Marshall County Independent, Volume 6, Number 16, Plymouth, Marshall County, 30 March 1900 — Page 2

THE WEEKLY INDEPENDENT.

a W. METSKER, Pub. and Prop. PLYMOUTH, - - INDIANA. CURRENT TOPICS i LOUD TOSTAL HILL di:feati-:i The house has again declared that it believes the passage of the Loud bill to amend the law regulating secondclasä mail matter will not result in. the saving of $20,000,000 and upward annually, or that the saving, if made, would be at the expense of the enlightenment and information of the people by means of the publications that now find admission to the mails at the rate f 1 cent a pound. The bill has three tines been before he house once, in the fifty-fourth congress, it was passed; in the flftycfth congress, and again last week, it was defeated. After adjournment, Mr. Loud, chairman of the committee on pestoffices and post roads, said it was three times and out as far as he is concerned. If it bo brought before the house again it must be by some one else. The house spent four hours In its consideration. Mr. Moon (dem., Tenn.) made the principal speech against it, and Mr. Moody (rep.. Mass.) the closing speech In its favor. Two hours were Epent in amending the bill, and from the ease with which the bill wa3 changed to meet the views of the oppoaents and the refusal of the houso to order the yeas and na'9 on one proposition, it was believed that the bill would finally pass. Hut a motion to recommit prevailed by a vote of US to 96, a much larger vote against the measure than even its opponents had expected. DEATH Ol OSMAX PASHA. Osman Pasha, the famous Turkish general, is reported dead, although full confirmation of the news is lacking. Although in recent comparative obscurity. Osman Pasha, as the hero of the siege of Plevna, will live In military history in a rank attained by very few of the world's greatest generals. One of the peculiar facts In his career was his alien birth, all of his biographers agreeing that he was not a Turk, although none of them agree as to his actual nativity. All Turkish generals of note, by the way, have during the last fifty years been foreign born. This Is a curious reflection upon Turkey's weakness In producing great generals of her own. but is also a tribute to Itm shrewdness of successive sultans in drawing the bost talent from other European armies. As the Ishmaellte of nations. Turkey ha3 been a refuse for exiled military geniuses of other continental armies, and to this fact we may ascribe her present military prowess, which is still sufficient to command the respect of those nations that would make a meal cf her If they dared. FATK OF TIIK HOKK KlTl'IIMCS. The fate of the Boer republics when the settlement shall be made In South Africa, assuming that England will defeat the Boers, is now a subject of discussion in England. The pertinent suggestion made by James Bryce in the Manchester Guardian the other day Is attracting much attention and must give pause to the excited jingoes, who are for settling affairs in South Africa la a summary imperialistic fashion, without regard to the feeling3 or racial Eusceptibilities of the Dutch. Mr. Bryce calls attention to the fact that when the mines have yielded up their richest harvests, which must happen within a few years, the miners, stock Jobbers, speculators and all the adventurers who have caused the present conflict will abandon the Transvaal, and then the British who remain will form but a small minority of the Inhabitants and will be at the mercy of the Boers. Any harshness, injustice or narrowness exhibited in the terms of peace imposed upon the Boers now will inevitably lead to reprisals in the future and cause confusion and bloodshed. 1 HE PACIFIC CAM.K. There Is general unanimity of sentiment both in congress and among tho people at large in favor of a cable across the Pacific ocean. Thero is eharp difference of opinion, however, concerning the method of construction. It seem3 that no private corporation 13 willing to undertake the work without promises of assistance. The believers In the policy of private construction and control want the government to frrant a subsidy, the size of which was fixed by the majority of the houso committee having the matter in charga at 1200,000 a year for twenty years. This would make a total subsidy payment of 16.000,000. The estimated cost cf a cable running to Honolulu and Manila is 510.000.000. The believers in the government-owuership policy, prominent among whom i3 Congressman Mann of this city, think that the United States government should construct and operate the cable on its own account. THANKLESS CFCIL It II ODES. Cecil Rhodes' criticisms of Great Britain's management of the campaign In South Africa are not calculated to increase the esteem in which he la held in England or elsewhere except, possibly in the offices of the De Beers company. Many people Englishmen and others are of the opinion that Great Britain has clone as much for Rhodes as he could reasonably have xpected: and there are many other3 who. either rightly cr wrongly, believe that but for Rhodes there would have been no war in South Africa. Sire 1 rr Cent of the !?. It Is estimated that fish hatcheries pay if I per cent of the egg3 arrive at maturity. A cod yields on an average 4,000.000 eggs, so 1 per cent would represent 40.000 cod. which, at SO cent9 each, would mean a money value of $20.000. A turbot yields 10.000.000 ggs. 1 per cent of which means 100. 000 turbot, which, at $1.25 each. Is $125.000. Outside of the hatcheries It Is estimated that not more than two tggs of a fish in a season live to be nature fish.

