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1000 36.2; ada, CENSUS SHOWS SMALLER FAMILIES. Statisticians Find Substantial Cause for Alarm. CONDITIONS OF LIFE CHANGED. Average Family To-Day Contains One Person Less Than That of Fifty Years Ago.—Parkhurst Deplores Decadence of Home. tee to New York.—Tho Reverend Doc tor Parkhurst, commenting on the president's attitude toward the present disinclination for largo fam ilies, said, among other things: As so-called clvilzation advances the size of families diminishes. Home was once a little republic; now it Is a place for eating and sleeping. Theo the children were at home except on a special occasion; now it takes a special occasion to bring them home. With the advancement of women in Industrial fields many of them bo come only men of tho feminine gen* der." as <1 4« * » I« a Washington.—Statisticians of the government aro now demonstrating tbat the number of children in American lamillcs is gradually de creasing, which fact is shown by figures, and to which Prcsi census dent Roosevelt called attention a day or two ago in a ringiog letter deploriog the tendency of men and to live lives of slnglo bles women sednc«s. According ta gaveramint statis tics the average siza of families in the United States hxs docreased steadily in tho last fifty years, census of 103 shows tha average siza of tho United Stites family to be In 1853 it was 5.6; in The i 7 persons. I860. 5.3; in 1870, 5.1; iu 18*3, 5; in 1890, 4.9. The average siza of tha Unitad States has inereisel since 1830 only in North Dakota, Smth Dakota and '.Oklahoma from 4.7 to 4.9, from 4.7 to 4.8, and from 4.1 to 4.G, respec tivel y. States In each of the remaining States ind territories tho average siza of tbe family has decreiuad slightly axcept in Connecticut and Rhode Island, where it has remained sta to tionary. There was an increisa in the iverage family sizz io 1330 from 1833 in all the States in tne western di vi-ioo and in tlioie of tbe Sauth At lantic and Southern Central di ly ian the veions. The dccreasi in practically all those States and Territories i§ due lor tbe rncit pirt to differences in tbe conditions of settlexeat now, as compared with twent y years ago. In newly settled communities the the average sizî of the family is mall at first, but increases steadily until a rnaxi as settlement goes on is reached, after which it de mum creases. The census bureau admits that its birth statistics are very ucsitisfac Most of tha comparisons are the birth rate und as tory. made between the death rate, and the percentages given in those conditions. The birth rate for the entire United States in 1893 pjr popu.ation was 26 9 10. 1039 oi pjpulatioc in 1933 27 2-10. In the northeastern di ure 1033 of The birth rate per was vision of States tbe birth rate per 1003 of population was as follows: and 1900, Connecticut, 22.3 and 24; Maine 17.6 and 21.1; Mas sachusetts 21.5 aud 24; New Hamp shire, 18 and 21.3; New 5 r ork, 23.3 nnd 24.2; RhoJe Islund, 22.3 and 24.3; Vermont 18.3 and 21.3. In the central and northern divis ions the average birth rate for 1900 25.9 and for 1890 it was 26.8. division the 1893 was In the souttern average birth rate was, in 1900, 31.5, and in 1890 it was 30.1. tne western birth rate per 1000 was 22.8 division the In average in 1900, and in 1890 it was 22.9. By tbe birth places of mothers of United States children these are the percentages showing the births per Reprieve to Doomed Man Little Rock.— Governor Da vis bas granted a reprieve of thirty days to James Ruffin and Joy Green, the ne have been who were to groes hanged at Star City, Lincoln coun ty, for the murder of Doc McGee. Green, in the jail at Star City, con fessed that be alone was guilty of the crime, and that Ruffin knew nothing of it._ Another Alliance Proposed. Panama.— Advices which reached here fiom San J oso, Co^ta Rico, say tbat a diplomatic mission from the republic of Salvador arrived at San Jose February 6, bringing several proposal* for the formation of a triple alliance between Salvador, Honduras and Costa 111100 against Guat*«aU* aud furmtr tbe pronl*' miUoa tot lb* union of tbe Central Aairllfttt MftlMlfi 1000 of population as based on the census of 1900 : Ireland, 317 per 1030; Germany, 36.2; England and Wales, 25.4; Can ada, 37.9; Scandinavia, 46.7; Scot land, 30,1; ltily, 60.9; France, 18.4; Hungary, 63.5; Bohemia, 57; Rus sia,64.6, and all othei countries 56.9. LITTLEFIELD BILL Receives Deep Consideration By the Committee on Judiciary. in Washington.