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AiAI~W ARE_TRUST Tremendous Combination of Capital to Control Trade. MUCH CAPITAL IS REPRESENTED A Combination That .Proposes to Dominate the Hard'.'re Business of the Country. New York, Special.-Authoritative announcement of a consolidation of the great hardware interests in the country in a combination capitalizeu at $120,000,000 will be made by The Iron Age. The consolidation embraces the Simmons Hardware Company, at qt. Louis; Bindley Hardware Compa 9, of Pittsburg; William Bingham Company, of Cleveland; Supplee racLis;fice Hardwarete Compay Hardware Company, of Philadelphia; Pacific Hardware and Steel Company, of Duluth; Bigelow & Dowse Compa ny, of Boston; VanCamp Hardware Company, of Indianapolis; George Et rich Hardware Company, of Denver; Janney, Semple, Hill & Co., of Min neapolis, and forty other houses, rep resenting nearly every Important trade centre of the country. Negoti ations are still pending with other houses, and it is expected there will be further accessions to the number already named in the combination. The Iro'n Age says: "Several names have been suggest ed for the consolidation, such as the National Hardware and Metal Com pany, International Hardware and Metal Company, and there is little doubt that one of these will be chos en. It is purposed that the oficial3 shall be as follows: E .C. Simmons, president; John Bindley, vice presi dent, and W. D. Simmons, chairman of the executive committee. There will be a board of directors, consist ing of from 15 to 30 persons repre senting the different sections of the country. There will also be an ex ecutive committee of nine. "The forming of the company is at tended to by Moore & Schley, of New York, and George B. Hill & Co., of Pittsburg. It is intended to Incorpo rate under the laws of New Jersey with a capital of $120,000,000; $40, 000,000 preferred and $80,000,000 com mon stock. The pofits will be a 6 per cent. cumulative stock, preferred both for liquidation and dividend:,. The general headpuarters for buying and selling and transportation ,f goods will be in St. Louis. The East ern headquarters will be in New York. "The principle of home rule will be recognized in connection- witwhep cal houses who will make- ther 'irn selling pri2es, except so far, as- this may interfere with the buying depart ment or the expressed wishes of the manufacturers, which it will be the policy of the company to respect. Each house will be held responsible for the results of its business and if ~ are not satisfactory the house will be closed. The company natur ally expects to purchase good.s on the most favorable terms, In view of the large volume they will handle, and various economies will be secured as the direct result of the consolibati.on. "As at present constituted it is es * timated by the company that they fLl embrace something like-two-thiTts of the distributing efficiency of the job bing trade of the count.ry in the hard ware line. They are content that the other third should remain competi tors, &a it is not intended to monopo lize the jobbing business.'' Election Law Criticised. Washington, Special.-A criticism of the election law of Virginia is made in the report filed by House elections committee No, 3, in the case of James A. Walker vs. Win. F. Rhea, from the ninth district of Vir ginia. The committee reports in favor of Rhea, as the contestant has died. The law is criticised as "repugnant to all lovers of fair play and honest elections." An appeal is made to the constitutional convention of Virginia and to the General Assembly to make changes which will insure a fair and free vote and an honest count. Repre sentative Johnson, of South Carolina, dissents from that part of the report making "strictures on the laws and the people of Virgi,'ia." Drove Nail into H1usband's Head. Wellington, Kans., Special.-In Grant county, Oklahoma, just across the line from here, Mrs. Peoples, a BohemIan, is reported to have killed her husband by driving a nail into his head. Peoples, a farmer, went home dIrufik, beat his wife and afterward ordered her to get his supper and went to sleep with his head leaning against. pine partition. When supper was ready the woman tried to awaken him but failed. Fearing that he would beat her again when he awoke for not calling him, she drove a nail through from the other side of the partition in t.he man's head, killing him. She made no attempt to escape. Declined to Remove Boycott. Norfolk, Special.-By a vote of 16 to 14 the Central Labor Union of this city have declined to remove the boycott against the Norfolk Railway and Light Company which has been on since March 1. This means that the fight will be continued Indefinitely. The cars are running on schedule time and are experiencing no Incovenience. Virginia Mountains Snow Covered. Roanoke, Va., Special.