— FEASTS ARE I REVOLT Terror-Stricken Moldavians Flee- ing into Austria. 400 FARMS ARE DEVASTATED Score Killed and Many More Wounded As Result of Agrarian Disorder. The seriousness of the situation in Northern Moldavia, growing out of the agarian disorders has not, accord- ing to the latest telegraphic reports, #rom Czernowitz, on the border, been exaggerated. From the estimates of the damages made it appears that 400 farms in Moldavia have been devastated, 8,000 fugitives have fled over the Rouman- jan frontier into Austria, and a total of 10,000 Jews are homeless. The number of dead and wounded eannot be given accurately, but the reports give a total of about 85 men killed and in the neighborhood of 150 wounded. The outbreak seems to have been partially suppressed in the district of Botosahni. The Roumanian govern- ment is still sending troops into the afflicted district. Practically the en- tire province of Moldavia has been involved. The movement is really more agrar- ian than anti-Semitic. The peasants are in revolt against the great farm- ing trust which has leased half the eultivable land in Moldavia. The absentee landlords who control the frust happen to be Jews, and this fact brings the ire of the peasants down “upon aay and all Jews that they meet, | and to this antipathy is added strong racial fceling arising from other FRUSES. HIRED ASSASSINS Scafs of Prices in Russia Ranges from $2 to $1,500. Senzational testimony to the §erct that the Reactionary legue of the Russian people hired men to murder | Ivan Petrunkevitch, the noted Liber- 21 member of the first parliament, and also contemplated the assassina- | tion of M. Ramischwili, an ex-mewmber of parliament, and M. Dzhaparidge, yormer member of the late legisla- ture, in order to terrorize that body, was given at the trial of the murder- | ers of Prof. Hertzenstein. The prosecution placed on the stand 2 soldier named Kirks, who had been | a member of the fighting organization of the Reactionary party, and who | #esiified to receiving various sums of mozey from M. Yushkevitch, a fender of the League of the Russian | peeple, in order to induce him to kill | 8. Petrunkevitch. irks said he and other soldiers were in the pay of several attorneys | and educators of national reputation whe, he asserts, paid them to assa- ssinate. undesirable persons. He de- | rlared prices tor assassination ranged from a couple of dollars for minor murders, to $1,500 for killing Prof. Merizenstein. : PRESIDENT BONILLA FLEES ef- Defeat Hondurans. President Bonilla has fled from the battlefield and the Central American war has practically ended, according to cable dispatches received in Wash- fustor March 24, by the Nicaraguan mipisfer, Mr. ©orea, *The fall of the Honduras capital, Tezucigalpa, is pre- gi~ted by the Nicaraguan secretary of foreign affairs, Mr. Gamez. Yhe cablegram from the secretary s7 foreign affairs follows: “Choluteca taken. Salvadorean and Wonduran combined armies defeated. President Bonilla hidden in San Ysorenza with 200 men. Sent steam- ers to capture them. Tegucigalpa wifl be taken to-morrow.” General -Romirez, director-general of telegraphs and telephcones, sends ¥ais message: > “ft #3 my opinion fermimated. Bonilla has Chcluteca to sail.” that the war is fled from COLLEGE TRAIN IN WRECK Six Dead and 17 Injured by Collision in. California. A special train on. the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, carry- mz scores of students home from an jntercollegiate field meet at Clare- mont, collided head-on with the out- Yound limited train while both trains were moving at a rapid rate within the city limits of L.os Angeles, Cal. Six persons were killed and 17 in- jered, several of them probably fat- allv. Both locomotives, one of the bagmage cars on the limited and the smoking car on the special train were demolished. . Tbe dead identified are C. G. Frazklin, A. H. Edwards, Major C. J. Gzl and Fred Hodgson. 99 Years in Prison. I= the circuit court at Harbours- ville, Ky.. Fred Stewart, who shot and %illed James Higgins at Berths, Ky. mst October, was sentenced to the peritentiary for 99 years: The murder yesulted from jealousy, both “young men being suitors for the hand of. Miss Jennie Green, a young society woman. Stewart was a candidate for fhe Legislature. Ocean Maii Cut Off. Ia consequence of the withdrawal ¥y the Oceanic Steamship Company @1 its steamers on the route between San Francisco, Auckland and Sydney, #he postoffice department is without fhe means of dispatching parcels- post mails to New Zeuland and Aus- tralia. Consequently postmasters $ave been instructed to decline to re- wmeive such packages addressed for de- ¥ivery in those countries until furth- =r orders, which will be issued as soon as other arrangements can be | the | threatens to | Congregationalists, AMERICAN. MARINES LANDED United States Gunboats Guarding South American Ports. Blue jackets and marines have been landed from the United States gunboa Marietta at