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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-05-13
A, SOUTHERN TRAGEDY:
Disputed Bill Cnuses.a Fisht.at Oka.
Iona, Miss. lin. Which -Four.
Men Are Killed.

Meridian, Miss, May 1O.-Adeplorabla
tragedy was enacted at Okolona, MISS.
Tuesday night. The details as received
here are somewhat confusing, but it, is
understood that, as result. of the al
fair. four mem among, the. most
prominent people in, the. little
town are dead. Dr.. William Muir
ply became, involved in. dispute
with Charles d.! Clarke over a bill which
the doctor claimed Clarke, owedI him.
The dispute grew heated, and a. fight
was prccipitated. Clarke drew a. Knife
and, rushing at the physicians, quickly
severed his jugular vein.. Howard, MUIR
phy, the physicians son, hearing of the
trouble, rushed to the. scene, with re-
volver, and shot Clarke to death. Wal
ter Clarke,. Clarke's brother, then came
up and engeged Howard Murphy in a
duel. Pistols were used. The fight was
vicious one. and resulted in the death
of both young men.
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TO CALL SPECIAL SESSION..
Congress May he Convened Next Fall
to Get Important Business
Under Way.

Washington, May 5.-There is
growing belief among members of con-
gress that the president will call con-
gress to meet in extraordinary session
this fall, probably early in October.
The questions which will come before
the next congress for settlement, in
Guiding as they do everything growing
out of our possessions acquired as a
result of the war with Spain, and the
general legislation, including that re-
lating to currency reform, the Near
aqua canal, merchant marine, ETC., are
of such great importance that the pres
ident is inclined to regard it as advis-
able that congress should meet earlier
than the regular session in December
in order to get the work under way.
The retirement of Speaker Reed will
naturally entail considerable delay in
the appointment of committees in the
house, as it is customary to allow a
new speaker four or five weeks to make
up his committees, and this furnishes
an additional reason why congress
should be convened before December.
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SAN FERNANDO TAKEN.
1nsurgent Stronghold Occupied BY
Gen. MacArthur's Division-valu-
able Supplies Captured,

Manila, May 6.-Maj. Gen. MacAr-
thurs division advanced to San Fernan-
do Friday and found that the place had
been evacuated by the rebels, who left
only small detachment to cover their
retreat by train. Gen Macarthur occu-
pied the burning town without loss.
The rebels south of Manila attempted
to rush through Brig. Gen. Ovenshine's
line Thursday night. The attempt
failed, but the rebels maintained a
fusillade of musketry on the Fourth in
fantry regiment for several hours. The
demonstration was Intellectual beyond
soaring the inhabitants of Malate.
The outposts of the Idaho and Cali
fornia regiments beyond San Pedro
Macati were also attacked during the
night.
Maj. Gen. Lawton is still CHARTERED at
Balinag.
Washington, May 6.-The war de-
partment has received the following:
"Manila, May 5.-Adjutant General,
Washington: Following casualties at San
Tomas yesterday: One officer, Lieut.. Tog-
CART, Twentieth Kansas. and four enlisted
men killed: three officers. % enlisted men
wounded. Among wounded Gen. Funs-
ton, hand, slight. Lawton reports capture
over 10000 bushels rice and 265 tons sugar
at Balinag. Value of subsistence cap
tured at Malolos sl.5OO,OoO Large captures
rice and corn belonging to enemy at other
points. Insurgents destroyed by fire yes
terday town of San Tomas and last even
Ing fired city of San Fernando.
(Signed) Otis"
Washington, May 6.-The records of
the war department do not contain the
name of Lieut.. Toggart. The dead Off
Ger probably is William II. McTaggart.
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HITCH In THE DEAL.
Eotintions for City Ownership
of Detroit Street Railways.

