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Hcbuby vunsiiuni o& mmmsss mmm •* * ESE 10 L WASHINGTON, MIR MS Of THE WEEK Items of General Interest Told in %fvr : COMPLETE NEWS SUMMARY. Bword of Happenings of Kwh or Uttle Importance from All Parti of th« CWllied World--Incidents, BatwrpriiM. Aoeldante, Vardtcte. Crimea ud Wu +Vt • - J? ' (' Practically all remaining insurgents . In P&nay surrendered and gave up (f 1 arfcs. $£ Japan notified powers that it -will op- . jK)se aggression in Corea at any cost t Mikado's government waiting to see fc - T;. secret treaty with Russia concerning J Manchuria. v Kaiser says too much latitude has ^ " been permitted in criticism of crown. ' Italian chamber voted down proposal v tor free trade in 'breadstuff3. f:'J French chamber instructed ministry to prosecute trusts. r4y> Omaha police say confession of man gV " In Dallas, Tex., to Cudahy's kidnaping 'C,/ „ Is trick to get the reward. *:S-' , v Prominent horsemen at Louisville Joined fight against Western Jockey club. Jeffries and Ruhlin may fight on Pa- Vy ' ciflc coast. ^ i. " Dun's weekly review of trade says | ' position of general business is satis- factory and marked by increased retail ' activity in the west Illinois Steel company bought sev­ eral thousand acre§ of coal land near Herrin. 111. Woman found dead in a New York boarding house "believed to be daugh- * - ter of Thomas Lowry, the Minneapo- lis millionaire, and wife of H. P. Rob- '/ Inson, editor of Chicago Railway Age. Kenyon B. Conger, promoter, neph- Minister Congee, filed petition in ptey at New York. Liabilities, 5; assets, $1,507. >ley car left track and rolled down fat Anderson, Ind., injuring several ns. eamiboat City of Poughkeepsie ran rocks and sunk at Stony Point. 1 on board saved. Brooklyn man introduced system of ndless chain meal tickets. ?.j Sailor arrived at Southampton from Cape Town suffering from bubonic plague. Petition of 600 Filipino women for release of all prisoners denied. Philip Botha, brother of Boer gen­ eral, killed at Doornberg. Unusual precautions taken to pre­ vent attack On the czar. May pork advanced 60 cents a barrel. Pennsylvanit company to expend $8,- 000,000 in improvements in New York harbor. Central Passenger association grant* ed one-cent rate to O. A. R. encamp­ ment at Cleveland. O. W. S. Eden, manager of Great Northern hotel, Chicago, filed petition In bankruptcy, scheduling liabilities of 11,327,368 and assets $640,111. The Rev. Arthur Edwards, editor ol ^Northwestern Advocate, is dead at Chi­ cago. "Pat Jack" Flaherty, Chicago sa­ loonkeeper who lost $500 on Sharkey, hit Champion Jeffries in the jaw at Chicago. Project on foot to unite all coal operators erf Illinois under one man­ agement, with capitalization of $75,- 000,000. M. A. Peterson forced to climb a tree at Chicago after being rtfbbed by footpads. Rioting at Kozan cathedral, St Pet­ ersburg, renewed; five killed and many injured by Cossacks. Disorders re­ garded as serious and precautions taken to protect czar* General Botha, commander-in-chief of Boer forces, rejected peace terms of­ fered by General Kitchener, adding that his government agreed with his •lews. Eight hundred Boer prisoners de ported to Portuguese from Durban to Lisbon. Legal fight begun at Bridgeport, Conn., over estate left by George F. Gilman. Two hundred and eighty-four con­ victs in penitentiary at Lansing, Kas., mutinied, imprisoned guards, and seized coal mine. Convicts have weak­ ened, but want immunity from punish­ ment, Federal court in Boston decided omission of owner's name in copyright vitiates his privileges. Bank at Niles, Mich., of which C. A Johnson was cashier. Is short $150- 000. Benjamin Harrison's will read to family, but contents not made public. Cruiser New York, under command of Admiral Rodgers, to enforce Ameri can demands against Morocco. British syndicate headed by Roths­ childs said to have bought out Georg­ ian Bay Canal company. United States Consular ^ Barcelona, Venezuela, arbitrarily ar­ rested. Speaker Sherman of Illinois house •ays Chicago members are obstruction­ ists who do not know their own minds. , Charles A. Johnson, cashier of bank at Niles, Mich., arrested at Columbus, O.; admits he looted the bank. Sight persons killed in Alpine ava- lance, near Como. California