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Dr. John Kost, formerly a profes­ sor in Adrian college, and at one time chancellor cf Heidelberg university, died at his home at Adrian, Mich. He was 86 years of age. His writings and original researches had brought him Into prominence in international scien­ tific circles. W. D. Ballantine and John T. Miller, charged with conspiracy to defraud the customs by furthering the illegal entry of a nonexempt class of Chinese at Manila, have been acquitted. Henry Lear and George Brock, pres­ ident and cashier respectively of the Dovlestown, Pa., National bank at the time of its suspension, were arrested charged with misapplying its funds. Rear Admiral Francis A. Cook, United States Tiavy (retired), who commanded the Brooklyn in the. San­ tiago sea battle, left Annapolis on a special train for Philadelphia, where he will be treated by Dr. S. Weir Mitchell for an affection of the heart. Admiral Cook was accompanied by his lifelong friend, Admiral Charles E. Clarke of Oregon fame. A new imperial loan In Germany will not be asked for until after April 1. In the meantime the requirements of the government Will be met by treasury bills. It is semi-officially announced at St. Petersburg that all is quiet at Kis- hineff. The military and police forces there have been increased for the pur­ poses of protection, but this is usual in the case of all holidays. The first chamber of the Nether­ lands parliament, following the exam­ ple of the second chamber, voted $1,- 750,000 for the purchase of quick-firing Krupp guns, after a declaration of the war minister that he considered the Krupp guns preferable to the Ehrhardt guns. An imperial rescript to the governor general of Finland directs the gov­ ernor to dismiss all Finns employed in the state or municipal service who have not fulfilled their military servioe In the Finnish rifle battalion during 1903 and not to issue foreign pass­ ports to them for five years. Fire in a manufacturing building at Porter and Twenty-first street, De­ troit, Mich., caused $60,000 damages. Charles Dezza, an employe of the Bailey oompany, was fatally burned. One of the walls of the building col­ lapsed, killing Chester Raymond, a lad who was inspecting the ruins, and Injuring two companions, John Wal- pole and John Hoffman. The National Cheese Dealers' Asso­ ciation met at Milwaukee and voted that the price of cheese ^as too low, but postponed action on an increase until a later meeting. The Philadelphia select council has passed the ordinance accepting the gift of $1,500,000 from Andrew Car­ negie for establishing thirty branch libraries throughout the city, and it now goes to the mayor for his ap­ proval. Brigadier General Edward M. Hayes, U. S. A., retired, has been ordered to report to the governor of Arkansas at Little Rock., for duty with the organ­ ized militia of that state. Harvard university has decided to discontinue the practice pursued for many years of hiring pews in several of the old Cambridge churches for the use of students. W. D. Fossett, United States mar­ shal for Oklahoma, has appointed Rev. George W. Cohagan a deputy mar­ shal, with headquarters at Guthrie. Mr. Cohagan was until recent years connected with the northern Indiana Methodist conference and located at Marion. Counsel for United States Senator Dietrich, on trial at Omaha, cited a decision made in 1809 to sustain the contention that the contract by which be rented the Hastings, Neb., build­ ing for a postoffice was not annulled by his subsequent election to the sen­ ate. The works of the American Car and Foundry company at Terre Haute are being closed down, probably per­ manently, throwing 1,000 men put of employment The United Mine Workers' execu­ tive board has Indorsed the strike of Pennsylvania miners and voted money for their support United States Minister Grlscom cables the state department from To- klo that the ex-grand vizier of Persia sailed on the Korea for San Francisco, where he is due Jan. 22. Abner Roberts end James Turner, miners, were killed by a cave-in at the Kropt mines at Middlesboro, Ky. E. W. D. Holway, vice president of the Decorah bank of Decorah, Iowa, presented to the botanical department of the University of Minnesota his en­ tire library, whloh consists of over 8,000 volumes relating to botanioal re­ searches. The H. 0. Frick Coke company has ordered 1^00 additional ooke ovens fired up. Superintendent of Public Instruc­ tion Bayllss addressed the opening of the Knox County Farmers' institute at Knoxvllle, 111. He made a plea for better country school buildings. Five hundred children escaped safely from a burning school at Ar­ nold, Pa., narching out in regular Or­ der. St. Louis banks report aggregate balances of over $8,000,000, the largest In the city's history. Search of the room of an agedWser who was accidentally asphyxiated in New York revealed a small fortune in bonds, a store of coster linens and rich silverware and a str&nge collec* tion of cigar ends, nails and pins. William Roach of Chicago saved his fiancee from injury by throwing her from a sleigh just before it was struck' by car. The dispute between the drivers and livery owners of Chicago is to be arbl* trated. • Adolph C. Q. Anderson won the skat* Ing championship of Illinois in the races at Humboldt Park, Chicago. Health department figures show that the average length of life in Chi­ cago has more than doubled In twenty years. The acrimonious dispute between Jo­ seph Chamberlain and the Duke^of Devonshire over the liberal unionist association, the letters in which have' been made public, is believed to threat-* en the disruption of the unionist party. H>*Th9 Panama government gave a complimentary dinner to the represen­ tatives of foreign nations who have recognized her independence. Minis­ ter Buchanan was the principal speak* er. Colombia may get $10,0001000 if she does not wage war on the isthmus. Jean Leon Jerome, the French painter and sculptor, was found dead In his bed at Paris, having succumbed •to cerebral congestion during the night While feeling her way In a fog to­ ward her dock in Newport, R. I., the Fall River line steamer Prisciila, bound from New York for Newport and Fall River, struck bottom one mile from the wharf. The shock was so slight that not one of the 200 pas* sengers on board knew that an acci­ dent had occurred. The water-tight compartments were closed Immediate­ ly, the passengers were landed and the* Prisciila was floated at high tide unin­ jured. 7 President Roosevelt has been chosen to deliver the principal oration at the semi-centennial jubilee of the Univer­ sity of Wisconsin next June. There seems to be no doubt tnat the presi­ dent will accept Mme. Antoinette Sterling (Mrs. J. Mackinlay), the ballad singer and a vice president of the Woman's Chris-, tian Temperance union, is seriously ill in London. Mme. Sterling was born at Sterlingville, N. Y., and made her debut in 1873. Charles Brooks, an Inmate of the New Jersey state prison, is dead, Cen­ ter Keeper John Fitzgerald has a bul­ let in his hip and William J. Harney, a deputy keeper, is suffering from scalp wounds as the result of Brooks' attempt to escape from the institution. Fitzgerald is expected to recover and Harney's condition is tot thought to be serious. An epidemic that has puzzled the physicians of Leadville, Col., for a week has been determined by the board of health to be typhoid fever. There are said to be nearly 400 cases, in Leadville. H. Frazee, an electrical worker, is found responsible for the $250,000 fire at the Iowa state capitol. Fraaee is found to have dropped a lighted candle near the locality where the blaze was first discovered. He will be prose­ cuted. The grand jury at Allentown, Pa., found true bills of indictment against David Welsenberg, Mrs. Catharine Bechtel, her daughter Myrtha and her sons, John and Charles, and Aloise Eckstein charging them with complic­ ity in the murder of Miss Mabel BechteL F. E. Clark, president of the Society of Christian Endeavor, arrived at Hon­ olulu on the steamer Sierra on his tour of the world. He was given a warm reception at the wharf. The Inauguration of Gov. Hefrrick of Ohio may be without music, the pres­ ident of the American Federation of Musicians having directed the mem­ bers not to participate in the cere­ monies if members of the Interra- tional Musical union are employed, batavia (111.) strikers on charges of Batavla (111.) strikes on charges of riot President Alva S. Dinkey of the Carnegie company has submitted to President W. E. Corey of the United States Steel corporation the com­ promise schedule offered by the men. The compromise which the men are willing to accept ranges from 35 to 11 per cent. The Pure Oil Producing company of Pittsburg has purchased for $1,- 250,000 the holdings of D. A. Camer­ on & Sons in Washington oounty, Ohio, embracing 5,000 acres of land on