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SAILORS AEE KILLED.
Utack by Rebels Under Mataafa Brings
Aloat the Clash.
Several Villages Arc Cc troj-cd and a
I.ar'je Number of Natives Killed and
Injured Three British Sailora and
an American Sentry Killed by the
Rebels Biirinfja Fierce Attack Ger
man Consul Kcfnscs to Aid the Other
Po wers.
The startling news from Samoa , cabled
: o this country from Auckland , whither
he intelligence had been sent by the usu-
il mail advices , indicates that a serious
: Iash has taken place between the ollicial
epresenlativcs of Great Britain and the
JnSted States and the native adherents of
Uaraafa. The followers of Mataafa , af-
er having refused to disperse in accord-
ince with the demands of the English and
\
American officials , attempted to make a
lenionstration against the British and
-inierican consulates. From the fact that
he commanders of the British and the
imericau warships , the Porpoise and the
Philadelphia , felt justified in shelling the
latives who engaged in the demoiiatra-
ion , it is to be assumed that the provo
cation offered by Mataafa's followers was
txtreuie.
According to the Auckland dispatches ,
the chiefs supporting King Mataafa hav-
ng refused to abide by the terms of the
tripartite treaty , and continuing to defy
: hem despite the reproseutatious of the
igents of the United States and Great
Britain , Admiral Kautz , the American
laval commander , convened a meeting of
STREET SCENE AT APIA.
tempted , with the aid of the German con
sul and Dr. Paffel , the German president
of the council , to oust Chief Justice
Chambers from office. This attempt fail
ed through the activity of the American
and British consuls and Commander
Sturde of the British cruiser Porpoise.
Affairs continued in an unsettled state ,
the government of Mataafa being tyran
nical.
The gravest aspect of the matter , of
course , is involved in the possibility of
further complications in the relations of
the three powers which hold the joint pro
tectorate of Samoa. It has been known
from the first that Germany's representa
tives in the islands are favorable to Ma
taafa , while the British and American
representatives have stood together in de
claring Mataafa ineligible for the king
ship. It was because the American Avho
holds the position of chief justice had de
cided that Mataafa was ineligible , while
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the consuls and the senior naval officers
on board his flagship , the cruiser Philadel
phia. After discussing the question in nil
Its bearings it was resolved to dismiss the
provisional government. Admiral Kaufy.
: herefore issued a proclamation ordering
the adherents of Mntaafa to return to
their homes. When the proclamation was
published Mataafa evacuated Mulinuu
and -.vent inland. Herr Rose , the Ger
man consul , then issued a proclamation
apliolding the provisional government ,
whereupon the Marafans assembled and
surrounded the town.
The British cruiser Royalist had mean
while brought a number of Malietoan pris
oners from the otlior islands , where they
bad been confined by the Mataafans. The-
Americans fortified Mulinuu , and 2,000 of
the Malietoans took refuge there. The
Mataafans barricaded the roads within
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the municipality and seized a number of
houses belonging to British subjects. An
ultimatum was Kent to their leaders ,
warning them if they did not evacuate
the municipality by 1 o'clock , March ! . " > ,
the place would be bombarded by the
American and British warships. To this
ultimatum the Mntaafans paid not the
slightest attention , but , on the contrary ,
began an attack en the Malietoans.
Houibnrdmeiit Is Iciiin.
American Con ; ul Osborn and British
Consul Maxse consulted , and at their in
stance , a half hour before the ultimatum
expired , the Philadelphia and the British
v Royalist and Porpoise
* W warships opened
fire on some distant villages. The Yankee
and British gunners had great difficulty in
locating the enemy , owing to the dense
forests in which they were concealed. The
lire from the warships , however , soon set
fire to some of the shore villages and caus
ed much damage.
A defective shell from the Philadelphia
exploded near the American consulate ,
cud the marines who were standing guard
outside had a very narrow escape. A
piece of the shell vrent through the Ger
man consulate , causing great destruction.
The Germans became alarmed and board
ed the German warship Palke. The rebels - (
els made an attack on the town at night
and killed three British sailors. A Brit
ish marine was shot through the legs accidentally - >
cidentally by a British sentry. Another
was shot in the feet. An American sen
try was killed at his post by the natives.
The bombardment continued slowly for
eight days.
