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n rl '!' I lU LAS VOL. II. NO. II. ITITSBOUO. N. O.y WKUNESDA V, FEBIHJAK Y II, IflO.'i. SU1 Usu . WV . I II III .Ill l , H , ill I 1 1 i ill r.i r:i ;i :i :ri :-i 11 OUR LEGISLATURE. Doing f Those Who Are Making Our Liw.'. Against Kissing Bible. la the Senate Wednesday the judl Jlary committee offered a substitute Tor Senator Godwin's bill to prohibit the klsving of the Bible. The cubsti lute instead of prohibiting kissing the Bible simply abolished the necessity of kissing the book. Dr. Pollock objected to these innovations, people had been kissing the Book here for 200 years and f thvse microbes had now got into the Bible he thought that It was time to stop. People could get a new Bible. Mr. Henderson explained the bill and i v :be s istitute. He was not an expert on ailerobes, but be read that there were lu.Ww.000 in a pound of cherries and fie was sure there were many more on a BJIle cover handled by Indiscrimi nate crowds. He did not think the fhatiKe would detract from the solemn ity of the matter. Mr. Godwin, patron f iue bill, argued for it. The only thins stricken, out by the bill from Tbt Code" wan "end he shall kiss the Holy CmprL" Mast people did not kiad the hook now but-ladles and cbildin sbpypd tb Judge when he says "kiss the Book." Mr. Wellborn opposed the hill. Mr. Hicks, of Granville, said that the t'uurt house kiss was not the kUS of affection and the witness was not expected to take half the Book in his '"white supremacy" Bible", the' Judge having ordered one Bible for colored people and one for white. He appeal-id to the Senate not to destroy this old landmarks but he wanted the land marks clean. Now if a man really obeyed the Judge be would have to vio late the rule of personal cleanliness. He did not think it possible to keep a I court house Bible clean. Mr. Whits A said be would naturally be opposed to fx restricting Hsring but he favored this VbfJ because he thought it would pro lp.ote health. Kissing was growing un popular, observed Mr.- Baldwin. Men formerly kissed each other and now some. States wanted to license kiaswrs. He thought the right way la which the aath was administered was often re ponaibto for perjury. He plead for preserving the old custom. Mr. Mar shall aahl that th men who would tell a wilful He would swear one. He sent sn amendment to strike out "so help me .God," and substitute "In the pres ence of the Almighty." Mr. Mithell moved to lay on the ttbl. This failed. The committee's substitute was adopt ed, Mr. Marshall withdrew his amend ment. The bill then passed wood reading and went over upon Mr Mit chell objecting to Us third reading. , In the Hause Wednesday the Watts temperance bill was favorably reported with amendments and made a special order for Tuesday next A number of petition and bills were Introduced, the most Important being. An a t to prevent the spreading of conusrlrros disease among domestic inimals . pr An act to prevent the seduction and abduction of married women. An art to protect timber dealers. NKW 'BILLS. Anions: the new bills In the house Mr, Clifton, to amend the code in ref , erew:e to demurrers. Mr. Wade, to outlaw slot machines. Mr. Sinkler. by request, to provide for a State bacteriologist; also a bill to require towns and cities to fur- pish mortl'.ary statistics. Mr. Gaston, relatln to increase in salary of coroner of Chester. Mr. illll, to increase number of mag istrates of Colleton county. Mr. Ralnsford, to provide for the sale of th. Tlntp farms. Mr. Kelly, (dating to a new Jail for J,ec county. Mr. Moses, to change and designate certain townships in Sumter county. Mr. McMaatcr. to extond (ho rif.ht nod remedies i employes of railroad corporations as provided by the'' con stitution to employes of cotton an I , tcstllo m!!l corporations and telegn.ph otnpnnfcs. There were a majority mi favorable reports on Mr. Lfinhum's bill to ret(rre V railroads to allow each pa.onger L'OO Aa nt linff-T-iire fe'ltlmiit c hai K' and Mr. M. J. Johnson s bill to pro wido all' railroads operating In. di ate to protect the rates of freight nulated. In tho bill for carriage, of Wight, goods wares and merehan j and to provide penalties for tha Won thereof. ,dnV was also an 'unfavorable re . Mr. Mauldln's bill to provide ntotl ry , .sdiOopck's dispensary bill was