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"ft* WWm ihe Mchenry puwdealer McHENRY PLAINDEALER 00. JKCHBNRT, ILLINOIS. NIW3 Of THE WORLD •jjjfc,- ;•• \f4Mnfrtal, Pefltlwrt. &omestfe ml FsrsifB N«ppeiiin|S of Minor import--W ^•Id In Paragraphs. /> jti;- The duchess of Marlborough, accom- """" |ia...ied by Lady No rah Churchill, has ft*lived at Vienna for a stay of six weeks. She will take a further course Of treatment from Dr. Mueller for deafness arising from catarrh, from , Which she is suffering. ^ Ten thousand St Louis brlckmak- * ?^b are expected to strike unless ' wages are advanced. ' ' It is stated at Indianapolis that the jMttional headquarters of the Broom- Makers' Union "will be removed from ©alesburg, 111., to that city. The Korean twins were examined AT Boston by means of the X-ray, SUP- (eons expressing the opinion that it will be entirely Bafe to part them. The seven cotton corporations of - Lowell, Mass., have been asked for SB increase of 10 per cent In wages. The demand affects 18,000 operatives. A woman giving the name of Mrs. Charlotte G. Wellington, who left a totter saying she was the last of a distinguished family, committed sui­ cide in a boarding-house at Haddon- Seld, N. J. Charles Edward Maltby, the Har­ vard student of Boston who married Itlss Helen Danziger, a chorus girl, •ays he will forego his Income rather than desert his bride as requested by lis mother. The British railway companies have embarked upon a policy of complete aaification of electric equipment of Aelr lines. A conference at which •n railways of Qreat Britain are rep­ resented is now being held at the London clearing house with this ob­ ject and many points have already keen satisfactorily settled. The returns of Germany's foreign tntde for January show the imports have been 3,203,699 tons, against 1J?66,95'J In January, 1902, and the aaports 8,149,758 tons against 2,474,- flt8 tons In the same month last year. Tbe exports of raw sugar dropped SM61 tons chiefly in the trade with feigland and the United States. The structural iron workers of the Pittsburg, pa., district, which takes ti all points within a radius of 135 •illas of that city, struck against an alleged violation of the agreement an the part of the American Bridge •Bmpany. In Pittsburg 700 skilled and 1,000 unskilled men are out The atrike will tie up all structural Iron Work in the district - The police have arrested Garfield flbyder, a Denver, Colo., man, on sus­ picion of having operated as the lone highwayman," who has held up •nd robbed a number of saloons in that city recently. During one of feese hold-ups Officer John Ritchie, Who attempted to capture the much- .Jwwed robber, was shot and danger- wnsly wounded. The Wisconsin assembly refused by • vote of 66 to 37 to pass the bill ex­ empting the beet sugar factories from taxation for twelve years. Chicago and El Paso passenger train Pfo. 40 on the Rock Islund is snowed VP between Buckly and Liberal, Kan., K. iad other trains are delayed. ' The report made to the Mlnneap- aUs city council shows a shortage of $13,076 in the police department un­ der the administration of Dr. A. A. Ames. V • The collection of Jewels valued at dfoout 820,000 formerly owned by Kate Castleton, the actress, are to be sold It her mother, Mrs. Eliza Freeman, j. -at Oakland, Cal. At Sioux City, Iowa, James Davis *4 k #as found guilty of the murder of little Jim. The crime was commit­ ted Dec. IS last Both parties were Indians. John Heyl, known to the police au­ thorities all over the country and Can- fed a as "Red Hile," a hotel thief and confidence man, was arrested In In­ dianapolis. Biaglo Malearosa, convicted In the tpnlted States district court at Wll- aiington, Del., of aiding and abetting fc counterfeiting, was sentenced to aight years in the penitentiary. ' Dr. J. E. Rankin, president of How ard university, Washington, has re- dinned, owing to advanced age and in- Prmlties. Dr. Teunis S, Hamlin, a member of the board of trustees and pastor of the Church of the Covenant In Washington, has been elected pres­ ident pro tcm. Howard university Is ane of the leading colored educational Institutes of the country, Architect Elijah Meyers of Detroit Iflch., was given a verdict for $14,750 Jn the United States court in his ac­ tion against Luzerne county, Pennsyt» lania. Architect Meyers prepared plans for a new courthouse In Wilkes- parre seven years ago. The plans Were accepted, but the commissioners Were enjoined by taxpayers from greeting the building. Benjamin L. Goodwin, aged 70, re- £W.;. i - - ported to be worth 8300,000, one of .