Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 80, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1902 — Page 2

WEEKLY REPUBLICAN. GEO. E. MARSHALL, Publisher. RENSSELAER, - ■ INDIANA.

RELICS OF STONE AGE.

CAVE OF VALUABLE ANTIQUITIES IS FOUND. Prospector Discovers Canoes and Remains of Bodies of Prehistoric Era—- ! New York Robber'Shot While Trying I to Escape After a Job. While prospectihg, for- copper on the ■bores of Prince William’s sound, Leeds ■nd a party of natives discovered a large cavern in which they found fourteen wooden canoes, each canoe containing a body. Stone implements were Toilful b«l- - the bodies and stone slabs co vered lhe canoes, everything indicating that the bodies had been placed there during the ■tone age. The find proved as mysterious to Ihe natives as to lx»eds. Their tribe has inhabited the shores of Prince William’s sonnd for centuries, yer they had never heard of the cave nor of the people interred there. An expedition is toeing organized by Capt. Storey of the Alaska Packers* Association to thoroughly explore the cavern. ALASKA VOLCANO IS ACTIVE. Aahea Thrown Up by Monnt Redoubt Fall Sixty Milea Away. Brief details of a mighty eruption of Mount Redoubt, northwest of Cook's Inlet, Alaska, were received by the steamer Chico. Tlie * steamer's officers report that a libera] sprinkling of ashes fell ■round Kenai, on the opposite side of Cook's Inlet and fjixty miles south of Mount Redoubt. A resident of Kenai says: “Mount Redoubt has been spouting forth fire and brimstone for the past two months, but the heaviest blowout occurred oh the evening of May 3. Flames ■hot into the air apparently for-hundreds of feet. The entire opposite-side of the inlet was hidden from our view by dense ■moke. About 7 p. m. we a dense streak of smoke coming toward us, and ashes began to fall. They fell as thick and fast as snow, and continued to do so for hours. Houses and ground were covered with the dirty gray ashes next morning.'*

ROBBER MORTALLY HURT. •Shot by a Detective in Trying to Escape Pursuers. Detective Sweet, a former member of the army, mortally wounded a man charged with attempting to rob a Second avenue store in New York. When the proprietor and two employes were preparing to close the store two men entered.''Both employes went t<x.the rear to execute an order. One of the strangers seized the proprietor with a grip known to the police as the "strong arm,’’ while the other man opened the cash register and extracted SSO. The employes and the proprietor resisted. One of the men broke away. Sweet fired twice and the fugitive staggered and fell. His companion escaped. Following is the standing of the clubs of the National Baseball League: w. 1.. w. l* Pittsburg ...30 <1 New Y0rk...15 21 Chicago ... .2.’> 12 Philadelphia. 14' 2'J Brooklyn ...17 19 Cinehntsri.. .1422 Bostonls 19 St. Louis... .13 22 The clubs of the American League stand as follows: W. L. W. L. Philadelphia 19 12 St. Lou'w... .15 15 Chicago ....18 13 Baltimore ...hi 17 Bostonl9 11 Washington. 14 20 Detroit Bi 14 Cleveland ...11 23 D’Eaaauer Is Found Gniltv. S. George p’Essauer of Chicago, once high roller, society man and model of fashion, must go to the penitentiary. After four hours of deliberation the jury decided that the man who had spent (tiO.OOO of his mother-in-la-w's money in two years was entitled to spend a term In prison. Declared Not Guilty of Murder. William McFetridge has been found not guilty of the murder of his brvthetRobert McFetridge. in Chicago, and the jury which returned the verdict to Judge Kavanagh was subjected therefor to a speech of censure from the bench. The acquittal of the fratricide was a surpiis e to everyone interested. Kills Daughter and Self. Mrs. Rose Fieginow. wife of a New York newsdealer, killed her 6-year-old daughter Bertha by gas asphyxiation and then committed suicide by taking carbolic acid. The woman had been a sufferer from a nervous disease for Several years and it is supposed she was temporarily insane. Charleston Fair la Closet!, President Wagener turned off the electric lights Saturday night, the bugler* sounded “taps," a salute v\as fired and the South Carolina Interstate and West Indian Exposition passed into history. The enterprise is a loss financially. Boxer Outrages Reported. New Boxer outluvaka are reported in Chi Li. China, where several missionaries and a large number of converts and officials are said to have been slaughtered. End of Boer War. Termx of surrender have l»een signed by Boer representatives at Pretoria. Official announcement from Ix»rd Kitchener caused demonstration* of joy in London. Mississippi Town Burns. The town of Fayette. Miss., was swept by fire. Los* estimated at $50,0U0. Volcano in Alaska Erupts. Mount Redoubt iu the Cook Inlet country, Alaska, ha* been pouring out dense volume* of smoke for over a Week, and a few night* ago *|>outed ont flame*. The natives are greatly terrified and many have sought safety in flight to the farthet end of Kenai peninsula. Chocks Exodus of Workmen. Owing to the large emigration of Norwegian contract laborers to Canada the authorities of Norway have prohibited foreigners from hiring laborers for ex-

