-— THE NEWS. A fire in a hosiery factory in Reading caused a losa of $230,000. The girls em- ployed were thrown into a panic, and a num- ber were hurt by jumping. Two bodles were taken from the ruins, The large store of A. (i. Rutherford, at Lenore, Va., was destroyed by fire, with all its contents, Harrison H. Keller dropped dead near Payne's Chapel, Va,, while butchering hogs, Dr. H. Baxter Wilson, who was surgeon of Roosevelt's Rough Riders, was sent to the Chester Asylum for Insane Criminals, in Chicago. Representative D. Judson Hammond, of the Michigan legislature, pleaded not guilty to the charge of soliciting 8 bribe, Papers were read before the National Re- form Association in New York on Bible in the schools and our new possessions. Chaplain David HH. Shields, U, 8, A, was tried by court-martial in San Francisco on charges of drunkenness, A general strike of miners in Pennsylvania is threatened, if the trouble at the Nanticoke mines is not settled, In the joint Democratic caucus in Rich- mond Senator Martin was nominated to suc- ceed himself In the Senate, Three men were Killed and two seriously injured by the explosion of powder mills, near Sunnevtown, Pa. The Landis Tool Company, of Waynes- boro, voted to increase the capital stock from £75,000 to £100,000, Rev. George Peterson, of Rome, Ga., was killed by a train at Pencader, Del, New Hampshire have wages of operatives ten per cent, The broom-corn combine has increased the price to $200 per ton. Edward Burns was arrested in Madison Square Garden, N, Y., on the charge of hav- ing murdered Herbert B. Fellows at Scars- dale, N.Y. According to the police, he ad- mitted having killed the man, Dick Coleman, the negro murderer of Mrs, Lashbrook, was taken from the officers at Maysville, Ky., by a mob of one thousand men, and burned at the stake, The mob was led by Mrs. Lashbrook’s husband. John F. Ellis was accidentally shot and killed by his brother, Ellis, while hunting turkeys in King George county, Va, Harry Hamburger was arrested in Detroit on suspicion of baving murdered John M. Reindel. The bituminous miners of Central and Northern Pennsylvania have asked for an advance, James McConnell, editor of the Philadel. phia Evening Star, died in that eity, fifty-five. General John B. suppressing the insurgents in pines, An American company will bulid railroads in Honolulu, Hiram Sharp killed his wile and m« in-law in Littonia, Ga. Earthquake shocks Dakota. The Kentucky State Election Board cot pleted the official canvass of the . which show a plurality for Taylor, the Be- publican candidate for governor. There will now be a fight as to whether the Board has the right to go behind the returns hear the cases of eleven contested counties, The trial of Mrs. Marie Butterfield San. derson, on the charge of ajempting to n der her aged husband pourd:d glass, wa at Michigan, James D, Spurr, aged seventy-two, at Winchester, Va. George W. aged seventy-four, at Fisher's Ya. The American Book Company will have charge of certain school books published by Harper Bros, It is proposed to apply to the Virginia leg islature for a charter for a new raliroad near Norfolk. The Newport News and Norfolk Transpor- tation Company was chartered at Newport News, A move will be made England to advance wages in the mills, Postmaster H. B. Fellows, at Scarsdale, N. ¥., was shot and killed by an assassin, The Puliman and Wagner Palace Car Companies have been consolidated, William Carpenter was seriously in a tannery at Paw Paw, W. Va, United States Senator Hayward Nebraska City, aged fifty-nine, Joseph Shanoltz was seriously hurt Winchester by a wild horse, The torpedo boat Bailey was launched at Morris Heights, N. XY, The bank at Cornell, Iii, $8,000, Admiral Dewey has rented a pew ino St John's Episcopal Church, and has become a trustee of the Episcopal temple on the Ten. nallvtown road. Arrangements have been completed for the removal of the dead of the Battleship Maine from Cuba the National Cemetery in Washington. The Postoffice Department officials have decided that female clerks must resign from the service after marriage, There was an immense throng at the Capi. tol to witness the opening of Congress, the Eoberts case being the leading attraction, As the Mormon member stepped up to take the oath, his eligibility was challenged and he was ordered to stand aside, General Henderson was elected speaker, aod the Heed rules were adopted, A memorial was presented to the Ugited States Senate asking for an investigation of the means employed by Senator Clarke, of Montana, to secure his seat, the memorialists charging that he paid in bribery $500,000, besides other unknown sums, The