Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1900 — Page 2

WEEKLY REPUBLICAN QEO. E. MARSHALL, Publisher. RENSSELAER, - INDIAN*.

NEW BUSINESS QUIET.

CUT DOWN IN VOLUME BY ADVANCE CONTRACTS. Record Breaking Transactions in Woolen Goods Sharp Advance Hi Wheat—Failures of the Week—Admiralty Island Cannibals Kat Shi p's Crew. R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of trade says: “New business for manufacturers this year has been light in some branches and much below the production last month. It is perhaps too often forgotten that industries start this year with .larger contracts ahead than ever before, and when half the work of the whole year has been ordered in advance there cannot continue quite the same activity in new buying. The woolen maniifaetiir er has just opened a new season withthe largest transactions ever known in a single week, it is said, but in most other lines contracts previously booked'Would make similar activity impossible. ¥et there is seen enough of hesitation caused by advanced prices to make inactivity trying. Iron and steel prices have . been yielding for several weeks, and are a shade lower for products than at any* other time since the middle of September. Wheat has advanced to 73% cents, with no clear reason for such a sharp advance. Western receipts are small, in four weeks only 10,984,928 bushels, against 17,290,297 last year, but the Atlantic exports have been only 7,737,474 bushels, flour included, against 17,037,383 last year. Pacific exports amount to 3,311,230 bushels for the same four weeks, against 2,176,248 last year. Exports of corn still show that American food is wanted abroad, having been in four weeks 13,482,792 bushels, against 12,370,504 last year. Failures for the week have been 231 in the United States, against 224 last year, and 38 in Canada, against 33 last year.” BULLETS LAY ROBBERS LOW. Two Men Killed and One Wounded by Qnincy, 111., Police. Two men dead and one seriously wounded are the results of an attempt, by the Quincy, 111., police to capture the members of a gang of suspected safe-. blowers and burglars. Although many shots were fired the officers escaped unin alleged crooks being the only-victims of the bulets. The leader" of the gang was Charles Prince, alias. “Chuck” Price, alias C. F. fcummis, alias C. Rogers. The other two went by the names of H. J. Crowley and Joseph West. They had rooms at the Moeeker Hotel. Aid. Moeeker, who runs the hotel, recognized the trio as the same who were registered at his place Jail. 7, the day that Judge Henckenkamp's safe wasblown open and robbed of $20,000 in money and notes. He suspected them of -being erooks and notified' the police: West showed fight when an officer attempted to arrest him and was shot dead. The other two returned after their tools in the night, and while also resisting arrest, Prince was killed and Crowley wounded and captured. The coroner’s jury exonerated the officers and complimented them on their nerve.

eaten BY CANNIBALS. S, Horjilile Kate of Trading Schooner's Crew in Admiralty Island. Details have been received of the killing of the captain and crew of the schooner Nikamarra on one of the islands of the AdmirtNty group by the natives, who are cannibals. It is said that all of the victims were eaten. The Nikamarra left New Britain early in October on her trading cruise to the Admiraltys. On arrival there she was boarded by a number of the natives, with whom Capt. Dalthe was unsuspectingly doing business when he was set upon by his treacherous customers and killed, his fate being shared by the mate and six New Ireland natives, all of whom were cut and backed with knives and tomahawks. The natives.then plundered the vessel. Safe Robbers Gag Four Persons. Three masked robbers entered the factory of Dr. Peter Fahrnej. & Sons Company at Chicago, bound, and gagged four employes of the cou.-efn, blew open the safe and escaped with SBOO in currency. The burglars used a high explosive, which shattered the safe and completely wrecked the office. The burglars left but slight clews. Want Reservation Opened. A convention held at Devil's Lake, N. D., to take measures to secure the opening of the Fort Totten Indian reservation and to throw open to settlement 200.000 acres of land not taken in severalty by the Indians, voted to memorialize Congress to appoint a commissioner to treat with the Indians and effect a sale. Americans RciHirtcd Killed. The mail from Guaymas, Sonora, .Mexico, brings the news that a report is current there that six Americans were shot neur the foot of the Bacatetc mountains by order of Gen. Torres, who is in command of the Mexican troops now operating against the Vatjui Indians in the Bacatete range. Mrn. J. I). Rich Found Guilt3'. Mrs. John I>. Kiel), the Chicago woman < who was surrendered to Mexico to be \ tried for the murder of her husband in Juarez last May, was adjudged guilty by tlio Mexican court und sentenced to foartoon years in prison. Suicide of China’s Emperor. According to u special dispatch front Shanghai it is reported there that Emperor Kwnng Hu hits committed .suicide. To Fight Cereal Trust. F. A. Schumacher, sou of the ‘'oatmeal king,” is at the head of a pew company being formed at Akron, Ohio, the American Cereal Company'. Ferdinand Schumacher w|H la* interested in the company, at least to the extent of permitting the 11*1* of his name tlicr<4vith. Noted Swine-Breeder Itcnil. t, David M. Magee died at Oxford, Ohio, aged Hit years, lie originated the ruinous 'JPolutid-Oblnai breed of hogs in 1840, and nmdu Ohio fatuous as a swine breeding