CURRENT MARKET PRICES.

Wheat No. 2 red sold f. o. b. at SSc; No. 3 red at QVc; No. 3 white at C1V2C. Spring Wheat No. 1 Northern In store quotable at C5"i G6c, and f. o. b. at 664 6Sc; No. 3 at 62Vil?G3c; No, 4 at 5S?iCt62c; No. 3 billed through. G4(3C3c. Corn No. 2 to go to store SGc: No. 2 yellow 37c; No. 3 33ifS84. No. 3 white C6c; No. 3 yellow, 363G"i, No. 4 at 36 U. Oats No. 4 24C; No. 4 white 23v4c; No. 3 white 23";c; No. 2 23-T-i24c. Provisions Strong and values generally higher. Mes3 pork, ?11.40 11.4r; old. $10.SOfno.S5. Lard, regular, $6.056.10; old, $3.9516. Short ribs, $C.O50G.3O. Pickled hams. 121bs. 9 lc; 16 lbs, 99c; short-rib sides, GMQWiC; short clear sides, GUöÜc; extra short clear sides, 5Ts36?;c. Butter market easy; creameries, 191? 24c; dairies, 10322c. Cheese firm at 12 13c. Eggs firm; fresh, lüc. Cattle Most native beef cattle sell at $4.003.13. averaging 1,13001.420 lbs. Very few natives below $1.30. Texas steers, averaging SC11.323 lbs. at $KM.D0. and Texas bulls $3.20fl 3.S3. Native cows selling at ?2.23?j) 4.50; heifers, $2.834.G0; bulls. $2.S0'u 4.20; stags, $l1.50; calves, $3. and feeding cattle. J3.30JT4.73. Ayllogs-Selectcd butchers', 22Q270 $305.13; selected bacon, 1500190 IM. $ 1.92 Vz 3.00; mixed grades, lS0fi 240 lbs. $4.933.10;heavy shipping, 200 $?330 lbs, $-"3.13; heavy packing, 2S0 3i0Q lbs, $1.973.10; rough heavy grades, $4.S3Q4.95; poor to choice pigs, $4.304.S3. Sheep Western lambs. C30-97 lbs. $1.257.10; native lambs, $3.507; Mexicans, 72 lbs, $7: native sheep, $4.253.S3; and Westerns. $4.503.S:). Exporters bought 12713S lb Western sheep at $3.60, and 10G-lb yearlings at $G. Mexican ewes, averaging S4 lbs, at $3.70. AUTSIN BOY A PARRICIDE. Ki:U Iii Father In Defense of III Mother. George Finch of Austin was shot and Instantly killed Monday evening in his homo by his 15-year-old son Edward. The lad was protecting his mother from her enraged husband when he fired the fatal shot He frequently quarreled with his wife, and had been arrested on a number of occasions charged with assaulting her. Only recently Finch was placed under peace bond. Last evening he went home In a quarrelsome mood. He began upbraiding his wife, and when she remonstrated with him it Is asserted that he seized a butcher knife and declared that he intended taking her life. He advanced toward her in a threatening manner, but he had only taken a step or two when a shot rang out and Finch fell to tho floor. He died almost instantly. F.tldenca la HorlocUer Ote. In the ' Horlocker poisoning case a Jury has been impenaled composed of farmers, with ono exception. The defendant was greatly affected during the proceedings and kept her face buried In her hands nearly all the afternoon. Mrs. Morey, whose life the defendant is charged with attempting, broke down and cried on entering the courtroom and again when Mr. Morey was bitterly arraigned by counsel for the defense, and charged with being responsible for defendant's mental condition and her subsequent acts. Eight witness traced Miss Horlocker from the liostwick. hotel to Mrs. Morey's rooms. Drall 11? In Option' a Waqrer. The Supreme court of Nebraska ha3 decided that dealing in options in the Chicago board of trade was a wagering transaction, and no suit for recovery of losses could be maintained. The case came up from Dixon county, here a grain buyer, who was dealing in options, induced a Chicago brokerage firm to carry him for $1,400. He did not pay, and suit to recover was brought. The court holds that, contracts for future delivery of grain where no grain 13 transferred or Intended to bo delivered are against public policy, gambling, void and non-en-forcable. Harlem Girl Commits Suicide After remaining away from a home of luxury for eight months, Emma Troost, 18-year-old daughter of Frank Troos said to be the wealthiest man In Harlem, 111., committed suicide Tuesday evening by drinking carbolic acid. In sorrow of her estrangement from her father through his second marriage. Leaving the side of the man whom she intended to marry, William Murray, who had been calling on her during the afternoon, the girl stepped Into a bedroom and draak the poison. An hour later she died In tho presenco of her lover. Sensational Kvl'tene In Ilorliwkor Trla. When the state rested its case Thursday in the Horlocker-Morey poisoning trial the prosecution had woven about the defendant a strong fabric of circumstantial evidence. The testimony of all of the witnesses was of a most damaging character, and the day was not without its sensational features, leading to an