United States Supreme Court held that the government has the right to appropriate money to an eleemosynary Institution con ducted by Roman Catholics or by any other woot, In the United States Benate the credentials of Senator Quay wera referred to the come mittee, and appropriate resolutions were adopted on the death of Viee President Ho. bart, The New York Health Board will not al fow the coffes from the steamer Taylor to te brought to the city, The actual trial of Roland Molineux, for the murder of Mrs. Kato C. Adams, was be. gun in New York, the day being largely taken up with the opening address of Assist. unt District Attorney Osborne, Fifty-one counties out of 119 in Kentucky were canvassed by the state board, and showed a total of 74,164 for Goebel and 68, 978 for Taylor. mills increased James aged favor Philip- Gordon is In the eiectrie were felt in red and feeding bh Marshall lind Copp, Hill and died throughout New cotion injured died at at was robbed of to Bix were killed and others seri. racks. On the Denver and Rio Grande, Four additional indietments were found in Philadelphia against the Investors’ Trust. fronmolders in Pittsburg and Alle THE MESSAGE President McKinley's Review "of National Mairs Laid For Gold Standard and Re- commends Congressional He- Declares striction of Trusts. Independence For Caba When the Jeople Are Ready—A Territorial Organiza- Aliens Vaeifie Cable NeededFParii- tion of Samon-Onr Army at Manila Neutrality in the Transvaal aflirmed-This Country at Peace With Foreign Nations—tVan-American Exhi. bition and South American Hepublies. Wasmisarox, D, C. (Special). — Presiden, MeKinley's message, delivered to the Filly. sixth Congress on the second i of the gold standard and the building of the Nicaragua Canal. He denounces trusts, but points out that legislation to curb them is hard to devise, On the President would lead to a contest governments, no one of which weuld per. mit any of the others to occupy the isl. ands without a struggle, and that the re. sult would inevitably be to the Puilippines into anarchy and war. A pro- tectorate is also impossible, he announces, as we would have to protect the inhabit. aunts from one another as well as from foreign powers with whom tLey might be come involved, Begardiog Caba the President sis that the United States is pledged the island its liberty when the inl have shown their capability for ernmeni, and ‘this pleage is sol affirmed.” Main Points of the Message. Governments modelled on those now in operation tories mre recommended Hawaii and Alaska, The main points faliows To the tives At the threshold your deliberatic you are called to mourn with ye trymen the death of Vieo-Prosidont H who passed from this lifs on of November 21st last. His great soul no rests in eternal peace. His private life was pure an 1 elevated, while his publie cares ws ever distioguished by large capacity, stainless integrity, { i Ho bas been removed which he b lefty character, honesty of purs main with us as a priceless legacy ample, The Fifty-sizth Congress convenas in its first regular session with the untry in » sondition of unusual prosperity, of univer. sal good willamoung the peopleat home, and in reiations of peace and friendship with every government of the world Our eign commerce has shown great increase in volume and value, The combined imports and exports for the year are the largest ever shown by a single year in all our bis- tory. The President then quotes figures from the asnual reports of his Cabinet officers which bear him out in theabove statement. New Banking Act, he President finds that under the rapid development in the industries ol the coun. try tie national banking act is not a safll. cient avenue through which needfal addi. tions to the cirouistion ean from time to time be made. He therefore asks Congress to take up this matter with the view of as cortaining whether or not such reasonable modifleations can be made as the act's services in the particulars referred to mote responsive to the people's needs, He urges that national banks be authorized to organize with a capital of $35,000, For Gold Standard. President MeKinley then proceeds to dis- cuss the standard of money, and says: {i 1 urgentiy recommend that to port the existing gold subject of the Philippines the jares that 3 de our retirement among | reign glutge pian io of the message are as # fenate and House of Represents. of ur eo the n the hi red and dignified, his ye Ee aod ex. if fOr sup- of the two metals (gold and silver) and the equal power of every dollar at ail times in the market and in the payment of debts, the Secretary of the Treasury be given ad. ditional power