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Prof. Black, of Wisconsin, declares that there are 97.897.432 bacteria on a one-dollar bill. - We knew the number was large, but eould never keep the bill long enough to coméletethe count.

‘A Brooklvn man recently stole from his employer $2,000 iwoi'th-of deer skins. He is now serving a term in Sing Sing for working a skintame,. and reflecting that they were dear skins indeed. ‘ | ] - The wife of the warden of the Norristown (Pa.) jail prevented the escape of two desperate prism‘?er‘s with an unload€d revolver. The prisoners evidently appreciated the abszlupe fatality of this kind ‘of weapon. | A music writer njvm_ed Houlihan went mad because he co@ld not write a popular song, and began to bite people. It is very sad, but, after all, p%aps it was just a question of his going mad himself or driving his friends mad with his songs. . - Every- loyal ]ndéana citizen will be glad to. learn, says the Indianapolis Journal. that.at thd secretary of state’s office has been incfn‘porated the Padui Szent Antal. Batayseyelyzo Boleset es Natalozasia Szovelézet, of South Bend: It will be & great credit ta the state. The freezing; line keeps .moving farther south ever;% winter; it begins to seerm that it. may sojneday be impossible to gréw o¥nges within the-borders of the United States.% Northern Florida was bnce tag centerjof the orange industry; it- wasgiven u]f} years ago, and each vear the wisg gx'k)\\i‘e;'s move their line southward. | : .- Three, new. Aises 3; r radium have been discoveted. It isinow - certain that “‘liguid’ sunshine” i~u_l“'es all known discases, together \i'itl%,a number that have not yet been discovered, prevents hydrophabia, determines the sex of infants and revolutionizes iwarfare, art, science and labor. It is aflso suspected that radium will do everything but make henslav. = ¢} o

- ‘Aren’t we going to hear any more about that bill, intg}oduced by Congressman John R. Thayer, by whith each of us is to get eight acres-of land? That is a mighty good scheme, and it seems a shame to have the bill tabled. - It would be so interesting to see how ‘long it would take before la few dozen men got it all, and the I'est§ of us were no better off than before. . | = - ° :

It appears that Whitaker Wright, who commitied suicide! in London, was not stch a great prorihoter after’ all. His get-rich-quick schemes were capitalized at only $62,000,000+a mere bagatelle in comparison to the amount named onthe paper of some ‘A~m§m'ican captains of in-dusiry.-His e.nterpﬁ;ises almost amounted to cheap gambling, and not ‘“high finance” at all.- | _ The bureau of istatistics informs us that the total amgunt of real money in the world is $12,000,000,000. And when we reflect on the fact that there are about 1,500,000,00¢ peaple in the world, and remember hov\} many dollars Messrs. Rockefeller, Morgan, Carnegie and a few others have cornered, the reason why the rest of ué can’t get in sight of so little cash becomes more apparent. ———————————————— 2 Col. Arthur L,Yxich, the only political prisoner in England, has been liberated on parole after one year’s imprisonment. This was predictezat_thétime’of'.his sentence, He was first condemned to death; then his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment. Thus was the dignity -of the English law upheld: The death penalty - satisfied ‘the imperialists: the release quiets Ih§ Irish and the “little Englanders.” - Britain would hardly have dared to exgr.‘ute Col.(Lynch. _ » The appointmei}t of Gov. Taft as sec-. retary of war makes the fourth change in the cabinet oti Mr. McKinley,as inherited by President Roosevelt.” On January 9,-1902, Gov. Shaw, of lowa, was @ppointed secretary of the treasury, vice Lyman J. Gage, fe'signed; on the same date Henry C. Payne, of Wisconsin, was appointed I postrbaster general, vice Charles E. Smith resigned; on April +29, 1902, Williaxq .}L. Moody, of Massachusetts, was appointed secretary of the navy, vice John p Long, resigned, and[ now Gov. Taft succeeds Mr. Root. The machinery of government runs smooth.

