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vVTS.-.a -;3F*tt-^:r'*.*?• «; '^rK-.'W/AV.- -•' " i'L î (V\ v" »"\\ W V V > ' * ' > V I , ^ : jpt MCHENRY PLAINOEALER ffc HdUBKKT PLATJTD*AL*R OCX ,r-^: : W tv fv ' ir •& ItoHBirftY, ^ V ZLLWOXB. i.vr Ail union molders of Chattanooga tw oat on strike in an effort to have tkgro molders ousted. Fire at Neosho, Mo., destroyed the •lore of J. M. Kurnes. The lass is ff,000; insurance, $3,000. Rev. Granville Lowther at McPher- iOD, Kan., says he will appeal from the verdict of the Methodist commit­ tee finding him guilty of heretical teachings. ^ Henry Williams, colored, was banged tt Samtervllle, Fla., for the murder of l*e Graham. white. ] Heavy Hardware Dealers' National Olbffl at St. Louis elected J. A. Gregg •ft fft. Paul presidebt and W. C. Brown secretary-treasurer. At Lincoln, Neb., Louis Fairchlld, ' <lged 14, in a quarrel at a ball game, •truck Lawrence Stultz on the temple, /causing his death, and is under ar- * est on Murder charge. The United States cruiser Brooklyn 'lias arrived at Gibraltar and la taking «oal. 1{ The police of the City of Mexico have broken up a gang of kidnapers Who have been enticing young boya .it) a house, where tbey were kept prior k $o being shipped to Yucatan to work •- On the Hentquin plantations. . Newspaper dispatches received at \{ Athens, Greece, from Salonica, de­ ll^' , •cJare that the Bulgarians have assas- ; ifnated a Greek notable at Voirand •-> Edwin D. Campbell, a blind profes- r | ^ for at]Michigan university, has invent- s; * : 0d a furnace for making Portland ce- y&3. fluent. . [* '•Railroad companies headed oft Chicago freight handlers* demand for f . higher pay by granting increase total­ s'/' Jtig $25,000 a month. |\ The cornerstone of the $30,000 Rus- j Si an Orthodox church was laid at \ Leavitt street and Haddon avenue. ' Chicago. The czar gave $16,000 to tj; tke building fund. \l . A Hebrew ceremony 2,500 years old iras used at the cornerstone laying of the Home for Orthodox Age'd Jews, L' Ogden and Albany avenues, Chicago, jh;'A Wisconsin fisherman found a pearl | tf/lgjhich he sold for $1,500. "The rioters at Ning-Po, a city in ; the province of Che-Kiang, dispersed p 09 the arrival there of two German gunboats. , Lord Mount-Stephen, former presi­ dent of the Canadian Pacific Railroad. * has given 30,000 pounds to the Royal Infirmary at Aberdeen. He had pre­ viously paid off a debt of 25,000 pounds - Oft that institution. £ * The directors of the Chicago, In­ dianapolis and Louisville railroad de­ clared the regular semiannual divi- ^ . dend of 2 per cent on the preferred | Clock and 1 per cent on the common, ii' At Natchitoches, La., an unknown | negro, who shot and killed' Deputy I Sheriff J. B. Thomas near Victoria, f La., was captured by a mob of fifty I men and shot to pieces. I 'Wild Tom," the famous Hereford I' hull, winner of prizes at innumerable t - cattle shows, known all over the ;*• United States and England, and for |g |rhlch C. S. Gross of Emporia, Kan., defused $25,000. is dead. ^|t Thomas P.ees, business manager of ,J the Illinois State Register, was nom­ inated for state senator by the Demo­ crats of the forty-fifth district at • Springfield. .j , Commandant Robert A. McKee, at f the Kentucky Agricultural and Me- $ chanicai college, Lexington, w*« del- '* aged in water and egged by cadets | who rebelled against authority. J, Reports from different parts of I Plaquemine parish, La., are to the ef­ fect that the garlic crop is almoBt a failure, because of a blight which has * recently appeared. The loss to the k growers is estimated at V0,000. | „ The rough rice in Louisiana and Texas outside of the mills and ware- ( houses is estimated at 43,000 saclu; Inclusive of this the total stock is | 465,000 sacks out of a crop of 3,249,000 I sacks for the two states. . Charles I. Kaufmann pleaded guilty . - at Omaha of embezzling $3,000, for '•{ which crime his father, former Coun- | Charles Kaufmann, was being | tried. i* Fire destroyed St. John's Military V school at Manlius, N. Y. The loss is estimated at from $75,000 to $125,000, ; 4 exclusive of the personal property of Vi the 130 students, ?