‘OPPOSES EXPEDITION. The United States Will Act in the Role of Peacemaker, EFFORTS TO GET AID OF POWE Indications Point to the Doom of the Ancient Empire at the Hands of the Powers--An Appeal Will Likely Be Made to Germany, Backed Up, Probably, by Russia aud Japan, to Hold Off Hostilities. Washi reason for calling an Congress may be critical situation in Chi This Governmen present inter ticipate in which are conte and circum which the interested igton (Special) exira evolved stances United and whi ing dealt with doubt here that ed there will be Chinese Em past. There that so action 1 bermer the w- haps f peace look at negot ' 3 boil more or les {0 insist upon bring ma make it to yield n worth n favor oi territory contr dragg we will power up INSURGENT LEADERS CAPTURED. Villamor and Alejandris Surprised by Troops ~Proofs Against Carman. c STARVED AND FROZEN TO DEATH. Boy's Shocking Fate in Mine Breach-Fingers Worn Off Tryiag to Escape. up in high enough 4 i occupied with committees Explosion on a War:h p. Wash + <Q 1) port giv OF 4 EC thirteen-incl warship Ke: the Navy The ace occurred ago while ship was at target practice off Pensa cola, Fla. The ge is said not serious and consisted mainly deforming or “gouging” of the tube This will not prevent the gun from be- ing used again, Town Shaken by Dynamite. Y been rece Departmen several weeks dama to at Rocky Hill, near this city. store and wrecked the safe with dyna- mite. The explosion shook the entire village. store and ec-caped amid the excitement. thie safe, which it is believed the burg- lars secured. The store, building and contents, valued at $20,000, were de- stroyed, 4 NEWS IN BRIEF, Hamilton an \ilanta 11 Mi } killed dow, and t uburbs fie Industri New pmation ot panies in the of the meeting in and coal ion ‘ anthracite reg Fred King, colored, was trailed to In Dver bure. Fer 1... by blood and was lynched He con an assault upon a white woman home at hound fessed an addres Defender the n hi sued of the Home desiring to aid mn the li ION nas 1s WOrs Were mnjuree Hoffman, of Gilbert North Dak Cago John G Ee hoarin 3 - free 1ArY Nearing I 234ANOYLY, after a prelis Pa f a number Hanover, was on Charge A { about ed Ww ithout bail At the National Capital, Secretary Cage, In an interview, says 1 § gar 18 purely a question of law and of The St Louis Expo ion Bill PARSE the House by a vote of 191 to 41. The result was received with applause The President sent a list of promo | tions in the Army and Navy to the Sen ; ate The committee representing Secretary Root and asked for the abo lition of the export duty on tobacco and for the loan of breeding cattle Captain Cyril WW, King, assistant quartermaster, U. 5. A, was discharged from the army The President told senators who be called in extra session as soon the Cuban Constitution was received, | The Navy Department issued orders | for Rear Z amital Rogers to relieve Rear Admiral Kem pff ‘as senior squad. | ron commander at the Asitaic Station, EXCITING RAIDS Mrs, | TOPEKA Nation Leads a Fierce Sunday Onslaught. Carrie SHE WAS ARRESTED FOUR TIMES. It Was the Most Destructive of All the On- slaughts She Has Yet Conducted, and Gave the People of the Kansas Capital a Most Ex- citing Sabbath--The Hatchet Brigade Was Organized With Military Discipline. Mi tion put in Hn Sunday in 1d as t lopeka, Kan, (Sp re ¢ Nation hiterally { pisode 8 notorious cold storage plant where a num fine bars tored away safety and « them, i ed CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. Some ¢f the Work Being Done By the Na- tional Legislature, DE WET KEEPS THEM GOING Crosses a Railway, Culs the Lines, and Partly Checks the British Advance. aptured over ich were also a Southern Spinners, Charlotte ~N { fifty vented at Four spindles the meeting of the Association, meeting were i€ pre Southern Cotton Spinner held in this city. The was called for the cxpress purpose of ef fecting a curtailment mn the production 1s that for four months from March 1 the pro will be reduced about 30 per This will be brought about by a shut down of night work One Hundred Years old. Philadelphia (Special). «Rev one hundredth anniversary of his birth, He was born near Westminster, Ind. February 18, 18o1, and is probably the oldest clergyman in the United States, Mr. Naile was ordained at the age of 40 years. He has occupied Reformed Church pulpits in various towns in this State and at Buffalo, Ind. Despite his years, Mr. Naile enjoyed good health until recentiy, when he became partly paralyzed. MANY CABINET