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Miss Helen Gould, who is in Detroit to attend the National Young Wom­ en's Christian Association convention, is indisposed/ ,, Congressman Richard Barthbldt of Missouri, president of the interparlia­ mentary union, will sai4 Tuesday for Europe" to attend a meeting of the ex­ ecutive council of that body. M. Delcasse. foreign niinister of France, received General Porter, the retiring American ambassador, aind Mr. McCormick. his successor, the for­ mer presenting a copy of his letters of recall and the latter presenting a copy of his letters of credence. The meet­ ing was most cordial. One man was seriously hurt in a free flght in a synagogue election at Racine, Wis., in which chairs and cus­ pidors were freely used as weapons. Officers and a posse headed by the fathers of Anna English and Addie Nosset are searching for Amos Bar­ ret and Finis Tisdale, who are want­ ed at Oakland City, Ind., for assaulting the two girls. Willard Johnson, George Teats and Carl Lindquist were drowned by the capsizing of a boat in Cutoff lake, near Omaha. Their two companions clung to the bottom of the boat and were rescued. Frank Hageman, who disappeared in February from Vincennes, Ind., has been found at Fox, 111., and will re­ turn home. A police census of the District of Columbia shows a population of 322,- 445, being an increase of 43,727 over the federal census in 1900. Miss Minnie Melehing, who was shot by her sweetheart, John Welker, is hovering between life and death at Fort Wayne, Ind. Welker is improv­ es- Jules Valentine, a negro, was , hanged at Donaldsonville, La. In at­ tempting to rob the home of W. C. Hazlip he had aroused Mrs. Hazlip and knocked her left eyeball from its socket. State Superintendent of Schools Bayliss spoTte in "favor of consolidated schools at a meeting of the Northern Illinois Teachers' association in Kan­ kakee. Six hundred teachers were in attendance. The annual inspection of Mount Olive commandery, No. 38, Knights Templar, at Paxton, 111., was made by Eminent Sir Smith Crooks, grand cap­ tain general, of Chicago. A banquet was served. The will of Hannah Nelson, mother , of Mrs. Charles L. Fair and one of the principal heirs to Mrs. Fair's estate, was filed for probate at Newmarket, N. J. Mrs. Nelson's estate is esti­ mated to be worth $500,000. The bulk of it is given in equal.amounts to her six surviving children and to the children of Mrs. Sarah E. Mossier, a deceased daughter. Miss Roosevelt has left Washington for a visit of ten days to her grand­ mother in Chestnut Hill, Mass. John H. Preyer of Wheaton college won the annual oratorical contest of the Northern Illinois Intercollegiate league, held at Galesburg. Felix F. Herzog of Northwestern won second prize. A dispatch from Bad Xauheim, Ger­ many, says the condition of Secretary of State Hay is very good. At the one hundred and seventeenth annual meeting of the American Ori­ ental society at Springfield, Mass., Prof. David Gordon Lyon of Harvard read a paper on "Assyrological Notes." Rev. Dr. r David W. Moffat, one of twenty-one clergymen who revised the Westminster confession of faith and for thirty-four years pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Fort Wayne, Ind., anounced that lie would / soon retire from the ministry. ' The population of the District of Columbia, according to a police cen­ sus Just completed, is 322,572. This is an increase of 43,854 over the fed- " eral census of 1900. Ambassador Jusserand informed Secretary Taft that the French gov­ ernment had designated M. Guerard as the French member of the board of consulting engineers attached to the Isthmian canal commission. Mayor Rolla Wells of St, Louis se­ lected Miss Mary S. Wright of St. Ixmis and Miss Rebecca Reeves Van I^nnep of Philadelphia as maids of honor to Miss Gladys Smith of St. Louis, who will be sponsor to the cruiser St. Louis when the ship is ^christened at Philadelphia May 6. During a dispute about a girl at Kfwark, Ohio, Harry Frelner shot and liQled Thomas Osborne, aged 25 years. The