-Snow has fallen here and the weather has turned very co;d. The mountains are covered with several inches of snow. Further west thie mercury has regis t%red two degrees below freezing *s$ce early Tuesday morning and ow has been falling at .intervals. it trees are not yet in bloom and wind continues high there wili e damage from the cold snap. PRESIDENT'S EXPOSITION SPEECIL Says Many Things Complimentary to Southern Progress. The address of President Roosevelt at Charleston Wednesday was well timed and well received. The President said in part: "It is to me a peculiar privilege to speak here in your beautiful city. My mother's people were from Georgia; but before they came to Georgia, be fore the Revolution, in the days of Co lonial rule, they dwelt for nearly a century in South Carolina; and there fore I can claim your State as mine by Inherrance no less than by the stronger and nobler right which makes each foot )f American soil in a sense the proper ty of all Americans. "Charleston is not only a typical Fouthern city; it is also a city whose history teems with events which link themselves to American history as a whole. In the early Colonial days Charleston was the outpost of our peo ple against the Spaniard In the South. En the days of the Revolution there oc curred here some of the events which vitally affected the outcome of the struggle for Independence, and which impressed themselves most deeply upon the popular mind. It was here that the tremendous, terrible drama of the civil war opened. "With delicate and thoughtful cour tesy you originally asked me to come to this exposition on the birthday of &braham Lincoln. The invitation not Dnly shows a fine generosity and man liness in you, my hosts, but it also cm phasized as hardly anything else could have emphasized how completely we ire now a united people. The wounds left by the great civil war, incompara bly the greatest war of modern times, have healed; and Its memories are now priceless heritages of honor alike to the North and to the South. The de votion, the self-sacrifice, the steadfast resolution and lofty daring, the high devotion to the rights as each man saw It, whether Northerner or Southerner all these qualities of the men and wo men of the early sixties now shine lu minous and brilliant before our eyes, while the mists of anger and hatred that once dimmed them have passed sway forever. "All of us, North and South, can glory alike In the valor of the men who wore the blue and the men who wore the gray. Those were irpn times, and :nly Iron men could fight to its terrible anish the giant struggle between the hosts of Grant and Lee. To us of the present day, and to our children and children's children, the valiant deeds, the high endeavor, and abnegation of self shown in that struggle by those who took part therein will remain for evermore to mark the level to which we in our turn must rishb whenever the hour of the nation's need may come. "When four years ago this nation was compelled to face a foreign foe, the conpleteness of the reunion became In stantly and strikingly evident. The war was not one which called for the 3xercise of more than an insignificant fraction of our strength, and the strain put upon us was slight indeed com pared with the results. But it was a satisfactory thing to see the way in which the eons of the soldier of the Union and the soldier of the Confeder icy leaped eagerly forward, emulouis to show in brotherly rivalry the quali ties which had won renown for their fathers, the men of the great war. It was my good fortune to serve under an ex-Confederate general, gallant old Joe Wheeler. who commanded the cav alry at Santiago. "In my regiment there were certainly as many men whose fathers had served in the Southern, as there were men whose fathers had served in the North ern army. Among the captains there was opportunity to promote but one to field rank. The man who was sin gled out for this promotion because of conspicious gallantry in the field was the son of a Confederate general and was himself a citizen of this, the Pal metto State; and no American officer could wish to march to battle besides a more loyal, gallant, and absolutely fearless comrade than my former cap tain and major, your fellow-cit!zen, Micajah Jenkins. "A few months ago, owing to the en forcod absence of the Governor of the Philippines, It became necessary to nominate a Vice Governor to take his ;>lace-one of the most Important places in our government at this time. I nom Inated as Vice Governor an ex-Confed erate. Gen. Luke Wright, of Tennes see. It is therefore an ex-Confederate who now stands as the exponent )f this government and this people in that great group of islands in the