Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 142, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1903 — Page 2

WEEKLV REPUBLICAN. oeo. e. Marshall, Publisher. RENSSELAER. - - INDIANA.

SUFFERS FOR FRIEND

SICK MAN GOES TO PRISON IN PLACE OF PAL. Pleads Gnilty to Theft to .Save ChumWhose Kamlly 'Micht Suffer If He Ua(l to Go-Professional Cracksman Hired to Rob Safe. George Grnut pleaded guilty in the District Court iu St.’ Paul,'' Minu.. to stealing jewelry belonging to Georgia Ivripps. He says he accepted a prison tenn. though innocent, to save a friend. To go to prison means sure death to him. His health is such that physicians say fee cannot live a year behind prison ■baifft Grant did not tell the story of a his sacrifice to the court or ask for mercy. Judge Orr sentenced him to the penitentiary on the reformatory plan. “I nut going to prison because I don’t want my pal to be taken from his wife and children," said Grant to a reporter. “I did not steal that jewelry nor know of the theft until my friend bought drinks with the money fi<T got. 1 have been drinkhtg and trying t - forget that the doctors bad told me I' bad not long to live. My friend and I had been drinking together “tn ti saloon. He got into the house and stole the jewelry and then pawned it. 1 helped him count up the proceeds, but this was all I had to do, with the theft. The fellow I was with is a married man., He has a wifi and three children, who would be destitute ts his support were taken from them. What was the use of toy ‘squealing’ on him?" CHICAGO KELLY CRACKS SAFE, Professional Hired ts Aid in I„ootin;j County Treasury; M. A. Wilson is on trial in St. Francis, Kan., charged with robbing the county trensury of Rawlins County a year ago. N. B. Foster and Mrs. Newsome. alleged accomplices of Wilson, turned State's fvidenee. Foster testified that at Wilson’s request'he went to Chicago and engaged the services of Ed Kelly, a professional cracksman. Kelly, he said, came to Ivnnsas, his expenses being paid by Wilson, and made the robbery a success. For this he received a share in the plunder. Mrs. Newsome said Wilson told Tier of the plan to rob the treasury. Kelly was arrested iu Chicago a few days ago by Sheriff Lucas of Shawnee- County and is now in the county jail at Atwood awaiting trial.

rubbers blow up depot. Hold Up Br id jje tender nnd Watchman, ' Fijiht Policeman and Get $lO. Five masked robbers appeared in Pavonia, the eastern section of Camden, N. J.. held up a bridge tender and a watchman, blew up the Pennsylvania Railroad station, looted the safe of $lO and escaped after a running duel with two policemen. The station was Wrecked by the dynamite used itr blowing the safe. After the robbery the bandits held up the crew of a switch engine who were making up a freight train, nnd at the points of revolvers compelled Edward Appleton and Henry Smith, the engineer nnd fireman, to leave the vicinity. Redaction of Pnv Expcnte^, It is learned in Duluth, Minn., that notices of reduction of salary to employes of the Steel Corporation arc being prepared. Clerks have been busy with the pay rolls for days classifying the employes as to income. ,9-The expected reduction will range from .1 to 25 per cent. It unexpected-they will he effective Jan. 1. Yale Has Heavy Fire Loss. Yale F diversity sustained a severe loss when the forestry school building was completely gutted by fire. The loss .involved is estimated at over SIOO,OOO on the building alone, while many fine specimens of plants nnd trees, which cannot be replaced, were destroyed. The fire started, it is believed, from an overheated furnace, *■ ■ 1 ~ Union Is Fined SI,OOO. " , For the first time in the history of Illinois a labor union was fined for the violation of a strike injunction. Judge Jesse Holilom, of the Superior Court of Chicago, fined Franklin Union. No. 4. $1 .000 for the alleged violation of the injunction issued on the complaint of the Chicago Typotlietae Oct. 10. Fire Destroys Floor Mills. , The mill and elevator of the RussellMiller Milling Company, in Valley City. N. D., were destroyed by fire, eutailiug a loss of over $75,000. The damage to the mill and coutents amoflots to $45,000. The elevator was valued at SO,OOO. and contained 40.000 bushels of wheat, which was insured for $29,000. Dan’s and Bradstreet’s. Better iron trade is reported by Dun’s «ud Bradstreet’s weekly reviews. The pig iron, output declined to 1,000,000 tons for November; railroad earnings 4 per cent over 1902.

