AROUND THE EARTH
OCCURRENCES THEREIN
FOR A WEEK
WANT TO AEBITEATE
APPEAL MADE BY CARDINALS
OF THREE COUNTRIES
Unhappy Man Learns that Ho Is
Only the Eighth Husband of a
Woman TVho Marries for Cash
Consul Waller in London
Want to Arbitrate
Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore gave
out the following appeal for arbitration
instead of war signed by himself and
Cardinals Yaughn of Westminster and
liOgue of Ireland
An appeal by the American Irish and
English cardinals in behalf of a perma
nent tribunal of arbitration
We the cardinals representatives of
t he Prince of Peace and of the Catholic
Church in our respective countries invite
all who hear our voice to co operate in
the formation of a public opinion which
shall demand the establishment of a per
manent tribunal of arbitration asa ration
al substitute among the English speaking
Taces for a resort to the bloody arbitra
ment of war
We therefore earnestly invite all to
unite with us in pressing their convictions
and desires upon their respective Govern
ments by means of petitions and such
other measures as are constitutional
CONSUL WALLER IN LONDON
Formulating a Claim Against the
French Government
Johnli Waller formerly United States
Consul at Tamatave island of Madagas
car arrived in Loudon a short time ago
after his release at the instance of the
tJnited Slates Government from the
French prison in which he had been con
fined under the sentence of twenty years
imprisonment imposed upon him by a
court martial for having corresponded
with the Hovas Ho has been living in
retirement since his arrival and upon the
advice of his agents who are formulating
a claim against the French Government
has not received any English reporters
She Has Eight Husbands
John Green of Butte Mont who is try
ing to have his marriage annulled told a
remarkable story about his wifes matri
monial adventures The woman was
known in Butte about a year ago as
Gladys Southward and was a devout
member of the Baptist Church when
Green met her They were married last
September On the 12th of last month
jGreen says she deserted him taking all
his cash Upon investigation Green finds
that the woman has eight living husbands
iand has never been divorced Her first
ihusband whom she married when she
was 14 is a farmer named Amerman liv
ing near Des Moines Iowa Later she
married Gossage in Des Moines Lazell in
Helena Dayton in Davenport Nelson in
Portland Ore and Ryan at Albany Ore
She is now supposed to be in Portland
Both Heirs to Millions
The New York World says the engage
ment of Gertrude Vanderbilt and Harry
Payne Whitney is now admitted by all
their friends and denied by none of the
family It only awaits the formality of
announcement As Miss Vanderbilt is
the daughter of Cornelius Yanderbilt and
therefore the prospective heiress of one
kourth of about 5100000000 and as Harry
Payne Whitney is the only son of ex
Secretary William C Whitney and the
prospective heir of one half of the Payne
Whitney millions this statement is bound
to attract considerable attention
Militia on Guard
I In response to the application of the
pheriff at St Landry parish and the mayor
bf Opelousas Gov Foster directed Brig
Gen John G Lynn commanding the
Louisiana State National Guard to com
ply with a request of the St Landry au
thorities for troops Trouble is expected
jover the announcement that the negroes
will not bo permitted to vote at the com
ing parish elections The colored men
were not allowed to register and have
made threats of vengeance if attempts are
made to stop them at the polls
Threatened Strike Averted
The strike of the union men employed
In the construction of the auditorium for
Ithe Republican National Convention at
fet Louis Mo which was threatened be
cause of the award by Contractor Mc
jClure of a contract for roofing to a firm
temploying non union men has been
averted by McClure deciding to comply
jwith the request of the trades unions and
withdrawing the awards from the ob-
loxious firm He will relet the roofing
Contract to some firm employing none but
lion men
May Tie Up the Lines 1
j The New York World says A com
plete tieup of all the roads of the Metro
politan Traction Company is threatened
by the officers of the Amalgamated Asso
ciation of Street Railway Employes of
