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MEETING PROTEST.

11,...lations Adopted Opposing the

.Annexation of tli© Philippine

Inland* — Senators Hoar, Mason,

Hale ftnd Wellington Commended

foe Their Services In Opiioslng

flie Expansion Policy—Ex-I'reai-

dent Cleveland Sends His Regrets

find Indorse* the Movement—col.

Iirvan Approve*.

THE SAMOAN IMBROGLIO

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SENATOR DAVIS IS RE-ELECTED

NORTH DAKOTA S ,yHE NEW8 resume NEW SENATOR

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HVS A MAJORITY OF M.MOTV-FOLK P. J, UPCI.MIIEIR OP RICWI*AM» COXDEiN'SED FORM.

IX BOTH HOUSES.

New York, Jan. 24.—A mass meet-1 «•;: Ixons was lu>M in tlio Academy of usie under the auspices of the Con

in• 111jil League for the purixise of pro ting against the policy of "lmperial-i ;m<l entangling alliances with

lumpen n powers." The meeting was attended by a great

d. A list of vice presidents was sail, inchldlng these names: Wheeler

1 Vekhani, Abrnni S. Hewitt, Will in 1 b>rnblowor, Roger A. Pryor, F ••inland Glenn, John C. Sheehan and K. i euidert. A number of vice pri­nts was announced as representing

Central Labor union, including nn. l Gompers, president of the <•ru nn Federation of Labor; John 1'arsons, master workman of the ghts of Labor; Daniel IInn*is, <id«-nt of the State Federation of

...Communications were rend from ex-•f^sNl. nt Cleveland, Col. W. J. Bryan jUd Bishop Ileury C. Potter, regretting their inability to be present. Mr. Cleveland, in his letter, said: "I am so, oppose*I to the expansionist craze now afflicting our Ixxly politic that any or­ganization formed in opposition to it has my hearty sympathy and ap­proval.'' Mr. Bryan said he was in

er; full sympathy with it ' (.'a; Resolutions were adopted declaring: . JJJ.. "First -That the full discharge of our C 'Obligations to the inhabitants of the l Jhil-,ac!:"Ipplnee require that we should without '- .delay help them to secure In their do-n mestic affairs, first, order and then lib-anr •rty, an<l that we are absolutely and un-

qualified!}- opposed to the annexation of • the Philippine islands as a permanent

portion of tho national domain. "Second That we are unalterably op-

posed to the abandonment by this repub­lic Of the American ideal of national

:* growth, in favor of the European ideal .<of colonization, we unreservedly sup-i ! ; port the theory that the government de­

rives Its just powers from the sanction Of the governed, and to the theory that

rn there should be no taxation without rep­resentation, and we belu-vo, moreover, that such theories are wholly applicable

ii .xto the Inhabitants of all the islands abandon)*! by Spain as the result of the late war.

Third That neither tho government jH not- the people or' the United States have

incurred any obligation or responsibility, !\ the result of the recent war with

jW Spain, which requires any departure from or abandonment of the policies and prin-

£ clples laid down for the guidance of the _ republic by Washington in his farewell

address to the, American people. "Fourth—That wo are opposed, there*

fore, to the idea that pe.ice loving and free people of the republic who are en­gaged In the grand task as yet uncom­pleted of developing. their natural re­sources ;tnd of establtehig upon a firm basis their own theory of government by, of and for the people, should now or un-drr any conceivable circumstances enter

W upon any alliance with any European power, the result of which might be to

" e«Tibroil us in European controversies in which our real interests are not con­cerned.

"That we place on record our high ap-preciation and sincere thinks for the con­spicuous services rendered to the Ameri­can people by Senator* Hoar, Hale, Ma­son and Wellington injfa venting the new

r and dangerous policy ^imperialism from ; bedr* forced throurh tho senate of the

Uoitcd States without proper and ade-. quate discussion, and we commend to all ' citisens of this republic the high sense of

public duty and enlightened patriotism « have characterized the action of

l ' ; these senators in resisting it,novations on our system of government thnt are preg-

^ nant with demoralization and disaster."

