Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 April 1900 — Page 2

WEEKLY REPUBLICAN. QEO. E. MARSHALL, Publisher. H*!*" ' . RENSSELAER, - - INDIANA.

FAILURES SEEM BIG.

LIABILITIES FOR THREE MONTHS ARE 566,677,055. - ■ -.■■■— 0 ■ They Are Large Only When Compared with the Pnt Two Years and 1888The Volnme of Business As Larger— Cruelty to a Sweetheart;. R. G. Dan & Co.’s weekly review of trade says: “Only twice in twenty-five-years ■would such failures as those of the first quarter of 1900 have seemed large. They are large compared with last year and 1898 and would have looked larger in 1888. The amount of liabilities, (50,677,055, includes (21,161,000 for the United States Floor Milling Company, and 492,482 for sixteen banks and other financial corporations, leaving 2,894 commercial failures, with (33,022.572 liabilities. Actual defaults in manufacturing - are smaller than in the first quarter of'any other year except 1891). Quarterly reviews show that outside the immediate effects of stock speculation and industrial consolidations the volume of business has been larger this year than a year ago. No change has come in cotton goods this week, though dealings for .the future are hindered. Business in woolens is also somewhat unsatisfactory. Sales of three chief markets hnve been only 5;933,600 pounds. The rise in some leather has helped manufacturers of" boots and shoes to hold prices, but not to get more orders. Failures for the week are 159 in the United States, against 141 last year, and 29 in Canada, against 17 last year.”

MURDER MAN FOR SIX CENTS. Burglars Bind Three Women with Ropes While They Seek Valnab'ee. Two masked men entered the house of Mis. James Warrack, an aped widow, five miles south of Baruesville, Ohio, murdered the only man in the house and tied the three women with ropes while they searched for valuables. With Mrs. Warrack were her granddaughter, another young woman and her grandson, Clarence Warrack. The women were terrified when awakened by the threats of the intruders, but young Warrack, on hearing them, ordered them to leave. A scuffle ensued, in which Warrack was shot and killed. The burglars then bound the three women and ransacked the house, but secured only 6 cents in money. DIBFIGURES HIS SWEETHEART. Illinois Man Maltreats Girl to Whom He Paid Attention. Charles Hendrick, who claims llion, 111., as his home, is in jail at Binghamton, N. Y., for brutally assaulting his sweetheart in their boarding place. He entered the dining room, and, pulling her from her chair, dragged her about the room by the hair, ending by grinding his heel in her face, bruising it into an unrecognizable mass, tearing off an ear and disfiguring her for life. When arrested Ms only explanation was: ‘"I gave her what she deserved.” He had been paying her attention, and, it is said, she rejected his suit. Washes Face Once a Week. Mrs. Emma Murphy has brought suit for divorce against her husband, J. K. Murphy, a wealthy real estate dealer of Kansas City. The petition charges “incompatibility,” and the leading specification is that Mr. Murphy refuses to keep his person clean. One witness testified that Mr. Murphy only washed his face and hands once a week. “Marjory Lee” Seeks 920.000. Miss Margaret Riley, known as Marjory Lee, has suejl Arnold Lawson, son of Thomas W. Lawson, the Boston copper magnate, for breach of promise to marry. Miss Riley, who is a petite blonde, places the damages at $20,000. Mr. Lawson makes a complete denial of her allegations.

