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Favorable Report Made on Meas ure Intnduced in the Senate by Seaatcr Spooner. PRESIDENT'S POaTO RICO POLICY UPHELD Ilraolutlun In the House to Vmy the W'mr Debt from Cutmn llrcrit l'arlllc Cable to Hawaii, the lMill lwtr antl Japau Favored Other Coutfresalonal lroceedlnit;a. Washington, March C The pension appropriation bill ($145,245,L'30) was. passed in the senate yestertlay, and bills were introduced for control of the Philippines and for free trade be tween the United States and l'orto Kico. Thomas It. Hard, the recently elected senator from California, took the oath of otlice. The bill of Senator Spooner (Wis.) for control of the Philippines was favorably reported, and is as follows: "That when all Insurrection against the sovereignty and authority of the United States in the Philippine Islands acquired from Spain by the treaty concluded at Parts on the tenth day of December. IS'JS, phall have been completely suppressed by the military and naval forces of the Unit ed States, all military, civil and Judicial powers necessary to govern the said is lands shall, until otherwise provided by congress, be vested in such person and persons, and shall be exercised in sueli manner, as the president of the United States shall direct for maintaining and protecting the inhabitants of said islands in the free enjoyment of their liberty, prop erty and religion." Washington, March 7. By vote of 44 to 2G the senate yesterday passed the currency reform bill as agreed upon In conference. A resolution was introduced authorizing the president to govern the Philippines until con gress shall otherwise provide. Senator Hoar gave notice of an amendment to the diplomatic appropriation bill providing for the payment of $250,000 to Liliukulani. Washington, March 8. Senator Lodge (Mass.), chairman of the Philip pine committee, in a speech in' the sen ate yesterday upheld the president' policy toward the islands, saying it was "at oTice courageous, wise and patriot ic." A favorable report was made on the house bill providing that the rev enues collected from Porto Pico be ex pended on that island. Washington, March 9. Formal dis cussion of the Porto Pico tarilT and gOVCrlllliell I mil il ui-iui in iiic inn ate yesterday, Senator Foraker (().) speaking in favor of the measure and Senator Pettus (Ala.) in opposition. Washington. March 10. The Hay Pauncefote treaty, amended so as to give the United States control over the Nicaragua canal, was reported to the senate yesterday, and Senator Lindsay (Ky.) spoke in opposition to the Porto Kican tarifT bill. Washington, March 12. The senate on Saturday passed the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill, after de feating an amendment to give former Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii $2O.0CO and an annuity of $10,000. Motinc. Washington, March fi. A bill was introduced in the house yesterday to repeal duties on printing paper. Fil ibustering prevented the passage of a bill to incorporate the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical as sociation. Washington. March 7. In the house yesterday a resolution was introduced to deduct from the monthly receipts of Cuba 2. per cf fit. of the total amount collected until the sum expended by the United States on behalf of Cuba during the war with Spain is paid. A favorable report was made on the bill for a Pacific cable connecting this country with Hawaii, the Philippines and Japan. Washington, March S. The confer ence report on the currency bill was presented to the house yesterday. The death of Mr. Harmer, of Pennsylvania, was announced, and an adjournment taken as a mark of respect. Washington, March 1. In the house yesterday it was decided to vote on the financial bill next Friday. William F. Aldrieh (rep.) was given the seat occupied by (J. A. Pobbins (dem.) from the Fourth district of Alabama. Washington. March 10. Mr. Hep burn (la.) introduced a bill in the house yesterday providing that no picture or description of any prize fight or pugilistic encounter or any proposal for betting on a fight shall be transmitted in the mails or by any common carrier engaged in interstate commerce, whether in a newspaper or periodical, or in any other form. The penalty is to be imprisonment not ex ceeding one yenr, or fine not exceed ing $1,000. Ninety-seven pension bills were passed. Washington, March 12. In the house on Sat tit day it w as ngreedi to take up the bill providing for the gov ernment of Hawaii on April 3, the final yote to be taken on April 5 at four p. m. Death I.lat NumlT 47. Thurmond, W. Va., March 12. Twelve more bodies were taken from Xhe Ked Ash mine during Saturday ight. This makes a total of 47 dead bodies taken out and at least two more are known to be In the mine. Death of I J. Phelp. Now Haven. Conn., March 10. Ed ward .L Phelps, head of the law de partment of Yale university an! min ister to England tinder President Cleveland, died at his home here, aged 78 years. F.lBht Club Clrrnlt. New York, March J. The National Haseball league will consist of eight clubs