph ysicans. died at Iii- home in aiubridiFe. Mi .o . .mi the aitn. .tr i m jFea rs Karon Speck nm Stniiliurp. the new QeeaaM envoy t v raeklagtoa arrived at New YntT, m the -team-liip ÄMgtMta Victoria, on the Wtk. A hill passed the house of the Alabama lepislafirc. on the UOlli. prv bibiting the a!e of cipai et tcs or ciparI ette paper in that slate. LTE NEWS ITEMS. In the enate. on the nit. the prentr iMirt i.f the iav was lev. .ted to i'Xerosc in connection v it li the acceptance from the state of Maryland of - . . - .11 .. . . . 1 1..l.n siaTues i i I iiarits mwivu a nu Hanson, winch will henctiorin staiiu in tatuarv hall in the national caphol. The i.ouve bill providing for the creati-.n of a pencru! taff for the annv was pa-ed. The tat.-h.H-l bill l .vas n..t considered, but It bold. it. place on the calendar. . .la the hOMsM three hours were eoMWMMl in general delmte on the po t ofiie. upproprletloa bill, during which Mr. Williams i Mi--. i sjMike in favor of tariff reform. The kooM then .aeaeadasj public business and listened to addressee on the life and s.-rvices of i harles C arroll aud John llan-ou, whose statues had been pre-euled by the .tatC of Mary land and placed In statuary ball. Tk death of the late Bepeeeentatlee Rwnpla, of Iowa, wa. announi ed. resolutions wore adoptttl. and as a further mark of reaped th aesaea adjourned until Sunda; . to hold a memorial session to pay tribute to the M.mory f the late Senator McMillan, of Michigan. Admiral Dewey, as presi lent of the Thomas .lefferson Memorial association, isviic 1 nu appeal to th. American people, oa January It, for funds to enable the MaoelatsM to erect a memorial to the memory jf the man who wrote the declaration of independence. doc. Ckamkeriaia o I oaaeetievl ordered out a number of comjmnies of the national guard, mi the lt. to avert threat-T.ed violence im ident o a trike of the employes of the trolley companies in the city of Waterbury. Two car-, one of them an immigrant car containing a family of -dx ers.ins. plunged down an incline at Vicksburg. Miss., on the 1-t, tad tho entire family was drowned. 'lhe Pullman Car to.. n the 1st, posted a notice nnnounci nir that n Ajiril 1 ten hours' wair--s will ie paid for nine hour' work to every man employed in the shoe. lv. Fr. I). W. Kenrirk. of St. Vincent's church. St. Iotiis. fell from ths platform of a train at Kl Pas. Tex.. on Jr.nuarv aa and died free. I s in , Junes next tny. Mlison Armovir. of hie. go, lunched tb Kmperor William, at Berlin, on j f1- , . In 1 e cetiiite. on the M. th arm .ppropriation lull was miner ououeration. On request of Mr. Pettus, who wished to offer s.mie ameiidMM nts. it went over until the 3d. The statehood bill wa up f r a shr: time. MaaSTS. Hard and Quartes sjenk ing in oppi .-ilion to it. After a brief executive s,.vj,,ti the senate adjourned out of respect to the memory of the late Beratenen tntlre Humpie, of Iowa The house pa-sied about forty bills uinb-r usoension of the rules. The mo-t iimw.rtant wat bill to autborie the resumption of the negotiations With OlMt Hritain for the preservation of the Maske fur seals. The bill appropriating 1. ). KiO for a new department f airrit-td-ture buildiiif vva- jKisscd. A oil! wa-, passeil advancing Itrig.-tien. 11. C. Merriaaa, retired, to the grade of major general n the retired li-t. t I iuat. -mala ity. Guatemala, on the Sd, Godfrey Hunter, .fr.. was ac quitted of the charge of killing William Fitgeraid. of Grand Rapids, Mich. The killintr occurred in tha le gation building while Hunter's father wa 1 nited States minis. -r. Albert. .Ionian anti wif -. charged with the murder of a four year-old nephew, were hound over fT hearing, at Smith ( enter, has., on the 2d. The. deposited $l.ooo in cash for ball, but wer- afraid to leave the j;ul. feai,nif 1 inhing by the citizens. A bill was introduce I in congress, on the 2d. to pension all aoKMer. and sailors who served at Inst 90 dhnjl in tle civil war at IM rate of HI p-r month, and all widows of such sol-b'-rs and sailors who were married prior to dune 27, lt. Eleven women and children of . colony of Finns on Malcim'- bland, off the o.is, ,,f British Ccderathte, were bnrned te death, on Jaaaarj -i, in a fire Which destroyed a buiblini; occupied by a number of faiuili.Rumors of the illm-ss of King I'.dwiinl were i iretilateil in London, on the -1. but hi - private -e.-retary -:i id it wiis simply a feverish -. Id. An intended visit to Chntworth eeetie bad to be postponed. xarren L Whealon. a former meat tier of the Illinois legislature, died at Whenton, III . the town he f needed, en the 1st. aged 91. A snowsf,,rm. the heaviest of the winter, rnged in all feclions of Colo rado, on the .'d, an! many snowslnie recurred.

