Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 December 1902 — Page 2

WEEKLY REPUBLICAN. GEO. E. MARSHALU'Poblisher. if’l' 1 1" '■■■;■ ■■CTrses: RENSSELAER. - - INDIANA.

IOWA OUTLAW SLAYS.

JUSTICE AND CITY MARSHAL MORTALLY WOUNDED. Bad Man Resists Arrest at Farmington. lowa, but Is Riddled with Ballets in Revolver Fight—Naval Officer Loses Big Sait. George D. Stillwell, a desperate character, resisted arrest at Farmington, lowa, fatally wounded two men, and ikd, .but was overtaken by a posse and riddled with bullets in the battle that followed. Robert Coulter, the city marshal, went to serve a warrant on Stillwell, who had for some time terrorised the Community. As Coulter started to read the warrant Stillwell drew a revolver and shot him twice in the abdomen. The desperado then made his way towards home, anti two blocks from where he shot the marshal he overtook Justice of the Peace A. E. Musgrave, against whom.be had a grudge for having twice committed him to jail. He again drew his revolver and shot Musgrove through the head, the bullet entering under the left ear. The justice fell to the ground face downward and Stillwell put two more bullets into his back. The desperado then proceeded to his home, secured a rifle, another revolver. and ammunition. Half a mile' ont of town he was overtaken by a posse. When the posse overtook the fugitive, he took a position behind a tree in the' cemetery and held the citizens at bay for nearly an hour, Stillwell was wounded several times and dropped to his knee, but continued to shoot until a bulht struck the barrel of his rifle. The posse closed in on Stillwell, riddling him with bullets. Stillwell was deputy fish commissioner and had been at outs with several local officers.. Coulter and Musgrove are not ex|>eeted to live. They are wellknown citizens. LOSES SUIT FOR $1,000,000. Naval Officer Fail to Get Prize Money for Destroying Spanish Ship. Federal Judge Edward B. Thomas in Brooklyn declared invalid a claim of sl,000,000 against the United States which had been entered by Lieutenant Commander William H. H. Sutherland of the navy. The amount was asked as prize money, the commander and his crew of the Eagle, a converted gunboat, having destroyed the Spanish steamer Santo Domingo during the Spanish-American war. Sutherland demanded the value of the sunken vessel and its cargo, the contention being that Admiral Dewey and his men were granted large booty prizes in Manila bay for similar work. The government maintained during the trial that only $l,lOO could be recovered by plaintiff. Aidermen Guilty of Boodling. The joint trial of five former members of the St. Louis house of delegates ended in a verdict of five years in the penitentiary for each man. The defendants, John—A. Sheridan, Charles —J, Denny,, Charles Gutke, Edmund Bersch arid T. E. Albright, were convicted on chtftges of bribery in connection with the passage of the suburban street car bill. Double Tragedy in Office Building. In a desperate fight on the fifth floor of the Granite building in St. Louis, T. M. Martin, bridge engineer for the St. Louis, Santa Fe and Southwestern Railway, cut J. W. Barriger, Jr., to death with a pocket knife. Martin took poison immediately after the murder and is not expected to survive.

Guilty of Killing Mr. Fish. The jury in the case of Thomas J. Sharkey, accused of the murder of Nichlas Fish, the banker, returned a verdict in New York of manslaughter in the second degree and recommended that the mercy of the court be exercised. Two Chicago Fires. The four-story Salinger flats, Fortyfifth street and Evans avenue, burned in Chicago. Explosion of gas range caused Quick fire; twelve families escaped with loss of goods; Acorn brass plant, Peoria and Fulton streets, was also destroyed. Talka Across the Sea. Wireless telegraph system across Atlantic Ocean has been successfully started by Marconi; messages sent from Glace Bay, N. 8., to Cornwall, England, 2.300 miles; Edison and other friends received announcement. Methodists Kais? Great Fund. Twentieth century thank offering fund of the Methodist Episcopal Church, amounting to S2O,(MMMMM). is now filled, according to announcement made by Secretary Mills, of Rochester. Twenty Killed in Wreck. Twenty persons were killed nnd twen-ty-seven injured in the collision between the southbound Los Angeles Owl limited train and the Stockton flyer on the Southern Pacific at Byrdu, Cal.'

