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Mm f'-v-;. • r . V , % - V THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER McHBNRY PLAINDEALER 00. KeHENRT, ILLINOIS. HeE ilk fXEWAPIIKJ BPEvrnEy U: * ••' Major B. B. Brown of Pueblo, Colo., was Indicted on three counts alleging false pretenses and one alleging forgery, all growing out of charges in connection with the city pay rolls. Alderman Thomas Flynn was arrest­ ed on twenty-three indictments of the ' same character. In all fifty-two true bills were returned. • The body of Lieut. Buchanan, j drowned in Iowa in 1820, has been disinterred by order of the war de- ' partment and the remains are to be i taken to Arlington, cemetery. » Arthur Phelps of Burton township, | near St. Joseph, Mich., swallowed car- , bolic add and a race with death fol­ lowed. He reached his dooryard and then dropped dead. Caught between two Olive street , ears going in opposite directions, J. H. Good of Little Rock was killed at ! St. Louis and F. J. King, who accom­ panied him, was fatally injured! Good J was crushed so badly that almost > every bone in his body was broken. Exposure to the cold weather and walking in the snow at the world's fair grounds have caused Michael La Grave, commissioner general from France to the exposition, to become •111 with grip at his residence on Lin- dell boulevard. His condition is not regarded as serious, but he is con­ fined indoors. King Edward and Queen Alexandra ,held their first court of the season at Buckingham palace Friday night. The Americans in attendance included Henry White, secretary of the United States embassy, and Miss White, MaJ. John H. Beacom, United States mili­ tary attache, and Miss Osborne, daugh­ ter of the late Consul General Os­ borne. The Court of Appeals at Frankfort, Ky„ affirmed the sentence of James R. Howard to life imprisonment for the murder of Gov. William Goebel. Mrs. Charles Rocker, testifying against Charles Rocker, on trial at Rock Rapids, Iowa, for the murder of August Schroeder, her first husband, declared Rocker had arisen in the night (and enacted the tragedy of Schroeder's death. When she accused him of the murder, she said, he con­ fessed. George Jensen, an employe of the malthouse at Chilton, Wis., was caught in the rope of a car-pulling ma­ chine and ir.stantly killed. A loss of $7,000 was suffered in ft lire on the farm of J. W. McMullan, near Lafayette, Ind. It was caused by •••< a spark from a passing Monon engine. E. S. Blydenburgh, convicted at El- dera of the murder of his wife, has appealed to the Iowa supreme court for a new trial. In the circuit court at Carbondale, El., Thomas Vaughn, charged with an attempt at assault on Miss Eva Kav- anaugh, a schoolteacher, was convict­ ed and given an Indeterminate sen­ tence by the jury. M. H. Walker, a native of Vermont and captain in the regular army, now itn the Philippines, has instituted suit at Rjioxville, Tenn., to contest the ym Of the late Robert Reed Swepson, founder of the Knoxville Gas com­ pany, who died two years ago. Swep­ son left an estate of over $500,000. James Downey, a Cleveland diver, was suffocated by the fouling of his air hose while inspecting the abut­ ments of the Big Four bridge at Val- ley Junction. Ohio. It has been decided that the south Atlantic squadron shall leave San Juan squadron rd bgkq mfwy bgkq bgkq for Madagascar and the south coast of Africa. • The north Atlantic battle­ ship squadron and the European squadron will leave Guantanamo for a cruise in the Mediterranean, the lat­ ter remaining permanently in that sta­ tion. Peter J. Osterhaus, one of the fa­ mous cavalry generals of the civil war, is to arrive in this country from his present home in Mannheim, Ger- many, April 25. He will be banqueted In New York April 27 by civil war vet­ erans and later will visit Washington, where he will be received oy Repre­ sentatives Grosvenor of Ohio, Sullo- wajr of New Hampshire and Warner of Illinois, who served under him. Charles Valois was sentenced by Judge Snow at Saginaw, Mich., to not more than one year nor less than six months for manslaughter. Valois on Feb. 1 last attempted to commit suicide with his young wife. She suc­ ceeded in her attempt, but the man recovered and a charge of manslaugh­ ter under the common law was brought against him. Noodle and macaroni manufacturers to the nupiber