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News by Telegraph from Varwu Towns in Indiana. Hakea lleiilnl. lni!iaaaMiiis. Ind.. Jan. 30. ft. I ay lor ii glee Ike sllepul cnnfmnoo jsjosm .y Heer) Yeetaej ektki la at Fraiikfori. Ky. Mr lay lor a,d that while be MM Ml lnll aw an of all the particulars of the alleged eotifeeIbM In Km w etioiioh I" Ml that ouiaey hail nt told 1 1n truth. He said Youuey in a letter ku! him for MMsOJ MMN MiCMilke igt M declined lo st ml the money, ilnukiip it a I rap. He denied i mihatically that uirt of the alli jfeil confession M kleb cinio Clesj hint with the conspiracy u UU ÜOI hi ! Heleaaed 11 rnle. PMOOd. Id., dan. : -lohn Itediinpton. a luw student who vu sent to the peaiteel iary from this county four years ao. has beeg rel a-e( on parole through ike efTi.rts of his father. wln va- Ike irisi-fuiiiik' witnesa against him at his trial. VottOg led fUagtoa had iwi-e forped the name of Iii fuih.-r to notes ami sold them to . yiryX national hank lo re, and it was for the third similar off, n (hat t fatlu-r pr the father nrosectited t!o son Indianapol.s. Ind Jan., "M' go. Ter re Haut e t Bo I htW BaUe ;'.V cmpaity has o.e., inc. . rpora t e. mill a capital stock of r.nKU0 p. copMruet a railroail Il'oiu vi.n-aj-o in... cotirty. Indiana, thence in u st.itiherly direction through the counties of Lake, Newton. Be.ton, Warren. Foun tain. Vermilioi . Parke and Vigo, to iii'üviin countv. The It net tl tl e road MÜI be ahoiil :'hi miie. (Mitrfiilate fir l'ie.lilent. Marion. l:d.. .Ian. :;0. KIwood J. . y r. a falberer raaployed ta the Bark a "! . glan taetor kere, baa ttiimiutict il knaaelf as . candidate for the presidency of L a. saa, Rnifkta of Lalmr. Wel r i- sai.l to be one of the belt posted window glass men in the country. BitBO. Purns has anf.ouncid that he will not Le a candidate for reelection. I a i a I qnnrrrl. Hising Sun. hid , ,lan 3o. e.-terday in the upper part of Sw it.erir. r.! ei unIv James Kent and Jam s Meat! became 'n gaged in an altercation orer theereo tion of a farmers' telephone line on , arhaeh they w. re engaged at work an. Ifeaal struck K.-nt tw..-. on the head with a heavy space. uu aw w i ground. II rev er rega men i-onseioui.-r.es an! :iel. iolaied PeMad lw. Ntw A. bei y.. Iuu...ian. JO. Oscar lohnson. who w .is a guard at the Iniana reformatory for sivcral yeara md . ilismissetl about two weeks tz . was given a preliminary examinai i. . before United BtatM oMmlssior. -r Gardwill in this city on a charge of iolating the postal law- Iv leadkag in obscene letter thfOStg. the mails. Want Dtreet linrae. Indianapolis. I rid.. .Ian. MV 019. Dttrbin has advised the Enf.iyette Preacher-' asSOehMkMI that he wi.nl) i.-t on eksrge. reede agaiaat the Lafayette Hilice (-oniniiss.ioi.crs at the cleeeof tke bgisl.tnre tf tat pr. a. h. rs would make direct charges agalnat the commissioners anil -tipport their allegations with affidavits. Freiiht Train VrreU,d. Importe. Ind.. .Ian. Mk. Two freight trains on the lir.ui! Trunk raiiroad were piled Bf in a wreck at l'nim Mi' Is. It w.i-a ba!-oii colli-i'.ii. Tke. crews of ix.th loeoraol leei Jomped ami -cajHil with slight injuries. The trains caught fin- ami a aamber of cars, with th ir contt nts. were de- - I oyd. Vw Intlitot ry. Decatur. Ind., Jan. ;50.