• | . , The Rochester and Pittsburg Coal Isompany has met the strike of its mln- i ere in the central Pennsylvania field by , ordering the closing of its mines and v the eviction of miners occupying com­ pany houses. The company stores have all been closed and notice is I given that when the mines start up ; agate only nonunion men will be em­ ployed. ; T h e c o r n e r s t o n e f o r t h e F i r s t M . E . ' sburch at Emporia, Kan., was laid with elaborate ceremonies. Chief Jus- flee E. W. Cunningham of th,e state . i isupreme court presided. The national executive board of the >> r:ffn?ted Mine Workers of America has appointed a committee to assist in set- i tling the trouble between the block ; J, coal miners of Indiana and the oper- Postmaster Coyne of Chicago has ' jvr beeu acquitted by the Civil Service f. Commission of the charge of having violated the civil service laws and ^ pdgulations. V ' Republicans, of the nineteenth IUi- ^ : nois district met at Decatur and nom- . lnated Vespasian Warner for con- gress. | James Ross, Jr., a wholesale grocer ' 1 Of Kansas City, filed a petition in | Jbankruptcy, placing liabilities at J ; $16,000 and assets at $12,000. ' • Ulysses Simpson Grant Welt of Quincy, 111., on arrest confessed to sanding an infernal machiQ^through ; tke mails to a neighbor. Henry Harrison Hyatt of Toledo, a Yale sophomore, has be«n nominated a cadet in West Point millltary acad­ emy by Senator Hanna. Fire destroyed the storehouse of the Kansas City Hydraulic Pressed Brick Company, causing $100,000 loss, par* tlally insured. Mrs. W T. Baynes and two daugh­ ters were drowned at De Soto, MMm.( and Charles Fleming met a HITQ fate in trying to save them. The murder of blind negro preacher, Rev. Samuel Crofton, is recalled by the acquittal at Sioux City, la., of W. E. Reynolds, charged with the crime. A report filed at Wapakoneta, Ohio, accuses thirty-four former county of­ ficials and seven newspapers of draw­ ing nearly $25,000 in violation of law. A. T. Sharpe, a traveling salesman of Detroit, was stabbed to death at Memphis, Tenn., by an unknown young man. Governor Sayres of Texas has issued an appeal for aid for the Zapata ooun- ty drought sufferers. A shower of mud lasting two min­ utes darkened the sky and spattered windows at Pougnkeepsie. N. Y. Democratic primaries in Hill coun­ ty, Texas, insure the nomination of J. M. Beall for congress over D. G. Wooten of Dallas. Bert Williams, a railroad shop em­ ploye of Terre Haute, Indhas been notified that he is heir to $100,000, part of an estate left by a relative in France. Max Rollins, a jeweler of Youngs- town, Ohio, committed suicide by shooting. In the past year he lost heavily, and this is assigned as the cause of suicide. Fire at Washington, D. C., caused a loss of $60,000 to the American Ice Company and other firms. Christian workers of the United States and Canada have been called to meet at Winona Lake, Ind., for June 30 to July 5. Mrs. Ada Collins, wife of Elmer P. Collins, a young farmer of Portville, Del., was murdered and her mutilated body found in a stable. It is reported in Dublin that ten battalions of English and Scotch mi­ litia will be sent to Ireland within a month as part of the plan to apply the coercion act. In the Belgian chamber of deputies members exchanged blows and social­ ists stormed the president's tribune, crying "Jesuit, traitor." A petition with 3,000,000 signatures will be sent to congress by the dis­ tilled spirits interests, asking that the internal revenue tax be reduced from $1.10 to 70 cents a gallon. Wife ipiftderer Busse has been sen­ tenced to hang at Waverly, Iowa. Jabe Spence, charged with murder­ ing Dan Montgomery of Hopkins county, Texas, because of his love for the dead man's wife, has been re­ manded for trial without the benefit of ball. Daniel J. Gulley, a pioneer citizen of Joplin and a leading dairyman of southwest Missouri, was stricken with apoplexy and expired. The body of Frank Aho, who had been missing from Kenton, Mich., for several days, was found at that place in a mill pond when the floodgates were opened. The drowning proves to have been accidental. The tariff committee of the German reichstag adopted in the form pro­ posed by the government clauses 73 to 79 of the new tariff bill, dealing with various kinds of wood. In the provinces of the Philippines up to date 224 cases of cholera and 166 deaths from that disease have been reported at Manila, where the cholera totals are 206 cases and 160 deaths. A dispatch to London from Shan­ ghai reported that allegations of cru­ elty against Catholic missionaries had caused an anti-foreign outbreak at