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I THE COUNTERSIGN. The guarded Camps of Nod are spread With snowy tents in stretching line. "Halt! Who goes t^tere?" the challen( rings, 'Advance and give the countersign!'* I And would he pass the sentry's cry. The friend must answer, "Luilabv." "1? When sinks the sun beneath the west, The Camp's of Nod to fill begin: All through the night, by twos and three Small, rosy soldiers straggle in. And each one gives, with olihking eye, The countersign of "Lullaby."' Ah. when inexorabie years Are heaped on us like drifted snow, Within the poppied Camps of Nod We weary grown-ups fain would go; But can't remember?vain to try? The countersign is "Lullaby." ?MeLandburg Wilson, in New Yoi Sun. j % ? S THE BiCHElOR UICLI IPy He!en Forrest Graves. M a-==& i |H!Jj RJUjl F course. Uncle Jennife 1=3 ILil never will marry," said hi jl three nieces. Now there was no foui Ijpl [?3| dation for this ratlu sweeping assertion, except that "th .wish is father to the thought." Squire John Jennifer was a halt liandsome man of forty, with merr; brown eyes, teeth as sound and whit ?8 the inside of a Brazil nut. and a lonj silky beard, but then Squire Jennift iwas "worth money," as the sayin goes, and should he marry the thre Misses Jenifer would cease to be "th Jadies" of the substantial old red brie Eiouse. "Of course I never shall marry," Ui c l? Jenniter mmseir iihu saiu, auu u really believed it. Had he not outgrown the age c hearts and darts, billetdoux and sent mental valentine verses? A man o forty is supposed to have outlived th tender passion, as he has outgrow: scarlet fever, mumps, measles an .whooping cough. Besides. Sarah E dredge, his first sweetheart, had mai ried a stout old sea captain, and gon to Boston to live, and the squire natui ally imagined that that finished th chapter of love experience for him. So when Miss Juliet 'Packenhar came to the honeysuckle embowere cottage next door to live with he mother, her poodle and her aquariun the three Misses Jennifer?Kate, Bell and Sallie?made much of the newcon er, for she was neither very prettj (very young, nor very brilliant, an everybody kDows what a "darling such a one as this Is among her ow sex. 'She plays tennis delightfully," ai Rerted Kate. "She has taught me such a deliciou new stitch in crochet," added Isabelh x ;Who wft addicted to the elegant wast of time that women call "fancy work. & "I have never tasted such cake a f she makes." said Sallie, who was th liousewife of the establishment. And the Misses Jennifer invited Ji liet into their domain with an extravi gance of hospitality that was very a< ceptable to the widow's meek-eye< soft-voiced daughter. "They are very nice young ladies, said Mrs. Packenham, who had seen good deal of trouble, and whose "win of life" bad been well intermingle [with gall. "Oh, they are charming.'" said littl Juliet, enthusiastically. 4 "And the squire, their uncle, seem a very pleasant gentleman." added th ~1/1 1 ~ rJ viu mut. "Yes, mamma, very," assented Mis Juliet. "And very well preserved for fift years old." said Mrs. Packenham. "Oh, mamma, he can't be that'." sai Juliet, earnestly. "How old would you take him to bi then?" "He can't possibly be more than thii ty-five," said Juliet reflectively, ba ancing her thimble first on one finsjei then on another. $ "Nonsense!" said Mrs. Packenhan and she took snuff. "Juliet, you're goose!" Juliet was accustomed to these littl polite speeches on the part of her lad mamma, and made no response. Bi she clung to her own opinions on th subject of the squire's age, neverth< less. And she thought to herself that sh never had known a summer to pass s swiftly as did this special season, ij "Belle," said Kate Jennifer one ev< Tting, as she came rather abruptly int the room where her sister was praeti< iug a difficult sonata on the plane 4,come to the window, quick!" "What for?" said 'Belle, obeying th summons. "Who is that by the hedge of labui nums, talking with Uncle Jennifer?" "Where? I don't see any one." "Just beyond the lilacs, stupid!" crie Kate, forgetting politeness in her eage haste. "There?don't you see?" "I see nothing hut the big whitt spired bush all in bloom." !j "Oh. you