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jr jr* »* r .^. STW' i iii f ^ ST- - Tfc f•*> / Till: MnUCHRY PI A11DPAI PR | latest cash market report*. | • s^; «,sf £f*rs ^ • 'v v '%jr f *< v,a?Tv, ffwii HIDDEN PUZZLE PICTURE McHENRY PLAINDEALER 00* MCHENRY, ILLINOIS. IB'- TOLD IN ^ ; ~ John A. Hart, an engineer employed ^liiai summer on H. H. Rogers' power V boat the Vixen, was murdered and rtibbed on the Joy Line steamer Larch* aoont while a passenger from New ; , York to Providence, R. I. • j Apostle Green, in an address at the '••Hlbsing session of the Qhio confer- ,ence of the Latter Day Saints at Co­ lumbus, explained that the society was opposed to polygamy and regarded <Brigham Young as an apostate from^ the faith. •77^.----A cry of "fight" in the gallery of the • Avenue theater in Detroit was mis- > faitpti for an alarm of fire and a mad rash was made for the exits, but no was seriously injured. • The top floors of the Machekia office building, in New Orleans, were de- ? stroyed by fire. The loss is $150,000; Insurance, $160,000. ,' r 7' /Fire almost entirely destroyed the plant of the Detroit. (Mich.) Steel Casting company. Loss, $80,000 to $100,000. Two hundred and twenty- five men are thrown out of work. The Symmes block, at Denver, was destroyed by fire, entailing a loss esti­ mated at $300,000. The heaviest losers are the Great Leader department store and the Symmes estate. John Godfrey, Jr., charged with kill­ ing his father, was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter at Fort Wayne, Ind., and sentenced to two to twenty-one years' imprisonment. Representatives of the Tug and Dredge Owners' association signed a contract at Detroit with, representa­ tives of the firemen and linesmen. Wages are fixed at $65 and board for Chicago and South Chicago, $60 for Cleveland and $55 at other points. The Eastern division of the Delta Tau Delta College fraternity held its annual conference at New York and arranged for the biennial convention. As the result of an explosion in a powder building at Northfield, B. C., one Chinaman was killed. The 3-months-old child of Will Ken­ nedy of Johnston, Wis., was smothered .... while its parents were driving with it. A new cotton manufacturing com- piny }ias been incorporated in Boston With a capital of $600,000, to be known as the Boott mills. * J. A. Jacobs of Holcombe, Wis., while returning home, was chased by Wolves and sought refuge in a tree all night. Alarmed at his absence, his brothers started in search of him. When they found him both feet and bands were frozen. Emperor William has detailed a naval lieutenant from the intelligence office to act as aid to Mrs. Robert Qoelet of New York, now in Berlin, and show her the objects of interest Potsdam. An American Egyptologist, Theo­ dore M. Davis, has discovered a royal tomb in the neighborhood of Luxor foil of antiquities, including intact sarcophagi, a chariot, furniture and numerous other relics pf a past age. Minister of Marine Thomson an­ nounced to the French cabinet that the construction was about to begin of an armored cruiser of the largest type, similar to the Ernest Renan, to offset the armored cruiser Sully, Which recently was wrecked. •>. y. The United States revenue cutter forward has arrived at Havana with l Assistant Secretary of the Treasury ? Armstrong on board. t Second Assistant Postmaster-General £hallenbarger resumed his duties at Washington after a European trip ol s . several weeks. '•y President W. E. Correy of the Unit. «d States steel corporation and t-h« presidents of the many constituent companies were the guests of Presi­ dent A. M. Hewlett and the othei officers of the Western Tube com­ pany at Kewanee, 111. . Carl Gustave Waldeck, the 'St. Louis portrait painter, has been ap- ~ pointed an officer of the French Academy, an honor that has been i ^ given to few Americans. Edward L. Harper, examined before the referee in bankruptcy in Bristol, Tenn., told the story of his wheat deal in Chicago, and charged that Broker Joseph W. Wilshire had "got him by " the throat and choked him to death .financially." Claude 8. Snively, an attorney iq the office of Washburn, Mitchell and Bailey, pitched head long from th< fifth-story window in the LonsdaU building, Duluth, and was killed. A petition in bankruptcy was filed at Springfield, 111., by Harrison B. Wal