Ning-Po. It was ^ald that some mis­ sionaries had gouged out a boy's eyes. Two British and two German war­ ships have been dispatched to Ning- Po. The remains of August Jochlm, who disappeared last August from his home at Davenport, la., were found in the Mississippi river. It is supposed that he committed suicide. Colonel William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) believes he will be a millionaire within a year. Gold In surpassing richness has been found on his lands in Wyoming in the Big Horn Valley. A fourteen-foot vein has been un­ earthed there which yields $2,000 to the ton, and a mine adjoining the property has just been sold for $2,- 500,000. Mrs. Shepard R Bucey, wife of the assistant cashier of the American Na­ tional Bank, at Everett, Wash., killed her husband, their 4-year-old son, and herself in a fit of insanity. Several of the mines of the Anacon­ da, Parrot and Washoe groups of the Amalgamated Copper Mining company, recently tied up by the strike of the hoisting engineers, have resumed oper­ ations. Iowa's twenty-ninth general assem­ bly adjourned after enacting 225 new laws and making $1,750,000 appropria­ tions for extraordinary purposes. Fire in the Baptist Female college at Lexington, Mo., created a panic among the students, but none was injured. Rev. Dr. David L. Vandeventer is dead at his home in New York city. Lieut. John W. Starke, accused of Bending an obscene letter to President Roosevelt, waB released by the United States court at Richmond, Va., upon presenting a letter of apology. B. F. Milstead, *tate cattle inspect­ or, died at his home in Neosho, Mis­ souri. Fletcher Anglln of Warsaw, Ind., donated $1,000 to the fund for the maintenance of superannuated minis­ ters of the North Indiana Methodist Episcopal conference. Lot, chief of the Lower Spokanes, is dead at his home on the Spokane reservation. He was 60 years of age. Alexander McCarthy was killed and Mr. Belew seriously injured by a pre­ mature explosion of a blast at Cedai Hill. Texas. J. C. Crowder of Parker county. Texas, returned to his home from re­ ligious services and cut his throat, dy­ ing in a few minutes. Mrs. A. C. Evans of St. Louis hat sold her plantation near Gonzales, Texas, receiving $50,000 for the 2,501 acras. WEEK'S DOINGS & •- Business Transacted by the House and Senate in the National Capital CLEAR THE PENSION CALENDAR Sow* PIMM All BI1U Raportvd (or of Former 8oldl«ra, 177 lo All Also On* of 08,000 for th« Widow of the Ute President. Die at the (tense Moment. New York dispatch: Henry Keup- pler and his wife, Barbara, died at the same minute. Keuppler died in the King's county hospital of con­ sumption and his wife at her home. Fatality at Peoria, Iowa. Grinnell, Iowa, dispatch: Frank Meyers, Dudley Boyd and James Shaf­ fer were killed by a boiler explosion at Peoria, a small town south of this place. The men were employed in a sawmill. Evangelical Golden Jubilee* South Bend. Ind., dispatch: The golden jubilee of the Evangelical As­ sociation of Indiana and Western Ohio is being celebrated at the fiftieth an­ nual conference here. Toetdaj. April 8. Most of the day in the senate was devoted to debate on the Chinese ex­ clusion bill. When the session opened Mr. Simon, rising to a question of personal privilege, explained that had he been present when the vote on the ship subsidy bill was taken he would have voted against the measure. Mr. Hoar secured the passage of his reso­ lution providing that rule 19 be amended by inserting at thA begin­ ning of clause 2 thereof •'the following- "No senator in debate shall directly or indirectly Dy any form of words impute to another senator, or to other senators, any conduct or motive un­ worthy or unbecoming a senator; no senator in debate shall refer offensive­ ly to any state of the Union." Thir­ ty-nine private pension bills were passed and adjournment was voted at 5:10 p. m The house passed a bill to protect fish and game in Alaska and devoted the rest of the day to debate on Cubau reciprocity. Wednesday, April O. Throughout the senates session the Chinese exclusion bill was under con­ sideration. Mr. Gallinger and Mr. Dillingham opposed it and Mr. Turner supported it. Mr. Gallinger urged that the bill was unnecessary, unjust and un-American, and was clearly in con­ travention of this country's treaty ob­ ligations with China. He maintained that American labor ought not to be pauperized