LCUSTfR COUNTY RfPUBLlCAn
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Dy D , M , AMSDERRY ,
DItOKEN DOW , - - NEDRABKA
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Brief T elegrarps
'rho HUmll1er fjchoul of the UnlvnrRl ,
t ) ' uf IIHsollrl will ht. ollb' IIlno wot.ls
long , on IICCOllllt of the wurld'lI Cnll' .
CungroRHlI1l111 lIu's ) ) hlH for nntlonlll I :
IIItI In controlling the wnters oC the
DORlolrll'R ; will lie ullllfl1 to wnlt 0
'ent. .
I.'orcRt IIreR nrt' mglllg In the Ken'
IIICllY mOllntlllns to the eaHt of Owun.
\11I ( ' . The Hrp COV l'1 ! se\'ural III 011 n.
tnlrlH.
GO"t'I'JIOl' Cllmmlns ; 'of' Town , ' whe
1'1111 hcen HllrC'I'ln frOIll It threntl'ned
nttaek ot III1t'UlI1onlll ' , IH 1I0W IJm
llOlInccd Ollt of dnnger ,
ThC' machillo sholB ) of thu Plttslmrp
\'alvo Founlh'y nnd ( 'onstrllctlOli com
) Ian ) " weru d'strored lIy lIre , the los
IJrolJlluly rellehlllg $200,000.
'rho nlloilltment. ( ) of 1'I'esltlrmt. , A. { .
l\Iohler of the Oregon Hnllwny & Nnv ,
. Ignt.'on cOl1llmn ) ' , ' liS gen l"I\l mnnnger
oC the Union PacifIc mllrond 1M IIn'
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1I0unced.
HIrr DuCa ) ' , the Germnn "Ico con.
' : \111 ot 8nltll , hils ueen mllrdered uy
on Itnllnn Ieggnr : , who Will ! nrrestCl\ \ ,
'I'he mnth'u or the mllrder Is said to
ha"e heen revenge.
The wJ\l \ of thu Into JesRo Slmldlng ,
o w'IIHhy capltnllst or Chlcngo , WIlE
flied COl' III'ollnte. The witness lenve ! !
nn ( 'state of $4GGOonO cntlrely to
memhera of the fnmlly.
.Dowle , 1I0W In AUlltmlln , hus 1811UOIl
an appeal hy cnhle nsldng nII the
faithful to 11m ) ' for him. He Imys
mobs uro chnRlng him Into the hrush
anll threlltonlng his lire.
In Londoll the record prlco under
the hammer for un orchid wns pnld
when E , A. Ashworth , n noted Ol'chld
rower of Cheshlro lIold nn udontog
10Rlltlnl ut uuctlon for $1,700.
J'orty.llvo : ministers , nenrly nII 01
whom are pustOrH of St. Louis church ,
ell , hnvo Issued n signed uppeal 1.0 the
eltlzenll oflIl1l1ourl : In hel1l1Ir or Inw
llnd ot'llel' during elections.
It III omclallr unnouncel ] thnt Dnron
Curzon. or ledleHton ] ) , viceroy of In.
dill , hns been IlPllolntcd lord wlII'den
of the ( 'Inquo IJorta , In succosaloll to
the Into 1\lnrquls of Snl1shlry. ,
The London corresllondent nt Mon
tevldeo , Urugun ) ' , n's the peace ne.
gotlatlons hnvo heen nhnndoned nnd
the government Is milling rresh forces
In prollarntlon for n winter cnmllllign.
Engineer Edwnrd Hllnnon was
killed fond } 1 lrel11an Thomllsoll anti
Bralwmnn Whlto were rntully Injured
In the wrecldng of n fast freight. train
on the , l\tI1wuulwo I'ood h ) ' tllllmown
porsons.
'rho Vnllcd State'3 nl'my frolgltt
tr nllport Dlx sailed from Snn Fran' ,
cisco for 1\lllnlla with 200 men , u few
hOl' es and fI,200 tons of ha ) ' and fod.
dol' . She alHo cnl'l'led about. twenty
ItnSllengers.
'l'elegrnmll Crom Santiago do Cuha
roport. thnt nll thu members of the
Ilrovlnclal electoral hoard of scrutal ) '
hl1\'o het'n urreste1 ! on the charge of
( alRlfyln ; ; lho results of th olectlons
(01' congressmen.
If the Illnns of the : McKinley Nn'
tlonle1l101'lnl ; ASRoclatlon trusteeH
do not miscarry nctual worl , on the
slto nnd monument ot l\lcKlnley on
; \Ionnment. hl11 wl11 bo commenced
Into In the summer of 1D04.
Secrotnry IInrtselI , of the Natlonnl
McKinley' Memorlnl Assoclntlon at
Canton , 0" , has reeeh'ed 11. consign ,
ment , of 2liO,000 HO\I..enh. certlficntes
for contrlllUtOl's to the fund. The IB' )
trlbutlon will hegln Immodlatelr.
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In consefluenco of n apeech Inr.uIl.
Ing King Edwnrtl the A\lstrnllan gOY.
ernment has rofuBe < < 1 the use or puh ,
Ilc bulhl.1ngs to .101m Aloxnnder Dowlo
' 1'1\0. \ , nQ'or of Atlelnhle wrote te
DowIe , tll11ng ! him he wns n disgracE
to tho''natlonnllt ) ' .
