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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-04-26
House Insular Affairs Committee
Materially Changes Foraker
Resolution
On Porto Rico So as to Make Con-
cessions imperative Until
Approved
BY the President---It Also Places
Vigorous Restrictions on
Corporations.

!, WASHINGTON. April 28.-The house
committee on insular affairs has voted
to amend the Foraker resolution on
Porto Rico so as to make franchises and
concessions imperative until approved
by the president; also placing rigorous
restrictions on charters to private cor.
porations The text Of the amendments,
as adopted, follows: a :
Section q. That all franchises, priv
ileges or concessions, mentioned in. sec
ton SO of said actsshall be approved by
the president Of the United States. and
no such franchise, privilege or conces-
sion shall be operative until it shall
have been so approved.
Section 8. That all charters Of pri-
vate corporations shall provide that the
same shall be subject to amendment,
alteration or repeal; shall forbid the
issueiof stock or bonds, except in ex.
change for actual cash, or property at a
fair valuation, equal in amount to the
par value Of the stocks or bonds issued;
shall forbid the declaring of stock or
bond dividends, and in the case of pub.
lie service corporations shall provide for
the effective regulation of the charges
thereof, and for the purchase or taking
by the public authorities of their prop
erty at fair valuation, No corporation
shall be authorized to conduct the bust
ness of buying or selling real estate, of
issuing currency or of engaging in agri-
culture, or permitted to hold or own
real estate, except such as may be rea-
sonably necessary to enable it to carry
out the purposes for which it is ere
ated. Banking corporations, however,
may be authorized to loan funds upon
real estate security and to purchase real
estate when necessary for the collec-
ton of loans, but they shall dispose of
all real estate so obtained within five
years after receiving the title. Corpor-
atoms other than those organized in
Porto Rico and doing business therein,
shall be bound by the provisions Of this
section 80 far as they are applicable.
The meeting was special one and
attracted unusual interest because of
Chairman Cooper purpose to urge the
franchise restrictions. Thirteen mem
bers attended, viz: Cooper, Cannon,
Hit, Payne, Hepburn, Loud, Tawney,
Moody, Crumpacker, Jones Of Virginia,
Maddox, Williams of Mississippi, and
Carmack. 81
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-04-26
OUT OF THE BILL.

Two Important Provisions of Naval APP
preparation Measure Eliminated.
WASHINGTON. April 2S.-As result
Of protraSted struggle in the house
the provisions in the naval appropria.
ton bill to enable the secretary Of the
navy to comract for armor for the
the battleships Maine, Ohio and Mis-.
souri,, now awaiting their armor equip
ment at $545 per ton, the price asked
for Krupp armor, is out Of the bill, as is
the provision to repeal the $500 imita-
ton placed upon the price of arrnor by
the current law. The fight came at the
end of the consideration of the bill.
Although the provision was obnoxious
to the rule all the minority members of
the committee had agreed to it, but
when the majority declined to ALLOW
the discussion Of proposition for the
establishment Of an armor plate factory
they retaliated by raising point of
order against the two provisions above
referred to and they were ruled out.
The exact effect of the action Of the
house is disputed. The appropriation
of $4,00O, 900, under the head Of 'armor
and armament" remains on the bill, as
well as the language Of the proviso au.
thorizing the secretary of the navy tc
contract for III
Armor Of the Best Quality
for the Maine, Ohio and Missouri, the
words stricken out being sat cost not
to exceed $545 ton including roy.
,alties." #
1t is commended by some that this EN-.
powers the secretary to contract for the
armor without regard to cost. By 9th.
ersit is claimed that the provision will
be ineffective unless the senate inserts
the price. So much bad feeling was
aroused by the wrangle over the armor
plate provision that Mr.. Underwood Of
Alabama began a filibuster after the
bill was reported to house and finally
forced an adjournment without final &C.
ton on the bill.
Before the armor plate question came
up two amendments to modify the pro.
vision for the increase of the navy,
which authorizes two battleships and
six cruisers, were defeated. One pro.
posed to add provision for six gunboats
and the other to strike out the provision
for the battleships. The question OF
building ships in government yards did
not reach vote as the amendment
offered to this end was ruled out on q
point Of order.
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RUMBLE ADVANCES SLOWLY.

