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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-03-12

New York March 5.-Brudstreet's
says:
Nearly all signs point to an unprece-
dentcd volume Of business being done or
arranging for the present time. The ag-
Eressivc strength Of prices. recordbreak-
ports, particularly of the lower priced
cereals. very heavy volume of business
In iron and steel and kindred lines. and
generally satisfactory reports as to the
volume OF spring trade at leading dis
tribu,ive centers ale among the visible
features of this trade development. Near
ly all OF the country's cereal products are
higher In prices this week. as also some
varieties OF provisions, Bessemer pig iron,
copper. raw cotton and tin. Few decreases
IN PRICES are noted. sugar being the most
important. while the list Of staples steady
and unchanged numbers pork. coffee. lead
and print cloths. The strength OF raw cot
ton has had an encoura ging effect upon
southern trade. which is generally report
cd good and better than usual a this sea-
son. The export OF corn from southern
ports is an additionally favorable feature,
while the practical agreement Of southern
iron producers as to prices, with generally
satisfactory collections al most points. has
impaired decidedly cheerful tone to adj
vices from that section. Trade is larger
than usual at the central west, particularly
In dry goods. groceries, boots and shoes,
hardware. lumber aud agricultural imple-
mtnts the demand for the latter being a
notable feature ut nearly all markets.
Spring trade has opened UP well in tho
northwest. and the iubi,ins trade Is quito
active. Signs are accommodating that the
rush of all sorts Of vessels TO the Pacific
coast TO take Fart in The liloniikc TRADE
has begun To affect charter rates. witch
are reported weaker at San Francisco.'
Dun's Review.
r. G. Dun & Co., In their weekly re-
view Of trade, say:
Stories Of the most reckless sort. dis
proved promptly. and many of them be-
fore they are told. affected speculation in
stocks much last week aud at times this
week. but they have not disturbed the
Industries and the trade of the country
at all There is confidence that the au-
thOrltieS are doing what Is proper TO pro-
vide for public defense. and business is
moving on with the assurance that 1t will
not be seriously disturbed. In grain. cot
ton. meat products and petroleum markets
have been strong, with gradual increases
in the demand for manufactured prod
ucts.
Failures in February have been, smaller
than In any other month. except three Of
the previous 1--WE months. with remarkable
decrease In the failures Of 100000 and
over though In number and amount the
smaller failures show less change than
might have been expected. indicating that
In good times or bad large proportion is
due to causes apart from the general con-
dition of business. The ratio OF defaultcd
liabilities to payments through the clear
Ing houses Is but $l.7l per $1,000. lower
rate than has appeared in the first quar-
ter Of any year except 1880 and 1881 OF tho
past 90 years.
Wheat has grown stronger, exports con-
tinuing at rate which threatens exhaus-
ton of supply. II trade reports Of farm
crs stocks are correct. From Atlantic
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LEE WILL STAY IN CUBA.
6pain's Request That Our Consul
General Be Recalled Refused
by President Mckinley.
CONGRESS STANDS BY THE PRESIDENT.
Americans In Havana Talk OF war
Plans-Spaninrds Look for AN At.
tack-N'nrships Going to IinNnnn-
Spain Withdrn.ys Her Kcuuest-
The Court Of Inquiry.

Washington, March 1.-THE Spanish
situation developed two new phases
Sunday, when it became known that
the Spanish government had formally
requested the recall of Consul General
Lee at his post at Havana, to which re-
quest the United States had courtcously
but firmly refused 20 comply; also that
the Spanish government has suggested
the improperly of sending relief sup
plies to the Cuban rcconcentra,loes on
the cruiser Montgomery and gunboat
Nashville, to which suggestion the
United States had given like answer in
the negative.
The first intimation of these steps
came in IL brief and explicit cable dis
patch from Madrid. Prior to it's re-
ceipt, however, the authorities here had
been fully converSant with the facts,
although no intimation had been al
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MINOR NEWS ITEMS.
For the Week Ending March o.

