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Hanwr7 BagMMPp-, ^ Iawyer kills minister Hit ? V--$S? D. Siokes Shot the Rev. J. H, Wohl in a Street Duel. R fiESU^T OF A STARTLING SERMON |p The TrssHy Occurred at Williamson. W. Va. ? Minister Passed the Lie and -M First Drew His Revolver?A* tne Lawyer Fell Seriously Wounded He Shot and Killed His Assailant. . ' Huntington. W. -Va. (Special).?At HyilliamsoD, the county seat of Mingo g County, W. Va., S. Davis Stokes shot .and instantly Kiuea toe xvev. ouuu n. jWohl, pastor of the First Presbyterian CHiurch, in a street duel. The tragedy wifc the outcome of a Sensational ser; . cion' filled with the spirlt of reform, if, './Mr. Wohl determined to put a stop t" ?to the many (fences given by the young * ^' people, and to accomplish this end on Sunday preached an exceptionally pointed sermon with dancing as its r -J thpmp. illustratinir the various amni ..ments by original . cartoons >which showed thai the dance hall was an L-jk -"ante-room to destruction. , ; Williamson was shakei^to its centre. ' M^;. Stokes publicly toU^the minister that but for his sacrecL^rofession he ^ would take great pleasure in blacking, Ills eyes. The minister laughingly re-' t ' ;?ponded that he had seen . the day I.jtf when tie haa wnippea men pujr?ivwi.v I?-; -Store's superior for less. ; Mutual 1'.? /Wends hushed , the matter up and endeavored to reconcile all. parties ' Sftpkes stopped in front of thfe'resldence occupied, by Mr. Wohl, 'several fays later and white eagagejcl In cOnvei'eMion with Mrs^* Sarah : Levlne, of, EfthmdJWt Va.. & visitor to 'WilMamwii, xvas brdered to mqve on ffom in troat of the residence, seemingly in rjtjttood humor. Stokes started to, cOiifc j when Minister-Wohl, standing otf tl& Steps of his i>orthf angrily told to/hasten. ' ?' * \ V ^ ' Stokes stopped *Hot words passed. - touting 'Ton, Ue!" advanced r , 3_n,rd toward his foe. A& he . anP iBl^drew from his hip and. levelled it at HngHgggHH^H^n|^xeatea, tnougn Pierced Mrs. LcvlD6 lQ Lsay anything the most anRHBHMBKjHSH^^K^VBbyterian stokes |nnnnMnmc^on ten-.vear ?rt>vious day. Hi |j|| Bpiidinj; appeal BjV- W'y they \> Pennsylvarj^wftuient as Senator. Ham! W6',h, a wealthy SwedishK[HF ?reran' er Sherman, of Minneapolis, He shov liepublican, has declined ing it anoffer ot Governor Lind, k- - ' tvnnria j. to appoint him Senator to Late Cusbman K. Davis. Sj|: ?. br^brden of a Wisconsin Luinbermuo. i ,TJeorge Furbush, one of tbe best & /^Saiown lumbermen in Wisconsin, was > found dead in the road near Ashland, Mbj; * with a bullet in his head. He wa<i roordered. ' Trlcd^nlclde at Same Time. 'Anna Lambert, twenty-two years L-. 'Old, and William McGyerck, a teams ? * jfcer, both of' St. Louis, Mo., had n f sweethearts' quarrel and each tool: jcarbdlic acid in separate parJsot_tht jclty and reached the City inos ftrr jabout the same time. ^>r-fcoantry, use ? JappHed, and both v?y* I ' V Spanish Or0e^or,| Wood. j [The Amerlcwy than.'-?od Foundrj ft Company, o?-i>^..?.-oft, Mich., has re ? celved an ortfer for 600 cars for th< {Northern Sjpafa Railway. The contrac K jhaa to filled by March 1. I.-1 . ? .! ^ * '.THE NEWS EPITOMIZED WASHINGTON ITEMS. The President offered the vacant In- j tern!il Revenue Coimnlssionersliip to ! JoseDh II. Mauley, of Maine. The Treasury Department, scandalized by the growth of Chinese srnug' gling, is making a special effort to stop it. The twenty-seventh annual convention of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union opened In Washington. The Secretary of the Interior decided to ask Congress for $250,000 for ir rigation surveys. / President Brand and other members of the United States Brewers' Association urged upon President McKinley abolition of the added war tar. . friends of Representative Boutelle, of Ataine, ill in an asylum, will Intro-' / duce a bill to have him retired as a naval captain. 