BRVTN HOPKINS’ SAD FATE.

Chicago Man’s Awful Heath in South America from Snakebite. Word has been received of the tragic death in Sputh America of Ervin Hopkins. Jr., son of Ervin Hopkins, a veteran member of the Chicago Board of Trade. The young man, was interested in a rubber concern which bad obtained concessions from the Republic'of Colombia. He represented bis compauy at Bogota, and had made his headquarters at that capital for nearly a year. While on an exploring expedition in the interior his boat ran aground on a sand spit. It Is supposed that in trying to Boat his craft, standing in the water to do so, Mr. Hopkins was bitten by a poisonous reptile, death ensuing in . a short time. Ilis body was found several days later by some of the tiativi? workmen employed by the" company. Indications of a terrible struggle were apparent, and the livid wound inflicted told the horrible story only too plainly. The remains were so badly decomposed that instant burial was necessary and interment, was made on tbe BINDS AND GAGS HIMSELF. Peculiar Precautions Taken by a Man ~, Wlio Commits Suicide. A freight handler in the Central tlud-, "sou depot: at Waterloo, -N. Y., passed out of‘ the rear door of the freight house -early the other .morning. lie saw an overcoat hanging across the fence at the east end of the railing. He. also saw a man about fifteen feet west of tbe coat, whom be thought was- -leaning agaiust the platform. He asked the man if the coat belonged ,to him. There was no answer. lie walked towards the mau, and was horrified to discover that what he supposed was a live man leaning agaiust the platform was the corpse of Reynold Seyboid, suspended from the ceiling, his hands tied behind his back, and a gag in his'nroiith. It was thought at first that Seyboid,, hud been murdered, but later developments and information as to previous Attempts of Seyboid to kill himself in a peculiar manner,-convinced his family and thends that Seyboid tiled; gagged" and then hanged himself. BOBBERS TORTURE A HERMIT. Burn a Pensioner with Red-Hot Irons, but Fail to Find His Money. Cash Jlarry,. a veteran, was tortured by robbers at his home ,in Famiersville, Ohio.'' Barry is a hermit and lives alone. He is,« pensioner, and as he never speut much money it was • enought he bad a treasure concealed about bis borne. The robbers had evidently heard of this and , .tried to get him to"tell where his money was. Barry would not tell, and the robbers burned his feet ami hauds with redhot .irons. The old mau howled with pain and called for help. As no one lived near him he was not answered, but the robbers took fright and lied, getting only $lO. BRITISH STEAMER SUNK. Ardandhu Struck by Herman White — Two Officers Lost. The Glasgow steamer Ardandhu, Captain Dundas, from New London, Conn., for Halifax, N. S., was sunk in collision with the Metropolitan liner Herman VVinfrom -Boston for New York, oft" Robinson's Hole, Vineyard sound, Mass., and two of the Ardandhu’s crew of thirty-one men were lost. They were James Henderson, chief engineer, of Glasgow; Fred Dowe, second mate, of Boston. The-Her-man Winter reached Vineyard Haven with her bow gone and reported the accident. She had on board the twentynine men who escaped from the Ardandhu. Klg Fire in Mnucie, lild. “ At Mjurieie, Ind., fire, probably of in jendiary origin, destroyed tbe entire plant of the Union Traction Company, together -With the Snyder cooperage works and a dwelling house. The estimated loss on the traction company’s plaut is between $90:000 and SIOO,OOO, fully covered by ire surance. Every motor car save one used in the city street- car service was consumed.