Mataafa and Malietoa Tanu were the
rival candidates for king. After the elec
tion Chief Justice Chambers-decided that
Malietoa was legally elected. Under the
treaty agreements the decision of the
Chief Justice was to bo final in such cases.
Supported by the German consul , Ma
taafa revolted against this decision and
attacked Malietoa's men.
The outbreak was suppressedt and it
was announced that the three consuls-had
agreed to recognize Mataafa as king. This
was afterward denied. Mataafa estab
lished a provisional government and at-
-IE SAMPAN TROUBLE.
the German representative at Samoa re
fused to abide by the decision , that the
disagreeable international complications
arose.
PERISH IN THE MISSISSIPPI.
Steamer Io'ivena Lee Sinks and Three
People Drown.
The managers of the Lee line of steam
ers announced Thursday morning that
only three lives were lost by the sinking
of the Rowena Lee , near Tyler , Mo. ,
Wednesday afternoon. The first report
of the disaster which was received said
that all on board had perished save the
captain and an under officer of the steam
er. It was estimated that between fifty
: : : il sixty persons went down. Telephone
connection was secured to Caruthersville , ,
Mo. , by the officials at Memphis , and a
few minutes later the announcement was
made that the Rowena Lee had sunk in
thirty feet of water off the landing at
Tyler , and three persons were drowned.
Putting out from the Tyler landing the
s'.earner hit a hidden obstruction , knock
ing in the hull , but succeeded in landing
all the passengers and crew except the
three missing. From the best informa
tion obtainable the disaster was caused
in this way : The river at Tyler is over the
banks , and the boat in landing ran up
almost to the street of the little town.
In backing to the landing it is thought the
boat ran on to a stump , and broke in two.
She floated down the river some distance
and sank , and will prove a total loss.
WHAT THE LATE CONGRESS DID.
Statement Prepared Givinjr in Ficnres
Jvcsult oi ill- Work Done.
B. S. Platt , enrolling clerk of the Sen
ate , has prepared a statement giving in
figures the results of the work of the last
Congress. The statement shows that
l,4r 7 bills and joiut resolutions became
laws out of a total of 18,403 introduced
in both houses. Of the measures intro
duced 12.008 were presented in the House
and r > , Sr > 5 in the Senate. Ot those which
became laws 042 originated in the House
and 515 in the Senate.
There were only two direct votes during
the Congress , one of these applying to a
Senate bill and the other to a House meas
ure. There were in addition to these four
pocket vetoes bills which failed to be
come laws because they were not approv
ed by the President.
The record shows that the Senate pass
ed 1,173 of its own bills and that the
House acted favorably upon only 517 , or
fewer than half of then : , while of the
1.0K1 House bills passed by the House the
Senate acted favorably upon ! )40. ) A larg
er number of bills were introduced thau iu
any previous Congress.
Wisconsin exports cattle to Japnu.
PROGRESS OF THE WAR
IN THE PHILIPPINES.
MAP SHOWING THE SCENE OF OPERATIONS AROUND MANILA.
MALOLOS 15 CAPTURED.
Insurgent Capital Taken by American
Troops Ajininaldo Kscapes.
Malolos. the Filipino capital , was cap
tured and destroyed Friday , but Agui-
naldo managed to elude the Americans
and escaped in safety. After three hours
of desperate fighting the natives , realiz
ing that further effort was hopeless , set
fire to the 'city and fled in disorder. A
large portion of Aguinaldo's army man
aged to break through the lines and the
men scattered in every direction , leaving
guns and swords behind. The American
loss was comparatively small , considering
the severe nature of the combat. Rapid-
fire guns had been trained upon the city
and spread consternation among the na
tive troops.
MacArthur began the attack at 7 o'clock
in the morning , having the city practically
surrounded by his forces. Line after line
of intrenchments was stormed , the de
fenders falling back into the town. At
last the natives found that they could done
no more , so they applied the torch to
buildings in every direction and began the
retreat.
Aguinaldo and his cabinet sought safety
in flight , escaping capture. Filipinos tak
en by the Americans say that the native
leader left Malolos Wednesday , and ,
with his chief supporters , headed for the
north. Although by this move Aguinaldo
may claim that lie saved his capital from
falling into the hands of the United States
forces , it is doubtful if he can retain his
influence over the native forces. Many
Filipino officers consider the flight an un
called-for retreat in the face of the oppo
sition , and they declare that the chief
AGUIXALDO'S HEADQUARTERS.
should have stood by his men to the last.
