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r v H . Domestic Train By Mrs. Coulter, of the girls need domestic 1 I Tcith new school methods I a* kome f?r such "work. I 0 H tion of responsibility and I practical training, but oui and business managers of Income, and the mother 9 ^?."l"JL7"JL ? into tills w< fLmmmmmtmJ entific preparation for it. development of woman, i flaring these foundation years, provisii Instruction which will not only make Rut fit her to meet the Increasing dema: Rationally, the first step is found in the Ipoduced into some of our schools. Fin; Jfche second step in considerable sums of Rnd in the earnest co-operation promised I"; The time is not far off when it will fEfce province of every good woman aggi that constitutes human well-being, on their way, in that they are now specially organized for reforms and am long been working apart for the lowerii Ion of unfit literature, the relief of wag practical training in the public schools, i A War, the Geog By Frank Munsey. EFORE these troubles in 11 Or Tw the country save as a pat * W ^ were cock-sure as to the s I that Venezuela means "Li; B invaders, after the Spanisl m E three centuries before Jam B R Even the Buccaneers : |B f B country. There is only < chronicle where he writes to take and pillage the eit.i Island of Curacoa, belonging to the Hoi The boy who studied geography in Comparatively romantic and unknown, v jrhiefly through color or name. Blue t Wcussarily delectable regions. No des {American Desert" then looked. There pwpieion-exclting country; and after th ^>ot Inhabited by demons equipped witl aonertheless have sworn to the truth of Wile, distant; a place of exile, the drea venturers. f Bagdad, Damascus, the Galapagos amy names to the schoolboy who del Icdowb his Arabian Nights and Washing )'- As the boy becomes man, names mi fragile, often imaginary localities. War ffo off some obscure fishing town; ar artiich had hitherto slept peacefully by < pnddenly world-famous. The name of 1 ?New York News. Manhood High< By Edwin Markham. t- ^ arc making remarka 9 R one thing is certain?-v jl 5 B until we make manlio< ? ^ V jj millionaire, with his c m \iSe G figure when measured unselfish teacher, or a fi ' *"* J We are naturally h should be. The thing 1 true heroes, not the st butting out their little hour upon a ' honoring the large-hearted servants of iMOnre TiDon a time a distinguished f Jtesired to meet a representative Americ a, |To the family of that worthy minister life and the sacred rights of the peoph 4eacher who is touching young souls i jpobleman was pointed by well-nigh all fibo had Inherited unearned millions, an Jot our American grit and generosity, ot fedlng, to say nothing of our art and 1c t-* Thomas Hughes said, long ago, that fn general from being helpless and vul *r~ Afvery to things about them, if they i Vices of the rich, if they are poor, f ,But, as he says, we may live simpl mm thoughts, paving our own way, ac I my be. We shall remain gentlemen i if we have to sweep a crossing for a gentlemen, in anything but the name, gre may be set to govern a kingdom. A Permissible Rec an By Hamilton W. Mable - ? T A XT tn a n miinh Q tTI 01 ^I L/Al ID UP UiUVU ?* & " H and the intelligent se 1 mdha I have never been sufflc S I Many people play 'M s M give no thought to recr ,B jy ^ u way because they lose jB ? E and play should never true in the higher for essential. For exainpi Spontaneity of play. The suggestion of t I believe in all amusements that fclvlllzad man can enjoy. Eut I do not excess. It is a mistake for a man to t? golf, or so to overdo with the wheel It seems difficult for the American bis play. Moderation in recreation is Everything should be done in reason. Again, that recreation is best wliic fend active life. The student, the man emphasis on out-of-door recreation. 1 l*ck riding and less Theatre than the BtautJV OUl CU uuurs. iv\n.t iu.iu ^ lilt terowd into it. The serious man meeds that is, provided he reads good series i Half of the mistakes of the refornii / teachers arise from their lack of perspei one field. All followers of earnest pu all ought to cultivate the sense and use A great many admirable people m: constantly at work and never at play. /fists is the man of all others who needs All wholesome, normal forms of r made legitimate. This is the first step dean. It is a signifieant fact that so many fterprises and leaders of gigantic intcre: Hons and make time for their recreation, activity is'destructive unless the strain play. The colossal workers of to-day :i pursue some form of recreation as er.i their work to completion. And it is not too much to say that the great organizers, the students, and necessity he great dev.otees cf some for ling For Girls. Utah Legislature. :raining at school because they have, I and the present social life, little time The young man who would fill a posipower fits himself for it by study and daughters, who are to be the builders the home, the disbursers of the family s of the coming generation, are pcrjrk without a question as to their sclIf we would not sacrifice the mental f the school and