Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 January 1902 — Page 6

THE JOURNAL.LESLIE CLARE, Ed. and Pub. RENSSELAER, - INDIANA.

MINOR EVENTS BY TELEGRHPH

Domestic and Foreign Items of General Interest Told in Paragraphs. COMPLETE NEWS SUMMARY. Record of Happening* °f Much or Little Importance From AU Parti of the CirI tze<i Horld Accidents, Verdiet*. Crime* and Wars Proposal of Charles Frohman for a French theater in New York is favorably com.i.enieii Upon by authors and players tn Paris. Princess Louise, daughter of King Leopold of Belgium, has become hopelessly insane. She has been a prisoner in a retreat pear Dresden for two years. Irish society is busy preparing for the weddings tnis month of the Earl of Wicklow and Lady Gladys Hamilton, and Lord Stavordale and Lady Helen Stewart. Official circles at Vienna excited over a game of baccarat at the Jockey club rooms, where Count Potocki lost SBOO,OOO in four hours, all but $50,000 of the money being won by the Hungarian deputy, Herr von Szmere, and Prince Francis Braanza. An explosion in the chemical laboratory of Penn college at Oskaloosa, lowa, caused a tire that did SI,OOO damage to the west wing of the college building. The United States monitor Terror left the League island navy yard at Philadelphia Sunday in tow of the government rug Samoset for Annapolis, Md. The old monitor will be used there as a training vessel. John A. Drake buys the 3-year-old colt Runnells for $13,000 and will enter him in the American Derby. Hanna and Foraker factions ended their strife for the control in Ohio. Hanna wins. Both sides will abide by the caucus results. Standard Oil company and its rivals sending out fleets under sealed orders in the battle for the world’s markets. Chicago swindlers traffic in credulity of patients who come to Chicago for treatment Dr. Emil G. Hirsch stirs Zionists by his declaration at Chicago that emigration to American sweatshops does not offer relief for 7,000,000 suffering Jews in Russia and Roumania. Unknown French bark collided with and sunk the Pacific coast steamer Walla Walla off Cape Mendocino and of the 144 persons on board twenty-sev-en are believed to have perished. The Frenchmen made no effort to assist the drowning passengers.

Stilson MacLeod, who is concerned in Grand Rapids water works scandal, makes confession, telling how he handled the $75,000 paid by promoters and contradicting testimony given in Salisbury trial in such a manner that perjury investigation may follow. Peter Cooper Hewitt of New York perfects discovery of a new and powerful light, secured by the use of electricity and mercury gas. Residents of Utah will oppose a lease of mineral lands, sought by a syndicate headed by Henry C. Payne, believing it is a plan to secure possession of a famous lost mine. Bankers placed in charge of the affairs of the Everett-Moore syndicate predict the success of their plans. Will of Frank H. Peavey, Minneapolis elevator king, disposes of estate estimated at $2,350,000 In hundreds of bequests, including SI,OOO to a Chicagoan in repayment of a kindness received in youth and gifts to employes and relatives. Continuation of his grain business is provided for and $1,000,000 is put into it.

W. J. Chalmers’ announcement at Chicago that the company reserves the right to discriminate regarding the reemployment of strikers causes a hitch In the negotiations for settlement. Judge Chetlain of Chicago ventures an opinion that trial by jury in contempt cases involving criminal facts is proper, upnolds picketing and thinks there is no conspiracy when men become dissatisfied and quit employers. Highwaymen at Chicago lock saloonkeeper’s son in ice box and take contents of cash drawer. Robbers dig through brick wall and help themselves to jewelry. Board of directors of the Panama canal decided to offer the property and franchises to the United States for $40,000. This offer may delay Washington legislation on the canal. J. Pierpont Morgan loaned several of hte-costly paintings to the London .Royal Academy exhibit. Offered $1,000,000 for a painting by Titian. New rule compelling emp'oyes of the Burlington to buy tickets for their wives goes into effect and many are compelled to pay' fare. Robert Lebaudy gives $1,000,000 for the establishment of a French industrial school in connection with the University of Chicago. Governmentjnspectors adopted new rule* to prevent sale of condemned meat at the Stoek, Yards. School year at Chicago may be aherUMMd because of a deficit of $2.«MMM> in funds available for ex-

