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- . ... v-v.y..y ^ 'v-?, .v " ^'v*- . - - THE CORONATION EMBASSY pT VK. - Whitelaw Reid Named as the Specia' Ambassador. St.v.i.i' ARMY AND NAVY REPRESENTED General James H. "Wilson, U. S. A., and ' Captain Charles E. Clark, U. S. tht Former Oomn?ander pf the Oregon, Selected?Three Secretaries AppointedOne Son of J. Plerpont Morgan. Washington, D. C. ? The Cabinet meeting Tuesday was devoted largelj to considering the appointment of rep resentatlves of this country at the coronation of King Edward VII. At the conclusion of the meeting the following designations -were announced bj the Secretary of State. Special Ambassador ? Whitelaw Reld, of New York. Representative of the United States Army?General James H. Wilson, ol Delaware. Representative of the United States Navy?Captain Charles E. Clark, comJ , mander of the battleship Oregon during the Spanish-American war and jaow Governor of the Naval Home al Philadelphia. There are to be three secretaries, aa follows: % '' J. P. Morgan, Jr., son of J. Pierponl Morgan, of New York; Edmund Lin WHITELAW EEID. (Choaen as the Special Ambasaador of the United States to the coronation of King gP; '^ - Edward VIL) coin Baylies, of New York, and Willlam Wetmore. son of Senator Wetmore, of Rhode Island. Three names were considered by tht President before making the selection 4 of Whitelaw Reld for special Ambassa QOT. xwo were mose 01 air. neia anu former-President Cleveland, and it is understood that Andrew Carnegie's was the third. The honor will be a costly one foi Mr. Held, who spent $20,000 out of his own pocket when he was Special Envoy at Queen Victoria's jubilee. There ' was an appropriation of $10,000, but Mr. Reld returned $6000 of this to the Treasury, on the ground that only $4000 of the money was strictly chargeable as Government expenses. ' The rest was spent In entertaining ::generally the dignity of the United : "States. Captain Clark and General Wilson are not wealthy men, but the " burden of the expense will presumably ' . fall upon Mr. Reld. Captain Clark win be a notable figure In London, as one of the few 1 men, perhaps the only man, taking ' part In the ceremonies who has figured in a great modern naval battle. Officially, however, the Admirals sent by ftther nations, who have never smelt powder except in target practice, wiU take precedence of the man who commanded the Oregon. Considerable re jgret 1$ expressed that Captain Clark ^OTHUOi gu as a. iwarnumuai ui ivasi, Hf not as a Vice-Admiral. Ambassador Choate -will not technically have anf official connection -with the special embassy, but he will In fact play a prominent part in the ceremonies. P'< \ SHAMROCK III. TO BE BUILT. A Xew Cup Challenger Ordered Front v William Fife. London.?William Fife, of Fairlie, od the Clyde, is to build Sir Thomas Lip ton's next challenger for the America's Cup. At a conference just held between Sir Thomas and his advisers definite arrangements -were made foi the construction of the Shamrock III and an order for the new yacht was .j given to and accepted by Mr. Fife George L. Watson has promised to as eist Mr. Fife in the Construction ol the yacht. The Shamrock III. is to b ready early in the spring of 1903. \ v ? Soldier Executed at Ceba. General unanee uas inrormea tn( .tVar Department at Washington of th< execution of Phineas Foutz, a formei American soldier, at Cebu. Foutz waj tried several months ago on a charge 01 murder and rape. He was convicted and sentenced to death. An appea) was made to the President, who re fused to commute the sentence. Foutz who was from Zanesville, Ohio, is th( first American soldier to suffer tht death penalty as a result of the war i" the Philippines. NMh Enters on Second Term. 1 , Governor Nash, of Ohio, has been Inaugurated into office for his second , term. St. LoUti Has Suicide Record. The Rev. William Elmer read k paper on "Suicide" before the Eplsco *?! AlA*/?wman Cf T nn? r\ If ?Jtll UCi Uicu Vi. U U AJV/UIO, iUV?| ill which he declared that from statistics he had compiled St. Louis Is shown tc have a larger number of suicides pei 100,000 population than any other cltj in the United States. The figures, ae cording to his compilation, were 25.