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SENATE Senator Wilson introduced
5. i. 229, to adjust the indebtedness
between Washington county and the
state, Senator Kirby introduced bill
directing the supreme conrtas special
tribunal to investigate the claim Of the
Hudson, n. Y, Bank as TO certain
bonds, some future assembly to pass on
the finding of the court. Mr.. Brooks
fellow servant bill was defeated ayes.
I; noes, 10. The lobe 2-cent railroad
fare bill and the Butler bill, regulating
the pharmacy practice, were defeated.
IL. Il. 1875 was read third time and
passed, 1t provides the manner in
which corporations can be served with
legal notice after same has gone into
the hands OF receiver.
HoUsE,-H. b. 270, comforting en-.
larged powers on the railroad commits
sion, was read third time and passed.
Mr. Clark's bill empowering the state
board of charities to elect employees Of
the state lunatic asylum, after general
discussion, was passed. Mr., Mcar's
bill, requiring election commissioners
to put for and against road tax on
tickets was passed A bill for the relief
Of the bondsmen OF ex.sheriff Reb
Houpt, of Garland county received G3
ayes to . noes.
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ARKANSAS LEGISLATURE
Brief Synopsis of Proceedings Of
Both Houses the Past
Week.
TITLE OF BILLS INTRODUCED AND PASSED
Gov. Davis Approves the Wilson Anti
Gambling Bill-Tho JObe Two Cent
Railroad Fare Bill Indefinitely Post
poned In the senate.
Thursday, March FL.

SE>ATE.-S Ferguson intro.
duced senate bill No. 2l5, to define pub
lie nuisances and provide for their sup
preston, including saloons, gambling
houses and all sporting institutions,
Senator Shorts bill to protect land
owners along navigable streams, was
read third time and passed. 1t pro.
yides that where, by the shift of the
waters, land was taken from or added
to lands along navigable streams, then
the land SO shifted by nature should be.
long TO the owner of the land where
such land lodges. Senator Sengel in
troduced bill authorizing cities of the
second class to fix rates tor use Of tele-
phones II. b. $40, providing for the
public execution of convicted rapists,
was taken up and passed, as was also
Senator Fcrguson's bill, which declares
all bawdy houses, gambling houses and
other such places where liquors are
sold or given away common nuisance
and provides the manner Of abating
the same. The general appropriation
bill was under consideration in the
house, and an amendment cutting out
the appropriation for salary Of commits
sioner Of agriculture for the present
term was defeated.
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TURKEY GETTING TANGLED.
Said To he Rapidly Reaching
Dangerous Pass.

London, March ?s.--Advices received
here from ConStantinople are to the
effect that affairs are rapidly reach
ing dangerous pass there. Turkish
finances are IN un ineNlricable couftl.
sion. All government salaries are
from six to eight months in arrears,
Upward of million Turkish pounds
are due for war material. while the
military expenditure is daily increas-
ing. in order TO cope with the rebel
lion in the proylnc" Of Yemen. in
southern Arabia and The possible ris.
ing in Macedonia.
There is no doubt that the Ottoman
troops received n severe check at the
hands of the Arab insurgents, who.
in manifesto denouncing the sultan,
proclaimed his brother. Mohammcd
Reshad Elfendi, to be sultan with the
title of Mohammed V, The Young
Turks party have adhered to the
Arabian proclamation, and the open
enmity to Abdul llumed, the sultan,
has spread to the palace and the sui
tan's advisers. lzaet ley Is said to be
preparing for flight The patrols of
Constnntnoplc have been doubled.
Mohnnimeduns and Christians are ar
rested hourly, aud large numbers are
daily shipped to ASA Minor.
The tension between Bulg0rians
md AMssumuns In Macedonia is en-
tromc. It is reported that another
band Of murouders has crossed Bul-
garia into Macedonia.
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BITS OF MISCELLANY.

