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worth 81 900 and put that amount in
the pot. my hand is worth $4,000"
said Mr.. Tucker, in tone whose nerv-
BUSINESS caused Mr.. Scott to think that
an attempt to bluff was in progress.
Five thousands MORE" Mr.. Scott said.
Fifteen thousand more,n Mr.. Tucker
retorted. Mr.. SCOTS confidence in his
queens was un Unfinished, and he chuck
led to himself to think what a snap
Tucker had got himself into. Thirty
thousand more was the net result of Mr..
SCOTS brief self-consulation Mr.. Tucker
paused, ran his eyes over his hand to
see whether it was all right, and appar-
emily went into mental computation of
his bank accounts. Il CALL" he said,
throwing in an /. o. U. to balance the
pot. -Four queens" said Mr.. Scott,
spreading out the hand OH the table
and making move as if to rake in the
stakes. "Not SO fast, if you please. A
straight fiush," said Mr.. Tucker, Mr..
SCOTS face fell and Mr.. Tucker pocketed
his winning, something over SAB, 00O on
that pot.
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Iowa Orchards Killed.

A Des Moines dispatch says that farm
ers, and particularly horticulturists, are
becoming alarmed about the effect of the
past severe winter upon the orchards in
Iowa. In some cases it is positively
settled that whole orchards have been
killed outright by the cold. r. P. Shiv-
ers, farmer living five miles east Of
Des Moines, reports that his entire
orchard of 500 trees is a total loss. His
orchard was seventeen years old and
had always endured previous winters
without any marked effect upon it.
The small fruit on his farm was also
killed. Several other farmers in the
neighbcchood have made the same
damaging discovery, which indicates
that the injury may extend over consid-
cradle territory.
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WISCONSIN NEWS.
THE LEGISLATURES

MADISON. Wis, Special Telegram. March 20
In the senate this morning the majority of the
committee on charitable aud penal institutions, to
whom was referred that part OF the governor S
message reatveto the chronic insane, rendered a
report showing that the insane are cared for more
economically by counties than by the State Sew
eral minor bills were coneurred in, aud memorial
to congress for the conditional repeal of the duty
on lumber. provided the Canadian parliament adopt
similar reciprocal measures. was adopted II to 10
Three assembly bills were killed, the principal one
being that which contemplated grain testing to be
done with half bushel instead Of two
quart measures. Several assembly
bills were indefinitely postponed, and
the body adjourned till morning The Joint reso-
luton providing for final adjournment March ~ /,
came up in the assembly. but deferred till next
Monday evening. The assembly bill came up COM
pelling railroad companies to employ only those
engineers. brakemen and switchmer who are
proven on official examination not 70 be color
blind The committee on railroads had reported
fayorabiy on the bill with an amendment including
master mechanics, roundhouse foremen. ETC.
Walsh and Hinekley opposed the bill, claiming
that it would turn out of employment large
percentage of the most practiced engineers IN
the railroad service in tho State Friend
conteLded that it was eminently proper
that railroad companies should be debarred from
employing men Of defective vision as to colors who
by their defect endanger the lires and property OF
the public and their company employees He said
science had established that about one man in
every twenty five was color blind. An amendment
was adopted excluding only employees who exhib-
tied defective vision in colors used by raroaus in
signalling as green, red aud white. and the assem-
bly, then ordered the bill engrossed The bill abol
ishing the preferred creditors statute created an
extended discussion, but was finally ordered en-
crossed, after which the assembly adjourned till
evening. In the evening the rules were suspended,
and bills passed Incorporating the cities of
Mansion and Nicholet. The bills taxing telephone
companies inWsconsin percent on gross earnings
in the State, looking to the Adjustment of policy
shops in the State. ami relative to allowing Simeon
insane hospital to ioudate the claim of the State
against him for $4,000. lost by being deposited
by him in bank which failed, were ordered to a
third reading. An attempt made to reconsider
the vote by which the bill contemplating the re-
movai of the capital to Milwaukee was killed, but
the motion was tabled. Adjourned.
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Changes Among the Quartermas-
fnr.c

Quartermaster General Rufus ingalls,,
U. S. A. will be placed on the retired list
Aug. % next, under the requirements OF
the sixty-four year act, and will be fol-
lowed Aug. 81 By Col. James Ekin, assls-
tant quartermaster general 1t is not
known who win succeed the former, but
if one of the assistant quartermaster gen.
erals, Holbird, Tompkius or Saxton is
promoted Lieut.. Col. ]. d. Singham and
Lieut.. Col. Alexander ]. Perry to be
assistant quartermaster generals, with
rank of colonel; Maj. Moore and Maj. B.
G. Cord to be deputy quartermaster gen.
erals, with rank of lieutenant colonel,
and Capts. John II. Belcher and Ezra b.
Kirk to be quartermaster, with rank of
major.
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An Arizona Judge Suspended.

