Sa ara aaa PW ® HEN I OL CEND RAILWAY MUST PAY. . ‘8 Youthful Pair of Hands Valued at $10,000’ » = Elmer J. Walbridge, aged 8 years, sbtained a verdict for $10,000 against the Schuyikill Electric Railway Company, “of Pottsville, recently. The boy was run over by a trolley car in Pottsville . pver two years ago and had both hands Po & i ‘brook, the other night, cut off. ‘The lad is an inmate of the House of the Merciful Saviour, Phila- delphia. - Arbitrators awarded $8,000, ahd the company appealed it to Court. Harry Hindman, of Butler, aged 19, died the other morning from blood poi-. soning. Three weeks ago he had a de+ cayed tooth treated by a dentist pre- pardtory to having it filled. In arfew days a sore place appeared under his tongue which déveloped into blood poi- soning:and caused death. Eva, the daughter of Mrs. Charles Weids, of Brodheadsville, was burned to death during the mother’s absence from the kitchen last Monday. Eva, who is a little child, played with the fire.” Her dress caught and her screams brought ‘her mother and grandmother to her assistance, but too late. The child was frightfuly burned from the Knees up over her whole body. ~ A can of kerosene oil exploded in the boiler house of the Beeneville cement mill at Rosndale the other day setting i fire to the mill and storage house. Both were = destroyed, together with 4,000 bags and 600 barrels of cement and 300 tons of coal. The loss is estimated at 100,000; fully insured, s A Burglars forced an entrance into the residence of James Gartz, near Mill- and : at the points of revolvers held him up and then bound him with a rope. They, searched the premises and secured a sum of money. Gartz freed. himself, | but the thieveg had made their escape. A concert was given at the Harris- burg opera house recently for the bene- fit of the Cuban sufferers. About $500 was realized. Gov. Hastings presided and made a brief address in which he expressed the hope that the people of Pennsylvania would contribute liberal- iy for the relief of the starving Cubans. In attempting to stop a runaway team of horses recently George Schref- fler, of Rockefeller township, aged 24, was struck by a passenger train on the Northern Central Railroad and instant- iy killed, his ody being scattered along the track for half a mile. 8, W. Scott & Son, Waynesburg, who fave been holding half. a-million pounds of Greencounty wool," have just sold between 300,000 and 400,000 pounds to a Boston firm at a good figure. About 200,000 pounds of this was bought two years ago at 15 cents per pound. James H. Smith, a cattle buyer, of Cochranton, was ejected from a train on the rie railroad the other evening at Buchanon junction, and was found drowned in a small stream nearby. He probably fell through the trestle. The jury at Philadelphia acquitted “x Mrs. Anna Niggl, who placed two chil- dren, aged 2 years and six months, in a bathtub and aphyxiated them by turn- ing on gas. She will be sent to Nor- vistown asylum. ; : > 3 ‘Mrs. Jennie Sherman, a negress, shot +h } pe ~~ three years ago in Shenango township, » 4 ’ er sleeping hushand, George, at Nor- \ristown the other day, and tried to brain him with an ax. She has not since been seen, and it is believed threw herself into the Schuylkill river. ‘Henry Cole, a Bessemer employee, ‘was cutting eff’ a bolt at Albion when the angle bar flew around, striking his nose and mi ting both eyes. Tt is dcubtful if | vill recover. © While Fred Beiter, of Williamsport, aged 12 years, was leaning over a stove his clothes caught fire the other day, and he was 80 badly burned that death resulted four hours later. Mrs. Edwina Obrosky, while crossing a trestle between Moyer and Connells- . ville; was struck by a passenger ‘train and had her skull fractured and her left foot crushed recently. : «John McFadden, of Wilkesharre, aged 9 years, was afflicted with an ul- cerated tooth. A dentists pulled it, . Blood poisoning ensued and the boy died a few days ago. ° Stacey Denny at Huntington, a few days ago, was taking a flash light pic- ture, when the instrument exploded. John Black lost an eye and others were “injured. Michael Kohl, who died -several days ago, near Kentnersville, Bucks county » at the age of 84, enjoyed the distinction of- never having ridden in a railroad car. Because Mary E. Drumpeller, an heir. ess, of Pottsville, married A. Ratigan, a faborer, her father tore up his will, and _ says he will cut her off without a pen- ny. ; : » "At a shooting match in Blair county Oliver Burket, aged 38, of Rodman fur- nace, was accidentally shot in the arm . by his friend, Alexander Wilt. Palmer