Boston has much vacant land, the
assessed value of which Is 500 100000.
II Is not difficult TO make post
holes in Alaska. A mass Of powder
blasts out the hole in an instant,
telegraph pole is inserted. water
is poured In, and the intense cold
holds the pole secure In an incase.
ment OF ice.
Rev John l., Scwall pastor Of the
First Congregational church In North
Brookncld, Mass, has announced TO
his parlshloncrs that he Will accept. q
reduction OF ten per cent. OF his sal.
airy OF 81 500 year, inasmuch as
many OF the congregation are facing
n ten per cent. reduction In their
wages earned In the local shoe shop,
A new province is to be formed In
India by placing the four districts OF
the punjab that lie beyond the In
dus under n government of their own,
They are the extreme northwest dis
tricts that have been the scenes OF
the recent petty wars, peshowur, Ko-
hat, Bannu and Dera Ismail Khan,
with the political agencies of Dir,
Swat, Chitral, the Khaibar, the Ku'
ram, Tochi and Wana.
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INTERNAL REVENUE BUREAU.
Collections for Eight Months show
Heavy Increases over tOrre-
spending Period Last Year.

Washington, March 2S.- The month.
~ statement of the collections of In
tcrnul revenue ghuW That for the
month of February 1901, the total
collections were &9NG0,i3i I'm In.
crease of SlSj0,iil over the CORE.
spending month last year. The collec-
lions from the several sources Of rev
cnuc are given ns follows Spirits,
SD,6'Ii6l, increase, Sl,3;6,2j2; tobnc-
60, MOBILE, dccrc00r, Sllj,2Oi;. fer.
mcnicd liquors, I,@S'i@D, increase,
Ssi,666; olcomargnrnc, SlSf00!, de.
crease, sls,j5l; special inNcs, not else.
where enumerated, S!i,6l3, increase,
S2,Si0 miscellaneous, S,soO,js2, IN
crease, Sj90,Sd!
For yhc last eight months the total
collections were &O;li00, 50, IN In.
crease over the corresponding period
Of 1000 OF Stl0l,.i2,
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Wedneaday. Mnrch 2S.

SENATE-The following bills were
read third time and passed; H. b.
1886 Brock, to repeal sections 1874.
1915 and SIG Of the digest. which
law prevents conviction for selling
liquor to minors II b. SO, making
time orders issued to employees by cor.
porations negotiable paper; H. b, 1855,
aprpoprating $500 to cover deficiency
for postage in the various state Off.
ces. Senator T. n. Wilson introduced
S. b. 23i. II imposes a tax on inheri.
tances, along the same line as the New
York law, placing the tax at . per
cent. Mr.. Jacobson appeared and an.
nounced that Gov. Davis had signed
the Wilson anti.gambling bill.
HousE-Mr. Charles Jacobson, tire
governors private secretary, appeared
and announced that the governor had
approved the following acts: II, b,
206, amending section 6S57 OF the di.
gest; II. b. l66, authorizing cities OF
the first class to levee vehicle tax.
Mr. Jacobson also submitted mes.
sage from the governor vetoing house
Joint resolution No. 8 Mccain. pro.
posing the submission of an amend.
ment to the constitution so as to pro.
vide that in all civil cases nine mem.
bers of a jury may return verdict.
Several appropriation bills considered
in committee OF whole.
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THE ELECTRICAL WORLD.

Six hundred thousand persons are
employed in the electrical industries
of the United States and about ST.
000.000,000 is invested in them.
Prof. Robenan, the Berlin electrical
expert, who is studying the applca-
bility Of electric traction to tho
Trans. Siberian railroad, states that
within ten years one will be able to
travel around the world in 20 days.
Plans are about completed to close
up the gaps between New York and
Philadelphia and complete n trolley
line between the two big cities. The
tracks of q couple of steam roads are
TO be used for portion of the way
and high rate Of speed is expected.
The promoters say that the full fare
each way will be one dollar, The
round trip between the two places
by the steam roads is four dollars.
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ODDS AND ENDS.

