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TO ELECT
Iowa Legislature Will In All PrOba-
bilfty Adopt a Resolution Asking

Iowa Legislature Will in All Probn-
bility Adopt a Resolution Asking
an Amendment.
Des Moines, March 12.-Representa-
tive Hughes yesterday introduced a
resolution in the house and it was
recommended for passage by the fed
eral relations committee, requesting
congress to call a constitutional con-
vention for the purpose Of amending
the constitution SO as to permit the
election Of United States senators by
popular vote. There is little doubt but
thai the resolution will pass.
The house committee on judiciary
recommended for passage the bill in
troduced by Temple, Hur and Paine.
providing for a board of managers for
the educational institutions of, the
state, similar to the present board q
control Of charitable institutions. The
board is to have control over all three
Of the educational institutions which
are at present governed by boards OF
trustees.
The committee on compensation OF
public officers recommended for pass
age the bill increasing the salary OF
the governor to 5000 and that OF his
secretary to 81, 800.
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BIG u WAR ON.
Ten and Freight Handlers
of Boston Quit Work.

~
of Boston Quit Work.
Boston, March 12.-After nearly six
weeks OF skirmishing The reade la
Dor war between the orga nszed team
sters, freight AMI express handlers of
Boston. and the two great railroad
corporations, the New York, New
Haven 4 Hartford and the New York
Central & Huds IN River. the latter
locally known as the Boston Il Albany,
broke out yesterday.
The outlook is that unless powerful
agencies are speedily WOKE to COM
pei peace the struggle will have a far
reaching effect. The strike, which is
a sympathetic one, already involves
5000 men in and about Boston.
stopping work because of the dis
charge of union men who refused to
handle moved freight, the
various organizations now on strike
made an effort yesterday to extend
their sphere of influence of affiliated
bodies while the corporations energet-
ically tried to fill the strikers places
and to receive and dispatch goods Of
fered them. Both met with some
Measure Of Success.
To-day the local employ es of the
great express companies. the Adams
and the New York & Boston, two
companies which handle practically all
the fast freight in Southern New Eng
land, will refuse to work, while small
er bodies of organized labor. such as
the brewery teamsters and the piano
mover as well as freight handlers In
East Boston, will be idle.
On the other hand the New York.
New Haven & Hartford railway, after
succeeding yesterday in moving con-
siderable freight by italian labor, will
augment the force to-day, and the
Boston & Albany expects to have a
large number of new men at work in
it's freight sheds.
The action of the express men in
joining the freight handlers will
quickly affect the fast freight bust
ness with nearby business centers
like Worcester. Springfield, Hartford,
New Haven, Providence. Fall River
and New Bedford. The contest Is be-
ing closely watched on all sides oy
labor leaders.
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LONG STEPS OUT.


