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murder of his sweet Redgate, brought in a. murder in the second- was out a total of fiftj Eleven lodgers in tl Lodging-houM> condud New York, Dj^the Chri Rose Alice *;§f guilty of jflThe jury '.hours. wiy Mission guj) Bowery, •Kald, were JVEW' 'NEWPORT* 'IJFYILTOCLWN ~£*?L7iMi>f£ NWHCNMFS AJ//I/FRC/IOAIO» PU/FLTHH •VLLIJLOR/ fggy W/LMWT BVFAHL MRBL*. UOO YORK SUPPORTING THE PRESIDENT. 2.S'OOO.OOft THE PLAINDF.ALEK J. VAN SLYKE, Editor and Pub. McHKNRY. ILLINOIS VERY PECULIAR CASE. YOUNG WOMAN FOUND UNCON­ SCIOUS IN CAMDEN, N. J. Mysterious Note Pinned to Her Coat-- Evidently Under the Influence of *- Drugs-Son of George M. Pullman Marries a California Heiress. rather young in the Found in a Stupor. The half-conscious form of a jjood-looking, fairly well-dressed woman was found at 10 o'clock evening on the front stoop of William Johnson's residence in Camden, N. J. Mr. Johnson endeavored to question the young woman, but she was in such, a stupor that she could give no satisfactory account of Jierself. Mr. Johnson finally summoned a policeman and the young woman was promptly removed to Cooper hospital, where she soon relapsed into unconscious­ ness, and the physicians expressed the be­ lief that she was suffering from the ef­ fects of some poisonous drug. The mys­ tery of the young •woman's discovery is greatly deepened by 21 note which the po: lice found pinned to her,coat. This note, hinting at a dark crime, reads as follows: "Ha! ha! my beautiful Hyacinth. I have at last, been avenged.. You no more will cast your eyes in disgust at me and turn your head in scorn. You, jvho was so loving, kind and forgiving, are far too good to live, and at last I have put an end to your miserable life. On Dec. 11 I ruined her fair name and character which she thought so much of. * * * Take her to the almshouse, for she has ho father nor mother, but I hardly think she will recover." The mysterious stran­ ger is about 28 years old, of light complex­ ion, fair hair, and her clothing indicates some degree of refinement. The police are sorely perplexed by the case and scarcely know what to think. Hall Offi­ cer Gravenor took charge of the strange note and will make strenuous efforts to unravel the mystery. China Wants an Indcmity. The boycott of the Chinese in Butte, Mont., by the labor organizations will re­ sult in an important international ques­ tion. Ex-United States Senator Wilbur F. Sanders, chief counsel for the Chinese Government, stated that it had been de­ termined to make a demand on the United States Government for indemnity for the financial loss sustained by the Chinese by reason of the boyebtt. burned to death in the fire which practi­ cally ruined the three upper floors of the five-story structure. The others of the 150 occupants escaped by the stair­ ways or were taken down on ladders by the firemen when unable to ^Umb down the fire escapes. The will of the late Amos R, Eno, pro­ prietor of the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, has been filed for probate at Hart­ ford, Conn. It disposes of an estate val­ ued at $20,000,000. The public bequests include $50,000 to Amherst College, $7,- 500 to the Simsbury, Conn., Congrega­ tional Churcn, and $5,000 each to the American Home Missionary Society and the American Sunday School Union. Ten New York charities receive $5,000 apiece, and an eleventh $3,000. The sum., of $150,000 is left to the corporation of the Chamber of Commerce of New York for aid and assistance to such members as may be reduced to poverty, and for aid to their families, provided that a like sum is raised by the corporation. The pest of the estate is to be divided among the chil­ dren and grandchildren. WESTERN. NEWS NUGGETS. At Findlay, O., "Butch" McCoy killed his brother, "lied" McCoy. Miss Frances Collier of Lancaster, Ivy., will christen the battleship Kentucky. At Columbus. O., Charles Baldwin stabbed his brother William to death. LL. T. /Wiisuii Was appGintOu rtrC€-iT6r of property owned by Col. A. L. Conger a't Akron, O. Miss Marie Lawrence eloped from War­ ren, O., to Pittsburg with Oliver Rema- lia, a widower. At Clarksburg, W. Va., lightning strut-k the gas company's plant. Four towns are in darkness as a result. J. G. Schriever, traflic manager of the Atlantic system of the Southern Pacific Railway, is dead at New York. The pioneer fruit firm of Luke G. Srezo- vich at San Francisco, Cal., has suspend­ ed. The total indebtedness is $30,000; assets unknown. Jacob Tome, the millionaire philan­ thropist and founder of the Jacob Tome Institute, died at Port Deposit, Md., af­ ter a brief illness of pneumonia. At Canea, Islapd of Crete, the German flag was hauled down and the German marines who have