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GREAT CARE NEEDED.
Department of Agriculture Issues New
Cods of Regulations For
Live Stock.
The department of agriculture, at
Washington, 1. C announced a now
code of regulations for the suppression
of contagious and Infectious diseases
among domestic animals. Tho new
regulations requite nil persons to exor
cise reasonable diligence 1o ascertain
that the animals are not affected with
any contagious or Infectious disease,
nor exposed by contact with other ani
mals so affected or by tvnlng In pens
or vehicles contaminated by diseased
animals before such' persons offer
them for transportation or Introduce
them Into public stock yards or on
public highways or lines of Interstate
traffic. All persons having charge of
Infected or exposed animals are re
quired to keep them confined and away
from other animals, and no persons
controlling premif.es or vehicles where
diseased or exposed animals have been
ehall allow them to bo occupied by
Wealthy animals until the dnngcr of
Infection Is removed. Any state or
territory or tho Dlst 'ct of Columbia
where there exists a contagious or In
fectious disease am ig animals Is to
be considered an In' rted locality. The
movement of riiscci tlble animals Into
or through an Infected locality will be
roverned by these regulations ami any
subsequent orders of the secretary of
egr'culture, and vehicles used for their
tra:.-nortatfon must be cleaned and
dlslu, ctrd according to the secre
tary's rrrters. The shipment or re
moval of hay, straw, forage or other
similar material, or of any meats,
hides or other animal products from
in Infected locality may be prohibited
when deemed necessary and shall bo
disported of to guard against the
spread of rontaglon. Shipments of
live stock and products may be stop
ped In transit for Inspection, and dis
posed of If found liable to disseminate
the contagion. Secretary Wilson has
Issued special orders providing for
the Importation of animals for exhibi
tion at the Louisiana Purchase exposi
tion at St. LoiiIb. Horses from Great
Britain and the continent of Europe
may bo Imported Into the United
States for such exhibition provided
they pass a veterinary inspection by
the bureau of animal Industry at tho
port of entry. All persons contemplat
ing such Importations must make ap
plication to the department of agri
culture for a permit.
8ENATE YIELDS TO HOUSE.
Cuban Treaty Cannot Be Put Into Ef
fect Before Next Session.
The amendments to the Cuban rec
iprocity treaty that were accepted
' Thursday by the Senate Foreign Hala
tions committee provide that the
treaty must be submitted to the house
and that there shall be no further re
duction than 20 per cent, of the duty
on Cuban sugar Imported Into the Uni
ted States. The principal reason for
the first amendment is that members
of the house have strongly urged the
constitutional right of that body to
pass upon all reciprocity treaties bo
cause of their effect upon the revenue.
This amendment will delay tho opera
tion of the treaty until the house
meets In December, providing that the
house even then agrees to the ratifica
tion. At the first session of the late
iongress the house defeated the bill
for reciprocity with Cuba.
. VOTE8 AT $1,50f EACH.
Criminal Prosecution of Missouri Leg
islator for Bribery.
Circuit Judge Hazell announced at
Jefferson City, Mo., that a special ses
sion of the grand Jury will be held to
Investigate the charges of bribery In
the state legislature In connection with
the defeat of the text book bill. Speak
er Whltecotton precipitated a heated
debate on the floor of the house by his
open assertion that bribery had been
resorted to by certain persona In con
nection with thla measure. Aa a re
sult of hia charges, a special commit
tee of the house was appointed to in
vestigate. Th action of Judgo Hasell
Indicates that criminal prosecutions
are probable. It has been intimated
unreservedly that the prlco of votes
In the particular case mentioned was
$1,500 each.
Ask Pardon for Motorman.
A movement !s on foot at I'lttsflold.
Mass., to bring about the pardon of
Euclid Maddon, the Electric Streot
Railway Company's motorman who
was sentenced to six months In the
Houeo of Correction for manslaughter
In causing the death of Secret Service
Agent William Craig, killed last Sep
tember in the accident In which Pres
ident Roosevelt and Governor Crane
were involved.
Dowle Will Build Temple.