Methodist Sunday schools of Claclnnati oarred from their libraries the Rev. Dr. Mclntyre’s book, "The Modern Appllos.” Nearly 100 members of the Chicago University school" of pedagogy will teach in relays in the school of education. Mayor Harrison or Chicago will take steps to reopen lost streets appropriated by manufacturing plants. Woman supposed to be Mabel Sisson of Beatrice, Neb., killed by a fall from a cable car at Chicago. Vigilance committee appointed at Denver to put down crime. Over 3,000 formed an organization to patrol the streets. Hold-up men and assailants nf women and children to be lyncheu. G. N. Wiswell of Milwaukee, who was slated for south assistant postmaster general, may die of pneumonia. W. .J. Bryan and Tom Johnson made speeches in behalf of the Boers at a big meeting in Cleveland. Helen Gould to build a sanitarium for children at Idaho Springs, Colo. Scots Greys ambushed by Boers, who killed six of the British and wounded ten. Standard Oil interests said to be seeking franchise for a gas plant in Paris. Pope said to be in critical state. Emperor of China re-entered Pekin Monday. City crowded with visitors to witness the pageant. Families of foreign ministers saw the spectacle. Committee on International Sanitation of the Pan-American congress considering measures to check epidemic diseases without injuring trade. Filipino powder factory, work shops and war munitions at Orrnoc, Leyte Island, captured by a detachment of the Eleventh Infantry. Brooklyn magistrates appointed by Van Wyck successfully resisted attempts of the men elected in November to take possession of the courts. Present incumbents to be legislated out of office.

Charles R. Flint declared that creditors of the Crude Rubber company at New York will be paid, with only a slight delay. Negro at New York charged with burglary jumped down an air shaft four stories high to eScape arrest. Saloons in all parts of New York did a side door business Sunday without molestation. Picture of a baby on a watch case caused robber at New York to return stolen jewelry and reform. John Robbinson, a negro, who was hanged at Dublin, Ga., for assaulting and murdering a negro woman, denied his guilt and cursed everybody within hearing on his way to the gallows. Margaret O’Connor, aged 62, and her two grandchildren, John and Annie Drummond, aged 3 and 6 years, were overcome by Illuminating gas at Germantown, Pa. Mrs. O’Connor and the girl are dead and the boy cannot recover. Chief Engineer John Lee and three negroes were carried through a break in the Columbus, Ga., dam while Investigating flood damages. Three of the negroes, Frank Harvey, William Bussey and Matthew Dixon, were drowned. Ernest Outland has been hanged at Sylvana, Ga., for the murder of Thomas Mitchell a year ago. Both were negroes. Grand Haven longshoremen have ended the strike, the Crosby Transportation Company having granted the demand for a restoration of wages. Norley Hall and Ray Leepham, aged 16 and 18 years respectively, broke through the ice while skating on Utah Lake, Near Provo, Utah, and were drowned.

Wiiliam H. Seaton was hanged at Seattle for the murder of his uncle, Daniel Richards, Dec. 16, 1900. Bob Brown, a negro, who murdered Mr. McLeod, a road overseer, was hanged at Clayton, Ala. Two young sons of Matthew Exstein broke through thin ice while skating at Southington, Conn., and were drowned. Lord Roberts denies stories of alleged misconduct of British officers and soldiers toward Boer women and girls. Sofia is unable to confirm the reported liberation of Miss Stone, the captive missionary. Paris editor makes sensational charges of drugging and kidnaping sailors at Portland, Oregon. Danish minister of justice opposes a plebiscite on the sale of the West Indies to the United States. Lord Rosslyn not only failed to break the bank at Monte Carlo but lost $25,000. Boers said to be willing to accept autonomy under a British suzerainty. New York syndicate negotiating for 180,000 acres of Nova Scotia timber land.