altercation between Mr. Morey and leading counsel for defense. Amorlcm Bailor Feted In Rome. By invitation of the municipal authorities the officers and crew of tho United States cruiser Prairie were present Thursday night at a performance of "Siegfried" in the Theatre de3 Arts, Rouen. The orchestra played "The Star Spangled Banner" and the sailors were enthusiastically cheered. Cleveland Machlntnta Strike. Cleveland's machinists Wednesday night unanimously decided to strike. The vast majority la for an Immediate strike, but President James O'Connell wants the men to wait until after ho has another talk with President Seiden of the National Trades association, at Erie, Pa. find .Iph'i Wldofr I.anyar'n Hrlde. Crown Princess Stephanie, widow of Princu Rudolph of Austria, was married at 11 o'clock Thursday morning to Count Klemer Lonyay, a Hungarian nobleman. The marriage was solemnizad by Dishop Mayer, the court chaplain. Emperor Francis Joseph sent his congratulations.

Tariff Bill Is Still Engaging Attention, , ,

GOLD STANDARD THE LAW NOW Xrcftl1cnt IIa Signed the Kill and the National Hanks Have Alreadr llecan to Print Their Note to Fax as National Currency. Tneaday, March HO. The senate received majority report from the committee on privileges and elections declaring Senator Scott of West Virginia entitled to his seat. Listened to extended speech by Mr. Morgan on the Puerto Rican bill. In the house Mr. Sulzcr of New York attacked the administration in a speech upon his resolution calling upon the war department for information as to what fortifications Great Britain was erecting on the Canadian border. The committee on military affairs submitted a reply of Adj.-Gea. Corbin, saying such information was secret, but that Great Britain wa3 erecting no works which thereatened American rights. The committee recommended that the resolution lie upon the table, and this was done by a vote of 110 to 97. Consideration of the Loud bill to restrict the character of publications entitled to pound rates as second-class mail matter was then taken up. Mr. Loud defended it in a long speech. The other speakers were H. C. Smith (Mich.), in favor of the bill, and Messrs. Little (Ark.). Bell (Colo.), Henry (Miss.), Stoke3 (S. C ), and Brown (Ohio) in opposition to it Wednesday, March I. in the senate, Mr. Turner (Wash;) stated he was informed by the governor of Alaska that exclusive concesFions for ,old mining in the bed of the sea near Cape Nome. Alaska, had teen granted by the secretary of war. and upon that statement ho based a resolution of inquiry. Senator Turner said if s'ich a grant had boen made it was a starac. a reproach and a scandal." The resolution was agreed to. The additional urgent deficiency bill was possed. In the house, during the debate upon the Loud bill, relating to set:ond-class mail matter, Mr. McPherson (rep., Iowa) charged that Mr. f.ontz (dorn., Ohio) was the attorney of tho lobby jwhich ia fighting the bill. Otherwise 'the debate was without incident. Mr. 'Loud agreed to accept amendments to increase the number of saniplo co; es which newspapers can send out at second-class rates from 0) to 2.000 and to limit the provision requit ins newspapers to separate their mall to those having in excess of 5,000 circulation. The speakers today were Messrs. Bromwell (Ohio), Griggs (Ga.), Mcpherson (Iowa). Burke (Texas). Ringram (Pa.), Heatwole (Minn.), and Latimer (S. C), In favor of tho bill, and Messrs. Moon (Tenn.), Leniz (Ohio), Vandiver (Mo.), Snodgrass (Tenn.), Cochran (Mo.), and Neville (Neb.) against It. Thnriitr, March 22 Senator Forakcr claims to be certain of enough votes to pass tho Puerto Rican tariff bill and will p ish it to an issue within the next few days. Secretary Root explains the granting of licenses to dredge the water front at Cape Nome is free to all. Frlduy, March "it. In tho senate it was agreed to send the diplomatic and consular bill to conference. Passed the Puerto Rico $2,000,000 appropriation bill as amended in conference by a vote of -T to 13. The house passed the bill, Introduced at the request of northwestern lumbermen, authorizing the secretary of w:.r to make regulations permitting the running of loose logs, rafts and lumber on streams in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Passed 142 private pension bills. Agreed to vote on the conference report of the Puerto Rican appropriation bill at 1 o'clock Saturday afternoon, March 24. Hatnrdar, March 24. The Puerto Hico relief bill, appropriating about 12.000.000. was signed by the president Saturday afternoon. At the same