Marshall County Independent, Volume 6, Number 13, Plymouth, Marshall County, 9 March 1900 — Page 2

THE WEEKLY INDEPENDENT.

CL W. METSKER, Tub. nd Trop. - INDIANA t CURRENT TOPICS 2 CIIINF.SK 3XIMSTEK'S Sl'F.KCIIES. Now that our relations with Asia are broadening out it is a pleasure to discover that the Chinese minister to the United States, Wu Ting-Fang, can xpress himself with facility in the English language and make a very good speech at short notice on almost any subject. He was in Philadelphia last week and delivered an extended address before the University of Pennsylvania on the prope - relations of the United Str.tes with the orient. Before leaving the city he spoke to the pupils of several high schools and schools for girls, and. appearing in the garb of his own country, was certainly tin interesting figure. One point he emphasized in the university address was that the customs, manners, language, mode of education and way of thinking in Asia are different from those in Europe and America, and should be judged considerately. It is. for instance, a compliment in China for persons just introduced to ask each other j ages, a laudable action there, but one that would be unwelcome and misinterpreted la western countries. T1IK UK A 11 AM) TIIII MOV. The St. Petersburg paper which declares that -'England has fettered Rus sia by many treaties, but the moment has come to break these fetters." may . not voice the intention of the Russian ; government, but it undoubted!' expresses a desire of the Russian peop". England has for fifty years stood i:x the way of Muscovite ambition in Turkey and elsewhere. In 18.i4-; England fought Turkey in order to defend Turkey. In 1S7S a British fleet stopped the victorious Russians in their march cn Constantinople. In other instances also in the past forty or fifty years the Pritish havo prevented Russian expansion in certain directions in which the Muscovite government wished to expand. Still, the chances are that no Anglo-Russian treaties or agreements will be torn up on account of the present war. HOAKI OF TRAIIK FICAl I. The federal grand jury at Chicago has voted true bills against the members of a board of trade firm which is believed to have engaged in bucketthep operations. That there was pretty strong evident e of bucket-shopping in this particular case may be inferred from the indictments returned. Conducting a bucket-shop is an offenso under the laws cf the state of Illinois. Rut probably all men with experience in such matters would have considered it almost useless to attempt a prosecution In the state courts. The present indictment is for using the mails to defraud country patrons. What the country needs is a law that will prevent all kinds cf speculating, whether it is trading in options or futures or anything that does not require legitimate labor. KKIII'.r OF I. IIJYSMITII. The relief of Iadysruith and tho withdrawal of the Boers from Colesberg and Jamestown mark tho beginning of the fourth stage of the campaign in South Africa. The first stage ; pencd with the advance of the Roers into Natal and Cape Colony, about tho middle of October. The object was to drive the British from the coal districts of Natal, to gain possession of the railroads extending into the Free State and the Transvaal by way of lying's Nek and Van Reenen's Pass, 10 prevent the use of the railroads in northern Ccpe Colony, and to promote a rising among the Cape Colony Dutch. A I'NIOCi: MKASCRK. A unique piece of legislation is proposed by Senator Harbaugh in the Ohio legislature. He would make it a misdemeanor for any person to write or sell a suident any essay, composition, or other literary production to hi palmed off upon the unsuspecting teacher as the purchaser's own. The penalty proposed is a fine of not less than $23 nor more than ?r0 for the first offense, and between $0 and $100 for the second. The bill in one way is discrimination, in that It punishes home offenders while it lets others qually guilty of deception escape. WIIItN IS OHIO'S ItlKTIlOAV. Ohio finds itself in a peculiar dilemma. The state Intends to celebrate the centennial of its admission to tho Union, liut unfortunately the date is not known. The United States census report gives Nov. 29. 1S02, but this is iiot final authority, nor, indeed, in it generally regarded as correct in Ohio, inasmuch as most people favor holding the centennial celebration In 1S03. NWKKTS FOK KOMH Kit. Elaborate, experiments have b?ca made in (Jermany to ascertain the effect of feeding troops on sugar when great exertion is required. According to Chambers' Journal the surgeons and generals have reported favorably. Prof. Pfuhl, at present head of the physiological laboratory of the army, states he has ample proof that a .sugar diet increases muscular forces in comparatively shorter time than the whito of an egg, and, while the effect of tbq latter is more lasting, yet the sugar is cheaper and more convenient. OM.I.FCli: ST l" I F.N TS IX A ICIOT. English college students, it is reported, were attacked by temporary Insanity at the news of Rullcr's entry into Jadysmith, and while thus demented tore off various gates, bombarded many silk hats with projectiles and otherwise behaved in a strange an 1 Ftartling fashion. The college man I.J pretty much alike all around the globe, and the English boy can haniiy bt blamed for such a celebration, considering the upheavals which, in this country, always follow so small a happening as a football victory.