ter, va constructor of Danville. He schedules his liabilities at $40,244; as­ sets, $22,869. Bishop Spalding of Peoria is im proving in health and will be taken south. T. V. Law, police magistrate at Rossville, 111., was found dead hang- big by the neck from a rafter in a f* ' Woodshed at his home. In a saloon affray at Perry, 111., { ' ' Aaron Frailey stabbed Joe Nowlin, rnetrating the left lung. The wound, is thought, will be fatal, ' When Chuck Stewart, a coal miner,! M chased Elmer Winters, who had cut] with a knife, behind the bar of - William Warren's safoon ten miles (J. north of Terre Haute, Ind., Warren >•'"V "3i|hot him several times and he wjll iie. T. J. Keating of Chicago w^s elect- gt .'i^sd president at Pittsburg of the In; |t lernational Tile Decorators' associa- . tion. * ^ Charifs Heller and his wife, their daughter, May Nolan, and the latier's jjs ' husband, George Noland, were killed |L.; in Cleveland by escaping natural gas. p? r. Fred Stearly, 17 years old, of Brazil, Ind., accidentally shot himself in, the -stomach. inflicting a fatal jvound. Mrs. Caspar Stuessy of Brodhead, ff' . 'Wis., was shot and instantly killed by f1-' * the accidental discharge of a riflfc in J-j.* -the hands of a cousin. »» Chicago Product. Butter-- Creamery, extra. 82c; prints, ISttc; firsts, 28@31c; seconds, tSOt4c; ptorag-p. 29®30c; renovated. 8#c; dairies. Cooleys. 29c; firsts, 2ladles, I6@l«c; packing stock, 22C?22>£c. Cheese--Full cream, daisies, 11H® 12c; twins, 11 CrSrtHc; young Americas, 11 %jt> 12c; long h«rns. n»4@12c; Cheddars, east­ ern. Swiss, brick. llMs@12c; drum. Il%®fl2c; llmburger. choice. 10@ 10"4o; off grades, 6@Sc, brick, ll%@12c; off grades. ?@10c. Fggs--Fresh stock, at mark. 23@29c; firsts. 30c: prime firsts. 32c; extra (high grade), packed for city trade. 34c. Fish--Black bass. 14c per lb; carp and buffalo. l@2c; pike, 6@<c; pickerel. 5@ 6c; perch. 4c; bulheads, skinned, 6@6c; sunflsh, 3c; eels. 7(fi8c. Live poultry--Turkeys, per lb. 14c; young, 15c; chickens, fowls, 12®13c; springs, 12<g)18c; ducks, 12Vic; geese, $6 @9 per doz: Dressed poultry--Turkeys, dry-picked. 20c; chickens, fowls. 12V4®'13%c; springs. 13%@14c; ducks, 14c; geese, fat and clean, ll@12c; ordinary, 8@>10c; capons, 14@19c. Sweet potatoes--Illinois, choice, 2.250 2.50; common. $1@2. Potatoes--Car lot on track: Wisconsin. Minnesota and Michigan Burbanks, good to choice. 33@34c; extra fancy, 35c; rurals, good to choice, 31033c; extra, 35c; coarse, large lots, not well assorted, 26@ 30<?: Kings, common to fancy, 30@34c. Onions--Home-grown, yellow. 75@80c per bu; red, 75@S0c per bu; white. 90c@ $1.10 per bu; Spanish, $1.75 per box; Va- lencias, $6 per' case. New York Produce, Bufter--Strong: creamery, common to extra. "~@34c; do held, common to extra, p32c; state dairy, common to extra. 23@31c: renovated, common to extra. 19 @27c; western factory, common to, extra, 20@28c; western imitation creamery, com­ mon to .extra. £3®30c. Cheese--Strong; state full cream, small, colored and white, fancy.-13%c; do fine. J2^c; do late made, colored and white, choice. 12 %c. Eggs--Firm; state. Pennsylvania and nearby fancy, selected, white, 39c: do choice. 37@38c; do mixed extra, 36@37c; •western firsts. 35c; seconds, 33#34c; southerns, 29@35c; refrigerators, 27#30c. Find the Other Girl. WORKpAR^KILLS QRANX) _QUKE Body of i&ergrftfif Czar*» Uncle, Is Tom to Picccs by Bomb Thrown by Assassin With­ in Walls of Palace. Grain Quotations. WHEAT. Chicago--No. 2 red. $1.22^. New York--No. 2 red. J1.23V4. Minneapolis--No. 1' northern, $1.16%. St. Louis--No. 2 red, $1.15. Duluth--No. 1 northern. $1.14.%. Kansas City--No. 2 hard. $1.12@l.f3. Milwaukee--No. 1 n<"*taern, $1.16@1.17. CORN. Chicago--No. 2. 44 %c. Liverpool--American mixed,. old, 4s. ll%d. New York--No. 2. 56c.. Peoria--No. 3, 44Hc. St. Louis--No. 2. 45%c. Kansas City--No. 2 mixed, 44%c. • Milwaukee--No. 3, 44@44%c. OATS. Chicago--Standard, 32%@32%c. New York--Mixed. 37@38c, St. Louis--No. 2. 