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Declares Reduction of 50 Per
Cent. Insufficient.
CUT MUST BE AT LEAST 75 PER CENT.
Toft Continues Ills Testimony
I Before Senate Committee—Ques-
tlon of Holdings of Friars Comeii
T"i»—Their Titles Are Good—Hav*
l'lcn ot Money—House.
Saturday reverted to liis testimony of
Friday for the purpose of introducing
a cablegram he had received from Act
ing Gov. Wright, urging a reduction in
the tariff on Philippine articles im
ported into the United States from the
(Philippines. He said this cablegram
iwas in response to an inquiry from
himself as to the effect of a reduction
of 50 per cent. The reply of Acting
Gov. Wright is as follows:
"Manila. Feb. 4.—The public session of
VUgar ard tobacco Interests favor a re
duction of 75 per cent, at least. A reduc
tion of 50 per cent, leaves tariff almost pro
hibitive.
Sugar
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price now very low Euro
pean market very dull on account of over
production and low prices. Beet sugar
planters here have lost heavily by cara
fcaos, machinery and otherwise. Sugar
Cultivation in a bad condition. Memorials
received from sugar growers' association
of Negros and Panay ask for free trade for
this reason. Think a reduction of 75 per
cent, on sugar and tobacco would b^ a
measure of relief and have excellent po
litical effect."
Tbe Holdings of Frillr*.
Senator llawlins questioned Gov.
fTaft concerning the holdings of the
Iriars. The governor said he thought
.the general opinion as to the wealth
and holdings of the friars had been
greatly exaggerated. He did not be
lieve, for instance, that they had three
ifourths of the property owned in the
cities. That, however, the religious
orders have ready cash was true, as
Was evidenced by the fact that they
(make loans. He instanced a case in
Which the friars had advanced money
to pro
mote a corner in hemp which had
(afterward failed because of irregulari
ties on the part of the manager.
Gov. Taft said that the Philippine
government is desirous of purchasing
•the Manila property held by the friars
and that it also would be desirable to
Secure their holdings of agricultural
Sands.
Hanking Lnw Needed.
In connection with the loaning of
imoney by the friars Senator Lodge
asked about the necessity for a bank
ing law. and the witness replied that
(such a law is badly needed. There are
Slow, he said, two English banks in ad
dition to the Spanish-Filipino bank,
•Ihe latter being controlled largely by
(the church and being the only bank of
issue. He said there had been some
grants of land to the church orders,
but
•that as a rule they had acquired their
holding by purchase.
"The charge has been made," he said,
"that much of their land has come to them
tiy deathbed conveyances, but this charge
is not borne out by the tracing of the title.
The truth is that the friars have the
Where Friar* Get Their Sioney.
"Something after our own method of
Watering stock?" said Senator Proctor,
referring to irrigation encroachments.
Senator Proctor also asked where the
Jriars had secured money with which
!o purchase their lands, and this in
quiry led Gov. Taft to say that the fees
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or marriages, funerals, christenings,
etc., had been so high as to be cum
glial ned of." These charges for mar
triages had. he said, led many couples
1o live together illicitly, but that in
most cases, the obligations thus taken
.pvere observed.
House.
I Washington, Feb. 10.—Some routine
business was transacted in the early
part of the cession of the house
Saturday. Hills were passed to au
thorize the St. Clair Terminal Rail
roar?
company of
Pennsylvania to
construct a bridge across the Monon
gahe.la river to establish a United
States court at Cattlettsburg, Ky. to
Authorize the construction of alight
Station at Bluff Shoals, Pamlico sound,
$J. C., at a cost of $30,000.
To authorize the transfer to an ad
joining district of causes in district or
circuit courts in which the judge of
the district wherein such causes are
pending is (lisqualified for the relief
of John Hornlck to authorize the
secretary of war {a Joan to the Penn
sylvania Society of the American Sons
of
the Revolution certain trophies
now in the Allegheny arsenal and the
senate bill to amend the revised stat
utes relating to a reciprocal recogni
tion of boiler inspection certificates
between the several maritime nations
Jiaving maritime inspection laws.
The house then laid aside public
businesK to pay tribute to the memory
of the late Representative Robert F.
•Burke, of Texas.
Presents Minority Itipiirl.
