Marshall County Independent, Volume 6, Number 21, Plymouth, Marshall County, 4 May 1900 — Page 2

THE WEEKLY IHDEPEHDEIIT.

CL W. 1IETSKER, Pub. mjoA Prep. HrYM OTJTH , CURRENT TOPICS THE UNSEATING OF QU AT. Matthew S. Quay will remain an extenator. This was decided by the United States senate cn Tuesday when by a vote of thirty-three to thirty-two the report of the committee was adopted, declaring that he was- not entitled to a seat on credentials from the governor of Pennsylvania, the legislature having failed to make a choice when in session. The vote was a surprise to the country, and none was more completely surprised than members of the senate themselves. For not until the last name was called and the last vote recorded did the members know what the result would be. And the vote was a surprising one in every way. It was a tribute to the personal popularity of the Pennsylvania "boss" among his former colleagues that five Democrats voted in favor of seating him. Party lines counted for littla, thirteen Republicans, fourteen Democrats and six Populists voted against the ex-senator, and twenty-seven Republicans and five Democrats in his favor. But there was such a scurrying to cover on the part of some of the senators who didn't want to vote either way as has not been seen for a long time. Senator Hanna, who had all along been counted a friend of the "boss," hastened away to the Ohio Republican state convention, pairing with Dcpew of New York, his vote to so against Mr. Quay's being seated. COMING OF THE J AP 3. Paciüc coast residents are just now beginning to realize that a movement likely to create no end of trouble and which must add to the industrial problem in this country is finding its center there. We have been reading with g proper degree of pride that American tourists in Japan number three times the total of all other foreign travelers, and that they are well thought of by the Japanese, but the obverse side of the picture is not so happy. A dispatch from Seattle declares that hordes of Japanese immigrants are crowding into the country; thr.t since February 1, 2.7C0 have been admitted aid that steamers to leave Japan within tha present month will bring in at least 2.0C0 more. The really startling fact In this connection is that there is evidence that these children of the sun are being imported for th3 purpose of displacing: American labor, and the local representative at Seattle of the Federation of Labor makes the charge that wholesale violations of the contract-labor law are being made in the admission of these people, declaring that contractors have supplied each Immigrant with the necessary $30 to how the authorities in order to pass official scrutiny. AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION. The Australian colonies are loyal to England and rest content as colonics now because the cord that binds them to the mother country hangs loose. Let it once be tautened and it will break. Today England maintains an expensive diplomatic consular service which is at the disposal of her Australian subjects. The great navy and the army of Great Britain serve to protect Australia in the event of foreign threat, with little expense to the colonies. For all that Australia gets, nothing to speak of is paid, except the small luxury of some colonial governors who serve well as social centers. Australia can well afford to accept such a situation on her own terms. Rut Great Britain Is in a puzzling situation. If the present federation bill is accepted, she has no hold left on the "imperialism" idea. If she refuses the bill, the resentful Australian may go farther. The rejection of the bill would incur the delay, expense and rancor of another long campaign and plebiscite, and the result might be even worse for the imperial policy. GATES' DARING GA3IE. If the business world was shocked by the action of Chairman John V. Gates in closing down the mills of the American Wire and Steel Company last week, it was doubly so when the directors of that company voted to sustain their chairman's radical action. This because it was accepted either as an admission that Mr. Gates allegations concerning the actual state of the iron trade were true, or that his colleagues had joined with him in an attempt to depress the stock of the company and assist in the game of "freeze-out" believed to have been started by Gates. Directly the announcement of Mr. Gates' closingdown order was made, iron men all tho country over hastened to deny hi3 statements. Members of his own company denied them and they hastened to New York, swearing vengeance upon the man who had sold them out Rrcipmclty. She drew a dime from her purse and put It between her teeth, while sho crowded back the contents of the bag and snapped it shut. "When the conductor came along she took the coin from her mouth and extended it to him. He saw the action, and at onco placed a nickel between his lips. Then he took the dime and handed her tho nickel. "A fair exchange, ma'am," ho pleasantly said. "Of what?" she haughtily asked. "Of microbes," ho replied, and passed along. 8ecret In Torpedo Service. In no department of service under any government even the foreign office 13 not excepted by naval men are there so many secrets to preserve as in the torpedo service; and with such absolute exactitude 13 every articlo connected with torpedo stores kept -that men have been removed from employment and reduced in rank because a single common Iron bolt of course, of a particular kind worth the minutest fraction of a cent, has been missla 5-

