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Wxjshfotra Headet.
By John Salterlund.
WASHBURN, NORTH DAKOTA.
The Louisville crusade against lim
burger cheese is up against a strong
game.
There are twelve Paradises In the
United States, but mostc people seem
to prefer New York.
A new club in London is called the
"Columbia." Perhaps 8ir Thomas
Upton suggested the name.
The best suggestion King Edward
fias made for coronation week is the
proposed dinner to London's poor.
Banker Andrews of Detroit has again
shown how easy it is to make
a
splurge
-vhen other people furnish the money.
Mr. Mary E. Wilkins will find It
quite trying to live up to the standard
of some of the husbands in his wife's
\ooks.
The peanuts which Texas is sending
to the Boston markets this season are
said to have a pronounced flavor of
netrolcum.
A Baltimore man was stricken
dumb while cursing his wife. This
should serve to further popularize
•outhern chivalry.
A Kansas philosopher announces
that "living is a nightmare." He
should try the brand they have at
some other blind pig.
A Missouri man has decided to stock
liis farm with 400 goats this spring.
Hereafter tlte Missouri butter is likely
to cut an enlarged figure.
Sir Thomas Lipton has begun
building Shamrock III., and may as
well begin thinking of plans for
Shamrock IV. right away.
Wireless telephones are about to
materialize. Eventually the entire
business of the country will be done
by means of air signals or ozone
waves.
British farmers want reasonable
freight rates. The railroads are will
ing to give rates to them, but insist on
determining themselves waat is rea
sonable.
A dozen coeds of the University ot
Chicago tried to quiet the cries of a
baby, but failed dismally. Any one of
the number 'might have been more
successful.
Andrew Carnegie is finding friends
throughout Christendom. Mexico
wants only ¥4,000,000 for libraries.
That's what comes of a man's wanting
'.o die poor.
A bit of wisdom like the following
could be located only In China: "There
are things which can never be imag
ined, but there is nothing which may
iot happen."
Duke Karl Theodor, in Bavaria, the
oculist prince, recently performed his
lour thousandth operation for cataract
at his clinic in Munich. His wife acted
as his assistant.
Full many a gem of purest ray se
rene the dark, unfathomed caves of
ocean bear, because no giant sort of
dredge machine has yet been dipped by
Pierpont Morgan there.
The Washington Times is responsi
ble for the statement that limburger
cheese makes drunkards. And there
is considerable limburger cheese to
strengthen this statement.
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A cable dispatch says that Venezue
lan revolutionists have just won an
important victory. Unfortunately,
however, the correspondent neglected
to report which revolution these revo«
'utionists belong to.
Chicago commission men have flUk
covered Wisconsin chickens with gold
in their gizzards. The proof of an
am
'bition on the part of chickens to lay
golden eggs Is highly commendable
They should not be discouraged.
An Iowa woman has sued a dead
man for breach of promise of mar
riage and' recovered $6,000 damages.
The poor fellow is left with only a
small balance of $50 to start house*
keeping in his present location.
It is announced that the new presi
dent of the National Congress of Moth
ers has? children of her own. It is
safe to say, therefore, that she has
neighbors who don't believe she knows
the least thing about the business.
An ex-cabinet officer and a few
friends plotted to drink Minister Wu
under the table. With a sweet, sad,
sober smile Wu helped each and every
one of them to bed. Here is the only
^Yellow Peril" worth worrying about
"A: Yale professor says Joseph wafc
the first one who wits ever hwed. The
-professor thinks it was a lucky thing
for Joseph. Perhaps it was, but, un
fortunately, everyone who is hazed
can't get as good and even as Joseph
did.
If Prince Eugene is really willing to
give up his right of succession to the
throne of Sweden in order ,to marry
an American girl, and It 'Gene really
loves .her as she bo dobbt deserves,
'Gene Jt almost good enough for Am'
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WuhlB(t« Notes.
Senator McCumber has introduced a
pure-food bill.
The ship subsidy bill is dead tor this
session of-, congress.