Court Decides for Beckham. By decree of the State Court of Appeals J. C. W. Beckham, the Democratic nominee, is Governor of Kentucky. In its decision the court holds that the legislature has sole power to pass upon any contest for the otiice and that hence its findings cannot be overridden by the judicial branch of the Government. Texas Rivers Swetp Away Crops. The country southwest of Austin, Tex., was visited bj a cloudburst. The Nueces river and other streams were converted almost instantly into ragiug torrents that overflowed and swept away thousands of acres of growing crops in the valleys. Aiask i ( onvention in May. Both political parties of Alaska will hold conventions in May, the Republicans May 12 and the Democrats May 28, to name national convention delegates. All representatives will go specially instructed. Man Who Nur ed Seward Dies. Sylvester Storrs, who nursed ex-Secre-tary of State William 11. Seward when he was utmost stabbed to death at the time President Lincoln was assassinated, is dead of cancer at Berea, Ky., aged 76 years. .u: G'ncoac Works Burned. The Cardineal, Ont., glucose works, which are a portion of the Bdwardsburg starch works, were completely destroyed by fire. Loss $150,000. The town’s electric light works were also destroyed. Den h nl catrnction in Texas. A flood in the Colorado river carried away the great dam at Austin, Texas, and caused $8,000,000 property loss. Forty-eight lives were lost. New iota in Martinique. Strikes have been declared at several l of the works at Guadalonpe, Island of Martinique, and night work has been suspended at ihe Bohuemere works, belonging to the Credit Foncier. The strikers invaded the works, extinguished the Arts and stopped nil work. o ato etir e, \ Gen. Otis will retire from his command In the Philippines at his own request 1 or shortly thereafter, and wfill be succeeded in chief command by Gen. Aruiur 'T

CANAL COMMISSION ARRIVES. Hat Collected a Great Mom of Bata Concerning Routes. The canal commissioners, Rear Admiral Walker, Samuel Pasco; Col. Ernst and Emery H. Johnson were passengers on the Atlas Line steamer Alleghany, which recently arrived at New York from Central America. Rear Admiral Walker said: “We have completed our portion of the work of investigating the possibilities of both the Panama and Nicaragua routes. We have spent three months in the bush and have collected a great mass of data which we will put into shape for our report to be handed in to the President next December. Nothing can be said on the subject that would give the public a clear idea until this data has been arranged and put into shape.” Admiral Walker was asked whether the commission favored a fortified canal, lie replied that he could not enter into that subject. “Our duty will be to state the facts and to present to Congress the result of our survey and work. Both routes have their advantages, and these will be set forth,” said he. The admiral added: “Everywhere we were well received and entertained. The sentiment of the people is for the United States to build the canal.” LOSES $55,000 AT ROULETTE. James T. Drummond, Jr., of St. Louis, Sued by a New York Gambler. Richard A. Canfield, owner of'gambling resorts in New York and Saratoga, has sued James T. Drummond, Jr., and his brother, Harrison 1. Drummond, the millionaire St. Louis tobacco manufacturers, for (55,000, said to have been lost by Janies at roulette last summer. According to Canfield, young Drummond was playing heavily in his place in September, 1899, and losing. He, asked Canfield for a'loan, and the latter, being assured by Harrisou Drummond that it, would be repaid, did advance (55,000 to James Drummond, which the latter lost. Efforts have been made to settle, but the attorneys of the Drummonds advised against it, and the suit followed. James T. Drummond dictated this statement: “All I have to say is that 1 did go to Canfield’s place and was foolish enough to get drunk and play roulette there, and when it was over I was told that 1 had lost $55,000. I did not know then, and don’t know now, what I lost or whether I lost anything.”

