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Senator Fairbanks late this afternoon
succeeded in passing through the Senate a
bill granting a pension of 500 month to
the widow OF Major General Lawton. The
bill as reported from the House carried
only $50 a month. but Senator Fairbanks
Induced the Senate TO increase the amount
The bill has yet TO pass the House, where
the amount may be cut down again.
Senator Fairbanks to-day introduced an
amendment to the sundry civil bill to ap-
propriate 5000 for repairs and improve
ment of the buildings and grounds of the
National Cemetery at New Albany. His
bills 10 pay the Miliken claim for carrying
the mail between Paducah, KY, and Iuka.
Miss. from April to June !, 1861. 800. and
TO pay for paving Hanna street in front of
and adjacent to the arsenal, something
above 81 600. were favorably reported to the
Senate to-day from the committee
claims
The postofice at Occident. Rush county.
has been abolished.
The President to-day sent to the House
his veto of a bill for the relief OF William
L. Orr The bill was for service as assist
ant engineer in the navy from September.
1868, TO March. 1865. The President says
the records of the navy show that Orr
never performed this service. He ap-
pointed. but the appointment never reached
him, nor did he accept. The President sug-
gests that in case of doubt a proviso be
added the bill aging that 1T shall be paid
In case OF satisfactory proof being made TO
the secretary of the treasury.
The Department of State Is officially in
formed that the French government has
decided not to grant permission to foreign
militia to visit Paris in organized bodies
during the exposition.
Representative Overstreet. of Indiana, to-
day submitted the majority report on the
antitrust bill agreed to by the committee
on judiciary yesterday. 1t follows the
same general lines as the report favoring
a constitutional amendment. except to
show that the present legislation goes to
the limit of the powers of Congress. where
as a constitutional amendment would give
Congress new and much needed powers to
cope with the various forms of trusts.
Until this enlarged constitutional power is
given the report states that Congress can
merely strengthen the Sherman act, not
by attempting TO repress. control or define
trusts. but by declaring them illegal for
the purpose of interstate and foreign COM
merce.
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At THE BANQUET TABLE
MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATED HOLD
REUNION AT CHICAGO.
Business Meeting Followed by a Feast
Several Speeches, Including
One by Bishop Fowler.

CHICAGO. May 16-The annual banquet
Auditorium this evening. There were
seven long tables in the body of the room
for the members. every seat having an
occupant. and another table for the guests,
among whom were Bishop Charles III. Fow-
Ter. OF the Methodist Church. Col r. c.
Clowry, vice president of the Western
Union Telegraph Company; f. ]. Nally.
OF the Postal Telegraph Company; II. u.
Estabrook and John p. Wilson. of Chicago.
The tables were ornamented with can
delabra and large punches of red roses.
President Victor f. Lawson presided and
Mr.. Clark Howell. Of the Atlanta Constitu-
ton. was the POSTMASTER. The loving cup
was passed by General Manager Stone.
whose facetious introductions of the men,
bers provoked much laughter and clapping
OF hands.
When the cigars were lighted Mr. Clark
Howell. OF the Atlanta Constitution. took
charge and In brief speech said that so
far as "the Southern contingent was con-
cerned they were willing to leave the future
OF the Associated Press in the hands of
the men who had guided 1t ito the magnifi-
cent position which IL occupied to-day as
the greatest news-gathering organization
In the world" IApplause.l
In introducing the first speaker. Gen. III.
@. Otis. OF Los Angeles. Mr.. Howell re-
ferred to patriotism in Journalism. saving:
when the honor of flag. the prestige
of our country are concerned. in upholding
the flag and in maintaining the dignity and
the honor of the country there and then
begin" tApplause.l
General Otis spoke to the question.
'sWhere should patriotism begin and where
end IL the conduct OF a newspaper We
OF the journalistic profession. and especial
~ we who publish partisan political news
papers. may well bear In mind at every
-juncture in a national political contest the
effect OF our utterances and OF our teach
ings upon the government under which we
live and 10 which we owe supreme allegi-
snce- This attitude when rightly taken is
entirely consistent with the strongest ad-
vocacy and the firmest adherence 10 the
political party which we happen 10 espouse.
Tor We take sides in party contests, not for
the sake merely of helping our side to win
but for the sake, as we are wont TO claim,
or the final effect upon the country as
whole or the policies which we advocate.
To take any lower position than this would
b. fndefensible. and IL cannot be main
tanned The whole science. then, of life %
journalism, OF politics and OF government
r. TO be right. Let that be our aim Let
the Constitution OF the United States and
the nag be our guide and our Inspiration
and we will make no mistake. Applause
Gen. Charles III. Taylor. OF the Boston
Globe. spoke about the organization OF the
frst Associated Press by James Gordon
Bennett and OF modern newspapers. which
are. he said. printed for different constitu-
eneies, giving the readers the news In
which they ere particularly interested. In
conclusion he said: Speaking OF reform
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BULLER OCCUPIES GLENCOE.


