STARVATION AND PLAGUE. Cuban Refugees See II Food -Smallpox Rav aging Province. Two thouFAifl wing'" from the stricken districts i-l tin' Province of Mntutiziis rceont ly onlbd nt the hendq-:iirtors of the govern ment in tii" town of Mntnnzns nud demanded permission t ' po riit Into tin" country for tin- plll'l'l sp of ol tnlhlllC food. It Is n-p"r:ed t f n t tii" insurgents recently captured .llguutil, on tii" r Mt from Biivutno to SniitiltU'i do ( ill ii. 111 -ii Nihtit Bitll, lu 1'nii' I r!i tin1 r.-ud in 1 1 ' ' i :; t ii. Smallpox 1- r;i iik'il.ir Babul 1 1 oti.l rl. Hun dreds i't persons nr- ilylnir. I lio refugees nre said t'i I " in a itai i" stut'. Tho situa tion can iipy I o ci u. i. rod to tliut reported from In I in. Advices liiivo I'l'cn received stating that III" In -ii ic tit s t'-i'i'iit'y l i:ri:".i tii" town of uiuniun-u, lu the provin- e of s.-mtii clurit. I In- chun Ii cdiilce was destroyed by lire iiml tlio contents tossed into til" street lltlll burned. A inLiufto oth-r ml ( tin- tn- .ungi-nts succeeded In setting tiro to Unit t ot Hon ol liuiuio village, lii tin' provln-e of i'linir 1 ! l:io. roo lilt since t ho former dc iru ''lion uf thi! town during mid ot tho i ul-ins. All i I l!." tol-n "o Hi-Ms In thn Sun Junn Martinez dwlrii t. 1:1 tlio province cf I'lmir ilol liio, have boon ill i-iroj. il during r nt ill-mi attacks. 'J ho Insurgent Imvo llro-l on tho towns of .rroyoii i'ollo ami Cnlu hnur. In thi- proMi: rof lliivnnn. cnlnl nznr wus burni-d. aii'l the s londid home owned by Sebastian Mustio. tlio former f li-urtri-ut leader, was d'-slp-yed by tho Humes. A SpRtilin Denln!. t 'nptaln Ahuniu lii. who Is Acting t nptntn ii'in-nil during th" absence from lliivnnn of Ooii'-ral Woyior. authorized tho oorrepon lont of th Associated Press to deny the ro port published in tho I nltod unites thnt tlio Insurgents under I nllxto Unrein have oup tnroil tin' ton n o llolgulii. 1'rovlin'" of Suntn nirii. ( ill n. I!" add-that n steamer whli'li Pus ju-t arrived here from the port of Ilol gain, ri pi rts that no nvivs of tin attack up on llolguln Iiml ben ri'i'i'lvi'il up to tho time of lior sailing, no news of such nn nrtnlr Is contained In tlio ii'-wsj npers, iiml tlm cor n pf-!iili-ii--i' fnun llolgulii, timlor date of tho ni.'hl of M il- Ii i.'. makes no tni'iition ol my .-muck, ili'iii-rni Murii n. tin1 "ommninlor of n brl tsu le t-l tp-op- in tin- Hulguln district, has nlo nrriv tl at ll-ivo ii iin-l denies that any attack h iii l i" u ii. ml" upon tho town. FIXING IT OVER. The Senate Pushes the Arbitrntion Treaty Akng. Tlio Anfl o-Amirii-nn iirMtrntlon treaty n ns ndvui. I con-i h ralily toiranls final rntllli'iuii u by tl." Si mito Mouilay, iiml !' foro tlio li i.L Aei'iiiiv spyslnn olostid nil tho nmeiiiln:i-!.! r ni u-ii'lfi i-y tho romiiuito' on lori lcn n iatii ns n- nvroi"! to without livli-ion-'. 1 l-.i-M- iiiiii ioliiviils lire: 1 1 1 To pioyi'li' that nil RKti oinvnts for nr Vitrati(.n i-ni-ri'il Into ly tho oxoi'iilivo trnni'ii of tills t' vrnii.i iit witli Uih Jirltisli port-ni-mont liiil I.'.- cut ji'ct to tlm nitill- Hiiou ul tll 'ii;ii': i 2 1 HtrikiiiL out tlif provisions i-otiviituliiip monit ors of tho l nlto 1 suites supremo eonrl permiini'nt meml rr.- of tlio propon'-il tiibuiinl of nrlMtralloni and (.1) Jlliii iiiutiiip the provision of an umpire and theri'foro strlklni? rut tii" provision ntfrpplm; u op Klntr Oscar of Sweden mid Norway for tho oilico. A PECULIAR MEASURE. A Bill to Employ Tramps at tho Expsnse of the Government SonnMr C.oiay inlroduced hy re'Hiest of Mrs. A lnn.s Vl '.wn Mill, r, of lTillndelpliln, a vory einnular bill. It provides that "when large riumlers id eitizens nro abruptly thrown out of employment durlnic either peace or war, and ure deprived of the usual mentis of subsistence, the l'resldent shnil tie empowered to recruit or conscript them, to. anther with nil to-railed tramps or Idlers. Into the service of the government. In like manner and on like terms ns the Infantry of tlio army, and for hi -cessivo periods of not lesnthan six months or more than three .years nt a time. T hese recruits or conscripts strs to Le employed by tho Secretary of War. unless Conuresa shall otherwise specify, in the construction of lit'lit houses, forts, post offices, post roads, bridges, railways, canals, telegraphs, telephones or oilier permanent public woiks or national purposes.'1 LEGISLATION IN CANADA. A New Tariff and the Question of Pro hibition. Lord Aberdeen, the Governor General, opened the Dominion Parliament with a speech from the throne. Ho said that n tariff bill would be submitted providing for tha necessary revenue, nnd which, having due regard to Industrial interests, will make the fiscal Bysti-m mom satisfactory to the people. He added thnt a measure enabling the electors to vote on the operntion of pro hibition ot liquor will be laid before l'arliit ment. The Dominion Government has definitely decid.id to push tht work of deepening the St. Lawrence canals to n uniform depth of 14 foot, the work to be completed In two year. The recent visit of ( nptnin McDougall, of Duluth, prcslilcut ol the American Steel Darge Company, to Ottawa, is reported to have been in cur.uei-tion with this question. B. O.iBrtnching Out, A deal Is being arranged between the Bal timore It Ohio and tin) Seaboard railroads ty which the Seaboard will outer New York over the Kaltircore A Onlo tracks. Tho Ilnl timore it Ohio is buc uf the building of the short line from Ilichnioud to Kidgway, which will reduce the distance between lUlrigu and Itichmond 40 miles, l udi-r this ar rangement the two railroads will Jointly use this short line. 