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ROOK ISLAND . . . VOIi. Iil. NO. 141. ROCK ISLAND, IL.L.., THURSDAY, A PB 1 L. 3, 1902. PRICE TWO CENTS. FIRE RAGES Is Working Destruction Among Hotels at At s lantic City. MANY ALREADY GONE Enormous Loss Feared Assistance From Philadelphia. Atlantic City, April .. Fire which was rcjMirtcd started in Hradv-'s bath houses near Illinois avenue, has near ly destroyed the Turf on hotel and six other adjoinmg- hotels are'on fire It is believed all hotels on the beach front from Illinois to New York av enues will he destroyed. Philadelphia sent lire engines. At noon the fire was still raging, having spread to a block north of that in which it originated. Iahkh of ;.0O0,00O. Young's pier is ablaze and will be a total loss. Light- hotels were either partially or entirely destroyed by the tire. The hotels destroyed were the Windsor, Herkeley, Stratford. Stickney, Luray. Tarlton and Kverad. The Holland hotel and Young's pier are burning fiercely. The fire is not under control and lire apparatus from Philadelphia and Camden have reached here. The loss is roughly estimated at the present- writing- at S2.tmo.ooo. It is rumored six lives were lost, but un coil tinned. Sweepof Flame Finally stopped. Timely assistance from Philadel phia and Camden aided materially in finally stopping the sweep of the llames. The hotels- Windsor and Kverar.l were only partially destroy ed. The New Holland is saved. The lire will prove a great hardship on many hotel men who had just rented and opened for the spring' season. They lost all they had, with very lit tle in-urance. as insurance compan ies would not take risks on the beaeJi f rout. TROUBLE FEARED From Army a Fanatic is lead ing; in Afghanis tan. Allhabad. Hritish India. April ?,. Hudda Mullah, a fanatic who has in the past endeavored to embroil (irent Hritain and Afghanistan, lias started forCalml. the capital of Afghanistan, wilh ,".(Mi) armed followers. It is feared his arrival at Cabul will cause disturbances, as the widow of the late ameer is opposed to him. YOUNG OGLESBY EOUSD WEST His Ilrother Orders His Arrest miDtr. nier Ke--.ort. Springfield. Ills., April 3. Colonel John I. J. Oglesby, whose wanl and brother, Javier Oglesby, reported his engagement to Miss Hosiers, of New York, on the arrival in New York of the St. Paul. Saturday, after four days uctUaiiitani-e with her. finally ordered the New York jwdice to arrest Jasper, loiter he received a telegram savins that his brother had been trace I to the Waldorf-Astoria, but had left for Elkhart. Ills., before the arrival of ths officers. Colonel Oglesby has no in format ion from his brother and knows nothing of the romance except through the newspapers. Tiring of his brother's refusal to answer telegrams, the order to the iolice was given. Colonel Oglesby said that he was not optsed to his brother's marriage to Miss lingers if everything; is proper and her reputation and connect ions are as they are reiorted. "I have no in formation on the matter." said he. "I must look after my brother. I am his guardian, and propose to know every thing is straight before I give my consent." It is not at all certain that Oglesby and Miss Holers met for the tirst time on the St. Paul. National Memorial t'ni verxlt jr. Mason City, la'.. April il. The first and main building of the National Memorial university being built at Ma son City solely by contributions from the Sons of Veterans of the I'nlted States and allied organizations is al-out completed. The structure, erect ed at a cost of $1io,. occupies ui central position in the Hni-ncre site on Patriots' hill. It is of stone, fireproof. feet long and seventy-six feet high, and three stories high above the fcub-basement. High Gum Nnuiber 143, Kansas City. April 8. With -T.W en tries and 4."i; actual starters the, 4 rand werican handicap opened at I Slue Hiv er park yesterday, and at the end of the day 142 wing shots had a straight score of eight birds. There will be right rounds each day until the list of withdrawals .makes it ossibIe to shoot more. If there aire two or more men with a straight score after the twenty-fifth round the high guns, will bhoot off to decide the race. JOHN IS TOO SLOW Which Is Why He Can't Competo with Your Uncle in Build ing Locomotives. BUT HIS "V70EK IS BETTER DONE According to Tests Mide Out in Effypt as Keported by Lord Cromer. London, April 3. A parliamentary paper gives corresiohdencee respect ing the comparative merits of Amer ican, Hritish and Helgiail locomotives in use in Egypt. In a