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it the Mchenry plairdealer MCHENRY PLAINDEALER OO. -Ulc HENRY, ILLINOIS. NEWS OF THE WORLD rial, Political. Domestic m4 Fintpi Happenings of Miner ImpertaaM loM in Paragraphs. Prof. O. A. Coe of Northwestern university and G. B. Foster ot the University of Chicago have been chosen as teachers in the Harvard uni­ versity summer school of theology, which is to begin its session July 7 and continue until July 23. Thomas L. Wilson, fourth vice president of the ^Machinists' National union and who has been conducting the machinists' strike on the Union Pacific road, states that the machin­ ists on the Southern Pacific road will not be called out. • Six of the principal independent ci- • jar factories in Havana have entered into an agreement not to sell their brands or plants to anybody for ten years under a penalty of $200,000. Two other firms, among the largest in­ dependent concerns, have not signed, 'owing to the fact that under the wills of their founders they are not per­ mitted to transfer the business except -to the owners' legal heir. Betsey Hulet Foster, daughter of John Hulet, who fought in the war of toe revolution at Bunker Hill, and who was present at the surrender of Burgoyne, died at Berea, Ohio. bue was 92 years old. George A. Woodford, wholesale liquor dealer, died suddenly at Indian* apolis of fatty degeneration of the Iteart. He was a well known business man of the city, and was 68 years old. Herr von Dolbrueck, honorary Prus­ sian minister of state, is dead. Sir George Gabriel Stokes, master of Pembroke College, Cambridge, former- ly president of the Royal Society and of the British Association, is dead. Meyer Lutz, the operatic composer and for many years musical director erf the Gayety theater at London, is dead. The Norwegian steamer Avona was wrecked at Lemvig, Denmark, and it is feared all the crew were drowned. Six bodies were recovered. Christian Russell of Chicago fell Into the river at Detroit and when taken out was so badly frozen that it was feared his limbs would break if moved. It is supposed pneumonia will develop. Andrew Carnegie haa offered a $10,- (000 library to Paxton, 111. Relmer Blesse, aged 65, committed suicide at Valparaiso, Ind., by hang­ ing himself. Safe blowers wrecked the safe In the postoffice at Larwill, Ind., secur­ ing $400 in cash and stamps. British revenue returns are more fa­ vorable than Mr. Ritchey has been /willing to admit The estimated re- " ceipts will be exceeded in nearly ev­ ery instance. Income taxation will yield the largest aggregate on record. Customs receipts will show a substan- i - tial increase. The chamber of deputies at Rome decided to send congratulations by •. "wireless telegraphy to Signor Marconi the success of his work. The min­ ister of posts and telegraphs an­ nounced that he would introduce a "«lbill providing for the installation of a wireless station which would unite . Rome with America. While there are rumors of trouble in other parts of China, Canton is •quiet in consequence of the prompt ; -^measures of the governor. There have been several arrests made of suspect­ ed persons in Hong-Kong on account -of the information received from Can­ ton that the governor has offered $40,- •000 for the capture of the leader of v 'the so-called reform party who es- *eaped from the city after the recent , .-disturbances. The reichsrath ratified the Brussels sugar convention. Yard conductors and yard brakemen '-over the entire Erie railway system 7 have been granted an average increase In wages of 11 per cent. '•' While en route to a funeral, Ben- • Jamin Gillen and Thomas Crisman • were run down and killed by a Vanda- • lia train at a crossing at Darlington, *i Ind. i: Riley P. Owens, on attorney of Al­ ton, II!., mysteriously disappeared in St. Louis while on his wedding trip, and his bride fears he has met with foul play. William Garland, nephew of a for­ mer mayor of Springfield, III., fatally ahot Mrs. F. B. Neal of Warrensburg, Mo., and killed himself at Clifton, Ariz. The car barn of the Bay City Con­ solidated Street Railway Company, Bay City, Mioh., burned, causing a loss of $35,000, partly insured. Toronto, Ont., is in receipt of a com­ munication from Andrew Carnegie of­ fering $350,000 for the erection of new public libraries. The business portion and a number of residences of Buck