EXPLORERS FIND SOUTH POLE. British Expedition Announces Success of the Antarctic Search. The exploring steamer Southern Cross, bearing C. E. Borchgreviuk and the survivors of the south polar expedition, fitted out in 1898 by Sir George Newnes of London, has arrived at Wellington, New Zealand. Mr. Borchgreviuk reports that the magnetic pole has been located. The Borchgrevink expedition left Hobart, Tnsmania, for the antarctic region Dec. 19, IS9B. During the latter part of February, 1899, the members landed from the Southern Cross near Cape Adair, Victoria Land, it having been arranged that the steamer should leave them there with full equipment of every kind and should return for them early in 1900. Mr. Borchgrevink’s party consisted of nine, including himself. Didn’t Give Her Correct Age. When Mrs. Hannah Bos worth went to the voting booth at Cleveland to cast her vote for school officials she was told that she could not, for no one answering her description had registered. The only Mrs. Bosworth of her address on the registration books was put down as 21 years old. Mrs. Bosworth looks 45. She said to President Buckley of the Board of Education that she did not give Iter age right. Big Railroad Deal Reported. The New York Times declares positively that control of the Heading Railroad has been acquired by the Vanderbilts. Ndt only is the vast mileage, with the extraordinary coal , land holdings, of the Reading company taken over by the Vanderbilts, but the Lehigh Valley and the Erie systems are to be merged into the Heading, and the Reading with these acquisitions becomes the property of the Vanderbilts. Tied and Left to Starve. Because he was suspected of being a spy of a rival company, Choy Fook, a Chinese fisherman at Point San Pedro, Cal., was tied by five members of the various companies to a beacon stake ou a barren rock iu Richardson’s Bay and there left for two days without food or ■water. When discovered he was almost in a dying condition. Cotton Goes Up in Flames. A $500,000 tire occurred at Newport, Ariz. The fire started in C. B. Best’s livery and feed store, which was quickly burned, as was also the plant of the Union Compress Company, valued at SIOO,OOO. Eight thousand bales of cotton valued at $350,000 is practically a total loss. Failure of Lincoln, Neh., Bank. The State Bauk of Cambridge at Lincoln, Neb., was closed on orders of the State banking board and an examiner put in charge. The capital of the bank is $12,500 and its deposits $40,000. An accumulation of bad paper is given as the cause of the failure. Buys Up Salmon Canneries. The Puget Sound Packers’ Association is a new syndicate which has already acquired four of the eight salmon canneries on Puget sound which last year operated independently of the Alaskn Packers’ Association and the Pacific American Fisheries Company. Indian Is Given Fifty Lashes. John Watika, a Seminole Indian, was given fifty lashes ou his bare back at Wewoka, I. T. The flogging was delivered in public and hundreds witnessed it. Watika was convicted recently upon two charges of larceny and had also deserted his wife. Plumbers Go on Strike. Journeymen plumbers to the number of 300 went on strike in Cleveland for higher wages, The journeymen are at present receiving $3 per day, while junior plumbers get $2.25. About 125 lathers also struck. Shot Four Men und Escaped. At Wagoner, I. T., Tom Gaylor, while drunk aud disorderly, shot Night Watchman Humphreys, Dick Ketcker and two men named Brown and Scott. Gaylor is still at large. Wales Fired Upon. The I’nnce pf Wales was shot at while leaving the railroad station at Brussels. He was not hurt. The Prince aud Princess of Wales were on their way to Dcnputrk. - - -

MAN LOSES A CORPSE.

DEAD BODY DISAPPEARS ON A RAILWAY JOURNEY. Its Custodian, M. N. Beach, Becomes Insane in Consequence of the Affair, and Is Placed Under Restraint—Mail Service Interrupted at Panama. M. N. Beach of Stockton, Cal., is insane at Norwich, Conn., the result of losing a corpse he was eouveying from Stockton to Olyphant, Pa. Mr. Beach reached Norwich over the Ontario and Western, registering at the Palmer House. He acted strangely and said that while escorting the body of Mrs. Hill from Stockton to Olyphant he lost it at Oswego and took the wrong train. Papers in his pocket substantiated his assertion. He left the hotel and soon afterward was seen trying to crawl into a child’s snow house. Later he attempted to break in the door of a prominent residence, searching for the corpse, and was locked up Ity the sheriff. In his ceil he raved in delirium and the authorities had difficulty to restrain him. The body which went astray later arrived safely at Olyphant.

UNION LABOR LAW DEFEATED. Ohio Employer Has the Right to Discharge Any Man for Cause. Ohio’s statute which is intended to prevent the discharge of workingmen for affiliation with trades unions was declared unconstitutional by Judge Pugsley of the Common Pleas Court in Toledo. Lamont Bateman, general manager of the Toledo tube works, discharged Alonzo Cole. The latter promptly brought suit before a magistrate and Bateman was fined. The case was then carried into the Common Pleas Court by the indictment of Bateman by the grand jury. Judge Pugsley heard the argument on a demurrer which set forth that the law was unconstitutional and that the facts did not constitute a cause of action. The court holds that the discharge in this case was not such an act that the employe was compelled or coerced to leave his union, and that his discharge was a lawful act. He holds that the statute is purely class legislation and unconstitutional.

