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The Irish standard., 1902-06-21
WOULD ANNEX CUBA
Senator Elkins Introduces a Joint
Resolution to That
Effect

Washington, June 16.-When the
senate met Saturday, Senator Elkins
CIV. Va.) introduced joint resolution
providing for the annexation of Cuba
and it's admission as a state of the
union.
The resolution was not referred to
committee, but was, at Senator
EllSins' suggestion, allowed TO lie on
the table.
The resolution for the admission of Cuba
as state grants the consent of congress
to the erection of the republic of Cuba as
state of the union, ito be called the state
of Cuba with republican form Of govern
ment, to be adopted by the people of said
republic by deputies in convention assem-
bled with the consent of the existing gov
eminent" A condition is specified that the
constitution of the proposed state shall
be submitted to congress not later than
January l. 1904. There also is a provision
that the debts of Cuba shall not become
charge upon the general government.
There also is an alternative provision CIV
ing the president authority if he prefers,
to proceed in more direct way for Cuba's
admission as a state. This provision per-
m1ts the admission under the terms of the
resolution itself, "inctead of proceeding to
submit the resolution to Cuba as an over
ture on the part o. the United States"
II this latter course Is pursued al state is
to be formed, ''out of the present republic
of Cuba. with republican form of govern
ment ard with representatives in congress
ard be admitted into the union by this act,
on an equal footing with the existing states
as soon as the terms ard conditions Of such
admission shall be agreed upon by the gov
ernmen!s cf the republic OF Cuba ard the
United States"
The resolution provides for the appro-
pration of 10000 TO carry its provisions
into effect
Senator Elkins, speaking of the res
olution. said that Texas was admit.
ted under precisely the same terms
ms this resolution provided for Cuba
He said he preferred the admission Of
Cuba in preference to granting &c.
100000 year on her account out Of
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DEWEY TO COMMAND.
Will Take Charge of Caribbean
Mnncuvcrx mt the Urgent Re-
quest of the President,

Washington, June 16.-At the ur-
gent request of President Roosevelt
and Secretary Moody, Admiral Dew
cy will command the fleet composed
of the North and South Atlantic and
European sqnadrons which will en-
gage in extensive naval mancuvcrs in
the Caribbean next winter. President
Roosevelt and Secretary Moody are
both anxious to attend the mancu
vcrs. IT is not yet decided whether
or not the president will go, but See
rotary Moody probably will. Both
the president and secretary will at.
tend the manenvers on Long Island
Sound in August.
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MET A HORRIBLE FATE.
lean Soldiers Are Found in
the Philippines.

Manila, June 1.-THE bodies of the
sergeant, two corporals and four pri-
Yates of the Fifth cavalry, who were
captured May 30 by ladroncs at Bin
angonan, Rial province, this island,
have been recovered. Most Of the bod
les have been hewn limb from limb,
and it was found impossible to rec
ognize four of the dead men. a num-
Der of arrests in the matter have
been made and nine men have been
absolutely identified as belonging to
the band Of ladrones which captured
the Americans. The identified men in
clude two members of the police
force of Teresa, Morong province.
The American soldiers were buried
Monday together. 1t was impossible
to make separate interments.
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MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE
Default has been made in the conditions
1T n certain mortgage executed by Peder
Johnson and Sorhe Johnson. hts wife to
isabel Reid, and dated October 18th. 1890.
and recorded IN the office Of the Register
NJ Deeds in Hcnnerin County. State Of
Minnesota. on the 10th day Of October.
1891. in Rools 31S Of Mortgages, page ~.
Said mortgage was. on the ed dav Of
january. 1896 duly assigned by Isaac
Atwater. administrator Of the estate Of
isabel Reid. deceased. to John r. At
water. and the assignment thereof re-
corded in the office of the Register Of
Deeds OF the County aforesaid on the I'd
DIV OF January. 1896 In Book 435 Of Mort
EnCes page 2o0.
The premises described in said mort
rage are as follows viz: That part Of
Lot number one az in Block number one
hundred and eighty-n'ne CSs) in the Town
Of Minnoarolis. according to a map or
Mat thereof on file or Of record in the
ONCE Of the Rcgistor of Deeds in and for
Ucnrcnin County aforesaid. described as
follows, viz: Beginning at the northeast
corner OF sn'd lot. thence running west on
tho dividing line Of said lot from Sixth
(6th> street fifty foot. thence at right
angles south forty-two feet thence at
right angles east to Twentieth avenue
south. thence north to place Of beginning.
There Is now due at the date hereof on
said mortgage the sum Of Thirteen Hun
drcd and Fifty Dollars (s1.350>.
And no action at law or otherwise has
been instituted to collect said sum or any
part thereof
THEREFORE,. Notice Is hereby given,
that by virtue OF tho power Of sale In
said mortgage contained and OF the stat
ute in such case made and provided. said
mortgage will be forecloscd and the
promises therein described will ho cold at
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DEED OF A CRAZED MOTHER.
Kills Five Of Her Children with n
rifle. and Then HurMs Her
Babe to Death.

