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WILL WEAR ENGLAND OUT. Transvaal State Secretary Pred iction Is for Ten Years War. Cattle Captured Sold Threa or Four Time Over to tha Government, Price Increased Eaoh Time. -A--opy C-a let! er a recently discovered In Pretoria, addressed by Transvaal State Secre tary Reitz, at President Kruger's re quest, when war became Inevitable ,to certain member of the volksraad (con gress) whose determination wan doubt ed. Tilts letter advised them that if they entered Into the war at all it should be with a stout resolution lo gee It through, an It would last ten years. The letter Ptated that the officials of the republics aid not hope lo defeat England Jn the field, but their plans nd resources would enable them to wear Kngland out In that decade. One prediction has a particularly ominous significance just now, In view of the discoursing dispatches this week from the Pretoria correspondent of the Times, who reflects Kitchener's views. These dispatches warn t he government that the war cannot be ended by the blockhouse system in the face of an enemy so mobile as the Boers are. Provisioning and garrison ing the blockhouses Is straining the British transport and relief resources to the breaking point, although it is admitted that Hottentots are being em ployed largely In connection with the blockhouse system. The waste of the army from disease in January, the worst month for en teric fever, included ten officers and S2 men dead, while eleven officers and 144 men were killed in action, the total casualties being eighty-seven officers and 2,663 men. The war department remnant scan dal, the treasury having been swin dled out of many millions of dollars, betrays only one of the many direc tions In which Incompetence and cor ruption have conspired to bleed the British taxpayer in connection with this awful war. From South Africa conies the posi tive statement that the bulk of the vast herds of cattle captured from the Boers were sold by the military au thorities to the South African Cold Storage company at from 4 to 6 cents a. pound, the cattle selling the cattle back again to the military after a (( weeks at from 14 to 13 cents a pound. In some districts In Cape Colony, It Is alleged, loyal colonial farmers, act ing In collusion with certain military officials, contrived to sell horses and cattle to the British military authori ties three or four times over. These scandals were discovered some months ago. but the war department quietly cashiered the officers Implicat ed, instead of Imprisoning them, hop ing by that means to escape exposure. The government's present policy is to postpone all inquiry till the war ends, trusting that It may find some further pretext to evade it altogether, or, at the worst, by one huge chaotic Investigation, to confuse the Issues and dissipate the responsibility. These moves are. recognized and feared by the government's own supporters, but their hands are tied by dread of en couraging the Boers If the government Is embarrassed. FLOODED BY MANITOBA WHEAT. Minneapolis, Winn., Feb. 12. The Immense crop of wheat rained in Man itoba last year has caused a demoral ization In the market and had severe effects on the milling interests of the northwest. Foreigners are able to buy certain grades of Manitoba wheal at 3 cents a bushel cheaper than American wheat, with the result that It Is being purchased, made inlo flour Jn Europe and sold in competition with the American flour at prices that the Minneapolis millers cannot reach. As a way to put an end to this com lietition the Minneapolis mills have considered i'm: pimsltility of br'r.z'.nz Manitoba wheat to Minneapolis in bond, grinding in local mills and re shipping to Canada'. Inquiries re cently made of the revenue depart ment developes the possibility of im porting by paying a duty of 3 cents a bushel, which will h lefuiitled when the manufactured product has been returned to Canada. IMMENSE 6L0C0SE TRUST TO FORM. New York, Feb. 12. An official statement regarding the formation of a new glucose trust, Is expected from the banking house of J. P. Morgan & Co., this afternoon. The new com pany, which Is to merge all the glu cose and starch manufacturing Inter ests In the "United States, secured Its Jersey charter today. It will be known the Porn Product company, and Is to have a capital of $30,000,00. It Is understood that John D. and William Hockerfeller, Marshall Field and Norman It. Beam have Joined hands with Morgan In financing the new trust. . Carnegie Library For Grand Island, tirand Island, Neb., Feb. 12.