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THE MINNEAPOLIS tTOrTRNAL. PRICE TWO CENTS. TAXES WILL BE REDUCED Conference Agreement on the Measure. IT PASSES THE SENATE Compromise on Tobacco and House Rate on Beer. NO TAX ON MESSAGES AND CHECKS Backet Shop Proviilon Stand*—Total Redaction Auionnti to Jg41.000.000. Washington, Feb. 28.—The conferees of the senate and the house have agreed on the war revenue reduction bill. The report was adopted by the senate with out objection. The changes in the pres ent law are as follows: —Twenty per cent discount of the original tax of 12 cents per pound, as against 25 per cent reduction a* fixed by the senate and none as the bill passed the house. The rate will make.the tax $9.60 per 100 pounds. Cigars—On those weighing more than three pounds per 1,000, the .house rate of $3 per 1,000 was retained; as against.s3.3o as fixed by the senate and $3.60 as in the present law. ; On those weighing less than three. pounds per 1,000, the : senate rate of 18 cents per pound is alloYed to stand as against the rate of $1 per 1,000 as fixed by the existing law, which was not disturbed by the house. Cigarettes—On those weighing not more than three pounds per 1,000, the senate rate at 18 cents per pound prevailed. The house dfd not change the. existing law." ; . " ;." j Beer— house rate of $1.60 per barrel and repealing the Hi per cent discount is re tained.. ■ i ••■-,,.>■; T. Bankers'' Capital—The ' present law is re tained, the senate receding from its amend ment. Commercial -Brokers' Tax—Repealed -In ac cordance with original action of both houses. Certificates of Stock Transfers—The rate of 2 cent 3 for each $100 is retained, and- the senate amendment making the law include the transactions of bucket shops Is accepted. [ Sales of Products at Exchanges—The senate amendment exempting .sales of merchandise in actual course of transportation is accepted,! but the rate of 1 cent for each $100 as fixed by the present law is retained, the senate amendment making the rate $2 being 'disa greed to. ,"'' Bank Checks—Repealed in accordance with tbe house action. . Certlflactes of Deposit—Tax repealed. ..; '• - Promissory Notes—Tax- repealed. Money Orders—Tax repealed. Bills of Exchange, Foreign—The rate fixed at 2 cents for each $100, in accordance with the .senate amendment. ,"?vv Bills of Lading for Export—Repealed. Express Receipts—Repealed. Telephone Messages— Repealed. Miscellaneous Bonds—Tax repealed, except upon bonds of indemnity. ■ Certificates of Damage and Certificates Not Otherwise .Specified—Repealed. **pealea. Conveyance— Exempted below $2,500; above $2,500, 25 cents for each $500, in accordance with senate action. Telegraph Messages— repealed. , Insurance—Tax repealed on all kinds of In surance in accordance with action of tha house, the senate conferees receding on all senate amendments. Leases—Tax repealed. Manifests— Tax repealed. Mortgages—Tax repealed. Steamship Passage Tickets—Exempted be low $00 in value, and the rate fixed at 00 cents tor each $50 In cost for that price and over. Power of Attorney—Tax repealed. Protest—Tax repealed. Warehouse Receipts—Tax repealed Proprietary Medicines—Tax repealed in ac cordance with house action, the senate being disagreed to. Perfumery and Cosmetics—Tax repealed. Chewing Gum—Tax repealed. Legacies—Law modified so as to exclude from taxation legacies of charitable, reli gious, literary or educational character. Total Reduction. The total reduction of the revenues as made by the bill as agreed upon will amount .to about $41,000,000 as against a reduction of $40,000,000 fs it passed the house and $45,000,000 as amended in the senate. The provision of the bill will take effect on the first of next July SUNDAY CLOSING STANDS ST. LOUS FAIR CONFEREES AGREE But They Uisagree on the Appro priation for the Charleston Exposition. Special to The Journal. Washington, Feb. 2S.—The conferees on the Louisiana exposition bill to-day agreed on the amendment to close the gates on Sunday, and disagreed to the appropria tion for the Charleston. S. C. exposition. The house conferees will go back to the house later in the day for instructions The senate amendment to the St. Louis exposition bill providing for Sunday clos ing is so loosely drawn as to raise a ques tion whether it can be enforced The section orders the "board of directors" to keep "the fair" closed on Sundays There is no board of directors and the ex position is not known as a "fair"- and no penalty clause is attached. It is pre dicted that under the section as it now stands, the fair can be kept open. NO MORE ASSISTANTS Mis. Assembly Kills the Bill for Re lief of Mr. Adams' Department. Special to The Journal. Madison, Wis., Feb. 28.