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NEWS OF THE WORLD.
The three members of
junta who remain in Washington iear
arrest by government officials.
Gen. Eagan is suspended for six
years, when he will be retired. But he
will draw $5,500 a year just the same.
It is thought that the battleship
lowa, now' due at San Francisco, will
be sent to re-enforce Admiral Dewey's I
fleet.
Inspector-General Breckinridge dis
covered that embalmed beef is being
served in military hospitals in Ha
vana.
Aguinaldo formally declares war
against the United Stats.
Admiral Dewey is reported to have
captured a ship loaded with arms and
supplies for Aguinaldo’s forces.
Gen. Corbin said that t'he president’s
December proclamation would be the
basis of our future Philippine policy.
Wm. J. Bryan stated that in his
opinion the ratification of the treaty
does not end the fight against annexa
tion.
/ The war department cabled Gen.
the full text of the peace treaty
anti he will publish it as a proclama-
The latest accounts of Sunday's bat
tle at Manila bristle with new proofs
of the Irresistible valor of American
troops.
In an Interview at Montreal Agon
clllo denied that he advised the attack
on Manila or had knowledge of what
"<vas to occur.
The Kansas house passed a Joint
resolution commending Senators Har
ris and Baker for their votes for the
ratification of the peace treaty.
Agonclllo, the Philippine represen
tative at Montreal, declares that his
people will flgnt to the death before
they will surrender to American con
trol.
The owner of the vessel loaded with
.arms and ammunition for the Fill
|plnos, and which was seized by Admi
ral Dewey, is an American Instead of
a German.
The Philippine loss In the battle of
Saturday night and Sunday Is placed
|bt 2,000 killed and 3,500 wounded,
While 5,000 were taken prisoners. The
Hmerican loss was 59 killed and 209
I rounded.
The TTnlted State* transports Grant,
htrman, Sheridan and the hospital
hip Relief have been transferred ro
the California department and will be
used to carry fioldlers and supplies t.o
the possessions of the TTnlted States
lying In the Pacific ocean.
Private information has been re
ceived In Washington that Duke
d’Arcos, formerly Spanish minister to
Mexico. Is likely to be designated by
Madrid government as Its minister
Wo Washington to exchange the ratlfl-
Icatlons of the treaty of Paris.
All the Madrid papers comment upon
events at Manila In a tone un-
to the United Staten. The
Hnparelal says that President McKin
■ey must either abandon the enterprise
|and cover himself with ridicule or un
dertake a war In the Philippines and
LGius pay for all the Iniquity com-
Hltted against Spain.
m DOMESTIC.
' Duluth went republican.
Chicago May wheat, 717£#72c.
Banana dealers are now said to be
terming a trust.
Warsaw, Ind., was shaken by an
earthquake yesterday morning.
Seven of the Rockefeller companies
held their annual meetings In Duluth.
Carolus Duran, portrait artist, and
Alvarez, the tenor, arrived from Eu
rope.
The steamer St. Louis sailing for
Europe took out 426,000 ounces of sil
er.f
Andrew Carnegie has ofTered At
lanta, G., 1100,000 for a free public li
brary.
Qlver 10,000 cans of baa beef, in
liended for Havana poor, were sunk In
Mhe sea.
F At Milwaukee the twelfth annual
of the National Association
of) Builders met.
/judgo Glaspell of North Dakota
ajsked the legislature to Investigate the
qharges against him.
The controller has Issued a call for
reports of all national banks at the
close of Feb. 4.
Leech luke Indians seem to be Invit
ing moro trouble. They badly beat
two white men.
A bill to create a twine plant at the
penitentiary was killed by the South
Dakota legislature,
• At Columbus. 0., the annual conven
tion of the National Carrlagemakers’
lsoclatlon opened.
KMrs. Barbara Eblnger, of Niles, 111.,
Hpd, aged 87. She wns the widow of
Bv. Christian Eblnger.
Menator White Introduced in the
■w York legislature the civil service
HR indorsed by Gov. Rooseve’t.
I The strike among the c'oakmakers,
■wing to a cut of 35 per cent. In wages,
faeead rapidly in New York.
' Edwin L. Prlckett. of Mount Holly.
N. Y., who said he had been promised
recovery by an angel, died.
Theodore A. Havemeyer, Jr., ta serv
ing on a petit jury at New York. Re
corder Goff refusing to excuse him.
I The senate committee on finance
fceld its first meeting under the chair
manship of Senator Aldrich yesterday.
