V It fe Kl INS HI Edward VII the Central Figure In Stately Ceremony SCENE IN HOUSE OF LORDS lo J BpvIthI of Anclpnt Ceremontcfl PrronU A Moit Hrllllnnt Frnui tlin Tlirouelloiies to lintl the Hour War Soon London leb IB The opening of tho first iMilhuutHit of the new reign wit nessed the usunl competition on tho part of the members of tho lioiiho of commons to secure scuts Despite tho Arctic wenther thu members stole up to tho doors of parllumiMil house shortly after midnight At day break a score of members had assem bled and after that the arrivals were in rapid succession At 1030 a do luchnient of Yeomanry of thu guard from tho tower In their quaint uni cornis and currying halberds arrived und conducted thu customary searcn of the vaults for imaginary conspir ators with the usual result Shortly afterward troops inarched up and lined the entire route Tralllc was Btopped and tho crowds were driven behind the linos of soldiers and police The first purllnincnt of the reign of King Edward VII was opened by the king In person i The last state ceremony of tho kind occurred in 1801 when Queen Victoria opened parliament nccompanled by the prince consort and since tho death of the latter nothing equal to the display of yesterday has been witnessed in London The routo of the royal party which lay through the Mall and Parliament Btreet was guarded by 5000 soldiers Thousands of Londoners packed St fames park bordered the route of the proceision and filled windows stands and roofs The procession speedily traversed the short route to an accom paniment of roars and shouts and reached the royal entrance to the pal ace of Westminster beneath the Vic toria tower at the appointed time IAi soon as his majesty was enthroned the lord great chamberlain received the royal command to summons the the royal command to summon tho ioar the speech from the throne The king in his speech expressed hopes of soon ending the Boer war I The brilliancy of tho state opening of parliament was but little retlected In the subsequent sittings of the two Blouses The spSechesrcnythewar cre ated no sensations 1 In the house of commons Sir Henry Cainpbell Bannermans advocacy of offering terms to the Boers indicated a leaning to the radicals which is not fully approved by large numbers of liberals Mr Balfour admitted that the gov ernment had entirely miscalculated as to South African affairs The Irish members Imparted a live ly element In the debate but tho house could not be aroused to any great In terest I WORD FROM KITCHENER Eendi Newi of Ilrisk Fighting Against Denreta Force 1 London Feb 15 The war office has received the following dispatch from Lord Kitchener 1 Pretoria Fob 14 Our troops are eow engaged with Christian Dewets jforco north of Phillpstown which w told Dewet having crossed the river apparently moving west French re porting from a point 25 miles south cast of Ermelo states that a large Iforce of the enemy Is being driven on to Plet Itotlef their efforts to break iback having so far been frustrated The Innisklllings charged tho enemy who left five killed and six wounded on the ground Ten Boers were cap tured and there was a large capture of wagons carts and cattle Our cas ualties were one killed and five wounded No Settlement In Sight London Feb 15 The Tien Tsln correspondent of the Standard says The situation in Poking is again bo coming complicated and tho prospects of a settlement aro moro remote than ver It Is reported that tho signa tures of the Chlnoso plenipotentiaries to the peace conditions are not In cor rect form It is said that Sir Ernest Sntow will take decisive action early Count von Waldersee Is reported to Jiave sent an ultimatum to tho imperial court All appearances Indicate that Chinas immovable obstinacy Is mere ly Intended to facilitate the prepara tions she Is making for a renewal of hostilities In tho spring I UUtan DevInoJArrented I Chicago Feb 15 Lillian Devine a rwell known character and whose name rtvas mentioned with that of Pat Crowe In connection with tho Cudahy kidnap ing affair In Omaha was arrested hero yesterday for disorderly conduct Tho Svomtn denies all implication in the Omaha kidnaping affair and states that at tho tluio It occurred she wus In Chicago fc Strathcoua IIore I andi London Feb 15 Tho Strathcoua Horse which sailed from Capo Town on tlie British steamer Lake Krle Jan 20 landed at tho Elbert docks in the midst of much enthusiasm and cheer ing and the Bhrleklug of steamers elrens A large crowd awaited the landing of tho men The troops at once took trains for the city llj cct The Norfolk Weekly News Journal SOUNCNOTE OF WARNING feruntor llfttn anil Imlgn Crltlrlio Haplil lnorrwe of Approprlntlom WnshliiKton Feb 15 The sennlo de voted practically the entire day