-A letter lias been received from Andrew Car negie of library fame by the author ities of the Grand Island city library to the effect that a city of this size should have t least a $20,000 library, and It Is taken that If the city can assure 12,000 a year for maintenance a gift from Mr. Carnegie will be se cured. According to the present rnte of assessment, the levy would provide but tl,M. and an effort will no doubt to made to secure guarantee f A REEELUCI CCXSftSACY IN IRELAtt,1 London, Feb. 11. The government If preparing to strengthen the troops li. Ireland, and as soon aa the Boer war cornea to a close the present military forces In that island will be at leant doubled. The government Is convinced from secret investigation in certain districts of Connaught, there is a con spiracy at work to incite a rebellion In Ireland, and that leading ( Boers In Europe have done much to foment the Irish hatred of England, and to urge the discontented Irish to rise against the crown. The conspirator are working with system and deliberation and are or ifanizip g compa n legtobe ready when the time comes to slilke a blow. The young men especially are pledging themselves to the movement, and war between England and some other power is looked forward to as the opportunity for Irishmen to rise. The leader of th movement Is re ported to be an Irish-American, who goes from one part of Ireland to another, appealing quietly to those whom he thinks he can trust to join the ranks of the patriots. The govern ment has been successful In getting at the facts of the conspirators, and will be in readiness for any developments. KNOWS NOT OF PARAMOUNT ISSUE. Washington, D. Feb. 12. Senator Jones, chairman of the democratic na tional committee In a discussion rel ative to the future policy of hlH party, declared that while anti-Imperialism might not be the paramount issue of the next national campaign, he be lieved It would be a most prominent one. The senator would not concede that the party leaders were perfecting plans for the entire elimination from that campaign of those policies that have been indelibly stamped with the Imprint of Bryanism. "No one can at this time," he re marked, "predict absolutely what the future policy of any party, will be. It may be that the democratic party will find it advisable to eliminate certain policies of the past. If so, It will be done. I have authorized no one to de fine my belief as to what action will be taken." This assertion was In response to an ntervlew given out In Boston by Ir ving Winslow, president, of the New England Anf.t-Imperiallstle league. Mr. Winslow gives Mr. Jones as his au thority for the assertion that Bryan- sm will be dropped, and Imperialism made the paramount issue. MR. HAY IS SEEKIN6 AN ANSWER. Denver, Colo., Jan. 12. The News says that a demand has not been made upon Governor Orman by Secretary of Plate Hay at Washington for an In vestigation of the destruction last summer of the buildings of William Kadcllffe. an Englishman, located on Grand Mesa lakes in this state, by a mob. rtadclifTe appealed to British Ambassador Pauncefote for redress. demanding $55,000 damages of the state of Colorado. The trouble grew out of a dispute between ranchmen and Rad- fTe over fishing privileges and cul minated In the killing of a ranchman mimed Womack by one of Radellffe's guards. A few days later the build liiK on the lakes were destroyed by lire, it Is claimed, started by friends of Womack .in revenge for his death. Th mutter was originally referred to Gov ernor Orman early In January, and, a cording to the News, communication from Secretary Hay has jtiHt been re ived, asking what had become of it THE SCHWABS LEAVE FOR HOME. London, Feb. 12. Charles M. Schwab and Mrs. Schwab left London for Southampton on their way to New Yoik. Mr. Schwab said concerning his reception ty King jviwaru: 'I was honored by being received by King Edward. Beyond that I cannot say anything on the subject, nor have I said a word more to anybody." "Have you enjoyed your trip to Eu rope, Mr. Schwab?" the correspondent Inuulred. 'Never In all the years l have seen coming have I enjoyed it more." 'You do not appear to have had much of a rest," It was suggested "You have had a busy time." "Oh, I could not sit still and no nothing," Mr. Schwab replied. "That would not be rest to me. I find rest In change of scene and occupation. I have found It and never felt better." Mr, Schwab certainly looked well and was In high spirits. A MILLION SUBJECTS ARE IN PRISON, St. Petersburg, Feb. 12. Russian prison statistics lately published reveal some startling facts. Four years ago the number of prisoners In Russia was 761,373. Now It has risen to 842.729. If the Inmates of the military prisons, the peasants In houses of correction and the prisoners in trans-Caspian jails were counted, It would be found that 1,000,000 of the subjects of the czar are Incarcerated, not Including the Siber ian exiles, who number 77,180, nor the 3,328 convicts In the Saghalln prison. The budget appropriates about $8 per prisoner a year, the expenditure aggre gating (7,500,000, of which amount $33.25 Is squandered on books and papers for a million prisoners. To Merge th Salt Inerest. Chicago. 