Hn'he naval committee or the house
Ai*reeil upon twelve new warship
§m three more are under consider i
BHaator P Wetmorc of Rhode ls-
Mft. who has been 111 In New York
for ome weeks past, is conval-
street bulls sustained the mar-
Hf with buying orders, and when the
Y*eace treaty was signed they cheered.
Ad Foreign -
At Cincinnati the 15th annual con-
of the National Association of
Hiuse Painters and Decorators began
iAS session, y
The American Car and Foundry
company will soon be incorporated
under New Jersey laws, with a capital
stock of $60,000,000.
Ore assaying 70 to 80 per cent, cop
per and 9*o" ounces of silver to the ton
is reported to have been found in Mon
trose county Colorado.
The repeal of the last remnant of
disqualification against ex-confederates
will be recommended by the judiciary
committee of the house.
Plymouth church trustees, Chicago,
have decided to release Dr. F. W.
Gunsaulus so he may accept the pas
torate of Central church.
Thirty jewelers in Milwaukee have
agreed to cloee their places of btwiness
Wednesday and Friday nights at 6
o’clock, beginning Feb. 15.
Postmaster Hutchinson of Oak Park,
111., went to Washington to ask con
gress for an appropriation of SIOO,OOO
for anew postofflee building.
Colonel Hiram M. Bledsoe, com
mander of the famous Bledsoe battery
during the civil war, died suddenly at
his home near Pleasant Hill, Mo.
Eight Jewish pupils have been re
quired to leave the Catholic convent
and school of the Sacred Heart at
Omaha on alleged religious grounds.
At Washington Agonclllo’s col
leagues are without instructions, and
Ralston and Siddons, their legal ad
visers, have withdrawn from their ser
vice.
The British parliament reopened. A
conservative meenber. In moving the
reply to the queen’s speech, spoke in
favor of an alliance with the United
States.
laind Commissioner Hermann denies
that frauds were discovered In connec
tion with the dead-and-down timber
operations on the Chippewa Indian
reservations.
James N. Holmes, a prospector, has
been found frozen to death on Pike's
peak. He got caught in the blizzard
and a searching party has just found
his body.
The secretary of war has sent to
congress a statement of the militia,
showing a total organized force of
101,636; total unorganized and avail
able, 8,999,825.
At Mlddlesboro, Ky., Mrs. Mary Wil
liams, her son Harvey and two small
children were drowned while fording
Clinch river. The river was swollen
by the recent rains.
Moore Bros, of Chicago are reported
to t)o organizing a rival for the federal
steel trust. With a capital of $400,000,-
000. Andrew Carnegie is said to be in
terested in the new combine.
Ex-President Cleveland was asked
for an expression of opinion on the
battle of Manila and the ratification of
the peace treaty, but he declined to
say anything on either subject.
The miners at Rcndville, Ohio, who
have been on a strike for some months
have broken away from the united
miners' organization and gone to work
at 45 cents, 21 cents less than the scale.
Dr. Henry E. Keyes and his wife
were found dead in their bedroom at
the Ardsley Casino, at Ardsley-on-the-
Hudson. They had evidently been as
phyxiated by gas freen a stove in the
room.
i'’. M. Flshback died at Carrollton,
111. He was a member of the thirty
seventh general assembly of Illinois,
nnd was one of the 101 who succeeded
In electing General John M. Pakner to
the United States senate.
A desperate attempt was made to
hold up the Jackson-lone stage In
Colorado, but the horses were put to a
gallop and they got the range
of the robbers' guns. The robbers are
being pursued by a posse and blood
hounds.
A "’'ronton, N. J., articles of Incor
poi'fli 1 were filed with the secretary
of state by the Electric Hont ccmoany,
with an authorized capital of SIO,OOO
- The company is empowered to
construct and operate steamships and
other vessels.
Right Reverend John Williams.
D. D., LL. D., of Middletown, Conn.,
died of grip, aged 81 years. He was
bishop of the Protestant Episcopal
church, diocese of Connecticut, utiu
senior member of the house of bishopa
of the Episcopal church In America.
Electricity Is to be installed as the
motive power for the Manhattan ele
vated railway at New York, and $lB,-
000,000 of additional stock will be Is
sued to meet the expense. It Is ex
pected that the change will save
$1,000,000 a year In operating ex
penses.