and charged with the duly such othereffoctive means as may be neces. gary to those ends, The financial transactions of the Gov. ernment are conducted upon a gold basis, bonds and use gold for their payment, We are maintaining the parity of all the money issued or coined by authority of the Gov. ernment. We are doing these things with {| the means at hand, i Supply of Gold, Happily, at the present time we are not | It has been done in the past, however, aud may have to be done in the futare, It be {| hooves us, therefore, to provide at once | the best means to meet the emergency { when it arises, and the best means sre those which are the most certain and | esonomieal, In this connection I repeat my former recommendations that a portion of the gold holdings shall be pinced In a trust fund from which gresnbacks shall be re. deemed upon presentation, but when ones redeemed shall not thereafter be paid out except for gold, The Subject of Trusts, After an urgent appeal to Congress to poss some legislation which shall Hit the American merchant marine from its present atate of decadence, President McKinley turns his attention to the subject of trusts and devotes a great deal of attention to it, Heo says: Combinations of eapital organized into trusts to control the conditions of trade among our citizens, to stifle competition, limit production and determine the prices of products used and consumed hy the “ ple, are justly provoking public di<eussion d should early claim the attention of ngress, It is universally conceded that combina. tions which engross or control the market of any particular kind of merchandise or commodity Regauiay to the Come. manity by a press tng jaratal ahd ordi nary competition, where con un duly enhaneed to the aE There must be « wremedy ioF in ent law ean be extended to more certainly control or check these monopolies or trusts, it should be done without delay, Whatever power the Congress possesses over this most important subject should be promptly ascertained nnd asserted, Yorelgn Affaivs, Following the trust question the Presi- dent takes up foreign reiations, first re viewing the status of several disputes which the government has on hand and finding them moving townrd a successful settlement, He finds that the Isthmian Canal Com- mission is making good progress in ¢éarry- ing on examinations in Nearagun and Da- rien with a view to cstablishing a betwoen the Atlantic and Paellie oceans, and hie asks Congress to help in the work. Our trade with Chinn has isting treaties have hean and will be malin. tained, He agalo urges an appropriation ard industrial conditions in the larged In the Empire. Nuxt the Paris Exposition is touched on, aud concerning Germany the President our relations ecoutioue to be most cordial, Mr. McKinley contends that of the inspection of food products for ex- port Is of the best, and he bopes that the German Goveraoment will come to realize this, and Suggests that Co ress authorize an lovitation to Germany in conneclion with the pending recijrocity negotiations or the constitution of a joint commission of scientific experts and practienl men of affules to conduct a searching The President h y pes question copcerning that the disputed tied. Neutral in the Boer-British War, the war Touchin between Great Britain and the Boers, the President says: bis governmant has sintatued an at- titude of neutrality in the unfortunate con. test hetwaen Great Brit and States of Africe We been faithful to the precej entangling Hanees nsto afl Power should the President crimes n The President goon be bre with this o« f a eable to Manila, g on 5 pi Uris lynch be given to § thinks, to gainst aliens, that Japan will | relation the une Cessity « Cuba and Sammon, Mellinle reviews at some sun troubles, and says that on su tio the Senate R cone vention entered | between the States, Germany and Eagland for ac. then takes ug act of the n of Coba and Porto R peace with Spain was sl says that th is 10int resniut was on April 19 1808, United States disclaims any intent 3 » President length the San its } wines the dd. } BXarcisn ry Jurisdie- er a, except for far 3 § BES WAR AoC shed to t and control the highest hon: must be sacrediy Kept, jegven island rable Diplomatic Helatlons With Spain, f ratifie two OG ERC sending to Washington the Duke of an inent dipiomatist, while the States transferred to Madrid Hon, Storer, its Minister at Brussels, y iis con represeniati the ations vera. other wing treat en ot has aj ! have bean provi ithe military of that Isinn The iegisintion In o? Article VII fe rest 4 of its cltizans Claims Against Turkey. The Un Mini rontinges press for piuries suf Ameri in the