flllPIS H fAFT 10 Kill.
FEAR CHANGE IN POLICY.
Figures Show That Our Dealings
With Mexico Havs Nearly
Trebled In Ten Years.
The public discussion of a possible
clmngo In the standard of a currency
In Mexkio ndds Interest to a statu
rent Just prepared by tho treasury
bureau of uUvtiiUrs ru 'vrdlnR the
trade relations between the United
State and that country. With no
fart of the world has the commerce
of the United State. grown more
rapidly in rocont yenrs than with
Mexleo. Exports to Mexico from the
United filiates, which Amounted to
$15,000,000 In 1801, will bo over $40,-
000. 000 In lima, and Imports Into the
United States from Mexico, which
were $28,noo,ooo In 1891, will be fully
$41,000,000 In 1902. Mexico Is tho
one country with which our lmorls
nnd exports hnlance. To Canada we
tell twice as much as the vnluo of
our 'purchases from It. Our imports
from the Central American countries
ore 30 per cent more than our ex
ports to those ceuntrles. From tho
West Indies our imports are nenrly
twlco ns urent l:t valuo as our ex
ports to them. From South Amer
ica our imports i re nearly three times
ns great as the vnluo of our exports
ts them, nnd I Din Ala our Importu
lire more than double our exports to
that part of the world. To Europe
we expoit nenrly three times ns
i.ii'ch as we Import from that Conli-
1. Mt. The most Important of our ex
po ts to Mexico are manufacturers of
Iron nnd steel, machinery, unmanu
factured cotton, lumber, manul'actur
C'l wood, manufactures of cotton and
gunpowder. Our Imports from Mex
ico ate cliloflv textile gi-as?s, especi
ally sisal, coffee, hides, cattle, lead,
copper and tobacco, and in addition
to these there are large quantities of
Bllver in ore and considerable roM
'.vhich nro not Ini lmled in tho figures
of imports of merchandise.
Monument to Heroes.
The Pennsylvania monument at
Chlcamauga park, Tenn., to the Seventy-third
regiment, Pennsylvania
volunteers, has been put in place. It
I located on Missionary ridge, where
the assull of November 25, 1800, was
made.
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.
Mme. Garibaldi, widow of tho Ital
ian patriot. Is dangerously 111 at Leg
horn, Italy.
Attorney General Knox sent to
Congress a letter pointing out neces
sary action relative to controlling
trusts.
According to an estimate cabled to
England from Delhi, the Durbar cost
ovor $5,000,000, the Indian govern
ment's bill amounting to over $2,
750,000. The Senate confirmed the nomina
tion of F. n. Loomis to he assistant
secretary of state; Charles P. Bry
an, minister of Portugal; David J.
Hill, minister to Switzerland.
A dispatch to London, England,
Trom Tangier, Morocco, say all the
l-li i!ir mm 111 cm ijuvu now ItfLl U1HI
place and that the foreign consuls
there will follow Immediately.
A Joint resolution tendering thanks
of Congress to General Adna R. Chaf
fee and the officers and men who
served with him In China, was Intro
duced In the Senate by Senator For-
aker. ,
' Bids for bulidlng $9,000,000 worth
of warships were opened at the navy
department January 6 in the pres
enco of representatives of nearly
every shipbuilding concern of note
In the country.
Senator Lodge' ruade a favorable
report to .the Senate from the for
eign relations committee on the arbi
tration treaty for the American re
publics drawn up by the last Pan
American conference.
. The House committee on Military
Affairs, has finished tho army appro
priation bill which will carry $72,538,
337. about $5,000,000 less than the
estimatos. The appropriation last
year was $91,240,630. .
The formal charges made by Minis
ter Hunter against Consul General
McNally, who has been stationed at
Guatemala City, have been received
t the state department, but they
will not be made public.
The Senate Committee on the Phil
ippines took favorable action upon an
amendment to the sundry civil ap
propriation bill, appropriating $2,500,
000 for the purchase of draught ani
mals for the Filipinos.
Dr. D. E. Salmon, chief of the
United States bureau of animal In
dustry, expresses his belief that be
fore the end of this week all cattle
suffering from the foot and mouth
disease in Massachusetts will have
been destroyed.
The President has directed the ap
pointment of Lieutenant Colonel
John A. Johnston, of thn artintant
general's department, to be a brigadier-general
to fill the vacancy
caused by the retirement of General
H. C. Hasbrouck.
First Llet. James McKlnley, Four
teenth cavalry, nephew of the late
President McKlnley, has voluntarily
relinquished his assignment as aide
de camp to MaJ. Gen. Young, to join
his regiment at Ft. Meade, S. D., un
der orders to go to the Philippines.
