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,:--jc .- ?r - r &" - ?s"'rfr r ixjfjrs 5fcT r - i v - V - . l.-V ., v - s;5fl " Wa?H--H. -X ,-'.1-Sp VOLUME XXXII.-NUMBER 44. COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA. WEDMSSDAY. FEBRUARY 5. 1902. WHOLE NUMBER 1,656. - i, i m;iJ- r- -f " . i f m ; i i. r -f - ?WtfnBiw , bk t .-", -w amsa --a tamE"- ..? v ammmmmmaw a -. .. -m , - - - k r - t-m- i n. - '- JHHOfc . -.k -. .a bb i .".m - HB 11B . .- c - m . a HB w'"" I II IYA 1"i 1V14'YfYiiV 4IIVV4VVI HUH HH HaH IK alaH - 'HHIalB allH ar HalalB IIH IH HUB m. IH IB JU r - "hi . : :mr - .ma. .nm'm vuc r -. b mi h h h -, .- , K " 4 B W H HH ! m X 7 t 1 . v : ' i? -. Met f -. THE TARIFF BILL MR. MORGAN WARNS THE SEN ATE RELATIVE THERETO. he iros am Aiwmumn DtclarM th Rill UnciMtttiitinal AaVecatcs an Executive Department ., ft' the Centre! of the Philippine Manaa. WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 1. An extended speech on the pending Phil ippiae tarif bill was delivered in the senate by Morgan of Alabama, who devoted particular attention to the amendment which he offered to the bill last week. He maintained that the enactment of the bill as it stands now would not be a constitutional remedy f-fornfce rituatrownhemeasure,-ir- de algned to relieve, but said that with the adoption of his amendment the bill would stand the closest scrutiny of the courts. The Alabama senator did - not discuss the political phases of the Philippine question, devoting his en tire speech to a consideration of the legal and constitutional questions rais ed by the presentation of the tariff measures. An hour and a half was devoted to the increase of salaries of judges of United States courts, but no action was taken. The bill increases the annual - salaries of the federal judiciary. Mr. Hoar made a brief statement in upport of the measure. He be lieved members of the judiciary of the United States were entitled to snch salaries as would enable them to main tain suitable and proper positions. The judicial salaries paid by the government-were not equal to those paid by many of the great states of the union to the Jndges-of the state courts. The justice of the United States supreme court, he declared, could make ten times the amount of the salaries pro posed in practice at the bar. At 2 o'clock the Philippine tariff bill was taken up, and Mr. Morgan, dem.) of Alaska addressed the sen ate. He said he had not heard as yet any objection to the tariff that Is pro posed to lie laid, and took it for grant ed that the tariff was just and neces sary. He argued that congress had no constitutional authority to levy a discriminating tariff- either upon im ports or exports between the United States and the Philippines. "I believe in the doctrine of free trade in all parts of the United States, whether covered by the constitution, . the Sag, or both," he said, and he con teirt.ed that an export duty is plainly forbidden even though, in the case of the Philippines, the duty was levied here. Speaking of the claims made that there was no lawful government in the Philippines. Mr. Morgan with great earnestness said there is a government there and he was glad to say a very good government, suitable to the char acter of the people and the circum stances in which we found them. It would advance the estimate of the Fil ipinos of the United States if they could have a delegate to congress, as has Hawaii, said Mr. Morgan. This he said he thought would be no viola tion of the constitution. Referring to the work of the Philippine commis sion, their work and personality, he paid a tribute to the late President McKlnley, who. he said, was the hap piest man in the world in making se lections of men for responsible posi tions, who always could be relied on to do the right thing at the right time and in the right way. Mr. Morgan pleaded for a govern ment in the Philippines which could be prepared at all times to meet emergencies in accordance with the laws of the United States, because, he said, there might be a time when the Philippines might be cut off from cable communication. He urged the establishment of an ex ecutive department for the control of "'the- Islands. In conclusion. Mr. Mor gan said he had purposely refrained -from referring to any political phase of ' this question. He referred to the adop tion of his amendment, "but," he said, "if the bill stands as it Is and will break the uniformity of taxation in the Philippines, I shall feel that the con stitution has been violated." After a brief . executive session the house