and paganized by the ad­ mission of Chinese, and said any ex­ periment looking to their admission would be needless and wicked. In an extended address Mr. Turner appealed to the senate to pass the bill, not merely for the protection of the peo­ ple of the Pacific coast, but to pre­ vent the entire body politic from be­ ing contaminated by the Chinese. Mr. Dillingham advocated the re-enact­ ment of the present Geary law. He declared that representatives of the Pacific states had expressed them­ selves as perfectly satisfied with the operation of existing law, and said there was no proper reason for a change, particularly as the change would Involve great trouble and ex­ pense. Mr. Fairbanks reported favor­ ably from the committee on immigra­ tion the Cninese exclusion bill passed by the house. It was placed on the calendar. Mr. Patterson offered a resolution, which was adopted, calling on the secretary of the treasury for certain regulations regarding the ex­ clusion of Chinese. Adjournment was taken after a brief executive session. Mr. Henry (Conn.) asked unanimous consent of the house to disagree to the senate amendments to the oleo­ margarine bill, but Mr. Richardson (Tenn.) objected, and the bill went to the committee on agriculture. The rest of the day was devoted to contin­ uance of the debate on Cuban reci­ procity. Thursday, April lO, An effort was made to obtain an agreement for a vote on the Chinese exclusion bill in the senate, but it nas unsuccessful. The indications are that the vote will be taken next Tues­ day. The measure was under discus­ sion during the entire session, except for about an hour, during which time the postofflce appropriation bill was considered and passed. An amend­ ment was agreed to eliminating sec­ tion 56 of the exclusion bill and sub­ stituting a provision that nothing in the act should be construed to pre­ vent any foreign exhibitor from any country from bringing to the United States such assistants as might be necessary to enable him to make an exhibition at any fair or exposition authorized by the government. Mr. Depew spoke briefly against the adoption of the resolution providing for the election of senators by popu­ lar vote. In effect he served notice on those states which had limited their suffrage that if the resolution was enacted a demand would be made on them to accord all their citizens the right to vote or suffer a loss of representatives in congress. He of­ fered this amendment: "The qualifi­ cation of citizens entitled to vote for United States senators or representa­ tives in congress shall be uniform in all the states and congress thall have i he power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation and to provide for the registration of citizens entitled to vote, the conduct of such elections and the certificate of the result." The Habeas Corpus for Child. Daytou, Ohio, special: Mrs. Mary Clayton, mother of Grace Clayton, aged 12, has iustituted habeas corpus proceedings here to secure the release of her daughter from an "Uncle Tom's Cabin" company. usual executive session preceded ad­ journment. Asids from the debate on the Cuban reciprocity bill little was done in the house. Resolutions were passed call­ ing upon the secretary of state for in­ formation regarding the alleged re* moral by Canadian officials of land­ marks alone the Alaskan border and calling upon him for the report of the governor of Louisiana and all other correspondence relating to the estab­ lishment of a British base of supplies near Louisiana and the shipment of horses and mules for the use of the British army in south Africa. Friday, April 11. ' Some remarks wnlch Mr. Depew made in the senate Thursday con cerning the proposed amendment to the Constitution providing for the election of senators by popul$£ vote, in the course of which he adverted to southern election methods, precipitat ed a lively three hours' debate. When the Chinese exclusion bill was taken up an agreement was reached that voting on it should begin next Wed nesday at 1 o'clock. Mr. Teller of Colorado supported the measure in brief speech, maintaining that it was necessary and that it was not in con travention of treaty obligations with China. Senator Hawley presented protest fi"om the American federation of Labor, the International Seamen's Union and the California Chinese Ex- elusion committee against the sub­ stitute for the pending bill