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wo1cott Goes to Washington.

SPRINGFIELD (Mass.). Nov. r.
Senator Edward o. Wolcott Of Colo
rado, who spent Sunday with his moth
er in Long Meadow, left tonight for
Washington.
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wEyLsR scouRcEs CUBA.
PeaceabIe Men Driver TO Suicide by TIT
Ctuelty of His Troops.

PeaceabIe Men Driven to Suicide by the
Cruelty of His Troops.
HAVANA, Cuba.-A serlous engagement is
expected to take place any moment Mt Santa
Clara between Weyler and Gomez. Up to the
present, aside from the slaughter OF defence
less non-combatants. Weyler's only triumph
has been the destruction of the banana
trees on the border of the province OF Man
tanzas. In his march to Santa Clara Weyler
has destroyed all Of these productive trees.
Details of the outrages committed by tho
Spanish troops in Weyler's march to the east
have been learned here. Every day brings
fresh reports of Spanish cruelty. Despite
all the official denials and the mild state
ments given at the press censor's bureau in
the oflce of the Captain-General. the truth
Is that neither sex nor age has been re-
spected by Weyler's soldiers. The rural nom
combatants fee In despair to tho W to
escape the weapons OF the Spanish soidiery,
and there they bear living testimony to their
sufferings. III many towns the poor have
committed suicide by the dozen rather han
die of starvation after being deprived Of all
their means o%fsupport.
A foreigner who sees the Spanish barbarity
OF this war cannot fail TO recall the slaughter
of the Indians In the early years OF the
Spanish conquest. At Guines = sergeant in
structing q soldier In the use of the
Mausar rife made him aim n fire at a
harmless countryman seated under q
tree. The countryman was killed IN
stautly. At B~anaguises, which Weyler
passed on Friday, a Sp,nieh guerrilla, in or
der to prove to people in the village that the
Spaniards now were able to use the machete
with as much skill as The Cubans, killed the
whole family OF Trebejos, composed of two
women, one man n one child.
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1882, and upon its reorganization he was
chosen Viee.President and General Mum
ager. About this time his financial ability
was complimented by his selection 20 the
Presidency of the American Bankers Associa-
tion. On January "a. 1891, he was elected
President of the First National Bank, and
still holds that position. He was prominent
in all of the work that made the Worlds
Fair a great success, and was n of the four
men who practically guaranteed that Chi
cage would carry out its pledge OF raising
$40. 900, 600 for the building of the fair.
Mr.. Gage has been married twice, his first
wife being Miss Sarah Etheridge, Of LATHE
Falls, N. Y, whom he married in 1864. She
died In 1874, and in 1887 he married Oornelia
Gage. Of Denver, Col. He is q member Of
the Commercial and Union League clubs OF
Chicago, and personally is a popular man.
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TREATY sicNED.
Arbitration Agreed uptn by Great Britain
and Yeneuela.

