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'mm Mchenry plaindealer MeHENBY PLAHTDKAUBft OO. nxiwois. Mamxnvt, E w }'• I l*k; -feii' i V A general strike 61 the lifittDrai in Itfce employ of the New Ybrk Telephone -"CJompany, and the New York knd New Jersey Company, has been ordered. The men demand that their wages be increased from $15 to |18 per week, and that a uniform day of eight hours he established. Arthur B. Noyes, who has been re­ moved by President Roosevelt from bis position as Judge of the United States District of Alaska, is at a sani­ tarium near Redlantjs, where he as­ pects to laulii until his health ita»- prtftes. George Kotninski of Ironwood, lClch.. aged 20, had bis head blown off while he was hunting. Holders employed in the Fairbanks, .Morse A Co. plant at Racine, Wis., hare struck because the company, as they claim, discharged a man without Just cause. Rer. William Stark of Baltimore has submitted to remarkable operation, his brain being lifted and the roots of notes which caused excessive neural­ gia extracted. His recovery is ex­ pected. General Frederick Funston, at Kan­ sas City on his way to Washington, said he had received over 200 invita­ tions to lecture, but would accept Hone. He will speak at the Marquette Club banquet at Chicago March 11. Men students of Professor Dean's class in sociology at Chicago Univer­ sity have declared against coeducation. Two Chicago investors advanced |160! inagold brick deal in which they thought they were buying an iron; mine. The son of Senator Clark won JW,- 690 on two horses at Oakland. The French company voted to post­ pone negotiations for the sale of the Panama Canal to the United States. Colombia has refused to transfer the concession until a new deal is made. Two big diamond firms of Amster­ dam are accused of swindling smaller; dealers. «£. L. Brown has been appointed gen­ eral superintendent of the Montana Central Railroad. , Rudolph De Lucenay, the French «ount. was convicted of bigamy at El Paso, Tex., and sentenced to three years in the penitentiary. <Gov. Davis of Arkansas pardoned Charles B. Hans, of < Clay county, who was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to two years .in the peni­ tentiary- The Northern .Pacific .road has de­ cided to build a bridge costing |2,- #00,000 across the Columbia river at' Vancouver. John JBdwin Skinner, son i of the Bap­ tist minister at Clarendon, Tex,, was fcurned to'death at hi£ home. The net earnings of the Chicago A Alton for January were 1233,441. C. H. Gaunt has been appointed su­ perintendent of telegraph on the Santa Fe road. r tiraoe Eaton, an inmate of a dis­ orderly house in Terre Haute, ln<L, was burned to death by her dress catching fire from a match, with which she had lighted a cigarette. - The drought lathe Chiekasaw nation broken by a heavy rain. ' John T. Baker, formerly a well- known attorney of Anaconda, Mont., was frozen to death in Nevada. Doniphan county (Kansas) feeders have run out of grain and are shipping OOrn in by carloads. The Venezuelan congress ratified the election of Gen. Castro as presi- 'vdfent fur six years, beginning ieb. 20 test Mrs. Jacob Haber. the wife of a far­ mer near Evansville, Ind., f*pi While rejoicing over the arrival of a son at the home of her boh. Conrad Trocll, aged 59, was instantly killed at Seguin, Tex., by the bursting oC a wheel in his sawmill. head was spilt open. Mrs. James & Reagan, wife of a lumberman, was found in a room at Louisville, Ky., with her throat cut from ear to ear. D. A. Wise, of Quincy, Okla., was murdered by an Indian near Tecumseh. The Indian was placed under arrest. His clothes were covered with blood. He is said to be one of Crazy Snake's warriors. French bark Lep Adelphes, 162 days -from Madagascar for Portland, Oregon, put into Port Angeles, Wash., with the «nt!r« crew down with scurvy and al­ most starved. Cincinnati brewers are filling the iflfe-ces of strikers with non-union men ;(Shd say they will soon be running to ^ tfcelr full capacity. S ; \ William Ward, a negro resident of Bfcerrill, Ark., is in jail. Ward choked Ws wife to death, and broke her neck, v James Caatly is under arrest at St. James, Mo., accused of stabbing James • hiiston pear Blond, Mo. Elston is not . , expected to recover. ^ .t Defiance Starch. 1# ounces, 10 cents. $r, * John Henry Rose was hanged at Wilson, N. C0 lor shjooting from am- 'fMush Thomas A. Farmer last August. Private Thomas J. Toole, Troop E, First Illinois Cavalry, is accused ol the theft of fifty revolvers from the State armory at Peoria. : Near Bowling Green, Mo., Ton; jftack was killed and Julius Feldmas ;nnd Joseph Benton were maimed by a circular saw. * <-€ B. W. Cave, who has been treasurei the Houston and Texas Central foi «; rV^enty years, announces his retire '."v*ent TM battleship Illinois, which is tc f 1 *J»e the flagship bf the European squad • fon, has been ordered to report at th« v h ;•? 