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PRESIDENT'S TIlitST POLICY, The Attitude of the Administration j Officially Voiced. i LEGISLAT'ON IS RECOMMENDEO ! ( ft I* Crt*d That 411 Discriminatory Pmticca Aflcctlac lateretate Trad? Be ( Made Offence to Be Bajolacd and Pan. ( lehcd?Tbc Formation of a Trutt Commieslca Saaxeetod?omrial Htstomeat. Washington. D. C.?President Rooso- c elt has made an official declaration as to what be wishes in the war of ' anti-trust legislation. ( The following abstract of AttorneyGeneral Knox's recommendations re- s ganllng trusts and comblnatlons.wblch * were madct public at some length, was * given out at the White House. It , represents the general attitude of the Administration on this subject, and ? *k?l" -*-1 Kw ?ha Proul/lonf It was auiuviwCTi me *v ..?? ?. Ui as follows: "Preliminary?The people do not de- * sire tbe business of the country to be Interfered with beyond tbe regulation \ necessary to control combinations where they act Improperly and tc> correct any tendency toward monopoly. In this country, where money is cbeap E and abundant and within tbe roach of keen and capable men. monopoly will be Impossible if competition is kept r free. ( "Small enterprises have certain ad- c vantages over large combinations, and i will live and tbrire If assured of all t open and fair field. Rebates and dis- f criminatory ratfp constitute one of the .1 chief restrictions on competition. They ji unjustly swell tbe earnings of favored t concerns, and, supporting a vast vol- <] ume of capital stock which represents c nothing but unfair advantage over 0 rivals, contribute largely to tbe upbnlldlng of monopoly. <1 "Individual Industrial experience. I with the certainty of securing employ- t ment of capital, may be trusted to ( compete effectively with such selfish J combinations aa are not formed for e sound economic reasons, but merely In j order to capitalise toe coumry s pn?- i perity for tbe benefit of their promot* era. The existence of most of these combinations has not Increased the prod net Its capacity of the country: i they have merely acquired the ownership of pre-existing Industrie*. "Recommendations for Immediate fc legislation?That all discriminatory t practices affecting Interstate trade be t made offenses to be enjoined and pun- c tobed. j "Such legislation to be directed alike v against those who give and those who a receive Illegal advantages and to cover ti discrimination in prices as against competitors in particular localities re- v orted to for the purpose of destroying 0 competition. f, "In order to reach producers guilty n of these offenses, who are as producers c merely beyond national control, a pen- w ?k?mM ho imnonpd noon tbe In- t< terxtate and foreign transportation of j goods produced by them, and Federal t< courts should be given power to re- f train such transportation at the Gov- 8i ernment's suit. "Such legislation Is necessary because the existing interstate commerce law does not give an effective r remedy In this class of cases against ~ either shipper or carrier. "The casus omissus in the Interstate h commerce should now be supplied by n Imposing a penalty upon carrier and tl beneficiary alike, and by giving to the c< courts the right to restrain all such in- $: fractions of the law. tl "Provision should also be made to p reach corporations and combination* li which produce wholly within a State. e< but whose products enter interstate oi commerce. This provision should re- t< late, first to concerns which fatten on n rebates; second, to concerns which i> sell commodities below tbe general c price la particular localities -or in any *] ? ... other way In particular localities seek t to destroy competition- cl "There sbt?uP be a comprehensive plan to enable the Government to get at all the facte bearing upon the organisation end practices of concerns engaged in Interstate commerce, not with a view to hampering any legitimate basinet* or aacb concerns, but in b order to be in position to take action a If necessary. tl "To this end a commission or a spe cial bureau In tbe proposed Depart- s meet of Commerce should be created, t; whose duty it should be to investigate fl the operations of concerns engaged In ' Interstate or teeign commerce, and to s gather Information and data enabling v It to make recommendations for addl- L tional legislation to report to the Presi- a dent. ti "This would be a first step In secur- g ing proper publicity. This commission v should haTe authority to Inquire Into C the management of any concern doing ti n interstate business whenever it becomes necessaijr or desirable; It should have the authority to call for reports fnmnpi testimony from Iivua iu\. uj, w w ? j w all witnesses and by the production of books, papers. etc. , "These recommendations are based c on the central thought that the first f step should be taken by a law aimed at * what are certainly known to be un- r reasonable practices directly restrictive n of freedom of tommerc, and by a law d securing some governmental supervls- 1< Ion, aa outlined above. A special act b should be passed at once to speed the r final decision of cases pending or to t be raised under the present anti trust law, providing for the hearing of such t cases by a full l>ench of Circuit Judges, r and for n direct appeal from <he Clr- t cuit Courts to the Supreme Court of t the United States." r Servian Klag*i Papers Stolen. th?m i. ercnt excitement at Nlsh. where tbe Servian Court In stayiug. < owing to tbe fact that tbe note!