legislature appropriated 9260,000 to purchase and preserve red- Wood forests. Negro seized in courtroom in Tlpton- •Ule, Tenn., and lynched after jury disagreed. Declared in London that Great Bri­ tain has no intention of resorting to hostilities against Russia on account of Tientsin incident. Chicago Commercial club delayed by landslide on Santa Fe thirty miles out- aide of San Francisco. General Trias and his Filipino surrendered at Santa Cruz de Kalaben and took oath of allegiance. Riot in St. Petersburg suppressed LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS. No. S t Winter Wfbtit--No. t red, 75@Ti red, 72%®76c; No. 4 red. 62c: No. , 72«*@73%C; NO. 3 hard, 71fc®7S%c; No. I hard, BgW^c. Spring Wheat--No. I spring, JB%c; No. 3 white. 68c; No. 4 spring, S»@68c. Corn--No. 3, SSVfcc; No. 3 yellow, 39%c; No. 4, 39c. Oats-No. 4, 25% eSS^c; No. 4 white, 26p27^c; No. 3, 25' @36%c; No. 3 white, 2"»4(§28%c; No. 25&@26c: No. 2 white, 27^@29c. Cattle--Native shipping and export steers. |4.50#5.85; dressed beef and butch­ er steers, $3.85@5.35; steers under 1,000 lbs, i$3.5O@4.50; stockers and feeders, $2.40@4.50; cows and hellers, $2.00(^4.85; canners, $1.25 <5"2-85; bulls, $3.00@3.S5; Texas and Indian steers. $3.4o@4.S5; cows and heifers, $2.50 ^3.55. Hogs--Pigs and lights, $5.50<(?5.75; packers, $5.5C@5.75; butchers', $5.72^®5.9®. Sheep--Native muttons, 14.25^4.75; lambs, ;$4.3o4i5.20; culls and bucks, $2.50@4.00. Eggs--Fresh, ll%#12c. Butter--Cream­ eries, extra, 20^(5210; firsts, 18@19c; sec­ onds, 15<§16c; dairies, choice, 19c; firsts, l(kSl8c. Cheese--Full cream, twin, choice, lOVfilO^c per lb; first, single, choice, 10% (a l<>\e: daisies, choice, ll@ll%c: Young Americas, ll@ll'^c; Cheddars, 10Vi@10^c. Dressed Poultry--Turkeys, choice, hens, lie per lb; young gobblers, 8@8^.c; chick­ ens, 9@10c; broilers, 14@15c; capons, 12® 12^c; ducks, ,10®lie; geese, 8^8^c. Live Poultry--Chickens, 9*^@10c per lb; tur­ keys, 6^i@8c; ducks, 10c; geese, $6.00@8.00 per doz. Onions--Red. choice to fancy, |l.2o$il.35 per bu; yellow, $1.25@1.35; white, Jl.00tfrl.25. Potatoes--3S@45c for common to fancy; mixed, 34@37c per bu. Apples- Baldwins, J3.25@3.75 per brl; greenings, $3.00<ff3.60 per brl; Ben Davis, $3.25©3.50 per brl; Kings, $S.5C#4.00 per brl. Minister Wu Talks of His Nation's v Standing. • ..' COMPARES CHINA WITH WEST. Asks Oar People to Study tb* CItUIm- tlM of Chlu lutwd of Trylnir to PaU It Dm--China Most Also Hwn Kanr Persons Hart In More than a score of persons were injured, several severely, Monday in a wreck on the Chicago, Rock Island ft Pacific, two miles north of Grand Junc­ tion, la. A train bound for Fort Dodge, going at full speed, was thrown from the track by the kinking of the rails. The two passenger coaches, mail, ex­ press and baggage cars and tender were thrown Into a pool of water. The en­ gine remained on the track. The in­ jured; Celia Wobble, Patonia, serious­ ly hurt; arm broken. Mrs. Hall, Stu­ art, la., badly hurt A. M. Mickean, Perry, la., foot hurt. C. A. Ladlefi, Des Moines, slightly hurt. W. L. Mc- Neal, Fort Dodge, hurt about head. David McKean, Pomeroy, hurt inter­ nally. Lee York, Des Moines, back hurt. W. D. Phillips, Des Moines, nose broken. EL L McCool, Des Moines, cut over eye. I. W. Yocum, Des Moines, leg hurt Joseph Staffor, Tiskilwa, 111., head hurt Fred Bullen, Des Moines, back hurt. William Bal- lantire, Des Moines, arm cut; back hurt. F. F. Luther, Grand Junction, hurt internally. Richard Wiltse, face cut The engineer, fireman and brake- man escaped with slight injuria,. Impcachad Jadgos on Stand. In the impeachment trial at Ral­ eigh, N. C., cross-examination of Chief Justice Furches continued Tuesday. Ail ineffectual effort was made by the prosecution to have him acknowledge inconsistencies in several Supreme court decisions, but the witness made careful le£al distinctions between, all cases, and the cross-examination closed without demoralization of the wit­ ness. Several prominent Democrats from Judge Furches' county, among them ex-Congressman W. M. Robbing, testified to Judge Furches high charac­ ter as a citizen and official. The ex­ amination of Associate Justice Doug­ las consumed the remainder of the day. He showed where many cases had been decided against his own po­ litical friends, and