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THEEErUBLTO: SATURDAY. APETL 21,1000. Mi IP TO-DAY'SJEWS IN BRIEF. lislnkss. Discount rates umo f. to 7 per e-cnt for call and timo loans. Oleatauces. $l.j.'.471: balances. f47i3".4. Now York cm tun.;". I'-T bid lOo ptotnium le-ltcd. Laiisvnl". P- ':i: cotinL bill, iiar asked; chie:ii;.. par bid. 3)c premium asked: Cincinnati. Ue di-1' "nt lil. jur asked; New Orleans. HV discount llil. imr arked. Th wheat uiatkot lo-'nlly closed !iiKh?r at TOV n. April. !m 1. May. iV.Vci'.i' J,,i" 71Vi72ii..p ,Vn. -J red. Corn closed lilsli'T at S7-o n. April. n7"',r a. .May. '-' .11. HI'c ?7o 2 white O.il-; clos-M at :.' n. April. :iUc May. tSc h. .Inly. &tft.-c No. 2. At ChirMgn" wheat cloved lower at O n. April, tv'ji' Mar. fiie a. July. G7'c h- 'Pt. Corn -losrti hii;hcr at Xirc n. April, :;0 ;. May. ,M4;i-V July. It.j b. Sept. 'Ui clnoed at --e n. April. 23c ilay. I'.i'.e Jui. SP&Uc K Sept. ' Tho local market for standard mess p-rk closed biuaily at S13 for ne.w. ami at $n.."J for old. Prime 'seam lani closed lower at t !K:. choice at tV.'jc. Tho local rpot cotton market closed HtaJy ju:d urn-harmed. "WASHINGTON. The House Committee on Invalid Pensions decided to report tile Grand Army bill. Tin- llnuse will eveept to amendment to tho arruv bill, providlnc for the appoint ment of additional cadets. The pure food WIN now before CongroR. will 1m. , til.il m for Yi!isi'lt ration, but .are i t tx'.'ted to pass at this Mhu. TIk Senate Committee on Military Affairs decided to tvport. with' fhatiKOS. tho bill to make Milos :i Lieutenant Ceneral. Tho motl'ii of representative Tawney to call for information regarding nli-'inar-j;arlno was unothond In a hostile subcom mittee. Iteprescntative, I.loy.l of Missouri lost his youniwut son by diphtheria. His other chil dren are very ill and his family Is p.iar :i ntincd. 7.orAi. .xn .srnn;r.A. Xaval votrratis will not turn out In the I), ivi-y parade. Mh-p Marv M.-1'herson YourR of St. Ixnils lii'il In t:t!i Krancloo. Villl.ini llinlf. an old rcldcnt of Madison 'on-ii. Illinois, died yostorduy.' Jurors witi' drawu for the rwnth and risluh wfks of rourt at IMwardt-Vlllo yos. lorday Christian A. .Smith., Hit need locksmith, v.as assaulted by llneo ini'ii in front of his home. IVi!.ttiiaMT IS.uimhoff made a number of tin no'.- in the heads of departments in his iifiVc yesieitTay. The Ttav.Mets' rroteolive Association of Missouri will open Uh convention to-day at the I.ir.fleli Hotel. Htidolph Smith, n farmer, brmicht W to bank In a lond of hay yvst'.rday, farins that robbers miKlit Ket it. The Democratii State platform probably wlll 1- drawn by the delegates to the .ludi cial Convention and realllnned by the State Coiiventio-i. Thomas M. IMce was burled yester-lay In Hellelontaine (Vaiifry. He was pies-dent of the l'aSe A- Kraussu Manufacturing and Mining Company. Plans an lwinir fotmei for a new bank, to bo known as the Second National Hank, to take the place of tile old Mullanphy Hank In St. Uuils rncNr.nAi. iioMi:sTif. Trank Nn:holi is improvinfr, despite a broken ik k- A (Mivortimenl liKli'bouse crew struck 1-. cause oi a reduction in rasiy. A 2-year-old child at Mowo.iqua, III.. Ml into a boiler of soapsuds and was Crowned. The Croat Kcutr.euloal Conlerence on Kor eimi Missions will open to-day in Sew "intk Senator Wellington of Maryland declared -that if MeKinley is nominated liu will mit support him. The IsutMana otllei.il election returns hlw vast Denioonitlc sains. There will be not one Itepublicin in the Legislature. John YV. iJatos was not removed from tho management of tho American Steel and Wire ConipiUiy at the meetimr of directors yesterday. Chicago medical ptudents locked up a pro lesvir because of imputations on their hon--st Tliuy beat thfe students who Je londed him. Owing to a factional quarrel two conte?t Jng delegations probably will bo sent from Kansas City to the iicpublican National Convention. The Kvans men liolwl the Tennessee lle Viiblican Convention ana noniinat..-il a sop jirate Stat.' tleki t anil delegates lu the Na. lional Convention. (lov:inor TjntiT of Illinois will have to -undergo a deiicato surgical operation to ob tain relief from his pains, it will be per Jonned within a week. General Miles has made charges that the ordnance Hureau of th- artnj-. through prejudice, is ii'jecting American Inventions. uotabH the high explosive thorite." thus Irlvlng the discoverers to foreign Govern ment!:. IXJlllClGX. The distress in India is spiea-ling:. Ilelief is being lurnished T..yr),W) persons. Conllletlng reports emanate from Wpn T. A large iorco of Jloers i said to bo iKsleglng the place. Hcavv fluhtlng is in progTess between tho British and the Ashautis ut Coonmssie. UrHish West Africa. Thf. Hoers In Natal ato retiring from the JJiggiifsbelg Kange. A disiatcli saya that Uuller is ready to begin his advance A revolt against ltrltlsh rule by the sav ngo tribes of (5.tinan. Africa. Is