THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS = JOURNAL. PART TWO , NORFOLK , NEBRASKA , FRIDAY , APRIL 21 , I.IMKi , PAGES 9 TO 12 Daring Man Operates On Train Today. HELD UP CAR PASSENGERS. Used Pistols to Keep Thorn Away. , Tobbetl ? Passengers Stooping at Burlington Station Escaped enTrain Train Jumped Off It. Liuoolu , April 84. Special to the "News : A very bold nud during robber did work iu this city lust night , got out ou n morning train , hold up the pas sengers aboard , at the point of n re volver , and escaped. Nonr morning the ptxssougors sleeping at the Burlington depot were robbed by the nmn. He was discovered in the net and pursued. On an outgoing triilu that had just started , ho oscnpod. Once on the train , ho compelled the conductor , porter and passengers to stay dn ouo end of the car with their hands up at the point of his pistols. Thou ho 'deliberately robbed the entire oar , wont out on the platform and jumped off near Milford. RUSSIA DEMANDS MANCHURIA. . RefuBcs to Evacuate Province Unless Given Virtual Sovereignty by China. Poking , April 24. Russia has do- mamlcd that China sign au agreement practically ceding to her the sovereignty eignty of Manchuria and excluding other nations from that country. The Russian charge d'affaires , M. Plancon , -Las informed Prince Chlng , president of the foreign office , that no further . steps iu the evacuation of Manchuria will bo taken until this agreement la signed. Ching refused the Russian terms , but his refusal probably pleases Russia as well as his accept ance would have done , because either alternative means the rellnqulshment - of Chinese sovereignty in Manchuria. The Russian demands arc as fol lows : No moro Manchurian ports or towns are to be opened ; no moro for eign consuls are to be admitted Into Manchuria * no foreigners , except Rus- elans , arc to be employed in Uio public service of Manchuria ; the present status of the administration of Man churia Is to remain unchanged ; no territory In Manchuria is to be alien ated to any other power. While the foregoing demands were before the Chinese for consideration M. Plancon assured his colleagues ex plicitly that the only reason for the delay In restoring the government of Now Chwang to the Chinese was the organization of the sanitary commis sion. There has been considerable feeling in British circles over the ap pointment of a Russian commissioner in Now Chwanc. but this revelation of Russia's determination to retain con trol of Manchuria and close the door there robs it of all its importance. Intercollegiate Contest. St. Louis , April 24. The results of the intercollegiate contest In English composition , which takes place annual ly between seven Catholic colleges of the west , has just been made known at the St. Louis university. The com peting colleges are Creighton univer sity of Omaha , Detroit college , Mar quette of Milwaukee , St. Xavler of Cincinnati , St. Ignatius of Chicago , St. Mary's of Kansas and the St. Louis university. A paper from St. Mary's was pronounced winner of the first i prize and St. Xavier of Cincinnati se cured second prize. Third place as well as the sixth and seventh were won by St. Louis men. St. Mary's also won fourth and eighth. Omaha was fifth. "TELEGRAPH GO. QUITS BUTTE , - Abandon Because Strike Breakers Were Egged. Bntte , April 24. Special to the News : The Western Union Telegraph com pany has abandoned its Bntte office be cause the strike-breaking messengers were egged by the strikers. -FAIL TO FORM CHURCH UNION. Conference at Plttsburg Ends In Dis agreement on Merger Plan. Plttsburg , April 24. The two days * conference behind closed doors ended in the disagreement of representatives of the Congregational , Mothodlst Protestant - estant , United Brethren and Christian Union denominations on the plans submitted for their union in one church. The conference terminated abruptly , having accomplished little more than a postponement of the dls cusslon. It was decided that commit tees from each denomination confer during the coming summer at places .to be announced later and endeavor to harmonize the different doctrines so , that a practicable plan of union may be presented to another conference of representatives from the four churches to moot in Washington as soon there after as possible. Baseball Results. National League Plttsburg , S ; St. Loula , 4. Chicago , 6 ; Cincinnati , 8 .New York , 0 ; Boston , 2. Brooklyn , 4 Philadelphia , 2. American League Philadelphia , 7 , Boston , 4. Washington , 2 ; Now York , 7. Detroit , 11 ; Cleveland , 1. St Louis , 3 ; Chicago , 4. American Association Toledo , 5 , Columbui , 4. Milwaukee , 9 ; St. Paul , 7. Louisville , 4 ; Indianapolis , - 2. BRITISH FORCE WIPED OUT. Expedition Is Cut Down by the Na tives