Marshall County Independent, Volume 7, Number 9, Plymouth, Marshall County, 8 February 1901 — Page 2

THE WEEKLY INDEPENDENT.

C W. METSKE, Pub. and Prop. FIrYMOTJTH, - - INDIANA.

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fm j i m itenr of Gcnpra! Interest Told in Paragraph: COMPLETE iEWS SUMMARY I.foonl of H pix n.tii of Mid-Ii or Little Iiiiport;tiM-n from .Mi Part of tli CTv-ili-l UiirM I im i'l-Qi, ltnterpri-i, .ct-Mut. r-1 i t .. rimes and War. Itik. l Voi k st.ii; sot iously but not d ing'Tuu.-dy ill. Jtuiiaa MViTüniiif n.iv of departure of anarch;-: from United Stafts b iH-.i s.-unat : King Victor. Combined in v--::i"-i:t. of Drang" Riwr command s t.,wani Cape Colony reported it Cape Tow. Havan.i iip.-t- .-ng:es's plan for esuhlishii:; relation.- l.;-.vet-n Unitd UJ te-. and Cuba. Mov m.nt l-gun in Philippines for Republican party or;- tu iation on a peace pkitfoi ra. Venezuelan gowrntU'nt; threatening: to oust AniPi it aus from Pitch Lake. Civil war and battle in which 7.000 "were kille 1 reported in Abyssinia. Purchase öl South-un Pacific by Vamlerbilt iufensts completed vast transportation system from Now York tu Orient. Total value of rail and bteamship holdings under one control Report of agricultural department siys winter wheat is in good condition. Mr. an.l Mrs. C. II. Mackay gave a dinner and dam at the Waldorf Astoria. .w York. Friday night. Loan of $l."l.MtV).iV by Farmers' Joah and Trust company. New York, ti (Iran. I Trim!; We.s'ern placed on record. Steve Drodie, famm-; bridg.? jumper, -died at Sun Antonio, Texas. May r of Chicago joined school board in endeavor to suppress slot ma-thine.-and sale of "'gumhaeco." Arm-d roobrrs hold up Jaco'i Voltz' bakery, in West Van Buren street, Chicago, and Mole German steamer p.trcelona brought lnt; New York. Captain and fourteen seaman of Hussiji, bark Cuba, abandoned at sea. Pniiippine -commission passed law for government of cities. Provincial status to he fixed ne :. General King engaged De Wet sevral hours; Hoer leader again escaped with his army. letter found on Ir. Ada S. Horman, arrested in Cincinnati with husband and son, in same handwriting as letter sent to Mr3. Cudahy offering to xeveal kidnaper of Edward Cudahy. IMrs. Nation was ejected from one saloon in Topeka and found others barricaded against her. Boy's scarf caught in windmill at Ashford, Wis., and he wa3 choked to death. Committee of fifteen has divided Manhattan into forty districts for purpose of gathering evidence in antl-vlco war. Two women burn! to death in Jefferson hotel fire, New York. Attorney General of Ohio began action In Cincinnati to prevent JeffrieaItuhlin fight. Twenty-five. Americans defending themselves and families at Pitch Lake, Venezuela, against attacks of insurgnts. Count de CastellaneV lawyer says decision of New York court limiting income was anticipated. The Rev. Hugh It. Ha weis, delegate to Chicago Parliament of Religions In 183. diM In London. Mln'ster of Pekin preparing to demand execution of several more Chlneflw offenders. Fire which started In Frankel Bros department store. Des Moins, Iowa, caused over Jf.OO.OOf) loss. Metropolitan Underground street railway, Paris, tied up by strike. Kansas State Temperance union, In session at Topeka. subscribed $100 to buy a gold medal for Mrs. Carrie Nation. Turbulent Creeks in Indian Territory under control. Chief Snake to fee charged with treason. Field Marshal Gourko, famous Russian ftoldier, la dead. Reported that K. H. Harriman has' secured control of Chicago Terminal and Transfer railroad. Santa Fe officials seeking understanding with Southern Pacific to maintain rates. Ten thousand Catholic members of Federal party in Luzon hare resolved to separate from tho Vatican if Friars are allowed to return. Tesla announced discovery of newlaw in electricity which, he says, will necessitate rewriting of technical literature

LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS, Winter Wheat-No. 2 red. 7:ilic: No. 4 ro.l, '."it;v; No. i hard, 71sli73b,.o: No. ". i.ii.i. . ''-'-J 7.'' -; No. I hard. tee. 5 1 t i i -r w I. a'-.o. 1 northern. 70 s,Tt74,ic: No. 3. ""Tic: No. 4, :,.i ttf: Corn No. 2, 37;e; N . 2 fW'jw . UT'i-; No. J, ' . ;" . f ' NTi u- Ii i t V i .

