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} j | | ES a Up by Despera- es Near Bemidji. Eemi Minn., Feb. 26—A hold-up ‘took place four miles south of this city. A teamster and crew for a logging «amp were held up at the point ct Winchesters by two masked men, who +—— 4 wot with considerable money, hi ‘one 4 One of the men not throwing his hands up received a bullet throught the crown of his cap. ‘The sheriff with a posse are now on the track of the robbers. \ i “ SNOW IN NORTH DAKOTA, Noads Rlocksd and Trains Aban- doned—Snow Very Deep. Jamestown, N. D., Feb. 26. — A bliz- zard has prevailed north of Jamestown and extending into Canada for forty- eight hours. Trains have been aban- doned north of Carrington on the Jamestown & Northern and the Coop- { erstown branch of the Northern Pa- cific is blocked. Snow in some places is higher than box cars. It is feared ranchmen will lose very heavily. DROPPED OUT OF SIGHT. Prominent Duluth Young Man’s Mys- tcrious Disappearance. Duluth, Minn., Feb. 26. — The disap- pearance of Robert Perleberg, the agent.of the Metropolitan Life Insur- ance company, aged twenty-two, is causing uneasiness among his rela- The young man left home on a two weeks ago to go down town and has not been seen since. —— BOY IS ROASTED TO DEATH. Little Joe Hodigan Falls Into Barn- ing Strawsiack at Peterson. Fargo, N. D., Feb. 26. — Little Joe Hodigen was roasted to death at Peter- son,i n the southwest part of this | count He was playing on the top of burning strawstack when the straw caved in and he was precipitated into a furnace from which it was im- cue him, Binck Hills Mica. » es Deadwood, S. D., Feb. 26.—The mica industry of the Southern Black Hills is | rapidly sum considerable impor- tance. Not until the past year has the real value of the mica deposits become known. The Chicago Mica company which has extensive cutting works at ‘Valparaiso, Ind., has bought up all the } old mica dumps around the county, zi ing in all about nine car loads, for n $49 per ton was paid. The com- pany now has three mines of its own shipping about five car loads of per month. ‘The largest mica ever found in the Black Hills n taken out by this company 2 Daly mine, lo two miles t of Custer. T Black >t as a usual thing very ¢ e from iron, which makes »ecial value for electrical pur- hoses. \ , Settlers From lowa, S. D., Feb. 26.—Half a dozen 1 are here m Alton, Io ity negotiating for the 5,000 acres of land on w td establish cattle ranches. They are allso buying cattle to 2 upon the lands. Two of the party have already ased 300 head which they are in the nor everal tracts of land been secured, and if unable to 000 acres in a body t close They expect to com- pliete contracts within the next ten when they will return to Iowa, settlers, and come back and »egin erecting houses and stock Hur gentle: apd Farmer Is Kifled. Faribault, Minn., Feb. 26.—William : a prosperous Millersberg farm- ng several days, was found a -w miles from home. He was intoxi- cated and his horses went over a steep bank, upsetting the wagon and load on Beyer, pinning him down. He laid out several days and was frozen stiff. His team was found tangled in a wire } ‘fence. and were so weak from starva- /tion that they could hardly walk. A To Enlarge Its Plant. ‘ Faribault, Minn., Feb. 26.—The Chi- j cago Vehicle company’s branch here is } discharging some of its men prior to j making new financial arrangements to enlarge its business, the experiment having proved highly successful and the ten vehicles now in hand having been completed. It expects to begin manufacturing automobiles on a much larger scale ‘and has already begun the work of reorganization. Town Mine Workers. Ottumwa, Iowa, Feb. 26.—-Oskaloosa will get the next convention of miners of District,13. The convention in ses- sion here adopted resolutions favoring establishment of a strike fund and provisions to adjust minor around the mines. Operators of strict are arriving, and 250 will be to meet the miners, when the e for an adjustment of the scale the here / strug { will commence. ' Mild Case of Smallpox. " ! Cumberland, Wi Feb, — Alvin ung .man residing: three “miles south of this city, is sick with } “the smallpox, but the case is of a very mild form. This is the first case which has visited this part of the county the | ! present winter. Death ‘ Litchfield, y Flames. Minn., Feb. 26. — Mrs. Heath of Forest y, whi a stove was so terribly burned by the | clothes catching fire that she died a ‘few hours later. The house and con- tents were destroyed. Deceased was eighty-four years old and leaves. sev- eral children. Hudson, Wis., Feb. 26.