The report IltIhllshcd by the Dall )
Chronlcl'e ' of London , nntl cnlJled te
the United Stntes , thnt the Vatican
has for days boell guarded hy a Inrgc
Corco of Itallun soldiers nnd police
owing to the dIBCOVOl' ) ' of a plot
ngnlnst the lIre or the 1IOPO , Is rldl
culed b ' the Vutlean uutIHll'ltles , whe
flny thnt the numhol' of cnrhlneers nn
llOlIcernen on tluty ot. the pnpel palilcE
Is no Inrger than usunl.
" 'ItlJ. n record showing hIt : ! condl
tlon from da ' to da ' , when 110 1010\\
donth wns ncnr , clutched In his hand
the body of lIanll C. Jepson , f01'1nor\ \ )
a promlnont. citizen of I Hcnnaha.
Mich. , was found recently In a 101 ,
shnnty forty miles h\ the , woods nOl'tb
of Escnnnbn. The dlar ) ' covers u 110
rlod of elghtoen days and 111lIlctlteE
the progress or u fever which cul1n\ \
natoll In death on March 20 , the date
or the Inst. scrnwl of the diary.
Members of the tlltTerent bnnds In
Hnmllton nnd Toronto wl11 nsk th (
Internntlonnl Assoclntlon or MuslcllllI
to lrotest ngnlnst. the regulntlons Is
sued by the St. Louis Cnlr dh'ectors ,
which , It Is declnrcd. Ill'nctlcnll ) ' shutt
nll Cnnndian bnnds out. ot cngnge
ments nt the fnlr.
Sonntor Coclroll hns Introducotl the
Rody bill to umentl un act , untitled :
"An act. llprollrlntlng- recolpts
from the snlo nnd dlslOfml ) or ) luh\ic \
lnnds 111 cm'taln Btates and territor ,
les for th3 conBtruction of Irrigatl011
worls for the reclamation or arh1
lands , npproved Juno 21 , ID02. "
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EXPRESS HELD UP
CAR BLOWN OPEN AND THE MES.
SENGER KILLED ,
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MASED ( { MEN DO THE WORK
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Engineer Compelled to Carry Them
Away-Dynamite Used In the De.
structlon-Contents of the Car Are
Taken , ,
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SACHA mNTO , Cal.-Threo masl < .
od II1t'n hpld Ul ) the Ol'egon express ,
south bound on the Southern l'acl c
rallrond at COllley , lIelll' l\eswlcl" 1\111. I I
cd W. J. ONeill , the eXllreslI l1leSSlm.
! ; el' , und canled olr the contents of
the eXIJreflS : box. 'I'ho t1'llin IH Imown
na o , IG , and Rtolilled at COIII'y , 11
IImltlI station , for watOl' , As the t ralll
cumo to a Rtnndutlll thrl'e men jump.
0(1 ( on anll cut tht' tmln In two , talc.
Ing the englno IUIII eXIIl'SB ! car down
the track 11. short dlstllnco. 'rhey
stollle1 ) ! the engine anll dUlI1andml that.
MnHSCnger O'Neill olen ) the eXIl1'ess
car , 110 refused , WherCJllllun the ) '
hlow Ul ) the eXll'ess ) car with d'na.
mlto and IleIllJOl'lltely lilllod O'Nclll hy
shooting him through the head , 'rhe.
bandits then rohlwll the car of ItR con.
tents , hut It Is not kn01\'n how much
they ohtulned.
AftCl' robbing the exprr. ! > s cnr the
men cut the car 100HO and , getting on
the engine , compelled Enrlneel' Joe-
sink to go ahead. Wh.en nenr KeB-
wlcle the men dropped of [ the engine
nntl dlsRppeared In the night with
tllCh'llundOl' \ .
HEDDING , Cal.-It Is evident. thnt.
the three nrmed men who held UII the
Or gen cXllress and attempted to rob
It. Ilt COlllo ) ' were no\'lcos. The ) ' toole
humnn lito without provocation Illld
the methods they emlllo'ed to open
the snfes were so crude that they gain.
ell hut lit tie ) Jlunder.
'rho pnrtlculurs or the rohher ) ' wcre
ohtalned when the trnln , minus the
oXlll'ess car , reacllt'(1 ( HfJtldlng , When
the train IHllled Into Copley the high.
wa'men emerEell from the IIrush.
'l'he ) ' IIrst. eucountered a tramp , who
was attempting to steal n l'Ide , He
wns jnhbHI In the ribs with a rlllo
mU7.7.lo IInd rnndt1 to enter tht' smolwr.
MlJanwhlIo ono of the robbers I01ocl-
cd on the door or the eXlll'ess car.
W , .1. O'Neill , the Wolls.Fargo mcs.
songer , asked him 80mo question. 'rhe
1'0111) ' was ovltlouU ) ' satlsfactor ) ' . be.
cause O'Neill slid the doOl' hack uhout
ulghteen Inches , when a 1'1110 IJlillet
was sunt through his hodr. It IIt\HR-
cd uonr his hOlllt and the messenger
fell hacl , dead. O'NellI waH not nrm'
cd. He e\'ldontI . hello\'ed from what
he Wl1.a told that the Imock came from
II. memher oC the t1'l\In crcw ,
STATEMENT OF PUBLIC DEBT.
