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5®;: #**• \? ,v' 1 \s«f ls- * ^ Hal McHertry Plaindealer. J. VAN SLYKE, Editor ami Pub. McHENRY, ILLINOIS. • $"• 1 WEEK'S NEWSEECORD 1 • .- ip v jj^" I*ive small boys, from 7 to 10 years of P^~ h , age, met death in a drowning accident in £'• t "South Gibson, a small hamlet in Susque- teW r,. |%anna County, Pa. The five victims and >s »' Another boy got on n big sled and coasted *> (upon a weak place on a mill pond. ^>*1 ' #; Capt. Edward K. Ilolton, a St. Louis £,"<?' t ^millionaire, who is secretary and treasurer wt - *>f the St. Louis Stove Company, and Mrs. $$$ ' eP'^" 'JLillie Leonori, who has been his sten- ^ * ©grapher for seven years, were married by i£* ,tho Rev. Dr. Burnham of Pilgrim Con- 8H'T ^7*regational Church. If?." ' % ; The German consul at Apia having de- 'ii v ' ,v, glared himself djctator of Samoa, was ft forcibly ejected from the seat of govern- & •} ^ - fnent by the British and American con- * '* tuls. The United States Government has P,~i • ®4< #sked Germany for an explanation of the £%. /'Sfcetion of her representative. If*"* ./ 4 " The Memphis and Vicksburg Facket lin- *g-v ' *• '•Nfrr Ouachita was destroyed by fire at the »«' Jtfemphis dock. The blaze started about *:15 a. m. and in fifteen minutes very 5 * -. %\ spittle was left of the boat except the hull ,v and a mass of twisted rigging. All the Kj. . '• ",?passengers escaped. Loss $30,000. >V, r The speech from the throne at the open- "' .t ing of the Swedish parliament declared jj<", - > *lhat whatever might be the result of the jjL ^ » Czar's peace conference. Sweden must ^ Continually strengthen its defenses, which M** -- :"Were altogether too weak, though no one !#jfould suspect her of aggressive schemes. %; On account of a threatened strike of <£he carpenter force at the Honeybrook colliery of the Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre ,©oal Company, Hazleton, Pa., because of wage disagreement, all the works at S Andenried and Honeybrook were shut idown, throwing 3,500 men out of ernploy- p, xnent. p,' / At Canton, Ohio, Mrs. Anna George -. } Ivas indicted by the grand jury for mur- •/; / ,<0er in the first degree. The crime of ,t_.... ntvhich she is charged is the killing of Oeorge D. Sexton Oct. 7, 1898, as he was ftp,' walking up the steps leading to the resi- dence of Mrs. Eva Althouse, a widow. I ,, Sexton was the brother of Mrs. William plj' ! v . "^JlcKinley. | V*" A dispatch from Colon says: "Senor £* 7"' Kubleta, an influential senator, suggests • ^through the press that the republic of „ ' j'^polombia immediately occupy the Mangle II 5t "islands, at one entrance to the Nicaragua > * " • f . fanal, in order to obstruct the enterprise ^ 3#n^ help the Panama canal. The Mangle * Islands belong to Colombia, he contends, i; ' lind if her occupancy of them should be V . ' ; , a pposed he predicts that France would. J>e ^ - • , compelled to defend Colombia in order to H . ; protect French interests." Cecil Rhodes' great scheme for a rail- p' * / J%ay through Africa from Cape Town to V • ^Cairo is meeting with financial encourage- T* , inent. The line from Buluwayo. the ter- >'i • 'BQinus of the present Cape system, to ^ "rAvhartoum will be more than 3,000 miles fit' 'long, and is estimated to cost $47,000,- ,J00. Mr. Rhodes has been assured of f^10,000.000 for the section from Bulu- ?ljvavo to Lake Tanganyika, and the re- . inainder can be secured when the surveys Tt4 ssfe- S jc from Tanganyika to Khartoum are made. h Within the last few days Cleveland and ;, ? "^Jetroit shipbuilders have closed contracts V* MOT four steel freight steamers, all of the Very largest class, 7.000 to 8,000 net ca­ pacity, and of about $1,000,000 in aggre- " :;'*%ate value. These four orders bring the , ^Siumber of new freight carriers under con- . ? tract on the great lakes up to eighteen. id\:, Their aggregate carrying capacity will be :U,; - jibout 101,400 net tons, on seventeen feet •~y fraught. The number of vessels of all Jtinds now under contract in lake ship- yards is thirty-one and the aggregate Value $4,174,000. itl At the annual meeting of the Cleveland Jlolling Mill Company it developed that a • Majority of the stock had been bought by . Jstockholders of the American Steel and • , YeWire Company of Illinois, which is the 1 v ^t>rime mover in the big wire and wire nail 'j l'ombination to be known as the American . - I^teel and Wire Company of New Jersey. *litrhe old officers were re-elected and will ; ^//--*$|serve pending the completion of the con­ solidation. President William B. Chis- t i||bolm will retire from the business. The ^-,™4iolder3 of stock not yet purchased are ' \ Z «iven thirty days in which to sell at $1,250 ^ipor share. BREVITIES. - . J/' Mir^o Garcia, a son of the late Gen. "V^jCalixto Garcia, haa entered Union Col- c^ege at Schenectady. f" During a Bryan reception at Denver a ** platform gave way, throwing 300 persons into a mass. Many were injured. The casket containing the remains of >C' • ^Christopher Columbus was opened at Ca- ?• ' • diz. About thirty bones and some ashes were found. Dr. Guiseppe Bosso of the Turin Uni- Teraity is dead, as the result of infec­ tion caught while cultivating pest bacilli < - in his laboratory. Six general prisoners sawed through the cage in the new guard house at Jefferson barracks, St. Louis, cut through twelve inches of brick wall and made their es­ cape. George W. Dent died at Onkland, Cal., aged 79 years. He was a brother-in-law , *, of Gen. U. S. Grant and uncle of U. S. j|(^ rv Grant, Jr., now candidate for United States Senator. Fire in the six-story building at 310 to 318 Sixth avenue, New York, caused a loss variously estimated from $500,000 to $750,000. Most of the building was oc- ^ cupied by the store at A. J. Cammeyer. iV: ^11 the important companies in the . ̂ world which are engaged in the produc- t li ̂ borax and boracic acid have joined * • V-", 'n a trust. The combination includes % companies in the United States, England, France and South America. ' A fierce eleytiop riot took place at Uj Ssent-Anna, m tlie county of Arad, Hun- srary. and four "persons were killed and sixteen injured. ^ A deposit of tin ore has been discovered ^ * fifteen miles from El Paso, Texas, in a fjilij; ' range of low hills. The specimens sub- ' ,nitted yielded 08 2-10 per cent tin, worth ^240 per ton at present prices. -.jj At Bristol, Conn., Lizzie, Taylor, 14 ^ years oia» was'committed to the Connect!