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1* 1 [ft i P? for* 11 fen PH mWrol I Princeton Ifatim. K. C. DUNN, Publisher. Terms:2.00 per year in advance. In the scramble to divide up Africa, only a worthless piece of desert was allotted to Spain. Her decadence is thus published to the world by her European sisters. Utah enters the arena of states with an annual gold product of $9,000,000, and a prospect that the yield will in crease for an indefinite number of years. Boston sets an example to other cities with a report that five-sixths of its overhead wires have been placed under ground, and the other sixth is rapidly going there. Spanish generals in Cuba are paid at the rate of $9,000 a year each, a lib erality based on former revenues from the island. Their pay rolls, at present, would not be considered a first-class security in a broker's office. Marie Corelli says she is "happily unmarried,' and lives at home with her relatives, who wouldn't allow her a latchkey or a cigarette, if she were foolish enough to want either. All of which goes to show that a woman may write fin de siecle novels without mak lng a social anomaly of herself. The Boers are said to have sold their rights in the South African gold mines originally for $800,000, which are now worth $800,000,000. A sug gestion that the Boer government will confiscate the property because its owners have been guilty of high treason is creating some excitement among the owners of Kaffir stocks. Madame Bernhardt brought only a single one of her menagerie pets across with her, and that a harmless Scotch collie. The three lions, two tigers and other beautiful but em barrassing playthings are left on the other side, which was considerate of Mme. Bernhardt, as well as economi cal. The horsewhipping of tramps in Mis souri for disturbing the peace, and its salutary effects on the offenders brings up the plan, strongly advocated in some quarters, of the revival of the whipping post for some classes of offenders. There is no doubt that cor poral punishment, administered by proper authorities, is the most whole some penalty in many cases. South Carolina proposes to put a curb upon the lynching propesities of some of her citizens by making the county in which a lynching occurs liable for exemplary damages to the legal representatives of the victim in the sum of $2,000. Such a law will ar ray the taxpayers on the side of law and order, and what they say gener ally goes. Kaiser William may find it neces sary to make a few remarks in re sponse to Secretary Chamberlain's boastful, not to say scornful, speech the other night. That sneer at Ger many may yet prove an expensive one. The continental situation does not require any flaunting of red llags "before a not too amiable menagerie to add to the general high temperature at the present writing. Italy has the friendly encourage ment of England in the war against ULbsynnia, and if the report is true that England intends to cede to Italy the port of Sela, on the Gulf of Aden, the Italian troops will be able to go forward with the invasion from the south as well as from the north. If a passion grows with what it feeds on, the nations of Europe will look else where for fresh territory after they complete the division of Africa. New York is trying an experiment with Karri wood from Australia for paving streets. The blocks of this wood are exceedingly hard, and are eaid to be practically impervious to moisture. If wood of this kind is laid on a concrete foundation the result ought to be very close to the ideal pavement. But Australia is a long way off ,and the matter of cost may militate against a general introduction of Karri pavement. In 1893, according to the report of the commissioner of education, which has been brought down to that year, the number of schoolhouses in the United States was 235,426, valued at $398,435,039, with an annual revenue $105,000,000, teachers numbering L/^ 883,010 and an aggregate of 15,083,630 fM pupils. The illiteracy in the United States has been reduced to 13.3 per |*cent, this Including 56.8 per cent among negroes, and 13.1 per cent ft among the white immigrants. But little over half of the negro population j,is now illiterate. While education in this country Is extending at a rapid rate, there is still much to be done be yfore reaching the standard of Ger many, with only 1 per cent of illiter ates. #g atm PITH O THE NEWS. EVENTS OP THE PAST WEEK W A CONDENSED FORM. A General Resume of the Most Im portant Nem of the Week, From all Parts of the