Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1900 — Page 2

WEEKLY REPUBLICAN. <JEO. E. MARSHALL. Publisher. RENSSELAER. - - INDIAN a.

POPS FROM HIS HEAD.

QUEER BEHAVIOR OF A CLEVELAND MAN’S EYE. Blows His Nose with Disastrous Results While Entertaining Company at HU Home-More Seasonable Weather Produces Improvement in Trade. James 11. Finnigan, superintendent of the shipping department of Sterling, Welch, & Co. at Cleveland, lias just had a most remarkable experience.- Finnigan was assisting in entertaining company at his home on Melvin street, lie took his handkerchief from his pocket and blew his nose. Those present were horrified to see Finnigan’s left eye pop from its socket and hang by the ligaments down his cheek. One young woman fainted. Finnigan pushed the eye back,into the socket, and in doing so carried the eyelid in with it. He was blind for,, the time being, and the pain was inteuse. A physician was called, but he refused to handle the case. Dr. D. B. Smith was then summoned. Finnigan was removed to the Cleveland general hospital, where Dr. Smith took the eye out again and re placed it properly. The case among oculist's is said to be one of the strangest on record. WEATHER INFLUENCES TRADE. -,

Unquestionable Improve men I in Tone ■ —Firmer Values on Some Stajiles. !-. The following view of the trade situation is taken by Bradstreet’s: “Weather • influences have played no small part in the general trade situation this week, and yet some of the unquestionable improvement in tone can hardly be charged to the more seasonable weather experiened. Whatever the causes, however —and these have been diverse —the fact remains that a number of staples, no less than speculative securities, have hardened in value during the week. Wheat, including flour, shipments for the week aggregate 2,724,937 bushels, against 3,581,197 bushels * last week. Corn exports for the week aggregate 3,598,962 bushels, agaiust 3,526,834 bushels last week.” KISSES CARRY THE SMALLPOX. Three Young Women Strickeu After a Church Sociable Game. Charles Frank, of Carpenter, lowa, attended a church sociable, just across the State line iu Minnesota, a few days ago. During the sociable, in a kissing-gatue, he bestowed kisses on three young women of the church. Shortly afterward he was taken down with small-pox. So were all the young women. Eight cases resulted in all and one death ~has occurred. The State Board of Health ordered a quarantine. _ Stops Train to Save Lives. As a Baltimore and Ohio freight was passing a dwelling near Paw Paw, W. Va., Engineer Gibbon Kite saw the house on fire and blazing furiously. He checked the train, and with the other train f hands ran and burst open the door. Geo. Shenk and his family of five were found in the house, sound asleep and all but cut off from escape. All were saved. St. Louis in Flames. Fire gutted four business blocks in the north en<J of the retail business section of St. Louis. The contents of the eighteen large retail establishments were destroyed and fully fifteen other stores were more or less seriously damaged by lire or water. It is conservatively estimated that at least $2,000,000 worth of property was destroyed.-

Dynamite Bomb on the Track. A dastardly attempt was made at Fort Worth, Texas, to blow up a crowded street car. A large dynamite bomb was placed on the rail, but the wheels of the car did not strike it squarely, and it was pushed off the rail. Had it been exploded many people would have lost their lives. Assassin Gets Two Victims. A double murder was committed on the ■ “ farm of Mr. Bush, one mile below Grosso Lete station, La. A colored man named Levy Jones and one of his sons while at •upper were shot by some unknown person and died shortly afterward. One Convict Kills Another. I Frank Clark, a convict at the Kansas penitentiary at Leavenworth, killed Joseph Clark, another convict, the other night at supper. He ays Joseph Clark had threatened to kill him. Cramp Strike is Off. The strike of the Cramp»shipyard employes at Philadelphia was declared off at a secret, meeting. -The terms on which the strike is abandoned have not been made public. Edith Quick Is Acquitted. At Peru, Ind., the jury in the Mrs. > Edith Quick case returned a verdict «f i acquittal. It was no surprise, as it was generally supposed the State had not offered sufficient direct evidence. Survey ins: on Panama Route. A party from t ho American surveying commission, which is heuded by Rear k Admiral Walker, has commenced surveys of a Panama canal route. Children Burn to Death. B* Four children, the eldest 5 years old, were burned to death at Lewisboro, N. Y. The children had been left alone in one of the rooms before an open lire. Goebel Is Dead. * William E. Goebel died ut Frankfort. Ky., in consequence of the gunshot wound received a few days previous. ' ' - ————— Two Train* Crash in the Night. Nine. men were injured severely, between forty and fifty persons bruised and [ scores panic-stricken in u collision between a Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul suburban passenger train and a Northwestern freight train at Grayland, Hhontu Wife and Himself. 5 John Scherer of Philadelphia shot his wife Barbara twice in the back, inflicting mortal woudds, and then fired n bullet into hi# heart. He died instantly. The woman anid jealousy was the cause