M
Arbitration Agreed Ipsn by Great Britain
and Venezuela.
The treaty submittin: the boundary dis.
pute between Great Britain and Venezuela
to arbitration was signet at 4.so p. NJ. Tues
day in the Department estate. Washington,
by Sir Julian Pauncsio4, the British AM
bassador, and Senior 'pss Andrade, the
Venezuelan Mtnister TIT Washington. In
February, ten years agl, diplomatic rela-
tions between the two Etions were severed,
Mr.. Cridler. the chief 81 the diplomatic
bureau of the State DEPARTMENT. had pre-
pared two copies Of the trafy for signature,
both being in English and printed on thick,
red-edged paper. Sir Jultan signed both OF
them. Senior Andrnds pii ed his name after
Sir J~ulian's, and Mr.. cndlF affixed the seals.
The signatures were w4tten with !, pen
made for the occasion, "A beautiful gold
holder aud nib. tipped with an eagle feather
and ornamented with q gid heart, studded
with diamonds. This wg sent from yene-
zueia, aud will be the pro'srty OF Senior An
drade. brother OF the Minster.
William L. Serugga hasbeen appointed to
represent Venezuela befer the tribunal. 1t
is understood that the gent for Great
Britain Will DO Sir FredeSck Pollock.
The Venezuelan COMMUNION will not now
dissolve, as has been stath, but will remain
intact until the tribunal 3hpletes its organ
ization.
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Russell Alexander Alger was born In La
fayette. Medina CoHnty, Ohio, on February
81, 1886. Being left an orphan at the age OF
eleven, he worked or n farm till he was aigh-
teen. attending school inthe winter. Hethen
taught school. studied law and was admitted
to the bar in 1859. After practising his pro-
fession for a tune In Cleveland, he moved to
Grand Rapids, Mich, and engaged in the
lumber business. He became o Captain in
the Second Michigan Cavalry at the begin
ming Of the Civil War. On July II, 1865, he
received the brevets of Brigadier-General and
Major-General OF Volunteers. Alter the war
he acquired a fortune in the lumber business
in Detroit. His pine forest on Lake Huron
comprises more thar one hundred square
miles. In 1884 he was the Republican can
didate for Governor OF Michigan and was
elected, serving from 1885 till 1887.
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The NEWS gPIToMIzgo


The House decided the contest OF G.. ".
Coruett (Ilep.) against CLAUDE A. Swanson
Dem from the Fifth Virginia District, IN
favor Of Swanson, who has occupied the seat.
The claim Of the contestant was that o fair
election could not be held underline Virginia
law. Mr.. Swanson's title TO the seat was
conflrmei by m overwhelming viva voee
vote.
The President has granted the application
for pardon in the case OF Moses Ross, con-
victed of profanity in the District of Column
bla, and sentenced on December 20 to pay
$40 and serve ninety days in the ~workhouse.
President Cleveland has nominated Col
onel John NJ. Wilson, Corps OF Engineers, to
be Chief Of Engineers, with rank OF Briga-
dier-General.
Attorney. General Harmon instructed the
United States Attorney at Jacksonville. Fla,
TO proceed against the Three Friends for
piracy.
The peace treaty between the United
States and GrCss Britain was taken up blythe
Senate. Senator Morgan opposed immedi-
ate action on the ground that the treaty con-
ficted with the Nicaragua Canal project.
Further action was deferred.
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GENERAL VEYLER OUT.
Azcarraga To Be Cuba's New Gov
ernor-GeneraI.
NJ READY FOR BATTLE,

II is Announced in Madrid That General
Azcarraga, Minister of War of Spain,
VIII BE Appointed Gove~rnor-Generai
of Cuba, General weyler to Remain In
Command Of the Forces on the Island.
MADRID, Spain (By Cabie).-It has been
decided by the Cabinet to depose Captain
General weyler, /. Cuba, ami in his stead
appoint General Azcarraga. tho present Min
ister OF War.
weyler will be continued, for the present,
at lenst, as commander Of 1.-THE military forces,
and will, therefore, be subordinate to AGAR
raga, whose title will be Governor-G General
of Cuba.
The Spanish Ministry has come to recog-
nize that General Weyler Is a failure, and
has even less confidence In his administers
tive ability as Governor-General than In his
military skill rs Captain-General.
General Azcarraga is looked upon as the
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Former. w~a.hlugton's New senator.

George Turner was elected United States
Senator from Washington by the Legisla.
ture at Seattle. Turner is a Silver Republi.
can. Senator-elect Turner was born at
Edna, Knox County, No., In 1850. HIS was
United States Marshal for the southern and
middle districts Of Alabama. He was a Re-
publican and a personal friend OF Grant and
Arthur. He was one OF Grants SOC. In
July, 1884, he went TO Washington as Asso.
ciate Justice OF the Supreme Court of the
Territory, and resigned in 1887. He re-
.ceiyed twenty votes for Unitei States Sena-
tor in 1889. Turner has made q fortune out
Of mining ventures.
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NEWSPAPER MEN DROWNED.

