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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-13
Jefferson Dinner in Chicago.

Chicago, April 10.-The Monticello
Club has arranged for a Jeffersonian
banquet on Wednesday night. Bryan
was one of the first TO be invited and
while he has not formally accepted,
the fact that he will be at Milwaukee
the following day and is due in Chi
cago on Wednesday. led the commit
tee to announce that he would be pres
ent. Mayor Harrison has declined an
invitation, giving as an excuse that
his Inauguration probably would take
place on that night.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-13
IGNORED HIS FAMILY DEAD.
Peculiar Case of Suicide Murdea In St.
Louis, With Singular Conduct
by One of the Family.

ST. Louis. Mo-, April 11.-in two lit
tie rooms in the rear of 1918 Biddle
street there were found the bodies of
John Sullivan and his daughter. Mrs.
Minnie Dunn, supposed victims of
poison. They had been viewed yes
erday afternoon by the son, John Sui
livan who resides mt 2023 Morgan
street, and who left without reporting
to the police. The father and his
daughter were insured in a local mu-
tual insurance company. Whether
they committed suicide because of
their poverty and in order that rela-
tives might get the money or whether
they We're poisoned by some one else,
are theories upon which the police
are divided
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-13
VICTORIA VIII. AT. TER Will
She Summons Hey = ,p~" ~ I'r,vate
sniie'tar Ia a rai


She sutnmons tier = ,'o" ~ Ir,vate
sniietar Ia "a
London. April 1.-THE Queen has
sumu.oned N!srGunt Cross and her pri.
vate solicitor 10 CimieZ. From his fact
grows The report that since the death
brought about sofne change, i'm her
family relations. she intends 10 alter
the distribution of her property.
Only Niscount Cross anA the solici-
tor really know what the Queens per
sonal wealth is. The former advises
the Queen as To the investment of her
money. while the solicitor conducts
the actual business.
An investment OF fully one million
pounds Of the Queens estate must be
represented by purely personal belong
ings in the shape of thousands of cost
ly presents, private plate. jewels. rich
laces and countless articles of bijou-
terie. which she has gathered during
her long life.
These belongings, while adding ma
terially to the Queens capital account
of course means nothing in the way of
revenue. 1t is probably under rather
than over the mark TO assess the
Queen ut five million sterling and her
private income rs about one thousand
pounds per day. l'hS. in spite of
heavy drains upon !icr eXchequer in
providing dowcrics or her daughters
and granddaIghtcrs and in discharg-
ing the debts of cth,.r> OF her decend-
ants.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-13

the latter agreed to support Mckinley
for the Presidency in consideration Of
the Vice Presidency being thrown TO
him Reed.
And that was the story. eh:" said
the Speaker, and his ponderous frame
almost shook the lioor rs he laughed.
''Ha ha.' he said. The inventive
genius of Jekyl Island and Brunswick
have unearthed Il deep-laid plot" and
he laughed again.
You have no opposition for re-elec-
tion 10 the Speakership. Mr. Reed"
was suggested.
And the smile which the Speaker
flashed upon This caller meant, None
whatever" The Speaker contemplates
a three or four months trip abroad.
He will leave New York early in May.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-13
COURTS AND ARMY CLASH.
Havana Judge Protests Against Gen. Lud'
lows Orders Forbids Keeping Amer.
loan Prisoners Incom m unicado.

lean Prisoners Inc0mm unscado
Havana, April 11.-Judge ORTIZ, OF
the Guadalupe district has recommend
ed to Secretary of Justice Lanuza that
Gen. Ludlow be prosecuted for viola
tion of the laws. According to Ortiz,
Gen. Ludlow should be punished for
violation Of q certain section of the
Spanish Penal Code, prevailing here,
which forbids the interference of the
military authorities with the courts Of
justice. Though this provision is in
the code, however. the Spanish mill
tary authorities always ordered the
Judges to pronounce sentences in ac-
cordance with their wishes. Gen.
Ludlow's offence was that he sent a
note to the Judge forbidding him
to put any more American citizens in
Jail incommunicado or without letting
him know the nature of the charges
against them. He also forbade the
Judge to appoint counsel, at the same
time keeping proceedings against priS-
oners secret. Gen. Ludlow declares
that the Americans are under the
American flag and cannot be treated
in so inhuman manner. Judge Ortiz
says that such laws are in force and
must be obeycd by all.
The Cuban press demands the en-
forcement of the same constitution as
that promulgated by Gen. Wood in
Santiago, which puts in force the writ
of habeas corpus and conscrves in
dividual rights. The pro-Spanish pa
pers are all against Gen. Ludlow. call
ing him tyrant. All the members Of
the court appointed by Spain are also
bitterly against him.
The Cuban Generals met and elected
Gen. MaXimo Gomez COMMANDMENTS
Chief of the Cuban Army in the prov
inces of Havana. Pinar del Rio. Ma
tanzas and Santa Clara. Gen. Gomez
has conferred with Gen. Brooke. 1t Is
said to-day he will be officially
notified of his appointment. The Gu
ban Generals cabled to the Cuban
Commanders in Puerto Principe and
Santiago to accept the election OF
Gomez. El Reconcentrado continues
its savage attacks upon Gen. Gomez.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-13