Th$ house committee has ordered a
favorable report on the bill establish
ing a coinage mint at Omaha, and ap
propriating $250,000 for a building.
Secretary. Hay has appointed a com
mission to Investigate the report that
an Alaskan boundary monument has
been removed by a Canadian official.
William Williams of New York has
been tendered and has accepted the po
sition of commissioner of immigration
of New York, to succeed Thomas
Fritchle.
Secretary Root Is reported preparing
an onslaught on Gen. Miles which will
make that officer's reprimand In con
nection with the Schley case seem a
mild rebuke.
The house committee has voted to
report the bill of Representative Adams
to reorganize the United States con
sular service and place it on civil ser
vice foundation.
Representative Adams of Pensylva
nia has presented the report of the
house committee on foreign affairs in
favor of the bill reforming the consular
service on' a civil servlca basis.
The house has passed the sundry civ
il appropriation bill. This is the eighth
of the regular annual supply bills
which have passed at this session.
Only a few unimportant amendments
were attached to it.
The state department has received
from the French embassy at Washing
ton notice of a proposed congress for
the international repression of the
white slave trade to be convened at
Paris June 16 next.
This government may deal with the
pope direct in the matter of the sale
of the friars' lands in the Philippines.
In this event Bishop O'Gorman of
South Dakota may be one of the United
States representatives.
It has been announced that President
Roosevelt will deliver the diplomas at
the graduating exercises of the naval
academy at Annapolis on May 2, the
advance date set In order to relieve a
learth in commissioned officers.
Dr. Cabell Whitehead, chief assayer
of the irint, has resigned, to take ef
fect as soon as Secretary Shaw finds a
suitable man to succeed him. Mr. Al
fred E. Jessup' is most prominent
iniong the candidates for the place.
The president has appointed Brig.
Gen. R. P.* Hughes a major general,
and Col. Isaac D. DeRussy, Col. And
rew S. Burt and Col. M. V. SherWan to
be brigadier generals in the regular
army, to fill existing vacancies caused
~y retirements.
In order to expedite the return home
of troops in the Philippines, the secre
tary of war has decided that transports
sail from San Francisco to Manila ac
cording to the following schedule: Kll
patrick. April 10: Sherman, April 16
Crook, April 20 Logan, May 1.
The senate has passed the house bill
providing relief for bona fide settlers
within the forest reserves. It was in
troduced in the interests ot settlers in
the Black HiUs who failed to prove up
in the time indicated in the proclama^
tion declaring the tract a reserve for
forestry purposes.
Personal.
George Presley, a pioneer ship-build
er, died at Cleveland of heart disease,
aged eighty-two years.
Chartran's portraits of Mrs. and Miss
Roosevelt have been taken to Paris,
•vhere they will be placed on exhibition.
David J. Grlest, aged sixty-six, one
of the oldest and most successful lum
ber dealers in the Missouri valley, died
at his home at Kansas City, Kan., of
acute Bright's disease.
Gen. William D. Whipple ("retired.)
died in the New York hospital, of pneu
monia, after an illness of two days.
He was seventy-seven years old, and
for thirty-six years was in active mili
tary service.
Counsel for both plaintiff an ddefend
ant in the divorce suit of William Fa
versham, the actor, in New York, in
dignantly deny that the decree in the
case was obtained by collusion, as indi
cated by an interview and letter said to
have been written by Faversham.
Maj. J. Rozier Claggett, of the Sec
ohd United States infantry, died re
cently at New Orleans. He came to
New Orleans two monthB ago. from
Fort Thomas, Ky., in search of health.
Maj. Claggett was a graduate of West
Point, and had a creditable record as
an Indian fighter in the West.
Criminal.
A' colored servant in Philadelphia
shot his employer's wife and two chil
dren.
A Rome (Ga.) negro was lynched and
his body filled full of shot, for an asr
iault on a \yhlt2 girl.
A half-breed Indian of Binghampton,
N. Y., arrested on a charge of attempt
•hI murder, says he was a. paid assassin.
Sensational charges of brutality to
prisoners have been mate against the
deputy warden of-an Indiana penlten
Mary. ,•
Former State Architect Paulson of
Montana, supposed suicide and con
fessed murderer, Is said to be alive in
Germany.
