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THE MCHENRY PLAINOEALER ftoHBNBY PLA1NPWAT.1E MeHBNBY, ILLINOIS. E ^VhSj;; iMa .• &••:•' ?*Y i$ •" 1 "'rfV' .; • V &'&•£<. r . Mr. Butterfleld, who has an experi­ ment station near Farmington, Mo., has recently received from Anglers, France, a consignment of 65,000 pear And cherry stock. It will be nearly three years before this stock is ready tor the market. R. J. M. Danley, superintendent of the Keokuk Electric Railway and Power company, has resigned to accept an offer from New York parties, who have engaged him to supervise the con­ struction and operation of a waiter Jjower and electrical transmission plant near the City of Mexico. James Murphy, a stockman living at JParnell, la., was found dead in bed at Chicago. It is believed that he blew put the gas by mistake. • B. D. Evans, a veteran of the Mexi­ can and civil wars, is dead at his home at Liberty Hill, Tex., aged 79. Rollin Houdyshell is dead as the re­ sult of a gunshot wound at the home of Eva Bliss in the tenderloin district at Ottumwa, la. The Southern Pacific will supply the strawberries for the Chicago banquet to Prince Henry of Prussia. The coast country of Texas will be searched for ftne fruit The United Cigar company, a New York corporation, was chartered to do business in Ohio by the secretary of state at Columbus. Its capital stock is 97,000,000. At Paris Le Journal Officiel has pub­ lished a decree, continuing for six months from Feb. 24, the application of the minimum tariff to colonial prod­ ucts imported from the United States, Porto Rico and certain other countries. Only a few workmen at Turin, Italy, responded to the call for a. general strike. Some rioting nas occurred in Which two policemen were injured while dispersing the mob. The prefect of the city has forbidden public meet­ ings. Charles M. Schwab of the United States Steel Corporation is reported to be a heavy shareholder in the Wagon- Li ts Company of Paris. Lieutenant Commander von Reis- torff, who came over in Prince Henry'E suite, will explore the Amazon River country. The Second National Bank of Du­ buque, Iowa, has filed a petition against the county treasurer's assess­ ment of United States bonds included in the regular assessment of the bank's assets. Shad Seago, a prisoner in the jail at Jerseyville, 111., made his escape. James Karnes, a farmer near Lin­ coln Center, Kan., while out hunting had his gun accidentally discharged, the load hitting him in the neck and almost severing his head from his body. Two negroes of the same name, Tony Sims, met death in Birmingham, Ala., within four blocks of one an­ other. One worked at the rolling mills and was crushed between two railroad cars which he was coupling at the time, and the other fell down a smokestack at the Alice furnace, crushing his skulL The department council of Patri­ archs Militant. Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Iowa, met in annual convention at Marshalltown. E. H. Kirkham, 70 years old, pro­ prietor of a general store in Coalgate, , I. T., and a man of wealth, committed suicide in a Kansas City hotel by tak­ ing morphine. Albert Evans of Kansas City, Mo., Is fn Monterey, Mexico, for the pur­ pose, it is stated, of making arrange­ ments for building a large oleomar­ garine factory in that city. The Colorado legislature, which is controlled by the farming element, has passed a bill to third reading provid- ing for taxing mines at their actual valuation. Many rumors regarding the control of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railway are in circulation. A big fight is said to be in progress among the multimillionaires to Becure possession of this property. It is understood that East St. Louis electric lines have been sold to the Clark brothers of Philadelphia. The Bale has been pending for some time. The price paid for the lines is said to be 12,000.000. A mandamus suit of the city of St Louis against the state board of equal­ ization to compel the assessment of franchise corporations was filed in the Missouri supreme court. Court martlals have been ordered at ^ Yokohama in the case of a number of Japanese offioers who are accused of looting during the campaign in China against the "boxers." Judgments have been rendered against Douglas county, Mo., in favor of persons who hold about $20,000 worth of old county warrants. The county court will call an election soon to let the people determine the man ' «*er of payment Defiance Starch. 