Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1905 — Page 2

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

BANK ROBBER TAKEN.

A SHERIFF'S POSSE CAPTURES 1 OUTLAWS IN WYOMING. Ij/i«oner Identified One Who Aeeiet- / ed in Looting Bank at Cody—Girl in New York Is Acquitted of Killing Her Baby with Benzine. Sheriff Fenton and posse of Big Horn county captured Bob nirwin, one of the men who made a descent on the Cody bank Nov. 1 and killed Cashier Middaugh, near the mouth of Gooseberry creek, fifty miles north of Thermopolis, Wyo. Erwin, who had been in hiding at the ranch of a friend, learned the coming of the officers and attempted to get away by cutting across the mountains. He eludeu the officers for a time, but one of the deputies returning home met Erwin at the mouth of Gooseberry canyon, recognized him and held him up With a rifle until Fenton and the other officers arrived. There is no doubt as to the identity of Erwin, although he refuses to talk. A. B. House, who was sent to the penitentiary the other day from Fremont county for holding up a gambling house, was another member of the Cody outlaw band.

GIRL ACQUITTED OF MURDER. She Wai Accused of Killing Baby with Benzine. The spectators in the court of general sessions in New York cheered when the jury returned a verdict of acquittal for Clara Adler, aged 18, who was accused of killing her baby. The members of the jury took up a subscription and gave SIOO to the defendant, whom they had just set free. Miss Adler admitted that the child had died of benzine asphyxiation, but asserted that the poison fell into the child’s mouth by accident when the mother attempted to commit suicide by drinking it. Miss Adler thought it was carbolic acid. Her friends knocked the bottle from her lips as she was about to drink. ~7Derrick Rams Battleship Texas. Breaking five great cables as if they had been threads, the 100-ton floating derrick Hercules, moored to the side of the new battleship Connecticut, broke adrift in the navy yard basin in Wallabout bay, New York, and crashed into the stern of the battleship Texas, smashing several plates and so damaging the war vessel that it will have to go into the dry dock. Towns Suffer for Water. Towns in the Turtle creek valley of Pennsylvania have been in dire distress for lack of water. Pitcairn, Stewart Station. Trafford City. Wilmerding, part of Braddock and several other smaller towns were high and dry through the breaking down of the Pennsylvania Water Company’s engine, which had been weakened by extra work. Fire Panic in City Hospital. Hundreds of patients in the city hospital on Blackwell's Island, New York, were panic-stricken Vhen flames in the laundry, a detached building, threatened the whole institution. The panic spread to the Home for Aged and Infirm, near by. Sixty-five laundresses were in peril, but were saved by the firemen. The damage is $30,000. Copper Losses Cause Suicide. R. H. Roberts, a prominent business man of Pittsburg, killed himself in a New York City hotel as the result of heavy losses in Amalgamated Copper stock. John D. Rockefeller and 11. 11. Rogers are said to be on the verge of a breach. Russians Strengthen Vladivostok. A Korean who recently reached Wonson from Vladivostok states that the Russians have strongly fortified the city and are gathering Vast stores there. Plans have been discussed for a winter campaign, and a force is said to be moving south from the Tumen River. Sioux City Stores Burn. Thousands of Christmas shoppers were imperiled by a fire in ..the retail center of Sioux City, lowa, which destroyed twenty-five buildings, covering two blocks, causing a property loss of $2,000,000. Wish the Hickory Preserved. Wooden vehicle manufacturers of the ■United States have asked the government to devise means of checking tin* ravages of species of insect that threatens the extinction of the hickory timber of the country.

Hay Memorial Chapel Burna. The Hay Memorial chapel, given to Westminster school by Secretary Hay in memory of his son, Adelbert S. Hay. was burned in Simsbury, Conn. The chapel was built and dedicated in 1902. Servia Abolishes Free Newspapers. King Peter of Servia has signed the press law, Which practically abolishes freedom of the preps in Servia, though aimed principally at the iinti-dymistie and opposition papers. Suspen led for Gould Hazing. Foijr members of tiie.jsophqmore class of Columbia University were'suspended for attempting to luize Kingdon Gould, and the students in a mass meeting petitioned the faculty to reinstate the men. Greatest Holiday Trade Ever Known. Holiday trade this yertr is the greatest ever known, according to the weekly reviews. Business began earlier than usual aud shows accumulating strength. Filipinos Ki 1 Thirty-eight Scouts. The f’ulajanes have ambushed and killed at Dolores, ou the island of Samar, a lieutenant and thirty-seven enlisted men of the Thirty'-eiglith ‘company of native scouts. Nan Patterson Case Heaulta in Mistrial After delilierating for twenty hours the jury in the Nau Patterson murder case in New York reported twice that it could not agree and was discharged. Two men are believed to have held out for conviction of the actress of ki.'ling “Caasar" Young.

FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH

PRISON FOR WHITE CAPS. Terms of Fifty Years and Less Imposed on Mississippi Men. David Posey was convicted of manslaughter in the Circuit Court in Brookhaven, Miss., for the killing of Ben Bayless, a negro. The defendant said the killing was justifiable, as he found the negro stealing corn. The jury was out less than an hour. After the usual motion for a new trial, which was overruled, Judge Wilkinson sentenced Posey to twenty-five years In the penitentiary. Judge Wilkinson passed sentence on ten other men, as follows: Oscar Franklin, life imprisonment for the murder of Eli Hilson, a negro, and Will Franklin, D. W. Smith, Elias Smith, R. L. Smith and Elbert Gil), each fifty years in the penitentiary for manslaughter In killing •'Henry List, a negro. These two killings were the whitecap cases, which aroused the indignation of citizens and caused the formation of the Law and Order League. John Smith and John McNulty, negroes, w|io were convicted of murder, received life sentences. Sam Posey, who pleaded guilty to two charges of whitecupping, and was convicted of highway robbery, was sentenced to ten years on the robbery charge and five years on each of the whitecapping charges," a total of twenty years. COLUMBUS STORES BURN. Hole Is Scorched in Middle of Ohio Capital’s Business District. Fire in the business center of Columbus, Ohio, destroyed property valued at $150,000 to $166,000. Flames started in the Mithoff Building on High street and spread to adjoining property. Five firemen were hurt by an explosion while fighting the fire. Losses on buildings— Mithoff block, $15,000; Wheeler block, $2,500; Deshler block, SI,OOO. Losses on stock —Krauss, Butler & Benham Co., $100,000; Osterman & David, $10,000; Wheeler Grocery Company, $13,000; Gross Brothers, florists. $1,500: New First National Bank, $500; Charles Dickinson, oyster dealer, $500; Annelle Laken, woman’s exchange, $500; Parisian Cloak Company. $800; Amos Millinery •Company, $100; Hartpence Dental Supply Company, $8,000; Joseph Hirsch, saloon. $500; tenants of Mithoff block, SI,OOO. All are fully insured. The course of fire was defective electric wiring or a natural gas explosion. FIRE BURNS $250,000 IN BILLS. Money Shipped by Banks Is Destroyed in Express Car Fire. The Adams Express Company loses nearly a quarter of a million dollars by a fire which destroyed one of its cars on the owl train on the Boston and Albany railroad. The loss includes bunk bills and coupon bonds, all negotiable paper, in transit from New York banks to other banks.

Ohio Banks in Trouble. The First National Bunk of Conneaut, Ohio, and the Matine Bank of Conneaut Harbor did not open their doors for business Tuesday. The suspension resulted from runs on both concerns during the last few days. Officials say the concerns are entirely solvent and declare that business will be resumed again in a short time. Long Distance Wireless Work. Regular communication has been established between Kansas City and Chicago by the DeForest Wireless Telegraph Company. Fifteen aerograms were received in Chicago Thursday direct from the western city. The distance is 460 miles and the successful operation of wireless telegraphy for this distance on land breaks all records. Frightful Cost of War. According to Count Okunia. the exPrime Minister of Japan, the war with Russia is costing his country $5,000,000 a week, and the Czar’s Finance Minister puts Russia’s expenditure at $6,250,000 a week. At this rate Japan lias spent $l9O 000,000 and Russia $225,000,000 on the war since it began. President to Make Speech. President Roosevelt has accepted an invitation to attend the Lincoln day dinner to be given by the Republican Club of New York Feb. 13. The invitation was extended by WiHintn D. Mtifphy, of New York in behalf of the club. The President will deliver an address at the dinner. To Colonize Italians. Agents of the Italian government/ who have been for some time on a eelonization scheme, are said to have purchased 8,000 acres of land in Newton county, Missouri, ami 5,000 Italians, through government aid, will be sent to establish a colony. Eight Are Killed in Beds. Eight persons were killed in Minneapolis about 1 o'clock Tuesday morning xjihbn the wall of the O. H. Peck building on Fifth street south, which was left standing by the fire, toppled over in a high gale and struck the Crocker hotel. Nude Body Found. The body of a young woman was found In the mountains near Colorado Springs, Colo., without a vestige of clothing and w.'th the features burned beyond recognition and the deepest mystery shrouds the case. Revolt in Paraguay Wins. A cablegram has been received at the Bute Department in Washington from the acting American consul at Asuncion, Paraguay, stating that the revolution has been successful and that peace has been proclaimed. Moves in Eastern War Game. Eight Russian torpedo boats have escaped from Port Arthur during a severe storm, according to a London report from Chefoo. St. Petersburg hear* through Gen. Kuropatkin a report that