report'-l, ajid I5ntlsh native troops have been dis patched lo the seene. A ivwm greeting was accorded the Prince t Wales on his return from Cuj"o:ihag:i. King Oscar of Sweden, now a viiitor in lonUon. Joined In the ovation. Prutoria Is repotted, by way of I.ornzr! Slarquoy., to bo lionplusscl by the Hrltish movements an(i mtablo to detenuine wheru ,in attack Is contemplated by Hobert.s. Iord Iluborta has stopped all dispjtches from IlIoemfintein calculated to throw light on the movements of tho British forces. This is taken to mean that mi ad yanoo has begun. SPOUT. Garbo, Viklnjr. Uavassa, I.n.ly Mddle (omt, Watt Hugan and Ac wcro tho win ners at Iscxi. Dandy Jim. Great IJend. Crocket, Thrtv, Tom Collins and Cathedral wero tha win tierp t Memplibv Olenwnod. Huffoon. Prlr.eest Ottilie. Sir Christopher. Mnnitoban and All Gold wero the winners at Auueduet. It Is really believed that McGraw's bluff nViout rofu-lng to play in St. Jouls is on the level and thai he will never Join U) local mUI team. TIATLHOAI1S. Uurllngtnn can'entert are buy oIon;r the line on new station-housts. The Interstate Commerce Commlion hearing was resumed at Denver ye.sterday. A new arrangement of Transmisslsslppi nnd Transohlii freight trallic has been inaile. ' President S. W. Kouko or the Toxnr kauaka, Shrovcport line, denies that his line has been absorbed by the Tfxaa and l'aclflo. Slnrliif Iiitollisrnoe. New Yoik, Apill 1U Arrived: Kaiserin Marin Theresa from Hremen. Havre. Apill 2-J. Arrived: l.'Aquitalne from New York. Hamburg. April 20. Ariivcd: Phoenicia from Now York' via Cherbourg; Willkomnien from Philadelphia. New Yoik, April 20. Arrived: Palatln from Hamburg. Now York. April 20. Sailed: State of Ne braska for Glasgow. Hamburg. April 20. Arrived: Kaiso.r I'riedrich. New York via Plymouth. Southampton. Aptll 20. Sailed: Kuerst Wsmaiok from Hamburg. New York via Cherbouig. (Jenoa, April 20-Arrived: Kim. New Yoi k. Cherbourg, April 2.-SaiIod: 1'ucrst BIs inatck from Hamburg. Now Yotk. Astoria. April 2. Sailed 13: Hark ller wjekshire fr Qucenstown. Kverrtt. April IS. Salkil: Hark Oakland for Honolulu. Hoston. April 2Q.-Arri ved : New England, lilvwiwol. VANQIVER'S TIMELY POINT OF ORDER. Alissourmn Knocks Out Provision to 1'ay ?ril.i a Ton for .Armor Plate. MINORITY SCORES A TRIUMPH. Anion T;i!cmi Wlion Kijiiililic;nis Ikojcclctl ;ui Ainciitlliit'llt for ;. (itivcriinii'iii iu-iorv N;i- val I'.ilTs Stains. Tl.e IS. .i!.".!- H'lti ..U. lilti :-!, ati4 ivnat jluiiiti Aw. W.i.s;mijri,iii. Ai.ril 2.'.- After an exc.tin;! session r th- UoUso to-Jjy Mr. Vatnliver of Misiiiuri succeeded in retting the parn Kraph .-ipptuptlating for armor plate ;it"lM "i .1 ton mK'd out n a point of ordi-r; thus fnr tho time beiug securing the d. fe.it of that proposition. Mr. Yandivor oifercd an aniendm. nt. appropriating &l.vto.tf. for the eonstru. tion if an armor plate facfrv to niantifactme the armor for the battlohips and iruisers authorized by the bill and h"reaftT to b.; authorized Instead of buying the armor at oMirbitant rates ftvm the Carnegi. ani Hetlil.-lietn oeinpanies. U Is .timau.l that the amount of armor that will be :ie,.dt, for the vessels alioady siuthorized and tho?o to lie .uuhon.ed by this bill will amount to over Si.wi tons, and Mr. Yandivor ostimated that the saving to the Government would b,- in tho n.-ihbor-h'Miii of .. riil.mi. n... mij,.,l fi-.,:n ,. 1(.. port of the coiiumttoe of iuvestisa;i.':i of the Fifty-fourth Congress, showing that the naval constructors who are i-aily the m si'octorr. of the armor plate that is manu factured by the ptivato conipaut . and thetefoie Wt-11-lnfonnod. in fact, tho best informed oilieera in the Government on this subject, had giv.n their estimates as to the cost of armor jilau- .ls not mure than SJ"J a ton. and tliat the committee of the Seri al", headed by the tx-Socretary of the Navy. Senator Cliandler. had lepott-d that this was a reasonable and Iilier.il all.na:u'o, omitting proiit on ihe business; ..nd. fur thrrmor' . tiiat the ii.iit of the same com mittee, headed by Mr. Chandler, had rec ommend, j the oMablishment of an .Minor Plate factory, and .stimated that Ihe total cost would at that time. ltS7. not cioeod Jl.r'V-O; but that at the present time, with inert at-ed ensa of labor and niatodal, 2,'i, 'fy would bo tier ?s.iry. Hut that the pres ent bill, which authoiizfs Ihe S-cr'tiry of tho Navy to pay ."!". j.er ton. is a complete suiroudir to ihe aim..r plate tru.-t, ami 'would coat 1. Govetr.iiHUt about J1.7) per ton more than is leuily necessary. Duytuu' I'tilm of Order. When .li. Yjniilivr" amendment was nf ' r d. Mr. L1.1.M011 of We-: Yiiglnli made the p.iint ot older that It was !'.. :v legisla tion on an appropriation bill. Af;r a long ileb.ito on parliamentary questiiins. the ohalim.in sustained the point ol order and rub-d out the anu rdmeiii, whereupon Mr. atidiviT gav nolle-- til 't In- wowd Intro due a losolutioii to recommit the bill to the eomiiiltteo with instructions to iviotl the atni'iidnn nt. The mo.