Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, January 28, 1899, Page 6

The Aevald--Review.| THE NEWS RESUME by E. Kiley. MINNESOTA. GRAND RAPIDS - It is not work that kills men; it is worry, The poor man who raffles for a tur- key is apt to go hungry. Virtue, though clothed in a beggar’s garb, commands respect. Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue. Second love is bliss, but it’s only for the sixtieth part of a minute. When laziness files out at the win- dow coal falls into the cellar. Buying liquor at retail and using it wholesale has ruined many a man, Love makes a man think of dia- monds and marriage makes him think of clubs, It isn’t holiday charity to give away what you don’t want yourself, but it’s economy, One touch of a poor relation is apt to make the rich man think the whole world kin, In the matromonial game the man who weds an heiress expects to be check-mated, A writer says speech was given man to conceal] his thoughts. It was a needless precaution in many cases. It always makes a man mad to have people compliment him on his success and then add that they can’t under- stand it. General membership in the Young Men’s Christian Association is now open to the sailors and marines of our navy on such generous terms that it entitles them to all the privileges of any branch association—aot in Amer- ica alone, but wherever a branch ex- ists. Commodore Philip, formerly of the Texas, is the chairman of the spe- cial committee which has the new movement in charge. Probably he is not so young as many of the mem- bers will be, but if they turn out such stanch men and Christians as he is, the association will have established an- other claim upon the good will of the country, The number of railway corporations on June 30, 1897, embraced in the “Sta- tistics of Railways in the United States” was 1,987. Of this number 1,- 037 maintained operating accounts, 819 being classed as independent operat- ing roads, and 218 as subsidiary operat- ing roads. Of the roads operated un- der lease or other agreement, 320 re- ceived a fixed money rental and 169 a contingent money rental; 258 were as- signed for operation under forms of agreement not easily classifiable. The operated mileage affected by reorganiz- ation and other corporate changes dur- ing the year ending June 30, 1897, was 14,942.39 miles. One bit of dietetical gossip may well cause a smacking of lips and an inno- cent chuckle of delight all over the child-world and among some hundreds of millions of grown-ups. After ex- periment and observation in the Ger- man army, sugar has been officially recommended as a part of the food of soldiers. It not only helps to increase their weight, but during long marches it diminishes hunger and thirst, and wards off the effect of heat and ex- haustion, Nevertheless, there are med- ical writers of high authority who ad- vise against the use of manufactured sugar, and suggest that we take our necessary share of saccharine matter in those combinations which are fur- nished by nature’s own laboratory, such as dates, figs, raisins, etc. Officials of the treasury department believe that the year 1898 has closed with a record of the largest balance of trade ever reached in favor of the Unit- ed States. The records so far complet- ed show that the exports during the year will reach a value of $1,250,000,000, while the imports are not likely to ex- ceed $640,000,000. Only twice in our history have the exports during a cal- endar year passed the billion-dollar line, while the imports will be less than that of any year since 1885, and fully $100,000,000 less than that of the year 1897. Exports during the month of .no- vember were valued at $129,783,512, the largest in any month in the history of our commerce. Our imports during the month were valued at $52,109,560, slightly less than those of November, 1897, and less, with three exceptions, than those of any November since 1885, With the largest exports of merchan- dise in our history and the smallest imports in many years come the largest importation of gold in any calendar year. The gold imports for the eleven months ending with November reached a total of $149,396,370, while no full calendar year save 1896 ever reached the hundred-million-dollar line, Leaders of society in Philadelphia ! and Washington have started a move-' ment which, unlike some of their en- terprises, deserves