- •' ' cnt hospital for the insane, suffering from K? \ acute Pyromania. The child has confessed the setting of seven fires during the ' test (eighteen months. f EASTERN. 8. Gobln, comm|0d«r ®f the Third ftrf*. mit>, staHott^At 'Atilfttihi, Ga., dle«! dud denly at the HarriKbmlK Pa., Club. The Hartweil & SUefcsrda Company, jobbers of'dry and fancy fppds in Srtri- dence, R. I., has gone iato the hands of trustees. Assets are $800,000; liabilities, $130,000, and all claims, it is stated, will be paid in full. In a collision between a freight train and a locomotive on the Philadelphia and Reading Railway at Glenside, Pa., sev­ eral cars were overturned, and John Ruth, brakeman, was pinioned under the tim­ bers and burned to death. The New York Assembly has adopted a concurrent resolution authorizing the Gov­ ernor to waive the claim of the State against the United States for the pay of the office re and soldiers of that State in the volunteer army in the late war with Spain. t "^WESTERN;; • '4% ( Nancy Greer, aged 107, I®*- rado Springs, ,of the grip. Edward Galptn, an old soldier, was found dead in the street at Ashtabula, 0. Herman Beckman, one of-the principal owners of the Northern Ohio woolen mills, died at Cleveland, aged 79 years. A divorce was recently granted in Dawes County, Neb., in exactly' 35 min­ utes from the time proceedings were commenced. Nearly every member of the Ivickapoo tribe in Oklahoma has the smallpox. United States troops are maintaining an armed quarantine. Jacob N. Zook of Lawi-ence, Kan., v .ns found dead in a room at the Blossom House at Kansas City, having taken mor­ phine with suicidal intent A dam retaining an immense body of water gave" way at Cleveland, causing a flo6<J that resulted in great damage to property, but small loss of life. The Ohio Supreme Court knocked out all the sheriffs appointed to fill the vacan­ cies created by the act of the Legislature which made the regular term of office of sheriffs begin in September or January. Thaddeus Gillispie, employed by the Milwaukee road at Burlington Crossing, who mysteriously disappeared some three months ago in his night clothes while in a demented state, was fished out of the river at Hastings, Minn. A train of eqjpty cars on the Oregon Short Line, while leaving Butte, Mont., ran into a switch engine. Both engines and a number of cars were wrecked. Con­ ductor Joseph Grant was thrown tinder the wreck and fatally hurt. In a crowded St. Louis street car, on board of which was a policeman, three men robbed W. H. Snider, resident man­ ager of the National Fire Insurance Com­ pany, of a jewel ease containing between $3,000 and $4,000 worth of jewelry. Wallace Bennett and his wife, convicted in Cleveland of having worked the "badger" game, were fined $200 each and sent to the workhonse for six months. In passing sentence the judge said he was sorry he could not punish the complain­ ant also. The authorities are unable to find a clew sufficient to justify an arrest in the case of George W. Anderson and Lizzie Wise- bach, who were found murdered with an ax in their home three miles east of Lynn Creek, Mo. The supper tabic indicated that the couple had entertained a third person at the meal, and it is supposed that this guest was the murderer. A letter written by Dclos Sargent, con­ fined in the county jail at Toledo, Ohio, on charges of swindling Keith & Co., Gage Brothers' Company and other Chi­ cago firms of large quantities of millinery, resulted in the finding of more than $5,- 000 worth of goods and $715. Sargent is the father of Charles Sargent and Mrs. Winlake, arrested on a swindling charge. He was taken in custody the day Mrs. Winlake escaped. < A sensational shooting affair took plaoe at the Ellington, a fashionable Cleveland apartment house. A young woman, said to be Miss Edna Raymond, entered the rooms occupied by Mr. and Mrs. John A. Hanna during the nbsence of the husband and opened fire on Mrs. Hanna with a re­ volver. Four shots were fired in rapid succession, only one of which took effect. Hanna had kept company, it is said, with Miss Raymond. Jealousy undoubtedly led to the shooting. „ The Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern fast mail No. 4 was bowling along at a terrific rate of speed when a broken rail threw three rear coaches from the track into the ditch. Two coaches and a sleep­ er were wrecked, being completely over­ turned into the ditch. The accident oc­ curred about two miles west of Noble, 111. Nearly every passenger on the train was more or less injured, although there were no fatalities. The injured passengers, about fifteen In all, were removed to Olney, 111. «.T* fi'v i'<? Y?. V;/ mm 9CNAT0RIAL CHANQC& THE STATE LEGISLATURES. SOUTHERN. fraaMT «f tto preatnt tarlff law, died at Wwtftttfton, ». a His death ini iH to imut failure following an attack of pneumonia. Spain Is preparing to resume diplomatic relations with the United States. The French ambassador has been charged with the duty of finding out how various prominent Spaniards would be received as minister at Washington Favorable report has been made to the Senate