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Items of General Interest Toll 111 LATEST Winter red,.:' Wt*i ET OIIOTATII 4, ._ -Native §t%c;*Ni>. « whit* Stotiters ... OMPIETE NEWS SUMMARY Keoord or Happening* of Kaoh or LitU* Importance from All Parts mt the Olv W«M--Incidents, KntorprUes. AmMmiIi, Vadteti, Crimi u4 Wan * "'W Justice McClellan, Alabama Bvqpreme court, shot through shoul- by Jesse B. Beale or Phelan Beale, | bis don, who were searching for a per- who eloped with Miss Beale. • Bermudez AspfaaJt company said to •f be negotiating for vessels at Jackaon- g ville, Fla.. to land men and anna la " Venezuela. , Vice-President Pud Morton of the : Santa Fe, his wife, and fMdss Howard narrowly escaped drowning 1* Cali­ fornia. Citizens of Alton, 111., startled by ; details of blackmailing plot. Wealthy relations refused to go "boil for pris­ oners. Three men arrested at Manilla, la., charged with stealing $40,000 from ' United States Express company's safe. meeting at Topeka, Ka&, or- saloons closed and fixtures ship- ^ pod out of the city. North Atlantic squadron arrived at . Pensaoola, Fla. Maud Goone, "Irish Joan of Arc," •rrtved at New York on steamer La s> Champagne from Havre. £,*_ Mrs. Sarah Krugman died while praying at (New Tork on the grave oC t' her husband. r. Insurgent cfcdef in Island of Qalaa- duanes, Philippines, surrendered. , * Strike of women's tailors in Paris assuming large proportions. Parisian scientist by use of liquid air made ice cut glass. " Two battles reported in South Af- - rica. Boer Gen. Spruit killed; Gen. Randemeyer wounded. Chinese empress preparing edict or- , . doing reforms in every department of | v government. Rioting in Spain growing serious. Students stoned convents and monas­ teries. ' Railroad presidents sw benefit In healthy combinations of traffic lines. Commerce of great lakes for 1900 - exoeeded that of any previous year. President C. E. Perkins of the Bur- -l, lington practically denied report of : deal with Northern Pacific. Warrants issued for six women - drug store raiders. George J. and Heien Gould appointed receiver for Count and Countess de • CasteUane. Letter's income $200,000 a • year. Andrew Carnegie, it Is said, will do- . vote $1,000,000 to benefactions. Mean- '• while plans are being made to form a . giant steel trust. Senate amendments of Hay-Paunce- • fote treaty unacceptable to Great Britain. 3 Infernal machine exploded in hotel 4 at Jacksonville, Fla., creating panic. Crank shaft of the starboard engine of the Furst Bismarck snapped 800 miles east of Sandy Hook; remainder of the voyage made with one engine. Story in New York that St. Paul road will be merged with Northern Pa- i cific and Pennsylvania and J. J. wfii left out Illinois Steel company awarded con­ tract for 17,000 tons of steel rails, to f* shipped to Australian government. Jules Verne again declined to apply for membership in French Academy. Arrest of Carranza and Carman in ,, Manila said to be preliminary to ex­ posure of treachery of American trad- era and government employes. Judgment for $10,206 entered at N«w Tork against the Castellanes in favor ' of a picture dealer. Edward will open Commons in state ©n Peb. 14. Negotiations under way In New • S Tork for consolidation of all surface . street car lines in Chicago under con- , , trol of the Union Traction company. Revenue officers at New York lost , their lives in heavy sea while trying to board Standard Oil ship Astral to suppress alleged mutiny. Raid on Chicago drug stores on ,v Wednesday night followed up Thurs- v, day might by five women, claiming to v. he Dowleitec, who invaded three stores la Milwaukee avenue. Proprietor of last chased them out with ammonia. T. Caranza, Spaniard, and D. M. •7 Carman, American, arrested in Manila on charge of furnishing money to in- £ surgents. Charles Allen, postoffice robber, who escaped from Jail in New Tork in 1895, found in Englisn JaiL W. 8. Ament, American missionary in China, arrested by French and Ger- , « man troops, released. Canada may object to United States placing another training ship on great Emergency board of Ohio authorised Governor Nash to incur any necessary expense up to $50,000 to atop Jeffries- Ruhlin fight Report of Diamond Match shows net earnings of $2,014,838 for 1900. Denmark seeking authority to bor­ row 46,000,000 kroner. Cries of child saved thirty-four per- sons from asphyxiation In Phlladel- > pfcla. Mrs. Carrie Nation and three follow- necked the finest equipped saloon f In Topeka, Kas. Proprietor and Mrs. Nation arrested. Latter released on her own recognizance. Woman and child rescued from flfth Jtaorfflt burning building by Boston