For the Week Ending March 0.
Fire at Manila, Philippine islands,
destroyed property valued at IS, 900, 900.
Hugh j. Jewctt, the famous railroad
fnancier, died in New York, aged 81
years. !
Walter B. Baker, United States con-
sui at Sagua la Grunde, Cuba, has re.
signed.
In n fire panic in Germania hall in
Hartford, Conn.,, nine persons were Sc
riously injured.
Adrian Braun, convict in Sing Sing
IN. W prison, murdered his wife, who
was paying him visit
Will Jones (coloreD was lynched at
Lake Cormorant, Miss, by mob for
assaulting colored woman.
The schooner Dauntless was seized
by the government at Jacksonville,
Fla, on charge of filibustering.
The United States supreme court has
declared unconstitutional the Me-
braska maximum freight rate act.
Charles Cutten, night agent of the
Adams Express Mt Orrville, O., and .
package containing $4,000 are missing.
Advices from Tucoma, WASH, say
that 10000 persons are moving across,
Chilkat and White passes toward Klon-
dixie.
Prince Albert Leopold Clement
Maria Mainrod, heir apparent to the
throne of Belgium, arrived in New
York.
President Mckinley has signed the
bill providing for two additional regi-
ments of artillery to man the coast de-
lenses.
In tenement house fire in Pitts.
burgh, Pa, Mrs. John Enriello was sufi
located and four persons were fatally
burned.
DIR. Edwin Klebs, professor of pathol1
ogy and bacteriology in IL Chicago med
lcal school, has discovered the cause Of
yellow fever.
Lorenzo Barnes was hanged ut East
Cambridge, Mass, for numbering john
Deem, farmer about Is years old, on
December II, 1897.
Commander Brownson, of the navy,
sailed from New York for Europe with
authority to buy wurships in Europe
for this government.
EX-State Auditor Eugene Moore was
arrested in Lincoln, Ncb., charged with
stealing $4,000 In fees from insurance
companies while in office.
Rev. Frank Bristol, of Evanston, ILL.,,
has accepted call to the passionate Of
the metropolitan Methodist Episcopal
church in Washington, D. C.
Joseph Cature, William Sutton and
William Maflit were arrested at De
Soto, Mo-, on alcharge of making and
circulating counterfeit money.
kid" Mccoy; of Indiana, champion
middle-weight pugliist of the world,
defeated Nick Burnley, of California, in
Hot Springs, Ark, in the second round.
In Chicago Henry Leveson lifted two
ten-pound dumbbells above his head
$500 times in two hours and 40 minutes.
breaking the record, which was three
hours.
Negotiations have been begun look,
Ing to the purchase by the navy de,
partment of several ironclads and some
of the larger CLASSIC torpedo boat de-
strOycrs.
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INCREASES ITS EXPORTS,

Germany Doing More Business with
This Country Than Ever Before.
Germany's frantic protests against
the operations of the Dingley law SEEM
to have been a trifle premature. The
export of sugar to the United States has
been stopped, but the trade may be res
sumed just as soon as Germany stops
giving bountics on beet root sugar.
Aside from that some significant tables
have just been received by the state de-I
partment which show that German ex-
ports to the United States are increase
ing enough in other lines to make up for
the loss on sugar. For instance, It la
shown that tho declared exports at the
Berlin consulate for the last three
months Of 1907 show an actual increase
over the last quarter of 1896 of size, $780,
The total exports of Germany to the
United States for 1897 were $97, 347, 1885,
as compared with $92,424,641 in 1896,
thus showing the heavy increase Of S.
922,S6. The sugar exports were $685.
1872 larger than for 1896, but eliminating
this increase entirely, Germany sold
this country goods Of an invoice value
OF over 100000 more than the proceeds
ing year. That the sugar trade with
this country is broken up so long al
bounties continue to be paid is evident
from the fact that the exports of sugar
for the first six months of 1897 were
S20,3o6,0o7, and for the last six months
only $115,4sa, thus showing practica1
extinction of this commerce. Tho
figures given from the Berlin consulate
for the last quarter of 1897 come from
a place where there is no sugar trade.
and hence are significant us showing
how the Germans have directed their
energies into lines where they do not
find the new tariff prohibitory.
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The usual St. Patrick's day entertain
ment will take place at the Lyceum on
the evening of Thursday, March II.
Right Rev. James McGolrick, D. D., will
deliver an Grafton. after which that ex-
cellent play by Charles Townsend
shaun Aroon" will be presented. Flaa-
tens orchestra, which has been engaged
for the occasion, will render fine pro-
gram Of purely Irish music. The play
Shaun Aroon' is modern drama Of
home life IN Ireland, founded on facts
which came under the authors notice,
while travelling abroad. 1t is bright,
nlaan NAV fraa from tho time worn &C
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The United States cruiser Moutgom.
cry has arrived at Havana
The house committee on rivers and
har5ors voted the 9th not to report a
river and harhor appropriation bill at
this session.
The jury in the case of Sheriff Mar
tin and his deputies charged with the
killing of strikers at Lattirner. Pa on
Sept. 10 last. returned Il verdict of
not guilty.
The Senate passed the bill appropri-
ating $4,000. 900 rs It came from the
house. Not vote was recorded
against it. The bill was Immediately
taken to the president and his sigma.
ture attached.
trolley car on the Cicero and Pro.
vic line in Chicago was held up by
robbers who secured $40 from the con-
ductor 4nd passengers. After leaving
the car they fired number of shots at
it the bullets breaking several of the
car window but missing the passen-
gers.
Domestic distress nil over Spain is in.
crcasing The scarcity of grain has
put the market price of wheat to an
equivalent of SO. 80.
Fire at Dyea, Alaska. destroyed
hotel. All adjoining saloon and dance
hall. Two men lost their lives in the
hotel.
The Baldwin locomotive works at
Philadelphia received an order for Is
locomotives for the state railroad in
Egypt.
Scnor Polo de Bernahe, Spanish min
ister to the United States, arrived in
New York; on the steamer kuiser
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VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS.
The House Passes the Bill Appropri.
ating S5O,OOO.OOO for Defense,