at 4:25 p. m. adjourned until Monday. Fatal Fall from Ice Chute. ASHLAND, Neb., Feb. 1. A man named Kelley was killed at Armour's ice house at Memphis. While work ing there he fell from one of the ice chutes, twenty feet, and died in a few hours. Largest Gifts on Record. NEW YORK, Feb. 1. The Times publishes in -its literary -supplement a list of bequests 'and gifts for public uses made in the United States dur ing the year 1901, showing the enor mous total of $107,360,000, far out doing air previous records. The high est previous record for any one .year was 162,750.000. Of this total tor 1901, Mr. Carnegie gave the colleges and libraries f31.00Q.000. his gifts to libraries 'having been $14,000,000. Lack Harmony in Plana. NEW YORK, Feb. 1. Lack of har- y and preparedness mark the ar rangements for the reception here of Prince Henry of Prussia "and the launching of the yacht of the German emperor. Certain boxholders at the Metropolitan opera bouse have failed a give np their places for the prince hi staff, the board of aldermen esmtpmia that they Have been slight ed aad the arrangements at Shooter are still incomplete. RIGHT TO USE THE WATER. I ef Irrigation Overrules Motion fer Rehearing Caee. . LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 1. The state board of irrigation overrated a motion for a rehearing of the case of the Farmers and Merchants' Irrigation company of Lexington against the Gothenburg Water Power and Irriga tion company. This action grew out of the extension of the canal owned and operated by the Gothenburg com pany. The contention was that the Gothenburg company had no right to use water under its original claim for purposes otherwise than those speci fied in the grant. The extension was eighteen miles in length, and the company sought to- turn the water from the old canal into the new one, instead of turning it back into the river. On a hearing several weeks ago the board decided that the com pany could use the allotted amount of water for irrigating purpose, even in the extension. In the case of Nicholas McCabe against Maude Hinman, appealed from Lincoln county, the board decid ed that the abandonment of an irri gating ditch forfeits all further rights for the appropriation of water. The Hinman ditch, which furnished water for approximately 4,500 acres of land near North Platte, was abandoned af ter it had been operated for several years, and subsequently an attempt was made to renew its operation. HORSE DISEASE BREAKS OUT. Forty-Seven Animals Succumb to Sick ness in York County. COLUMBUS, Neb., Feb. 1. The fa tality among horses in the northern part of Platte county during the last ten days or two weeks has been quite alarming, the disease being some thing with which the veterinary sur geons seem wholly unable to cope. County Superintendent L. H. Leavy visited fourteen schools in the vicin ity of Humphrey, Creston and Corn lea last week, in each district mak ing inquiry among the fanners as to the loss of horses, and in this wav learned that twenty-two men had had forty-seven fatalities from the strange disease, which manifests itself in at lease some cases in blindness and loss of consciousness to pain or insanity. the animal plunging Into barbed wire fences and not being repelled by se vere cuts, but with the coming out of cold sweat quickly dying. One seemingly significant fact men tioned by a 'farmer and corroborated by Mr. Ieavy's subsequent observa tion, is that the half dozen farmers in the county supplied with flowing wells are free, not only from this disease among horses, but have-also been free during recent years from cholera among hogs. BEET SEED FOR THE WEST. Omaha Becomes the General Distribut ing Point. OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 1. Omaha has been designated the distributing point for all sugar beet seed that will be planted in the states west of the Mis sissippi river. Meyer A Raapke of this city are the distributing agents. All 'sugar beet seed planted in this country is raised in Germany. Al ready consignments for the crop of the earning season have begun to ar rive in Omaha. It comes in bond and after reaching here is under the con trol of Collector Taylor of the customs house until it is taken out and sent to the factories, the managers of which supply the beet growers. To plant the western country with sugar beets requires thirty-five to for ty carloads of seed. Ten carloads' have cqme and another large lot Is expected within the next few days. The seed is put up in sacks, contain ing 200 pounds each.. Large Acreage of Wheat