—The senate commit tee on judiciary continued its con sideration of the trust question and "especially concerned in effort to eo amend the Littlefield bill not to make it burdensome to small corporations. It practically is the unanimous opinion of the com mittee that a bill should be enacted into law, but there is much differ to the phraseology to be employed. There is also practical Equnamity as to the desirability of making the proposed law apply to corporations which are capable of becoming oppresilvc iu their opera tions and are not extensive enough to require close supervsion. The committee is lied,n S a.fflculty .» defining a line of demarcation b» j the belief that | an was as euce as the members express a way will ba found ou t ot tha diffl cult, and that tho b.ll w.M I£ » modified us not to make it onerous unon small concerns. upon aman I Warlike Preparations. I Rome. I Italv was fully consulted m the course of tbe Lamdcrff Goluscbcwski conference on Mace- i doniuand promised to support the proposed action. Tbe scheme for demand for the j a reform includes a assembling of an international cou* gross to adjust the details. This will ISlTffil here they will remain while the rnnwress is in session. Orders have been given tc the Austrian Lloyds Steamship Company at Triests to be prepared at short notice to furnish sufficieot transports to convey ]. irî r C antiv to Dalmatia. Leave of absence bL been cancelled, the re s-rves have been warned and the railroads have been notified to be ru ith Urge bodies of be in w 5; 4.7 ready to deal w men and supplies. r» ,• • La Paz, Bolivia.—The Bohvtau j government has delivered itsjreply tha ultimatum presented by tbe Brziiian minister, Sanor Santos Lis Bolivia accepts unconditional Balivia Accepts Ultimstum. to ly but under protest, all the Brazil ian demands. The Bolivian expedi I tion, commanded by Gcaeral Paudo, the president, will not cross lati tude 10 degrees, 8 minutes, the ' south boundary of the contested territory. Therefore, it is not prob able that any collision between the , Brazilian aud Bolivian forces wil. occur. It is generally supposed here j the Acre revolutionists will is that ^ i I surrender their arms to the Brazil- j iaa troops immediately. | Salt Lake Ciy.—Reed Smoot it is | announced will go to Washington next week to present his credentials ; senator to succeed Senator R aw * j The protests against my be- J Smoot Goinj to Washington. its as di 1* lins. ing seated in the senate will makG difference with my plans." said! Mr. Smoot. "I expect to take my seat and 1 do not anticipate acy so . I see no reason Nothing can no of rious interference, why there should b?. be brought against me except tbat I member of the Mormon - Senator Carmack, | per 23.3 and 1900 the urn a church. Carmack's Dates. Washington. _February 23,will address a Dem ocratic club at Providence, R. 1., I an and on the day following he speaks banquet at Spriugfield, Mass., tbe Sons of the American at a given by Revolution. 1900, 22.8 Ladrones Play Havoc. Manila.—A hundred ladrones at tacked tbe town of Nojan, Island of Mindanao. Constabulary repulsed after a scattering fight wbict the of the per them lasted several hours, during wnich killed and one| one lad rone was wounded. Free Delivery Routes. Waebington.—Free delivery pos tal service will be extended ou Juue 1, next, to Crowley, La.; South Mc A lester, I. T„ and Hattiesburg, Miss. _; bas to ne been coun con of knew Pirates Captured. Consttinople.—Tbe British gun boat Harrier has captured in tht Red Sea three piran ships with their entire crews. Militia Data Requested. Washington.