"Dr." Dowle, head of the ZIon
church, announces that he will soon
build In ZIon City, a large and mag
olflcent temple, on which he will ex
pend many million dollars. All that la
best In art and architecture Is to.be
ecured to make the great edifice per
fect. Bought by American Company.
The Siangell copper fields, which ex
tend on either side of the boundary
'.. between Norway and Sweden, have
-, bees sold to an American company (or
ji.eoo.ooo.
Plants Will Start.
, " The plants of the Illinois Steel Co.
and of the American Steel and Wire
Co. at Jollet, 111., employing 5,000 men,
will resume -work. They were closed
several weeks ago by shortage of coke.
Qlasa Worker Thrown Idle.
Factories of the American Window
Glass Company at Frankton, Marlon,
Gae City, Falrmount, Hartford City,
Dunkirk. Alexandria, Red Key, Ander-
'on, Greenfield, Pendleton, Orestes and
Muncle, all In Indiana, wera closed
March 14.
RIVAL MIDNIGHT GHOULS.
Wealthy Cltlxens of Indiana Commun
ity Formally Charged With
Despoiling Cemeteries.
The Investigation of thn operations
of phouls In the vicinity of Inillannn
olls, Ind., has tnken a new and unex
pected turn. Tho grnnd Jury at. No
blcsvllle returned an Indictment
against Lucius Htout and Hampton
West, charging thn two men not only
with grave robbery, but with murder.
Iloth men are prominent and wealthy
farmers. For years, according to the
testimony of hnlf tho hundred wit
nossps who appeared before the Jury,
the two have been the most conspic
uous figures among the mourners at
alt the funeral of the country-side.
Even when they were unacquainted
with either the dead or thn surviving
relatives, they were present at the
grave side when the corpse was low
ered to its last resting place. Sus
picion on this account, has rested on
the men for some time, but their
wealth and position shielded them
from open accusation. Cantrell's ar
rest and subsequent confession, how
ever. Implicated both men, and their
arrest followed. Tho Indictment re
turned charges them with the murder
of William Gray In September, l!0i.
At midnight West and Stout, proceed
ing to a gravo In tho Heaver cemetery,
surprised Cant roll and his gang at
work removing tho corpse that the
two formers had come to secure. Hot
words followed, and both parties drew
rev -Ivors. A running fire ensued, in
whli h Gray was mortnlly wounded and
West's forehead was grazed by a bul
let. He bears the soar to-day. During
the battle In the midst or the little
churchyard, the combatants sheltered
themselves behind the grave stones.
Cantroll and bis men, including Sam
uel Martin and Walter Daniel, two
self-confessed ghouls, running short
of ammunition, were forced to abandon
Oray. The latter was taken by West
and Stout, to the West home, where
It is alleged he died. Ny a strange
turn In fate, Gray's body. It Is alleged,
next made Its appearance In the dis
secting room of an Indianapolis med
ical college. Another story, however,
relates that upon Gray's death West
and Stout hurled his corpse In a
swamp near the West home.
CABLE FLA8HES.
After a series of skirmishes between
tho government troops and the La
drones In Rlzal province, Philippine
Islands, the Idrones have been badly
scattered. Many of their leaders were
captured.
The distress In Dalmatla Is so se
vere that the people are reported to
be subsisting on the bark of trees and
on wild herbs. A committee has been
formed In Vienna. Austria, to raise
funds for relief of the sufferers.
Prof. Barula. the zoolozlst of the
Baron Toll expedition, who left the
expedition's yacht Sarla In May with
three others to engage In scientific ro
rearch in New Siberia, has arrived at
Irkutsk, a city of Eastern Siberia, Rus
sia. Owing to the extreme scarcity of
bananas, the United Fruit Company
has decided to nlternate their Jamai
can service with Port Llmon, Costa
ltlco, their steamers thus leaving Ja
maica and Port Llmon every fort
night. Tho annual report of the Hamburg
American Steamship Company of Ger
many shows the net profits to have
been $4,039,000, against $4,838,630 for
1901. A dividend of 4ft per cent waa
declared against 6 per cent In the pre
vious year.