Thousands of desertions from the native
army are certain to follow the leader's
action.
The American flag was raised over Ma
lolos at 10 o'clock Friday morning. The
Kansas regiment and the Montana regi
ment , on entering the city , found it u-
serted , the presidencia burning , and the
rebels retreating toward the mountains
in a state of terror. The American loss
was small. It Avas evident the rebels
for some lime past had abandoned all
hope of holding their capital , for the
Americans found there evidence of elab
orate preparations for departure.On the
railroad the rails and ties for about a mile
had been torn up and probably thrown
into the river. The only prisoners cap
tured were a few Chinamen. ,
The United States troops rested Thurs
day night iii the jungle , about a iiile and
a quarter from Malolos. 'Thursday's ad
vance began at 2 o'clock and covered a
distance of about two and a half miles
beyond the Guiguinto river , along the
railroad. The brunt of the battle was on
the right of the track , where the enemy
was apparently concentrated.
The First Nebraska , First South Da
kota and Tenth Pennsylvania regiments
encountered the natives intrenched on the
border of the woods and the Americans ,
advancing across the open , suffered a ter
rific fire for half an hour. Four men of
the Nebraska regiment were killed and
thirty were wounded. Ten men of the
Dakota regiment were wounded and one
of the Peunsylvaniuns was killed.
The Americans finally drove the Filipinos
pines back. Although there were three
lines of strong intrenchments along the
track the natives made scarcely any de
fense there.
The escape of Aguinaldo is offset by
the fact that his capital fell into the hands
of the American troops after such a short
battle. Ever since the decisive advance
from Manila into the interior-was begun
all the dispatches have predicted that the
irost desperate buttle in the entire cam
paign would have to be fought before
Malolos was taken. Nevertheless it capit
ulated in such short order that its storm
ing was like a skirmish.Only one inter
pretation can bo placed upon .this , say offi
cials of the War Department. That is
that the backbone of the rebellion is brok
en and that'tils natives will soon surrender.
Throughout the whole advance upon
Malolos the American troops behaved
splendidly. They advanced steadily
against successive lines of trenches ,
through woods and jungles , and suffering
from frightful heat. In addition , the
American volunteers were handicapped In
fighting by the fact that their Springfield
rifles are of shorter range than the Mau
ser rifles in the hands of the rebels. Under
those circumstances the steady advance
of our troops is a really remarkable
achievement. But the most noteworthy
feature of this onward sweep of the Amer
icans has been the patience and endur
ance of the private soldiers. They have
never hesitated to plunge across any kind
of difficult country against any numbei
of the enemy and in the face of positions-
of entirely unknown strength. After en
tering Malolos the victorious American
army feasted on cocoanuts and bananas
and enjoyed a well-earned rest.
The country between Marilao and Ma
nila presents a picture of desolation.
Smoke is curling from hundreds of ash
heaps and the remains of trees and fences
torn by shrapnel are to be seen every
where. The general appearance of the
country is as if it had been swept by a
cyclone. The roads are strewn with fur
niture and clothing dropped in flight by
the Filipinos. The only persons remain
ing behind are a few aged persons , too in
firm to escape. They camp beside the
ruins of their former home and beg passersby
ers-by for any kind of assistance. The
majority of them are living on the gener
osity of the American soldiers , who give
them portions of their rations
Bodies of dead Filipinos are stranded
in the shallows of the river or are resting
in the jungle where they crawled to die
or were left in the wake of the hurriedly
retreating army. The inhabitants who
tied from Marilao and Meycauyan left in
such a panic that on tables the American
soldiers found money and valuables and
in the rooms were trunks containing oth
er property of value. They were not mo
lested by the soldiers , but the Chinese who
slip in between the armies looted when
ever they could and took possession of
several houses , over which they raised the
Chinese flags , some of which were torn
down.
NO MOSI3 VOI/UNTEKR3 FOR OTIS.
Gei : . Corbin IMakcs > "o Mention of
Miistcrinjr in 33COO.
It is said at the War Department that
the subject of mustering in 35,000 volun
teers under the army reorganization bill
has not been mentioned to the President ,
either by Acting Secretary of War
Meiklejohn or Adjt. Gen. Corbin. Theu-
is no intention to bring forward this ques
tion at present , as , with the troops al
ready ordered to Manila and which it will
take some months to transport thither.