•••' fhe richest farmers in central Ken 1;. |ucky, walked into a saloon at Lex I jngton, put a revolver to his cheek fcnd 11 red, killing blmself. Both he .'•.4 #»d his wife were of prominent fam r T1*" Because of losses due to the fall *$£.. 4*re of the wrecked City Savings |Bank of Detroit, Frank C. Plngree, ^ ' director, will be forced to go into ;. 'bankruptcy. He states he will lose he bas, about $500,000, excepting household goods worth 8500. Germany's pig Iron production for January was 782,4«4 tons, beating that of December by 28,489 tons, though 'December broke all previous records The Nickel Plate road has granted an Increase in wages averaging 7 per cent to conductors, trainmen and switchmen. After wandering for five days in the woods northeast of Fairchlld, : Wis., Charles Csstle found a farm­ house and was taken to a hospital. Poth feet were frozen black nearly to fee knees and both ears and part of •tlf face were frozen. An avalanche of rocks and dirt struck the engine of a passenger train on the Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Road near Clifton Terrace, 111., but the presence of mind of Engineer Brady in slowing the train prevented^ ; serious damage. The engine was de railed. Two north-bound freight trains on the Pennsylvania collided near Alma, N. J., and an unidentified man was fatally injured. Conductor James Seagraves and Engineer Robert Chad- wick were seriously Injured. A fast express on the Missouri Pa-*' ciflc road crashed into a freight at Se- dalia. The esgine was damaged, but no one suffered serious injury. The first express train by the East- en^ China and Trans-Siberia railways has left Port Arthur for Lake Baikal. The authorities at Shanghai have seized hundreds of rifles and large stores of ammunition In Chinese ware­ houses. The British admiralty denies the reports that the government has pur­ chased the two cruisers under con­ struction at Genoa, Italy, for Argen­ tina and the two warships being con­ structed In England for Chili. The former tffown princess of Sax­ ony has arrived at Lmdau, Austria, which is situated on an island in Lake Constance, where she met her mother. She will stay at her mother's chateau at Llndau for the birth of her child. Hess Tacoma, fireman on a through freight on the Big Four, was knocked from his engine while crossing the Big Four bridge over Little Eagle creek near Indianapolis, fell into the water ftnd was drowned. The engineer did not notice te disappearance of his fireman until his engine began to fail in steam. He backed to the creek, where the body was found. To CoL Cody at London was pre­ sented a handsome tea and coffee service by the whole staff of the wild west show In celebration of his fifty- seventh birthday anniversary. Major Burke, Who made the presentation, de­ livered a racy little speech and the famous scout in a characterictically modest reply Intimated that he would not be In the show business much longer. Two men have been arrested In Paris on the charge of blackmailing an English nobleman out of 85,000. The police decline to furnish the no­ bleman's name. One of the men ar­ rested, who posed as a police In­ spector, was capture the Rue Pelletier. The other was captured In Algiers. They met the nobleman on the Riviera and fright­ ened him into paying the money. Lord Rosebery, speaking at Glas­ gow, criticised the financial policy of the government Lord Rosebery said the ministers seemed to have a hallu­ cination that the word empire meant expenditure and that it meant little else. 43ut bloated armaments and bloated expenditure did not mean em­ pire and empire did not mean swag­ ger. The first requisite of an em­ pire was a nation worthy of em­ pire and years of tory rule were barren of effort to Insure such a na­ tion. W. E. Martin, a photographer at Colorado Springs, Col., and his 4-year- old son were killed by an explosion which occurred while Martin was mix­ ing saltpeter and sulphur to form flashlight powder. Raymond Prefontaine, Canadian minister of marine and fisheries, has recommended to his colleagues thai the close season