—The residence and household goods of Horace T. Champlin were completely destroyed by fire. Loss, $2,500; insurance, $1,- 800. hills | hwest part of the | have | asleep near | | i | INT eRe is | | GETS SEVEN YEARS. Judge Brooks Prenounces Sentence on Frank H. Hamilton, Minneapolis, Feb. 27. — Frank H Hamilton was yesterday sentenced tc seven years’ imprisonment at the Still- water penitentiary as a penalty for the killing of Leonard R. Day just three months ago. The last act in the famous case took place in Judge Brook’s court room shortly after o’cleck yesterday, in the presence of! To those who had; perhaps 200 men. heard of Hamilton’s unfortunate phys- ical condition and his tremendous dis- appointment over the verdict, his cour- ageous conduct yesterday came as a great and pleasant surprise. There, is no doubt at all but that Hamilton will begin to discharge this penalty resolved to be courageous, manly and _ philo- sophical to the end. THREE LIVES LOsT. Terrible Accident in the Mines at Biwabik. Biwabik, Minn., Feb. accident, resulting in the loss of three lives, occurred late on Sunday after- noon at the Elba mine, six miles from here Five boys were riding a car which is used in the shaft. One of the boys turned the switch the wrong way and the car descended rapidly from the top of the shaft house toward the shaft opening. One of the boys realized the danger and pulled his brother off the car in time to save him. The car crashed down the shaft opening, hurl- ing the three young boys to the bot- tom of the shaft, killing them instant- ly. The boys were two sons of Joseph Feit, aged ten and twelve, and Andrew Schlakdich’s son, aged eight years. ASYLUM SUPERINTENDENTS. First Conference to Be Held at Chip- pewa Falls. New Richmond, Wis., Feb. 27.—As a result of a preliminary conference held in Appleton the first convention of superintendents and trustees of the county insane asylums of Wisconsin has just been called to assemble in Chippewa Falls March 20 at 10 a. m. DIVORCED IN OLD AGE. | Husband Over S80 and Wife of 75 Are Parted by the Courts. Waukesha, Wis., Feb. 27.—A divorce was granted in the county court to Sarah Moore from Patrick Moore of the town of New Berlin on the grounds of desertion. Mr. Moore is over eighty years old and his wife is seventy-eight. ‘They had been married many years. Viewing the New Star. Elkhorn, Wis., Feb. 27. — Astrono- mers at the Yerkes observatory at Williams bay made their first observa- ; | tion of the new | tion Perseus Sunday night, fully veri- | star in the Constela- fying the reports in the Sunday news- Observations were made by f. Hale and Mr. Ellerman. The ster was compared with near-by stars for bri found to be clearly ‘st magnitude, being almos! Japella, which right as first 1 es to Divide, S. D., Feb. 27.—The Men- ites i n county will hold election in the near future to elect officers and Givide the colony as part of the present members will move to land recently purchased elsewhere, These elections are not of frequent oc- hence considerable impor- tance is attached to them, as the offi- cers elected enjoy the prerogatives of a king in managing the affairs of the colony. itude. Sioux ence, Advertising Prison Twine. Fargo, N. D., Feb. 27. — Warden Boucher, of the state penitentiary, is sending out ‘samples of the twine made at that institution, and incidentally ses} curing a lot of advertising for his con+ viet product. Some of the editors oJ the state are criticising other mem- bers of the profession for being gulli- ble, and claim that the state should pay for its advertising as well as the big twine plants with which it com- petes. One Case of Smallpox. Ellendale, N. D., Feb. 27. — It now develops that Mrs. G. W. Irvin has the smallpox. She is said to have con- tracted it at Enderlin, where she | stopped on her way from Fargo, where she attended the recent meeting of the state camp of Royal Neighbors. Strict quarantine is being enforced by the city board of health. Horsewhipped Wis Daughter, Fargo, N. D., Feb. 27.--There is con- siderable indignation over the report that a farmer near Durbin, in the southwestern part of the county, whipped his seventeen-year-old daugh- ter with a horsewhip and locked her out of the house on a recent cold night. | The officials are said 10 be investiga- ting the matter. Good Logging Season. Two Harbors, Minn., Feb. 27. — The weather still continues cold, the snow is plenty in the woods and the lumber- men will have one of the best seasons on record. All logging work is being rushed now, as the season will not last more than a month longer. The cut this season will be considerably larger than last year. Cumberland, Wis., Feb. 27.