Creek, Ind., near Lafayette, burned. The loss is about $15,000. Herman Helsicher, a young cigar- maker who on Dec. 19 attempted to kill Voltairine De Ch>yre, a noted anarchist, was convicted at Philadel­ phia of aggrevated assault and battery with Intent to kill and was sentenced to six years and nine months' impris­ onment The British ship Helga, Captain Fer- fuson, from San Francisco for Cork, before reported ashore near Queens- town, is still intact Heavy seas are breaking over the vessel, but owing to a southwest gale prevailing no at­ tempt at salvage has been made. The report published in the United States in a dispatch from Vienna to the effect that a sanguinary battle be­ tween striking railroad workers and jtroops had occurred at Omsk, Siberia, iand that several hundred of the work- linen were killed is officially denied at i0t Petersburg. J The lumber yard of Taylor, Good­ win & Co., Haverhill, Mass., suffered 'damage of $40,000. The name of C. Inman Barnard has 'been added to those previously an- aounced as having received the rank <f|f cfeevaliar of the Legion of Honor. lS*" The Southern Pacific has reached an agreement with its firemen on the question of wages. The increaae in wages granted averages between € and 12 per cent. A strong current of feeling in Mex­ ico City favor* Chinese immigration on a large scale to secure an outlet for a considerable share of Mexioo's silver output. * The reichstag has passed the second reading of the bill protecting child la­ bor in factories and shops and prohib­ iting the employment of children un­ der 12 years of age in some branches of industry and under IS years in oth­ ers. The hill of Tara, so rich in historic memories, will shortly be sold at auc­ tion in Dublin. The melting of the snow has caused extensive floods and serious damage in Scotland. The River Tay has over­ flowed In Pentshire. In Inverness the River Nesse has overflowed and the railroau bridges have been damaged. The River Dee has flooded parts of Balmoral and has elsewhere caused great destruction. William Marconi has sailed for Eng­ land. The Franklin county, Ky., grand jury adjourned. Notwithstanding the fact that Henry EL Youtsey, serving sentence for life as accessory to the murder -of Governor Goebel, was be­ fore the jury for over, a week, no in­ dictments in the Goebel case were re­ turned. A special grand jury called by Judge Brown at Ely, Nev., to investigate the tragedy of Jan. 7, in which three men were killed and two wounded, returned two indictments against William Lloyd, president of the miners' union, who is charged with having concocted a scheme for getting rid of Traylor, either by kidnaping him or taking his life. John St. Clair, alias Sinclair, a ne­ gro, who murdered his sweetheart eight months ago, was hanged at Washington. Committees of firemen and trainmen of the Wabash railroad have arranged with President Ramsey for a confer­ ee ce at St Louis in February to pre­ sent grievances. The wage question will come up. The big lumber mills at Port Blake- ley, Wash., together with 50,000 acres of timber lands in Mazon and Kitsap counties, have been sold for $3,000,000 to a syndicate of Michigan lumber­ men. John T. McDonough of Albany, N. Y., announced that he would accept the appointment as justice of the su­ preme court of the Philippine islands, which was tendered him by President Roosevelt The volcano of Isalco, In the Cen­ tral American republic of Salvador, has increased in activity and there is fear of an eruption. For several months the volcano has been smoking, but now fire issues from the crater and is accompanied by rumblings. The magnificent sideboard which the .young women of Cincinnati had made and presented to Mrs. Lucy Webb Hayes when she was the mis- tiess of the White House as a token of their approval of her action in bar­ ring wine from the presidential din­ ners was put up at an auction sale of discarded White House furniture and knocked down to the proprietor of a beer garden for $85, which is much less than the material cost. Experiments on the military railway between Berlin and Sossen in connec­ tion with keeping a moving train in continuous wireless communication with the signal station have been com­ pleted successfully. The Braun sys­ tem was used. John Rodeneizer, a small farmer liv­ ing near Durand, Wis., shot his son, Casper, inflicting serious but probably