for fishing in De­ troit river be abolished. There la no close season on the American side. The little son of Mr. and Mrs. EL Hanson, residing near Union Grove, Wis., will die as the result of injuries received by falling on the point of a lead pencil with which be had been playing, the point going into the brain for some depth. Mons Anderson of La Crosse, Wis., the "dry goods king," and once rated as a millionaire, has been served with papers intended to force him into bankruptcy. Mrs. Philip E. Burrough, whose hus band was for many years the British consul at Kansas City, Mo., was thrown from her carriage in that city and died soon after. After being out two days and one night a jury at Bedford, Ind., found for Rev. James E. Ragers, the Bloom* Ington preacher charged with belnf the father of Mary McCoy's child. Martin Kendrick of Frankfort, Ind., who recently married Mrs. Ella Lewis, a wealthy widow, and separated from her after a brief honeymoon, commit­ ted suicide at the home of his brother Dennis Kendrick. Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlain em­ barked from Cape Town on the Union line steamer Norman for Southamp ton. Immense crowds gathered at the docks and gave the colonial secre­ tary an enthusiastic send-off. Dr. W. E. B. Davis, one of the most prominent physicians in the southern States, was run over by a passenger train in Birmingham, Ala., and In­ stantly killed. Motion for a new trial in the Schley Krueger 85,000 breach of promise case has been denied by Judge Kerman in the Circuit court at Manitowoc. Wis., and notice of an appeal to the Su preme court has been filed by attor nays for Krueger, against whom the court ordered judgment of 81.800, The officials of district No. 5, United Mine Workers, and the operators signed an agreement at Pittsburg, Pa. fixing the dead work scale. Many of the demands made by the miners were granted without discussion, while few were refused. Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Burns of Pana, 111., celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. Mr. Burns bas been jeweler in Pana twenty-two years. King Edward has conferred the grand cross of St Michael and St George on 8ir Michael Herbert the British ambassador at Washington. Two Chinese were killed by an ex plosion among some oil, turpentine and paint on board the steamship In- drawadi at Brooklyn. Considerable damage was done to the vessel, which arrived from China and Manila with s general cargo. It is reported in Japan that Russia proposes to obtain a loan for China to enable the latter to pay oS the indom- ( nity to the powers. Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Hatch, prominent residents of Henry county, Illinois. . celebrated their golden wedding at Kowanee. -- t- * <!• Outline of Business Transacted by the Members of Both Housfl| NATIONAL LAWMAKERS Brief Summary of the Doings of the People's Servants In Session at Washington Clevsrly Condensed by Special Correepondents. Tuesday, Feb. 24. The Indlanola, Miss., postofflce case occupied the major portion of the time of the senate. Mr. Tillman spoke for three hours on the race question aijd was followed by Mr. Carmack. During the morning hCftir considera­ tion was given the bill to further pro­ vide for the safe keeping of public money on deposit in national banks. Amendments were agreed to exclud­ ing the bonds of street railway com­ panies as security for deposits in na­ tional banks; acceptisg as security the first mortgage bonds of any rail­ road company which has paid divi­ dends of not less than 4 per cent per annum "regularly and continuously" on its entire capital stock for a peri­ od of not less than ten years previous to the deposit of the bonds; that the United States shall have a lien on "current" assets of banks in which public moneys are deposited; that any legally authorized bonds issued for municipal purposes by any city or county may be accepted as security for deposits, and requiring the secre­ tary of the treasury to report at each session of congress the amounts de­ posited in individual national banks. A resolution was adopted calling on the postmaster general to furnish in­ formation regarding the effect on the revenue of the postofflce department in the event of the adoption of the amendment to the postofflce appropri­ ation bill giving all periodicals