16 ounces, 10 cents. ; A contest for the privilege of haul- Ill* baggage and passengers to and trorr the different railroad stations and hotels in Chicago is going on between the Parmelee Transfer com paay and the Chicago Transfer com­ pany. The net resources of the wrecked City Savings bank of Detroit are of "flciaHy stated to be 12,682,124, while the total liabilities are fixed at $3,597, 816. A company in which several Chica > - go brokers are interested is to build ' a $400,000 glass plant at Ottawa, 111. James R. Keene, the noted New York financier, sent a check for $10,000 to - stke Charity Organization society of New York and another cse?k of $10,000 to the .United Hebrew charities. Mr Keene also gave $2,500 to the charity yy fpnd at a New York newspaper. D. B. Henderson of Galveston and "sociates have purchased seventy cres cf land at Damon, Tex., and will i«velop }t for oflv The price wto |30,- >00 cash. ' v • • At Beaumont, Tex., Barney BroWfli, i negro bath attendant, was shot and uortally wounded by a negro bootblack jatned Simpkins. . Negroes taken to Alvih, Tex., to work on the raifro&ds were forced to leave by the people of the town. The ittorney for the Santa Fe has decided o make an appeal to the governor for protection for the men. Alvin has long had a rule that a negro can not . live within the corporate limits or work there. Governor Otero of New Mexico has appointed C. M. Light, president of the normal school at Silver City, a member of the territorial board of education, to succeed F. W. Sanders of the agricul­ tural college, who removed out of the territory. Matt Hunter was given a life', sen­ tence at Mount Ayr, Iowa, for the mur­ der of Homer Holland, November 9. The Texas Pacific railroad has con­ tracted for the purchase of 2,500 box cars for $1,851,234. Merchants of Memphis, Tenn., have contributed $300 and a large amount of supplies to alleviate the suffering about Mammoth Springs, Ark., caused by summer drought and winter snow and ice. The executive committee of the cat­ tlemen's associations of Oklahoma and the Panhandle of Texas will meet at Guthrie in March to merge under the name of the Southwestern Cattle Grow­ ers' Association, which will then be the largest organization of cattle Inter­ ests in the world. An international exhibition of au­ tomobiles is to be held in Brussels in; March. Mrs. Zora White Kent of New Al­ bany, Ind., said to be an old sweetheart of Admiral Dewey, was secretly mar­ ried February 15 in New York city to Henry T. Winton, a prominent poli­ tician of Hackensack, N. J. Representative Moody of Massachu­ setts is being mentioned as an availa­ ble candidate for Secretary of the GARDERE--13 Navy when the portfolio is surrendered by John D. Long. The daughter of Mrs. Norman, the miserly character who lived in the worst hovel in Abingdon, 111., for years and died, apparently in abject poverty, has just discovered $1,700 in gold, sil­ ver and currency i^i an old trunk. Erskine C. Murphy of Chicago died of nervous excitement following the discovery of burglars in his house on his return from an entertainment, and after he had notified the police. John W. Gates is said to be planning to pipe oil to New Orleans from Texas. It is claimed that crude Beaumont oil is a remedy for all bronchial and lung diseases, and that there have been many remarkable cures in Texas. Attorney John A. Morgan of San Francisco, former partner of Senator Thomas Patterson of Colorado, com­ mitted suicide at El Paso, Texas, af­ ter spending $8,000 there. E. M. Hudson, a coal miner from Denning, Ark., has been arrested at Fort Smith, charged with complicity in the Clarksville bank robbery and the murder of Sheriff Powers. Charles Jackson, aged 23, a news­ paper man, formerly employed on the Evansville Courier, took ammonia by mistake for stomach bitters at Evans­ ville, Ind., and died shortly after. Stgptt Eckmann was entombed by a well caving in near Lexington, Texas, and had only just died when the dig­ gers got to him after going through twenty feet of dirt J. W. Berry of Jewell City, Kansas, was awarded the contract for the erec­ tion of a library building for the state Normal school at Emporia, Kan. His bid was $47,277. Mrs. Mary Ryle of Paterson has giv­ en $100,000 to be used without condi­ tion by the city for the purposes of a public library. The library building, with its contents, was burned in the great fire. Ernest H. Bjorkman, real estate deal­ er at Canton, Ohio, has filed petition in bankruptcy, with liabilities, $54,000; as­ sets, $102,000: Lewis H. Miner, one of the propriet­ ors of the Illinois State Journal of Springfield, was operated on for ap­ pendicitis by Dr. J. B. Murphy of Chi­ cago. Johanna Miller is dead at Houston, Tex.. aB the result of trying to start a fire with kerosene. Oil and gas was struck in a prospect well being drilled on the J. M. Morten