'The Baltimore & Ohio will fiuruhnse the rulmetto ilailroad, from Unm et to Oberau, and from tho latter place will build to Columbia or Augusta. It may use the Seaboard s trucks into Atlanta, ltoth the llnltiinore A Ohio and the Seaboard will be able to run solid trains between New York and points In tho far south via ltuleigh. TERSE TELEGRAM! The factory of the Rubber trust nt Bristol, It. I., wus closed, affecting 1,400 employes. Thn looomo'ivo works nt Dunkirk, N. Y , bas resumed full time. Heveral hundred ad ditional men were placed to work. Tbpresideiit signed the joint resolution directing the secretary ol war to purchuae tents for the Mississippi lloud sufferers. The dwelling of Frank Fenrod, of Ladds lnle, la., burned, and his flvuutiiidren were burned to dealb. The oldest wus li uud the youngest two years of ago. Curlln Wheeler, a graduate of West Point, nd a son ot John Wheeler, a wealthy citiz. n ot Lima, O., wus found dead in his rOotn t the Yeoiibule lodging house, Chicago. Poor ventilation at tho Ohio and Pennsyl vania Coal company's mine, ut r'aet Liver pool, O , caused oue uniu to go Insane nud nother nearly uit-d, hence 20 struck Mon day. The Benate library committee presented favorable report ou the bill introduced by Beuator Cullom, of Illinois, appropriating 50,000 for statue ot Liuoolu at Uetiys m, J'a, MORE CONFIDENCE SHOWN. Criitntl lmprorement in Bnslnen Con tlnnci Iron Looking Vp. ll. O. Dim A (V'.s Wp. kly ituvlew of Tr.nlosaysi llnrely linvo markets sui-h ur prlscs as they have resolved of Into with eo llttli loss. I'orelun Cotnlltloiis nnd l.ntidoti nlnrms, tho eoilnpso of tho Iron ore eotiililna tl n. tlio ilestriietivo Hoods In the Mississippi valley and tho deeislon of the supreme eourt nirainst rallwny assoelatious have leen us"d to the utmost, hut not even in railroads lias I. 'suit lieen Important. With eoiilldi nee that I " tter Jl'.nes and larirer l-iiliii's nre poiulnc. men urn less ilipos"d eery day to throw nivaj-dood Invi stmeiits. I nil Industrials iilsn thn tiiiinher of mills nnd shops and hands at work i;radualiy iie'reases. I he prnln markeis Imvo lost w ithout ren soti the tain they inado without reason the previous week. Western ri'eelpts of wheat lor four weelis have hei-n 7. 1 1 1 . 1 10 hu-lo-ls, ntraliist II.HSI.'JiiH last year, hut the hotter proiect for the prop of winter wln at has more weight. Atlmitlp exports. Hour In pIiiiIi -!. for four w"'k lime heen 0,()'.i!i,7JK luisiiols, nniiliit b.i'Kii.'i ill lust vear. t orn exp'Uls have Pi-en J J,7l!;l,"i71l llllsliels, lieililist 4.'i77,t;ii'.i hist yiir. t'otloii was helied up ward nn elii'th l-y the Hood, hut lias lost half ih" k'aiii, although maiiiifu -turliiK is more linpetlll. l inal dissolution of the lake Iron oro pool has been expeeteil ever slii"n the t'artieKle Itoekefpller deal, and Insures low prices fut ure the eomiiiK yoar, ihotiu'h erhnps not lower than In INI'S. Mi-snl-ii faeilltles for t-roiliii'tlon Imvo vastly Inerensed, nnd all the (front steol-miikltiK e'on-erns have si-eiired mines of their own, w hile menu of transpor tation have preatly enlarired. Willi iissur aneo of i-h-'iifi ore, hesitation nhout various product" should diminish, and the demand Is stendily liiori-n-lnir. liars are still demor alized mid nt the lowest point, luit for plates, sheets, wire rods and all ntilis the demand is prowim; larger. T h'idennnd for rnlla eoiitlnues eunuch to streiurthon prices, nltliouuli some from spec ulative" purehases ar offered below the pre. sent prices of mills. T in Is a shade lower, with lnre arrivals, Uiouch tho distribution has heen considerable, and Lend Is de-ldedly stronijer nt :l.47c. Copper Is wonk lit 11.7BP. Increasea In pok produetioiis ai pear, and more Is assured hy tlm purchase ol works liy the I iimlirla eompniiy, nud. while iiiotatlon lire tinchiiiiKed, outsiders are offering fur nace at tl 70 per ton, Hpeculiitlnn In wool tins recorded larirer sales for four woem than ever before, 4H, t('."i,!KIII pounds neiilnst Jl.!is'4..rti7 In the same weeks of Much moru than half Is for speculation, ns iiothlui.' like the full i npuclty of the mills Is employed. failures for the week have heen I In the I nlted states, iiKaliist a,"i9 In-t year, nnd fO in I aiiada npalnst S'J lust year. NEW WONDERS OF ELECIRICIIT. Prof. Trowbriilgs, of Harvard, Announces Imp-rtant ClieoTerief. I'rcf. fohn Trowbridge, of Harvard, has mil le some very Important electrical dlfoov i r!es. The most Importnnt of the professor's dis coveries Is the amount of energy iioecessnry produce mi X r.-iv photograph. He has also ili ii'ons'.rated the fuet Unit under certain conditions n vaceiini Is a good conductor of loelilclty. although the opposite of this Is the opinion held through the scientific world, lncliientallv he has found that n discharge i f lightning a mile long does not encounter any more resistance than u discharge only n fo t In length. T he lull power of a battery of 20,0110 volts may be used In charging ii cirsoid thirty Leyden jars, 'Ihoubylhe use of tlio ap li ra! ii' he Invented, willed may be culled uu eleetrfcal nceiiuiiilator, tho total energy of the di-charge of all lhe jars is obtained, and tins to: ill produco.sn spark with an energy of sn.oi'O volts. "I have made It possible," Mr. Trowbridge si'.ld, "To compute energy In the terms of horse power. 