dispatch to the foreign secretary, Lord Lunsdowne, Icc. ill. covering a numler of reports received from railroad oilicials, the Hritish diplomatic agent and consul general iu Egypt, Lord "Cromer, draws fas "LORD Cr.OMEE. the general conclusion that the main reason why so many orders for rail road plants have been given to the United States recently Is that the American firms are able to execute them with extraordinary rapidity due largely to the system of standardiza tion. British Strong and Weak Points. Iti resieet to price. Lord Cromer finds that the Hritish firms can hold their own where special designs have to be executed. With respect to the quality of Hritish work, it is at least equal and often superior to American and P.elgian work, while in consump tion of coal the Hritish engines have a decided superiority over the Amer ican, though not over the Hclgian en- pines. The l.rltisli manuiaciurers weak ioLut is delay in executing or der. The reports slwnv that the American tenders promise! delivery within one-third of the time required i.y i Li- i'.ritish t'.rnis. while they ofTcrei to supply stand. .rd locomotives of equal suitability lO pr cent, below tie' Hritish price, though the hitter's tenders for locomotives built on l-.gyp-tian specifications were lower than the American offers. Itesatt of Locomotive Trials. The eorresiKiiidence includes the re sult of a series of trials of American a rd Hritish freight and passenger en gines, conducted by a representative of the Iialdwin company and a loco motive inspector of the Egyptian rail roads, from which it appears that the American freight engines consumed ".".4 per cent more coal than the Hrit ish. while the latter drew 14. U per cent, greater loads. With the same load the Anitrleaii passenger engine consumed per cent, more coal than the Hritish engine. JolniHtone Warn I lie i:-;itislie in. Johnstone, president of the railroad board, concludes his report with a warning against the condemnation of AtirVrican locomotives, because these trials have been unsatisfactory, point ing out that the Egyptian engineers and firemen .are not so muscular or in telligent as the Americans and that alterations had to be made to enable them to operate the locomotives satis factorily. He says he knows of rail roads where a suitable American de sign has Ixeti selected and where the diffrcn.ee of coal consumption is small. WILD IN HIS SLEEP Drunken Man Turns Loose Artil lery in a Sa loon. Terre Haute. Ind.. Apvii 3. Edward Cunningham, while lying in a drtHikcii sleep in Sutherland's saloon here, fired five shots from his revolver, wounding one man and driving half a do.ci; others from the saloon. Cunningham came into the saloon drunk, and after drinking a glass of whisky staggered to a table, resting his head on it., and wi nt to sleep. Four men. playing cs:rds at a not iter table, paid ho atten tion to him until ten minutes later, when they were startled by the report of a revolver. Cunningham had not moved. An other shot followed quickly, a third, fourth and fifth, but Cunningham did not stir. The card players fell over one another getting out of the place. When the bartender finally ventured to arouse Cunningham he sleepily sked for another drink. lie had ben dreaming that he was defending him self from an attack, and emptied the chambers of a :N-aliber revolver while holding it in his hand In his jxicket. John Montgomery, the man who was shot, received three flight flesh wounds in his back. SIXTEEN HUNDRED STRIKE IN BOSTON BREWERIES 'Hoston, April H. Sixteen hundred workmen employed in the Hoston breweries struck today lH'cause of the refusal of the piaster brewers to grant their "demands for shorter hours. Jr. tf V v IS THERE TO STAY Russia's Position as to Manchu ria Says Dr. W. A. P. t Martin. NO INTENTION OF LEAVING Hence Troops Will Not Be With drawn From Disputed Territory. Victoria. P.. C.. April Ir. W. A P. Martin, who a mouth ago resigned the principalship of the Iuqerlal Chi nese college at Peking and has since been offered a similar position with the Chinese university at Wu Chang, arrived by the t earner Empress of Japan. Martin was in Peking during tin siege and says there have been many changes since then. China has completed a treaty with the foreign powers and all is quiet now, he said; but how long it will remain a placid country no one can sav. The recent treaty of :rvat Hritain and Japan guarantees peace for a tiim only, for there is a feeling tending to the disintegration of the country among some or the powers, among whom t.reat