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House Bills.

Washington December 5-House bills and resolutions introduced today:
 By MT. Littlefed of Maine, to prohibit the sale of firearms, opium And intoxlcants to aboriginal tribes and native races in the Pacific islands.
 By MT. Wilson, Arizona, to establish Supreme Court for the Territories of Ar izona, New Mexico and Oklahoma.
 By MT Fitzgerald of Massachusetts, pro- viding for a government snip to bring Boers to the United States to take advan- tage of the homestead laws.
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bee river from Walkers bridge to Fulton. $100s -
 The river and harbor commission today passed over the proposed improvements on the Warrior and Tombigbee rivers until Major Rossells report Is received Rosseli telegraphs that the report on the work in Mobile Bay has Nre~
 reports are not c ap .a. chief of the eng to hasten reports, Uu l. preliminary estin
 On Friday the =8naH# ,. collector for Noble na-He =. ..,. made public as yet.
 The best speech against the army en. largement bill was that of Representative Underwood today, who aroused Grosvenor's ire, and was the latter's equal in the con- troversay that followed.
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SeIma's Baseball Club.

Selma, December 5.-(Specia1)-A meet ing of the stockholders of the Selma Base- ball Association was held tonight, and 1t was determined to have a better club if of the amount necessary to put the club on solid foundation was quickly subscribed, and there will be no trouble in raising the entire ameuab
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CHAS. A. TONNE APPOINTED
 UNITED STATES SENATOR
Named by Governor Lind of Minnesota to Succeed the Late Senator Cust- man K. Davis-Appointment is
 Accepted by Him.

Duluth, Minn., Dec. 5.-Charles A. Towne tonight announced that Govern or Lind had rendered him the United States senatorslip to succeed tue Sem ator c. K. Davis, and said that he had accepted the appointment. He has tel egraphed the governor to that effect. Mr. Towne will leave for Washington via Saint Paul tomorrow morning.
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WILL CANE BEcKHAM
Kentucky Club of New Decatur Honors
 the Governor.

Decatur, December 5.-(SpeciaL )-Fifty members of the Kentucky Club of New Decatur met tonight and had engrossed suitable resolutions which, together with handsome gold cane, they will present Gov Beckham. A member of the club will de- liver the cane to him. The cane is a costly one, beautifully engraved with this inscrlp- tion:
 'To Governor Beckham, of the Kentucky Club of New Decatur"
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The Pardon Game Too Late.

Nashville, Tenn, December 5.-A pardon from President Mckinley for Marion Welcher, a government prisoner at the State penitentiary here, has come too late. Welcher died November 15 and upon re- ceipt of a telegram ordering his release the news was wired to Attorney General Griggs. He was in eighteen months for violating the revenue laws.
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Cotton Merchant Shot.

