THE LAST YOYM Mournful Naval Pageant in Honor of Victoria. GRAND AM) IMPRESSIVE. Queen's Corpse Is Taken from Cowes to Portsmouth. WARSHIPS FORMED A LAXE. < atal'nl<|iie una Placed on the Deck of the Koyal Yacht Alberta, Which wan greeted l»y Booniluic ( auiiuu and the .TlUHle of Mail)' Hand*. Cowes, Feb. 2. —With grand, yet mournful display of naval pomp the body of Queen Victoria was borne Friday from Osborne house to Ports mouth. .Not since Admiral Cevera's ships lit up the Cuban coast with their self-consuming tire has any thing been seen which approached this naval spectacle. There were 10 British battleships, J1 cruisers and eight gunboats. Eight naval ambassadors of friendly pow ers were ranged along the Ports mouth end, while gunboats and steamers with official spectators formed the remainder of the south ern line. The British ships were an imposing sight with their uniform decorations, coal black hulls, with a line of red just above the water, with white upper works and yellow smoke stacks. The foreign ships attracted most of the attention of the English specta tors. The giant of the whole fleet was the Japanese battleship llatsuse, the largest war machine afloat. Emperor William's navy was repre sented by the Xyniplie, Victoria Lou ise. Ilagen and Baden. The Dupuy De Lome, under France's tricolor, was a fine sight. Portugal was represented by the. cruiser Don Carlos. Ihe Spanish navy's ill fortune asserted itself at the last moment, for word came that the Emperador Carlos V. had turned back from her trip to the port with crippled engines.. The funeral fleet was led by eight torpedo boat destroyers, moving in pairs like pallbearers marching be fore a hearse. The pairs of torpedo boat ilestroyers were about 100 yards apart. Then, a quarter of a mile be hind, followed the royal yacht Al berta, a vessel on which the nyes of the world may be said to have been centered. The afterdeck of the yacht was roofed with a white awning and be neath the awning could be seen the catafalque, of royal purple, on which the coffin rested. Four officers stood at the four corners of the catafalque with their faces turned towards the ships. As the funeral yacht moved slowly past, the decks of the war ships were crowded with their crews. They were all manned to their full complement. The band of each ship took up the funeral march when the Alberta came abreast of her, and the specta tors on all the other craft took ott their hats. So, with all eyes foeussed on the tiny purple bier, the remains of Queen Victoria were carried by. Over all the miles of waters there came no sound save the boom of can non and the mournful notes of many bands. Following the Alberta trailed along five other yachts, at regular inter vals. First was the Victoria and Albert. She carried the royal mourn ers. King Edward and Emperor William were chief among them. The land ceremony, consisting in bringing the coffin from Osborne house to the pier at Cowes, was scarcely less interesting than the naval function. At noon the gor geous trappings of the chapelle ar dente were disturbed. Over the coffin was thrown the coronation robe worn by the girl queen. On this was placed the regalia, wand, scepter and crown, which were scarcely ever used by the queen in her lifetime. Dummy regalia will be buried with her at Frogmore. At 1:45 p. in. sailors from the Vic toria and Albert raised their burden and bore it from the house. This <a.ty was to have fallen to the High landers. but at the rehearsal they were sq awkward that it was decided that the sailors should perform the task. Outside the residence grena dier guards were drawn up. The pipers led the procession, making the woods ring with a weird refrain. Behind them came the family. Would Lengthen Senate'* Senlon*. Washington, Feb. 2.—The opposi tion to the shipping bill and the dis position manifested in the senate to delay its passage resulted in a meet ing of the republican committee on order of business yesterday for the purpose of considering ways and means to secure action on the bill. A decision was reported to ask for earlier daily sessions than have been held heretofore and to make an ef fort next week to secure night ses sions. A (ireat Hattle In Arabia. Bombay, Feb. 2.