to be generally adopted—that is, to begin and end so- cial “funetions” at earlier hours. Some young women could bear to lose their beauty sleep, perhaps, but young men who have to attend to business in the daytime are not in position to snatch restorative naps. They realize that “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy,” anyhow; and it is equally true that late hours seldom ‘conduce to wealth or wisdom, _ , EVENTS OF THD PAST WEEK IN A CONDENSED FORM, A General Resume of the Most Im- portant News of the Week From All Parts of the Globe, Boiled Down and Arranged in Con- venient Form for Rapid Perusal By Busy People. Criminal Record, Robert Baldwin, aged twenty-six, the son of Rey. Jarney Baldwin, pastor of | the Baptist church at Kitts Hill, Ohio, was shot and killed by Samuel Ferrill. Theodore Alcan, a telegraph operat- | or, and his wife, Carrie Brucher, a va- riety actress, were found dead in the | Twenty-third Avenue hotel, New York. The police suspec t urder and suicide. | Michael Rulinski, known as the “Pol- ish Dude,” who strangled his wife to death and then set fire to the body and | house to conceal the crime, committed | suicide by strangling himself with a bed cord taken from his bed in the county jail at Pittsburg, Pa. ! Frederick Milliken, employed at the = National stockyards, East St. Louis, | Il, was knocked insensible by a high- | j wayman and robbed of money, watch | and valuables and his body dragged across the railrod track in front of an approaching passenger train. Hopes of his recovery are slight. Accidental Happenings. Seventeen lives were lost by the sink- | ane ot an English bark in Tacoma har- A strong earthquake shock threw the inhabitants of Santander, Spain, into a panic. broken. A man in Wisconsin was. killed re- cently and his wife and four children fatally injured by a dynamite explo- sion. Alexander White and wife, aged) eighty-two, were found dead in bed at Sandwich, Ill, at their home, They} were asphyxiated by coal gas. While seeking safety from the flames which were destroying their home at Cleveland, Ohio, Mrs. Fred W. Tisdel was instantly killed aud her husband sustained severe injuries and may die. The steamer Vera Cruz, a Mexican liner belonging to Romanos, left the port of Vera Cruz on Dec. 23 last for Tampico. The trip only takes two days, and the vessel is now twenty-one days overdue. It is feared in shipping circles that she is lost. The steamer City of Macon, from Boston, brought into port at Savannah, Ga.. Capt. Kennerly and the crew, nine men all told, of the schooner, Aloha of Bath, Me., abandoned Saturday night twenty-five miles southeast of George- town, in a sinking condition. A number of windows were | Washington Talk. In the forthcoming report the war in- vestigating commission will censure officials and generals right and left, from Alger down. What is known as the Grace-Cragin- Byre syndicate, erganized to construct the Nicaragua canal, had a hearing be- fore the house committee on com- merce. Senator Davis will make “the fight of his life’ on behalf of the peace treaty, and will ask the senate to re- main in continuous session until action is taken. A commission to investigate and re- port upon the proper dispesition to be made of the Philipines, has been ap- pointed by the president. Admiral Dewey will be president. A courtmartial, to be presided over by Gen. Merritt, has been summoned to try Gen. Eagan on charges of con- duct unbecoming an officer and gentle- man. The charges arise out of his re- cent bitter attack on Gen. Miles. The house committee on banking and currency definitely has decided decid- ed to make no further effort at this session to urge the measure for curren- cy and banking revision known as the McCleary bill The house committee on postottices and post roads has restored the appro- priation of $225.000 for the pneumatic tube service which was recently strick- en from the postoffice appropriation. Chicago is likely to get part of a pro- posed increased appropriation. 