Elliott, .the Center county Paniel Boone, who in his lifetime has killed 25 bears and over 1,000 deer, has" gone to Washington state. A hemlock tree has been cut in Jef- ferson county measuring 116 feet in length, which cut seven 10-foo! logs and ~ three eight-foot logs. : : Thomas McConnell, 65 years old, died recently from being kicked by a horse . Mercer county. - : While tending a log slide at Jamison City, Joseph W. Southard was struck ‘by a log the other day and died from his injuries. The blast furnace of the Warwick Iron Company, at Pottstown, last week made the remarkable yield of 1410 tons of pig iron. The capacity of the Lehman Machi=¢ Works, at Williamsport, has been mors than doubled, giving employment to 10¢ hands. : : ‘While shoeing a Horse at Howard 5 amin Holter, aged 65 years; drop- setts, introduced in the House. a resolution fora Constitutional amendment to increase the length of the Presidential term to six ears, and to make Presidents hereafter ineligible for re-election. > i y Commander MeCalla of the United States’ ruiser Marblehead has made a favorable port on the condition of affairs on Na- vassa Island. . The Treasury Department has accepted the design of Boring & Tilton for the build- | ings of the new immigrant station on Ellis Island, New York Harbor. A description of the arrangements for the reception and -careof the immigrants is furnished. The House passed the Indian Appropri- ation bill. The only two important changes made in the bill were the elimination of the provisions for the leasing of the Gil- sonite mineral Jands of the Uncompahgre Reservation in Utah and the coal landsof the Kiowa, Commanche, Apache, and Wichita Reservations. The House passed a bill making Santa Fe the permanent capital of New Mexico. The Rev. E. D. Bailey, Chief Clerk of the Civil Servieec Commission, submitted a let- ter arraigning- the commission at the ses- sion of the Senate Civil Service Investigat- ing Committee. ) Charges of culpable neglect of duty in connection with the Brooklyn drydock are made by the Navy Department against Civil Engineer Menocal. : The President and ‘Mrs. McKinley enter- tained the Diplomatic Corps at tie first state dinner of the season. Mrs. McKinley appeared in a gown of heavy black velvet, with djamond ornaments. Ee Justice McKenna took hig seat on the Supreme. Bench and heard the Texas anti- trust law cases argued. « Representative Loud = declared in the House that the Postoffice Department was, responsible for the detter-currier complica- tionzandahat there would be no reduction in the service before June 15. y Information reached the Treasury De- partment. of the failure of the National Bank of Paola, Kansas. At the date ofthe last report the bank had surplus and profits amounting to $12,500, and deposits of $7456. Bank Examiner Cunningham has oeen placed in charge. The Senate had a four-hours’ debate on Teller’s silver resolution. There was a good many sharp colloquies init. The fea- ture of the debate was a Bpeech by Mr. Teller, in which he said he wanted bond-- holders to be paid in silver. The Pension Appropriation bill was passed by the Senate. Domestic. : Frederick Cook. who confessed to set- ting fire to the Tontine Hotel, in New Haven, Conn., was sentenced. to seven years’ imprisonment. Dr. McVickar, of Philadelphia, was con- secrated Bishop Coadjutor of Rhode Island in the Church of the Holy Trinity, in Phil- adelphia, over which he has had charge for twenty years. Suits were begun against alleged part- pers of W. C. Rodgers, banker, of Jordan, N.Y., whose death was followed bythe failure of his bank, with practically the loss of all deposits, Rodgers having gam- bled all away in grain speculation. Kentucky’s lower house adopted a res0- lution calling on United States Senator | William Lindsay to resign if he cannot sup- port the Chicago platform. Abraham Tebbitts, formerly -a leather dealer, of Boston, Mass., has disappeared, after having obtained from bankers about 20,000 in cash on bills of lading for leather valued at $30,000. : Frank Carey, a twelve-year-old hoy, was struck and killed by a train on a trestle near St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. King, who was with him, jumped and sustained injuries that were expected to prove fatal, On account of the large amount of un- employed money now on hand, the Fourth National Bank, New York City, gave notice that it will pay only 114 per cent. interest on deposit balances, Other banks are ex- pected to follow this example. Mrs. Lucinda M. Huff, who claimed to have caught pneumonia in a Roxbury (Mass.) Hotel owing to the failure