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V i 4 1 V- pp hx i 1 19 8 Funeral Procession Will Dc a Gorgeous Military Display CEREMONY TO BE STATELY All HlntniM to Do Suipcndcd In London 1roin 1ililiiy tint II Along t tic Ilonte AxUIiikh Vmin limit for Single Wliiihuif London Inn 31 Tho funeral pro cession In Luiulun uh Indicated by tlic war otlico orders will be a gorgeous military pageant Detachments of 40 regiments Willi mi iilmosl equal mini bor of uniforms embracing till arms of the service will luakc u coiiHtaiilly changing picture The uniforms of nil the great armies of the world will nppcar for In addition to the brilliant entourages of the visiting kings nml princely envoys there will be the mili tary attaches of the embassies und legations The nnvnl corps will also take part In the procession which will be two miles long The services at Windsor Saturday will be conducted by the archbishop of Canterbury The Interment Monday will be conducted by the bishop of Wlnchcscr and the tlenn of Windsor From tlo tltno the coflln reaches Lon don to Its departure guns will slowly boom In Hyde park Londoners are Just awakening to the full proportion of the obsequies and the result of days of mourning which to numerous tradesmen and others means absolute closure and is causing consternation Suddenly to stop every Industry In the United Kingdom and to turn the masses Into the streets with millions hoping to concentrate along the two miles route of the procession Is an undertaking which has begun to be fully appreciated by the police but the public of London Is dlsmnyed to find that all the great markets Coven t Garden Smlthfleld and others where the food of the metropolis is supplied are to be absolutely closed at the end of the week Restaurants and bars will be shut and the crowds will have to wander In the streets London Is n world In itself living from hand to mouth and tiie closing of the accus tomed avenues for the supply nnd dis tribution of food drink and amuse ment from Friday to Monday will mean a loss and inconvenience that no American city could appreciate Householders along the route arc nsklng a years rent for single win dows S London learned last year how total ly Inadequate the police and military nre to protect and the npprehenslons of Saturdays crush are enough tonp pall Londoners Hut apparently these considerations do not deter thousands of every rank from flocking to the me tropolis Some idea of the magnitude of the affair may be gathered from the fact that a firm of caterers has been ordered to nrenare a breakfast nnd dinner for 250000 troops CONGER DOES NOT APPROVE Objects to Demanding of China the Ac cniiiplihlnniiit of liiipoiHllilllticB Washington Inn III While vigor ously opposing the execution of Prince Tunn and General Fu Hsiang Mr Conger with the approval of the United States has agreed to the decap itation of four ringleaders In the Chin ese outrages of last summer Two of these nre Prince Chwang a deputy of the Hoxers nnd Yu Sien who was removed by the empress dowager from the post of Eovernor of Shan Si It Is understood that before ngroclng to the execution of the four oflicials the authorities will ascertain whether the Chinese government will bo able to comply with such a demand The case of General Tung Fu Hsiang Is different Surrounded by nn army devoted to him he would resist nn attempt to execute him and civil war would he precipitated The strong position of Prince Tunn nlso makes decnpltntlon Impossible in his ense Mr Conger hns cabled stntlng that he wns strongly opposing the execu tion of the Chinese geenrnl nnd other lenders whom the Chinese govern ment could not reach Awful Condition In China Berlin Jan 31 A special dispatch to the Cologne Volks Zellung from China relates horrible details about the wnrfnre In that country nnd snys Wo hope the nwful conditions will Boon cease The depravity nnd be stiality nlso nmong our troops Is enor mously on the Increase Lnrgo num bers of old soldiers nre sentenced to long terms In the penitontlnry nnd jnll for murder criminal nssnult and burg lary Our losseR nre certainly greater that wny than by denth DIsenses are till rampant especially typhus German Preparing