Society at Madrid, Spain, deeply re
grets the approaching departure of the
secretary of the American legation
with Mrs. Sickles, for his new post
in Brussels. Both have been extreme
ly popular socially at Madrid and San
Sebastian.
A commission In Russia under the
presidency of Minister of the Interior
von Plehwe, has already commenced
to work on formulating a method for
carrying out the reforms in provincial
administration as commanded In the
czar's recent decree.
All the weavers of lace curtains In
Saxony, have formed a combination to
regulate tho prices of production for
three years. The mills sell largely to
the United States and it Is expected
that prices will advance and thereby
affect export orders.
The first court of the season was
held at Buckingham palace, London,
England. It was a brilliant function
and, curiously was the first since the
accession of Edward VII. that was not
spoiled by rain. Over 900 persons as
sembled In the throne room.
There Is a possibility that the nego
tiations for the purchase of the friar
lands In the Philippine Islands by the
government may fall, because of the
excessive prices asked by the relig
ious orders and commercial corpora
tions Interested with the orders.
Yuan-Shl-Kal, the governor of Chi
ll province, China, having been In
formed that the Boxer organization
waa resuming activity in the province,
sent out troops, who dispersed the
Boxers after a dozen of them and sev
eral soldiers had been killed.
The relchstag, Germany, appropria
tion committee la continuing Its poli
cy of retrenchment. It struck out
$1,500,000 which the admiralty wanted
for the purchase of a Bite for the new
navy department building, making $3,
188,750 stricken out of the naval bud
get alone,
Tho reciprocity treaty with the
United States waa approved by the
Senate of Cuba by a vote of 16 to 5.
Senator Bustamento, who closed the
debate, said: "I vote for the treaty
with the conviction that we are ren
dering a patrlotlo duty to Cuba, even
If t. treaty Is not approved by the
United States Senate."
The Colombian government has
granted permission to a British mining
company to buiio. a railroad 22 miles
long, from Cana, where the Esptrltu
Santo mines are located, to the river
Gulra. This road will traverse the
richest auriferous lands of the isthmus.
siiiuwiiiiiruonE
AVOID MONEY STRINGENCY.
Panama Canal Payments Will Not Be
Due Until U. 8, Treasury Has
Ample Surplus,
Interest In the fight In the Henate to
ratify the Panama canal treaty la dl
vldod with the financial flurry Inflow
York. The fact that Secretary of the
Treasury Bhaw has semiofficially de
clared his purpose to pay the $40,000,.
000 purchase money of the Panama
Canal Company in cash, as well as the
$10,000,000 bonus to Colombia, has
given an Idea that the Treasury has
no method of relief If It Is to hold on
to Its cash to meet those payments.
It Is well known In official circles In
Washington, and to Secretary Bhaw
especially, that the payment of the
$50,000,000 Is probably a good many
months off, certainly not before the
dull season of the summer. By that
time tho usual monthly surplus of the
Treasury will have Increased the cash
holdings of the government to a point
when the disbursement of the money
can be made a real benefit to the coun
try and without the necessity of with
drawing a dollar of the government
funds now held by national bank de
positories. After tho United States
Senate has ratified the canal treaty
It must be ratified by the Senato of
Colombia, a newly elected body. In
which there is much hospitality to the
treaty as negotiated. That much time
will elapse before the Colombian Sen-
at acts Is generally regarded as cer
tain. Pending the settlement of the
canal payments, yet a long way off,
Secretary Shaw can do much to re
lieve the market and at the same time
have the funds with which to meet
the canal payments when due. Over
and above the $150,000,000 of money
in depositories at this time the Treas
ury hold $73,000,000 cash. Nearly all
Secretaries of the Treasury liave hold
that there should remain In the Treas
ury proper at least $50,000,000 to meet
extraordinary crisis In money affairs.
There la now $23,000,000 above that
Imaginary line, with the surplus In
the Treasury Increasing each month.
Secretary Shaw has sufficient funds
to aid the money market, and when the
canal payments are reached withdraw
from the national banks to make up
what la lacking In the Treasury bal
ance itself. The fact that he is fully
mindful of the various features of the
situation and alive to the prospects Is
sufficient to convince those who know
Its methods that he Is planning re
lief from the Treasury as soon as the
business of the country needs It
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.