been doing duty ashore embarked on board the Gerinau battleship Oldenburg. At Paris, the minister for the colonies, M.' Lebon, has refused the petition of Mme. Dreyfus, wife of Captain Dreyfus, to share the latter's imprisonment on Devil's Island. Walter Sanger Pullman, one of the twin sons of the late George M. Pullman, the palace car magnate, was married on Wed­ nesday to Miss Louise Lander West at San Francisco. The bride is an heiress. A semi-official note issued in Madrid declares that Spain will not accept a re­ port that the Maine disaster was due to an external explosion and that any de­ mand for indemnity based thereon will be indignantly repelled. A negro boy was lynched at Marcella, Ark. He was accused of stealing $20 from the cash drawer of a store. The mob strung him up three times in an effort to make, him confess, and finally left him on the ground in a dying condition. The bodies of "Bill" Scrugsby and "Jim" Newlin, cowboys in the employ of "Bar X" ranch, were found on the prairie west of the ranch house, near Beaver City, O. T. A bullet was in Scrugsby's forehead and Newlin had been shot above the heart. The revolvers of both were found with one chamber each emptied. Everything indicates that they had a dis­ agreement about something and fought a duel to death. France has formulated the following demand: That China shall not cede any portion of "the four provinces, Ivwang Tung, Ivwang Si, Yun Nan and Kwei Chau; that the railway from Tung Chau Tong (on the northern frontier) shall be extended via Pase, Siam, into the Yun Nan province, and that a coaling station be granted at Lei Chau Fu in the Hen Chan peninsula, north of Han Nan. Thus far China declines to comply with any of these demands. J. E. Davenport, district passenger agent of the Toledo, St. LoUis and Kansas City Railroad, commonly known as the Clover Leaf, at St. Louis, lias received word from Receiver Peirce that two of the finest steamers on tlhe-Wkes had been purchased and would befflf^d in the travel between Toledo and the summer resorts of the north. The Nebraska Supreme Court has granted a rehearing in the Bnrtley case, nud argument will be made at the next sit ting of the court, April 5. Hartley was convicted of embezzling State funds and Is under sentence of twenty years. The Zoarites* the communistic colony of Ohio, are about to disband. At Lima. O., Miss Nora Gardner com­ mitted suicide by drowning. Mayor Robert E. McKisson of Cleve­ land announces that he will contest the election of Senator Hanna when the lat­ ter attempts to, take his seat for the long term. Mayor McKisson was the candi­ date of the opposition for Senator at Co^ luuibus last January. , It h as been announced that a strike which threatens to extend to every branch of the building trades in St. Louis will be inaugurated on April 1, when from 1,000 to 1,800 members of the Bricklayers' Un­ ion will lay down their trowels. The trouble is over a cut in bricklayers' wages. Wits the wind blowing at a velocity qf about forty miles an hour, a prairie fire raged within sight of Cimarron. Ivan., sweeping everything before it. Thousands of acres of pasture land were burned off, and reports come of losses of live stock and buildings, but no losses of human life are reported. At one time the wind chang­ ed suddenly, driving the flames toward town, and it took hard work on the part of a large force of men with teams and water wagons to prevent the town's de­ struction. Reports from the interior of Nebraska show that much spring wheat is being sowed. Much plowing for corn has also been done during the last two weeks. Dur­ ing that time the weather has been spring­ like, and farm work is rapidly progress­ ing. The winter-wheat acreage exceeds by 20 per cent, anything in the history of the State. The spring-wheat and corn acreage will be on an equally large scale. More virgin soil is being turned in Ne­ braska this spring than at any time in the last ten years. Patrick Ford, an ex-member of the Omaha. Neb., City Council, visited Gov. IDdcomb to plead for a pardon for his son, Patrick Ford. Jr., one of the surviv­ ors of the Maine disaster. Young Ford two years ago was convicted of burglary find sentenced to fifwi years in the pen­ itentiary. He esorfpOd from the Omaha jail, made his way to Boston, enlisted in the navy under an assumed name and was assigned to the Maine sonic months ago. A letter from him to his parents de­ tails his experience in the wreck, in which he was wounded. Letters from other sources tend to confirm his story. James O'Neill is playing an immensely successful engagement at McVicker's Chi­ cago theater in "Monte Cristo" and "Vir- ginius." Next he will be seen as Robert Landry in "The Dead Heart," which he played with