of the owner to provide sufficient heat, was awarded $1000 damages. E. M. Anderson, sixty years old, had a flerce fight with highwaymen in Brooklyn. They finally threw him into the river, and would not let him get out of the water till he had given them his money. ] Nearly 1500 persons sailed from Seattle, Wash., for the Klondike within two recent days. New Tngland mills will share losses caused Naw Bedford mills by the strike, Any mill yielding to the strikers within thirty days is to pay $5000 penalty. Lieutenant-Governor Jones, of Ohio, ap- pointed Senators Valentine, Cohen, Sulli- van, Sheppard and Wightman the commit- tee asked for by' Attorney-General F. 8. Monnett to investigate trusts. : The sarcophagus intended for the widow of General Grant has been placed in the Riverside tomb, New York City. —= 3 William Earl Cook, of Portsmouth, R. I., has passed his 101st birthday. Arrange- ments had been made to have a number of his descendants celebrate the event, but this had to be ebandoned. Mr. Cook is one of the oldest Free Masons. : : . At the first meeting: of the Board of Lo cal Improvement for the Borough of the Bronx, New York City, it was announced - that the Heine monument had been given to the Borough. It was declared at the Cuban Junta, New York City, that the filibuster steamer Tillie, which went down off Barnegat on Sunday evening, was scuttled by treacher- ous men on board. : In Cleveland, Ohio, suit for divorce on the ground of. cruelty was brought by his wife against Daniel’R. Hanna, only son of Senator Hanna. Thesice erop from the Hudson River flelds proniises to be exceptionally short this sea. son. ‘The season for harvesting ice isabout at an end aiong the Hudson River, and the jce harvested there so far has fallen short of thensual amount. e 3 President Dole, of Hawaii, left Chicago for Washington by a special train. . Jacob Hinz, the ex-cowboy who killed - Otto Diehl for cruelly ‘treating his wife, sister Was Hinz's onerated. by a Cor- Washington Item. ~~ SE Representative Fitzgerald, 6f Massachu- | SENATOR GORMAN'S SUCCESSOR. ENN PS a SEN I NC (ST see Ee —— Toons 2 2S . ! LOUIS E. SENATE [5 FOR SILVER Teller's Concurrent Resolution Passed, 47 to 32, THE LINES ARE DRAWN FOR 1900, | Twelve Republicans Voted For the Meas- ure, and One Democrat, Caffery, of Louisiana, Voted Against It—Provides That [Bonds ' Are Payable in Gold or Silver at the Option of the Government, WasHINGTON, D. C. (Special).—By a vote of 47 yeas to 32 nays,or a majority of 15, the United States Senate has passed the Teller { resolution declaring that the bondsof the United States are payable in standard silver dollars,and that such payment is not in vio- tation of the public faith or in derogation of the public credit. : HENRY M. TELLER, OF COLORADO. ‘Author of the. silver resolution passed by the United States Seante) In the debate leading up to the final vote, nc less than twenty-five Senators took part. That the debate was interesting was at- tested by the attendance in the galleries, which were crowded throughout the day, .and that it was important; was evidenced by the stateménts of several of the speak- srs that the discussion was but the prelim- inary alignment of the great political par: ties for the contest of 1900. From 10 o’clock a. m. until 7 p.m. the contest was continued. When the voting ‘began, it was evident that party lines were being broken.on both sides of the chamber, but it was on the substitute offered by Mr. Lodge of Massachusetts that the most de sided break oceurred. On the Republican side, Mr. Allison of Iowa and r, Bur rows, of Michigan, did: not answer tc their names on that roll call, and many of the Republicans voted directly against the amendment. Upon tHe final passage of the resolution, some Republicans who support- ed McKinley and, the St. Louis platform ir 1896, like Carter, of Montana; Chandler, of New Hampshire; Clark, of Wyoming: Pritchard, of North Carolina; Shoup, ol Idaho; Warren,of Wyoming, and Wolcott, of Colorado, voted for the resolution. & Of the forty-seven Senators who made ur the affirmative column, twenty-nine were ‘Democrats, seven were Populists, three ped dead from heart disease the other day. x / ile coasting, Charles Brown, an ~~ "Altoona school boy, ran against a tele-. . paone tal pole ‘and fractured his skull fa- ly. ; : ‘ The store of the postoffice, Loss, $8,000. TAS: royed by fire. © John Roach, @ one-armed peddler, ‘James Finan, of Johnstown, was 1 to death near Lilly, re- 3 oh | = years old, a miner at killed by a train a few ago. Sy & Thomas Rush at Farm-' * ington, in. which was “yRAssdest «ied at Scranton a few days ago of wounds feted 1 York ast | B22 oner’s jury in Brooklyn. ‘ A gale swept through St. Louis, Mo., carrying death, destruction and panic on its'wings. Thousands of dollars of dam- age was done. Business was suspended for some time. Houses were unroofed windows shattered, trees uprooted ‘and buildings rendered unsafe. ~ August Wie- meyer, a carpenter, was blown from the top of the Shields School and killed, Josie Peterson, fouryears old, was blown sixty “feet from a third-story porch ‘and dashed to death. Fully 100,000 persons sought refuge in cellars and‘ basements till the storm was over. 1S5e. * Pennsylvania’s Beet Sugar Industry. The Secretary of Agriculture is informed that it is proposed to establish near Har. risburg, Penn, a big plant for the manu. “facture ol beet sugar. The capital stock ‘of $1,000,000 has been subseribed by oeal investors and Dy capitalists in New and Philadelphia, who regard the beet ‘sugar industry as one of the most C mizing Investments offered at this time, 8 tory, Fill el ] ) in new fa A nploy. 200 o tives zoe as Ti a w ilver Republicans, seven were Re: publicans who have to been aligned MoCOMAS. g (Republican, elected to the United States Senate by the Marvland Legislature.) "MANUFACTURERS DINE. National Association Entertains President McKinley at Its Annual Banquet. The third annual banquet of ‘the Nation- al Association of Manufacturers was given Thursday night at the Waldorf-Astoria, New York City, with President McKinley as the guest of honor. It was the largest public dinner ever given in New York, and the resources of the hotel were taxed to the utmost to aécommodate the members and guests on one floor. Nearly 1000 were served. in the large ballroom and its ad- joining rooms and in the Astoria annex. The banquet hall was decorated with flowers and the National ‘colors, and a life- sized portrait of President McKinley hung on the wall behind the dpeakers’ table, Many women listened to the speechmaking from the boxes. The table ornamentation consisted of cut flowers. in glorious profusion. At either end of the President’s table were immense set pieces of tulips, and on the centre was a basket of purple and white orchids. Each of the other tables—there were sixty-four in all—had one set, piece of some particu- lar flower on the centre, and great vases of the same flower extending its entire length. showing little bands of cotton with the words ‘National Association of Manufac- turers” woven into them. The souvenir menu card was an elaborate affair. It consisted of engravings illustra- tive of New York. The menu card specially repared for the President bore on the ront cover the word ‘‘President,” the monogram of the association, and the date in solid gold. It wasinclosed in a polished pra geeze maple case lined with white The President was cordially greeted when be entered, and again when, introduced by the Chairman, he arose to speak. His ad- dress aroused even fore enthusiasm. When hespoke of ‘eurrency reform and quoted the words that it was the duty ofthe Na: tional Government “to coin money and de- clare the value thereof,” and asserted that vongress should make every effort to put the currency of the country on a sound and atable basis, whether the effort succeeded or not, he earriéd his audience with him. They cheered for some ‘moments, and dur- ing the remainder of his speech, which re- ferred almost entirely to the necessity for stable currency and a redemption of the pledges contained in the St. Louis plat- form, his every sentence was punctuated with applause. Other speakers were ex-Senator Warner Miller, Theodore C. Search, President of the association; Senator Frye, Charles Emery Smith and ex-Judge Henry E. How- and. 2 Si 2 GENERAL ARANGURAN KILLED. Cuban Brigadier Who Executed Colonel Ruiz Killed by Spaniards. : At noon Thursday Lieutenant-Colonel Benedicte, with the Spanish Reina bat- talion, surprised, near Tapaste, Cuba, the amp of the insurgent Brigadier-General Nestor Aranguran, killing Aranguran and {our privates, capturing five of tha insur- zents, and wounding others, who made their escape. - The body of General Aranguran was taken by train to Havana and delivered to the military authorities. After identiflca- tion it was sent to the morgue. Brigadier Aranguran was about thirty- lour years of age, of fair complexion, with blonde hair and a small mustache. The pody, which shows two bullet wounds, one Inthe head and one in the right leg, is dressed in cashmere trousers, “a gray woolen coat, yellow shoes, and gaiters somparatively new. It is said that the Jalters and, the