Major John Mcßride of the Irish Transvaal brigade urged Ireland to revolt. Marquis Ito given a luncheon by the Lord Mayor of London. Young woman at Paoli. Ind., compelled a dentist under threat of horsewhipping to apologize for writing her an insulting letter. He promised to leave town. J. E. Green, a St. Louis mechanic, claims that he invented the air ship made famous by M. Santos-Dumont; in Governor Hunt, in message to legislature of Porto Rico,' says commerce of island has developed, exports increased and schools multiplied. Yielding to vigorous representations, Turkey promises not to molest naturalized American citizens in Syria. Sheriff of Natrona* County, Wyo. killed.in a battle with four outlawswho had escaped from jail at Casper. Posse on trail of murderers. Swift & Co. stockholders at Chicago vote to increase capital $5,000,000 to $25,000,000 and hear report on last year’s business.

HARD BATTLE WITH A GALE

Chatham, Mass., Life-Savers Rescue the Endicott and Her Crew. EXCITING FIGHT FOR LIFE. Bailors on the Coal Schooner Suffer Intensely During a Day and a Half - in a Northwest Blissard Off Cape Cod. Chatham, Mass., dispatch: The crew of the Chatham Life-saving Station returned at noon after a day and a hah of exposure in assisting the crpw oi the schooner Emma D. Endicott, Cap tain Rogers, bound from New York foi Portland with a cargo of coal. Cap tain Rogers said he left New York Sunday night, and everything was all well until Tuesday night, when he struck the northwest blizzard ten miles north of Cape Cod. The boom was loosened and let down onto the long boat so that the mizzen mast also worked loose from its socket and threatened to carry away all the masts by the board. The vessel was being headed about and worked back off Chatham. The sailors suffered greatly from the intense cold. They were kept constantly at the pumps as the vessel was leaking. When the life-savers reached the Endicott one pump had given out and the vessel was almost sinking. Kaaoae Was Perilous. Captain Eldridge of the life-saving crew said on bis return: “Nobody ashore can form any idea of the condition of the elements when we rounded under the stern of the schooner and attempted to board her.

CROWDED CONDITIONS IN A BIG CITY.

MODEL OF AN ACTUAL BLOCK OF TENEMENTS ON THE EAST SIDE, NEW YORK.

From the report of the tenement house commission: The Block Is bounded by Chrystie, Forsyth, Canal and Bayard streets. It includes thirty-nine tenement houses, containing 605 different apartments for 2,781 persons. Of these, 2,315 are more than five years of age, and 466 less than five years. There are 1,588 rooms, and only 264 water closets in the block. There is not one bath in the entire block. Only forty apartments are supplied with hot water. There are 441 dark rooms, having no ventilation to the outer air, and no light or air

The seas were running so wildly that it became necessary to jump for her rail one at a time and be pulled aboard, almost as if we were rescued rather than rescuers. The vessel was in a deplorable condition. The injured, frozen and worn-out men presented such a pitiable appearance that we forgot all about our own tussle with the storm. When we arrived on board the pump became choked and useless, but we soon gained on the water with the other two. because the vessel did not strain so badly wbeu we anchored. “I signaled the tug Lackawanna to come alongside, which she did, but the captain said it was impossible for him to do anything toward saving property in such a gale. He would take off the men from any distressed vessel and do anything in his power to save life, but in such a raging hurricane it was useless to attempt to tow in vessels. He had lost his own anchor and chain, and had all he could do to take care of himself and his barges. He said he would lay by us and be ready to respond to any signal to save lives.

Many Call* for Help. “The tug Dudley Pray came alongside and her captain said substantially the same thing- Those tugs were kept busy too, for within another hour there were In the vicinity four other vessels with signals flying for assisr tance. "We remained on the schooner all night, and when the wfhd moderated this morning offered to help get her under way. In her dilapidated condition, however, the crew refused to start in her unless we would go with them to Boston or Portland. They begged to remain, and I finally con-

Eugene Carter, Billlardist, Dead.