Jusuxcd Man Slain. It developed the next day that 11. C. Whayne. a Louisville business man, v. ho «an found dead with a gunshot wound in his breast, carried $350,000 life insurance. Landlord Held Responsible. A SL Louis hotel keeper has been held responsible for the death of a guest who perished in a fire, and widow awarded F 5.000 damages. Birthday of Mrs. Livermore. At Melrose, Mass., Mrs. Mary Ashton Livermore on Friday observed the <dgh-ly-second anniversary of her birth. Mrs. Livermore is still very active. Freed of Murder Charge. The jury in the May case at Bismarck, N.D., brought 4u a verdict of acquittal after being out only two hours. May was charged with killing Harry Hibbs last January'. May was discharged from custody Immediately upon the return of the verdict. Con<reM(nan nt the Altar. Representative Edmo*gl Spencer Blackburn of North Carolina and Miss Louise Lev nun Parker, daughter of Col. Myton M. Parker of Washington, were married

FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH

MANIAC'S TERRIBLE DEED. John Beat of Lapeer, Mich., Uses Razor on Boarder, His Mother and Slater. John Best. 28 years old. a man of disordered mind at Lapeer, Mich., the other night rose from his bed and ran through the house, cutting Jasper Clegg’s head nearly off with a razor, dangerously wounded his own mother, wounded his sister and finished by shooting himself to death. Clegg, who was 00 years old, boarded at the Best home. Best was committed to the insane asylum about a year ago, but six months later was discharged as cured. Best appears to have risen from his bed and gone first to the sleeping room of Clegg. He attacked Clegg with the razor, probably before the old man awoke. The victim’s throat was slashed so deeply that the head was nearly severed from the body. The blade of the razor was broken by striking a bone. The murderer then evidently returned to his own room and to bed. The bedding in his room is covered with blood. Later he arose again and went to the room of his mother. He struck Mrs. Best a blow with the damaged razor, but she was scarcely awake. The blow fell short, though her chin was nearly cut off. She sprang out of bed, grappled with the crazy man and made .her way to the door. There she broke away from him and ran to a neighbor’s, where she telephoned for the sheriff. When his mother fled from the house Best invaded his sister’s sleeping room. After he had slashed her across the cheek with the razor he desisted, probably believing he had killed her. When Best heard Sheriff Myers entering the house he appeared with a revolver and began shooting wildly. He aimed the last shot at his own head and fell dead.

BANK ROBBERS GET $3,000. Another Large Haul in Central Illinois—Telegraph Wires Cut. Another haul was nffide Monday night by the gang of bank robbers which has been reaping a harvest in central JLHinois. Three thousand dollars was taken from the bank at Clarence. The men escaped on a hand car. The utmost precautions were taken by the thieves to avoid detection, but the explosion of the nitroglycerin was heard and a posse of citizens gave chase. The telegraph wires were cut, and it was several hours before communication with Bloomington and neighboring cities could be restored. Four men were engaged in the robbery, and .the bank vault was blown to pieces.. Backed by American Capital. The Peruvian government has contracted with Alejandro N. Puente aud •Leopold -Arnaud for the construction of n railway from Chimbofc to Recuay. with the privilege of free importation of material for twenty-five years. The railway must be completed within twen-ty-five years. Tift? capital for the enterprise will be American.