for Lengthy Stay London Jan 81 A strong German force with a months supplies nnd pre ceded by an advance guard of Japa nese snys a uispatch to the Standard from Tien Tsin hns left Peking for Shan Hn It Is evident that no early withdrawal of the Germans Is Intend ed summer clothing having been or dered for the troops Blitjr lie Hustlers KrvvnRe Pierre S I Jun 31 I W Brad ghiiw owner of the bunch of horses re cently recovered from a crowd of rustlers near Yankton Is lying nt n hotel In this city with n bad knife wound In his side Inflicted by two un known men To Deport liners to I nil I a Calcutta Jun 31 It Is reported that Lord Kitchener wishes to send 10000 Boer prisoners to India He pro poses to locate them iu the stute of Nliglra province of OriBa BeugaL LIVES LOST IN HOTEL FIRE bet n Morj structure In Now York Hum lit llnrlj llnnr New York Jan 31 -Two lives wero lost at the burning of the lintel Jeff erson a seven story building 101 100 Fust Fifteenth street yesterday The damage by lire is estimated at 150000 The dead rlNOIlA nmVNIMl need 23 a nnr iiiaiiith ukynoihs io whIuchs The tlrst was killed by Jumping from n window on the sixth floor and the second wns suffocated In her room on the seventh floor John Chatlleld proprietor of the ho tel Mrs Chatlleld and her mother Mrs F II Streator escaped from the burning building clnd only In their night robes J Ensign Fuller nn elderly innn made a thrilling rescue of hiH 17-year-old Invalid niece Miss May Uppermnn She was In a back room on tho third floor Through the heat and smoko Mr Fuller carried her downstairs on his back Ills feet were terribly birned nnd as he reached the open nlr he staggered and fell with his un conscious burden Into the arms of a policeman FIRE IN BOSTOCKS ZOO Collection or Animal Woilh lour Urcd Thniiiiind Dollars Itoatlud to Death at lliiltlinore Baltimore Jan 31 Wlth pitiful screams of fright and groans of In tense pain the 75 or more nnlmals of nil descriptions confined In cages at Frank C linstocks Yaw which was In winter quarters In the old Cyclorama building iu tills city were roasted to deatli last night The llames spread so rapidly that it was impossible for tho attendants to rescue the helpless animals nnd with the exception of one elephant one camel nnd a pack of hounds the entire herd was lost The tire was discovered a few minutes after the evening performance was over Had the audience not been small because of a snow iitonn it would have been impossible to have emptied the building so quickly and loss of life would doubtless have resulted Twen ty minutes after tho tire was started j tho entire building which was almost entirely of wood was a mnss of flames Mr Bostock estimates his loss on an lmnls nt about f 100000 QUICK WORK OFFLAMES Dent ruction or tho Continental Clothing Company at Chicago Chicago Jan III Fire loss of 100 000 was sustained by the Continental Clothing company last evening iu the destruction of the large store at Mil waukee and Ashland avenues A strong wiud made the lire burn rapid- ly forcing 50 employes In the upper bturies to Jump from windows into provished life saving nets which con j sisted mostly of awnings which were let down by persons in the street as soon as the danger became apparent The Continental Clothing company i i owned by J U Nusbniim who carried Insurance of 04000 The building valued nt 35000 is damaged beyond repair The lire started from a de fective stove in the basement To Miiko Xiiv Survey of Inillun I aiidx Topeka Jan 31 The Hock Island railroad has signed a contract with the government to make a new survey nt once of tho Kiowa Comanche and Apache Innds The survey Is to be finished by July 1 and the opening of the lands to settlement will occur therefore early In August FOR OKLAHOMA STATEHOOD Couveution Delegate nt Guthrie Unan imous In Deiiianillng Jt Guthrie O T Jan 31 Immediate statehood was demanded of congress i in un enthusiastic convention called to order here yesterday by Sidney Clarke of Oklahoma City chairman of the statehood executive committee Every county in both territories was well represented J It Fegan wel comed the delegates and Hon F K Glllett of Canadian county responded Ex Sonntor Harrison E