twenty-ninth annual meeting of Brainerd District Medical society, em­ bracing ten counties, met in Lincoln, 111. Oscar E. Lush, a young man 24 years old, of Kewanee, 111., was in- " ftantly killed by the accidental dis- charge of a shotgun. • The head officials of the Santa Fe in Topeka presented to H. U. Mudge, the retiring general manager, a solid silver coffee set. valued at $1,000. Monslgnor Ridolfl, bishop of Todi, been'appointed apostolic delegate Mexico. • "?:fc John H. Rich of Minneapolis has . ;§een awarded the famous Paige trav­ eling scholarship of the Boston Mu Jprjaa of. Arts. LATEST CASH MARKET REPORTS. Chicago Produce. Butter--Creamery, extra, 25c; prints, J7c; firsts, 24c; socomts. 21@22e: reno­ vated. 24te; dairies, Coolevs, 25c; firsts, 23c; ladles, nominal, peeking stock, 18c. Eggs--Fresh stock at mark, new cases included. HVfe@il5c; firsts. 15&c; prime firsts, 16c; extra (.high-grade), packed for city trade, 17%c. Cheese--Full cream, daisies, 14c; twins. 14c; \oung America, 14c; long horns, 14c; Swiss, block, 12@12V4c; drum, 12>Ae; Limburger, cJjoice,13c; off grades, 8®10c; bi iViv, l$e; -x/t" sraut», 10c. Fish--Black bass, 14c; per lb; carp and buffalo. 2c; pike, 7c; pickerel, 6c; perch, 4c; bullheads, skinned, 5@6e; sunflsh, : 3c. Live poultry--Turkeys, per lb, 14c; chickens, fowls, 13c; ducks, 12@13c; geese per dO«. • , Berries--Cranberries, $1@6.50 per brl» tl @1.75 per box; strawberries, 60e@$l per case of 24 pts; ,|1.50@2 per case of 24 qts. Potatoes--Oar lots on track: Wiscon sin. Minnesota and Michigan BurbanRs^ good to choice. 24'ff26o; extra, 27@28c: rurals, good, 22@25c; fancy, 27<!; coarse, large, not well assorted. 20@21c; kings, common to fancy, 21@24e. New York Produce. Butter--Unsettled; creamery, common to extra. 23@'2Sc; stato dairy, common >.0 *;xtra. 21<S?27c; renovated, common to ex- ra, 17@26c; western imitation Creamery, ommon to extra. 24 &26c. Cheese--Steady, unchanged Eggs--Steady, unchanged. Grain Quotations. ' WHEAT Chicago--Jfo. 2 red, SS4@9Qe. Minneapolis--No. 1 northern, 98c. Djiluth--No. 1 northern, '91c. Toledo--No. .?2'red. Mew York--2 red, 9.1%'®92*i<j.' .• > "St. Louis--No. 2; red, 98c@$l. Kansas City--No. 2 hard. 83<990c. Milwaukee---No. 1 northern, 98@99o. V CORN Chicago--nNo. 2, 47%'-@47%c. • •••'. Liverpool--American mixed, new, 4a 2*d. . New Tork--No. 2, 56c. St. Louis---No. 2. 46c. - v. , . Kansas City--No. 2 mixed, tfUe. , M i l w a u k e e -- N o . 3 . 4 5 % @ 4 7 % 4 c . > ' ' ' OATS •= Chicago--Standard. 30%@31»4c. New York--Mixed. Si^g^Sc. ', " . St. Louis--No. 2. 2Sc. Kansas City--No. 2 mixed. 31c. Milwaukee--Standard, 30%©81Hc. Live Stock. CATTLE. Chicago--J1.60(g 6.70. Omaha--$1.75@6.25. Kansas City--$3 @6.50. St. Louis--J2@6.26. St. Joseph--$2@6.15. New York--$1.90®5.35. HOGS. Chicago--;f4J}0r® 5.32%. Omaha--$4:f>0@15. Kansas City--|4.2o@5.20. St. Louis--$4@5.25. St. Joseph--$5.10@5.22%. New York--15.70@5.85. Buffalo--13(5 5.60. SHEEP AND LAMBS. -- Chicago--}2.r)0gf7,40. , Omaha--$4.80® 7.25. Kansas City--$4.25@7.25. St. Louis--$3i§7.50. New York--$"i.75@7.85. Buffalo-- 52 @7.70. PEASANTS PLAN TO 5E1ZE LAND >• 's Population of "Russian Province Serves Notice on Authorities and Landlords of Their Intention to Hold a Grand Distribution of Estates. • )v liafiased with the spirit of revolution which has been spreading through the Russian provinces, the peasants of Nijni Novgorod province have* served notice on the authorities and landlords of their intention to seize and distrib­ ute the lands of the large proprietors. Disturbances have been frequent in the district recently, and the Russian guards have been unable to cope with them. The peasants' success in over­ riding the guards has led them to think they may be able to accomplish radical reforms. The authorities are thoroughly aroused over this latest demonstration by the peasants. At Mitau, Courland, similar bold-, ness has been displayed by the dis­ satisfied elements. The estate of Baron Rekki. near there has been plun­ dered by armed peasants and the ba­ ron assaulted and almost killed. The