1 lie amount of inergv re quired to produce the X rays Is I.IKio.lKIO horse pow-i r, acting in one teu-mlllloiith of a second. This is a compulation which could never before be made. Hitherto the voltage required to produce the rays has been great, ly underestimated. I have proved the amount u ssary to start tho rays to be at least lun.uoo volts. The tremendous power of tile X rnys shows lis how they can go through brick walls nnd penetrate liesh." GHA6TLY BELICS. A Boat from the Steamer St. Nazairo Found With Six Corpses. The steamer Creole, which arrived In New York, from New Orleans, reports that she passed a boat full of water. I upturn linger tumid in It nix corpses, which were wu-lied out when the bout wus hauled up to the steamship. The bont showed evidence that It enme rom tho French slimmer St. Nnziitre, which foundered off llntlerns. This is the third bont from the St. Naiure to be account ed for. One was picked up by the schooner Hilda with tour survivors of thn 8S people wlu had t mhnrkcd on It: the eecend was ru- f lotted as Inning been found by a British ramp steamship and contained 10 persons, anil the fliir.l was that picked up by the Creole, Concerning tlio deaths of tho peo do Mind 111 tho Inst bout there will always be a mystery, but Cnpr. linger Is of the opin ion that they were drowned by the waves washing over them nnd that the oars slipped from their weakened hands. There was fond and water enough In the bout to sustain the lives of the bulf-doren occupants tor a week. A GREAT CHARITY SCHEME. The Hlrsch Millions to Bo Put to Good Use Among New York Poor. It Is reported that baroness llirsch is about to expend 1,500,000 In charity in New York. Oscar Straus, ex-minister to Turkey nud trustee of the Itarou llirsch fund, which ex pends here for chiiritublo uud educiitional purposes the Income from t J, 400,000 annu ally, says that llnrouess llirsch has appropri ated a sum sufficient to buy land aud put up a complete building for the Huron Ilirscli trade school, already established. She has further appropriated l,0OO,(HI0 for tho build ing ol raodcru houses for the pour iu tlio tenement district or whatever the trustees of the fund mny determine. In addition she will build a working girl's home on idans similar to those of other homes she bus hud built in cities abroad. Tne baroness has authorl.ed the Educa tional alliauce, whoso work Is chiefly among the llussian Hebrews, to pay off lit her ex. pense the 100,0u0 mortgage on its property THE BUBONIC PLAGUE. Rania Taking Active Measures to Prevent its Spr:ad. Tho Russian government, according to United States I'onsul-lieneral Kuril lit St l'otersburg, Is noting with vigor to prevent tile spread of tho dreaded bubonic pleuguu into Russia. A sanitary commission bus been created with 100,000 roubles to draw upon. The number of deaths In llomhay from the plague for the week eudlug March 11) was 1,1:30. At Kunracben, the principal seaport town of Sinde, the number of deaths for the same period was 20J. The plague is now firmly established at Hyderabad uud lit SuK kur. It was curried Into both towns by travelers. EXPLOSION IN A POWDER MILL. Tone Man Killed and Flvs Buildings Buined at Oibbstown, N. J, An explosion occurred at tho works of the Dupout chemical company on the banks of the Delaware river at liibbstowu, N. J., and James Hamilton, Charles Wright uud J. K. miles wore .uTttd. HIES! HiS FROM WflSN FOSTER WANTS ' HAWAII. Tho Ex-Secretary of State 8p-aki In Favor of Annexation. Hon. John V. Foster, formerly secretary of State lectured In Washington. D. C. on the subject of "Hnwuli." Mr. Foster was premier during the latter portion of I'resl ilent Harrison's administration when the treaty id annexation of the Hawaiian Islutids was sent to the senat", imd tho expectation that he would have something to say on that feature of his subject intruded a large audi "lie" Including tiiu representatives ot the liiiwniian government now in Washington. I he ex-hecretury came out In emphatic terms in favor ot annexation of the Islands. He 'aid In the present government there Is as fully a do facto nnd dejiire government as Its predecessor, that wo have a strong equitable claim to th" Islands: that the I'lilted States has. ly means of the reciprocity trenty, brought life nnd prosperity to tho islands, enabled Its merchants nnd planters to grow ri'di nt our expeii'". Unasserted thnt th" Amerlcnns of tlannll nre loynl nnd putrlotl sons ot lliu fatherland, and deelnred It would bea cruel and undeserved fnto to nbnndoii them to the rule of some foreign power, lie snld that iinnexntlon presenti'd no politeal or administrative difficult!) and the objection advniieed that there is tto authority In the Constitution to nntiex territory not 'contig uous did not seem to hnve had any weight with tho executive or with congress when Alaska wus admitted, nor will it, lie added with enlightened statesmen to-dny. The speaker did not regard the suggestion of n protectorate as practicable, ns ho believed it would bring no end of complications with foreign powers nnd In domestic ulTiilrs. Wo must cither ntinex