With a woodan key. six prisoners es
caped from the workhouse at St. Louis.
Three are Still wearing chains. They
took a. boat to the Illinois side of
the
river.
James Mason, a deaf -mute of Louis
ville, has been sentenced to one, year In
the penitentiary after entering a, plea
of guilty to the unusual charge of
stealing a Bible.
Sub-Contractor Dean, tolio was •, in
charge of the Rock Island railroad
camp near Brid^repOi t,. Okla,, was shot
and killed at that place'by tyro negro
camp laborer^
The safe of the Bank of Baslle Hub.
Neb., was blown, and $1,000 in cash and
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Osraalttlei.
The Sunset Limited was run into by
a Sdo freight at Turtle Lake, WiB.
Twenty-two miners lost their lives
in a mine explosion at Dayton, Tenn.
Fire n a Cincinnati'theater caused,
many ladies to lose their Easter hats
and wraps.
A storm wrecked a church at KnoX
ville, near Pittsbuvg, and forty people
were more or less hurt.
A loss of $60,000 resulted from a fire
In Boston that riddled the two upper
stories of the five-story building'at 83
Franklin street.
The loss by tire at Fukui, near the
northwest coast of the Islaand of
Honshiu, where 4,000 houses were de
stroyed, is estimated at 9,000,000 yen.
The large warehouses of the Peaslee
Gaulbert company, at Fifteenth and
Portland avenue, Louisville, were de
stroyed by fire. The buildings. were
filled with paints and oils. The loss Is
^about $200,000.
The six-story building at 610-612 Mar
ket street, Philadelphia, the first three
floors of which were occupied by the
George de Keiin Saddlery company and
the other three floors by the Joel Bally
Davis company, wholesale notions, was
completely destroyed by fire.
Just as the curtain rang down on the
last act of the play at the Third Ave
nue theater. New York, Benjamin Bar
nett, who had been sitting in a front
seat in the gallery, accidentally toppled
over and fell eighty feet to the orches
tra floor. He was taken to the hospital
In a dying condition. In falling. Bar
nett brushed with his feet the dress, of
a woman who had just moved into the
aisle, and broke the seat In which shf
had been sitting. r. J-.
Forelfrn Notes.
The Boers have captured three offi
cers of the Second dragoons.
English officers are accused of kill
ing men In South Africa in sport.
Manila priests tell the natives that
sanitary measures ere taken to annoy
them.
The strike of diamond cutters at Am
sterdam has been settled and the men
have resumed work.
Two thousand laborers were hired at
Christianla, Norway for railway work
in Canada by Congressman Frank M.
Eddy of Glenwood, Minn.
There was a drunken brawl between
soldiers in a canteen at Peklri, resulting
in four English toldiers being severely
wounded by bayonets wielded by Ger
mans and Franch.
Prof. A. Slaby, the electrician, has
issued a written reply to Prof. Marco
ni's report, denying that he (Slaby)
learned from him what he knows about
wireless telegraphy.
A dispatch to the London Morning
Post from Bagdad, Asiatic Turkey,
says that an American millionaire
named Darcey h^s secured an impor
tant concession to work an oil 'bell In
Southern and Southwestern Persia.
The Chinese appear to believe that a
Mahommedan rebellion In Kan Su,
headed by ex-Prince Tuan, is really im
minent. Various rumors of that na
ture have been already telegraphed,
and have created an impression that
the insurgents are already in the field.
In a" cablegram received at the col
onial bureau at Berlin Herr Schlecter,
the botanist, declares he has discov
ered ar abundance of rubber and guttu
percha trees in German New Guinea.
•By this discovery Herr Schlechter wins
the 3,000-mark prize offered by the
Colonial society for the first person to
find such trees in the German .colonies.'
General.
Olympian games plans are soon to be
given wide publicity.
It is evident that the Filzsimmons
Jeffries fight will fall through.
Spaulding has resigned the presiden
cy of the National Base Ball league.
