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11 'Wh Trouble between the United fitttM and the little Central American state i Venezuela t§ * quarrel hetwmn panie*. wh* have claims to the grest Bermudez asphalt lake !o- cated on jtl^i|pres. Of the Orinoco riv­ er. Bothof the aaphaft rnuaswi" »r» United States eorpotfetlofts. one,!* W&i being **o National Asphalt company, commonly known as tip asphffi tfiist It Is even charged thft t|fc8trhas : had & hand In encouraging: the ribel- llon in Venezuela which Is now in progress. The leader of the rebellion Is Celestlno Persza, who until recently was the secretary of the present pres­ ident of the republic, General CjMtro. General Castro himself came into power as the result of a successful rebellion which resulted In the over­ throw of the government headed by President And rade. Since Castro took control of the government in the latter part of 1899 he has successfully sup­ pressed at least two rebellions, so that feeknows what he has to deal withil^f Leader of the Urouble. / Oelestino Peraze. the leader of the |>refient rebellion, began his outbreak in the country along the Orinoco river in the last days of December, 1900. A force of 2,500 men was immediately sent against him by President Castro, and several small e n- gagements have taken place be­ tween the rival forces. Now it ap­ p e a r s t h e rebels are running low on powder and muni­ t i o n s o f war in gen­ eral. As a Glimpse of an Asphalt Lake, result they are said to •be about to seize the arms and other property belonging to the New York and Bermudez Asphalt company at the Bermudez pitch lake, while the regu­ lar government, under President Castro, has seized a couple of steamers belonging to a steamboat company owned in the United States. In order to protect the property of citizens of this country from being confiscated in this way the United States warship Scorpion has been ordered to leave the harbor of La Guayra and run up the Orinoco river, and it is reported that the government at Washington stands ready to send the north Atlantic squadron with a force of marines down from Pensaoola, Fla., to Venezuela if the situation does not Improve. Chief Seaport. '%OL Guayra is the chief seaport of Venezuela and the gateway to Caracas, the capital of the republic. At La Guayra the mountains overhang the -water, rising to a height of 8,000 feet. They are visible at sea seventy miles away. Caracas is distant only ten ^ miles, but it is reached by one of the most tortuous pieces of railroad build­ ing in the world. The Journey by rail from the seaport to the capital covers a distance of seventy miles. The cli­ mate of Caracas is mild and pleasant, which explains why large cities of tropical America are usually situated some distance from the coast Caracas Is 3,000 feet above the sea level, and the temperature averages 71 degrees above zero all the year round. Jtooltr L>iKf Absurd "Prospect. Some idea of the absurdity of a seri­ ous war between the United States and v ay De gathered from the at the Central American Mpftilarea five times that <*t&e state of Michl- 4 total population of only 1,000, somewhat less than that of , of which number nearly one* are uncivilized army of Venezuela |neh, with a militia w! put as thc*|feM. So Venezuela has small steamers and t sels. with three or to gunboats. Furthermore. only four years since the United States intervened on <>f Venezuela In its dispute over thequeetion of "boun­ dary -with Great Britain and secured the appointment oMfft *HHW*stion com­ mission, by the decision of which sev­ eral hundred square mites, of valuable territory, including some rich gold mines and the country to the south erf! the mouth of the Orinoco river, were saved to the smaller state, ; tFhe Bone of Contention. The asphalt lake, for the possession of which the rival American companies are fighting, lies 'between a range of mountains and the shore of one of the outlets of the northern delta of the Orinoco river, near the bay of Paria. The lake is a mile and a half in length by a mile in width and. comprises more than 1,000 acres of swampy land. Most of the surface of the so-called lake is covered with a rank growth of grasses and shrubs rising to a height of eight or ten feet and interspersed with tall palm-trees. The pitch or asphaltum- does not lie In an unbroken surface, as on the Trinidad lakes, but