-t exciting point came when tho next paragraph was readied, which raises the limit from V."i to $:.4," per ton. The Mls souiian turned the fibbs on the West Yir ginlan and made the point of order that tills also was now legislation, and after an hour's debate on the parliamentary inten tion tho chair sustained the point of older and rubd out th-; prutislou raising the price of armor. Alter several roll rails on points of order, the House Dually adjourin.il at ''.:.' p. m.. leaving tlie bill still pending, it was con sidereu .piite a triumph fin the opponents of the aimor-plale trust and Mr. Yandivor was congratulated by Mr. Kichardson, the leader ot the Hemi-ciats1 in the House, and other triends on his management of this part of She debate. The Hepublieans will make another effort lo get the aiiin.r-plate provision inserted, either in the House or Senate, and prob ably will sueoied In the end. lifted f I'ollve'. Action. As It stands at pnsi-nt. the provision t" "liable til- Soei.-tary of Navy to contract for armor for the battleships. Maine. Ohio and Missouri, now awaiting tlitir arnmr tijuipmein. ai $.'.1.'. per ion. the price asked for Krupp armor, is out of the bill, as in the provision to lopcal ihe S." limitation pla-.-d upon tho price of armor by th" eurrt nt law. Tho eact tif.-et of the action of the House i.s ilj-pused. Tuo aj proprl.itlttn "C tt.OTi.ij09 under the head ol ".nmor and armament lemalns in the lull, as well an the language of ihe proviso auihdiizlng the Secretary of the Navy to contract for ar mor of the best quality for tho Maine. Ohio and Missouri, the words stricken out beinjj "at a eost not to exceed S3J.". a ton. Including royalties." It is contended by pome that this empow ers the Secret iry to contract for the- armor without regard to cost. Hy others it Is claimed that the provision will 1-e Inot-l.-clive unless th" Senate inserts th" price. So inui'h bad feeling was aroused by the wrangle over the annor-plate provision that Mi. t'nilerwood of Alabama began a fili buster alter the bill wa.s reported to tho House, and linally forced an adjournment without nnal action on the bill. Hofore tiie armor-plate question came up two amendments' to modify the piovlslon for the inert ase of the navy, which author. Izes two battleships and si ciulsens. were tb featod. One proposed to add provision for si:: gunboats, and the other to strike out the provision tor the bitile.ship.s. The uucsilon of building ships In Government vards did not reach a vote, as the amerd inen: oiforcd to this end was rubd out tin a point of order. jx tiii: m:xati:. Ctmrer"nre HeiMirl on ll:nai!:ia Hill Creates Debate. Washington. April "'. The Senate had under consideration during the greater part of to-day's session the conference report on the Hawaiian civil government measure. Mr. Cullom made an extended explanation of tho changes in the bill. The report was the subject of sharp criticism. Initial action upon it was postponed until to-morrow. A long discussion took place over a pro vision requiring the payment by the resi dents of Hawaii of a poll lax of $." before voters cuuld bo logistored. The provision was oppostd bv M"--srs. Tillman Toller. Jones of Arkansas, Stewart and others. Mr. Cullom said that if it were -sent back to fonfereneo ho would favor tho elimination of the poll-tax provision. The Alaskan civil code bill was consid ered for a brief timo. Mr. Hates of Temies so lellveiiiig a speech ill "ppo-illon to the pending Hausbrough am. '1111111011; lelatmg to th- repoits of albn minors. Mr. lteon of Georgia offt red two ro.-oln-tions, one inquiring of the Seerotary of War whether ntni tilllcers had rt-'eived or wero receiving ;tlaj'le. for the perform ance tif oixll duties in ndd'tion to tin ir teg ular pay. and the oilur iri'iiiliing 'bout the expendltui's made tor n nt ofittieirs' tpiar- tet equipages anu all similar expenses. TAVM:VS 1M.AX III. IICIv 1:11. Oleomargarine n estimation smoth ered in :i House uhcoriimlttcc. Washington. April 2" -TIi- Ways and Mean" Committee, at a special nvs ting to day, had request:! from the customs exam iners, who woik uuJer the appraiser--., for an increase in iho limit of ji,,y from S2..V1) to $!,". which increas- of limit, if allowed, will permit a reerading of these olliojals. At an executive session of the committee the Tawney resolution calling on the Com missioner of Internal Hovcnut to make known the Ingredients of ol. sun irg.it ine wan referrtsl t a -.ubcommitt-'o. consisting of Messrs. Dalzoll. I.'nderwood and Taw ney. Mr. Tawney s-niil after th- meeting that th" subcommittee stood two agairrst one against the proposition and would hold no nicotine. ctxc;m:ssMA i.t.ovn s i.is. IH Youimor oii I) l-'l'iwi Other Children cry III. itnpcni.icspi:iT.i. Washington. April 20. Willnrd Lloyd, the 4-year-old son of Hepresontative James T. Lloyd of Shclbyville, Mo., .lied in this city this morning from diphtheria, after a short illness. Mr. Lloyd and his family have ro--iiled at the Vartuim Hotel since Congress assembled. The case, is one of exceptional sadness, a? two other children are vorv Uangcxously ill front tho same malady. VALOROUS v. " i' . yy --'-- ' ., .