Voting machines may be used at
future elections in New York City.
A rate of 1 cent per mile has beeu
granted for the national G. A. R. en
campment.
The street car str'ke, which has been
on in Leavenworth since Feb. 1, has
been settled.
The mill operatives in New Bedford,
Mass., have received an advance of 10
per cent in wages, from April 1.
Two men-of-war, the Illinois and
Chicago, will represent the United
States at the coronation of King Ed
ward next June.
W.
J. Furniss, a bauker of Pendleton,
was nominated on the first ballot for
governor of Oregon by the Republican
state convention.
Counsel for Miss Florence Burns of
New York
says
the young lady will not
be permitted to accept any of the the
atrical offers made her.
According to, reports made by. fruit
growers of St. Joseph county, Indiana,
the peach crop for that county and sur
rounding territory is killed.
The annual report of the North Ger
man LlOyd Steamship cdnipany: men*
tlons the purchase of land at Manlla
fOr the construction of warehouses.
Various city elections in New Mexico
resulted in decided Republican victories
In the fcur larger cities In the territory:
Santa Fe,. Las Vegas, Rater and Albu
querque.
The g!u6oae':J»l®nt 'af'WMltegan,
ploying oyer 600 men, w^lll be closed as
goon as the\#upplWs
bausted,
few
sted, which will probably toe In A
»anitolntment'
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Pierce, of theftransport .Sheridan,
succeed Cfcpt. John Ban$^/a»^$W|
superintendent of the arniyytr^MpW.^
•ervlc?, Is announced.
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SO PARDON FOR ELK1NS.
Iowa llcnae Rcfoicn lo Rccontmea'
Pardon.
Des Moines, April 6.—By a vote
47 to
46
4,000
ot
the *ouse of representatives
yesterday afternoon refused to recom
mend the pardon of Wesley Elklns,
confined in the penitentiary at Ana
mosa for life for the murder of hlr
father and stepmother.
The- committee on the Nolan-Craw
ford contest filed a unanimous report
seating Crawford as senator from Du
buque ccunty.. The report will be ac
cepted by the senate without opposi
tion. Col. Crawford Is the Incumbent
and has taken part in all the legislation
of the session.
The senate passed the bill permitting
taxes to be levied In aid of the con
struction. of railways by any town
ship every ten years. The maximum
is 6 per cent. The senate passed- a bill
ralrlng the salary cf the governor to
$5,000. The senate also passed the Don
ahue bill exempting $800 of property
belonging to every old soldier from tax
nation unless his taxable property
amounts to $5,090.
BUTTE STRIKE'S END IN SIGHT.
Holstlna Kngincrr* Who Walked
Ont to Be Supplanted.
Butte, Mont., April 5.—An adjustment
of the trouble whereby twenty-seven
Striking hoisting engineers of the
Amalgamated mines caused the suspen
sion Of nine mining properties and
threw about
men out of employ-,
ment is believed to have been reached.
The 'engineers' union, which disap
proved of the action of the hoisting
engineers in, walking out and violating
and agreement with the company, has
agreed to furnish new men to take the
places Of the strll ers. Amalgamated
officials declare that within ten days
at most all mills at the Anaconda, St.
Lawrence and Mountain Consolidated
mines will be in full operation.
GROCERS ELECT OFFICERS.
Wiscon»ln Association Closes Con
vention In La Crosse.
La, Crosse, Wis., April 5. The con
vention of the Retail Grocers' associa
tion of Wisconsin closed here yester
day with the election of the following
officers: President, R. Schmidt, Mil
waukee vice presidents, J. B. Murray,
La Crosse A. Smith, Eau Claire sec
retary, John Mulder, La Crosse treas
urer, A. Llchtenberger, Oshkosh. Next
year's convention will be held' at Madi
son.
WATER WORKS TESTED.
New Syaiiem nt Ellc Point Tried Out
In a Practl3il Way.
Fergus Falls, Minn., April 5.—A tele
ed at midnight In a photograph gallery
above W. J. Conlfey's drug store. The
top story was practically destroyed,
but the loss is covered by insurance in
the South Dakota Mutual of Aberdeen.