of 100, in convention in Pittsburg, organized a national as­ sociation to better the condition of the trade. Canadian manufacturers were admitted to membership. Otis Peters, aged IS, is under ar­ rest at Logansport, Ind., for attempt­ ing to wreck a Pennsylvania train. The boy says he was without money and put ties on the track in the be­ lief that he would be given a reward when he Informed the agent at Mon- ticello. Frank A. Munsey, owner of the Bos­ ton Journal, announced suspension of the News, the evening edition of the Daily Journal. Unable to find a pur­ chaser for the paper, Mr. Munsey sac­ rificed his valuable Associated .Prfess franchise. Postmaster* General Payne in a tel­ egram from Key West. Fla., reports that he is continuing to improve in health and that he is about to start North, and probably will reach Old Point Comfort Monday or Tuesday, . and will return to Washington by the latter part of the week. John Baptiste Aiello was hanged at Brookville, Pa., for the murder of Vk*ank Carfa May 2, 1903. Hiram S. Cronk, the only surviving pensioner of the war of 1812, April 21 •blebratod the 104th anniversary of •It* birth «t Albany. N. T. LATEST CA8H MARKET REPORT* WHEAT. Chicago--No. 2 red, 93^c@J1.00%. Liverpool--No. 1 California, 7s 14 New York--No. 2 red, $1.04. Mlnnr*polls--No. 1 hard, 96T4®97*fc St. Louis--No. 2 red, 99%c. Duluth--No. 1 hard, 96T*e. . Kansas City--No. 2 hard, 90@92c. Milwaukee--No. .1 northern, ftl. CORN. Chicago--No. 2, 54*4@54*c. Liverpool--American mixed, 4a New York--No. 2, 54\4c. St. I^ou is--No. 2, 4Sc. Kansas City--No. 2 Ynlxed, 47c. Milwaukee--No. 3, 50@51c. Peoria--No. 3, 49c. OATS. Chicago-- Standard, New York--No. 2, 46c. St. Louis--No. 2, 42c. Duluth--On track, 39c. Kansas City--No. 2 white, 41He. Milwaukee--Standard. 42&C. CATTLB. Chicago--$2.10@5.75. Kansas City--$1.75@5.28. Pi 11 sb u rg--$1.50^5.30. New York-4125@5.20. puffalo--$4.75<?f6.75. St. Lou!s--J2.10Jf5.Ji0. St. Joseph--$2.00@5.30. HOGS Chicago--$4.fi0Cf5.37Vs. Kansas City--$4.25#-5.17V4. Pittsburg--J? 50^5.60. New York--$5.TO??5.75. Buffa lo--$2. &0{fj 6.50. St. lyouls--$4.55@6.85. St. Joseph--$5.00®6.20. SHEEP AND LAMB8. Chicago--$4 S5£?6.15. Kansas Citv-- $3.00tfJ6-8>. Pittsburg-?? 50<st«. New York--J" Buffalo-- $3 OO^iS.Od. St. I^ouls-- St Joseph--$5.30@5.fe. JAPS LOSE MANY MEN Reported Destruction of Detachment That Was At­ tempting to Cross the Yalu River--Five Hundred Said to Have Been Killed. London, April 25.--A dispatch to the Standard from St. Petersburg says it is reported that while BOO Japanese were crossing the Yalu riv­ er on rafts they were attacked by Russians and nearly all of them were killed. The Russian casualties were heavy. Despondency caused City Attorney W. B. Henderson of Memphis, Tenn., to commit suicide by shooting himseJt through the head. John Botts, a former citizen of Chil- licothe, Mo., died at Los Angelea, Cal. He was known as the youngest soldier in the civil war, having eu» listed at the age of 13. A power of attorney has been filed at San Francisco by which Mrs. Ther­ esa Oelrichs gives her sister, Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt, authority to act for her in the settlement of the Fair estate, giving her the powers recently per­ formed by Mrs. Oelrichs' husband. Ester Keady was killed, James Dunn, ex-chief of police, was perhaps fatally wounded and ex-Sheriff David A. Osborn dangerously wounded at Corvallis, Oregon, in a pistol fight, resulting from an attempt to arrest Keady for firing off a pistol, on the street Three firemen were killed and fif­ teen injured at Newark, N. J., by the caving in of a roof from which they were fighting a fire in the factory of Weimer & Co. The dead are Jacob Bleyle, William B. Crane and Patrick J. Donohue. A Shakespearean celebration was in­ augurated at Weimar by the presenta­ tion of "Hamlet," the title role being taken by Josef Kainz. Practically all the notable German Shakespearean scholars were present. Professor Les- sing's statue of Shakespeare, the first to be erected in Germany, will be un­ veiled to-day. E. Von Hesse Wartegg, German commissioner to the St. Louis exposi­ tion, arrived in New York on the steamer Graf Waldersee. Among the other passengers was J. Mieses, the chess master. President Roosevelt has been in­ formed that Postmaster General Payne'8 health is much improved. He expects