uaulwWi,iir "iB SgSfr'Bj''lww'imilf m- .? t t- a m-nmiaaeaximimKmmmmm.rKm!?imi&MiifmsV xMasmiribti;e.rx.straimixAjmAmaii3SJS3SfXj:. aw i. "-n rii,MM'in-"iwnriirnrMrr'rrTBr',iT,TnwffrriiriTi r ttwt'tt- t ttt iTTiniiTTrr miiiMMTTTT"irwir -TTV jh i riJlT- t - r , liV)l3i j- - V i SSP' " 1 if s( p. & &' mi i .i fOTA' TH1? I?ni)l?rAQT I W,LL N0T BE SENATOR 1: i. THE Tho Sonata Disposed to Sldo-Traok jSpL tho Nicaragua Oanal B11L COUNTING THE ELECTORAL VOTE. rho Ceremony to Take rinro on the 10th Unimportant Hills 1'nssed on Satur ily In tho Senate Tho Dis trict of Columbia? Washington-, Feb. 8. If tho Nica ragua bill is withdrawn from its pres ent place nt tho head of the calendar it will leavo the way open for taking up other measures pressing for consider ation. Tho diplomatic and consular appropriation bill has already been re ported, and there w ill bo an effort to secure attention to it to-day. The ap propilation committee cpccttohavo tho Indian and agricultural bills re ported by Wednesday, and will ask for early consideration. Senator Thurston will seek tho fli at opportunity to con clude his speech on the Puciflc railroad resolutions, so Senator Morrill has given notice of his intention to advance tho bill prohibiting tho sale of liquor in the capitol and Senator Sherman will abide by his decision to ask the senate to go into executive session to-day for the purpose of considering tho general arbitration treaty with Great Britain. As soon us these matters will permit there will be an effort to proceed with the bankruptcy bill, and it is not ex-, pectcd that there will bo any avowed opposition to consideration. The pro ceedings relutivo to tho arbitration treaty will bo held in executive session and will be long and animated. Wednes day the senate w ill join with tho house to see the count of the electoral vote. Senator Lodge hopes to get up the con ference report on the immigration bill as soon as the house acts upon it, which he thinks will be done the latter part of tho present week. The feature of tho week in tho house w ill bo the ceremonies on Wednesday of counting the electoral vote and tho formal promulgation of tho election of MeKinley and llobart by the vice pres ident of the United States. It is a stato occasion, but of a very formal character. Unless the fortifications or sundry chil bill is leported, the house will hae no appropriation bill to con sider this week, and most of tho time will bo devoted to such bills as tho various committees may present and tho conference reports. There are threw contested election cases lteattio 1R. l'riei 1i u I 1 l l in !' ,)U "s iv Ilendriek1- u i K i 'ii K ivn I lh i noit s 1 tn r ilu li iwh jnolittH be di rule i. In inch cast tin. majoutj report fi i tli si tin' memlx a dcIUIKTlt dlld lltt'l tl III (1 In Kill sutned tti di-pisiiig of tin in 9MIWH1 ( OS .1 fSS Wasiii.NuION, Icb. b. thi. stSoion u the senate Saturday accomplished little save the passage of bills to which no objection was made. In the first part of tho day Mr. Thurston, of Nebraska, continued his speech on the Pacific railroads. At two o'clock the Nicara gua canal bill camo up, but gave way to tho calendar. There was somo discussion of tho Cuba resolutions, re ported by tho committee on for eign relations when reached, but they went over without action. At three p. m. eulogies wero delivered on tho lato Representative Cogswell, of Massachusetts. A resolution was passed at tho request of Mr. White, of California, requesting of the secretary of tho treasury information as to whether tho general bonded ware houses had been discontinued, and if so why had It been done. At tho re quest of Mr. Allen, of Nebraska, a reso lution was passed directing tho cora mittco on military affairs to inquire whether any ofllcer of the regular army was soliciting and receiving presents, and if so to report a bill to prevent such practice. Tho house Saturday passed tho Dis trict of Columbia appropriation bill, and after some routine business, at 2:43 adjourned. CRUSADE