The president has suspended Judge
Wilson s. Hoover, associate justice of
the supreme court of Arizona pending
an investigation of the department of
justice Of charges of currupt practices in
accepting brides, Judge Hoover is we'll
known in Washington from his connec-
ton with the Dickson dair route bribery
case. He is charged with receiving
brides from the bank of California in
the land case recently tried by him which
involved some 100000. He character
lied the suit as an outrage on the part o
the government, it is alleged, and bor-
rowed on several occasions sums of about
1000 without expectations of pay
ment, which sums have been tracked to
he bank. He was apprehended eighteen
ronths ago, on the representation of
vaator Miller, of California.
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Virgins With a True North
Western Friend.

John Webster, former contractor of
Ottawa, Can. now of Moose Jaw, forty
three miles from Regina, N. w. Terri
tory writing to friend here under date
of the 18th instant, speaks as follows OF
Virgins storm: "The storm commenced
on the Sth at noon and continued with
terrible force till 2 am. the 9th, when it
reached its greatest height. The wind
was seventy-five miles an hour. The air
was one mass of snow. If you were ten
feet f,om your door, you could not find
it again, and you could neither stand
nor breathe in it without shelter. This
is the greatest storm in a century. In
the middle of the storm a gun was fred
announcing person lost in the centre OF
the town. None, however, would ven-
ture the rescue as they were afraid OF
getting lost themselves. After two
hours hard fighting with the storm the
party got safely in. A large lstore, 500x
100 feet and two stories high, was blown
over. Many small houses and shanties
collapsed.
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A Brother Shoots His Sisters
SedIcer

In New York on Monday last George
w. Conkling, United States surveyor
shot dead William II. Haverstick, Sc
Queer of his sister. The tragedy took
place in the "Paris Flat" 34l West
Twenty-third street Conkling arrived
in the city few days ago. Ten years ago
his sister married man named Uhler.
They soon quarrelled and separated.
Falling in with Haverstick, she came to
New York and lived with him in the
"Paris Flat" Learning of her where
abouts, Conkling came on to New York
and obtained an interview with his sis
ter. She promised to go West with him
but refused to live with her husband.
Monday night Conkling went again to
see her and was met by Haverstick who
swore the woman should not leave the
house. The two men came to blows.
Haverstick threw copper statuette at
Conkling, who drew revolver and Aired.
The ball struck Haverstick in the pit of
the stomach, inficting wound from
which he died an hour later.
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Congressional Lincuists.

From the Washington Republican.
Senator Beck is one of the ripest
scholars in Congress. It is possible that
he is not "up" in so many ofthe mo- ern
languages as Representative Hit, Of IL
Iinois, who is an accomplished linguist,
but it is play for the sturdy Kentuckian
to translate the ancient classics from the
original Greek and Latin into English,
and then for rest translate English in
to Greek. His biographer does not state
whether he can read Sancrit backward,
but he leaves it to be inferred thai he
could ha 70 given the gentlemen who cnt
hieroglyphics into the pyramids points,
and discount him in discussion on de-
riyation of words and roots and signs.
Mr.. Hit has seminary in Mount Nor
ris. ILL.,, that is dearer to him than the
apple Of his eye. For fifteen or eighteen
wears ne annually dumped from 5000
to $4,000 into the enterprise, and he
has lived to see his .fondest hopes real
lid. The bread he cast upon the wa
ters had string to it, aud it has come
back with an increased majority. lie
has broad acres around and about Mount
Morris as well.
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John Isright,s Views.

