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preached the flags were mastheaded on
the Hohenzollern, the other yachts dressed
ship and the blue jacketes manned ship.
A large crowd of spectators was present.
The gray clouds and heavy seas of the
past week are giving way to blue SKY
and smooth water. The arrival OF the war
ships is somewhat divertins interest from
Osborne House The esplanade Is lined
with people. and the numerous yachts In
these waters give the roads the aspect or
racing week. East Cowes, however. is as
mournful as ever. The shades are drawn
and business has ceased. The only enliven-
ment in the streets is an occasional car
rage with equerries or officers In cooked
hats returning from paying their last re-
spectS to the dead.
Since noon the battleships have been
steaming up to Spithead. and have ALREADY
extended the line of warships two and a
half cables apart, which have taken up
position in single line. all dressed from
stem to stern.
The khaki-painted gun carriage, with
specially constructed coffin shaped struc-
ture. has arrived here, with six artillery
horses. A rehearsal was gone through
from Trinity pier to Osborne.
The construction of the mortuary chapel
on the quarter deck of the royal yacht
Alberta is proceeding apace. The most
elaborate precautions are being taken to
prevent any hitch in Fridays arrange
ments. A company of the Queens Guard
again rehearsed the military movements
ir the narrow and tortuous streets, while
the bearers experimental with lead
weighted bier of the same weight as the
royal coffin. Emperor William and Lord
Lonsdale had long stroll in the grounds
OF Osborne House this morning.
The detectives continue the same rigor-
precautions which have been observed
since the arrival here of Emperor VIII
liam. Every steamer or launch arriving
on either side of the Madina river is close
ly scrutiniZed while the approaches to Os-
borne House are as effectively guarded as
ever, though the authorities deprecate tho
idea that they have any particular appre-
hension of the presence of undesirable for
eigners.
The Deputy Governor has ordered all
business places on the island to be closed
from u O'Clock to 4 p. Friday.
Emperor William and the Duke of Con-
naught will sleep on board the imperial
yacht Hohenzollern Friday night. while
King Edward. Queen Alexandra and other
members of the royal family will be dis
tributed on board the royal yachts Osborne
and Victoria and Albert.
Princess Beatrice took her children to
the chappelle ardente to-day for a final
look at the coffin.
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The Oklahoma statehood convention, In
session at Guthrie, is unanimous for state
hood at the earliest possible moment
The National Lumber Exporters Asso-
citation met in its first annual session IN
Memphis yesterday. with nearly every
large lumber producing State represented.
Numerous papers were read before the
annual meeting of the Central Short-horn
Breeders Association of America at Kan
sas City. Mo-, yesterday. Among them
were papers by John E. Robbins. of
Horace, Ind. and United States Senator
William A. Harris. of Kansas.
An exhibition of garments began yes
terday at the national convention of the
Customs Cutters Association in Cincin-
natl. A gold button was presented TO G.
Upton, of Paris, who is eighty-three years
old and a, veteran in the association. The
annual address of President John r. PeltZ
was the feature yesterday. Addresses were
also made by George 8. Evans of Urichs-
vile, o.. and j. b. McGaughey, of Column
bus. followed by discussions and practical
work.
The national maritime congress called by
Governor Gambler assembled at Brunswick.
Ga, yesterday. Delegates are present from
many parts of the United States. Acting
Mayor Du Bignon delivered the address of
welcome on behalf of the city and Edwin
Brobston for the Board of Trade. w. f.
Key, of Brunswick, was elected perma-
nent chairman and c.. ID. Ogg secretary.
The monitor AmphHtrite. ordered here by
the secretary of the navy, lies in the har-
Dor.
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MERELY PRECAUTIONARY.


BALTIMORE, Jan. s0.-A secret exami-
nation of the accounts has just been made
in every department of the Merchants Ma
tional Bank, one of the leading financial
institutions Of this city. The examination
was conducted with so much secrecy that
not even the most trusted employees OF the
bank knew that it was in progress. al
though two weeks were occupied in making
it. Douglass II. Thomas. president of the
bank, to-day gave the following explana-
lion of it.:
I'VE have taken what believe 10 be a
new departure in banking customs, In that
we have had a thorough overhauling Of the
affairs OF the bank in order TO assure our
selves beyond doubt that no Irregularities
nor discrepancies exist In any department.