- I'lirilig tl'e loft attaek on Cilensoliv '.J.'tt.'ial Hail ' laii-.i.le. s,m,e .f tie I'"'''"!! rieiliers and son.o linl-Mlllru: Kii'.illrrs m.ir.aieil to got iter. s;. tl" liver ami j.i:-l;ed ftnniHd. b'jr n v tlrtwn lsuK l.v I!'.- Irerneri.lmm tiie iwar.-il in .111 tin in. Tlio tublln I'.jit uts.iit f.airlt on tlnm'n.I. iiM.l the InnKklllii.Kt three or four tirewiie.:, while orossiii- Trie 1 K-tiire r- pre; tuts the niwi wh-n lli-y had u-t cro.-s..l. Kxtrait fn.ai .Mr. Sten :ut's 1.IM. This iveuiru; Mr. Lloyd's little daughter Ethel is at the point" of death, and the other l-oy is in danger. At a l.ne hour to-night Mr. Uoyd's daugh ter KH10I was 1. 11 impioved. Hi r iilu-'ss bis lien.me oomplit ated and tier r-' "..'. ry Is doubtful. The ease ,.1 the older Soil. Thomas, .iwowh.t liss al. inning, but still is such as to cans" ctosit anxiety. The little toy. Willnrd. who died this morning, was buried almost immediately, under the .'ity's beilth r giilations. so groat Is the dinger of coinage.!'.. Mr. t.lo.vd's famil are tiuar.i.-.tini d in the Yainimi lh t 1. and in consofpioi oe he is unable to give attention to his eongn ssional tlulb s at prosoiit. or to bestow any attention upon, political matters in hia dtstr!"t. where the Democratic primaries are to be held within a lew days. The little daughter of Itepresetitatlve Shaokelfoid ol ihe ICighlh District, who Jives at the sani" hot. I. also has b"en sori-oii'-Iy ill from ditiiitln ria. but is now out of dangt r. Public lliiildlu Hills. WiLshlnaion. April 20 -The Senate Com- mita-v on I'uilic lUnithns ami tJ.uimOs to- I;iy ;nithtnr.l f.ivr.i: n-jmrts on Un KiIKumh mi): n- niiTini-i7.i wio i-'hsimjc- ni!i o: . iiiin on.:. tug ;:i r.ni ri. i.tiui . .. ...... ... .Hfci.. i... ii. in ,-r cost of tb, t.rot.o.'.. d nubile building at I.eadvillo. Colo., linn S.'o.iioi) to SII7."o; to , tuo days. The Hoots who lately surren iticicase the limit of tlio appropriaiitn for 1 d.-jod in the Wepetier district have been the public bti'Mlmr at Ooplln. Mo., from for.-,, again with violence to tight. Ten of S'.i.Oim to $in:.."tJ; to etilnigu the hutldilig at , ll,.ir i(.il(,.rs ,avo i.e!, arrested. Hurl.rigti.il. la., ?'",'.J. J i.rt.!i,it.nt steyn has issued oi.lcrs to the PilMite Pieiso.i Transferred. Hoer fore-. to hold tight to the grain dis- Washinmon. Apt.l 2o. - Private John Plrr- t'" ' Wepene. I.-.dybraml and I-Icks- smi General Sen i.e. now .it the recruiting I'"-". f'"" which lluy draw their food sup flation, r.iird .Itl.l tili slice!-. M Louis, is ri.n-feiroJ to the Hospital Corps and a-ssigtied to duty at t.iat station. CHARGE CAPTAIN CLARK. Aims;'!' of 1 iriii"; W'illiii"; to De sert His Cliaii'S at Naples. Hoston, April 211.-TI10 steamship New Kngland. t.f the Dominion line, which sailed from here February 1 with a. party of tx ciirsionists otr a Muropcan tour, reached this port from Liverpool this atterrioon. brlng lrg 1,111 passengers. Thcte was no sick ness. The arrival of the New Kngland had been awaited with grx.it interest because of tho fact that smallpox bioko out among the (.-::-oursionists while the vessel was at Nardos. ?..1"?J. "':..! '. " :,".." " ': " UH' O.O "' - l.lK Ot ifc.J.'. Lv;?e .v-,4 -- on boaid iH'ine 111 A ft hours before the steam, r reaehed h"r tbu k In this eiiv ,1 meeting of h- r e-itiin ji-iss-1 gt-rs was In Id, at which a committ-i; was ;.p!'ointd to prepare a statement for the pri ss. Colonel l'ull. r slid in an inter view to-! ight: The tact that all our baggage was put ashore in a state of dis-od.-r wa.-' only .' minor trouble. It was Clark's it he excursion manager) action in attempting to induce the captain to allow the pa-.t rigors t come : board ship again and hi-- leaving them in th" lurch. nv.Tiv of them women, practically stranded, when tho ship sailed without them, that has cro.it"! tlie outburst t.f in dignation. Captain MiCiule said toi'lark: Fo- God'- sake, drop your dollars aird cents. Do you re.illv v. mi the pa.ss.ngt rs lo lome bad. n lids p. st sbui." " "Clark was .iff", t. .1. bin h" said: "If they don't. 1 am rui-ied ' Fi'.i'lly he yl-lded." STEAMSHIP LINE NEEDED. S.eiviif r.eiweeii America. Suia and Kii.vpi. WnshiriFton. April 20.-Consul G. Hio Uavndal. at Heirutli, under date of Fob ru.iry 1- write;; to the St it- Department concerning the urgent need of a compl-te, direct, and above all. regular steamship serviio lrom Syria and Kgypt to the I'mted Slates. Tho consul says that through the elfortn of Con--ui Gem nil Diekins.n, C iis'.iiiti nople, Smyrna and the Greoitn ai-tl Hia -k Sea ports have b.