In Somaliland. London , April 24. The war olllco received from Brigadier General Man ning , in command of the British forces in Somalllnnd , a dispatch continuing the report of a British defeat. Ten officers and ISO men out of a total British force oi liiij men wuro KIUIM ! recently In au engagement with thu Bomalllcsc. The dispatch is as follows : "I have to report the total loss of Colonel Plunkett'B party , with the ex- coptlon of thlrty-Boven Yaos , who have arrived hero. The latest information extracted from the fugitives Is to the effect that Colonel Plunkctt pushed on after the enemy's force to the open country , seven miles westward of Gum- burru , whcro ho was attacked by a very strong force of mounted troops and the enemy's Infantry , who attack ed at close quarters. He kept hack the enemy until he had no moro am munition , when ho formed a Bqnuro and charged with bayonets in the di rection of Colonel Cobbc's camp. Ho moved some distance In this manner , but a great many men , Including Col onel Pluukelt himself , were killed or wounded by the pursuing enemy. At last the enemy's infantry overwhelmed the square and annihilated them all , with the exception of the thirty-seven fugitives above mentioned. " The dispatch closes with a list of the "officers and ni < m missing and no doubt killed in action , " namely : Col onel A. W. V. Plunkctt , Captains Johnston , Stewart , Ollvey , Norrls and McKinnon and Lieutenants Gaynor and Bell , all of the King's African rliles ; Captain Vlzoy of the Second Sikhs ; Captain Sims of the India Med ical staff , two white privates , forty- eight men of the Second Sikhs , and 124 men of the African rlflea. The two Maxim guns were also lost. MACEDONIANS KILL .SIXTY , Revenge the Death of Their Leader Today. Sofia , April 24. Spooial to The News : The Macedonians captuied and killed sixty of the Bashi Dozouk. The Gen darmes wanted revenge for the death of their loader. COLLISION ON UNION PACIFIC. Two Trainmen and Several Passengera Injured in Accident Near Evanston. Evanston , Wyo. , April 24. A run away car , loaded with coal , crashed into eastbound fast mail train No. 102 , on the Union Pacific , at a point twenty miles west of Evanaton. Two train men and several passongcrs were moro or less hurt , but it Is thought none of them will die as a result of their Injuries. The most seriously injured are : George Baker , engineer ; W. H. Chap man , engineer ; Clara Maggaria , Santa Clara , Gal. ; Andrew Fisher and wife , Santa Clara ; Mrs. J. M. Baker , Fog- torla , O. , scalp wound ; Edris Rush , Watson , Mo. , cut and bruised ; Gladdls Monweller , Utica , Neb. , cut about the face ; Mrs. George Hartlss , Utica , Neb. , cut and bruised. All the injured were taken to Evans- ton. The collision occurred on a sharp curve , the shock being terrific. The two engines on the passenger train were completely wrecked , while the steel coal car was twisted into an unrecognizable mass. Traffic was de layed for seven hours. BAD FIRE AT FAIRBURY. One-Fourth of the Business Section of the Town Destroyed. Falrbury , Neb. , April 24. The worst ; fire In the history of Falrbury raged for three hours and destroyed fully a quarter of the best business part of the town , comprising an entire block on the south of the public square , lum ber yards near by , the Methodist church , and parsonage a block away and minor damage to residences. The total loss is estimated at from $240 , 000 to ? 300,000 , fairly well insured. The local fire department was power less and Beatrice sent assistance. By consent of Governor Mickey the local militia company last night patroled the burned district. The principal business houses burnedt comprise two drug stor.es , two lumber yards , two clothing houses , postoffico , harness store , bakery , Times newspaper , hardware and im plement house , Harblne bank , boot and shoe store , general merchandise * store and several medical and law libraries. Municipal Convention. Detroit , April 24. Last evening's csslon of the National Municipal league , which is holding Its annual meeting in Detroit , was held at Phil 1- harmonic hall and was attended by about 150 people. The principal paper of the evening was the report of Horace ace E. Doming , chairman of the league's committee on nomination re form. The discussion which followed was led 'by Professor E. S. Sparling of the University of Wisconsin and Pro fessor Shafer of Minnesota university. Sealed Verdict In Boodle Case. St. Louis , April 24. The case of former Delegate Louis Decker , charged with perjury in connection with the boodle fund used to influence franchise legislation In behalf of the | ' Suburban Street Railway company , was given to the Jury last evening and n sealed verdict returned fifteen ' minutes later. The decision