Havens of Enid vis elected temporary chairman and In addressing the delegates made nn eloquent plea for statehood The temporary organization was mado per manent and a recess till evening was taken The 200 or more delegates i hero are unanimous for statehood at I the earliest minute possible The majority of them are for single hood for Oklnhomn although tho minority who favor both territories I being included In one state nre ng greslve enough to make their claims have weight Editor Are Entertained Pierre S I Jan 31 Tho State Editorial association Is holding its midwinter meeting nt this city About 10 members are present The local press crowd tendered the visitors n re- ceptlon and banquet at the Locke hotel1 last nignt TELEGRAMS TERSELY TOLD Sir Cavendish Boyle has been ap pointed governor of Newfoundland The Southern Railroad company Wednesdny secured control of the Mo bile and Ohio railroad The stallion Hamburir belnnclnf tn the estate of the lute Marcus Daly was sold ut auction Wednesday to W C Whitney for 00000 It S Kingman well known through out the west among stock breeders died at Spurtu Wis Wednesday after a protracted Illness uged 72 Baseball magnates from cities of Illi nois Indiana und Iowa met at Peorln Wednesday and perfected arrange ments for the formation of a league Charters wero Hied with tho Tcxai secretary of state Wednesday for two oil companies capitalized at 1000000 each with headejuurter at Buiumout THE NORFOLK NKWfi FRIDAY FKRHHARY I 1001 fl a s I ED W C T U Women Make a Raid on Anthony Joints MRS NATION IS OUTDONE llillltllnu Tliiikcii liio liar Ilvtiiic Siniiohcil Willi llalchrl nml Liquor lie ecpliuilca Kmpllcd Into liuter llu binitW Son anil lli ntlcrs tin it luitlil i Anthony Kan Jan 31 -Mrs Carrie Nation was outdone lieie yesterday when a band of W C T U women headed by Mrs SiieiltT or Danville Kan completely wieeked the llxtuies In four Joints smashing plate glass windows and mirrors right and left nnd turned gallon after gallon of liquor Into the nitton The women who wero of the best families In An thony were accompanied by their husbands and sons or brothers who assured protection No arrests wero made and the band will It Is said start out today on a tour of destruction through Harper county which is pro line In saloons Mrs Sheriff who led yesterdays raid Is under bond to appear at Dan ville In April to answer n charge of million wrecking plnced against her six weeks ago Mrs Sheriff eainc to Anthony Tuesday and worked all night procuring hatchets nnd other Im plements of destruction and It was 2 n in before she had perfected plans for the raid She enlisted the follow ing women Mesdnmcs M J Davis Wllllnm Scott F II Hrubaker Louis Macy T O Hooper Charles Itoliln son John lllckens John Kendall J 11 Shelton and the Misses McKay lago Mnssey Robinson nnd Hlxon nil of Anthony They began their at tack shortly after daybreak taking the saloon keepers and the town of licials by surprise The llrt place attacked was situated In the rear of a drug store which was forcibly entered from the rear It con tained some costly liar fixtures With in a few minutes the woman had smashed everything In sight The cash register was demolished but In their hurry to flnish this job and go to other places they overlooked the bulk of the liquor stored away Half a block down the street theec ond scene of Joint smashing was en ncted They found this saloon locked but axes were applied and the whole glass front wns smashed In Here their work wns more complete The building n great plate glass mir ror nnd everything in sight was re duced to the maximum of the Mrs Na tion idea Here nlo n fight occurred the proprietor wns smashed over the head with a beer bottle his scalp laid open nnd his blood mixed with the flow of liquors that ran in small strenms over the floor The joint keeper was struck by the husband of one of tho women In quick succession two other places a short distance down the street were subjected to similar treatment Tho women knelt and prayed with in sight of the wreck they had spread One woman in an impassioned appeal to the Almighty asked that He guide them to other dens of iniquity nnd direct their footsteps to other rum cursed