'IKew York navy yard to make ready tc Convey Rear Admiral Growninshield tc JUS assignment. He will sail oi *: ^ Mardi 26. -?k <., :kdL Logan Harold and "LtjMf CNeils, fire bosses in the Haileynlle coal a.ue. one wile from Hartshorne, I. i\, were kilted by an explosion of gas. On the farm of F. B. Spilman, «ven miles north Of Monett, Mo., at i, depth of 347 feet, a peculiar kind of .vater was discovered. When meat and ,-egetables were cOoked in. it they would turn to a deep-red color and become almost unpalatable. By a decision of the Court of Civil Appeal?, the city of Galveston, Texas, is relieved <of responsibility for pri­ vate property seized for public pur­ poses in the great storm of 1900. Burglars broke into the general store of C. E. Larson at Cambridge, Iowa, blew open the safe with dyna­ mite, rifled it and made their escape with a stolen team. About $100, with a quantity of stamps, checks and drafts, was secured. An ancillary bill was filed In the United States Circuit Court at At-' lanta, Ga., praying for a receiver for the Columbia BuiMing and Loan As­ sociation of Richmond, Va. The as­ sets of the association are stated to be 1200,000, with liabilities at the same figure. At Pittsburg negotiations were con­ summated for the formation Of thp United Statss 'flreproofing Company by the purchase and consolidation of eleven independent interests. The new company will have $1,250,000 cap­ ital and $500,000 of bonds, but this capital will be increased to $5,000,000. Rear Admiral B. J. Cromwell, U. S. N., retired, recently in command of the Mediterranean squadron, has ar­ rived at New York on' board the steamer Lahn, from Naples. Lieuten­ ant I. H. Sypher and Lieutenant Com­ mander J. H. Oliver, U. S. N., were also passengers on board the Lahn. The joint committee of Iowa miners and operators at Des Moines adjourned without agreeing cm scale. Another conference has been called for March 11. Instructions have been received at the Riverton and the Sober mine prop­ erties of the Oliver Mining company at Iron River, Mich., to take on at once 300 men. These mines have been shut down since last summer. The loss on the Wingate sawmill at Orange, Tex., was $80,000, with $43,000 insurance. About 200,000 feet of lum­ ber was destroyed. The trouble pending between the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Company and its machinists has been adjusted. In the district court at Houston, Tex., Charles Barrus was given a judgment against the Texas and New Orleans Railroad Company for $10,418 for the loss of a hand. Bob Hines, sentenced to hang for ; murder twenty years ago at Jefferson, Tex., has just been recaptured and ta­ ken back to Jefferson, where he was identified and placed in jail. Frank Jasques was caught in a rap­ idly revolving belt at Crowley, La., and whirled to death. A new rice company has been or­ ganized at Houston, Tex., with a capi­ tal of $300,000, to put in a 15,000-acre farm. Thomas J. High, a farmer near Chal­ mers, Ind., is charged' with arson by hit son in firing their home for the insur­ ance. Two attempts to wreck passenger train No. 3 on the Burlington road, near Hastings, Neb., have caused the road to investigate. James M. Dalggins, a farmer near West Alton, 111., committed suicide be­ cause his daughter left home unex­ pectedly to be married. William Matthews, a fireman on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul road, robbed the Bank of Plato, Mini^ of $1,500, but was arrested. The dividend of Deutsche Bank this year is 11 per cent, the same as in 1900. By a unanimous vote the city cor­ poration has decided to spend $75,000 on celebrations by the city of i^don for the king's coronation. The steamboat T. H. Bacon was totally wrecked in the Tennessee river near Loudon. The boiler exploded, killing Estil Hudgins, and seriously, injuring Robert Bird, Robert Claborne,' Cook Smith. John Queen, the well-known min­ strel, is dead at New York. Queen was the author of many popular songs, among them "Goo Goo Eyes." Richard Underwood, member of the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company police force, was found dead in bed with a revolver clinched in his hand. There was a bullet wound in his left temple. The only financial institution in the world, so far as known, that will not accept New York