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COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 15. 1902;
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Barken Buoceedi in Haring tae
Bill Seoonuaitted,
ASKS rftMANENT OMJUMZATION
STMtad I. the M.w aTeaaare
Fffily Claaalfy Laborer.
Cader tfee ClrU Scnrtm Otkar Wa.a-
ittan.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. The house
spent the day. considering the Hopkins
bill, to create a permanent census bu
reau. While the general sentiment
was in favor of a permanent bureau,
there was strong opposition to the bill
as drawn, on the ground that it was
not well matured. There also was an
overwhelming demand for a provision
- -to-place the present employes of the
census bureau under the protection of
the civil service law and the bill
finally was recommitted with instruc
tions to report back a bill containing
a plan for a detailed organization of
a permanent census bureau to include
also a provision to place the present
employes under the civil service. The
fight to recommit was made under the
leadership of Mr. Burkett of Nebraska,
' the new member of the appropriations
committee.
A bill was passed unanimously to
give Mrs. McKinley the free mailing
privilege during the remainder of her
life. The house then adjourned un-
. til Monday.
At the opening of the session Bar
ney of Wisconsin, from the commit
tee on appropriations, reported the
pension bill and gave notice that he
would call it up on Monday after the
disposal of the District of Columbia
business.
On motion of Hopkins of Illinois
the house then went into committee
of the whole and took up considera-
- tion of the bill to create a permanent
census bureau.
Hopkins, in support of the bill, ex
. plained that the subject of establish
ing a permanent bureau had been agi--tated
for many years. General Fran
cis A. Walker, superintendent of the
Ninth and Tenth census, and Porter,
superintendent of the Eleventh cen
sus, as well as the present director,
united in strongly recommending it
on the ground that it would not only
decrease the cost, but would increase
the value of the results.
In reply to questions Hopkins said
that 3,460 clerks had been employed
in the bureau, 2,700 being still em
IVPtoyed. If the pending bill passed,
b"esaid. the force would be reduced
this year to 800, next year to 750, in
3905 to 500. and thereafter to 200.
Grosvenor of Ohio asked if it would
not be wise to authorize the president
to extend the civil service law over
the surplus clerks. Hopkins replied
that the subject had been canvassed
by the house and senate committee
and it had been thought that such
action would not be expedient.
Burkett ot Nebraska opposed the
. bill,- contending that it was improper
and inopportune and asserting that
the course of the debate today demon
strated that the proposed legislation
had not been well matured. He de
clared that the only persons who had
agitated the subject of a permanent
census had been the superintendents
of past censuses and others directly
- .interested.
Mr. Burkett moved that the bill be
reported to the house with the recom
mendation that it be recommitted,
with instructions to report back as a
substitute a bill providing for the de
tailed organization of a permanent
census bureau, and with a provision
therein to place the present employes
of the bureau within the classified
service. The motion was carried.
ANTICIPATE PEACE OVERTURES
Jfesotlatioii fur Cnntlea of Hostilities
Wilt B Started Smb.
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 11. The Boer del
egates in Holland evidently anticipate
that some kind of peace overtures
will be made shortly, though they are
reticent as to their reasons for this
belief. They maintain that the de
mand for an unconditional surrender
must be abandoned.
It' is privately admitted that the
delegates will not reject what they call
"SBy fair offer of terms." If the ne
gotiations are started by a neutral
power the delegates will earnestly seek
to obtain a modus Vivendi, which will
reconcile Kruger's desire for complete
independence with the terms offered
by Great Britain.
Chang- ia Portal Service.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 11. The post
office department has created a new
division of postoffice inspectors, to
comprise the states of Kansas, Ne
braska. Oklahoma and Indian Terri
tory. The division headquarters will
be at Kansas City, with J." R. Harri
son of Salina, Kan., inspector in
charge. Mr. Harrison formerly was
attached to the St. Louis division of
inspectors and 'was postmaster at Ha
vana for a time.
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CHICAGO, Jan. 11. Notice was
given by the Wabash that its pastes
for 1901 would be honored over all the
system until January 34. This action,
it is said, may prove the beginning of
at break up of the anti-pass agreeateat
of the eastern lines as far as the Cen
tral Passenger association roads are
concerned.
