Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 February 1901 — Page 2

WEEKLY REPUBLICAN. "'■ '< ■■■ '■"•■•-- GEO. E. MARSHALL, Publisher. ■'.'maia&eassz RENSSELAER, - • INDIANA.

BIG FIRE IN TORONTO.

DOZEN PERSONS INJURED BEFORE ESCAPING Rapid Spread of Flame* Cats Off All Ordinary Avenues of Egress Girl Hnrt in Jnmplnjr Into Blankets— Bradstreet’a on Trade. The Army ami Navy clothing store, King street, East, opposite St. James' Cathedral, Toronto, Ont., was badly wrecked by fire. Three upper flats were occupied by clothing contractors and manufacturing tailors employing -00 workmen, mostly girls. The fire started in the basement and spread so tapidly that the. escape of the employes on the upper floors was cut off almost before they were aware that the building was on fire. Electric wires.prevcnted the use of ladders, nnd the firemen spread nets, into which about twenty men and girls jumped. A dozen of these received broken limbs and others were badly bruised. One girl, Mary Davidson, was probably fatally injured, but the others are expected to recover. The loss on building and contents is estimated at $50,000, fully insured. fcTIMULAIED BY BAD WEATHER Increased Sales of Boots, Shoes, Rubber Goods and Clothing Are Shown. Bradstreet’s says: “Business as a whole has been of a larger volume this week. Cold and stormy weather has unquestionably stimulated retail business in boots, shoes, rubber goods and clothing. Woolens are slow of sale and the squeeze in raw cotton, though temporary, has not helped converters, who have to pay more for their material, but get no more for their finished products. Heavy cuts in rubber goods point to coming sharp competition in this industry. Wheat, including flour, shipments for the week aggregate 3,776,100 bushels, against 4,838,078 bushels last week and 2,734,937 bushels in the corresponding week of 1900. Corn exports aggregate 2,487,707 bushels, against 3,972,152 bushels last week and 8,598,962 bushels in this week a year ago. Failures in the United States for the last week of January number 238, as against 281 last week and 171 a year ago. Canadian failures number 27, as compared with 31 a year ago.” FIVE CHILDREN SUFFOCATE. Lamp Explodes and the Little Ones Die Bufore Assistance Arrives. Five children of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew F. Luebke living at 420 Russell avenue, Milwaukee, were suffocated and Mrs. Beiwater, who was with them, was seriously burned as the result of a lamp explosion. The parents of the children were absent from home when the accident occurred. The children’s ages range from 2 to 13 years. It is not known what caused the lamp to explode. The children were in bed at the time the fire started and were smothered before assistance came. Mrs. Beiwater was taken to a hospital. Cigarettes Lose a Case. With only a six months’ cruise on the matrimonial seas, Herbert Stanlan and his pretty young wife Marie have tired of their marital life and the young husband appeared in the desertion court in Philadelphia, charged with desertion and non-support. When Judge Finletto learned that Mrs. Stanlan smoked cigarettes he refused to make an order agaiust Stanlan and dismissed the wife's complaint. Indiana Amendment Invalid. The Indiana Supreme Court reversed the constitutional amendment case and held that the amendments voted on at the election wore not adopted. The opinion takes the position that the court is bound to know that there are as many electors in the State as voted for Governor at the November election, nnd as less than half that many voted for the amendments they were not adopted.

Two Men Killed by Locomotive, George Jurkes and Winfield Rogers, young white men, were caught on a Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad trestle in the lower part of Richmond, Va., by a shifting engine, run down and cut to pieces. State Bars All Cigarettes. Tobacco dealers in Chattanooga have received notice of the final passage of the anti-cigarette hill and of its signature by the Governor. It is stated that the sale of cigarettes is practically stopped all over the State. Explosion Kills Two Men. By an explosion of nitro glycerin at the Giant Powder Company's works, five miles from Victoria, B. C., John Fenton and George Phillips were killed. The wen were standing outside the building when the explosion occurred. fßFnon and Wind Storm. A heavy storm of wind and snow, prevailed over lowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio on Sunday. Railway truffle was badly impeded. Reorganization Hill Made Law. The bill for the reorganization of the army was signed by the President at 12:40 Saturday afternoon and is now a law. Killed by Enraged Ifn band. The Rev. J. A. Keller was shot down t»y T. G. Barker at Arlington, X. J„ because of , charges made by the latter's •wife against the rector. j Detroit Paper Injured by Fire. In Detroit, Mich., fire completely gutted the building at 40 to 50 Lamed street, occupied by the Dreskolj-Jupp Paper Company, uud before the premen gained control of it spread to tty plant of the Free Press Printing Company, which suffered extensive damage; Victoria’s Body at Wat, The funeral of England's queen, Victoria, was held with great ptrtnp upd ceremony at Windsor, and her renlalns now repose In the royal mausoleum at

FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH

PAT CROWE AS BOY’S MODEL. Charley Cederblade Undertakes to Extort $2,000 from John A. Dowie. Charles Cedervlade, who had a desire to be the Pat Crowe.of the Arthur Barnard disapearance case in Chicago, is under arrest at police headquarters and is accused of attempting to obtain $2,000 for the return of the missing teller of Dowie's Zion ba*nk. The prisoner is a 15-year-old victim df yellow-back fiction and never saw Barnard. He was arrested at the rendezvous he had selected for the payment of the ransom. C. J. Barnard, father of Arthur Barnard, received a letter similar in tenor to that scut by the kidnapers of Edward Cudahy. It was written on blank paper and was as follows: “Barnard Warning—We want $2,000 for the liberty of Barnard. Il’ not he will be put to death. If you do this all will be well. Come to lioseoe and Racine avenues on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad on the 30th of the month at 7 sharp. We want sl, $5, $lO and S2O bills and $5 gold pieces. We do not want all gold like when we took the "C” boy. Do let anyone but yourself see this note or it will be death to your son<ißarnard.—Captain of the Gang.” After a conference with the bank officials Mr. Barnard decided to submit the letter to the chief of police, and to leave action upon it in the hands of the department. Captain Colleran of the detective bureau called in three of his trusty sleuths —Detectives Thompson, Burns and Morrissey—and told them to find and arrest the kidnapers at all hazards.

ATTEMPT TO KIDNAP BOY. Caseyville, 111,, Man Sees His 7-Year-Old Son Being Dragged Away. An attempt was made at Caseyville, 111., to kidnap Willie, a 7-year-old son of Mj. and Mrs. William Kinsella. Mrs. Kinsella recently received a legacy of $2,000. A few days later a strange man applied for work and was engaged. It is believed he knew of the legacy and was planning to kidnap the boy for a ransom. The other day while Mrs. Kinsella was away Mr. Kinsella missed the man and the boy. He -ran to an elevation and saw the man dragging the boy as fast as he could toward the village of Alma. Mr. Kinsella mounted a horse and went in pursuit. He overtook the man, and jumping from the horse, attacked him. A desperate fight ensued for possession of the boy. The father beat the other man almost into insensibility and took the boy back home. Later, when the scene of the fight was visited, the kidnaper had disappeared. The man had been known by the name of Bert Williams. DEATH PUNISHMENT MUST GO. Murder to Be Avenged by Life Imprisonment in Minnesota. Capital punishment is to abolished in the State of Minnesota and imprisonment for life will be substituted. A measure providing for this has been introduced by Representative Hendrick. In-speaking of his measure Representative Hendrick says he was led to the belief that capital punishment should be abolished because of the fact that conviction of persons charged with crimes for which death is the penalty is generally had on circumstantial evidence, and the further fact that too many men escape punishment altogether, simply because the jury has a doubt of their guilt. Nebraska Town Burns. At Gothenburg, Neb., fire destroyed the livery barn of Amos P. Singer, together with twenty head of horses; Odeerant’s block, containing a lodge hall and two small stores; Carlson Hardware Company’s building, Stack’s restaurant, and partly burned the building of the Carlson Mercantile Company. The loss is about $25,000, half covered by insurance. Fatal Fire at £ea. The British steamship Gov. Blake, which has arrived at Mobile, Ala., from Grand Cayman, brought news of the destruction of a bark by fire at sea. Presumably the entire crew perished on the vessel, which is supposed to have been the Mary from New York. Seamen could be seen clinging to the rigging, but the vessel was enveloped in flames and rescue was impossible. Neely Now in a Cuban Prison. Charles F. W. Neely, charged with embezzling $30,000 of postal funds, has arrived at Havana from New York. The prisoner was delivered to the keeper of the Carcel. Neely, who is in good spirits, received many visitors and talked confidently of his acquittal.