this season, the magnates hav ing wiped Haltimore, Louisville, Cleve land and Washington off the slate. PU0VS ins LOVE. WIM of the I.nte Chat-lea L. DavU tilvea Former Sweetheart Valuable Properly. Detroit, March 1U. Mrs. Margaret Fi-hiiver Simpson, of 108 Humboldt avenue, this city, who is heir to the bulk of the property, valued at nearly $150,000, of Charles L. Davis, who tiled in Pittsburgh, is the wife of Edward F. Simpson, manager of the local oilicc of a Philadelphia publishing rmnpany. The fortunate legatee was in no wny related to Mr. Davis and had not seen lii in since she left the "Alvin .loslin" company in lSfJ3. The will of Mr. Davis contains all the elements of u romance. He had no relatives living, so far as known. He had been married, his first wife being known to the stage as Emma Verne. She died more than 20 years ago in Denver. The acquaintance of Mr. Da vis and Margaret Schriver was formed about 1G years ago. Miss Schriver's fa ther was president of the Allegheny (Jas company. He became acquainted with Davis at a Masonic meeting and invited him to Ids home. Some time after the first visit of Mr. Davis to the Schriver home it was arranged that the young girl should be sent to a musical institution. Her musical education ex tended over a term of several years, and then she was sent to Europe, where she studied under the best masters. After her return, Miss Schriver became a member of the "Alvin Joslin" com pany. On the road she was paid every possible attention by Mr. Davis. She stopped at the best hotels, Mr. Davis naw that she was provided with a car riage to and from the theater, she had ilowers dally, ami all these things the young woman thought were given by Mr. Davis, because he was a friend of her father. When the company was in Chicago Miss Schriver was quartered at the Virginia hotel. There Mr. Davis called on her and made a proposal of mar riage. She made no reply. Mr. Davis went away thinking that she was mere ly taking time to consider and in t bl end she would consent. His attention then became more marked. He began to make Miss Schriver gifts of great value. The young actress was much worried over his attentions. The com pany left Chicago, and soon after Mr. Davis said he was ready to be married. There was only one thing to do. Miss Schriver left the company at once and returned home. A month later she was married to Mr. Simpson. Since that time she has never seen Mr. Davis. That his regard for her was sincere is proved by his will, which was made in 1S9G, a year after Miss Schriver was married. NOT GUILTY. Sirs. Ilnrhel I'm (mini and Her Dnuich ter Acq nil led of the Murder of Former' II unhand. Hillsdale, March 10. Mrs. Pachel Putnam and her daughter Sarah are not guilty of the murder of the hus band ami father. So declared the jury after an hour and a quarter's delib eration. The erdict was received without any demonstration on the part of the audience. Mrs. Putnam shook hands with the jurors and thanked them. Lyman Putnam's body was found in the hay in his barn with wounds on the head. The circumstan tial evidence was strong against the two women, and Mrs. Putnam ac knowledged on the stand of having poked her husband with a rake ban dk thinking him asleep. The theory of the defense was that 1111 nam was kicked in the head by a horse. Peach IIimIm Killed. St. Joseph, March 10. To the sur prise of many leading fruit growers in this immediate vicinity, reports have been received here to the effect that a large portion of the peach buds in the Kiverside district, four miles southeast of Henton Harbor, are win ter killed. C. A. Layman, a veteran grower of the Kiverside district, came to Henton Harbor with several branches which contained winter killed buds. IJeports from districts at Perrien Springs say that a portion of buds have been found winter killed. The buds were not killed in the fa mous St. Joseph lake shore district. Vote AxalnRt Consolidation. St. Joseph, March 10. In order to ascertain the sentiment of the citi zens of this city in regard to the agi tation for the consolidation of this city and Henton Harbor an otticial 'straw ballot" vote has been in prog ress for the last week, closing Friday night. It resulted in 217 votes against consolidation and 57 votes in favor of the proposition. Mint Ae Morttmicea. Port Huron, March 9. State Tax Commissioner Freeman has written the Port Huron assessors not to pay ony heed to the assignment of mort gages by mortgagees, but to proceed on the theory that assignments are simply for the purpose of avoiding taxation, and to assess the amounts in volved as if so much cash. l.nnnlnR iet Fair (aronndM. Lansing. March 8. The Central Michigan Agricultural society has for mally deeded its claim to the old state fair grounds in this city to the city of Lansing, resening the right to hold fairs on the grounds at ony time. Steps w ill be taken to hold n fair this year. Suicide Suspected. Mt. Pleasant, March 10. William Hawley, .iged ?2 years, died' from an overdose of laudanum. He leaves a widow and two children. It is thought he took the drug w ith suicidal intent. 