which there are more than 200 producing oil wells, with a daily aver­ age production of 1,100 barrels. The case of Prosecuting Attorney R. P. Stone of Jefferson City, Mo., charged with accepting a $300 bribe, was dismissed by Prosecuting Attor­ ney Pro Tem Brown because the pros­ ecuting witness, Lee'Trueblood, stood on his constitutional right and re­ fused to testify. Major Hoyt Sherman of Des Moines, brother of General W. T. Sherman, is reported to be very ill from an attack of pneumonia. A published statement that Con­ gressman Crumpacker will be a can­ didate for the senate Is denied in pri­ vate advices at La Porte, Ind. The family and friends of Henry Hazelton, tke St Louis lace Importer who disappeared at Paris, France, be­ lieve he was murdered and his body thrown into the River Seine. Mrs. Hazelton is in a serious condition from grief. Louis W. Grimm, a citizen of Mount Carroll, 111., was nearly asphyxiated In his room at the Fountian house, Mil­ waukee. Joseph M. Graham, chief engineer of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, has been elected fourth vice president of the Erie railroad. Review of the Legislation i&- fore Both Houses of - '• Congress • . ; I OUTLINE OF DAILY ROUTINE Special Correspondents Tell of the Business Transacted by 8enators and Representative* In Seasiofl at the Capital. iilS . The grand Jury at St Louis has re­ sumed its Investigation into the man­ agement of city institutions. The new Masonic Temple In Mo* weaqua, 111., has been formally dedi­ cated, Past Worshipful Master Owen Scott delivering the oraUon. For the first time since yearly agreements between unions and em­ ployers in the building trades were initiated about 60,000 workmen went to work in New York under trade agreements beginning Jan. 1, instead of May 1. The new agreements pro­ vide tor. ari&ratlon. ,7 . ' •»*', 'vf" ' • ' hfev \V Tuesday, Jan. 6. _ Mr. Lodge practically monopolized the Senate session in a speech advocating the Panama treaty. He criticised the ad­ ministration of ex-President Cleveland. Mr. Hale introduced a resolution requir­ ing the commissioners of the District of Columbia to report upon the condi­ tion of theaters in Washington, which was agreed to. Mr. Gorman Introduced a resolution asking the President to sup­ ply the Senate Information as to the va­ rious instances of intervention on the part of the' United States in the Isthmus of Panama. Hp asked for immediate consideration of the resolution, but Mr. Allison objected and consideration was postponed. Then at 2:50, p. m. the Sen­ ate went into executive session, and the nomination of Genera! Wood came up in the- regular order, but was passed on the suggestion of the absence of several of the senators interested. A 3 o'clock the Senate adjourned. The privileged resolution proposed by Mi". Hay (Vn.), providing for an investi­ gation of certain statements in the Br'«- tow postoffice report reflecting on the membership of the House was referreu fn the committee on postofflces and post roads. The President's message rela­ tive to Panama and the canal was read, receiving applause on the Republican side. Representative Adams of Pennsyl- eowamlttee appropriations, efetafoeC unanimous consent that one hour be de­ voted at the opening of Friday's session to tho consideration of a bill amending the act appropriating $500,000 for the erad­ ication of foot and mouth diseases among cattle, so as to make $250,000 of that amount available to meet the emergency caused by the Mexican boll weevil. The bill was favorably reported. Representa­ tive Lacey of Iowa introduced a bill to restore to the naval academy the three midshipmen recently dismissed for haz­ ing. The expelled cadets are from Ohio, Iowa and "Wisconsin. At 12:12 o'clock p. m. tho house adjourned. Friday, January 8. Alleged postoffice frauds were under discussion in the senate, the subject be­ ing opened by Mr. Simmons (N. C.). who Insisted there should be an investigation by the senate. Mr. Piatt (Conn.) denied that the Republicans were trying to coter up any wrongdoing. The discussion was participated in by Messrs. Burrows, Dol- llver and Quarles on the Republican side, and Messrs. Carmack, Tillman and Teller on the Democratic side. The Republican contention was that there has been a thorough investigation by the postoffice department, and that a senate investiga­ tion was now being pressed by the Demo- crata^for partisan purposes. The Demo- crats'rnslsted