of the Jury will be made. . Jtnow.ii , . tods * Postmaster General Takes Sum mary Action With Attorney. WIFE RAIDS DEPARTMENT SAFE. Mrs. Tyner Abstracts Papers and In- opectoro Fall to Recover Docu- mento Lawyer Accused of Aiding Turf Flrmo. ' Washington , April 24. A most Hen- Batlonal development in the Investiga tion of postotllco affulra occurred JUHI before the department closed , when Postmaster General 1'ayno announced the summary dismissal of Jamoa IN. Tynor , assistant attorney general for the postotllco department , coupling the announcement with the startling charge that all the papers and rocoijilw in the nafo of the lattor'H otllco had been abstracted by Mrs. Tyner , wife of the discharged official , with the as sistance of others. The postmaster general states that Mrs. Tyner has re fused the demr d of the government for the papers tuuon , and said that the circumstances In the case would bo submitted by him to the dopartni6nt of justice today. Other sensational developments are expected. The question of arrests will bo passed on immediately by Attorney General Knox. The facts are told tersely in the following letter of dismissal , signed by Postmaster General Payne : "Hon. James N. Tyner : Sir You are beroby removed from the ofilco of as sistant attorney general for the post- office department. I deem It proper to give you the reasons for this summary action on the part of the department. Early in the month of March I com municated to you through a mutual friend a request for your resignation. After a painful interview with you and a moro painful ono with Mrs. Tynor , I consented to modify the de mand for your resignation so that it might take effect May 1 , 1903 , with the proviso , however , that you were given leave of absence from the time of the acceptance of the resignation to the date of Its taking effect , with the understanding that you wore not in any way to undertake to discharge the duties of the office. Late Wednes day afternoon Mrs. Tyner came to the office of the assistant attorney general for the postofllco department , and wont through the main office to the private office , closing the door behind her. She then unlocked the door en tering from the public hall into the private room and admitted her sister , Mrs. Barrett , whose son was formerly assistant in your office , and whoso con duct Is now under investigation by the department. She also admitted , In the same manner , G. G. Hamner , an expert In the employ of the Mosler Safe company , with whom she had tnado an arrangement to meet her at the department. At her direction Mr. Hamner opened the safe in the room and she took therefrom all papers , records and articles of every kind and carried them away with her. Immedi ately upon learning what had been done I directed the fourth assistant postmaster general to send two inspectors specters to your house to demand , In the name of the postoffico department , the delivery to them of any papers , documents or other materials which had been abstracted from the safe. This demand was refused by Mrs. Tynor , and she likewise refused to . permit the Inspectors to see you or to see and examine the papers in her presence. Mrs. Tyner further stated . to the postofflce Inspectors that she ' committed this act with your knowl- edge and by your direction. Further comment on this transaction , on my part , Is not necessary. The facts In the case will bo submitted to the at torney general of the United States for such action in the premises as ho may deem proper. " It is suspected at the department that the papers have some connection with the recent conduct of the office. Some weeks ago a turf Investment concern , whose affairs were aired In court , alleged that its operations and working methods had been sanctioned by the assistant attorney general for the postoffico department. The charges Involving the office of the as sistant attorney general and a lawyer formerly connected with that office , were ventilated very generally at that time and an Investigation was ordered by the postmaster general. This was really the inception of the investiga tion that has spread into every part of the department. Mr. Tyner had been In exceedingly bad health for a long time and had visited the office at only rare Intervals 3i i leaving the office entirely In charge of his assistant for months at a time. fo fo is suffering from an unusually severe case of paralysis and in consideration of this fact the request for his resig nation was based on his ill health. MUNICIPAL LEAGUERS CHANGE , Went to Ann Arbor Today and Were Welcomed. Ann Arbor , April 24. Special to The News : The convention of the National Municipal league , which has been in Hossion in Detroit , today changed the tbfiatro of its discussions to Ann