Nab Clever Diamond Thief. Edward Whalen, better known as “Boston Frank,” one of the cleverest “pennyweight” trick operators in the country, is in the custody of the Baltimore police. He was arrested in Washington in company with Mabel Harris, of Philadelphia. Hits a Gravel Train. Three Italian laborers were killed in a collision on the West Shore Railroad at Weebawken, N. \\ An incoming passenger train ran into a gravel train smashing several cars and seriously injuring a number of passengers. Train Wrecked by an Avalanche. A train on the White Pass Railway was wrecked by au avalanche near Summit, Alaska, and partially buried. It took four hours to dig out two men imprisoned in the wreck, who were found unconscious. I ic» After a Pistol Duel, James Stockdnle, who was fatally wounded in a pistol duel at Mount Sterling, Ky., with William Morton, a farmer, is dead. ______ Pastor Rnn Down and Killed. , Rev. Samuel Andrews, a Presbyterian minister at Watfosso, Minn., was killed by a car. Both legs and left arm were severed.

MARKET QUOTATIONS. Chicago—Cattle, common to prime. $3.00 to $5.85; hogs, shipping grades, $3-00 to $5.40; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 74c to 75c; corn. No. 2,36 cto 37c: oats. No. 2. 23»to 24c; rye, No. 2,47 cto 48c; butter, choice creamery, 19c to 20c; eggs, fresh. 17c to 18c; potatoes, 41c to 47c per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 t“ $5.60; hogs, choice light, $4.00 to $5.37; sheep, common to prime. $3.00 to $3.75. wheat, No. 2,75 cto 76c; corn, No. 2 white, 38c to 39c;“ oats, No. 2 white, 27c to 2Sc, ___ St, Louis—Cattle, $3.25 to $5.75; hogs, $3.00 to $5.35; sheep, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2,72 eto 73c: corn, No. 2. 30e to 37c; oats. No. 2,25 cto 26c; rye, No. 2,50 cto 51c. Cincinnati —Cattle, $3.00 to $4.75: hogs $3.00’ to $5.42; sheep, $3.00 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2,78 cto 79c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 39c to 40c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 25c to 27c; rye, No. 2,55 cto -56 c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $4.60; hogs. $3.00, to $5.25; sheep, $2.50 to $4.00: wheat, No. 2,78 cto 80c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 39c to 40c; oats, No. 2 white, 27c to'2Bc; rye, 53c to 54c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 78c to 79c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 38c to 39c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 25c to 26c; rye, No. 2,51 c to 52c; clover seed, prime, $6.00 to $6.70. ■ Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 northern, 73c to 74c; corn, No. 3,36 cto oats. No, 2 white, 26c to 27c; rye, No. 1,50 c to 52c; barley, No. 2,59 cto 00c; pork, mess, $13.50 to $13.85. Buffalo—Cattle, choice shipping steers, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, fair to prime. $3.00 to $5.45; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $4.75; lambs, common to extra, $4.50 to $5.80. New York—Cattle, $3.25 to $5.40; hogs, $3.00 to $5.85; sheep, $3.00 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 80c to 81c; corn, No. 2, 45c to 46c; oats, No. 2*white, 31c to 32c; butter, creamery, 21c to 22c; eggs, western, 19c to 20c.

S TKANGE AND FATAL DISEASE. New Malady in Southern California Results in Death of Eight Persons. At Daggett, a station on the Santa Fe in the northern part of San Bernardino County, .CM-, a strange and fatal disease has made its appearance, causing the death of eight persons in one week. A feature that adds mystery is that each corpse within twenty-four hours after death turns black, leaving no. semblance whatever of former features. The single physician at Daggett diagnoses the maL ady as pneumonia, as patients are attacked with chills, the precursors of grip. The patients only live a day or two after being stricken, and in some instances the change of color was noted before death ensued.

