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Mffl !i *t» Sl( $• i*» 5» Cih_ Jf 5V HOUSE AGREES TO IT. »H •$& *1— Adopts the Compromise TRjar Rev enue Measure, r- The Bill Almost Certain to Become a JLaw—An Abstract of Its Host Important Features' of Taxation. Washington, Juno 10.—The house agreed to the conference report on the war rev enue bill. Vote, 154 to 107. The republicans who voted against the adoption of the conference report on the war revenue bill are: Brewster, Henry (Conn.), Hill, Lit tauer, Mclntire. The democrats who voted for the report were: Cummings, •Drlggs, Fitzgerald, McAleer. McClellan. Abstract of the Bill, "w revenue bill as agreed upon by the conferees of the house and senate will no doubt become law. The following is an *i5a?* t*le most important provisions of the bill, giving items and rates, andcon nearly everything save details of •h5n«l?ftr?:tlXeif?ature8- 14 provides that take effect on the day sue- a.te..°' lts or Passage, except as otherwise specially provided for: A tax of two dollars on all beer, lager ®'e«, Porter, and other similar fer mented liquors, brewed or manufactured stor®d in warehouse, or re- consumption or sale, for every RSTfel containing not more than 31 gal •?/??''Jin« ',lte rate for any other quan- a5 i?,nal Parts of a barrel, with a P®r cent on all sales by col- i®°t°ra to brewers of the stamps provided for the payment of the tax. Special Taxca from July 1, «i^?anlSof^„e,1lPloy,nS a ceeding $20,000, capital not ex- employing a capital ex for every additional thou sand dollars, $2, surplus included in capi tal. The amount of such annual tax to be computed on the basis of the capital and surplus for the preceding fiscal year. Sav ings banks having no capital stock, and Whose business is confined to receiving deposits and loaning or investing the same for the benefit of their depositors, and which do no other business of banking, are not subject to this tax. 2. Brokers, $50 but any person having paid the special taxes as a banker shall not be required to pay the special tax as a broker. 3. Pawnbrokers, $20. 4. Commercial brokers, $20. B. Custom house brokers. $10. 6. Proprietors of theaters, museums and concert halls in cities of more than 25,000 population, $100. This does not Include halls rented or used occasionally for con certs or theatrical representations. 7. Circuses, $100. No special tax paid in one state is to exempt exhibitions from the tax In another state, though but one special tax is to be imposed for exhibitions within any one state. 8. Proprietors or agents of all other public exhibitions or shows for money, not enu merated here, $10. 9. Bowling alleys and billiard rooms, $5 for each alley or table. Tobacco, Cigars, Cigarettes and Snuff. In lieu of the tax now imposed by law, a tax of 12 cents per pound upon all tobacco and snuff, however prepared, manufac tured and sold, or removed for consump tion or sale upon cigars and cigarettes manufactured and sold, or removed for consumption or sale, the following taxes to be paid by the manufacturer, $3.60 per thou sand on cigars weighing more than three pounds per thousand: $1 per thousand on cigars weighing not more than 3 pounds per thousand $3.60 per thousand on cig arettes weighing more than 3 pounds per thousand, and $1.50 per thousand on cig arettes weighing not more than 3 pounds per thousand provided that in lieu of the two, three and four ounce packages of to bacco and snuff now authorized by law, there may be packages thereof, containing 1 2-3 ounces, 2% ounces and 3 1-3 ounces re spectively, and in addition to packages now authorized by law there may be packages containing one ounce of smoking tobacco. Insurance. LIFE— On each policy for each $100, 10 cents on the amount insured. Policies on the Industrial or weekly plan, 40 per cent, of the amount of the first weekly premium Is charged. Fraternal beneficiary societies and orders, farmers' purely local cooper ative companies, employes' relief associa tions operated on the lodge system or local cooperative plan, "organized and conducted solely by the members thereof, for the ex clusive benefit of its members and not for profit," are exempted. MARINE, INLAND, FIRE—On each pol icy one-half of one cent on each dollar. Cooperative and mutual companies are ex empted. CASUALTY, FIDELITY. GUARANTEE —Each policy and each bond for the per formance of the duties of any office or posi tion or other obligation of the nature of In demnity, and each contract or obligation guaranteeing the validity of bonds or other obligations issued by any state, county, municipal or other public body, or guar anteeing titles to real estate or mercan tile credits executed or guaranteed by any surety company upon the amount of pre mium charged, one-half of one cent on each dollar. Proprietary Articles. Medicinal proprietary articles and prep arations: Upon every packet, box, bottle, pot or phial, or other inclosure, containing any pills, powders, tinctures, troches or lozenges, sirups, cordials, bitters, ano dynes, tonics, plasters, linaments, salves, ointments, pastes, drops, waters (except natural spring waters and carbonated na tural spring waters), essences, spirits, oils and all medicinal preparations or compo sitions whatsoever, made and sold, or re moved for sale by any person wherein the person making or preparing the same has or claims to have any private formula or any exclusive right where such packet, etc., does