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,r IHE McffERRY PUINDEALER 5pi '*• •• A McHKNRY PLAINDEALER CO. ItcHBNRT, ILLINOIS. W)^ . MEWS OF THE WORLD PofflTcaJ. OWMStte and Happenings ol Miner Importance lold in Paragraphs fj£$Z ? Th« Anier!can Spirits Manufaetwr- log Company will erect the largest cooperage plant i& the United States at Peoria, 111. Herman A. Mowbry of Peru, Ind., ijjgjreman in the Pueblo, Colo., steel jR>rks, was burned to death by a tor- tint of flame and red-hot cinders from V blast furnace. \Berause her 10-year old son had •OOmmitted several thefts, Mrs. Lu- dcdia Sargent of Peoria, 111., killed herself by drinking acid. She was twice taarrled and divorced. General Funstou arrived at Van­ couver barracks to assume command eft the department of the Columbia, re­ lieving Brigadier General Randall, who will start in a few daysfor the Philip­ pines. -The cruiser Atlanta sailed from Pen- •pcols, Fla., for Hayti to protect AJnerlcan interests. Captain Turner would make no statement concerning his orders from the navy department Governor MeBride of Washington has vetoed the bill providing for a bounty of 1 cent per pound on all beet •agar produced within the state. The governor has vetoed other bills ap­ propriating $400,000. . The total ap­ propriations made by the legislature •mount to $2,087,000. The Sofia newspapers report that a severe fight has taken place between Turkish troops and a body of insur­ gents in the Golay hills, Macedonia. Both sides sustained heavy losses. One hundred sisters of the order of the Daughters of Jesus have left Brest owing to the closure of their establishment. Thirty of them are go­ to* to Belgium, thirty to Canada and forty to the United States. David Parker, insane, of Bosseron, Iad„ struck with a club and severely injured a child of William Roley. Par­ ker recently was released from the Bvansville asylum. He will be re­ committed. The Nova Scotia, one of the largest •lines owned by the Ganloy Mountain Goal Company at Huntington, W. Va., is on fire and its complete destruction to threatened. The entire mountain to smoking. Tbe Illinois Electric Railway Com­ pany, with principal offices at Mon­ mouth and capital stock of $10,000, was incorporated to construct a line from Galesburg to Monmouth, Aledo, Macomb and Rock Island. The Missouri house adopted the sen­ ate resolution submitting an amend- iMmt to the constitution for the erec­ tion of the new state capitoL The amendment provides for the creation of a fund of 13,000,000 by a tax levy. The legislature of Manitoba passed bill granting an omnibus railroad franchise to C. S. Mellen, H. P. Up- ham and C. E. Hamilton of St. Paul and Fisher and Ewart of Winnipeg. The promoters intend to gridiron Man­ itoba with a network of lines. Frank J. Ulrich, representative In the state legislature from the sixth district of Brooklyn, N. Y., was prob­ ably fatally stabbed by William Get- teys, a clerk. The men got into an altercation over an alleged insult of- fired by Getteys to two young women, which Ulrich resented. Douglas Schoonover, a bridge work­ er of Allegheny,- Pa., saturated the clothing of his wife with oil as she lay sleeping on a couch and then ap­ plied a match. The woman was burned beyond recognition. hidb Sylvia Wiiite of oiiuuvipoiia ft*s given 112,000 to Whitewater, Wis., for a public library building. Miss White's father was the founder of Whitewater. Miss Louisa Winkler, a young mil­ liner of Shawano, Wis., charged with wing the mails for Immoral purposes was bound over for tbe next term of the United States court, which will be held at Osbkosh in June. Klosowski, alias Chapman, the flkmthwark saloonkeeper, was found fljuilty at the Old Bailey, London, of the murder of three women by poison and was sentenced to death. It Is announced that on the advice Of tbe ministers Queen Wilhelmina *d court have abandoned the annual visit to Amsterdam for fear of pos­ sible riots in the event of a railway frtrike. At the semlnannual meeting of tbe iBank of England the net profits for the six months ending Feb. 28 were announced to be $3,699,075, making the amount of the reserve 118,750,635. The usual semi-annual dividends of f per cent was declared. ,-;a> The new trial of Dr. J. C. Alexander, iptareed with complicity In Indiana^ %olis grave-robbing, has been set for April IS. Dr. Alexander's attorneys %111 apply