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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-05-22

Washington, May 1s.-Elverton r.
Chapman, the recalcitrant sugar trust
witness who refused to answer senate
Ecommittee's questions as to whether he
had acted as a broker for any senator's
lin apeculations in sugar trust, occupies
10 cell at the District jail, and will con-
tinue therein for rs days. Chapman sur
rendered himself to United States Mar.
shall Wilson at four o'clock Monday, in
accordance with an understanding pre-
!!viously reached.
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STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
Two Boys Killed and Two Injured in
Minnesota.

Two Boys Killed and Two Injured IN
Minnesota.
st. Paul, Mimi, May 20.-1n Man.
yaska township four boys were struck
by bolt Of lightning. Two of them
were instantly killed and the other two
were severely injured, and at this time
It is doubtful If the. injured will re-
cover. It was shortly after four o'clock
Wednesday afternoon and the children
were coming from school. Some parties
that were planting corn saw tbs
tragedy and went at once to the spot
and rendered assistance. A heavy
storm was in progress at the time.
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I1li,ot. Legislature.

Springfield, ILL.,, May 1s.-1n the sens
ate no business was transacted, as there
was not quorum present. The house
convened at five o'clock. and was in
session a little more than an hour. The
Tins: was occupied chiefly in calling up
bills by unanimous consent, or UNDER
suspension of the rules, and advancing
them on the calendar, and in most cases
making special orders Of them for some
day during the present week. :: ~
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Memorial to: o,Oonnell.

Genoa, May 17.-sunday . bronzs
medallion in memory 81. Daniel O'con1
nell, the celebrated Irish patriot and
orator, was unveiled in the facade Of the
Palazzo de Asarta, where he died on
May Is, 1s47. The unwilling was pre-
ceded by a solemn mass and procession
IN the Cathedral Of San. siro, the most
ancient Christian foundation in Genoa.
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KILLED BY HIS own TRIBE.
Ahvote, Murderer Of Ten White Men
! Meets His Reward.

Ahvote, Murderer Of Ten White Men,
+. :. Meets His Reward.
Kingman, A. T., May 17.-Ahvote, the
Piute Indian who has in the last three
days murdered no less than ten white
men, is dead. He met his fate at the
hands of members Of his own tribe, who
were compelled by the miners in Eel.
dorado canyon to trail the murderer to
death, the penalty for their failure to do
so being fixed at tho humiliation. OF
every Piute the miners could reach.
/ Three days ago Ahwote took a rife
and killed Lars Franzen and Ben Jones,
,teamsters; Christian Nelson and
Charles Monaghau.mhers; Judge ]. M.
Morton. assayer am1 millman, known all
over the coast; JthmoPowers and, w.
Connolly, well-to-do mime owners, and
three other men, names unknown.
The killings wepetsaal cold-blooded
,butcheries. The manars congregated in
;Eldorado canyon 4udntold the Piutes
that il they did notbrtHg or kill Ahvote,
they would kill ewrFoRiute they could
reacha;y.., - I'd lie e. >n..,
l4;tsixsPiates immedixtsiy took: the trail
and &oAowed 1t >tuthuplaces where hin
Victims; were lxilladso From side to .side
jofs-the: Colorado riksr1 went Ahvote on
his pilgrimage of muyaer. The Indians
followed him down otia river, found
where he had znatuhiEl last landing ard
trailed him. ten 1mi1es Up the canyon
into the mountains, where: they orept
up and shot him as he was going over
the range. An Indian went to the river
and signaled to :John:Appel, who was
going down the stream in a boat with
the body Of Monaghan, to come ashore.
He tied up. his boat and went with tho
Indian and viewed the body Of ;Ahvote.
The board Of supervisors Of Mojava
county, A. T.. offered a. reward of $3.50
for: Ahvote and Mouse, who murdered
Davis and Stems last February. Over
100 white men and Indians Joined in the
chase of the murderers. -.
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Iowa Town Nearly Destroyed.
st. Louis, May so.-A special to the
Post-Dispatch from Des Moines, Ia,
says: Nearly all the business houses,
Is in number, and several dwellings in
the town Of Calumet, on the Iowa Cen
trail railway, were burned, causing a
less of $50, 900. The origin Of the fire.
ls unknown. There was no fire ap-
paratus in the town and surrounding
cities cent aid. -.
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Two Senate

Two Senates in Kentucky.
Frankfort, KY, May 1s.-This state
witnessed tho spectacle Monday morn
ing of two separate bodies sitting In
session in the same hall, and each claim-
Iinq to be tho senate of Kentucky. II
10 . fight between the factions Of Lieut..
Inov. Worthintgon and Of Senator Goe-
bel, the latter Of whom, though in q
minority, being backed by the clerks
end all the other officers Of the sem
alta. /,
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The War in. Cuba.