( per 100,000 Chile Want* to Borrow Millions. , The Chilean Congress has author Ized a loan of $12,000,000. Inheritance Treaty Extended. Secretary Hay and Lord Pnuncefote, the British Ambassador, at-Washington, have signed a protocol extending for one year the time allowed to British colonies to adhere to the treaty - II.. TT? I ' CJ entered into ueiweeu me uuncu oiam and Great Britain defining the rights of inheritance of their subjects. Islanders Protest to Danish King. A deputation representing 34.00(: signers of a protest against the sale ot the Danish West Indies without th? question being voted on was received by King Christian at Copenhagen, Denmark. * i j? ml' NEW YORK TUNNEL PLUM Loop Station and Electricity For Sue urban Trains, DISASTER HASTENED CHANGE Remedy For the New York Central Tunm N'ulsance Includes a Change Froi Steam to Electricity and the Bnildii of a New Terminal Station ? Irnpron ments May Cost 935,000,000. New York City.?After more tha two years of siudy l-y skilled f?a neers and much debate by high ofl cials of the road the New York Cei tral Board of Directors has decided i adopt in part the remedy which tb public long ago agreed was the oni sensible plan to relieve the congestio in the tunnel. An underground station will be buii beneath the present Grand Centn Station in Forty-second street an connected by loop with the tracks ii the two side tunnels in Park avenm which will be depressed a long distanc to meet the loop grade. This statior the connecting loop and the two sld tunnels -will be used for handling sut ruban trains, all of which will Ue opei ated by electricity instead of stean: and equipped with the best known ap pliances for underground tractior The through passenger and mail bus! ness wilP-De moved through the centr tunnel by steam power. The plan neai ly will double the present passenge facilities of the station. It is not clea that this costly^ change will give prope ventilation or 'insure absolute safetj but the officials are agreed that it 1 the best improvement short of remov lng the roof of the tunnel and matin an open cut to Ninety-sixth street. T use electricity the company must ol tain legislative authority. It is not be lieved, however, that there will be an trouble ia obtaining the change in th statutes. The co3t of the extensive work ii putting the plans of the company int operation will be enormous, as i means not only the equipping of th tunnel and trains with electric motors but the building of the subway sta tion, which will force the company t< purchase much property In the neigh borhood of Vanderbilt and Park ave J " i-? 1 DU6S ana r ony-iunu, r unj-iuuiu I and Forty-Sfth streets, where the sta tion will be constructed. The director also decided that it would be advlsabli to increase the capital of the company from $115,000,000 to $150,000,000. CORNER IN ECGS. Western Supply Kept Down While Chi Now York P"Ice Goes Up. New York City.?The price of egg! has been climbing upwards for the pas few weeks under what is described li the market as a corner engineered Armour & Co. and the Swifts. Th< marketmen scout the idea that th< hens have struck. While the hens an perhaps not working full time, thej are none the less turning out a fail winter average of goods. It is a cor ner, pure and simple, say the market men, and there is nothing in sigh this side of the post-Easter drop ir demand to indicate that the cornei may collapse. A corner ot the same kind was triec last vear. but it soon went to nieces with the result that eggsapproxiqiatelj a year ago were selling from six tc eight cents a dozen cheaper than thej are now. You could then buy New York State, New Jersey and Pennsyl vania eggs, which always commanc the highest price in this market, al from twenty-nine to thirty cents. Th< same eggs now bring* thirty-five anc thirty-six cents. Western and Ken tucky eggs in tue early part of .Tanu ary, 1901, were selling, loss off, foi twenty-four cents. They are now sell ing at thirty-five cents, an increase ol eleven cents a dozen. The indications now are, unless by some unexpected event the corner is smashed, eggsand Western eggs at that?will get t( forty cents a dozen before the coming Easter. KING THINKS WAR NEAR END. Indorses the Report That a Declaratloi of Peace Is Fending. London.?King Edward has addet the royal indorsement to the belle; current among the public that an earlj ^A/tinwnfiAn nf nflunn In Smith Afripf ucuaianuu vt [/vuvw *M K/V-V- ....... may be anticipated. "The war nov might be regarded as approaching th< end," were the words used by HIi Majesty in addressing the officers o the Guards after reviewing a draft o 1200 of the Grenadiers, Coldstream: and Scots Guards, who were about t< start for South Africa. The King'i speech otherwise was not Important. PAYNE NOW POSTMASTER.GSNERAL Chlef Justice Fuller Administers Oath o Office In tbe White House. Washington, D. C.?In the presenci of the President and Cabinet, the en tire Wisconsin delegation in Congress Governor-Durbin, of Indiana; Senato Hanna and a number of other friends Henry C. Payne, of Wisconsin, wa sworn in as Postmaster-General in th Cabinet room at the White House The oath was administered by Chie Justice Fuller. The retiring Postmas ter-General, Charles Emo.y Smitfc was also present, as well as Mrs Roosevelt and Mrs. Payne. Smith's Last Official Act. Postmaster-General Smith's last of flcial act was to issue revised posta regulations to take effect April 1. Norwegian Farmers In Politics. The Norwegian Farmers' Unior which has existed since 1896 as a nor political organization, has decided t become a political party itself. Th