Officers of the big lake steanuhip
lines have gone on strike against tat
aU fit rule
A WUSTIY ftNDNKIT VISITOR.
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la. Farat'. Hmi.
n BEATRICE, Neb., Jan. 1L The
family of W. G. Worthlngton, living
sevem miles southwest of Liberty, was
thoroughly frieghtened the other
lent when a man covered with blood,
which flowed from a wound in his
throat, walked into their sleeping
rooms carrying a lighted lamp. The
stranger proved to be J. Smith Diller
of Diller, Neb. It appears that he
was on his way home from the east,
where he had recently gone to settle
his grandfather's estate. While at St.
Joseph he became mentally unbalanc
ed and papers in his pockets showed
he was in the hands of the police
while there. Apparently when arriv
ing at Armour, a station, near the
Worthlngton home, he left the train
and wandered to Worthington's barn,
where he attempted to commit sui
cide by cutting his throat. The house
was not locked, and entering it he
lighted a lamp and climbed the stairs
in search of the occupants. He was
hurriedly taken to a physician. It is
thought that he will recover. .
STATE SCHOOL FUND INCREASED
The Batata of Joha Stanley, an EaclLa
aaaa. Settled.
LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 11. The per
manent school fund was increased
$1,438.27. the payment of that amount
as the sum returned from the sale of
the state of John Stanley, an English
man, who died intestate in South Da
kota in 1892. He owned considerable
property in York county, but so far
as known executed no will and had
no heirs. After a ten years search
for heirs of the deceased the property
in York county was sold and after the
payment of necessary expenses there
was left a balance of $1,438.27. Under
the constitution of Nebraska the mon
ey belongs to the permanent school
fund. J. W. Purinton was adminis
trator of the estate and he wound up
its affairs by paying the balance into
the state treasury.
REATI SENTENCE AEEIRMED.
Saareme Court Declare. Willlaaa Rhea
Hut Hmc April 25.
LINCOLN. Neb.. Jan. 11. The su
preme court handed down a decision
affirming the death sentence of Will
iam Rhea for the murder of Herman
Zahn in Snyder, Neb., January 4. 1901,
and fixing April 25 as the day of ex
ecution. Rhea based his claim for a
reversal on the alleged insufficiency
of evidence and the contention that
he could not be convicted of murder
in the first degree when there was
no evidence to show that the killing
was premeditated. The court refused
to sustain cither claim. If the deci
sion of the court stands, Rhea will be
the first man executed at the peni
tentiary under the new law.
May Get Sugar Factory.
M'COOK, Neb.. Jan. 11. The city
has been offered an opportunity to
secure a sugar factory, similar to the
one at Norfolk. The past year has
demonstrated that sugar beets can be
profitably grown in this section of the
state and the location of a factory
here would be a great benefit to the
farmers in this territory.
Large Happy Family.
JOHNSTON, Neb.. Jan. 11. Mrs. A.
G. Room and Homer Quick of this
place were married in Ainsworth by
Rev. Garner. The groom is a gentle
man of 47 years and the bride of 65
summers. The bride is the happy
mother of fourteen children, the
groom the father of seven living chil
dren, making them a happy family of
twenty-three.
Snoot. Ilimeir.
BELLWOOD, Neb., Jan. 11. John
Loramer, a farmer who resides on the
Lloyd farm -south of Bell wood, shot
himself in the forehead with a re
volver. The ball entered above the
left eye. coming out over the cheek
bone. He will probably die.
Wanted for Congre.Riusn.
GENEVA. Neb., Jan. 11. About fif
ty business men called upon Peter
Youngers requesting him to announce
himself a candidate for congress, from
the Fourth district, subject to the ap
proval of the republican congressional
convention next spring.
Xaay Case of Diplitli-rla.
LEXINGTON, Neb.. Jan. 11. Diph
theria has been prevalent for some
time in this neighborhood, but thus
far no deaths have occurred.
