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VOL. XXII.— NO. 61.
TRUSTS FORCED WAR
PROF. HI.ItKON CHARGES THAT
THEY COXSPIRED TO CAUSE
COXFL.ICT
CLAIMS TO HAVE CONTRACT
By the Terms, He Alleges, Men
Who Would Proflt by Govern
ment Contract* Contributed
Money to Promote Hostilities and
Then Divided the Profits'—De
clines to Make Xanies Public.
CHICAGO, March, I.— The Chicago
Chronicle prints the following story
under display head lines:
Did American trusts and contractors
conspire to embroil the United States
In the war with Spain, in the hope of
profiting to the extent of millions?
Prof. George D. Herron, instructor of
sociology and economics at lowa col
lege, makes public profession that they
did. Furthermore. Prof. Herron claims
to possess a copy of the compact
drawn up by these conspirators and
promises to present it to the American
public when the present International
disturbances have become quieted.
Prof. Herron first made public an
nouncement of his possession of the
knowledge in question at the meeting
of the National Citizenship league in
Central Music hall. The statement
was made during the course of Prof.
Horron's lecture upon "Municipal
Ownership." So little stress was laid
Upon it by the speaker that its utter
ance attracted liitle or no attention at
the time.
But later consideration given the
address in the manuscript revealed the
Importance of the charge made by the
speaker. Prof. Herron's position as a
student of economies did not permit
at a light dismissal of the charges,
and he was asked for further light
upon the matter. Prof. Herron said
that he was perfectly willing to stand
by the charges made, and then went
on to tell as much as he would con
cerning the accusations and his basis
for them.
CHARGE REITERATED.
"I derived my information," Prof.
Herron explained, "from a man prom
inent In pul>lic life to whom I stand in
a relationship akin to that of a father
confessor. From what he has told me
and from documents which I now pos
sess 1 know many terrible things. I
can state positively that our being
plunged into a war with Spain was
brought about by a conspiracy of the
r.ien who would profit most by such a
national calamity.
"The conspirators met in one of our
Kit at cities and made plea 3 for sub
sidizing important new^aapers, for
corrupting congressmen, for furnishing
munitions to Cuban insurgents and for
other purposes which would in all like
lihood bring about the results which
they so much desired. The expenses
were borne by all. The profits were to
be derived from government contracts
and in other ways. I think that it would
be a safe and conservative statement
to say that they profited to the extent
of fully $30,000,000. I possess a copy of
the contract which was drawn up by
them."
WILL TELL IN DUE TIME.
Prof. Herron was a3ked If he would
permit the publication of the text of
the contract and of the list of the
nr.mes of the signers. In answer to
this mjuest Prof. Herron replied:
"As I told you in the beginning, I
derived this information by virtue of
my position as a confidant. I cannot
_ disclose its details until permission is
granted, but I am certain that my in
formant will give me the desired priv
ilege as soon as we have, as a nation,
entered again upon a peaceful state,
possibly when the president's war in
vestigating committee has finished its
v. oik."
Prof. Herron's questioner asked
v» hether any of the conspirators were
Chicago packers, inasmuch as many of
them had profited greatly by the war.
Again Prof. Herron declined to com
mit himself, but repeated the assurance
" that he would tell all at the proper
time, and he said that the lime might
come soon.
Rnklng Powder Trust.
NEW YORK, March I.— The Tribune says:
It is reported on good authority that the
Interest of the Royal Baking Powder company
New Pork Baking Powder company and the
Cleveland Baking Powder company have been
told to William Zeigler for between ?11,000,
--00<J and $12,000,000.
Automobile Trust
CHARLESTON, W. Va., March I.— The In
ternational Vehicle company, of New York
city, with $5,000,000 capital, was chartered
TODAYS BULLETIN.
Pago.
I— Army Bill Passed.
North Dako-ta Appointments.
Ope'ation on Pope Leo.
Spanish Cabinet Crisis.
2— Decker Admits Guilt.
Michigan Republicans Meet.
3— The Legislative Session.
Busy Senate Day.
Somervllle Bill In House.
Plea for Forestry.
4— Editorial.
Mr. Lemon's Successor.
Superintendent Smith's Repcrt.
6— Sporting News.
News of the Railroads.
6— Markets oi the World.
Bar Silver. 59% c.
Chicago May Wheat, 73»jc.
7 — Minneapolis Matters.
Northwest News.
B— ln the Field of Labor.
Return of the Thirteenth.
New Case of Smallpox.
Seed Industry Defended.
TODAY'S EVENTS.
METROPOLITAN— Dark.