iHnatiOn to the President.
Washington, March II. - The third
change in the cabinet of President
Roosevelt occurred yesterday, when
Secretary Long submitted his resigna-
ton, to take effect May l. in a grace
full letter, it being accepted in n
equally felicitous by the president.
The change was made complete by
the selection of Representative Will
lam Henry Moody of the Sixth con-
sressional district Of Massachusetts
as Mr.. Longs successor in the navy
department.
This change has been expected for
q long time. Mr.. Long had Intended
to retire at the beginning of the late
President McKinley's second term, but
h consented to remain until certain
lines of policy in which he was in
volved We're more satisfactorily ar
ranged.
Then when President Roosevelt sue
ceeded, though anxious to return to
private life-for Secretary Long will
never again enter public life-a strong
feeling of loyalty toward Mr.. Roose-
welt induced the secretary to defer his
retirement until it was convenient for
the president to make a change.
Moody Is Conc ratulated.
The news that Representative Moody
of Massachusetts had been offered and
had accepted the navy portfolio
reached the capitol shortly after noon
and Mr.. Moody, who was on the floor
of the house, was showered with
hearty congratulations. For several
II ne held a regular levee in one
of the side aisles on the Republican
side. Democratic members noticed the
demonstration and crossed over to join
in the ovation, his congratulations
from that quarter being fully as
hearty and sincere as those from his
own side of the house. Mr.. Moody be-
gan to rise to prominence during his
first term in the house. WREN Speaker
Reed selected him frequently to pre-
side over the committee of the whole
and predicted for him a brilliant legis-
lative career.
AS a member of the appropriations
committee he has since led several
fights on the floor, notably in connec-
ton with the contest between the navy
and geodetic urvey over jurisdiction
of deep sea surveys. He secured the
adoption of a resolution raising Dewey
to the rank of admiral.
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William John Arthur Charles
Notwithstanding sleeps more
ly than formerly there is good
His right to the title and prop
4 the Duke of Portland has been
he'd by a British tribunal. The
of Mrs. Anna Maria bruce. that
bn, Sidney George bruce, a sailor
Australia, is the rightful duke,
keen repudiaied. William John
10 forth retains famous Welbeck
and the title Of Marquis Of
field, Earl of Portland, Viscount
lstock, Baron Cirencester, Knight
B Garter, etc, etc., not to mention
Hing income of $4,000, 900 a year
the dukedom. No wonder he
easier.
q back Of this simple statement is
1rd. romantic story. In support of
elaim to the dukedom for her son,
bruce has unfolded a marvellous
Eof mystery, love, crime, leprosy.
htricity, feigned insanity, bogus
II, underground labyrinths and pc
cal disappearance of an English
\ leading the double life of a
shty nobleman and a despised
Keeper. The story is amazing even
Iimple republicans.
le dukedom is one of the proudest
|reat Britain. it's estate among the
est. The present duke succeeded
he title on the death of the fifth
J in 1879, and his right was not
tioned until Mrs. bruce appeared
he scene. Mrs. bruce is the widow
Legitimate son of Thomas Charles
be, who was a merchant, running
|Eaar on Baker street, London. The
/ bruce is supposed to have died in
leaving a will bequeathing his
lerty to Herbert bruce. an illegiti-
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ACTION AGAINST MERGER.
United States Files Suit Ina Federal
Court of st. Paul,

United States Files Suit Ina Federal
Court of st. Paul.
st. Paul, March 12.-The papers in
the suit of the United States against
the railway merger reached st. Paul
yesterday afternoon and were filed in
the federal court. 1t is a voluminous
document. The suit is against the
Northern Securities company. the
Great Northern Railway company, the
Northern Pacific Railway company
and others, and is signed by M. d.
Purdy, district attorney, Philander &.
Knox, attorney general of the United
States and James K. Richards, solicit
tor general of the United States. 1t
lehearses all Of the ground covered by
the suit of the state against the merg-
er company and charges a violation OF
h Sherman act. 1t declares the
Northern Securities company was not
formed in good faith to purchase the
stocks of the two railroads in Mime
sofa n is simply a conspiracy to
evade the laws. 1t asks the court to
~perpetually enjoin the Securities COM
pany from voting any of the stock
placed in its possession, to return that
stock and virtually to be dissolved and
quit business. The papers also ask
that the Northern Pacific and Great
Northern companies be also enjoined
from turning over any stock to the Sc
curities company or accepting any OF
it's stock.
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Winslow, and succeeded entirely in
convincing that gentleman of his mad
ness. But after about a year Of in
generation he was permitted to leave"
There were many peculiar circum-
stances to lend plausibility to this re-
markable tale. 1t is well known that
the fifth Duke Of Portland was an ex-
ceedingly eccentric character, and that
ne did honeycomb the grounds about
Welbeck Abbey with great chambers
and long passages. The building in
London occupied by the bazaar of the
elder bruce was also undermined with
a labyrinth of tunnels, whose purpose
was not apparent on casual observa-
ton.
It was alleged the duke was in the
habit of disappearing periodically from
Welbeck Abbey, making his escape by
means Of one Of the mysterious sub
terranean passages which he had con-
structed at great expense. 1t was sup
posed there was an outlet known only
to himself, SO that his going and COM
ing might be kept a profound secret.
He led the solitary life of a sad bache-
lor. and his servants were not taken
into his confidence. He disappeared at
unexpected moments without warning
and reappeared quite as mysteriously.
Whittier he went and what he did dur
ing his absence, why he chose to bur-
row like a mole and why he wished to
cloak his movements in such secrecy
were mysteries which his servants
could not solve.
He had a mansion in London. sur
rounded by a high wall. which shut out
prying eyes, and it was supposed he
went to his town house, but Mrs. bruce
offered another theory. She declared
that when the duke disappeared from
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the splendid abbey he made his way
into the Baker street bazaar through
n of its hidden tunnels and became
tradesman, Charles Thomas bruce.
After attending business for a time the
merchant would disappear by way of
his labyrinth, be gone for several
weeks, and then return to resume the
conduct OF his affairs, as though he had
been absent only a few hours. Mrs.
bruce, in short, maintained the duke
and the merchant were the same per-
son and the father of her husband.
She made desperate efforts to have
the coffin Of the elder bruce unearthed
for examination. stalking her case on
the belief that it would be found to
contain a quantity Of lead pipe instead
of the remains of a human body. One
would suppose the man who inherited
the bruce fortune would have acceded
to such a proposition for the purpose
of disposing Of the controversy then
and there, but he fought 1t at every
step, and succeeded in preventing the
elimination even after permission had
once been granted. This seemed to
lend color to Mrs. Druce's charge Of q
bogus corpse.
The fifth Duke Of Portland, who died
in 1879, was an exceedingly eccentric
character. He succeeded to the title
and vast estates in 1854. and for q
quarter of a century he lived the life
OF a ~recluse, so far - the outside world
knew. He was cen at court and
did not mingle In society. Even his
lawyers were not allowed personal in
terviews with him. His attire was ex-
traordinary. He sported On immensely
tall hat and wore his trousers hitched
up at the knees with strings after the
fashion in favor among London nav
vies. who. being accustomed to pad
ding about In mud and clay during
most Of their working hours, had some
reason for the shortening Of their
breaches. &
The duke never started out, whether
the weather was fine OF stormy. with
out an old umbrella. He would invari-
ably drive alone. no n but his valet
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ON HEROES.