not exceed at the retail price five cents, one-eighth of one cent tax when the retail price Is between 5 and 10 cents, one fourth of one cent between 10 and 15 cents, three-eighths of a cent between 15 and 25 cents, five-eighths of a cent, and for each additional 25 cents in value, five-eighths of a cent tax. Perfumery and cosmetics and other similar articles used as applications to the hair, mouth or skin or otherwise used, where the packet, box, bottle, etc. does not exceed at the retail price 5 cents, one-eighth of one cent tax when the price Is between 5 and 10 cents, one-quarter of a cent between 10 and 15 cents, three-eighths of a cent between 15 and 25 cenls, five eighths of a cent each additional 25 cents in value, five-eighths of a cent tax. Chew ing gum, each package of not more than $1 retail value, four cents, and for each additional dollar 4 cents. Sparkling other wines, when bottled or for sale, upon each bottle containing one pint or' less 1 cent more than 1 pint, 2 cents. Inheritance Tax. A tax on inheritances and legacies ex ceeding $10,000 in personal property is pro vided as follows: On sums between S10 000 and $25,000—first, on benefits to the lineal issue or lineal ancestor, brother or sister of the deceased, at the rate of 75 cents for every $100 second, to the descendant of a brother or sister, at the rate of $1.50 for every $100 third, to the brother or sister of the father or mother, or a descendant of a brother or sister of the father or mother at the rate of $3 for every $100 fourth to the brother or sister of the grandfather or grandmother, or a descendant of the broth* er or sister of the grandfather or grand mother, $4 for every $100 fifth, to those of any other degree of collateral consanguin ity or strangers in blood or a body politic or corporate, at the rate of $5 for every $100. All legacies or property passing by will, or by the laws of any state or terri tory, to husband or wife are exempted from tax or duty. On sums ranging between $25,000 and $100,000, the rates of tax are to be multiplied by 1% on those ranging from $100,000 to $500,000, the rates .are to be mul tiplied by 2 on those ranging from $500,000 to $1,000,000, the rates are to be multiplied by 2V4. and cn those above $1,000,000, the rates are to be multiplied by 3. The tax is made a lien upon the property until paid, and it is required that the tax shall be satis fied before the legatee is paid. Certificates of Indebtedness. The secretary of the treasury is au thorized to borrow from time to time, at a Tate of interest not exceeding 3 per cent., such sums as, in his judgment, may be nec essary to meet public expenditures, and to issue certificates of indebtedness in de nominations of $50 or some multiple of that sum, each certificate is made payable at such time, not exceeding one year from the date of its issue as the secretary of the treasury may prescribe provided that the amount of such certificates outstand ing shall at no time exceed $100,000,000. Bonds, debentures or certificates of In debtedness by any association, company or corporation, on each $100 of face value or fraction thereof, 5 cents, and on each orig inal issue, whether on organization or re organization, of certificates of stock by any such association, company or corpora tion, on each $100 of face value or fraction thereof, 5 cents, and on all sales, or agree ments to sell, or memorandum of sales, or deliveries or transfers of shares or certifi cates of stock, on each $100 of face value or fraction 2 cents. In case of sale where the evidence of transfer is shown only by the books of the company, the stamp niall be placed upon such books, and where the change of ownership" is by transfer certifi cate the stamp shall be placed upon the certificate and in cases of an agreement to sell or where the transfer is by delivery of the certificate assigned in blank there shall be made and delivered by the seller to the buyer a bill or memorandum of such sale, to which the stamp shall be affixed. Penalty, a fine of from $500 to $1,000, and Imprisonment for six months or both. Upon Mok salt) or agreement to sell, any 7 rrtf products or merchandise at any exchange, or board of trade, or other similar place, either for present or future delivery, for each $10Q in value of said sale or agree ment of sale or agreement to sell, one cent, and for each additional flOO or fractional §'rovided, art thereof in excess of $100, one cent. that on every sale or agreement of sale or agreement to sell, there shall be made and delivered by the seller to the buyer a bill, memorandum of such sale, to which there shall be affixed a lawful stamp or stamps in value equal to the amount of the tax on such. sale. Bank check, draft or certificate of de posit not drawing interest, or order for the payment of any sum of money drawn upon or issued by any bank, trust company or any person or persons, companies or corpo rations, 2 cents. Bills of exchange (inland), draft, certifi cates of deposit drawing interest, or order for the payment of any sum of money, oth erwise than at sight or on demand, orany promissory note except bank notes Issued for circulation and for each renewal of the same for a sum not exceeding $100, 2 cents, and for each additional $100 or fractional part thereof in "excess of $100, 2 cents. Bills of lading or receipt (other than char ter party) for any goods or merchandise to be exported to any foreign port