Every Step Of the British Generals Prog
ress Contested by Beers.
LONDON, April 24.-General Rumble
is apparently advancing slowly toward
Wepener, every step being closely con-
tested by the Beers. From the Repub-
ican side there is good deal of inter
esting news. A Thaba N'chu dispatch,
dated April 90, reports the arrival there
of Commandments Dewitt and Villiers
and an attack upon {, 200 British under
General Gatacre. The latter, of course,
is misstatement, as it is probably Gen.
eral Rumble that is meant The British,
it is added, occupied some kopjes, but
their left wing was driven back. The
Boer loss was one killed and five
wounded. se
From Brandfort comes the news that
Saturday, April 81, a British patrol of
10 men ventured near that place and
suffered the loss Of one man killed and
two men captured, including q Free
Slater who was leading the party.
A Pretoria dispatch dated April 81,
says the latest official news was that
fighting was proceeding within half an
hours ride of Dewetsdorp with no re.
suits.
Inc Transvaal government, it is
added, has asked Lord Roberts to be al
lowed to send clegyman to st. Helena,
and also neutral consul to watch the
interests Of the prisoners in the same
manner as Adelbert Hay guards the in
terests of the British at Pretoria.
A proclamation has been issued pro-
hibiting the working of the mines on
Sundays, and h4flicting punishment on
managers paying over 81 a month to
natives.
From Ladysmith comes a dispatch
saying all is quiet and that the Boer
guns are silent.
There is nothing further from Bloem-
fontein to indicate the progress of the
preparations for the main advance.
At Cape Town, a government con-
tractor named BAN has been arrested
for harboring three escaped Boer pris-
oners, dressed as clergymen. The pris-
oners were sent back to Simontown,
whence they had escaped.
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lumberman, to recover 50, 900 attor-
ney's lees. The action grows out OF
the conduct Of q suit for the defendant
begun by Assignee Kells of N. p.
Clarke q Co., to recover something like
300, 600, and which was successfully
defended in the district court of this
county. The Judgment for defendant
was filed July IL, 1898. The attorneys
for the st. Cloud firm are Russell, Cray
q Jameson, one OF the best firms OF
Minneapolis, and the case will be
heard at the next term of court for
Hennepin. II ournal Press.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-04-26
DEWET REPORTED KILLED.

Dispatch From Lourenzo Marques An
2 nounces His Death.
LONDON, April 24.-The Daily News
has the following from Lourenzo Mar
ques, dated Friday, April 20:
"It is reported here that General
rewet has been killed. Other Euro
jean ambulance corps besides the Irish
American are taking up arms in behalf
of the Beers. The latter are unable to
obtain srnokeless powder. Trenches
are being CONSTRUCTED for eight miles
around Pretoria. There are SO guns in
position at Kroonstad and seven French
guns at Pretoria Twenty-Five mines at
Johannesburg have been charged with
dynamite, and the Johannesburg fort
has been dismantled"
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Bad Fire; Little Insurance.

MILWAUKEE, April 23.--An Evening
Wisconsin special from Kenosha, Wis,
says: A disastrous fire visited the vii
lage Of Wilmot, in the western part of
this county, wiping out every industrial
plant in the town. The town was alb
solutely without fire, protection and the
only profession was bucket brigade.
The loss is estimated at $4,000. with
practically no insurance.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-04-26

Calhoun 8 Bennett, the attorneys,
have begun an action in the district
court of Hennepin county against q.
C. Akeley, the wealthy Minneapolis
Evening journal., 1900-04-16
FOR PRESBYTERIAN REFORM.
Dr. ParLhurst vigorously ASsaiIsth the
Confession OF Faith.


New York. April 16.-Rey. DR..
Charles II. Parkhurst, speaking in his
pulpit in Madison Square Presbyterian
church, yesterday made vigorous as
sault on the Westminster confession
OF faith. He said in part:
we want a new creed. Amending
this one will not meet the necessities
OF the case. Better give It a dignlfied
place in the musum for what il is than
hack il 10 pieces and yeysmp it for
what it is not.
IF we are thorough Presbyterians,
and believe what our dOctrinal pros
pectus advertises us as believing, wc
believe 1t probable that some Of the
children in your homes. little children,
perhaps the babe OF your bosom, is
damned, already damned, damned be-
fore II was born, damned from ever
lasting to everlasting, and then You
are invited to come into church and
say. Our Father Why. any man who
should become a father for the sake
Of the joy and glory he would use I'm
burning and racking his own offspring,
deliberately creating a child with a
view to the agony into which he was
going to torture It. would be chased
from the earth as a fiend and as an
ebullitiOn"
Evening journal., 1900-04-16
PennsyIvania Tin Plate statistics.