such success seven years ago. Mr. O'Neill in "The Dead Heart" is one of this season's most notable successes. Owing to the demand for romantic plays, Mr. O'Neill decided to revise this magnifi­ cent play. Mr. O'Neill made it famous five years ago by giving a sumptuous pro­ duction of the play in Chicago immediate­ ly after Sir Henry Irving's presentation in London. The action is laid during the stormy period known as the French Rev­ olution, which lends itself better to a pre­ sentation on the stage than any other epoch in history. Everything employed on the stage is carried by the organiza­ tion, and in the scene illustrating the storming of the Bastile fifty people will be employed. The land defenses of San Francisco har­ bor.have been greatly strengthened lately, and the military and naval authorities agree that the presence of the battleship Oregon is not essential for the protection of the port. The ten-inch battery at Fort Point has been re-enforced by the addi­ tion of two guns, so there are now five ten- inch rifles in position. Five 12-inch guns, commanding a fine sweep of the ocean can be depressed to bring under fire a ship at­ tempting to pass through the narrow channel between Lime Point and Fort Point. Three more 12-inch guns at Fort Baker, together with the sixteen mortars and three dynamite guns on the peninsula can also be brought into use at long or short range. The great guns on Lime Point, nearly 500 feet above the water, are so high that a plunging fire against the deck of a ship may be delivered. All of the formidable weapons are so situated that their fire may be concentrated on any- hostile fleet attempting to enter the golden gate. Steps have been taken looking to the organization of a naval reserve for the State of Oregon. A counterfeiting plant has been discov­ ered within the walls of the State, prison at Fo'som,' Cal. The work was done in the engine room by Convicts L. H. Coyne and James Brown, and so far as known only nickels were coined, presumably be­ cause no silver could be obtained. The men were detected in the act of manufac­ turing bogus coins by guards who had been told of what was going on. When the officers rushed in Coyne and Brown leaped through a window and threw their dies and crucibles into a canal leading to the American river. A large number of well-executed 5-cent pieces were found. They were made from babbitt metal taken from the engines wiiich run through the prison grounds for the purpose of hauling rock from the quarries. It is thought that the dies or molds were not made by the men who coined the money, but by some of the expert counterfeiters in the prison. The impression prevails among the officers that it was the intention of the convicts to coin a great quantity of nickels and then ship them out on the freight cars, where their friends on the outside could give them in exchange for opium. Several of the bogus coins have been found in circulation in the town of Folsom. or their feathers for ornamental purposes, and imposing a fine of $50 for eqch of­ fense. The report of the Comtaissioner of Pat­ ents for the calendar year 1897 was laid before Congress. It was prepared by As­ sistant Commissioner A. P. Greely, who was acting > commissioner for several months preceding the death of the lute Commissioner Butterworth. In 1S97 there were received 45,(501 applications for pat­ ents, ar.d, in addition, a large number of applications for designs, trade marks, etc. Patents granted amounted in. number to 23,729, including designs; sixty-five pat­ ents were re-issued, 1,G61* trade marks registered and fourteen labels and sixteen prints. The number of patents that ex­ pired was 12,920. The total expenditures were $1,122,843, the receipts over expenr ditures $252,79S. The total balance of the credit of the patent bfflee-in the treasury of the United States Jan. 1, 1898, was $4,971,438. \ F FOREIGN. Russia has withdrawn her advisers to the Corean" Government at Corea's re­ quest. 5 Lord Salisbury is reported to have re­ signed the post of foreign secretary in the British cabinet on account of the serious condition of his health. Princess Louise of Saxe-Coburg, whose husband recently fought, a duel with an aid-de-eamp on her account, has disap­ peared frottv-^sice. Abduction and elope­ ment are hinted at. Consul General Lee has notified the state department of Washington of the death at Sagua la Grande, Cuba, of the wife of Senator Thurston of Nebraska on board the yacht Anita. Spain is reported to have asked the United States Government what con­ struction is to be placed on the recent pur­ chase of warships abroad by this country. The question is regarded in Washington as a bluff, being put in the same class as" the one about Gen. Lee. The