* which < King Alexander made in regard to the j mission of Count Lansdorff. the Rus- I Alan Minister of Foreign Affair*, have I been stolen from his writing table. i . i Detroit Bays Cml For the Poor. < Mayor Maybury. of Detroit. Mich.. has approved a resolution of the Connie ell providing for the purchase by the city of $."?!>.000 worth of eoill, which twill be sold to citizens at cust. Prominent People. Rear-Admiral Frederick Rodgers was three months leave of absence, which be will spend In Europe. The Very Rev. William Richard Wood Stephens. Dean of Winchester. England, is dead. He was horn in 1&>9., Stephen Decatur, Jr.. a grandson of Commodore Decatur, has just passed ?-.l<ui#Un tnr thn V*Vnl ACfld" WSm eroy. m W. A. Cr?l*. the custodian of WashBB? taxton Monument. reports that 2.200.WM 309 people hare thus far rlalted the top BhRl of the monument. A nn, - _ t>K* %TOR nOAR OX TRUSTS. J Ho Makn Hit RpMeh In CipUtatlaa of t 111* Trait Dill. Washington. P. C.?In the Senate Senator Hoar made bis promised speech in explanation of the elaborate Tnxt hill which he Intrmluon). AI.'houch taking his 1?!11 as the text of lis remarks, tho S-uator admitted that t was Imperfect. iwing teutative and xjwrlmental in character. >lr. Hoar pointed out tho following ?vils of trusts: I>estruction of competition. Tho management of local industries >r absentees in the interest of absentee aplial. Fraudulent capitalization. Secrecy. Management for the privatrt !?o:iofit >f officials. The power to corrupt elections. and n some eases to corrupt the courts. The absence of personal liability for ontract* of wrong-doing. The projKMtcil Hoar bill provided In reneral for only such regulations of rusts by the Federal Government as M lo/violfilinn nf fill vorp in mil ill r III lur roll-ordered States. These regulations rere: Publicity In the conduct of their huslless. Power to ston their business alto;erher if the.v violate the laws. Strict penalties on their officers for iolation of laws. Personal liability for debts aud rronga. GENERAL STAFF BILL PASSED. _ UlM Tot** to Croat* New Corp* In tho Army. 1 Washington. D. C.?The House has Missed the bill for the creation of a General Staff for the Army by a vote ?f 1S3 to 52. By the terms of the bill ( t be<-omes the duty of the General Staff o prepare plans for the national deen?j? and for the mobilization of the irray in time of war. to investigate ind report on all questions affecting he efficiency of the service, and to renler professional aid to the Secretary if War and to general officers and thcr superior commander*. The bill also provides that the Chief f Staff, under the direction of the Resident, shall have supervision of aii roops of the line, and of the Adjutantieneral's. Inspector-General's. Judge advocate's. Quartermaster's. Subsistnce. Medical. Pay and Orduanee de>artments, the Corps of Engineers and be Signal Corps. YOUNG HUNTER ACQUITTED. tlaUtor's Soa Who Klllad aa Amertcaa ? Cnatcmala Goes Frco. New Orlenua, La.?A letter received lere from W. Godfrey Hunter, son of be former Minister to Guatemala and londuras. whose shooting at Guatenala City of William Fitzgerald, an American and Chief of the Secret SerIce of Guatemala, caused Internatlon- < 1 complications to arise, announces his rial and acquittal. < Young Hunter says that a conspiracy ras laid against his life, in which sevral persons were Involved. It was de- ] rated by his killing of Fitzgerald. He i lakes charges against United States 'onsul-General James G. McNally. ho. he says, gtated publicly that Hun- j pr should not leave Guatemala alive. 1 le asserts that tbirty-slx witnesses < ratified under oath to having heard i onsul-General McNally make the tatement. < CARNEGIE PRESENTS 11.500,000. J MhwUlyhU Get* It tor Thirty LlbnrlM j Soma Opposition Expected In CoanelU. , Philadelphia, Pa.?Andrew Carnegie ( as offered $1,500,000 to the free brary of Philadelphia to establish , ilrty branch libraries in this city. The j ?nditions attached to the gift are that 50.000 is to be expended for the erec* * on of each building, the sites to be , rovided by Philadelphia or by private < idlvlduals. The branches are to be j quipped by the city and a provision r an annual appropriation or **juu is > be made by tbe municipality for the laintenance of eacb branch. A namer of sites bare already been offered, onnclls, by an unwillingness to do its tiare, however, may block