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Fears Expressed He Will Be Forced
to Drop His Double Duty as Pre-
mier and Foreign Secretary.
HE HAS NOT YET RESIGNED
BUT BARON CROMER MAY SUCCEED
TO PART OF HIS WORK.
Arthur j. Balfour Temporarily in
Charge of Foreign ARairs-Trustee
of BarnatO Estate Killed.

LONDON, March Alt is officially an
nounced that the Marquis of Salisbury the
premier and minister of foreign affairs, was
greatly fatigued by Fridays cabinet coun-
Gil and a return of the weakness from
which he has suffered following the attacks
of influenza, supervened, with the result
that Sir William Broaibent, his physician,
advised the premier to take a complete
rest in the south of France. Mr.. A. J.
Balfour, the first lord of the treasury, and
government leader in the House Of Com
mons, so far as necessary is now dealing
with the Foreign Office business. The
Press Association says it is authorized to
declare that the rumor that the Marquis
of Salisbury contemplated resigning either
of his offices is absolutely groundless. The
marquis starts for Beaulieu in about a
weeks time, and will stay there about a
fortnight.
Lord Salisburys temporary retirement at
the present critical period will be the sub
ject of articles in all the morning. papers
tomorrow expressing regret and concern,
but also full confidence in the ability of
Arthur j. Balfour to carry on the work
of the Foreign Office. The matter was
much discussed in the Hobbies of Parlia-
ment tonight, many expressing fears that
Lord Salisbury will be compelled to drop
his double duty as prime minister and for
eign secretary. There are no serious symp-
toms, but Lord Salisbury is experiencing
the lassitude and other after-effects of in
1uenza, any attempt at work resulting in
a febrile rise of temperature.
The rumors that Baron Cromer, British
agent and consul general in Egypt, will
succeed him as foreign minister are re-
viVed.
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A NATIONAL CALAMITY.
Spain's CuIpa biiity for Cuban Starva-
ton.

t1dfpefS weekly.
To give a more exact idea of the fearful
mortality amongst the people in the forti-
fed towns, may quote the statistics for
the city of Santa Clara, with a population
of 1900 Inhabitants For the six years from
1890 to 1895 the total number of deaths was
4,072, or at the rate Of CTS annually; in 1897,
when the concentration order was in force,
Clara is a fair example of what has hap
pened in other towns which have been
made centers for the country people
Amongst the 5000 destitute persons still
left alive out of the 100000 originally driven
In from the country the rate of mortality
when the concentration order was in full
force
In the face of this national calamity, the
government has taken no steps to provide
relief. Anything that has been done to al
leviate the distress has been the effort of
peal made by Mr.. Secretary Sherman to
the people of the United States TO give aid
to the starving thousands in Cuba. But
private charity, together with the assist
quence of Mr.. Shermans appeal, is quite
inadequate to cope with the present situa-
ton. The government is perfectly aware
of the true state of affairs, and yet makes
no pretence of helping. The excuse that is
given for this attitude is the want of funds
ment OF any country Is never blind 10 the
fact that when famine occurs it's fist
duty is TO endeavor to mitigate the evil at
any cost.
The plea of lack of funds does not abb
solve the government from the responsible
the destitute population OF Cuba. A govern
ment that can spend $iO0, 600, 0G0 a year for
the maintenance of armed forces in this
island is hardly IN position to plead pow
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BARHARISM I'm CHINA.
Seventy-Five Per Cent. of Female In
fants Slain by Heather.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 14.-Three Eng
fish bicyclists who are wheeling through
China send reports of heathenism in the
big walled city of Chaotung-Fu, in West
China. They found that rs per cent of the
female infants are killed, while a majority
of those saved are sold into slavery, the
city being famous for it's beautiful slave
girls. 1t is the custom to throw bodies of
girl babies over the walls at night, and in
many cases these children are still alive.
1t is a common sight ito see pariah dogs
gnawing the arms of living infants Bodies
of the pauper dead are also thrown over the
walls and devoured by wolves and hyenas
that come down in the night from neighbor-
ing mountains. The city is also famous for
inhuman punishments. Recently a woman
guilty of infidelity was strung up by the
neck, with her toes just reaching the
ground, till she died. A murderer was cru
Gifted on one of the city gates, red hot nails
being hammered through his wrists. He
tried to escape the agony by battering his
head against the gate, when the authori-
ties provided a pillow to prevent this. He
hung in great agony, watched by crowds of
men and children, for four days before
death came.
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AGAINST CATTLE SHIPPERS.
Kansas Anti-Fever Law Upheld by
the Supreme Court,