Austrian emperor is making great efforts to induce the European powers to present to the United States the danger to Europe of their"carrying any further their interference in Cuban affairs. Em­ peror William is warmly seconding the efforts of Emperor Francis Joseph. The American government is aware of this situation. It is officially announced that the mar­ quis of Salisbury, the English premier and minister of foreign affairs, was great­ ly fatigued by the recent cabinet council and a return of the weakness from which he has suffered, following the attacks of influenza, supervened, with the result that his physician advised the premier to take a complete rest in the south of France. Dispatches from western Ontario tell of the overflow of the Grand and Thames rivers, causing serious damage along their valleys. Sections of London, Brantford and Gait were completely submerged to a depth of from five to seven feet. In London 1,500 people were driven from their homes. Bridges and buildings were svyept away by the rushing torrent. In Brantford firemen and citizens fought the raging waters all day, but were finally driven out, and West Brantford was a regular lake. At Gault a heavy loss was sustained by the business people. The ice jam in the Grand river gave way and the flood following it tore away bridges, trees and wrecked a number of factories a"hd private residences. IN GENERA; Edna Wallace Hopper has brought suit in San Francisco for a divorce from De Wolf Hopper, the well-known operatic star. She has also bc-guu similar proceed­ ings in New York. Senator Mason of Illinois has been chal­ lenged to fight a duel by the editor of a Madrid comic paper, who is offended at the Senator's strictures on Spain in his re­ cent speech in the Senate. Senator Ma­ son says he will accept. The following report of the business sit­ uation is given by R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade: "It is most grati­ fying that no industry or branch of busi­ ness shows any restriction or hindrance, but some have been rapidly gaining for the last week and month. The railways are gaining, even while speculators are selling their stocks, and the demand for products for all the great industries is increasing. More gold is coming from Europe than is needed, $10,808,000 hav­ ing been ordered during the last week, and money markets are nowhere alarmed or stringent, though reasonably more eau- j tious. The country rests assured that its industries, almost all of its business, the foreign demand for its products especially, and all its resources are beyond the reach of any foreign power, £nd that its honor and foreign interests are in safe hands. Exports of principal products in Febru­ ary were $01,634,091 in value, with an increase over last year of about 50 per cent in breadstuff's, in cotton 25 per cent and 25 per cent in the aggregate. The weekly output of pig iron was 228,338 tons Feb. 1, but 234,430 March 1. Sales of wool for this week have been the small­ est since the week of greatest alarm in August, 1890. Cotton goods have a large distribution and prices are generally steady, though in outside dealings print cloths are a shade lower. Failures for' the week have been 248 in the United States, against 250 last year, and 36 in Canada, against 61 last year." CUBA TO BE FREE." This Is Asserted by Prominent Men in Washington. PLAH IS NOT DISCLOSED. McKinley Said to Favor a Peace Policy If That Be Possible. NATION ON A WAR FOOTING R Condition of Defenses on Ifknd and Sea All in Ship Shape. Uncle Sam Makes a Record in Putting On His Fighting Clothes - Many Ships in Commission--Big Orders Given for Ammunition -- Fortifications Equip­ ped and Manned--Military Posts Es­ tablished and Regular Troops Moved Eastward--Spanish Sovereignty in Cuba Seems Doomed. Washington correspondence: . . Cuba is to be free. President McKinley desires .that its freedom be gained without war, if that is possible, but Cuba is to be free. This declaration is made by men so close to the administration that there is no doubt of its authoritativeness. Spe­ cial recognition of Cuban independence is simpler and more direct, and means more roi.o Y. BERX AT1K. New Spanish Minister to the United States. MARKET REPORTS. than either recognition of belligerency or intervention. It would not be regarded as a declaration of war by other nations, and there is no cause for Spain to so re­ gard it. If she did insist upon regarding it as a hostile act, upon Spain would be the responsibility for beginning war. The United States will demand ample reparation for the wrong inllicted upon us by the destruction of the Maine. It will later on demand a satisfactory solution of the Cuban problem. With the Maine dis­ aster cleared up, it is said