—It is re- ported that a large tract of pine tim- ber located a few miles west of this city comprising about 1,000,000,000 feet, was sold to Iowa lumbermen for $1,000,- 000. The pine will be cut and driven down the St. Croix and Mississippi rivers to, the Davenport mills. New Spouter in Park. Helena, Mont., Feb. 27.-A new gey- ser has broken out in Yellowstone Park. It throws a column of water 500 teet high. 27.—A terrible | almost | lature. In the House. St.. Paul, Feb. 20.—Mr. Wilder intro- duced a bill providing for the appoint- ment of a state board of examiners for grain and flax inspectors. Mr. Johnson of Hennepin introduced a bill for a state court of arbitration of three members for the purpose of settling labor disputes. Mr. Barteau presented a bill entitled “To prevent combinations from main- } taining insurance rates,” which has a provision permitting the formation of local boards of underwriters, who may make schedules for the control ef their members in their own villages or cities. The schedules must be open to the in- spection of the public. Mr. Pope of Kanabec secured the pas: e, under suspension of the rules, of a bill repealing a 2-mill tax of local application, made in 1891. Speaker Dowling’s bill to increase the remuneration of county comm/'ssioners from $3 to $4 a day was ommended for passage by the committee of the whole. The committee of the whole recom- mended for passage the bill of Mr. Gageng of Otter Tail to amend the election law so that a man who moves within a month before election can vote in the precinct where he lived previously. The law previously pro- vided a limit of ten days. In the Senate. The calm of the senate was broken when in committee of the whole Sena- tor Wilson asked for recommendation for passage of his bill to permit week- ‘y garnishment of salaries of laboring men, $9 a week being exempt. This vill was framed by the State Grocers association, Senator Schaller strongly opposed the measure as a “club to be held weekly over the heads of the laboring men.” On roll call the bill was recommended to pass by a vote of 28 to 19. Senator Schaller then made a motion, which prevailed, that the bill be excepted from the report of the committee. Sen- ator, Wilson in return demanded a call of the senate. The bi!l was then recom- |mended to pass by a close vote of 32 to 26, A bill was introduced by Senator Thompson to provide for disposition of real estate bid in for the state at for- feited tax sale. Redemption is al- lowed before May 18 by payment of half the judgment. County auditors are to sell the unredeemed property at public sale May 20. Senator Greer introduced a bill to appropriate $5,000 for distribution of literature among rural schools to es- ; tablish a course of agriculture. In the Senate St. Paul, Feb. 21. — Senator Brower introduced a bill which, if passed, would compel railways to maintain waiting and freight rooms at every ‘station and agents at all points where their revenue is $8,000 a year. After a long debate the bill to appro- priate $12,000 for a tax commission to report ed. An appropriation bill_carrying $42,- 200 for. the public schools of the state |tionment last August because the funds to be distributed were not suf- nt, was introduced by Senator Knatvold. Gausewitz’s ox-eye daisy sent to the senate general or- hout recommendation. The j house wolf bounty bill was recon:- mended to pass. A new charter measure has been in- troduced in the senate providing that any village or city where five per cent lof the voters at the preceding election petition the council ov town authort- may be determined at a special elec- tion. 1m the House. The Dowling bill to increase the per diem of county commissioners in coun- ties not covered by special laws to $4 passed by a vote of 66 to 23 The Armstrong eight-hour labor bill, intended to cover state work and con- tract work done for the state was passed by a vote of 65 to 33. j Only two bills were introduced in the house yesterday. One of the bills provides for the uniform payment of ; grand and petit jurors in all counties in the state. It provides that jurors shall receive a perdiem of $3 and 10 cents per mile for travel both ways between their homes and the courts. The second bill was introduced by Mr. Hinton and provides for the repeal of the $100 personal property exemption law. In the Senate. St. Paul, Feb. 22.