Buchanan (iocs to Panama. \V. I. Buchanan was cho>eu special minister to the Panama republic by President Roosevelt and left for his post on Tuesday. . He declined a permanent appointment forHmsiness reasons. ■ Republican Convention Meets Jnne 21. The Republican National Committee has chosen Chicago as t|ie place and June 21, 1904, as the date for holding the nest national convention. Several Killed in Train Wrecks. Two train wrecks in lowa cost eight lives, while fifteen persons were injured. Flames swept one wreck and a baby was burned to death before the eyes of the survivors. A freight wreck in West Virginia claimed the lives of five men. Mercury 13 Below Zerr, A coW wave caused a number of deaths and much suffering in Chicago. The minimum temperature was 13 de- A Trees below at 8 a. m. and the average temis-roture throughout the day 7 Ue--ffrees below zero.

FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH

. BLATB FOR AN INFATUATION. Tooth Confesses His Part in Killing: Hnsband of Vermbat*Woman. Levi Perliam, a youth of 19, related Iu the County Court at Bennington, Vt., hoVr, for love Of Mrs. Mary H. Rogers, he aided the woman to murder her husband, to the end that With the SSOO insurance obtained on his life she might furnish a home for the man she loved. Perham was a witness called by the State in the trial of Mrs. Rogers, charged with the murder of her husband, Marcus M. Rogers. Perham admitted an infatuation for Mrs. Rogers. He said she lured Rogers to a river bank for the purpose of reconciliation, she having become estranged from her husband. In a burst of welt-feigned and playful affection the woman proposed that they do tricks with a rope which she brought with her. The husband allowed himself to be tied several times, each time getting loose. Mrs. Rogers suggested that Perham try his hand and he bound Rogers securely, he says. From her pocket Mrs. Rogers then quickly drew a linndkerehief, which she saturated with chloroform and placed over her husband’s face. Then, Perham testified, she wrote a note with these words on it and pinned it to Rogers’ hat: "I am going to drown myself and nobody eljse is to blame for my. death." To this’she signed her husband’s name. After Rogers had died from the effects of the chloroform Perham threw the body into the river and hand in hand the two returned to their homes. w. C. T. U. “SELLS’* AGED NEGRO. Indianapolis Women Thus Get Home for Friendless Colored Man. ‘‘lf you could get anything for me I wish you’d sell me,” said an aged colored man to one of the women who was conducting the Marion County Woman’s Christian Temperance Union rummage sale in Indianapolis. He, explained that he had been - tramping over the country, was tired and hungry and would work for anyone who wobld clothe and feed him. The woman him at his word and he was placed on a stool iu tl/e middle of the room. A member of the society cried the bids. The bidding was far from being spirited and the sale dragged along for twenty minutes, when the negro was knocked off to H. W. Shay, a commission merchant, for $2.39. Mr. Shay says liewill givelrinrsoine light work and if he proves worthy will "pay him wages.