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no If L Items of General Interest Told in Paragraphs. COMPLETE NEWS SUMMARY. Record of Happening of Much or I.lttle Importance from All Tarts of the Civilized World Price of Fnri Produce In Western Market. The Kliene Journal of Reriin says little kindliness of feeding is shown America in the meat bill discussion. The Chikan minister in Peru resigns on account of hostility to his mission. The artist Raffaelli predicts that Chicago is to be a great art center. Fore!gn-born sons of naturalized Americans, who are minors and abroad when their fathers secure naturalization papers, are held not to be American citizens. Japan is said to be increasing it:? standing army to 200.000 men. President McKinley attended church in New York Sunday and heard his colonial policy condemned by Bishop Andrews. Six men were burned to death in a New York lodging-house fire and two others were injured Sunday. The United States government will establish postal service to Nome City. Chairman Town? says silver republicans wiil hold a national convention at Kansas City July 4. David Starr Jordan denounced British aggression and predicted the dismemberment of the British empire. It is predicted that the new not? issue will produce an inflation of the currency without adding to its elasticity. The anti-trust people are organizing all over Kansas and will assist the populists in the election this fall. ExCongressmun Simpson says the AntiTrust league members number 1,joo in the state. Edwin A. Potter, president of the American Tru.-t and Savings bank, has been selected to succeed the late (Jen. John McNulta as receiver for the National bank of Illinois. Chicago and the entire middle west vas snow-bouud Wednesday by the heaviest fall of snow recorded by the weather bureau since It began its record in ISM. In the twenty-four hours ending Wednesday night at midnight 11. 1 inches of snow fell, and the effect was disastrous on travel and trallic. Business of all kinds was practically suspended. College presidents and professors met in Chicago to form an organization to make uniform higher degrees and shut out cheap diplomas. Employes of the Chicago City railway are reported to be working up a general street-car strike. Firemen rescued two women from a burning building at Z2 Wells street, Chicago. The Evanston city council voted to put a water filter in every private house and public building. Friends of (Jen. McNulta expressed indignation because they were not allowed to hold the funeral services in . A. It. Memorial hall. Chicago. Many broker on the Chicago stock exchange signed a declaration in favor of returning to the system of option trading. Plans for a national association to govern pugilism have been sent oat by the Carson City (Nov.) Arena club. Manager Loft 113 reports that the Selma (Ala.) baseball park, considered for the Orphans' practice ground, is under water. Agoncillo. Filipino representative in Europe, reports a crushing defeat of American troops in the Philippines. Russian army ofUcers In secret consider the possibilities of railways for transportation of troops in tinio of war. British labor congress, representing COO.000 trade unionists, call for a labor party in parliament State business of Kentucky is paralyzed through two sets of oilkers seeking to get control. The Supreme court at MariUnn. Wis., prohibits further action in the contempt proceeding!? against Mayor llnjc and the aldermen who passed the etreet-car ordinance. The French re-id.?nts of the islands of .St. Pierre and Miquelon show violence to the British. Patrick Crowe, suspected of being Implicated in the daring Northwestern train robbery between Maple Park ani DeKalk on the night of Oct. 12. was arrested Monday afternoon In Chicago and has been hpiiited away by the police, 'lhe place uf his confinement u kept a i-ec ret. "Sapl o." Daudet's novel, has been adjudged an immoral publication by a jury in a Philadelphia court and Frederick Kohler, a local dealer in books and stationery, was sent to the. county prison for one year. Excitement continues around Elk City, Idaho, ever the rich gold strikes. .lory Acull I lie Miner. The jury in the celebrated Carterville riot case acquitted the men of the charge against them. The scene in the courtroom when the verdict was read was one long to be remembered. The loved ones gathered around the prisoners, and for soma time the scent wis touching to the extreme.