—Reports have ar rived here of a sanguinary battle near Kovveit, on the Persian gulf, be tween Arab sheikhs and llinrashid, who calls himself king of Arabia. Binrnshid had 20,000 men, partly armed with rifles, while the sheikhs had 10,000, all mounted and carrying rifles. Binrashid marched on Ku weit and the sheikhs advanced to meet him. The battle, which was fought by night, lasted from sunset until dawn. ISinrashid charged re peatedly, but he was completely routed by the sheikhs, who captured a great quantity of booty. A RUNAWAY CABLE CAR. Pa light lp with Two Otbrr tarn und < aimed Injury to a Number of l*eo« !»«•*- New York, Jan. 31.- -Kipping 1 up Lexington avenue at breakneck speed last night a runaway cable ear caught up with two other cars and pushed them ahead in a mad run that lasted for 20 blocks before the cars were under control. Then it was found that four persons were hurt seriously and a score slightly. All three ears were crowded with the rush from down town, anil win dows were crashed in, platforms wrecked and the passengers tossed wildly about. In the race that first started with one ear and wound up with three jammed and locked to gether, the only person not in the ears who was hurt was an express man. His wagon, laden with pack ages, was sent flying, and the oil lamp on the wagon exploded, scatter ing flames. So while police and crowds chased the flying ears, other policemen and other crowds fought a conflagration in their wake, and dragged a stupe fled expressman from beneath piles of blazing boxes, trunks and pack ages. Of those injured on the all were passengers, as many of t.-iein were standing up clinging to straps. With the swaying and the jammed in teriors they could not protect then selves, and sometimes they were hjlf out of the broken windows, and at other times piled in heaps in either the front or rear. Those most el; ngerously hurt were men and wo men who were thrown to the floors and trampled on. The others, who were in their seats, suffered greatly from bruises and cuts from flying glass. , ANIMALS CREMATED. Seventy-live Inmate* of a "Zoo" arc ■turned to Death. Baltimore, Jan. 31.—With pitiful screams of fright and groans of in tense pcin, the 75 or more animals of all descriptions confined in cages at Frank ('. 13ostock's "Zoo," which was in winter quarters in the old Cyclo rama building in this c'.ty, were burned to death last night. A tire, which probably originated from a badly insulated electrical wire on the outside of the building, caused the conflagration, which, once started, in an incredibly short time enveloped the entire structure. The flames spread so rapidly that it was impos sible for the attendants to rescue the helpless animals, and with the excep tion of one elephant, one camel, two donkeys and a pack of hounds, the entire herd was lost. The fire was discovered a few min utes after the evening performance had ceased. Had the attendance been as large as usual, which was light because of a snow storm, it would have been impossible to have emptied the building as quickly, and loss of human life would have doubt less resulted. As it was there were two members of the audience and the attaches in the great building. So rapid was the spread that those were compelled to seek safety, and got away as quickly as possible. Mr. liostoek estimates his loss on animals at about $200,000. The build ing could probably be duplicated for $15,000 or $20,000. PROF. SLABY'S PREDICTION. ('luiins tliat a Revolution In ICleetric* I»eveio|>uient In at Hand. Berlin, Jan. 31.—Prof. A. Slaby in the course of a remarkable interview on"The Coining Electrical Revolu tion" which is to appear in the forth coming number of a new technical periodical, asserts that his recent, in vention, multiplex wireless teleg raphy, will produce a very great transformation in existing methods. It will be possible, he declares, to apply the principle to submarine cables in such a way as to send hun dreds and even thousands of mes sages simultaenously on the same wire, thus enormously cheapening rates. Prof. Slaby believes that the prob lem of direct production of electricity j from coal will be solved. Germany, he predicts, will be the foremost na tion of the twentieth century in technical production, and electricity ' will be the poor man's source of pow er and light. He is confident of the success of the electrical express locomotives now being constructed in Berlin for a speed of two hundred kilometres an hour. Attacked Hell'* Bill- Albany, X. Y., Jan. 31. —At least 50C men and women, most of them Chris tian Scientists from New York, yes terday attended the hearing of As semblyman Bell's bill to abolish the Christian Science, faith cure and di vine healing systems. A number of speeches were made. While sen timent seemed against them, yet the scientists held their own throughout the hearing and the doctors of medi cine will be given another chance next Wednesday by the committee. A Neeret Overhauling of Arcounu, Baltimore, Jan. 31.