Hritain. Japan and the United States are for the maintenance of the integrity of China. The Manrhorlan Question ii Particular, Kegaro.ng the .viaucmiiriau question. Hnssia did not get the special conces sions favored by the treaty made by Li Hung Chang. Even to the hour before his death, when the Chinese statesman was all but unconscious. M. Lcssar was working with him to nave him place his signature to the treaty by which Kussia would have secured all she wanted. "Will the troops be withdrawn from Manchuria?" "No. I do not tiink they will. Hiis sia will make the excuse that the troops are necessary for the protec tion of her railways, and in my opinion Hussia will 'ultimately have sole pos session of Manchuria and Mongolia. The latter province lias not yet been brought into question, but Kussia is going to build a railway line across .Mongolia from the nearest point of the 1-oimdary to Peking. The Russians are scheming in many ways for the re tention of the districts." The Asapi Peking correspondent an nounces that (Scncral Tso. commander-in-chief in Shin King, has advised the Kussian government to retain posses sion of Mauchuvia. BOY HAS CLOSE CALL Came Very Near I.elnj; the Victim of ir Movinn I Ele vator. iVtn it. April :5. El nest I.eCesque, lji yearsold.llvh.g at il."i Porter street, laid a mtrnculosis escape from instant ihvth in the plant of Hees. Macfar l:iiie - Co. H was leaning against lh: safety gates at the elevator shaft. As the nr descended, the gates raised automatically. I.evesque fell to the lioor. his head bringing into the shaft, lii'l'mv lit' was able to move the car pressed upon his head. Foreman Thomas lleffron saw the lxy fall and rushed to his side, call ing for help. Another employe grabbed the cable which controlled the car and stopped it. This prompt action un doubtedly saved Levesque's life, for iu an instant more his head would have been crushed. As it was he was so firmly held between the floor and the car that two or three minutes was taken in which to extricate him. It was at first thought that he had been killed, but he will recover. GAGE ELECTED PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES TRUST Xevv York. April :. Lyman J. (iase. former secretary of the treasury, was today elected president of the United States Trust company. There V a .Tnp nt I lie Wedding. Sr. Paul. April Count Mastuka ta, the Japanese stateman and finan cier, arrived In St. Paul yesterday with a party of hi countrymen. He at-temh-d the wedding yesterday of James J. Hill's daughter and today left for Chicago Mnftt of the Mine Fell on IIliu. P.ntte. Mont.. April .'!. James Hyana. a miner at Anaconda mine, was buried under hundreds of tons of rock in a cave-in. An entire level of fifteen floors and part of another level fell upon hiiu. Clark, f r.jiuo a tnmiii. Little Hock. Ark. April :?. Authen tic returns give the following revised hgures on the United States senator ship: For Clark, seventy-four iiuln !crs of the general assembly; for Jones, forty-seven: doubtful, fourteen. Ile:p for lainMji-a'K Suijar Men. Tendon. April .'!. Telegrams from LIveriHxd say that the Ehler-I lempster company announces that it is wiling to carry sugar frcm Kingston. Jamaica, to A von mouth. England, free of charge, in order to help the West In dian planters tide over the period until the sugar bounties are abolished. rtlh MenMner Not Appointed. Oreon Hay, Wis.. April 3. All ru mors of the appointment of P.ishop Messnier.' of Ons-n Pay, as archbishop of ManikK Philippine islands, liave been set at rest by a telegram from MonsiHgnor Satolli, as follows: "No HpMintment yet made, and none will be for the present." VaiMlerhilt Wins at Paris. Taris. April 3 W. K. Vanderbilt's Illinois II and Hat won. respii-tivcly, first and second places in the race for the Prix la J range, the principal event of the Maisons Iafitte meeting. Highy (American! on LeTCDgeur won the Prii d'Orgeval. DIGNITY LAID ASIDE Senators Cannot Be Crave When Texas and New York Cross Verbal Stuffed Clubs. BAILEY AND DEPEW SWAP flUHOR American Girl Neiiig the Cause of Their Bloodless Struggle Two Pure Food Rills. Washington, April 3. Discussion of the oleomargarine bill in the senate yterday was enlivened by a colloquy r-ctweon Hailey of Texas and Depew. La Hey concluded a speech begun Tues day iu opposition to the measure. l)i pevv then matched his wit with that of Hailey on the subject of the Ameri can girl, ami the sallies of the two senators were greeted with shouts of laughter both on the floor and in the galleries. Tin Texan's keen