32c. Kansas City--No. 2 mixed, 31\e. Milwaukee--Standard, 32^6033c. Live Stock. CATTLE. Chicago--$1.75 @6.35. Omaha--$1,75 @5.75. Kansas Cltv--$1.7505.70. St. Louis--$2.">0@6. St. Joseph--$1.65@5.25. New York--$1.60@6.07%. «• Pittsburg--$2 @5.65. HOGS. Chicago--$2.25@5.02H- Omaha--$3.75 @4.85. Kansas City--$4@5.02%. St. Louis--$3.75^5.05. St. Joseph--J4 t>0@5. Pittsburg--$3@5.35. Buffalo--$3@5.45. SHEEP AIO) LAMBS., Chicago--$3.75 @7.40. Omaha--$4.50 @ 7.90. Kansas Citj--$4.75@S. St. Louis--$4.50@8. St. Joseph--$2.50@7.85. New York--$4:50@8.5a. Pittsburg--$2.30@8. NATIONAL mm to' Announcement has been made that the executive board of the Amalga­ mated Window Glass Workers of America has decided to renew the fight against the National Window Glass Workers' association by order­ ing a strike of the cutters at a factory in Hartford City, Ind. Eli Dunn, one of the suspected Lebanon, Ore., bank robbers, has been identified by a colored Pullman car porter as one of the men who held up and robbed the passengers in the Pull­ man coach attached to the Oregon Railroad and Navigation company train several weeks ago. Cardinal Gibbons arrived in New Orleans and was driven at once to the home of his brother, John T. Gib­ bons. A special chapel has been erected in the front yard of the broth­ er's home for the cardinal's use dur­ ing his visit. John Nichols, an 18-year-old negro newsboy, died in Cincinnati after drinking a quart1 of whisky on a wa­ ger. Samuel Becker, a tailor, said to have been party to the wager, has been arrested. An injunction was granted at Hunt­ ington, W. Va., restraining the offi­ cials of the Triple State Gas com­ pany from merging that company with the United States Natural Gas company, recently organized for con­ solidating the Triple State company and the Kanawha Gas company of Charleston. D. J. F. Speiice of Knoxville, Tenn., published a signed article in which he said that C. S. Northrop of Chi­ cago, whom he charges with swindling him out of $50,000 worth of property, was associated with L. D. Sampson, editor of a Chicago maga­ zine, and Emile B. Pickard, a Chicago stock speculator. William Allen White, the author and editor of Kansas, who is ill at Manitou, Col., with erysipelas, is re­ ported out of danger. J, N. Holsapple, who ijintil recently lived in Chicago and Rock Island, 111., killed himself at Kansas City, Mo., because his former wife would not re­ marry him. Cardinal Gibbons, who left Cincin­ nati for New Orleans, held a brief reception at the station in Lexington, Ky., and was presented with a mass of flowers as a token of esteem. Former Governor Horace Boies of Iowa, who is ill at Hot Springs, Ark., is much improved. Q Richard Kyle and Porter Laird, the 12-year-old Hoopeston, 111., boys ac­ cused of throwing a switch and wreck­ ing an Eastern Illinois train at that town last August, causing the death of Fireman Frame, were found not guilty. Judge William Douglass of Provi­ dence, R. I., was elected chief justice of the supreme court of Rhode Island by the general assembly. Mrs. Ethel D& Mltkie^ltz, widow of the Count De Mitkiewitz, and Dr. Ar­ thur Lawrence Holland of New York were married near Cambridge, Md. Adolphus J. Hines, a former police­ man of Fort Wayne, Ind., hanged him self with a halter strap in his barn. Charles Bieger, aged 57 years, of Kansas City, fatally stabbed his* in­ valid wife, after which he severed his own jugular vein, dying instantly George Horton, 19 years old, giving WilHamston, Mich.,, as " his home, walked from South Bend, Ind., to Elk hart. Both ears were frozen so that amputation was necessary. - The Montana house of representa­ tives passed the bill forbidding the marriage of divorced persons. 1 I. JlUJltUJUl -- ^ Wednesday, February 15. 1906. The senate continued, but' did not con­ clude, consideration of the District of Columbia appropriations bill. Mr. Elkins objected to an item of $50,000 for a local bridge as in the interest of speculators, and it was stricken out. Hie also made a plea for economy. The Swayne im­ peachment held the attention of the members for two hours. Memorials from the legislatures of Indiana and Arkan­ sas prating for the enlargement of the powers of the interstate commerce com­ mission were presented. The conference report on the omnibus claims bill was agreed to. A bill was passed authorix- ing the establishment of a leprosy hos­ pital in the United States or the Philip­ pines; also 375 private pension bills. The house spent almost the entire ses­ sion in considering the naval appropria­ tion bill, the debate developing much op­ position to the proposed addition of two battleships to the naval establishment. The Philippines again played an Import­ ant part In the discussion. Bills were