Harrisburg. April 16.-The annual
returns to the bureau of industrial sta
tistics for the year 1899 from the tin
plate industry of Pennsylvania give the
total production, for that period, of
black plate picked for timing at 362,-
72,64O pounds, of which 292,046,00
pounds we're timed at the p black
plate works in this state The value
OF this timed production was $l0,-
23S, $3.50, while the aggregate value Of
the entire production of black plate
timed and untinned was S12 1856 S0S.
The average daily wage for all en-
ployed in this industry was S1.S4; the
average days of employment, 244.
Evening journal., 1900-04-16
A CHICAGO HOTEL TRAdeDY.
Death of Rufus wright, the sIilliOn-
nire Bicycle Tire Manufactures.

Death OF Hutuh Wrthht, the llilitOn-
aire Bicycle Tire Manufactures.
Chicago, April 16.-Rufus Wright,
the millionaire inventor and manufac-
turer of rubber tires, who was shot on
Saturday during a scufiie for possess
sion OF revolver in the apartments Of
Mrs. Louisa Lottridge. at the Leland
hotel. died yesterday from the effects
Of the woun'. Ii is the opinion OF the
police that the coroner's investigation
VIII mark the close Of the sensational
case. A statement by the deceased to
Chief OF Detectives Colleran that the
shooting was accidental, will, 1t is
thought. clear Mrs. Lottridge of all
responsibility. Wright died with
words OF exculpation on his lips for the
woman whose revolver was responsible
for his death. He persisted in saying
that the woman was not TO blame for
his condition. and that he had the re-
Yolver In his hand when II was dis
charged.
Mr.. Wright's son-in-law and part
ner, Fred Morgan, was at his side at
death Mr. Morgan held that his
father-in-law was on an errand to help
a friend who had become entangled
with the woman when he received his
death wound. This she denies.
According to Mrs. Lottridge's story
Mr.. Wright tried to take the revolver
from her, and in the friendly scufiie
which followed it was discharged, the
bullet entering Mr.. Wright's neck The
couple had been drinking consider
ably. Mrs. Lottridge runs a summer
hotel in Paw Paw, and her divorced
husband is employed by her there.
Although he admits he can offer no
evidence, Chief of Detectives ColleraR
strongly believes that the weapon was
not in the hand of Wright when it was
discharged.
Evening journal., 1900-04-16
Wine Lnborern Called out.

Frostburg, Nd, April 16.-The only
incident yesterday in connection with
the strike Of the miners Of the Georges
Creek region was the decision Of the
union men to order the 80 laborers
who have been employed at the Ocean
mine since the strike began to Join the
strikers. II was also announced that
all the laborers throughout the region
win be called out. Men were sent to
Midland and Klondike last night to
advise all men TO remain away from
the mines today. The strikes are hay-
ing a most depressing effect on busi-
hess throughout the region.
Evening journal., 1900-04-16
BrItons After Mexican COLD.

Toluca, Mex, April 16.-One of the
largest mining deals ever made in
Mexico has just been completed here
by the sale Of a group of four ex-
ceedingly rich and productive gold
mines located in the zacualpam dis
trlct, near here, by their Mexican own
ers, to a London syndicate for s4.-
100000 in gold. John Hays Hammond,
the American engineer, sepnt several
weeks in the district about two months
ago, and the syndicate secured an op-
ton on the property upon his recon-
mcndation. Cecil Rhodes is said to be
one of the principal stockholders.
Evening journal., 1900-04-16
arHE sPAN or LIFE. .

THE Span OF Life" comes to the
Opera House for two performances on
next Thursday afternoon and night.
Life is but span" says the poet. and
the span OF life is but the space from
thumb TO finger outspread. remarks the
philosopher Sutton Vane. the eminent
English dramatist, evolved a new idea
OF the span Of life. and by the fOrma-
ton OF human bridge over a yawning
gorge, across which two human beings
walk from savage attacks to safety.
and by Incorporating his idea into his
play. has made one Of the most thrill
ing situations ever introduced in a
melodrama. Il is this scene that the
DOnazettas. the world famous aero
bats. have made possible by their Won
derful skill and daring. They have
made this Span of Life" several thou
sand times, and have added much 10
the continued success Of this drama of
peculiarly absorbing human interest,
that has all in il that appeals to the
better class Of tneatre-goers. as well as
to the upstairs" element that wants
only. sensation.
Evening journal., 1900-04-16
col. shIeI TrIed TO Facape.