in York. YORK, Neb., Feb. 1. The farmers of York county rejoice over the fine fall of snow which has covered the wheat fields in all directions. Over 50 per cent of cultivated acreage in York county is in winter wheat, which is the farmer's greatest mortgage-lifting crop, and if there is an average yield of 30 to 50 bushels an acre there will scarcely be a farm mortgage in York county next year. To Discuss Land Leasing. DENVER. Colo., Feb. 1. The American Cattle Growers' association, composed of leading cattlemen of the west will meet in Denver March 4 to discuss public land leasing and oth er questions affecting the industry. The bill concerning land leasing now before congress will be a matter for special consideration. The call for the meeting was issued today. Power from Niobrara. LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 1. An appli cation for permission to appropriate water from the Niobrara river for a power plant near Valentine was pre sented to the secretary of the state board of irrigation. It is proposed to construct a plant with a capacity of 8,000 electric horse power for opera tion twenty-four hours each day. All prior claims for the appropriation of water from the Niobrara river were withdrawn before Cornell filed. Mumaugh Demand Pay. LINCOLN. Neb., Feb. 1. Samuel R. Mumaugh of Omaha, who was a member of Company L of the First regiment of volunteers, has written a letter to Governor Savage demanding the allowance of his claim for travel pay from 8an Francisco to Omaha. Mumaugh was discharged from the company while in the' Philippine is lands. A few days after the Uhl bill went into effect last year he fled a chum for $37.50 in the department REPEALSWAR TAX BILL IS AUTHORIZED BY WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE. WHAT THE MEASUtt KMWES Will Cmmm Reduction ef Seventy Seven Million Dollar Allows the Duty on Tea t Remain On Year Lner. WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. The ways and means committee by unanimous vte instructed Chairman Payne to prepare a bill repealing all the war revenue taxes, except the tax on mixed flour. The action taken was in the form of a resolution to the effect that the bill should provide for the re peal of the remaining war taxes to take effect eafJaty-l, 1902, except that the repeal of the duty on tea should go into effect January 1, 1903. The only division in the committee was in amendments proposed by dem ocratic members. Representative Richardson of Tennessee proposed an amendment to put trust-made articles on the free list. This was defeated by a party vote, as was the amend ment by Representative Robertson of Louisiana to continue the tax on "bucket shops." Chairman Payne made the following statement on the proposed repeal: "The treasury now has an available cash balance of something over $174, 000,000. It is not likely that this will be increased materially during the present fiscal year, as the treasury is buying bonds at a rate that will use us the surplus to accumulate between this and the end of the fiscal year, June 30 next The secretary of the treasury's report estimated a surplus for this year of $100,000,000, and sub sequent results seem to confirm this estimate. The committee, therefore, thought it was entirely safe to repeal the remainder of the war revenue taxes, amounting to $68,000,000, and the tax on tea of $9,000,000 in the ag gregate $77,000,000 at this time. This will still leave a surplus esti mated upon this year's receipts and expenses of $22,000,000 or $23,000,000 for the year, while we will start upon the next fiscal year with $174,000,000. The committee deems it wise to have the repeal of the tax on tea take ef fect on the first of January next, in order to enable those, especially re tailers and small dealers, who have stocks of the duty-paid goods on hand, to dispose of them before the change takes place. We can provide a rebate on the to bacco tax and guard against any fraud upon the revenue, for the reason that the internal revenue department has this trade under close surveillance and can and will take an account of the stock in the dealers' hands on the first day of July next. But this will be impossible as to teas, which come in as customs duties and of which the government has no account, save as they are imported in large quantities by the importers. Continuing this tea tax to the first of January will give us six months' revenue in the next fiscal year upon tea and will make the ultimate reduction for the next year considerably less than $7,000,000. The bill will be presented