for change of Judge. At J Alexander's first trial the Jury failed to • ;;i|gree. v Bids for a site for a public building *t Dickson, 111., will be opened April JU and at Marinetta and Chippewa Jpalls, Wis.. April 15. v' The twenty-second session of the ^ legislature of Arizona has closed. Gov. Brodle vetoed the bill for granting jfoffrage to women. v p By the collapse of the roof in Crane's planing mill at Cincinnati, 0„ William .VjNttsrs was killed. *||| A Fort Wayne freight train crashed . j|nto a farniture van at Allegheny, Pa., ,;;;,tj|nreckillff the van and killing John Mc- ' -iknight and Albert Cornelius. A passenger car was thrown Into a V :#wollen creek near Guelph, Ont., by ^ •'Vi.ihe derailment of a Grand Trunk train, » ^and a 2-year-old baby was drowned. :flThe father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. ; ./Jl. J. Houston of Thessalon, Ont, were , *-aeriously injured, and fifty others were r 0B»ore or ICBB hurt. > The Standard Oil Company win jU/'impend |3,000,000 in enlarging its re> • ijfinery at Whiting, Ind. The company Jfees bought a strip of land a mile long, taad MO people living on the tract have directed to move at the expense tbe company by Mar 1* j*r- • •• •ikv-' - The departmental assembly at Pan­ ama has elected Jose Domingo Obal- dia of the senators for the inthmus. Senator Obaidia is a staunch friend of the Panama canal treaty and also is a rich landed proprietor. ' The steamer Winnebago was1 launched at the yard of the Columbia Shipbuilding Company at St. Clair, Mich. She is built entirely of steel. Her length over all is 234 feet; keel, 210 feet; beam, 30 feet The Wisconsin supreme court baa rendered a decision declaring uncon­ stitutional the law to reimburse the holders of Keeley cure commitment claims. The legislature passed a law in 1897 providing for the commitment of drunkards to the Keeley hospital. This law is <Jec'ared unconstitutional, vitiating orders aggregating f49,000 issued under it 1 Twenty of the twenty-five pastors' under jurisdiction of Rev. J. L. Lel- lich, superintendent of the MeUiodist Episcopal Utah missions, have asked his removal to some other field. Rev. Leilich preferred charges of polygamy Against Senator Reed Smoot, but these are not mentioned. By an agreement reached at St Paul the Chicagb Great Western freight conductors and trainmen are to receive an advance in wages of 15 per cent and passenger conductors and brakemen an increase of 12 per cent Yardmen in smaller yards will be paid on a basis of 1 per cent less than yard­ men at St Paul. Violent earthquakes are reported to Vienna from the Simmering district and the Murez valley in Styria. The German crown prince, Frederick William, has so far recovered from the measles at Cairo that he has taken a two hours' drive. Prince Eitel, who suffered from the same disease, has regained his usual health. Ole Oleson was hanged at Aitkin, Minn., for murdering his daughter, who planned to marry against his wishes. James Ruflin and Jay Green, colored, were hanged at Sioux City, Ark., for the murder of Don McGhee. At Moultie, Ga., J. H. Bryant, colored, was hanged for killing D. Buchanan. Hentsch's bonded warehouse at Syd­ ney, N. S. W., containing 10,000 tons of merchandise, was gutted by lire. The loss is $2,500,000. The Dutch bark Amicitia from New York with petroleum, which was re­ ported on fire at La Roque, France, has sunk. There were no fatalities. The German ship Nereus, Captain Bakke, from Portland, Ore., Oct. 31, which arrived at Falmouth, England, reported that her captain died during the voyage. A nonsecret senior class society, known as the Elihu club, has been or­ ganized at Yale. Members of secret college orders are barred from mem­ bership. Both houses of tbe Missouri legisla­ ture have adopted a resolution re­ quiring all Missouri railroads to fur* nish free transportation to state offi­ cers. John E. Hodglns of St Louis, a freshman in tbe University literary department, was shorn of his hair by "sophs." It is announced the hazers will be expelled. Judge Parker in the trial at Lex­ ington, Ky., of Dr. A. P. Taylor, pres­ ident of the defunct Industrial Mutual Deposit Company, ruled that fraudu­ lent declaration of excessive dividends was embezzlement. The grand jury of Charleston, W. Va., adjourned after indicting more than 250 minerB accused of participat­ ing in the battle with