Beaver City Scorr'.ietl
BEAVER CITY, Neb.. Jan. 11. For
the second time in four months the
business portion of Baver City has
suffered severely by fire. The total
loss is about 120.000.
Xebratkan Killed.
GRAND ISLAND, Neb.. Jan. 11.
Word was received here of the acci
dental death in a saw mill at Liver
more, Colo., of C. C. Richardson, son
of D. Richardson of Alda.
Spoil. Prlaoaer. Plans.
BEAVER CITY, Neb., Jan. i
Sheriff Cameron arrived here in
, charge of Arch Bisbee. who escaped
from the Furnas county jail Decem
ber 11, 1900. He was held on a
charge of cattle stealing. He was
captured at Stratton, Kan., where he
was engaged in business, going un
der the name of Harris. He had walk
ed all the way to Stratton, being
across the state of Kansas. He reach-
i ed there Christmas one year ago.
PASS THECANAL BILL
Hepburn's Vicaraagaan Measure Almost
Unanimously Adopted.
ONLY TWO VOTES AGAINST IT
Factloa Favoring- Faaaaaa Boat Jala
Btajorityln Fiaal Tot The Maarare,
Com Tbroach ia Origlaal Fan. With
oat Aay Aiueadaieat.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. The Hep
burn canal bill passed the house late
this afternoon by practically a unani
mous vote. Only two members put
of 310 voted against it. Messrs. Flet
cher (rep.) of Minnesota and Lassiter
(dem.) of Virginia were the two vot
ing in the negative.
The opposition to committing the
government to the Niacaraguan. route
attempted to secure amendments to
lodge with the president the discre
tionary power to purchase and com
plete the Panama canal, if it could
be purchased for $40,000,000.
The test came on the first vote,
when the advocates of an alternative
route polled 102 against 170 votes. At
each succeeding vote their strength
dwindled until Mr. Cannon of Illinois,
under whose leadership the fight was
made, was unable to get the ayes and
noes on a motion to recommit.
All other amendments failed and the
bill passed exactly as it came from
the committee. None of the votes,
except that on the final passage of the
bill, was a record vote.
The debate which preceded the tak
ing of the final vote was made mem
orable by a clash between Mr. Hap
burn, the author of the bill, and Mr.
Cannon, chairman of the appropria
tions committee. On several previous
occasions they have measured swords
over canal legislation.
Two years ago a similar bill was
passed by a vote of 224 to 36.
The bill as passed today authorized
the president to secure from the states
of Costa Rica and Nicaragua, in be
half of the United States, such a por
tion of the territory belonging to said
states as may be desirable and neces
sary to excavate, construct and pros
pect a canal suitable to the wants of
modern navigation and commerce, and
appropriates such a sum as is made
necessary to secure the control of said
.territory.
Section 2 authorizes the president,
after securing control of the needed
territory, to authorize the secretary of
war to construct such canal from the
Caribbean sea to a point near Grey
town, in Nicaragua, by way of Lake
Nicaragua, to a point on the Pacific
cccan near Britb, and also to. construct
proper harbors at the termini of said
canal and to make necessary provi
sions for the defense of the canal and
harbors.
Sections 3 and 4 authorize the pres
ident tc make such surveys and to
employ such persons in constructing
the canal as to him may seem neces
sary and directs that in the construc
tion of the canal the river San Juan
and Lake Nicaragua shall be used as
far as they are available.
Section 3 authorizes the president to
guarantee to the states of Costa Rica
and Nicaragua the use of the canal
and harbors upon terms to be agreed
upon for all vessels owned by said
states and by citizens thereof.
The Inst section makes a present
appropriation of $10,000,000 to carry
on this work and authorizes the sec
retary of war to enter into proper
contracts for material and work as
may be deemed necessary therefor,
such work and material to be paid
for as appropriations may be made
from time to time. This section fixes
the aggregate cost at $180,000,000, to
be drawn from the treasury on war
rants of the president.
May Talk Abeat Chinese.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. 10.
