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* " WWHHH HBMBBHWBHIWiBHHiBHiHBHHHBWBB HBlHBHBBHHBi THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS = JOURNAL. , , , , . NOUKOhK NM'JHHASKA ' 1'MtWAY ' MARCH 81 UIOB. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE BILL 18 KNOCKED OUT BY GOVERNOR. SAYS IT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL The Constitution Demands Religious Toleration and Freedom Biennial Elections Act Goes to the Executive for Approval. Lincoln , March 73. ( Jovernor Mick- y sent to the house his veto of the McMulIen bill for the regulation of tbe practice of medicine in Hie state , ( better known us the anti-Christian Bclenco bill. The governor says lu his Teto he believes the bill to be In violation lation of the constitution , which de mands religious toleration and free dom. As the bill had but a small ma jority In either house , It IB thought no effort will be made to pass It over the veto. Tbo senate passed the house bill providing ; fpr biennial elections nd it now goes to the governor. By doing away with state , district anil ounty elections in odd-numbered fears the bill permits offlcerr \ fhoso ; terms expire this year to HO. " > - until 1906. The only state ofllcerh * ' ? , mediately affected are a justice of tht , upremo court and two regents at the tate university. The bill Is one con cerning which it was charged a cor ruption fund of $5,000 was raised to ocurc its passage , which charge a senate committee is sHIl investigating. Will Sue for Rice Estate. DCS Moines , March 30. Mrs. J. J. Schuler of Highland Park , a suburb ot Cos Molncs , has commenced prepara ) tions to enter a claim for the estate of ker supposed brother , William Rice , the New York miser millionaire , for Trhose murder Lawyer Patrick is serr- Ing a life term in the Sing Sing pris on. Mrs. Schuler la eighty-one ycaru old. She and her brother became sep arated about forty years ago and lost track of each other. Recently a friend from New York , while vlsltlnc in Uea Motoes , mentioned tbe fact that Mrs. Bchuler probably would get the big estate. This was the first knowledeo the aged woman had that her brother bad amassed a million and had been murdered. She claims to have ample proof of her relationship. ' . , Bomb Thrower Arrested in Paris. Paris , Mai eh 30. A man btispeeted of being the author of the bomb out rage in tbe Avenue de la Hepublln.ue , when members of the Republican guards and of the police were wound ed , has been arrested. His discovery was due to an accident. The man Is a Trailer out of employment , who was emgaged In preparing a bomb , which exploded , , severely injuring him. A search of.his resilience resulted in the finding of anarchist ilocumentH and the police have proof that at the time the outrage occurred , Jan. 30 , he waa eiraployed lu the neighborhood. Forest Fires In Ohio. Coshoclon , O. , March 30. More than 500 acres north and west of Cos- koeton are being swept by forest and prairie flres , which are still ragiiig. .Men , women and children have dona othlng for twelve hours but fight the flames. Miles of fences and acree ot forests have been burned. Marsh Awarded Rhodes Scholarship. Lincoln , March 30. Arthur H. Uarsh of Blair , Neb. , has been award ed a Cecil Rhodes scholarship for Oi- ford university. Marsh Is twenty-one /ears old , u student in the University f Nebraska and eipecU to be a min ister. Britt and White Matched. Ban Krancisco , March 30. James Mrltt of this city and Jabez White uf England have been matched to fight twenty rounds before the Tosemlte Athletic club on April 25. Receiver Secures Unexpected Asset Philadelphia , March 30. Senator Bradley , receiver of tbe Storey Cotton company , secured an unexpected asset IK the form of an fS.OOO draft. The money came from the "get-rlch-qulck * concern's Liverpool branch. The drafi was mailyd before the Storey company was forcnil by the authorities to gi ut of business. Postal inspectors aid there would be no difficulty in proving tbat tb