farmers in the Storthing, who are mosl ly Radicals, have entered the new pai ty Shaw's Last Act a Pardon. One of the last official acts of Gov ernor Shaw was the paroling of W. S Wood, ot Wiuterset, Iowa, who ha been confined in the penitentiary fc perjury. His term was half our. Women Urge Their (tight*. Lady Frances Balfour, acting on bi half of a number of women's organizi tions, both political and educationa at London, presented Lord Salisbur with a memorial praying that Hi Government's new education bill pr< vide for the equal representation t men and women as local education at thoritics. A Year's Exports of Domestic Product The total exports of domestic pro< ucts during 1901 amounted to $1,803 800,000, an increase over 1900 of. $31 450.000. g VOORHEES' LAST MESSAGE His Farewell Reoommendations to )v the New Jersey Legislature. Stringent Laws Against Conspiring; An* archUts Urged?He Advocates Populaj ^ Tt??!? ? TTnif*r1 fifntus Sitnfttnri. Jj ? bJ Trenton, N. J.? Governor Voorheea transmitted his third and last message to the Legislature. Among the important subjects he discusses and upon which he makes recommendations are the necessity of steps to preserve the D magnificent pine forests of the State; '' the desirability of laws for the more severe punishment of Anarchists who J- conspire against high officials; the 0 election of United States Senators by popular vote; the necessity for a com1 mon system of sewage for municipali51 ties along the Passaic River; the den sirabillty of enlarging the Capitol grounds, and the workings of the mu j nlcipal franchise act. Governor Voorhees states that the iJ finances of the State are in a healty a condition, and that the present system q of raising the school tax is proving e satisfactory. He announces that the e last installment or (Jivu war aeor, , amounting to $71,000, fell due on the e 1st of January, 1902, and its payments marked the extinguishment of the en.. tire issue of the war bonds, which i amounted In 1880 to $3,395,200. The only debt of the State amounts to $48,000, represented by certificates to the [' Commissioners of the Agriculturar Cole !ege. The sessions of the State Legislature j, for 1902 have begun. The two houses r organized with the election of the offl_ cers agreed upon in the Republican r caucuses some time ago. ' Senator Francis, of Monmouth, in acceptlng the Presidency of the upper ' house, referred to the Constitutional ? amendment, the Passaic pollution question, and the_.Stok?s school Jaw, / which was recently declared uriconsti- < ' tutional. President -.Francis made no ^ ^cpmmendjitlons with respect to these questions, but safa legislation should be enacted to stamp out anarchy. ? h Jn the House Assemblyman William ? J. ^radley, of Camden, In taking the chair, made no speech except to thank the members and to say a few words In eulogy of General Sewell. Assemblyman George Pennent will a be the Democratic leader in the House. ^ I and Senator Lewis J. Martin, of Mon- ' * | mouth, the Democratic leader in the I Senate. 3 HIGH-GRADE T03ACCO CROWN. 8 J American Product Will Soon Challeng* the World, Sayi Secretary Wilson. Washington, D. C.?At a Cabinet meeting Secretary Wilson explained k. what had been done by his department In the way of experiments in raising tobacco. He said that it had been fully * demonstrated that there could be 1 raised In this country all the wrapper 1 , tobacco necessary for domestic use, r and of a quality second to none. In } \ every particular it was as fine as i could be grown in Cuba, or any. other 1 i country. r ! Last year ten.acres of filler tobacco 1 * j had been successfully raised in Penn- ' ' . sylvanla of a very iftgh grade, and dur" | Ing the coming season extensive ex- j 1 I perlments -will he made In raising high1 ; grade filler in Ohio, Texas, North Carf j oline and California. I j Last year the Imports of wrapper j I tobacco into the United States amount* j ed to $6,000,000 and of filler $8,000,r j 000. In a short time, the Secretary "( > j said, we would be able to supply our . r , own wrapper and filler of a grade r | that would challenge the best grown * anywhere in the world. I \ CHINA CRATEFUL TO AMERICA. 1 ' Empress Dowager Expresses Thanks For Protection of Forbidden Olty. : Waihington, D. C.?Mr.Wu, the Chi. nese Minister, has handed to Secretary ? Hay the following edict, transmitted , j to him,by Wei-Wu-Pu, in Pekin, in a [ cable message. "By order of Her Imperial Majesty, 1 ) the Empress Dowager, we issue the 1 r following edict: During the disturbances caused by the Boxers last year, 1 the American commanding officers is- I sued strict orders to their troops to I use strenuous efforts to protect the k buildings within the Forbidden City. This was an act of friendship worthy i 1 of imitation, for which we feel ex- | ? tremely gratified and grateful. We 7 therefore instruct Wu Ting-Fang to , i convey our expression of thanks 7 through the