" the German Consul Ha* Deviated

Prom the Term* of the Thenty He

Will Be Uirtnvowed. If Xot He Will

Be Supported- Considerable Ex­

citement at Berlin Over the Inci­

dent - Officials Say the Question

Will |fot Lead to Sertoli* Conse­

quences - Consols Evidently Lost

Their Heads.

Coi.vrv IS THE MAX.

The Senate and Hou»e Take Scpa- In Joint Session the legislature

rate Votes, the Minority Voting

tor C. A. Tonne— Little Interest

Displayed, Owing; to the Absence

of a Contest—The Senator Tele-

Krni.hu his Thanks and Says Only

Imperative lliiNiness Prevented

llix l!i ln« i'resent in Person.

New ^ ork. .Tan, 22. The Iloralcl cor­respondent at Berlin savs: T110 news of a sensational reporting that the German ®pn«ul has been ousted from the oturflLof justice at Sam.-a by his America iff and British colleagues of the (,>>inJoimnum, has caused consid­erable excitement here. The matter is also* occupying the most careful at­tention, of the government. Its main decision is thnt Germany is firmly1 re­solved in the solution of the matter to adhere strictly to the terms of the reaty of Berlin. Should It be found

tliat the German consul deviated from the provisions of the treaty he will be disavowed; if not, he will bo support­ed. 1 he foreign office does not pos­sess sufficient details to enable It to form a judgment, but two questions

ave come up already: Why was the will of the majority opi*\s*d7 Why vere the courts of joifi.ee closed? A iplomatic personage. sj*eaking on the ubject. said: "According to my idea

the question of Samoa is ^ot one that can lead to serious conseifences." A ienuan in high position said: "It

looks as though the consuls, In the dif­ficulty of the situation, lost their heads. The matter will be arranged."

Berlin, Jan. 22. — The foreign office Informs the Associated Frees corre­spondent that the official reports re­vived from Samoa by the government ally with those received by the As­

sociated Press. In any event Germany will not support any possible irregu­larity inconsistent with the treaty, but the foreign office officials i>oint out it is not yet clear that the German con­sul nt Apia has been guilty of any ir­regularities of that nature. On the contrary, the foreign office insists It

Rtill remains to be explained why Mataafa's election was declared Inval­id as he was admittedly elected by an overwhelming majority. The foreign office admits that Germany has long been dissatisfied with the Condomin­ium. which, in Its nature is provision­al. "though, unfortunately, other pow­ers. especially the Washington gov-ernmeut, have thought otherwise." "'lie foreign office officials say the cap­tain of the German warship Fa Ike. at Apia, docs not attach much impor­tance to the recent incidents, aud hence the government does not intend to send additional warships to Samoa unless other powers do.

St. Paul, Jan. 18.—Not since Senator l>avis was first elected to the United States senate twelve years ago, has such unanimity lveen.displayed In the choice by the legislature of Minnesota of a United States senator as attended the proceedings of yesterday, when Senator Davis was elected for the third time. Senator'1 ' -Davis received the vote of every Iioi>ublicnn senator and every Republica^'* Representative who was present,' aii^n addition the vote of the Democratic senator, Mc-Govern of Waseca, aird of the Demo­cratic-People's representative, Fosnesa cf Chippewa, giving his 2(i majority In the senate aud (!S in the house, or a tot^I of 04 majority. The vote in the senate was 43 for Davis and 17 for Tov&e, and in the house 1)3 for Davis and 27) for Towne.