Their Boat Sunk While on a Mississippi
River Assignment.
Harrison p. Hester and Il. z. Blessine, two
well-known newspaper men of New Orleans,
were drowned by the sinking of the steam
yacht Argo, while following the Congress
committee now visiting New Orleans, to ex-
anime the crevasse in Passa Loutre and TO
determine as to the adyisability OF an anpro-
p~riation.
Hester was tho son of Henry O.. Hester,
Secretary CT the New Orleans Cotton Ex-
change, and was probably the leaiing cotton
statistician In this country. He was n cor
respondent OF several papers at Washington
for some time. he was married. Blessino
was only TWEEN y-seven years old, oil a we,l-
known Creole family.
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IoAHo's NEW SENATOR.
Henry Hoitfelt, a Populist Farmer, WIN
auncaad nulaaia-

Henry Hoitfelt, a Populist Farmer, VIII
Succeed Dubois.
The Senat orial contest in the 1dahd sta'o
Legislature mas terminated by the selection
Of Henry Heltfelt, a Populist. to succeed
senator Dubois. The last ballot was as fol-
lows: Heitfelt, thirty-nine; Dubois, Silver
Republican, thirty; 7. +. Nelson. Populist.
one. twenty-five Populists, thirteen Demo-
Gratis, and one Republican voled for tho sue
cesstul candidate.
Senator-elect Heitfelt is forty years OF age
and Is a fnrmer in Nez Perez County. He
has several times represented his County III
the State Legislature, and is at present u
member OF the State Senate. Heis. of course,
a Free Silver man. Senator Dubois, whom
he succeeds, is a Free Silver Republican.
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Cleveland Talks to Doc. -r..

The semi-centennial celebration OF the
New York Academy of Medicine was held In
Carnegie Hall, New York City. President
Cleveland made al address, as did q number
prominent phys clans. Mr.. Cleveland
spoke of the duties of doctors as citizens, and
also at the importance OF physicians seeing
to 1t that sound laws for the welfare Of the
people are enacted. He made a number oil
felicitious and humorous sallies from the
standpoint OF a patient, which caused great
merriment. His reception was enthu siastic.
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ALCOHOL AND SUICIDE.

At tho recent International Congress OF
Psychology, DR.. Muller gave an interesting
historical sketch Of the etiology Of self-mur-
der, and by means of an elaborate series Of
statistics, traced to alcohol the primary
cause OF its marked increase Of late years.
The author estimates the number OF suicides
in Europe at 30, 900 a year., thus showing
that the evil IL increasing at a greater rate
than the population. The most ~favorite
month for suicides Is June, tho least. De-
cember; early morning is chosen In prefer
ence to the night, while the mechanic class
furnishes the largest number OF subjects and
the peasant the least. DIR. Muller considers
brandy the most pernicious form OF alcohol.
and traces to its influence the bunting OF
those weapons which in the struggle for life
are the most necessary to sustain the con-
fiict. Westminster Gazette.
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AS WASHINGTON VIEWS II.
The State Department Believes weyler
Delayed Reforms.

WASHINGTON. D. @. (Speeial).-The adj
vices which have been received from Madrid
that Weyler has been supplanted by General
Azcarraga show thai the reign of terrorism
and corruption, Of blood and robbery, which.
the "Butcher" inaugurated and carried on
In Cuba, will soon be over. The advices in
dictate that by or before the LIST Of March his
successor will be on the way to Havana.
Marquis de A~pezteguia, leader of the
Cuban conservatives. convinced Canovas.
whose patience was well nigh exhausted, OF
what was already suspected, namely, that
Weyler and his policy were worse than
failures and that his reports of military sue
ce-ses n of bloody pacilcation were utterly
unreliable.
The State Department is in an optimistic
frame OF mind over the Intelligence. 1t be-
ieves that Weyler was mainly the cause Of
delay in carrying out the proposed reform
laws. With such a strong, Just and cool
headed Governor as A~zcarrago, 1t is possible
that peace is NOT far disiant-a peace that
will be assuring TO the United States, salts
factory to Cuba and honorable to Spain:
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PORTFOLIO FOR WILSON.
Ex-congressplan From iowa VIII BE SEQ
Rotary of Agriculture.