—A secret ex amination of the accounts has just been made in every department of the Merchants' national bank. The examination was conducted with so much secrecy that not even the most trusted employes of the bank knew thai it was in progress, although two weeks were occupied in making it. Aliened ICiubezzler Arreated. Hudson, Mass., Jan. 31. —A sensa tion was created here Wednesday by the arrest of Edward T. Miles, for several years town tax collector, upon u warrants charging him with being a defaulter in the sum of $!),- 000. lie was locked up in a cell at the police station. Vote Seller* IHkI ranelilaed. Crawfordsvllle, lnd., Jan. 31.—0n conviction of the crime of selling their votes at, the November election, 21 men have been disfranchised by the circuit court here for period* ranging from 12 to 20 years. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1901. EXPENSIVE BLAZE. &. Fire Wipes Out Property Val ued at $1,500,000. A Seven Story I-'actory al !Sew York t'lty In Itcdueed to A*he», Together Willi Sev eral of the Adjoining Structure*. New York, Feb. I.—The seven-story factory of the William Wicke Co., manufacturers of cigar boxes, labels and ribbons at 401 to 410 East Thir ty-first street, was shaken Thursday afternoon by an explosion in the "shavitig tower" which wrecked the tower and demolished the roof of the engine house. The explosion is believed to have been caused by gas which found its way into the "tow er." The force of the explosion was tre mendous. The brickwork fell on the engine house, crushing it, anil the concussion of the explosion cracked the big smokestack— 100 feet high— that towered over the engine room. .Nearly 800 persons were at work in the factory at the time of the explo sion. Three hundred and fifty of them were women. A panic ensued, but only two persons were seriously injured. Otto liiedel, the chief engineer, who was just returning from lunch when the catastrophe occurred, was arrested. Fritz Schofele. the assistant engi neer, who was in the engine house, was also iirrested. The loss caused by the explosion amounted to several thousand dollars. « Fire that did damage to the extent, of $1,500,000 started anew in the Wil liam Wicke Co.'s building last night. A half hour after the first alarm was sent in the entire building, extend ing half the length of the block in Thirty-first street to the East river, was a mass of flames and the lire men ceased to attempt to save the building, but turned all their atten tion to the adjacent structures. How the fire started is not known, further than that it was the result of the explosion in the boiler room in the afternoon. At the time the fire started Super intendent Dooner, of the building de partment, and Contractor Cody, who has annual contracts for removing the wreckage of burned buildings, were at work with 30 men attempt ing to [mil down the tower adjacent to the boiler room, in which the ex plosion in the afternoon took place. The tearir** down of this tower is thought to have been responsible for the start of the second fire. The ruins of the tower fell into the ruins of the boiler room and on top of ad jacent rooms in which were stored chemicals for the purpose of season ing woods, thus causing a second ex plosion. .smoldering embers from the late fire added to this and iu a moment there was a huge blaze. The men of Engine Company 16, who had been left on duty and had put out a "watch line" were at wotk at the time the fire started. Four alarms were turned in within 15 min utes. Chief Croker soon arrived and sent in a fifth alarm. A minute later he sent in the alarm known as "two nines," the first trine this alarm has been used since 1898. The final call brought all the en gines, hook and ladder companies, tenders, water towers and search lights between Leonard street on the south and Eighty-fifth street on the north, 54 in all. Roundsman Quinn and Sergeant Hauptinan, who was promoted for bravery at the Windsor hotel fire, were in command of a squad of ten men at'the scene when the fire start ed. They at once saw that the Wicke building was doomed and turned their attention to the tenement house directly opposite the burning factory. This is a