Storey company ant Provident Investment bureau were af tliated. It Is estimated by tbe re 'ceivers tbat thu liabilities of tbe two eoncerna are approximately $5,090,000 President Issues Proclamation. "Washington , March 30. The presl dent Issued a proclamation inviting the natlens of the eartb to be repre sented by their military organization and naval vessels at the celebration to be beld IB the vicinity of James town , Va. , from May 13 until Novern ber , 1907. Pertland Case Sensational. Council Bluffs , la. , March 30. Th snetion to take the Devil's Own mln IBE claim out of the Doyle-Durns sul for $9,000,001) of Portland stock and dividends was overruled by Judge Tbornell. This leaves their claim stll I In controversy. Doyle's atterney sub 'poenaed J. A. VCunday , a Burns wit ness , ae be was leaving the city to retura to Colorado. They claim the have proof tbat he gave perjured test raesy , and will put him oa the stan gain. k ACCIDENT INJTHE SUBWAY evere-- Explosion Is Followed by nn Outbreak of Flr . New York , March 30.A severe ex plosion , followed by an outbreak of fire , which has defied all the efforts of the firemen to extinguish It complete ly , occurred In au unfinished section of the subway ou upper Broadway. Tbe road at that point is 125 feet be low the surface. The explosion fol lowed a collision between an empty train , which had been run too far beyond the terminal switch , and a fat car on which were several Italian laborers , It was rumored * uat the shock detonated a box of cartridges on the car , although all the men on tke car escapedunffijured. Spiritualists Receive Bequest. Keokuk , la. , March 30. Kive thou- aid dollars is bequeathed to the Na tional Spiritualist association of Wash ington by the will of tbe late Samuel VT. Tuekor , a wealthy citizen of Keo kuk. Tbe will was died for probate Thomas H. Watts Is Dead. Montgomery , Ala. , March 30. Thomas H. Watts , great Incohonce of the Red Men ef the United States , died ut his home IB this city of some rheumatic affliction , nged fifty years. ADDITIONAL ATTEMPTS TO FIX BEEF TRUST TESTIMONY. HIELDS IS HELD AS A WITNESS . Oflden Armour Says Indictment of Superintendent Connors is Due tea a Grave Misunderstanding of the Facts Ten Witnesses Testify. Chicago , March 30. Ten witnesses , everal of them being employed by 3hlcago puckers , were heard at tha onion of the special stand jury which is Investigating the business transactions of the so-called beef runt. All of these men were subject ed to u rigid examination as to wheth er they had been approached by out siders since being called as witnesses , he Inquisitorial body evidently being more anxious to secure further evi dence of alleged tampering with wit nesses by interested persons than to secure real facts concerning the href combination. From a federal oflielal t was learned that several witnesses ia < l boon approached and as soon as the proof Is in the hands of District Attorney Morrison , It Is said more'in dictments will be returned. John K. Shields , government wit ness In the case against Thomas .1. 2onnorsr Armour's general superin tendent , indicted on a charge of try- ng to Intltieneo a witness , was pui under $ , ( ) ) bonds to appear at tiii Inly term of the fnileil States court , when the Connors case is set for hear- ing. Shields signed his own bond anil left for New York. Secret servjce men have increased in numbers so rapidly that now almost every witness of consequence Is being shadowed. Many other persons not directly Interested In the dally pro ceedings of the jury are also being shadowed and every endeavor Is being made to prevent any one approaching a proposed witness. J. Ogdeu Armour declared that the Indictment against his confidential man , Thomas J. Connors , "Is the re sult of a grave misunderstanding as U > facts. " Mr. Shields Is the New York repre- seatatlve of H. J. Ellis ti Co. , agents for Armour t Co. in Singapore , and , according to Mr. Armour'B statement , Shields' calls at the puTres of the packing company