tbe scheme, he thirty libraries would cost the ity $150,000 a year to maintain. AGED COUPLE TORTURED. iukud XlMtj-fln Tear* Old ud Wife Klshty.a Mid* to Glv* Up HSS. Connellsville. Pa.?Seven masked men roke into the bouse of Levi Eicber nd tortured him and his wife to make hem confess where they kept their )oney. Tbe Elchers live in an isolated pot on Laurel Mountain. Levi is ninejr-iive years old and his wife is eightyive. Tbe men knocked the aged man , enseless with an iron bar, bound bis ] rife and held her feet over a burning imp. Mr. Eicber became conscious < nd was bound. He 101a nis *ne iu . ell where the money was. Tbe thieves , ;ot $235 in gold. stole a horse and ( ragon from the barn apd drove toward j .'onnellsville. The team was found In be morning on the road. RICH MAN WEDS SECRETARY. \ r. B. Itradlcy.'Worth *40.000,000, Mar. rlM Wblle 9trlck?a With ratal UlnaM. Milwaukee, Wis.?While Kitting In a 1 hair with what was believed to be a atal illness, William H. Bradley, tbe realtbiest man in Wisconsin, was mar- J led to his secretary. Mis* Mary Hanlemeyer. The former Mrs. Bradley lied on November 13 last. Mr. Brad- j py la said to be worth $40,000,000 and 3 s associated with J. J. Hill In many , ailroad deals in this part of the conn- , ry. , Ju<lRe Halsey went to Mr. Braaiej s louse and in the presence of a few , elativea united the lumberman nnd hit* 1 ?ride. HI* friends refused to discuss iia illness, but it was said be could not , ecover. lie is sixty-six years old. Mayor Tctoea Incrnte la HU S?l?rr. Mayor Edwanl F. Fletehfr. of Worcester. Mass.. has vetoed the order in reasint; the salary of the Mayor from (2T>U0 to He holds ihal the per rormauee of publir duty is not a matter of dollars ami cents, and that tin* salary of the of Mayor should not larjic enough to be tempting as a money price. Another Carman I'rultrr to V?neztiHa. Fbe cruiser Sperber has sailed from Kiel to reinforce the (*erman squadron ia Yci-eswlan wati-rs. Whole rninl!r Killrd. An entire family were asphyxiated J- V IIi?fI I'iiilf. Ill Iliru in x.. ... ? elsteiu, fifty years ol<l: Kita Flnke! Hteiu. fifty years ol<l. liis wife: .Tense Vinkolstein. Keveii years old. a srand ?on. and Annie Finkehtein. eighteen year* old. a daughter, are the victim*. The tip of a ^as jet was found lyins ou the floor and the gas was turned ou Murderer Hanged In Virginia. For tbe murder of a fellow-convict Jack Brown, colored, was hanged at the 8tate Penitentiary la Richmond, Va. i i i SENOR SAGASTA IS DEAD Famous Leader of the Spanish Liberals Suddenly Passes Away. THE KING PROFOUNDLY GRIEVED Etlqoett* Barred tha Monarch From PayIds a Visit to 111* Sick Adriwcr?9?not Sajraata Waa Prltna Minister Dnrlnt tb? Spanish-Amerlcau War?lie Ha<J a Stormy Palltlcal Career. Madrid. Spain.?Former Premier Sa> jrastii died after an Mine*# of only a few days, suffering from bronchitis, complicated by a gastric trouble. Sa?asta's intellect was unimpaired until liis last hours. He talked to his daughter, the Presidents of the Senate and of Congress and to the Archbishop of Toledo. His family was with him when he died. Senor Sagasta's death created a painful Impression throughout Madrid. King Alfonso displnj'ed profound regret when he heard the news. His Majesty had desired to visit Senor Sagasta during his illness, but was told tliat to do so would be contrary to etiquette. Senor Sagasta was seventy-six years old. He was born in Logrono, Spain, and was educated in the College of Engineers. The first notoriety he gained was in ISM. when he fought O'Donnell in the streets of Madrid at the bead of a regiment of militia. His X50B 8AOASTA. comrades were killed and lie fled. In | hi? absence be was condemned to : death. For the next ten yean he lived j In Paris, London and Ostend. and it I was in this seclusion that Saga at a, planned his future carcer as a states- j man and soldier. Sagasta engineered the revolution of | 186U. which ended in driving Isabella [I. from the throne. When Topete and ' the fleet had been won over and most ! of the army bad been induced to de-! lert to the Insurrectionists the signal i was given. Sagasta and Zorllla. who was as pure, a patriot as ever lived, but too honest and consistent to be a successful Spanish politician, sailed under assumed name* in tue steamsiup uuui from London to Gibraltar early in Sep- ! tember of that year. They were ac rorapanled by another compatriot. I Prim, dressed in the livery of a serv-1 ant. Their subsequent conquests are! now history. General Weyler and Sacasta became bitter enemies early in life. The two men clashed for years, and Sagnxta dismissed Weyler and put Blanco in his place as Captain-General of Cuba, j Of all the Prime Ministers Spain ha* j bad it la undoubtedly true ssagasin w.u the most merciless. He was quite as unpopular with Americans as is Weyler. "tbe butcher." Sagasta. after Spain had been defeated in Cuba In the war with the United States in 1808. tried his utmost to obtain a delay