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CHICACO. Cattle, all grades $1.70 Hogs, common to prime 3.90 Sheep and lambs "J.SÖ Wheat. Xo. 2 red Rye, No. 2 cash Corn, No. 2 white Oats. No. 3 white aCS5 04.00 7.15 .63 . ; .33 .2o t .12 .21 .C3 .32 .26 r .43 .20 .50 .46 .21 .13 Cf6.S0 4.93 07.13 .20 .70 .34 (JJC.33 4.S0 06. S3 .70 .2C .33 4.73 05.02 Ö7.00 Eggs Butter .10 MILWAUKEE. Wheat, No. 1 northern.... Com, O. 3....ee Oats, No. 2 white. Rye, No. 1 Barley, No. 2 Oats, No. 2 white J o ! Barley, No. 2 Butter Eggs Cattle Hogs Sheep and lambs ST. LOUIS. Oats. No. 2 cash Wheat. No. 2 red Corn, Xo. 2 cash Cattle, all grades iiogs .10 2.00 2. GO 2.20 l.r.O 4.40 Sheep and lambs 2.Z0 KANSAS CITY. Wheat, Xo. 3 red Oats, No. 2 white Corn, cash. No. 2 mixed.. Cattle, all grades 1.73 Hogs, all grades 4.10 Sheep and lambs 4.23 TOLEDO. Wheat. No. 2 cash Corn, No. 2 mixed Oats. No. 2 mixed Rye, No. 2 cash Cloversecd, prim eish NEW YORK. Wheat. No. 2 red Corn , o. ? Oats, No. 3 white PEORIA. Oats, No. 3 white .20 .3S .S3 r .24 Corn, new. No. 2 PAUNCEF0TEJ0 BE RETIRED. ItritUh Auib'4ia'Jur Term of Service Will Knd April 4. The diplomatic career of Eord Pauncefote of Preston, the British am bassador to the United States, will terminate on April 1, when he will be placed on the retired list. Information has been received that the British gov ernment has under consideration tho names of five men who are eligible to succeed Lord Pauncefote. Sir Thomas II. Sanderson, K. C. is the best known of these. He is the permanent under secretary in the foreign office, and a brother of Sir Percy San derson, the British consul general in New York. The Hon. Francis Hyde Villiers, C. B., whose name is being considered also, is an assistant under secretary in the foreign office. Tho British minister at Brussels, Sir F. K. Plunkett, G. C. M. C, is included in the list, and another prominent diplomatic officer who may be chosen is Henry Howard, C. B., the British minister at The Hague. Mr. Howard served in Washington as first secretary of the British legation wheu Sir Edward Thornton was the British min ister here. Illinois Farmers Inftt llutr. The annual meeting of the Illinois Farmers' institute was held at Springfield, 111., Tuesday. The institute wis in session until a la.e hour, receiving teports of the year's work, laying out plans for the institute work of next year, and attending to other routine business. Officers of 1S9D were reelected, as follows: President, (J. A. Wilmarth, Seneca; vice-president. L. N. Beal, .Mount Yemen; secretary and superintendent of institutes. A. B. Hosteller, Springfield; tieusurer, A. 1. Crant, Winchester. No change was made in the member-hip of the board of directors, except to elect H. D. Hughes of Antioch to succeed C. .7. Linderman. deceased, as member from the Seventh congressional district. Natural Gat In Kane t'oun.T. On the farm of John Meinke, near Cid Harmony, Kane county, natural gas has been discovered. Herman Abraham was boring a well and at a. depth of 114 feet encountered the fluid. Mud and water were expelled to a great altitude from tho four-inch bore. When a match was applied the flame shot up several feet, and Is still burning. Mr. Meinke Is more in need of water than of gas. and Instead of feeling joyous over a result that may prove valuable, is troubled at not getting good water. Tobacco Plant to Ite Sold. I. S. Hill of New York has been appointed temporary receiver for Blackwell's Durham Tobacco company of Durham, N. C by Judge Siraonton of the United States Circuit court at Charleston. A permanent receiver will be appointed April 17 and a sale of tho property ordered. The action Is against the Blaekwell's Durhum company, W. A. Guthrie and othera of the minority stockholders. The factory will continue in operation. Ulli I ok Into ChrzThe navy department recently received a letter from an unofficial source in the Philippines, said to be reliable, charging that some of the officers of the cruiser Charleston were drunk when the vessel was wrecked off the north coast of Luzon. Some en-lif-td men of the Charleston are quoted in support of the charge. The navy department ha3 forwarded the letter to Bear Admiral Watson at Manila, with instriK tions to investigate. to Iveli lt CorI FleM. The Chicago & Alton Railway company will at once begin work on tho sinking of a coal shaft near the present north shaft at Virelon, 111. The contemplated mine will have a capacity of 150 cars per day. President Felton has matured a plan for the full development of the coal fields contiguous to the Alton lines, and the necessary capital has been secured. Two i'itien Mar I'nlle At a meeting of a number of prominent citizens of St. Joseph. Mich.. Tuesday the discussion turned upon the consolidation of that city with Benton Harbor. The project met with considerable favor. The name of Pere Marquette was thought to be a good one for the consolidated citleg.