that they wanted the facts, and charged that the Republicans were trying to smother them. Perry S. Heath was assailed bitterly, and former Post­ master General Smith was criticised by Democratic senators. Mr. Scott (Va.) offered a joint resolution providing for an investigation of the Darleir canal route, which was referred to the com­ mittee on interoeeanic canals. A house bill permitting the Issuance of bonds for the construction of a wagon road to the government dam on Salt river in Arizona was passed. At 3:30 the senate went Into executive session and at 6:40 p. m. ad­ journed until Monday. The house made $250,000 available to be used to meet the emergency caused by the ravages of the cotton boll weevil and other Insects and diseases affecting cot­ ton. The sum is to be diverted from the $500,900 appropriated last year to eradi­ cate the fSot and mouth disease among cattle. Pension bills to the number of IIS were passed. Representative Dalzell of Pennsylvania introduced a bill provid­ ing for the consolidation of third and fourth class mall matter, to be admitted at the rate of one cent for each two ounces. He also introduced a bill author­ izing the postmaster general to accept all regularly issued publications at a bulk rate of six cents a pound, when not less than 500 pounds are presented at one time, and that tho publication shall havo SEASON OF PEACE: ON EARTH TCA<f6 i --From the Chicago Daily Tribune. vania introduced a bill providing for the striking of a medal in memory of Benja­ min Franklin to commemorate the 200th anniversary of his birth, Jan. 17, 1906. Representative Dixon of Montana intro­ duced a resolution providing for a wire fence along the Canadian boundary be­ tween Lake of the Woods and Point Rob­ erts. The object of the fence is to keep out Chinese immigrants, and it is to be so equipped as to give signals when any one climbs o\rer it. The House at 2:45 p. m. adjourned. Wednesday, Jan. 6. Alleged irregularities in the Postoffice Department constituted the only theme in the Senate. The question came up on a ipotlon first made by Mr. Lodge and af­ terward by Mr. Penrose td refer the Car- mack resolution looking to a senatorial Investigation of the Postoffice Depart­ ment to the committee on postofflces and post roads. The Democratic senators re­ sisted the motion and contended that the country would not be satisfied with an investigation of a department' made by the department Itself. Further consid­ eration of the subject was deferred until Friday, and at 2:34 o'clock p. m. the Senate adjourned. The only measure considered in the House was a bill introduced by the dele­ gate from Hawaii to ratify an act of the Hawaiian legislature authorizing the manufacture and distribution of electric light and power on the Island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii. Owing to objec­ tions the bill was recommitted to the committee on territories. Representative Lovering of Massachusetts introduced two bills for the revision of the drawback provisions of the Dingley law. One bill is designed to encourage the export trade In drugs and chemicals by remitting the internal revenue tax in the shape of a drawback on domestic alcohol used In manufactured articles for export. The second bill relates to drawbacks on im­ ported raw material on which duties are paid, when such raw material is manu­ factured Into finished products in the United States and exported. In such cases the drawback is to equal the amount of the duty on the raw material. Drawbacks also are to be allowed on articles to be used or consumed n board ship. Representative Tawney of Minne­ sota Introduced a resolution requesting the Postmaster General to furnish the House of Representatives detailed in­ formation regarding all postal cars rented by the government from the various rail­ roads of the country. At 2:14 o'clock p. m. the House adjourned. Thursday, Jan. 7. Mr. Morgan occupied the time of the senate in a reply to the speech of Mr. Lodge last Tuesday. Mr. Morgan again criticised the president and the attitude i? thio government In connection with the Panama republic. The senate went into executive session at 3:56 o'clock p. m.. and at 4:35 adjourned. Tfhe house was in session twelve min­ utes. Mr. Hemenway, chairman of the Keifer Out for Congress. Springfield, O., dispatch: General J. Warren Keifer, former speaker of the house and a veteran of three wars, has announced himself as a candidate