eastern seas over which the American flag floats. Gen. Wright has taken a lead ing part in the work of steadily bring ing order and peace out of bloody chaor. In which we found the islands. He Is now taking a leading part not merely in upholding the honor of the flag by making It respected as the symbol of our power, but still more in uphold'ng Its honor by unwearied labor for the establishment of ordered liberty-of ;aw-creating, law-abiding civil gov ernment--under its folds. "The progress which has been made under Gen. Wright and those like him has been Indeed marvelous. In fact a letter of the general's the other day seemed to shdw that he considered there was far more warfare about the Philippines)n this country than there was warfare in the Philippines them selves! It is-an added proof of the 'tom pleteness of the reunion of our country that one of the foremost men who have been instrumental in driving forwar^ the great work for civilization and hu mnanity in the Philippines has been a man who in the civil war fought with distinction in a uniform of Confederate gray. "If ever the need comes in the fa ture the past has made abundantly -.vi dent the fact that from this time on Northerner and Southerner will In war know only the generous desire to strive how each can do the more effective ser vice for the flag of our common coun try. The same thing Is true in the end ess work of peace, the never-ending work of building and keeping the mar elous fabric of our industrial' pros n ra PRESI. KS.tl tee bel Mr. Rooseve1alks at the Charleston as 'position in nul pr RECEIVED j ROYAL WELCOME ce Entertained at Banquet, Where the m President ile a Highly Appropri- pa fa ate Speech. a The Presider; train reached Char- s leston at 9:30 ai., on time. The party p did not come it thc city, but left the train five milesit, where trolley cars m were waiting tonvey them to the na val station, to te the revenue cutter m for a tour of thearbor The President's o ;mmediate part:went directly to the t naval station, Wre they were joined qi in a few momer by members of the I reception commibe and invited guests S In the city. A gud of 30 militiamen p was stationed abtt the landing and G stood at "presenarms" as the Presi- * dent landed. Athe naval station 50 c men of the Lilitia were posted ( maintaining the nes around the re- r( servation and not was allowed within w the lines except si as had passes. The u President and hi party were shown ( about the stationiad then were %con- v ducted to the piei where the revenue o cutter Algonquin ras - in waiting. As y the President set *t .on the deck the li flag of the commader-in-chief of the if army and navy wr. raised, and , the 11 jackies were paradi while a salute of tl 21 guns was fireddn the stream the 'e, cutters Forward a# Hamilton. were e lying, and further dwn toward the city a were the cruiser Cicinnati and train- n ing ships Topeka ad Lancaster. After ( the committee andguests had gone I aboard. the Algonqtn started on a'tnr r of the harbor. P sing down Cooper i river a flhe view a the city and. the' t opening of the bay as tresented. The l weather was perfe4 There was not a > cloud in the sky i .gentle breeze r blew from the oce with just a brao- n ing touch In it, nog enough to require overedata Pasing ih r bay the Algonquin eme ab 0 cruiser Cincinnati, w.ose de ? manned with her crw as well 's e c Topeka and Lancastr. As the Presi dent's vessel passed ach ship a 'alate : of 21 guns was flred.Off the fortifica tions of Sullivan Isla\d the Algonquin E waR greeted with th, same welcome and she passed out t the ocean with gay streamers amid schorus of guns. Just a little run to th and the Al gonquin turned aboutd re-entered 1 the harbor, passing "und historic Fort Sumter. While Ing up the bay luncheon was serv. in the cabin of the cutter. A sh - was made . up the Ashley river gii - a,.view of the westerir water front and then the ship was headed back for the lading, where a troop of the Charleston Light Th.a goons was in waitiig, to escort the President to his headquarters at the St. John Hotel. All the mens were excellent and there-was -a' break in the prograurme. The Pregdent seemed in good spirits and entered with keen re'st int all the features of the occa sion. . The banguet tendered to President Roosevelt'sat night, at ,the Charleston Hotel was a'-fltting'close to a- day full of Incidents anid served--to gather to gether men prominent in the affairs of the State, having solely in mind a greeting to the President which world prove the sincerity fielfthe warmth of feeling existing for.'lim as the Chief Executive of the nation. The banquet hall was a bower of rtoses, pinks and smilr'. artistically erranged, while loosely r ewn over the tables wvere thousands " violets, whose fragrance