Forbidden to Bent His Hat. No more may the private soldier knock dents in his campaign bat or pin up a flap of the b<*im on one side. The regulation just issued by the War Department reads: “The wearing of these huts in any other than their original shape is prohibited.” The original shape of the campaign hat is on the Alpine order. Strike Leader Becomes Insane. James Woods, secretary of the Stone Workers’ Union of Roekport, Mass., and the leader in the three months’ strike this summer, has gone crazy. He started out to murder his wife aud brother, but they overpowered him, and then he broke away from them aud disappeared in the woods. Stores Burned at Burr Oak, Ind. The general stores of W. F. Wilhelms, Redwise & Co. and Frank Overmeyer at Burr Oak, Ind., were destroyed by tire. The estimated loss is $28,000. It is believed that the Redwise store was burglarized before the tire, was discovered, and the other store buildings caught from this one, Hoad Prepares for Trouble. The Great. Northern Railway authorities are preparing for trouble. Chief Herrick has an emissary at Minneapolis hiring police officers. Herrick visited Minneapolis aud arranged to hire all the ex-policemen and watchmen he could get at $4 a day. . Embezzler Mukes Confession. Leroy W. Secor, who embezzled $17,000 from the Goodrich Transportation Company at Milwaukee, has confessed to the officers in New York City, where he was arrested. He will help the Goodrich people straighten out his books and then take bis punishment. Suicide of Miss Ricksecker. At Oberlin, Ohio, Miss Gertrude Kiekseeker, the 16-year-old daughter of Millionaire Ricksecker of'New York, committed suicide by tnkiug laudanum. Miss Ricksecker was in, poor health, and melancholia caused her to take her life. Phillips (Jets Life. Sentence. Amos Phillips, the murderer whose accomplices were lynched at Fort Scott, Kan., the other day, and who was himself saved from the mob by the determined efforts of the sheriff, has been sentenced to life imprisonment. Spittoons for City Streets. 'Spittoons will Ik*'placed at distances of 200 feet uloug the streets of Cleveland if an ordinance introduced in the Council is given npprovul. The novel plan tt aid in keeping the city clean was suggnted in all seriousness.

THIEF STEALS GEMS.

