Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 80, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 June 1899 — Page 2

■WEEKLY REPUBLICAN. -a ■ === ||OEO. E. MARSHALL. Publisher. Rensselaer, - - Indiana.

FLOGGED TO DEATH.

I TAW INDIAN PUNISHED UN. DER TRIBAL LAW. nnate Redskin Was Coavlcted ttle-Stealing— Bin Increaae in !©at Product—Plan to Combine era— Fnnston Gets a Sword. was much excitement among the at Sans Bois, Ind. T., Saturday, ; dusk John Mays, a Choctaw, was flogged to death. The punishiflicted on Mays was for cattle , and was in accordance with an etaw law. which provides for the )f 100 lashes on the bare back of mber of the tribe found guilty of ne of cattle stealing. Mays was in the act of driving several hunad of cattle, the property of anldian. to the railroad station. He jnce arrested, and found guilsentence being that he be tied to a nd flogged. If an Indian withthe severe punishment meted out in 100 lashes he is given his freeit few have lived through half of lishment. Mays was flogged in the pof several hundreds Indians. A of Creeks and Cherokees witnessflogging, but no whites were ado the stockade. When the fiftieth vas applied Mays made frantic efwrench himself from the post, the lirly pouring from the streaks of his back. As the seventieth lash ren he collapsed and lay limp at ke. He was unconscious at the h stroke, and at the eighty-sixth it md that he was dead, • CREASE IN COAL PRODUCT. States Now Stand Second Only to the United Kingdom. oal production and consumption of rid during the past fifteen years sented in some tables prepared by usury bureau of statistics. These lat, while the United Kingdom is ■ largest coal producer, the United s a close second and if the present gain is continued will soon bele leading coal producing country vorld. The coal production of the Kingdom in 1897 was 202,000,000 lat of the United States 179,000,is; Germany, 91,000.000; France, )00; Belgium, 22,000,000; Austro•y, 12,000,000; Russia, nearly 10,- ; Australasia, nearly 6,000,000; over 5,000,000; British India, 4,- ; Canada, nearly 4,000,000, and 1,000,000. No other country reacti)o,ooo tons in production. ERS PLAN A HUGE TRUST. Dictate the Price of Wheat and Other Cereals. intic agricultural combination, the ments for which have been maklast three years, has come to The headquarters of the combina- > in Philadelphia and the work is on through the local granges of the s’ Protective Association. The to hold wheat and other grain iny in common elevators. In this the farmers of the country will lly control the market. The oron, it is said, has been introduced the Farmers’ Protective Associa- > every State in the Union. STIAN SCIENTISTS MEET. 1 Communion of the Sect Held in the Boston Church. innual communion service Qf the church of Christian Science in the First Church of Christ, Scivas held Sunday. The service was subject of the sacrament. The ■ship enrolled on the books of the church up to May 29 was 12,114. vere about 2,550 candidates. This ike now a total membership of 15,000. IO SWORD FOR FUNSTON. era of Gallant Kansan in Kansas to Honor Him. is return from Manila Gen. Fun--11 be presented with a S6OO sword admirers in Kansas. A fund of uount has been contributed in s ranging from 10 cents to $lO. An ar a specially made and engraved has been placed with an Eastern Race for the Pennant. standing of the clubs in the Na/eague race is as follows: (•n ... .32 llCincinnati ...29 19 .... .28 13Pittsburg .. . .17 23 > 26 17New York... 17 24 lis... .25 17 Washington. 14 29 Jphia. 24 17Louisville ...13 29 >re ...23 19Cleveland ... 8 30 iving is the standing of the clubs iVestern League; polis. 20 16 Detroit 17 17 ikee ..20 16Indianapolis. 16 17 al 18 16 Buffalo 15 18 ms ...19 17Kansas City..l3 19 9. P. Bland Seriously 111. -essman Richard P. Bland is seril at his home in Lebanon, Mo., and ids are alarmed over his condition, last two months he has been eonhis room, attended daily by a phyZola Returns to Paris. Zola, whose defense of Dreyfus is exiling himself to escape punishr the courts, has returned to Paris ugland. Battle Near Manila. men killed and nine wounded —a fourteen to the Americans—is the two days’ campaigning by Hall’s der Gen. Lawton during terrible trough Cainta, Taytay, Antipolo rong. The insurgents’ loss is reo be heavy in killed. led No Flrg Protection, residences on Lookout Mountain, to the ground. The mounf Sin ha* no fire protection, and although hundred people were present they i