DISTURBANCES IN PANAMA. Mail Service Interrupted by Operations of the Troops. It is now admitted that the disturbances in Panama, Colombia, are serious, and the authorities are beginning to pay attention to them. Mail service has been interrupted in consequence of the operations of the troops. A revolution in Colombia, is of especial importance to the United States because of the guaranty made by this Government to preserve free transit between Colon and Panama. New Ships Being Built. There are all of twenty new vessels being constructed by the leading steamship lines for the transatlantic service between New York and foreign ports. In addition to these there are at least five new liners ,that are nearly finished and will be placed in commission in the early part of the coming season, besides a large number of vessels that will carry freight exclusively. Death in a Wreck. A passenger train on the Fort Worth and Denver City Railroad was wrecked near Channing, Texas. The coaches caught tire and the entire train except one coach burned. It is reported six qr seven people were killed, among them the Wells-Fnrgo express messenger. Chapman. Workman Killed by Machinery. J Henry Hurlburt, a workman iu the Lyons Paper Company’s mill at Clinton, lowa, met a horrible death. He fell against a swiftly revolving shaft, which caught his clothing and hurled him with great force against the side of the building. His body was crushed into a shapeless mass. Miss Sampson Now a Wife. The wedding of Miss Hannah YY’alker Sampson, youngest' daughter of Rear Admiral YVilliam T. Sampson, to Ensign Wat Tyler Culverius, U. S. N., took place at the commandant’s residence at the, Boston navy yard and was attended by many army and navy officers and their families.

Marsh Is Found Guilty. Arthur F. Marsh of Allegan, former inspector general of the Michigan National Guard, tried on an indictment charging him with feloniously conspiring with certain of his official associates to defraud the State, was found guilty by the jury at Lansing. Toll Bridges Blown Up. One hundred and fifty masked men blew up two bridges aud burned two tollhouses on the Logansport' and Burlington pike in Indiana at midnight on a recent nigh?. The road is the only toll pike in the county, and those oldiged to patronize it have been hostile for vvenr. Rescue of British. A dispatch from Bloemfontein says that Col. Porter,, with ninety cavalrymen aud two guns, charged a large body of Boers and rescued ninety-one British prisoners, including eleven officers, who were captured at Komsprult on March 31. The British suffered no casualties. Fire Ruins Millinery Stock. ' Fire in the McClintock building at Pittsburg caused a loss of $75,000. The fire damage was but $25,000, $15,000 of which falls ou Stanton’s Elite photogrnph gallery.- The remaining SIO,OOO is distributed among the numerous tenants. Mortgage Against the Western Union. A mortgage for a loan of $20,000,000 wap filed in New York by the Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company as trustee against the Western Union Telegraph Company. Olga Ncthersolc Upheld. “Snpho” was officially declared a proper play by the New York jury before which Miss Olga Ncthersolc and her associates were tried for maintaining a public nuisance. General Bidwell Passes Away. A dispatch from Chk-o, Cal., announces the death of Gen. George Bidwell. Geu. Bidwell was the prohibition candidate for President in 1892. Journalist Ends His Life. F. O. Dickenslieets of the Kansas City Journal killed himself at the Jackson Hotel, Atlanta, by taking morphine.