—The bill to give H. C. Adams, dairy and food commission er, two more assistants, was defeated in the assembly to-day by a close vote after a lively discussion, its defeat being se cured by a motion to strike out the enact ing clause. The bill increasing the salaries of supreme court justices to $6,000 and of circuit court judges to $4,000, with $400 expenses, was ordered to en grossment and third reading in the sen ate. The assembly killed the bicycle side path bill with little ceremony. Thirty-eight petitions were received in favor of the primary election bill and three against, the latter from constituents of Senator Harris. Last evening the legislators and the governor attended the reception of the fac ulty of the college of engineering to ex hibit the new building. SPANISH CLAIMS COMMISSION Senate Agrees to the Conference Re- port—Other Hills. Washington, Feb. 28.—A number of con ference reports were agreed to by the sen ate to-day, including those on the mili tary academy appropriation bill, the agri cultural appropriation bill and the bill creating a commission for the adjudica tion, of Spanish war claims. EXTRASESSION AFTER ALL McKinley May Veto Spooner Resolution. HIS HANDS ARE TIED Hoar Amendment He Regards as Decidedly Obnoxious. CLASSES PHILIPPINES WITH CUBA It Will Encourage the Filipino* to Keep Up ResiMtunce— of His Kneiniea. Frntn Tim Journal Bureau. JCoom 45, Tot* Building, Washington, Washington. Feb. —The New York Tribune this morning prints this dispatch from • its usually well-informed Wash- ington correspondent: The administration views with extreme disfavor tha action of the senate in ac quiescing in the insidious attempt to tie the president's hands in the pacification and development through the Hoar amend ment to the Spooner clause of the army bill relating to the Philippines. Persistence in this attitude, it is now feared, may force the extra session, in spite of all efforts to avert it, for it is the conviction of the president's advisers that the inclusion of the Philippine islands in the same category with Cuba, so far as franchises are concerned, would be fraught with the gravest national dan ger. The Hoar proposition, it is declared, proposes for the archipelago, under Amer ican sovereignty, the same restrictions that the Foraker amendment stipulated with regard to an island over which American sovereignty was not to be ex tended. This uniformity of political treat ment, it is held, could not fail to convince the rebellious Tagals that their future status was not regarded by congress as unlike that of Cuba, which the United States has promised to make free and in dependent. Beyond the political effect which it is believed the Hoar plan must have in the Philippines, its possible commercial and industrial results are also greatly to be deprecated. Administration officials contend that the antagonists of the president in the senate have skilfully drawn the amendment with no other purpose than to keep the rebel lion going by encouraging the rebels to believe that there is still a strong dis position in this country to give them a measure of autonomy approximating Cuban independence as limited by the Platt resolution. It is being urged that the president will not hesitate to veto the bill if the ob noxious clause is not modified, in spite of the general aversion to an extra ses sion. Xo doubt is expressed of the prompt passage by both houses of the revenue re duction bill in the form it came from conference this morning. The house has won a distinct triumph, although on the most vicious feature of the bill as it passed the senate, the con ferees of that body have succeeded in hav ing four-fifths their way. This is the tax on tobacco and snuff, which was made 12 cents a pound under the war revenue act. At that rate it yielded last year $35,000. --000. The senate made a reduction of 25 per cent in this tax, while the house favored no change. The conference re port is for a 20 per cent reduction, but with no change in the size of the package. That which now sells conveniently for 5 cents will remain at the 1 2-3 ounce size, according to the ways and means commit tee. The house conference objected not so much to a reduction in this tax as to the form in which it was thus made, ob viously throwing the benefit into the pockets of the trust instead of relieving the consumer. But this was the one point upon which the senate conferees were obdurate. The house conferees yielded the principle for which they at first contended as to the right of the senate so to amend a revenue bill, and they yielded the tobacco tax; in other respects they have won a notable tri umph. This law will go into effect July 1 in stead