Standard oil company declared an­ other $20,000,000 dividend. Tyl struggle over Jeffries-Rnhlln fighl begun in Cincinnati court ESjfoer conferred Order of Blaok Ba- gle.higheut German decoration, upon JSarfitoberts. Lttadon crowds cheered Bmperor Of Germany on his passage the streets, accompanied by eoatinent. * . ;v. *' *1 nm%> 7S; canners. bulta, It aivss, ?s.50©?.50. Hogs--Hmv?,, faa.isu: pigs, Western lambs, $5.00©5.36; western wethers, $4.25® 4.70; western yearlings, $4.8008-00; ewes, $3.50@4.25: culls, S2.60SxS.4Q. : Potatoes--Choice Rurals or Burb&nks, :4IC>45c per bu; good, 40©42c; other varie­ ties, S9@41c; mixed Stock, 35®40c per bu. Apples--Greenings, f£.n£8.00 per brl; Ben Davis. I2.0MB&K; Jonathan. $>.006 4.00; snows, $2.76p.W; Kings. |i00@8.50; Baldwins, $2.60Cj&%; Tallman sweets, $2.00 @2.25 per brl. Dressed Poultry--Turkeys, selected stock, 9c per lb; common to good at 8@ S'.-ic Chickens, 8@S%c; capons, large, 11@ 12c; broilers, X0@llc; ducks, 9@10c; g«s»e, . Live Poultry--Chickens, 7%c per lb; tur­ keys 7c; ducks, 8%@9c; geese, W-00@8.00 per aoz. Veal--Fancy carcasses, 9c per lb; fair to good, 7%@8%c; light weights, Ri06ttc. Eggs--Strictly fresh, 19@19V4c. Butter--Creameries, extra, «H4@21c; firsts, 16@18c; dairies, choice, 18c; firsts, 14@15c. ' Mi* Nation Addmrn LctcUlatu*. Mrs. Carrie Nation addressed each house of the Kansas legislature at To­ peka Thursday evening and scored the lawmakers roundly. Thursday morn­ ing the case against her for joint smashing was dismissed in court She presented herself at the door of the house at 5:30 o'clock with the request that she be allowed to speak. The re­ quest was voted upon, and by a large majority she was allowed to speak. Some few voted nay. "I heard those nays," said she as she walked upon the clerk's platform. "I wondered why those people voted that way. Have I ever offended you? Why do you ob­ ject to my talking? But then don't I know that those nays come from the liquor traffic?" A storm of laughter swept over the house, and it was sev­ eral minutes before Mrs. Nation could proceed. *• Coaaplat* Winner Bridge, Thomas R. Morrow, attorney for the Kansas City & Atlantic railroad, said at Kansas City that the Winner bridge across the Missouri river at Kansas City, projected and half completed during the boom twelve years ago, Will be completed in the near future by that road. In addition, he said, the railroad may decide to build a new depot and terminals, as originally planned. The bridge will be UBed, it Is said, to give entrance to Kansas City to the Chicago & Northwestern, the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern, and other roads. It will also be avail­ able for electric roads from St Jo­ seph, Excelsior Springs, Liberty and other towns across the river from Kansas City. Governor Scored by 80a. Harry Stanley, son of Governor Stan­ ley of Kansas, has written an article for the Baker Orange, a paper printed at Baker university, where he is a sophomore student severely criticis­ ing his father's failure to enforce pro­ hibition. He says: "When a joint has been allowed to continue in open vio­ lation of the law. as the senate in Topeka has done, almost under the very eyes of those who have sworn to enforce the laws and uphold the con­ stitution of the state, then the people welcome anyone with moral courage to do what the state and local officers, in direct violation of their oaths of office, failed to do. Long live Mrs. Nation." •• ^ Waging War of Kala General Kitchener's policy of Con­ centrating his troops and denuding the country of supplies is being steadily maintained in the Transvaal and the Orange River Colony. The British authorities say that if necessary, this policy will be extended to Cape Colony, and that in the disturbed districts all the supplies will be commandeered or destroyed. According to the British officers, such a policy is absolutely ne­ cessary, as otherwise the Boers, who are constantly evading the troops, would return and appropriate what­ ever the troops left Toatoay gent----d for life Henry E. Toutsey was sentenced Tuesday by Judge Cantrill at George­ town, Ky., and was taken to Frankfort to enter upon his term of life Impris­ onment Toutsey was pale and weak when he stood up to receive the sen­ tence of the court His wife sat near. Judge Cantrill outlined the case and asked Toutsey if he bad any reason to give why sentence should not be pronounced. Q«cm of 9wm*m Tory 4$ . The Copenhagen correspondent of the London Daily Telegraph says the crown prince of Sweden and Norway, while passing through Copenhagen from London, where he attended the funeral of Queen Victoria, received the gravest