John Bright, in delivering an address
at Glasgow university, said that Ameri-
can independence, the French revolu-
ton and English reform bill had trans
ferred the power from the monarch and
statesman to the people. The address,
so far as it related to political questions,
dwelt upon the ACCESSIBILITY of peaceful
policy, even with view of self interest.
The cost of the civil war in America
would more than have sufficed to free
every slave without bloodshed. With
regard to Ireland, he said, if the treaty
of Limerick had been fulfilled and free
dom of religion granted, the sad history
of that country might never have been
recorded, India was the great problem
of fha {ufurn
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Where the Millions Go.

Commissioner Dudley of the Pension
Bureau says that he expected the work
of the Office would consume the full $685.
100000 which he had estimated would
be needed for the payment of the pen
sions during the current fiscal year. The
force was in splendid shape and was
turning out the cases very rapidly now
1926 cases under the act making the new
rating for disabilities equivalent to the
loss of leg or arm had already been ad
jucicated. If Commissioner Dudley is
able to use the amount of money he has
estimated will be needed, it is held at
the treasury that there can certainly be
no more calls for bonds.
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TANNING OF THE SaREw.
How New Hampshire Petruca,o
Disciplined His Wife Many Years

How a New Hamp shire PetrucSto
Disciplined His Wife Many Years
Ago.
From the Boston H srald.
Oppositea Herald man, at table in a
Cornhill restaurant, alta dinner recently,
sat man from Cambridge, who was a
native of New Hampshire. Meeting
an old acquaintance the conversation
soon turned on family topics and the
pair began to talk about their former
neighbors in most familiar way.
"Yes," remarked the Cambridge gentle
man, "Sam was in many respects diff
ferent from the rest of the boys. You
remember who he married? Well,
When the old man, his father, found
that he was shinin' round with her, he
called him one day in the barn and said
sam, d'ye intend to marry Becker Sam
never said word, so the old man
said: Ne boy, We know all about them
/ can't tell We nothin'. Ye know how
the sisters has turned out and not one
of them is now livin' with their hus-
bands Sam was as mum as panto-
mime and, just as soon as he was ready,
him and Beckie got tied.
Ihey HNeu on idrin, dnu every lnlnS
went on smooth for about year, and 1T
came to bog butcherin' time. Sam got
all ready to have the usual party for the
occasion, and just as he was sharpenin'
up the knives Beckie came out and said !:
Sam, I'm goin' home Sam protested
in his quiet wav, but it was no use, so
he said he'd get man TO row her across
the pond. It was about half mile over.
She said: NO you won't; yen row me
over yerselfp Sam told her he couldn't,
and Beckie fred up and said: Then I'll
drown meself' Sam said he'd go with her
if she wanted TO do that, 50 the boat
was got ready. She got in, and they
rowed ont till the water was twenty feet
deep. Then Sam stopped and said /:
Well, Beckie, this is a good place for We
to drown YOURSELF She didn't open her
mouth. He waited awhile and then
said Come, Beckie, I'm in hurry to
cit back She never looked up. Sam
put down the oars, caught hold of her
and pitched her in. She grabbed for
the boat, but he wouldn't let her git
near it. When she was almost done out
she said; sam, let me in that boat and
gen not hear anything more from me
out8 the way
$50 he pulled her in, and they went
back home. She changed her clothes
and entertained the guests. They're
now nearly eighty and you never saw a
happier old couple-did you? don't
think they ever spoke OF that duckin'
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News of the State.

