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\ I ^ ? "? Population o< Rv??nland. Ung lo the census of 1001. jg ?ro 11,893 iuhnbi rants in Green i? I increase Of IOI i sine; H \ crease includes 441 Eskimos. od by Captain Holm in 1S04. pi ^-opoan population was 27-. No B y exists in Greenland. Th^ Y villages are 5ukJcprt?ppen with I Julianshaab with 39* inhabiThe census shows that the eenlanders are of pure Eskimo The remainder of the populawever, U greatly mixed. The id the death rate of Greenland altb of Am nl-iTf^nK Much Discus he Future of a Cc lealth of Its Women. the New York State Assembly of ers, a prominent New York doctor he 500 women present that healthy ican women were so rare as to be st extinct. is seems to be a sweeping state* of the condition of American in. Yet how many do you know .e perfectly well anddonothave trouble arising from a deraoge? of the female organism which fests itself in headaches, backs, nervousness, that bearing-down ag. painful or irregular menstraaleueorrhooa, displacement of the as, ovarian trouble, indigestion or >lessness? There is a tried and remedy for all these ailments, a E. Pinkhaca's Vegetable Coinid has restored mors American ten to health than all other reme' in the world. It regulated, rigthens and cures diseases of the ale organism a3 nothing else can. thirty years it has been curing worst forms of female comnts. ich testimony as the following aid be convincing. rs. T. C. Willadsen, of Manning, writes: r Mrs. Pinkham:? can truly say that you have saved my life I cannot express rav gratitude to you in ds. For two years I spent lots of money oc to ring without any benefit for msnal irregularities and I had given up all 23 of ever being well again, but I was iuaded to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-1 ? MM/4 fVtnOA (l Q 17 A PA. I t) ^Viupuuuu A1IU VUIOV W?U*w uu ..,4V < ed me to perfect health. Had it not been yon I would have been in my grave i lay." ila E Plnkhan's Vegetable Com] , Irrvlavancien. ist enough labor to give one an nple for leisure; tbeu enough leisure revive the appetite for labor?that lid be ideal! reason why men take so iong a e to repent is because they vris-h to ke it a first-class, careful job. j writer should have a feminine meet: first to inspire him to pro\ and. secondly, to console him for ejection of the production! e good turn deserves an encore, to encores ad nauseam. 5 foolish to s'eep on your rights; to sleep on your fancied wrongs, h day of human life is made up imile, a song and a tear. And a 7 of years can add nothing to 'hree simple elements.?New Orrimes-Democrat. . The Klr?t White House. residence of i>aniel Isrke Cushusband of Martha Dandrlrtge. led the White House. George ^ton lived there for a short er their marriage, and from It iir House at Washington was v " 5 1 Kow'? T1?U? One Hundred Dollars Reward Cor ' Catarrh tkuc cannot be cured by Urn Cure. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0. ^ undersigned, have known F. J. the last 16 years, and believe him tpnorable in" all business traosac^jiauciaily able to carry out auy ^ynade by thoir firm. Wax, Wholesale Druggists, Tc- i w jissas <k Marvis, Wholesale ! jj?, Toledo, O. j^'ra Cure is taken internally, ac tjg^pon the blood and mucoussurVri<3te;Q Testimonials sent free. (JL-, battle. Sold by all Druggists. Family Pills for constipation. .. ie ProcaaMon* Taken. A fi?i T,;ifiv Con seventh floor " % you koow what precau; !l,SWietor of tlie hotel has takes *, it fire. . .s, mum; he hns the place insboi tv.;,.e wot ;t?s -worth."? ^ette. 30*, 50 Per Uent. Paid r"^,VI!>E-V\VAKE AGENTS i*'OH..uit & Ornamental Trees 'u^jV 'siirnh- , Hoses anil Vines. ] ...i.ji.f.'irs'-ol,yor?>:errn^b 1 t??t ?! 'mpjcy awlication. i 'rt tU s ?:i>. Ki-iifvn > .A J MMy* an aewli that you can dor.ot f>?\?n.lncrnft. v i mn?^ ^ ju. i. ^ <3 r: t j rf * & < ft * v'%he use of |> i sa^give me a i s -cbar/'when- i t e* 'g for a : s 3i"Cl5MO" t f % yot.the best k i 5 c^tic-ar in i? i ' ^1CA I \ "Th? Vite?t Seller" IE I varies greatly from year to year. Tb? i death rate is greater in the south than ! in the north; consumption claims thir i ty-one per cent in the north and twenty-Wjjht per cent, iu the south. About thirteen per cent, of the deaths are I from accidental causes, chiefly drown in lu 1901 about eiglity-four pel cent, of tlw population sustained them selves by seal catching'. Ashing and hunting. The remainder are connected with the administration, mission? and trades. Since 1S34 there has been a tendency to replace the Europeans by natives in the subordinate positions erican Women ised at Women's Clubs? juntry Depends on the Miss Mattie Henry, Vice-President of Danville Art Club* 439 Green Street, Danville, Va., writes: "Dear