Sinks in the North River. A three-masted steam schooner, going up stream, sank in the North River off 42d street, New York. Three men escaped in a rowboat and landed on the Jersey side of the rixer. Those who saw the schooner sink say it suddenly keeled over, as if it had struck some obstruction, and went down almost instantly. Reward for Bodies of Burglars. An ordinance has been introduced in the Council at Seattle, Wash., providing for a S3OO reward for the delivery of the body of any highwayman or burglar at the City Hall. Councilman Mullen, who introduced the ordinance, declares that he believes this to be the most < ffective method of dealing with the criminal element now in the city. Acetylene Gas Kills Six. By the explosion of an acetylene gas tank at Fort Lee, N. J., the residence of John Puglughi was demolished, his six children instantly killed and his wife so seriously injured that she will die. The mother was found 200 feet from where the explosion took place, her right arm almost torn from her body. Western Roads Reduce Salaries. The difficulty which Western railroads are finding in keeping enough mechanical help is affecting the clerks. Some of the roads, the Santa Fe included, have begun reducing salaries of the office employes on the excuse that the high wages paid to mechanical help makes it necessary.

Reveals Identity After Many Years. Frank Beatty, arrested at Columbus, Ohio, for drunkenness, confessed that he escaped from jail at Covington, Ind., while under indictment for murder twen-ty-eight years ago. Beatty says Jacob Galvin was shot and killed nnd he was accused of the crime. He declares the shooting to have been accidental. Castro May Give Up. Leading citizens of Caracas asked President Castro to give full power to United States Minister Bowen for settlement under best possible terms; Castro and blockading powers are believed likely to accept; Washington officials a¥c willing. Bishop Quigley Chosen. The congregation of the propaganda, composed of the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church, has selected Right Rev. James Edward Quigley, Bishop of Buffalo, to succeed the late Archbishop Patrick A. Feehan in the archdiocese of Chicago. Victory for Union Men. Judge Munger, in the federal court in Omaha, discharged the twenty-seven Union Pacific strikers charged with contempting in maintain a “picket line” and Intimidating workmen. The court ruled that the evidence was insufficient. Ohio Municipal Code Wine. The Ohio Supreme Court holds the new municipal code constitutional on all the points raised against it in the case

of Zumstein vs. Mullen, l>ut rejected the construction put upon section 116 by the Cincinnati board of legislation. The court’s decision gives Cincinnati twentynine instead of thirty-two councilmen and twenty-four instead of twenty-six wards. WANTED-OWNER FOR $1,500. Lincoln, Neb.. Man Says Money in His Deposit Box Is Not His. Complete mystery surrounds the finding of $1,500 in a safety deposit box in Lincoln, Neb., the renter of the box being nonplused as much as every one else. Dr. G. O. VV. Farnham, who returned recently from a prolonged absence, noticed a strange envelope in his deposit box. No one else is supposed to have a key. He satisfied his curiosity by examining the contents, and was startled to find fifteen crisp SIOO bills. He stoutly avers that he did not place the money there. The safety deposit managers assert with equal positiveness that Dr. Farnham is the sole person having a key, and the doctor declares also that it is out of the question to suggest that some one gave him the money to put It in a safe place. He has decided to advertise for the owner. NEW MOVE IN TOBACCO WAR. Trust Plan to Establish Union Cigar Plant in Chicago. The tobacco trust has decided to hit the independent dealers what it considers a Bolar plexus blow. It is planned to erect the largest cigar faotory in the West in Chicago and make it a union plant. Heretofore the dealeHl are fighting the combine have used as one of their strongest arguments, “we sell only union goods.” This scheme, it is urged, will stop this cry, but answer to the other plea, “we do not handle trust goods,” still remains to be solved. From what Can be learned the new factory will be operated by the Syracuse Cigar Company, which supplies the majority of the United Cigar Stores Company’s shops with their union goods. It will employ perhaps as many as 500 men.