'The state department at Washington has instructed the United States em- ba ut Berlin to bring about the dis- charge from the German army of Will- iam Brier of Cincinnati, who was im- pressed contrary to treaty provisions. But the instructions do not state the present whereabouts of Brier, and the embassy officials are unable to state where he can be found. Foreign. The United States cruiser Albany ‘was launched in England last week. The Oceanic, the largest steamer ever built, was launched in England last week. Owing to a severe storm, the Elbe has overflowed and flooded the lower portions of Hamburg. Yelegrams from Johannesburg are censored, but so far as ascertained, no- body was seriously injured in the dis- turbance between the Burghers and Afrikanders with the British residents there, who held a public meeting to ventilate the grievances of the Utland- ers, and which resulted in a free fight. Two Englishmen were arrested, but they have since been discharged from custody. The Soeil, at Paris, publishes a re- port to the effect that the czar, in May next, will spend a fortnight on the Ri- viera, where, the paper adds, his maj- | esty will be visited by President Faure | and by Emperor William of Germany. The revisionist organs at Paris ex- press satisfaction at the debate in the chamber of deputies, and point out that the deputies were almost unani- mous in severely criticising the con- duct of M. Quesnay de Beaurepaire in resigning the presidency of the civil di- vision of the court of cassation and making charges against associates, People Talked About. Judge Andrew Hinds, a pioneer set- tler of Northern Illinois and one of the foremost men in Stephenson county, | died suddenly at his home in Lena, Ill., aged seventy-seven years. The Canadian manufacturers have decided not to exhibit at the World’s Cycle show, to be held at Montreal. No reason is given, but it is believed they do not care to compete with the United States exhibit. Peter Wilds, a pioneer citizen and an old soldier, died suddenly at Grand Haven, Mich. He was in Oswattamie, Kas., in the ante-belum days, associ- ated with John Brown in preparing for his great raid. Capt. William L. Merry, the United States representative in Nicragua, who has recently been brought into consid- erable prominence by recent events In Central America, is a retired sea cap- tain, whose former home was in San Francisco. Prof. Frank H. Crossette, one ot Michigan ablest composers, and form- erly famous as a band leader and cor- net player, died suddenly at Constant- ine, N. Y., aged sixty-seven. He was the leader of the Second Vermont Reg- imental band during the Rebellion. Word was received at Riverdale, Mich., of the death at Decherd, Tenn., of J. B. Adams, a once prominent busi- ness man and lumberman of Riverdale. He was for many years one of the larg- | est dealers in pine lumber in the Sagi- naw valley. Thomas Hawley, a New York busi- ness man, died at Newton, Conn-, of nervous prostration, aged sixty-five. He was president of the Hawley Bro.'s Hardware company of New York and San Francisco, and until re- cently was president of the Shreve- port & Houston railroad. James J. Rothrock die@ at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, aged seventy years. He came to Iowa in 1860. The next year he was elected to the house of repre- sentatives, but resigned to serve as lieutenant colonel of the Thirty-fifth 'lowa. His army career was a bril- lant one. General. Spain may sell the Ladrone, Caroline and Pelew islands. | Boodling in the interest of U. S. Grant in the California Senatorial con- test is charged. The Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway company has bought the Wisconsin, Minnesota and Pacific. The attorney general of Kansas pro- nounces the special session of the leg- islature illegal and its laws void. Gov. Jones and other Arkansas state officers-elect, took the oath of office be- fore the joint session of the general as- sembly. About 220 miners in the employ of the Little Pittsburg Coal company at Lingo, Macon county, Mo, are out on strike for higher wages. The organization of the New York ; Auto-track company was perfected at a meeting held in New York. The cap- ital stock of the company was in- creased to $10,000,000. Orders have been given for the Astor battery, which recently arrived at San Francisco from the Philippines, to pro- ceed immediately to Fort Schuyler, N. Y., for muster-out. Nine Santa Fe conductors, running on the Western, New Mexico & Rio Grande division, have been discharged from the service for using the short- fare system. Senator Butler presented in the sen- ate a petition from sixty-five ex-Confed- erates of Muscogee county, Georgia, asking him not to abandon his bill for pensioning ex-Confederate