TO IMPROVB PEARL HARBOR. Naval Authorities Anxious to Begin the Work Deemed Necessary. The naval authorities want Pearl harbor, which they regard as the moat important post of the United States in the Pacific, made available for naval pur poses without further delay, and an appeal will be made to Congress to authorize the necessary improvements. The board which has been studying plans for the most effective and economical utilization of the harbor has completed its work and favors the immediate expenditure of $500,000. which, with the money already •appropriated for dredging, will make the harbor accessible and provide all the land required for further improvements. WAR HAS BEEN AVERTED. Minister Merry’s Success with Nicaragua and Costa Kica. Dispatches received by Acting Secretary Allen at Washington from Captain W. W. Meade, commanding the cruiser Philadelphia, and Commander Duncan Kennedy, commanding the Detroit, report that no trouble exists iu either Nicaragua or Costa Rica. The news confirms information received by the State Department showing that Minister Merry has been successful iu the use of his good offices in averting war between the two republics. TRY TO KILL G. B. COX. Unknown Plotter Sent an Infernal Machines to a Cincinnati Politician. Dynamiters made an attempt at Cincinnati to murder the family of George B. Cox, tbe Republican leader, and to destroy his home. Persons unknown placed on the ,veranda of the Cox residence a package addressed to Mrs. Cox. Mr. Cox turned the box over to the police and they found it to contain an infernal machine. There was some doubt the motive in the case after the discovery.

Fatal Fire Over an Island. J. Sheaf Casey of St. Joseph, Mo., captaiu of Company F, Fourth Missouri volunteers, during the war with Spain, was shot and killed near Troy. Kan., by Edward Young, a farmer. Casey recently squatted on a small island iu the Missouri river six miles southwest of St. Joseph. Young claimed the land, and a quarrel and the murder resulted. Young gave himself up. Many Lives Lost in Wreck. A passenger train was run into by a freight train on the Mexican National Railroad near Toluca, Mexico. An American telegraph lineman and a third-class passenger were killed outright, and twenty other passengers died before being taken away. Cat Gives Alarm of Fire. The largest student uoardiug house in Ithaca. .N. Y., was burned the other night. The liradlady. Mrs. Stillwell, says that she believed her life and the lives of all the occupants were saved by a favorite cat. which went mewing up and down the halls. Murdered by Robbers. At YY’iniield, Kan., robbers rifled the Santa Fe depot and shot and killed D. C. Coates, the night operator, in escaping. They secured only a few cents. The killing was evidently committed to prevent identification. Steamer Jennie George Sunk. The steamer Jennie George, owned by the Catlettsburg and Piketown Packet Company of Catlettsburg. Ky„ sunk near Paiutsville, Ivy., with all her cargo. The boat was worth (8,000. Thirty pnssenbers barely escaped. Ravenna, Mich., Swept by Fire. The village of Ravenna, Mich., was almost wiped out by fire Wednesday evening. Tbe loss is (300,000. The tire was caused by an explosion of coal gas in Barnoswiski’s saloon.