A petition in probate in the matter Of
the property of ex-Gov. William f.
Smith of Wisconsin was filed in Milwau-
kee 1t shows he was worth $4,000 and
owned no real estate, all his wealth be-
ing personal property. 1t was the re-
Quest of the widow that Ira b. Smith be
appointed administrator.
n President Bascom, of the Wisconsin
State university, has been given vaca-
ton to rest up.
Burchard Draw, who was convicted
at Monroe, for the murder of Henry
Stussy last November, was sentenced to
State prison for life.
Frank Racine, farmer living near
Oconto, went out in the woods and blew
off his head with gun. 1t was doubt
ess suicide.
A case of miscegenation has just been
discovered in prominent circles in Osh-
kosh, Wis. Annie Weisbaich, sixteen
years old, married Cyrus Bostwick, col
ored, in the absence of her father, ten
DAYS ago. The father returned yester-
day and discovered the fact. Bostwick
was recently divorced from his first
wife, who was also white.
HiIden, the Milwaukee family muir
derer, has been acquitted.
The divorce case of Abel keyes Of
Menasha has been settled by Mr.. Keyes
paying his wife about 81 900 and she
takes the decree dissolying the bonds.
Andrew Anderson of Eau Claire was
killed in Leonard's camp on the Eau
Claire, by falling limb.
The next Wisconsin State agricultural
fair will be held at Eau Claire.
Frank Parout. employed in Harlan's
camp on the Eau Claire, was killed by
being struck by flying limb.
Ludwig Wellke of Horizon was in
stantly killed by being thrown from his
wagon.
The story is made public by the Osce-
ola Press that in a row between two
lumberman in Browns camp on the
North Wisconsin railroad, one struck the
other from behind with an axe, cutting
his head entirely off. The row grew out
of a bet as to how much their teams
could haul.
Adolph Nijar, while unloading ore
from the National Iron company's docks
at ort Howard, fell and broke his back.
He died while being conveyed to his
home.
Byron f. Cahill, of Darien, has re-
ceiyed 1900 for injuries sustained on
the Winona & st. Peter branch Of the
Northwestern railroad in December,
1880.
The Baker Manufacturing company.
and the Eau Claire Opera House COM
panY have filed amended articles of asso-
citation with the secretary of state in
creasing their capital stock from $2O,-
600 to S100, 900.
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Justice to a WISCONSIN Ran,st

A special session of court was held last
evening for closing arguments in the
Lashway rape case, senthere ON change
of venue from Chippewa county, w.
f. Bailey of Eau Claire making a strong
plea for the defense, and Prosecuting
Attorney Boland of Chippewa Falls clos
ing for the state. At midnight the case
was given to the jury, who, after being
out five minutes, brought in verdict Of
guilty. This morning Judge Bundy pro-
nounced the extreme sentence provided
for the crime-thirty years imprison-
ment, one day of each year to be spent
in solitary confinement.
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MADISON, Wis, Special Telegram March 21.--
In the senate this morning the assembly bill to pro-
vide that, when in criminal trials plea of insanity
is nterposed the jury shall first try that issue, and
If they find the defendant insane. the court shall
discharge the prisoner, ordered to third read
ing. The bill was concurred in appropriatiug 1900
to Kelly A. Knott of MenomOnee. Bills were passed
fixing the minimum price OF public lands which
have not been offered for sale at public sale in the
State at 81. so: incorporating the city OF Nicole
and authorizing the city Of Chippe wa Falls to issue
bonds to pay its indebtedness. Adjourned. IN the
assembly the policy shop bill was feconsdered ana
referred to the judiciary committee. The assembly
bill increasing the tax for the state uni
versty from one-tenth TO one-elghth OF a
mill on the dollar was ordered to third reading.
AS the assessed valuation of the State i about
$43o000,O00, the increase of rate Will bring
about 81 900 increase to the university The Dill
which was ordered engrossed last night taxing
telephone companies per cent of gross receipts in
the State was recalled. and per cent substituted
for per cent and the same then ordered to a third
reading The bill authorizing the State to aid local
deaf mute institutions in cities and villages was
killed, while the assembly bill compelling all classes
of insurance companies. doing business III this
State,o use uniform policies was ordered engrossed
Ia the assembly this afternoon the senate bill al
lowing individuals or companies to estaDls3 hos
pitfalls for the care and treatment OF the insane or
from taxation, was coneurred in. The bill was
killed allowing cities, towns or villages to take
prisoners sentenced to hard labor from county
jais, and after giving suitable bonds for humane
treatment and safe return, employing them in per-
forming labor The bill exempting the property OF
turner's societies in the State from taxation
was ordered to o third reading, and the
bin to amend the franchise of the
Chicago & Tomah Narrow Gauge railroad between
Wauzeka and Tomas, because OF the company ;
failure to build the road provided by its charter,
was referred to the judiciary committee, after hav
ing been returned to the assembly by the railroad
committee, with the recommendation to lnden-
nitely postpone. In the even ng Chief Clerk Carr
was arragned before the bar Of the house and pre-
sented an elegant gold watch by t't@ clerks OF ms
department. The bills were passed incorporating
the city of Kewaunie: and creating the county Of
Washburn out OF the county of Burnett. Fillibus-
ering on the bill proposing to increase the liquor
license was begun, but through parliamentary
technically the same was decided by the house to
have been killed night or two since when the
house adjourned while vote was bein gtaken on
the bill.
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More Lynching i'm Montana.