At high noon President Smith of the senate announced as tlie special order of business the election of United State's senator. The nan e of Senator Davis was presented in a brief speech by Senator Horton of Ramsey. Sena­tor Baldwin of St. Louis performed a like dutv for C. A. Towe in a brief but forceful speech. Ther®. were no secondary speeches and the vote was taken at. once, resultiyg. as follows. C. K. Davis. 43; <L/r"Towne, IT. Ab­sent senators: G;ras w itz, Ilespes and McKnsick.^

In the house the vote for senator was made the special order for 12 o'clock on motion of Mr. Staples. Gov. Yale of Winona nominated C. K. Davis and Representative Stivers of Crow Wing named C. A. Towne. Numerous seconding speeches were made for both candidates. The vote resulted: C. K. Davis, 93; C. A. Towne, 25. Absent, Representative Von Lelic.

Elects Him to Succeed Senator

Roach—Received All but One uf

the Republican Votes^-'Pho llnllot

Stood, McCnmber 77, Johnnon 1,

lvIcinotrel IS—End of One of the

>loMt Sharply Contested Stru»»*leN

in the History «»f Xorth Dnkoin

Polities — Sketch of the Xew

Senator.

A General Rennine of the Most Im­

portant Xevvs of the Week From

All Parts of the Ulobe, Roiled

Down and Arranged in Con-

« •enlcnt Form for Rjipl.l IVriinal

By llusy People.

AX EMERGENCY MEASURE

To Advise Gen. Wood. Washington. Jan. 24. — Henry M.

;L Hoyt, assistant United States attorney • general, las been ordered to go to

Santiago and advise with Gen. Wood t cm legal questions which may arise in 1 the adlir -tisirat ion of that department [t» and to r present the legal department

Of the 1 .ited States there. Mr. Ilovt 1f * «on of ex-Gov. Hoyt of Pennsvl-

v ' vanla.

VI 111 He Asked for to Keep the Regu­lar Army Strength at OO.OOO Men. Washington. Jan. 22. — It is under­

stood to be the intention of the ad­ministration in the event that congress fails to act upon the army reorganiza­tion bill after ratifying the peace treaty, to ask the passage of a joint resolution In the nature of an emergen­cy measure, continuing the authority conferred by the war legislation to keep the regular army up to a strength of <10,000 men. So far 8,000 men have been gotten into the ranks of the reg­ular army under the authority thus conferred. This force of <;o,<XJ<> would have imposed upon It the duties now performed by about l.*>o,o00 soldiers. The entire Second army corps now at Augusta, Ga.. however. Is for the time being idle, and indications are that the number of troops required to garrison Cuba will be much smaller than was anticipated.

IX JOIXT SESSION.

Formnlltlen of Senator Davis* Re* election Are Concluded,

St. Paul. Jan. 19.—The proceedings of the joint convention cf the two houses with reference to the election of a United States senator were brief and purely formal. At 12 o'clock Lieut. Gov. Smith and the members- of the senate appeared at the bar of the house and were seated In the hall. After roil call Speak.r Dare, presid­ing, dir» cted Chief Clerk Bergstroin to read that portion of the journal of the two houses for Tuesriay which related to the election of a st-iuior. This done, he formally declared Cushnmn K. Davis elected United Slates senator for the term of six years, beginning March 4, IS,i'.-p, if appi.nring That he had re ccived a majority of all votes cast in both houses.

Speaker Dare then caused to be read a telegram from Senator Davis thank­ing the legislature for the honor con­ferred upon him, and sta'Mi# that only business of an important nature pre­vented him from being present to make his acknowledgements In per­son.

PHI 1.1PPIXIC COMMISSIOX.

Selling- Kola's Furnltnre. 1 Parts, "an. 24. -There was another i 'sale of the furniture of M. Zola here Lfor &e purpose of defraying the costs ^(2.800 ff ines) resulting from the first W0J&. Ilis friends offered to settle the

but tho magistrate refused to ' them to do so. There was no ex-ent and only a few pe-uple were lit.

V:«*

Neither Grncloua Xor Wise. •nd-on. Jan. 24. - The Daily News editorially: "The Clayton-Buivver

nty is a singular document, signed a weak American administration in tdiar circumstances, and f(»r Lord isbury to insist upon its observance \ would be neither gracious nor

Large Tobacco Concern. .. jAlbany, N. Y., Jan. 24. — The Metro-,1^ 'litau Tobacco Company of New

ui«.» City has l>ecn incorporated with capital of $1,000,000.

