YOL. 11. NO. 3. . TWIN CITY NEWS. MINNEAPOLIS. THE ORIENTAL NATIONAL FAIR OF ST. PETER'S CHURCH under the auspices of the Wayman Home Circle, will commence April 2nd, 1900, at St. Peters A. M. E. Church, 22nd St. and gth Ave.'So. The commit tee in charge has arranged to make the fair the reé‘ letter event in the church's history, and to this end they offer the following prizes to those selling tickets for the fair, or otherwise raising money to apply on the church mortgage fund, Ist prize, a fine upright grand Kimball piano, retailed at g 350: 2nd prize, lady's writing desk or its equivalent in value, at the option of the winner; 3rd, mahog any rocking chair, or its equivalent in va{uc. at the option of the winner. The giving of the first prize is upon the con dition that the aggregate amount turned in from all the contestants exceeds $2OO. All persons desiring to enter the con test will hand their names in to W. W. Tucker, secretary of the committee. The young people of the Mission are arranging for a concert March 21st. Rev. J. Will King will preach from the subject “The Wonderful Woman,” Sunday evening, March 11. Special mu sic will be furnished by the choir. Go to Miller’s, Fiith street and Nic ollet avenue, for your photographs. For good cigars call at W. S. Con rad’s, corner of First avenue south and Fourt hstreet. He will suit you. . The Advance Restaurant, 214 Wash ington avenue south, is up to date in service and equipment. If you want a good meal in a clean place don't fail to go to the Advance Restaurant. Go to John L. Neal, Real Estate, l.oans and Insurance, 622 Boston Block. Furnished rooms, 411 Fourth ave nue south. The members of St. Thomas Episco pal mission leased a church building on the corner of sth avenue south and gth street, which will hereafter be their place of worship. All are cordially in vited. To raise thirteen hundred dollars is the next popular thing in church cir cles. This enterprise fiaas been under taken by the Wayman Home Circle of St. Peter’'s. The amount mentioned is the mortgage, which, by faithiul effort, they expect to raise the first week in May. Mrs. Lena Mason will begin a se: ries of meetings next week. : church and friends of Mrs. Willie Gil bert, who will return to her former home in Chicago, tendered her a very pleasant surprise on Monday evening, March sth. Refreshments were in abundance and a very enjoyable evening was spent. She will leave tor Chicago Friday evening. Dr. R. S. Brown has purchased a new electric battery of superior quality, He is ready to extend application to any case which requires electric treat ment. Give the doctor a call if you (vjvish electric treatment. He is up to ate, The A. M. E. O. C. will have their first annual sermon preached at St. Pet er's church on Sunday, March 18, 1900, at 3 p. m., by Rev. {h’s. Lena Mason. Mr. Wm. Smith angdd Miss Ella Plun kett, of Baton Rouge, lLa., were mar ried by Rev. King recently. Mrs. Smith will be remembered as being one of the ladies from the South who cre ated discussion among local Afro- Americans. Mr. and Mrs. Smith re side at 913 Mary place, with Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Brooks. Rev. J. Will King will preach at the mission Sunday evening. The subject, the “Wonderful Woman.” Mrs. J. T. Monroe will sing. Many on the sick list this week. Lit tle Tolord King is quite sick with ty phoid fever. Mrs. Joyde down with throat trouble. Mrs. Della Wright is quite sick also. There will be a green sash supper at the Mission Friday evening, March 16th, by the Green Sash Committee. Supper 15¢, from 6 p. m. to 11 p. m Come and have a good time. The Young People’s concert, Wed nesday, March 21st, at which time ten girls and ten boys will drill against each other, for tie cake. Admussion 10c at the Mission hall, 407 Fiith avenue south. Quarterly meeting Sunday, March 18th, at St. James, East Side; preaching at the Mission, as usual, at night, DIED SUDDENLY. Mrs. Frances Brady, wife of Officer Mack Brady, died :uddenly while at tending services at St. Charles’ Catholic church, Friday evening, March 2nd. Mr. and Mrs. Brady arrived at above church at 8 o'clack, the latter apparently sound and healthy, but in 20 minutes after ar rival Mrs. Brady passed away in the arms of her husband. Supposition, heart faiiure. Mrs. Brady