five-story tene ment occupied by 22 families. The poiice succeeded in getting' all the persons out safely. The Wicke building was burned to the ground. The walls all fell one by one, and there only remain stand ing the big chimney in the south wall. The building in the rear of that, extending into Thirty-second street, was also gutted and the in terior burned. Just before the Wicke Co.'s main building was burned a ladder against the south wall, on which was Fire man Peter Coyle, was seen to be on fire. Shouts of warning notified Coyle of his danger and he started to descend. Before he was half way down the wall fell and took the lad der with it. Coyle was thrown to the street and had both ankles broken. Water Tower No. 3, attached to Hook and Ladder No. 7. had stationed itself in Thirty-first street about the middle of the block. The heat was so intense that after the horses had been taken off the men were com pelled to abandon the tower. In a few minutes it was n mass of ruins. The burned area, in g-eneral extent, took in about one city block. The Wicke Co.'s building, the building abutting it from. Thirty-third, and several tenement houses were among the destroyed buildings. Several lumber yards in the vicinity were damaged. The fire was witnessed by immense crowds of people, and it is said, was the most spectacular one New York has ever seen. A Labor War In Texan. Ft. Worth, Tex., Feb. 1. —Building of all kinds is at a standstill here as a result of the war between the con tractors and the unions. At a meet ing of employing builders it was re solved they would not employ mem bers of unions affiliated with the building trades council or trades as sembly. When the carpenters, plumbers and others reported for work they were told they must sever eonnneetion with these bodies. I'pon refusal they were discharged. This action tlir*w 500 to 600 workmen out of work,' A JOINT CONFERENCE. Millers and Operators .Tleet to Arrange a IV'ii|{e Scale lor tlic Year. Columbus, 0., Feb. 1. — The joint conference of the operators of Oliio, Indiana, Illinois and western Penn sylvania, called to fix the price of mining for the scale year beginning .vpt'il 1. 1901, convened here Thursday, with more than 800 miners and oper ators in attendance. The first ses sion was brief, the conference ad journing until to-day immediately after the committees on rules, cre dt ntials and permanent organizatioi. had been appointed. The real work of the confeHence will begin to-day with the appointment of the scale committee. The permanent chairman of the conference will be Walter Mullin, of Ohio, president of tiie Massillon Operators' association. The secre tary will be W. B. Wilson, secretary treasurer of the United Mine Work ers. The operators and miners of lowa and Michigan will not be ad mitted to the joint conference. This was settled last night by the commit tee on credentials after a protracted discussion. Xo one w ill venture a prediction as to whether an agreement will be reached by the joint conference. The miners are guarding their position with extraordinary secrecy and the operators are doing likewise. It is known, however, that they are wide apart and some of tlie operators ex press doubts as to the outcome. The only point upon which there is abso lute unanimity of sentiment among the operators is that no advance will be conceded. The miners must rely, therefore, on securing concessions in other directions, but just what these concessions are cannot be as certained. It is apparent, however, that the miners will make a vigorous effort to secure the adoption both of the run-of-niine basis and a uniform differential between pick and ma chine mining. A single miner delegate from West Virginia has made his appearance and will ask for an opportunity to lay before the conference the condi tions of that state, but it is not prob able he will be heard in open conven tion. THE SHIP SUBSIDY BILL. Democratic Senators W ill Try to Talk It to Heath. Washington, Feb. I.