Jersey city, April il Hereafter if
man is sent to jai, for debt in New
Jersey he will have 10 stay there all
his lfe unless Congress takes some
action TO get him out Such was the
decision made by Judge Blair in Jer-
sey City. He ruled that the new Fed
eral bankruptcy law supercedes the
old insolvent debtors law of New Jer-
sey, and declared that while the new
law permits Il man 10 be sent 10 Jail
for debt il makes no provision for get
ting him out. Consequently. he de-
clared, the imprisoned man must stay
there unless Congress passes an
amendments to the law which will let
him out
The decision was rendered in the
case of ioseph Schniizcr. a second
had furniture dealer Of Newark and
Summit avenues. Jersey City. When
unable To pay his debts Schnitzer, I'M
der the old New Jersey laws, agreed
to divide all his property among his
creditors and gave Il bond that he
would do so. Yesterday his lawyer
applied to Judge Blair for IN order to
distribute his property.
Judge Blair refused 10 grant the re-
quest, and said that the State law had
''Under this law he said, Il shall
be compelled 10 follow the precedents
established by Judge Van Sickle in
1870 and more recently in the Federal
Courts. These declare that as the
Federal law makes no provision for
the release of an imprisoned debtor,
the man must stay in jail as long as
he lives unless Congress comes to his
aid with an amendment
I'm this case The bond given by
Schnitzer was approved before the
Federal law went into effect 1t con-
seQuently holds good" Judge Blair
said. Il cannot. however. order the
distribution of his goods. lt this case
the only remedy his creditors have is
to sue his bondsmen.
.'In the future, however, no bonds
can be accepted. and the convicted
debtor must go TO jail and stay there"
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-13

Washington. April l1.-Thomas b.
Reed has returned to the Shoreham,
where he will remain several days be-
fore returning 10 his home in Maine.
With him is his daughter. Miss Kitty
Reed.
A correspondent asked the Speaker
about the report connecting his name
with the Nicc-Presidency. An imag-
NATIVE reporter sent from Jekyl ISL
and story that in an alleged confer
ence there between Hanna and Reed
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-13
Wirrlc.a Trlegraphr.

Washington, April -MarcOnis ex-
periments in wireless telegraphy are
of much interest in Signal Service cir
cles here. Col. Allen. speaking OF the
report that Marconi had weathered n
gale in the English Channel, said there
was nothing remarkable in that. Had
there been thunder and lightning the
electric wave, the medium of wireless
telegraphy might have been broken,
and the coverer or receiver might have
gathered lightning shocks. Wind and
rain do no effect wireless telegraphy.
In an experiment conducted by Sergt.
Balth. in the electric experiment sta
ton of the Signal Service at the sug-
gestion of Col. Allen a wave was sent
through the heavy wall with perfect
effect.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-13
Plenty of Nom ~ Madrid.

Madrid, April 10 Madrid is full Of
money. The people Who have arrived
here from Cuba ha - heaps OF gold
and the shopkeeperS and theatres are
protiting thereby. Il .ilding operations
are in full swing. a.;d the country IS
prospecting. notwirh tanding It's re
verses. The Spanish would like to
see the Americans ds feated 10y the Fill
ipinos, and even the prominent states
men do no, disguis.. :helr satisfaction
that the AmericaEs srt having II diff.
cult job I'm the Philippines.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-13
MONTE CARLOS BIG SEASON
The Years Receipts of the Great Gambling
Resort freaks All Records.

Monte Carlo wound up its financial
year on March 81, with total income
of fl, ,1O4 900, being an increase of f4O,-
600 over 1898 The season opened
badly, with shortage compared with
1897, with over a million francs at the
end of January. But such a rush set
in during February and March that
the receipts not only covered the
ground lost but established n record.
The Prince of Monaco now receives
f1OO,0OO yearly from the concession,
and will get lump sum of fl 200, 900
extra for the renewal of the conces-
sion, which expires in 1913. The
Prince is estimated to be worth e.
100000.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-13
Names for New War Vessels.