1 '< Lieutenant Lay H. Everlinrdt was nnnnirrtpd executive officer of the scholarship St. Mary's. Senator Frye Introduced the , ShipSubsidy bill and addressed the Senate upon, it OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. 1 Brigadier-General Hare reports that the natives on the Island of Samar, f. L, continue, on the sipproach of American troops, to burn their Tillages and flee to the mountains. Vnmofmid Inffnrtront hAnrln WArrf diR peraed and considerable Quantities of* stores destroyed ^n the Proyiflce of Bulacan, P. L? by " General Grant's mounted scout^. <t' The Government' Is bringing back Soldiers from Porto Rico. ^ r 1 The Porto Rican House of Delegates was' organized. Settlor Manuel ;F. RosSy being elected: Speaker. Governor Allen's message was well' received. Three complete drdfts'of a Coris$jtUtion for Cuba were submitted at Havanna^;-'-. ' ?-* . . . ''_ Twenty-two hundred natives- took the oathof allegiance to the'- United States at Vlgan, P. I,<: v ? s . ; j . , -si. ' . ->-> V' ~.V V - - .1, 1 lb- - -V/T. < :; T iTl'! ' S. J' DOSEE3TIC. * ' ' . Prqfessop F; A. &taft, ptChicago University, was neatly wiled . tempting to board a street cat.. ?9R,~ GeneVal Randall 1b bimdlng a hadfcr 'of refuge at the mouth^C .Nome Rifer by. constructing & lo6##S&?Btantial . ,breakwater. , ; The Massachusetts Sttfpine Court ^decided that 1M& illegal# sell liquor betweenthe hour* of C$?r and 6 a._n}. lii'the.'State. -v '.ijr Near Charlerofe,Fenn'., the mjotllated body of a man washed' up by the floods was exhumed. The police think It answers the description of George Hill, who has been missing two yearn, , The estate of the late Senajtor C. K.' t Davis, of St. Paul, Minn., will probabjy Inventory between $65,000 and. . .- $75,000, exclusive of a valuable llby&?y. , ,.Tiie.new church of the Sacred Heart wals dedicated at Augusta, Gav, by Cardinal Gibbons. , By a shrewd trick thiefves-.tookover 209 head 9ff: cattle from AJfee&^cCoy'a pastures in IpdlanaaM shipped them to Chicago. v ' The body o{ Egbert''.Hffl^^tarmer residing In Griggs County, l^ibrgla, l was found In d field .with ac.bfifllet hole ^^^ hewnfe^etroe In the. Chambet-of New York \Cify, a Am HE^Ae^uthorities to do their duty In natter of suppressing vice.' 8^Be. leading Baptist congregation of ^^Hhmond, Va., Dr. J. B? Hawthorne,. Hw&*nd 'the Jewish congregation,1 ^ ftbrated Thanksgiving by uniting la TO services in Beth-Ahaba SynaK-eeton Todd, twenty-three years . Fa, ^a' ypirs old, a^eteran woman's seminary, r founder and teacher^Ued in Chicago^ I i FOMttjif. n?A ftf fhA' fc D Ul iiiCl X i. COIUW^t. A** M9V4t -w? M .Transvaal, will await the Gzav of 1 sla's recovery before tiylng.'.lto tee>. mx. 1 Consul-General Stfllwe. ; ofcv^CApG ' LTown, arrived at Ixmdon onjB?^S?Fhom>. He gives the .Boer '&!$ '.iour ' months to end. , .* Members of the'British Cabinet are f said to be pressing Cecil Rhodes to IhL angnrate his proposed conciliation R policy in South Africa. II Protests were made to Count von , f Waldersee by most of the allies to prevent French and Germans carrying off ancient Instruments of the Pekln Observatory. '. The Fiearo. of Paris, calls attebtion to the proposal to organize a French branch of the Sons of the American " Revolution, and commends It as "worthy of the sympathy of the French people." By decision of the British Court of Appeal the Hirseli estate will pay $8.250,000 a3 a succession tax. A bill approving Queen Wilhelmina's marriage will shortly be presented in the States General. An Angloihobe demonstration tool; placi in front of the British Consulate at Cologne. Mounted police dispersed the rioters and arrested the leaders. In the Chamber of Deputies at Rome, Italy, Sigrfor Rubini, Minister of the Treasury, announced that the budget 1 of 1900-1901 at present showed ,a de- i ficit of 53,880,000. . r $A outbreak of "Hooliganism", caused the East End of London to be/ paolt a W i "ceirytJiaddIe8 and bridles Jnst r / : ?