on a bill providing for two revenue cutters on the great lakes to replace the Algonquin, Onondaga and Gresham, which were ordered to the Atlantic coast during the Spanish war. The cost is fixed at $165,000 each. President McKinley has appointed a special commission to investigate condi­ tions in the Philippines and to keep him informed of the needs of the islands until Congress shall have made some disposi­ tion of them. The members of the com­ mission are: Rear Admiral Dewey, Maj. Gen. Otis, Col. Charles Denby, Prof; J. G. Schurman of Cornell University and Dean C. Worcester of the University of Michigan. „ U-'-V .. .FOREIGN. • ;.1 ...... %• Jfcrthquake shock inhabitants of Santander, Spain, into 4 panic. Many windows were broken. It is reported at Cairo that the derv­ ishes under Emir Fedil, on the Blue Nile,; defeated the Egyptian forces, the Tenth Soudanese Battalion being entirely de­ stroyed. William Lapeer, a soldier of the South Dakota volunteers, was the victim of S| queer revenge on the part of a rich Fill-' pino with whom he had quarreled. Ther native had the blood of a leper injected into Lapeer's arm. La Reforms says the Spanish Govern­ ment, immediately upon the reassembling of the Cortes, will ask authority to sell the Marianne (Ladrones), Carolina and the Pelew Islands, since Spain is power­ less to maintain a sufficient force td de­ fend them. Miss Stewart, a Boston girl who mar-, ried Count Rosemont de Rouge Aix and deserted him a few minutes after the ceremony, when she discovered that he had only married her because her father had agreed to pay his debts, has been found in Vienna, where she was employed as a governess. Hong Kong mail advices say the rais­ ing of large bodies of troops in China is taken to indicate that the empress dow­ ager and her advisers are preparing some important movement next spring at the latest. So far, according to reliable sta­ tistics, there are some 130,000 open in and around Peking and Tien-Tsin. An imperial irade has been issued at Constantinople ordering the purchase of 162 Krupp field guns and 30,000 shrapnel shells. This is undoubtedly the outcome of the act of Emperbr William on his re­ turn from the Orient in presenting the Sultan of Turkey with a perfect model of the most modern Krupp field gttn illtro* duced into the German army. MR. DINGLEY IS GONE. PASSING .OF THE RE^LILTD^N LEADER. Author of the Existfog Tariff Law Washington of Heart Fail- nrti Resulting from Pneumonia-- Bf etch of His Life and 8er-vices. Nelson Dingley of Maine, leader of the Republican side on the floor of the House of Representatives and representing the Second congressional district of Maine in that body, died at Washington, D. C., of heart failure, resulting from extreme weakness due to pneumonia. He was un­ conscious for many hours, find death camc quietly without consciousness being re­ gained. There were present at the time Mrs. Dingley, Miss Edith Dingley, Messrs. E. N. and A. H. Dingley, sons of the deceased; James C. Hooe, an inti­ mate friend of the family; Dr. Deale, one IN GENERAL. r 'T ,,-t 11 Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis "of Central Chnrch has been formally called to the pulpit of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn. Arthur Henry Dundon, vice-president of the normal college and one of the best- known educators in the country, died at New York, aged 67 years. ! Abraham W. and Frederick W. Leg- gett, composing the* firm of A. W. & F. iW. Leggett, New York, cheese commis­ sion merchants, have filed a petition in bankruptcy. Captain A. Wilson Norris, assistant ad- the stjft ot Gen. J. P. """" " . ' ) Joe Bate*, a Mena, Ark., farmer, living near the Washita river, started to church with his family in a wagon. In attempt­ ing to ford the river the wagon was swept away and his wife, child and a young woman were drowned. Two Mormon elders, who had been preaching in Clay County, Ky., were taken out of .bed and driven by a mob of citizens to a secluded spot iu the woods, where they were given a coat of tar and feathers, and ordered to leave the settle­ ment at once. They obeyed the order. John J. Irvine, colored, formerly Circuit Court Clerk at Chattanooga, Tenn., is at the head of a movement among colored men to colonize the negroes of the South in the West. An application for a charter has bee® filed. It is the purpose of the promoters to ask Congress to set aside public lands in the West for the use of the colony. A branch of the society will be established in every Southern city. It has become known that the Illinois Central Railroad Company, through its chief engineer, has asked one of the larg­ est contracting firms operating in the South to make a bid on the cost of moving the Stuyvesant docks, wharves and ter­ minals at New Orleans, including the $1,- 000,000 elevator, to Avondale, twelve miles up the Mississip pi river, and above the city limits. This action is the result1 of the freeze-out policy of the Orleans levee board and the City Council in re­ fusing the Illinois Central adequate fa­ cilities for reaching its present terminals. The report has it that a $5,000,000 ter­ minal will be established at Avondale. WASHINGTON. The Government refuses to provide clothing for Nebraska soldiers returning from Manila, Commodore .John W. Philip succeeds Hear Admiral Bnnce in command of the Brooklyn navy yard. } Andrew Carnegie promises to give $250,000 for a free library for residents of Washington if Congress will spend an equal sum in purchasing a site. Agoncillo, the agent of the Filipinos, has filed at the State Department an official Governor General Brooke it Havana has announced the following cabinet ap­ pointments: Department of government, Domingo Mendez Capote; department of finance, Pablo Desvernine; department of justice and