the same rate and terms as those now given weekly periodicals. A bill was passed authorizing the secretary of the treasury to issue a number of sou­ venir medallions for the benefit of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial associa­ tion of the United States. The house passed the Philippine currency bill, accepting the senate bill so far as it relates to the islands. The committee amendment striking out the international monetary conference was agreed to. The contested election case of Wagoner vs. Butler was under consideration for a time and the Dem­ ocrats began a filibuster, which they threaten to eontlnue If the case is pressed. Wednesday, Feb. 28. The Senate made rapid progress. The statehood riders to the agricul­ tural and postofflce appropriation bills were withdrawn and both bills passed. The House amendments to tb* Phil­ ippine currency bill were agreed to. The sundry civil bills were alBo com­ pleted. A large number of pension bills were also passed. There was a lengthey discussion of the appropria­ tion of 8200,000 for Queen Liliuokal- ani for the loss of the crown lands in Hawaii. In the course of the day Civil Service Commissioner Foulke was severely criticised on aocount of a letter written by him to Mr. Spoon- er regarding the dismissal of an em­ ploye of the surveyor general's office, Idaho, who had been charged with receiving campaign contributions. The House adopted the conference report on the army appropriation bill. The bill to establish a union station in this city also was finally passed. The Fowler currency bill was debat­ ed in a desultory way. Mr. Clayton (Ala.) delivered a mock funeral ora­ tion on the hill. Thursday, Feb. 26. Tbe advisability and legality of the appointment by tbe President aa members of commissions formed the subject of considerable discussion £n the Senate. The sundry civil bill was under consideration and Mr. Hale, having in mind the amendment which was adopted authorizing the appoint­ ment of an International monetary commission, started tbe debate by calling Attention to the fact that the Senate had reprobated the policy of appointment of Senators on commis­ sions and on one occasion had re­ fused to confirm two Senators nom­ inated by tbe President for such serv­ ice. During the discussion it was made clear that no reflection was in- intended on Mr. Lodge and Mr. Tur­ ner, who have been selected as mem­ bers of the Alaskan^oundary commis­ sion. The bill was passed after a number of amendments had been ad­ ded to it. Mr. Burrows, chairman of the .committee on privileges and elec­ tions, filed an additional protest against the admission of Reed Smoot as a 8enator from Utah. The Sen­ ate went into executive session and devoted the remainder of the day to the Panama canal treaty. The House, after filibustering by the Democrats and repeated roll calls and •lain In a Carnival RloL° Vigo, Spain, cable: Two perrons were killed and four were wounded In a conflict between municipal guards and people taicing part in the carnival. The trouble grew out of the ill treat­ ment of a masquerader by the guards. waits while a quorum was being se­ cured, unseated James J. Butler of Missouri and seated George C. R. Wag­ oner in his place. Friday, Feb. 27. The senate passed the naval and military academy appropriation bills. Mr. Blackburn secured a vote on his motion to take up tbe Littlefield anti­ trust bill, but his motion was lost, 23 to 3&. The senate from 1:45 p. m. to 5:15 was in executive session. When the doors were opened a number of bills were passed without objection. The immigration bill was considered and a number of amendments made to meet various senators' views, but the bill failed of a vote on objection from New England senators, who feared It will exclude French Canadian labor. After a stormy session of the house, during which the Democrats con­ tinued their threatened filibustering tactics, all that had been accom­ plished was to get the agricultural, sundry civil, military academy, and postofflce appropriation bills into con­ ference and to adopt the conference report on the Indian appropriation bilL Saturday, Feb. 28. The Senate passed the fortifications appropriation bill and the House im­ migration bill, with amendments. The general deficiency bill, the last of the appropriation measures to be consid­ ered, was