Washington, April S.-The Secretary
of the Navy has bestowed the follow
ing names upon the war vessels au-
thorized by the Naval Appropriation
bill of the Fifty-fifth Congress; the
three NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. New
Jersey and Georgia: three armored
cruisers, West Virginia. Nebraska and
California; six protected cruisers, Den
yer, Des Moines. Chattanooga, Calves
ton, Tacoma and Cleveland.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-13
Soldiers Find a Gold Mine.

Havana, April 10.-A soldier mt Ma
tanZas yesterday-one of a squad
cleaning the courtyard of the Castle
found Spanish goldpiece. The mem
bers of the squad Immediately staked
off claims and dug up the whole yard,
finding coins dated all the way from
1870 to 1908, and worth S306 in Ameri-
can money,
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-13
TELEGRAPHIC TICKS
News Notes From Every Part OF
the Civilized World.

Pullman sleeping car rates will be
reduced mex, Saturday.
Americans with social aims spend at
least S1o,O0o.ooO in London every sea-
son.
: The initial ISSUES of the two pioneers
in London Sunday journalism ap-
peared April ..
Leading churches in Columbus, o..
have decided 10 enforce Il rule that
ladies must remove their hats.
Tammany will make an effort to
pass Il bin for Il city gas plant TO sup
ply New Iofks parks. streets and
buildings.
Minister Yr. of Korea, has startled
Washington by adopting trousers. fol-
lowing the example set by the Korean
Emperor.
c. oliver lselin and j. Pierpont Nor
gan are owners of The new cup de-
fender. Mr. lsclin will have control
1urin" The International contest.
Clubmates OF DR.. Kennedy, convict
al of In" murder of Emiline G. Rey-
nolds in New York. have raised money
to light for Il tcw trial.
Governor Roosevelt. OF New York,
II
for :sratc Lunacy Commissioner. in
place of William Van AIMEE.
There :;re .,i,i entries for the Grand
American handicap, to he shot at Elk
wood Park. " j.. this week. for the
pigeon shooting championship.
Two magnificent SevreS vases have
occn presented by the French Ambas-
sador to President Mckinley. They
are from the French President to the
American people to carry out the wish
)f the late NJ. Faure 10 commemorate
The opening OF the new Franco Ameri-
can cable
Captain j. ~ Weldon. of Kansas
City. has presented ii claim against
the Government for SOL 900 back pay
alleged 10 he due him. He was cap
tain of "A gunboai on the Mississippi
River on the Union side in the Civil
War. and by an oversight has never
been mustered out of the navy.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-13
Yankee Sentenced ry Bogota Court.

Washington. April 11.-Sec'y Hay
has received Il telegram from McNally.
.he Charge d'Affaires of the United
States ut Bogota, United State of Co
lombia. stating that Francis @. Ran
dolph, alias Radford. of Alabama, has
been sentenced to fourteen years i'm
prisonment for the deliberate homi-
eide" of one Simmons. Randolph was
in chains for two years. This Govern
ment ultimately secured him trial.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-13
Turkey Preparing for war.

London. April 3.-A despatch to the
Exchange Telegraph Company from
bucharest says there is general i'm
preston there that Turkey is actively
preparing for war with Bulgaria.
Trains laden with war material are
cons tantly running from Constantin-
oi!c to Adrianople.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-13
goung Woman Murdered on coun.r. Read

New Brunswick. N. j.. A rril o.
Elizabeth Schumacher, q young mar
ried woman of about eighteen years,
was found dead on the road between
Menlo Park and Metuchen. Il short
distance from her home, with y bullet
wound in the back. Her brother-in-
law, Albert Schumacher .an idiot. was
arrested as being responsible for the
crime
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-13

New York. April 9.-William J.
Murray. negro. shot Frank Mcbride.
white crook. on West Twenty-sev-
enth street. in the district known as
Poverty Gap. A bowling mob quickly
assembled and were preparing to
lynch Murray when the police arrived.
Mcbride was tho aggressor.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-13
Lunatlc Jumps Into Mine SHAFT.