ö ytllow. SO's'rH'i-tc: No. 4. 2VS:. OatsNo. 4. L'.:!f-: No. 2 o i. nt 4''rj-4,'c. .MS4 l'.itk Iii punr. f.-i.'.-'-i 14: old. Jl.Vf'VulS. i.ai e -Ki-uu.ar. i..i.n .. o; tirutral, Ji.!.j .0.. Mi"tt-Kib Si.b-.s-Ti Piekicd i !.-ous --li' M s. 'j''i 't': i, lbs. N- -; piiiii.- h.iir.s. tj-sf 1 le!lis. !,-'t I"' ; s:i:ok. l l:ams. '. 1 U'Uc. 'attlo Nutivr bff steorv i1ZA; W.smth steers. 53.77. I..V: Texas steers, j::'::.7..: rows and heift-rs, $34: canners, H.: i2.s:; Storkers atal fodeis. Jo. 2 .'if 4,: calves, tojtj.iu; bulls, stags. etc., '' '.-". I los heavy. mi.v-'l. y .i'li :..:; s; light. jr.V.xGO: pics. W 4.77.: hulk of sales. S-VüG.ZO. Sheep Yearlings, natives, II.ÜihM.i1: wethers, $4 4-4 7.'J; common and stock sheep, 3.67j 3. .". : lambs. n ". ::. Itutter I'xtra iTMiiifry, 2c: firsts. 15 'jise; srroii'ls, iril7c; dairies, choice, ISc; firsts, 14'' lie; rolls. i:'yi:l:c. Cheese1 u!l creams, twins, lijijla'c; dairies, i 1 . 1 1 1 : nun . morii-u. . 'o. riesh. 17.- prr doz: at mark. 15'iTSc. Apples, J !.'.' 4.7.0 pr brl. according to r.iaüty: .!!-ra! run. J1.7.V 2."5. Poultry Live turkeys, choice, i'ze per lb; gob-l-b-rs, ti'ic; young tut keys, O'-c; ctdeken. Inns. 7;r: springs, 72i?; roosters. 4'jc p r 11. ; diicks. V'S'-.e ji.-r lb; fjese, ?." p r doz. I)rsd Turkeys, choice. 'lo: i'o-r to good. ei!e: chickens, 7Sc; Iu-;t.-. S'l'-r: gf-eso. 7i e. Potatoes Purbanks, 41 e 47c: rurals. 41 t 47c: pecr-l-'ss. 41" He: II hions, 41t44o: Kings, 4 'J'c; mixed, 37 i43c. Itnjr Muyer 1 ArquitttJ. Maurice Jones, aged 13 years, was acquittal at Carbondale, 111., of the charge of murder after an all-night's deliberation by the jury. The crim-3 and circumstances surrounding the case possess several peculiar features. Yiuing Jones and Walter Johnson onanvied about a year ago over a trilling matter, which led to a boyish feu.. Nino months after th- old feud was revived, later a quarrel ensued, ar.d with a pitchfork Janes inflicted wounds from which Johnson died in a few days. Jones fiVd to Oklahoma, bat bis father compelled him to return and surrender to the sheriff and face the cba rg.-. lut;llv I'ratrii l.y Kohher. Alfred I. Huvey, a grocer in Kansas City. Kan., who was brutally assaulted in his store by a robber, died at Petiiany hospital. The people of the two Kar.sis Cities are thoroughly aroused because of them any brutal assaults by footpads the last two ir.onths. Tho footpads who are operating in Kansas City are vicious in their assaults. A half dozn wonvn have been stni.'-k down and seriously injured. Mrs. Mary Polder, who was brutally assaulted by footpads a month a;;o. is now insane as a result of the attack. Voinn Rm! Son Art ;. Mr.--.. Jacob Yochum. ag d and her :,u William, atred '. years, were found i-ad in thf ir bednrnms by the police at Fostoria, 0. .They had Ikmmi missing for three days and investigation U'd to their drad bodies being found, with all evidence pointing to suieid? by strychnine poisoning. The mother's; poverty and the fact that the son was suffering from an incurable malady is supposed to have led to the suicide Niagara Ire lirirtge Fnrmrd. The first ice bridge of the season has been formed at Niagara Falls and appears to be strong and of permanent character, constantly increasing in exrent. U is due to. the clogging at the head of the gorge, below the falls, of tho great blocks of ice that have passed down the river and become 'boked at the narrow entrance to the great canon. 'rnefi to ;ive 5O.00O. The city council of Lowiston. Me., has voted unanimously to accept the offer of Andrew Carnegie to give for a free public library ten times tho amount that the city would appropriate annually for its support. Mr. Carnegie will be called upon for $."0,'00, the council voting $3,000 annually. Mary Dillingham chapter, Daughters of the A merit au Revolution, scf ured the gift. lil- Itlazf at For A l.rcroiiOlf, f. I). The business portion of Fort Abercrombie, thirty miles south of Fargo, N. D., was destroyed by fire. Eleven business houses, it is reported, were destroyed. These include a bank, the postoffice, the Milwaukee station, an elevator, two Implement warehouses, three general stores, a drugstore and the telephone exchange. The loss Is placed at $S0,000 to $90,000, with less than $40,000 Insurance. Itrlb Giver Fined SI. COO. In the Circuit court at Jackson, Miss., Contractor Gibson of Indiana, on trial for an alleged attempt to bribe Gov. Longlno In the matter of the capitol contracts, withdrew his plea of not guilty made yesterday and entered a plea of guilty. By agreement with the prosecution he accepted a fine of $1,000 and cost3 and the court set aside the forfeiture of thor $r.000 bond. Hound for Ipr Inland. Dr. Carl Weiner, of Ileidelburg university, accompanied by Father Dupleses, who joined him at Paris, Is in Los Angeles on the way to the leper island of Molokai, Hawaii. The professor claims to have discovered a positive cure for leprosy and he will mako the attempt to utilize hi3 new remedy among the unfortunates of the Hawaiian islands. Avalanch Wreck m Train. A train on the White Pass railway, Washington, was wrecked