vest once belonged to feutenant-Colonel J oaquin Ruiz, the aide- je-camp of Captain-General Blanco who, having gone last December to Aranguran’s samp witht tf a With the sorbet were served miniature cot-" ton looms of polished wood, the wool " DENVER BARBECUE STAMPEDED. Crowd Breaks Down Tables and Feasts on Six Tons of Meats, | A great barbecue closed the National Stock Growers’ Cogpvention at Denver, - Col, after three days of harmonious and important deliberations. The organization of the Live Stock Association of the United States of America was completed by the selectidbn of an Executive Committee. The closing number on the programme was the last Barbecue to be given in America where buffalo is to appear on the menu, It was held at the Union Stock \ Yards, and the Burlington Railway and the street car companies carried from 25.000 to 80,000 people to the grounds. The six tons of meats served were hardly enough to satisfy all, and before the erowds could bs served the tables against which they were surging gave way, and. brushing aside police and military guards the crowds over- ran the grounds, helping themselves to what was in sight. - Governor Adams and Mayor McMurray weré present, but their expostulations were unheeded. The crowd was good-natured, and no one was hurt in the stampede, but thers being no possibil- ity of restoring order, the management de- clared the barbecu¢ over. — LYNCHED A COLORED WOMAN She Was Stripped by a Posse and Them Shot to Death. John and Harvey Pearson, colored, were captured by George Beard, a planter of considerable wealth and political influence, of Vidalia, La., for an attempted assault and locked in an outbuilding. He left them under the guard of young Beard while he went for the parish officer. Dur- ing his absence the prisoners opened fire through a window on young Beard, wound- ing him. He returned the fire, killing them both, but was clubbed into uncon- seiousness by Mary Pearson, mother of the men. : Mary Pearson was followed into the woods with hounds. She was daptured by a posse and shot down. Mary Pearson was regarded as the leader of the. colored faction. She had instigated the first trouble. Her death was terrible. Her body ‘was stripped of its raiment, and running nude through the dark swamp she was torn to shreds with buckshot. Her head was nearly shot off. The trunk was also mutilated with knife cuts. > PRIVATE JONES A HERO. Seven Lives Saved a* the California Jabi- Jee Celebration. Battery I of the Regular Army has a hero in Private John M. Jones, a native of Rogersville, Tenn. On California’s late Jubilee Day, at San Francisco, he saved seven men from instant death at the Lime Point Fort. A squad of sevefwas firing a salute, fifty pounds of powder inclosed in a woolen bag being the charge. - One load did. not discharge and the officer ordered it pulled out of the cannon. This was done, and as the bag dropped to the ground it was seen that one corner of it was ignited. In an instant the powder would have caught. 2 With one bound Private Jones was be. side the smouldering bag, and with hig Yare hands he rolled and smothered the burning wool before it could ignite the powder, and to make sure he "plastered some damp earth into the singed edges. MINERS’ WAR IS SETTLED. An Advance of Ten Cents in Wages and an y Eight-Hour Day. The joint convention at Chicago of coal operators and miners adjourned. sine die having perfected and ratified an agree: ment which will prevent a general strike for more than a year. The miners say and the operators concede that the settlement reached involved a great victory for or ganized labor in this country. Three hun: dred thousand men will get an advance in wages equivalent to ten cents a ton, mak- ing an increase of about $7,000,000 a year in the earning capacity of the miners in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, A far greater matter of im. portance is the concession of the eight hour work day, with a uniform wage for day work throughout the States repre: sented. - a Bridegroom 83, Bride 62. The Rev. Lowell Harding and Mrs. Angi¢ Watrous, former matron of the OId Ladies ‘Home, was married at Binghamton, N. Y., by the Rev. J. H. Race. Mr. Harding is eighty-three years of age and Mrs, Watrous is sixty-two. Mr. Harding’s children were opposed to the match, but he overcame this by deeding his property, valued af $100,000, in trust to them, retaining only about $10,000, which he gave to the pride Shotby His Own Deathtrap. Former Judge Wilhite Carpenter, of Shepherdsville, Ky., set a guntrap fo; thieves in a; country store which he owns and was mortally wounded by the device. He walked into the store, forgetting all about the trap. His right leg was blown off at the knee. He was eighty-one years old. ! 