Secretary of State to His j i Excellency the President of the United a Stntns" f , f SURRENDER OF FILIPINO FORCES 3 j ) the Eastern Fart of Bataosai Province ' 3 N?w Pacified. Manila, P. I.?The full surrender of 1 the forces of Colonel Marasigan, who, 1 with Major Cabrera, and a renegade f priest named Castillo, gave themselves up unconditionally to General Bell, now conducting the campaign against ! e the insurgents in Batangas*Province, has occurred at Taal. ' The insurgents created a surprise r by bringing in sixty more rifles than ' the authorities thought Marasigan 3 could command in the district of Toaei, ? which he controlled. The Filipinos who surrendered included three Colooels, one Major, five Captains and '* twelve Lieutenants. They gave up ' 219 rifles and one cannon. All of the ' Insurgents who surrendered did so unconditionally. General Bell ordered the men to be released. General Bell says the surrender pacij fles, for the time being, all of the eastern part of Batangas. An Appointment For Straus*. Oscar S. Strauss, Former United I* States Minister to Turkey, was apQ pointed a permanent member of the Committee of Arbitration at The t Hague. The appointment is to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Former President Harrison. Geseral 8. G. Griffon Dead. r? S. G. Griffin. Brigadier and Brevet Major-General unueu amies > U1UU- I d teers, died at Keeue, N. H. He was ,r seventy-eight years old. I-Ie bad a dis tlnguished Civil War record. Increase of tbe Navy Dcttiroil. j. Rear-Admiral Crownlnshield. Chiei *_ of the Bureau of Navigation, was bej fore tbe House Naval Committee at ' Washington, and pointed out tbe ur*e gent necessity for an increase of men j. and officers in order to properly man 'v>" chine TTo nrlvocates an In Jjf I tllV lit ?? - , crease of the enlisted force of at least 3000. British Cruiser Nearly Sunk. ( The British cruiser Amphion, bound i- to Vancouver, B. C., struck a coral reef and was much damaged. She just reached port in time to escape founderin?. .. ^ MINOR EVENTS OF THE WEEK WASHINGTON ITEMS. Members of the Senate decided to de fer action on the Nicaragua Canal bill until a supplemental report expected to favor tne ranama route, is receiveu An extradition treaty between Den mark and America was signed at thf State Department. President Roosevelt referred Rear Admiral Schley's appeal to AttorneyGeneral Knox for a legal opinion. v The House passed a bill granting the franking privilege to Mrs. McKinley. OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. United States Senator Hoar intro duced a resolution providing for a special committee to investigate affairs in the Philippines. United States Senator Mason advocated reciprocity with Cuba. Merchants in Manila, P. I.r were desirious of a change in the present ftnincial system. DOMESTIC. George H. Phillips, the "ex-Corr King," of Chicago, was again flnan ciaiy emoarrasseu, ana uis uema yvcio closed out Judge Lacombe in the United States Court, at New York City, upheld the Percy-Gray law legalizing betting al racetracks, but not in poolrooms. Ill and alone, Mrs. Marie Crlstal, aged seventy-two years, was burned to death at her home In Marlenette, Wis. A year In jail and a fine of $1000 each was the sentence given at Helena, Mont., to Samuel Garvin and Robert E. Lee, cattlemen, convicted of theft After fatally shooting his wife and her sister, Edward Cheney, of Galesburg, 111., killed himself. Forest fires have raged in the Tushkamp district of Indian Territory. It was unofficially reported that the United States Steel Corporation had bought the Fox works, at Jollet, 111. The postofflce and contents at Chickarnauga, Ga., were destroyed by fire. By failing into" a street gutter Richard A Moran, wealthy, was suffocated, at Middletown, N. Y. . Fears of an uprising among the Cheyenne Indians of Montana were dispelled. The north half of the Opera House block at Fayette, Mo., was destroyed by fire, causing an aggregate loss of 5i80,000. It was announced in Wall Street that a rival corporation with $30,000,000 capitol would enter the field occupied by the Pressed Steel Car Company. Three colored children were burned to death in Springfield, Va., while their mother was away at work. Mrs. Susanna Pennock. who is twenty-one years old, at St. Louis, Mo., save birth to her third set of twins. Homer Bliss, aged twenty-four, conricted of murdering his father, near Mt. Clements, Mich., was sentenced t Imprisonment for life. I Harvard University ran behind \ 5321,579 for tfie year ending July 31, 1901, due to an increase in construction iccount. Total receipts for the year were $2,267,854. Charles Dean Kimball was inaugurated Governor of Rhode Island, vice William Gregory, died in office. Sydney Lascclles, a noted swjndler, known as Lord Walter Eeresford, was irrested In Boston, Mass. Colonel Frank P. Ireland, former Mayor of Lincoln, Neb., died from the effects of a fall received