SHOT BY TRAIN ROBBER.

Railroad Detective Fatally Wounded Trying to Arrest Hold-Up Men. * John Jackson, a detective far the Missouri, Kansas and. Texas Railway frotu Sedaiia, was shot through the head by au unknown man at Holden, Mo. Supt. D. Hardy of the Missouri Pacific Railway had learned that an attempt would be made to rob the express car on the east-bound Missouri Pacific train for St. Louis. A posse was organized •in Sedaiia, under epmmand of W. 1. Cunningham. a secret service officer of the Missouri Da eifie Railway, and: left on a special train for Warrensburg, where the sheriff and special officers were taken aboard. Supt. Hardy’s information was that the hold-up was to take place near Doran. When the train reached Holden the officers were informed that the suspected men were at a resort, and it was decided to arrest them then, as it was believed enough evidence had been secured to bring about their conviction. The marshaUbf the town, another officer and Jackson started to make the arrest, saying they did not need qny assistance. Jackson entered the house. One of the men fired and a ball passed through Jackson’s head just over the right The. offieer returned the bandits’ shots, but he and his companions, of whom there were about six, escaped. Later one of them, badly wounded, was captured. sailors murder officers. Crew Mutinies In the Pacific, Kills Captain and Other Officers. Mail advices -toiLot a tragedy on the New Zealand brigantine Ethel, in • the Straits Settlement. She sailed from Broome, western Australia, about the end of November with a cargo of lumber and lias been posted as missing. A telegram received, by the Governor of the Straits Settlement from the British eoasuLat Batavia to tlie effect that the vessel had been, scuttled by part of her crow, who had mutinied ami murdered the captain ami owner, John Alfred Riddle, together with his son. the mate, the carpenter and of the crew. The mutineers, who numbered thirteen, after they hail landed at Adult, had a quarrel among themselves, as a result of which, when they reached Maceassar, one of them informed the Dutch authorities, who arrested the mutineers and seized the valuables and other property they had stolen.

