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WOTCK OE CONGRESS.
An effort was made In tho Honatc on the
10th to obtain an ngrccmcnt for a voto
on tho Chinese exclusion bill, but It v.iia
unsuccessful. The measure was under
discussion during the cntlro session, ex
cept for about an hour, In which time
tho poHt oftlco appropriation bill was
considered and passed. Three speeches
were made against' tho Chlncso bill In
Its present form, Senator Dillingham
(Vt.) concluding his remarks and Sena
tor Stewart (Nov.) and Senator Hoar
(Mnsn.) stating their objections to the bill.
Early In the session Senator Dcpcw (N.
Y ) spoke briefly against tho adoption of
tho resolution providing for the election
of senators by popular vote.... Tho de
bate on the Cuban reciprocity bill In tho
house was devoid of enlivening features.
The most notable speech of the day was
made by Mr. Grosvenor (O.). Ho an
Bworcd tho critics who have charged
him with Inconsistency by saying that
reciprocity was sound remibllcan doc
trine and that tariff schedules were not"
sacred. Tho resolution of Mr. Sulzer
(N. Y.) calling upon tho wnr department
for nn Investigation of tho alleged Brit
ish camp at Chalmette, La., waa amend
ed to Include other alleged camps and
In this shape unanimously passed tho
house. This means that nn Investigation
will bo made of tho Guy ton & Harring
ton property at Lathrop, Mo., and their
contract with tho British government.
Mr. Daugherty (Mo.), in whoso district
the mule barns arc located, said that tho
British government paid Guyton & Har
rington J120.000.000 last year for horses,
mules and feed.
Remarks which Senator Dopcw (N. Y.)
made concerning tho proposed amendment
to the constitution providing for tho elec
tion of senators by popular vote, In tho
course of which he adverted to south
ern election methods, precipitated a live
ly three-hours' debato In tho senato on
tho 11th, Sonators Money (Miss.), Mc
Lnurln (Miss.), Simmons (N. C.) nnd
Blackburn (Ky.) hinting that the New
Yorker did not know what he was talk
ing about. "When tho Chinese exclusion
bill was taken up an agreement was
reached that a vote should bo taken on
It on the 16th at one o'clock. Senator
Teller (Col.) supported tho mensuro In a
brief speech, maintaining that It was nec
essary and that It was not In contraven
tion of our treaty obligations with
China. ...Debate on tho Cuban reciprocity
bill continued In the house, tho principal
speeches being made by Mr. Long (Kan,),
,a member of tho ways and means com
mittee, who from the first ardently sup
ported tho proposition for reciprocity, nnd
who originally favored a reduction of 40
per cent., and Mr. Shnfroth (Col.), who
vigorously opposed tho bill on the ground
that tho sugar trust, which, he said, was
-waging a war of extermination against
the beet sugar industry, would be its
chief beneficiary.
Tho feature of the Chinese exclusion de
bate In tho senate on the 12th was tho
sharp criticism of Senator Mitchell (Ore.)
and Senator Teller 'Col.) of Minister Wu.
of China, becauso of his protest mado to
the secretary of state against the enact
ment of tho pending bill. Senator Vest
(Mo.) mado a brief address In opposition
to some features of the pending measuro
and then adverted with deep feeling to
the death of Gen. Wade Hampton, say
ing ho was tho highest type of u Chris
tian gentleman. Senator Mason (111.) pre
sented the conference report on the post
ofTlce appropriation bill and It was agreed
to.... Tho house passed the, bill granting
a pension to tho widow of President Mc-
Klnley of $3,000 a year. Among tho bills
.passed was one for the creation 6t tho
petrified forest nntlonal park In Arizona.
