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2 ised the passage of the Sisseton and Wah petou annuity in return for Indian vote* for republican legislative candidates in South Dakota, Mr. Burke says there is no truth whatever in it. No promises were made in connection with this or the pay- uient of the $150,000 which he is trying to secure. "As a matter of fact, ' said Mr. Burke, "many Indians last November voted the democratic ticket as ihey have always done." w, W. Jermane. John X. Hughes of Cedar Hapids. lowa, has been admitted to practice before the supreme court. Kuial free delivery service has been ordered established. Feb. i, at Beloit. Rook county; Chippewa Falls, Chippewa county; Madison, Dane county: Reedaburg, S.auk county, and Stanley, Chippewa county, Wis., and at Letts, Louisa county, lowa. i Dispatches from West Point state that Ca dets Finn of Cleveland, Le Sueur county, Minn., and Lymau of Mitchell. S. D., failed in their studies and were,discharged from the academy. Neither Representatives Heatwole nor Burke has been notified of the vacancies. Mr. Heatwole says he will probably appoint a young man named Weston, Rice county, Finn's alternate, to the place.' Mr. Burke says his designation will be decided when Air. Ga:nble reaches Washington. Id the supreme court to-day the case of A. C. Campbell against Edward F. Waite from the circuit court of appeals, eight circuit, »as dismissed for want of Jurisdiction. Waite is ihe special pension examiner, now assist ant city attorney of Minneapolis, who un earthed the celebrated Van Leuven pension frauds, and was subsequently indicted for violation of the state law of lowa. The Judg ment of the lower court discharging Waite from custody stands in consequence of to day's decision. Postmasters appointed to-day: Minnesota Assumption, Carver county, Patrick A. Col bert; Moffat, Crow Wing county, William J. Andrews. lowa —Bayfield, Muscatine county, Elmer Schillings; County Line, Jefferson county, Elmer D. Ashbaugh; Dakota, Hum boldt county. Perry Davis; Edna, Lyon coun ty, Otto Ross. Montana —Avon, Deer Lodge county, Mrs. Nettle Stuart; Ophir, Deer Lodge county, Mrs. Emma Wheeler. South Dakota —Taber, Bon Homme county, Ches ter C. Torrauce. Wisconsin —Fontana, "Wal worth county, Herbert L. Radebaugh; Ger nianla, Marquette county, Clarence E. Peirce. FOUGHT FOR A STAIN Mrs. Helstrom Clings Frantically to a Blood-Spattered Garment. fTWAS HER DAUGHTER'S BLOOD 'Reason She Gave for Wanting to v^ Keep the Garment—Woman* Condition Pitiable. Mrs. Helstrom continues in her unhappy condition of mind. Though she mourns continually for her beloved Alice, she does not appear to realize her crime. She is to all appearances wholly rational on every subject except her daughter. She ■ continues to think she has done her a great ble&sing "by helping her to heaven." When brought io the jail last Saturday there were blood spots on her linen, but It was not noticed at first. This morning Mrs. Woodburn, the ma tron of the jail, wanted to remove the blood-spattered garment, but met with the luosi violent opposition. Mrs. Helstrom has been a moet tractable prisoner, and this was unexpected. She refused to re move the garment because the blood on it was that of her daughter, and she said that she wanted to keep it in memory of her darling. Mrs. Woodburn tried to reason with the poor woman, but the more she talked . the more Mrs. Helstrom resisted. The affection shown for the garment because of the blood stains was painful, and Mrs. Woodburn had a desperate fight with her . patient before ii could be removed. Mrs, John Holmberg, wife of former Sheriff Holmberg. arrived this morning from Denver. She was astounded over the tragedy, as the telegram received . simply stated that Alice was dead and her r- mother seriously ill. It is expected that Mr. Holmberg, who is a brother of Mrs. Helsirom, will arrive soon. TEDDY SHOOTS STRAIGHT Colonel Roosevelt Kills His First Mountain I.ion. Denver, CoL, Jan. 14.—Governor Roosevelt has killed his flret mountain lion. Four miles from Meeker Guide Goff's hounds, which are' trained to follow nothing but mountain lions, struck a hot scent. The hunters followed at breakneck speed over a dangerously broken country. The chase continued for eight miles, the hounds at times so far away as to be scarcely heard. Finally the hunters came up to them, with a lion treed in a tall spruce. They all want ed Governor Roosevelt to kill the lion. He insisted upon drawing iots, and the choice fell to him. As he raised his rifle to fire, the bea&t sprang from the tree. A bullet from the colonel's rifle met him in midair, passing through the neck and breaking the spine. PEBMITsYSTEM ABOLISHED Governor Hunt's Concession to (lie .Miners' I nlon. Jfetc York Sun Special Service Boise. Idaho, Jan. 14 —Governor Hunt, has - abolished the permit system in the Cover. ■ d'Alenes. which section is still under martial ■ law, and prohibited the employment of state • deputies without his permission. This Is a concession to the miners' uniou. TRIED THREE TIMES To Fit Coffee to a Sensitive Body. There are great numbers of highly or ganized people upon whom coffee acts as !