Gen. Otis has all the forces necessary to
accomplish what is desired of him in the-
Philippines.
i ! WAR NEWS IN BRIEF , ij
The rebels burned the villages as they
retreated in bad order toward Malolos.
A colored woman was found hidden in
a house at Meycaurayan , dead , apparently
from fright.
The men of the First Nebraska swam
the river under fire and did much to dis
concert the enemy.
Bigaa was taken without one shot being
fired , the enemy fleeing at the approach
of the Americans.
The prisoners who have been taken by
the Americans say the leaders alone pre
vent the Filipinos from surrendering.
Insurgents have been found with their
throats cut. This is taken to indicate that
they were thus punished for refusing to
fight.
Official reports show that the casualties
in the fighting about Manila from Feb. 4
to March 28 were ISO killed and 89G
wounded.
The Filipinos tore up sections of the
railroad in many places and attempted to
burn the bridge at Bigaa , but the lire was
extinguished owing to the timely arrival
of the Americans.
The soldiers or sailors of the war with
Spain who think themselves entitled to
any extra pay should present their claims
"
to "the Auditors of the Treasury for the
War or Navy Departments.
Admiral Dewey is said to have spent
nearly $1,500,000 on his squadron since
the battle of lasr May day. Much of this
was for the recovery raid repair o tlu j
Spanish vessels added to his squa iou. i
SNOWFALL OUT Or SEASON.
Precipitation lixtcnds All the Way
from Santa Fe to Detroit.
A snowstorm extending from Santa Fe
lo Detroit , accompanied at many points
in its course by high wind , swept up from
the southwest at midnight Wednesday
and continued until dark Thursday even
ing. Reports from points in Kansas , Mis
souri , Iowa and Illinois indicated that the
storm was severe for this time of year ,
and in many.cases a record-breaker. In
Chicago the fall was three inches. In
some cities the storm was accompanied by
such high wind as to resemble a blizzard ,
and the fall of snow was so great as to ef
fectually blockade street car traffic for
hours. From Galesburg came the news
that all traffic and business was stopped
by the blizzard. Peoria reported the first
real snowstorm of the season. Good
sleigh riding was reported from Monmouth -
mouth , a foot of snow having fallen with
in twelve hours.
Outside of Illinois the greatest storm
seemed to be in Kansas and Nebraska.
Chillicothe , Mo. , reported the worst storm
in many years , with snow a foot deep and
the storm still raging. Between Atchison -
son and Omaha a heavy snow fell , drifted
by a strong wind. The Missouri Pacific ,
expecting blockades , had equipped en
gines at different points with snow plows.
From six to twelve inches fell between
Atchison and Grafton , and two feet at
Blue Rapids and Waterville , Kan. Street
car traffic in Leavenworth was impeded.
Iowa told much the same story as Illi
nois. Muscatine , Burlington and Ottawa
correspondents all told of "the worst
storm this time of year for many years , ' '
and of impeded street car traffic and rail
road blockades and abandoned trains. At
St. Joseph , Mo. , the temperature was 22
degrees , and the storm was so severe that
street cars were unable to run. But in
St. Louis there was only two-hundredths
of an inch precipitation. Kansas City
reported that rain , snow and hail fell suc
cessively , accompanied by strong wind
and falling temperature. In South Bend ,
Ind. . snow fell to a depth of eleven inches ,
and the thermometer dropped fourteen de
grees in nine hours.
Down in New Orleans. Memphis and
Chattanooga and other Southern cities
the blizzard was transformed into a thun
derstorm , and at New Orleans a precipita
tion of 1.7 inches of rain fell in twelve
hours. In Cincinnati. Indianapolis and
Nashville also rain fell.
MADE FAMOUS BY M'KINLEY.
Georgia House V. here the President
Has Been Staying.
President McKinley has brought fame
lo the winter home of Mark Ilanna , at
Thomasville. Ga. It was here that Mr ,
McKinley's first presidential boom began ,
and here his campaign managers laid their
plans. Now that the President has again
been there , the political writers have been
telling all sorts of tales about arrange
ments for McKinley's second campaign.