English Are Repulsed. There has been heavy fighting between Brandfort and Bloemfontein, South Africa. The YVakkerstroom and Ermelo commandos attacked 7,000 British and drove them back with heavy losses. Aguinaldo Is Found. News from the Philippines received by the transport Sheridan shows that Aguinaldo is in Singapore. The Singapore papers make mention of the fact and publish short interviews with him. Fire at Johnstown, N. Y. At Johnstown, N. Y., fire practically destroyed the leather dressing establishment owned by Topp & Y r osburgh. The estimated loss is (50.000. Mayor for Cincinnati. The Republicans of Cincinnati hnve elected Juls Fleischman. a millionaire distiller, as Mayor.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $6.00; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $5.75; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $6.50; wheat. No. 2 red, 67c to 69c; corn, No. 2,41 cto 42c; oats, No. 2,25 c to 26c; rye, No. 2,54 cto 56c; butter, choice creamery, 19c to 21c; eggs, fresh, 10c to 11c; potatoes, choice, 30c to 40e per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $6.00; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $5.50; sheep, common to prime, $3.00 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2,71 cto 72c; corn, No. 2 white, 39c to 40c; oats, No. 2 white, 28c to 30c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.25 to $6.00; hogs, $3.00 to $5.75; sheep, $3.00 to $6.26; wheat, No. 2,72 cto 73c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 39c to 40c; oats. No. 2,25 cto 27c; rye. No. 2,55 cto 57c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $2.50 to $6.00; hogs, $3.00 to $5.50; sheep, $2.50 to $6.25; wheat. No. 2,72 cto 74e; com, No. 2 mixed, 42c to 43c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 26c to 28c; rye, No. 2,59 cto6l c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $6.00; hogs, $3.00 to $5.50; sheep, $3.00 to SU.UU; wheat, No. 2,72 cto 73c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 40c to 42c; oats, No. 2 white, 28c to 29c; rye, 59c to 61c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 mixed. 72c to 73c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 39c to 40c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 25c to 26c; rye, No. 2,56 c to 58c; clover seed, nest, $5.05 to $5.15. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 northern, 66c to ÜBc; corn, No. 3,39 cto 40c; oats, No. 2 white, 28c to 30c; rye. No. 2,57 c to 59c; hurley. No. 2,45 cto 47c; pork, mess, $13.00 to $13.50. Buffulo—Cattle, good shipping steers, $3.00 to $6.00; hogs, common to choice, $3.25 to $0.00; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $7.00; lambs, common to extra, $4.50 to $8.25. New York—Cattle. $3.25 to $0.00; bogs, $3.00 to $5.75; sheep. $3.00 to $6.75; wheut. No. 2 red. 80c to 81c: corn. No. 2, 48c to 50c; oats, No. 2 white. 31c to-33c; butter, creamery, 18c to 22c; eggs, western, 11c to 13c.

DAM CARRIED AWAY.

GREAT STRUCTURE AT AUSTIN, TEXAS, DESTROYED. Flood in Colorado River Deale Death and Ruin—Forty-eight Persons Are Drowned and $8,000,000 Worth of Property Destroyed. The great dam across the Colorado river at Austin, Texas, which was constructed seven years ago at a cost of (1,500,000, was swept away Saturday morning by an unprecedented Hood in that river. The break occurred at 11:15 o’clock, caushig an instant rise of fully fifty feet in tho river below the dam. This torrent of water swept down upon the broad valley below in all of its force, leaving death and destruction in its wake. Forty-eight persons arc known to have been drowned, and the losses at that point, including the destruction of the immense electric light and power plant, will reach $2,000,000. Last Wednesday night it began-to rain very hard, the storm > extending north along the Water sheds of the Colorado river. The precipitation continued until Saturday morning. All this vast quantity of water aloug the water sheds of the Colorado river rapidly swelled the current, and at 8 o’clock Saturday morning the river had risen forty feet within ten hours. Small frame houses, trees and debris of every description in varying quantities descended the river uud massed against the upper face of the dam. This weight was augmented every moment until by 10 o’clock there was a mass of debris lodged against the dam which threatened the salety of the structure. In addition, millions of gallons of water, muddy from its long journey, was whirling and plunging to the sixty-foot fail, ana it was evident that no wall could withstand the immense pressure. The crisis came shortly after 11 o’clock, when, with a report like the roar of the ocean, the great wedge twenty-five feet high, five hundred feet wide and about eight feet thick rolled out of the center section of the dam, down the face of the 60-loot depth into the river below. Tins leit a yawning gap in the very middle of the dam through which the debris and water fiercely poured, while the flood, already rag.ng, was threatening everything m its path, this sudden breaking of the dam but sertfing to add to the horror of the catastrophe. The released water poured into the power house, catching eight employes at work there, drowning all of them instantly. The breaking of the dam caused wild excitement in the city v The telegraph companies at once wired to places below there to look out for the great wave, and runners were dispatched on horses to notify those living m the valleys below the city. YVithin a short time all the valleys to the south and west of Austin were filled to overflowing with water, and the southern portion of the city tributary to the river was inundated. Large crowds collected on the river banks, and several persons were swept into the river when the dam broke, but all were saved by boatmen. It is below Austin for a distance of 200 miles that the greatest havoc has been wrought. Reports received show that the wall of water came down upon the homes of hundreds of families without warning. Almost every wagon road bridge across the river between Austin and Columbus, a distance of probably 150 miles, w’as destroyed. This accumulation of drift added to the destructive force of the flood, and few residences and other buildings that were in its path are now standing. Many reports of loss of life have been received by telephone and messenger from points below Austin. A few miles downstream there is a narrow bend in the river, and there was situated quite a settlement, known as Hornsby’s Bend. The flood struck that place in nil its unrestrained fury and destroyed several houses. Thomas Helsey, a farm hand, and Joe Burns, a negro, were drowned. The brick walls of the municipal water works, electrie light and power plant just below tbe dnm collapsed early Sunday morning. The expensive pumping machinery and dynamos fell into the river and they will probably be a total loss. The destroyed plant was erected by the city at a cost of (6,000,000, exclusive of the dam, which cast another (1.000,000. The Colorado river is not the only west Texas stream that is on a rampage. The Concho, the Guadalupe, the San Marcos, the Llauo, the Nueces and the Honro rivers are out of their banks and are flooding hundreds of thousands of acres of cultivated lauds.