Tho Chinese exclusion bill occupied tho
attention of tho senate throughout the
11th, Senators Foraker (O.) nnd McLaurln
(S. C.) making extended speeches In oppo
sition. Senator Kcnrns (Utah) introduced
a bill annexing to Utah all that portion
of Arizona territory lying north and west
of tho Colorado river.... Interest In the
Cuba, reciprocity debato In tho house
seems to be waning, Judged by the small
Attendance on the lloor, but the earnest
ness of the speeches on both sides , of
tho question Increase rather than de
crease In Intensity. That tho republican
opponents of the bill are determined to
prolong the struggle as much ns possible
was made manifest by their refusal to
allow speeches to be printed In the Rec
ord. The speakers were Messrs. Mc
Call (Mass.) and Brantley (Gn.) for tho
measure and Messrs. Robertson (La.X
and Stovents (Minn.) against It. Tho
conference report on the post olllcc ap
propriation bill was adopted early In the
lay, after some criticism of the pneu
matic tube provision. Mr. Newlands
(Nev.) Introduced a bill- to remove all
duties on beef Imported from foreign
countries.
TO SUPPRESS IRISH LEAGUE.
Ten llnttiillon of ICncl nil and Scotch
Militia Ar to lie hent to Coerce
Ireland.
London, April 12. A dispatch from
Dublin says that ten battalions of
i English and Scotch militia are to bo
-4?.' embodied nnd sent to Ireland within
n month, in pursuance of the British
government 'h determination lo apply
ihe coercion act. The correspondent
understands that Lord Londonderry,
the postmaster general, threatened
to resign from the cabinet unless act
ive measure were taken to circumvent
-the I'nited Irish league.
Cernmu Colonies Are Costly,
lterlin, April 15. Germany's ef
forts to extend and open up colonies
are not successful from a financial
standpoint. The total annual revenue
of the eight protectorates under the
rule of the kaiser is only $2,000,000,
and tho reiehstag lias, to vote $7,500,'
000 to support them.
Consumption of Sugar.
Washington, April 15. The sugar
consumption of the United States ag
gregated 5,313,087,840 pounds, or 0E
pounds per capita, in 11)01. One-sixth
of this was produced in the United
States, one-sixth in the insular pos
sessions and the balance (two-thirds,
was imported,
Cathollo Archh shop Appointed
y Washington, April 15. The presi
dent lias appointed Catholic Archbish
op Uyan, of Philadelphia, a member oJ
the board of, Indian commissioners.
T. DEWITT TALMAGE DEAD.
Noted Illvliio n Victim of llrnln Trouble
l'ow American liujoynd II in Wldo
Popularity.
Washington, April 14. Rev. T. De
Witt Tnlmngc, tho Presbyterian min
ister, died at nino o'clock Saturday
night at his home in this city. Tho
immediate cause of dentil was inflam
mation of the brain, lie was 70 years
old. He was in poor health when ho
started from Washington for Mexico
for a vacation nnd rest six weeks ago,
He was then suffering1 from influenza
nnd serious catarrhal conditions.
Since his return to Washington some
time ego ho had been quite ill. Un
til Thursday, however, fears for his
death wore not entertained.
Few American clergymen ever en
joyed as wldo popularity as Ucv. T.
'IcWitt Talmage. Ills method of
renting the topics which he di
cussed wns homely and well-cnlcij
'ated to appeal to the many rathev
than to the few. Ills magnetism and
.Us habit of appealing directly to his
hearers gave him a hold upon their
hearts such as few preachers have
possessed.
With nil of his success in the pul
pit Dr. Talmage was pursued by
lingular ill-fortune. Three times tho
Brooklyn tabernacle, built through
Ills cftoi'ts when his fame was high
est, was burned to the ground. Each
time the fire took place on Sunday
and in no case was its cause ever
discovered. After the last lire, whlct
occurred in 1S94, the congregation
broke up and never was brought to
gether again in such numbers ns be
fore. KEPT DEATH A SECRET.
"Divine Ilcnlers" Held the Itoily or a Mis
souri Woman Three Days Trying to
Itnlse Hor from tho Dead.
