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CONGRESS.
w. Resume of the Weeks
Proceedings.
Tuesday.

Washington. March 4. 49, The star
Ting charge hat the railroads Of the
country carrying mails had robbed the
people out Of $4,000. 600 was made in
the house OF representatives by Mr..
Lloyd Of Missouri yesterday.
He declared that the new system OF
weighing mails was an admission OF
the postmaster general that the weigh
ing i'll the past tWenty-saven years
had been fraudulent. He called for an
investigation of the p]ostoffice depart
ment, and Mr.. Wanger of Pennsylva-
MIA, chairman OF the COMMITTEES to
control the expenses Of that depart
ment. promised that an inquiry woulY
be conducted.
Speeches on the pending currency
bill were made in the senate yester-
day by Senators McCumber Of North
Dakota and Newlands of Nevada.
Each Of these senators Contended for
modification of the emergency curren-
cy bin and each declared in favor Of
legislation adding confidence on the
part of the depositOrs in the banks as
a prominent feature Of any plan for
preventing p%anics.
The senate also passed a resolution
offered by Senator Tillman calling on
the attorney general for all infOrma-
tion concerning court proceedings III
the Indian Territory affecting the
Choctaw and Chicasaw tribes.
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news OF THE WEEK IN tPHOMt
Important Events at Home and on
Foreign Shores Briefly
Told.
Washinqtcn Notes.

The secretary of the interior has
selected Moses Friedman, assistant
superintendent Of the Haskell Indian
school at Lawrence. Kan, to be SUI
perintendent of the Carlisle Indian
school at Carlisle, Pa.
What is known as the old Sixth
street station in Washington has been
turned over to the United States gov
eminent. What is to be done with
the building is a question which will
be determined by congress.
The bills to increase the efficiency OF
the navy and the hospital corps by fix
Ing the status of pay clerks as warrant
officers and making chief pharmacists
warrant officers has been agreed upon
by the house committee on naval at
fairs.
Senator Allison was seventy-nine
years old last week and received the
congratulations of his colleagues. He
has completed his thirty-fifth year in
the senate, which breaks all records.
He has been in congress forty-three
years.
It was stated It the White House
that Grosvenor A. Porter, whose name
was withdrawn as an appointee for
United States marshal in Oklahoma
was in no way related to either the
president OF Mrs. Roosevelt, as has
heen published.
The president and Mrs. Roosevelt
were the guests of honor at a notable
dinner given last week by the secre-
tary of labor and commerce and Mrs.
Straus. The function brought to a
conclusion the series OF cabinet din
ners for the season.
BY q vote of II to 5, three members
being present and not voting, the
house committee on banking and cur
rency authorized its chairman. Rep
resentative Fowler of New Jersey, to
report report to the house the Fowler
currency bill, with the recommends
tion that it pass.
At the direction Of Secretary Taft
the opening of the bids by the 18th,
milan canal commission for supplies of
cement, set for March u, has beer
extended until April IS. The commits
sion expects to purchase $500, 900 bar
rels of cement. The approximate cost
of material and transportation will be
about $4,000, 600.
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General News Items.

Steps have been taken by prominent
railroad men in Chicago to compel the
manufacturers of steel rails to furnish
the railroads with better and safer
rails.
The Virginia senate has concurred
in the house bill for the execution OF
all death sentences at the penitentiary
by electricity, thus abolishing hanging
in the state.
One hundred COWS out Of a herd OF
16O at the hospital for the insane at
Kankakee, H., were condemned, fol
lowing tuberculosis tests made by
state inspectors.
Z. Benjamin Andrews, president OF
the University of Nebraska, is prom
inently spoken of as a possible sue.
cessor to David r. Boyd as president
of the Oklahoma state university.
The discovery of a new planet or
satellite is announced in a cablegram
received from the observatory at Kiel,
Germany, by the astronomers at the
Harvard observatory at Cambridge.
Judge Walker of Chicago has denied
the motion made by Maxwell Edgar for
an injunction to prevent a settlement
between Cook county and the estate of
the late Marshall Field for $1,75O in
back taxes.
The town of Eden. in which Bar
down a proposition to repeal the anti
automobile laws of the town, which
amounts to a practical prohibition of
automobiles.
There are so many COWS In Chicago
that a dairy ordinance is needed. AL.
dermen were startled when the results
Of a COW census were reported to
them. Even the famous First ward
has one bovine.
Maj. Gillard. acting chief engineer
of the Panama canal, has prohibited
the practice of overtime work on the
part of employees of the canal, except
in extraordinary emergencies and in
the case of alien laborers.
The newspapers at Panama comment
favorably on the extraordinary amount
of canal excavations for the month of
February, which if continued upon the
same scale would make possible the
opening of the canal before 1912.
Plans for the consolidation of the
elevated railways in Chicago III a
$125, 100000 combine to operate one
continuous system are being consider
ed, and it is believed by railroad men
and financiers that the big merger will
go through.
Canadian manufacturers have ap
pealed to their government to prevent
all American materials being used in
the construction of the Detroit tunnel
More particularly do they take excep.
ton to American cement and steel be.
ing used in the three-quarters Of a
mile Of building and foundation III.
land from the Canadian entrance.
In an endeavor to make a record for
the Mare Island navy yards which
will result in a b~attleship being con
structed there, work on the collier
Promethus, being built at a cost OF
$3.50, 900, is being rushed and will be
completed in ten months.
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From Other Shores.