public instruction, Jose An­ tonio Gonzales Lanuza; department of agriculture, industry, commerce and pub­ lic works, Adolfo Saenz Yaenz. Many Klondikers have been killed and at least three steamers wrecked by ice jams in the Yukon river below Dawson. A letter received from Fort Yukon states that John Dobbins of Victoria and Mr. and Mrs. Horsfall of Seattle perished while en route from Fort Yukon to a point thirty miles below there. The same let­ ter states that three steamers are stuck on the bars and are partially wrecked be­ tween Fort Yukon and Circle City. They are the Robert Kerr, Seattle and Tacoma. All three will be total wrecks. W. J. Lyons of Sonora, Mexico, has gone to Indian Territory to escort: the Delaware Indians and a portion of the Creeks and Cherokees to Mexico, where they will settle on lands conceded to them by the Government of that republic. All the Delawares will settle in Sonora, the Creeks go to Guadalajara and the Chero­ kees to Durango. On the arrival of the colonists at their destinations four repre­ sentative men of each tribe will accom­ pany Lyons to the City of Mexico for a visit to President Diaz, where the Indians will be welcomed with appropriate cere­ monies and receive the concessions ac­ corded them. £• G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade says: "Throughout, the country was never as strong financially, as even gov­ ernors of London banks admit, one stat­ ing that as London had financed America heretofore, now for the first time New York is financing Europe. Wheat and cotton still go out largely. Europe is buy­ ing because it has needs, and New York is lending to Europe nobody knows how many millions because there is for the present no need to call loans. The receipt of $2,500,000 gold from Australia is an­ nounced at San Francisco. Americans are in the humor to invest in their own country, and have a great amount of money to put out without recalling any of their loans to Europe, so that the heaviest transactions ever known on the stock ex­ change have occurred during t'ae week. Failures for the week have been 318 in the United States, against 349 last year, and 24 in Canada, against 45 last year." DINGLEY; MARKET REPORTS. Chicago--Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $6.25; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 71c to 72c; corn. No. 2, 37c to 38c; oats, No. 2, 27c to 5J9c; rye, No. 2, 56c to 58c; butter, choice creamery, 19c to 21c; eggs, fresh, 18c to 20c; potatoes, choice, 30c to 40c per bushel. Indianapolis--Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, choice light, $2.75 to $4.00; sheep, common to choice, $2.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 68c to 70c; corn, No. 2 white, 35c to 30c; oats. No. 2 white, 30c to 31c. St. Louis--Cattle, $3.00 to $6.00; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $3.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2, 75c to 76c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 35c to 36c; oats, No. 2, 28c to 31c; rye, No. 2, 55c to 57c. Cincinnati--Cattle, $2.50 to $5,50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $2.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2, 71c to 73c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 35c to 37c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 29c to 30c; rye, No. 2, 57c to 60c. Detroit--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.75; -hogs, $2.50 to $4.00; sheep, $3.00 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2, 71c to 72c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 37c to 38c; oats, No. 2 white, 31c to 32c; rye, 56c to 58c. Toledo--Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 71c to 78c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 35c to 37c; oats, No. 2 white, 28c to 20c; rye, No. 2, 50c to 57c; clover seed, old, $3.95 to $4.05. Milwaukee--Wheat, No. 2 spring, 67c to 0!)c; corn, No. 3, 33c to 35c; oats, No. 2 white, 28c to 31c; rye. No. 1, 56c to 58c; barley,' No. 2, 44c to 53c; pork, mess, $9.50 to $10.00. Buffalo--Cattle, good* shipping steers, of the physicians who had been attending him through his illness, and the two nurses. \ To within a few hours before his death the family firmly believed, as it'has throughout his illness, that Mr. Dingley would recover, and it was only when it became apparent that he was dying that its members gathered at his bedside. Sketch of His Life. Nelson Dingley, Jr., Governor of M«ii» 1874-5 and member of Congress from the Second congressional district of Maine since 1881, was born in Durham, Andros­ coggin County, Me., Feb. 15, 1832. En­ tering Waterville college (now Colby uni­ versity) in 1851, he remained there a year and a half and then became a student at Dartmouth college, from which institution he was graduated in 1855 with high rank as a scholar, debater and writer. After leaving college Mr. Dingley studied law in 1855-6 with Merrill & Fes- senden, in Auburn, to which city his par­ ents had removed while he was in col­ lege, and in the latter year he was admit­ ted to the bar. Instead of entering upon the practice of law he decided to become a journalist, for which profession he al­ ways manifested a decided taste. In Sep­ tember, 1850, he purchased the Lewiston Journal, of which he had been practically the editor while studying law and to which in 1861 he added a daily edition. The paper rapidly increased in circulation and influence under his management. In 1861, at the age of 29, he was elect­ ed Representative from Auburn to the State Legislature, in which body he at once took high rank; was re-elected in 1862 and chosen Speaker of the House at the session of 1863. In 1863 he removed to Lewiston, where a few months after he was elected to the Legislature, and with the opening of the legislative session