passed to amend the act prohibiting the passage of special or local laws In the territories to limit territorial indebtedness and amending the revised statutes so as to classify the inspectors of the steam­ boat inspection service. A resolution was adopted requesting the secretary of com­ merce and labor to Investigate the cause of the low price of crude oil, especially in the Kansas field, and the unusually large margins between the price of crude oil and the selling price of the refined product. Thursday, Feb. 16, 1905. The senate went into executive session shortly after convening, on motion of Senator Cullom. who said he wanted the San Domingo treaty made public. Upon reopening tne doors the District of- Co­ lumbia appropriation bill was taken up and the amendment Increasing the ap­ propriation for the municipal building $500,000 was discussed. At 2 o'clock the Swayne impieachment trial was resumed, the greater portion of the time being taken up with arguments on the admissi­ bility of a statement made by Judge Swayne before a committee of the house, involving the construction of a statute which provides that a statement made by a witness before a congressional com­ mittee cannot be used against him In a criminal proceeding in a court. Bills were passed authorizing a dam across Rainy river. Minnesota, and regulating tl» bonds of contractors on public works. The house adopted a resolution declar­ ing the senate amendment to the agricul­ tural appropriation bill, which abolishes the drawback clause in the Dingley blH on wheat imported and afterward ex­ ported as flour, an infringement of the privileges of the house, inasmuch as the louse has the sole right to initiate rev­ enue legislation, and ordering the bill re­ turned to the senate. The vote on the resolution was 261 to 5. The naval ap­ propriation bill was then taken up for the discussion of amendments. Bills were passed to provide a government for the c-anal zone and making applicable to the canal zone all laws affecting imports and the entry of persons. Friday, Feb. 17, 1905. The senate passed the bill appropriat­ ing $9,!t40.000 for the District of Colum­ bia and the diplomatic and consular ap­ propriation bill, carrying $2,156,000. One witness was heard in the Swayne im­ peachment trial, and an hour was spent _n secret session in a further effort to de­ termine the admissibility as evidence of Judge Swayne's statement before a house committee. The senate receded from its amendment' to the agricultural appropria­ tion bill construing the provision in the Dingley law relative to the drawback on imported wheat. Senator Morgan offered an amendment to the Panama canal bill to prohibit the filling of vacancies on the Panama canal commission during the re­ cess of congress. A special feature was the ceremonies accepting the statue of Miss Frances E. Willard placed in Statu­ ary hall by the state of Illinois, at the conclusion of which the senate as a fur- th«?T mark of respect to Miss Wlllard'a memory adjourned. The house adopted a resolution shutting off all debate on the statehood bill and sending the measure directly to confer­ ence, In order to facilitate action at this session. Several hours were devoted to discussing the naval appropriation bill, after which the house held exercises ap­ propriate to tlie acceptance of the statue of Miss Frances E. Willard. Addresses were made by Messrs. Foss, Graff, Little- field of Maine and Rainey, and at the con- lusion of the ceremonies the house ad­ journed. Saturday, Feb. 16, 1905. Trie senate decided not to admit as testimony in the Swayne Impeachment trial the statement made by Judge Swnvne before a house committee. This decision was reached In secret session, and after it had been arrived at the court adjourned until 2 o'clock Monday, in or­ der to permit the senate to pay tribute to the memory of the late Senator Quay, to which ceremony the greater part of the day was devoted. The request of the house for a conference on the statehood bill was received, and a sharp debate en­ sued over an effort to have the confer­ ence committee appointed immedlatejy. The opponents of Joint statehood suc­ ceeded in securing a postponement until Monday. The house passed the pensions appro- Postal Saving. ^Wa8hington dispatch:*An estimated saving to the government of >100,000 is expected to resjilt from an order issued by Third Assistant Postmaster General Madden directing that here­ after postmasters give amounts in ac­ counting for the revenues from the sale of stamped envelopes and news­ paper wrappers. Heretofore they have been required to account for the schedule value only and have re­ tained the fractions of cents from sales of odd qualities. Children Burn to Death. Kansas .City, Mo., special: Four ne­ gro children were burned to death in Kansas City, Kas. The dead: Rich­ ard Carlson, aged 3 years; Randall Lillard, 3 years; Ralph Lillard, 2 years; Robert A. Lillard, 1 year old. priatlon bill, carrying $138,250,700. 