land, in Atacos% County, Texas. The strike was made at a depth of 500 feet and the hole spouted gas, water and oil to a height, of 75 feet above the ground. Professor Goldberg has discovered an amazon tomb at Solor, in western Norway, containing the remains of a woman between 20 and 30 years of age along with a complete set of arms and the skeleton of a horse. The town of Sterritt, I. T., was vis­ ited by a $15,000 fire. The fire was confined tn the business portion. J. N. Cox has filed suit at Houston Tex., against the Texas Lamp and Oil company for $20,000 damages, alleging permanent injury by being kicked by one of defendant's mules. Twenty-one convicts escaped from the Knox County, Tenn. workhouse All went through a hole in the floor Eight have been captured. One man was fatally injured and three others badly hurt by a boiler ex plosion at Birmingham, Ala. The Kansas Masons have a total membership of 22,368, a net gain dur­ ing the year of 764. Contracts have been let for two .new rice mills at Houston, Tex., to cost be tween $40,000 and $50,000 each, and each to have a capacity of 1500 sacks per day. Kroonland, the largest vessel thus far built in the United States, was launched at Philadelphia. Beaumont, Tex., is to have a new re finery which will make a specialty cf manufacturing brlquetts of oil and lignite, a plan much discussed,. United States Brewers' association will hold its annual meeting at Sara­ toga June 10. 11 and 12. In an explosion of powder at the quarry of the Empire Lime company, at Oakwood, Mj^, Ben Stewart, an em­ ploye 91 the etipipany, wp« frightfully hurt. ~ - WEEK'S DOINGS Business Transacted by the House and Senate in the National Capital. WHEELER'S SPEECH THE TOPIC. Many BapmekUtlTH Take Exeaptlra t« His LaBfUK* and Sharp Wards Are Exchanged--KldMif of Texas Asks Hearty Welcome for Prince Henry. Tuesday, February 18. It was agreed by the Senate that a final vote on the Philippine tariff bill and the pending amendments should be taken up next Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock. The only stipulation was that the last day's debate should be devoted to speeches not exceeding fif­ teen minutes In duration. Senator Wellington of Maryland spoke in op­ position to the pending bill and Mr. Stewart made a brief legal and constitutional argument In support of the authority of Congress to hold the Philippines and to provide u proper government for their inhabitants. Bills were passed appropriating $200,- 000 for a public building at Deadwood, S. D.; appropriating $5,700 for the im­ provement of the legation building owned by the United States at Tokio, Japan; to ratify an agreement with the lower Brule band of Indians in South Dakota and appropriating $70,- 700 to carry the treaty into effect. In the House Mr. Gillet of Massachu­ setts in a half hour's speech declared that the intemperance of Mr. Wheeler'a language carried its own condemna­ tion. Nevertheless, he (Gillet) griev­ ously deplored such an affront to a foreign country. During the course of the speech Mr. Robinson (Ind.) and Mr. Thayer (Mass.) disclaimed any sympathy with Mr. Wheeler's utter­ ances. These disclaimers drew from Mr. Talbert (S. C.) the statement that he desired to share the responsibility of the speech, every word of which ht endorsed. Mr. Wheeler replied to Mr. Gillet, reaffirming what he had said and declaring that he would stand by his words, whether they were discreet or not Wednesday. February 19. The senate continued the considera­ tion of the Philippine tariff bill. Mr. Burrows maintained that Congress was dealing with the question as it was to­ day and not with any reference to what took place in the future. He main­ tained that the United States' oc­ cupancy of the islands was with due regard to international obligations. Mr. Mallory spoke in favor of his amendment relating to the navigation laws. Mr. Money said it was not so much a question of what could be done with the Filipinos as it was to legis­ late in the interests of our own people. Senator Tillman introduced a resolu­ tion requiring the civil service commis­ sion to forward to the senate a state­ ment giving the proportion of em­ ployes held by each of the states in the public service. In the House the general debate on the Indian appropriation bill was de­ voted almost entirely to extraneous topics. As on Tuesday the issue raised by Mr. Wheeler of Kentucky a few days ago came in for considerable attention and was the feature of the session. Mr. Bromwell (Ohio) Republican, Mr. Kern (Illinois) Democrat, and Mr. Fleming (Georgia) Democrat, added their views to the literature on the subject. Mr. Kern protested against the attempt to