time the Foraker bill was referred for the purpose of separating the house 15 per cent tariff provision from the civil government measure. The former it is hoped to put on Its passage on Thursday, amended so as to have the rate of duty apply only to exports to the United States "proper," and not to imports by Puerto Rico from this country. GOLDEN'S TESTIMONY IN. Implicates rower In Conspiracy to Murder Goehel. Protected by a guard of fifteen soldiers, T. Wharton Golden of Barbourj ville, the star witness for tho commonwealth in the case of Secretary of State Caleb Powers, charged with being accessory be-fore the fact to the assassination of William Gocbel, swore that men of high station not only plotted to have Gocbel murdered, but actually contemplated the slaughter of other democratic members of the legislature, for the purpose of giving the republicans a majority In both houses. Goldcn's evidence was tremendously sensational throughout, and twlco he broke down completely under the strain, and required the services of a physician. low AMtmbty for rre-Trle. The Iowa house of representatives went on record Thursday as thoroughly opposed to the Puerto Rican tariff bill now pending before the United State; senate. The question was called up unexpectedly In an amendment offered to a pending resolution. On tho vote on adoption not a single voice was raised in opposition, republicans and democrats uniting In giving the resolution unanimous support. OmallpoK on th Inrroavr. There were 1,272 cases of smallpox In the United States the last week. The state showing the largest number of cases Is Louisiana, with 2,013 cases; Texas comes nevt, with 517. California is the state least affected, having but three cases. New York at present has eleven cases, as against seventyfour for Illinois. Five of these seventy-four have been dlecovered in Chi cago.

!TWIXT DEVIL AND DEEP SEA, lierto Kleo Hills Tied Up Detween Honie and Senate. Republican leaders In the senate admit that the Puerto Rico tariff bill Is doomed to defeat If it is not amended, and republican leaders In the house feel that it is doomed to defeat la the house if amended by the senate. All efforts to reach an agreement that will satisfy all republican senators have failed. There are thirteen republican senators who will not have the house bill forced upon thera, and they have given notice of thi3 to the senate managers of the bill. Speaker Henderson will probably have to meet his house tariff bill again in an amended form, and no one can tell with what resui. The Texas comes next, with 517. Califormeans committee cannot, for they do not know how many republican votes they can command in another consideration of the bill. The Iowa legislature has created something of a sensation here, where Iowans r.ro so conspicuous in the direction of legislation. Secretary Wilson in the cabinet. Senator Allison, the republican leader of the senate. Representative Henderson, speaker of the house, and such map as Dolliver, Cousins, Hepburn and Lacey on the Moor as among the popular debaters, refuse to be interviewed, but clearly show their chagrin. TO DIVIDE PUERTO RICAN BILL Tariff and Civil Gotriuueut Are to 1! M;de Sepnrate Mrmnrfi. The harmony committee of republican senators has decided that It will be wise to split the pending Puerto Rican bill, separating the tariff from the civil-government feature. An agreement has been reached to press the 15 per cent tariit proposition to a vote in the senate as quickly as possible, leaving the government feature to be disposed of later. The opinion is expressed by members of the committee that the vote may be reached next week. Whether the bill shall be passed just as it came from the house is to be determined, but the sentiment of the committee tonight was that this would be the safest plau. Forty-four votes . are reported sure for the tariff, as the result of the canvass. 'TWAS'TnSANE INFATUATION. Girl Friend of Mim Horlocker Trll a Dramatic ftory. The testimony given by Julia Horlocker's friend and confidante, Eva Stewart, as a clirnux to other testimony Introduced, carefully leading up to a point whre these things should bo presented to the jury on Friday, was sensational to a degree. It showed Julia's mad infatuation for her employer, and the litter's complicity. Miss Stewart recited the tory as given her by the defendant without a falter, choosing her words with care, and uttering them with the precision of a trained elocutionist. The testimony of the witnesses for the defense was all in support of tho theory of insanity.