Globe, Boiled Down and Arranged In Con venient Form for Rapid Per usal by Busy People. The Nation's Capital. Congressman Kiefer has been placed In charge of bills affecting Minnesota, Wisconsin and Missouri public build ings. The house committee on public lands has received from Secretary Smith a strong adverse report against the "free home" bill. The comptroller of the currency has declared dividends in favor of the cred itors of insolvent national banks as follows: Thirty per cent, the First National bank of Bavenna, Neb. 30 per cent, the First National bank of Texarkana, Tex. 15 per cent, the State National benk of Knoxville, Tenn. 2 per cent, the Maverick National bank of Boston, Mass. The secretary of war, the command ing general of the army, the President, and the Sherman statue committee of the Society of the Army of the Tennes see, met as as a committee of the war department for the consideration of competitive designs submitted for the equestrian statue of the late Gen. Sherman. They thought that none of the statues designated the character of Gen. Sherman, but selected four models with a view of further elabo ration. People in Print. Jacob Doelger, the well known New York brewer, died of heart and kidney disease. Oscar R. Burchard, a real estate dealer in Denver, is dead. He was a well known magazine writer and was fifty-two years old. W. G. Sweeney, surveyor of customs at Dubuque, is dead, aged sixty-three. He was a Kentuckian and a relative of Secretary Carlisle. The figure of Hon. Edward J. Phelps, ex-minister to England, is once more a familiar one in New Ha ven. Prof. Phelps has returned to re sume his duties as lecturer in the law and academic departments of Yale. In a recent letter to a friend, Will iam E. Gladstone said "We are due at Biarritz on my birthday, a day on which, if I live to see it, I shall com plete my eighty-sixth year. A long counta great reckoning." John B. Alley of Lynn, Mass., died at Boston, from paralysis. He was seventy-eight years old. He was an ex-representative in congress, a direct or of the Union Pacific railroad and a pioneer of the old Free Soil party. He was worth several million dollars. Lord Brassey has scandilized Mel bourne society. TThe first tin^e he occu pied the vice-regal box at the theater he noticed, sitting in the gallery, sev eral sailors from his yacht, and, terri ble to relate, "nodded familiarly" to them. Durham White Stevens, the counsel or of the Japanese legation in Wash ington, is, an American who resided many years in Japan and became thoroughly acquainted with its lan guages? history and customs. Mr. Ste vens is thoroughly American, but in diplomacy is Japan's right-hand man. Mr. Andree of Stockholm, who will attempt to reach the north pole by bal loon, is having his balloon made in Paris. It is to be finished on May 11, when it will be transported to Gothen burg, and then to a small island in the Spitzbergen group, whence the expedi tion will start. Ex-President Harrison's mail deliv ered at his residence in Indianapolis, the last few days, was the heaviest that has been carried to the house since he was nominated, in 1888, for the presidency. The presumption is that the letters are from distant friends, offering their congratulations on his coming nuptials. Robert G. Remsen, son of Henry Remsen, private secretary to Thomas Jefferson, died at New York. Mr. Remsen was president of the Patri archs, and the originator of their ball. He was director in a dozen leading financial companies, among them the Manhattan Savings institution and the Knickerbocker Trust company. Clara A. McAdow, who represented Montana on the woman's board of managers at the world's fair, died at Detroit from a complication of diseas es, after a six-months' illness. She was a large owner of the Spotted Horse gold mines. Her wealth was estimat ed at $2,000,000. The gold pedestal of the Montana statue, the face of which resembles Ada Rehan, was supplied from her mines. Casualties. A fire in fha Hotchkiss Rapid Fire Gun manufactory at St. Denis, France, caused damage to the extent of 1,060,- 000 francs. By the falling of an elevator at the Ohio Steel company's plant at Youngs town, Ohio, three men were injured, probably fatally. The clothing of Celia Harrison, liv ing in Lyon, Iowa, took fire while she slept and she was burned to death. She was reputed to be a miser, but living In poverty. an Francisco shipping and insur ance men fear that some mishap has befallen the British ship Cadzow For est. She arrived off the Columbia river January 4 