There has been no suspicion upon our part,
MOI has the examination been made be-
cause OF anything tending to raise doubt
In our minds concerning anything or any
body connected with the bank. IL Is simply
the inception OF a system which we purpose
to adopt in the future of making periodical
examinations OF a similar nature independ-
ont of those made by the board OF direc-
tors and the national bank examiner. IN
der the system which we have adopted long
continued manipulation OF books and ac-
counts will be impossible and the conse-
quent danger of breaches OF faith upon the
Part of employees in all branches will be
reduced to a minimum, IL not prevented
entirely
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Joint ballots taken in the dead
locked legislatures yesterday, but no sem
ators were elected.
After a spirited debate yesterday the
arkansas House, by a vote of 46 to ~,
refused to expunge from its records a reso-
luton previously passed expressed SYM
pathy with the Filipinos and Beers.
The lower House of the Tennessee Legis-
lature, after a long discussion, yesterday
adopted resolution expressing sympathy
with the Beers. In the Senate Mr.. Cox
introduced a bill fixing a penalty for SELL
ing or giving away liquor within the Cap
itol. 1t is claimed that liquor has been
freely given away in the Statehouse.
The Illinois House has passed the Senate
bill providing for the participation of the
State of Illinois in the Pan-American ex-
position at Buffalo. The bill now goes to
the Governor and Immediately upon ap-
prevail by him will become a law: 1t pro-
vides for the expenditure of $4,000 for the
purpose of erecting a suitable building and
making exhibit of the States products
and resources.
At Albany, N. Y, yesterday at least
five hundred men and women, most of them
Christian Scientists from New York. at
tended the hearing on Assemblyman Bells
bill to abolish Christian Science, faith cure
and divine healing systems. The scientists
attacked the bill on every ground imag-
Unable 1t was held up as horrible &C.
topus OF medicine and In the interests
of the doctors trust. DR.. Mary Walker
who was present. said Christian Science
might be a good thing, but she did not
have enough Jesus in her to try IL.
The Delaware House yesterday amended
the joint resolution adopted by that body
on Tuesday and changed the date of adj
journment from the 1st to the Sth of March.
AS United States Senator Kennys term
will not expire until March 4, IT Is intimated
the date Of adjournment was changed In
order to prevent the appointment of a
senator by the Governor, which would be
possible if a vacancy occurred during a
recess of the General Assembly. 1t is
the opinion that if such contingency arose
Governor HUM would appoint Mr.. Addicks.
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Of which Mr.. King declared that the Ohio
member had become a common scold.
TIT FOR TAT.
If the law against common scolds were
|rtiEz in force flashed back Mr.. Grosvenor,
|'.you would have been ducked to death long
|ago.
And you would have been ducked an
terror TO that" retorted Mr.. King
At this point. when the chair fntimated
that the amendment as drawn was not in
order. Mr.. King changed 1t so as to place
|it In the exact language of the Lands
amendment and making it apply only to
Mr. Payne. OF New York who was in the
chair. thought the amendment would
modify the previous amendment upon Utah
AZ would not be IN order.
Dir. King seized eagerly upon this sugges-
ton and modified IL so as to make 1t APP
plicable 10 Indiana alone. In this form the
chair held that IL was In order.
Mr.. King explained briefly that he would
have been perfectly willing TO include Utah
with Indiana. but could not do 50 without
leaving It subject TO a point Of order He
again reverted TO the amendment already
adopted, which. he declared. was gratui-
tous insult to his State He spoke OF the
agricultural college of Utah one that
had gained a splendid reputation by its
achievements and paid high tribute to
appointed so-calIed 'gentiles." II teachers
had been appointed who were obnoxious
they had been appointed by men outside OF
the pale OF the dominant church. The
amendment was an affront to the people or
Utah and to the Republican officials Of the
State.
Mr.. Grosvenor said he had not voted for
the amendment with the idea Of assaulting
the people or Utah
Mr.. Miers. of Indiana, appealed to Mr..