America unless the company takes back
ten gripmen recently discharged
Cotton Mills Shut Down
White Bros have decided to shut down
For an indefinite period the Jaffray and
Cheshire cotton mil it East JaffrayN H
and also the Nelson and Glen Allen cot
jtoa mills at Winchendon
Shiloh Battlefield Association
Gen John A McClernand president of
the Shiloh Battlefield Association states
that the annual reunion of the association
will not be held April 6 and 7 on the bat
tle field as usual Whether the reunion
will be held at all this year will be deter
5nined later
Seventy Rebels to Be Shot
The court martial is busy in various
parts of Havana province and death
tences have been recently passed on
seventy captured insurgents who will
soon be shot
DUN COS REVIEW
iJ
The Business World as Seen for the
Past Week
E G Dun Cos Weekly Review of
Trade says
The general demand for fir shed prod
ucts does not improve The steel con
cerns propose to restrict production by
allotment those producing more than
their share paying paying 2 per ton
to those who produce less Prices of
wool have fallen 7 per cent the average
of 105 quotationsbeing 1362 cents Sales
in March were smaller than in any other
month since 1894 and for the quarter were
only 57147780 pounds of which 30316200
were foreign against 69081315 last year
against which 26258850 was foreign
Speculation in products has been tame
Cotton continues to come forward so
largely that former predictions of 6500000
bales are remembered with derision and
the outlook for the next crop continues
good Wheat has slightly advanced and
if late reports of inquiry from extensive
frosts and storm prove correct will ad
vance more though western receipts con
tinue large and for five weeks past have
been 13835110 bushels against 8831372
last year while Atlantic exports have
been only 6733132 bushels flour included
as wheat against 8435 701 last year
CECIL RHODES IN THE FIELD
Takes Command in rhe Campaign
Against the Matabelcs
A dispatch to the London Times from
Johannesburg says that the situation
thera is more hopeful and there is a be
lief that negotiations between President
Krueger and Colonial Secietary Chamber
lain have taken a favorable turn
A Cape Town dispatch to the London
Times says that Hon Cecil Rhodes has
reached Salisbury Mashonland and has
asked for as many volunteers as can be
spared for the campaign against the
Matabeles
Assistant Commissioner Graham was
murdered by the Matabeles at Inyali on
March 27 A general attack upon the
whites followed and they were entirely
outnumbered and almost overwhelmed
They managed to get hold of a wagon
and retreated three miles Some 300 Mata
beles then surrounded the wagon and a
fierce hand to hand conflict ensued Over
borne by superior numbers six of the
whites were killed Donovan the only
survivor of the massacre managed to
escape by hiding in the long grass creep
ing away unobserved
DEATH AT THE STAKE
Fate Which Awaits Three Outlaws If
They Are Taken Alive
A tragedy occurred at Concord Ga in
which two men were fatally shot Sher
iff Gynn and a posse went to the house of
Taylor Delk a notorious desperado to
arrest him on a warrant for robbery and
attempted murder As the sheriff arrived
at the door he was fired at through the
window with a rifle and was fatally
wounded About fifty shots were fired
Sheriff Gynn was lying on the front porch
begging some one to come and get him
when John F Madden a prominent mer
chant attempted to drag him off He
was also fired on and a ball passed
through both thighs breaking both legs
If it is possible to take the trio of pris
oners alive their fate will be a horrible
one death at the stake having been de
termined upon by the frenzied people
Big Georgia Fire
Several years ago Brunswick Ga wys
visited by a conflagration which destroyed
it and the other day it was almost re
peated A fire started about 180 p in
which swept away many of the most pros
perous business enteprises of Brunswick
and for a time it was feared the whole
town would be in ashes The total loss is
estimated at about 5500000 and the insur
ance is placed at 400000
Philapelphia Editor Killed
Thomas Wharton Sunday editor of the
Philadalphia Times fell from a fourth
story window of his residence and was in