or place, 10 cents. A tax of one cent is Imposed .for every telephone message for which over 15 cents is charged. Any telegraphic mes sage, one cent. Indemnifying bonds, 60 cents. Certificate of profits or any asso ciation and on all transfers thereof, on each $100 of face value, 2 cents. Contract, brokers' note or memorandum of sale of any goods or merchandise, stocks, bonds, exchange, notes of hand, real es tate, or property of any description issued by brokers or persons acting as such, for each note or memorandum or sale, 10 cents. Conveyance or deed for real estate in which the consideration exceeds $100 and does not exceed $500, 50 cents, and for each addition al $500, 50 cents. The Bond Section. The secretary of the treasury is author ized to borrow on the credit of the United States from time to time as the proceeds may be required to defray expenditures authorized on account of the existing war (such proceeds when received to be used only for the purpose of meeting such war expenditures), the sum of $400,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, and to prepare and issue therefor coupon or reg istered bonds of the United States in de nominations of $20 or some multiple of that sum, redeemable in coin at the pleasure of the United States after ten years from the date of their issue, and payable 20 years from such date and bearing interest pay able quarterly in coin at the rate of 3 per cent, per annum. The bonds are to be first offered at par as a popular loan. Miscellaneous. Proxy for voting at any election for of ficers of any incorporated company, except religious, charitable or literary societies or public cemeteries, 10 cents. Power of attorney, 25 cents not to apply to the collection of ex-soldiers' claims against the government on account of the military or naval service. Protests of notes, bills of exchange, ac ceptance, check or draft, or any marine protest, 25 cents. Warehouse receipts, 25 cents. The stamp duties on manifests, bills of lading and passage tickets do not apply to steamboats or other vessels plying be tween ports of the United States and ports in British North America. Compromise on Silver Coinage. The senate recedes from its coinage of the silver seigniorage amendment and a substitute is agreed to simply author izing and directing the coinage of not less than one and one-half million silver dol lars per month from the silver bullion held in the treasury such silver dollars to be applied as provided by the act of July 14, 1890. HAVING TROUBLE AGAIN. Difficulties Between CHina and Japan Arise—The Latter'* Consulate at Shashl Burned. Vancouver, B. C., June 10. Oriental advices are to the effect that China and Japan are having trouble again. Com plications have occurred in China one after another and now the Japanese consulate at Shashi has been burnecj down. The Chinese indemnity has been wholly paid. Wci-Hai-Wei is evacuated and Japan has assurance from China that no part of the province of Fukien shall be leased or ceded to any foreign country. The obligations of the Shimo nosky treaty have thus been fully dis charged by China and now a new com plication has arisen. It seems that riot ers at Shashi raided the Japanese con sulate, set fire to the building and also destroyed all foreign residences along the river Yangste. A' Shanghai dis patch says the rioters are believed to have been instigated by the Chihese of ficials who were recently discharged from the service. On receipt of the news of the riot the minister of the navy is sued instructions to the commanders of the cruiser Takao at Shanghai and the gunboat Mava at Saseho, to immediate ly proceed to the scene of the disturb ance for the protection of the Japanese residents. HEAVY TEA IMPORTATIONS. Merchants Hurrying Shipments This Country to Escape the War Tax. CONVENIENT FOR SOLDIERS.. Postal Money Order Offices Estab lished at Camp Alger and at Ch ickamauga. Washington, June 10. For the con venience of the troops at Camp Alger, near Falls Church Va., the post office de part ment has opened there a money or der office as a branch of the Washington (D. C.) office, to be known as Camp Alger postal station, Washington. A money order office has also been opened at Chickamauga Park as a branch of the Chattanooga (Tenn.) office, to be known as Chickamauga Park postal station, Chattanooga, Tenn., so that the soldiers may receive payment of money orders within the lines of the encampment. Persons desiring to send money orders to soldiers at these camps should re quest that they be drawn as above. Mrs. Day Out of the Hospital. Cleveland, O., June 10.—Mrs. tVilliam K. Day, wife of the secretary of state, has so far recovered her health as to be able to leave the Cleveland General hos pital, where she underwent a dangerous operation and has been under treat ment for the past six weeks. Mrs. Day has returned to her home in Canton. She will not go to Washington to join her husband for the present, hut will seek a quiet summer residence, where it is hoped she will fully regain her lost strength. A -V" mM A THEATER TIRANT. y? & to Tacoma, Wash., June 10.