King 20 withdraw the amendment 1t had
served the gentleman's purpose, he said,
and he appealed to him not TO cast re-
Election upon the college at Lafayette. mo
The debate was cut short at this point by a
demand for the previous question and the
amendment was voted down by viva yoce
vote.
After this action had been taken Mr..
King asked the privilege of Withdrawing II.
He said IL had not been his intention to al
low il 10 come TO vote. The request was
not granted
When the bill was reported to the House
Mr.. King demanded a separate vote upon
the Lands amendment. which was then
stricken from the bill by rising votes 10
- The bill was passed and at DAD p. m.
the House adjourned.
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terday to form new league. Represent
atives were present from Cedar Rapids.
Davenport, Rock Island Quincy. ottum-
wa, Decatur, Rockford, Terre Haute,
Evansville. Bloomington and Peoria. Or
Ganization was not completed.
For his ride on Don Clarencie in the
steeplechase at New Orleans yesterday
Jockey t. Pines was ruled of the turf.
choice in the betting and judged on past
performances could only have been sec
ond at best, his riders methods were so
ralpable that the stewards, IL is said were
fully justified and commended on their
prompt action.
j. F. Kilfoyle, who with c. W. Somers
owns the Cleveland American League
team. denies that Mr.. Somers has pur-
chased the Boston American League club.
The statement probably arose from the
fact that Mr.. Somers recently acted a.
agent in the transaction which gave tho
American League club in that city. In
time the franchise will be transferred To
Boston parties. and is now held by the
American League
The annual report of President Eliot, OF
Harvard University, devotes less space than
usual to collegiate athletics and the gem
eral tone is commendatory. President Eliot
says in part: 1.-The American colleges
seem TO be gradually learning how to con-
duct amateur sports In a reputable manner
Harvard University has had its full share
or the difficulties during the past thirty
years, but ii has at last found a way to
a satisfactory constitution for a commit
tee to regulate athletic sports"
At the annual meeting of the National
cycling Association TO be held In New York
next Tuesday some important changes I'm
the racing rules will be submitted for
adoption. The Introduction of motor pac-
ing has made a change in the riding of
paced middle distance racers. and the old
rules drawn up for use when the pacing
machines were driven by muscle alone will
not fit the new conditions Elkes, Nc
Duffee and Michael have made suggestions
TO the association, and the chances are
that several amendments will be made
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ARRANGEMENTS AT WINDSOR.
Preparations for the Final CeremO-
nies-Rehearsals at the Castle.

WINDSOR Jan. 30.-Several of the
younger members of the royal family ar
rived here this evening and went to the
castle for the funeral. Rehearsals of the
distinctive features of the obsequies are
recurring constantly. Practically the whole
OF the royal borough will be draped in
mourning. whereas. elsewhere. only the
route of the procession viii be thus marked.
Enormous numbers of floral emblems, from
the six-foot cross of royalty to the tiny
tributes of the local cottagers, are pour
ing i'm. and are being hung in the chapel.
Only the wreaths of the royal family will
be deposited round the catafalque.
The service in st. Georges Chapel will be-
GIN at o'clock The body is expected TO
arrive at Windsor at 1850 p. m. The route
tn the chapel, which occupies half an hour.
will be lined by troops. two deep. the Elton
Volunteers participating with the guards.
The service will be the ordinary service
used for the burial of the dead, with special
music. The choir will sing from the altar
steps, whence, also the Garter king-of-
arms will announce the decease of the
sovereign and all hes rights and titles.
Accommodation has been reserved on the
leff of the coffin for the princesses. The
King and other crowned heads will stand
at the head. Enormous crowds are ex-
pected. People are willingly paying e2o for
q window from which 10 view the pro-
oession
A small crowd gathered this afternoon TO
view the wreaths sent up from Osborne
and placed around the ancient cloister
adjoining St. Georges Chapel. Windsor
castle was deserted save for the sight
seers. The standard fioated at half-mast
on top of the great tower, rocks cawed
mournfully around the UNCOVERED but
tresses and from the chapel came the clang
CT carpenters hammers. Carloads of tim
Ser were constantly arriving. with which
lands are being built about the chapel
y. accommodate those who will view the
service on Saturday. In the town black and
purple drapery is beginning TO cover the
artiquated houses.
and crowns from rare blossoms that are
the gifts OF royal personages down to
humble posies sent by children, thousands
of flower pieces. including tokens from
most OF the members of the aristocracy.
numerous clubs, country towns, cities, So
cieties. regiments. inmates of warehouses;
and even the smallest nosegays are laid
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Notes from Other Lands.