The drug store was damaged by water.
Tlie hew system of water works and
air pressure met all expectations and
saved the block.
CONVICTED OF FORGERY.
Sunday School Superintendent, May
Go to Prison.
\Glear Lake, S.
D.,_
April 5. In the
di^cdt court ft^e yester&ay OJ, L. Cal
lahan, the ,..real estate dealer and su
perintendent of the Methodist Sunday
school at Gary, was convicted of
forgery. He forged an assignment of
real estate mortgage involving $2,400
wilcl' belonged to Charles M. Best of
Gary.
ROOSEVELT COIjXTV.
Petitions for the Division of Bel
trami County.
St. Paul, April 5.—Two petitions have
been filed with the secretary of state
asking for the division of Beltrami
county Into two counties, one to be
dulled Roosevelt, with Shevlin as its
coUnty seat, and the other Clearwater,
with Bagley as Its county seat.
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Works Faction at
Would Nullify Election.
Anoka, Minn., April 5. It Is stated
that-the waterworks faction intends to
contest the result of Tuesday's election
on the ground that the. word Republic
an after the name of each candidate
on the anti-waterworks side was Illegal.
HAY WARD LESS EXCITED.
No Need to Call Out Troops to Sup
press Post-Election Riot.
Hayward, Wis., April 6.—There has
been no riot over tha result of the elec
tion, and everythlLg is quiet. Every
thing has been settled peaceably, and
.there will be no need to call troops.
'Boys May Have Drowned.
Aberdeen, S. D., April 5—Last Fri
day morning two boys, aged about fif
teen, sons of John Korpua and Matt!
Puro, Flnlanders, living hear Hecla,
this county, Ware hunting and have
not been seen since.* Searching parties
found their boat in'the James river
with: one: of. their gunB in it, and the
parent^ fear that both have been
drowned. The river Is very high.
Tloops for Fort Meade.
Sturgis, S. D., April B.V-lt Is stated,
that Troops and I of the Thirteenth
-cavalry, statlohed at -Fort Robinson,
Neb., a^e about to be transferred to
Fort Meade,: about, two miles* east of
fthlif ctty,: Ifrom all reports VJthe latter
^post wlQ have elght troops this coming
'summer.
'by Marshal.
orahlte falls. Minn., A.pril 5. After
a hard ehase the city marshal cap
tured a thief who had robbed the resl
4e^ce of'^dounity Treasurer Sorlieh.
tap Sorjien found the burglar in the
::hflM^'.'.'.Wlit^r,mon^y and Jewels.? Bhe
Ijieuafca*.
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BRAVE CANADIANS
GALLANTLY HOLD 'lliEIR POSITION
IN AN ENGAGEMENT WITH
BOERS.
BOTH LOSE HEAVILY IN EIGHT
ItELAREY VAINLY ENDEAVORS TO
KEEP HIS MET% r'ttOM BE
TREATING.
REPELLED WITH STEADY EIRE
KITCHENER PRAISES THE WORK
OF THE CANADIAN
M'' RIFLES.
London, April 6.-There was severe
fighting all day long on March 31 in the
neighborhood of Harts river, in the
southwestern extremity of the Trans
vaal. between part of Gen. Kitchener's
force and the forces of Generals De
larey and 'Kemp, resulting in repulse of
the Reel's after heavy losses on both
sides. The Canadian Rifles especially
distlngulshecl themselves, one party,
commanded by Lieut. Bruce Carruth
ers, holding its post until every man
was killed or wounded.
Lord Kitchener's official report, dated
from Pretoria, says.
"Gen. Kitchener (Lord Kitchener's
brother) sent Colonels Keir and Cook
son from Vriekuit, Western Transvaal,
March 31, to reconnolter toward Harts
river. They soon struck the track of
guns and carried on a running fight
for eight miles,
Folloirlnar the Track
through the bush. Emerging on a
plain, large Boer reinforcements ad
vanced against their flanks, forcing the
British troops to take up a defensive
position, which they hastily intrenched.