Senator Penrose, chairman of the com
mittee on immigration, has called a
meeting for next Thursday to hear
persons who have expressed a desire
to make representations concerning
the Chinese exclusion bill. Among
those who will be heard will be rep
resentatives of the Southern Cotton
Planters, the Asiatic association of
New York, the Canadian Pacific rail
road company, the Boston and Mine
and cher New England railroads.
They Get Back a Gaa.
LONDON, Jan. 10. Lord Kitchener
cables to the war office that the sec
end British gun captured by the Boers
at Brankelaagte has been recovered.
TMs gun was previously reported as
destroyed.
Will Hear Labor Leaders.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. The Pa
cific coast senators and representa
tives interested in Chinese exclusion
legislation decided to grant hearings
to the Federation of Labor and to a
Pacific coast delegation now here be
fore determining finally on the bill
which will be favored. The hearings
will be closed by January 16, at which
time the final determination of the
whole matter on the course to pursue
is expeqted.'
Ideatify Lecaa a Kobaer.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 10.7-Gen-eral
Manager D. S. Elliott and Mes
senger C. Smith of the Great Northern
Express company, and Fireman O'Neil,
who were on the train which was
robbed by bandits at Wagner. Mont,
July 3 last, have positively identified
the man under arrest here as Harvey
Logan, as one of the men who robbed
the express car of the new Montana
bank bills and other valuables, a few
weeks ago.
WAIN MEN WlLillW TO TEU.
Ca Not 'Propose to B. Caaght Happtaa;
aa Faeklas Hokm X.a Were.
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 10. The Inter
state' Commerce commission, whose
members arrived on an early train
frbm Chicago, began its investigatioa
of eastbound grain rates from Kansas
City. The investigation in Kansas
City conducted by the commission last
summer was considered a fiasco, as all
those called denied having knowledge
of illegal rate cutting, but the pres-.
ent hearing is taken more seriously.'
Before the first testimony was taken,
the forty or fifty shippers and freight
agents summoned were at sea as to
what to expect This' time the grain
men have decided to tell all they
know about the situation and it is "be
lieved that the railroad officials will'
also tell enough to absolve themselves
from further liability. The investiga-:
tion will, it is believed, be confined
to looking into the charge-that-freight'
rates on grain and grain products
from western points to the Atlantic
seaboard are being cut in violation of
the tariffs.
RAISES INSURANCE RATES
Chirac. Vet. a Taste of th. Medietas
Belas Given Other Cltlc.
CHICAGO, Jan. 9. As a result of
fire losses of 1901, exceeding $1,000,000
in this city, the Chicago Underwriters'
association decided to raise rates and
ordered them into effect at once. It
is believed that the increase ordered
will swell the aggregate premiums of
the city over $300,000. The advance
on the contents of all non-preferred,
non-sprinkled, non-fireproof risks, ex
cept single occupancy risks, is 10 per
cent.
The most notable advances are:
Provision warehouses and contents, 10
cents; coal, 50 cents; street car barns,
from 25 to fifty cents; contents of
street car bars, from 50 to 75 cents;
grain elevators, 25 cents; contents, 25
cents; malt elevators, 25 cents, con
tents, 50 cents; lumber 25 cents; furni
ture finishing establishments, 25 cents;
contents of public storage warehouses,
25 cents.
IN HONOR 0E LATE FRESIDENT
Gov. Nash Ask. that McKinley Aaalver
ary Be Observed.
CANTON, O., Jan. 10. Every gov
ernor in the United States has been
asked by Governor G. K. Nash,
chairman of the Ohio auxiliary of the
McKinley National Memorial associa
tion, to issue an appeal to the citizens
of his state or territory to set aside
January 29, President McKinley's
birthday anniversary, .as. "McKinley
day."
This action was brought about by
the desire of the committee to make
the day one of universal observance.
In the opinion of the association the
inauguration of January 29 as a day
of observance will eventually become
a virtual holiday, as Washington's
and Lincoln's birthdays, and it is
thought that no one state will fail to
respond to the request.
Fresldeat Feed. Trainmen.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 10. The
president had with him at lunch yes
terday the attorney general, the sec
retary of agriculture and a notable
gathering of representatives of or
ganized labor. They were: E. P.