■ a', clearly defined poison. In some ex ,. treme cases the poisonous . effects "will show in from three to five minutes, in other cases a long time is required, and in some case 3 the body can stand the effects for years, but the effects are very sure, and many; times result in a fixed condi tion of organic disease that Is difficult or impossible to be rid 'of. ■••■■ ; Airs. *■ J. 'W. Grant, of Deepwater, Mo.; writes interestingry of her experience . with coffee. ; "After using- coffee a num ber of years and gradually failing .in health, I got so I could eat but very little breakfast at any time and many days could not eat at all. '"I would drink a cup of coffee and try to eat a little bread. : j '''!• knew the coffee was hurting me. but I did not seem to be able to take anything else. Just the minute I took a swallow of coffee my nerves would begin to tingle, a weak, faint sensation would run all over my body, my wrists burning and aching," the back of my neck hurting, un til it finally got so bad that I would have to hold my head on my hand while drink ing my cup of coffee. \! ."I would frequently have to run to the door for breath, feeling as though I would faint • away. I got' so I could scarcely sit up to eat my little breakfast. . So it went on until. I ran into nervous prostration completely. Nothing would stay .. on my stomach. I called in physi i cians, who -told me I must ' travel, and gave me but little encouragement of get . ting well. ; 1 "A friend told me my trouble was cof fee; I didn't believe it. but for some rea son I concluded to stop drinking-, coffee ■and try the Postum Food Coffee that had been so highly recommended. I was : greatly . astonished to find that in a few days I had no more of the nervous spells ;'at, breakfast and began to. eat food of most any. and every kind. ,-'".-»■■ • "I began to. recover very quickly, * but like lots of coffee and tobacco' slaves, I -thought I would i like. to-, try- the coffee again, so I started, in on it and the old trouble ' came on. I stopped ' again ,and : went to Postum and began to improve in health. I' did this foolish thing three different times, .-and each time that I r would go back to coffee I would run down "in health and -was threatened with the same old troubles. . . , " . ".'.'l. finally learned how to make Postum j so well by letting it boil long enough, that /il tasted as good as fine Java coffee, and : from; that time on, I have never had ' any desire to go back to coffee. I' am: now well, and there ,is no question but that my recovery is I due entirely to the: leav ing off;of coffee and using Postum Food I Coffee" I .. . ..>..■■ ALL iff ONE WAY Fate of Titus Law Rests With lowa . , -Supreme Court. JANUARY TERM OPENS TUESDAY The Third-Term Aspirations of Shaw May Be Balked— Strong With All Factions. Special to The Journal. 1 Dcs Moines, lowa. Jan. 14— argu ments and abstracts in the Titus amend ment appeal case, taken into the supreme court; from the Washington county dis trict court, were filed in the office of the higher tribunal to-day. The January term of the supreme court will open to-morrow morning. Immediately on opening, Attor ney General Mullan will appear and move that the case be advanced to the head of the calendar.."; In case the supreme court i makes a favorable ruling on this motion, the case will be submitted at once and the decision may then be expected at any time. That it will be rendered before the term closes Feb. 9 is conceded. A few days may suffice to determine it, as it Is suspected the members of the court* have been doing hard studying on the legal points involved for weeks. ■ ,; Governor Shaw is meeting with much opposition in his efforts to promote his cause for a third term and incidentally to ' corral the next nomination for the presidency.' The : majority of the repub lican papers of the state do not take kindly to the third term idea, and there is much antagonism in the party ranks. This state of things is having its effect, and there is reason to believe the machine element in lowa politics is turning to Senator W. F. Harriman of Hampton. Senator Harri man in the opinion of many will ultimately be the machine candidate. He is an able and crafty politician. He won much strength in tiie state last winter by his successful fathering of the bill for an agricultural department. He is well known throughout the state. While it is said he injured his cause to some extent last summer, when the fight was on for nominations for state officers, by failing to come out strongly for Gilbertson, now state treasurer, and by advising that the delegation f«m his county be divided equally between