—Senator Morgan's resolution calling ou the secretary of tbe navy for the correspondence of naval officers, in Colombia a waters last year, has been reported favor ably by the senate committee on na val affirs with an araecdmsnt substi tuting tbo president for the secre tary and also making it s request to h« «QoioUaä with "If net Ucomp&th til with m pvfclll UtMfiit»." say the San several of a against pronl*' of TOPICS OF MOMENT FROM MISSISSIPPI. News of the Day and Notes by the Way in the Magnolia State. QUIET REIGNS ONCE MORE. in Counties Where Whltecap Troubles Prevailed.—An English Ship Carpenter in Fit of Insanity Accuses His Wife of Associating With "Jack the Ripper." some time to come, recently placed under bond by [judge Powell, is still in Brook haven. After consulting ttejodg« and d,strict attorney K» ont tor j home He had not | ever, before he lost heart and rode | counties state that the White Caps I in both counties are thoroughly frightened by the prosecutions that have been instituted, and are main-1 Citizens of Franklin and Lincoln ly concerned in keeping out of the toils of the law. They are not med itating any further outbreaks for Cur Jack witnesses -.nj lis, one of the main the case ogainat the men who were 1 back to town and expr«ised his in tent» » to around "«»**"* J,' 1 " ^ negro Stewart Fairman, ana ro on< I ^ offlcor8 know where he can I be found. Tne men who were placed under bond have sent word to bitn to come on out home, aa t icy i do not intend to harm um, u e j sent them word that he was.su or- I Ung from pneumonia and® r j to undertake the trip. e j them for their courtesy, however. The collection of the notes give. for subscriptions to the endowment i fund of Mississippi College is going on well. The whole amount sub be scribed was about $60,000, and it j was to be paid in five annual pay-j ajments. Already about one-third of of the amount has boen collected and re- President Lowrey believes that by the the beginning of next year at least be one-half will have been paid. Many of people are paying in advance. All the notes are good, however, and by January, 1995, the endowment for the college will be raised to $100, 000. The institution bad $40,000 j * starte( j out to raise the ad ^ tG0 0(M) . tbe Lis Endowmen Subscriptions. Clinton College is Baptist school and one of the old institutions of learning in the The raising of the endow-1 est State. _ ment is thus a work undertaken I strictly by tbe denomination. The fop thig year i s about lati- ^ highest ou record. the ' • of Tried to Poison Rival. Quite a sensational case came up a t Canton a few days ago. The evi j ence brought out the facts that yym iam McKie, a negro, had at Cebe Reid, an I tempted to poison j Qtber negro> Both men were in love | tbo woman. McKie bought a pint of whiskey and gave It to one of bis friends and instruct | ed hin; t0 g i ve Reid a drink, warn ing tbo friend not to drink any of ; W hiskey himself. Reid was given j the whiskey and the warning, with J tbe reau n that the bottle of whiskey taken to the mayor, who had it ana i yze d. Finding strychnine in it, kj ayor Yandel committed McKie to N ail ' tc awP it an analysis from tbe Stot3 co ll e ge. -— was Logger Drowned. Mr. Forbes, of the FordsviHe neighborhood, about eighteen miles southwest of Columbia, while en- gaged in floating logs dowu Sweet- | water Creek to Pearl river, stepped log which turned with him and As he I threw him into the water. swimmer he was on a was but a poir unable to save himself. A negro | jumped into the water to rescue Forbes, but the drowning man struggled so frantically that the ne gro barely escaped drowning him self. However, he succeeded in bringing tbe body of Forbes to ths bank, where all efforts to revive the unfortunate young man proved fu Forbes was about 30 years of He leaves a wife and several a ß e - tile. children. Arbitrators to Settle. With a v k cw of settling the differ between contractor Larken ences and Architect Gininini, who built the new city hall, the mayor and aldermon of Vicksburg have decid ed to appoint a board cf arbitration, consisting of three members, one lor the city, one for the contractor and the third to be selected by the first two appointed, if ^differences cannot be arranged. Deputy Collector for Gulfport. It is good news to the Gulfport business men that a deputy collector is to be appointed for that port, will be in keeping with tho progress cf She town. _ Collins to Have Light Plant. The Collins