Kitchener Is Governor General. ^airo, Jan. 24. — A decree has been ;a 'wt appointing Gen. Kitchener gov-iuor general of the Soudan.

. Extra.lited at Limt. i„ ®sh' : igton, Jan. 24.—After a year's

Worl\ the state department has ilia 'u ,0 secure the ex-

™"«on from Mexico of Visili J . ... n; w '1() is wanted In Chicago on

«tn»T of counterfeiting United treasury notes.

M(>r^.?Tn,ep ron*« ,eBsman III, mcr. . Juu- 24.—Former

*S|,'an S. M. Stephenson is lit in y 1,1 witl1 pneumonia. His >n ls bi«l>y affected. He has

"'Us several hours.

Two Members Will Start for Manila Jan. SO.

Washington. Jan. 22.—Two members of the Philippine commission, Presi dent Schurman of Cornell and Prof. Worcester of Ann Arbor university, will leave Vancouver, B. C.. Jan. MO, for Manila, They will be t'ollawed about, a fortnight later by C->1. Denby. the remaining civilian member, who is still sitting as a member of the war Investigating commission. At Manila the three civilian members will be joined by Admiral Dewey and Maj. Gen. Otis, who will comply- the com­mission. Roth President Schurman and Prof. Worcester have had their final interviews with the president and have received the instructions which shall govern them in making their In vestigatlons, and report as to the pol­icy to be ptirpued by this government towards the islands.

ORDERS FOR THE OREGOX,

Tho Dattlesblp May lie Sent Prom Hawaii t-> Samon.

San Francisco, Jan. 21. The United States dispatch boat Iroquois has sailed, for Honolulu. The vessel car­ried a number of special dispatches, some for the battleship Oregon, due at the islands, and some that are gup-posed to relate to the sending of the Oregon to Samoa. The navy depart­ment officials here are unable to say whether the Oregon has been order<>d out, but it is thought that she has lieen.

Wellington. N. S. W.. Jan. 21.—The British third-class cruiser Tauranga has started for Samoa.

New Mail Route. P.ayfleld. Wis., Jan. 22.—A new rail­

way mail route has been established over the Bayfield Transfer railway be­tween this place and Red Cliff, Wis. The service will consist of one mail each way six times a week.

The Hancock Mlae. ITotighton, Mich., Jan. 22.—John D.

Cudaliy of Calumet has secured an op­tion ou the Hancock mine, and will go to Boston next week to organize a company to work the property on a large scale.

IX VMTRICAX SHIPS.

Senator Xelson AVmit* (inr Trade With Porto Rico Carried.

Washington, Jan. 20. — Senator Nel­son introduced a 1)111 providing that trade between the United States aud Porto Rico, and also between ports in Porto Rico and adjacent islands ceded to the United Slates, be carried on in American vessels. The bill provides tor the forfeiture of any merchandise transported in other -essels, and im­poses a penalty of $2oo for each pas­senger so carried. The bill authorizes the commissioner of navigation to make such regulations as lie may ileum expedient for the nationalization of vessels owned in Porto Rico at the time of the cession of that island.

AFRAID OF DISEASE.

Some of (be Soldiers in f'tibn Are Ar,xioiiN to Return Heme.

Havana, Jan. 20. — The impression prevails at Mariano thai the entire Seventh army corps is soon to be mus- !

tered out. and as a result Camp Co- j

hitniiia Is a scene of wild- joy. The re­port is pr< bably false, but the boys ac- | copt it as correct and are happy. Army ' of occupation is dissatisfied with the ' treatment it has received at the hands J of the government, and almost to a i man is anxious to get home. Disease j

Is constantly increasing, and the pre- j

diction is made that another month j

will see typhoid and yellow fever, if ' not smallpox, epidemic.