@NN
Rotary of Agriculture.
Former Congressman james Wilson, OF
Ames, Iowa, Professor OF Agriculture In the
Iowa Agricultural College and Director OF
the Government Experiment Station, IN.
nounced that he had been offered and hal
accepted the SecretGryship OF Agriculture in
the Mckinley Cabinet.
Mr.. Wilson was born in the parish OF
Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland, in 1910, aud was
brought to America by his parents when Is
small boy. The first settlement of the famii;
was in Connecticut, from which State they
removed to Iowa, in the fifties. For many
years Mr.. Wilson was n teacher In the coun-
try schools. In the course OF time he &C.
cumulated money enough to purchase the
magnificent farm of 1900 acres, which he
now owns in Tama County.
Mr.. Wilson was Il member of the Twelfth.
Thirteenth and Fourteenth General Assem-
blies OF Iowa, has been State Railroad Com
missioner. President OF the State Temper
ance Alliance and has held many other i'm
portant public offices In the State. In 1874
he was elected to Congress and was ~re-elect-
ed in 1876. For several years MIR. Wilson
has been professor OF agriculture In the State
school al Ames and, in connection with his
o.her duties, has edited ! farm department
for the newspapers that has been published
in all the counties of tho State.
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Tweniy.fiv years ago Senator Priteharl,
Of North Carolina, was a printers devil in
thee ONCE Of the Jonesboro (Tenn.) Tribune.
President Faure intends to visit Algeria,
No previous French President has done 80,
and The last royal visit was tibet OF Napoleon
III.
MsIne's ''grand old man. is ex-senator
James Ware Bradbury, OF Augusta. who is
ninety-fiyo years old. vnich makes him eight
years the senior OF Mr.. Gladstone.
Japan's Emperor has the v~erse-wrilns
habit worse than Emperor William OF Ger
many. for he pennei 1890 couplets dur
ing 1893. He has composed over rs, 900
coupIets in all.
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MRS. cAREW CONVICTED.

Sentenced to Death for the Murder of Hes
Husband.
Mrs. Carew. an English woman, was sem
fenced to death at Yokohama, Japan, on
conviction OF having poisoned her husband,
Walter Raymond Hallowell Carew, the Sec
rotary of the Yokohama United Club. IT
took the jury only half au hour to agree
upon a verdict OF guilty. The sentence is
subject to revision by tho British Minister.
The trial attracted much attention on ac-
count OF the prominence of Mr.. n Mrs.
Oarew in society, n because Of the similar
lily OF some features of the case to tho
famous Maybrlck trial, which resulted In the
sentencing OF Mrs. Florence Muybrlck. au
American, to imprisonment for life IN Eng
land
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The Bible a pelence for Murder,

An excited crowd gathered around the jail
at Wayne. Neb., threatening Clarence Rash,
the wealthy farmer. who was arrested at his
home, surrounded by the bodies OF his wife
and three children, all erribly~ hacked and
battered. He said wA~- arrested that the
Bible was his defence and would prove that
he but did his duty. Rash had On attend
ing revival meetings and had grown enthusl-
astic over religion.
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ELEVATED ENGINE FALLS.
Smoker Carried with 1t and One Man
Ersta.a - Ga Vua-.a HN

Smoker Carried With 1t and One Man
Killed and six Injured.
Motor "A OF the Brooklyn Union Elevated
Railroad, aud the smoking car Of the loaded
train which 1t drew,~were knocked OF the
structure at Bradford avenue nj Fulton
street by Motor 81. which was drawing some
empty cars on the storage track laid between
the tracks used for passenger trains, early
Thursday evening. They fell to the street.
The engineer was killed, and several of the
passengers IN the smoker were cut and
bruised. The iiremen OF both engines were
seriously hurt and one lost a leg. The acct
dent YVES caused by an open switch.
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A colored Man Lynehed.