TUG GETS BOV BANDIT. 1 outh Who Attempts Daring Robbery 1 a Ices to River to Escape. After having attempted to rob the First National Bank in Hoboken, N. J., in broad daylight, after the accepted methods of bandits, Frank Stone, a youth of Youngstown, Ohio, led his pursuers a merry chase until lie was finally captured by the crew of a New York tugboat while swimming in the Hudson river and turned over to a Gotham policeman until the Hoboken authorities could claim him. In liis flight from the Hoboken officers 110 had attempted to escape by jumping on a ferryboat which was just leaving her slip. When the crew became a wit re who the late .passenger was through the shouts of the men on the pier they routed him out of his hiding place, but Stone eluded their hands and jllnip.t.l oi-a»-l,'Yhl"lli - « 1 Dubuque Biscuit Plant Burns. The local plant of the National Bistcuit ConTpnny was destroyed by lire in Dubuque, lowa. When discovered the front portion of tlie three-story brick was a mass of flames, and soon after the wall fell, a squad of firemen narrowly eseap&g ‘being caught under the debris. The tire is thought to have started in the oven robm. The loss is $40,006, insurance about SO per cenF . Fjgemau la Electrocuted. The two-story block on Jefferson avenue, Washington, Pa., owned by J. C. Knox and occupied by G. D. Carpenter, plumber; Curran & Alder, confectionery, and G. Whiting, cigar dealer, was destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of about $15,000. During the fire Benjamin Miller, a fireman, came in contact with the electric arc wires nnd was electrocuted. Gives Zion to Dowic, John Alexander Dowie has been restored to control of the Zion City property by the discharge of the receivers in the United States District Court. The order was entered by Judge Kohlsaat. of Chicago, after an agreement had been reached by Dr. Dowie, the receivers, and the representatives of the creditors. Agent Kill* llimsclf. Charles Hamm, aged 40. local agent of the l’illsbury Milling Company of Minneapolis, killed himself in Kansas City. He wa«„ despondent. A member of tlie Minneapolis firm who came -to investigate Hamm’s books says his accounts are straight.

Make Warlike Preparation*. Venezuela has imported 13,000 rifles ready to invade Colombia should she declare war on the United States. American marines are encamped on the isthmus guarding the trail invaders are likely to take. Fire Threatens Queen's Life. Queen Alexandra of England was saved from death in n fire at Sandringham Palace only by the presence of mind of her secretary. She left her room just as the bed disappeared through the floor. Seven Burned in a Fire. -i—.. Seven persons were seriously burned and a number of others sustained slight Injuries in a fire and explosion at Armstrong's cork factory bn Twenty-third street, Tittsburg. One man is missing. * Confesses Be Stole 9100,000. James M. Edge was arrested in Memphis, Team, charged with embezzling

SIOO,OQO- from the First National Bank of Paterson, N. J. Edge has been in Memphis several months. The detectives state that Edge admits his identity and confessed that his peculations amounted to SIOO,OOO, Edge, it is said, claims to have.Jost the money in, turf speculations. LAKES CLAIM MANY LIVES. Ten Passengers Victims, These Being ths First in Decade. Ninety-four lives were lost in navigat-, ing the great lakes during the season just ended. Ten of the victims were passengers, and these fatalities were the first among them for ten years. The number of sailors lost is the smallest since 189 G, the record last year being 140 fatalities. By causes, the loss of life was as follows: Overboard, 41; fell into hold, 11; fordering, 23; collision, 5; killed by machinery, 10; fell from mast, 2; fire, 1; shot by mistake, 1. The most notable accident was the foundering of the steamer Erie L. Huckiey in Green Bay Oct. 4. Twelve persons went down, ten of them being passengers. U hep the big wooden steamer W. F. Sauber sank in Lake Superior Oct. 26 the greatest money loss of the season would have been accompanied by the death of the entire crew had it not been for the heroism of Capt. James Johnson of the steamer Yale, who stood by all night during the storm and saved all but two persons. FAMILY PERISHES IN FIRB. Father and Mother and Three Children Meet Death in New Jersey. Nearly a whole family perished in the flames that destroyed a dwelling at Clarksburg, N. J. Claytou Fowler, 42 years old; his wife, 36 years old, and their four children, 16, 13, 2 years and 6 months old, lived in the house, which was a two-story frame building. The blaze started on the lower floor and when the family awoke the whoje lower part of the house was in flames. The oldest child, a boy, jumped from the secondstory window and escaped with slight bruises, but Mr. and Mrs. Fowler were afraid to jump or were overcome by smoke before they could reach a Window and they and the three other children were burned to death.