IJtuy Wek for Conjrc. f The army appropriation bill will be taken up today "and doubtUss will serJ? for a text for a wide latitude of discission on military affairs. The lattf r part of the weck will be devoted to the uava!, the arKloultural cf the fortifications appropriation Mils. In the senate. Puerto Hico, according to present indications, will step aside temporarily at the beginning of the week In order to afford Senator Carter aa opportunity to secure consideration for his Alaskan code bill. The present condition of affairs in Alaska and the prospect of a still greater influx of people into that territory make the Alaskan legislation very important. Ilrejrer Sared In Mrk of Tim. liy a flank movement in the shape of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus executed at the hst possible moment by his counsel former Banker Edward S. Dreyer Thursday afternoon escaped a trip to tho. Joliet penitentiary. Dreyer was seated in the smoking car of the 3 o'clock Chicago & Alton train, when Attorney Alfred S. Austrian walked hurriedly into the car and servf", on Jailor Whitman the writ issue' jy Judge Dunne commanding the presence of Edward 3. Dreyer forthwith in the court room. A hurried exit from the train was made, which was to start In a minute's time. Load rtal mil Agslh Defeated. The house has again declared either that it believes tho passage of the Loud bill to amend the law regulating second-class mail matter will not result in the saving ISO.OOO.'OOQ and upward annually, or that the saving, if made, would be at the expense of the enlightenment and information of the people by means of tho publications that now find admission to the mails at the rate of 1 cent a pound. The bill was recommitted by a vote ot 14S to 96, a much larger vote against tho measure than even its opponents had expected. "Suicide Unit" Hilly Mrniory Tfttlflr. The New York grand jury on Tuesday sent away J. D. Crimmins and Highway Commissioner James P. Keating, who wer In attendance on an adjourned subpoena, and received instead the notorious divekeepcr of "Suicide hall," Billy McGlory, who, as far as could be learned, was a volunteer witness, and visited the grand jury because he wanted to complain of tho police. Four Hell for rt're Couplra.T. Tho grand jury yesterday voted an Indictment against the following, who are accusal of conspiracy to defraud the city of Chicago by the institution of fraudulent suits for damages against the city and corporations aggregating $200,000: Dr. M. L. Ostrowski, Anton Crabowskl, Ignatz Der, Mrs. Anna Sveala, alla3 Peterson, alias Pictru. New Imne ciorrrnnient Horn! Iwfr, Sales of new 2 per cent United States refunding bonds, "when Issued," were made at 104 on the New York stock exchange Wednesday. Iast week the bonds were quoted as high as 10CV4The bonds are falling to a level where the banks will want to buy them, and the decline will facilitate their use as a basis for circulation.

II 11 1!! SOUTH Kl.

Boers Seem to Be Getting the Worst of It. BRITISH AT BL0EMF0NTEIN. i:njoy!r.s Tl!wmsel WM'.h !re paring for the Adiance on l'retorl The -'irnierN Mi-lnff tu the Northward M.iy lie it Ulff l'ltflit. Tuesday, March 20. liOers deny Roberts' charges and declare British disregard the white flag; their dumdum bullets were taken from British. Chamberlain will issue proclamation assuming control of property in the Boer republic and warning against damage. Surrenders of Free Staters continued; Stcyn declared those who take oath cf allegiance will be shot. London Times says talk of Intervention is merely an attempt at. blackmail. Pope s.ud to be preparing encj-clical favoring re-cstablishment of peace. Tugela bridged; railway open from Durban and Elandslaagte. France may offer Boers homes in Madagascar. Kitchener suppressed uprising in Prieska. YVrlnday, March 21. Whi!o Roberts marches on Pretoria fcnd Duller attacks Boers in Biggarsberg, a third column of 20,000 will go toward east. March nny not begin for three weeks. More telegrams passed between Salisbury and Kruger; contents not made public. Kruger. relumed from Kronstad, says