jackson. Miss. June l7.-Mnd from
the effects OF the heat. Mrs. Louis
Wcstllrop, wife nf a wclltn-tlo far
mrr. shot five OF her children To
death with Il Winchester rifle. then
tied her infant girl to Il bed in the
farmhouse and set fire to the build
ing with IL torch. The baby was ere
mated and the mother fled from the
scene. she was finally located Mon
day afternoon in Il country grave
yard, where she had spent the night.
When she saw the searching part v
she placed the same rifle with which
she had the day before wrought the
destruction of her own flesh and
blood to her heart and pulled the
trigger, the bullet passing one inch
below the heart, seriously but not
necessarily fatally wornding her.
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Some Postal stntixtics.

Washington, June 17.--In the read
iustmcnt of the salaries of postmas-
ters at presidential post Offices, just
completed, 1000 postmastcrs on July
! next will receive increased salaries
nggrcgating $252,2O0. The number of
increases this year are $50 in excess
of last year, and is the largest in the
history of the postal service. There
will be 219 reductions, aggrcgatlng
$3.50 This number is larger than
for either 1899 or 1900, but is below
the average. The number of Offices
in each class at present are: First
class, 220; second class, 1,025; third
class, 3,495.
The average salary Of postmasters
will be increased this year from Sl,742
to 1,790.
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Ra1Xhant Cansizex

Port Huron, Mich, June 1G.-Dur-
ing gale Sunday afternoon, Arthur
Martin, aged 81, Beatrice Abraham
aged II, and Norma Abraham, aged
seven, were drowned in Lake Huron
by the overturning of rowboat off
Madison Beach. The accident was
witnessed by a number of people, but
the storm was so fierce that no help
could reach the young people. In the
same storm boat containing Jen-
ME and Marion Patton and Elwyn
Swimming, of this city, and Ernest
Parr, of St. Johns, Mich, was over
turned. The quartette chung to tie
fish nets set out in the lake and were
rescued. Several yachts had narrow
eScapeS.
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RACE WAR CONTINUES,
Persecution of Negroes mt EIdorado,
lll-GOv. Yates Asked for
Protection.

Carbondale, ILL.,, June 1.-THE race
war which has been in progress at FL
dorado. ILL.,, since May 20, when mob
attacked the colored normal and in
dustral institute, a school modelled
after the celebrated Tuskegee, Ala.
school, still continues. The homes of
colored citizens have been stoned,
warnings sent to the occupants to
leave the vicinity and shots fired into
their homes late at night. Many,
through fear, have left. Those who
have sacrificed their homes, and in
some instances their crops, are:
Charles Num-, w j. Gibbons, Mrs.
Nary Oliver, widow; William Glib
bons and Mrs. Nancy Allen. There re-
main emily five families, and two of
them will leave at once. Sunday night
a mob visited Rev. Peter Green, pastor
of the African Methodist church, and
stoned his house. Some of the white
residents profess to fear that coored
labor will be used in the mines which
are being opened in that vicinity. JEFF
ferson ID. Aston, president of the nor
NAL, has been chosen at the head of the
school for life, according to the incor-
poration on file at Springfield, and
against him an intense feeling exists.
The board of trustees, of whom DR..
Mitchell, white physician of Harris
burg. is president. will consider both
the removal of the school and the
choosing of new president at the
coming meeting. June 81. Gov. Yates
has been appealed to for protection.
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Hibernians, Ate ntionI