was 77 years of age, yet she looked less than sO. Married 43 years, and one son the re sult of the unton. Mrs. Brady's friends were legion, perhaps as many whites as colored. She was loved for her sim plicity and not only her direct relatives will miss her, but the community at large will mourn the vacant place she has left in society. Mrs. Brady was buried from St Charles’ Catholic church, Monday morning. Rev. Father Cleary, the c!oq\gmh and schnlm"iy priest, officiating. igh mass was cele brated in full on this occasion. De posited in St. Mary's cemetery at 11 o'clock all that remained mortal of Frances Brady. To mourn her loss is left a devoted husband. son George and family, adopted daughter, Nellie, and family, and many others. The pall bearers were Messrs. Addison Davis, St Paul; Cassius Harper, E, T. Fite, { 1. Neal, ‘im Cheatham, Editor J, C. Reid The Advance extends to the bereaved s sympathy, 3--.!1. sngrily}—*You know that a fool can fl‘?nhcu thta: wise man can't sowwer, dou't you®” Her 'ls—"l've heard -2 but | m’hn it uzi.. pow."—Boston ST. PAUL. Correspondence, letters, etc., must reach us by Wednesday for publication. 305 Thomas street. . Mrs. John Godirey has moved from 502 St. Peter street to 361 Sibley street, and is better prepared in every way to satisfy her regular patrons and to cater to new ones, Tfie place s large and roomy. She can not only serve you with meals, but can accom modate you with a nice, clean, warm room. The “Advance” is prepared to do your job printing of afl kinds at rea sonable rates. Remember the place, 303 Thomas street. Kindly keep in mind that any item of news, social or other wise, that you wish to publish will re cleive attention at 395 Thomas street aiso. THE ORIENTAL HAIR PAR JLLORS, on the corner of Seventh and Sibley streets, room 205, Krahmer block, is the place to go for all kinds of fashionable hair dressing, ete. Straight ening hair and scalp treatment a spe cialty. Hair work done to order. Calls made at residences, Prices made satis factory. Mrs. E. J. Allen, proprietor. Revival services at St. James A. M. E. church are growing in interest, many are being converted and coming into the church. The meetings will con tinue for some time yet, Mrs. Cora Smith has returned to the city from Duluth. Mrs. J. B. White, 567 Broadway, came in irom the West quite sick. Rev. Lena Mason is holding meetings in the city under the management of the Salvation Army, at 206 East Sev enth street. Mrs, N. Brown still remains sick at the residence of her sister, Mrs. Allen French, 178 East Tenth street. Mrs. H. C. Covington lies very ill at St. Joseph's Hospital, suffering from an abscess in the throat. Mr. James Thompson, for years em ployed at the Ryan Hotel as waiter, left Friday evening for the East. Mr. Thompson intends to visit Paris and the World's Fair before returning West, Biddle Circle Ladies of the G. A. R. are making preparations to give an en tertainment of a very high order at Gar field Post Hall, Grand block. on Fri day evening, March 23 admission 15 cents. Full particulars later on. The Circle has from time to time given little social affairs free to their friends. Now Wil be your timé to return the com pliment by coming out in large num bers and help a worthy cause, Mrs. J. B. Johnson has moved from Summit Place to 217 Carroll street, where she will be at home to her many friends. Sunday, March 11, will be quarterly meeting day at St. James A. M. E. church. Rev. Jason Bundy, the presid ing elder, will be on hand, and with Mrs. Myers and Rev. J. C. Anderson, assisted by the Minneapolis force, Rev. King and Brooks, a wonderful time 15 expected, The Rev. D. S. Orner, oi Pilgrim Baptist church, has tendered his resig nation to the officers of said church, to take place immediately. The reason for his action at this time 1s on ac count of the sickness of his wife, who must be carried to a different climate if she would "gain her health., Both Rev. Orner and Mrs. Orner have a host of firiends who will miss them greatly and will pray for their success wherever they go. The death of Rt. Rev. Mahlon N. Gilbert, late bishop coadjutor of Min nesota, was a sad blow to his church in general, but more particularly to his hit tle mission on Rice street, known as St. Philips Mission. The bishop was