to the house as soon as it can be prepared. The repeal will affect the remain ing special taxes imposed by the war, viz.: On bankers, brokers, grain dealers, pawn brokers, custom house brokers, theaters, museums, circuses, etc., billiard rooms and bowling al leys, playing cards, dealers in and manufacturing of tobacco. The reduction on, fermented liquor will amount to 60 cents per barrel; that on tobacco and snuff will be 3 cents, bringing the rate back to 6 luntc uit tirainri a before the war. vv" - "- .. The rate on cigars and cigarettes was changed last year, but the further I change now made will bring the rates back to those existing prior to the war. Woman Does .the Killing. GUTHRIE, O. T., Jan. 31. At Prov ence, I. T., yesterday, Walter Childs was shot and killed by Ella Pitts, the result of a quarrel.' The woman is under arrest at Ardmore. Senate Confirm Metcalf. WASHINGTON. D. C, Jan. 31. The senate today confirmed the nomi nation of General W. 8. Metcalf to be pension agent at Topeka, Kan. Ex-Congressman Sprague Dead. PROVIDENCE, R. I., Jan. 31. Ex Congressman Charles -F. Sprague ol Massachusetts died at a sanitarium today. Sampson on Retired List WASHINGTON. Jan. 31. The navy department issued an order announc ing that Rear Admirals Sampson and Cromwell will be placed on the re tired list on the ninth proximo or account of age. Admiral Sampson is now in the city, his health having compelled his relinquishment of active duties several months ago. Admiral Cromwell is in command of the Eu ropeaa station. Captain Copper wiU be promoted. . Window Glass Men Organize. CINCINNATI, Jan. 31. Forty rep resentatives of the Federation Coop erative Window Glass company, rep resenting over 80 pots, held a meet ing here today. The factories repre sented are the principal independent plants in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio. In diaaa aad Illinois. The principa' business of the meeting was for the re organization of. their company, whicl originally formed last May. INDIANS DESIRE AN AGENT. Mez Perce Object to Being in Charg of Superintendent. LEWI8TON. Idaho, Jan. 31. -Two hundred Nez Perce Indians are eagac ?d in a tribal dance oa Lapwai creek,. If teen miles from this city. The lance is the result of a council that :onvened last week to diacass the pro posed abandonment of :th Lapwai igeacy and the transfer of the same to the superintendent of the Lapwai Indian Industrial school. The council 3xpressed disapproval of the acts 'of Superintendent Voorhles, ia charge of the school and who has enforced the attendance of Indian' children at school. Resolutions were passed con- iemning the superintendent and ask ing that the agency remain separate. A delegation of Indians was also ap pointed to visit Washington to make their wishes known. The council met Sve days ago and. the. excitement of discussion gradually resulted ia the wild, weird dance of the tribe. George Moses, Philip McFarland and Peo-Peo-Kalipt, chiefs of the tribe, are par ticipating in the dance. Guards have been stationed to prevent the Indians from receiving whisky and precaution Is taken to prevent depredations. A party arriving from the scene reports that the canyons are echoing with the yells of the dancers. Superin tendent Voorhies addressed the coun cil during the early deliberations, but, it seems, was unable to influence the Indians. FORMING MONSTER COMBINE. Glucose, Starch and Sugar Companies to Join in Big Company. NEW YORK, Jan. 31. Consolidat ing the most important glucose estab lishments of the country, papers of incorporation will be filed, according to the Times, in New Jersey within a short time for the largest industrial combination since the United States Steel corporation was organized. The new trust will have a capitalization of $80,000,000, divided into $30,000,000 preferred and $50,000,000 common. Ne gotiations looking forward to this deal have been on for some days past The companies which are stated thus far to have been brought into the deal are the Glucose Sugar Refining company, the Illinois Sugar Refining company of Pekin, III., Charles Pope Glucose Manufacturing company, the National Starch company and the New York Glucose company. Tribute te McKlnley. DES MOINES, la., Jan. 31. When Ihe senate and house held a joint ses sion to the memory of McKinley, Gov ernor Cummins was the principal speaker, closing as follows': "When we 'gratefully and reverent ly recall his blameless life and his Christian death, his courageous strug gles, his purity of thought, his lofti ness of purpose, his steadiness of