declared that no Republican had ever approached him officially on any partisan question. - Primary Day In Kentucky. Democratic election primaries held in various portions of Kentucky re­ sulted in an unusual number of free fights, in which, so far as has been learned, one man has been killed thirteen or fourteen wounded. In a small store at Breckinridge, Harrison county, during the primary, William Hayes and Wash Slade engaged in a desperate fight with revolvers. Slade was mortally wounded and Hayes was hit twice in the head and arm. Slade died in three hours. The Democratic primary to select officers for Morgan county was held at Caney. In a gen­ eral fight ten men were wounded. Three ol them were badly shot, and two of them are reported dying. Caney has no telegraph communication, and further particulars are unobtainable tonight Elephant Rains Barber Shop, An elephant escaped from the zoo at West Market street, Indianapolis, a few minutes before noon Monday. The animal was one of two young elephants which arrived in the consignment of animals to the zoo this morning. It ran out the front entrance, bolted a<*oss the street, and through the large plate glass window in a barber shop. While the barbers and their patrons hurried out the door, the elephant up­ set a few chairs and then turned and came out the window. It was soon surrounded by zoo employes and re­ captured. It has been named "Carrie Nation." Tax on Insazaae* Companies. Governor Odell has signed the bill passed by the New York legislature imposing a tax on insurance com­ panies. The insurance tax is of 1 per cent on the gross amount of premiums received during the preceding calendar year toy domestic companies. A tax of 5-10 of 1 per cent is imposed on for­ eign lire and marine companies. Fra­ ternal and co-operative Insurance com- panies are exempted from taxation. His excellency Wu Ting-fang, envoy ex­ traordinary and minister plenipotentiary of China to the United States, addressed the thirty-seventh convocation of the University of Chicago Tuesday. He paid high tribute to western civilization, but maintained sturdily that Its superiority to the civilization of China has not been proved. The establishment of the present politi­ cal and social Institution of China Mr. Wu attributed to the duke of Chow, who flourished eleven centuries before the Christian era and was the MoseB of the Chinese. Then came Confucius, who not only made the institutions permanent, but made classic ancient Chinese writ­ ings and fixed the language as it now ex- tots. He said Nature had blessed the country with every variety of soil and climate, so that the people had never been obliged to look to other countries for the supply of their wants. They have been able to live within themselves without difficulty, and to get along without hav­ ing anything to do with the outside na­ tions. Their long seclusion has been not only a matter of necessity, but also a matter of choice. It must be admitted that today China is centuries behind the age in her knowledge of chemistry, elec­ tricity, steam navigation, rapid transit and other arts and sciences. All these things she must learn from other nations before she can hope to put herself abreast of the times. There has lately been a great deal of newspaper talk about civil­ izing China. Mr. Wu gave credit to those people who advocate such a course for their good intentions, but its desirability, to say nothing of its diffiuclty, should not be overlooked. China has already a civilization of her own. It is the growth of time. Long before the ancestors of the people of the west ceased to be naked savages and emerged from the primeval forests of central Europe the Chinese had already known the use of the compass and the art of printing. Now for the peo­ ple of the west to turn around and ask the Chinese to put away their old civil­ ization is rather novel. The people of the west may know more about the build­ ing of railroads, the floating of foreign loans, the combination of capital and trusts, the development of resources and the like. But the Chinese naturally feel that they are in a better position to judge what Is best for • their own interest and welfare than any outsider can be. There­ fore any attempt to impose upon them any reform or religion they