exchange in lieu of actual cash is the treasury department of Texas. Applications to organize national banks have been approved as follows: The City National bank of Evansvllle, Ind., capital $200,000; the First Na­ tional bank of McLeansboro, 111., cap­ ital $25,000. The British steamer Phaeton, which left Puget Sound to search for the missing sloop of war Condor, has ar­ rived at Honolulu without having found any trace of the C6ndor. The First Baptist Church at Hutch­ inson, Kan., was destroyed by fire* Loss $8,000, insurance $5,000. George Bastard was burled while digging a well near Danner, Tex. H. N. Allen, United States minister to Korea, who, with his wife, has been visiting this country, sailed from San Francisco on the Nippon M&ru for Yokohama. en route to Seoul. The greater portion of the business section of Thurber, Texas, is in ashes and over $100,000 worth of merchandise is destroyed. Two brick buildings belonging to Mrs. Levi Marks and Mrs. a W. Peters were destroyed by fire at Casey. The loss is about $5,000. The sale of the Kansas Oity, Wat- kins and Gulf railway has been post posed until March 24. It is announced from Hamburg that the dividend of the Hamburg-American Steam Packet eompanv is 6 per cent, as against 10 per cent last year. Sioux City, la., carpenters will -do* mand an increase from 25 to 30 cents an hour. The report of the government land officials of Oklahoma to the territor ial auditor shows that 6,000 homesteads were proved up in the territory ^during tbf first half of the present fiscal year. Business Transacted by the House and Senate in the .National Capital.; PHILIPPINE TAR1& PASSED. after » stormy Sesstoa iMttiqr Bight Hours the Measure Is Adopted M AwMdad fejr tho OommltWW 'n •oteof 4S to 86. Monday, Fcbniirjr 94. The Senate passed the Philippine tariff bill by a vote of 46 to 26, a strict party vote. Final debate was begun at 11 oclock, and a vote was taken at 4 o'clock. Aside from the controversy over the Tillman-McLaurin incident, there was no especial feature to the proceedings, with the exception that Senators McComas and Wellington of Maryland, indulged in a caustic tilt. During the debate Mr McComas de­ nied Mr. Wellington's charges that the former was induced to vote for the treaty by promises from President Mc- Kinley. Mr. Wellington said that if his colleague would repeat outside the Senate chamber what he had told the Senate in the speech he (Wellington) would tell AicComas that it was a cow­ ardly and malicious falsehood. Mr. Hoar promptly called Mr. Wellington to order, and President pro tem Frye as promptly directed Mr. Wellington to take his seat. The House passed a bill to4 divide Texas into four judicial districts, and also the Towney resolution, calling upon the Secretary of War for infor­ mation concerning the transfer of sugar lands in Cuba since the Ameri­ can occupation. It then transacted some business pertaining to the Dis­ trict of Columbia, and later took up the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill. The bill carries an appropriation of $1,931,678, an increase of $82,950 over'last year. It was made the vehi­ cle for speeches on trusts, coinage and other irrelevant matters. Mr. Irwin (Ky.) delivered his first speech in the House and denounced the remarks of his colleague (Mr. Wheeler) regarding the visit of Prince Henry. Mr. Gilbert (Ky.) opposea the Republican policy in the Philippines. Without disposing of the pending bill the House, at 4:20 p. m., adjourned. Ttttdaj, rtbrauy >5. The Senate adjourned within fif­ teen minutes after it convened. Sev­ eral Democratic Senators were prepar­ ing to continue the contest of Monday. When the clerk began the reading of the journal the usual request that the reading be suspended was made by Mr. Stewart. "I object," interjected Mr. Turner (Dem., Wash.) and Mr. Du- reading was continued. At Its conclu­ sion the journal was approved without comment Instantly Mr. McMillan (Rep., Mich.) called up the message of bois (Dem., Idaho) in unison, and the the House of Representatives announc­ ing to the Senate the death last fall of Representative Rosseau Crum of Mich­ igan. He presented resolutions expres­ sive of the sorrow of the Senate at the announcement. These were adopted, and then the Senate, as an additional mark of respect., at 12:15 adjourned. The House passed the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill. It was the fifth of the regular annual supply measures to be sent to the Senate at this session. No :amend- ments pf importance were adopted. The feature of the day was a speech bJ^Mr. Richardson (Ala.) in reply to