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Gen. Dundonald Has Raised Seige of Ladysmith. BOERS SEEM PANIC STRICKEN. Ihe Captare of Cronje and Hi Array Severe IMovt to the SNler KepuMic Bulletin of rite Dajn Kljjhtlns Other War Notes. Tuesday, Feb. 2. Gen. Cronje surrenders, with hi3 .irmy, to Lord Roberts, and will be ijent to Cape Town. All England is rejoicing. Latest advices from Gen. Buller show his advance is stubbornly rontested by the Boers. Cronje's defeat caused excited comment in European capitals. In Berlin there is doubt whether the main army was captured. Immediate cause of Cronje's unconditional surrender was the advance of the Canadians to within eighty yards of Boer trenches, rendering them untenable. Cronje's capture, with his thirty subcommandants. 1.000 men and six guns, cost Roberts 1.200 men killed and wounded. British now have 5,000 prisoners and Boers have 3.244 at tho race track. Innisklllings lost fourteen out of seventeen officers an 1 250 men In attempt to rush Boer position at Bieters hill, near Colenso. Military experts argtie that Robert will advance on Bloemfontein. French is now on the way. International p:ice office at Berne received petition of 11,270 Swiss asking McKinley to mediate. European press praise3 Cronje's bravery. Roberts likely to be made a duke. Bullcr has lost l.f.OO men to date. Wlued t, 1 el. " H. Gen. Bullcr has taken Pieiers hill after a heavy los;; of men. His further advance toward Ladysmith Is stubbornly resisted. Gen. Cronje nnd other Boer prisoners hive been sent to Cape Town by Lord Roberts. Nineteen of twenty-four InniskiHing officers fell In an effort to drive lioeis from Railway hill. Papers of Vienna demand intervention in the war. Berlin and Paris papers urge mediation. Lord Rosebery has startled British politicians by quitting the liberal party. French hostility to Great Britain is increased by Lord Roberts' succe.-s in South Africa. Queen Victoria Is now accused of meddling In Martinique. Gen. Count von der Goltz of the German army believes the final defeat of the Bo?rs by the British Is certain. letter Official report says Ladysmith has been entered by Dundona Id's cavalry. Tliurtl.T, .Mürel! I. The siege of Ladysmith has been raised, the Boers dying to the north as Bulicr's army advanced. Great Britain appeals to her colonies to send more troops to South Africa, as British troops are required tr protect the empire's interests elsewhere. I rltUr, March Boers are :aid to be at Osfontein, near Paardcbcrg, and also at MaSTORY OF Nov. 2 Boers surround the city. Nov. I," Lieut. Churchill leads assault on besiegers; is killed with 5S men. Nov. 16 British driven from Willow Grange near Ladysmith; 11 killed. Nov. 30 Boers tighten their lines about city and are opposed by Gen. White with losses of 1C0. Dee. 13 Gen. Buller cresses Tpgela and is driven back with heavy less. Dee. 22 Gen. White tries sortie and is repulsed with severe losses. Jan. 16 Boers again tighten their lines about the city. Jan. 17 Ruller again crosses Tugcla on way to relieve besieged city and is MAYA INDJANS ARE REPULSED Make Two Altieka on .Mexican Troop Near SbitDi. A force of about MO Maya Indians attacked a regiment of Mexican troops near Saham on Feb. 21, and, after a desperate fight, the Indians were driven back to their entrenchments in a dense forest. The Indians lo?t over 100 killed and wounded. The Mexican loss was three soldiers killed and seventeen wounded, including two officers. Another fight took place on Feb. 2", tha Indians again forcing the attack. They were repulsed with heavy losses. Tha Mexican casualties were one killed and ten wounded. The Indians have ctrong t'cfeuse works and are armed with Krag-Jorgenseu guns. Christian helene Church Dedicated. The Marinette (Wis.) Christian Scienco church was dedicated Sunday. Scientist from Chicago, Milwaukee, Green Bay, Oshkosh, Iron Mountain and many other places attended the services. The church cost $10.000. all of which has been paid. The handsome pipe organ was the gift of Mrs. A. C. Merryiran. wife of a wealthy lumberman. Sewer-IMpe Trimt formlos-. Tho organization of the sewer pipe trust was efteeted Wednesday, everything save minor details having been agreed upon. It will be known as th American (May company and capitalized at $10,000.000. Factory owner -will receive bonds and stock for their plants. I'rcsident O. C. Barber of the Diamond Match company Is largely Interested in the deal. Itutlnea I'art or Clarion Huraed. Fire destroyed the business section of Clarion, Fa., early Tuesday, and resulted In the death of former Judge W. W. Barr, who dropped dead fron; excitement. Fourteen business houses were destroyed. The loss will amount to H50.0W.