luht in Free State will be desperate. Report that llocr republics will be consolidated with Kruser a president. Cecil Rhodes sailed for England. Thurmlny, March 2:7. Kruger issued proclamation annexing Orange Free State, but Steyn issued a counter proclamation declaring Free State Intact. Boer report that Gatacrc was defeated, near Bethulie, disbelieved in London. Rudyard Kipling visits hospitals and amuses soldiers In South Africa. Rumor of Mafeking's relief, but war office said it had no new3. Efforts of Kruger and Steyn to encourage Boers seen successful. Uorrs advancd towards Lobatsi. Queen visited wounded soldiers. Frl.Ur, March 33. Plumer's retreat from Lobatsi to Crocodile Pool caused London to fear for Maf eking. Boers claim Plumer has bevn surrounded. Boers hold Biggersburg range in force from Cundy Cleugh pass to Bieth. French operating in country between Bloemfonteln and llasuto frontier. Dr. Lahman attributes better health of Boers to their vegetable diet. Knturrtay March 34. British entered Transvaal, penetrating to a point eighteen miles north of Christiana. Skirmishing near Warrenton and Fourteen Streams in progress for several days. Speakers at proBoer meeting in Bradford driven from stage by volley of dead cats. Bohemian mass meeting in Chicago asked United States government to intervene. French is waiting for Boers at Thabanehu. Boers active around Maffking. Boors recaptured Griquatown. M U R DER E RSU R REND ER3. ''I'm the Man Wanted for the 21m der of ISoh. th Ibrlx-r." "I'm the man who is wanted for the murder of Bob, the barber," announced. Lawrence K. Walsh of 1016 Trumbull avenue. Chicago, to Capt. Wheeler and Lieut. Wheeler at MaxWell street police station at 7:45 o'clock Thursday night, just twenty-four houra after Robert W. dilerijt. was shot down in his bhop at lTiil Twenty-second street, by a stranger. Walsh told the otfiocrs of the method he employed in killing Gilchrist with apparent raininess. He seemed to consider the motive of his crime as something too personal and sacred to be lightly discusssed, and referred to it with a studied mystericusness, but claims that four otlwr men were implicated in the wrong dona him by Gilchriit. Jtcrkhrftn Or.Jern Out Mil I tin. J. C. W. Beckham, democratic claimant to the goveruor.ship of Kentucky, has ordered the 6tate guards from Lexington and Winchester to Frankfort to protect th; court there when the examining trials of Secretary of 6tate Caleb Powers and others, charged with complicity in the killing of Goebel, begin. Mr. Beckham affects to have positive information that a largo number of friends of Powers are coming from the mountains to Frankfort to rescue the prisoners and to kill all the damocrats who oppose them. Und Sam I'r -lector nf Tutulliint. Commander B. H. Tilley, commaniant of the Pago-Pago coaling station, and senior officer of the United States in the new Samoan possession, has ollicially notified the personal chief of Tutuila, on which Pago-Pago harbor Is situated, of the transfer of that and adjacent smaller Islands to the authority of the United Statts, and promising protection and assistance to the Inhabitants. - Trade Unions Dttnoanetd. The opening session of the subcommittee of the United States industrial commission In Chicago on Tuesday quickly settled into an inquiry into the local strikes. The testimony of W. J. Chalmers, president of the firm of Fräser & Chalmers, manufacturers, emphatically denounced union federation as the most dangerous of trusts. Archbifthop WUh Hutten to Rome. Archbishop Walsh of Dublin has arrived in Rome. After an audience with the pope he will return at once to Dublin. It is said that the object of his visit 13 to consult the pope a3 to the course to bo pursued by Catholics on the occasion of the queen's visit to Ireland. Uncle Pant Iiund l'arty flute. There Is little prospect that the railroads will succeed in forcing the government to pay higher rates for the transportation of soldiers than the railroads have been In the habit of making for theatrical troupes, baseball clubs, brass bands and similar aggregations.

