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ROOK LAST EDITION. 4:30 O'CLOCK. VOI. IiIII. NO. 131. ROCK ISIAKD, DLYL-. TUESDAY, MaJJCII J2, ly04. PKICJ5 TWO CENTS. G AT SEAHEARD Fleets Believed to Have Met Off New Chwang. PRISONERS RELEASED Russians Free Japa nese, Ending a Con troversy. New Cbwang. March 22. Firing was heard tliis morning. It has been ofli ehjlly 'pl:iii!!'(l it was from guns; at tli- fort engaged in practice. Two .la a me merchants and five women refugees, who have been 1 1 1 1 I ri.-om-il since Feb. 7 at Port Artliiir. left today route for Tien Tsin.fbus sat L f 3 'if iff 1 1 j - American otlieial in quiry ami negotiations covering sev eral weeks. Firing Heard at Kra. Yin i:.v. March 22. Villus was In-art! off the roast, apparently about f ix miles to the (southward, fourteen shots liavfng lu-en hc;ird between t and T:-'V this morning. The morning was hazy and it was iiiipot'i-lble to distinguish objects at w :t. A credible rejx.t t has reached here that two crui ser ami live gunloa.ts were off Kin- how yi-stcrday. Cronstadt. March 22. The Vctnlk, the leading ye; ice organ here, sur-Ini-'S that the Kussiali Vladivostok Fiji::u!ioii has gone to attack Moro'.nu Vw Yah-ano layi :::id Ot'iiunai (in I I.-hih;tri I ::y). loth ill the Japcllicsc i-h:i.d of Vur;.o. Iturxlaii (it'iicrat Kr:r!. St. !'. -teis'.i i g. Mar.-h 22. The follow ing oH: i.i I :.bpnt h. tilted Mnk !elu March "JU. hats belli received: " ii-nci nl liilfi!.-ki roj-orts as follows: Ace. :v i nu to reports r-oclvod from the fn-alicr Kivmlit on Pre Pasteur Chi iieve railway evTj thing is in order there. At IM.v ini Malign Captain I'kse iiifl', with Mr:nty cavalrymen, has driven off a band of 1 Chun -huscs (Chinef.. banditsi. The occupation of the towns of Anju and Plug Yang ly the enemy's infantry ami artillery is onliimcd. ICt-ort uf I JiixIInK foul rail leteil. "'Thirteen of the enemy's tr:ins ports recently tmlnartcd at I 'hina nij ho. According to r ports there have 1"ti j:o j reparations for landing on the const of Caolj.-io or opiKisite Kincbow. A1J reports appearing' in fi iun new jhimts of the landing of Japanese riH ps at differ -lit points on the couit mv Inventions.'" It ii lit XVrrle Oitr China. ft. Petersburg. March 22. In ?nv f run ent circles there exists u strong lielief that the question as to whetLer .'.hina will observe her neutrality un d rtaklnps will d: -petal largely on the res-.dt of tli Hi st heavy land light in sr. A big vlotory fiy the Pusslan army, it I- b lievt d. Will ilr.-ure tlw quh Kcifi e of the Celestial empire, but there lire grax,- fc.iTs jis to what might happen in the event of a signal Japanese sue fss in the early stages of the laiul Ci rations. SENATOR BURTON PLACED ON TRIAL Hearing for lOxertine Improper Inllu ence In Poatat Depart ment fipgun. St. I.oiiis. Mareli 22.- The trial ..f foiled States Senator Iturtoii. of Kan sas, charped with hainir an-eptid f from the IJialto (irain A Senr- ities company to ue hi intineiH-e with tin" potottice ilepart nu-ii t to preent the issuance of a fraud order ay:iint the company, was bejrnn in flu- federal court here today. FR1 CHINESE AT FAIR BREAK IMAGES TO SHOW THAT THEY ARE NOT THIEVES St Louis, March 22. Enforcement of the recent rule that under no cir cumstances will persons be pen.i;ttd to carry packages from the World's fair without a sioial iermit result"! In four Chinese artisan destroying four valuable carved wooden images l-fore an astonished gatekeier. The four Celestial artisans L:.d lieen in Ftnn'ttHl to take the images fro:n the Chhir.-e pa villi: it to the ""h!rne o:n h.Issioners. rivi.Mng in the civ, w 1. P.