Representative Loudenslager, of
New Jersey, introduced a bill pro
viding that an applicant for pension
or Increase of pension shall, upon ar
riving at the age of 70 yean, be held
to be wholly disabled and entitled to
i rhA mnT mum rntA tit 111 nan Mnlli
The committee on legislation of
the Grand Army of the Republic In
, lotslon In Washington visited the
PrAoMAilt Anil twvu Imuul r.. .trcin i.m! i
"the lutorest of legislation for- prefer
' ence to veteran In the public ser
vice. They were satisfied with re
sults.
CONGRESSIONAL NOTES.
LVII. CONGRE8S.
Statehood Bill.
At the opening of the Bonate Tues
day Mr. Vest, Missouri, pressed for
the consideration of his resolution
to abolish the duty on anthracite
coal, lint the morning hour expired
while the debate was In progress.
Mr. Nelson, Minnesota, resumed his
speech In 'opposition to the admission
of New Mexico, Arizona and Okla
homa as states, but did not finish.
Pension Increased.
The House Tuesday pasned by a
vote of 153 to 62 the bill to rreate a
general rttnff of the army. Mr. Me
ridian, Now York, doubted whether
the best results could be obtained
from a general staff composed of of
ficers detailed for short terms with
out previous technical training. An
amendment offered by Mr. Warner,
Illinois, w-as adopted, striking out the
"Secretary of War" wherever it oc
curred In the bill coupled with the
"President." He thought the su
preme command of the army should
rest with tho President. A bill was
passed to Increase thn pension for
total deafness frcra $30 to $40 per
month.
Coal Shortage.
The Senate Wednesday took tip
the eonl famine question by adopting
a resolution directing the committee
on thn District of Columbia to Inquiro
whether tho shortage In Washington
was caused by failure of shipments
or lnck of prompt distribution. The
militia bill was discussed until It
gavo way to the statehood bill. Mr.
Bevorldgo, Indiana, rend a number of
resolutions favoring the combination
of Oklnhoma and Indian Territory as
ono slnte. Mr. tinny, Pennsylvania,
said the bill to which the resolution
referred hnd been withdrawn. The
hill was still under consideration
when the Senate adjourned.
Hawaiian Silver Coinage.
The House Wednesday pnssied a1
resolution calling on tho secretary of
war for Information regarding the re
sults of the abolition of wine and
beer in the army canteens and pass
ed the Senate bill for redemption of
the Hawaiian silver coinage.
Liquors in Bond.
The Senate, on Thursday discussed
for a large part of the day the reso
lution offered by Mr. Vest. Missouri,
to Instruct the Finance committee to
report a bill removing the . duty on
anthracite coal, but no vote was
reached. The House bill to allow
liquors now or horeafter In bonded
warehouses the same consideration
for leakage and evaporation that It
granted to liquors before January 1,
i8, was passed. The Senate ad
journed to Monday.
Constabulary Bill.
Tho House on Thursday passed the
Philippine constabulary bill with an
amendment limiting to four the num
ber of assistant chiefs. It provides
that the chief and his assistants,
who must be United States army offi
cers, shall have tho rank and pay of
brigadier generals and colonels re
spectively, the difference between
such pay and that of their army rank
to De paid out oi the Philippine trea
sury.
Mr. Grosvenor Introduced a resolu
tion authorizing a committee to In
vestigate the anthracite coal short
age and particularly whether It Is
caused by a combination or conspi
racy In restraint of commerce.
Pension Bills.
The House FrMu.v niuml 111 nrl.
vate pension ,bllls and adjourned to
Monday. Mr. Russell, Texas, pro
tested against tho haste with which
such bills wero passed. Since tho
civil war, he said, about 10,000 pri
vate bills had been passed, over one
tenth of thorn during the first session
of this ConirrosR. Mr. T.apav Inw.
said that the osf-os before Congress
were those in which the general pen
sion laws could not give relief. The
ract that only 10,000 bills bad passed
in 40 years he thought sufficient
proor ot tne care exercised by Con
gress.
SANTO DOMINGO MU8T PAY.
United States Minister Demands
$325,000 Owing to Americans. .
