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THE MetfENRY PLAINOEALER Pt&k-Vi ItoHKlfftT PLAIKDBALBfe CXJi *cOTNRY, ILLINOIS. ^r- rC*'^; E At Jonesboro, Team, Samuel E. Tftdlock, aged 70, died, and when his sister, Mrs. Nancy J. Good, went to look upon his face she sank down and died also. The sixty-one student® expelled from the Southvpestern Baptist university at Jackson, "fenn., made a written apolo­ gy to the president and were rein­ stated. Rev. W. H. Pollettrpastor of a ne­ gro church at Emporia, Kan., shot and killed Isaiah Edmcnston, one of the deacons. It is thought revival work nnb&lanced the preacher's mind. At Greenville, Miss., Morris Rosen- Stock, a planter, closed a contract with Thomas R. Morris of a Pittsburg com­ pany, to pick cotton from the stalk in the field with machinery, the first case •f the kind on record. Col. W. A. Tanner, head of a Minne­ sota mining syndicate, died suddenly. The spotted fever scourge in the Bitter Root Valley in Montana has re­ sulted in eight deaths in a week. William W. Carr, a telegraph op­ erator, was shot and killed by the ac­ cidental discharge of his shotgun near Endora, Kan. Near Dallas, Tex., James Clevinger was shot and killed by E. Clifton, who was in turn killed by an unknown 3*an, who shot him through the heart. The bodies of Joseph Redding of Louisville and three negroes were tak- •n from the City of Pittsburg wreck near Cairo, 111., making forty bodies removed to date. William Price and Bernard Sutter were killed by an explosion of dyna­ mite at Issaquah, Wash. There was sot enough of Sutter's remains left to hold an inquest. Michael Ohprko. aged 38. was mur­ dered at Freeland, Pa., during the progress of the Greek Easter services. George Smith is under arrest, charged with the crime. Patrick Noonan was arrested at Helena, Mont, and brought back to his former home in Preston, Minn., to answer the charge of murdering John Skinner in 1874. Noonan was passing as James New and has been a fugitive tor twenty-eight years. • The Republican senatorial conven­ tion for the forty-third district will be held in Canton, 111., May 6. Efforts of non-union men to ran street cars in Lima, Ohio, resulted in a riot, in which W: D. Green, a for­ mer employe of the company, was bad­ ly hurt Baltimore syndicate representatives at San Francisco have agreed on a number of concessions to the striking street car men and have forwarded them to New York for approval. The strike of union paper makers tor shorter hours at the Winnebago paper mills, which has been on for fif­ teen weeks, was settled. The men will be given shorter hours. Machinists are leaving Bralnerd, Minn., evidently having no hopes of a settlement of the strike. The feel­ ing is that no adjustment is possible. The Northern Pacific officials are firm. At Paterson, N. J., the Dordoni Silk Dyeing company, employing about 100 men, acceded to the demands of the striking dye helpers and work was re­ sumed at its plant It is the third house to sign the new scale.. L. H. Stephens, father of Congress­ man John H. Stephens, of the 13th Texas district, died at Amarillo, Tex. Officials of the Singer Manufacturing company of South Bend, Ind., have re­ jected an appeal of the striking em­ ployes for arbitration. Opposition to the re-election of Pres­ ident Shaffer is reported to be dying out in the Amalgamated association convention at Wheeling, and it is BOW said to be probable that no one will be named to run against him. The Northern Pacific company has refused to grant the demands of the machinists at Bralnerd, Minn., and the men have refused to return to work. The apprentices joined the strike, and It Is reported that the national union will order a general strike. The directors of the United Rail­ roads at San Francisco have referred the demands of the striking employes to the members of the directorate In Mew York. Employes of the Gfeary street line resumed work with the un­ derstanding that they will be granted the same concessions given by the United Railroads. - Rev. W. F. McMillen of Chicago spoke at the meeting of the Springfield Association of Congregational church­ es, which closed at Bunker Hill, 111. Pacific coast fire losses in the first quarter of, this year have been over $100,000 more than in the same period of 1901. Miss Anna Voldereur, a school teacher of Evansville, Ind., committed suicide by taking carbolic acid. The British war office has shipped 100 miles of iron fence material to south Africa. It is intended to re- enforce the blockhouse