5 > CLEVELAND BUYS A FARM. He Will Stock It With Game Birds anc Maintain a Shooting Preserve. Ix-President Grover Cleveland hag pur chased from Captain Foster W. Van Kir an eighty-five acre tract of land adjoining the Captain's Rosedale farm, about tw miles west of Princeton, N. J. Mr. Cleve. land, if is said, will make a game preserve of the tract and stock it with qua#l, pheas- ants, partridges, and other game pirds for the pleasure of himself and his friends The neighboring farmers will join him in protecting the birds. This makes three game preserves in the section, The larg: est is that of Pierre Lorillard at Jobstown, Burlington County, which is-stocked prin. cipally with pheasants and English hares. It is several hundred acres in extent, und adjoins the pine lands of Burlingtor R. Kuser, of the Governor’s staff, has ¢ large farm, which he yearly stocks with quail for the pleasure of his friends the following autumn. : County. Just east of Trenton, Colonel A. [| jouth Carolina Selects Him to Fill Earle's ~¢® Unexpired Term. Both houses of the South Carolina Gen: wal Assembly voted at Columbia. for ‘United States Sengtor, The primary noms ‘mation of Senator J. L. McLaurin was rati- SENATOR J. L. M'LAURIN. fled. The vote for him was unanimous with the exception of the ballot of the lone colgred member of the House. for George W. Murray. The two houses met in joint assembly the next day to canvass the vote and de- clare the result. McLaurin is elected to succeed himself for the rest of the unex- pired term of the late General Joseph H. Earle, Z M’KINLEY GREETS DOLE. The Chief Executive of Hawall Arrives at Washington. Sanford B. Dole, President of the Repub- lic of Hawaii, is in Washington, the guest of the United States. The Hawaiian Presi: dential party arrived at 2.15 Wednesday afternoon, the train which brought the visitors from Chicago having been delayed two hours by a severe storm. The honors due the President of the new republic were extended with great simplic- ity on his arrival, but the plans which had been made for an elaborate military and civic.demonstration were abandoned at his own request. President Dolehad said that! he preferred fo come to the capital in a democratic manner, and, in accordance with his wish, only a simple escort party met him on his arrival. President McKinley’s carriage, occupied by Secretary Sherman and Assistant Secre- tary Adee, greeted the Hawaiian party at the station. Assistant Secretary Cridler, of the State Department, Major Heistand of the Army, Lieutenant-Commander Phelps of the Navy, and Mr. Hatch, the Hawaiian. Minister to the United States. had met the Hawaiian visitors at Chicago and accompained them to Washington. President Dole’s party consisted of Mrs. and his physician, Dr. E. A. Day of Hono: lulu. They were driven to the Arlington! Hotel, where the rooms on the second flog: known asthe state apartments had been reserved for President and Mrs. Dole. Within an hour President McKinley paid n visit of ceremony to the Hawalian Presi. dent, being accompanied from the White House by Secretary Porter and Colonel Bingham, the army officér.letailed as Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds. Cordial greetings were ex. changed by the two chief magistrates, and some formal words of welcome were spoker by President McKinley. Before 5 o’alock President Dole returned the call, being escorted to the Executive Mansion by Minister Hatch, Assistant See- retaries of State Cridler and Adee, and Major Heistand. Secretary Iaukea and Mr. Day accompanied Mr. Dole. NEW CANCELLATION STAMP. Lt Will Soon Be Introduced in All the Postoffices. 0 A new hand stamp to be used for the cancellation of mail matter till soon be adopted by the Postoffice Department, That now in use has been found unsatis. factory in several respects, the principal —defe hein f heim eS5i0n ade w Several months ago the Department in. vited inventors to submit designs for the new stamps whose principal advantages should be in the direction of simplicity, durability and ehenpness. In consequence about 200 such designs were submitted. These have been under examination by a committee consisting of Alexander Grant, W. H. Lamar and M.W. Lewis, They have agreed on the design which they think is the best adapted fo: use of the serviee, and have made a report to Postmaster General Gary, The new stamp will be introduced gradually, taking the place of the old ones as fast as the De partment