1 The minority, led by Mr. Underwood, made an ineffectual effort to reduce the ag­ gregate of the appropriation so as to • xclude pensions allowed under "order No. 78," which, it was stated, would in­ volve about $4,600,000. It was contended that the order was without authority of law. The minority insisted that the ma­ jority should bring in a service pension bill. Mr. Grovenor defended the order, and incidentally reviewed the course of the Democratic candidate for the presi­ dency in the last campaign. Mr. Robin­ son sought to add a section to the bill, giving a service pension, which amend­ ment Mr. Grosvenor characterized as "buncombe." Mr. Benton of Missouri de­ clared that the majority had decided against a service pension bill last year, because they did not want to add $38,- 000,000 to the appropriations. The bill was passed in the form in which It came from the committee. The following bills were passed: To authorize the president to bestow medals of honor on persons distinguishing themselves for bravery In saving lives In connection with railroad disasters and in preventing or endeavor­ ing to prevent wrecks on railroads. To prohibit interstate transportation of In­ sect pests ajid the use of the United States mails for that purpose. The bill carries with it a penalty of a fine and imprisonment for violation of its provi­ sions. 8unday, Feb. 19, 1905. The house os representatives conducted memorial services -in tribute to the mem­ ory of the late Senator Quay. Mr. Dal- zell presided. Seven members eulogized Mr. Quay's life and character. The re­ marks were particularly expressive of the esteem in which he was held and ex­ tolled him as a man, as a useful public servant, and an organizer of wonderful ability. Mr. Grosvenor of Ohio repeated the details of a meeting held in Wash­ ington in 1896, when the friends of Mr. McKinley, among them Senator Hanna, were not confident of his nomination, and in which emergency, he said, they turned to Senator Quay to take command on ac­ count of his powers as an organizer. Mr. Quay, he said, declined, because he had already committed himself "to the movements of another gentleman, not a candidate for the presidency," and be­ cause he could not, without disappoint­ ment to that gentleman, refuse to carry out what he had promised to do. The In­ cident was related by Mr. Grosvenor as an example of Senator Quay's unswerving loyalty to his friends after once making them a promise. The following were those who spoke: Messrs. Adams. Sib­ ley. Kline. Brown, and Bates of Penn­ sylvania, Grosvenor of Ohio, and Goulden of New York, After the adoption of ap­ propriate resolutions the house, as a fur­ ther mark of respect, adjourned. Postmasters Are Named. Washington dispatch: The presi­ dent sent to the senate the following nominations for postmasters: Illinois--Thomas J. Wlmmer, Cerro Gordo. Indiana--Albert E. Mertz, Arcadia. Michigan--Ebenezer A.v Litchfield, Elsie; Robert C. Faucett, i^aurium; Charles H. Stevens, Perry. Missouri--Philip A. Thompson, Craig; E. S. Brown, Edina; Alexander T. Booth, Peirce City; • Sebastian Netzcher, Pacific; John H. Fisher, Sullivan; Clark Brown, Union. Wisconsin--George B. Parkhill, Thorp. No Appointments During Recess. Washington special: Senator Mor­ gan offered an amendment to the Panama canal bill, providing that "if the president, in the exercise of the powers conferred upon him by law, shall remove all or any members of the Panama canal> commission no ap-* pointments shall be made to fill such vacancies during the recess of con­ gress. To Return Flags. Washington dispatch: The house committee on military affairs has au­ thorized a favorable report on a joint resolution providing that union and confederate