silly!" said Kate, with a impatient jerk of the head. "It's Ji iiet Packenham!" "Juliet Packenham!" "Yes: don't you see?" "Well, and suppose it is." said Bell< after a moment or two of perplexed s lence. "Suppose it is?" mimicked Kate, fail ly driven beyond the bounds of pi tience. "Belle, Belle, one would thin you were a born ninny to hear yo talk! Do you want to be turned out o this house? Do you want a mistres to be set up over our heads? A Mrs Jennifer, who " "What nonsense you do taik. Kate! said Isabelle. "The idea of Julie Packenham captivating Uncle Jenn for Whv she's n> homelv as n lied" fence:" "Some people might call her prett; in a sort of a way." "And she's thirty-three if she's day, and old men like Uncle Jennifer ?the fair Tsabelle. it must be remen bered, was but eighteen, and viewe other people's ages accordingly?"ar always crazy after young girls." Kate was a little staggered in he faith for the moment. "'But I have thought of late that Ur crrxrxA A ^ 1 /xf f Irv, IV.JV ociiiiuri opcriiL a ^vvu utiu vt. iuu over at the cottage." * "Oh, that is only because the newstone wall is being built on the division line, and Uncle Jennifer always was je very particular about such things, you know." "Well, it may be so." said Kate, du biously, "but 1 confess 1 nave my doubts. I only hope you arc right." "Right! Of course I am." said Isnbelle. sitting down again to her prac' ticing. Sallie, the housekeeper, came in at that moment in great glee. "Juliet Packenham is going to make some of that delicious fruit cake for me to-morrow," she said, "so that we can have it for tea. and then she will give me the recipe. Isn't that nice?" k "Miss Packenham is very obliging." said Kate, dryly. _ "To be sure she is." said unconscious Sallie. "Cousin Harry Hartley was coming to tea. and I hadn't anything but ginger snaps, and ginger snaps are r so common." "Of course you asked Juliet to come over, too, and help eat her cake?" , "Why. yes," admitted Sallie: "I couldn't do any less than that, and I thought we girls would all be glad to see her." ] 5 "We girls?yes." said Kate. * "And uncle says she is a quiet, harmless thing." added Sallie. apolegtically, g for some instinct taught her that Kate was not quite satisfied with what she j ; _ I had done, "and as for Harry Hartley, j ir he never sees her any more than if she | , ' wasn't in the room." ^ "Girls! girls!" quoth Uncle Jennifer, 1 stalking into the rootn next day, , '* "where have those gold spectacles of , " mine gone to? They hadn't legs. and. , T of course, they can't have run away. . *' I must have my spectacles." [ , "But. uncle," said Sallie, piteously, j "we've looked everywhere." ( ' "They can't be in any place about the , . house," said Kate. , "No, they can't." added Belie. ] ^ "It's very strange!" said Uncle Jen- < nifer, "but you girls are so careless!" | "We didn't lose the spectacles, un- ( ^ cle," said Sallie, excitedly. I . "I never can find anything!" said Un- { f cle Jennifer, in a resigned tone, "after ! < e one of your grand cleaning-up days. I | | dare say my spectacles are in the dust- j i Kin cAmfttrhorA n J j I "No, they're not. uncle." said tnat- J . ter-of-fact Isabel le, "for I've looked j ' there." "It's very strange!" said Uncle Jene nifer again, and he kept saying it until his three nieces were driven well ; nigh crazy. "I wouldn't have taken j ^ $20 for those double-cod vex lenses; : ' they suited my eyes exactly. ' "I dare say they'll turn up someg where, sir," said Mr. Hartley, encouragingly. "I dare say they won't!" said Uncle ^ Jennifer, sharply. x ?? He was in no frame of mind to ren ceive consolation from any one. The hour for tea arrived, and with it Juliet Paekenham in a simple blue muslin dress, made and trimmed by s Jierself, her brown hair brushed back , from her temples and coiled after a < "g Quakerish fashion at the back of her i Krw*/l A o eiihcfftnfSol trvlron nf h**r 1 s good works appeared in the centre of l e the table in the shape of a huge loaf of ; fruit cake iced over with imitations of ' fruits and flowers. i t. "I hope it will be good." said Juliet, I timidly. ''Nobody has touched it but ! \ myself, and I spent the whole forenoon i in mixing it