stantly killed It is generally believed he
suicided Of late the occupants of the
house have noticed that he seemed melan
choly Wharton was widely known be
cause of his literary ability He had been
connected with the Times since 18S8
Killed by an Explosion
A dispatch to the New York Herald
from Yalpariso Chili says Tho monitor
Huascar fresh from the new dry dock in
Talccahuauo has arrived there Scarcely
had she cast anchor when a dreadful dis
aster occurred on board Without warn
ing the main steampipe burst killing
eight of the crew and probably injuring
nine others
Killed In an Explosion
A terrific explosion occurred in the
Giles mine near Word Colo in which
three men were instantly killed and two
others badly hurt When the men went
to work they took about fifty pounds of
giant powder down in the mine with
them and shortly after they reached the
bottom the powder in some unknown way
exploded
Rails Spread Five Hurt
The Butler express on the West Penn
sylvania Railway was wrecked nearFree
port Pa and five seriously injured The
accident was caused by the rails spread
ing Tho two rear coaches jumped the
track and went over an embankment
Fire broke out immediately after and the
passengers narrowly escaped with their
lives
Kentucky Iron Works to Start Up
The South Boston Iron Works at Mid
dlesboro Ky will be put in operation at
once as a tool and implement factory
Money has been raised in London to Li
quidate the old indebtedness and furnish
a working capital Three hundred men
Till be put to work
Frosts in tho Cherokee Strip
A special to the Star from Perry Okla
homa says For the past two nights light
frosts have fallen in that section of the
Cherokee strip The cold spell was pre
ceded by a severe windstorm Some re
port fruit and a few wheat fields consid
erably injured
Broke Through the Ice
A special to the Minneapolis Journal
from Crookston states that letters received
there from War Road near tho mouth of
YtM
V
the Rainy River on the Canadian bound
ary report the death on the Rainy River
of Col A F Naff a United States deputy
marahall and his entire party of explor
ers in all probability eight men They
were on their way to investigate reports
of the timber stealing by Canadians along
the boundary and tributary waters and
were ascending the Rainy by sleighs
They are reported to have broken through
the ice and to have been lost
SPANISH INHUMANITY
Americans Tell of Barbarities They
Witnessed in Cuba
The New Orleans Picayunes special
Havana letter dated March 27 gives this
among the summary of events personally
investigated by the writer which is de
clared to be accurate in every respect In
Bainoa Dr Vodal Sotolongo made an
operation on a poor old man and when
he was convalascent he was one night
arrested and taken to the armory of the
civil guard where they lashed him all
over the body and in spite of his cries they
laughed and took him on the outside of
the town where they compellod him make
a grave in which they buried him after he
died from the ill treatment he had received
To further appreciate the condition of this
country I -will relate what I heard
in the city of Trinidad while there a
few days ago Rev Father Canon igo
said 1 believe that all the Cubans
possible should be killed off and clear
the country and in that manner make
room for families which would be brought
over from Spain The negroes and mulat
toes should all be killed off silently and
without exciting any comment and their
property confiscated Therefore when
we would bring families over from
Spain and colonize the island we would
give them this confiscated property and
they could make a good start in life The
Cubans who send their children to the
United States to be educated should be
taken hold of by the police and quietly
placed where they would do the least
harm because those Americans have re
publican ideas which are the real cause
of the present desire of the Cubans to re
volt The Yankees are the only people
who sympathize with the Cubans and
they are responsible for this war
MISSOURI TRAIN ROBBERY
St Louis and San Francisco Cannon
Ball Held Up
The east bound cannon ball train on the
St Louis and San Francisco Railroad was
held up three miles east of Lebanon Mo
and the safe blown open and robbed
The robbers boarded the train at Le