H--H -..#-I -E "#
Rev York street Car MOtOrman Pun.
ished for sn Att Of Extraordinary
New York, March IL. - For saving
the life of a boy at the risk of losing
his own. George White. a motorman
in the employ OF the Union Railway
company, a been laid off by the
company. White performed his deed
Of heroism on Saturday afternoon in
Beechwood avenue. New Rochelle.
White vas in charge of a trolley car
bound from this city to Mount Vernon,
and was running his car with the
power fully IN. when he met a furnf-
ture van. A boy ran from behind the
van. White. leaning over the fender.
grabbed the boy by the arm and
swung him out Of harms "a When
the matter was reported White was
suspended.
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La Crosse, Wis, March 1z-William
Outer, accused of attempting to burn
the town OF Eleva. has been acquitted
at Trempealeau by a jury. The evil
dence was mostly circumstantial and
consisted Of warnings he is alleged to
have given the citizens some time be-
fore the fire; also of advising the peo-
pic where the fire recently started TO
insure their property. He Stained
Us Idle boasts and the s0bse-
quent disastrous fire a coincidence.
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FOUR DOLLARS A HUG.
Aged Man Embraces n Fifteen-Year-
Old Girl and She Screams.

La Crosse, Wis. March IL. - Hugh
Corbftt paid into Judge Brindley's
court $3.50 for hugging fifteen-year-old
Philippa Abbott. Judge Brindley de-
cided that it was worth this amount,
and fined Corbitt, who is ~sixty-fve
years old. Corbitt, 1T developed, went
to the Abbott home to see h mother
Of the girl. AS he was passing through
the kitchen he noticed the girl stand
ing there, and, going up to her, placed
his arm around her neck, gave her
three tight squeezes. and remarked:
sid like to make you my wife" The
girl screamed and caused e a COM
motion that Corbitt was arrested.
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MADISON'S NEW OFFICERS.

