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| MOSCOW. Feb. 23.-At 10 o'clock
falls morning the solemn ceremony Of
blessing the body OF Grand Duke Ser
| gius took place In the midst of the
| tolling OF bells OF all the churches
and monasteries of the ancient cap
| ital. Immense crowds thronged the
open squares. but there was no yio-
lence of any kind. There was a tre-
| mendous display of troops Several
grand dukes were present. but Duke
| Vladimir was absent.
After the body was blessed 1t was
| conveyed to the Church OF st. An
| drew. where II was laid on a
| catafalque and concealed by a mass
| OF flowers. It was said that priest
| in Keiff received. the day beOfre the
| assassination of Grand Duke Sergius.
| letter from the noble asking for the
| blessed cross OF St Varvara. the mar.
| tyr. who pious Russians believe to be
talisman against violent death
The priest sent the relief. but It ar
rived the day after he was assas-
| sinated
READING. Pa. Feb 23.-Nearly
| 100 guests narrowly escaped death
this morning when the Hotel Penn
caught fire and was burned to the
ground.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 23.-Commis.
sioner Garfield today gave assurance
that the beef trust report would be
| submitted to congress before that
body adjourns.
CHICAGO Feb. 23.-Twelve famil-
| les were burned out this morning by
| the destruction of an apartment
house on Princeton avenue. One
woman leaped from the building and
was fatally injured
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23-Delay
and friction in building the Panama
canal are threatened by the senate's
position on canal Legislation. Presl-
dent Roosevelt desires the reduction
or abolition Of the existing canal com
| mission. Secretary Taft has declared
that as an administrative body II is
an obstruction instead Of an aid. The
isthmian canal committee has favor
| ably reported a measure which neith-
er reduces nor aboljshes the commits
sion and which does not give the
| President any authority to change the
nature OF the work. With less than
| ten days of the session remaining
there is little likelihood OF n change
pecially as some of the members of
the commission have influential sen
ators interested In keeping their $12,-
| 900 per annum jobs very much alive.
Senator Allison, who is friend Of
Admiral Walker, has compact with
| Senator German and they propose to
keep the commissioners in office. the
President to the contrary notwith-
standing
The Spooner act under which the
| commission was appointed, Is rigid.
II provides that the President shall
build the canal through the canal com
mission. President Roosevelt has
made inquiry to ascertain whether II
would be possible for him to so dis
| tribute the duties In connection with
| the canal work that the commission
would be performing merely inspect
| ing and auditing work, and would sit
as consultative body. Lawyers diff
fer as to this and the President Is not
disposed to interpret the law for him
self differently from what 1t has al
ready been carried out.
Few Of the canal commissioners
have done any real hard work in that
capacity They are scattered all over
the United States, most Of them CIV
ing the bulk of their time. thought
and energy TO their private business
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Feb. 23.-De
tectives are unable to fnd o. A. Baker
the alleged lobbyist, charged will
sending Representative Baker $lOt
to vote against the anti-cigarette bill
II is understood tnat search OF Ba
ker's room placed valuable document
ary evidence In the hands Of the po
lice.
| TOPEKA, Kan, Feb. 24-The sen
ate's antl-dlscriminatiOn bill, which
was made . special order OF business
Of the house fer 1890 tnis morning
was postponed by vote of so to 81
The bill retains its place on the cal
endar. however. and can be called vi
at any time. This Is not likely u
occur. however, unless some lega
way Is devised to make 1t apply sole
ly to the Standard OIL company a
the bill as drawn prevents the dis
crimination In price Of any commc
, dity in one part OF the state owe
another. Immense pressure was 81
erted upon tne house by over 100 5ot
bers who will be struck by the provii
? ions Of the bill. The measure 10 onl