not fatal wounds. He has been ar­ rested and will be held to await the re­ sult of his son's injuries. William Garland at Clifton, Arte., shot a woman known as **China Dot" and himself. The woman's identity was unknown until after her death, when it was learned her name was Mrs. E. P. Neal, formerly of Warrens­ burg, Mo. The shortage of former Secretary G. C. Bayer of the Germania, Circle- ville and New Citizens' Building and Loan association of Circleville, O., who has disappeared, is said to be about $100,000. The United States charge d'affaires, Henry White, was a guest at a lunch­ eon to King Edward and Queen Alex­ andra given by Earl Carrington at High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. Serious factional fighting between Kaffirs has occurred in the Umzinto district, thirty-seven miles from Dur­ ban, Natal. It 1b reported that forty of the natives were killed. Governor Van Sant of Minnesota has Issued a proclamation requesting the people of the state to contribute to re­ lieve the distress of the starving in portions of Sweden, Norway and Fin­ land. Ohio's coming centennial celebration at Chillicothe, which openB next day, will not see President Roosevelt. In a letter from his secretary received by Governor Nash the president re­ grets previous engagements covering a trip to the Pacific coaBt preclude the possibility of his acceptance. Heirship to the estate of Mrs. Jo­ seph Cota, wife of Capt. Cota of Me­ nominee, bas been established after three years' litigation and Carls Ber­ geron of Porterfleld will receive the greater part of the estate, valued at $12,000. Application for pardon has been made to Governor Odell on behalf of Thomas Tobin, who was convicted of the murder of Captain Craft, whose head was cut off in the basement of a drinking place in New York. It is asked on the ground that Tobin was insane and illegally convicted. The six-story building of the Bige- low Dowze Hardware company at Bos­ ton burned with a loss of $250,000. The business portion and a number of residences of Buck Creek, Indv, burned. The loss is about $15,000; in­ surance, $5,000. Mrs. Alice Garrett ̂ ho died at the Missouri Baptist sanitarium in St ixmis, had been suffering from blood- poisoning and was the first patient in St. Louis to be treated with the for- iralin solution according to the meth­ od adopted by Dr. Barrows of New Yprls. t (JUNE WORK Outline of Business Transacted by the Members of Both Houses. WITH NATIONAL LAWMAKERS Brief Summary of the Doings of the People's Servants in Session at Washington Cleverly Condensed by Special Correspondents. Tuesday. Jan. 27. Senator Quay made an effort to hold the senate in continuous session to consider the statehood bill, but failed to hold a quorum, and was compelled on that account to allow the senate to adjourn at 6:20 p. m. He secured an­ other ballot, however, to test the senti­ ment of tne senate, the vote standing 17 to 29 in his favor. The day was spent in consideration of the statehood bill with the exception of an hour de­ voted to a speech by Mr. Scott of West Virginia, on the pension laws. He urged the passage of his resolution providing a pension of $12 a month to any Union veteran who served ninety days and had passed the age of 62. Bills were passed authorizing the con­ struction of a bridge across the Mis­ souri river at Yankton, S. D., and. pro­ viding for the allotment of lands in severalty to the Indians of Lac Courte Oreille and Lac de Flambeau reserva­ tions in Wisconsin. The house devoted the day to bills reported from the judiciary commit­ tee, passing about twenty. One was to meet the original package decision of the Supreme court by making intox­ icating liquors imported Into the states subject to the jurisdiction ;pf such states. The other bill is the senate bill to increase the salaries of federal judges. The bill raises the salaries of the chief justice of the Supreme court to $13,000, the associate justices to $12,500, the circuit judges to $7,000, dis­ trict judges to $6,000, the chief justlct of the Court of Claims to $6,500, as­ sociate justices to $6,000 and justices of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia to $6,000. Wednesday, Jan. 28. Mr. Rawlins called up his resolution directing the secretary of war to fur­ nish the senate the proceedings of courts-martial in the Philippines. A sharp debate ensued, in which