kauw's drift, near Modder; 7,000 men; may intend tfl harass Roberts' march. Main body of Boers reported concentrating at Win burg, seventy nv.'es northeast of Bloemfontein. which would mean abandonment of lower half of Orange Free State; Bloemfon

tein is small town, difficult cf defense. Bulb r said he was surprised at de cisiveness of his victory. Evident that Boers could have captured Ladysmith any time during last week, garrison being too weak to resist; 8,ueO men in hospitals. Public sentiment in England insists upon absolute supremacy of Great Britain in Boer states after the war's end. Pope concluded birthday celebration with an invocation for peace in Africa. Colesberg's provisions almost exhausted whm relief came. Paris subscription to presrnt sword of honor to Cronje. SaturIy nn.1 Sunday, March a-4. Roberts has C0.000 men near KTmbcrley. 40.000 in Natal and ."0,000 in Cape Colony. Boor force estimated at 50.C00. French found Beers in strong position on kopje near Osfontcki. Shots exchanged without casualties. Four thousand British cavalry pursuing Boers retreating north front IadyMnitb. Bank of France and French capitalist.- loaned money to England for Boer war. British government offers grants of laud in the Transvaal to Australian s-ettlers. Growing belief that ministry will dissolve to take advantage of war's popularity. Bourke Cockran declared that America ought to side with Boers against England. Princess fcJalm Saint arrived in Chicago to organize an smbulance corps. Cronje arrived at Cape Town and was imprisoned aboard the I).;ri:s. Brabant's horse took La Buschagnes nek. British captured position near Dordrecht. Iti.illlt tiuriiftt to ln:h. DaVid M. Robinson, an invalid, was burned to death at Port Huron, .MichWednesday. He had been ick with pneumonia and malarial fever and alcohol baths had been prescribed for him. Tuesday night his brother, William, gave him a vigorois rubbing with alcohol, and then put him to ted, fastening the bedclothes .n round P. im tightly. About 1 o'clock William was awakened by a Hash of light. He rose quickly, and running to his brother's room was horrifieil to find him standing upright in bed in the midst of a sheet of liamea. The heat was so great he could not approach, but seizing a bed quilt from his own bed he tried to Kmothr The pillar of fire. While doing this the burning man threw up hi arms and fell heavily to the Moor, where, with a shriek, he died. The body was terribly burn-d. 1 Tft T.Iiior I.:iv. The -iry authorities of Harrisburg. III., haw arrested R. H. Wills, agent of the American Express company, chargin g him. as agent of the company, with selling whisky without a license. Wills had been delivering packages containing whisky from a firm in Kentucky to parties here C. O. D.

THE SIEGE OF THE CITY OF LADYSMITH.