-d iiii 'agned to have tc?'i ir:!iisl a: J painted to l' presentcil t.) distinguish ed World's fair inti.e as souvcj.iis. 2'uruub trror .uo wr.ttcii ccru.iU to MISSOURI TOWN SUFFERS IN STORf. Ilieeinovllln Struck !j Wind, Fifty ItaildinKa Wrecked and Man Killed. nisrxiiisvnie. Mo., March 22. Fifty buildings are partly wrecked, one mra is mortally wound-d and several oth crs hurt: the tewn i- In darkness and the streets Ktrewn with debris, as the result of a tornado and hall storm which struck this place. The hail tin the str-cts was a foot deep within live minutes after the storm came and some of the tons were as larjre a 9 hen c'L's. Doz ns of tres in the town v.'ere blown c'iwn and w-verai horses The rro-ery s.tore or J. W. Knziey, In the business part of this place, was o:i? building wrt-k. John Ho'zen, a clTk. was mortallj- ijnured. It. is o.-tiinated that 2,JU windows were broken by the force of the storm. More than lifty hous liave lx-en unroofed. SENATE CONSIDERING THE ERECTION OF NEW OFFICES Washington, M.ir h 22. Consider tion in the senate of the bill irovidiii for the purchase if a site sniO the t'C tion of a building for the departments of state, justice and comnnrce and labor was made the occasion for ad verse criticism of. the architect who planned the White House officer. A inmJx r of bills was passed After b in;; in sessir.n an hour tird twenty minutes the house adjourned out of respect to the memory of the late KT)r'sentative Charles W.Thomp- Fon. of Alabama, who dietj in this city, No bu.sines of importance was dono. MEMORIAL GYMNASIUM FOR DEAD STUDENTS OF PURDUE Lafayette. Ind.. March 22. The board of trustees of Turdue univ rsity has aIoj.t'l nso!utions aiprovinj; of the ere t ioji of a inemtirial v.vmnasl- um. and a committee composed of Will lam V. Stuart. Cbnrles II. Major and l'resiit W. 11. Stone was appoint-! to luindle the university end of the fond. RABBI DEFENDS "RELIGION Pay That the Ingersolliau Type 1 1 ax AI- iiioat llHppitrrl from Iulio Korirty. New York, M.trh 22. Itcplyin? to nrth-les pubiis!iel recently In London raising a question as to the success of the ministers of the world In spreadin tin (Jospol, Kabhi Silverman, of the Temple Emanuel. declares that atheism and agnosticism are now generally looked upon as Intellectual weakness. "The InKersoIiian typo," he asserted. hns almost disappeared from polite so ciety. There is a t.u it uinh'rstaifdin that religion Is an evilen-e of culture and retinemei.t and that it has n whole some eff't upon the development of man. There never was a time," he continued, "when men of all shades of belief were as interested in religious study, in worship and practice as to- day." Wholesale Chicken Stealing-. IVtcr.sburjr. Ind.. March 22. 'Mc!r rn thievt's are loin n wholesale busi ness in the vicinity of l'etcrshunr. In one riuht they stole forty-two from Itev. John I femuiibrtnn, one mile east of town. The nlht before they took twenty from Mrs". Marsee. widow, and sm.iller numb ts hav b'cn taken from other farms in the ueihlxirlmu!. Lovtetl tit. l'larv with a Wmgon. St. Louii. Marcji 22. It has b-en discovered that !etwccn -losiu time Saturday and opining, time Momlay robbers Ixvhlly lootctl the otlic and plant of the Tilly I'ackitm and Flue isrnsli Manufacturing company, and had hauled over $l,Ui worth of loot awav in a wagon. Fourth NoininatSon for Ion. MilwaukH, March 22. Mayor la vid S. Kose has be u for a fourth time nominated to head the city ticket by the Democratic convention. The plat form, anions other thinjjs. declares for a municipal lighting plant and de nounces "grafting." Kauaway AtA-idrnt Killrd llrr. Owosso, Mich.. March 22. Mr. Hat tie Johnson, wife of T. A. Johnson, of the new National hottL Is dead as the result of an accident received while out driving. A runaway which passea her hurled Mr. Johnson from her car riage. take the images from the grounds h id 1. :i prvvid d. A gateUp'r stopped the finr Chi n;;yeti and iivestigatl their pack ::ges. 