Gilbertson and Morrow, it is improbable this incident will impair his strength to any degree. Talk of Conjer. Of late, there has been talk of the nomi nation of Minister E. H. Conger, now in Pekin, for the governorship. Conger is not closely identified with the machine. He would win strong support from all fac tions. There is a belief here that the min ister is destined soon to leave his post in Ctiina. This is strengthened by the re ports emanating from Washington that he and the administration have had serious differences in the conduct of Chinese ne gotiations and diplomatic business. Aside from these there is a long list of possible candidates, li is generally believed the candidacy of M. L. Temple of Oseeola is promoted by the machine for stalking purposes. Judge Towner of Corning is being discussed. The machine is not friendly to him, but he is a man of strength, and though he lives down on the •Q" reservation, he is likely to cause an insurgent uprising in that region thai will shatter the plans of the machine element. Hull is still talked of, and also George D. Perkins of Sioux City, A. B. Funk of Spirit Lake. Senator Tom Healy of Fort Dodge, Senator Warren Carst of Carroll, and several others. Announcements were sent out recently from Dcs Moines to the effect that Lafe Young, editor of the Daily Capitol, was a candidate. Young has been making editorial reflectio»s on Governor Shaw, and while the Shaw forces charge Young with having the an nouncements sent out himself, another story is that some of Shaw's henchmen sent out the announcements to spike the guns of criticism on the part of Young against the governor. Other Places Beside Governor. However, if the Titus amendment is in validated, there will be a general election next November and many offices to fill aside from the governorship. The state officers to be elected will be, aside from governor, lieutenant governor, superin tendent of public instruction, one rail road commissioner and one judge of the supreme court. One hundred representa tives and twenty-five senators, or- all of the lower house of the assembly and half of the upper house will have to be elected. In each county the officers to be elected will be a treasurer, a sheriff, a coroner, a county superintendent and a surveyor. One township trustee will be elected in each township. Hence a multitude of officeholders and aspirants have their eyes on the supreme court and the Titus amendment. Its outcome will affect the whole political fabric of lowa. The pros pects of its invalidation have, therefore, made things boil. While there is a sort of unwritten law that the superintendent of public instruc tion shall have- three terms, a lot. of icon oclasts without veneration for precedent, have arisen to wreck the peace of mind of Superintendent R. C. Barrett and hi« friends. Mr. Barrett is serving his sec ond term. While his friends are crying out the shame of it, that he cannot be left to seek a third term peacefully, new can didates are springing up in divers places. County Superintendent James Brenton of Dcs Moines is very active. Professor J>. S. Kelly of Cedar Falls, Superintendent E. J. H. Beard of Newton and Senator J. J. Crqssley of Madison county are other candidates mentioned. The railroad commissioner whose term will expire next is Colonel Welcome Morey. He will probably be given a third term, although C. F. Bailey, formerly commander trf -the state G. A. R., is in the field. If the amendment ia invalidated Judge Josiah Givens's term will end this year. Judge C. A. Bishop of Dcs Molnes is an avowed candidate for the place. Judge Given will not run again. If Judge Towner does not become entangled with the governorship, he may be a candidate. Judge Burnham of Vinton will probably run, and also Judge Z. A. Church of Jef ferson. NEW GOVERNORS Governor Yates Is Inaugurated— Governor Durbin on l.jiieliiiiii. Springfield. 111., Jan. 14.—Richard Yates, the first native governor of Illinois and son of this state's war governor, was inaugurated to-day. Indianapolis, Jan. 14. —William T. Dur bin was inaugurated governor of Indiana at noon to-day. In his inaugural address Governor Durbin warned the legislature against the danger of tco much legisla tion. He said in. connection with recent lynchings: "Law and order must not be superseded by the slightest resort to, or the approval of, the injustice of vigilants with rope and mask." Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 14.—Governor Dockery in his inaugural address said of the world's fair, at St. Louis in 1903, to commemorate the one hundredth anni versary of the Louisiana purchase: We may confidently announce that this ex position,' in the variety and magnitude of its display, will be unsurpassed in all time, and will bring to our state and metropolitan city the representatives of all nations of the earth. FIGHTING'NEAR PANAMA. Kingston^ Jamaica, Jan. 14.