of upon its passage, as originally proposed. It was found that the business interests involved could make better cal culations by knowing a few months in ad vance what was to be the law. The bucket shop tax goes into effect the first of April. The oleomargarine bill is doomed for this congress. Representative Tawney, who has been its strongest supporter, ac knowledges this, but He says- that in an other congress it will be taken up early enough to insure favorable action in the senate. The house republicans, from all appear ances, will take no part in the discussion over the Platt Cuban or the Spooner-Hoar Philippine amendments to the pending army bill either in debate or in the per fection of their details. The situation is peculiar. The insular affairs committee of the house, before which would come Cuban and Philippine af fairs, feels that it has no part in a series of amendments to an army bill that be longs to the military affairs committee, and that body is estopped out of courtesy from discussing franchises in the Philip pines, when its own chairman, John A. T. Hull of lowa, is the widely advertised president of the "Philippine Lumber and Improvement company." It would be a peculiar spectacle for the chairman of a house committee to lead in the discussion of a restrictive measure directed against such enterprises as that with which he is, in popular estimation at least, so closely identified. In these circumstances the members of the two committees are merely talking over the senate proposals, taking no ac tion, and the belief is general that in whatever form the conferees finally pre sent them, the house will accept the re sult by a solid party vote. —W. W. Jermane. Washington •Small Talk. The Pacific cable amendment to the sundry civil bill, for which the wast was so eager, has gone out in conference. Mrs. Smith, wife of Senator E. E. Smith of Minneapolis, and Miss Ella Norris, of Lyn dale school, are here for the inauguration. Senator Kyle was responsible for holding up the nomination of Phillips for postmaster at Sioux Fails. He heard that it was going in and he made a vigorous protest. The presi dent is aware that no nomination can be con firmed at this session to which objection is made, and there he decided not to send it to the senate. The Mineapolis Roosevelt club was not placed in the inaugural procession in the published program of that event. Seeing that omission, Marshal McCleary, in charge of the first division of the civic section, asfeed that the club be assigned to the place at the head of the second brigade of his division. The Minneapolis Flambeau club and the Et! Paul Roosevelt club will be in the second division of the civic section. Postmasters appointed to-day: Minnesota— Gotland. Marshall county, J. S. Swanson; Lake Joahanna, -Pope county, C. H. Thorp. 10-wa—Lacfew, Lee county, A. L. Mathews! Wisconsin—Commonwealth, Florence county, J. A. Craig: Oaks, Sauk county, Peter Henry. Senator Hansbrough has secured the adop tion by the senate of an amendment to the sundry civil appropriation bill, carrying $;5, --000 for the army post at Bismarck. THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 28, 1901. THE GUNNER OF THE FUTURE. Under Admiral Sampson Our Gunners May Yet Acquire the Social Graces Necessary to Meet ing Representatives of Foreign Powers Politely. THATST.P.&D.DEAL A Thorough Investigation Called For in the Legislature. JOINT RESOLUTION IS OFFERED ■■ * Mr. Jacobtton Its Author—Some ! Pe culiar Complications May Arise. The absorption of the St. Paul & Du luth by the Northern Pacific may be in vestigated by the legislature. Represen tative Jacobson, in the house this morn ing, introduced a joint resolution calling for a joint committee to consider reme dies the state may use to protect the in terests of the people from the effects of the consolidation. Mr. Jacobson, when asked for a state ment after adjournment this morning, said: The old St. Paul & Duluth has for years been regarded as the most direct and inde pendent outlet for surplus farm products be tween the twin cities and Duluth, Minne sota's only lake port. The question of interest is the effect this consolidation, if allowed to stand, will have on freight rates. This independent-outlet has been absorbed by one of its old competi tors, the Northern Pacific, and when the friendly relations now known . to exist be tween the Northern ■ Pacific and the Great Northern, which owns one of the other outlets between the twin cities and Duluth, are con sidered, it is apparent that there is only one outlet, as far as . competition Is concerned, where there were formerly three._ The possi ble consequences are of such grave import, that if there is still a remedy in existence, it shtwld be utilized. and applied in the most effective manner. '; V*;i,Y."i.j/< U' ,-*&> r i ,-J £■-: .