were entirely of his owa action. Cattlemen Issue Statement. Kl Paso , Tex. , March 30. The fol lowing statement with reference to the resolution of Texas cattlemen to five all possible evidence in the cam paign against the beef trust was Issued by President Turney of the In terstate Cattle Qrowers' association : "Ninety-nine per cent of the cattle growers of the country believe there Is aa Illegal combination having for Its end tbe stifling of competition and the controlling of 8 per cent of the cattle shipped to the six great slaughtering markets , Chicago. Kan sas City , St. Louis , Fort Worth and Los Angeles , anH they are ready to belp tbe government and will help It all they ran to brfak up this monster. It can be done and the cattlemen will belp. " TUBERCULOSIS IOWA CATTLE Number ef Head at Rockwell City Killed by State Veterinarian. Des Xlolnes , March 30. State Vet erinarian liuughman has found that tuberculosis Is prevalent among tbe cattle of Iowa and has during the last few days ordered the killing of many kead of cattle. At Rockwell City he found the disease prevailing in a herd of which a number of head had been killed-and sold In the local butcher shops. An examination of the meat bowed that sonio of the cowa butch ered had the disease. Another herd of eighteen milk cows at the same place were found infected with the disease and the owner had been using the milk. Three cows were found affected with the dlieasa at Hanson. CARPENTER GOES THROUQH TWO SCAFFOLDS. LIMBS DRIVEN INTO THE GROUND No Dones Were Broken Out It Is Feared That Internal Injuries May Develop Was Working on New Fairfax Elevator. Fnlrfnx , S. D. , March 30. Sperlnl to The News : J. I ) . Johnson of Omaha , a carpenter working for tbo Young- loVu Construction company , who are erecting n largo elevator foi4 Torronuo llrothurs of thin place , met with quite mi neclilont yesterday ufloruoou. Whllo working on the topiiiost wcnf- folding , which IH about forty feel above the ground , the plauk ou which Johnson wns'stnmllng , broke , letting him fall feet llrst to the next scaft'olil- Ing , which WIIH about twenty feet be low. Ho struck this with such force an to break through the boards as If they wore blta of kindling wood ami only In u measure stopping the down ward ( light. Ho struck the ground with such force as to ilrlvo his limlm into the earth. Ho Immediately be gan talking , saying ho guessi'il he waa not hurt much. Ho wan eaiTl "Ml to his room and Dr. Cook was summoned who after n hasty examination said that no bones wore broken but Inter- mil Injuries might later develop. Lulu last night hu WIIH suffering Intense pain , Indicating interim ! Injuries. Thu young man has a brother here with him who Is working on thu same el evator. DO NOT WANT INSPECTOR. Black Hills Cattlemen. Think They Know Enough Without Him. Custer , S. D. , March 30. At Hie spe cial meeting of thu stockmen of ( "us- tor county It was decided to not elect a cattle Inspector In this county. The recent law makes It necessary to elect an inspector for each county , whoso duty It will bo to look after the condi tion of range cattle. A petition IK be ing circulated in Cusler county for the board of county commissioners to the effect that the cattlemen of the coun ty do not desire au Inspector appoint ed. The reason IB that the cattlemen believe thut they are capable of judg ing of the condition of their own stock and it would he an unnecessary tux on the residents of the county. THROWN FROM A PONY Miss White of Fairfax Suffers a Com pound Fracture of the Arm. Kalrfax , S. D. , March 3D. Special to The News : Miss UecUic White , a school teacher living about three miles south of town , while out rliliiiK last evening , was thrown from her horse in such u manner as lo break her arm in two places. The small pony which she was riding , while it was tbo pet of all the family , is no exception to Hie real broneho when frightened. Miss White was immediately brought to town and her wants administered to by Dr. J. O. Cook. Carnegie Bars Sectarian Colleges. New York , March 30. The Times prints an Interview with Mr. Andrew Curnefile. in which Mr. Carnegiu de clared that sectarian foundations weru not eligible to his gift. "As a matter of fact , colleges started with sectarian foundations , having changed their buses voluntarily unit while still sec tarian In name , perhaps , admit stu dents of all creeds and Impose no hard uml fust conditions. 