banon at 1250 p m and after reaching
the scene of the robbery held up the en
gineer aud fireman stopped the train
and with the engineer ahead of them
marched to the express car The messen
ger refused to open up and the door was
blown open with dynamite and the safes
contents removed
Several packages of valuable papers
were found the next morning beside the
track and some money which had been
overlooked in the hurry of departure
The passengers were not molested
The brakeman hurried back to the city
and started Sheriff Jones and posse on
the track of the robbers
While the amount of money secured by
the robbers is not known it is thought to
be considerable Wells Fargo offer 300
reward for the arrest of the robbers
Brick Pomeroy Dying
A special to the Milwaukee Wisconsin
from New York City says Brick
Pomeroy the noted printer editor an
publisher is dying of dropsy at Blythe
Bourne L 1 His case is hopeless and
death is only a matter of a few days
Pomeroy made himself famous during the
war while publishing Ponieroys Demo
crat at La Crosse Wis His paper had a
large circulation and was noted for its
extreme views on financial and other gov
ernmental matters He afterwards found
ed a paper at New York with disastrous
results
Troops for South Africa
Owing to the gravity of the situationih
South Africa the British Government wil
dispatch 5000 troops to the Cape of Good
Hope as soon as possible to be ready for
emergencies The British Chartered Com
pany has formally requested the Govern
ment to order the immediate dispatch of
500 troops from Cape Town to Buluwayo
Notorious Outlaw Killed
The notorious outlaw Carl Thorn alias
Diamond Point who led the raid on
feyville Kan and who while a member
of the Dalton gang killed four men was
killed by a United States marshal at Do
ver Oklahoma Both the outlaw and the
officer exchanged ten shots The marshal
gets 3200 reward
Oklahoma Politician Killed
A special to the Kansas City Star from
Perry Oklahoma says Dutch Surber a
politician of some note in Oklahoma was
killed while chopping down a tree The
ax caught in a limb and falling struck
him on top of the head splitting it open
Fell AVith an Elevator
Four men at Chicago fell with an eleva
tor on which was 1503 pounds of debris
all were seriously injured
MARKET QUOTATIONS
Sioux City Cattle Stockers and feed
ers 300 to 380 Hogs Prices ranging
from 5362K to 370 Grain Wheat 4Sc
to 50c com 16c to 19c oats 14c to 14c
rye 20c to 25c hay 400 to 5500 but
ter 14c to 15c eggs 7c
Chicago Cattle Beet steers 325 to
400 stockers and feeders 275 to 385
Hogs Prices ranging from 360 to 415
Grain Wheat April 62c May C3Kc
corn April 2Sc May 29Kc oats
April lSc May 19c rye No 2 35Kc
Hax No 1 88Xc timothy 325
Kansas City Cattle Beef steers 275
to 400 stockers and feeders 240 to
365 Hogs Prices ranging from 350
to 380 Sheep 200 to 400
South Omaha Cattle Beef steers 300
to 390 stockers and feeders 275 to
375 Hogs Prices ranging from 350
to 380
St Paul Cattle Beef steers 300 trf
330 stockers and feeders 285 to 327
Hogs Prices ranging from 200 to 375
Minneapolis Grain Wheat April
59c May 59c July 60c No 1 har4
on track 60c No 1 Northern 59c
SHOT IN COLD BLOOD
FEARFUL CRIME COMMITTED AT
CLINTON ILL
Ed Polen Kills His Wife and Mother-in-Law-Women
Slaughtered While
Fleeing Frenzied Man Then At
tempts Suicide to Escape Lynching
Caused by Domestic Troubles
Domestic infelicities in the family of
Edward Polen culminated Friday after
noon at Clinton 111 in the murder of
Mrs Polen and her mother Mrs William
McMullen by Polen After he had com
mitted tho crime Polen ran to the Illinois
Central yards to escape the crowd of ex
cited pursuers who intended to lynch tine
murderer To avoid this fate he -threw
himself dn front of a train but was not
fatally injured
He was removed from the scene of his
attempted suicide without molestation
Then the crowd collected about the jail
and for a time it looked as if the lynch
ing would take place The desperate
nature of the mans injuries delayed the
attempt and the crowd retired It ap
pears from the most reliable information
tihat there has been trouble in the Polen
household for some time Mr and Mrs
Polen had been in Creston Iowa for
about six weeks where Polen had se
cured employment but all did not go well