make political capital out of the recent speech of Mr. Wheeler of Kentucky, which he characterized as an "insig­ nificant Incident." Mr. Boutell (Illi­ nois) congratulated Mr. Kern on his accession to the tiand of American hu­ morists in which Mr. Wheeler ranked so high, and then proceeded to trace the origin of what Mr. Wheeler had called "truculent sycophancy." Thursday, February SO. With the exception of a few minutes given to routine business, the Benate devoted its entire session to th.e Philip­ pine question. Mr. Patterson (Colo.), one of the minority members of the Philippine committee, delivered his first extended speech in the senate. He vigorously attacked the authority of the Philippine commission to enact and enforce sedition laws. He main­ tained that congress alone had the power. He compared information fur­ nished by the executive departments with some of the statements of Gov­ ernor Taft, in his^^gstimony before the Philippine committee, with respect to the capabilities of the Philippine people and declared his belief that Governor Taft misrepresented the true situation in the islands for motives un­ known. Mr. Nelson (Minn.) present­ ed an argument in support of this gov­ ernment's action in the Philippines and sharply criticised Mr. Patterson. Mr. McCumber (N. D.) urged that con­ gress should not bind the future now by a declaration of a definite policy regarding the Philippines. Admiral Schley's Counsel Silent. Isador Rayner, senior, counsel for Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley, declined to comment upon President Roosevelt's decision in the matter of Admiral Schley's appeal from the findings of the court of inquiry. The heuse spent the day working en the Indian appropriation bill. Forty- two of the sixty-two pages were dis­ posed of. The appropriation for pre­ liminary work in the reservoir for the Gila River Valley went out on a point of order. Mr. Smith (Arl.) offered an amendment to strike out the appropri­ ation for the Carlisle School, but, it was defeated. Just before the close of the session, Mr. Fitzgerald (N. Y.) made an attack on the superintendent of the school at Mount-Pleasant, Mich., who, he said, was charged with per­ mitting the debauching of Indian girls. Mr. Sherman, chairman of the Indian committee, promised to make an Inves­ tigation at the Indian office. Friday, February SI. For more than six hours the Senate had the Philippine tariff bill under discussion. Mr. Bate delivered a care­ fully prepared speech in opposition to the pending measure. He was fol­ lowed by Mr. Spooner In a brilliant defense of the Republican attitude to­ ward the Philippine Islands. Mr. Spooner became involved frequently in heated colloquy with members of the minority. He concluded with an appeal to Congress to stand by the policies of McKinley and Roosevelt. Mr. Tillman began a characteristic arraignment of the administration in the Philippines, but had not concluded when the Senate adjourned. The House passed the Indian appro­ priation bill. No amendments of im­ portance were attached to it The latter part of the session was devoted to the consideration of private claim bills, a number of which were passed. A resolution was passed providing for an Investigation of Mr. Nardin's relations to the Shoshonte Indian School. During the consideration of one of the minor claim bills, Mr. Kle­ berg (Dem., Texas), who Is a German, made a brief speech, deprecating any attempt to make political capital out of the coming visit of Prince Henry. He said the United States should ex­ tend to him and the great nation he represents a hearty welcome and true American hospitality. Saturday, February M< In the Senate Mr. Tillman fS. C.) in concluding his speech on the Philip­ pine tariff measure declared that his colleague, Senator McLaurin, had trad­ ed his vote on the Spanish treaty for federal patronage in his state. Mr. McLaurin on hearing of the matter, sought his seat, and addressing the president pro tem., declared the asser­ tion to be a willful, deliberate and ma­ licious lie. Mr. Tillman rushed from his seat, brushing Mr. Teller aside and overturning a chair, and advanced up­ on Mr. McLaurin, striking him. The blow was returned and a general mix- up followed. Upon quiet being re­ stored the senate went into executive session. As a result both senators were deprived of the right to speak or vote, except by permission of the senate, and they were suspended pending* a report on the matter by the committee on elections and privileges. The House was not in session. Killed by Live Wire. At Provo, Utah, August Blum- enthal, a cornice-maker, was instantly killed, and six workmen severely shocked