The President appointed William
Prlmloy, of New York, assistant treas
urer of the United Statea at New
York.
United States Consul John L. Bit
tlnger, at Montreal, has been Invited
to reBlgn. He will be succeeded by
A. W. Edwards, of North Dakota.
Secretary Cortelyou appointed
Frank H. Hitchcock, chief clerk, and
W. L. Sallau. disbursing clerk of the
Department of Commerce and Labor.
The Interior department has for
warded to the governor of Hawaii
bonds aggregating $326,000, which are
to be used for the payment of the fire
claims of Hawaii.
On tho recommendation of Mr. Sar
gent, Commissioner General of Immi
gration, Secretary Shaw has ordered
that female Inspectors of Immigration
be dispensed with.
The President sent to the Senato
the nomination of George Uhler, of
Philadelphia, to be supervising inspec
tor of oteam vessels for the Philadel
phia district, succeeding Gen. Dumont.
Advices from Honduras say that the
departments of Coan, Grades, Intibu
cat, La Pas, Comayaua and Paralso
are In the hands of the troops of Bon
Ilia, who la marching on Santa Bar
bara. Emperor William, of Germany, has
accepted the 'resignations of five of
ficers of the naval staff, Including
Capt. Obenhelmer. who commanded
the German cruiser Irene at the time
of the capture of Manila by the Amer
ican forces.
The Interstate commerce commis
sion designated April 21 for the hear
ing to be held In Now York city, in
the ease of William R. Hearst, against
the Readinar and other raiirnmta i.
leging unreasonable and Illegal rates
for the transportation of anthracite
coal.
Only eight members of the senate
commerce committee responded to the
call for a vote on th nomination of
Dr. W. D. Crum, colored, to be col
lector of the port of Charleston. Had
a roll call been ordered. Crum's nom
ination would have again been report
ed adversely.
Secretary of the Navy Moody, Post
master General Payne, Senator Hale,
of Maine; Representatives Cannon and
Foss, of Illinois, left March 10 for Cu
ba and Porto Rico. Senator Proctor,
of Vermont and Representative Gill
ette, of Massachusetts, were expected
to Join the party In Florida.
The blockade of the mouth of the
Orinoco river, declared by President
Castro because the Venezuelan Insur
gents hold the ports, contains a prom
ise of International complications.
Great Britain has Indlcatod that sho
will not recognize the blockade, and
Germany and other foreign countries
probably will follow the same course.
The state department has received
from the Mexican government the sum
of $43,050, being the first installment
of Interest which is to be paid in per
petuity on accouut or the Plus fund
claimed under the award made by The
Hague arbitration in October last.
The President entertained a number
of gentlemen at dinner at the White
House, including Secretary Hitchcock,
Senators Aldrtch, Bpooner. Bererldge,
Fulton, Hepburn, Ball, Allee, Gorman,
Overman, McCreery and Stone and
commissioner Richards of the land office.
CUBA FEARS TRUSTS.
Sangullly Contends That New Repub
lic; Does Not Need Commercial
Help of United States.
The debate on tho reciprocity treaty
with the United Btates has been re
sumed In the Cuban Senate. Senator
Sangullly contended that reciprocity
was not a nocesilty to Cuba's progress
and that the trusts would be the solo
beneficiaries. He argued that It was
a suspicious circumstance that Gen.
Tasker H. BIIbs, who negotiated the
treaty, should have declared before
the United States Congressional com
mittee that It ought to be the policy
of tho United Btates to gn hold of the
entire Cuban market. The business
Interests In the United States aspired
to make Cuba an economic colony of
the United Btates, and It was surpris
ing to him how so good a friend of
Cuba as President Roosevelt should
have been led Into such an Imbroglio.