disorders peveral past and srougs done 16 them by the Ottoman authorities, t of many jears’ ment is hopeiui Years {for Nome of fing of a general rae inims are This Govern agreement in this regard, ion is then lan revo recoguition of Castro ae stan I'he Venezu with, and knowledged. Heviewing the increase of trade brought it by the efforls of the State keep In touch with the Govern. of the Latin-American republics in th and Central America, President Me- Kinley thinks it expedient that the various republics should be invited to held at an carly date another conference at the capi- one of the countries other than the dealt fue to on the Niagara frontier in New York in the yoar 1901. Monroe Doctrine Guarded, President McKinley expresses satisfac. Peace Con. and hopes for permanent tri. bunal for arbitration established by it, in The Hague, torie position of this country aneat the Monroe doctrine, The Army at Manila. In a brief references to the pumber of men he army the United States of the highest commendation for their sols performed noususl and diffieait duties in our island possessions, The message then goes tuto review of the postal service, not only in States, but the recently no. It niso enils the attention an extended for yallding, nnd repeats the latter's request that legis. Intion be enacted to make contracts early in the year for armor of the best quality that can be obtained in this country for the Maine, Ohio and Missouri, and that the provision of the aet of Mareh 3, 1800, limit. ing the price of armor to $300 per ton be removeq. Must Keep Philippines, The next subject taken up is ths insur. rection in the Philippines. Ha reiterates that everything possible was dose to as sure the natives of the good Intentions of the Unitea States, denies that the rebel leader was aver promised indepsndence re. jates the events precediog the outbreak, and declares that no course was left but to suppress this rising. War in the Philippines. President McKinley recites how the Philippine Isiands eame to the United Ntates by the terms of the treaty with Spain, and says that he has every reason to believe that this transfer of soversignty was fn accordance with the wishes and wepirations of the great mass of the Fill: pino people. Heo says that no opportunity was lost of asenring the pie of the island of our ardent desire for their welfare and of the intention of this Government to do every thing possible to advance their interests, He reviews the appointment of the Philip. pine Commissioners sud then says: But before their arrival at Manila the sinister ambition of a few leaders of the Filipinos had orested a situation full of embarrassment for us and most grievous in its consequences to themselves, 1k 285 nde oa to. pila, says the President, than { | forces began Lo assume an attitude of sus. pision and hostility, which the utmost ef. orts of our officers and troops were unable to disarm or modify, forbearance were taken as a proof of cow. ardies, The nggressisns of the Fllipinos continu. for a vote upon the treaty, an attack, dently prepared in advances, was made # terribly destruetive nnd sanguisary re. puise of the Insurgents, A Massacre Plot, Prosident MeKinley then insurgent proelamatianp, quotes which modern times," He then quotes as follows from the re. used: It is not to be conceived of that any American would have sanctioned the surrender of Manila to the fnsurgents, other the friendly Pllipinos and to ourselves and our flag aanion that fores The President then says: The course indicated has been unfilneh- The rebellion must be put Civil government eanpot be thor- worthy of history, the army, ably navy, bins ear- ried on this unwelcome but most righteous campaign with richly deserved success, The noble self-sacrifice with which our briiliant had expired refused to avail themselves of their r tto return home as long as they wore needed at the front, forms one of the brightest pages in our annals, Although their operations have been somewhat interrupted and checked by a rainy season of unusual violence and duration, they have gained ground stead. ily in every direction and now look for. ward confidently to a speedy completion of ir task, Mr, McKinley then tetls of the establish. ment of a goveroment in the island Negros, the first (sland to necept American soversignty, and gives to Congress the principal features of the constitution un- i of on provisionally, He next tells of the succession of the United States 10 the rights of Spain over the Sulu Islands, and says thearticlo which provides that any siave in the archipelago of Jolo shall bave the right of purchasing usual market value is not to be deemed in