bubbles up, as if from springs. The pitch, how­ ever, underlies most of the surface in­ cluded in the lake and has a depth varying from two to ten feet. In the center of the lake is a patch of about seven acres which is free from vegeta­ tion and in which the pitch is so soft that it cannot be walked on. The whole surface of the lake is so low that dur­ ing the spring floods it is entirely cov­ ered by water. The pitch is dug out of the lake by native labor and carted tp a convenient place near a seaport, where it is refined. The raw asphalt is put into huge kettles and slowly heated from above until the whole mass is brought to a liquid condition. The process of heating drives off the w&ter and gas with which the raw A VENEZUELAN MAN-OF-WAR. pitch is filled, while the heavy impuri­ ties sink to the bottom of the kettle. The" pure asphaltum can then be poured off. Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Fitzgerald of Danville, Va., have deeded their place on the north bank of the Dan river, worth |20,000,to the Danville Orphan­ age as a permanent home. The late Chief Justice Falrcloth of North Carolina bequeathed 920,000 to the Baptist Female University of Ra­ leigh. u naB WHITE SQUADRON THE ^fl-sphalt in History. Stood la trials for murder it Is often of til to detsrmiao 4*0- origin of blowl spots found on cloth­ ing, weapons, etc. Do they come from human or frm that of animals. Is the qiiaJpa asked. Recent 'expert- tii£t if red muuS any aai- Into.the blood of the serum of the 1st- fjpeperty of destroying ^^of the sort Asphalt has been knftig from pre­ historic times. Some foiips Of it W**» used as building material in ancfcmt Babylon, and others were used in preparation of mummies, > During middle ages It drop] eight. In 1712 a Swiss covered large beds of and succeeded in reviving' the use of it as building material. It is said that tfce value of asphalt for paving pur- dlscowered fey accident while the crude asphalt was being hauled from the deposits where it was dug. Pieces of the §N|halt from the carts and mpe ground into the- roa<|NK1>y the the men and iHWgfc , Jjt was that such roadl^ll^PlpBflBted and resisting s**Lcva*d the _ using asphalt on other roadSsfgjH de­ veloped. It was not largely used, how­ ever, until 1832, and within theMif 25 years it has made its greatest progress. Venezuela** The ehief importance of Venezuela's asphalt lake is due to the fact that It is one of the few deposits of cons|||r>> able slse on this continent which are not controlled by the asphalt trust A concession covering the lake was granted to a small rival company, and i a few months later trouble began. The with which a rebellion may he In Venesuala is said to he re- The rtSntlitiy Is full of rer- oalr « A* corpuscles- mal are in another, ter other quently introduced. This specific prop­ erty of the sirum-can be utHSsed as a test ta.<-«jijHco4egal matters. To carry otttfKe test It is necessary to have at'Mjjg! serums already treated with tltt rMb corpuscles of the blood of sheep, dple, fowls, etc. Bach one of these prepared serums will destroy the red corpuscles of one kind of blood very quickly. The sheep serum Instance, destroy red corpus- sheep's blood in a minute or so, m: effsCt on the red corpuscles of Other blood is very much less and effective. If then, in any criminal case, the accused de­ cisis that certain blood stains on his etching are spots of sheep's blood, ahafiot of human blood, a decisive test can be made by treating this blood by the seriuttt previously prepared by the iiRtbdtiiK Of the red corpuscles of the blood of different animals. If the aaram pswtouily prepared by the In­ troduction of sheep's blood at once dissolves the stains found on the clothing of the accused then his plea was correct and the stains did, in fact, arise from the blood of a sheep. If the serum so prepared does not rapidly destroy the stains his statement is false. By trying other serums, pre­ viously prepared, one can be found that will dissolve the stains on the clothing and in this way the origin of the Mains can be quickly and sure­ ly assigned. This procedure, pro­ posed by M. Ladislas Deutsch of Buda­ pest, is apparently destined to be of great service in many crirotî Ltrtel*- --Heir York Sun. > A BOY'S AOS. fcpwking to start one of the (reaiifephidl have pr% since it eaiif off the yoke of Spain. It is also stated that