GRAND— "My Friend From India," 8:16 PM
Palm Garden— Vaudeville, 2 and 8 PM
L. W. Rundiett talks on streets, etc. Com
mcroial club. 1 o'clock.
lime. Marchesl, People's church.
ATLANTIC UHER9.
MEW YORK— Sailed: St. Louis, Southamp
ton; Britannic, Liverpool.
SOUTHAMPTON— SaiIed: Kv.tscr Wilhelm der
Grosse, New York. Arrived: St. Paul Ni-w
York.
LIVERPOOL— Arrived: Corinthla, Boston
MOVILLE — Arrived: Anehoria, New York
QUEEXSTOWN— Arrived: Teutonic, New
York for Liverpool.
PHILADELPHIA— SaiIed: Switzerland, fo,
Aatwsrp.
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE
here today by W. P. and O. W. Hatch &
Co., Underwood and H. F. Adams, of New
York, and C. O. Isbell, of Nortii Adams,
H*a». All kinds of automobiles will b«
made and operated In the large cities of
the country.
MOLINEUX INDICTED.
Prisoner "Will Be Arraigrned Before
Recorder GoflT Today.
NEW YORK, March I.— Roland B.
Molineux was today Indicted by the
grand Jury for murder In the first de
gree in causing the death of Mrs.
Katherine J. Adams. The finding: ef
the indictment does away with a hear
ing before the coroner, and there will
be small chance for Molineux's counsel
to take any steps In his behalf, until
the case actually comes to trial. The
indictment contains four counts:
First, that Roland B. Molineux sent a
poison through the malls to kill, and which
did kill. Mrs. Katherine J. Adams.
Second, that Molineux did send through the
malls a poison for the purpose of killing some
unknown person.
Third, that Molineux sent through the malls
cyanide of mercury, with intent to kill.
Fourth, that Molineux sent an unknown
poison to kill some unknown person.
The witnesses upon whose evidence
the grand Jury based the Indictment
were Coroner's Physician Albert E.
Weston, to prove death; Prof. R. A.
Witthaus, to prove the cause of death;
H. S. Cornish, to prove receipt of the
poison package and the motive for
sending it; Nicholas Heckmann, to
identrfy Molineux as the renter of the
letter box In Forty-second street, and
Experts William J. Kinsley, E. B. Hay,
Percifer Frazer and Henry L. Tolman,
to prove that Molineux's hand ad
dressed the poison package to H. S.
Cornish.
Molineux will be arraigned before
Recorder Goff tomorrow. He will then
probably be remanded to the Tombs
without bail.
LORD USCHELL DEAD
OXE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE
JOIXT HIGH COMMISSION AT
WASHINGTON
His l.ordHhip Suffering From the Ef
fects of a Fall, but There Was No
Evidence of Approaching Disso
lution Until Shortly Before Death.
WASHINGTON, March 1. — Baron
Farrer Herschell. one of the commis
sioners from Great Britain on the high
Joint commission to adjust differences
between the United States and Can
ada, died quite suddenly at 7:05 o'clock
this morning at the Shoreham hotel.
His death was the indirect result of
a fall some weeks ago upon a slippery
sidewalk, when one of the bones of
his leg was fractured. His condition
had not been considered serious, but
this morning shortly before 6 o'clock
he called his nurse and said he felt ill,
and complained of great pain in his
chest, below his heart. Dr. W. John
ston was summoned, and, after a has
ty examination, dispatched a messen
ger for Dr. Maddox, who Joined him
in a few minutes. The patient, how
ever, did not respond to the treat
ment, and at 7:05 o'clock his lordship
breathed his last.
In answer to inquiries, the physi
cians said they were unable to give
the exact cause of death, but the
symptoms, it was thought, indicated
that it was neuralgia of the heart.
It is assumed that the body will be
sent to England as soon as possible,
but no definite arrangements have yet
been made.
Farrer Herschell, first baron of that name
waß born Nov. 2, 1837. He was a son of the
late Rev. Ridley Herschell, of London, and
Helen, daughter of William Mowbray of
Edinburgh. He married in 1876 a daugh
ter of Edward Leigh Kindersley. They
have one son and two daughters living.
Baron Herschell was a privy councillor, a
knight grand cross of the Bath, doctor of
civil laws, doctor of laws, a deputy lieutenant
for Kent and Durham, a justice of the peace,
captain of Deal's castle, chancellor of Lon
don university, and was appointed British
member of the Venezuela and British Guiana
Lord Beresford on Trade in China.