prospects of May day disorders at Lodz have been increased by ^he Indefinite suspension of operations by two factories. Workmen to the num­ ber of 3,500 have been notified that they are permanently discharged,; and. other workmen have been laid oft for three months. Mail advices from Batoftm report only a slight improvement in the situ­ ation in the Caucasus. About 16,000 Cossacks have been brought into the various disturbed districts and mai> tial law has been declared, but the authorities have not yet broken the grip of the revolutionary committees, especially in the Kutais government. The people at their instigation are taking oaths to* refuse to pay taxes of give obedience to the Russian officials and to return licenses of every de­ scription. Lawlessness, pillage and murder continue. The officials have been terrorized and the police have been compelled to march at the head of revolutionary processions in which red flags were carried. One hundred thousand troops are should shake their resolution tO OOA* tinue the war. He criticised the na­ tional diplomacy, expressing the opin­ ion that efficient and timely diplo­ matic skill would have prevented the Russian squadron from coming to the far Bast. HIDDEN PUZZLE PIOTURE. Battle May Be Delayed. Information brought to Shanghai by the Peninsular steamer Kaiser makes it appear improbable that the main Japanese fleet will meet the Russians for weeks to come unless Rojestven- sky should decide to sail straightway for the battleground selected by Togo. The Kaiser, in from Manila, sailed through the Formosa straits on April 27. Off the Bashi islands she passed a small squadron of Japanese vessels, mostly torpedo-boats. In the straits of Formosd, north of the Pescadore islands, several of the armored effuis- ers and four gunboats were passed- near the Chinese mainland,, and this morning, forty-five miles north of the Loo-choo islands, the Kaiser made out four Japanese battleships nine miles to the northeast. None of the second- class cruiser? of the Japanese' fleet was observed on the Kaiser's trip, which confirms the general belief that these are in the scouting division in command of Admiral Kamiinura. Moving In Foggy Weather. Three British cruisers, according to the London Daily Telegraph's cor* respondent at Singapore, are patrolling outside the harbor there, as thick, wet weather renders the straits Invisible from the roads. Weather conditions may, therefore, prevent the observa­ tions of Vice Admiral Nebogatoff's movements. The London Dally Telegraph cor­ respondent at Tokio states that foggy weather prevails on the Japan sea. The London Morning Post's Shang­ hai correspondent reports this^t Vice Herbert S. Hadley, attorney gener­ al of Missouri, announced that in ad­ dition to the suit filed in the State Su­ preme Court to annul the charters in Missouri of the Standard Oil and Re­ public Oil Companies, he has investi­ gations under way which will prob­ ably result in suits to annul the char­ ters of half a dozen other alleged trusts. Former State Senator Harry Bun­ kers of San Francisco was convicted of accepting a bribe to grant immuni­ ty to certain corporations which were to be investigated. Otis B. yitch, the merchant who dis­ appeared at Fort Wayne, Ind., wafe found wandering in the city drenched with rain, smeared with mud and de­ lirious with a high fever. •-.-President Watson of the Star Shovel &' Range Company at Vincennes, Ind., filed a petition asking that a receiver be appointed. The liabilities amount to $143,000 and the assets to only $100,000. A Dayton and Muncle trolley car crashed into a carriage near Green­ ville, Ohio, killing W. M. Daugherty and Miss Bessie Thompson and badly injuring Fred Hughes ahd Miss Mary Yeany, all of Union City, Ind. Rev. Charles E. Bradt of Wichita, Kan., haf^ been tendered an appoint­ ment as field secretary of the west for the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian church, with head­ quarters at Chicago, to succeed the late Dr. Thomas Marshall of Chicago. William J. Bryan jWas guest of hon: or