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The News Of the Week.
FlFTY-FouRTh CONGRESS.
BY TELEGRAPH AND MAIL,


Tho Froceedlnxs Of the First Session.
Washington. Jan. 22.-Thc senate
put aside finance and foreign affairs
yesterday aud passed many bills among
them being the following: Chanting 9
pension Of $50 q month to tho widow oi
Rear Admiral English; pcnsioling the
widow Of Maj. ten. Carroll Mt $7s
monthly and the widow of Lieut.. Fred
crick Schwatka, arctic explorer, Mt sac
monthly; increasing the pension Of the
widow of Col. Frederick Dent, sister Ot
President Grant, from $50 to $50 moatl,.
ly, and pensioning the widow ST Brevet
Maj. Gen. Doubleday at 800 monthly.
In the house the urgency deficiency bill
($4.415,922) wns pissed. A bill was In
troduced requiring Canadian sailors
seeking employment in this cncntry Ia
have domicile of Mt least six months
in the United States before they can be
employed.
Washington, Jan. e3.-ln the senate
yesterday resolutions were introduced
relative to the Armenian troubles, to
enable the president to veto items In
appropriation bills, and to enable ccn-
gress to pass bills over the veto BY u
majority vote, aud 10 create national
reserve. Senator Wolcott (Col.) spoke
against the Davis Monroe doctrine res
olution, declaring that the doctrine had
been misapplied and that the admiris-
tration foreign policy was i'll advised,
In the house no business of Importance
was transacted.
Washington, Jan. c4..-rhe thlee sub.
| ieets me OF prominently before The pub.
lic-th.. Monroe doctrine. finance and
tariff. ach came in for consideration
in the 'enatc yesterday. A bill! was i'll.
PRODUCED to repeal the refunding act OF
oS70 and the specie payment resump.
ton act of 1878. A fayo.able report
was made on the bill authorizing con-
structiun of bridges over TIE Missouri,
Missis 'ippl, Minnesota and Illinois
rivers. In the house the rules of the
s1st congress were adopted.
Washington, Jan. 25.-After brief
but stirring debate the senate yester-
day agreed to concurrent resolution
urging decisive action by the European
powers against Turkey, and pledgins
to the president the support of con-
gress in the most vigorous action he
may take for the protection of Ameri-
cans in Turkey and the redress for in
juries to American persons and prop
crty. The free coinage bill was dis
cussed. Adjourned to the 27th. In the
house 10 pension bills.were passed. Adj
iourned to the 9th.
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THE EAST.

| Remains IF Bernard Gilman, the we'll.
known cartoonist of Judge, were in
cinerated at the Earle crcmatory in
F.! Troy, N. Y.
The president of the American Red
Cross society, Miss Clara Barton, and
| five companions sailed from New York
on the American line steamship New
y ork for ConstantinopIe, where she will
| seek permission to enter Armenia to
administer assistance TO the needy and
| afflicted of that country.
Coal gas killed Ambrose West and
wife, both over 10 years Of age, in their
home in Germantown. Ia. II:
1t was decided by the Saratoga IN.
| W Racirg association to abandon tho
| idea of holding meeting this season.
In New York William Foster, Jr.,
engaged in the business of mining and
| manufacturing, made an assignment
| with liabilities, of $5O0,O0O.
At the age of 81 years Mrs. Betsy
Moody, mother of Dwight L. Moody
! the evangelist, died of old age at he1
home in East Northfield, Conn.
The schooner Falcon, which sailed
from Gloucester, Mass, with crew OF
IL men November 90, has been given up
for lost.
Coinage of gold at the Philadelphia
mint since January amounts to $685.
700, mostly double eagles.
Patrick Mcmahon while insane. ia.
tally injured his uncle and aunt, named
Sexton, with IN ak in New York.
In New York Phillip Ripley, at one
time one of the most widely known
newspaper men in the country, died at
the age Of 60 years.
The death Of John D. Lawson, a fig
ure in New York and national politics
for over 50 years, and an ex-congress-
man, occurred in New York city, aged
rs years.
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Officers Elected.