4 It one Appointed. Washington, I). C, March 10. II. M. Pose has received from Secretary of the Senate Dennett his appointment an chief clerk of the senate, to take cUect April 1. INSURANCE FIGURES Antuial Iteport of the Bllchlican Com uilaaloner Will Show an In crease In llualneaa. Lansing, March 12. Advance sheets of the forthcoming report covering the Michigan business of life, casualty and industrial companies for the year ended December 31, 1S99, have been completed by Commissioner Stevens. The statistics show an increase of business over the preceding year. Dur ing the year three old-line life, three casualty, seven cooperative ami four fraternal companies were authorized to commence business in the state. The old-line companies during the year wrote in Michigan 17,341 policies and $20,035,541.71 of insurance. They had in force in the state at the close of the year 74,70 4 policies and $140, 055,515.77 of insurance. The amount of premiums collected during the year was $5,223,574.10, and the total losses paid amounted to $2,080,107.93. A total of 58,080 policies were written by the industrial companies, the in surance amounting to $0,001,409, and these companies had in force in the stale at the end of the year 111,7S3 pol icies and $12,217,835 of insurance. They collected a total of $135,092.24 in pre miums, and paid $99,207.50 in losses. An aggregate of $100,171,901.07 of in surance was written by. the casualty, fidelity and miscellaneous companies, divided as follows: Accident, $02,301. 0S2; surety, employers' liability, and fidelity, $27,445,824.82; plate glass, $1,221,507; miscellaneous, $9,142,947. The premiums collected by these com panies amounted to $505,155.03, and the losses paid to $103,740.16. The total Michican business of old line companies, including the indus trial business of such companies, was Insurance written during the year, $32,090,950.71; in force at end of year, $158,272,850.77; premiums collected, $5,358,000.34; losses incurred, $2,197, f.93.07. These figures indicate the fol lowing increases over the same items of 189S: Insurance written, $1,840. 058.71; in force, $13,549,223.77; pre miums, $308,002.34; losses, $399,370.07. ATTORNEYS WITHDRAW. A Sennallonnl Phaie In the Trial of Jeu. 3Iarah MlNHlnir Wltneaa Heard From. Lansing, March 8. The trial of Gen. Marsh was brought to nn abrupt end Wednesday by the final with drawal of his attorneys because of the court's denial of their motion for a continuance until May. Judge Wiest was indignant at the attorneys action and read them a scathing lec ture in open court. He assured Marsh that if he was convinced he was in any way a party he would require him to go to trial at once. It, however, be ing his duty to protect Marsh as well as the people, he decided to grant .1 postponement until March 20, so that the defendant might procure new counsel. Helieving that the conduct of the attorneys was reprehensible, and that they should be punished, the court appointed a committee of prominent state attorneys to present the matter to the supreme court, re marking that if trials can be stopped by such summary conduct it was timo the courts knew it officially. Lansing. March 10. Capt. W. D. Mc Donald, the witness for the defense, whose disappearance led to sensation al proceedings in the case of Gen. Marsh, returned to Michigan Friday, having learned from the newspapers that he was wanted. The committee appointed to present the conduct of Attorneys Speed and Pope to the su preme court, with a view to having that tribunal inflict a penalty, has ar ranged to perform that duty early next week. Now that Mr. Speed has admitted that the announcement of withdrawal from the case was merely a trick to gain time, the profession expects the attorneys will be severely dealt with. Many Town Interested. Lapeer, March 12. Property owners olong the line of the proposed electric road from Oxford to Clifford and be yond are greatly interested. The line will touch at Thomas, Metamora, Hunters Creek, Lapeer, Five Lakes and North Hraneh. It Is to be known as the Oxford, Lapeer & North Pranch j railway. Simons & Curry, of Detroit, are pushing the scheme and they have) interested influential men in the dif ferent towns in their project. Each of the above towns will subscribe lib erally. A Lapeer gentleman starts the ball rolling with a cash bonus of $1,000. Mnrder In Detroit. Detroit, March 11. Pen Josephson, a locksmith, shot and instantly killed William Popke, a teamster, in his shop on Hastings street Saturday night. Popke had gone to Josephson's shop to interrogate him about an alleged insult ottered by him to Popke's wife I Saturday afternoon. The men had j some words ami Josephson suddenly drew a revolver and shot Popke through the heart, killing him in stantly. Josephson is under arrest. Petition Itefnaeit. Detroit, March 9. The petition for a grand jury to arraign parties ac cused in connection with lynching Thomas Evans near Northville was denied in the circuit court by Judge Hosmcr. The Evans hanging was by respectable citizens, who were in censed at his immoral conduct. Evans was cut