A lynch.ng occurred ia BIB County, Ala
bama, near Briarfeld. A colored a name
unknown. assaulted q young white girl
named Battle. A posse went in pursuit OF
him. despite the bitter cold weather, and
after a long se;reh captured and brought
him up for Identification. On being identi-
fed, he was started toward the County jail,
but, as related, was ''lost somewhere in Il
e1au.p N .rfk-T
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By q curious mistake 10 the records OF q
New York hospital a man was recently re-
ported dead. His brother went to tho
morgue to identity the body, but foun Il,
after the autopsy. almost unrecognizabfe.
They a 1t b1riei and shoaly afterward
found out that a mistake had been made aud
that their relative was not dead. They arc
now endeayoring TO recover the costs Of the
funaral
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To Prevent REORGANIZATION al me seal.
Professor David Starr Jordan, the Com
missioner appointed to Investigate the con-
dillon of the fur seal, recommends in his re-
port to the Secretary OF the Treasury that
the open season for the killing OF females be
abolished to keep the Pribiiof Island hsrl
intact. The estimate made by Professor
Jordan OF the number of seals at all classes
killed last summer Ia 10000. About 1900
pups died OF starvation, and peIagic seating
caused the death Of 29, 1898.
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The teaching OF temperance is now COM
pulsory in the public schools Of the province
of Ontario. According to the Minister OF
Education, no fewer than $4,000 pupils are
studying this question In the public schools
Of the province, and $4,000 In the separate
schools, and the public school inspector for
Toronto states that more than 10000 pupils
in the public schools OF the city receive in
siruction In temperance.
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JUDGE mKganl CHOSEN.


Judge Joseph Mckenzie OF San francisco,
Cal, has accepted the portfolio of Secretary
OF tho Interior in PRECEDENT McKinley's
Cabinet. This Information was given
by the President-ele. 10 a dele
cation of MissouriNs. They were
given to understand that iter the ~inaugura.
ton there was likely 10 ba vacancy in the
Cabinet. caused by the s0ected resignation
OF Justice Field, OF the Se3eme Court, and
the appointment OF ono 81 he new Cabinet
officers 10 his place on the ench.
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At Bay City, Mich. the Van Emster Block,
q frame building two stores high, was Quilted
by fire. Theodore During. aged slxty-eight
years, unmarried, who occupied one OF the
rooms on the second floor, was smotherad.
| FlorentinaJ. Van Emstcr, the pioneer drug
gist Of the city and a member Of jhe first
about the head.
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100 Year. for nur.inrr.

Thomas Jackson, u coiored burglar, was
sentenced at Chicago by Judge Ewing to FIVE
terms Of twenty years each. Jackson IL
thirty-six years cd, aud Of indescrlba9ls
ugliness.
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The street railways in Baltimore, MI.
carried over 81, 600, 900 passengers in 1895,
and paid s2I8.o 900 in faxes for the support Of
tho eity,s parks.
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rarn,. Annoln,msn connrmed,

The nomination Of Lob F. Payn 10 be
Superintendent Of the Tsurance Depart
of New York State was enarmei by the
Senate az Albany, VIII o~nevote 70 spare. a
major tso the entIrsFiodt being requisite.
Twenty zsvsn Republican voted for con-
firmatioD. Nine Rebublifns and eleven
p ps9ss s%sa.,o ys's 4, d ~ Is. e Ssss 9Sssss.
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In England the consumption OF sherry
and port has decreased from 1000. 900 gal
Ions "a year to 4, zoo, 900, while tea shows an
increase of 1000. 900 pounds during the same
period. md light wines an increase of 2.O00.-
NM na
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RUM is A PLAGUE.