The Ilanna residence at Thomasville is
far from being a splendid mansion. It is
a large cottage , with a small flower gar
den around on one side , but is very cosily
fitted up within. Mr. Ilanna has beez.
interested in the town for a number o
iWlllliita
MR. IIAXXA'S HOUSE IX TIIOMASVILL.E.
years , and has imlm-ed his brother , Mel
Ilanna , and his brother-in-law. .1. AVyman
.Tones , to build winter homes there. They
have spent many thousands of dollars-
beautifying the surroundings of the little
Georgia town , one of their ventures be
ing the establishment of a beautiful park
of many acres , with a country club house
in the center. To the Ilannas much
duo in heralding to the world the advan
tages of the climate of the Georgia pine
forests in winter time , and it is largely tc
this that Thomasville has become so fav
ored as a wintering place.
NEARLY 100 PERSONS DROWN.
English Kxciirsioit Steamer Stella
F.inks in the Cjsqncts.
The steamer Stella , with tourists for
the islands of Jersey and Guernsey , struck
on the Casqnet- few miles off the
French coast , and sank in eight minuti ? . * ,
her boilers exploding with a tremendous
report as she went down. There were
170 passengers on board , only eighty of
whom are reported saved. Captain Keeks-
went down with the ship. The Stella was-
crowded v/ith Easter holiday t xctir ion-
ista from London and Southampton.
A thick fog prevailed and the Stella got
out of her course. When the vessel
struck the Casquets the people on board
became greatly exutcd. The officers ol
the vessel , ai K-d by a few cool heads ,
made their way among the frightened ex
cursionists and Checked a threatened
panic. The people were crowded intc
small boats as fast as possible , the women
and children taking precedence.
The steamers Lynx and Vera , which
happened to be in the vicinity , rescued
several boat loads of the shipwrecked
people. All available boats at Guernsey ,
the nearest point , went to the scene of the
wreck. Despite the efforts of the ship's-
officers the incredibly short time in which
the steamer settled caused great confu
sion , and there was not time to distribute
life preservers to all the passengers. Some
of these did not wait for the boats , but
jumped into the water. Several of them
were picked up clinging to pieces of
wreckage. The rescued passengers arc
iimmimous in their praise of the conduct
of the crew.
Otis' Shrewd Fchcms. .
An odd game of cro.-s purposes between
iho army ; ; ml the navy at Manila has
come to light. It was reported some time
ago that the navy was trying to buy tbe
nncaptnreu Spanish gunboats in the Phil
ippines , but it was explained that Admiral
Dewey failed because Spain had refused
to soil them to the United States , and dis
posed of then ; to a foreigner at Ilong
Kong. It turns out that the ilong Kong
.rayer was an agent of Gen. Otis , Avho
shrewdly resorted to this scheme to out
wit the Spaniards. Consequently Dewey
and Otis wtrc r-'uMiug against each other.
ROADS ToJsPENP CASH.
Tear
This
Railroad Bnildin * in Iowa
Records.
to Break All Former
Somebody has been to the trouble to figure
wind and water ,
the
out
ure it up , squeeze
and compute that the railroad building in
Iowa this year will aggregate the largest
mileage ever laid in one year in the btate.
of this kind of activity
A couple of years more
tivity and Iowa will be restored to its old
position as the leader among all the States
in railroad mileage.
It has often been said in the past that
Iowa's great railroad mileage was to be
credited , not to the State's ability to fur
nish business for so much road , but to its
advantageous location on the great high
ways between east and west. It may be
true that in the past railroads have build-
ed across Iowa in order to get somewhere
else ; but it is certain that practically all
the building this year is being done to
open up new Iowa territory.
Judge Hubbard of Cedar Rapids said a
day or two ago that the Northwestern
would spend $2,000,000 this year on its
Iowa lines , and as much more next year.
The line is to be double tracked entirely
across the State , and the Moingona cut
off will be put in , at immense expense.
"We will be able to haul forty cars of
twenty tons load each , from the Missouri
river to Chicago with a single engine , "
said Judge Hubbard. "Our grades will
be reduced to such a point that we will be
able to haul freight from the river to
Chicago for 10 cents per hundred , and
make a profit out of it. "
The Milwaukee is getting ready for con
siderable extensions in the north and
northwest parts of the State. It will
build from Rockwell City to Sac City ,
Storm Lake , and north to Spencer. This
is certain. In addition , a line from Boone
to Lehigh is planned and likely to be built.