United States Minister Powell
made a demand c. the Dominican
government for the Immediate pay
ment of the $325,000 due to the Clyde
line. Mr. Powell had previously de
manded of the Dominican govern
ment the withdrawal of the decree
changing the port dues and that,
falling to comply with it, the gov
ernment pay the Clyde Hue the
money due to that company and rec
ognize other rights claimed by the
United States minister for the com
pany. The government Is disposed
to resist his demand.
Carrie Nation Practical.
Miss Carrie Natilon closed nego
tiations for a large residence at
Kansas City, to be used as a home
for drunkard's wives. The price was
$7,500, and it is understood that Mrs.
Nation will spend several thousand
dollars In Improving the property.
The money to establish the homo
was raised by ber on a recent trip
to the East.
Orders 225 Locomotives.
The Rock Island railroad manage
ment has given what la undoubtedly
the largest single order on record for
locomotives. It Is for 225 engines to
be divided between the passenger
and freight service, the cost will be
about $4,000,000. '
Murdered by a Highwayman.
Edward Powers, ' a produce mer
chant, was killed In Philadelphia.
Pa., by an unknown highwayman,
who attacked him on the street a few
blocks from his home.
AefS OF VIOLENCE IRE NUMEROUS.
BRIDEGROOM'S HARDSHIPS.
(Many Interesting Stories Told by
Witnesses Who Appeared Be
fore Strike Commission.
The non-union men continue to oe
copy the attention of tho conl strike
commission at their session In Phila
delphia In presenting evidence of
lawlessness in the anthracite coal
region during the strike. The tes
timony Included mnny acts of vlo
I nee. from murdor down to nlaln as
sault and petty larceny. Dynamite
played a leading part In the alleged
persecution of non-union men and
their relatives. Five wltnossoj testi
fied to their houses being more or
less srlously damagd by persons,
some of whom are known to be
union men. placing the hlnh exnlo-
slves on the property. Other wit
nesses told of a man being blown up,
locomotive damaged, steam pipes In
two different collieries either broken
or dnmsged by dynnmlto, bridges
end fences damaged by Incendiary
fires and attempted wrecking of
their trains. Ono youth said he was
stabbed. Several of the witnesses
were boycotted and several others
told of being benten by crowds nnd
of their houses being stoned. A
young woman told tho commission
she was dismissed as a school teach
er because her brother chose to
work during the strike. Another
witness said he was afraid 'to attend
the funeral of his mother, who had
;nen wnilo bo was working behind a
colliery stockade. Ono witness told
of having been punished by a mob
rorclng him to walk 15 miles at tho
head of a cheering crowd of strikers.
The most interesting story was that
told by Thomas Washalskl, of Hnz
leton, a clerk for Pardee & Co., who
wai married on the night of Septem
ber lrt. On the night of the wedding
a small crowd gathered at the Cath
olic church, and as tho bridal party
entered the edifice Washalskl and
his brldo were called "scabs." Com
ing out after the ceremony he was
assaulted by the waiting crowd
wnicn nad greatly Increased. Tho
driver of the carriage was net per
mltted to take the couple home and
the witness sought refuge In the
parochial residence and tho bride
was escorted home in a trolley car
by friends. The crowd called the
rector of tho church a "scab" be
cause he performed the ceremony.
LAior on the witness said he man
aged to get away from the house
and spent the night In the colliery,
being afraid to go to his home. All
the commissioners listened to the
story with close attention, and Chair
man Gray'B remark was: "What
sort of a community Is this, any
way i-
GEN. GRANT'S DEBT8 ALL PAID.
Used the Profit of Memoirs for Pay
ment of Obligations.
General Frederick D. Grant, as
executor under the will of his moth
er, Julia Dent Grant, has taken pro
ceedings In the surrogate's court at
Now York, to have It adjudged that
no property passing by the will Is
subject to the collateral Inheritance
tax. General Grant says his mother
did not have any real estate In that
state, and the only personal prop
erty afro possessed there consists of
432 shjiros of the United States
Steam Company and $1,648 Interest
bearing scrip of no market value,
and which cannot be sold. General
Grant says that more than 10 years
ago she gave to him tho royalties
from the memoirs written by Gen
eral U. S. Grant In trtiBt to pay notes
and obligations of her husband and
to divide the surplus among her
children. General F. D. Grant has
performed all the conditions of his
father and has divided the surplus,
excepting the proceeds of the book,
which have accumulated to an ag
gregate of $30,000. The sum he in
vested for the beneficiaries In bonds
of foreign corporations which he Is
noldlng in trust, and has deposited
In New York In his own name. Ho
says no portion of these bonds con
stitute any part of her estate, and
therefore should not be taxed under
the laws of this state.