de sign, his serenity of mind and his deep and absorbing devotion to the public good, we baptize ourselves in the fountain of civic righteousness and will go forth better armed for the great struggle of the world. It is an hour of dedication and consecra tion, as well as of commemoration. The Ruler of the universe is not prod igal with such spirits, but we rest content with the thought that while they do not come often, they come at the right time." ' Schwab Denies Rumors. PARIS, Jan. 31. Charles M. Schwab, president ' of the United States Steel corporation has arrived here from Berlin. He said that the report that while in Vienna he had conferred with the heads of Austro Hungarian companies, with the view of making a working arrangement be- twwtn thorn and the TTniteri State I Steel cornoration was without foun dation. He had not occupied himself with business during his European trip. Verdict Against Dead Man. ONAWA, la., Jan. 31: In the case of Mary Christianson against John Spald ing, administrator of the Frank Cram estate, for breach of promise of mar riage, the jury this morning returned a verdict for, the plaintiff for $6,000. The defendant, Frank Cram, has been dead for several months, and the case has attracted considerable attention on account of the novelty of the suit. The cohrt adjourned for the -term. Smallpox at Pacific Junction. PACIFIC JUNCTION, la., Jan. 31. The family of John McClure have been quarantined for smallpox.' Mr. Mc Clure's son Cloyd broke out on tke streets and - the doctors have pro nounced . it. genuine smallpox. . Knights Entertain .Schley. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan 31. Ad miral Schley was today ihe guest of the Louisville Knights Templar, who refused to let the' inclement weather interfere to any extent with their plans for his entertainment. In the morning, in company with a-committee of the knights, the admiral start ed for a drive over the Ice-covered streets of the city, and shortly after ward -addressed the students of the Girls' High school.- - - Firemen Select Mitchell. MITCHELL, S. D., Jan. JL The board of control of the South Dakota I Firemen's association held a meetlag in tau city last evening for the pur pose of locating the coming tourna ment of the firemen. Mitchell was the unanimous choice of the board aad the dates selected were June 24, 25 and 26. The running events will be held on Main street, ia the city, la stead of taking them out to the-fait grounds, as has been the custom. PART IS INVALID - .r-U ION OF DINGLEY BILL SAID BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL. EXHiWED BY CULLOM inc with Power of the Presi- and the Senate Uaeless to Ratify Treaty Under This ..Provl- -WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. For an koaryesterday the senate had under discsjssion the question of whether a ceaajprship of press dispatches exists ia Manila. While no such turbulent ceajes as those of the day before wen enacted, the debate for a time waajvery spirited. The secretary of warwas quoted as saying that no presscenwnhip-TKnr exists in the Philippines aad a letter from General Greeley, chief signal officer of the army, was presented by Mr. Beveridge of Indiana, making a statement offi cially that there was no censorship f press dispatches and that "the press is entirely free. It was contended by the opposition that a press censorship did exist in the Philippines and that copies of ev ery news dispatch filed with the cable company was filed with the military authorities. That, it was maintained, constituted a virtual censorship. Mr. Cullom, chairman of the com mittee on foreign relations, delivered an extended and carefully prepared speecn on the history of the reciproc ity negotiations. The address dealt particularly with the constitutionality of that portion of the Dingley act which authorized the negotiations of reciprocity treaties. He said that the wording of the pro vision was peculiar and mixed, but it seemed plain that all treaties nego tiated must have been made and rat ified within two years after the pas sage of the act. Therefore, if that act is to control, it would be useless to ratify the treaty. Senator Cullom continued: "In my opinion the fourth section of the Dingley act, so far as it at tempts to confer, limit or define the treaty making power, is not only an Interference with the powers of the president and senate, but it unconsti tutional because it comes in conflict with the clause of the constitution which says that the president 'shall have 'power, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, to