again repulsed. Jan. 25 Battle of Spion Kop (south gate to Ladysmith) ends with defeat of Buller. who retires in disorder. In meantime Boer siege has been weakened by voluntary withdrawals to defence of Spion Kop. Buller dispatches Dundonald's tavalty to north entrance to city deserted by Boers. Dundonald encamps north of Ladysmith. Feb. 2 1 Bullcr crosses Tugela again with uO.000 mn and is driven back in disorder. Losses reported 1.500 men. This effort further weakens Boer siege lines and Dundonald's task becomes simple. Feb. 2'."- IJriti.-sh defeated at Coienso. WINTER WHEAT IN GOOD SHAPE overument Oftir.lal) lu IlitauU Ceport tlte Crop Coinl 1 1 Ion. The Illinois crop bulletin issued Tuesday says: "Winter whent is generally reported in good condition, and this is especiallj' so in regard to the small acreage over the northern half of lhe state; in the soulhrren half a (ew report it in poor condition, but generally it is said to be in pood condition, and some rep jrt it in the best condition in years. Iu southeast counties the align tst damage I3 reported on thick soils. Rye fs also reported in good condition, and is thought to be unharmed by tha cold; a small arceage is general. Conflicting reports are received in regard to Krasses, but the prevailing opinion is that they are in good condition." Noted D'Hjterado Killed. Lou Currie. loader of the most noted band of western desperadoes since the disruption of the Jame.i gang.was killed by detectives Wednesday morning at Dodson. Mo. Currie was wanted for the robbery of a Union Bacitlc train near Wilcox, Wyo., last June, when the engineer was nearly beaten to death, the locomotive detached from the train, and run out onto a bridge, that si met uro being blown with dynamite, and the express car looted of more than $30.000. rHttil t'tidoqiort nf l-wner. A keg of gunpowder stored in the residence of Gustavus Horn, four miles east of Dunkerton. Iowa, exploded Wednesday morning, wrecking the house and fatally injuring two children. Mr. and Mrs. Horn were at the barn doing the chores ut the time. As they started toward the house they were met by their children, whose clothes were all ablaze. The flames were extinguished, but the burns proved fatal.

TWO KILLED AND SIX HURT. Rear-IInil CoÜUlun u the SlUsoarl I'acltlo -ar Kanftu City. The MissLiari Pacihv's local passenger train from St. Louis, known as No. Ö, ran into the rear end of the same road's St. Ixmis day express, No. 1, a mile east of Independence and about ton miles east of Kansas City, Tuesday evening at about 0 o'clock. The killed are Mrs. J. G. Schmidloff. Cincinnati. Ohio, and an unidentified woman. The injured are Mrs. Elizabeth Peters. Kansas City, slightly burned: Mrs. Elizabeth Lee, Cincinnati, Ohio, slightly burned; J. G. Schmidloff and daughter, Cincinnati, Ohio, seriously injured; William Vaughan, Cincinnati, employed o:x the Kansas City World, badly scalded; L. F. Sheldon, superintendent of telegraph of the Missouri Pacific, scalded; Brakeman McAtee of train N,o. 1, face and hands badly cut with glass and knee cap split open. A Llinding snowstorm was :n proprss the worst known in many years. The rear car of the express wa a Pullman. It wa-i completely wncked, and soon after Its debris caught fire. The bodies of the two women were cremated. School of Cora .ludirinsj.

The schooi of instruction in corn ! judging begun a week's session Tuesday in the college of agriculture of the Fniversity of Illinois at Frbana. Several hundred farmers ;ire present. The meeting is under the ans-piees of the Illinois Corn Growers' association, find its object is to teach the farmer bow to judge corn and to inform him as to the bt st methods of cultivating the c rop. Certifi.-atrs will be graut d to thosr showing proficiency. Mr, !:. T:firo ! Miilujr. Rove Tauro, who.-e ca.se for secon-j-deg:ee murder was called at Warren, Ohio, Thür sd'jy, :s reported to have disappeared from Nile.