-•:■:,■•. - - Laid on the Table. The resolution was laid on the; table until to-morrow at Mr. Jacobson's request. Some interesting facts may come :to light if the findings of the railroad. and warehouse commission prove true. If the two roads in question were competing or parallel lines of railway within the statu tory inhibition against consolidation, the question that arises is: Was the action of the governor illegal in allowing the consolidation to take place? Possible Complication*. .. '. It .is reported that the old corporation of the St. Paul & Duluth company has dis solved and gone out of existence. If that ba true, can the state now revive the cor poration and compel it to operate its road in accordance with its charter? This was a land grant road. If it shall be found that the consolidation is illegal, and the old corporation of the St. Paul & Duluth company.is either unable, awing to -the dissolution, or unwilling, ;if alive, ,to operate its road in accordance with its charter,, the statute provides a ; remedy. ,The : attorney, general can ■ commence i an action to take possession of the road in the name of the state, and the state can either operate it or dispose of it to be run as an independent line, with the usual re strictions governing other roads. - v The Resolution.. - - By the terms of the Jacobson resolu tion, the joint committee' is to report to the legislature its findings:by' a bill or otherwise. The resolution is in substance as follows: . O V Whereas, The Northern Pacific Railway company and the St. Paul & Duluth Railway company have for a number ,of " years been th? : owners of and , operated separate, inde pendent,, parallel and competing railways be tween St. Paul, Minneapolis and Duluth; and ; Whereas, On June 15, 1900, the said St.- Paul & Duluth company sold and conveyed to the said Northern Pacific all of its yards, j depots, side tracks, terminals, stations, rolling stock and other property for $2,795,824.61; ;and,-.\ ; ; - 11. R. Commliilon'i Findings. Whereas, The board of railroad*and: ware house commissioners did \on June r 29, 1900; after. a : thorough investigation," find among other facts and conclusions of law: 'r. : ; That prior to June 15, • 1900, ■ the i Northern Pacific and the St. Paul & Duluth operated competing lines of railway from Duluth to ; St. Paul i and 'Minneapolis, and from St. Paul and 'Minneapolis to Duluth, and from Dulut a to Carlton,' and from Carlton to ' St. Paul and Minneapolis. »• r* .;. ' That the said lines are substantially paral lel, as the same extend from Duluth to St. Paul and Minneapolis. ; ; . That on June 15 the said St. f Paul & Duluth sold to the said Northern „ Pacific - all of .' its properties Tof f nature, whether real or ■ personal,-, and j whether then acquired or thereafter to, be" acquired, J la- consideration of the sum of $2,793,824.01, and other valuable considerations. Whereupon, the said board of railroad and warehouse commissioners have concluded, de termined and found that said sale and trans fer were in all respects in violation of the laws of said state and void. Board Agreed to Dismissal. $ And whereas, The board of railroad and warehouse .'commissioners,'; thereupon com menced ;-. ,an V action "■;• to "■;"-. set aside the - ; said sale,. :. and '■■ to _/- prevent such consolidatisn,«and alleged among other things that said waft illegal arid contrary to the:statutes, and-^vas,iietrlia«ntal."to-tho best: Interests- of the state, and therefore wholly void and without.any effect, and Whereas, The board did on Sept. 12, 1900. without going to trial, consent to a dismissal of said action, the alleged consideration being a memorandum .signed by. the president of the.Northern Pacific:. and Whereas, Governor Lind, in his biennial message to this legislature, after reciting some of the facts in the case, did advise that we take formal action in the premises; . *i , Now, therefore, be it resolved, That a joint committee, consisting of four members of the house and three members.of the senate, be constituted a committee to investigate the matter : and report its findings by bill or oth erwise at the earliest possible date, and Resolved, further, That the committee co appointed be' authorized to send for persons and paper:; and to administer oaths. . SCHWAB THE HEAD He Will Be President of the United States Steel Corporation. FRICK HAS NOT TIME FOR IT Gary the Chairman of the Executive Committee and Lovejoy the Secretary. New York, Feb. 28.