Mr. Corliss' speech a few days ago in favor of the construction of a Pacific cable by the government. The ques­ tion of reforming the consular service was debated at some length, but no amendments on that subject were of­ fered. Mr. Grosvenor maintained that the present consuls were rendering ex­ cellent service, while Messrs. Feely (111.), Gaines (Texas), Green (Pa.) and others urged a reform in the system. Wodneadny, February 9S. The House sent the Philippine tar­ iff bill to conference, non-concurring with the Senate amendments. The Democrats sought to amend the amend­ ments by reducing the rate of duty and declaring that the United States should relinquish all claim to the archipelago, but all their propositions were defeat­ ed. Mr. Tawney of Minnesota made a personal explanation regarding Gov. Toole of Montana, saying that in class­ ing the governor as an opponent of Gov. Van Sant in the railroad merger case he had been under a misapprehen­ sion. The Senate transacted no business. Thnndif, February 99. When the Senate met, previous to going in a body to the House to bo present at the service In honor of the late President McKinley, President pro tem Frye said that on Tuesday he had directed the clerk to restore the names of Senators Tillman and McLaurin to the roll. Mr. Frye asserted he had done this not because he doubted the ; * Lynching at Mortonvllln, 111. Woodford Hughes was shot by a mob at Nortonville, 111., a small town in the southern part of this coun­ ty, six miles from a railroad. Hughes wag accused of attempted murder, had been warned to leave the town. ' M) Belgian* Honor Victor Hugo. Brussels disptach: The centenary of the birth of Victor Hugo was cele­ brated here with much enthusiasm. A commemorative tablet has been placed on the building in the Grand* place where Hugo resided in 1852. 1 propriety of his action on Monday, hut because a very grave question was In­ volved, which he wiBhed to submit to tue Senate itself. When Speaker Henderson's gavel fell, but a few moments befolre 18, the great hall of the House pf Representa­ tives had been especially prepared for the memorial ceremonies. The people had begun to gather by 1, 'o'clock In the morning, Admission to the galleries was by card alone, but all the seats were occupied long before the noon «J hour. a < The ceremonies in honor of Presi­ dent McKinley were confined to Secre­ tary Hay's address, save only for the introductory prayer and the benedic­ tion by the blind chaplains of House and Senate. Such pomp and dignity as there was grew out of the inttodao- tion of me audience exclusively. Friday, February 28» The senate decided the punlBhment of Senators Tillman and McLaurin for the disgraceful scene in the chamber last Saturday. Both were censured and this will serve to purge them of the ban of contempt. The minority report favored suspending Tillman for twenty days and McLaurin for five days. A number of the senators argued that both men should' not be punished; alike, as there was a difference In the degree of their offense. There was a disposition to be more severe with Till­ man than with his colleague, but the resolution submitted by the committee on privileges and elections was finally adopted. The House broke a}l Its records in the matter of private pension legisla­ tion, clearing the calendar and passing 159 bills in a little over three hours. The conference report on the census bill was adopted and the House ad­ journed until Monday. Washington Kot«k Gov. Taft is continuing his statement before the insular committee of the House. He emphasized the need of in-; creasing the appropriation for perma­ nent military posts. He said there should be a thousand more American teachers in the island, and stated it would be desirable for Congress to guarantee the bonds to be issued for the purchase of the friar lands, as it would secure a low interest rate. The Illinois Democratic delegation in the House selected Representative George P. Foster of Chicago as the Il­ linois member of the Democratic na­ tional committee. MRS. SOFFEL RECOVERS. Xi BcnoVad fron the HMpital to Pitts- bars--Charge* Against -H«r. Butler, Pa., special: Mrs. Kate Sof- fel, wife of the Pittsburg jail warden, who assisted in the escape qf the Bid- die brothers and was wounded in the battle when they were recaptured, has been removed from the Butler hospital and taken to Pittsburg by County De­ tective Robinson. She has recovered from her wounds. Three charges have been made against her, one alleging the crime of aiding in the escape of murderers and two alleging felonious assault and battery. Parte to Ban American