while placing a cornice on a new building. The men all had hold of the heavy cornice, when Blumenthal came in contact with an electric light wire. He received the full current of 5,000 volts. The German Tariff Measure. At an adjourned session of the tariff committee of the reichstag the so-called compromise amendment re­ garding the grain duties--raising the minimum and maximum rates on wheat to 6 and 7 1-2 marks respect­ ively and on oats and barley to 5 1-2 and 7 marks" respectively--was intro­ duced. Prof. Pearson to Lecture. Prof. Charles W. Pearson, who re­ cently retired from Northwestern unl versity, has arranged under the man­ agement of the American Lyceum bu­ reau, to prepare and deliver a lecture entitled "The Bible and Modern Thought, or the Utility of the Higher Criticism." Plau Immense Coal Consolidation. It is said the Pittsburg Coal company, the Monongahela River Con­ solidated Coal and Coke company and practically all the competing interests in Ohio, West Virginia and Illinois will be merged. It is estimated that the capital of the new company will be $250,000,000. New Orleans Banking Company Announcement has been officially made of the organization at New Or­ leans, La., of the Southern Trust and Banking company--a $1,000,000 cor­ poration. I Death* from Plague In India. A recent dispatch to the London Exchange Telegraph Company from Lahore says that, under the new re­ gime of nonintervention, the plague is ravaging the Punjab and a thousand deaths are occurring daily. princely Gift for Harvard. New York dispatch: James Stillman, the banker, is reported to have given $100,000 for the establishment of a new chair of anatomy in the Harvard Medical school. e Justice Gray Has Paralytic Stroke. Justice Horace Gray of the United States Supreme Court has suffered an attack of paralysis, but it is stated that there is every reason to expect his recovery. His mind is clear, but he has lost the muscular control of a part of his body. New Ocean Freight Service. The departure from the port of San Francisco of the steamship Meteor, for Honolulu and other Hawaiian ports, via Seattle and Puget Sound points, marks the beginning of a new ocean freight service between San Francisco and the islands. St. Louis L. os«s Tax Case. Tlier-Supreme Court of the state of Missouri has denied the writ of mandamus asked by the St. Louis school board against the state board of equalization. All the judges con­ curred in the decision. Mexican Bandit Captured. The Mexican bandit. Ramon Ga- lindo, leader of the Island band of out­ laws, who in 1893 ambushed and killed Capt Jones of the First Texas Ran­ gers, has beeu captured. SOUTH emu SENATORS FIGHT McLaurin Resents Accusation by Tillman and Blows Are Struck. ARE DEPRIVED OF PRIVILEGES. Senior Senator Says Hts Colleague Traded Bis Vote on the Spanish Treaty for Patronage, and Latter Declares It a Wilful and Malicious Lie. Industrial School for Warsaw. The city of Warsaw, Indiana,' has been definitely seleeted as the site for the big trade and agricultural school to be established by the Wi­ nona Assembly and Summer School association. University Branth for New Torlc. New York dispatch: It is intended to establish in this city a branch ol the Catholic University of America, to be known as the department o* pedagogy. Senator Benjamin R. Tillman, South Carolina, Saturday afternoon made an assault on his colleague, Senator John L. iVici^aui in, on the floor of tne Senate. The two senators thereupon en­ gaged in a fist fight until separated by the officers and members cf the Sen­ ate. Immediately thereafter ^aey were adjudged in contempt of the Senate, were formally suspended and are now members of the upper house of Con­ gress in name only, being admitted to the floor, but without the privilege of speaking or voting. Mr. Tillman's provocation was the public denunciation of one of hi3 statements as "a willful, malicious and deliberate lie" by the junior Senator from South Carolina. Mr. McLaurin, during his absence from the chamber, had been accused by his colleague of se­ curing the patronage of his state in payment for his vote in favor of the Spanish treaty. Immediately he was notified of the charge Mr. McLaurin rushed to his seat and requested a hearing, and the denunciation, the personal clash, and the other inci­ dents of the remarkable affair followed. Mr. Tillman struck the first blow, brushing aside Mr. Teller and upset­ ting a chair in his rush to confront his colleague. Mr. McLaurin, who had stepped forward to meet his opponent, was hit on the forehead, and struck back, landing on Mr. I'illnlfan's nose, drawing blood. A general mix-up fol­ lowed, and the blows were falling