up." < > "Oh. it's sure to be good." said cheer- I a ful minded Sallie. "Here. Harry is e the silver cake knife?you shall cut it." < ,j "Is there a gold wedding ring in it?" 1 demanded Harry Hartley, flourishing I e the silver cake knife presented to him t by his cousin. j ' s "Nonsense!" cried Belle, and Juliet : ' p Packenham blushed violently. ! f Mr. Hartley plunged the knife valor- 1 IS ously into the tempting looking cake. ! ? Suddenly he checked his hand. I < - 1 "Tf thprp isn't a weddinir rincr here I 1 there is something equally hard," he ' q said, dubiously. ''Hello! a pair of gold * spectacles, baked in the cake, as I 1 a live!" And from the crumbling recesses of ' r. the cake he drew forth a pair of dou- 1 1. ble-convex glasses, set in gold. 1 r "Why, Uncle Jennifer, they are yours!" cried Sallie, jumping up and I t clapping her hands. "And how came ! j J they in Juliet's cake?" Juliet's face grew scarlet, but it was ! [e as nothing to the flush that mounted to 1 y\ the temples of Squire Jennifer. Sallie . ,*t stared. Kate tossed her head, and ; e glanced across the table at Belle. And j. then the squire took up his spectacles. and cleared his throat as if by an efe ort0 "The glasses have told the story plainer than I could, girls." he said. x. "I may as well own tip at once that 0 Juliet and I are engaged, and we mean to be married in the spring." j Thus it was that fate settled the business of matrimony for Uncle Jen e niter, to tne aismay or tue tnree nieces who were so certain that "he never would marry."?New York Weekly. Laughter and Worldly Success. (1 "Speaking of laugHter. I have often r wondered if the laughing man and the laughing woman really get along better in the world than the man and woman who do not laugh, or if they laugh nt n all merely grin at some amusing thing," said the observant man. "I do not j know, I am sure. Of course you will And that men and women of both types probably in your own acquaintance have been able to get along fairly well l" in the world. Laughter is no doubt good capital in a great many instances. it is equally irue mui'tur yrisii met*, l" the sour look. I say. has often k proved a valuable asset. The which 11 would seem to indicate that there is a time to laugh and a -time not to laugh.'' s ?New Orleans Times-Democrat. Economy and Electric Stove*. " There is a growing use of electric t stoves and other devices of a similar i- character, which is not surprising if e one remembers that, in addition to the convenience of an electric stove, it is y economical, due to its method of use. It costs only one cent to run a chafing a dish or a tea kettle for fifteen minutes. " A broiler suitable for a family of five i- persons will broil a steak in about five rl minni-As n r fi ^ost of onlv about one e and one-half cents. A heating pan costs three-quarters of a cent every r hour of its use. Doubtless if the cheap ness of this elegant method of cooking i- and heating becomes more generally i: e recognized Its use will increase more e rapidly.-Electrical Review. 5 . j* . w , / I THE RUSSIAN ICE-BREAKER "t ING HER WAY THROUGH ICE BIG ICE BREAKERS. Modern Vessels Overcome Any Ice Reclstunce. HE large modern ice break___ jj ers depend for their efflO I O ciency upon their ability to Jfc ride UP out? the ice and TfOJr break down the edge of the sheet by sheer -weight, thus "biting" their way through the sheet Such action requires that the hull shall be constructed with the greatest possible stiffness, the vessel being subjected stresses which would break an ordinary ship in two. With this great strength there must be ample power, the combiuation of the two being needed to oppose the heavy resistance. Vessels of tliis kind are now in active service in Copenhagen, Kiel, Riga, Stockholm, Amsterdam and other ports, besides many small boats used as post aoats and pilot boats in the Baltic, the Gferman coast and the Black Sea. A typical example of the boats used in jeneral service is found in the Sampo, >perating in the port of Hango, in Finand. This vessel, which was built on :h^ Tyne, has a propeller at each end. :he bow engine having 1200 horse pow?r and the stern engine 1350 horse lower. She is 202 feet long and 2000 tons