RIOT IN HI XGAllY.

Persons Heported Killed and Sixteen Injured.

Budapest. Jan. 20. — A fierce elec­tion riot took place at Uj-Szent-Anna, in the county of Arad, Hungary, and it is reported that four persons were killed and sixteen injured. Troops have been dispatched to the scene of the disturbance.

Smallpox Anions Soldiers. Baltimore. Jan. 20.—Because of the

appearance of smallpox at Fort Mc-Ilenry the reservation has been quar­antined. Private Ilolbrook, Battery B, Sixth artillery, is the victim. He ar­rived a week ago from Rochester.

Bismarck, N. D.. Jan. _>l - The bat­tle for the senatorship is over and the prize has fallen to the field against Congressman Johnson and to Porter J. Mot umber as the choice of the field candidates for the place. The election of MeCumbor was consummated in the joint session of the assembly yesterday when he received, with oue cvseeptlon, the solid vote of the Republican mem­bers of the assembly. The session of

, the joint assembly was briof aud de-| void of excitement. The result was

known beforehand and the assembly was merely to register formally' the decision that had been arrived at by the caucus of Republicans.

j i lie two houses met in joint session at noon. As the roll was called every Republican uiih the exception of Hor-brandson of Traill county cast his bai-

[ lot for the caucus iiomhieo, Herbraud-son voted for Congressman Johnson. 1 ho fus-onists cast a complimentary »ote for Thomas Kleinogel of Fargo, with Ih eexceptlon of Senator Creel, who \ oted for McCnmber. The total vote of the Javorite son of Richland county was 77, for Johnson 1, and for Kleinogel l:s. Immediately before the taking ot the ballot Representative Stevens, who had nominated C. B Lit­tle of Burleigh for the senatorship, withdrew ilie name of his candidate and requested his* supporters to vote for Mi-Cumber. Representative Laugh-" lin (if Ramsom -ountv took the same action with' reference to the name of Senator Marshall. As soon as the bal­lot had been taken Lieut. Gov. Devine announced the formal election of Mc­Cnmber and signed his certificate of election. A committee consisting of Senators Little and Marshall and Rep­resentative Allen escorted the senator-elect to the hall of the assembly and lie was introduced by the lieutenant governor.

The Ken- Senator Speaks. Mr. McCnmber spoke briefly, thank­

ing the assembly for the high honor re­posed in him by the election. He thanked the supporters of the various other candidates for the grace with whu h they had come to his support, as tli..- (.incus nominee, lie paid a tribute to the worth and ability of Congress- , man Johnson as the representative of j the people for the past eight years. I With reference to the policy of lei'rito- • rial expansion, he said:

"On this question 1 desire to state that I a.n in exact harmony with that poiMioii of the governor's message re­lating to territorial expansion. I am in favor of the greatest and broadest expansion of American industries and American comnio'-«-o, and to facilitate that I am in favor of holding all terri­tory now.held by us that may be nee-c! sary to enlarge that commerce and traue. I want to say that I believe that the flag that floats to-day over Manila, and whose every fold sings a song of glory and vhose very stars vie with the gems of the Orient should never be withdrawn. It should be the beacon light, that will forever invite the commerce, the intelligence, the progress of Americanism to the very shores of the old world."

The joint assembly dissolved imme­diately after the address of the sena­tor-elect. and by previous resolution of

j the house and senate an adjournment was taken until next Thursday. The battle was practically over when Mc-

! Cumber was agreed on in caucus of 1he field candidates Thursday night.