AGAINST POVERTY. The Stlvntlon Army, Under tho Personal Supervision of (Sen. llooth, to Lstabllsh boclal SettleiiH nt9. Chicago, Feb. 8. Chicago is to bo made the center of a vast system of so cial settlements, similar to that in operation in England, organized and mado famous by Gen. llooth, of tho Salvation army. Its boundaries are to bo the limits of tho United States and its object the solution of the national pauper problem. Arrangements hae been mado whereby Gen. llooth is to como to Chicago and personally direct tho inauguration of the movement. Ho will apply tho practical knowledge -of such work gleaned in tho principal cities of the world to the establishment of a system of city colonies, where at least temporary work will bo offered every idlo man in tho city; will place spacious tenement houses under tho supervision of tho army, and later will extend the movement to form colonies within a radius of several hundred miles from tho city, eventually tho movement will includo tho wholo coun try, and will bo operated from Chicago. One Dollar for a Hug. Cl.It.T0N, Mo., Feb. 8. rrctty Blrdlo Lowry, aged 19 years, a belle of Brown Ington, had Harry Holphrey at rested because ho hugged her. Harry admit ted tho crimo but asserted that sho seemed willing. A jury fined him SJL Dov. llnshncU'n Own Ambition Bald to He. In llanna's Way. Clevkland, 0., Feb. 5. Careful in quiry by u representative of the Asso ciated press among tho more intimate friends and political advisers of M. A. llanna develops that thcro is good ground for tho reports which have been in circulation duilng tho past few days that tho national chair man will not bo appointed to succeed m i VS.. ttll GOV. ASA 8. BUSI1NELI-. i John Sherman in the United States senate. In fact, it can bo stated on un questionable authority that Mr. llanna has practically abandoned all hope and there is now little doubt that Gov. Ilush ncll will appoint Lieut-Gov. Jones to fill tho unexpired term and that at tho next session of tho legislature, in Janu ary, tS9S, Gov. Ihishnell himself will bo a candidate for the full term. FOR GOOD ROADS. Work of tho National Connresn at Orlando, Via. IteKolutloim Adopted. Orlando, Fla., Feb. 5. At yester day's session of the National Good Roads congress Gen. Hoy Stone, of tho board of inquiry of good roads of tho agricultural department at Washing ton, was named as permanent presi dent; T. J. Appleyard, of Florida, sec retary. The committee on programmo suggested the agitatiou of legislation, co-operation in road building, discuss ing the best methods and materials for construction and the best methods of arousing public interest and edu cating tho public mind. Col. V. D. Chipley, of tho committee on resolu tions, offered a scries of resolutions favoring the enactment of laws by which all classes and interests shall bear the burden of taxation for road improvement, the employment of con victs in road work, placing tho con t I i ii. li 1 in 'i . ' i' o' In i i jf c mil i i ijiiki -i ii i i i r itiun of thi (i hi i o4 e i it i n nils .iiUiiiiiiiisr cuiiat t-h to issm bund , fi r roi 1 iinnrim 'ni ill-. i n i A of tlirii IifTh if h fi (lio i -, a i uli i mnU ill mill,' a counU or ii. to hirultsf Hunts 'o anolln r i uuH mi di r piopii con I iiu ui -i pun lniif for tho appointment of a stato highway commission to superintend the distri bution and expenditure of the stato road fund, and state aid not to exceed one-third the cost of such permanent improvements, the remainder to bo borne by the county or divided be tween tho county and the people di rectly interested. Tho congress thon adjourned subject to tho call of the ex ecutive committee, WOLCOTT NOT ENCOURAGED. Tho Senntor'H Intervlmrn In Pari by No Mean Satisfactory, I'aihs, Feb. 5. Senator Edward O. Wolcott, of Colorado, who is now visit ing Europe in tho interest of bimetal lism, had an interview yesterday with Premier Meline. The interviews which he has so far had have been without the result hoped for by tho senator. Tho interview