MANY ILLEG[?]LLY MARRIED.

Tlie New License Law in Poutb Dakota Leads to Com Petitions. Because of an apparently innocent newspaper item, the matrimonial qjfairs of a large number of newly wedded South Dakota couples have been badly mixed. To straighten out matters many couples have been remarried. Others are to-day unaware of the fact that the ceremonies which were supposed to have tied them together for life are, in fact, illegal. This unfortunate condition is due to the publication by many of the -South Dakota newspapers of an item to the effect that nnder the new marriage license law eou pies who obtained licenses in one county could proceed to another county and be married there. The desire of many couples contemplating matrimony to couceal their approaching marriages from their friends and other residents of their immediate localities contributed to complicate the situation, as many of them quietly obtained their licenses in one county and proceeded to another county, whore they were not so well known, for the purpose of having the ceremony performed. A short time ago, however, it was discovered that licenses obtained in one county were void iu other Counties,, and then there was consternation iu the ranks of the newly married.

News of Minor Note.

A carload of California oranges, sold for charity iu New York for $4,631. Girl students suspended from the Oxford, Ohio, college, have been reinstated. Capt. L B. Evans nnd two sons were drowned in the Wicomico River, in Northumberland County, Virginia. Fourteen thousand persons have engaged passage from Pacific coust iwrts for Cape Nome. ‘ In n wreck ill Trnskwood, Ark., Engineer 11. Seiler ot«1 Fireman W. H. M nrsce weri- I

CONGRESS

Tie Senate passed the Porto Biean tariff bill on Tuesday by a vote 40 to 31. The House entered upon consideration of the substitute for tbe Senate Hawaiian territorial bill under a special order. The debate was in committee of the whole, and only- three of the six speeches were pertinent to the bill. Mr. Knox (Mass.), chairman of the committee on territories* delivered a carefully prepared speech hi advocacy of its passage. Mr. Robinson (lnd.) criticised a section in tbe bill, which, he said, continued in force labor contraets existing in Hawaii, denouncing it as legalizing a system of wage slavery. Mr. Mondell (YVyo.) spoke generally in support of the bill. Mr. Lane (Iowa), one of the Republicans who opposed-the Porto Kico tariff bill, made a vigorous speech, reaffirming his position, and warning bi.s Republican associates that the country would not support afi unfair policy toward the Porto Ricans. Peace was restored before the Senate convened on Wednesday and during tin proceedings of the session there was only a reminder of the harsh langnage used just before adjournment Tuesday. The session opened with a lively and interesting discussion of the status of the Quay case, in the course of which Mr. Wolcott apologized for the .language he had . Osed -Tuesday, disclaiming any intention of being offensive to anybody, least of nil to his friend Mr. Lodge. The Colorado Senator'made u vehement and eluqnent appeal for early action upon the Quay case. He was supported by other friends of Mr. Quay, and it was decided finally to take up the ease Thursday, un der the unanimous consent agreement made on March 16. In accordance also with that agreement the Spooner bill was made the unfinished business, thereby bringing the Philippine question to « direct, issue in the Senate. In the House there was an exciting scene as the climax of a discussion of the Kentucky situation when Mr. Wheeler, a Kentucky Democrat, and Mr. Pugh, a Kentucky Republican, faced each other from oppo site sides of the main aisle and indulged in a wordy duel. Mr. Pugh charged Mr. Wheeler with misrepresenting certain facts. He was laboring nnder great excitement. Mr. Wheeler showed admirable temper, and. though quick to resent the fancied insult, awaited the explanation of Mr. Pugh, in which he disclaimed any intention of imputing to him personally a desire to distort the facts. Through out the debate, which was precipitated by Mr. Boering, the other Republican member from Kentucky, there was an air of suppressed excitement. It was tinfirst time the subject bad been broached in the House, and intense interest was manifested. Mr, Lacey of lowa concluded the debate with a general denunciation of the Goebel election law. This incident overshadowed the other speeches on the Hawaiian bill, many of "which were irrelevant.