to resume his duties in the postoffice department upon his arrival in Washington in about ten days. Mrs. Roosevelt, accompanied by Miss Carew, Miss Ethel Roosevelt and 1 Masters Theodore, Jr., and Kermit Roosevelt, occupied the presidential box at the New National theater Fri­ day night, witnessing Mrs. Clara Bloodgood's performance of the Clyde Fitch comedy, "The Girl With the Green Eyes." Secretary John O'Callaghan an­ nounced that the second biennial con­ vention of the United Irish League of America will be held at New York Aug. 30-31. John E. Redmond has been Invited to attend. Gen. Fred D. Grant, in command of the department of the lakes, paid his respects to the president. He is in Washington arranging some details of the settlement of his mother's estate. Gov. Brady of Alaska has reached Portland from Sitka. The purpose of his coming at this time is to confer with the Lewis and Clark manage­ ment concern kig the Alaskan exhibit in 1905. A report of the Interstate commerce commission, just issued, says that dur­ ing the last three months of 1908 there were 14,485 railroad accidents in the United States, a decrease of 702 com­ pared with the preceding quarter. There were killed 175 passengers and 991 employes and 1,937 passengers and 11,382 employes were injured. Charles C. Black of Jersey City has* been appointed receiver of the Globe Securities company of New York. Lia­ bilities are listed at $968,804, assets, $512,440. Lady Constance Mackenzie, niece of the duke of Sutherland and well known in the United States, was mar­ ried to Sir Edward Austin Richardson, bart, at Pitfour, Perthshire. Lawyer W. E. Nixon of Minneapolis fell from his brother's yacht at New Rochelle, N, Y., and was drowned. He was suffering from partial paralysis and bad just returned from Porto Rico, where he spent the winter. The New York tax rate is to be fourteen points higher for this year. Four tramps, , who left Winona, Minn., with two gallons of alcohol, were found ground to pieces on the railroad track jiiyrt outside the city limits. Their names were: George Hendricks, Oscar Larson, William Radigan and ^illiam Mack. The National Academy of Sciences at Washington elected the following new members: John U. Nef of the University of Chicago, William Mor­ ris Dean and William Fogg Osgood of Harvard university, and William T. Councilman of Harvard medical school. Ervin Osborn has been elected jus- tice of the peace in Shelby county, Illinois, just nine days after he was 21 years old. He will graduate this year in the class of 1904 from the Mowea- qua high school. He is the youngest justice in the state of Illinois. The indictments returned by the re­ cent gund jury at Kansas City, Kas., against nine persons, charging boodling were quashed by Judge Moore in the United States district court on the ground that they ware improperly signed by Attorney General Coleman. Chinese Have Sent Troops to Stop Russian Plundering. Tokio, April 25.--The Chinese gov­ ernment has ordered Gen. Ma to dis­ patch 2,500 men to the west of the Liao river, ̂ put a stop to Russian plundering. A collision is feared. Gen. Ma's main army is expected to proceed to Kinchow, with a view of maintaining the neutrality of New Chwang in case the Japanese occupy Ylnkow. The movement of Japanese troops is hampered by Corean spies, who in­ form the Russians of them. Rumor that Large Sum Was Lost with Marakoff. St. Petersburg, April 25.--It is re­ ported that an immense sum of money was lost on the Petropavlovsk. The government, foreseeing tjje probabil­ ity of Port Arthur being cut off, in military circles there that 10,000 soldiers are in hospitals in Manchuria, chiefly typhoid patients. Seoul, Corea, April 25.--It is report­ ed that the Japanese are landing troops and constructing buildings at Hungchuan, below Yongampo. Military Expert Talks of the Coming Land Fighting. Paris, April 25.