'Hie Celestials -ould not under stand English, but th;y in-n-eivcd that tii-y were not going to 1 e prmittel to carry the. im.iges through the pates. Thereupon encii broke his Image into --iei. An interpre'er w:'s suii!ine?:tMl Mid -juickly ma-- it plain that tie Clii :..:nwn h:.d broI-:i the imagvs-to prove their ii.n'je::c cf theft. "In China v. hen a mail is accused cf stm!T s:iy t:d'rg for.nd in his poses-jjon le imi;e T::ite!y tiestroys it to sljow that fce fs eo thief," saii the Interpreter. DEFEAT CENSURE With Nationalists Against Him and Mutiny in His Own Ranks Balfour Wins. LIBERAL MOTION IS REJECTED Government Majority Kc i n g Fifty Seven on the Transvaal Labor truest ion. Tnon. March 22. The whips of all parties in the house of commons were busy yesterday seeing that their forces wtTe on hand, for the lirst real vote Involving the life of the govern m'iit wns to take place at tie end of the debate on CaniplK-ll-Iinnermann's motion censuring the cabinet for -on-sentii.g to the Chinese labor scheme for the Transvaal. The vote was 2L; to 242 in favor of the government a majority over all the opposition of I7. Campbell-IIannermaun opened the debate. lie said the Transvaal projio sitiou had sorely tried the p-ople of the country; that Europeans in South Africa were all apposed to the Chinese lalior scheme; that it was the greatest departure Croat Eritain had ever made from her i-rim-iples. and tliat It was slavery and nothing else. Kly lKerts the (ioTerninrnt. Lytten, colonial secretary, maip- n. repJy, declaring that public sentiment in the Transvaal was overwhelming in favor of tho measure, and that the Liberal leader's remarks were a series of gross misrepresentations. Major John Edward Sooly was the next ppenker. He had hitherto been n ron sistent supporter of the government. He said he believed the imiKirtation of Chinese labor would render the Transvaal Impossible as a white man's country. He announced! that, therefore, he iiad tendered his resignation to his constituents, because he did not think it fair that he should vote against the government without giving his -onsti-tuents an opiKiitunity of turning hira out. if they didi not approve of Lis ac tion. Irishman Object to I'pronr. The conclusion of Major Secly's Fjic'h was lost amid a tremendous outburst of disapproval from the min isterial side, l'reinicr Ealfour. who followed! .Major Seel .v. was unable to se ure a hearing, tho Irish m mlicr.? pro to.-ting against the treafiiHiit of the ii'.tjor. illiam ltedmond said that I'.alfour should have Insisted upon a resiM-clfuI hearing for Major Scely, and when the premier said he h:d ap- pealod for such a hearing Ucdmond w -ithdrew his )jposition and the house quieted down again to listen to Ihil- feur, who iii opposing the resolution said It was a question whether tho Transvaal should be allowed to go through a grave coimm-rcial crisis rather than admit Chinese labor. li.lLKIlK AtCISCS TIIK LIltUKAUS Say Tlo'y Have lonrJV hil Thajr Aru Now iKoroimly Opptifig;. LIix-r.il goverum nts, he said, had in th' past legalized the importation of such Iabcr for Uritish colonies and the opposition was now neaping the bene- lits f the evils which their own par ty had produced. In conclusion 1 Sal- four said that lie sympathized with tho views of Australia and New Zea land because they were white men's colonics-. In South Africa t h-prospect of a great preponderance of blacks would present a dilliciilt problem, but the dllhculty would not be increased by the govornm nt's present crisis. If the loader of the opjKisition came into iHwer. said I'.alfour. he would do exactly as the gov rnincnt was do ing, and would not indulge in vague inl inappropriate speches about slav ery, btiould Sir Henry Campb IMian nei iui i.n's motion le -:rriel it would tend to destroy or to indefinitely retard the prosperity of the Traits vaal. Herbert II. A squith, in closing t!ie debate. d-nid that any clear T over whelming opinion in the Transvaal d- inandcd Chin-se lalxir. and he maln talmd that practi':ible and less ob jectionable alternatives had been sug gested. He agreed that the economic Ksitiou of the Transvaal was si'iious. but asserted that if healing forces were allowed to opera tea nd fair wages and good conditions were secured to white and bhick laborers alike the seri ous features would lie removed. Many of th' Irish members had hur ried from Dublin, win re they vot-d In the bye-election for St. Stephens titif n, in order to vote for the motion. In th' division thirteen I'nionist memU r. ir Inding Winston Churchill, attained from voting. Sisty-iiv' Nationali.