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Tho convention of tlio Daughters of
tlio American Revolution assembled at
Washington, D. C., adopted resolutions
denouncing polygamy and demanding
tho oxpulsion from tho senato of Reed
Smbot.
(President Roosevelt sent Mrs. Piatt a
message of condolence, expressing his
sorrow at not being able to attend
the funeral.
Tho seal-fishing season, which
closed April 30, was one of tho poor
est in years. Last year tho catch
numbered 384,000, while this year
thoro aro only 170,000.
Fivo mombors of a charivari par
ty, which was serenading a newly mar
ried couplo named Vendenbroeck at
Lowell, Mass., were serously wounded
byqfoelng fired upon by tho groom.
Captain R. G. S. Ilinltle, one of tho
best known river men in the country,
and president of tho Pilots' associa
tion, is dead at Bellovue, Ky., of can
cor of tho throat. Ho was a prominent
democrat.
Hedwig Niemann Raaba, tho noted
actress, died in Berlin, April 21, of
some mental disease. She vas 60
years old.
Tho central committee of the Jour
nalists organization, composed of
many of the most celebrated Russian
writers, has adopted resolutions of
sympathy with the mother of Ivan
Kalleff, condemned to death for the
murdor of Grand Duke Serglus. The
resolutions express tho hopo that the
tlmo -will soon come when Russian
mothers will not need to sacrifice
their sons for liberty. Tho Kalieffs are
ah old and respected family.
An earthquake lasting several sec
onds was felt throughout Derbyshire
and Yorkshire, England, April 23. Al
thought no serious damage is re
ported there was great apprehension
for a time.
Sergeant Robinsky of tho Russian
army, has been sentenced to three
years at hard labor for torturing pris
oners with fire.
A train was buried in a tunnel by
the caving of a mountain at Edson,
Wyo., April 23. Tho engineer, the fire
man and tho head brakeman are bu
rled with tho engine and it is supposed
that they are dead.
' i On Easter Monday, the white house
grounds were given over to the chil
dren of tho city of Washington and
thousands of tho little tots, including
the Roosevelt children, participated
In the annual Easter egg-rolling.
One man was killed, two women
badly hurt, and several others slightly
injured in an automobile accident In
Now York. The machine was struck
by a trolley car, skidded along the
track, and refused to yield to the
brakes, and crashed into a billboard.
The man who was killed and one of
tho women who was so badly injured
were to have been married within a
week.
Tho Investigation of the grand
jury into the beef 4Mb, continued un
til April 29, when the matter was
droi.d until May 2, in order that
other things may be looked after.
Amos Madden Thayer, United
States circuit judge of tho Eighth
judicial district, is dead at St. Louis
after an illness of four months. Judge
Thayer gained national reputation by
writing the opinion in the famous
Northern Securities case.
Tho Chicago teamsters have called
off their strike, owing to the refusal
of the garment workers to aid them
in their struggle against one com
pany, when their grievances were
against several companies.
Ion Perdlcaris, the American who
was held in captivity by Raisuli, the
Moroccan bandit, at Tangier, Morocco,
arrived in New York April 22. He
Will immediately go' to his home in
Trpnton, N. J.
'
Admiral Dewey is said to have ex
pressed the opinion that the body of
John Paul Jones should be buried at
Arlington National cemetery instead
of at Annapolis.
Augusta Victoria, the empress of
Germany, has presente'd fifty-one
nurses at North Brothers Island hos
pital, with diplomas, in recognition of
their services at the Slocum disaster.
To the head nurse, Miss Edith Smith,
tlie empress presented a beautiful
brooch. The diplomas bear the pic
ture of the empress.
James R. Curl, secretary of the
state of Texas, is dead at his home
in Austin, after a long illness.
An Associated Press dispatch dated
Bo'rlin, April 26, says: "The imperial
government, preparatory -to excluding
the United States from the privileges
of the new reciprocity treaties signed
recently with seven European states,
has formally notfied the American
government that the tariff agreement
between Germany and the United
States of July 19, 1900, will terminate
March 1, 1906, tho day the new trea
ties go into effect, but that Germany
stands ready to negotiate a reciprocity
treaty witli the United States. This
notification, made by Foreign Secre
tary von Richthoff on March 14, after
tho decision of the cabinet, said that
the treaties concluded with Russia,
Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria
Hungary, Roumania and Servia "form
a new basis," so reads the text, 'for
the commercial relations of Germany
and the imperial government holds it
self prepared to enter into negotia
tions for the conclusion of a new com
mercial treaty with the United
States."
Ten men were Wiled by the break
ing of, a rope attached to the cage in
which they were being lowered into
a tunnel of the Conygham mine at
Wilkesbarre, Pa.
The auction of Mrs. Cassie Chad
wlck's belongings was held at New
York, beginning April .26. It was at
tended by relic hunters principally,
and many of the costly articles were
sold for a mere fraction of- their
worth. - .
A report from San Francisco, dated
April 26, says. , "Mayor , Schmitz is
authority for the statement that Tax
Collector Edward J. Smith is a de
faulter to the city in the sum of $39,
112. The mayor was notified of the
peculations by the brother pf the offi
cial, John Smith, cashier in the law
collector's office. On last Thursday
Smith disappeared from the city, os
tensibly going on a vacation to Los
Angelas. It has been learned that he
took with him $39,112, the taxes of
the Southern Pacific Railroad com
pany. The defalcation was discovered
when it was found that the Southern
Pacific company was in arrears with
its taxes, a condition beyond prece
dent. - .
United States Senator Chauncey De
pew celebrated his seventy-first birth
lay April 22, He is said to have in
' timated that ho is "still alive; very
much alive."
On Easter Sunday, tho pope cele
brated mass in the hall of the consis
tory in the presence of thirty-five per
sons, among them several Americans,
to whom ho gave communion. He aft
erward confirmed twb sons df Senbr
Ivanclg, the consul general of Portugal.
Tho Illinois house of representatives
has concurred in the senate joint res
olution petitioning the national con
gress to appropriate $3,000,000 for tho
.erection of a Lincoln memorial monu
ment at Washington.
The funeral of the late Senator
Piatt was -held Tuesday, April 25.
Among tho stories in financial cir
cles in New York, was one that Gen
eral Nelson A. Miles will be suggest
ed by tho New England policy hold
ers for president of the Equitable.
Notwithstanding the fact that they
have been served with summonses to
appear in court in a suit for an in
junction to restrain them from form
ing a pool, .hop growers met in secret
session at Portland, Ore., arranging
plans for the completion of the pool.
Frank Fuille has been appointed at
torney general of Porto Rico, vice
Stewart resigned. He is from Texas,
and has been in Porto Rico since the
American occupation and wag at one
time assistant attorney general there.
New York aldermen passed a reso
lution eulogizing John Paul Jones and
recommending that he be buried in
that city.
Governor Vardaman of Mississippi
has formally announced that he would
be a candidate for the United States
senate In the event of Senator's Mon
ey's retirement.
The lower house of the Michigan
legislature passed unanimously the
Bland anti-trust -bill.
J. D. Cameron of Joplin, Mo., has
secured an option on a tract of land,
comprising 250,000 acres near Mexico
City, for the colonizing of farmers
from Texas.
The sharp tone of the French press
relative to Germany's position in the
Moroccan affair was commented upon
on the bourse, today and was the
chief factor in causing a break in
prices.
The funeral of Joseph Jefferson
was held at "Crows Nest," his home
at Buzzard's Bay, Mass., April 30.
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