KANSAS WILL SUE COLORADO. Former State Declare It Suffers Because U.ver'a Water Is Diverged. Kansas will sue Colorado. AttorneyGeneral Godard has gone to Washington to present to the Supreme court of the United States his motion for leave to file a bill in equity on behalf of Kansas against the state of Colorado, to enjoin that state from further diverting the waters of the Arkansas river and its tributaries for irrigation and otuer purposes. lie presented his motion with briefs on Monday. This action is a matter of vital and colossal interest to the state of Kansas, and especially to the settlers in the Arkansas valley. This river flows through thirteen Kansas counties, forming a valley almost as rich as the valley of the Nile of 2,500,000 acres, and with the natural flow and under flow of the river in its unimpeded condition this is one of the richest valleys in the west. Colorado has for many years attempted to appropriate all the water of this river. F. E. Wear of Topeka and S. S. Ashbaugh of Wichita have for some time been investigating the proposition involved and several months ago the former suggested to Gov. Stanley the propriety of having a suit of this nature instituted. The governor, who lives in Wichita, the biggest city in the Arkansas valley, naturally felt a personal interest in the matter. The work of preparing this bill involved a most elaborate research among the records and archives of the state and among the statute books and law books of the various states and of the nation. The suit is brought by the attorneygeneral on behalf of the state of Kansas, on the authority of Gov. Stanley,

as chief officer, against the state of Colorado, and service will be had upon the governor and attorney-general of the latter state. METHODISTS AND SPORT. Leaders of Church Against Theaters, Cards and Dancln?. The Vandalia district conference of the Methodist Episcopal church was ia session at Mason, 111., Thursday. About ninety delegates were in attendance. The Rev. John W. Flint, D. D., of Salem, 111., the presiding elder of the district, i3 the president of the conference. A memorial to the general conference was unanimously adopted strongly condemning the movement on foot to remove the Central Christian Advocate and Methodist Book concern from St. Louis to Kansas City, Mo. A report was adopted urging the delegates from this conference to the general conference at Chicago in May to do all in their power to defeat the movement now on foot to strike from the discipline tho rule prohibiting dancing, card-playing and theater-going amcng the members of the church. Actress und Dancer I) rorv n. At New Haven, Conn., while attempting to change seats in a rowboat, Vivian Clerise, one of the Clerise sisters who have been well known on the vaudeville stage, and J. W. Cardownie, a dancer, were drowned in Lake Whitney. By a heroic effort Howard M. Brown, a junior at Yale, rescued Ethel Clerise, the sister of the girl who was drowned. The Clerise sisters and Cardownie were all experienced swimmers, but they went down within a few feet cf the bank. Brown is a son cf E. M. Brown, a wealthy manufacturer of Comstock, Conn. He was in a canoe when he effected the rescue. Youth on Trial for Marder. The trial of William Odum for the murder cf Elmer Munsell is in progress at Blooniington, 111., in the Circuit court. On Thanksgiving day, 1898, Elmer Munsell, son of a wealthy farmer of Bloomington, was married to Myrtle Odum, the sister cf Odum. That evening a charivari party called at the home of the young couple. Young Odum was one of the number. They were invited into the house, and merrymaking was in pogress when Odum pointed a revolver at Munsell, he claims, in sport. The pistol was discharged and Munsell fell dead with a bullet in his brain. Killed In a Tenement Fire. Three persons were killed and three severely burned in a fire at New York early Wednesday morning in the sixstory tenement house at 74 Forsyth street The dead: Hannah Liebowitz, 13 years old, suffocated by smoke. Amelie Liebowitz, 11 years old, suffocated. Joseph Liebowitz, 6 years old, suffocated. Simon Liebowitz, father of the dead children; Dora Liebowitz, i 3 years old, and Michael Rausch baum, 63 years old, were injured. The loss was $10,000. Yellow Feyer at Vera Cruz. Several cases of yellow fever have developed among persons recently arrived at Vera Cruz, Mexico, and the fever has broken out at Salina Cruz, on the Pacific coast. Unusually hot weather for this season is believed to be tho cause. The fever has shown itself again at Tehuantepec, where Sir Weetman Pearson has offered the authorities a suitable site for a hospital. Verdict Against Ilavemeyer. At New York city Dominic Vigeroti, an Italian bootblack living in long Island City, has secured a verdict for $200 against Henry O. Havemeyer, the millionaire. The verdict was rendered in an action for $5,000 damages. In his complaint the bootblack alleged that he leased a room in the St. Paul building, and that Havemeyer in hi3 effort to force him to quit reduced the receipts of his business from an average of $10 a day to CO cents, and he had to give up. Fatally Injured by Etploslon. A boiler used in running steam drills in the lime quarries exploded at Huntington, Ind., Friday, fatally injuring two workmen. Edward Leonard wa3 blown fifty feet and Edward Wheeler was struck by flying debris. Both were terribly scalded. An Aged Man Despair. At Pullman, 111., Thursday, behind in his rent and with little prospect of securing money, William Hosterman, CO years old, committed suicide at hi3 home at 130 Fulton street, by asphyxiation.