do not feel the need of is apt to create trouble. It is not easy for foreigners to look at Chinese questions from a Chinese stand­ point. Fortunately there is an increas­ ing disposition on the part of many pub­ lic men in America and Europe to deal with Chinese affairs not In a high-handed way, as of old, but In a spirit of for­ bearance and with an earnest desire to do what is right. Tfce UtifcMlMi la China* lOatatr Wu referred to Hawaii M * eountry which had yielded to the politk cal, social and religious Influences front abroad. As to a Bimllar effort of for­ eign influence upon the Institutions of bis Own country he declared the case to be different with China. That occidental civ­ ilization in all Its phases Is superior to oriental civilization is not clearly estab­ lished. The burden of proof la on the side that endeavors to effeot a change in the existing order of thing* The mere assertion that one system is superior to the other is not sufficient. It does not follow that system which has been tried and proved successful In the west must be suitable to the conditions which prevail in China. A superb landau runs with great smoothness and rapidity on the asphalt pavement of a city; but that does not show that it can go any faster and more safely than an old express wagon in a muddy country road. Sixty years of foreign intercourse have by no means convinced the Chinese that west­ ern ways and methods are better than their own in all respects and under all conditions. \ If the people of the west will study the civilization of China Instead of try­ ing to pull it down, they will save them­ selves a great deal of trouble. They will And that the Chinese are not addicted to "ways that are dark and thicks that are vain," as they are represented to be by an American poet. Says Chin in Is Tlfonm. They will And that China, old as she is, still exhibits all the strength and, vigor of full maturity. They will find that the civilization that has stood the test of forty centuries 1b far from being effete. They will find that the proper course to be pursued in putting China on the road to prosperity and happiness is not to shake the foundations of her social and political fabric, but to allow her to in­ corporate such elements of western civil­ ization as she can assimilate. On the other hand, China must keep up with the times in the onward march of prog­ ress. To this end it is necessary for her to take lessons from the western world. But she need not be a servile imitator. By adopting from the west only what is best for her welfare, and avoiding every­ thing that is not suited to the conditions and needs of her people, she will trans­ form herself into a modern nation with­ out losing those elements of national character which have made her great and strong in the past. V \ Fass Him Hit Fay oa • Pole* < ,< The Sangamon county grand Jtiry at Springfield, 111., was thrown into a panic Tuesday when a deputy sher­ iff rushed into the room and breath­ lessly announced that one of the sit­ ting members--James Stevenson--had broken smallpox quarantine at Salis­ bury to come to that city to do jury duty. A hasty adjournment was taken and the members of the garnd Jury fell over one another in their mad rush for the open air, all except Ste- •enson. He regarded the actions ol his fellow jurymen as ridiculous and uncalled for. The jurymen appealed to Judge Thompson, and he asked Ste­ venson for his resignation. An order for Stevenson's pay was handed to him at the end of a pole. JVork on Railway Jading J Stopped. ^ RUSSIA DICTATES TERMS. Basslaa General DON Not Stand oa the Order of the KuglUh Troop*' Departure, tat Bays They Most WlthdmW oar ktm Will Mot Do So. HAWAIIAN LEGISLATURE OPEN. 3 X SSSWSSf "f * f • Votes Marriage Regulations. The state senate of Minnesota re­ considered and finally passed Senator Chilton's bill prohibiting the marriage of insane, epileptic and Idiotic persons, and requiring a medical certificate of all applicants for marriage licenses. Amendments were adopted making the physicians' certificate not quite so sweeping and to permit the marriage of any feeft)le-mlnded person over 45, the bill originally having extended such permission only to women. The hill passed by a rote of 84 to 17. Stole Thousands of Horsee. George