o
*»vitabie and that the example set by
the inhabitants of Negros is having its
effect among the other islands, which,
though not entirely convinced, are, mi
Gen. Mil'.-.'i'V. opinion, open to reason.
All is quiet this afternoon inside and
outside of Manila, except near Caloo
can. where the enemy's sharpshooters
continue to annoy our troops at a com
paratively close range.
One man of the Twentieth Kansas
volunteers was killed In Ariqulnage,
which whs built last night, and four
were wounded In the skirmish, one of
the Idaho; one of the Minnesota and
two of the Pennsylvania regiments.
Admiral Dewey, when asked by the
correspondent of the Associated Press
to give his reasons for requesting
Washing-ton to send the battleship Ore
gon to Manila, firmly declined to dis
cuss the matter.
All was quiet here last night and
along the line, except for some desul
tory Bring by th<' rebels near Caloocan
and Pedro Maeati.
MANILA' CASUALTIES.
Gen. Otlw tables an Additional I. lst
to tiie War Department.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 26.— Maj. Gen.
Otis has reported to the war depart
ment the full. .wing additional casual
ties to troops under his command on
.". and 24 In the trenches near
Caloocan:
Second Oregon. Company G. Corporal
Willi mi !'. Ponath, cheat severe.
Third artillery, Battery H. Privates John
W Corder, thigh, Blight; Batter; X, Michael
j. Crowley, leg. slight.
First Idaho, Company F, Private Charles 8.
Lamb, thigh, severe.
Twentieth Kansas, Company G. Privates
Larry Jones, head, seriously; Campbell Scott.
vetv.
First Montana, Company A, Privates Fran
cis J. Auspauch, arm. severe; Albert 3. Hicks,
• re. Private John Anderson, Com
pany F, First Idaho, injured, fractured ankle.
I.nivton's Progress.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.— The war depart
ment !i.e. received the following telegram
irom Gen. ' awton, now on his way aboard
ihe trans; ort Grant, with reinforcements
for Gen
"Coloml ', Feb. 25. — Situation unchanged
last cabli : no serious illness; sick improving.
Sail tonight, Singapore, 5."
Will Sot Interfere.
LONDON, Feb. 27.— The Berlin correspond
ent of the Daily Telegraph says he is author
l.T:y fliat "G 'many has any.inten
tion to lnt< rfere in tho Philippines," and
-
"Neither has any other power, and tha
•annot have been ordered to Manila
©a this account."
Report on Rational.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.— The army board
ol Inquiry has received the report of Maj. J.
M. Arrasmith, late commissary at Camp
Thomas, Ga., upon the character of tho
rations issued at that point. The report
covers the rations furnished to the 77,000 sol
diers mobilized at Chickamauga. Park from
May, 1898, to January, ISOy. and in general
commends the rations received and issued.
The refrigerated and canned beef are said to
have been excellent.
Southern I.nnds.
For Information about land and locations
in the South you should visit the Southern
Railway Exhibit, at 354 Jai-kson street. St.
Pan!. G neral reading matter, having refer
ence to the whole South, furnished free to any
address.
These for Monday Beyers:
Creamsry Butter, *","';?* f9c
Dvnne* Very !ar K e - Unbleached Silver
■ 1111-lrSl I'rnnes, not many left, "I —
perlb f6
D'«. Good uew unbroken rice, C«
K-66l perlb OC
Toi-13-03§t stan.'lanKpeTcan.... 62C
Ploer-kaif. Sai 2-lb. cans good standard
naSullCr. 15Sj gi*de,wlll make two C A
good pies. Kach.... 3G
Pola'"u v>e liave some beautiful crisp
VviSfWj stalks, well bleached and C*»
very large, each 9G
I-M.-A. Fresh made dairy butter in JC*>
81-lECfi jars and prints, per lb K9£
Bci_4<__. T '«ncy table butter. lO_.
DUIISIy dairy made, per lb 106
wolT§€ WCIK6S) either apple, raisin.
cinnamon or crescents.
Monday only, 3 -.
each 4S
P©BrS('iartiett" S each SfiaC
f-PSliA'A** Choice Mexican Oranges. i£ m
VlallfilCaj very sweet, per doz 196
l£.B!.^@§y budded seedlings, dozen fQC
_i_ _rfi'£i9 ( ' 0O(1 California budded |E~
UraßgS/j soedliiiKs. good size, doz. 196
fl *-•*> »»■..-- * Fancy California A Jt a
U-ttligcSg Navel Oranges, doz £45
fflffpP ThC neW P rocess blue
VUIJCC flame gas roaster is
operated the live long day, and the
newly-browned berruss are supplied
warm and fresh roasted from roasting
room to coffee counters.
Pftlf AA "'« matchless "Hoffman House,"
UIM ICCf not approached by any elsewhere,
4."c coffee Iv rich Mocha _ AQ.
.lava flavor, is here, lb £06
I*al f AA Saillos and Maracaibo. fresh from
UUIICIm the blue llame gas roaster. I__
' Perlb 196
Pallaa Goou Rio and Santos, fresh from
lfUllt>6| the nine flame gas roaster, ft_,
' perlb .../... DC
Trae '^'" v are of °" r own direct Importa-
T A9 Fine uncolored (new crop) nP-
I Vai sundried Japan 996
Opa! and Blue Table Sets,
These neat, handsome Table Sets are filled
with best quality French prepared Mustard.
Their proper price ia 20c for each piece. The
prices here follow:
_ tJ _ Each.