American cotton ran up 121 per cent in quantity and 59 per
cent in value in four years, while British cotton ran down 13 per
cent in quantity and 5% per cent in value.
• American cotton is what the Chinaman wants— coarse tex
ture, warm, durable, cheap.
English contractors on the railroads buy American locomo
tives in preference to English.
Both China and Japan buy great quantities of American
flour, because they find it nutritious and cheap.
The Pacific ocean must be the American ocean in the future
The development of electrical plants in China is hardly touch
ed, and the Americans can easily cut the British out
The civil engineer is more waited in China than in any other
place in the world "to put their waterways right."
America has the best railway concession in China.
boundary arbitration tribunal, In 1897. He
was knighted in 1880, and was created a peer
in 1886.
Lord Herschell was educated at London uni
versity, and became a barrister of Lincoln's
Inn in 1860. He was solicitor general from
1880 to 18S5, and -was lord high chancellor In
1886 and from 1892 to 1895.
In politics Lord Herschell was a Liberal,
and he represented the city of Durham In the
house of commons from 1874 to 1885. He took
part In the so-called round table conference
on home rule, the first meeting of which waa
held in his house, and on the appointment of
a royal commission to Inquire into the work
ing of the metropolitan board of works. Lord
Herschell was unanimously elected presi
dent. In ISBB, during his absence In India,
Lord Herschell was elected alderman in the
London county council, but he declined to
fill the office.
Lord Herschell arrived in the United States
on July 27 of last year as a member of the
joint high commission, appointed to consider
the questions affecting the United States and
Canada.
ACTRESsHvARROW ESCAPE.
"While < leaning Gloves Mian RurL
hart'a Clothing? Catchea on Fire.
OMAHA, Neb., March I.— Miss Lillian
Burkhart, the comedienne, playing at tho
Orpheum theater, bad a narrow escape from
death by fire In her room at the Mtllard
hotel today. Proprietor Markell heard the
actress scream and reached the woman in
time to extinguish her burning clothing. Miss
Burkhart was unconscious and all the fur
nishings of the room were on fire when Mr.
Markell reached it. j
The fire was the result of Miss Burkharfs I
attempting to clean a pair of gloves with
gasoline. She had saturated one glove with
the liquid and stepped near an open grate,
when In an instant she was enveloped in
flames. She screamed and ran for the bed
to smother the fire with the bedclothlng, but
instead she only added fuel to them. She
fell on the bed unconscious.
Miss Burkhart's left arm was badly burned,
her hair was singed at the back ol her head.
THURSDAY MORNING MARCH 2, 1899.
POPE LEO IS BRAVE
PONTIFF SUBMITS TO AN OPERA
TION NECESSARY TO SAVE]
HIS LIFE,
ENORMOUS CYST REMOVED
Fever Immediately U-mrned and
Quickly Disappeared — DUtln
ifulNbort Patient Bears His Suf
fering With Remarkable Forti
tude, and Jokei With Hla Physi
cians—Vatican Besieged.
ROME, March I.— The pope passed
a fairly good night and was better to
day.
Dr. Mazzanl this morning removed
a cyst from the left thigh of the pon
tiff. The operation was perfectly suc
cessful, and the patient bore it well.
It appears that yesterday's feverish
symptoms were entirely due to the
cyst, from which the pope has long
suffered. He now has no trace of fe
ver, and Mr. Mazzani thinks no com
plications will ensue.
The hematic cyst had been forming
propably for thirty years.
The only persons present at the op
eration were Dr. Mazzani, Dr. Lap
poni, who assisted, and Dr. Pio Cen
tra, the pope's personal attendant. At
9:30 his holiness was carried on a litter
to a window of his apartment. Smil
ing, he said to the doctors:
"Do you want to play these tricks
upon me, at my age?"
Then he lay down composedly, on
his right side.
Although the courage which the pa
tient displayed gave the doctors con
fidence, they feared to use chloroform
and used, instead, a liquid anaesthetic,
consisting of cocaine, chloride of so
dium and morphia.
Owing to the size of the growth, the
excision occupied some time, but Dr.
Mazzoni quickly traced the extent of
the growth, and the actual operation
lasted twelve minutes. The pope dis
played great fortitude. After the ban
daging he was carried back to the bed,
and, once the feeling of faintness due
to shock and loss of blood had passed
away, he appeared quite calm. The
fever quickly subsided, confirming the
diagnosis of ,the doctors.
King Humbert, Queen Margaret,
Gen. Pelloux, the premier, and Admiral
de Carnarvo, minister of foreign af
fairs, asked to be Informed at frequent
intervals regarding the pope's condi
tion.