On the United -States pension roll is the name of a man who has served in three wars and is 100 years old. He is ‘Thomas E. Sauls, of Webb City, Mo., where he conducts a shoe shop and makes a living in spite of his hundred vears. He was born in Tennessee in 1803. He was a soldier in the-Seminole, the Mexican and the civil wars, In the civil war he was a sergeant of the Sixth Kansas cavalry. | That was after he had vassed 50. After the Mexican war he represented the county of his nativity in the Tennesseé; legislature. His pension is $3O a month by special act. |

LSRN R S R TS R e Now that Canada is all stirred up over the declaration of an English publication that (Tf:nad@ian women are not pretty, it is thought that perhaps her strained relations with us in regard to the Alaskan bm?indary may become unstrained. And in order to push along tifis desideratum, we are willing to declare with solemn’ enthusiasm, on fdith, belfef 'and hearsay, that the Canadian women dre the prettiest in the world—outdide igt? the United States. We are brate, bit not rash—hence the exception. Do the English people know a pretty woman when they see’ one?

The Important Happenings of a - Week Briefly Told. IN'ALL PARTS OF THE UNION All the Latest News of Interest from Washington, From the East, the : (West and the South. : THE LATEST FOREIGN DISPATCHES FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Summary of Daily I;l'oceedings in ‘the Senate and v}lo‘q’sez The session of the senate on the 2d was occupied in discussing the Panama canal question and James P. Clarke, the new democratic senator from Arkansas, in a speech indorsed every . position taken by the president in connection with 'the Panama revolt. The committee on fdppropxziaﬁons reported in favor of a loan of $4,600,000 to the St. Louis world’s fair. In the house the resident commissionér from Porto Rico was given authority equal to that of a delegate from a territory and he introduced a bill to declare the citizens of Porto Rico citizens of the United States. In the United States senate on the 3d the proposed appropriation foraloan of $4.600,000 to the St. Louis exposition was attacked im a debate full of sarcasm and thrusts. A mass of correspondence was received from the president concerning Colombian affairs. Inthe house bills were introduced providing for an increase in salaries for postal cferksin first and second class offices and for the reorganization of the consular service.

The proposed loan to the St. Louis exposition of $4.600,000 was up for:discussion in the senate on the 4th, but instead the senators. igdulged in a political debate. "In the house the diplo= matic Dbill, - carrying $1,993,600, was passed, and the agricultural appropriation bill, carrying a total of $5,711,240, was reported. . » FROM WASHINGTCN. Ben J. Vilnen, general in the Boer forces in the war in’ the Transvaal, was a guest- of President Roosevelt at luncheon. i e % Heavy increase of steerage immigrants to the United States is said to be due to-inducements offered by railroads to obtain settlers for the west, northwest and southwest. I Kaiser William talked into a phonograph at the request of United States psychologists, and the records will be preserved at Washington and Harvard university, 3 e . Ratification of the Panama. canal treaty before the end of this month is the present programme in the United States senate. s The president was a guest of honor at the banguet of the department of the Potomac, Grand Army of the Republic, ‘in Washington, and he paid tribute to the veterans. : ' Secretary Shaw has notified national banks that 20 per cent. of government funds held by them will be needed. - The fight of the shipbuilding trust ended by C. M. Schwab surrendering eantrol. &= = - In January business failures throughout the country aggregated- $18,483,573, against $12,978,979 in January, 1903. : , THE EAST. = ‘Democratic members of the Maryland legislature selected Isidor Rayner, of Baltimore, for the United States 'senatorship.. S L . “At_a banquet in his honor by the New York Union League club, ex-Secretary of War Root said he returned convinced the government was growing better. Six fine Arabian horses, a gift from the sultan of Morocco to President Roosevelt, arrived at New York. }