the Russians have retaken 203-Meter Hill. Tokio says the Japanese have captured two more important positions near Port Arthur. FORCED TO TRAVEL AS MAN. Mother of Kansas Girl Causes Arreat of Her Uncle for Abduction. J. W. Lawrence, a middle-aged bachelor, is under arrest on a charge of abducting his 17-year-old niece, Loie Minard, and compelling her to disguise her sex and travel over the country with him in a “prairie schooner” for nearly n J ear. Lawrence was visiting at the home of his sister, Mrs. Minard, at Concordia, Kan., last March and fell in love with her pretty daughter. When he left Concordia ho took the girl without the knowledge or consent of her mother. Search was instituted for the missing girl, but no trace of her was found until the other day, when she was found with her uncle. On leaving Concordia Lawrence, it is charged, compelled his niece to don male attire and to submit to having her brown hair cropped close. Thus disguised she accompanied him in his wanderings over the country, passing as a young man. The couple traveled in a wagon, picking tip sucfiTwork as they could find to do as they wandered from place to place. Lawrence will be taken back to Kansas for trial. CANADA TO BUILD SHIPS. Cruisers to Be Constructed as Part of Laurier’s Program. The action of the home government, says a dispatch from Montreal, in withdrawing the Atlantic and Pacific fleets from Canadian waters will result in the construction of three cruisers by the dominion government as a start in the naval program which Sir Wilfrid Laurier has in mind. For a long time the premier and his colleagues have felt, the correspondent asserts, that Canada should undertake the construction of a navy which in time would give the coast line an adequate defense. The training of naval reserves, which is now in progress in West Indian waters, is part of the program, and it is expected that an announcement in this connection will be made at the coming session of parliament.

RETURNS $40,000 OF FUNDS. B. B. McGreevy Admits He Was President of Defunct Nebraska Bank. Henry McDonald, captain of Rangers at Phoenix, Ariz., has recovered from Bernard B. McGreevy, president of the defunct Elkhorn National Bank of O’Neill, Neb., bank paper to the amount of $40,000. McGreevy for the first time admitted he had been president of the institution, having previously insisted he was only bookkeeper nnd that if there was a shortage it was the fault of Cashier Patrick Hagerty. Captain McDonald says $15,000 of recovered money is on deposit in an Arizona bank and $25,000 in a Nebraska bank under an assumed name. No Constitution for Russia. Emperor Nicholas has formally notified the country that agitation for a constitution and the convocation of a national assembly is useless. Such is the construction placed upon the indorsement written in his own band on the resolutions telegraphed by the Chernigov Zemstvo. Shoots Woman Who Rejects Him. Fred Jones, clerk in a store at Newfane, shot and killed Mrs. Abbie Goodrich and Constable William C. Graj' in Lockport, N. Y., and then killed himself. Jones was a suitor of Mrs. Goodrich, who was a widow. She objected to his attentions. Leaps from Bridge to Death. John Parkers of Martin's Ferry, Ohio, bade a couple of friends good-by, climbed on the railing of the terminal bridge in Wheeling, W. Va., and dropped to the ice, sixty K feet below. His body £roke through the ice nnd probably will never be recovered. Two Leaders Are Dropped. H. E. Nivin of Berthoud, Colo., and J. W. Whitehead of Medina, Ohio, leaders in the Rural Carriers’ Association, have been dismissed by the Postmaster General because of their alleged efforts to influence legislation. 12,804.616 Pay to See the Fair. The experts who have been going over the books of the World's Fair to get the actual number of admissions paid and free, find that the total was 19,694,855. Of these 12,804,616 were paid and 6,890,239 free. Ex-Chief Ames Gets a Pardon. Former Chief of Police Ames of Minneapolis, under a six years’ sentence in prison, has been given a full pardon. He was convicted of receiving bribes from women of the town. Acid Thrown on a Woman. Mrs. Teresa Grimm, living with her husband in Chicago, was disfigured with carbolic acid thrown, she states, by a former employer. She charges that he was actuated by jealousy and revenge. Boiler Explosion Kills Four. Four men were killed in a boiler explosion at the sawmill of B. F. Redline, near Rohrsburg, Pa. The men comprised the entire force of the sawmill. Indictment for Perry Found. The grand jury in Chicago voted a true bill, charging arson against Isaac N. Terry, former bank president. Honor 1 to Judge Parker. Bench and bar of New York City gav* a dinner to Alton B. Parker to honor his return to tho practice of law. Oppose Inaugural Ball. Opposition to th* time-honored inaugural ball ha* arisen among members of Congress and th* affair may be dropped.