displacement, with a full draught >f eighteen feet. This float breaks :hrough field ice twelve to sixteen nches thick at a speed of eight knots, ind she can work through drift ice iight to ten feet thick at a rate of two :o three knots, also breakinc down arger pack& without much trouble. The greatest of modern ice breakers s the Ermack, built originally for use n the Baltic, but also occasionally em>loyed elsewhere. This vessel is 335 'eet long, seventy-one feet beam and JOOO tons displacement, with a Iraught of twenty-two feet. She vas originally fitted with a bow propeller as well as the twin screws at the stern, this propeller, svith its independent engine, being intended to aid in breaking up the ice. The bow propeller was found useful for one year old ice. but became choked ind useless in polar field ice and hence was removed before the vessel was sent to the Arctic. In solid ice two feet thick, with six to twelve inchcs of >uow on top of it, the Ermack can make a speed of nine knots, while she ;an charge and demolish packs of ice :wenty to thirty-five feet in thickness. Especial interest attaches at the present time to the ice breakers on Lake Baikal, in Siberia, these forming a portion of the system of the Trans-Sibe- . ian Railway. The Baikal, which is :he powerful ice breaker for this servce, is 292 feet long and 4i'00 tons displacement, and is fitted with three inetf of rails for the locomotives and :ars forming the train, there being also i promenade deck for the use of the passengers during the crossing. The ield ice on Lake Baikal forms thirtyiix inches thick, and also forms heavy >acks, but the ice. breakers have been 'ound successful in carrying the reguar passenger trains and the mails icross throughout the winter.?Engi- 1 leering Magazine. uiiu LUVJ luuiau i3iai:u3 nore emery than auy other country on ;he globe. theTivdroscopie i? * fe grog !0M ^Av5ft;&&J^'*^2v*t?^k^T? &*&&****** "'' ^fe^th life ApwM? p^ At the bottom are the lenses arranged eg arms keep the lenses from-da mage rally the hydroscope will be used in the lives plenty of illumination. ;rmack." capable of foro i twexty-five feet thick. The Secretary Bird. The secretary bird is a South AfricaD species, though it is found as rar north as Abyssinia. It builds its huge nest 01 stious ill low ousiies or uuigieu. uuderbrush. While sitting the female secretary is fed by her mate. The young mature in strength very slowly, seldom leaving the nest till six month* old. The secretary bird differs from the other members of the hawk tribe in its exceedingly long legs. It is a bird o 1 prey, feeding on insects, small animals and reptiles, snakes being its favorite food. These reptiles ate ofben of the most venomoup kind; but of them the secretary feels no fear, atf* k THE SBCBETABY BIBD. tacking them with its great and powerful wings and beating them to helplessness, after which it swallows the victims whole and headforemost Owing to its value as a snake-eater, the secretary was carried in great numbers to Martinique to help destroy the poisonous snakes that overrun that island. Typical Baff Wyandotte Male* ^ " ' " Italy imports every year nearly 5;[XK).,000 tons of coal, almost exclusively from the United Kingdom. Silver and gold are not the only coin; rhtufi, too, passes current all over the world.? Euripides. i IN THE WATER. ,*Sc?:S.->''r&i<y i'A~Si-:^--'"4^: plliilipll round the steel tube. Steel protectT nAlWcriAn nrifh mnlra nr cnnra Don f LUUlOIUll H ILU iV^UO V4 \'V? daytime when the ordinary sunlight / TEXAS TRUST LI Mlf l llni-frvrJ Q 11 rt Pnurf llr. vjmiwu uiatco uup, onio uuuii u |j~ holds State Judiciary. / COTTON OIL rvlONOFOLY HIT' Tovrpr to T:i* Bntf Tru?t Also Confirmed ? Loji^: Ftjht of "Lone Star" Corporations lCn<ls?.Timt'ce Meltenna Knnds ^ Down ths Decision?Chatters of Two ^ Companled Forfeited. k Washington, D. C.?Two cases of great importance were decided by the United States Supreme Court, and one of them, confirming the validity of the Texas Anti-Trust law. puts it immediately within the power of that State I to regulate every monopoly doing busi- ^ ness there, and make all obey the law y tne same as any niuiriauai. o The Texas Anti-Trust law is the i most