any way 10 authorize or give the consent of the United States to the existences of slavery in the Sulu Archipelago, Whatever the future may be, thers is no eon open 10 us now ept the prosecution until the insurgents are reduces ) pission, The ssion is of the there to time sluce of the Philippines the destruction of sish squadron by Admiral Dewey was | to withdraw our the Islands either with hoaor to ourselves or with safety to the lahabi. fants, I'he future government he Philipg with the United Few graver responsibilities have eonfided to u If we ae them in a spirit worthy « ur race and our traditions, a great opportunity coues with them, The islands lle under the shelier of ir flag. They are by every title of Inw and equity, They canpot be aband If wo desert them we leave them at io anarchy and foally to barbariso fing them, apple of ime sible forces from ines rests ngress an Mates, Byer been rept ours ned, ones iden discord, of whisk { which them un- oo 3 ¥ ng t bi no one permit not het wel f ze yuestioned, The suggestion has been made that we conid renounce our authority over the isl. andseand, valid retain a protectorate overthem. This pro. position will not 1 found, I am worthy of your serious attention, Bae arrangement would inv eruel breach of faith, It would j eareabloand loyal majority, who ask setier than to accept our asthorily, # merey of the minority of armed fosar- gents, Jt would make us responsil the acts of the insurgent leaders, and give po power to control them, It would charge us with the task of protecting them against each other, and defending them against suy foreign power with which they hose to quarrel. In short, it wouold take from the Congress of the United States the power of declaring war, and vest that tre. mendous prerogative ia the Tagal leader of the hour. giving them independence, fire ive at the cules lace ng fhm ie far He The President does not deem it desirable to recommend atl this time the specific and final form of government for the island, leaving that to Congress when peace is fully restorad, But he Dbeilleves that reconstruction should not begin by the establishment of ans central civil government, with its seat at Manila, but rather first establishing mu- pnicipal governments and thea provincial governments and central goveroments at Coneerning Hawaii, President McKinlay says it Is important that an act should be passed erecting these islands into a judi- cinl district and providing for the appoint- ment of a judge and other officers, About Alaska. He then calls attention to the necessity for immediate legislative relief increased so rapidly that more ame (acti. Heo also recommends that legisiation tothe Mr. MeKinloey repeats in his message the words be used In bis loaugural address concerning lynehings in the United Btates, he right of trial by jury. President says that the amendment mulgated by the executive order of May necessary to an eflicient and harmonious administration of the departments, He cinime that the results obtained show that of its objectionable featares, Anniversary of Washington's Death, In conclusion, the Prealdent says: Washington, For a bopdred years the Re. public has had the priceless advantage of the lohry standard of character and cone dnot which be bequeathed to the American people. It ix an loheritanes which time, instead of wasting continually, increases and enriches, Wa may justly bope that in the years to come the benignast influence of the Father of his Country may be even more potent for good than in the ceatury which Is drawing to a close, I have beea gind to learn that in many parts of the country the people will fittingly observe this historic anniversary. Presented to this Congress are great op- portunities, With them come great re- sponaibilities, The power confided to us increases the waight of our obligations to the people, and we must be profoundly sen- sible of them as we contemplate the new and grave problems which eonfront us, Aiming only at the publie , We can not err. A right interpretation ot the people's will and of duty ean "not tall to insure wise measures for the welfare of the islands which have come under the authority of the United States, and in. ure to the common interest and lasting honor of our eountry, Never has tion had more abundan ing the J or man which we make 56TH CONGRESS. HOUSE OF REFRESENTATIVES, ROBERTS IS CHALLENGED. An Iinpressive feene inthe Chamber as the Utah Member, Isolated From All the Others, Came and Stood Un- Throng, to Hear Vorward in All That Himself Denouneed. supported Washington, D, C., (Bpeelal)--On the House side of the Capitol the men literally were “not in IL” Buch masses of