—It is report ed here that importers are making a quiet and extraordinary effort to hurry all the tea possible into America before the prospective war duty shall become effective, and that probably at least four of the Northern Pacific Steamship company's fleet of tea steamers would arrive here this month, an exception ally large number. In view of the fact of the government's seizing these steamers for use as transports, it is in ferred that the vessels may be loaded with tea at the nearest available point and rushed to Tacoma before July 1, saving thousands of dollars' duty, which would go to Uncle Sam after the war revenue law became operative, and at the same time hurry the boats along for service in embarking troops to Manila. The Olympia is due here June 19 and the Arizona July 7. The Columbia is in. Japanese waters and the Tacoma will be due in Yokahama in a day or two and could be returned here in a very short time. Pacific coast officials here can say nothing about such a move, claiming that arrangements for freight coming this way are made in the Asiatic ports. W 1 Is Queer Title Bestowed on the Reign ing Princess of Waldeck. Amusing Picture of Art and Dra matic Life In the Capital of One of Germany's Duo decimal States. [Special Berlin Letter.] One of the most interesting and pe culiar features of German life is the society and the manners in the "residences" of duodecimal states. It is there," in fact, where alone in the young and pushing empire the Germany of 50 and 80 years ago still solemnly survives. Of course, it has al ways been the case in Germany that its art and literary life has been highly de centralized The classical period of Ger man literature, with its Goethe, Schil ler, Herder, Wieland and Lessing, all enjoying the mild impetus of patronage exerted by small courts and enlightened rulers of petty states is in that respect but typical. Even to-day, with all the strong hegemony which Berlin and Prussia exert in the political life of the nation, the intellectual life of Ger many is by no means centralized in the empire's capital, as any surface ob server may notice. The capitals of the smaller states of Germany furnish an exceptionally in teresting field for the observer. Many amusing illustrations of this can be given. One of the most amusing, to my thinking, are the theatrical conditions prevailing in the larger number of these little towns, whose pretensions are usually the greater the less they are sus tained by the cold facts. There are still, it should be remembered, some 20 such "residenz" towns in Germany, capitals of independent statfes so small that a good pedestrian can easily man age to cross the territory of half a dozen of them in a single day, provided he lays out his route accordingly. Their glory, it is true, is past. Their rulers PRINCESS OF WALDECK. is as sacred to them as the honor of their families, if not more so. I will tell you about one of these court theaters. The town in question boasts of about 3,457 souls—court, mili tary and officials included. It is situ ated in western Germany, and is the capital of the principality of Waldeck. Its name is Arolsen, and it has a Legis lative chambeT of 15 members. For several generations the ruling princes, have been patrons of the drama. The father of the present one particularly so. That was still in the days when the will of the sovereign was omnip otent, within his own bailiwick only, of course. He was so much interested in his actors'and actresses that he person ally looked after -their little private af fairs, and when he found that any one of them was an unusually well-deserv ing case he, or she,'was accorded the priceless boon of "Courfahigkeit'.'—i. e., was permitted to appear at court on stated occasions and to dance with all those elderly ladies of the court who otherwise were fated to serve as "wall decorations" during the court balls. It was his special hobby to see to it that all the mimic artiste in his employ knew their parts thoroughly by heart. In this he was somewhat exacting, in fact, for whenever he noticed that any of the actors during the performance haw hawed or gave other evidences of hav ing memorized but imperfectly that 1 culprit after the performance wmTRiffijr Pw- W 8WJB- THE MARKET SQUARE AT AROLSEN. THE CAPITAL OP WALDECK. feel and know that the big outside world looks on them as more or less in appropriate relics of the past, and their claim to sovereignty is taken seriously by hardly anybody to-day except their court marshals, chamberlains and the other retinue of the pigmy courts. But one and all of these small rulers find a melancholy.pleasure in maintain ing a "court theater," in which drama, the ballet, opera, farces, etc., are usual ly performed the whole year through at prices which defy competition, and before an appreciative audience made up in large part by the sovereign, his court and all the citizens who are in one way or another dependent for their liv ing on the former. It will be admitted that the conditions producing well meaning, enthusiastic listeners are very favorable, particularly when it is borne in mind that the whole art institution is maintained, to the tune of from 60 to 90 per cent., out of the private means of the sovereign himself. Criticism, under such circumstances, becomes almost a heinous offense—nay, worse, a species of ingratitude, and certainly no loyal subject of the prince or duke dreams of such a thing. Their "court theater" invaria bly was taken in tow by the guards 1 of the castle and hurried to prison, there to memorize more carefully next 24 hours. rduring the Let us attend the performance to night. It takes place in what is popu larly known as the "Stall," because the theater building, as a matterof fact, in former days served as