Light and Fewer Company 1» btlng crgaoUed ut Col lto* by Jwa) capital lor ih* purpose ItMtslllAtf w lUetrli light Md to lt Saw Hanging of John Brown. It is a fact not generally known that Hinde county bas two officials who were present and witnessed the execution of the famous John Brown at Charleston, Va. officials are County Superintendent of Education C. S. North, of Kay raond, and Sheriff R. J. Hardlug, of Jackson. Colonel Harding wus a youth at the time and a student of the Virginia Military Acudemy, and Mr. North was a boy, living on bis father's plantation, close to the spot where Brown gave up his life. These taken to the as ylum. Candidates Lining Up. ^ ^ t0 , is0 am] the ^ (<) bu(J and bird , be . t0 6ing , annou „ C emcnts for | t cHlccs ltu i,i Said Wife Was Dangerous. Edward Bundy, an English car penter. was taken before Judge An I de-teon, ut Vicksburg, few days ago, on habeas corpus proceedings and declared a monomaniac on the sub ject cf believing different people to He is be murderers and assassins, said to have written a.letter stating that he thought his wife dangerous woman, and stated in was a -.nj court that she was formerly with Bundy was 1 "Jack-the-Ripper. in- „ e8timal , (l tbat there will * 80U0 candidate, State, county, legislative an I beat, before the pri . «« pullad oB next August. Convocation at Yazoo City. The CO nvocation which icy wag ^ bave asscrab i e d in Yazoo City e j the time cf Bishop Thompson's or- I death, which necessitated a post "poncraent, took place in Trinity j cburc h, Y azoo City, on last Monday, i «ou. S. D. McNair, for the last eleven years t be cffiiccnt chancery sub- clerk of Jefferson county, and one it of tbe mosl popular men in the State pay-j ha3 announce d that he will be a can of dictate for railroad comraisisoner for and lhe Sout hern district. A number of clergymen from differ ent parts of the State were present. McNair for R. R. Commissioner. [n lhe Sout hern district. WhirfDiTaster A \\hart Disaster, The wharf cf N Seymour and Son, oyster dealers, of Ocean Springs, collapsed recently, precipitating fifteen men and boys into the bay. Fortunately the tide was low and nc oue was drowned. Several were more or less bruised by the fall, ;tc., the ?rn way ind — An application has been granted the Bank of Laurel to go into a Na ît is the bank's inten National Bank at Laurel. tional bank. tion to build a modern Dank build ing, the present bui.ding having been sold to the Laurel Y. M. C. A. Stubbs Ont for District Attorney. J. J. Stubbs, of Raleigh, Smith county, has authorized the an nouncement of his candidacy for dis trict attorney for the Eighth ju dicial district. He is now on a can vassing tour. % Remains of Young Hover Found. The remains of George Haver, the young man who was drowned in the Yazoo canal near Vicksburg some weeks ago,while returning in a skiff from a hunt, have been found. Ladies Will Edit Tiie Record. The Gulfport Circle of the King's Daughters will turn newspaper women for one day scon, edit, publish and circulate one issue of the Record. af They will BROTHER KILLS BROTHFR. Davidson Defends Sister at Cost of His Brother's Life. Memphis, Tenn.— A special from Charles t » Clarksville, Tenn., says: Davidson, who went to the Philip pines as a member of company H, First Tennessee volunteers, shot his brother Al, six times, killing him instantly. It is said that Al David went to his home and attacked son his sister and father with a knife. The girl ran to the home of Charles Davidson for assistance, and the lat ter armed himself with a revolver and went to his father's house. Al, it is claimed, attacked Charles with the knife, whereupon the latter tired six shots, all of which took, passing through AI's effect one heart. Stupendous Fraud. St. Louis.—Investigations into the failure of the get rich quick con cerns show that the swindle is tbe most gigantic in tho history of the Mere than $23,000,000 has turf. been lo 3 t by the customers of these so-called cooperative turf eompa nies, and it may be that the loss will foot up double that enormous sum. Students to Study Plague. Mexico.