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GREAT FIRE LOSS
ARMOUR'S 8IOUX CITY PACKING
HOUSE BURNED.
DAMAGE NEARLY A MILLION
Every Building and Much Finished
Product Consumed Inadequate
Pressure and Apparatus Rendered
Fire Department Helpless.
SIOUX CITY, la. Armour & Co.'s
packing plant, which occupied four
acres of tho Btock yards and valued
at J900.000, was totally destroyed early
Sunday morning by a firo which atart
d on tho second floor of tho fertilizer
building and 1b thought by Managor
Lennon to havo been due either to
spontaneous combustion or to an im
perfect dryer, Tho loss is partly cov
ered by ?721,500 Insurance. Six hun
dred men arc thrown out of employ
ment by tho lire.
Within an hour after tho flro was
discovered by a watchman, six streams
of water were being thrown upon tho
fire, which was gutting the fertilizer
building, which was 120x60 feet and
four stories high, but tho pressure
was inadequate. Tho floors and con
tents of the building burned liko chaff.
Tho roof soon fell and tho flro burst
through tho bcef-kllllng house. At
tho samo time the cattle chuto ignited,
and in Ave minutes fell with a crash.
Once in tho beef-killing house, tho
flames began to danca madly. From
this house to tho olco building was
only a step, and when tho oils started
to burn the Are presonted a most spec
tacular appearance.
Tho big beef house, containing 500
carcasses, next caught Are and the
wholo plant, except the hog house, was
a lako of fire. Tho roar was terrible.
The country for miles around was
lighted up. Suddenly thoro was a ter
rlblo detonation, followed quickly by
another and then another. Twenty
four drums of 100 pounds of ammonia
each exploded before the reserve sup
ply in the ammonia cistern was reach
ed. Tho explosion almost razed the
entire plant. Tho flames wore blown
through the flro wall which separated
tho hog house from the other build
ings. Tho hog house contained 3,500
dressed hogs and 2,500,000 pounds of
pork products. Steadily tho flro crppt
against tho wind and through tho of
fice building. Not a scrap of paper
was saved.
When the last of the ammonia
drums was going off a burning chute
fell upon a bunch of live hogs and
their squeals were. added to the ap
palling chorus. After the flro got a
good headway in tho hog house tho
shops, chicken packing plant, ice
houses and ice runways and smaller
department houses were consumed in
quick succession.
The terrible roaring continued un
abated, the high brick walls crum
bled and crashed one by one, and tho
conflagration gradually ate its way
through building after building. The
flro department was helpless as its ap
paratus was inadequate. The pressure
was hardly strong enough to throw
water to tho roof of tho pork house.
When the walls of this department
burst the firemen played streams on
the outbuildings until daylight.
The flro burned all day, and in tho
afternoon there was another terrible
explosion, which threw bricks and
pieces of Iron for hundreds of yads.
No one was hurt. It is said that the
company will at once rebuild.
FUNERAL OF LIU KUN II.
Quarter of a Million People Line the
Route of Cortege.
SHANGHAI Tho funeral of Liu
.un II, tho famous viceroy of Nan
kin, which took place Sunday at Nan
kin, was the occasion for unprece
dented demonstrations of respect on
tho part of the foreign representa
tives in that city. Tho funeral cor
tege was of great length and tho ob
soquies, by command of the dowager
empress, were carried out with im
perial pomp. Nearly a quarter of a
million people lined the routo to the
Jetty where the remains were em
barked on a Chinese cruiser which
will bear them to Hunan, the native
province of the deceased statesman.
The foreign men-of-war lying off
the city fired minute guns of war
during tho progress of the funeral
procession.
Danish Ambassador Starts.
COPENHAGEN Ambassador Jus
sorand and wife, who is an Amorlcan,
left Sunday for Paris, where they in
tend to spend tho now year. They
will proceed thence to Washington,
where they expect to arrive In Janu
ary. A geat tribute was paid to
them on their departure, Foreign Min
ister Lcuntzcr, United States Ambas
sador Swenson and Mrs. Swenson,
the other members of tho diplomatic
corps, the court dignitaries and a
crowd of personal friends being pres
ent at tho station. A number of flor
al gifts wero offered to Mme. Jusser-and.
CHOLERA SPREADS IN MANILA.
Alarm Occasioned by Increase of DIs.
ease AmonQ Residents.