of 1864 was unanimously re-elected Speaker. In 1873 Mr. Dingley was nominated as the Republics n candidate for Governor of Maine by a vote of two to one against two popular opponents and was elected by about 10,000 majority. In 1874 he was re-elected by over 11,000 majority, declin­ ing a third nomination in 1875. He was one of the delegates-at-large from Maine to the Republican national convention in 1876 and served on the committee on reso­ lutions and was one of the sub-commit­ tee of five who drafted the platform. He actively participated in the presi­ dential campaign of 1876 and in the State conventions of 1877-8-9. In 1879-80 he was chairman of the Republican execu­ tive committee. * In 1881 Mr. Dingley was nominated by the Republicans of the Sec­ ond congressional district of Maine to fill the vacancy in Congress caused by the resignation of William P. Frye. He was elected by a majority of over 5,000, nearly twice as large as ever before given to any candidate in that district. During his early terms in the House Mr. Dingley was active in work for the revival of American shipping. In June, 1886, Mr. Dingley was re-elect­ ed to the Fiftieth Congress and again elected to the Fifty-first Congress in 1888, to the Fifty-second in 1890, the Fifty- third in 1893, the Fifty-fourth in 1894 and the Fifty-fifth in 1896 by large and increased majorities. In the Fifty-sec­ ond and Fifty-third Congresses he was an active member of the Committee on Appropriations. In forming his cabinet prior to entering on the duties of chief executive March 4, 1897, President McKinley tendered the position of Secretary of the Treasury to Mr. Dingley, but he declined the offer, preferring to remain in his position as chairman of the Ways and Means Com­ mittee and floor leader of the Republican majority of the House. Under his lead the House within sixteen days after the Fifty-fifth Congress was convened in extraordinary session on the 15th of March, 1897, by President Mc­ Kinley, passed a bill revising the tariff. Mr. Dingley was a Congregationalist in religion. He was married June 11, 1857, to Miss Salome McKenney of Auburn, Me. They have had six children--Henry M., Charles L. (deceased), Edward N., Arthur H., Albert G. and Edith Dingley. memorandum demanding independence • and asking recognition of the Unite'd "'i 00 to ho^v- common to choice, recognition of the United States. Secretary Long has ordered Captain Leary, at present commanding the San Francisco, to proceed to the island of Guam and assume the duties of naval governor. $3.25 to $4.00; sheep, fair to choice weth­ ers, $3.50 to $4.50; lambs, common to extra, $5.00 to $5-50. New York--Cattle, $3.00 to $6.00; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $3.00 to $4.75; wheat. No. 2 red. 80c to 82c; corn, No. 2, 43c to 45c; oats. No. 2 white, 35c to 36c; N e l s o n D i n g l e y o f 2 > l a i n « , c h a i r m a n o f ( b u t t e r , o r e * W r s t - th* Committee on W«rs and Means, 20e to y«s. Puck Cartoon Suppressed. The last number of Paris Figaro re­ ceived at Berlin has been confiscated by the police. It contains a reproduction of a cartoon from the New York Puck, rep­ resenting the Czar's peace conference as a congress of animals, one of whom bears the features of the Kaiser. Of Thirty Senators to >• Elected, Omly t, Twslve Will Be New Men. The terms of thirty members of the United States Senate will expire March 4. They are Senators Aldrich of Rhode Islahd, Allen of Nebraska, Bate of Ten­ nessee, Burrows of Michigan, Cannon of Utah, Clark of Wyoming, Cockrell of Mis­ souri, Daniel of Virginia, Davis of Min­ nesota, Faulkner of West Virginia, Money of Mississippi, Gorman of Mary­ land, Gray of Delaware, Hale of Maine, Hanna of Ohio, Hav^ley of Connecticut, Lodge of Massachusetts, Mantle of Mon­ tana, Mills of Texas, MItchcll of Wiscon­ sin, Murphy.of New York, Pasco of Flor­ ida, Proelor of Vermont, Quay of Penn­ sylvania, Roach of North Dakota, Smith of New Jersey, Stewart of Nevada, Tur- pie of Indiana, White of California and Wilson of Washington. From the outlook politicians in Wash­ ington generally believe that the follow­ ing named Senators will be elected as their own successors: Aldrich, Bate, Bur­ rows, Cannon, Clark, Cockrell, Daniel, Davis, Money, Hale, Hanna, Hawley, Lodge, Pasco, Proctor, Quay, Stewart and Wilson, eighteen, leaving twelve Sen­ ators out at the conclusion of their pres­ ent terms, and making room for twelve Hew faces in the Senate and twelve new families in society. On account of a change in the political •Complexion of the Legislatures of their respective States Senators Gorman of Maryland, Allen of Nebraska, Faulkner of West Virginia, Gray of Delaware, Mitchell of Wisconsin, Murphy of New York, Roach of North Dakota, Smith of New Jersey, Turpie of Indiana and White of California, all of whom are Democrats, will be succeed­ ed by Republicans. Senator Mantle of Montana will be succeeded by a Demo­ crat. MAY AID PEN. PALMER. Frienns Propose that Congress Help Him in His Declining Tears. It is said that Senator Cullom is to in­ troduce a bill in Congress providing a pension of $100 a month for Gen. John M. Palmer, whose condition,^ both physically and fi­ nancially, is such that material aid from ;the country he fought for would be welcome. In addition to the perma­ nent loss of the sight of his right eye, his hearing is badly affected, and he has been compelled to 'give up the practice of GEN. TAIIMBH. jaw with the firm of which he is the senior partner. He is now at home, and is preparing a .history of the bench and bar of Illinois and a volume of personal reminiscences. ' Gen. Palmer, who is now 82 years Old, was elected Governor of Illinois at the close of the war. He subsequently served a term in the United States Senate and ran for