THE Ii Iii WH AFRICA The Boers Are. Still Holding Out in Large Forces, REBELS TRIED AT CAPETOWN.

Sentenced from Six Months to Fire Tears Each Uoer Prlioners at St. Helena Wish Services of a Clergyman and a Neutral Consul. Tuesday, April 24. Boers are keeping British forcc3 actively engaged in tho Orange Free State. Lord Roberts is still sending forces to the east and south instead of toward Pretoria. Plumer has fallen back from Lobatsl. Mafeking strongly pressed, and everybody has nervous prostration or fever. Wednesday, April 23. Pole-Carew's advance with French scared Boers out of strong positions they held at Dewetsdorp, and raised siege of Wepener, which Brabant entered. Estimated 4,000 Boers in flight northeast. Boers claim to have reoccupied Boshof. Fleeing Boers almost overtaken by British ?nd shells thrown among them. Thursday, April G. Boer smokeless powder plant and arsenal near Johannesburg wrecked by explosion, twenty-three killed and eighty-two injured. Hamilton's column reaches Thaba Nchu, finding it deserted. Ladybrand district commanded by imperial forces. Burgher forces from Wepener and southern part of Free State believed to have escaped British trap. Roberts reports mounted troops making good progress toward Boer position at Thaba Nchu. Mafeking reported safs April 10. Friday. April 27. French, with 10.000 men, at Thaba N'Chu, and Bundle's division, only eight miles away, hope to intercept Boer retreat. Gen. Warren appointed governor of Griqualand West. Boers expect to winter in Natal. April 28-2. De Wet, with large transport train and main Boer army, reported at Kroonstad, far to the north; French, with cavalry, pursuing retreating burgher columns. British parliament will take up no important work, and will not dissolve until Boer war is ended. Basutos prevent British from moving ammunition across their territory and notify Boers. London parers urge adoption of Weyler's concentrado systems in sections occupied. Thousands of Boers in Natal ready to block any attempt of Euller to force passes. More evidence of plot in destruction of Johannesburg arsenal. By British authority homes cf the Boers in the Orange Free State are be ing burned whenever evidence is found of friendship to the federal cause. Several sharp engagements have been fought near Thabanc'au and a hard fight is promised in the near future. CURRENT MARKET PRICES. Winter wheat in g-od demand and firm. No. 3 red sold f. o. b.. fcVc; No. 3 hard. VZVjC. Spring wheat quiet änd steady. No. 4. 01c: No. 3, CiUTlMe. Corn lirm to 4c higher. No. grade, 3;c; No. 4. 3C1i37vic; No. 3, SS'Ap; Xo. 3 yellow, 3le: No. 2. SS'c. Oats quiet, prices ruling about unchanged. No. 3 white. SOUijJttfic; No. 2 white. c. Cattle Market steady; native shinplng and export steers, 5 1.SOi .".."; dressed-becf and butchers steers. J1.50T3.IO; steers under 1.0'X) lbs, $rl.t;5; stoekers and feeders. $.50f 1.80; cows and heifers. $24.73; canners. Jl.G0fir2.S3; bulls. ?;Ty3.43; Texas and Indian steers, $3.f.Vt5: cows and heifers. 52. OK 3. M). llnr Market 5c lower: piprs and lights. Iwrith; packers, $.. 23ft 5.40; bu tellers. S3.40T 5.5.". Sheep Market steady; native muttons. $.".50'It.40; lambs, $7.50; spring lambs, $7.U5ti7.75; culls and bucks, ?3.75;5. Eutter Steady. Creameries, extras, IT'ic per lb; firsts. lä'.VTi WSc: seconds, lS'i'tf It'öc; dairies, fancy makes, lalfcc; firsts, HLc; seconds, IS'c; imitation creameries, 13UTiHUc: ladles. 2U.ftl3ic; packing stock, fresh. 12c; roll butter. 12c. Cheese Market slow and easy. Full creams, western, twins, new. S'ic; Cheddars, new. M-tltHc: Young Americas, new t'c; eastern, Cheddars. lO'illc; special makes, Swiss, lflic; Limburger, & f&lftc; brick. 10c. Kggs Steady; fresh. 11VI cases included; loss off. cases returned. 10-4c Poultry (live) l'i ices steady; chickens, flc per lb; springs. $2.r0föl per doz. according to siz; ducks, yc per lb; geese, $1 $4.r0 per doz. Veal Fancy carcasses. S!c per lb; good to choice, TM-fisc; fair. 7c; light-weights. 