Havana, May 1s.-During number OF
small skirmishes which have taken
place recently in the province of Santa
Clara, the insurgents had 30 men killed,
an insurgent major and q subprefect
surrendered and IS armed insurgents
were captured. In the provinces Of
Matanzas, Havana and Pinar del Rio, Is
insurgents were killed in recent skir-
mishes and Is surrenderedto the Spanish
authorities. In these engagements, ac7
cording to the Official reports, the gov
eminent forces lost six men killed, and
had ~ men wounded.
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WILL MEET IN DETROIT:

Iron and Steel Workers to Seek AaA
vance In Wages. -
Detroit, Mich, May 1s.-Some $50 dol
egates, representing upwards of $4,000
iron and steel workers, will assemble
here to-day in the annual convention Of
the Amalgamated Association of Iron
and Steel Workers. The convention
will be at work several days arranging,
the wage schedule, the basis being the
report completed by the wage commit
tee in Pittsburgh last week. It seems
certain that a material advance over
present rates will be adopted and sub
nitted to the mill owners. The tin
plate workers schedule will probably
be fixed at the same rates in force under
the Mckinley law, an advance of about
is per cent. from the present rates.
The uncertainty Of the tariff situation,
It is believed, may complicate the COM
sideration of wage schedules somewhat.
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Tanner Hanes Himself.

Lagrande, Ore, May 49,. NJ. Irion,
q tanner and furrier, committed suicide
by hanging himself in his place Of bust
ness at Island City. Irion came here
from Milwaukee, Wis.,, about six years
since, having previously lived at De-
troit, where his brother now resides.
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yellow Fever at Colon.

Kingston, Jamaica, May 2o.-Casesof
yellow, fever are reported at Colon.
Passengers on board the British, steam-
er. Para, Capt. Miner, running between
Southampton, Colon and other ports,
were attacked while the Para :was ON
her way from Colon to Southampton.
The Para is now quarantined at Bar:
bara. -. =
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victims Of Asphyxiation.

! Victims Of Asphyxiation. !
+ New York, May 1s.-The coroner's
fury brought in verdict that the ten
passengers and three members Of the
teona's crew who perished last Sunday
died from asphyxiation, the result Of
an accidental fire in the steamer, end
generating the officers and crew and
managers Of the Mallory line from all
responsibility in connection with tho
disaster.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-05-22

hand, Kamloops Is a favored spot.
The rainfall is very light and to raise
crops irrigation is necessary.
The claims begin almost in the town
itself. those that are more distant
and but few are more than six or eight
miles away-are readily reached BY the
excellent roads that 90 through the
heart Of the camp.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-05-22
Hlow n Trmt.

Chicago, May 17EJ4dge Gibbons de-
cided that tho AmeffcAn Tobacco COM!
pany, the legal nSShe, for the tobacco,
and cigarette trust, I'D! no right to do
business in this state, 9nd that BY SELL;
ing its wares here fliitt ah violating the|
antitrust laws of4iin6is: :.
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A LIVELY MINING CAMP.
1k.nloop., the Capital Of B. O.

Kamloops, the inland capital Of Brit
! ish Columbia, until last year was
thought to possess but four attributes
falubrtous climate. fertile soil, railroad,
wagon road and water Communication,
ma. : conservative. proagresssiiiye poplula-
|so 10 these. however. 8 NTH has
| sddsd NIithin. ,the speat 50 monfhs,
s! 6!
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Musical Event at Minneapolis

Musical Event at Minneapolis.i@
Minneapolis, MIMI, May ts.-The|
opening concert of the Northwestern
May festival was given Monday evening"
in the exposition auditorium. The pro-
grsmme was an artistic successin every
respect. Campanani was the star ofths|
evening. go. - =
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-05-22

Creditors to Receive DfvlAeAas.
Washington, May 10: = Tho compi
troller of the currency has declared
dividends in favor Of the creditors oil
lnsolvent national banks as follows:j
Ten per cent, the Keystone national
bank Of Superior. West Superior, Wis,
ten Per cent, tho First national bank
Of East Saginaw, Mich; five per cent,
the National Bank Of Illinois, Chica9o:i
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Won b. Bald.