;T « . . ’ DIAMONDS VALUED AT $6,000 ARE TAKEN. Robber, Who Is Evidently Fumiliur with the Office, Opens Safe with Combination—Steamship Companies Refuse to Book Large Excursion Parties. Diamonds valued at SO,OOO were stolen from the safe in the office of Joseph K. Davidson & Son, manufacturing jewelers, iit Philadelphia, and detectives are looking for a suspect. That' the thief was in possession of the combination is evidenced by- the fact that there were no marks on the safe. , The first intimation Mr. Davidson had of the robbery was when he opened the safe and found it rifled of its contents. There was nothing to indicate the manner in which the thief had entered the office, and it is believed he was familiar with the place. WOMAN LIGHTS FUNERAL PYRE. Reason Returns Just as the Flames Reach Her*Nake<i Flesh. Mrs. Frank Traphagen, formerly of Rockford, 111., made a desperate attempt to end her life at Cumiuinsville, Ohio. Crazed by the idea that she was not equal to her husband’s ideal, she deliberately constructed for herself a funeral pyre of straw. This she saturated with gasoline and coal oil. Stripping herself of all clothing, she -stretched herself at full length upon the pile and ignited it. The pain caused by the contact of the flames' with her flesh brought a sudden return of reason and she cried for help. Neighbors came to her aid and extinguished the flames. OBJECT TO BIG EXCURSIONS. Transatlantic Steamers Refusing to Book for the Summer. The passenger carrying transatlantic -steamship lines are almost uniformly refusing to book large excursions for pas sage to Europe this summer. Parties have been formed to go to the Paris exposition, and some of them number as many as COU persons. It was said at several steamship offices that the refusals were caused by the desire of the lines to refrain from overcrowding their steamers and to be able to provide accommodations for their regular yearly- patrons who might not apply for staterooms so far in advance. Burns Himself to Frederick A. Lempke, who has conducted Christian Science parlors in St. Cloud, Minn., for some time, met a horrible death at the home of J. K. Orton in East St. Cloud, it is supposed be deliberately placed his head iu a heating stove, for when found he was in this position, his head and shoulders burned to a crisp, A letter was found in which he said he had been unable to concentrate his thoughts for some time.Man Is Devoured by Wolves. John Smith, a former resident of Detroit, was devoured by wolves a short distance from a logging camp where he was employed near Presque Isle, Mich. He strayed* rfoTn thc camp rn the "early evening, as he was in the habit of doing, and the next morning his partially devoured body was found in the snow. Smith was a veteran of the SpanishAtneriean war. One Death in a New York Fire. One woman is dead and two others are badly burned as the result of a fire in a boarding house at -115 West Fifty-sev-enth street, Net? "York. Annie Holland, Natalia. Miles and Helen Miles, in attempting to pass through a burning room, were severely burned about the head, hands and arms. Natalie Miles died later at a hospital. To Test Ohio Trust Laws. Suit was filed in the United Stales Court at Columbus, Ohio, by the Michigan Salt Company against W. A. Wason of Columbus for over $32,009, the suit being a test Of tbe Ohio trust laws.' Waso-n was agent of the concern and states that he purposely held back the money to test the trust law. Jesse James, Jr., Married. The wedding of Jesse James, Jr., sou of the notorious baudit, and Miss Stella McGown of Kansas City took place at the home of the bride’s parents. The honeymoon will be spent at the™iome of Mrs. Samuels, Mr. James' grandmother, in Clay County. Reeelv r lor South Dakota Bank. At Mitchell, S. D.. Judge Smith lias appointed O. P. Auld of Plankinton receiver for the defunct Plankinton Bank. The appointment of a receiver was contested by the attaching creditors. The non-attaching creditors will attempt to have the attachment dissolved.

Lafayette, Colo., Almost Destroyed. A fire broke out in the town of Lafayette, Colo., and spread rapidly before a high wind. Practically the entire town was destroyed. Hundreds of families were rendered homeless. The loss, by the fire is SIOO,OOO. Revenue Officer Kills a Moonshiner. News Las reached Louisville, Ky., of a light between revenue officers and moonshiners in Breathitt Co'uuty in which Bud Noble, oue of the latter, was killed by Deputy M. F. Hortou. Horton is under arrest. Indiana Lumbermen Shaken lip. A special train having on board tlie Indiana Retail Lumber Dealers’ Association was wrecked at Wayeross* Ga. Thirteen persons were injured, oue of them perhaps fatally. Lease li o Ide rs Will’ Con test. The leaseholders of agricultural lands in the territory held a big meeting at Ardmore, I. T., and subscribed funds to fight their claims against the Indian?, who have filed suits to dispossess them. Will Advance Stove Prices. The Ohio Valley stove manufacturers have decided ts advance the prices of stoves 10 per cent on May 1 unless there should be u slump in the iron market in the meantime. Cuttle King Is Injured, w , Henry Miller, ihe millionaire California cattle king, was seriously injured in a runaway accident at Gilroy, Cal. He was removed to his home in San Francisco and may recover. . Loss Is Total. At Holly Grove, Ark., (ire destroyed $20,000. worth of property. Eight stores were burned. So fe» as learned there was no insurance.

FOUGHT DRINK, USED A DRUG.