soldiers. A. W. Kirkwood, the oldest engineer on the Springfield division of the Balti- more & Ohio Southwestern, dropped dead in his cab while nearing Alta- mont, Ill. It is stated that labor circles in Ohio will be agitated in the very near fu- ture to an extent equal to the recent stormy scenes enacted at the meeting of the State Federation of Labor. Senator Simon of Oregon was re- cently asked what he thought of the business opportunities in Alaska. “Car- pet-bagging is the best business,” he replied. “You can just beat the car- pets and keep the dust.” Among the passengers who arrived at San Francisco on the steamer Nip- pon Maru, from Hongkong and Yoko- hama, via. Honolulu, are three emissa ries of Aguinaldo, the Philippine in- surgent leader. Amid the waving of handkerchiefs and general farewells the United States army transport Grant, with Maj. Gen. W. Lawton and 1,800 troops on board, bound for Manila, pulled out from East river, Brocklyn the other night. The largest gathering of retail im- plement men in the history of that trade met at the opening session of the arnual convention of the Western Re- tail Implement and Vehicle Dealers’ association at Kansas City, Mo. The heavy rains have raised the Sci- oto river to the danger point, and a levee south of West Columbus, Ohio, has already broken away. Thirteen families have been driven from their homes by the water, « The Spanish transport, Munchen, which sailed from Havana on Dee. 28, having on board repatriated soldiers, including Gen. Arolas, the former mil- itary governor of vi nn pea arrived at Barcelona. The Nebraska senate and house have each passed resolutions calling upon the war department to investigate the charges of improper conduct and cruel- ty made against Col. Stozenburg of the First Nebraska. . Articles of incorporation of the Amer- ican Steel and Wire empany, with an authorized capital of $90,000,000, were filed with the secretary of state at Trenton, N. J. The’ capital stock is made up of $40,000,000 preferred and $50,000,000 of common stock. At a meeting at New York of the shareholders of the Tradesmen’s Na- tional Bank, whose president, James McNaughton, was arrested recently, it was decided to place the bank in vol- untary liquidation at once. The doors of the bank were closed in October. Nearly all the prominent business men of Chicago have been invited to attend a banquet to be givem by the! Merchants’ club for the purpose of con- | sidering in detail the question of estab-' ts eed municipal pawnshops in that ql THE SAMOAN _ IMBROGLIO GERMANY WILL ADHERE TO THE TERMS OF THE TREATY. If the German Consul Has Deviated From the Terms of the Theaty He ‘Will Be Disavowed, if Not He Will Be Supported — Considerable Ex- citement at Berlin Over the Inci- dent — Officials Say the Question Will Not Lead to Serious Conse- quences — Consuls Evidently Lost Their Heads, New York, Janu. 22.The Herald cor- respondent at Berlin says: The news of a sensational reporting that the German consul has been ousted from the courts of justice at Samoa by his American and British colleagues of the Condominum, has caused consid- erable excitement here. The matter is also occupying the most careful at- tention of the government. Its main decision is that Germany is firmly re- solved in the solution of the matter to adhere strictly to the terms of the treaty of Berlin. Should it be found that the German consul deviated from the provisions of the treaty he will be disavowed; if not, he will be support- ed. The foreign office does not pos- sess sufficient details to enable it to form a judgment, but two questions have come up already: Why was the will of the majority opposed? Why were the courts of justice closed? A diplomatic personage, speaking on the subject, said: “According to my idea the question of Samoa is not one that can lead to serious consequences.” A German in high position said: “It looks as though the consuls, in the dif- ficulty of the situation, lost their heads. The matter will be arranged.” Berlin, Jan. 22. — The foreign office informs the Associated Press corre- spondent that the official reports re- ceived from Samoa by the government tally with those received by the As- sociated Press. In any event Germany will not support any possible irregu- larity inconsistent with the treaty, but the foreign office officials point out it is not yet clear that the German con- sul