barbed-wire fences and stop the Boer cattle rushes. The coal and asphalt trustees of the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations have l>een instructed by the secretary of the interior to grant no more coal or as­ phalt leases until after the supplemen­ tary treaty now pending in Congress Is finally disposed of. In the "Spanish senate the minister of marine, the duke of Veragua, an­ nounced the intention of the govern­ ment to order Beveral new battleships. Andrew D. White, .the American am­ bassador, has returned tp Berlin from the Riviera. Mrs. White has remained at Vienna. The American Embalmers' Associa tlon is in annual convention la St Louis. William Blackburn, a farmer of Tampico, 111., has been Informed that he is heigto a $?M<&&99 estate fa England. • i- r Phi Congressman Champ Clark was re­ nominated without opposition by the Democrats of the Ninth Missouri dis­ trict The forty-third Illinois senatorial district Republican convention will bfc held at Canton June 6. The Jefferson county Republican central committee has issued a call for township mass meetings on May 5 to select delegates to the county con­ vention to be held at Mount Vernon, 111., May 6. The Republican state committee has been called to meet in Springfield, 111., the night of Wednesday, May 7, when most of the Cook county leaders will be busy with congressional and sena­ torial conventions. At that time the temporary chairman of the convention will be chosen. Reginald Smith, head of the* well- known house of Smith, Payne & Smith, the London bankers, died at Windsor. The notorious brigand, Buhaud, who is charged with a great number of murders, has been arrested in Algiers. The fifth annual convention for edu­ cation in the south closed at Athens. Ga. In a quarrel John Reinhardt, aged 42, was shot and killed by Frank Col­ ling, aged 16. at Detroit The annual meeting of the board of church extension of the Methodist Episcopal church Sooth began at Louisville. St.' Paul Prohibitionists won their fight and the name of John Henry Fitz will go on the official ballot as the party's candidate for mayor. M. Widdekind of Pocatello, Idaho, was elected president by the National Embalmers' association, which closed its convention at St. Louis. William Rogers, aged 72, shot and killed his granddaughter, Mies Mary Awfield, aged 30, and committed sui­ cide by shooting, near Butler, Tenn. The body of James V. P. Turner, a well known lawyer of Philadelphia, who disappeared, was found in Fair- mount Park. Death is thought to have been due to hemorrhage. The regents of the University of Iowa met the offer of the Northwest­ ern university school of law to Prof. H. S. Richards, secretary of the law faculty, and he will remain at Iowa. Norman E. Mack, editor of the Buf­ falo Times, had a $25,000 damage suit filed against him by Libby Law, a maid at the Park hotel at Hot Springs, Ark., where he has been stopping with his wife. It is said he accused Miss Law of the theft of $140. The tenth Illinois district Republi­ can senatorial convention will be held at Rochelle May 2. The torpedo boat destroyer Hopkins was launched at Wilmington, DeL Mrs. Alice H. Putnam of Chicago was chosen president by the Interna­ tional Kindergarten Union convention at Boston. The Ohio house adopted the senate resolution providing for submission to the people in 1903 an amendment giv­ ing veto power to the governor. May (Levesay, aged 13, of Jeffereon- ville, Ind., who jumped the rope 160 times in succession a month ago, died of an abscess of the stomach as a re­ sult ' Mrs. J. M. Graham of Clifton, Kas., while being taken to the state insane asylum jumped from a Rock Island passenger train going at full speed, and was instantly killed. Employes of the American Bridge company at Youngstown, Ohio, have declared their strike off. All will be reinstated except those whose places have been filled, and the entire plant resumed operations. Because she feared punishment at school Frances Rigby, aged 12 years, daughter of R. M. Rigby, president ot the Rigby Printing Company, of Kan­ sas City, committed suicide by taking carbolic acid. J. E. W. Dissett of Indianapolis, a student at the Hotchkiss School at Lakevffle, Conn., was seriously, per­ haps fatally, hurt by being struck on the head with a twelve-pound shot put by Hubert Williams, a fellow student. The 16-year-old son of Jesse T. Johnson of Macon, Mo., after partak­ ing of an unusually hearty breakfast, went out on the porch, where he fell with a scream to the floor, crying out