ArboV- the delegates arriving by special train this morning. ARCHBISHOPS IN SESSION. Many Olnnltarlca of Catholic Church In Wnohlnoton Lny Corncratone. \VntililiiKtoii , April a I. The annual meeting of the archbishops , thu numt dlHtliiBiilHhod 'celoHliiHtlenl body In thu Ciitholle uhurch of thlu country , wun held In McMahon hall of the Catholic university , The deliberation ) ) of the body , which wuro held behind cloned doors , were presided over by Cardinal Gibbons , ArchblHhop Kciino acting an uucretary. While no formal statement of the work of the nrclibluliopn wan made , H IH expected that much tlmo was devoted to the consideration of the l policy of the Catholic church In the Philippine iHlnndH. Other ques tions affecting the church In the United - od Stated were considered , hut no an- noiinconient of the conclusion readied was inndo. Alter the mooting of the nrchhlnh- ops , MoiittUnor O'Connell , thu newly Installed rector of the Catholic mil- vornlly , tendered a dinner to the an- Bumbled prdiUoa In the refectory of Caldwell hall. The first public ceremony of the day consisted of breaking ground for the proposed Dominican house of Hind- Ion , which has boon located Immedi ately across Bunker Hill road from the university campus. The ceremony wan simple , but Improsslvo. Cardinal Gibbons , surrounded by ncores of church dignitaries nnd laymen , turned the first earth which marked the be ginning of the proposed Btrucluro. At the conclusion of thu ceremony on the nlto of the Dominican house , the procession of prelates proceeded to the site of the proposed apostolic mission house , where Cardinal Gibbons conducted the beautiful and Inipruw Hlvo ceremonial of blessing the ground and laying the cornerstone of the pro posed cdlfico. NEBRASKA T. P. A , Meeting of Travelers in Omaha is on Today. On\'n , April ai Spioi.il to th News : Delegates from Lincoln , Fro- niont , Norfolk and other cities are in Omnliii for the annual convention of the Nebraska Travelers Protective associa tion. Now ofllcorH will bo uluc.tod to morrow , besides delegates to Indian- apolis. COAL ROADS STILL OBJECT. Refuse to Show Contracts Called for In Hearst Investigation. New York , April 24. The Interstate commerce commission continued the Investigation into the complaint against the anthracite coal carrying railroads filed by William R. Hearst , Just after the recent coal strike. When the hearing opened counso for Mr. Hearst called for the contracta between the Temple Iron company , the Lehlgh Valley , the Lackawanna and the Reading railroads. The con tract had been brought Into the room by the secretary of a trust company which held thorn , and counsel for the railroad objected that the Temple lion 1 company Is not named In the complaint. Counsel for complainant called first" ; for ono dated April 10 , 1809 , between 1 the Erie railroad and the Temple Iron L company by which the railroad com pany guarantees the stock and bonds of the iron company. Judge Campbell of the Reading objected and at hla suggestion Mr. Shcarn called individ ually for all the papers ho wanted , that the ono objection might cover them all. Mr. Shcarn said the con tracts will show a combination of the freight agents in violation of the law. Japanese Warships Ordered to China. Yokohama , April 24. Three Japa nese warships have been ordered to New Chwang. Marqvls Ito has held a secret conference with the leading Japanese statesmen. The Russian demands fnr privileges in Manchuria have excited the Japanese press , which Insists on vieorous action , con fident that the United States , as well as Great Britain , will support Japan. An arrangement Ins been reached by which the political crisis has been averted , but the Kovernment's naval increment proposals remain un changed. Slap at United States. London , April 24. The Peking cor respondent of the Times describes the first article of the Russian t'.cmanda on China , namely , that no more Man churian ports or towns bo opened , as & elap in the face for the United States , i this country having proposed the open- ing of Mukden and Taku Shan as treaty ports. WORTH-Y/HILE / FEATURES IN NORFOLK TODAY , I DR. 0. A. MoKIM , veterinarian 'Phones , office 185 , residence , 14. SHORT ORDER rciTtwarant , Hummel BEEP and pork today. The Pulaoo. WITH THE present telegraphic ser vice , TUB DAILY NBWS is far moro val- uable than it has over been before as an advertising medium. This is true be cause the IIOWH of the world reaohos tsi subscribers from twenty to twenty-seven hours earlier than it nan by Oinnlm ) ri Lincoln papers. On that account people read it moro thoroughly and * nore of them do it. A display ad in NEWS pays returns , and the locals arp a good proposition Lieutenant Governor Will Ap pear Before Grand Jury. ASSERTS