make treaties.' We do not. therefore, derive our treaty making powers from a law of congress, and no law of congress can, in any way, modify or limit those powers. The Dingley act cannot lim it the time in which we shall be al lowed to make a treaty." Mr. Cullom contended that the fourth section of the Dingley act should be taken as a mere expression of the view of congress and that the president did not need authority to make the treaties. He entered into a long discussion of the proceedings of the constitutional convention rela tive to the treaty making power and claimed that precedents all -showed such power was conferred solely upon procity treaties concluded with Ha the president and senate. The reel wall, Mexico and Canada did not go Into effect until congress acted, but these treaties contained express pro vision that they could not become ef fective without congressional action. Mr. Cullom discussed the provision of the constitution declaring that bills for raising revenue must originate In the house, and said that it had not been definitely settled what was meant by "bills for raising revenue. Says Checks Are Forgeries. NEW YORK, Jan. 30. Cap. James Baker again occupied the witness chair at the trial of Lawyer Albert T. Patrick for the murder of William Marsh Rice, almost the entire two ses sions of the court being taken up with his cross-examination. The cap tain admitted that he had expressed no opinion as to the genuineness of the signatures of various papers bearing-Rice's name and which he calls forgeries till further examination. Bishop of See at Sioux City. SIOUX CITY,, la., Jan. 30. Newa was received in tnis city of the .ap pointment of Very Rev. Philip J. Gar rigan, D. D., vice rector of the Catho lic University of America at Washing ton, as bishop of the new see'of Sioux City. He will have charge of the diocese which was established by the division of the archdiocese of Du buque. Germany to Increase Navy. BERLIN, Jan. 30. The Vorwaerts published a memorandum by Admiral Von Tirpitz, secretary of the admiral ty, to the effect that when the pres ent ship building program expires, ic 1904, a new bill containing the clauses of the bill of 1900, which was reject ed by the Reichstag, will be introduc ed. ' These provided for the construc tion of a number of cruisers for for eign waters and a corresponding in crease in the' personnel. Sentiment Not Trade Factor. WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. E. J. LIv raash of San Francisco today con cluded his argument before the senate committee on immigration, begun last Moaday, on behalf of the Chinese ex clusion bills. He bad not, he said, discovered, after diligent search for In formation, any intimation that the trad between the United States and China would be injured oa account of the attitude of this government oa th exclusion questions InbMbsri MPV Uimnmsininu sumacs: vMEAmaaac V smu ma ii am Jb tl U 1 1 1 II 1 II 1 11 1 1 1 III 1 III The St Louis World's Fair pany to arranging to entertaia Priac Henry lavishly, should he visit that city. A bill will be introduced ia th Iowa legislature providing for th xecatioa of criminals by electrocution Instead of hanging. , The London county council will au thorize the issue of $15,000,000 in 3 per cent bonds for municipal Im provements. Andrew Carnegie is said to be con templating donating $3,000,000 for the building of public libraries in a num ber of cities in Mexico. Owing to the strike every shop of the Baltimore ft Ohio Southwestern railroad at Washington, Ind., has been closed down Indefinitely. Chief Justice Fuller has announced that the United States supreme court would take a recess from next Mon day until Monday, February 24. Harry Hortman, the slayer of Miss Florence Porter, at Cherokee, la... was sentenced to hang on March 12," 1903. The prisoner showed no emotion. Treasure to the value of 100,000,000 taels has been recovered in the wo men's quarters in the palace at Pekin. where it had been buried before the flight The Postal Telegraph and Cable company announces that the southern headquarters of the company will be removed from Richmond to Atlanta, March 1. The senate pension committee has reported favorably Senator Mitchell's bill granting pensions to survivors of Indian wars that took place between 1817 and 1856. Mr. Harry M. Weldoi, the well known sporting writer, died at his home at Circleville, 6. Mr. Welden was sporting editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer until two years ago. Brokeman Wiley Nash has been awarded $15,000 