Mrs. Pinkham:? Many years' suffering with female weakness .inflammation and a broken down system made ne more anxious to die than to live, but Lydia E. Ptnkbam's JB I? ' KanlfVi v egetaoie wouipjuuu una i wivi j and I am no grateful for it that I want every suffering woman to know what Lvdia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound will do for her." When women are troubled with irregular, suppressed or painful menstruation, weakness, leucorrhoea, displacement or ulceration of the womb, that bearing-down feeling, inflammation of the ovaries, backache, bloating, (or flatulency), general debility, indigestion, and nervous prostration, or are beset with such symptoms as dizziness, faintness, lassitude, excitability, irritability, nervousness, sleeplessness, melancholy, "all-gone" and ''want-tobe-left-alone" feelings, blues, and hopelessness, they should remember there is one tried and true remedy. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound at once removes such troubles. No other medicine in the world has received such unqualified endorsement. No other medicine has such a record of cures of female troubles. Refuse to buy any other medicine, for you need the best. A Li^niaeari, u uueonui wjuukuou^, and all the charms of grace and beauty are dependent upon proper action of the bodily organs. You cannot look well unless you feel well. Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women to write her for advice. Her advice and medicine have restored thousands to health. Address, Lynn, Mass. Deund Saccecds Where Others Fall. One of Famuli'* Superstition*. The daughter of Mr. Justin McCarthy gives some interesting reminiscences of Mr. Paruell. She mentions one curious instance of his superstition "One evening Farnell was talking tc me at the coffee stage of dinner, and I. gazing at him with rapture, was vaguely stirring mine and going to drink it, when he said: "You must r.oi drink that; you have stirred it the wrong way, ana 11 wouiu oe uuuickv. Get another cup.' ''?Leslie's Weekly. RAW ITCHING ECZEMA Blotches on Hands, Ear* and Ankle* Foi Three Years? Instant ltellef and Speedy Cure by Cuticura. ''Thanks to Cuticura I am now rid oi that fearful pest, weeping eczema, for the fir3t time in three years. It first appeared on my hand, a little pimple, growing into several blotches, and then on my ears and ankles. They were exceedingly painful, itching, and always raw. After the first day's treatment with Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Pills, there was very little of the burning and itching, and the cure now seems to be complete. (Signed) S. B. Hogc, Passenger Agent B. & 0. B. E., Washington, D. C." Glories of a Dakota Winter. I From out of the haymow echoes the noraeiy cackle of busy "biddies" lining their nests with two-cent eggs. The wheel tire creak? a shrill melody on the frosty track, while the roadside wires, linking the farmstead to the throbbing heart of the great, busy world, keyed to Aeolian pitch, fill the air with rhythm. The bouquet of rich, pure ozone is in the air. It races through the veins, mounts to the brain, sparkles in the eye, and bursts from the lips in laughter and shouting. Sing, if you please, the beauties of the tropics, of teeming, swarming life, of perennlhl foliage, flowers and fruit; extenuate the "lukewarmnesa* of more temperate climes, and endure the penetrating chill of lower altitudes?if you know no better?but give me the cheery, rejuvenating, glorious Dakota winter.?Howard (S. D.) Spirit. TORTURING PAIN. ! Half Thl? Man'* SuH>rtne? Woald Hare i Killed Many a Person, But Duan'i) Kidney Pill* Cured Uiui. A. C. Spragwe, stock dealer, of Normal, 111., writes: "For two whole years I was doing nothing but buying mediclnes to cure my a. c. SPltAGUZ. a:ui sometimes .vas unable even to ride in a car. My i "ondition was critical when I sent for i rloan's. KidiieT Pills. I used three I j boxes and they cured rae. Now I caD i go anywhere and do as much as anyi body 'I sieep well and feel no discomfort at all." A TRIAL FREE?Address FosterMilburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale I by all dealers. Price, 50 cts. I na n mn i ii i nAi i/\ rinr iblti INUIJUUH HKt ! Eight Buildings Wiped Out Within Short Space of 7imet ENTIRE FIRE DEPARTMENT OUT Consideration Starred iu Large Store of ITahnley ? McCrea-Tliree Hotels Completely De?Lro] eil-N'o I.ifes Believed to Have Been Lost?About SI,000,000 Damage Done. Indianapolis, Ind.?Eight buildings ' were wiDed out in tliree-nuartors of an hour and many more menaced by a fire that began at night in the big store of Fahnley & McCrea, wholesale milliners, and shortly before midnight was threatening the entire business district. Violent explosions in the A. Kiefer Drug