Spoon-holders, filled with mustari 7c
Cream Pitchers, filled with mustard . 7c
Sugar Bowls, filled with musta-d 7c
Butter L)i3h-s. filled with mustard 7c
Preserve Disho?. filled with mustard.. . 7c
Mustard Pots, filled with mustard .... 5c
llrinking Mugs, filled" with mustard 5c
Something New for St. Paul.
Tetley's Celebrated India and Ceylon
TEAS.
Twelve different varieties, suiting all the
tastes. We Invite the ladles of St. Paul and
vicinity to join us ln a cup of this delight
ful beverage at our demonstrating table all
the week.
lie
Per can for the Batavla Brand Marrowfat
Peas. This U the best brand packed, and
we make the price very little more than thr
poorest.
YERXA BROS.. CO.
GOMEZ AS A GUEST
TUB CIBAX I,I_ADI_B ATTENDS .V
HKll.l_.AVr BAXtll HOT GIVEN
AT HAVANA
INDEPENDENCE THE THEME
The dint-lion i:<-^n riled urn the Most
Promising VuKury <>f Freedom
Since the Tence Protocol Wim
Sluneil Patriot Feted h> the
People of the Cnhun Capltul
Speeeheo hy Broioke anil Lee.
HAVANA, Feb. 26.— The banquet at
the Tacon theater iast evening jmivt d
a brilliantly successful affair. Gov.
Gen. Brooke and Maj. Gen. Lee spoke.
Cubans generally regard the occur
rences at the function as the most
premising augury of Cuban independ
ence since the peace protocol was sign
ed.
The theater was crowded to over
flowing with spectators and more than
200 covers were laid for the banqueters.
Bestde the governor general and Gen.
l.cc the company included Maj Gen.
Ludlow, (len. Chafee, the governor gen
eral's chief-of-staff; the staff of Gens.
Lee and Ludlow and other army and
naval officers, together with many
prominent citizens and Havana of
ficials. Gen. Andradc sat on the right
of Gen. Gomez and Mayor Lacoste on
his left. The boxes were filled with
people representing Havana's best so
ciety.
As the American generals entered a
trumpeter at the door blew once.
whereupon _ concealed band played
'The Star Spangled Banner." When
the Cuban commanders entered the
trumpet was sounded twice and the
band played the Cubaivhymn.
Among the speakers were Senor
Pedro Llorento, Col. Carlos Garcia,
Culberto Gomez and Gen. Lanusa, sec
retary of the department of justice.
The tendency of all the speeches was
towards independence for Cuba, with
a eulogy of Gen. Gomez and assertions
that he must never more leave the isl
and. The spectators called vociferous
ly for a speech from Maj. Gen. Lee.
His remarks and those of Gen. Brooke
were translated for the benefit of the
assembly by Senor Pablo Desvernins,
secretary of the department of finance.
Both the American generals repeated
former statements of the military ad
ministration along the line of assur
ance that the United States intended
to establish a stable government in the
island and then to deliver it to the
Cubans themselves. These assurances
were vociferously applauded.
Col. Garcia explained the disinter
ested position of American officers in
Cuba.
GOMEZ'S VIEWS.
Gen. Gomez himself did not speak,
owing to the hoarseness from which he
is suffering. Gen. Lanusa expressed
thanks on his behalf, adding that the
banquet had done much to bring the
American and Cuban elements to a
clear understanding and to define the
position, work and aims of the United
States military administration in Cuba.
Gen. Gomez withdrew from the theater
about midnight, crowds in the streets
applauding him wildly as he emerged
and followed his carriage for blocks.
Gen. Gomez, who is much in .need of
rest, said last might to a friend: "This
popularity is killing me."
Tomorrow Gen. Gomez will visit the
governor general and hand him a writ
ten reply regarding some matters dis
cussed at the conference, which was
private and dealt presumably more of
the ways and means of handling ques
tions than with the questions them
selves. He will visit Ge_. Brooke as
business may require, and the visits
will be informal un'ess Gen. Gomez
should desire otherwise, which is im
probable.
The presence of Gen. Gomez in Ha
vana and his participation in the car
nival demonstrations has increased
the feeling and open talk ln favor of
Independence and of a brief contin
uance of the military occupation.
A mass meeting of 3,000 persons in
Central oark today was addressed by
Oualberto Gomez, Sewor J. M. Borjis
one of the vice presidents of the Ha
vana chamber of commerce, Dr Dom-
Inguez and others. Mayor Lacote pre
sided. All the speeches favored inde
pendence, but were moderate in tone
and In no way unfriendly to the United
States.
Exposition Oflicial.l.
r ! *££AGO. Feb. 26.-The directorate of the
Greater America exposition has just elected
these officers: Dr. Joseph L. Miller, president;
-rank Murphy, treasurer, and Dudley Smith
secretary. The usual bureaus have been or!
ganized.
Spmiturdn Detained.
ri£_f? YO f*f Feb - Spaniards ar
med here today on the Cunard liner Unibria.
.Most of the men are laborers and are able to
lead and write. All of them are going to
different mining towns In the West. They
were held for investigation.
House Wrecked
IXDIAXAPOLIS, Ind., Feb. 26. -A small
Cj clone passed over Evansville today de
stroying much property. The Evansville
lors sumS? plant was demolishe <i.
(inn Bxplosto-u
LOUAXSPORT, Ind.,*Feb. 26.-An explosion
or natural gas tonight wrecked the residence
of Daniel Bckton, at Walton, this county.