- The Conimercial club i f this place biis sei nreii the Maring Mutten and glove factory for this city. The fsCtOTJ made the city a proposition which was imiii. i;iat ely aceepted. Tke machinery will arrive in ten !ays. When in runtiiiur oriler the factory will empby 150 girl- and Jj men. CMafeawe. a Warder. Evanarille, Inl...lan. :io After being bekfd up for two iays William .la. kson. a negro ' vears old. has confessed that he murdered Allen blanker-hip. . cdoreeJ watchman, early Snnf'av moraine am! robbed him of $.1.90. The crime was committed in the ofBe. of the mill w h-re Ulan kens hip was emntajrei. Mere I, n n I M..l.lr.l. tafayette, iaafu, .Ian. While hi tore w as b ii tr . 'iii-UTiie'l by a fire that wiped out half the rilatgt of Beash ( rk J. C. lkhar!t. a merehani. was robb. i .f $c.o which he had akired la th no ket of a coat left in bis Imme as he gave his .tteatiOH to stopping thr progress of the flames. Ill e. Where He M Born. Bniceland. In!., .Inn. 110. dacob R. Elliott. f Greeaskorw tewnahba, died of para I ki- on the fa t in vv h. r. he vv as Iwirn on May It. ls2.". and where he bad since lived. H waaoaeof the welb to-do fnrraen ..f Ike eoMty. He lefi a wife and seven children. lards red, Terre Haute. Ind.. dar.. T.u A telepram from Colorado tajl thai lc'ar Wegrieh. aged J7. of thi city, was mardereil hj n man nnm I licrge Siniih. in LB Park. Ibuitt .rnnty. in I piarrei over the reanotsl of a lOJ te fr!m Smith's trap. nie Refewtea, haettlJTlilr Ind.dar B, The build ,r.g eonaratttee f the dtj ManeJI- rejected all hiils for the erection of s new city hall Iht year There were four bils, the prices raneing fr-m f37,800 to $3S400.

FIFTY MIDDIES GRADUATE, .oiio-r itatik or Mkaee eeeea Oal rem I licit- ' '!- .. at ioiapolla. Uiffif-. Ü - i' b Th. M mia ihllf TTI - of UM . las of tm li ceoe i their diplotiuts on Monday from the bands of Secrelniy of Ihe Hat M ly. and be MM full He Iged cers of the tlMttaM RM y I M cremonies took place in the new ariiiorv The inidshipiiieiil usseiubled in front of the barracks and mar die I to tl-t armory, where a lurge cro v.l had a-s.-mbicd to eitaaae Ike eeeaaoaiea On the stage were Superintendent DlUMMOB, I otnniander OolakaB, coin i.inmtant of cadet-; i oniiiuindtT Ilea fa, (hajdaiti t lark. Hear Adnnrol Ta h i . Secretary M .oily . Vslstanl Secretary Darling, tin BthaW of the .eadeaak board .ad TaeAiailral LaH Ckarle. Bereaf r.i. af the I gUah MJ. I 'haplain t 1 irk Opeeed the eereiuonie- with prayer and :n followed by Superintendent llrow itson, who made a few remarks to the

midshipmen, in which he gave tb i boys much wholesome udvi.-e. CSpe cially about the handling of men under them He said to them to be kind nod onasdaeratt. bat tirm t fke : li -ted men. us n BMsM could M ; great leader unless thore was a bond of ayaapalkj with tha m.-n ke com I maiuled. He then in' educed Beer. Iary Moody, who antoa the graduaj lion address. Vir. MiM.il' HelHiiiks. lr l....dv siu.ke in nart a follows: i regrel Ike eaforeed absei, .- of ; vour pommantier-in-cnici, rmmwm Vtoosevelt. but he chargad MM to deliver to you hi- best Wiek, and his hope .ad eeaMeae. in your stern devotion to duty. You are now eaterlag upon another stage is ofkeera of the navy, in the Btoai latereatlag stagfe of its development. At this tim: there is no war. no war is in sight and let B. pray that there will he no war. Hut nur people b iv.