Z. Louisville, KY, May 1s-Eddie Bald.
Of Buffalo, defeated Owen Kimble, Of
this city, In q match race at Fountain
Ferry park Monday afternoon. Tho
event was run In three heats. KimblG
won the first at one-third Of mile, fl
.Is rs seconds. Bald won the half mile!
in 1895 rs, and the mile heat in e:11 Isl
The latter was paced. j
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-05-22

Danger from Falllng Waters.
New Orleans, May 1s-While the rivet
10 still stationary, the dangers from til
fall are already becoming apparent
The banks in tho Fifth district are be1
ginning to crumble as the waters re-
cede. The alarm has been sounded and
!wstchfulness will be exercised on s1I
the slevee lines. 80 ''rs<r '@'-i=s.a''
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death Of .e1eafnal.

Rome, May 17es Gdsdinal Camille
siciliano d. RendeqaEshbishop of Bene-
vento, is dead. He was born In 1917
and received the redshat in 1887. !;
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Bad Railway wreck. IN Germany.
Cologne, May 2o-A train conveying
q detachment Of reserves from West
phalia to Metz ran off tho rails between
fIiIlosheim and Gerolshein. Nine men
are known. to have been killed and IS
injured. The accident was caused by
tine train, breaking In two, the rear por-
ton subsequently Overlooking and
crashing into the front part.
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Gift to Oatholic Universttx.

WILL ~ Sot4aVASC O0AVSx01B1s
Baltimore, May il7.-1tr: fs reported;
here that the Catholic university at;
Washington has received q legacy: Of
$4,000 from the estate OF Mr.. O'Brien,
ofEew Orleans. The money will be used
to endow three chairs to be selected byl
the authorities of the university.
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Released.

Washington, May Consul General
Lee has informed the department Of
state that Jose F.: Dumas, who was ar,
rested in Cuba April 20 last, has been|
released by the Spanish authorities.
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Verdict Against Hayes Estate.

Verdict Against Hayes Estate.
Fremont, O., May 2o.-A verdict Of;
$500 was returned Mrs. Addie NJ.
Smith against the estate Of the late exc:
President r. B. Hayes Wednesday. Mrs:
Smith sued for ess, 900 damages tor
permanent injuries received in q run,
away caused BY masti6 dog owned
by the Hayes family. ;
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Mr, BayaRa Arrivos.

New York, May,1@77:I55alhemas +. Bay;
ard. ex-ambassade4kt 81 The United States
to Great Britain, jffEiy&d Saturday on
board the ateam o9ls Ist. Paul from
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-19
MOONLIGHT SCENES AT TRUCKEES WINTER CARNIVAL.

were made on both sides. Oratory could
be heard resounding through the Capitol
building as the battle royal was fought.
The caucus resulted in the naming OF
Jones.
The eighteenth session of the Nevada
Legislature convened here to-day with
every member of both houses pres
ent. A caucus was held last even
ing and agreed upon the usual
appointments as follows: A. ]. Nc
Cone of Storey, president pro tenn. of the
Senate; T. J. Osborn of Lincoln, secretary,
and Patrick Corbett of Storey, sergeant-at-
arms. In the Assembly Lemuel Allen OF
Churchill was made Speaker; S. L. Nc
Naughton of Esmeralda, speaker pro tenn.
George r. Bradley of Ormsby, sergeant-at-
arms, and Nate Rolf of Washoe, chief
clerk.
The Senate was this morning opened by
Governor Sadler, and the oath OF Office
was administered to the new members by
Justice Belknap. The Governors mes
sage was received and laid on the table.
No other business was transacted except
the routine of organizing and the intro
duction of a resolution regarding the
granting of pardons.
Secretary of State Howell opened the
Assembly and Judge Bonnifield admin
istered the oath. No further business was
transacted to-day.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-19
JORDAN SPEAKS IN
STANFORD'S CAUSE
Why the University Should
Be Exempted From
Taxation.
Thirty Thousand Dollars Taken
From It's Yearly Income
by the State.
CALIFORNIA; Poor Appreciation of the
Princely Gift From the Late
Senator.