VAST ORE DEAL ON HAND.
Negotiating for a Big Block of Mes
aba Territory.
The Unltod States Stoel Corpora
tion is negotiating with the Northorn
Securities Company iand James J.
1I1U for a loaso of all the Mesaba
rsnge ore properties controlled by
Hill and hla company. It is estimat
ed that the bods contain 500,000,000
tons ot ore, valued at $1,000,000,000
at least. It Is reported that the
steel corporation has paid $2,000,000
for a deposit of Iron ore 300 miles
north wee t ot Bunburg, Canada-
Shot by Masked Men.
John Holllna, a negro, was taken
from a train two miles south of
Drent, Miss., by a mob of masked
men and shot to death. He "was
charged with attempting a criminal
assault.
Destroyed by Fire.
The entire stock of Knowlea &
earner's department store at Buffalo,
N. Y.i was destroyed by fire and the
building on Main street was badly
damaged. One firoman was seriously
Injured. The elevator shaft In the
building acted as a flue and the en
tire Interior of the building was In
flames before the firemen arrived,
loss, $150,000.
Celebrates 101st Birthday.
Mrs. Mary Forbes Cobb, at Rus
slaville, Ind., celebrated her 101st
birthday anniversary. Her father
was a soldier In the revolution and
her grandfather was a captain under
George Washington. She heard
Henry Clay and Daniel Webster talk
several times. She is probably the
oldest member of the Daughters of
the Revolution.
LATEST NEWS NOTES.
Tlurglars robbed the bank ot Louis
ville, Neb., of $1,800.
Five women overpowered and
robbod a detecjlve at Huntington, W.
Va.
Year's earnings of tho United
Ptntes Steel Corporation are 132,
CB2.000. Amliaiisador von Holleben, of Ger
many, sailed from New York foi
home.
One man was killed and one la
miming as result of wreck on Hla
Four railroad.
Daniel II. Bantings, ex-governor ol
Pennsylvania, dk-d at Pellefonto,
Ph., January f.
John Matthews and Charles Brad
field were killed by a gas explosion at
Mnrshalltown, la.
Treasury statistics show large In
creaso In dmncntlc trado for 11
months of li02.
Ernest Davis, colored, was hanged
at Manchester, Va., tor the murder
of John II. Stokes.
A score of lives wero lost In Aui
trla in the floods resulting from the
breaking up of tho Ice.
William H. Chlo, of Toledo, shot
and killed his wire at Awrlon, Mich.,
and committed suicide.
Itev. Sheldon Mimson Orlswold. D.
D., of Hudson, won consecrated Bpl
copal bishop of Salona, Kan.
Haron Speck von Sternburg, rep
resentative of Germany, will rank as
ambassador at WaHhlngton.
Undo Sam employs nearly neventy
five hundred women In the various
departments nt Wellington.
Student nt tho Annapolis naval
academy suffered broken Jaw while
being hnsnd by upper classmen.
County authorities at Cleveland
who broke up local coal trust are
now after tho v.IioUmbIo druggltits.
Another violent earthquake oc
curred at Andljan, Husslnn Turke
stan, but there was no Iobj of life.
President Hoosovelt will apimlnt
ilev. Ir. Lyons, a colored preacher
of italtlmoro, as minister to Liberia.
The i tenmer Pleiades, which sailed
from Seattle, Wash., on December 4,
for Yokohama, Japan, Is 13 days over
due. Benjamin It. Ferguson, president
of the Springfield Marine liank. at
Springfield, III., dropped dead In his
o.'llce.
The sultnn of Achlm, Sumatra, has
tendered his submission to the
Dutch, after being In rebellion 20
yoars.
The consolidated tobacco trust
unanimously voted to increase the
capital stock from $30,00'J,000 to $40,
000,000. Western Union Telegraph Com
pany nuked an injunction to prevent
the I'anhandlo railroad from ousting
its wires.
Citizens of Areola, 111., seized an
Illinois coal train, confiscating the
coal, but keeping a strict account to
pay for It.
The colonial Curzon house at New
buryport, Mass., which has furnished
a subject for many artists, was burn
ed to the ground.
Tho torpedo boat destroyer Law
rence showed a spoed of over 20
knots an hour In her trial trip on
Massachusetts bay.