—The demo ■ratic senators and their co-workers n the senate who are opposed to the ship subsidy bill did not hold a for mal conference Thursday to decide upon a course to be pursued with reference to that measure, as had oeen announced they would do, the explanation being made that it had Lieen discovered that the opposition svas still so determined as to render ■ formal meeting unnecessary. While there was no caucus, however, there ivas a general exchange of views of :he minority senators which enabled the leaders to form a definite opinion it, the close of the day of the position of the opposition as a whole. The decision reached is to continue ihe debate upon the bill for present, with the hope of being able to keep :t going until it will become neces sary for the republican majority to take up the appropriation bills and pther measures which should pass before March 4. They say that they have speeches jssured for eight or ten days, and that there are probably other sen ators who will prepare speeches within that time. Among those who i»ill talk are Senators Daniel, Caf fery. Berry, Kenney, Allen, Money, Lindsay, Butler and Pettigrew. Sen ators Clay and Turner also will make speeches in addition to those they have already delivered on this ques tion. It is expected that Senator Caffery will talk at least two days. The op position also count upon speeches from the republican side of the chamber. Senators, Allison, Perkins, Spooner and McCumber being includ ed in the list of probable speakers. The canvass of the situation has convinced the democratic leaders that there are a half dozen or more republican senators who would like to see the bill defeated, even in its amended form, but they do not ex pect their votes against the bill if it should come to a vote. On the other hand, they count upon the loss of some of their own membership in support of the bill. RAN INTO A HURRICANE. A Venezuelan <;unboat Has a Terrible H* perlenee in West Indian Waters. San Juan, Porto Kico, Feb. I. The Venezuelan gunboat Restaura dor, formerly the Atalanta, George Gould's yacht, which left New York January 24, for La Guayra, Venezue la, arrived here Thursday, ller com mander, Capt. Jeremiah Merithew, reports that the gunboat struck a fearful gale off Bermuda last Sunday which continued for three days. Coal and water were exhausted and the mahogany deckwork was burned as fuel. The waves ran mountains high. The boats were stove in and the jib boom, bowsprit and spars were lost. For 48 hours Capt. Merithew was on the bridge. Finally the bunker lloors were burned, but this scarcely served to keep up steam and the last avail able fuel had gone into the furnace when the Restaurador sighted El Morro. Capt. Merithew had to burn his last barrel of pork to get the gun boat into port. Anent the Inauguration. Washington, Feb. I.—The commit tee in charge of preparations for President McKinley's second inaugu ration say the event promises to eclipse any preceding inaugurations in display. The Marine band has been engaged for a series of' live con certs to be held in the. hall of the pension building on March 5 and 6, to afford an opportunity to those who cannot attend the inaugural ball to view the decorations. The price for each of these concerts will be 50 cents, while $5 a ticket will be charged for admission to the ball. | THE SITUATION IN CHINA. Larsr Bodlea or Xatiim urn Hi'inj Drilled unit Armed Ity Hit (iovcrn uienl-i'niMluiiarlei Demand (Guar antees. Washington, .Jan. 31.—An article in a prominent Chinese newspaper of recent date, a copy of which lias just reached Washington, chronicles a condition which may become an im portant factor in the final disposition of the Chinese question. The article says that u very important movement is going forward all over China and more particularly along the Yang-tse basin, in response to special orders from the vieerory ami governors. Bodies of "volunteers" are being actively enrolled and drilled in the use of firearms, nominally for their own protection, but in reality they form a large and formidable reserve force. Every guild and trade, in ad dition to all well-to-do gentry, have these "volunteer" bodies, who are paid and armed by the government. They are not a public institution like regular troops, but are dispersed about in towns and villages without any distinguishing feature, and in the event of further hostilities will spring up from all quarters precisely a la l'.oer. Other China mail advices are as follows: The allies have declared the Krupp guns in the Shanliaikuan forts international, to prevent their removal, the Russians previously hav ing carried off the guns in the I'ie tang forts in the absence of such an arrangement. The winter began in North China on December 7 with a two-feet fall of | snow and the prospect for the poor natives was very dreary. Piracy prevails to an extent hereto ! fore unknown along the Shan Tung promontory, the poor peasants being robbed even of their bedding. The British naval authorities have been pirate-hunting with good results and many of the marauders have been j killed and their junks destroyed. Pekin, Jan. 31.