deems practicable. AMERICAN MEAT ABROAD. It is Sold Extensively Throughout Scot, : land. / The State Department has been informed through Rufus Fleming, the United States Consul at Edinburgh, Scotland, that Amer ican meat, chilled or frozen, is sold exten: sively by the butchers and co-operative stores in Edinburgh and Glasgow, and ix other parts of Scotland. At a recent meet: of agriculture a resolution was adopte asking the Town Council of Edinburgh te - quantities of foreign mnieat brought fron Yorkhill, Glasgow.” This action of the" chamber was urged by the President, whi said that “it is our duty to protett, as fai as in our power, the interest of the agricuk turists.”” The secretary stated that “there had been in course of recent weeks certain negotiations between some well-to-do peo« ple—landed proprietors and farmers —with ° a view of getting up some active oppositior to the butchers in Edinburgh and else ‘where.” He held that it was the duty ol the chamber to support the movement, is warfare y waged by the farmers He voted not always complete and clearly defined. : take steps to ‘‘check or regulate the larg: SENATOR M'LAURIN REELECTED. i Dole; his Secretary, Major G. P. Taukea, foo ’ i | : ing of the directors of the Scottish chambey with the Administration, and one was ar Independent, Mr. Kyle, of Seuth Dakota. The negative vote was composed exclu: sively of Republicans; with one exception, Mr. Caffery, of Louisiana. Of all the Gold Democrats, including Mr. Gray and Mr. Lindsay, Mr. Caffery was the only one to remain faithful to the antj-silver cause un. tothe end. Mr. Murphy, Mr. Smith and Mr. Gorman ranged themselves with the ‘majority of thefr party and voted consis- tly on that side from the beginning of e vote until the end. pri > ed to an Indian. Mrs. ' Mi Cushman, a white woman, teacher in the Fort Shaw schools in Montana, has been married to Garrott bride is a daughter ef C. C. Chaplain at Fort Belknap, and Fort Assinabpize. She 3 ha y ; brunette, twenty-six years Bateman, White, a full-blooded Plegen Indian. The" erms-or Was by Aranguran or with his approval. . According to the Spanish authorities Aranguran was surprised while on a visit lo a young woman on the Pita farm, be- tween Campo Florida and Tapaste. He was wounded and, on tryingto escape, was shot dead. Among the prisoners is the lather of the young woman. He was the iynamiter of Aranguran’s band. To Improve Swamp Lands. A Chicago company is about todrainand Improve the swamp lands of Wisconsin, First Indictment For Flirting. ~The Knox’ County Grand Jury has in- dicted the first victim of the “Johnny law,” enacted by the Tennessee Legisla- {ure last year, making it a misdemeanor to flirt with schoolgirls. The case, if tried, will probably go to the Supreme Court to test the constitutionality of a law which infringes erent ht to flirt with a = Itallan Beserves to Be Called Out. , Owing to the bread riots, it has been de: cided to call out one class of the Italian re--| serves. The Minister of the Treasury, Sig. nor Branca, in the Chamber of Deputies introduced a decree reducing the duties or cereals, in view of the bread famine pre. vailing, ; — “Germany and Dreyfus. ’ Germany’s Foreign Minister confirmet by a solemn official declaration to a Reichs. tag committee the news of eleven week: ago that Germany never had any dealing with Dreyfus. eee Confessed to Save His Cousin, Alexander Ciaramello, the self-confessed murderer of Natalio Brogno, told the story in New York City of how he committed the orime. He did not implicate his cousin, Angelo Carbone, who is now under sentence of death in Sing Sing prison’s death house -fqr the murder. ARs Coa against Ad ried meat; LUO COUASUY SAYS, TIT fully explained bythe fact that the butcher: and co-operative stores buy American bee; at 24 pence (92¢ cents) per pound, and se it at the same price they charge for Scot: tish beef, for which they pay six pence { /cents) per pound, wholesale. _ . . Engineers Give Up the Fight, A majority of the engineers in England, who have been on strike for six months, have voted in favor of accepting the terms of the employers. The exact figures have not yet been divulged, but the proportion is said to be about 25,000 in favor of aec¢ ceptance to 11,000 against it. . Progress of the Wheat Deald cents tb $1.10 in Chicago under the ine: fluence of the Leiter party. : - were made for export. The Leiter syndi- tate claims to control all the surplus wh in the. country, which it estimates at 15, 000.000 1s. : ! ; ©. The price of cash wheat advanced five s
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