universally loved by every member of the mission. He was more to them than a spiritual leader; he was their friend and elder brother. His last talk with his “little mission"” people was one of good cheer and high hopes of their new church, soon to be erected, etc. POLITICAL CORNER. The political pot will soon be at the boiling point. Candidates are bobbing up here and there of all sorts and col- Ors, If what we heard at a little commit tee meeting be the sentiment of the head pushers of the Eighth ward, we can positively say that there will be a couple of colored men in the race for constable; one a Democrat, the other a Republican. Aldermanic fights are growing warm. Never, since the late J. K. Hilyard was defeated for alderman at large, sofhe ten years ago, has another “brother in black™ had the nerve to want lond to be alderman. You give the white brather your vote. what is the matter with asking for his vote? CORRESPONDENCE. Editor Afro-American Advance: Dear Sir.—lt has come to our notice that quite a few people are under the impression, owing to the location of our place of business, that it is unfit for their patronage, or, is run by men not wor thy of their patronage Please permit us, through your paper, to say that our place 1s one of the most respectable places in oor aity. And we can furthermore say that we have some of the maost prominent and respectable men and women to visit and g:roaiu us. We want all persons to r in mind that we are here to stay, with the intention to do business in a business way. That is, to treat all alike, It we fall let us fall trying to do nght If we rise we intend to rise in the night So as we have done in the past we intend to do in the future, FExtending our nvitation to the public to visit and wrmamum. oft : espectinlly MA!%R & KOGER, Props. Advance Cale. 214 Washington Av. 8o MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL, MINN.,, SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1900, ANKIOUS ABOUT TREATY. France to Be Asked to Extend Time for Ratification of Reciproc ity Pact. [IME AS NOW FIXED EXPIRES MARCH 24 Believed That the Treaty Would Be Defeated If Pushed te a Vote at the Present Time=House Wil Vote on Financial Bill Next Tues day. Washington, March 9. — Several con ferences were held with the president Thursday, on the pending reciprocity treaty with France, with the result, it is thought, that the French govern ment will be communicated with on the proposition to extend the time for its final ratification or rejection. By the terms of the treaty, action must be taken thereon before the 24th of the present menth, and it is the opinion of many prominent members of congress that if pushed to a vote at this session the treaty will fail, hence there is an effort being made to secure a postpone ment until the terms of the treaty can be more fully considered. Senators Sewell and Kean, of New Jersey, both opponents of the treaty, and Senator Platt, of New York, saw the President Thursday and later Secretary Hay called. = Sennte. Washington, March 9. — In the sen ate Thursday a econcurrent resolution INTERIOR PLANS OF THE JOHANNESBURG FORT. Showing the 23-Contimeter Quick Firing Gan in Bastion, Commanding the Pretorin Road. Machine Guns Are Also Emplaced in Ench of the Clre~ cular Redoubts, offered by Senator Culberson (Tex.), directing the secretary of war to re port a survey and an estimate of vost for improving the main shipchannel in Sabine Pass, Texas, was ndopted. When the routine business had been concluded Senator Mason (111), in accordance with the notice he gave Wednesday, moved to discharge the committes on foreign relations from further consideration of his resolution introduced December 6, last, express ing sympathy for the Boers. Under the rules the motion went over until Fri day. i To Vote Next Tuesdny. Washington, March 9. — At the open ing session of the house Thursday Mr. Overstreet (Ind.), in charge of the con ference report upon the financial bill, gave notice that he would call up the report next Tuesday. By unanimous consent it was agreed that the vote on the report should be taken at 4:30 Tuesday afternoon. The debate upon the contested elee tion case of Aldrich vs. Robbins, from the Fourth Alabama district, which was interrupted Wednesday by the ad journment out of respect to the mem ory of the late Representative Harmer, of Pennsylvania, was then resumed un der the agreement that the vote should be taken at 2:20 p. m. Mr. Hamilton (Mich.) addressed the house in behalf of the claim of the contestant, Mr. Aldrich, Robbins Is Unseated, The minority resolution declaring Mr. Robbins entitled to retain his seat was defeated, 134 to 138, by a strict party vote. The majority resolntion declaring Mr. Aldrich the contestant, entitied to the seat, was adopted, 142 to 135, Bill Ordered Reported. Washington, March 9.