Clarksville, Tex, December 5.-Sam Steinlein, leading merchant and cotton buyer of this city, shot and instantly killed by Gus Allen today in the public square. Allen had been an employe of Steinlein. On account of some disagree ment he was discharged last night. Allen fired two shots, both taking effect in the body of his victim. He was arrested and iat1 1ad
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MT. Shackelford's printed report should vary from his letter to MT. Bankhead. The speaker won applause from the floor when he referred to a remark by Dr. J. L. M. Curry that he saw the halls of the capitol filled with lobbyists working for everything except the public school child. The speaker said he proposed to the distinguished friend of education that there was at least one lobbyist here for the common schools The chair called attention to the expiration of the gentlemans time, and upon motion of MT. Hogue it was extended. MT. Bulger closed his remarks with plea for the pub lie school children in the State, and insisted upon the adoption of his amendment.
 Clarke of Mobile.
 Mir. Clarke of Mobile followed MT, Bulger. The speaker first stated to the House clear ly the purpose of the bill and amendment, and with an argument clear, logical and forcible he opposed the amendment and favored the bill as reported. The speaker said that he did not propose to vote to sat isfy Florence, Troy, Livingston or Jackson ville but to place the money where 1t would be most beneficial. If the schools were accomplishing no good they should not receive one penny from the State. MT Clarke took to task the arguments of the gentleman from Tallapoosa, and gave him a rather severe drubbing. In answer 10 tIae argument that there were only loo or 5S4 pupils of the Troy school pledging themselves lO lcdCI anu thSiS tiiS II" WA receiving equal benefit of the State appro- priation, MT. Clarke said that the gentle man from Tallapoosa should know that the only benefit received by those pledg1ng themselves to teach was free tuition, and all pupils not signing such pledge were re- ouired to pay tuition. The speaker said, Tn answer to a question by Mir. Bulger that he old not reside under the shadows or d Hor- nal school, and the fact that Mobile re- ceived certain considerations from the State
 fFlf1 of this measure.
 He then read from papers of some per sons attempting to stand the State exam ination to teach in the public schools, ana the idiotic replies made by same to easy questions caused much laughter on the floor and in the gallery, which had become crowded with spectators to hear the de- bate.
 Need ol the Schools.
 The sneaker went into discussion of the work and needs of the several schools, and in paying meried tribute to the head of the Livingston school (diss Julia Tut Wiler), as the most self-sacrificing woman in Alabama in her attempts to place with in the reach of the poorer girls higher education, won hearty applause. He show fed that the noble head of the Livingston school was actually spending goodly DOT ton of her salary to upbuild her school.
 MT. Clarke pleaded with earnestness for the upbuilding of each of the schools, in- stead of the pulling down of the one to upbuild the others.
 It is seldom that the House is permitted to listen to an address as able and elo- quent as delivered by MT. Clarke, and it was given a most careful hearing, and
 (Continued on second Pagel.
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HEATED DISCUSSION IN THE HOUSE :.
 OVER THE SCHOOL APPROPRIATION
Bugr Amendment to Normal School Bill Was Defeated After
 the Most Spirited Debate of the Session.

reached the house calendar during the pres ent session. As did his predecessors, he made a strong plea for better trained teachers,
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MT Frye Continues His Speech
 in Congress-
DENIES SOME STATEMENTS
Says Cost to the Government Under the Subsidy Bill Will Not Really Exceed $7.5OO, ,OOO-As
 to Foreign Vessels.

Washington, December 4.-Senator Frye at today's session of the Senate concluded his speech upon the ship subsidy bill. He ure, explaining with especial care that pro- vision which would admit to American reg istry foreign-bult ships.
 From several sources his attention was directed to this provision, and it is evil dently one upon which much of the forth coming debate will rest.
 The credentials of Samuel D. McEnerey and Murphy J. Foster, as Senators from Louisiana and George P. Wetmore from Rhode Island, were received. Bills were passed permitting Captain B. H. McCalla and Commander w. c. Wise of the United States navy to accept decorations from the Emperor of Germany. The resolution in- troduced yesterday by MT. Pettigrew cau- ing for information as to the postal frauds in Cuba was referred to the committee on relations with Cuba. The Senate at 1925, on motion of MT. Lodge went into execu- tive session, remaining behind closed doors until o'clock.
 The House bill for the celebration of the establishment of the seat of national gov- ernment in the city of Washington was passed without discussion. Consideration of the ship subsidy bill was then resumed. MT. Frye (Maine) concluding his speech begun yesterday, said the amount of ship subsidy could not be more than $9, ,OOO 900 per year. That limit, he said, was fixed definitely in the bill.
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Dangerous Journey Ended.

After difficult and dangerous journey they reached the point where the fall blocked their way This was attacked with bars picks and shovels and after au hours work a passage was cleared to the airway, which, as they had counted on, was open. As fast as they could they made their way to the second opening, and thence to the surface, where they were greeted with wild hurrahs from the thousands who had gathered, expecting to see them brought out crushed and mangled corpses.
 During the two hours and fifteen minutes intervening between the time of the cave- in and the time the men emerged from the second opening, the most intense ex- citement prevailed. Scores of volunteers urged on by the piteous appeals of the wives and children of the entombed men, descended the slope, and in the face of the fact that the roof was continually working and that tons of rock were liable to drop at any moment, they began to attack the fall and dig a passageway through it.
 The surface over the cave-in dropped in some places fully yard and huge Assures zig-zagged in every direction.
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TWO ACRES OF ROOF CAVED IN Great Excitement Prevailed for More Than Two Hours ALL WERE GIVEN UP FOR LOST When the Men Finally Reached the Sur. face Heartrending Grief of Their
 Families Was Changed to
 Joy.
ALL WERE GIVEN UP FOR LOST