I Tlx* choice of the field caucus wa« rat-i ilied in• tlie Republican caucus yestcr-| day morning. Senator Ames of'Traill

j county, who nominated Congressman j Johnson on the first day of the joint i session, moved that tho nomination of j McCumlier in Republican caucus be

made unanimous, and he was declared , 1 lie caucus nominee. j Senator MeCumber, J Porter ,J. Met'umber is a native of I Rochester, Minn., and is forty-ihrec } ears of age. lie is of Scotch parent-

• age and his parents were jwor farm­ers. He was raised on a farm and educated in the CM union' schools of Rochester, in later years taking the law (oursc at the university tit Ann Arl>or, Mich. lie came to North Da­kota in 1RH0, locating first at Lisbon ami moving to Wahpeton in issi, where be formed a law partnership with B. L. Bogart, and has since been a resident of Wahpeton. As an ora­tor he has few peers in the state and he Is a mmi of recognized ability, a stanch Republican and sound on all financial and political questions. lie litis been a member of the territorial house of representatives and council in lssr>-8<» ami spate's attorney of Rich­land county. He has many admirers throughout the state and bus personal friends, especially in his home county, are legion. Mr. McCnmber is married and has two children. He was mar­ried at Wahpeton and his brid*» was Miss Jennie Schorining, a poor girl and a telegraph operator. Mr. Me­Cumber is a completely self-made man. He is well-to-do, reputed to be worth •YIOOJXM), all of which he has earned in Richland county by his own unaided effort. {

Criminal ltecord.

Robert Baldwin, aged twenty-six. the son of Rev. Jarney Baldwin, pastor of the Baptist church at Kitts Hill, ohio, was shot and killed by Samuel Ferrill'

Theodore Alean, a telegraph operat­or, and his Avife, Carrie Brueher. a va­riety actress, were found dead in the Twenty-third Avenue hotel. New York. The police suspec t urder and suicide.

Michael Rulinski, known as the "Pol­ish Dude," who strangled his wife to dejit.li and then sot fire to the body and house to conceal the crime, committed suicide by strangling himself with a bed cord taken from his bed in the county jail at Pittsburg, Pa.

Frederick Milliken, employed at the National stockyards. Hast St. Louis, 111., was knocked insensible by a high­wayman and robbed <>f money, watch i and valuables and his bodv dragged j

across the rail rod track in front of an approaching passenger train. Hopes of his recovers' are slight.

Accidental HappenliiKM.

Seventeen lives were lost by the sink­ing of an English bark in Taooma 'har­bor.

A strong earthquake shock threw tho Inhabitants of Santander, Sealn. into a panic. A number of windows were broken.

A man in Wisconsin was killed re­cently and his wife and four children fatally injured by a dynamite explo­sion.

Alexander White and wife, aged eighty-two, were found dead in bed at Sandwich, 111., at their home. They were asphyxiated by coal gas.

While seeking safety from the flames Which were destroying their home at Cleveland. Ohio, Mrs. Fred W. Tisdel was instantly killed aud her husband sustained severe injuries and may die.

The steamer Vera Cruz, a Mexican liner belonging to Romanos. left the port of Vera Cruz on Dec. 23 last for Tampico. The trip only takes two days, and the vessel is now twenty-one days overdue. It is feared in shipping circles that she Is lost.

The steamer City of Macon, from Boston, brought into port at Savannah, Ga.. ('apt. Konnorly and the crew, nine men all told, of the schooner Aloha of Bath. Me., abandoned Saturday night twenty-five miles southeast of George­town, in a sinking condition.

People Talked About. Judge Andrew Hinds, a. pioneer set»

tier of Northern Illinois and one of thtf foremost men in Stephenson county*? died suddenly at his home In Lena, 111., aged seventy-seven years.

Tho Canadian manufacturers have decided not to exhibit at the World's Cycle show, to be held at Montreal. No reason Is given, but it is believed1

tjiey do not care to compete with tho United States exhibit.

Peter Wilds, a pioneer citizen and an old soldier, died suddenly at. Graml Ilaveu, Mich. He was in Oswattamie, Kits., in the ante-belum days, associ­ated with John Brown in preparing for his great raid.

Capt. William L. Merry, the United States representative in Nieragua. who lias recently been brought into consid­erable prominence by recent events in Ceniral America, is a retired sea cap­tain, whose former home was in San Francisco.