--The house committee on merchant marine and fisheries held an extended session Thursday with a view to completing the shipping subsidy bill which has been under consideration for some time. By a vote of 10 to 5 the bill was or dered reported. Diseuss the Ment BilL, Berlin, March 9.—The reichstag de bated the meat inspection bill on its second reading. Paragraphs 1, 2 and 14 were taken up first and con sidere® conjointly. Herr Gerstenberg er, on behalf of the centrists, said he thought the measure unprejudicial to industry, while it was beneficial to the health of the people and agricul ture. Herr Frize, radical-union, said he considered that no such blow had ever been struck at trade, industry and navigation as by the meat bill, the objlect of which he asserted was the exploitation of the working classes in favor of the agrarians. Mrs. Anmell Serionsly NI New York, March 9~ Mre. J. B. An gell, wife of the president of the Uni versity of Michigan and ex-minister to Turkey, is seriously ill at the home of friends in this city. Mrf Angell suffered a stroke of appopiexy while on a trein on the way to this eity from sunapoiis last Monday, STILL ON STAND. . ——— Cross-Examinat of James P. Sov ereign by Huse Committee Produdes Noihing New, Wa-hlngton.‘ x;l‘l‘h V~James P, Sovereign continued his testimony at the Coeur d'Aleng investigation be fore the house committee on military affairs Thursday, Ovwing to Represent ative Lentz's ab#ence in New York, Representgtive B%.ML of Texas, di rected the examin®tion and the cross examination was participated in by all the members of the committee, Mr. Sovereign sestified that the miners' union was not responsible for the publications written by him, which had been ntroduced as evi denee. The cross-examdnation took Mr Sovereign over the vieiting events at tending the blowldg up of the Bunker Hill concentrator, mnd the witness was made to ife in minute detail the circumstane s of the affair, the explosions, sh g ete. In the main this was an elaboftion of the direct testimony previ v given. He said the masks worn By the men were of ordinary cloth i holes eut out for the eyes. 5 Mr. Sovereign sald the “scabs™ fa. vorable to the mine showed cownrd ice and ran away, although a shot from them into the «tock of dynamite would have destroycd it hefore the mob could have used it in blowing up the Bunker Hill mill. e declared that the “chip on the shonlder” atti tude of the mine ovwuers in diserim inating against owgunized labor, had preeipitated the trouble. The witness sald the same aggra- vated conditions would eause a repe tition of the trouble, and in anticipa tion of it the Bunker Hill company had built a Morro castle with loop holes for Gatling guns. PARIS THEATER BURNED. The Magunifieent Play House Is De stroyed by Fire=Firemen tn nble to Cope with Blaze, Paris, Mareh 9. -The famous The ater Franeais has been destroyed by fire. The fire broke out at about noon but was not diseovered immediately, with the result that the theater was burn ing furiously before the fire brigade got to work. Even then the applionces were quite inadequate to eope with the eonflagration, and by 1:30 p. m. the in terior of the building was a roaring furnaee. The dense eolumn of smoke arising from the fire attracted crowds from all parts of Paris, especially when the news epread that it was the Thea ter Francais that was on fire, it being regarded as a national institution. The theater stands almost isolated with a square in frort and the gardens of the Palais Royal behind. Both of these spaces were thromnged with peo ple. After examination, belief is ex pressed that the fire was of incendiary origin. Plying Vox Sold. London, March %At the sale of the late duke of Westminster's string of race horses, whieh took place Thursday at Kingselere, Fiying Fox winneg in 1809 of the Derby, the 2,000 guineas, the Eelipse stakes and the Donecaster St. Leger, was pur chased by Edward Blanc for 37500 guineas (about $19.900). Blanc is the son of the founder of Monte Carlo and brother-in-law of HRoland Dons parte. Three Sons Drowned. Bt. Louis, March 9.