Messrs. Lodge, Beveridge, Carmack, Proctor and Tillman participated, alleged abuses in the army being the sub­ ject. Mr. Quay stopped the debate by demanding the regular order. Dis­ cussion of the statehood^ bill there­ upon was resumed, and Mr. Lodge ad­ dressed the senate in opposition to the omnibus measure, speaking for two hours and a half. An attempt by Mr. Aldrich to devlde the time of the senate between, the statehood bill and other business failed, Mr. Quay ob­ jecting. The house made slow progress with the Indian appropriation bill, covering only about eight pages in over four hours. Mr. Burton of Ohio hung on the flank of Mr. Sherman of New York, had charge of the bill, and in­ sisted upon an explanation of every item. He succeeded in having several appropriations cut down. Amend­ ments were agreed to appropriating $21,300 for a survey of the Pine Ridge reservation. South Dakota, and strik­ ing out the appropriation of $10,000 for a warehouse at St. Louis. The senate amendments to the bill to amend the bankruptcy act were agreed to. The speaker appointed Messrs. Hildebrandt (Rep., Ohio), Hughes (Rep., Va.) and Bartlett (Dem., Ga.) members of the tempo­ rary committee on accounts of the next congress. Mi. Smith of Arizona replied to charges made in the sen­ ate during the debate on the state­ hood bill, denying that Arizona, had ever repudiated a single dollar of her debt Thursday, Jan. 29. In the senate Mr. McLaurin of Mis­ sissippi urged adoption of the Rewlins resolution, calling on the secretary of war for the evidence in certain court martiol cases in the Philippines, on the ground that the officers of the army, in a number of instances, had brutally treated Filipino men and women, and he wanted them weeded out of the army. Mr. Lodge conclud­ ed his remarks in opposition to the omnibus statehood bill, and Mr. Bard of California also spoke in opposition to it. Just before the senate adjourned Mr. Foraker of Ohio took accosion to say that the proposition of Senator Quay to tack the statehod bill on an apporpriation bill was not extraordi­ nary. Legislation had been placed on appropriation bills before by the will of the senate. Mr. Clay of Georgia ex­ pressed the same view in a few re­ marks. A message from the president was read, in which he asked for the necessary power to co-operate with Mexico and China regarding the res- Retail Cigar Dealers Unite. New York dispatch: It was an­ nounced at a meeting of the Retail Cigar and Tobacco Dealers' Associa­ tion that the organization had been in­ corporated with a capital of $25,000. Each member is to own five shares. toration of the parity of silver and gold. It was referred to the commit­ tee on finance. Mr. Hanna moved to disagree to the amendments of the house to the department of commerce bill and agree to a conference. The house passed the Indian appro­ priation bill and began consideration of the postoffice appropriation bill. Mr. Burton (Rep., Ohio) continued his criticism of the extravagance of the items of the Indian bill to the end, but his three days' attack on the bill was not productive of many reductions. Mr. Patterson (Dem., Tenn.) took ad­ vantage of the latitude allowed in gen­ eral debate on the postoffice bill to make a set speech for an hour and a half on the trust question. Mr. Reid (Dem., Ark.) spoke on good roads. Friday, Jan. 30. The day in the senate was set apart to pay tribute to the memory of Mr. McMillan. At the conclusion of the routine business Mr. Burrows (Mich.) called up the resolutions relative to his late colleague and paid an earnest tribute to his memory. Then the fol­ lowing senators spoke: Allison (Iowa), Cockrell (Mo.), Morgan (Ala.), Piatt, (Conn.), Hale (Maine), Foster (La.), Aldrich (R. I.), Warren iWyo.) Galllnger (N. H.), Lodge (Mass.), Perkins (Cal.), Tillman (S. C), Bacon (Ga), Fairbanks (Ind.), Depew (N. Y.) and Alger (Mich.). It was the first speech In the senate by Mr. Alger. At 4 o'clock, as a further mark of respect, the senate adjourned, in the absence of Speaker Hender­ son Mr. Dalzell (Pa.) presided in the house. The report of the memorial of the National Red Cross society was ordered printed as an executive docu­ ment. The house then proceeded to the consideration of private claims bills. A large number were passed in committee of the whole. When* the committee rose Mr. Payne (N. Y.) ob­ jected to the ordering of the previous question on the bills and moved an adjournment His motion was defeat­ ed, 24 to 61, whereupon Mr. Graff, chairman of the claims committee, moved a recess until 10:30 Saturday morning in order to continue the legis­ lative day. The vote on his motion stood 74 to 5. Mr.