BAPTIST MEMBERSHIP *,141,90* Report of the Secretary of Miasionary Union Encouraging. Monday’s session of Baptists at 8«n Francisco was devoted to the eighty-fifth anniversary of the American Baptist Missionary Union. The secretary, the Rev. H. C. Mabie of Boston, showed the present membership on this continent to be 4,141,995. Of preachers 1,558 are engaged in nominally Christian lands and 1,274 in heathen lands. Missionary churches number 1,815, with 205,306 members. The Baptists are supporting 460 foreign missionaries. The Rev. Dr. T. J. Morgan of New York made a brief address at the morning session, referriftg to the peace congress npw in session at The Hague. He offered the following" to be sent to Ambassador White: “A million Northern Baptists, represented in annual convention, invoke upon your conference the benediction of the Prince of Peace.” A motion to cable the message was adopted unanimously. TO FIGHT DISEASED MILK. Coming Convention of Physicians Will Study Tuberculosis. Tuberculosis is to be considered at a convention of Chicago physicians, which will be called at an early date. Particular attention will be paid to the spread of the disease germs by the sale and use of milk. Last December a committee of twentyfive members was appointed from the Chicago Medical Society, at the suggestion of Dr. Reynolds, health commissioner, to make arrangements for a convention. That committee appointed a subcommittee of five members, who are now considering the matter, and they will make a report soon.

NEW SET OF REVENUE STAMPS. Larger Denomination Needed Because of Large Consolidations. Denomination stamps are to be added to the current set of documentary revenue Stamps of the face value of SIOO, SSOO and SI,OOO. The SI,OOO stamp will probably be the first one issued. The stamps will be numbered consecutively so that a record can be kept of each specimen. The Issuance of these stamps is the result of the demand for stamps of large denominations by reason of the consolidation of large concerns and their capitalization at large figures. ONE KILLED, MANY INJURED. Northern Pacific Express Train Crashes Into an Electric Car. The Capitol express on the Northern Pacific crashed into a Grant street electric car in the suburbs of Seattle, Wash. Twenty-five passengers were thrown into Elliott bay and the electric car left wrecked on the trestle. Edward Broad received fatal injuries, and died later. Two others are dangerously injured, and fifteen others were badly hurt. It was thought possible that one or more of the passengers were drowned in the bay. Cuban strike Ended. The payment of Cuban soldiers was continued at Havana Monday, and more men presented themselves to receive their tuoney than on either of the two preceding •flays. One hundred and fourteen men [Monday received $75 each at La Punta, and 103 of them turned in their arms. "Sixty-nine of the men belong to the HaTana regiment commanded by Col. Mirere, while the others belonged to Gen. Gomez’s personal command and the Franrisco Gomez and Goicuria regiments. At jeast 100 others applied for money, many bf them with arms, but their names were either not on the lists or their papers were irregular. When night came there were still men waiting to be paid. Owing lo the difficulty of hunting for names on the lists and the difficulty of identification the payments are necessarily slow. The American military authorities and Gen. Gomez and his friends were jubilant over the change from the previous day, when only thirty men drew their money. Sev-enty-five dollars is more money than many of the soldiers have seen for years. No Armj Increase. The President has decided not to call ;?or the 35,000 volunteers or any portion Of them at present. It can be stated on authority that Gen. Otis wants only 30,000 men in the Philippines. He makes the simple request that the American forces there be kept at that strength. As the volunteer soldiers are returned theft places will be taken by regulars, so that the strength of the American army in the orient is as low now as it will be permitted to get.