FROM THE FOVR QVARTERS OF THE EARTH

SHOT DOWN BY HIGHWAYMAN. Christian - Ericksotf PrbbhTily Fatally' Wounded in Encounter in Chicago. .Christian Erickson was shot ami pi<>!>abaly fatally wounded in an encounter with a hold-up man in front of 346 Pearborn avenue, Chicago. The thug wits captured later by policemen in a physician’s office. He gave.the name of Jack Brown, and said his home was in Kentucky. Erickson, in company with Miss Emma Anderson, had been warned of the i m pend Ing da ngerby Ed mu nd 11. Roche, who had but a few mt-ntiles before been commanded by Brown to “throw up his 'hands.” Roche, instead of obeying, beat a hasty retreat, and started in quest of a policeman. When Erickson and his companion reached the spot where Brown was standing the revolver of the latter flashed out in an instant. For a reply the fist of Erickson shot out and' landed savagely on Brown’s eye, knocking him over. Brown immediately opened fire on Erickson, two of the shots taking effect. One entered the abdomen, and Dr. Lambden said he believed it would be fatal. The Other bullet lodged in the victim's thigh. Brown was located some few minutes later, and identified by Miss Anderson and Mr. Roche. WALLER 18 CENSURED. Day la Alaa Blamed for Samar Executions. Maj. Littleton \V. T. Waller isacquit-., ted of murder, but he is held to have been guilty of violation of the rules of civilized warfare and conduct unbecoming an officer of the United States marine corps, according to the finding of Gen. Chaffee, commander in chief of the American army in the Philippines, who, .as the reviewing authority, has made public his report on the verdict recently found wholly in Maj. Waller’s favor by a mixed military court. By the ruling of this same reviewing authority Lieut. John A. Day, tried with Maj. Waller for illegal execution of a dozen natives of the Island of Samar, is held to be guilty of reprehensible conduct because he did not disobey the order of Maj. Waller, his immediate superior, to put the dozen natives to death. » STAMPEDE TO RESERVATION. Belief that Ground Would Be Opened Caused the Trouble. A stampede to a ledge on the Spokane reservation, Washington, from Deer Trail Camp has caused excitement. F'fs Ten or twenty men, most of them employes of the Deer Trail mines, believing the reservation would toe thrown open to settlement by presidential proclamation before June 1, engaged every available horse and raced for a point near Sand Creek, about six miles east of Deer Trail, where there is said to be a great mifieral showing. It is not known if the Indian police have removed the interlopers from the reservation. ' RECORD PRICES FOR CATTLE. High Rate for Fut steers at the Kansas City Stockyards. The record prices for fat cattle were paid at the Kansas City stock yards the other day. A Kansas stockman received $7.40 for thirty prime heavy steers averaging 1,636 pounds each. This price has never been surpassed at the stock yards and was equaled only once, June 10. 1882. Two loads of 1,100-pound steers sold —for $6.80. —n —record-breaking price, and. weights considered, the highest rate paid at any market. The cattle were shipped from Walnut Grove, Texas. Use of Salt Water ou Fires. Use of salt water to extinguish fires is again agitating the Brooklyn, N. Y. fire department. The city is said to lack proper fire protection because the mains in the streets have become clogged so as often to carry only half their ordinary capacity. All danger in this direction would be obviated were the waters in the bay to be tapped. Fast Run of Wabash Train. . Engineer William Tuck, with engine No, 611 of the Wabash Railroad, drawing four coaches, made a record-break-ing run from Montpelier, Ohio, to Detroit. Mich., a distance of ninety-seven miles, in 88 minutes. The train was a special carrying a contingent of skat players and a number of Pytbiana from Indianapolis to Detroit. Building Trades Strike in Denver. Five thousand union men employed in the building trades went ou strike in Ih-nvcr. causing virtually a complete stoppage of building in the city. The strike was begun by order of the Building Trades Council to help the woodworkers In their efforts to get an eighthour day. Anarchist Kill* Himself. With a dynamite cartridge between his teeth. Adntn Kaufman sealed himself under a tree at Meriden, Conn., and calmly lighted the fuse. He was blown tp pieces. Kaufman was a well-known local anarchist. Not Fuilty of Fraud*. - Samuel Salter, Joseph D. Rodgers, Clarence Meeaer, Harry MeCal>e mid James T. Sheehan, indicted for ballotlies stuffing, in. connection with the ele-> tion Nor. 7, ISJI9. were found guiltless by a jury in Philadelphia. Injured in Sidewalk Collapse. A temporary sidewalk in New York gave way during the Rochnmbeau parade and precipitated 200 ]>er«on» into an excavation. killing one nud injuring eightyseven. some of them fatally. Ex-Consre*«mun I*. J. Sorg Die*. I‘ajil J. borg. .former Cuagressmau ami millionaire tobacco manufacturer, died at bis home in Middletown, Ohio, after an illness of several years. New Government in Hayti. The following provisional government has been constituted in Hayti: President. I Bo is rv nd Canal; Minister of Foreign As-