Detroit, Mich, May 10.-Negotiation.
for municipal ownership of Detroit.
street railways have come to a halt
Ihe situation gives little apparent hope
Tor reaching of an agreement as t.
price and terms of purchase between
the clty's street railway commissioners
ana the owners of the street railways
Inc commissioners are reticent, anl
Iom L.. johnson, who has conducted ne
gotlatlons for the street car companies
decilned to be interviewed. ACCORDING
10 the attitude of the commissioners
thefe must be some concession by the
companies or municipal ownership and
operation, as at present contemplated
cannot be accomplished. Areport upon
the situation had been looked for at
tuesday nights regular meeting of the
city council, but more was filed.
Inc aim of Gov. Pingree and the 9th.
er members of the commission has been
to buy out the companies at a price
which would fairly cover the value of
the properties and present franchises
ana at the same time enable them to on
erate the roads under three-cent fares.
Inc law authorizing the purchase pro-
WOES that the entire purchase price be
paid out OF the earnings of the roads.
The price named by Mr.. johnson, as
representative of Il. T. Wilson, of New
York, and other owners of the roads.
is stated to have been SIS, 325. 900 cash OF
us equivalent. The equivalent proposed
was $l7,1o0,OO0 in four per cent. bonds
to cover the commission assets. the
same to be secured by a 3o-year security
FRANCHISE which would provide six for
a quarter fares on all the roads, in
Guiding those now operated at eight for
quarter fares. The latter feature was
point of disagreement, the commits
sion refusing to agree to raising of
1ares on the newer fhree-cent fare)
lines in the event of default and rever-
sion OF the roads to the companies. The
commissions final proposal seems to
nave been to buy the roads at SIS, $780,
ooo II the companies would extend the
option (Which expires May 14) for 30
days, to allow the commission opportu-
nifty to sell the bonds at par and paw
over the cash. In case of failure to sell
the bonds, they to be turned over to the
companies and the price increased to
about $16,ooo,ooo, secured by 3o-year
franchise following expiration of the
present franchises. Mr.. Wilson, after
consideration, declined to accept other
than his original price of $15,a25 900
cash or its equivalent of $17,1OO,oO0 in.
four PEI" cent. bonds.
In addition to the failure of"the ne
got'atlons at the presentstage the legal
situation is uncertain. The state SUI
preme court is now preparing it's. deci-
sion in proceeding against the COM
mission to test the constitutionality of
the Mcleod act. An injunction suit to
restrain the commission from ,actingis.
also pending in local'court.
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Back from Manila.

New York, May Styling "home-
ward-bound" pennant 23e feet long, the
United States cruiser Buffalo, formerly
the Brazilian dynamite cruiser
Nictheroy, and before that FL Cid, came
into port Sunday morning after rec
ord-breaking run from Manila. She
brought 500 officers and men from
Dewey's fleet, more than half of whom
participated in the battle of Manila
bay. The men are those whose terms
of enlistment have expired. The trip
from Mantle occupied "A days, includ-
ing stopsNa at Singapore, Port Said and
Gibraltar. The actual sailing time was
81 days, an average speed for the trip
of 1871 knots an hour.
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HELD FOR TAXES
Traffic on the Santa Fe Road Stopped
by u SheriN-Tratns Chained
to the Track.

St. Louis, May 1o.-A special to the
Republic from Guthrie, o. T., says: Two
freight trains and a passenger train on
the A., T.. & S. f. railroad were stopped
by Sheriff NewbIock and an armed
force of deputies at Norman Tuesday
and chained to the track. The engines
were locked and chained and traffic is
stopped. All this property was letied
on to collect $1,000 taxes owed by the
railroad company for 1898. The com.
pany rendered the county treasurer all
the taxes less mill levy for schools.
which was in dispute, and which the
company now has suit in court enioin.
ing collection. 1t is probable the mat.
ter will be arranged soon. If not, all
traffic on the southern division will be
at StandStill,
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BLOW AT AMERICAN MEAT.
Committee of the German Reichs la
Takes Decidedly Hostile
StQnl.