MANILA The number of cholora
cases Is increasing In this city and tho
spread of tho disease is causing somo
alarm. There are on un avnrago
thirty cases daily, Tho Funston ro
servo hospital, tho casual camp at
Santa Mesa nnd Blllbld pripon are now
included nmong tho places infested.
The disease is spreading in tho Mar
qulna valley, whoro tho danger of an
Infection of the water supply is re
garded as grave. Should tho water
supply become infected a general epi
demic is considered inevitable. Tho
cholera roports from the provinces
show a decrease in tho number of
cases.
A conference of tho bishops, priests
and leaders of tho Philippine Roman
Catholic church will bo held in Manila
next week. They propose, to address
a memorial to Mgr. Guldl, tho apos
tolic dolcgate In the Philippines, set
ting forth tholr position. A number
of native; priest who sympathized with
tho movement, but are still adhering
to tho Roman Catholic church, will
seek an interview with Mgr. Guidl
bofore' reaffirming allegiance to Rome
or joining tho dissenters. It is be
lieved that Mgr. Guldl will deal with
tho church situation bofore entering
upon negotiations with Civil Governor
Taft regarding tho friar lands.
REBEL8 KILL AMERICAN MAN.
Fight Between Bogota and Colombian
Insurgents.
PANAMA. Tho first American cas
ualties resulting from the revolution
occurred Wednosday. The Colombian
fleet captured a boat having on board
correspondonco showing the where
abouts of two revolutionary schooners
loaded with provisions. Tho warships
headed for tho place and on arriving
Bogota, manned by nn American crow,
lowered two boats with armed men,
but, as tho schooners were aground,
waited until high tide to attack them.
In tho meantime tho revolutionists
wero discovered in ambush close to tho
beach. Tho boats pulled ahead, when
tho rohels opened Are on them, killing
the ship's armorer, Richard Kane, of
Washington, and wounding George
Walker. A seaman named Clarks and
Lieutenant Vasquez wero also wound
ed, but not seriously.
Bogota and Chuculto thon opened Are
on tho enemy and killed every man In
sight Ono Bhot fired at a group of
ten rebels killed every one of them.
MILITARY MONEY ALLOTTED.
Schools in Different Parts Get Con
gressional Appropriation.
WASHINGTONThe $25,000 appro
priated "by congress for tho United
States servlco schools has been allot
ted as follows:
To the artillery school at Fort Mon
roo, $7,123;; to the school of submar
ine defense nt Fort Totton, N. Y., $5,
247; to the cavalry and artillery
school at Fort Riley, Kan., $1,118, and
to tho general service and staff col
lege at Leavenworth, Kan., $11,512.
An ordor issued from the war de
partment Friday establishes a train
ing school for farriers and blacksmiths
at Fort Rlloy, Kan., In connection
with the school of application there.
Hanged in Court House Yard.
ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. Harlan
Bucklos, who was Saturday sentenced
to life imprisonment for tho murder
of Robert L, Reld, deputy marshal,
was hanged by a mob early Sunday
morning. The mob consisted of seventy-five
men, somo of whom are sup
posed to havo come from Larue coun-
ty. On account of the number, they
had little difficulty In getting Buckles
from the jail. He was taken to the
court houso yard and hanged to a
tree, after which the mob dispersed.
Cannon Would Be Speaker.
CHICAGO A majority of tho Illi
nois delegation to congress on Mon
day endorsed Congressman Cannon
of the Eighteenth Illinois district to
succeed Speaker Henderson. It was
announced by A. J. Hopkins, candidate
for tho senate to succeed Senator
Mason, that assurances had boen re
ceived from a majority of congress
men in Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Ne
braska, Kansas and Michigan that
they would support Mr. Cannon.
Prince Edward Dead.
LONDON Prince Edward of Saxe
Weimar died here Sunday morning.
He was attacked by appendicitis on
Thursday and succumbed to conges
tion of tho kidneys with which tho
original malady becamo complicated.
Prince Edward was born near London
in 1823, and was married morganatic
ally in 1851 to Lady Augusta Gordon
Lennox. Agrees to American Proposal.
PEKIN Germnnv has agreed to tho
American proposal to submit tho ques
tion whether tho Chlneso indemnity is
payable In gold or sliver to The Hague
tribunal, provided that notice of that
feature of the protocol bo included in
the arbitration.
THE PHILIPPINES
CHAFFEE AND OTHER 0FFICER8
DE8CRIBE WORK THERE.