reported from the commit­ tee. The greater part of the day was given up to the consideration of the Aldrich bond-deposit bill, which was debated at length, but upon which a vote was not reached. While the bill was under discussion Mr. Aldrich said that the Republican party would undertake the reduction of the reve­ nues at the next session of Congress, provided there was a surplus. The Democrats continued filibuster­ ing in the House, the little business accomplished being opposed at every point. The net result of the day's session was the sendinjg to conference of the naval and fortification appro­ priation bills, the adoption of the con­ ference reports on the railroad safety appliance bill, and the military acad­ emy appropriation bills, the postofflce, the- omnibus -public building bill, and the bill to settle the accounts of offi­ cers during the Spanish period, and the adoption of the Senate amend­ ments to two other comparatively un­ important measures. Sunday, Mareh 1. The Senate devoted the day to eulogies of the late Representatives Peter J. Otey (Va.), James Moody (N. C.), John N. W. Rumple (Iowa), ,and Thomas H. Tongue (Ore.) At the conclusion of the addresses several resolutions of regret were adopted, and as a further mark of respect the Sen­ ate adjourned. The House held a four hours' ses­ sion and put the District of Columbia bill through its, last parliamentary stage in the fa@e of the Democratic filibuster. The previous question on the conference report on the Alaskan homestead bill was ordered and the vote on its adoption will be taken when the House reconvenes at 11 o'clock Monday. The Democrats at­ tempted to block legislation at every stage, and it required six roll calls to accomplish what was done. ACCEPT CHALLENGE. Democratic Defi Results in Killing Littlefield Measure. Washington dispatch: The Little­ field anti-trust bill was killed in the senate. Senator Blackburn, acting up­ on the authority vested in him by the Democratic caucus, served notice upon the senate at tbe beginning of the session that he would prevent all legislation by unanimous consent un­ less the Littlefield bill was taken up and disposed of. The Republicans promptly accepted the challenge. They were obviously willing |o stand by their record as creators of such anti-trust laws as have been passed during the present session. Tbe Demo­ crats insisted upon consideration of the Littlefield bill on the ground that it would strengthen the laws enacted. Mr. Blackburn's motion was de­ feated--28 to 38--a party vote with the exception of Mr. McComas and Mr. Wellington of Maryland and Mr. Nelson of Minnesota. Mr. Quay said he wanted to state that if the vote came upon the bill direct he would ask to be excused, as he owned stock in some of tbe so- called trusts affected by the bill, but he reserved the right to vote upon taking it up. Railway Mall Service. Washington dispatch: An amend­ ment made by the senate to the post­ offlce appropriation bill providing that no deficiency shall be created in the item for railway mail pay is attract­ ing the attention of members of ths house. The actual appropriation was reduced from $38,000,000 as passed by the house to $36,000,000. Free Land in Montana. Great Falls, Mont, dispatch: The local land office bas received word from Washington, D. C., of the re­ turn of about one million acres of land in northern Montana, to enter under the general land lawe. Accused of |2/MX>,000 Fraud. Panama special: By the arrest of Fermin Montero as he was about to sail for New York it was revealed that several important banking houses in Santiago de Chile were swindled out ot $2,000,000 in gold. Cabinet Resigns. Lisbon cablegram : Tbe cabinet has resigned. The king bas accepted its resignation and charged Ssnhor Hintxe Ribeiro, formerly premier and Minister of finance, to form a oaMnet. Te 8ucceed Sigsbee. Washington dispatch: It is under stood in naval circles that Commander Beaton Schroeder will succeed C. D. Slgsbee as chief of the bureau of naval Intelligence. Commander Schroeder Is now returning from the island of Guam, where he has~ served since 1900 as its naval governor. Fireman Dies In Collision. Baraboo, Wis., dispatch: A freight train crashed into a switch engine in the Northwestern yards, instantly killing Fireman John Donahue of Baraboo and fatally injuring Fire­ man Lawrence Malloy of Escanaba. Volcanic Dust In Rain. London cablegram: Rain in several parts of England the last few days was discoiered, apparently by vol­ canic dust The downfall left a gray ish brown sediment resemblinf the dust thrown out by volcanoe. • Block Containing Pike Theater iand Other Buildings Is Swept Away. LOSS NEARLY $2, No Lives Are Known to Be Lost, but Actor Haa Dramatic Escape, While Other Persons Owe Their Retfipe to Kerioc Men. -, !