Berlin, May 9.-lt is authoritatively
stated that the committee of the reichs-
tag to which was referred the meat in
specton bill which was substantially
agreed upon between the imperial cab
met and the United States ambassador
here, Mr.. Andrew d. White, has report
ed against the measure and in favor of a
bill so hostile to American interests
that the government will probably re-
fuse to sanction it.
The most unfortunate circumstance
asregards American interestsin the mat
ter of the meat inspection bill was the
fact that there were insistent declara-
tons in the United States that en-
balmed and poisonous meats had been
supplied to the troops in Cuba. Repre-
sentatives of the German land-owning
interests loudly declared that if the
Americans sent poisonous meats to
their own soldiers they would certainly
send it to the Germans.
A bad result is that the bill, as re-
ported back, provides for examination
and inspection of American meats i'm
possible to enforce without utterly de-
stroying American trade with Germany
The bill, as remodeled by the reich
stag committee, also proposes to ex-
clude from importation hams, hard and
soft sausages and chopped meats, and
prescribes that fresh meats must come
in whole carcasses or continuous parts.
The United States embassy and the
German government still hope that the
better counsels will prevail when the
bill comes up for discussion in the
open reichstag on it's second reading,
though the chances for the enactment
of the government measure are very
slim.
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HE NEEDS REST.
President and Mrs. Mckinley Leave
the Capital for "a Visit to Hot
Springs, Va.

Washington, May o.-President and
Mrs. Mckinley left the city Monday
night for vacation of week or ten
days at Hot Springs, Va.
The party included also Mr.. George b.
Cortelyou, the assistant secretary to the
president; Mr.. and Mrs. p. M. Rixey,
and Mr.. Barnes, Of the white house cler-
ical force. The presidents health is
good, but he feels the need of rest and
recreation, and hence all official bust
ness during his absence will be attended
to as far as possible at the white house.
While at the springs the party will stay
at "The Homestead" where Secretary
and Mrs. Gage are now located for a
weeks Stav
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The Washington Jubilee,

Washington, May o.-Plans for the
Washington peace jubilee are nearing
completion. The celebration will be
held May %, "a and 25, at time when
the national capital will have assumed
the height of it's beauty. Every organi-
cation in the District of Columbia is pro-
noting the proposed celebration. Pres
ident Mckinley and the members of the
cabinet are supporting the project in
every way. The army and navy will be
represented by all available forces and
the states will be represented by their
governors and representatives of the
volunteer service.
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NO pLow TRUST.
Combination Has Been Formed
A Proposition Presented.

South Bend, Ind. May 1o.-The Oliver
and the South Bend Chilled Plow COM
panies deny that they have entered the
trust and state that the meeting held
in Chicago Monday was to consider
matters of mutual interest. They state,
however, that Judge Vincent, of Chi
cago, a promoter, desires to form pillow
combination and has submitted prop
osition embodying $25,000,00O of pre-
ferred stock and $25, OOO,O 900 of common,
but his proposals met with very little
consideration. Some pillow men are IA
vorable to combine, but the South
Bend companies are not. No pillow COM
pany of consequence has given an op-
ton upon it's plant.
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GLAZING VEGETABLES.
Onions and Carrots Are Ea.,1v
pared and May BE Used. the.
Year Round.

Ihe.Erench cooks possess, the ant of
cutting, vegetables in dainty decorative
forms,an glazing them. These glazed
vegetables are chiefly for decorative
purposes, but are also delicious, to eat.
me glazed vegetable is generally con-
sldered. a ~fussy" thing, to, prepare, and
therefore the average housekeeper in
this country usually takes, little inter.
est. in. its preparations.
Ibis is a mistake. Onions, and car
rots are easily prepared for this pur.
Pose,. and used the. year round. To
glaze onions select, a. dozen white on.
ions OF large size. Boil theu. Remove
the hearts with a, vegetable cutter.
Use. the remainderof the onions stuffed
with forcemeat of any kind. and
roasted brown for. another dish. Take
the round hearts of the onions removed
by the vegetable cutter and lay them on
plate, spread an ounce of butter in
saucepan and when it is hot and melt
ed put in the. onions; sprinkle two
small pinches Of sugar over each one
of the onions. Toss the onions in the
butter until they are delicately and
evenly colored. Cover them with a lit
tie stock and cover the saucepan thew
are in with close cover until the stock
boils to glaze. 1t is good plan at
this stage to put the onions in the oven
and let them glaze there, basting them
every Is minutes. Use them around
meat or any vegetable they are needed
around. Young spring carrots are
used in preference for glazing. Boil
them tender and turn them in small,
even shapes-corl1 shapes. Put 40
small carrots of the tiny French varie-
ty sold in the spring in saucepan in
half pint of broth, teaspoonful of
salt and teaspoonfal of sugar. Put
the saucepan, closely covered, on a
quick fire and let the broth boil down
for 20 minutes, when they should be
we'll colored. Large carrots should be
cut in two-inch lengths before cook
ing and glazing them. Turnips can he
cut into cork-shaped pieces one inch
thick by two inches long and glazed
much the same way carrots are. Either
OF these vegetables may be prepared
white or brown, according as they are
fried in butter and cooked in stock, OF
simply partly cooked again till done
in another water, with pint and hall
of water, a teaspoonful of salt and 8
teaspoonful of sugar.-N. Y. Tribune.
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IN FASHIONS REALM.
rails for Summer pretty
Shirt: Waists,