Eugene' Carter, the noted billiard player, is dead at Chicago. Carter’s career as a billiard player covered a long period and few if any of the players in the world to-day could boast of as successful a one as his. Carter was born in Toledo, 0., May 25, 1851. When sixteen years of age Carter moved to Chicago and started to work in the billiard room of “Harry” Doty on Randolph street, and it was here he acquired his first knowledge of billiards.

eluded to start with them, but with the understanding that they should take assistance from the first towboat whose services could be secured. "The tug Buccaneer came from Boston, and after assisting the disabled Lackawanna until noon, came to us and agreed to tow the Endicott to Portland for S3OO, after first towing us under the .beach. Captain Rogers and his crew were much gratified, as the vessel was really in no condition to go to sea. and I hesitated before deciding to venture the lives of my crew around the cape in her.”

Bishop Wants Big Fund.

The announcement was made at Boston Sunday by the Rt.-Rev. Charles H. Brent, D. D., formerly rector of St. Stephen’s Church, that city, who was consecrated bishop'of the PhilippineIslands last month by the Episcopal Church, that he had decided to issue an appeal to the church in the United States for a fund of SIOO,OOO, with which io endow the new jurisdiction.

Kills Man with His Fists.

In a quarrel over his child, Leonard Shelgren of Cherokee, la., was killed by blows of the fists delivered by Frank B. Ferguson, who gave himself up to the police, claiming he struck Shelgren in self-defense. Ferguson wept to Sioux Clty from Chicago.

Hobson to [?]n[?]er politics.

It is reported from Montgomery, Ala.,.tnat Captain Richmond P. Hobson will soon resign from the navy and enter politics. It is said he will oppose Congressman John H. Bankhead of the sixth district.

Two Freeze to Death at Dawson.

Two persons have died as a result of the severe weatner near Dawson, according to advices brought to Vancouver, B. C., by the steamer Amur. The temperature has been as low as 50 degrees below zero.

except that derived from other rooms. There are 635 rooms getting their ' sole light and air from dark and narrow airshafts. During the last five years there have been recorded thirtytwo cases of tuberculosis from this block, and during the past year thirteen cases of diphtheria. During the past five years 665 different applications for charitable relief have come from this block. The gross rentals derived from the block amount ,to $1,113,964 a year. This block is not one of the worst In the city, but merely typical.

Militia Law to Meet Opposition.

There will be a conference of the officers of the National Guard of the United States in Washington in the near future to consider the measure prepared at the War Department providing for the reoganization of the militia. There is considerable opposition to the measure, and Secretary Root has determined he will not send the proposed bill to Congress until the officers of the militia have had an opportunity to present their views. The officers contend that considerable legislation is needed, but Secretary Root does not think so. He takes the ground that little legislation is needed and this to be of a character to make more definite the ppwer of the federal government over the militia. The officials of the War Department see in this question the weakest feature of the militia system and are convinced that, it demands the urgent attention of Congress.

Smallpox Outbreak Feard.

Scores of persons who attended the funeral of John Rydh, a lad who died at the Lincoln (Ill.) asylum fqr feebleminded children, are being vaccinated, owing to the general belief that death was caused by smallpox. The report that in the institution there are 100 cases was not known at Bloomington until after the casket had been opened and the body viewed. The death certificate was marked “Chicken pox,” and the undertaker had inscribed “Not to be opened” on the box. The family disregarded this instruction, innocently, being unaware of the plague in the Lincoln asylum. But one case of smallpox exists in this city, but there is much fear over an outbreak.

Miss Stone Said to Be Free.

The London Telegraph’s Sofia correspondent says that an unconfirmed rumor is current there to the effect that Miss Stone and her companion, Mme Tsilka, were released Wednesday on Turkish territory by their captors. Those who negotiated for their release consented to the brigands’ stipulation that the women should maintain absolute silence respecting their captors. If this promise is broken the brigands threaten to wreak vengeance on the American missionary establishment