5!:t;äc; crarse and heavy, SfiOc. Potatoes Market steadv; choice stock, j'VI ULI, VUilllUUil IIUACU, Fall 120 Feet and Lives. Gus Olson of Chicago, an expert who wa3 engaged in building the steel tank for the municipal works at Oconomowoc. Wis., fell a distance of of 120 feet, is still alive, has no broken bones, but is bruised terribly. He was working on a ladder suspended by a rope. The latter gave away, but Olson clung to the ladder until it struck a guy rope 105 feet below, to which fact he owes his escape from instant death. Chained to Post Five Year. The police at Indianapolis found Edward Kennedy, a negro, bound hand and foot to a stake in a shed in his father's home, 1515 Asbury street. The man was demented, and had been tied to the stake for five years. His parents say they kept him tied to keep him from troubling them. He was taken to the county infirmary. Three Oakt Fires a Cannon. The world-renowned Dewey cannon boomed for the first timo on American soil Thursday evening at sunset in Three Oaks, Mich. The causo of the demonstration was a telegram received from Mayor E. K. Warren, who had an interview with Admiral George Dewey Thursday morning, Jn which the admiral gave nls full and definite promise that he would devote at least two hours to Three Oaks early in June, at the time of his promised western trip, which covers Detroit, Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids and a few other prominent cities. Detroit Strike Now Hortons. The strike of the job pressmen, feeders and assistants at Detroit assumed larger proportions. Pressmen's Union No. 2 decided to support the junior union, and its members were ordered out on strike. Half a dozen leading job offices have recognized the union. Small Tornado In Nebraska. A miniature tornado swept over the section of country about Wymore, Neb., Tuesday. A windmill was carried a distance of half a mile and several small buildings razed. So far as known no lives were lost.

NO ANSWER FROM THE SULTAN A Warship Vi 111 Probably He Sent to tli Mediterranean. Constantinople. Friday, April 27. The United States legation has not yet received the porte's answer to the note handed to Towflk Pasha, the Turkish foreign minister, by the American charge d'affaires, regarding the indemnity claims; and the impression is gaining ground that the reply will be in the negative or even that no reply will be made. The latter alternative, however, seems to be unlikely. The general opinion is that without a display of force the porte certainly will not pay the claims, because it wishes to show the moslem world that it only 3'ield3 to force. It is not considered here that a simple rupture of diplomatic relations will render the porte easier to deal with; but a rupture of formal relations is not thought necessary, as the sending of a warship to a Mediterranean port would suffice to obtain a settlement of the matter in less than twenty-four hours. The same proposition for a settlement of

the indemnity question by an order for a warship, in the price of which the Indemnity should be included, was formerly made to France and Italy, but M. Constans and Senor Pansa rejected the proposal. The newspaper criticism and comments upon the attitude of Turkey in this affair are causing great irritation at the Yildiz kiosk. SEEKS ROCKEFELLER MONEY. James Corrigan Charge the Miiltl Millionaire with Swindling. John D. Rockefeller, head of the Standard Oil trust cf the world and superintendent of the -lrirst Baptist church Sunday school of Cleveland, Ohio, is charged with swindling James Corrigan of that city out of almost a million dollars' worth of Standard Oil stock in a case that Is on trial in the Common Pleas court in that city. Corrigan, who is a well-known vessel owner, bases his case on the allegation that he lost about $830,000 by Rocke feller's schemes. Five