•.'£ King Will Visit America. Brussels cablegram: The rumor which was current last fall that King Leopold will visit the United States is revived in tbe Etolle Beige, which says the king will go to America tor the Easter holidays. Cincinnati dispatch: The most de­ structive fire in the city's' history caused a property loss estimated at nearly $2,000,000 in the block bound­ ed by Vine, Walnut, Fourth and Third streets. The block was the most valuable in the central business district. The Pike theater building, Harrison building, American Book company building, Woodrow Printing works and Zumbiel box factory were deatroyed. The Seasongood building and the Fosdick building were irre­ trievably wrecked and the Carlisle building and the Telephone building wero badly damaged. The fire was discovered at 1:30 o'clock in the morning in the cellar of the Pike theater building. When the flames were thought to be under control an explosion of whisky In storage demolished the building's In­ terior and sent the flames roaring through the roof. Call for Help. The fire engines of Newport and Covington on the Kentucky side of the Ohio river came to the assistance of the Cincinnati department. With the light breeze that prevailed, burn­ ing embers were carried for miles and fell In showers in the Kentucky sub­ urbs. The fire burned fiercely twelve hours. While the property loss is the heaviest the city ever experienced. It is believed no loss of life resulted. John Kenan and Joseph Schaefer, who were badly hurt by falling walls, probably will recover. Actor's Life Is Spared. A reporter in the early morning, in front of the blazing Pike Theater building, stumbled upon a linen cuff and deciphered this note scrawled on its laundered surface: '1 am bh tfie roof. Nearly dead from gas. "JONES." Looking up, he saw a man standing on the cornice in black relief against- the flaming sky. It was Will Jones, a favorite actor in Cincinnati theaters. The firemen placed a ladder across an alley from the Telephone building and carried him down to safety. A mo­ ment later the roof upon which he had been standing crashed down into the flames. It was the most spectac­ ular rescue a. Are at which there was a number of thWlllng rescues and heroic deeds. Rescue Five Persons. Night Watchman John Agin and -Matthwv Gftrretson and Night Door­ keeper Harry Richardson saved five lives. They went through the build­ ing from floor to floor spreading the alarm until they were overcome by smoke and were themselves rescued. On their tour of the building they bat­ tered in the door oi a room and dragged out flye lodgers who were asleep. Eight plucky telephone girls on the sixth floor of the Telephone building across an alley from the Pike theater, stuck to their switchboards while black smoke intermittently blotted their building from the view of the crowds and flames licked at the win­ dows of their office. Once when the danger seemed imminent they were called out, bat went back to their posts and remained until the day force relieved them. Panic In Hotels. The lire caused a panic among the guests in the Burnet House, and the Gibson, Emery and Stagg hotels, with­ in a stone's throw of the burning buildings. The lire caused lossea to over 400 companies and individuals. In some of the thirty law offices that were burned were documents in pending lit­ igation and property rights that can- noi be replaced. GOVERNOR IS «UED BY EDITOR Detroit Man Wants Pay for Election Write^Ups and Pictures. Detroit, Mich., dispatch: Gov. Bliss of Michigan bas been susd by the pub­ lisher of the Detroit Gazette, a week­ ly, for a bill of $50, alleged to be due for election write-ups and the publica­ tion of the governor's portrait during the last campaign. The governor will contest the suit on the ground that he never authorized any such publica­ tions. The case was called In the Jus­ tice court, but