and Congressman Champ Clark toastmaster at the Monroe day ban­ quet in St. Joseph, Mo. Mr. Bryan spoke on the subject: "Back to the People," and declared that the power of corporations is on the wane, Whether the District of Columbia ever was constituted legitimately will be decided In the United States Supreme Court in the case of John A. Benson, charged with fraud in cut­ ting timber on public lands. Benson's attorney asserts the State of Maryland lacked authority to cede the land which constitutes a portion of the dis­ trict. Mrs. Nettie Craven Fair, widow of the late Senator Fair of California, is in the insane hospital at Mount Pleasant, Iowa, and is very ill. She is unconscious and Is not expected to live. ' Major William C. Borden, surgeon, has been detailed to represent the medical department of the army at the meeting of the Interstate National Guard association to be held at St. Paul, Minn., June 19. The department store of Ziesel Brothers at Elkhart, Ind., was robbed of silks valued at $1,000. Bishop D. N. Morrison of tljie dio­ cese of Iowa confirmed a class in the Episcopal church at Washington, Iowa. Mrs. Donald McLean visited Balti­ more for the first time since her elec­ tion as president general of the na­ tional society, D. A. R. The family of Samuel Reymer, who married Nellie Paris, a dancing girl and housemaid, announces that his wife has left him. The young husband is reported dying and penniless in an obscure Denver boarding-house. His wealthy father resides in Pittsburg. The Hotel Anderson of Pittsburg. Pa., has passed into the control of Chicago people, the deal "being made through John J. Munzer. Confederate memorial day was ob served in many southern cities, bus! ness houses being closed ^rnd veterans marching in parades. Aaron S. Vail, a prominent northern Indiana prohibitionist, who owns a large sawmill north of La Porte, was fatally wounded by a large buzz saw which cut off six ribs, plowed through his right shoulder- blade and ripped open his lung. Miss Margaret. J. Evans of North field, Minn., who has for the past twenty-five years opened each annual n eeting of the Minnesota branch of the women's board of missions of the ii.'.erlor, pre#ded at the opening of the twenty-eighth annual meeting In Minneapolis. MLAWKasrOK JAPAN OCA PORTA* YELLOW 9NAN6HM jrvtocytr« 0H« ^C/HIMA PHILIPPINE ISlATiOS FRENCH INDOECHINA The waters in which a battle be­ tween, the Russian and Japanese fleets Impends are shown In the map. The latest dispatch from Tokio says Ro- Jestvensky steered his squadron to the Island of Hainan after leaving Kam- ranh Bay, and he is now taking on more food and supplies before meet­ ing Togo. It is believed that the Rus­ sian commander purposes to wait there until he is joined by Neboga- massed at St. Petersburg in anticipa­ tion of popular disturbances. Govern­ or General Trepoff has issued an or­ der enjoining the populace to pay no/ attention to rumors. He says that any attempt to create a disturbance will be ruthlessly suppressed. Three days' hard fasting preceding Easter, accompanied by solemn serv­ ices commemorative of Christ's pas­ sion, began Friday. Business of every character ceased and all the govern­ ment departments were closed. The alarming reports circulated during the last few days apparently had little effect on the size of the crowds which thronged the churches, where the tragedy of Calvary was vividly re- enacted. Urges Japanese to" Remain Loyal. Count Okuma, leader of the Pro­ gressive party and former Foreign Minister, addressing at Tokio the committee of the Progressive party appointed to succor the wounded, es­ timated the number of wounded and sick as a result of the war at 200,000 to 300,000, and the number of killed or who had died of disease at 50,000. The count warned the people to be prepared for a lengthy war and ex­ pressed the hope that a continuance of the struggle would not affect the na­ tional sentiment. Nothing, he padded, Liquor Men Retaliate. Indianapolis, Ind., dispatch: In­ diana liquor meA are planning to close up newspaper and