President in 1896 on the gold standard ticket. Through a bill intro­ duced by Senator Cullom, Gen. McCler- nand of Springfield was granted a pension of $100 a month several years ago, and he has been prevailed upon to follow up this precedent in Gen. Palmer's case. "Of course, I will never take the initiative in such a matter," said Gen. Palmer when he was told of the efforts that were being made in his behalf. "I will never ask Congress to vote me an allowance, but I cannot help feeling grateful to friends who are taking a k'ndly interest in an old man who is rapidly approaching the end of life." I BURIED AZTEC TEMPLE FOUND. Ancient Pile Is Uncovered Within the Limits of El Paso, Tex. An Aztec temple, long buried beneath the surface of the earth, has been uncov­ ered within the limits of El Paso, Texas, according to Dr. Leo Berson, the repre­ sentative of a Mexican university. Only the solid wall of masonry h^is as yet been exposed, but the work, which has been carried on in secret so far, will now be pushed and the entire building brought to light. Up to yesterday mystery surround­ ed the search for the ancient pile, but this was because the archaeologist has desired to keep his object from the pub­ lic until he could show positively that he was correct in his belief that the temple was located here. Recently the scientist unearthed several stones covered with hieroglyphics within the corporate limits of town and at a depth of ten feet a wall of solid masonry was uncovered. The scientist is confident he has discovered the Aztec temple and expects( to unearth many relics of great value. DEMAND TO BE FREE. Money for Chicago PostoSce. Secretary Gage has recommended .that an appropriation of $35,000 be made by this Congress for the purpose of buildiag an annex to the temporary postoffice at Chicago. Sparks from the Wire*. Gen. Gomez advises against the dis­ band 111 en t of the Cuban army until it has been paid by the United States. Edward Kelley, a Chicago saloonkeep er, was shot and killed by a revolver whichjic threw behind the bar, remarking that it was harmless. Some alarm prevails among Americans at Havana owing to the spread of con tagious diseases. Three deaths from Asiatic cholera are reported. A 14-year-old boy who figured as the mascot of the Eleventh United States in­ fantry Filipinos File a Second Plea at Wash* i nff ton. Secretary Hay now has on the official file in his office a letter or memorandum handed in by Felipe Agoncillo, the Fili­ pino representative of Aguinaldo, setting forth the reasons why the natives of the Philippine Islands should have an inde­ pendent government without interference from the United States. One of the first items of the memoranda is to the effect that Spain did not have possession of the islands at the time the treaty of peace was signed, and that treaty is looked upon as nil. Another is that the Filipinos have established and maintained an independent government similar to that of the United States, for seven months. Agoncillo w«nts to know when he will be given an opportunity to present his cause to the President. ntry at Santiago has been brought home, Mrs. Darnell bore el '• Baltimore by his parents*.jf > • -' * Un. Stel&ee fiftfett. William Cullen Bryant's surviving brother, John Bryant, whose homestead is in Cummingtou, Mass.. is now living in good mental and physical condition at the age of 91. America's oldest lighthouse keeper is Captain Ellsworth, who has had charge of the Ipswich light since 1861. He is 85 years of age, yet attends to all bis diffi­ cult duties. Mrs. Elizabeth Lamb Turner, a niece of Charles Lamb, died the other day in Chi­ cago in her 80th year. She was a daugh­ ter of Thomas Lamb, brother of the ag- sayisi; and a claimant to the Lamb es­ tate. Mrsl Mabala Bentley of Bloomington, III., whose mother was with Boone at the siege of Boonesboro, and whose aunt was the first white child born iu Kentucky, has just entered upon the second century of her life and is unusually active. At Chesham the oldest royal postboy in Englaud--Jonas Miles--has just died. The deceased, who was 93 years of age, acted as postilion to four sovereigns--George III., George IV., William IV. and Queen Victoria. He entered the royal service at the age of 14 and has for some years lived •a retirement. Martha Ann Darnell and Lucinday Yates McKee are twin sisters, both wid­ ows, of Putnam County, Indiana, both residing near Greencastle. They are near­ ly 88 years old and have passed sixtyrfive years of their lives in the county named. Mrs. Darnell bore eleven children and In the Senate on Friday Mr. McLanrin (Dem.) of South Carolina made a strong appeal in a carefully prepared speech against a policy of expansion by this na­ tion. Mr. Sullivan (Dem.) of Mississippi and Mr. Pasco (Dem.) of Florida dis­ cussed the pending Nicaragua canal bill, the former supporting it and the latter op­ posing It. The Indian appropriation bill was taken uf>, but its consideration was not concluded before the hour of adjourn­ ment. The House entered upon the con­ sideration of the naval personnel bill. The speeches on the bill were filled with glow­ ing allusions to the glories of naval vic­ tories in the late war. The bill was sup­ ported by Messrs. Foss (Rep.) of Illinois, Dayton (Rep.) of West Virginia, Berry (Dem.) of Kentucky, Driggs (Dem.) of New York and Dinsmore (Dem.) of Ar­ kansas, and was opposed by Messrs. Lowe (Rep.) ot New York and Simpson (Pop.) of Kansas. A state funeral almost majestic in its impressiveness was given the late Repre­ sentative Nelson Dingley at no6n Mon­ day in the House of Representatives. Speaker Reed called the House to order and immediately thereafter the Vice-Pres­ ident and the Senate entered the cham­ ber in a body and were followed by the diplomatic corps, with