while walking la his sleep. The Pension Board at Bloomington, [11., discovered that Veteran George W. Hurst, of Lexington, has his heart jn the right side instead of the leftFOKEIGK. News from South Africa continues to be favorable to the British forces. Negotiations regarding the amalgaaiation of iron and steel industries in England are being carried on. Senor Jose Teresa y Miranda, Mexican Minister to Austria-Hungary, died at Vienna. R. R. Dobell, Canadian Minister tvimout porxtouo, was mrowu nuui ma i horse near Folkstone, England, and I [tilled. j Lieutenant Thleme, of the German Army, who killed a student of Halle University in a duel, was sent to prison for two years and three monAs. An American company is said tc \ have purchased rights for electric propulsion on canals in England and the Continent, to transport grain direct to the consumers. Transatlantic steamship men in London predict that a smallpox scare in that city will deter Americans Prom attending the coronation fetes. Fire in a wooden house at Yokohama, Japan, resulted in the death of twelve occupants ana me severe uurujug ui twenty. It is believed in Newfoundalnd that the cabinets of Great Britain and France are consulting over the Treaty Shore question. M. Waldeck-Rousseau opened the electoral campaign in France and expressed the fullest confidence in th result of the general election. The leading railroads of England propose to adopt American methods oJ transportation, and heavier freight cars have been ordered. Sampson's lace factory, the largest one in Nottingham. England, was de stroyed by fire. The damage is over $500,000. French claims on China seem likelj to be settled, and some of the Powers have reduced pro rata their allotmenl of indemnity. Hoots and hisses for Lord Rosebery marked a great Liberal meeting in London. Disappointed because his airship failed. Jacques Barthelmy, at Marseilles, France, killed himself. Captain Perry, commanding the bit tleship Iowa, was criticised in Argentina for giving a toast highly compli meutary to Chile at a banquet in Talca hunno. Thr? Solvation Armv applied to tht French authorities for recognition un der the religious order law. Charles Lillywhite, who was taker a prisoner from New Zealand to Eng laud in mistake, was in a destitutf condition when he received $3000 dam ages from his Government. Bitter attacks on America continued to be published in the German papers. The Irish Parliamentary party re elected John Redmond as Chairman. Zelaya was again elected Presidenl of Nicaragua for a term of four years. Some sailors belonging to the Brltisl; cruiser Algerlne sided with the American blaejackets in their brawl with the Russians at New-Chwang, China. Several earthquake shocks were fell at Yarmouth. N. S. KAISER'S BROTHER Mil' Prince Henry to Represent the Em' peror at the Yacht Launching. CORDIAL MESSAGES EXCHANGED The Prince's Proposed Visit is Retarded as an Evidence of the Emperor's De aire to Win the Good Will of America For Germany ? Plana For the Dlatln> Kulahed Vlaltor'a Entertainment. Berlin, Germany.?In connection witb the proposed trip of the German Emperor's yacht Hohenzoliern to Ne^ York City, Emperor William tele graphed as follows, in English, to President Roosevelt; "I am most gratified by your kind permission for Miss Roosevelt's performing the christening ceremony ol my yacht. It gives me great pleasure to announce to you that I have ordered my yacht, Hohenzoliern, to cross ovei and be present at the ceremony. M5 brother, Admiral Prince Henry of Prussia, will appear as my representative, and will be able to express to you ah/ia tr?tr alnnavA fanl era on/1 UUV.C UiUVV 4-4-4 J J-4 UUU friendship for the United States and their illustrious head. "WILLIAM R. I." President Roosevelt replied as follows, in German: "Your Majesty's Intention to send over your yacht Hohenzollern to attend the christening by my daughtei of your new yacht is the source of great pleasure and satisfaction to me. I can assure you a hearty welcome for your brother, Admiral Prince Henry, to whom I shall personally express my sincere feelings of esteem for your Majesty as well as my best wishes for the welfare of the German people. "THEODORE ROOSEVELT." The Hohenzollern is under orders to be fitted out for a ten weeks' cruise, and will sail for New York City January 22, according to present plans, arriving there about February 3. Ptince Henry will sail early in February on one of the North German Lloyd steamers. He will be attended by several officers of high rank, whose names have not yet been announced. The date of the launching of the Emperor's yacht is understood to have been fired for February 26. The length of Prince Henry's stay In the United States is undetermined, and will depend in part upon the wishes of President Roosevelt and the program for his entertainment. The sending of Prince Henry to America M regarded by the Court as another evidence of the Emperor's