for the Republican nomination for con­ gress from the Seventh district at least four Issues a year, and each copy shall weigh at least one and one half ounces. He also introduced a bill providing that at least 2,000 identical pieces of third and rourth class matter may be accepted for transmission through the mails without postage stamps affixed, provided the postage shall be paid In full thereon. Representative Williams of Mississippi introduced a bill providing that no duty shall be levied or collected upon coal Imported into the United States from foreign countries; also a bill requiring the secretary of the tre.isury to make full rebate of duties paid on all coal imported into the United States for the period of one year. Rep­ resentative Knapp of New York Intro­ duced a bill authorizing the purchase by the government of a set of the best pub­ lic school text books, that the privilege of free publication of such books may be had. Representative Boutelle of Illinois introduced a bill reducing the tax on dis­ tilled spirits and removing the tax on al­ cohol used in the arts. Representative Slayden of Texas Introduced a resolution requesting the president te tender the good offices of the United States to Rus­ sia and Japan. The house at 2:45 p. m. adjourned until Monday. GRAIN MEN ARE FOUND GUILTY Fail to Make, Returns to Clients as Re­ quired by Law. Duluth, Minn., special: Edwards, Wood & Co., a grain commission house with branch offices in Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and various large cities in the northwest, were found guilty by a Jury in the municipal court of failure to make correct returns on a grain transaction with a client with­ in twenty-four hours, as required by law. Five similar cases are to be taken up at once in the same court against the same defendants. The case was prosecuted by the state grain and warehouse commission. The stat­ utes make the offense a misdemeanor and Impose a fine of from $25 to $100. ,:... >v> • CLEVELAND 1% Daughter of Former President Is Victim, of Diphtheria. s.;:. '• 1 .-,v vv'i WEAK HEART HURRIES DEMISE Many Messages of Condolence Find' Their Way to the Grief-Stricken rente at Their Home ih Prlnceto^*- 8chooln?ates Mourn Her Loss. J i Bride Burns t;o Death. Barnett, Ga., dispatch: Mrs. Charlie Lane of Powellton, aged 18, and a bride of only a few months, was burn­ ed to death while kneeling in prayer. Her skirts caught fire at a hearth. Deny Purchase of Horses. • Lexington, Ky., special: The report that Captain 8am Brown of Pittsburg has brought fiiamond Jubilee of King Edward VII. of Engalnd Is not cred­ ited by Max Samuelson, Captain Brown's manager here. Columbus Gets College Catcher. Delaware, O., dispatch: N. Branch Rickey, for several years catcher for the Ohio Wesleyan t^eam, has signed to eatch for the Columbus, O., team Jsf season of 1904. Typhoid at Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, dispatch: There are approximately one thousand cases of typhoid fever in Montreal and the half dozen small municipalities which join it on three sides. This alarming total is being added to rapidly despite vigorous precautions. 8eils Store for $65. Chicago, special: While h i B employ­ er was ill and absent Frank Dolan Is said to have sold James E. Marliham's flour and feed store, 3418 Cottage Grove avenue, for $65. He is under arrest for embezzlement £PrJnceton, N. J, dispatch: IMk« Cleveland, the eldest daughter of for- mer President Grover Cleveland, died' here Thursday. An unexpected weak­ ening of the heart during a mild at­ tack of diphtheria was the cause 0£~ her sudden demise. Mr. Cleveland and his family ue- grief-stricken over their loss. Mrs. Cleveland is prostrated. Hundreds of* messages of condolence were received. The private school which Mjgq Rnft. attended has been closed out of spect for the dead girL John FInley, president of the Col­ lege of the City of New York, an inti­ mate friend of Mr. Cleveland, wii^ summoned as soon as Miss Cleveland died, and at once started for Prince­ ton. The funeral services were held at. the Cleveland home, and were con­ ducted by the Rev. Maitland Bartlett Mr. Cleveland, with Mr. Finley, An­ drew West and a few intimate friends^, accompanied the body -to Princetoi^ cemetery. Death Due to Diphtheria. Miss Ruth was 111 but four days, her* sickness starting with a slight attack) of tonsilitis and developing into a mild case of diphtheria. Dr. Wyckoff„ the family