-t mcmlMTs voted against the govern m nt. the majority for which was arger thaivany in the sevral rceiit nithal divisions. The result was re ceived with ch"crs. A similar motion was defeated In the houe of lords by u vote of 17 to AFT FAVORS FREE TRADE IN THE PHILIPPINES Vas!iirgTon, March 22. In l.'s tn'.k to thv !.oi:.-e met h n.t n....r5rn; cor: mittee SH-rtary Taft said Lis great cLjH-t is to reduce the tarifT at l ::Ft to 2T it cent, of tie Pii.gicy rate. though ixrsoivi'ly trade. Le fivon-d free AT nflEBPV nC Ft I IVlLIEUe Ul THEJL00I Beloit, Wisconsin, is in a Serious Plight. CUT OFF FROM WORLD Factory Burns While Water Holds Back Firemen, I'.cloit, Wis.. March 22 Flood and fire haw -au'd damngf -f inurr than (.t)i K I in this ily during the past 12 hours. With Kock river Hooding ev erything on one -ide and Turtle creek on the other, the city is entirely cut .dr. . Ihisincss is su-pended and the schools closed. The people stand helpless while the waters carry every thing before them. South Relolt AUo. South lleloit is entirelv under wa- ter. Five hundred people are caught in their homes surrounded by the flood. John Thompson & Sons' gas engine shops burned today. The loss is $d().- (;. I he Hood iircente:I the liremen from getting within liajf a mile of the fire. STRIFE IN CHURCH Younger Mormons Trying to Do Away With Polygamous Practices. ORGANIZING FOR THE PURPOSE I'ear Publicity Leet They Iose in llf- rorts to I'phohl tfie Law, Salt Lake City, March Vning Mormoiiv are lieiii'r irgai:i.'i'd info a i: e . w men t to int t lie eliiircli at tne geneial conlerenee next month unless oioent ,lo pit F. Smith and the oth er leaders cease !iiig in olygamy. lint nine !, and just how far . tine oT ils already hae The church heal off the reat secrecy is being m: ii is jiniiosible to learr the mot emeu t has gi n- pi'oinolers declares ,"ilni reed to the compact. leaders are seeking to iinncinent. I he plan i-- for iheyoiirg men in the agreement to make a for mal demand at the conference that the leaders keep, ill spirit and letter. the promises made to the pe pie of the I'nitcd States to cense iiolvgam- nis marri;iges and polygamous cohabi tation and to kcopt1bq' church out of polities. ? Those actie in the Bioxenient take the giiSeinl that the Mutmr Mormons hould assert tlieniseUes on the sid1 f good faith with the people of the nation. .,r all that, none of them will How the use of their names publicly. I'he reason ghen is the fear that the huich authorities will whip tin -e in the agrerneiit back into line scimraiclv f any names arc ghen. Victim of leceitln. M rs. KM. i bet h Kompe. a (icrmun im migrant. r-c-!ii!v armed here, has set forth in an ntlid.ivit what she alleges is the treachery of the Mormon elders. She sas in her sworn stalcnieiil that rhe was in Inecd by Monnou -hI,rs to leave her husband and come to I'tah and that since coming here -he has been in dire straits whieh Ihe Mormon lM-ople hate not tried to a llevia te. SI a'rs she was olTerel polygamous marriage by lun Mormon elders. Ilot teixiorf and lluefncr. after arriing in Salt Lake City. The woman has lieen ill at a hospital for some time. She declare- that the.-e two Mormon cIo'its told her that h m ed not lniu the t:rt that she had a husband in tiernianv. as when she was baptized into the Morm n church the baptism water aeteil a divorce. 1 1 -r statement has been reduced to writ ing, an I if s1(. ihevi U'ill be a vtitness l, f..re the Smoot in"-tigat-iiig coiiiii.il fee. DEVELOPMENTS IN BIG LAND FRAUDS Charle Ciiniiingbam, Millionaire Stockman, One of Num ber Inlictrd. Washington. March 22. The inter ior department today received the fol lowing dispatch from porrf.in-!. Ore.. r' eoriirg t.'ie !:i'et ree' ;n.'