towns in Kanns As n sequel to the raid n number of young men nnd two or three small boys became reeling drunk Two of the boys were locked up In the cilv Jnll During the excitement they had followed the crusaders Into the saloons nnd secured a quantity of whisky wine and beer WHIPPED BYANGRY WIFE Keeper of nn Alleged Cnnihllng Ilcinse at ISllchannn Mich Publicly IJavt hided St Joseph Mich Jan 31 The pub lie horse whipping of an alleged gambling house keeper by an angry wife furnished no end of excitement nt Buchnnnn yesterday and placed that village well up In rank with the Kansas towns that have felt the rigor ous moralizing efforts of Mrs Nation The victim of the chastisement was Skette Rough keeper of what pur ports to be a candy and cigar store but which wives who have felt n shortening of their allowances on their husbands paydays sny is a gambling house The Michigan disciple of strenuous reform method Is Mrs 7 Voorhees nnd she had at her back half the fem inine population of the villnge In nddltlon several hundred men crowded nbout and howled with de light ns the Infuriated woman bela bored the back of tho cigar dealer Harper Saloom Clcue Their Ilnnrn Wichita Kan Jan 31 Wholesale liquor dealers here received telephone messages from Harper last night stat ing Hint there was not nn open saloon in town nt sunset Harper is half way between Anthony nnd Danville nnd it Is said that tho local W C T U leaders have been strangely nctlvc there all day Messages have also been received here that three saloons nt Attica have closed DMrranchUrd for Selling Their Votes Crnwfordsvllle Ind Jan 31 In Hie Montgomery circuit court yesterday Willis Sering Scott Kansdell A IL Peterson and James Sheldon pleaded guilty to selling their votes at the No vember election und wen disfran chised for 12 years Twenty one men have so far been found gtillty of vote selling and disfranchised for n period of from 12 to 20 years Organize Hatchet Club Topeka Jan 31 The young men of Parkdule a suburb of Topeka have or ganized whut they call a hatchet club They have not made known their pluus other than Uiey favor Mrs Nation tad her mode of closing vd Jooum CITING BACON AND CUPPETT Atliirnir Icncrnl Waul Writ iiUJiiiiWnr riialo frrvril nn lce Appoint e Picric S D Jan 31 Atlormy Gen eral le letiirncd trom Sioux Kails wheic the newly appointed menibeis of tho board ol charities and correc tions made n demand upon the Lee boaiil for the otllees under their con trol and were met by a refusal The attorney general will apply to I he su preme court for a writ of quo war ranto citing Messrs Itacou and Cup pelt to appear and show cause why they should attempt to hold olllce after their Micccssors had been nppulutcd and quallllcd The house met bills for third read ing In a different spirit yesterday and passed a number those passed being the road bill which was pulled out of the way of the storm Tuesday and came back amended to provide Hint nou resident owners of laud must ap point a resident of the road district as an agent on whom notice of road work can be served Senate bills passed To appropriate money payment of Hie Judgment given Brown and Saengcr by supreme court prohibiting the killing of nnMope Mt tlug aside 10000 acres of slate land for the beiiellt of the asylum for the blind nml lliiilltiitr tiitiainiiltiiii if fWii MtliMiliMi I i of nomination to the olllelnl papers at n fixed maximum rate ALL ALLOWED TO VOTE llliinor That lnlleil Stolen Wonlil Noon Turn liver the loioruinctit to Ciihnn Cnnac a Scare In IIiihIiick Clinic Havana Jan 31 Iluslncss was In it panicky condition yesterday owing to the rumor that the United States would soon turn over the government to the Cubans Governor Genval Wood and Collect or ltliss are besieged by those asking for dcliultc Information regarding the Intention of the United States govern ment The Cuban constitutional convention yesterday voted by a largo majority to Insert a clause In Hie constitution In favor of universal suffrage Senoi Alteiunn said It was a right demanded by the Cubans and the convention would not lie dealing fairly with the people If it neglected tills rigid Senor Berlel Insisted Hie matter should be left for future