111.. Feb. 12. The Interna tional Bait company, with a rapltal stock of $1,000,000, was Incorporated at honor the memory of President Lln Hprlngfield today. coin during his stay In Chicago by for- The new company will take In the mally placing a wreath on the nmn National Salt company and the refln- ument of the martyred president In Ing Halt company of New York. Joy Lincoln Park, An expression of thin Morton A Co. of Chicago and several wish was conveyed today to Dr. II. A, other companies not yet named. J Weaver, the Imperial German consul Besides Mark Morton, Daniel Oilman In this city, and was reported by him and Daniel Perkln of Chicago arg to the committee having In charge ar named as Incorporator. - rangements for the prince's reception. GOOD FOR STRATEGY. Danish Islands Offer Strength to Commercial Interests. By the Cession United States Doe Not Assume Obligations of the Larger Sugar Companies. Washington, Feb. 12. The recent fa--VOFa ltl wfMrt hyhe netmle lonunit tee on foreign relations of the treaty for the e-ssion of the islands of the Danish West Indies was accompanied by a written statement made by the committee to the senate. This report contains a small diagram showing the location of the three inlands and tht positions relative to Porto Rico and gives numerous interesting facts rei- tlve to the islands. It shows that during the year 1900 the Islands exported to the United States sugar, molasses and distilled spirits amounting to $.".8,954, and that during the same period the exporta tlons from the United States amounted to $624,524. The annexation of the is lands was sought by the United States years ago, but Inmark declined to sell the islands for $5,000,000, but asked $13,000,000. Secretary Seward offered $7,000,000, which was declined. He af terward agreed to pay that amount for the islands of St. Thomas and St. John, but the trade fell through be cause of complications which arose. At that time Denmark insasted that the consent of the people of the islands should be formally given before the sale should be consummated and w hen the vote was taken there was only twenty-three out of a total of over 1,200 ballots against the cession. When the treaty was returned to the senate of the United States It was tied up there for two years and ul timately failed of ratification. Continuing the report says: "These islands together with Porto Rico are of great imuovtance in a strategic way, whether the strategic be military or commercial. St. Thomas Is the natural point of call for all European trade bound to the West Indies, Central America or northern South America. These islands, to gether with Porto Rico, form the northeastern corner of the Caribbean sea and are of great Importance In connection with the American Isthmus, where a canal will be constructed be tween the Atlantic and the Pacific. They are of first importance in con necllon with our relations with the re gion of the Amazon and with our con trol of the Windward Passage. "In view of the Isthmian canal and European settlements In South Amer lea every additional acquisition by the United States is of value. Porto Rico Is densely populated. Its roads are poor. It has a long coast llnu, with out ports for large vessels. It Is con sequently very difficult of defence San Jaun Is the only harbor capable of fortifications and this Is only suitable for vessels of light draught, Explaining the provision in -the treaty for continuing the pensions to retired local functionaries, it Is stated that the total amount required annu ally for this purpose would not ex ceed $25,000. Explanation Is also made of the pledges of this government to protect the concessions of the Danish government to the St. Thomas Flout Ing Dock company, the West Indian Panama Telegraph company and th St. Croix Sugar company, mentlned in the treaty as the Fallessukkerkoferlcr. With reference to the flouting dock company it Is stated that the en"- of the treaty provisions to secure the company in the enjoyment of Its fran ohiseuntil 1916, and it Is further ex plained that the company is not sub sidized by the Danish or the Insular treasury, but that services are ren dered by the company to the govern ment and paid for according to the approved schedule. The explanation Is added that the De partment of State is advised by the Navy department that the floating dock is equipped to perform all re quired services and thut the use? of its facilities will be of pi aiiicu'oli: w to the navy. Explanation Is made of the relation ship of Denmark to the sugar com pany to the effect that Denmark originally made; a loan of 1,414,7X1 crowns at a stipulated Intel est to this company. The interest not havlr.z been paid after twenty years the Dan ish government" took possession of t Im properly and assumed all obligations growing out of this relationship. The object of the closing provision of ar ticle 1 of the treaty is to discharge the Insular treasury and government of the United States from all reliabil ity by reason of the non-payment of the guaranteed interest. It Is under stood to be the purpose of the Danish government to put itself In position to wind up the aflalrs of this company as soon as possible. An explicit as surance Is given that "no responsi bility or obligation of any kind rests on the government of the United States or the Insular ereasury In con nection with the Ht. Croix Sugar com pany." To Honor 'Lincoln' Memory. Chlcngo, III., Feb. 12. Prince Henry of Prussia has expressed a desire lo FIVE SNIPS ARE TO IE FILLED. New York. Feb. 12.