at Apia has been guilty of any ir- regularities of that nature. On the contrary, the foreign office insists it still remains to be explained why Mataafa’s election was declared inval- id as he was admittedly elected by an overwhelming majority. The foreign office admits that Germany has long been dissatisfied with the Condomin- ium, which, in its nature is provision- al, “though, unfortunately, other pow- ers, especially the Washington gov- ernment, have thought otherwise.” The foreign office officials say the cap- tain of the German warship Falke, at Apia, does not attach much jmpor- tance to the recent incidents, and hence the government does not intend to send additional warships to Samoa unless other powers do. AN EMERGENCY MEASURD Will Be Asked for to Keep the Regu- lar Army Strength at 60,000 Men. Washington, Jan. 22. — It is under- stood to be the intention of the ad- ministration in the event that cohgress fails to act upon the army reorganiza- tion bill after ratifying the peace treaty, to ask the passage of a joint resolution in the nature of an emergen- cy measure, continuing the authority conferred by the war legislation to keep the regular army up to a strength of 60,000 men. So far 8,000 men have been gotten into the ranks of the reg- ular army under the authority thus conferred. This force of 60,000 would have imposed upon it the duties now performed by about 150,000 soldiers. The entire Second army corps now at Augusta, Ga., however, is for the time being idle, and indications are that the number of troops required to gartison Cuba will be much smaller than was anticipated. PHILIPPI COMMISSION, Two Members Will Start for Manila Jan, 30. Washington, Jan. 22—Two members of the Philippine commission, Presi- dent Sehurman of Cornell and Prof. Worcester of Ann Arbor university, will leave Vancouver, B. C., Jan. 30, for Manila, ‘hey will be followed about a fortnight later by Col. Denby, the remaining civilian member, who is still sitting as a member of the war investigating commission. At Manila the three civilian members will be joined by Admiral Dewey and Ma}. Gen. Otis, who will complete the com- mission. Both President Schurman and Prof. Worcester have had their final interviews with the president and have received the instructions which shall govern them in making their in- vestigations, and report as to the pol- icy to be purpued by this government towards the islands. ORDERS FOR THE OREGON. The Battleship May Be Sent From Hawaii to Samoa. San Francisco, Jan. 21.—The United States dispatch boat Iroquois bas sailed for Honolulu. The vessel car- ried a number of special dispatches, some for the battleship Oregon, due at the islands, and some that are sup- posed to relate to. sending of the Oregon to Samoa. The navy depart- meut officials here are unable to say whether the oregon has been ordered out, but it is thought that she has been. ‘ Wellington, N. 8. W., Jan. 21—The British third-class cruiser ‘Tauranga has started for Samoa. New Mail Route. Bayfield, Wis., Jan. 22—A new rail- way mail route has been established over the Bayfield Transfer railway be- tween this place and Red Cliff, Wis. The service will consist of one mail each way six times a week. The Hancock Mine. Houghton, Mich., Jan. 22—John D. Cudahy of Calumet has secured an op- , tion on the Hancock mine, and will go to Boston next week to organize a company to work the property on a large scale, - ec bHaLGe: oo Gece Ge CuReb aces Ga eo aoe Conum CURLED EEAEEEEEDOEGLR CT EEE BREDELH EEE OR Dobe EoD eae ee j , children. THE MARKETS. Latest’ Quotati From Grain and Live Stock Centers. St. Paul, Jan. 22. — Wheat ~ No. 1 Northern, 68 @69c; No. 2 North- Ne 8 yellow, 32 1-4@32 3-4¢ —No. 3 white, 2828 1-4 ron 3. 2734 @28¢. Barley and Rye—Sample barley, . 2 rye, 531-2@54c; No. 3 an sper teenth tae No. Northern, 67¢; 3 spring, 60c; to arrive, No. 1 hard, 70 1-8e:; No. 1 Northern, 681-8c; January, No. 1 701-Sc: No. 1 Northern, 67¢; S69 3-4¢; hard, May, No.1 Northern, 695 July, No. 1 hard, 71 1 North- ern, 693-4¢c. Oats, 28 3-4@20 1-4c; rye, Bdc: barley, 39 1-2@42c. Minneapolis, Jan. 22.—Wheat — Jan- uary closed at 68c; May opened at 681-4e and closed at 681-4¢; July 69e. On . 1 North- ern. 67 3-4c; No. 2 Northern, 65 3-4c. — Flour is a. Northern, ‘Oc; Northern, 67 1-2¢. Oats steady at 283-4 12¢e. Rye firm; No. 1, 57¢. Barley lower; 2, 511-2c; sample, 48@51c. Chicago, Jan. 22.