in the flnal negotiations for peace in the hope that the European powers would Intervene In l?ehalf of Spain at the eleventh hour. Sagasta always bad an unfailing belief iu "manana" ? to-morrow. He believed that time gained was always half way to victory. More like n parent was Sagasta to the boy King?Alfonso XIII.?than hit chief adviser. They were inseparable. Nothing could have been more charm* rg than the fondness which existed between them, and It was only a few rears ago that the youthful King used to climb on the old statesman's knee to play with bis eye-glasses. Several times when Sagasta had differences with tbe Queen be deliberately resigned. and bade ber trust tbe direction of affairs to Canovas. whom he hated. Sagasta was a Grand Master of Freemasonry in Spain. His true character might hare been clearly read In this way: An engineer by training, a soldier by preference, a lournalist by profession, a politician by circumstances and a Premier by misfortune. - flu SULTAN'S RUSE SUCCEEDS. StUut of His Brother Brings Fax District Tribes to HI* Support. Tangier. Morocco.?The Sultan's brother, who by his Majesty's order was released from prison a few days ago and bad all tbe honors due to bis rank restored to him, has been appointed Governor of tbe Province of Fez. When this fact became known to the tribes in the Fez district they milled to the 8ultan. swearing to support him against the pretpnder. This, it is stated. has removed tbe dancer of an attack by tbe rebels upon Fez. TEMPTED BY A JEWEL EXHIBIT. ^athaa Thlimi Try to Steal th? Cosily I Display at the Delhi Unrltar. Delhi, India.?A group of P.ithan j thieves attempted to rob the jewel I room at the Arts Exhibition, where! Reins excHMliujj in vaiiu? *1.230.?mwi i are displayed. The attempt was made iu dayllpht. tint the poliee and other I officials frustrated the mid. The Pathans resisted arrest an-i a i tussle ensiled. They were finally locked J up. Nobody was seriously hurt. ttportlaz Brrvftie*. It. W. Wadsley. the fast i'tipli'h runner. has arrived in the UrUed JsJctr*. n??n.<ii>/l ITiintnr wnii t\\* di.* tance race at the New Orleans 'La.) track. W. J. Stewart claims to have ascend, cd Eagle Hock I1U1. N. J., in a locoinobile. In lm. JJ3s. Frank Koblson has secured Brown. Omaha's premier twirler. for the St. Louis Cardinals. Pitcher Slever has refused to sijjn with Detroit at the salary offered, and may cast his lot with Ibo New York Nationals ' MEAT PACKERS GUILTY j I Commissioner Says the Existence of the Beef Trust is Proved : Th? Tutlnaiy Introduced by the Mia. soarl Attorney-Goner*! in Outn rrocMdiaft la Snstaiaad. A Jefferson City, Mo.?I. H. Kinley, the Special Commissioner who was ap; pointed by the State Supreme Court ! to take testimony in the ouster suit | of Attorney-General Crow against the I meat packers for violation of the antl| trust laws, has filed bis report of the ' facts as developed from the testimony j taken. The Commissioner finds the com* ! panies guilty of fixing and maintain* j lng prices, but says the contention of the Attorney-General that impure I a_ a_ J J | meat was soiu is not susiameu. an. Crow announced that he would file an exception to the report on that point. The case will be heard on the repbrt ! on January 2G. The Commissioner states that he finds "that the Armour. Hammond, Swift and Cudahy racking companies, with Nelson Morris & Co.. at 8t Jo* seph. befrreen August 21, 189!), and May 9, 1902, by their managers and ageuts. who bad charge of their cool* era, entered Into an agreement, con* federation, combination and under* standing between themselves and with each other to fix, regulate and control the prices of dressed beef and fresh pork." He also finds that the managers and .solicitors of the companies would ad* vise their customers that they bad bet* ter purchase dressed beef before certain times as the price would be advanced on a certain day. and that the price for such beef and fresh pork would be advanced on that day. It was proven Id mtny instances, me report states, that the cooler managers and agent* of the dressed beef companies to secure trade or induce rurcbasers would agree to gin: rebates in money or In pounds of meat In the latter Instance the bills for sucb meat would be made out to the batcher at the fixed price, and subsequently the rebates were given, as agreed, and the purchaser requested to maintain secrecy in regard to tbem. In oue or two Instances where It was discovered that rebates bad been given by one of the companies, tbe solicitors of tbe company were proven to have stated in conversation with a customer that It would cause the company which he represented to be fined. It was also shown, says the report, that when meat bad been, banging a certain length of time io the coolers, it was conceded by some person, seeming to have authority among the packers. that tbe beef might be sold at lesfl than the fixed or agreed price. AH of these facts, declares the Comml*sioner. tend