-en siippltrtl with tliroct monthly .steamship coimnunic-tloli -ith Now York and that this .step has given a wondeiful impetus to the coinmetee of the countries concerned. A great many of tho principal seaport:? of Syria and Kgypt. h .w-vti, h'Vo p-rli'i; : but "one or two tiiiret steamers from the t.'iiited States annually, and tho Consul be. Sieves that th" rapidiv glowing trad" fully wairants the establishment of direct month ly steamer service with ov-ry port ot im portance NORTH CAROLINA WON. Vanilerliilr. lniversiiy"s Ib-balt-rs 1 'eaten in an (rato:ial t'oiitest. Nn'hville, April 2). -llopresentatlvis of (ho University of North Catolina wen the oratorical cor.t.st from V.inicibllt. in the ruiversity ciiai.e! here to-night. Th- prctosit!nn v.as: "Ursolvetl. That the 1'iiitit! States -hotild net main 1:1 In i.erma- 1 Ji-nt posses-...n i.f the Philippine Islands." North en. 'in.i had the negative sine. Governor McMtlllti pre-M. .1. pn.i:s ci ::i:h -a it:i: "' tiii: k.vu.';:. MS drugs'-1" arc auihori.-.'d by the m.uiu ficturers" of Pazo ointment to rciutid the iioiit-y where it fall.- to cure any case ut piles, no n.a'.ttr of how long standing. Cures ordinary eases in six dajs. the wuisi ca'-es In fourteen days. one application gives case and rest. llclievu ltvliuii; in- 'ti'iis is i new discovery and is the o:dy pile reiiit-dy t-old on :. posit Ho guarantee, no euro 1." pay- Price .y. cents. if lyur lui';gi.-t lion t ktcp It In stock bend "us M cent-- in postage stamps and ivu will forward sain.- by mail. Manufactured by Pans -Medicine Co.. St. Louis. Mo. RUSSO-KOREAN JVGREEMENT. ..truer W'iil Not Alienate tlie Islantl of Koje. Seoul. April 21. -An agreement has boon concluded between the Uusslan and Korean Governments. Korea pledging herself noi to alienate Koj" island, at th- mouth o? Ma sar.ipo hatbor. Miolblna IISkIi M-IiohI Grnilnates. itt:pi:m.if spkitai Shi lbina. Mo . April ?. The eomnience ment oxcrolso vl Sh"lblna High School took place at the op'ra-hou!" this eenlng. Tho srnduntinc .-lass of thirteen wa.s ad dressed by the Hover, nd Charles I.. Smith, professor of hlstorv ami political economy in Williai' Jewell c-ilb-se at Liberty. Ills Mibject was "Popular Lducalioti and 1'op ular Government." IRISH SOLDIERS AT THE "FRONT." ''liS ''-.: .J v-"i. ) PPUU.VS ANI INMMKI1 t.IVO .i:nstl T1IH TPGPI.A. hMDICATIONS THAT BRITISH ARE RIOVING. I'oljGlltle.J I'l- I'l Page One. was r pulsed ! the Hritish. wi:-. used their bayoiieis. TIi" Iteers still surronul Weponor, hut there ha.- be. 11 little nghling latelv. cM!. rim: at ujh'ii.m:!!. Mar ru. It.isiitolanil, April 1?. The Hoeis eo'itiiitie to move fnely around Wtpemr, pi.ing in all tllrections tiom which relief col umns aio expected. Desultory cannon lire and sniping have boon going 011 all day with scarcely any reply from Colonel Dalgett.'tf j for.-e. I The Cnledon rose considerably during the 1 IllgXll. I Ills 11 ! fear .separatlo night. This made the liners uneasy, as they paiatlon. Some r.-eiiioroemeiiis nave arrived for them, eiiming apparently from 'IM1..I..1 N ( 1... ,.. fli.it .1 i rl 1 ll J. IblMii 111 Hi tll.lt. ' ' . r)ur rusualtfp up to l:Ur art t'llpvnl to il:lv lvtn ivwuty-ilve killyil and lit) wounded. Owing to the hoavv rain and clouds, hello- graphing has been impossible for the las. plier, ami al-ti 10 piovcni me i.ruisu loices from gec.ing tiie rich supplies now in tiroso districts. u ;;. .; it. M::t: tha.vspoht. London. April 2" The Jtioemfontoin cor respondent of the Morning Post, telegraph ing Tbiusday. April 2.', says: 'There is already a thirty-foot Hood of the Caled 11 Kr.cl, which is reported to In still li-ing. All the drifts on the Modder Uiver ore impassible. Trallic Is tempo rarily ititoriupttd southward, tho. water having w allied the ballast from the line of the railway. "Tlie country about I'.loemfonteln In so deep in mill that th" farmers' carts are unable to HaCli the town. Wo had 11 heavy rain last night. To-dny the weather is im proving, but progress, will be impossible un til the roads are ill better condition. "Mrenuoua ollorts are being made to re arrange th" transport to meet the reuln: merits of the enlai-dl army. "In view of th" impiniliig advance, anx iety increase-, among the troop. concerning tin- future of tho garrison at llloomfontcln. every ore- lialm.; liu- thought of In ing left here. There has Im-.-h no increase of sick ness." i;i:ci.s t;t ::iti:ii.i.. vr.niMi:i:. IOiidon. April 21. Tho L.ol. smith oor respond nt ot the Dally News says. "Tho Hours In N.it.il ate already rom menelng a guerrilla warfare. i;.,t li the Trantvaaters and the l'i-.o Staters are com pelling ihe natives to bear arms. General Huller has. ordered all th" farmer j between Ladysmith ami th- Drakensbeig range to rcliro to ICstt.ourt." to iii:i.ii:yj: ui:i'i:m:ii. London. April 21, l:2o a. m. G-ner'il Cheriasido a. ,1 General Handle are moving ov: r the sodden roads. Haiti was still fall ing when they went Into oamp Thursday afternoon eighteen miles west of Do Wet's Dorp. Tin v hold the railway and tlie south ern IrontJ.