President Castro and his followers were sadly disappointed in their hope*. , of finding some method of Increasing their private fortunes after they took charge of the government. Doeter Md Bubtr DUnrw ant Owrt Sides with Barber* • youth clad in the shabbiest gar­ ments imaginable, but wearing a one- karat diamond ring, furnished a prob­ lem in the criminal court that required the wit and ingenuity of experts to solve, says the Omaha Bee. It was necessary to ascertain the lad's age and before a satisfactory estimate was made several attorneys, a barber, a veterinary surgeon and a judge had passed judgment unsuccessfully. The boy is known to the police as "Doc Silcote. He was before Judge Baker on the charge of having stolen 284 pounds of bullion from a freight car on a Union Pacific sidetrack near the smelter. When arraigned Silcote en­ tered a plea of not guilty. His attor ney informed the court that he desired to withdraw, the plea and admit his guilt If he were of legal age, as al­ leged in the complaint, the admission of guilt would send him to the peni­ tentiary; otherwise he would escape with the reform school. "Doctor, come here," commanded the court. "How old are you?" "I never knew," re plied the lad. "It's going to be hard work to tell this boy's age," observed the court "Do any of the complain­ ants know anything about him?" De­ tective Vizzard of the Union Pacific Railroad Company attempted to prove that Silcote has been stealing so long he must be more than 16, but the court would not accept deductions for evi­ dence. One of the attorneys then Jok­ ingly made a remark that was taken seriously. "There is a man skilled in homecraft," he said, pointing to a vet­ erinary surgeon among the spectators. "Bring him up." instructed the judge, "and let him see if he can give us a clue." The veterinary expressed the opinion that Silcote is more than 16, as he had several teeth youngsters do not enumerate among their molars. As a precedent for expert testimony had been established, an attorney for the defense asked leave to call a barber from the crowd to express an expert opinion on Silcote's beard. The bar­ ber thought he must be /ounger than 16. The court ruled finally that Silcota is under legal age and cannot be sent to the penitentiary. He will be sen­ tenced to a term in the reform school. Ihktat Cheeee la Fludm The manufacture of cheese is one of Holland's staple industries, and yet the two Belgian provinces--East and West Flanders--have come to the front in this business recently, and even export some of their cheese to the Nether­ lands. Of course the Belgian cheese will never be able to compete with the famous Holland varieties--Leyden, Goods and IDdam. As there is practi­ cally no duty on Belgian cheeses enter­ ing Holland, French and Swiss cheeses are often sent here by way of Belgium to escape duty.--A. F. 3. Kiehl, fa Chi­ cago Record. Dislike Bachelor faowi Beanrhnmp's failure as gover­ nor of New South Wales is declared to have been due mainly to the fact that lis was unmarried. Australians do not like bachelor governors, and have in ithe past so emphatically manifested this dislike that candidates for the po­ sition have been known to qualify fry lad in a hurry. The so­ ft? the cottar want more at th# y*pif i are ees&y trith a bachelor hence Lord Beanehamp's flzzla -I.;?**,;? 1 i--11 <wprs » The friends of Thomas Henry Car­ ter, United Statee senator from Mon­ tana, are figuring upon securing for Mm a professorship in the Catholic university of this city, but llr. Carter says he has not yet been defeated for re eloofion, and considers ids chances very good, although the legislature of Moptfi% is largsly Democratic. Mr. Call* -Has a school teacher in bis youngsr days and knows how to go it, --Washington Letter. Prof. Richard Lync& Gamer, who is believed to have died of jungle fever in Africa, was last heard from In the Bfrench Congo country, wlpfe in 1892 he made his famous observations on the speech and habits of the gorilla. Prof. Garner believed he had to some degree mastered the speech of the great anthropoids, but in any event the rec­ ord of what he saw proved to be of the most thrilling interest Tfcklng up his station In a great jaa«le 200 miles long and tS miles wide, the professor built himself a steel cage, in which he could find per­ fect protection from the gorillas which wandered his way. He