battle flags in the custody of the war department shall be re­ turned to the proper authorities in the states in which the regiments which bore the colors were organized. Operator Sick; Town Cut Off. Peoria, 111., special: The only tele­ graph operator in Smithfleld is a smallpox victim, and the village, which has been infested with the malady, la cut off from outside communication Lincoln Anniversary. Washington dispatch: Representa­ tive Bartholdt, of Misouri, has intro­ duced a concurrent r^olution pro­ viding for a joint commission of five senators and five representatives to prepare a plan for the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, Feb. 12, 1909. Favor Armor Resolution. Washington dispatch: The house committee on naval affairs authorized a favorable report on the armor reso­ lution of Representative Rixey, calling on the secretary of the navy "for the reasons for canceling the contract of Dec. 13, 1903, with the Midvale Steel company and the transferring of the contract at a higher price to another company or companies, and for reject­ ing the bid of the Midvale company Feb. 7, 1905, and accepting the bid of other companies at a higher price." Coal Mine Sold for $1,000,000. Cleveland, Ohio, special: The Ha­ zel Kirk coal mine and the Hazel Kirk Gas Coal company, owned by F. M. Kirk of Cleveland, have been sold to Kuhn Brothers of Pittsburg*for, It is said, the sum of f 1,000,000. High Heels C««t %|mb._ New York dispatch: Mrs. Marie Good, wife of a drug salesman, will have a leg amputated as a result of wearing high-heeled shoes. She has been o> crutches for" four yeara. Duke Serfius, uncle and bro- tfcer-ln-law of the czar, known as the "real ruler of Russia," was assassi­ nated at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon at -Moscow. He was driving from the Nicholas palace through the senate quarter in a plain, shabby, closed carriage on his way to his private Russian bath in Tverskaia street. At the law courts a sleigh, in which were two men, one ot them dressed as a workman, went quickly ahead of his vehicle! When the grand duke was half way across the Square, between the great bell tower and the Nicholas gate, a bomb was thrown from the sleigh, beneath his carriage, where it exploded, literally demolishing the vehicle, instantly killing the grand dtike and fatally injuring the driver. The grand duke's head was blown off. being actually separated from his body, which was frightftilly mangled. On the arrest of the murderers, neither of whom was known to the police, one of them coolly said: "I don't care. I have done my job." The assassins were, it is positive, members of the social revolutionary party, and their object was the ridr ding of the country of the man who has long dominated the czar, and who has the reputation of being the most reactionary of all the grand dukes. It is he who has ever blocked the re­ forms proposed by the more liberal of* the emperor's advisers. It is believed that the murd<?r of Grand Duke Sergius is but one of a series of assassinations, of which the beginning was the slaying of Von Plehve. It is reported that there are three others who have been con­ demned to death: Emperor Nicholas, Got. Gen. Trepoff of St. Petersburg* and Interior Minister Bouligan. The scene of the crime was the great open triangle within the Krem­ lin, bounded by the arsenal, treasury and courts of Justice, in one angle of which is the Nicholas, or little palace, where the grand duke dwelt. At the opposite corner is* the Nikolsky gate, the entrance to the town beyond the ramparts. A few ninutes before the bell of the;gate sounded the hour of 8 the equipage of the grand duke emerged from the gates of the palace and proceeded, followed by sleighs containing secret police. It swept at a smart pace toward the gate, pass­ ing the Choudoff cloister, Ivan's tow­ er, the'great Czar bell, and long rows pf cannon captured from Napoleon in the winter retreat of 1812. In a minute the carriage was in front of the courts of justice, where the walls of the triangle approach, forming a narrow entrance to the Nik­ olsky gate. There a man, clad in workman's attire, stepped forward from the sidewalk and threw a bomb, which .he had concealed beneath his coat. A terrible explosion followed, and a hail of iron pelted the grim stone walls of the arsenal and courts of justice. A