/"on us for South Carolina and >,uck wheat flour. Mng-Fpo. ' High grade half oateut flonc attacked [by barrel. ~\ .? > i Toya! Toys! Don't fell v , . I, A | - -icement, but ao.ttisthohti? marked the poHlng Innhe !. municlpalfelections in Peru. A lirge vote was* cast. J The Thuringian States of thejberi man Empire have forbidden theJtold- , t ing of religious services in the ?>lish and Bohgqiian languages^ \ _ ? ' '/ ; '-v.J IB NUT CM ty, Commission Unanimously Declares in Favor of the Nicaragua Route. ... i FIXES THE COST AT $200,540,000 . . Tho Waterway 1? to Be Under the ,Control, Management afridi Ownerilftp^o! the United States ? T?liy the Pan am* Is Inferior to lta Rival ? Difficulty of Acquiring Righto Ovor Th?t Route. ' . # Washington, D. C. (Special).?The report of the Isthmian-Canal Commis slon, submitted By tie President to Congress, gives a? the unanimous] conclusion of that body that "the most j practicable and feasible route for an isthmian canal, under the control, management, and ownership of the United, States is that known as the Nicaragua , 'route." ' " v i .'j ' The Commission estimates the cosl of this route 540.400^ i I n 4<\ t(1 ?M1?aU (? AV/IAfn llLLicLlC/ ID JJUUUU 1U CAWQ3 UL. aUJ tofore made, and is due to increased dimensions and'otherv. features hoi heretofore considered. The Commission also estimates the cost of a canal by the Panama route?t" $142,342,579, according to one route; o* $156,378,258 according to another rbtlte" As betWeeti theiNlcarpi^aa atodVPahV-; ama routes ^^Oommlssion sums uj ' a> number of advantages' favorable tc, the former. also that undei the concession?, give* by the. Govern ment of Colombia to w:Panama^|r^ Oomoanv tha^Govett&ent is not fsei to grant tbeiSfcCessairy rights to "tbi United States except upon condition! made by the company A thorough investigation has bees made' not only of the jui$;: Panama routes bur of Ather posslbU. , jTontes,. the CommissiqjajjEeeping in mind the industrial, cofi?jercial_ j teflltpry value of an int^ce^c j?t, and also the rights, privileges axiQJ j femchises necessary to b? Secured ft>S the construction of a canal under the control, management and . ownership of the United States. J" After going over the several iront^s the Commission considered the dimensions of the canal to be built /Having |M J' 4-Wn 1U U1111U LUtf llicrcusiug ryiJjx: v* UJC ocean-going vessels, it was determined to fljc upon a depth of thirty-five feet &t mean low, -gjtter and a ."bottom width of 150 jMtwith some "Jncrease\ of dimensIonjwBPcertain poipts.! * Taking n&'ttig' Nicaragua- ".route i Itf detail, "file Commission saya^at the' route adapted foUows: essentially th<| lines lafi down by the Nibataguq Canal commission iir its repo*?. of. 18Q7-1899; It; begins' near Greyrow^ on. the Atlantic side, following thi ftiin .Tnnn River, enters Lnke rWcfira-; guax&nd; terminates at Brito. on Pacific *fde. * The distances.5from ocean to ocean is about..'iSft.'JfettjijR. Plans are given for the gre^t harbors required at Grey town aria BrittH' The mojtf-difficult engineering feat is dam. '&* deferring to the. njimmercial ads&r tages of an igthmrian.'yraterway. tb^eport says: "As compared wltli "Europe; "the Urn ed States will derive from the far greater benefits, both commercial!^ ana. industrially, xne canai wij?u mw theUnifed States hi/ securing:'-.'tad ^maintaining, a position of ppjmaj^ U 'the international trade' of the, world.