DecreaGe for the Month of March Is
$2,612,533.
WASHINGTO-I , D , C.-'l'he monthly
statement. of the ) luhllc debt shows
that at the close of huslnc.ss , March
: ' 11 , 1904 , the Ilebt. less cnsh In the
treasUl'y , amounted to $ ! l11i.422.101 , n
decrcllse for the month uf $2.H12Iila. :
'rho debt Is recllpltulntml as follows :
Intet'est hell ring deht. $8Hi,1it ! : ,7'iO ;
debt on whleh Intercst has censed In
mllt\11'ltr , $2G70.iil0 ; debt. helll'lng 110
Interest. $212.214,48t ! ! : total , $1.2DO,122.-
OIlG. This amount , howo\'el' , docs not
Include $ ! JG , ll i,8lifl In certlficntes n1\l1
treasur ) ' notcB outstalllllng which nre
otTset by nn eQunl nmount of cash on
hand for tholr I'edcmptlon. 'rho cnsh
111 the trollSurr Is clnssilled as follows :
Gold reserve fund $1 GOOOOOOO :
trust runds , $1I3G.80G , G9 ; genernl fund ,
$ lHD8:1l : 07 : In national hnnl , Iloposi.
tOl'les , $1G2OriSliil : : ; In the Phlllllpino
trens\11' ' , $ IilI 2.HIi ! : total , Ul9J.011 : ! , .
47G. a alnst which thel'o Ol'e demands !
outs'tnndlng amounting to $1,02:1:111. : : . .
47 ! ! , lenvlng 1cnsh halanco In the
treasur ' nmoul1t1ng to $3HGfmJD ! .
BRYAN IN NEW HAVEN.
To Defend "Sealed Letter" Bequest
for $50,000 In Bennett Will.
EW lIA VEN , Conn.-WIlliam .T.
Dryal1 will a1111enl' In the SUIJlwlor
court to prosecute his a l'Ifi ) I from
the decree of t hn Ilroul\te eourt ex.
cludlng a part 01' Iho wl1l Iho " ( ; ( 'uled
letter , " In which ll's. GI'nco Imogen
Donnett Is Illrectetl to 1m ) ' to ; \It. .
DrYlll1 $ IiOOOO mentioned In the will of
Philo S. Bennett. Br'nl1 Is al1 execu.
tor under the will nnd the objection
to the "Bealed lotteI' ' ' on the ) lart of
Irs , Dennett Is bnsed on the allega.
tlon tillMr. ! . llennott was ulldul ) ' In.
fiuenced In 111'\wlng UII the document
by MI' . nnd : 'III's. I1r'nn.Irs. ; . nl' 'an
cume hero with her hushnnd , She Is
to ho n wltno ! > t : ! , haying COIliod the will
nt Llucoln , for Beunet t.
Bubonic Plague In India.
BOl\lDA Y.-'I'ho Intest avullahle 11\1'
honle Illngue ret11l'ns for the whole of
India ror the wool { ending ; \Inrch I ,
show Iho allJlll1lng ) mortallt ) ' or 40"
527 , au Increase OYOI. those of thu I'U'
ceding weol , .
Pink Fish for Yellow Men.
SEA'I'TIE , Wash.-Tho SeattIo
Tmtle HuglBtor says that orders lIa"o
heon 1IIIIccd with local denlol's In the
Inst few da 's for : ! 25,000 cases or
Alnslm ) llnle snlmon for shlll11 ) ( > nt to
Jallan fOl' use h ) ' the m'm ) ' . The 1m.
menso IlUrcllnso will go forward hy
, the SIIIlWflltlt , slllllnl ; Sntmdar , whllo
ollch Collowlng shll ) will take SOI11O.
. The 'I'r'Iltle Heglstor also S(1)'S ( tlmt. 75"
000 cases have been Iltirchllsell h ' .Tn. .
pl1n In Sn" ! Prnnclseo uJ1d that \lIt'go \
purrhases hnve also hmm ml\do In
Vl\ncotlvor , n. C.
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POSTOFFICE APPROPRIATION ! ; ,
Rural Carrler3 May Receive GUb&crlp-
tlons to Papers ,
W ASlIING'I'ON.-Mter two tIlI'O'
conshlorntlon oC the IJOltul1lce nppro.
prlat.lon hIlI the Renate committee
reported It toulght nutl It will he
tnlwn 111' In the H'Ilato tomorrow. Ou
account of Its lucomlleto ) state the
exact anwunt of the IncI'enso made
cl\nnot ho given , though It. Is said
the 11111 will carry uot more thnn
$1,000,000 over the hili ns passed hy
the house , except for nn emergenc ) '
mensuro Incorporated In the hili.
' 1'ho house hIlI provldos Cor the ront.
al of the Pennsylvanln. rnllroad Rite
In Now ' 1'01'1 , for Ilosto lco Iltirposes ,
hut the sonnte commltteo dccltled that
It would lie hettel' III1Klness II 011 C ) ' to
hll ) ' the slto. Therefore IIn alprolrllL' ) )
t Ion of $2,000,000 Is made Cor that 11111"
pose.