1 do not object to a school conducted under the patrouugo of a denomination if it prospers by reason of such patron age , in tbe cuse of a school so strict ly guarded that It made the accept ance of Its tenets a condition of matriculation , I am free to say that it would not Uterent me. " Blaze In Elmlra Reformatory. Elinlra. N. Y. , March 30. Fire of an unknown origin broke out In the store loom of the New Yotk state re formatory this morning and In an hour's time the flames , fanned by a brisk east wind , hud entliely en veloped this building und one adjoin- Ug it to the eust. At 2.30 o'clock the flre was under control and hud been conBaed to a group of buildings lo cated In tbe southwest corner , Includ ing the store room , laundry , tailor 111 op. shoe shop , bath hotue and chief ginger's depurtment. The loss will be abaut $75,090. Secretary Hay Is Better. Gibraltar , March 30. The White Star steamer Cretlc , from New Tork for Naples , with Secretary of State May and Mrs. Hay ou board , arrived here. In au interview Mr. Hay said be felt much better than when he left New York. He thoroughly enjoyed hls trlp. Although Secretary Hay baa Improved be has by no means recov ered hU health. The Cretlc will sail from here at noon for Algiers. Cereal Diet Makes Preilgals. Omaha , March 30. Harry Williams nd Harold Delpb , who two wetks ag * left their aunt's home at Battle Creek , Mich. , because they objected to cereal foot" * , are comflned In the city Jail kere CANAL COMMISSION RESIGNS Promptly Comply With Request of Secretary Taft. Washington. Muti'li 30. The first practical slop having In view llto reorganization - organization of the Panama cnnul commission was tukim when , In com pliant : * ) with in'iUrucllonu from Prenl- ( lout Roosevelt , aourulury Tuft re quested the members of tint commK fciou to tender lliuir resignations. Tim request was promptly complied with by limit ) inntnturn of thn commission DOW In WuxhliiKton and tholr KIUIHIIU- tluiiu will hit In tlio hands of the prem ilnnt tniluy. The purport of St-rnitiuy Taft's loiter requesting the reslgna- tloiiB of thn commissioners was uviit to Major Uwimiul UIIVF | , llui governor of the cunul xone. and on * of thn mem- bars of the commission , atut a prompt auBwur It tunneled ( rum him. AH In dleated In th letter of Heoretury Tuft , the reslRnntluuH are requested In order - dor that the president might have a free band In rooreanlilng the com mission. That the president contem plated llui rcoricanl/iitlon of the com mission has hann known for some time , mill ho IIHN bnnn In frequent coin mnnlciillon with Secretary Tuft HI to his I'uiuro policy In choosing It * p r lonncl ami directing UK work. It wus believed originally I lull , bnttnr moults might ho aci'omiilltiheil by the appoint ment of a sinulk'r roiiiinUHlou than that now existing , but a recent opin ion of Attorney General Moody hold that under the law the president wai required to numo seven members I * all. The appointments probably will be announced by tUo president during his soulliern trip. Tlic members of the rommlriBlon , In addition to ( leneral Dnvls , are Hear Admlrnl Wnlknr. rhnlrmiin ; William Barclay Parsons.V Ilium H. Hum Benjamin M. Hurrod arid 0. ICwuld Qrunsky. COAL MINERS TO STOP WORK Joint Committe In Pennsylvania ! Unable to Agree Upon a Scale. Allooiiu , Pa. , March 30.The oper ators uiul miners of thx cuutrul bllu- uiinoiiH district of I'etuiHylviuilH , alter being In conferenuts In this city ul- moHt continuously nines March 10 , endeavoring to agree upon u wage scale , to go Into effect April 1 , ad joiirneil llnully