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• ' • • i • ~ i • i • •' V - *•:*&- THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER m-' ;> §G V>; McHKNRY PLADTDKAUER OOk VcHXNBY, ILLINOIS. E, V 1 John Henry Peavy, a negro, was > "fcanged at Vienna, Ga., for the murder Of Jesse Ford. The special session of the Colorado legislature adjourned after the passage Of the revenue bill. , The western association of the Elec­ trical Supply Jobbers of the United States met at Cincinnati. Stanislaus La Croix, who murdered his 1 wife and an old man named Thomps, who was endeavoring to pro­ tect her. was hanged at Hull, Quebec. Albert Smith, a negro, aged 20, was convicted at Des Moines, Iowa, of mur­ der in the second degree for killing Bruce Martin in a riot in a saloon Feb. 2. George Carter, colored, was hanged it Moundsville, W. Va., for the murder of Virgil Whistler, also colored, for refusal to pay money won at craps. George W. Maxey, who represented Michigan in the Northern Oratorical League two years ago, was again awarded that honor in the contest at Arbor. Albert Baritz, a farmer, died from exposure during the blizzard near Harvey, N. <D. His body was found three miles from his home, where he hftd wandered. At Springfield 111., Attorney William \«illiams, tried on the charge of rob­ bing the postoflice at Willisville, Per­ ry county, was convicted and sen­ tenced to two years in the Chester penitentiary. Henry Wright, a negro who attempt­ ed to assault a white girl at San Mar- OOS, Tex., and barely escaped lynching, was given ninety-nine years in the penitentiary. John Blanchi shot and killed his Wife at Hibbing, Minn., and commit­ ted suicide by the same method. The dead woman had left home in Eveleth, Minn., with another man. Coroner Laird at Auburn, N. Y., finds the Aurelius wreck on the New York Central, in which six lives were sacrificed, was due to the recklessness «ad carelessness of Engineer Durand and Conductor Butler. W. W. Thomas. Jr., the American minister at Stockholm, gave an offi­ cial dinner in honor of Bishop Von Scheele, the special envoy of King Os­ car to President Roosevelt. I j., The royal mail steamer Elbe arrived ' at Southampton from the Azore isl­ ands, having on board the passengers of the disabled Cunard line steamer Btruria and the Etruria mails. The Pacific cable steamer Anglia has leached Doubtless Bay, thus complet­ ing the Australia-New Zealand link of the cable. Eighty-seven of the persons who were arrested at St. Petersburg for doting has been sentenced to three months' imprisonment. The prosecu­ tions of the ringleaders are still pend­ ing. A journalistic novelty appeared at YIenna in the shape of a daily news­ paper, the price of which is one-fifth Of an English penny. It contains eight pages. Miss Ann Marston of London, re­ cently deceased, bequeathed $270,000 to ^missions, including $20,000 to the American board. The legacies are hedged with stringent regulations against vivisection. ;> \ Four miners were brought into | ̂abigoon station suffering from terri- •' We injuries received from a premature explosion of dynamite in the Big Mas­ ter mine at Gold Rock Michael Donlin, a former member of )*e Baltimore baseball club, pleaded guilty to striking an actress and was sentenced to serve six months in jail Mid to pay a fine of $250. Troubled conditions in China and e|sewhere show British statesmen the lifted of an immense army and plans are forming to greatly strengthen the i force everywhere. The Imperial Tobacco company of fiondon has issued a circular offering ; •" l*rge bonuses to its customers who un- ^wertake not to sell American goods for *V term of years. The London Daily Mail announces : that at the request of Mr. Beerbohm '• Tree, the manager of Her Majesty's theater, Mrs. Brown Potter will short­ ly return to that theater to play the- •^-^part of Calypso in "Ulysses," by . Stephen Phillips. This is the role Mrs. Potter resigned at the production of the piece, owing to her quarrel with •1 Ifr. Phillips. - f l i P a u l B o r t z , a n e m p l o y e o f a c o m m l a - Hon house at Cleveland, O., whose home is said to have been in Auburn, N. Y., died in a hospital as the result • f injuries sustained in falling from freight car. '} ' -TT • Walter Weaver, the Illinois Central • iterator at Brockport, near Metropolis, ill., was assaulted by Lee Cholsser, a ^ r fcrakeman. Weaver was taken to his 1*1 |jome and is thought to be dying. ^ , Lancaster, Tex., has voted an issue v ji •Of -bonds with which to put in a sys- 7-torn of wat«r works. At