deputy mar­ shals at Stanaierd, in the hold-up of Deputy Marshal Ban Cummings and in a conspiiasy. Charles Waugh, a farmer living near Peru, 111., was deliberately shot by two Italian hunters on Waugh's farm. His head and abdomen were terribly injured and he may die. Judge Thayer in the federal court at St. Louis remanded the case of the Supreme Council Royal Arcanum against Anna J. Taylor. Tbe latter recovered judgment of $3,000 In the lower court. Judge Thayer says the question to be determined is whether the council was cognizant that the col­ lector accepted Taylor's asses--eat after be was delinquent By unanimous vote the Missouri house authorized the arrest of 1. N. Page and N. C. Hickox, two witnesses before the house bribery investigating committee who refused to tell where they obtained currency of large de­ nomination. Official returns at Melbourne tlraw that the Victorian wheat harvest thie season will average only one-quarter bushel per acre owing to the drouth. This is the lowest average la tjrenty- eight years. The Missouri house adopted a reso­ lution declaring I. L. Page and N. C. Hickox, who refused to testify regard­ ing $1,000 and $500 bills in their pos­ session before the boodle investiga­ tion committee in contempt of the house. Tbe resolution directed their arrest. The postofflce safe at Wilmington, 111., was blown open with dynamite and robbed of $100 in money and stamps. The barn of Fred Warber, a milk dealer, burned in Grand Haven. Mich. Ten cows and a bone perished in the dames. Justice Day. who is ill in Washing­ ton, is said to have passed the crisis and is improving. At Bannack, Mont, Dick Martin, a bartender, was shot and killed by George Pollack because he had re* fused to give the latter a drink. Wilbert McAlpin of Whittemore, la., charged with using the malls for fraudulent purposes, is in jail at 8toux City, la. McAlpin is charged with being connected with a Tennessee land swindle, in which 250,000 acres were sold from a tract which contained only 45,000. Information of the appointment of Bishop Conaty, formerly rector of the Catholic university in Washington, as bishop of Los Angeles Is confirmed by advices from Rome. On account of varioloid, diphtheria and scarlet fever the schools of Bara* boo, Wis., have closed. The committee appointed by tbe board of supervisors to audit the ac­ counts of ex-Treasurer Lovejoy of Ma­ comb county, Michigan, will complete Its work next week. It finds a bal­ ance due the oo--tj «» to date oi Summary of the Work Done by the Board Is Given to „ the Public; •> DOES MOT RECOGNIZE _ / Provides for Increase of 10 Per Cent Over the Rates in April, 1902, to Be Paid Work Done From Nov. $» 1902, to April 1, 1903. The report of the commission ap­ pointed by President Roosevelt to In­ vestigate the conditions existing in the anthracite coal mining region con­ tains severe condemnation of the use of violence against the nonunion men who sought work. There is also a severe arraignment of the boycott which is designated as a cruel and unsocial weapon. The blacklist comes in for its share of censure. The com­ mission does not recognize the Mine- workers' union, but recommends vol­ untary arbitration for the settlement of disputes between empSo^er.s, ajBd employes. Following is tine commission's* oWft summary of the awards made: "1. That an increase of 10 per cent over and above the rates paid in the month of April, 1902, be paid to all contract miners for cutting coal, yard­ age, and other work for which stan­ dard rates or allowances existed at that time, from and after Nov. 1, 1902, and during the life of this award. The amount of increase under the award due for work done between Nov. 1, 1902, and April 1, 1903, to be paid on or before June 1, 1903. "2. That engineers who are em­ ployed in hoisting water shall have an increase of 10 per cent on their earn­ ings betweefl Nov. 1, 1902, and April 1, 1903, to be paid on or before June- 1, 1903; and from and after April 1, 1903, and during the life of the award, they shall have eight hour shifts, with the same pay which was effective in April, 1902, and where they are now working eight hour shifts the eight hour shifts shall have an increase of 10 per cent on the wages which were effective In. the several positions In April, 1902. Rest on Sabbath. "Hoisting engineers and other engi­ neers and pumpmen, other than those