—The ministers' pun- I ishment committee met Wednesday to continue the discussion as to what punishment to demand for provincial officers, where foreigners have been killed. The ministers refused to fur nish any information as to the result of the deliberations. Three Italian soldiers entered a house occupied by Mr. Jameson, an American, close to the legation, sup posing it was inhabited by Chinese, and intending to loot. They insulted Mr. Jameson's guests and Mr. Jame son sVt for the guard stationed at the legation. In the struggle an Italian was wounded. They were all arrested and turned to the Italian authorities, who have re quested an explanation. The missionaries, Tuesday night, met and prepared final resolutions which were presented to the British minister. Sir Ernest Satow, and the United States minister. Mr. Conger. The preamble sets forth the fact, "not sufficiently emphasized in the note," that the Chinese attacked everything representing progress; that there has been no adequate re buke for the flagrant violation o f treaties, and that no indemnity ' i, asked for the Christian Chinese who suffered heavy loss. Finally, the missionaries say nothing has been in serted in the note safeguarding the missionaries and they earnestly re quest Sir Ernest Satow and Minister Conger to see that the former treat ties protecting missionaries are reaf firmed. PANIC CAUSED BY FIRE. Employes of a Chicago Clothing Hons* Narrowly Kscape Cremation. Chicago, Jan. 31.—Fire last evening destroyed the building at the inter section of Milwaukee and Ashland avenues occupied by the Continental clothing store. High winds fanned the flames so fiercely that the struc ture was consumed in an incredibly short time. Great excitement fol lowed the discovery of the lire anil a panic seized the employes when it was found impossible to reach the street by the stairways. Windows were smashed and men and boys leaped to the awnings which were spread by citizens in the street be low. The awnings served as life nets and half a dozen employes leaped safely into them and dropped to the sidewalk uninjured. The Continental clothing store was owned by J. X. Nusbaum. He valued it at SBO,OOO and he carried an insur ance of 80 per cent, of that amount. The loss is practically total. The building was valued at $30,000 and the loss is estimated at $25,000 with full insurance. To Intercept Andrade's Expedition. San Juan, Porto Rico, Jan. 31. —It is reported here that the Venezuelan gunboat Vesterala is on her way from Brooklyn. N. Y., with orders from President Castro to intercept in the Carribean sea Senor Andrade's filibustering expedition. Passengers on the steamer Philadelphia, from La Guayra, January 27, assert that Caracas was in a state of excitement when the steamer left Venezuela. A Prison In Kudit onditlon. Albany. X. Y., Jan. 31. —The state board of health yesterday adopted a resolution condemning the sanitary condition of Sing Sing prison and urging an immediate remedy for the ■ evils existing at the prison. As originally presented to the board the resolution called for the "immediate abandonment" of the prison, but it was modified before it was adopted. Voted I'wr a 85,000,000 Bond Issue. St. Louis, Jan. 31. —The municipal assembly has passed a bill providing i for the issuance of $5,000,000 of bonds I bearing 3% per cent, interest for the I World's fair to be held in St. Louis in 1003 to commemorate tlie one hun dredth anniversary of the Louisiana 1 purchase. The measure now goes to the mayor for his signature. lie Wet ICnters Cape Colony. London, Jan. 31.—"1t is reported unofficially," says the Cape Town cor respondent of the Daily Mail, "that Urn. Pe Wet has entered Cape Colony with a fairly strong force." TREASON CHARGE. Brought Against Delegate Wilcox, of Hawaii. SENSATION A L LKTTEItS. He Is Accused of Writing 1 Them to Insurgent Filipinos. AN ENEMY OF AMERICANS. Tlii" ( liar;r« are Presented to a C'on» SrrHlolial Committee by a Hawaiian, Wli«» A«kn that Wilcox be Uu>l«il from Ilia Si ai in Caii^rru. Washington, Feb. 2. —A petition containing sensational charges was submitted Friday to the house com mittee on elections No. 1 against Del egate Robert W. Wilcox, the Hawaii an representative in the house of rep resentatives. The charges are made in writing by George