could only but su est4hat spring time had arrived. O;ver 300 specially invited guests were present and the President was at his best. In a few well-clib*z remarks, Mayor Smyth welcom . -. ident Roosevelt to-Gh.Arleston, 'ose response was listened to with the closest attention and 'Mich was inter rupted by loud and "4ntinuous ap plause. The President's remnarks were as fol lows "Mr. Mayor and You, My Hosts and My Fellow-Citizens (great ap plause: I should indeed be but a poor American myself if I wcre not deeply touched and gratified by the way you have greeted me todlay in this. your beautiful city. and of course I feel' at home here. (Applause.) I think that an American who Is worth his salt has the right to feel at home in any part of the United States. (Applause.) Around this table I see many men who took part in the great war. The war in which the younger amocng us here took part was a very little one because it did not have to be any bigger. (Ap plause.) But it had one thoroughly good effect-it put the cap on '?he structure that had been building, while we were almost unconscious of it: and it taught us how thoroughly a one we were. When we got through with that war It did not make a bit of difference to us whether it was an admiral who came from Vermont or a lieutenant who came from Alabama (applause), if the man had done his duty in such shape as to make us each feel an even more generous. thrill of pride In our common nationality. The debt that we owed him had little to do with the sec tion from which he came. (Applause.) "And now a special word to you of Charleston and of South Carolina. Just twelve years ago, when I first went to Washington to take part In govern mental work I was Immediately thrown into singularly close contazt and in timacy with a South Carolinian. It was my good fortune to work with him for three years and for the nine years since and for as long as I shall continue to be in public life, it will be to me ever a apur to try to decent duty for the republic, becau I have been thrown Intimately in c tact with as fearless anclas high-mi d a public servant as thicountry h ever had, my old frien' .your fo er Governor, . Hughi Thom n. ( t applause.) And from wWI ha known of you and of your rej.en es It was in no sense a surpr .bu was a keen pleasure to be, greeted the hearty and gen erolis hospi ~ the more than hearty and genero pitality, which you have shonw y. (Applause.) intry is n a certain sense an index the we of all, and I think, gen men, t on the average as we all: d to g up, it seems to be a little :ter to o up unifoim)y rather than a shar er gait, for the time being d then own and then up again and !n down. South Carolina seems dur ; the las two decades to have deli ely enter d upon the path of steady 3gress in things material as well as other thi gs. I was much struck in )king over some of the figures of the sus quite trecently published to see e astonishing progress that has been de here in; your State. I was pre red to see that the values of your m product had risen as they have. little over 3 per cent. I was pre .red to see t at your farms them Ives have inpreased in a still larger oport'-n; that the value of your ds a1., builc)ings had grown up, but lid not realizc: the way in which your anufact:- ng onterprises had increas .. both :- ihov/n in the fact that your anufactL.Ld products had gone up rer 130 per cent.; that for instance e ngiber of spindles has about iadrupled, front less than half a mil )n to more than two millior in the ate. I did not realize that the wages Lid out had increased 75 per cent. entleme4, you talk of progress of the .r We but I think South Carolina n giveApoints to ,some of the States, pplause.) I thin'k that with such a cord for the previous decade you ere well warranted upon insisting pon holding your own people here !pplause.) And, 'gentlemen, I waf ?ry glad for your exposition. You nol n1y took in the Southern States, bul a3 specially included the Islands ly ig south of the United States, thosE lahds with which the. events of the stt few years have made it evideni ia we are bound in the future to hav( )lser relatdots, (great applause), clos r felations for our advantage and oui dvantage can only be secured b3 Iaking it for- their advantage also Loud applause.) And about all tha hav4said ap'plies to the greatest an( cliest. of those islands, the island: ith which we have been brought in the most peculiar' intimacy and re itlonahip-the island of Cuba. (Ap use.) And I ask that in our trad lations with Cuba we give her arked and substantial advantage, no nerely or even mainly because it wil edondto our credit, although that al V .IS true that it will redound to on: wn interest, but I ask it especially be ause the events have so shaped them elves that