employed in hoisting water, who are employed in positions which are manned continuously, shall have an increase of 10 per cent on their earn­ ings between Nov. 1, 1902, and April 1, 1903, to be paid on or before June 1, 1903; and from and after April 1, 1903, and during the life of the award, they shall have an increase of 5 per cent on the rates of wages which were effective In the several positions in April, 1902; and in addition they shall be relieved from duty on Sundays, without loss of pay, by a man provided by the employer to relieve them during the hours of the day shift. Increase for Firemen. That firemen shall have ait in­ crease of 10 per cent on their earn­ ings between Nov. 1, 1902, and April 1, 1903, to be paid on or before June 1, 1903, and from and after April 1, 1903, and during the life of the award, they shall have eight hour shifts, with the same wages per day. week, or month, as .were paid in.each position in ifpril. 1902, all empioyes or com­ pany men, other than those for whom the commission makes special awards, shall be paid an increase of T5 per cent on their earnings between Nov. 1. 1902, and April J. 2902, to bs on or before June 1. 1903, and fian and after April 1.1903. and during ®e life of this award, they shall be paid on the basis of a nine-hour day, re­ ceiving therefor the same wages as were paid In April, 1902, for a ten- hour day. Overtime in excess of nine hours in any day to be paid at a pro­ portional rate per hour. Dates From Nov. 1, 1902. "3. During the life of this award the present methods of payment for coal mined shall be adhered to unless changed by mutual agreement. In all of the above awards it is provided that allowances like those made shall be paid to the legal representatives of such employes as may have died since Nov. 1, 1902. "4. Any difficulty or disagreement arising under this award, either as to its interpretation or application, or in any way growing out of the rela­ tions of the employers and employed which cannot be settled or adjusted by consultation between the superin­ tendent or manager of the mine or mines and the miner or miners direct­ ly interested, or if of a scope too large to be Bettled or adjusted, shall be re­ ferred to a permanent joint committee to be called a board of conclSiation, to consist of six persons, appointed as hereinafter provided. Provides Districts. That is to say, if there shall be a division of the whole region into three Sankey le Blind. New York city special: A message from the home of Ira D. Sankey in Brooklyp says he has lost tbe sight of both eyes. It is expected, however, that with care and attention the sight of tbjorlght eye may be restored, Ask Bids to Raise Main* Havana cablegram: At a meeting of the cabinet it was decided to ad­ vertise for bids for the raising of tbe battleship Maine and the wrecks of the Spanish warships along the coast districts, In e*?h of which there shall exist an ||||^dzation representing a majority mineworkers of such district, o*fc of tsald board of concilia­ tion shall ^ appointed by each of said organizatifl^'ilmd three other persons shall be appointed by the operators, the operatiwn in each of said districts appointing one person. "The board of conciliation thus con­ stituted shall take up and consider any question referred to it as aforesaid, hearing both parties to the contro­ versy and such evidence as may be laid before it by either party; and any award made by a majority of such board of conciliation shall'be final and binding on all parties. Umpire to Decide. 1 ":" "If, however, the said board to till­ able to decide any question submitted or point related there to, that ques­ tion or point shall be referred to an umpire, to be appointed, at the re­ quest of said board, by one of the Circuit judges of the third Judicial circuit of the United States, whose decision shail be final and binding in the premises. "The membership Of said board shall at all tlnies be -(kept complete, either the operators' &r miners' or­ ganization's having the right, at any time when a controversy is not pend­ ing, to change their representation thereon. At all hearings before said board the parties may be represented by such parson or persons as they may respectively select "No suspension of work shall take place, by lockout or strike, pending the adjudication of any matter so t^ken up for adjustment