re j la the Joint committee on faws Hwls and the dispensary. This lior lses radical changes In the ''iKHS' EXAMINATIONS, K.TC. , JjlelKlrbys bill to regulate the , , Jn of certlflratea to teach In the ".tiibllc sell ols came up as mifln ftl business and was killed. Jr. I). O. Herbert opposed the bill. ' is an abrupt and unnecessary iPHetlng trip for the State board of education. It also nutans that grad uates of normal colleges mint stand thoso examination! when the object vt normsl t olleges Is to prepare teach ers for their work.. He objwted par ticularly to membiMM of the Htale board of education traveling aroun.l over the state grantliiR certlfloates. He objected to giving college graduates merely one year certificates. Mr. Klrby defended the bill on the same line of his speech Monday. Mr. Herbert had endeavored to find all the bad points in It, but bad overlooked tho good features. Mr, Fraser opposed the bill. The ad vantages of a college education do not consist In the knowledge of a number of Isolnted facta, but. in tho training of the mind to lit itself to work. There Is but one examination for doctors and In other professions, then why Simula teaehers e subjected' to such hsrrass ing examinations every few years. Mr. Barron, of York, opposed the bill. In behalf of the most legislated against clas in the Slate, the common school teachers who gets a miserable pittance for five days' hard work, be opposed the measure. Qualifications to teach do not consist in the knowledge of a few facts, but In common sense, JMtlence jd. jnraLintellieence. There is already a paucity of teachers in this State and such requirements as this will still further cripple the pro fession. This was Mr. Barron's first effort in the house, and he . acquitted Himself very irelL Mr. Richards declared that the bill bad been reported unfavorably by all of the committee except the author of the bilL The house killed the bill by ao over whelming vote. There was considerable discussion over a concurrent resolution to provide offices in the State capitol for the State superintendent of education. The resolution was killed on motion of Mr. Moses. .."' Mr. Wingo contended that it was "side tracking" this official to have his offices on Main Mreet, Mr. Moses re plied that these offices are really more comfortable and us accessible as those in the State house. Governor Heywnrd Informed the bouse that IJeut.-Gov. John T. Sloan had resigned from the board of trus tees of the South Carolina college. Re ceived as information. The house killed Mr. Wade's bill to piuviue lur cut; oHii r vf xutuIbcHwt7s of agriculture to receive $1,800 per an num out of the privilege tax fund. Tne house did not seem to be much inter ested. Mr. Wade declared that agricultural interests are lagging, and the only sal tation Is diversified farming. This is an agricultural State, but the agricul tural interests are neglected. Clemson College oss not come up to its expec tations. Commissioner Stevens is worth a million dollars a year to Georgia. He cited Instances in which farmers had made great success' with innovations in farming. The average farmer is a "slow coach" and doesn't catch on to Idea quickly. They don't subscribe to agricultural papers. We need a bureau where outsiders can get Information. This Is a very serious question and a very Important matter. The salary of the commiisioner. $1,800 was to come out of the privilege tsx fund and he thought this a mere bagatelle In com parison with the good It would do. Mr. Tatum supported the measure. The bill was killed by au over whelming vote. Thursday's Session. Thursday the compulsory school law was considered. THE HHJU . The features of the uttl which pass ed the third reading are as follows: Section 1. That It snail be unlaw ful for any parent or guardian living in this State to neglect or refuse to cause or compel any prrson or pvrsans who are or may be under their con trol as their children or wards, to at tend and comply with the rules of some one or more public or private school or schools, for a term of eight weeks or more, during each succes sive year from the time said children of wsrds are eight years old until they are 12 years old, inclusive, unless they may be prevented by Hinges or reside more than two miles from a school house, or by reason of already being