As proof of tho alleged conspiracy to
gain control of tho Cuban market, San
gullly called attention to an article
published In an American review by
Gen. Wood, In whloh he held that Cuba
was lost unless she secured reciproc
ity with the United States, whereas
It was entirely possible for Cuba to
exist Independent of such aid. The
miseries of Cuba had been overdrawn
to Influence tho reciprocity movement,
the Cuban sug'ir producers being In
a better situation than those in the
United States, for 82 per cent, of the
beet sugar factories In the United
States were hoavlly mortgaged. The
Unltrd States would always need Cuba
sugar. Tho reciprocity treaty came
at an Inopportune time, and Sangullly
did not believe that the United Btates
would ever coerce Cuba, because he re
membered the words of Secretary
Root to tho commission sent to Wash
ington by the Cuban constitutional
convention that the United 8tates
would never consider the use of force
as an argument to Impose Its will upon
the Cubans. Sangullly concluded by
saying he bell9ved that only when
liberty, as exemplified by tho statue
In New York harbor, ceases to enlight
en the American conscience will the
Independence of Cuba be lost.
BANKS ARE LOSERS.
Frankfort, Ky., Man Disappears Lesv-
Ing Notes for $52,000.
L. B. Welsenburgh, a reputable bus
iness man of Frankfort, Ky., has dis
appeared, owing local banks $52,000.
His family and business associates
have no Information as to his where
abouts, and the banks confirm the
story of notes held. The notes given
by Welsenburgh wore secured by
warehouse receipts for wheat and by
Indorsement of Dudley Blanton, a local
merchant who had been Interested for
some months with the missing man
In the purchase of wheat for specula
tion. Cashier Nicola, of the Deposit
bank, stated that Welsenburgh should
have stored In his granary to secure
notes about 90,000 bushels of wheat.
Director Armstrong, of the Farmers
bank, who visited the granary, says
there are not exceeding 25,000 bushels.
TO CONTROL STRIKERS.
Interstate Commerce Act is Now In
voked. Judge Phillips, In the United States
district court at Kansas City, Issued
a sweeping Injunction, restraining all
members of the local Team Drivers'
International Union from Interfering
with the business of 11 of the transfer
companies of the city, whose men are
on a strike. The 11 companies peti
tioned the court to restrain the strik
ers and their sympathizers, on the
ground that Interference with wagons
on the way to the depota and shipping
yards is In violation of the interstate
commerce laws. The plaintiffs argued
that goods are In transit. In the mean
ing of the law, from the moment they
are loaded Into a wagon, when a re
ceipt Is given by the transfer company,
and this contention was upheld by the
court. The Injunction, which is a tem
porary one, is made returnable on
March 20.
TELEGRAPH WAR INTENSIFIED,
Western Union Company 8lashes the
Postal Wires from Poles.
Western Union Telegraph Company
linemen In Baltimore, Md., cut down
the FoBtal Telegraph Company's wires
strung to Western Union poles, Ben
jamin F. Mooro, manager of the Pos
tal, teports that a largo number of
wires running into brokers' offices con
necting with stock t!ckers, and wires
to call boxes and to distant parts of
tho city, were cut. John M. Creamer,
manager of the Western Union, says:
"I received orders to do this work
from my superior officers and I have
done It. Every Postal wire on our
poles has been cut. We told them to
get off and they did not do It." (
Garvin After Bribers.
In a special message sent to the
Senate Governor Garvin, of Rhode
Island, declared that bribery was com
mon In many towns of the Stata, and
that many members of the Legislature
occupied seats obtained by purchased
vote. He recommended (he appoint
ment of a commissioner to employ
agents to detect bribery and bring of
fenders to Justice.
Only Highest Class Freight
Fully 5,000,000 bushels of grain are
stored In Chicago awaiting transporta
tion to the east. East bound roads are
totally unable to provide cars for the
grain movement and are giving no
promises to the time when sufficient
cars can be had. Western roads have
nearly all ordered their trafflo men to
neither solicit nor accept grain for
movement to Chicago until further no
tice, and the condition promise to
become worse beiore it is better.
GEN. FUNS10N 10 DISRUPT 1RUST
AFTER TRADING COMPANY.
With U. 8. War Department's Sanc
tion Ho Will Regulate An
Alaskan Combine.