that he was dying. He was carried into the house and death resulted in a few moments of congestion of the brain. President Shaffer's report is likely to receive the indorsement of the Amalgamated association, which is in session at Wheeling. His chances of succeeding himself as president have been increased since his report was filed, although there is still considera­ ble opposition, which may break out at any time. All reports are In the hands of committees. Wheeling and Columbus are candidates if it is de­ cided to move the headquarters from Pittsburg. A quarantine has been ordered against all ships arriving in Bremen from the Philippines in consequence of the outbreak of cholera in those islands. A farmer named Peterson and hit wife are missing from their home, neai Houston, Tex. The house has been burned, the dogs killed and the well filled with debris. It is the theory ol the officers that the Petersons are io the well, and it is to be cleaned oat at once. John Pardue, aged 80 years, a prom­ inent farmer near Clarksville, Tenn., took his own life by drowning himseli In a creek near his home. Lieut (3ov. Stone, who is 111 at Watertown, Wis., Is gradually growing weaker. •> The strike in the Northern Pacific shops at Brainerd, Minn., is not yet settled, and members of the machin­ ists' union assert that unless the road waives its claim oiLt^ie right to em­ ploy non-union helpers the strike will be extended to every machinist on the system. About 4,500 visitors are at Dallas, Texas, for the confederate reunion. At Plymouth, 111., Aide Cox, aged 13, was accidentally shot and killed by Clark Huddleston, aged 20, who was twirling a revolver in cowboy fsah- lon. Leopold Stein has been arrested la Vienna on information received from the New York police, charged with at* tempting to abduct a Viennese girl Stein formerly lived in New York, where he married a Miss Ulrick two years tfo and subsequently deserted her. - - V.v ;,Ai 3 s- *'1 $Whl^ Not Beady to Keslgn. Berlin cable: Andrew D. White, the United States ambassador to Ger­ many, questioned in regaxd to his re­ ported intention of resigning his post, replied that he had not arrived at any decision on the subject .ndithlng Indorsee Sala, ,v inhagen cable: By 84 td -IO votes the landsthing adopted the ma­ jority report on the treaty for the sale of the Danish West Indies to the .Unit­ ed States. The treaty now goes back to the folkething. Town IS Wiped Oai Willi&msport, Pa., special: • Are which started in the barn of W. F. Brown practically wiped out Clinton- dale, Clinton county, a small town of 175 inhabitants. The loss is estimated at $40,000. Business Transacted by the * House and Senate in the National Capital. PAY XRIBUTES TO TH&R DEAD v.: .'ft AMM'lMii Memorial Services ftrfTtep*- resentatlves Stoke* of South Carolina tadCrnmp ol Michigan--Senator Car- Otoeasaes PbiUpptaa PaUs*. "V" ',-?f Soeadajr, April St, Most of the day in the senate wa« occupied with discussion of the Phil­ ippine civil government bill. Mr. Hoar presented a resolution providing for adjournment from Thursday, May 1, to Monday, May 5, to afford time for a spring cleaning of the senate cham­ ber. A bill was passed providing for the entry into this country free of duty of a replica of a bronze statue of Rochambeau, to be erected ia Wash­ ington. During consideration of a bill providing for a union railroad sta­ tion in Washington, Mr. Patterson made an attack upon the measure on the ground that it was a gift of a great amount of money to railroad corporations. - > By a vote of 75 to 72* the house de­ cided to reject the claims attached to the omnibus claims bill by the senate, aggregating $2,800,000. On the heels of that action nonconcurrence was voted on the whole senate amendment (the various items having been ruled to constitute a single amendment) and the bill was sent to conference. Of the rejected claims $800,00U belong to the French spoliation class, while the rest are miscellaneous. The mili­ tary academy appropriation bill was passed after the limit of the 'cost of the improvements at West Point had been reduced from $6,500,000 to $5,500,000, and the amount of the appropriation in the bill from $3,- 000,000 to $2,000,000. The London dock charge bill was called up, but was not disposed of. Speaking to a pro forma amendment to the military academy bill, Mr. Feeley (III.) discussed briefly the question of th^violation of the neutrality law in connection with the shipment of mules and horses to south Africa. The senate amendments to the