proficient from attending such public or private schools, and provided that In such case they shall be excused by tho board of trustees of the school district In which said children or wards may live at the - time of such failure to attend such public or private school or schools. Sec. 2. That any person or persons violating this act shall be subject .t a fine of not less than five dollars, nor more than twenty dollars for each and every offense. Said fine shall be Im posed by any court of Justice having jurisdiction on sufficient evidence of tho same being furnished by two or more creditable witnesses, '-and all lines so collected shall Ik placed In the school fund of the school district In which tho fines are collected: Pro vided, That ho prosecution shall bo instituted under this act except upon the affidavit of on of the trustees of the school district In which the offend ing parent or guardian resides, and such alfldavit may be made on infor mation and belief. IHENNAl, SESSIONS. Mr. Raysor'a bill providing for bi ennial session of the general assem bly passed a third reading and was scut to the bouse. Saturday's Session. Saturday's session in the House wns featureless, a great many members having gone home on leave of absence, Tho Senate took up a few third read ing bills, and a number of enacted laws were ratified. ' The Idea of Cold. Maurice Grau teils a story about a sheriff from Dawson City, who crossed with him from Europe recently. A smoking cabin group was discussing tho eccentricities of tho American cli mate. This was resented by the Sher iff. "I don't understand." he remarked, "why Americans persist In talking BRairst their own country. It gives persons on the other side a very wrong Impression. Why, everywhere I went 1 was asked about tho Intense cold in the Klondike. I contradicted It, of eourstv l.havo l.ved there near ly nil my life, and I assure you that In winter 'it is. seldom more than 71 da grces below." The receiver Is sometimes as bad as the trirnlttor .' " Actions are crystallized thoughts. FOUND DEAD BELOW CLIFF The Wife of a Yale Professor Killed by a Fall. SHE HAD BEEN IN ILL HEALTH All the t'Blvarattr ara4 Oat t .Stink Fr Mrs. reck h Wm Mncb Affect ad kjr the ttacaat Ralcld of Frie4 A Ballaf That 8ha Wm Torarllr Darangad 8ba Laavae T ChlMraa. New Iaven, Conn. After wandering for hours weighed dowu by a cloud of mental depression she could not shake off, Mrs. Tracy reck, wife of the ven erable head of Tale Diversity's Latin department, loet her life by a fall of seventy-five feet from t lie palisades at Morris Cove. She long hod been ill, and either took the plunge deliberately or In her daxed condition lost her foot ting. The melancholia Into which she had lapsed for weeks lends color to the assumption that she sought her own nrv. . Her Ijedy lsy nudisioveivd for hours, although hundreds of Yale student and mauy of the faculty joined In a search. It was found bv tJilbert Van Sickles, an East Haven farmer, who drove past tue pnlialen. For fifteen hours the xeareb had been kept up for the unfurtuukie woman. It was begun by Profr?:ir I'eck when bis wife did not return from a shopping tour, con tinued during the afternoon by his in timates and neighbors, extended dur ing the evening by two private detec tives, aiid ended in the morning after a general alarm had been given and the entire police force of New Haven and a thousand Yale student had Joined the hunt. Mrs. Peek's body wss identified by Chart's Francis, President of the Yale Football Association, who came upon the East Haven farmer just after be had made his discovery. The body was taken to a New Haven undertaker's and Medical Examiner Itartiett said that Mrs. Peck's skull bad been frac tured by the fall and that one of her leg jva broken. Secretary Alison PIh-Ips Stoke. Jr.. and Professor W. L. Phelps, of Yale, organised tli. entire academic depart ment in the moruiug into a searching pnrty, asMgnin;; some sections of the city and iis suburbs to s'piads of from three to twelve men. Recitations were abandoned, and for a radius of twelve miles be country wns scoured. All day long most of the" students kept up their search, for It was Impossible to reach them in the remote districts by telephone and inform them Mrs. Peck's body ha' been found. Nearly nil the faculty either assioted In, the search