At the annual meeting of the North.
western Curling association held at Du.
luth the following officers were elected:
President, Judge H. w. Cory, st. Paul;
first vice president, @. S. Chandler,
Wa1paca; second vice president, A. j.
Turner, Portage, Wis, secretary-treas.
urer, E.. p. Towne, Duluth. It was de-
cided to hold the next bonspeil at Port
age. 1T was also decided that it would
be best to have the grand international
event played in two sections.
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The Cora Belle Fellows fasco Is a
lesson to white Girls TINT It, is nnwiSe
TO marry Indians with the idea of re-
forming them. Cora married Sam
Campbell, on uncouth red man. The
latter deserted his wife for a sqr,aw
and has just been sentenced to Jail for
theft
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HEART FAILURE.
It Carries Away Our Ambassadors to Ger

~ CaIHIcs away our AmD8seadOf TO Cor
many. gessYs3fs f54s 5sftiJ
Berlin, Jan. 27.-Hon. Theodore Ram
yon, United States ambassador to Ger
many, expired suddenly and unexpect-
.cdly at one o'clock this; morning Of
heart failure. Mr.. Runyon had been in
somewhat feeble health for some time
PAST, but no Immediately fatal res,l!ts
were anticipated; -; !.
Hon. Theodore aRunyon was. born at:
sommeryilles M October Else He.
In 1874 was admit to the bar. III 1853 he
was made city attorney and IA 1a56 city
=courselof of4Newark, N. ia position re-
tanned until 1864, when he, became mayor
Of the city. IIe was appointed In 1856 COM
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WOMAN suFFRAaIsTs.
Annual Convention Of the National ASS,
ClatiOn at Washington.

Annual Convention OF the Natlonal Assoc
citation ut Washington.
Nnsh- ngton, JansS thoopcntug
session Of the 2sth annual Eonyentionpf
The National Woman uffrage Aasso-
Seiation 7 thursday, 1908 clegates werasin
snttendnnce, including the mort pro b
slnent leaders in the movement from
nearly every state in the union. Susan
i. Anthony. OF Rochester, N. Y, in call
ing the meeting to order, was heartily
welcomed and the convention pro-
ceeded directly to the routine business
of the association. The report 81 iinchss
,ael tsraIAEegy,s Of Acknowledgements
has been correspo nding secretal y Of the
organization for the past s years, gave
Dlany indications of the practical sifs-
cess Of the movement, and instanced
particularly the case of Utah, which
was held to demonstrate the advisable
ity Of securing aid Of political parties
through planks in their Plato, ms.
Mrs. Ayery's reference to the won
ans Bible led ton discnssion rather
live1ier than II usual IL asuferago con-
ycntion Mrs. Colby moyeds the adop-
sAOA W VAS ACPOAe VIII Tue scA.
ception of that portion Mrs. Lii
lie Deycreaux Blake, of New York,
earnestly championed Mrs. Stanton's
book, declaring that much of the ortiz
cism Of the woman's Bible arose from
the densest ignorance. When Mrs.
l;iake rked every woman present, who
had read the book, to hold up her. hand
only eight hands appeared and Mrs.
Blake declared, in q. caustic, manner:
We are nice body to pass criticism on
. matter Of this sort, now aren't we p
After several addresses, severely COM
menting on the book, Mrs. Harriet
Taylor Upton. sof Ohios moved to lay
the whole matter on the Il bic, which
was carried bya vote Of 50 to 10. ss's'aseA
At the evening session Miss Susan B.
Anthony, the president, delivered hcr
ennual address, It consisted principal.
~ of review Of the efforts made by
women in the early career Of the suf-
frage movement ind the attelcpts on
the part of the women of Rochester, Of
whom Miss Anthony was one, 10 force
the government to grant he.franch;ar
to women Il ssH $50
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THE Chinese speak of the Yellow river
MS the Sorrow of China" and no won
der. It is estimated that it's floods in
the present century have cost that
country 100000 of lives. During the
past 100 years the river has changed
its course % times, and now flows into
the sea through q mouth 800 miles
distant from that of century ago.
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-. p. sHEnRIN.s Secretary
Killed by the Cars.

Huntingt TON, Nv Ma, Jan.a27 Pearl
and Frec.and Harper, aged y and is,
sons Of Cyrus Harper, prominent CO.
tractor here. left home Saturday night
Tor Columbus, o. Sunday morning 40
miles north; Of here on the Norfolk Il
Western railroad, Pearl fell between
two cars and ~ box cars passed over
his body, niangling It beyond recogni-
ton -. -.
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ANDREW CARNEGIE has announced
that he will give $4,000 year for the
establishment of the museums and the
art gallery in Pittsburgh bearing his
Name. The only proyiso that he at
taches to the gift is that two or more
pictures by American artists be pur-
chased each year.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-01-30