Prof. Frank II. Crossette, one ot Michigan ablest composers, and form­erly I anions as a hand leader and cor­net player, died suddenly at Constant­ino, N. ^ aged sixty-seveiii. He was the leader of the Second Vermont. Reg­imental band during the Rebellion.

"Word was received at Riverdale, Mich., of tiie death at Dee-herd, Tenn., of J. B. Adams, a once prominent busi­ness man and lumberman of Riverdale. He was for many years one of the larg­est dealers iu pine lumber in the Sagi­naw valley.

Thomas Ilawley, a New York busi­ness man, died at Newton, Conn., of nervous prostration, aged sixty-five, lie was president of the Hawley Bro.'s Hardware company of New York and San Francisco, and until re­cently was president of the Shreve-port & Houston railroad.

James J. Rothrock died at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, aged seventy years. He came to Iowa in lstio. The next year Ih? was elected to the house of repre­sentatives, but resigned to serve as lieutenant, colonel of the Thirty-fifth Iowa. His army career was a bril­liant one.

j Washington Talk.

In the forthcoming report the war in­vestigating commission will censure officials and generals right and left, from Alger down.

What, is known as the Grace Cm gin-Eyre syndicate, organized to construct the Nicaragua canal, had a hearing be­fore the house committee on com­merce.

Senator Davis will make "the fight of his life" on behalf of the peace treaty, and will ask the senate to re­main in continuous session until action is taken.

A commission to Investigate and re port upon the proper disposition to in made of the Phlliptnes. lias been ap­pointed by the president. Admiral Dewey will be president.

A courtniartial, to be presided over by (it'ti. Merritt, has been summoned to try (Jen. Lagan on charges of con­duct unbecoming an officer and gentle­man. Tho charges arise out of his re­cent bitter attack on Gen. Miles.

The house committee on banking and currency definitely has decided decid­ed to make no further effort at this Session to urge the measure for curren­cy and banking revision known as the McCIeary bill.

The house committee on postoltices and post roads has restored the appro­priation of J?22r».o<*> for the pneumatic tube service which was recently strick­en from the postoflice appropriation, Chicago is likely to get part of a pro­posed increased appropriation.

The state department at Washington has instructed the United States, em­bassy at. Berlin to bring about the dis­charge from the German army of Will­iam Brier of Cincinnati, who was im­pressed contrary to treaty provisions. But the Instructions do not state the present whereabouts of Brier, and the embassy officials are unable to state where he can be found.

Foreign.

The United States cruiser Albany was launched in England last week.

i he Oceanic, the largest, steamer ever built, was launched In England last week.

Prisoners Escape. St. Louis. Jan. 20.--Some time dur­

ing last night six general prisoners sawed through the cage in the new guardhouse at Jefferson barracks, cut through twelve inches of brick and made their escape.

King Ohciii-'h Health. Stockholm. Jan. 2."». — Although the

liealth of King Oscar continues to im­prove his physicians have ordered him to take a complete rest. Therefore his majesty has entrusted the government to the crown jirfnce and has gone to Saltoja-Baden.

Sentenced for Timber Poachliift. Sioux Falls, S. D„ Jan. 2T». — Judge

Garland sentenced Knut Sten eson of Yankton to thirty days In Jail. He pleaded guilty to a charge of cutting timl>er on government laud.

Owing to it severe storm, the Elbe has overflowed and flooded tho lower portions of Hamburg.

Telegrams from Johannesburg are censored, but so far as ascertained, no­body was seriously injured in the'dis­turbance between the Burghers and Afrikanders with the British residents there, who held a public meeting to ventilate the grievances of the Utlatid-ers. and which resulted in a free fight. Two Englishmen were arrested, but tlicy have since been discharged from custody.

The Soeil, at Paris, publishes a re­port to the effect that, the czar, in May next, will spend a fortnight on the Ri­viera. where, the paper adds, his maj­esty will be visited by President Faure and by Emperor William of Germany.