—In the senate yes- terday morning the Hurd bill to place | the office of state oil inspector on a salary basis aroused a stormy discus- sion, when it came up on general or- | ders. It was finally left in the hands i) the committee on illuminating oils. | | * Senator Wilson’s bill to permit the; rnishment of men holding public of- fices was defeated. Senator Wilson | was also unfortunate in having his bill | to permit weekly garnishment of sal- aries of laborers, $9 per week being ex- | empt, defeated. Among the bills passed were the following: To cure defects in real es-' tate tax judgment sales; to legalize village bonds; repeal of the bill de- | ducting road tax to farmers using | broad-tired wagons; increasing state aid to public schools. Senator Johnson presented a memo- | rial to congress that no Indian reser- | vation lands in Minnesota be sold until a commission can be appointed to in- vestigate and report as to the advisa- !piiity of using such lands for a na- ‘tional park. | Senator Grindeland introduced a bill to grant a normal school graduate af- ter a three-year course a first grade teacher's certificate. a tax bill in two years was; that did not receive their legal appor- | ties, the question of adopting a charter ; Doings ig $ bd ea THE LAWMAKERS ° ° ° bill provides that the duties of the chief grain inspector shall devolve upon the state grain and warehouse com- mission. A joint memorial requesting the federal government to erect postof- fice buildings for exclusive government use in all second-class, cities was in+ troduced by 8S. D. Peterson and passed. The bill, which, in ultimate eff ct, abolishes the office of court cormmis- sioner throughout the state, and con- fers the power upon the judges of pro- bate, was considered in committee of the whoie and recommended to pass. epresentative Hickey’s bill pur- pesing the lowering of the inter:st paid by purchasers of school land from 5 per cent to 4 per cent was recom- mended to pass, The insurance bill requiring casualty companies to stamp policies as “as- sessable” or “old line” was passed. The house adjourned until Monday evening at § o'clock. In the Senate, in a bad way financially, according to statements made last night in the sen- ate. Its credit is gone, its county or- ders are being rejected, and Senator McCarthy confidently predicts that un- introduced in the upper night to relieve the situation the pris- oners at the county jail will be without food and the sheriff without means to procure any within a week. A similar situation has never occurred in any Minnesota county. Senator McCarthy's bills taxation already levied in excess of the orders outstanding in excess of the amount allowed by law. If the bills | pass the credit of the county will be transact business, In the House. | The Schutz bill to put farmers’ mu- tual insurance companies insuring only farm property on the same footing with township companies was last night passed by the house. of the bill is to relieve the companies which have no capital stock from tax- ation. Mr. Deming cf Hennepin has intro- pe a bill reducing the rate for print- ng legal notices from 75 cents per folio to 50. cents. The bill fixes the rate for subsequent publications of the same notices at 30 cents per folio. A bill fixing the fees of coroners at the same rate paid sheriffs was last night introduced by Mr. Hickey. The viewing the remains of deceased per- sons, and.ten cents per mile for travel enjoined. The house committee on military af- fairs has reported out, to pass, the nate bill authorizing county commis- to appropriate from county 9 for the purpose of erecting monuments for deceased Union soldiers who served in the War of the Rebellion. TRE MARK ‘TS. Latest Queta ns From Grain snd Live Steck Centers, St. Paul, Feb. 27. — Wheat -- No. 1 Northerh, 74 @ 5c; No. 2 Northern, 701-2 @ 711-2c. Corn -- No. 3 yellow, | 381-2@39¢; No. 3, 38@381-4c. Oats — No. 3 white, 271-2 @ 28; No. 3, 27 @ polis, Feb. 27. — Wheat—No. 1 | nard, 761-4e; No. 1 Northern, 741-4¢; | No. 2 Northern, 68 3-4@703-4e. Corn -- | No. 8 yellow, 87@37 1-2c; No. 3, 37¢; No. c. Oats--No. 3 white, 261-2@ 3, 26@261-2c. Barley -- Feed 39@42c; matting grades, 44@ 4 --No. 2, 48 1-2c. Duluth, Feb, 27.—Wheat—-No. 1 hard, cash, 751-4¢; No. 1 Northern, 73 1-4¢ No. 2 Northern, 67 3-8@70 3-8¢; No. spring, 62 7-8@68 3-8c; to arrive; No. 1 hard, 761-4c; No. 1 Northern, 741-4¢; May, No. 1 Northern, 761-4c; July, No. 1 Northern, 76 3-8c; oats, 26@26 1-4c; barley, 35@55c; flax, to arrive and cash, $1.59; May, $1.63; September, $1.17; corn, $e. Chicago, Feb. 27.