-r of the F:e State with 2i,t-i men. How many men are going with tlie Gen erals who will enirjge the Jtoor.-i al Wep" ner Is tint mentioned in the latest dispatch irom 1 torlogrptiort, where the inillsh r.lvou- 1 ?-. .1 If... !.... I !.., '.,... tl. 1.1 -.... ' i.e.-' .1 1 eoiie.-.i;i v nielli, A til itviit in' l.tjill t i.ds ih.-rt . on Thuir.l iv the Knots still had Colonel D.tig'tty elow-ly pinned. Tiie Gov. ri. imc tit's reason for publishing Lord Koberis'F Splon Ki'P ilispilehes was oxplained last etti'.lngat Hull by Mr. U'al tir Hume Long, prisi'lmt of the Ho ml of Agrieullmo. who said that the country was entitled to receive nil the information that the Government eould give. .lailllilersbt-r I111 est merit. London. Aptil 21. The I'.Ioonifordoin cor r. -pondenl of the Times, telegraphing I'ri dtiy. say.-.; "Major General Prottyman has been appoint- d Military Governor of the whole ter ritory which hithtrto belongt d to the Free Stat--. This extension of our authority has become ncecsary to preserve law and or 'er. The arrests of suspected Free Stat ers continue.. The Times prrhli:die? the following dis patch from Jammersberg. dated Thursday, Apill 13: "The investment of the ltrltlsh position on the east ami south lias been relaxed. A mujoiity of th" enemy are supposed to have 1-tt for the purpose of intercepting the relief t jlunm. leaving one gun and about I.ck." men on the west to prevent our en-opoiatlon. Our casualties are about 1.7). No sound of th" relief column has yet been heard." ii.'.'itm: i:i,i:rTi:n. HY J. 12. SWALLOW. (Sl)ici.'il Correspondent of The Itenillilie nn.l i-vv lor; .In..ni:il v.itll (tcneral Mm. ! . tile's Kotn-.i j SI D'lAh l!Y ('AUI.K. 1 ,Jt:l",I',!."M-',:'Fr!'!:,y' 'y;riI LUr(V0I,rU:ht,' ncVfro-n, X- 1 j co:npani-l a coluu.a iiml-r Major (lei.eral I Itundle. eonsbtirm cf the ICiRlith and Third Iilvis-riin-s. The troops advanced within four- I tet-ii miles of De. Wet s Purp, and were in I totf'tl al! day with the lifers. Mtpposnbly 1 , 1, .. "h " J;'. ,, ,n-' --eireaiiiif.-. , altnoush constantly snipins- , (he Itritish advance was unchecked and , the casualties wero nil. t There !s preat dlUloiilty hi movinc; trans ports, ovvius to the recent rains-, but the weather U clearer and i expect Ilunille h.is ot-upb'tl lie Wet's Porp if unopposed. If tiie litters stand. I shall be present to see the flbt. as Kindle will attack to morrow. Utrndle iutetid.s forcing the Utters fr'im '.Vepener at any cost, and expects Hub erts to .-itch them r.ti-.-itirm. NEW AMBULANCE CORPS. Chirajfo hisli-Aiiii'-.'icaiis I'repariii to Send II. I'hi.-.ti'O. April "' -Irish-Americans In Chi'-iiKti are continuing the formation arid titling out of amluilance corps for s. rvrce in the Hritisli-Hoer war. It was stand to day that a second corps of fifty men prob ably would be equipped and started for Suuth Africa within a month. It will trdvel -'.. under the Hod Cross-. The report that many of the mi rubers of tl.,. u,st corps from Chi cago tor.- off Hi- Ibii 'ross badge at Pre toria an I accepted M.iusir rules, is gener ally dlM'roilitt-.! by tho-e associated with the ambu'anee organization. DEFENDS BRITISH FLAG. This Veteran Insists on F ispl:i yitijr It When r.ritons Win. nRPPP.Mc-SPIiriAU Spring Valley. N. Y.. April 2H. luren Vic toria's: sotdk-rs In South Africa are not lighting hard -r for Ihe Kngllsh Hag than i.i ltobert K. Snr-ei.'en of Mousey Village. His is a ritaneh KuglNh family, and a Hritish ti.ig of largo dimensions that he (lings to th" breeze when news comes of a Hot defeat In South Africa .is the cause of much had blo'.d between him and his neigh bots. Siioeibri lives in a hotbed of Hoer sym pathize! s. and Ho y are determlnind to tear down the Knglish .mbltin the next time it is rais. d. Siieedeii, who Is a veteran of tho 'ivil War. is tiiu.'lly resolute. He says he will Hy the. Mag on St. George's Day. Tues day, r.ext, and stand to shoot down tlio III at mill who makes any hostile advances, is deleildirig his kopjo with u formidable brace of firearms. When news of the last Knglish victory ar rived, up won the Sn-edou Hag. and that night romo one shot the silk full of holes. An aggres.-Jive neighbor named Charles Starr sent his young son over to get the Hag. As the boy reached the top of the llagpole he found himself looking into the muzzle of a gun. The boy. thoroughly frightened, let go and fell thirty loot. "Keep off my premises, let my Hag alone or take the consefpienees." was tlie grizzled wariior's ultimatum to-day. as he stood in his doorway, g .11 in hand. v. hen his) neigh bors called In a body to argue the question. The gun won. GETS VICTORIA CROSS. Surgeon Itabtie's i'.rave Work at Colcnso Hattle. L'ir.d.in, April 20. Tho Gazette announces that the Queen has conforrtd the Victoria Cn-s.s on Major William Habtle of the Army Medbal Corps for bravery at the bat tle of Coleilso. Major Habile went to the assistance of wounded gunners lu the face of a h"avy rifle sire, during tlie lighting on lieeeru b. r 1.".. and later ill tlio day. assisted In 1 ringing in Lieutenant Huberts, son of lud Cohorts, who lost his life while at tempting to rescue the guns, for which, after his death, he was ..warded the Vic toria ('loss. This latter f-at of Major Hab ile was also accomplished under a severe tusillade. BUYING TEXAS PONIES. j'.tilisli Consider Them More .Serv iceable Thiin Larger Stock. ltKPIIW.b' MK.I.VI.. (bi.rnetovvn. Ti v.. April 3 L. C. Dupree of Han Anselo vv.is here to-day. btiyini; horses for the Utirtlieh cavalry In Smith Africa. Animals of the- Tc.