almost conclusively to 8now tout tills agreement to ox, control. regulate and maintain the prices at which respondents couid sell dressed beef to the butchers were made by these cooler managers for the companies. The report, therefore, finds that the Armour Packing Company. Nelson Morris & Co., Swift & Co.. the Hammond Packing Company, the Cndahy Packing Company and the Schwartzchild & Sulzberger Company are guilty of entering into an agreement to fix and maintain prices for the sale of dressed beef and pork in Missouri. The Henry Krug Packing Company, of St. Joseph, was found not to have been In the combination, and consequently the report will release It from legal proceedings. BANK PRESIDENT A SUICIDE. ad of Sllvortoa (Col.) iMtltntloa Feud Dead In tho Woods." Silverton, Col.? James H. Bobbin, the missing president of tbe Bank of Silverton. which was closed on account of bis disappearance, was found dead in the woods three miles from town. He had shot himself in the head. It is supposed financial troubles caused him to commit sulfide. He was about forty-fire years old and leaves a wife and three children in Denver. Mr. Bobbin was principal owner of the Iowa-Tiger mine and chief promoter of the Scamp Bird ^Extension Company, and was heavily interested In many mining ventures. He was reputed to be worth $5,000,000. The liabilities of tbe bank are said to be about $300,000; assets unknown. It is generally believed tbe bank is in sound condition. OIL TRUST TO PAY PENSIONS. BkUSiltn For Oaa Year and Oa?-Q*ar? tor Aftarward. New York City.?The Standard Oil Company has inaugurated a pension system. Under its provisions any employe of the company who has been In the service for twenty-five years, and who has reached the age of sixty-four, may retire on half pay for the first year. After that he will draw onequarter the amount t>f his salary at retirement. Tbe plan applies to every employe of the Oil Trust, from laborer to President. One of the higher officers is said to have notified the company of his intention to take advantage of tbe plan, and a number of others are ex* pected to do so In the near future. ;PaBl*btt fool hern Town. President Roosevelt has directed that the postofflce at Indianola, Miss., be closed, not to be reopened until the people in that district are ready to acrept as postmaster Mm. Minnie M. Cox. colored. The President has also directed that the Attorney-General proceed against certain residents of that town, who have. It is alleged, made threats against Mrs. Cox. Dnrab Girl ftpcaki mt Death. Miss Clara Ware, aged ton. died In Madison County. Tenu. Miss Ware was cloaf and dumb and was never known to irnve uttered an intelligible word until a few hours before her death, when she called upon members of the family to come to her. Nonlan In a 1'roplietlc Mood. M. Max Nordau, iu a historical r<*. view, deplores tho growth of militarism in America, and predicts a great struggle lor the Pacific Ocean and Eastern Asia. Convict W><1* I'rlMta Acqnnlntanrc. Charles Filer, a convict, who secured his parole from the New Jersey State Prison, through tlio exercise of his inventive genius, has married Louise Ilill. a girl of talent, to whom he sigunlled from the window of hid cell when he lirst saw her. Engineer Sw?|pt to Death. George B. Askew, a railroad engineer, was struck by an upright at Big Elk Creek, near Elkton, Md., and hurled from bis cab into the stream, i which was a raging torrent. He was I swept away and drowned. .A 1IN0B EVENTS OF THE WEEI WAKRIWOTON ITEMS. The President appointed Dr. David J Hill Minister to Switzerland. Francii B. Loom is Assistant Secretary of Stat and Charles P. Bryan Minister to Por tugal. The new Naval program will ask foi the construction of two battleships ant two armored cruisers. The United States Supreme Coun decided the Russian sugar bounty cast in favor of this Government, upholding the assessment of a countervailing duty. Secretary Root asked Congress tc provide more land at West Point Mill tary Academy. Rear-Admiral Remey predicted tha the next war of the United Statei would be with a strong power, and h? pointed out the necessity of Increasing the Navy at once. C??-? ? -_I W 1 i oruui AAiiiiiu, JirAiutu Aujuaooauwi in Washington, confirmed report* thai his country contemplates a change from a silver to a gold standard. The United States Government will accept payment of the Chinese indent nlty on a silver basis. OHK ADOPTED ISLANDS. The report of the Philippine Commis flion and that of Governor Taft wen made public. The Governor took a rather gloomy view of the present con ditlons In the islands. Manuel Rango, editor of Libertas at Manila, was sentenced to sii months' imprisonment at hard laboi and to pay a fine of $2000 in gold foi libelling General Bell. Lieutenant-Commander Mentz wat held In $1000 bail for trial on a chargc of smuggling articles into Porto Rico. Admiral Evans's fleet in the Philip pines began it? maneuvres in Sublg Bay, Luzon. v