WRECK CAHi BEAT CONDUCTOR. Rioters in Chicago Chase Operatives frjm Their Places. Tlie'-spirit of lawlessness in Chicago broke out with renewed "violence the other morning when a crowd attacked the uon-uiiion crew of a Halsted street electric car. Conductor E. C. Kennedy and Motofman Paul Ring, were brutallyassaulted and had to flee, for their lives. Afterward the crowd completely wrecked the c,ar. Not a pane of glass was left, the lights were broken and the paneling smashed and defaced in every way possible. Will Spend Much for Science. The trustees of the Carnegie institution in Washington have authorized an aggregate expenditure of $373,000 in grants for scientific research and $40,000 for publications during the coming year. Action on requests for 1.022 grants, involving an allbwance of $3,000,000 a year, was indefinitely postponed. Twius Epidemic in a Block, Three sets of twins in the same block and'diTTra' crn the same day sets the—pace for the anti-race suicide movement, according to the citizens of New Philadelphia, Pa. Photographs of tlie' infants have been sent to President Roosevelt, accompanied by requests that ho namo them. Two Girls Confess Burglary. Carrie Swafford and Hester Foster, girls of 14, were arrested iu Fresno, Cal., and confessed to burglarizing the home of Mrs. J. Kaledara, a quautity of goods and jewelry being taken. They said they climbed from the windows of their homes at night in order to commit tlie burglary. •' -

Has ferveil Prison Terpi* Mrs. Katherine Soffel, former wife of the warden of the Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, jail, has beeu released from the penitentiary, after serving twenty months for assisting the Biddle brothers to escape. She is said to have rejected two offers to go ou the stage. Rick Indiana Man Hangs Himself. Abram Baker, 7jj years old, a wealthy resident of Osceola, Ind./ hanged himself in a vacant house owtied by him. The body was found suspended from the ceiling. Baker was a widower, and the loneliness of Ini old age made' him despondent. Knife aud Hatchet Duel Fatal. In one of the largest Front street wholesale groceries in Memphis, Tenn., George Rawlins and Kirk Allen killed eaclj other in a baud to hand fight, one being armed with a knife and the other with Both men were negroes and were employed in the house. Evicted and Frozen to Heath. Forced to move Jils wife 1 and several small eliildreu from his home in Louisville because lie could not pay his reut, Beu Fursting sought shelter iu a lumber van! and was found the next day frozeu to death. One Killed, Fifteen Hurt. Fifteen nljured and one dead Is the result of the wpeeking of east-bound Panhandle flyer No. 14 ht New Cumberland junction. Steubenville. Ohio. The wreck was caused b/ an open defective switch. No Financial Stringency Coming* Secretary Shaw, in his annual report, says that all danger of * financial Stringency is past. Kicked Hia Wife to Heath. Jacob I*. Patzke, a farmer, kicked his wife to death and then banged himself at Chaska, Minn. »

COURT FREES COL. BUTLER. Supreme Bench Decide* Prominent St. Lonia Man Was Not Gnilty. Court in Jefferson City, Mo., Reversed the decision of the lower court in the case of Col. Edward But*er of St. Louis, convicted at Columbia, Mo., in October, 1902, of attempted bribery, and discharged the prisoner. The specific charge against Col. Butler Was that he offered a bribe of $2,500 to Dr, Henry M. Chapman, a member of the St. Louis board of health,’ to induce Chapman to use liis influence in having the board award the garbage contract to the St. Louis Sanitary Company, a corporation in which Butler was interested. The jury fixed his punishment, at three years in the State penitentiary. Butler immediately took an appeal to the Supreme Coprt and has been out on bond since then. . Final arguments on the appeal were heard by the Supreme Court Oct. 13, 1903. The opinion was written by Judge Fox'-md was concurred in by all other judges. The court holds that the board of health had no authority to let the garbage contract, but that this power belonged to the board of public improvements. The board of health, having no authority to award this contract, the defendant could not bribe members to do something which they had no authority to do. MYSTERY IN A CRIME. Shooting- of Mias Elizabeth Gillespie at Rising: Snn, Ini,, Unsolved. There is no clew yet to the unknown assassin who the other night made a probably successful attempt to kill Miss Elizabeth Gillespie in Rising Sun, Ind. At 5:30 o’clock Miss Gillespie was arranging chairs about the sitting room of her residence. As she passed one of the windows the discharge of a weapon preceded the crashing of glass. Miss Gillespie uttered a cry and fell to the floor unconscious. The contents of a double-barreled shotgun had entered her left ear. The shot almost tore off the top of the young woman’s head. The unknown assassin then burst in the window ( on the first floor of the woman’s home with the barrel of his shotgun, and fired a load of buckshot directly into her face. Neighbors whojheard the shots responded at once, but were unable to discover the assassin. The police of the neighboring . villages, have been notified and Coroner Louis Throne is investigating. She never regained consciousness after she was shot. No motive for the murder has been found.