Company's warerooms helped to spread the flames aud imperiled the lives of scores-of fire-fighters. Walls rocked on all sides when the chemicals burst like giant bombs aiid sheets of j flame shot out from the bier drug store. Practically? the whole Fire Department was on the spot in a half hour after the blaze was discovered, but by the time the last engine cot there it was evident the city was doomed to a conflagration that would stand as a record 1n its history. The loss before the eud of the evening was estimated at 51,000,000, and it was evident that was only a beginning. Tliree Hotels ? tiie sr. l uanes, xur Sherman and the Savoy--were burned to the ground in the earnest stages of the fire. In addition to Fahnley & McCrea and the Kiefer Company the principal losers up to midnight were Griffith Brothers, wholesale milliners: Delmetsch Ac Co., toy manufacturers, and the United States Express Company. Parcels and cases containing goods worth many thousands of dollars were stored in the company's warerooms, and all were lost. There was no one in any of the business buildings except watchmen, it being night, and it could not be learned in the evening whether ail the watchmen escaped. It was believed, however. there was no loss of life in the business district. "Whether the hotel men and their employes and guests had been saved without exception remained to be disclosed by a personal canvass. The fire chief thought no lives were lost. All the wholesale district inclosed by Georgia and Meridian streets, the "Mil TaaL'oaii rvl a r*t\ n* a a I LiilUIl OIUUUU auu oavacvu ^iuv,c ?* ?? In danger of destruction at 11 o'clock. When the fire chief saw what was before him he sent out special alarms that called to the spot not only every engine and truck In the city, but dozens of volunteer companies from outlying villages. Many hundreds of firemen were at work at 11 o'clock. Many dozens of streams were played on the blazing buildings, but they were powerless to control the uprush and consequent downpour of firebrands that threatened to cause additional fires every minute. Heroic deeds became common before the fire had burned two hours. Paid and volunteer firemen risked their lives again and again to check the spread of the flames and save persons who were in danger of being cut off by the rapidly traveling wall of flame. Thrilling rescues were made la the three hotels that were burned. Women clad in thin nightrobes were carried from window after window by ladder men, wno iirst wrappeu tuem in meir own heavy coats or in blankets to save them from death in the intense cold. Several of the women were unconscious when found by the firemen, and almost all were hysterical. They were rushed to hospitals or accommodated J in private houses. Society women pro[ vided them with clothing and prepared hot suppers for them with their own bauds. The same women carried coffee and j sandwiches to the firemen and helped the surgeons to dress the burns of fire fighters. One woman in a gown of delI icate color and texture passed unceasingly from line to line distributing food j and coffee to the firemen, her loug ' 9kirt trailing in the mud, her light wrap full of holes from sparks. Fa,hnley & McCrea's store was in South Meridian street. The flames worked so quickly from building to building that in less than an hour after they were discovered the roof of the Union Statiou was ablaze, it was feared much of the railroad rolling stock wouid be destroyed, and employes worked in a rain of s-parks and Slowing embers to shuut the passenger coaches and freight cars out of the [ yards. JAPANS NEW DESTROYERS. Two Fast Ones in Commission and a Third Ready .''or Launching. Tokio. Japan.?The new torpedo-boat destroyers Ariake and Fnbuki, constructed in Japan, have been placed in commission. Their average speed is twenty-nine knots per hour. The torpedo-boat destroyer A rare is finished it the Yoicosuka Navy Yard, and is ready to be launched. Manufactures Hold Well. Iron furnaces and steel mills operate Close to their full capacity, and the juarterly report of the leading concern showed an enormous tonnage of business on the books at the end of the rear, despite the fact that the closing OQOUIOS Ol uinuc- \ tri ? auwvi its. Woolen mills maintain records of activity, but there is still much to be desired at cotton plants, and shoe factories have only a moderate amount jf business iu sight. Refuse Proposal of Greece. The Ambassadors of Great Britain, [ ""ranee, Italy and Russia presented a r.ote to the French Foreign Office de?linin.sr to accede to Prince Oeorge's .iroposal for the annexation of Crete by Greece. Russian Council Summoned. L no uouncu ol nit.* lkiidMiiii was summoned iu extraordinary session at St. Petersburg. to considnv the iituation arising i'roai th'.