Jacobson, one of the men un­ der arrest at Chateau, Mont., for com­ plicity in the stealing of several thou­ sand horses in northern Montana, has turned state's evidence. He exposed the gigantic operations of the gang In the last two years. He testified that J. R. Stephenson, on trial, planned all the robberies, and that he and others shipped the stock to market anH dis­ posed of it One trainload of horses was shipped to Sioux City, Iowa, and sold for $5,000. This was divide among the gang. The opening of the first territorial legislature of Hawaii was the first pub­ lic event connected with the annexa­ tion of Hawaii in which the native Hawailans as a body have been able cordially and heartily to take part. The fact that it was the first legisla­ ture elected since the overthrow and the beginning of what to them was a dark period in Hawaiian history, chos­ en at an election In which Hawailans could fully participate, was to them like a return of the time when native Hawailans were the people of the land and all others were strangers, admit­ ted to rights by their good will. It was like a return to the house of their fa- Colllatoa In Cincinnati. Two men were dangerously injured and four slightly hurt by an engine of the Big Four carrying employes to Riverside for an examination crashing into a caboose at a siding at Delhi avenue, Cincinnati. The seriously in­ jured are William L. Brown, a brake- man, and O. F. McCampbell, baggage- master, both of Indianapolis. The ac­ cident was caused by a switchman failing to turn the switch in time to keep the engine on the main track. Big Brewery Deal dosed. Ninety-day options have been se­ cured through New York financial agents on every share of the $198,000 stock of the Home Brewing company of Indianapolis, and nearly all of these options are at 200, making the cost of the property close to $400,000. This marks the closing of a deal which will divide the brewery interests of Indian­ apolis into two camps, for it is under­ stood the new deal Involves joining the Home Brewing company and American Brewing comptt]r. : „ thers. The fact that the legislature was very largely composed of members of their own race, just as it was in the old times, doubtless added very much to this. sentiment. This feeling was displayed in the crowds that thronged the grounds of the capibol building on the morning the session began and which filled the visitors' galleries in both houses. The opening session of the senate did not attract as much popular attention as did that of the house. The senate is a smaller body, and there is a less proportion of na­ tive members in it. The chamber in which it meets is less commodious and well flitted. Japanese Attach Americans. The steamer Klnshln Maru has ar­ rived at Victoria, B. C., from Yokoha­ ma and the orient. She brought news of a brutal assault on Major S. B. Mul- ford of the Thirty-ninth infantry and his wife at Kioto, while returning from Manila. A mob of 100 attacked the Mulfords while they were em-bark­ ing on a train. Their clothing was torn, and both were roughly used, de­ spite the major's strenuous resistance. Ha was in uniform. Count von Waldersee, General Bar­ row and General Wogaok have been in consultation at Pekin, China, and General Wogack has agreed to with­ draw the Russian troops from the dis­ puted ground at Tientsin provided the British also withdraw. He insisted also upon a guarantee that work on the railway siding should not proceed un­ til the matter had been diplomatical­ ly adjusted. This proposal and stiipu- tfnlted States Supreme court will ad­ journ on March 26 Cor two weeks to consider opinions. All intoxicating liquors to be barred from transmission through the malls. Senators Mason and Cullom called on president and indorsed F. E. Coyne for postmaster and Henry L. ^Herts for internal revenue collector at Chi­ cago. American soldiers In China went to be paid In Mexican coin, to outwit money changers. Treasury surplus growing so rapid­ ly that Secretary Gage may buy bonds on market. Consular reports show Boxer war has almost ruined trade of Americans In China. Employes of navy yards and navy stations to be given vacations for first time. Appointments of large number of presidential postmasters to be soon, Albert W. Wlshard appointed United Memphis, Ind., and Mo.f Ruined. DAMAGE IN OTHER PLACE| •any Parte of the Uatted I*®nU» *•* SnUaw HeeTlest Fires Monday practically wiped the town of Memphis, Ind., destroyed! the business section of Bismarck, Mo., and a number of residences; sweptr clear two blocks of ice houses sheds In St Louis, Mo.; laid low a larg» Iron plant in that city, and wrecked, a big planing mill at Nashville, Tenn., entailing In those four cities a prop- erty loss estimated at more tha.n $590,. 