-.as pony variety were reb-rted, beins eorilderetl .trnnKer. (loi.il prices were paid, lie shipped -MM) Texas Imr. . " .' from 7ov cirieans to bouiii Africa last v. eek. WILL SEE DOCTOR LEYDS. Mes.-.eiii'i' Hoy Smith Is C.nini: to Tlie llauui:. Paris-. Apt II -"- -tames I'-rntiels Smith, the Aiturican District Teiefiraph I'liiupany's tut ? nut r bo . who is blaring to 1'residcnt Kniirer a iiisjai;e of sympathy trom I'hll ad Iphia and New York schoolboys, has ar iivcd here lb- will sail from Marseilles on April -'.. but before leavinir he will have an Interview with Inctor I-evils at Tlie Hague. TWEWTYBRiTiSH DEAD. Imers Win :t Sharp I'.attle Near 15(islnif. I'ree State. Pretoria. April 13. via Lorenzo .Mannie-. Apill -"" -His-p itches from Hoopstad, nianso 1'rc- Slate, any tint in a sharp cii Kiiaemetit north of Loshof between Central lU'Iarey's adv. 11: -e puard of l'.u and a Ilriti?h force, the latter were repulsed, leaviinr twenty deail 1111 the field. TOOK A BIG JUMP. Lake Street HIeViiteil Stork Soared at Chieaiio. I'h'.eaiio. April .-.Securities of the Lake -.-tr,,,.t :i,.Vnteil Itiiilroad. a system over which there has been lltieaiti.-n almost from - -'-- ? T.T -W '"'b' J'""I' "" ""' Sl'"-1: ",;irk,,t "-' Jn" come b lids advanced i'.L- points. Tlie advance was aceompanieil by a re- port ti t a settlement bad been or was 1 . M1 ,,, j, made Willi tile MCKI'T inUT.'.-ls ,., fr ,ltm.s, ,, ,,, ,,.ir vnll. j .lr i,r,lT.s. ...mounting v about W - ri) ti; ,tl..n -v.r whi. !i his bet u pcinllm; n the fed. ml courts n.r ye us. Lake Ptrett iltliiaii. in tins city rt.itiseu 10 niu.-.- ure malt'-r. BLANCHE WALSH HAS MUMPS. Performance of Cleopatra :i Chi fiij;o 1'o.s.t potied. ('hirasri-i. April -1 The P.lanehe Wnlsh Mtlbourne MacDovvell production of "Cleo patra" could not be Riven it-nisht at Mo Vl.'ker's Theater, on account or the illness of Miss Walsh, who Is snffrriiiR from an at I lcfc -if mumps. Two years nun to-day I'anny Davenport, who wa-t playinc "t'leo pa.ra" at the (train! Opera-house, was stiicken with tlie Illness that lesulted In her de.ith. Tlie He-1 I'rrHL-ripttnii for ltnliirin (hlllf and Ke-itr is a tKittlc of Crow's TnFflos Chill Tonic. It Is simply iron and quinine in a tastclisi. form. No cu:e-na pay. l'rise &3c. CriticalTimes for The first critical period in a woman's life comes at the pass ing of her girlhood. In nine cases out of tea where disease fastens itself upon her it does so at the line of demarcation be tween girlhood and womanhood. How to preserve the daugh ter's healthhow to ward off disease at this crisis is the prob lem that confronts every mother of girls. Dr.WiiHams' Pink Pills for Pale People are the best remedy to use at this critical period. Read this sworn statement of Mrs. J. M. Kiggs, of Cartcrviilc, Mo. "Jty daughter Joslo (turlns thy winter of lSrC-MFtifTere.i a complet break-down in health. Kho wan thin ami pale, had no apr-etite In fact, orno days barely tn'itng her food. Thnso who knew her condition said iho was going Into a d'clinc. "On thoadvtreofn neighbor, w began glvlnirher T)r. William' Pink Pills for Palo People. TherlTect on her condition wa.s marvelous. Bfforo Bhe hod taken half 11 box her condition wa improved, and she kept on gain ing appetite, strength and fleih until she n:n entirely well. She took threa boxes of tho pills und to-day thero ls not n healthier, more robust lookinc Ctrl In Cartcrrilte. Sha is tlcshler and healthier than ever before in her life." Mrs. J. M. Iiiccd. Siihcrlliefl cd iworn to before me a Notary Public, this 15th day of October. ISM. AVltUAlt Wolcott, Notary J'ubUe. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People arc an unfailing- specific for such diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis, St.Vitus' Dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous headache, the after-effects of the grip, palpitation of the heart, pale and sallow complexions, all fcrms of weakness, in either razle or female. Dr. Williams rink Pills for Paic People ar old bv all dealers, or will be sent, postpaid, cm receipt of price. 