Trujillo and Ceiba, and probably at Puerto Cortez, Honduras, to protect American interests in those ports. Advices to this effect were re- ceived at the navy department from Commander Fullam, of the Marietta, and they were at once transmitted to the state department. The navy department feels that the action taken by Commander Fullam brings the situation compietely in hand, so far as the safeguarding of trade interests is concerned. In ad- dition to the protection given to Amer- icans it is felt that the action of this Government will relieve foreign gov- crnments of the necessity of taking any steps toward making a naval dem- castration. The landing of blue jackets and ma- rines and the policing of both shores of the Central American republics with United States gunboats before trading vessels had been molested in any manner or foreign interests jeopardized, is regarded here as a diplomatic move that will prevent any international complications growing out of the policy of the United States not to permit European demonstra- ticns in Central American or South American waters. The Nicaraguan commander, in charge of the invading force at the Honduran port, Trujillo, gave Com- mander Fullam his promises that Amr~orican interests and all foreign in- terests there would be protected and thet trading vessels would be per- mitted to enter and leave the port without molestation, the same as be- fore the capture of the port by the | Nicaraguan navy. Joint intervention by Mexico and United States in the war which involve all Central America is now regarded as probable. hy diplomats. GREAT CHURCH UNION United Brethren. and Methodist Protestant Consolidate. An act of union, by which the Con- grezational United Brethren and Meth- odist Protestant churches of 14 States are formed into one large religious organization to be known as the I'nited churches, was consummated in Chicago, March 21. The final vote was taken after the Methodist P:ntestant delegates from Louisiana antl Mississippi “bolted” the confer- ence. The unification of the three church- o3 brings together more than 1,200,000 communicants and the new church will be about the fifth largest Protest- art organization in the United States. The secession of the Southern dele- g tes came as a complete surprise to te conference. Tha nolity report will now be refer- red to the local and State churches and will also be sent to Louisiana and \fississinpi in the hope that it will | be carried within a year. FULL MAIL BAG STOLEN With the Contents Valued at $400,000 Psuch Disappears En Route to Paris. An American mail bag, the con- tents of which are valued at approxi- mately $400,000 has been stolen. The theft occurred either on board a steamship running between New York and Ilavre or between Havre and Paris. The postal authorities have just placed the affair in the hands of de- tectives, although the theft occurred a fortnight ago. A cable inquiry to the New York postoffice brought con- firmation of the fact that the mail bag in question had been embarked at New York. CHINA FEARS REVOLUTION Enemies of Empress Use Famine to Arouse People. From Shanghai advices received at the State Department it appears that the ruling dynasty in China is ser- iously alarmed, over the effect of the famine and the opportunity it offers to seditionary societies to enlist con- verts to, the cause directed against the Government. That the Chinese Government recog- nizes the danger is shown by the fact that Viceroy Tuan Fang of Yanking has memorialized the throne for $1,- 000,000 to purchase East Indian rice to feed his people. Undoubtedly this step was taken to offset the work done by the seditionary societies, as well as to relieve the immediate suff- ering. The Viceroy predicted a general up- risin® unless prompt relief is pro- vided. SHOT DOWN FROM AMBUSH Bellefontaine (0.) Business Man Meets Tragic Fate, Assassins Escape. At Bellefontaine, O., Joseph Demar, treasurer of the firm of Salvatore Cira & Co. in which he is also a partner, was shot and killed Sunday morning while walking home with his uncle, Salvatore Cira, and his cous- in, Charles Demar, also a partner. Nine shots were directed at Demar fronr an ambush in a quiet street. He fired three times in return and Cira fired six times at the assassins, but they escaped. Demar had $200, but no attempt was made at robbery. No motive for the shooting is known. Count Lamsdorff Dead. Count Vladimir Nicolaievitch Lams- dorff, the former Russian minister of foreign affairs, died at San Remo, Italy. Paul Lamsdorff, a nephew of the deceased statesman, and repre- senting the Lamsdorff family, was present at his uncle's death. At Elizabeth City, N. C., the jury in the case of Joshua Harrison, charg- ed with the kidnapping and murder of Kenneth Beasley, the 9-year-old son of former State Senator Beasley, rendered a verdict of guilty. | called fight trust. HE DEALT IN FRANCHISES San Francisco Boss is Charged with Accepting Bribes. SUPERVISCGRS ARE INVOLVED