—The British steamer Lund, from Colon, Columbia, re ports that when she left Colon terror reigned among the inhabitants around Panama owing to fear of another rebel descent on the city. Heavy fighting began outside of Panama. Jan. 10, and continued fiercely throughout Jan. 11, when the rebels were making a des perate attempt to get within the city. The government troops were strongly contesting . the advance of the insurgents when the Texas left. Captain Lund says the losses on both Bides have been heavy. Labor Lien* Filed. Four labor Hens against the property of the Mississippi Valley Telephone company were filed with the register of deeds last Saturday. They were filed In anticipation of the appointment of a receiver. THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL. DUTCH ARE JOINING Strength for the Boer Invaders in Central Cape Colony. WAR IS LIKELY TO LAST LONG Report That < olonlal Police Plan Han Been Abandoned— Scheme of Defense. Umw York Sun Spmclal Smi-vlom London, Jan. 14.—The Cape Colony sit uation remains enshrouded with mystery. Developments eeem to indicate the iu vaders have been joined by many Dutch in the central region of the colony. Brig adier-General Brabant, president of the South African League, will meet the mayors of the Cape municipalities to-day to outline a general scheme of defense. The Morning Post understands "that the scheme of raising a colonial police force under General Baden-Powell has been temporarily abandoned. It says thai the war office intends to ask for the further enlistment of yeomanry. This, if true, seems to imply that the government does not see any prospect of a situation arising in which police could be suitably employed. In other words, it points to an indefinite prolongation of the war. • l -. STUBBORN FIGHTIXG British Repel Several Attack* by ' Boer Forces. "' Pretoria, Jan. 14. —A commando a thou sand strong, attacked Kaalfonstein. . The garrison, numbering 115 men, mostly Cheshire . mounted infantry, made a plucky and scientific defense. Lieuten ant William Freeman was in command. The British sustained a six hours' bom bardment from two guns and a Martini and a Maxim rapid-fire gun and repulsed a determined onslaught by the Boer refle men without sustaining a casualty. The Boers lost heavily. They crept in the long grass to within forty yards of the British trenches, but were driven back by the accurate and heavy rifle fire of the de fenders. After the attack was repulsed, General Knox, with the Second cavalry, arrived in time to head the Boers off from the southeast, and he drove them to the northeast towards Tygerpoort. where they may fall into the hands of a British mounted infantry force. Four hundred Boers attacked Zuurfon tein, but they were driven off and joined those attacking Kaalfontein. Colonel Rocheford arrived at Kaalfontein with an armored train from Pretoria, in time to see the Boers in full retreat. Later details of the Belfast fight show that TOO Boers rushed the position de fended by sixty of the Royal Irish regi ment, who fought with their bayonets until only twenty were left alive. Even tually the Boers were driven from their positions by the British main garrison, the Gordon Highlanders and others. IIKBKI.s DEFEATED Uriii.li Punitive Expedition Arrive* at Duiubutu. Bathurst, Gambia, West Africa, Jan. 14. —The British punitive expedition arrived at Dumbutu Jan. 11 and completely sur prised and routed the rebels. The troups captured the town after an hour's fighting. Sixty rebels were killed, sixiy wounded and 200 captured. Six important chiefs will be brought to Bathurst. The British casualties were six West Indians wounded. More fighting is expected. PEACE ENVOYS FLOGGED HritUli Keeling la Aroused Ajeainst General De Wet. London, Jan. 14. —Lord Kitchener reports several skirmishes at different points, with trifling British loss, and adds: "Three agents of peace commissioners were taken as prisoners to De Wet's laager, near Lindley, Jan. 10. One, who was a British subject, was flogged, then shot. The other two, burghers, were flogged by De Wet's orders." The brief report of the fate of the three members of the peace committee who were sent to see General De Wet excites the deepest indignation on all sides. \OT A TIME FOR FETES liOrd Roberts Asks That London's Reception Be Postponed. London, Jan. 14. —Lord Roberts has writ ten to the lord mayor of London, Frank Green, postponing the city's reception, and expressing the opinion that "in the pres ent unhappy circumstances in South Africa there should be no further feting for some time." His decision applies to all similar proposed functions. A RECEIVER NAMED E. E. Webster Given Charge of M. V. Telephone Plant. THE BUSINESS TO BE CONTINUED President Hubinger Given Every Chance to Raise the Xec essar.v Funds. Edward E. Webster has been appointed receiver for the Mississippi Valley Tele phone company by an order signed by Judge Elliott