MAKING LAWS AT WASHINGTON

The Record in Brief of Legislative Work in Senate an<j House. NEWS FROM THE CAPITAL Navy Department Will Pay no Attention to Captain Mahan’s letter in the Schley Controversy—Brilliant Ball at White House. Thursday, January 2. President Roosevelt gives his first state dinner in the White House, with, the members of the cabinet and their wives as the quests of honor. Admiral Sampson’s condition is regarded as hopeless, medical treatment being futile. Friday, January 3 Illinois and other politicians at Washington suggest Lyman J. Gage as senator from Illinois to succeed Mason in the event of a deadlock between Mason, Hopkins and Dawes. Brilliant White House ball, the first of the kind since the days of the Grant regime, is given in honor of the Washington debut of Miss Alice Roosevelt. Seven hundred guests were present, many cities being represented. Navy department will pay no attention to Captain Mahan’s letter to a New York magazine editor, in which he comments upon the Schley-Sam peon controversy, holding that he mentioned no names, and criticised nobody in actual words. Miss Alice Roosevelt accepted invitation to christen Emperor William’s yacht. Saturday, Januray 4. Governor Shaw, soon to be secretary of the treasury, has created a favorable impression in Washington, and eastern financiers are assured that he will not upset the existing system. Suggestion that whole isthmian canal problem be referred to President Roosevelt for settlement finds favor among members of congress. Senator Morgan declared that a canal at Panama would cause too many complications.

Burk Max Sunk the Walla Walla.

The French bark Max was the vessel which collided with the steamship Walla Walla early Thursday morning. She was towed to San Francisco Sunday in a badly disabled condition by the steamer Acme and the United States revenue cutter McCulloch. The Max’s bowsprit was carried away and her bow was stove in both above and below the water line. Her water-tight compartments alone kept her afloat. Ninety-two survivors of the Walla Walla arrived at San Francisco on the steamer Pomona. There is still some discrepancy in the lists of dead and missing. The number ranged from thirty-seven to forty-seven. This discrepancy is due to the fact that several passengers boarded the vessel Just as she was leaving port.

Takes Chloroform and la Dead.

St. Louis, dispatch: Helen Fisher, alias Garfield, died in an obscure hotel here from the effects of chloroform. Whether she took the drug with suicidal intent is not known. Her brother, Julius Kruger, is reported to be a wealthy druggist at Sixth and Vine streets. Cincinnati, Ohio, and it is said she was once a nurse in the McKinley family. It is also said she was at one time society editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer.

Three Men Scalded to Death.

Bernard Michael, one of the best known and wealthiest German-Ameri-cans of St. Paul, Minn., committed suicide. The deed is explained only by the following note,, which he left in his office: "Dear Children: I am insane; it came almost at wonst; I have to act quick. By to-morrow, perhaps, I would be sent to the insane asylum. I prefer dead. It is better for you and me, lehbe woble.—Bernard Michael.”

Died While Preparing for Death.

Oda Orapp, aged sixty-seven, was found sitting in the middle of his room at Columbus, 0., dead. Fifteen hundred dollars were found in one pocket and in another was a will directing that his money should go to his niece in Wisconsin. The coroner believes that Orapp, while making preparations for death died suddenly of heart disease.

Anarchist Plots in Spain.

The police of Madrid have discovered traces of anarchist plots in the towns of Jerez de la Frontera, Alcala de los Gazules, and Arcos de la Frontera, in the Province of Cadiz. Fortynine arrests were made and' the prisoners conveyed to Barcelona, where they will be tried by the military courts.

Johnson Stands by the Dime Bank.

'The Dime Savings Bank at Cleveland, 0.. which was interested in the Everett-Moore syndicate, is the city depository for Cleveland. Speaking of the run on the bank Friday Mayor Johnson said: "As the heaviest depositor in the Dime Savings Bank, with a million and a quarter to our credit there, more than one-third of its entire deposits, the city is absolutely satisfied of the solvency of the bank. We have examined the bank’s condition and feel perfectly secure. We will not withdraw the city's funds.”

DIE IN OCEAN WRECK.