Among the amendl110nts to the hIlI
It : ! the followillg : Slilaries of rurnl
free doll very CU1'rlel'H are fixed ut
$720 u year , and the canlers nrc per.
mltted lo cnl'l'y mt'l'chanlllse for hlro
and receive RuhsrrlptiOlHI for nntl de.
liver JlowapallCrs autl IICrlodlcals , . so
long aH this OCctllll1t1on does uot luter , '
fel'o with the proper dlschargo of their
duties. It Is stllulated ) , however , that
the carrlm's shn.1I u Jt discriminate
ngllinst any newflpaler. )
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THE BENNETT WILL CAOE ,
A Ruling that Leaves Mr. Bryan WI h.
out a $50,000 Bequest.
NEW HAVEN , Conn.-A finding
that the senled lotteI' hy which Philo
S. Dennett expressed Il wish that. $ GO , '
000 should ho glvon to William .1en.
nugs ! Brynn and his family wns not n
part of the last will of Mr. Rennott. wns
rcturned hy the jur ) ' ' [ 'huraday III the
sUllcrlnr coml. In the trllli of MI' . Dry-
un's alilleal fl'01l1 the decision of the
Ilrohate court.
'I'hls finding , which Ullholds the decl ,
slon or the IIl'obate , eonl't , wns glvon In
nccordancc to InstructionH to the jury
rrom .IudgQ Gager , who proslded nt the
lIullerlor court trllli. Judge Gnger's
ruling on a question which has novel'
hefore come dlrectl ) . heforc tIw comt
of Conuectlcut decided that I he scaled
letter could not he admlttell as ovl-
denco In the U'lnl.
The decisIon followed'al'guments
which had occupied most of the two
Ilrecelling da's or the seHslon. regal'd-
Ing the ndmlsslhlllty of this lettCl' IlS
evidence , connsel for MI' , BI'ynn con.
tenrlln t hat It shoultl he Ildmltted ,
whlIo the attOl'II ( , 'S for Mrs , Grace Im-
ogene Bennett , the wl ow , and other
helt's Ilresonterl oJloHlng ) ) nl'lumonts.
RUSSIANS SAY IT WAS A VICTORY.
Claim that Japanese Suffered Heavy
Loss In Latect Fight.
ST. I'g'\'EHSDURG-'l'he \ followlnt ;
! wml-olllcial dIspatch hils heen received -
ed from Lillo Yang :
In the first enconnlCr with the JlI'11'
atleSe In northern Coren. whleh was
cl'Ownerl with vlctor ' 1'01' the Russlnn
arms. the enemy's losses were ton
tlm ( ' those of the Russians AccordIng -
Ing to Corean rOlort8 ) the JUlnnese )
hurlerl tlfty 'men , while 120 woundetl
wew removed with the helll of GOO Co'
roans to the headquartOl'1f of the .Iap-
nneSe main force. 'rhe confllHlol1 of
the .Ialmneso was so grcat that they
raised two Hud Cross fia s In token
of sUI'render , 'rhroughout theh' WIll'
wllh China the Jnpanese nevcr show.
cd thcmsolves ao distracted. 'I'he peo-
) lIe here are In high spirits O\'Cl. the
now of the IIrst brilliant fight In Co'
rea.
OLD AGE PENSION ORDER ,
It 13 Crltlclsed In the Upper Branch
ff Congress.
W ASHINGTON-Gooll l"rlday WIIH
110votod by the sonnte to nlmost can.
lilllltJlIS dlscuHHlon of ) lolltlcnl ques.
tlons. 'I'ho time unt II 2 o'clocl'n8
devoted to consideration of the Cnr-
:
mOcle resolution , proposln an In'lulr '
Into the legaIlt ) . of the recent execu-
tlvo ohl.age pension order. 1\11' . : 'Ilal-
101' ) ' was the prlnclpnl Bllealwr. hut he
was I'reqllontl ) ' Interrupted by l'OllUh-
IIcan sonutors , 110 I'ontonded that
Socretar ' Hltchco'l , had tl'l\nscended
thu limits of executive uuthol'lt ) ' In
Issuing the ordcr.
The latter hllIt' 01' the 11ay WIlS do ,
voted to tileIlOstomce a 1lllI'olll'ln tlon
11111 , hut no aplll'eclablo IIl'ogres WIIS
m\.tlo : with that rneasuI'o. the speeches
on It holng In the malll political nnd
ot 11 general chal'actot' .
Coinage Executed In March.
WASIHNGTON-'I'hu I olnngo exe-
cute1 nt the mln ! ! ; 01' the United
States dUl'ln l\larch algregntoll lli.-
30Sfi03 Illeces Illlll $ Gii.2G2.1GS In vahw.
ns follows : GollI , $ Ga.t 05.790 : slh'er ,
$ I..lJl.GOS ! , ; minor colnH , $ lIi4S70. In
lu1tlltlon , a.4GD Illecol ! WOI'O rolnell for
the Phlllppino govel'l1mcnt.
Aoed Writer and Reformer Dies ,
BOSTON , , hHls.lrH , Abbey 1\101' .
ton Dln , the writer nnd roCorml1l' . Illed
at her homo In Belmont : : .t the uge
of 83I'S. .
Expect a Fight on the Y&1lu April 2 ,
S'l' . Pl TEHSnUHG.-A correspond.
ent of the No\'ostl ut 1.lno Yang. nn.
dOL' ) 'esterday dnte relorts ) thllt. Iho
Jalll1neSQ have move1 ! on the Yaln rh' ,
01' anll t1int a conflict between them
nUtl thu Husslans Is eXllected ubout
AlIrll 2d. .