an auction at Sotheby's, London, v, V * Perfect copy of Caxton's "Royal »'? jV.jpook" was purchased by Bernard $'%'-M&uaritch for 2,225 pounds. Only fi7e |^.Copies of this book are known to be in v; •4 fxistence, and one sold last year for £ $,650 pounds. * George Gordon, colored, was hanged at Raymond, Miss., for the murder of '|iis wife. Supposed anarchists attacked the ftev. Mr. Houst of Elizabeth, N. J., ,Vhom they Beat and stabbed, probably fatally. The assailants w?re angered by a McKlnley sermon. Fifteen fishermen carried out into tiie lake on an ice float at, Marinette, Wis., are believed to have perished. The British budget demand exceeds the nation's income by 1^5^000,000. The deficiency, it is fought, \ftll have to *e made up by .qgi^r taxation. Union cotton mill operatives «t Lewiston, Me., have formulated a de­ mand for a id per cent increase similar to that Remanded at other places. Lowell^ Mass., mill agents consid­ ered the demand of textile operatives for an advance of 10 per cent and a letter was sent to the Textile coun­ cil, but its contents have not been divulged. There has been no change In the threatened street car situation at New Orleans. The railroad presidents con­ tinue to declare that they will not treat with the union. A 4-year-old son of Melvin Wasson at Lafontaine'i Mich., died from burns received while playing around a bon­ fire. Irwin Brown of Indianapolis was killed and Frank Losson of New Al­ bany, Ind., was fatally injured by a scaffold giving way at Holy Trinity church in New Albany. Eduard Bernstein has been elected to the reichstag from Breslau by the socialists. The Austrian government bill ar­ ranging for provisional consular and commercial relations between Austria- Hungary and Mexico was agreed upon in the upper house of the reischrath. The Cologne Gazette say^s that a four volume" autobiography of Richard Wagner, beginning in 1884, has been privately printed at Basel and Bay- reuth. Thirteen sets of the work have been issued before general circulation, supposedly for the criticism of judi­ cious friends. The Westinghouse Electric com­ pany, limited, has secured a contract to erect an electrical power station for tue Metropolitan Railway, London. The Nebraska Republican central committee selected Lincoln as the place for holding the state convention, June 18. North Dakota Republican conven­ tion will meet in Sioux Falls June 4. The State League of Republican clubs will meet at the same time and place. At Athens, Ga., fire destroyed the Rucker cotton compress and 2,100 bales of cotton. The loss is $155,000. The fire originated by a truck runjning over a match. The little mining town of Elmo, on New River, W. Va., was the scene of a destructive blaze. More than twenty buildings were consumed. Loss, $25,- 000. The Methodist Episcopal church and several other buildings at Kimball, W. Va., were destroyed by fire, which originated in an explosion of coal oil. W. F. Bundy will make the race for the minority or Republican nomina­ tion for representative in tne Forty- second Illinois district. Democrats of the Forty-sixth sena­ torial district nominated Tnomas Tip- pit of Olney, 111., and John M. Rapp of Fairfield, 111., for the legislature. This district is heavily Democratic. At the Ninth district Republican convention held at Kokomo, Ind., Charles B. Landis was renominated by acclamation. Republicans of Whiteside county will meet at Morrison, 111., April 11 to select delegates to state and con­ gressional conventions and name a county ticket. The Lee County Republican conven­ tion will meet at Dixon, 111., April 2. Representative C. H. Hughes of Dixon leads for the nomination for senator from the Thirty-fifth district. Henry Crysler, aged 40, a farmer near Lagrange, Ind., is mysteriously missing, and, as he had sold his farm and received the money, his friends fear he was robbed and murdered. A second indictment was returned against Albert F. German, formerly bookkeeper of the Third National bank of Louisville, who was recently in­ dicted on the charge of embezzling $10,000 from the bank. At Marlon, O., Isaac Reeder, aged 65, was killed by a Big Four train while driving across the track and two hours later Mrs. Mary Markey, aged 47, was run down and killed by a train on the same road. A ranchman named Stewart and Daniel McLaughlin, a herder, are re­ ported lost fifty miles northeast of Jamestown, N. D. As 200 of their sheep perished In the recent Btorm, the men doubtless met a similar fate. President Roosevelt is said to be considering the retirement