Mr. Gallinger presented an argument in the Senate on Thursday against Unseating of M. S. Quay as a Seuator from Pennsylvania. He devoted himself a I most entirely to the constitutional phases of the question. Most of the day was spent in executive session on the HayPauncefote treaty. In the House when 4 o’clock, the hour fixed for taking a vote on the bill to provide territorial govern ment for Hawaii, arrived, less than hair the bill had been covered and so many amendments remained that it was agreed to continue the consideration of the bill under the five-minute rule until it was finished. Several important amendments were agreed to. among them the following: To nullify all labor contracts in the islands, to prohibit the sale of intoxicat ing liquor in saloons, to limit the land holdings of corporations to 1,000 acres, to substitute for the House provision relating to the appointment of judges and other officers of the island the Senate provision. The House provision lodged the appointing power iu the Governor, the Senate placed it in the President. Mr. Deboe gave notice in the Senate on Friday that he would move lo refer the credentials of former Senator J. C. S. Blackburn as a Senator from Ken tucky to the committee on privileges and electiops.. During the greater part of the season the Senate had under consideration the Indian appropriation bill. Mr. Sullivan delivered a speech in favor of the seating of M. S. Quay. The House passed the substitute for the Senate bill providing for a territorial form of gov eminent for Hawaii.

During almost the entire session of the Senate on Saturday an amendment t<* the Indian appropriation bill offered by Mr. Jones (Ark.) providing for the continuance of the Government’s employment of the contract Indian schools, in certain circumstances, was under consideration. The debate took n wide range, the whole question of sectarian schools being gone over at length. The notable feature of the discussion was an eloquent speech delivered in support of the amend ment by Mr. Vest. The amendment was pending when the Senate adjourned,,tin vote upon it disclosing the fact that n<> quorum was present. The House paid tribute to the memory of the late Richard Parks Bland of Missouri, popularly known as '‘Silver Dick’’ Bland, who was a member of the House for twenty-six years. Splendid eulogies of the life and career of the great champion of ailver were offered by members on both aides of the political aisle. At the conclusion of the ceremonies the House, ns further mark of respect, adjourned. A resolution was adopted calling upon tlu* Secretary of War for information as to whether Charles K. Magoon, the legal adviser of the insular bureau, had ever rendered an opinion that, by the treaty with Spain, the Constitution wns extended oVer Porto Rico and the Philippines.

Odds and Ends.

The bubonic plague is rapidly spreading in India. Lompoc, Cal., grows mustard for the whole nation. In that region 2,000 acres are cultivated to the seed, the industry employing about 200 farmers. A victory tor American ship owners is the Treasury Department’s decision tlia. American goods shipped to Sknguny it Canadian vessels must pay dutn>*. It was reported that the* Prince ot Wales intended to i for the America’s cup. but that bc/was interfered with by the South Afrifnn war.