the stable for the princely horses, still proclaimed, one might say, by the score of horses' heads sculptured ou its outside walls. On entering we notice an entire ab sence of boxes. But in the central part of the first row of seats are four plush covered chairs, for the princess and her court ladies. The princess attends every performance at the theater. When she is indisposed, or when, which hap pens even more rarely, there is'any. court fete, no performance takes place. The nobility of Arolsen and the rest of the principality (with its enormous population of 57,281 souls) have seats in the two next rows, and there has never been a case on record that anyone not belonging to the nobility was daring enough to invade these sacred precincts. But I almost forgot to mention that the august princess was responsible for another innovation at this theater, viz., the deodorizing of it. For this pur pose, I was informed, the essence of lavender was used in generous doses every half hour before the beginning of the performance. The odor was cer tainly very perceptible all about the .house. This precaution, it may be as well to inform the reader, is due to the fact that the major portion of the audi ence is of the agricultural persuasion, wholly or in part, and that experience had taught their sovereign lady that some such disinfectant is required to overcome the rather strong effluvia brought along from stable and barn. It excited my curiosity, therefore, when I noticed all at once the princess per ceptibly sniffing the air. This was an instantaneous signal for the court ladies first, and next by the whole audi ence, to follow the example thus set by the noble lady. Everybody sniffed. At last, too, the actors on the stage sniffed. Even the prompter in his box sniffed. He could not- be seen, but he evidently considered it his duty to be heard sniffing. And then suddenly the cul prit was discovered, and with a few words of improvised excuse, he hurried ly was hustled off the stage. The un happy man had washed his gloves—for he represented a haughty nobleman in the play that night—in benzine. Hence the unbearable odor. A minute later he reappeared on the stage—gloveless, arid continued his part, but in rather abashed fashion. What became of the gloves I never learned. For the rest of the evening lavender "had it," so to speak. I heard from a well-informed citizen of Arolsen that beside the drama, the opera is also indulged in at the "Stall,-"' and that the personnel at the moment consisted of a "heroic tenor," now with out voice, but once of great attain* ments of a baritone, who when not suffering from a chronic eatarrh-— which, in fact, had cut short his career on a non-important stage—was very good indeed and of a cantatrice who had lost her birth certificate at the very same time she had lost her voice. Be side these, there was the veteran actor for comic parts, who bellowed bass parts, arid the "youthful lover" had only been engaged because he could also help out with the tenor parts, and a very ancient lady occasionally sang alto parts, even such as Ortrud in "Lohen grin." All of which was interesting. "f "7 5®. The present sovereign is not quite so autocratic, and h^ has deputized Mr power over the court theaters, so to speak, to his consort, the princess. She is a very worthy lady, of an age when fair woman is apt to take an interest in other things besides the care of her off spring and of her charms.^ In a word*' she is no longer young. But she shows a remarkably strong affection for all things connected with the theater. She has, it is true, two assistants, one being the so-called director, and the other being the "intendant," a gentle man who was once a warrior, but whose duties now consist in making two re ports per diem to the princess, in which not only all the details of the theatrical management must be included, but also those of the domestic life of the flock under his oare. The director is as be ing of too plebeian extraction to ever become worthy of the aforesaid boon of "Courfahigkeit," never spoken to di rectly, but instead is the recipient of frequent messages from the sovereign lady. In theatrical circles in Arolsen 'the latter is familiarly referred to as "jfluttel," which is, perhaps, not quite as respectful as might be wished. But she is certainly deserving of the title, inasmuch as she really looks after her light-hearted "Comodiantenvolk," as she styles them, in motherly fashion. A SPECTATOR. Cautions Man. "Were you able to sell old Billions a lot?" asked the superintendent of the cemetery. The agent shook his head. "He was afraid he might not get the full value of it," he explained. "But, hang it all, a man has got to die some time!" exclaimed the superin tendent. "That's what I told him, but he only answered: 'Suppose I should be lost at sea?'"—Chicago Post. Driven to It* "Her father says positively that I can't marry her." "What are you going to do "There's nothing left now but to ask the girl."