WIFE’S DREAM OF DEATH TRUE. I St. Joseph, Mo., Woman Warns Husband Against Going to Work. “John, don’t go to work. I feel sure that something is going to happen to you.” Mrs. Mary Johnson gave that warning to her husband as he started to work in the terminal yards at St Joseph, Mr. “Oh, bother,” he replied. “Nothing is going to happen to me. I’m all right, and in no danger.” Three hours later Johnson was picked up from the Santa’ TeTrack'Tn the terminal yards after the inbound Santa Fe train had cut off both legs, crushed his hand, mangled his body and cut a gash in ,his head. He died later. His wife dreamed the previous night that he would be killed. MURDERS HIS WARMEST FRIEND. Thompson Morton Slays j. W. Barringer, Jr., at St. Louis. J. W. Barringer, Jr., office engineer of the St. Louis, Memphis and Southeastern Railway, was stabbed to death in his office in St. Louis by Thompson Morton, an unemployed civil engineer, whom he had befriended for years. So far as known there was absolutely no motive for the crime. Barringer died without making a statement, and Morton declines to ascribe any cause for the murder. Barringer was Morton’s warmest friend, and had been loyal to him, when his taciturnity drove others away. Many Killed by Earthquake. Three officials, two soldiers and 150 natives, mostly children, were killed by the earthquake which destroyed the town of Andijan, Russian Central Asia. In addition 300 natives and seventjen soldiers were injured anil 9,000 houses of natives and 130 Russian residences were destroyed.

Old Flour Mills in Alaska. That wheat was grown in Alaska by the Russians a century ago is proved by the discovery of two old flour mills built by the subjects of the Czar. One of these has been discovered on Wood Island, in southeastern Alaska, and the other in the interior. Balfour Says There Is War. In the course of a long statement in the British House of Commons Premier Balfour said there was no such thing as a “pacific blockade.” A state of war actually existed with Venezuela, he declared. PoisoninK Is Suspected. Harry Deen, a mantel setter, and Iris wife were both found unconscious in their bed at their home in Columbus, Ohio. The symptoms are those of morphine poisoning and it is believed the couple will die.

Steal Ten Tons of Coal. While a train of twenty cars loaded with coal was Standing on a siding in the tenement district in Ansonia, Conn., a raid was made by 200 men, women and children, and over ten Wms of coal were carried away. Increase for Railroad Men. Increase in wages averaging 8 per cent is granted by the Northwestern road to 5,000 engineers and firemen. Strike of 5,000 Chicago woodworkers is threatened because manufacturers are said to bq planning war on union labor. China’s Ruler to Abdicate. Mail advices from Pekin announce that the Empress Dowager of China proposes to abdicate next year. . There to almost a panic among the chief officials of the empire in consequence. Four Killed in Train Crash. Four men were killed and several injured in a collision on the, Burlington Kailroad, two miles west of Table Rock, Neb.

MAY BE GUILTY OF TREASON. <•» , —— Cbarge Said to' Hold Against Gertrude Atherton, the Author. Treason can be charged to Mrs. Gertrude Atherton, the novdiist, for her efforts against the Danish treaty, in the opinion of State Department officials in Washington. Although there is no intention of prosecuting the writer, it is alleged that she is clearly guilty by her own confession. Mrs. Atherton probably did not know that the founders of the republic themselves enacted statutes which expressly define the crime of treason and which make it a criminal offense, punishable by both fine and imprisonment, for an American citizen to carry on correspondence with any foreign government to defeat the measures of the government of the' United States. In Mrs. Athertos’s statement she makes the positive declaration that she defeated the treaty by which Denmark was to sell to the United States her island possessions in the West Indies. SENTRY SLAIN AT FORT SHERIDAN Prisoners Club Roger Hanberger with His Own Rifle and Escape. Mutilated almost beyond recognition, the body of Roger Hanberger of Company I, Twentieth United States infantry, was found jn a deep ravine in the southern portion of the reservation at Fort Sheridan, 111. Hanberger was clubbed to death with the butt of his own musket by two military prisoners whom he tried to prevent from escaping. The prisoners were Christian Walker of Company C and John Hollenberg, formerly a corporal of Company L, Twentieth United States infantry. They were considered the most desperate men in the guardhouse at the fort.