50c. a box or six boxes for 1.50 (tlicv arc never sold in bulk or by the ij) by adilressiag Dr. Williams Medicine Company, Schenectady, X. Y. A New Train East THE NEW YORK AND BOSTON LIMITED. ST. LOUIS New York- Boston Cincinnati VIA BIG F01R ROITE I.r. ST. I.OUIS Ar. TKRRI-: HAUTE Ar. INDIANAPOLIS. ... Ar. C2ITCIITIT.TI.. Ar. DAYTON Ar. SPRINOPIELD, O... Ar. COLUMBUS. O .... Ar. CLEVELAND Ar. ITE'W TORS. . . Ar. SOSTOIT J I irOUgll DINING CARS. THE KNICKERBOCKER SPECIAL still runs St. Louis to New York and Boston C. L. HILLEARY. Asst. Uen'l TOWN RAZED BY FLAMES. Two Women Perish in Fire tit Kdiiilittrifh. X. P. KdinbtirKh. N. P.. April W.FIre wiped out the entire business portion of this city to-day. Property to the extent of $IGo. 00 was burned, and two women perished in the tlnmc". Stnolderirur ruins and burnt deb ris are all that remain to mark the location of tills heretofore prosperous village. Kn tire families an- without homes, and many will b- compelled to spend the nie,ht cut of doors. The food supply Is short, and the home less ones will undergo distress from hunger Mrs. Jacob Lludall, wife of a furmep mer chant and a bride, uf but a few months, and .Mrs. It. HJerson. were burned to death. They ocupied rooms. In a two-story build Ine;. and attempts were made to Ket to their apartments, but without avail. The origin of the tire was In the rear of Poin.stnd & Ci..s druir store and supposed lo lit- from spontaneous combustion. The Ttobertton Lumb-r Company lost their en tire stock and buildings. Kive general mer chandise stores, two drmj stores, two liard ware stores, three Implement houses, one haul;, two hotels, two livery stables and many more hiiildini:.-. were burned. Two el.'Vat rs. cotit.ilnliu; several thousand bushels of (train were destroyed. NEW BRITAIN SHAKEN. Series of Karthipntkes Caused Con siderable Damage. Vancouver, Itritish rolitmld.i. April 20. The steamer Mlowera frcm Sydney to day britiKS advices that a series of earth quakes have- shaken down hulldliitfs In New lirltain and that considerable uneasiness was felt on account of the activity of the volcano at Matupit. STEAM SUPPLANTED. Armour and Company Will Tse Kleetrieity Exclusively. Chicago. April Z KIcctrlcity .supplante.1 .steam in the operation of the hie; packing house of Armour & Co. at the Union Stock Yards to-day. The new plant, which cost sonicthliiKT more that: il.VJ"K constitutes the larRCHt Individual set of eectrical-pow-er-slvinc machinery ever put into service. Ire machines, refrigerator;- and motors, supplying power to all hotatlm; contriv ances, meat trolley lines, machine ahops and tin- like, are included in the service to be rendered by tile new apparatus. Advertise vour vacant rooms in to-morrow's Itcpublle JI worths for ."c. Any drucr store will take your ad. Trim"!?- I" a INintlhon:.. j:i:i'fitt.tc t-'rt:(TAL Fort Worth. Tex.. April CO.-This ove nlnc about : o'clock, at 11 roadhouso on the Mar.srield road near the eastern city limits. Vera-lr m,.,w nrrcr MHTiiDni int Dfcwi ! wnni. nyadl Jfdnos Ml PREVENTS HEMORRHOIDS and CURES GET THE Banyadi Sims M WOrtLD-WIDIi Girls. TO- . . S : 00 A. M. ..12:3i; P. M. 2 : 25 P. M. .. 6:00 P. M. .. (i :00 P. M. .. 7 :D0 P. M. .. S : 10 P. M. . . 9 : 5," P. 31. .. 2:55 P. M. .. -4:50 P. 31. Pa... Ajt., St. Louts. Z HELP WANTED, 2 t SITUATIONS. .v WANTED,.,. 12 ! ROOMS FOR. $ i(T 1! $ RENT,. . . .. $ fl . $ r- r .4 4. r- dc tor tnree lines, dc . . Take your ad. to vjV if "' .. .. n c, . W !. any utuv oxorc. ? v 1 2 IV- v i- (t tS6$S$S$S6& Knoch L. Thielmanir. the proprietor shot and killed (teorse W. Smith, a blacksmith fn.m tvi.Tini'dal,-. Tarrant Ctinrifv flilt-t- j ic.antt came Irr and surrendered, ills story i 1-t that Smith was siriashlnir thinits ami j throvvlinr beer bottles around, and reliislne; I to desist after repeated requests. h. I reached under tlie eounter. K-'t his rltle and sliot. Thielmann has no hand on one arm, and but two lingers on the remaining hand. INDICTED A IJANK OFFICIAL Flis Institution Wsis Koltbcd Two Years Ago. Lima. O.. April 3). X. L. .Michael, for merly ex-vice president of the American Na tional Hank, which was robbed here two n years iiko of $l?.rt"'0. vns Indicted Iiv thsy-1' ttrand Jury this afternoon for the robbery. A KiicBy Mclit i.I tlie nattry. On a fopny nittht her- tin- Kpthts are nil surround-d by hilo.s of fjray misl. with i nv and then bit of rainbow- color show i;. tin- space below beinir in utter black ress. The only sounds are the muftleil. hoarse. warrrlr.L'.s of the various craft that an- feeliri"; their way from one river to tint other, the chut;, rhujc of a tu?. or the surf like sound of the paddle wheel -if a ferry boat or pa.ssinK steamer. The Haw Uttio and the Atpi-irium are but dim shadows, and even the el-vated road i softened and almost ronfusetl with the genera! black ness of the trees. South street anil West street, those great trade arteries to tlio tea. are almost silent, except for the occa sional jlncle of a. Helt line car. and at tho ferry-houses where thos'p who travel "r Hvn bevond the pale constantly pass and re pass. r-'rom "Xcvv York at Night." "' James It. Carrinston in thu .March Scrlb ner's. iinroirniT IM1TPQ 9 nrtnibn .- CONSTIPATION GEMUINE. HEPUTATIOn. t B . S -jC3!s-5;3IW. , t-4N- &!? -