Miss Evelyn Burden, of Now York,
daughter of I. Townscnd Burden, was
badly burned while taking a vapoi
bath, the lamp exploding.
Mrs. Catheitne Thompson, who
claimed to he a niece of Georgo
Washington, died In destitute circum
stances In Waukegan, 111.
In his annual message to the Con
necticut Legislature Governor Cham
berlain recommended publicity lu tho
transactions ot corporations.
Joe Smith, suapocted ot being the
bandit who Blnglehanded robbed
tho North Coast limited two months
ago, In Montana, was captured.
The plant ot the Commercial Trav
elers & Farmers National Food Com
pany at Battle Creek, Mich., burned.
Loss $75,000; Insurance $18,000.
The beard of trade and transpor
latlon of Now York adopted a reso
lution for enlarging the Erie canal to
accommodates a thousand-ton barge.
The Illinois court ot appeals decid
ed that the men who operated a cor
ner cannot enforce contracts based
upon the fictitious prices that en
sued. Henry Yentsey told the story of the
plot which resulted In the killing of
Gocbel before the grand jury at
Frankfort, Ky., but it was not made
public.
United States detectives arrested
W. S. Brown In New York, who U
charged with securing many thou
sands by fraud through the United
States malls.
Heavy snowstorms prevailed east
ot the Mississippi river, and freezing
weather extended over Kentucky and
Tennessee and the southern halt ol
the cotton beJL
Attorney Shortrldge, ot the de
fense, In the Tingley-Times libel
suit at San Dlogo, Cal., declared the
Bame right to exist to print as to
think and speak. ,
President Roosevelt agreed to pre
pare for sending to King Edward VII
the first formal message by wireless
tolography across the Atlantic from
the United Etateo.
The Treasury department has on
dored the deportation of the wife and
two children of William McQuoen,
the Patterson, N. J., anarchist, who
was sentenced to five year in prison
for Inciting riots.
Report cornea from Portland, Ore.,
that tho project of combining the
principal flour mills of the three Pa
cific States has been revived and op
tions on many mills extended.
Mrs. Jane Denny Wiley, the widow
of Stephen C. Foster, the composer
of the "Suwanee River," "Old Folks
at Home" and numerous other mel
odies and old war songs, was fatally
burned at her home lu Allegheny,
Pa.
KIWIC DEAL REALLY A MERGER
COMMUNITY OF INTEREST.
Control of Railway and Mining Prop
erties Passes to Control of Van-derbilt-Pennsylvanla.
President Loree, of the Baltimore
ft Ohio railroad, has made the official
statement that tho Baltimore ft Ohio
had acquired the control of the Read
Ing railroad through tho Pennsyl
vania railroad. The Pennsylvania
operated through Kuhn, Leob ft Co.
Of a total cf 2,800,01)0 shares, this
firm has secured between 1,200,000
and 1,400,000 shares In the Interest
of the Pennsylvania. This was large
ly preferred stock. The the Vender
bills and the Bnlti more & Ohio were
InflteJ to take these purchases bo
Iween them. This was to bring the
Heading Into the community of own
ership scheme, originated by the
Pennsylvania railroad and the New
York Central, without conflicting
with tho law of the State of Penn
iylvanla, which prohibits the Penn
sylvania railroad from owning con
trol of a competing lino. Tho Van
derbllts nominated the Lnko Shore to
lake up their shares ot tho purchase,
and the transaction involved the
ralHlng of about $25,000,000 by Issu
ing bonds. Tho Pennsylvania select
ed the llnltlmore & Ohio, and this
company financed the requirement
by part of tho money derived from
the recent sale of $42,500,000 of stock.
It probably took $ri0.()00,ooo to consu
mate the purchase. The deal brings
under the Pennsylvania railroad ond
New York Central control the anthra
cite coal interests. Tho same rail
rond Inllucnces already dominate the
bituminous coal Interests. Tho rail
rnd mileage embraced In this deal
Includes: . Philadelphia Kradlng
nnd controlled Hues, 1,457; Central
Italroad of New Jersey. 077; Lehigh
Valley, 2.271; total 4.405. The Head
ing holds a mnjorlty of tho stock in
the Central ltnilroad of New Jersey,
and has a substantial Interest In the
I.ehlgh. thr.t Is sufficient to dominate
Its general policy. Tho relation has
been that it furnished them an en
trance Into Philadelphia, and It also
sonnecta with their Beech Creek rail
road. The Baltimore ft Ohio relation
has been ono of years' standing and
Includes the entrance the Reading
property affords It to New York and
the Interchange of traffic, via the
Western Maryland and the Cumber
land Valley railroad. The deal makes
a substantial addition to the mileage
operated under the Baltimore & Ohio
influence, doubling tho same, shown
as follows: Miles Pretont Balti
more & Ohio system, 4,400 mileage,
affected by deal, 4.405, total 8.805.