Gen. Frederick Funston Is to become
a "trust biiHter." His operation In this
role will bo directed toward a com
bination at St. Michaels, Alaska, which
is within tho Jurisdiction of the de
partment of tho Columbia, to the com
mand of which he has Just been as
signed. The facts in the case were
laid before Gen. Funston last week
by William Cary Sanger, assistant sec
retary of war. During the last two do
rados several navigation and trading
companies have acquired from the war
department revocable licenses to oc
cupy certain portions of tho military
reservation at St. Michaels. The land
they hold Is on the water front, and
there Is now but little space available
for wharfage, which Is not used under
license by one or another of these com
panies. When the trade or Alaska
made an upwarl bound five years ago
competition between these companies
became very keen, but last summer the
spirit of organization animated these
companies, and they were combined
Into a single company. The question
was then raised as to whether each of
the companies in the consolidation
could carry Into tho combination ail
of the holdings for which it had ob
tained Individual license. Objection
was made to tholr so doing on tho
ground that ono company would then
hold practically all the water front
leaving no place for any opposition.
MILITIA TO BE WITHDRAWN.
Partial Settlement of Colorado Mill
Men's Strike.
A partial settlement has been effect
ed In the mill men's strike at Colo
rado City, which has been on for near
ly a month, and on account of which
the state troops were ordered out. One
of the features of the settlement Is
an agreement that the state troops
shall be withdrawn at once. President
Moyer of the Western Federation of
Miners, gave his personal guarantee
that order should be maintained at the
mills. It was also a treed that the suit
for damages filed at Colorado Springs
against the officers of the mllltla and
others, by the secretary for the West
ern Federation of Miners, should be
withdrawn. The managers of the Tel-
lurlde and the Portland mills agree
that eight hours shall constitute a
day'a work, except In the sampling
works, where these men are to work
ten hours. There Is to be no discrim
ination against union men, but the mill
managers retain the right to employ
non-union men at any time If they
choose to do so. At the same time,
the union men will be given the right
to uso all fair means to bring the non
union men Into the unions. The ques
tion of wages Is to be taken up by
representatives of the mill owners and
the union within 30 days. The con
ference was attended by Gov. James
Peabody and representatives of the
Western Federation of Miners and the
mill owners.
8TRIKER3 WILL TRY REPRISAL.
Propcae to Prosecute Officers of the
Colorado Militia.
Officers of the Western Federation
of Miners at Denver, Col., employed
an attorney to begin legal aotlon
against officers of the National Guard
on the ground that while the troops
were occupying Colorado City during
the strike they confiscated property,
InvAded private houses and arrested
men without warrants. Both civil and
criminal proceedings will be Instituted.
8USPICION OF CHOLERA.
Mysterious Death on a Steamer from
the Mediterranean.
Health Officer Doty, at New York,
after examining Into the deaths that
occurred on the steamship Karamanla,
arriving March 10, from Marseilles,
Palermo and Naples, said the symp
toms so much resembled those of chol
era that he proposes to hold the ves
sel, crew and passengers as If he were
certain of the disease. The 733 pas
sengers and crew were transferred to
Hoffman Island and will be detained
there until he is sure they are free
from Infection. Two of the crew and
four steerage patsengers died .
BENEFITS 20,000 WORKMEN.
Chicago Brass Manufacturer' Grant a
Nine-Hour Day.
Eight . thousand metal polishers,
platers, buffers and brass molders and
12,000 allied craftsmen are benefited
by an agreement made at Chicago, 111.,
between the Chicago Brass Manufac
turers association and the unions of
employes. It provides for a nine-hour
day w ithout reduction in wages, which
is tho beginning of a movement to ex
tend all over the country. No strike
cr lockout shall occur during the life
of tho agreement, and all disputes are
to be settled by arbitration.
Damage by Fir $600,000.
Fire at Portland, Ore., on Victoria
dock, destroyed property of an esti
mated value of $600,000. The fire
spread to the Irving dock, adjoining,
and the two docka, together with about
350,000 bushels of wheat, were de
stroyed. Several other buildings were
destroyed.
Kentucky Oil Lands.