of General Miles, publication of the Philippine pacification plan having revived a long-standing friction between that of­ ficer and his superiors. The owner of the steamer Fanita, which was chartered by the govern­ ment during the Spanish war, declared that it was used as a filibuster to aid Jiminez in establishing his rule in Santo Domingo. Venezuelan government troops re­ captured Guanta, but the situation for the government appears grave owing to the activity of the insurgents. Recruits, discharged men, and civil­ ians engaged in a saloon fight near eleven taoinschrdlhrdluetaoishrdluhrdl Fort Morgan. One man killed and eleven Injured. Fifty Russian and Polish students have been expelled from the Russian technical schools on charges of politi­ cal agitation. R. E. East, serving a sentence of fif­ teen years' imprisonment for burglary in Indian Territory in the federal prison at Atlanta, Ga., escaped. Galveston county, Texas, voted an issuance of $1,500,000 in bonds with which to build a sea wall. Morgan is said to have outwitted the Gates parly in Colorado Fuel, quietly buying large holdings, if not actual control. Safe crackers blew open the safe in the Commercial Hotel at Marlssa, 111., causing a fire which did damage to the extent of $150,000. It^ is said $2,500 was taken from the safe. Mrs. Mary Cohagen of Chicago com­ mitted suicide at Fort Wayne, Ind., by taking morphine. At Havre, France, the strike of the stokers of the French Transatlantic line is ended. The British government defeated the motion in the House of Commons to appoint a special board to investigate war contracts. Successful wireless telegraph experi­ ments are made between Detroit and Cleveland on steamer, code signals be­ ing here across Lake Erie. British consul at New Orleans fears attack by Boer sympathizers in view of numerous annoymous letters and asks for police protection. Business Transacted by the House and Senate in the National Capital. DISCUSS RIVERS AND HARBORS Members of the Iloana Hiklii Goad Headway with the Measure--Senator* Consider the Bill for Protection of the President from Assassins. Monday, March 17. The day in the senate was chiefly de­ voted to consideration, amendment and passage of the ship subsidy bill. Among other bills passed were those appropriating $150,000 for a public building at Colorado Springs, Colo.; appropriating $100,000 for a public building at Laramie, Wyo., and appro­ priating $5,000 for the erection of a dwelling for the keeper of the light­ house at Kewaunee, Wis. As the last public bill on the calendar was passed Mr. Hale remarked that in all his ex­ perience he had., jiever before known the last public till on the calendar to be reached and disposed of. A reso­ lution providing for the appointment of a board to investigate the project of constructing an inter-oceanic canal tcross the isthmus of Darien was re­ ported unfavorably by the Inter- oceanic canals committee, and was in­ definitely postponed. In the house consideration of the rivers and narbors bill was begun. Mr. Burton (Ohio) made a speech in ex­ planation of the measure. The im­ pression existed, he said, that the bill carried something over $60,000,000 for the ensuing fiscal year, whereas it only carried $24,000,000 of actual appropria­ tions. Several other members spoke briefly. Mr. Bellamy (N. C.) protested against the treatment his state had re­ ceived. Mr. Fostrr (111.) and Mr. Coch­ ran (Mo.) discussed the Boer war, crit­ icising the majority for failure to ex­ press the sympathy of the American people with the struggling republics. Just before adjournment Mr. Wach- ter of Maryland denied a newspaper story to the effect that Speaker Hen­ derson had attempted to influence his course on the question of Cuban reci­ procity. Tuesday, Starch 18. For three hours the bill providing for the protection of the President of the United States and for the punish­ ment by United States courts of those who commit assaults upon him was under consideration in the senate. Mr. Bacon opposed the bill and Mr. Hoar and Mr. Mason supported it. Two veto messages from the president were laid before the body and ordered printed. The first was a veto of an act to grant an honorable discharge from the mili­ tary service of Charles H. Hawley and the other was a veto of an act for the relief of James W. Howell. Thirty- nine private pension bills were passed, the calendar being cleared. An execu­ tive session preceded adjournment. The general debate on the rivers and harbors bill in the house was enliv­ ened by Mr. Hepburn (Iowa), wh<^ made his annual onslaught on the measure. Contrary to his usual cus­ tom, he found several things in the measure to command, although some of his criticisms on what he called the "pork" in the bill were quite se­ vere. The ether speakers were Messrs. Ball (Texas), and Lawrence (Mass.), both members of the committee, and Messrs. White (Ky.), Thompson (Ala.) and Burnett (Ala.), who spoke in favor of improvements of interests in their districts. Saturday, April 26, was set aside for memorial services on Repre­ sentative Stokes of South Carolina and Representative Crump of Michigan. Frank B. Lyon of Cuba, N. Y., was elected doorkeeper to succeed the late W. J. Glenn. Wednesday, March 10. During most of the sessions of the senate the bill providing for the pro­ tection of the President of the United States was under consideration. Mr. Spooner contended that the govern­ ment had an absolute and inherent right to protect itself against assaults made either upon itself or upon any of its officers. Mr. Hoar elucidated some arguments he had made previously, and Mr. Tel­ ler and Mr. Bailey spoke briefly upon the bill. Mr. Culberson offered a substitute making the assassination of the Presi­ dent or Vice President, or the sov­ ereign of a foreign country within the jurisdiction of the United States, pun­ ishable by death. Mr. Bacon Introduced a bill for the deportation and exclusion of alien anarchists. A House bill was favorably reported and passed to relieve Postmaster Coyne of Chicago from the loss of $74,- 610, the value of stamps stolen by burglars October 19. 1901. A brief executive session preceded adjourn­ ment. Fair progress was made in the House with the rivers and harbors bill. After Contribute to McKlnley Memorial, Many Porto Ricans contributed to the McKlnley national memorial. Ry- erson Ritchie, national secretary,fe^ ports that $1,497.42 has been raised on the island and the number of con­ tributors runs into the thousands. the close of general , debate, twenty- seven of the U6 pages of the bill were disposed of. Mr. Snook (Ohio) spoke in opposi­ tion to ship subsidies. Mr. Lewis (Ga.) favored tariff revision and Mr. Powers (Mass.) advocated Irrigation in the west. The bill was read for amendment Mr. Fitzgerald (N. Y.) offered an, amendment to appropriate $300,000 for widening and deepening Buttermilk Channel, New York harbor. The amendment was lost by a vote of 73 nays and 27 years. Thursday, March SO. The day In the senate was devoted to consideration of the bill to protect the president. An agreement was reached to vote on the measure and amendments at 4 o'clock Friday. Three substitutes are pending Mr. Aldrlch, chairman of the committee on finance, reported the bill to repeal war revenue taxes, and gave notice that he would call up the measure for consideration Friday. An executive session pre­ ceded adjournment. Slow progress was made in the house on the rivers and harbors bill, only thirty pages being disposed of, leaving fifty pages still to be consid­ ered. The rivers and harbors com­ mittee succeeded again in defeating every amendment offered, though none was of general importance. An appro­ priation of $6,000,000 to improve the harbor at Havana, Cuba, was suggest­ ed by Mr. Robertson (La.) but was ruled out on a point of order. Mr. Williams (111.) attempted to secure an appropriation for continuing levee im­ provements at Shawneetown, 111. Mr. Burton opposed the amendment on the ground that a new policy had been adopted under which the government will no longer co-operate in levee Im­ provements except on the lower Mis­ sissippi, because it has been found that most of the money appropriated for this purpose has been used to improve the property of railroads or of in­ dividuals and corporations financially prepared to do the work at their own expense. The house supported Mr. Burton. Mr. Bellamy (N. C.) dur­ ing the debate took occasion to de­ nounce the Crumpacker' proposition to investlagte Southern election laws as designed to stir up sectional strife. He appealed to the conservative Republi­ cans to defeat the resolution. Friday, March 21. In the Senate passage of the bill to protect the President by a vote of 52 to 15, and of the war revenue repeal bill, without division, occupied practi­ cal ly a l l of the sess ion. A bi l l Ap­ propriating $125,000 for a marine hos­ pital at Buffalo, N. Y., was also passed. On motion of Mr. Proctor, chairman of the committee on agriculture, the oleomargarine bill was made the un­ finished business. After an executive session