st. Helena. April 16.-Col Shiel and
two other Boer prisoners were landed
yesterday and sent to the citadel in
consequence Of an attempt to escape.
Schiel bribed boatman TO take a let
ter to a Dutch cruiser but the boat
man by mistake took it to the British
cruiser Niobe. A large knife was
found in possession Of one OF the
three. Schiel walked to the citadel.
declining a carriage that was placed
az his DISPOSAL.
Evening journal., 1900-04-16
GREATEST THING IN
WORLD

Liebler & Co., Mrs. lie Moyne man
ayers, have evidently not done things
by halves, for in "The Greatest Thing
in the World they have surrounded
her with one Of the very best support
ing companies that has been seen on
the stage in many seasons. Frederic
.DeBelleville, Robert Edeson, Henry
Jewett, Walter Thomas, Charles stan
ley, Katherine Grey. Hope Ross, and
Harriet Sterling form a roster Of names
all notable for some distinct achieve
ment in current drama, and it is gem
orally conceded that each member Of
the company is especially we'll adapted
to his or her part. The play, which
will be at the Opera House tomorrow
night, has been elabOrately mounted,
the scenic pictures having been COM
mended everywhere for their refined
elegance in perfect keeping with the
spirit of the piece. During her career as
dramatic reader Mrs. lie Moyne was
noted for her exquisite taste In the
matter of dress, and since her return 20
the stage in "The Moth and the Flame"
and Catherine" she has become one
Of the footlight fashion plates. The
costuming Of the rest of the company
is in keeping and the whole perform
ance a handsome production.
Evening journal., 1900-04-16
West virginia Miners on strike.

Piedmont, w. Va. April 16.-Seven
hundred miners employed by the Davis
Coal and Coke company in this section
OF the Elk Garden mining region yes
terday voted unanimously to strike,
and did not re-enter the mines today.
Like their brothers OF the Georges s
Creek region, the miners demand 90
cents per ton. Officials Of the company
urged the men to arbitrate their diff
ferences and offered to pay the men
whatever the operators of the Georges
Creek rgion decided upon. According
to a mining expert here, the strikes
will not materially affect the general
output Of coal, and there should be no
fear Of a coal famine.
Evening journal., 1900-04-16
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Philadelphia, April 16.-The receipts OF
cattle in this city last week were as fol-
lows: Beeves. 1.Sss; sheep. 5,9SS; hogs
1893. Receipts for the previous week:
Beeves, 274i; sheep, 454i; hogs, 3.499.
Beef cattle were in light supply, but
with the usual light demand during holy
week prices closed only firm. We quote;
Extra, 5sa5ssc.; good. 5isG5hc.; medium,
4Hd5c.; common. 4Md4tc.
Sheep were IN full supply although
prices continued firm. We gu e; Extra
wool. GNG7c: do. clipped, 5AQ6c.; good,
wool. 6ha8isc. do. clipped, 5MQ5isc.; me-
dium wool 5lhd6c. do. clipped. 4Ag5c
common. wool. 5Q5Lc.. do. clipped, 40
&c: lambs. wool. 5isGsAc.; do. clipped,
4lsi7c.
Hogs we're strong and firm at TAOS.
for best western and 7H07lac. for others.
Fat cows were steady Mt 2i5aic.
Evening journal., 1900-04-16
WOES OF cHINA,s EMPEROR
A Man Arrested I'm wnchang De-
clnrea Himself the huier.

thhfta nAnhelA the iAuAtfs
Victoria, b. c., April 16.--T The steam
er Rio Jun Maru, which arrived hero
Saturday from the Orient. brings 4
strange story Of Chinaman who was
arrested at Wuchang. After lying in
Jail and being beaten he proclaimed
himself to be the emperor He claim
ed he had escaped from the palace,
where he had been imprisoned by the
empress dowager. and had since been
travelling incognito. lie possesses doc
rments bearing the seal OF the court
o. Pekin identifying him as the em-
peror.
A party Of British government sur
veyors engaged on the work of defin-
ing the Burmese boundary had a coll
lision with a large body OF Chinese la
borers who some time ago waylaid and
murdered Consul Lytton. Major Kyt-
tie and Mr.. Sutherland, of the former
boundary survey party This time the
Chinese were completely routed, so be-
ing killed and many injured.
Official advices have been received
at Pekin of a severe engagement be-
tween the imperial Chinese troops and
a large body OF the Boxers" secret So
ciety. The battle. which was indecis-
i've. occurred at Yen Chin, I'm Pechili
province. About 1000 men were en-
gagged, the forces being equally divided.
The casualties were very heavy.
Evening journal., 1900-04-16
Secretary Long For vice President

washington, April 16.-Secretary
Longs implied willingness to accept
the Republican, nomination for the
vice presidency, as inferred from the
statements made by him on that sub
ject, is a matter of general comment
in Washington. It has set the Repub-
licsn slate makers to thinking, and for
the time being has seriously upset the
calculations of those who believed that
the honor would go to one of a half
dozen others mentioned. The sec
retary, however, is not an avowed can
didate seeking the place, but the be-
lief is general that If the nomination
is offered to him he will accept
Evening journal., 1900-04-16
NUGGETS OF NEWS.