—A news association of this city says to-day: It is practically settled that President Schwab of the Carnegie Steel company will be the president of the United States Steel corporation, and there is semi-official au thority that Elbert H. Gary, president of the Federal Steel company, will be the chairman of the executive committee. Until to-day it was generally believed that H. C. Frick would he at: the head of this committee, but Mr. Frick has said that his other interests would not allow him to give sufficient time to the duties of that position. It appears to be settled that F. T. F. Lovejoy of the Carnegie company will be secretary of the combined company. ENGINEERS MAY WIN Passenger Lines .May Leave the Car- rier'ts Association. Cleveland. Feb. 28.—Telegrams received at the local headquarters of the Marine Engineers Association to-day from lake ports indicate that the strike order issued yesterday by National President Uhler will be obeyed. Some of the more conservative and in fluential vesseimen intimate that the strike will soon be compromised. Offi cials of passenger boat lines declare that they will make every effort to start their steamers just as soon as the ice permits. It is intimated that if they cannot se cure non-union men they will withdraw from the Lake Carriers Association and comply with the demand of the engineers. It is said an effort is being made to get the Vessel Masters association to co operate with the engineers in the strike. DELIVERY IN TOWNS Provision Stays in the Poatofllce Bill—House Rejects. Washington, Feb. 28. —In the house to day, Mr. Loud presented a complete con ference report on the postofflce appropria tion bill. He explained that the most im portant amendment agreed upon in con ference was that providing for experi ments in mail delivery in towns and cities not having free delivery or rural free de livery service. The amendment directing the poatrnaster-general to report upon the feasibility of a government postal tele graph and telephone system had been ac cepted to avoid complications in the clos ing hours of the seseion. The conference report on the postofnce appropriation was, however, rejected and > seat back to conference. FIRE IN THE STREET Half a Block of Pavement Is All Ablaze in Chicago. CAR WRECKS AN OIL TANK WAGON Another Car Set* Fire to the Oil— Car I* Bornetl to the Wheels. Chicago, Feb. 28.—Half a block of pavement in Halsted street was on fire to-day. A street car was burned and property along the street was damaged. An oil tank wagon was wrecked by a trolley car, and the oil flooded the pave ment. Another electric car came along and a spark ignited the fluid. The first car was burned to the wheels, but the other escaped. The flames spread to a store at 3445 Halsted street where the woodwork was burned and plate glass windows were smashed. DEADLOGK LIKELY TO LAST \EBRASKA CAUCUS DISRUPTED Rosewater Men Withdraw and It Is Feared There Will Be Ma Election. Maw York Sun Spaclal Smrvlcm Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 28.—The republican legislative caucus called to nominate 'two United States senators, was prac tically disrupted last night, and the situa tion now threatens an adjournment of the legislature without an electiou. Editor Rosewater of Omaha, candidate for the long senatorial term, withdrew his pledged Douglas county delegation of eight members from the caucus. Fifty three republicans remained in the caucus. The vote to-day on United States sena tor was as follows: Allen 37, W. H. Thompson 11, Berge 4, Hitchcock 13, Har rington 43, D. E. Thompson 38, Meikle john 34, Currie 13, Martin 4, Hicshaw 13, Crounse 7, Rosewater 15, scattering 14. PYLE IN NO HURRY Question of Duration of l.«nlwlatlve SeHHlon Still Unsettled. Special to The Journal. Pierre, S. D., Feb. 28.—Attorney General Pyle is slow in rendering an opinion on the question of what constitutes the leg islative session under the constitution, sixty days of actual work or sixty calendar days from the date of commencement, with the right to draw salary for Sundays and adjournments. Probably he will not have time or find it convenient to render a decision prior to final adjournment. The practice has always been to consti tute sixty calendar days the session and to draw pay for full time, regardless of the actual number of working days. Pyle gives no intimation of what his opinion will be, but others who have looked the matter up, say the authorities are against the right of members and employes to draw pay except for actual working days. Thomas Gregory of Lead was to-day finally and formally appointed and con firmed inine inspector. The investigation committee held Its last session to-day for the examination of witnesses. Tompkins was on the stand last night and this forenoon, and tried so hard to incriminate Ainsworth that he somewhat prejudiced his own testimony. Kingsbury was excused from appearance after turning over his books as secretary of the bosrd of charities. CONSUL CALLED HOME Brazil Send* for Its Representative at Oporto. Lisbon, Feb. 28.