THE CAMPAIGN IN SAMAR
As to the Moros in Mindanao and
Jolo Time, Tact and Patience Will
Be Required to Completely Estab
lish United 8tates Authority.
WASHINGTON Tho annual report
of Major General Adna R. Chaffee,
just made public, covors tho campaign
of Genorl J. II. Smith in Samar, ro
fers to friction that occurred botwoen
tho civil and military authorities re
garding Loyto and discusses tho ac
tion of various officers and tho work
of tho army in tho suppression of re
cent insurrections.
General Chaffeo warmy defends tho
ofllcors, and assumes full responsibil
ity "for all that ws done under official
orders. Ho sayB tho varlouB preda
tory Filipino bandB are of little mili
tary Importance and can In time bo
handled by tho insular constabulary.
Speaking of tho campaign In Samar,
ho says ho finds nothing in tho writ
ten instructions which "was not Jus
tified by tho conditions there to bo
overcome." Tho formation of concen
tration camps was necessary to sup
press tho Insurrection in tho prov
inces of Batangas, Laguna and Taya
bas, especially as tho civil authorities
in some Instances aided tho insurrec
tionists. Ho requests the removal of the cen
Buro passed publicly upon General Boll
regarding orders, circulars and instruc
tions which he issued whilo putting
down tho insurrection.
An interesting portion of tho report
is that relating to the Moros in Min
danao and Jolo. Ho says it will re
quire time, tact and patience to estab
lish United States authority, over all
tho Moro settlements.
"Tho sooner tho sultan of Jolo's ti
tle, actual or assumed, as sovereign
and aB solo owner of tho land in tho
jolo archipelago, Is quieted tho bet
tor for the situation. Probablv there
Is little doubt that a money consider
ation would relieve tho situation, and
if this be done laws Just but simple
and so plainly stated as to bo under
stood by tho Moro population could
generally bo enforced through the dat
tos upon their followers without much
trouble or frequent resort to force.
It will be Impossible for many years
to Ignore chiefs, dattos, and to deal
directly with the Individual Moros as
is done with civilized, Christian peo
ple. It will, however, bo a long step
ahead whon tho dattos are independ
ent of tho sultan and recognlzo tho
United States as tho only sovereignty
to which allegiance is due and as the
only authority empowered to enact
laws for the government of the coun
try; that all the inhabitants are equal
before the law; that Christian people-
have a right to live. But to ad
vanco so far will consumo much time
and may result in national conflict;
for the modification of present beliefs
will in some cases require the use of
military force."
Chinese Would Be Free.
SHANGHAI Strong articles are
appearing in the Chinese newspapers
declaring that by the withdrawal of
the British troops from Shanghai to
Wei Hal Wei and the withdrawal of
tho Gorman force to Tleng Tau the
independence of the Yang Tse valley
Ss still menaced. The Chlneso want
tho British and tho Germans to get
out of China altogether, Instead of
merely evacuating Shanghai and with
drawing to their respective garrison
stations. The papers add that a con
flict between Germany and Great
Britain is inevitable.
Miss Millionaire's Will.
ASHEVILLE, N. C Tho will of tho
late Cincinnati millionaire, John M.
Gibson, drawn a few days before his
death, is reported to be missing. Gib
son is the man who married on his
deathbed a week ago. It is said tho
will bequeathed all his personal prop
erty to his newly-made wife. Two
copies of tho will were made and the
local attorney for the state is Bald to
be in possession ofva duplicate copy,
which will bo sent to Cincinnati in
the hope that it may be accepted with
out litigation.
Czarina 'Has Melancholia.
LONDON In a dispatch from LI
vldla the correspondent of the Dally
Mall says the czarina has fallen into
a condition of deep melancholia, which
takes tho form of preserving silence
for long periods, even in the pres
ence of guests. Her majesty's condi
tion is causing her doctors consider
able anxiety.
Fix Irrigation Congress.
OGDEN, Utah Colonel Maxson,
secretary of tho National Irrigation
congress, arrived hero Thursday with
Fred J. Klersal, chairman of the ex
ecutive com mitt co. They fixed the
time fpr the next congress as Sep
tember 8, 9, 10 and 11 of next year.
THE POSTAL 8ERVICE.
Report of tho First Assistant Post
master General.
WASHINGTON. Tho nnnual report
of tho first assistant nostmaster gen
eral urges that, In vlow of tho success
of tho rural free dellvory establishment
and its future necessities, tho rccom
mendatlon for $12,655,800 for that pur
Pobo la reasonable Tho amount Is an
incrcaso of a llttlo moro than $5,000,
000 over tho current fiscal year.