It would connect at LehSgh with the Ma-
sou City and Fort Dodge , now understood
to be controlled by the Milwaukee , and.
give a Des Moines connection with the
north part of the State and with the twin
cities. The Minneapolis and St. Louis is
building from Xew Ulin , Minn. , via Jack
son , Spirit Lake and Storm Lake , to
Omaha. The Illinois Central is building
from Fort Dodge southwesterly to Oma
ha , taking in , so nearly as can be learned ,
Rockwell City and Denison on the route.
The Wabash has just closed its deals to
buy the old Des Moines and St. Louis
lines , and will build from Moulton to Al-
bia , about thirty miles , giving it a com
plete Des Moines-St. Louis line of its own
without leasing any tracks. This assures
that the Wabash will for all time be an
Iowa road.
Aside from its double tracking , the
Northwestern promises considerable
building of other lines in the west part
of the State , designed to further occupy
the territory controlled by that system.
It looks as if the State would see 1,000
miles of new road built this year.
State Items of Interest.
Jackson Junction will have a new school
house.
The Crescent bridge at Davenport is
completed.
Dubuque is to have a pearl button fac
tory in the near future.
A new school house to cost about ? 3,000
will be erected at Unionville.
A new school house will be erected at
Republic the coming summer.
George Curtis of Hamburg was drown
ed in the Missouri river while hunting.
The big steel bridge across the lowa
river at New Galena was destroyed by ice
gorging above it.
It is expected that the Illinois Central
wiil expend about $10,000 on their new de
pot at Mi > . ; on City.
Charles Hoi-hertz of Count il Bluffs has
pleaded guilty to the charge of robbing a
postoilice box in that city.
The Crescent Coal Company at What
Cheer hoisted about 825 tons of efcal from
their new mine one day last week.
J. "W. Freeman has brought suit against
Dnbuquo for $2,000 damages sustained
through falling on an icy sidewalk.
Seven hundred and twenty dollars was
expended last year on street lights in Lis
bon and $300 for water for fire purposes.
Farmers in the vicinity of Harlan are
of the opinion that the cold weather of
the winter has killed about all the clover.
The three sons of John Early of Des
Moines were examined at the recruiting
station there , passed examination and
enlisted.
The taxpayers of DeWitt want a re
funding of the excessive tax levy made
by the town council which exceeded the
legal amount.
T. J. Mathis of Des Moines took a drink
of atrophia by mistake and for some time
his life was despaired of , but he is now
out of danger.
While Jens Anderson of Clinton was
crossing the track there a B. , C. R. & N.
train struck his wagon , but he escape * '
without injury.
Gilbert Breedon , alias G. Graft , has
been sentenced at Fort Dodge to four
years in the penitentiary for stealing a
team and buggy.
Walter S. Baker of Marshalltown
brought suit against the glucose company
for $1,500 damages , for injuries received
in their employ.
The recent case of smallpox in Council
Bluffs cost that city nearly $1,000 for
medical attendance , nursing , watchmen ,
food , clothing , etc.
The Iowa conference of charities and
correction held its second annual session
at Burlington. Judge Kinne of the Iowa
State board of control delivered an ad-
ilress on the organization and purposes of
Lhe board. Mrs. J. W. Roberts of Keo-
kuk read a paper on "Friendly Visits , "
showing the value * of personal attention
to important cases. Joseph Downing of i !
Keokuk read a paper on "Co-operation in
Charity Organization Work. " Officers
ivere elected as follows : President , J. H.
Shaver , Cedar Rapids ; first vice-president ,
[ . A. Lees , Iowa City ; second vice-presi-
lent , C. P. Birge , Keokuk ; treasurer , H.
S. Hoi lings worth , Des Moines ; general
secretary , Mrs. Charlotta Goff , Des ii
Moines.
The Iowa Mercantile Company of New
ton has filed articles of incorporation with
a. capital of § 100,000.
Buchanan County during 1S93 saved
? 4,000 by having its bridge work done un-
iler the supervision of the "Board of Super
visors instead of by contract.
The United States fish commissioner at
Manchester is asking for bids for furnish
ing and constructing a steam heating
plant in the hatchery building there.
Mrs. HatlU-y of New York , who brought
suit in CUaton against Mrs. Forrest to re
cover possession of her child , has
the : little cue by-Qri.U'r uC the court.