—The Brazilian govern ment has ordered its consul at Oporto to return immediately to Brazil with his family. TOM JOHNSON'S PLAN He Would Hiiil'il an Electric Line .... From London to Brighten. Jf«u> Tot-Is Sun Special Svrvieo ''. ■ ; London, Feb. 28.—1t is reported that T. L. Johnson of ; Cleveland is r . seeking parliamentary sanction for an "electric railway from London to Brighton.". .. ■ ' 10 PAGES-FIVE O'CLOCK. m GEN. BOTHA SURRENDERED? British Papers Print Official Announcement That General Botha Has Given Up to General Kitchener. The War Office Denies That It Has Any Con* firmation of the Report of the Surrender. London, Feb. 28.—The Sun says it is officially announced that General Botha, the cominander-in-chief of the Boer forces, has surrendered to General Kitchener. The war office at 2:30 p. m had no con firmation of the reported surrender of General Botha. London, Feb. 28.—The Pall Mall Ga zette credits the news of General Botha's surrender, but a representative of the As sociated Press learns that neither the for- HARTS IS NO MORE Distinguished Lawyer Dies at His Home in New York. PNEUMONIA THE DIRECT CAUSE He Has Been Feeble and Practically Blind for Several Years. New York. Feb. 28.—William M. Evarts died at his home in this city to-day. The cause of death was pneumonia. Soon after 4 o'clock this morning Mr. Evarts suffered a relapse. He became uncon scious at 6 o'clock, and breathed hia last at ten minutes after 9 o'clock. His wife and his children were with him. The sons are Allan, Sherman, Rev. D. Prescott and Maxwell Evarts, and the daughters are Miss Mary Evarts, Mrs. Beaman, Mrs. Tweed and Mrs. Scudder. Mr. Evarts was 83 years old. For sev eral years past he had been without the use of his eyes, and he was otherwise so feeble that he was unable ±o leave his home. He was the nominal head of the law firm of Evarts, Cb.oa.te & Beaman, al though for many years he had not been in active practice. Mr. Evarts was secretary of state in President Hayes' cabinet, and he was in the United States senate from 1885 to 1891. He took part in numerous political cases and frequently represented the govern ment in international contests. HAULS HER HOME Gallant Student Takes the Horse's Place In the Sleigh. New York Sun Special Service Chicago, Feb. 2S.—O. E. Springer, a student at Northwestern university. Is kept busy explaining a sleigh ride he took with a co-ed Tuesday night. All went well until they tried to turn a circle in the snow. The shafts snapped. Springer said things to himself. The horse stood patiently while the driver tried to fix the broken rigging. Failing in this, the gallant young man tied the animal to the back of the cutter, attached the traces to the back en<i of the outfit, grabbed the other ends firmly a*nd started back over the long three miles to town. The company reached Evanston at mid night, all in good condition except Springer. ARMED MEN ON GUARD Factional Fight for Control of Mm Ing- and Navigation Interests. Seattle, Wash. Feb. 28.—Armed men are on guard at the Leary coal mines, but so far no trouble has occurred. It is claimed that the Leary faction has done this in order to meet any attempt of the Guerin faction to get possession of the mines. This is the result of litigation between VV. F. Guerin and John Leary over the control of the Seattle & San Francisco Railway & Navigation company. The su perior court yesterday rendered a decision in favor of Guerin and Leary has ap pealed. BULL PUPS LEFT BEHIND Father-in-Lavr Zimmerman Refused to Pay (or Them. New York, Feb. 28. —When the Duke of Manchester sailed for England, says the Times, he left behind his two terriers. A friend of the dogs' former owner said: Mr. Kelly, of Boston, sold the terriers to the duke last year. Manchester promised to pay |1,500 for the pair. He did not pay. So, when Kelly huard the duke was to sail he came to New York. The duke said he had not the money. His father-in-law refused to pay the bill, so the duke had to let Kelly take the dogs. WOULDN'T EAT THE PIE New Husband and Wife 'Are ". in Di , ' vorce Court. New York Sun Special Swrlem Cleveland, Feb. 28.—1n the divorce suit of Mrs. Carrie J. Schlaudecker against Gasimer X. Sehlaudecker, the mother of {he plaintiff testified that the first family quarrel dated from the refusal of the hus band to eat a piece of pie the young wife had made. NO USE FOR MILITIA Mayor Van Wyclc Say« He "Will Never Call for the Guard. '■■';. New York, Feb. s 28.