years ago Corrigan says, he owned 2,500 shares o Standard Oil trust stock, which he placed with Rockefeller as collateral for loans agregating $415,703. Then, March 14, 1805, Corrigan says he sold the pledged shares to John D. Rocke feller for $420,000. Corrigan claims the multi-millionaire told him the Standard was being ruined by competition, and that the chares were not worth more than 1ÜS. In reality, Corrigan says, they were worth 500. The case was arbitrated once, Rockefeller winning, and now Coingan says that the decision was not in accordance with the agreement for arbitration, this being one of the grounds on which suit is being brought. Storm Losses of 81,000.090. The officials of the Illinois Central Railroad company estimate the losses by the storm at $200,000. The New Or leans & Northwestern will not be running into Meridian before next week, perhaps even later. It has lost, In the various breaks around Meridian, five miles cf track, and nearly all it3 bridges are gone. Its loss is probably $200,000. The Alabama & Vicksburg, from Vicksburg to Meridian, hopes tc get its trains into Meridian by Thursday. The Louisvjlle and Nashville is running one train into New Orleans, and will not be able to resume its regular schedule before two weeks, perhaps later. Laurell, Miss., which has been cut off from the world for more than a week, received its first train. The reports of losses are increasing, and the amount is now put at $3.000,003 for private property in Mississippi alone. The loss to the railroads will bring It up to $1,000,000. I'uüce Sergeant Murdrred. Tolice Sergeant Timothy S. O'Connell of the Woodlawn station at Chicago was murdered Sunday night on the Eighteenth street viaduct. He was shot through the heart, and as his hand was upon his revolver, which had been drawn part way from the holster, it was aparent that the attack had been sudden and that death came before the policeman could defend himself. A stranger's hat found near the dead man's body is the only clew to the murderer. O'Connell was in citizen's clothes, which leads the detectives to believe that he was the victim of highwaymen, who fled after learning they had killed their man, leaving hi3 "valuables untouched. He leaves a widow and three children. Railway to Increase Its Capital. A St. Paul dispatch says: The state railway commission has granted the Gulf & Manitoba railway permission to increase its capital stock from $50,000 to $7,000,000. The proposed line will be 700 miles long, with Duluth and Kansas City as its termini. The route docs not touch the twin cities. Oppose War Acalnat Boen. Two college presidents. Dr. H. D. Clark of Uedding college, Abingdon, and Dr. C. E. Nash of Lombard university. In addressing the Methodist District Ministerial association at Galesburg, 111., Wednesday night, expressed sympathy for the Boers in the present war. Corpse Weighted with Iron. At Portland, Ore., Thursday the body of William Drannan of Ellenburg, N. Y., wa3 found in the Willamette river. Around the neck was a wire, attached to which were two heavy pieces of iron. Brannan, who was on his way to Nome City, was first reported miss ing about three weeks ago, and at the time was supposed to have had considerable money on his person. When found there was nothing in his pockets but a few keys. The local detectives think they have a good clew to the murderers. Doodle Scheme Unearthed. At Chicago Friday the arrest of Edward Blair, who was for many years employed in tho offices of the county clerk and county treasurer, brings to light what is said to be a gigantic scheme to defraud the public The arrest came shortly after his in. dictment by the grand Jury. Blalr'a scheme, according to official statements, was to make unpaid taxes appear as paid, and by his operations he is said to have pocketed thousands of dollara. The plan was worked for more than two years, it is alleged.

MB IIIS WEEK.