fairs, M. Jeremie: Minister of the Interior, M. Colin; Minister of Justice, M. T.aTahe; Minister of War, Gen. Nord; Minister of Public Works. M. Cesarlon; Minister of Finance. M. The government will now take steps to assure the election of a President according to constitutional methods.

FLOOD DAMAGE IN TEXAS. Crops and Bridge* Are Ruined and Railway Train* Stalled. .Severe storms, causing floods in the Texas tmnhnmilp along the Re<l river, have resulted in great damage to the Fort Worth and Denver City road and to the Colorado Southern. Crops have been damaged and the railroad bridges at I’arker creek and over the Red river are ruined. Severe wind and hail accompanied the storms. Red and Pease rivers are higher than ever before known. The Fort Worth and Denver City Railroad is washed away on both sides of Childress and a passenger train was caught between the washouts. Hundreds of acres of land on the river bottorrpi between—El—Ueao- and Oklahoma City are covered with water and the crops are destroyed. FIGHT TO DEATH IN STREET. Negroes Engage in Duel with Knives and One Is Killed. Armed with knives two men fought a duel to the death at Twenty-second and Dearl.urn streets, Chicago, in the pre--cnee of scores of pedestrians, all of whom were too frightened to interfere. Time and again the antagonists rushed at each other and so slow were those who witnessed the affray in reporting the matter to the police that one lay dead with a knife thrust in his heart and the other stood near bleeding from many cuts when officers arrived. The battle occurred shortly after 7 o’clock. The contestants were Charles Thomas and Alexander Shirley, both negroes. Shirley was killed. xvtrtfe Thomas is in a cell at the police station.

BIDS CONSIDERED EXCESSIVE. New Letting for St. Louis World’s Fair Liberal Arts Palace Necessary. The grounds and building committee of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, after examining the bids on the construction of the I‘alace of Liberal Arts, refused to make an award, the figures all being in excess of the estimate of $600,oi>o by the department of. works. The committee will order the plans returned to the architects for extensive revision within the allowance. When the plans have been revised a new letting will be held.