000. Other cities to suffer from fire* Baeholor Farmer ] H. H. Drake, a bachelor farmer, was found dead in his house, five miles north of Rose Hill, la., with five bullets In his body. Drake was wealthy and was known to have cash about the place. He had been dead three days or Drake had relatives in the Da- Wisconsin and Minnesota. more, kotas. - - - ~ - OASKUK lation were satisfactory to General Barrow and were accepted by him. The British and Russian troops were withdrawn at 5 o'clock a. m. Friday. Orders have been issued, however, that no British officer should leave, or even "sleep out" at night, or go to dinner without furnishing his address to the adjutant. The marines will return to the ships. Admiral Seymour objects to any of the Australian naval brigade, who volunteered for service on the railway, remaining. The military au­ thorities say he does not understand the situation, that his interference is uncalled for and that the Australian marines are just the men needed. The Russians have ordered a regiment to proceed from Port Arthur to Tientsin. The arrangements made by General Ballloud, the French commander, are regarded as completely satisfactory, and all danger of a collision between the British and French is considerably Obviated. Eariy Reports ot the Trouble. Prospects of war in the Orient loom up even more rapidly than the hopes of immediate peace in South Africa have gone glimmering. Tientsin dispatches report the situ­ ation there as of the tensest nature, while inspired utterances in St. Pet­ ersburg are goading Britons Into frenzy. It became known at Tientsin that Great Britain formally protested against Russia's agreement with China regarding Manchuria and that the czar's laconic reply, wittily interpret­ ed, was that his occupation of that province was none of Britain's busi­ ness. ' In giving out this information the inspired Russian official stuck the goad into the lion's present most vulnerable spot. He caustically warned Britain to catch Dewet, the fox, before tack­ ling the bear. The excitement and anxiety in Tien­ tsin as to the possible developments of an Anglo-Russian siding dispute do not abate. A company 6f British troops and a company of Russian soldiers remain encamped on either side *of the trench, looking at each other. The Russians have orders to fire on any one com­ mencing work. General Wogack says the trouble was caused by the unwarrantable in­ terference of the British in the affairs of the Russian concession, and he adds that the siding will not be continued unless he receives orders from his own superiors. Both sides will appeal to Count von Waldersee, but they both consider the matter to be beyond his authority and will await orders from Europe. General Wogack, Russian command­ er, demanded withdrawal of British forces from disputed territory at Tien­ tsin, and apology for removal for Rus­ sian flag. British commander refused both demands. Riley White Is Arrrsted. Riley White, Mrs. Cgrrle Nation's grandson, has been arrested at Cleve­ land -by United States Revenue Detec­ tive McGinnis of Chicago as a fugi­ tive from justice. He is said to have failed to pay the United States revenue tax. He will appeal to Mrs. Nation to help him out when he gets to Chi­ cago. JSt£tfc£ n < v "4 ̂ t. j&ts&h ..1.. . > . ' iK.' ' Mnrdrrs Three Children. Jacob Dearborn Marr, a farmer aged 50 years, of Clinton, Me., murdered his three children--Alice, aged 13, Sd- Wla t. »nd Helen. . • • •• ; ^ . QoihlBf Oil W«ll t» Wyoming. There is great excitement in the sec­ tion about Cheyenne, Wyo., over the discovery of high-grade lubricating oil near Evans ton, in the southwestern corner of Wyoming. The Union Pa­ cific, while drilling for water, struck a flow of oil, and the well has since as­ sumed the proportions of a gusher. Oil men from California, Pennsylvania, Nebraska