desire to win the good will of the American people and Government for Germany. rrince uenry learneu ine mngiian language from his mother. He Is nof much of a talker either privately or r-'.blicly. but his manner is agreeabf jd straightforward, and he is regard t ed as knowing his profession extreme ! well for a man of his high rank. IN PRINCE HENRY'S HONOR. Ae Will Be the Recipient of Special Courtesies From the President. Washington, D. d.?The announcement that Prince Kenry of Prussia, brother of Emperor William, will come to the United States has caused much 1 interesting speculation as to the details of his reception. The program for his entertainment will be an elaborate one, appropriate for his high station. He will be met in New York City by representatives of President Roosevelt. He is an Admiral in the German Navy, and when he arrives at New York City he will be greeted by a salute of twenty-one guns. On his arrival In Washington Prince Henry will be received by the President. and will be invited to become the guest of the nation. His call upon the President will be returned In person by Mr. Roosevelt, who will invite him to a dinner, where the guests \rSa1 be many of the most prominent men of the country. Everything will be done to make the Prince's visit a pleasant one. LIBERTY BELL AT CHARLESTON. Welcomed by the Citizens With a Saint* and Elaborate Ceremonies. Charleston, S. C.?Liberty Bell day was celebrated with all the honors; the city schools and many of the stores were closed and citizens observed it as a general holiday. The colonial chimes from the belfry of St. Michael's pealed welcome to the historic bell from Philadelphia. The Lafayette Artillerj fired a salute of thirteen guns. The bell, with its escort, Mayor Ashbridge, and a delegation from Councils oi Philadelphia, arrived at 10 o'clock Thousands crowded the station as the | train rolled in. The military escorl I 1 3.J il.. T7*l 1 1 4-U/ lllt'iuueu [111' r list AflUlCl'J' OUUU, IU? garrison on Sullivan's Island, U. S. Marines from Camp Heywood, Citadel and Porter Cadets. Irish volunteers, Washington Light Infantry, Sumter Guards. Hospital Corps, German Fusiliers, German Artillery, followed by the carriage division. When the parade reached the exposition grounds the bell had already arrived. and as quickly as possible it was removed to the Philadelphia Building, when a salute of thirteen guus was fired by the German artillery. The formal exercises were held in the auditorium. which was crowded to the utmost. Bussia and Korea. Russia, without waiting for Korea's , permission, has pushed Its telegraph line across the Toomen River into Korean territory. France May Coerce Venezuela. The French Government is sound* Ing Washington as. to the attitude of the United States in the event of France's coercing Venezuela into paying the French claims against that Republic. Pension Bill Calls for 9130,842.230. The Pension Appropriation bill was reported to the Iiou3e of Representatives at Washington. It carries $139,842,2C0, exactly the amount of the estimates. as against $145,245,230 appropriated last year. Personal Mention. M. Santos-Dumont will probably enter the airship competition at the St. Louis Exposition. H. H. Kitsou, the Boston sculptor, lias been commissioned to model a statue of General N. P. Banks, which Is to be placed in the State House In the "Hub." The statue will cost $18,- f 000. Mrs. Elizabeth Allen Denison, "the Barbara Frietchie of Texas," is dead. She raised above her home In San An- ' tonio the first Federal flag that floated In the State. The town of Denison. Texas, was named In her honor/ ; - ', /V . . I : . \ .4 .. ' Tj.; - _. \ . _ . ' , .... . . MARCONI VERY CONFIDENT Inventor Emphatic as to the Value of His Recent Experiments. Believes It Will Be Possible to Oe th? iri.aiaii For Commercial Purposes in the Near Future. New York City. ? When the trail from Ottawa. Canada, arrived at the Grand Central Station a slight, boyishlooking man, with a red face and tiny mustache, swung from the steps and walked rapidly toward the street, it was Guglielmo Marconi, inventor ol wireless telegraphy. * "My experiments were satisfactory," he said. "I accomplished what has been reported. I received a message, s letter from the other side of the At lantic, you might say. There is no pos sible doubt about it Some one has suggested that the signals might have come from the Cunard steamships neai the banks at that time, but they did not. The steamships that week wer? expressly warned not to send such slg nals. "Another proof Is that our receiving apparatus was so tuned that it could receive the messages only from the Cornwall coast. The transmitter Id Cornwall and the receiver In Nova Scotia were In tune. A transmitter sending a message from any other place oi in any other key would not have beet caught by our receiver. With this perfect system of tuning transmitters and receivers it will be