New Railroad to Be Built. Secretary of State Rose of Illinois licensed the incorporation of the St. Louis and Newport News Railroad Company. The purpose of the company is to construct a railroad from East St. Louis to Newport News, Vn- through the following counties in- Illinois: Madison. St. Clair, Monroe, Randolph, Perry, Franklin, Williamson, Saline, Pope and Hardin. Limited Train Is Wrecked. The east-bound Rocky Mountain limited, the Rock Island's fastest train, met with an accident near Avoca, lowa, while running at high speed. The tender left the track and tore up the ties for nearly a mile before the speed could be reduced. Qffly the front cars were damaged and no passengers were seriously Injured. < Three Victims of a Salute, While preparing to fire a salute at Wichita, Kan., a gun belonging to Battery A, Kansas State artillery, exploded prematurely, wounding three members of the battery. George Hatter of Peek was fatally hurt, Burt Davis of Wichita was dangerously wounded and G. W. Thomas, also of that city, was seriously hurt. Fire Rages in a Brewery. Fire 4ghieh for a time threatened the destruction of the South Omaha, Neb., brewery did between $25,000 and $30,000 damage. A fortunate shift of the wind assisted the firemen. The cooper shop, stables and icehouse were consumed and some damage done to the main structure. Shaft to Sterling Morton. The Arbor Day Memorial Association has been organized at Nebraska City, Nelv.; to erect a monument to the memory of J. Sterling Morton, the father of Arbor day?" A number of the most prominent men iu the State are officers and members. French Cabinet Out. M. Waldeck-Rousseau, the premier of France and one of the ablest men in public life the nation has possessed for several years, has resigned, and his resignation win accompanied by a similar document from each of the cabinet minister*. Fatal Fall from Window. Frederick B. Schell. formerly a wellknown acenic painter, fell from a thirdstory window of his residence in the Bronx. New York, and was killed instantly. He had been suffering recently from paralysis. Earthquake Rocks Hou***. A distinct earthquake shock was felt in Chattanooga, Tenn. It was accompanied "by a low rumbling sound.' House* were shaken. The shock lasted for several seconds. Many persons were awakened and greatly frightened. Young Husband Kill* Himself. At Worcester, Ma**., Nicholas LaVeyei**ed 21, pawned-hi* wife's wvsMmg ring, used some of the proceeds to buy carbolie acid and killed himself with the poison. Circaa Man Kill* Bia Wife. Casa Dawcron shot and kitted his wife and committed suicide at Denver. Both were circoa performers.

CHICAGO BOYS TRAMP HOME. Nabbed as Vagrants at Indianapolis! but Police Acknowledge Mistake. Charles Dumser, John Holland and Fred Bush, all said to be of prominent Chicago families, were arrested in Indianapolis. charged with vagrancy. They went to Charleston with great ideas of how to get rich during the exposition. They asked for enough money from their parents to get them to Charleston and set them up in business. Arriving at Charleston their schemes fell flat and they went to work in.stores and restaurants. Finally one restaurant keeper beat them out of almost SIOO that they had asked him to save for them and there was nothing else for them to do but to return to Chicago. They were working their way home, dusty and dirty, when a policeman saw them and arrested them. They protested vigorously, said they had a little money, had sent their good clothes ahead and were just going to a barber shop to get shaved and cleaned up. They were discharged.

RUSH FOR GOLD FIELDS. Thunder Mountain, Idaho, Said to Be Ablaze with Yellow Metal. Five thousand men are struggling over snow thirty feet deep in an effort to reach Thunder Mountain, Idaho, the new Eldorado that promises to eclipse the gold of Cripple Creek and the Klondike. Word from Salmon City, received by , courier, 1° the effect that the trails into the mbiffitarns are lined with prospect6rs. All travel- must be done by night. In the daytime the sun melts the top of lhe snow and the, prospectors must wait until night, when the crust hardens and the journey can be resumed. Returning prospectors bring wonderful stories of the fabulous richness of the mountain. The gold fields embrace an area of forty miles square and a ledge sixty feet in height is said to contain gold.ore so pure that the yellow metal is easily discernible to the naked eye. Samples are brought out of Thunder Mountain which are said to assay from £SOO a ton up and nuggets of almost pure gold have been shown. DROWNS TO ESCAPE A HAZING. Yermont Freshman, Pursued, Meets Death in a Lake.. College hazing and the strong rivalry between classes of the University of Vermont caused the death of Nelson Pease Bond, a freshman, in Lake Champlain. Caught alone and set upon by two sdphomores, whom he suspected of a design to kidnap him in order to prevent him from being present ht a class Junction, he ran to the lake, and, his pursuers say, jumped in. So far is known there was rd other witness of the drowning. Both declare that they sought to’stive him, but could not, as he sank before thcjFcoilidreach him with a boat. Employee Given a Fortune. Traveling Auditor IL W. Oliver of the Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Railway arrived in Knoxville, Tenn., the other day and distributed the promised gift of one month’s salary to all employes of the road from former President H. K. Mcllarg. The entire amount given employes was $68,000 and gifts to officials bring the total up to $05,000. Mr. MeHarg sold his road recently to the Louisville aud Nashville.