to the agricultural appropriation bill The measure was not completed Halo and Lodge sounded notes of warning against the enormous appropriations being made by the present congress Hale dcelnrod the peoplo of the coun try soon would become alarmed and then those who were responsible for tho Immense expenditures would scelc the rocks and mountains to hldo from tho wrath of tho people Lodge de clared that the expenditures of tho government as shown by the appro priations wore approaching rapidly the billion dollar mark and It was time now to draw the line Every neces sary expenditure ought to bo made but lie asserted that some bills notably the river and harbor bill were loaded down with needless and useless ap propriations Tho speeches attracted much attention among senators A brief night session of tho senate was held to complete the rending of the District of Columbia code bill TILT IN JHE HOUSE Exciting Debute Over Halo of Old Now York Clinton llouso to Nutlonnl City Hunk Washington Feb 15 The events in connection with the sale of the old New York custom house to the Na tional City bank occupied the center of the stage during tho debate on tho sundry civil appropriation bill In the house yobterdny Much excitement attended the debate Mcltue Ark made a motion to strike out thu appro priation of 371074 for rent of the custom house and with this motion as a basis Jones Va launched a tierce uttack upon the manner und circum stances of the sale and tho vast profits which ho claimed the bank made out of the transaction Seeretury Gage wus sharply criticised and several ref erences were made to the letter writ ten by Mr Hepburn to Secretary Gage apropos of the political claims of the bank Cannon and Hopkins Ills both de fended the custom house transaction and the lntter turned the tables on tho Democrats by springing upon them it series of letters -written by promi nent Democrats Including Senator Jones Ark to the secretary of the treasury under tho Cleveland admin istration asking the deposit of govern ment funds In banks with Democratic procllvittes jJIIs center shot was n letter written oy Representative Rich ardson in behnlf of a bank at Mur freesboro Tenn McRne indignantly charged that the letters were private letters and had been furnished to di vert nttention from the sale of the cus tom house ne and Mr Hopkins had hot words and for n moment it looked as If there would be a personal en counter In tho end MeRnes amend ment was lost 80 to 98 a strict party vote Sainpxon Schley Controversy Renewed Washington Feb 15 President Sic Klnley yesterday sent a message to congress urging that the thanks of con gress be tendered to Admiral Sampson for his work during the Spanish war as commander of the naval force of tho North Atlantic squadron The Schley Sampson controversy was renewed yesterday as the result of the presi dents nominations and a number of senators announced their opposition to tho nominations Injured In Counting Accident Lafayette Ind Feb 15 A serious coasting accident occurred here last night In which many were injured A bobsled filled with coasters ran Into a tree The most seriously Injured ares Oliver Martin Edward Martin Mrs Frank Snyder Robert Hamilton and Miss Slna Haller TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS Western Tennessee and eastern Ar kansas was visited by an earthquuke shock Tliursduy A Louisville capitalist is forming a pool to buy 1000000 wortli of whisky for speculative purposes The Mardl Gras began at New Or leans Thursday night with the Momus parade The city is full of strangers Further troubles aro reported from Barcelona Granada and Valencia Rioters at Alicante stoned the city hall In tho criminal court at Kansas City Thursday John Julian was sen tenced to 40 years in the state peniten tiary for robbery Professor Edlngton the bacteriolo gist declares that the epidemic now prevalent in Cape Town Is undoubted ly tho bubonic plague F A Valentine of the Armour com pany confirmed tho report that the Armour car line had secured control of tho Earl cars and the Continental Fruit express The Columbia Papor companys mills 20 In number were sold Thursday under a decree of foreclosure for 10 000 though tho actual value of the mills Is 250000 Chicago packers and dealers In leaf tobacco report that tho crop of 1000 leaf tobacco Is so badly damaged by rust pole rot and smut that It will bo almost a total loss The senate committee on civil serv ice Thursday for the sccoud tlmo took favorablo action upon Senator Har ris bill giving ox soldiers of the civil war preference In the matter of civil j service appointments NORFOLK NEBRASKA FRIDAY FEBRUARY 15 1101 Mil Spanish Capital Placed Under Military Control GEN WEYLER IS IN CHARGE Trliicm of the Aturln