and Utah have hurried to the scene, and upward of 621 square miles of oil land have been located. Experts pronounce the discovery one of the most important made in years. Herron Divorce Is Reported. The Grinnell, Iowa, Herald makes the statement that Mrs. Herron has secured at Algona, Iowa, a divorce from her husband, Prof. George D. Herron, the well-known lecturef, Oil the ground of desertion. Vtlek and Barber Bnlld Bank. O. C. Barber and H. C. Frick are partners in a new bank, to be known as the Columbia National, which will be started at Barberton, Ohio. A block will be bu$lt> jut fcaftdqwaafcsrs tor the bank. ; > States District Attorney for Indiana, and H. C. Pettit United States Mar­ shal for same state. Attorney General Griggs expects to retire from Cabinet on April 1, to be succeeded by P. C. Knox of Pittsburg. General Chaffee, who is to succeed General MacArthur in Philippines, will reorganize army in islands. Postoffice department making plans to obviate necessity of rehandling European malls at New York. Representative Burton, returned from Cuba, says Island must 'be free before annexation comes. Denied at White House that ex-Sen­ ator Wolcott Is to be secretary of the interior. Majors H. €f. Carbaugh, J. A. Hull and G. M. Dunn appointed judge advo­ cates general. Administration urged to hasten es­ tablishment of civil government in Philippines. Army board ruled that Rosecrans, not 'Smith, relieved force at Chatta­ nooga. Assistant Secretary Hackett likely to remain in navy department. Warship Massachusetts floated at Pensacola without damage. President and Illinois senators agreed on federal appointments In Chi­ cago. Collector of Port Nixon, Dis­ trict Attorney Bethea, and Marshal Ames to be retained. Feared for MeKlnley<s . Apprehension that Thomas P. Mc-. Keating of Chicago might attempt the life of President McKlnley brought Agent !«. P. Porter of the United States secret service, who is one <Jf the president's bodyguard when he is traveling, to Chicago Thursday. Any danger that might have existed from McKeating was averted when he was committed to the insane hospital Thursday. Several letters threatening his life have found their way to Pres­ ident McKlnley from McKeating. It was believed that the writer was in­ sane, and the matter was turned over to the treasury department, from which County Physician Hunter of Chicago received instructions to find the writer of the letters and examine into his mental condition. Mo Gambling In Arkansas. After0 a spirited contest the house of representatives of Arkansas has re­ fused to reconsider the vote by which it passed the senate bill for the sup­ pression of gambling. The bill im­ poses a fine of $500 to $1,000 for gam­ ing, half of the fine to go to the in­ formant and half to the common school fund. During the debate on the bill, Representative J. W. Clack of Yell county caused a sensation by declaring he could have received $200 if he would vote against the bill. Advocates of the bill contend It will be a death blow •o g^mhiiny in that state. ' : '.ft " '." ' 'f') Alexandra on the Contln f̂e Queen Alexandra has arrived in Brussels, traveling in the same white saloon car used by the then prince of Wales at the time of the attempt upon his life by Sipido. All the curtains of the train were drawn. The British minister to Belgium, Edmund C. P. Phi'pps, presented a bouquet to her majesty and the train then proceeded fa^Copenhagen. Ship Wrecked Wj an Ioaberg. All aboard the sealer Iceland nar­ rowly escaped death in a collision with an Iceberg, according to the story told by the officers of the Aurora, just In port at St. Johns. N. F. The bows were crushed in, the jilbboom, bow­ sprit and topmasts were carried away, the foredeck torn up, and the forecastle filled with jagged 'beams. 