> Grand 'Juke's murder. ?, Oberlin Bank Dividend. A forty per cent, dividend has been leclnred for depositors in the Citizens' National Bank, at Oberiiu. Oliio. which c\*;?s wrecked by Mrs. Chadwick's operations. Free School Centennial. The centennial of the founding of tiie free school system in New York City .V?is celebrated. Frederick Cook. Dead. Frederick Cook, formerly Secretary >f State, died suddenly at Rochester, II v. J . ; A L\ ; - ^ * ?.. '*;' ; v;',*. vv.-rev * _ * ' ' /.:* ' v"y-i'.r*. v* *; PRESIDENT'S TRIP SOUTJPlans Fop Visit to Texas and a Hunt in Colorado. Itinerary oftim .Tourney -? Routine Offlo Work to Be Carried on in Special Car* by Itegular Staff. Washington. P. C^ecrotary Loel has almost completed the itinerary fo President Roosevelt's trip to Texa. and the hunt to follow". As executive business might delay or advance ihi time of starting for two or three days the secretary does not intend to maki a formal announcement of the progran until shortly before the actual depart ure from Washington. The objectivi point of the journey to Texas is, o course, San Antonio, where the re union of Koueh Riders is to be field The President will i?e with his old com rades on March 31. it has been defl nitely decided, so it is fair to say tha 4-Ute. .U+A T??M! K/V fh*v rtrinnSnol nnp I fUlQ UfllC ? 111 U C llic v-w the celebration. . In addition to ; speech by the President, the most sen sational of the "bronco busting.' rough riding and shooting events wil be scheduled for that day, in orde that the President may se? that hi: *boys" have not lost any of their prow ess since the days of San Juan. Thi President will probably leave Wash ington on March 25. Taking in Louis ville, Ky.. Fort Worth, Dallas, Waci and Austin. Texas, on the way to Sai Antonio. Texas, he will make brie stops and speeches at the towns men tioned and after the reunion will visi Houston, Texas. With Houston tb< speechmaking and formal portion o the President's journey will end. Ii the next four or five weeks he will at tempt to take as nearly a complet rest from business V state as possible After Houston will come the jack rab "bit bunt, which his Texas friends havi been trying to induce the President t< take for several years. Then -will conn the excursion into Colorado, if publii affairs do not prevent, and for about ; month the President and three or fou friends will be separated from civili zation while they go into the Iiockiei in quest of mountain lions or any othe: big game that happens their way. As it is impossible for the Presiden to "lose himself" completely for an: length of time. Secretary Loeb wil make arrangements to keep nea enough to tind him if imperative nee< arises. After the President's camp ^ chosen, the train in which he travel I to Colorado will be sidetracked twelvi or fifteen miles away. One of the car will be fitted with all necessary offici appliances, such as typewriters, tele graph instruments, files and recon cabinets. A force of stenogkaphers clerks and telegraph operators fron the White House will transact the reg u!ar routine business just as they d< at the capital. It may be necessary t< +ha Tpiroc fnr thprp -will nrobabb I be no regular telegraph office withii a score of miles of the place when the President's train rests. A post office, to continue in existence onlj while the secretary aud his force an transacting: White House business a the sidetrack, may also have to be es tablished. If this becomes necessary ai employe of the Postoffice Departraen in the person of some inspector wh< happens to be in the neighborhood a the time will probably be pressed into service to act as postmaster of "Loeb ville." He will sell stamps, monej orders, postal cards, and stamped eu velopes, register letters and package; and perform all the duties of a post master while he is there. He will b< required to make reports to the de partment at Washington, and all hi! ! I 1 i*A f Kmn i uuiiilliuuiittiiuua win &\j imvu^u IUI regular channels. When the Presi dent's train leaves the Sidetrack aftei the hunt the post office of "Loebville' will be only a memory. If public business does not requiri the President's presence in Washing ton at an earilier date, he will prob ably return from the West about th< middle of May and remain there unti about June 20, when he expects to g< to Oyster Bar, L. I. STEEL .TRUST ATTACKED. Sells Armor Plate Abroad Cheapei Than Here, Says Mr. Lucking. Washington, D. C. ? In the course ol the House debate on the Naval bill Mr Lucking (Dem. Mich.) opposed th< measure as in the interest of the Stee Trust, which he said sold its armoi plate to other countries cheaper thai it did to the United States. ' The,Steel Trust," said he, is