whom came the members of the Anglo-American commis­ sion, of which Mr. Dingley had been a member. Then followed the chief justice and associate justices of the Supreme Court in their somber robes, and they in turn were followed by the President with his cabinet. The services were conducted by the Rev. S. M. Newman of the First Congregational Church of Washington, assisted by the Rev. Dr. Couden, chaplain of the House. As soon as the services were over the House adjourned. The Sen­ ate held no session for the transaction of business on Monday. , The House on Tuesday passed the naval personnel bill without division on the final passage, thus accomplishing what the offi­ cers of the navy have striven for during more than a decade. By its provisions the line and the engineer corps are welded into an amalgamated line, staff officers are given positive rank, but their command is limited to their own corps, and a system of voluntary and compulsory retirement on three-quarters pay, as of the next higher rank of forty officers a year, Is es­ tablished, which is designed to remove the congestion in the lower rank at forty-five. The bill also practically equalizes their pay with that of army officers. The most important change in the bill as reported 1 was the adoption, after a hard fight, of a substitute for the organization of the ma­ rine corps, by which the corps is to consist of 6,000 enlisted men and petty officers, with general officers and staff. This will increase (he marine corps by 1,300 men and increase the cost of its maintenance $1,500,000. " Several unimportant bills were passed by unanimous consent before the personnel bill was taken up. Almost the entire session of the Senate was de­ voted to consideration of the pending Nicaragua canal bill. Speeches were made in support of the measure by Mr. Chilton (Tex.) and Mr. Turner (Wash.) and in opposition to it by Mr. Spooner (Wis.). At 3 o'clock consideration of the bill under the fifteen-minute rule was be­ gun and was continued to the close of the session. The Committee on Interstate and For­ eign Commerce had the right of way in the flouse on Wednesday and succeeded in passing quite a number of bills of minor importance, most of which authorized the construction of lighthouses, fog signals, etc. Then the bill to grant the Pacific Cable Company a subsidy of $100,000 a year for twenty years for the construction and operation of a cable was called up and a very spirited debate, which consumed the remainder of the day, followed. The opposition was headed by. Mr. Corliss (Rep., Mich.), who advocated fhe con­ struction of a Government cable. No conclusion was reached at the hour of ad­ journment, and as the special order under which the House was operating expired with the adjournment, and as objection was made to fixing another day for its consideration, it goes over indefinitely. The Senate listened further on Thurs­ day to a discussion of the policy of expan­ sion. Mr. Turner (Wash., Pop.) deliv­ ered a carefully prepared speech on the Vest resolution. The speech was for the most part a constitutional argument in which Mr. Turner took issue with Sena­ tor Piatt and Senator Foraker upon their recent utterances: At the conclusion of Mr. Turner's argument' Mr. Foraker took jome sharp exceptions to statements made the speech, especially those referring to him personally. The Nicaragua canal bill was under consideration nearly three hours. After much debate a substitute presented by Mri Morgan (Ala.) for the bond amendment offered by Mr. Allison was adopted. It provides that bond pay­ ments shall not exceed $20,000,000 in any fiscal year. The amendment as amended was then adopted, 41 to 19. The last hour of the session was occupied in discus­ sion of several amendments offered by Mr. Caffery of Louisiana, all of which were defeated. The House practically de­ cided the Brown-Swanson contested elec­ tion case from the Fifth Virginia dis­ trict in favor of the sitting member, Mr. Swanson, a Democrat, by declining to consider the case. The postoffice appro­ priation bill was then taken up. The greatest surprise of the day was the adop­ tion of two amendments striking out of the bill the appropriation of $171,000 for the fast Southern' mail and $25,000 for special mail facilities from Kansas City to Newton, Kan. Accident in Denver. During a Bryan reception at Denver a platform gave way, throwing 300 persons into a mass. Many were injured. Note* of Current' Kventa. In the United States 1898 was the warmest year on record. France is reported to be willing nt last to sell her Newfoundland shore rightB to England. Several tine steamers have been caught in the ice in the Yukou river, and it is feared that they will be lost. Gen. Jose Gomez, who has returned to 'Washington from Havana, says the peo­ ple of Cuba are beginning to realize that American rule is necessary for the pres­ ent. The 101 fire insurance companies doing business in Kentucky, which were indict­ ed last fall by the grand jury for com­ bining to keep up rates, have agaiu^been Indicted for the same offense. Secretary Hay has formally disapprov­ ed the concession made in July by the Ha­ waiian Government to the Pacific Cable Company for the exclusive right to lay a cable from the United States to Hawaii and Japan. Near Arkansas City. Kan., a few days ago, Chief Wanhoo of the Kaws was buried iu Indian fashion. His horse was shot and placed ou his grave, and over that was erected a new teut, purchased fo ̂the occasion 3 f:4 ;1 ?! ' . Friday*'.; -'>• t'll Kanaas the House of llepresrnta- tives had a heated debate over the propo­ sition to build a fence to keep off lobby­ ists. The Montana Legislature voted again for Senator without effecting a material change in the relative position of candi­ dates. In North Dakota the