Mine Under Fortress.
S'l' . PETERSDURG.-A report from
Vlalllv08tol sn's that n mine has heon
dlRcovered mulel' the rortress with
wires lcntlln ! ; to a Chinese house In
_ lho toW ! ! .
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! LABOR STRUGGLE
ALL lOW" " COAL MINES CLOSED
BY , A STRIKE.
THE SITUATION SUMMED UP
What Miners Demand and What Opel' .
tltors Are Willing to Grant-A Long
and Hard Struggle Seems Likely s.
Matters Arc Now Viewed.
DT S ? oIOINgS , la.-The Iowa minors
3rul olICrato'B : ( nlled to agree , ILnd 13 , '
500 mlnerR nre on a strll\e.
gvel' ) ' mille In lown. II ! closed.
'l'ho cOllference ntl,1ourned II. scsslon
( 'o\'orlng n IJCrlod 01 six weelea.
Summed up the situation IH this :
1."rlll.-'l'he miners demnnll IL I'tdue. !
tlon In the Ilrlce of hlnstlng ) l wder
from $2 to $1.7ii pOl' clln. 'rher de.
mltllli 11. uiliform ndvunce In the scale
of wages paid tOl ) men unll thut drlv.
ers III districts Nos , 1 and .1 Hhall re.
rllve the snme scnle us In districts
Nos , 2 amI 3.
Second-The olwl'ators claim that
lhey'm'c Btandlng hr the Indlnnallolls
agreement und 'n so doing cannot submit -
mit , to general IncI'caseH In the wages
) laid unsUllied lubor thl'Oughout. the
dlstl'lct. 'rhoro Is 110 llissutlsl'actlon
with the scale paid sllIIed worlernen
In an ) ' district.
Telegrams were Hent .Tohn Mitchell ,
president of the United 1\1lno Worl < ol's
of Amerlcn , asldng him to come to
lies 1\1olnell and nld In n rendjustment
of durel ences. 1\11' . 1\lItchell has ngreed
to go to Colorndo to nSHlst In the lahor
trouble there nnd It Is not un1l1 < oly.be
mn ) ' stO ) ) nt Des Moines.
PI'csldent White of the Iowa mlnc'S
snltl :
"Tho miners hnvo made ever ) ' nt.
tempt to nrIJlt1'llto and were unable to
reuch an agreement. 'rhero Is nothing
else 1I0W to do but. to fight It out. to
the end. I shall novel' snnctlon nn
ngreement under the ) lresent condl.
tlons. "
Leading o)1eriltors ) sa ) ' the position
of the mlnerR Is I1ntenablo and that
they cannot reach them so long as
they llng to their proscnt IJOsltlon.
Ills belle\'ed the loclwut mny be the
lJelhnlng : of a long nnd hnrd struggle.
The strllre and loclwut wl1l Inchlllo
mines In Alilianooso. l\Inhnslw. Keolmle ,
Wnllullo , 1\Ia,1'lon , Juslel' ) , Poll" Doone
anll Wehster counties , IO\\-a \ , and thos(1
In Putnam COUllty , l\l1ssoul'l.
III Polk count ) . there are 1GOO mln'
ers , whllc 1110re than $2,000,000 Is In.
vested III the huslness In this coulltr
alolle ,
Holds Societies Unlawful ,
DE'l'ItOlT , J\llch-In n. sweeplllS
decision. handed down onIOIulay h
.Judge Dl'Oolw of the \\'ayne circuit
coUI'I , the Riverside cluh nnd Plumb
Ing exchange of this city , un org-anlza ,
tlon of 1I1umbers ogalnst which pro-
< : eerilugs wOl'e urought hy Prosccutor
HUllt on the ground thnt they were
orgnnl7.ed to fix ) lrlces and atltlo com ,
lJetllloll. W'I'e restl'l1ll1ed from contln.
ulllg huslness , which the court holds
to be "an uillawful ellterprlse Inimical
to the pUllllc wlt'nre \ , "
FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
Prc = : ldent Decides Upon the Appoint.
ment of Judge Baxter.
WASIIINGTON.-'l'ho long fight over -
er .l\w \ displacement of United States
AHorne ) ' W. S. Summers 01' Nehrnsln ; :
Is ended , 'rho Prcsldent will appoint
Judg J IrvIng W. Daxtel' or Omnhn to
the poaltlon. 'rho appointment Is expected -
pected to go to the Senate Frldar.
'rhe appointment of .1udge Baxter wns
Hcttled on nt lhe White House In a
conrerence hetween the president and
Senators MiliaI'd nnd Dietrich. and D.
, 'l'hOmllso11. 'rho t.wo senators nnd
Mr. 'l'honllson ugl'eed upon Judge
Bnxter , and so nssured the preRldent.
"ho term of DlHtrlct Attorney Sum.
mel's has been out fOl' two ) 'ears. but
he hils hcld un , regardless lit this.
Casualties 11'1 a Sklrnlish.