by an avalanche near Summit and partially burled. It took four hours to dig out the two men imprisoned In the wreck, who were found unconscious. Preacher Crathcd ly m Car The Rev. Samuel Andrews, a Trcshytermn minister at Wabasso, was killed by a car at Redwood Falls, Minn. Both legs and left arm were severed. He leaves a widow, daughter and two sons at Faribault. Death tmr All Kidnaper. The hill to punish by death or Imprisonment tor life, in tho discretion of the jury, any person In Virginia guilty of kidnaping was passed by the house today with broader scope than the original. Mi Attor to Wed a Inke. The engagement of the duke of Roxburgh to Miss Pauline Astor, daughter of W. W. Astor, has been definitely arranged at Ivondon. Tho wedding will take place some timo next summer.

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Victoria Memorialized by Solemn Paentry and Rites. SCENES AT THE FUNERAL Itoral I'ertonage In Civilian Clothln?. the Ladle Wearln; M our nine Veils Itondlog of Special rrnjtr Uclatlng to thw Helen of Victoria. The funeral of Queen Victoria in England Saturday was a solemn and magnificent spectacle. The king's features were seared and bore the mark of grief. The face of the German emperor was turned fiercely toward the sun and his mustachebrushed upper lip enhanced the firmness of his chin. It was apparent that the emperor was undergoing a mental strain, for his face twitched nervously. Almost behind his majesty was Duke Arthur of Connaught. The military procession on land was scarcely le-ss imposing than the naval siiow of mourning on the water. A nierno.ial service was liebl Siinday morning in St. (icorge'.s chanel, attend ed by King Kdward. Queen Alexandra, the duchess of Cornwall and York. Kmperor William, Cro.vn Prince Freder ick William, the duke of Connaught, other relatives of the late ouern and thirty ladies and gentlemen of the roy al household. The roval personages

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5 'i5?r-TS--Tilr' Sir Thomas Upton must kepp both eyes open if he expects to earry away the yachting honors from the Ameri cans at the next international trials of speed. There are many tricks in the make-up of the wiley and sleepless Yankee. He who would outdo us wore civilian clothing, the ladies wearing mourning veils. The only patches of color -were the red coats of a few officers and the white surplices of tho choir, the whole .scene being in strong contrast with Saturday's brilliant display, for the body of the chapel was crowded by a congregation in black. Sir Walter Parratt played a prelude by Chaminadc and canon the marquis of Normanby and the dean of Windsor read the spec;; 1 le.ssons. The prayers prescribul, relating to the reign of Victoria and the accession of lMward. The rhoir .sung Dvorak's anthem, "Blessed .Testis, Fount of Mercy," rendering it with beautiful effect. Ht. Hey. William Stubbs, bishop of Oxford, delivered the funeral discourse, taking for his text Proverbs 10:12: "For the throne is established by righteousness." The aged prelate read from a desk Inside the communion rail and could not be heard except by those sitting very near him. He said in part: "All our thoughts today are about the great and gracious personality whom we have lost. The end of her long reign marked an epoch which gave rise to gratitude, sorrow and hope, to gracious memories and great anticipations. The years brought some pressure at the helm and some violence of waves, but never once was there any loss of governance, ntver any alienation of the heart3 of her people. All are pleased that the new king has determined to call himself after the greatest of his ancestors, the pure and clean. He has greatly grown, and along the lines of his policy wa now seek a seven-fold blessing from the seventh Edward." Queen Victoria's body was consigned to its home in Frogmore mausoleum at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon, and was accompanied to the grave with the same pomp that marked its progress from Osborne to Windsor, Saturday. A Kit IVA I. IN LONDON. Royal Coffln Carefully Guarded Great Funeral Spectacle. The late queen's remains arrived In London Saturday. The Admiral Kautz In Retired. Rear Admiral Albert Kautz, who has just been relieved from corrmand of the Pacific station, was placed on the retired list Tuesday on account of a-e. He has had a long and distinguished career, of which nearly eighteen years was spent at sea. Report Payln Gold Find. The steamer Amur brings news to Victoria, B. C, that on Jan. 22 quartz running as high as $400 to the ton was found In the Klondike. lighting Kdltor I Dad. Robert H. McBride, onco famous as a war correspondent and newspaper man, dropped dead at Mitchell, S. D. He married a Mrs. Dousman, who was worth $1.000,000. She Introduced him Into the best society of New York and he fell into hablte which led to a divorce. He blamed John I. Lawler, a banker at Mitchell and brother-In-law of hl3 wife, and devoted his paper thft Mail, to abuso of Lawler, driving him to hi3 grave. Citizens wrecked the mall office and McDrido sued for $25,000 and got $S06.