Regarding Weighnriem "5, Whenever requested by ft ma­ jority of the contract miners of any colliery, check weighmen or check docking bosses, or both, shall be em­ ployed. The wages of said check weighmen and check docking bosses shall be fixed, collected and paid by the miners in such manner as the said miners shall by a majority vote elect, and when requested by a ma­ jority of said miners, the operators shall pay' the wages fixed for check weighmen and check docking bosses out of deductions made proportionate­ ly from the earnings of the said miners, on such basis as the major­ ity of said miners shall determine. Shall Not Limit Output. "6. Mine cars shall be distributed among miners, who are at work, as uniformly and as equitably as possi­ ble, and there shall be no concerted effort on the part of the miners or mine workers of any colliery or col­ lieries to limit the ^output of the mines or to detract from the quality of the work performed, unless such limitation of output be in conformity to an agreement between an operat­ or or operators and an organization representing a majority of said miners in his or their employ. "7. In all cases where miners are paid by the car, the increase awarded to the contract miners is based upon the cars in use, the topping required, and the rates paid per car which were in force on April 1. 1902. Any Increase in the size of car, or In the topping required, shall be accompanied by a proportionate in­ crease in the rate paid per car. Sliding Scale. "8. The following sliding scale of wages shall become effective April 1, 1903, and shall affect all miners and mine workers included in tbe awards of the commission. "The wages fixed in tbe awards shall be the basis of and the ihinl- mum under the sliding scale. - "For each increase of 6 cents in the average price of white ash coal of sizes above pea. coal, sold at or near New York, between Perthamboy and Edgewater, and reported to the bureau of anthracite coal statistics, above $4.50 per ton f. o. b., tbe em­ ployes shall haye an increase of 1 per list is this coaps5~tisa, T?hicb shall continue until a change in the average of said coal works a reduc­ tion or an increase in said additional compensation hereunder; but the rate of compensation shall in no case be less than that fixed In the ward. That is, when the price of said coal reaches $4.55 per ton, the compensation will be Increased 1 per cent, to continue until the price falls below $4.50 per ton, when the 1 per cent will cease, or until the price reaches $4.60 per ton, when an additional 1 per cent will be added, and so on. Reports on Prloes. "These average prices shall be com­ puted monthly by an accountant or com­ missioner, named by one of the circuit judges of the Third judicial circuit of the United States and paid by the coal operators such compensation as the appointing judge may fix, which com­ pensation shall be distributed among the operators in proportion to the ton­ nage of each mine. "In order that the basis may be laid for the successful working of the slid­ ing scale provided herein, it Is also adjudged and warded: That all coal operating companies file at once with the United States commissioner of la­ bor a certified statement of the rates of compensation paid in each occu­ pation known in their companies, as they existed April 1, 1902. No Discrimination. •*9. No person shall be refused em- American Cyclist Wine Prise. London cablegram: In a meeting held at Sydney, N. S. W., tbe Ameri­ can cyclist, Hopper, won the $5,000 prize In the mile cycle race In the record time of 1:53 2-5. Walker, the Au&trallan champion, was second. ployment or in any way dlscg^ariBated against on aocount of memlj|||K or nonmembersblp in any labor^p|p|tea- tion; and thore shall tya Jiscrfinln- ation against or intei^lnp&e of any employe who is not a jneoieer of any labor organisation by members of such organisation. "10. All contract miners shall he re­ quired to furnish within a reasonable time before each pay day a statement of the amount of money due from them to their laborers, and such suitns shall be deducted from the amount due the contract miner and paid directly to each laborer by the company. All em­ ployes, when paid, shall be furnished with an itemized statement Of ac­ count. , "11. The awards herein made shall continue in force until March 31, 1906; and employe or group of employes violating any of the provisions thereof shall be subject to reasonable disci­ pline by the employer; and, further, that the violation of any provision, of tjiese awards, either by employer or" employes, shall not invalidate aa*y of the provisions thereof." ..." ^ ^ BOYS' PRANKS CAUSE FIRE AT HIGH SCHOOL La Crosse Youths Indulge In Practical ;,;..'