reference to the recent marriage of Depew was most happily fenced by the New York senator in his reference to the love a id admiration excited in woman by "the youth and beauty" of Mr. Hai ley. Amerlrau Cilrl iu Wi-oujj I'osilloll. When Hepew arose to speak for the auti-oloo bill he said he never had heard a speech which had so fired his faiicv. so appealed to his imagination and had so little effect on his judgment us that of Hailey. He had been taught that competition was the life of trade, but impetition ought to be honest. If a merchant deceived his customers by foisting on them a fraud he be lieved that lnan ought to be reached by law. becac.se every man. when he purchased an article, had a rfglit to get what he paid for. It was perfectly evident that no industry with a good article could compete successfully with a spurious substitute with which the people were- deceived. Then, re- 1 erring to an allusion made by Hailey. Pepew said that the American girl had been put in a wrong position b fore the people of the United States. Something Tlnit Hailey Forgot. '"I forgot for the moment." inter jected I'ailey, "a recent occurrence in the life of the senator from New orli or 1 should not have made the allu sion." I La lighter. "And but for that occurrence." re torted Hepew, laughing as he spoke. "I should have left a younger man to come to the defense of the American irl. It was the senator's youth and beauty f great laughter which aston- shed me when he made that remark. If he had been soured and disappoint ed in love, or if the sex had treated him iu some way that would lead him to remark about it like that I hould have understood him; but -no one can meet me senator ' without recognizing that his geniality. his happiness, his eloquence, have (me because the American girl lias admired him and loved him." I Long cent inued laughter. I Something lie Slioiililn't Have Done. "And lie nevpr ought to have gone hack on her today by saying she is a fraudulent specimen of living oleomar garine." Laughter. At the conclusion of I epew s re marks Hailey and Spnoner became in volved in a colloquy as to some, legal phases of the bill. "Will the senator from Wisconsin say." inquired Hailey. "Uiat the object of this bill is to raise revenue r "I say that the object of this bill Is to raise revenue." replied Spoonor. "Hut is it (the raising of revenue) the paramount object?" inquired Stew art of Nevada. "It is the primary object." replied s'oooiicr i All amusing colloquy then followed etvvoen the two senators as to the meaning of the words "paramount'' and "primary. I.KlilSI.ATlOX fOK 11' I? K KOOI. Majority anil Minority Keprt on Hep burn' ltill Are VreiM-nteil. Washington. April 3. The majority and minority reports on the Hepburn pure food bill were presented to the lif.use yesterday. The majority report says that the measure represents the view of all persons and associations seeking effH;tive pure food legislation. The I'ciMtrt says the necessity of such legislation is shown by the vast num ber of adulterations and debasements on the market, most of them being iuqtosed upon poor people. The meas ure, the report adds, is in no sense paternalistic, but merely protective, the same as the laws against counter ftiting and forgery. Adamsoii of tieorgia. in a dissenting report, says the founders of the re public never intended that the federal government should prescribe menus and codes of table etiquette. . He urges that food regulations should be hit to the states. Corliss of Michigan also dissents, on the ground that the bill gives arbitrary power to fix stand ards, require labels, etc., and that un certainty and confusion will result. Senator McCtimtu'r from the com mittee on manufactures, has rciorted favorably the "pure food" bill Intro duced by Hansbrough "for preventing the adulteration, misbranding and imi tation of foods. Iieverages. confections, drugs and condiments." etc. The bid ptovkles for the creation of the division of foods and drugs in the bureau or chemistry in the agricultural depart ment, and places that division in charge of the work of inspection whicii is provided for by the bill. Hay to ;ive r.viaence. Washington. April 3. After con sulting Chairman Dalzeil. of the sje clal committee to investigate Captain Christinas" charges in connection with the transfer of the Danish West In dian islands. Secretary Hay has indi cated to the committee his intention o appear in person before it as a witness. , Money to Semi ly Mail. Washington, April 3.