—London Graphic.'' yfe* "V $5&- V75- t. The Civilians Recently Appointed Generals of Volunteers. James H. Wilson, One of the Mew Commanders, Directed the Sol dlers Who Captured Pres ident Jefferson Davis. [Special Washington Letter.] Each of the civilians recently appoint ed to the position of major general of volunteers has a history, military as well as civil. Two of them were confed erate leaders and two of thein were un ion generals in the civil war. A momentous event in our national history is recalled by the appointment of JMaj. Gen. James H. Wilson, the sol dier whose cavalry troopers effected the capture of Jefferson Davis at the close of the irrepressible conflict between the sections. One of the veterans who knew him well in the days of his prime and prowess informs the writer that Gen. Wilson stood in high favor with Gen. Grant, who regarded him as a most brilliant and reliable cavalry officer a soldier always ready to fight. Gen. Sheridan said of him that "Wilson may be a little ahead of the time, but never behind tiihe in carrying out specific orders." Naturally as brave as Kilpatrick or Pleasanton, and as dashing as Custer, he was highly esteemed at headquarters in the field on account of his valuable euggestiveness and ready ability in sep arating the wheat from the chaff in any military proposition. Wilson was the capturer of Jefferson Davis, and his raid through the central south in pur suit of the president of the confederacy was one of the notable events of the war. After the suppression of the re bellion Gen. Wilson resigned his po sition in the regular army and engaged in railroad business. He finally be came president of the New York & New England Bailroad company, and subse quently lived quietly in Wilmington, Del. President Cleveland brought him again to public view when he appointed him a member of the board of visitors to the military academy at West Point. The capture of Jefferson Davis was brought about by the activity and en ergy of Gen. Wilson, and the determi nation of character with which he im bued the officers and men under-his command. If Abraham Lincoln had lived Mr. Davis would never have been captured. This fact is well known, and is made apparent in the memoirs of Grant, Sherman and others. In his book on Lincoln a very significant paragraph is published by Col. A. K. McClure, as follows: "He intimated to Sherman very broad ly that he desired Jefferson Davis to es cape from the country. Sherman in his memoirs repeats a story told by Lincoln to him illustrative of his wish that*Davis should escape 'unbeknown to him,' and, discussing the same subject in the white house in the presence of Gov. Curtin, Col. Forney, several others and myself, he told the same story to illustrate the same point, obviously in tending to convey very clearly his wish that the southern leaders should escape from the land and save him the grave complications which'must follow their arrest. Secretary Welles, in an article in the Galaxy, quotes Lincoln as saying on this subject: 'No one need expect he would take any part in hanging or GEN. JAMES H. WILSON. (His Troopers Effected the Capture of Jef ferson Davis.) killipg these men, even the worst of them. Frighten them out of the coun try open the gates let down the bars, scare them off. Enough lives have been sacrificed we must extinguish our re sentments if we expect harmony and union.'" But Lincoln was not permitted to live, and other policies prevailed poli cies which for a generation distracted our country. The tragedy in Ford's theater in Washington aroused all of the malevolent passions of the people. They were clamorous for vengeance, de manding the lives of Mr. Davis, every member of his cabinet and all of his general officers. It was known that Mr. Davis was traveling in a southwesterly direction, and under orders from Sherman two expeditions were sent out from Macon by Gen. James H. Wilson in pursuit one to scour the left, the other the •right bank of the Ocmulgee river one under command of the lieutenant colonel of the First Wisconsin cavalry, Henry Harnden, the other under com mand of Col. Pritchard, of the Fourth Michigan cavalry. Harnden started on the 6th and Pritchard on the 7th of May, 1865. On the afternoon of May 9 these commands met at Abbeville, Ga., compared notes and continued the pur suit by different .routes. It was learned along the lines of march that Mr. Davis and his party were encamped within a mile of Irwin ville, and small detachments from each command sirred ahead of their com rades, all endeavoring to outride each other and have the glory of capturing the fugitive chieftain. The result was that in the early morning before the capture of Mr. Davis these federal troops fired into each other, causing the deaths of two. men and the serious wounding of several others. Col. Pritchard reached Irwinville aft er midnight of May 9 and found a negro Tioy who could guide him to the Davis camp. When within half a mile of the camp Pritchard sent one of his lieuten ants, named Purinton, With 25 dis mounted men, to go to the rear of the camp, with instructions to wait until break of day to make the capture. Capt. Lawton, of the Fourth Michi gan cavalry, writing of the event, says: "At daybreak the order was whispered along the line to make ready to enter the camp. Mounting their horses, the yyiMx men moved along' at a walk until the tents came in sight, and then,, at the word, dashed in. The camp was found pitched in both sides of the' road. On the left dand as we entered were wagons, horses, tents and men on the right were two wall tents, fro'ntlng from the road. All was quiet in the camp. We encountered no guards if there were any,they must have been asleep.. The account of the final capture of the ex-president of. the confederate states, which will live in history as au thentic, is the statement published by Mr. Davis himself, which