—Tha medical students from Mexico City, whe are coming to help fight tne plague, are expected this week. The bout cf tne board of health will take them off tbe steamer at g cocsiderable dis tance from this port. A w;ul known retail merchant at U Piedra Island ha* been removed to tbe lazarettc suffering from tbe pligue. Hi* .hop w*i burn*4, Oao of bl* clerk* e»f fiid tb« to th* Uiwci. Md Mazjtlin, lt TREND OF EVENTS AT WASHINfiTON. Transpiracies of Note, News and Views of National Interest. HOUSE HAS PASSED ELKINS BILL. Wqich is Said to Ba A Piece of Welcome News to Railroads, and Also to Small Shippers to Whom It Gives the Same Advantages Enjoyed by Larger Firms. . Washington.—Under the opera tion of a special order which cut off ipportunity to offer amendments, ;he house by a vote of 241 to 6. has passed the Elkins bill to probitit rebates to shippers. who voted against the bill Democrats. Mr. Littlefield, of The six mem oers were Maine,was present, but did not vote either the rule or tho bill. A jovernmeut official, who is in a po sition tospeuk with knowledge and this subject, said: >n îuthority on 'The Elkins bill will be gladly wel îomed by the railroads, as would that makes it illegal for iny measure •,bem to give rebates. At the same Time, this bill will prove a good ;bin s for the public as well as for ihe railroads, because it is for the .uterest of everyody that the same rate should be charged to all ship pers. The rate, as a general propo sition, injures the smaller shipper md benefits the large shipper. My jwn împressiou, however, is that at .he present time the payment of re bates is growing less and less every Anew division to be known as :he division of hydrology has re sently been organized in the hy ircgraphic branch of the United States geological survey. The work * this division will include ihe pothering and filing of well records jf all kinds, the su y o ind other problems relating ° * lerground waters, and the inve i nation of the s tratl f? ra P h y of the water bearing and associated rocks. [n addition to the gathering of sta tistics relating to the flow, cost, year. for nc ;tc., of the wells, it is hoped in the future to give especial attention to the geological features which gov ?rn or which are associated in any way to the supply of water. The division will be subdivided into two sections, the eastern and the west iin; the first embracing the Gulf ind Mississippi river State and the States to the east, aad the atccood — bracinc tho remaining, "Recla States and Territories, or The Na A. nation, those having public lands, charge of each section has beoc as signed to a geologist; the western iection to N. D. Darton, and tbe eastern to M. L. Fuller. The office charge of Mr. Fuller, an details are in The exchange of places between Col. Theodore A. Bingham, super intendent of the White Housï build ings and grounds, and Major Thomas W. Symons, who bas for I i been engaged on engi work at Buffalo, N. Y , Colonel - details are some years neering not unexpectedly. came Bingham was said to be wholly out af kev with ths new movement for the beautification of Washington, and, being of a combative tempera ent. has made the task of the esthetic reformers needlessly diffi cult. He had a design of his own for the enlargement of the White House which drew the tire of tbe American Institute of Architects, and was set aside in favor of Charles He also differed radic F. McKiao. ally with the Burnham commission f -f fnrthp nro ■the question of a site for the pro-1 posed memorial bridge, and also as to the treatment to be £ iv ® n £ the grounds south of the White House and sweeping down the Fotomae. on Herbert W. Bowen, Venezuela's representative in the peace negotia tion at Washington, has signed with each ot .he allie.' rcprc.entaUves here a protocol providing for the immediate raising of the Venezuelan blockade and for the reference of the question of preferential treat ment of the claims of tbe allies against Venezuela to The Hague Ar bitration Tribunal. The senate committee on corn agreed to report adversely merce tbe nomination of Dr. W. D. Cru#m be collector ot the port of Charl The vote on confirma to eston, S. C. tion was 6 to 8^___ The house committee ou public buildings and grounds is disposed let the present appropriation $200,000 