At Kingston, Jamaica, a negro has
been elected legislative representative
for St. Elizabeth over a white candi
date. The principal white and colored
magistrates and mom tiers of the paro
chial board have resigned as a protest
against the vote, and further compli
cations are feared.
The executive committee of the Na
tional Municipal League has decided to
hold the next annual meeting of the
league at Columbus, 0.. Nov. 15, 16 and
17. The civic league of Santa Barbara
and the good government league of De
troit have been admitted to affiliated
membership in the league.
Ed Greer, a negro ex-convict, who
has but recently completed a sentene
in the penitentiary for an assault with
Intent to rape, is supposed to have
made a similar assault upon a negro
woman two miles east of Dadeville.
Ala., and upon her resisting murdered
her. He !s still at large.
Henry O. Morse, a bookkeeper. 62
years old, was seized by the collar
near State and Jackson streets, Chi
cago, by a man wearing a police star,
was dragged three blocks and was re
leased upon payment of $5. The sup
posed policeman, who had charged
Morse with stealing diamonds, then
ran away.
Charles Roberts, a farmer living In
a house belonging to A. C. Darrow.
f)v£ miles west of Coffeyvllle, Kans.,
some dynamite in the stove to
thaw it out. It exploded, killing Rob
erts, his wife and child and a negro
whose name is unknown. A. C. Dar
row and a negro were badly hurt. The
house was wrecked.
Ex-Governor Altgeld and R. E. Mc-
Cabe are made defendants , in a suit
filed in Chicago by Caroline L. Gilbert
for the recovery of $12,523. The com
plainant lives in Eau Claire. She al
leges the sum represents the principal
and accrued interest on two notes
made by Mr. McCabe and indorsed oy
the ex-governor.
At St. Louis, considerable important
testimony was elicited by the senate’s
Lexow committee. Accountant Kaths,
who has been examining the books of
Boiler Inspector Price, testified that a
number of engineers’ licenses had been
issued to men who did not appear be
fore the examining board. He said
no fees were turned in to the treas
ury for these licenses.
FOREIGN.
Paris has a report that a vessel has
been sent to Devil’s island to transport
Dreyfus to France.
William Laird of the famous ship
building firm of I>aird Bros, at Birken
head, England, is dead.
The Manitoba hotel at Winnipeg
was burned. It was the largest hotel
in tho Canadian west.
Prince Alfred of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
is dead. He had been suffering from
chronic cerebral trouble.
Count von Caprivl, former chancel
lor of the German empire, died at
Sklren, near Frankfort.
Mme. Cosima Wagner, widow of
the great composer, is dangerously
sick wi'h pneumonia at Vienna.
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman was
chosen leader of the liberals to suc
ceed Sir William Vernon Harcourt.
The Spanish cortes is to be immedi
ately convoked. Premier Sagasta ex
pects a majority of 30 for the treaty.
The Filipinos are in full retreat and
the Americans in co.-.iplete control
within a radius of 10 miles of Manila.
Government forces have subdued the
Colorados, who recently revolted
against Senor Gustos, provincial presi
dent of Uruguay.
The January report of the British
board of trade shows increases of
1,287,300 pounds in imports and 1,155.-
800 pounds exports.
Rev. Julian Robinson of Ixjndon,
England, died, aged 80 years. During
the prince of Wales’ tour of India in
1876 he acted as the prince’s private
chaplain.
The Filipinos are found to be armed
with the latest pattern of Mauser riflro.
Gen. Miller will take Iloilo and Gen.
Otis will move upon Malalos, the in
surgent capital.
The appeal in England for 2,300,000
pounds ($11,500,000) in connection with
the Chinese Imperial railway five per
rent, gold loan has been a phenomenal
success. It was applied for five times
over.
Tho Madrid government has issued a
red book on the war with the United
States. It is a bulky volume of 522
nages, but. Its contents are documents
and communications already made
public and now have only historical in
terest.
At. Havana the United States gun
, boat Nashville, bearing the body of
t'he late Gen. Calixto Garcia, arrived.
The remains were received by the city
council and will lie in the session room
of the council on public view, with a
guard of Cuban soldiers.
William Pritchard Morgan, M. P.,
just from China, where he represented
English capitalists acting in partner
ship with an American syndicate and
the Chinese authorltioc. confirms the
report of his securing from China con
cessions giving his associates control
of all mines and oil fields in the prov
ince of Szechuan.
The British steamer Bothnia, Capt.