Items of General Interest Told ir Paragraphs. COMPLETE NEWS SUMMARY. Record of Happenings of Mcch or Little Importance from All Tarts of the Civilized World Trices ot Farm Produce In Western Markets. Miss Minnie M. Wray of Lincoln, Neb., commits suicide before a mirror in the Palmer house, Chicago. Police Sergeant Timothy S. O'Connell was murdered by unknown persons on the Eighteenth street viaduct, Chicago. Seven police captains in Chicago were transferred as a result of Mayor Harrison's dissatisfaction with tho handling of labor rioters. The Atlas Brewing company's building burned at Chicago, causing an estimated loss of $250,000. John W. Gates and John Lambert suddenly leave Chicago for New York to face their accusers. Bishop Thoburn will ask the Methodist conference to furnish 100,000 volunteer evangelists. Nine visitors to the Faris exposition were killed and about forty injured by the collapse of a bridge. During address by John Alexander Dowie in Philadelphia former followers attempted to create a riot and were with diiliculty quelled by 100 police. Euphemia Constable, witness for crown in Welland bomb case, is guarded by military in fear of her abduction in prisoners' interest. Striking employes of New York Cen tral railroad send ultimatum to com rany and threaten to call out 20,000 men. Statement of Philippine exports and Imports for last computed period shows 50 per cent excess of latter. Six thousand passengers for Cape Nome are booked for May sailings, and all berths are pre-engaged. Capt. Day of rough riders, now lieut enant in Philippines, talks piquantly of Filipino traits. Hundreds of flood victims in Texas shelterless, but all needy are given food and clothing. New tax law in Michigan ignored in Iron counties; time limit expired Mon day. Delegates to ecumenical conference denounce liquor and opium traffic and want nation's aid. United Irish league abandons New market meeting and avoids clash with the police. Mysterious murders of young girls and boys occur in many parts of Ger many. United States Consul-General Mason prepares a report on German trusts. German bank fears export of gold to London. Good horses are being shipped to the Louisville track for the meeting which begins there Thursday with the Kentucky Derby. Advance guard of the Methodist Episcopal conference arrives in Chicago. Entire New York Central railway system in New York state is threatened with a tie-up and strike of 30,000 employes by an ultimatum answerable today. Ottawa and Hull, Canada, are receiving many offers of aid from Europe and America. Eugenie Blair, tho actress, was quite seriously hurt by falling on a chair in a Cleveland theater. Railroad men in Wall street have little faith in John W. Gates' hardtimes stories. Council members of commission to seek settlement of labor troubles in Chicago appointed citizen members and sent letters to contractors and Building trades' council. Union committee asked state board of arbitration to act. Average wages in Germany: Housemaids, $2.3S a month; laborers, $3.14 a week; carpenters, $5 a week. Philadelphia commercial museum is of gi eat aid in increasing America's trade. Underwriters raised rates on theaters in proportion to defects of construction. Ninety railways are represented in the convention of the American Railway association in the Auditorium hotel, Chicago. Miss Bennett equals five-furlong record at Memphis. Roosevelt left New York to attend Grant celebration at Galena, and, it is said, to check his vice-presidential boom. A. S. Hallidie, inventor of first cablecar system, died in San Francisco. Commission appointed to revise charter of Greater New York. British Navy league will send out sandwich men with placards protesting against muzzle-loading guns on battle ships. Friends of naval bill urge kaiser to dissolve reichstag before vote can be taken. Agrarians expect to trade votes. Australian sentiment favors federation bill as suggested by premiers' conference. Dreyfusards, with aid of government, reported as planning to reopen case. Strike of 5.000 employes of Paris laundries. Within three months automobile omnibuses will be run in Chicago, with a "no seat no fare" rule. Gen. Ruls Rivera resigns from Gov. Wood's cabinet in Cuba and announces he will run for mayor of Havana. Company from New York to build railroads in Cuba. In a battle with "Boxers" not far from Tekin the imperial troops killed sixty of the Chinese revolutionists. Inventory of Silas B. Cobb's estate, Chicago, expected to show property valued at $8,000,000. Jockey O'Leary is killed in a race at Aquedict. N. Y. First shipment of gold to Europe this year made Wednesday. Two more men are indicted for alleged complicity in the Goebel murder case. The estate of the late Cornelius Vanderbilt is now estimated at $C0,-000.000.