confectionery stores and stop the sale of milk Sun­ days in retaliation for the recent cru­ sade against Sunday saloons. toff's division of the fleet. The dis­ tance from Kamranh Bay to the Pes­ cadore Islands, near which Togo's fleet is supposed to be, is 1,000 miles. The Bashi and The Balinting chan­ nels, between Formosa andHhe Philip­ pines, are almost the same distance from Kamrarih Bay. Kaminura is sup­ posed to be somewhere near Manila, and it would appear that the Japanese have all exits from the China Sea on the north well guarded. Admiral Rojestvensky's squadron was on April 27 off Leonsoi bay, in Hainan. No other news has reached Lon­ don regarding the movements of the -Russian warships. Foreign Ministers Leave. Expecting'that Washington is des­ tined to play an important part in the preliminary negotiations that will pre­ cede the cessation of hostilities be­ tween Russia, and Je^pan, even though tne American capital may not be se­ lected as the scene for the actual peace negotiations. Baron Sternberg, the German ambassador, and M. Jus­ serand, the French Ambassador, will sail for their respective countries soon after conferring with President Roose­ velt when he returns from the West. Baron Sternberg will have several audiences with the emperor, and M. Jusserand will see President Loubet and M. Delcasse, to whom will be com­ municated in an entirely unofficial way the earnest wish of the president that the war end at the earliest pos­ sible moment. Whatever the results of the naval battle impending, diplomats at Wash­ ington believe the first real opportu­ nity for the successful initiation of peace negotiations since the war be­ gan will exist with the ending of that engagement. Gets Japanese Buildings. New Tork dispatch: The Japanese government, at the suggestion of the emperor, has given Dr. Takamine of New York three Japanese buildings, brought to this country especially for the world's fair at St. Louis last year. Falling Brick Crushes Man. Maysville, Ky., dispatch: A crown in a brick kiln at Spar's brick yard gave way, causing several tons of brick to fall, crushing to death Will­ iam H. Kirk, aged 70. * Gives Birth to Triplets. Pittsburg, Pa., dispatch: Mrs. Al­ bert F. Guffey, wife of a prominent physician of McKeesport, is the moth­ er of triplets. The combined weight of the three babies Is fourteen pounds. "All are boys. Labor Official Drop* Dead. Wylag, Ohio, dispatch: Capt Henry A. Hills, 68, secretary of the Interna­ tional Association of Fire Engineers, dropped dead as he was nearing his hon^s here. V Woodtick Is Cut Out. Sheffield, Conn., special: W. H. Law­ rence has been relieved of a wood- tick that was imbedded in his body forty-nine years. It produced a lump on his side as big as a walnut. Leaves Money to Deserted Family Pittsburg, Pa., dispatch: David James, who has just died in Pittsburg, leaves an estate valued at $15,000 to his Brooklyn family, whom he desert­ ed forty years ago to marry a pitts- borg woman. Mayor's Munificent Salary. Hoopeston, 111., dispatch: Mayor Fred H. Ayres, a leading man of the place, has discovered that his salary Is to be 50 cents a year. He was elect- J ed on a temperance ticket. m The monarch, when his table's spreadi To the farmer is obliged for bread. 1 Find a Monarch. ; ' , fllGELOW LOSES PARTIAL HOME Receiver Take3 Possession of Assets; Leaving Financier to Depend on Son. BR0DHEAD ESTATE SHORTAGE Former Bank President Admits Tak­ ing $50,000 in Addition to the $100,- 000 Shown in His Petition to Be Declared Bankrupt. Milwaukee, Wis., dispatch: Frank G. Bigelow, the defaulting; banker, was ousted from his palatiai home In As tor street Friday, the homestead having been taken possession of by the Wisconsin Trust and Security company as receiver for the Bigelow estate. Mr. Bigelow, with his fam­ ily, taking little except personal ef­ fects, went to the home of his son, Gordon Bigelow, 490 Marshfleld street. The supplementary schedule of lia­ bilities and assets to Mr. Bigelow's petition in bankruptcy will probably not be filed before a week or