made the friend­ ship of Gabun, the native chief of the gorilla country, and he pm the respeo! of the French authorities. For four­ teen month* he remained In the Jungle studying the habits of the large an­ thropoids. He then explored a con4 slcterafttle portion of tMs part of Af­ rica. On his return in 1895 he pub­ lished as one of the results of his ex­ plorations the COttCtltKMtaltl that the home of the gorilla In Africa lies in the jungle first esettoiied and in no other place. With him in his cage Mr. Garner kept a chimpanzee, which he used as a means of lulling the suspi­ cions of the gorillas. From the chim­ panzee he learned ten sounds, 'which he memorized. These he used in ad­ dressing gorillas which came near his cage, and he became satisfied that the anthropoids used a definite language in their conversations. He claimed that William u troller of the New York the bfl • but* Srtittb Tim late Harl of Alrlie's personal es­ tate la England and Scotland has been Valued aft £44,083 3s 6d., including PROF. GARNER. these animals had specific sounds for specific things. The ten vocal sounds he had learned were used by the go­ rillas to express their wants or sensa­ tions, desires for food, drink and so on. He came to the conclusion that the anthropoid vocabulary consisted of some thirty sounds, each of which had many different meanings. Tn his experiments Garner made use of the phonograph with good results, With this instrument he recorded the speech of twenty species of monkeys in the zoological gardens of the United States, which he had visited for two and one-half, years? prior to his depar­ ture for Africa. None of these species- would reply to the language of any of the others. He had looked forward to great results from his present trip to Africa. The gorillas, he said, were far more intelligent than any Other species of the four kinds of manlike apes. field. REPORT OF THf F»0C£ED!HGS, Warir to*S«tlt Hws ̂«t' Spring. * ** farmer coiap- who died at fifkfPM appoint­ ed to his post in the treas&ISr by presi­ dent Cleveland daring first administration and held thit place for H& lnnoc«oet. three yean. In 1889 he left Washing­ ton to become president Of the Ameri- JFpaitf's Man at +etin. Senor de Cologan, the Spanish min­ ister at Pekin, is the dean of the dip­ lomats at the Chinese capital. He is the scion of a fine old Irish family whose heads removed Into Spain after the battle of the Boyne and became naturalized Spanish subjects. He has served his country in many important SENOR de COLOGAN. offices, including positions of diplo­ macy at Athens, Constantinople, Mexi­ co, and Caracas, Venesuela. In 1894 he was appointed to the mission at PS- kin. , • t*raised By Joe Jefferton, Joseph Jefferson, the veteran actor, says that he ^m^absolutely no object- on to the engage­ ment of his son William to MiSS Christie McDonald, the actress. . Until a few days ago the engagement was known only to in­ timate friends, and when the secret leaked out rumor had it that the Christie M'Donaldmen,]}era Qf the young actor's family were opposed to the match. Joseph Jefferson absolute­ ly denied it and spoke in high terms of Miss McDonald. Miss McDonald is now starring with Pete Daly's "Hodge Podge," while Wil­ liam Jefferson plays in the troupe with his father. The couple became ac­ quainted in the autumn of 1899. The wedding will take place at the closs of the theatrical season in June. Over 3,000,090 Of our population are la heed and actually receive jftmo kind of charitable assists***. WILLIAM L. TRENHOLM. can Surety Company of New York city. Three years ago he resigned that posi­ tion and wss elected president of the North American Trust Company. Mr. Trenholm was one of the most widely known citizens of New York, at least in the world of finance. He was a member of several clubs, of the Am­ erican Association for the Advance­ ment of Science, and of the New York Chamber of Commerce. His book, "The People's Money," earned for him the reputation of a clever writer. In 1885 and 1886 he was a member of the United States Civil Service Commis­ sion. His widow was Miss Kate Louise MacBeth of Charleston, S. G. JHonor For Olmsttd. Frederick Law Olmsted, the famous landscape designer and creator of the garden scheme of the -world's fair at Chicago, has been signally honored by the Boston board of park commission­ ers. While yet alive, the great