rivers and harbors bill were disagreed to, and the bill was sent to conference, with Messrs. Burton (O.), Reeves (I1L) and lister (Ga.) as con­ ferees. Wednesday, April S3. Mr. Rawlins, in the senate, continued his speech opposing the Philippine temporary government bill. During the early part of the session Mr. Hoar became involved in a wordy discussion with Mr. Tillman, who charged the Massachusetts senator had been discourteous to him, at which he was surprised because the senator was always a stickler for good order, sen­ atorial dignity and decorum, and should set a high example tnat sen­ ators might imitate. "But the senator from Massachusetts," said Mr. Till­ man, "habitually breaks certain rules of the senate and he should make al­ lowance for those of us who have their ^foibles and shortcomings.' " Messrs. McMillan, Elkins and Berry were ap­ pointed conferees on the river and har­ bor bill and Messrs. Warren, Mason and Teller oonfereeji on the omnibus claims bill. Consideration o fthe senate amend­ ments to the oleomargarine bill was begun In the house, a special rule for this purpose being adopted by a vote of 152 to 79. By the ruling of the chair the question of further amendment of the senate propositions was confined within very narrow limits. Slow progress was made. The opponents of the measure, who sought to modify the senate amendments in var­ ious particulars, were out-voted on every proposition submitted. Mr. Wadsworth (N. Y.), chairman of the agricultural committee, ofrered an amendment changing the section pro­ viding that oleomargarine free from artificial coloration, which is taxable at one-fourth of a cent per pound, so as to provide that "colored butter shall not be construed as coloration." The amendment was lost Mr. Les- sler (N. Y.) gave notice that when the omnibus bill was brought before the house a fight would oe made for the incorporation in it of the New York postoffice bill. 0 Thursday, April 34. Just before adjournment of the sen­ ate Mr. Rawlins concluded his speech in opposition to the Philippine govern­ ment bill. The senate passed several unobjected measures of minor importance and a large number of private pension bills. Seventy-eight private pension bills were passed, as was one to provide for the purchase of a site and the erection of a public building thefeon in Wash­ ington to be used for a hall of rec­ ords and making an appropriation of $1,000,000 for the purpose. A resolu­ tion was adopted directing the secre­ tary of war to send to the senate all Yall to Agree on Exelailon. The conferees on the Chinese exclu­ sion bill did not meet, as the senate conferees have not yet Bhown a will­ ingness to yield to the insistence of the house conferees for an indefinite extension of the period of exclusion. department reports regarding the Buf- ftngton-Crozier gun carriage. The usu­ al executive session preceded adjourn- anent. The oleomargarine bill was sent tp conference by the house after agreeing to the senate amendment with some modifications suggested by the agri­ cultural committee. The opponents of the measure offered a number of -amendments, the principal one of which was designed to place renovated butter on the same footing with oleo­ margarine, but they j were over­ whelmingly voted down. The latter part of the day was devoted to the agricultural appropriation bill, which •chrries $5,158,570. Mr. Fox (Miss.) made an exhaustive speech in defense of the suffrage clause of the Missis­ sippi constitution. 1 Friday, April S8. Mr. McCumber, chairman of the Sen-. irte committee on manufactures, spoke at length on his bill "to prevent the adulteration, misbranding and imita­ tions of food, beverages, candies drugs and condiments." He declared the extent of the adulteration and misbranding of food products was ap­ palling. He enumerated many of the frauds in food products which w^re being foisted upon the public and de­ clared the time, had come tor Con gross to act, as the instances he,had cited were crimes against ihe retail merchant and consumer aiike. The amount of deleterious food products placed upon the market each year, Mr. McCumber said, was valued at fully $1,170,000,000, while the total amount of adulterated food products each year was nearly $4,000,000,000. He ex pressed the belief, based upon evi­ dence taken by his committee, that manufacturers and dealers generally would not object to the enactment of the bill, inasmuch as it would put them all upon a uniform business ba sis. Mr. Carmack occupied the rest of the