llvrmtin the Ilrltlo of Irlnco Oniric do lloiirlion With Kutnrnly Simple Ceremony liilillaTtk No 1uit In tho Wedding Madrid Feb 15 In the chapel of the toy til pnltico In the presence of tho royal family and all the aristocracy and olllcialdom of Spain the princess of the Astuiias was yesterday wedded to Prince Diaries do Bourbon Mass was saltl by Cardinal Rauchn primate of Spain After the mass the simple Catholic ritual of marriage was read the ceremony not differing In any detail from that uniting tho most humble members of tlint faith except that the ritual was read from n specially printed book In Spanish and the wedding rings were ex changed by both parties those of course being of great value nnd unique workmnnshlp Owing to tho turbulent condition of the country the btidnl couple will pass their honeymoon In the palace Mndrlil Under Martini IHW The authorities disturbed by the se rious conflicts decided no longer to permit tho populace to have free rein When Madrid awoke It found Itself under military rule A proclamation was posted announcing the enforce ment of martial law owing to the In ability of the civil authorities to cope with tho disturbances Mounted troops patrolled the city and occupied every strategic point and n demonstration townrd tho palace on account of the wedding wns thus nipped In the bud Immense crowds surrounded tho pal ace during the ceremony but not n word of disrespect wns overheard The public did not participate In tho wed ding In any wny General Welyer now holds the safe ty of the city In his hands no has issued a proclamation prohibiting per sons gathering In groups WELCOMEDJ3Y FILIPINOS United States ConimUnton Warmly Gieeted St Dugupnn Dngupan Feb 14 Tho United States Philippine commission arrived here yesterday and will organize n pro vincial government todny The com missioners were received by a crowd of people and bands of music and were conducted to the United States army headquarters Wolcoming speeches were delivered on the way through Pagaslannn General MacArthur has notified the commission that the province of Tny abas Is sufficiently pnclfled for provin cial government also that tho pacifica tion of the other southern provinces Batnngas Lnguna de Bay and Cavlte will be hastened If provincial govern ment is organized Danlfth Went IiiiIIch Not Fold Copenhagen Feb 15 Important developments In regard to the sale or tho Danish West Indies are expected shortly It Is said In well Informed circles that the foreign office is unable to send a definite nnd favorable re ply to the United States King Christian it is understood gave as surances that while he preferred the Islands to remnln Danish if the cir cumstances could be Improved he would do nothing to prevent the trans fer The rigsdag hns apporently con cluded that enough expenditures hnve already been made for the West In dies so it is unwilling to give tho further appropriations neccessury to retain them Will Serve Out tho Sentence Kansas City Feb 15 Hattie Mo Bride and her gray haired mother Lucindn Parker convicted of making false affidavits to pension papers and fined 1000 each by Judge Phllipps were locked in a cell at the county Jnil today Judge Phllipps explained that they could take advantnge of the In solvency act and go to Jail for 30 dnys instead of paying the fine They will probably serve out tho sentenco and not try to pay the fines Union Pacific Get Into Tarnmn Tociunn Wash Foil 15 It is stated positively that the Union Pacific has bought tho Northern Pacific interest in tho old graded right-of-way be tween Portland and Tncoma which wns Jointly owned with the Great Northern Tho entranco of the Union Pacific to Puget sound over Its own tracks will make n connection direct with San Francisco and will place this territory on the line of another transcontinental road Troopi Sent to Prevent Lynching Birmingham Ala Feb 15 Colonel T O Smith commanding tho Third regiment Alabama National guard re ceived orders to proceed to Guntors ville Ala with two companies of lo cal troops to prevent the possible lynching of Burla Hall on trial at that place on the charge of assaulting a 10-year-old girl who was a pupil In his school The troops left here on a Declal tarln King Kdwurd to VUlt Germany London Feb 15 A dispatch from Portsmouth says tho royal yacht Vic toria and Albert has been commanded to tako King Edward and Queen Alex andra to Germany and It Is said that tho British chanuel squadron will form the escort MRS NATION IN COURT Chnrged With Wrecking the ijcimtn Sa loon nt Topukn Topelcn Fob 15 Mrs Carrie Na tion was brought to trial In thu city court hero yesterday on a charge of de stroying property Tln complnluanl was V F Lytic proprietor of the Senate saloon which Mrs Nation and