BABY asleep two weeks. Peculiar Case Is a Puzzle to New York Physicians, Sleeping as peacefully am 1 , possessing all the outward semblances of health that -any watchful mother could wish, is the G-weeks-old daughter of Mrs. Louis Slatof of 3789 Third avenue, New York. But the baby has slept how for two weeks, never opening its eyes or giving any indication of life except manifesting a desire for food by puckering its lips. Dr. William Henry Kalirs, who is attending the case, says his search of medical records lias failed to reveal a parallel case in a -ehild so young. He can assign no reason for the long sleep or express any opinion as to when the babe will awaken,.,.but its liballby condition apparently assures continued Jiic. Condemned Murderer Escapes. Ernest Cashel, sentenced to be hanged for the murder of Rufus Belt, escaped from the police barracks at Calgary, Manitoba. Cashel procured two revolvers, held up tlit guard, secured the keys and locked up his keepers and got away. His brother from Kansas, who has been visiting hiqj, lias been arrested as an accomplice. Harry P. Scott pleaded guilty to conspiracy in the United States Court in Ohio, and was sentenced to thirteen months in the penitentiary. His action was to protect his friend, Harry J. Hoover, cashier of the People’s National Bank at Newark. Later he was released on bail, pending an appeal. Grent Sinner Seek* Divorce. Mme. Nordica lias entered suit in the New York courts for n divorce. Her husband, who is now in a sanitarium suffering from nervous collapse, is said to have spent her money too freely and proved attractive to other women. Mme. Melba’s name is mentioned in this connection. >

Millionaire Weds Shop Girl. J. A. Cunninghnm, n millionaire'banker of Salt Lake City, was secretly married in San Francisco to Bessie Glass, a shop girl, who*is younger than Cunningham's youngest daughter. The banker is 00 years old. His family has bitterly opposed the match. 1,025 Years Is Hla Sentence. In the District Court at Rusk, Texas, the world’s record has been broken in the trial of Allen Brown. A jury gave him 1.000 years for a criminal attack and another jury gave him twenty-five years for the burglary of a private residence. * -i - Herbert Fpenjjer Passes Away. « Herbert Spencer, the famous author and philosopher, the last of the intellectual ginnts Vho made the reign of Victoria notable, died at bis Lome, 5 Perciral terrace, Brighton, England; Mr. Speucer was 83 years old. Airship Breaks In T Wo, Langley’s airship recorded a complete failure. The craft broke in two at the launching stage and fell into the river with the navigator. Fifty Hie in Ship Crash. The Greek steamers, Pyloroa and Aasos collided at Ithaca. The Pytoros was partially submerged and fifty of her passengers were drowned.

SHAW’S RECOMMENDATIONS.

Secretary.* of Treasury Sends His An* nuat Report to ’Congrese. V The .report of Secretary of Treasury Leslie M. Shaw has 'jiist been issued. The most noticeable feature in' the con-

SECRETARY SHAW.

The increase of expenditures for 1903 over those of 1902 resulted in a reduction of the revenue of $36,989,708.21.

The trust funds held for the redemption of notes and certificates increased to $893,068,869, an increase for the year of $62,459,780. Transactions in public debt items, other than those related to the trust funds, caused a net decrease of $18,625,444 iu the public debt and reduced the aunual interest charge to the extent of $2,001,873.20. The foreign holdings of United States bonds are principally confined to the registered class, and are diminishing. In 1889 the amount was $24,339,020. At the end of 1903 it was reduced to $16,866,950. During the year 1903, national bank notes to the amount of $196,429,621 were presented for redemption, an increase over the previous year of $24,560,363. Gold continues to accumulate in the treasury. The total holdings of gold on July 1, 1903, were $631,420,789.43, an increase for the- year of $71,220,489. On Oct T, 1903, the total holdings of gold in the treasury amounted to $654,811,716. The following are urged as recommendations: The mint at New Orleans is both inconvenient and expensive. It should be reduced to-an assay office. X The assay office at New York is Inconvenient in construction, inadequate in size, unfortunately located, and should be sold and a new one built. Fortunately, the present site can be sold for enough to buy one moro eligible, erect a suitable building thereon, and have a respectable balance left. The tax 011 national bank circulation, based upon bonds hereafter issued, should be fixed at one-half of 1 per cent per annum.