in administra­ tion circles that the President prefers in­ dependence to any other form of settle­ ment of the Cuban question. One mem­ ber of the cabinet is convinced that this is the best form of recognition. Senator Proctor favors it, and so do several other close advisers of the President. It is positively stated that this Govern­ ment is determined to press on toward the salvation of Cuba, and that we are build­ ing for peace when we prepare for war, for there is only one way in which the Spanish Can be driven, and that is by showing them you have the power to mas­ ter them. Though the United States has purchased two Brazilian cruisers, and though large contracts let for projectiles ur.d shells for both the army and the navy would appear to indicate the imminence of war, as a matter of fact the war cloud is thought not as black or threatening as it was a week or two ago. There seems a most hopeful feeling among those offi­ cials who are nearest to the center- of in­ side news. It would not be correct to say that danger of war has passed, but the chances of a peaceful settlement of our troubles with Spain is considered possible. Preparations for War. Active and aggressive preparations for war make for peace. This is the anom­ alous situation which a look underneath the surface discloses. The history of the week forms a splendid record of what can be accomplished by the nation in a short space of time under the spur of necessity to provide for the national defense. Be­ ginning with the appropriation of $50,000,- 000 to be expended by the President with­ out limitation, there followed rapidly the placing of orders for enormous quantities of war supplies, the institution of negotia- --Chicago Chronicle. ment may have to give. In this way it is expected that she will work as far south as Valparaiso, Chili, where she will await orders. Valparaiso is very much nearer Cuba and to Admiral Sicard's fleet than Mare Island, while if it should be desired to send the ship to the Asiatic station, this can be done almost as conveniently from Valparaiso as from San Francisco. At Valparaiso therefore the Oregon will be, where she can be most usefully manipu­ lated in case of an emergency. The Board of Naval Bureau Chiefs'find it impossible to pass judgment in Wash­ ington upon the fitness for naval service of vessels that may be offered for the aux­ iliary branch of the navy at the various seaports, so they have been aided in their work by the creation of a special board which will undertake to visit each of the ports where ships may be offered and make a careful personal inspection of the various crafts. The War Department on Monday open­ ed bids for one of the" largest orders of shot and shell for heavy caliber guns ever given, including armor-piercing projec­ tiles and deck-piercing and torpedo shells. The number and character of these are as follows: Nine hundred and thirty-five twelve-inch deck-piercing shells weighing 1,000 pounds each; 1,241 twelve-inch deckpiercing shells weighing 800 pounds each; 481 ten-inch armor-piercing shells; 482 ten-inch armor-piercing shot capped; 149 eight-inch armor-piercing shell; 150 eight-inch armor-piercing shot capped. These projectiles are for the heavy fortifi­ cation guns now mounted along the sea- coast. The purchase is not to be made under the fifty million defense appropria­ tion bill, but is in anticipation of the for­ tification bill, which grants $940,000 for a reserve supply of projectiles and powder. As the making of the heavy projectiles will tuko considerable time the contract will be let ahead of the passage of the bill, assurances having been given from men in Congress that no question would be raised as to the regularity of this pro­ ceeding. The entire amount is designed to give all the heavy guns now installed and those to be put in place during the coming year, a full quota of projectiles and powder. The 12-inch shot are among the largest made. The cost of a single round of this class of projectiles is $511. Aside from the large order placed Monday the emergency bill permits addi­ tional orders to meet the requirements and inventions. Many of these are most remarkable balloons, flying machines, kites and the like, centipede-like steamers with manifold propellers and torpedos ol fearful and wonderful destruction. AH of them are given attention and referred to the proper authorities for investigation, but not much is expected from them. Thus while those in authority talk peace, active preparations for war go steadily and de­ terminedly on. SHE! CUT THE! DOG'S THROAT. Kentucky Woman's Display of Nerve Saves Her Husband. Dr. William McKinley of Winchester, Ivy., was saved by his wife from death a second time Saturday when he went to the