The death of Adolph. Schwarzmann, one of the founders of Puck,and editor in chief of that paper, occurred in New | York, aged 66 years. . ‘ 1‘ .For cheating at examinations five students have been expelled from Princeton (N. J.) university. When the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse arrived in New York, 48 hours late, thrilling experiences at sea were related. : ‘The mayor, of New York ordered six theaters closed because they have:not made certain alterations for safety. In ‘the Maryland legislature Isidor Rayner (dem.), of Baltimore, was elected "United States senator to succeed Louis E. McComas. WEST AND SOUTH. : At the age of 93 years Walter W. Woolnough, the oldest newspaper editor in Michigan, died in Battle Creek. In 1845 he start’ed_ the first paper in Battle Creek. ' Flames in the wholesale district of Knoxville, Tenn., caused a loss-of $400,000 and the lives of two firemen. By a collision between freight trains in El Paso, Tex., Engineer Gillespie, Fireman Daniels and an unidentified brakeman were killed. ; At Berea, Ky., a race war is threat~ _ened by the citizens’ appeal for a law against coeducation of negroes and whites at Berea college. : The Illinois democrats will hold'their state convention in Springfield June 14. After confessing to embezzling $187.000, George A. Rose, late cashier of the Produce Exchange bank in Cleveland, has been sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment. . At the age of 105 years Miss Rose McHugh died in New London, Wis. Snow buried many trains in Michigan and Indiana and traffic on the railroads was practically suspended. In Chicago 2,800 employes of the American Can company went on a strike against a reduction in wages. : Almost the entire business section of Grand Chain, Ill.; has been destroyed by fire. ' At Carthage, Mo., J. G. Myers, a farmer, starved himself to death. * He had not eaten a particle of food for 49 days, In Detroit boxing bouts have been prohibited by a special order of Mayor Maybury. ; It is estimated that the south is $300,000,000 richer through D. J. Sully’s bull ~campaign in cotton. ! A bag said to contain nearly $5,000 in gold was stolen from an Adams express car at Sterling, Il ~ Fire nearly wiped out Lake Village, Ark:, over 40 buildings being burned.

A negro named John Winters, who shot and killed John Eastland, a wealthy planter |of Docdsville, Miss., was lynched|by a mob. : Charles E. Fuller has been renominated for congress by the Twelfth district republican cénvention at Ottawa, 111 T L At the Logan county children’s home in Ohio|two twin baby sisters named Black were so badly bitten by rats that they died. ' FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. % a heated speech John ,Redmond told theßritish house of commons neither the land-act nor any other policy would be accepted as a substitute for home rule. ' Russia's fleet sailed from Port Arthur and the Russian land forces were in active preparation for possible hostilities. l _ : The answer of Russia to the latest Japanese demands has been dispatched to Tokip, and it is considered that the issue of war or peace rests with the Japanese. : o A band of Yaqui Indians held up a stage b{tween Oritz and Las Cruces, Mexico,jand the passengers, six in number, ‘were massacred. - o i Occupation of Cuba by America. has finally ended by the withdrawal of the Jast troops from Havana and the lowering of the flag. ; ' A decree has been issued by Mexico forbidding any person bearing firearms to crosithe border of the country. ° Florence Maybrick is declared on authority to be in a secluded home in England under the care of a religious sisterhood, where she will remain until July, when she will be released.

| LATER NEWS, . The political debate in the sendte on ‘the loaq of $4,600,000 to the St. Louis exposition came to a close on the sth by ]eaving}the provision ‘in the urgent deﬁciencyg bill, Whi(:p was passed. Another bill was passed providing for the transportation of 600 teachers from Porto Rico to and from the TUnited States next summer for purposes of study. |ln. the house bills were introduced granting a pension of $l2 a month to veterans of the civil war 65 years of age ‘anfl for investization of the beef trust. (The agricultural appropriation bill wayg passed. Both houses adjourned to the §th. , Senator Hanna's illness has been diagnosed -as typhoid fever. . San Domingo insurgents deliberately fired upon the launch of the United States cruiser Yankee, Kkilling J. C. Johnston, the engineer. The official call for the national convention of the prohibition party to meet ir Indianapolis June 29 has been issued. War signs were increasing hourly at St. Petersburg and the Japanese embassy was preparing for hurried depariure. : 2 A/ jury to try the car barn bandits was completed in Chicago after 27 days examation of venirermen. ; - President Roosevelt welcomed the National Republican association to Washngton and the convention indorsed him for nomination. i ! Mrs. Edward Crawford and her son and James E. Hagon, her son-in-law, were burned to death in Montreal, Can. A dispatch says that-an entire town in the Island of Java, Dutch East Indies, was swallowed up by a volcanic eruption and hundreds of persons were Killed. The republican national convention committee at a Chicago meeting accepted plans for seating 8,264 persons. . "There were 216 business failures in the United States during the seven days ended on the sth, against 242 the ‘same week in 1903. , ~ Country’s trade is irregular, accord‘ing to Dun’s and Bradstreet's review; ‘ improvement only in the west and south. | A fire at ?Llckingham, Ont., destroyed the central/part of the town. : \ ~ After a night’s revelry five mex and one lad perished in flames at Trenton, Pa: : | Funeral services over the remains of William C. Whitney, former secretary of the navy and prominent financier, were held at Grace Episcopal church, New York city. | :

MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

All grades of refined sugar have been reduced five cents a hundred pounds in New York. David Rankin, of Tarkio, Cal., owns a ranch of 21,000 acres, 14,000 acres being one cornfield. - Prof. Charles Henry Churchill, a member of the faculty at Oberlin (0.) college for 40 years, is.dead. - Charles Francis, a son of the president of the St. Louis fair, is a freight clerk on the exposition grounds. Aaron V. Hamilton, the last surviving member of the Fremont expedition,to the Pacific coast in 1845, is dead. : Gen. Rafael Reyes, the Colombian envoy, sailed from New York on the steamer Valencia for Barranquilla. On Mr. Carnegie’s estate in Scotland the men who do not use liquor-are paid ten per cent. extra at the end of the year, ‘ - Arthur Barrows, 91 years old, is the oldest living practicing barrister in England. He is still a busy man and never wears glasses. ; - Secretary Moody proposes two plans for the naval programme next year. One entails an expenditure of $34,000,000 and the second for $30,000,000. Many of the latest important changes in.the United States army are foretold in a book written 25 years ago and just published by the war department. Official information has been given out that the needs of the 13,000 inhabitants of the town of Aelesund, Norway, which was destroyed by fire, have been provided for. H Frank Dawson has been convicted in Paris, Mo., of murdering Anna Hartman and sentenced to be hanged March 17. Dawson killed Miss Hartman because of a broken engagement. : M. F. McKesson, who gave his address as New York, was arrested in the capitol in Washington while Jseeking paid “write-ups” from public officials. He is charged with fraud. The first car to be run over the Intermural railroad at St. Louis, a world’s fair enterprise, made the trip from loop to loop with a party of railread men as guests of the exposition officials, Mrs. Mary Tredway, friend and companion of the late Queen Victoria, died at her home in Chester, N. J., at the age of 94. She was Miss Mary Williamson and her father was royal physician to the family of George IV. and to Victoria aféer her accession to the throne.

IFRUSSIA’S SUPPLY OF DOVES OF PEACE AND ELBOW GREASE HOLDS OUT SHE WILL SOON BE PREPARED FCR WAR.

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<~ IS GUT OF PRISON. Mrs, Maybrick Now ‘Under Care of Religious Sisterhood—Will Be Freed in July London, Feb. s.—Replying to a question in the house of commons Thursday, Home Secretary Akers-Douglas confirmed the. reports that Mrs. Florence Maybrick had been removed from Aylesbury prison to a convalescent home, where she will remain until summer, when she will be allowed her freedom, and said that she had been granted a license, under the penal servitude acts. “In accordance with the wishes of the authorities of the home and with Mrs. Maybrick’s own earnest desire, which is, I' think, entitled to consideration,” added Mr. Akers-Douglas, “I do not propose to make public any further details

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as to the time or place of her release.” It can be announced with authority that Mrs. Maybrick is in a home'in a distant part of England and under the care of the members of a religious sisterhood. She has not been released, and is’ kept under surveillance, but to all intents and purposes her life now, compared to her existence in Aylesbury prison, is th‘at of a free woman. She will remain where she is until next July, when her punishment will be ended under the special license, and she will be allowed to go free, subject to the nsual conditions governing ticket of leave convicts. e :

"FIVE CHILDREN PERISH. Flames Destroy Dwelling at Council Blufis—Mother Unable to Save Her Little Ones g;m_cn ‘Bluffs, la,, Feb. 2.—Early Tdesday morning the residence of Peter Christiansen, Sixteenth avenue and Third street, was destroyed oy fire, his five children, ranging in_ages from a babe in arms to 11 years of age, burned to death, and Mrs. Christiansen burned so that she will die. The husband was in the country at the time. No one knows how the fire started. The dead ‘are: Edna, 11 years; Frank, eight years; Lila, four} ye&rs; Jane, two years; and baby, five months. Just before one : o’clock Mrs. Christiansen woke up and discovered the interior cf her house in flames. She rushed 1o another room where the children were sleeping. That room was a mass of flames and it was———‘impossible, to gain an entrance. Mrs. Christiansen ran into the street and raised an alarm. This aroused the neighbors and a fire alarm was turned in. The neighbors then turned. their attention to the house, but being of wood it burned rapidly and was totally consumed before the arrival of the department. The bodies of the children were cremated,