!t in j rte I'll. sV-t! l f The pl.ii'ie !;"! fiamis in the wi--t: ( l.irh s ( unnir:' l.anl. ill : Hi' 'l;i re ' t-.i f oa-t- i-rn t:r- g,,,i. nr.rl . rn 'n s j y j 1 I i; el by h'm, v, t- in licte-I t-t for cr"p;rafy. - ' BRISTOWS STORY Before the "Congressional Pull Committee Is Not So Very Exciting. HE ACCUSED NO STATESMEN Uo Says; Was Not on Their Trail, but Looking l"p the Kecord ot Ifeavers. Washington. March 22. The McCall committee iesumcl consideration, of the report froth the postotiice depart ment concerning members of congress. Assistant Postmaster Cenoral liristow continuing his; testimony. Assistant Postmaster (General Wynee also was present, F.urton a.skxl Pristow if the clerk-hire Allowances were not made according to secret rogua'.tions in tho postotlico department. "Tin re is a schedule, I understand," ici licd l'.ris tow, "in the lirst assishint's oliie that is confidential, upon which these al lowances are based. IMil Conjrfsmrn Knnw the Hale? McCall asked if any congressman knew what that secret rule was. "id don't know anything about that," was DTistow's resimiise. "It is not in my own bureau, and I could1 not say. T was infoniKHl by thetirst assistant Fri day that it was accessible to members of cingresis.' ISristow did not know whether in actual practice members of congress ever had bH'ii informed about this secret test. He suggested that the lirst assistant would be able to give a more satisfactory answer. Correct Ills Ouestloners. Rout of fourth-class offices, it wa explained by Pristow. was limited by law to a maximum of I(X) a year and an allowance of !?i;t. for fuel and light. Asked if certain allowances for addi tional rent were suspicious Pristow said it would depend en the circum stances. McCall said: "In the brief that you make " "I lsg your pardon." Interrupted Bristow. "I did not make that brief." "Well, you have said you were ac quainted with itV" "No. I never rend it and have no knowledge of it except 'the lirst seven p.ages." III NOT ACCUSE ST.VTKSMP.S ISristow Say the Farts Caiur Out WliIls lie Ylns on Another Trail. "Io you know whether this report, after it was compiled, was submitted to any other person than otlicials of the iMistotlice department?" "I have i:o knowledge." wts the reply. Pris tow explained furtlnr that in his r poit of the postal investigation, dated Oct. 24, he was not nii,avoring to ascertain whether a niemlier of con gress had done a. proper or improper act. Continuing l!ri.s;ow said: "What I was endi-avering to Inves tigate was Mr. Beavers. That reKrt refers to the methods of his adminis tration and in discussing that it imm-cs-sitatcd bringing in instajioes whore members of emigre.-" b id mad' recom mendations that he had allowed where I considered such allowance improper. I did not consider it Inouiulient on mt; to state whether n member of congress !ind done anything improper or not. "I simnlv si i forth the facts and drew x:iy conclusion with reference to Mr. Beavers' administration. I think I dearly said on page 145 tif my re port" 'Congressmen sis a nil' want their constituent s to have what they are justly enuiieii to mm Tio more. There seems to be a m:s-ippreiicnsii.n that I have made an assault on mem bers of congress," contiamd Pristow. "I!d you have any su-pielon about Mr. Heath?" asked McDermott. "I do not think I itmld say that I si?-i;'ct"J Mr. Heath's integrity," answered Pris tow. "Yoni did suspect Mr. Beavers?" "W II. I do not know that I suspe -1-! his integrity. After the Investiga tion began I liecame very -l'arly oon-vinc-! that he was dishonest." McDtrruott You balt a fund of ?iyio,(!K, had you not? The insiectr.rs w-r' under your Iire-1ion. Having this suspicion why did you not take steins to ascertain whether or not puli lic 1" iiuds were being wastelV I!ristow started to nnsiver this iur tlon by explainiiig'the methMls of con ducting an insH tion. but M Dermritt d'niaiid'l a -atgori-nl reply. Bri. tow maintained that his answr wouM bring out the f::cts and further ct plained that although the inspectors wire under him it was not Ids place to institute an investigation of anoth er lranoh of the service without or ders from Lis superiors. "My judgment ." commented Afe iH rmott. "that your whole trstal tern is rott n and 1 think i!htc are in stances In your h partmei.t." UNION PACIFIC AND "Q" ROADS CHANGE RATES Omah.1. Mar h 22. The L'rlon Pacific- and Burlington toads has ar-lioun-"l a j int rate on pra:u trc-ia Nebraska joints to St. Louis aral V..?t St. Jouis raising the rate 1 cent. The san.e ro:-l Li con;t:n''t:-n with the Nrthw-st r:. Miiwukt-- t-ial tin at Wet-em radi also v nnoiiiice iii;vi riK-s fr: i.i Xa.mski jsJuts t i .tfrmediatc? st.it If -r-.s I.