Tho correct tho alleged injustice of
compelling a postmaster to pay part of
hia salary for clerk hire, Mr. Wynno
urges legislation authorizing the poat
ofllco to mako allowances for clerk hire
at third-class postofflccs whon It la sat
isfactorily shown that tho postmaster
is unnblo to transact tho postofllco bus
iness. Tho advisability of eroding branch
postofflccs In cities is endorsed as eco
nomical. Tho establishment and ex
tension of tho pneumatic tubo servlco
will mako It necessary to secure per
manent sites for Btatlons in largo cities.
An effort has been mado to equalize
tho salaries of clcrkB In first and boc
ond class ofllcos by tho promotion of
low-salarlod but efficient clerkB. At
tho larger first class offices clerks ore
not now -working in excess of eight
hours a day, but it is impracticable to
gtvo clerks in smaller offlces eight
hours continuous sorvlce. An effort 1b
being mado to reduce their hours to a
fair basis,
"A plan is proposed," tho report con
tinues, "whoroby In tho larger cities
sub-carriors shall rocclvo at least $30
a month, and in tho smaller $25 a
month. Sub-carriors cannot now count
on a fixed Income Tho rural freo de
llvory system has becomo a permanent
fcaturo of the sorvlce nnd receipts have
Increased and conditions improved
wherovcr it has beon put in operation.
No deficiency, it is Baid( will bo cre
ated by this servlco. It will bo loft to
congress to say whether the establish
ment of routes already laid out shall
bo hastened and tho Installation of
routes in course of investigation expe
dited. Additional appropriations must
bo mado for this purpose.
It is recommended that congress
mako provision for a lcavo of absonco
with full pay for rural carriers not to
exceed flfteon days in a year.
Extension to rural carters of power
to receive and register letters havo
proved so acceptable to public benefit
that it is proposed to further incrcaso
their usefulness by adding an exten
sion of tho money order system to
rural routes.
THE 8UGAR CROP.
Indications of a Practically Normal
Output. ' ;
WASHINGTON. Henry W. Dleder
ich, consul at Bremen, has sent to
tho atato department z number of
estimates of sugar crops for the pres
ent year. Ho gives figures on tho beet
BUgar crop of Europe and tho cano
ylold in Cuba and the remainder of
the world. Tho statistics are espe
cially Interesting at this time In their
possible bearing on the attitude to be
taken by congress toward Cuban reci
procity. Ho says tho European crop
will bo short, but apparently the
world's supply will bo ample. "It Is,
of course, too soon to get definite data
and figures," Mr. Dlederlch says, "but
theso early crop conjectures form tho
basis for gradually obtaining final re
sults. Mr. Glesekor, a Belgian statl
tlclan, was among the first to isuuo
his crop figures for this year, which
are not very sanguine and rather be
low those now current In commercial
circles. They follow: Germany, 1,
730,000 tons; Austria, 975,000; France,
860,000; Russia, 1,130,000, Belgium,
215,000; Holland, 110,000, nnd other
countries 330,000. Total, 5,350,000 tonB.
"Otto Licht, tho veteran publisher,
in probably moro cltarly correct His
estimates for 1902-1903, compared with
the actual results of previous years,
aro given below: Totals, 5,850,000
tons in 1302-1903; 0,834,033 tone In
1901-02; C.048,518 tons in 1900-1901, and
5,518,048 tonB in 1899-1900. This would
show a shortage of 993,000 tons from
last year, but all estimates aro merely
approximate."
DIedrich's estimate of tho world's
cane sugar crop is for a total of 3,
470,000 tons, compared with 3,362,005
tons last year. Of this total ho esti
mates the Cuban crop to be 850,000
tons, as compared with G3.8.312 tons
last year. Tho United States crop ho
estimates at 425,000 tons, as compared
with 400,000 tons last year. Tho Ha
waii crop be estimates to be 340,000
tons, as agalnBt tho samo crop last
year.
Indians Sue Government.
WASHINGTON A petition has
been filed in the court of claims by
Delaware Indians, claiming to bo tC.
band of tho Chorokeo tribe in Indian
Territory, to recovor $439,468 with 51
per cent por annum intorest, from the!
government This amount Is said to1
havo beon illegally diverted by the'
United States and paid to Now York'
Indians. Tho case grows out of tho)
occupancy by the New York Indians
of lands In Kansas which the Dela-1
wares clpJm belonged exclusively to1'
them.