Kansas City, Mo., April 14. David
Wallace nnd James Quinn, of Blue
bpnngs, reported to Prosecutor Had
ley that Mrs. Nannie Ashley, of that
place, died without the attendance
of doctors, but tinder the treatment
of "divine healers," who kept the
death secret and held the body three
days trying by prnyer to raise it from
the dead. Mr. Dudley will notify the
coroner of the facts and ask him to
hold an inquest, nnd if the facts are
as reported he will file information
against whoever was responsible for
neglecting to get" medical nid for tho
dying woman. James Quinn Is a
brother-in-law of the dead woman.
Mr. Quinn said that, when he saw the
body decomposition had begun nnd
the husband told him that the "divine
healers" had been trying to raise hex
from the dead.
STUBBORN CONTEST ON.
Live Stock Commission Men at Kannas
City Arc Trying to Divert Trade
to St. Joseph.
St. Joseph, Mo., April 14. The
Kansas City live stock commission
men who are engaged in a stubborn
contest with the stock yards com
pany at f hat point and are employing
a boycott to win their demands oi
lower charges, will throw all their
business to South St. Joseph. No
tice of this decision was received bj
the stock yards people here last
night. Agents of the Kansas City
exchange will be here to-day to han
dle live stock receipts diverted to
this point.
Twelve Yearn of Illojal Incarceration.
Des Moines, la., April 14. John
Wesley Klklns, who confessed to the
murder of his father and stepmother
when he was 11 years of age, is to in?
released from the state prison at
Anamosa, after 12 years of what is
admitted to have been illegal incar
ceration. Tho courts hnve held re
peatedly that a child under 14 j'oara
of age is presumably incapable of
crime.
Now Danger ThroatoiiH Drought Sufferer
Corpus ChrJsti, Tex., April 14. Suf
fering in the drought-stricken region
on the Texas border is hourly in
creasing. Advices from Zapata coun
ty say all animals, with the exception
of coyotes or Mexican wolves, are
dead. Thirst and famine have driven
many of the wolves mad, and the
fear of hydrophobia is added to the
afflictions of the stricken section.
Prohibition Day In Kaimn,
Topeka, Kan., April 14. May I has
been designated as Prohibition day
in Kansas and the State Temperance
union urges all temperance people in
the state to observe the day by hold
ing a temperance meeting in their
respective communities. If this can
not be done, then It is suggested that
the meeting either be held on Sun
day, April 27, or tho Sundny follow
ing. Slept In lied with Ills Dead Father.
St. Joseph, Mo,, April 14. Louis
Levin, a well known merchant, was
found dead In bed yesterday by his
ten-year-old son, who had slept with
his parent all night, arose yester
day morning nnd did not discover his
father's death until about noon.
Physicians say that Levin succumbed
to an attack of apoplexy some tim
Miring the night.
WADE HAMPTON DEAD.
famous Confederate General nnd Promi
nent Figaro In South Carolina Pol
itics Passed Away Friday.
Columbia, S. C, April 12. Gen.
Wade Hampton died Friday morning
at nine o'clock. This resulted not
from any disease but wns tho result
of.a general breakdown. Gen. Hamp
ton celebrated his eighty-fourth
OKS. WAI1K UAMITO!T.
birthday Inst week. A month ago ho
had a severe attack and his children
were called to his bedside. Gen.
Hampton was a famous confederate
soldier. Since the war he has occu
pied many high olllcial positions in
state and nation, including United
States senator.
REPRIEVE WAS TOO LATE
Henry Flutchor, n St. Louis Negro, Hanged
3fl Minutes Iloforo Gov. Docker j's
Message Arrived.
St. Louis, April 12. Henry Flutcher,
colored, was hanged at sunrise yes
terday for tho murder of Louis Roth,
16 years old, August 27, 1900. Thurs
day night Circuit Attorney Polk tele
graphed Gov. Dockcry at Jefferson
City recommending a ten-days' re
prieve in order to investigate moro
fully soma testimony to tho effect
that Flutcher acted in self-dcfenso
when he killed Roth. An nuswer was
received at 6:45 a. m., just 35 min
utes after the fatal drop foil, grant
ing a respite of 15 days.