Warr, chartered for use as a Spanish
transport, arrived at the Azores from
Clenfuegos, Cuba, on her way to Spain
with repatriated troops. Eight sol
diers died during the voyage and 52
were dangerously 111 when the steamer
arrived here. She has been subjected
to a rigorous quarantine.
At the opening of the German relch
stag the president of that body, Count
Von Rnllensteln, paid a tribute to the
memory of the late Von Caprivl, th
former imperial chancellor. He said
that while as a statesman Caprivl did
not attain the greatness of his prede
cessor (Prince Bismarckl nevertheless
he promoted the welfare of Germany
and was “great in his unswerving de
votion to duty, absolute attachment to
the emperor and the fatherland and
the honorable chivalrous feeling with
which he was animated."
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.
Madison, Eeb. 6. —After a recess of
several days the legislature recon
vened. In the upper house Senator
Dennett's resolution to place the elec
won of senators in the hands of the
people was adopted. Fish and ’\me
bills to supply the public demand were
ordered printed. Among the bills in
troduced were the following:
Ey Senator MiliS, to divide the town
of Marshall in Burnett county; to com
pel county officers receiving bills io
tile certified statements thereof *o
county register of deeds; to prohibit
the granting of free passes, transpor
tation. etc., and providing a penalty if
not less than S2OO. nor more than SSOO
for so doing.
By Senator Woodworth, granting po
lice powers to officers of state hospi
tals and of each charitable and penal
institution.
By Senator Baxter, to appropriate
sums of money to the several chari
table and penal Invitation# as fol
lows: atate hospital for the Insane—
laundry/
h*pl ! all
steel tank tower, si,2Uojf
niter lor lake new batil
rooms and alterations A> buildings,
slo,ouo. Industrial school tor boys—
rewiring buildings, s3,6uu; front and
farm tences, $2,000; cottage lavatories,
SI,OOO. Prison —cement poors, $l,5oo;
balconies, stairs and platforms in cell
rooms, $6,000; extension of dining
room, $4,000; library, $600; boilers auj
furnaces, SSOO. Home for feeble-mind
ed—new buildings, equipment and su
pervision, $lo$,0o0; engineand dyna
mo, $3,000. State reformatory—to
complete north ceil wing aud erect
necessary buildings, $150,000; to erect
building for use as an asyluir or hos
pital for criminal, violent and filthy
insane, $50,000.
By Senator Roehr, to allow any per
son, not less than five residents ot me
state, who have received at least 500
applications for insurance on bicycles,
to incorporate a company for mutual
bicycle insurance.
By Senator Baxter, to appropriate
sums of money for current expenses to
the several charitable, penal and re
formatory institutions as follows:
nospital tor me insane,; sloh,uuo,
northern hospital, SIo.j,OUU; school for
the deaf, sßs,uuo; school lor the blind,
$6o,000; industrial school lor boys,
$iio,000; prison, sio,oou; state public
school, $85,00u; home for cue feeble
minded, $<5,000; state reformatory,
SIOO,OOO.
Among the bills introduced in tile
assembly were: By Mr. oarau, pro
viding tor a salary for register ol
deeds, sherills and clerks of court.
By Mr. Zinn, placing the taxation on
street railways back on the old system
which was repealed four years ago.
Instead of the license fee on gross re
ceipts, as at present, the bill provides
for the taxation as on other property.
by Mr. Vandercook, appropriating
$2,000 to the govenor’s contingent,
fund; also Sb,OOU for the purchase oi
stationery for the state.
By Mr. Germer, to increase the Wis
consin cranberry barrel to the size of
the eastern or Cape Cod barrel, it
bolding now about a peck less.
By Mr. Morgan, to provide for tha
appointment of a state commissioner
of public roads.
By Mr. Well3, authorizing the City
bank of Portage to reduce its capital
stock from SIOO,OOO to $50,000.
By Mr. Thomas, providing a bounty
for the killing of wild animals and re
pealing conflicting laws.
by Mr. Morse, placing the construc
tion, maintenance and care of high
ways in the hands of public commis
sioners, state, county and town, and
pioviding for ihe right to build bicycle
paths.
By Mr. Orton, making the appropri
ations to educational Institutions spe
cific instead of on a percentage basis.
Ihe aim of the bill is to make the
wealthier portions of the state in a
fuller measure assist the poorer. By
the present system of the 17-40 mill
tax the university receives about $255,-
000, by the 1 per cent, on license fees,
$13,000. Mr. Orton’s bill provides an
annual appropriation to the university
of $268,000. For 'he normal schools it
also provides an annual appropriation
of $190,000, instead of the present r 9-60
mill tax. The next provision of the
bill is an annual appropriation of
$600,000 for the common schools, in
place of the one-mill tax.