SEOUf.-A rOllOrt has renched hero
that 50 Jalmnese nllli ] 00 Cossacls
were 1lIIet ! and wounded In IL sldrmlsh
thnt occurmd between Anju and Chong
.1u. lurqulB Itu. .1111on tnlelng hIs du.
purtul'O yesterdar , suhmltted to the
gOyJl'nment somp uggel.1t1ons for Cor.
can 1'0 fOl'm , 'I'ho emlero. , . hns ap.
) lolnted ' 1'1 Chi \'Ing. 11. former minis.
lOl' of foreign aCfulra. as a slleclnl em.
hnssndOl' to helll' IJrOsentB to the Jnp.
nn so umllOl'm' nnd l'OtUl'Il the cOl11pll.
mont oflnl'quls : Ito's visit to .Coren.
Situation Is Appalling.
PWl'I HSBUHG , 1111\-1'ho \ flood sit.
unllon In thIs enuntr ' Is nplIalllng ,
Whlto rl\ ' l' , 'nbovu here , Is 'thh'teen
mll's whlo lu pillC08 IIIltI twenty reet
deep In the channol. Patolll1 rlyol' ,
which J\nwH \ through the cnuntn"H cen.
tel' , lA' three milcH wldo for nearly
rortr milcH. I.'arms m'o l1Iuler water ,
bl'ldgeR and fence3 arc JlIl10 , the Hell
wnBhed awa ) ' ulltl much stock
drownp.rl. 'I'he 10Hs now I'enches $2GO-
000. 'rho wheat Is ruined , It Is Cear.
1)11 there wl11 b two moro reet of
wator.
Suicide Confesses Murder.
KANSAS ( 'ITY.-1'ho IIm\ll bodof
u. mnn , who. before cor.m\lt : tlng sui.
chle b ) ' shooting hlmselr , wrote 1lot. .
tel' In which he confessed to the trill.
Ing of "Pollcoman Nlhert" at l\Iuscn.
thw , la" In the summer or 18DG , nnd
who signed his nnme as "Patrlel , .1.
McOnth , " was rOl1nd In a chUl'ch ut
Six ; \11I1. , a l11all stnllon 1rew mllea
wcst of Knnsns City. l\IcGnth statel ]
In the lettel' tllnt ho 1.IJled Nlhert be ,
cnuso the lattl.'r had hrokcnIII his
fllmlIInd \ thll.l ho ( l\1cGntl. \ \ hnd shot
three othol' oWt'ors.
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MATTRS [ AT NATIONAL CAPITAL.
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Miscellaneous News and Notes from
Seat of Government ,
W ASHlNU1'ON - H'llrC'sontative
Dearmond on Wedncsda ) ' Introduced u
resolntlon providing "thltt the spealr
appoint five memherR of the houe ! ! to
full ) ' Illvestgnto ! the Ilost omce do.
pertment. and relort ) to the houst ! nt
as early Ii dnte as mn ) ' he ) lmctlcable ;
that. said commltteo Rhnll be authorl .
cd to , sit durln the lCsslons ! or the
hou80 Imd If netessnry during the \'a.
cntlon when congress IB not In , sel.1-
sian : thnt the committee Bhl\lI hu\"e
full power to send ror llOl'aons ulld
pupers nnd the Investlgntlon hereb ) '
ordere1 ! ! j'"all bo directed especially to
clearing the Innocent from shadow
of unmorlted Uslllclnn , to uncovorlng
the Ine lclent , cal'clcss anti olronrllng ,
to malto recommendations 1'01' the cor.
I'cctlon of abuses , to the end that jls ,
IIco mllY ho donu to Indlvhlllals IInd
thnt the ser\'lce nta ) ' he Imll1'ovCHI for
the heneHt ot' ' the Ilt1bllc. "
Presldenl Hoose\"ell nnd Hepresenta-
tlvo 1-11111 , chairman of , henllltal' \ ) ' af. .
fairs commll.ee of the hOl1se. IlIscua .
ed the hili which provldos n hlghm'
mnk fOl' the army ehoJloln. ) It Is l1rg.
ed thnt sumclent Ilrovlslon Is not mndo
In the Ill'esent Inw for nwurdlng army
chaplains for meritorious sen'lco.
During the SpanlshAmcrlcan war sev-
ernl cllnplnlns were recommended for
gallnnt. scn'lcos hl1t It was Impossl.
hlo to give them the rewai''rho \
Wal'110pnrtmcnt fnvors leglsllltion to
Increase the mnk nntl payer chnp-
lalnfl.
Senator Honr ) lI'oposed an nmend.
ment to the rules or thu senute con.
cernlng Impenchment HO far ns they
I'equlro nIl proceedlnga to be before
the Eenate Itself. The IIUI'pose Is to
shorten the proceedings and malC
them maI'o convOllent. to the senn e ,
All cases shall he reCerrod to a committee -
mittee of nine scnators to be nlpolnt- )
cd b ) ' the spenl.el' , who shell pro.
ceed to tal < e the testlmor.r on both
slties and report the same to Ihe sen-
nte.
ItepI'escntatl\.c Da'ton of Weet VII"
glnln 'Introd\lced a hili amending the
laws regulntlng the personnel of the
nnv ' . The bill requires all officerR or
the navy , except thosl' of thu modlcnl
COrlS and challalns. ) to be graduntes
of Annnpolls ,
Sonntor Dllllnghnm , .Introduced a bl11
to nmentl the Immigration nct of 1903 ,
It lIermlts } IHens tn pnss In contlnu.
ous tl'anslt from ol1e.lIolnt In foreign
contiguous lerrltory to another 1I0int
hi foreign contlgl1 us territory tht'Ough
the Unltcd States without pa 'ment of
head tnx. , Aliens hnvlng once pnld
the helld tax mn ) ' llaSS throllgh for.
elgn' contiguous territory In contlnu.
ous tl'Onslt ,
NO LONGER NEED OF DELAY.