and took Pilot Grassman aboard, but before she could get in was driven to sea. While playing with several compan ions in an abandoned starch factory at Madison, Ind., Charles Lichlyter, aged 17, attempted to cross an old well. The rotten board covering gave ^way and he fell a distance of fifty feet killing him instantly. The British bark Pass of Killieran kle has arrived at San Diego, Cal., with news of the loss of an unknown vessel, probably the same ship seen by the Casabora off Cape Horn. The Pass of Killierankie also reports the arrival at Callao of the British bark Empire a total wreck. iJr'The Lehlgfc Valley passenger train from Wilkesbarre, In charge of Engm eer Michael Lonzier and conductor George Reese, was precipitated intd the depths of a coal mine near Hazel ton, Pa, Lonzier was crushed to death. The fireman, Frederick Meyers, will probably die. There was a cavein and this let 1e engine down into the mine. 1 Crimes and Criminals., Miss Mary E. Hills, supposed to have been murdered at Mamaroneck, N. J., died of starvation. A sensation was caused in political circles at Columbus, Ohio, by the in dictment of three ex-members of the legislature on charges of bribery. 5John Gibson, a Missouri farmer liv ing across the river from Quincy, HI., quarreled with his wife and killed him self. He was 70 years old and a vet eran of two wars. John and Thomas Mossengale, want-' ed for murder and horse stealing, were shot and killed by a posse in the Rac coon mountains, Tennessee, white re sisting arrest. City Treasurer George Johnson Robb of Moncton, Neb, is said to be a de faulter to the extent of $9,000, said to be due to speculations in the New York stock market. He is ill and probably will die. Ed. Stanford, being refused accom modation at the Custer house, at Mat toon, HI., went out on the sidewalk! and fired five shots at the house. One of the shots took effect in Mrs. Cus ter's leg, inflicting a very painful wound. Stanford took to his heels and has not been arrested. At Pierron, Ind., a station on the Vandalia road, a lot of woodchoppers camping in the woods got on a spiee, and, because one of their number would not drink as often as the others thought necessary, they stripped him of his clothing, and, placing him on a stove, held him there till his flesh was burned to a crisp. From foreign Shores. Relations between Italy and Brazil are strained. Herr Baumbach, burgomaster of Dantzic and member of the diet, is dead. It seems that Gen. Valeriano Wey ler, instead of Gen. Polavieja, is to be governor general and captain general of Cuba. It is officially announced that Hon. A. V. Boville, attorney general of the Island of Barbadoes, has been appoint ed attorney general of British Guiana. Cardinal Guillaume Rene Meignan, archbishop of Tours, France, was dis covered dead in bed. He was born in 1817 and was created a cardinal in 1893. The queen of Corea is .certainly dead. There is no truth in the story that she escaped from her murdeiers at Seoul. Two Corean dummies have just been executed for participation in the murder. The Berlin correspondent of the Times believes that the government has already abandoned the idea of m troduciag a special measure to increase the navy, finding that there is nolikeli hood of support for it. The London Daily News, describing the massacre at Maiash in November,, says the two head teachers in the American academy were killed, one being flayed alive and then cut to pieces. A cablegram from Rome to Areh bishop Kain announces that the pal lium, the insignia of his archbishopal rank, is now on its way to St. Louis. President Kruger of the Transvaal republic has granted citizenship to the Uitlanders who supported him in the recent crisis. There are veny few Englishmen among them. Lady Henry Somerset has been en tertaining the duke of St. Albans and other members of the family of her son's fiancee. Lady Henry Somerset has long been prominent in temper ance work and is president of the British Woman's Temperance associ ation and, in connection with its ac count of the entertainments, the Lon don Sun says "Good brands were on the table, though the hostess did not touch them." Otherwise. The convention of the textile manu facturers' association of the West and South met in Chicago. Miss Helen Gould has sent a check for $8,000 to Vassar college to found a scholarship in memory of her moth er. E. E. Harter of Milan, Mo., is dying from the effects of smoking cigars and cigarettes. It was very common for him to smoke thirty cigars and five boxes of cigarettes