Forty-One Dead and Lost In Crash tn Fog. In a thick haze and without a second's warning, an iron bark, believed to be French, struck the passenger steamer Walla Walla off Cape Mendocino early Thursday morning, sinking her within' thirty-five minutes and causing a loss of life which, so far as could be definitely ascertained, is be-, lleved to amount to forty-five persons. Despite the darkness and a choppy sea the ofiicers of the vessels quelled an incipient panic and succeeded in getting the passengers and crew of the vessel into the small boats in safety. The sailing vessel, though probably not severely injured, did not* stand by to rescue, but made her escape in the fog. The known dead are: L. Brule, passenger, San drowned in landing; William Barton, fireman, drowned in landing of boat; John Wilson, quartermaster, drowned in landing of boat; thirteen others drowned in landing of boat.

Farmers Go to Isle of Pines.

T. J. James of Fairfield, la., passed through New Orleans Friday en route to the Isle of Pines, Just south of Cuba, which has been reserved by the United States. Mr. James goes there to make arrangements for the extensive colonization of the Island by farmers from lowa, Illinois and other western states. Thirteen families from the town of Spirit Lake, lowa, are already settled there and are well pleased with the country. Their letters home have been so satisfactory as to promise a large emigration there, and Mr. James goes to the islands to put the lands in condition to receive the emigrants.

Latest Uprising in China.

It was reported Friday that a missionary and a number of Christian converts had been massacred at

GEN. TUNG FU SIANG.

Ning-Sha-Fu, in Kan-Sou province, where Prince Tuan and General Tung Fu Slang are residing. It is asserted that the troops of General Tung Fuh Sang are responsible for the massacre.

Fight with Bank Cracksmen.

Wenona, Ill..dispatch: Expert cracksmen made an unsuccessful attempt to blow open the vaults of the First National Bank at Henry, 111. The cracksmen numbered three, and were detected early in the evening hiding a set of tools in the park. Ten deputy sheriffs were placed in the vicinity. At midnight the robbers appeared and the deputies attempted to place them under arrest. The robbers opened fire, fled across the Illinois River bridge in the direction of Lacon and were lost in the thicket. While all this was going on there was an incessant change of shots by pursuers and pursued. The bank vaults contained $30,000.

Syndicate Gives Up Control.

Financial embarrassment has fallen upon the gigantic Everett-Moore syndicate of Cleveland, owning and controlling properties capitalized at $130,000,000. Enormous street railway, telephone and banking interests are involved and to protect the interests of creditors and stockholders the affairs of the syndicate were turned over Thursday to a committee of seven bankers of Cleveland, who will manage the properties concerned and endeavor to obtain an extension for eighteen months of financial obligations that fell due Jan. 1 or will fall due shortly.

Predicts Changes in Asia.

General Zerpitzy of St. Petersburg, who is regarded as high authority on affairs and conditions in Central Asia, predicts that the reign of the new Ameer of Afghanistan, Habib Ullah Khan, will be short, and he advocates an arrangement between Russia and England relative to Central Asia before events will have assumed an awkward and dangerous shape.

Fatal Wreck at Johnstown.

Three trains were piled up in a wreck just west of “S. Q.” tower on the Pennsylvania railroad, about seven miles west of Johnstown, Pa., Friday night. According to the best reports obtainable one man was killed and four badly injured, several others sustaining slight injuries. The killed and injured were railroad men.

Booth-Tucker Plans Upset.

Commander Booth-Tucker of the Salvation Army, who was called to Oakland, Cal., by the illness of his wife, Consul Emma Booth-Tucker, has announced that Jie ’will remain there until his wife can be safely removed to New York. All plans with regard to the consul’s part in the tour of the United States are abandoned/ The remainder of her party will fill the dates without her. It is also believed that the national congress of officers to take place in New York will also be ahandoned.

SCOUTS TRICKED BY BOERS.