Customs brokers should be required to register with the department, and pay therefor a nominal fee, such registration to be subject to cancellation for cause by the Secretary of the. Treasury, The installation of a comprehensive pneumatic tube system between tlie Treasury Department and its widely scattered branches and bureaus, and the departments whose accounts are audited in the Treasury Department, would be a very profitable investment. I earnestly recommend tlie construction of several very fast revenue cutters, small enough to be used for boarding and swift enough to overtake-and arrest smuggling vessels now engaged in transferring goods from tramp ships at anchor to private docks. Such vessels are much needed in the Puget Sound district and at points on the great lakes. Appropriations for secret service work should be liberally increased.

WON’T REVEAL ITS SECRET.

Standard Oil Trust Defies Department of Commerce and Labor. The Standard Oil tompany has refused to answer a list of perfunctory questions propounded to it by Commissioner James A. Garfield of the bureau of corporations in the Department of Commerce and Labor, and, ns a result, an issue lias been raised between the department and the company, which, if it goes into the courts,' trill determine for all time what power the department has to regulate the trusts. The attitude of the company is said to have been taken deliberately fqr the purpose of testing the power of the department. As a part of the organization of the Department of Commerce, commissioner sent out a list of questions to all the so-called trusts in the country covering their capitalization and other financial items.' Ail of the trusts replied to the commissioner save the Standard Oil Company, which refused to answer any questions. Information of the attitude of the company has been conveyed to high officials of the government, including the President, and it is believed that Commissioner Garfield will tnke legal means to compel the company to answer. He may call upon John D. Rockefeller to furnish the desired information, and, in the event of formal refusal, the case will be taken into United States District Court and an order sought to compel the company to answer the question. Upon the decision in this case will hinge the future policy of the new department

ARMY WILL GUARD PANAMA.

American Force Ready to Repel Invasion by Colombia. An American army is ready to guard Panama from iuvnsion by a Colombian force, iu case the reported movement to march an army-overland proves true. United States warships are patrolling both sides of the isthmus on the lookout for such a movement and that the army can laud 3,000 men on the isthmus on short notice. Other troops from the department of Cauca, Colombia, are said to be converging on .Panama, and from all parts of Colombia troops are reported to be marching or awaiting on the result of Gen. Reyes’ mission to Washington. Gen. Yonng, fbc chief of staff, when he heard-the report, said: “The army is prepared for any situation of no greater magnitude than from the present indications exist in connection with the troubles on the isthmus.” The Japanese population at Mak-Po, Corea, have taken a decided stand on the aide of th* brokers of that city who were recently pnt into prison for refs sing to pay the guild tax. #Th« Japanese attacked the officials of tba prison and burst •pen the calls of the broken, sotting than at liberty. t

dition of the treasury is the increased available cash balance and the, increased holdings of gold, the i former havieg more than doubled since* 1890. increased receipts from customs, sales of lands, and from,, m i s c e 1 1 a neous soure e 8 nearly equaled the diminution in receipts from internal revenue.