•y.'ashinpton, Feb. 10.—Representa
tive .1 .a
nli a in, of Texas, democratic
member of the house judiciary com
mittee Saturday presented a minor
ity report on the bill for the protec
tion of the president against assault
iinu conspiracy. While agreeing with
the idea that the United States
should not be made an asylum for
Anarchists and those who oppose or
pani'.ed government, yet he dissented
sfrmn giving the pyǤident protection
not accorded to other citizens. As
to this he said:
"J. deny the proposition that one honest
sand law-abiding man's life epy mor«
cocrefl than that of another. Any officer of
our government is but the servant of the
people, and '.the servant cannot be greater
than his lord.' The holding or possession
of office does not of Itself render any man
lnpeccable or Immune tropn human frailties
and Imperfections. Public ne? among us
can do wrong. There no such thing aa
royalty or titled nobility or hereditary pre,
TOgatlve In tbe United States. With us
there are no artificial distinctions and one
(nan is -as good as another, q.pd as much
sanctity surrounds, the life ot of»a* if docs
fhM fit another. The murder of the bum?
pint citizen In our land is just at heinous,
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8iis narrative before the senate com- i's substituted as the motive power for
mittee on the Philippines, Gov. Taft trains and recommends legislation to
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upon, whomsoever inflicted."
WORDS OF CENSURE.
Hie New York Central OompMiy
Scored in Connection with the
JRecent Tunnel Dl»Mter,
Albany, N. Y., Feb. 10.—The state
board of railroad commissioners on
Friday handed down its decision re
garding the recent disaster in the New
York Central railroad tunnel In New
York city. The decision censures the
company for allowing an inexperi-
enced engineer to run a train through
the tunnel and recommends that at
some time in the future the roof be
taken oil the tunnel, using bridges at
intersecting streets. However, In this
connection it says that such a change
allow such chiyige.
The commission finds that the com
pany "has been negligent, derelict and
unprogressive in failing to take meas
ures to increase its terminal facili
ties," and that it has also been negli
gent in "failing to examine more
closely into the qualifications of new
engineers."
The commission points to this inter
esting fact that in 1901 there were
177,450 trains moved through the tun
nel, an average of over 486 per day.
Therefore, the commission says, the
B. & O. tunnel at Baltimore and the
Liverpool tunnel under tliq river Mer
sey bear no comparison to the New
York Central tunnel in respect to
traffic.
New York, Feb. 10.—Eight
actions for
damages, amounting in the aggregate
to $185,000 for injuries received in the
wreck in the New York Central rail
road tunnel in this city on January 8,
were commenced in the supreme court
at White Plains Friday.
CONFESSES TO A CRIME
Mysterious Disappearance of Noab
Long of Argentine, Kan., Is
Cleared Up.
Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 10.—Rhoda
Taylor made a written confession to
the police of Argentine, Kan., across
the river from here. Saturday, that
Noah Long, the aged stonemason, who
disappeared mysteriously from his
.home there a week ago Saturday, had
been robbed and his body thrown into
the Kaw river. Long was an old sol
dier, and had drawn $210 pension
money from the bank on Thursday
last. He visited a saloon in Argen
tine that, night, which was the last
time he had been seen. Saturday the
police were searching for the body in
the river, which, excep-t at tbe place
where it is alleged, he was thrown in,
is covered with thick ice.
Donolme. Dave Moran, a nephew of
the missing man, and the Taylor wom
an were arrested on Tuesday last and
Goff was taken Saturday after she
had made the confession. All live in
the bottoms along the river. Friday
night Moran attempted to commit su
icide by cutting an artery in his wrist.
The nature of the charge against Mo
ran is not known.
PRINCE AND PRESS.
Thcv Are to Be Entertnined ai a Han
't Given by Neiv York Staats
Zeltnag, February 20.
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titles In the Island, and even where there
fcave been Irregularities the statute of lim
itations would protect the title."
JTe said that according to the charges
one method of extending the holdings
cf the orders !ad been by extending
their irrigation sysfems over adjoining
lands..
New York, Feb. 10.—Plans for the
dinner in honor of Prince Henry, to be
tendered the American press by the
New York Staats Zeitung February 26,
are nearing completion. More than
1,400 invitations have been sent to rep
resentatives of daily papers through
out the country, and the following
toasts have been arranged:
"Welcome to Our Distinguished Guest,"
by
Herman
Rldder. Responded to by Prince
Henry.