--The Herald's mili­ tary expert says: "According to advices which ap­ pear most likely, the Japanese count on directly supporting a frontal at­ tack on the Yalu by a demonstration made against the right flank of the Russians, on some point of the coast 'between Tatungkow and Takushan. It is reasonable to admit, as has been announced from Seoul and later from St. Petersburg* that the Russians have raised earthworks oh the whole north bank of the river, and have placed mines and torpedoes at the mouth of the river to keep off the warships of the Japanese. "It is past question that the dem­ onstrations of the Japanese will take place within a certain distance of Takushan, and preferably on the rear of the Russian forces which line the MARSHAL YAMAGATA. JifW/JiM E One of the most remarkable men of the age is Field Marshal Mar­ quis Aritonio Yamagata, commander in chief of the Japanese army, under whose direction the land forces of the mikado are preparing for a deadly grapple with Russia. Statesman, diplomat, soldier, organizer, reformer, he has been variously called the Japanese Moltke, the Bismarck of Ja­ pan, the General Grant of Japan and the Napoleon of Japan. In local con­ flicts in the mikado's empire and in the Chino-Japanese war of 1894 he has made a record that military men envy, and now at the seasoned age of 71 he again takes up the baton to win, if possible, more enduring re­ nown in a triumph over the legions of the czar. thought it necessary to have a big fund there, which was in the hands of the naval commander. The Petro­ pavlovsk happened to be the treas­ ure ship. The sum is placed as high $12,000,000. Dash Across Japan Sea ^fanned by Mikado's Men. Hakodate, Japan, April 25.--Prepa­ rations are being made here for a sudden dash across the Japan Sea. A fleet of ten transports is being loaded with troops and a squadron of warships is lying off the port to con­ voy them. It is presumed the objective point is Vladivostok, where a thaw is im­ minent Vladivostok was bombarded .March western bank of the Yalu, but the g^-eat draft of the Japanese warships will necessitate their keeping at a great distance froih shore, which will render it dangerous for them to carry out any landing under fire from the enemy." Japanese Lines Extend for Thirty Miles Along Yalu. Seoul, Corea, April &5.--Advices re­ ceived here state that the Japanese lines now extend thirty miles along, the Yalu river, reaching from Yong­ ampo to ten miles above Wiju. The Russians are strongest at Antung. Tiger hill is, as it was in the Chino- Japanese war, the key to the situation. Three islands, one above and two be­ low Wiju, will facilitate an attack, as they offer a base for artillery to cov­ er the crossing of the Yalu. London, April 25.--A dispatch to the Standard from Kieff says it is stated COLDEST CITY IN THE WORLD. Yakutsk, Commercial Emporium of East 8iberla, in Frozen Desert. The coldest city in the world is Yakutsk, eastern Siberia, in the em­ pire of the czar and the Russians. It is the great commercial emporium of east Siberia, and the capital of the province of Yakutsk, which in most of Its area of 1,517,063 square miles ls«a bare desert, the soil of which is frozen to a great depth. Yakutsk consists of about 400 houses of European struc­ ture, standing apart. The intervening spaces are occupied by winter yoorts, or huts of the northern nomads, with earthen roofs, doors covered with hairy hides and windows of ice. Cara­ vans with Chinese and European goods collect the produce of the wHble line of coast on the Polar sea between the parallels of 70 degrees and 74 de­ grees from the mouth of the river Lena to the farthest point inhabited by the Chookchees; Last year a col­ porteur of the British and Foreign Bi­ ble society made a tour of eleven -weeks down the Lena, a river 3,0oo Miles long, visiting Yakutsk and sell- Russia's Black Sea Fleet May Pass the Dardanelles. St. Petersburg, April 25.--Astonish­ ment and apprehension among the representatives of the powers in St. Petersburg follow the announcement that the Russian Black sea fleet, in defiance of Great Britain and the treaty of Berlin, will pass the Dar­ danelles for the far East. War with Great Britain, say the diplomats, is the only possible out­ come of such a move on the part of .Russia. The passage of the czar's warships through the Dardanelles without the permission of Great Brit­ ain or any other of the signatories of the treaty of Berlin, would be: a vio­ lation of an express provision of that treaty and sufficient grounds for an immediate declaration of war by Eng­ land either against Turkey or Russia, or both. Japanese Spies Complained of by Russian General. Mukden, April 22.--The operations of the, Russians in Manchuria are greatly hampered by the immense number of spies. Maj. Gen. Kon- ing gospels in their own language to the Yakuts in the villages along the banks.