WASHINGTON, March 14.-In the United
States Supreme Court to-day an opinion
was handed down by Justice Harlan in the
case of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Rail-
way Company VS.. Charles Haber affirming
the constitutonality and validity of the
State laws of Kansas prohibiting the trans
portation into the State of cattle affected
with Texas fever and providing for a civil
action for damages in case of infraction of
the law. These laws were attacked on the
ground that they were repugnant to the
! Constitution of the United States, and also
on the ground that domestic cattle were
sufficiently protected by federal laws and
by the regulations of the Agricultural De-
partment under the act establishing the
Bureau of Animal Industry. Referring to
this latter contention, Justice Harlan said:
1.-THE act of Congress did not assume to
give any corporation. company or person
the affirmative right to transport from one
State to another State cattle that were
liable to impart or capable of communicate
ing contagious. infectious or communicates
diseases. On the contrary, it was made by
the animal industry act a misdemeanor to
deliver for transportation or to transport
or drive from one State to another cattle
known to be affected with contagious, in
fictitious or communicable diseases. Whether
corporation transporting or the person
causing to be transported from one State TO
another cattle of the class specified in the
Kansas statute, is liable in a civil action for
such damages as may be sustained by the
owners of domestic cattle by reason OF the
Introduction into their State of such dis
eased cattle is subject about which the
animal industry act did not assume to make
any provision. The act does not declare
that the regulations established by the COM
missioner of agriculture should have the
effect to exempt from civil liability one who
but for such regulations would have been
liable either under the general princip pies
of law, or under some State enactment, for
damages arising out of the introduction into
a State OF cattle so affected. And as will
be seen from the regulations prescribed by
the secretary of agriculture, that officer cid
not assume TO give protection to any one
against such liability"
II was also asserted that the local statute
was inconsistent with the interstate-com-
msrce law. On this Justice Harlan said:
THE statute of Kansas is not within the
meaning of the Constitution. nor in any
Just sense, regulation of commerce
among the States. 1t cannot be supposed
TO have been so intended even il its validity
were to depend on the intent with which ii
was enacted. Il did nothing more than de-
clare, as a rule of civil liability. that any
one driving, shipping or transporting, or
causing to be driven, shipped or transport
ed. into or through any county in that State
cattle capable of communicating Texas,
splenie or Spanish fever to domestic cattle.
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WHAT DID 1T MEANT
ChicagO's Tribute to General Harrison
Considered Suggestive.
r acI;a,c VNoolrIxy


A suggestive incident occurred at the re-
cent Lincoln's birthday dinner of the IA
nous Marquette Club, of Chicago. The BAN
quet was a great success. Nothing like 1t
was ever before given in the West. 1t sur
passed the Mckinley banquet of two years
ago in attendance, enthusiasm, and in the
high character Of the poSt-prandial re-
Sponses, the speeches of General Harrison,
Justice Brewer, Bishop Potter and Presi-
dent Garfield being particularly felicitous.
General Harrison, of course, was the star
attraction of the evening. He had been suf-
fering from an attack of the grip, ana
had, under the advice of his physician, con-
cluded to wire his inability to be present,
but the committee promised him that he
only need SHOW his face if he would come.
He not only showed his face, but delivered
a Characteristic tribute to Lincoln, beauti-
full in language, most appropriate in senti-
ment, several of it's utterances evoking a
remarkable demonstration. AS he arose to
respond to his toast, the 100 persons seated
and gave him salutation with waving hand
kerchiefS and cheers. The ovation lasted
several minutes before he was allowed to
begin his speech. His first utterance was
assurance that he was all right" This
was greeted by yells of What's the matter
with Harrison for 1902" The sparks that
seemed to explode the magazines of pent-up
enthusiasm were his declarations that Mr..
Lincoln was a President who was / OF
afraid of other mems shadows, and that
he knew how to be President in fact as
well as in name" AS he took his departure
from the hall about midnight to take the
train for Indianapolis, the assemblage again
arose, while zoo threats made the banquet
Benny, Goodbye" which was changed to
Hes jolly Good Fellow as the dis
tinguished Indianian bowed himself cut Of
the room. Considering the fact that no
campaign is in progress to excite popular
interest in political issues, the incident was
remarkable.
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EARLY Adjournment Discussed.