thick' and fast when the comoatants were dragged apart and pinioned by those first to reach them. One of the peacemakers, Sergeant at Arms Lay- ton, was struck in separating the men. After the action by the Senate sus­ pending the men and they had been given the privilege of the noor to apologize, Mr. Tillman asked ^ne par­ don of the Senate, but made no apolo­ gy to his colleague. Mr. McLaurin's statement was more of an explanation than an apology, and when he began a threat--"If there is any more of that talk"--friends persuaded him to desist, and it is believed another violent scene was averted. "Mr. President," said Mr. Foraker, "I movethat the senate go into executive session." Without comment, every Senator laboring under the emotion which all endeavored to conceal, the motion was agreed to, and the doors were closed. The proceedings after the doors were closed covered almost two hours of time and resulted in the adoption of a resolution in the form of an order, as follows: "Ordered, that the two Senators from the sdtte of South Carolina be declared in* con­ tempt of the Senate on account of the altercation and personal encounter be­ tween them this day in open session, and that the matter be referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections with instructions to report what ac­ tion shall be taken by the Senate in regard thereto." Metal Roof Oaves In. The metal roof of the American win- dow-glass factory at Winchester, Ind., caved in from the top, about forty-five glass factory at Winchester caved in Friday from the top, about forty-five feet high. As there was no wind at the time the accident is supposed to be due to the action of the various acids and corrosive materials used as ingredients in making glass. Beer Prices May Be Raised. Milwaukee Brewers' association has agreed to raise the price of beer and it will be done at once, unless congress reduces the war tax. In the event of such a reduction the price will renqain as at present. Fred Pabst, Jr., gave as a reason for this action the advance in the price of material of all kinds en­ tering into the manufacture of beer, and labor as well. Iowa Patriarchs Adjourn. The annual council of Patriarchs Militant, I. 0. O. F., department of Iowa, has ended. The only two elect­ ive positions were filled by choosing Gen. M. L. Leroy of Manchester vlco president and i2. H. Hylands of Des Mo.nes treasurer. Ottumwa was chosen as the next piace of meeting. Frenchmen May Establish Steel Plant. A Chicago special says: French capi­ tal and Frencu enterprise are Knocking at the doors of Chicago. The project is to establish here a giant plant for the production of steel by a secret process. If it is decided to establish the plant $5,000,000 at least will be in­ vested in this neighborhood. Lee Turner Surrenders to Officers. Knoxville, Tenn., dispatch: Lee Turner, proprietor of the "Quarter- house," near Middlesboro, which was burned last week, gave himself up to Marshal J. M. Mosley at LaFollette and was brought to this city by Mos­ ley and Sheriff Hughes. Turner dis­ claims any part or knowledge of plans for the assault of the officers Wednes­ day of last week. Middlesboro, Ky., Fe])u< 21.--John Doyle* shot in the "QuartwKhouse" bat­ tle, and Boon McCreary, wounded pre­ viously, are dead. Fire at Aurora. The fertilizer plant of the Natural Guano company at Aurora, 111., was destroyed by fire. The buildings and machinery were valued at $25,000; in­ surance, $14,000. Spontaneous com­ bustion is the supposed cause. Omaha Fire Chief Dismissed. Omaha dispatch: John Redell who for five years has been at the head of the fire department of this city, was formally dismissed from the service. He was charged wlfch cruelty aa4 treatmnnt of firemen. V •" ,• y j. FILIPINO BAND SURRENDERS. Over One Hundred Insurgents Yield Themselves Prisoners. Manila dispatch: What is believed to have been the largest existing band of insurgents in Batangas province has surrendered to Lieut. Charles D; Rhodes of the Sixth Cavalry at Banan. Major Amoranto, two captains, six lieutenants and ninety-eight Filipino soldiers gave themselves up and sur- rendered five revolvers, sixty-six rifles and 2,000 rounds of ammunition. The skeletons of five soldiers tit the Thirty-ninth Infantry, killed in Nov­ ember, 1900, have been recovered. They will be sent to the United States. LATES1 MARKETS. CHICAGO. 4 Winter wheat, No. 2 red.f .85%® .86% Corn, No. 2 @ .59% Oats, No. 2 42% @ -43% Cattle 4.75 <&>7.00 Hogs 6.80 @6.10 Sheep and. lambs 2.75 Q5.50 NEW YORK. Wheat, No. 2 red 0 .90% Corn, No. 2 @ .67% Oats, No. 2 @ .51 KANSAS CITY. Wheat, cash, No. 1 hard. .75 @ .76% Corn, cash. No 1 mixed. .61%® .62% Oats, No. 2 white....... .46%® .47% ST. LOUIS. Wheat, No. 2 red, cash.. ® .85% 'Corn, No. 2, cash.