Death of W. J. McConnell, Temperance . Lecturer, Due to Morphine. Excessive use of morphine, to which it appears be had been addicted during the past four years, was the cause of the death, in a Philadelphia hospital, of Will J. McConnell, of Cleveland, well known in the West as a temperance lecturer. He arrived in Philadelphia recently and registered at Green’s liutel. The same night he was found on the streets iu an unconscious condition and removed to a hospital. At that time his identity was unknown. The physicians discovered that he was suffering from morphine poisoning, and despite their efforts he died. McConnell’s l-l-year-old son was raurdered by his brother-in-law On .Alleghany City four years ago, and since then it has been / commonly reported that the temperance advocate used both liquor and drugs to excess, although not discontinuing his lectures. RAILROAD SWELLS THE FUND. Pennsylvania Company Donates $50,000 Toward the St. Louis Fair. The Pennsylvania Railroad system has subscribed $50,000 toward the $5,000,000 fund being raised tor the St. Louis world’s fair to fie field in 1903 to commemorate the Louisiana purchase centennial. Other subscriptions of equal or greater amounts are promised .and substantial progress is being made in com pleting the fund. Special activity is being manifested in view of the fact that the bill appropriating $5,000,000 in aid of -the fair is about to be introduced in Congress.

GREAT. FIRE AT DAWSON. Substantial Structures Destroyed wfth a Loss Amounting to $-100,000. Advices from tbe north substantiate the report of a big fire at Dawson. It destroyed buildings and merchandise to the value of $400,000. The news comes by telegraph from Dawson to Skaguay The lire is supposed to have originated from a defective hue. The flames burned about 400 feet .-llomr the principal street, laying in ashes many of the costliest and most substantial structures in the Klondike metropolis. Confesses He Committed Murder. After maintaining for over six weeks that he was suffering for the crime of others, Levi Steward, the colored man who is lying in tile Sandwich, Out., jail under sentence of death, confessed that he was the murderer of "Old Jim" Ross in Windsor. The murder was committed July 18. Robbery was tbe motive. Wreck Millionaire’s House. The third of a series of dynamite explosions within the city limits of Leadville, Colo., occurred the other day, wrecking the handsome residence of A. V. Hunter, the millionaire mine owner, and the house of J. C. Ritchey, adjoining- ' Fatal Fire in a Village. Fire did $200,000 damage at Fredoma, N. Y. Besides the loss to buildings the power house of the Dunkirk and Fredonia Street Car Company was destroyed, together with all the cars. Two lives wore lost in the flames. Old-Time Circus Man Dies.-* Charles McCarthy,- who -was u circusclown more than forty years ago and known as the hrst man to turn a double somersault, dropped dead in a saloon in Chicago. '1 \venty Thousand Dollar Fire. By hard work on the part of the firemen a lire at Stephens. Minn., was confined to the large general store of J. H. McMahon. Loss $20,000, insurance sl2, 000. The origin ot the fire is unknown. Noted Club Woman Dies. Mrs. Mary Wright Curwen, distin gtiished for leadership in promoting the i formation of women’s clubs, ami iu that capacity known all over the United States, died at her home in Cincinnati. Death of l)r. Alfred Watts. Dr. Alfred Joseph ,Watts, whose name has become familiar wherever dentistj-y is practiced, through bis invention of | “Watts’ crystal gold.” died suddenly at his home in Brooklyn, N. Y. Duke of Teck Is Deajd. His Highness Francis Paul Charles Louis Alexander, Duke of Teck, died at White Lodge, Richmond Park,. London, in his sixty-third year. Victory for English Arms. English troop 3 under Gen. Warren made a night attack and captured Spion Kop. Die ill Earthquake. Seven persons were killed at Colima, Mexico, by an earthquake. The destruction of property was considerable.