GIRL VICTIM OF ATTACK. Business Man’s Daughter Assailed on the Doorstep of Friend’s Home. Wiihelmina Helfrich, 16, daughter of Albert T>. Helfrich, manager of the Hoffman Hinge Company, was the victim of an attack in Cleveland. She had started to visit a friend, and just as she reached the residence next door to her friend's, she was struck twice on the head with a blunt instrument by some one behind her. She dropped unconscious. Her assailant then dragged her through the snow to the rear of her friend’s home. Pedestrians later found her walking about in a dazed condition, staggering and covered with blood. Her recovery is doubtful. Her assailant escaped. Buys Six Lake Vessels. J. C. Gilchrist of Cleveland has purchased of the Wilson Transit Company the following vessels: The steamers Wallula, Olympia, Sitka C., Tower and Yakima and the schooner Yukon. The deal involves $375,000. Mr. Gilchrist also purchased the steamer Charles A. Eddy from Captain Boutelle of Bay City, Mich., for $70,000. Projects Huge Steel Plant. There now seems to be no doubt that an immense new steel plant is to be built at Norwalk, Ohio, aiid preparations have been pushed so vigorously recently that all that is necessary now is to place the money to cover the contracts for the buildings. Ha-vard Boxing Bont Fatal. As a result of a friendly boxing match between George R. Ainsworth, a Harvard student, and Curtis L. Crane, of Brookline, Mass., his most intimate friend, the latter is lying dead at the Cambridge morgue. Heart disease caused death. Merchant Shoots a Robber. F. A. Olden, a business man of St. Joseph, Mo. in a pistol fight with a burglar at his home, fatally wounded ber and himself received a leg. The burglar turned out to be “Curly” Pryor, well known ns a “crook.’

Women Die by Fire. Two women were killed, four men were injured and several other persons narrowly escaped death in a fire which destroyed the Hotel Jefferson, a sevenstory brick building at 102-100 East Fifteenth street, New Y’ork. Russian Field Marshal Dies. Field Marshal Count Joseph Gourko of liussia died on bis estates at Sjchnrow. He was one of the oldest commanders of the Russian army, and fought with distinction during the Turko-Russian war twenty-four years ago. Robs Standard Oil Office. A- highwaymnn entered the office of the Standard Oil Company in the southern part of Kansas City, locked W. E. Irvin, the cashier, in a closet, and then stole between SSOO tnd S7OO in cash. Newspaper Burned Out. The plant of the Indianapolis Sun, an evening paper, was gutted by fire. Ths loss is $30,000; insurance, $15,000.

FIRE IN DKS MOINES, lOWA. Several Mercantile Establishments Destroyed at tost of #500,000. Fire, which broke out in Frankel Bros.’ department store, corner Sixth and Walnut streets, Des Moines, destroyed over a half million dollars’ worth of property. The fire was first discovered in the corner of the clothing department coming direct from the basement. It was but a moment before the whole building was in fiames. Every available fireman in the city was ordered out, but the structure was doomed before they arrived. By 6 o’clock a solitary wall of the six-story Frankel building was left standing, and the firemen pulled' that down. Not a dollar of the $250,000 stock was saved, and the destruction of the property is complete. The total loss is about $500,000. The heaviest losses are: Frankel Bros., $375,000; Younker Bros., $45,000; A. & I. Fredlich, stock, $35,000} Utica Building Company, sll,000; C. H. Seeley, $10,000; Des Moines National Bank, $5,000; Marx Building, $3,000; Sneer Building, $3,000; C. W. Rogg Company, $10,000: lowa Telephone Company, $7,000; Des Moines City Railway Company, $3,000; losses to occupants of office rooms, $60,000. The insurance will cover the losses. SALOON RAID AT ANTHONY, KAS. Fourteen W. C. T. U. Members Wreck Three "Joints” in Twenty Minutes. At Anthony, Kas., three saloons were wrecked by fourteen women, all members of the Anthony W. C. T. U. The damage- done will exceed $2,000. Following the actions of Mrs. Carrie Nation in wrecking three saloons in Wichita and one at Enterprise, this violent crusade, now well started, will likely end in a bitter prohibition war in Kansas. The raid of the women was complete. The smashing lasted thirty minutes. At an early hour, before half of the business men were downtown, fourteen women, led by Mrs. Mary Sheriff, an Irish woman of Danville, attacked Henley’s drug store from the rear. Mrs. Sheriff smashed in the door and her followers, with hatchets, pickaxes and hammers, rushed inside. Five men, husbands of some of the women crusaders, stood outside, armed with shotguns and pistols, to prevent interference. The women are all prominent in Anthony society.