—A special to the Post-Dispateh from Champaign, 11, says that three sons of Jacoh Zeigler, a farmer, living north of there fell through the jee in a ecreek and drowned while looking for stovewnod, The bodies of the children, all of whom are less than nine years of age have not been recovered. Bevolt in Ssnte Dominge. fanto Domingo, March 9. - The gov ernment bhas apparently discovered that a politieal movement in opposi tion to it ia in progress. Gen. Pepin, the former governor of Bantiago de ion Cabelleres, has resolted against the government and government troops have been sent agsinst him. Renominnted. Richmond, Ind., March 9. The re publican eongressional convention of the Sixth district rencminated Hep resenintive James E. Watson by ac elamation. Whipping Set Favered. Berlin, Mareh 9. The reichatsg has tabled the motion to reintraduce whipping as & Jegal punishment. (UEEN GOES 10 IONDON Most Enthusiastic Demonstration by City on Her Arrival at Buck ingham Palace. GEN. ROBERTS CAPTURES A KRUPP GUN, Continued Suecess of His Forees with Small Casunlties~Deplorable Con ditions Sald to Exist nt Mafeking ~Stckness, Short Ratlions and Boer BHullets Make Life Miserable, ‘ London, March 9. The queen's ar rival in London and the commence ment of her visit to the metropolis were marked by seenes of enthusinsm unparalleled since the jubilee cele bration. Throughout the demonstra tions there predominated a note of triumph and the cheers that made the murky streets ring were almost as much in honor of the British victories in South Africa as they were vocifer ous tributes of a loyal people to a monarch whose womanly sympathy has lgeen so strikingly shown since the war began, The royal party’s departure from Windsor was marked by more than ‘usual interest. For hours before the queen started for London erowds gathered in the streets, which had been announced as her route through the metropolis, and which were deco rated with flags. It was foggy and cold, but no one seemed to care, At Paddington the railroad sta tion had been cleared of the general public, but outside thousands of peo ple waited patiently, When the train from Windsor arvived at 12:30 p. m. a tremendous cheer went up, Her majes ty came down the sloping platform leaning on the arm of a turbaned In dian attendant, and entered an open landau, in which also sat Princess Henry of Battenberg and Princess Vietoria of Scehleswig-Holstein, They all wore black, and round her neck the queen had a sable collarette, From the packed sidewalks and from every avallable window came a continunous roar of cheers, while hun dreds of little flags were waved all the way to Buckingham palace. The side streets were packed ten, 20 and sometimes 100 deep, Hut it was around the palace itself that the chief throng gathered, By nine in the morning carringes, cabs and vehicles of every sort, people from fhe eity and the west end and distant parts of the gountry congregated In Bt, James park, which the palace fronts, Dy noon it was estimated that 50,000 peo ple were gathered about the gueen's town residence, waiting patiently, Shortly after noon the duke and duchess of York drove into the court vard and received an ovation, Mr. Chamberlain, the secretary of state for the eolonies, joined the distin guished threng in the courtyard un noticed, Later the duke pnd duchess of York appeared on a balcony in front of the palace, Ax time passed the crowds outside grew more dense and the peers and members of the house of commons trooped out of sight into the inner quadrangle, where they walted to re ecive the queen, Wild Demonstration at Palace, Then from Constitution hill came | the dull roar of distant cheers and the ery: “She is coming,” was passed from mouth to mouth, Now the roar wos taken up by those within the precinets of the palace Dack on their ereaking hinges flew the great gates and up went the royal standard. A patrol of police went by, there was o flash of steel