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Whitelaw Reid Named as the Specia'
Ambassador.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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\ 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"
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f SURRENDER OF FILIPINO FORCES
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) 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?.
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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
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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
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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/
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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