Washington, March Gin u spirit Of
patriotism, with eloquent words ring
ing in tkcir cars, every member of the
house of representatives yesterday re-
spontled TO the presidents first call to
meet the Spanish situation Ivy casting
his vote for hill placing in President
McKinley's hnnds $50,o0G,0o0 to be ex-
pended ut his discretion for the nation-
oil defense.
Party lines were swept away and with
unanimous voice congress voted its
confidence In the administration. Many
members who were paired with absent
colleagues took the responsibility Of
breaking their pairs, an unprecedented
thing in Legislative annals, in order that
they might go on record in support of
this vast appropriation to maintain the
dignity and honor of their country.
Speaker Reed, who, us tho presiding
officer, seldom votes only in cuse Of a
tie, had his name called and voted in his
capacity as representative. The scene
OF enthusiasm which greeted the an
nouncement of the vote-ayes, Bill,
nays, o-has seldom been paralleled in
the house.
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10 Ala the Exnosition.

Omaha, Neb., March 0.-llorace G..
Burt, president o. the Union Pacific
railway, has announced to the board OF
managers of the trans Mississippi ex>
position that the Union Pacific company
has donated $25,OnO in aid of the EXPOSE
ton This swells the total nppropria-
tions of railways entering Omaha to
$l30,00O. But one road has yet to an
no,!ncc its subscrip tion aud locnl Of
ficinls of the rond say hat u handsome
sum may be expected.
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rule bill before the next
elections. Let lis celebrate the cause in
a worthy manner, but do nothing to dis
grace it. He was proud of the celebration
Of the SO rebellion by Duluth Irishmen
and particularly we'll pleased with the
eloquent address by the patriotic bishop
of Duluth.
The date for the Schultz testimonial
concert has been definitely fixed. 1t will
be given at the Lyceum on Wednesday
evening. March %. Some OF tho boxes
have already been sold.
Mrs. Martin R. Tins died at noon
Wednesday Of last week ut har hnma
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corner Of Fifty-sixth avenue west and
Bristol street. of heart exhaustion, after
q long and severe illness. She was 81
years of age, and leaves husband and
four children. The funeral was held
Friday morning from st. James Catholic
church.
Miss Rose A. Murphy, clerk in the
West Duluth postoffice. has gone to Ash
land to visit friends.
Mayor John D. Murphy, Of Tower,
passed through the city Thursday Of last
week on his way nome from 1spheming,
Mich, where he attended the funeral Of
his uucIa. Martin Q'0annall
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All indications point to a large all
dience at the Lyceum on st. Patricks
night.
Division No. !, A. o. H., will receive
holy communion in body at the cathe-
dral on St. Patrick's day at a. M Rev.
Father Fardy, Of Superior, will preach
the sermon.
In letter to a friend In this city, A.
Murphy. Sr., Of Cork City. Ireland. says
that there must be caution exercised in
the '98 movement as the government will
II 1t gets the least chance do some work
that win turn English - home
rulers against the Irish home
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SDecinl Session Called.