-' A commission onsistinir oC .Uire ofliciald frpin. Uij ALLIED PARTY MOVE Twenty-seven States Represent ed at Gathering Opposed to Plutocracy. PEOPLE'S PLATPORM IS INDORSED Making a Demand Tor Initiative Hef erend nm Resolu tions. Louisville. K.V.. April :!. At the sec ond day's sesion of the national al lied parly's convention today resolu tions of regret at the death of ex- Cov. Altgeld and lion, giiaiins Don nelly were adopted. The report of the committee on credentials showed, about T-'.IO delegates present, repre- enting r.'7 states. Permanent organ ization was etlected and Ihe commit tee on resolutions presented a plat form which practically sustains the platform adopted- by the Missouri people's party at the convention at Kansas City last September, making i demand for initiative referendum the chief point at issue, holding if this point could be carried the reV inamler of the principles desired would follow. :is a matter of course. First I lay's Session. Louisville. Ky.. April The move ment for the formation or an Allied party, comprising adherents of all par tics opposed to the Kepublieans and Democrats, or, as the call for the meet ing stated, "a union of reform forces against plutocracy." took definite shape yesterday afternoon, when a con vention attended by about dele gates, repreesnting eight states and as many different parties, was called to older at Liederkran. hall. Ln this city. The work yesterday was of a pre liminary nature, a temporary organi zation being effected and committees appointed to prepare for the perma nent organization. The convent ion ad journed at 4::io p. in. for the day. ELEVEN SHOT IN A DAY Private McGce's Testimony In the Waller Court Martial at Manila. ' Manila. April :;. At yesterday's session of the Irial by court-mart ial of Maj. Littleton W. T. Waller, of the marine corps, on the charge of killing natives of the island of Samar without trial. Private Mctiee of the marine corps testified that- twelve men were shot, eleven in one day and one the next day. When called upon to ideal up certain points of his tes timony Mctiee refused to answer, on the ground that it might incriminate him. The court will await the arrival here of (ien. Jacob II. Smith, in com mand on the island of Samar, before hearing any more witnesses. Up to noon today 11" cases of cholera had been reported and T: deaths from tin disease had oc cur red. postottieo department and three rroni the treasury department will meet liere within a few days to consider the subject of the establishment of a pos tal currency, for the transmission of small .amounts through the mails. The notes will be payable only at the place designated thereon by the purchaser. I'roposes a System ot lirannnrk, Washington. April The ways and means i-ommittee is giving hearings on tin bill introduced by Levering of Massachusetts to allow drawbacks of customs duties and internal revenue i. ixcs on articles of domestic manufac ture intended for exportation. The measure is designed to shape our laws along lines already adopted by !er- ii, -.'j-. frj'ii'. c. :'r.gland anil other com peting nations. - Would InvnllilMte a Treaty. Washington. April .'.. Patterson of Tennessee has introduced a bill in the House to abolish slavery in the Philip pines and invalidate the treaty be tween Heneral Hates and the sultan of the- Sulu islands. Fn.v for Letter Carriem' Overtime. Washington. April The house i-otnin it tec on claims has reported favor ably a bill appropriating !?2SJ.!44 for overtime service of numerous letter carriers. KoiiikI Out Her Cent nr. v. Indianapolis, April .". Mrs. Kli.a beth Oznioorc. who is living with her daughter. Mrs. Virginia Moore. iM Me ;ill street, was born April ISt". Yesterday began her one hundred and t'rst year. She was lorn in Northamp ton county, North Carolina, where she lived until she came to this city twenty-eight years ago. Of her seven chil dren only one, Mrs. Moore, is now liv ing. " Three-Cent Farer at. I-troit. Des Moines. Ia.. April 3. The Des Moines City ruihvay has voluntarily proiioscd to the city council to sell eight -tickets for a quarter, to be ac cepted as fares between the hours of and 7 a. in. and and 7 p. in. The proposition is made with the reserva tion that if any other street railway company is granted a f ra nchlse the fare will be restored to a o-cent basis. Chicago C ity Kleetlon. Chicago. April .". The number of members of the city council chosen by both parties at the election Tuesday was as follows: npubbcans. H: Democrats, 17. The Iiepubliean majority in the council over Democrats and independents is eight. Uour