Jackson Hanged at Kansas City.
Kansas City, Mo., April 12. James
Jackson, a negro, was hanged in tho
county jail Friday morning at nine
o'clock for tho murder of Prophet
Everett, another negro. Ho went to
tho scaffold singing n hymn in n low
voice and as he stood upon the trap
lie joined tho clergymen in singing
"Nearer, My God to Thee." Then he
called the undertaker tip from the
little group of spectators below and
asked him to bury his body beside
that of Albert Garth, a negro who
was hanged six weeks ago.
DUE TO MARKSMANSHIP.
Gen. Mnc Arthur'. Version of the
I.aiKO Number of Filipino Killed
In Unttlc Dewy to Tcntlfy.
Washington, April 12. While he
was before the senate Philippines
committee Gen. MacArthur attrib
uted to the good marksmanship of the
Americans tho largo proportion of
Filipinos who were killed in battle to
tho number of wounded. Senator Pat
terson asked a number of questions in
connection, intending to bring out
the fact that tho number of killed,
among tho Filipinos was so much out
of proportion to tho number of
wounded bb to require an cxplantion.
Replying to Senator Patterson,
Gen. MacArthur said there were few
factories in tho islands, but that ho
believed the Filipinos were capnble
of development as artisans. "They
are successful," he said, "wherever
JcftncsB of touch is necessary. They
lake high rank ns artists."
PLEASES BOTH PARTIES.
President's Reference to Trusts In Ills
Charleston Speech Is Called Good Dem.
ourutlc Doctrine" liy Ulohnrdsoii.
Washington, April 12. President
Roosevelt's speech at Charleston, in
which he said that trusts, if they
work at all, must work under tha
law, has attracted wide attention at
the capital. There is a gcncrul ap
proval of his statement that "The
nation should exercise over combina
tions cautiously but firmly the power
of supervision nnd regulation." Rep
resentative Richardson, the leader of
Cut minority in the house, said of
the president's reference to trusts:
"That's good democratic doctrine,
and if the president wishes nny as
sistance In tho lino ho suggests h
enn count on every member of the,
democratic party in congress."
KEEPS HIM PLENTY BUSY.
Uonsovrlt oys Ho Is Too Much Occupied
llelnir President to Mix Up In Statu
Political Contests.
Washington, April 12. Senator Ma
son wns nmong the president's call
er's Friday nnd during tho conference
tho president authorized tho state
ment that ho was taking no part
whatever in the Illinois senatorial
'ontost. "My time Is altogether too
aiuoh occupied with being president,"
ild Mr. Roosevelt, "to admit of my
taking any part in the scnnerln' con
test in .Illinois.."
SWORD TO MAJ. JENKINS.
Fcaturo of "President's Day" nt Charles
ton Imposition Was tho Presenta
tion Speech hy Uoosovelt.
Charleston, S. C, April 10. Greet
ed nnd honored by manifestations
of the rospeot and esteem of enthu
siastic thousands, President Roose
velt wns tho guest of tho South Caro
lina Interstate nnd West Indian ex
position yesterday. Tho weather was
Ideal. The events of the day began
with a grand procession through tho
streets of Charleston and afterward
there were speeches in tho Audito
rium, tho presentation of a sword
by the president to Mnj. Mietih Jen
kins, n luncheon nt tho worhan'a
building and inspection of tho
grounds and buildings. Tho enthu
siasm of tho people was unbounded
nnd there was standing room only on
tho sidewalks ami porches and door
ways and In tho wide piazzas of the
houses along the lino of march.
AN APPEAL TO THE. PUBLIC.
HovrYntcs' Committee Desires to Collect
5,000,000 Checks or St Kuch to Aid
lloor Women uiid Children.