sell ing and furnishing materials to built] up the British Navy and other foreigt navies for about one-third less monej than it gets for furnishing materials to our navy. I believe in putting a stop to that some way or other." As'he sat down Mr. Lind (Dem. Minn.) arose and added: "The latf Chief Constructor of the Navy, Ad miral Bowles, appeared before the Claims Committee of this Congress anij testified that claims were pending by contract; that after these contracts were let the Steel Trust compelled the contractors to pay $2.40 to $2.30 n pound for steel forgings, which thej were selling abroad for. and whicL were worth in the markets of the world, ' TWENTY PERSONS KILLED. Explosion on a Naphtha Barge? Flames Spread to a Landing Stage. Baku. An explosion on board a naphtha ftargo set tire to several othei barges and a landing stage. It is re^ ported that twenty people perished. -FIRE" TANIC IX THEATRE. Mpu Fight in Rush For Exits in Scan Caused h;* Scuffle. Detroit. Mich.?A panic occurred h the gallery of tlie Avenue Theatre when a cry of "fight" was mistaker for an alarm of fire. A frenzied crowd of men fought each other in a mac! rush for the exits-, hut 110 one was s&rionsly injured. Two boys, whose .scuffling caused the trouble, were arrested for disordirils conduct. TUKKS III'K N*WOII EX. After Tight With Bulgarians. Thej Put Yillncrc to l-'lanips. Salonica.?In a ficrht between Bui garians and Turks in the village ol Kuklitch. near Struinitza, the Bulbar ians lost twenty killed or wounded. The Turks subsequently burned the village. A commission of inquiry sent to th? spot rroin this city discovered in the ruins of the village the charred remains of fourteeu -women ami several cliil ., dreu* / if nm inanrn tnr nimniltnl Dili AIM AKt mm\i I Preparations For Expected Engagement Within a Month. ? ^ ( RUSSIAN CAVALRY VERY ACTIVE J Many Attack* ami Counter Attack* j Oecnrrlngr Frequently Between Op5 posing Forces?Invasion* ?f Chinese ^ Soil Reported?Japau's Recent Naval j 0 Operations. ' St. Petersburg. Russia. ? Advieos ? from Russian headquarters in Man31 churia nrove that a tremendous battle between tbe forces of General Kuro? 11 patkln and Marshal Oyama will be fought within a month. Spring rapidly I approaches in Manchuria. The Japanese are quietly shifting j heavy forces from their centre to their I flanks, the constant artillery attacks i in the central position being intended ; to cover5these movements.' * " , The brigades of the Japanese Re. serve are being moved east, indicating s the direction of the Japanese offensive when ft begins. , It is reported that General Nogi will command the extreme Japanese right. , In front of Koudezi. on the right ' flank, the Russians now are trying the . effect of concentrated siege and mortar . batteries with good results, firing as many as twenty mortars simultan; eously. During a bombardment of Lone Tree , Hill by the Japanese a projectile from a siege gun entered an underground but, burst, tore off the head of a lieutenant and wounded a colonel and two staff captains, who were Pjaying cards. Whatever truth maybe In the changes fhnt Russians are violating Chinese [ neutrality, it Is certain that bodies of ' Japanese troops and Chinese bandits r are operating in Mongolia, usually in ' cavalry detachments of several hundred men, for Geaeral Sakharoff, General Kur?patkin's chief of staff, reports that ' 100 Japanese cavaLry and 200 Chinese ' bandits tried to destroy a bridge between Gauplin and Fontziatun, north . of Mukden. Russian frontier guards drove off the attackers, who aubse' quently destroyed a few rails, blew up j a telegraph pole south of the bridge J and then fled. The Russians were re: inf?rced and pursued the Japanese ; twenty-five, miles. , : Sakharoff also reports} that Russian 1 . artillery destroyed the' buildings and ' walls of Mangazi, from which the Jap- | anese had been bombarding the Rus% sian trenches. The Japanese were , ' driven out. \ In view of the continued attacks on ( ; and criticism of General Kuropatkin, the Novoe Vremya, defending the Com; mander-in-Chief, proposes that a com mission of retired officers be appointed ' to pass judgment on him. Tokio, Japan.?Marshal Oyama rek ! ports that the Russians have begun an 1 oTtonolv# nnvalrr movement azainst | his extreme left. Large forces of cavalrymen tried to cross the Hun River west of Liaoyang. The operation be; gau west of Chitaitzu. One force of ' cavalry stole into Lachunshi, and | simultaneously another cavalry force , J approached Tacha, thirteen miles : southwest of Chitaitzu and twentyseven miles west of Liaoyang. Nine 1 thousand cavalry with artillery approached the river a mile below Tacha, ! and attempted to cross at 6 o'clock in the evening, advancing on Heikoutai. 