MISFORTUNE FOLLOWS TRAIN. Illinois Central Has Bad Luck with First Chicaga-Sioux City Special. Misfortune overtook the new palatial train of tbl; Illinois Central on its first run from Chicago to Sioux City. The trouble began almost from the time the coaches left the Twelfth street station, and at Tara Junction, lowa, while the train was running slowly because of a train in front which had the right of way, an engine and caboose crashed into the rear of the train. There was a baggage car and a coach attached to the rear sleeper, which were running 'empty for service between Cherokee agfk Sioux Falls, S. D., and these were wrecked and the coach set on fire. The sleeping cars were filled, but owing to empty cars no one was hurt. ..... « :— ® «=»-—■-, X r - • WITNESS IS HYPNOTIZED. Unable to Testify Against a Prisoner Charged with Murder. F. D. Dinsmore, charged with the murder a l Mrs. Dinsmore and Fred Lauer, was placed on trial at Kearney, Neb. The prosecuting witness is Mrs. Lauer, wife of the murdered.man. The basis for the crime was the love of Dinsmore for Mrs. Lauer. The woman maintains that she is hypnotized by Dinsmore, and seems absolutely incapable of testifying against the accused. She tells a straightforward story away from the prisoner, but when confronted by him she seems speechless. Victim Pounded to a Pulp. In New York Frank Merino, a janitor, hacked his room mate, Genie Lueani, to death with a hatchet. When it was all over the only explanation the murderer would give was that he was the boss of the flat, and that Lueani had gone to sleep in the middle of the day, when he should have been doing some work about the place. Anti-Trust Law Void. The Illinois anti-trust law of 1803 was declared unconstitutional by Judge Kohlsaat in the United States Circuit Court in Chicago. Because of the section which exempts from its provisions the agriculturist and stock raiser, the court held that the statute'is tainted with class and special legislation. One Killed, Niue Injured. One man was killed, nine were injured and the steel department of Phillips. Nimick & Co.’s mill on West Carson street, Pittsburg, was completely wrecked by the explosion of a battery of four large boilers. The cause of explosion is not knowu. Japan Building Stenmers. A Japanese concern lias just turned out u 12,000-ton steel twin-screw steamer, the Awa Mam, which, according to United States Consul Harris at> Nagasaki, is equal in every respect, including cabin accommodations, to the best class of Atlantic steamships. Man Burns to Death. At Minnie, Ind., the livery burn of Boor «& Munsliower was destroyed by fire. Cecil \Veekly, a cab driver, was burned, to death, and forty-seven horses were also burned. Adjoining buildings were damaged by falling walls, and the total loss will "be about $25,(J00. Goebel Takes the Oath. \\jilliam Goebel was declared Governor qf"Jvenfucky by a quorum of the Legislature at Fraukfort. Within thirty minutes nfter the adoption of the board of control's majority report the oalh'ol office was administered to the almost dying man as he lay upon his bed. Ground to Death in the Machinery. , Henry Jlunip, while cleaning a doughmixing machine in Trait’s bakery at Toledo, Ohio, wars caught in the slowly revolving machinery and before assistance could reach him he was ground to fragments. Plans for Trotting Races. The nine cities which were included in last year’s grand trotting circuit will be in the program again the coming season. The meetings will begin at Detroit July 30. Driven Crazy by Wnr New*. James Jnbb, an Englishman residing in New Britain, Conn., went crazy over the reverses of his countrymen in Africa, and after breaking into a neighbor’s house, cut bis throat with a carving knife. i

HALF MILLION GONE.

FIRE DESTROYS SEVERAL BUSINESS BUILDINGS., One Fireman Badly Frozen-^Mkht Watchman Nearly Loses His Lift Through Suffocation—Hard Fight to Save Property. The most disastrous conflagration that has ever * visited Dayton, Ohio, began early the other day and caused a loss of $500,000. The alarm called the departmeut to the tobacco warehouse of J. P. Wolf in East First street. The fire had started in the boiler room, being caused by an overheated boiler, causing the latter to explode. The three-story brick building at Foundry street was a mass of flames, large stock of tobacco burning like a candle. In ten minutes the flames had taken hold of the two-story building adjoining, also occupied by J. P. Wolf. It was hoped that the great tire walls of the new five-story building would arrest the progress of the fire, but the flames were too hot for it, and soou the first room of that building was a furnace.' The property destroyed includes the warehouses and factory of .1. P: Wolf A Sons, tobacco merchants; E. Birm & Son, grocers; Benedict Co., cigar manufacturers; the Dayton Paper Novelty Company arid several,other smaller concerns. Night Watchman Siiediker, while trying to find the fire, was over come with smoke aud was found unconscious by the firemen. Louis Swaneger, a fireman, was. removed to his home badly frozen. The loss is estimated at $500,009. ILLEGAL GAINS RETURNED. Confession of n Cleveland Contractor Made on His Death Bed. It was learned that Louis Fahey, a -Cl eve land c-otr t rae tor wh o died - recent Iy, had paid $954.07 to the city which he admitted he had illegally taken iu collusion with a clerk in the city auditor’s office. Fahey, before dying, said he used to have trouble getting his estimates through the auditor’s office until he was introduced to a certain clerk! Thereafter his vouchers were rushed through as soon as presented. The clerk wanted to borrow money, oue duy, ami Fahey gave it to him. Soou afterward Tahey received a check"which was larger than the estimate passed by the city engineer. He went to the clerk and said a mistake had been made. The clerk laughed, told him “that sort of thing was often done,” and ended by asking for half the overpaid amount. Thereafter “that sort’of thing” went, on until Fahey had received $954.07 more than was called for in his estimates. The clerk always got 50 per cent.