Sent, to Austria. Pittsburg, Feb. bs.—Fifteen widows and their families, bereft by the Cheswick mine disaster, have heen ticketed to Fiume and Trieste, Austria, by the relief committee. In all, over ' 100 widows of foreigners wbo lost 'their lives will be sent back to Europe. . Renoiminated. Ottawa, 111.,, Feb. s—The republican congressional convention for the Twelfth Illinois district was held in this city Thursday. Congressman Charles E. Fuller, of Boone county, . was renominated by acclamation. g . Tight Lacing Causes Death. : Springfield, Mass., Feb. 3.—Miss Kate Moriarty is dead here from heart failure, which was caused, according to the doctors, by pressure from corset stays. She fainted'while dancin® was removed from the ballroom and died within a few minutes. | Game Confiscated. Enid, Okla., Feb. 3.—Sixteen thousand quail and' prairie chickens have been confiscated in the railway yards here by, Deputy Game Warden Shaffer.” The game was shipped from Okeene, and was consigned to a St. Louis produce house.

SENT TO VICEROY, ' If Alexieff ,5]!1')1'0\'08 Russia‘s Reply It Will Be Forwarded to Tokio : —The Sitaation. St. Petersburg, Feb. s.—The Russian reply to Japan has been forwarded to Viceroy Alexieff. If he approves it, it will finally reach the Tokio government on Monday. ? The feeling in the higher circles continuesito be that Russia has offered substantial concessions, but that she ‘cannot meet Japan's wishes regarding Manchuria or agree to Japanese fortifications in southern Corea. It is intjmated in certain unofficial quarters that if Japan should offer a cou proposal that Russia guaranteed China’s Manchurian treaties, irrespective of the ultimate severeignty of the province, there might be a chance of reaching such a compromise. It is argued that this settlement would safeguard the existing commercial interests of all the powers in Manchuria, and it is come‘nded.thg.t if Japan demands more in the last resort this would betray to the world her ulterior ambitions on the continent of Asija, which would be inimical to the interests of not only Russia, but 'of the very powers which now sympathize with Japan. “ah Washington, Feb.' 6.—ln the opinion ‘of a diplomat conversant with the Japanese phase of the far eastern situation, the Tokio government will-not wait another day for the Russian reply unless, in ‘the meantime, a satisfactory intimation is received as to its character. The feeling in Japanese «Lircles seems to be increasing that if the note is delayed longer than Friday, the delay is to be inte;preted as merely for the purpose of giving Russia more time in which to preparz herself for the blow Japan .is expected to strike. :

THE MICHIGAN. BLIZZARD. Snowplows Unable to Keep Trair;s - from Being Stalled in the ; Big Drifts. Detroit, Mich., Feb. s.—Storm reports from the “Thumb” district of Michigan are disappointing. A snow plow. which succeeded in wdrking south from Harbor Beach to Port Huron Wednesday was started northward Thursday, but on the return trip has made little progress. The Pere Marquette line, being exposed to the ‘winds from Lake Huron, is buried in snowdrifts before the opening made by the_snow plow can,be made of use. Reports from Grand Rapids show that storm conditions show little improvement. The interurban electric line from Grand Rapids to Holland is blocked. Trains on all roads in southwebtern Michigan are from one to five hours laté. Thereis no snow falling at Grand Rapids, but the wind continues to bury the roads under huge drifts. Detroit, Mich., Feb. 6.—A1l of the Michigan railroads report traffic conditions, which have been greatly interfered with by snow for the past few days, as improved Friday. The Pere ‘Marquette’s snow plow and’ relief train’ which was bucking the drifts on the Port Austin division, running ‘through the snowed-in “Thumb” district of the state, resumed its fight Friday at Blaine, which was reached ' Thursday night. Conditions on the i Pere Marquette's line from Grand Rapids to Chicago were reported Friday as greatly improved, with passenger trains only three or four hours late. Died of !Volnn(ary Starvation. ~ Carthage, Mo., Feb. 4.—J. G. Myers, a prominent farmer, died Wednesday, having starved himself to death. He had not eaten a particle of food for 49 days. sMyers was a Spiritualist, and said recently that his wife, who died some time ago, was urging him to come to her. . Lunched with the President. Washington, Feb. 4-—Gen. Ben J. Vil joen, a general of the Boer forces in the war in the Transvaal, was a guest of the president at luncheon Wednesday. Gen. Viljoen will have charge of the Boer exhibit at the St. Louis: exposition. . Died at the Age of 105. Appleton, Wis., Feb. 4.—Miss Rose McHugh, aged 105, is dead at New London. She was born in Ireland, and lived in three centuries. She came to America when 52 years of age, and lived at Johnstown, Pa., and also at Pittsburg, coming to Wisconsin in 1854, Defaulting Cashier Captured. Council Bluffs, la., Feb. 4—Lee Deford, cashier of the failed bank of Altamont, Mo., accused of embezzling $21,000 of the bank’s funds, has been captured here. He has been sent to the Gallatin (Mo.) jail. -