D. Gear, of Hawaii, who submitted letters pur porting to be copies of letters writ ten by Wilcox to Filipino officers. One of the letters said to have been writ ten by Wilcox is given in duplicate, bearing the alleged signature of Wil cox. It is dated Honolulu, January 31, 1899, and addressed to Dr. Joseph Losada, Capt. .Marti Burgos and Se nor ,L Luna, and introduced to them "A friend of mine who is a very able man, to help you in your cause." Among other things the letter says: "Mr. will be a useful al ly to fight for the cause of the Fili pinos. "One thing is sure that you epuld resist against any army of invasion— you have a population of 12,000,000 and already a disciplined army of 30".- 000 well equipped with modern arms. "I have already made up my mind to join with you in your country against America in case they insist to ignore the justice of your cause. 1 know well iny profession as an ar tillery officer.l have no fear of the whole world when 1 fight for a legiti mate cause like yours. "Between Gen. Aguinaldo's deter mination and myself there would be very 'ittle chance left to the invad ing army of the United States to con quer your country. Tell Aguinaldo 1 am ready to obey orders togo to your country and fight for the inde pendence of your people and country at any moment." Another letter dated Honolulu, March s, IS«9, says:"l am thinking togo to the Philippines and give my assistance to Aguinaldo against the invaders—the hypocritical Yankees —- the carpetbag politician—Otis." Mr. Wilcox declined to give any ex tended answer to the charges filed by Mr. Gear. He says he has no fear of the charges made. He admits that he wrote a letter to l)r. Losada. Capt. Burgos and Senor Luna introducing Caesar Moreno, an Italian of this city anil whom he had known while the latter was in Hawaii. Moreno had a meteoric career in Hawaii. For a few days he was secretary of state. Mr. Wilcox savs Moreno is the person to whom the unaddressed letter filed by Gear was addressed,but he said he was unable to say whether the let ters filed were exact copies of those he sent. The petition of Gear states that there was no election machinery when Wilcox was elected delegate, November 6, 1900, and alleges "that Wilcox in his speeches prior to the election made use of the strongest kind of anti-American utterances for the purpose of carrying the election, telling the native Hawiians that the Americans had stolen their country and that a vote for him was a vote for the restoration of the queen, and that if he were elected the queen would be restored; that Wilcox was and is guilty of treason against the United States, in that as he did since the annexation of said Hawaiian islands write and send through the United States mails certain letters highly treasonable in their nature, wherein he did incite others to en gage in open, rebellion against the United States and did offer his serv ices to (Jen. Aguinaldo togo to the Philippines and fight and engage in open rebellion against the United States, copies of which letters are herewith filed." The petition concludes as follows: "Wherefore, by reason of the forego ing facts petitioner submits that said Wilcox is not entitled to a seat in the hou.ie of representatives and that he should be ousted therefrom." Warned by 71 r*. Nation. Topeka. Kan., Feb. 2.—Mrs. Carrie Nation yesterday sent a letter to. all the saloonkeepers in Topeka, warn ing them to stop their business.. The letter was addressed to"The joint keepers of Topeka—My dear hell bound sinners." Mrs. Nation sug gested in the letter that the joint keepers appoint a place of meeting with her in which the situation could be canvassed and a decision concern ing the future disposition of the joints arrived at. She intimated that forcible measures would soam begin if they did not close up. Hill* lor Halnlni; tile .ttatne. Havana, Feb. 2.—Rids for raising the wreck of the battleship Maine were opened Friday. There were 12 bidders, whose offers ranged from $867,000, the bid of the Swartz foun dry. of New Orleans, to the proposal of Chamberlain & Co., of Chicago, to remove the wreck frr nothing and to give the government 3 per cent an the sales of the material in ti c form of souvenirs. The variety of plans for raising the wreck is no less aston ishing than the difference in the bids.- i One contractor proposed to raise it by means of a balloon. Several otli- I ers suggested novel schemes. 3
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