DEATHS OF A DAY.
i W , A^ HI \\ GT °. N ' . Pb -
Levi P. Marsh, of Peuusylvanla, died here
today from an attack of apoplexy. Mr. Marsh
was in his 6M year, was a Democrat in poli
tics and had served in the Pennsylvania leg
islature, and was a member of the Fortv
fourth, Forty-fifth. Fiftieth and Fifty-first
congresses. He also had a creditable war rec
ord, and w.is wounded several times. Since
his service m congress he has lived in Wash
ington, engaged in the practice of law.
MARQUETTE. Mich., Feb. 26.-Rt. Rev
_' ,'. \ e / ll >;, bishop of the Catholic diocese of
Sault Ste, Marie, died here suddenly today
of heart failure, brought on by la grippe He
was born in Austria, fifty-four years ago. and
had been bishop since 1879.
VIENNA, Feb. 26.— Count Jean Bernard
Rochberg-Rothelower, the distinguished Aus
trian statesman, formerly minister of foreign
affairs and the incumbent of other imnortaut
administrative posts under Emperor Francis
Joseph, died today, in his 03rd year.
Telling; a Ship's Position.
At a recent meeting of the Academic de 3
Sciences, Paris, M. Mascart, the well-known
French electrician, brought forward a me'tk
od of enabling a ship to tell its position oft
a coast in think weather or darkness. The
plan was invented by a French electrician in
Turkish employment. It consists in connect
ing two shore stations at some distance apart
by a telegraph wire or cable, permitting an
electric current to control the acoustic fog
or night signals of the station, and make
them simultaneous. Suppose one station
emits the note "Do" and the other "Me "
a person on board the ship will readily dis
tinguish them, and whether they are heard
by him simultaneously or one after the oth
er will depend on the position of the ship
with resDect to the stations. The interval
of time between the sounds multiplied by the
known velocity of sound in air will give
him the difference in his distances from
the two stations.
Ilalloona top the Dead.
In his capacity of high priest, the emperor
of China has to offer at least 46 sacrifices to
different gods in the course of a year- and
as to each sacrifice dedicated one or 'more
holidays, which must be passed by him In
complete solitude, the miserable monarch*
tinio must be pretty well taken up. It is
also a very strict religious rule that Im
majesty shall offer in the course of overv
ye*r many hundreds of silk balloons before
the ta*>,ets of his ancesaors, the unbrokon
line of whom extends back before the life
time of Jesus Christ. These balloons a_»
made of the richest silk obtainable., and sev
eral of the imperial slllr manufactories are
occupied the whole year through with the
fabrication of the materia.'
SHE ST. PAUL GLOIiE MONDAY FEBRUARY 27, 1839.
TRIE OF MR. QUAY
ALL THK l\lM< ATIOVS AHK THAI'
IT AVICI. UK TAKKN LP
TODAY
RE-ELECTION IS AT ISSUE
On All Sides It Is Admit ted That the
Deadlock at ll a rrisburig Is Not
Likely io Be Broken Pending- a
Verdict, and That Much AVill De
pend I pon the Final Outcome of
the Case.
PHILADKLPHIA, Feb. 26.— There is
every indication tonight that Senator
Quay and his son, Richard K. Quay,
will be placed on trial in the criminal
court tomorrow to answer to Un
charge of conspiracy and unlawful use
of state money. Both sides are ready
and, it is said, anxious for the trial to
proceed.
Senator Quay and his son have been
in the city for some time past in daily
conference with their lawyers. So far
as is known, former District Attorney
Graham, who was active in the early
stages of the prosecution, will take no
part in the trial, which will be con
ducted for the commonwealth by Dis
trict Attorney Rothmuller, who was
elected to that offlce last November,
and his assistant.
The trial will undoubtedly be of
importance, not only because it pre
sents the unusual spectacle of a Unit
ed States senator as a chief defend
ant, but also because on Its result
largely hinges his re-election. It- is
not expected the long existing deadlock
in the, legislature at Harrisburg will
be broken in the meantime, and It Is
predicted that the outcome of the
trial will have great influence on the
senatorial campaign.
The Quays were indicted Nov. 1 last
year, with ex-State Treasurer Hay
wood, who died last Thursday. The
charges grew out of the failure of the
People's bank, of this city, in March
last.
The formal allegations are that the
Quays and Haywood, while state
treasurer, conspired with John S. Hop
kins, cashier of the bank, to use, and
that they did use, in violation of the
law, state funds on deposit in the
bank for their own private purposes.
Hopkins committed suicide when the
bank failed.
Judge Beitler will be on the l.e.ich
during the trial.
Protest AgnliiMt Boherts.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, 10., Feb. 26.— At today's
session of the council of Latter Day Saints
ot Jesus Christ, of the reorganized church,
comprising 20,0_) member?!" resolutions were
adopted protesting against the seating of B.
P. Roberts, elected to congress from Utah.
They oppose him, not on account of religious
belief, but because he, It is said, practices
plural marriage.
WORTH MILLIONS,
But Xever Spent a. Penny for Per
sonal Luxuries.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Mr. James Tyson, who died at the
age of seventy-six in Sydney, Austra
lia, during December, worth $25,000,000,
..was, perhaps, the most peculiar mil
lionaire of modern times and his life
contains a number of lessons — of vary
ing kinds. His idomitable energy, so
characteristic of the Anglo-Saxon race,
was remarkable, but not nearly so
much so as the fact that practically not
a cent of his immense wealth was spent
upon personal luxuries. To use his own
words, he "never entered a church or
a theater or a saloon; never tasted beer,
wine or spirits; never swore, never
used soap (using sand in the place of
it), and never wore a white shirt or
a glove."