daily. The Louisville Paper company filed a deed of assignment in the county court at Louisville, Ky. B. H. Fans ley was made assignee. The liabili ties of the company are placed at $25,- 000. The assets, the attorneys say, should reach about $20,000. The cause of the assignment as given out was "hard times." Stephen Andrews, the biggest man in Rhode Island, tipping the scales at 575 pounds, dropped dead at Providence. He was 80 years of age. When he was 60 years oldl he weighed only about 200 pounds, but since^ then he had gained rapidly, though apparently in perfect health. In one month rec ently he gained thirty pounds. The members of the executive com mittee of the Populist national conven tion and the Business Men's league of St. Louis have completed details for the July convention and executed a contract whereby the Populists will be given the use of a hall in the Expo sition building now being prepared for the Republican national convention. Prof. Theophilus Robarts of Perry county, Ind., claims to have discovered the long-sought rule of trisecting any rectilineal angle by elementary geom etrythat is, by menas of a straight line and a circle. He declares that this great problem has at last been unraveled by a very simple method, which he expects soon to give to the Judge Baker, of the United States district court at Indianapolis handed down a decision in the National Lin seed Oil trust case, in which the deed of the trust to the National Linseed Oil company is upheld, but the trust Is held to be illegal, the company an 11* legal organization and a monopoly and only capable of holding property until suit is filed by the proper persons. KILLED HUSWIFE AND THEN CUT HIS THROAT WITD I. A RAZOR. After a Violent Quarrel, George Bax. ter, a Minneapolis Laborer, Pounds His Wife's Brains Oat With a Hammer and Then At tempts to Commit Suicide His Injuries Will Probably Result Fatally. Minneapolis, Jan. 29.A dreadful tragedy was enacted in a littie kitchen on the second floor at the rear of 1311 Washington avenue south. George Baxter, in a fit of jealousy and passion, battered his wife's head into a shapeless mass with a hammer, and, after gloating over his horrible crime, coolly drew a keen razor across his own throat. Their 16-year-old son was sleeping in the next room.and was only about half conscious that something unusual had happened. He aroused himself, and, opening the door, was horror stricken to see his parents on the floor welter ing in pools of blood. He was dis tracted and overcome at the sight, but managed to stumble down on the street, where he found Officer Powers. Powers hurried up stairs, but could not do anything but summon the coro ner and the ambulance. Those officials arrived in time, and found Mrs. Baxter quite dead, but the murderer was still alive. The corpse was taken to the morgue, and the man to the city hos pital. The motive that prompted the deed was undoubtedly jealousy. The couple quarreled frequently, so much so that when they were heard wrangling about 7 o'clock in the morning no at tention was paid to it by the neigh bors. When Officer Powers reached the room, he asked Baxter who had committed the deed. "I did," he replied, "and I am glad of it. I only wish I had had a revolver, so I could have made a better job of it." Baxter is a laborer, but has not had very steady employment. A while ago he was employed in a box factory, but at present he was working for Noonan, the commission man in the Central market. The hospital physician states that the murderer is weak from loss of blood, and is not likely to recover. BRAME GETS BACK. Minneapolis Lawyer Charges Trum bull With Perjury. St. Paul, Jan. 29.The case against C. B. Brame, the Minneapolis lawyer charged with the misappropriation of funds and willful misconduct in his profession was submitted to the su preme court on briefs to-day. Brame accompanies his reply with an affida vit saying that George W. Turnbull, the plaintiff, was never a party direct ly or Indirectly to the proceedings re ferred to in the complaint, and has no knowledge concerning them except by hearsay that Turnbull is not an at torney or an officer of the court, but is a manufacturer's agent, and the an swer objects to the proceedings on these grounds: That in making a veri fication of charges of which he has no personal knowledge, Turnbull is guilty of perjury, and could, therefore, have no standing before the court that charges for disbarment, such as these, can only be made by one attorney against another that some time has