of the district court. Al though Mr. Webster has been the attor ney for the telephone company and its president. J. C. Hubinger of Keokuk, lowa, for some time, the appointment is acceptable to ali the creditors, and in fact is made with their consent. The af fairs of the company are in a state which borders close on to confusion, but the creditors believe that the plant is entirely too valuable to be closed, and the hope is that under the receivership it will be placed on a more substantial basis and be made a paying concern. Over $700,000 in hard cash has been invested in the twin city plant and a conservative estimate of its value inclusive of franchises places the total value at a million and a half. It was decided several days ago that the appointment of a receiver was inevitable, and the delay has been permitted wholly out of deference to J. C. Hubinger, who feels that he can raise the cash to liqui date all the debts, or to at least satisfy his creditors until permanent arrange ments can be made. It was agreed by all parties that, unless the money was forth coming to-day, the order appointing Mr. Webster as receiver should be filed and that he should take charge of the plant at once. Mr. Webster does not claim to be a practical telephone manager, but he has been intimately connected with the history of the Mississippi Valley company, is recognized as a prudent business man, and the interested parties are satisfied that he is the most available person to be placed at the head of affairs ac this time. DANISH SALE DELAYED Adjournment of Parliamentary Ses sion Blocks Proceeding's. *'•" York Sun Special Sevria* Copenhagen. Jan. It.—The sale of ihe Dan ish West Indies has been indefinitely delayed by the closing of the parliamentary session. TEST CASES IX RIXGGOLD. Special to The Journal. Ellston, lowa, Jan. 14.—The validity of the Titus amendment Is to be thoroughly tested in Kinggold county, where five •of the in cumbents of county offices will hold their jobs until the conflicting opinions are settled by the supreme court. The strongest feeling has been developed in the case of the re corder's office. SO HE IS PUNISHED Gentle Edict Against the Boxer Leader, Tnug Fu Hsiang. ALLOWED TO RETAIN HIS POST In II In Ignorance. Say* the Edict, He Displayed Rough lien* and luipetuoalt y. Afoiv York Sun tpaotmt Smi-vlom Washington, Jan. 14.—The mail brings from China a copy of the gentle edict of banishment pronounced by the empress dowager upon General Tung Fu Hsiang, whose execution is demanded by the for eign ministers. Tung is admitted to have been the leader of the assault upon the legations, and his soldiers, who were mostly mohommedan bandits from the ex treme west province of Kansu, were con spicuous in the assaults upon the British legation. Xot only the empress dowager and the emperor, but the entire court are desperately afraid of him, as will be seen by the delicate manner in which the em press dowager imposes his sentence. Ori : ginally the foreign ministers in Peking made his execution a condition of peace, but because the emperor was powerless to comply with such a demand the United States persuaded the European powers not to make It an ultimatum. Tne edict fol lows: Tung Pu Hsiang, provincial commander-in ehief of Kansu, while in command of said province, succeeded in gaining great fame for the manner in which he suppressed the re cent Mohammedan rebellion; but. or> the oth er hand, he is ignorant of international amenities. In consequence of this, whenever the throne desired to continue and preserve friendly relations with foreign powers, Tung Fu Hsiang, in his ignorance, always dis played roughness and impetuosity utterly at variance with the wishes of the throne. For such conduct the said Tung Fu Hsiaug ought to be punished severely, but, considering the strategic importance of Kansu province and Ms Intimacy with the requirements of said territory, we hereby deal leniently with the said commauder-in-ehlef, and merely cashier him of his rank and titles, while he is al lowed to retain his post. We have already ordered the di3bandment of 5,500 men of his army, and we hereby command him to take charge of those that are left—namely, the several battalions of his personal troops—and leave forthwith with them for Kansu to guard the various important points there. The fur ther # favor of the throne will depend upon the said Tung Fu Hslang's future conduct. CHANGES HIS MIVD Chans Chili Tune »» Sorry He Ad- viaed the li)iui>re»s. Peking, Jan. 14. —The instructions to Li Hung Chang and Prince Ching to sign the preliminary note of the powers came in a telegraphic edict, which was practically a duplicate of the first edict received some time ago ordering the Chinese Peace com missioners to attach their signatures 10 the note, but which the dowager empress sought to render void by another edict or dering her representatives 10 withhold their