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royal coffin was removed from the carriage by an officer and twelve men of tho grenadier guaids, placed on a gun carriage and the crown and cushions were laid thereon. The procession moved in the following order: An orr.rer of th !i,aJ.vi:irtrV stsff. DmiiiJs of th liou.'l;i!I cavalry. VoM'XTKKUS. The 1st S..,ith Mid II. s -x rifl'f. The Im M lila; fiikrim-! s. Tb Tj-D.-mul h aitlll-ry. The Wurw i. k!.tre Veiuaiiry. THK COLONIAL COKI'S. A rtta'hnirnt fMii-l ia,l r th? orders of th ColuuUl otliri Hii.l an :l..-er cmiuuuiliiig th iruvisioiiiil lattali'.n at Shot !H t lift.'. MILITIA. Tke Z t'tt.i!i.u of OiMtlun liif MariJi-rs. TUe 2d battalion j. K.yjil Wclsu füsiliert. The 4th t.iit.illi..n "uf Norfulks. Tt.i- Lou .1:1 hie artlUeiy. IM AM KY. A dctti-t.QiPiit of tl,.- army veterinary Jej artraellt. Tbt army tay crps. Tte army rl;;. la ms' il.-jia rt tuent. Koyal miiral ojii'S. Aj njy h i vir i'iiri s. IITisvntatlT'! i.f tli - lndiu aiuiy (iel.'cted bx ltiilla. IM'A.MIIV or 1 1 1 1 7 LINK. TL Ith lau.li.'ii ..f th ritl LriijaJe. Tli- ICvul Irish fuill.-is. IIi 2d t.attulieh uf Hr l;uManl l hl infantry. 1 4th tiiittal.oii ..f ih,. km K l'.y.a rille corj. 1 tu' iiy;il f'isilirs. The 1st taunlioii .it o r. .v:i 1 I.ancister. rtT oL"AKIj. TL.- lilsli uarM. '1 l.f- S. ol ii:i 1 lis. The l.iu :i 1U K'larJ.s. 1 hf i iunli. t ynn i I. TLp coris uf royyl nsiurPis. I'hf nival r-i!!i.iit ol a.tiU.-ir. CAVAI.KV o IHK lint:. '1 1i ilst lllilt-IS. I l.l" 7t tl t.'lss.i I s. Th.. !t suanl. ÜOVAL NAVY. ITC. 'Ihc !;.ial M il in,. ,-i,t ir.f.-intiy. Tin I : . ii I M.i i In., aitilleiy. I ! Kuva ! ii.t v k . Militaiy attai-hc ,-f t j!.-i,;ii euil.assi . lb-ij(iii;in-is at.-itT "t t!.,. uriiiy. I lehl in. i ! ha Is. naiiJ uf the i:..yal Mi;in. li-l't infantry. Tl.- 'irilils- l.d. Loyal -u:;iii. !. ; i: ,V;d art'lleiy I'.itiJi. 1 , I : i l 1 1 -: i i 1 . riiiiii.. Oul.l stti-Us. 'I Wi',1 . .'S. toin -arri:i-. s. .u iou!i.I.-, t y t .'d.T party of

Daily Nes illmust needs be wide awake, forearmed, forestalled, picketed and posted in the latest devices for overcoming the resistance of the elements. The accompanying illustrations are suggestive hints to our speculative imitator across the "P.ig Ilriny." nnn rnniniissiniio.) oi'ircrs of th g'iar.N. wlill. oiitsii! of th.'s... on .-it her sil-. t.vi. lines, as follows: On the l.-ft t( th, , rori'ie -Tin- l.onl ctinmIxrlaln. ui ani. t!: i'ik'.-ii's pliysi.-lan. Sir James Leid; e.pi.-i rl-s and h.r.l in ailinjr. On tI:o rl'!d of the ennllL'e The lnl steward. aids le-uii,.. -.Mfi ! ;. s :u. l..rl in waiting. Immediate v l.ehin.l 1 1. ."in enrria' o!ii s tli kimr. riiiinx: on !.is l.-rt il.e .Ink.- f 'on-ii-ioirLt ; on Lis i ij,!,t. i:iii;.ei..r Wi.li.iin: Loth rhiiiiK. l'olhiwin-; lies. ii,- the r.yal family, royal retire! utaliv. s an I inasie;- of th horse, all rhliiitf. I our four horse en riai-i. conveylns the queen nn i iiii-esses. Th- kiu-s ..f :. lidum. Po-fniMl and th HlU'lHs. liibli'. il.s,;: ih.. ev,,rt. . Mi. on loten I.lf. Titiii. John fiibson, who !urnrd to dTth his little daughter with a red-hot poker, was convicted of murder in tin tlrst degree at Huntington. W. Va. Judge Kinner sentenced him to the penitentiary for life. The verdict is a disappointment to the people who were general in the belief that nothing short of Gibson's life should compensate for his crime. Gibson Is yet in Catlettsburg jail and rumors of a lynching are rife. Cigarette Decide a Trial. That a husband is not bound to support a wife who smokes cigarettes is the effect of a decision made by Judge Finletter at Philadelphia. Herbert Stanlan was before the court charged with non-support of his young wife Marie, to whom he has been married only six months. The woman stated Stanlan had failed to provide either a home or funds for her. Ttryao Decline to Talk. A letter was received and read In the. senate of Texas from W. J. Bryan declining the invitation-to deliver an address to the present session of the legislature on political topics. Mr. IJryan stated that he did not have the Jeisure wherein to make political speeches at this time. Killed by mi Kxplnalon. By an explosion of nitroglycerin at the Giant Powder company's works, five miles from Victoria, p. C, John Fenton was killed and Georgo Phillips was badly injured. The men had quit work and were standing out sido the