1 The shelling of Oyama's centre con- ' tiaued. ; The British steamers Apollo and 1 f | Scotsman, bound for Vladivostok, were 1 I captured off Hokkaido. The Apollo 1 | was from Cardiff with coal, and the * j Scotsman had a cargo of provisions, wDlcu. according to ner papers, ?yeic ! consigned to Yokosuka, fifteen miles from Yokohama. ] The new torpedo boat destroyers. Ari ake and fublki, constructed in Japan. have been placed in commission. TTieir ' average speed is twenty-nine knots an hour. The destroyer Arare is ready to be launched at the Yokosuka Navy Yard. A suspicious fire greatly damaged the Atsuta Works, near Nagoya. A search1 ing investigation will determine if it was Incendiary. I ELECTRIC ENGINE BURNED. ) I Only One of Its Kind in Existence? j Tests Delayed. Schenectady, N. Y.?The big electri. cal locomotive, built for the New York I j Central terminal service, was nearly i destroyed by fire at the sub-station at r | Hoffman's Ferry, four miles west of II this city. nnv*^ Mm/v r. + or.f-rv/7 or nrorliosfwl [ jluc m tr ciaitcu kiviu ?*** viv4mv?kvv. j stove iu an adjoining shed, and the ( j flames spread rapidly, destroying ! j everything inflammable in the locomoJ tive. and the high winds which pre, ; vailed carried sparks to the farm j ! buildings owned by James Wyatt, a . quarter of a mile away, destroying five ; barns, in which fifteen cows were [ were burned to death. /: ? , The-locomotive is the only one of the r kind in existence, and. although mo- i t I tors, armatures and wires were melted, j , the big machine will be overhauled : and put into running shape at once. The accident to the locomotive will de- I lay the final tests, which were to have j been v^eld this week. > ? Theatre For Rejane. Alme. Rejane announced on sailing j home from New York City that James j 1 H. Hyde and others interested in French art will build a theatre for her In that city. t>nf tft rtaafll Tvro murderers were put to death in i j the eiectric chair in Sing Sinpr (X. Y.) | prison. They were Frank Rimieri. a Brooklyn .junk dealer, and Adolph j i Koenipr. who strangled to death Mrs. ? Mary Kauflfnaan. of New York City. | 1 i Oldfleld Makes Record. ! Barney Oldfiold made a world's an- ! ' tomobile record by covering fifty miles ' in forty-eight minutes thirty-nine sec; ! onds. at Fresno, Cal., on a sixty-hora* i power machine. The Halls of Congress. The prolonged wransling over tlie ! . Statehood bill in the Senate came to au end February 7. when a final vote was to be taken, by agreement. Though economy is the watchword in making appropriations at this session, it is well known that the President is very anxious for a liberal naval proi gram. The Commerce Committee has report! ed to the House a railroad rate bill which is a composite of a number of 5 bills on the subject proposed by differ* pnt members. MR EVENTS OF THE WEEK WASHINGTON. Senator Allison, of Iowa, has broken ihe record for continuous service in Congress. President Roosevelt received a por .rait of the Empress Dowager of China is a token of the Chiuese Government's ?ood will toward the United States. Hard blows were ftiinpd at the Naval Appropriation bill in the House, and jpecial effbrts are being made to prerent tLe authorization of a&j new bat:Ie ships. OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. The Porto Rican Executive Council evoked a $3,000,000 franchise granted :o an American firm for an electric railway. Order prevails throughout Porto Rico, Governor W. H. Hunt reports. Never, ilnce civil government was established, las there been a call for the military 'orces. We have relied upon the Porto Xican insular police, which is well able ? meet any situation that may arise. The Committee on Interisland Transportation of the Philippine Commission, headed by Commissioner Cameron Forbes, has recommended that the use >f army transports be discontinued as rapidly as commercial steamship lines ire extended to cover the points now jerved by the transports. The new mmmAKAiol lift Ad nPik f/\ Ka Qllh'fapl tr? -vyU1 ULiCIV.1U I UUtO UiC IV MW 0UVJWI. W joverninent reflation as to rates, inspection and quality and frequency of >ervice. The committee also recom* uends the withdrawal of several coastguard vessels which are now used for carrying: freight and passengers, iu favor of commercial vessels. , Government control of th? opium raffic in the Philippines and its abo!shraent after three years were recomnended by a commission in a report to Secretary Taft. ' DOMESTIC. Joseph McGrath, New York City's ?ldest voter, died at the age of 107. Max Fidler, a quiltmaker, of BrookSi!, N. Y., fell heir to $250,000, a part )f a $400,000 estate accumulated by his incle as a. profession^. beggaf in Russia. The