-.'tW'.'on tl.e Mi.-S'r.rt rler cLd Chicago, rai.-:lng the Uriff to tl.oiC 1 o JilS. ITALIANS IN RIOT IN NEW YORK Police Irwn Into n Battle Lasts Half an Hour. That New York. March 22. During a riot in an Ita!;:;n settlement at One Hun dred and Fourteenth, street and First avenue one man was killed,, several wounded and the police were drawn into , a battle which lasted hnlf an hour. They suc ceeded in arresting threo men suspected of complicity in the murtlvr. The trouble started when Alexander Fieo and Vinccnzio Mareseo got into a light over a woir.au. Kniv-s were drawn, and frieiTdsof therueii hastened to the spot. Soon a hundred were lighting. Sev eial pistol shots were heard!, and then the crowd made way for the escape of three, who ran into a house. Fieo lay dead on the paving. Th police wcie endeavoring to beat their wnjr through the mob. a::d finally reached the murdered man. A weeping girl at his side pointed to the house where threo men had taken refuse. Then the police had another light, but tinally dragged the .men from their hiding place and carru-d them away. KISSING MISS HAMILTON CliScago I'olire Cau Flint Nothing or th .Saginaw Girl Who I.cft There with llarury Kuse. Saginaw, Mich., March 22. A dis patch from Chicago says: "After searching for three days for lo-year-oid Carrie Hamilton, who is said to have been abducted from her home in Saginaw. Mich., the police at Central station admit that they are far from a solution of the mystery. The enntlkt Jnsg stories told by Harney Pose, her alleged abductor, have given the police many clues, but none that has led to a single trace of the i;ul. Detectives De Pocln and (Jualey are searching Bvar.fcton for her. " "Look for her in JYmnston.' was the Ir.test confession" made by tho prison er. Saturday he declared that she had been sent to Detroit, but investigation lliere was fruitless. "His conflicting stories only prove what I have already s.H.!, that the man has killed mv sister. If that is true, I will have his lift said Herman Hamilton, the brother of the missing girl. The investigation r cluing i ne girl in lvi'. nston has so far proved fruitless." T7ILL ACCEPT A REDUCTION Wherenjiori i Colic I(lli Mill Itemimn lp .Till ions S: i ptilat lull T!it the Accept ance I-t Only Temporary. Muncie. Ind.. March 22. The Mid- IaiuJ iniM. the local plant of th' Amer ican Sheet Sied eompanv, which has been closed since August last will probably re-tin:: operations wiihin two Weeks. The I'OU i.iie eiriJoxes met and appointed a committee of four to Inform Supoi mteiident Mark McDon otigh that they would accept tempo rarily the iediictlon of 2H p r ent. which the steel company has dimand td of its employes. This notion was recommended by the ofliclaks of the A. A. of I. S. and! T. . pending a r fcreml-iim vote .u the acceptance or rejection of the e.uicd scale, which will Ik taktu the mployes" organization. re- CInli '.Vo in nil ( iiitiniil Siilrido. L xi!.gtoii. Ky.. March 22. Mrs. jratthew T. Sioft. widow of Dr. M. T. Scott, of t'.ds city, and daughter of 'Squire 1 '.asset t. president of the Fay ette National bank, committed suicide r.t her rcMdeiiee by shooting. Mrs. Scott had been subject to spells of depression since the death of her hus band, about ten years ago. She was 1 resident of the Women's- club of n tii'l Kentucky and one of the most prominent woin n in the state. Democratic Hate, 1'ont pnneil. St. Loiiis. .March 22. The meeting of the sub-committee of the initional I onioora tic executive committee, which was to have been held here yesterday to further arrangements for holding the national convention lure in July, has Iven postponed until Apiil 4; when the executive committee will hold a meeting. Ilralli (f'Miisht Iliin In it Well. NYgauueo. Mich.. March 22. Alex Peterson descended into a well to clean the bottom. The sides gave way and he was buried twenty-five feet below the surface, and no doubt instantly killed. It art Fulled to Appear. Philadelphia. March 22. The ix round bout seh duh 1 at the Lei. ox Athletic club between Ju.