tin islands, he said, or leave them free to make such other alliance as they may choose or as destiny limy deter mine, CUBAN GOVERNMENT. Row the Funds for Carrying On the War Are Raised. As the Cuban patriots have never obtained very much pecuniary assistance from this country or from any other, many people haye wondered In what wny they meet the expenses that nre Incurred In th" revolution ary war. It is by lawful taxation that they procure such menus lis nro necessary. Their Cioverument holds possession of the greater part ot the territory of the country, nnd, like any other tloveriiment, It imposes taxes for civil ii it I military purposes. J'here are as sessors nnd collectors In the service of its Treasure, who perform their duties in the ordinrir.' milliner. Heavy lines tilso lire fre quently Imposed upon those nmong the in-l-.iibitunts who violate such rules ns nre established in the various' provinces by the leneriil-iii-t hief, under the authority of the republic. It Is likewiie to be born in mind that a little money goes n long wny In this case. The patriot army Is not nn expensive one: it fights without pay. nnd most of IK wants nro freely provided for by the people of the districts In which the iletiu hmeiils ot It nre employed. Money is needed by the revolution mainly for the pur-huso of arms and military supplies. I he Cubans imvo a government of their own, wiieli administers publl" nllnlrs, enacts and enforces laws, nud takes charge ot the rcvoliitioiiiiry HuitU"cs, 'The civil officers of the lioverniiieut nro men of nbilltv. no less faithful In the performance of their liuty than ti e military officers. STRANGLED HIS BOY. In This Way Burglars Made an Ohio Farmer Give up $600. Near Haven Hock, 10 miles from Marietta, tl., two masked men entered tho homo of lleuglo, ti well-to-do farmer, nnd iletuiiiuled m.iiiey. They terrorized -Mr. and .Mrs. lleiiglu with revolvers, nud failing to get their money bound tlieiu it ii I their little boy blinds nud feet. T'h farmer still refusing to tell whore his money was, the robbers II xi-d n rope to the eeliliig. mrde a noose, slipped It over tho boy's head nnd b-ft him suspended by the neck. J ho noose tightened slowly, strang ling the hoy. The robbers nsked Jlengle it he was ready to tell where tho money was. As the boy's tongue came out uf his mouth the mother fainted. The father, llnally seeing tluit tho thieves meant murder, weakened, and the hoy was taken down. After h" had been restored the robbers took the ."l'U willed the father of fered, mid gagging tho father, mother and sou, and tying them so tliey could not move, departed. WE GET THE MANUSCRIPT. Valuable Early History of tho Pilgrim Fathers. The petition presented by United States Ambassador liuyurd, on behalf ot tho presi dent nnd citizens of tlio United Slates, ask ing fur the custody of the uiiiuusarlpt in the library ot l-'ulliain piilnco containing the early lii-ilury of the 1'ilgllin fathers and their voyage to America iu tiie Mnyllower, was heurd In the ecclesiastical court of St, I'liul's, the ohnucellor of the diocese ot London pro. tilling. At the conclusion of tl.e hearing thn court ordered tlio delivery of the book containing tlio manuscript to Mr. liuyurd us the repre sentative cf tho l'nll"d States upon thn con dition that the persons desiring certificates therefrom may have them lit u reasonable cost nnd also that cerlilled copies of the manuicript shall be deposited Iu tho library ot the bishop of Loudon. Trolleys for Freight. Thn i robleni of electricity ns a motive power for long uud heuvy hauls is receiving renewed attention from mechanicians of the l'cnnsylviinla Ilailroad Company. Au officer of the company, who Is iu charge of one branch ot this work, said that the experiment Would be continued until it resulted in the discovery of some system that would be found to meet nil the requirements. "Vie j r wrku ou the trolley Idea," ho said, "for that is coueceded to be the proper di rection. Still, we ure not committed to it, and If anyone comes along with n system tliut will meet our ideas, wo will adopt it," Navigation All Winter. Captain I). II. luman, of Duluth, Is con sulting with vessel men concerning the con struction of two unique vessels which he ex pects to have built this summer. They will be high powered ice breakers, constructed forward like rums, so as to force a passage through heavy ice by forcing the frozen musses upward Instead of crushing them down, m is the common method. He says this style of boat will go through the heaviest Ice, and his Intention is to run the two new boats all next winter froiu Cleve land nnd Buffalo to Duluth nud return. If this experiment proves u suceoss there will be navigation every winter on the great hikes aud lake commerce will be revolutionized. Victims of a Moroooo Battle. A body ot Insurgent tribesmen In Soos, the southernmost province ol Morocco, has fallen and cut to pieces the punitive expedi tion recently seut there by thesultuu of Mo rocco to quell a rebellion. The sultan's troops wom tuk.m Iu sin bush. A fresh force sent out bus in turu detented the rebels. Eighty heads have beeu seut to the sultan as a ghastly proof of the victory of his troops. These, with forty-three others, ure uow ex posed at the gates of Morocco. The 4!) ure the heads ol a baud of trlbeinen who Iliad at tacked the sultan's forces while