Chicago, April 10. Gov. Yates'
Boer relief fund committee yester
day issued nn appeal to tho public in
behalf of the' Boer women and chil
dren who have been herded in re
conecutrado camps, and says: "Wo
desire to collgct 5,000,000 checks and
drafts of $1 each, from all parts of
tho United States, payable to Theo
dore Roosevelt, to be presented to
him ns a petition for such aid as ho
niny be able to render these people,
and as a practical and beneficent
demonstration of tho sympathy of
the people of America for these rc
concentrndo camp sufferers. Tlicso
checks nnd drafts should be sent to
Peter YanVlisslngen, 172 East. Wash
ington street, Chicago."
DETROIT GIRL SLAIN.
Molt llrutal Murder of Itecent Years Kb
' ncted In That City hy Some Un
known Person.
Detroit, Mich., April 10. Just be
foro midnight the most brutnl mur
der of recent years in this city was
committed on Thirteenth street. A
young girl, who has not yet been
identified, was stabbed and pounded
to denth. Her throat was cut from
enr to ear, a knife was thrust into
her brnin bclajpid tho car and a dent
in her forehead showed that she had
been clubbed. A resident of tho
neighborhood, Harry Jewell, heard
cries and screams and looking out,
saw a man striking a girl down.
INSANE MOTHER'S CRIME.
At Kvorcit, Wash., Mrs. Sluipurd IC. Itucoy
Killed Hur iliistmtid and Child and
Then hulelded.
Everett, Wash., April 10. A shock
ing tragedy occurred shortly after
seven o'clock yesterday evening
when Mrs. Shepard R. Bueey, wife of
tho assistant cashier of the American
national bank, killed her husband,
their four-year-old son and herself
in a. fit of insanity. When assistance
arrived at tho house the clinched
hand of Mrs. Bueey retained the
smoking revolver.
A Train Derailed.
Fort. Soott, Knn., April 10. The
engineer of tho rear of two heavily
loaded freight trains which were en
tering this city on tho 'Frisco double
tracks yesterday evening lost control
of the air brakes and the. train thun
dered down an incline, ditching the
engine and derailing a number of
cars. The trainmen oil jumped and
escaped injury. ,
Lower Kates on I.lvo Sloe I; .shipment.
Chicago, April 10. Traffic ollleinls
of western lines have determined
to place live stock on a parity with
dressed beef in respect to tho rates
charged. At a meeting yesterday It
was decided that between tho Mis
souri river and Chicago Jhe rate on
live stock should bo 18', cents in
stend of 23 J cents.
Tim Choctaw fc Oklahoma Koad Sold.
Philadelphia, April 10. Announce
ment was made yesterday by Ed
ward B. Smith & Co., of this city,
bankers, that the Choctaw, Oklahoma
& Gulf railroad has been sold to
Speyer & Co., bankers, of New York.
There Is a strong belief that the
Hock Island road is tho real pur
chaser. Larce Postal Itecelpts for (Juarter.
Washington, April 10. The largest
quarterly receipts in the history of
the postal Mrvico are recorded for
tho Mirce mouths ended January 1
lust, figures for which have just been
completed. The receipts were ?32,
005.G21; expenditures, $30,947,131; ex
cess of receipts over expenditures,
$1,058,4110.
Unruly Cadets at I.ctliiKton
Lexington, Ky., April 10. Insubor
dination at. the Kentucky Agricul
tural and Mechanical college came to
u climax last night, when, in tho dor
mitory, Commandant MelCou was
knocked down, deluged in water and
"gged by n division of cadets.
APPLAUDED GOV. STANLEY.
Iflo Told tho Convention nt CU'rago That
ltoolpriio ty Was Fast Hcootnlni; tho
Paramount Ujuostlnn,
Chicago, April 11. Seventy business
men representing eastern, middle
west and western' states met hero
ThuiBdny for the purpose of form
Ing a non-partisan national rcelproc.
lty league. Gov. Stanley, of Kansas,
president of tho Western Reciprocity
lengue, called tho meeting to order
and informed tho delegates that tho
furtherance of reciprocity between
tho United States and tho countries
of nil tho rest of the world was tho
purpose of tho proposed organiza
tion. Ho declared that tho Idea of
tho organization had been received
with applause throughout tho coun
try. Reciprocity, ho said, was fast
becoming the paramount question of
tho country. This nsscrtion was vig
orously applauded.