—Cash Wheat—No. red, 751-2@77c; No. 3 red, 72 1-2@%6c; No. 2 hard winter, 721-2 @ 74c; No. 3 hard winter, 701-2@721-2c; No. 1 Northern spring, 75@77c; No. 2 North- ern spring, 74@76c; No. 3 spring, aoe 2 74e, Corn--No. 2, 891-2c; No. 3, 383. @39c. Oats--No. 2, 25 3-4@26c; No. 3, 25 1-225 3-4c, Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 27. — Flour is steady. Wheat steady; No. 1 North- ern, 75@76c; No. 2 Northern. 711-2 @ j4c. Rye easier; No. 53 1-4@531-2c. Barley firmer; No. 2, 57@59c; sample, 40@55ce. Oats firm; No. 2 white, 28 @ 28 1-4e. Sioux City, Iowa, Feb. 27. — Cattle — | Beeves, $4@4.75; cows, bulls and mixed, stockers and feeders, $3@4; calves and yearlings, $3.20@4.10. Hogs, $5.25@5.25; bulk, $5.27 1-2@5.30, South St. Paul, Feb. 27. — Cattle — Good to choice butcher steers. $4.50@ 5; fair to good, $3.75@4.25; common to fair, $3.25@3.60; good to choice bitcher cows and heifers, $3.40@3.90; fair to good, $2.50@3.25; thin cows and canners, $1.50@2.40; good to choice corn-fed bulls, $3@2.' bologna bulls, $2@2.75; good to choice veals, $4.50@5.75; fair to good, $3.50@4.50; good to choice feeders, $3.25 @3.75; good to choice stock steers, $3.25 @3.60; fair to good, $3@3.25; common, $2.25@2.90; good to choice stock heifers, $2.85@3.15; fair to good, $2.50@2.75; good to choice steer calves, $3.25@3.50; fair to good, $3@3.25; good to choice heifer calves, $2-85@: fair to good, $2.500 2.75; stock and feeding bulls, $2@2.75; good to choice milkers and springers, $32@25; fair to good, $28@30: common, $20@25. Hogs—Good to choice light, $5.30@5.87 1-2; mixed and butchers, $5.25 @5.42 1-2; good to prime heavy, $5.25@ | Senator Baldwin introduced a bill to make counties stand the expense caused by infectious diseases in towns and villages. The senate then adjourned till Mon- day evening. In the House. The office of state grain inspector will be abolished if a bill introduced in | 5.421-2; common to fair, $5.25 @ 5.30; rough packers, 5.10 @ 5.20; pigs and skips, $3.75@4.50. Sheep—Good to choice butcher lambs, $4.50@5; fair to good, $4.25@4.40; good to choice fat wethers, $3.60@4.25; fair to good, $3.25@3.50; fat ewes, $3.25@3.75; good to choice stock and feeding lambs, $4@4.25; fair to good, $3.25@3.75; feeding wethers, $3.25 @3.75; stock and feeding ewes, $2.75@ the house by Representative Reilly of Aackson county becomes a law. The 3.10; thin sheep, $2@2.25; buck lambs, $2.75@3; killing bucks, $2@2.76. St. Paul, Feb. 26.—Beitrami county is | less the legislature passes two bills he! house last | legalize legislative limitation ‘and the county | restored and it will again be able to! The object | bill further provides that the coroner | shall receive $5 for an inquest or re-> ONGRESS | RESUME OF THR WEEK’s PROCEEDINGS. In the Senate. Washington, Feb. 20. — By the em- Phatic vote of 18 to 42 the senate re- jected the conference report on the military academy appropriation bill. The action came at the conclusion of a spirited debate upon the provisions against hazing inserted in the report by the conference committee of the two branches of congress. Early in the day Mr. DeBoe of Ken- tucky delivered his announced speech upon the Nicaraguan canal. An effort was made to obtain consideration for the bill reviving the grade of vice ad- miral of the navy. for the benefit of Rear Admirals Sampson and Schley, but it was unavailing. In the House. The house spent the day upon the sundry civil apprcpriation bill and reached the ninety-ninth page. The feature of the day was the debate upon the question of national irriga- tion of arid lands in the West, which came up incidentally. No material amendments were placed upon the bill. Mr. Cannon reported the last of the appropriation bills, the -de- ' general ficiency. In the Hous ‘Washington, Feb. 21. — The house finally passed the sundry civil appro priation bill’and entered upon consid- eration of the general deficiency. the last of the appropriation bills. In the Seaate. The senate spent the day on the | postoffice appropriation bill, making | some progress, but not completing it. The amendment of Mr. Butler of North | Carolina proposing a reduction of about 9 per cent in the pay for rail- | Way postal service was defeated, 18 to | 51, after b debate in which Mr. Depew answered Mr. Butler’s criticisms on the large profits made by American roads. In the House, Washington, Feb. 22.