day with a speech on the Phil- ippine government bill. In the house one hundred and forty- five private pension bills were passed, including bills to pension the widow of General William Ludlow at $50 a month and the widow ol "Parson" Brownlow of Tennessee at $30 a month. The remainder of the day was devoted to general debate on tne ag­ ricultural appropriation bill. Mr. Lessler (N. Y.) discussed the necessity for a new postoffice at New York, Mr. Cochran iMo.) the trust? question and H. C. Smith (Mich.) "good roads." The conference report on the Chinese exclusion bill (a disagreement) was made by Mr. Hitt (111.). The house insisted upon its disagreement and the bill was sent back to conference, the same conferees being appointed. Sutorday, April 25. Mr. Carmack completed the speech on the Philippine government bill which he began in the senate Friday. He continued his caustic criticism of the administration's policy and the ul­ timate end to which, he said, it would lead, concluding by expressing the hope that the administration would turn from its "bloody gospel of the strenuous life" to the paths of peace. "If the carpet-bag government you propose to establish in the Philip­ pines," he cried, "is not a thousand times better'than that which you es­ tablished in your own country after the civil war. Lord God have mercy upon the people of those islands." Mr. Carmack referred to the cabled re­ ports from Manila that Gen. Smith had acknowledged he had given orders to make Samar a howling wilderness and to kill all over 10, 4s horrible beyond the description of words. The pro­ gram, he said, was to practice unheard- of barbarities in the slaughter of the Inhabitants and to have the torch com­ plete the work of slaughter. "When the land i« without a home and the country without a people the word 'pacified' will be written upon the tombstones of the province ot Samar." Mr. Jones, chairman of the committee on contingent expenses, reported fa­ vorably the resolution providing for an investigation by the committee on relations with Cuba of the alleged con­ trol of the Cuban sugar crop and sugar lands in Cuba, and it was adop­ ted. A resolution offered by Mr. Proc­ tor was passed directing the secretary of war to send the senate a statement of the number of disappearing gun carriages under contract, a list of the bids for the construction of such car­ riages, the total cost of the carriages, wfcere they are mbunted and where it is proposed to mount.those under con­ struction. The usual executive session preceded adjournment. After devoting an hour to the pass­ age of bills by unanimous consent, public business was suspended in the house, and for the remainder of .the afternoon tributes to the memories of Representative Stokes of South Caro­ lina and Representative Cranqr of Michigan, were listened to. ' ' Prepare to Carry on Boer War. London cablegram: Mr. Brodrick, the secretary of war< said: "We are perhaps in sight of peace, bu£ in the interval we are sending out men and material to carry on the war for another year or two, if necessary, that being the only spirit wherein the gov­ ernment can interpret the will of the nation and approach the other ar­ rangements for the conclusion of peace." Charged wltji Stealing Horse* Jollet HI-, dispatch: Joseph Hen- shaw and Frederick Trowbridge, two of an alleged band of Chicago horse thieves, were brought to Joliet. They waived a hearing and were held to the grand Jury in bonds of $1,000 eaeh. ,1 • | ,';i» M©4*li for All the Soya, ' •' Washington dispatch: The naval board on awards is considering tin question of bestowing a medal on every officer and man who served in the West Indian naval campaign of the Spanish-American war. ; * RaUe Widow** Pensions. Washington dispatch: The liflUfae' committee on pensions reported bills increasing the pension of the widow of General Lawton from $30 to 950 a month, and of the widow of Rear Ad­ miral Fyfe a like amount. Condemn Trusts That,Tend to Increase the Cbst # - Livingi INDORSE THE ADMINISTRATION SiiwWIfMi Approv* Caban and Philip­ pine Policies, a* Well aa Party's At* tltads «a Questions «f Kaportaaoe t« tks WMe Country. Bis Fire la Little Towii. llontlcello, Ind., special: ZdaylUs, near here, was almost wiped out by fire. The loss is about $50,000, with $8,000 insurance. The town is without fire protection. Fifteen business Arms were burned out Secretary of State--Daniel E.Stofrms Attorney General--Chas. W. Miller State Treasurer--N. U. HilL State Auditor--David E. Sherbick. Superintendent