WASHINGTON; March 14-The early adj
journment of the Senate to-day, following
quickly after a two days vacation Ii st
week, led to a general discussion about the
probability of early final adjournment and
to the development of the fact that there is
quite an active propaganda in that behalf.
Senator Aldrich was among those who Were
quite outspoken in advocating early adj
journment, and he and others are urging
that there was nothing further Congress
could do by remaining in session except to
pass the appropriation bills. Senator'S OK
pressing these views generally COOK the pO-
sition that it would be necessary in any
event to defer further action on the l1a-
waiian treaty until the next session. The
more pronounced pro-Cuban senator's did
not accept in very kindly spirit the adj
jcurnment suggestion, and senator Mason
was among those who declared that 1t could
not be accomplished until aometnin5 should
be done for Cuba. The suggestion was also
made that an early adjournment would le-
suit in a special session of Congress in the
autumn.
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Appointments and Combinations.

WASHINGTON, March 1.-The President
to-day sent these nominations to the Sen
ate: Horace H. Thomas, to be appraiser of
merchandise, district of Chicago; Herbert
H. D. Pierce, of Massachusetts, D be Sec
rotary and Edgar o. Achorn, of Massachu-
setts, to be second secretary of the embassy
at st. Petersburg, Russia B. F. Burwell,
of Oklahoma, to be associate justice of the
Supreme Court of Oklahoma. To be regis
ters of land offices: George w. Fisher, at
Topeka, and John B. West at Lewiston,
Ida; Charles A. Sehlbred of Oregon, to be
a commissioner in and for the district of
Alaska to be third lieutenants in revenue
cutter service; William G. Blaisdell, of Cal
ifornia, and w. A. Wiley, of Ohio.
Indiana Postmasters-Wil f. Downs,
at Edinburg; John @. Knox, at Albion; l..
L. Burke, at Brookville.
The Senate to-day confirmed these NOM
nations: William p. Smith, of Missouri,
consul at Hull, England; Lawson D. Mel
ton, marshal district of South, Carolina;
W. G. Robinson, register land office, Gaines
vile. Fla; H. s. Chubb, receiver of public
moneys at Gainesville Fla; j. w, Harding,
Indian agent, Yankton agency, South Da-
kota.
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WASHINGTON, March 14-The proceed
ings of the House to-day were utterly de-
void Of public interest. The time was devot-
ed to District of Columbia business. Rev.
Edward Everett Hale, of Boston, delivered
the invocation. The District business was
concluded at 4S5 p. m. A Senate bill was
passed to change the name of the port of
collection at Suspension Bridge to Niagara
Falls A Senate bill was passed which
granted a right of way through the Indian
Territory to the DennisoH. Bonham & New
Orleans Railroad: also a Senate bill grant
ing a right of way through the Winnebago
Indian reservation to the Omaha & North
eIn Railroad; also to authorize the Monroe
Railroad Company to construct a bridge
across the Red river at Grand Ecore. At
5 o'clock the House adjourned.
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Two Obsequious BeIginns.
Washington Special.