physician, was in constant' attendance on her, and the disease* seemed to have been checked. Late- Wednesday night, however, a change- came for the worse, and she sank rap­ idly. She had never had any serious illness before. Miss Ruth was 12 years old, and for several years after her birth was the> most popular baby the United States ever saw. She was born at 961 Madi­ son avenue, Mr. Cleveland's New York homer on Oct 8, 1891, and the whole- country was intensely interested In her and her mother, formerly the- beautiful Frances Folsom. All over the land she was known as "Baby Ruth," and gifts were sent her by thousands of admirers of her father. Was Companionable Child. Miss Ruth was a bright, companion-' able girl, and inherited her mother'* personal beauty and charm of manner. Her father insisted that all his chil­ dren be raised in a democratic way, and the "little Clevelands," as they have always been known in Princeton, made friends with their young neigh­ bors, and could be seen playing in the street with the children of less dis­ tinguished parents. They were dressed simply and taught to hare no false pride. Miss Ruth had a governess until she was old enough to attend a private school kept by Miss Fine, a sister of one of the Princeton professors. Drove in Pony Cart A friend presented her with a pony cart and Shetland pony and Miss Ruth, driving out with her younger sisters and brother, was a pretty pic­ ture seen often la the Princeton streets. Diphtheria caused much uneasiness in the Cleveland home in May, 1901, when little Miss Esther, who was born in the White House, contracted the disease from a playmate. None of the other Cleveland children caught It, but the home was quarantined. There are four other children In the Cleveland home. Miss Esther was 10 years old last September. Miss Mar­ ion was born at Gray Gables July 7, 1895. Richard Folsom Cleveland le­ ts years old, and Francis Grover Cleve­ land, named after his father and mother, was born last August LATE8T CASH MARKET REPORTS. WHEAT. Chicago--No. 2 red. 82V40»7%C. New York--No. 2 red, 94«A@95c. St. Louis--No. 2 red, 93@SMc. Kansas City--No. 2 hard, 73@74c. Milwaukee--No. 1 northern. 88KC. Minneapolis--No. 1 hard, 87%c. Duluth--No. 1 hard. 86%c. CORN. Chicago--No. 2, 44c. New York--No. 2, 64%c. St. Louis--No. 2, 43%c. Kansas City--No. 2, mixed, 40041c. Peoria--No. 3. 40o. OATS. Chicago--Standard, 3ti%@37c. New York--No. 2, 42Vic. 8t. Louis--No. 2. 38c. Kansas City--No. 2. white, M CATTLE. Chicago-- $2.7H<S75.fi5. St. Louis--$2.£5@S.2ft» Kansas Clty-$l,50ie*.7S. Omaha--$1.75&5.30. HOGS. Chicago--$4@5.05. 8L Loula--$4.40@4.90. Kansas City--$4.35©4.82H. Omaha--$a.75@4.G5. SHKKP AND LAMBS. Chicago--$3.75(??6.30i. . St. Louis--$2®5.50. Kansas City--$2. fioOS.40. Omaha--$2. S6@ 5.75. WILL PROTECT JEWS IN RUSSIA Old-Time Actress Dies. New York dispatch: Sarah Cecilia Earl, well known on the stage a quar­ ter of . a century ago, is dead at her home here after a long illness. Her greatest success was in "East Lynne." Threaten to Lynch Firebug.' New York dispatch: "Lynch him!" was the cry of . a crowd that tried to take from Policeman Kelcher James Anderson, a prisoner who was sus­ pected of having set fire to a six-story double tenement house. Boston Gets Pitcher WTIhefm. Wooster, O., special: Irvine Wilhelm of this city has signed to pitch for the Boston National league team for 1904. Wilheim was with Pittsburg 4 Via* pari ot ISM. • ' S: • ' Vv.» . * >• v.v. V, . •: f .J*... 4-: "!* '• Minister of the Interior Makes Himself Personally Responsible. Berlin cable: The Russian Mints*, ter of the Interior. M. von Plehve, has made himself personally responsible to the Czar for the prevention of fanat­ ical outbreaks against the Jews at Kishenev or elsewhere during the holi­ days. according to a private telegram received here from St. Petersburg by the National Zeitung. He has is­ sued comprehensive precautionary oi^ dens. Forfeits $10,000 Bond. Frankfort, Ky., dispatch: In the Franklin circuit court, Attorney Franfe lin made a motion before Judge Can- trill for the forfeiture of the $10,000 bond of W. H. Culton, "star" witness ot the prosecution In the Goebel Tries for Western League. f; Rock Island, 111., special: It Is learn­ ed that the Davenport Baseball club Is making an effort to get Into the Western league. Davenport was the best-paying city of the Three Eye league; iastv year. j- ^^5 • mailto:4@5.05 mailto:4.40@4.90 mailto:a.75@4.G5