of Public Instruction --F. A, Cotton. Clerk of Supreme Court--R, - A Brown. State Statistician--B. F. J<$mson. .State Geologist--W. S. Blatchley. Judge Supreme Court--J. H. Gillett. Judges of Appellate Court--W. D. Robbinson, William J. Henley, James B. Black, Daniel W. Com stock, U. Z. Wiley and Frank S. Robey. Besides nominating the above state officers the Republicans of Indiana in convention at Indianapolis, adopted a platform the distinguishing plank of which refers to trusts. By insinuation the so-called meat or beef trust is con­ demned, the language being; as fol­ lows: « "And we especially denounce these (combinations) whose tendency it is to increase the cost of living and the nec­ essaries of life. We favor legislation to prevent such abuses." In general, all combinations of cap­ ital whose aim it is to control prices or restrict business were denounced. "We approve the sincere and deter­ mined effort of President Roosevelt to enforce the laws against illegal com­ binations in restraint of trade, and demand that administrative officers, state and national, shall enforce the laws in the most vigorous manner so that legitimate, competition shall not be embarrassed or destroyed," is the essence of the trust plank^ Other notable planks in the Plat­ form refer to new possessions. •„ > The convention approved of the iad-' ministration's establishment of "peace and civil government in the Phillip- pine Islands," and opposed "those who continue to resist the authority of the United States, whether openly in arms in the Philippines er secretly or openly in the United States in sympathy with the insurgents." Concerning Cuba the convention uri- aimously said: "We favor just and liberal reciprocal relations between the United States and the Republic* of Cuba." President Roosevelt's administration is cordially indorsed and the plank adds: "We are proud of his courage, his purity and his devotion to the in­ terests of the entire country." Speaking of protective duties, the platform declares that they have brought to labor increased wages and to the nation a larger market, adding: While we favor such modifications of tariff schedules as from time to time are required by changing conditions, we Insist that such charges shall be made in line with the fundamental principle of protection." Faith in the gold standard is reaf­ firmed. Other national questions spoken of in affirmation or denuncia­ tion were the following: Gratification because of the abroga­ tion through Republican efforts of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, whereby an oceanic canal was made possible; in­ dorsed of national and state legisla­ tion to suppress anarchy, approved of the congressional legislation which alms to debar the Chinese from the country in competition with American labor; approval of the party's generousv treatment of veterans of the war in the allowance of pensions. J. Sterling Morton, Ex-Secre^ tary of Agriculture Passes Away. ADVOCATE OF TREE PLANTING Was the rsaaMf ot Arbor Day, and Ala Efforts la That Direction Resulted I* Bara Western Prairies Being ^ Ctnrsrsd vl(h J. Sterling Morton, seifetafy'df agri­ culture under President Cleveland and founder of Arbor day, died at the home of his son, Mark Morton, at Lake For­ est, 111. He had Just rounded out his seventieth year. At the bedside were his three sons, Paul Morton, second vice president of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railway company, and Joy and Mark Morton, of Joy Morton & Co., with their faxhilies. Mr. Morton had been in poor health for snore than a year. The death of his youngest son, CarUMorton, at Wauke- gan, last January, was a great blow to him, and it is said that he never re­ covered from it, His serious illness dated from last November, when he contracted a se­ vere cold as-he was speaking at tho stock show in Chicago. The cold ran into an attack of grip, and Mr. Morton was in a hospital, for some time. After a partial recovery he went, early in March, to the City of Mexico. During his stay in the southern country a disease of the bronchial ar­ teries developed, and he returned North'; Three weeks ago Mr. Morton T Only Two States Fall to Recognition in the Omni* bus BilL . cast SF SITES is Amonnt to Bt Paid for £aa« Hnst Kaft Kxceed 15 'Par Cent of the Total Ay propriatlons--Summary of the states 'by.ftba ibama Public buildings for every istate ^arf°J -S- V.i Danish Islanders Waat PleMtrtto St. Thomas, D. W. I., cablegram: Press comments on the. action of the Danish