eui-amped near the oily ol Morocco, NO COERCION BY BRITISH. They Will Not Rend Any Warships to Blookide Crote. Tho change In tho policy ot (Irrni Jlrltnln has assumed deflnlto shape. Tho recent acts by the Turks show that the Christians In Armenia aro Iu danger of extermination. Consequently, It Is scinl-oftlclnlly stated that the llrltlsh nnmlriil in Cretan waters has been nolltled not to send nny warships to tnke part in tiie proposed blockade of thif ports ot llrccoe. At tliesnme time, however, In order, apparently, to avid nn open rupture with tin- powers, (Ireal Britain will acquiesce iu the blockade ot the tireek ports. According to the n-porls in diplomatic circles, the powers have already been notl lled of the withdrawal of llreat Britain. I be sultan's advisers point to the met Unit liieat Britain does not constitute the whole of Kuroiie, and that so long as the sultan lias the support of itiissla, I-ranee, Uermany and Austria lie has nothing to fear from i I rent Britain. It is whispered that France will in nil probability follow the example of Orcut Britain. Ounce could reudiiy take this st"p without illsturolng to any appreciable degree her accord witli liiisslu. it is slated Hint Ureat Britain litis f ntl mnted to the powers that if lireeee Is block aded steps should also be taken to blockade the principal Turkish ports, 'tills move of tiri-ut Britain may biing about nn abandon ment of eoer-'lve measures. I.i the meanwhile (treat Britain has defi nitely proposed to the powers thnt Steps be taken 1 1 Induce both Turkey nnd Oreece to withdraw their forces half a mile from the mil frontier. ti recce previously made a similar proposal to tho Turkish government, but tiie porte consulted wttti tiie nintuissiidors of Kussin mid ticrmiiiiy, with the result Hint the repres'-ntlltives ol these powers advised tho Turkish government to decline the oiler. I li" Au-triaii cruiser Satellite has arrived Iu Sitdii buy, having In custody n lireek steamer with till olunteers on board nud a (treek vessel laden witli limmiinitioll, in tended for the re'itn Insurgents. These vessels were eiiptiired while they were ut teinptlng to run the blockade. OPINIONS OF THE MINORITY. Tho Decision Applies tho Anti-Trust Lew to All Labor Organizations. Tho opinion of .lustlcis White, Shim, Field mid Oray, dissenting from the decision of the Supremo court In the trnns-Mlssoiiri Freight association case, nrgues thnt ns It Is conceded that the association contract does not tiiircusouuhly restrain trade and is vn'id under the general law, being only prohibited by th" anti-trust law, tlio decision is that the net ot Congress is n departure from the gen eral principles of law uud destroys tlio right of individuals or corporations to enter into very many reasonuolo contracts. This is tniiiiiiuour.t to the a-ertloii that the net of Congress Is unreasonable. The question thou Is whether the net Is to be Interpreted ns to give it n reasonable moaning, or is it to be construed ns being un reasonable mid as dilutive of the elementary principles of justice. 'lhe conclusion is reached Hint to dellne the words "in restraint of trade" as embracing every contract which iu liny degree produced that effect would in clude nil those contracts which nre the very essence of trade, nud would be equivalent to saying thnt there should be no trad", nnd therefore nothing to restrain. 'The opinion ulso discusser the effect of the decision upon labor orguiiiatiuns, saying: " The interpretation of the statute, therefore, willed holds that reasonable agreements are within its purview, makes It embrace every peaceable organization of tho laborer to lienellt his condition, either by obtaining uu Increase of wages or by diminishing the hours of labor. It follows'that the construc tion which rends theruleof reason out of the statute embraces within Its inhibition every contract or combination bv which working men seek to penceably better their condition. TO ENCOURAGE rRIZE-FIOHTINO. A Petition Presented to tho Legislature of Illinois. Among the petitions presented in the lower house of the legislature was one containing what purported to be resolutions adotited nt a public meeting in Chicago, praying for tiie repsiil of all laws prohibiting pri.e-llghtiiig, nuil the enactment of su h legislation us will give) proper encouragement to tlio prl.e ring. The petition alleged Mint "The glove con test nt Carson ileuioii-trates that such con tests ure iu tho Interest of the people of the state; that they promote physlenl culture. and Hint tho allowing of public glove contests throughout the sttite would nut muterliilly In bringing an end to tho hard times, which the closeness and narrowness of the policy now enforced In our city nnd throughout the stutn generally has brought about, injuring nil businesses. ' MINERS APPE VL TO THE PUBLIC. National Commmittoe Istues a Circular Asking Sympathy. The National Executive committee of the United Minn Workers Issued an appeal to the public for sympathy and llnauolnl aid. The circular describes tlio miners ns being reduc ed to miserable poverty, nnd quotes a I'ltts burg paper to the effect that miners' child ren nre seen driving dogs away from garb age Ami eating It themselves. In the mining regions there. The committee, by name, bluines the New York nud Cleveland Coal company and its president and directors, whose names