Scranton Pa, December 5.-Thirty-two men employed at the Nayaug eolliery in Dunmore were entombed by a cave-n this morning, but thanks to a simple fortunate circumstance terrible disaster was avert ed
 The men were at work about 1000 feet from the bottom of the slope and 400 feet below the surface, when two acres of the roof between them and the slope came down with a terrific crash, crushing the pillars beneath it and causing a rush of air that almost blew the men from their feet and hurled the roof off the farmhouse. Their lamps were extinguished, but finding that the air was still pure, they relghted them and began to cast about for a way to es- cape. Some counselled remaining where they were until help should reach them from the outside, but the cracking of the pillars In their vicinity told them that the cave-in was extending toward them, and that they must soon find a way out or be caught and killed like rats in a trap
 Foreman Gibbons erawled on his hands and knees over the fallen, room and some times squirming through crevices that bare- ly admitted his body, he made his way to within fifteen feet of the airway, which led to the second opening, and which 1t was presumed was not affected by the fall, as 1t is a narrow passage out through solid rock. Returning for the men, he had them take their tools and follow him.
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THE WEATHER.

FORECAST FOR ALABAMA: FAIR ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY; VARIABLE WINDS.
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Today advertising is as necessary to the transaction Of certdin lines Of bust ness ds steam and electricity are to nlachinery.-R. J. Cunning.
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He was rather severe in his criticism of the members opposing the bill upon the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-02

AT BROOKLYN.
Score by innings:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-02
Gilmore ANNOUNCES His Card.

Chicago, May 2-Harry Gilmore an
nounces that he has about completed the
card he viii represent at Tattersalfs May
Is. The Wind-up of the show was to have
been a six-round fight between Spike
Sullivan of New York and Perry Queenan
of this city, lightweights, but recent in
juries to Sullivan's hands will probably
prevent his appearing. Eddie Connolly
has accepted terms for six-round fight
that night and his opponent will be select
ed from these men: Jim Popp of Canada,
Lew Mansfield, Chicago Jack DAILY, and
Queenen. The show will be under the
auspices of the Tattersalls Athletic club.
Following are the fights already ar
ranged:
Maurice Rauch and Eddie Carroll, III
Adam Ryan and Fred O'NeaI. n8
pounds
Turkey Point Smith and kid" Abel
12O pounds.
Clarence Forbes and Walter Bloom, 11S
pounds.
Negotiations are also being made for
the appearance in a six-round fight of
Tommy White and Jack Lewis, the
South Side lightweight.
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KANSAS NEWS.
tuberculosis in Cattle Must Be
Stamped Out.
The Quarantine Test Estab-
lished by Sanitary Board
AT STATE LINE YARDS
ALI Breeding Stock Must Pass
Close Examination.
Disease Has Effect on the
Human Family.

Kansas City, Kas., May 2-Represen-
tatives Of the Kansas state sanitary
board at the stock yards yesterday be-
gan to enforce the rule of requiring
all breeding stock originating in other
states to submit to the tuberculin test.
which requires the animals to be held
at least forty-eight hours, and the pay
ment of a, fee of 81. The test is not
made where a certificate has been is
sued by competent veterinarian at
place of origin.
A determined effort will be made by
the officials to stamp out tuberculosis
among cattle now in the state and
those about to enter, and in this they
hope to receive hearty cooperation and
support from breeders and cattlemen.
Railroads have been notified to receive
no breeding stock for Kansas points
without a clean bill of health. Here
tofore the tuberculosis test has been
extended only to those requesting it
under the supervision of federal in
spectors at the request of the state
boards, who were not prepared at that
time to push the work. The test which
is now conducted under state Supervi-
sion is applied to bulls, COWS and heif-
erS, and consists of taking the animals
temperature from six to ten times the
first day. At 10 p. m. tuberculin, the
product of tubercle bacillus, is inject
ed, the properties of which will cause
the animals temperature to rise to an
unusually high degree if afflicted with
tuberculosis. The test was applied to
$40 cattle last week and seven of them
failed to pass. Some traders feel that
the rigid examination and test will work
a hardship on owners of cattle, as the
test requires holding them forty-eight
hours and the payment of a 81 fee,
which merely covers the charge of an
expert veterinarian who is employed to
make the tests.
Chief Inspector Williams of the Kan
sas board says the test will be en-
forced in the future the same as in
eastern states. In Illinois all cattle are
required to pass the test. Iowa and
Nebraska do not require the test. The
states of Massachusetts and PennSyl-
vania have expended upwards of one
and one-half million dollars to stamp
out the disease from the herds within
their states. Tests thus far made show
the disease more prevalent among dairy
and barn raised cattle, such as are kept
in close confinement, which includes a
good per cent of the high bred cattle.
Range cattle which have plenty Of fresh
air and sun have revealed a very small
per cent. with disease, which, when
found in a human being, is commonly
called consumption. It has been dem
onstrated beyond doubt that the dis
ease can be conveyed to human beings
rigid examination and test are re-
quired in most states The recent tests
applied to high bred animals on the farms
of the Kansas agricultural college re-
vealed over so per cent. to be afflicted
with tuberculosis, and the board of re-
gents ordered an immediate slaughter
| of such animals.
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HER HUSBAND FoREwARNED.
Pathetic Circumstances of the Death
of Mrs. 6. c. Cress.
[From the Abilene Rehector.l