^N4kes at Expense of Profeesora ^ . ' and Way Be Arrested. i r La Crosse, Wis., special: The in­ vestigation following the suspension of twenty students from the high school has developed sensational in­ formation and arrests will follow. For several weeks the high school boys have been playing pranks of all de­ scriptions and it ww for locking In Prof. Leahy that tbe twenty boys were suspended. Five was discovered in the base­ ment of tbe high school building while the school was In session. An in­ vestigation developed the fact that ft was of incendiary origin. Some of the boys bought a quantity of valerian of ammonia, which they scattered upon the floors in the dif­ ferent rooms in the building. The smell arising from the drug became un­ bearable and some of the students be­ came ill. The matter will be thorough­ ly investigated by the board of edu­ cation. 1 Mere Comes Alice! Where f PENSION8 FOR OLD EMPLOYES Standard Oil Company Annotmces Plan for Retirement. New York dispatch: Between 500 and 600 men who have been in the em­ ploy of the Standard Oil company in the refineries in Long Island City, Green Point and Williamsburg for more than thirty years will be re­ tired April 1 on half pay. All these old employes have been notified to file their applications for retirement and, though many of them are still young, all complied with alacrity. This will not affect the men in bumble situa­ tions, but all the heads of depart­ ments who have seen more than thirty years' service. The company has never discharged its men who have grown old in its service, but has kept them at work-about the yards half p*y. : • V. o""'\ i *- WANT TO RETAIN LAKE tlvULs Summer Reeorters at Baes Lake, Ind., , In Dispute With Farmers. ; 14- torte, lad., dispatch: At the instance of Chicagoans owning sum­ mer cottages at Bass Lake, Ind., a bill wasl introduced and passed in tbe last legislature prohibiting the con­ struction of drains In such manner as to lower the water In the lakes of tbe state. The measure was vetoed by the governor and already a petition has been filed for the building of a ditch that, if opened, will be detri- Twowtft) gad" u«uts»5iu£ to the property of resort owners and cottagers. The farmers near the lake are determined to have the ditches and the hundreds of cottage owners are resisting. The* controversy is one of long standing and has become very bitter. ass CUBAN TflEATY Amendment May Cause the Pact to Become fnopera* tive or Void. MENACE TO THE CONVENTION Clause Requiring Concurrence by the House May Be Made the Subject of Long Tariff Debate When Taken Up Jn Regular 8eeslon. ?: MARRICS FOR SEVENTH TIME Michigan Man Claims Record in the Wedding Line. .: Buchanan, Mich., dispatch: Will­ iam Hulbett of this place claims the record in the matter of contracting marriages, and up to this time there has been found none to contest the claim. Hulbett has been married seven times and he is not yet fifty years old. He got four wives out of two families. Death claimed three and the others were divorced. He re­ cently advertised in a New York pa­ per for a wife and as a result a wom­ an of the Empire state now presides over his home. Odell's Life Is Threaten#*. New Tork dispatch: Gov. Odell's life has been threatened by an assas­ sin. Extra precautions are being taken to guard the chief executive and any suspicions persons found in the vicin­ ity of tbe capltol will be arrested. Accident to Warship. Algiers cablegram: The TTfifteff States cruiser Albany was about to leave this port when a slight derange- ment of ber propeller compelled tfcf warshis to delay her departure^ :̂ ̂ Germany to Try Turbinee. j ; Berlin cablegram: The admiralty, w^ich hitherto has refused to experi­ ment with submarine or turbine ves­ sels. has ordered one turbine torpedo boat from the shipyard at Elblng, : Strike Serleue. Hegue cablegram: The strike situation is becoming graver from day to day. Queen Wilhelmina has called cut all the troops and ordered the mi­ litia service of IMS to remain under