1t is officially announced in Madrid
that the ACCOMPLISHMENT of Queen Vic,
toria is expected to take place about
the end Of July.
The first section OF the electric
street car service in Shanghai has
been successfully in]augurated. The
cars are literally patronized.
Statistics relative to suicides in
Prussia during 1906 are just available
and present some very striking fig,
ures. In these twelve months no few,
err than 1928 persons, 1884 men and
The question of a government mo,
no1oly Of petroleum is still under con.
sideration by the German ministry OF
finance. The difficulty which con,
fronts the government is how to be
anything more than a selling agent for
the Standard Oil company.
A great mass meeting was held in
Paris under the auspices of the Inter,
national Anti-vivisection assertion, to
protest against the brutalities of vivi.
section and to demand restrictive leg,
islation. The speakers included prom.
inent men in France. England, Ger.
many, Holland and Belgium.
The negotiations between Great
Britain and Japan looking for an
agreement for the protection of Brit.
ish trademarks in the Far East are
about concluded. This understanding
is an outcome Of the continued com.
plants of British merchants that JAP
anese firms were using their trade
marks.
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ITALIANS SHOT FROM AMBUSH.
Outrage in Florida Laid to the Black
Hand,

Tampa, Fla, March 11.-Dr. Clio
vanni Grana. a prominent physician,
his brother-in-law, John Orino, and a
friend, Alfonso Mule. were shot from
ambush last night in Ybor City by
four men who had secreted them
selves in the grounds of st. Joseph's
convent. Mule will probably die. The
others are only slightly wounded. All
are Italians, and the shooting is be-
lieve to be the result of a Black
Hand plot. Five thousand dollars was
demanded from DR.. Grana several
weeks ago and he had also been no.
titled to leave the city.
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IRISH OPPOSE NEW TREATY.
Already Are Protesting Against Arbi.
tration in Great Britain.

tration in Great Britain.
Washington, March 10.-Irish oppo-
sitiOn, which, it is asserted. defeated
the arbitration treaty negotiated by
Secretary Clney and Lord Pauncefote
twelve years ago, now menaces the
new arbitration treaty which has been
evolved BY Secretary Root and Am
bassador Bryce.
Already the state department has
been delueed with remOnstrances and
protests from Irish patriotic ~Organiza-
tons. all directed against the new
convention.
Moreover. this opposition has devel-
oped before anything specific as to the
nature and scope of the new treaty
has been made known officially. There
has been nothing more than a refer
ence to the subject in the British par
lament and some statements in eX-
PLANTATION based upon that declaration
in American newspapers.
State department officials are con
WINGED that the opposition to enc
the treaty Is based upon a wrong con-
ception of conditions. But they are.
nevertheless, apprehensive that the
ratification of the treaty, through ig-
norance, may be jeopardiZed.
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c

a~ShingtOn, March ). - Currency
Legislation was the subject of consid
GRAFTON in the senate yesterday. Scna.
tor Hepburn opposed the pending bill
and declared that it was useless and
he would not VOte for it.
Senator Aldrich announced that he
hoped to have a vote on the measure
mex Wednesday,.
The p~OstOfice appropriation bill
technically was under consideration in
the house yesterday. but the discus
sion, under license of general debate.
took a wide range. Speculation in cot
ton, finance. the tariff and a number of
miscellaneous matters in turn occu-
pied the whole time of the session.
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MORE COWS CONDEMNED.