suggested by Senator Piatt (Conn.). The senate then went into executive session, and at 4:45 p. m. adjourned. In the house the speaker announced the appointment of the following com­ mittee to attend the funeral at Ar­ lington cemetery, Washington, of General Rose&rans: Mr. Hepburn (Iowa), Mr. Grosvenor (Ohio), Mr. L«ud (Cal.), Mr. Steele (Ind.), Mr. Lessler (N. Y.), Mr. Elliott (S. C.) Mr. Clark (Mo.), Mr. Cummings (N. Y.) and Mr. Clayton (Ala). The post­ offlce bill was sent to conference. Messrs. Loud, Smith (111.) and Swan- son (Va.) were appointed conferees. The rest of the day was devoted to consideration of the Cuban reciproci­ ty bill. Saturday, April 1J8. Continuation of the debate on the Chinese exclusion bill occupied most of the day in the senate. The confer­ ence report on the postofflce appropria­ tion bill was agreed to, and a bill authorizing the Quincy Railroad Bridge Company to rebuild the draw span of its bridge across the Missis­ sippi River at Quincy, 111., was passed. An executive session preceded adjourn­ ment at 4:15 p. m. The house calendar was entirely cleared of private pension bills, all of those reported being passed, 177 in all, and including that giving $5,000 a year to Mrs. McKinley. Bills were also passed providing for an additional cir­ cuit judge in the second judicial cir­ cuit of New York and for the creation of the petrified forest national park in Arizona. Boer Leaders, It Is Reported. Have Accepted Terms of British., LACK OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION LIFE SENTENCE FOR MILLER Murderer of Ulna Jeunett In Prison 72 Honrs After Deed. Seventy-two hours after Prof. Joseph M. Miller murdered Miss Carrie M. Jennett with a hatchet at Detroit, Mich., he was in Jackson prison, sen­ tenced to spend the rest of his life there at hard iubui'. He was arraigned in the Recorder's court on the charge of murder. His attorney, who was ap­ pointed by the court, raised the ques­ tion of Miller's sanity and Judge MuV- phy appointed a commission of three alienists, Drs. Emerson, Hitchcock and Miller, to examine Miller. After a careful examination the physicians came into court and announced that they were agreed that there was no symptom of insanity in the defend­ ant. Miller was then ordered to plead and the self-confessed murderer said in a loud voice: "Guilty." Evidence was then introduced to prove the death of Miss Jennett. In sentencing Miller Judge Murphy called him a demon. Mother Kills Son and Relf. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., special: Mrs. A. Edward Tower, wife of a million­ aire resident of this place, went to thh; bedroom of her son Albert, aged 1*1 years, and emptied a five-chamber re­ volver into his body. She then 3at down on a bed in an adjoining roon and with another revelver .shot and killed herself. Temporary insanity is assigned as the cause of the crftne. Win* a Place In Ph llppinea. Oshkosh, Wis., special: William Watters, Jr., has been appointed archi­ tect on the United States architectural commission recently organized for thf Philippine islands. He was on6 of the four successful candidates in civil ser vice examinations held at various cities in the United States. Mr. Waters is about 30 years old. His wife will accompany him to the Philippines. Details Are Mot Made Pobile, Tkoafk News Comes from Various Soi General Feeling Is That the Pi Conference Has Been Successfal. E OUT BUTTER H/m' im $'•> '*4 r:" v' V •* < 1V "" Mi Changes in Oleo Bill Likely to Play Havoc with Renovated Articles HOUSE MAY REJECT MEASURE Peace in south Africa Is reported at London as an accomplished fact. According to a dispatch from Pre­ toria the Boer leaders have accepted the British terms. The details of the settlement are not yet known, but they are said to have been cabled to the Boer agents in Europe and London is eagerly await­ ing an official confirmation on the subject. The report first came in the form of a cable dispatch which was pub­ lished In the Financier and Bullion- ist This declared positively that the burgher leaders had yielded and that a permanent cessation of hostilities had been arranged. Following this quickly other re­ ports of a similar tenor were spjread about London, and they gained cred­ ence from the fact that good news from South Africa seemed to have reached several distinct quarters, some of them those most likeiy to get the first accurate information