possible to use the wireless system for commercial pur poses in the near future. I am sure ol it. "You have read about the messages sent from Avon station* at the mouth of Poole Harbor, Dorsetshire, England, to St Catherine station. Isle of Wight when messages sent in English and French by different transmitters at dif ferent keys were received by dlfferenl receivers successfully. ' This Is whal I hope will soon be done between Eu rope and America. Messages sent from St. Catherine station to the Lizard sta tion, a distance of 200 miles, were senl by four transmitters and received by four different receivers all In the same room." CROKER ABDICATES LEADERSHIP. Nixon Succeed* Him as the Head of Tainmany Hall. New York City.?After serving al most continuously for fifteen years as the leader of Tammany Hall, Richard Croker voluntarily laid down the reim at the annual meeting of the Execu tlve Committee. At his suggestion and on his advice Lewis Nixon, the ship builder, was designated as his succes sor. John P. Carroll,, for many years Mr BICHA?D CBOKZB. (After serving for fifteen years he has retired Taar?ai>iKin ftf Tammany "Flail. ^ Croker's first lieutenant, passed with his chief from active participation in the greater field of Tammany politics, his place on the Finance Committee, the most important of the sub-committee, being taken by former Senator John Fox, one of Mr. Croker's closest friends and President of the Democratic Club. Mr. Croker's retirement as leader was indicated by his withdrawal as Chairman of the Finance Committee, which by long usage carries with it the leadership of Tammany Hall. As head of the committee, Me. Croker received and distributed all campaign funds, accounted to no one for any expenditure, and through intimate association with district leaders and other subordinates was the one man conversant with the condition of affairs in the organization, and from that fact was the man in supreme control. This is the position to which Lewis Nixon was elevated. Mr. Croker, in an interview, said that he had now only one ambition in life, ind that was to win the English Derby. HOMESICK IN MANILA. Americans Breaking Down For Latlc of News From Kindred. Manila.?Medical authorities here assert that a considerable amount of the breaking down among American residents of the Philippine Island is due to homesickness. The newspapers of Manila are urging the Philippine Commission to make an onm.An?lotinn fnr 9 H??11 tr mhlpfl TIPWS "FA74 VlU*WVIV/" 1% ? ? service from the United States, thus bringing Americans here into closer touch with their home life. Most of the local papers, some army and civil officials and others have promised to subscribe toward a threemonths' news service of 100 words a day. The Government has offered to send news bulletins free to all points on the military wires. Farmer* Refuse to Sell Wheat. With 40,000,000 bushels of wheat in the twenty counties surrounding Wichita, Kan., the mills of that city are idle. The farmers are determined to keep their wheat for six weeks longer, or uutil the growing crop shall be better determined. Offers of seventy-seven cents per bushel were made in vain. Piatt a Candidate For Re-election. Senator Thomas C. Piatt, of New York, has announced that he would be a candidate for United States Senator. Xew* of the Toiler*. Labor was generally ana pi-ouwiunemployed during 1901. The indications are that agricultural labor will be very scarce this year. Chicago labor unions report that last year was an unusually prosperous one with them. Five hundred knee pants makers have gor? on strike for an increase of wages in New York City. The lumber industry of Oregon leads all other States in value of its product. In 1900 the production was worth $10,352.167. \ ...... ... - . \ ??*y??P*. HERMIT WINS > FORTUHE ' Poverty-Stricken, He Obtains Title to Rich Iron Lands. OTHERS WILL'SHARE MILLIONS : | The Deciilon of the United State* 8a* preme Court on the Half-Breed Siooj Scrip Case Make* Four New MlllUaaire*?Baling of the BXfnnesote Court* Affirmed?I-onjc-Peadlnj Lavnlt Bndl \ Duluth, Minn.?The Supreme Courf of the United States, acting as a fairy 1 godmother, has handed down a dect 1 sion which raised a man from abjed poverty to unexpected wealth. Thf ? i case was that familiar through th< i country as the "Section 30 case," and j on the dockets of the courts as "Thf , Midway Land Co. versus Frank Wr Eaton, et al." It Involved the title to v an Iron mine, the value of which is ea? ^ | tlmated at from ten to fifteen millions, , Closely connected with its lltigatlor i have been former Senator Charles A. .V; Towne, of Minnesota; Judge S. EL Moer. of New York; Mr. A. N. Millet ^ > the controlline spirit in the companj i which built the Savoy Hotel, and Al? . . fred Merritt, the man who discovered > I the famous Mesaba Iron Range. * i'Q-'im ! Section 30 is the Vermilion Ranges about 130 miles from Duluth, and th? ! title to it dates from Aurllla Strain. nee Moreau, a half breed Sioux squ^w, , who claimed it under an act passed bj ,v :] i Congress In 1854, which, gave to every ; , Sioux scrip in lien of rights in, the Sioux reservation in Minnesota.