or In organising the students. Mrs. Peek bad been in poor health for several month. Six weeks ago a close friend of the family. Captain Frank G. Bench committed suicide by ilio.iliiiK himself through the head: and rhls tragedy 1 said to have made a deep inline Hcion upon her. ' Mr. Perk wsh fifty-three yearn old. She was jioru In Hadieich'. England, and came to Brooklyn, N. Y.. to live when a elrl. She wns married to Pro fessor Peck there In 1871. He was then a professor at Cornell, but wns ap pointed professor at Yale the next year, end has remained there since theju with the exception of tours to Europe. He was formerly head of the American school in Rome. , She leaves one son. Tracy, Jr.. who Is In business in New York City, and one dnuglitcr. Miss Teresiim, a Smith Collego graduate, who live at home. SHOT AS ROOBER BY MISTAKE. A Station Ajnl In Sur llimlili Shot Demi hjr a Follcemiui, Plymouth.-X. 11, Captain ieorgc 11. Colby, sfntlon a;;ent here, was lint by iiiisUnke mid Killed by Policeman Lewis C. Mills nbout midnight. About 11 o'clock, p. m. the railroad stalioii here was euteied by two masked uieu, who held up Thomas McCotigh, who was In charge. They ransacked the, money drawer and then made their es-i cape, going up the vailrimd tracks toO ward l.ivenuore Fall. Captain Colby i was notified and bearded h light loco motive, In 'charge of Fred Smith, to pursue them. Meanwhile PoI,--mnn Mills had been notified, and, with Encineer Pike, of the "Cannon Ball" train, took a team and drove toward Llvormnrp Falls nlong the highway. They reached the bridge at I.ivermore Falls andthere slighted. Mills golnc dow.i toward the railroad track, revolver, in hand. Ilia story of ' the shooting is that as lie reached tluMrnck he saw a man hold ing o revolver, - Thi- man cried out. "Hands up!' nnd.Mills, thinking l(. was me of the hiirsrlars, tired twice. 1( was liiunertiatelv discovered that Mills had shot Captain Colby. , 1 Captain Colby vas one of tho best known men In this State, II twice represented tills town In (he Legisla ture, lie leaves a widow and four children. JEWS TAK UP PRAIRIE LAND. F'lfty-ttx rainlllva CJuit lb Ghrtto In Chicago. I Chicago. From the cramped life of Chicago's Ghetto to tho prairies of North Hakota Is the journey taken by lifty-six families within the last year. The Jewish Agricultural Aid Society, of which Adolph Loeb Is President, ucs MMiiplislied tho transition, The 0W porsors who mnke up these families have taken up 6440 acres of land, representing with Improvements a total value of $40,HH). The direct loans made bv the society amounted to more than ?i. 1,000. M0RM0NISM IN POLITICS Startling' Admissions Made in a De bate in the Senate. ' Ka Morasaa Caa Aaplra (a HI a Pol It teat rMlliB VTIthaat tha Content of ( ha rirat rraaldeacjr. Washington, .D. C Polygamy and Mormoulsm m politics occupied the at tention of the Senate' for nearly three hours a few days ago. The question arose iu connection with the assertion that Mormonism has obtained a strong foothold in Arisona and New Mexico, and that there should be a prohibition of polygamy in the pending Statehood bill. The discussion of the operations of the Mormon Church in I'lah was es pecially interesting to a large number of Senators because of the recent elec tion by the Legislature of that Htate of Apostle Iteed Smoot as L'uited states Senator. ''Many facts were brought out that may prove valuable if an effort is hereafter made to pre vent Mr. .Smoot from taking his seat. The Interest was heightened by the re cent introduction by Senator Hans broiigh of an amendment to the Fed eral Constitution prohibiting polygamy. Mr. Hnbois. of Idaho, declared that In Ciali no polypamist could occupy any hicli imlitienl place without the consent of the First Presidency pf the Mormon Church. The same indueuce, lie said, was exercised in New Mexico and Arizona. He said that Idaho could control the Mormon people in that State. If the Mormon people should openly, through their Flint Presidency, he said. Interfere in the politics of Idaho? he would guarantee to take the stump and disfranchise every Mormon in one campaign. . Mr. Teller said the Mormon Church is nil-powerful, and that whenever it speaks through Its First Presidency the great body of the Church responds to the demand that Is made. ClRON LEAVES THE