District Attorney Proposes to go to the Bottom of City’s Official Corruption. The grand jury at San Francisco returned 75 indictments charging brib- ery. Of these 66 were against Abra- ham Ruef and 10 against T. V. Halsey, former general agent of the Pacific States Telephone Company. Halsey is now in Manila installing a telephone | service. Of the 66 indictments charging Abraham Ruef with bribery 18 are for the alleged bribing of the board of supervisors in connection with the granting ‘of fight permits to the so- Ruef is charged with having paid each one of the 18 supervisors $500 and one indictment was returned for each supervisor al- leged to have been bribed. Eighteen indictments against Ruef are for bribing the 18 supervisors to vote for 85-cent gas instead of a T75-cent rate, it being charged that each one of the supervisors was paid $750 by Ruef. Thirteen ‘indictments against him are for the alleged bribing of 13 super- visors in connection with the grant- ing of a franchise to the Home Tele- phone Company. Seventeen indictments charge Ruef with bribery in connection with the granting of the trolley franchise to the United Railways, immediately following the earthquake and fire last April. Fifteen supervisors are said to have accepted from Ruef $4,000 each to vote for the trolley franchise, one, former Supervisor Wilson, now a state railroad commissioner, was paid $10,000, and Gallagher, $15,000. District Attorney Langdon said af- ter the indictments had been filed: “The remarkable organization of this grafting and corruption in muni- cipal affairs in San Francisco, its amazing ramifications, involving mil- lionaires and the better class of citi- zens, will appall not only the city, but the entire country when it is fully laid bare.” Judge Coffey fixed the bail at $10,- 000 on each indictment, or a total of $640,000 for Ruef and $100,000 for Halsey. Ruef is now. in custody of Elisor Biggy during his trial before Judge Dunne as co-defendant with Mayor Schmitz, on charges of extorting money from keepers of French res- taurants. HOMESEEKERS INCREASE More People Seek Government Grants Than Ever Before. A statement of the business of the United States general land oflice for the first six months of the current fis- cal year shows a material increase in the number of gniries, selections and filings made, the acreage disposed of and in the total cash receipts arising from the sales of public and Indian lands and fees and commissions as compared with the corresponding six months of the fiscal year 1903. The net increase in the number of entries for all classes was 7.223, while the net increase in the cash re- ceipts amounts to $1,487,122. SLOT MACHINES UNDID HIM Scholar and Educator Once Well Do Lands in Poorhouse. With an armful of treasured French, Greek and Latin books, Professor Al- bert C. Williams, aged 60, formerly principal of the Humboldt School, and also of the public schools at North Al- ton, was admitted to the Madison County Illinois Poor Farm. He was removed from his position as school principal five years ago. A year later his wife obtained a di- vorce. He became addicted to playing slot machines and since the loss of his position has lost his entire fortune of $12,000 in slot machines. to MESSENGER THROWN OUT Robbers, After Assaulting Him, Rifle Safe in Express Car. As train No. 21 on the International and Great Northern northbound, was leaving Elkhart, Tex., Express Mess- enger Winsley ‘Womack, of the Pa- cific Express Company, was knocked in the head and thrown out of the car He was not missed from the train un- til Palestine was reached and a little later a telephone message was receiv- ed from him at Elkhart stating that he had been assaulted by the robbers. The safe in the car was open when the train reached Palestine. ice Men Must Stand Trial. Judge Bronwell of the superior court overruled the demurrers of the Cincinnati ice men indicted last sum- mer on a charge of maintaining a conspiracy in restraint of trade, and those indicted will be compelled to stand trial under the Valentine anti- trust law. Steamer Sinks and 21 Drown. The 188-ton German steamer Horn has been sunk in the North sea, with the loss of 21 lives. Will Recover Stolen Lands. Steps are being taken by Secretary of the Interior Garfield to cancel the proofs by which Gov. Cos I. Crawford of North Dakota obtained possession of« public lands in that state. His method, as alleged by Congressman Mann of Illinois, was that he paid young men to make entry to certan tand which was fenced in by him as a part of his cattle ranch; that the entrymen stayed on the land but one night when the entry was made, and one other night in the proving up time. THAW'S SANITY IN DOUBT Affidavits Prepared by Both Sides for Judge's Decision. District Attorney Jerome presented to Justice Fitzgerald affidavits in sup- port of the suggestion he made in the case of Harry -K. Thaw that the de- fendant is now in such a state of Junacy or insanity as to