adjourned without prejudice when the governor's attor­ ney pleaded nonjurisdictlon of the court because, the governor does not reside In Wayne county. OERMAN OFFICER IN DISGRACE Rodney Wallace Is Dead. Fltchburg, Mass., special: Rodney Wallace, former congressman from this district and one of the m<|it prominent men In Worcester county, la dead oi bronchial troubl% Naval Captain 8ent to Prison for En> dangering Interests of the Empire. Wilhelmshaven cablegram: Capt Keyser of the imperial German navy has been tried and convicted of the charge of endangering the interests Intrusted to his care. He has been sentenced to three weeks' Imprison­ ment in tbe fortress. Capt. Keyser was acquitted of the more serious charge of subjecting himself to Rus­ sian espionage. One of the witnesses before the court was a young Russian w m . - . ; ' , ' Gambling le i FelortjK v Qlympla, Wash., dispatch: The pen- ate bad one of th? liveliest debates of the season over the gambling bouse bill declaring the conduct of gamblirg resorts a felony. The bill was passed with amendments making the scope even greater. Tramps Fire on a Train. Qaahocton, Ohio, dispatch: Pan­ handle mall train No. 8 was fired on by tramps three miles east of here. A hasgasewan hag a aarrow escape. EDUCATORS ELECT Si: NATIONAL OFFICERS Htnry P. Emerson of Buffalo la Made President and Arkansas Man . Secretary;. Cincinnati dispatch: The depart­ ment of superintendence of {he Na­ tional Educational association has elected the following officers: President--Henry P. Emerson, su­ perintendent at Buffalo. Vice presidents--Edwin B. Cox, su­ perintendent at Xenia, Ohio, pnd John W. Abercrombie of Tuscaloosa, Ohio, president of the University of Ala­ bama and formerly state superinten­ dent of instruction. Secretary--J. H. Hineman, Little Rock, state superintendent of instruc­ tion for Arkansas. In the general session there was a very lively contest between Kansas City, Chicago, Atlanta, San Antonio and New York for the next place of meeting. After the first ballot all were dropped except Atlanta and Chi* cago, and the former won on a final vote, which was almost 2 to 1. President Eliot stated that school buildings were used about six hours a day on about half the days of the year, and he favored utilizing such valuable plants more fully with en­ tertainments, and especially with illustrative lectures, and with night schools the year around. lie insist­ ed that the public schools were not reaching a very large class who need* ea free Instruction more than others snd showed how many thousands were depending upon schools of correspon­ dence and instruction at night. He Denounced automatic methods In schools and made a special plea for Industrial education. ADMIRAL SCHLEY ILL, BUT CONTINUES TRIP Naval Official Is Said to Be Suffering From an Incipient Attack of Pneumonia. San Antonio, Tex., dispatch: Rear Admiral Schley arrived in the city from New Orleans, where he took ac­ tive part in the Mardi Gras festivities. As a result of the numerous speeches, reviews and balls the admiral was greatly fatigued and contracted a se­ vere cold. Upon his arrival here a physician was summoned and advised tho admiral to remain in bed. He denied himself to all visitors. At the hotel it was said he was suffering from a severe cold. Against the ad­ vice of his physician the admiral da- parted for Los Angeles. Mrs. Schley is also ill. They are In a private car. It was said that the admiral was in no danger, though It also was said that he is Buffering from a slight attack of pneumonia. Rainy weather here is believed to have caused the admiral to take his departure so hurriedly. RISKS Llf-E TO 8AVE f(cR^#ABl Salt Lake 8ociety Woman Is Badly Burned In Rescuing Child. Salt Lake City, Utah, dispatch: Mrs. Alfred Bell, a prominent society woman, sacrificed her good looks to rescue her child. She was aroused by the crackle of flames and found her house afire. With her husband she carried four children to safety and then discov­ ered that the baby had been forgot­ ten. Rushing back upstairs, Mrs. Bell found the bedroom a mass'of flames. She rushed in, got the baby and car­ ried it to safety. Her face was badly burned and her hair singed. After her daring rescue Mrs. Bell fainted. ESCAPED LUNATIC GETS RICH Rejoins Hie Family After Lapse of Twenty-five Years. Council