TO PRESS TREATY
GENERAL BLIS8 TO GIVE IT HIS
EARLY ATTENTION.
DOCUMENT IN THE SENATE SOON
The Islanders Said to Be Anxious to
Procrastinate They Think Other
Nations May Do Better Than the
United States.
WASHINGTON, General Tasker H.
Bliss will sail (or Cuba on Saturday,
If ho can sccuro accommodations; If
not, ho will go by way of Tampa and
reach Havana early next weok.
It b tho Intention of those Interested
in tho commercial treaty with Cuba
to havo It ready If posslblo In thrco
woekB and General DUbb will endeavor
to adjust tho differences by that time.
It Is considered important to havo it
sent to tho sonato before tho holiday
recess, as It will require a two-thirds
voto to ratify tho treaty and a deter
mined minority in tho sonato could
postpone action for somo time.
Thoso best informed regarding con
ditions existing in tho Island do not
expect any speedy action, They bc
liovo that a largo number of CubanB
nro opposed to granting tho conces
sions tho United States will demand,
and thero is reason to Buppos they
may test tho effectiveness of tho Piatt
amondmont by entering Into negotia
tions with other countries regarding
trade relations.
Tho position which tho American
government holds In Cuba and not Its
relations with tho leading foreign na
tions are such that it is not believed
other governments would caro to
mako any treaty which was not sanc
tioned by tho United States. Thero la
even somo talk that the negotiations
with Cuba might bo brought to a satis
factory conclusion should it appear,
that tho representatives of foreign gov
crnments at Havana had been in
structed not to enter into any negotia
tions until a treaty had been conclud
ed with tho United States, but it 1b
scarcely expected that such Instruc
tions can bo obtained.
It is tho desire of this government to
leave tho negotiations, should they
fail, in such Bhapo that it will not ap
pear that an attempt had been mado to
extort from Cuba more than tho
United States was willing to give.
It Is said that a commercial treaty
will be necessary to establish Cuba on
such a basis that It can float Its pro
posed loan. With nil negotiations
hung up and strained relations exist
ing between tho old and now, republics
it is boliovcd. that there would bo diffi
culty in selling tho bonds. At tho same
time this govornment does not wish
to appear in the attitude of holding
a club over tho Cuban government It
is thcrcforo probable that in case tho
negotiations fall a statement of what
was demanded by the United States
and the reasons why the concessions
wero nsked will bo made.
ARMY MAN FACE8 TROUBLE.
With Reporter He la Charged with
Blackmailing.
NEW YORK A man giving tho
name of Harry A. Williams, but who
tho polico declare is Henry C. Wil
son, for twenty yearfl chief clerk and
civil engineer in tho Department of
tho East, U. S. A,, was arrested Fri
day on a charge of extortion. Ben
jamin F. Whltmore, who says ho is a
reporter, was arrested on a similar
charge.
Tho two men aro accused of trying
to hold up the Water Front Improve
ment company of Jersey City, which is
engaged in filling In crib work on
Rlckor's island in the East river. The
men aro charged with extorting $4,
500 under threats of stopping the
work by causing to be withdrawn an
army tug, a dredge and some scows
which had beon loaned.
OUR TR00P8 HAVE CHOLERA.
Makes Its Appearance Among Ameri
can Forces.
MANILA Cholera made its appear
ance on Wednesday among tho men of
a detachment of the Fifth Infantry,
stationed here. Seven men havo al
ready died and a number of others aro
seriously 111. , ?
Tho detachment of tho Fifth infan
try in question has been placed on
guard alorig the Maraqulna river,
whence Manila receives its water sup
ply, aB It was deemed necessary to
protect tho stream from possible pol
lution. Tho cholera developed whllo
tho men were on this duty.
It was believed that cholerahad qp-
tirely disappeared from Manila and its'i
reappoaranco has created feelings of
apprehension.
Sagasta Gives Up Task. '
MADRID Senor .Sagasta informed
King Alfonso Friday that ho felt com
pelled to abandon tho task of trylnrc
to form a now cabinet, but the king
requested him to make a further effort
It is reported that Senor Montero
Rlos, president of the senate, intends
to resign and to retire from polities.
ANSWER TO BAER.