President Loree said It was a fact
that his company had secured an In
terest In the Philadelphia ft Reading,
lie also confirmed tho report from
New York that after having secured
s large block of the stock, his com
pany had arranged to sell a substan
tial amount to the Vandorbllts.
HIS GUN WAS HANDY.
Mine Superintendent, Attacked by 12
Men, Killed Three.
J. A; Taylor, manager of the York
and Nevada company's mine near
Ely, White Pine county. Nevada, waa
attacked In tho company's otlico at
Keystone by 12 members of the
miners' unlcn, who Intended running
him out of town. They threw him
down, but ho broke away and -commenced
shooting, killing Jame
Staggs, Samuel Johnson and J. 8.
Smith and wounding three other
members of tho party. A strike has
been on for several weeks, on a
count of a reduction in wages or
dered by Taylor.
FATAL WRECK.
Seven Killed and Ten Injured on P.,
V. & C. Railroad.
A collision between a freight train
and a passenger accommodation oc
curred near Cochran's Station on tho
Monongahcla division of tho Penn
ivlvanla ro:id, near Duquesme, Pa.,
Wednesday. A score of pnssengers
on the West Klirabeth accommoda
tion. No. 14, southbound out of Pitts
burg, were caught in the crash. Af
ter being crushed Into a mangled
heap, the splintered wcck caught
fire and added tho horror of crema
tion to the miseries of the victims.
The dead are: Chas. K. Stroud, John
Stewart, Mike Pollock, Tony Orcheck.
M. C. Buckner, Thos. D. Cook and
one unknown. Ten were Injured,
some of whom will die. Tho accl
dent is said to be due to negligence
ot tho freight train flagman.
YOUT8EY'S LATEST 8T0RY.
Alleged to Have Implicated ex-Gov
Taylor and Others.
Henry E. Youtsey was taken from
prison, where he Is serving a life
sentence for complicity in the murder
of Governor William Ooebol, to tell
the grand Jury at Frankfort, Ky..
what ho knows ot the crime. He Is
reported to have Implicated ex-Governor
W. S.- Taylor, Caleb Powers.
John L. Powers ai.d others, and to
have said that he let the alleged as
sassins Into the room, pulled down
the blind, and raised the window. He
pointed out Goebel as he came
through the Btate house gate to
James Howard, who fired the shot,
the men made their escape from the
building during the excitement.
To Observe McKinley's Birthday.
Governor Nash issued a proclama
tion calling upon the people ot Ohio
to observe January 29 with exercUes
In all schools, colleges and universi
ties, commemorate of the 60th anul
rorsary ot McKinley's birth.
Wyoming Indiana Starving.
The Arapahoe Indians In Wyoming
re In a starving condition. Not a
day passes but a hand Is In begging.
TRADE GR0WINQ RAPIDLY.
Great Nonpartisan Gathering Be
seeches Him Not Leavo the
Philippine Islands.
Tho general rrgret of the Filipino
people at the possible departure of
Gov. Tnft resulted In a popular dem
onstration for the purpose of urglnn;
the governor to remain In the Inlands.
The streets of Manila have been pla
carded with signs saying "We want
Oov. Taft" In English. Tagnlog and
Spanish. A crowd of 8,000 men
marched to Mnlacanan paiacp. the
governor's residence. Upon reaching
the palace speeches were mado by
rcprrnent stives of tho Federal, Lib
eral and Nationalist parties, In whlcn
the governor was urged to remain.
Tho speakers said Mr. Tafts presence
wan necessary to preservo order, for
tho prevention of political disruption
and to injure tho maintenance of the
present, policy. Tho speakers psld
personal tribute to the governor, the
crowd cheering its approval. In re
plying to the address Gov. Taft said
it would not bo decided at present
whether ho leave tho Islands or re
main until next August. Ho assured
the people that If lie did leave the
present policy of the American gov
ernment would suffer no change, It
being not a (iiiestlon of Individual
but of national policy. After the
speeches the thousands of natives
who filled the ground of the palace
broke Into a cheer for tho governor.