- Payne made the point of no quorum^ The roll was called. Only 118 members appeared on the call, and the sergeant-at-arms was Instructed to bring in absentees. After waiting more than two hours, a quorum was secured. The motion to take a recess w^s declared carried, 150 to 87, with twenty-nine present and not voting. Saturday, Jan. 31. The greater part of the time of the senate was devoted to exercises in connection with the acceptance from the state of Maryland of statues of Charles Carroll and John Hanson, which will henceforth stand in Stat­ uary hall at the national capitol. A number of bills were passed, includ­ ing the house bill providing for the creation of a general staff of the army. The statehood bill was not considered, but it holds its place on the calendar. A house bill was passed appropriating $3,850 for the improvement and- care of "Confederate mound," in Oakwoods cemetery, Chicago. After three hours of general debate upon the postoffice appropriation bill, which was made notable by a speech in favor of tariff reform by Mr. Wil­ liams of Mississippi, who is a candidate for the Democratic leadership of tiie next house, the house suspended public business and listened to thre£ ad­ dresses by Mr. Pearre of Maryland, Mr. Dalzell of Pennsylvania and Mr. Schirm of Maryland, on the life and public services of Charles Carroll of Carrollton and John Hanson, two signers of the Declaration of Inde­ pendence, whose statues have been erected by the state of Maryland in Statuary hall. The death of the late Representative Rumple of Iowa was announced, the usual resolutions were adopted, and a committee was ap­ pointed to attend the funeral. Favors Boundary Treaty. Washington dispatch: The senate committee on foreign relatione unani­ mously authorized favorable reports upon the Alaskan boundary treaty and the protocol for the extension of time for the ratification of the Cuban reci­ procity treaty, but failed to reach a decision upon the Panama canal treaty. The Panama treaty was op­ posed by Senator Morgan, who argued against it as it now stands. Gardner Postal Bill. Washington dispatch: The house committee on postoffices and post roads authorize.', a favorable report of the bill introduced by Mr. Gardner of Michigan to "prevent roobing the mails and to provide a safer and eas­ ier method of sending money by mail." It provides for a system of post check notes which are made ex­ changeable at money order postoffices and banks. Filipino Is an Alien. Washington dispatch: Justice Cla- baugb of the district Supreme court decided that Antonio M. Oplsso y De Yeaza, the young Filipino, is still an alien and entitled to become a citi­ zen of the United States. His dec­ laration was ordered to be received, but an appeal was taken to the Dis­ trict Court of Appeals. Pastor Troutman Dies. Columbus, Ind., dispatch: The Rev. C. A. Troutman, paBtor of the German Lutheran church here for twenty years, and formerly of Adrian, Mich., died suddenly. He was prominent in the German Lutheran church. Cost of Arbitration. Vienna cable: Prof. Lammasch, a member of The Hague court, sayB that the costs to the American-Mexi­ can arbitration, excluding the fees of counsel, amounted only to $26,000. Consider Nomination. Washington dispatch: The senate committee on commerce considered at some length the nomination of Dr. W. D. Crum, colored, to be collector of the port at Charleston, S. C., but post­ poned action. Loses Life in a Fire. New York special: Victor Reiche, an engineer, lost his life by a fire which partially destroyed the manu­ factory of John F. Stanlry at 640 West Thirtieth street Fifty Are Missina. Madrid cablegram: A dispatch re­ ceived here from Pamplonia says that the town of Comparross bas been half destroyed by the .overflow of the River Tragon.s Fifty persons are missing. TO ADJUST RATIO OFMONEYMETtLS Cabinet Officers Are Inter­ ested in Efforts to Remedy - financial Evils. WOULD HOLD A CONFERENCE Commission of Three Experts to Act as Representatives of the ignited 8tatea to Hold Consultation With Mexico and China. Washington special: The