DeweT May Be Quarantined. The plague is likely to complicate the home coming of Admiral Dewey. Various governments have already declared severe quarantine regulations against all Egyptian Red Sea ports and Hong Kong, where the fresh cases and the number of deaths have nearly doubled in the last week, the new cases numbering 143 and the deaths 134. Admiralty officials say that warships have no privileges as regards quarantine beyond those of merchant ships. Work of the Wind. A terrific cyclone passed through a portion of Mills County, lowa, and as a result one person is dead and eight are dangerously hurt, at least two of whom will die. The property damage is about $40,000 in houses destroyed and stock killed. The casualties are confined to the family of John Roherburg, a prominent farmer of Mills County. Roherburg, his wife and six of their children are the sufferers, Tillie, a 14-year-old girl, being instantly killed. Nebraska Town Burned. Firebugs destroyed the business portion of Curtis, Neb., Tuesday morning and the loss is estimated at SIOO,OOO. The fire started in the implement house of P. Johnson & Co. It quickly spread to the north and the business portion of the town was destroyed. Yellow Jack's Appearance. State Health Officer Blunt of Texas received a telegram from City Health Officer Souchon of New Orleans stating that yellow fever had again made its appearance in that city. Big Dewey Day Fond. The New York Board of Aldermen, by a practically unanimous vote, ordered the Board of Estimates’ apportionment to set aside $150,000 for the celebration of Dewey day. Nine Hurt in a Wreck. In a head-end collision of passenger trains on the Louisville and Nashville road near Nashville, Tenn., nine persons were injured, two of them seriously. Henderson Gets Ohio. Congressman David B. Henderson of Dubuque is Ohio’s choice for Speaker. The State Republican delegation declared in his favor by a vote of 11 to L

LEASE OF CAR LINES.

YERKES GIVES UP CHICAGO SURFACE ROADS. Magnate's Interests Are Transferred to a Syndicate of Eastern Capitalists —Gen. King Discusses the Philippine Sitnation—General News. The Yerkes surface car lines in Chicago passed into the control of the Eastern syndicate Friday. The North and West Side railway systems will hereafter be managed by a combination of New York and Philadelphia capitalists. By a unanimous vote of the stockholders of the North Chicago and West Chicago companies these organizations were leased to the Chicago* Union Traction Company. The shareholders of the North Side lines have been guaranteed dividends at the rate of 12 per cent per annum, while the owners of West Side certificates are assured returns at the rate of 6 per cent yearly. These are the main terms of the lease. In detail the compact is to the effect that Yerkes received $10,000,000 cash for his personal holdings of North and West Chicago shares —or about onethird of the capital stock in each company. The association of promoters capitalized the Chicago Union Traction Com-* pany at $32,000,000.

GENERAL KING IN FROM MANILA Says the Tazal Rebels Will Not Be Easily : n I>dued. Brig. Gen, Charles King was a passenger on the transport Puebla, which arrived at San Francisco from Manila Thursday afternoon. “The fighting is not over,” said Gen. King, “nor will it be until there has been a complete defeat administered to the Tagals, who are, in fact, the only ones of the island tribes that are in active rebellion. Once they are beaten on the plains they will retire to the fastnesses of the mountains, and there they will go into the unbroken forests, where the jungle is so dense that the paths are of sufficient size only for the passage of men in single file. In such surroundings ten men can stand off a regiment. That is what the people must look forward to, and it will be a long time before there is anything like peace in the Island of Luzon.” Gen. King said that Gen. Otis’ estimate that 30,000 men would be needed to defeat the natives was very moderate.

DUM-DUM IS BARRED. Peace Conference Is Against that Form of Bnllet. A resolution was adopted in the peace conference at The Hague prohibiting the use of dum-dum, or soft point, bullets. The resolution was carried by 18 votes to 3. Italy, Austria and England voted in the negative, holding such bullets useful in wars with savages. It was also resolved to prohibit the use of explosives from balloons and also the use of explosive bullets. The conviction grows stronger than at first that the work of the conference is doomed to failure, so far as disarmament and restriction of war inventions are concerned. The members of the disarmament committee, however, confidently believe that the use of submarine boats will be prohibited. SWIFT BEEF TO CUBA. Chicago Concern Receives Contract for Supplying Beef. Commissary General Weston has received word from Havana of the aw’ard to Swift <fc Co. of Chicago of the contract for fresh beef for the troops in Cuba. Swift & Co. also secured the contract for Porto Rico. Both contracts provide for refrigerated beef and beef to be freshly slaughtered at the army posts. It will take about 18,750 pounds per day, or about 6,843,750 pounds for the entire year. Cyclone in Kentucky. A terrific w’ind and rain storm swept Central Kentucky Thursday and a smallsized but violent cyclone played havoc in Shelby County, where outhouses and fences were demolished aud great damage was done to growing crops. Ten or twelve large barns were razed to the ground and several farm hands were hurt, none fatally.