signatures. The last edict stated that the commissioners were expected to proceed without delay with the negotia tions for a final settlement. They were also authorized to use the imperial seal on the document they signed. When the ministers sent their notes for signature they also requested Li Hung Chang'and Prince Thing to put into writ ing the questions they want to ask con cerning the provisions of the note. These are clauses V, VI, VII. VIII, IX, XI and XII, which read as follows: Xatioual intercourse between the diplo matic corps and the emperor shall be per mitted. Forts along the Peiho between Peking and Taku, aud the torts ou the coast of Peehill, t ball be razed. The importation of arms and munitions o.' war shall be prohibited. Permanent foreign guards at the Peking legations and at points between Peking and Taku shall be maintained. Edicts for the suppression of the Boxers shall be posted throughout the empire for two years. New- treaties of trad* and navigation shall be negotiated. Chinese employed by foreigners shall be j paid indemnity for injuries, but this is not to include the na'.ive Christians not employed by foreigners. The Chinese commissioners have learned that Viceroy Chang Chih Tung, who caused all ;he trouble last week that resulted iv the empress forbidding the signing of the note has changed his mind about the ad vice he gave the empress. This change was brought about by reading the tele j gram sent by Li Hung Chang and Prince | Ching. He had made a mistake which I might possibly result In punishment for I himself for badly advising the throne, I which is a serious crime in China. The appointment of Taoti Sheng as as sistant minister of Commerce makes him as great as Li Hung Chaug, who has been the highest, official in China. Sheng i 3 one of the most progressive statesmen of the country. He has also been appointed to aid Li Hung Chang in the peace nego tiations. This appointment was made at the request of Li Hung Chang. The ap pointments of Hsu Shou Pang, Chinese minister to Corea, and Chou, treasurer of Paoting, to assist the peace commissioners, were also made at the request of Li Hung Chang. Both officials are pronounced pro gressives. These appointments indicate the advance of the reform movement in Cbina. Regarding the refusal of the dowager empress to inflict punishment on any Chi nese officials save those mentioned in the edict of Sept. 25, it is learned from Chi nese sources that the government will not object to such punishment as dismissal from office for most of the officials whom the allied forces will name. It is ready to inflict punishment without delay on those already named by the ministers. STARVED TO DEATH But Father Botti Says Boxers Are Now Discredited. Jfew York Sun Special S«rvU» . Brussels, Jan. 14.—Father Botti, the well known Belgian missionary in China, has written to friends here concerning the Chi- nese massacres of last August. He said that forty Christian families at Tsin Chou were driven naked into the desert, where a guard was kept over them until they died of starvation. One prominent Bel gian priest was cut to pieces at once and a similar fate overtook several nuns. At present, continues the letter, the Boxers are entirely discredited and there is no longer reason for fear. Food Is very scarce. Joint Note Signed. Peking, Jan. 14.—The joint note of the pow ers has finally been signed by the Chinese peace commisioners. Most of the envoys have | received word from their governments that the negotiations must be continued in Pe king. PENSION FOR HIS SLAYER Woman Kills Her Husband While Defending Herself. >*v> York Sun Special SerHoa Toledo, Ohio, Jan. 14.—A pension has been allowed to the widow of a soldier ft the Sixth United States cavalry. C. Z. Anderson, for whose death the beneficiary was respon sible. The coroner's verdict in the case was that the soldier came to his death through choking with a leather watch chain In the hand 3 of his wife while she was protecting her life. According to her story, she had run from the house to escape from him and he over look her, and, drawing a revolver, he de manded that she return to the house with him. She attempted to get possession of the pistol, and in the struggle laid hold of his leather watch chain w.bich he wore around his neck. The leather guard was fastened with a slip knot. The wife clutched the chain with one hand and with the other held one of her husband's hands. She became exhausted and lay in that condition some time. When she recovered she ran to her home. A few minutes later neighbors found the soldier dead. She will dr«v $8 a month. BENEFITS THE FARM Secretary Wilson Favors the Ship Subsidy Bill. ;; * r . r TRANSPORTATION OF PRODUCTS He Saya the Sobaldy Bill Will Help the Firmer Find a Good Market. Mew York Man S/tmolatl Smrwlcm Washington, Jan. 14. —Secretary of Agri culture Wilson is taking a deep interest in the effort of republican