ELOPES AS AN ACCOMMODATION. A Young Kentuckian Carries His Friendship to Great Lengths. James Ralston, a farm hand, planned to elope with Bessie Williamson, 18, at Princeton, Ky. He confided his secret to Frank Hope, a friend, who promised to give every assistance necessary. After the tvrd started for the home of the young lady Ralston confessed he would gladly back out if it was possible. After a talk Hope decided to try to help his friend, and, with the girl’s consent, took Ralston’s place and eloped with her. They went to Cairo, 111., where they were married. ASK DAMAGES FOR LYNCHING. Parents of Negro Burned by Mob Seek Aid from Courts. The parents of Fred Alexander, the negro who was burned at the stake by a Leavenworth, Kan., mob on Jan. 15, were in Kansas City the other day seeking adyice about suing the city and county of Leavenworth for damages and support. The father of the dead man is a Baptist minister. He said he is confident that an appeal to the colored people of the United States would bring forth a popular subscription large enough to carry the Case to the highest oeurts in the country. * Explosion Causes Big Fire. A boiler explosion occurred in the sugar factory of the W. Wicke Company, in East 31st street, New York, by which over twenty persons were injured and which was followed by one of the fiercest conflagrations New York has witnessed in many years, causing an estimated loss of $1,500,000. The burned area, in general extent, took on about one city block.

Finds Clock-Works in Cow. B. Frank King, while butchering a cow at Sutton, Mass., found, on opening the animal’s stomach, that it contained all the running gear of an ordinary sized mantel clock, two stones, each the size of a hen’s egg, and a number of pieces of glass. The cow was apparently healthy. Keg of Dynamite Explodes. A small keg of dynamite used for blasting purposes exploded in the Fernwood mine at l’ittston, Pa., owned by the Erie Railway Company. Joseph Suntino had an arm hlow;n off and an eye destroyed; the skull of Anthony Hres Santino was fractured. Both men probably will die. Manitoba Buys a Railway. The Manitoba government has purchased the lines of the Northern Pacific in Winnipeg province. It is reported the price paid is about $0,000,000, and that the lines will he leased to Maun '& Mackenzie for a term of years in return for lowj?r wheat rates and other concessions. Wild Feists Burn to Tenth. The Cyclorania building nt Royal and Maryland avenues, Baltimore, was destroyed by fire. The only animals saved in the “zoo” were a lion and a camel. All the others were burned to death. Frank C. Bostwiek estimates his loss on animals at about $400,000. Armour Will Filed. Fifteen million dollars is the estimate put upon the fortune left by the late Philip D. Armour in a petition for lettera testamentary, filed in the Probate Court in Chicago. The estate will he divided among the members of his family alone. Wife Murderer Is Cxptured. At Truckee, Cal., John Ishan, while intoxicated, kicked and beat his wife to death. He was captured with his boots covered with blood