for a public building site New Orleans stand and not recom mend an increase. General William Booth, mander-in-ebief of the Salvation Army, and his son-in-law, ComJ mander Booth-Tucker, in charge the work of the army in the United States, took luncheon with Presi dent Roosevelt, a few days ago. vited to meet the president 8 guests were member» of the cabinet »ome other distiogutehed men public ftfiilr*, Tho pretident take* ifai ilveUtit int*re*t in th* w*if*M m AfffiVi - cora Chairman Burrows, of the itoato committee cm privilege* and elec tions, has been authorised to report adversely upon the claim for back pay presented by the legal repre sentatives of senators from Southern States who entered coogress at the time of the reconstruction, amount ing to $86.000. These claims were made for the entire congress to I which the men were elected while at the time they were paid only from the time that the States were restored to their full rights. The speech delivered by Senator | p Morgan on the Statehood bill is said to have been a raàsterpiece and replete with information bearing this great question. It was the fir 3 t great speech delivered by the Alabama sage aince the suspension I is of discussion on the isthmian canal waterway. Mr. Morgan held that j has the question of giving statehood rights to the Tcrrit ries was net oue | the of politics. He l»ad voted, he said, for the admission of Washington be cause he believed it was his duty to do so, unmindful of what might be the political effect. . dead. off of on A po for tbe the one With on censure hand and ridicule on the other, the bill recently introduced by Senator I Hanna for the pensioning of ex slaves would seem to have a hard | road to travel. Among the latest as sailants of this piece of legislation is Representative De Armcnd of Mis souri. for the My at re A movement is on. to t to have ^ bill to pay the doc-1 congress pass a tors' bills incurred b7 the Spanish | soldiers as a result of their ser A measure is now war vice in Cuba. pending in tbe senate to pay the j as medical expenses of sick office« and re- enlisted men of the army while ab hy- sent from duty with leave or on fur lough. __ work T he principal issue storehouse of ihe I ^ ar8eDal at Rock . M been destroyed by (j re . The contente were valued at fo * , $i t 500,000 and included cavalry and i- * n J equipment and 1,000,000 1 the | rounds 0 ( Krag-Jorgenson smokeless rocks. sta cost, Major William Hancock Clark, I the el(le8t soa 0 j Captain William Clark, to q{ tbe Lewig and Clark expedition, gov- wU , have an important part in any op6ning the exposition at Portland The j a 1905 He j s a re8 ident of Wash- I two j ^ n g^ on west ammunition. STATEHOOD ADVOCATES WIN. ^ n g^ on _ I Tacked 0n To Postoffice I Bi " ™ Washington.-The senate oomrait- | J tee on postoffices and postroads bas j decided to amend the postoffice ap propriation bill by adding os amendment the omnibus statehood The vote on the motion to 8 to 5. Those who voted proposition are Elkins, I ^lltchell and Penrose, Republicans; and Clay, Culberson, Dubolse, Sim- I * mon3 and Taliaferro, Democrats. Those who voted in the negative were Beveridge, Deboe, Dollivtr, j and Proctor, all Republicans, Se ua t or Mason, chairman of tbe com rc ittee, presided and did not vote. at STATEHOOD ADVOCATES WIN. I bill. amend was for the au Cl . ... Morgan For Canal Commissioners. W ashington,.-W. S. Morgan, of Neville, has been presented to the pre8ident by the Tennessee delega tion ag an applicant for a place on tbe isthmian canal commission. Tbe prcs ident said he had', reached no (jgcision as to tbe commission yet, J j aad the field was still open, Ricotti Raising Troops. I H°me.-Gen. Ricoltt Marita. , . o£ the ot tbe great patriot who n]aed a force 0 f Italian voluu teer8 for Greece during the Greco Turkigh war, is organizing a voun | teer expedition to assist the Mace donians in the rising aghast Tur kish rule which is believed to be | pending, ^ ^ , New York.-Crowds of of had invested in the Arnold C P ny on going to tbe New York offices | to withdraw their accounts found tbe door locked and the rooms de «fc, serted. West Virginia Tragedy. Roanoke, Va.