Moorhead, Mimi, March II. - DR.,
Durham has stated to the city council
of Noorhead that he has been Cbliged
to condemn fourteen head of mich
cows out Of twenty suspected animals
On the Edwards dairy farm, east of
this city. A short time ago eighty
cows on this same farm were con
demned and sent to st. PAU for
slaughter, under the direction OF the
live stock sanitary board Of the state.
The loss to the owner has been very
heavy.
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Grimes.

Bert Phillips of Mason City, Iowa
has been sentenced to five years In
the pe~nitentiary for the larceny OF
$50 from an employe.
The entire military company from
whitsburg, KY, arrived in Hopkins
Vile. KY. and reported to Maj. Al
brecht, who is in charge of the militia
guarding various parts OF Western
Kentucky from the threatened attacks
81 night riders. The men are under
secret orders, and no Information
whatever concerning their movement
II being given out. The arrival OF ney'
troops was 4 complete surprise to al
citizens. 4
Two boys, Merrill McDaris. aged
fwelye. and Morris McCrory, aged
thirteeD, were arrested at Emporla
charged with Matchmaking.
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Arc THE BEST IN THE WORLD
Secretary Metcalf Sends Letter Defend.
ing Navy-TwO Admirals Give
Their Opinions.

washington, March II. - Testi-
monr was adduced yesterday before
the senate committee on naval affairs
which is investigating the criticisms
OF ~DaftleShlp construction. showing
that the location OF the armOr belt of
American battleshirs was too low.
On the other hand, a letter from
Secretary Metcalf was read declaring
1t TO be the opinion of the board Of
construction and Rear Admirals kv-
ans and BroWnsOn that the armor
belt lines OF the b~attleships Delaware
and North Dakota were right. The
secretary in his communication took
occasion TO declare that American bat
ti@shirS were superior to those OF any
other navy.
The witnesses yesterday were
Lieut. Richard ID. White. assistant in.
spector Of target practice. and Rear
Admirals George c. Remey and C. F..
Goodrich.
Tells About Armor Belt.
Lieut.. White was the first to take
the stand. In reference to the loca-
ton Of the armOr belt, he said that if
it were possible for a ship to get into
action at the designed load draft the
present location would be about right.
but it was the observation that the
ships had greater drafts than those
designed.
Concerning the construction of tur.
rets, he said that safety demands that
the turret proper shall be structural
~ seperate from the ammunition han
ding room.
Rear Admiral George G. Remey, re
tire3, told the committee he would
locate the armor belt with reference
To the proper load water line when
the shin Is equipped to go into battle.
He said he never had believed in the
open turret and thought the guns
should be completely isolated from
the ammunition handling rooms.
Goodrich Is Witness.
Admiral c. F. Goodrich. command
ant of the New York navy yard, was
the next witness.
In regard to the location Of the
rmo belt, he said he concurred alb
SOltltiN III Tue ltStluloIN VI near Au-
miral Remey. Later. the witness said
Admiral Remey expressed his view
also in regard to the question of am
munition hoists.
Have you made reports to the de
partment criticising any matter of
construction ?" asked Mr.. Tillman.
Il have" replied the admiral. and.
answering other questions, he said he
had criticised the location of the ar
NOR belt.
What do you think about ito ask
ed Mr.. TiIlman.
Il think just as Admiral Remev
does. | have adopted his expression"
said the witness cautiously. Pressed
for more definite replies. the witness
said he thought the armor belt too
low.
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REVOLUTION IN CONGO.
French Director Taken Prisoner by
Blacks,

Antwerp, March II. = Mail reports
receive here from the Congo indie
pendent State declare that the 1ssages
and Declares blacks on the upper
Sanga river in the French Congo
have reqolted. The French director
of tl,is region has been taken prison
err. There have already been several
engagements with the rebels.
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Friday.

WASHINGTON. March THE senate
yesterday passed the army pay bill in
creasing TIE pay of officers from 5 to
IS per cent and the average pay of en-
listed men 10 per cent.
Mr.. Depew spoke at length in favor
of the pending currency bill.
For several hours the house dis
crseed the bill to pay to the arch
bishop of Manila, of the Roman Catho
lie church, $4O3 900 for damages to
church property by the forces of the
United States. The bill was passed.
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Monday.