BURIAL OF A QUEEN

/ictoria’s Remains Borne with Splendor to the Tomb. GRIEF Asl ID POSIP. I Spectacle One of Combined Magnificence and Humility. 4* Royalty Pays Final Homage to the Dead t overeign- Victoria’s Journey to Ejtrtb from Whence She Came and Over Which She Ruled—Most Imposisg l'agrant in World’s History —Guns Thun-.ler Their Grie ' in Sonorous Salute. The scenes of solemn pomp which were Inaugurated at_ Cowes Friday and which were -brouglrt-to--a~ek>se~Saturday with, the solemn services at Windsor are probably unparalleled in the history Of funer»al pageantry. All England apparently rested hushed and thrilled in the mournful consciousness that it was to say a final farewell to its queen, and the world at large could not but be impressed by the remarkable ceremonial in which national grief displayed itself. It would seem, from the fact of her expressed wish for a military funeral, that Queen Victoria desired that in the rites nothing should be omitted to emphasize the dignity of queenhood. Victoria the woman, the “mother of her people,” was assured of the sincere mourning of all classes. The recent ceremonies were those due the monarch ,and the wearer of the crown. The file of warships between which the vessel bearing the Queen’s coffin passed—in itself a visible evidence of the strength of the nation —the wail of bands and the thunder of guns and the great military cortege which awaited the body at London—all the features of the ceremonial were suggestive in some way of the regal traditions of a monarchy which traces its origin back to the days of the crusading kings. Journey from Cowes. The first portion of the journey of Victoria to the earth whence* she came and over so large a portion of which she ruled was completed Friday. Through winding lanes of almost summer verdure, through floating walls of steel—bulwarks of the mourning nation—her body was borne; on land by a gun carriage, on water by a royal yacht. As the cannon wended its slow way from Osborne House the afternoon sun shone brightly on the jewels in the crown and scepter placed on the oaken coffin containing the body of the dead sovereign. Over the royal standard covering the casket was draped the ermine coronation gown donned by the youthful ruler so many years before. Behind the cortege' came Kings, Emperors and princes, walking humbly between the black clad lines of sorrowing islanders. All the colors of a dozen royal courts were massed in the uniforms of the rulers of a half dozen nations and their trains. The sunlight gleamed from the hilts of jeweled swords and gemmed decorations. When the journey through the cedarhedged path was ended there followed a sight notable and impressive. It was the transit of the funeral yacht across the waters between walls of warrior steel.

Gnns Thunder Grief. Battleship after battleship thundered its grief, bund after band wailed its dirge, and. crew after crew bowed low their heads as the pigmy yacht swept past. It bore no passengers save an admiral oil the bridge and four red-coated guards at the corners of the simple, gleaming white bier resting amidships. It was a picture that neither a painter’s brush nor an orator’s eloquence could depict. There swept in advance eight venomous, black torpedo boats, crawling so slowly that the water was scarcely rippled. Then came the solitary royal yacht bearing apparently no living thing. Admiral Fullerton, in a cocked hat, was a motionless silhouette, the four figures at the corners of the coffin seemed to be of,stone. The boat slowly glided on in the mellow light of the afternoon sun, itself almost golden in hue, sharply contrasting with the black warships, while the nearest shore seen between the warships was itself deeply fringed with mourning by the presence of myriads o 4 human beings. The Alberta emerged from the smokecrowned steel lane, the last gun was Weed, the sun sank behind a cloud, a new moon hung low in the winter sky, the anchor dropped in Portsmouth harbor, and the first part ofirVictoria’s last journey came to nil end. Somehow the pomp and parade was not Incongruous and one felt that it was all a great and majestic tribute to a reign which was an era and to a sovereign to whom the world has paid its highest honors. Victoria LnKl to Rest. In the scenes witnessed Saturday the historic character of the ceremony was emphasized both in the pageantry and in the environment wherein they took place. The body, after it hud been borne across London, from Victoria to Puddington station, was taken to Windsor, the historic home of English royalty since the days of the Norman conquest. There, in St. George’s chapel, a beautiful structure hung with the escutcheons and banners of her royal ancestors and reminiscent in every stone of some chapter of English history, final services were held and the Queen's body lifted for the last time, was homo thence to the prince consort's mausoleum at Frogmore. Here is the last resting place of England's Queen. Under the massive granite pnrcophagus, upon the right of which rests the recumbent marble statue of the prince consort, she was laid at rest as she had- commanded thirty-eight years ago. The tablet above the vestibule to the mausoleum bears the legend Inscribed at her own orders in 1802, with the words, “Farewell, beloved! Here at last I will rest with thee; with thee, in Christ, I will rise again.”

VICTORIA'S RESTING PLACE.