FROM the AD1lene EfeuecIOT.J
In letter from South Africa written
February 8 and just received Bishop
Jesse Engle himself now passed to the
better land) tells some pathetic Incl
dents of the death of Mrs. G. c. Cress.
He states that he himself made her cof-
fin and the sisters of the mission draped
it white inside and black outside. She
was buried under a bread-fruit tree
where now is another new-made grave
for the head of the mission. He says:
after she expired we with some fear
and hesitancy disclosed the matter to
Brother Cress when, to our surprise he
calmly replied. I know it, Elder and in
this calm element he has been ever
since. His mind is. however, exercised
over the future and inclines strongly
towards returning to America as soon
as his strength is fully regained. His
resignation may to some extent be ex-
planned by the fact that he claims to
have been forewarned of the coming be-
reavement for some months prior to the
occurrence.
'9The funeral of the sister was held
on the Sth p. m. buried between and
o'clock. In the morning the chief In
duna with other elderly men came to
the Mission, expressing such sympathy
and grief as is rarely witnessed among
many of the more civilized. They con-
tinued to come swelling the number to
nearly the capacity of the house of
worship, mostly elderly men, chief
Indunas and heads of families with a
sprinkling Of younger persons and a few
women who also showed their deep sym
pathy.''
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TOM M'DowELL's COLT.
His Excellency Will Be Sure Starter
in Kentucky Derby.

Lexington, KY, May 2.-The announce
ment that His Excellency will start in
the Kentucky Derby has cleared up a
mystery that has been puzZling local
horsemen for some time past When T.
G. Mcdowell, the owner of His Excel
lency, Batten, Villa v and others, quietly
kept his stable at the Ashland farm,
without shipping either to Churchill
Downs or to the east. many wondered
just what he was going to do with the
string that he has been training here.
When visitor to Ashland held a watch
on His Excellency one morning recently
and brought the news to town that the
colt worked a mile and eighth in 1:5414
the fact that Mr.. Mcdowell was getting
the good son of imp. Esther in shape to
win KentuclSy's classic event spread like
wildhre. Mr. Mcdowell has announced
that he will surely start the colt and is
evidently sweet on his chances. He says
that if his colt has done the work that
reports have made him do, he would be
sure to win, but at the same time does
not care to state the actual time of the
trial.
The Mcdowell string is in the best of
should make even q better showing than
it did last season. His ExceHency has
filled out in remarkable fashion, espe-
cially through the neck and shoulders.
He is a picture of a race horse in the
pink of condition. Batten, however, is
his owners pride, and Mr.. Mcdowell ex-
poets great things of him Villa v, Mr..
McDoWens entry for the Kentucky Oaks.
is doing we'll in her work, but still her
owner does not expect to win the classic
filly event of Kentucky.
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Will MEET Ar EMPoR1A.
Democratic and Anti-Administrat
Editors to Gather.