Several cases of leprosy have been dis
covered in family in Mersoburg, Prussian
Saxony.
The Empress of Germany has returned
to Homburg to visit the dowager Empress
Frederick.
Five subordinate postoffice officials have
been arrested at Ohligs, on the Rhine.
charged with embezzlement. All have con-
fessed.
At a meeting in Berlin of the sharehold-
ers Of the Prenssische Hypotheken Aktien
Bank, Acting Director Frietz said at leasc
bali the share capital must be regarded
as lost.
Sir Cavendish Boyls, K c. NJ. G. govern
ment secretary of British Guiana since
1S94, has been appointed governor OF New
foundand, succeeding Sir Henry edward
McCallum, recently appointed governor of
Natal.
1.-Two native banks suspended payment
in Bahia yesterday" says the Rio Janeiro
the situation there is critical. The local
press ascribes the difficulty to the finan-
cial policy Of the government.
In view of the general mourning the le-
gitimist and iacobite leagues of England
coatented themselves yesterday with COM
memorating the Northumberland ty-sec-
ond anniversary of the execution of King
Charles L, by special church services. and
omitted the usual decoration of the statue
of the martyr.
French Chamber of Deputies is engaged
to Mile. Price, daughter OF deputy, and
also granddaughter of the late Camille
Doucet who formerly was perpetual sec
rotary of the Academic Franchise The
match was arranged during the recent
parliamentary vacation. The marriage will
be held in the second fortnight of February.
The retirement in disgrace OF General
Francois De Bourbon y De Castelvf, a
cousin OF King Alfonso of Spain, and COM
mander of the Saragossa division OF the
Fifth (Aragon) Military Regiment an
due to certain statements which the gen.
eral published and which were disagree
able 20 the royal family. He was also sus-
pected with being in communication with
Don Carlos.
The Spanish government has made repre-
sensations to the Vatican regarding the
possible transfer 10 Spain OF the French
congregations which will be ousted from
France on the passage OF the law of as
sociations now before the French Chamber
are already protesting against the pros
rect OF such increase I'm the orders.
which are now more numerous In Spain
than In the last century
Sigmund Hertz. of New York, who was
arrested shortly after the arrival at
Queenstown OF the Allan line steamer
Corinthian, from Halifax. Jan. Z, charged
with forgery, was again remanded In the
Bow-street Police Court at London yes
terday. His wife, who had accompanied
Hertz across the Atlantic. sailed for the
United States on the White Star line
steamer Germanic yesterday as a saloon
passenger, her friends in New York having
cabled her the necessary funds
During yesterdays session OF the budget
committee OF the Prussian Diet the state
ment was made that there had been 2.652
accidents In the streets OF Berlin In 1900.
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MOSQUITO FLEET SAFE.


WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.-The Navy De-
partment received a cablegram to-day an
nouncing the arrival of the mosquito fleet
at the Canary islands. This fleet of small
vessels consists of the cruiser Annapolis,
the converted yacht Frolic and the tugs
Wampatuck and Piscataqua. They are en-
route to Manila for patrol duty in the
Philippines. The department has been
much alarmed as to the safety of the feet
because merchant shipping in the same
waters has suffered severely. Secretary
Long has sent the following cablegram TO
the senior officer of the fleet, Commander
Rohrer, of the Annapolis: Department
congratulates you and squadron on sue
cessful passage" The little vessels left
the Bermudas on Jan. II.
Another dispatch just received announces
the arrival at Gibraltar of the big naval
collier Caesar. She is twenty-five days out
from the Bermudas and much apprehen-
SIGN was felt for her safety.
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TRIBUTE BY ROSEBERY.
His LOrdship Speaks mt n Meeting
of the Royal Scottish Corporation.