building when the explosion occurred. Grant IMngree Appllcttion. In a unanimous opinion handed down at Irnsing, Mich., the Supreme court sustained the constitutionality of the law taxing inheritances. An order wa3 also granted by the court. In answer to former Gov. PIngree's application, directing the Ingham county Circuit court to show cause why a writ should not Issue prohibiting It from proceeding with the contempt case now pending against former Gov. Pingree. Fofttntater Shoot Itnrglar. Martin Mitchell, postmastor and proprietor of a general store, found three burglars in his store at Woodland, Ind. He fired a charge of shot at them, fatally wounding one of the robbers, who gives his name. as Robinson. The other two escaped. Caged A n I nut I s I turned to Dewth. Bostock's Zoo at Baltimore burned Wednesday night. Flephant and camel only of seventy-fivo animals saved. Lions shot to prevent escape to street. Losa, $200,000.

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Commoner Extracts From W. 1 Oueen Victoria. England's queen has closed her Iongand eventful cateer and her d'ith has brought sincere sorrow to her subjects Her administration was popular because her personal virtues were worthy of admiration, and for the further reason that she allowed her p. ople (those who have parliaments), to have their cwn way in matters of legislation. Her birth, ber Mlueation. her environment and her own interests all led her to Mipport the monarchical principle of government, but. measured by any Mile that can be applied to a thron.', her reisrn will compare favorably vi"i any previous reign in English history or with the reign of any contemporaneous sovereign. Ib-r influence tender toward p'-ace. and there is ovcrv reason to believe that war was alway, r. f-outce of n al regret to her. Ilt i ar; her high character and hv womanliness combined to make b -r lame revered ainontr her own pf-op'" ::nd respected abroad. Lacking, fo." the most part, the qualities of head i nd hfai t which make kings odious, she l as done mm h to lessen the opposition of arbitrary power which sixty y ars a. to menaced European rule"-:. Whether h r successor will profit by Iter eyamph. or develop less popular traits (mains to be s"en. If Edward II. i -loves that he has a jw.-t claim to tin- (o'llbienee bestowed Upon her. she. as iu's mo; her as well as his predec -.--sor. will derive credit from his good i :ds: if. on ih oth r hand. In falls it. th difficult task of filling her place --ar;.-fac:oriIy l:-r r'dirn will grow the b; -L'hti v by ( ontrast. It is .t high yet a. deserved tribute to hey to say that no one exercising royal pit -ogatives could have done betttr ai'd that t!ie world at large has cause (. mourn her demise. Tw o Dozen Pockets. Th Xew York World is bur-ln-'d with the once-popular notion that American 1. gislat ion should be framed to promote the gr at.-.-t good of th. great- st numl-.-r. and never to ben ''Jit the few at I he ep ,i.e of the mahy. Having analyzed Mr. Hanna's s!ti; sunsaiy bill tor tie1 purpose of d-ter-mintii hnu many po.-kets are to ;" bcm-fi: i by it. the World is shocked by its di -veries and b -dares th.ar the bare fact ougiit to make and S"i'.ator. eii Mr. Hanna. l'!u.-lt to ot for it. Th-- Worb: has i is-) -refl t hat )f 'il;e whob list of si'ips that :m entitled in the highest subsidy rate fix I 'y tie Jitll nin'-tenti:s are owivd by ju.--i four companies - to-wit. t!i' lrteiiuuiottal Navigation company, tli" New York and Cuba Mail company, th- Pacific Mail Steamship cmpai:y and the Amerh-an Mail Steamslup company. Nine-tenths of the smaller subsidy r;tes that woubl be paid on tojeign-btiilt steamers would also pt to four concerns only, and these four are really only two operating under different names nanndy. the Standanl Oil Trust and the Pennsylvania Railroad. Ender the clauses which provide bounties for ships now building for formgn trade in American shipyards and half bounties for ships building abroal for American owners it appears furtln'r that less than a doTvn shin-owners and only four shipbuibb rs would lie beiwfh-iaries. 