Tho National Reciprocity lcngus
waa organized, W. 13. Stanley, gov
ernor of tho stnto of KansnB, being
elected president. 11. Hulct, of To
peka, Kan., was chosen secretary
of tho new lcaguo and B. B. Swift,
of Chicago, treasurer. A tioard of
directors wos also selected. A na
tional convention of tho lcaguo will
bo called for tho near future, prob
ably at Chlcngo.
Resolutions wore adopted favoring
tho ratification of reciprocal treaties
with other countries.
WILL DEFY COLOSSAL TRUST.
Independent Hardware Jobbers Declare
They Will Ilavo the Friendship of Man
ufacturers Whan It Comes to lluytns;.
St. Louis, April 11. E. C. Simmons,
of tho Simmons Hardware company,
who will bo president of tho newly
consolidated hardware jobbing inter
ests of thf country, refused to dlB
cuss tho reported colossal consolida
tion. Saunders Norvello, of tho Norvollo
Bhnplclgh Hardware company, ono
of tho largest hardware jobbers In
America to remain outside tho trust,
said that as far ao ho could judgo
from tho present situation thcro wan
no likelihood of tho strong Independ
ent jobbers being Injured. Tho prob
lem to bo considered relative to tho
formation of tho trust wns tho buy
ing problem. He had received assur
ances from the most important fac
tors in the trndo that tho Independ
ent jobbers would not bo weakened
In tho lenst in tho matter or buying,
but would bo greatly strengthened
with tho manufacturers.
KILLED BY HER TEACHER.
Prof. James Miller Under Arrest nt Detroit
Charged with tho llrutal Murder
of Miss Jennett.
Detroit,' Mich., April 11. The girl
who was so horribly murdered Wed
nesday at midnight on Thirteenth
street wns identified as Carrlo M.
Jonnctt, of 1101 Wabash avenue, a
daughter of James R. Jennett, a cabinet-maker.
Miss Jennett attended
a meeting of a Rebckah lodgo in a
hall not far from whoro she waa
brutally murdered. She left thcro
about 10:15 o'clock. Less thnu two
hours later her body was found.
Tho polico believe that in Prof,
James Miller, a music-tcaeher, arrest
ed Thursday morning, they have Miss
Jennctt's murderer. Blood was found
on his clothing and when an explana
tion of it was asked Miller fainted.
Ho was revived but fainted ngaift
while, being taken to his cell. MIs
Jennett was a pupil of Miller's.
PEACE TERMS ACCEPTED.
Mr Hteyn nnd Gens. Dowel mill llotha
Have Arranged for ICndlnir the
lloor War.
London, April 11. Tho Central
News is informed that a telegram
was received in London yesterday
morning from Pretoria saying that
Mr. Stcyn and Gens. Delarey and
Botha had agreed upon terms oi
peace. Tho telegram indicates that
the British terms have been accept
ed and that peace has been arranged.
(loured Otic a Hoy's ICyes.
London, April 11. A dispatch to a
news ugency from Shanghai says thnt
allegations of cruelty against Catholla
missionaries have caused an antl-for-cign
outbreak at Ning-Po, a city in
tho provlneo of Che-Kiang, where a
stntement was circulated that somo
of the missionaries gouged out boys
yes.
Appropriation for New Towns.
Washington, April 11. The house
committee on public lands favorably
reported tho bill appropriating $160,
000 to Lawton, $00,000 to Anadarko
and $50,000 to Hobart. The bill also
Authorizes tho construction of u
courthouse in each of these towne,
io cost not to exceed $30,000.
Hook (Juts Preacher In Trouble
Lebanon, 111., April 11. Because of
Iho authorship of n book advocating
yie doctrine of reincarnation of soulu
mil offering Scriptural references iu
wpport of Ills belief, Rev. Columbua
Bradford has been removed from tha
pastorate of the M. E. church at
Dkawvlllu, III,
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