TRADE REVIEW. - , The Business Situation as It Appea;n to the Leading Commér- / cial Agencies. - New York, Feb. 6.—Bradstreet says: ‘“Wearher corditions unfavorably affect trade and transportation throughout most of the west, while wildly fluctuating markets of cotton, coffee and the cereals make the speculative situation of those staples a matter of concern. The feeling grows that a later opening of spring trade and conservative buying are to be looked: for in many lines. Exceptions are to be found at the south, which reports wholesale trade active, especially in fertilizers, livestock and implements, all preparations looking to an immense acreage in cotton. Next to this may be classed the southwest, which, despite cold weather, reporis trade satisfactory for the season, the outlook good and bank clearings very large. Eastern trade reports are good as to retail winter trade, which is said to have cleaned up old stocks of goods. As to spring trade, however, irregularity is noted. The iron trade’ shows "little change.” : R. G. Dun & Co., in their Weekly Review .of ,Trade, say: ‘‘Sensational fluctuations in ‘the great staples were the features of the week, cotton and coffee attaining new high records for the seasor, bwt subsequently declining sharply, while grain ad\'ancetl. Trade reports are irregular, improvement at the south and west finding little response at the large eastern cities. Persistent’' low temperature is providing a good demand for heavy wearing apparei and increasing the difficulties of tyansportation. Spring buyers are arriving in large number, with noteworthy eagerness to secure cotton goods, even at the enhanced prices. Railway earnings for January average .7 per cent. larger.than in 1903. Progress is slow in the iron and steel industry, new business coming forward reluctantly.” ;

~ HANNA VERY ILL. & : u ‘ Sickness of Ohio Senator Discovered to Be Typhoid P‘é\:er—(‘%ptli- } . tion Somewhat Grave. . Washington, Feb. 6.—Senator Hanna's illness is officially pronounced by his physicians to be irregular typhoid, that is typhoid fever with the fever symptoms lessregular and marked than in the pronounced types of the disease. - It is stated that there are no organic complications toadd to the seriousness of the case, but the senator at the time of the attack.was’in a literally worn-out ¢ondition, so that his extreme physical weakness and nervous depression. coupled with his age, 66 years, and {requent recent rheumatic attacks, makes the case one of much more gravity than an ordinary attack of typhoid of'a comparatively mild character.. ) . Dr. Rixey called ‘to see the senator shortly after eight o'clock. His object was simply to take Mr. Hanna's temperature, which he found at that time to be 102 2-s—higher, -he remarked later, than it had been at any time since he has been attending the senator. This, however, the doctor, did not consider alarming as it might be due to certain local causes not-directly the result of fever. Late at night the physicians declared that there is nothing immediately alarming in Senator Hanna’s condition . provided unexpected complications do not manifest themselves, but they acknowledge it is yet too early to forecast the result of the senator’s sickness. . .