elapsed since the alleged commission of the offenses, and that one of the judgments has been paid, a fact not mentioned in the charges that it is contrary to justice and equity to drag them into court at this late day that it is impossible to meet all the eight charges, as the witnesses are widely scattered, and that one charge is all that an attorney should be required to meet at one time. May Eat Game All the Year. St. Paul, Jan. 29.Section 21 of chap ter 24 of the General Laws of 1893, relative to the illegal shipment into Minnesota of game killed out of sea son in another state, has been de clared unconstitutional by the supreme court. The validity of the statute was called into question by Edwin O. Keith, accused of having in his possession one prairie chicken killed and shipped from North Dakota contrary to the laws of that state. St Paul's Carnival. St. Paul, Jan. 29.The events at Au rora Park, the headquarters of Bore alis Rex. continue to draw great audi ences of spectators. There is good reason for this, as the programme of sports and amusements of one kind or another is always a good one and well worth seeing. The skating events are the main attractions. There was a parade of St. Paul and Minneapolis equipages here to-day. Given the Limit. St Paul, Jan. 29Judge Willis this morning felt that his duty to society demanded that he should impose the full penalty upon Herman Smith, the man who was convicted upon trial of grand larceny in the first degree in having robbed William Frasier as they were sleeping in the Richelieu house, and sent him to the state prison for the full term of ten years with hard labor. Liquor on Carnival Grounds. St Paul, Jan. 29.At a meeting of the Sacred Thirst society Mrs. J. F. Kelly and Mrs. Madigan were appoint ed a committee to confer with the di rectors of the carnival, and, on the part of the society, to make a protest against the selling of liquor on the carnival grounds. The Missing Medic. Stillwater, Minn., Jan. 29.The news has been received here that Dr. F. A. Stevens of Lake Elmo, who went to Australia, will return to his home Fri day. He had been in communication with friends here for some time, and finally decided to come back.. s*jt Three Drowned. Hinton, W. Va., Jan. 29.W. T. Ja cobs, George Props, and Thomas Hig g-Ins were drowned at Sewall last night while crossing New river in a boat. ^CRUISERS AT WORK. An Attempt to Capture Some Cuban Filibusters. Washington, Jan. 29.The Spanish minister last night informed the state department that the steamer J. W, Hawkins left New York with an ex pedition of 150 men, arms and ammu nition and stores, in command of Cal-. ixto Garcia that she may go south and take more men and arms at Palm Beach, Fla., or elsewhere that she will pass the United States waters near Key West that the arms and ammu nition confiscated at Cedar Keys, Fla., are ready to be embarked on a schoon er to join the Garcia expedition at sea, and that the steamer Commodore, at Wilmington, N. C, still in port, is in the conspiracy." The secretary of the treasury has telegraphed this statement to all commissioners of cus toms along the South Atlantic coast, with instructions to consult United States attorneys and take whatever action may/be found necessary to pre vent any violation of neutrality laws. Capt. Shoemaker, of the revenue cut ter service, will also give the neces sary instructions to commanders of revenue cutters, and every precaution will be taken to intercept the Haw kins To-day the report was received from Norfolk that the cruiser Montgomery, of Admiral Bunce's fleet, lying in Hampton Roads, passed out the capes at 10.30 o'clock last night. She was followed by the Raleigh, which left at 12.05 o'clock. From the fact that some of the officers of the cruisers have not yet joined their ships, it is evident that +he outside cruise will not be of olng duration, and therefore it is sur mised that the cruisers will look for the Hawkins and arrest the ship's of ficers and the filibusters on the charge of violating the neutrality laws. Havana, Jan. 29.Communication with Pinar del Rio is still very much interrupted, but reports received by courier show that the insurgents there under Maceo are displaying great ac tivity and are doing much damage. It is admitted that some 2,000 residents of Pinar del Rio province have joined the forces of the insurgents. Judge Pedro Roderiguez of Mena, district of San Cnstobel.who was detained on ac count of his political opinions, and who afterward was imprisoned for conspiracy against