To most men this would seem like a
willful waste of opportunities, and a
voluntary choice of a dull and barren
life. But it is all In the point of view.
The first exclamation of an American
is: "Why he might just as well have
never had the money."
That was precisely the view taken
by Mr. Tyson. He did not care the
snap of his finger for his great wealth;
his only pleasure being not in seeing it
pile up, but in the means by which
he accumulated it. He explained the
matter quite naively:
"It is the game." said he with an ex
ultant snap of his fingers. "Every man
has his purpose in life. Something to
fight and to pursue."
And he was right. With some it is
wealth, some fame, some the public
weal. There are those who spend their
days sighing and plotting for a wom
an, and others who live but for pleas
ure. Tyson's sole delight lay in con
quering the desert.
"I am persuaded," he said, "that at
tainment is nothing; the pleasure is
in the pursuit, and I have been pur
suing all my life, and I believe I have
been happier, as I have been more for
tunate than most men."
His early life up to the age of thirty
was most unlucky, but at that period
he began to buy cattle from stockmen
who had no money and to sell to miners
in the newly opened^Bendigo gold fields, j
who had no meat, and with keen fore- !
sight gradually extended his opera
tions until he owned half a million j
acres and held leased lapds covering i
several thousand square miles, becom- j
ing the largest land owner in Australia. |
Reclaiming these lands from the de
sert became his hobby.
"Fighting!" he exclaimed. "That has
been my work! I have been fighting
the desert all my life, and I have won.
I have put water where there was no
water, and beef where there was no
beef. I have put fences where there
were no fences, and roads where there
were no roads. Nothing can undo
what I have done, and millions will be
happier for it after I am long dead and
forgotten."
He lived and died a bushman, igno
rant so far as letters and social usage
went, careless of religion, trying only
to do what he thought to be right, and
arriving at wise conclusions through
no path but rugged good sense. He
fought and won his fight, with one pur
pose steadily in view at all times and
seasons, living fearlessely and consist
ently the life he had chosen for him
self. The wealth that he had gained
and left behind him was but a side in
cident, a trivial detail in the work that
formed his pleasure and his task as
well, and who shall say that he did not
live as happily and to as good a pur
pose as another? Ac one reviewer puts
it: "He was the most harmless mil
lionaire that ever lived."
Attacked by an Eagle.
Foster Ambrose, of Todd township Fulton
county. Pennsylvania. went fox-hunting
Wednesday with a good pack of hounds and
erne of them early holed a big fox. While the
hunter was digging Reynard out he was
startled by a big silver eagle swooping down
upon him.
The eagle attacked Ambrose and his dogs
and the battle was lively for a time, but at
last the hunter got a chance to use his gun
and there the fight end.d. The bird meas
ured seven feet from tip to tip. and the -claws
were two and a hlf inches in length. The
fox escaped.
DRINK GRAIN-0
doctors order it, because it is healthful in
vlgorating aud appetizing. It Is made from
pure grains and has that rich seal brown
color and tastes like the finest grades of eof
fee and costs about % as much. Children
like it and thrive on it because it Is a genu
lne food drink containing nothing but nour
ishment. Ask your grocer for Oraln-O tH_
new food drink. 15 and 25a "*
'
HAS VOTED MILLIONS
It B VIEW OF THE WORK ACCOM.
PL.ISHED BY THE GOSHEUMBM
SOW C'JLOMNU
' / — *
PERIOD OF HISTORY MAKING
38
Anlde From " War Meaaurea, Titer*
Hum Keen Some (irnrrul LeKiala
tlon of ftulre Than Ordinary Im
portance," including a Bank
ruptcy l. aw and t lie Annexation
or H'tivntl.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.— An eventful per
iod in the country's history is covered by tiie
work ot the flfty-flfth congress, which Is
drawing near to a ; close. It has been a
period of stirring and dramatic action, with
questions of vast magnitude constantly engag
ing attention, forming an epoch alongside
those _other American epochs— the Revolution
and tne Civil war.
This congress lias declared war against a
foreign foe and the treaty-making branch
has participated in ratifying the treaty by
which that war terminated. It has provided
a great volunteer army, and has expanded
the navy to meet war emergencies and new
condi Uons>. The tariff has beeen revised, first
by the Dingley law and then by the war
revenue act; a bond issue, known as the war
loan, has been provided.
But far reaching as these war measures
are, congress has had time also to enact
other legislation, which under ordinary cir
cumstances would make its session mem
orable. This includes the annexation of
Hawaii, the rejection by the senate of the
general treaty 0 f arbitration with Great
Britain, the enactment of a nation bank
ruptcy law, provision for taking the twelfth
census and a reorganization of the person
nel of .the navy. To this list may yet be
added other important subjects .till pending,
including the Nicaragua catial, the increase
of the regular army, the antl-scalping meas
ure, the Hawaiian bill and the proposed en
couragement of American shipping.
The present congress began its work almost
simultaneous with the opening of President
McKlnley's administration. Two days aftei
his inauguration he issued the call for an
extra session and ln pursuance to this call
congress assembled on March 15, 1897. Thres
days later the Dingley tariff bill was re
ported. U passed the house within two
weeks of the opening of the session; passed
the senate May 7th; became a law July 24th.