Fighting ensued at close quarters till
the Beers were repulsed on all sides.
"Deleary, Kemp and other leaders
vainly attempted to persuade their
men to renew the action, fifteen hun
dred Beers participated in the engage
ment, but they had suffered too heavily,
and cleared away to the northwest and
south.
"The British losses also were severe.
The Canadian Rifles especially dis
tinguished themselves, one party, com
manded by Lieut. Bruce CarrOthers,
holding its position till every man was
killed or wounded. Others of the force
showed great steadiness, allowing the
Boers to advance within 200 yards of
them and repelling them with a steady
rifle fire."
BOERS CLAIM VICTORY.
BEQUEATHED BY RHODES.
American, Colonial and German
Scholarships at Oxford University.
London, April 6.—The will of Cecil
Rhodes provides for the establishment
of colonial scholarships, as previously
announced, and two Americam scholar
ships for each of the present states and
territories of the United States, The
will of Mr. Rhodes provides for five
scholarships, for students of German
birth at Oxford, to be nominated by
Emperor William, and commenting on
the bequest, Mr. Rhodes, in a codicil
telegraphed from South Africa:
"For a good understanding between
England, Germany and the United
States will secure the peace ,of the
world and educational relations form
the strongest tie."
.All of the Rhodes scholarships, Amer
ican. colonial and German are at Ox
ford.
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MISS STONE COMING.
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She Sails From Southampton
New York.
London, April 6.—Miss Ellen M. Stone,
the American missionary, yesterday
sailed for New York on the Hamburg
American liner Deutschland, which left
Southampton. Her departure from
London'was quiet, She was accompa
nied by R. B. McClure and R. S. Baker.
She will begin lecturing, In aid of the
missionaries,
immediately after
her arrival In the United States. The
re«t which Miss Stone had in England
has improved her health, though she
waa
obliged to refuse countless invita
tions to speak before religious and other
•bodiesi'^s:
Robbed l»y Footpads.
Memphis, Tenn., Apri) 6.—Michael jr.
Bennett, aChicago turfman,has rej^brt
ed to the police that he was held up
by slx masked men
a a.
place on Bean
«t«wt. The robbers were, armed. wlth
revolvers. .They got 600 in money,
and
jewelery which 'Bennett values at
$*$*». I The keeper of the place and
another man were also robed.
^Rapid Telesrraplpy.
rlln, April ®—The telegraph 'depart
ment Of the imperial posts has decided
to adopt .the Rowland invention by
Which four telegi*ms can be sent simul
taneously In each -direction at a speed
of fwp MO to MO words per minute.
petrolt, Aprii l^-In '""nlted States
district' conrtvycsterday Lo*Us BuscH of
Torts w*M found guilty of having
led SH dismonds into the United
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Both Honors.Coninien«e.Work on the
Chinese Exclusion BIN.
Washington, April 5. The senate
yesterday began consideration of the
Chinese exclusion bill, Mr. Mitchell of
Oregon,' making the opening speech.
He pointed out forcefully the necessity
for the exclusion of Chinese laborers
and carefully and elaborately analyzed
the bill. He skid that it had been con
structed on the basis of existing law,,
in the light of experience of the direc
tions of the courts. While Its provisions
were drastic, the bill, he said. In some
respects was more liberal than the
Geary act.
The Indian appropriation bill was un
der consideration for a time but was
not completed.
In the House. ':i
The house yesterday began considera
tion of the Chinese exclusion bill. No
opponents of the general principle of
exclusion appeared, but members were
divided in their support of the two bills
presented. Messrs. Hitt of Illinois, Per
kins of New York and Adams of Penn
sylvania supported the majority bill
and Messrs Clark of Missouri, Wahn of
California and Naphen of Massachu
setts spoke for the minority substitute.
SARGTSXT
iilx Hundred Men Relieved of Their
Equipments.