LONDON, May &c. 1925 a. m.-The War
Office has posted the following dispatch
from General Butler. dated Dundee. May 16
I'VE occupied Glencoe yesterday. The
Transvaalers have now evacuated Biggars-
berg. The Free Staters on the Drakens-
burg are much reduced in numbers. The
Lindenburg. Carolina and Pretoria COM
mandoes trekked north from Hlatikulo on
the 18th and 14th of May. Eleven guns were
entrained at Glencoe. The last train. with
ambulance, left there at dawn May Is. This
result has been largely produced by the ac-
ton of the Fifth Division, which, during
the last few days. has done a great deal of
very hard work-marching. mountain
climbing and road-making. Trains are now
running to Vessels Mex station
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German-American Publishers.

CHICAGO. May 16-The annual meeting
Of the Communication Publishers Asso-
citation took place to-day at the Auditorium
The meeting was attended by every Ger
man-American newspaper publisher Of
prominence In the country. Important mat
tiers of general interest were discussed and
steps taken accordingly. The result of the
election of officers was as follows: John
Schroers. of the Westliche Post. st. Louis,
president: Herman Ridder, of the New
York Staatz Zuitung, vice president; F.
Gloedaer. of the Chicago Abend Post, Sec
rotary; Z. Coleman. of the Milwaukee Her
old. treasurer. "A vote of thanks was ten
dered Mr.. Schroers and the other officers
for valuable services rendered In the in
terests Of the German-American publishers
during the past year.
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If DEFEATED AT THE vAAL
TransvaaIers May Surrender to the
British Commander.

LONDON, May 16.-The most important
development in to-days war news is a
statement cabled from Cape Town an
nouncing that the Boer delegates had ad-
vised the Transvaalers to surrender If de-
feated at the Vaaf This remarkable an
nouncement is vouched for on good au-
thority, and obviously receives more Gre
dence in Cape Town than would a mere
rumor.
NEW YORK. May 16.-Messrs. Fischer.
Wolmerans and Vessels, constituting the
ENJOYS from the South African Republic and
Orange Free State, who arrived here yes
terday, commissioned by their government
TO endeavor to induce the United States to
its influence for the establishment of
peace in South Africa, were questioned to-
day regarding the statement from London
that a cablegram from Cape Town asserted
they had advised surrender should their
countrymen be defeated on the Vaal river.
Severally and collectively the representa-
tfves vehemently denied that they had
given any such advice, and they declared
they were unalterably opposed to surren-
a
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American Humor for the Ancient
Company of FishmOngers.

LONDON, May 16.-Joseph b. Choate.
the United States ambassador. was the
special guest at dinner this evening Of the
Ancient Company of Fishmongers. The as
sembIage, which was very distinguished.
included the Chinese. Swiss and Servian
ministers. Sir Thomas Henry Sanderson.
permanent under secretary of state for for
eign affairs. and other foreign officers.
Early in his speech Mr.. Choate remarked:
Forget your wars and internal commo-
tons and look quietly in the faces OF the
diplomatic representatives of the world
who are bringing you only messages OF
peace
The applause that greeted this apparent
commonplace remark could only be appre-
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LONDON, May T7.-An armored road
train, constructed for the War Office, was
tried yesterday at Leeds. The officers pres
ent at the trial think the invention marks
a great advance in military science. The
armor is half an inch of nickel and steel,
and is proof against bullets and shell
splinters at a distance of twenty yards
Each of the three trucks of the train car
ries one AZ naval gun. The trial. which
was made under severe conditions was
completely successful and the train will
proceed to South Africa Immediately.
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BERLIN, May 16.-The budget commit
tee of the Reichstag concluded the debate
of the naval bill to-day, after deciding that
the measure is to come in force simultane-
ously with the amendments TO the stamp
law and the customs tariff providing the
means for the increased naval expendi-
lures. The committee also resolved that
should the naval estimates exceed the
81 O0O 600 marks thus provided the excess
must not be covered by indirect taxation.
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ELGIN. Ill. May 16.-Mrs. Phoebe A.
Poisson. sister of Representative Albert j.
Hopkins. shot herself to-day at her home
In Maple Park. She was alone al the time.
and the discovery was made by her little
daughter Effe on her return from school.
The child found her mother dead upon the
floor with bullet hole in her head and a
revolver by her side Mrs. Poisson had
been in I'll health for some time. and of
late had been respondent. and she had been
brooding over the recent death OF her hus-
ba nd
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THOSE CIVILIZED BOERS.
How They Decoy British with the