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President and Attorney Ge'neral Talk
. Over' Canal.
W ASI 11 NG'I'ONPrcsldent Hoose.
velt nnd AttOl'ne ' General Knox hud
u confel'o:1cO : subs\lluent to the re'
celpt o. the Information thut the gO\--
m'nmcnt of Colomhla had lost Its suit
In the Freneh courts agnlnst the new
l'anamn canal companr. nnd thnt now
there longer ' for delay
wns no an ) reason -
lay In the tranarel' or the comlllln . 'tI
conccsslons nnll ) lropert ) ' to the Unl.
ted Stutes , 'I'hey Illscussec1 carefully
the fncts of the situation.
At the eonclusl n of the IntCl'\'lew
Altol'ne ) ' Genernl Knox announced thnt
there now was no moro rea Bon Cor de.
IR ' than might he occasioned h ' the
transCer or n title to 11 lwenlr.foot lot
In Washington.
The nttorne ' general added that the
action or the Fl'ench court had dll'lOS-
ed of the last legal ohstacle In the
wn ) ' of the trnnsfer of the cannl com.
) lan"s Iu'ollertr ,
GOVERNMENT MAKING HEADWAY.
Revolutionary Contest in San Domin.
go Ie Losing Ground.
W ASH1NGTON-Informnt.lon. re.
ceh'ed ut the Nnv ) ' dupllrtmellt from
Admlml Wise at Gulnntanamo Indl.
cutes that the Momles governmcnt
Is mnllng hellc1war In the revolution.
ar ) ' eontest In San Domingo , the nd.
mlral reporting thnt It Is now In IIOS'
Res Ion of all the 1I00'ts of the Islnnd
except the smnIl one of : 'fonto CI'lstl.
'I'hls news WIlR brought to Guantann.
1110 hr the commanc1lng orrlcers of
the IInrtford and the Yllnl\Ce , whIch I
have retUl'nel1 to that place fl'OID San I
Domlngnn.
Wood Concedes Victory.
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I.\T'I'I..l \ HOCK. Arlr.-Returns
have heon recelvcd from sc\'entr-onc
out of suventy.fivc counties and ther
ahow thnt Governor .1efferson Dnvls
carrlcd firt.threo anll Judge Wood
olghteen counties In the Ilemocrntlc
state Ilrlmarlell Inst Sattl1 luy , The
counties cnrrlltl by Governor Davis
1\1'0 entltl ! > 11 t'J :102 : tlelegates In the
sillto convention , 'fhe number neces.
sar ) ' to nominate Is 222. Judge Wood
hne conceded thnt on the fa co of the
returns he has not unough counties to
win the Iomlnntlon } , but will contest.
Boer Leader Wants Peace.
KItUGEHSDOItP-Gcneral Delaroy
the formn : ' DoC ! ' commaruler , nddl'osfl'
Ing n eongress of ( nnners on Wed.
neslhlY , saltl that ho regretted the
forthcoming rCIH'esentlltion of Bcenes
of the Doer wal' at the St. Louis Ex.
position , which ho said would be n
shamerullll'Oduction. General nelare ) '
snld thnt he wished to bring to the no.
tlco or the world the fact thllt the
BoerH 11Ittl nharuloned n11 thoughts or
vindictiveness towards Great Brltnln
anrl thnt now It wa3 their Ilrlvl1e ; ;
to worle In IleRce.
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Classical Example of Cheek ,
Surely It will rC'mnln a classlcnl ex-
: unplo of "chcelt" that. Is ( ] C'scrlhell In
the following slorr , toM by the Coun. .
try Gentleman : One of the English
generals , during the Doer wnr , hav.
Ing s cured 11. turlwy , nsketl hlB
I
friends to dinner When the dny
came the hlrd has disappeared. It.
w s trncel1 to the quarters or the
nt val brigade , nnd n ) 'oung mldshlp-
mnn owned to bllvlng "pinched" It.
The IlIfurinted genornl cxhauHtctl his
\'ocnbular ' In abuse of this delln.
quent. v.'ho replied : "I'm ' "ery sorr ) ' ,
sir ! Dut J'OU wouldn't hn\'o liked It.
Wo tried to get our teeth through It ,
hut It " 'liS so tough wo hlld to throw , (
Jt . ' . . . .
n.wnr. It I'd lmown you would have
tn.ken It so much to heart I'd have got.
the carpenter to mnlw .ou another. "
Sensible Housclteepers
will have Definnco Starch , Dot aIOD&
because they get ono-thlrd maI'o for-
tbo snmo money , but also because oC
suverlor qunllty.
, A Dog's Fidelity ,
Last weele 11. gnmelteepor nomel }
Henry Osmond In the emllo ) ' of Lora
Fulmouth waR fatnlly shot 1n a ) loacll-
Ing afCrn ) ' nt the 'l'regothnan.oods. .