news regarding bis mother, the queen, and that it to feared her early death is inevitable. •riuwatMM a Glgantle Strike* President John Mitchel of the United Mine Workers intimated at Columbus that failure to reach an agreement upon the scale at the present confer­ ence of miners and operators would be followed by a strike which would cause "a suspension of throughout the country." Meal Time. MANY UNABLE TO ESCAPE. Thirty ax* Reported to Forfeited, toot tlko Exact U»t to Kot Knows-- *lro Said to Bo Work, of a' WuhUfiJ Employe* • ' v A dispatch from Baku, Transcau­ casia, reports that a disastrous fire de­ stroyed some 40,000,000 poods of naph­ tha belonging to the Caspian Black Sea company's naphtha works. The fire started in the magazines, which contained 6,000,000 poods of petrole­ um, destroyed these and Spread to the naphtha depots. The oil' poured out like a stream of lava, inundating and setting fire to the dwellings of the workmen nearby. These were totally destroyed and many persons perished. Twenty charred bodies have been found and upward of fifty persons are terribly burned. Pour hundred fami­ lies lost everything they possessed. All the available hospitals are filled with people injured by the fire, while the sheds on the fair grounds are filled by those made homeless by the conflagration. The Are broke out in the evening at meal time and spread so rapidly that many people were unable to escape from their homes. The fire also cut off the retreat of the specta­ tors, thirty of whom perished. It is believed the conflagration was started by a discharged employe, for the pur- The gates of Ayles£tt7 prison swung wfjPPjl •: WMQMU. 'm&htiw* til had granted the appeal* ma«r bir those who have been staach frlsiil̂ of this %ros,('«tn, during fcnr -feag tr||j^§pl! her tarn, of penal servitude fraajtBS noised about The greatest praliliiliiii •heard oa all aides for this act of King Bdwunfc' 'Jlfc la understood that la thus granUng clemency to Mrs. Maybrlok he wished to emphaslze the character of his regard for America. Many of Mrs. Maybrick's Mends and admirers were at Aylesbury prison when she was released. Grab* Satchel with *8,000. Peter Woil, an aged and prominent manufacturer, was knocked down on the street in Philadelphia by a high­ wayman as he was leaving a national •bank and a satchel containing $8,000 was wrenched froni his hand. The money was recovered by a policeman, who captured the thief after excit­ ing chase. The highwayman said his name was Joseph Edwards, bat this is believed to be fictitious. Doty on Tin Plate. At the final session of the Western Canned Goods association in Chicago, resolutions were adopted asking con­ gress to remove the duty on tlnplate. The resolution is in anticipation of the absorption of tin can" manufactures by the tinplate and steel trust, which, members of the association expect, will be consummated within the next sixty days. ...» • . CITT OF BAKU, THE SCENE OF THE GREAT FIR& pose of revenge, and it is further re­ ported that the naphtha reservoirs had been previously filled with water which in overflowing carried the flaming flu­ id over the town, involving all the houses as far as Police street. The stream of fire was several yards high. Numbers of people were seen attempt­ ing to escape * while burning like torches. The total number of victims is not ascertainable at present To Form a Cereal Combine. O. C. Barber, president of the Dia­ mond Match company, is at work at Columbus, O., upon a scheme to com­ bine all the independent cereal mills of the country, and it is said that negotiations have already proceeded far enough to assure the success of the venture. The new combination will be a formidable competitor of the American Cereal company. The Ak­ ron Cereal company, whose plant Is one of the largest in the country, is to be in the new combinatioa. Mr. Bar­ ber's plans also Include the erection of a^large mill at Barberton. »f Fire In St. Cloud, A big fire raged at St. Cloud, Mian., Friday morning before daybreak. The West hotel and several other buildings were destroyed. The fire started la the West hotel. It burned Debea Brothers' grocery store, Myers' laun­ dry and the California wine store. The public library, which was located In the hotel, was destroyed. The opera house is among the burned buildings. Strike In Spain Serlotu. T)m Spanish strike on the railroad to the Portuguese frontier is causing a great dislocation of traffic. Only a few trains are running, and they are worked by military engineers. The engines and cars are lying deserted on the tracks. Valuable Pearl Among Oyster*. ' While eating an oyster stew at Hop- kinsvllle, Ky., Green H. Champlln found in his mouth a pearl the size of a navy bean. An expert pronounced the gem worth $500. Big bomber Sire In nsnwwt ' A lumber yard, sawmill and four­ teen houses In the western part of Ha­ vana, near B1 Cerro, have been de stroyed by fire, with a total loss of $700,000. The mill and yard were the property of Pedro Bstanillo. A num­ ber of persons were Injured, most of them firemen. %. ft"'- ] / • JXmw Troope to Aid Kitchener. ' Tito British war office will dmd Kitchener 30,000 more mounted troops. General De Wet is being urged by his . .