college claim the girl on should be made l?v the school for up for the lost opportunity at home, nd for skilled labor in this field. Edudepartracnt of manual training now innncially and practically, we have taken ' money pledged; in interest awakened, on every side. be considered seemly and will become essively to influence public opinion for Toward this the clubs are certainly co-operating with leagues and societies ellorative movements, while they have lg of the illiteracy record, the sui>prostc-earning women and children, a more ind the reign of nobler standards. rapher. Venezuela how many of us thought of ch of color on the map? IIow many pelling of Caracas? How many knew ttle Venice," or had read that the lirst i discoverer, were the Germans, about ics Monroe framed his famous maxim? ire not associated intimately with the one reference in Esquemeling's brave : "Hence they departed, with design t of Caracas, situated over against the landers." the sixties, when the earth was still ras interested in ianu, or sea, ox iuuu, >r purple countries on tlie map were ert is as sandy as the "Great North was Van DIeman's Land, a dismal, e boy had been persuaded that it was 1 horns and hoofs and tails, he would Hazlitt's description: "Barren, miseriry abode of savages, convicts and ad, Andalusia?what fascination in the ights in the smell of the wharves or ton Irving as a clerk his ledger! iy still wield their spell; but they arc breaks out; fleets meet and wage bati army surrenders near some hamlet lay as well as by night. The village is :he fishing town is written on banners. sr Them Money ble progress in wealth-gathering, yet ve shall reach no enduring greatness 3d stand higher than money. A mere ramped and sordid life, cuts a sorry by the side of n progressive editor, an distinguished inventor, ero-worshipers, and it is right that Ave important is that Ave should choose the uffed ones, not the pompous nothings "minted stage. Let us choose for our mankind. orcign nobleman visited our land, and an family. To whom was he pointed? of the Gospel who stands for a clean ;? To the family of that conscientious vith ideals and inspirations? No; the of us to the family of a Sir Croesus, id WilO was in no mse it rei?cscuiuiii6 ' our democratic simplicity and fellowstters. i we may not be able to hinder people tgar?from letting themselves fall into ire rich, or from aping the habits and e, manly lives, ourselves, speaking our id doing our own work, whatever that is long as we follow these rules, even livelihood. But we shall not remain if we depart from these rules, thdugh 7 ~ reations id Amusements i( Author and Critic. a's duty as work. Our taste for play lection of nroDer forms of recreation lently developed. too much and unintelligently, others cation and do their work in an inferior the freshness that play brings. "Work be separated; and this Is particularly ms of work, where play is absolutely le, in art there is a necessity for the toil instantly destroys the art quality, the rational, morally wholesome and believe In any kind of amusement in give up his work and devote his time as to strain the heart, to carry moderation into his work or as essential as moderation in work. h takes one further from his routine of sedeutary occupation ought to put le needs more tramping, more horseman whose vocation hikes him cou needs all the variety he can possibly to read novels, and go to the theatre; nd sees good plays. ?rs, the philanthropists and the ethic-al etive. Tliey are too much interested in rsuits especially need recreation. V.'e of liuuior properly to balance life, ike serious blunders because they are The man of narrow aiul intense interto look over the "wall, ecreation ought to be recognized and toward making recreation rational and of the great organizers of business ends at the present time take long vaca. They have discovered that tremendous i is ecr Mntly relieved by intervals of iliucst v. i liont exception are men who nesti. 1 methodically as thoy push the great inaucial men of the future, the ?> in the professions trill by '111 1 L I c iiOJl# ?* . .:3 -v . - > i > r'~* ^ . - v#- > pv * - PRESIDENT'S SPEECH Meets With Great Ovations at All ca?'? aiuppiug natca. ; A BIG SPEECH IN MILWAUKEE. , He Addresses the Wisconsin Legislature and Afterwards Spe:.ki to a Much Larger Audience. Milwaukee, Special. ? President Rcosevelt was the guest cf the Milwaukee Merchants' and Manufacturers' Association at a. banquet at the Plankington House Friday nirl.t, tho occasion being the climax cf the day. The President sat in the centre of a long table with other guests cl honor. At his immediate right, sat Lulled States Senator Queries, while E. A. Wadhams, president of the Milwaukee Merchants' and Manufacturers As.oeiation and tcastmascer cf the occasion was seated at his loft. After the banquet had been served, Teastmaeter Wadhams introduced President liocscvelt who responded to the toast "Tin President of the United States." The President took occasion to give hi: views on the subject of trusts. Mr. Roosevelt's speech in part follows : | Mr. Toastmastor. Gentlemen; ' T <-? cn.',-ii in vmm r?;i the ones ! tion of tbe control and regulation of I those great corporations which arc I popularly, although rather vagrel". known as trusts: dealing mostly '.villi what has actually been accompli : in the way cf legislation and i:i the way of enforcement cf !?g"'si!atio:i during the pant eighteen mouths, tie"' period covering the two sessions of the Fifty-seventh Congress. At the i outset I shall ask you to remember that I do not approach the subject i either from the standpoint cf those who speak cf themselves as anti-trust or anti-corporation people, nor yet from the standpoint of those who are fond cf denying the existence of evils in the trusts, or who apparently pro- | ceed upon the assumption tiiat if a corporation is large enough it can do wrong. DESTRUCTION' OF BIG CORPORATIONS NOT DESIRED. I think I speak for the great majority of the American people when I say that we are not in the least against wealth as such, whether individual or corporate: that we merely desire to see any abuse of corporate or combined wealth corrected and remedied; that we do not desire the abolition or destruction cf big corporations, but, o nthe contrary, recognize them as being in many cases efficient economic instruments, the results of an inevitable process of economic evolution, and only desire to see them regulated and controlled so far as may be necessary to subserve the public good. We should be false to the historic principles of our government if I we aiscriminaiea, eimer oy legism' tion or administration, either for or | against a man of either his wealth or j his poverty. There is no proper place In our society either for the rich man who uses tne power conferred by his riches to enable him to oppress and wrong his neighbors, nor yet for the j demagogic agitator who, instead of at: tacking abuses as all abuses should be attacked wherever found, attracks property, attacks prosperity, attacks men of wealth, as such, whether they be good or bad, attacks corporations whether they do well or ill, and seeks, in a spirit of ignorant rancor, to overthrow the very foundations upon which rest our national well-being. In consequence of the extraordinary industrial changes of the last halfcentury and notably of the last two or three decand^s, changes due mainly to the rapidity and complexity of our industrial growth, we are confronted with problems which in their present shape were unknown to our forefathers. Our great prosperity with its accompanying concentration of population and of wealth, its extreme specialization of faculties, and its development r> f einnt tnrliictrinl loarloro tiac brought much good and some evil, and it is a3 foolsh to ignore the good as wilfully to blind ourselves to the evil. REMEDIES FOR A PORTION OF THE EVIL. The eril has been partly in inevitable accompaniment of the social changes, and where this is the case it can be cured neither by law or by the administration of the law, the only remedy lying in the slow change of character and of economic environment. But for a portion of the evil, at least, we think that remedies can be found. We know well the danger of false remedies, and we are against all violent, radical and unwise change. But we believe that by proceeding slowly, yet resolutely, with good sense and moderation, and also with a firm determination not to be swerved from cur course either by foolish clamor or by any base or sinister influence, we can accomplish much for the betterment of conditions. FORMER SPEECHES RECALLED. Nearly two years ago, speaking at the State Fair in Minnesota. I said: "It is probably true that the large majority of the fortunes that now exist in this country have been amassed, not by injuring our people, but as an incident to the conferring cf great heneSts upon the community, and this, no matter what may have been the conscious purpose of these amassing them. There is hut the scantiest justification for most of the outcry against the men of wealth as such; and it ought to be unnecessary to state that any appeal which directly or indirectly leads to suspicion and hatred among ourselves, which tends to limit opportunity, and therefore to shut the door of success against poor men of talent, and, finally, which entails tie possibility of lawlessness and violence, Is an attack upon the fundamental properties of American citizenship. Our interests are at bottom common; in the long run we go up or go down together. Yet more and more it is evident that the State, and if necessary the nation, has got to possess the right of supervision and control as regards the great corporations which are its creatures; particularly as regards the great business combinations which derive a portion of their importance from the existence of some monopolistic tendency. The right should be exercised with caution and self-restraint; but it should exist, so f V> o f If mov Vvn If f d -rtaari arises." Last fall in speaking at Cincinnati 1 said: "The necessary supervision and control in v/hich I firmly believe as the cnlv method of eliminating the real cviis cf the trusts, must come through wisely and