The Howard-Flanagan syndicate at
Lexington, Ky.. has sold 70,000 acre
of oil lands to the Great Northern
Oil Company of Michigan, Thirty
thousand acre of this I assumed to
be proven territory, as it lie adja
cent to wens in producing counties.
The remainder is below the new pipe
line course in Estill, Rowan, Morgan
and Whitley counties. Other lease
ar In McGuffln, Clay, Breathitt, Perry
and Knott countie. '
LATEST NEWS NOTES.
John Redmond sent President Roose
velt real Irish shamrock.
The eruption of Mt. Vesuvius con
tinues, but grows more feeble.
New Orleans council voted to accept
a library from Andrew Carnegie.
By th Invention of a young South
erner the deaf are made to hear.
Great Northern Railroad Company
has two lines surveyed to San Fran
cisco, Opposition of monastic orders pro
vented Archbishop Ireland becoming a
cardinal.
New York has plans for a munic
ipal consumptivo hospital In the Adl
rondscks. St. Louis wants both National con
ventions next year, on account of het
exposition.
The Philippine government Is pre
paring a bill regulating the Importa
tion of opium.
Justice Day, of tho Supreme Court,
Is confined to his bed with the grip.
In Washington.
Roar Admiral Coghlan and squad
ron ordered to Honduras to protect
American Interests.
Recorder J. O. Brown, of Pittsburg,
died suddenly at his home In that city
Bunday, March 15.
Suspicions of Ruffalo police are di
rected to Mrs. Hull In connection with,
the Uurdlck murder.
Ex-Mayor Ames, who was arrested
In New Hampshire, will return to Min
neapolis, Minn., for trial.
Gottlieb Nierenflnd was hanged at
Lincoln, Neb., for the murder of hit
divorced wife and his father.
Joseph E. McArthur and W. E. Neal
were killed by collision of trslns on
the Southern railway at Danville, Va.
The Stockholm committee, for relief
of the famine in Sweden received
$258,000, Including $85,000 from Amer
ica. The fortieth anniversary of the mar
riage of King Edward and Queen Al
exandra was celebrated throughout
England.
The department of the interior hai
given authority for expenditure of
$7,000,000 to Irrigate 600,000 acres of
barren land.
The lower H,uso of the Missouri
Legislature defeated the bill to compel
the railways to provide separate cars
for negroes.
Buffalo police mainly expect to show
the public who murdered Burdlck, but
anticipate little genuine results from
the Inquest.
King Edward will sail from England
on March 31 for Lisbon, Portugal,
where he will be the guest of King
Charles for four days.
Treasury department completed ar
rangement with Canadian Pacific rail
way to prevent smuggling of Chinese
Into the United States.
Police Chief John Hayes and Detec
tive Sanderson, of Kansas City, Mo.,
have been accused of accepting bribes
from a gambler for protection.
Arthur R. Pennell of Buffalo sus
pected of connection with tho Burdlck
murJer, was killed and his wife fatal
ly hurt In automobile accideut.
John D. Rockefeller has agreed to
give Acadia college, at Wolfvllle, Nova
8cotla, $1 for every dollar up to $100,-
000 it raises before June 1, 1908.
Senator Morgan In pamphlets con
taining arguments against pending ca
nal treaty said trouble with Colombia
means war with the holy alliance.
Eleven men are under arrest at
Wynne, Ark., on suspicion of belong
ing to the gang ot white caps who mur
dered Detective J. H. Brown, of Mem
phis. Margaret Beck and Louisa Gobellin,
immigrants from Bavaria, blew out the
gas in their room in Baltimore. The
Beck girl is dead and the other is dy
ing. The government has established a
wireless telegraph system between Ft.
Wadsworth, New York bay, and Ft.
Hancock, Sandy Hook, a distance of
15 miles.
British postofflce authorities have de
cided to remove the grievance of the
Marconi company by connecting the
wireless telegraph station at Poldhu,
Cornwall, with the nearest regular tel
egraph station.
During the recent fighting In Soma
liland, Arabia, between the forces of
the Mad Mullah and the Abyssinian
allies of the British, the Mullah lost
1,000 men.