as the life guardsmen and outriders trotted through the gates, and then all hats flew in the air, & mighty eheer arose and slowly there pussed a earringe on the back seat of which sat a little black figure, heavily velled and nod ding right and left, Suddenly, for the first time in the dny, the sun came out from behind the clouds and shone over the shouting thousands, and, pilercing the veil, it thowed happy smiles lighting up the aged monarch's face, It was a repeti tion of the scene of the jubilee gueen's weather in the truest sense of the words, still nodding vigorously, her majesty passed out of ight into the gquadran gle. There the peers and eommoners sawembled, sang “God Eave the Queen” snd her majesty entered the palace, Those who saw the gueen unveiled snid she looked remarkably well, The journey from Windsor and the long ride through the deafening din ex posed to the keett enst wind warx o trying experience for anyone, yet in epite of her great age the queen ap parently did not suffer any unusual fatigue. CAPTIHRES KRIPP GIN, Roberta Meporis Further Success- Clements Oceuples Sorvals Pont. London, March 9. Lord Roberts tel eyruphs that he has captured a Krupp gun and 8 number of tents and wag ons.. = The general also announces that Gen. Clements has occupied Norval's Pont. The following is the text of Lord Roberts’ dispateh: “Puplar Grove, March 2 Two brigades of cavairy, with horse artiliery ard Keliy- Kenny's division, marched to-day ten tfles castwards “The Boers were quite taken by sur grize yesterday. They moved off so hur tiedly that they Wt cocked dinners be bind. We captured 8 Krupp gun and several tents and wagons. The total can galtion wers. “RILLED-Lisuts. Keswick and Fries ek “WOUNDED-Lisuts. Batiey, of the Tweifth lancers, and Decrispigney, of the Bocond Lite guards, both seversiy, and Lisut. Bwith, of the Shropatiires, who is believed te have been picked up by a Boer ambulance. Two men were killed, 46 were wouikded and ome man is missing. “Gatacre reports that he intends oceus pying Burghersdorp to-day. “Repairs to the rallroads towards both Btormberg and Steynsberg are belng pushed. “Ulements mow occuples Norval's Pont, on the south bank of the Orange river, The bridge was blown up March 6 and the enemy are holding the north bank of the river, but not, it {a belleved, In any great strength” The full extent of Lord Roberts' success of Wednesday is not clear, but the best informed appear satisfied that it brings peace perceptibly near er. Experts anticipate that the burghers wiill make no further stand west of the Free State capital, and some of them even deduce from the fact that the Boer forces are divided and have retreated in different dirvec tions; that demoralization has set in, and that the Transvaal forees will next be found carefully intrenched in positions north of the Vaal river, while the bulk of the Free Staters will abandon the contest and sue for peace. Hoers Not Discounraged, Pretorin, March 9, - Secreary of State Reitz has issued war bulletins saying the Boers are not discouraged by reverses and will fight to the death, Gen. Pewet is now in command of the Boers north of the Modder, President Kruger has gone to Blo emfontein, presumably to settle the differences betwean the Transvanlers and the Free Staters, Oeeupy Hurgheradorp, London, March 8.-A specinl from Molteno says that the British oe cupied Burghersdorp anopposed on Wednesday night. Mafeking tn NSore Distreas, Mafeking, Feb, 19~ What may be typhoid malarvia has broken out in the women's langer, and dysentery, due to the absence of vegetables, is rife amony the garrison. We are thrown upon our own resources. Such luxe uries as we had are exhausted or have been commandesred for the hos. pitals, which are filled to overflowing. The children's graveyard, close to the women's lnager, grows weekly as the Young lives are cut short prematurely by shell and fever, We look with hope deferved for relief, The cheerfulness which was ehar acteristic of the early days of the siege has almost deserted us, the men preferring to remain al their posta rather than move about and work up an appetite which eannot be satis fiedl, The natives are in the worst plight. Those who are unable to ob tain work are allowed a small hand ful of meal daily. Many braving the