be incapable of understanding the proceedings against him or making his defense. Mr. Jerome's affidavits embraced the opinion of his seven experts, who have heretofore testified, and a state- ‘ment by Irvin S: Cobb, a newspaper reporter, who gave the text of the statement which Thaw issued at the conclusion of Mr. Jerome's Cross-ex- amination of his wife. Mr. Jerome, in presenting his affi- davits, called particular attention to the one signed by Dr. Carlos F. Mac- Donald, who, after reciting what he had witnessed in court, his observa- tions of Thaw immediately after the tragedy and what he has learned as to epilepsy and insanity in various branches of the Thaw family, de- clares that he is firmly convinced that Thaw is suffering from paranoia, and that while he knew enough to realize the nature and quality of his act when he shot and killed Stanford White, he is now and for some time past has been incapable of understanding the proceedings against him. The defense offered affidavits to the contrary. SAYS TRIAL IS A CRIME Jerome Appeals to Judge to Consider Thaw’s State of Mind. A new turn was taken in the Thaw trial when District Attorney Jerome in an impassioned speech appealed to the conscience of the court, as- serting that Thaw as he sits daily in | ad- | intelligently to and is believed by court is unable vise his counsel everyone who has watched and come | into contact with him to be insane. | Mr. Jerome asserted that his own alienists, the six men who testified for the State, were convinced when they had considered all the facts in connection with the case that Thaw was of unsound mind. Jerome dramatically accused the counsel for the defense of concealing testimeny which, if presented to the court, would make the continuance of the trial a crime. SIX MEN KILLED Powder House Blows up with Ter- rible Effect. The mixing house of the Emporium Powder Company, two miles west of Emporium, Pa., blew up, and six men, all that were at work in the building, were killed. The dead: Charles E. porium; James Thomas, Emporium; William Moran, Emporium; Three Italian laborers, whose names are not obtainable. The cause of the explosion is not known. There are two powder plants in the vicinity of Emporium and ex- plosions have occurred several times within the last few years. The mixing house of this plant was one of 20 buildings, each apart from the other. In the mixing house there were 6,000 pounds of dynamite. The workmen there were engaged in mak- ing dynamite by mixing nitro-glycerin and wood pulp, the principal ingredi- ents. The shock was of the proportions of a small earthquake. The town of Emporium was shaken until windows fell in and the jar was felt as far as St. Mary's and Driftwood, 20 miles distant. There was nothing left at the site of the building but a great hole in the earth 12 feet deep. Eckles, Em- FLYER DERAILED Bolts and Fishplates Had Been moved from Rails. Jecause the bolts and fishplates joining two rails on the Pennsylvania railroad near Stewart station, 17 miles east of Pittsburgh, were removed, sup- Re- ENORMOUS VERCHGE = More Evidence of Graft in Capi- tol Furnishing Contracts. TWO ROSTRUMS COST $90,000 The Sub-Contractor for This Work Only Received $2,060 for the More testimony showing the enor- mous overcharges made by John M. Sanderson for work done in connec- tion with the new capitol at Harris- burg was offered by witnesses before the capitol investigating commission The testimony showed that John H. Sanderson & Co., of Philadelphia, contractors for furnishing the capitol received from the state $90,748.40 for the rostrums in the senate and house caucus rooms. The sub-contractor for this work testified that he was paid $2,060 by Sanderson for these rostrums. In finishing of a group of 14 other rooms it was shown that the sub-con- tractors charge to Sanderson was $28,170, while the state paid Sander- son $155,369.60. In one of these rooms the comparative statement shows that Sanderson very careless- ly paid the sub-contractor $3,424, but only charged the state $2,631.20, a “loss” of $792.80. It was shown also that a rejected bid of John Gibson & Company of Philadelphia for the paint- ing and decorating the entire build- ing would have secured this portion of the work at $164,473.58, while Sand- erson’s charge to the state for it was $789,473.16, a difference of $624,999.58. For the first time since the open- ing of the inquiry, {ft was brqught out | that Payne & Co. of Philadelphia, the | abandoned. posedly by train wreckers, train No. | 93 the New York and Chicago limited express, was derailed, and a disastro- us wreck narrowly averted. of one of the loosened rails was turn- ed inward, throwing the train off the track. great speed and was stopped before any great damage had been done. No Passes for Lawmakers. A bill forbidding state officials from using or soliciting free. passes on the railroads passed the New Hampshire state senate under a suspension of the rules following a report from