of the elections Tuesday will be contested. NOVEL LABOR POINT In Which the Employer Who Is Not a Party Has to "Pay the Freight.' BEE WEES PUBLISH A COMPLAINT Could He Happy with KItlier Organi zation, but A ie Allowed To Be with Neither. Cincinnati. O., April 3. At a meet ing of the Central Labor council of Cincinnati. Covington, Newport and adjoining towns, eighty-two trades and labor unions being represented, sympathy with the United Hrewery Workers was expressed, the boycott emphasized, and war declard on the engineers and firemen, as well as on the local breweries Yesterday the lo cal brewers made a general denial of the declaration of the Central Labor council and adopted unanimously the following: "The basis of the decision recently rendered by 1 'resident tJom pers, of the American Federation of Labor; was that the claim of the brew ery workmen's union to the jurisdic tion over engineers and firemen work ing in breweries is without justifica tion. l iiioii Ignores iMiuipers' Derlaration. "President (Jumpers decided that the action of both the brewery workers' union and the unions of engineers and firemen was wrong, but that no blame whatsoever attached to the brewery proprietors involved. The Central La bor (otincil expelled the engineers and firemen for alleged conspiracy with the brewery proprietors against the brew ery workmen s union. Compcrs lis tened two days to testimony and said: 'An inference of conspiracy is unvvar rantiil.' In spite of this decision the Central Labor Council still sustains this charge against the brewers of Cincinnati and endeavors to excite the prejudice of organized labor against them." Ill-ewers Make a l'roposit ion. The brewers then charge the union with violation of contract, and declare their willingness to stand by the brok en contract if given the right to hire and discharge liien a right enjoyed by all employers except brewers a statement the brewers declare was in dorsed by l lumpers himself. The brew ers say the condition was agreed to in Jumpers" presence by the union repre sentatives. They then continue: '"Dur ing the live weeks of the lockout brought about by this jurisdiction squabble between two unions, to which squabble the brewers were an innocent p:u-ty. the brewing business of the city, which the Central Labor Council claims represents 5JS.tu(.Mii. had to be saved from ruin, and no other means of thus saving it existed except than by em ploying new men. Strikers llemaixl Is Kcject ul. "These new men could not have been obtained unless a pledge had been giv en them by t he employing brewers that they should have steady work, pro vided they gave satisfaction. It was stipulated that they must join the union, as the brewers desired that all should-be unionized. Admitting tho necessity that hail brought about the employment of these men numbering 4im the brewery workers" union waf willing that they should be retained, but demanded that the brewers should take back, at once and simply lay off all the old men whose places had been tilled by new ones. The brewery pro prietors refused to be a party to such a transaction, and therewith negotia tions ended. I'.inployers Ask a Onetttioii. "The battle now waged is one of jurisdiction, over which the employer has no control whatever. If is a con troversy between the upholders irf trade autonomy, to which the Ameri can Federation of Lalxir' is pledged, and industrial autonomy, which a cer tain section of the Ialxu element is endeavoring- to force upon that feder ation. Is it reasonable that a great industry should suffer the brunt of this controversy between laboring men and be persocutiil and damaged, for no other cause than because it has not the power to settle it in favor of either party-"" TIi:i I P KY THIRTY STIUKKKS Tliree TIonainl Miners Can't Work lie cause tlie Engineers Won't. Hntte. Mont., April 3. Three thou sand miners employed in Anaconda. Parrot and Washoe properties are walking the stni'ts as a result of the strike of the stationary engineers- at the mines of the above companies. The strikers huuiIkt but thirty men, yet not a cage can be lowered in any of tin properties mentioned, and there is a possibility of the smelters at Ana conda being closed down iu part or wholly iu consequence. The engineers' union does not indorse the action of the striking engineers. President William Sea lion, of the Ana conda company, in a statement he has issued quotes an agreement entered into by the stationary engineers' union and the mine managements which has a year to run yet. The striking engi neers do not deny the existence of the agreement. Conliln't Weaken III Testimony. Chicago. April 3. -Robert Keissig, Ihe chief witness against Igis !. 