without coming to an agreement. The failure to agree means it suspension of work by the 65,000 organized mliiora of the disirlel at the end of the present month. When the Joint scale i'ommllli > c mot the opci MIDI $ stood upon tlu'lr piopo- sltlon lei n lo per cent mineion ! toi the Hist hall of the approaching min ing year anil the present scale , based on ti2 cents for pick mining , for the second half of the year. Tin ; min ers' ultimatum demanded u renewal of the present scale ( or the full year. No agreement being possible , the scale commit lor ailjounieil llnully. The ac tion of tin * miners on ihe covmlttctj was approved by the miners' conven tion , which then adjourned. Strlkt at Wheeling. Wheeling . Va. , .March HO. Not withstanding thu confidence of strik ers that not a wheel would turn , the Whltaker-UleHhiier company succeeded In placing the three lower mills of Its Wheeling plant lu operation , manned by noualon steel workers , who were srnuEKl'id in on late trains. Ttts strik ers are making desperate efforts to prevent the coming of additional forces of luniuulonists. A crowd of strikers chayed three deteelives from the railroad station. Two of the strangers , who were at first thought to be strike breakers , were caiiRht by the police and the crowd subbed the third. Thr trio weie taken to the po lice station for protection and later ware Kent back to Pittsburg on a Pan- kandle train. Government Holds the Dust , Ban KiaiicUco , March 30.--Collector f the Port Stratton ban taken charge of $2,00u In gold dust which was on deposit to the order of William I , . Loalza tt Co. ID a local bank. It had been guiuugled Into tbu state from Mexico and was held hers without any records being made lu the cut torn * house , which Is contrary to law The gold dust is held by the collector pending an application for a remUhlon of penaltiut , and forieiture , which thr ( old dust IB subject to undsr the law Acid Tank Explodes. Bt. IxniU , Match 30. Three em ployes were seriously Injured by an explosion , which wrecked the labora tory of the Merck Chemical company , causing damage estimated at fli.OOO Tie explosion occurred In a tank con taining savsral thousand gallons of acid and the report wan audible for many blocks. Explosion Due to Defect In Boiler. Brocktoa , Mass. , Marek 30. A Utameul thai no erldeuue had been Adduced to show that any person wati criminally liable for tke explosion in the Jl. B. Grover company's shoe fac tory here last week , which caused the death of tfty-eltht employes , made by District Attorney Kreuch , concluded an inquest held In the police court to determlno , If possible , the cause of tke accldunt and to place responsi bility for it. Mr. French also said that he believed it to be shown that the explosion was due to a hidden defect la the factory boiler. UNITED STATES NOT A3KED TO ASSIST IN ENDING THE WAR. WANTS NEGOTIATIONS DIRECT Washington , Opposed to an Interna tional Conference Japan Is Warned Against Accepting Any Offer ef * Mediation. St. I'otorHburj ; , March ! IO.A Into- gram from HIIJaHii , Manchuria , nuilor toilay'H date naya : "Tho Ohlnem ! report - port that the .InpanuHo column which In probably unilorluldti ) ; mi outllnnU- IIIK inovoim'ii ! , hail boon mum twenty mlloH north of Hlplnnhnl. " WuHhliiKton , March 30.- Neither Russia nor Japan huve asked Presi dent nooncv ( > H to auttlst them In ending - ing the wur. So far UK the Washing ton government In aware , Eiupcrur NIchohiK hut , not weakened In hlu an nounced dri'lulnn "to prosecute the war to the hitter end. " The cenulnu wlwh of this govern ment for puuee lu llui far nuHl IH not based upon m-HlMh Intnrnstn. Amnr- lean ( Inanilt'iH have not ovrrloudr.d theitmrlven with bonilH of rllhsr of the belllgeicut uutloiiH. WanhlUKton bellrvc-N that It IH to Ihn advantage of both bnlllK ri < nts that the far east ern wur cnmn to a tipttrdy end uud anything that thin uovnniment can de to bring that about will be done glad ly. From the outset of the war the profililnnt has