* " , : ;. ; -; f; FOR A SOUTHERN EXPOSlTiON. ^ . I f*~ 4-1. State and Federal Aid to' Bo'Amk<nt Xtrffh Blrmlnj/haut, Ptojeeki^jl1. / ' .v.B,ihnlnghainf- Ala. (Special).?Plan* ,for. ifoldlng an interpationajmetallio aitd industrial e2$ppsltio? vln. Birmingham in 1904-'05,: afreiapltiiy maturlngi A 1)111 - to incorporate ' the. ^association has been prepared for, presentation to the State Leglslato^e.1 tfte;.asac?cHtion wffi have ^iauthoi^^'.caplt^i of * S1 Oftft.firtV; nnyull'nrA^tflv h^ .orsrfltiv ' ized wlth.a capfl^j.of f250,000.' ?<n; A bill Has- al&O been, ptepared for .p're? sentatlon to Iieglalature p*ok vidliig for'an apprfl&ra&on.QfSaOO.OQfl, to aid the proj?$r4jid a ^nJilair bill' has been prepared for presentation Congress; providing' for aa appropnntionof $500,000., djfStater&nd Fed^),j appropriatfons are' obtained and stroqfe .pressure will be brought -fi^:that end; th? exposition ls' agstire^. y. V iThe date' agreed upon 'for the' op&nUngls NoVembjer 154t904V !and the e*,' fcositfoh %IU.rnn,nj*t^Iay 15,1005. ,;)j REPORT; qty SECRETARY GA^E. | -A Bar pi as In the National Treasury -Indl' ?&.'p. -. .Ayash ing'tfiit, (SjteCfai).-rThe Treasuiy, .fc$&lns. witb a ! of. tfre total and ey; j^nditurei/of the Gove'itfrne^for tla^ .fiscal, '^ar ended .June SO, as. fol'lows: -Eteceip^ ?609^95,431.5s; expenditures,' $500,068,371; sUrj^tfsi?&>: 52T,000^8. There was. it. decreased $117,358,388.14 in fj'ippnditth^ . pared -with the .pifeeedlhg'year.i,/--:f^i .The revenues fat. the currpnt-^Kflpalj year -are,estimated at and expenijitutes atij^-JSBd^aUi} showing, a ^yrplus. of .Tttfi estimates foif the fiscal y?ar ceipts, $716,633.042; aprtp?ttyjkfos* $690,374,804.24; surplu&^ga^^S^m' Almost the UtBtxthU|gptt the rgpo^.. is the .recommeadatlOagghat CogJ^es^j reauce taxation Dy $^uw,uw> | ' Dewey Arch Idea Given Up. The Idea of perpetrating the4 Dewey arch in New York '(Sty, has been given up, and the subscriptions will be returned. \ ' '. * ' * Opening in Egypt For 8koei. . Consul Schumann In Mainz says-in a report to the State Department at Washington .'if American shoe manufacturers studied closer the requirements of the trade in Egypt they ought to be able to conquer that market with ease; t.. T\t\o?nrl I At.nAnarnl W i 1 ann A rrl r<? / Brigadier-General James H. W7I/son, who arrived at San Francisco ffrom China on the transport Thomas, left for Washington to report to the War Department. . . Slaughter of Deer in Mlchlgaai, State Game. Warden Morse, of Michigan, has submitted his.; report! which covers twenty-two days oI open season for deer. He is confident that not less than 5000 deer were killed * during the season. He advocates reducing the number of deer each huriter may legally front five to three. Mlfrow~iraK& ,$or 847,868. Theresa King, a widow, of Water"VliSt, .has filed a petition in bankruptcy at tJtica,' N. T., with liabilities at &n&ptT ;.> ... > :; .* . :>-7?. 1 : : ' ; ~ ; ' , " 3 ' .. *r rI ' Vi TREATY WITH NICARAGUA I. ' ? ? w ' An Agreement For a Watsrway Signed in Washington. . . I America Gets the Right of Way to Con' - Viraraius !]!> struct aim route mo to Get S5,000,000 in Securities:: j| Washington, D. C. (Special).?Secre- ; taty Hay, for the Government of the United States, and Senor Correa, the Nicaraguan "Minister, for his own Govermiient, signed a treaty whereby the itttep' Government concedes to the Government of the United States the neceasary rights and privileges within ' bfe bestowal for. the construction-of l tlxe Nicaragua^ Canal. ' ^ ' J This action Is taken In anticipation j of Congreasional action upon ; the , pending - Nicaraguan Canal bill^'and the Hjrt-^auhcefbt^ treaty. .Pending the submission otthe^documejttJbo the i which body must',..the fejt^ent; its t?rms will not#*> m&de llc/Itis understood, however, that Orally -Nicaragua gTaijta to the Uiif- 7 .tefl - States Government the exclusive y wpatruct and^p^rate the. car riat-'fretween tti$ Atlantic a?u ****"%. < _ acrdfiiNlca&guav including tke free1 aa&'-ot tir^SanJuan. Elver, and of 'lake Managua as part of the water c6nrse. : "* '. ' is;^to get Wdi of any . .vflaat would ^tend irout<*. So the State Depajtment .