The diplomatic dinner arranged by
Cardinal Rampolla for tomorrow will
not be given, the Invitations having
been countermanded.
At six o'clock Drs. Mazzoni and Lap
poni again visited the pope and found
that the pain caused by the operation
had so far abated as to allow his holi
ness to lie on his back. At that hour
his temperature was lower and his gen
eral condition satisfactory.
Unless complications, of which there
are no apprehensions, should set in, Dr.
Mazzoni will not return to the Vatican
until tomorrow morning.
The semi-official Vatican organs warn
the public against the exaggerated
statements published in certain quar
ters. The physicians assure the peo
ple that the official bulletins regarding
the .pope's condition will be scrupulous
ly accurate.
According to Italic, his holiness suf
fered great pain during the operation,
and remarked afterward to his doctor:
"I understand now the seriousness of
my illness. You must have had great
courage to operate upon an old man
like myself."
The physicians, according to Italic,
are anxious about the weakening ef
fects of the dysentery, but if the pope
has a good night there is every reason
in their judgment to look for a rapid
recovery.
It was ascertained on inquiry at the
Vatican at a late hour this evening
that the pope was resting tranquilly.
The wound is doing well and the pain
has lessened. After the operation it
appears the weakness, due to the loss
of blood, was extreme, and his holi
ness lost consciousness and muttered
unintelligible Latin phrases. Nourish
ment was administered with good ef
fect. Dr. Lapponi left the Vatican for
a shcrt time about midnight. He then
seemed very hopeful. The pope had
always concealed the existence of the
tumor.
There was an affecting scene after
the operation. The pope's continued
weakness alarmed his attendants and
the prelates and all knelt, weeping si
lently. The pope asked Dr. Mazzonl
why it was they wept and whether he
was growing worse. Dr. Mazzoni said:
"No, they weep because they love
your holiness."
Dr. Mazzoni then ordered the cham
ber ck-ared.
The pope has sent a request to all
who sent telegrams that they pray for
him and for the church.
LONDON. March 2. —The Rome cor
respondent of the Daily Mail says:
"The pope is still suffering from diffi
culty in respiration and pain in the
lumbar region. Dr. Mazzoni has in
formed me that it is possible pneu
monia may disclose itself. Altogether
the progress of the disorder is problem
atical.
"During the operation he cried out.
"After the operation was over Mgr
Marsoleni. the papal chamberlain
on being asked what impression the
illness had made abroad, replied that
28,000 telegrams had been received at
the Vatican.
"There la a rumor tonight that the
pope's physicians fear blood poison
ing."
LETTER TO LEO.
Bishop Keane Huiipnria the View
Token by Ireland.
ROME, March 1. — Bishop John J.
Keane, formerly rector of the Catholic
University of America at Washington,
has written a letter to the pope in
which he takes a position side by side
with Archbishop Ireland in affirming
that the liberal wing of the church In
America has been misrepresented. The
so-called "Americanists/ declares
Bishop Keane,. never professed the er
rors now condemned by the holy father
and he himself never tangrht them. The
bishop declares further that he accepts
unreservedly what the pope in his re
cent letter teaches.
The declarations' of Ireland and
Keane are more than an attempt to
"stand from under" the papal condem
nation. To the bishop of AJasso has
come the opportunity of saying that
whatever stigma his removal from the
rectorship may have carried with it
was unearned; that he was as innocent
of excessive liberality as of heresy.
Both these liberal leaders, further, have
proved by their declarations that the
Vatican misconceived the : whole mean
ing of "Americanism" in consequence
of the version of Father Keeker's com
mentary, published with the papal im
primatur.
LABRADOR LOST.
Steamer a Total Wreck, l»ot All
I'asKviißiTs Saved.
MONTREAL, March I.— A cablegram
received tonight by the Dominion
steamship line agents here announces
the total loss of the company's steam
er Labrador, from St. John's, N. 8., for
Liverpool. The passengers were all
saved. The Labrador went on Skerry
more rock at 7 o'clock this morning.
The Labrador Is a steel steamer of
2,998 tons net register; halls from Liv
erpool, and Is owned by the Mississippi
& Dominion Steamship company (lim
ited). She was built at Belfast in 1891.
She i? 401 feet long by 47.2 feet beam
a-nd 28.3 feet in depth of hold.
Agcncillo, representative of the Fili
pinos, was a passenger on the Labra
dor, wrecked on the Irish coast.