tiikuu the poflltlnn , as has beeu repeatedly announced by Hocrntary liny , thnt he will do any thing in his power to anslut rtussla and Japan to a peace basin when bin services Hhall be uacnplubla to the belllgcrflUta. But it Is authoritatively stated thut no onlclal of the \Yash- Inr.ton govvrnmnnt Is ambitious to pone an thn mediator between the csar and mlkaito. It IH the fiu'llnx linre that ntlitnU and Japan whoulil nojotlata directly and avoid an International conference. This opinion alm > provalln In Berlin. Indeed , Japan IIUH recently received an iircrut warnlnit against Indlroct nrRO- tlatloiiK IfKi they lead to an Interna tional conference , the roRiillR of which mlihl ; prove illHaHtroiiF ; to thn Inter- of both helliorfuln. ! Then IH authority for the meut that l-'mncn Is tllllKOtilly atrlv- IIIK lo PHI ! lhf > war HIK ! for six wankti pant neKoilatloiiH of HIP moHt ronfi- donllal ehnrwetor have ber-u In proj- rosB hot ween Paris anil HI. IMfrBburi ; . raven diplomats of the hlgbeHt ruuk have failed lo obtain from M. Dol- cassr , tbo Trench Foreign mlnlHler , the rnsullH of these neollatlons ( , but It can be Miinounceil on the Haiiie au- Ihorllv Mint Poiint l.amsilorlT. the Kits- slan inliilsicr for foreign aD'alrs , has within aM' < > 1 < ailmltlPil thnt he had In a ufiiM'iil way outlined to M nrl- passc Hie ucnenil trrms Hlong which nttssla may coiiMrnt to consider peace. JAPS PREPARING TO ATTACK General Oyama Saya He Will Occupy Harbin by April 10. Bt. Petersburg , March 30.--There hah b eu m fighting of Importance lately. Reroniiaisniun I > H ntftabllsh the fact thai the Japanese arc gathering In heavy forcu twenty mllen south uf SIpliiKhul , evidently IntmtlhiK to * V- taek thr RiiKslan position at Slplng- hal The Kiihslans are tittougly fori- Ifylng there and apparently expect to rnak * a Uiiml The country hetnoeu IK comparatively clear of JapaneR % . Th < > Japanese are approxclilng Klrlu , threatening communication In ( be Ufc surl illslrlct. The numbrr of CkilnfKe bandits Is constantly augmenting Chlnpsa continue to report that Field Marshal Oyama h s issued proclama tions flxing the date of the occupation of Hnrbln ah April 10 and this predlc tloa. If actual , is apparently Irnproti- ablr of fiilfllhnr.nt Another duel belw < n the opposite armieii may be on tke program tof tbe comlns ; wec-k Offii lally tbe uutborltles continue | j deny that HnxKla hat made any propotialh h Japan Title In literally true , ay Rusxlk has only made know * , the n eatlve conrlltloni , leaving thu intermediary to convey these condi tion * os it owu respoukibilty to Jt an. Eastern Syndicate Buys Electric Line. Kaiihan City , March 30.--The Kun- sas City uud Ueuvenworth Uluclrlc railroad , a thirty-mile trolley linn , connecting the cities named , was sold In Cleveland to Clarence a. McClel land of Mount Vernoo , N. Y. , who represents an eastern syndicate , which will extend the lint * to Atchlsou and St. Joseph. A viaduct across tti Kxw river here and eluctrlc railroads from Kansas City to I.awrnee and Topeka , to Olathe and 1' .a. Kun. . and to Excelsior Springs , Mo. , are said to be planned -by tke syndicate. Czar Tries to Commit Suicide ? Pails , March 30.--An unconfirmed rumor from St. Petersburg Is pub lished here to the effect that Kmpeior Nicholas made au attempt to commit suicide and wounded himself In the hand. The rumor further says that the emperor's design was frustrated by the Intervention of his mother , the empress dowager. THE CONDITIONjtf THE WEATHER Temperature for Twenty-four Hours. Forecast for Nebraska , Condition of the wonthor an record ed for the 21 bourn ending at 8 n. to. today : Maximum CO Minimum ! H A.v < iniii ; ) HO Total precipitation for month . . . 