officers of the Joy Lfner Larch. nont on her arrival at Providence. R. (.. reported to the police that John A. iiart. a passenger, had been murdered >n board in the night. Governor Higgins sent a message to the New York Legislature recommending immediate action to create continu3U8 water-supply commissions for New i'ork City and the State. The opening of the Hall of Fossils at the Natural History Museum, of New i'ort City, was celebrated with a tea ?nd reception. A bill to prohibit the sare or manufacture of cigarettes in New York State was introduced in the State Assembly at Albany. Three children of Frank Pearson* (vere burned to death at Boyne City, Mich., and the father was badly burned. An impprtant measure was introduced at Albany, N. Y., by Senator Stevens, designed to regulate the Investments of all savings banks in the State. The body of General Lew Wallace lay in state for public view during an ?ritire flay at his late home, in Crawfqirdsville, Ind. ' A ha/?>v1iiMa?s tt*n c* i 11 f va/1 it nft/1 i n ?X ICJl/IUUUU Pfla xuuvuuv.ru tu uuv New York State Senate calling for a joint legislative investigation of the Telephone Trust. Coolness and quick action in a Newnrk (N. J.) theatre prevented a possible fire horror, the audience quickly and quietly departing when told there was danger. James H. Hyde, of New York City, was re-elected Vice-President of the Equitable Life Assurance Society a' " also Chairman of the Executive aim Finance Committees, from all of whlch-i positions the Alexander faction desired to oust him. Harrison F. Johnson, a Brooklyn (N. Y.) lawyer, died from a drug taken in a resort. Two women were held. W. C. Smith, of New Yortt City, the Woerz hold-up man, was sentenced to twenty-tive years in State prison. The senior class of the Massachusetts Agricultural College at Amherst, Mass.. voted to withdraw because of the suspension of three of its members. FOREIGN. TJnfii hoc ?J0"Jirvaf TWof!* Chilean-Bolivian treaty. The strike in Warsaw, a special cable dispatch reported, has extended to all chemists' assistants. Martial law has been declared at Tsarskoe-Selo. many threatening letters having been received at the palice. Ballour summoned tup. Cabinet to consider the situation caused by Redmond's attack on the government of Ireland. The Belgian Supreme Court of Appeal Las decided in King Leopold's favor in the suit brought against him by his daughters. The report that the engagement of the German Crown lirince and tho Duchess Cecelia has beeu broken was discredited at Berlin. Even Goveruor-General Trepoff. who has all the troops, police and secret service men in St. Petersburg under his command, feared to show himself outside the seclusion of his residence. The students, professors and directors of tl^e University at St. Petersburg held a meeting, voted to close the institution until fall and passed resolutions demanding a constituent assembly. A special cable dispatch from Bologna slated that Mr. Marconi, the ir. ventor of wireless telegraphy, and Lady Beatrice O'B/ien will be married in London March 1G and visit NewYork until May. Reports* have been received in Odessa representing the whole Caucasus re gion ns being in rebellion. Armed mobs have stopped the railway traffic, cut the telegraph lines and looted the arsenal.?. Four men were killed and fourteen injured by two explosions on board a British submarine boat in the harboi of Qneenstown. Forty thousand men were locked out in Lod:;. a special c^ble dispatch stated. Japanese newspapers commented ir sympathetic terms ou th? death ol Grand Duke Sergius. Mr. Asnuith's resolution demanding immediate submission of the fiscal niinctlnn +<-> tho t-rttore r?? nrMf Rrif!iin 'I""1'"" ? .--w was defeated in the House of Com mons, the Government obtaining a majority of sixty-three. Mr. Theodore M. Davis, a special cable dispatch from Cairo stated, has discovered a royal tomb near Luxor, containing intact sarcophagi aud a beautifully preserved chariot. ? ' -v. Vr vIV- .. 'Lc "'t I I I .1 -J DUKE sens MUM -. . i-ftg Uncle of the Czar Assassinated by a Bomb in Moscow. . WAS DRIVING NEAR HIS PALACE AMMaint Occupied i Clofe I Carrlava ?' They Lay in Wait Vor TJi?Ir TlctlmDuke'a Coachmtn Killed an<} Carriage Blown to Places?Sketch efK*M??u'l Life?Recent Similar Occurence*. . I ' Moscow. Russia.?The Grand Dtike Sergias, an uncle of tile Caar, has 1>ee*i assassinated. The Grand Dnke drove out of the Kremlin by the Xlkoiski Grate, here,. after luncheon. When his carriage was about fiftv yards from the gate,. . two men in a sleigh drove rapidly alongside it and threw two bombs. ' The Grand Dul&? was blown to pieces, only his head and one foot re- " maining in the carriage. Two arrests were afterward made, but it is not known