-F1ve ship loads of American agricultural machinery will be forwarded from New Yorlc and Philadelphia, to the Black Sea within the next six weeks. These shipments will represent not less than 36,000 tons, which Is an excess of about SO per cent over the entire di rect consignments made last year to the same part of the world. Wilson liners will carry the ma chlnery. The first steamer .the Othello. will sail from Philadelphia next week. This vessel will carry more than 10,- 000 tons of reapers, mowers, harvesters, rakes, etc.. to Odessa for the South Russian markets. The MeCormick ompany-of Chicago will-nrrrp y Othello nearly 9,000 tons of its harvest ers. This firms shipment win muse the largest cargo of machinery of any descripttan that has ever been for warded from this country to a foreign port, the record shipment to date being 7,000 tons, which was made to the Black Sea by the Castello last Februaiy. The remainder of ' the Othello's cargo will be made up of ma chinery turned out by the Deering Harvester company of Chicago and the Johnson Harvester company of Batavia, New York. Freight engagements have already been made with the Piano Manufact uring company of Chicago for 3,000 tons. The Aultman Miller company of Akron, Ohio, will send 2,000 tons, and 1.200 tons will be forwarded by the Deering Harvester company of Chi cago. BAD FIRE IN A KANSAS TOWN. Horton, Kan., Feb. 12. The great car works of the Rock Island Railroad located In this city were swept by fire today. Two lives were lost and property worth $250,000 was destroyed. The flames were first discovered in the hair sorting room of the cabinet department and spread with alarming rapidity. Employes on the second floor leaped through the wondows, clamored down fire escapes and there were many narrow escapes. W. H. Davis, the oldest employe of the fac tory, was penned up and unable to get out. P. H. McKeon, superintendant, of the board of education, plunged into the burning building and endeavored to rescue his old friend, but both per ished together. Several of the employes in Superin tendant Studer's office were injured In their efforts to escape. The wails of the car shops fell twenty minutes after the fire was discovered. The loss on the building is $50,000, machinery $100,000, material $100,000. The engine house was destroyed, but the new $75,000 boiler plant was saved. The fire is still raging In the lumber yard, which contains 5,000,000 feet of lumber. The buildings, machinery and materail that escaped are valued at $2,000,000. The company will rebuild the car shops at once. CAPITAL IS TWO HUNDRED MILLION. New York, Feb. 12. Oeorge Rice of Morietta, O., the foe of the oil trust, In a letter declares that the actual capitalization of the Standard Oil com pany is over $200,000,000, and not $100, 000.000, as generally supposed. Rice says: "John D. Rockefeller, president of the Standard Oil trust, in 1SP9 swore that there were only twenty corpora tions In the trust, with an aggregate capitalization of $102,2.",3,000. On June 14, 1M9, one of the five companies be longing to the Standard Oil trust the New Jersey Standard Oil company increased its capitalization from $10, 000.000 to $110,000,000, which increased the capitalization of the Standard Oil trust by $100,000,0001,000,000 more shares, par value $100 each, making the trust's present capitalization not less than $202,233,000. and at the av- nige market price of $763 a share, this Is equivalent to an investment value of $1,543,043,000. "It follows thai the 20 per cent div idend Just declared amount to $40,000,- 000, instead of $20,000,000, a stated in all the newspapers." Rice points out that at the average market price the steel combine ag gregates an investment of $757,900, 000 less than half that of the oil trust." He alleges that the public has been de ceived when II was Indirectly given to understand that the total capitaliza tion of the Standard Oil company wits to be transferred into the New Jersey Standard Oil company. HOUSE AND SENATE PLANS. Wanliliigton, Feb. 12. O!"om"ro;ni Ine Is on the bill of fare for this week. and unless appropriation bills Interfere the much discussed measure will reach a vole neiore naiuitiay. i ne jnoiitii ,.r,tii-lnllnn hill will hIho com,. ltl for " ' I consideration and a big batch of war i claims will be passed. I At 1 o'clock Saturday the house will listen to eulogies in memory of the late Representative Burke of Texas. The consideration of the Phllliplne tariff bill will be resumed In the sen ate and will probably occupy all of the week. Turner will finish his speech and will be followed by Teller, Bailey, Mitchell, Dubois, Culbertson and Pat terson. It is confidently expected that the bill will be passed toward the close of the week. Fireman Lose Control. New York. Feb, 12. Fire broke out shortly after midnight In the carsheds at Paterson, N. J., and the flames, 1 driven by a brisk wind, spread to sur- 1 rounding buildings. The First Baptist church has been completely