white Flag and Then s.POt'' Them.
LONDON, May 16.-The War Office posts
the following dispatch from Lord Roberts.
under date of Kroonstad. May Is:
1.-TWO officers and six men Of Prince AL
fred's Guards. while out foraging yester-
day, few miles from Kroonstad, visited n
farm flying white flag, the owner OF
which surrendered himself with arms and
ammunition. They then approached an
other farm, also flying white flag. When
within forty yards. of the Enclosure they
were fired upon by fifteen or sixteen Beers
concealed behind the farm wall. Two Of
the men were killed. Lieutenant F. B. Wal
ton was wounded and Lieutenant w. B.
Everton and two noncommissioned officers
were taken prisoners. The owner OF the
farm states that the Beers threatened to
shoot him when he protested against their
making improper use of the white flag"
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NEW YORK. May 16.-Certain newspa-
pers having made the statement that Lord
Curzon, viceroy of India. had said that no
further help was needed in the famine, the
New York committee Of one hundred on
India famine relief sent an inquiry to Lord
Curzon and received the following reply:
$50 far from no more funds being needed,
every dollar is of service In saving life We
have five and three-quarters millions on re-
lief. Many in extreme restitution. All help
gladly received 4"
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ST. CATHARINEs. Ont. May 1s.-Fire
started to-day in the Canada Cycle and
Motor Company's establishment. and spread
to the weiland Vale Companys works and
before the flames were subdued both plants
were complete wrecks The loss will amount
to nearly half million dollars, partially
covered by insurance. Over five hundred
men are thrown out of employment
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MENOMINEE. Mich. May 16.-Heavy
rains to-day put out the fire at Fisher.
which started Monday. The loss is esti-
mated at $4,000; insurance only 100000.
The sawmill and single planning mill. lum-
Der and cedar yard. dry sheds. kilns.
schoolhouse. hospital and eight dwellings
are destroyed. The mills We're owned by
s. NJ. Fisher. OF Chicago. president of the
Wisconsin a. Michigan Railroad Company.
c. III. Worcester & Co. lost 100000 feet OF
lumber, 100000 shingles and large guam
tity of cedar product
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LONDON, May 1.-THE Lisbon CORE
spondent of the Daily Mail says: "A SEMI
official, government organ declares that the
Delagoa Railway bonds form part OF the
guarantee of a loan which the Paris COM
mittee of the Portuguese Tobacco Com
pany has granted to Portugal to pay the
Delagoa award. This Information mas
PASSED the censor.
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BERLIN. May 16.-Berlin and Chariot
tenberg. a favorite' suburb o. the capital,
were to-day under the spell OF the Barnum
& Bailey circus. There was street parade
this forenoon. the public schools closing 10
enable the children TO see It, The opening
performance tonight was well attended.
The circus will remain here for month";
The civic authorities placed many OBJ
stacles In the way or thorough advertising.
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Grand Army Home Burned.

PITTSBURG, Pa. May 16.-Fire this aft
ernoon destroyed the Grand Army home
for soldiers widows at Hawkins station.
on the Pennsylvania railroad. near here.
The forty inmates. ranging i'm age from
fifty-five to ninety-five years. escaped
without injury. One old woman. Mrs.
Tence, aged ninety-five years. may die
from the shock. Loss. $4,000. Cause Of fire
unknown.
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MORE TROOPS AT BEIRA.