sweeping in the country, and f many lawyers have held that the Su- \ preme Court would never affirm its \ validity. This, however, it did. and by its decision declared forfeited the char- a tors of the National Cotton Oil Com- \ pany and the Southern Cotton Oil Com- \ pany. 1 Thes;e two corporations ignored the ^ Texas law and repeatedly violated its q provisions for the purpose of making a t test ease. The Texas Supreme Court t found the National Cotton Oil Company guilty and declared that it had for- t feited its right to do business in the c State. t The case immediately was taken on t appeal to the United States Supreme 3 Court, the oil company holding that the 1 Texas Anti-Trust law was plainly un- t constitutional and violated the right 1 of contract. The final court, Justice t McKenna writing the opinion, holds t that the law is valid: ihat the corpora- j Haru ti'oi'q nuilfr oml fliof flia f of the Texas court forfeiting their t charters mast be upheld. e The State charged that on the 1st of November, 1!X)1, the oil companies 1 named entered into a combination with e each other and with various other g firms, and as a result of that arrange- p ment "became parties to a trust and t agreement whereby they agreed to fix 1 the price at which they would buy cot- g tonseed and whereby rhey would regu- r late and fix the price of cottonseed." o In general terms the State of Texas o contended, that, in making siich an s agreement, they bad violated the State o Anti-Trust Jaw, and had forfeited their 1 permit to transact business. b The plaintiffs in error alleged insuf- k ficlency in law, and that the law was n unconstitutional and discriminatory. n The Supreme Court thus has held t that the State had the right to pass the law and that it had the right to inter- b pret it and apply the penalties. ^ Tli rv en/iAti/1 r\nat\ fhfl /v^nch' T JLUC ociwuu taoc uuiiiucu iuc wuoir x tutionality of the Georgia law imposing t a tax of $200 on the agents of packing h houses in each county of the State. 1 The test suits were brought by the At- b ianta agent of Nelson, Morris & Co.; h of Chicago, 111., who held that his corporation was doing an interstate busi- n ness and the Sta?te tax could not be K imposed. .1 The Georgia court decided that in tl cases in which meats were consigned s to an agent to be distributed to pur- is chasers the law could not be sustained, E because it would be aii interefence with n interstate commerce, but that cases in ii which they are shipped to him for sale it is valid, and the agent is liable for 0 tax. The opinion, delivered by Justice ? McKenna. concurred with the view of n the Georgia court. t: It was acknowledged, said the Su- d preme Court's opinion, that the greater e pari of the business of packing-house tl agents was in delivering meats pre- s viously ordered, which was clearly in- a terstate commerce. But it was equally ti clear that they carried on domestic h business, such as selling of meats, si In line of previous decisions, it made t< no difference how smail a part the dor u mestic business was compared with ti)6 h interstate business, of even if it were u merely incidental, it made the agent h subject to the whole tax. As to the fi conteutions of? the appellant that it de- h nied him the equal protection of the o law, being a tax only on corporations outside of the State, the opinion said C tnat while the Court might suspect that z was the effect of the law, yet it did n not show on the face of the act, .* ft 11 ~ , - o MISSOURI HITS BEEF TRUST. d ^ b a House Passes Bill Regulating Stock p Yards Charges by Railroads. Jefferson City, Mo. ? The House passed the bill regulating stock yards charges by railroads, and also the C switching charges for cars already in the yards. The legislation is the result of an investigation by a joint committee into al- ^ loged discrimination by the railroads * in -favor of the so-called Beef Trust ^ against the shipper to independent " packers. ti CI w KANSAS AFTER TWO TRUSTS. tl ol Cj Binding Twine and Insurance Combinations Under Searchlight. a Topeka.