executive branch of the government is not dis­ posed to cease its efforts to bring about an adjustment of the ratio of gold and silver currency in the Orient and other silver-using countries with the mere presentation to Congress ol the Mexican and Chinese notes. A commission to consider the subject and present conclusions will be asked of Congress. Root Seeks Remedy. Secretary Root, who is opposed to the amended Philippine currency bill, Is particularly urgent in seeking to remedy the evil financial conditions in the Philippines caused in large part by fluctuating currency ratios, while Secretary Hay is interested in the proposition because it promises to al­ leviate at once the friction now exist­ ing as a result of the Chinese Indem­ nity question. The secretary also is looking into the future toward the en­ largement of American trade in South and Central America, where silver still is the standard of value. • To Ask for Commission. The proposition will be laid before Congress to appoint a commission of three members, men expert in finan- president of thl> senate can role them cut on a point of order as not being germane to the appropriation bills, but we have the right of appeal from his decision." It will be on such an appeal that Senator Quay's strength will be put to a final test. A number of senators who are ardently in favor of statehood for the territories do hot believe that the omnibus bill is entitled to considera­ tion as a rider on an appropriation bill. Senator Perkins of California Is one of these. Senator Foster of Wash­ ington is another. They have indi­ cated that they may vote to sustain the president of the senate if he should rule the amendments out of or­ der. Senator Quay's committee on organ­ ization, conduct and expenditures of the executive departments held a meeting and voted by an overwhelm, ing majority to order a favorable re­ port on the statehood bill as a rider to the agricultural appropriation bill. It probably was the first meeting that the committee has held in fifteen years. No senator can recall when it ever met before. There are signs that several oppo­ nents of the statehood bill who are interested In the ratification of the Cuban treaty are becoming restive un­ der the discipline imposed on them by the old-time leaders. They may decide to vote for statehood as a meant) of securing action on matters in which they are interested. Lake Dredges. Washington special: Senator-elect Hopkins, Representative-elect 'Lorimer and Speaker-to-be Cannon were at the white house. The former two dis­ cussed with the president the provi­ sion in the last river and harbor ap­ propriation act requiring the construc­ tion on the Great Lakes by the gov­ ernment of dredges to be used in the spring freshets and for harbor im­ provements. Dredgers all along the lakes are exerting all the Influence they can command to persuade the government not to proceed with the The Walrus: "Whether English or American, our pelts are none the less in danger." --Chicago Inter Ocean. cial matters, to act as representatives of the United States in an interna­ tional money conference on the lines Indicated by Mexico and China or in consultation directly with the interest­ ed powers or, in fact, along any line of international exchange that prom­ ises success. Little legislative action is required at this stage and it is probable that an apportionment of $5,000 for the expenses of each com­ missioner will meet the needs of the state department at this time. Ambassador Is Pleased. It is made plain that the commis­ sion will have no power to commit the United States government to any change in its currency system. Its conclusions will be all ad referendum and nothing can be made of them'un­ less Congress regards them with fa­ vor. The Mexican ambassador, Senor De Azpiroz, called at the state depart­ ment and extended to Secretary Hay and, through him, to the president his warmest thanks for the able manner in which the communications of Mexi­ co and China had been presented to Congress. QUAY NEAR CRISIS. 