--Leslie's Weekly! Dislikes Strong Perfume. The queen of England has a marked dislike for flowers and strong per­ fumes. At the wedding of the Prin­ cess Alice of Albany and his Serene Highness Prince Alexander of Teck, the flowers used in the decorations were odorless, with the exception made in favor of roses, but no pun­ gent smelling blossoms were allowed in the church or in the other decora­ tions at the wedding breakfast which followed the ceremony. Harold's April Fool. It was the morning of April 1, and Harold, the minister's son, a little lad of five years, had been told that he might ask the blessing at the table. The family bowed their heads and waited for the expected blessing. The boy bowed his head reverently, clasped his hands, was solemnly si­ lent for a moment and then called out jubilantly: "April fool!"--Lipplncott's. dratsvitch, commanding the Ninth East Siberian rifle brigade, says the Japanese have taken advantage of the convenient location of New chwang, which is full of spies. ' In the guise of merchants, beggars, rag-pickers and lackeys," says the general, "these spies sniff every­ where. They have grown pigtails, showing that they have been prepar­ ing for their work for a long time, and that they are unwilling to trust entirely the information supplied '"by the Chinese. They are hard to get rid of. "These Insects as soon as they ob­ tain information cross the river into Chinese territory, where they use the telegraph. Some of them have been caught, but the majority wander among the troops and nothing can be done to prevent it" Kurppatkin Informa Czar "C ) of Execution of Spies. St. Petersburg, April 22.--The em­ peror has received the following tel- egxam from Gen. Kuropatkin: '"'All was quiet on the Yalu on the 19th and 20th, and there has been to change. "On the night of the 19th opposite Cape Tower Hill, west of Kai-Shju, a steamer was observed sending off boats, evidently for the purpose of taking soundings. The boats soon re­ turned." In another telegram to the emperor Gen. Kuropatkin says: "I respectfully report to your ma­ jesty that two Japanese officers named St. Cevo Yukoka and Giska Oki were arrested near the station of Tur-Chi-Khi. In their possession were found three cases of Bickford fuse, a French wrench, dynamite cartridges, tools for railway wrecking, cylinders containing one /and a half pounds of pyroxlyin, good maps of Mongolia, Manchuria and northern Korea and a number of notes. "A courtmartial held at Harbin April 20 found them guilty while be­ longing to the Japanese army of op­ erating against Russia, and, in order to gain success for their army, of de­ stroying or damaging telegraph and railway communication by means of pyroxylin and other accessories pro­ vided for that purpose, and af making their way secretly into Manchuria, where they were arrested by Russian patrols thirty versts southwest of the station of Tur-Chi-Khi, on the Eastern Chinese railway. The officers wore Mongolian dress to disguise their na­ tionality. "The officers were condemned to be deprived of their civil rights and to be executed by hanging. I confirmed the sentence, but in view of the offi­ cers' rank consented that they be shot instead of hanged, with the same loss of civil rights. "I refused their prayer to spare their wives, and they were were ex­ ecuted at 6 o'clock on the evening of April 21." Alexieff Admits Enemy's Mines Sunk Petropavlovsk. St Petersburg, April 22.--All doubt as to the cause of the destruction of the battleship Petropavlovsk and the damage to the battleship Pobelda at Port Arthur is dissipated by the re­ port submitted by telegraph to the emperor April 21. In it Viceroy Alex­ ieff states in a way that leaves the matter no longer an open question that mines were responsible for the disaster. The admission of the pres­ ence of Japanese 6hips off Port Ar­ thur on the night preceding the go­ ing out of the Russian ships, which were watched by Admiral Makareff, tends to establish Vice Admiral Togo's claim that his ships laid mines on which the Russian battleships struck. The viceroy's report was sent only after a thorough investigation, or­ dered by the emperor, had been made. It was published through the war commission. It explicitly states that "under the starboard side of the Pe­ tropavlovsk there