— John Frith shot and killed Witten Height and Frank Williams at Eckman, W. Va. Frith and Height were partners in a res taurant business at Welch, a few miles from Eckman. It was alleged by Height that he had-discovered Frith in his wife's chamber the pre vious niffht. to of in Contracting For Mote. Tacoma,Wash.— H. F. Krohnakyn, of Seoul, Korea, has arrived in Ta coma on his way to New York and Philadelphia to contract for idols tc be used in tbe heathen temples of his country. of and la take* In Seif c la Sofli, Sofia,—Bulgaria bus proclaimed several district* mi th* Maoe.onia* frontier to In U » it«t« «J it«««. NEWS OF THE DAY TERSELY RELATED. „„„re I WAVES FROM THE MAGIC WIRES Doings of a Busy World Told in Pointed Paragraphs. Condensed and Served While Hot To Our Readers in Labor Saving Slices.- Cream of Ute Dispatches From The | p 0 ur Quarters of the Globe. I is dead, j has passed the house, | the bill t(J pens i on ex-slaves, passed a law regulating child labor. fj be American legation will not attend the memorial services over The archduchess of Austria is dead. Field Marshal Sir John Simmons The Elkins railroad rebate bill Joe" Wheeler is in favor of Gen. legislature has Tbe Alabama tbe wreck of the Maine. I London exceed $165,000. Tbe preg i den t 0 f Salvador de | clareg thftt corap i e t e tranquility pre is Tbe forged J. P. Morgan notes in vails in tnat country. Premier Baltour is still trying to explain away the alliance against Venezuela. Yellow Tail won the Palace Hotel ^ stakes at Iugleside, but was disqual | tfied. It is hoped the senate committee will increase the appropriation for j j^ ew Orleans postoffice site. pres , dept Two Thunder Mountain mail car of rlers have been lost in the rroun . tein5> by The bUmrd in Wyoming has been at fo j, owe( j by 8UC h intensely cold th as to cn danger stock, 1 weatÙe Mr. Bryan says under no circum stances will he again be a candidate There have been severe losses in Massachusetts and New York by the turf speculation failures. I McEnery is working for gtay ot execu tion in the Homer Byrd cage in The . g sprea ding in Mex haviniî appeared at Oso, State of I Sinalo. I suppress Iiaenaen a rtnke. Secretary of War Root has given | ^ endorsement ^ a project for the j teacbin gg "of r ,fl e shooting in tbe I * The Frenc h cabinet's majority s allegiance was shakeu by the pro Q j lhe ministry to tax tbe pri j manu f a cture of brandies. Merchauts and professional men . at Shreveport bave taken steps to lawlessness during tbe public schools. Tbe New York police force ha« begun the work of raiding turf in vestment concerns. Another pumping well has been brought in' at Welch, La. Cl A bill for reconsideration of » for equipping volunteer claims troops has been favorably reported to the Senate. ïü reply to PraridentBjLS^ ator Hanna s y considèr has to say is entitled to no cons.der aticn. a n J cial duties. Mrs. Roosevelt is suffering from overtaxing of her strength in so The old contract botween inde pendent anthracite miners and the railroad, has been renewed. , . Tfae Colomb i aD Miolster to Mexi ^ charK es made by Sen Morgan m the United States g tbat a Co i omb ian chief ex ye ha(J sold 0 , :| a „ d abd i ca ted for $1,000,000. Vienna merchants declare the Balkan crisis has been greatly over drawn and tbat all the excitement ia fictitious. - - qulred of guburban add L c()uld .. mail himself" to his desti nat j on for three penco per mile. A London business man who in postoffice agency for ( discovered that a ress Ambassador Choate will direct the dinner of tho American Society in London to be given in honor of President D. R. Francis of the Wori's Fair Company. King Edward plana another mag nificent opening of parliament. Queen Alexandria's ruling tbut peeresses may wear their coronation robes brings dismay to many of the ladies of the court. The president has signed the bill providing for a department ot com merce. London women are complaining against tbe ''gilded cads" nov them on the streets and under the laws of England are immune from arrest. The hazing of officer* in th« Guards, England'* orao.it regiment, occupied the atteutloa of the WrUleb publie te tbe excluilno el tbe *»f vipti ind the Viftwilw men. Ta and tc of who an-