as to the result of the negotiations which are known to have been in progress In the Transvaal for several days. Among these reports was one to tht effect that Fredeiic Rutherford Har­ ris, former secretary of the British Chartered South Africa company, had received a private message telling oi the success of the peace conference. Efforts to secure official confirma­ tion of the rumors were in vaila. Th« government officers maintained abso lute silence on the subject. Belief in the accuracy of the infor­ mation was strengthened, however, when it was announced that the Cen­ tral News had been informed that a telegram had been received in Lon don stating that Mr. Steyn and Gen­ erals Botha and De Wet, who, with Acting President Shalk-Burger and General Meyer, have been deliberating at Klerksdorp, had agreed upon the terms of peace, and indicating that the British plan of settlement hau been accepted, this section carrying with it an ending of hostilities. Drtatle Amendments by Senate, It !• •aid. Will Hat* Effect of Driving Makers Ont of SutneM and Caws Public to Use Bntterme. GEN. WADE HAMPTON IS DEAD Veteran Southern Soldier and Statesman Victim of Heart Disease. Columbus, S. C., special: General Wade Hampton died not altogethe unexpectedly at 9 o clock Friday morn Ing. He had celebrated his eighty- fourth birthday anniversary last week. Death was due to valvular disease of GEN. WADE HAMPTON, the heart. He had been unconscious for several hours. Twice this winte he had sustained attacks that had greatly weakened him, but he rallied wonderfully, He was out driving a week ago, but it was evident that hif strength was deserting him. The family of Gen. Hampton object ed to a state funeral. Bells were toilet. all towns of the state when th< news was received and many schooh were closed. An agreement was reached by the house committee on agricul­ ture to adopt all the senate amend­ ments to the oleomargarine bill with some slight modifications. This means that the house accepts the senate amendments concerning reno- voted and process butter. These the house committee has changed slight­ ly, but not enough to alter materially the purpose of the senate. If the bill as amended becomes a law it will bear much harder on those who mix their butter in any way than it will upon the oleomargarine people. For this reason it is quite likely that the house may reject the bill entirely, as was predicted when it passed the senate. Under this senate amendment what Is known as "adulterated butter" is defined to be a grade of butter pro­ duced by mixing, reworking, rechurn- ing in milk or cream, refining or in any way producing a uniform purified or improved product from different lots or parcels of melted or unmelted butter, in which any acid, alkali, chem­ ical, or any substance whatever, is in­ troduced or used for the purpose or with the effect of deodorizing or re­ moving therefrom rancidity, or any butter with which there is mixed any substance foreign to butter with the Intent or effect of cheapening in co3t of product in any way. What is known as process or renovated butter is declared to be "a grade of butter produced by mixing reworking, re- churning In milk or cream, refining, or in any way producing a uniform, p'urifled or improved product from different lots or parcels of melted or unmelted butter and In which no acid, alkali or chemical nor any substance whatever has been used for the pur­ pose or intent of deodorizing or re­ moving rancidity therefrom and to which no substance nor substances foreign to pure butter has been a3ded with the Intent or effect of cheapen­ ing the cost or increasing the 7/alght of same." Manufacturers of process or renovat­ ed butter or of adulterated butter are required to pay a special tax of |600 per year. This, it is said, will have the effect of driving them all out of busi­ ness and causing the people, as a nat­ ural result, to turn to butterine and oleomargarine and similar products, which can be sold still at an extremely small price if not artificially colored. Noted Presbyterian Minister Passes Away in His Washington Homa END WAS QUITE AND PEACEFUL Doath, Dae to InltemnaatleM «( At Brain, Was Kx pec tod, Physlthsa •» ing In for seed the Family Had Abandoned Hope for Hie , The Rev. T. De Witt Talma** the noted Presbyterian divine, died at U| residence in Washington Saturday. It had been evident for some days that there