THERE is nothing in the history Of the
nations of the earth to compare with
the development Of the United States
during the last 100 years. At the pres
cnt time the aggregate wealth of this
country surpasses that of any country
OIL the globe. According to the census
of 1890 the entire wealth Of the United
States was computed at $66, 1896 ZOO, 900.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-01-30

! TAKING accurate photographs of the
bones of the human body through The
flesh and even through wooden screens
isamong tho marvels of modern science.
Prof. Roentgen, of Wurzburg UNIVERSE
ty, has succeeded in securing several
remarkable negatives. One instance
is that OF ? mans ankle, wherein bull
let was embedded. The photograph
shows the bullet as it is lodged in the
ankle, thurs revealing what heretofore
could only be learned by probing and
the use of the SURGEONS knife.
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Peculiar Swindlinr.

The North western Hide and Fur
Company, OF Minneapolis, have been
defrauded in a peculiar manner. In a
shipment OF supposed bids was found
strips: of hide inclosed with 6rewood,
cattle bones, hoofs, stones and old iron.
The stuff was shipped from Fisher,
Mimi, and the company will run the
INSCRIPTIONS individual to earth and
punish him if possible. s,sTs.ssrss3
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NIKoLA TESLA, /, New York cIectri-
clan, has invented an apparatus with
which he says it is possible to cure any
organic disease, including consunp-
ton. Here .fter, nobody need die, cx-
cept as the result CT old age Or acci-
dent, Tor the invention OF Mr.. Tesla
will he within the reach Of everybody,
inasmuch as the inventor will, he says,
present the world with the fruit of his
labors. Tho cures will be effected by
Aueans of a thorough shaking up OF
The human system. Mr.. Tesla calls the
treatment system of mechanical vi
brations, and his apparatus he calls an
oscillator.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-01-30

THE present year of grace, 1896, en-
joys the distinction of being the last
leap year of the 10th century. The year
1900, which ends the century, is not a
leap year, and consequently February
will not have the Goth day until 1894.
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DURING the year 1895 IS railroads
were sold in foreclosure, aggregating
1879 miles of lines and representing
total bonded debt and stock of $780,
$4,000, and receivers were appointed
for 81 ronds.
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The amount of energy developed by
the lightning stroke has been investi.
gated in Germany. 1t was observed
that a lightning discharge struck I,
wooden post of a house at Klausthal
and fused two nails. each about three
eighths of an inch in thickness. Then
experiments showed that the same
work required current of 200 ampe res
pnd 10000 volts to do it in second of
time, this representing about 1000
horsepower. II the duration of the
lightning stroke be taken as onc-tenth
Of second its energy must be csti-
mated to be 7O,OOO-hcrse power.
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TIIE oynert o1aofrioion VIII

THE expert electrician who was
charged with investigation Of the plan
for the electric propulsion Of canal
boats i1t New York AMI to watch the
experiments with the towing system,
has made his report. In summing up
his work he says that "the electric tow
ing system appears to present SO many
meritorious features that I have no
hesitation in indcrsing it as the system
deserving preference over any other
hitherto experimental upon"
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TRULY, we do not half appreciate
the good things in this life. When a
man is In the midst of sound and
dreamless sleep he has no idea of what
u good time he is having.
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The passenger train which went from
Havana to Guanajaya, leaving the lat
ter place for return trip. was held up
the 9th by insurgents near San Antonio
and destroyed. The passengers were
not molested.
The two senator's from the new state
of Utah., Frank J. Cannon and Arthur
Brown were on the floor of the senate
the 9th for the first time. They were.
the center of an animated group in the
rear of the chamber, where senators
gathered to extend to them a warm
welcome.
y Nine. Modieska's theatrical company
was disbanded at Cincinnati, O., the
9th, on account of her sickness.
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A GOOD football team, rowing crew
and college yell seem to 6e the lead
ing things, says the Chicago Inter
Ocean, Of 100 many modern UNIVERSE
fieS
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Great Painter Conc,

london, Jan. ~ The Globe an
nounces the death Of Sir Frederick
Leighton, the celebrated painter and
president OF the Royal academy.
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RannbIinan I,l,o::,e.n

Louisville, KY. Jan. 5s27 w. r. john
son {rep.), cashier of the Merchants
national bank, was decided upon at a
meeting Of 10 members,ta majority of
the city council, to fill the unexpired
term of the late mayor. Henry S. Tyler
IaZS.4sA szsSs.t = sszsssis 5 sfgis
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The New York Hurrlcane,