* ' •• '•ft.!•: ' 1 Hi " W " ' • ^ vi .v -? s., fj, • (,,» , ( ' ' ' • from Cigarette Smoking. Blindness is the penalty paid fty Frank Jefferson of Upper Roxborough, Pa., for disregarding repeated warn­ ings of his physician and relatives, who attempted to prevail upon him to give up the excessive use of cigarettes. Jefferson, who is 19 years old, con­ tracted the habit of cigarette smoking several years ago. 'MWX -- -- ( ^ An tl-Semi to* A^eneed.--4 * In the lower house of the Prussian diet during the debate on theestimates of the ministry of justice, Herr Crue- ger, Radical, charged the ministry of Justice, Dr. Sohonstedt, with infring­ ing the constitution and imperial leg­ islation in regard to the appointment of Jews as assessors and notaries. In replying the minister declared that it was those who. contested the right of the king to fill all appointments in the administration who were guilty of a breech of the constitution. Addl*on Cammaek 1* Addison Cammaek, aged 74 years, at one time one of the most prominent 1peculators in Wall street, died at his home in New Tork Tuesday. Mr. Cam- mack was known as the "Prince of Pessimists." He was the last of a great quartet--Henry N. Smith, Charles J. Osborn, Charles F. Woerishoffer and Addison Cammaek. For twenty years this quartet dominated Wall street. Mr. Cammaek was always a bear, and after a long career, in which he made and lost millions, he retired witi). a fortune estimated at $4,000,00& ^ Cereal Combine Stopped, A perpetual Injunction was granted at Akron, O., against a combination of the cereal companies. Two years ago the American Cereal company attempt­ ed to increase its capital from $8,500,- 000 to $33,000,000. It was proposed at that time to form a combination of H jjfr of the mills in the Killed In a Wreck. Train No. 5, the New Tork-Chlcago limited, on the Erie railroad, was wrecked Thursday morning within the town limits of Greenville, Pa. Five passengers were dead when taken from the wreck, several are missing and there are a score badly injured. The dead are Sergeant Major Harqr, A. • Hart, Fort Wood,, New Tork; GeOrge W. Patterson, Philadelphia, private, company I, Tenth United States infan­ try, carried card of Iron Molders' un­ ion; Peter J. Curry, Coboco, N. T., private, Tenth infantry, aged 21; un­ known man, aged 25 years; unknown man, only papers on person were a postal card that had been sent to the Adams Produce company, Rushville, Ind., and a ticket from New Tork to that point. His face was literally-torn to shreds. 'T Marder the Town Marshal. Thursday afternoon, while Marshal Gus H. Crouch and Policeman John McGlasson were attempting at Metrop­ olis, 111., to arrest Clem Ferguson and Les Taylor, two desperate Kentuck- lans, a fight ensued in which the mar­ shal was shot through th& head and killed, and Policeman McGlasson slightly wounded. Both men are now In jail. Ferguson had threatened to kill the officers if any attempt was made to arrest them. ^ Plague Beaches Cape TtuwdL Two cases of the bubonic plague have been discovered on the docks at Cape Town, Africa. Every precaution is being taken to prevent the spread of the plague. The authorities are re­ ticent regarding the cases that have appeared. Several thousand rats which spread the disease have been killed. The municipality is offering 3 pence per head for the rodents. ' Big Fire Lom at EvansTlUe. Fire destroyed the dry goods house of Laher, Bacon & Co., one of the largest establishments in Evansvllle, Ind., entailing a loss of $150,000. The loss is placed at $125,000 on stock, with $100,000 insurance, and $15,000 on building, with $13,000 insurance. Losses to neighboring firms will be $10,000. with partial Insurance. Destroys a Church, ' Til# First Baptist Church, sfttlAlyil at Oshkosh, Wis., was destroyed by fire. The loss is $15,000; insurance, $10,000 on building and $1,000 on ori­ gan. The edifice was one of the oldest in the city, having been built In 1875. Dr. J. M. Abbott Is the paitor 4 c h a r g e . v . . , , •k. dispatch to the Central Efews, London, from Vienna, say* ex-King Milan of Servla is dangerously ill of pnmioftBl* ,} '• 1: '5 J LmWMm Const the Eight members of an Arkansas leg­ islative joint oonunlttee had aa experi­ ence Friday that made them the laughing stock of their friends. The eight dignified lawmakers were com­ pelled to walk ten miles through mud five Inches deep, following the railroad line back to town. The members of the committee were on their way to the University of Arkansas at Fayette* ville, and boarded the Hot Springs train by mistake. There was nothing to do but leave the train **4 walk back to town. lurominfofUgliiatlM - i ; Body. MEASURES IN BOTH HOUSES. Committer en Military !