"The Emperor of Germany and the
President of the United States," respond
ed to by Whltelaw Reld, of th» New York
Tribune.
"The Press—the Tie That Binds," re
sponded to by St. Clair McKelway, of the
Brooklyn Dally Eagle.
"Saxon Blood—What We Owe to Ger
many In Literature, Art, Science and
Music," responded to by Charles Emory
Smith, of the Phlladephla Press.
"International Amity," responded to by
Charles W. Knapp, of the St. Louis Re
public.
Rescue Boat May Be Loat.
St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 10.—A Winni
peg (Man.) special to the Dispatch
says: A Vancouver special to the
Tribune says that fears are enter
tained for the safety of the Egria, the
warship which went in search of the
missing Condor. A studding sail
boom has been picked up on the west
coast and) it belongs to the warship.
The section of the coast visited by the
Egria is known as "the graveyard oi
the Pacific."
Pestructive Waterspout In Brasil,
New York, Feb. 10.—A waterspout
has wrecked a station on the Jerinlmo
Mezzuita Central raijway, causing
many deaths and great damage on
plantations, according to.a Herald dis
patch from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
New York Politician Dead,
New York,Feb. 10.—Daniel W. Guern
sey, soldier, lawyer and politician,
died here Saturday, aged 68years. Hi»
home was for many years at Pough
keepsie, where he held the office of
county judge for 18 years.
Funeral of 8t. feouls Pffltmes,
St. Louis, Feb, 10.—Mayor Wellp.
mounted police and a battalion of flrer
men led the funeral procession SstuF:
4fi.y of Assistant Chief Thierry, Frank
lin McBride, Charles Westenpoff and
Daniel W. Steel, four of the seven fire
men killed in Tuesday night's fire.
Previous to this, religious service!
were held at the homes of ell four men,
Interment was in four different, ceme
teries,,
Smallpox Cause Insurance Boon.
London, Feb. 10.—With the Increase
in the number of oases of smallpox
London's population is flocking to in
surance offices in order to get in
sured against the epidemic. In tbe
history of "Lloyd's no such plethora
of insurance was ever recorded as
has ariaei# oja account of the present
scare.
Brewing Company Aiilgni,
Albany, N. Y., Feb. 10.—The Mlnck
el Brewing company, which owns
one of the largest breweries in Al
bany, made n® ae^ijrnment Saturday
to Edward Murpliyj Jr., of Troy. The
labilities and assets were not' m'ade
public,
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Watchman Opens Fire on Gang at
Gap, Pa., and Saves Treas
ure in Vault.
HEARS EXPLOSION AND INVESTIGATES.
Told by Robbers to Hold Up Bis
Bands, He Replies with Pistol
Shots Which Wound One of the
Hen—Injured Man Arrested Later
at Parkernbnrs.
Lancaster, Pa., Feb. 10.—About 8:30
o'clock Saturday morning an attempt
wasmade to rob the Gap national bank,
at Gap, Pa., 16 miles east of this city,
ending in a lively exchange of shots
between the town's watchman, David
Stamix, and the burglars.
Stamix heard an explosion in the di
rection of the bank, and upon pro
ceeding there found three_or four men
standing in front of the bank building.
He demanded to know what they were
doing there and was promptly ordered
to
hold up his hands.
Stamix"complied, but with a revolver
in his hand, and he opened fire on the
burglars, wounding at least one, as partments of Bloomington and Clin
there were blood marks where they ton went to the scene of the confla
had been standing. gration and aided in checking the
The robbers returned the fire, flames.
Stamix backing away towards the The fire started in Green and Dowl
home of the cashier with the view of ing's elevator, west of the Illinois
CUBA—
C*n it be relief after all
getting assistance. When the shoot
ing began two or three other men ran
out of the bank building and, joining
their comrades, disappeared in the
darkness.
An examination of the bank dis
closed the fact that the men had made
an ineffectual effort to enter the front'
of the vault, and then attacked the rear
end. They had bored' a hole into the
rear plating and had attempted to
blow the vault open with dynamite
or nitroglycerin, but also without suc
cess. Early in the morning a stranger
stopped at Atglen, a few miles east of
Gap, and had a wound in his jaw
dressed. He said he had received in
jury by falling from a freight train
and striking a piece of iron. It is be
lieved he was the man wounded by the
watchman.