HMpital. Paris dispatch: Edward Tuck, a wealthy Bostonian, who has resided in this city for many years, has' de­ cided to defray the entire expense of establishing the fre^ American hospi­ tal in Paris. The hospital is to be named Franklin Hospital, and besides being built on the latest American model* will be managed entirely by American physicians and nurses. Poetmaater Plead* GnUty. At Springfield, Illinois, Rollo C. Pearson, formerly postmaster at Louis­ ville, Clay county, who was recently arrested in California on a charge of embezzling postal order funds, pleadeu guilty in the federal court. He was sentenced to pay a fine oi $1,074.75 on the first count of th«» indictment and $2,373.74 on the second count, in addi­ tion to serving a term of two years in the penitentiary. To Curtail Whisky Output. It is proposed by the distillers of Kentucky to limit the production of bourbon whisky for next year. They are also endeavoring to bring about a geueral reduction of the output and will interest the distillers of Illinois Pennsylvania and other states in the movement. The distillers argue that profits can never be satisfactory un­ til the supply is cut down materially. Soldiers Rack from Philippine*. The United States transport Han­ cock recently arrived at San Francisco from the Philippines with fifty-one cabin passengers, 1,022 soldiers and fifty-one military prisoners. The Rose crans brought 591 returning soldiers. Most of the troops belong to the Twen­ ty-second Infantry. Victory for Women tn Iowa. Dor Moines, la., special: The wom­ an suffrage measure introduced by Senator Allyn passed the upper house of the Legislature by a vote of 28 tc 16, with six members absent or not voting. The house two years ago passed, but the Senate afterward killed, a similar bill. Forty Die froiQ Diphtheria. • At Santa Fe, New Mexico, Super­ intendent J. C. Crandell of the United States Indian school has received word from two precincts in northern Taos county that forty children died there in th« last few days of diphtheria. American joekeyi in lo(laal> The preliminary list of jockeys li­ censed for 1902 to ride In England in­ cludes the names of Danny Maher Patsey McDermott and W. B. Buch­ anan, the American riders. Spaniah striken Baek at Work. Madrid dispatch: The Captain-Gen- i eral of Catalonia officially reports that | the trouble caused by striking work- I men at Barcelona Is ended. The strlk era have also returned to wofk at Val lorens and Seville. Legal proceedings to test the ruling of Commissioner of Internal Revenue Terkes that all banks were liable to a tax on undivided profits as well as capital and surplus, have been begim at New York, - Mxu. MeKinltfi Health Imprevee, The health of Mrst McKinley now is such that she seldom requires the services of a physician. Her condition is now as good as at any time in yean. As a result of "land jumping" tn Hall county, Tex., there 13 likely to tx serious trouble. The practice was at first oonflned to the land held in bl| tracts by cattlemen, but recently th« holdings of actual settlers have beer trespMsed «pon. GULF STATES DELUGED BY RAIN Alabama and Georgia Cities Suffer from Excessive , S^f-rlOownpoui^^^i- ' «;•/;fj -"ft f ! • FLOODS SWEEP BRIDGE AWAY. Situation Above PlttoKarg la Benaclnf, IM Beta* PUod to Omt Height toy Bulling Streams -- Central Creeka and Blven Bwollra. , . The southeastern gulf states were deluged by rain Wednesday night and Thursday. The precipitation was heavy, and at Columbus, Ga., a bridge was swept away. The Chattahoochee River is rising at the rate of two feet an hour. The electric light and tele­ phone wires and the water pipes which supplied Columbus with water were on this bridge. Birmingham was deluged, the rain flooding the streets. The total rainfall In Montgomery, Ala., was 4.50 inches, and a heavy downpour is reported in other points of Alabama. v The excessive rainfall has caused a rapid rise in the Coosa and Alabama Rivers. The director of the Weather bureau has issued warnings for points below Wetumpka. At West Point, Ga., .merchants are removing goods from stores to places pf safety. The flood situation at Oakmount and ibther points above Pittsburg is serious. Boathouses have been swept away, boats crushed, and all descriptions of river craft destroyed. The ice moved in a solid mass from Logan Eddy to Oakmount, a distance of five miles. It then stopped and began to gorge at Black's Run, at which place the ice began to roll and toss until it was at least 100 feet high. The river at that point is rising rap­ idly and shows no sign of receding, but rather of an increased rise, as the gorge above is holding back large vol­ umes of water. The ferry at Verona is in great dan­ ger and may be destroyed at any min­ ute. At .Nine Mile Island the ice is gorging and threatens the small ham­ let Sylvan with a disastrous flood, Plum Creek, near Oakmount, Is rising rapidly, and is putting out some heavy ice. At Hulton Station the Ice is fifty feet above the water. A steady rain, lasting twenty-four hours, upon the frozen ground has re­ sulted in swollen creeks and rivers through central Illinois. The volume of water has not been exceeded 2b years and all railroad bridges are being watched closely. BUSINESS IS SATISFACTORY. - . .