Minnesota City Holds Special Mu-
nicipal Election.
Madison. Mimi, March 12.-At a spe-
sial election held here yesterday to
elect city officers the following were
chosen: H. l.. Hayden, mayor; James
Chalmers, recorder; Peter Berg, treas
urer. Aldermen, First ward, John
Shule. ST., and Obert Nelson; Second
ward, J.. r. Swami and G.. 0. Giere,
Third ward, ]. M. Nikolas. A tie vote
between f. o. Berg and K. S. Nord-
garden, which is yet undecided. rem
ders uncertain the second Third ware
victor.
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Oklahoma City, Okla. March IL. -
Fifteen hundred workmen in the build
ing trades went on a strike here yes
tcrday because the building contract
orr refused to employ union labor ,un-
less the builders council would agree
to dissolve their order. Both sides are
strongly organized.
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- son. Mrs. bruce brought a suit
have Thomas C.. Druce's estate
lknxded to her son al the legitimate
5If. but she has just been defeated in
Probate Court.
support of her suit Mrs. bruce set
The remarkable claim that Thomas
bruce was really the fifth Duke of
Hand, who did not die until 1879.
asserted that the alleged burial of
zee in 1864 was q fraudulent affair,
that the coffin was loaded with
pipe instead Of a corpse. Her ex-
nation Of this double life was as
pws:
The marriage on Oct. 80. 1851, at
Windsor, Berkshire, between my
husbands father and mother, in
oh the names we're recorded as
Dmas Charles bruce and Annie May,
in reality between the Marquis of
Enfield. afterward the fifth Duke Of
ktland, and the illegitimate daugh-
of the fifth Earl Of Berkeley.
The marquis and his brother, Lord
bryce Bentinck, were both in love
b the same woman, and while the
myers suit received the appreciation
her father the latter not only dis
ragged the desire of the eldest son
treated him with insult and re-
red in very gross terms to a skin
ease from which he suffered. The
max to the quarrel between the two
bthers was reached Sept. 81, 1S48,
en- Lord George a found dead
lr Welbeck Abbey-it was stated
m a spasm of the heart. Whether
8 was the true cause of his death
never be known, but 1t is certain
t from that time my husbands
her suffered the keenest remorse and
Dect fear. He was nearly always in
state Of abject terror.
File took various courses for his
ptection. and adopting the name Of
tomas Charles bruce, transferred to
nself as bruce an immense property
I'M himself as Duke Of Portland.
u know the manner in which he
Idermined Welbeck Abbey with sub
tranean apartments. He did precisely
same thing with the Baker street
Eaar, his desire In each cas- being
It he might always have ready a
lce OF refuge.
k'Realizing the risk Of exposure to
kich he was s~ubjecting himself by his
uble existence. he determined to end
life o. bruce and caused q coffin
be buried with his supposed re-
Inns. Even after this his fears were
( quieted. At last he determined to
pdme madness. that& should he ever
accused OF crime. he might have
plea Of insanitys to tall back upon.
king the name Of Harmer and con-
citing himself In the most extrava-
mt manner, he caused himself to be
iced under the care OF DR.. Forbes
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WAS NOT HIS MAN.

Mistake in Case of an Arrest at Kan
Sas City for San Francisco Murder.
Kansas City, Mo-, March ia man
arrested here last week on suspicion
that he was Bennett, he supposed
murderer of Nora Fuller, a San Fran
cisco girl, proved to be a well known
Kansas City character, and was dis
charged. Capt. Seymour Of San Fran
cisco arrived here Sunday night
on the strength of a message from
Chief Hayes, and returned West yes
terday, declaring the suspect was not
the man wanted.
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OLMsTED BECOMES BISHOP.
Was Elected CO~adjutOr of the hi.
..4F H.a.SA NJ GSNInpnl<, t..

Was Elected COadjutOr Of the DiO-
cese of Colorado.
Denver, March 1.-THE manne Of
succession to Bishop Spaulding OF the
Episcopal diocese of Colorado, who
died on Sunday at Erie, Pa, Is already
settled by the rules of the church,
Rev. Charles M. Qlmsted having been
elected coadjutor last January. The
diocese will be administered by the
standing committees of the church
until May /, when Mr.. Olmsted will be
consecrated bishop. He is al present
rector of st. Asaph's church 1t Bala.
Pa.
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WARM In VENEZUELA.

Gern,nns Enlist u Warship to Pro-
tect Their Interests.
Port OF Spain, March 12.-At the re-
quest of the German Orinoco Asphalt
company the cruiser Falks has sailed
from Trinidad for Pederr ales. Ven
ezuela, to protect German interests
there. There Is great revolutionary
activity along the eastern coast OF
Venezuela. The insurgents apparently
far outnumber the government forces.
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New Declines.

Washington, March II. Harry s.
New of Indianapolis has declined the
prtffe of the Office of first assistant
postmaster general, rendered him some
days ago by President Roosevelt. Mr..
News business would not permit him
to accept.
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what Of The Aftsrward.