- at l. a-t learned the truth of the Immortal Waaktagtea. advice. 'The way to pre writ- peaee is la prepare f t var.' "In the future you belong entirelv to your country. You have traditions of those gone before, and herein yu have a great advantage over your forefathers who served In your eOttaV t.- service. The-c splendid tradi tiotis. from the days ,.f John I'aul Jone, to the recent ast, echo down t. uuwUiim lire,. vlli'ili I i II 17 11 . till: ..... ....... ; . hfl eonntrr'a kiatore . vt(l t(, phold. splendid services on 1k.1i tides during the civil war ne now th" (ominoii heritage if all Americans The noble deed f ( ushing attd the heroii' netion of the confederate men in the improvised obinarim bout in the harlw.r of Charleston, be bug now as ranek t the north SS t. the south." Secretary Moody then presented th. diplomas to th' gred9ates. At night the exercises ,-u Ituinait-d In the annual grand ball, which was r. brilliant social SULC.se. WAS CORDIALLY RECEIVED. I ie.it. -Cen. M i I . Talks I'lenkii 1. 1 1 J of in eaM i.i Kim ttdwasd ni Wlnilat.r ntle. London. Feb. SL Lieut .-(leu. Mile who retarued here from Witiis..i Monday, said to a pr-ss rtpre-enta ive: "The kinir -cccivetl mc meat cor dial ly. recalled pleasant memories ol our visit hero nt the time of the jubilee and sH)ke as friendly ever of America. He showed keen inteie-t in the far east, on which subject I was able to give him information. Altogether it was a most pleasant visit. "The king said he kOBCd the prim e and princess rf Wale" would be able to visit America. N'othinjr. boWTCg, i: definitely settled." lien. Miles de lined to di il-s titht i the Veneuclan or the Philippine ejnesl ions. DEFEAT OF THE PRETENDER. It Waa BroBKht .BaSSM II thr le feetlon ( he ll.-ni O. irrin Trtite ptahhasa Platni. Tnngiei, Morocco. Eeb. .:. -The oV tails of the sultan's rkftory, Thürs day, over the forces of the pretender show that the battle was stubbornly Contested, and that the former's SUC cess was largely lue t.. the c-o etaCon, at a critical moment, of tloHeni Oureiiis tribe, who-e defection froai the rebels tke sol tea had pre vioosly purchased. The 1 1 1 tan, artillery, which was commanded bj 'be minister of war. KI Menebht, consisted of eight Maxims and four Krupp 'Ihe sultan's troops opeue I the attack early in the morning and shortlyafter the pretender's camp was as -iilel in the rear by the Heni 'luteins. In Spite of the surpri I I disadvantages f pneftlon tke rebel stebboral raaintaiaed their ground and desperate fighting continued for three hum a The slanghl r was ver. great. The remnants of the rebel army then broke, abandoned thr camp ami fled in the direction of Than, The imperial troops .r. pur suing Kiiie.i 1,1 a rail ii ii aaa a. Salt Iike l ily. 1'tah, Feb. 3. Whll etulcavoring to arrest thre. men -us pected of attempting to hold up the ntnre of J. S. Morrison, '-arly Mondayevening. Policeman Heath, shortly before midnight, shot and instantlykilled nn unidentified man and was himself severely wfiunded in the leg. for Kateasloa of I hlneae Hallways. Odessa. Eeb. I, It is uiinounced I hat the Husso-Chinese bank has la-en commissioned to place a loan of 000,000 in Paris for an ratenden of the Chinese railways.