senators to get a vote on the ship subsidy bill at this ses sion. He said to-day: No branch of industry has more at stake in the shipping bill than the agricultural in dustry. There is no question of more vital interest to the farmer than the main question involved in the bill—to securing regular and satisfactory transportation of his products to distant markets, and especially to foreign markets. The distant portions of our own country are already very well covered for the farmers by our rail and inland navigation line's. The trouble begins at the seaboard. Notwithstanding we pay fabulous amounts to foreign carrying vessels their service is far from being adequate or satisfactory. A recent illustration comes to my mind in the case of a shipment from my own state of lowa of three tons of butter consigned to China by way of San Francisco. It reached San Francisco all right, but no available ves sel, American or other, could be found, and there the butter had to wait three weeks. It was sent off in a Japanese boat and was probably subjected to further delay in Japan. There are more cases of this sort than is generally supposed. The farmers are as patriotic as anybody else, but there is a good deal more than mere patriotism for them in this bill. It goes right down into their pockets. They are rais ing immense amounts of food products, grain, cotton, etc., vastly more than can be used by themselves or by their near neighbors, and the question is how they can get rid of the surplus. This is far more thau enough for our whole population, and the farmer must get into foreign markets or he wili be ruined by overproduction. Wheat Exports to Germany. Washington, Jan. 14.—The exports of wheat to Germany from the United States in the eleven months ending with November, 1900, amounted to 5,478,330 bushels, out of a total exportation of 88,192.462 bushels, or C.2 per cent, while the flour exportations to that country were 631,596 barrels, out of a total of 17,066,784 barrels, or c.7 per cent. Turning the flour Into wheat the accepted rate of four and one-half bushels per barrel, the total exports of wheat in its natural state to Ger many would amount to 8,320,502 bushels. The value of wheat and flour exported from the Vnited States to Germany was $6,429,725, while our total exports of merchandise to Ger many in the same months amounted to $179, --1:14,409. Thus Germany in tho eleven months has taken 5 per cent of our exports of wheat and flour, aud their value formed t>ut 3.6 per oent of our total exports to Germany during that time. Subsidy Bill Te»t Vote. Washington, Jan. 14.—Hanna said he ex pected to have a test vote taken in the senate llu^ week which would indicate clearly whether the ship subsidy bill is to be passed or not. He expects the bill to pass. '■1 want to say right now and here," said Senator Hanna, '-that 1 am getting ttred of these assertions that I am supporting the ship subsidy bill for the benefit of my own pocket. These attacks which have been mad« on me are libellous. 1 have been advised to ;his eft'ei-t by some oi the best lawyers in New York, and 1 may take action down there. If 1 do, the fellows who have been saying these things about me so often that they have begun to believe them will be very much surprised." Viii'lhnsviii Pen lons. Washington, Jan. 14.— Pensions granted: Minnesota—Frederick C. Mullen, Breeken ridge, $10. Wisconsin—Coleman Bennett, Comstock, $S: Philip Sauter, Xatici.al home, MUwsukee, Jl2; Thomas J. Wilcox, White Mound, $8- Sarah A. Evans. Bell Center, $11. lowa—Marcus Freeman (dead), Pomeroy, $12: Ambrose Prallck, Pubuque. $S: Thomas Widdup, Allsrtou, $10; Frederick G. Schultz, Burlington, $14; Mictiael Ryan. Grand View. $17; Emma J. Webster, Castalia, $20; Joel F. Gregory, Adel, $6. Washington >ote». To meet the expenses consequent upon the maintenance of a strong force of men on the Asiatic station. Secretary Long will ask congress this week to make a deficiency ap propriation of $4,000,000. Practically this en tire sum is needed to defray the expenses arising out of the Chinese trouble and the rebellion in the Philippines. WALKED OFF A PLATFORM. Special to The Journal. Stuart, lowa, Jan. 14.—Stephen Schoesmith met with a serious accident. He is a resident of Guthrie and was planniug to take the even ing train from Stuart to fres Moines. He was found on the platform insensible. His eye sight is poor and the supposition is that he walffed off the 3tation platform and fell on his head. He is in a critical condition. ITALIANS QUARREL. C. Mariana and B. Lamborel, two Italians living on Franklin street, St. Paul, became involved in a drunken brawl last night. Lamborel received a knife wound ten inches long in his shoulder. .Mariana has been ar rested on the charge of assault. To fare the Urip in Two Days. Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets. 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