Bluffs, Iowa, special: John McGill, believed by his family to have been killed twenty-five years ago, has returned to this city. McGill lived In the central part of the state with his family. He became insane, was sent to an asylum in 1878 and es­ caped. Afraid of oeing returned to the mad house, McGill went to Kan­ sas, recovered his mind and took a new start In life. Tnrough newspa­ pers he learned the whereabouts ot his children and joined them. He Is now very wealthy. OFFroiAZs^RF^ENr'To MIL Sheriff, Receiver and Others are Sen* tenced for Contempt. Indianapolis, Ind., dispatch: During the hearing of the case of Charles Kelso et al. of New Albany, charged with contempt of the federal court in ignoring the receiver appointed for M. Zier ft Co., Judge Anderson Im­ posed a sentence of sixty days in the Marion county Jail against Charles Kelso, tbe receiver appointed in the Floyd circuit court: ten days in jail for Thomas Smlthwlck, the custodian appointed by Kelsp for the property; twenty days against Raymond P. Mor­ ris, sheriff of .Floyd county, and ten days against Claude Slttason, the dep­ uty sheriff. THIRTY LOSE LIVES IN WRECK British Collier Ottercaps Driven en the Rocke on French Coast. Brest France, cable: The British steamcolller Ottercaps from Newcas- tle-on-Tyne was driven on the rocks at Feunterot and broke up and sank immediately. It is believed that the crew and passengers numbering thir­ ty perished. The Ottercaps, 664 tons net was owned by the Lambton Col­ lieries company of Sunderland. 8he was built at .Sunderland in 1878. \ MINERS FIGHT f WITHJFFI Federal and §tate Forces Fierce Battle with Strik- ing Workmen.. kaIt Violated an iNJuNCtKMi r i United 8tates Marshal Endeavors ta Serve Warrants, but Is Turhe# Back--Organizes a Posse and Joina With West Virginia Sheriff. ".I- Loses His Eyes. Eanesville, Ohio, dispatch: Harry Tut*y, aged 21 years, has lost both eye* because he rubbed them with his haads after handling waste that had been used to polish brass at the Bal­ timore & Ohio shops, the poison from ths brass entering bis eyes. Charleston, W. Va., special: miners are dead, one other is mortal* ly wounded, and several other persona seriously hurt as the result of a bafc» tie between rioters and the posses Of Deputy United States Marshal Cuih ningham and Sheriff Cook of Raleigh county acting conjointly. The fight took place at the riotertT camp near Stannlford City in Ralelgjt county. The trouble grew out of the attempt. to arrest thirty-four miners for vlo» lation of the blanket injunction la» sued by feder^ Judge Keller last August Order Marshal to Leave. Deputy Marshal D. W. Cunningham went to Atkinsville, a mining town la Raleigh county, to arrest men charges with violating the injunction. He waa surrounded by a large party of mlneia armed with rifles, who ordered hiai to leave the place, an order which ha Quickly obeyed. Sheriff Cook at thti time attempted to make some arrests under process issued by the stat# court and was treated in a like aa» ner. Cunningham returned to this ally and reported to the marshal and dl* trict attorney that he could do uuife^ lng without a large force, and that only at the risk of precipitating a bloody conflict He was Instructed la return with men sufficient to serve tha process given him, and to do It at aft hazards. Heads Big Posee. Cunningham and a Strang poaw went from here to make the arrestiu When Atkinsville was reached tha federal forces were Joined by SherlS Cook and his'posse, the coal cost* panles near' by furnishing soma guards, and the deputy and sheriff found themselves in command at about a hundred well armed men. The rioters had recrossed the river and were parading up and down b* fore the various coal works, from 16S to 200 men armed with rifles. The? intimidated miners at work, drova away the guards of the mines, aaS even went so far as to disarm ona guard and force him to march at tha head of their procession. Emboldened by their success, they attempted ta burn down a bridge of tbe C. and O. railroad over Piney gulch and threat­ ened the destruction of other proper* ty. They then went into camp neat Stannlford City. _ Make Many Arrests. About daybreak the officers aa* their combined posse surprised tha rioters in their camp and called en. them to surrender. 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