Lord Dunraven and His SharpshO0t-
ers on Portuguese Soil.
LONDON. May 16.-About LOO more
troops have arrived at Beira, Portuguese
East Africa. Among them is Lord Dun
raven. who accompanied the Dunraven
sharpshooters as supernumerary captain
on the battalion staff.
The governor OF Beira, Senior Noyrelles,
in the course of a speech at dinner to the
yeomanry, said: Friends, as we have al
ways been of England, we could never have
realized the magnificent unity of the Anglo
Saxon race without such an object lesson.
Realizing this, Portugal not only congrat-
ulates her ancient ally. but rejoices with II,
as the strengthening of a friend is the
strengthening of ourselves.
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COLUMBUS. o.. May 16.-The American
Association OF Physiological Physicians
and Surgeons to-day elected J. w. Shock
ley. of Columbus. president; III. p. Nelson.
of Chicago. and W. l.. LOOMS. OF Toledo,
vice presidents: K. Anthony. indianapolis,
treasurer: A. w. Fisher. Indianapolis. Sec
rotary. Indianapolis was chosen as the
place Of the next meeting.
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MAY DETAIN CANNED GOODS.
Portugal Under No Treaty Obligations
to the United States.

WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE State De-
partment knows nothing OF the reported
detention of American canned beef at Lou
renzo Marques and a purpose on the part
OF the United States consul to make pro-
test against the action OF the Portuguese
authorities In this matter. 1t is said that
a neutral nation. such as is Portugal In
this case. has an undoubted right to pre-
scribe certain goods as contraband of war
and prevent their transportation across its
territory. But leaving aside the question
as to the right to declare contraband it Il
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Other Fires.

BRISTOL. Tenn. May 16.-Fire to-day at
the Toms Creek coal mines, i'm Wise coun-
ty, Virginia, destroyed disintegrator wash
ers and other machinery of the Virginia
Iron, Coal and Coke Company, entailing a
loss of 100000 The c0mpanys stores and
other buildings We're saved
GREENWICH, Conn.,, May 16-Fire to-
night destroyed several business blocks,
the Catholic Church. one of E c. Bene-
diets stables and few other buildings,
causing total loss of $4,000
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TIEN-TSIN, May IGNORE Boxer" out
RACES are reported sixty miles north OF
Tien-Tsin, where a number of native Chris
tfans have been massacred. The British
admiral has arrived here and proceeded for
Picking.
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KANSAS CITY. Mo-. May I6.-william
YOU'VE. dairyman. killed himself tonight
after having fired three bullets into the
head of his wife The woman probably will
die. The couple have been estranged for
some time
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BERLIN, May 16.-The Vossische Zeitung
to-day severely criticises the tarin poicy
of the United States government as AFFECT
ing Porto Rico and calls 1T brutaliy unfair
to Europe.
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INyALID,s RUBBER GOODS.

Air Beds, Pillow and Chair Cushions Hospital
Rings. Urinals. Bed Pans, Fountain and Bulb
syringes Hot Water Bottles. Stomach Tubes
and Shower Baths. Bath Cabinets.
VIM III. ARMSTRONG & CO..
SURGICAL INSTRUMENT MAKERS
s24 and 22s S. Meridian street. indianapolis Ind.
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DOMINION oF CANADA
WHERE WILL HE STOP !?


Successful Reproduction by DIR.
Loeb of Lever Orders of Life
CHICAGO, Sept. 14.-After spending the
summer making remarkable advances in
the development of life from unfertilized
eggs, DR.. Jacques Loeb returned last
evening to the University Of Chicago,
where he is the head Of the department
of physiology and professor of expert
mental biology He has carried on his
scientific work in the marine biological
laboratory at Woods Holl, Mass
This summer he succeeded in the arti-
fetal reproduction of star fish, and what
is more wonderful, he was successful in
artifieially reproducing worms. Last year
his successes were limited to sea ur-
chins, teehinoderms, or shell-covered ami
mails, one degree lower than star fish
second method of artificial fertiiZa-
ton was discovered by the professor He
accomplished his results last year by
chemical fertilization This year Dr.
Loeb has discovered method which he
calls cosmetic fertilization which docs
not demand chemical action, but is a
process of causing the egg to lose a GER
tain amount of water.
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a NOVEL PLEA.