arms for an IndeAolte period. Lord Roberts to Visit America. Loadoa cablegram: Lord Roberts, commander-in-chief of the forces, an­ nounced tljat it was practically settled that he would pay an official visit <to the United States in September. Labor Leader Dies. Washington dispatch: James J. Howland of Jacksonville, Fla., who was associated with T. V. Powderly on tbe executive board of the Knights of Labor at the time of the big New York Central railroad strike, died here of paralysis, aged 57 years. He had been active in Florida politics for many years, but was born in Ohio. - Rumor of Big Russian Plot. London cablegram: According to the SL Petersburg correspondent of the Dally Telegraph rumors are cur­ rent there of the discovery of a wide­ spread anarchist cdoeptracy. Many ar- Jiave been made in Galicia.^ . t ^ , J|ea CaptalfT Ende Hie Life. Greenwich, Conn., special: CapL Charles H. Holmes was found dead in the cabin of his steamer, the general Putnam, a bullet wound behind his right ear, a revolver by bis side. Amerlca'e Oldeet Actrese. Hew York dispatch: Mrs. Henry V. Lovell, America's oldest actreei, has just celebrated her 86th anniversary. Mrs. Lovell was associated, with Bd- wln Booth, Edwin Forreet and Char- lotto Cusbantn. '><* King to 8all for Lisbon. ^tjorr&cm cablegram: King Bdwari will embark on the rbyal yacht on March 31 for Lisbon. He will be ac­ companied by Marquis de Soveral, tbe Portuguese minister at London. Washington dispatth.:4 *^i&Nien*hte amended the Cuban reciprocity treaty and ratified'it and then adjourned sine die. The vote on ratification waB 50 to 16, somewhat more than three- fourths, whereas only a two-thirds vote was necessary. While the senate nan ratified the pact, it has attached an amendment to it which, it is feared, will ultimately result in its defeat The clause mak­ ing action by the house necessary to put the agreement in effect is regard­ ed as being a serious menace to the convention, not only in the United States, but in Cuba. State department officials are alarmed lest the Cuban senate reject the treaty as amended and insist on immediate action by the United States. . Officials Are Worried. ,, Therefore this amendment •wav­ ing the officials great concern ** to what action Cuba shall be requested to take or what the Cuban congress may do. By the terms of the convention as negotiated, the exchange of ratifi­ cations was to be effected before Jan. 81, but the department secured an ex­ tension of time until March 31. The Cuban senate has already rati­ fied the treaty just as it was negotiat­ ed, and there remains less than two weeks to send this amended treaty to tt»t it !3«y l/o »ci.eu upon again by the Cuban senate and other formalities complied with within the time prescribed for the exchange of ratifications. Even should President Palma and the Cuban senate be will­ ing to agree to all the changes made by the United States senate, the treaty Will remain Ineffective until the co» gress of tbe United States shall ap­ prove it Convention Is Net Binding. This presents a new situation la treaty-making and leaves the conven­ tion no more binding on the United States than it was before the senate ratified it. In other words, tbe senate has ratified the treaty with a string to it, and it Is unfair to ask the Cubant to bind themselves to tbe convention which is not binding upon the other party to it No one representing this govern­ ment has authority to say when con­ gress wili approve the treaty or ^whether It will be approved by alt Joint Resolution. The general understanding Is that it will be approved by a joint resolu­ tion which will be adopted by the sen­ ate and house when the Fifty-eighth congress assembles in regular session. But tbe Democrats are threatening to hold up that joint resolution and make it the subject of an extended tariff de­ bate, which may continue for months, and carry it "over uatll the following summer. , Fraud Cases Thrown Out. New York, dispatch: A technical­ ity has thrown the so-called "silk fraud cases" ont of court These pro­ ceedings to prosecute an importer and a customs official will probably have to be begun all over. In such a situation this government could not hold the Cubans to the com* pact, and whatever action the Cubaa senate may take before March 31 wltt not make the treaty binding upon either party. , • wgv-*.