BOERS ARE COMING TO AMERICA. Nbarly 9,000 Will Settle in Colorado. -.New Mexico and Texas. Nearly 9,000 Boers, it is said, are preparing' to “trek” to America, and will settle in Colorado, New Mexico and Texas. The representative of this movement is General Samuel Pearson, late quartermaster general of the South African republic, who has headquarters in New York. Colorado friends of the Boers have been in communication with the general in regard to suitable lands for the settlers, and General M. de Villiers, who is now looking over the land, has expressed himself as very favorably impressed with Colorado. DOES NOT WANT BARROOM. Michigan Village Will Fight Saloon with-Cemetery. The people of Fulton, Mich., are fighting liquor licenses with a cemetery. Some time ago the temperance element learned that Ray Weeks, a hotel keeper, proposed to ask for a license. A law passed in 18<k) was discovered. This law prevents saloons or barrooms within a certain distance of a cemetery. After this discovery the people located a cemetery within eighty rods of Weeks’ hotel. Beggar Leaves SIOO,OOO. Eli Hyman, a Jew, who begged for admission to the general hospital in Toronto, Ont., is dead. An examination of his clothing resulted in finding scrip worth $31,000. Other papers showed Hyman to be worth probably SIOO,OOO. For twenty years he had slept in sheds and stables and sold papers and begged money and food. Women Robbers Arrested. Warrants have been issued for a man and two women under arrest at Whiteville, Tenn., charged with robbery of the bank there Dec. 6. About $2,000 was secured. The three under arrest give the names of Mr. and Mrs. George Carrol and Mrs. J. Laughlin. They came from Chicago.

Publishing Firm Goes Down. The Jones Brothers Publishing Company of Cincinnati has filed a deed of assignment with liabilities of about SIOO,000 and assets of about $50,000. The members of the company say they had a large amount of the paper of Henry T. Knight of New York and that his recent liquidation caused them to assign. Blow a Post office Safe. The postoffice safe at Granville, Ohio, was blown open with dynamite by two or more men, who escaped in it rig stolen from Restaurant Keeper Bailey’s barn. Two charges of dynamite were used to wreck the safe, and the men departed with the plunder before anyone reached the office. Two-Foot Man Found Dead. “General Peanuts,” who for several yean was one of the best known midgets and clowns connected with Barnum’s and Forepaugh and Sells* circuses, was found dead in bed in New York. He was a Japanese, 38 years old and two feet one inch high. Townsmen Welcome Mitchell. John Mitchell was given a public welcome at Spring Valley, 111. He declared in speech that anthracite strike settlement is beginning of movement, backed by public sentiment, to abolish necessity for strikes. Diax Sprains Arm in Fall. President Diax of Mexico is suffering ' from the effects of falling on the staircase of the Relacimentb Theater. He sustained a sprained arm and slight bruises. .No serious result is feared. J. J. Hill’s Bon Disciplined. Walter J. Hill, son of President J. J. Hill of the Great Northern Railway, has been suspended from his duties In the auditing department for not attending strictly to business. Bank Robbers Get *O,OOO. The bank at Mullins, 8. C.. was broken open, the safe dynamited and about $0,«IO in cash stolen. ■ S ‘

TO COLONIZE SOUTHWEST.

Railroads Are (Joins to Boes* Louioiana ahd Texas. More than SIOO,OOO will be spent by the management of the Southern In the next five months in colonizing southwestern Louisiana and southern' Texas. The decision to increase the efforts and expenditure which are being made to fill up these lands was reached' in a general meeting of representatives of Harriman lines held .in Chicago a few days ago. The work in Texas and Louisiana is In charge of Col. S. F. B. Morse, passenger traffic manager of the Galvos*

ton, Harrisburg and San Antonio and the Galveston, Houston and Northern roads. Col. Morse asserts that in the next ten years the development of these sections will be greater than that of any other sections of equal area in the world. “You will appreciate that this may not be an exaggeration,” said he, “when I tell ydu that between Jan. 1. 1902, end June 30 last, there were sold iu southern Texas 798,000 acres of land through the efforts Of the Southern Pacific agents, and that land is being sold there to-day at the rate of 100,000 acres per month.” Exhaustive experiments and research which have been carried on by the Southern Pacific tend to show that all of the so-called rice belt is above vast deposits of oil, but at present there is no effort to develop oil fields in that portion of the State. The rice belt extends from the Mississippi river to the Rio Grande, a