The revisionist organs at Paris ex­press satisfaction at the debate hi the chamber of deputies, and point out that the deputies were almost unani­mous in severely criticising the con­duct of M. Questuiy de Beaurepaire In resigning the presidency of the civil di­vision of the court of cassation and making charges against associate*.

General. Spain may sell the Ladrone, Caroline

and Pelew Islands. Boodling in the Interest of TJ, g»

Grant In the California Senatorial con­test is charged.

The Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway company has bought, the Wisconsin, Minnesota and Pacific.

The attorney general of Kansas pro­nounces the special session of the leg­islature illegal anil its laws void.

Gov. Jones and other Arkansas state officers-elect, took the oath of office be­fore the joint session of the general as­sembly.

AlMiut 220 miners In tho employ of the Little Pittsburg Coal company at Lingo. Macon county, Mo, are out on strike for higher wages.

The organization of the New York Auto-track company was perfected at a meeting held in New York. The cap­ital stock of the company was in­creased to $10,000,000.

Orders have been given for the Astor battery, which recently arrived at San I- raneiseo from ihe Philippines, to pro­ceed immediately to Fort Schuyler, N. Y., tor muster-out.

Nine Santa Fo conductors, running on the Western, New Mexico & Rio Grande division, have been discharged from the service for using the short-fare system.

Senator Butler presented In the sen­ate a petition from s'xty-live ex-C; nfed-erates of Muscogee county, Georgia, asking him hot to abandon his bill for pensioning ex-Confederate soldiers.

A. W. Kirk wood, the oldest engineer on the Springfield division of the Balti­more & Ohio Southwestern, droptied dead In his cab while neariug Alta-mont, 111.

It Is stated that labor circles in Ohio will be agitated in the very near fu­ture to an extent equal to the recent stormy scenes enacted at the meeting of the State Federation of Labor.

Senator Simon of Oregon was re­cently asked what he thought of the business c>pportunitIes in Alaska, "Car-jH»t-ba.gging is the best business," he replied. "Yotf can just beat tho car­pets and keep the dust."

Among the passengers who arrived at San Francisco on the steamer Nlp-I>on Maru, from Hongkong aud Yoko­hama, via Honolulu, are three emissa­ries of Aguinaldo, the Philippine in­surgent leader.

Amid the waving of handkerchiefs and general farewells the United State* army transport. Grant, with Maj. Gen. W. Lawton and l.soo troops on board, bound for Manila, pulled out from East river, Brooklyn the other night.

The largest gathering of retail Im­plement. men in the history of that trade met at the opening session of the annual convention of the Western Re­tail Implement and Vehicle Dealers* association at Kansas City, Mo.

The heavy rains have raised the Sci­oto river to the danger point, and a levee south of West Columbus. Ohio, has already broken away. Thirteen families have been driven from their homes by the water.

The Spanish transport, Miuichon, which sailed from Havana on Dec. 28, having on board repatriated soldiers, including (Jen. Arolas, the former mil­itary governor of Havana, arrived at Barcelona.

The Nebraska senate and house have each passed resolutions calling upon the war department to investigate the charges of improper conduct and cruel­ty made against Col. Stozeuburg of the First Nebraska.

Articles of incorporation of the Amer­ican Steel and Wire ompany, with an authorized capital of ijtJMM>00.000. were filed with the secretary of state at Trenton, N. J. The capital stock is made up of $40,000,000 preferred ahd {po.ooo.ooo of common stock.

At a meeting at New York of th® shareholders of the Tradesmen's Na­tional Bank, whose president, James McNaughton, was arrested recently. It was decided to place the bank in vol­untary liquidation at once. The doors of the bank were closed in October.

Nearly all the prominent bust new men of Chicago have been Invited to attend a banquet to be given by the Merchants' club for the purpose of con­sidering in detail the question of estab­lishing municipal pawnshops iu that ^ — •?

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