-Thp House passed a resolu- ? tion providing for an investigation of " riie binding twine combination, and P' the Senate decided'to look into the n' workings of tlie insurance companies doing business in tills State. It is alleged that the companies have made a combination in violation of the a; State and Trust law. ci To Investigate Ghurcli Pisaster. The work of investigating the disaster at the Fleet Street African Medio- t dist Episcopal Church, of Brooklyn, n N. 1'.. was begun by Coroner Flaherty, Borough President Littleton, of Brook- c] lyn, and tlra Buildiugs Department. tl Colombia Resumes Friendship. Word was received. in Washington. r? r* fli.if (Vtlimi I ;inil innnintiwl ?i n Minister to the United States, and tc would resume relations with this coun- ,]< try, brokeu by the Panama secession. ^ New German Cathedral. Berlin's new calhoilrnl was dedicated with srent ceremony in the presence of the Emperor and court and Ameri- g. can and other dt'lce.ates. 1c England Will Not Intervene. The House of Commons voted down an amendment to force the British tv Government to intervene in Mace- g, doniau a flairs. y Trolley Strike at Calinuet. Trolley employes at Calume-f, Micli., crippled the system by going on strike, p w '.W fEACHER SHOT IN STREET! 5oliceman Daniel Herman of Chicago, Kills Mary Catherine MulveiL Ifter lleijig Hounie<t For Tmw Yoanc j Iicirea* Meet* Trapic End?Officer Commit* Suicide. Chicago, III.?Baffled in lii.s'long jsuit o win an heiress Daniel Herman, a )olicenian, killed the girl. Miss Mary Catherine Muveil; in front of Harlow I-Iiginbotluim'ij mansion in the Michgan boulevard. He sbot^ tbe young voman in full view of scoi*es of perions passing along tbe avenue, and ;be sat A to tbe sidewalk with a single cream. dying almost instantly. Hie listol flashes followed so close upon ingry words that passed between tbe wo and the murderer fled so quickly ifter committing tbe crime tbat none f the onlookers recovered from amazenent in time to block his flight. He mt an end to his own life a few hours f fnr flirt mnr/lor hv chrtnflnrr hlmQOlf hrough the head with the same veapon, in a lodcrinsr house. Mrs. John B. Murphy was whirling ilong the boulevard in her carriage vhen Miss Mulveil was killed, and she vas the nearest witness. She fell imply against the back of her seat vhen the first shot rang out, but luickly recovered her self-control and ried to spring out of the vehicle in ime to save the girl apparently. Herman had his victim's arm in a >rutal grasp, and it would have been nit of the question for a powerful man o prevent the crime even if he had >een within ten feet of. the policeman. Irs. Murphy, however, jumped from ler carriage fo the road, and running o the sidewalk on which the dead gir! ay, lifted Miss Mulveil's head, meauime crying fo her coachman to follow he murdewr. Soon as she realized the oung woman was dead, Mrs. Murphy ricd to have an organized pursuit of he fugitive begun, but already Ker an was beyond view of the crowd. The body was taken to the Mulveil lome and detectives were put on' their omrade'?3 track. All the murdered ;irl's relatives were prostrated temiorar,iIy by the news. They hastened o the house as soon as they recovered. fnVi aaI frit* To n*/%KA f1*??nn?n Jnf/> l iic oiuwvsi 51110 \sl c utunu juiv :loom when word of the murder was eceived. Miss Mulvell, though not n the staff of regular instructors, was oe of the most popular teachers ip the chool. She was twenty-three years Id, and a graduate of the institution. ?wo or three of the paid teachers bad ieen classmates of her. She was nown to hundreds of present and foraer pupils of St. James' and to as lany more of the other members of he parish. Herman fired three tim?s. The first ullet, so far as could be judged, went rild. Only two wounds were found, 'he second bullet, it is supposed, was he one that struck the girl's right and. tearing off one of the fingers? 