in the Iowa home and Mrs Polen left
there and returned to lier mothers home
in Clinton a week ago Friday Polen re
turned and met his wife on the street
and they held an animated discussion
After leaving Ms wife Polen returned to
the home of his mother-in-law Mrs Mc
Mullen where his wife was and it is
supposed the discussion of their troubles
was again renewed
Polen became frenzied during the dis
cussion and rushing to where a double
barreled shotgun was standing he seized
the weapon and turned toward the now
thoroughly frightened and defenseless
women who attempted to escape They
were not quick enough however They
were within about fifteen feet of the
house when Polen threw the gun to his
shoulder and pressed the trigger Mrs
Polen fell on lier face without a groan
dying instantly
Her mother stopped at the report of the
gun and turning saw her child fall
heavily forward cold in death As the
motlher gave a cry of anguish at the ter
rible deed of her infuriated son-in-law he
again pressed the trigger and with the
second report the soul of the mother was
ushered into eternity
The murderer then ran east through the
outskirts of the town thence along the
railroad track stopping to reload his
weapon An alarm was given immediate
ly by the neighbors and soon the streets
were thronged with the excited populace
hurrying to the scene of the tragedy A
posse was soon formed and started in
pursuit of the murderer
In the meantime Polen had been fleeing
east on the railroad track He got about
a mile and a quarter from town wnen he
saw a freight train approaching Turn
ing he beheld his pursuers following and
realizing the impossibility of escape he
waited until the train had approached al
most to where he stood and then sudden
ly threw himself in front of the engine
He vas doomed to disappointment how
ever for the pilot of the engine was too
low It struck and threw him to the side
of the track unconscious The train was
quickly stopped and the injured man
picked up and brought to the city where
he was lodged in jail A crowd soon col
lected and the talk became ominous The
officers feared an attempt to lynch the
murderer would be made and to quiet the
crowd the announcement was made from
the porch of the jail that Polen was fatal
ly injured and would probably die in a
few minutes This resnlted in the dis
persion of the crowd Marshal Moffit
with his prisoner drove from Clinton to
Maroa in a cab Polen apparently is not
badly wounded as he was able to eat
lunch at Maroa and was sitting up in a
restaurant He is now in jail at Decatur
Telegraphic Brevities
Mrs Minnie F Payne of Fort Scott
Kan has brought suit for divorce against
Albert Bigelow Payne an author and
poet
John Maguire of Butte Mont has dis
covered records that lead him to believe
that the Chinese knew how to use ca
thode rays centuries ago
The Governor of Missouri granted a
stay of execution to Thomas Punshon
who was sentenced to be hanged in St
Joseph April 3 until May G
The Union car works to be operated on
tho co operative plan will put up build
ings at North St Louis at once Tho
capital is 50000 and the president is H
W Rocklage
Twin sisters and twin brothers were
married at Burbank O Rev Nathaniel
Lewis performed the ceremony that made
Irene V Repp wife of Vernon R Stair
and Idena V Repp wife of Vertal R
Stair
Williams Hills Yale aged So died at
Meriden Conn of blood poisoning He
was the pioneer manufacturer of tinned
ware fn New England He retired from
business several years ago having amass
ed a fortune
E Wilding and J F Gilmore repre
senting a London syndicate are negotiat
ing for the purchase of the Chino ranch
in southern California The ranch con
sists of 40000 acres and the price offered
is said to be 2000000
Four steamers arrived at New York
having on board 3484 immigrants The
Massilia from Marseilles and Naples
brought 11S3 the Patria from Ham
burg 9G1 La Bretagne from Havre GOO
and the Bonn from Bremen GOO
When the remains of Michael Hart
wlio was killed at Hammond Ind by an
Erie passenger train were sent to his
home at Newburg Conn the entire force
of the Illinois Steel Company followed
the body to the station
Gov L G Hughes was assaulted on the
street by P J Ciark correspondent at
Phoenix for the Denver Times Clark
who had criticised the Governors official