* I This scrip allbwed its Indian posses* . sor to locate lands to the extent of : : 320 acres upon any unappropriated ter r ; ritory surveyed or unaurveyed of th? United States, provided that If the i lands so claimed were upon unsurveyed " * territory certain improvements must be made before any patent would b? - issued. No transfer or conveyance ol A . the scrip would be considered valid. -"Vp? In order to overcome this restriction / white men in the Northwest obtained from the Indians a power of attornej to locate the land and at the same time . ? transfer it Frank W. Eaton, a prospector and explorer of timber lands, obtained th< /'.% scrip of Auralia Stram and a power ol i M attorney to locate, while the power te 1 transfer was given to his friend, LeonJ Idas Merritt He fixed upon "Section 30" with i vein of iron outcropping across it, and % + If /lAnwflTf/u? fh him litr \Toil LUCU uau AC WU ? CU kV UiiU uj ?*v?, ritt. Another prospector, Thomas F. Hyde, ' laid claim to the section and squatted. ^ on it Another claimant was Frank /; who obtained his interest, as did v Eaton, by the locatkmof Valentine J'\ scrip, and it was from him that th? . Midway Land Co.. the plaintiff in the * action just decided, oW?:ced title. >5|s In 1884 a contest was commenced against Eaton in the Duluth Land ; ^ Office on the ground that the entry.of the land by him was fraudulent. ' ;$& The Land Office at Dnluth affirmed \ Eaton's^tltle. but on appeal the General Land Office and ultimately the Secretary of the Interior reversed thii ' decision and held against him. He v still upheld his claim, and the Midway Land Co., owned and controlled by A. N. Miller, of New York, brought suit in the courts of Minnesota. The case came up for trial at Duluth, Judge 8. H. Moer being upon the bench. Eaton was awarded a decision. Walter Ayres, of Dnluth, for the Midway Land Co., appealed to the Supreme Court o! Minnesota, and the lower court* wai affirmed. ? ' Witnn Hrad act a hormlf- noarltr nAH. niless, out on Pike Lake, a small bod} . ' i of water. about twelve miles from Dni lutb. Now he Is tbe possessor of 8 property wortb at its least valuation $10,000,000. Tbe latest decision brings not only to Eaton and to Harris, but to Towne as well, a fortune. * WHOLE FAMILY DIE IN FLAMES. Incendiarism Suspected in a Fatal Fin at Buffalo, N. T. Buffalo, N. Y.?Henry Pearlstein. hla wife ancl five children, ranging in age from one and a half totwelve years, were burned to death in a fire that de- , stroyed a two-story frame building. O , Joseph Supowski, who owned the building and kept a shoe store on the,. ground floor, was placed under arrest pending an investigation as to whether the fire was of incendiary origin. Karl Bracki, his brother-in-law, is also detained. Supowski carried an insurance of $9000 on the building and its contents. This, the police say, is a . very liberal valuation. Supowski told the police that he accidentally dropped a lamp. A few , minutes after the fire began there was ^ a terrific explosion that blew out tbe J ' front of the store. The flames envelnned the building in an Incredibly short time. J Awakened before they could reach I the only stairway leading from theit rooms the Pearlsteins found that the ^ fire had undermined the floor in the I hallway, which collapsed under their fl feet, carrying them down into the I flames. Their charred bodies were I found four hours after the Are had . I been extinguished. I Seaman Delgman Recovers Sanity, i Osborn Deignan, who was one of the I participants in the sinking of the Mer> B rimac at Santiago, has been discharged I from the Uklah Hospital for the In- I sane, and ordered to duty on the U. S. I ?. Independence at Mare Island Navy I i'ard, California. I Value of Oar Mineral Wealth. . 3 The value of the mineral products ot . I the United States in 1900 exceeded for the first time the billion dollar mark, I according to the Geological Survey re* I port on mineral resources, which has lust been Issued. The exact figures svere $1,067,603,606. as compared with $971,702,894 in 1899, a gain of $95,702. T12. or 9.85 per cent. flj German Warship Sail* F-or Venezuela. H The German cruiser Gazelle has H sailed from Kiel for Venezuelan wa cers. Newly Gleaning* England has a January springtime H tvith butterflies and blackbirds. H Two weather stations will be estab- B| . (ished in Yellowstone Park next sum-. H trier. H New York City's death rate for 1901 H i ?vas 22.02 per 1000, against 20.57 in H : idoo. The University of Berlin is to* be H V>no illrau^v H ' rebuilt, ana a new sue UUO u?kVM%>^ __ j been chosen. ! Cecil Rhodes is considered to be re> sponsible for the boom in Kaffir stocks H ra the London Stock Exchange. H 9