artist and writer will see his name identified with the Boston public -parks* in such man­ ner as to insure its perpetuity for the edification of posterity. The board has adopted the following resolution: "Voted, That those parts of the parks heretofore known as Leverett Park and Jamaica Park be called Olmsted Park, in honor of Frederick Law Olmstedif The man to whom this extraordinary honor has been given is the genius whose brain devised the beautiful scen- lfr. W. Mlliaa IntrodWeei Bin la S»m« to Compel rtupwty Ownet* to Mat PCMmal Property tor Whea Beqweated to OoNlbb Jjr% MOB VENGEANCE IN KM Alleged AMMttor. Weroded a B*«a«r U Ofgtme ' Out Ilfecertr ; BeaMMK lB Flames Uettt was first admitted FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED, ery of Central Park, New York; whose work will be seen for many generations to come in the lovely vistas of Jackson Park, Chicago, and in the delightful scenery of the capitol grounds at Washington, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, the parks of Boston, Montreal, Tren­ ton, Milwaukee, Kansas City, Louis­ ville, Buffalo, and other great cities of the country. Cotton -os. Woolen MilU* The American Cotton and Wool Re­ porter says that the construction of 224 new mills has been begun during the last six months. Of these 144 are for the manufacture of cotton goods, fifty-one for the manufacture of knit goods--mostly cotton hosiery and un­ derwear--and fourteen for the manu­ facture of woolens. This is a most unequal division between the two great departments of textile Industry. It is evident that the production of cot­ ton fabrics in the United States is in­ creasing with much rapidity. It is gratifying to learn that the American manufacturers are paying special at­ tention to the manufacture of the finer qualities of goods. They have been able for some time to compete suc­ cessfully with foreign rivals as regards the coarser cottons. They will soon he equally successful as regards the bet­ ter gradea. Filled Her Husband's l*utpit. On Sunday last the congregation of the Church of the Good Shepherd, the leading Universal- ist organization of Jersey City, listen- tened to a sermon by Rev. Nina Be­ dell Vail, wife of the pastor of the church, who has resigned his chares with the purpose of entering the lec- ture field. The ser- ^ Nilia R VaJL mon was an excel- v lent one and the members Of the con­ gregation were well pleased with it and may ask Mrs. Vail to become their regular supply. Mrs. Vail is an at­ tractive woman personally and posses­ ses a gift of oratory that few women can boast She graduated from the Theological Seminary at Canton, N. J., in the class of 1892. Owing to a disagreement In the Col­ lege of Bishops of the African Metho­ dist Episcopal church, Bishot ̂ H. Turner, president of the Wddersd his rssignatlnu • Teeedey, Jma nary IS. The house was not in session, adjourned until Wednesdady m<«S||ii|, The senate did little work, passing tlpO or three necessary appropriation bills aad transacting a small amount of rou­ tine business. Senator Humphrey of­ fered a bill of Importance to Cook county. The town of Cicero is incor­ porated under a special law, and its »nffi|»l town organisation now covers >v#l villages. Some of these desire I* iirm 'ormpisations of their own, bst ajre un&lp to do so under the ex­ isting law. ^Senator Humphrey says he introduced this bill at the instance of the residents of Oak Park, who want to make a municipality o? their own. When asked if b is bill did not intend to cover Harlem or Hawthorne he oaid no, that it was an Oak Park bill and sent in by Oak Park people. Senator Stringer offered a tofflHeslgned to pre­ vent the secession of village territory except by consent of the municipality. Senator Davidson offered a bill pro­ viding for the taxation of mortgages held by non-residents and foreigners. Wednesday, laaaary IS. Representative Lyon introduced a bill in the house, which is practically a revision of the pure food law enact­ ed by the last general assembly. The measure was prepared by Alfred M. Jones, state food commissioner. It amends nine sections of the present law and adds twenty-five new sections. The new provisions are borrowed chiefly from the pure food laws of Michigan, Wisconsin and' Ohio. The existing law is amended so as to make the agent or clerk who sells goods li­ able for violation of the law. Representative