cautiously framed legislation, vhich shall aim in the first place to give definite control to some sovorcirn over the great corporations, and which 3hr.ll bo followed, when once this power nas boon conferred, by a system giving io the government ths full knowledge which is the essential lor satisfactory action. Then' when this knowledge?one of the esseniul features of which is proper publicity?h:i3 leer, gained, what further steps of any kind are necessary can he taken with the confidence born cf the possession of power to deal with the subject, and of a thorough knowledge of what should and can be done in the matter. We need aduitional power, and we need knowledge . . Such legislation?whether obtainable now or obtainable only 2fter a constitutional amendment?should provide for a reasonable supervision, the most promin a,, feature of which at first should If publicity; that is, the making public. <>oih to the government authorities and to the people at large, the es sci'.tlal fucts in which the public is conu-; red. This would give us exact l- r.doe of rncnv points which ere rev/ net cniy in doubt hut the subject ' !:( ( : ; ootiov. ?sy. Moreover, the : ..ere fact of the publication wo'.'id cu.e io:n? very grav- ev.ts. for the i /hi. of .'.ay is a deterrent to wrcukSL'iT AGAINST THi: FMDFRAL SALT COMPANY. In Ncvemtvr. 1 Sl'2, ihe Attorney pt ncrsi dir< etc.! that a ? i! 1 for ::n injur:: lion be I.led in the T ailed States Circuit Court at S.'.n r\ .ucic-co against the Federal ?a!t Company?a corporals n which had been organized under laws of an Eastern Slate, but had its main cilice aid princinai niacs of buainess in California?erti ugaiast a number of other companies and perrons constituting what was known as the sale trust. Those injunctions were to restrain the execution of certain contrasts between tlvc Federal Salt Company and the other defendants, by which the latter agreed neither to import, buy. or sell sail. except from and to the Federal Salt Company, and not to engage or assist in the production of salt west of the Mississippi river during the continuance of such contracts. As the result of these agreements the price of salt had been advanced about 400 per cent. A temporary injunction order was obtained, which the defendants asked the court to modify on the ground that the antitrust law had no application to contracts for purchases and sales within a State. The Circuit Court overruled this contention and sustained the government's position. This practically concluded the case, ana it is understood that in consequence the Federal Salt Company is about to bo dissolved and that no further contest will be made. A SUCCESSFUL EFFORT. The above is a brief outline of the most important steps, legislative and administrative, talcen during the past eighteen months in the direction of solivng, so far as at present it seems practicable by national legislation or administration to solve, what we call the trust problem. They represent a sum of very substantial achievement. They represent a successful effort to devise any apply real remedies; an ef fort which so far succeeded because it was made not only with resolute purpose and determination, but also in a spirit of common sense and justice, as far removed as possible from rancor, hysteria, and unworthy demagogic appeal. In the same spirit the laws will continue to be enforced. ICot only is the legislation recently enacted effective. but in my judgment it was impractiable to attempt more. Nothing of value is to be attempted from ceaseless agitation for radical and extreme legislation. The people may wisely, and with confidence, await the results which are reasonably to be expected from the impartial enforcement of the laws which have recently been placed upon the statute books. Legislation of a general and indiscriminate character would be sure to fail, either because it would involve all interests in a common ruin, or because it wouid not really reach any evil. We have endeavored to provide a discriminating adaptation of the remedy to the real mischief. ALLEGED REMEDIESTOO DRASTIC Many of the alleged remedies advocated are of the unpleasantly drastic type which seeks to destroy the disease by killing tne patient others are so obviously futile that It is somewhat difficult to treat them seriously or as being advanced in good faith. High among the latter I place the effort to reach the trust question by means of the tariff. You can, of course, put an end to the prosperity of the trusts by putting an end to the prosperity of the nation; but the price for such action seems high. The alternative is to do exactly what has been done during the life of the Congress which has just cxosed?that is. to endeavor, not to destroy corporations, but to regulate tbem with a view of doing away with whatever is of evil in them and of making them subserve the public us<\ The law is not to be administered in the interest of the poor man as such, nor yet in the interest of the rich man as such, but in the interest of the lawabiding man, rich or poor. We are no more against organizations of capital than against organizations