*••«< Completes Army Appropriation Bill-- It Canles Approximately SiIS.000,. •oe as Against *130,000,000 Bstlmafd Taesday, Vebrnary a Senate: Passed District of Columbia appropriation bill and " partly consid­ ered bill making appropriations tor support of West Point Military aead- eifiy. During the day ship subsidy bill by vote of senate was formally laid aside and superseded as unfinished business. House: Continued discus­ sion of controverted questions in con­ nection with postoffice appropriation bill. Mr. Griggs (Ga.) spoke against organizations of postal employes formed with view to forcing legisla­ tion In their interest Mr. Moody (Mass.) discussed question of railway mall pay from standpoint of member of joint postal commission. Mr. Brom- well (Ohio) and Mr. Gaines (Tena.) assailed appropriations for special mail facilities from New Tork to New Orleans, and Mr. Catchings (Miss.) and Mr. Meyer (La.) defended these appropriations as necessary for,,expe~ ditlon of southern mail. Wednesday, February &. The senate passed the military acad­ emy appropriation bill and the war revenue reduction measure. Consid­ ered the shipping bill at a night ses­ sion. In the house debate on the postoffice appropriation bill consumed the day. It was agreed before adjournment that the debate should close Thursday at 12:30 p. m.; when the votes should be taken upon the several amendments which are pending. Thursday, February 7. Senate: At the day sessipn the pen­ sion appropriation bill, carrying $144,- 000,000, was passed after a few min­ utes' consideration. The ship subsidy bill was then taken up, and Messrs. McLaurin and Morgan, both Demo­ crats, made speeches upon it. Mr. Mc­ Laurin announced his Intention to support the bill, and Mr. Morgan op­ posed It in vigorous language. At the night session the debate consisted largely of protests by the opposition against night sessions. The house passed tie postoffice appropriation bill. Friday, February s. Republican leaders are losing hope of passing the subsidy bill. It is pro­ posed to avoid an extra session of congress by adopting an amendment to the army appropriation bill con­ taining gist of the Spooner bill. House committee rejected senate amendments to revenue reduction bill. Delegate Wilcox of Hawaii explained speeches and letters, urging Filipinos to fight. President sent large list of promotions in army and revenue, cutter service to senate. Jlatnrday, February 9. gton, Feb. 9.--Chairman Dick for the congressional committee which has been Investigating hazing at West Point today submitted the report of the committee to the house. The re­ port reviews the practice of hazing at the academy and condemns it in the most emphatic terms. The fights under the West Point code are de­ scribed as more vicious than under the Queensbury code and are described as felonies according to the laws of many states. A bdll making stringent regulations against hazing, fighting and all brutal practices accompanies the report Taking up the Boos case, the com- mltee states that his conduct at the academy was strictly correct, al­ though 'Under the offensive class des­ potism it was viewed aa nilwiting chastisement. , Motor Car Strikes a Sleigh. A motor car crashed into a sleighing party of twenty-two persons at Cleve­ land, O., and eleven were more or less injured, but none fatally. The party had been to a dance in the country, and were returning to their homes. The motor car was running at a high rate of speed, and it struok the sleigh as It was half way across the track. A number of those in the sleigh saw the car in time to jump, and escaped injury. The names of those injured are: May, Lillian and John Barley, Christian and Thomas Kelly, Albert Hopkins, P. J. and M. McGuire, C, Jf. Dorsey, P. R. Hiokey, Wailiam 'fjjp Nunn. :./.v;/' Death for Boxer Leaden. The Foreign Ministers at Pekin vot­ ed to demand the death of twelve of­ ficials named in note, except Prince Tuan, Duke Lan, and Tung Fu s»ang Two former may be hanirî ) to Tur­ kestan. •ays Trnst Is Doo; "The great steel trust will