The steamer Labrador arrived here
from St. John, N. 8., Feb. 20, to com
plete cargo— taking a miscellaneous as
sortment of 250 tons of wood pulp,
1,300 barrels of apples, raw furs and
malls and passengers. Felipe Agon
cillo, agent for the Filipino junta, and
L. W. Prows, member of parliament
for Prince Edward Island, were among
the passengers. There were 56 passen
gers in all; 20 cabin, 16 second-class
and 20 steerage. The steamer was due
on the Irish coast yesterday.
The Labrador was in charge of Capt.
Erskine. She has always been em
ployed in the Canadian Royal mail ser
vice, plying between Liverpool and
Montreal in the summer and Halifax
in the winter. Besides the passengers
mentioned above there were also on
board Lieut. Hardman Charles Leigh
Jr., W: A. Hustis, H. A. Tettly, J. A.
McLaren, M. P. Chisholm, E.F. Wil
kinson, A. G. Gome, A. E Holme Al
bert Wintle, Mrs. J. G. ,
F. Pears, W. Cuthbertson, Nathan
Mercer, G. D. Bowles, Charles Brown
and W. W. Hanley.
MR. KIPLING'S CONDITION.
Crisis Is Passed and Famous Author
Will Likely Recover.
NEW YORK, March I.— The condi
tion of Rudyard Kipling is very much
improved tonight. The crisis in the
disease was passed this morning. The
dispatches last night indicated that
the crisis was close at hand, and that
it was because of this the physicians
displayed so much anxiety concerning
the outcome. At 2:15 this afternoon
the following bulletin was posted:
Mr. Kipling has gained since this morning.
The temperature and pulse are low, and in
every direction the improvement Is noted,
— E. D. Janeway,
— Theodore Dunham.
This was the ninth day of Mr. Kip
ling's illness. In pneumonia the crisis
is usually reached by the seventh or
ninth day, but it may be delayed until
the fourteenth. Therefore there were
forty-eight hours durtag which the
physicians hardly left their patient's
side. During that time Mr. Kipling
suffered greatly during his conscious
moments, but he was frequently un
conscious or suffering from attending
delirium.
Throughout the day the callers at
the hotel were very numerous and the
official reports all gave indication of
improvement.
Mrs. Kipling, accompanied by her
maid, left the hotel and remained out
for an hour's walk. PYom prominent
people all over the country telegrams
are still pouring in, with words of con
dolence to Mrs. Kipling and anxious
inquiries as to Mr. Kipling's condition,
and there was what seemed to be an
authentic rumor that Queen Victoria
had sent a most solicitous request for
full information regarding the au
thor's illness.
Mr. Doubleday, one of Mr. Kipling's
publishers, when asked if this report
was true, said it was merely a family
matter and one that he would not dis
cuss.
DRUNK FIFTY YEARS.
UojiM of Capt. Arch Homer, of Ken
tucky, Who Is Now Dying.
VANCEBURG, Ky., March I.— Capt. Arch
Homer, who is widely known as one of Ken
tucky's most picturesque characters, is dying.
He claims to have been drunk fifty .years, and
Is now 70. His house, a double one, is on the
line between Lewis and Greanup counties. He
has sold whisky for many years, and when
indicted in Greenup he walks to the opposite
end of the house and Is in Lewts county. In
dicted in Le W i s county he goes to his bed
room and is in Greenup county.
SUICIDE BY FREZING.
Consumptive Neivapaner Man Com
mits Suicide In Cemetery.
DENVER, Col., March I.— Charles H.
Wlnslow, a newspaper man of New York,
who came here three months ago suffering
with consumption, was found frown to death
In the old city cemetery. He had removed
every particle of clothing and lain down in
the snow to await the end.
Winslow worked as reporter on a morning
paper here until last week;- He leaves a wife
and family at Syracuse, N. Y. Up to a few
months ago Winslow held responsible posi
tions on several New York newspapers. His
father was Capt. Winslow, who gave the first
order that began the battle of Gettysburg.
MRS. CLARA B. BAKBU, ROB BUT J. BVRDIiTTTC'H FIAN<.T:i2.
PASADENA, Cal., Feb. 28.— Mrs. Clara
Bradley Baker, of this city, who is soon
to become the wife of Robert J. Burdette, the
noted humorist and preacher, is one of the
most charming and gifted women of Cali
fornia. Her remarkable beauty and gracious
ness would distinguish her In any company,
and to make matters all the more pleasant
ehe is possessed of no little share of the
world's wealth. Her home is one of the pret
tiest among Pasadana's deservedly famous
beautiful homes and Its social atmosphere
is delightful. She is the founder and a for
mer president of the Ebell club, of Los An
geles, and Is a writer of force and reputation.