Jilted Lover Shoots Three. Frank Robinson of Nevada. lowa, shot his sweetheart, Gertrude Rawlins, to death, wounded Albert P. Ferguson, his rival, and then fired a bullet close to his own heart. The tragedy was enacted in a small hotel in Kansas City, and was due to the fact that Robitisou hail been supplanted by Ferguson iu the girl's affections. Shoots Wife and Himself. George T. Bruns, an examiner of accounts for the Equitable Life Assurance Company, shot his wife and killed himself at their home in Brooklyn. N. Y. Edna Dashiell, sister of Mrs. Bruns, who had spent the evening with the couple, says that Bruns was unreasonably jealous. Colorado Town Is Flooded. The streets of Fouiftrtin, Colo., were flooded to a depth of two feet in many places by the outbreak itP Fountain creek. It is reported that the section house at Wigwam was destroyed and the family drowned. Over 399 head of cattle were drowned near Butte's. Lord I’uunccfote'a Funeral. The remains of Lord Pauucetotc, British ambassador at Washington, were accorded a national funeral in token of the high esteem of the American people for the decedent and as an acknowledgment of the friendly feeling cherished toward Great Britain. Buy Terminals for $300,000. The Rock Island Company has bought property in the west bottoms of Kansas City and is negotiating for more so as to reach the I'niun depot over its own tracks. It is said that nearly $509,009 will be expended for land. Crushed in a Wreck. Edward J. Blak *. consulting engineer of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, was instantly killed in a wreck near-Alma Whu. nud four othey general officials of the company were,injured, two of them perhaps fatally. HantbnrncGru.il Stun I Burns. Fire destroyed the g.and stand at Hawthonir raw track in Chicago. after the finish Of«the List race. Patrons barely cleared the structure when blaze was discovered. la>»s >7s.i4k>. Lightning Destroy* Ice Hou*-s. laghtuiug struck trie iceh.iuaes o£ th* Boston lee Company at Mitten. N* IL, burning twelve of them. The los* i»i,o'J,. (MX), fully insured. Benjamin Canstaut I* Dead. Jean Joseph JJeujamiu Constant, the painter, is dead iu Paris. lie una born iu Paris in 1845.

BOER WAR IS ENDED

Treaty of Peace Is Signed and London Cheers. ■ * BUKGHERS GIVE UP. * Lord Kitchener Makes 0 ficial Announce* ment of Their Surrender. Exact Terms Believed to Have Been Cabled to War Office, but Are Not Given Out to Public—Kins Edward Issues a Peacs Proclamation—Britain Makes Concession to the Vanquished Foe-Great Guin to Empire Through War’s Ending. - —=

Peace in Soitth Africa was officially announced by the London war office Saturday. The declaration followed the receipt of a cablegram from Lord Kitchener at Pretoria, the former capital of the South African republic, which related that terms of peace had been signed by all the representatives of the fighting Boers and by Lords Kitchener and Milner of Great Britain. Lord Alfred E. Milner is the British high commissioner in South Africa and ■ LordKitchener —is —thecommander-in-chief of the British army in the field. The treaty which they have negotiated is the result of the conferences that have been held since April 7, when Acting President Schalk-Burger and Secretary of State Reitz, for the Transvaal, and President Steyn for the Orange Free State, began a systematic effort to obtain a plebiscite of the Boers in arms with reference to a cessation of the conflict.