Wounded Robber Arrested,
Lancaster, Pa„ Feb. 10.—One of the
supposed robbers whose wound was
dressed at Atglen, was subsequently
arrested at Parkesburg. He 'was
brought to Lancaster Saturday after
noon. He has a bad wound in the face.
Death Under Peculiar Circumstances.
Pullman, Wash., Feb. 10.—John
Herbert Prentice, 21 years old, was
shot and killed at the home of his
father, two miles west of town Fri
day morning under most peculiar
circumstances. A coroner's jury re
turned a verdict of death from a
gunshot wound inflicted by his own
hands, but does not say whether it
was suicide or accidental.
.' .'01d Fire Chief Dead.
Cleveland, O., Feb. 10.—James' W.
Dickinson, former chief of the Cleve
land fire department, died Saturday,
after along illness. Mr. Dickinson was
one of the oldest and best known fire
nected with the Cleveland department
for nearly half a century and served
as its chief for more than 20 years.
He retired a year ago, owing to ill
health.
7" ,* brought by Frank G. Harris, state
fighters in tfie country. He was con- treasurer-elect, against P. Gray
Rusktn's Memory Honored.
London, Feb. 10.—A bronze medal
lion memorial of the late John Busk
in was unveiled at noon, in West
minister Abbey, by Mrs. Arthur
Severn, Buskin's cousin, in the pres
enco of a distinguished gathering.
The memorial is in the Poets' corner,
above the Sir Walter Scott memorial
and beside the Oliver Goldsmith
medallion.
gnpwstorms and Fo(f In England.
London, Feb. 10.—Snowstorms and
fogs envelope practically the entire
{Jilted Kingdom. The weather is the
8M»t severe kpown in go years.
They Come High, But—
Mrs. Makeshift—Well, I've found opt
how to make up my new dress at last.
Mr. M.—Then why don't you get tlie
stuff?
Mrs. M.—No money left. It took all
had to buy fashion magazines.—N. Y.
Weekly.
Home Isn't What It Used to Be,
"Say, Bill, yer mopin' like a sick dog.
Wot's eatin' yu?"
"Me woman's dead."
"Wei, yu didn't do nothln' but cuss
an' abuse her when she was alive."
'-*iPat'} de trubbie—ain't nobody to
Cttis and 'btijse nou\!'-~Judg,e,
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AGREE ON OLD SCALE.
Miners and Operators In Conference
*t Indianapolis Settle Wage
Queatlon.
Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 10.—The
joint conference of the miners and
operators ratified the old agreement
at 9:30 Saturday morning without a
dissenting voice. The report of the
joint committee on the scale was
brief, stating merely that the com
mittee decided unanimously on the
old scale.
The conference adjourned finally
at noon. The results of the confer
ence stated briefly are as follows
was:
Tbe old scale was signed for another
year the admission of Iowa and Michigan
to the next Joint conference was denied be
cause of the opposition, of the operators
from Illinois and Ohio a resolution pro
viding for an equality of conditions of min
ing throughout the competitive field was
adopted, and IndlanapoHs was selected as
tbe place for holding both the convention
of the miners and the Joint conference of
the miners and operators next year.
BIG FIRE AT WAPELLA
Conflagration Wipes Ont the Busi
ness Section—Aid from Other
Towns Secured In Flshtlng Fire.
Bloomington, 111., Feb. 10.—Wapella,
20 miles south of here, suffered severe
loss by fire Saturday. The fire de-
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Central tracks, and the flames then
spread eastward, fanned by a high
wind. The business district was al
most totally consumed together with
many dwellings adjacent. The town
is without adequate fire protection.
The loss is variously estimated at
from $200,000 to $300,000. The details
are meager, owing to destruction of
wires.
DISASTROUS FIRE.
Biff Car Works at Horton, Kan,, De
stroyed—Loss f250,000—Two
Men Dead.
Horton, Kan., Feb. 10.—Fire in the
car works of the Rock Island railroad
Friday afternoon caused the death of
two persons and the destruction of a
quarter of a million dollars' worth of
property. The dead are P. H. McKeon,
president of the board of education,
and W. H. Davis, the oldest employe of
the car works. McKeon lost his life in
trying to save Davis.