RUMORS, Prevalent Talk of Changes is a Matier of Guess Work. ange but at Amba | ngland Oh and that 0 pointed to bassador are SUCCod pure gu vor re g work that Root 18 to succeed substantial founda Unless Mr. Hay's continued bad forces him to resign he will re in the Cabinet, Attorney | ably not retire until April when P. C. Knox will probably succeed him 1e President de any of One resign Minister igned and ) ago, as already as the su FIGHT ON A SPEEDING TRAIN, Seq retary retas Hay ba tion health iain no Cseneral will probe the first of Pittst Jury, { hange ome pateq Brakeman's Plucky Fight on Top of a Box Car With Two Robbers. { Special) Poison in Ovster Stew. {1} She Was Inquisitive. Another Consumption Cure. A ' Cents York mand the 3 Paul donated iking textile workers 37 1-2 101 New stal charts. Sursaly eIigni-Nour } bookbind ngstowh quarrymen we inst a cut from 20 its per hour Municipal ownership of authorized in the hill ature ittee of the ot} counci cents gas which plants the State Chicago adopted and recommended to the council Among the questions asked ppli- cants for employment by the Christen Milwan keek, are: “Are you married or single?” “What is your height and weight?” The company states to all applicants by letter that there 1s a strike on in its comm City city Mayor Tuhey welcomed the conven. tion of the International Union Label League at Muncie Members of the Chicago Hodcarriers and Building Laborers’ Union have been Boner 25 cents an hour, The most important bill introduced in the Texas house prohibits railroad com- panies from removing the offices, shops, ete., from any county where they have been located for the last ten years, or from their location in any county which has aided such ratlroad companies by a donation of its bonds, except by con- sent of the legislature, and providing for injunction to prevent removal, THREATENING CHINA NOW. Count Waldersee Calls for All the Avail able Troops, ABSENT FOR ABOUT EIGHTY DAYS. It is Understood that the Expedition Will Pur sue the Emperor aad Try to Enforce the Allies’ Demands The Emperor Orders Prince Chung to Commit Suicide and Yu Hsien to Be Executed--Gien. Tung Fu Siang Degraded. (By has Pekin dersee der his NEW ORLEANS CARNIVAL Festivities Began With the Momus Parade Fine Electrical llumination. FORTY ENTOMBED MINERS RESCUED. Terrible Experience ia an Ohio Mine--Fire was Started by an Explosion. Competing With New York. 343 Lad ShCCidl ) in favor asserted thon 10 « 3 nto market ale Yark « ould cotton New offer Canton, Ohio (Special)... } Grimm, local manager of : a ter are in suffocation been a precari : Grimm and his wife kad ill When the physicians called trated. It 1s supposed natural gas es caped from a leak and filled the house Grimm came here from Youngstown, Ohio. American Navy Nation's Pride. Kansas City, Mo. (Special) Gen Fitzhugh Lee, talking to the Kansas City Social Order of the Loyal Legion at # sinner at the Coates’ House, held in memory of the anniversary of the de struction of the battleship Maine, said: “The American navy i8 a pride to the nation, and it should be looked after, for it will be of importance if ever there should be a war with a foreign nation in the future. No nation could send an army to this country and be successful. And we want a navy that will be a defense, as sure and strong.” NEGRO MURDERER LYNCHED. Killed Him and Returned to Slay Wile. Home, REVIEW OF THE WEEK'S TRADE % Business Continues of (lood Volume in Nea All Parts of the Country. CARNEGIE COMPANY NO MORE onirel Understood to Have Beer to the Morgan Syadicate, bre appointed adviser to Lord Kn . Arn a The Duke of Westminster richest man in reputed to be the England, and Mise Shelagh West were married in Su Paul's Church, Kmghtsbridge King Edward, accompanied by Queen Alexandria, mspected the officers and men of Strathcona's Horse, made an address to them and presented the King's colors to the regiment and Reports as to the condition of the Dowager Empress Frederick are con tradictory, but it 1s believed that she cannot live longer than a few weeks The remains of former King Milan of Servia were buried beside those of his great-grandmother, the Princess Liubicza, at Karlowitz, Austria-Hun- gary. The German newspapers continue to criticise the Emperor's pro-Boer senti- ments and his very friendly conduct to ward Great Britain. One newspaper says that since Prince Bismarck's fait the relations between the Emperor and the nation were never worse,
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