with President Faure was short and formal and af forded no encouragement. Pre mier Mclino is reported to have said that, however favorable France might bo to the object sought, nothing could bo done unless the con sent of England and Germany was previously obtained. In ofllcial quar ters little confidence is felt in tho ulti mate success of Senator Wolcott, al though he seems to bo sanguine of En gland taking part in the bimetallic movement. For Protection Against Mob. Washington, Feb. 0. A bill to pro tect tho lives and property of persons against mobs was introduced in tho house yesterday by Representative Stewart, of Wisconsin. It provides that the city or county in which mob violence results in destruction of prop erty, injury or loss of life shall be llablo for damages, and action may be brought against oBlccrs of tho law for neglect of duty. In case of death a sum not exceeding 83,000 shall be awarded tho relatives of tho deceased. When tho general government, in the case of a foreigner, pays an indemnity it can bring action for recovery against tho stato in which the person was killed. Tho lllhlo for tho Oath of Office. Xenia, O., Feb. 5. Bishop U. W. Ar nett, of the A. M. E. church, who re sides at Wllberforce, left here for Cin cinnati last evening to select a lllblo to bo used by President MeKinley in taking the oath of office on March 4, tho honor of furnishing tho Uiblo hav ing been accorded tho A. M. E. church by Mnj. MeKinley when a number of the bishops went to sco him recently. The Methodist ISook Concern of Cin cinnati will furnish the book and it will'bo encased in a bl ack walnut case, trimmed with goUL ' NEW TARIFF BILL. A Few of the Most Important Schedules Definitely Fixed. Many Agricultural Products Go Hack to th McKlnlpy Schcdulo Duty on Cattle Intended to Exclude Mexican Stock Cereals and l'rult. Washington, Feb. 5. The day ses sions of tho republican members of tho ways and means committee, which have been in progress for about two weeks, have brought the tariff bill which is to be laid before tho next congress to a stage where the charac ter of tho measure can be somewhat gauged, and w here certain of the most important schedules are definitely fixed. Yesterday's meeting was the most im portant of the series, for it resulted in the framing of the agricultural sched ule, which w as made a re-enactment of the MeKinley law with few changes, ex cept on unimportant products. Tho most jmpoitunt step in connection with this schedule was tho establish ment of rates of S3 a head on cattlo more thon one year old, and of 25 per cent, ad valorem on cattle valued at more than $20 a head. Tho MeKinley rates on other livo stock, including the rate of 83 on cattle of one year old or less, are restored. Tho Wilson rates w ere 20 per cent, ad valorem on live stock, and, while the new duty of S3 on cattle docs not reach tho MeKinley figure of 810 on cattle more than one j-ear old, it is expected that, with tho ad valorem on the more valuable grades, it w ill prove adequate to shut out Mexican cattle. It is against the Mexican stock that the in crease is particularly directed on tho representations of western cattle men that their business had been ruined by the importations from Mexico under the Wilson law, which amounted to more than 200,000 head. Much interest was centered upon barley, which the committee puts back to the MeKinley duty of 30 cents per bushel, because the farmers contended that the Wilson taiiff had turned over tho market into the hands of the Cana dians, while the maltsters, who have been using Canadian barley, have made a hard fight against any increase. The MeKinley rates hao been restored on fruits and berries, mainly for tho ben efit of the fruit growers of the Pacific coast. The fruit exchanges of the country had prepared a schedule oi rates below the MeKinley bill, although above the Wilson rates, but they did u I i i 1 in ba ! ," t'i 'i 1 1 ill i 1 it ' A a ui tlu jmidnt N i 1hi uj n ill turul v ndii'i wlii li n i ii mn 1 t