The friendship between these two brilliant
persons began twenty years ago, when they
met on the lecture platform In a Wisconsin
PIE PASSED AROUND
LONG LIST OF APPOINTMENTS
SENT TO THE NORTH DA
KOTA SENATE
NEARLY ALL ARE COMFiRMED
Names of a Few of the Men Selected
by Got. Faneher Held Up on Ac.
count of the Persona.! objection*
of Senators— — Got. Lee's Veto of
the Edncntlonal Appropriation
Bill Sustained.
BISMARCK, N. D., March 1.- (Spe
cial.) — Governor Pancher sent his nom
inations for state appointments to the
senate this afternoon. The plums fell
to the following:
State Board of Agriculture— J. M. Smith,
Emerado; W. D. McCMntock, Rugby; D. A.
McClarem, Mapleton; J. H. Williamson, Ha
vana; W. S. Hyde, Hanaford; T. S. Under
hlll, Antelope; Ole Avig, Milton.
Trustees Agricultural College— W. H. Rob
inson, Mayville; R. S. Lewis, Buffalo; George
E. Osgood, Fargo; Alex Stern, Fargo, each
for four years, and E. M. Warren, La Moure,
for two years.
Directors State School of Forestry — Lorenzo
D. Dana, Bottineau; Hans A. Rothgarn, Wil
low City.
Trustees Deaf and Dumb Asylum — Alex Mc-
Lean, Devil's Lake; O. A. Boynton, James
town.
Superintendent of Public Health— Dr. H. D.
Quarry, Grand Forks.
Trustees State Hospital for Insane— Harry
Cornwall, Eldredge; Charles MacLachline,
New Rockford; W. A. Murphy, Neche.
Trustees MayviHe Normal School— B. S.
Russell, Jamestown; E. Y. Sarlos, Hill=sboro;
Henry Richter, Everest.
Trustees Valley City Normal School— O. T.
Sherping, Enderiln; J. Henry Plath Jr., Dav
enport.
Trustees State Penitentiary— J. D. Moulder,
Fargo; R. G. Turner, Gladstone, each for four
years; George William Stevenson, Mandan,
two years.
Trustees State Reform Schooi— Henry Gil
bert, Billings; C. A. Kenney, Mandan, each I
for four years, and H. C. Walker, Stanon, j
for two years.
Trustees Soldiers' Horne — Harry Gardner, |
Lisbon, for five years, from March 3, 1809;
John .D. Black, Valley City, for four years
from March 3, 1900.
Trustee State University, Grand Forks-
David Bartlett, Cooperstown.
Oil Inspector— P. B. Wyekham, Mandan.
State Examiner — Hi A. Langlle, Hillsboro.
State Superintendent Irrigation and Forestry
— W. W. Barrett, Church's Ferry.
District Veterinarians— District No. 1, Ed
Davidson; No. 2, W. F. Crewe, Devil's Lake;
No. 3, T. B. Hinebaugh, Tower City; No. 4,
S. W. Teal, Oaks; No. 5, C N. Ferrler,
Jamestown; No. 6, William Mac Kin, Mandan;
No. 7, A. F. Elliott, Milton; No. 8, R. H.
Tracy, Steele; No. 9, W. Tompklns, Oberon.
The nomination of Ed Davidson for
veterinarian was held up at the in
stance of Senator Arnold, of Grand
Forks, who objected to Davidson for
the reason that all appointees from
Grand Forks county came from the
eastern section, and that the western
portion and Nebon county are entitled
to a place. He favors for the position
J. B. Campbell, of Larimore. Another
reason advanced is that the stock in
terests are all In the western part of
the county.
H. C. Walker, who was nominated
on the state reform school board, has
left the state, and Gov. Fancher was
informed of this fact.
All the other nominatione were con
firmed.
The employers' liability bill was
passed by the house this morning after
a spirited debate. McHarg, Wolbert
and Hale spoke for the measure; Stev
ens and Wallace spoke against it. The
vote stood 40 to 16. The house concur
red in the senate's amendment to
Laughlin's house bill defining corpora
tions, and to the amendment to
TwitchelPs senate bill providing a pen
alty for delinquent taxes on personal
property, changing the date to Feb. 1.
LEE'S VETO STANDS.
Attempt to Override It In the South
Dakota. House Falls.