York. Jan. IS The wind land
rainstorln which was predicted for New
York as hours ago arrived promptly on
schedule time, and from midnight
Thursday night until late hour Fri
day evening Gotham got the worst
drenching it has experienced. in many
day. The hurricane reached a velocity
Of 60 milessan hour, and all day long
varied between that rate and IS miles
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The Inauguration OF A. j. McLaurin
(dem.) as governor Of mississippi took

(dem.) as governor Of mississippi took
Ppluce ut jackson. 0
Tho death Of ex-C Congressman Oscar
Turner occurred at his home in Louis.
vile. KY. aged 80 years.
Augusta Chaplin, ID. D.. pastor ofsthe
First universalist church ii, Omaha,
md the only women doctor cf divinity
in the world, resigned her pastorate.
At Pomona. CAL, James Rogers, aged
n and wealthy, was married to Miss
lido Nelson. aged IA years.
At the age Of 72 years George RIVER
son. who was governor OF Lower Cali
fornia from 1880 to 1885, died 81 San
Diego. 'e.sF5. \ s...s .sssa
Theodore c. Search, OF Philadelphia,
was elected president Mt the convention
in Chicago of the National Association
of Manufacturers.
The democratic caucus of the Aiissis-
sippi legislature nominated Congress
man II. d. Money MS United States
senator to succeed j. z. George.
Farms and plantations in the lower
Mississippi valley We're inundated by
heavy rains, fences destroyed, bridges
swept away, and the damage to prop-
erty was heavy.
III Chicago Henry C. Foster, a negro,
% years old, was banged for the muir
der of George w. Wells on Octobes 4,
1895.
In session at st. Augustine, Fla, the
National Editorial association, elected
4. II. Thomas, of Mechanicsburg, Pa.
as president. |.
Congressman John c. Cowcn, OF Bal-
timore, was elected president Of tlle
Baltimore & Ohio railroad.
The legislature of Mississippi elected
H. ID. Money as United States senator.
At Van buren,, Ark, George Ward, a
Cherokee Indian, was hanged for MUIR
dering Henry Bacon in July Of last
year.
In Randall county, Tex, Joseph
Wicker, his wife and two children at
tempted to ford :, stream in q wagon
and all weresdrownctl.
Jacob Hobbs was sentenced at Mum
Gle, Ind, 10 three years in states pris-
Oh. fined $25 and lisfranchised for live
years for stealing three pocketknives
valued at Is cents.
In San Diego county, Call. gold vas
found which assayed $167,25O. to the
ton.
Herbert B. Gehr was awarded sac, 900
damages in the circuit court in Chicago
against the Mexican Central Railroad
company for false imprisonment. !
At Coldwater, Miss, Rev. T. B. Har:
grove fell dead in the pulpit in the
midst of his sermon at the Methodist
church.
Andrew Michigan ard George
Thorne, both married, and residents OF
North Lawrence, o., were struck bysa
passengeEtrain on the Fort Wayne road
and instantly killed.
While temporarily insane John Good
win, an aged and wealthy planter Of
Birmingham, Ala, murdered his wife
and committed suicide. .......5ss
Judge Advocate General w. l.. Stark
declared the Nebraska statute exempt
ing state militamen from federal
service void in that it violates the consti-
tuition. :.fs@4 ~ u.s.
At McDonough, Ca, Hiram Lester
died in his 129th year. He was born in
North Carolina I'M 1868. ~
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1T is sad fact that the new woman is
not taking hilarious interest in leap
year.

JUST one-half the members Of the
present congress are college graduates.
Time will tell whether they are better
public servants than the other half,
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LATER NEWS.