MAUala (^uOiAUU.Mj, Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $0.75; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $5.00; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to SS.(XL wheat. No. 2 red, U4e to 05c; corn, No. 2,30 cto 32c; oats. No. 2,22 c to 23c; rye. No. 2,53 cto 54c; butter, choice creamery, 23c to 25c; eggs, fresh, 14c to 10c; potatoes, choice, 40c to 50c per bushel. • • Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $0.50; bogs, choice light, $3.00 to $5.00; sheep, common to prime, $3.00 to $4.75; wheat. No. 2,08 cto 00c; corn, No. 2 white, 31c to 33c; oats. No. 2 white, 25c to 27c. St. Louis—Cattle. $3.25 to $0.75; hogs, $3.00 to $5.00; sheep, $3.00 ’to $0.00; wheat. No. 2,70 cto 71c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 31c to 33c; oats. No. 2. 23c to 25c: rye, No. 2,52 cto 54c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $2.50 to $0.50; hogs, $3.00 to $5.00; sheep, $2.50 to $4.50; wheat. No. 2,71 cto 73c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 34c to 30c; onts. No. 2 mixed, 25c to 27c; rye, No. 2,59 cto 01c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $0.75; hogs, $3.00 to $5.00; sheep, $3.00 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2,08 c to' 70c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 32c to 34c; onts. No. 2 white, 27c to 29c; rye, 57c to 59c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 mixed, (19c to 71c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 31c to 33c; onts. No. 2 mixed. 23c to 24c; rye. No. 2,50 c to 57c; clover seed. $4.85 to $4.95., Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 northern.* 64c to Otic; corn, No. 2,31 cto 33c; oats. No. 2 white, 25c to 20c; rye. No. 1,55 c to 57c; barley. No, 2. 45c to 47e; pork, Buffalo—Cnttlo, good shipping steers. $3.00 to $15.75; bogs, common to choice, $3.25 to $5.00; sheep. fair to choice, $3.00 .to $5.50: tarnbs. common to extra. $4.50 to $7.00. New York—Cattle. $3.25 to $0.75. bogs. $3.00 to $5.25; sheep. $3.1X5 to $0.90; wheat, N’o. 2 red, 75c to 76c; corn. No. 2. 40c to 4lJf; oats. No. 2 white, 31c to 32c; butter, creamery, 21c to 26c; eggs, western. .14c to 20c.

BULLER IN RETREAT.

BRITISH FORCES RECROSS THE TUGELA RIVER. Expedition Moving to the Relief of Ladysmith Is Turned Back After a Serious Defeat English General’s Story- of Spion Kop. The war news for which the people of England have been waiting in agonizing suspense has come. It is in the shape, of a dispatch from Gen. Buller and tells of the retreat of the British army"aclpss the Tugela River and the story of Spion kop. The dispatch is dated at Spearman’s Camp and reads as follows: “On. Jan. 20 Warren drove back the enemy and obtained possession of the southern crests of the high table land extending from the line of Acton Homes and Honger’s Poort to the western Ladysmith hills. From then to Jan. 25 he remained in close contact with the enemy. “The enemy held a strong position on a range of small kopjes stretching from northwest to southeast across the plateau from Acton Homes, - through Spion Kop, to the left bank of the Tugela. The actual position held was perfectly tenable. but did not lend itself to an advance, as tbe southern slopes were so steep that Warren could not get an effective artillery position, and water supply was a difficulty. “On Jan. 28 I assented to his attacking Spion Kop, a large hill, indeed a mountain, which was evidently the key of the position, but was far more accessible from the north than from the- sdutb. On the night of Jan. 23 he attacked Spion Kop, but found it very difficult to hold, as its perimeter was too large, and water, which he had been led to believe existed,, in this extraordinarily dry season was found very deficient. “The crests were held all that day against severe attacks and a heavy shell, .fire. Our meu fought with great gallantry. I would especially mention the conduct of the Second Cameronians and tlie Third King’s Rifles, who supported the attack on the mountain from the steepest side and in each case fought their way to the top, and the Second Lancashire Fusiliers and Second Middlesex, who magnificently maintained the best traditions of the British army throughout the trying day of Jan. 24, and Thornycroft’s mounted infantry, who fought throughout the day equally well alongside of them. "Gen. Woodgate, who was in command at the summit, having been wounded, the officer who succeeded him decided on the night of Jan. 24 to abandon the position, and did so before dawn Jan. 25. “I reached Warren’s camp at 5 a. m. on Jan. 2q and decided that a second attack upon Spion Kop was useless and that the enemy’s right was too strong to allow me to force it. Accordingly 1 decided to withdraw the force to the South of the Tugela. A few hours afterward we ‘commenced withdrawing the train, and in thirty-eight hours Warren’s force was concentrated south of the Tugela without the loss of a man or a pound of stores.