consideration He em phasized the fact of a dangerous for i elgn element coming to Cuba Seuor Sangullly said there was nn need to fear Unit the foreigners would endanger Cuba and that Hie lower classes were as capable as the middle elates when It came to choosing leg j lslators I Ugly Charge Agalnnt Mother Superior Iron Mountain Mich Jan 31 A sensation was created here yesterday when Ellen Ilogan a novitiate In the emergency hospital wiih declared sane by Probate Judge Itcrgcrou and her release ordered from the county jail where she had been conllued since last Saturday night The arrest was made at the Instance of the mother superior who alleged that she was Insane The girl related n harrowing tale to the probate judge of her III treatment at I the hospital and many ugly charges were made against the management of that Institution Shorlhorn llieederii ICIeet Ofllrnrn Kansas City Ian 31 The Short horn breeders elected tho following of ficers President 11 C Duncan Os born Mo first vice president S C Hiiiinu Howard Kan second vice president T J Wnriinll Liberty Mo secretary B O Cowan New Point Mo treasurer II I Clay Plattsburg Mo state presidents L O Lawson Clarkson Neb Martin Flynn Des Moines Iu Resolutions against the tuberculin tests of the government were adopted f Kemhilhcent of the Letter Deal Chicago Jan 30 A decision rem iniscent of the Letter wheat deal of 1808 wns rendered in tho nppellato court here yesterday the court lng tho Judgment of 17512 ngnlnst Jo 1 seph Loiter in favor of Murray Nel son Co nnd denying nn atttichment of the property of the former wheat king Murray Nelson Co were creditors of Mr Lelter when the crash of his wheat deal came June 13 819S TELEGRAMS TERSELY TOLD Jack McClelland knocked out Eddlo Santry In the fourth round at PItW burg Tuesday Connie Sullivan who was ten years ngo the bantmiiwelght champion Is dead at his home In New York city Rear Admiral Knub who has Just been relieved from command of the Pacific station was placed on the re tired list Tuesday Suit was begun Tuesday before Judge Edward Hollister at Cincinnati to enjoin the proposed contest on Feb 15 Tho cargo of Uio Hrltlsh steamer Istrara which arrived nt Bremen on Jan 28 from New Orleans wus afire and 30 bales of cotton wero dam aged Senator Thurston Tuesday intro duced a resolution authorizing tho committee on Indian affairs to visit different Indian reservations nnd In dian schools during the next recess of congress A train on the White Puss railway wns wrecked by nn uvuhinche near Summit nnd parUnily burled It took four hours to dig out two men Impris oned lu tho wreck who were found un conscious The federal grand jury nt Junenii hns brought Indictments against the owners of every Milmon cannery mid hatchery In AInska Two Indictment are returned tigulnut each company one for evading the jns lul tax law ami the other for unlawful lUhlug 1 a S I Exposed to Attaclcs of Ven ezuelan Insurgents REBELS GAINING STRENGTH St llilal i r lmilnM Wlillu outlderliig He pm I Overdrawn Wire II lo male lie pal linriil ltn nlulloiiMa lime llelakeii Ciiiupiuo Mild Omnium Port of Spain Trinidad Jan 30-Ac-voiding to ad vices iccclved fiom Ca racas a triistwoithy engineer who has arrived there from Pilch lake re ports that lie wltuiitloti Is disastrous He hiivs that IdO English negioes who were employed to do police duly lied elicit Hie Insurgents begun llrltig Into the Jungles only 2 Americans being left lo pioiid the property and lives of American families The messenger from Hie lake Implored the United States legation ut Caracas to ullord protect Ion saying Hint I lie lives und properly were exposed lo attacks tir ing nrnttiiil the bike going on dally und Hie Americans not being stile to hold out long United States Minister 1 totals slated Hint thcie reports weir possibly overdrawn but could not be overlooked and ho would wire the re port to Washington The revolution In the eastern portion Is Increasing but the disturbances are remote from Caracas which remains tranquil Information which has i cached Port of Spain says tho Insui gents have retaken Curapano iitirl wll uttack Cumaua soon Steamers are not allowed to laud passengers and malls at Curapano The coiumnnder