Exact Terms Are Guarded. Whether Lord Kitchener cabled also the terms of the treaty ns signed is unknown to the general public in Loudon. It is believed, however, that he enlightened the war office to an extent far beyond the meager announcement of peace which the officials condescended to make known. This opinion is confirmed by the guarded declarations the officials permit to be whispered about in Downing street. Xbes g. are tu. thee tie c t ilia L Grhat - Bin tain made numerous concessions, which, although they destroyed the national individuality of the Boers, yet gave the burghers many rights for which they have been fighting since they began to harrass the British by their prolonged guerrilla warfare. Some of the Concessions. Following are some of the terms vhat nre said to be contained in the document that has been signed: Boers are to be permitted to retain their rifles to protect them against the savages and wild beasts of the veldt upon swearing allegiance to Great Britain. They will also be allowed a limited -amount oFammunition. Boers are promised autonomy within a brief period. • Great Britain will rebuild the Boer farm houses and restock the Boer farms, allowing tlie former owners to return to the peaceful pursuit of agriculture. Boer prisoners in St. Helena. Ceylon. The West Indies' anT <>tlier - Bi ; i'fTsli - pr:sons are to be repatriated within a stated time provided they take the oath of allegiance to the British empire. Great Britain promises to make a land grant to those Boers who prefer to start anew in some other colony of the empire than South Africa; Boers who wish to migrate to another country outside the 'British iloiuulu wilt rewlvo ti gmul, piuli* ably in money, sufficiently large to ehable them to begin life over again. • Britain Riots in Joy. King Edward issued this proclamation of peace at 1 morning: “The King has received the welcome news of the cessation of hostilities in South Africa with infinite satisfaction and his majesty trusts that pence may speedily be followed by the restoration of prosperity in his new dominions., and that the feelings necessarily engendered by war will give place to earnest eo-op-eration on the part of his majesty's South African subjects in promoting the welfare of their common country.”' Great joy was manifested throughout the United Kingdom beChuse of the ending of the war. which lias been waged incessantly at eiMirmous cost in money and life shice Oct. 11, 181*9. Nowhere is the rejoicing greater than in the palace of King Edward himself. For several months it has been the leading desire of his heart and the main object of his daily duties to bring the war to an end in advance of his coronation, which takes place the 26th of the present month. —- Empire’* Great Gain. The result of the war adds to the British domains 167.465 square miles of territory. an area equivalent to all the New England States, New York and Pennrylvanin. rich in gold mid diamond mines and with other' natural resources of enormous value. Moreover, It adds an important link to the Cape-to-Cairo chain of possessions, the possibilltiea of which in the future development of the Continent of Africa cannot be estimated by the present generation. The newly acquired territory had before the war n population of 35GJMI0. M hili' thia’has laaimcoiisidernblv reduced, It is reasonable urex|H'ct that peace will restore prosperity and attract immigration.

Brief News Items.

At a railroad camp northeast of Guthrie, 0. T„ l*liil Brooks shot and killed a l»oy named Ona Gun in a dispute over a trivial matter. At Hickory near Clinton, Mo, during an altercation arising over a game of horseshoes, Harry Kidd shot mid probably fatally wonnded David Green. . » •Fire in the business section of Perry, O. T.. did damage estimated at $7,5(>0, on which there was H.BOO insurance. The fire originated mi Sbanafelt's book store.

COnGRESS.

Mr. ‘Patt-erson. one of the minority members of the Philippine committee, occupied the- floor of the Senate most of the day Monday in a discussion of the Philippine question. The conference report on the fortifications appropriation bitt was agreed to without debate, and sixty-two private pension bills were passed. In the House the day was chiefly devoted to business connected with the Dis-, trict of Columbia, especially the bill amending the District code. Sixty pri-. vate pension bills were passed, and thq conference reports on the agricultural apJ propriation bill and urgent deficiency bills were agreed to. In the Senate on Tuesday a fruitless effort was made to secure an agreement on a time for a vote on the Philippine bill. For several hours Mr. Patterson discussed the Philippine question. He attacked the pending bill, particularly its provisions regarding the holding of lands. Early in the session a committee was appointed by the Senate to confer with a like committee of the House about the disagreement which has arisen between thetwo houses as to the army appropriation bill. A resolution offered by Mr. Hoar, requesting the President to inform the Senate whether there be any law which would prevent any Filipino not under arrest from coming to the United States and stating his views or desires as to his country to the President or to either branch of Congress, was adopted. The House passed the Slrattuc immigration bill and the bill to amend the District of Columbia code. A special rule was presented fa make t&e bill for coining subsidiary silver a coutTnulng'ofdef' until of.