adjournment until Monday was taken. The rivers and harbors bill was passed without division in the House. Mr. Sulzer (N. Y.) attempted to force a record vote, but only three members, Messrs. Smith (la.), Fitzgerald (N. Yf) and Cochran (Mo.), supported him. Several minor committee amendments were adopted, one authorizing the Michigan Power Company, with cer­ tain restrictions, to take water from the St. Mary's river for use in its power canal. During the debate H. C. Smith (Mich.) complained that the $20,000,000 charged to Michigan in the bill benefited the commerce of Chicago, Duluth, Buffalo and Cleveland, and not a single port in Michigan. Adjourn­ ment followed final action. Chinese Rebels Are Strong. The rebel bands In the southern provinces of China continue to de­ feat the imperial troops sent to sub­ due them. General Ma and Marshall Su report that It Is impossible to sup­ press the rebellion with the troops at their disposal, and the Viceroy of Can­ ton has asked for reinforcements from Peking. Pastor Acoepts Professorship. Jacksonville, 111., dispatch: The Rev. Dr. F. S. Hayden, pastor of the First Congregational church of this city, has tendered his resignation, to take effect on July 1, and will accept the position of professor of philoso­ phy and biblical literature in the Il­ linois college, Jacksonville, commenc­ ing on Sept. 1. Turkey Declines to Repay Ransom. London dispatch: A dispatch from Constantinople says the Turkish gov­ ernment has flatly refused the demand of the United States for the repayment of the sum of money ($72,000) paid to the brigands as a ransom for Miss Ellen M. Stone and Mme. Tsllka. squadron at Port of Spain. Washington dispatch: The North Atlantic squadron arrived at Port of Spain and will probably remain there several days so as to be within easy reach of the Isthmus of Panama, in case the revolution in Panama should require its presence at Colon. Fire Destroys Indiana Chare The First Baptist church at Shelby- vllle, Ind., was destroyed by fire. The property was damaged about $15,000. ' The insurance carried was $5,000. ^Wlll Manley Accept T 1 Joseph H. Manley, the Maine mem­ ber of the Republican national com­ mittee, left for his home in Augusta and will not give his answer to the proffer of the offer of first assistant postmaster general until later. Servian Ministry Resigns. The Servian cabinet tendered its resig­ nation owing to the adoption by the skupshtlna, the national assembly, of a civil service reform measure, against the wishes of the ministry. R as si an Rioters Sentenced. St. Petersburg dispatch: Eighty- seven of the persons arrested here for rioting have been sentenced to three months' imprisonment The prosecu­ tions of the ringleaders are still pend­ ing. Charged with Embessllnit SIOO.OOO. New York, dispatch: Max C. Meyer, an employe of Rathbone & Sons, brokers, was arrested, accused of em­ bezzlement. It is charged that hla shortage Is $100,000. Money for American Missions. London dispatch: Miss Ann Mar­ ston, recently deceased, bequeathed her fortune of £54,000 to missions, in­ cluding £4,000 to the American board of foreign missions. Husband of Hetty Green Dead. Bellows Falls, Vt., dispatch: Ed­ ward Green, husband of Hetty Green, known as the richest woman in Amur- lea, died at his home here. He had been ill a long time with a compli­ cation of diseases. Lord Klmberley Is Very HI. Lord Kimberley, the Liberal lead­ er In the British bouse of lords, who has been ill for some time, suf* fered a relapse and is in a semi-con* •dons condition. THREE IMPORTANT Senators Enact Presidential Protection Bill and Repeal War Revenue. VOTE TO IMPROVE WATERWAYS Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Goes Through the House Without a Roll Call--Items of Interest to Illinois, Michigan, Indiana and Wisconsin. The senate, by a vote of 52 to / IB. passed the committee bill for the pro­ tection of the President, and preceded this action by passing without division the bill for the repeal of the war reve­ nue taxes. In the house the rivers and harbors bill was passed, also without a roll call. The rivers and harbors bill contains the following items of interest to Il­ linois and her neighbors: Improving inner and outer harbors at Michigan City, Ind., $63,000. * Improving harbor at Waukegan, 111., $100,000. Improving Calumet Harbor, Illinois, authorizing substitution east and west breakwater in place of north and south breakwater, no additional appropria­ tion. Improving St. Clair Flats Canal in Lake St. Clair, $330,000. Improving Black