'This then is what the ship subsidy bill would do. summed in a sentence: It nuld take from the pockets of 7r.OiMi.qen people $'.uniiMtni a year to put it into the pockets of less than two do.er. private luisiness concerns all told." Trial by Jury Denied Th' president, in iiis instruction? to the I'nilippine commissioners, is careful to exclude trial by jury from the blessing conferred upon the nation's (tri uit.il subjoct. The omission is tin' more noticeable because the sixt1! amendment to the constitution is quoted entin with the exception of the clause guaranteing trial "by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which listrict shall haw been previously ascertained by law. One bv one the safe-guards of the constitution are being abandoned; one by one the doclrines of imperialism are being adopted. There is not a vital principle of government, heretofore considered sacred, which must not ultimately bo abandoned if this nation continues to tax subjects without rep resentation and govern them without the consent of the governed. Victoria's long reign was marked bv advancement in many direction?. but It closed while on of the most unjust wars in history was being waged. Victoria was opposed to It from. the start, and its awful horrors caused her great grief and possibly hastenee her death. Edward VII., who declares that be reveres the memory of his mother and would carry out her wishes, should use his endeavors to end that unjust war and do justice to a brave people whose only offense is cherishing a love for liberty. In this way be could earn the gratitude of all peopl who believe in free government. It seems that some of th? republicans still shy at the gold standanl when it comes around a corner suddenly. Just now the proposition to redeem the silver dollars is making them nervous. According to Dun's report the business failures for the week ending January 19 of this year amounted to 32.r as against 242 for the corresponding week in 1900. ami 249 for the same week in 1899. If we had a democratic administration this increase in the failures would look bad. but under a republican administration it is regarded a." simply the weeling out of weak Arm.. The transport California brougnt back from the Philippines seventy-four mute protests against a war of conquest. The money already expended In a vain effort to subdue the Filipinos and grab their lands woubl have made tillable more land in western America than there is in the whole Philippine group. This would have cn'ated a larger market at home, provided homes for millions of people and made unnecessary the saeriiiee of M,.riU0 American lives on the altar of "commerce." The Philippine game is not worth the candle. While the salt trust and the packing trust are engaged in merry war th public is engaged in sad contemplation.

.'VVVWVVVVVV Comment J. Bryan's Paper. vvvvvv:::v.;-:..:v..a.H? Lc;c Iajcstc. In the early days of Home, there wr-; a law specifying the crimes of Ees.'Majeste. punishment was death. Augustus was the first to extend the list cf offenses that were -Lcst'-Ma-jeste." and under his successors further expulsions were made. If tie relative of a subject was executed. thn subject must exhibit delight lse he would he held accountable under this law. One suspect 1 of a sentiment not in harmony with the throne must particular as to the expression of his ee. tvtr. a sigh might be the undoing cf a ompassbmate person. Ivcietly we have heard of "EesMnjest ' in the Tnited States of Amerb a. M n who have dait d criti-is" a rt pablii an administration have lean sub.j' et 1 to susp'cioTi under this 'law." Men who have protested agt.insi a poIi-y of imperialism, who h:;-- objected to a violation of the constitution, who haw insisted tha, the hief maizist rate do. s not r pre--''"t the legislativ and the judicial as well as the executive branch of the govern. -i. nt. m.-n who have :. fus. d to applaud every act of n!:n:nistra!io:i nzenr.... l.;.e been brand..! as traitor-; be the. iolministrat ion press, and pointed tut as disloyal by the administration orators. I onunab ly. how er. tie- admiiostia.ati press and th-' administral i i i oratcrs have not frannd the law of treason in this public. Th" ons;':tii'ion. framd by the men who found - d the republic provides that treason hall consist only in levying war .'.gainst the t'l.it.d States or in alle ring to their 'Heini . giving tle-m aid and comfort. It i: as much tie- duty of a gord ciiizm to protest when his country is about to engage upon a policy of wrong as it is for him to take un arms in defending his count'-y from an army of inv; sion. Edmund Burk-. Pin. and othT Englishmen of their time, were regarded ill the light of traitors by some, and "i today no names occupy high":-pi;.