It was thought that all the 300 em
ployes had gotten out of the burning
building safely when the absence of
Davis, a prominent member of the
working force, was noticed. McKeon,
a spectator, remembered in what part
of the building he had last seen Davis,
and, against the advice of his friends,
made a futile effort to rescue the work
man. McKeon ran into the building
through the smoke and flames, but in a
few moments regained the open air
without Davis. McKeon's heroic ef
fort cost him his life, as he died from
the effects of inhaling smoke.
Hot Guilty But Pays Cost*.
Clearfield, Pa., Feb. 10. "Not
guilty but pay the costs," is the find
ing of the jury in the libel case
Meek, editor of the Bellefonte Demo,
cratic Watchman. The charge made
by Mr. Harris against Mr. Meek was
criminal libel.
Schley Back In Washington,
Washington, Feb. 10.—Hear Admiral
and Mrs. Schley arrived in Washing
ton Saturday morning from their
western and southern trip, and went
at once •.to their apartments in the
Bichmond. The Severe cold from
which the admiral has been suffering
has greatly improve^.
Policeman Suicides,
New York, Feb. 10.—Bartholomew
P. Clune, a New York city policeman,
committed suicide Saturday by shoot
ing, rather than answer charges
which had been preferred agalpst
him. It was alleged against him that
on the night of February 3 he went
into {i cigar storp and without
provocation abused a number ol
young men in the store. Clune had
been a policeman only a few months.
Railway Accidents in Russia.
Washington, Feb. 10.—The state de
partment has received a report from
Consul Central Holloway at St. Pe
tersburg on the unusual topic, "Bail
road Accidents in Bussla." Be says a
recent report of the minister of ways
of communication shows that in
^Y,
1899
there were 4,447 accidents, or an av-.
erage of a little more than one per
diem. Altogether i,£2C persons were CMekena live per lb
MUed and 6,088 Injured.
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Disease May Take Sudden Turn
for Worse Within Next
Six Days.
PRESIDENT CANCELS CHARLESTON TRIP
Will Hold Himaelf In Readiness to
Start for Groton, Ma**., at a Mo
ment's Notice on a Special Train
—Mrs. Roosevelt Now at Her Boy's
Bedside.
Washington, Feb 10.—The follow
ing statement was issued at the white
house at noon Saturday:
"The condition of the president's son Is
favorable. The doctors say that the presi
dent should not go to Charleston, as at
any time within six days the disease may
take a sudden turn for the worse. The
president also Is asked not to go to Groton,
as his visit might excite the boy, who Is
not In immediate d-anger."
Owing to the request of the doctors
the president has abandoned his trip
to Charleston.
Special Train Ready. I
Should a turn for the worse occur,
the president is prepared'to leave at
a moment's notice, on a special train.
TeleRram from Groton.
Washington, Feb. 10. President
Roosevelt received a telegram Satur
day morning from the physician at the
At Her Boy's Itednlde
Charleston, S. C., Feb. 10.—The
greatest disappointment is felt in all!
circles here at the abandonment oi
the president's trip to Charleston.!
Arrangements had been made for a^
JUST WHAT SHIS DID.
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"Do you know thflt Tom kissed me
last night?"
"Well, I declare! I hope you eat on
him for it?"
"Oh, I did most assuredly."—Cincin
nati Enquirer.
His Belief.
"Colonel," said the beautiful grass
widow, "do you believe in platonic
love?"
"I believe in it all right," lie an
swered, slipping out past the'end of
the piano, "but my belief has got me
into trouble so often that I'm not will
ing to stake much on it."—Chicago Rec
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Wheat 00@62
Barley 45@5i
Oats 36@37
Shelled Corn 65@
Timothy seed per cwt I5.60@
Flaxseed [email protected]
Clover seed per cwt [email protected]
Live hogs [email protected]
Beef on foot
Steers 'Zi@
Creamery butter tb. 23@
Cream per quart 25@
Milk per cwt ..82®
Eggs per doz 18
Potatoes 00
Onions 1.26
Beans 2.00
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Not Likely That This Government
Can Accept Condition* Outlined
by Colombian Insurgent*.
Washington, Feb. 10.—The letter
submitted by Gen. Horrera, command
ing the Colombian insurgents, to the
foreign consuls at Colon Friday for
submission to their governments has
not yet reached the state department.