-- Qeacral , Resaaaptloa of Activity l« Preparation for Spring Trader R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade says: "Although the shortest month of the year wfcs further cur­ tailed by two holidays and handi­ capped by the most severe storms of the winter, industrial and trade re­ sults were most satisfactory. The clqp-t ing week brought a general resump­ tion of activity in lines that suffered from the weather and preparation for an exceptionally heavy spring business was reported at many points. Cereals opened the week with a decided reap-; tfon. As usual, speculative liquidation carried the decline too, far and there followed the customary recovery. Wheat came into sight rather more freely than a year ago and the Atlan­ tic shipment of flour made a better comparison than in preceding weeks, but total exports of wheat from the United States, flour included, were but 3,185,052 bushels, against 4,324,249 bushels a year ago. Corn showed the customary loss in both movements, re­ ceipts amounting to only 2,312,664 bushels against 4,849,783 last year, while Atlantic eo&M shipments were 184,682 bushels, compared with 3,42 682 in the same week of 1901. Failures for the week numbered 2i5 in the Unit­ ed States against 179 last year, and 35 in Canada against 31 last year." LATEST MARKETS. CHICAGO. Winter wheat, No. 2 red.$ .80 O ... C o r n , N o . 2 . . . @ . 5 7 % Oats, No. 2. .40%® .41% Cattle .. ...............2.50 @6.1; Hogs 4.80 @6.2 Sheep aad lambs 2.50 @6.60 NEW YORK. Wheat. No. 2 red ....... & .86% Corn, No. 2 @ .67% Oats, No. 2 @ 49% KANSAS CITT. Wheat, cash, No. 2 hard. & .73% Corn, cash, No. 2 mixed. @ .59 Oats, No. 2 white .44 ST. LOUIS. Wheat, No. 2 red, cash.. @ .86^4 Corn, No. 2 cash @ .60% Oats, No. 2 cash @ .44% Cattle 2,25 @5,15 Hogs .....5.86 @6.45 Sheep 3*50 @6.75 OMAHA. Cattle 2.75 @6.60 Hogs 4.25 @6.20 Sheep 4.00 @6.40 Judge XfojM DlamlMod. The President has written to Ar­ thur H. Nuyes, United states Judge for the Second District of Alaska, dismiss­ ing him from office. This action was taken in accordance with the report of the Attorney General, in which he found Judge Noyes guilty, after inves­ tigation, of injudicial conduct in con­ nection with his rulings on the bench. Judge Noyes is ill in San Francisco, and his friends fear that his illness is fatal. Call to Christian Patriot*. . Davenport, Iowa, dispatch: William R. Berkert, national chairman of the United Christian party, has issued a call for a national conference of Chris­ tian patriots to be held at Blackhawk's watch tower, a picturesque resort near -Rock Island, 111., May 1. Mr. Benkert Claims a membership of 144,000 for his party. The most important subject to come before the confercnce will be a plan for holding an international as­ sembly in St Louis in 1903. Merger Salt Expenses. The House of Representatives, with little debate, passed the Senate bill appropriating f25,000 to pay ex­ penses of the contest of ;the state of Minnesota against the Northern Secu­ rities company and the so-called mer­ ger of the Northern Pacific and Great Northern railroads. Book Island Bays BnrllBftn Branch. Kansas City, Mo., special: That part of the Norther^ Connecting Railway system from PlattsbuVg, Mo., south to Kansas City, a distance of forty-one miles, has been sold by the Burlington Railroad to the Chicago, Rock.'Island and Pacific Railroad. To Be Marshal of Arizona. The President has appointed My* ron' McCord, former member of the House of Representatives from Wis­ consin, marshal of Arizona in place of Benjamin Daniels, whose commission recently was revoked. ^ Want Colored Cailetn. ' Washington dispatch: A committee of Baptist colored ministers has peti­ tioned President Roosevelt to appoint one colored boy each to West Point and Annapolis. He gave no definite answer. ̂" Hltchcootc Will Stay. W. Scott Smith, secretary to Secretary of- the Interior Hitchcock, denied the reports that Mr. Hitchcock contem­ plates retiring from the Cabinet