II Is estimated one-third of the
jewellers upon earth are habitual
users of tobacco.
The tip of the minute hand of the
average watch travels nearly four
fifths Of mile every year.
The finest piece of amber ever found
of the English coast was recently
picked mp by a traveller near loves
toff. 1t brought the lucky finder the
sum Of 1897.
Only in II states can married
woman dispose of her separate and
independent estate by will. In the
remaining 2S states she must have
the consent of her husband before
she can will her own property as she
may wish.
There has been no official designa-
ton Of the recent additions TO the
territory of the United States, and it
remains for congress to adopt one.
For the time being those who are
conducting the correspondence of the
state and war department usually re-
fer to "the United States and insular
possessions"
1t is cheaper to be born in New
York than married or buried. An ex-
ception may be found in the case of
the very poor, who can be married
for nothing. A child NAV be brought
into the world among the poor of the
East side, clothed and given a nurs-
ing bottle for S6i0. But death swclls
the bill to at least $50, the minimum
for which n man can be buried out
side Of Potter's field
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TO CONSULT WITH MORGAN.
and Several Business Men
Acting MS MedlatOrs.

New York, March ?s.-Up to noon
no hour had been set for the confer
ence to be held between Rev. Edward
+. Phillips. of lIazelton, Pa, and j.
Pierpont Morgan on the coal situa-
ton, but il was certain the confer
ence would be held some time during
the afternoon. Father Phillips is ac-
companied by seyerarl business men
from Wilkesbarre and Scranton. lie
hopes that an agreement satisfactory
to both sides may be arrived at.
Father Phillips said to reporter that
he did not care to say anything re-
gardng the situation until after n
conference with Mr. Morgan.
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WANTS SOME OF RICE'S MONEY
A Man Found Willing 10 Proclaim
Ills Mothers shame 10 secure
n Dead Mans Money.

Bellcfontuine, o.. March ss.-Cnrl
Carlson, II tailor from Muncie, Ind,
Is en- route to New York, where, he
asserts, he Will enter u formal claim
to u share Of the millions left by VIM,
Marsh Rice, According TO Curlson's
story his mother was twice married.
Her frs, husband wnB named Carl.
son. She separated from him and
married John II, Rice, only son % the
dead millionaire. Carlson declares he
Is Rlce's son, and was so RECOGNIZED
before Rice and his mother died, al
though he has always borne the nnnls
Of his mothers first husband, Carl.
NDu,
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SENArt--By request OF Senator For'
guson unanimous consent was given
him 70 Introduce senate Dill NO. 2l6'
to provide for the appointment or u
state board Of public charities OF BiS
members. subject TO confirmation by
the senate, term of Office to be NIX
years, alternately, two for two years
two for four years. and two for slS
years, tho board to elect GsslstontS'
teachers and transact all business per-
talnlng to tho institutions the Hp
polhtmonts to be made by the govern
or one from each congressional as
tritt A resolution to pay expenses
OF the Hudson Bank investigating
committee was adopted. Senator
Woods bill. providing for extension
OF railroad charters was read thlrd
time and passed Senator Hardys
bill prohibiting school directors from
employing relatives ~ teachers. un.
less upon petition Of twothlrds or
the patrons, was read third timo ana
passed,
llousE--The Brooks and Hughes
pure food bills were defeated. The
general appropriation bill for the
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Live stock Markets.

81, Louis cat tie Fancy exports. 81 6oI
~ s S"l ss TSs,s'p .ss s,SaksrS %s
Packing 50 ~uOlO,. butchers, GpWtlDi
light S5oGC .shoepm,.Mutton sheep,
SpVuiaO, lambs, N,5Oas3j. spiins laribs,
S,Wupo
Chicago Cattle 0ood TO prime stcors.
S,lQaWOO, poor TO medium, $3.50, 10,
atookcra and feeders, &,0mii6, cows, 81, "
Qill0' helfers, &il1ilNi tanners 2clu
200, calves, si2i'tji5 Texas fed steers.
" WmiW, reSus grass steers, SiDfi L0I
Hogs Mixed and butchers, N,Sopt,N.
good to choloo heavy. WO0di0 10; rough
heavy IS S@loio lighl saSOdbOO Sheep
Good to choice wolhers, N,SOili,OO fair 10
eholco mNrd, aljWH,S weatern sheep,
" S0dmuOj SeqrllnRa, ASOii5lo native
lambs ST. 0ft6tOi Western lambs, Sl1p
b 3D.
Kansas llty=Cutle-N Native beef steers,
~ 0OM,O Texas stppfs, Si.DdLlnO, Texas
cows s2B0di3.Ib native cows and helfers,
w. Ibd,i.I5 stockerrs ana feeders, N,oDnj %,
calves slOJffJ,2a Hops Heavy, $1,000
5,giR Fuckers, S.SjnjDj, mixed, s5,S0,t5DD,
llsht, 81 Ijmi,G, workers., SI0d,5,Si. Sheep
s-Muttona, N,25m5OJ; lambs, S,louj,jO,
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Friday, March 22.