—Wheat—No. 2 red, 701 ‘o. 2 hard, 66@67e¢; No. 3, 64@66c; No. 1 Northern spring, 68@69 1-2c; No. 2, 68@G68 1-4c; No. 8, 64@67 1-2c. Corn—No. 2, 35 3-4¢; No. 3, 33 1-2@333-4c. Oats No. 2, 26 8-4@27c; No. 3, 26 1-2@26 3-4e. ie Hogs — Light, 80; heavy, Cattle opened at 69¢ and closed a Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 2: $3.50@3.80: rough, $3.50@3.60. —Beeves, $4 @ 5.90; cows and heifers, $2@4.90; Texas steers, $3.60 @ 5; stockers and aga $3.20 @ 4.60. Sheep—Natives, $2. Westerns, $2.90@4.20; lambs, $3. 5@4-90, South St. Paul, Jan. 22, — Hogs — Cattle—Bulls, $2.80 $5. ‘stockers, $3.65@4.2! $2.50@4.10. ioux City, Iowa, Jan. 22. — Hogs — Cattle—Beeves, $4@5.20; stockers and yes and year- $3.45@3.60. cows and bulls, $1. 73 feeders, $3. iy SITUATION UNCHANGED. Wisconsin Republicans Unable to Agree Upon a Candidate. Madison, Wis., Jan. 22. — The situa- tion in the great senatorial battle re- mains unchanged, and the belief is prevalent that the Republicans will | make no caucus choice before Tuesday | noon, when, according to law, the leg- | islature must ballot for senator untit j one is elected. Three fruitless ballots were taken this morning, it being | agreed among the leaders that no more {| should be taken if no choice was ! shown. The three ballots were identi- eal and stood: Quarles, 41; Stephen- son, 23; Cook, 18; Babcock, 16; Webb, 10. Two members were absent. | Ad- journment was taken until Monday evening. All the candidates save the indefatigable Babcock will make a fly- ing visit home in the interim. ‘Twen- ty-two fruitless ballots in all have now been taken. A renewal of the strug- gle comes Monday evening. A short journal session of the legislature will open half an hour before. Whether or not the caucus fails to make a selec- tion Monday balloting for senator will commence in open session of the two houses Tuesday, continuing daily thereafter till a choice is made. ANGLO-FRENCH TREATY, i | Document of the Highest Historic Importance Under Way. London, Jan. 22.—The Paris corre- spondent of the Dail yChronicle says: “I am informed that Sir Edward Mun- son (British ambassador to France), in an interview with M. Deliscassel, French minister of foreign affairs, has virtually laid dewn the lines of negoti- ation upon all disputed points between France and Great Britain. The pro- grainme so far points to an Anglo- French treaty of the highest historic importance. In official circles the ap- proaching solution is foreshadowed rather cautiously, but while’ the ami- cable explicit terms which have been linted to me are scarcely realized as yet, they leave only one or two details of mutual compensation unsettled.” GEN. WEYLER IS MODEST. Gives Conditions Under Which He Will Accept Office. Madrid, Jan. 22.—Gen. Weyler has made an important declaration. He says he is willing to accept the war office portfolio in a Liberal cabinet on two conditions. First, that the Lib- eral party be reconstructed with his assistance and that of his military and political friends and allies, Senores Romo y ltobledo and Jose Canalejas; and, second, that the Liberal policy be aimed chiefly at a prompt recogni ion of the.army and navy, giving satis- fzction to the legitimate aspirations of both, besides being inspired by such democratic principles as would win the support of moderate Republicans. INCREASED PAY, Free Delivery Carriers to Have Their Salaries Raised. Washington, Jan. 22.—The first as- sistant postmaster general has issued an-order increasing the salaries of all the regular free delivery carriers who provide their own horses or other modes of conveyance from $300 to per annum, beginning from Jan. 1 last, and is expected to meet the em- barrassments caused by many faithful carriers threatening to resign because of insufficient pay. Sit daa SSE Telegraphers Not in It. Peoria, IL, Jan. 22—W. V. Powell, chief of the Order of Railroad ‘Yel. egraphers, denied that the order will take part in the congress of railroad iien to be held in Chicago Feb. 8 un- der the auspices of the Reilroad and ‘Yelegraphers’ Political League. Bohemian Convention. ‘Owatonna, Minn., Jan. 22.