1 hooinbs, who is accused of the murder of Carrie Iarsen on the steamer Peer less last winter, underwent cross-examination yesterday. A strong effort was made to make it appear that Keis sig's story of gTUesohie murder exfsted only in si disorderiil imagination. His testimony, however, was not materially weakened. . Honor Proposed to Woman. Washington. April 3. The itostoffice department has under consideration the question of placing on one of the 1 tost age stamps of the new issue the head of some woman who is connected with the history, pf the country.. ENIES HIM Denmark Claims to Have Nothing in Common With Christmas IN THE ISLAND DEAL Resumption of Investi gation at Wash ington. Copenhagen. April 3. An official note was issued today formally an nouncing the Danish ministry lias had no connection with Capt. Christ mas. 1 lie latter applied for an au- lience but the premier refused to see him or receive a copy of his re port on the subject of nejjotiat ions for the sale, of the Danish West Indies. Investigation l"roetls, Washington. April Investiga tion of the charges in connection with tlie Danish West Indies negotia tions was resumed today before the ImiM' committee. Abner MeKinley was the first witness. He disclaimed any acquaintance with Christmas ex cept only a casual one. Representa tive (iaiilner. of New .lersey. and Col. W. C. I'.rown were also on the stand and denied all knowledge of Christ mas except a mere acquaintance. ALL NOW SERENE Spalding Reestablishes Peace in Haseball Circles by . I'csigning. New York. April ::. Tlie National League base ball war is practically ended. A. (!. Spalding has resigned his claim as chief executive of the big organization, and the office will be ten dered to William tl. Temple, of Pitts burg. There will be no further con test in the courts. Spalding's letter of resignation was presented to the magnates at the second day's session of tlie peace conference nt the Fifth Avenue hotel. Tlie letter was presented by .lames Hart, president of the Chi cago club. Thus ends one of the bitterest inter nal struggles that has ever shaken the National League and which' threaten ed to wreck the premier base ball or ganization. While Temple has not been formally elected to the chief ex ecutive office of the league it was de cided unnuimously to offer him the place. KILLED IN EXPLOSION Mine and Furnace Accidents Cause lioss of Man)' Lives. Chicago. April .'i. As the result of the explosion in the blast furnace of the Illinois Steel works in South Chi cago this morning two workmen are dead and four injured victims badly burned by molten metal. London. April .'!. Six men were killed as the result of an explosion of tin damp last night in the colliery at Wigan. Lancashire. A number of men are entombed at Dunfermline. Scotland, this intimitis- owing to a small accident. HEALTH BOARD HAS TROUBLE Filipinos Revolt at the Idea of Isolating Their Cholera Patients. Manila, April H. The-health board, since the establishment of the deten tion camp, has been having milch dif ficulty in finding the whereabouts of cases of cholera. As soon as the mem bers of a household find a case they either send the sick person out of tlie house or tlee themselves. Major Mans, the insular health com missioner, has written to tlie Roman Catholic bishop objecting to the action of the priests in informing the eople that no cases of cholera have occurred: that only cases of cholerine have been discovered, and that the sanitary pre cautions are only taken to annoy the people. Major Maus has made a great number of jiost mortem examination--and found that they were all of the malignant Asiatic type of cholera. Proposal for National Prohibition. New York. April:?. At ti UWd ses sion of the New York conference of the Methodist Epscopal church a res olution was referred calling upon con gress to amend the constitution of the United States so as to permit the pass ing of a law to provide for national prohibition. Snumier Home for Clergymen. Warsaw. Ind., April 3. At a meet iug of the pastors ami laymen of the St. Joseph conference of the I'nited Hrethreu church, held here, plans were approved looking-to the erection of a large summer, home for the min isters of that denomination, at Winona lake. The necessary funds have been raised this winter among the church membership of ninety-two charges. Ministers ami their families will re ceive free accommodations.