FIGHTING FOR A "ZOO." Trof. Lan;Iey's 'erUtent Kfforti for Freaerratlon of WIM Animal. In an illustrated article cn "The National 'Zoo' at Washington," Ernest Soton-Thompson, the author-artist, tells what hard work Prof. Langlcy had to do before congress would pas3 a Llil to establish such nn institution: In 1SS7, when the newly appointed Secretary of tho Smithsonian Institution. Mrs. S. P. Lnng'.ey, who. though aa astronomer and a physlrist, had been very strongly imrrci??ej by the fact tn-t all our largest and most Interesting native animals were rapidly approaching extinction, conceived the idea of securing a tract of country, as primitive as possdb'.e, thr.t might be made a testing city of refuge for the vanishing races. 'Ibis was tho main Idea when first Mr. Lansley went before congress to urge the establishment cf a National Zoological Park. In all ages it has been tho custom of potentates to keep a collection cf wild animals f ir their amusement, and the American peop!e, being their own ruler, had numberless precedents before them when urg'd to make this much-needed collection cf animals. In such a case the advantage of a monarchy is that only o4;e man must be convinced, whereas in the republic the consent cf a majority rf seventy millions had to be obtained. This took time. Fierce battles had to be fought with ignorant and captious politicians. One objected that hf h net see why people should pay "to have the Nebraska elk and Florida alligators cooped up." If they had to Fpend money for it they would want things they could not see at home dog-faced baboons, kangaroos, man-eating tigers, 'etc. Another, a fervent patriot, objected to any money being spent on exotic species, as It was contrary to the spirit of the constitution to encourage or import foreigners! Altogether the secretary of the SrrSthsonian found it no e.isy bill to carry, though it was indorsed by nearly every scientist and educator in the country. After three years of persistent effort, involving vastlj' more worry than the management of the whole Smithsonian Institution for three times that period, Mr. Iangley succeeded in carrying both houses of congress over the successive ' stages of ridicule, toleration, and favorable consideration, to the point of accepting and providing for the scheme. An appropriation was made for a National Zoological Park to be established in the District of Columbia for the "Advancement of Science and the Instruction and Amusement of the People," as well as a city of refuge where tho.se "native animals that weiv threatened with extinction might live and perpetuate their species la peace."

JOKE PLAYED. Upon a Taviengrr Agent with a Illg TuriMtu au! Co flirt. A crowd of railroad men were seated in one of the passenger otlices the other afternoon spinning yarns and relaijfig remi:ii:-enccs. "Well, you tslk about hustlers for business," said one of them, "old Jim 11. was the best that ever stamped a thket, Pat he ran against a hard bargain shoitly after he. left here. lie was stationed in Louisville as agent for a line which ran to Florida, One day a man came in the ofli.-e by mistake to buy a ticket to California. He was a consumptive, raid had one foot in the grave already. .Tim tohl him about the balmy atmosphere of Florida, and tiled to persuade him to go there instead, but the consumptive and his friends insisted on his going to California. Finally Jim as a last resort said to the consumptive's fiicnd: You take him down to Florida, and if he dies I will egree to pay all funeral expenses. Just ship him back in my care.' Of course he didn't hae any idea he would ever be called on. The consumptive finally agreed to go to Florida, where he regained his health and is now able to do a hard day's work. Jim did not hear from him for about six months. Several of his railroad friends were down in Florida on a fishing trip, and having known of Jim's promise, they decided to play a joke cn him. They caught a large tarpon fiah, and securing a coffin, put the fish Into it and sent it to Jim. As soon as he saw the express tag on it the promise he had made to the consumptive came acros6 his mind. He had the coffin sent over to another a Kent who was in cn the promise with him. It was hidden away in a back room until the next day, when one of the clerks who wes v.ot as timid as the rest opened the lid and discovered that it was only a fish. It taught Jim a lesson, and since that he has not held out a funeral as an inducement to any ore to go over his line." Memphis Scimitar. YVHiitfl to Im I'renent. A worthy young Scotchman, residing in the old land, was about to be married. The bride-elect lived at a village somo diötanco from her future spouse and the marriage was to take place at her home. The eventful day having arrived the prospective bridegroom started for the station. On the way, however, he WA3 hailed by the village grocer, who entertained him so heartily that the end of it was William missed his train. The grocer suggested sending a telegram, and at the young man's dictation wired as follows: "Don't marry till I come. William." Itrtort Cotirton. At a dinner party recently a dude found himself seated between two young men who had just started a merchant tailoring establishment T aw have been placed between two aw tailors, it seems," said his dudelets. "Yes," replied one cf the young men; "you see, we are beginners and at present can only afford one goose between us." Chicago News. HnrourAermcnt. ?Iamma Trofessor, has my daughter any of the requirements tjiat go to make a great pianist? Professor Yah; she haf von. Mamma I am delighted. What is it? Professor Sh haf two hands. God loves men not for what they are but for what He can make out of them. Itev. Frank Crane.