of labor. We welcome both, demanding only that each shall do right and shall re member its duty to the republic. Such a course, we consider not merely a benefit to the poor man. We do no man an injustice when we require him to obey the law. On the contrary, if he is a man whose safety and well-being depend in a peculiar degree upon the existence of the spirit of law and order, we are rendering him the greatest service when we require him to be himself an exemplar of that spirit. Human Phonographs. Gossips are human phonographs. They repeat everything they hear. "T . I ^i. BANK CLERK1 SHORT. Vrill Be Prosecuted by the United States. HELD UNDER ARREST IN ATLANTA i | liallma:*, Sinir-, a Trusted Employe ol i tlie Ga<e C.tv National Bank, Charged Heavy Defalcations. Atlanta, Special.?G. Kallinan Sims, collection clerk for the Capital City National Bank. has b:er. plated under arrest by Uniic.l States Deputy Marshal Scott, upon a warrant sworn out by President Speer, cf the bank, charging Sims with embezzling a sum estimated at nearly 594,000. Sims is now held at the Piedmont Hotel by the deputy marshal. He refuses to talk about the affair. Ti e first suspicion cf a shortage in Sims' accounts arose Saturday. Expert accountants immediately began work on the looks and it was soon disclosed that large sums had been abstracted at various times, extending back several years. The warrant was then sworn out by the president of the bank. Sims bad been in the service of the bank for S years and was considered one cf their most trusted employes. He moved in exclusive circles of Atlanta society and was a young man cf fashicn. Prominent outside bankers have made a thorough examination of the bank's condition and have given out a signed statement that it is absolutely safe. A portion of the defalcation is covered by Sims' bond and he al?n mvnc s.-.-nin nrnnertv vvhtVi will be turned over to the bank. The directors state that the amount of the defalcation has already been charged to undivided profits. National Bank Examiner Descusseure also states that the bank is in no (finger. Sims, who has admitted his guilt, will be prosecuted by the United States government. Ke is unmarried and is the son of Thos. L. Sims, a prominent merchant of Kirkwocd, one of Atlanta's suburbs. Wabash Strike Over. St. Louis, - Special.?After four months of controversy between the employes of the Wabash road and the officials of that system, during which at one time a strike .was imminent and was prevented only by an injunction restraining th employes from vacating their posts, and which injunction was d t-rt d T17a/i n AO/i/t ? * KA /I I UiOOUMCU iaoi * T cuutouc.;, lUC UlUCi* enoes were finally adjusted and the controversy satisfactorily settled. Officials of the brotherhoods representing the employes declare the settlement is satisfactory and is a sweeping victory for organized labor. The Wabash officials declare that all differences with >the employes have been finally terminated in a satisfactory manner and that their future relations in all prooability will be most harmonious. The following are the . main points embraced in the settlement: Twelve per cent, increase for conductors, brakemen and baggage men in the passenger services and 15 per cent, for conductors and brakemen in the freight service over the rates which existed January 1, 1902, west of the Mississippi river. For the firemen, increases were granted on the Canadian lines in accordance with the Canada Southern /llxfielnn r\9 fHo Miolli' a Tl PpTltriil Oil the lines In the United States material increases and improvements in working conditions were granted the firemen. East of the Mississippi river the rates will be brought up to this standard when competing lines in the same territory shall grant similar increases. The yardmen received a substantial increase, varying in different localities. There is an entire revision of rules applying to all classes of train service. This was the main bone or contention and was granted in its entirety. To Discuss Heavy Subjects. Philadelphia, Special.?The seventh annual meeting of the Academy of Political and Social Science will be held In this city on Friday and Saturday, April 17 and 18. The general topic for discussion will be "The United States and Latin America," and men prominent in diplomatic circles, both in this country and in Latin America, will speak on the relations of the United States to South and Central America. "The policy of the United States in Conflicts Between Europe and I.?t!America,'' is one topic to be discu. and will result in consideration cl i. o Veneauelan question. ~~~ * In Hands of Receiver. Akron, 0., Special.?The plant of the Aultmau, Miller & Co., manufacturers of agricultural implements, was, late Saturday, placed in *he kanas of a receiver, on application or ."Ton. George B. Crouse. president of the company. He ana h. r. saciniosn, 01 uievinauu, were appointed receivers. The liabilities are placed at $1,800,000 with assets exceeding that' amount. Will (iet Increase. Denver, Special.?Subject to the approval of General Manager Harding, an agreement has