Last Friday night the barn, eight
horses, three cows, hay, grain, ect., of
II. c. McNally, twelve miles from Hele-
IA, Mon, were burned. A vigilance
committee traced the crime, it is claimed,
to two men, named Coomes Bnd Smith.
They were hanged by the committee
Sunday night. and their bodies brought
TO Helena. Coomes was an old Alder
gulch miner, and at the time ofhis death
kept the Eleven Mile house. Smith was
a discharged railroad hand.
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A PRECIOUS JACK POT.
Young Tom Scott Finds Himself
SI3, 200 Ont in Quiet Little
Game of Poker.


SI3, 900 Ont in Quiet Little
Game of Poker.
Philadelphia Special: A big game of
poker took place at fashionable hotel
here 3 few days ago. After hour or so
of play, jack pot was made which was
not broken until four or five deals had
swelled it to handsome proportions.
Young Thomas A. Scott, millionaire
son of the late Tom Scott, finding three
queens, threw down $50 gold piece
with great confidence, John Tucker ex-
amined his hand and found pair of
jacks and the ten, nine and seven of
diamonds. one of his jacks being also of
that suit. With the alternative of draw
ing to his four flush, Mr. Tucker re-
marked that it would cost $50 to play.
and posted the cash. All the players
threw up their hands except Mr.. Scott
who merely saw the rise. Mr.. Scott
drew one card and got his fourth queen.
Mr.. Tucker split his jacks and drawing
TO his four flush took in the eight of
diamonds, making his hand
straight flush. Mr.. Scott
casually remarked that his hand was
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England,s Great Trouble.

Jennings London cable: The govern
ment is being duped daily by reports of
contemplated attacks here, there and
everywhere. 1t is costing an incredibly
large sum to keep the strict watch which
has been set over the magazines, arm
cries and public buildings in every part
of the three kingdoms. As natural
consequence of the excitement and pam
ic, the anti-Irish feeling is growing de-
cidedly strong in our large towns. All
that can be safely said is that the Feni-
ans are undoubtedly active, and that
they are in pursuit of bigger game than
poor Lady Florence Dixie.
Already one plot for the de-
struction of the house Of commons by
explosives has been discovered, and
others have, beyond doubt, been pro-
ieeted. Mr.. Gladstone, who is followed
closely by detectives, has gone to Holm
bury to spend the Easter season, where
Mr.. Lowell has been invited. 1t 10
thought, hear, that the American min
lister needs protection quite as much as
the British premier. Not that he has
been actually threatened, but because
he is decidedly unpopular with the Irish
party. Two thousand infantry have been
ordered to protect public buildings in
London. The Coldstream guards have
been posted in the parliament buildings
and Buckingham palace.
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so GOES THE WORLD.

When | wear the cap and bells,
Many friends have I;
Unto careless, merry hearts,
Merry hearts reply;
Just as this earth of ours
Dimples in hundred flowers,
When above in slunlber's hours,
Laughs summer sky.
When grief abides with me, alasl
No. friend have /;
Sad hearts meet on every sic
With cold 'sGood-by;n
Just as this old earth of our
Parts with all the dropping flowers;
When above in autumn hours,
Glooms a somber sky.
Margaret Eytinge.
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Pronounced Not An Embezzler.

HGOnot llceu MOI All 12IhDeZZIef.
Des Moines, Specialize supreme
court of Iowa has reversed the decision
of the lower court in the case of State VS.
Hutchinson. The defendant was treas
urer of Webster county and was convict
ed for embezzlenent, and appealed to
the supreme court. In the trial of the
case ne saught TO show that his shortage
of $4,000 occurred in former terms of
his office and that the supervisors had
settled with him by his exhibiting GER
tifcates of deposit at different times
1t was replied to this offer of evidence
that when Hutchinson so settled for his
former terms of office, he exhibited GER
tificates of DEPOSIT, and the fact that
they represented no actual money in
the bank was we'll known to the super
yisorS