-. Mrs. Tauro. it is allfged. shot Frank Augusta, who she claims killed her husband. She was released from jail unler $10.000 bail on account of hor baby. Niks officers, acting on the story of a relative that she had starte ', for Italy or South America, wired New York oSicers to watch for her. City to Own Wat it Work. The Dubuque, Iowa, council's contract to buy the water plant for JS4Ö.000 was carried with little opposition at a special election Wednesday. The system is forty-two miles in extent and is supplied by artesian wells. The company was chartered in lh"0 for fifty years, with a provision that the city might buy after twenty years at a price to be fiiej by appraisers. Telephone Concern Unite. The completion of a deal, whereby the Erie telephone system, the largest Bell system in the Fnited State.-:, passfs into the hands of the Telephone, Telegraph and Cable Company of America, i? announced. The Erie Company controls five branches operating in North and South Dakota. Minnesota, Wisconsin. Michigan, Arkansas, Texas, and a part of Ohio, and employs Si'iVo'.to.OOu capital. Feb. 21 Buller pushes his army across the Tugela for fourth time. In the meantime Itoberts is moving toward Bloomfontein after Cronje. Gen. Joubert sees the British strategy, arid instead of lighting Buller's advance withdraws his entire army north to cut Robert's advance. Ladysmith is n; longer besieged. March 1 Dundonald's cavalry make.? triumphal entry into ladysmith. March 2 Great Joy in Ladysmith, and Gen. White, who held city against besiegers, declared the real deliverer bv Duudcnald and the citizens. BEATEN, BURNED, AND ROBBED Lark t Curd Aly Itesult In Micl.net Scpkle'o Imtl. Michael Scpki?, a Hungarian, is nt St. Joseph's hospital in Chippewa Falls, Wis., brought from Weyerhaustr, Wis. Fcpklo was playing cards in a barroom at Weyerhauser and won .$200. When he started for his homo out a lonely road two miles distant, it is believed one of the other men who wer-j In the barroom followed him. S"pkie was found by a farmer an hour afterWard. His face and head were covered with bruises and his clothes burned from his body. The flvsh from Ms neck to his feet was horribly burned. The money, which was nearly all specie, was gone. A pipe, not owned by SepkSe. was found near the scene, and it is thought the assailant placed it there to give the impression Scpkio had set fire to his clothes by a lighted pipe in his pocket. It is believed the unfortunate man will die. Officers are making a thorough search for his assailant. Cltirret with Stealing a Por.e. Mrs. Zimmerman, who is chirge.l with stealing a purse from an Albion college co-ed, was put on trial in the Circuit court at Marshall, Mich.. Wednesday. The girl, whose name is Maitha Gordon, alleges that while shopping she laid her purse down and that Mrs. Zimmerman took it. Tho purse contained $3S7. Mrs. Zimmerman's husband is well off. and good legal talent has been engaged to defend her. ;lllfe:'n Health I Poor. The health of Gen. de Galliffet. the minister of war, is very precarious. A severe attack of pleurisy has been aggravated by feebleness, resulting from the fact that the general had his stomach carried away in the Franco-Prussian war, and has since had au artificial organ. This prevents his taking medicine, and bis friends fear that death may supervene at any moment

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Puerto Rican Tariff Eill Has Fa-sed. IT LEVIES FIFTEEN PER CENT On ool In Transit fron I'uerto Itico to the t 'jilted tat A Ccodeuved Iteport of live ). I'roceeUir in Itotli Ho . Tnelar. F.l 2 7. The senate heard Mr. Dp-A :n support of the retention of the Baiiippines and Mr. Turley in opposition to the seating of Mr. Quay. Anun.'.M Hawaiian hill so as to make vuiJ all contracts for labor entered into since Aug. 12. ISi'S. The house devoted th" day to debate cn th" Puerto liicm tariff bill. .In trT. I . I.. 'ZX. The senate p'rpo:d until Thursday the vote on the Hawaiian gjvemment bill. Mr. Aldrh h. chairn: m cf the finance committee, made an explanation of the work f th" conferees on the financial ntvMirr. Iiis statement resulting m an ur,ex;, i"d ar.d spirit?.' debat. Mr. M-I..T.r;n f South Carolina made a sp'edi on th'- Philippine, lie is the first democratic senator to declare him so If for ep;r.sion. The hoi:s passed the Puerto 'i : tariff bill by a vote f lTi to IM. TluwtHy. March I. In thf seunte t'.-, hll pro', i 'vg .1 form of government for the tT;itory of Hawaii wu-: passed wiiho it iii i-iou. Mr. ('lay delivered a e.irr:i::y p---pared spv;rh on the Philippines. Mv favored th adopt'on of th-: Ila.'crr resolutions, ne.