From the press accounts of its scope
it is perceived here that the conditions
sought to be imposed are likely to be
unacceptable without considerable
amendment. Jf there is to be a neu
tral zone across the isthmus on the
line of the Panama railway, which is
probably unobjectionable, it is prob
able that it will be required that Ihe
zone include the two terminals, Colon
and Panama, and consequently these
points should not be exposed to hos
tile attack or be made the scene of
warfare." Being also under treaty ob
ligations to protect the line of com
munication across the isthmus and
maintain free traffic, it is improbable
that the United States government
w511 feel
obl'ged
Rnce
Groton school informing him that the dies and was shot during the battle
condition of his on, Theodore, Jr.,
was unchanged since Fridaj' night, y, I
Breakfasted at Boston.
Boston, Feb. 10.—Mrs. Roosevelt,
wife of the president, reached this
city at seven o'clock Saturday morn- n^y be a week or more before she
ing bound for Groton, Mass., where
her son, Theodore, Jr., is ill of pneu- pital to the Pittsburg jail.
monia. She breakfasted at an up-town Her husband, ex-Warden Soffel, has
hotel and at eight o'clock was on retained counsel for her defense, but
board the train at the Northern Union says he does not want to see her or
station which was to take her to Ayer, have any communication with hesr in
the nearest railway station to Groton. the future.
Mrs. Roosevelt at Groton.
Groton, Mass., Feb. 10.—Mrs. Roose-
At the school Mrs. Roosevelt vas re- .ci+ty'
received by President Peabody and a
few moment's later was at her boy's
bedside. Subsequently an attempt
was made to obtain from Mrs. Roose
velt a statement, for publication re
garding the illness of young Theo
dore, but through President Peabody
she declined to depart from the
course approved by President Roose
velt. According to this plan, all nec
essary information concerning the
lad's condition will be transmitted to
President Roosevelt, who will deter
mine, what news shall be given to the
public.
Great Disappointment at Charleston.
to accept the assist-
any
"ther nation in carrying
out that undertaking.
MRS. SOFFEL'S CONDITION.
Recovery from Wounds But Suffer
ing from Mental Distress—Hus.
band Retains Counsel for Her.
Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 10.—Mrs. Soffel,
who aided in the escape of the Bid-
which resulted in their recapture
and death, shows considerable im
provement in her condition Saturday.
She is suffering more from mental
distress than from the wound and it
can
be removed from the Butler hos-
Mrs. Soffel is receiving letters from
a11 over
velt and maid reached here juet after .contain tracts and advice of a re
ten o'clock Saturday. ligious nature. When she opens a
Rev. Sherrard Billings, assistant to. letter and discovers that it is one
President Peabody, of the Groton this character, she turns it over
school, was waiting with a carriage to some of the nurses without read
when the train arrived. Quite a crowd ing.
had gathered at Ayer, the nearest sta
tion to Groton, to see Mrs. Roosevelt,
as it had been known that she would
reach there by the early train, but
there was no demonstration of any
sort as the lady passed to the car
riage. The drive of three miles to the
school took about an hour, as the
roads were hilly and rough from freez
ing.
the country. Most of them
Many letters are also from attor
neys, proffering their services free
in her defense.
Held for Trial.
Milwaukee, Feb. 10. Preliminary
hearing of Leroy W. Secor, who was
arrested and brought here from Den
ver several weeks ago, charged with
embezzlement of $18,000 from the
Goodrich Transportation company in
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district court. Secor was held for trial
in the municipal court, bail being fixed
at $5,000.
Ice Blocks Navigation.
Cincinnati, 0., Feb. 10.—Navigation
on the Upper Ohio river was entirely
suspended Saturday on account of the
heavy ice reported at Cattlesburg and
Portsmouth. Here the ice was abun
dant but light, but no boats could hope
to pass the heavy quantities now com
ing down the river. Steamers foj
points below left as usual.
THE MARKETS.
splendid reception and everybody July sold at 6H4@62c.
was looking to the occasion as the OATS—Averaged easier May sold at
great day of the exposition. Everv-! 42%@43c.
tliincr will Tinvo I. POTATOES—Market quiet and steady
thmB will have to be called off as, Rurals, good to choice, 77@80c common,
the president was the central figure 72@74c red stock, 70@74c Burbanks, 71@
of the programme and the only fea-i
76c-
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ture practically of the occasion, the
celebration of Lincoln day, was in-!
cidental to the presence of President
Roosevelt. The exposition directors
will meet Saturday evening to con
sider the situation.