Madison, Feb. 7. —In the upper house
Senator Knudcon, who was a member
of the second Wisconsin volunteers,
introduced a joint resolution which
was adopted by rising vote, tendering
thanks to the citizens of Charleston,
S. C., for their kindness to the soldiers
of the second ana third Wisconsin
regiments while in camp there. Five
appointments were reported from the
executive office, one by Acting Gov
ernor Jes6e Stone, of Uustav Wollaeger
of Milwaukee to succeed Charles Pit
telkow as a member of the board of
normal regents. The other four ap
pointments, by Gov. Scofle.d, were:
Halford Erickson of Superior to suc
ceed himself as labor commission.r,
term ending the first Monday in Feb
ruary, 1901; as members of the state
board of normal regents for the term
ending In 1902, J. J. Fruit, of La
Crosse, Thomas Jenkins of Piatteville
and Freeman Lord of River Falls, all
to succeed themselves. Among the
bills were : by Senator Weed, requir
ing that registers of deeds and clerks
of circuit and county courts be put on
salary instead of receiving fees.
By Senator Whitman, requiring that
the public buildings erected by the
state be built with \Wsconsin material.
By Senator Green* providing that
domestic insurance companies shall be
taxed the same as other corporations
and that “outside’* companies pay 5
per cent, on gross earnings in the
state; they now pay 2 per cent.
by Senator Welton, authorizing cit
ies to acquire lands for park, drive
and boulevard purposes.
By Senator Whitehead, requiring
employers of females in any manufac
turing, mechanical or mercantile es
tablishment to provide seats for the
use of such females when not on sc
live duty.
By Senator Knudson, to prevent in
surance companies from insuring
property in localities where they have
local agents except through such
agents.
By Senator WwoTwordl, amending
the statutes fixing the salaries of offi- i
cers and employee in the state prison.
No change is made in the salaries, but
there is a provision for fixing the sal
aries of employes according to whether
or not they board In the prison.
By Senator Roehr, requiring that
cigar factories be kept 1n sanitary
condition, and that no minor under 18
ahall be employed.
By Senator Weed, putting every
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The senate resolution callß
gress to throw out Roberta,!
w; \ e.l Mormon ivpre.setat^HHH
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:in-re was q.;,:e a number of "tHH
Mr. Logan introduced three ■■
Lons relative to 'he
feature of labor troubles. 'nußl/-_'J
vide, .ha; tile circuit courts and BBS
shall have exclusive jur.sd;e:ionWSß|
suing injunctions in relation to sHHH
boycotts, lockouts, etc. la.
function also of supreme
judges); that the supreme court ■lfl
have reviewing and appellate jtir : .B|||
tion in such cases; ana
jury trial in injunction cases. OnHH
the most Imnortant bills introdußl
was by Mr. Keene of Milwaukee.
along the line of the English local g<H
eminent board, and compels all citH
and other communities putting in seß
erage or water plants to first get til
expert’s approval of their plans by ttfl
state board of health. To the lattel
SI,OOO is appropriated. Other bills in*
troduced were:
By Mr. Keene, appropriating con
tingent fund against cholera and other
diseases —the sum of $50,000 for two
years; also prohibiting transportation
of corpses, dead of smallpox, yellow
fever, typhus fever and • certain dis
eases; with sharp regulations as to
bodies dead of other diseases.
By Mr. Anderson, giving villages the
same rights as towns to county aid in
bridge building.
By Mr. Killilea, repealing the civil
service laws in Milwaukee.
By Mr. Dresser, acquiring state park
lands in St. Croix and Polk counties.
The bill carries SIO,OOO for an inter
state park.
Madison Feb. 8. —In the senate bills
were introduced:
By Senator Welton, to discharge the
judgment recovered against the Na
tional Accident society, of New York,
for back fees; the amount is $2,049.35.
By Senator Mailer, requiring plans
of water and sewer systems to be sub
mitted to the state board of health,
providing a cholera contingent fund,
and regulating the tranepoi tation of
corpses.
By Senator Mills, repealing the law
fixing license fees for street railway
and electric light and power com
panies instead of taxing them.
By Senator Knudson, giving trustees
of county insane asylums authority to
bring actions in the name of the
county in certain cases.