^1 ' has cleared the wky for fiuch; acttto-; as Congresd iaay cat? to taka 5 case ot either , of the canrt ' which have found feasible. " v g .. ' v. vr , 1"' KITCHENER NOV/: lN COMMANa;v , Promoted to'Be a iirtl' Qira?Al',Vor . ' la I f It is further announced that the * Qo$en APPtfPgr General Kltehener's ' > p^otaotlon to beSr^Ideutenatrt-General, with the rank of General while In comrnqj^Tih Sonth^rica. \lfJOO FlLlPfijlO^ SURRENDER. ! *??li' ?? ? and TTo Mcnila^r^elye hundred i-.bolort^n ^^red VigaBn. Island of LuW^on,v a&o^suiTeiidered to Oaptaln fcGreen, of the Thirty-thifd Infantry. yThis,i? the largest number ,of. men vWljio/ have yet surrrtidered In Luzon at one ttme. ' h. General Tinlo has been imping a . swarm of bolomen along .ttfemountaius, and they have Inipot^OTffid^the food supply and cut off th'tfrleaderiJ' vof the Tagalogs, but a cor??|erable /number of the IlocahoB, wh<? had lie* - come lukewarm, believed tmit 'the sup- render tvould hasten the collapie .'of. " general jTinio's power, i .' ' -i' TURKEY ORDERS A CRUISW-. Price ?f 91,750,000 Said toXncluile SUBy000 Indemnity to the United,Stater.jjjf V: Constantinople ($y. Cable).?Hassan ^Pagha,. Ottoman'. Minuter qt Marine,, and General '^vllliams, representing . <the >Cijagip Shipbuilding Company, of ^^nwef|nla, :hafe signed a contract ||kr>thk construction of a cruiser, for *the Ottoman navy. ?HThe piffce to. be paid is $1,750,000, ^hlch JTndudes $115,000 as indemnity T&itbe tJnited States for losses sustulped'xby Americans anring the Aiy; ilnenian massacres. ' f, /?, . Slalp tn afstreet Duel. Henry. /Robinson; a well known young-man Qf Waycross,. Ga., was shot and instantly killed .iuaMight in whlc'h ? .three of his.brath$'rir ^vere engaged on one side and Deputy"Sheriff McClelhin, ; of Ware County,;and two of hl6 broth ers on the other. Forty-five Persons Drotriieil. : \ ' TVin otonmor S< Afnf tr.'ldlnc hp. tween Naples. Italy, and Marseilles, Prance, was wrecked and forty-five of lier passengers and a part of her crew were lost. >iewny tileiuiings One hundred families were rendered homeless by a flood at Onahelm, Cal. The Navy Department bap sold the old monitor Nantucket and the tug Cheyenne. Brazalians charged with an attempt to overthrow the Republic-have been released by a jury. The population of Nevadk is officially announced as 42,335, against 45,761 in lo'JU. a decrease or A+jb. or ^HQ A cat-rate war begun in tbat^M|^SnS^^^HH ^Sf^MWBp ' - : ;1| Mm v . * *._v ; < . ? ??? Members Listen to the. Reading of the President's Message. MEETING OF HANNA AND JONES rhe Opening pay Was Devoted to Swear. ing In New Members and the Reading of the Messsde?Fir*t Bills Intro* duced Relate to Congreaslonal Reapportionment and Army Reorganization ' ' > Washington, D. C. (Special). ? The second session of the Fifty-sixth Congress began Monday. A notable meeting nn thp floor of the Senate Just be Tore the seBslon opened was that between Mr. Hanna, of Ohio, and Mr, Jones, of Arkansas, the Chairmen, re-' spectlvely, of the Repnbjlcan and Democratic National Committee?.; They , excftd&jfed cordial greeting#;'' When %the gavel of president Pro Tem 'Frye; fell at 12 o'djpck sixty-one Senators were present . , CMRlaln MHDarn, mvosea tne;aivme bles^t^. . Thctn the roU was^alleo, sworn ini " ''i ' Senator Dblilver, whd.waa aiwat?a to fill the vacancy caused by the death of, 01 Iowa,^cottW .hot: be .?W9rni;;m'- brii&se the Senate did ?