Nohe introduced a bill amending the law for licensing corporations not for pecuniary profit Representative Drew of Chicago intro­ duced a bill designed to limit the meaning of the word conspiracy, and also the use of restraining orders and injunctions as applied to disputes be­ tween employers and employes in the state of Illinois. Representative Sulli- vaA of Cook, introduced a bill which creates the office of state examiner of public accounts, defines his powers and duties and provides for his compensa­ tion. Thursday, January 17. Bills In senate: By Dunlap--A bill making an appropriation of $75,000 for an Illinois exhibit at the Pan-Ameri­ can exposition. By Pemberton--^Ap­ propriating |40,000 annually for the or­ dinary expenses of the Eastern Illinois State Normal. Also a bill appropriate ing $60,000 for the erection of a ladies* dormitory at the Eastern Illinois State Normal School. Also a bill appropriat­ ing $24,000 for miscellaneous expenses at the Eastern Illinois State Normal. By May--Appropriating $6,380 for the conduct of the expenses of the three employment offices. In house: By Mr. Drew--To protect employes in their right to belong to labor organizations; also a bill providing that proceedings for the annexation of territory to cities and villages shall be upon the petition of one-half of the legal voters of the territory proposed to be annexed. By Mr. Jones of Cook--Providing for the payment of fees to attorneys appointed by courts of record to defend indigent persons accused of crime. By Mr. Mc- Culloch--To increase the salaries of judges of the circuit court outside of Cook county from $3,500 to $6,000 per annum. By Mr. Schlagenhauf--To au­ thorize a topographical survey of the state of Illinois. By Mr. W. Sullivan --Amending the revenue law by pro­ viding a fine of not exceeding $2,000 or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding thirty days for refusal on the part of a property owner to list his personal property when requested so to do by the proper officer. Friday .January I a Senators Funderburk and McAdams had the senate all to themselves with the pleasing company of the chaplain. Senator Funderburk presided, the chaplain offered the customary prayer; McAdams moved to adjourn until Mon­ day night and Funderburk declared the motion carried. Augustus W. Nohe, at the special request of Speaker Sher­ man, presided over the house. At the session Mr. Nohe presided with much dignity, although a few of the members present endeavored to disconcert him. Represenative A. W. Nohe has prepared a bill for the regu­ lation of control of benevolent, mu­ tual, and assessment life and accident societies. NOTBS or THE 8K8SIOVS. Resolutions of respect were sdopted to the memory of the late Scott Wike of Pike county; Elijah J. BlaisdeU of Chicago, and Samuel C. Wyllie, all for- mem members of the house. Schlagenhauf of Quincy, presented s resolution providing that as a compli­ ment to James H. Farrell of Chicago, whose sixteen years of continuous ser­ vice entitled him to the distinction of "Father of the House," he he entitled to JBuike first choice of seats. The letter carriers of Chicago in­ dorsed Shelby M- Cullom for re-elec­ tion as United States senator at their regular monthly meeting. The resolu­ tion stated that Senator CaHom had always been a friend of the letter car­ riers, and they desired to signify their approval of his course. The appointments made by Gov. Tanner during the reo®ss wsee eon- firmed by the senate. Gov. Richard Yates said; '*! Inn glad the senatorial contest has ended With sueh general good feeling. The result seems to be accepted with good grace by all concerned. Neither I nor my personal friends interfered In the controversy. We did not deem it our duty to do so. We had kindest feel­ ings toward all, Either of the aspir­ ants would have mads Ah able senator. They all loyally supported/me, and 1 frii'that I cooW not mtsrjtest" Protesting his innocence with higf; isst breath, Fred Alexander was drag- ged from the county jail at Lttglflipf Worth, Kan., Tuesday, and burned &' the stake upon the very spot was found on the 6th of last ber the dead and outraged bo& Of Pearl Forbes. The lynching mary execution of the negro, charged with the crime of xnurdefiSpiK. also with that of attempted aiijpf upon Eva Roth, was accomplishedfil the wanlbg light Of the afternoon, |M in