of the French cruiser Suchet which lies there con firms this Intelligence and the reported activity of the insurgents It appears that an attempt to capture Ciildad Ilol Ivar capital of the stale of Itollvar about 375 miles up he Orinoco Is like ly to be made uh soon us the Insiir gents have received a large supply of arms expected Cables to the Trinidad papers from Caracas are severely censored The Venezuelan government threatens three American reporters with forci ble expulsion and is rigorously sup pressing press dispatches to the United States BESEECHED TO RETURN Celestials AmU Kiupcror Kming Sil to tin Hack to Telling Peking Ian 30- A court martial which bus caused considerable interest has been called In lieu IV la during lin last two weeks The men on trial lire Privities DlcUnon and Scamaus of tlio Kifteeiilh Infantry It was pub lished In October lust that theso men while on guard duly along the river belli up several villages demanded money nnd their demands were com plied witli They were capliiied by the French authorities nnd turned over to Hie Americana Dickson Is still ut liberty Seamans wns sen tenced to 2t years Imprisonment and Dickson to 21 Three hundred prominent Chinese residents Kiaug Se province have sent a memorial to the emperor re questing his majesty lo make public the date of his return to Peking in or der to satisfy the people They as sert that the Joxer troubles were due to u few high ofliciuls hut as these of ficials have now been ordered to be punished the court ought to return to Peking as the palaces tombs and other property are there and Hie re sponsibilities of 200 years cannot light ly be thrown aside Cnhan Conrttltnllon ITnvnnn Jan 30 The Cuban con stitutional convention Is proceeding rapidly with the discussion of Hie draft of the coustlutlon submitted by the central committee Several arti cles relating to provincial government and method of election of ofllcers have been tabled until after the adoption of the electoral law Two Important articles for consideration will dear with universal suffrage and the powers of provincial governments Onl vent oil Itullcf Ill ml Austin Tex Jan 30 Governor Bayres sent a message to the legislat ure making u report of the fund sub Bcrlbod to the relief of the CJuIveston nnd gulf const flood sufferers lust Sep tember The report stntes Hint 078 414 wiib received by the governor nnd funds received nt Galveston Houston nnd other places Increased the amount to 1088414 Every nitUon in the world contributed In ome manner to the funds Tribute to Late Ouren i Manila Jan 30 General MacAr thnr has Issued orders that all duty throughout the division excepting the necessary guard nnd field duty be sus pended the dny of Queen Victorias funeral At reveille n nntlonnl salute will be fired and single guns will be fired hnlf hourly between sun rise and nun set when a salute to the union Jack of 45 guns will be fired Poles Iluuiiliiy bu Uprltlnff Berlin Jan 30 The police author ities In the Polish provinces of Prus Bla have discovered evidence of the existence of secret societies aiming at a revolutionary rising A number of arrests have been made in Posen One vt the ringleaders a medical student named Vladislav BoleskI escaped across tho Austrian frontier Colouel Mmclinnd 111 roris Jan 30 The health of Colonel Marcliaud of rnsljmlu fame Is causing much anxiety to his friends Ho had only partially recovered when he was attached to the China expeditionary corps He Is suffering from the ef fects of the climate and from an old woouj iu the arm received lu the tlouduu campaign i DJLL TO ABOLISH PASSES AleiKiiire Which Will ill Oirihe free I lit II II let Iliroiigh tin lcgUlnllire Lincoln Ian 31- Senator lleutlttg Introiliued a bill which prohibits Urn giving of fiee traiiHpditntloii by rail way companies to any person except emploies of the company and provlil lug severe penalties for a violation of the act The few changes lu Hie vole for sen ntor were eutliely devoid of effet I upon result ns follows Ilnlloti 7 H t 10 II 12 IH Alien ri rr nn ir r7 ns llnue t 2 2 - lroliie 7 if II 0 fi 7 H fin 1 1- 20 III 21 IH 1M IM 2 Mniiier fi I I I II -I 1 Mn Inn 1 t I I I 1 1 llilllliKlnii 2 2 1 2 I 1 llllelico 