the government, has committed suicide. Pablo Oliva effected a junction at Punta de la Sierra, Pinar del Rio, with about 300 other insurgents, and afterwards suc ceeded in capturing the private guards on the plantation of Murias. NICE SOCIABLE TIME. Two Men Killed and Three Other People Injured in Iowa, Jefferson, Iowa, Jan. 29.As a result of a desperate fight at an early hour this morning, two men are dead, two men dangerously wounded, and a young lady seriously injuied. The killed are John Brown Jr. and John Fleck. The injured are John Brown Sr., shot through the face Miss Tillie Fleck, beat with a club, and George Fleck, shot through the back. The trouble arose over an old feud. The Flecks broke into the Brown residence and opened fire with revolvers and shotguns. John Brown and his two sons and a daughter engaged the men, but had no firearms, until a revolver was secured from young Fleck. Geo. Fleck, the 16-year-old son, entered with a revolver in each hand and be gan firnig. One bullet struck Brown in the cheek and another passed through the elder Flecks' hands. A moment later the eldest son, Johm Jr., appeared, and young Fleck began pubping lead at him. One ball struck, him in the breast, just above the heart, and another tore flesh from his forehead. Here the scene changed. Jim Brown, a 17-year-old son, entered, and, sizing up the situation, grabbed a stick of firewood and knocked both re-, volvers from young Fleck's hands. John Jr., although dangerously wound ed, reached one of the guns and plant ed a bullet in young Fleck's back, he having turned to run. Jim followed and caught Fleck and clubbed him over the head until he was uncon scious. Neighbors, attracted to the scene, shortly after put a stop to the battle. The wounded are dangerously injured. Washington, D. C, Jan. 25, 1896. Special Telegram.List of patents is ued last week to Northwestern invent ors: Frank J. Barnard, J. C. Moore and J. D. Alkinsojn, Seattle, Wash., mag netic extracting and separating ma chine John W. Boggs, Huntington, Ore., draw-bar for railway cars Will iam H. Campbell, Ortonville, Minn., fire-escape Hermann G. Dittbenner, Minneapolis, Minn., engine for log moving William Hainsworth, West Seattle, Wash., rail-straightening de vice Adelbert Mecham, Edinburg, N. D., sleigh-brake John C. Milnes, Ce dar Rapids, Iowa, milk ticket Rasmus Pederson, Drammen, Minn., corn-har vester Gustave A. Scholer, Spokane, Wash., chuch for watch-crown Eugene S. Sutton, Snohomish, Wash., door lock Henry B. Weiper, Durand, Wis., horse-detacher George E. Wheeler, Minneapolis, Minn., car-brake Ed ward K. Jones, Portland, Ore., (design) inscription-plate. T. D. Merwin, Pat ent Lawyer, Pioneer Press Building, St. Paul, Minn., and Washington, D. C. Kempster Again In Office. Milwaukee, Jan. 29.Dr. Walter Kempster, who was deposed from the head of the health department at the time of the smallpox epidemic, and who was reinstated by the courts after a long legal fight, took charge of the office to-day. It was expected that there would be some resistance to his reinstatement,but no friction occurred. The city is Hable for Dr. Kempster's salary during the time of his retire- ment.' -.ju^ -X. -y nrv a.^ Milwaukee Firm Assigns. Milwaukee, Jan. 29.Morgan & Co. assigned to-day. The firm is one of the oldest retail dry goods houses in the city. It failed during the recent panic, but effected a settlement with its cred itors and resumed business about a year ago. James McEachron is the assignee. aa Death From Paralysis. Stillwater. Minn., Jan. 20.Mrs. L. Jones, an early resident of the St Croix VaUey, died in this city this morning of paralysis, axed 74 seam. DEATH W A^MINE MGHTIUL EXPLOSION IN A COL* LIERYMJAR CARDIFF, WALES, The Latest Report Places the Num. J't her of Dead at Fifty-four, but It IB Feared That the Fatalities Will Exceed ThisA Few Miners Escape and Bring to* the Surface a Number of Bodies. Cardiff, Wales, Jan. 29.The resi dents of the town and vicinity of Ty lorstown, which is situated near here,, were terrified by a terrific reverbera tion which shook the whole town and caused people to rush out of doors, wondernig whether they were being overwhelmed by an earthquake. It was ascertained in a short time that the concussion was caused by an ex plosion in a neighboring colliery with disastrous consequences to life and property. The latest report places the number of dead at 54, though it is feared that the further exploration of the wrecked mine will develop the bodies of more. Reports of the num ber of killed