Big Lead for Altgeld. By authority conferred upon him by the Ohio Valley League of Bimetallic Clubs —conferred by the advice of Mr. Bryan himself —Mr. Altgeld and six associates are to “co-operate” with the Democratic national committee in marking out the battle lines and organizing the party for the coming national campaign. Many Graves Are Opened. The desecration of graves in the Nellfield cemetery, Edinburgh, Scotland, continues to cause great concern, and numbers of persons are demanding the opening of their vaults in order to ascertain whether there has been any interference with their dead. Baby Clark Found. Marion Clark, New York’s kidnaped baby, was restored to her mother’s arms Thursday night, alive and well. The baby was found in the mountains near St. John, Rockland County, N. Y., where she had been taken by a woman known as Ida McNally. Damaged by Dronight. The winter wheat crop of southern Russia has been completely destroyed by a protracted drought. The spring wheat crop is also in jeopardy from the same cause. The steamer Moscow has sailed with 3,500 Cossack emigrants for Port Arthur. Hopkins Out of the Race. Congressman Hopkins Friday withdrew from the contest for the speakership of the next House of Representatives. Immediately afterward tne Republican delegation from Illinois decided to give its fourteen votes to C«l. Henderson of lowa. Minnesota for Henderson. The Minnesota delegation in the Fiftysixth Congress will vote solidly for Gen. David B. Henderson of lowa for Speaker. This decision was reached by the delegation at a meeting in St. Paul attended by all the members. Dies from a Cat Bite. At Cleveland, Ohio, Henry Lower, 70 years old, died from the effects of a cat bite received three months ago. His illness and death were accompanied with all the symptoms of hydrophobia. No Volunteers Needed. The President’s cabinet at its meeting Friday decided that there was no present necessity for the enlistment of volunteers.

TREASURE FROM THE KLONDIKE Miners Preparing to Brins Gold en Spring Steamers. Advices from Dawson, dated April 29, announce that there are evidences of the most wonderful output yet recorded. Five thousand men are in waiting at Dawson to take the first boats up the river. Halt* the number are miners, who have from SI,OOO to $50,000 each in dust. The White Pass and Yukon Railroad Company has issued bills of lading on more than sl,000,000 worth of gold that is to come out on one of the first river steamers. There is every indication that the river from Dawson to Whitehorse rapids is now open. The lakes will be free from ice by June 4. Fully 2,000 people and thousands of tons of freight are at Lake Bennett waiting for the first steamers. The White Pass road will be completed to Lake Bennett about July 15. ESTER HAZY THE CULPRIT. De Beanpre and Manean Find Him the Bordereau's Writer. At Paris* Maj. Esterhazy was publicly denounced as the writer of the famous bordereau in the Dreyfus case by Ballot de Beaupre, president of the civil section of the court of cassation, and by Procurator General Maneau. Retrial of Captain Dreyfus was demanded by both, their review of the evidence showing much In favor of the prisoner of Devil’s Isle. The League of Patriots is excited over the accusation against Esterhazy and the collapse of its charges, but the public of France seems willing to accept the denunciation as just. New York Regiment Hissed. It may be safely surmised that the members of the Seventh regiment wish they had not taken part in the New York Memorial Day parade. This was the first public appearance of this notorious “stay-at-home” body of soldiers since the beginning of the war with Spain. All along the line of the monster parade the regiment was greeted with hisses and jeering and cat-calls were heard on every side. Voices shouted: “Tin soldiers!” “Stay-at-Homes!” “Why didn’t you go to the war?” “Feather-beds!” The window ol a house opened, and some one emptied a pillow case into the air. Myriads of feathers were blown out and upon the heads of the passing regiment. Report on Nicaragua Canal. Rear Admiral Walker, president of the Nicaragua canal commission, submitted the report of that commission to the President, who transmitted it at once to the State Department. It is expected now that this commission has concluded its labor the President will announce the appointment of the new isthmian commission to carry on the work of canal survey.