river at the mouth and Rouge river, Michigan, $7,500. Improving middle and west Neeblsh channels, St. Mary's river, Michigan, $500,000, and allowing contracts to be entered into for such materials and work as may be required to prosecute said project, not to exceed in the ag­ gregate $4,000,000, St. Mary's river at the falls, $20,000, and a sufficient amount for the completion of the St. Clair Flats canal. Allowance Is also made for widening the St. Mary's Flats canal above the locks. Improving Grand river, Mich., $125,- 000. Improving Fox river, Wis., $70,000, of which $5,000 shall be used in dredg­ ing Calumet harbor and further im- refuge, and $10,000 shall be used to proving the Stockbridge harbor of improve Wolf river, Wis., "and Miller Bay, Lake Winnebago: Improving Wabash river, Indiana and Illinois, below Vincennes, $5,000. Improving Illinois river, Illinois, $75,000. BUSINESS OUTLOOK IS GOOD Settlement of Labor DWpa£es Creates a Buoyant Feeling. "Evidences of further improvement are numerous. Labor controversies are /less threatening, many settlements having been effected, while uthers are momentarily anticipated; wages have been advanced, not only through strikes, but in some cases voluntarily; traffic congestion has subsided until it is possible to deliver goods according to specifications; aside from some idle footwear shops, the leading lines of manufacture are very fully engaged, while jobbing trade is of exceptional magnitude. Retail dealings are also very large, the Easter stimulus being felt in all lines of wearing apparel. With domestic demand so vigorous, it is especially encouraging to notice a gain for the last week in foreign trade at the principal ports." Thus de­ clares R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly Re­ view of Trade, and adds: Last year's Berious injury to corn made quo­ tations particularly sensitive to in­ dications of drought. Another help­ ful factor was the increase in exports of wheat and flour to 4,657,625 bushels for the week, against only 2,598,472 last week and 3,355,098 a year ago. Western receipts continued to make an unfavorable comparison with the movement In 1901, wheat amounting to 2,899,990 bushels, against 4,165,833, and corn 1,460,536, t compared with 3,074,011. Atlantic exports of corn in­ creased largely over the low record of the preceding week to 298,884 bush­ els, and there is still a severe loss as compared with the 2,351,272 bushels shipped a year ago. Failures for the week numbered 209 in the United States, against 224 laet year, and 31 in Canada, against 33 last year." Safe Blowers Cause Big Fire. '• Marlssa. 111., dispatch: Safe blow­ ers are responsible for a fire which de­ stroyed $150,000 worth of property at Marlssa. They entered the Commer­ cial Hotel, where fifty persons were asleep, shortly before midnight, and blew the safe. Obtaining $2,500, the robbers escaped, leaving the building in flames- The fire spread rapidly and was hot checked before a dozen business build­ ings and several residences, with their contents had been destroyed. Several persons narrowly escaped death in the flames. Fatally InJnred by Flying Ax. Elgin, 111., dispatch: John Camp­ bell, one of the wealthiest men in El­ gin and a retired farmer, met a pe­ culiar death. He was raking up leaves In his back yard. In the next yard a tramp was cutting wood to earn a meal. As he swung the ax the blade slipped from the handle and, flying over the intervening fence, the^sharp edge struck Campbell In the back. It caused a wound from the effects of which the attending physicians think he cannot recover. Turks AsIc for Intervention. The Turkish government has directed Ottoman ambassadors to solicit the friendly intervention of the powers at Sofia concerning the differences be­ tween Turkey and Bulgaria In relation to Macedonian affairs. Waesland Victim Washed Ashore. Liverpool dispatch: The body of Elsie Emmett of South Dakota, who was drowned in the Waesland disaster, has been washed ashore near the vil­ lage of Pwellhelt, in Wales. KAISER GREETS 1BROT Members of Prince Henry's Family Join Him at the Kiel Landing. SALUTES FIRED IN HIS HONOR Naval Squadron Gives Vent to Its gratification In Cheers--Praise for Chief Wllkle--Holds Long Conference with Bmptror William. The German battleship Kaiser Wil- helm II., having on board Emperor William and Admiral Prince Henry of Prussia, arrived March 19. His maj­ esty and the prince were welcomed with the firing of salutes and cheers from the naval squadron. Prince Henry was joined by the princess and