MISCELLANEOUS. Canadian preferential tariff favoring Great Britain against the United States further increased. New York bank statement likely to show increase in deposits and reserve. Eight Illinois and Wisconsin lime and cement companies combined. Ravenswcod (111.) Y. M. C. A. proposes to start a temperance garden to draw the young men away from the beer gardens. C. D. Lamb sentenced at Chicago to life-imprisonment for killing his father-in-law. Electric railway proposed for Kenosha filling gap in road from Chicago to Milwaukee. Revival of "Charlotte Corday" at Odeon caused French government to adopt extraordinary military precautions. Berlin may use telcphoROgraph, enabling telephone messages to be recorded during a subscriber's absence. Passage of German naval bill assured, Centrists having consented. Cost to be paid by stamp taxes. Paris court decided exposition authorities cannot arrest cigaret smokers. Russian press is exhibiting increasing animosity to Great Britain. Revolution in Colombia gaining strength. Cardinal Richard asked pope to request ministry to permit religious ceremonies in Catholic pavilion at Paris exposition. Conservative press hints pope is a Dreyfusard. United States said to have declined sultan's proposition of indirect payment of indemnity. Latest demand almost an ultimatum. American contributions to aid starving India will reach $3,500,000. England has contributed less than one-

third as much. Mrs. Susan Simmons Winans, first white child born in Chicago, died in Santa Ana. Dewey to visit Farragut's birthplace in Tennessee, but its location is uncertain. Mrs. W. E. D. Stokes of New York granted a divorce with $12,000 a year alimony. Roosevelt delivered the Grant memorial address at Galena. Order out for arrest of Lieut. Ilazzard of First artillery, who disappeared from Key West. Charged that he deserted his wife for another woman. Navy department may order courtmartial of Capt. Chadwick for reflections on Schley. War department has copy of Major Ames' circular planning organization of Boer corps. Gov.-Gen. Allen reached Puerto Rico; absence of gold lace surprised natives. Capt. Carter arrived at Leavenworth penitentiary, and will be a bookkeeper. White Stockings and Indianapolis are tied for first place in American league. Stockholders of the old National Linseed Oil company ask for a receiver to care for about $100,000 of assets. W. T. Durbin is named for governor by the Indiana republican convention. The Alabama state democratic convention nominated W. J. Sanford for governor and indorses Bryan. Methodist Book concern's committee of five listens to Dr. Schell's charges against Dr. Jennings at Chicago meeting. Gov. Roosevelt of New York says he will under no conditions accept a nomination for the vice-presidency. Riot and bloodshed mark another day in the labor strife at Chicago. John W. Gates denies that he profited by the recent slump in Steel and Wire. The fourth day of the ecumenical conference in New York was marked by a great mass meeting for women. Manufacturers conclude their convention in Boston with a banquet, at which eminent men tell them how to capture the markets of the world. Contractors charge that there is a plot among union labor men to destroy the Dewey reviewing stand at Chicago. Edward Reuter, an insurance adjuster at Chicago, arrested after a confession by Frank Meyers that the latter had been hired by Reuter to burn buildings. Manila advices declare Filipinos ex tremely active in North Uocos. Filipinos lost 300 killed in battles. No Americans hurt at Batoc, where ISO rebels were killed and seventy captured. Empress dowager of China is said to be planning a new coup, which will precipitate revolution. Powers expected to take a hand. Socialists in Brussels chamber declare King Leopold responsible for Congo state massacres, but govern ment is upheld by majority. Sultan to settle United States claim without offending powers by disguising payment as to apply on a new war ship. Line of steamers direct between Chi cago and Liverpool proposed. Interest in the ecumenical conference on foreign missioas increases. Promi nent men take part. Frank Mej-ers charged with being head of an "arson company," with latest methods and guaranteeing immunity. He confessed to burning house at 1S35 West Fifty-first street, Chicago, for $35. Owner and tenant admit they hired him. City disinfectors at Chicago made dangerously ill by use of formaldehyde. One wandered away deranged. Hawailans generally are opposed to the bill passed by the house at Wash ington which establishes prohibition in the islands. Gen. Bell's soldiers in the Philip pines kill scores of guerrilla natives. A discussion of creeds by Bishop Thoburn in the ecumenical conference causes a short but vigorous debate. President McKinley was cheered by Id friends and neighbors upon arrival at his home at Canton, Ohio. Consolidation of the Chicago abutract companies is said to be a project backed by New York capitalists. Cuban cabinet decided not to resign. Missionaries say the sultan's irade permitting them to rebuild churches and schools is of much greater importance than the payment of the $00,000 indemnity claimed by thi3 government.