Sleeps by the Bide of Her Husband at Frogmore.The remains of the late Qneen of Great Britain were laid at rest beside the grave of the prince consort in the beautiful mausoleum which she built for the purpose. The royal tomb is situated within the ground of Frogmore House, which stands in Windsor Park. From the windows of Windsor Castle the Queen had a fine view of the mausoleum and frequently in summer time she used to drive to Frogmore for breakfast •or afternoon tea. The grounds in which the mausoleum stands are very ornamental and many of the trees were planted by the Queen’s hands. The mausoleum erected by Queen Victoria for her own remains and those of the prince consort is beautiful and cost $1,000,000. The interior is filled with handsome Italian carvings, heroic stat- , ues, colored marbles, bronze ornamentation and mosaics, all in medieval fashion. Years of loving supervision were

THE ALBERT MAUSOLEUM.

spent by the Queen in elaborating the details. The sarcophagus of fixe prince is richly carved. On the marble slab containing the remains a marble effigy of the prince reposes. By its side there will be placed an effigy of the Queen. At the head of the granite steps are two bronze figures of angels guarding |fie door, and near the portal is a fresco of Christ breaking from the tomb. The crucifixion and the adoration are also the subjects of fine frescoes. Among the statues are those of David, Solomon, Daniel and Isaiah. There is a blue and gold cupola, and the windows are of stuined glass.

WILCOX IS ASSAILED.

Hawaiian Delegate I 9 Styled Bigamist and Traitor. Quite a seusation was created in the congressional committee on privileges and elections Friday by a committee of Hawaiians, who charged Robert W. Wilcox, the Hawaiian delegate in Congress, with treason, and submitted several letters by him showing tliaf he has been giving aid and sympathy to Aguinuldo and his insurgents in the Philippine Islands. The following are sample extracts: “I am already made up my mind,” he says, “to join with you in your country against the Americans.” “Between Gen. Aguinaldo’s determination and myself it would be very little chances left to the invaded army of the United States to conquer your country.” “Tell Gen. Aguinaldo I am already given my services for your country.” “I am thinking to go to the Philippine Islands and give my assistance to Aguinaldo against the invaders and hypoerited yankees, the carpet bagged politician Otis.” “It is my duty to fight against them and support the independence of the Filipinos.” “In fighting and destroying the United SlaLes influence in the East I would have glory and honor nnd my work would be appreciated by the Filipinos, by the Chinese and Japanese and Arabs. It is my great folly to lose all these chances.” It was also asserted that Wilcox was found guilty of treason against Hawaii in 1895 and sentenced to death, but the penalty was commuted to the payment of a fine and imprisonment. Charges have already been made against JWilcox for bigamy. His first wife, an Italian princess, claims that there has never been a legal separation.

ODDS & ENDS OF SPORT

Manager McPhee expects to take the Cincinnati south after April 1. Many of the great bicycle riders of a few years ago are now engaged in following the peaceful arts of trade. Tom Sharkey is at West Baden, Ind., getting Mi condition for his meeting with Kid McCoy at San Francisco Feb. 28. George West, who died recently in Chicago, was one of the most successful drivers and trainers of horses in the world. So far as ontward appearances go the new American Association has been launched on the somewhat troublous baseball sea. Dan Stuart is trying to arrange a match between Jeffries and Fitzsimmons, to be held at Carson City, Nev., next May or June. Manager Ed Hanlon receives more by far for managing than any other man in that capacity in the country. His salary is SIO,OOO. Tom Daly, of the Brooklyns, is the only hall player of A 1 Spalding's aromul-the-wdild baseball tourists of 1888 who is now in active service. “Pedlar” Palmer, so reports* from London say, has decided to retire from the ring. Palmer was the kingpin of the bantams in England for years. There is big money in college football, particularly among the leading elevens. The report of the president of the Yale team for the past season shows that the gross receipts were nearly $45,000. In the we'st -basketball has been the rage for some time, but they are trying to improve the game with novel methods. Some of the teams have donned roller skates ams have played the game with so much dash and vim that the patrons do not care for any other style. The question of who is the greatest bicycle rider in the world will lie settled when Major Taylor goes to Europe to tnckle the foreign cracks. The dusky Major has cleared up everything la the sprinting line on this side of the wnter, and it remains to be seen what he can do on the other aide of the "pond.”