for the loss of one leg in the wreck on the Chicago, Peoria ft St Louis road near Jerseyville, I1L, due to an alleged defect in the car. General Lord Kitchener reports that a party of Boers recently out flanked the yeomanry patrol near Reitoled. The British loss was eight killed, five wounded and forty-one cap tured. At Cincinnati, O., the national liber al party elected the following officers: President, Dr. T. J. Bowles, Muncle, Ind.; secretary, W. F. Jamieson, Cin cinnati; treasurer, W. Walmsley, Cin cinnati. A dispatch from SofiaT Bulgaria, says: The ransom of Miss Ellen M. Stone and her companion, Mme. Tsil ka, has been paid to the brigands and the captives are expected to be releas ed shortly. A dispatch from Athens states that the renowned monastery of St Paul' on Mount Atbos was burned Thursday night. The loss will amount to some $80,000 and the monks narrowly es caped cremation. Secretary Long has received a tele gram announcing that Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberley, U. S. N., retired, died at West Newton, Mass. Admiral Kimberley was selected for service on the Schley court of inquiry, but was compelled to decline on account of ill health. An appeal to congress has been formulated by the American chamber of commerce at Manila, which asks that the Chinese be allowed to enter the islands under such restrictions as a commission may enact A dearth of labor for building purposes is the cause of the appeal. The United States Philippine com mission has appropriated $5,000 for improving the harbor of Hollo and $3,000 to be expended on the Cagelyan river. In northern Luzon. The Southern Furniture Exposition company, with a capital of $25,000, has been organized at High Point, N. C, to erect there a big building fn which there will be held twice a year a furniture exhibition for the south ern factories, similar to the exhibi tions at Grand Rapids, New York and Chicago. The viceroy of India, Lord Curzon of Kedleston, telegraphs that the drouth is drying the spring crops In Bengal, the northwestern province and in the Punjab. The autumn crops are fair in the provinces of Since and in the Bombay deccan. An attempt is being made to hold an exhibition of commerce at Manila. Felipe Buancamino, director of the federal party, is. the leader in the movement and desires to have exhib its from the United States, Japan, Si am, China and Borneo. The entire street car system of Vi enna was transferred from horse to electric traction. Andrew D. White, the United States ambassador to Germany, gave a dinner to Prince and Princess Henry of Prus sia at the Kaiserhof in Berlin. - Governor Cummins transmitted a message to both houses of the Iowa legislature calling attention to the re quest of the Louisiana purchase com mission for the state of Iowa for aa appropriation of $285,000. The gov ernor makes no" recommendation. The senate in executive session re ceived the treaty with Denmark, trans ferring the West India possessions of that country to the United States. The exact consideration specified in the treaty to be paid by this country Is"$5,000,000. Postmaster General rayne has reis sued aa order promulgated by pre vious administrations prohibiting all employes in the' service from visiting Washington, whether oa leave with or without pay, for the purpose of la flueaciag congressional Ieglslatiaa. ! DISAPPEARANCE OF OUR GAME. ttctls ff tat r Btoaat Over vast sections of our land game )f many kinds has beea altogether exterminated or sadly decimated. Yet it Is surprising to note the tenacity with which the beasts aad birds still inger about the spots which were .heir favorite haunts before the white aaan came to disturb them. . Whea Joha 8mith made his map of Virginia in 1607 he ornamented it with jeer on the south side 'of- the James river, about where the counties f Surrey and Sussex are now situated, and with turkey on the peninsula be tween the James and the York rivers. U) show where these were most abund ant. Three hundred years have passed ince then, aad a great many people' nave settled there, but deer and turkey most abound in Virginia -still at the places designated .by John Smith' as cbeir favorite haunts in his day. The Great South Bay and Barnegat were famous ducking grounds of old. One would think that the millions of people not collected about them I would have frightened the wild fowl away. But with hair a chance tney still assemble there, ia spite of the thousand sail that disturb them and the never-ending fusillade of the gun ners. When Frank Forrester wrote the Warwick woodlands