conduct claims that the executive was
instrumental in securing his Clarks dis
charge from another paper
Charles E Clark a printer who has
worked in Omana for years has been ap
pointed superintendent of the Childs
Drexel Printers Home at Colorado
Springs to succeed Schuman who has
held the position for some time but
against whom charges of incompetency
have been made
QUEEN OF THE CARNIVAL
Miss Arthemise Baldwin One of the
Sweetest Maids of New Orleans
One of the sweetest maids of New Or
leans is Miss Arthemise Baldwin who
was crowned queen of the recent Mardi
Gras in the city near the delta She is
the daughter of Albert Baldwin presi
dent of the New Orleans National Bank
Miss Baldwin looked a real queen and
certainly never did a real queen wear a
more gorgeous coronation robe a pretty
picture of which was made by illustrated
American This gorgeous robe was of
ithe richest white satin embroidered with
gold thread and jewels Around the
bottom of the skirt were five large coro
nets wrought out of seed pearls and
jewels Above them was a rich applique
of palest green velvet couched in gold
thread and with the design picked out in
amethysts sapphires emeralds and other
glittering jewels The corsage was cut
T round in the neck and the entire front
was covered with the same exquisite jew
eled embroidery Huge puffs of sarin
jpllk
MISS APTHEMISE BALDWIX
formed the sleeves and on tihem the rich
design of the skirt was repeated About
the neck was a costly medici collar thick
ly studded with jewels on both sides un
til it formed a glittering mass of gems
From the shoulders fastened by gems
hung the court train of royal purple vel
vet deeply bordered with ermine and
lined with heavy white satin The train
three yards long was richly embroidered
with fleur de lis wrought in iihe same jew
els as those used in embroidering the
gown About her white throat she wore
a superb necklace of diamonds a jeweled
girdle spanned her waist on her Ihead she
wore a crown and in Iher hand she bore a
scepter
PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT
Increase for the Month of March Is
Given as 3274780
The monthly statement of the public
debt shows the debt less cash in the treas
ury on March 31 to have been 942342
253 an increase over last month of 5
274 7S0 which is accounted for by an in
crease of 14209522 in the amount of
bonds delivered during the month pay
ment for which had been made previously
The increase in the cash during the month
amounted to S934741 making the net
increase 52747S0 as stated The debt
is classified as follows
Interest bearing debt S37404140
Debt on whidh interest has
ceased since maturity 1059510
Debt bearing no interest 374920351
Total 12139S4001
This however does not include 5G2
909253 in certificates and treasury notes
outstanding which are offset by an equal
amount of cash in the treasury The
cash in the treasury is given as follows
Gold 1718S5709
Silver 508930744
Paper 105952143
Bonds disbursing officers
ba3ances etc 28200349
Total 874969947
Against which there are demand liabili
ties amounting to 003327198 leaving
ja net cash balance of 271041748 in
cluding the gold reserve
Increase in Circulation
The monthly statement of the Comp
troller of Currency shows tihe total cir
culation of national bank notes to be
221227805 an increase for the year of
13777001 and for the month of 4134
340 The circulation based on United
States bonds amounts xo 199723005 an
increase since March 31 1S95 of 19
875022 and since Feb 29 last of 4674
051 Tho circulation secured by lawful
money amounts to 21504S00 a decrease
for the year of 6097961 and for the
month of 539711 The amount of regis
tered bonds on deposit to secure circulat
ing notes amounts to 222998800 and to
secure public deposits 17068000
News of Minor Note
The progressive euchre party at Phila
delphia for the benefit of the Cubans net
ted nearly 1000
Elizabeth Charles author of many his
torical novels characterized by a deep re
ligious feeling is dead at London
Patrick McGuinness 90 years of age
was burned to death in a fire which de
stroyed his liome at Middletown N Y
James and Frank Tillman and Lucy
Law were instantly killed by a rock
crashing through the house where they
were sleeping at Echo W Ya