LOSES HIS LIFE IN A FIRE. Albert Fletcher Dies in Trying to Get Clothing for His Family. Albert Fletcher of Chicago Tost his life in a fire that destroyed his house. Fletcher had aided his wife and two children in escaping from their beds in the burning building and returned for some clothing. -Ho was caught in-4-ho--flames,- and Kail an hour later, when the tire had been extinguished, his body was recovered. Fletcher was 29 years old. It is supposed a lamp exploded, causing the fire. Mrs. said one had been left burning in a room in the rear .of the house, where the fire started. The Fletchers heard no noise and were sleeping before being aroused by the occupants of tlie second floor. Teacher and Pupil Perish. The parochial school building of St. Lawrence O’Toole’s parish, St. Louis, caught fire and a teacher and a pupil perished in the flames. Sister Stanislaus, a teacher of music, after having escaped from the building, returned to the third story to search for a missing scholar, and the firemen found her lying by the side of Mary Foley, 12 years old. Illinoisans Hurt in u Wreck. Three persons were killed ip a railroad wreck eighteen miles from Tampa, Fla., on the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway. A number of others were injured. Among the injured were Mrs. Hitch, wife of United States Marshal Hitch of the southern district of Illinois, and her two daughters, who were en route to Cuba for the winter. $ 100,000 Fire at St. Louis. The six-story building at Fourth and Spruce streets, St. Louis, occupied by the Aroma Coffee and Spice Company, was partially destroyed by a fire and the entire stock is ruined. The loss on stock and building is estimated at SIOO,OOO. Queensberry Passes Away. The Marquis of Queensberry, who was born July 20, 1844, and succeeded to the title iu 1858, is dead in England. The name of the Marquis of Queensberry has long been associated with the boxing rules of which he was the author. Wealthy Woman Found Dead. Bridget Smith, a wealthy recluse, was found dead seated in a chair iu her room at St. Louis. A number of valuable rings, a handsome gold watch and other expensive jewelry were found on a dresser. forked on First Sleeper. William Myers, who worked on the first sleeping car, is dead at Carthage, Mo., from heart disease, aged 79 years. He was for over thirty-three years a-resi-dent of Carthage. Hick Man Futull}' Frozen. Herman l’aukow of Stillwell, Ind., who has been ill with a fever, leaped from his bed and jumped through a second-story window to the grouud. Ho was fatally frozen before lie was recaptured. Train Robber Jones Caught. Charles Jones, alias Charles Johnson, the train .robber who shot Railway Detective John .Jackson of Scduliu at the Holden round-up, was captured by a posse near Chilhowee, Mo. Coal King of Pacific Coast Expire*. Alexander Dunsnmir, aged 47 years, the coal king of the Pacific coast, died at the Hotel Imperial, N’ew York. Mr. Dunsniuit" had suffered from meningitis at intervals for many years. Woman Frozen to Death. At Youngstown, Ohio, Mrs. Catherine Rooney, aged 50, was found frozen to death in the yard at the residence of Jarvis Smith, where she was employed as housekeeper. . Prices Are to Be Advanced, The manufacturers of baby carriagos and children’s wagons will soon advance prices 30 par cent.