Hardly less important was the consideration
and adverse return in the senate of the
general treaty of arbitration negotiated by
President Cleveland with Great Britain.
WAR SESSION.
The Becond session of the present congress
is remembered as the great war session. It
saw the culmination of the pent-up sympathy
for suffering Cuba; the declaration that the
people of Cuba ought to be and are free and
independent; the declaration of war against
Spain; and the enactment of these vast
emergency measures for prosecuting the war.
The first real war legislation was when
congress placed at the disposal of the presi
dent, without limitation, $50,000,000 as au
emergency fund for national defense.
On April 11 the president committed the en
tire Cuban question to congress, and just
one week later the congressional resolution
became a law declaring Cuba free and inde
pendent; demanding that Spain withdraw its
land and naval for.eeß from Cuba and Cuban
waters, and directing the use of our lanfl and
naval forces to enforce the resolutions. With
in another week— April 24— the declaration of
war was passed- by congress and approved.
Then came the rush of war legislation on a
stupendous scale, the work proceeding while
actual hostilities were under way, and the '
Dewey victory was achieved.
With the war : measures proper were the im
portant acts for raising revenue adequate to
meet the war expenditures. The first of theao
was the war revenue act, designed to raise
$150,000,000, and ln this connection congress
authorized a bond issue of $200,000,000, known
as the "war loan."
Although the second session was absorbed
with the war. there was time for much Im
portant general legislation. The annexation
of Hawaii w^g. accomplished by a resolution,
and a general bankruptcy law was enaoted!
Tho total appropriations of the second, or
war session footed almost $900,000,000, of
which upward of $350,000,000 was for purely
war purposes.
RESULTS OP WAR.
The present, or third session of the Fifty
fifth congress dealt with results growing out
of the war. Most Important of these was th 6
consideration of the peace treaty in the sen
ate. The treaty was transmitted to the senate
by the president on Jap. 4. It was then re
ferred to the commftteo on foreign relations,
and after being held for Just a week by the
committee was reported back to the senate on
Jan. U. The senate had the treaty under con
sideration for less than a month, the vote on
ratification being taken on Feb. 6.
While the treaty was exclusively before the
senate, the house had som? Indirect partlcpl
pation in subjects covered by the treaty. As
the branch originating all revenue measures,
it provided an appropriation of $20,000,000 to
-pay Spain, according to the terms ot the
treaty. Efforts were made to add to it a
declaration of the policy of the government
as to the Philippines, but this was defeated.
Another important measure, which has at
tracted general attention, has been the In
crease and reorganization of the regular
army. The house military committee first
took up the subject, and presented a bill
which increased the army to approximately
100,000 men. When considered in tho house
discretion was given the president to reduce
the size of companies, so that the total force
would b.> abiut 60,003 men. In the senate two
bills were presented, the minorfty suggesting
a plan of temporary continuance of the mili
tary establishment at 62.000, with an addi
tional force of 35,000 to be used in outlying
insular possessions. These several proposi
tions are still pending.
CANAL QUESTION.
The Nicaragua canal question also has
taken a prominent place ln the work of this
session. At the outset Mr. Morgan had the
subject made the unfinished business of the
senate, and with this right of way it was
kept constantly before the senate, when not
ln executive session, until finally passed. The
essential feature of the Morgan bill provides
that the United States shall participate In the
construction of the canal, subscribing for
925,000 shares at $100 each, out of a total of
1.000,000. and that the work shall be practi
cally under the direction of the United States.
When this bill reached the house all after
the enacting clause was struck out in com
mittee, and what was known as the Hepburn
plan substituted. The essential feature of
the Hepburn substitute is in making the
canal exclusively a government undertaking.
The sum of $115,000,000 is appropriated for the
completion of the work authorized.
As it was feared the lateness of the ses
sion might prevent, consideration, Mr. Hep
burn offered his plan as an amendment to
the sundry civil bill in the house. The
amendment was ruled out of order, and the
next move was made in the senate, when the
committee reported an amended form of the
Hepburn plan as an amendment to the river
and harbor bill. This matter also Is still
pending.
The bill providing for taking the twelfth
census was first passed by the senate, and
provided a comprehensive plan for execut
ing this important work. When the measure
reached the house a substitute was passed.
The house measure differs from that of the
senate mainly in making the census bureau
an independent organization, not under the
interior department, and in the method of
appointments.
HAWAIIAN BTLL.
The Hawaiian bill was presented to both
tranches of congress with a view to carry
ing out the congressional resolution annex
ing Hawaii. It provides a comprehensive
plan of territorial government, and fixes the
qualification of electors aud officers. The
bill has not passed either branch of con
gress, and lt Is hardly expected that it can
pass all the stages at this late day.
What is knowit as the anti-scalplng bill has
attracted much ' interest and occupied con
siderable time in both branches of congress.
It was the first piece of general legislation
passed by the house at this session, but its
consideration in the senate has been attend
ed by numerous delays, it being displaced
recently as the 'unfinished business In order
to take up the larm_ reorganization bill.
Another measure of 1 importance to the com
mercial and shipping classes is known as the
shipping bill. It was introduced ln the sen
ate by Mr. Hanna and in the house by Mr.
Payne, and Is 'pendlhg in both houses. It
provides a system of bounties to American
Steam and sailing vessels, dependent on ton
nage and distance covered, and also makes
merchant vessels ah auxiliary force to the
navy in time ofpwah 1 It is on the calendar
ot both houses, , with:, its future in doubt ow
ing to the short time remaining.