PRINCESS. Halation Itrtweeu tha l'air Said to Hava Beaa Krobcn Off. Ceueva. Switzerland. The legal ad viser of the former Crown Princess of Saxony has 'made the following nn noniicenient: "M. t J Iron will leave (Jeneva this evening for Brussels, where he will Join his family. M. Clron has broken off all relations with the. former Princess iu order not to Im pede her reunion wiih her children." The sudden end to the royal romance is said to be due to the refusal of tho Saxoii Court, influenced by the Em peror Francis Joseph, to consent to a divorce. It is reported that the former Princess sought her father's pardon in order to get erniission to see her children, but was refused everything unless she quitted M.-Cirou. Her parting with M. Cirou is said to have been very affecting. ROOSEVELT REFUSES TO ARBITRATE The Yeneinrlan CJarOlon to Re Rrfvrrad to the Hun C onrt. Washington, I. C President Ibse velt has declined the invitation of the allied powers to arbitrate the question is to whether they shall receive prefer ential treatment in. the settlement of their claims against Yenezcula over the other creditor nations. When he reached this decision he Instructed Sec retary Hay to dispatch -a note , to the British Embassy or once advising the British Ambassador to that effect. The matter, therefore, now will be referred to The Hague Tribunal. This will re sult In the immediate raising of the blockade. ( The preliminaries with reference to the signing of the protocol, referring mailers to The Hague for arbitration, will now be considered. .THE HILL OF TARA SOLO. Seat oT Aucirnt IrUh Kins tlrlnei VIS, .Mill at Auction. iMiblm, Ireland. -The hisiorb: Hill of Turn was sold at miction, and realized the sum of $ 1S,5o0. The purchaser was i woman, whose name was not an nounced. ," Until Ihe sixth century Tarn was the chief seat of the Irish kings, aud a pillar six feet high Is still pointed out as. the coronation stone. Then It was also the Hrulds' headquarters and the site of King Cormack's splendid court. The last important gathering on the Hill of Tarn was lu LSI."., when n gigantic meeting was held there un der the auspices of Daniel O'Coiiuell, who urged the repeal of the I'uiou. CAPTAIN H0BS0N OUT. SrrrrUry Moodf Accept tha Naval Con Irurlar'a ISnitlatnatlon, -Washington,' 1). C Naval Construc tor BlcluiKind P. Hobson's resignation has been accepted by Secretary Moody, who has written . Mr. Hobsoti ns fol lows; "The Department acknowledges re ceipt of your resign..! ion, tendered Jan uary 'J!, UMtf; also your telegram. Feb ruary f, liKKS, declining to reconsider the same. "Your resignation from the United Slates Navjns accepted to take" effect on February t. l'.HKt." Partloa For Cola Younger. Cole Younger, who was paroled from Stillwater (Mlunl Penitentiary two years ago with his brother "Jim," has received a conditional-pardon. from .the State Pardon Board, which will admit of the former bandit returning to his oldahiiie In Missouri. Younger will prnhably be ordered never .to return to Minnesota. D0BLIN ALONE. TO BLAME House Naval Cominittees Beport en Lessler Bribery Charges. Ka KTidnu Axalaat jal ar low Itab laM Uuat Company Woa't Faaoa Mora Sabuiarlaa Craft. Washington. P. C A majority of the Committee on Naval Affairs of the House agreed ujion a report on. the l-ssler bribery charges In relation to the Holland submarine lwials. The fol lowing are the findings: ' '. That the charge made by Mr. Lessler that au attempt had been made to corruptly influence bis action re specting proposed legislation Is sus tained by the evidence; such attempt, in the opinion of the committee', having been made by one Philip Dublin on his own initiative ami responsibility, with the idea of making money for himself if he (diould find Mr. Lessler corruptly approachable. f "2". That there Is no evidence to sus tain t"he charge of an aiteinot by Lem uel K. Quigir to corrupt ly Influence, a memlior of the Committee on Naval Af fairs respecting promised legislation pending before said committee and the House. ' "3. That there Is no evidence to sus tain the charge of an attempt by the Ho!!?ind f-2!i!!5r!5!? !