tliick cloud of smoke, snow aiSSl debris arose. When it had cleared a ghastly sight was presented. On the show lay fragments of the body of Grand Duke Sergius, mingled with the wreck of the carriage. The grand duke's head had been torn from his "body and reduced to a shapeless i»tilp, and the trunk and limbs were fright­ fully mangled. A finger bear'ng a rich seal ring was found lying sever­ al yards away. The crimson tint and a sickening smell of blood were every­ where. Only a few fragments of -cloth in­ dicated that the body had been once clothed. The coachpian laymoaning with pain beside a deep hole in the pavement. The horses, dragging the front wheels of the carriage, had dashed off maddened with pain, to sink dying before they reached the gate. The remains of the Grand Duke were collected and placed in a sheet for removal to the palace. The de­ struction was so awful that it was difficult to separate the fragments of the carriage from the ramains of the body. A mass of brains was picked up by a woman and handed to a po­ lice commissioner. ^ On the way the men carrying the bundle containing the grand duke's shattered remains met the grand duchess, who had run from the palace without hat or cloak the moment she heard the explosion. Her grief was piteous, but she was mercifully spared the sight of her husband's body and was taken back to the palace by the ladies of her household. The sound of the explosion was heard throughout the city and even beyond the river. A crowd began to assemble and even to handle grim evidences of the tragedy while they discussed the affair in awe^ struck VOiC6S« A stretcher was brought, and. cov­ ered with- a plain soldier's cloak, the remains of Sergius were borne to the Choudoff cloister, where officials and a number of the grand duke's suite had assembled. Princess Will Give Up Baby. Berlin cablegram: Countess Montlg- noso, former Crown Prince Louise of Saxony, says that, driven by despera­ tion, she has decided to hand to King George of Saxony her child born since her elopement with M. Giron. ' _ „ Discover Big Diamond. Johannesburg cable: A diamond weighing 334 carats has been discov­ ered in the vicinity of thfe place where the largest diamond ever unearthed was found recently, ,~ Opposes Sectarian 8chool. Washington special: Senator Bard introduced an amendment to the Indi­ an appropriation bill providing that no funds appropriated by the bill, nor any Indian trust fund, shall be used for any sectarian school. The assassin was thrown life N^e ground and stunned by the force of the explosion, but he quickly arose and ran toward the gate, attempting to escape. His haste and the blood streaming from his face where he had been wounded by fragments of the bomb attracted the attention of a sergeant of police, who seized him before he couW draw his revolver. The man did not deny his crime, but, on the contrary, gloried in its success. He expressed his satisfac­ tion that he had been able to kill the grand duke without involving the lat- ter's innocent wife. He avowed his membership in the social revolution­ ary organization, but refused to give his name, and at the jail his papers were found to be forged. The revolver with which the assas­ sin was armed was an automatic magazine pistol of the same type as the weapon employed by Hohenthal, the assassin of Socisalon Soininen, the procurator general of Finland, at Helsingfors on Feb. 6. His injuries are not serious. f The grand duke's coachman, who was badly injured, was removed to a hospital. The news of the tragedy spread rapidly tp every quarter of the city, aided by extra editions of all the newspapers, which appeared with deep black borders. The affair created the deepest ex­ citement. Immense crowds gathered in the vicinity of the Kremlin, where some factions began an attack on students and other representatives of the liberal movement, while others eagerly grasped and read a revolu­ tionary proclamation which had ap­ peared as if by magic. So threatening became the Altitude of the crowd that the authorities felt obliged to order the Kremlin cleared and the gates locked. The gates re­ mained closed all night, obliging pedestrians and carriages to take round-about routes instead of short cuts through the Kremlin precincts. Early account of the , tragedy at­ tributed the crime to three men in a sleigh, but later