'he third bullet pierced JIlss Mulveil's rain, and then it was she collapsed a a heap on the pavement. Dozens of detectives and other policelen were sent.out to capture Herman, roue of them obtained a trace of him, ad the first news of the murderer after tie killing of the girl was that of his uicide in a lodging house to which it ; supposed he fled from the boulevard, [e sent a bullet through his head, and ledical men said, undoubtedly died nmediately. The murdered heiress was a daughter/ f John Mulveil, who left a fortune, of 150,000 several years ago. She was a iece of Williaiu Mulveil, whose eslte 1vas estimated at J70-.000 at his eath last year. Miss Mulveil was an xecutrix of both estates, as well as tie principal heiress. Herman knew he had a comfortable fortune, and Itliough she was an exceptionally atractive young woman, it is believed is infa.tuation for her was not ineparablo from appreciation of her majrial advantages. At any rate, "his nwelcome attentions increased when er wealth was augmented by her ncle's death, and iu the last year of er life he made life almost unbearable Dr her intimates assert. He first saw er when she was serving as organist f St. James' Church. Herman was known to thousands of !hicagoans. He apparently was a ealous policeman, and his superiors lust have been pleased with his work, or when Present McKinlev last vis :ed this city Herman was selected ag^ ne of bis bo'lygo.ari H? n?xt. was etailed to dots^tive duty, J^ut he had een on furlough for the past year, nd had devoted most of his time to ursuing Miss Mulveil. FOUR -SENATORS EXPELLED. alifonila Legislators Were Accused ' of Receiving Eribes. Sacramento, Cal.?Senators E. J. Eraions. Harry Buukers. Eii Wright and 'rank French were expelled from the enate for the alleged receiving of ribes to aid building and loan associaons. The report of the Investigating immittee. recommending expulsion, -as read in full, and was adopted by ilrty-five affirmative votes. The ther live vote* of the Senate were not ist. Senator Eli Wright received perlission to have his couusel make a nal plea in his behalf, and just before le roll was called Ire made a vigorous lea for himself, declaring that he had ot been given a fair hearing. TV. "Rovisp. \*pw York f:ifv TflTPS. Mayor McClellan, of New York City, ppointed a commission to revise tiie ity tax system. Russians Lose Heavily. Japanese reports of the action near sinkhetchen show tliat General Iienenkampf sirstaiual a severe defeat, sing about 20iM? men and several matiiue guns. High praise is given to ie work- of General Kuroki's infantry. Nightmare Causes Death. Suffering from nightmare. Dr. Frank . Rouillard, from some Pennsylvania >\vn, jumped from a three-story wlnmv at Manchester, N. H., and was tiled. Fever Ship at 'Frisco. Tho cruiser Boston, on which there as yellow fovyr ut Panama, reachcd mi Francisco, Cal., with two convascents aboard. Murdered Hi.s Wife. For the murder of his wife, last June. saac Ea?lft has been found guilty o? rst degree murder at Sault Ste. Marie, iich. Riots in Poland. Riots haye been reported from fifty oUsh villfixrss. -*1 / ill SHELLS ON lira tart^noco finnc Da rinmixrf* in- IVfaru VIUIIW VW WUIIIU^V III chirria Behind Russian Lines. THE STRIKE.SITUATION WORSE . Workers in All Trades Throughout theEntire Empire Are- Rising?Rig* InUnprotected State?Policemen Guarded l)j Regular Soldiers?Iron Worker* to Return. St. Petersburg, Russia.?An action of no mean proportions was reported ir* t progress on the Russian left flank. The advantage seemed to be on the side of the Japanese, though at heavy; cost. From advices from the front it is difficult to say how severe the losses have been or how decisive the reverse, and whether the Japanese are likely to attempt to drive in the Russian left muWi further. ' General Kuropatkin evidently ha* been trying to? establish his left -flank . far in advance to command the crossings of the Taitse River, the operation being a counterpart of General Gripenberg's movement on the right flank to secure the fords of the Hun River preparatory to the breaking up ot the ice in the spring. The scene of tho operations Is fifty miles southeast of Mukden, beyond Ta Pass, an important defile commanding the road to Fushun.. Both armies occupying apparently Impregnable positions. on the centre General KuroDat kin evidently plarmed to inauguratewidely sweeping operations on both. . flanks, but the Japanese countered hard. /,*.. ' " Dispatches from the front Indicatethat the weather is fine and fayorable for operations, and that all is quiet on the Russian right wing. According,/to a Vladivostok dispatch