(-s in th' world's history than th' i.;;!ies of those Knglishmeti who d ir d j."oti st against wrong at.d speak in behalt of 1 1 tit h when lh- Ane-ncati ; h.nist s were struggling for the prin'ph s of govi-rnm- at by :b uüm nt of the gowrned. No man p'ot-.-! d more bittei 'y a.g.ii'ist the wa- w it b M xit o than M.o:i i t'oi-'.vin. at .' v. n Abraham Lincoln r! at(d!y added bi.- :oiir a grinst t'.lt't war. and wi tb nam-.- et Corwin and l.inoi!:: a:-.- among th" illustrious of America's d-.td. The dil'fr iice Imihv, :i a i.ion-.ircb.y and a r iiuldie is that in ;t monarchy the people- must a-iuiesc in th' nionareh's will, but in a r public th" publie officers are supposed to acipiiesi' iu the p ople's will. "The king can do no wrong'' so long as he does 'xa tiy as h' pleases. Tin public officer in a republic can do no wrong so long a? he adheres to the constitution and the law. When he violates that constitution and when trangresses that law. he is in error, ami it is just as much the people's duty to criticise him then as it is their duty t commend him wh'Mi he sustains th- constitution and upholds the law. Men who insist that this nation, in its dealings with its new b p. mb'tn ies. shall be governed by the same principles which the foumb-rs of this government claimi'd for thTnelves: m -a who in.-ist that the Declaration of Ind'pendenc'' was written for all time and provides a tub' i which all m- u should he gubhal: m ;i who insist tha: th" prohibitions in tl." eoustPuthm must prohibit, that the limitation in the ( on-t it ut ion mu.-t limit, and that public otticers and juitdie bodi s who.;existent' ib'p'-nds upon that i-on-fi-tution cannot ii-nore it and a-suiue authority and power not given by it; nen who insist that this government is to' great anl too -trong to enter upon an era of oppivssion to th1 weak and the bdpless; m-'ii w bo insist that honesty is the best policy foi nations as wll as individuals: mn who in sist that liberty was designed for the brown man as well as for the whie man and the black man these men are not male of the stuff of which traitors are constructed. No government has anything to far from citizens who adhere to the principles upon which the government was founded and through which it ha prospered. No nation has anything to fear from citizens who insist that the nation must be true to its own traditions and faithful to its own professions. No nation has anything to fear from citizens who are willing to go down to political defeat in defense of what they believe to be trie truth. No nation has anything to fear from citizens who can bring to the support of their cause the Declaration of Independence, the constitution of the l'nit'd States, and the declarations of every great American in every great political party from the period of Washington to the present dav. It is a pleasant duty to correct a mislake made in the first number. It was dat'l that The Commoner entered the field with an issue of thirty thousand. Aftr the plates weie made the adlitional subscriptions ami news stand orders were sutlicient to justify an Issue of fifty thousand. Since thM twenty-five thousand more have been printed, making a total of sventy-fiv? thousand copies of number one, volume one. The parcels post has been indefinitely delayed. Senator Platte is president of an express company; with this as a basis it is not difficult to reason from cause to effect. If some genius will invent a greenback with an interest coupon attached it is believed that Mr. Secretary Gage will soon be able to look it in the face without growing faint. When the gas was turned on the Delaware .senatorial contest. Mr. Addicks was discovered near the footlights. The war in the Philippines is so nearly ver that Secretary Root refuses to let 10,000 volunteers come home until he has 17.000 more to tak" their places. The return of the Hon. Fred T. Dubois of Idaho to the senate will lie accepted as proof that vindication comes to the righteous, though it soinetinns comes tardily. It is a mistake to assume that peoj)1" in the Philippines or in Suth Africa can be benefited by a carp"! bag n-cuimont held in authority by armies.

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fßlSGSipiISS. Summary of Legislation in National Body. MEASURES IN BOTH HOUSES.