-t! CcH!?i!5Y or any of its agents to corruptly influence g member of the Committee on Naval Affairs respecting proposed legislation before said committee and the House. "In view of the foregoing we reeom mend that the clerk of the committee be directed to certify to tho Attorney -tlenera! of the United States a copy of the testimony taken at the hearing, with a request that he take such action as the law and the facts warrant." A minority report also was made. It was signed by Kepresenta'.tves Kit chin. (Dem.. N. C.) Vandiver, Iem Mo..) and Roliertn. (Hep., Maw..) and differs from the majority report only In respect to the first conclusion. On this point It says: "The charge that an attempt was made to corruptly Inllu- f nt.A n tnnmliAi t tha Crn ml 1 1 nn ! Naval Affairn respecting proposed leg islation' pending before the House Is not sustained." By n vote of nine to six the commit tee decided ntrainst the proposition to authorise additional submarine torpedo bouts All utiles nnited In the finding against Doblin. There was not (he slightest opposition to that feature of the re port. There was also substantial una nimity on the Idea of vindicating Qnigg. The theory advanced in the committee's report is that Doblin him self Invented the Idea of approaching Lessler and bribing blm. BANK CASHIER A DEFAULTER. Shortage in a Baltimore Innlllollon Die covcreil While Official Was Ivluc. Baltimore, Md. James Valentine Wagner, cashier of the National Ma rine Bank In this city, who died a few days ago, left, his accounts much in volved. While on his death bed the bank officials mado the discovery that there was something wrong, and fur ther investigation brought to lijrht the fact that some of the collateral for loa'.is Is missing. Experts were at once employed to make an examination and until they complete their work the amount of the shortage cannot be ascertained. Pres ident Llttitf, or the bank, said there were Irregularities, but that he thought the cashier's bond wn sufficient to In demnify the bank. The cashier wns bonded in the sum'of ?:io,imhi. He was one of the best known bank officials in the city, having been with the M.iriue Bank thirty-seven years. It is believed he must have specu lated. ALLIES' NEW DEMAND. Tno-thlril For TheniM-lvr line-third f'or Venezuela' Other Cietlllora. Washington. D. C At a conference t.f the Venezuelan negotiators the Brit ish Ambiisjidor imsentt'd to Mr. Bow eu a counter proposition from the al lied powers providing that two-thirds of the thirty per cent, of the customs receipts of the twd ports of La Gunyrn mid Porto Cabello-be turned over to the allies, .and that'the other.clairiiant nations content themselves with the re maining on.'-tlili'il of t!ic thirty per cent, until their claims are satisfied. Mr. Bowen promptly rejected the prop, osition and asked that the question of preferential treatment be referred to The Har.ue. tribunal and the blockade of Venezuelan ports raised at once, Godfrey Hunter, Jr.! Acquitted. " 'According to h telegram received at Louisville. Ky., from tiuatcmnla City by William lluuter from his father. Dr. Godfrey Hunter, formerly United States Minister to Cnntemala. (Godfrey Hunter, Jr.. wns acquitted of the mur der of William Fitzgerald, of tlrand Knplds, Mich., hn tSuateinala Ci.'y, sev eral months ago. The message ways thirty-eight witnesses swore there was a conspiracy against tho life of young Hunter. ' Tha SnmliT (111 Rill IteHily. The Sundry Civil Appropriation bill, ns reported to t lie House of lieprescn-., tativf. at Washington.' by Kcprcseata tire Cannon, Chairman of tho House' Committee on Appropriations, carries nn aggregate appropriation of ST8,(i07, IKS), which Is !fS.KSi!.4.'W less than the estimates nnd ,lT,:t55.S70 'more than the current impropriation. The coin mil tee veconijuieuds tin appropriation of s;,00'm:oii for tho relief of distress in the' Philippines. Murderer Ilanjccd at VVahlnliu. For. the murder of his sweetheart. Join Sinclair, colored, a one-leuged mil. was hanged at Washington. L. C. JVEh 'S OMHE WEEK T WAftfllNCTOK ITEMS. , The President, and Secretary Hay are said to have abandoned boe of ratification of the Alaskan boundary treaty. . . The Navy Depailmenf ordered war ships ta Honduras to protect American interests threatened by x revolution ary outbreak. The State Department received word that Sierra, the hold-over President of lloniluim. had tnmed over his office 1 to a council of Ministers, and that Bo- nills had delearcd himself Prenident at Amnpals. The President iwnt to the Senate the nomination of John T. McDonongb, to be Asoeiafe .Tnstic of the Supreme Court In the Philippines. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to recommend the rejection of the nomination of William M. Byrne, an Addieks man. fur District Attorney of Delaware. T'le United States Supreme Court . took- a recess for three weeks. OCK l)OFTr.I ISI.AWim. The United States quarantine officials declared Msnii.i to be free from chol era, thus ending the quarantine, which lasted nearly a year. The total of the reported cases since the outbreak was i::o.:!V. with S2.M.V death. ' The Philippine ( government extend ed the time for the payment of the land tax and remitted the penalties for failure to pay in seven impoverished provinces. DOMESTIC. It was 2.V) years auro that the first municipal government was inaugu rate.! in New York City. Boys aud girls con fine I in the State Reform School at Ogdeu, Utah, tried" to burn the institution, but failed. For the murder of Rosie Hlgglns, col ored. Charley Hurley, colored, was hanged at St. Louis, Mo. Governor Cummins, of Iowa, decided not to call a special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Repre sentative Rumple. Assassinated by two unknown Mexi cans. Charles F. Joddart, a well-known ranchman, wns found In his cabin at Coddard Station, Ariz. Dropping a nltro glycerine can which she supposed wns empty, Mrs. John Newell was killed and her two sons se- ' riously hurt nt Glass. Ohio. Mrs. Ann Wait, n sister of the latci Representative George West, was suf focated during a tire- which destroyed her residence at Ballston. N. T. She was seventy-live years old. Former United States Senator Henry L. Dawes died at his home, In Pitts field, Mass., aged eighty-six yeara. J. Edward Addieks announeed bis withdrawal from the race for the Uni ted Slates Senate irt Delaware pro vided both 'Republican factions meet in caucus and agree upon two candi dates for the Senate. In attempting to drive through a swollen stream, near Oxford, N. C, M iss Ethel Rovster was drowned. After a long debate In the New York Senate at Albany the nomination of Captain Joseph M. Dickey for State Railroad Commissioner was confirmed. The Oregon Senate adopted a con current resolution inviting the Presi dent to visit that State In his trip to the coast this jear. Five thousand employes of the sugar refineries iu Brooklyn, N. Y., were thrown out of employment by tbp shut ting ilo vn of the plants, which' officials deny is to be Indefinite. Franklin. P. Robtrge, n veterinary surgeon, brought suit nt New York. City against the estate of Robert Bon ner for $10iMHi0, suld to be due him for professional services',' At tiic; meeting of t he'trustees of Co lutrbia, nt New York City, Announce ment was made of the reeeint of 5R20, (iiKi, including one of $1XI.01M from the Due de Loubat. ' The commission appointed to choose, n site for New York City's new post olHi'o discovered tliat It had no power to net. Tho Imiinimpolls (ind.) grave-robbing cases Were called in court. Dr. D. Joseph Alexander being the first of thirty-nine men under Indictment to be placed on trial. . . . . The lirst Nome advices over Ihe lee arrived at Seattle. Wash., being more than three months on the way. The population of Nome was 1200 lews than last winter. FOREIGN. Germany decided to readmit the Jes uits in return for tiie Centre party's support in passing tho tariff bill. The British Board of Agriculture re voked tho prohibition against the en try into Great Britain of live cattle from Argentina and I'ruguny. The Turkish Ambassador at Taris, Salih Munlr Bey, was uinmone(l to Constantinople to explain the attitude of France in regard to Macedonia. ' A French company asked permission to -establish, a wireless station nt St. Pierre, N. F., to connect with Cape La Hague. In France. The ilisasirous effect of the prolonged drouth la New South Wales wns exem plified, by the stock returns, which showed a shrinkage during 1902 of K'.POO.tHH) Kiiccp uml '-'75,Wia hend of cat i !e. ' ' Several thousand unemployed pev Sons looted bread wagons and were charged by the ' gendarme 'at Valla (loliit. Spain. A deputation representing the Lon don and Norihwestern Railway will Ut-it- AiiH'iVa sum! lo l udy American railway methods.
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