to the Associated Press, the entrance to that harbor is open, and the sqtiadron. which is seaworthy, is apparently taking no risks, bat is saving it? ^ strength for co-operation with ViceAdmiral Rojestvensky's squadron. Newchwang, via Tientsin; ? According to a person who has just returned here from the front the Japanese'are shelling Mukden with eleven-inbh mo tars. The bombardment, which itae recently begun, is reported to have caused great damage far behind the , Russian lines. Strikes oa the Increase. ' ' ? St. Petersburg. ? Evidences are.Increasing that the strikes throughout the empire,' and especially those in ,St. Petersburg, are not economic in their origin, but inspired by a definite pollfci- ' cal plan. The Government and employers are embarrassed by the tactic* of the workmen, whose discontent i? being fed and who are increasing thetc demands with each new concession. This condition is believed to ,h$.ve heen fomented bv craftv Dolltlcal a?l tators who are stirring up the men and at the same time holding them in leash, apparently waiting Some signal for '? concerted action. Feafyis entertained that this widespead agitation may bo connected with a plag to?waita possible peasant outbreak in the spring, with which a general strike will bo synchronized, the workmen joining ' hands with the peasants. \ The election ?f labor representatives to the imperial commission which is id-i. vestigatiug the causes of discontent ia St. Petersburg passed off quietly. The situation in Riga is again reported to be serious. The authorities there are apparently unable to cope with ttye lawless elements.. In the Caucasus the situation is extremely bad, practically amounting to civil war. In Baku the inhabitant*/ barricaded in their houses, are petl- ) tioning the central authorities in St. Petersburg for relief from the existing condition of affairs. The Government! is sending reinforcements of troopsj due wone tnese may ue auie xo sioy? the reign of terror tliey will be impo-j tent to start the wheels of industry. ' Proprietors fear that the oil wellsd will be utterly ruined if pumping isj suspended much longer. Conditious 1^ other towns in the Caucasus are eqyaJr ly desperate. . ' The industrial position shows no sigt* oMiaprovement. On the contrary, it threatens to become worse. It stated that one-third of the railways of Euro. , pean Russia are idle. The Govern-f ' ment has Issued a decree placing all the railways, except those in Central Asia, under martial, law. Quitting work under martial law is punishablai 1 Ly three months' imprisonment , J " . . Li! , -5 1 X Policemen Are O srded. Warsaw.?Every pollc jnan cn duty here is accompanied by a soldier. .Tha authorities, fearing a strike by thu police, adopted,this precaution so that it an omcer snouiu leave 111s pose is would not be unprotected. The measure was fvrther intended to guard policemen fron possible attack by strikers: The police demand $12.50 a month, (he same scale that is paid in St. Petersburg. T^e pay here is $6 a nontb. The private coachmen and livery stablemen liero struck. The strike of ctreet railway employes continues. Some 15,000 strikers from the bi? iron mills will return to work, all their demands having been granted. Thest* Include a nine-hour day instead of tea and one-half hours, and an increase in wages of from five to twenty-five per cent. i TURKISH TROOPS MUTINY. I r>?-vrr>nil Thflfr Tlvov Sonf Pof>*. Their Homes From Suez. Constantinople.?A battalion of 9H0 Turkish troops while on the way to reinforce the garrison of Yemen, Arabia, mutinied on board the Greek steamer Epiros. seized and imprisoned their officers and compelled the commander of the Epiros to put back to ttuoz. The routineers demand that th:y be sent back to their homos. People Talked About. Mne. Patti sang at a concert, la St. Petersburg for the benefit of the Russian wounded. Jack London, the novelist, has t ?n nominated for Mayor by the Socialists of Oakland, Cal. * l'urceil i'owless. a fiill-blootled Oneida Indian, grandson of a former chief > of the tribe, is i motor man in St. Louis, 1 Mo. " The trousseau of the future Crown. Princess of Germany will include au evening dress from every European capital. . i