*- -------- •- ' '• ^APPEALS TO PALMA.^.-/.V; Acting Secretary Asks Cuban Presfc dent to Call Extra 8esslon. Washington special: Acting Sec­ retary of State Loom is and Mr. Quet^ - ad a, the Cuban minister, after discuss* ing the prospects of an exchange o£ ratifications of the Cuban treaty with^ in the time limit, decided to cabl* President Palma requesting him to cala the Cuban congress Into extraordinary1 > session immediately for this purpose* as that body otherwise would not meet until April 7, seven days after the ex- piration of the legal time limit for the' exchange of ratification. The State Department officials have» some doubt as to their ability to do> anything whatever with the treaty. The amendments made by the Senate^ particularly that added to the ratify* . ing article, may result in the complet* loss of the treaty. There are con- fiictlng clauses which it may not b» possible to reconcile. Two different dates are fixed in the same article for the taking effect of the treaty. A more serious difficulty has been pointed out In the amendment requiring that th* House act on the convention. Thie would delay final action until long af* ter March 31, the limit fi?e^. jln treaty, 7 > J-'; Cnttorii to Deliver Speech; Washington dispatch: Senator <Jullom will probably remain In the-' ESast a month. He has an appoint* ment to preside at a meeting of the American Academy of Political and Social Science in Philadelphia on April 18 and is down for a speech. He may decide, however, to go home in the meantime and return for this en? gagement Decision for A. F. of L. Washington dispatch: A. decision handed down by Judge Hagner in an injunction case practically compete the subcontractors on a building who had engaged Knights of Labor to em­ ploy members of the American Feder-. atlon of Labor, as provided for in the contract with the original contractors* Cardinal Visits President Washington dispatch: Cardinal- Gibbons of Baltimore, accompanied by Rev. Dr. D. J. Stafford of St Partck'e. church, this city, called upon the pres­ ident by appointment Cardinal Gib* bons said that the president bad ex* ^ pressed a desire to talk to blm con*" cernlng some matters which be wa* not at liberty to disclose. Protect American Interests. Washington dispatch: The Navy1, Department has been advised by Act*, ing Secretary of State Loomls that reports from the Dominican Republic! and Hayti indicate that American in*i terests there may be in need of pro* tection. The Navy Department na^_ ordered the cruiser Atlanta to proceed^ thence from Pensacola. V. *'• Vv - ."V • A ' ' Roofs Fall Kills Two. • 1$nclnnati, O.. dispatch: were killed and four others seriously injured by tbe sudden collapse of a roof at Crane St Co.'s factor)', on which tbe men were working. Verdict for $70£00 Oamagse. New York dispatch: A verdict for *70,000 damages against the New ¥ortt Central railroad was awarded, by the Sopreme court tor the death ok Braeet V. Walton, a victim of tbe Park ave­ nue tunnel accident Rockefellers Win Election. Near York dispatch: At one of (he hottest elections held in North Tarry- town John D. and William Rockefeller woe a decisive victory over tfef jpgfr yWg, or anti-Rockefeller, tleke£ ;> New Consuls.' Washington dispatch: The pfesh; dent sent to the Senate the follow­ ing nominations: Consuls--Albert W. Swain, now consul at Montevideo, at Southampton, England; John E. Hopley, now consul at Southampton, at Montevideo, Uruguay; Clarence Rice Slocum of New York; at Warsaw,. Russia. . . Grip Claims 8eventh Victim. Stevens Point Wisconsin, dispatch:;' Miss Susie Benler, aged 19 years andl a student at the normal Bchool here,* is dead. She is the seventh victim to the epidemic of grip and typhoid fever which prevails here. ^ y - • • , Railroad Peel le Extended^'; - : New York dispatch: It is official­ ly announced that a majority of the Southern Pacific pool had given their consent to extension of time for the existence of tbe pool to April 10. Grand Trunk Wreek. Guelph. Ont. dispatch: -* A Grand Trunk pesssnger train going npitb star off tbe track into the ditch between bare and Slora. It is reported tbet quite a number of passengers were J» Jured. but none fatally. -- .V •, > ' Venezuela Pays Germany. ; Caracas cablegram: The sua 97S.000, the first installment of the Indemnity provided for by the proto> eel signed, was paid to Dr. tbe saw German \ 'JL