MOB BLOWS UP GAS PIPE LINE. Kansans Use Dynamite When Legal War on Work Fails. A band of 100 men from Independence and Coffeyville, Kan., blew up the pipe line of the Kansas Natural Gas Company, destroying nearly a mile of the pipe. The mob was heavily armed and every member wore a mask. Dynamite was resorted to by those opposed to permitting the piping of gas out of the State, the company having purposed to pipe the gas to Kansas City, Joplin and other Missouri towns. The mob was orderly, and, although the guardians of the company’s property were compelled to step aside, no violence was done them. A gang of Italian workmen guarding tools were driven away and the tools destroyed. The people of the gas belt have organized, and. with the motto, “Kansas gas for Kansas,” have striven to prevent the building of the pipe line. They have been defeated repeatedly in the courts, and last week the Supreme Court issued a sweeping injunction forbidding any interference with the work. TROOPS BUSY IN PHILIPPINES. Gen. Wood Reports Army in the Field Quelling Uprisings. Gen. Wood, commanding the department of Mindanao, Pumppine division, in his annual report to the War Department says that the troops of the department have been in the field a great portion of the year quelling armed uprisings and preventing slave trade and kindred abuses. -en. Wood adds: “The establishment of civil government and the extension over the Moros of certain laws and regulations has caused some excitement and at times serious resistance, especially the law prohibiting slavery. In some sections active hostility has been engendered ..y our presence, especially in the Lake Lanao region, where almost constant murderous attacks on workingmen and soldiers were the rule until the effects of the recent expeditions to the Taraca side of the lake, combined with expeditions to other sections of the Lamao, were felt by the Moros.

BOY TIED UP BY THE THUMBS? Overseer of Poor Farm Reported to Have Inflicted Cruelties. Alleged cruelties inflicted on the children at the poor farm in Brule county, South Dakota, have caused a sensation. One little boy was reported to the overseer as having stolen an orange at school and when accused of it refused to confess. It is charged that the overseer broke a whip on the child and, still failing to get a confession, proceeded to tie him up by the thumbs. An investigation is on foot and the matter will be brought to the notice of the grand jury. GROWTH BY ALL CHURCHES. Denominations in America Gain Decidedly in Membership. Nearly all religious sects in America show a larger percentage of increase for 1904 than in previous years. The Episcopal church gained 3 per cent. The country's population growth is estimated at about 2 per cent. The Episcopalians number 807,351. The Presbyterian rate of increase was 2% per cent, the total membership being 1,094,908. The Methodists gained 1 4-5 per cent. The body has now 3,064,735 members. Sailors Are Vindicated. Vindication for all the officers and men on the Massachusetts is contained in the report of the board appointed by the commandant of the League Island navy yard to investigate the recent accident on board that vessel in which the death of several men was caused by the blowing off of a gasket. Railroads Caught Unprepared. An unusually early movement of grain has caught railroads unawares, and Chicago is deluged with between 6,000,000 and 9,000,000 bushels of cereals, vainly awaiting transportation to the seaboard and intermediate distributing points. More is on the way and the urgency is great. loVa Bank Closes Doors. The Dedham Savings Bank of Dedham, lo\va. has been closed and the president, J. CC L’aton, who left ostensibly for funds, cannot be found. He is said to be short about $20,000 and the bank has commenced suit against him for the amount. The bank had $60,000 in deposits. Heavy Loss at Washington. The Metropolitan Clubhouse, the home of the most fashionable club in Washington, was ruined by fire, causing an estimated loss of $60,000 to SIOO,OOO, partly covered by insurance. The fire was caused by a spark from an electric wire. Bishop Richard Phelan Dead. After a lingering illness of three years, due to the infirmities of old age, Right Rev. Richard Phelan, bishop of the Pittsburg diocese of the Roman Catholic Church, died at St. Paul’s orphan asylum, Idlewood, surrounded by his relatives and many church officials. Decision* by the Supreme Court. The United States Supreme Court decides that all railroad cars, including locomotives, must be equipped with uniunifonn automatic couplers. The old Nebraska-Missouri boundary dispute it decided in favor of Nebraska. Indictment* for Chadwick*. Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick and her husband, Dr. Leroy S. Chadwick, have been indicted by the grand jury in Cleveland for forging and uttering a note bearing the name of Andrew Carnegie. Thieve* G*t $3,000 in Jewelry. In Atlanta, Ga., th* Peachtree street residence of J. K. Orr, one of Atlanta’* wealthiest men, was entered and robbed of more than SB,OOO worth of jewelry.