Hyland's Mammoth Hibernian Song.
ster is just out. 1t contains 500 choice
selected songs and has the words and
music of all the songs used in the de-
gree work of the A. O. H. and also
of the Ladies' Auxiliary. 1t is, with
out doubt, the finest and cheapest song
book ever published, contains 225
pages, and is for sale by the Irish
Standard at 25 cents per copy. Or
ders sent outside the city require s
cents additional for postage. Divi.
sions Of the A. o. Fl. or Auxiliary
wanting number Of these books will
he promptly supplied by writing to
this office. 1t is song book that will
please and delight every Irlshman who
is lover Of music. whether he be-
longs to the A. o. n. or not. All or
ders will receive prompt attention.
The Irish standard., 1902-06-21
Alabama CITY Dextroxea

Montgomery, Ala, June IA spe-
cial to the Advertiser from Opelika,
Ala, says: Alexander City, place of
1900 inhabitants, was wiped away Fri
day by fire, the loss reaching at least
S750.000, which the insurance will not
begin to cover. The flames began in
the foundry and machine works, and
the long period of hot, dry weather
had we'll prepared the buildings of the
little city for the rapid spread of the
flames. A light wind was blowing, and
with fierce rapidity the fire spread
from building to building until the en-
tire town was a seething mass ct
flames.
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of our interests here. In the actual event
, ,,'', ie"is p!oNtu n"Ht!ess as fesaios
49,, "'," 80 ;,,,,,,., ~ o, e., .,,
,'e t'hase W any ii'uus''s VI W. o"i'
no'.;,, Y. ,'e ~ my, o o,neiI,
ptoei's WIN Nupsi seem 70 ne eiuo'4'
.'aseless. IN my luusHeh, no :tiieiltah
ihousttS VIII be hutt' ana many Amet'-
can industries VIII De pehei''Ha, ny 'ne
proposed action. IL Is TO our advantage
as nation that the growing Cuban mar
kct should DE cohtfoI!ea by American
producers .... Observation-Disclosures,
ASKS i"r spec'"i CONCESSIONS
CUBA Is an moe ptEueht ftpupilc, put
republic which has ass um.o CO rtain special
ob.igallo'.s as resafGs her I'M. rha'!ohal po-
s!tloh III compliance wan our request. Task
for her certain special economic cohcts-
siors in return; tn. Sc economir concessions
to heLoiit us as well as hef Ihere are lew
brighter pages IN American history IMAM
ihc page winch tens oil our oeailhss WIN
Nuna curing the past Tour years. oh nef
behalf we wased war OF winch the mann
SPRING was SehtfnuS iholShallon against
oppression ara we nave kept lallh absolute.
~! IL Is earnestly TO DE hopeo th;l we WI!
complete III the same spirit the recordt SO
wen U. gun ana snow III our oeaiihss WIN
CUBA mat STEADY continuity OF poicy which
II Is esseh'i.ti !or our ha'ioh 10 estapisn
III foreign AFFAIRS II we desire TO play well
our par, as Il world-power.
| feed
The Strong Should Help the Weak.
we are a wealthy ana powerful ma, IA,
weak, who owes to us her birth whose
whole future. whose very life must de-
pend PEN, On our attitude towards her: l ask
wards ,,onm the nninfnI and ait,,cnlt
road of sclf-governing independence.
ask thls ana Tor her' because she Is weak.
already , aided lido, her' ask that open-hnnd-
cd help, of a kind which IL self-respcct;ns
people can accept. be given to Cuba, for
so WIZ 'eu ~, ,, wa, W. '''. nnr o,..
fought TO give her freedom. and for three
years our representatives civil and mill
.ars nave .ol.eu uhceasahsn. 'aeihs ,. a's,
tvne WIN m,tinnt and ,,ncomn,oininr
fortituac, to teach her how to use Alright
ner new freedom Never IN history history mas
with such high integrity of purpose, suc!,
wise Judgment. ana such II singlc-handed
devo.'on TO 1he country interests ~, NJ"
sihla cnan'o ,o nsn ,r IN" host nlvnnin~c
the freedom of which Americans have
such right to be proud. and for which
so, SO many America" lives nave ''e" sae'''
"TIlEODORE ROOSEVELT.
| "Whitc House. June H. NO..
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CREW Is KILLED.
Freight Trnin Runs Into n WnxhOut
in Vermont and Five Men
Lose Their Lives,

Barre, VT, June 17.-In addition to
property damage caused by Il cloud
burst over this section five railroad
men lost their lives by Il freight train
on the Central Vermont railroad run
ming into n wnsllout at MiId!nscx.
The dead include the conductor, en-.
ginccr and fireman, and two brake.
men.
The clolldburst caused a great deal
of other damage. The railroad bridge
at Bolton was destroyed, and Il saw
mill, together with the house adjoin-
ing, were demolished in the town OF
Middlcscx. One hundred thousand
feet of logs were carried away.
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PROBATE NOTICE