nre are ulso given for bringing about the demoralizing conditlou of the colli mining business. The miners announce that they lire iletermimvl to end tills state of allatrs nt once, nnd to that end solicit aid Thn circular is Indorsed by President Samuel Oumpure, Largest Bines the War. Major General (irenville M. Dodge, grand marshal of the Grant monument Inaugural parade, says Hint tho showing to be made by the United States Infantry, cnvnlry and ar tillery on April 12", will be the largest ever seen this country, with the exception of the parudo In Washington nt the close of the war. The North Atlantic squadron will re turn to ew lorn Harbor lor the spring ren dezvous on April 20, uud the marines and blue jackets will come ashore on the morning of April '11 uud participate iu the parade. The squadron will anchor in the Hudson river, opposite Grunt's tomo, and lire a sniuie. LA6T TICKS OFF THE WIRE. - . The court of appeals iu New York has de. nled the, application ut Union college for a reurgumuul iu thi Fuyerwoulhor will cuse. At Allensville, Ky., Marshall Russell. Marie Suoden and .Maggie Short wore drowned In a pond by the capsizing ot a pleasure bont. The largest diamond in the world has arrived iu Loudon from Klmberlv, South Africa. It is suld to .be worth tl!,600,000 uncut. I'uuliue Markliam, the actress, has receiv ed a verdict for VU.OOO for Injuries she ro ceivcu by falling luto a LouUvillocellur four years ago. At the Tennessee Centennial Illiuols will reproduce ou a scale oue-slxtb the original slzo the administration building ot the Co lumbia Exposition. At Clayton, N. M., two Chinamen have been found murdered iu their laundry. Bob bery was the motive, a the Celestials wore kuowu to be wealthy. A bill for a receiver for the Christopher Columbus building uud loan association was 11 led by President Julius Urleske, In Chicago, charging Duvld J. Kachsel, secretary, who is mis.- lug, aud Karl Kroueuberger, treasurer, witli beiug 4)35,000 short iu their acwuuis. he wm mm mwim HONORS HIS GRANDFATHER. Msgnlfloent Statue of tho Late Kaiser Un veiled In Berlin. Thn ceremonies attending th" celebration of tlio centennry of the birth of Emperor Wlillnm I, grandfather of the present F.m peror, began Hiinilny and ended on Tuesday. Mondny nn early visit of the l'.mperor and F.mpresH to the mausoleum of Wlillnm I. was liunlo. Thousands of ) pie lined the Feststrnssee, which was brilliantly decorated from th" cnstlo to the Brandenburg gate. Their Majesties, who received nn ovation nil along the' route, spent a quarter of mi hour In silent pray or nt the tomb mid returned to Berlin soon ulter 9 o'clock. The monument was unveiled at 11:110 a. in. according to the programme drawn up under tho personal supervision of the F.mperor. The weather was bright and warm Tues day, tii" last of the three days' celebration of the centenary of the birth of Kmperor Will lam I. The procession was nbout three miles in length, nud It is estimated over 40,000 per sons tool; part in It. At Intervals were limits representing scenes from the life of the lutn emperor, (lermmiin was represented by the wife of a sculptor named S--hott. She was surrounded by 100 steel-clad knights. There were .".n bunds iu the procession, which was reviewed by the emperor, tho em press, the princess and the royal guests, ( .i rrmi nla addressed the emperor In a Itoein specially composed for the oeeaslon. n view of th" patriotism evoked througliont liermimy upon the occasionnf the centenary. F.mperor Wlillnm has ordered that the new memorial medal be bestowed upon the veter anii of lHi',4, lsiitf mid 1070-71. The cost ot producing the med iis will be defrayed by his uuijesty personally. KILLED BY THE CYCLONE. Eight Children Dead in the Ruins of School. A cyclono struck Arlington, On., 'on th J.'l and hits left behind it n trail of death and disaster. The high school building wag blown to pieces, mid from tho wreck nearly 1(KI dead, dying and injured people have al ready been'taken. Among the dead lire: Olile I'lirnimore, school girl; laud Rob erts, school boy: Alice l'utnum, school girl: Albert Butler, school boy: Willie McMurruy, school boy; Kenneth Boynton, school boy; Miiud Johnson, school girl; .Mary Wcllens, school girl. A large number were injuied. About 1:110 there was u lull in the high winds which had prevailed, giving some lyomiso of a clear dny. Trof, Covington, going oat to look around, beheld a dark cloud, well fringed witli electricity, moving rapidly in the direction of the school. His trained eye at once toid him there was dan ger. Hurrying the children into the build ing for safety, the cyclone was upon them before they had time to think. The storm Increased in strength nnd v-loclty, and the building began to siiake ns if it rocked in tiie arms of a mighty force. The building was wrencded into fragments, so tluit the pieces fell Inward, uinl among the llrst strueh were ( lutido Roberts nnd Alice I'litiinm, who were knocked Into death nt the first blow. Little Willie .McMurruy hud been caught un der '.lie lieiivy timber, mid the life wns eriisdeil out of him. Kenneth Boynton wus tho next who was seen viiinly eiiUeavoring to escape from the death trap. i'rufessors Covington nnd Walker worked hard to rescue the little ones, iiolwithstitiid ing their serious wounds. Tho scone was soon surrounded by tin- parents ot the child