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Mr. Bowen Will Not Entertain Proposals for Division Made by the Powers. THE DIFFERENCES ARE 6R0WIN6 WIDER. Vtsrtarla Willis to Xubu.lt Uestaaa pMeMeeaaal tMaMsaaai 'Ihr Ha lie Trlbuoal, llh ihr ai.aaleaaiea the Meeeaaae Must Mv Kalse.1 feadlsi Selllesaelil. Washington, IVb. 1 Herbert W. Bowen. Xentvuela's represeiitativ e in the negotiations at a-liington for a settlement of the claims against that country, has sent through th. BriUafa Miiaiaaartwr here what amouata pracUenllj to an ultimatum to the allied powers if t.reat ltrit.ua, Qerauui) and ltal regarding tkeir in- . teaee for prefereatlal trtatment m the settlement of their claims against Venewein Thi- n- te. wUch the British ambassador received biioruy before aiM o'eloch aloada night, aal cabled at once t.. London, copiel of it being tranantitted to the Italian and Geraaaa eeabaaalai for trauainisSM.ti t0 Ibune and Berlin. It i Ifl reply to the proposition submitted at .joint oonJereac. of the aegotiator Monday nfternoon by the British ambass;lor urging that tue Biaaa few ers .,e njowed two-thirda of 30 per cent, of the customs receipts oi ms ports of La Gaayra and Porte Ca hello, and that the V'nitcd Slates and the other claimant nations. Frame, Belgium, Holland. Deananrk, Spain and Norway and Sweden, content themselves with the remaining onethird of this per centage, that is ten per cent, of the receipts uf thes. ports. A Point IllanV. Hcfusal. In the note received o the Hritish ST.hatS.dar from Mr. Rowen. Monday night, the latter refuse point blank the proposition for . 20 and M ler Mat. dlviadon, n the ground that to recognie the principle it embodies would be absolutely offensive to modern civilization. In view of the fnct that the negotiators are agreed on all save the 'question of preferential Irani aunt, the .snhaamaor is infornsed that Venezuela has decided to submit that question to The Magna arbitration tribunal. The acceptance of this proposition, Venezuela contends, carries with it a raising of the blockade, the general understanding lefang that the blockade WOOld end ivhen the negotiators at W.shlagton had reached an agreement. trn Uoelrlae. It is umlerstood that in refiiainf ; this lat proptisition submitted by the Hritish ambassador on behalf of the iliies. Mr. Bowen takes the pr 'ind that he can not accept in principle the contention that blo:k:uls and boinbarilmcnt of forts, and the conI Sequent killing of helpless women and children, entitles any power or alliance of powers to preferential treatment at the hands of a civilized nation. It is claimed that should th. peace powers and the blockading BOW eW agree to such a principle they aonld incorporate in the Itw af na'ions a (bictrine in aoafttcf with tho tenets of all modern day ethics. Ilowen'a li.ltlon Intli raed. Whether the allies will accept as final what Mr. How in h..s had to say ar will assume a conciliatory attitude 1 till lis!, I.. i been suggested both by Mr. Bowen and by the represenlaUvee of the .Hies in this city, for a preferential treatment fr a limitel period, no one in Wsehtagton ft ski eannhetent t preli-t. The jMiition taken by Mr. Howen, it is etatad, ha received the indorsement of all the nnallied claimant nations, in which number is included the I'nited State. MANY PERISH IN A FIRE. Rlevem V omen and ( hlldrea af a Klnnlah I olui oa Maleulm Island Burira to Uath. Seattle. Wash., Feb. 3. A Ig.eial to the Times from Vancouver. It. ('., eye: Thursday evening witnessed . grim tragedy with Ii re result- to the Finnish settlers on Malcolm island, -onie distance up the coast from Vancouver Fire broke out while the men were at a meeting, in a common living house in which M families lived. Fleven women mul children wer. burned to death an! 17 injur. I There was no water supply and the crowd gathered around the blazing building could do little but watch the women and children burn to deatlu Several children were thrown from the house at their feet, and a number af women leaped from the sei i atory of the deeaned botes, reenasiag? .evere injuries. Cbleaao for Maalel.al Owaerakla. Chicago, Feb. 3. Hy a unanimou. vote the city council placed itself on record, Monday night, as desiring municipal ownership Mad operation of gas and electric lighting plant. The legislature will be memorialized to pass an enabling a-t at once. Ko. Ida Kiripr of Prisoners. Detnut. Mich.. Feb. 3. Fir. soldier prisfuu rs escaped Sunday night from the guardhouse at Ft. Wayne. The fog was so dense thst nce outside, the building detection waa impossible. Fifteen other prisoners who were ia Ihe siime room refused to walk out. Slraek far mm laeeeasa. Wilkesbarre, Pa., Feb 3.-Six hunitrel carpenters and joiners in the Wyoming valley have gone on strike la-cause the building contractor refused to grant I hem an increase from 12.60 to $3 e day.