Tlir nit by a Vote or 23 to 23 Acre to t'oiifTfiu-r lt-prt on Army Tiror-aulatloii liil I uliaiu Spo-aUn IJcuiorrutt. Tuenlfty, January 29. Senat: Senator Frye gave notice he intended to keep shippi!! bill to thj front, even as again-t appropriation bills, not yielding to them without vote of senate. This indicated l;?position on part cf senate leade.s to force to early Issue tpnsiion whether shipping bill is going to pass at this session. Vr. T'rtnu' spok- in severe arraignment of bill, d-daring it io h.j "'lawless, piratical raid upon the treasury" in int i st ()f few private bene-th-iarles and ommitting government to expenditures aggn gating T.Oi'O,- '''. Commit!' am mim nts were informally ajr-d t. Indian appropriation hi';' was pas.-ed early in day. Ibii-e: Sp-nt day upon agricult'irai appropriation hill. Mr. Corliss i.Mhh.) made vh-b us on. -1 aught upon bureau of animal .ndustry of Agricultural D-partmi: but hir attack ralset! best of tiefend-. c. and his a rti'T.'lmont to reduce approp; I ;t:--:i fir bur .ri was ov. rvh Irnnitily b f ate.l. WmI iii-.'.i y. J.ininri' !(. The s nat" ti- ;:t the day iti debate 'm the shlpid'ej aft' r an unsue-ce.-'sful atte'i'pt to e, ure an agree'tv nr to th" 'or.f'-iv::-.- report on tho irmv i--irgan iza ' :-.n bill. Th" hon--a ss.'d tie' agricultural appropriation hill. Tliiirs'Liv, .Linn. iry .'tl, Tiie Senat by a vote of to 2." igff e.l to the conf-jrem e report on th' rmy r'-oi'ganizatiou bill. T'ie shipdug bill was discu.-sed. Th.e Hon.-' ji;iss!'d the fortifications ppropriat ion tell and rr.ade fair progss with the tii's'(d!b ii appropriation el!. During th- g r. ra! d-bute upon h" former bill Mr. E.irabn f Texas ' Üwred a ttot;;be sp-ec;i ujion th 'ufir-e of the .b--ntijcr.it ;e party. I ri ! n t. I VI ri:;i rv I . Statem. -nts mad" by (b t;er:il Miles .nd Capiale I.c;;s :o :.:-:- i-jmrnit-that artilb ty arm .-v("t of pw-i-r and proj ;!- :nd that .-on lithm f Cf.'L-t l! f'"Uls'S i- "i'-Mb :'" ' 'fhi'-1 utrs lildding on :: w a am' n.-i'le appro, ti:!ti.:ts au 1 'ül Iii; Iy -ecure tli" work. ii. W. Y.'il iv, mrrossional bb.ii" from Hawaii, ac-Mise-d of treason in oforltig aid to Tlipinos. Setia'e j. a d loo i'l'ovidng for $:br,.biM) pablb- building at Superior. Wis. S:t ur.lsir, IVIriinr- 1. The president signed the bill for the reorganization of the army, and it is tow a law. The war d parttnent pracically ha.s ((jmp'eted its arrangements 'or recruiting the army under the proisions of the reorganization act. Tho nlistments for the month of January mounted to 2. ..'.lb an increase of Sb ei ruits over those se, ui'd luring th-3 irevious month of D.-cemb'-r. 'i'he 'fb ials are very much -nc u-aged at "his result and haw no doubt of their . vjiry to secure all t - n;- n ti y ne d. Many new recruiting stati 'ins hav . :i sta bllslted in vari ;:.- p ;rts of th" ''tntry. TO TEST THEiR IMMUNITY. liridt i.iii S i-iO it i'.l II .-K.l ! Prink l-r ;-rm. A .-p.'ibil to the New York i'inps I'i'otn Aü'tny says: "The lu-ar-ng on th" ivii bill t prmt Chrisian Scientists fnmi practicing their irt wiM be re?ume.l next Wednesday, md promises to be of great interest. "At a hearing last Wednesday sevral of the Christian Scientists asserted hat there was no danger In germs under the Christian Science treatment, it was stated that the belief of the Scientists' in their immunity from germs would be put to the test, "One of the numbers of the State Medical Society, it is reported, will bring to the hearing next Wednesday a phial of typhoid fever germs. He will a.sk some of the 'Scientists' to demor.dr3te their immunity by drinking these germs." Ii. I .ott t .M;mrr on a TuuL Clarence Class of Chicago lost to Jake Magmer of Milwaukee on a foul in tho third round in the wind-up before the Milwaukee Hoxing club. Mike Irish of Milwaukee knocked out Harry Shepherd of Springfield. Ohio, in the second, and Al dear defeated Kid Howard in tho second round also, while Mickey Hiley of Milwaukee ami Charles Perry of Wa ikesha fought a draw in six rounds. Funeral of a ;iAtit. The funeral of Mrs. Henry Wealand took place near Reading, Pa., in Ephrata township. She weighed IjOO pounds and the body bad to b ocarried to the porch to be placed in tha coffin, which measured three and onehalf feet wide. More Stttoon Am Wreckerl. Fourteen women, led by Mrs. Sheriff of Danville, Kas., wrecked four saloons at Anthony, Kas., Wednesday, smashing mirrors and bottles and pouring liquor into street, Folnt Io a tariurr-fl Murdar. Circumstances that point to murder have come to light at Onawa, Iowa, in the finding of the body of John Howell, a farmer. Howell's body, partly covered with sand, was found at the edge of the ice. Alarm In Tape Colony. An extraordinary gazette was issued at Cape Town containing a proclamation by trovcrnor Milner, which states there Is reason to 'believe that considerable numbers of the Boors aro preparing to'lnvade the Cape Colony,' and calls the attention of the inhabitant? of those districts likely to ha affected by the inroad to their hiloglance, and the obligations due his majesty and the throne. They are warned that they must in no way recognize the authority of the invaders or directly or Indirectly assist Uie enemf.