Guarding Against a Plague. Surgeon General Wyman of the marine hospital service, upon official notice that a case of yellow fever had appeared in New Orleans, ordered Drs. Murray and Carter of the marine hospital service to that city for consultation with the State health authorities. Poison in the Berries. Strawberry poisoning is reported from the vicinity of Logansport, Ind. The trouble has somewhat dampened the strong desire to eat nice large berries. A physician said he thought it was caused by the mildew on the berries. Ohio Republicans. The Ohio Republican State convention held a short session Thursday at Columbus, unproductive of sensations and perfunctory in its proceedings. Negroes Attack the Soldiers. Worthless negroes on Sullivan’s Island have recently caused much excitement by attacking United States soldiers without any apparent cause. Blum the Winner. William Blum, unattached, crossed the tape in Garfield Park at Chicago Tuesday morning, the winner of the thirteenth annual road race. Jones Wants Fenatorship. Gov. Dan W. Jones of Arkansas has announced his candidacy for the United States Senate, to succeed Senator J. H. Berry. Claims Votes for Henderson. Representative Babcock of Wisconsin claims that sixty-four votes are in sight for Henderson for Speaker. Negro Hanged for Murder. William Burns, colored, was hanged at Benton, Mo., for the murder of his wife two years ago. Nash Is Named. The Ohio State Republican convention nominated Nash for Governor on the second ballot.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, fair to choicq, $3.00 to $5.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 76c to 78c; corn, No. 2,33 cto 34c; oats, No. 2,23 c to 24c; rye, No. 2,57 cto 59c; butter, choice creamery, 17c to 19c; eggs, fresh, 12c to 14c; potatoes, choice, 30c to 45c per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, choice light, $2.75 to $4.00; sheep, common to choice, $2.50 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 75c to 77c; corn, No. 2 white, 32c to 34c; oats, No. 2 white, 29c to 30c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.50 to $5.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $3.00 to $5.75; wheat, No. 2,77 cto 79c; com, No. 2 yellow, 32c to 34c; oats. No. 2,25 cto 27c; rye, No. 2,59 cto 61c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.75; hogs,' $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $2.50 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2,74 cto 76c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 35c to 36c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 27c to 29c; rye, No. 2, G4c to 66c. Detroit —Cattle, $2.50 to $5.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $2.50 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2,79 cto 80c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 34c to 36c; oats, No. 2 white, 30c to 32c; rye, 02c to 04c. Toledo —Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 77c to 79c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 35c to 36c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 26c to 28c; rye, No. 2,60 c to 62c; clover seed, new, $3.70 to $3.80. Milwaukee —Wheat, No. 2 spring, 76e to 77c; corn, No. 3,33 cto 34c; oats, No. 2 white, 26c to 29c; rye, No. 1,58 cto 59c; barley, No. 2,40 cto 4lc; pork, mess, $7.75 to $8.25. Buffalo—Cattle, good shipping steer*, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, common to choice, $3.25 to $4.00; sheep, fair to choice wethers, $3.50 to $5.50; lambs, common to extra, $4.50 to $6.50. New York—Cattle, $3.25 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $3.00 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 80c to 82c; corn, No. 2,40 cto 41c; oats, No. 2 white, 32c to 34c; batter, creamery, 15c to 19c; eggs, Western. 13c to 15c.