Lansing, Mich, March Gov. Pin.
gree has issued a proclamation conven-
ing the legislature in extra session
March 90. The proclamation cites that
taxation in many parts of the state has
become in the nature of confiscation;
that the situation has become unbear.
able and that under his oath of office as
governor it is his duty to see that the
constitutions provisions are obeyed;
and that the extra session is called to
that end
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spain Dncks Down,
DULUTH NEWS.

The many friends of Joseph +. O'Brien,
brother of the publishers of the Irish
Standard, were very sorry to hear Of hia
death and extend to the bereaved family
their heartfelt sympathy.
Mrs. Frank Jordan has returned to Du-
luth after an extended visit with her sis
ter, Mrs. Sullivan, Of Cloquet.
At the last meeting of Division No
/. Daughters Of Erin, Miss Mae Murphy
recording secretary. was elected alter
nate delegate to the state convention to
be held at Brainerd.
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victim of M Assussin.

Ncnin, o.. March Sat un early hour
Monday morning DIR. A. A. Matthews, a
prominent physician Mt Gladstone, this
county, wus called to his door by an
unknown person. Upon reaching tho
doorway n man standing in the yard
fired IL revolver mt him, the bullet talk
ing effect in Matthews abdomen, maxi
ing Il fatal wound The assassin fled.
and There is no Glow TO his identity.
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FOUND DEAD IN BED,
sudden Gull Comes to tho Mayor {
Jacksonville, Ill.

Sudden Call Comes to tho Mayor of
Jacksonville, Ill.
Springfield. ILL.,, March 8. - Andrew
Holly, mayor Of Jacksonville, ILL.,, was
found dead in bed at the Nicholas hotel
here ut 1850 Monday morning. Mayor
Holly came to the hotel Sunday morn
ing and i'll the evening left an early call
to return home. When he could not he
awakened, Clerk Parrish forced tho
door and found him lying ON the bed,
in his night shirt, dead. 1t is supposed
heart disease was the cause. The menu
bers of the family were notified by wire
and are here to accompany the remains
home in the evening,
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Chicago, March dudley Winston,
president of the Chicago civil service
commission; ex-Mnyor Washburne, a
member of the commission, and Adolph
Kraus, ex-presidcnt Of the body, have
been indicted by the grand jury on
charges of violation of the law. Robert
Lindblom, board of trade man und
member of the civil service commission,
was also indicted, charged with running
n bucket shop. All were released on
bail in the sum of 81 900 each.
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Mirr WiIinr.i,r VIII.

Chicago, March 5.--l'hc will of tho
late Frances T.. Willard was offered for
probate Friday. Most OF the estate is
left to Miss Anna Gordon, but Miss Will
lard's home in Evanston is left to Miss
Gordon and Mary Eannistcr Willard
during their lives, and will revert
eventually to benefit the National Wom-
ems Christian Temperance union. Tho
estate is estimated at $4,000, of which
$4,000 is real property.
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Cut in Two.

Burlington, Ia, March 2. - Lieut..
Frank Kalle, of the United States
army. commandent ut the Iowa Wes-
leyan university ut Mt. Pleasant, ats
tempted to bourd a freight train here at
$3.50 in the morning, missed his footing
and was completely cut in two at the
waist. He leaves wife and two chill
dren ut Mount Pleasant.
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EDITOR AEDlEY ACQUITTED.
Jury Returns Verdict in Bunker Hill
Homicide Case.

Carlinville, ILL.,, March 5.-The jury
IN the Hedey-Richards homicide case
friday morning returned a verdict find.
ing Editor +. Y. Hedlcy, of Bunker HILL
not guilty. On the first ballot the jury
stood seven for ncquittal and five
against. The second ballot was the
same. On the third there were eight
for acquittal, on the fourth nine and
the fifth, taken ut three o'clock, was
unanimous for acquittal. The jrrymen
say the woman in the case was simply
side light.
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ASPHYxIATED.