—The an- nual state convention of the grand lodge of Bohemian C. S. P. 8. began — a three days’ session here y Prominent’ members from different Conductor Killed. Eagle Grove, lowa, Jan. 22. — The funeral of Conductor A. E. Mote took piace yesterday. He was killed at Alton, falling between the cars while in motion. He leaves a wife and two parts of the state are present. | SENATOR DAVIS IS RE-ELECTED HAS A MAJORITY OF NINETY-FO§R) IN BOTH HOUSES. The Senate and House Take Sepa- rate Votes, the Minority Voting’ for C. A. Towne—Little Interest Displayed, Owing to the Absence of a Contest—The Senator Tele=- graphs his Thanks and Says Only, Imperative Business Prevented His Being Present in Person, i St. Paul, Jan. 18. —Not since Senator. Davis was first elected to the United States senate twelve years ago, has such unanimity been displayed in the choice by the legislature of Minnesota’ of a United States senator as attended the proceedings of yesterday, when Senator Davis was elected for the third time. Senator Davis received the vote of eyery Republican senator and eyery Republican representative who was present, and in addition the + vote of the Democratic senator, Mc- Govern of Waseca, and of the Demo- eratic-People’s representative, Fosness of. .pewa, giving his 26 majority in the senate and 68 in the house, or @ total of 94 majority. The vote in the senate was 43 for Davis and 17 for@ Towne, and in the house 93 for Davis and 25 for Towne. At high noon President Smith of the senate announced as the special order, f business the election of United States senator. The name of Senator Davis was presented in a brief speech! by Senator Horton of Ramsey. Sena- tor Baldwin of St. Louis performed a like duty for C. A. Towne in a brief) / but forceful speech. There were no, secondary speeches and the vote wa taken at once, resulting as follows: C. IK. Davis, 43; C. A. Towne, 17. Alb- sent senators: Gansewitz, Hospes and McKusick. In the house the vote for senator was made the special order for 12 o'clock on motion of Mr. Staples. Gov. Yale of Winona nominated (©. K, Davis and Representative Stivers of Crow Wing named ©. A. Towne. Numerous seconding speeches were’ made for both candidates. The vote resulted: C. K. Davis, 93; ©. A. Towne, 25. Absent, Representative Von Lehe. IN JOINT SESSION, i Formalities of Senator Davis’ Re- election Are Concluded, St. Paul, Jan. 19.—The proceedings of the joint convention of the two houses with reference to the election of a United States senator were brief and purely formal. At 12 o’clock Lieut, Gov. Smith and the members of the senate appeared at the bar of the house and were seated in the hall. After roll call Speaker Dare, presid- ing, directed Chief Clerk Bergstrom to read that portion of the journal of the two houses for Tuesday which related x to the election of a senator. This done, he formally declared Cushman K. Davis elected United States senator for the term of six years, beginning March 4, 1899, it appearing that he had re+ ceived a majority of all votes cast in both houses. Speaker Dare then caused to be read a telegram from Senator Davis thank- ing the legislature for the honor con- ferred upon him, and stating that only business of an important nature pre- vented him from being present to make his acknowledgements in per- son. IN AMERICAN SHIPS, Senator Nelson Wants Our Trade With Porto Rico Carried. Washington, Jan. 20. — Senator Nel- son introduced a bill providing that trade between the United States and Porto Rico, and also between ports in Porto Rico and adjacent islands ceded to the United States, be carried on in American vessels. The bill provides ior the forfeiture of any merchandise transported in other vessels, and im- poses a penalty of $200 for each pas- senger so carried. The bill authorizes the commissioner of navigation to make such regulations as he may deem expedient for the nationalization of yesseis owned in Porto Rico at the time of th@ cession of that island. AFRAID OF DISEASE. Some of the Soldiers in Cuba Are Anxious to Return Home, Havana, Jan. 20. — The impression prevails at Mariano that the entire Seventh*army corps is soon to be mus- tered out, and as a result Camp Co- lumbia is a scene of wild joy. The re- port is probably false, but the boys ac- cept it as correct and are happy. Army, of occupation is dissatisfied with the treatment it has received at the hands of the government, and almost to a man 1s anxious to get home. Disease is constantly increasing, and the pre- diction is made that another month will see typhoid and yellow fever, if not smallpox, epidemic. is Reported temeigis sia ce nena sence pi 2: men