OFFER CHILD AS A SACRIFICE.

lowa Parents Are Driven to Insanity Through Religious Zeal. Driven to insanity by religious zeal, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Spencer, residing on a farm six miles northwest of Lovilla, lowa* became imbued with the idea that they had been called upon by God to sacrifice their infant child. They accordingly removed its clothing, aud in its nude condition held the infant out in the yard until it was frozen to death. The father’s hands and feet werd badly frozen. The Sheriff was notified, and after a hard struggle Spencer was overpowered, four men being necessary to manage him. He is a prosperous farmer, and has always been regarded as one of-the prominent men in the community. There are three other children in the family. BIG VEIN OF KAOLIN FOUND. Prospectors Locate It Five Miles East of Custer, S. D. W. R. Bond aud F. M. Hughes of Custer, S. D., have discovered on the southern slope of Harney Peak, five miles east of Custer, a forty-foot ledge of the finest quality of onyx and kaolin,, or China clay. The vein of clay is fifteen feet wide and the quality is said to' be the best. It is used for the manufacture of fine porcelain. This is said to be the largest body of kaolin in the United States. BIG FIRE IN KANSAS TOWN. Business Portion of Winfield Destroyed, Leaving Many Homeless. Fire destroyed the business portion of Winfield, Kan., and threatened the city building aud county jail. The Hackney block, a three-story building erected at a cost of $125,000, and its entire contents were burned, and a hundred people were made homeless. The Arlington Hotel was destroyed, and the Rutter livery barn was burned with ail the horses. Court Sustains Monnett. The Ohio Supreme Court handed down a partial decision in the cases of Attorney General Monnett against the Standard Oil Company and its constituent companies which holds the Valentine-Stewart anti-trust act to be constitutional in so far as it appears to the eases passed upon. Over $14,000,000 Coined. The monthly statement of the Comptroller of the Currency shows that the •coinage executed at the mints of the United States during January, 1900, amounted to $14,053,431, as follows: Gold, $11,515,000; silver. $2,364,161; minor coins, $174,270. Two Perish at East Grand Forks. Fire in East Grand Forks, N, D„ destroyed'. the Kelly A Gillum saloon aud burned to death W. I). Kelly, one of the proprietors, aud D. .1. MeAdarn, one of the oldest residents and former Mayor of the city. • Expires on a Train. Capt. A. W. Gillman, superintendent of the Goodrich Transportation Company, and one of the most Widely known men on the lakes, died very suddenly of apoplexy on a Chicago and Northwestern train as it was approaching Manitowoc. Feels that He Cannot Interfere. Tn ariswer~to the appeal made to him" by the Queen of Holland to use his influence to stop the South African war, Pope Leo has sent a sorrowful reply that he is unable to offer his offices for the cessation of hostilities. Costly Fire in New York. In New York tire broke out in the seven-story building occupied by the Hey wood Bros. & Wakefield Company, chair manufacturers. One hundred aud fifty men escaped in safety from the building. The loss is about $300,000. New Ball League Formed. A ■ new baseball association has been formed called the American Association, which is to work in harmony with aud under protection of the National League. Four clubs have already been selected to play in this association. Marshall Field’s Niece Weds. Miss Minna Field, daughter of the late Henry Field of Chicago and niece of Marshall Field, eloped with Preston Gibson of Washington and was married in New Y'ork City without the consent or her mother, Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page. Fire ot Bella ire, Ohio. The large electric plant of the Bellaire, Ohio, steel works, owned by the National Steel Company, was burned to the ground aud the electrical machinery was wholly destroyed. Goebel Is Shot Down. Senator William E. Goebel was shot in the street at Frankfort, Ky. The wound is not fatal.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