The would-be swindlers of life insur-
ance companies have invaded New Eng
land and essayed some Of their frauds
in Rhode Island Fooled as they in
evitably are everywhere, their plans
frustrated and themselves under arrest,
it is refreshing to note a novelty in the
case of the ringleader, who, in this in
stance has put in the defense of in
sanity. A man may certainly be con-
sidered at least half crazy to seek to
defraud a reputable life insurance or
ganization, and perhaps this fellows plea
that he was wholly daft may win out
for him.
1t is SO easy to be satisfied with life
insurance by merely taking a policy and
then letting it run its natural course to
maturity and certain payment, that to
seek to ''beat the company denotes an
abnormal and perverted mind. Life in
surance being one of the few mundane
institutions which wrong nobody and
bless millions is so secure in the right
that to seek to defraud it stamps the
one who attempts the deed as a fool and
a sinner.
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berry of the public should be desired. The
knowledge that the oity was preparing
to buy and would soon reach a point
when 1t must buy would quickly bull
the stocks on the market and place them
at a preposterous figage. Yet that figure
would be the market price," and IL 1t
were decided by popular vote to adopt
that method of gaining control there
would be no way out of 1t but to pay
the market price and look pleasant.
Nor does it seem practicable to pur-
chase on the basis OF cost of duplication,
less depreciation, although It might be
advantageous to the public 1t would al
most certainly result in great loss to the
corporation, and could be successfully
resisted in court upon that showing.
The second proposition-the return to
stockholders of money actually invested
In the business-seems the fairest Of ALL
1t is to be presumed that the stockhold-
ers receive satisfactory interest on the
capital they invest as long as they are
owners, ana for the very reason that the
third proposition mentioned above, l. e.,
cost Of duplication, would entail a loss on
them, they could not reasonably ask any
premium on what money they have put
into the business because the second plan
would amount to a proposition to hand
over to them more money than they
would need to duplicate their tangible
property.
There may be some views disagreeing
with this, and it will be interesting to
read them when the returns are all in.
But the most interesting point to be de-
termined will be what the majority Of
Chicago people think about municipal
ownership of street railroads.
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THE ISSUE.

President Mckinley, in his letter of ac-
ceptance, referring to the new posses
sions, said:
"Our title is good. Our peace commits
sions believed they were receiving a
good title when they concluded the
treaty. The executive believed it was a
good title when he submitted it to the
senate Of the United States for its rati-
hcation The senate believed it was q
good title when they gave it their con-
stitutional assent, and the congress
seems not to have doubted its complete
ness when it appropriated $2O.0Oo,oe6 pro-
vided by the treaty. If any who favor
ed It's ratification believed it gave US q
bad title, they were not sincere. Our
title is practically identical with that
under which we hold our territory ac-
quired since. the beginning of the gov
ernment, and under which we have ex-
ercised full sovereignty and established
government for the Inhabitants.
1T Is worthy of note that no one out
side of the United States disputes the
fuiiness and integrity OF the occasion.
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NEW YORK-Arrived: Fuerst Bismarck,
from Hamburg; Lucania, Liverpool and
Queenstown.
HAMBURG = Arrived: Pretoria, from
New York.
G bASGOW-Arrived: Norwegian, from
Boston. Sailed, Sandman, New York
O. HfoV-t17t 4E,,--Sailod; Partisan (from Liv-
SOUTHAAFPTON-s Kaiser Fried
erich, from Hamburg), New York, via
GherbeuTg
ST. MICHAEL s-Passed: Kaiser Will
e helm Il, Genoa, Naples and Gibraltar,
for New York.
BRISBANE Arrived: Aorangi, vancou-
yer, b C., via Honolulu, for Sydney,
NAPLES Arrived: Ems, New York, via
Gibraltar. for Genoa (and proceeded).
ST. VINCENT, c. V.-Arrived: Luxora,
San Francisco and Montevideo, for
Hamburg.
BRISBANE-Sailed: Miowera (from Sgd
ney, N. ". s., for Honolulu and Van
couver.
YOKOHAMA-Saile Braemer, Hong
Kong. etc, Portland Or.
SCILLY-Passed: Southwark. New York.
for Antwerp.