is as. follows: "I stepped out of "my wife's tent and saw some horsemen, whom I immedi ately recognized as cavalry, deploying around the encampment. I turned back and told my wife that these were not the expectttl marauders, but regular troopers. She implored me to leave her at once. I hesitated from unwilling ness to do so, and lost a few precious moments before yielding to her impor tunity. My horse and arms wefce near the road on which I expected to leave, arid down which the cavalry ap proached. It was, therefore, imprac ticable to reach them. I was compelled to start in the opposite direction. As it was quite dark in the tent, I picked up GEN. JOSEPH WHEELER. (The Ex-Confederate Leader in His New Suit of Blue.) what was supposed to be my "raglan," a waterproof light overcoat, without sleeves. It was subsequently found to be my wife's, so very like my own as to be mistaken for it. As I started my wife thoughtfully threw over my head and shoulders a shawl. I had gone perhaps 15 or 20 yards when a trooper galloped up and ordered me to halt and surren der, to which I gave a defiant answer, and dropping the shawl and reglan from my shoulders advanced towards him. He leveled his carbine at me but I expected if he fired he would miss me, and my intention was in that event to put my hand under hi? foot, tumble him off on the other side, spring into his saddle and attempt to escape. My wife, who had been watching, when she saw the soldier aim the carbine at me ran forward and threw her arms around me. Success depended upon instantaneous action, and recognizing that the oppor tunity had been lost I turned back, and, the morning being damp and chilly, passed on to afire beyond the tent." That is the story of the capture, plain ly stated, and with the candor of per fect truthfulness. The official account forwarded to Gen. Wilson by Col. Pritchard substantiates the narration published by Mr. Davis, although it gives many details not found in the story written by the ex-president of the lost cause. Hon. John H. Reagan, for many years a member of the national house of rep resentatives, and also of the senate, was postmaster-general of the confederacy, and he was with the Davis party on that occasion, and was also taken prisoner. He also has published an account of the event, and says that Col. Pritchard did not come up for some time after Mr. Davis was made a prisoner. He says: "Mr. Davis was standing, dressed in the suit he habitually wore. He asked Col. Pritchard who commanded the troops, and when Pritchard announced himself as their commander, Mr. Davis said: 'You command a set of thieves and rob bers. They rob women and children.' Col. Pritchard reminded Mr. Davis that he was a prisoner, and Mr. Davis re plied: 'It would be bad enough to be the prisoner of soldiers and gentlemen. I am still lawful game, and would rather be dead than be your prisoner.'" The prisoners were taken to Macon, Ga., where they arrived May 13, 1865. Mr. Davis was sent by command of Gen. Wilson to Fortress Monroe, Va., and there imprisoned for nearly two years. He was finally arraigned for treason be fore the United States circuit court, at Richmond, Va., where he had been for four years the head of a strong confed eration of states. He was liberated on bail furnished by Horace Greeley, Cor nelius Vanderbilt and Gerrit Smith, and that ended the case for Mr. Davis was never brought to trial. SMITH D. FRY. Half Right, Anyway. "The real estate agent told me that the land was high and dry," said the man who was thinking of buying. "Well, he was certainly half right," replied the man who knew the locality. "Half right?" "Yes. I wouldn't bank too much on its height, but it's dry enough. It's in a local option district and three miles from the nearest saloon."—Chicago Post. What's the Use? If there's not a glance from kindly eyes, A glance which seems to sympathize Then what's the use o' livln'? If there's, not a smile to cheer the heart And heal the pain of sorrow's dart- Then what's the U3e o' livin'7 If there's not a kiss from lips we love, A. taste of heaven and joys above- Then what's the use o' livin'? —St. Louis Republic^ Not Very Weil Expressed. A certain minister lost hismanuscript one Sunday morning, so he spoke out thus: "I am very sorry indeed to have to inform you that I have—er—somehow or other, mislaid my sermon for this morning. I must—er—therefore, trust to Providence for inspiration. To-night I will come better prepared."—Tit-Bits.. Cycler's Poclcetknlfe. An Englishman has designed a cy clist's pocketknife. which has one side made of steei with a projecting jaw, and) a second jaw with a lever handle pivot ed in the end of the knife also contain ing a tire-removing tool. So Near and Yet So Far. .Sappington—I once came within**!^ ace of making $500. DeQuincy—How so? Sappington—It was a game of pokeri what I needed was the ace of diamond* —Judge, .... 