Grain, Provisions, Etc.
Chicago, Feb. 8.
WHEAT—Lower early, but had %c rally.
May sold at 77%®78c July sold at 7
78ttc.
CORN—Weak. May sold at 61%862c
EGGS-Very firm.
City recandled, fresh
eggs, new cases included, at
mark, cases Included, 25%c loes oft, cases
returned, 22@24%c.
BUTTER—Market llrmer. Creameries,
17@25%c per pound dairies, 16%@23c.
LIVE POULTRY—Market weaker. Tur
keys, S@llc chickens, !%tfi)14V&c ducks,
9%@10V4c g«ese, [email protected].
New York, Feb. 8.
PLOUR—Dull and barely steady.
WHEAT—Opened easier with corn, but
rallied on a demand from shorts and was
steady all the forenoon. May, 83&@
73 7-16c July, 83V6@83%c.
RYE—Dull state, 64®fi5c c. 1. f. New
York car lots No. 2 western, 67%c f. o. b.
afloat.
CORN—Dull and weaker. May, 66MQ
66 13-16c July, 66@66ftc.
OATS—-Inactive and lower with corn.
Track white, C0@66c.
BUTTER^—Strong. State dairy, 16@2Bc
state creamery, 20@26c Junecreamery.il
28c renovated, 16@21c factory, H@18c,
CHEESE—Firm. State, full cream,
small early made, fancy colored, UH®
1114c state, full cream, small early made,
fancy white, UV4®ll^o large, early made,
°®J^pea' 10%c large, early made, white,
®*ate
anJ
Pennsylvania,
M@26e western, at mark, 28c southern,
at mark, 27%c.
Live Stock.
Chicago, Feb. 8.
CATTLE—Prime beeves, [email protected] good
to choice beeves, $6.4906.90 fair to good
export shipping steers, JS.65©6.30 common
to rough, [email protected] good to fiancy feeders,
|[email protected] plain to fancy stockers, $2.20Q
3.80 buls, plain to fancy, J2.26@4.«o corn
fed western steers, 84.65®6.90 fed Texas
steers, $4.35®6.00 Texas cows, bulls and
grass steers, [email protected].
HOGS—Choice to fancy strong-weight
shipping, [email protected] common to choice
heavy packing, $5.7&@«.30 plain to choice
heavy mixed, [email protected] selected butcher
weights, »6.1&08.4O assorted light, $5.8
6.15 common to fancy light mixed, $6.75g
6.06.
South Omaha, Feb. 8.
CATTLE—Market quotably steady. Na
tive steers, $4.0006.60 cows and heifers,
$8.0006.00 western steers, [email protected] Texas
steers, $3.6004.60 earners, $L7B®2.75 stock
era and feeders, $2.7504.60 calves, $3,000
6.50 bule, stags, etc., $2.2504.60.
HOGS—Market 6o lower. Heavy, $6,100
(.80 mixed, $6.0006.10 light, $6.7006.05 p!g%
H6O06.6O bulk of salest $5.9006.10.
SHEEP—Miarket steady. Fed muttons,
$..5006.60 westerns, $3.7504.50 ewes, $3.50®
4.60 common and stockers, $304,40 lambs,
$306.26.
Shuttleworth Drug Co., will refund
you your money if you are not satis
fled after using Chamberlain's Stom
ach and Liver Tablets. They cure dis
orders of the stomach, biliousness,
constipation and headache. Price, 26
cents. Samples free.
Wood for Sale.'
Hard or soft cord leDgth or fitted
for the stove delivered anywhere in
town.
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BOBS UP AGAIN
Question as to Numberof Verb Which
Goes with United States. -iis
Ilonse Committee the T^ast to Run tLTp
Aealnst tlie PuiRBllng Question,
But lounge Force* the Adop
tion of Singular Form,
The question was practically set
tied, however, as far as the commit
tee was concerned, by the discovery
of a pamphlet written by former
Secretary of State John W. Foster,
with the title "Are or Is?" In this
pamphlet Mr. Foster traced the""
course of the changing use of the
words and quoted from Hamilton,
Webster, Benton, Motley, C. F. Ad
ams, Jefferson, Marcy, Seward, Fish,
Evarts, Blaine, Frelinghuysen, Bay
ard, Gresham and Olney, who used it
in the singular.