Blue, white, pink and other daintily
colored organdies, muslins, bareges and
grenadines are effectively trimmed with
ruches and ruffles, of the dress fabric
edged with black lace. On the bodice
is a mixture of these decorations with
bands of lace insertion, or very often
there are yoke and sleeves of net match
ing the lace in design.
Very handsome costumes of vicuna,
lightweight ladies' cloth, or soft kid
cloth, are made of two distinct shades
OF the fabric, and decorated with straps
OF the darker shade and small round
tailor buttons; or, if daintier effect
is desired, straps, vest and revers of
cream or white cloth are used, with a
yoke of braid-work or silk cord applique,
The white-cloth decorations give style
to the gown, while not adding much to
the expense, as three-quarters of a yard
of this wide fabric will cut up into plen-
ty of trimmings for both waist and
skirt.
Very dainty and pretty effects are
devised by the modistes in finishing the
tops of sleeves of gowns already in
preparation for the summer season, the
shape below the shoulder being, with
out exception, plain, trim, and ex-
ceedingly close. Gowns of net, lace,
chiffon, etc., have narrow tucks, alter
mating with bands of insertion, or they
are SHRED round and round the arm
spirally, or trimmed with folds and odd
ly placed designs in lace applique. In
every case, however,. the sleeve is q
small one, simple in effect, and one
with which most women are now great
ly pleased.
Some pretty shirt-waist models have
been designed for the coming sum-
mer, some of them showing deep SAIL
or collar, joined to pointed revers that
reach the belt in front; the entire piece
Of woven guipure lace, with cuffs and
girder to match. These trimmings
adorn pique, linen and duck waists, as
well as those of: taffeta, foulard, or
wash silk; other styles are trimmed
with very handsome Swiss or Irish en-
broideries. Again waists are seen with
removable vests, stock collars, and
glrdles of liberty: satin. Besides these
are countless morning waists formed Of
India linen, percale, dimity, bishops
lawn, fine qualities of dotted and cross
barred muslin, plain and fancy swivel
silk, and zephyr bingham. The ma.
jority of these resemble as nearly as
possible a boys, shirt waist, with a
single plat down the front, few gath
ers on each side of this plat and on the
shoulders, and: double pointed yoke
on the back. The regular shirt sleeve
is shaped with but little fullness on the
shoulder, and the entire model is small
and extremely plain.-N. Y. Post.
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BROKE THE EGG MARKET.
n Woman from Bangor Was the
Cause of Lenten Excitement
in Salem.