'ifrtittifBifflfau ^MINNESOTA Wf» sSin»»* Sheep Skins. The regents of the unirer8it,f met mft, the state farm and determined upon the list of graduates. This list,* aa completed, contains 206 names, uiol lows: College of science, literature and the arts, 118 higher degrees, 14 me-| A Statue for Fllabnry. A statue of Governor John S. Pills* Private Elevators. Judge Bunn. of St. Paul, decides that private elevators are not amenable to the warehouse commission. In the sase against the Cargill company the sourt finds that the elevator was used for the purpose of storing and hand-r ling the grain of the company and not that of other persons, and that, there fore, even though it was situated on the way of the railroad, the commis sion had no right to exact a license. In (addition to the holding that the law is unconstitutional us relating to private elevators, it is also held that it is valid so far as it relates to public elevators or storehouses. Criuihed by 4 chanical. engineering, 20 mining, 11 law* 93 medicine, dentiatiy, 14 pharmacy, IS. IDegrees have been ia sued to two students .who have died J'' ^1 within the last three months, Edna M. Stock and Carl Huhn. Dariiig the year there have been 95 students dropped from the senior classes of the academic department, so blighting their hopes of graduation this spring. From the I Other departments-pupils failed to gain •heepskins las follows:. edicine, 5 pharmacy, 8 law, 8 dentistry, & bury will ornament the campus of the, 'd university. That Was decided atthe' annual meeting of the university al-i uinni. The movement was started tee composed of Messrs. Chatfield^ J:. Partridge, Gillette and Quinn was' named to investigate and report. They investigated and evidently to. good purpose, for recently they ha entered into a contract with Daniel O French of New York to erect the statue within three years at a cost of 115,000. Our Allotment. Minnesota's allotment under the. second call for troops is 1,742, and' official word to.that effect was wired .•% to Gov. Clough by Adjutant General Corbin. Of this number 990 will go' to fill the shortage which exists in the three regiments now at the front, and the remainder will probably form the nucleus of a new regiment, which will a Tree. Four Indians from the Fond du Lac reservation at Cloquet, who Were on the drive about ^thirty miles above Cloquet, were sleeping in a tent on the banks of the river when the wind' blew down a dry tamarack tree about a foot and a half through across the tent, pinning them all to the ground. Joseph Houle Jr., William Buttle and Charles Northrup, who were lying on their side, were badly hurt Alex McKenzie, who was lying bis back, escaped with a few bruises. Forest lire Record. Chief Fire Warden Andrews has is sued his third annual report. The damage done by forest fires in 1897 was 822,455, and by prairie fires, $14,554. Sixteen forest fires were caused from clearing land, eleven from burning brush and meadow, and eleven from camps of hunters and campers. Eight prairie and field fires were caused by threshing engines, eleven by railroad locomotives, eight from burning straw or stubblo and eight from burning firebreaks. Ilappy. The happiest man in the Twelfth regiment at Chicamauga was Chaplaii Clemans when the agent of the South* ern express set down before his tent a small portable organ, the gift of Ever ett, Aughenbaugh & Co., millers ol Waseca. It was just what the chap lain had been longing for, and he die not even try to conceal his pleasure. The proverbial boy and his new boots wasn't in it for an instant with the Corner Stone for the Capitol. The magnificent granite block which is to serve as the corner stone of Min nesota's handsome new capitol is being cut at the Baxter quarry near St. Cloud. It weighs many tons, and there is being chiseled out of the cen ter a receptacle in which will be placed a number of documents historical ol the state and its progress. Work on the granite contract is progressing rapidly. Minnesota Brlefo. Six horses stolen from F. H. Arm strong's barn in Minneapolis were re covered in St Paul. The Great Northern railway com pany has recently acquired 60 aeres ol land at South Crookston. for divisional headquarters, and will immediately commence the construction of neces sary yards, round house and buildings. A. Johnson was killed by falling out of the third story window of a lodging house in Minneapolis. The Macalister college completed ita thirteenth year and graduated a class often. The Thirteenth regiment needs 30C more men. The St Anthony & Dakota elevator at Cokato was destroyed by fire. Joe Arkuszsuski, 6 years old, fell from the second story of Neiman's store at Sauk Rapids, a distance of 20 feet, onto the sidewalk and struck on his side. The boy was bruised, but there were no bones broken. Frederick Marcellon attempted sui cide at St Paul by jumping into-the, river, but was rescued by some.boys. He was recovering from a spree." :X- Fraricpis Blair .and his son, Narcisfte,\ were drowned at Crookston. The boy was crossing the. river o| a boOih with lunch for his^father, who w^s night watchman in the lumber mill^ond fell,, in. His father attempted to rescue him. 1 Evi. Mrs. Elizabeth .Patch, of Minjueap- 7" olis, recently celebrated her 1,00th *.v birthday. Five^ojang m6n are in ja^l at Owa fbnnaa&g&ed.of Seating an old man and assaulting tfomam -'s if? The house of Chas. J. Johnson, at '/M-* Harris, was' struck by lightning and destroyed. 1'• ?1 a year ago when E. C. Chatfield intror dured a resolution declaring that a statue on the campus would be a flfa ting recognition of Governor Pillpburyto services to the university. A commit^ '4 5 1 have J. C. Shandrew for its. colonel. Permission will be asked to furnish., the additional 250 men necessary to' make up a regiment Majors Schaef fer and Whitney, of the 12th and 14th, and Maj. Bean, of the 13th, have been ordered to return to Minnesota and lake charge pf the recruiting for their •egiments. 1 ft-5