ten days. Mr. Bigelow did mudh of his private bttsiness from memory and it is this circumstance which is delaying the completion of- the schedule. Brodhead Estate Tangle. No action has been taken as yet by the heirs of the Brodhead estate look­ ing to the removal of Bigelow as trus­ tee. It is said, however, that Judge Carpenter, in the county court will teke steps soon to remove Bigelow from the various trusts which he holds by virtue of testamentary ap­ pointment. Opportunity will be given the ex-bank president to resign from these positions" and if he does not do so the court will take the necessary steps to remove him. Bigelow has acknowledged that he oiees the Brodhead estate $50,000 in addition to the $100,000 shown in the list of unsecured creditors. Orders Broker to Sell. It has developed that Bigelow on the day preceding the filing of his pe^ tltion in bankruptcy telegraphed a broker in New York city to dispose of 100 shares of a certain stock and to turn the proceeds over to a friend of Bigelow In New York. The broker, realizing that the stock had been turned over to the bank as part of Bigelow's restitution, declined to fill the order. The resignation of Mr. Bigelow as chairman of the Milwaukee Clearing- House association has been received and accepted. He is succeeded by Frederick Kasten. Bank Stockholders to Meet. A meeting of the stockholders of the First National bank will be held May 5. The directors wish to consult the stockholders as to j^hat course they wish to be pursued. It is likely the directorsVwill sound the stockhold­ ers on the subject of a new president. The balance'against the First Na­ tional bank In the Milwaukee clear­ ing-house was reduced during the day to. almost an even thing, thus showing that the bank has recovered Its nor­ mal condition. No tidings of Henry G. Goll, the missing assistant cashier of the bank, have been received. ILLINOIS EDUCATOR HAS QUIT Professor Forbes Leaves Chair In the Urbana Institution. Urbana, 111., special: Prof. Stephen A. Forbes, dean of the college of sci­ ence of the University of Illinois - Reduces Icing Prate. Knoxville, Tenn., dispatch: The Louisville & Nashville railroad has placed an order for 200 additional re­ frigerating cars and has reduced its icing rate between Cincinnati arid Tennessee points about 20 per cent. Jury Brands Her Murderer. Hac&ensack, N. J., dispatch: Mrs. Antoinette Tolla, who has been on trial for the murder of Joseph Sonta in. Kingsland on May 4, 1904, was con­ victed of murder in the first degree. Death Ends Domestic Trouble#. La Crosse, Wis., dispatch: Mrs. Frank G. Powell, wife of the city en­ gineer, who is one of the leaders of the Democratic party,,, committed sui­ cide by shooting as the result of do­ mestic troubles. Youth Dies for Love. Des Moines, Iowa, dispatch: Hold­ ing in his hand a photograph of a young woman student who had spurn­ ed his offer of marriage, Leon Clark* ,19 years old, shot and killed hmself. and famous for his entomological re­ searches, has resigned his chair, to take effect in June. Dean Forbes, who is also state entomologist, has been at the head of the college of science for twenty years. It is his Intention to devote his time to scien­ tific investigation. President and Mrs. James gave a reception in his honor. UNITED METHODIST BISHOPS IN SESSION Uniform Hymnal, Catechisms and Oi* der of Church Business Is Ready for Their Consideration. Louisville, Ky., dispatch: The board of bishops of the Methodist Episcopal church began the transac­ tion of business Thursday. A num­ ber of important subjects are on the calendar, and this, added to the fact that the Southern Methodist Episco­ pal bishops will gather Friday, makes the present reunion of unusual inter­ est. In connection with the simultaneous gathering of the two governing bodies it Is announced that action will bo taken on the reports of commissions of the northern board whiv were al­ lotted the work of compiling a uni­ form hymnal, catechism and order of church service in conjunction with similar commissions appointed by the southern board. Bishop. D. A. Goodsell of Boston has brought tL.e proofs of the complete hymnal which is intended to be used by the Methodist church all over the world. Work on the uniform cate­ chism and the order of service -as also progressed. The northern church appointed its commission to confer with the southern bishops toward these ends in 1900, bpt the southern church commission was not appointed until 1902. 