women moving in every direction and converging at the Capitol were certainly never seen before, Two hours In advance of the meeting cor- ridors and stairways on all of the three floors were packed and jammed with the strug- gling mass of femininity, The House galleries on all four sides, re- leved only by the expanse of the press gallery, were filled, seats and steps, #0 thick that it was hard to get in and hard to get out, The diplomatic and executive galleries of the House were barren of occupants until within a few The privi- lege of exclusive that the had no to come until it sulted thelr own convenience, On the floor the crush was not less, but there the men had the advantage, except that hundreds of women got in and re- mained until the rigorous application of the ruie as to the floor excluded them, In the galleries the women were « Jumping up and peering over shoulders in the search for Roberts, the performer of the day. They did no have any other person pe inted cut ioberts was the man they wanted, an were not satisfied until he toberts made his appearance about a quar. ter past 11 o'e Aw the lobby In nv snd minutes of these two LOOn, galierics favored ones is AO OCCasion onstantly each other's came in, look, hie rear of bis eye fell upon he passed through the Speaker's chair the great stacks of petitions against him, which were pile d 10 leet and 10 feet wide, coming, as is Irom every State in the Union, The Speaker, having office, proceeded tion of the H bers, whic high understood, the of taken oath y complete the organiza. by calling the States in alphabetical An r having reached between the leaders « to the dispositi understanding been 0 both n of the Roberis ¢ Was no particular interest the oor, but galleries were They contained themselves enived impatience, nxi rhen the grand performs expected. Utah § ist, When it cailad i that st the a speciac wiln Was n Brigham thirty members batch, i. 1 Owed LE] BAY tin waver, bu creased the dramat] ir. Roberts hind been bend his seat f to his name, he rose Sar, where he was but with Mr. Tayler, of Ohi 10 take « YOory ore: barge, was it, in Speaxer, 1 obj ; Juie sang « istered 10 the g und of his vol ruptiy, just as he was area in front of the the end of the row, desk on either without flinching, Mr. Tayler, Mr. Tayler stated Lis of the L000, 000 American men gent he 80 statement that Le spoke women, repre. m. Mr, MceBae, ing with ' and t 3 sented on the floor by petitic ¢ ti of Arkansas, speaking for t side, seconded Mr. Tayler, amid tremend applause, A committee of three, he Democratic us consisting of Messrs, Hiizols), Payne (Republican, of New York), and Richard. son (Democrat, Tennoesson), were &ap- pointed to join a similar committee from the Senate to wait on the President and inform him that Congress was in session and ready 10 receive any to make, . The opening session of the Benate lasted only 30 minutes and was to the swearing iu of new and re-elected Senators, the reception of protests against the seating of Benator Quay, and the charges of bribery in connection with the of Beaator Clark, of Montana, The contrast between the animated scene on the floor of the House and that floor of the Senate was most few Senators appeared in various parts of the chamber and a few others were in the cloakrooms, but the majority remained in the committee rooms a» =sgitered through the lobbies and halls, The custom of sendizg flowers to the Sen- ators still prevails 10 some «xtent, although there were not 80 many emblems this year Puy Cannon (RBepublican, of of communication he might have confined eoclion on the marked, A When the gavel fell, ut 12 o'clock, with Senator Frye, president pro tem, in the of the Senate were present, except Senators Butler, Caflery, Deboe, McBride and Mallory, Ex-Senator Quay, knowing that an objection would be made to his belong sworn in, was not present, and bis case was referred to the Commities on Privileges and Elections on motion of Senator Cockrell, ABOUT NOTED PEOPLE. Joseph Chamberlain has worn a monocle since boyhood. The late Vico. President Hobart was born in 1844 and died in 1899, at the age of 55, Mrs, Arthur Eliot Fish ts the originator of the scheme for furnishing the poor of Now York with fael at a nominal rate, Ex-SBenator John M. Palmer, at the age of £8 years, is in Washington gathering ma terial for his forthcoming book of recoliec tiona, Duluth bas been added to the lst of eftjes receiving from Mr, Carnegie gifts for the erection of free public libraries. The sum is 050,000, Mise Adelaide Sergeant the novells’ hg joined the Church of Rome. She was vory and brought up a Methodist, 14 is rumored in New York that