tin Mi K nli iiu -..ui In ii lutt ml 1 1.0 l A IIMIllUClrt, ui. i -. ,111(1 Till .it prtxlui Is t kit' and pou Ti vigitibloa .in I sa ,t 'lh ilcm mi! t thi f.irmi i-( .i n Mi K inlii i.it ' v ii ,i t n in hay, instead of the Wilson rate of 82.00, was granted. Chicory is placed at ono cent, a pound in accordance with tho requests of the grow crs in the central states, who believe that they can cap ture tho homo market with protection. Throughout the work the policy of establishing specific rates wherever it was found possible to substitute them for ad valorem has been followed. Tho interests of farmers, it is stuted, have been particularly observed in fixing duties for tho purpose of protection. On the other hand, the increases on manufactured goods, most of them, have been on higher grades of goods and those which arc considered lux uries. NEW TARIFF MEASURE. Framcr of tho Ijiw Expect It to Yield an Enormous Revenue. Washington, Feb. 5. Theframcrsof tho new tariff law are counting upon an increase of 800,000,000 in tho reve nue above what is yielded by the pres ent law. The exact elements of this increase cannot be determined until tho new measure is more nearly com plete than at present, but a rough calculation can be mado of the sources from which the increase is expected. Theso may be stated as follows: Sugar, 825,000,000; wool and woolens, 818,000, 000; tobacco, 83,000,000; agricultural products, 82,000,000; spirits, 82,000,000; flax, hemp and their manufactures, 84,000,000; cotton hosiory and other cot tons, 81,000,000; chinaworo and glass, 8.3,000,000; miscellaneous items, 8 5,000, 000. A deficit 6f 825,203,245 for tho fiscal year 189(5 and a probable deficit of 850,000,000 for tho fiscal year 189T would bo more than wiped out by an increase of the revenue by the amount of 800,000,000 annually. It is probablo that the surplus will bo much larger by tho close of the fiscal yerfr 1899 than these figures would indicate. CARLISLE'S PLANS. Tho Secretary of tho Treasury Undecided Where to locate A Ills Hult. Washington, Feb. 5. Secretary Car lisle went to New York last night to investigate, it is believed, business propositions which havo been made to him, looking to his opening a law ofllco there after March 4. It is understood that the secretary prefers to open an office in Louisville, Ky. It is said that inducements also havo been hold out for him to go to Chicago. Mr. Carllslo has been retained as leading counsel for llenncr nnd Lafolletto, who aro seeking to get possession of about 100 acres of land on the lake front In Chi cago, which is estimated to bo worth not less than 815,000,000. JUDGE M'KENNA ACCEPTS. Tho Calif ornlan Will He Interior Secretary or Attorney-General San Fhancisco, Feb. 0. Judge Jo seph McKenna, of tho United States circuit court, has authorized the state ment that he had been invited to ac cept a position in the cabinet of JOSEPH M'KENNA. President-elect McKjnley and that he had signified his acceptance, lie did not caro to give for publication tho tMspateh in which the tender of a posi tion was made, nor did ho wish to make his responso known. He con sidcrcd the communications confi dential and personal. Ho will leavo tho latter part of tho month for Washington ready to enter upon his new duties immediately after the in auguration. Whether he is to be attorney-general or secretary of the in terior in the new administration is now know n only to tho president elect. BRADSTREET'S REPORT. ack of Demand for Iron and Steel The ' Check to lluslness Failure. New YoitK, Feb. 0. Ilradstreet's re port sajs: Trade, htch was retarded by unfavorable weather a neck asto, has recovered somewhat at Ch'ittanoom. Memphis, Ulrmln;ham and New Orleans. While tho cold weather cut Into the stocks of heavy goods It delayed the sale of sprint' (,'ooiK Other relatively favorable trade reports are from St. Paul, Minneapolis, Chi cago and St. Louis. At moit centers Jobbers report business qu ;t or unchanged, with no prospect of Immediate Improvement Tho restriction of the production of cotton Goods has not strengthened the market or ad anccd prices ahead. The heavy Increase In sales of wool 10,000,000 pounds at lloston at ono time since January, against 2i 000,000 pounds last year. Is based largely on the exe cution of a high duty on wool. Ono of tho most unsatisfactory Industrial features Is tho lock of demand for Iron and steel, prices of which In the central western states lmvp rotten tw!iw rowfl f,.'t!'".' I h I t a r i t (. -i re k i t a It j r n 1 1 ( ti. fir i Mturv o r hut!wlil l s iu s ih u n i n l w tl ! .nt w e t.!.