—Mayor Van Wyck has informed members of _- the armory board that the national guard would never be 8 called out by his I orders. Said the mayor: "With our ; excellent • police . force there is no \ use: for * militia." k v > I -MAYOR WILL DEAL Utah Officer Resig-ns ;to Work In a ••' Faro Bank. 2feu> York Sun Special Servteo ' ■?'- Eureka,; „• Utah.; Feb.; 28.—Irwin ' H. Spiggs, mayor of Eureka, is resigning his office to accept the position of a dealer of a faro bank. Spiggs thought the faro < game would • occupy so • much of his ' time ' that: be could not attend :to the mayoralty. - - ' ' ', eign office nor the coloniafc-offlce las anjf information confirming the report. London, Feb. 28, 5:23 p. m.—The wa# secretary, Mr. Brodrtck, announced ia-tha house of commons this afternoon that ha had no official information of the sur« render of General Botha, Manchester, England, Feb.. 28* — Th* Evening Mail says General Botha for mally surrendered to General Kitchener shortly before 10 o'clock this morning. GET A GRIP ON ENGLAND Scheme to Consolidate the Railway Lines. AMERICAN SYNDICATE New York Banker Is Said to Be Looking Over the Ground. . IMPROVE THE BRITISH LINES j Opinion That There .Is a. Fortune in ■ ■-. '- Replacing the Out-of-Date ' " - ' Eqttipinent.v'—-f^.-' ;-. ". ' " "..-.'... .. ... ,:'. r ,\. -.',,.!J Tv - Mmm Ymrk Sun Some tat Smrvlom v ' London, Feb. 28.—The Daily Express to-« r; day says: - . ',■ "•; _-'., ■ :7-"-'x*; : — America's . great railway - manipulator* ' have set about bringing the : English lines wtthin their sphere of influence. One ol the Messrs. Speyer, the New York bankers, 5 representing E. H. Harriman's syndicate, is said to have come to England to inves-* \ tigate the possibilities In that direction. v The combination of the railways of. the * United . Kingdom is reported to be em/ braced in the plan. American shippers who have visited thai country during the last year.. have uni-< versally marked the inadequacy of Great Britain's freight and passenger | systeme. ' They have pointed out her narrow-gauge track and undersized freight "wagons," „* anteluvian compartment "carriages" and ; excessive rates, as evils whose eradica tion would bring fame and fortune to any-* body enterprising enough to abolish them.^ British merchants and manufacturers hold:i[ the same view. , ■ ■ ■ ' BRIDAL PAIR IS MOBBED: ATTACKED BY JEALOUS RIVALS Bridegroom Stabbed, Bride Driven! i From Home'and the. House Set Afire. j [ifo Umw York Sun Special Service East St. Louis, 111., Feb. 28.—Edward Moore, living on the Old Gahokia road, two miles south of this city, was probably fatally stabbed late * last night, his Wife was beaten and driven from home, and his house was nearly destroyed by fire.. Moore says.the;attack was due to a Jeal ous rival. . Moore says the attacking party was ■composed of three women and one man. They visited the house three hours after the marriage ceremony had been per formed. The women, he says, attacked' Mrs. Moore, pulled her hair and tried to set fire to her night dress. She escaped and ran six blocks 'to a neighbor's with, the three women pursuing her. Moora and his male assailant fought by the flick ering light of a coal stove, which was overturned. Moore says the three women wer^ angry because he had married. BACK TO JAIL Mrs. Nation Rat a Raw and Visits A . Distillery. Jitc York Sun SpeoUU Servto4 Peorla, 111.,* Feb. 28.—Mrs. Nation baa gone to Topeka. to resume her life in Jail, She insists she will remain a prisoner un til she can be released without promising not to■ do any smashing. , Mrs. Nation's ' last« day' was full of in-. cidents. 1" She had a row with W. A. Bru baker, who i was ' associated " with : her :In i editing the Journal. According to Mrs. Nation's version, Brubaker destroyed much of the best '.'copy" she had prepared. Mrs, Nation visited .the Great Western distil- \ lery and implored t i the" manager, } Pete* j Casey, to . "tear down all 'this '. devil'a shop.!,'' - /.{ SCHOOLBOYS \ FIGHT ; Council Bluffs Boys Use Fists Over fa Sweetheart. ■• . , Ifte York Sun Special Service , v Omaha, Neb., ,Feb. 28.—Two students of } the Council , Bluffs district school went to "■ the rooms of ; the j Owl Club :; last ■ evening , and fought a'i most j desperate : battle In seven bloody rounds. 1 The contest was be tween !! Robert ; Mitchell "and I Earl Warner, the result,'of a dispute over a sweetheart. , Both wero knocked : down . repeatedly. As; they rushed :the matter in the seventh. | round, Warner ducked and his head butted against i. Mitchell's stomach, 4 ■ laying him 1 out.' - This j ended the fight. ' -- - Mi in ii IrT^fciiin^awriTTw ■ . ■ >-.•**. .■ : ■ . , ■ •..,. ti ■-: .