8EEK DESIGNS FOR MONUMENT Philippine Officials Will Erect Shaft in Filipino Patriot's* Honor. •« Washington dispatch: The bureau of insular affairs of the war depart­ ment has announced that the Rizal monument committee of the Philip­ pine islands, by authority of an act of the Philippine commission, Invites competitive designs for a monument to the Filipino patriot, writer and poet, Jose Rizal, to be erected in Ma­ nila. Competitors may choose mate­ rials,^, but preference is to be given, so far as possible, to such as are pro­ duced in the archipelago. The cost of the monument mus~t not exceed $100,000, and designs must be pre- sentd before Nov. 30, 1905. Prizes of $5,000 and $2,000 will be given for the beBt and second best, designs. ANNULS TREATY TarlffAgreernent Between Ger­ many and United States Is to Terminate. i READY TO NEGOTlAft-- Government at' Berlin Declares Its Willingness to Enter Into New Pact, Though Washington Fears Bitter Tariff War. k SAY8 BRIBE GIVER IS MEI>&CE John B. Roberts Blames Corporate Greefl for Municipal Corruption. New York dispatch: Dr. John B. Roberts in addressing the National Municipal league declared that mu­ nicipal corruption is due to corporate greed, fostered by personal selfishness and indifference of the citizen. He de­ clared that the bribe-giver was a men­ ace to clean government. "The first state," he said, "that enacts a law to imprison the bribe-giver and to ̂ et the bribe-taker go free, if he aids in the conviction of his tempter, is likely to be the first state to have clean, city governments in its midst." Oysters Destroy Typhoid Germ. Washington dispatch: According to a report from United States Consul Halsted at Birmingham, England, there is nothing that an athletic, able- bodied oyster likes better than a chance to annihilate the typhoid fe­ ver bacilli. Must Serve Prison Tergi. .L Woodstock, Ohio, dispatch: Judge Middleton denied a new trial for Sam­ uel Standish, former Mayor and pres­ ent justice of the peace, found guilty of subornation of perjury and sen­ tenced to four years at hard lal Niagara Falls Grab Is Deact Albany, N. Y., dispatch: The Nlag; ara Falls grab bill was given Its qui­ etus in the state assembly when its sponsor, Mr. Leggett, had it recom­ mitted to the committee on rules. Allege Treasurer la 8hort Jackson, Mich., dispatch: A war­ rant was Issued for the arrest of Ed­ ward C. Aldrich, treasurer of the Ex­ celsior Building and Loan association charging that he is short in his ac­ counts $4,000. >* Dyriamlte for Ferris Wheel**, n ft Louis, Mo., dispatch: The en­ gineers in charge of wrecking Ihe structures at the World's Fair gr^undi have decided to wreck the famous Ferris Wheel with dynamite. Berlin cable: Germany, prepara­ tory to excluding the United States ' from the privileges of the new reci­ procity treaties recently signed with seven European states, has formally notified the American government that the tariff agreement between the United States and Germany of July 10, 1900, will terminate March 1, 1906, the day the new treaties go into ef­ fect, but that Germany, stands ready to negotiate a reciprocity treaty with the United States. ^ a The German view is that the United States cannot reasonably expect to share in special benefits given by Ger­ many to certain European states in exchange for other specific tariff re­ ductions. Should the United States have the same advantages Without giving anything in return the treaty countries could justly complain that they were discriminated against. The government, in terminating the modus vivendi, has done what the agrarians4 have steadily asked for since the new commercial