CONGRESS

In the Senate Senator Teller ednciua•ed his speech in opposition to the/Cuban reciprocity bill Wednesday, and Senator Morgan also was heard iu to that measure. Mr. Payne, chairman of the Committee on Ways and reported when the House convened a resolution providing for the reference of the President’s’ message to committee, and the House went into committee of the whole for its consideration. The resolution, amended so as to give the Committee on Foreign Affairs jurisdiction over matters relating to Cuba (Mr. Payne explaining that his committee recommended this because Cuba now is a republic), was favorably reported to the whole House and adopted without debate, A bill for the upbuilding of the navy, credited as the plan suggested by Captain Hobson, of Merrimac fame, was introduced in the House, and carries an appropriation of $2,500,000,0<)0, to be spread over twenty years, the allowance for the last ten years to be at tli£ rate of $150,000,000 a year. Representative Gardner, of Massachusetts, introduced a bill creating a commission to consider legislation for the development of the American merchant marine. The commission is to be composed of the Secretary of the Navy, Postmaster General, the Secretary of Commerce and Labor and three members each of the Senate and House. Thursday’s semioi* of the- Beu'rtft* last* od only -thirty-seven minutes. After the, completion of the routine business the Cuban bill was laid before the Senate, but no one appeared ready to speak on it. Senator Gallinger introduced a bill providing that after March 4, 1904, salaries of Senators, Representatives and delegates in Congress shall be $7,500 per annum. The House adopted a resolution directing the judiciary committee to inquire into the official conduct of Charles Swayne, judge of the United States District Court for the northern district of Florida. Representative Gillett of Massachusetts introduced six bills providing various schemes for refiling superannuated government employes.

There were two speeches in'the Senate Friday on the Cfaban reciprocity bill, one of them by a Democrat iu support of the bill, and the other by a Republican in opposition to it. The opposing speech was made by Mr. Bard, of California. Mr. McCreary, of Kentucky, made liis maiden speech in tlie Senate nnd supported the bill. Senator Platt, of Connecticut, introduced a resolution authorizing the printing of all the accounts of the government of Cuba during American occupation. Senator Culberson, of Texas, introduced a resolution that the committee, on the judiciary be directod'to report ns early as practicable whether the inhabitants of the department of I’nnama form an independent government in that territory. Senator Tillman, of South Carolina, introduced a -resolution' directing the committee on the judiciary to mako inquiry into the question of what constitutes recess appointments by the President The birth 0/ the republic of Panama and its recognition by this government was the subject of a spirited debate in the House. Mr. Dinsmore (Dem., Ark.j) severely criticised- the administration in connection with the canal, and Mr. Hitt (Rep., 111.1, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, replied in defense of the President nnd his Central American policy. Mr. Williams (Miss.), the minority leader, replied to Mr. Ilitt, declaring the minority did *uot condone the part taken by this government in connection with Panama affairs. No conclusion was reached on the pension bill.

Senator Foster, of Louisiana, spoke in opposition to the Cuban reciprocity treaty Saturday, maintaining that the sugar trust was behind the measure and that it would work injury to local producers. Senator Depew, on the Republican side, nnd Senator Clay, on the Democratic side, supported the bill as a measure in the interest of both countries. Senator Quarles introduced a bill to further define the duties and powers of the Interstate CommefiPe Commission. It provided that any order made; by tlie commission after a bearing and determination had on any petition declaring any existing rates for the transportation of persons or. property to be unjustly discriminative or unreasonable and declaring what rates would be just shall become operative nnd be observed within thirty days after notice. There was no session of , the- House.

Notes of Notional Capital.

Secretary Sghaw transmited to the House a request for $15,000 additional for the Department of Justice for “enforcement of the anti-trust laws.” • Representative Ilcpburn reintroduced the pure food bill, embodying the resolutions of the national pure food congress* No important changes were made in the bill. Senator Mitchell introduced a bill providing that every carrier iu the rural free delivery mail service in addition to his salary fixed by law shall receive $250 a year for subsistence. Representative Wnchter of Maryland introduced a bill making April 14 of each year n legni holiday to be known as "martyrs’ day,” in commemoration of the denth of Abraham Lincoln. War Department officials are greatly encouraged over their efforts to develop a coni on the small island of Baton on the cast const of southern Luzon. This mine is eligibly located near deep water and promises to give a fair quality of coal. The Interior Department has suspended Thomas McNutt, n special ngout of the general land office, as ji result of the Investigation of public land frauds in Oregon. McNutt was appointed about a year ago from Hidinna./ The naval board which was appointed to investigate the fatal explosion, at the naval magazine on lona Island has completed its work. The lioard was unable to ascertain the exact cause of the explosion, .but has submitted a number of suggested changes in the rcgulidions, particularly as to the unloading of Aliellz charged with black powder. /