' “The faeU tMt “the force cmild Withdraw from actual, touch—in some cases the lines were less than a thousand yards apart—with the enemy, in the manner it did, is, I think, sufficient evidence of the morale of the troops, and that we were permitted to withdraw our cumbrous ox and mule transports across the river, eighty-five yards broad, with twenty-foot banks and a very swift cyrrent, unmolested, is, I think, proof that the enemy lias been taught to respect our soldiers’ lighting powers.” Boer advices state that 1,300 British dead were left on the battlefield, but the report is discredited in London. The loss, however, is conceded to have been heavy.

PERTINENT Personals.

Jerome K. Jerome usually spends his vacations on a farm, where lie enjoys daily labor in the fields. Judge Gottfried Krueger of Newark, N. J., has had a mausoleum built for himself at a cost of SIOO,OOO. Josephine Forbes of New Haven, Conn., in his w\Jl left SIOO,OOO to the Seamen’s Bethel of that city. The Rev. L. C. Ilulberg, a missionary, is said to be the original discovert?! - of Cape Nome gold deposits. Gov. Stone of Pennsylvania expresses the opinion that every husband should deed to his wife the homestead. Joseph G. Burlington has been elected president of the Philadelphia Union League for the twenty-ninth time. The Cape Times says Cecil Rhodes will present brOnze medals to all the soldiers engaged in the relief of Kimberley. Lieut. Henry Conell, who was Gomez’s aid during the Cuban war, is now a student in Boston University law school. Gen. Lew Wallace takes a deep interest in college fraternities and is national president of the Phi Gamma Deltu. Col. William L. Prather, the new president of the University of Texas, says that lynching is the greatest curse of the South. Col. Baden-Powell is no mean artist, in spite of his soldierly qualities. He studied art in his younger days with Gerome in Paris. I’wo swords, which the citizens of Indianapolis lmd made for presentation to Gen. Lawton, will now he presented to his widow and family. Col. E. F. Flemming, clock master of the Tneisury Department at Washington, bus over 500 timepieces in his care and is known us “Father Time." Chauncey Depew pays $50,000 as a six years’ rental for the Corcornn house in Washington. Maj. Jones, the head press censor in South Africa, was known in Englaud as u kindly and quiet man, and his friends arc surprised at the complaints of his hardness coming from the correspondents. . 1 Daniel S. Ford, foi\ forty yenrs proprietor aud editor of the Youth’s Companion. who died recently, made it an invariable rule that his name should never appear in the columns of his own journal.

CONGRESS.