-'arirg it to be. the pol v of the I'ni'o 1 States to turn o.'er the islands to the Fii'jiinns as so.'.n a" a stable government could be e-.tu"jii.si e i by them under the protection of this country. At the instance of Mr. Fo raker the pr.rrv.) Kican tariff bii! was mad- the unfinished 'ousiness an J v.' ill be corisider.il as soon as th? cor.'?rrr.ee rc-pcr: on the finance br!i shail have been disposed of next Tuesday. It was deci Jej to take a final Vit on the conference report on the Jinan. .ial bill next Tuesday at 4 p. m. In the house the democrats scored their first victory of the session on thi motion to take up the contested elec tion case of A'dric'i vs. Rabbins from the Fourth Alabama dii-triet. Or. two separate vote.- the democrats, with the aid of p.vi republicans. Mr. MonJeil of Wyoming and H. C. Smith of Michigan, beat th? republicans upon th'. question of consirieralicn. Ar. agreement was made to consider the I.ja i bill relating to second-class mail nntter March IN. A hill was passed ?c grant rn Americm register to th shit Windward, in which Lieut. Peary -fill make an attempt to reach the pole. FrJ.f.-T. Murrh t. In the senate Mr. Hoar mad" ;: fpecch in faor cf th' s-atir.g cf Mr. Quay. Debate on the Puerto Hicp.n tariff bill consumed the rtst of thday. The house, on iece!it of 1 mt-.--sage from the president, passed ,t hill placing in the president's hands all the money rollecied upon Pi rt i flican goods since t!-,e Spanish c.t. i:.iticn. to be ur-e. l for the relief c; Puerto Ricans. Mr. Mann (III.) calbd up the contested elv;jon case cf AMnYh vs. Uobbir.r. fron thi Fourth Alabama district. The democrats attemptel a filibuster, but the ease was taken up. i6 to 11".. The case was dcbui i for the rem. tinder vi the day. Satnrd.T. Mitrcti 3. In the senate the session w:is href on account of the death of ReprivsT.tative Fpcs of Virginia. Mr. Ros spoke in opposition to seating of M. Qua;., and Mr. Teller spoke in criticism of the conference report upon Hie tu:--iency bill. A number cf private pension bills were passed. In the houst the chaplain in his invocation mad feeling referent to the death o! Mr Epes. It had been intended tr p.-.)ci with the Aldrich-Roberts contested election case, but unanimous consent was given to vacate the order heretofore made and postpone the final vote until Tuesday at 2:30 p. m. Resolutions on the death of Mr. Epe. were adopted, and a committee appointed ' attend the funeral. Heroic Work of ft Bor. Fire destroyed tho large redden. nf Jerry Hnrdw'ck. near rem, Iil.. Tuesday morning. Charles Haidvik. hi-14-year-old son, proved himself i hero. He vas th first to discover the lire, and being -nt otf from the rooms of the other membfrs of the family, i.j jumped from a soe-ond story window as that poi!o of the roof fell !n. lie then secured a ladder and rescued himother, who is sick with typhoid piteuRioaia, ami three younger sisters. Air, t'rvnk ltuvlow Mimil Itet-lf. Mrs. Frank fJucljw, residini; nejr Jefferson. Wis., attempted to co:nni;t suicide Tuesday night by shooting herself with a revolver. One bullet struck her '.reist, causing a fatal wound. Site cannot Hyp. Kih( (li.liix to "u.. Secretary Hoot utul th- r.irnbc:s of his family will leae Washington Friday for New York, whexne they will pail for Cuba. Details of the trip and the reasons why Mr. ltooi will tak?- it arc not obtji:i.;bie. Narrow I ".." f- 1il!. Xo. S tchooiluasr. o::e mile w, ?t r.; Pana. 111., burned Wednesday mor!':ig. The sihoi.irs narrowly e;aped r :;; 1tion. Henry Stanton, the tea.rivM. n seriously i;;: tied while roscu :;..; I'.ie scholars. Trll of I'.niikcr f'1rie' The trial ol Daukcr J.vptt R. (.':; ;aents of Li Crosse, Wis., chirucd with wrecking the Fillmore County b.rnk in PrfMton. Minn , in August, 1SI. was taken up in the District court at Caledonia. S."Vn.M0 I Ire Nt i:eanila. 'ihe auona i o- -pcifcc m u..! uwaio company's monster plant at Escanaba.MU b .was burned Wednesday morning. 'I he loss is at least JlNiO.OGU, and the insurance is probably not half. Tet l'rove Sur-efcrul. A novel and successful test by which telegraph and telephone messages wer transmitted over the same wire at tha same time between Chattanooga na Knoxvllle ha been made.