HIS OWN INNOCENCE. Says He Gave Evidence on Which Senators Were Indicted nnd lo Ready to Toll All He Knows Hln Health IB Shattered. Bt. Louis , April 1M. Suffering phyiv ically and weary and worn I'lotu fa- UKUO Lloutumint Governor John A. Leo , who lol't KanmiH City hull Thnrn- day night and arrived In Chicago Fri day morning , returned to St. Louis l nlcht , accompanied by hln wife , who , a few dayn aio ; , wont to Chicago to HCO her hnubitnd. "I am done with polities forever , " assorted Governor Leo. "I am a ulek man and 1 need rest. Any one who IIUJ-H that I am not a ulck man never passed through my experience of the paat few days. " Mr. Lee'ii utatemont that ho had kiHt fifteen poitmlH In weight during the punt two weoltB WHH borne out by hlu appearance. Ills face IH colorleHH and hlu eyes have the lack-luslru of a ulck man. At klu homo In West St. Louhi , ho mild : " 1 have been reading the newspapers and . have been misrepresented. I have not been a fugitive from justice and have had no Idea of being one. I am not afraid to come back and toll all I know. I needed rest and thought a trip to Chicago would bo the host way to get It. I am done with polities forever. I nwear that I have not made a cent out of legislation this session. While HOIUO of the ticnator are being proved to have big accounts , I have only $10 to my credit in the bank. It Is uulllclent for mo to tmy that the ovldenco against Senators Farrls , Matthews and Smith was fur nished by me. I know nothing of Bill llvan getting any money. I notice that none of the senators In the bus ! IICBS has told of receiving money lor votes. They can curse mo all they please , but I notice that not one of them has the courage lo nhow up the real crookedness of the proceeding. I gave the Kelley check to Atlornoy General Crow as soon as I received 11 , I do not know whether I shall resign , I have not given the matter a bit of thought. Word has been brought to me Umt some of ray enemies have threatened mo with physical harm. I am prepared for them. See this cane feel It. Moreover , It IB not all. " When Circuit Attorney Folk was in formed of the arrival of Lieutenant Governor Lee , ho stated that Mr. Leo would bo given opportunity to appear before the grand Jury immediately. Fore and Aft Wins Derby. Nashville , Tonn. . April 21. Eight thousand people saw William Gcrst'n Pore and Aft , the favorite , win the [ I " Cumberland Derby at Cumberland park from I. Stevens' Barca. John J Greener's Postmaster Wright , , after , ! loading to the head of the stretch , fin lulled third. The race was worth ? 3- 360 to the winner. Decides Lawson Committed Suicide , Mount Vcrnon , Ky. , April 24 , In the examining trial of Charles Dur ham , who killed John Lawfcon last Sunday , County Judge Lewis rendered the following decision : "Tho prisoner is dismissed. Lawson committed Bill clde In going with his gun to Durham * ! home on the hunt for trouble. " MORMONS TO BE EXPELLED. Decreedby4 ] Governmeut That The Must Leave. Berlin , April 21. Special to the News It has boon decreed that all the Merino missionaries in the empire shall bo ex polled. The reason for this action o : the part of the government is that thoi religion is incompatible with the law of the country. FIST FIGHT IN LEGISLATURE. Illinois Capitol In a Turmoil Over Mu nicipal Ownership Question. Springfield , 111. , April 24. Sluggln and rolling over each other across th. speaker's platform in u frenzied general oral fist fight at the feet of a score o women guests , the members of th Illinois legislature surpassed the wild est scenes of the Austrian relchsrath Charges by the speaker of the hous John H. Miller , that attempts had bee made to bribe him , were formal ! made as an explanation for the ex | traordinary actions on his part tha it . precipitated the riot The Interior o the chamber resembled In a measur the track of a tornado , so general wai the wreckage of chalra and desks. Chicago street railway franchise more valuable than gold mines , wen directly at stake , the federal court re I celvershlp proceedings against th Union Traction company of Chicago having brought the mailer to a sud den issue. The stormiest time ever experienced in the Illinois legislature began almost without warning in a whirlwind of wild disorder , which arose in the house of representatives over rival traction measures , or so-called munlcl- pal ownership bills. Adherents of the Mueller bill , Indignant at Speaker Miller's ruling in favor of the Lind- ly bill , called the speaker a liar and attempted to pull him from his chair. ROOSEVELT 177 DEST OF HEALTH. Chief Executive Rcndy to Reoumo Hla Journey. Cinnabar. Mont. , April 21. Presi dent K'lOMi'vcH'ii vacation lit at an end. Ho giooted thu imminent ol | IH ! party and a large number