1 2 I 17 IM 12 I 17 IIIiiMiiiu ITt it IT III lJ III 1J KMili11 2 2 It 2 I A A 1 I I Milllt IiiIiii ll J lt 2 2H 2ll Mm Inn 1 1 I t t Mm I In 7 7 II ll 1 II It OIiIIiiiiii t J ltoicwiler Ill I lit 15 17 18 IH Smith IM I I SlllllClllltlll 1 t 1 1 I 1 t Smyt r J 1 Tiiiimimi i K it r iu ti rr n v Iliiiinppiin II Ml Til u u n ll I Villi IIIIHCII I I I 1 1 1 PEACE AGAIN REIGNS rreence of Troop Ha tjiilellnt IIITcc t Upon Itehellloli Cl H7y Simlm to He Tiled for Trciivin Ilenilettn 1 T Jun 31 nmong the witrrlug Ct celts bus appar ently been reached and all hat now remains to lie done Is to give Chltto llnrjo the chief Snnke who hns caused all the trouble a preliminary hearing nnd send him to Muskogee for trial for treason Iu the meantime n few more of the minor lenders will he ar rested ami the troop of cavaliy ni1 t Lieutenant Dixon will probably re main here a few -days longer until tho liiht vesilge of an uprising Inn disap peared Last nlizhl the Indians burned signal fires on the hills surrounding the town at a distance of two or three inllei from the camp and fenrb un attack the soldiers remained up II daylight armed nnd ready for litant action Hul Hie Indians attempt 1 no depre dation MAKES FORMAL DEMAND IllviiW or Control of lloiu il of tliurltle ItrltiK MnttciH to Iociih Sioux Fulls S I Jan 30 Ill it struggle between tho appointees of Governor Herreld and those of Gov eronr Leo for control of Hie stale bonrd of charities and corrections the appointees of Hie former at the meet ing of the board here formally de manded that Governor Lees ap pointees surrender the olllces to them The demand was refused John I Pyle attorney general of South Dakota who was here to ad vise Hie new members of the board as to Hie method of procedure to se em e scuts on the board will today tile n petition lu the stnte supreme court In order to secure an early decision ns to Hie legality of Governor Her rclds appointments delicti Municipal Iterorm St Iouls Jan 30 The Evangelical ulllance which Includes all tho churches of St Iouls and vicinity with the exception of the Catholic Episcopal and German speaking churches has Inaugurated a move ment for municipal reform Tills plan Is to form a permanent committee of 50 representative men who are to pass upon the nominees submitted by the various parties especially for the spring election The Intention Is to keep the movement entirely non-partisan and non sectnrlnn IlrKu riH ugn or Spooncr Hill Manila Jan 30 Dr Kruger the German consul general here has ca bled to the Merlin government asking that the Gorman ambassador at Wash ington lie instructed to diplomatically urge the passage of the Spooncr bill Two mining corporations organized In Germany nre nnxlous to begin op erations in the Philippines but cannot do so until the status of mining claims Is established by a permanent government Similar action will prob ably be taken by the Hrltlsh consul KVal Sucrcetls Illmey Chicago Jan 30 John A IHnsoy president of the board of control of the endowment rank of Knights of Pyth ias bus resigned und C F S Nenl of Lebanon Intl has been elected pres ident The resignation of Mr Hln sey was due to a resolution adopted by tho board requiring the president to devote his entlro tlmo to the olllco This Mr Hlnsey was unwilling to do IIS ho Is lit lll hnilll nt lln rlnlm ln partment of the Chicago Mllwaukeo ami M Paul railroad Want Turin on Coffee San Juan P It Jan 30 A joint res olution wns introduced In the house yesterday ami adopted praying tho United States congress to puss legisla tion levying a tariff on coffee enter ing the United States from nil coun tries except Porto Rico thus protect Ing the produce of the Island It Is understood Hint Governor Allen Is in sympathy with tho resolution Are Not Anxious to Hear Her Topeka Jan 30 A resolution was Introduced lu the house yesterday In viting Mrs Carrie Nation to address that body and naming an hour for her to speak Tho resolution was laid on the table VcucKUrlau IteYolutlonUi Defeated Caracas Venezuela Jan 31 The revolutionists hayo been dofeated near Carupnuo with numerous losses Two oiib of General Acostu have been made prisoners Mejunq and Rojas have also becu defeated M I i I m