HEMS IN THE NATIVES

LAWTON SURROUNDS FILIPINO REBELS AT MORONG. Town Is Captured by "Washington Men After Sharp Battle—Antipolo, Cainta, Mariqnlna and Taytay Also Taken —Several Americans Killed. Gen. Hall’s campaign against the Philippine insurgents under Gen. del Pilar at the north of Laguna de Bay continues vigorously. The American lines across the Morong peninsula, extending six miles from Morong on the east to Antipolo and Taytay on the west, began gradually closing in Monday morning, aud the advance down the peninsula begun. The operations begun by the Americans Saturday morning with a view to entrapping and crushing Del Pilar’s forces about Antipolo were distinguished by heroic marches and brilliant attacks. The plan was to have Gen. Hall attack the insurgents at Antipolo and drive them down toward Laguna de Bay, while Col. Whalley, with a strong force, should advance from Pasig and attack the rebels in front, thus crushing them. The plan as originally conceived could not be carried out owing to the adverse conditions under which Gen. Hall advanced oh Antipolo. What he expected to do in two hours took seven. His troops had to swim unfordable rivers and wade through swamps to their waists all under a scorching sun. It was early afternoon before Hall’s troops, who had left the pumping station at 5 in the morning, reached the valley of Antipolo to the northwest and in the rear of the insurgents at Taytay aud Cainta. Seeing that Hall could not get to his position for a combined attack on the enemy on time, Gen. Lawton ordered Col. Whalley to advance on Cainta and Taytay and engage the enemy moderately until Gen. Hall, coming down the Antipolo valley in the rear, could co-operate. Col. Whalley’s advance on Cainta was brilliant. His troops swept across the four miles of open country at a rapid pace, with a swift moving skirmish line in front. The Twelfth regulars were on the left or northern flank, and the North Dakotas stretched along between Cainta and the shore of Laguna de Bay. A battery held the central position in the North Dakota line, and began shelling the town at fourmile range. Meanwhile Gen. Hall was coming down the valley toward Taytay, which is only a few miles east bf Cainta, on the shore. He had had a running fight with Filipinos all day, the first encounter being at Monte in the San Mateo foothills. The insurgents were driven out of Monte and surrounded on three sides by the Oregon regiment, a sharp tight following, and before the enemy was repulsed the Ore-: gons last three men killed and six wounded. Gen. Hall entered Taytay meeting little resistance, the insurgents fleeing to Morong on the southeast. Shortly afterward his forces collected on the shore with the North Dakotas, composing Col. Whalley's right advance line. Gen. Hall occupied Antipolo, and Col. Whalley’s forces came through Cainta and united with them, the combined force then advancing on Morong, which was captured after a sharp battle. During the night Gen. Lawton had brought troops to Morong by water, and these advanced and connected with Hall’s troops, forming a chain across the peninsula. A few Filipinos slipped through the American lines and escaped northward. The heat is terrific, and frequent showers cause a deadly humidity. Hospital boats returning to Manila Monday morning brought 200 soldiers, who were suffering from heat prostration. The country between Manila and the field of operations offers insurmountable obstacles to the transportation of supplies, and the wagon communication from Manila through the San Mateo valley has been abandoned. Provisions and ammunition are being sent via the Pasig river.

RETRIAL FOR DREYFUS.

Court of Cassation Decides for a Revision of the Case. A retrial by court martial was ordered in the case of Captain Dreyfus by the court of cassation at Paris. President Mazeau, in announcing that the prisoner's condemnation had been quashed, reviewed the evidence, pointing out that the captain’s innocence was clearly proved. The decision of the court of cassation was greeted with cheers. It is believed to mean acquittal for the exile. The new court martial will sit at Rennis, sixty miles from Nantes. The court of cassation’s review

CAPTAIN DREYFUS.

and declaration that the captain is suffering for a crime that he never committed leaves little chance for another conviction. Previous to the announcement of the verdict crowds assembled at the palace of justice and in its neighborhood, awaiting the decision. The audience received the decision with cries of “Vive la Justice,” “Vive la Loie.” The decision says the prisoner is to be retried on the following question: “Is Dreyfus guilty of having in 1894 practiced machinations or of having had communication with a foreign power or its agents with the view of facilitating acts of hostilities in the case of a war with France?” Col. Dn Paty de Clam occupies the same cell in which Dreyfus was confined daring his first trial. In this cell the present prisoner, then the commandant, tortured the captain, seeking to force a confession of guilt.

HOPKINS OUT OF THE RACE.

Celnnel Henderson's Election Will Bo Probable Result of Action. OaL David B. Henderson, Representative of tiie Third lowa congressional district, will probably be elected Speaker of tilt national House of Representatives. His most dangerous rival. Congressman A. J. Hopkins of the Eighth Illinois district, withdrew from the race. Friday afternoon, and the Illinois delegation, which had been ranged solidly with Mr. Hopkins, pledged fourteen votes to GsL Henderson. The immediate effect of this action was to increase the lowan's known voting strength from forty-three to fiftyseven and leave him a clear field for future operations in the States west of the-

CONGRESSMAN D. B. HENDERSON.