LONDON, Jan. 30.-Lord Roseberry pre-
sided at special meeting to-day of the
Royal Scottish Corporation, called In Lon
don, to pass resolutions expressing sor-
row at the death of Queen Victoria and of
congratulations on the accession of King
Edward VII. There was crowded attend
ance. Nearly all the Scottish lords were
present. Lord Roseberry remarking that
he would pass lightly over the congratu-
latory part of the programme, said his
Majestys speech at the privy council meet
ing sufficiently indicated the laws by which
he intended his reign should be governed,
thus promising TO make his rule no less IL
lustrious than that OF his parent Lord
Roseberry then dwelt in eloquent terms on
the life and death OF Queen Victoria, say
ing that in the whole history of mankind
no death had touched such large number
OF persons In the entire world. There was
scarcely intelligent individual in the
civilized world but was profoundly moved.
He wondered If her subjects yet realized
how much they had lost and what enor-
nous weight the Queen had had in the
councils of the world 1t was not briliancy
or genius which could supply the advant-
age which she gave Great Britain, but her
fund of knowledge, which was unequaled
by any constitutional historian. 1t was no
disparagement of other. kings to say she
was the chief Of European sovereigns. and
her influence in tho councils of nations
always used for peace. freedom and
good government. Lord Strathcona and
Mount Royal seconded the resolutions.
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Evil side of Warfare.

BERLIN, Jan. 30.-A dispatch TO the
Cologne Volks Zeitung from China relates
horrible details about the warfare in that
country and says: I'VE hope the awful
conditions will soon cease. The depravity
and beastiality also among our troops is
enormously on the increase. Large num-
bers OF old soldiers sentenced to long
terms In the penitentiary and Jail for muir
der, rape or burglary. Our losses are GER
tainly greater that way than by death.
Diseases are still rampant, especially ty-
plus. Disentery is increasing. During No
vember there were nine deaths from disease
in Pao-Ting-Fu alone and also two from
powder explosions. One magazine contain
ing $4,000 pounds of powder was blown up
but only one man was killed and three men
were wounded"
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AFFAIRS IN CHINA.
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and drilled in the use of firearms. NOM
iDally for their own protection. but in
reality, they form large and formidable
reserve force. Every guild and trade, in
addition to all well-to-do gentry, have
those volunteer bodies, who are paid and
armed by the government. They are not a
PUBLIC institution like regular troops, bu.
are dispersed about in towns and villages
without any distinguishing feature, and i'll
the event Of further hostilitieS will spring
UP from all quarters precisely la Boer. -
Other China mail advices in brief are as
fellows: The allies have declared the
krupp guns in the Shanhaikuan forts in
ternational, to prevent their removal, the
Russians previously having carried off all
the guests I'm the Pie-Tang forts, in the
absence of such an arrangement.
The winter began in north China on Dec.
z with a two-foot fall of snow and the
prospect for the poor natives was very
dreary.
Piracy prevails to an extent heretofore
unknown along the Shan-Tung promon-
tory. the poor peasants being robbed ever
Of their bedding. The British naval au-
thorities have been pirate hunting with
good results. and many Of the marauders
have been killed and their junks destroyed.
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and IL was contended that the dangers OF
the thoroughfares were materially In
creased by the electric cars. Baron Rhein-
baben, Prussian minister OF the interior.
and Herr Won Thielen. Prussian minister OF
public works. have been ordered. the Kol-
nische Zeitung says. to report to Emperor
William Immediately after his return from
England as TO the results of the recent ex-
periments with tenders.
According TO the Berliner Post eight new
German warshlps will be completed and
placed in commission this year including
the battleship Kaiser Welhelm der Crosse.
with a displacement of 1l.152 tons, the
twin vessels, Kaiser Barbarossa and Kais-
er Karl der Crosse, the cruiser Prinz Helm
rich. with displacement of 1851 tons, and
four small cruisers. the Thetis. Ariadne,
Medusa and Amazone, each of 2,660 tons.
Five battleships one armored cruiser and
one gunboat building, and two bat
tleships, one armored cruiser and three pro-
tected cruisers will be placed under con-
tract during the present year.