it is our duty, as a grea nd mighty nation, to help Cuba and ope to see us do our duty. (Cheer nd applause.) "I shall ': ry to make you peech ton:ght, because for your sin 'ou will have to listen to me make cn omorrow. (Laughter.) I shal' merel bank you again with all my heart an ay to you that I want you to appre late that I mean every word I sal Ld mean it deeply when I tell you save been touched, more than please ouched and stirred by the warmth an ieartiness with which you have mad ne feel -today that I am one of you. (Loud applause and cheers.) The President was followed by Goi rnor McSweeney. who prefaced h1 prepared speech by a few words I which he assured the President that h~ was as safe from bodily harm In Sout Jarolina as he ,was in Washingtor Dontinung, he. said: Governor McSweeney said in parn 'The Anglo-Saxon is entering the ei ury with the imperial crown of t1: ges on his brow and the sceptre of th nfinte in his hands. The old So', ought against the stars in the! ~ourse-the resisting tide of the risin ~onsciousness of nationality an world-mission. The young South greel the new era and glories In its mai bood; he joins his voice in the cheel f triumph which are ushering in th: ll-conouering Saxon. Our old mt' reamed of local supremacy; we drea: f conquest of the globe. Threads< steel have knit State to State. Steal .d electricty have silently transforn d the face of the tearth, annihilatl time and space and swept the oces barriers from the path of man; tU black steam shuttles of commerce ha' woven continent to continent The: words are taken from a speech di liveed at *a moment of crisis in tU iistory of a sister State. Civil liberi religious freedom have been placed our keeping as a trust and it is om duty to be faithful to that trust and1 move on .and upward till the peopli if all lands shall enjoy the same bles ings which are ours. Threads of ste have indeed knit us close together a: now- we know no North and no Sout no ast and no West, but hand in hai we are striving for the uplifting ax betterment of mankind. "I want to say in this presence, ar in the presence of the President of ti United .States, that while we may na roe on many questions of policy, th e are all American citizens and il b ' s of the South wIll respond to tU e~ of their country, which Is the es o 'duty, as quickly ar.d ri-drily as tho of jay other section. When four yea a gd America 'let slip the dogs of 'v: and sent hgt armies and navies drive the tyrant from Cuba's wast< shores, together 'in the gloemn of tU gory trenches and the ramparts wra In flame.' stood the sons of the froz4 North who wore the blue with those the sunny South who wore the gray, defend the honor of their comm< ountry. Side by AideP and Choni1d'-r shoulder they fought till the brok power of Spain in the Western wor attested the fact that the men wI made and withstood Pickett's char, at Gettysburg could clasp hands ov the graves of their fallen heroes am together shed their blood in defense human rights and their country cause. It was a Southern boy who fir planted the Stars and Stripes on fo g soil; it was a Southern boy wi first gave up his fair young life in th cause, and the cold, still form of E sign Bagley, wrapt about with the si1 en folds of his country's flag, was la to rest 'mid the lamentations of a united people.' And in the selfsan sepulchres where lie the braves w! gave their lives In 'that con'flict, buried the last remnant of any a: tagonism which might have existed b tween the sections. "I am glad that President Rooseve has come to this grand Old city, th he may see and know us as we at That he may know and realize th though we may not agree in politi< we know how to welc ime the Preside of our common country. That he. r. know and appreciate what Southe: Charleston he will find the highest type of this old-time Southern hospi tality. We hope that his coming will be beneficial to all of us." Capt. Wagner, Governor Aycock, of North Carolina, and several - others made short addresrs. It vas midnight' when the party broke up and as the President left the roca. he was cheered to the echo, not only b those who h.1 been fortunate e"z. to attend the banquet, but by the is numbers who had patientl r w.i.e a ht. parleis and outside to cat.h a- gia of him. Upor arrivel at his hotel he immediately retired. IN CONGRESS. Detailed Doir-' of Our National Law a..kers. HOUSE. Ninetieth Day-The feature of the second day's debate in the House on the Cuban reciprocity bill was an im passioned speech in opposition to the measure by Wm. A. Smith, a Michigan Republican. Senators Spooner and Quareus, of Wisconsin, and Dolliver, of Iowa, and a group of Michigan beet sugar manufacturers were in the gal lery and he was liberally applauded by his Republican supporters as he