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 $5.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 05c to 07c; corn, No. 2,30 cto 31c; oats, No. 2,22 c to 23c; rye, No. 2,50 cto 52c; butter, choice creamery, 23c to 25c; eggs, fivsh, 10c to 17c; potatoes, choice, 40c to 50c per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $0.50; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $5.00; sheep, common to prime, $3.00 to $5.25; wheat. No. 2,70 cto 72c; corn, No. 2 white, 32c to 33c; oats, No. 2 white, 20c to 27c. ' St. Louis—Cattle, $3.25 to $0.75; hogs, $3.00 to $5.00; sheep, $3.00 to $5. io; wheat, No. 2,70 cto 72c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 30c to 32c; oats, No. 2,24 cto 25c; rye. No. 2,52 cto 53c. Cincinnati —Cattle, $2.50 to $0.50; hogs, $3.00 to $5.00; sheep, $2.50 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2,72 cto 74c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 34c to 35c: cats. No. 2 mixed, 25c to 20c; rye, No. 2,00 cto 02c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $0.75; hogs, $3.00 to $5.00; sheep, $3.00 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2,70 cto 72c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 33c to 34c; oats, No. 2 white. 28c to 20c: rye, 570 to 50c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 71c to 72c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 33c to 34c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 23c to 24c; rye, No. 2,50 c to 58c; clover seed, $4.85 to $4.05. Milwaukee —Wheat, No. 2 northern, Gsc to 07e; corn, No. 2,31 cto 82c; oata, No. 2 white, 25c to 2lic; rye. No. I, 55c to 50c;. barley, No. 2,45 cto 47c; pork, mess, $10.50 to $ll.OO. Buffalo—Cattle, good shipping steers, $3.00 to $0.50; hogs, common to choice, $3.25 to $5.25; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $0.00; lambs, common to extra, $4.50 to $7.75. Now York—Cattle,»s3.2s to $0.75; hogs, $3.00 to $5.50; sheep. $3.00 to *5.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 77c to 78c - ; corn, No. 2, 30c to 41c; oata. No. 2 white, 31c to 32c; butter, creamery, 21c to 20c; eggs, western, 17c to 19c.

PARDON FOR REBELS.

FILIPINO WAR TO BE PROCLAIMED ENDED. Anintwty to Be Offered All Insurgents Who Lay Down Their Arms —Disbanded “Insurrectos” Now Plundering Natives in Provincial Towns. A Washington correspondent declares he lias learned from official sources that the President intends to issue within the next thirty days his Philippine proclamation extending amnesty to the insurgents, and denouncing as outlaws aud bandits all who do not avail themselves of its terms. This determination was reached after several conferences with the Secretary of War and other members of the cabinet. The proclamation has not yet been drafted, but the general terms of its provisions have been fully discussed, and it Is announced that it -will contain a declaration of the end of the insurrection of the islands. This will be followed by a grant of amnesty to all insurgents who lay down their arms within a specified time. The time has not yet been decided upon, but the President believes sixty days sufficient, and this meets the approval of the Secretary of War. The proclamation will declare that, owing to the termination of the insurrection, all persons who do not avail themselves of its terms within the time given will be treated as outlaws and bandits. For some time the President has had under consideration an announcement of the termination of the rebellion, but has been waiting for a complete disintegration of all the Filipino forces. ' - , Reports from Gen. Otis do not show that any orgnnized rebellion exists in the northern part of Luzon, and recent reports.indicate that the only opposition found now is in the island south of Manila. Gen. Schwan has been sent to conquer the enemy in this section, and has been meeting with surprising success. He has pursued the insurgents without abatement, and has inflicted severe defeats in every engagement, and the American forces in Cavite and Batangas provinces have reduced the Filipino organizations to mere roving bands of only a few hundred men. The campaign under Gen. Schwan is to be pushed with renewed vigor, and it is the intention of the President to issue his proclamation on the Completion of the Schwan expedition. War Department officials are of the belief that Gen. Schwan will succeed in pacifying Cavite and Batangas provinces within a few weeks, and that Gen. Otis will be able to report the complete pacification of the islands within less than thirty days. The War Department has received several cables from Gen. Otis confirming the belief that the insurgents have, scattered throughout the country and are plundering the natives of the different towns.

PARLIAMENT IN SESSION.