London, April 6.—The Boer junta in
London says that it has received news
of a recent action in South Africa in final contest of the Central- Debating
which the burghers captured a loaded league, held In the music hall at the
British convoy and 600 men, releasing Fine Arts building last evening, ffrhe
the soldiers, according to custom, after
having relieved them of. rifles, cartridge
belts, ammunition and superfluous
clothing. .The war office denies knowl
edge of such an engagement and the
Boers assert that the information of
the capture has been deliberately sup
pressed, either by Lord Kitchener or
his subordinate commanders. The story
of the alleged incident has reached the
opposition and a question will be ad
dressed to the government on the sub
ject Immediately after the reassembling
of parliament.
ACCEPTS.
He Will Sncced Powderlcy as Com
nilHKloner of Immlgrrntion.
Washington, April 6.—Frank P. Sar
gent, president of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen, ^yesterday saw the
president and was tendered the position
of commissioiler general of Immigra
tion. Mr. Sargent accepted the offer,
but he told the president that it would
be necessary for him to close up his
business affairs before he could take
charge of the office. The president in
formed him he could have all the time
he wanted. In the meantime he is to
familiarize himself with the duties of
his new position. It is understood that
the resignation of Messrs. Powderly
and McSweely have been requested, or
will be at once. Joseph Murray will
succeed the latter and William Will
iams will be nominated soon to succeed
Commissioner of Immigration Fritchie
of New York.
EXCLUDES ANARCHISTS.
House Committee Favors the Bill ly
Representative Ray.
Washington, April 6.—The house com
mittee on judiciary yesterday decided to
substitute the bill of Chairman Ray
dealing with anarchy and attempts on
the life of the president for the senate
bill recently passed on the same sub
ject. The Ray bill goes further than
that of the senate, and provides for the
exclusion of anarchists aiid also for the
suppression of incendiary propagandas.
GOPHER TALKERS WIN.
University of Miehisnn Is Defeated
by Minnesota.
Chicago, April 6.—The arguments of
the representatives of the University
of Minnesota opposing the permanent
government of tfie Philippines by the
United States won from the University
of Michigan men the fourth annual and
decision of the jiidges was ui
MURDER BY WHOLESALE.
Thirty-One Charges Asrlnst Anattra
liun Army Officers.
London, April 6. A British officer
who returned on the transport Dunera,
which arrived at Southampton from
Cape Town yesterday morning, states*
that thirty-one charges were brought
against the Australian officers whose
execution Lord Kitchener ordered re
cently. The officer adds that the
crimes charged against them inoluded
the murder of women and children.
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ASK MAYRRICK PARDON.
Petition Is Based on the Ground
That She Has Suffered.
New York. April 6. Women of the
New York legislative league will, it is
announced, send a memorial to King
Edward praying that on the- occasion
of his coronation he will pardon .Mrs.
Florence May brisk. They base their
petition not upon the theory of her
lnnoccnce, but on the ground that she
has already suffered sufficiently for any
crime she may have committed.
HONORS FOR SCHLEY. ijjS'u'
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City of Memphis Invites the Admiral
to Be Its Guest.
Washington,. April 6.—W. S. Schley
yesterday promised a committee of cit
izens of Memphis that he Would visit
the Tennessee city the latter part of
this month. He will leave Washington
on the 26th and reach Memphis the
next day, remaining there severed days.
The admiral Is to -be entertained at a
banquet and will be presented a mag
nificent service of silver plate.
SEDITION IN PHILIPPINES.
Pros ilncnt Natives la Taltnyas Join
Hostile Societies.
Manila, April 1. The authorities
have discoverea widespread violations
of their oaths by many prominent na
tives in the Province of Tayabas, who
are joining Hostile societies. The fiscal
(with the assistance of the
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here) is preparing chaiges-of sedition
against them. It- is likely that Actlnr
Gov. Wright will personally lnvestlgate
the situation. .w
R'lative of Dewey- Gored Death.
Hartford, Conn., April •. —. Lester
Dewey, a- well known cltlsen of Wap
plnc, a few miles east of this elty.'wasv
gored to death by an Alderney bull.
He .was eighty-three years old, and
was a member of the 4!d td
Deweys to which Admiral pe
Berlin, April fl.—The shah of Per«i»
April fl.—The
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will be the guest'of
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