PLANTING A RICE FIELD UNDER WATER.

distance of 800 miles, and even beyond the Rio Grande to Tampico, Mexico, and back from the gulf between fifty and sev-enty-five miles. Speaking of the development of this section, Col. Morse said: “S. L. Carey accidentally discovered that the land in southern Louisiana, would raise rice, and one year later it took 100 cars to transport the rice output about Jennings. In 1902 it took 1,300 cars from Jennings, and land which in 1883 was worth 15 cents an acre is now worth from S3O to SSO. In southern Louisiana alone there are today 1,500 miles of rice canals and 6,000 reapers are used in that State, where but a few years ago a small yield of rice was harvested with the sickle. The story of southern Texas is just as wonderful, for in 1898 there were but 2,000 acres of land under rice cultivation, whereas there are now 200,000 acres. In one section alone residents of Chicago own 3,500 acres of rice lands.”

The Political Pot.

Ex-Queen Llliuokalahi of Hawaii has arrived in Washington and will seek favorable action by Congress on measures for her relief. Ambassador White, at Berlin, has written a letter chasacterizing Roumanian treatment of Jews as “monstrous.” The letter created a sensation. The Ministerial Alliance of Salt Lake City, Utah, is opposing the proposed Bending to the United States Senate of Reed Smoot, one of the twelve apostles of the Mormon Church. Senator Mitchell of Oregon, Republican, says the Pacific coast Congressmen are a unit in favor of the removal of all tariff duties, import and export, between the Philippines and the United States. Senator Dubois of Idaho attributes the Republican victory in that State mainly to the passage of the irrigation act at the last session of Congress. No legislation has been more important to the West, he says. ' The Appeal to Reason places the Socialist vote at the recent election at 400.(XX), Massachusetts leading with 36,435. This increase is remarked by the press of the country, many papers viewing it with apprehension. Editor Watterson of the Louisville Courier-Journal, since the election, hns advocated the presidential candidacy of Senator Gorman of Maryland in 1904, saying: "Whether he leads us to victory or defeat, he will not lead us astray.” In anticipation of the coming struggle over the Cuban reciprocity treaty in Congress a conference between Secretaries Hay and Root was held at. Washington, and it was decided that Gen. Tasker Bliss, an expert on the existing Cuban tariff, should be sent to Cuba to make investigation and to reassure the Cuban people about our intentions. Congressman McClellan is being boomed as the Tammany candidate for Mayor of New York City next year. In consequence of the recent election, which intrenched his neighlyor and friend, Charles F. Murphy, as leader of Tammany Hall. One result of the recent election havipg was generally overlooked In the press reports.' It is that in Illinois three propositions, namely: Initiative and referendum for the State, initiative and referendum local and direct. £SijS far taiSritS? ‘2cSuJ r ioaaJ

Congress.