the judiciary committee. The measure was then sent to the house whieh also passed it. The bill now awaits the governor's signature. Fortune in Jewels Stolen. Jewelry worth $18,000 was stolen from the home of Charles Morgan, son of the founder of the Morgan steam- ship lines, at his home in Orange, N. | J. Mrs. Morgan found a drawer in her dressing table disturbed, and investi gation showed that her jewel bag was missing. ’ Asks for Municipal Bank. Mavor Weaver of Philadelphia, in a message to Councils, recommended the establishment of a municipal ownership bank, to handle -all city money and do a general banking business. It is estimated such a bank | would make a differénce of from $13* 000,000 to $20,000,000 in the deposits of other banks. Two-Cent Fare Restrained. Judge Niles, of the Federal court at Jackson, Miss, issued a temporary injunction, on petition of the Louis- ville and -Nashville railroad, restrain- ing the Mississippi railroad commis- sion from enforcing the new law es- tablishing a two-cent passenger rate. Secretary Wilson, of the agricultur- al department, kas firmly refused to permit the manvfacturers of medi- cines to include traces of opium in their products without so stating on the label of the package. | casionally boys would light the The end | | column of water perk s . feet, The train was not running at | firm which erected the building, was also a sub-contractor to Sanderson, work having been done by A. Wilt & Son of Philadelphia for Payne & Co, having been paid for by Sanderson. Testimony offered by the two con- tracting firms which placed the thermostats in the building showed that their charge to Sanderson was $24,835 for 414 of the instruments and installing them. Sanderson charged the state for 752 of these instru- ments and got $59,408. HUNDREDS KILLED Nicaraguans Defeat Hondurans and Salvadorians. The Honduran and Salvadorean ar- my, numbering more than 5,000 men, attacked the Nicaraguan positions at Portillos de Namasique, and after three davs and two nights of fighting, the Hondurans and Salvadoreans were completely defeated, leaving hundreds of dead and wounded on the battle- many prisoners, among them being field. The Nicaraguans also captured several high officers, beside 2,000 rifles and great quantities of all kinds of war munitions. The defeated Salvadorean officers included Generals Presa, Avolar and Colocho. The Honduran commander defeated was General Liconia. The Nicaraguans also lost many men wounded and had a few killed. General Lopez Garcia and Colonel Pedro Nolasco have been defeated at Maratia by the Honduran revolution- ary and Nicaraguan forces. Marty Honduran soldiers and a number of rifles, with ammunition, were captur- ed by the allied troops. La Ceiba, a Honduran port on the Atlantic, has been captured by the Nicaraguan forces. Abandoned Well Becomes Active After 20 Years. Twenly years ago Irwin, (Pa.) citi- zens put $10,000 into a 3,000-foot hole and were ready to go deeper when the drill and attachments were lost in the bottom. Three months’ fishing failed to recover them and the well was There was a small show of gas and piping was inserted. Oc- gas and a small flame would result. The well broke loose March 17. and dirt shot up and among the debris was part of the lost tools. After the upheaval the gas pressure was found to be strong, A JURORS INDICT THEMSELVES Methodist Revival Starts Reform Movement in Community. Every member of the grand jury in the Circuit Court at Rolling Fork, Miss. indicted himself for violating the Sunday liquor law, and each was fined $10. with a lecture from the bench. T=< indicted grand jurors al- so returned. bills against several petit jurors for a like cffense. A Methodist revival recently swept over Sharkey County and people of high and low degree are purging them- selves. Mrs. Sage Makes Big Gifts. Announcement was made that Mrs. Russell Sage has donated $150,000 to the American Seamans Friend society to be used by it in the erection of a proposed sailors’ home and institute. Mrs. Sage also made a gift of $70,000 to the Syrian Protestant college of Beirut, Syria. Directors of the Tennessee Coal & n Co., have declared the regular “quarterly dividend of one per cent on the common and two per cent on the preferred stocks of the corporation. Banker Walsh Faces 160 Charges. Judge Anderson, in the Federal “court at Chicago decided that John R. Walsh, former president of the Chica- go National bank, should appear be- fore him April 3 and enter his plea to the 160 counts of the indictment charging him with misapplication of the funds of a National bank. The decision was announced after attor- neys had argued nearly two hours that the Government should furnish the defendant with a bill of particu- lars before he be required to plead. | lowing an 100 | nels of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad NEW REGIME FOR RUSSIA Premier Stolypin Outlines Reforms Demanded by People. The Ministerial declaration, setting