was an explosion," and specifically declares that a mine exploded under the Pobeida. That the Russian ships did not run on their own mines is shown by the failure of the viceroy to mention anything of the kind and by the positive state­ ment of the port admiralty that Ad­ miral Makaroff was familiar with the location of the mines defending the port. The Russian officials also fail to understand the surprising blunder caused by the mistake of the Russian torpedo boat destroyers in taking the Japanese torpedo boats for a Russian flotilla, which resulted in the loss of the Strashni. Lutherans May Unite. There are fourteen different bodies of Lutherans in New York with 125 ministers. There is a movement to­ ward uniting these churches in prac­ tical work. STILL HE 8USPECTED HIM. One Newsboy a Cent Short, the Other Chewin' Chewin'-Gum. Two grimy newsboys were counting their day's earnings the other evening on a step aear the corner of Tenth and Walnut streets. Suddenly one of them looked up from his task and narrowly regarded his comrade. "I'm a cent short," he remarked. The comrade, busily engaged in chewing gum, did not reply. "Say, I'm a cent short," repeated the first boy. "Well," protested the second, "1 ain't got your cent, have IT" The loser looked grim. 4 "I ain't sayin' you have," he slowly responded, "an' I ^in't sayin' you haven't. But I'm a cent short--an' you're chewin' chewin'-gum."--Phila­ delphia Press. ENACTING LAWS FOR THE NATION Review of the Legislation Be­ fore Both Houses of^ 5 Congress OUTLINE OF DAILY ROUHfTE Special Correspondents Tell of the Business Transacted by Senators and Representatives in 8esaion at the Capital. Wednesday, April 20. The general deficiency appropriation bill, the last before the senate committee on appropriations, was reported. With­ out comment the senate passed a resolu­ tion by Mr. Dubois tor investigation of polygamy among postmasters in Idaho. Mr.' Dolliver then Bpoke nearly two hours on ths trusts, defending Republi­ can policies and predicting the election of President Roosevelt. The sundry civil bill was passed after a long discussion of amendments for buildings at Wash­ ington. As amended the bill carries 160,000 for a Jefferson monument, $71,009 as the United States share of the cost of the Bureau of American Republics' building in Washington, provides for a new office and committee building for the senate and limits to $75,000 the im­ mediate appropriation for extending the east wing of the capltol. Senator- Lodge introduced a bill to place the cliff dwell­ ings and other prehistoric ruins on pub­ lic land under the care of the secretary of the interior for their preservation. Senator Hopkins introduced a bill to prohibit issuance of a patent for any drug except In so far as Its preparation if concerned. The pension* appropriation bill was laid before the senate Just be­ fore adjournment. When the house met the agricultural appropriation bill was reported from con­ ference and agreed to. The report of the elections committee No. 2, ifeciding In favor of Congressman Lorimer of Illi­ nois, was adopted and Mr. Foes called up the conference report on the naval ap­ propriation bill. After an extended de- .Jyklle the deficiency bill was befng rea4 Mr. Cullom spoke on the HItt Chines* exclusion bill attached by the house as *|'f rider. He offered an amendment to strlk.*^ out several clauses. Mr. Lod??e also of* * fered an amendment exe»»<limr ohlnp<«: and other aliens whose tnunieratkm la- encouraged by any transportation com­ pany. ihe bill for government of th® Panama canal zone was sent to confer­ ence. After devoting considerate time to- con ference reports on rontfoe and no­ vate bills, the house listened t» a hrfiah between Mr. Lind of Minnesota and Mr Curtis of Kansas on the farmer's sub­ stitute for a resolution mt inquiry as to- the acts of the Dawes a»minissk>n Mr Llnd said the men sent as guardians of txie Indians of Indian Territory had tak­ en advantage of their oHitiai &*sitions Vor loot and speculation. *lr. Curtis said tho charges had not been proved. Mr. Lind'» substitute, which asks tiie se«retary of the interior for int'ormaU«u as to what action has been taken in the Dawes com-' mission investigation, prevailed. 