The evhlenco shows that Osmon
must have died hetween G : 30 and I
o'clock on 'ruesday ovenlng , .1anuary
2 . nls 1Idl1y was , not I1lsco\'erell until -
til ii o'clock on the foIlowlng Wed.
nesdn ' afternoon. AIl these 11Ours ,
during which It rained pltlloBsly , a ,
retriever puppy romnlned immovable
by the aldo of the her dead master
and In her fierce affection would not
uIlow the search I1nrty to touch the
bOd ) ' . At Inst Is was secured and
fnstened to a tree , but the faithful
animal gnawed through the rope an
returned to its gnardlnnsW > > of the-
dead.
Baber' . JIarUo.t Can. .
: Anotber ncw thIng. Cnn be cut IIlx
tlmcs during R t1eason ancI sprouts
agatn wIth lightning rapidity. Next to
Salzcr's 'rcoplnte It wtll make more
green foddcr thnn anything else ; chea.
as dirt nnd grows evctywhere.
or Salzer's Rcnovatol' Gras : MIxture- ,
Just the thing for d'lng out pastures
and meadows , Mr. E. Rapp ld , Ea.lt
Park. Ga. , wrltcs , "I sowed Salzer's
Grass Mixture on sotl 'so poor t\vo mcn
could not raise a fuss on It. ' and In
forty-one dnys after sowIng 1 had the
rrandcst stand or grass In the county.
Salzer's Grass Mtxtures '
sprout qulck-
I ) ' and produce enormously. " lOOOO
barrcls choice Seed Potatoes.
SALZER'S NJ-W NATIONAL OATS.
Hcrc Is a. winner , a. prodIgy , a. marvel -
vel , enormously prolific , strong ,
hcalthy , vlgoroul ! . producIng In thirty
statcs from 1CO to 300 bu , pet" acre. You
hnd best BOW U IlIt or It , 1\11' . Farmer.
In 1904 , and In the fall sell tt to youl-
nel hbor8 at $1 a. bu. for seed.
. JUST SBND 100 IN STAUPS
to the John A. Salzer Seed Co. , LfL .
Crosse , 'VIe. , and recelvc tn return
their big catalog and lots of farm seed
samples free. ( W. N. U. )
Some Rich Germans , '
The richest citizen of Dorlln bnl !
an Income of $704,0.00' 11. ) 'ear. If he
realizes 5 )101' ) cent on his Investment
-a tremendous interest In Germany
-his fortune Is nhout $14,000.000.
'rho next rlches.t mnn hns $12,500,000 ,
There nre thirteen millionaires between -
tween $ IiOOOOO and $10,000,000 ,
t.hlrt.three , beweon $2.1jOOOOO anll '
$5,000,000 , and G21 between half a ) ' jr'
\
million and $2GOOOOO. The number '
: of those whoso fortunes nre over $14.-
000 Is 53,8DD , antI less tlllln that sum.
378,484. All of these pa ) ' nn income
tax. The population or Bc.r.m Is 2 , .
OOO , Oo. A 11111lon ] and a hnlf 11llY nu
Income tnx.
Wiggle-Stick IAUNJ > JtY DLUE
Von't spill , break , freeze nor spot clothcs.
Costs 10 cents and equals 20 ceuts worth or
any ether bltllng. If ) 'our grocer does not
kecJllt 501111 He ) for sample to ' 1'ho Luundl'Y
Blue Co" 14 MIchIgan Street , ChIcago.
HIs Last Request.
RepresentnttvQ Mnddox or Georgia ,
who Is Boon to retire from congross.
hils received this letter from 11. con ,
'
stltuent : "Dear Mister Kongressmnn :
Sum tlmo ago I writ 'Ot1 asking II
their were nnny thing the guvment
couM do to mal\C' ' .
\ a flghtln' wife be.
havc herself. I nln't , heard frorn rOil
nnd things Is no better. Will ron
please let mo lenow how I can get
one t'f them big plzen snal < cs from
Afrl1cr. { have nlwuys'otod for YOIl
nnd this Is mlty IIltle to nsk of ) 'ou.
sJeclally ) when a man'B wlfo Is always
a-pecltln' on him. "
Dealers say thut S ooon as a cu&-
torner tries Defiance Sta.rch It Is 1m- , .
lsslble to seU them hny other cold
water starch. It can be used colder
or balled.
Nicholas Turns Comp06er ,
According to n Belglnn papel' , the
Czar Is nmong the composers , It Is
Btated that a. solreo In the win tor
Jlalnco severnl worlB lrorn the 1m.
pm'lnl pell were ) Jcrformed , , among
them one ent1t1e "The Song or
Peace. " This stnnds in thrN sections -
tions , th first of which dellcts ) the
turmoil of hattie , whllo the secowl
sugJests the strlclcen lIell1. covered I
with clead nnd wounded. 'rho third
Invol < es rotrlbutlon UllOn those who
are resJsonslhlo ) for such horrors.
Another wode Is written' In honor or
the saints of the Orthodox church.
GOOD nOUSEKEF.PER8
Ufte te bost. Thnt's why they buy Ret !
CrolilillalllJlull. AUea.ding grocera , b centa. ' . .
, \ !
As the wi so man 1\110\\8 ho Is u fool f'f t'
ho Is mlsernhle : the fool Imaglncs bo ( :
Is wlso uud Is hapJlY.
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