landsthing in connection with the Danish West Indies treaty are, in substance, that it circumscribes justice too much The inhabitants demand that the question of the sale of the islands be not left for settlement to a few electors, holding that every male native of full age is entitled to vote. The result of the limited Inofficial plebiscite of the island of St Thomas is uncertain, but it is robably prosale, though the voting was close. "• Fatal Railroad Wreck in ItflMi London cable: A serious and fatal wreck occurred on the Great Eastern Railway at Hackney Junction, and as a result two persons are dead, fifteen badly injured and a hundred others less seriously hurt. As the workmen's suburban train with 500 aboard was drawing into Hackney Junction, the axle on one-otthe for­ ward cars broke, causing tfcie car­ riages to jump the track and overturn. Wilt Ask Pardon for Americans* Havana cable: President-elect Estrada Palma has arrived at his old home, Bayamo, in Santiago province, He has sent a telegram to the Cuban senators and representatives-elect in Havana saying he would ask the American government before he as­ sumed office to pardon all Americans under arrest or a .valtlng trial In Cuba. The municipal council of Havana has voted to ask Secretary Root to grant the pardons of the Americans Senor Estrada Palma referred to his tele­ gram. Mr. Babe00k Improves. Washington special: Ths condi­ tion of Representative Babcock of Wis­ consin continues to improve. Although atill very weak from his t^o months ot illness, it is believed that ths dan­ ger point has been passed. Daollnes Coronation Plaaa. Washington special: Capt. Charles H. Clark has declined the appointment of special naval representative at the coronation of King Edward, and the president has named Rear Admiral Watson for that mission. ~ J. STERLING MORTON, was taken to Lake Forest in the hope of securing the services Of a special­ ist. The condition of his throat again became aggravated and a week ago he suffered an attack of apoplexy. His death was due, immediately, however, to an inflammation of the bronchial arteries. Since his retirement as secretary of agriculture in 1897 Mr. Morton had re­ mained in private lLfe, but had been a strong influence in b&th state and na­ tional politics. He was a stanch mem­ ber of the gold wing of the Democratic party and refused to follow the lead of William Jennings Bryan and the Chi­ cago and Kansas City platforms. Aft­ er returning to his Nebraska home friom Washington he established a weekly paper called the Conservative, in which he discussed the politics of the day and current events. This pa­ per had a wide circulation, and with it Mr. Morton supported McKinley for president in both his campaigns. The achievement of which Mr. Mor­ ton was proudest was his founding of Arbor day, which is observed each year on April 22 throughout the country with the planting of trees. It has con­ verted vast stretches of barren West­ ern prairies into spots of beauty and comfort. Since its start in Nebraska in 1872, it is said that more than 13,- 000,000 trees have been planted in that state alone. His constant motto was, "Plant trees." GENERAL SMITH ADMITS GIVING ORDERS TO KILL Colonel Woodrnff Saj4 As* I4*a!t Was Mads Low Bsetfut Many Bora Arms. Manila cable: The court-martial which was summoned to try General Jacob H. Smith assembled Friday. Gen. Lloyd Wheaton presided. Col. Woodruff appeared as counsel for Brigadier General Smith, who pleaded not guilty. Col. Woodruff forestalled the prosecution by admitting that the majority of the accusations were true. He said that his client had issued or­ ders to Major Waller td kill the na­ tives and burn their homes. The coun­ try was hostile to the Americans and the General did not desire any pris­ oners. He had Issued orders to make Samar "a howling wilderness. He had ordered that all persons capable of bearing arms should be killed. The age limit was made 10 because many such boys had borne areas against the American troops. CoL Woodruff de­ nied that any orders had been given to refuse or ask quarter. ram Bankruptcy Repeal. • Washington dispatch: Ftrar of the Democratic members of the Houso committee on judiciary united in a minority report on the bill amending the bankruptcy law. The report fa­ vors the repeal of the entire law and says: "We do not believe there is any necessity or any general public de­ mand fpr the longer retention of this law. It has tended to burden the fed­ eral courts with litigation which could be Just as well conducted by the courts of the States." A substitute is pro­ posed repealing the bankruptcy law. Hew Steal Manager. Whbash, Ind., dispatch: Harry Q. Hudson, master mechanic of the Big Four railroad in this city, resigned to become the general manager of the Al­ liance Steel company, Alliance, Ol, at a substantial Increase in salary. Uatoa Veteran Is Dead. 4 Pittsburg, Pa., special: Jams* At* well, president of the National Assoc­ iation of Union ex-Prisoners of War and well known in Grand Army cir­ cles throughout the country, died hex*. Ha was sixty-four years old.