The total appropriations of the present ses
sion will approximate $700/00,000, of which
about $250,000,000 will be for military aud
naval uses. This is a general estimate, how
ever, which may undergo much change.
If the Nicaragua canal amendment is added
to the river and harbor bill this will make a
material increase.
Based on estimates, the total appropriations
for the congress (not Including the four ap
propriation bills left over by the former con
gress) will be approximately $1,600,000,000, of .
which amount approximately $600,0G0,000 is
for war expenses or incident to the army and
navy.
E_D OF ROWSY BOYS
A FAMILY OF FAHOU- MHOOTERS
WHO KEPT KENTUCKY IN
UPROAR
DIED WITH THEIR BOOTS ON
Seven of the Sons, All But One of
Whom Were Knomi UN Had Chan.
actera Extraordinary Displa* »
ot llerklewi Mravado History of
Dark ami Bloody Deeds Closed nt
Danville Recently.
DANVILLE, Ky., Feb. 26.— The pass
ing of John Rowsey, who died at his
home, five miles from Danville, one
night last week, closed the final chap
ter in a remarkable family history of
dark and bloody deeds. John Rowsey
was one of the seven boy_ of old Jor
don Rowsey, and was the only one of
the seven who did not "die with his
boots on." The careers of the other
six were filled with daring deeds of
outlawry and some extraordinary dis
plays of reckless bravado, running
from the halting of a freight train by
a single horseman to the baring of a
breast to the carbine of an unfair foe.
The six "bad" Rowsey boys were
Jasper, Thomas, Smith, Arch, "Cam"
and "Cage. "Their father, Jordon Row
sey was not a dangerous man, general
ly speaking, but an unpleasant adver
sary when aroused. Ho was small in
stature and wiry, and was never known
to carry a weapon, depending, when
occasion demanded, upon his hitting
and biting qualities. He had many
quarrels and "fist and skull' encount
ers, but so far as known never "killed
his man."
Jasper was the first of the boys to
gain notoriety. He became a terror to
his neighborhood when quite a youth.
He wolud get drunk, shoot into houses,
and, now and then, just, for amuse
ment, Are upon persons traveling
through the community, secreting him
self in the hills overlooking the roads.
The family lived in the "Knobs," sev
eral miles back of Milledgeville, a vil
lage about twelve miles south of Dan
ville. One day Jasper shot and hit
Squire John Hughes, a highly respect
ed citizen of the community, but the
bullet struck a silver dollar in the
squire's pocket and he escaped injury.
Rowsey said that he was shooting at
another man. Later, in one of his
pranks, he shot and wounded a man
named Oldham. This occurred before
the civil war. Jasper progressed in
his desperate doings, and was finally
arrested and taken to the Stanford jail.
A few nights after this a mob visited
the prison, took Jasper from the not
unwilling jailer, and swung his body
from a neighboring limb, just on ac
count of a "general cussedness."
PAiSSING OF THOMAS ROWSEY.
The second to die was Thomas, and
his death was tragic. He fell before
the carbine of Tom Akin. Akin was a
Federal soldier, returning home before
the close of the war. Tom Rowsey one
day went to Milledgeville, loaded up
on mean whisky, bullied Akin, arid ran
him out of town at the point of a rifle.
The next day was Sunday. At about
10 o'clock that morning Tom Ro.vsey,
then sober, was standing upon the
porch of a store, in the second story
of which a Sabbath school was in ses
sion. While standing there Tom Akin
walked up with a carbine in his hand
and exclaimed:
"Who says I've got to leave town?"
Rowsey saw what Akin was up to,
and said to him:
"You've got the drop on me. If you've
got anything against me, shoot."
With this he reached up and pulled
open his shirt, so that his breast made
a target. Akin took deliberate aim
with his carbine and fired. Rowsey
dropped in 'his tracks, shot through
the heart. So great was the feeling
against the Rowseys that Akin was
not arrested for his deed.
This cold-blooded act by Akin and
the apparent sanction of it by the peo
ple of the community enraged the re
maining members of the Rowsey fam
ily and their friends, and they began
a reign of terror which for years kept
the good people of West Lincoln ooun
ty in a constant state of fear and ex
citement. They took a special delight
in harassing the Akin family and the r
sympathizers, shooting into their
houses, firing into them from ambush,
etc., until it was dangerous for any
body to venture upon the highway af
ter dark. This state of affairs finally
culminated in one of the most terrific
encounters in the history of the fam
ily.
One Saturday morning in the sum
mer of 1865 Smith Rowsey secreted
himself in a barn near the Akin home.
In a short time Tom Akin and his I
father came from the front door of j
their house and took seats side by side
upon the stoop. While they were sit
ting there Smith Rowsey fired upon
them from his hiding place, making a
most singular shot. The bullet first
struck Tom Akin in the neck near the
base of the brain, penetrating the fle-h
and_ barely grazing the vertebrae.
Passing on, it went through old man j
Akin's neck also, and then entered the '
door post. Both men recovered, but j
decided that such a shot could not bs I
escaped often, and they moved to I
Louisville.
BATTLE AT RUSSEL HOUSE.