The denial is by authority of Seoretary Hitchcock. . J < >•" JfeMtTslt to Take a Vaotioa. The President will spend a weak In April fishing trout in the Allegheny mountain streams of Garrett county, Maryland, sixty miles west of Cumber* Vr- i - • " , • • • • '• -v. d: J KILLED BY A SNOWSUDE. tamrtwn Dead and Thirty Ar« Sorted Seneath an Avalanch*. • 4 The shafthouse of the Liberty Bell mine at Telluride was swept away by a tremendous snowsilde Friday morn­ ing. Seventeen men are known to be dead, and it is feared that more than thirty others are buried In the great mass of snow and debris. Another avalanche rushed down Smuggler Mountain, killing the men who were endeavoring to Yescue the survivors of the first snowslide. In a third slide Gus Von Fintel, John Powers and Paul Delphrese were swept away. Still a fourth avalanche killed two men. Dispatches from Ouray tell of a snow- slide on Mount Sneffles, killing Curtis Shelton and fatally injuring three oth­ er employes of the Camp Bird mine. Independent Shoot Stool Wtat The committee which has been in­ trusted with the selection of a location for a new sheet steel plant that is to cost from $3,000,000 to 310,000,009 held a conference. The members of the committee are A. D. Noel of In­ dianapolis, Charles D. Clark of Peoria, 111., and E. W. Edwards of Cincinnati. Mr. Clark said after the conference: "We represent forty-two Independent steel plants, located in some sixteen different states of the Union. Our ob­ ject is to establish an independent plant for turning out the raw material or billets of steel for all these forty- two mills." - Blf Stool Spring Compa#. The Railway Steel Spring Company, which was incorporated in New Jersey with a capital stock of |20,000,000, for­ mally organized by the election of directors. The directors at once or­ ganized by electing the following of­ ficers: Chairman of board, Aaron French; president, J. E. French; sec­ retary, M. B. Parker; general superin­ tendent, De Witt Loomis. The organi­ zation of the Railway Steel Spring Company is due largely to the efforts of Frank F. Smith, secretary of the Crucible Steel Company of America. Most of the $20,000,000 capital was subscribed in Pittsburg. Arreet a Matrimonial Agent. At Muncie, Indiana, Mrs. Hannah Adams, alias Sallie Adams, alias Han­ nah Brown, aged 57 years, was arrested and placed in jail by United States Marshal Fletcher, charged with using the mails for fraudulent purposes. The woman has resided in Muncie, but con­ ducted a matrimonial agency through the Danville postoffice, and it is chargcd that a large number of men/ matrimonially inclined, were swindled out of large sums. Pardon for Murderers. Omaha.dispatch: Nicholas Fox and August Kastner, both of whom were given life sentences in the penitentiary for murders committed in this county, have been pardoned by Gov. Savage. Fox was convicted of murdering his wife In 1892. His sentence was com­ muted for valuable aid at a rfifcent fire at the prison. Kastner was sentenced for life for killing Policeman Fledman jn this city in 1898. Indiana Miners Advance Fee. At Terre Haute, Indiana, the convention of united mine workers of the bituminous field of Indiana changed the constitution, increasing the initiation fee from |10 for practical miners and $25 for non-practical min­ ers-to $50 for all. The increase in the fee for non-practical miners is to keep them out of the mines. The election of officers resulted as follows: President, George Hargrove, Linton; vice presi­ dent, John Boyle, Princeton; secretary- tteasnrer, J. H. Kennedy, Terre Haute. Proi^cntf Batterint Defktars* Continuing efforts to stop the sale of tons of butterine for butter each week in the Chicago market the state pure food commission has begun the prosecution of all dealers against whom evidence can' be found. • - a Hew Jersey to Fight Ho«q«HMIi' After long debate the New Jersey assembly has passed the noequito-ex* terminating bill by a vote of 48 to 9. The bill appropriates $10,0u0 for the purpose. The money is to be expended bp the state entomologist ;; ̂ V r <• Desolation. Is Threatened Pennsylvania and Upper 1 ^;#ew S WRECKS. ON ATLANWl;®^ ft7'r^ • . * ' . v*-^ ' Rivera In the South Are Breaking Higk Water Records--Damage to Logglag Interests In W^oonsln |!°9S£ |2|,- , Mafn? Mttllo** of "" , " ~ ' c , ' 4 ' '• •• . -»v. : i' .