was no hope of recovery *>«< the attending physicians so informed the family. The patient gradu­ ally grew weaker until life p&sseft away so quietly that even the membeiv of the family, all of whom were watching at the bedside, hardly knew that it had gone. The Immediate eanse. of death was inflammation oi the brain. Dr. Talmage was in poor health when he left Washington si* weeks ago for a vacation and rest In Mexico. He was then suffering from Influenza and serious catarrhal conditions. Since his return to Washington some time ago he had been quite ill. Until Thursday, however, fears for his death were not entertained. The last rational words uttered by Dr. Talmage were on the day preceding the marriage of his daughter, when he said: "Of course, I know you, Maud." Since then he had been unconscious. At Dr. Talmage's bedside, hesMss bis Give Lon ! to Unlvernify. Missoula, Moniana, dispatch: The Northern Pacific Railway company ha donated to(the University of Montau; forty acres of land for the observatory site. Severe Fire Lo«s at Cater, Ilk The main part of the business dis- triot of Casey, 111., was destroyed b fire and the loss will exceed $50,00j The fire started in Rex's bakery an. spread throughout the northwest por tion of the business district. Dies In Sandstorm. Dallas, Texas, dispatch: The dead body of a white man was found neai Odessa, buried in several feet of sand It is believed he was caught in one of the recent terrible sandstorms. Kindness Uoee Mot Pay. Lexington, Ky., special: Major B 8. McKee, commander of the battalion of cadets at the State college in this city, has been relieved from duty. He was too kind to the cadets and they rebelled against kindness. Pats Duty on Cotton and Linen. Melbourne, Victoria, special: The tariff committee of the federal house of representatives has fixed the duty on cotton and linen piece goods a 5 per cent ad valorem. Yonth Charged with Train Robbery. Lincoln, Neb., special: John Gates who gives his age as 17, although ht probably several years older, wa. arrested by a city detective on sus picion of being implicated in the recem Burlington train robbery near St. Jo seph, Mo. When arrested he had ii his possession a revolver and a black mask. Big Oil Steamship. Newport News, Va., special: The Newport News Shipbuilding and Dr; Dock company has been awarded the contract for the 100,000-ton ocean-go ing oil steamship for the Saginaw Steel Steamship company of New York. Name a Lineman for Mayor.' Peru, Ind., special: William Odi­ um, a Wabash railway lineman, was selected as the Democratic nominee for mayor at the primary election, de­ feating Louis Fulwiler, the "good gov­ ernment" candidate. Strike Oil at 1, OO Feet In Michigan. Gladstone, Mich., dispatch: The American Oil & Improvement com pany, operating on Black's farm, six miles north of Rapid river, has struck oil at a depth of abont 1,000 feet MAJOR WALLER IS ACQUITTED' OlBeer Charged with Killing Filipinos Bvllvvsd 'roiu Blame. Major Littleton W. T. Waller of the marine corps has been acquitted of the charges against him. By a vote of eleven to two the court- martial, composed of both army and marine corps officers, held that In kill­ ing eleven natives of Samar last Jan­ uary without trial he was acting in accordance with the rules of war, the orders of his superiors and the mili­ tary necessities of the situation. The decision of the court was an­ nounced by Gen. William H. Bisbee, the presiding officer. Major Waller has been under trial since March 18. He admitted the killing of the Filipinos, and further that he was in full possession of his faculties at the time, but he pleaded that he had acted in accordance with orders. It is expected that Gen. Jacob H. Smith, who commanded the depart­ ment, will be brought to trial for giv­ ing the orders under which Major Wal­ ler acted. Gen. Chaffee has the mat­ ter under consideration and his or­ ders convening a new court-martial are expected soon. Gen. Smith was recently transferred from the Philippines to the command of the department of Texas at San An tonio. Before the transfer he had re­ ceived the surrender of the last Im­ portant band of insurgents on the is­ land of Samar, and his work ha^ caused Gen. Chaffee to announce the practical pacification of the Island. REV. T. DE WITT TALMA4B& wife, were the Rev. Prank Witt Talmage of Chicago, Mrs. Warves G. Smith of Brooklyn, Mrs. Daniel Han- gam of Brooklyn, Mrs. Allen 13. 