Wagons of Driscoll’* Command Are Captured and Burned., Bloemfontein dispatch: Four hundred men of Driscoll’s scouts left Springfontein Dec. 20 tfith the object of clearing the country In the Philippqlis district ot armed Boers. On Christmas day the scouts sighted a number of burghers attached to Herzog’s commando. When the Boers saw the scouts they immediately took flight. Colonel Driscoll, with the greater part of his command, gave chase. The rest of the scouts were left to guard the wagons. These were soon after attacked by another body of burghers from the rear; and a stiff fight ensued. Before Colonel Driscoll’s main bddy could return to assist the escort the Boers captured and burned the wagons and their contents, saving only the liquids. Whep Driscoll’s main force returned the Boers scattered. The Boers had five killed and many wounded. Eight prisoners were taken. -While the fight 'was proceeding Commandant Niewhoudt, with 250 men, watched the operations from the top of’ Heneweer’s kop, near Fauresmith. Colonel Dumoulin recently captured twenty-eight prisoners near Flenburg, Of this number twenty-four, including Field Cornet Dutoit, arrived here on New Year’s eve. A force of Boers 'attempted to cross the railway line between Springfontein and Kuilfontein on Monday night, but were repulsed by the blockhouse garrison. The Boers came from the direction of Bethulic. A commando of 400 men under Charles Niewhoudt, Munikherizog," Pretoria’s and Thaness;n~ls now hovering in the Fauersmith district. This force is being looked after by Weston Hamilton’s and Driscoll’s columns.

GIVES FULL AUTHORITY.

More Feature* of the Protocol with Nicaragua Disclosed. Washington dispatch: Some of the main features of the protocbl between the United States and Nicaragua referred to in President Zelaya's message to his congress have been made known in recent press dispatches from Managua. But there are many other important features which have not yet been disclosed, one of these being the complete American jurisdiction and the establishment of American courts, civil and criminal, throughout a zohe six miles wide and extending from ocean to ocean, and including the proposed terminal, Greytown on the Atlantic and Brito On the Pacific The entire policing of this large tract also is placed in the hands of the United States, so that it has the power to preserve order and after that to issue judicial process extending throughout this Besides the authority of American courts and of , the American police on the six mile zone, the chief features of the protocol are in giving an American guaranty that the independence, sovereignty and integrity of Nicaragua shall not be disturbed by the rights thus conferred upon the United States.

May Postpone Tariff Revision.

Senator Cullom, the new chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee in the Senate, hopes to call up the reciprocity treaties now pending in theSenate before that committee when Congress reassembles after the holidays. Senator Cullom does not look forward to any general tariff revision at this session of Congress. “I hope to get the treaties up before the committee,” said Senator Cullotp at Washington Thursday, "but what the policy will be with reference to these treaties I am unable to say, as 1 have had no conference with the members on this subject. The treaties now pending are in line with the suggestion of the late President McKinley. I consider it my duty to try to ascertain at once what it will be advisable to do with these treaties, and either to try to secure their ratification or dispose of them hi some other way.”

Fight Over Bible in School.

Lincoln, Neb., dispatch: The mandamus suit to prevent the reading of the Bible, singing hymns, or offering prayer in the public schools of Nebraska has reached the Supreme Court on appeal, and is expected to be argued at an early day. The plaintiff is Daniel Freeman of Gage County and the defendants the directors of Schoql District No. 2. For three years Mr. Freeman has made an energetic but unsuccessful fight against the use of the Bible in this school. One of the significant' statements in the answer on behalf of the school district is that Leon Czolgosz repudiated the Bible and blasphemed the hyjins sung in the school, and which were among the favorites of William McKinley.

Britoins See Trade Is Lost.

Government statistics showing that of the total trade with her colonies Great Britain only possesses 42 per cent, while the United States have 12 per cent and that the latter are rapidly increasing their trade not only with Canada, but with Australia, caused disquietude when published at London Monday. The Standard in an editorial expresses .its disappointmeht in this regard and' insists upon the necessity of the country bestirring itself.'

Died a Rear Admiral.

Boston, Mass., dispatch: Information from Washington shows that naptain Richard P. Leary, U. 8. N., who died at Chelsea recently, • died a Rear Admiral, without being conscious of the fact. It was a promption which he had looked for, and it is said to have been the one thing which troubled him in his last moments. The appointment was made the day before he died, but it was on!/ when his brother-in-law, Dr. Fairfax Irwin, returned from his funeral at Annapolis to Chelsea that> the appointment was found.