Washington. March 10. Sen ator
Joseph w. Bailey Of Texas, a member
of the finance committee. which re
ported the Aldrich currency bin, yes.
terday held the attention of his col,
leagues and visitors who crowded the
galleries of the senate for over two
hours with a speech in opposition to
that measure.
Resolutions CT sorrow upon the an.
nouncement of the death of Repre-.
sentative Adolph Meyer of Louisiana
were adopted m at AGO o'clock the
senate adjourned as a further mark
of respect to his memory.
The house was in session but a few
minutes, a~djourning at 12:12, upon
announcement of Mr.. Meyers death.
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EVELYN SEEKS SEPARATION.
Mrs. William ThaW's Attorney Denies
YOUNG Woman Is Beinu Swallowed.

1899
New York. March 11.-Col. Frank
lin Bartlett, the lawyer who has been
engaged by Mrs. William Thaw to as
sist in Strengthening ont the troubles
of her son, Harry K. Thaw, is quoted
as making the following statement
last night regarding the reported
break in the relations between Thaw
and his wife. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw:
1.-The reports that have been print
ell to the effect that Mrs. Evelyn Mes
bit Thaw has been shadowed for evil
dence in divorce proceedings are
without truth.
Will Be Fair and Just.
Mrs. William Thaw is inclined to
be fair and just with her sons wife.
In SO far as I am concerned as coun-
sci for the mother, | would not use
any such means are as suggested in
these frequently printed stories. l
believe that Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
has every reason to expect c~onsidera-
ton in her treatment by myself as
counsel for Mrs. William Thaw. Mrs.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw desires a separa-
ton from her husband and her hus-
band hopes that there will be a recon
Citation. There has been an estrange-
ment between them, but there has not
been any such outbreak on the part
of the husband as has been de-
scribed.'
The story referred to said there had
had been a violent scene between
Thaw and his wife during the latter's
last visit to her husband.
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TOLEDO ICE MEN RELEASED.
Served Thirty-seven Days Of Their
Sentence.

Toledo. Ohio, March II. - judge
Broueh, in common pleas court yes
terday issued an order releasing from
Jail r. c. Lennon, r. A. Beard and
Joseph Miller. the ice dealers SEN
fenced to six months imprisonment
for violation of the antitrust laws.
The men had served thirty-seven
days.
It was argued that the families and
business Of the prisoners ned them
business OF the prisoners need them
GENTLY punished.
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LIVES 81 YEARS IN BED.
Aged Paralytic's Death fastened by
Fire Set by His Pipe.

Upper Alton. H., March 11-Capt.
Daniel Stewart, ninety-four years OF
age. died yesterday, after lying in bed
tWenty-seven years. during the great.
er part OF which time he smoked a
pipe.
His death was the result primarily
Of injuries received in a steamboat
explosion in 1855, and was hastanad,
the physicians say, by his setting the
bed On fire recently while smoking.
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TO DISCUSS DECISIONS.
Special Meeting Of Federation Execu.
tive Council.

Washington. March 10. - The far
reaching character of the recent deci-
sions Of the supreme court of the
United States affecting labor %organiza-
ton has led President Gompers of the
American Federation of Labor to is
sue a call for a meeting of the execu-
tive council of the federation in this
city the early part of the week, be-
ginning March l6.
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Personal.

John Adrian Louis Hope, marquis OF
Linlithgow, is dead In Paris.
Sir Dominic Ellis Colnagh. the Brit.
ish consul general at Boston in 1896
1899, is dead in London.
Fred Hedde, founder Of Grand Isl.
and, Neb., oldest editor in the state
and the first white man to settle in
Hall county, is dead. aged e~ighty-nine
years.
Henry Loomis Nelson, professor of
political science in Williams college,
died of heart disease in New York.
He was formerly editor Of Harper's
Weekly.
Baroness Pauline Wallhofen-Lucca,
the famous Austrian singer, died at
Vienna of cancer. From 1872 to 1874
she travelled in the United States, ap.
pearing in opera and concerts.
Joseph Chamberlain, accompanied
by Mrs. Chamberlain, has left for the
Riviera. They will remain there for
several months. Mr.. Chamberlain's
health continues to improve slowly.
William Henry Burr, a pioneer in
photography. died in Washington in
his eighty-ninth year. At one time he
was official reporter of the debates in
the United States senate.
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Y M. C. A. Worker L Heir.