Alcoholism is the plague OF many North
ern climates, and we are not without particle
pating In its dire Influences. 1t SHOULD not
be allowed TO escape our vigllant attention,
for it is the ruin OF health, OF society and OF
a nation. The fates point to the gloomy
picture OF ancient times, but the experience
ofthe past does not seem to have succeeded
in roofing out this terrible evil, which is the
harbiHger and entertainer Of the greatest
part OF all crime and vice. Alcoholism has
for its share morsthan half the occupants OF
our prisons, hospitals and ~lunatic asylnms-
Under such conditions as these, and with
such dreadful results, we pay too dearly the
money that enters the Golfers OF the State or
municipality under the title OF tax or license.
1t is simply specializing OF vice. on ruin OF
wealth, health and talents, and such specula-
lion is in no wise iustihable and should not
be tolerated under any consideration. BY
every means in our power this plague should
be opposed and IL possible exterminated. IL
is more deadly than contagious diseases
and Is more difficult to deal With. The
problem is one for serious study and palms.
taking measures. Orphans Bouquet.
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tsThe evil OF intemperanco,'' said Rev.
Thomas i1sella. chaplain OF National Mill
tary Home, L~eayenworih, Kan, in al nj.
dress at indianapolis, ''sheds its seeds like
they rest in the Hottest branches of The trees
Of forest; there they spout and grow, and
put forth their leaves and tendrils, ciasping
the bark OF the tree, md growing down
ward as the ivory grows upward It coils it
self about the trunk, 1t binds tighter and
tighter; Its tendr.ls take hold and coil
around the limbs, and 1t grows downward
gradually 10 the earth, and then, taking the
sap from the very roots of the tree, 1t sends
forth a mighty stalk from the very summit.
1t sends this rope-like stalk earthward; this
stalk takes root in turn, aud tho victorious
vino gradually. sucks the life-blood of the
tree from its SUNNI / to its base, so that, at
last, In its powerful embrace. it is held be-
tween heaven and earth, pulled from its
roots, q dead thing. So 1t Is with the many
bright young intelleots which We all have
~known-clever, joyous and happy minds.
They take into their imaginations the seed,
as 1t were, that passes in the wind, borne on
The voice oftheir friends, and they hear of
the delights OF the saloon, and they hear OF
the gladsomeness OF the glass, and they
picture the pleasure of the flowing bowl.
This is the seed that settles In the minds OF
the oung, and 1t so works in that mind
that, in order to be bright and joyful. it
claims n requires the influence of liquor.
This disease, like the vine l spoke OF, grows
downward over the whole man. As an eye
opener he requires a glass; as asource Of rest
and sleep he requires d glass; as a pleasure
to bis palate he requires the poisonous glass;
rs an influence of joy to his heart he re-
quires n glass; as n help to bis feeble stomach
he requires n ~glass-notiee the vine crawling
-as u help TO his tottering limbs he needs a
glass. From the sole OF his feet to the GROWN
OF his head, he is now bound In letters, and
that thing which he cherished as a means OF
being; thus bound. seeing himself helpless
in its grasp, his mind senjs forth tine great
stalk of despair, and 1t lakes a firmer hold
on his frame and sends its root deeper into
his very soul. and draws him out OF his
place in society, out OF his home, away from
his wife and children, and lifts him up be-
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ALcER FOR WAR SECRETARY.
He Accepts Major McKinIey's Offer of the
Portfolio.

General Russell A. Alger. OF Michigan,
came out from n conference Of two hours
duration with President-elect Mckinley at
Canton. Ohio. and his face was wreathed
with smiles. ~ have been rendered the
portfolio OF War;" said he, and I nave ac-
cepted 1t. My interview with the President
elect was in every way a delightful and
satisfactory one."
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The Oklahoma Legislature passed bpls
abolishing the militia and prohibiting gold
contracts In the Territory.
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An Appeal Tor tho AsSiss ztioa k4pEiy.
The British aud Forsssa4 rbitrsa pa Asso-
citation has cabled TO washii& R~>sttion
to tho United States senate OF the
ratification OF the AnglosAe lArbitra.
ticn treaty.