washington Special
The Belgian minister and the Countess
Lichtervelde have made themselves rather
ridiculous regarding the visit of their royal
visitor. Before he came they were avowedly
democratic in sentiment and acts. The
countess thought nothing of mounting her
wheel in front of the Hotel Normandie and
riding just every woman in Washington
does, unattended. Their small son has been
sent to the public school since they returned
in the autumn. But the coming of the
prince has changed all this. Since his ar
rival they have been aggressively exclusive.
They even gave it out that he was engaged
and not in search of an American heiress.
Then this report vas contradicted and the
implication has been embarrassing to the
girls who were fortunate enough to dine
with him at the White House Friday night
When the Lichterveldes gave their own
dinner at Raucher's the countess received
him at the head of the stairs, standing in
an open hall with the doors below swinging
back and forth, letting in acres of cold air
upon her bare shoulders and arms. 1t was
the proper thing to do, of course, whether
influenza was the result or not The prince
was in one of the side rooms after dinner.
Before the reception began the countess
took most of the notable guests in to him
and introduced them formally. She eX-
planned that this was the foreign way, and
every one to him, and it was not the for
eign custom at all. 90
The Vice President has not been intro
duced to Prince Albert, although he has
dined with him twice. He said to q friend
in utter disgust: Monday night he is to
be at my home, and he's got to meet every
lady there. If Mrs. Hobart and l can stand
up and shake hands with 600 people, the
prince can do it, too, etiquette or no ETH
quette."
The Countess Lichtervelde did not intro
duce Prince Albert to any of the young
girls who came to her reception. The prince
himself made an excellent impression in
society. Speaking from the standpoint OF
sober, good sense, he was found to be as
unassuming possible He was not always
on the alert for the homage royalty usually
eXacts. His manner was plain and straight
forward. He spoke English easily and had
not the slightest difficulty in making him
self understood. When he walked into the
White House On Friday night with his at
tendants he simply bowed to those about
him and seemed embarrassed by the atten-
ton he attracted. When he escorted Mrs.
Mckinley out to dinner he chatted with her
and was as tender in helping her to chair
as if she had been his own mother. lie was
seated between her and Miss Frances AL
ger and he entertained them both TO the
best of lis ability, which was no easy task,
seeing that he was mong strangers. He
is more like a German student than a
prince His face is serious and thoughtfuI.
He wears gold trimmed glasses
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THE NEWSPAPER AGE.
ThrouSh the Press Space and Time
PracticalIIy Cease to BE.

Through the Press Space and Time
Practically Cease to BE.
Julian Hawthorne, in Golfers Weekly.
a thing is but half seen when its meaning
and relations are not grasped the newspa-
per enables you to do that. That such a
teat should be accomplished is wonderful:
but that 1t should be accomplished so swift
ly Is astounding. Here is the raw event on
turn around, the account and explanation
has not only been thought out and written
out and d, Ned at the telegraph office and
licked off to the home office; but 1t has been
assigned its proper page and place and type,
It mas been set up cast and printed, 1t has
been delivered to the newsboys and agents.
and carried by trains to all points OF the
compass. And this is not done during GER
tain special office hours. but 1t is done every
hour of the four-a nd-twenty; you have no
sooner read the first edition than the Sec
ond is ready, with the third in sight and so
on all day long. Energy! Where in all
achieve anything half so marvellous? When
war comes, if come 1t does every man who
can read, and is not himself at the front,
ton and turn of fortune and be able to tell
the veterans when they return home more
about what they have been doing than they
ORANGES to knowledge, have ceased to be.
And the end Is not yet. More and more
every day the men who make history are
wise; you see their signed statements on
every page; you see announcements and de-
creeS which are themselves the cause or
events From the Pope to the mayor their
thoughts are drawn from them, and you
know just what they are doing and contem-
plating. 1t is in vain that diplomats and
governments lie, prevaTicate and cOnceals
the truth is detected and published before
they have time to ask heaven to pardon their
peFjuries BY and by they will realize the
futility of their falsehood, and will tell the
facts as soon as they know them--which,
however, IL. not likely TO be before they are
known Independently of them. 1t is revo-
lutiOnary. 1t is terrible, 1t Is magnificent
The modern newspaper introduces new
age, unlike ANYTHING imagined heretofore.
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should be liable in damages to any persons
injtlred thereby. 1t was passed in execu-
ton of power to protect the people in the
enjoyment OF their rights Of property and
to provide for the redress of wrongs within
it's limits" Justice Harlan also laid down
the more general principle that even If the
subject or such regulations as were made
by the State under this law 'be one that
may be taken under the exclusive control
Of Congress and be reached by national
legislation, any action taken by the State
that does not directly interfere with rights
secured by the Constitution of the United
States. or by some valid act OF Congress,
venes.'
1t was also ,contended by the railroad
company that Section 525S of the Revised
Statutes, authorizes railroad companies
to transport troops, government sup
plies. mails, freights and properties from
that this statute did not authorize the
transportation of diseased cattle any more
than It did the transportation of rags known
the principles settled in prior cases TO the
case before u.s. Justice Harlan said, lit is
clear hat railroad company is not him
dered or INSTRUCTED in the exercise of any
privilege given or authority conferred by
Section 52oS of the Revised Statutes. This
must be SO. unless it should be held to be
entitled, OF right, to carry into a State from
another state as freight or property, cattle
Liable TO lmpart or capable of communlcat-
time it had knowledge, or could have had
knowledge by the exercise OF reasonable
diligence. We cannot so hold. And we adj
Judge that even if Congress could author
lie the carrying of such cattle from one
State into another State and by legislation
protect the carrier against all suits for
damages arising therefrom, it has not done
so, nor has it enacted any statute that as
sumes to prevent a State from prescribing
such a rule of civil conduct as that found
in the statute of Kansas.
The opinion affirmed the decision of the
Supreme Court of the State of Kansas. JUS
tice Brewer dissented. The case has at
tracted much attention because of its gen
ersl application. Many of the States have
laws similar to those of Kansas and a num-
Der of persons had sought to intervene in
this case.
The Supreme Court dismissed the case OF
Joseph p. Merritt VS.. BoWdoin College for
want of jurisdiction. The case was appealed
from the Circuit Court for the Northern
district of California and to-dayS decision
was the second of the same character by
the Supreme Court. 1t involves a bequest to
the college, and to-day's opinion will have
the effect of sustaining it's validity.
A motion was made in the Supreme Court
of the United States by George w. Smith,
in behalf of the State of Illinois, to dis
miss the case of Joseph Ripley, Superin-
tendent of Police of Chicago, VS.. The State
of Illinois. The case involves the validity
of the State civil service law and was an
tagonized by c. S. Thornton, Kipley's law
yer. The court took the motion under adj
ViSement.
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AZ CLEVELAND SCANDAL.
Edward Stephens Thinks His Wife
Has Married Too often.