been reached between Manager Edson, of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, and representatives of the Order of Railway Conductors and Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. The new schedule gives the passenger conductors and trainmen an approximate increase in wages of 12 per cent, and freight men an increase of 15 per cent. | LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS. \ Many Matters of General Interest U Short Paragraphs. vDown in Dixie. Apprehension Is felt for the fruit crop of North Georgia. Will Harris, the notorious bara turner and all around outlaw, of Charlotte, N. C., was captured in Norfolk, Va. A nephew of Senator Latimer, of South Carolina, shot and seriously wounded his teacher on April 1st Further argument was heard in the Southern Pacific Union Pacific case, at Nashville, Tean. Richmond (Va.) banks were the first to offer bonds for refund under Secretary Shaw's circular. ^ Dr. Uric, acting Surgeon General of the Navy, received a dispatch from the commander of the receiving ship Franklin at Norfolk, that the cases of diphtheria among the crew was well 1 in hand and there had been no neweases within the last 48 hours. It Is proposed to form cotton-mill' company at Stephcnville. Terras, and Upshur Vincent is interested. He isnow endeavoring to interest capital, and is also desirous of corresponding , v/ith manufacturers of cotton-mill machinery. The surviving soldiers who served under Gens. Taylor and Scott in Mesi-' co in lS-io and 1847, are invited t?? be present at the thirty-seventh national encampment of the- Grand Army of the Republic in San Francisco next August. The pension rolls show that 3,000 dwell on the Pactf.c coa3i. "Niej managers hope to attract af icast 400 : of them to the reunion, believing that" j it will be the last they will ever attend. At Tha National Capital. Associate Justice Alexander B. Hagnrr. of the District of Columbia Court, will retire May 31. The District Commissioners decidtrl to enforce an anti-expectoration regulation. William Johnson, a negro ex-polisemar., was held for the grand jury. .. charged with shooting at two policemen. . . The value of building operations ii> March was $<102,573. ? i*a At The North. Secretary Root made a speech oa.? tariff revision, before the Home Market Club, of Boston. Horses attached to a carriage containing Mrs. William McKinley rare away In Canton, Ohio, but no one was injured. Gould Interests have purchased an old Pennsylvania charter giving* sweeping privileges, which may boused. it is reported, to get the Wabash, into New York. The flood situation has changed little. Greenville, Miss., and Yazoo City " jj being partially under water. Onedeath is reported. The heavy registration for the municipal election in Cincinnati is said W> be favorable to the election of M. EIngalls, Democrat, for Mayor. A London dispatch says: "RefereePillsbury has decided the sixth game in the inter-university game chess match tn favor of England. This gives the match to the English players." James R. Keene was reported to * have called on Union Pacific striking shopmen to aid him in showing that that read controls the Southern Pacific. ' A verdict of not guilty was rendered in the case of Elmer Collins,, accused of wife murder at Georgetown, Del. A London dispatch says that it is. officially announced that King Edward and Queen Alexandria will visit Ireland in July, or August, of this year. A meeting of Jewish rabbis was held in New York to devise ways toraise the $500,000 wanted for the Isaac M. Wise memorial fund. Importations of leaf tobacco at NewYork are being closely watched to prevent loss to the Government on. duties. Reports that the control qf the Jiew York Central will pass to the Pennsylvania-Rockefeller-Morgan Interests cause much comment In Wall street. A landscape and cattle by Troyon was sold for $20,000 to W. H. Dunwoody, of Minneapolis, on the closing day of the Antelo art sale in Philadelphia. From Across The Sea, Macedonian insurgents continue hostile acts against Turkish troops. Scotchmen in London gave a demonstration of respect to the body of GenSir Hector MacDonald. The French Senate voted against theprinciple of a Government monopoly of" oil refining. Captain Coffin and 12 men, who will tnto nnrt in the Ziesler arctic expedi tion, arrived at Tromsoe, Norway. Another Canadian transcontinental? line, from Quebec to Pert Simpson, B. C., will be constructed. Democrats in Washington say thesuccess of the party in Iowa or Ohio> next^fall may produce a Presidential candidate for 1904. Minister Brown expects President Castro to decide this week whether he will syndicate the Venezuelan del^for send the disputes to The Hague. * ' It is said Robert B. Armstrong maybe appointed Assistant Secretary of the Treasury to succeed Milton EL Ailes, who is about to resign. Miscellaneous Hatters. Gen. Alejandro Wosy Gil is leading the Dominican rebels. J. P. Morgan is expected to sail for Europe early next month on his annual vacation. A papal consistory will be held at the end of April or the beginninr of May for the appointment of biaho; ?.