Thomas Seay who has been ill at his
home at Greensboro Ala for two weeks
with the grip is dead He was promi
nent in public life for over twenty five
years
The 500 lithographers in New York who
struck seven weeks ago are jubilant over
tihe notification that they may return to
work pending the decision of the com
mittee on arbitration
Mrs M A Stockton who was one of
tihe prominent figures in the recent scan
dal involving Rev C O Brown of the
First Congregational Church San Fran
cisco has been expelled from the church
William Royce tie murderer of Nellie
Patten was arraigned for trial at Sioux
City la and created a sensation by
changing Ms plea of not guilty to that of
guilty His crime was a cold blooded
one
Hawaiian Consul Wilder stated at San
Francisco that under the treaty between
Hawaii and the United States the Ha
waiian Government can grant no conces
siions cede any territory or grant permis
sion to any foreigner to land a cable with
out the permission of the United States
Warren B Sexton general manager of
the defunct Sexton Security Company at
Kansas City has departed He left a
letter addressed to his brother Edward
P Sexton vice president of the company
stating that he had lost several thousand
thousand dollars of the companys funda
In wiheat gambling
THE InATIOFS S0L0IS
SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRE
SENTATIVES
Our National Law Makers and Wliat
They Are Doing for the Good of tlie
Country Various Measures Pro
posed Discussed and Acted Upon
Daily Report
Some minor business was transacted at tho
opening of the session in the House on the 1st
A bill was passed to authorize the lighthonxo
board to proceed with the construction of a
lighthouse and fog signal on north Manitoa
Island Lake Michigan The House then re
sumed consideration of the sundry civil appro
priation bill An amendment to appropriate
530000 for the purchase of tho house in Wash
ington in which President Lincoln died was
adopted Mr Hyde of Washington oifercd an
liendmeiit to appropriate 75000 to commence
the erection of permanent buildings at the mili
tary post at Spokane Wash which was carried
04 to 37 despite the appeal of Mr Cannon urg
ing members to stand by the committee At 515
the House adjourned
Senator Ihitler of North Carolina introduced a
hill requiring the acceptance of current legal
tender funds in payment of notes bonds and
private obligations He explained that the pur
pose of the measure was to put a stop to gold
notes gold mortgages etc which were being
wrung from the people to their dire distress
Referred to the Finance Committee Senator
Call offered a joint resolution directing the send
ing of an adequate naval force to Cuba to put an
end to barbarities and the violation of treaty
obligations The resolution went over under the
rules The consideration of the postofllce oppro
riation bill was then resumed which occupied
Ihe time for the balance of the day The subsidy
tem went over for a separate vote The balance
bf the postoflico appropriation biil was com
pleted At 520 the Somite adjourned
The question of tho appropriation of public
money for private or sectarian institutions was
ligain fought over for four hours in the House on
the 2d On a former occasion in connection
villi appropriations for charitable institutions in
Washington tho contest was managed by Mr
Linton of Michigan who is one of tho pronoimced
A P A members in Congress That contest
was successful and the bill was recommitted
The bone of contention was tho Howard Univer
sity a colored institution of Washington for
which an appropriation of 32C00 was inserted lu
the sundry civil bill the day before Mr Hainer
of Nebraska in whose temporary absence the
amendment was adopted arrayed his forces
against the appropriation on the ground that It
was both a private and sectarian institution a
school of theology being maintained by the uni
versity Tho House voted to retain the appro
priation thus in a measure reversing its action
when the District of Columbia bill was up Tho
sundry civil bill as amended was passed Among
the minor bill passed by unanimous consent was
one to reimburse A P Brown late postmaster
at LeMars Iowa for losses sustained by robbery
Tho postofllce appropriation bill served to
bring out more sharp discussion In tho Senate