were the home of the ruffled grouse and the woodcock. - To-day, notwithstanding the Or anges and Montclair and Tuxedo, and many other thickly populated com munities that have sprung up in the territory, population has not alto gether driven away the ancient occu pants, and a few still linger, reluctant to abandon their charming natural habitat. Review of Reviews. Hutejr's A set Iwieii, Before Huxley's untiring cnerg) there was found no peace for hum bugs, dissemblers or those who wished nothing better than to be left in lazy satisfaction with the accepted order of things. In these controversies he was sometimes too bitter, too fierce, and made use of a sarcasm which, though delicious, was frequently little bhort or cruel. He was a firebrand, warm enough to his friends, but ready tc consume any opponent nay, more, looking out for opponents with the keenest scrutiny, lest one might per chance appear upon the far horizon of the world of thought without being favored by his disastrous notice. More over, he was hot-tempered, and when roused sometimes harsh and illiberal; but his nature was of the impulsive kind that apologizes as quickly as it errs, while through his life at all times ran the redeeming vein of humor. It Is not aa uproarious laugh, but a keen, irresistible little twinkle that comes into the corner of his eyes over the foibles of his neighbors and of him self. The Century. Hada't Hmm f Xtosara. Dr. White, the American ambassa dor, tells an Interesting anecdote ol the German empress. He was minis ter to Germany' during the Arthur ad ministration, and when he returned as ambassador after McKialey's election and was presented to her majesty, he said: "I don't suppose you will remem ber me, but I attended your wedding." "I do remember you." replied the Kalserin. "and I can tell you what you said to me on that occasion." "Then you have a better memory than I." re marked Dr. White, "for I certainly do not recall anything further than a most charming occasion. "You told me," said the empress, "when you came to congratulate me, that if I was an American bride I would soon be setting out for Niagara Falls. 1 did not understand what you meant, but it made such an impression upon me that I immediately looked on the map and found where Niagara Falls was, and read everything I could find in books about it." Chicago Record-Herald. - Gaa Flaw War Ovmrerata. Many New Yorkers have stopped to wonder at the long boxes packed uith straw which may be seen in the Rap id Transit excavations. Tuey are over coats of straw for all the pipes laid bare by the tunnel workers in cold weather. As fast as they are uncov ered by one set of workmen another comes along and wraps the pipes in a covering of straw, wnicn is a poor conductor of either heat or cold. This precaution is as necessary with gas ns with water conduits. Where the wa ter will freeze in cold weather, except in mains where it is running constant ly, the danger of interruption to the gas mains is equally great where the mains are open and subject to wide changes in temperature. These changes cause condensation within the pipes, as many householders know when told thst they have been troubled with "water in the meter." New York Press. raapte War WimiItw Oat. Many people wear themselves out needlessly, says the London Doctor; their 'conscience is a tyrant. An ex aggerated sense of duty leads many a person to anxious, ceaseless activity, to. be constantly, doing something, overpunctual, never idle a second of time, scorn to rest; such are in un conscious nerve tension. They say they have so much to do, not thinking they are rapidly unfitting themselves for probably what would have been their best and greatest work in after years. Self-control of nerve force is the great lesson of health and there fore of life itself. To understand how to relax is to understand how to strengthen nerves. Hearty laughter is a source of relaxation, as are also high thoughts, as those of hope, beauty, trust or lose. Relaxation is found in diversion. ThMht it Employe Sir, I would like to speak to you a moment upon' a very serioiu matter. Merchant Don't bother me "But" "Go away to work, r say." " want to ask your consent to' my mar riage with your daughter Nellie, and" "Ob, is that so? Take her, my boy, and may' heaven bless you both! I thought you were Jtoing' to ask foi Fan Increase of salary." Tid-Bits. Co-education on American lines is growing in popu'arlty in Eng'and. ?0dWtO)BoQ4oqo4wo4 usvfufufufoeof owooooowo o o ? ? Uotartiis ? 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