down, resuscitated and re moved to Dayton, O. Pioneer Paaaea Away. Adrian, March 9. Hon. Prackley Shaw, aged 82, one of Lenawee's prom inent and respected pioneers, died at his home in Dover township. Mr. Shaw was well known both in the county and the state, having served one term as representative and two as senator in the state legislature. STATE GOSSIP. Interesting Hits of Information from Many Localities In Michi gan. Onaway Is flooded1 with counterfeit nfckcls and half dollars. Another lath mill is to be added to Al pena's list of industries in the spring. A large basket ami veneer factory is among the industrial probabilities at Dexter. The prospects are good for the erec tion of a cement factory on the marl lands near Hrighton. John Hlunke. of Plymouth, n team ster, was found dead near Sand Hill. He was overcome by the blizzard. Hritish-Americans at Calumet have raised $1,0K) for the widows and or phans of English soldiers killed in South Africa. Mrs. Angell, wife of President .Tames H. Angell, of the U. ami M is ill in New York city. Mr. Angell has gone to that city to be with her. The Lexington News says that sev eral farmers in that county who own sandy lands propose to experiment in the raising of tobacco. Chester Hoyle of Kalkaska, charged with forgery, has been arrested at To ronto, Canada He says he is innocent and will tight extradition. A cheese factory is being erected nt Cushing, the farmers of the vicinity having pledged the milk from enough cows to make the venture a success. Wages of $35 er month are being of fered for men lor the woods in the up per peninsula, on increase of about 100 per cent, over the rate paid' three years ago. A business men's improvement soci ety has betn organized at Montrose to secure new industries and otherwise push along the business interests of the village. Duplain and Greenbush townships will be traversed by a free rural mall route from St. Johns, the county seat. It is 30 miles in length and serves about 200 families. Nearly $2,000 has been subscribed for the construction of a stone road south of Saginaw a distance of a mile and a quarter, and the interest taken in the project assures its success. It is believed that the state pardon board will recommend clemency in the case of Dell Swartz, of St. Joseph coun ty, who is doing a life sentence for the murder of Willard Johnson. Farmers of Pi.rtchville township, St. Clair county, are believers in good roads, and as soon as the frost is out of the ground they will donate 50 days' work in hauling clay and stone. Ovid's business men are planning to erect a pickle factory at that place in the near future. Committees are in specting plants at other places' to get the benefit of ethers' experience. Horse buyers are actively at work in Sanilac county, and farmers who have well-bred animals are having no trouble indUpottingof tl em at top notch prices. The war in South Africa is the main factor in 'he stiffness of the market. AMOUNT INCREASED. The State Addn ijtfO.OOO to the Fnnd for InillKent Soldlera of the Spa n I mIi Wnr. Lansing. March 12. Previous to Jan uary 1 Michigan had paid $185,000 for Indigent Spanish war soldiers for med ical attendance, nursing, board, etc., while sick after returning from the front. This being insuflicient to meet all the claims, an additional appropri ation of $10,000 was made and the sol diers were given until March 1 In which, to file their claims. These ag gregate $83,000, and the payment, which will be commenced at once, will be on the basis of 47 per cent., leaving the next legislature to provide for the payment of the remainder. Mlchlitnn Debater Win. Philadelphia, Pa., March 10. The debate between students of the Uni versity of Michigan and of the Univer sity of Pennsylvania took place Fri day night In the Academy of Music, and was won by the western repre sentatives. The decision of the, three judges was unanimous. The subject debated was: "Pesolved. That the formation of trusts should be opposed by legislation." Pennsylvania took the affirmative and the Michigan team defended the negative. Place for (irnnil llnplda Man. Washington. I). C, March 10. The Industrial commission appointed George Clapperton, of Grand Papids, Mich., as an agent to collect statistics in regard to the amount of state taxes collected in ten different states from corporations organized tinder their laws and foreign corporations doing business within their borders. He is also directed to report upon the laws in regard to such corporations and other questions of a like nature. Farmer Killed. Vernon, March 9. George Sample, a well-known and highly respected farmer of Vernon township, while loading saw logs was struck by one of the logs and received serious inter nal Injuries, from which he never fully rallied. In about three hours after the accident occurred lie died. . A widow and three children are left to mourn his loss. To Meet In Port Huron. Port Huron, March 10. The Order of the Eastern Star has decided to hold its coming grand lodge convention next October in Port Huron. 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