BIG SIOUX CITY FIRE.

FLAMES DESTROY MUCH OF CITY RETAIL DISTRICT. Twenty-five Buildings, Covering TwoBlocks, Burned and One Fireman la Killed—Loss Is Put at $2,000,000Holiday Shoppers in Peril. Thousands of Christmas shoppers were placed in peril Friday night by a lire which broke out at 8:30 o’clock, when the holiday trade in Sioux City, lowa, was at its height, swept through the center of the retail district at the heels of fleeing buyers and sightseers, burned over two solid blocks and caused a property loss of $2,060,00(1 That many persons were not killed or injured is little short of marvelous. As it was an unidentified man lost his life by jumping from a fifth story window, and twenty-five buildings, including three banks and many of the leading business houses of the city, were destroyed. T’he fire started in the basement of the Pelletier department store from a cause that has not yet been determined. The place was crowded and when the first alarm was given there was a rush for exits which threatened to develop into a serious panic. The clerks in the store and several men among the shoppers combined their efforts in protecting the women and children, the last of whom were led out of danget just as the flames reached the ground floor. Meanwhile a large crowd had gathered from near by business houses, filling the streets and making effective work by the firemen alipost impossible. All the available police were called into service, but they were not strong enough to meet the emergency and in many instances force had to be used to drive back the excited spectators. Several persons were painfully crushed in the mob, but none was seriously injured. Within a short time the Toy Building, in which the Pelletier store is located, was enveloped by flames, which, carried by a brisk wind, threatened to destroy the entire retail district.

The ’firemen seemed to be losing ground in their fight against the blaze, which threw out intense heat and sent a shower of blazing torches over nearby buildings, igniting many of them. This rain of fire, however, had the compensating advantage of driving back the crowds, making it possible to attack the flames with more vigor. For three hours and a half, or until it had got beyond range of the large buildings, the fire carried everything in its path. Calls for help were sent to all towns within a radius of a hundred miles. Several responded and gave assistance in bringing the flames under control at 11:30 o’clock. List of Losers Large. The territory between Jackson, Pierce, Third and Fourth streets. In which were many of the most substantial buildings in the city, was burned over. The principal buildings aud business houses destroyed are as follows: The Toy Building, a six-story stone structure, in which, besides the Pelletier* store, were the First National Bank and many qjfices; the Massachusetts Building, another six-story struc ture, occupied by seven large stores, including the Gillett Hardware Company; the Pullman Hotel, the Leader Hotel, the West Hotel, a large new house; Johnson & Aronson, clothing and furnishings; Orkin Brothers, ladies' furnishings; George Conway, wholesale tobacco and cigars; American Express Company’s offices, filled with Christmas goods awaiting shipment or delivery; the Commercial Block, occupied by the City 'National Bank: J. J. Prugb, queensware; War-field-Pratt-Howell Company, wholesale Peavey & Nash, furniture; Dow Clothing Company; Harsted & Halsuth, shoes; Theodore Becker Tailoring Company; Walde Hardware Company and the Western Union Telegraph Company; the Northwestern National Bank. Selzer Brothers, wholesale liquors; Magner & Welsh, saloon; Higman & Skinner, wholesale boots and shoes, and a large number of smajl establishments.