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Itecord of Happening of Much or Tattle Importance from All I'art of the Civilized World I'nc- of laria J'ru dbce Li Western Murkt't. The alleged confession of the amorous Infatuation of Mis HorlOvker tor Mr. Morey to her tvr.CdaiUp, J'.i.-s Stewart, has bten ruled out 'h.e,ir-j-ay" evidence. Harmony senators trying to corr.promise on a bill curving a duty of 2per cenSof the Dingiey rates upon imports from Puerto Rico, with fro trade in the opposite dilu tion. The prince of Wales may make a tour of the llritish colonies, including Canada, and would then viii tho United Statfc. Sitting cf the Italian parliament Is dissolved a'tT a wild tccne over a motion to revise tue constitution, ociüibts caused the row. Russia is sending more troops to the borders f ivria and Afghüiifctan to ch.ck the Rriti.sh advance i-iu ouraged by the ameer. Two Chicago machine shops will try to start today, employing all thos-j who apply fur work. They promisi poiw-e protee.'.ion. A mutually satisfactory com promise is said to b Irani inent itetwitii th firm of Siamer.s i Halske and it. machinists. Robert W. (lilchiit, a barber, wai murdered in his shop in Chicago by uu unknown man. Ex-Chaplain J. P. Mclntyre. formerly on the battleship Oregon, announces that he was married in secret thrtu years ago. It Is stated that ?:ngland will accept the Hay-Pauncefote treaty, with tho amendment permitting the fortification of the Nicaragua canal. Gtu. Gatacre's forces, it is reported, have beta repulsed by the Roers, who claim to have captured twelve cannon. It ii reported at Pretoria that Col. Plumtr's forces hate been isolated north of Mafeking. the Boers having destroyed the railroad. Puerto Rico shows disappointment ovtr the probability that a tariff Is to le imposed upon the island's output. A receiver was appointed, for D. Apjdeton & Co., the New York publishing housi. Liabilities are over $3,000.000. The New York grand jury Indicts Miss Olga Nethersole and others for playing "Sapho." Edward S. Dreyer, cn the t.a.a to be taken to the Joli?t penitentiary, was rescued by authority of a writ of habeas corpus and rcturted to the county jail. Rarber Gilchrist's murderer surrendered himself to the police at Chicago. Claimant-Gov. Beckham has summoned democratic soldiers to Frankfort, Ky., to prevent a possible effort of mountaineers to release the Goobel suspects at their examining trial. Gov. Steunenherg accepts responsibility for martial law at Cour d'Alene. Secretary Root explains to the cabinet his action in granting permits for sea rr-ining off Cape Nome. Puerto Ricans.. suffering from the lack of food ami apprehensive of worse things in the event of the passage of the 15 per cent tari;T bi'.l, are inclined to be:ome riotous. German bureau for the preparatioi of treaties, lest American tradö In hurt, objects to the placing of a duty cn shipbuilding material. Carnegie company is organized at Tittsburg with a capital of $200,000.00 ). Ex-State Senator J. F. O'Malley sho: and seriously wounded ex-Aid. V. H. Lyman after a political argument over '".Major" Sampson, who may withdraw as the democratic allermanic candidate in the Twenty-third ward, Chicago. W. J. Chalmers told the industrial commission that Chicago's welfare was threatened by labor unions and corlupt politics. Edward S. Dreyer may be taken to Joliet penitentiary today. Colon, Colombia. March 21. Admiral Walker and the other members of tho American canal commission sailed Sunday for Port Limon. A new and fabuously rich pold field Is eaid to have been discovered in TwoHit Gulch, Colo. Secretary of War Root says thero will be no hurry about withdrawing American troops from Cuba until tho Cubans l'arn self-government. Congressman Sulzer denounces the administration for failing- to give information regarding British fortifications on the northern frontier of tho United States. The house naval appropriation bill Is about $18,000.000 in excess cf any previous naval bill. Ireland seems destined to gain more liberal government, if not home rule, as a result of changed English sentiment. Savannah's public reception to Admiral Dewey had to be abandoned because a combination of punch and salad had made the admiral sick. Dert Finch, 16 years old, Chicago, shot and killed his father to prevent him from stabbing his mother. The grand jury in Chicago has lnclcted four persons in connection with the fake damage suits against the city. ü?man Pasha, tho famous defender of Plevna, died cn Tuesday. Three more cases of bubonic plague have been discovered at Chinatown, San Francisco. Thirty men were Injured ia an elevator accident in Chicago. The Mexican government has determined to send 4,000 re-enfoceracat to fight the Yaqui Indians. Many employes of the Union Traction company, Chicago, quit work rather than sign surety bonds. Lery Mayer, before tho subcommittee of the industrial commission, in Chicago, demanded the same legal rights for property that are accorded labor. AUkan Gold Trnred to Klhrrlt. Evidence corroborative of the general belief that tho gold belt of the Nome diggings extends across Rearing eea to Siberia is given by William Frye and Charle3 Swanson, who reached Dawson Feb. 7 from the Siberian coast