The Senate passed the pension appropriation bill on Wednesday without discussion. It carries $139,847,000. An urgent deficiency bill also was passed.' The amount carried by this bill is sl.148,400, and includes an item of $500,600 to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to stamp out the foot and mouth diseasfe, which has become epidemic in the New England States. The militia bill was up for a short time. At 2 o'clock Mr. Kean (N. J.) called up the resolutions expressing the regret of the Senate at the death of the late Senator Sewell. He spoke feelingly of the lisp and character of the deceased. He was-followed by several other Senators, and as a further mark of respect au adjournment vias taken until Saturday. The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Governor of Maryland notifying thio House of the presentation by the State of Maryland of the statues of Uharles Carroll of Carrollton, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and John Hansen, president of the Continental Congress. These, statues are now in Statuary Hall. A resolution was adopted setting aside Saturday, Jan. 31, after 3 p. m., for the exercises in connection with the acceptance of these statues. The House then resumed the consideration of the legislative appropriation bill. Mr. Bartlett (Ga.) offered an amendment appropriating $250,000 to enable the Attorney General to prosecute the violators of the anti-trust laws. Mr. Hepburn, (Iowa) offered a substitute increasing the amount to $500,000. Mr. Cannon (111.) indorsed the latter amendment. Mr. Hepburn’e amendment was adopted with division. A bill was passed to transfer -the census records from 182 Q to 1900 to the census bureau. There was no session of the Seriate Thursday. In the House the McCall resolution calling upon the Secretary of State for the facts in relnnoii to Hie Venezuelan affair and generally for a statement of the situation in reference to the Monroe Doctrine was passed. The House then, after a great deal of discussion, passed the bill to reduce the du-’ ties on articles the growth and product of the Philippine archipelago, from 75 per cent to 25 per cent of the Dingley rates. Several amendments to the ineas-, ure were voted down in committee of the whole. The pure food bill was thou considered. Mr. Tompkins (Ohio) spoke in favor of the measure and Mr. Adamson (Ga.) against it. Mr. Gardnee (Mass.l opposed , the bill, taking the ground Miflt it would interfere materially with many legitimate industries. After further discussion, and without taking any action on the tall, the House adjourned at 4:35. The Senate held no session Friday. The House passed the pure food bill by a vote of 72 to 21, the point of no quorum not being raised by the opponenfs z ol the measure. Bills were also passed tc make Portal, N. D., a subport of entry for the immediate transportation dutiable goods; for the relief of the Minnif Indians of Indiana; to donate a piece oi ! ground to Challam, Washington, nnd-tc amend the act relating to the location 01. a public building at Muskegon, Mich.

Only twenty-seven Senators were pres ent when the Senate was called to ordei on Saturday. Mr. Allison, of the Senntt conference on the coal strike arbitration bill, presented the report of the confer ence committee. He explained that this Senate amendment fixing n definite suir for the expenses and compensation of th< commission and employes and taking the question of fixing these out of the hands of the President had been retained, but that the Senate conferees had yielded tc the House to the extent of allowing $K per day to the commissioners for expenses instead of $lO as fixed by ths Senate. Tlje report was agreed to. .4 bill authorizing the payment of judg ments amounting to $1,000,000, to be paid on account of the destruction ol property in Hawaii in connection with the fight on the bubonic plague in those Islands in 1899, was passed. The resolution heretofore offered by Mr. Patter son (Colo.) requiring railroad companies to supply to the interstate commerce commission data as to brakes was adopted. Mr. Morgan then addressed the Senate on the question of the isthmian canal. There were not over seventy-five members of the House present to-day. Immediately after convening Mr. Chnnon explained that it was important that the coal strike commission bill and the urgent deficiency bills be finally disposed oi before the* holiday recess. The conference report upon the former, lie. said) was in the Senate, anti he asked that a recess be taken until it was returned from that body. A recess was accordingly taken for twenty minutes. When the House reconvened Mr. Cannon presented the conference report on the coal strike commission bill, nnd the report was adopted Without discussion. The House remained in session until the bill wae enrolled and signed by the Speaker, and then adjourned until Jan. 5, 1903.

In the National Capital.

Senate committee on Philippine order ed favorable report on bill for establishment of a currency for the Philippines. Interstate commerce commission line begun hearing of railway men on pr<r posed rise in freight charges from th« -West to eastern points. The President has received favorably mention of Isham G. Randolph and Volney W. members of the isthmian canal commission. Senator Depew has introduced a bill for emergency currency, allowing nation, al banks to issue circulation to extent oi 50 per cent of capital in time of atriiu gency. . , / Special commission to choose site so» lake naval training station has decided upon place not - far from Ch icago, exact location not yet made public; s2q|),ooQ asked for purpose. , Senator Quarles hns submitted g plan to remedy the trust evil by an affiendv inent to existing law: Secretary of War Root appeared before military committee of House and made extended argument in favor of changes. ' William E. Curtis, injetter on Venus, uelan affair, quotes Secretary Root ns saying it is impossible tor United States to become involved. . ~ , Commissioner Yerkes of the internal revenue bureau decides that soda dispensers who mix distilled spirits in sof| drinks must pay for a liquor license.