of people at lh Mammoth Hot HiHngn | hotel In Vollovr- Mtonu pin It aid : will rcmiinu hln tour ted M y. The pruHldcnl Is the plcturo of health and It can be Keen at a Klance that the time he linn Hpont In the park linn henu lienullclul to hit/ , lllrt eye ! H' bright and bin face bron/.ed. Ho HpeiiltH In oiiUniiilantlo lorniH of the pnrli and the good Unto ho hud while touring It. Word had gone forth neveral days n o thai h would meet the people In the park , und when ho arrived at thu Mammoth Hot HpilngH hold , where Uio recep tion wan held , ho found a couple oC hundred men nnd women I hero to creel him. Thu president nddtuHRod them In lolly , upoaldiiK of the good time ho had had during the punt two wcelfti , and then nhook handii with each one. The president and all those who ac companied him on hl.'i tour of the park are delighted with the trip. No acci dent occurred and the weather , moat of the time , delightful. John Bur roughs , who accompanied the presi dent inoitt of the lime , was alHo great ly benefited by liltt outdoor life and hlu face Is nlno bronzed. The prcHl- dent Hpont most of his time In study ing the hahltii of the different speclea of gamo. He would Ho for bourn near ft herd of oik or mountain goats nnd frequently walk for eight or ten mllen to observe them. Ho also studied bird life with Mr. Burroughs and iihowcd hlmnelf particularly well posted on this Bubjocl. Mr. Burroughs was able to show him but ono bird with which ho was not acquainted , namely the oolltalro. DETECTIVES IN ST. LOUIS , Are Being Brought to Take Care of President. St. LouiH , April 2-1. Spooial to the NOWH : DotootivoH are being brought to St. LonlH from many of the important oitioH on account of the visit of the president next week. They will arresi ( . all profoshional criminals whom they find Chicago men will look for Chicago cage crookn , elo. CARNEGIE AIDS TUSKEQEE. Gives Institute $600,000 on Condition that Booker Washngton Is Cared For. Now York , April 24. The trustees of the Tuskegce Normal and Industrial Institute in Alabama have received $000,000 toward the endowment fund from Andrew Carnegie , who aliened the recent meeting in behalf of the TuHketco Institute , where ox-I'rcsldent Grover Cleveland presided. The trus tees will meet soon to take formal ac tion In accepting the gift and at the same time to take measures td still furlher Increase the endowment. Mr. Cnrnegle , In his letter convoying the gift , says : "I give this without reser vation , except that I require that snlt- able provision be nuulo from the gift for the wants of Booker Washington and his family during his own or his wife's life I wish that great and good man to bo entirely free from pecuniary cares that he may bo free to dcvoto himself to his great mission. To mo ho scorns ono of the greatest of living- men , because his work Is unique , the modern Moses who leads his race and lifts It through education to evn better and higher things than a land overflowing with milk and honey. His tory Is to tell of Iwo Washlngtons , ono white , the other black , both fathers of their people. " ILLINOIS WOMAN ELECTED. Woman's Missionary Society of tha West Names Officers . Milwaukee , April 24. Mrs. J. E. Scott of Evanston , 111. , was unanimous ly elected president of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the West at the annual convention of that organization in Baptist Tabernacle church. The other officers elected wore : Vice president , Mrs. L. E. Stlllman , Daylon , O. ; foreign secre tary , Mrs. Frederick Clatworthy , Evanston , 111. ; home secretary , Mrs. Julia L. Austin , Chicago ; recording secretary , Mrs. J. W. Carpenter , Chicago cage ; treasurer , Mrs. Matilda E. Kline , Chicago. The state vice presidents elected Included : Iowa , Mrs. A. E. Atkinson ; Missouri , Mrs. A. F. Brak- er ; Nebraska , Mrs. J. W. Merrill. Funston Asks fop Court of Inquiry. Washington , April 24. Brigadier General Frederick Funston has asked for a court of Inquiry on allegations that he was guilty of cruelty towards the Filipinos while in command of a brigade In the Philippines. It is prob able that his request will be refused by Secretary Root , who has had the charges Investigated and thinks they do not warrant a court of inquiry. They were made by Herbert Welsh and sent to the president. The war department sent them to General Funston wjth a request that ho reply. His response was the demand for a court of inquiry to investigate the charges. Colorado Speakershlp Case. Dnuvi-r , April 24. In 1891 James Hanna , speaker of the Colorado house , was renroved by a vote of the members and another member named Whyle was elected to the speakershlp and served In that capacity during the rest of the session. This action was sustained by the state supreme court.