IS NOT A VALID LAW. New York Statute on Desecration of @ the National Flag Is Declared U n(;onstitutional.- ; . —_— AN New York, Feb. 6.—The law forbidding the desecration, mutilation or improper use of the national flag, passed by the state legislature last year, was de: clared unconstitutional Friday in the appellate division of the supreme court insofar as it-relates to the use of the flag in advertising devices and on trade labels. The case grew out of the sale of cigark in boxes bearing labels which included the national flag in - design. The majority opinion holds that while it was competent under the police pow= er for the legislature to make it a mis‘demeanor publicly. to mutilate, deface, defy, defile, trample on’or cast contempt on the national or state flag, either by words or act, there is nothing in the use of the flag as a trade-mark that suggests the ideathat it is degraded or belittled.. To prohibit its decorous use in such connection must be regarded as an unauthorized interference with the liberty of the citizen’and would deprive persons owning such trade-marks of their property without due process of law.

Begins Investigation. Washington, Feb. 6.—The committee appointed at the request of Senator Dietrich to investigate the cirscumstances surrounding his recent indictment in Nebraska in connection with post office patronage, held its first meeting Friday. The committee consists of ' Senators Hoar, Platt (Conn.), Spooner, Cockrell and Pettus. Senator Dietrich was sent for and he submitted all papers relating to the case. To -Deport. Sixto Lopez. Manila, Feb. 6.—Sixto Lopez, the wellknown Filipino agitator, whose unfriendly disposition. toward American rule in the Philippines has been exhib‘ited upon ocecasions in the past, has arrived here and refused to take the oath of allegiance. He {vill be promptly deported., o . o Government Sultalned. London, Feb. 6.—ln the ultimate division in the house of commons Friday on Mr. Robson’s amendment to the address, the government had a majority of 86, the vote being 192 for and 278 agaiust the amendment. Editors Indorse Roosevelt, Washington, Feb. 6—The National Republican Editorial association, at its meeting here Friday, unanimously passed a resolution offered by Senator Charles S. Francis, editor of the Troy (N. Y.) Times, strongly Indg?ing President Roosevelt for the nomination for the presidency and pledgingthe best efforts of the association to that end. ° ~ Loss of $50,000 by Fire. . Anderson, Ind., Feb. 6.-—Fire partially destroyed the Indiana brick works Friday. Loss, $60,000. :

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MUSIC AND DRAMA. Hermann Vezin, an American actor, despite his 76 years, is acting nightly at the Court theater, London. "Raphael Joseffy, the great pianist, played for Mrs. William H. Vanderbjlt at one of her receptions; and while he was. at the instrument there was, so much babble and chatter that he could hardly be heard. Mrs. Vanderbilt apologized for her guests,ibut‘t‘he virtuoso bowed and low and said: *“I am very sorry that.the conversation. annoyed you, Mrs. Vanderbilt. -As for me, I did not notice it. - Whenever I play it is for Joseffy alone. He always appreciates my work.” With another bow he calmly pocketed Mrs. Vanderbilt's check for $5OO and departed. : z M. Paderewski is the possessor of an estate near the little’ town of Morges, at which he entertains a variety of guests, rangiag from royalty to more or less broken ¢own musicians, who, as it were, make his house - .their "home. Asked by an- indiscreet friend how he disposed of the latter on such occasions as that of a dinner party at which royalty was present, e replied: “Those of my boarders who have dress suits join the party. The othiers are driven down to a hotel, where a private dinner is served to them; at which' I am, though absent, still their host. This they prefer to the constraint neécessary when royalty is present.” 5 ' EXPOSITION ECHOES. The demands for space at the-St. Louis exposition received from patent breakfast food companies alone are sufficient to fill the Agricultural building. Among the spec¢imens of Philippine art to be shown at the St. Louis world’s fair are the pictures entitled “Lawton’s Death,” by Fabian de la Rosa: “A Rival Rural Idyl,” Ramon Martinez;. “The Ceremony of the Incision of the Katipunan,” by Anselmo Espiritu; “The Arrival of the Fishing Boat,” Vicente Rivera y Mir. © = o 0 ¢ A convention of American press humorists will be held in<St. Louis the week beginning May 29.. They will attend a banquet June 3, on which occasion there will be: a good deal of oratory. The programme, which already has been practically arranged, says that among the speakers will be Eugene F. Ware, “one of the things that are the matter with Kansas;” Rev. Robert J. Burdette, “perpetual parson and pastor emeritus of the American humorists,” and Eli Perkips, “celebrated as two of the biggest liars in America.”- A pilgrimage will be made to Hannibal, the ‘early home cf Mark Twain. :

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