1.52 llaromolor Ii'J.70 Chicago , Muroh DO. The bulletin IH- nuoil by the Chicago otatlon of the United Btnton wimthor bureau tbU inornltiK. Klvon the forocjuit for No- briiHldi aa foliown : HhowofH mill thiiiuler HtorniH to nlejit ami Friday. Warmer tonlKht. Colder Frlilay. Lincoln's Election Almost Unanimous. DOB Moliien , March 80. The elee tlon of Colonel Jamun Htiuh Lincoln as colonel of the Fifty-Ilfth roulmnnl of the Nutlonal guard lacked only tFiree voicH of being unanlmouH. Two of these wore lociilved by Major John T. Hume Hud the othur by Mnulenant Colonel Ilennett of thlu city. The total vole rectflvad by Lincoln wan 81 ! . \V. C. Montzer as major rucelv d liDi ; votm ami Captain Kuriis El. MISSIONS HOARD TENTATIVELY ACCEPTS OIL KING'S $100,000. FINAL ACTION IN TWO WEEKS Report of the Subcommittee Says it Cannot Pass Judgment on the Lives of Subscribers Donation Was Mada Without Conditions. UoKlon , March 30. The Amerlcau board or commissioners for foreign uilsloiiB Announced that Its prudential committee hud accupteil a report of thn subcommittee , lucomniendlnt : thu acceptance of the lUfl of $100,000 by John I ) . HoeUefeller , but that limit action on Ihn mailer bail been pout poned for two weeKH. Following in an abstract of the report port adopted : , "The argument which has been pro rented lu various ways ami by dlfft-r ent pnilt-Htanls lu the last lew days in Biimmeil up practically In tills. 'I hero IB a uroat evil in our country , that Hie donor of thin KU't Is believed by them to be IdenilllPd In a coiiHplcuouK war with thin ovll and therefore the Amer lean buanl Hhoulil refuse HUH rHl in this coiiHplcunuH way uud HIIIH mni | > n blow l , thl evil. We feel thai the Protestants have other ways of maK- IUR their views known uml that the blow should not be kit nick at the ex prune of the people In the nun Chris tian world. We do not. deem thut any gilt Is matte lo tin ; committee , but simply tliioiiKh the committee to ob ji-ctB Tor which JIP ! committee In a trustee. For thin reason also the ac ceptance ef glftH Involves no expres sion of opinion on the part of the com mittee ag to the chaiuctcr of tbe giv ers and to Intercept a gift mude to others In order to exprens an opinion for ournalveti seems unwarrantable. In common with the protustunls we are not blind to the moral Issue they have raised. Rut the committee does not fenl warranted by a refusal of lifts to pass final judgment upon ques tions which have never been settled either before the courts or at the bar of public opinion. " Rev. Mr. Wvarin. chalrmun of th i protesting committee , nalil : "A mrrl- ing of Hie committee has horn called for today to discuss thn report and Ui decide upon the next step. Tills com milter bun been Incrcuheil In member ship to fifteen In order thul all see- llunx of New Kngland may be repre sented. Thr piotestantfa are growing in number throughout the country , both Inslrlr and without thr Congrega tional church. More and more repre sentative men are comlnc over to our side. The matter Is not settled by any means. " Santo Domingo Agreement. San lJuinnu , March 3. > . American MiniMri Uaukou hu& received oltiuui couliruiutiou of tha uccttptuncu by ta < * admmutrutiou at Washington of the proposition of the Dominican eoveiu m Dt regarding tbe divursion of uus- tout revenues for the luiuidutiou o ( tu forriBn d bi of the republic of Banto Uomlneo. Minister Uawsou will meet the Doiuinicuu minister of flaunce toduy 10 uiruunge ihe details of tbe ugiermml. in principle U U umleistood inui 4. . per ceiii of tbe revenue will be lundml over 10 the Dominican Koveinmeni and thut 53 per ceni will li ] i I a it'a ou clapoall uu- til the laie of tlie Dawson Sanchr.1 convfiaioii IUH been decided by tha Uniteil Stale , senate , tile creditors to await the action of the senate before receiving .ui > payments. Public con- bus heen re-estubll&hed. Kansas City Wins Championship. Kansas City , March 30. The Kan sas City All : etle club basket bull team defeated the Huftato ( teriiian Y. M. 0. A. team in the third and deciding game uf the world's championship se ries 45 to M. Buffalo wag very de cidedly overmatched. Dr. James Nalstnlth , physical director of U University of Kansas , who , at Spring * field , Mas : . , In 1S92 , Invented basket ball , roferetj the contest.