Receipts at the New York postoffice
for the first ten days Of April showed
an increase OF 13 per cent over last
year.
The condition of United States Sem
ator Chiffon, who has been sick for
several days at Tyler, Tex, shows no
Improvement.
samuel H. French. Ga years old, ex-
member of the Pennsylvania legisla-
ture, fell dead at his home in Pitts
burg last night.
While the family was at dinner
thieves stole $1,000 worth of jewelry
from the residence of Abram NJ. Roths-
child, at Chicago.
Former President Charles II. Cole,
OF the Globe National bank, pleaded
guilty to the charge OF embezzling the
banks funds at Boston.
Republicans and Populists of North
Carolina failed TO agree on a plan OF
fusion and there will be two tickets,
Evening journal., 1900-04-16
Murdered ana Robbed by Tramps.

Toledo. April 16.-Shortly before SAT-
urday midnight two tramps with white
handkerchiefs tied over their faces
stopped at the house of two sisters.
Kate and Johanna Sullivan, living four
miles west OF West Toledo, knocked at
the door, and as Johanna opened the
door one of the men struck her across
the head with a club, knocking her
down. Kate sprang to the assistance
Of her sister, when a second tramp
felled her with an ak helve. The wo-
men were bound and gagged and the
house robbed. Johanna died in a short
time, and Kate is a raving maniac.
The tramps escaped with $50 in money.
Evening journal., 1900-04-16
locked Out workers DecIare strike

New York. April 16.--The 5000 oi-
garmakers who have been locked out
have declared strike and say now
that they will not return TO work un-
I'll a raise Of from 81 TO SO per week
Is made In their wages It Is under
stood that eight more of the manufac-
turers have decided TO join the fight.
and that 5000 more men and women
will be locked out. They. too. will at
once declare a strike. A general strike
throughout the city Is threatened.
Evening journal., 1900-04-16
.clnrI. wm aright 70 the Last DIteh.,

New 4ork, April I6.-W. A. Clark,
OF Montana and New York, and former
Governor Hauser, of Montana. held a
conference here yesterday relative to
Mr.. Clark's United States senate as
pirations. Mr.. Clark referred all ques-
TONERS to Mr.. Hauser, who in turn said
that Mr.. Clark would fight to the
last ditch" to retain his seat in the
senate. IF his seat is declared va
cant finally" said Mr.. Hauser, "Sena-
tor Clark will become a candidate for
reelection by the next state legisla-
ture to be elected in November"
Evening journal., 1900-04-16
striking Chicago TaiIors Resume.

Chicago, April 16.-As the result Of
conference betwene H. X. Mccarthy,
president of the Tailors' and Drapers'
Exchange. and the executive commit
tee OF the Journeymen Tailors' union
the 1890 men who have been on strike
for several weeks went back to work
today. The wages will remain the
same for three years. At the end OF
two years if the majority of men in n
shop ask for free shops the request
Is TO be granted.
Evening journal., 1900-04-16
MeSicans' Kindness to Indian Rebels.

City OF Mexico, April l6.-Forty
members of the Yaqui tribe OF Indians,
prisoners of war, have arrived here.
They were escorted by troops through
the streets, and along the line ofmarch
the people rushed out to offer deli
cacies and money. which the Yaquis
gratefully accepted, the kindness OF
the Mexican people making a marked
impression on them. The prisoners
will, I'm accordance with the policy
adopted. be distributed In different
parts of the republic and taught civ
ilized ways.
Evening journal., 1900-04-16
Morrnn,r overrheImlnr vIctorr

Birmingham, April 16.-Latest re-
turns from the primaries held through
out the state Saturday only serve to
confirm the overwhelming victory OF
Senator Morgan over Governor Johns
ton for the United States senatorship.
Senator Morgan will have 116 of the
100 Democratic votes in the general as
sembly. w. J. Sanford, for governor,
may go to the state convention with
a majority of the delegates, as the re-
turns indicate that he carried the state
with the exception Of a few countries.