That same morning the Rowseys j
shot into the house of Martin Russel. i
The bullet narrowly missed a sick
daughter. A general attack was ex
pected, and Russel summoned some
fifteen of his friends to his aid. They
went to his house and remained all
night. The Rowseys looked upon th's
as a challenge, and they, too, prepared
for war. Blood flowed freely the next
morning, which was Sunday. About
7 o'clock, while several of the Russel
party were on the back porch wash
ing their faces, they were fired upon
from an old blacksmith shop some dis
tance away. They hastily re-entered
the house and the battle began in
earnest. The women were put into
the cellar and the men shot at their
foes from the windows.
There were two crowds of the Row
seys, one occupying the blacksmith
shop and the other stationed in the sec
ond story of an old mill, the Russell
house between them. Bullets from the
Rowsey guns penetrated the thin walls
of the Russel home, and many narrow
escapes were made. 'When the ammu
nition was exhausted and the fighting
ceased it was found that four of the
Rowseys following had received death
wounds, and several others were more
or less injured. The Russel party
escaped fatal hurts. None of the Row
sey boys was killed in the engagement,
although Cam was shot, through and
through. A silk handkerchief was run
through his body to permit the escape
of the poisonous blood, and he lived
to become a bad man later ln life.
It was not long after this until Smith
Rowsey fell. He was an expert rifle
man, and sometimes amused himself
by shooting at people from the high
knobs. One day a small company of
soldiers in the civil war was passing
by, and Smith fired upon them from
ambush. The soldiers, thinking they
had encountered a detachment of
sharpshooters, scattered Into the
bushes. They ran upon Smith, and he,
probably thinking they were after him,
showed fight. He could not success
fully combat so many foes, and was
shot down without killing a soldier. He
died game, however, with a revolver
in each hand.
RAIDED BY THE AUTHORITIES.
After the close of the war, when law
and order again assumed definite
shape, the county officials made de
termined efforts to crush out the raid-
Anhcuscr-Busch's Budwciscr
Jgy Pronounced by Connoisseurs
Kins of Bottled Beers."
W '* k°'d s the world's record
-^^MKf for purity, quality and output.
Sw|S|||Y6i£, More than 600,000,000
Sl_J__. bottles of this one brand have
is the leader of the other
rtfSATA*sXrM*S>AT*/<'st& famous brews of the ANHEUSER
&UICI66tstVC&J€W BUSCH BREWING ASS'N. "Black
and Tan," "Faust," "Michelob,"
"Anheuser Stihdard," "Pale Lager." "Anheuser-Busch Dark."
__^_^_^r/^_S_^W^~ The Food - Dril *- A boon to nursing
[ */a€&*U/A^W*42*n& mother>( the aged, feeble and convalescent
ins bands of desperadoes, and matters
Quieted down somewhat. The Rowseys
then satisfied themselves by getting
drunk singly now and then and "tak
ing" a town by themselves. Arch, Cam
and "Cage" of the old fighting stock
remained. Arch one day rode his horse
down the Louisville & Nashville rail
road track, in the wake of an advanc
ing freight train, which was heavy and.
going slowly. Stopping his animal and
drawing two revolvers, he pointed them
at the cab on the locomotive and yelled
to the engineer to halt. After a pleas
ant conversation, during which the en
gineer and fireman were Invited to
drink out of the Rowsey bottle, the
train was permitted to go on in peace.
The Rowseys did not confine their op
erations to Milledgeville, but attempt
ed to terrorize Danville, Stanford and
other places.defied arrest, rode through
the streets at break-neck speed, yell
ing, firing their pistols, etc. One day-
Cam came to Danville and got on a
"tear," but, much to his surprise, -was
arrested by "Huck" Harness, a printer.
He had declared that he was the best
man in Kentucky and defied arrest.
Harness asked the marshal to sumihon
him to arrest the desperado. The mar
shal did so, and Harness pulled a pistol
almost as long as his arm, walked up
to Rowsey, and told him that if he did
not go with him to the police court
he would blow all the top of his head
off. Cam looked at the printer for a
moment, but Harness quietly held the
pistol pointed at Rowsey's head, his
hand as steady as an oak. Rowsey
went to court. He was fined $25 and
costs for disorderly conduct. He hand
ed the judge $50, saying:
"Just keep the change, judge. I may
want to have a little more fun before
I leave town."
Arch was killed In 1879 and Cam in
ISSI. Arch was shot in a desperate
fight with Clay Powell and Sam Will
iams at Hustonville. Powell and "Will
lams were in the country looking for a
missing horse. On their return home
in the dark they overtook two men, one
of whom appeared to be riding the
horse which they had been seeking.
They asked the strangers for their
names, which they refused to give.
Powell and Williams passed them and
proceeded to Hustonville, stopping at
the hotel which Powell was keeping.
They awaited the coming of the two
horsemen, who arrived ln a short time,
and when they had reached a place in
the road opposite the hotel Powell and
Williams stepped out and halted them,
telling them they were officers. Just
then the strangers opened fire with pis
tols. Powell and Williams answering
with rifles.
DUEL IN HUSTONVILLE STREETS.
After the midnight street duel was
over and the smoke had cleared away
It was found that Powell was seriously
wounded and Williams slightly so. It
was Christmas night, and the people,
thinking the bombardment came from
some of the "boys" who were jollifying
paid no attention to it. Thus the two
strangers were permitted to get out of I
town without their identity being dis
closed. The next day, however, a phy
sician was called into the country to \
see a wounded man, who proved to be
Arch Rowsey. It turned out that his
abdomen had been perforated in the
fight with Powell and Williams, and
that he had actually walked four miles
into the country while suffering thus
He lived only a short time. His com
panion in the fight, a kinsman named
Curry, was uninjured.