Wilk1sbarre, Pa, April 11.--Terrence
Anderson was pursued by his wife
and two sons for half mile. but he
outTan them and reached an SO-foot
shaft in the Delaware and Hudson
mine. which he leaped into. Anderson
was demented. His body has not been
found.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-13

James Wylic, the famous Scotch
checker champion, is dead.
4 battalion Of 100 native Porto
Ricans will shortly be formed by Gen.
Henry.
General Gomez will soon be rein
stated as COMMANDMENTS Chief of the
Cuban army.
Captain Clark, the Oregon's war
commander. is now in charge at the
League Island Navy Yard.
An explosion occurred in the Gov.
ernmen. powder warehouse ut Ochta,
Russia. One man killed.
The buildings on the stock farm of
Preserved Arnold in Lincoln, r. l.,
We're burned. Loss, $4,000.
Col. w. J. Bryan has written book
ON 'Imperialism," which will shortly
be published in Chicago. Title, Re
public or Empire"
About $500 cotton operatives are
out in Rhode Island, and there is
some danger of the strike spreading
in the Pawtuxet Valley.
DR.. Alexander Connell, Of London,
has received unanimous call to sue
ceed Dr. John Hall at the Fifth Ave
nue. Presbyterian Cfihurch, New York.
The Warren line steamer NOrseman,
which went ashore on Tom MOOre's
Ledge. off Marblehead Neck, more
than week ago was floated to-day.
Capitalists from Chicago and other
cities are securing options on all the
laundries of Indianapolis with view
to purchasing and consolidating them.
Private advices from Honolulu state
a secret movement is under way in
Hawaii TO flood the islands with Por-
tuguese labOrers from the Azore ISL
ands.
A woman's spring bonnet caught
fire in Chicago drug store, but
quick-witted clerk extinguished the
blaze with seltzer. Sull the woman
was not grateful
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-13
.DEBTMEANS LIFE SENTENCE
Judge of Jersey Court Rules
That Man Must Lam
gulsh In Cell.
FEDERAL LAW DID IT.
Decision Rendered In the Case OF Jo.
scph Schnltzct, oeCond-Hand
Furniture Dealer

CsuErsss Alone Can Eeisase This Un-
fortaUats Mao Frosa Hts Fix - Pre-
csdsDts EstaHlasA sG--The Federal Law
Makes Provisieu For .inprisonment. Hut
Nos Ksioase
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-13

Catherine Strain died III Syracuse.
n y. aged 1o1 years.
Names Of many dead men are found
Oh the Jersey City voting list.
Andrew Carnegie has cleared 500.
700 y II Fifth avenue speculation.
The Earl of Rosslyn will appear on
the New York stage very shortly.
Ei,yShepard. of Anderson, Ind, is
the father of twenty seven children.
sob fitzsimmonS claims TO have
$500 worth of diamonds in his teeth.
Montreal had IL SI5o,o0O fire. Garth
& Co.'S iron foundry was destroyed.
Because of many turf misfortunes,
Mrs. Lanetry viii probably quit rae
ing.
The Kaiser yesterday gave an audi
ance 10 United States Ambassador
White.
\ new law In Arkansas makes it
penalty even to display birds feathers
on bCnnctS.
The Presbytery in Indiana has re-
fused tC adopt Il resolution forbidding
the use of tobacco.
TIE wreck OF the Labrador, the
British Court of Inquiry decides, was
due to improper navigation.
Tie actual acquisition of the Holy
Lane by the Jews is the programme
Of Il Few party in England.
Dorothy Grouse, twelve years old, Il
mill oiiairc heiress, will receive $12,-
900 q year allowance from now on.
Massachusetts is considering the ad-
visibility of having State Bug Hun
ter TO gun for dangerous insects,
Mayor Harrison, of Chicago, has Or
dered the police TO ut once close all
pool rooms and gambling houses.
Judge Peabody, of st. Louis, de-
clares man has a legal right to chas-
tise his wife under certain circum-
stances
Captain Norman, of Bath, Me-, who
recently gave the Adventists $4O0, 600
is to we'd Miss Catherine Miller, one
Of the order.
Leo Manger, proprietor of the Ca
sinO Restaurant in Buffalo, was fatal
ly wounded Manger was able to say
he vas shot by a highwayman..
James $. Patterson, banker, manu-
factuner and oil operator, and one Of
the wtalIhieSt men in Western New
York, dicd suddenly ut Jamestown.
The market for Onondaga growth
tobacco is very active. Deliveries are
beinl made and already $4O0 1000 has
been paid out by the banks ut Bald
winsy illc. y. Y. Such activity has not
been experienced in number Of
years.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-13

Said That Empty She1lS OF German Man.
ufacturs Were Found on the Battle
ground and tho Same Brand as Used BY
FaIke-Germnn Government Urges the
Despatch of Commission.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-28
THE PL4GUE IN EGYPT.
An EXPERT FEARS 1T MAY DEVELOP INl'
An EPIDEMIC NEXT SEASON.