country to visit a patient. As the weather was fine, he took Mrs. McKinley along. Arriving at the patient's house the doctor got out and left his wife in the buggy to hold the horse. Just as the doc- EASTERN COAST DEFENSES. I W' WPHITRITE. TEFALVM IM/I/J KT&ON TUURAOFTETTT TtK " A-1 < , IQIHH JNDWN'L Under the new order, troops will be distribut­ ed at the batteries from Host >n to New Orleaus, and as the defenses will ail be put In lighting condition, the Atlantic coast line will fairly b:lstle with armaments. of such fortification guns as may be mounted for emergency. The present or­ der is for the actual needs of the guns now mounted, without reference to any exist­ ing emergency, although it has been made all the more imperative by the Spanish crisis. Regular Army Moved East. The whole regular army, infantry, artil­ lery and h6rse, comprising upwards of 20,000 men, is being moved east to the for- VVASHINGTON.' EASTERN. All the Bessemer pig iron producers ot the Cleveland, Mahoning valley and She- nango iron districts, with one exception, have entered into a big combination to control output and prices. The jury in the case of Artist William J. Koerner, on trial ii^ New York for the The nomination of W. J. Calhoun for interstate commerce commissioner has been confirmed. The United States ambassador, Andrew D. White, has been suffering from influ­ enza for several days past at Berlin. Corea's king has notified Russia that he has decided to dismiss M. Alexeiff, the Russian representative in the customs, and the Russian military instructors. Members of the cabinet say that Spain must promptly yield to whatever demands may be made, upon her by the United States or the independence of Cuba will be. recognized. Senator Hoak- has introduced a bill in the United States Senate prohibiting the importatiqai>jtB,the United Sta tesof birds Chicago--Cattle, common to prime, $3.00- to $5.75; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2 red, $1.01 to $1.03; corn, No. 2, 28c to 30c; oats, No. 2, 25c to 27c; rye, No. 2, 48c to 50c; butter, choice creamery, 18c to 19c; eggs, fresh, 9c to 11c; potatoes, common to choice, 55c to 70c per bushel. Indianapolis--Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.5<|; hogs, choice light, $3i00 to $4.25; sheep, common to choice. $3.00 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2, 95c to 97c; corn, No. 2 white, 31c to 32c; oats, No. 2 white, 20c to 30c. St. Louis--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $3.00 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2, 97c to 98c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 20c to 28c; oats, No. 2, 27c to 28c; rye, No. 2, 4Sc to 49c. Cincinnati--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs. $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $2.50 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 97c to 98c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 31c to 32c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 28c to 30c; rye, No. 2, 54c to 55c. Detroit--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $2.50 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2, 94c to 9Gc; corn, No. 2 yellow, 31c to 33c; oats, No. 2 white, 29c to 31c; rye. 51c to 52c. Toledo--Wheat, No. 2 red, 90c to 98c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 30c to 32c; oats, No. 2 white, 27c to 28c; rye, No. 2, 50c to 52c; clover seed, $3.00 to $3.10. Milwaukee--Wheat, No. 2 spring, 92c to 94c; corn, No. 3, 30c to 31c; oats, No. 2 white, 28c to 30c; rye,-No. 1, 49c to 51c; barley, No. 2, 38c to 43c; pork, mess, $10.00 to $10.50. Buffalo--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs. $3.00 to •$4.25; sheep, $3.00 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 90c to 98c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 33c to 35c; oats, No. 2 white, •31c to 33c. New York--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $3.00 to $5.25; wheat, No. 2 red, $1.04 to $1.05; corn, No. '2, 37c to 38c; oats, No. 2 white, 32c to 34c; butter, creamery, 10c to -20c; eggs, Western, 10c to 11c. tor reached the door a large bulldog rush­ ed on him in an attempt to c&tch him by the throat. The doctor caught the dog's jaws with his right hand and with his left caught his forefeet. He yelled to his wife to come to his assistance. She used the buggy whip on the dog, but without effect. Then she secured the doctor's knife, cut the dog's throat and immediately fainted. Two years ago Mrs. McKinley saved her husband from being strangled to death in a folding bed. which had closed on him. BUYS WAR SHIPS. In the House on Friday the bill to pay the Bowman act claims, aggregating $1,- 200,000,. for stores and supplies furnished the Union army during the war