Cam Rowsey was a magnificent spec
imen of manhood, tall, well-propor
tioned and handsome. He was careful
too, of his personal appearance, and
always wore good clothes. He was
successful in business, and when kill d ■
was running a store at Milledgeville. I
Cam was also a married man of fam- j
ily. but very free in his attentions ti i
women, and in 1881 was accused of ;
improper relations with a young worn- j
an named Braxdale. She was a sister- i
in-law of William Gresham, and a j
sweetheart of John Reid. Gresham i
and Reid sought revenge, met Rowsey j
one day, and emptied into his body I
two shotguns loaded with buckshot.
His head was blown to pieces. Gre.= h- I
am and Reid were tried and acquitted. I
and Reid married the young woman.
Seven years afterward Reid and
Gresham, then brothers-in-law, were ■
playing cards, had a dispute over some j
trivial affair, and Reid gave Gresham !
the lie. Gresham attempted to pull his !
pistol, but Reid was too quick for him, !
drew his own and shot Gresham dead! I
LAST OF BAD BROTHERS.
The last of the bad brothers to die
was Micajah, or "Cage," as he was fa
miliarly known. He was shot and kill
ed two years ago by Marshal Ellis, of
Junction City, while he was resisting {
arrest. "Cage" was in many respects
the most remarkable member of the
family. A relentless foe' and «fc»ver
ready to meet all comers, any rules to
govern, he was, in matters of busi ss
and lfgal relations, the very soul of
honor. He would tell the truth though '■
the telling of it brought hardships and
he was thoroughly trustworthy in mat
ters of credit. He cut a man named
Phillips with a penknife. The wound
was not necessarily fatal, but Phillips
was drunk, and, going to sleep, bled
to death. Cage was tried for the kiil
lng. and, on his own admissions, was
sentenced to ten years in the peniten
tiary. His lawyers got him a new
trial, and on the second hearing he
was acquitted.
Cage was wounded many times.
Once he was shot ln the mouth and the
bullet lodged in the back of his neck,
where it remained. Micajah Rowsey's
favorite weapon was a long bowie
knife, and he was never known to car
ry a pistol until his difficulty with
Ellis.
How many persons met death at
the hands of different members of the
Rowsey family, and how many deaths
were incident f^> tbe cutting and shoot
ing scrapes that grew out of affairs
with which they were connected one
way or another, will never be known.
TWO BULLETS
In His Brain, Yet Thia Man Liven,
Def yine Physical I.iiv.h.
From the Chicago Chronicle.
Nelson Mackold, of Waukesha, has lived
since May, 1897, with two bullets in his brain,
either one of which, so the doctors say, would
have killed anybody else.
On that date a horrible crime was commit
ted on a lonely farm near Waukesha. A man I
named Pouch killed Parmer Alexandria Har- i
rl», put two buJlets into Mackold's head and j
left ntm for dead. He then went to the hjuse
and. after Mrs. Harris had given him break
fast, he shot her and her daughter.
The hlrsd man revived sufficiently to crawl
to a neighbor's house and give the alarm
The whole country was aroused and _ome
days after the murderer was found in a pond
where he had shot and then drowned himself -
The grasp of Mackold upon life wa_ mar
velous. All the doctors said he would die
but instead he got well and by the end of 'he
summer was able to work about the farm. In
the Interest of science Mackold was brougnt to
this city and an X-ray photograph taken of
his brain. It shows that on. bullet is lodged
at the base of the brain, right over the
spinal colmn, and the other is in the roof
of tho orbit. Physicians say that, according
to every physical law, he must of necessity
die from the effects of the bullets In their
present condition. Yet the man lives, is
strong and well, feels no ill effects from the
bullets and is sane as he ever wao.
WIND OPENED GRAVE.
It Took Ont the Occupant and Hans
Bin Rones on a Tree.
From the New York Press.
That frightful wind which visited this part
of the country a few weeks ago did many
violent things which were not discovered at
the time. One of the most growsome of these
occurrences was discovered a few evenings
ago by a. traveling man In the vicinity of
Rupert, \t. The agent was driving late in
the afternoon on a somewhat unfrequented
road toward Rupert, and he noticed far ahead
of him something swaying aud dangling from
a tree. As he drew nearer to it he could hear
a weird rattling sound, and, although he
could not see distinctly, yet lt was evident
that the thing In the distance was of human
shape.
' Some poor devil has got tired of life," so
liloquized the drummer, "and has made away
with himself. I wish he had chosen some
other time.
As the horse drew near the dreaded object
the drummer was almost tempted to turn
about, but the night was cold and the way
back was long, and he determined to face the
awful thing whatever it was. When he
reached the spot he found, to his horror an
open coffin lying on the ground, while dan
gling from tbe bough of a tree near was a
human skeleton with grinning teeth eyeless
sockets and rattling bones.
Near by was an immense tree uprooted its
roots extending upward in the air. A small
family burying ground, an open and ragged
grave torn all to pieces and a splintered
coffin told the story. The recent wind had
torn up the tree, the roots of which had been
entwined around and under the grave. When
the roots gave way and came up with tne
force of the wind, the grave had been torn
open, the coffin wrenched jn two, and its
silent tenant thrown into the air, some of the
rattling bones catching on the bare branches
of the tree from which it dangled.
The drummer drove on without looking
backward. When he reached Rupert he no
tiled the authorities, and the uneasy bones
were soon buried in another place.
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