the health of Wiliam M. Evarts Is very bad, and that his physical condition Is rapidly growlag 5 The Duchess of Sutherland frequently at- tends meetings of Socialistie women in come pany with Miss Margaret MacMillan, a So. lectnrer, on Volmar, the leader of the Bavar. , 18 the son “ Panic Stricken in a Blazing Hosiery Fac. tory ne Buraed to Death. Reading, Va., (Bpeecial,)One of the most appailiog fires that has ever visited this city oecurred, when the extensive hosiery wiki of Noide & Horst Company took fire, de stroving the plant, causing the death of one, and injuring about sixty other employes of the company. The separated parts of 8 badly burned corpse recovered from the ruins, and were submequently found 0 { Louisa aged ol be the remains of Miss Clay, forty-eight years Of the fifty-seven persons who were ifi- usly hurt. was a large four. story structure, and nearly six bundred per ; mont of them being was digeovered and in a few moments the girls were panie-stricken, * They made a dasty for the fire escape and the stairs, but fi vo latter moans of escape could fit the suing Lime, then made sp aled to those adders were were taken 3 Most of were seriously tes from every wih- i girls some lodged In struck ) BOO PRP homes, The hoslery bulldiog SOD# wera employed, women and girls, The fire na that th not carry all of Beveral hn rush for fn the | GOWE giris floors ir Apa : the arms iY " I the ground, diy rem Ma oiler, /BUY @ slair- urned, believed, $er- how Miss thal se Known the bLulid rogress of the fis wae the lire escapes, ow sills, before ” spa al ground, KILLED IN POWDER MILL. Three Men Meet Death, and Two are Series onsly Barned. ini The powder MRE Bunneylows, wx plosion and olhers AGT or expio- and the pd the wager the expio- work ia were Bors 1st and five parts of the whe ie damage was done which are cause of the “xX jHosion s workmen, The ertainedq, fi vears hers £ woh yop ¥ As have ted THE ROBERTS INQUIRY. Meeting of the Committees to Map Out a Flan of Procedure. Washington, ofthe H i i Special, }—The special com- ites fh we appointed to investigate Mr. Roberts, the Mor- e from Utah, held its first sed doors. The meting or the purposs of determining the method of procedure in the case, It was beid in the room of Committee on Elections, No. 1, and was presided over by the chair. . Mr. Tayler of Ohio. All the other mem- bers of the commities were present— Messrs, Morrie of Minnesota, Freer of West Virginia, Littiefield of Maine, MeoelPherson of ows, Landis of Indiana, Republicans; De Armond of Missouri, Lanham of Texas, and Miers of Indiana, Demoorats, It has not decided whether Mr. Roberts is 10 be allowed counsel, or whether the hearings will open or private, The determination of the latter question, it is be. lieved, will depend upon Mr. Roberts wishes, Mr. Roberts will also, doubtless, be allowed connsel, The question as to whether the committes will go to Utah to take testimony was also raised, but it was not decided. Almost all the time was occupied in a general exchange of ideas as to method of procedure, against omental ehind cl yoi been ton Emulates Aguinaldo’s Methods. Kansas City, Mo., (Special) - Former Lieutenant Colin H. Ba'l, who swan the Bagdad River with General Funston, is in the city searching for the little Filipino boy who came from Manila as the Twentisth Kansas mascot, Lieutenant Ball took the young insurgent to his home in Sedan for the purpose of educating him, but the boy tired of school and ran away. It Is thought that he is headed for Washington, and if be is not found here a watch will be kept for him at Chicago and St. Louls., He is a ree markably bright lad, speaks English, a Ii. tie, and shared honors with Funston as an attraction when the Twentieth was welcomed home, The House Rules Committees, Washington, (Special, The Speaker line appointed the following members as the Com. mittee on Rules of the House: Mr. Daizell, of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Grosvenor, of Oblo, Repablicans, and Mr. Richardson, of Tennessee, and Mr, Batley, of Texas, Democrats, The Speaker is also a member of this commitiee Logan at Malta, Washington, (Special) The War Depart. ment has been informed of the arsieal at Malta of the transport Logan. She bas on board the Forty-first Infantry, Colonel Rick wopd, and reports all well, vs I So Great Demand for American Mules, Memphis, Tonn., (Special) Parchases o mules in America for the British y ment seem likely to upset the calculations American live stock men, tis said © have been received to purchase 10,000 « animale, Almost this number have ale w C8 al) The Sonat »
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