was con­ sidered until 5 o'clock, but beyond com­ pleting the general debate little progress was made. Of the 800 odd claims in the bill all but a few come from the South, and dilatory tactics were resorted to to prevent progress. During the filibuster­ ing the House was in an uproar. At 5 o'clock, after completing two pages of the bill, the House recessed until 9 o'clock for an evening session to be devoted to pension legislation. After the evening session the House adjourned until Mon­ day. The Senate was not in session. During its session of three hours on Monday the Senate passed a considerable number of bills from the general calen­ dar, among the number being one author­ izing the construction of eight new rev­ enue cutters not exceeding in aggregate cost the sum of $2,025,000. A resolution offered last Thursday by Mr. Chandler (N. II.) authorizing the committee on na­ val affairs to send for persons and papers in the course of the investigation of the Maine disaster, was adopted. Mr- Lodge (Mass.) of the fmeign relations commit­ tee called up the joint resolution for the relief of August Bolten* and Gustave Richelieu. The resolution as reported from the foreign relations committee is as fol­ lows: "That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby empowered to take such measures as in his judgment may be necessary to obtain the indemnity from the Spanish government for the wrongs and. injuries suffered by August Bolten and Gustave Ilichelieu by reason of their wrougful arrest and imprisonment by Spanish authorities at Santiago de Cuba in the year 1895; and to secure this end he is authorized and requested to employ such means or exercise such power as may be necessary." In the House on Tuesday, it was agreed to consider the bill for the relief of the legal heirs of the victims and survivors of the Maine disaster as soon ns the post- otfice appropriation bill is out of the way. During the general debate on the post- office bill members eagerly took advantage of the latitude allowed in committee of the whole on the state of the Union to discuss various political questions. Messrs. Griggs (Dem., Ga.) and Walker (Rep., Mass.) discussed the conditions of the cot­ ton industry, and Mr. Tawney (Rep., Minn.), a member of the Ways and Means Committee, replied to the speech of Mr. Johnson (Rep., Ind.) made some time ago against the advisability of annexing the Hawaiian islands. Mr. Tawney strongly advocated the annexation of the islands. After the passage of numerous bills from the general calendar the Senate began consideration of the measure providing for a national system of quarantine. Little f! th« ronrfin" t!i bill U. S. AGES'TS DISTRIBUTE FOOD TO STARVING RECONCENTRADOS. lions for and the actuul purchase of ships abroad, the enlistment of men for the navy, the creation of two additional regi­ ments of artillery, the commissioning of monitors, cruisers and rams, the manning of new posts along the seaeoasts and final­ ly the rearrangement of the great military departments to meet modern conditions in military practice. The sending of the Oregon away from San Francisco is nil exhibition of farsight­ edness with which the Secretary of the Navy is observing the situation. The ves­ sel's orders are to cruise down the Pacific coast, touching in from time to time at va­ rious ports where cable connections ex­ ist. to «jceive any orders that the depart- Uncle Sam Secures Two Formidable Brazilian Cruisers. A week's negotiations closed by the pur­ chase by the Navy Department in London of the two fine eruisers.built and building at Elswiek for the Brazilian Government. The vessels are named the Amazonas and Admiral Abreuall and are modern in ev­ ery respect. Possibly th^^fficials took more pleasure in closing up the business because of the knowledge that the Spanish agents had been striving to secure these very ships. One of the ships is complete in every re­ spect, has her coal supply and ammunition on board, and steam can be raised at any time. It is said the coal and ammunition on board passed with the sale to the Unit­ ed States. The ammunition is not all of the kind in use by the United States navy, so the supply of ammunition is a necessary adjlinct to the new ships. The other ship has been launched, but it will take some time to make her ready for sea. The two Brazilian vessels will be ex­ tremely useful additions to the United States navy in either war or peace. tilied cities and ports. At Chicago Quar­ termaster General Lee of the department of the lakes, is making arrangements to transport batteries of artillery now at forts in the West to the Atlantic sea­ board and Gulf of Mexico. The Western r3ailroads having headquarters in Chicago and St., Louis and other Western