forth the Government's program for legislation, was read by Premier Stolypin before the lower house of the Russian Farliament. The Premier's projects are enumers- ated as follows: Freedom of speech and of the press; liberty of faith; habeas corpus, on the same basis as other States; a substitution of a sin- gle form of martial law for the var- ious decrees of exceptional security; local self-government; reform of the zemstvos; responsibility of officials; agrarian reforms; the abolition of the free entry of goods into Vladivostok; completion of the Transiberian rail- road in Russian territory; popular education. M. Stolypin’s statement opened with a recital of the difficulties which faced the Government. “Our country,” said the Premier, “must be transformed into a constitutional state. Real meas- ures must be adopted to define and determine the rights of the state and of private individuals, and to abolish the contradictions between the old and new jaws and the arbitrary in- terpretaiions. placed - upon them by private persons as well as officials. The Government, therefore, has de- cided that it is necessary to submit a series of bills establishing the new regime in Russia.” DEATH OF T. B. ALDRICH Famous Literary Man Dies a Good Old Age. Thomas Bailey Aldrich, last of tho great American poets of a generation or two ago, died at his home in Bos- ton, March 19. He failed to rally fol- operation a month ago. He was 70 years old November 11, last. Mr. Aldrich was last publicly heard from in a sonnet submitted at the Longfellow anniversary, February 27. The sonnet drew considerable com- ment and was regarded as one of the best things he had written. One of the earlier editors of “Put- nam's Monthly,” “The Knickerbock- or” and the “New York evening Mir- ror’ and an author and poet of many great works, Mr. Aldrich held first rank in American literature. Mr. Aldrich became editor of the “Atlantic Monthly” in 1881, relinquish- ing that chair nine years later. CONSOLIDATION DELAYED Greater Pittsburgh Case Goes to U. S. Supreme Court. Another delay in the consummation of the Greater Pittsburgh was caused when Justice Moody of the United States supreme court allowed a writ of error carrying the case from the supreme court of Pennsylvania to the federal supreme court. The writ was applied for by ex-Gov. William A. Stone. Mr. Moody has charge of all appeals from the third judicial dis- trict which includes Pennsylvania. Justice Moody informed Mr. Stons that he would grant the writ. This action of Justice Moody acts as a supersedeas and a stay on all pro- ceedings looking to the consolidation of Pittsburgh and Allegheny until the court has passed upon the case. Flood Totally Disables Factory. An examination made at the Bryce- Higbee Glass plant, at Homestead, Pa.. which was first thought to have suffered little damage from the flood, showed such damage that the plant will have to be rebuilt if it is ever operated again. The management is now considering the matter of remov- ing the plant from Homestead to some point out of the flood district. Every pot in the plant was broken. The American Locomotive Company has declared the usual quarterly di- vidends of 13; on the preferred and 11; on the common stock. The work of relining the nine tun- between Pittsburgh and Wheeling is almost completed and double tracks have been laid in every tunnel. Floods in California have delayed railway service. San Francisco was cut off for a few days. Frank H. Jones, assistant cashier of the Charlotte National bank of Charlotte, S. C., is missing with $68,- 000 of the bank's funds. The postmaster general contemplat- es increasing the pay of all mail car- riers on routes 24 or more lines along to the maximum, $900 yearly. _ It is stated that prevailing prices of high grade bonds show a decline of 2.2 per cent since January 1, and bonds have not been as cheap since 1893. It was announced that B. M. ‘Aush- erman, of Evanston, recently appoint- ed United States district attorney for Wyoming by President Roosevelt, has declined to qualify for office. Secretary Taft furnished the senate committee on military affairs with evidence that rifles of colored sold- jers were used in the Brownsville (Texas) riot. S. F. Howell, president of the Oma- ha coal exchange, was sentenced to pay -a fine of $1,000 and serve six months in the county jail. Howell was convicted of conspiracy in re- straint of trade. The case is ap- pealed to the supreme court. Extra Session Called. Governor Folk of Missouri, issued a call for a special session of the Legislature to convene on April 9. The specific subjects in the call are such legislation as may be necessary to provide for the regulation of the rates of public corporations; enact- ments for the enforcement of the dramshop laws throughout the State; recall or removal of derelict officials and an enactment with an emergency clause for the suppression of race track gambling.
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