PIERRE, S. D., March I.— (Special.)—
j The principal bills passed by the house
PRICE TWOCgNTS-{« ?T y ?i -. T .
town, she a» the president of a literary or
ganization and he as the lecturer of the even
ing. Since then the families have frequently
exchanged visits. Mrs. Baker came to Pasa
dena after her marriage with her late hus
band. She was Miss Bradley, of Wisconsin,
and she has lived here since that time, vvhe-u
Mr Burdette arrives here late In March he
will temporarily fill the pulpit of the First
Presbyterian church. The wedding will take
place about Easter, and Mr. Burdette will
thereafter make Pasadena his home as much
as it Is possible for him to do so, but will
return to Bryn Mawr after the weddilug to
see his son, who Is in college. Mrs. Baker's
son Is at school in California. The young men
are friends and are highly pleased with the
match. -^
this afternoon were the senate bills in
creasing the salaries of judges and
governor, abolishing days of grace and
defining due diligence in the collec
tion of checks and drafts. An attempt
to pass the measure providing perma
nent appropriations for the education
al institutions over the governor's veto
failed.
In the senate the educational appro
priation bill passed over the veto, and
a bill was introduced to increase the
state tax levy one mill to meet the
heavy expense of the present session.
The house resolution for a resubmis
sion of the dispensary amendment was
pushed to its second reading. A bill
was passed to regulate the practice of
osteopathy.
The house bill allowing the governor
to remove constitutional appointees for
cause was called up, and, after a warm
argument, Stewart moved indefinite
postponement, which carried, but a
motion to cinch it was lost, and it will
be reconsidered.
The governor's veto of the bill pro
viding permanent annual appropria
tions for state educational institutions
v.as on the ground that the limit placed
upon it allowed no increase to meet
growing expenses.
INDIANA HORROR.
Double Murder and Suicide for Po-
Hey County.
EVANSVILLE, Ind.. March I.— A
double murder and suicide took place
at Poseyville today, Mrs. Elizabeth
Kenchloe, a wealthy widow, of Posey
county, lived witih her son-in-law, Steve
Glowser, and wife. Today the Kench
loe home was discovered in flames, and
neighbors attempting an entrance
found the doors locked. When the fire
was finally extinguished and the house
entered, the bodies of Mrs. Kenchloe,
Glowser and wife- were found in a
room so badly burned as to be almost
unrecognizable. Beside Glowser lay a
shot-gun. From indications Glowser
first killed his mother-in-law, then sat
urated the room with oil and setting
fire to it lay down upon the bed and
shot himself above the heart.
Gloweer was 21 years of, age and his
wife 17.
INDIANS AGAIN UGLY.
Leech Lake Brave* Indulging Free
ly in Fighting Whisky.
DULUTH, .Minn.. March I.— (Special.)
—Word has been received here that the
Indians at Leech Lake are again carry
ing on, this time under the influence of
liquor, purchased with the money that
they have Just received from Uncle
Sam.
The agent at the reservation has re
moved his family to Walker, as he be
came convinced that the Indians were
about to attack him. They did not at
tack him, however.
MILLENIUM AT HAND.
Rev. Dr. Simpson Seen the Convul
sion That Is to Precede It.
CLEVELAND, 0., March I.— The fa
mous president of the Christian Alli
ance, Rev. Dr. Simpson, delivered an
interesting address at today's session
of the alliance midwinter convention
on the subject. "The signs of the
Times." He attached great significance
to the late war and the threatening
condition of affairs in Europe, and ad
vanced the idea that world-wide con
vulsion, prophesied in the Bible as the
forerunner of the mlllenium, is ap
proaching.
PANIC AT_PRINCETON.
Supposed Case of Smallpox Proven
Only A'arioloid.
PRINCETON, N. J., March I.— What was
at first supposed to be a case of smallpox
well-nigh caused a panic among the stu
dents of Princeton university, but It was of
ficially announced tonight that a diagnosis
of the case by Dr. Wycltoff, of New York, the
ceVebrated expert on cuticle ailments, re
vealed nothing more sericnu than a mild
form of varioloid.
ARMY BILL ACCEPTED
LAST POSSIBILITY OP AN EXTR.4
SiOSSIo.N OF CONGRESS IS
THEREBY REMOVED
SENATE MEASURE IS PASSED
Democrat* and Republic-ana Join <r
Giving- the Bill tlie Xecensary
Two-Thirds Majority—Deficiency
Appropriation BUI and Other Im
portant Measures DUpofted Of—
Busy Day In the Houae.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-The last
lingering possibility of an extra session
of congress disappeared today when
the house passed the senate army reor
ganization bill.