it was developed that the three men were police agentfe appointed to guard the grand duke. Rumors of Peace. The air is full of rumors that peace will be made soon between Russia and Japan. So there will be no fur­ ther effort for the moment to float any part of- the new Russian loan in France. . The steady rise in the market price of Russian bonds is due to the popu­ lar belief that peace is not far away. Whether this belief is well based or not, it must explain the failure to put the Russian loan on the French market, for if peace is to be made soon Russia will not need more money. The, Credit Lyonnais at Paris has the loan entirely in its hands: The head official of that bank's statistical department said that $160,000,000 worth of Russian bonds, which had been distributed to the bank's branches throughout the provinces to be sold, had been ordered back to Paris. Raffalovitch, the Russian treasury agent in Paris, says he "believes" the loan has been abandoned momentarily with Russia's acquiescence. Deny Peace Is at Hand. "Peace talk is like Washington weather--variable," said Mr. Taka- liira, the Japanese minister, at Wash­ ington as he was leaving the state department after a long talk with Secretary Hay. The visit of Count Cassini, the Russian ambassador, half an hour later brought reassurances that the war was to "go on to the end." Although diplomats do not even speculate as yet about the beginning of the end of the war in the far east, there is a well-defined belief that Washington stands a good chance of being the capital at which Russia end Japan will adjust their differences. It is believed that Russia would welcome the selection of Washington because of the presence of Count Cas­ sini, who knows the eastern question thoroughly and who, because of his long acquaintance with Secretary Hay and the fact that he is dean of the diplomatic corps, enjoys a prestige not shared by every Russian ambassador. Japan's minister, too, is popular and has enjoyed an intimate friendship with Secretary Hay. Legislature Upholds Senator Warrsa. Cheyenne, Wwo., dispatch: Both houses of the legislature have adopted a resolution indorsing Senator War­ ren and declaring charges agalaat biin untrue and malicious. Sick Soldiers at Che-Foe. A steamer with 117 noncombatants arrived at Che-Foo from Port Arthur. Convalescent soldiers totaling "TOO will begin arriving at Che-Foo Feb. 20. Russians at Che-Foo are indig­ nant, claiming they are unable to care for the healthy, let alone in­ valids. Kills Herself on Son's Grave. Belleville, 111., dispatch: Mrs. Mar- garetha Koehr t;was found dead and frozen on her son's grave, where she had committed suicide. Her son was mysteriously killed and the mother's mind became deranged. Lands by Railroad Contract. New York special: The New York Contracting and Trucking compaoy has landed the $6,000,000 contract for six-tracking the New Haven road from New York to New Rochelle. Charge Election Fraud. 9t. Louis. Mo., special: Jeremiah J. Reardon, Democratic w^rd politician, vas arrested following an indictment which charged him with "doing an unlawful act to secure opportunity for another to vote." Gas Fumes Kill Two. Kansas City, Mo., dispatch: J. P, Hampton, a stockman, and O. P. 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The great demand) for cars from farmers of the middle West and Southwest is the surprise of the auto show at the Coliseum. "For the first time in the history of the business," said W. E. Metzger of the Cadillac Company of Detroit, "there is an active demand for motor cars by farmers in Iowa, Nebraska and other Western states. Farmers are generally prosperous throughout the WeBt and they are spending their money on what they have in the past regarded as a luxury, but which, they find, has its utilitarian side. Roads in these states are generally good' and farmers no longer look on the auto­ mobile as an experiment,--Chicago American. Mtlllona'of Teflretablea. When the Editor read 10,000 plants for 10c, he could hardly believe it, but upon xecond reading finds that the John A. Balzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., than whom there are no more reliable and ex­ tensive seed growers in the world, make* this offer which is made to get you to- test Salzer's Warranted Vegetable Seeds. 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