Thorn has been an outbreak of Ia
droiilsm In tho province of Albay,
southern Luzon. A large forno Is
now pursuing tho ban. lids and addi
tional ron tnbulary have been dis
patched to the provlnc.-'. Tho provin
rial (ifilclnta report that they expect
to disperse tho robber band-) within
l') days. The fleet under Admiral
Hvins has been nt target practlco In
Manila bay. The hiittlenhlp Kentucky
fired her !.1-inch guns. The reports
of the prac'lcc have net been com
pleted, but tho nvdpgo ef hits Is be
lieved to have been high.
VETOED BY M'KINLEY.
Gereral Chaffee Tells of Plan to
Capture Great Britain.
If President McKlnley had not for
bidden it. General Chaffee admitted
at New York in an address at thn
Hamilton club, Brooklyn, where he
was the .((iiest of honor at a dinner
In commemoration of the birthday of
Alexander Hamilton, he would have
seized a treasure worth $80,000,000
when ho was In command of the
mcrlcan troops in China. He knew
exactly the location of this treasure
In the Forbidden City, and had
planned to take possession of It, wnen
President McKlnley vetoed the prop
osition. It was his intention to hold
out any amount that mlcht be set
tled upon as a proper Indemnity and
return the remainder to tho Chinese
government.
Against Hobson's Retierment.
Tho naval affairs committee of the
House at Washington, decided by a
vote of 5 to 4 not to report the bl)l
authorizing the transfer of Naval
Constructor R. P. Hobson to the re
tired list.
Colonial Buildings Burned.
Tho colonial house, ancient grist
mill and barn, comprising the Curzon
estate at New Buryport, Mass., wide
ly known for their antiquity and as
subjects for artists, were burned to
the ground Jan. 9.
Vanderbllts Buy Rending.
The Pennsylvania railroad, acting
on behalf of the Baltimore ft Ohio,
has sold onehalf of the stock holdings
In the Reading company to the Van
dcrhilt Interests.
CABLE FLASHES.
The ' monthly statement of the
London, England, board of trade
shows that during December Imports
increased $7,002,500 and exports de
creased $472,500.
Prof. Robert Koch. th bacteriolo
gist, sailed from Hamburg, for Rho
desia to study the cattle plague for
the British Chartered South Africa
Company, at a salary of $250 a day
not.
Workmen notify Emperor William
that they do not indorse his attitude
In Krupp affair.
The Budget at Berlin, Germany,
aporoprlates the first installment of
$r;75,OO0 for the German exhibit at
the St. 1 .011 Is Exposition, and places
the total requirement for this pur
pose at from $025,000 to $750,000.
All the foreign ministers In China
oxcept United States Minister Con
ger signed a joint note warning the
Chinese government that the failure
to pay the war indemnity on a gold
basis would entail great conjequen-
c-a
' Madame Humbert. In a preliminary
, examination In Paris, Is reported to
: have said that tho story of the Craw--fords
and their millions are true, that
' she took the responsibility of the
whole affair and that her family bad
nothing to do with It.
The American garrison at Ormok,
Island ot Leyte, Philippine Islands,
has been attacked by cholera. Nine
men of Company B, Eleventh In
fantry, were seized by the disease
and five of them died. The post at
Ormok has been quarantined.
King Alfonso, ot Spain, who had
expressed the intention ot attending
Sonor Sagasta's funeral, was dis
suaded by the ministers, who feared
political demonstrations. Very large
number of wreaths and messages of
condolence have been received. In
cluding one from the Pope.
Six hundred persons sat down to a
banquet at Berlin, Germany, where
the dishes consisted entirely ot horse
meat. Tho presiding officer of the so
ciety, Private Councillor Von Seofeld,
said 30 OiiO horaes had been eaten In
Berlin last year, and that he hoped
for a large increase in the future.
President Castro'a acceptance ot
the proposition to refer the dispute
hntweca Venezuela and the power
BOTTLED 'BAIT. 1
The Real Thine Kaw the Invanllaa ef
flonln In Ihm (.
Each fishing year sees new Inven
tions to aid the angler, soma sports
manlike and some unsportsmanlike,
Thny are of all shapes, sizes and ma
terials and the effectiveness of n I no
tenths of them In nil. Occassional ly a
genius hits upon something really vaK
uable and by the next season It Is es
tablished as a standard.
As a general thing, It may be said,
rubber or celluloid or papier-mache
Imitations of living cerntutes designed
to Aire the fish are of no value. It Is to
be dou Med whether a dosen bass have
been taken In the United States with
rubber frogs, though the latter have
been manufactured for some years.