'All hands were above or many fatalities would have resulted. Twenty-two sustained slight Injuries. A panic followed the accident, tout the ship remained afloat and the sailors were quiet. •eld ns Captives by A message found in a bottle picked up on the beach at Galveston, Tex., says the schooner Rover of New York was wrecked at Gfcpe Horn, and that the two writers of the message--Jo­ seph and James Swift--are captives of the Terre del Fuegan Indians. It is believed that the schooner Rover of Baltimore is missing or lost The message from the bottle bears date of Aug. 1, j&ft, and is written on a playing cafi. were Kansas City, Kas., where oifec** square of buildings was burned, wltlh a loss of $50,000, and Spring Lake, Mich., where several buildings wer*>- destroyed, the damage being over $18,- 000. The entire village of Memphis, a. place of 500 residents, located thirty^ five miles south of Seymour, Ind., was destroyed, and many of the people are without shelter or food. Th»- property loss is over $150,000. Several hundred persons were sheltered In. farmhouses and barns, but scores were' compelled to remain up all night for lack of shelter. Women and children suffered, and few secured anything to eat A train from Jeffersonvllle topic out several hundred sightseers and a. number of these carried baskets of pro­ visions, which relieved the hunger of some of the crying children. Bismarck, Mo., a city of 1,000 In­ habitants, was almost destroyed by- fire. There were no means of fight­ ing the fire, and the Inhabitants wer» helpless to stay the flames, which; swept on until forced to stop by lack of material. The Iron Mountain rail­ road divides the town, and the west- side escaped. v An appeal to Joliet, HI., for fire en­ gines from Mlnooka, a town of COO* inhabitants eleven miles west of Jo­ liet caused the report of the entire- destruction of that village. The lire? Was confined to a vacant hotel, former­ ly known as the Shepley house. The extensive lumber yards and saw and planing mill plant of John R. Ransom & Co., In West Nashville,. Tenn., were destroyed by fire. The> loss is estimated at $140,000, with in­ surance of $115,000. § , Fire losses Monday: Memphis.^ Ind...... w........... $150,000k Bismarck, Mo.................. 100,000 St. Louis, Mo..200,000- N a s hville, Tenn...... ..... 140,000s ,v Kansas City, Kas... 50,00fr Spring Lake, Mich...t......... 18,000 Slays Six Children. Becoming violently insane while her husband was away, Lizzie Naramore, wife of Frank Naramore, at Cold Brook Springs, Mass., murdered her six children with ax and club, and tried to (kill herself, at their home on the Babcock farm, about an eighth of a mile- from the village. Mrs. Nara­ more laid the blood-drenched bodies on the beds, two on one bed and the- other four on a bed in another room, and then cut her own throat with a rar- zor. When discovered, she was in th» bed on which the bodies of the four childre were lying. Although she cut a deep gash 1 nher throat, and suf­ fered the loss of much felood# It is be­ lieved she will recover. Collision Caused by Bllnard. A head-end collision occurred at %. curve on the Burlington & Missouri road, between Johnson and Graf, Neb., Tuesday evening, as a result of th* storm, A passenger train from Bea­ trice/had just left Johnson when It met and collided with a freight train, which/was late on account of the hea­ vy wind and snow storm. The trains were badly wrecked. Fred Jensen, the fireman of the passenger train, was killed, and three men were seriously- injured. The crew of the passenger train was unable to see the freight on account of the blinding snow. Oleomargarine Bill Passes. The state senate of Minnesota has passed the Sivright oleomargarine bflfc. which is extremely strict in its provi­ sions, being known in the legislature- as the "Little Grout bill." The hill will take the place in the clause of the present law prohibiting the sale of oleo as a "substitute" for butter,, which Attorney-General Douglass found to be unconstitutional. The bill was prepared by the attorney-general, and follows the Massachusetts law, which has been sustained toj the courts. X.1L i ̂ •' \ ,.(a- *• I iMa,' sSst*; Battle with Baak Robbers. Bank robber* wrecked the vault of the Wapella, 111., bank at 2 o'clock Tuesday morning. The first explosion shook the entire town. A second terri­ fic explosion tore open the safe. W. R. Carle and' two young men living op­ posite the bank opened fire on four men seen inside the bank. The robbers„ returned the fire. Other citizens aroused by the noise of battle* joined the attack, and the robbers fled with­ out sejaudtoS the $4,000 safe. mailto:3.85@5.35 mailto:3.5O@4.50 mailto:2.40@4.50 mailto:3.00@3.S5 mailto:3.4o@4.S5 mailto:5.5C@5.75 mailto:2.50@4.00 mailto:1.25@1.35