^+ lrnrtw SAnntrir Cipnr TT?IH T/T^./TrT ~-r-. :-r? ^loiial mark of respect for ttre memory of Senator ^G^ar and Senator Davis. ^feg.ot the session .I^he ^^^^rSecepti(JnP 9iid reading KnrarawauiB ui rveyr^eniftuvc vaij New Jersey, and Hoffecker, of Dela* tfiife, Sehators Davis, of Mlnnest* t&OTd^Qear,; of Iowa,-were announced. ti&ketdty Boot's bill for the reorgaaizhtion of the army was Introduced B*/;C&aiJcrnan ^Military ||PP? .a^:^vohce ;^fe-red to : "A. hfl1 wtitLiattodueed hv Rem-ese ata Alletfod Victim of Hatfnjc at -W?? "Point Expire# in Agony' Philadelphia (Sp^ial^scaf 01# Booz, a fonner cadet at West Point Military Academy, who h^ 'lying at the point of death at W home;.Jja. Rrio+nl Pptiti anffprlnflr from iniuriefl .which his pm its claim ^ere^&ejre'sult.of hazing at the academy, over two "Srgars .ago, died in agonyj?$he. oauee of dea'tfi was .throat consumption.It is alleged by the:^4?g maa*s father thsft tabasco sauco-flj^poured down his son's throat whHtftbe Cadets were hazing him. The ftj&Ci^also claims that red pepper wai:^pwn lh the youth's eyes, ' hot greaBe'-tpoured. on his bare feet, a tooth knocked out, and other fiendish methods ?f tortui* indulged .In,,. The young mair neve* would divulge ,ihe names of the c^detr wno lii-ireaxea nun. . : ^ Statement by Colonel SlJllg. West point, N. Y. (Special).r-Oofotifel Albert iji; Milft, Superintendent^ the Military Academy, issued a statement regarding the Booz haalng case. Colontel Mills said tijie charges that young Booz was ajtocionsly / hazed while JSe Was "a cadet at the- MUlt^y.. Academy ar.e untrue and ridiculous.': /, ' ' . / ' . ' ' Lr>*' ' : ' zS . ' '? -jT- ' . CHICAGO EXPLO&tON Ki?LS FIVE. ? fSeventeen Injured?Railroad Power House V Destroyed?Lost of 8100,OOi). /Chicago (Special).?JPive lives' were MKgftd sevepteen men and women wereSfiore or less seriously injured by an ' ^xplosfoft In the power hous4 of the" Ohidago and Northwestern Railroad'in Kinzie'street. The building was. destroyed and a railroad coacb wrecked. The property loss to the road will not be far from $100,000. Tbe power house was practically reduced to, a ruip,' two sides being blown completely out and the costly, electric plant wa? nearly torn to pieces.. * -& f' The cause of the explosloh is a mystery, the boilers having been inspected VkW inflimr/nnfl /lAmnonloa nnltr TAl" MJ. >UV iuouiauvc* ?v cently, and being reported In perfect ofrdfer. 'Z v, . t: .f.?s? s ' Pootbalt Fatality. L? Trumbull Kelly, captain of the Johnstown football team ayd a,former substitute on the Yale eleven, died In the hospital at Johnstown, Pena, as the result of injuries received on the ^gridiron in a game with.the Indiana Normal -School team. Kelly's skull waa fractured:' Senator Stewart In Republican Ranks. Senator Stewart, of Nevada, has had his name pinced on the Republican cauctis list. He has been a Sliver party man for the last eight years. \ >"evYS of the Tollers. Several glassblowers of Woodbury, N. J., hkve been laid off owing to a scarcity of orders just at present. Some 54,417 men were employed in the electrical industry of Germany in. 1898, as compared with 'M.'izx in iayo. One thousand workmen in the mills of the American Steel and Wire ComMny^jU-Newburg, Ohio, have been MNk of Railway Telegraphers H^H^^wdent ana three vlce-presi mtlvely $30001 rtiBQO, $1300 * w ' i === yM- ' }?. if ENGLJ$D EASY TO INVADE j General Metoler^ensational Speech , ill tb.e FHnoh. Senat# .'V-^rTT - .. Proposoi That n?)M For landing o> , Troops oil English Soli Be Prepared?His Motion Thrown Oat. V ' ft. V . . v.