Sargent, chief of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen; E. E. Clark,
grand chief conductor of the Order of
Railway Conductors; P. H. Morrissey,
grand master of the Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen; H.. B. Perham,
president of the Order of Railway Tel
egraphers, and A. B. Arthur, chief of
the Order of Locomotive Engineers.
Dos Save. Master. Life.
IOWA FALLS, la., Jan. 10. If Mi
chael Featherstone recovers from his
injuries he will owe his life to a
faithful dog that appreciated the
man's danger and came to his rescue.
While tying up an unruly bull the
beast turned on Featherstone, and be
fore the man knew what happened
the bull threw him over his shoul
ders and against the barn wall, leav
ing the man in an inanimate mass on
the floor. His life was saved by his
dog attacking the animal.
Sehley Bill Iatrodaeed.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 10. Rep
resentative Hooker introduced a reso
lution reciting that Commodore Schley
was the senior commander in the bat
tle of Santiago; that he was in abso
lute command of that battle and he
"is entitled to the credit due to such
commanding officer for the glorious
victory which resulted in the total de
struction of the Spanish ships."
Mora to Restrict Feasloas.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. During
consideration by the senate of private
pension legislation some important
statements were made by Mr. Gallin
ger, 'chairman of the committee on
pensions, in respect to regulations
adopted by the committee to govern
private pension bills. None but abso
lutely meritorious cases would be pre
sented and the closest scrutiny would
be given by the committee to every
bill.
Ready for Shaw Baaqaet.
DES MOINES, Jan. 10. Arrange
ments for the big banquet to be given
by the Grant club of Des Moines to
Leslie M. Shaw upon his return from
Washington are practically complete.
It will be given at the Savery, and
350 gue3ts from all over the state will
be present. The attendance has been
limited to men on account of the great
number who. have signified their inten
tion of being present. Gov. CumBuns
will act as toaEtmaster.
GERMANY IS DOWNCAST
Taksi Gloony View ef Financial and
. Ecoaomio 8itiation.
MET ANi MCISTAQ RECONVENE
BmIow sail Baroa V.a Thlel-
saaa Addrea. the Bespectlve Bodlea
a Repressed Coadltloas Hatters
Farelsa la GeaeraU
BERLIN, Jan. 9. The speech from
the throne, read'hy the imperial chan
cellor, Count -von Vuelow, at the operi
img of the Prussian Diet today, took
a gloomy view of the economic situa
tion. It pointed out that the revenue
from the state railroads in 1901 fell
considerable short of the estimates and
that the whole results of the financial
year were disappointing.
" -In the budget for 1902 the revenue
Is estimated below that of the cur
rent year, but the balance between
the revenue and the expenditure is to
be maintained without having recourse.
to a loan.
The speech announced plans for
legislation providing for the housing
of state workmen and of officials
earning- small salaries. Considerable
credits are demanded for the exten
sion of the state railroads and the
promotion and construction of light
railroads.
A new canal bill, to complete the
system of waterways, will he submit
ted. The concluding portion of Emperor
William's speech pointed to the neces
sity of adopting measures against the
agitation in the Polish districts of
eastern Prussia, declared that the up
holding of the political and economic
position of the German element there
was necessary for the self-preservation
of Prussia, and promised that the
government would fulfill its duty in
cultivating the German national spirit
in that region, in combatting with
firmness all tendencies hostile to the
state. In this course the government
counted on the support of the German
population of east Prussia, as well as
on the assistance of the whole nation,
which regarded any attempt to drive
oat the German language as an at
tack on its national honor and dignity.
The Reichstag reassembled today
after the Christmas recess, with a
rather slim attendance, and the discus
sion of the estimates began. The
statement of the financial condition of
the empire by Baron von Thiellraann,
secretary of state for the treasury,
was even more pessimistic on the
subject of the declining trade of Ger
many than were Bis earlier utterances
in that connection.