- in t) r i 'i l I i ii I "I 3 In tti l k. I ! If' t i -i -1 1 in, pirl u i I1 'I m i is a . r i ist r iTl In th Ui t Mk ofKt iruj j IhJ tlin e mi th Ixf re the panic. A PATHETIC INCIDENT A Mother's J.lfr (Iocs Out as She Kisses Her Dead Infant. Sedama, Mo., Feb. C A burial serv ice was conducted over Goldie, tho in fant daughter of J. K. Lefflcr, a Mis souri, Kansas & Texas brakeman, Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Lefller was lying ery low in an adjoining room w ith pneumonia, but begged the priv ilege of kissing the babe before tho casket was closed. Tho dead child was carried to her bed, when sho clasped it to her breast, imprinted a kiss upon its lips and fell back upon her pillow dead. Tho burial service was postponed until yesterday after noon, w hen mother and babe were in terred in the same grave. TO KEEP FROM STARVING. A St. Louis Slan Butchers a Horse to Feed to Ills Family. St. Louis, Feb. 0. John Glcsen, a German, took a horse away from a a crowd of boys Thursday evening and drove it to his hut and killed it for food. Gicsen was out of work-and with a wife and four children were starving to death. Tho horso belonged to a coal dealer who allowed it to roam at largo because it was lame. Some boyo went driving it around in tho snow, when Giesen seized tho horse. The boys, who followed Gcisen, saw him kill tho animal, cut off tho hlnd-quar-tcrs and start to roast it. Giesen told tho policeman when arrested that ho and hit, family had eaton nothing foi three days. They had no meat for montlw. RAID BY OUTLAWS. They Commit Depredations and Terrorize the Citizens of Stroud, Ok. GuTlimn, Ok., Feb. 0. Full particu lars received yesterday from Lincoln county show that tho outlaws who ter rorized tho Sac and Fox agency created depredations at tho town of Stroud, 15 miles northeast of Chandler, a few hours before. Tho reports brought in by deputy marshals to tho effect that tho agent of the Sac and Fox agency was shot and that three men were killed wero incorrect, nnd arose from tho sensational occurrence nt Stroud. Tho robbers mado a de mand on Thomas for tho agency money, but no shots wero fired. llcslnfr May Do Kctalned. New Yok, Feb. 0. It is stated in a letter from Chicago, written by a per son conversant with tho facts, that Washington Hesing will be retained aa postmaster of Chicago by President Mo Klnley. Mr. Hesing is h. gold standard democrat and supported MeKinley dur ing the campaign, stumping Illinois and neighboring states la tho interest of the republican candidate. PENSION AGESC1ES. Tne numDor to uq Koaucea irom t s. Eighteen to Nino. TOPEKA AGENCY TO BE DROPPED. Missouri and Kansas Pensioners Will Ha Paid from St. Louis Tho ExeculHo Order Will Go Into Effect on September 1. Washington, Feb. 8. The president has signed, on the recommendation of Secretary of the Interior Francis, an important order reducing the number of pension agencies in the United States from 18 to nine. The object of the order is to effect a very large sav ing to the government without incon veniencing the pensioners. The secre tary demonstrates that, by the reduc tion of the pension agencies, the cost of disbursement of pensions can be re duced by at least 8150,000 per annum. The change was made possible by an amendment to the law governing the ' disbursing of pensions, w hich amend ment was approved March 2.J, lbOO. It required that all pensioners should, after that date, be paid by cheeks