Worcester, Mass. March 11.-John
T. Dover, secretary of the Y. NJ. C. A.
here, has beer notified taat he is heir
% d fortune Of $4,000, 900 left him by
an uncle who died in Melbourne, Aus
tralia.
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Soldiers Kill Commander.

Caracas, March II. An uprising
occurred last night in a barracks here.
the soldiers killing their commander,
Cen. Mesa. The mutiny was quelled
only after a number Of soldiers had
Ieen shot
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JERoME'S ANSWER LONG,
He Will File $4,000 Words of It With
the Governor,

New York, March 1O.-District At
torney Jerome will leave for Albany
to-day to tender to Gov. Hughes his
answer to the charges filed with the
governor by w. F. King, former presi-
lent CT the Merchants association.
Mr.. Jerome was in his office Satur-
day working on the answer, which he
said will make a book containing Is
900 words.
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CORPORATIONS IMMUNE.
No Punishment for Disposing of Sank
rust Stock.

Firmineham, Ala, March 10--Judee
o. r. Fundley in the federal court has
ruled that a corporation nav conceal
or dispose of its bankrupt stock with
out any fear of being punished. It
was held that there is no penal pro
vision included in the bankrupt laws
for the offense on the part Of a como
ration: that the corporation cannot be
Imprisoned and that the law does not
provide a fine.
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Boats Are Movinq.
Apology, Says Ambassador.

London. March 10.-The statement
was made at the Japanese embassy
here yesterday that China has ex-
pressed deep regret for hauling down
the Japanese flag on the Tatsu Maru
and has promised to punish officers
responsible for this act. 1t was fur
Their stated hat China had promised
to reply later concerning the seizure
of arms.
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Casualty.

Thomas Jorsted slipped on an ic,
platform at Fort Dodge, Iowa. falline
twelve feet and lighting on his head
Death was instantaneous.
While walking to Marquette, Mich.
from the Michigan gold mine. where
he was employed as a blacksmith
Yhoas Skwes. sixty years old, OF Ish'
peming, froze to death.
Miss Maude Wilson, who was burn.
Cd to a crisp at the Gedney hotel OF
INDEPENDENCE, Iowa, while performing
duties in the kitchen. a week ago, died
@ . result Of the terrible wounds.
Plunging through binding smoke
and roaring flames, Mrs. Tim Tuhpit,
aged seventy. saved her aged husband
when their home burned at Clarks.
vile, iowa. Both left their home In
their night clothes. but the husband
returned to get his money, when his
wife dragged him unconscious to safe.
~.
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JAPAN IS MAKING
READY FOR WAR
VIII Be Prepared for Whatever
May Happen in Dispute
With China.
ACTIVITY IN NAVAL CIRCLES
Japanese Ambassador at London Makes
Statement That China Has
Offered an Apology.
ACTIVITY IN NAVAL CIRCLES

TOXIC, March 1O.-ThCre were no
developments throughout Sunday in
connection with the Tatsu affair. In
the meanwhile Japan is undoubtedly
preparing for eventualities. The en-
tire decision in the matter rests with
Premier Taionji and Foreign Minister
Hayashi.
There has been no indication of
the period of time that Japan would
await China's reply. The Associated
Press is informed at the Japanese for
eign Office that it is presumed thu
Yuan Shi kai will require three or
four days with the v~iceroy Of Canton
in the consideration of the entire mat
ter, consequently no decision may be
expected before March 10 or II.
What Will Japan Do?
What action Japan will take in the
ven that she decides Immediately to
take independent action" is a matter
of speculation in diplomatic circles in
TOXIC.
1t is believed that it is entirely i'm
probable that Japan will make any
effort to retake the Tatsu or send war
ships to Canton waters. While war
is considered. most improbable, the
naval base at Sasebro is extremely aC-
tive.
Boats Are Moving.
It is announced that a part Of the
first squadron will leave port March
IA. The armored cruiser Chi Yodi
suddenly left port last night. COaling
is proceeding rapidly. a number of tor
pedo boat destroyers having already
coaled. Enormous supplies in storage
at Sasebro are being hurried aboard
the vessels.