gutted. ' The office of the Pnterson Ouardlnn Is burning and that of the Call Is threat ened. The electric lighting system Is disabled and the town Is In darkness. The damage will amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars. The fireiriCD have no control of the fire, I CONDITION OF CUBA. Sugar Is Now Selling Below Cost on the Island General Wood Declare that Low . Price of Sugar I Responsible For Island's Condition. Chicago, eb. 12. home lime ago a e-UagiLsmLmerclaL. house addressed a letter to General Leonard Wood, mil Itary governor of Cuba, asking these questions: "Why is it that Cuba is not much more fortunate now with freedom from Spain and from Spanish enormous ex actions, than ever before? Has she not a free field for the sale of her goods as before, and is she not reliev ed from a corrupt administration and from the necessity of paying large tribute to support it? "What is the commercial reason that Cuba cannot prosper better now than prior to 1898, even it we give no tariff concessions to her?" General Wood's response was as fol lows: LOWER THAN EVER BEFORE. "The great difficulty with Cuba at the present time is that the principal product, sugar, is now at a lower price than ever before known. The enormous output of European bounty-fed sugar has brought the price of sugar down to a very low figure in fact below the cost of production. "If we can get a moderate reduction in duty (not less than 33 1-3 per cent) Cuban sugar can be marketed at a profit. Today, as a matter of fact, most plantations are selling their sugar, be cause they have no reserve funds, and cannot afford to hold it, taking prices below the cost of production. "Sugar which used to be 5 reals per arroba (a real is 12! cents, and an arroba 25 pounds) Is now selling as low as 3 1-4 reals. This is the gist of the whole matter." HE DECLINES TO HONOR HIMSELF. Washington, D. C, Feb. 12. The president has approved, with one not able exception, all the recommenda tions made by the army brevet board, of which General MacArthur was president, for the bestowal of brevet rank on all the officers of the army. who rendered especially meritorious services during the war with Spain and in the subsequent campaigns In the Philippines and Cuba. The exception noted is in the case of Theodore Roosevelt, who was awarded the brevets of colonel and brigadier general for distinguished services at San Juan and Santiago. Under the law these brevets require the confir mation of the senate, and the nomi nations have been made out for trans mission to that body, but ,as already stated, the list will not contain the name of the president. It is expected that the medals of honor and certificates of merit rec ommended by the board for individual gallantry, which also have been ap proved by the president, will be an nounced at the war department next week. These awards Do not require the sanction of the senate. SWEDEN TO FIGHT MINING TRUST. London. Feb. 12. News comes from Stockholm that an exciting legal con teat Is imminent between the Swedish government and International trust which has managed to secure tempo rary control of the Lapland iron fields, the most valuable mines of the kind in Kurope. While the government was negotiat ing to take over the deposits, the own ers disposed for the next ten years, of the output of theh mines for 150,000, 000 francs ($28,950,000). The securities the government sought to obtain were hurried off to a arbnk in Paris. Mr. Odelgerg, the minister of agri culture, proposes to attempt to get con trol of all the mines, on the ground that the conditions laid down for the concession of crown lands, the mining rights liava been violated. Jf the fic tion succeeds, the shareholders will be at the mercy of parliament for com pensation for their holdings. DES MOINES MAIL IS FUMI6ATED. Chicago, 111., Feb. 12 The aid of the federal government has been Invoked by the health department to compel the authorities of Des Moines to sup press smallpox, and to protect Chica go from the ravages of the disease, which Is said to have 400 victims in the Iowa capital. Chief Medical Inspector Spalding has written to Postmaster Coyne, suggest ing the advisability of fumigating the mall from Des Moines. The fumiga tion when done by the United States government Involves a delay of not less than twelve hours, according to Secretary Prltchard. Postmaster Coyne may at once com municate with the postofflee depart ment and urge the necessity for In tercepting the dungerous germs. Say He Ha Lived Two Centuries, Washington, Feb. 12. Half a dozen members of the Kaw tribe of Indians called at the White house this morning to shake hands with the president. They were Introduced by Representa tive Curtis of Kansas who, himself, Is of Indian forefathers. The red men were led by Chief Washuna, dressed tn full costume, from feathers to moc casins. Washuna told the correspondents In the president's ante room that be was t07 years old. TRE CENSUS GROWTH IS CEIERAL Washington, D. C. Feb. 12. The dl rector of the census has mode the fol lowing statement of the Increase of