American Sculptor Glad to Get Back' -rT
to the United States—To Take
a Rest.
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The house committee on the revi-f
sion of laws, in the course of some
tinkering with the statutes, ran up
against the time-worn proposition
whether a singular or plural verb
goes with the United States. There
was much discussion among the
Accordingly the librarian of con
gress, the supreme court officials, and
others were asked to throw light on
the matter. The result showed that
while the constitution and nearly all
the laws, documents and messages in
the early days of the republic used
the plural verb, the tendency had
been steadily toward the singular
form, while for the last 15 or 20 years
the latter had obtained almost ex
clusively.
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members, and the worshipers of the1
constitution, quoting from that in
strument, had much the best of the
argument, when it was suggested
that the committee consult any au
thority on the subject that could be„.
found.
In the earlier message President
Jackson used the singular form, and!^®feikf|
in later years Lincoln, and since the vi
civil war particularly, Grant, Cleve
a a is a in
exclusively.
Mr. Foster also quoted from the
decisions of the superior court, those
of recent years invariably using the
singular in connection with the
United States.
In no class of documents is greater
attention paid to the language em
ployed than in drafting treaties, and
up to 1800 the plural form was used.
Since then, however, the singular
form has been adopted, and Mr. Fos-"^
ter pointed to the fur seal treaty of
1892, the arbitration treaty of 1897,,:'
and, lastly, the Hay-Pauncefote canal.
treaty, as conspicuous examples of
the usage.
After reading the arguments and
authorities of Mr. Foster the com-',
mittee has decided that, legally at
least, the United States "is." rr
MACM0NNIES WAS HOMESICK.-
Frederick MacMonnies, the Ameri-f,5*
can sculptor who has been working in 'f
France for 17 years, and who has just
arrived at New York, announcesj^j&3g||
that it is his intention of mak-^SSlT
ing that city his home in the5'
future. In an interview he said:
"I got tired of living abroa,d. I was
homesick and I decided to come back.,!
I am glad to get here and expect 1o
remain here permanently. When I
first went abroad I used to come home
every year, but it is seven years since
I was here last."
"Is it true that you intend to devote
yourself entirely to painting?" lie was
asked.
"No I'm going to take a rest for a
year. I think it is a good thing for
one who has been working a+ one thing
steadily for a lung time to stop and
get a new point of view. It gives one
an opportunity to look at the work of
others and his own work from the
outside. Of course I shall not stop
working. A ilian can't stop that way.
A few of my friends have asked me
to paint portraits for them, and I shall
do them."
"It has been reported that you are
to exhibit some pictures at the Royal
academy and in the salon."
"I don't know how that became
known. 1 thought 1 had only told that
to myself. I only selected them for
the framer the day before I left. To
the Royal academy I shall send the por
trait of Mr. Roundebush, and- that of
Miss May Palmer. At the Salon I will
exhibit the portrait of the Abbe and
one of countess of Trobriand. I shall
also have at the Salon the statue of
Gen. Slocum."
Divorce Ends Romance,
A decree of absolute divorce was
granted in the supreme court the
other day to Ida Cuthbert, a daughter
of Capt. Nelson Bronson, U. S.-^., re
tired, from Frederick R. Cuthbert, a
basso. The couple eloped to Albany
seven years ago, when she was only
15 years" old. The old captain discov
ered the whereabouts of his little-girl
and took Ida away from her young
husband and brought her home. A lit
tle boy was born to her, Roland Jerome
Cuthbert, now six years old. He has
never seen his father, but has lived
with his grandfather aU his life. Mr.
and Mrs. Cuthbert never lived together,
except for their seven days' honey
moon at Albany. Ida's mother is de
scended from a North American Indian
chief.
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Marrying Into Society. I
Dr. Nichols' list shows in several
places that if one can't buy his way
into the "real smart set," says the Chi
cago Record-Herald, lje may still mar
ry into it.
OT ConrMo Not.
"Did you scream when he kissed
you?" asked a Court street giirl of a
Harrison
uvenue chum, after the for
mer had been relating a little episode
with her best youngman.
"Well, I guess not," was the reply
"papa was in the next room."—Kanka* I
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The Haughty Old Mme.
There once was a haughty old Mme.,
Whose wicked son drank till he hme.
He sucked in Champagne,
Then went out In the ragne,
And fell on the sllpp'ry macme,
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