8an Domingo Must Settle. Santo Domingo cablegram: United- States Minister Powell demanded of the Dominican government a reply to his demand for immediate payment of the $350,000 alleged to be due to the Clyde line of steamers. Loan to Moorish Government. Tangier, cable: The Moorish gov­ ernment bas accepted from the Banque de Paris et des Pays Bas a .loan of 7,600,000 francs, repayable in years with % per cent Interest •rKl'H: 'J . '1>1*. Jj- two Statehood as Appropriations Rider Will Test His Strength. Washington special: Senator Quay assured President Roosevelt that if the minority of the senate, which he charges has been filibustering against the omnibus statehood bill, continues its present course until the close of the session an extra session will be­ come necessary. "If they do not give us a vote on the statehood bill," said Senator Quay, "the session will close with a number of important appropriation bills unacted on. We are entirely within our rights in adding the state­ hood bill to appropriation bills. The Offers Court a Library. Brussels cablegram: During the de­ bate on foreign affaiFS in the Dutch second chamber it was mentioned that Andrew Carnegie had offered $250,000 for the purpose of founding a library for The Hague court of arbitration. construction of dredges for the reason that it would deprive them of consid­ erable revenue and would ultimately result in driving them out of business entirely. Taylor Accepts Invitation. Washington special: Rear Admiral Henry C. Taylor, chief of the bureau of navigation, in reply to a letter from Gov. Durbin of Indiana inviting him to Indianapolis, where a sword will be presented him Feb. 23 as a token of the appreciation of the people of Indiana for his services as command­ er of the battleship Indiana during the Spanish war, has forwarded his acceptance of the invitation. In his letter he expresses sincere thanks and full appreciation of the honor con­ ferred upon him, especially expressing appreciation of the legislative act of recognition. Rockefeller Gave the Money. Washington dispatch: It develops that the subscription of $100,000 a year for a period of ten years for the promotion of educational work in the United States is the gift of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. The general educa­ tional board recently chartered by congress fof the promotion ef this work has organized. One of the chief objects is the promotion of rural free schools in the United tSates. Circuit Judge la Selected. Washington dispatch: President Roosevelt has decided to appoint Wil­ lis Van Devanter of Cheyenne, Wyo., at present assistant attorney general of the Interior Department, as a cir­ cuit Judge of the eighth circuit PROPOSAL TO ASSESS ; > UNMARRIED PE0PEC I Fire Damages Coal 8teamer. Milwaukee, Wis., dispatch; The steamer David Vance, a large coal car­ rier owned by the. Milwaukee Stean- shlp Company, sustained $6,000 dam­ age by flre at the local dock. Promises Reduced Taxes. !--London cable: - The chancellor of the exchequer, Mr. Ritchie, addressing his constituents at Croydon, gave a promise of some reduction of taxa­ tion in the next budget, but aald much must not be expected. Indianapolis, Ind., dispatch: Presi­ dent Mitchell of the United Mine Workers has declined Gov. Yates' of­ fer of a place on the Illinois board of arbitration, saying that his present duties occupy all his time. Place for Cortelyou. Washington dispatch: George B. Cortelyou, the present secretary to the president, will probably b© placed at the head of the new Department of Commerce. Major Glenn la Acquitted. Manila cablegram: Major Edwin F. Glenn of the Fifth infantry, who was tried by court-martial on the charge of unlawfully killing prisoners of war, has been acquitted. Major Glenn has been ordered to return to duty. Two Blow Up Postoffice. Fort Dodge, la., dispatch: cracksmen blew open the safe in the Dayton postoffice, exchanged •shots with the marshal and escaped. The interior of the office was wrecked. British Ships for West Indies. Kingston, Jamaica, cablegram: The British admiralty has decided to strengthen the North American and West Indian station by the addition of three cruisers, with an additional admlraL Dudley Buck to Retire. New York dispatch: Dudley Buck, who has been a church organist for fifty years, is to retire from his place as organist and choirmaster in Ply* mouth church, Brooklyn, on May L Bill to Tax Spinsters and Bachelor* ' M&Uisea Dissension Among/New / • York Legislators. Albany, N. Y., special: A bill which has just been introduced in the legis­ lature here provides that all unmar­ ried women between the ages of 3V and 50 shall pay a tax of $25 a year and all bachelors between 40 and W- $50. Discussion on the bill has brought about a great deal of dissension in the house. William J. Gratton said b+j thought the act would work a great) hardship on the woman who would bO-j compelled to marry William V. Cooke, | from' the Third Albany district, wh»; introduced the bill. - "Any woman," he said, "who would; acknowledge she loved him ought to be fined." i When asked if the bill would pas*! Assemblyman Cooke said: "It wiHi pasa so quick no one will see-Jt by." PUBLIC DOMAIN. Concurrent Resolution Aimed at itfik gal Fencing of Lands. 