as sailed the Republican leaders who-were advocating the bill, boldly charging them with being false to the Republi can doctrine of protection. In the course of his remarks he announced that he was willing to vote .to over rule the chair in order to support an amendment to take the differential off refined sugar. Mr. Morris, of Minnesota, another Republican, who made a strong speech against the bill, also made a similar announcement. The other speakers to day were Mr. Ball, Democrat, of Texas, and Mr. Sparkman, Democrat of Texas, both of whom opposed the -bill, and Mr. Mendell, of Wyoming, who advo cated its passage. The Democrats and Republican op ponents of the measure are trying to get together on the proposition to take the differential off refined sugar. The indications are that the debate will be protracted. The demand for time to speak is great and there is, now no ex pectation that the general debate will be completed until next week. In the course of Mr. Smith's speech, Mr. Underwood, of Alabama, asked Mr. Smith if he would vote to take the dif ferential off refined sugar coming from t Cuba. Mr. Smith replied that no re E fined sugar came from Cuba and in 3 turn asked Mr. Underwood if his (the Democratic) side would vote to over I rule the chair and join in voting to s take the differential off the sugar of a the 'world. After some sparring, dur d ing which Mr. Underwood showed a i disposition to evade the question, In - response to the promptings of the Democrats around him, he finally ven I tured' the prediction that there would be an opportunity to vote upon the I proposition to take the differential e off the sugar of the world. , "If there is." observed Mr. Smith, "I will watch your vote with great interest." "We are not here," said Mr. Morris, e "to make laws for the benefit of sol n diers of fortune who go to Cuba in e stead of home and of sucE '5~uecaneefs a as Mr. Havemeyer, the head of the L sugar trust" "But, gentlemen," he added, turning to his Republican col :leagues, "if you are determined to do L- this thing, if you Insist upon giving C the sugar trust a present of two and a e half millions, let us give the sugar " trust a dose of its own medicine. Let ? us take the differential off of refined g sugar under which the trust has grown d strong and powerful." He called upon :s the Democrats to stand with the Re i- publicans and "hit" the sugar trust - and "hit it hard." The Democrats s cried out that they would .foin with neRpblicans and applauded vigor n ously. if Mr. Ball, of Texas, denied that thIe n bill was in line with Democratic doc L- trine, because it was admitted that 11 d would not result in reducing the price n of sugar to the American consumer. Its e sole beneficiary, he argued, would be ea the sugar trust. - SENATE. e Ninetieth Day-Throughout the y day's session of the Senate the Chi n nese exclusion bill was under consi r deration. Three speeches were deliver o ed upon the subject by Mr. Gallinger, s of New Hampshire, and Mr. Dilling - ham, of Vermont, opposing it, and Mr el Turner, of Washington. supporting it d Mr. Gallinger urged that the pending ai, bill was unnecessary. id Mr. Gr.llinger maintained that thi td pending subject was a matter for dip lomatic negotiation and not for con .d gressional action. In this connectior ihe read Minister Wu's recent letter ti g: Secretary of State Hay, in which hb at protested against the enactment of the ae bill, declaring that It would disturb th< ie friendly relations betwen the Unite' aStates adChina. w r. Mitchell, of Oregon, inquired o: ra Mr. Gallinger what he thought of the .r' propriety of a foreign minister criticis Lo ing measures pending before Congress >d Mr. Foraker, of Ohio, said that th< 1e Chinese minister clearly was withit ihis rights. n In an extended address, Mr. Turne1 of appealed to the Senate to pass the pro to posed bill, not merely for the Drotec ID tion of the people of the Pacific States Sbut to prevent the entire body politi in from being contaminated by the Chi Id nese. to Mr. Dillinghiam advocated tne re-en ractment of the present Geary law. H erI declared that representatives of th Id Pacific States had expressed themselve Df as prfectly satisfied with the operatiot 'sof the existing law and that there wa: sno proper reason for a change. particu r. larly as the change would involve grca 10 trouble and expense. lb Mr. Fairbanks, of Indiana, reporte' a- favorably fro'm the committee on im .. migration the Chinese e:xclusion bli d passed by the House of Representa - tives. It was placed on the calendar. 