-it-/' " v Hardly a section of the country es­ caped damage by flood Friday. From Texas to the northwest and from New York *to Chattanooga wires were down* railroads flooded, bridges wrecked &nd ice gorges were threatening desolatiom to villages in Pennsylvania and upp«r New York. The gale in Ohio devas­ tated miles of country, unroofed houses in Cleveland, carried away tops of church spires, upturned wooden houses and left a wide path oi ruin. In tiis Cumberland valley waterspouts^ are re­ ported to have done great damage, bu^ with wires down, nothing can be totfl as to the loss of life. The ice gorges in the Allegheny river wrecked mudl property. The Atlantic and gulf coasts are strewn with wrecks. Some of the rivers in Albania hav* risen twenty-two feet in twenty-fottjr hours, a record that is almost uft* equaled by the rise of the Tennesses river, which is up twenty-one and a half feet, and bjr the last report was still rising at the rate of a foot aa hour. At Tallahassee, Fla., the new wing of the state capitol is laid open, the entire south wall having been lev­ eled by the storm. A cyclone passed over Dawson, Ga,, killing several pee* pie, and for several miles near Jackson the railroad tracks are under five feet of water. Pennsylvania has experienced almost every soil of damage possible from Btress of weather. !% The damage done by the recent ratios * in Wisconsin will amount to millions, ft is estimated. In the district con­ tiguous to West Superior alone ths- damage is estimated to be in the neighborhood of $10,000,000. The loat to the great lumber Interests in othsfc- parts of Wisconsin and Upper Michi­ gan will be large in proportion^- • ' b? ' • McKinley Memorial Fond. . At a meeting of the trusted " of the McKinley National Memorial As­ sociation, which is engaged in raising a fund for the construction of a me­ morial at Conton, Ohio, Treasury Herrick and secretary Ritchie fnade rf> • ports and returns were received tron"? ' state and territorial auxiliaries. Whils reports from some sections were nojt \ encouraging, the trustees on the whols "<* are much pleased with the results thus far obtained in the effort to raise th^ amount needed, viz., $650,000. This fig-., ure, it is explained, comprehends ttt| establishment of an endowment fund*: the proceeds of which are for the care, guarding and preservation of the me­ morial. WcSoran and Corbett IKatelUM. "Young Corbett" and Terry McGov- ern have at last been matched. Both men, through Johnny Corbett and Saito? Harris, their respective managers, agreed to fight a twenty-five round match on or before Oct 15, 1902, be­ fore the club offering the best induce­ ments. The men agree to weigh In at 1£7 pounds at 4 o'clock on the day of the contest. Council of Women Adjonrns. The National Council of Women has closed its session. It elected Mrs. Ida Smoot Dusenberry a delegate to the National Congress of Mothers and1 adopted a resolution petitioning the government to immediately investigate reports that the "social evil" is li­ censed by the government in the Phil-' lppines. Former Banker a Bankrupt. JLt .La Crosse, Wis., John iJen- l6kken, proprietor oi Lienlokken's- State Bank, whicfy failed a couple of years ago, has filed a petition in bank­ ruptcy in the United States district court. His liabilities are scheduled at |28,621 and the assets at $250, claimed to he exempt. Vonr LaboNM BanMtf, Pittsburg, Pa., special: While fonr laborers were loading billets into a furnace *ht Jones & Laughlln's, the chain supporting the door to the fur­ nace broke, dropping the heavy door upon the men. The bodies of all were caught and Imprisoned, with. portions inside the furnace. Actress Beheads Companion*" 4 , Vancouver, B. C., dispatch: Lohi Watts, a variety performer at Nome, cut off the head of Jack Kirk, her com­ panion, as he slept, using a razor in the attack. The crime, news of which reached here yesterday by the steam­ er City of Seattle, was prompted by jealousy. . Holders to Bold Convention. By a referendum vote, the Iron headquarters in Cincinnati, will hold a Molders' Union of North America, with headquarters in this city,, will hold a national convention July 7 at Toronto. Canada, lasting probably three weeks. Botha Will Not Surrender. The British War Office now de­ nies the rumors that Gen. Louis Botha, Boer commander in chief in South Af­ rica, made an offer to surrender on certain conditions. The storp. aatimn to hare come from Paris. ; Trouble at Barcelona Orar. The city of Barcelona, Spain, hCi nearly resumed its normal aspect. Troops continue to hold the principal squares, otherwise there is no sign of the recent disorders. Business Is go- In* on about as usual. D«foat Tn* Oodfb ' The Minnesota houuie of vsp> ̂ resentativeB by a vote of St toT* 60 defeated the proposed new tax;' code, for the passage of which the pws-^V^tf m$ extra session had been called. - • . - '•m