SENATE-Senator Kirby mado a
lengthy speech in favor Of the adop-
ton Of the minority report on the
Hudson Bank claim, followed by
Senator Sengel in favor OF the major
ity report. On motion the evidence
taken by the committee was ordered
printed. Senator Lawrence intro
duced bill to prevent leasing Of con
victs to work in competition with free
labor. II. b. No. 35. allowing
sherlffs to purchase and keep blood
hounds, was read the third time and
the bill passed-ayes II, noes 10. The
Brooks bill. requiring railroads to re.
ceive and transport freight without
delay was defeated.
IoUsE-Mr. Stafford called up a
motion to reconsider the vote by
which the house defeated house joint
resolution No, 10, proposing an
amendment to the constitution 80 that
ul'ulIfl , VI llt N'llfl AZ Noo'lhDly 'hii
be placed on salary, The motion
to reconsider prevailed and the joint
resolution went on the calendar. II.
b, No. II, amending the digest so as
to make clearer the law n reference
to publishing legal advertisements
was read third time and passed, The
motion to reconsider Senator Wilson's
antl.gambling pill, which had passed
by the vote of SO to IS. was called up.
Many members spoke on the question,
and Mr.. Clack created quite a stir
when he declared he had been offered
S20C to vote against the bill The mo-
ton to reconsider failed by a vote OF
SO to &c. and the measure was ordered
engrossed and transmitted to the gov
ernor. The vote to reconsider wa
as follows Ayes-Blackburn, Brad
ley, Bush, Butler, Campbell OF Pulas'
ki, Chestnut, Clark. Craig, Gray OF In
dependence, Gray OF Lonoke, Griffith
Hale, Holland, Holt, lobe, Jones OF
Baxter, Keel McCracken, Martin OF
Clcburne, Meador, Means, Moars,
Moore of Newton, Neal, Norton, Poun
dcrs, Rector, Robbins OF White, Shack
lcford Simpson, Toney Turner Wad
dell, Weaver, Welton, West whit
thorno, Williams, Wright Of lndepcn
dence--30. Noes--Alley Atkins, Bla
lock, Bobbitt, Bradford, Brock
Brooks Campbell Of Randolph, Chew
'Clack, Cook of Miller, Farrar, Fut
rcll, Gannaway, GIL, Harris Jelfery
Jones OF Nevada, Killgore, Loary, Me
Cain, Nichols. Parker, Parks" Patton
Perry, Phillips, Ponder Poole, Pow
oil, Rodman, Rocks, Spain, stafford,
Stanncld. WATSON, Wright Of Ouach
ita, Woods, Mr.. Speakcr-39 Pairs
Dean aye and CowlIng no; Fulton aye
and MIntun no; Jackson aye ana XII
Tough no; Iorner aye and Moore OF
Phillips no; Ellis aye and Robbins OF
johnson no.
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AGU|NALDO A PRISONER.
Captured in Province of Isabella,
Island of Luzon, BY Gen.
Fred Funston.

Manila, March 2S.-Gen. Frederick
Funstons daring project for the cap
ture of Aguinaldo in his hiding place
in the province of Isabella, island Of
Luzon, has proved completely success.
full. Agudnaldo was captured there
on March %.
The United States gunboat VickG.
burg, Commander +. B. Perry, with
Gen. Funston and Aguinaldo on board,
arrived here yesterday.
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CONCERNS OF VARIOUS STATES

The taxable property OF negroes In
Georgia was valued last year at'sid,-
ono 600. M increase Of 5000 100 In q year
The Missouri penitentiary, which has
900 wcl.scectcd books, IL supposed
"a have the largest and best prison IT,
brary In the country
An Arkansas bill prohibiting ferries
from being operated within one mile
40 eneh other was unanimously killed
NV The senate on The ground that VI
would iegislate y widow cut VI busi
uess."
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WENT INTO CHENANGO RIVER
A Delaware, Lncknwann Il western
Passenger Train Sin Feet
Under water.