* the Union except Delaware and Idaho are authorized in the omnibus uubiio building bill reported to the houss lqr Mr. Mercer of Nebraska. The bill repeals the present law ftit the erection of a department of justlos building in Washington and coven the $1,000,000 which it appropriatal back into the treasury. In the following cities the limit Oft cost of the public buildings is in­ creased: Ottumwa, la., 145,598 to $62,» 098, additional land, $tf.GOO; Burling­ ton, la., $126,213 to $146,213; Minne­ apolis, Minn. $718,913 to $968,913; Fer­ gus Falls, Minn., $100,000 to $116,000; Lincoln, Neb., $227,361 to $637,361; New York custom house, $3,090,000 to $4,000,000; Cleveland, 0., $2,500,000 tt $ 3 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 ; S a n d u s k y , O . , t w o t o $120,328, additional land, $20,000; Youngstown, O., $75,000 to $89,000, ad­ ditional land, $14,000; Eau Clair, Wis, $110,000 to $140,000; Springfield, 111., $381,864 to $481,864; Oskaloosa, Iowa, $66,000 to $70,000; Menominee, Mich* $50,000 to $51,000. 1 Appropriations for buildings are made on condition that the sites art sold to the United States at a nominal cost as follows: Centerville, la., $36,- 000; Grand Haven, Mich., $68,000; Br- anston, 111., $90,000; Kankakee, lli, $70,000; Stillwater, Minn., $50,000; Elk­ hart, Ind., $75,000; Logansport, ln(L, $75,000; Muncie, Ind., $75,000; Rich­ mond, Ind., $75,000; Vinceanes, Ind* $76,000; Crawfordsville, lad., $50,000; Hammond, Ind., $125,000; Marshall- town, la., $85,000; Waterloo, la., $169,- 000; Boone, la., $100,000; Iowa City, la., $60,000; Hutchinson, Kan., $60,- 000; Lawrence, Kan., $50,000; Battle Creek, Mich., $80,000; Grand Forks, N, D., $125,000; Findlay, 0., $56,000; War­ ren, O., $45,000; Deadwood, 8. B., $200,- 000; Flint, Mich., $60,000; Superior, Wis.,'$175,000; Baraboo, Wis., $35,000; Wausau, Wis., $50,000; Green Bay, Wis., $140,000; Fond du Lac, is., $60,- 000; Adrian, Mich., $40,000; Louisiana, Mo., $35,000; Muskegon, Mich., $70,000; Atlantic, la., $30,000; Irontoa, O., $40,* 000; Owosso, Mich., $35,000. The following appropriations fip made for buildings and sites: Jackson­ ville, 111., $60,000; Ottawa, 111., $50,000; Pekin, 111., $70,000; Decatur, 111., $80,- 000. , In the appropriation for building and site there is a proviso that ths cost of site in each case shall not ex­ ceed 15 per cent of the total amount fixed. The purchase of a site at Des Moines to cost not more than $125,000 and to cover not less than 80,000 square fs«t is authorized. « ^ . 8N THE LATEST CASH MARKETS CHICAGO. Winter wheat, No. 2....$ .83\0 .84K Corn, No. 2 yellow....... Q) .68)§ Oats, No, 2 • "ft f • • 9 • £<.•;« • • • .42*4® .42% C a t t l e . . . . . . . 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Washington dispatch: Senator kins of West Virginia has proposed to President Roosevelt that ia order to lessen the present friction ia the army, General Miles be sent on a European trip to investigate and report on mili­ tary methods. Blr fire Loss at Hsw AlMpyt*' New Albany, Ind., dispatchf S. W. Newburger and Sons' dry -goods store was destroyed by fire. Loss, $66,009. Another fire two hours earlier des­ troyed the box department ef the Ohio Window Glass Company. _ Bxplorer Asks Cltlseaih|pb <' -S" W&khington dispatch: C. F. B6rt&- grevink, the antarctic explorer, mads formal application at Washington to become an American citizen. He wlti be a rover for some years, but th» United States will be his home. •v>- ... Berry Howard Nat Oalliy. - vfeankfort, Ky„ dispatch: Tho eaiB ^ of Berry Howard, alleged principal In the Goebel assassination case, was given to the jury at 10:06 to-day, and at 12:10 the jury brought in a verdict of not guilty. V'W "W'.- • Frlnoe Henry aa a Cralsa. Kiel cablegram: ' The first TTfif squadron, under the command of Ad­ miral Prince Henry of Prussia, sails#' on a training cruise, which will last several weeks, along the Bagliah and Irish coasts. •Xi