STATE OF MINNESOTA. COUNTY OF
1Icnnepn. Probate Court
In the Mnttcr Of the Estate of Julia
11cnncy. Deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of
James fIcnncy representing that Julia
IIcnncy has lntcy died intcstnte, n resi-
dent nnd inhnbiinnt OF the County of
Marion and State of Indiana. leaving
goods. chnttcls ana estate within this
County ana praying that administration
OF her estate be to said petitioner
granted:
TT IS ORDERED. That said petition
he heard nj n special term of this Court
to be held ut the Court House in the
City OF Minneapolis In said County. on
Monday. tho goth day Of June 1902, Mt 10
o'clock In tho forenoon; and that notice
of such hearing he given to all persons
Interested. by publishing this order at
lcnst once In each week for three sue
ccssivc weeks prior to said day of hear
ing. In tho Irish Standard n newspaper
printed and published in said County,
Dated Mt Minneapolis. this Bird day of
juno, 1902.
BY the Court
II. G. HARVEY
Judge Of Probate.
GEO. r. SMITH.
Attorney for Petitioner,
Go Boston Block
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Corner Stone of univcr,ity Ln,d

Springfield, ILL.,, June 14.-Thc cor
ncrstone of the James Millikcn uni
vcrsity, which is to be in charge Of
the Cumberland Presbyterian church.
was laid Friday afternoon at Oakland
park Decatur, and the ceremonies
were attended by thousands of pco-
pie. The ceremonies were in charge
of the grand lodge of Illinois masons,
Gen. George NJ. Moulton, of Chicago.
grand master, presiding. Rev. w. IT..
Penhallcgon, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church, Decatur, dcliv-
cred the address of the OCCASION
United States Revenue Collector !. X.
Mills presided
The Irish standard., 1902-06-21
A Destructive Storm

st. Paul, MIMI, June 16.-A report
is current in st. Paul that the Min
nesota valley, one of the richest Sec
lions of southern Minnesota, was
visited by destructive wind ana
electrical storm Saturday night. TIL,
telegraph companies have lost their
wires along several of the railroads
lying through this section, and it is
impossible to obtain any news what
ever. Local railroad officials reporr
that their trains are running on time
and that while the storm was severe
and did considerable damage to prop
erty, no lives have been lost.
The Irish standard., 1902-06-21

SURRENDERS COMPLETE.
All Beers in Trnnsvnnl and Orange
River Colonies Give Up
Their Arms

London. June 1S.-A dispatch from
Lord Kitchener, dated Pretoria, Mon
day, June 1G, announces the additional
surrender Of 915 Beers. This com
plctes the surrcnders in the Transvaal.
Under date of June II, Lord Kitchen
err announces that 700 Beers surren-
dered at Bloemfontein Monday and all
the surrenders in the Transvaal and
Orange River Colonies are now com
pletc. In the Transvaal II .225 men sur
rendered and 1O,S13 rifles were given
up, while in Orange River Colony 5,395
men surrendered and $3.50 rifles were
turned in. The figures for Cape Colony
have not been fully received.
The Irish standard., 1902-06-21
is NOT A CANDIDATE.
Senator Hanna Says He Is Not Seek.
ing Presidential Nominal
ton in 1904.

Florence, Ala, June Ex-senator NJ.
A. Hanna, of Ohio, in reply to sug-
gestion from Col. Cutter Smith, of
this city, that he become candidate
for president in 1904, has written Col.
Smith as follows: II appreciate sin
cerely the friendship which prompts
the high compliment paid me in your
suggestion. l am grateful for such
confidence, but must insist that I am
not to be considered in any sense a
candidate for the nomination forpres-
ident in 1904"
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Assignee of Mortgage
ATWATER. Attorney.
PROBATE NOTICE.
INN'E'7N lNV7I INIIE'
STATE OF MINNESOTA. COUNTY OF
lGnupnin prnlutn Court