the mob of 3,000 or more maddened citizens were to be many of Leavenworth's most _ ent men. The torch was applied t» oil-soaked body of the negro -toy ; ^A Forbes, father of the murdered * *, but a moment after he had confronts the victim, imputed to him the ertap* for which he was about to ditr.jlifll had received from his Hps an emphjfe- f' ic denial of guilt. Though vainly ing to convince his captors that tUgf , were about to take the life of an |tt» nocent man, Alexander uttered no #tij| f o r m e r c y , m a i n t a i n e d a s t o l i d n S & j • to the end and cheated the mob of tha Joy it anticipated In seeing its vlctWI . writhe in fear. Oa a Prominent Stieet. The scene of the burning was Lawrence avenue, near tlw Santa tracks, and for hours after there nothing left of the negro save a ened mass of bones and charred; crowds continued to come to the fftaSi and gaze upon the work of the-mink ' Early in the afternoon Alexand^J||4 been brought from the state ̂ tiary at Lansing under Strong gSWl and had been placed in the jail *§. Leavenworth.' ^ Sledge-hammers and cold were brought into play, and witiki the hinges of the big sheet iragfc>; were soon cut. Soon several peared at the jail door draggfaag^t blood-stained form of Alexander, had received a blow over his with a hammer, but was conscious, j Fought UUte BeMto. Men, angered beyond semblance US' human beings, fought to get at the ne­ gro as he was shoved and jMpliA through the door. In the crowft lp|Hl fully 1,000 school children and 1®^'% women, many of whom vied with till men in the frenzy of their emotions. "I . :»f.: :• Troops Coming Home. J The United States transport Bufolg ' has arrived at Manila from Vigan, Oil the northwest coast of the island Of Luzon, this evening with the Thirty^ sixth regiment of infantry, United States volunteers. The soldiers will land, camp on the Luneta, and sail on the transport Pennsylvania San Francisco Jan. 25. This regimeai| J$as the earliest organized of the P|SfBnt- volunteers. Some of the men wl|| |Uin the new Manila police, under Marshal General J. Franklin Bell, the original colonel of the Thii regiment. The United States ti Indiana will sail for San with sick soldiers on the return hospital ship Relief from Anarrt^ s> .7-,; - 1 ill Steel Trut XXldee Iftjuurle*. Aversion to publicity has been ried to a further extreme American Steel and Wire ~~mpaiiT nf Cleveland this year than ever titrate. Since Jan. 1 no accidents have heSRI reported from the trust's mills, said this caused an investigation. accidents are of frequent oce The investigation developed tklK| trust has made a contract with 1 bulance and hospital service to\ ^ to all employes injured. One provisions is that no information (lifl be given to any one conotrnlng thijftg that happens at the trust's •*" "W DMth DUeloeee Sex. ^ There was born in the lower side of New York about foi years ago a child whose surname HalL The little one was a girL the child grew to womanhood she hfcd a hard time to eke out a scanty ttvtfla* hood, so she decided to wear men's clothes, and to make the public be­ lieve that she was really a mmt s^e took the name of Murray HalL it#* was many years ago--at least ftftsiqii. if not more than twenty years. I9fe died Thursday at 145 Sixth atjapn; where she managed an . ?mpioys«eit agency. •' - IadlM IHMIm a----I-- s*, The special grand jury Ut Vt., which has been in days investigating the attempt sassinate Chief of Police Patrick Brown of Barre on the night of Dec, 29 last, reported and was dischaxge£f It found indictments against an nine Italians who have been coailied; in jail at Montpelier. iM Rev. C. IK. Sheldon's Seine The hoard of trustees of the Congregational cfaareh, Topeka, d the qtijtry of Rev. C&arl don fronifgpo to $1,800 a year. Sheldon's |ip|larity is than ever since hie return European trip. % r*»^ig -- •- :yfv Faber Uiee *t N arena ber*. 'J! letoann Fa ber, founder of the £amot||r lead Pencil toe tor y, died at Nuremberg Germany, aged 84 years. When began business English pencils in"Wmost universal use In A^l^iilek 'Wednesday aftern Union Fhettc passenger train wrecked near Hilliard, Wyo., by broken rail. Six cars were two of which went over an mtnf Thirteen persons were „ . .n*rtew» Cornelius L. Alvord, Jr., the ing notte teller of the First bank. New York, has been 1 tfclrttea years' tmprfsoni amoyht of his in4eh*jadness 'ISil