ren. The sight of eigbt Utile ones already dead and of 10 others criisticd nud bruised find bieediiig in till the ptiases of torture was enough to wring tiie stoutest heart. Among thus" wounded quite u number aro expected to live, and It is more than likely that 'the list Of dead will be doubled. A SHIP GOES DOWN. Her Crew Token oft" Whsn Almost Dead From Exhaustion, Tho stenmer Ontario, which nrrlvcd in Boston from London, brought 27 men, com prising tho crew of the British steamer An drosa, Captain Morgan, which was abandon ad at sen March 8, sou miles west of Fal mouth, F.tiglund. Tho Audrosii left San Francisco, October li, last year, for Loudon. She sprung a leak iu a furious gule, became iiiimuniigeablo mid was abandoned. The greater number ot the rescued were well nigh helpless from extiniistion when taken from the ship, as they had worked nt the pumps iiml at jettisoning the cargo for many days and nights without Intermission. When lust seen the Androsa was fast set tling, preparatory to taking her Until plunge to the bottom. The lost vessel wus valued at about t'i'i.OOO, nnd it is said to be nearly covered by Insurance In l-'.iiglish companies, wliilo American cuuipnnies have large poli cies oil tli cargo, worth several huudrcd thousand dollars. Tho Bankruptcy Bill. Senator Lindsay, from the Committee ou Judiciary, reported the bankruptcy bill sub stantially as It wns reported by Senator Teller during the last Congress. There are a few changes, largely verbal in character. T he agreement to report the bill was reached in tlio committee without division, the desire being general to get tin bill ou the cnlendar at tho earliest (lay practicable. Members of the committee, while agreeing to the report, reserved the right to offer amendments to tiie bill on the floor ol the Senate. It is un derstood that opportunity ulso will be af forded to bring Senator Nelson's bill before the Senate. T he Nelson bill eliminates more of the Involuntary conditions thuu does the comuilttt-o bill, JL . Ten Days Mors of Life. As Francisco llorrcgo, Antonla Borrego, I.aurinna Alarid and 1'airico Valencia were started from the penitentiary, about a mile from Santn Fe, N. M., under cavalry escort for the scaffold, Gov. Thornton received a ilt-patch from Attorney (leuernl McKenua stilling that the president had granted a re- prtevo fur ten nays to took morn lolly luto the case. This makes the fourth time the execution bus been delayed. LEGISLATIVE NOTES. In the Kentucky House a bill to protect the freedom of speech uud preveut the egg ing of public speakers was placed ou Its pass age. It went through with only six votes opposing. The Colorado state senate has passed the Eiigley bill, providing for the abolition ot capital puuishmeut. The bill recently pass ed the house ami uow ouly awaits the gov ernor's signature, The Iowa house passed the senate medical practice act withuut change, driving out osteopaths, fuitii healers, massage doctors aud all others professing to heal, unless they pus examination the same a physiciuu. Itinerant are taxed t'J60 pur your. It begins to look like Dun Stuart will be uuable to realize the expected fortune from toe exhibition ut kluetoscoplo view of tho Corbett-Fltnsimiuon light. Bill to prohibit such exhibition were introduced iu New York uud Maine, Similar bill have beeu in troduced in a number of other Status, Boston Wool Market There was a sharper demand In the wool ruurket here thi week, aud a tinner tone I manifested, buyers who have beeu lucliued to hold back are uow in the market, aud those who bought Ireely beforo are looking lor fresh supplies. Territory wool have be gun to feel the effect of the strouger tone, and good lines of line medium and flue ate calling tot HVm eu t& jcou.re.4 pujUv RAILROAD POOLS ILLEGAL The Snprems Court Renders a Deeislon that Affects Combination of Railroads. By a majority opinion delivered by Justice reekham. the Supreme court announced IU decision thnt the agreement of tho Trans Missouri Freight association to mnlntnln rntes within Its territory was n violation of the anil-trust Inw of isyn prohibiting con tracts or combinations In restraint of trado and must be nbatiiioticd. 'This reversed the decision of the courts below, which ordered a dismissal of the government's bill. Justices Field, tlrny, Shiras nnd White dissented. Justice l'eckhnm said tho case presented two questions ot Importance: First !oo the nntl-trust act npply to nud cover eomn on carriers by railroad 7 Second If so, (b es the agreement complnlned of vlolnte any provision of tliut actV The court dually holds: "The question Is ono of Inw In regard to the nieiiiiing nud effect of the agreement it self, namely: Does the ngri'ement restrain trade or commerce In nny way so as t- be a violation of thn act We hnve no doubt that it diwu. While In force and assuming It to be lived np to, there can In' no doubt that Its direct, Immediate and necessary effect is to put a restraint upon trade nnd commerce lis described in the net. We think the fourth section of the net invests the government with full power and authority to bring such ndioii ns this, and if the tads be proved an Injunction should issue.' An attorney w ho has been connected with the litigation in its progress, speaking of tho effect ot the decision, said: "It settles that the joint traffic association of the eastern trunk