danger wander about the town with gaunt and hungry faces in search of work which entitles them to an extra ration of meal. If they find work, they are generally too weak to per form it From their advanced posts the Boers rake the streetw amd market squnre, It s impossible to dodge their bullets, We have taken remarkable precautions, however, and the casoal ties, though heavy, are not what they might have been had less able men been at the head of affalrs, Even the headguarters mess fares seantily, Like saints under the altar we ery, “How long O Lord, how long ?" Two hundred and ninddy twh per wonge have been killed, wounded or died of digease, The garrison is so small that it would be eriminal to make its wv-nk_nrnu publie, but there in never wo much as a whisper, 1t anyone suggested the possibility of gurrender, it ix because we do not menn to get beaten, and we are cheer fully enduring the hardships of to day rather than to make a surrender in any degree possible to-morrow, TO UNITE. Socialistie Labor Party and Soecinl Demoeracy to Joln Hands and Nominnte Debhs for Prealdent. Indianapolis, ind,, March 0, -At the opening session of the national social democratie convention Thursiay the conferenee committes, composed of three representatives from the social istie lnbor purty and three representa tives of the social-democratie party, reported in favor of the amalgamation of the two parties. The report de elared that & unlon was necessary and expedient, The smalgamation seemed to Indi cate the unanimous nomination of Ku gene V. Debw, of Indians, for presi dent, and Joseph Harriman, of Califor nia, for viee president, Harriman said the arrangement would be satisfactory to him. MOB THE CONSULATE. Students at Hordenux After Attend. Ing & Pro-Hoer Muss Mevting Visit Helitioh Consulnie, Bordeaux, March 9. - Late Wednes day evening a number of students and others jssning from a pro-Boer meet ing marched to the British consulate, battered down the doors, shattered the windows with stones and then proceeded to the consul’s private res idence, where they indulged in a sim ilar demonstration. The police dizspersed the mob and srrested several of the leaders. The prefect of the Gironde, the mayor of Bordesus and the commissary of peo liee ealled on the eonsal Thursday wnd expressed their regret at the ocour rence. . Passed 8 Good Night, New Haven, Conn., Mareh 9 The physician in attendancs upon Edward 4. Pheips, ex-mivister 1o England, who has been ill for several weeks with puenmonis, ssid that the pa tient passed a good night and was resting comfortably. While there was no change for the worse in Mr. Phelps’ econdition, it could not be said that be had gained any strength, PRICE FIVE CENTS. FAVORED BY GEN WHEFLER He Would Give the Philippines a Territorial Form of Gov ernment. THINKS NATIVES ARE READY FOR IT, The General Gives His Impressions of Trade Possibilities in Orient-— Nelleves They Are Unlimited - United States on Edge of Krea of Inprecedented Prosperity. San Francisco, March 9.—~Gen. Jo seph Wheeler favors giving the Phil ippines a territorial form of govern ment. He said: “I belleve the people are ready for a cortain kind of self-government. They could be given the power to make laws under such a system of government as has been adopted for our territorien. The municipal governments are all in the hands of the natives, and they get along without trouble or friction. Under a ter ritorial form the islands could be best controiled Trade Possibilities, He reviews his impressions of trade possibilities in the orient as followed: “England, Rusata, Germany and France have braved war and pestilence in efforts to secure a share of the wealth which will come to them by commercial relations with these people. The treaty of peace cast upon us the responsibliity of sovers elgnty over from 5,000,000 to 11,000,000 people, together with the fstands which they in habit, containing an area three times that of our great and prosperous Empire state, “Very naturally there may be honest difference of opintons as to whether every thing has beon conducted during the two years In accordance with the highest wis dom and best possible judgment, but there should be no guestion among the American people as to the duty and wisdom of now uniting in & determined effort to take the situntion an It stands and to so conduct the affalrs of our country as to add the most to its glory, honor, welfare and pros perity. 