Utica, \, Y, March as,-'rhc posscn'
ger train leaving Utica ON the Della.
ware, Lncknwunno a. Western at $3.50
Tuesday night, was diiched by wash.
out three miles south Of Norwich
The engine and ears now lie six feet
under water IN Chcnango river, One
passenger was hurt,
The wrccking train sent out from
Utica soon utter run into n wushoul
between North Norwich and Shcr.
burne, aud was also dtched.
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HIGH WATER IN MICHIGAN.
Dams ON Grand River Giving Way
Under the Enormous Pressure
of the spring Freshet.

Lowell, Mich. March cS.-The dam
which furnished power for the NUM-.
cipal eleclrclight plant, located eight
miles about here, on the Grand river,
has given way, and when the flood
reaches the dam just above the vii
lagc i, probably will also go out. The
Flat river. which flows into the Grand
at this point, is at the highest stage
ever known, and business firms and
families are moving to higher ground.
The Grand river is within seven inches
of its highest water mark.
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BITTER WEATHER IN EUROPE.
Frost aud snow Evcrywhrrc-Parlv
Under snow Mantle Sew
erai Inches Deep.

London, March 2s.-Thc weather In
Europe continues MS bitter as ever.
There Is frost and snow everywhere.
Seven to ten degrees OF frost were
registered in the London , suburbs
early Wednesday morning, There Is
considerable thickness Of Ice ON the
lakes.
Heavy snow storms have swept over
northern France, and there are scy.
eral inches of snow on the streets Of
Paris,
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Mrs, A, \, Mallory,

Pensacola, Flu" March rs. Mrs, A,
y. Mallory, The venerable WIDOW OF
stephen Il, Mallory. secretary of tile
navy of the confederate states and
mother of United states senator
stephen Il. Mallory A. r. Mallory, OF
Pensacola, Flnu and Mrs, \, y. Ken.
nedy,. of New Orleans, died here Tues
day.
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ST REWNWITH DEAD ANIMALS.
Terrible ESects of the Recent BIZ.
Yard that Swept Over Ne
brnska and Colorado.

Denver. Col, March 2S.-ThousandS
of dead cattle, sheep and horses
strew the plains of western Nebraska
and eastern Colorado as a result Of
the blizzard. In hundreds OF small
ravines and dry beds of creeks the
aniamls crawled to be covered with
drifting snow. while other countless
numbers struggled against the biz
zard TO reach shelter but persisted ON
the ridges. Incoming passengers over
the Burlington and Union Pacific say
that in every little gully are seen The
carcasses of animals, and that the
bodies are scattered over the plains
in every direction.
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HAVE COME TO AN AGREEMENT
The Miners In the Nnssillon District
of Ohio Reach an Agree
ment with the Operators.

Massilon. o., March 2s.-The min
ers and operators in conference here
have reached an agreement whereby
the new scale goes into effect April
/. The operators gained some altera-
tions in the working rules. but all
changes representing dollars and
cents are in the miners favor. The
most important are an advance of two
cents Il car for slack, the reduction
of ten cents per key in the price OF
powder and reduction of ten cents
per ton in the price Of house coal.
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WITH A TREMENDOUS REPORT.
A Metropolitan Company Cur, IN New,
York, Wrecked by u Durst-
linz Air Cylinder.

New York, March ~, The com.
pressed air cylinder In n ear Of the
Metropolitan street Railway Co.'s
Twcnty-clghth and Twcniy.ninth
street branch burst with u trcmcn.
lous report, The bottom and sides
Of the ear were torn oui and VIM
dows In many nearby stores and
houses were broken One man was
Hliphtly hurt
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p,,ts IRE swcctcr baked than II
boiled, M the water they are boiled
In extracts n large percent OF the
sugar which the contain, Wash, but
do not pee, lay in the oven md bake
IN tender. Turn occasionally II nee.
essury TO preYcnt their burning. When
done, peel and serve tho same as II
boiled, Home Magazine,
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rnrdon.d Nv the President,

Washington March gs,-rhc prcsl.
dent has purdoned Wright Lancaster
who was convicted, In 1891, with Il
number Of others, of completely IN
the murder Of John - forsyihc in
southern Georgia The pardon Is
granted because Of the lnsullclcnry
Of the evidence upon which he was
pnnNlrlrd.
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i,ish Water 1T ". Joscph.