97 to 91 ' The sundry civil bill was sent to confer­ ence with Messrs. Hemenway, Gillett and Burton conferees for th® kouse. Two- hundred and thirty-threo pension blll» were passed In forty-five minutes. Mr Grosvenor called up the bil» creating a. commission to Investigate the American merchant marine, which was discussed but laid aside without actien. Consider­ ation of the Alaskan delegate bill wa» resumed, but was interrupted by Mr Kltchin of North Carolina, who assailed President Roosevelt and Mr. Grosvenor the former for his attitude «n the rac«- question and the latter for alleged change of front toward Roosevelt after his nomination for vice president Saturday, April 26, In the senate tbe Mann Mil for thfr lowering of the tunnels in the Chicago river was passed. The senate passed after a long debate, the general deficiencr* bill, after killing the house amendment strengthening the Chinese eacelnsion law TWfrfpihendment was amended by strikinc- outjiall except the first section, which affirms all the exclusion laws now in ef­ fect.,; One amendment accepted was that excluding Chinese and other aliens from coming in under agreements between^ other countries and steamship eompanles, having special reference to a contract be­ tween the Cunard Line and Hungary supply 30.000 immiirranta annually to the- steamship company. Other provisions, carried by the bill as passed were: Ap­ propriating $5,000 for medals in commem­ oration of the two hundredth birthday- anniversary of Benjamin Franklin, de­ feating a proposition t» reimburse the- Compagnie Francaise de» Telegraphiqaes for damages sustained daring the war with Spain, granting J1.80S t* the widow of General Longstreet, and defeating an allowance to the Muncie and Stock- bridge Indians of Wisconsin. In the house the speaker appointed a. committee to represent the tenee at the opening of the world's fair. The bouse- A GOOD CHANCE. TO GET WIPED OFF THE MAP. W 8 T*s gmprtm Dewtptr: ~Y*wig mm, yv (attack In If r*« MM me* Mat fMV •« MI*. ha The View Point. "Dar's two sides to ev*y question" said Uncle Eben. "When a mule ia bein' licked to make him travel, hs reckons a man's 'bout de obstinates) animal dar is."--Washington Star. bate the bill was sent back, the house refusing to agree to any of the disputed amendments, excepting that providing for construction of two colliei-s. Mr. Foss secured the adoption of his amend­ ment leaving the selection of the great lakes naval training station site to the secretary of the navy, but Mr. Cooper of Wisconsin secured the yeas and nays and it was defeated. The house passed a bill providing for the allotment of lands of the New York Indians, and several other minor measures. Thursday, April 21. In the Senate the pension appropria­ tions bill carrying an appropriation of more than $137,000,000, and the emergency river and harbor appropriation bill, carry­ ing $3,000,000. were passed, as was the bill increasing to 640 acres the size of the homstead entries in western Ne­ braska. In the debate on the pension bill Mr. Scott denounced the pension laws, advocating a service pension of $25 per month. In the debate on the emer­ gency river and harbor bill Mr. Gorman criticised the Republicans for not bring­ ing up a general river and harbor bill, and Mr. Elkins replied that the state of business was not snch as to Justify such a measure. Bills were passed establish­ ing a Supreme Court for the Indian Ter­ ritory and givinp the General Federation of Women* Clubs the right to hold bi­ ennial meetings outside of Washington. Senator Warren and Mr. Piatt of Con­ necticut clashed over the report in the Court of Claims In connection with the Judge 8wayne case. In the House a substitute for the Klt- tredge bill for the government of the Panama Canal zone was passed over the protest of Mr. Harrison. A rule was adopted for the consideration at any time of the bill creating a commission to in­ vestigate the merchant marine. The House defeated a resolution to pay Mr. Slemp of Virginia $1,500 for expenses in­ curred by him in defending his title to his seat. The establishment of a life-saving station near Eagle Harbor, Keweena Point, Mich., was approved. The House passed a bill amending the act for the protection of persons furnishing mate­ rials and labor In public works so as to give the government priority over sub­ contractors or furnishers of material in suits on the bonds of the contractors. A resolution was agreed to requesting the President