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CAL, Jan.
18.-Concerning the bills recently intro
duced in the Legislature for the relief Of
Stanford University DR.. Jordan makes the
following statement:
In none of the Eastern States and none of
the countries of Europe are universities,
whether of public or private foundation, sub
ject to taxation. The general rule regarding
such matters is that all institutions which are
not for the purpose of making money. and of
which the income is all devoted to public pur-
poses, as those of education. scientific inves-
tigation or popular enlightment, shall be free
from the burdens of taxation. In all of the
States, so far as know, except California col
leges, public libraries, museums and acade-
mics of science are also exempt.
In France they have a system by which an
institution is declared to be one of public
utility, and then, whether of public or private
foundation, it is exempted. II our constitution
were amended so as to exempt endowed uni
VersitieS, public libraries, colleges and muse
ums outside Of sectarian control and of which
the whole income is devoted to public service,
from taxation, the change would be wise
one.
There is no other State in the Union that
receives outside gifts in so cold a spirit as
California, and for that reason there is no
large State which has received so few gifts
This not because the State is really unfriendly,
but be cause its constitution and statutes were
framed before these matters came to be con.
sIdered. For instance, when Mr.. Rockefeller
founded the University of Chicago it was ex-
empted from taxation and the citizens of Chi
csgo furnished all the buildings, duplicating
dollar for dollar the millions which Rookie
feller gave. Mr.. Stanford in making larger
gift than Mr.. Rockefeller's exacted nothing in
return, and has received nothing. 1t would
be fitting as graceful act of recognition for
the State, which has already sent upward of
5000 students to Stanford University for their
education, to relieve the endowment from
taxation. Already through the generous way
in which Mr.. Rockefeller's gift has been
treated the University of Chicago is able to
expend twice as much each year as Stanford,
though the original gift was less.
The State of New York received Mr.. Cornells
gift of 81, 100000 in the same generous spirit
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-19

and has added in one way or another some
So, 600, 600 TO the original endowment, besides
freeing it completely from taxation.
A few years ago DR.. Dohrn and his German
associa tes esta blished in the city of Naples an
institution for studying the natural history of
the sea. Naples at once exempted the institu-
tion from taxation, gave it site comprising
an acre or more of frontage in one of its finest
parks, duplicated the building, doubling its
capacity ana aided it materially in other ways
Without going into detail may say that, If
Stanford University had been offered to any
large Eastern city or to any city OF Europe, ar
rangements could have been made without
diff eulty to duplicate It's buildings and re-
lease its endowment from taxation. In Cali
fornia, however, out of its present income Of
$3.50, 900, more than $4,000 each year is
taken for State and county taxes, and the bal
ance of the 100000 representing its annual
cost of maintenance is taken from Mrs. Stan
ford's private means-pin money which she
had saved up for the building of kindergartens
and for additions to the museum. AS fast as
she is able to get control OF the balance of her
husbands estate 1T will doubtless be turned
over to the university, but with the increased
income the taxes also increase On the will
ingness of the State to relieve the institution
OF this burden in great measure depends it's
future growth. Thirty thousand dollars q
year saved in the income of the university
means much. The continuance of several OF
it's most important departments. as mining,
engineering and law, depends on this saving
For the State to tax endowed institutions of
public utility like Stanford University, the
Academy of Sciences, the Throop Polytechnic
School and the Lick School of Mechanical Arts
is to rob its own pockets. 1t takes money from
the highest use to put it to a lower. "a dollar
in a university" Emerson says, "is worth
more than dollar in JAIL
In the original statute under which the uni
versity was founded it is provided that the in
come is to be forever devoted to the purposes
of education, non-sectarian, and so far as may
be, free; in other words, to the same purposes
as are reached by the public school system of
the State You viii notice also that by the
constitution of the university the trustees are
REQ uired to make an annual report of their
actions TO the Governor of the State of Callfor-
mia. In case of failure on the part OF the
trustees to conduct this trust as public trust
should be conducted, as for example, if they
should force sectarian tests, then it is the duty
of the State to take possession of the property
and carry out as a trust the intention of the
grantor. In other words, Mr.. Stanford ar
ranged to make the university property prac-
tcally gift to the State, but put its control
in the hands of board of trustees so that it
could never be influenced by the political
changes taking place in State affairs; while
on the other hand he left it to the State of Cal
ifornia to see that the property was forever de-
voted to its proper use.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-19
IDAHO'S DEADLOCK.
Democrats Kefssse to Vote for The PopM-
list Cho.ce.