her crusaders wrecked last week Sim pleaded not guilty Tho room was crowded with visitors many of them sympathizers with the crusaders Tho case was finally postponed till Monday next During tho proceedings Mrs Nation rose to her feet and started to address the court but Judge MeCtbo promptly ordered her to keep Rttll After a conference between the at torneys It was agreed that Kelly should admit that lie was running n sa loon ami that Mrs Nation should plead guilty to smashing It This wan done ami now the case will be argued squarely on Its merits as to whether Joint property Is entitled the protec tion of the law FOUR HOTEL FIRES Inqrnilliirlrn Appiu rntly Alnhlng tlu Kflutt to Itinii ChliiiKO llotlelile for Ilirpomi of Itohhory Chicago Fell 15 Fires wore set simultaneously oil four tloors of thu Palmer house lust evening and i5 min utes later fires were discovered on two floors of the Great Northern hotel Two men supposed to be hotel thieve wore seen to run from the Palmer house During the excitement 500 worth of Jewelry was stolen from mm of the rooms of the Great Nhoru About the saint time a blaze vas dis covered In the Sherman house Another hotel lire of suspicious ori gin was discovered In the Hotel Grace The four fires convinced the police that an organized gang of In cendiaries Is operating In Chicago Good descriptions have been secured of the two men who were seen running from the Palmer house and a number of detectives are at work on tho cast TO RECOMMEND REVISION Irnftbjterlnn Cominltlea Divided as to Chui iictur of Iroponed CIiumru Washington Feb 15 The Presby terian committee which has beou con sidering the revision of tho Westmin ster confession of faith yesterday completed Its recommendations Tha committee lias uuaniiuously agreed that some change In thu creedal state ment Is necessary but Is divided as to tha character of thl cluin and majority anil miuorlty reports will bo reported to thu guncral assembly There were 1U of the 1G members present and a majority agreed to rec ommend that a cliange should bo mada by a supplemental statement to covei certain points In the confession of faith and to lnciudo statements as to the doctrines of thu holy spirit mis sions anil thu love of God for all men Kmnlatr Mra Nation McPlierson Kan Feb 15 Mrs Christina Aschmnn the owner of n building in Ininiin the upper floor of which was rented for a billiard hall became suspicious that liquor was be ing sold and demanded admission It was refused anil she smashed the door In with an axe The proprietor attempted Interference and Mrs Asch man threw him down stairs then pro ceeded to smash the contents of tha room In true Nation style TELEGRAMS TERSELY TOLD The Montana Oregon Nebraska and Delaware legislatures are still deadlocked over senators A seat on tho New York Stock ex change sold Thursday for 51000 This is the highest price on record Commodore Martin Rivodavla Ar gentlnes minister of morlno is dead from the effects of a fall at Bueuoi Ay res A settlement In the strike between the 000 moitlers and the National Foundrymens association at Cleve land bus been reached C A Wllllard of Minneapolis and J F Cooper of Fort Wortli have ac cepted positions as Judges of the su premo court of the Philippines Count Casslnl tho Russian ambassa dor Thursday presented the president with a magnificent album containing scenes of the coronation of the czar in 1800 Delia Buchanan of Kansas City hns brought suit against John McNaiiiarn a wealthy farmer of Clay county Mis souri for 15000 damaged for breach of promise A report wns curront In Wall street Thursday that the Postal Telegraph company was about to acquire tho Western Union Telegraph company by the Issuance of bonds to guarantee the stock of tho latter Negotiations looking to a consolida tion of tho Vlokers Sons Maxim company of England tho Cramp Ship and Engine Building company of Phil adelphia and tho Mldvaio Steel com pany havp It Is said been satisfac torily concluded Chief Good Thunder who was one of the friendly Indiuns during tho In dian uprising In tho 60j and one of the scouts of tho late General Sibley Is dying at his home near Redwood Falls Minn Good Thunder Is nearly 00 years of age Over ao bankers from Michigan In diana Wisconsin and Illinois met in Chicago Tliursduy aud took tho pre liminary steps toward forming an asso ciation of country banks The aggre gate capital represented between 50 000000 and 70000000 iftaanwicHi vxmTf jHaKM flVji -4 i r 5 fkiSL LS MiAM m 3 MEt 4irj iitt io iiiit i nm m iirnn m I This Kind of a Man rjx Doesnt knowtlic tlllTcrcnce between good lumber and poor lumber Any old stulV would suit him Hut our stock wasnt bought for such fellows as him It was 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