This Is true also of rubber helgra
mltes, celluloid field mice and such.
The false minnow Is almost always
valueless and the dark green papier
mache crawfish Is a delusion.
Up In Wisconsin, however. Is a man
named William Shakespeare, who Is
enough like pleasant Will to like ang
ling. He is assisted by his son, named
William Shakespeare, Jr., and the two
of them have turned out some metal
bats of cylindrical form and liberally
garnished with hooks which have
proved to be fairly Rood.
Of the sportmanshlp of attacking
bass with lures which carry from two
to five fcnngs of hooks not much ran
be said. A fish which comes anywhere
within si Inches of one of them ts
apt to be ( tu'jht. by the hesd, or the
tall, or somewhere.
In Milwaukee a genius named King
has devised a process for pickling
live minnows. He getn them In binhels
and soaks them in his preparation.
They do not lose their substance or
color and are as tough as leather.
He puts them up In squat glass bot
tles securely sealed, from 12 to 20 min
nows In a bottle, according to size, and
sells them Bt a lower rate thsn Is paid
for live minnows at tho fishing resorts.
Some anglers object to them because
they are very dead, but minnows which
ore put upon the hook alive live only
a little while, anyhow. Indeed, if the
strongest thub be fastened and sunk
or rant In cold water It will be dead
Inside of five minutes, and from that
time until it is taken from the barbs
by a successful forager the angler con
tinues to fish with a dead lure.
The Milwaukee man, of course,
makes a secret of his process, but a
chemist ought to be able to detect It
without trouble. When this Is done
there will be no reason why an angler
should not put up his bait In the fall
and keep It over until pring, taking
the water In June supplied fully with
minnows In bottles, frogs in cans, craw
fish In boxes and helgramites and dra
gonflies laid away In layers.
These things will prove a great con
venience, as it ts often difficult to get
frogs or minnows at the resorts, and
the inexperienced man who goes out to
catch them for himself Is apt to have
his labor for bis reward. New York
Sun.
VThr h Wanted an Aatomoblla.
"I might's well tell you. Abner," shs
said with a grim smile. "I hain't told
a livin' soul. But you're a Suncook.
same as me, an' I feel as If I'd got to
tell somebody."
"What Is It?" asked Abner. He
moved forward in his chair.
She looked looked at him shrrwd'y.
"Yfu won't tell nobody!" she said.
He shook bis head.
"Well, the first thing I'm goln to
hae when I get down off the hill li
an autymoblle."
She leaned back, triumphant.
Abner's eyes bulged feebly. He shift
ed them uneasily to the clock and then
to the floor.
Aunt Nancy laughed happily. "Now
you think I'm out of my head, don't
you, Abner?"
He looked at her with sheepish guilt.
"But I ain't I never was quite so
sane In all my life. I've al'ays wanted,
ever since I was born, to ride some
thin' that went by Itself. I've pulled
horses up and down these hills till I'm
sick to death of it, I've al'ays set far
forred on the seat an' breathed light
so's not to weigh so much, an' I want
to ride In sometbin' I can lean back la
an' weigh heavy 'fore I die sometbin'
that I won't have to think all the time
how tired it's gettln':" Llpplncotti
Magazine.
TronbU for fha Proof-Rtarier.
"It you think that I am going to pay
you a penny for this advertisement of
mine in your measly old paper, you
are mightily mistaken, my friend."
said an Irate business man as he
slammed down a copy of the Morning
Reveille on the counter In the business
office of the paper.
"What la the matter with the adver
tisement?" asked the business manager
ot the paper as he came forward.
"I'd ask what is the matter. If I were
you! What I wrote was 'A fresh in
voice of dairy butter every day.' Will
you just cast your eye on that ad ot
mine and see what you have printed!"
The business manager "cast his eye"
on the "ad" Indicated and looked for
a place ot safety when he read.
"A fresh Invoice of balry butter
every day!" Lipplncott's Magazine.
Wsman Doctor In Pari.
A statistician has discovered that
Paris has now 57 women doctors
out of a total of 3t00 practitioners.
Compared with this country the pro
portion la small, but It none the less
show a rapid disappearance ot a
strong prejudice. Twenty year ago
Paris had only seven women physi
cians. Every year a large number of
diplomas are given to women graduates
by the medical faculties of Paris and
Montpeller, but Frenchwomen are in
the minority, the greater number ot
candidate being Russians and Rou-maalA.
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