his sons. That which took place between the royal brothers is of course not known further than to say that the brothers had a talk lasting several hours, and that Prince Henry told Emperor Wil­ liam his experiences of his trip. The members of the prince's party were much amused while on their travels at the calls of "Speech 1 speech!" from the crowds collected at wayside places and the cries of "How's your brother William?" t The only occasion when the least alarm for the prince's safety was felt was when a member of the party saw a man enter the prince's car at one end while Prince Henry was on the platform at the other end, bowing to the crowd. This man was ordered out of the car. He hesitated, and then withdrew. A member of the prince's staff pointed out this person to John E. Wllkle, chief of the secret service, who accompanied the prince on hit trip, who at once said: "Why, that is one of my men." Prince Henry does not know why he did not visit the stockyards at Chi­ cago, except that he was advised by Mr. Wilkle that it would be better to omit this part of the program, as the Polish workmen £t the stockyards might create a disturbance. Mr. Wilkle spoke of this change of program to the owner of the packing house It was intended to visit, and al­ though arrangements were made to see the packing house privately, it was later found inconvenient to do so. Mr. Wilkle is spoken of in the warm­ est terms by Prince Henry's compan­ ions for his discretion and his care­ ful arrangements for the prince's se­ curity. There was an awkward hitch in the disembarkation of Prince Henry from the Deutschland at Cuxhaven. A rick­ ety landing stage that could not be moved had been built for the prince's descent from the liner, and it was found impossible to shift the steamer so as to connect exactly with this structure. When Emperor William, who was waiting on the quay, perceived this difficulty he characterized the landing stage as an unseamanlike looking af­ fair and began to give instructions as to how Prince Henry's landing should be made. He caused a gangplank to be lifted up to the height of the Deutschland's tower deck, and down this Prince Henry walked to the quay. Clew to Postoflice Robber*. Government inspectors working for the Chicago postoffipe have discovered a new clue to the $75,000 stamp rob­ bery through the arrest of William Coughlln, who was captured at Peoria, 111., several days ago offering stamps for sale at a liberal discount. Coughlin made a confession, Implicating James McCune, who lives at Jollet and who was arrested by Chief of Police Reitz and turned over to Postoflice Inspector Phillip Hasselbladt. Bnssla Aids Colonists. St. Petersburg dispatch: Deter­ mined in view of the thickening politi­ cal plot in the far east to accelerate Russian colonization in the territory north of the Gulf of Pechlll, the gov­ ernment has reduced the price of the already cheap railway tickets to one- fourth of what they were and Is fur­ nishing excellently appointed immi­ grant trains. Georgia Bank Closes. The People's Bank, an establish­ ment of Americus, Ga., has closed its jboors as a result of a quiet run for a 'week. The capital of the bank was $50,000, and the amount due creditors is said to be $30,000. President Sim­ mons claims that the assets will offset the liabilities. The assignee Is G. R. Ellis of Americus. Prominent St. Lonls Lawyer Dead. St. Louis, dispatch: Henry Hitch­ cock, brother of Secretary of the Inter­ ior Hitchcock, is dead. Mr. Hitchcock had been ill for some weeks with heart trouble. He was 71 years old. He was formerly president of the St Louis Bar association and had a wide reputation among lawyers throughout the country. Children Saved from Fire. Jackson, Miss., special: The state institution for deaf mutes, situated la the residence portion of this city, was burned, but not one of the 140 children was injured. When flames were dis­ covered on the roof of a wooden wing to the building Superintendent Dob­ bins and his corps of teachers got thd children in line and marched them out on the lawn before many of them re­ alized what was the matter. The de­ struction of the institution was al­ most complete. Cannot Prevent Boycotts. Jefferson City, Mo., dispatch: In the Supreme court sitting en banc an opinion was handed down declaring that courts of equity have no power to enjoin labor organizations from en­ forcing boycotts against corporations. Battleship Illinois Faulty. Many defects that have been dis­ covered in the new battleship Illinois, 1 twas said at the Brooklyn