lines Is Illegal. It leaves the question upon whether manufacturing trusts can be reduced practically under the autl-trust law.'' It. Bnlnwnter, a farmer near Orricn, Mo., shot and killed his wife, his mother-in-law, Mrs. William Art man; his brother-in-law, Jntnes Thurman, nnd his little step. daughter, F.thel (lentry. T hen, after so nearly exter minntlng a whole family, the murderer blew off the top of his head dying almost Instantly. POLITICS NOT BARRED. Partisanship Not Sufficient Provocation for Removal. Another fa-tor In the policy of the post office department was announced by First Assistant I'ostmnster-deneral Heath. It is t ti nt offensive partisanship will not bo con sidered provocation for removal nnless such action is shown to have been detrimental to the administration of th" postal service. Fully half a doon such charges were made to Acting Postinnster-fienerul HoRth, includ ing the offices nt Hustings, Ned., where Sen ntor Thurston made complaint, nnd nt Ash land, Illinois. Flvery case, however, lacked the essential requirement of specification of Jumnge to the service. This policy, when announced by Col. Heath, created some sur prise among those who had pushed the barges. The same policy was carried out by the last administration. UNION OR DEATH. Th Answer of Crete to the Propotal of Autonomy by the Powsrs. A dlspntch from Cnnen says that tho In surgent commnndcr-in-chlef nt Akrotorl re ferred tho propositi of the powers to grant autonomy to Crete to the various leaders of tho Insurgent forces who had as sembled from different parts of the Island. The ( retail leaders unanimously declared that only two issues were possible the nu nexiitlon of the Island of Crete to (ireece or lighting until death ends the strugglu fur thn union. A special Irade was issued by the sultan calling out for active service 44 battalions of the reserves of the second army corps and alto summoning to tho colors the whole of the contingent of 18'j7. Wtr On the Kinetoicope. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union began n concerted movement to obtain gen eral prohibition of exhibition by the klnctc scope of tho Cnrsou prize light. A petition hus been sent to President MeKiniey asking him to recommend n law prohibiting such exhibitions in the District of Columbia and the territories. Another petition has been sent, iu duplicate, to tiie (iovernor of each State, Letters have already been sent to the National Superintendent of Purity, Dr. Mary Wood Allen, of .Michigan, and to the Nation al Superluletuieut of I'urily iu Literature and Art, Mrs. F.luily D. Martin, of New York city, urging them to take up the issue and push It through their departments all over the United States. The attention of every State V. C. T. U. President will also be call ed to It, and they will be requested to use their liilluenee with their legislator hy let ter and petitions nt once. Appointed to Paris. The President sent to the Senate the nomi nation of Kdgur Thomson Scott, of l'clin svlviiuin, to he second secretary of the em bassy nt Paris. Mr. Scott Is a sun of the late Col. Thomas A. Scott He is about 80 yearn of age and a resident of Philadelphia. He was appointed at the request of lcn, Horace Porter, the new ambassador to France, and of many of his father's former associates iu the management of the Pennsylvania rail road. A Psciflo Coast Storm. A terrific storm lashed Tuget sound. Build ings were blown down and a score of per son Injured, but none fatally. Wires were blown down all along the Northern 1'ncillo coast. At Portland, Ore., the wind nt ono time gained a velocity of 5b miles an hour. Signs were blown down, plate glass windows wero broken, nnd everything loose was blown in every directiou. Friia-Fighting Postmaster. President MeKiniey will remove Post mostor Steven U. P. l'oe, of (1 ration, W. Va nn account of his pugilistic tendencies. Charges wero made against Poe by citizens of (irnfton that Just prior to the November elections be engaged III a prize light under regular ring rub's, and lu eight rounds, by a scientific blow.put his opponent out, pocket ing the proceeds ot the bout. Spain Claims to b Winning. Senor Don Arturo Rnldasano, consul gen eral for Spain III New York, is Iu receipt uf a telegram from the Spanish minister in Wash ington reporting the capture of Imsure, a rebel stroughold lu the Philippine Islands. Cuvite Viejoa, another rebel stronghold, bud aiso been surrounded and was lu lluine, the telegram said. About 1,200 Convert. Ilev. Dw'lght L. Moody's stay of three weeks In Cincinnati, ended Tuesday night. He will goto Louisville, but will be lu Chic ago next Monday. All expenses of Muslo hull, nearly H00 a night, were met by night ly contributions, No census of the number of converts have beeu kept, but 11 1 estimat ed thnt nearly l.HOU accession to the churches have beeu niadu u the result of this three weeks' meeting. LAST TICKS. Two bills have been Introduced in tho Now York legislature lookiug to the creation ol a new stun) out the counties of Now York, Kings, Richmond, (jueeus, Suffolk, West cuesler uud l'utuuin. Niuuteen business buildings In the village of bloomingtou, Wis., were burned to the grouud. Fire originated in a saloou. The town had uo tire apparatus whatever. The loss Is about ,$50,000, with light insurauce, .
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