- Kuhlin and Marvin Hart has been declared ofT, ow ing to the non-3pioaraiice of Hart. SPOOK OF EXECUTED WIFE MURDERER FAILS TO COME FOR PROMISED MEETING v.v 'ngf-u. :r Me it:;:. - r. t . h.i . wife inurd :;-r. ,v; -Mo: ouia. did in;t call wa .gcd in Ofl Hep; Sui.dav . sent.itls 'e I U a at P oi : ck l S he I ro!;of ': d to do bf-'uri" his ..-cufion. Dion waittd i'T for J.ii.i at his Lcre until well past lu o'tloci:, aliLouth froja tLe bet Lu HONOR DONE AT FUWERAL Obsequies of Cambridge Second Only to Those of Wellington ATTENDED BY ROYALTY Military Display Rivals That for Queen Victoria. London. March 22.--The Duke of Cambridge w;is buried tm:ay after a funeral such as has been accorded to no Fiiglish soldier, since the death of the Duke of Wellington. King Kd vvnrd. tucen Alexandria and nearly all members of the roxal family, rep resentatives of foreign inona rchs, :t majority of the nobility, diplomatic corps, nnii representatives of the Uritish subjects of all walks in lifo attended the impressive na t ioiial serv ice at Westminster abbev. ICIvala Funeral of IJurrn. Thereafter the body was taken to Kciisel lirei'ii cenietcrv ami buried be side that of the wife The inilitarv pectaeh' rivaled tlie funeral of (jueeii Vict oria. WRECK ON GREAT NORTHERN ROAD Many I'asNeiiKers Hurt, But None Be lieve! to bo Dead. Kali-pell. Mont.. March L'2. A wesf- l-.ounu ir-ai .Mil lliri ii passenger train was wr'cked near Fisher IJivor station, near here. All the ears ! ft the track. The day coach xvas turned u sii.'e ilovxii. Many passengers were hurl, but none killed. A relief train with physicians was sent to the seem. I'arkersbnrg. V. Ya., Much LV.V-A I '.a ! t i more A tlhio train. Um.wn astht; N'vv 'rk and' St. Louis express, is reported xv recko are no details. I at Cornwallis. There FORMALLY SIGN NEW COAL SCALE Sub-Commit too of MlnerH Meets Op erators and SeaU Two Year Contract. Indiauapo'.;.'. Marth 22. The meet ing of th' scale sub-committee of tho I'nited Mine Workers and the opera tors xv,iit i::t s-siin at the Cluypool hot'l, and prm-iitled to corns!'. r tho new scale if wags f"r mine workern vitil on last week by the miners. The scale was signed by the joint scale sub-coinmittee, consisting of twr miners and two oiMTiitors of each of the four states forming the central comiM'titive district yesterday after noon at .Iu".i. No chang' was mado from the original proosltloti of thn oiMTiitors. The next joint eonferenci will Is' held at Indianapolis, Jau 23, r.ioi;. MILLER AND TAFT APPOINTED RECEIVERS FOR SULLY & CO. New York. March - David Miller ind Henry W. Taft were today' ap pointed receuei-s for D. .1. Sully y ( ., si pcnde Iycot t on brokers, succeeding I. II. Ibadhy. the as-ignee to whom x--j : t i ii had been taken by sonic of 1 he creditors. I. til tit All S ill. -r. Wa:-;.ii gtoii, Alan li 22. To create a colonisation bur an ai.d to provide for advances to actual setthrs on tho pub lic domain, is the purpose of a bill Introduced in the senate by request by Senator Hoar. It i- the colonization fcchclue of the S.. I ration Army. Soititteil uf ii ICeiliK lluo. Ijtwreute. Mais., Mar U 22. Two thousand operatives employed In tho Arlington cotton mill lu this city harts leeii notlli! that a reduction varying from 5 to V) per cent, in 4 wages would go into effect on March i& ring he 7Td not r,-fic vf ?.fott wbdid'put rn on s'ppn ranee. rvtr sii-.v MotC juv.mihe the negro cook, bellmen, and others have lui-n escif.il an ! It was with difliet.lty that the lu: ! f tliC I.l.l-f COUld J:T- sunde h"r employes to remain La tho I:;i:y' after daJk. v