navy yard, will delay her sailing for Europe for at least a couple of months, and perhaps the will not go at all. EIGHT-HOUR DAT Anthracite Workers Insist or Better Conditions in the Mines DENOUNCE TWO RAILROADS Strikes Will Be Ordered In the Virginias Unless the Operators Fit to Comply with Some of tin mands Made by the Men. The temper of the delegates In th* convention of anthracite miners was shown at Shamokin, Pa., by the adop­ tion of empnatlc resolutions as the re­ sult of grievances announced by th» different delegations. The resolutions demanded an eight-hour working day in all the collieries and the recognition of mine committees by operators in the adjustment of disputes. This last named resolution, President Mitchell said, referred only to mine commit­ tees; the recognition of the union would be covered In the report Of the. scale committee. Other resolutions adopted were: Favoring arbitration of trade dis­ putes. Declaring opposition to workin® with men not members of the mino workers' union. Condemning the action of the Delar- ware and Hudson Railway Company for changing the conditions of em­ ployment at Plymouth, which resulted in a reduction of wages and violation of contract. Demanding the reinstatement of firemen discharged by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company at the Woodward, Avondale and Pettebone colleries, who refused to comply with the company's order requiring them to work on what is known as the "swing shift" system. Providing for a systematic examina­ tion of working cards. Requesting the state bureau of mines- and mining to print not less than 25,- 000 copies for distribution among tho mine workers. Condemning the system of blacklist­ ing by companies of discharged em­ ployes. The annual convention of the United Mine Workers at Huntington, Va., has adjourned. Little information was given out, but the prevailing opinion, seems to be that unless the operators make some concessions that are de­ manded a general strike in the two Virginias will be ordered by May 1. LATEST MARKETS. CHICAGO. Winter wheat, No. 2 red.$ .80 @ .82 Corn, No. 2 @ .58^4 Oats, No. 2 @ .43Yt Cattle 1,40 @7.00 Hogs ..,5.15 @6.10 Sheep and lambs 3.15 6.70 NEW YORK. Wheat, No. 2 red @ .85^ Corn, No. 2 % .67^ Oats, No. 2 @ .48 ST. LOUIS. Wheat, No. 2 red, cash.. @ .77^ Corn, No. *2 cash @ •59% Oats, No. 2 cash @ .45 MILWAUKEE!. Wheat, No. 1 northern.. ,74%@ .75 Corn, May @ .61^4 Oats, No. 2 white 45%@ .45^ KANSAS CTTY. Wheat, cash, No. 1 hard. .70% @ .71 Corn, cash, No. 2 mixed. .61%® .62 Oats, No. 2 white 46%@ .47 PEORIA. Corn, No. 3 @ .59^ Oats, No. 2 white 44 @ ..44*4 MINNEAPOLIS. Wheat, No. 1 northern.. @ .73 DULUTH. Wheat, No. 1 northern.. @ •71* Oats / Va. .40* Corn @ .60 OMAHA. Cattle 1.50 @6.75 Hogs 4.50 @6.50 Sheep 3.75 @5.90 Military Assignments Made. Washington dispatch: By direc­ tion of the President Major General Arthur MacArthur was assigned to tho command of the department of the lakes, with headquarters at Chicago; Brigadier General Frederick Funston to the command of the department of Colorado, with headquarters at Den­ ver, Colo., and Brigadier General Wil­ liam A. Kobbe to the command of the department of Dakota, wltn head­ quarters at St. Paul. These changes will take effect March 25. •50,000 Blase at Chicago. Fire at Chicago damaged the. Irwin building and contents to the ex­ tent of $50,000. The fire started short­ ly before 8 o'clock, when but few of the occupants of the building had ar­ rived for the day's work. Had It oc­ curred a half-hour later there would havflf been 150 women on the top floor and undoubtedly fatalities would havo resulted. Klamp Released from Jail. William Klump, arrested and held in custody at Grand Rapids, Mich., or. suspicion of complicity In the murder of his wife, who died from poison taken in a headache power at Lowell, has been released, no case having been made against him. The officers are con­ vinced that the woman was niurdered but they failed to connect her hus­ band with her death. Anna Hull, a young woman of Grand Rapids, had a narrow escape from death from taking a sample headache powder, but is out of danger. Albanians Attack a Town. Constantinople, dispatch: A band of 200 Albanians recently attacked tho Town of Fillata. Several men wero killed and wounded on both sides. No Christians participated in the out» break. Sherman Statue for New York. New York, dispatch: St. Gmidenr statue of Gen. Sherman, presented to this city by the Chamber of Com­ merce, will be placed at the southeast entrance of Central park.