fall of Its own weight," says former Attorney- General Frank S. Monnett of Qtoto la aa Interview at Columbus. Oeh a Draft for •SS.ooo, Dr. Cyras J. Dove of Muakcgoo, Mich., has fallen heir to $25,000. Cyrus Fry of Liverpool, England, willed that amount and a draft for that sum was received Friday. Fry died seven years ago. Dove went to Chicago to the draft C rnegte's Offer to Andrew Carnegie has agreed Mankato, Minn., $40,000 for a library if the city will furnish a building site and $4,000 perpetual income to main- the Institution. Death of B» I Gen. Benjamin M. Prentiss, one of the oldest surviving generals of vol­ unteers during the civil war, Is dead at his home in Bethany, Mo., aged 81 years. He defeated Gens. Holmes and Price at Helena, Ark., July 4, 1862, and resigned in October of the same year. He was known as "the hero of Shlloh" and was the lawt survivor of the Fitz John Porter court-martiaL He was a prominent G. A. R. man. Gen. Pren­ tiss was in the volunteer service of Illinois during the Mormon excitement 4M «>«,* A... . r l th» early daya. 3* cm Kw. Nation at Kansas City. A bright-eyed, happy-faced, mother­ ly looking woman, wearing an old brown veil instead of a hat, arrived at Kansas City Friday afternoon on a Santa Fe train and jumped into the arms of her two brothers, J. V. and Charles Moore, of this city. She was greeted by a small crowd of admirers and curiosity seekers, and went imme­ diately to a hotel, where she met the newspaper men. "I like newspaper men," were among her first words. "I need them in my business. They .«pM as indispensable as my hatchets." Word t^eSaa .I$l the men, wamea a&T injured many others. The e was due to the explosion hundred oases of: dynamite, ta an undvgtxwad obaatbar of the 'ig(£fc witu the ho t̂ifcg machli , _ through the room la which this &**> "toe waa mot*, and it la supposed tftf* ttpw-wtosp became croaaed, there- fcy ,eaM&m a fir* Which set off tShe dy- namite. AH jft t&e killed and Injured were on thA surface, most of them oc­ cupying residences immediately over the underground workings of the mine. The exploits line away the whole top of the mouataia, on which tne village of miners was located, and men, women and cnildrea were blown into pieces. Among t&dse who were killed were Herman Luetsman, the superin­ tendent of the mine, and all the mem- berg of his family. v Quarantine £4 Won In a Can Fourteen men are quarantined la a* passenger coach between Third and Fourth streets in Merrill, Wis., Tues­ day. Conductor Gid Little, on train No. 2 on the Milwaukee road, discov­ ered a man supposed to have the small­ pox before the train reached Toma­ hawk. He wired to the board of health in that city and police removed the patient at that place. All who had been exposed were locked In the smoker aad taken to Merrill. Ask Annexation to Alabama. A committee of a dozen leading men la West Florida, headed by Colonel J. J. Sullivan of Pensacola, appeared before the Alabama legislature to urge that the part of Florida lying south of Alabama be annexed to this state. They urged that commercial conveni­ ence and necessity impelled their ap­ plication and promised that the west Floridans would arrange to break away from Florida if Alabama would take them in. Governor's Wife Against Ctgarettse. It seems that Mrs. Bliss, the wife of Michigan's new governor, had a hand in shaping the pronunciamento against the cigarette, which formed a part of the inaugural message. She has been connected for some years with an in­ dustrial home for girls, and has found many of the girls sent there to be habitual cigarette users. Moreover, she has noted that girls who have the cigarette habit fixed rarely respond to the efforts for reformation. , . Insult Ends la a Tragedy. Charles W. Carter, a pressman, §8 years old, attempted to force his way into the home of Charles R. Casey, Chicago. Frank Casey, Manville Perry and John Wall, boarders, who had been summoned by Mm. Casey after Insulting language had been used, overpowered Carter and tied his hands and feet. They then sent for the po­ lice. When two officers arrived they found that Carter was dead. Perry, Casey and Wall were arrested. ' ,s. A Queer Street Car Use. - ,-tt A curious street car line is that be­ tween Atami and Toshihoma, two coast towns in. the province of Izie, Japan. The line is seven miles long, and the rolling stock consists of a sin­ gle car and the motive power is fur­ nished by a couple of muscular coolies, who push the car along wherever pow­ er is necessary. When the car comes to a down grade they jump on and ride. Bockford<s Giant Policeman. Officer Frank Sully of Rockford, 111., is the latest one to