have been conflicting, and there is doubt as to the number of men in the mine at the time of the dis aster. The first leports gave the num ber of miners in the shaft at 54, but some of them escaped to the surface, bringing the body of one comrade with them. The mining population of the locality knew all too quickly what the muffled, thunderous rumble of the explosion meant, and rushed to the mouth of the pit, only to have their worst fears con firmed. The shaft was found to be en tirely shattered, and it was evident that there was little hope that any of those in the pit could have survived the explosion. The despair of the women who flocked about the mouth of the pit was little more terrible than the horrible anxiety of those that hoped to find that those who were missing from their sides had, by some chance, not entered the mine. It was reported later that more bod ies had been brought to the surface of the wrecked mine, and some of those who were in the mine have been res cued alive and are able to tell some thing of the occurrence. It is impossi ble to ascertain the exact number of the victims, as the number of men in the mine at the time of the explosion is not known. But those who have been engaged in the work of explora tion and the few survivors who have been rescued tell terrible stories of the scenes they witnessed and the dead bodies they found or stumbled over strewn in all directions as they fell. EVIDENCE AT MADISON. Cestimony as to the Venezuelan Boundary Madison, Wis, Jan 29.The Tank collection of books in the Dutch lan guage, one of the rich possessions of the state historical society library ap pears destined to play a considerable part in the deliberations of the Vene zuela commission. Hon. Andrew White, one of the commissioners, a short time ago wrote to President Ad ams, of the state university, asking him to search the Tank collection for any historical works or atlases bearing upon the boundaries of old Dutch Guiana. An examination of the books in this department reveals the pres ence here of several which bear au thoritative contemporary as to the extenth ocf the Dutch claims in -fSS? Killed by a Burglar Yonkers, N. Y.. Jan. 29Mrs. Ed mund Tucker was choked to death by a burglar at her home on Central ave nue near Underhill last night. She was found by her husband, who returned late. Their little boy was also found to be suffering form a severe cut in the face, and said that an old man wearing a slouch hat and a seedy grav overcoat had entered the house and demanded money. When this was re fusedeahim, he seized Mrs. Tucker and her into insensibility. He then struck the boy with a heavy cane and proceeded to take what valuables he could find in a hasty trip through the St. Paul Players "Win St. Louis, Jan. 29.Fifteen members of the executive committee of the American Whist League and several more of the most expert players in the country assembled to-day for the pur pose of making arrangements for the sixth whist congress, which will be held in Brooklyn some time this year Nothing definite was done to-day, but the work will be completed at to-mor row's session. A match game for the trophy of the American Whist League between the St. Paul Chess and Whist club and the American Whist club of .Boston resulted in a victory for Stm Paul24 to 11. Double Accident Pittsburg, Pa.a,n Jan. 29.-Missto-dayuLulntrai Kennedy, a stenographer, was instant- &v T. handle a While the patrol wagon was conveying the remains to the morgue, it was run down by a street car and the driver, John Quigg, was probably fatally in- *l l* A Wabash Branch Council Bluffs, Iowa, Jan. 29The Wabash branch to Glenwood Junction, Mo., was this morning sold to Mr. Gould of New York for $1,500,000. He is said to represent the Baltimore & Ohio, and the line will be used as their connection for the Northwest. ****&*. ClHlrel HhiC & Englantestimony wi succeeded in 1803. A translator and diaughts man are now busily extracting this in formation for the commission, and it is not impossible that one or more members of that body may visit Madi son to examine the evidence on the spot. Mow Baraboo, Wis., Jan. 29.While the family of Ed Selleck, an insurance agent, was at church last night bur glars entered the house and took about |30, which lay in a purse on the table. The money belonged to the church so ciety, of which Selleck is treasurer. jfcj,* Free Delivery Olnces. ^-Washington, Jan. 29.Free delivery mail services will be extended to 18 postoffices on Aprie 1, swelling the to- office deliver Slt "B9tre