cities were invited to telegraph proposals for transporting a battery of artillery from Fort Riley, Kan., to Fort Monroe, Va.; another from Fort Riley, Kan., to New Orleans, and a third from Fort Riley to Savannah, Ga. The war talk has had the usual result of bringing before the W ar and Navy De­ partments a perfcct flood of suggestions BIG OIL MAGNATES SELL EONDS. Millionaires Disi>ose of $15,000,000 Worth of Securities. For some time past the prominent New- York bond houses have been cognizant of the liquidation of a heavy line of Gov­ ernment bonds. The transaction is now completed and the deal has been traced to the Standard Oil group of millionaires, who have, according to the best calcula­ tions, disposed of about $15,000,000 worth of Governments. The sellers, who follow the Standard Oil rule of refusing either to verify or deny any report concerning themselves, have received some of the best prices during the last three weeks, and the average selling figure is far above the present market price. be; plished. . On Wednesday the postoffice appropria­ tion bill, which was technically the sub­ ject before the House, was almost lost track of in the debate. The Cuban-Span­ ish question, which had been kept in the background heretofore, forged to the front, Mr. Cochran (Dem., Mo.) brought the question into the arena; and in the course of the debate that followed Mr. Grosvenor of Ohio took occasion to deny emphatically the stories afloatj' to the ef­ fect that the President desireld an early adjournment of Congress in order that he might effect a settlement without con­ gressional interference. The subject of Hawaiian annexation also came in for attention. Mr. Williams (Dem., Miss.), Mr. Adams (Rep., Pa.) and Mr. Berry (Dem., Ivy.), all members of the Foreign Affairs Committee, made Speeches on the subject, the former in opposition and the two latter in favor of the proposition. Business in the legislative session of the Senate was confined to the passage of a few bills, largely of a local character. The national quarantine bill was not con­ sidered. On Thursday the session of the House was devoted strictly to the postoffice ap­ propriation bill, which was taken up for amendment under the five-minute rule. The questions which consumed the major portion of the time related to the allow­ ance for clerk hire at postotfices and to rural free delivery. The House increas­ ed the allowance for rural free delivery from $150,000 to $300,000 and defeated the proposition for increased clerk hire. Among the bills passed in the Senate was one to authorize the construction of a gunboat on the great lakes to take the place of the United States ship Michigan, and to cost, exclusive of armament, not to exceed $230,000. Adjourned till Mon­ day. Notea of Current Events. A full State ticket will be nominated by the Republicans of Kansas at Hutch­ inson June 8. Electricity as a substitute for hanging is being considered by the Massachusetts Legislature. It is finally settled that the battleship Kentucky will be christened with water instead of jwine. Heavy consignments of Tennessee mar­ ble are being shipped to the City of Mex­ ico from Ivnoxville. Nearly 00,000 acres have been reclaim­ ed in Ireland during the past year from bog and .marsh lands. Judge John Newton, the last treasurer of the Southern Confederacy, is critically ill at his home, near Staunton, Va." Sixteen-year-old Sadie Storer is in jail at Huntsville, Ark., together with her sweetheart and her mother, charged with the murder of her father, A. M. Storer, a prosperous farmer at that place. California orange growers have succeed­ ed in developing nn orange tree that will withstand a temperature of 12 degrees and yet yield a sweet and well-flavored fruit. Six thousand painters and decorators of New York will demand $4 and $3.50 per day for eight hours' work on April 4. If their demands are not granted a strike will follow. A terrific hail storm occurred near Po- catello, Idaho, doing immense damage to stock. The storm was accompanied by thunder and lightning and the hail stones were as large as hen's eggs. The army recruiting officer at Chicago received an order from the War Depart­ ment at Washington to "enlist all desir- • able applicants fitted for artillery, and send them to Fort Sheridan." Within five hours after the order had been posted on the bulletin board over 500 men had applied for enlistment. j A question arose in the English House of Commons as to the expediency of' ten­ dering the United States the use of the British fleet in the event of war, the inter­ ests of the nations being so closely allied. It was not up„for consideration by the House officially, but many members ex- i pressed themselves as favorable to the project.