DOMESTIC. .lopsy. an eiepnani wnicn uau ki net four men. was killed at Coney Island New York City, by a shock of 60O( volts of electricity, baring prevlouslj swallowed 400 grains of cyanide ol potassium. George P. Sullivan, the plumbei Mayor of Derby. Conn., was inaugu rated. He said be bad chosen the laU Colonel Waring as his model. Among Massachusetts Mayors whc took office is Charles L. Coulter, So ciallst, of Brockton. For killing bis w'fe la a fit of jeal ousy, J. C. Lowe, a schoolteacher, wat found guilty of second degree murdei at Topeka, Kan. Thirteen children In and around Nor folk, Va.. died and seven others wen Injured by the premature explosion ol toy pistols. Burglars secured about $500 from the nnafnfflro at Rnsllndiilp. Mas*. The Army barracks at Sault Ste Marie. Micb., were burned. Leading retail batchers of New York City admitted that many in the local trade had been maintaining unreason able prices for beef in the hope of off setting the losses or reduced proflti of last summer. Relatives of Miss Clnpp, a rich worn an of PIttsfleld, Mass.. were surprised to learn of her engagement to Allen H. Bagg. her man of business. Professor John Rascom, of William* College, said the money of John D, Rockefeller had sealed the lips of Chi' cago University teachers. With all indications pointing tc poisoning, Mr. and Mrs. John F. John' son were found dead in their home, a I Wilcox. Neb. Captain Robert Berry, now in command of the Navy Yard at Norfolk, Va.. was ordered to command the battleship Kentucky. Naval prisoners, enroute to Boston or Snnnd atonriinr Plvmnilth iturtinl a riot, in wliicb numerous shots were fired, but passengers escaped barm. rORKICU*. The 1003 estimates for Germany's military establishment call for $1C1.> 000,000?$49,000,000 for the Nary; $112,000,000 for the Army. Thirteen Anarchists, who were holding a conferencc in a tavern at Dusseldorf, Germany, were arrested by the police. Senate elections in France and the French colonies resulted in increasing the ministerial majority in the upper house; among those re-elected were Premier Combes and Finance Minister Bouvier. A Berlin newspaper complains that ivirrl rpillst thp Ynnkpe dOM not appreciate courtesies like Prince Henry's visit and the gift of a statue of Frederick the Great." German marines were landed at Porto Cabelio, Venezuela, for a short time, to cover the seizure of vessels in the inner harbor by the blockading ships. Preparations were under way to place Spain on a gold basis and to prohibit the free coinage of silver. In a drunken brawl of seven Italian peddlers at Santiago, Cuba, two were killed Instantly, two died in the hospital and two more will die. A grand assault-at-arm* nnd artillery and cavalry displays were features of the durbar festivities at Delhi, inata. The Liberal candidate. C. D. Roue, carried the Newmarket District, wresting a seat In Parliament from the Government. The restoration to the Chinese Government of the imperial palaces at Moukden. Manchuria, was being effected. Garibaldi'* last surviving and favorite child. Teresita. wife of General Canzio, died suddenly at Caprera. 1U1IJ , .mm oiai,? -uur j 1.(11 Cf. Mr. Brodrirk. j|io British War Serrefary. was married Id London to Miss Stanleys gtep-daugbier of Chief Justice Jeune. Owlns to tl?o Atneriean demand for coal n threatened reduction of minors' wages in Croat Britain was averted. Civilians a'id soldiers engaged in a couiiin ;i( hiui, i?i-i;^iuiii. Two French explorers sailed for Tunis with tin* yhjeet of trying to cross the I'erert of Sahara iu a *?:i! loon. Fiftv-eisijl lives were lost at t!??? re . ' -i ...?t.. . ..? ?..1....... crist t*u;u ziiiiji' xnr ;u na< i:iiiui, uiinaui, Tin' I'nited Slates Itniiii'ship Oregon arrival at Yokohama. Japan. after a stormy voyage, in which one man was killed. The foreign 0?>nsnl* insist that tho Indemnity paid by China must be on a gold basis. A wealthy Armenian of the name o< Schnnganowk v.m* murdered by an Anarchist whiie entering church at Moscow. Emperor William and Chancellor von Bueiow wer<? considering the establish incut of a separate Cabinet position specially for the administration of the Polish provinces. / GIRL OPENED A JAIL Love-Stricken Sheriff's Daughter Liberated Prisoners and Elopsd. i e Young Wnman Always Had Bornn ma Ex( Ileal K(pnUtloB-C?M Similar to [ That of tho Blddlt UrotUar*. I t Oneonta. Ala.?Some time during the , night Mi*? Etta Aldbridge. daughter ? of the Sheriff of Biouty County, nn' locked the jnil and liberated two prisoners. Louis Gurley. charged with inur* der. and Mayburn Murphree, hold on a sentence involving nis promise 10 t umrry a girl. I Miss Etta accompanied the prisoners > in their flight. or ai least one of them. ; The cause of her act is supposed to be love of Mayburn Murpbreet who is an r exceedingly handsome man of Rood adt dress. For some months he had been f an inmate of the jail, and it had been noticed that the comely daughter of the Sheriff ofteu