JAPAN AS OUR CUSTOMER.

England and United States Favored in Trade. According to an article in the German Export Review, quoted in the consular reports, the materials needed for shipbuilding are bought in England. Even big ships built for Japan in Germany years ago were ordered to Armstrong's in England for their armament. Recently Krupp ami the French firm of Schneider are preferred. The fact that England and the United States are favored is shown by the purchase of material for the Yokohama water works. In calling for bids it was provided that the cocks come from England and the water meters from England or the United States, the names of firms even being specified. Locomotives for the railroads in Japan and Koren are bought exclusively in the United States, presumably because they are more quickly obtainable there. The friendship for the United States is increasing.

From Far and Near.

Near Sumner, Miss., Smith Murphy, one of the richest planters in the Mississippi delta, was killed by Jerry Robinson, also n wealthy planter. The murder, it is said, is the result of an old tend. According to the report of J. G. Cotchett, secretary of the bureau which managed nil conventirtlis mid congresses ut the world’s fair, 220,000 persons attended the 345 national mid international gatherings held in St. Louis as a result of the exposition.

CONGRESS

The Senate held a session of three minutes Monday and adjourned until Wednesday. Mr. Perkins (Cal.) had been designated to preside by President Pro Ttai Frye. There was a short prayer by Chaplain Hale, a message from the President, a message from the House, and adjournment was taken. The House disapproved the proposition to hold the inaugural ball in the capitol building. The committee having the matter in charge had substituted for the pension building, as provided in the Senate resolution, the congressional library, but Mr. Morrell of Pennsylvania, who called the matter up, announced that the opposition to the latter building was so great the committee had concluded to substitute the capitol building. A storm of protests came from both sides of the chamber. The resolution offered by Mr. Morrell was voted down, the result being to delay action until the next District of Columbia day in January. The House also voted down a resolution making a special order on Jan. 5 of the bill to restore to the naval academy three naval cadets who were dismissed for hazing.

As soon as the House met Wednesday Mr. Morrell (Pa.) called up the Senate resolution granting the inaugural committee permission to use certain public buildings and reservations, including the use of the pension building for the inaugural ball. Mr. Morrell explained that the resolution was exactly as it came from that body and said that after consultation with the members of the District of Columbia committee and in view of the very evident desire of the House that the inaugural ball shall be held in the pension building, it had been decided to accept the Senate resolution in its entirety. The House adjourned to Jan. 4 after a brief session. After a session of four minutes’ duration the Senate adjourned at 12:04 p. m. until Jan. 4 next. Me proceedings consisted of a prayer by Chaplain Hale, the reading of the journal of Monday’s brief session and the receipt of a number of nominations from the President. Notes of the National Capital. The Congressmen who visited Panama favor a sea-level canal. Secretary of Commerce, and Labor reported investigations in many States as to methods of corporations. President Roosevelt has nominated George Horton of Chicago for United States consul at Athens, Greece. Congress mapped out a program to prune annual appropriation bills owing to estimated deficit of $30,000,000. Robert J. Thompson of Chicago is an applicant for the position of consul general in Paris, to succeed John K. Gowdy. The government has adopted a standard showing the chtnnical requirements in foods and liquors, and this is to be used in prosecutions. - , Speaker Cannon declares appropriation bills and Philippine measures will consume most of the time of the short session of Congress. President Hoosevelt announces that Secretary Morton lias consented to remain at the head of the Navy Department after March 4.

Representative Tawney introduced a bill in Congress to supervise the manufacture and sale of wood alcohol and prevent its use as an adulterant. Chicago business men are writing to the Illinois Senators in Washington opposing the admission of the territories of Arizona and New Mexico as one State. . Prominent Democrats in the House of Representatives have drawn up a petition to the President asking the appointment of Representative Warner as commissioner of pensions. A big batch of nominations was confirmed by the Senate, among them that of Albert M. Mills to be a brigadier general. There has been considerable opposition to the nomination. The railroads in what is known as the official classification territory have postponed until April 1 next the time when the proposed changes in the uniform bill of lading and rules on that subject are to take effect.

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