Alleghany mountains. As there are enough Republican Congressmen in that territory to control the House caucus, and as they are considered almost certain to vote for Col. Henderson in view of the stand taken by Mr. Hopkins and the Illinois delegation, the lowan’s success in the caucus Is regarded as a foregone conclusion. Col. Henderson's known strength is derived from the following States: lowa 11l Minnesota T "Wisconsin lo! Ohio 15 Total 57 Illinois 141 The following States have been counted on to make declarations for Col. Henderson: Kansas 6 Kentucky 2 Michigan 12 Missouri 3 Indiana 9 Oregon 2 Nebraska 2 Tennessee 2 Wyoming 1 Texas 1 California 6 Washington 2 South Dakota 2 North Dakota ‘ 1 Total 52 Colorado 1

HOLD UP FAST MAIL TRAIN.

Bobbers Blow Open Express Safe, Secure Money, and Escape. The Union Pacific transcontinental west-bound mail train was held up, dynamited and robbed at 1 o’clock Friday morning near Wilcox, a lonely station on. the Wyoming division. The hold-up was accomplished by the waving of a danger signal a short distance east of the Wilcox bridge. Engineer Jones resisted, when one of the robbers climbed on the engine and struck him on the head, injuring him severely. At the point of a revolver Jones was compelled to cut the engine loose from the train. The robbers then drove the messenger from the express car and wrecked the car with dynamite. The mail car was also badly damaged by the explosion. The bandits then blew up the Wilcox bridge, cutting off communication between the train and engine. Jones ran his engine to Medicine Bow, the nearest telegraph station, and gave the alarm. Superintendent Harris, who. was at Laramie, reached the scene early in the morning and by 9 o’clock a posse of twenty men was started in pursuit of the robbers. The amount of money secured by the robbers is unknown. The mai® was not touched, presumably on account of the fact that four armed mail clerks were in charge. Union Pacific officials offer a reward of SI,OOO a head for the robbers.

SPAIN GIVES UP ISLANDS.

Germany Gets the Carolines, the I’elews and the Ladrones. The Queen Regent in the speech from the throne at the opening of the Spanish Cortes Friday said: “The pangs at my heart are renewed in considering the misfortunes of my own country. It is more dignified to compose ourselves in quietness than to complain anew. The Government in ratifying the peace treaty acted according to the constitution. Although the Carolines, the Marianas and the Palaos yet remain under the dominion of Spain, the Government, has made arrangements for their cession to Germany, for which \ bill will be presented to you.” The price which Germany will pay is 25,000,000 pesetas (about $5,000,000). Spain reserves for herself three coaling stations in each group, to be designated hereafter, and which Germany agrees to. defend in perpetuity for Spain. Germany also agrees to give Spain the advantage of the favored nation clause

VOLUNTEERS TO DECIDE.

Vote to Be Taken aa to Where They Shall Be Mastered Out. Secretary Alger sent orders to Maj, Gen. Otis to let the various volunteer organizations in the Philippines determine by vote whether they shall be mustered out at San Francisco or at their homes in the United States. The money that will pe received by some of the regiments ‘through a muster-out in San Francisco amounts to a considerable sum. If any organization elects to be mustered out at the place where it was organized, the men will be transported home free, but will not get any travel pay. Volunteers mustered out at San Francisco will receive travel pay approximately as follows: Men of Companies—Colorado, SSO to $95; Idaho, ssl to $81; lowa, SB2 to $130; Kansas, SB3 to $131; Montana, $53 to SB4; Nebraska, $74 to 117; Nevada, $55 to SB7; North Dakota, SB6 to $136; Oregon, s3l to ssl; Pennsylvania, $127 to $201; South Dakota, SB2 to |}.3o; Tennessee, $lO7 to $169; Utah, $36 to $57; Washington, $39 to $62; Minnesota, SB9 to $142.

Telegraphic Brevities.

Seven prospectors, while trying to cross the Yukon, were drowned. Postmaster Jackßon Clpse, Greenwich, Conn., beaten to death and robbed. Gen. Chas. H. Grosvenor, Ohio, has announced that he is not a candidate for the speakership. Pawnbroker Ben Jacobs, Wheeling, W. Va., robbed of $6,000 worth of diamonds by burglars. Vicious horse attacked Mrs. Edward Cooper and little daughter, Findlay, Ohio. They were badly trampled.