Aged Couple Found Dead in Thelr
Home in Mentor, o.
Ashtabula, o., March Sat an early
hour Monday morning Mr.. and Mrs.
Justin Alexander, an aged couple resid.
ing at Mentor, near here, were found
dead in their home by washwoman
who called at the house. Receiving no
response to her rapping she looked
through the window and saw the dead
bodies of the aged couple lying on the
floor. death having been due to as.
phyNiation caused by escaping gas from
q hard coal stove. Both had been dead
several hours,
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Asked to IGxplnLn.

Washington, March THE alleged
planting Of the British flag by the Ca
madam government on the summit Of
Chlkat pass has brought the Alaskan
boundary issue into immediate prom
inencc. The state department has had
its attention drawn to the matter, and
Sir Julian Pnuncc!otc, the British am
bassudor, has been asked to explain
what this advance on the part of u col
ony subject to his country means.
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Accidentally Killed.

Lancaster, Wis.,, March s. Reuben
Black, a well-known business man,
while cleaning repeating rifle Mon
day, the charge exploded, presumably
through accident, and he was instantly
killed, the charge passing through the
body near the heart. The coroner's
jury decided that Mr.. Blacks death was
accidental
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Cleveland, o., March 9.-About 400
persons are affected by strike at the
Beckmnn WOODEN mills in this city for
an increase of ten per cent. in wages.
The company had agreed to grant the
increase April /, but the employees re-
fused to wait until then.
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VIII Not Accent.

Champaign, ILL.,, March 9.-Andrcw 8.
Draper, president of the University of
Illinois, who was on Monday elected
superintendent of the schools of Greater
New York, Mt salary said to be S., 900,
OH Tuesday declined the offer
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ounrrcled Over IA woman.

Columbia, Mo-, March s.-Report
comes from Harrisburg, Boone county,
Of the killing of James Ivic, n school
teacher, by William IL. Davis. principal
of the public schools. They qunrreled
over n woman. After the shooting
Dnris surrendered and was released
under So, 900 bonds.
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Chicago. March 7.--Adolph l.. Luet-
CERT was taken from the county inil
Saturday and placed in the state pris-
on at Joliet. there to remain for the
rest Of his natural life. for the murder
of his wfc-unlcss he is given new
trial and gets an acquittnl through nc
ton of the supreme court Of the state.
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Cedar Rapids, Ia, March while
out walking Sunday night, and appar.
emily without cause, Alfred S. Henly,
about rs years old, shot and instantly
killed Miss Libbie Brauschand, girl
about Is years old, and then sent bull
let crashing through his own head, in
ficting IL wound which will prove fatal.
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Rock Springs, Wyo., March s.-,Three
members of the Robbers Roost" band
of outlaws were captured by n posse
in the mountains near the Wyoming
Colorado boundary line and lynched for
the murder Of Valentine Hay, ranch
lnnn.
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Government Rccclpts.

Washington, March s.-Thc receipts
of the government for the fiscal year up
to date have been $3.50, 3oS, 4S1; expendi-
lures, $3.50, $40; excess Of receipts
over expenditures, $2,152.655.
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Offer a Reward.

Washington, March s. - At yester-
days cabinet meeting a report was read
from the special agent Of the post office
department on the killing of Baker, the
colored postmaster at Lake City, s. c.,
and in view of the peculiar circrm-
stances connected with the murder, and
the cnormity of the crime, it was de-
cidcd to increase the governments re-
ward to 81 500 for the arrest of the Grim
inu1s
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Four Drowned at Cincinnati.

Cincinnati, March 4.-As the Bos.
tonia steamed out from her wharf
Thursday night for Louisville eight
colored roustnbouts were thrown into
the river. Four were rescued and four
were drowned. The dead are, Willard
Dancy, Louis Jackson, Louis Miller and
William Van Dixie, all Of Louisville,
They leave families. The gang plank
broke. Ten other roustabouts were
starting on to the plank when 1t broke.
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Death OF n Ccutcnar,nn

Knoxville, Tenn, March Aaron
Hendricks died Saturday morning ut
Blue Springs. Anderson county. lie was
born ia years ago on the farm where
he lived his entire life. Hendricks made
many rifles used by the pioneers Of
this region and soldiers in the war Of
1919
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Russia Get. WIN, She WANT.

Berlin, March "a dispatch to the
Tageblatt from Picking, published Tues
day, says Russia has definitely leased
Port Arthur and Tn-Lien-Wan for 90
years. 1t is added that Russia is de-
tcrmined TO carry the Siberian railroad
to Port Arthur whether China consents
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