-....... ® .61% Oats, No. 2 cash ® .45 Cattle 1.75 @6.00 Hogs 5.75 @6.35 Sheep 3.75 @6.75 OMAHA. Cattle 3.75 @6.00 Hogs 4.50 @6.00 Sheep 3.00 @6.50 Steel Corporation Watches Men. Youngstown, O., dispatch: A policy of close espionage over employes has •been put in force by the United States Steel corporation at the National plant In this city. A detective force has been sworn in to protect the property and keep in close touch with the men. No one will be admitted to the works except on a pass from the office, and no employe will be allowed to leave during working hours, except on or­ ders from a superior. Smallpox Epidemic Spreading. Springfield, 111., dispatch: The state board of health reports that the epi­ demic of smallpox throughout the state, which two weeks ago was thought to be under control, has brok­ en out again with renewed energy. Dr. E. S. Baker, inspector for the board, has reported fifty-six cases at Marion, fn Williamson county. The disease is worst in the southern counties. Decatur's Mayor Found Not Guilty. Decatur, 111., dispatch: The jury in the case of Mayor Charles F. Shilling, charged with misfeasance in office, re­ turned a verdict finding the defendant not guilty. It was alleged that the mayor had allowed saloons to be open Sundays, had permitted gambling rooms to run and had allowed im­ moral shows during the Elks' carnival last fall. No German Interests In Manchuria. Berlin dispatch: The note of the United States to Russia and China on the subject of commercial rights in Manchuria has been communicated to Germany, but no answer has been made. Germany maintains the atti­ tude she previously announced that Manchuria is outside the sphere of German interests, and she sees no rea­ son to change it Swindlers Busy in England. London dispatch: Tne operations of American swindlers who are extorting money in England through representa­ tions regarding fortunes awaiting their victims in America have become so ex­ tensive that Mr. Boyle, United States consul at Liverpool, " has published a letter warning people not to be de­ ceived. Broken Rail Causes Fatality. Columbus, Ohio, special: As the re­ sult of a broken rail, William Smith of Grogan, engineer, was killed and five men, Frank Winteringer, F. S. Sweet, J. F. Dickson, Henry Tipton, and.John Kinkaid, were injured on the Colum­ bus, Sandusky and Hocking Railroad near the Nelson avenue crossing at Shepards, a suburb of Columbus. Steel Trust to Operate In Sweden. Stockholm, Sweden, dispatch: Ac­ cording to the Tidningen the United States Steel Corporation has purchased nearly all the shares of the Gellivare Ore Company at the nominal price of 6,000,000 kronen. It adds that the steel corporation will take over the working of the North Swedish mines in the autumn. For Popular Election of Senators. Columbus, O., dispatch: The house of representatives of the Ohio legislature has placed itself on record as being in favor of electing the United States senators by a direct vote of the people, the resolution being adopted by a vote of 73 to 23. It asks congress to take the necessary action. Rough Rider Is Killed. Hal Sayre, known as the wealthiest youth of Denver, was killed at Ros- well, N. M. It is said he attempted to enter a widow's house and was shot by W. M. Vandyke, a railway engineer, who heard the woman's outcry. Sayre was unarmed. Sayre was a graduate of Harvard, a lieutenant in the rough rid­ ers and a personal acquaintance of President Roosevelt, who, it is said, secured him a commission in the For­ tieth United States volunteers, of which he was acting adjutant. Funston Discusses Water Csrs Gen. Frederic* runston htfST told of the "water cure," a form of torturf of natives that is charged against the soldiers In the Philippines. He said he had never heard of the "watei cure" applied, but he had heard il described. He denied the charge against the American troops. W. C. Moore, president o£ the Texa> Rice Growers' association, estimates the next crop for Texas at 250,001 acres, which is expected • to product S.60Q.000 sacks of 160 pounds eafh. FIFTY KILLED» IN GOTHAM FIRE fotrk Avenue Hotel and 71st Regiment Armory in Ashes. LOSS AGGREGATES $1,000,000.; Metropolitan Oar Barns Also Destroyed by the Blase--Many Families Drifts from Flats--Hotel Guests Are Injured by Jumping from Windows. Hundreds of persons were awakened from sleep and driven into the ice- covered streets by a fire which, start­ ing in the Seventy-first Regiment armory, between Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth streets on Fourth ave­ nue, New York, spread to