1 Washington dispatch: Represent*-; tive Burleson of Texas introduced a' concurrent resolution directing the 'secretary of the interior to report' what steps have been taken to pre­ vent the alleged fencing of the publle domain in New Mexico, Wyoming and Nebraska, the number of applications, or filings for a part of the public do-: main in Nebraska and Wyoming dur­ ing the years 1901 and 1902 and other information. The attorney general also is instructed to institute suit* to declare all fraudulent appropria­ tion of said lands void and secora judgments restoring said lands to th» public domain. Y ADDICKS DI8AVOW8 HI8 PARTY Regular Republicans Cast Off by Del* aware Political Leader. Dover, Del., special: J. Edward Ad» dicks, who has within six votes of tha necessary constitutional majority in the deadlock legislature for United States senator, issued a statement ia which he says that the "bolter" or regular Republicans, having broken faith with his faction, the union Re- publicans, and violated the agreements made before the joint primary eleo- tion on Oct. 4, it is Impossible to con* slder any co-operation with the "bolt­ ers" in the future. This is taken to mean that in state, county and city elections in Delaware there hereafter will be two Republican tickets. MAIL DRIVERS GET AN INCREASE Employers Grant Demands of Twenty Teamsters in New York. New York dispatch: About twenty mail wagon drivers who went on strike, demanding Increased wages on a ten-hour day basis and who asserted that all the drivers in the Mall Driv­ ers' association would refuse to work if their demands were not granted, re* turned after being out two hours, their employers haying decided to giant their request. THE LATEST MARKET REPORTS Wheat. New York--No. 2 red, 83%c. Chicago--No. 2 red, 77%@783&c. St. Louis--No. 2 red, 73%c. Kansas City--No. 2 hard, 68c. Milwaukee--No. 1 northern, 82^4c. Minneapolis--No. 1 northern, 78c. Duluth--No. 1 northern, 77%c. Toledo--79c. Corn. New York--No. 2, 62c. Chicago--No. 2, 45%c. St Louis--No. 2, 41}£c. Kansas City--No. 2 mixed, 39%e. Peoria--No. 3, 42c. Oats. New York--No. 2, 44c. Cbicago--Standard, 35@35^4c. St. Louis--No. 2, 35%c. Kansas City--No. 2 white, 86c. Milwaukee--Standard, 35V4©36c. Cattle. Chicago--$1.50@6.25. Kansas City--$1.50@5.60. St Louis--$1.50@7. Buffalo--$1.75@5.40. ! Omaha--$1.80@6.50. Hogs. Chicago--$5.60® 6.97%. Kansas City--$6 @6.80. ] St Louis--$6.30@7. Buffalo--$6@6.82%. Omaha--$6.50@6.80. \ Sheep and Lamba. Chicago--$3.60@6.25. Kansas City--$2.50@5.76. 8t. Louis--$2@2.65. Buffalo--$3@6.25. Omaha--$1.60 @ b.05. Balkan Crisis. London cable: The publication of a French yellow book detailing the ef* forts made by France and Russia dur­ ing the last year to Induce Turkey to institute reforms in Macedonia is held to point to the fact that an acute phase of the Balkan question has arisen. Port of Entry. Washington special: The bill cre­ ating Salt Lake City a port of dellv* ery was favorably acted on by the senate committee on commerce. Th bill carries with it the privilege transportation in bond to the port no hoi, of^ Augusta Holmes Dies. Paris cable: The death of Augus­ ta Holmes, the pianiste and composer of numerous symphonies, including "Hero and Leander," is announced. She waa born in Ireland about 1850. More Pay for President Washington dispatch: Congressman Brlstow of New York introduced a bill increasing the salary of the president of the United States from $50,000 to $100,000 annually. H was referred to the appropriations committee. May Re-Elect Col. Lynch. ! London cable: Galway national* lsts are dissatisfied because CoL: Lynch's sentence has only been com-; muted to penal servitude for life. They; talk of re-electing him. i mailto:1.50@6.25 mailto:1.80@6.50 mailto:3.60@6.25 mailto:2.50@5.76 mailto:2@2.65 mailto:3@6.25