Has Been Presented to the Commis
sion. WASHINGTON, O. C Tho roply of
Prcsldont George F. Boor of tho Phil
adelphia & Rending Coal company to
tho chafgea of President Mitchell of
United Mlno Workers, which baa beon
prscntcd to tho anthracite coal Btrlko
commission, was on Tuesday given to
tho public.
Mr. Baor makes no reforonco to Mr.
Mttcholl as tho president of tho min
ers' organization, but refers to him
Blmply as an Individual.
Taking up tho specifications of Mr.
Mitchell's charges, sorlatlm, Mr. Baor
first admits that his company owns
thirty-seven collorlcs and that bofore
the strike it employed 26,589 people.
Following Is a brief summary of tho
rosponflo to Mr. Mitchell's other sped
flcntlons:
Second Tho demand for 20 por cont
incrcaso in wages on plcco work is
denounced as "arbitrary, unreasonable
and unjust." Tho company contends
that, after making all necessary al
lowance for different conditions, the
rate of wages paid for tho mining of
anthraclto coal is as high as that paid
In tho bltumtnouB coal flolds,
Third Tho company denies that the
present scalo of wages is lower than
that paid in othor occupations In the
samo locality and controlled by like
conditions.
Fourth and Fifth Mr. Baor denies
that tho earnings of tho anthracite
workers aro less than average earn
ings for other occupations requiring
skill and training and also -that the
earnings are Insufficient becauso of the
dangerous character of work in the an
thraclto mines.
Sixth This specification is referred
to as too vaguo for specific answer,
but in a general way it 1b stated that
tho anthraclto regions are among the
most prosperous in the United States.,
Seventh Tho company pronounces
aa unjust and inequitable the demand
for a reduction of 20 per cent in hours
of labor without a reduction of earn
ings for tlmo employed and this de
mand is pronounced impracticable. In
this connection, the following state
ment IB mado:
"Bccausq of tho Injury to tho mines
by tho striko of the United Mlno Work
ers, tho cost of producing coal has
been greatly Increased and a tempor
ary advance in price was mado by,
this company, but it will bo imprac
ticable to contlnuo such incrcaso when
mining operations becomo normal."
Eighth Mr. Bacr sayB that bis com
pany has no disagreement with any of
its employes about the weighing of
coal, becauso the quantity Is usually
detormlncd by measurement and not
by weight.
Ninth Replying to the fourth de
mand mado by Mr. Mitchell, , Mr. Baer
Bays that Blnco tho advent of the
United Mlno Workers' organization
into the anthracite fields, business con
ditions there havo been intolerable;)
that tho output of the mines has de
creased, that discipline has been de
stroyed, that strikes havo been of al
most daily occurrence; that men have
worked when and aB they pleased,
and that tho cost of mining has been
greatly Increased. Ho also takes the
position that the Jurisdiction of the
commission is limited to tho condi
tions named by tho coal company
presidents, which excludes the 'United
Mine Workers from any recognition
in tho proceedings. Ho says, howover,
that "when a labor organization lim
ited to anthraclto mine workers is
created which shall obey the law, re
spect tho rights of ovory man to work
nud honestly co-operate with employ
ers, trade agreements may become
practicable."
HAS NO RIGHT TO INTERFERE,
Secretary of State Can Do Nothing to
Help Mascagnl.
WASHINGTON Mscagni's trou
bles havo not yet been brought to the
attention of the state department and
tho officials there seo no reason why.
thoy should be. Secretary Hay has
no power to lnterfero with the course
of justice in tho Massachusetts court.
Mr. Mayor des Planches, the Italian
ambassador, Is now in Boston, and
It is 'supposed that, with the Italian
consul there, .he will advise tho com
poser of his actual rights before the
Boston courts.
ROME Fbrolgn" Minlstqr Prlnetti
has Instructed tho Italian ambassador
at Washington to lend all possible aid
to Slgrior Mascagnl, tho composer, in
his difficulty, and to go to Boston if
necessary. Several senators and dep
uties have given notico of their in
tention to interrogate tho government
on tho Mascagnl affair at tho open
ing of parliament
Governor Yates' Condition.
oriiijpiaiju, in. rnyuicians at
tending Governor Yate3 state that
thoy bollove a turn for the better haa
developed. For five hours Sunday his
tempeiaturo remained stationary at
99 3-5 degrees, only one above nor
mal. This is the lowest mark Blnco
tho beginning of the governor's 111
noss, twenty-three days ago.
Wesleyan university, jMiddletown,
Conn., has received a .gift of $50,000
to equip an astronomical observatory.
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