Emporia, Kas., May 2.-The Kansas
State Editors association will meet in
this city on Saturday, May IL. A large
attendance is expected, as all reform
editors, which includes editors of Dem
ocratic, PoDulist and free silver Re
publican papers, have been included in
the invitations sent out
Last night a meeting of the local
editorial association was held and ar
rangements made for entertaining the
visitors. A citizens committee was ap-
pointed, consisting of E. E Fawcett,
J. z. Evans, w. a Willis W. J. VIII
kinson. Z. ]. Fleming, ]. W. Lostutter.
A. Kraun, Robert Jeff, r. B. Shepherd,
J. NJ. McCown and J. f. Kenny.
The local newspapers, as well as the
citizens, irrespective Of politics, are
taking an active interest in the meet
ing. The programme will consist of a
visit to the principal points of interest
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WYATT carp KNOCKED OUT.
Horseman Mulqueen Resented a Re
mark About Friend.

San Francisco, May 2.-Wyatt Eary,
gun fighter and all-around bad man, was
knocked down and out the other night
by Tom Mulqueen, Well-known race horse
man. The trouble occurred in a, swell
Market street resort, near Stockton, and
was precipitated by carp. Both men had
been drinking at the bar when carp
brought up the subject of the recent scan
dial at the Tanforan race track. He made
several disparaging remarks about a
Jockey who is on very friendly terms with
Mulqueen. When called down, he became
belligerently indignant and threatened to
wipe the floor with the horse owner. IN
stantly Mulqueen grabbed him, and, after
throwing him against the bar, landed a
blow on the gun fighters face, knocking
him out. John Farley, proprietor of the
place, fearing serious trouble between the
two men, managed to get Mulqueen to
leave the place.
Mulqueen gained considerable notoriety
several years ago by calling down Rob
Fitzsimmons. They were in a saloon
drink, when the ex-champion referred to
COrbett as a looking-glass fighter. Null
queen promptly resented the remark and
threatened to break Fitzsimmons' head If
he repeated it. Fitzsimmons feared trou-
BILE, and left the place. not caring to mix
with the plucky horseman.
carp first came into prominence in this
city when he officiated as referee in the
fight between Fitzsimmons and Sharkey
several years ago and gave the DECISION
to the sailor on an alleged foul, after he
had been knocked out, the decision at
tracing general diSapproVal.
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Cornell Crews Strong.

of Cornell's success in the coming fresh
man and varsity races at PoughkeeFsie
are Frightening every day. For the past
few days the varsity has been improv-
ing rapidly, and Charles Francis, II, an
old Cornell stroke, today said that he
had never seen so much power displayed
in a boat at this time of the year in all
his experience in rowing. The fresh
men crew is also developing at a re-
markable rate. Saturday the crew de-
feated the second and third varsity
crews in. a mile race on the lake. 1t was
the youngsters first experience in the
lake, but they behaved like veterans.
Today they also rowed in excellent
form.
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FavOrite For the Derby Does
Some Remarkable Work.
Lieutenant Gibson Shows Speed
at Churchill Downs.
BOLAND SENDS HIM.
Goes the Mile and a Quarter in
2:O8 Easily.
The Colt Was Feeling Frisky as
a Yearling.

Louisville, KY, May "A magnifi-
rent piece of work by Lieutenant Glib
son has set his admirers frantic again,
and they are. more certain than ever
that he will win the Kentucky Derby.
The colt was feeling as frisky as a year
ling, and with Derby weight on his
back was set down good and hard with
Jockey Boland. who will pilot him on
Thursday, in the saddle.
Gibson cut out the first quarter in
DEB. the five-eighths in 1:O0#, the mile
in 1:41N and the mile and a quarter
in 2:OS. He then went on another
eighth, pulled up, finishing the mile and
ree-eighths in 2:21. This is far the
best work of the season. and Gibson
went the route with the utmost case,
finished full Of run and proved conclu-
sively to his trainer that the colt likes
a distance and that he can go with
weight up.
Florizar, Highland Lad, Thrive, Par
memon and Sites got in this morning,
and this afternoon His Excellency ar
rived from Lexington. His Excellency
is decidedly the handsomest of all the
Derby candidates, and his action in the
little jog given him after he reached
the Downs was the admiration of
many, who predicted that he will make
the Derby winner run mighty fast, if
indeed, he does not land the prize him
self
All the horses at the Downs will be
given their final set-doWn in the morn
ing, except Lieutenant Gibson, whose
trial today may be the last he Will be
asked to do before the race. OF the
eligibles, Admiral Schley, Sites, Par
memon, Sam Phillips and Greenock viii
not start.