'Don- nau of Richmond, Mrs. Clarenee Wy- coff and Miss Talmage of Washington, The funeral services were held at 4 o'clock on Tuesday afternoea from the Church of the Covenant. There was no funeral eersMMS, but short addresses concerning the life and works of Dr. Talmage were made. Dr. Teunis S. Hamlin, pastor of the church, anu Dr. Thomas Chalmers. 'Easton of the Eastern Presbyterian church of Washington assisted tn the services. At 9 o'clock on Wednesday ssaraing the Interment took place in the fam­ ily lot at Greenwood Cemetery, Brook­ lyn. Teacher May Be-a Suicide. Miss Florence Thurston, aged 30, for years a teacher In the primary depart­ ment of the Hagerstown schools, was found by her mother In a dying condi­ tion. She was dead when a physician reached her. Indications point to sui­ cide by carbolic acid. She was the daughter of E. H. Thurston, a promi­ nent physician. Indorse the Strike. Fall River, Mass., dispatch: The executive committee of the United Textile Workers of America, at a meeting indorsed the strike oi the cot­ ton mill operatives of Augusta, Ga., for a 10 per cent increase in wages. LATEST MARKET REPORT. CHICAGO. Winter wheat No. 2 red » # Corn, No. 3 yellow Q # .S13 Oats, No. 2 ft <1? Cattle LM fip.40 Hogs 6.7» flT.90 Sheep and lambs 8.71 «pa.90 NEW YORK. Wheat, No. 2 red f? Corn, No. 2 Oats, No. 2 ST. LOUIS. Wheat, No. 2 red, cash O ,80V Corn, No. 2, ash H .624 Oats, No. 2, cash <B ,42V MILWAUKEE). Wheat, No. 1 northern M 0 .74M Corn, May (p .8*4 Oats, No. 2 white 0 -46 KANSAS CITY. Wheat, ash, No. 2 hard 11 o -72 Corn, cash, No. 2 mixed O .65 Oats, No. 2 white 46 O .4&U PEQRIA: Corn, No. 3 # ,60>4 Oats, No. 3 white £ .43V4 MINNEAPOLIS. Wheat, No. 1 northern O ,7t DULUTH. Wheat, No. 1 hard .•» Oata 6 .42* Corn $ .60# OMAHA. CatUe I SO 07.00 Hogs 6.86 07.10 Sheep .. .. 4.M #S.7B TOLEDO. Wheat, cash Corn, cash Oats, cash More Troops for the Philippines. Cincinnati special: Four compa­ nies of the Second infantry, which have been stationed at Ft. Thomas, Ky., left for San Francisco. The command consists of fifteen of­ ficers and 415 men. Will No* Predaca "Passion Play." New York dispatch: Owing to vig­ orous opposition the plans of a prom­ inent theatrical manager to produce a translation of the "Passion Play" in this city have been abandoned. Carnegie Gives Away 1^0,000. Cincinnati, O.. dispatch: Andrew Carnegie offered tp give the city of Cincinnati $180,000 for the establish­ ment of six brancn public libraries. The library board accepted the gift Rhodes' Body Taken to Bnrlal Plaea. Buluwayo, Matabeleland, dispatch: After a brief and simple service the coffin containing the remains of Cecil Rhodes was taken to the Rhodes farm in the Matoppo hills. It was escorted by a long procession of mourners. MoOashlnars hi Hew York. New York City special: Revenue agents raided an Illicit still at 616 East Twentieth street and found an extensive and complete outfit for the illicit aiakiBg of spirits. Contest Negro Millionaire'^ Witt. •Philadelphia dispatch: Steps weri taken by the relatives of the late CoL John McKee, the colored millionaire real estate dealer, to prevent the reg­ istration and execution of his wilL Counsel for Abbie A. Sypbax, Col. Mc- Kee's daughter, and Henry lfcKeo Mintort, filed a caveat witu the regis­ trar of ViUs against the admission of any paper purporting to be the !••• tomen£/of Col McKee! ¥***' - * 7-- ------ ^romln^s^ardlnal Near Death. Rome cable: In the event of the death of Cardinal Ledochowski, which is apparently imminent. Cardinal Sa- tolli, who is at present acting in fell stead as prefect of the propagaada, Is expected to succeed to that offiee. Drinks Poison to Spite Wife Terre Haute, Ind., dispatch: Petei Brockway, a clerk, swallowed poison In the presence of his wife when she refused to borrow money for him with which to visit his mother in Logans- port. He died a few minutes Dispute Fettled by Arbitration. Caracas dispatch: The Veneaaelao Parliament has ratified the protocol re­ establishing diplomatic relations be­ tween France and Venezuela. Tht protocol provides for the settlement oi the French claims by arbitration. Americans Honored at EdlekWfk, Edinburgh cable: At the grafn* atlon ceremony at the university Ike honorary degree of doctor of laws was conferred on Prof. William James of Harvard and President Jacob OeoM Scfcurxian of Cornell University. •• ^ ^;ysv^