"My former references," said Baron
von Thiellmann, "to the deterioration
of the financial position, which were
regarded in many quarters as pessi
mism, have been confirmed. Affairs
have become even more unfavorable
than we are able to foresee, as owing
ft) -th economic depression the re
ceipts have fallen off considerably and
the individual states of the empire are
no longer able to bear their matricu
lar contributions. Especially is this
so in the case of the small Thuringian
states."
riANTOrREVENTACRISIS
Delegate Bachaaaa Sagcests C.mpra.
taise oa Arbitration.
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 1 Now thai
the compulsory arbitration plan can
be reported to the Pan-American con
ference by the committee under an
amendment of the rules which has
been suggested by W. I. Buchanan of
the United States delegation. The
amendment wili be to the effect that
when a single committee reports two
proposed treaties, one unanimously
and the other signed by the majority,
the former shall be recorded in the
main protocol at the termination of
the conference and the latter in a sup
plementary protocol.
When this amendment is introduced
it will have the support of the ten
signatories of the United States dele
gation, and, perhaps, one or two more.
If carried, the arbitration committee
will present the two proposed conven
tions, one by virtue of which all the
nations represented at the conference
will adhere to The Hague plan and
the other embracing the compulsory
scheme of arbitration.
Zalay I. Re Rlected.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Jan. 9. (Via
Galveston.) The presidential electoral
vote was counted in the presence of
the -Nicaraguan congress. General
Santos J. Zelaya was declared re-elected
unanimously for a term of four
years.
Wabash Bays Ttrtiala Road.
CUMBERLAND, Md., Jan. 9. Gen
eral Manager Bretz of the West Vir
ginia Central railroad confirmed the
report of the sale of that road. It
was stated on., reliable authority that
the Wabash railroad was the purchas
er and that the sale was made in New
York to a stock broker of that city,
who represented the Wabash road.
An attorney of the Wabash from Kan
sas City is said to have been present
during negotiations.
Iadten Commits Harder.
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Jan." 9. The
United States authorities at Sioux
Falls have been notified that a mur
der has been committed on the Pine
Ridge reservation by a Sioux Indian.
No details have been received. Depsty
Marshal Belden of Deadwood has sesf
Instructed to proceed to Pine Ridge
agency to take the murderer into
custody. Assistant United States At
torney Porter has gone to defend thf
prisoner.
f. BRIff TELEGRAMS.
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The exports from Sheffield to the
United States in 1901 are valued at
515,592, an increase of 7,885 over
190t.
Judge Eugene S. Elliott of the cir
cuit court of Milwaukee county, Wis
consin, .died suddenly from heart fail
ure, aged t0.
Mail service through the flooded dis
tricts in the south has been resum
ed, the line from Montgomery to New
Orleans now being open.,.
The Great Northern has announced
an excursion rate of $6 to those who
wish tc leave Indiana and Illinois and
settle in Dakota and Minnesota.
Joseph and Mamie Kelley, children,
were drowned in a pond at Hill's
Grove. R. I., while sliding. The boy
perished in an effort to. save his sis
ter. Superintendent of Masonry Stephens
of the Illinois Central was ground to
death near Watson, III., while attempt
ing to take from the track a rail
road volocipede.
Bishop Brent of Boston, consecrated
bishop of the Philippines last month,
has decided to issue an appeal for a
fund of $100,000 with which to endow
the new jurisdiction.
The late George M. Pullman's will,
filed in the probate court at Red
wood City, Cat, showed the estate
was worth only $2,000, although the
petition to the court stated $500,000.
Secretary Long will, for personal
reasons, resign from the cabinet next
April or May. The probabilities are
that the president will offer the port
folio to Governor Crane of Massachu
setts. Representative Kahn of San Francis
co introduced a bill for a submarine
tunnel under San Francisco bay, with
openings on Goat island, where the
United States military reservation Is
located. '
The .Utah supreme court holds that
the law raising the salaries of the
governor and other state officials is
constitutional and has issued a per
emptory writ of mandamus to compel
the payment.
Hiram P. Mills, one of the oldest
bank presidents - in the United States,
died suddenly at Mount Morris, N.
Y. He celebrated his 96th birthday
on Thursday last and danced with
the company.