CLEVELAND. O., March 14.-Fashionable
society in Cleveland has been startled by
the divorce suit just begun in New York
by Edward Stephens, the father of the we'll
known Mrs. Jack" Bloodgood. Several
years ago Mr.. Stephens married in New
York, at the home of her sister Miss Emf
Black, one of the most beautiful young
ladies of Cleveland and a society belle So
ciety was taken by surprise then, and there
was still further talk when she returned
appears that she soon afterwards obtained
a divorce in this city, the matter being
kept very quiet and the newspapers failing
to ascertain the fact. Then she went to ST.
Augustine Fla, where she met Henry NJ
Billings and was married to him. Now Mr..
Stephens disclaims all knowledge of the d.
vorce, and learning of the Billings mar
riage, sues for divorce on statutory grounds.
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SPANS CUBAN BALANCE sEEET.
Tremendous Debt l1Iing Up for Spain
to Pay.
Harner,s Weekly.


The financial prospect under the new form
of government is so unsatisfactory that it
can hardly fail to strangle all progress and
Development, even if peace could be as
sured. Under one of the additional clauses
to the home-rule constitution the public
debt of Cuba, including the expenses in
Cured for past and future military opera
tions, is to be borne by Spain and Cuba in
such proportions as may be hereafter deter
mined The debt before the revolt broke out
was $170 100000 in round figures. Up to the
end of 1897 the military operations cost $240.
900 0G0. At the present time the expenditure
IS between $8000.000 and 50 600 900 monthly.
The total arrears now owing are bout &c.,,
100000. At the close of 1898 the debt will be.
therefore, not less than $3.50. 000. 600 The total
service for interest and sinking fund can be
to assume one-half OF these obligations
there still remains yearly payment of ST.
100000 to be made by. Cuba. The mainte-
nance of the rights of the Spanish crown
has to be paid for by the Cuban treasury,
and to-day. this is costing. as has already
been sta ed, sum equal 10 500. 900 an
nually. This cost could, of course. be very
greatly reduced IL peace We're established
on a permanent basis: but as the prospects
of peace are more than doubtful at present.
this sum OF 500 900 900 annually YEusf be al
lowed In all calculations for the next three