SIAII oE' MINNESOTA. COUNTY OF
1Iennepin. Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate Of George
Lane. Deceased.
On reading and filing the petition Of
Mona M. Lane. representing that George
Lane has lately died intestate resident
and inhnbitant Of tho County of Henn4s
pin and State of Minnesota, leaving
goods. chnttcls and estate within this
County and praying that administration
OF his estate be to said petitioner granted:
TT rs ORDERED. That said petition be
henrd Mt n special term of this Court. to
be held Mt the Court House in the CITY
Of MINNEAPOLIS. in said County, on Mon
day. the 3Oth day of June. 1902. at 10 o'clock
In the forenoon: ana that notice of such
hearing bo given to all persons Interested
by publishing this order Mt least once in
each week for three successive weeks
prior to said day OF hearing. in the Irish
Standard. n newspaper printed and pub
lished In said County.
Dated at Minneapolis. this 18th day of
June, 1902.
BY the Court. '
Il. G. HARVEY,
Judge of Probate
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Killed in n Collision.

Chattanooga, Tenn, June l3.-Three
men were killed and about Is injured,
two Of them fatally. in a collision be-
tween fast mail No. l. from Nashville,
and the Jasper accommodation train
on the Nashville. Chattanooga G. 81.
Louis railway Thursday afternoon, be-
tween Hooker and Summit, small sta
tons about IL miles from this city.
The dead are: L. a. Rankin, fireman
of the accommodation train; James
Bernard, fireman of the fast mail;
Webb, express messenger of the fast
mail.
The Irish standard., 1902-06-21
Tornado Sinks steamer.

Dubuque, Ia, June ia tornado
Thursday overturned and sank the
steamer Ravenna, at Maquoketa chute,
four miles up the river. The captain
and three others were drowned. The
steamer Tealrescued Is men who clung
to the bottom of the Ravenna. The
dead are:
Capt. John Hoy, aged SO, Saltwater,
Mimi; Clerk Byron Trask, aged AZ,
Saltwater, Mimi; Louis Walker, aged
10. Rodes Landing; Dell, aged 20.
La Crosse.
The Irish standard., 1902-06-21
Strike OF the Miners.

Wilkesbarrc, Pa, June II. - The
sixth week of the anthracite coal
miners strike began Monday without
ripple to disturb the calmness of
the situation. Rain fell nearly all
day, which helped to keep the more
than 100000 idle men and boys in
doors. Several reports of assaults on
workingrncn and coal and iron po-
lice1nen we're received here from Diff
ferent sections of the region. but no
one was seriously injured.
The Irish standard., 1902-06-21
Killed in a Runaway.

San Francisco, June fisherman A.
Tubbs, well-known capitalist of
San Francisco, and member of the
Tubbs Cordage company, has been in
stantly killed near his home in Sau-
salito, in runaway. His wife and
Miss Ella Coughlin, of sausalito, were
badly hurt but not seriously injured.
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Boston, June II. - The American
board has received word of the death
of Rev. Willis G. Dewey, d. D., in New
York. DR.. Dewey has been a men,
Der of the Eastern Turkey mission of
the board since 1877, with location at
Mardin, in northern Mesopotamia. He
was born in Canton, ILL.,, graduated
from Beloit college in 1873 and from
Chicago Theological seminary in 1877
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Cleycland unnnred

Philadelphia, June 1S.--For the first
time in the United States the honorary
degree of doctor of Jurisprudence was
conferred Tuesday at the Augustinan
college of ST. Thomas Vilanova. The
recipient was former President Clevc-
land, who had already had the degree
of Ill. D. conferred by the Princeton
1lnivarcify
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Factory Burned,

Louisville, Ky. June 19.-The ak
handle manufacturing plant of the
Turner, Day & Woolworth company at
Seventh and Dumesnit streets, was
damaged by fire Wednesday morning to
the extent of $4,000, which is covered
bv Insurance.
The Irish standard., 1902-06-21
Another Rockefeller Gift

New York, June 19.-During COM
mencement exercises at Smith college,
northampton. Mass, the Announcement
was made that John d. Rockefel-
Ter has offered the institution 100000
on the condition that the friends of the
college subscribe like sum.
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"k'NKs" THAT MAY JUSTIFY FEDERAL INTERFERENCE

the revenues, without knowing where
it would go. BY providing for the
admission of Cuba there would be
no more difference in the republican
party on the subject of tariff rela.
tiOnS with the island
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Arre.tcd for ola Crime

Austin, Tex, June Isl. G. Dalton
was arrested Tuesday in San Antonio
charged with the killing of Deputy
Sheriff Patterson, of Marshall county,
Kan, five years ago.