By Senator M< Gill'ivray, regulating
the sale of patent medicin'es, requiring
the printing of the ingredients on the
wrappers.
By Senator Green, relative to the
forfeiture clause in insurance policies.
It provides that violation of condi
tions shall not work a forfeiture of
the policy unless the company is in
jured thereby.
Senator McGill'ivray Introduced a
novel bill providing that the state
patronage be divided among the coun
ties of the state according to popula
tion.
Among the bills introduced In the
assembly were the following:
By Mr. Keene, making hours when
polls are open at judicial elections uni
form with general elections.
By Mr. Parker, refunding S7OO to Be
loit school, spent in mandamus pro
ceedings, growing out of state board
of health requiring vaccination.
By Mr. Polley, relative to support
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Wise people are also rich
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eases of the blood, kidneys,
liver and bowels. It is
Hood's Sarsaparilla, which
is perfect in its action. It
so regulates the entire sys
tem as to bring vigorous
health. It never disappoints.
Goitre - “ For 42 years I had goitre, or
swellings on my neck, which was dis
couraging and troublesome. Rheumatism
also annoyed me. Hood’s Sarsaparilla
cured me completely and the swelling has
entirely disappeard. A lady in Michigan
saw my previous testimonial and used
Hood's and was entirely cured of the same
trouble. She thanked me for recommend
ing it." Mrs. Anna Scthebland, 406 Lovel
Street, Kalamazoo, Mich.
Poor Health “Had poor health for
years, pains in shoulders, back and hips,
with constant hedaehe, nervousness and
no appetite. Useo Hood's Sarsaparilla,
gained strength and can work hard all day;
eat heartily and sleep well. I took it be
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Elizabeth J. GirrELS, Moose Lake, Minn.
Makes Weak Strong-” I would giTe
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180 W/NCH£ST£B Ave ten Ha :n Coin
of indigent soldieis and marines. At
present aldermen recommend
dates for relief from the county fund*
The bill substitutes supervisors, r"
By Mr. Mosher, relative to copntv
aid in bridge construction. I
By Mr. Fogo, conferring addikona!
power on trustees of county insane
and poor asylums.
By Mr. Gawin, providing the penalty
for stealing of bicycles of $5O to $2OO.
Mr. Orton introduced a bill taxing
railroads. T T nder the present law rail
roads are taxed in six classes. This
bill makes two classes. The present
taxes run from 4 per cent, to 2% per
cent, to $5 mile for companies of small
earnings. The new bill proposes for
the first class ($3,000 a mile gross in
come or over) 4 per cent.; all other
lines in second class, at 3% per cent
Mr. Vandercook introduced a Dill
putting licenses for sale of cigarettes
at $lOO.
Mr. Rasmussen introduced two bills
that will bring a protest from the cor
porations. One puts all corporations
(as logging companies) that hare
plants on a footing with railroads, as
respects the causing of fires; and an
other provides that In a suit for dam
ages by fire along railroad tracks, the
burden of proof Is shifted from plain
tiff to defendant. Fire along the track
is presumptive evidence that the loco
motive did It.
Mr. Dodge introduced a bill prevent
ing the sale of liquor within one mile
of the grounds of the soldiers’ home
in Milwaukee.
Mr. Harvey offered a bill increas
ing the maximum penalty for mayhem
from five years to fifteen years, or a
fine of from $5OO to $5,000.
Mr. Dange introduced bills to repeal
the corrupt practices act, and to shat
ter civil service reform in fire and po
lice in titles like Madison and Osh
kosh.
PHOTOGRAPHING HIGH OBJECTS.
Officers of the Italian engineer corps
are making effective use of the tele
scopic objective in taking photographs
of objects high above the ground.
Among other things they have been
enabled to discover trench bat ..tries
in the Alps which had not been kpown
to exist before that and to make pho
tographs of their external construc
tion. The application of the telescopic
lenses for 3uch purposes was demon
strated for the first t-me when the
scaffolding was built on top of the
dome of St. Peter’s 1n Rome to repair
the lightning rod. Despite the great
height, an excellent photograph was
made of the scaffolding, showing a
man in clear detail at the top.
The North American, published in
Philadelphia, is usually considered to
be entitled to the distinction of being
the oldest newspaper now published in
the United States. It is a continua
tion of the Pennsylvania Gaxette. i
which w3 founded by Benjamin
Franklin in 1729. In 1745 it was
merged in another paper, and took the
name of North American, under wfclob ,
title it Is still issued. XJM