- * . Efcribj (By Cable).?General 'Mercier. Vho. waB Minister of War at the time of the arrest, first trialyand convic-. tion of Captain Dreyfus, cau^jd a deep? sensation In the Senate In the course of the debate on the Naval bill, by pointing out the ease w|th vhlch -Great ;f Britain conld be, Invaded. Hfe demand- ' ed that the .Goternment introducclnto the plajas 4pr the mobiftzatlon of the'aomy and navymethods for t^ie t^pid. embarkation apd debarkation of an";fco f peditlonary corps. i. * In the course of an extraflwttSnfr.: orvnohk. nonorol ao!8' : dj^vvu ?.j .j, i "In view of the Doesfoility of. irat jj with Gijeat Britain, the use pf . thp i armyis not sufficiently tak^Hwfc: ac- :' count.1The times are not th^. stole tijf C they vrere a hundred years a{&$ea:a\ the nary, the telegraph/ road have rendered the proJbrteitfMf* the invasion of Englanft-mUcn easier o? . solution. ^"Moreover, Englan<Ci'her9elf iff/no . iQU&er me name. xuufaiaiistoai r lifts shown that the British ^rmjj," although brave, is not equal to [ Viych England expects it-Jfo;.pieVfonnEj V^|p/Britl?h Navy Is powerful,' but lt; | -has many coasts to defend. vv, P; "France, therefore, is ' numerical^* ' England's equal at certain points, am} |'is even."her superior in the Instruments!/ of destruction. History furnishes many: i Llristaafees-of mutiny In thfr/English ; Xfayj at the moment, of ,battle. ... -A" i lanAnifvin Enalan<L is, ttte^efOTe, not $!? British. Bremier recently >. expressed significant fears, and,-'If.-the principle ,?i landing is admitted, the practical; mean*'of execatloaiinay he discussed. "I, ventpre>to tbfcS*?bat the work I pyepf^ed wh^^^^^Il^ an ata.r ?m>M? Into' the detail of -.the scheme. | four ounces of 11 ifJBMiji&jtoi - then bailed to a crisp befofe^R frrij couM, be, ^pot oat.bj those W dis&Vered Mm - .~.rV:?- .v. iil&n Gbapniair and Etf'jbC TPadlka^r, hls^barteBder, were attested bjr.thi/ police, charged with the martler andi tnree other men are being looked fot. The men und^r arrest deiflp any knowledge of the fcrlmC although it was ^Committed; In a back room of, the saloon. The awful crime has shocked ^the entli?/jNjftmty. Large official rewards ^rill be offered to help devejfop the facts connected trilh the .crime.' WAR DEPART^ENf^t-<??TES. jg^v *.. i?o* -it ai *i' *?>. .'/^Washington, ;?U. ^-copwciajtrs?aii3 i ^Secretary of Wiu^ to the ') HSoose Cpmrnittee^iJir Appropriation* a comparative statement of War De-1 , partahent.^sfimat^s for the fiscal years J 1901 aiicL }902, .together -with a.state- J ment or appropriations fdr! the'fiscal year ending June 8QUI901. TEe -es-J ; i timates for 1$01 aa^ount to. JlSS^?^ $jfe.iuW.the e3timafe8'fc?r 1962 .am6rnft' I ^<B?jpl7i^TfegK 'fhe^V apprflp^fitlons ' T<?r ,t^e. Resent fiscal year .awoant to j i ^wfi^205,981' The sfnriual .Report of) IJSfeccetjary Boot is of more than usual' j; interest, owing to- it? Wfdeve&pe and J the fact that it treats or suDjects 01 \ : Bueh importance as tile Philippine, in- , surrectiofc,- the Chinese , campaign, tlie developments in Chiija and Porto Rico spd. Anally, Mfh ih6 subject of army , reorganization. , - , A LUCKY VVOMANr"MINER;' <. < v... , ?: i I Former Telephone Brllk/p #400,000 Back Froin Alaska. vMinneapoll?f ,.JW>lnB. (SpeWal).?Carrying drafts^ keirly $400,000, Misa Margaret JSeUy* 'formerly,-a'; telephone -<rtr1 of "Rn^ori.^ arrived in Minneapolis on her way to Chicago, where she will visit friends, and to Boston to see. her : parents ghd provide for them. - lMlaa Kelly-was one of five women who .scCoarpahled their brothers from Jioston to Alaska in 1896. . _;* ,> .. V* /' : Bin to Admit Oklahoma. Senatofc^Falrbanks, of Indiana, introduce#'in the Semfte, at Washington, a bill to <admit Oklahoma as a State,4with two representatives. The usual provisions for a constitutional convention and the grants of lands for State institutions are made. <, Bank of Klvei* Tiber Gires Way. The bank of the river Tiber ha? given way between, the