population of places of less than 4,00e inhabitants east and west of the Mis sissippi river and the counties which, have decreased in population: The increase of population In the states east of the Mississippi river waa 18.7 between 18S0 and 1890 and 18.2 be tween 1890 and 1900. In the same area the increase In population, meaning thereby all places of more than 4,000 inhabitants, Was 53.1 per cent between 1880 and 1890 and only 37.2 per cent between 1890 and 1900. Both of these statements could not be true unless the population of places having le8StharI4,0WrTnlrat) itants had been growing more rapid ly in the last ten yeara than In the. preceding decade. Such is the fact. Between 180 and 1890 the population east of the Mississippi and excluding; places of more than 4,000 increased 4.9 per cent, but between 1890 and 1900 8.T per cent. To throw further light on this In creased prosperity of the small towns during the last ten years a study ha been made by 'the census office of those counties which actually decreased In population during either decade, after making allowance for changes in coun ty boundaries. Counties of this class are predominantly agricultural, and usually have lost through migration to more favored localities of the natural increase of their population by births over deaths. CENSUS BUREAU BILL IS INTACT. Washington, D. C, Feb. 12 The house bill making the census bureau permanent, has received final consid eration at the hands of the committee on census. Senator Quarles was au thorized to report the bill and to make , an effort to secure immediate consid eration of it. The bill was not materially chang ed. The amendment was made look ing to the requirement that the pres ent clerical force of the census office should take an examination before be ing placed withinWhe classified service, but on the contrary the committee rec ommends that there shall be an ex plicit declaration that all the members of this force who are on the rolls at the passage of the act shall be includ ed in the classified service, "without further examination." The Bection of the bill relating ta the civil service also excepts super visors .enumerators and special agenta from Its requirements, but there la an explicit provision that in the future all new appointments to the clerical force of the office shall undergo civil service examination. As amended the bill provides for four instead, of three chief statisticians, and for four instead of three chiefs of di visions. The director's salary is rais ed from $5,000 to $7,500 per annum. The fact was brought out In the hearings on the bill that there are now about 1,000 persons employed In the clerical force of the office who would be legislated into the classified, service if the bill should immediately become a law. MR. WU. EXPLAINS HIS POSITION. Washington, D. C, Feb. 12 The Chi nese minister, Mr. Wu, made a state ment intended to correct what he re garded as a misinterpretation of his attitude toward the laboringman In the United States in regard to the Chi nese exclusion act. The minister said: "There seems to be some misunder standing with regard to the letter I wrote to the state department con cerning the' Chinese exclusion act now before congress. I am told that the impression prevails that I antagonize the laboringmen of this country. That Is not true. I have never said any thing to cast the slightest reflection upon the laborers of America, who are useful members of the community Why, even in China, according to our classification ,the workingman ranks higher than the merchant and trades man. This shows how China appreci ates him, and nothing was further rrom my thoughts than to say anything that could be construed as reflecting upon this class." TO TAX THE JOHANNESBURG MINES. London, Feb. 12. The terms which the government is willing to grant the Roers are substantially confirmed by the official explanations of the corre spondence with the Dutch government. They are a surrender, and a repre sentative government, whenever Eng land Is ready to grant It. Meantime ,the Johannesburg adven turers, including a number of Amer icans who brought about the war, are striving to get into their possession the mining properties of the Roers not already in the hands of foreigners. The British taxpayers will probably demand that the mines be made to bear a part of the burden. They are immensely rich, and could doubtless meet a large share of the interest on the lioer war debt. Mining Interests of the west are evincing great Interest in the bill re cently Introduced In congress by Wood, of California, providing for a cabinet minister of mining. Young Girl I Murdered. San Francisco, Cal Feb. 12. Late this afternoon the body of a young girl was found on a bed In a vacant house on Huter street, where It had evidently laid for several weeks. A. man who rented the house from a real estate agent Is suspected of being the murdered. It Is believed he killed the glr lelswhre and scured the houan fo rthe purpose of concealing the body. It waa only by accident that th corpse of the victim waa discovered f