re mitted by mail. Reports from the pen sion agencies in reply to inquiries as to the operation of the law were to the effect that under it the pension ers are paid much more promptly; that possibility of error is minimized, and that, upon the whole, it is much more satisfactory to the pensioners than the former law. The agents also adviso that tho pensioners receive their pen sions when remitted by mail at their homes, where, being surrounded by family influences, tho pensioner is much more likely to make a judicious, expenditure pf his pension money. Under the previous law many pension ers collected their quarterly payments in person and, under the influence of bad associations, were often induced to apply these payments unw isely and de prive their families of the benefits thereof. This executive order will go into effect September 1 next, its execution having been postponed until that date in order that no pensioner should suffer Inconvenience in consequence of delay in receiving his pension, and to give ample time for the removal of the rolls and records from the agencies discontinued. The consolidation was made by uniting existing agencies and tho entire jurisdiction thereof in order that no expense hould be incurred by the n"l'P!r nf tipw rolls. The agencies nl (mi (' li ill v iutH, V an (' i i it it ii 1 i' il p iv- iiiuT) v hitlu rti nu li' hiri re oi VtihI im le from tin spenc it I tost on. Muss , tin jiciis oiicrs hi n t;f nt c pi il at Huffaln ? 1. aio to I paid from Iw otk it dgtnev; those at Pitts bur h from tho I'h'lidt lph a nttiiy; U-uw at Ljuilllt. and haiuXMlli iriui Washington; those at Detroit from In dianapolis; those at Milwaukee from Chicago; those at Des Moines and To peka from St. Louis, where a new agen cy is cstablisned. A new agency is established at St. Louis because of the better mail facili ties than at Des Moines or Topeka, and for the further reasons that there is a government building at St. Louis w hich can be occupied without cost to the government; and there is also a sub treasury there. A pension agency was removed from St. Louis to Topeka, in 18S2. There are more pension ers now in Missouri than in Kan sas or in any state formerly paid by the Topeka or , the Des Moines agency. There are in Missouri 53,813 pensioners; in Kansas, 42,433; in Iowa, 37,798. The total cost for pensions and the disbursement thereof for the fiscal year ended June SO, 189C, was S142.200, 550, mado up as follows: Payments to pensioners, 8138,215,170; fees to exam ining surgeons, $072,587; maintaining pension bureau at Washington, 82,753, 700; cost of maintaining pension agen cies, $505,027. It is on this last item that tho new order is intended to save between 8150,000 and 8100,000 per an num. WESTERN ELEVATOR MEN. Important Grain Handlers Planning a Com blne for mutual Ilencflt. ATcnisox, Kan., Feb. 8. O. T. Hul burd, of Burlington, la., who operates 20 elevators; A. C. Davis, of Topeka, who operates 100 elevators; N. A. Duff, of Nebraska City, who operates 30 ele vators; F. M. Baker, of Atchison, who operates 70 elevators, and other ele vator men, are holding a conference hero with a view of organizing an Export Grain association. An agent of the association will be stationed at New Orleans or Galveston, and grain from the w est will be delivered direct from the producer to tho consumer at Liverpool. This will cut off a number of middlemen, and will enable tho grain men to pay tho farmers of the west better prices. Tnreo hundred western towns and grain elevators will be represented in the association. A tienerous Gift. Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 8. Tho Armour Packing Co., in response to on appeal from tho destitute people of Argentine, Saturday shipped a car load of meat to City Marshal Richard son, of Argentine, to be distributed among the poor. There nre about 50 or 75 families of destitute people in Argentine, owing to tho closing of a greater portion of tno Kansas City melting plant. . XiS ft .1 to l'',l yM & -. w ' K