treaties were concluded. Opinion at Waahington. Washington dispatch: It is admit­ ted that the effect of Germany's abro- - gation of her trade treaty with the United States may lead to serious commercial consequences. If no sub­ stitute is found it may be that *both countries wll , become involved in a bitter tariff war. The situation in brief is as follows: In July, 1900, a reciprocity arrange­ ment was entered into between Amer­ ica and Germany under section 3 of the Dingley act, whereby in return for a reduction of duty on German ar- gols, brandies, still wines, and works ^ of art entering the United States, Ger­ many agreed to give United States products the benefit of the tariff reductions accordingto the European countries above named. Germany has drawn new conven­ tions with those countries changing the tariff rates, knd it is disposed to ' < refuse the United States the bene­ fit of these special rates under the old Dingley convention. The state department holds that the new conventions really are nothing more than amendments of the original treaties, and that therefore the spirit of the Dingley a6t agreement would seem to cause it to apply with equal fore to the new conventions. Cor­ respondence is now passing to clear up this difference of view. What Germany Wants. In the background is a well recog­ nized purpose on the part of the Ger­ man government to compel the United States to enlarge the list of articles named in the Dingley agreement, but as these are limited specially in the Dingly act, that object can be attained only by the negotiation of an entirely new reciprocity treaty. The United States either must con­ clude such a reciprocity treaty or submit to the imposition on American imports into Germany of full maxi­ mum tariff rates, which in many cases will be practically prohibitive and probably wouldrf cause such an outcry from the-great exporting interests of thia country as would force congress , to retaliatory legislation and mark the beginning of a great tariff^war. The issue will be transferred square- / ly to the United States senate at its next session. N JUNK MAN'jl A8SETS ARE LARGE Creditors of Jacob Cohen Meet and, Se­ lect a Trustee. Springfield, 111., dispatch: The cred­ itors Of Jacob Cohen, the bankrupt junk dealer of Jacksonville, met in this city and elected G. J. George of Springfield, who has been the receiver fOr Cohen under the order entered by Judge Humphrey in the federal court, as trustee, with bond of $100,000. Co­ hen's liabilities are $203,000 and his assets $113,000, according to sched­ ule filed by himself. It is believed that Cohen's creditors will realize Over $100,000 without counting any money which Cohen claims to have lost in Chicago gambling houses, and which, he stated, amounted to $60,000. New York's Water Supply. New York dispatch: New YorS"s Joint committee on city affairs and forests made a report that the water supply of the Catsklll region will be exhausted by 1925 and that the supply thereafter must be taken from Lake Erie or tfce Adirondacks. ^Liquor Traffic War. Vincennes, Ind., dispatch: Steen township remonstrated against the liquor traffic, which prohibits the sale of intoxicants in that township two years. The remonstrance is the first filed under the new Indiana law. Berth for Astronomer. Erie, Pa., special: Dr. Ralph Ham­ ilton Curtis of the University of Cali­ fornia has been appointed astronomer in the Allegheny observatory at the University of Western Pennsylvania. Electro-Chemical Society. Boston, Mass., dispatch: The an­ nual convention of the American Elec­ tro-Chemical society, has been held at the Massachusetts Institute of Tech­ nology. Dr. William H. Walker pre­ sided. ' Dies of Appendicitis. BloSmlngton, 111., dispatch: Pearl Crostliw&ite, daughter of I* M. 0rosth- waite and the leading society belle of Bloo&i&gton, died from the effects of an operation for appendicitis. - -- . -. r.-.'-itd* ' * -"ifeEilt mailto:1.75@6.25 mailto:J2@6.26 mailto:2@6.15 mailto:4.2o@5.20 mailto:4@5.25 mailto:15.70@5.85 mailto:4.25@7.25 mailto:i.75@7.85