81, Joseph, Mlcho March IS, For
the second time this spring the iuc-
tory district between this city and
benton lmrbm HI flooded, The river,
which h hIghcr thnn for many years,
continues to rlse ana apprehension Is
felt regarding The safety OF the
byidnpa
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THU RSDAY, March Is.
Grain aud I'rOViaiOms,

~, Louis Flour - Patents. taGOil3 70;
other grades, s. 0Odi3, 10, Wheat-No. q rod.
1iiami6c. coin-No, mixed i0hni0hc,
Onts-No. 2, g1m21Lc. Hay Timothy. tiO.j9
Wll,OOj lruirie $S.WmlV,v choice clover.
s. 5Ouii 90 butter Creamery, lsm2Lc.
dahy, iiUlTc. eggs Fresh, lie.
Lard 49, Choice steam, &c. Pork =
New mess, $3.50. Bucon-Cleur rib. 10,
Wool-Tpb-washej, 1Susic, Missouri and
grG dos, i5mlsc
Chicago Closing quotations. Wheat
March, 7lhc, April Inc; May 15'st,10c.
Corn March ilsci May i2'sc Oats
March, 2 iSd,9ic; MAY, 25lsc p1rk-March,
81 90, May, Na72,s, July, $l5,l6'. Lard
March, Ml5; May, &QouS,Oiig, July, Nv.
September, SO2l, Ribs March, 500.
May $500, July, Ts,,s; September, S,@b
W,SJ
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only FOolisl,ness.

at will be only foolishness TO talk
Of tubans goyerningthcmselyes AT this
time or for years TO come. The island
must become ours eventually, and II
seems Il shame to undo all the prog
ress made in two years. AS il will DE
we will have TO intervene within nine.
~ days and set up a protectorate
again to begin The work of recon
struction anew"
The Van Buren press., 1901-03-30

London, March 2S.-The World says
King Edward vii go to Copenhagen
for the birthday anniversary of King
Christian, Queen AleXahdru's father,
on April 4. Afterward the king will
visit his sister, Empress Frederick. at
Friedrichshof.
The Van Buren press., 1901-03-30

Company NJ, First United States IN.
fantry, Capt Elias Chandler command
ing now garrlsoned at Fort Logan H.,
Roots. will depart Tuesday, April s.
for San Francisco, Cal, whence they
will sail at once for the Philippines
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Resumlng Normal Conditions.

Marseilles. March 2s.-Twcnty. i've
hundred men are working OH the
docks this morning. while the street
car and dray traffic of the city is al
most normal. The strikers unsuc-
cessfully attempted to get the drivers
to quit.
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Washington. March ~. Gov, Allen
Of Porto Rico IL expected to arrive
here curly next week 10 confer with
the president IN regard TO the polI,I.
cal and commercial affairs of the ig
land
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4 Young Murderer.

Williamson. W. Va, March Is
Near SIX Mile, Tuesday, Charles Core.
20 years Old shot and instantly killed
a seyen-year-old son of John Hogan
and seriously wounded the father, be-
cause, some one had stolen his horse.
He escaped to Kentucky.
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THE WITS AND WOMEN.

A new alleged society woman who
comes TO town has hard time get.
ting established, Washington (la.)
Democrat.
Says u female lecturers "1ho men
hold the relns, but the women tell
them which way TO drlve,"-Chleago
Daily News.
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washington Lands 10 lie 0pcncd,

Washington, March g., Nhoul
twcnty.four whole and fractional
townships, embraced IN Nhn, IA
known us the Methow valley Wash.
inglon, and within the Washington
forest reserve, probably will be de-
inched from that reserve and opened
To settlement IN u few months.