Republicans were nnable to select senatorial candidates in caucus, votes being divided among five candidates. In California the Legislature in joint session took four votes on United States Senator without changing result of the day before. State Senator Potter introduced a bill in Minnesota Legislature dividing insue»« •nee companies Into three classes and fixing license rates. In the Massachusetts House of Repre­ sentatives resolutions of confidence in the administration, urging ratification of the Paris peace treaty, were introduced. Patnrday. " •' $ In the Nebraska Legislature six eandi- I dates in the senatorial fight claim they have a fair chance to win. | In Michigan Gov. Pingree announced v his intention of holding up appropriations I until the Atkinson bill is passed by the Senate.. ':' A. •' !' In the California Legislature the seha- I torial deadlock remains unbroken. Four li; ballots were taken, with a gain of Only one vote for U. S. Grant. In the West Virginia House of Repre- | sentatives the Democratic plan to unseat Via failed because of defection of two % members. The senatorial situation is still chaotic. v Monday. ' •- In Tennessee Benton McMillin wa^ fak- . ̂ augurated as Governor. In Michigan a resolution to detay. Atkinson bill was defeated. ^ ^ The Nevada Legislature convened. *t .i noon. Six candidates are announced for ° senatorial election. , The California Legislature appointed a I committee to begin immediately an inves­ tigation of the bribery charges against H U. S. Grant. f In Wisconsin the supporters of all the candidates for Senator make confidant claims and are working energetically se­ curing pledges. ' In Montana the grand jury took up the bribery charges in the senatorial fight. On the joint ballot taken W. A. Clark of Butte gained two votes. In the New York Legislature Senator , Raines announced his intention to amend the liquor Jaw so as to prohibit the sale of liquor with food on Sunday. Tuesday, Chauncey M. Depew was named for Senator by the Republican majority h» New York. Julius Caesar Burrows was chosea United States Senator by the Legislature of Michigan. Cushmnn K. Davis was elected to the United States Senate by the. Minnesota Legislature. At Jefferson City, Mo., the Legislature re-elected Francis M. Cockrell to the Unit­ ed States Senate. At Augusta, Me., Eugene Hale was re­ elected Senator by concurrent vote of £h$ two branches of the Legislature. The Indiana Legislature elected Albert J. Beveridge as United States Senator, the two houses voting separately. * Votes were taken, but there wasV^ choice, for Senator in North Dakota, Utah, Montana, Washington, CaHfontia and Delaware. Wednesday. In Arkansas Gov. Dan W. Jones m other State officers were inaugurated. In West Virginia the Senate and Gov­ ernor continue to ignore the organization of the House. In Minnesota the Legislature in joint session passed a resolution urging early ratification of the peace treaty. In Michigan the Pingree and anti-Pin- gree forces had a fight over increasing an election committee. The result is claimed as a victory by the anti-Pingree faction. In Wisconsin the Republican caucus took three ballots for nominee for United States Senator and adjourned. Quarles led on -the third ballot, with Stephenson second. In California, Delaware, North Dakota, Montana, Washington, Utah and Nebras­ ka joint ballots for United States Senator were taken, without material change in the standing of the candidates. „ In Pennsylvania the first joint ballot for Unified States Senator was cast, without gain for Quay. The opposition became indignant at the rulings of L&ut. Gov. Gobin and formulated a protest. In New York, Indiana, Maine, Mis­ souri, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Min­ nesota and Michigan the Legislatures in joint session formally elected the Senators chosen in separate sessions the day before. Thursday. In North Dakota the Republican caucus nominated Porter J. McCumber for Unit­ ed States Senator. In Texas a bill was introduced compell­ ing life insurance companies to inveBt one- fourth their profits in Texas. In Pennsylvania another joint .ballot was taken without result. Quay receiving 111 votes. Both sides expressed certain­ ty of victory. In New York the Buffalo boomers rush­ ed the Pan-American exposition bill through Senate and secured Roosevelt's assurance of early signature. Joint balloting for Senators proceeded without result in the following States: Nebraska, Utah, Delaware, Montana, North Dakota, California, Washington. In the Republican caucus in Wisconsin sixteen more ballots, making nineteen In all, were taken without radical change. Stevenson, after the slump on the third ballot, rallied and gained, Quarles still leads. r , • • -- _ « s m m m m m • - • News of Minor "Sottt. -' The Philadelphia mint has begun coinage of $40,000,000 of gold bullion^ An Austrian inventor has discovered a method of exploding bombs by the action of light. Commercial bodies of California have decided to. ask Government tariff protec­ tion for the fruit industry of the United States. The North Carolina" Legislature has passed resolutions demanding that no col­ ored men be given political position# fcr that State. Dr. A. M. Sears of Callao, Mo., who,"Is was thought, had met with foul play, has written from Wyoming that he will locate there. His young wife and children are at La Plata, Mo. The Filipinos, according to a dispat _ from Manila to Madrid, refuse to liberr ate the Spanish prisoners on the demand of the Americans, claiming that such ac­ tion might be construed as an act of sub­ mission. Acting upon Gen. Joe Wheeler's sug­ gestion to American educational institu­ tions, the University of Tennessee has announced it will educate two Cubans, who may be nroonmeaded by the prqgsi authorities. $