Retail grocers in Salem are still dis
cussing the way their egg market was
Hurried not many days ago in the height
of the Lenten season, when eggs, were
beginning to get scarcer and. scarcer
and the price mounted little higher
daily. Just at this time Mrs. Kirk
patrick from Bangor, Me-, arrived in
Salem to make new home. Her hus-
band, who was prosperous merchant
in the Pine Tree state, had sold out his
business to engage in another line in
the neighborhood of Salem. Their fami-
ly consisted of two lively boys.
Not long after Mrs. kirkpatrick: ar.
rived she found the price of eggs to be
40 cents dozen-an exorbitant price in
Maine-with the prospects that they
would be still more costly. So she
wrote home to relatives and asked them
to send her few eggs at Bangor prices
30 cents, a dozen. Her relatives were
generous and when the eggs arrived
Mrs. Kirkpatrick found herself con-
fronted with an entire case filled with
the best stock. "What shall we do with
them" was>the question of the hour in
the Kirkpatrick household that day.
The boys finally solved the problem.
After some pleading from them, their
mother gave them baskets and allowed
them to go out on the streets of Salem
Peddling Maine eggs at 80 cents a dozen.
The youngsters started at noon and in
two hours had sold out. The eggs were
brown and fine and went as fast as the
housewives had a sight of them. As
the eggs went, so did the news. Before
many hours>the information that eggs
OF the best quality were selling uptown
at 81 cents, when the market price was
getting to be considered prohibitive.
reached the storekeepers. Agents went
about and soon discovered the cause of
the trouble.
To lower theprice of the overdue eggs
in the stores would not have had the
slightest effect in the face of the SUI
periority of the fresh Maine stock. The
dealers held meetings to try to find out
Where the new eggs had come from, and
II 1t would be safe to try to buy up lot
OF them. The news spread further: The
agitation of the marketmen BETRAYED
them, and a brakeman on a Boston, g.
Maine train received tip. On his next
trip up to Maine he ordered a. box of
eggs sent to him in Portland, and on his
next trip but one back through Salem
he took them off into the station to ped
die them att IS cents. Although there
was not very much of crowd in. the
station that day the eggs were sold be-
fore the train started and the brakeman
had the cash in hand. He telegraphed
for another case and went on to Boston.
mat was~tf1e last straw. The next dav
every grocery store in Salem was sell
ng eggs at SO cents, although. mostly
at losss-Boston TRANSCRIPTS:
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FREE FOR A MOMENT.
He Is Discharged, But 10
Rearrested at Once.

New York, May 10.-Roland Burn.
ham Molineux, who has spent several
weeks in the Tombs prison, charged
with the murder of Mrs. Kate j. Adams
was discharged Tuesday afternoon, the
grand jury having failed to indict him
and was Immediately after rearrested
charged with assault with intent to kill
in sending cyanide of mercury to Harry
Cornish. The grand jury, which had
been considering the Molineux case for
several days, came into court and an.
nounced to Judge Mcmahon that the
charge against Molineux had been con.
sidered and dismissed. Molineux was
at once brought into court. When he
arrived before the bar Judge Mcmahon
discharged him.
There was not trace of feeling on
Molineux's pale face. He stood a mo-
ment and then, taking his hat, started
to walk out of the courtroom. He was
met at the railing in front of the bar by
his counsel, Barlow S. Weeks, who had
rushed from his office on hearing the
news. Weeks grasped the hand of the
young man, shook it and said some en-
couraging words. They walked out of
the courtroom. At the door they were
met by Detective Arthur Carey, of po-
lice headquarters, who presented a
warrant, issued by Judge jerome, of
the special sessions court, charging
Molineux with the assault on Cornish
in sending cyanide of mercury with in
tent to kill him. Weeks protested
without avail. Assistant District Attor-
ney Osborne was present, and the party
went to the chamber of Judge Jerome,
where the warrant was read.
Weeks declared this charge should
not stand, as it was based on the evil
dence which the grand jury had ig-
nored in the murder case. But the
judge refused to consider this plea, de-
claring that the warrant could not be
dismissed unless Weeks could show
that the specific charge of assault had
been ignored by the grand jury.
Osborne admitted that if Molineux
was held on this charge tile case would
probably be submitted to. another
grand jury with view Of connecting
the prisoner with the Adams poisoning.
The judge declared that as one grand
jury had acted in the matter he could
not approve such an idea. In the midst
of the argument it was decided to con-
tinue the case until to-day. Bail was
fixed at $4,000.
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New York, May 1o.-Louis Gath
mann, the Chicago inventor, achieved
remarkable triumph Tuesday down at
Sandy Hook. A big cannon loaded with
a gun cotton shell, to which was at.
tached one of his special fuses, was
fred. The gun was blown to pieces.
but the shell remained intact, showing
that through the device of Mr.. Gath.
mann, gun cotton shells can be safely
used in war as engines of destruction.
The experiment further demonstrated
that gun cotton will not detonate when
discharged by means Of a high ex.
plosive.
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Caught in New York,

Chicago, May 5.-William S. Young, q
Chicago attorney and ex-public guar.
dian of the Cook county probate court
has been arrested in New York on
charges of embezzlement. He IL
charged with defaulting with the funds
of number of small estates, the settle
ment of which had been intrusted to
his care. The police have been search
ing for him for months. The amount
of his embezzlement is expected to
reach So, 900, and a score of estates, the
heirs to most of which are dependent
children,