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111 Proceedings of Six Days in National Congress. WHEELER RESIGNS HIS SEAT. Secretary Ua;e Wants a Kareaa to 11 Arm Charge of Standard Weights and Measures Turkish Keply to American Druiaudi Kecelveil. Tuesday. April 21. State department admitted that British ambassador had complained of alleged conspiracy to injure Canada, but charges were not proven. Members of dominion parliament declare frontier should be guarded. Senate by vote cf 32 to 33 refused to admit Quay on credentials from governor, legislature having failed to make a choice. House committee favorably reported bill to enable foreigners injured by mobs to sue in court of claims. Cooney (Mo.) introduced resolution declaring Clayton-Bulwcr treaty abrogated in December, 1100. Secretary Gage reported $1S3,403,C00 collected in internal revenue under war tax act. Members of military committee prevented two Cceur de'Alene witnesses from fighting. House adopted Foraker resolution to continue Puerto Kicaa officials temporarily. Wednesday, April 23. House voted against appropriating $725,000 for pneumatic tube service, after debate in which Moody (Mass.) declared promoters had offered bribes of money and stock. Minority report on Clark case favors unseating him, but disapproves committee's methods. Noonan introduce I resolution to investigate operation of wire trust. Rudolph Brand and other brewers argued for removal of war tax on beer. Housd committee approved bill to increase military subsistence department. Dewey presented with a watch bought with pennies of 50,000 children. Thnra.Iar, April 2C. Almost the entire session of the senate was devoted to consi aeration of the right of Nathan B. Scott of West Virginia to retain his seat in the senate. Mr. Pettus (Ala.), who alone of the members of the committee on privileges and elections is opposed to the claim of Mr. Scott to a seat, made an elaborate argument to sustain hi3 views. Mr. Morgan (Ala.) spoke in favor of his colleague's contention. Mr. McComas (Md.), Mr. Turley (Tenn.), Mr. Chandler (N. IL). Mr. Teller (Col.) and Mr. Allen (Neb.) supported the resolution declaring Mr. Scott entitled to his seat. The case went over without action. After four days discussion the house passed the potofllce appropriation bill. The attempt to strike out the $190,000 for special mail facilities from New York to New Orleans and from Kansas City to Newton, Kan., was defeated. The amendment providing for pneumatic tub3 service was defeated. The one allowing extra compensation for letter carriers for work in excess of forty-eight hours a week was adopted by a big majority. The bill to increase the salary of the director of census to $7.300 and the salaries of supervisors of census by 2 per cent of the amount received by their enumerators was passe 1. The final conference report on the Hawaiian government bill was presented, but not acted upon, owing to the absence of a quorum. Friday, April 27. The senate by a vote of 52 to 3 decided that Mr. Scott was entitled to his seat, thus upholding tho precedent that the senate had no right to go behind the act cf legislatures in cases similar to the West Virginia contest. Mr. Chandler gave notice that on Wednesday, May 2, he would call up the Clark contest. The house broke all records by passing ninety-one private pension bills, among them being one granting $40 a month to the widow of Col. John M. Stotsenberg of the First Nebraska, killed in the Philippines. Adopted tho conference report on the Hawaiian government bill and sent it to the president. Satnnfay April 28. The house devotes the greater part of the session to the senate bill to adjudi cate the claims of citizens of tho Unit ed States against Spain assumed by this country by the treaty of Paris. Secretary Root's declaration at Waldorf-Astoria banquet that "we must abandon Monroe doctrine or fight" creates a profound sensation in Washington. Senator Pettigrew succeeds in introducing a resolution extending sympathy to the Boers. A motion to refer it failed because of the absence of a quorum. a resolution extending sympathy to the Boers. A motion to refer It failed because of the absence of a quorum. Hitch in Combination Plans. The report that there Is a hitch ot some kind in the negotiations for tho amalgamation of the Atlantic Transport company and the Leyland line is officially confirmed at London. Hl: Drop In Trnde Oil. Oil took a somewhat sensational drop Tuesday, declining 5 cents east and 3 cents west. The west applies to North Lima. South Lima, Indiana and Ohio. Local oil operators do not understand the cause of the decline and seem to be of the opinion that the market is being manipulated. Whilo strikes both east and west show a large increase, the increase is not sufficient to justify the decline of the past week. Lone rtamllt Holds Tp Train. A south-bound St. Louis, Iren Mountain & Southern train was held up by a negro bandit near HIgginson. fifty miles north of Little Bock, at 1 o'clock Thursday moining. The negro had no visible confederates and confined his operations to one passenger coach, compelling the panic-stricken passengers to hand over their valuables at the point of a pistol. Tho bandit escaped, but the sheriff of Whito county started in pursuit at once and will probably overtake the fugitive