Among the bills itnroduced in the
lower house of the New York legis
lature was one by Assemblyman Wil
liam S. Bennett of New York making
it a misdemeanor to flirt on a public
thoroughfare.
Representative . Grosvenor of Ohio
introduced an anti-anarchist bill. The
death penalty is provided for as
saults on an officer of the government,
without specifically designating the
president as the one assaulted.
At the inauguration of the new
city government at Everett. Mass.,
Robert H. Jenkins fell dead while
making a speech accepting the office
of president of the board of alder
men, to which he had been elected.
President Roosevelt will be invited
to visit Chicago as the guest of the
three leading republican dubs of Chi
cago. This was agreed upon when
representatives of the Marquette. Ham
ilton and Lincoln ciubs gathered in
the banquet room of the latter and
took concerted action.
The British war office, on the au
thority of Lord Kitchener, denies the
report telegraphed from Pretoria, Jan
uary 1, that two officers 'from the in
telligence department who were sent
to parley with Boers who desired to
surrender, near Warm Baths, were
treacherously shot by concealed Boers.
Henry C. Tatum, secretary and
treasurer of the Western Commercial
Travelers' association was found dead
in bed at his residence in St. Louts.
Death is supposed to have resulted
from a dose of poison which he took
before retiring.
Governor Aycock of North Caro
lina named Wednesday, February 21,
a
for the hanging of six white men,
such a wholesale execution in one day
being without precedent in that state.
In each case there has been an appeal
to the supreme court.
Alonzo Kilby, an escaped prisoner
from Billings, Mont., was fatally shot
while resisting capture.
Governor General Wood of Cuba las
liberated twenty-seven prisoners oa
the recommendation of the Cuban sec
retary of justice.
Joseph Harker, known among finan
cial men as "Honest Joe," died at
New York. He was an able financier.
At Wooster, O.. W. J. Bryan de
livered an address at the Jackson ian
banquet on the subject of "Steadfast
ness." John A. Kearney of Cohoes, N. Y.,
has been appointed special laborer in
the New York navy yard to succeed
E. S. Maclay, who was removed by
order of the president for statements
derogatory to Admiral Schley In a his
torical work.
John W. Kenney, a discharged em
ploye of the Springfield (Ohio), foun
dry, waylaid and shot John G. Sad
Her, the superintendent. In the hall
way leading to the latter's offiea. IsvaV
Her leaves a family of fourteen sbB
dren. The Franklin Printing and Engrav
ing company's .plant at Toledo, O., was
destroyed by fire.
Harry Angell Smith, a well known
actor, for many years 'leading man
with the late Roland Reed, died ut
Flushing. L. I.
The presidents of the Central Amer
Iran states expect to meet, at Corinto,
Nicaragua.- January 15,to confer on
the subject of establishing more cor
dial relations between their respec
tive republics and to devise
for assuring peace anoDg taem
RUBIES AND DIAMONDS.
rh. Favmer Are Becomias Mere Raw
aad Cost More Thaa Latter.
All the world loves a ruby or
should: and all whs know their fascin
.tion will welcome some facts concern
ing them which have been given cur
ency by a Paris technical journal. Le
Oiamant. which are of timely interest,
in view of the increasing popularity of
ihese gems and their recent material
advance in price.
There" are three varieties oriental,
Siamese and the spinel. The first Is
the most beautiful of all colored gems.
They are becoming more and more
rare and, weight for weight, are valued
ten to twenty fold the price of dia
monds. The best come from Ceylon,
India and China.
The Siamese rubies are very dark
red, the spinel is less richly colored.
The largest ruby known is one of the
crown jewels of Russia, The shah of
Persia has a ruby of 175 carats. Gus
tavus Adolphus of Sweden had one of
the size of a small egg and of perfect
water, which was presented to the
czarina of Russia in 1677. 1791 France
had in its crown jewels eighty-one
oriental rubies.
Gems of small inarinsic value are
just now commanding prices higher
than they would be valued at by ex
perts, which is always the case with
stones which become fashionable, and
it Is a safe rule that those who buy
stones of this class should exercise the
same care they would or sbou!d in pur
chasing diamonds. The demand has
called out a large number of second
and third class rubies from their hid
ing places, and in new mountings they
are masquerading as jewels of great
price.