lingered at the bars 1 to talk to him. A fetf nights ago the Sheriff was away in the country on business. Hi* daughter. Miss Etta, bad charge of the keys. She retired as usual to sleep with a younger sister. About 4 o'clock in the morning the little girl awoke and i! missing Etta gave the alarm. Investigation showed that two of the four prisoners in the Jail had escaped. Miss Etta was not to be found and : then the full significance of the con versation through the bars with May burn Murphree became apparent. Notice to apprehend the fugitives has , been telegraphed to the various towns , and cities of Alalmma. Louis (Jurley. charged with murder, who was the beneficiary of the Sheriffs | daughter's love for Murphree. is ac' cused of one of the most brutal crimes ia the history of Oneonta. About a year ago tbe dead body of Mr*. . Vaughnn, an old woman, wag found in her residence one morning weltering | In ber own blood. Tbe head bad been ' scalped and the t>ody bore evidence of , brutal mutilation. Cbarged with her murder Gurley was arrested and his case is pending trial. ' May burn Murphree, the attractive prls oner, who seems to have bewitched tbe * fair keeper of the jail, bad already been convicted and fined $700. His case was appealed to the Supreme Court, where It is now pending. Miss Etta Aldridge is twenty-two . years old and a handsome woman. , She has borne an excellent reputation . and enjoyed tbe admiration of a large circle of acquaintance*. It was thought that Murphree and the girl were mak' Ing for some town where they could , get married and then go to Texas. There were four prisoners in the jail at the time of the escape, but Murphree I and Gurley departed so quietly that tbe other two were not aroused. The fugitives also took the precaution to lock the outside door after escaping. thus preventing the escape of the other [ prisoners. The case in many respects resembles that of Mr*. Soffel, the wife of the , Pennsylvania Sheriff, who liberated the Biddle brothers last spring. |" PLAGUE PANIC IN MEXICO. ' Icitslliti Dl?p?l All Doubt u to Cbsrae* tcr or th? DImwc. 1 Mnzatlan. Mexico.?There Is no longer the slightest doubt that the disease now afflicting t-ls city Is genuine Asiatic plague, for microscopic Invest! gation proves that bubonic pest haccilll are in the blood of those afflicted with the disease. , The plague has grown virulent and . the people are fleeing from the city at , the rate of 300 per day. More than fifty per cent of the persons attacked are women. The news of the rerm( descenoe of tbeplaguebere has reached the interior, and Is causing a panic. Sanitary cordons of armed men have been placed around the towns to pre* vent the entrance of any one from this {IIBCV. | PLAGUE NOT IN CALIFORNIA. 8ar|Ma-r.?i?nl Wpiii Returns With Reassnrta? Reports. Washington, D. C.?8urgeon-General Wyman. of the Marine Hospital Ser- < vice, has returned from California, i where he went to investigate the alleged existence of bubonic plague in San Francisco. The trip of General Wyman was undertaken because of the attitude of several States, which ! insisted upon n conferem.-e of the State Board* of Health being called to decide whether there should be a general i quarantine against California, that State taking the ground that there Is i no bubonic plague in San Francisco. General Wyman. after investigating , the matter for himself, is of the opin| Ion that there is no need for such 1 a conference. CIGARETTE CAUSED HIS DEATH I Miser Threw It Carelessly late a Kef of Powder. Wlillamsport, Pa.?Michael Dunn, a jjiuer, threw a cigarette stump into a keg of powder from bis bed on the second floor of a boarding house at i Winber. The upper part of the house was destroyed and Dunn was burned | to death. The house wag occupied by four families and twenty boarders, nil the uien being miners. There were twenty-six kegs of powder in the house. Several men who were working near by rushed to the house nnd rescued the inmates. . One of the men carried fourteen kega of powder out of the burning buildiug. Newfoundland'* Ktrcno* Grow*. The revenue of Newfoundland for Inst year was the largest on record. It renehed n total of $1,200,000. being $20,000 in excess of receipts for the corresponding period of liK?l. Catt!* Stamped Oat. The Cattle Bureau of the Massachusetts Hoard of Agriculture expressed ! Its belief that the foot and mouth dinon so is now fully under control from the fact that no new ease had been j found or no additional premises bad I been quarantined for a week. Nrw <lilnr?o MinWtar In Marrv. Sir I.ning Cheng. the new Chinese Minister i.? the I'nited States, wiil Im?i fore st::rtiug for his post marry :! * ! daughter of the Chinese Minister ! I'nrfc. Vu Keng. Tli* Cnlrlslt In CuinmUsion Again. Tile I'liiied States ship Italeigli. I wbieb lias undergoing .repairs at ! the navy yard at Portsmouth. X. !!.. ! for two yenrx. went into rommis*ion. i with ?'