enter the great interurban contest for giant police­ men. Chief Bergen had the big officer weighed, measured and examined and his dimensions noted. The official fig­ ures are: Age, 32 years; weight 497 pounds; height, 6 feet 3 inches; hip girth, 73 inches; thigh, 42 inches; calf, 26 Inches; shoe, No. 12; cap, 7%. - Fire Drives Out SSO Pupils. The William Kimball Public school on Conners Point, West Superior, Wis., was destroyed by fire. The walls are partially standing. There were nine women teachers and about 250 children --most of them very young--in the building at the time of the fire. Every child in the building got out ia an or­ derly manner. Edward to Visit the Kalner. It is stated at Portsmouth that the royal yacht Victoria and Albert is be­ ing prepared to convey King Edward to Flushing after the meeting of par­ liament on Feb. 14. The king, it is said, will visit his sister, ex-Empress Frederick, and at the same time re­ turn the kaiser's visit to England. Attempt to Bob a Bank. Three masked men entered the bank at Andover, Ohio, bound the watch­ man, Alonzo Root and blew open the safe. They were, however, frightened away by persons attracted to the scene by the explosion. The safe was blown to pieces and the building was badly wrecked. The men escaped. Bari of Galloway Is Dead. The earl of Galloway died at loden Thursday. Sir Alan Plantagenet Stewart, Bart, early of Galloway, was born in London in 1835, and succeeded his father as tenth earl in 1873. He represented Wlgtonshire in the house of commons from 1868 to 1873, and act­ ed as high commissioner to the gen­ eral assembly of the church of Scot­ land in 1876 and 1877. He was mar­ ried to a daughter of the second mar­ quis of Salisbury, slater of the British premier. . Carnegie Bells Out. Negotiations for the sale of Andrew Carnegie's controlling interest In the stock of the Carnegie company were brought to a successful conclusion on Monday, J. Pierpont Morgan and his associates being the purchasers. Mr. Carnegie held nearly 54 per cent of the $160,000,000 of the Carnegie company stock. This stock has not been listed on any stock exchange, but $1,500 was recently paid for a $1,000 share In the Carnegie company. Assuming that Mr. Carjxegie has disposed of his holdings at par, he Witt receive tolly $85,000,009 REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS. Ur. Bowles Th,t Dof»dant* U» Jostlee Cfcpri* More Than Thro. ^ MlUs from " . Cnsee to Beaver Oeurtfe • Among the bills following: Br' Mr. •f M" * ! W: -.. _.--_ .anil' fiidnn:' mom license fee at' ISO. By Mr. To appoint a gams warden ia district at a aalary of $k«* a wilses. By;,. Mr.. law in relation to'tla e»" by providing tlmt ia Bubjeot to factory m- *luai <» PKndded ,fllwr P«*?nmed to A* necessarily «m> ProvMI^ B* **' **•»-Providing that any persona who vmbtlly or by written or printed thrmten to kidnap, wound, mahn, kill or murder any person, or one rtrtated b9 0Pany otl»«r manner strw «r de­stroy pay building with the Intent te ». tort money or other valuaWe totou*."htil be punished by imprlnonm.nl taSZ £££ tentlary not exceeding twenty years. ̂ ^ Wednesday, February S. _ The £touae was unusually brsasv ta^Hv' It the discussion Of Mr! Nohe s bill prohibiting ths of free transportation to and the acceptance of ff™8 tof members of the General As» wWcb was a special order on sec- and *hlch finally waa sent Railroad committee. This action Is considered to mean that the measure Is and wl11 not appear agaia during this session. „ more important bills latro* were the following: By Bowles of Will---Providing thit 6ft* J»»ttoe courts who re­ side more than three miles from the of tne Justice may, upon making afldavtt of that fact, have their cases removed to a nearer justice if there be one. By mood of Coles--Repealing the not onsttae the State Board of Horseshoers. ̂ bill repealing the act for the ha«««i«»» of architects. By Church--Two hin« •--T^|- th« law in relation to local unnrove- menta These bills were prepared bar the special committee of the Chicago City have been heretofore pub­ lished. By Gould--Amending the aPP"ed to the eon- Struotkm of sidewalks, being one Of the hp* **?pared by the special committee of the Chicago City Council. Thursday, February J. Representative Connor introduce# >' Itii' anti-treating bill which would compel city politicians to change thefr method of campaign If it became a law. It amends a section of the present election uu makes it an offense ptmftKtukbte ^1,th. a ®ne and imprisonment if a ®fflce treats a voter with a drink to influence his vote, and it ""H » campaign purposes a lelony. Joseph Helmlnlak believes that any man who steals a