England’s Law Makers Convene for a Memorable Meeting. ! s The British Parliament assembled Tuesday for a session which will prove memoaible in Britain’s history. The mepibers gathered at Westminster at an early hour. Speaker William Court Gully arrived at the House of Commons on time, and there was a large attendance of members. Before the opening of the session there was the usual inspection of the vaults for gunpowder, which formality hns been observed since the days of Guy Fawkes. Queen Victoria’s address gives no hint of a desire for the war’s end. She expresses grief over the great losses sustained, speaks of her pride for bravery of British soldiers'and asks more* money for continuance of the conflict. Not since the Crimean war has Parliament met under similar circumstances. Not since the days of Parnell has there been as much excitement attending its assembling. There was bungling in the Crimean war, and for it the Aberdeen ministry was overthrown. There has been bungling in South Africa now, but unless signs fail the present ministry will stick out if it h'as to elect a new Parliament to do it. The Liberals found themselves stronger than since Gladstone’s retirement, and, a correspondent asserts, if they had a leader knee high to Gladstone they could seize the opportunity. Rosebery would be the man. but he believes by waiting longer lie will get all he wants without fighting for it, so he remains in half retirement. Campbell-Bannermnn is only an amiable figurehead. Sir Edward Grey is too young. Sir Charles Dilke was mixed in a scandal some time ago, and the nonconformists who are the backbone of the Liberal party won’t walk on the same side of the street with him. It is Dilke, however, who will openly try to overthrow the Salisbury ministry. His resolution is couched in moderate terms. Bannerman, Asquith and Fowler are expected to support it on national grounds disavowing partisan motives and demanding in the name of the country a ministry which will do something. In this way they hope to recruit from disgruntled Tories and Unionists enough to form a hostile majority. Should the attempt succeed, Salisbury will obtain an order of the Queen dissolving Parliament and calling a general election. It would be one of the most exciting elections in recent English history, but the ministry appealing to patriotism apd waving the union jnck would probably win. Should the ministry lose it would immediately resign. The country, however, while indignant at bungling and luck of preparation, is not anxious to swap horses. They are afraid it would be taken to moan that the country was tired of the-war and wanted to quit. The first enthusiasm, it is true, is gone, but except for a few irreconcilable*, the country, while disappointed and chagrined, is by no means ready to quit. It hns its second wind now, and will stand a lot more punishment without wincing.

War History Told in Figures.

The Bocr-British was began on Oct. 12. The history and net results of the operations in the 110 days which have elapsed since that - date arc told in the following figures: British regulars In the field 114,000 Natal volunteers Colonials Sl.wp Troops at sen. Heady to embark “"•'’Y” Boiler's losses tn ten (1ay5......«••• • el* Killed during the war 2.4 W. Wounded during the war 11 Prisoners In Boer hands. •■• • • - — 1 < A Colorado court has decided that combines are legal In that Stata<

CONGRESS.