the Park Avenue hotel, opposite the armory, on Fourth avenue and to the car bams of the Metropolitan Street Railway company to the south. . It is reported now uy Fire Chief Croker that fifty persons are dead la corridors of the hotel. The loss on the Armory, hotel, and car barns is estimated at $1,000,000. Scores of families occupying a row of flat buildings in Thirty-first street were ousted by the police when the fire began to spread and were cared for in neighboring houses. Many of the frightened refugees wera in their night clothes, and few had time to save anything more than a wrap to protect them from the sever* cold. At 3 o'clock a woman, frantic from fear and paying no heed to the shouts of the firemen who were preparing to go to her rescue, jumped from the fifth story of the hotel and was fatally injured. The fire broke out On the third floor and spread rapidly upward. The dis­ tress of those who were hemmed in by the flames was quickly realized, and ex­ tra ambulances and all the available police reserves were called to the scene of the fire. As soon as the fire gave indication of getting beyond control the guests of the Park Avenue Hotel were awakened by attaches, who were sent out scurry­ ing through the halls, knocking at the doors of the sleepers and calling an alarm. There was a great commotion in the hotel, and the efforts of the rescuers were not successful in arousing all In time to make their escape by the stair­ ways. Many fled to the fire escapes, from which .they were taken by the firemen. The armory building, which was de­ stroyed, occupied the entire block, and was the headquarters of the Seventy- first Regiment New York National Guard; headquarters of the Fifth Bri­ gade, Second Battery and the First Signal Corps. A company of the Seventy-first regi­ ment was at drill during the evening, and it is supposed*the fire was started by the explosion of a magazine after the milltla-men left the armory. The fire started on the main floor arid burned quickly upward. Before an alarm had been turned In the flames completely enveloped the building, ahd when the firemen reached the scene the blaze had burst through the roof. Shortly after 2 o'clock the walls of the armory In the Twenty-third street side fell with a tremendous crash. Occupants of the five-story brown- stone house from 137 to 141 East Thirty-third street were driven from their homes by the police. LONG WILL LEAVE CABINET. Secretary Says the Report or His Pend­ ing Resignation Is Trne. After a cabinet meeting Secretary cabinet meeting yesterday Secretary Long stated that the report that he in­ tended leaving the cabinet was true. He said he had fixed no specific date for his leaving, had not yet formally sent his resignation to the president, and might not do so for some time. The president, however, was fully aware of his purpose, which was formed many months ago. McKinley Memorial Contributions. Chicago dispatch: The Illinois aux­ iliary of the McKinley Memorial asso­ ciation reports contributions to date amounting to $30,616.99, including $25,- 139.07 previously acknowledged. This Increase since the last published report of the returns Is due in consid­ erable part to the receipts of the num­ erous personal subscriptions and large returns from firms and employes. Big Australian Steel Plant. The government of New SQuth Wales is said to be considering an of­ fer for the establishment of great iron and steel works on the Paramatta river ior the manufacture of steel rails from New South Wales ore. The proposed plant will employ 4,000 persons'. It is estimated that the government re­ quirement will be 20,000 tons annually. Chicago (tanker Lose. Appeal. Illinois supreme court aflirmed the opinion of the lower court in the case of William A. Paulsen against th« peo­ ple. Paulsen was convicted of receiv- Ing deposits in the Central Trust and Savings Bank at a time when he knew it was insolvent and sentenced to IJie JoJiet penitentiary. i. Capital Stoek of V?,000,000. Columbus, O., dispatch: The United Cigar company, a New York corpora­ tion. has been chartered to do business in Ohio by the secretary of state. Its capital stock is $7,000,000. Johns llopklns Anniversary. * Baltimore dispatch: Friends and alumni of Johns Hopkins University from all parts of the country gathered here Friday to celebrate the quarter- centennial bf the institution and take part in the installation of a new presi­ dent. America Not to Send Representative. The United States has refused to Imitate Great Britain in sending a dip­ lomatic representative to Pope Leo's jubilee in March. Great BrltalnV ac­ tion is e&teemed a moat unusual eoa- t«esa|oa. "W. » " uJ*-! »Lf¥„;