1t is a friendly struggle for com mercial supremacy, In which our rival nations are using their best efforts, and 1 ay, lot un In & friendly but determined spirit use our best efforts also, Fnee to Face with Orient, “Our Pacific elftien are now face to face with the eastern shores of Asia. The Niearagun canal will bring our gulf ports nearer (o them than those of the Atlantie and Kurope, “With Muantia as n great depot ateamers trom that emporium could reach the com mercial ports of eastern Aslh as readily na 1 ean be done by English steamors from Hong-Kong “We must constder that about one-third the population of the earth ls conventrated in the eastern half of Asin and that the vast multitudes arve rapldly learning to apprecinte the advantages, and 1 might add the necessity, of bhigh civillzation, and they are alse loarning to realiss the eom fort which is enjoyed by the people of the most civilized nations, in the posses. #lon and use of the products, manufactures and mechanical developments which are there found, Need Products of Orlent, “Europe and Amertiea must purchase the allkn, teas, coffes, hemp, splees and prod vets of the handiwork of the people of the orlent, and this immense population needs articles which Amertoan farms and factories are producing cheaper and bet. ter than those which are produced any where else on earth, Cotton cloth such as fe manufactured In southern cotton milis in needed by the people of the sast to the enormous value of $4,000,000,000 1o §6,000,- K () “England with her navy has approached China by the sea and has established frm footholds at favorable locations on the coust. France has acquired possessions in Asla which contaln a population four times an groat, and an area nearly ten times as liarge, ns that of our Empire state. Kng land's domintons and dependencies in Asla now extend over an area of 1,600,000 sgusre miles and contuin a population of nearly 500,000, 000, Huseia siready has in Asia ter ritory excesding in area 6,000,000 sqguare miles and contalning over 10,000,000 people, “Port Arthur, the great commercial and war port, is firmiy In her grasp. This gives Hussin a power over Corea which will add miuch to her strength, The completion of the Trans-Biberian rallway and its branches, the opening of the Nicuragun canal and the anpexation of the Pacifie is fands to the United States will more thor. oughly revolutionize the commercial re latlons of the world than has ever been done by all other influences combined dur ing the last three centurios “It weoms to me that there s but - tie Hmit to the possibilities which are be fore us, and we are certainly justified in the bellef and Bope that the United States i on the edge of an era of unprecedeonted prosperity.' SIMPLE BUT IMPRESSIVE. Funeral of the Late Avchbhishop Men. neasy~An Fatlire Absence of Munie, Dubunque, In., March 9, - In a vault beside the remaing of his predecessors, Bishops Loras and Smyth, lie the re mains of John Hennessy, first arch bishop of Dubuque. The obsequies oc curred at ten o'clock Thursday morn ing and were of the simplest character, There were no flowers and no orns ments whatever, sven the high altar being stripped of everything except what was necersary in the celebration of mass. The same order was carried throughout the church, nothing ap pearing excepi the black and purple mourning drapery. There was also an entire alwence of music, only the volees of hundreds of priests being heard in the Gregorian chant; this was in ae cord with the dead prelate’s wish, Hather Chilly, Dublin, March 9.-The newspapers of this city give rather a chilling re- . ception to the announcement of the proposed visit of Queen Vietoria to Ireland next month, although the comments are perfectly courtecus, Received by Presideni. Washington, March 9.--The presi. dent received the members of the pure food and drug congress, now in sesslon here, to the number of 200 or more, ‘The presentations were made in the east room. fundusky on Nampage. Columbus, ~ March 9~A special saye: The Sandusky river is on a ram page and already great damage hus been done. The stream is the highest it has been for 15 years. E