Az EXPERT FEARS 1T MAY DEVELOP INTO
An epidemic NEXT SEASON.
Tho obsence Of dispatches from Egypt relative
% tho nlaque cases OF which first appeared al
Alexandria on May last. seems to confirm 'he
onnion supported by the experience OF many years
according TO which serious epidemic OIL tne
n,ague has ever AFFLICTED Egypt during the sum
mer months 1t appears certain that the nea. Va
Juno kills the deadly microbe. Nevertheless
800 nos q serious panic in the great Egyptian
soonort when on the eve Of Whitsuntide, plague
coso was sienalled soon followed by two others IN
the same street Still doubts were entertained III
regard TO the real character Of the disease ana II
was only in the middle OF May after four'h
case had been declared. that the lnterha'ohdi
Quarantine Council proclaimed the existence oil the
plague warning all countries to take the usual
sanitary precautions That proclamation caused
AZ the Bourse in Alexandria a heavy decline IN
stocks together with general exodus OF all peoPie
who could afford to leave the city fortui'ateS
the fear Of an epidemic was not 1ustneu Inc
disease NAV shoulder and burst ont dangerously
in winter but the danger of seeing it assume
any magnitude during this summer has passed
away since June IS. a date after which the
oldest inhabitant' and the historical RECORDS
agree in saying that no plague epidemic mas ever
been experienced in Egypt during the summer sea-
II appears also that the isolated cases which &C.
Cured this year cannot De " INC N"'hV
annual pilgrimage 10 Mecca. Among the dele
gates composing the International Quarantine
Council of Alexandria there is one member Duca
Pacha who is especially well fitted to speak upon
this question. He Is the Ottoman delegate VINO Is
ordered to betake himself every year to Suez TOT
Djeddah ETC. in order 10 watch all Incidents reia-
tive to the Mecca pilgrimage, and to keep his
Government thoroughly informed on the subject.
In a recent interview with Cairo Journalist Duca
Pacha who was on his way from Suez. where ne
had passed this pilgrimage season, to Alexanurla,
OF Drs Bitter and Gostlich that they were really
plague which have occurred at AlexahdI ii1
But AT any rate. this time the pilgrimage shouiu
not be blamed since the first case occurred on
MAY 2 and the first boat with pilgrims on board
arrived only on the 4th at Suez. ] think that there
Will be only few isolated cases now but 40
not entertain a similar hope in regard TO next year
In a publication upon that grave question nave
already compared the plague to man who WOULD
walk with leaden shoes-that Is to say very Slowly
and be unable TO lift his foot easily from the
place where he has rested IT. / hope to be mis-
taken but fear a serious epidemic for the next
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-28
MR.. .SHURTLEFF BEGINS HIS StII'
CHARGES THAT HE WAS wRoNGFULLY REMOVED
AS GENERAL APPRAISER.

CHARGES THAT HE WAS wRoNGFUILY REMOVED
AS GENERAL APPRAISER.
Ferdinand ~ shurtlen. who on May 10 last was
removed from the place Of general appraiser by
President Mckinley. yesterday. through MS at
torneys Smith & Barker Of No. 10 Broan"ay'
filed a petition in the United States District court
and began suit against the Secretary OF the treas
my TO recover 1907 &c. the amount OF salary ne co
tends IS due him In the petition Mr.. Shurtlen re-
cites the facts OF bis appointment In July. 1891 inc
receipt OF the letter in January last from the secre
tarv Of the Treasury requesting his resignatoh MS
request for information OF any charges against
Elm. and his refusal TO resign. He then recounts
the receipt in February OF the notification from inc
President OF his removal from office the failure OF
James s Sherman. appointed as his successor TO
qualify and the fact OF his holding the once uht
Nav 1e when Israel F. Fischer. whom the Presl-
dent had assumed TO appoint and commission TOOK
possession OF the office. , =. 49,.
Mr. shurtleff says that he has continued 10 pre-,
sent himself at the office. and has been wlllhg anu
ready at al times to perform his duties re sai
Fischer's appointment is Illegal ana vold as AT the
time there were nine general appraisers IN om,e
and his appointment was not cohIlfineu " lIe
senate Mr. Shurtlef contends that he is sun gen
erai annraser that he could be removed only TOT
inefnciency neglect OF duty or malfeasance IN
otflce and no such charge was ever made against
him.