The decision of a Chicago court that
SIS is sufficient capital to marry on
may possibly be sound, but it does not
explain what the welded pair is to
subsist upon during the marital period.
which, in Chicago. 10 anywhere from
ten days to six weeks.
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DEFECT IN THE.LAW.
Illinois Anti-Trust Statute Declared
to BE Unconstitutional.

Washington, March 12.-The United
States supreme court decided the Illi-
nois antitrust statute to be uncon-
stitutional because of the provision Of
the law exempting agricultural prod
ucts and live stock from the opera
lions of the aw. The decision was
rendered In the case Of Thomas Con-
nelly and others against the Union
Sewer Pipe Company of Ohio, and was
delivered by Justice Harlan.
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John S. Murphy. editor OF the Tele-
graph, died suddenly in his editorial
room at Dubuque. Iowa.
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BRAKEMAN HARMON KILLED.

Run Over by m IN Train Mt COM
stock Station.
Cumberland, Wis, March 12.-James
Harmon, a brakeman on the Omaha,
while switching at ComstOck, six
miles south of here, was run over n
instantly killed. He resides at st.
Paul and leaves a wife and two chill
dren.
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sit down at the head Of the table a.
though he had Just stepped in from an
adjoining room.
The main tunnel in the labyrinth is
3,640 yards long and is built Of brick
with a marched roof. 1t is lighted from
above by circular windows OF plate
glass twelve feet apart, between which
are gas jets for night illumination.
The skylights stand about two feet
have the appearance of huge eyes. An
other tunnel was planned for a car
riage way. There is a maze Of private
tunnels, through which three persons
can walk abreast. They are comfort
ably heated and are lighted like the
main tunnel. All this IL q remarkable
monument to human eccentricity, but
none of the late dukes friends appar-
emily suspected that remors was
gnawing at his vitals or that he had
constructed the wonderful and splendid
labyrinth a. q refuge.
Find our Place and Fiji It.
It is q sad parody on life to see a
man earning his living by a vocation
which has eve received his approval.
It is pitiable to see a youth, with the
image OF power and destiny stamped
upon him. trying to support himself in
a mean, contemplate occupation.
which dwarfs his nature. and makes
him despise himself; an occupation
which is constantly ~condemning him,
ostractzing him from all that is best
and truest In life. Dig trenches, shovel
coal. carry q hod; do anything rather
than sacrifice your self-respect. blunt
your sense OF right and wrong, and
shut yourself of forever from the true
Joy of living, which comes only from
the consciousness of doing ones best.
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Falls to His Death.

Eau Claire, Wis, March 12.-Word
was received yesterday that Charles
A. Stouch was killed by falling OF a
railroad bridge at Willoughby. Ohio,
March S. He was some years ago as
sistant cashier OF the Eau Claire Ma
tional bank. He and his wife were
prominent in society. here. She sur
wives him.
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II Took Fatal Dose Of Carbolic Acid.
st. Paul, March IL. - Anne Mccoy.
an eighteen-year-old girl employed as
q waitress at Kings hotel. South st.
Paul. killed herself by taking carbolic
acid. Melancholia resulting from Ill
health was the cause OF the act.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-02-21
Bath County News.

BunrsvilIe, Va, Feb. 14-Mr. }.
Ed Arbogast, S. ii. G., passed
through here last Friday.
Mr.. D. NJ. CARPENTER, Ir., made
business trip to Bolar one day this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Ilarouff are
visiting the latter's sister, Mrs. Lii
lie Burns, ON Dry Run.
W. II. Burns has rented the black
smith shop at Wi!IiamsylIle. lie
took possession this week.
Mr.. Il. N. Bulns who is a guard
in the lunatic asylum at Williams
burg, Va. is expected to return to
this place about the first Of Starch.
Mr.. John Revercomb marketed
three beeyes at the Hot Springs,
last week.
Miss Pearl WoodHqllc and brother
Herman who are attending school
at Anderson, W. Va. are progress
ing nicely with their studies. Miss
Pearl has fne voice and expects
to make vocal and instrumental
music her chief study.
Miss Sylyi3 Bnrns is attending 4
Dunkard school at Brldgewa'er
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