On Monday, in the Senate, Mr. Mason arose to a question of privilege and sharply attacked the British Government and the British vice-consul at New Orleans because of an interview in which the vice-consul had assailed Mr. Mason for the position he had taken in behalf of the Transvaal republic in its war with Great Britain. Mr. Hoar thought the consul’s purported remarks so serious that it ought to be investigated by the Government, but he deprecated any attack upon Great Britain. Mr. Lodge sharply arraigned the British consul for his utterances against a United States Senator, and believed it ought not lightly to be passed. Mr. Tillman delivered a forceful and characteristic speech on the Philippine question, iu which he maintained that this Government 'ought to extend to the Filipinos the right to govern themselves, the United States guarding them against the aggression ol' other nations. Twenty-three "pension bills were ‘passed. The House passed (lie Sulzer resolution to investigate Secretary Gage, which the committee on rules recommended should be s<{nt to the ways and means committee On Tuesday in the Senate a bill passed giving cannon front gunboat Nashville to City of Nashville. Mr. Hoar's resolution directing rules committee to. consider plan for enlargement of eapitpl or for transacting other than legislative business elsewhere was agreed to. Mr. Pettigrew’s resolution concerning Samoan treaty was referred to committee on foreign relations. Mr. Bacon spoke three hours in support of his Philippine essointions. Bill granting pension of'sso a month to mother of late Flag Lieutenant Brumby was passed. W. V. Sullivan, Senator from Mississippi, was sworn in. In the House resolutions calling on Secretaries of War and Navy for report of expenditures on account of transportation of troops to Philippines from May 1, 1898, to Nov. 1, 1899, were adopted. Bill authorizing acceptance of site for a military post near Des Mrtines, lowa, was passed. Committee decided to report no river and harbor bill this session. In the Senate on Wednesday debate, ordinarily calm and dignified, burst into passionate utterances and bitter recriminations. Senators hurled denunciation at one another until tile audience quivered with excitement. Mr. Pettigrew sought to have read a resolution embodying a document written by Emilio Aguinaldo upon the Filipino insurrection and containing his version of the alleged recognition of the Filipino republic by Admiral Dewey. Senator Lodge protested against printing the document in any form, and read a letter from Admiral Dewey, in which that portion of Agninaldo’s statement relating to the admiral was denounced as a tissue of falsehoods. Nearly the entire imirnlug hum imllic.. Senate on Thursday was occupied by Mr. Allen in discussing the report of Secretary Gage concerning his transactions with the National City Bank of New York. Mr. Allen claimed Mr. Gage’s reply had not been sufficient. Mr. Daniel delivered an extended speech in opposition to the pending financial measure. Bills were passed to reimburse Wyoming for money expended in protecting the Yellowstone National Park, and to -enlarge the powers of the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad. In the House debate on the Indian appropriation bill took a wide range, the feature being a strong speech in favor of expansion byMr. Sibley (Dem., Pa.). The conference report on the urgent deficiency bill was adopted. It was only a partial agreement. Two items were still iu dispute. One of these—-the appropriation for the public building at Kansas City—was, agreed to, aud the House still insisted upon its disagreement to the appropriation of $5,000 for the observation of the eclipse of the sun next May, as S4,O(H) had been given the Smithsonian Institution for the same purpose. In the Senate on Friday an effort by Senator Pettigrew to. discuss the Philippine question was of no avail, as he was met by a point of order which took him from the floor. He'had gotten only so far as to charge that the great journals of the country would not publish the facts concerning the Philippine war. Subsequently he offered another resolution on which he will speak next week. Senator Allen concluded his speech in arraignment of Secretary Gage because of his transactions with the National City Bank of New York. He had previously introduced a resolution providing for an investigation by the Senate of the TreasuryDepartment, but objection to its consideration sent it over until next.week. Adjourned until Monday. In the House tinday was devoted to the Indian appropriation bill. When the appropriation for Indian schools was reached an effort was inaugurated by Mr. Fitzgerald of New York to permit Ihe Secretary of the Interior to contract with schools for the education of Indian children where the Government lucks facilities. No appropriation is made for contract schools in this bill. It is claimed that present Indian school facilities are inadequate. At au evening session pension bills were to be considered, but the point of no/qttorutn was raised and none were phased. No session of the Senate was held on Saturday. The House passed the Indiuti appropriatida bill. It was slightly amended in unimportant particulars. An attempt to revive the policy of making contracts with religious schools for the education of Indian children, which has been gradually abandoned by the governmen during the lust five years, failed on the ruling of the chair that the amendment offered \>ns out of order. The latter part of the session was devoted 'to eulogies upon the life and public services of the late Representative Ermentront of Pennsylvania,

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Boers say the 'British are using ar-mor-picrcing shells. , Henry J. Fitzgerald’s trunk factory, Chicago, Loss $75,000. Thieves stole $1,500 worth of property from the home of F. P. Furnald, New York. John P. Larney, New York, was thrown from a buggy in Central Park and killed. Bandits in a private steamer robbed the priests at Nam-noi, China, of $5,000 worth of valuables.