The ruby is skillfully Imitated, says
the New York Times, and not a few
are worn which are only of the grade
of paste diamonds without a suspicion
on the part of their owners that they
are not what they are assumed to be.
No bargains in desirable rubies are to
be had in the markets of Europe or
America. Those worth buying for in
vestment arc snapped up on sight by
the gem sharps, and the person "who
purchases from them will in every in
stance pay their value.
HEROINE OF PHOTOGRAPHY.
The First Womaa Who Ever Sut for
Saa Pletare.
The death last Tuesday morning at
Hastings-on-the-Hudson of Miss Anna
Catherine Draper, the first woman who
ever "sat for her photograph." brings
forcibly to mind the fact that the art
ot photography has been developed
from Daguerre's crude invention to its
present perfection within the compass
of a single lifetime.
In 1839, when Daguerre's dlscovery
vras first announced, the famous scien
tist, Dr. John W. Draper, then a mem
ber of the faculty of the University of
New York, was pursuing bis researches
in the chemical phenomena of light,
whose results are among his most val
uable contributions to science. Da
guerre's announcement interested Dr.
Draper greatly, and he at once made it
the subject of special study. He was
the first person in the world to utilize
Daguerre's process in the portraiture
of human beings. His sister was the
sitter for the first photographic por
trait from life, taken sixty-two years
ago, on the roof of the old university
building. Theodore Winthrop's Chrysa
lis college, if tradition is trustworthy.
As the length of the "exposure" was
3lx minutes, during which Miss Draper
had to sit absolutely motionless in the
full glare of the sun. with her face
ihickly covered with a white metallic
powder, her services to science in
volved sufficient of personal incon
venience and discomfort to give her a
claim to be entitled the heroine of pho
tography, and to be held in honor by
the countless thousands to whom the
art of photography, with all its cog
nate and related arts, is now a source
of pleasure, of education, of culture,
of livelihood, of wealth.
New Paper Hold Water.
There are many so-called waterproof
papers, and several are prepared with
paraffin and linseed oil. one of
them, however, holds water any length
of time, and not one of them is totally
uninfluenced by greasy matters. Such
a combination as supple, fat and wa
terproof papers with a glossy surface
does not exist. The new process con
sists in treating paper with a boiling
hot mixture of paraffin and linseed oil
and pressing between rolls. This pro
cedure is carried out twice. The pa
per is then treated with shellac anr
finally with powerel talc. The paper
is again rolled and pressed, which is
the finishing process. The varnishes
employed serve to make the paper im
pervious to fatty substances and pre
vent the paper from having any un
pleasant smell, says the Paper Trade
Journal. The talc is a glaze-giving
substance, which at the same time
serves to give the paper a leathery
consistency and is not easily torn, yet
does not crack.
T.ar. Coinage ia United State..
The report of George E. Roberts, di
rector of the mint, for the fiscal year
ended June 3, 1901. shows a total coin
age during the year amounting to
176.999,132 pieces of the value of $12G,
340,781. OMbis $99,065,715 was in gold.
$24,298,850 was in silver dollars, $10,
966,648 was in fractional silver and $2,
000.563 in minor coins. There also
were coined' at the Philadelphia mint
255,000 gold pieces of the value of $349,
014 for the government of Crista Rica.
The coinage of silver dollars was whol
ly from the stock of bullion accumu
lated under the act of July 14. 1890.
The amount of this bullion on hand at
the end of the year was 52,362,927
standard ounces. The estimated pro
duction of gold in the United States
during the calendar year 1300 was $79,
171,000. Mtesloaaslc. la Persia.
A Russian contemporary states that
the missionaries stationed in the
northern parts of Persia have not been
able to achieve much so far. though
their work has been carried on for
more than seventy years. The schools
founded some twenty years ago in Ta
bris and other places are but little at
tended. The number of families ci-a-verted
to Christianity in Persia does
J cot exceed eighty.
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