<iim.i::mU*r Arthur I*. Na7.ro. I". S. X.. in rojiiju.iii'l. Tlif vessel will Join till* lll'Ot ill tile We8t Itltlie*. i ' nmrrnn'.' Li Pollrtl* InancumlRd Actln. (.ovenwr u rollotto was inaugn* i rated for his nerond term in the Assembly rhainber of the State Capitol at i Mariisou. Wis. The oath of office was > administered by <^lii??f Justice C'assoday. of the Supreme Court. THE PIHKHAM CUBES I mmiw ?ih Miuim iw b TiflinS HOSE!. I Mrs. Frances Stafford, of 243 E. 114th St,N.Y. City, adds her let* ,t timooy to the hundreds of tho* J sands oa Mrs. Pinkhaa's files. G When Ljrdia E. Pinkh&m's Bane* m diet were first introduced skeptics 1 all over .the country frowned upon S their curstire claims, but as year after year has rolled by and the 1 little group of women who had been cured by the new discovery has 1 sine* grown into a vast army of I hundreds of thousands, doubts and 1 skepticisms have been swept away I ??%* mig^tr flood, until to-day mi the great good that Ljdia & ^ PlnkJuun'a Vegetable Compound and her other medicine* are doing among the women of America m attracting the attention of manr of our leading scientists, physicians and thinking people. Merit alone oouid win such famej wise, therefore, is the woman who for a cure relies upon Lydi* M? Pinkham'S Vegetable CompoeedL ? / IiMndlac BifwiaMM. ' ' Interesting to scientific minds are the , experiments recently conducted by the Geological Surrey to determine the ua- * derground flow of rivers and Inveatf* ? gate the rate of movement of the Up t derflow. To explain this possllng J question measurements bane been 1 made In the river gravels of stxeasos | whose surface flows hsve ceased, sad 1 from such measurements more or less 1 trustworthy results have been ob> Jj talned. One of the most accurate sad fl Interesting of these Is a series of ex- H perlments conducted by Professor Jg 811chter slong the valley of the Aitia- J us Hirer, in Western Kansas. Tht Bj method Is sn electrical one. A double ifi rotr of loch and a quarter driven wefts is sank across the channel of the river H whose underflow is to be tested. Tht A up-stream wells are then charged with fl a stronc electrolyte, which dissolves and passes down the stresm with the moving water. The passage of the eleofl trolyte toward the lower well la tbows^H by the gradual movement of the needbHS of an electrical instrument, and th^^H final arrival at the well Is shown by sudden and strong deflection of tfcrJsB needle. It Is exceedingly Interesting^!! to wstch the gradual movement of tb?B water, which can be traced from thd|fl beginning of the experiment In thla In- -J direct way. By tbia method the rata^ H of Act ten feet below the bed of thtlH Arkansas Biver was found to be twsflH and one-half feet a day. Other cxneri?f BB A- I. iU. ~ f it.. Aakif^B luruu in iue ucu3 vi i nr uuuuv mhii hr San Gabriel rivera, In Southern CalWj Rj fornla. gare rates of three and 0SS|(fl half. fonr. Are and one-half and serwl feet a day.?New York Tribune. wm That Old, PtmltUr Ufa. ABB Frenchman recently propounds^ H through the columns of the Llrerpoa^ Post a problem which may not be with* Mj out Interest for Americana. At any TC rate It lnrolres s principle of rhetorts KB which "tight ??t to be disregarded. 9 "I am in Lirerpool since a month," SB writes the French gentleman, "and taw many things the which I stupefyi'^M but of these this most amaze me. Oi BM your tramcars one writes, 'Passengers sre requested not to board or lears Bfi the car while In motion.' 'Board* IH comprehend not My friend say It tiH| 'aborder.' to go on ship, therefore one Hgl me demanded not to go on car and not go otr whilst In motion. BHB "How can that be? I see thouaand I passengers since four weeks go on aad HI go off a car. but they all go whilst H motion. 8hall one explicate how paa- U sogers whilst not in motion bare pewfcflB er to go on and off a car?" fin Right Am Matt Hart. SB Experience Indicates that accidents HH sre far more likely to occur to thsBMj right arm and leg than to the ]eftH| Further evidence to tain ract nP'HM pliod by the makers of artificial llmbffHH they dispose of irany more appeodtgeaHjB to the right side of the body than ti^B the left Statistics show that in fifty-^Hj four cases oat of a hundred the lefl^H leg is stronger than the right S9j It Is sometimes hard to distinguisftflHB between cowardice and the discretfealH Hint !s said to be the bwter part o|HH valor. Coughing I "I was given up to die with quick consumption. I then began to use Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. I H improved at once, and am now la H pcrfect health."? Chas. E. Hartman, Gibbstown, N. Y. It's too risky, playing with your cough. I The first thing you know it will be down deep in your lungs andl^l the play will be over. Be-KBfl gin early with Ayer's Cherry Pectoral and stop the cough. IH iThr<-? t'.f* r?,*BN|k for ?n ordinary coiil. Wc.. Jiul rifht for brooebtui. hoars*- IHR ini. bard colda, etc.; |i. moit mm/maat B B for chxoote c*?t and to kaep on band. a JMBH ?J