1Parisians Eat Many snails. During the last year Paris consuma a- 800 tons of snails. The animals are bred In Burgundy and Savoy, whet' It they are kept in inclosures formed o: at arred palings, which they can no e. climb over, and are fed upon vi? aleaves. It Is said that they thus ac s' quire the delicate flavor of a superio ~Burgundy wine; but the flavor Is, ii -n practice, generally overwhelmed by aL 12 e:teive mixture of chopped garlic, LWE ITEMS OF Many Matters of General In Short Paragraphs. ' The Sunny, South. Notice of a strike and lockout 6003 c r.li operatives was at Augusta, Ga. The Elkins Development Com just incorporated, has purchased acres in the suburbs of Elkins Va., for residence and manuf sites. At Newport News Saturday noon William Miner, colored across a stove in a spasm an slowly roasted to death. Seve elapsed before he was found. The suit of Bell's heirs, colcred, for " ! property valued at $50,000 in the eas=_ end of Richmond will be carried to the United States Supreme. Court. Judge Goff, of the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, decided against. : Bell's heirs a few days ago. - The West Virginia Court of Ap peals on Saturday rendered decisions in a large number of cases. - At The National Capital. The President. has nominated Wil dren L. Montague for postmaster at San Francisco. - The British War Office is experi menting with armor-plated automo biles and with airships. Representative Amos Cummings is confined to his room in Washington, D. C. During the fiscal year 1901 the ex ports of agricultural products from the United States amounted to $952, 000,000, the heaviest on record, and an excess of $560,000,000 ever im ports. President Roosevelt and party will leave Washington this afternoon to visit the Charleston Fair. It is expected the United States, Nicaragua and Costa Rica will sign the Canal Treaty this week. In the House this week will begin the battle over the reciprocity propo sition to give relief to Cuba. The Senate is expected to' dispose of the Chinese Exclusion bill by the middle of the week, and then take up - the Philippine Governpient bill. At The North. Nevada N..Stianahan, now Collector at New York,. Saturday took the oath of office. Sampel Woolverton, cashier of the Gallatin National Bank, New York, has been elected president of that institu tion. Eugene Richardson, a farmer ati Bor land, Mich., while insane, shot /and killed his wife and then killed him self. At the Amalgamated Copper Com pany's mines, in Butte, Mont., 28 hois ting engineers have struck and- more 000 men arm a d Brakemen MIchael 0. unknown man were killed in a freight wreck on the Cleveland, Loran & Wheeling road at Strassburg, 0. The St. Louis grand jury reports that startling corruption exists In that city, no franchise bill In years having passed the municipal Council with out bribery. The Prince of Wales and the Crown Prince of Germany may come to. America In the autumn to attend the dedication of the New York .Cham ber of Commerce. Freedom was given M. J. Spellman and D. R. Jones, Federal prisoners at Leavenworth, Kan., on habeas corpus writs the result of claims of Illegality In the Court's martial which tried. them. From Across The Sea. In two South African fights British losses of 47 killed and 210J wounded. are reported. A stand collapsed at a football game in Glasgow, killing 3 and Injur ing 125. Opponents of the French Ministerial party are concentrating their strength .against Premier Waldeck-Rousseau. .The controversy over the sale of the Danish West Indies is leading to serious political divisions in Den, mark. Later details show that 21 were killed and 250 Injured by the collapse of a stand at a football game in Glas gow Saturday. Emperor William says the educa tonal bequests of Cecil Rhodes showed his broad visions of the fu Details of the recent battle at Doornbalt farm, in the Transvaal, show that it was desperate. The funeral train of Cecil Rhodes teceved many honors at Kimberley A Pretoria dispatch states that Cspper Kruger, eldest son of Presi r dent Kruger, has taken the oath of - allegiance to the British. - M. Sejourne. -hio threatened Presi ,dent Loubet with a pistol, was ar 3rested In Paris. - Miscellaneous Matters. SAndrew Carnegie, in an interview,, expresses the opinon that Great Brie Stain will some day be annexed totho iUnited States. 's SA Boston dispatch reports thaT - folk dealers are formmng an oyse. combine. ISecretary- Shaw has completed a~ summary of the result of his inquiry' into the alleged humiliation of ladi by catom inspectors. Senator J. K. Jones says he d not intend to retire from the cratic National chairmanship. The Senate Republican S Committee will recommend that Philippine Civil Government bill low the Chinese Exclusion bill as unfinished business. t The Indian Appropriation bill the Senate, after which consi -of the Chinese Exclusion blU sumed. SCongressman De Armond, souri, will be the orator at 1mencem'elt of the YlrginIa Intitute In .Tune.