In the Senate on Monday little business beyond routine was transacted. Mr. Pritchard (N. C.) delivered a long and _9 arc f u 3y. prepared address upon the racequestion in the South, his remarks being addressed particularly against the •proposed amendment to the constitution of North Carolina, which, if enacted, he said, would disfranchise a large class of voters?*both white and black. He was folowed by Mr. Turner (Wash.) in a speech on the Philippine question, in which he arraigned the administration’s policy as set out in the President’s message and in the speech of Mr. Beveridge(lnd.). Received a resolution by Mr. Pratt of New York authorizing the President to invite Great Britain to join in an international commission to examine into the diversion of boundary waters between the United States and Canada. Adopted amended Rawlins resolution for an investigation rntopnl yen my. in—Xtar United States or any of its possessions. Received a resolution from Mr. Allen calling upon Secretary Gage for a statement regarding his verbal or written communication with officials of the National City Bank of New York about the sale of the New York custom house. The House was in session only forty minnlcs, and nothing of public importance was done except to refer to the Speaker for settlement a dispute between the appropriations ami military affairs committees over jurisdiction of the estimates for the appropriations for -the in anti fact tire of small arms at the Rock Island and Springfield arsenals. On Tuesday the Senate adopted Mr. -Kyle’s resolution directing coiiitnissipuer trf--labor~-ttr-tttvostigate the effect iipotr labor, production and wages of international copyright act. Mr. Pettigrew offered ..resolution calling upon President to send to Senate report of Gen. J. C. Bate relating to treaty with Sultan of Sulu. Objection was made and resolution went over. Mr. Caffery presented three resolutions calling upon President for correspondence with Great Britain, concerning the Clayton-Bukwer treaty; correspondence with Colombian Government as to Panama canal, and correspondence witii New Panama Canal Company of France. Adopted. Resolution offered by Mr. Allen calling upon Secretary of Treasury for correspondence and substance of all verbal commit ideations which he has had with officials of National City Bank of New York concerning transfer of old custom house to the National City Bank was adopted. Mr. Turner Concluded his speech on Philippine question, and then Mr. Rose addressed Senate on same question. Mr. McEuery addressed Senate on race question in South. The House devoted the day to the Roberts case, speeches being made by Mr. Tayler (Rep., Ohio), Mr. Littlefield (Rep.. Me.) anti Mr. Roberts himself. On Wednesday the Senate passed Pet* tigrew resolution- callings for information from the President regarding tintreaty with the Sultan of Sulu, after Mr. Pettigrew had attacked the administration for entering into an agreement which, hi- said, authorized slavery. Received from the appropriations committee the urgent deficiency bill. Received front Mr. Pettigrew' a resolution declaring United States could not recognize right of any nation to seize food products as contraband of war and that such seizure would be regarded by this nation as unfriendly. Sent buck to conference the census administrative bill. The House listened to'speeches on the Roberts case by Messrs. Landis, Orumpacker and Miers of Indiana, Lacey of lowa, Wilson of Idaho. Powers of Vermont' and Snodgrass of Tennessee.

The Senate on Thursday passed urgency deficiency bill carrying $9,000,000; also a number of minor resolutions and bills. Adjourned until Monday. The House adopted majority resolution denying a seat in the House to Brigham 11. Roberts, member-elect from Ulah. by a vote of 2GB to 50. The Senate was not in session on Friday. The House spent most of the day hearing tribute to tfie memory of the late Vice-President Hobart. The conference report on the census hill was adopted and au attempt was made to pass a bill to pay the cost of repairing the Manila cable, which Dewey cut just prior to his great victory. Opposition developed, how ever, and it went over. The Senate held no Saturday session. The House gave an hour to eulogies on the late Representative Baird, of Louisiana and transacted no business of importance.

At the National Capital.

Little of Arkansas has filed a bill for the free coinage of gold and silver. Hitt of Illinois has n bill before the llouse providing territorial government for Hawaii. Cortiss of Michigan wants Congress to build a dam at the foot of Lake Erie to raise the level ol' the lake, the Detroit river, Lake St. Clair and the St. Clair river. Congressman itodeuberg of East' St. Louis has introduced a hiil providing for, the creation of a non-partisan coinmis sion of five members to adjudicate of American citizens arising out of tJF* war with Spain. Senator Harris of Kansas has ed n hill granting to the State of KansasV the abandoned Fort Hay military reser vation, to establish thereon Western branches of the Kansas Agricultural. College and of the Kansas Stale Normul School. The State Department has received a report from United States Consular Agent Mitchell at Sun I'edro. Honduras, that the killing of the two Vtrgrm.ms, lmbodcu and (JbMo. was the result of a private quarrel and does not implicate the Government of Honduras. Joy or Missouri has introduced, a bili permitting the West Indian Investment Company to acquire franehjses in Cuba’ and I’orto ltico. ' - Sherman o,f New York wants Congress to contract with the American Cable Company to send oliiciul messages to Hawaii lor twenty years at not to exceed $400,0(10 a year. rite Siamese Government has given another evidence of its friendliness to the United States by offering to present to this country the temple grounds on which the l nited States legation is located at I Bangkok, worth $57,000,