George Baxter, Minneapolis labor
ing man, the 27th, in fit of jealousy
and passion, battered his wife's head
into shapeless mass with a hammer,
and after gloating over his horribly
brutal crime, coolly drew keen razor
across his throat until the blood spurted
out and he fell. He failed to kill him.
self and when the officers came into the
room acknowledged the deed
An explosion occurred in a mine near
Cardiff. Wales, the 27th, and fire imme-
diately broke out. There were 81 min
ers below when the explosion took
place, most of whom were killed.
A family row at Jefferson, To-, tho
27th, between the Flecks and Browns.
resulted in the death-of John Brown,
Jr., and John Fleck. George Fleck
was shot through the back; JQhn
Brown, ST., shot through the face, and
Miss Tiliie Brown, beaten with a club.
Mrs. Ida Hook, Of ,Ridgewooa, e. r..
committed suicide the 9th by swal.
lowing large quantities of paris green,
after administering the poison to her
two children, William and Otto, aged
10 and Sugars. The children cannot
recover.
The fight the. 27th between Dan Gree
don and Jem Smith at London, Eng-
land, was won by Credon in the second
round,
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missioner to revise and codify the militia
laws of New Jersey, and in 1857 was made
.brigadier general and subsequently, ma tor
general of the New Jersey m tional guard.
At the outbreak OF the civil war he was
placed in command of the New Jersey
brigade OF volunteers. In 1866 he was dem
ocratic candidate tor governor Of his state,
but was not elected. From 1873 to 1887 he
was chancellor Of New Jersey. In March,
1898, he was appointed by President Cleve-
land American minister to Germany and
dor. The deggee Of LID. was conferred
upon him by Yale. Rutgers and Wesleyan
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Death Of Prince Henry

London, Jan. 23.-The Standard an
snouncesSk hat PrinceeH Henry OF Batte,l.
berg.W who wasytaken ilIwhile accompa.
cving the British expedition against
the Ashantees, died Of coast eever on
his return voyage from Cape Coast Cas-.
tie: to Sierra Leone.
Ionl on, j an. Is. Ambassador ayard
sent Queen Victoria message from
gIsles ident Cleveland expressing sincere
coincidence with her majesty on the
death of Prince Henry of Battenberg.
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FRoM statistics gathered by Henry
Garnett, of the United States geological
survey, it appears that the negro popu-
latin of the United Suites has succeeded
better in agriculture than in any other
calling. He finds that Of 4, 767, 1T0 farms
in this country 549,64s are occupied by
negroes, and Of this latter number $780,
73S are owned by the occupants. The
male negroes engaged i'll agriculture
number 1929, 1874, of whom $1,000 are
independent farmers. Mr.. Garrett ex-
presses the belief that there is little
prospect of the race ever becoming an
important factor in manufacture.
transportation or commerce.
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The rich gold discoveries Of Forty.
Mile creek in Alaska belong to the
United States, and not to Great Britain
The 141st meridian of longitude has
been actually determined by an en-.
ploye of the British government pnd
properly marked az certain places
Gen. Duffield, the chief of the coast
survey, says it shows that but 1e miles
of the creek as the bird flies and 81
miles as the water flows is in British
territory, and that in this portion nc
gold has been discovered. The remain
ing portion of the creek and that ir
which gold has been discovered is il
Alaska, and belongs to the United States.
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MINI ESOTA STATE NEWS,
The Winter Carnival

h The winter carnival was opened at
ST. Paul in blaze Of glory. Not even
OF he occasion Of the big parade dur
in1 the state fair last fall was there
such q throng Of people on the streets
along the line Of march. In places it
was almost impossible for the police to
make room for the parade to pass, and
at the fort there was also an immense
crowd The various clubs assembled
IN the vicinity of the Metropolitan
Hotel ssWsrsa the selsborate chnriots
were in waiting for Borealis Rex and
his Lord High Chancellor, and for the
Fire King, while q magnificent gray
charger wasrheld~ in~readiness for the
carnival queen. As Borealiss Rex and
his Lord High Chancellor took their
seats in the chariot an immense shout
went mp from the great conconrse of
there assembled. Long live Borealis
Rex" yelled the crowd. The chariot
was white, representing the snow and
ice so abundant~in his dominion In
front was q huge white. bear, and
perched on each side of the chariot was
the body guard clothed in bear skins.
The chariot was drawn by six white
horses.
Great Northern Will Appeal.
The officers Of the local land Office
at,Stt Cloud have been notified that the
Great Northern. Railway Company in
tends TO appeal from the decision of
the commissioner of the general land
Office in holding for cancellation what
is known as list No. 10, in Traverse
comfy. In this list the lands selected
are for losses in the main line primary
Limits, but were not selected tract for
tract. y 8. 80 81 ss.s Is
1t:has caused some surprise that the
company has not fled rearranged
list and during the recent rush for
claims at the local office all the lands
embraced in these tracts were fled up
on. # the secretary of the interior
should reverse the commissioner it
would end the hopes of those who have
been making filings. The ruling of
1.-The commissioner. is regarded as rather
Ia technical one and it is thought that
the probabilities are that the company
will ultimately win. 81 fzS F1tt.eEIE