to renew negotiations with gov­ ernments which discriminate against Jew­ ish citizens olT the United States, with the view to securing equal freedom of travel and sojourn with all other citi­ zens. Friday, April 22. The general deficiency appropriation hill occupied the greater part of the sen­ ate's time, but before its consideration Mr. Galllnger spoke In defense of the tariff policy of the Republican party. Gets Street Car Lines. New Orleans, La., dispatch: It is stated here that Sir William C. Van Horn, chairman of the board of di­ rectors of the Canadian Pacific rail­ way, has secured contrel of the street car system of the City of Mexico. agreed to the senate aw«*io»t to the- pension appropriation bill, aad the con­ ference report on the navel appropria­ tion bill was adopted. *flle wore passed for the protection of tho pvMle forest re­ serves and national parks and amending the act to extend the coal land laws to Alaska. The bill for a •onmission tc investigate tbe merchant marine was passed after a long dehate. in which Messrs. Hepburn and C«ckra« were the central figures. An intimation by Mr. Dal&ell that Mr. Cockraa supported tic- Kinley in 1896 because ho was paid for it brought an impassioned de«iat from Mr. Cockran. Sunday, April 24. Memorial services occnptoe the atten­ tion of the house and tribute? were paid to the memory o£ the late Sen­ ator Marcus A. Hanna. tke late Repre­ sentative C. W. ThompsM «f Alabama, and the late Representative W. W. Skile? of Ohio. Eulogies to Senator Hanna were delivered by Representatives Gros­ venor, Longworth, Goeb^, Southard. Kyle, Morgan, Van VoecWs, Hilde- brant, and Snook of ^hio; a»4 Tawney. Minnesota; Brick, Indiana; Levering Massachusettes; Smith, UlinelB, and Tlr- rell of Massachusetts. TVItontes to the memory of the late Mr. Thompson were paid by Representatives Wiley, Under­ wood, Clayton, Burnett, an* Bowie of Alabama; and I/Utlefield. Maine; Thomas. North Carolina; Rainey, Illinois; Connor. Iowa; Padgett, Tennessee; Gaines. Ten­ nessee, and Patterson, North Carolina. The speakers to the Memory of Mr. Skiles were Representatives grosvenor. Kyle, Cassingham. Snook and HlldebraiU. Ohio; Currier, New Hampshire; Webb. North Carolina, and Tlrrell. Massachu­ setts. Appropriate resolutions were adopted in reference to i^e deceased. INCUBATOR FOR BABY OF NOTE Entire Town Is Destroyed. Guthrie, Okla., dispatch:' The town of Marramec, located on the Katy railroad in Pawnee county, vas en­ tirely destroyed by fire, with a total long of $20,000; no insurance. Banker Kills Himself. . Hot Springs, Ark., dispatch: C. T. Taylor, president of the Morristown, Tenn., National bank, committed sui­ cide here by shooting himself through the breast He lived long enough to make his will. School of Whales. Bangor, Me., dispatch: A school of whales disporting themselves In Co­ lumbia river, near the coast, has set Washington county, Maine, . n Its bead in excitement. Great-grandchild of Missouri Govern­ or Being Raiaed Artificially. St. Louis special: Marjerie Elisa­ beth Forster, great-grandchild of John Miller, second governor of Missouri, is being raised in an incubator. Her father, Dr. Davis Forster, Is with her day and night, and four of his medi­ cal friends are advising Mm. Two trained nurses take turns ia watching over the little one. Marjorie's twin brother lived only a few hours after his advent into the world, bat the gir) is much stronger. Amends Women's Charter. Washington dispatch: The house amended the act granting a charter to the general Federation of Woman's Clubs so as to give the organization the privilege of holding bienaial meet­ ings outside of Washington. Steamer and Crew Loot. Berlin cablegram: The Swedish steamship Dries sank after a collision with another vessel in the Baltic oil Swlnemunde, Prussia. The crew ol sixteen men Were drowned. Rich Youth in Peril. Baltimore, Md., dispatch: Eldward t Lipps, son of Christopher Lipps, a millionaire, was brought home more dead than alive after having drifted all night in an open boat ia Chesa­ peake bay. Pennaylvania Miners Strike. Wilkesbarre, Pa., dispatch: Miners employed at the Katydid eolHery went on strike and will stay until the present demand of 3,360 ponnds flOt a ton is rescinded. # mailto:2.10@5.75 mailto:1.75@5.28 mailto:York-4125@5.20 mailto:2.00@5.30 mailto:4.55@6.85 mailto:5.30@5.fe