bridges Cestc i nnd Garibaldi, near Rome. Italy, ow | ing to floods, causing damage to tiie j amount of $7,500,000. Inquiry Into tlie Uooz Case. Representative Driggs, of Brooklyn, introduced in the House of Represent tatives, at Washington, a resolution calling for an inquiry into the death of Oscar L. Booz, the West Point cadet, whose death was alleged to have been caused by hazing at the Military Academy. The resolution aisa calls upon Secretary Root for opinlou as to the best methods to stop hazing at West Point. Work of Re?tpratlq& at Guam. .. Bear-Admiral Remey reports that the work of restoration at Guam J? :^U^OLD^ A Good Clenntns Fluid. A cleaning fluid that is a useful a .junct to the household supply closet inade as follows: Dissolve one-Bara|m ounce Of Castile soap In one soft, water, and add to it one-haH^S ounqe t>l glycerine, two ounces of ammonia and one-half ounce of sbfrw^fiH 'tot nine. Applied with a soft sponge1' | the fluid will remove spots on tturiMnd carpets as well as on dot^^H-^g About Damp Table Salt. ?ete^!alt. which can always be j;oU ' f| dhfl.eolty can always be ^beattog( th* saltcellars before meal", or by mixing coins the salt In the proportion of oU?;| ^Ffltar^h to ten of sal*. . The begBnfl|| of ?the saltfvessels Ity che method.' The same observatlqnjira.;||| abnle extent - apply, to. peppekjS^^K1)^ the. boxes dryrby heating before iWU ?? *-' ; School Lanchteo*. . A statement by a GovernnaMB &? , pert concerning, the food value'fl^m#"^ '.lA^Joon to motfiers who ;n)Usf^^^H children with punches to takie^w^ I^ 8<^pbr. According to this cxpeifoW^jg ;' pound of nut kernels is equal value to one '.ani, generally 'speaking, nuts arfflgj "Indigestible* they appear ao.'tf ^-v.?I?A rtotnn inra^l cream^puffs. purchased at men{\ expert assures us defined by mod 4a 1 of peanuts each iaoniiaft' afc the unaccustomed Joy ^knotraflL **JEW thus In one .'HOUSEHOLD RECim5? Baked CarDotB?Place in.;-a ' dish one quart of diced carrots. "S||jra^H daab of pepper, arid 4of tibler'? spoonful of butter, cut'jn'ttft,with milk, set the, dteb to a pa^ttgW ater and bake until fcendei. CffillfM the top with buttered bread cramfefi^B ' ftild brown In the oven. ^jO Squash Pudding?Rub one scant cojffidll fpl of squash r through a sleVs^H Hj egg' one saltfipoorfol of salt;. grated nutmeg and one-half tea?p<^i|fi ful ot'dnn^pjon. Stir w^Il toge^e^^j [ pour into a WLting dish! set it in 4?p^jjjiMS of watei and bake iu p moderate Apple-Mint. Jelly?Steep two bai^fe? of chopped mhit In. one pint offiSsiy* a-fitpr for"ten niiatftes. ' IwVmI add six apples,- peeled* c?r^(^?jlSM chopped. Simmer dutil terdejV hHmI through a tine sieve, add the Jaio|* ct two lemons, one cupftil of one-half box' of gelatin softened 0k> " one cupful of cold water; strain agal| I through cheesecloth into a platter I when cold cut in cubes. I Cream of Pumpkin?Take one and a*';, ? half cilpfuls of chopped jeelediromp- ;% kin and the green stalks of celery Frj- a light brown in a tablespoonftif'-'JJ of butter. Add three pints of wat&i?*^ one teaspoonful of salt and-one salt- fl spoonful of pepper. Simmer until soft enough to rub through ? sieve. , Thick en with one tablespoonful of flour fl rubbed into the same amount of but- -fl ter, add o^e-half cupful of hot cream fl and serve with cro"utt>ns. , fl TTpulMhercr ' Oaboaee ? Select small, firm beads of red cabbage and 'H shave them in thin slices. Put twraH heaping tablespoonfuls of butter infa^H a sauce pan; when hot add the cab-fl^ bage. one teaspoonful of salt, a very^B little pepper and three tablespoonfoli^B of vinegar. Stick four cloves into onefl| onion, bury4t In the middle of the cabj^H UU.ge a LIU UMM^LUl mu auu vucuaw| hours. Sboiij^rt become too dry, ad^H a very little water to prevent ecor&^H