In the Senate on Wednesday the Philippine question again monopolized most of the session. .The conference report on the omnibus public building bill was agreed to. A joint resolution was passed providing for the printing of 20,000 copies of the proceedings of the unveiling of the statue of the Count de Rochambean. In the House the day was spent debating the bill to increase the subsidiary coinage by coining the silver bullion in the treasury and to recoin standard silver dollars as the public necessities may require. The limit of subsidiary coinage is now $100,000,000. The bill increases this to an indefinite amount, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury. The measure aroused the opposition of the Democrats, who claimed it was only a step in the direction -of the complete striking down of the silver dollar. TJjje debate drifted into a general discussion of the silver question. Little interest was shown and Mr. Cochran twice made the point that no quorum was present. Mr. Newlands (Nev.) finally offered an amendment to make subsidiary silver a legal tender. This was pending when the House adjourned. On Thursday in the Senate the conference report on the river and harbor bill was agreed to and the rest of the day was devoted to the Philippine bill. The House passed the subsidiary silver coinage bill, the bill for the improvement and care of the Confederate mound in Oak woods Cemetery, Chicago, and Ihe bill to reduce the schedule of reserve banks to cities of 15,000 inhabitants; accepted the conference reports on the omnibus public building aud fortifications appropriation bills, named Messrs. Dalzell (Pa.). Cannon (111.) and Richardson (Tenn.) to confer with the Senate committee upon the action of the House in instrueting its conferees upon the army appropriation bill, and adjournment until the next Monday was then taken.

Consideration of the Philippine government bill was resumed in the Senate on Saturday and Mr. Spooner (Wis.) concluded his speech in favor of the ineasure. For a considerable portion of the .time that he was on the floor he was engaged in a keen interchange of wit“an<r“ satire with Senator Hoar of Massachusetts. Hoar made his way into the controversy on account of an old statute of the colony of Mass a ehusell s offering prizes for the scalps of Indians being brought up by Mr. Spooner, who found in it a precedent for Gen. Smith's famous massacre order in the Philippines. During the course of Spooner's speech, Carmack (I’enn.) interfered with the Wisconsin Senator, and made a slighting reinark in regard to 'the soldiers in the Philippines, which brought out a volley of hisses from the galleries, which was suppressed by the chair. Carmack of Tennessee occupied the floor at the night session in opposition to the Philippine bill.

Washington Notes.

Congress is likely to remain in session till late tn duly. Semite passed omnibus public buildings bill, carrying total of $21,235,150. The President will not go on the stump to help in congressional campaign. President Roosevelt delivered address at Arlington at unveiling of monument to soldiers who fell in Spanish war. Senator Gallinger proposes investigation by the Senate judiciary committee into lynchings throughout the country. German Emperor is considering plan of sending the Crown Prince to America to attend unveiling of statue of Frederick the Groat. The United States Philippine commission has made English the official language of the courts, customs service and court of appeals. Judge Lambert Tree says Democrats are making mistake in attacking Philippine policy, and should make tariff and trusts fighting issue. Foreign commerce bureau reports increased imports of American agricultural implements by France; shoe making machines are in great demand. Ilepreaentative Bartholdt (Mo.) has introduced a bill for the erection of an equestrian statue of Baron Steuben and appropriating $50,000 therefor. The statue is to He erected In this city ns a recognition of Steuben’s friendship for the United States. Justice Barnard of the District Supreme Court, in a decision in the mandamus case of the Chicago Business College against the Postmaster General, sustained the policy of the Postotfice Department In Its exclusions of certain classes of publications from the secondclass mail rates.