Democrats Kefuse to Vote for The Popw-
list Cho. ce.
BOISE CITY, IDAHO, Jan. 1S.-The
Populist caucus this morning again
switched to Claggett and used all possible
effort to induce the Democrats to join and
give Claggett the necessary thirty-six
votes, but without avail.
The first ballot resulted: Claggett 26.
Dubois 25, Lewis (Pop.1 II. The second
ballot: Claggett 20, Dubois 19, Nelson
(Pop.) 13. The votes for Nelson and
Lewis were cast by Democrats.
There was great activity in the CIapeett
camp all day. mainly with the object OF
inducing enough Democrats to insure his
election to vote for him Tomorrow. bnt as
far as could be learned this evening his
supporters were unsuccessful. Whether
the Populists will in the next ballot
remain with Claggett or switch 10 Nelson
or Lewis and by the aid of the Democrats
elect one or other of those gentlemen is
uncertain.
The Dubois men claim there is little
chance of the Democrats and Populists
coming together, and that ultimately
Dubois will receive enough Democratic
votes to elect him,
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MIroHELL sTOCK GOES UP.
Girem Enough Totes to Elect IN a Re


psLbIican Caucus.
SALEM, Or, Jan. 18.-The House met
at 10 A. NJ. Three rolls were called, show
in thirty-four mem bers present, six less
than required for organization. Three or
four Democrats came in to-day ana an
swered the rollcall This is looked upon
as if the com bination against organiza-
ton is breaking up, and may predict the
organization of the House tomorrow.
In the Republican caucus Mitchell was
given AZ votes for the United States Sem
ate, one more than required, but num-
ber of these will not vote for Mitchell
until Jonathan Bourne is elected Speaker.
Bourne claims that Mi ichell prom ised him
six votes for Speaker for the votes Bourne
secured for Mitchell. Mitchell having gone
back on this, Bourne, with twenty-five
followers, STAYS away SO as to prevent or
ganization. Five of those who stay with
Bourne are Mitchell Republicans, but in
sist first on Bourne being Speaker. If the
organization is effected Mitchell will be
the next Senator.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-19
SENATOR JONES
TO Be RETURNED
Nevada Republicans Settle
the Senatorial Fight in
Caucus.
Receives Thirty.Five Votes to
Three Cast for George
Nixon.
Practically Insures His Reelection
on the First Ballot In the
Legislature.

CARSON, New, Jan. 1S.-At Republi-
can caucus tonight thirty-eight silver
Republicans, or majority, were present,
and of this number United States Senator ].
P. Jones received thirty.fve votes, the re-
George Nixon. This insures Senator
Jones' reelection on the 10Th inst, when
the first and probably the only ballot for
United States Senator will be taken.
Nixon received the vote of the Hum
boldt delegation. All day Sunday and to-
day the Humboldt delegation were urging
him to come to Carson, but he refused to
leave his sick wife. Seeing that his elec-
tion was impossible, they met and dis
cussed the best way of disposing OF the
situation. There was considerable differ
ence of opinion. Some wanted Nixon 10
GO into the caucus, accept his defeat
gracefully and bow to the will of the ma
jority. Others held that this would be a
sacrifice of the principles fought for and
they wanted to refuse to let his name GO
to the caucus at all, but to carry the fight
into the joint session and make some red
hot speeches.
Nixon was again wired to, but he
merely replied that his wife was still
quite low, and that his friends could use
their own Judgment. 1t was finally de-
clded that Nixon's name would be placed
before the caucus, where he could stake
his medicine like a man." Any other
course would simply land him outside oi
the party and be his political ruin. Ii
was argued that If Nixon were in the city
he would consent to no other plan. as he
was politician who always stood by the
rules of the game.
The caucus was called at 7:30 o'clock
and but two members manned away.
Nixon's name was placed before it fol
United States Senator along with that Of
John P. Jones, and some very hot speeche:
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-19
The Wnsh,noton Contest.

OLYMPIA, WASH, Jan. 1S.--The Sena-
torial situation on the eve of the first bal
lot is decidedly mixed. Judge Turner,
free silver, seems to have the lead, with
Cline. Popullst, second. Squire, free sill.
yer, is considered out of the race, though
he was working hard to-day and may
gain unexpected strength. Davis, Popu-
list, who was reported to have Withdrawn,
denies this and says he will go in to-mor-
row with strong vote. The fusionists,
consisting of free silver Republicans,
Democrats and Populists, are caucusine
tonight, as are the Republicans also. The
first vote will be taken in joint session to-
morrow noon.