whether they were those of the men who threw the bombs. The news has created an enormous sensation. There is only one possible description of the effect on public opinion. The feeling is one of complete satisfaction everywhere outiide of bureaucratic circles. News of the kind ' has been awaited with a degree of expectancy almost amounting to eonfl- t dence for the past few days. Thero ' was even betting as to whether the Grand Duke Vladimir or the Grand Duke Sergias would be the first victim. , AMA A# ik a .MMM^AKAlia TYTftS VMC UL UUC uiu^uci^io nao uaua/ wounded by the explosion. " Several students have been arrested. % _' , St. Petersburg?The Slotfcow correspondent of the Standard says that ;. Sergius was assassinated at S o'clock in the afternoon near Saas Souci Par*, ace. in the outskirts of the city, ttf wbich piace. the correspondent says; hS bad retired on vacttiag.tlic post of Govertfor-General of Moscoif, Washington. I>. C.-^Oomt Casslnr, the Russian Ambassador, w'as informed of the event by the press dispatches When seen he expressed great regrel at the occurrence. Tli* Data u 4atoerat. The Grand Duke 8ergius was .air v uncle of the Czar.;: He was formerly Governor-Genera^ 0& Moscow. , ? Sergius was born * at Czarslcoe-Sele .;, on AirD' 29. J857.- He wa? married it 18$4 to the Priacess Elizabeth of Her v? Darmstadt. He was one of the lead* ??%. fJiA. Dtiaofon* *00/iKAnai** lllg O^/UllO Ut IUC UUOOWUv & party, and was credited with beioi the chief of the malign iufluencef which surrounded the Caar. forcing o?: the war with Japan and repressing ail the Czar's inclinations to grant tin Russian people a more'liberal form at government. . Kocfirt A?*j**fiin?t!oa?. tf . Th Jtfte of'last'y^ar a season of a? sassinalion opened for Russia. Amonj the crimes againrt, persons of high rank have been tbf* following: June 16?General. Bobrikoff, Gover nor?General of Finlcnd, -fatally shot a; Helsingfors by Eugene Schaomann, t Finn. !.+ ; July 17?Vice- G o ventor of the Gorernment of Elizabe tpol, assassinated a! Agdshakent. July 23?if. Plehre, Minister of th? Interior, killed in St, Petersburg by i bomb thrown by a young studea named SazonolT. auffuac ^?tiieun'iuj<fu^iu<ii ov^un , Iav3ky, chief administrator of a dis trict in the Caucasus, murdered a! Iirdir." '' , -i ? tfMgJy' November 5?General Tdierrffo, Got ernor of target for thre? rifle shots-fired from a; -troop train T^hey missed him,' but kiiliti a gew / ' dafme who, was'?pi}dlng'neurhim. Janniry X^-r^dixJiQTge oI case-shot fired ffoat a Isatitfinxjb&ttery at thi , Czar daring the .ceremony of blessinj the waters of the Neva. February 6?Soininen Shlsaloo, Pre*curator-General f Finland, shot and V, killed in his olL.e at Helsin< "ors bj Karl L. Hohenthal, a political fanatic ? \ JAY COOKE DIES. At One Time Greatest of Financiers ic J America*. J Philadelphia. Pa.?Jay Choke died alio o'clock at night at the home of hii daughter. Mrs. Charles D. Barney, at Ogontz, Pa. He was iit his 'eighty* fourth year. ?. 1 Jay Cooke was regarded at one tim* ns the createst fluancier in Americfc Of him Grant said in I860: "Without Jay Cooke's aid the money to finance- the Federal war loans couffj* not have been raised, and the rebellion might have succeeded."' Born in Sandusky, Ohio, in I821V of ancestors who came over in the May? flower. Jay Cooke was identified witfi Philadelphia since 1SS8. In 18if? hi was a member of the famous bankiuj house of E. W. Clarke & Ctf.Yof Philadelphia. and negotiated the Government loans for the Civil War. Later he established his own banking house and he founded the First National Bank of Washington, and th? First National Bank of Philadelphia/ Among many great enterprises he un dertook and began the building of the " Northern Pacific Railroad. Governor Horh Sign? Oil Governor Hoch. of Kansas, the bill providing for a State oil retio^Hj ^ * __________ > Kansas Banking Reports. ? The State Bank Commissioner of 1 Kansas reports deposit.? in Kansas I banks at $111,394,432. which exceed fl the previous hiirh record by $1,000,000. I For Mayor of Chicago. John M. Harlan, son of Justice Har Inn. w.is nominated for mayor of Chi- B cago, 111., 021 the Republican ticket. M Dieu at 105 Years. B Miss Rachel Mar tense, of Brooklyn. A x- \r :?-? inr.fli rofli* | -"I. J.., Uli*U III uci JW.'iii ' M From the 5*.wit of War. H ! Admiral Tosro hoisted liis flag on the K j Mikasu at Kui-e. 9? [ Marquis Ovarca reported skirmishes B ! In which M\n Russians were repulsed. . V Onwal B.?rnn Kaulbars has taken command of the secoud Manchurian S Reports from General Nop! ?show that Q T>^-* ?*ne foit'lv tt'oTI cnnnHo/1 I with ammunition. General Kuropatkin reported that,'M Itussiau scants bad surprised aud bay?? otieted fifty Japanese ou the A