Very considerable and vigorous op
position to the acceptance of the sen
ate bill was voiced on. both sides of th-;
hall, and for a time it appeared pos
sible that the bill would not secure the
necessary two-thirds to pass it under
suspension of the rules. But the Re
publican leaders, Messrs. Henderson,
Grosvenor and Cannon, came to its
support or the Republican side, and
Mr. Bailey, the Democratic leader,
threw the weight of his influence in
favor of it on the Democratic side, ar
guing that it provided for only a tem
porary increase of the army, which
would be made permanent if congress
were convened in extra session.
Another big element in the vote was
Mr. Hull's recital of a statement made
by the president to him that he would
not construe section 12 as authority to
conscript the minority in volunteer or
ganizations which should elect to re
main in the service.
The bill passed— 2o3 to 32. It now
goes to the president.
The decks were also cleared of
many other important matters. The
deficiency appropriation bill, carrying
$21,080,000, was passed, under suspen
sion of the rules, without a word of
criticism. This is the last of the ap
propriation bills.
The senate amendments to the river
and harbor bill were non-concurred In,
and it was sent to conference, the'
friends of the Nicaragua canal amend
ment having decided to postpone their
fight until the conference report.
The conference reports on the omni
bus claims bill 3, the naval personnel
and many other less Important meas
ures were agreed to. The senate bill
making Dewey a fjjll admiral was
passed. The bill now goes to the pres
ident for his signature.
The sundry civil bill was sent, to con
ference. Messrs. Cannon (Rep., 111.),
Moody (Rep., Mass.), and Dockery
(Dem.), Mo., were- appointed conferees.
Mr. Mahon (Rep., Pa.), chairman of
the committee on war claims, present
ed the conference report upon the bill
to pay certain judgments of the court
of claims under the Bowman and
Tucker acts. The senate placed upon
it what is known as the omnibus
claims bill, increasing It to $9,030,000.
The conference report reduced the total
carried by the bill to $3,100,000.
The conference report upon ihi» cen
sus bill was called up Tsy Mr. Hopkins.
He explained the changes made by the
conferees. The report was adopted.
The conference report upon the bill
to reimburse the governors of states
for money expended in organizing
troops for service in the late Spanish
war was adopted.
NAVAL BILL PASSED.
Senate Rapidly Clearing; Dmkii for
Final Adjournment.
WASHINGTON, March 3.— The sen
ate is rapidly clearing its desks for
final adjournment. The naval appro
priation bill, which ordinarily con
sumes the time of the senate for sev
eral days, was passed this afternoon
after leas than five hours' debate. In
that time, however, it was amended
radically In one respect. The price to
be paid by the government for armor
plate was fixed in the bill at $300 a
ton, a reduction of the amount fixed by
the house of $145 a ton. In audition,
' the secretary of the navy was author
ized in the event of the refusal of the
armor plate companies to supply armor
at $300 a ton, to proceed to the con
struction of an armor factory to cosr
$1,500,000, and placing in the secretary's
control $2,000,000 with which to oper
ate the government plant.
The fight for these amendments was
led by Mr. Tillman OS. C), who made
a characteristically sensational speech
in support of the propositions.
The senate adopted resolutions of re
gret at the death of Lord Herschell,
and concluded the day's session by pro
nouncing eulogies upon the late Rep
resentative Dingley.
BEEF INQUIRY COURT.
Officers and KnliHted Men and Rcp
re»entntivea of Packer* Heard.
WASHINGTON. March 1. -The court
of inquiry into the beef charges held
a loxg session today, examining officers
and enlisted men and representatives
of Western meat firms. The meat
packers' representatives gave practi
cally the same testimony they had pre
viously presented to the war investi
gating committee, but it is understood
that this is only to get their general
statement ow the court record, and
that their examination today will be
followed by a much more detailed ex
amination into specific Incidents con
nected with meat furnished to Cuba
and Porto Rico during the war.
MaJ. Jesse Lee, who has attended the
court for some days, it being generally
understood that he was present in be
half of Gen. Miles, appeared again to
day, taking notes and formulating
questions. He was allowed to Question
the men of his own regiment, but his
questions to othgr witnesses were tak
en under advisement by the court, and
it was understood a decision will be
reached tomorrow as to MaJ. Lee's
standing before the court.
AFTER A TEA INSPECTOR.
Man to Be Stationed at St. Paul n>
Soon a» Selected.
WASHINGTON,. March 1.- As soon
as a competent man is found a tea in
spector wffl be stationed at St. Paul.
The salary is $1,800 per year. In case
no eligible man is found on the civil
service list, a temporary appointment
will be made.
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Senator Hansbrough said today that
his bill providing that farmer* may im-