on the 2d on the propriety of abolishing country
postoflices and absorbing them as branches of
city offices The bill was laid aside and the bill
authorizing the lighthouse board to proceed with
tho building of the lighthouse at North Manitou
island Lake Michigan was passed The House
bill was passed granting the Atchison and Neb
raska and tho Chicago Burlington and Quincy
Railroads a right of way through the Sac and
Fox and Iowa Indian reservations in Kansas and
Nebraska At 5J the Senate went into execu
tive session and soon after adjourned until Mon
day
Friday being private bill day in the House
Mr Pickler chairman of the Pensions Commit
tee demanded the regular order Mr Hitt
chairman of tho Foreign Affairs Committee
thought he ought to antagonize the private pen
sion bills if they would entail debate in the in
terests of the conference report on the Cuban
resolutions Mr Hitt however finally agreed
to withhold his motion if Mr Pickler would de
mand the previous question on each bill as it
was called up The roint of no quorum on tho
first bill was made Dilatory tactics followed on
the private pension bills and the speaker was
compelled to count a quorum on the motion On
ono occasion when Mr Erdman made the point
of no quorum the Speaker made the important
ruling that 17S constituted a quorum thus decid
ing that a majority of the actual full membership
of the House was a quorum a point raised in the
Kentucky senatorial fight This question had
never been absolutely settled After about thirty
bills had been passed in something more than an
hour Mr Erdman made a novel point of order
demanding after the bill had been ordered to bo
engrossed that a copy of the engrossed bill bo
produced As this could not be done the bill
was laid aside Then Mr Hitt chairman of the
Foreign Affairs Committee called up the con
ference report on the Cuban resolutions The
report agreed to the Senate resolutions the first
of which declared in the opinion of Congress
that a state of public war existed in Cuba and
that the United States should maintain a strict
neutrality between the belligerents and the sec
ond requested the President to use his friendly
offices with the Spanish Government for the rec
ognition of the independence of Cuba The con
ferees originally agreed on the House resolution
the most important of which favored Interven
tion if necessary but when the Senate rejected
the report of the conferees the new conferees de
cided to accept the Senate resolutions Mr Hitt
moved the adoption of the conference report A
lengthy debate followed on the matter and no
conclusion was reached
Curiosities About Coins
Herodutus says that Croesus was the
first ruler to order gold coins made In
the year 450 B C round copper coins
were first made Each weighed twelve
ounces The most valuable United
States cents are those of 1793 1799
1804 1809 1S11 1813 1823 and 1S27
The rarest and most valuable United
States coin of what is called the reg
ular mint series is the silver dollar
of 1804 A silver half dime of the
year 1802 is worth 30 if in good con
dition and from 10 to 25 if in only
fair shape The only valuable nickel
5 cent piece is that of the year 1S77
which the collectors purchase at 1
sach The little silver 3 cent piece was
first coined in 1851 It was discontin
ued in 1873 One of the first date is
worth a dime one of the last 1 The
face of the silver dollar is that of a
young lady residing in Philadelphia
Her name is Anna W Williams and-
she is a teacher of kindergarten phil
osophy The very oldest coin in the
British museum is an Aegian piece of
the year 700 B C It is not dated of
course dating being a modern inno
vation extending back only 500 years
Many eyes suppobed to be black are
only a deep orange brown
Eyes in rapid and constant motion be
token anxiety fear or care
People of melancholic temperament
rarely have clear blue eyes
The eyes of birds and fish are round
with no angles at the corners
The upturned eye Is typical of devo
tion
Wide open eyes are indicative of rash
ness
The eye is really a self adjustable
telescope
Caesar Borgia had prominent hair
closed eyes
Side glancing eyes are always to be
distrusted
The eyes should not be used in weak
ness or sickness
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