dog will commit an- crime, so he put in a bill today d0« stelaling a felony, to be pun- ished by a large fine and imprisonment. Among others were the following: By Mr. Eignus--Providing for the rental of school text books to pupils in the pub­ lic schools. Boards of directors shall pur­ chase books and rent them to pupils at not to exceed one-fourth of the publish- erB price. By Mr. Onion--Providing that one-half of the money derived from the licensing of dram shops shall be Into the county treasury and used for the l*t- provement of public highways. By Mr. Pendaris--Repealing the section of the law limiting to $5,000 the amount that may be recovered in a suit for damages arising from a death by a wrongful act negiect or default. By Mr. W. Sullivan-- Providing that the state board of health snail have supervision of lodging houses. lnna and hotels in cities of 100,000 or mora inhabitants. EMday, February a JP1* demands of the state Institutions this session are simply enormous, being far_ in excess of those of any previous year. The Peoria asylum, known as Bar- tonville, wants $900,000 for the completion of the plant and its maintenance for the Z?fr.SL. There to a proposition before the legislature looking toward the estab­ lishment of a state farm for epileptics, such as some of the eastern states have. an exPendlture of about £*00,000. if such sfn institution be created, however, it would diminish the expend!- tures of the insane asylum by taking the epileptics away from their care. Bvery state institution appears to want more money than ever before. Governor Yates Is giving this matter a good deal of at- tenuon. He had a long conference today with Senator Chapman, chairman of the 8 wj® aPProwi*tion committee, on the subject of state expenses. He wants to do everything in his power to avoid aa excessive tax rate. He always has ex­ pressed himself, in public and private, as being in favor of all reasonable *+hiiuhIb looking toward the proper care of the de­ pendents of the state. However, be WU oppose unwarranted extravagance. MOTSS OF TUB 8KSSXON8. Senator Albertsen has introduced a Mil appropriating *24$,000 to complete the Bartonville hospital for the insane and 1860,800 for new buildings and for tenance of the Institution; also a bill proprlating <90,000 for a topographical survey of the state. *-«««» The special committee appointed by Mayor Harrison of Chicago, to prepare a bill for the legislature providing for the municipal ownership of gas plants has completed Its work. The committee was appointed In a resolution offered by Alderman Dixon, and consisted of Sig- mund Zeisler, Charles J. Holmes, and Addison Blakeley. The bill gives the city council of cities. or villages the power to provide for the acquisition and oper­ ation of gas and electric light plants, and authority to sell light, heat, sued power to' the Inhabitants of such cities or villages. For the purpose of estab­ lishing municipal plants the city ia au­ thorized to purohase property or con­ demn it under the eminent-domain act. The charge made by the city for light, heat, or power furnished any dtixen is made a Hen on the real estate On which it Is used, as water taxes are now made liens on the property on which the water ia consumed. Mr. Aderton Introduced a bill la the assembly appropriating 1350,000 for the establishment of a colony for "-- at Nothclitt. Jersey county. epnsp -- . . • . fep Mr. Doyle Is sponsor for a bill -- ing the law in relation to negotiable In- '"<•/ Btruments by making general election 1- day a legal holiday and Saturday after. < neon of each week a legal half holiday. I * Mr. Drew the other day Introduced a ,# bill amending the law In relation to the soldiers1 and widows' home by providing -.f: that the wives or widows of soldiers or sailors of the war of 1S8I in order to be admitted to said home must have been - married to said soldier or sailor prior te V. Jan. 1, 1890. - • s-'i The expected trouble over the report of the senate elections committee did not ̂ materialize in the senate. Previous to -S the meeting the republican members get together and after several conferences ' Chairman Riley agreed to postpone his "y report and have another meeting of the ' committee before presenting It te the , { senate. 1 Senator Evans Introduced a bin provld- ̂v ing that tax sales shall be perfected In V the same manner that mortgagee are foreclosed. Mr. Beitler is author of a bill tnnrsas tag the salaries of the judges of the «tr» cult court aii4 superior court and of the .^ state's attorn-*? for Cook county to PV " HO per annus, ;'A 4-* ? - rtW:h . ,< .. • v.* r ,*• \' '• L-x: j I. mailto:3.50@4.25 mailto:i00@8.50