Mayor Low at New York, drove a
silver spike in the first rail laid for the
rapid transit underground railroad
that will carry passengers from the
Battery to Harlem In 15 minutes.
Edward Hamilton, a former employe
of the Southern railway, was arrested
at his home In Virginia for causing
the wreck at Ravensworth. Va., last
month, in which two men were killed.
The governor of Natal, 8outh Africa,
has proclaimed the klng'a pardon for
all persons who are awaiting trial for
treason or other offenses committed
during or arising out of the recent
war.
Frank E. Brady, formerly aecretary
of the Imperial Building and Loan
Company, at Toledo, O., was sentenced
to five years In the penitentiary for
wrecking that concern by altering it
books.
Dr. R. C. Flower was arrested in
New York, charged with inducing Mrs.
Isabella Gray to buy mining stock un
der false pretenses. He gave ball and
was rearrested on a charge of attempt
ing to bribe a public officer.
British Colonial Secretary Chamber
lain, who returned from South Africa,
called on King Edward. When he
landed at Southampton he was given
a brilliant reception, which was re
peated when he reached London.
Detroit (Mich.) harbor No. 47, Mas
ter and Pilots' association, unani
mously decided to refuse the new con
tract offered first and second mate
by the Pittsburg Steamship Company,
returned the contract unsigned.
Thomas Byrnes, promotor of a "get
rlrih quick" concern, waa sentenced la
New York to a year in prison.
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Cattle.
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frliue. lboo to liu) it,. 6 00 t IS
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tal belle:, , at 4 7
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blaga .00 7
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tedium 4 0) M0
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REVIEW OF TRADE.
Order for 8prlng and 8ummer Good
Ar Heavy Railway Earn
ing Steadily Improve.
R. O. Dun & Co.' "Weekly Review
oi iraae ' says: iteports irom an sec
tions promise a brisk spring and sum
mer trade. Orders are coming forward
on a large scale, and frequent requests
for prompt shipment indicate that
stocks are low and requirements urg
ent. The statement has been made re
peatedly that trafflo blockade were
ended, but relief wa In every case
local, and almost Immediately followed
by so much new business that conges
tion returned. At present the western
shipment are fairly prompt, but
freight Is not coming East In a satis
factory manner. Heavy distribution of
wages makes retail trade active and
collections prompt in t3ve anthracite
region, yet dealers are carrying small
stocks of merchandise as a rule. Rail
way earning continue to exceed pre
vious years' figures, road reporting
for the first week of March showing
a gain of 14.1 per cent, over last year,
and of 18.3 per cent, over 1901. It Is
almost certain that railway construc
tion will far exceed even last year's
enormous figures, and similar condi
tions exist as to building and bridge
operations. Despite the higher range
ui Quotations Drevaiiins- anroaa. man
ida, against at year ago.
Bradstreet's says: The level of
commodity prices s at the highest
point in three years. February's move
ment was very generally upward, 40
staples advancing, while only 15 de
clined, and 62 products remained un
changed. Compared with a year ago,
one-third are lower. New features are
the expansion In demand for crude and
finished Iron anil steel. Considerable
sales of Bessemer pig Iron are re
ported In Pittsburg, while Chicago
tells of a liberal business doing In
malleable and foundry grades. Struc
tural material, bars, plates, wire a,nO-
wire product have all been active.
The steel rail market look very much
almll.. ... hA A A AAA AAA I A
neavy business was booked early In
the season. Wheat, Including flour,
exports for the week ending March 13
aggregate 3,366.746 bushels, against
3,491.486 last week, 2,906,250 In this
week a year ago and 4,690,939 in 1901.
Wheat exports since July 1 aggregated
167.650.930 bushels, against 187,168.293
last season and 143.216,419 In 1900.
Corn export aggregate 3.257,999 bush
els, against 3.817,609 last week, 183,414
a year ago and 3,246,675 In 1901. For
the fiscal year exports are 37.815.190
bushels, against 23,654,810 last season
and 138,983,036 In 1901.
The press rate by cable to Honolulu
la 20 cent a word and all the news
paper there have been compelled to
Increase their subscription price, but
they continue to run behind.