—Yesterday was another field day in the house. Two distinct sensations occurred. Early in the day during the consideration of an |amendment to the deficiency appro- priation bill to,prevent hazing at the naval academy Mr. Hepburn of Iowa used exceedingly strong language while inveighing against the practice of haz- {ing, charging by indirection that the jhabits of tyranny and _ oppression formed by the officers of the army and navy at their academies was responsi- ble for the refusal of sailors to enlist in the navy and for the large num- ber of desertions from the army. Moreover, he alleged that the officers stood by each other when in trouble, saying that the commanders of twenty- five vessels of the navy lost since the civil war, had, with one exception, es- eaped with slight punishment. Mr. Cannon of Ilinois and Mr. Dayton of West Virginia warmly defended the navy. The stir caused by Mr. Hepburn’s speech, however, was mild compared with the row which was kicked up later over some items in the bill for extra compensation to employes of the house. Mr. Dinsmore of Arkansas ex- posed the fact that one of the employes ;of the house while occupying one po- sition was drawing salary for another, and that the difference between the salaries was to be made up in one of the items in the bil, This led to a general ventilation of the domestic af- fairs of the house, during which Mr. Bailey of Texas declared that the sit- uation was a scandal upon the integ- rity of the house. He charged that there were employes of the house who were dividing their salaries with oth- ers who performed no work, and chal- lenged any one on the other side to deny his allegations. At the close of the session Mr. Bailey offered a reso- lution for the appointment of an in- vestigation committee which was re- ferred to the committee on rules upon the assurance of Mr.’ Payne, the ma- jority leader, that it would be reported at once. The general deficiency appropriation pill, the last of the appropriation bills, was passed. In the Senate. For nearly two hours the senate had under discussion a resolution by Mr. Jones of Arkansas to discharge the ju- diciary committee from further . con- sideration of the anti-trust bill passed by the house at the last session and to bring it before the senate for consid- eration. To some extent the merits of the measure were discussed. The res- olution finally went to the calendar. During the remainder of the afternoon the postoffice appropriation bill was under discussion. After a prolonged contest the appropriation for pneu- matic tube service was eliminated en- tirely. The old controversy over the special appropriations for fast mail service engaged attention the rest of the day. In the Senate. Washington, Feb. 23. — Two of the great supply bills of the government, the postoffice and the diplomatic and consular appropriation bills, were passed by the senate yesterday. Dur- ing the greater part of the session a proposition to discontinue the appro- priations for fast mail facilities from New York to New Orleans, via Atlanta, and from Kansas City, Mo., to Newton, Kan., was under discussion. By a de- cisive vote the senate continued the appropriations. An amendment was agreed to authorizing the postmaster general to investigate the question of establishing a postal telegraph system, and to report his findings to the next congress. The diplomatic and consular appropriation bill was passed in record time, only forty minutes being con- sumed in its consideration. After a spirited debate the conference report on the Indian appropriation bill was rejected and sent back to confer- ence. Early in the day Washington’s fare- well address, in accordance with a cus- tom of the senate on Washington's birthday, was read, the reader being Senator Bacon of Georgia. In the House. * The house devoted the day to odds | and ends of legislation. With the ap- proach of the end of the session mem=- bers with small bills of various kinds have been besieging Speaker Hender- son for recognition. Yesterday, under an arrangement entered into Thursday, a large number of these smaller bills, in which members are individually in- terested, were passed, In the Senate. Washington, Feb. 25.— The senate Saturday passed the bill which releases the appropriation of $5,000,000 for the Louisiana purchase exposition at St. Louis in 1903. It was amended by pro- viding an appropriation of $250,000 for a government exhibit at the Charleston exhibit to be held next December. Be- fore the bills passed amendments were adopted closing both expositions on Sunday. By a skillful parliamentary move Senator Morgan forced the Nicaragua canal bill to the consideration of the senate after that measure had been * sleeping for many weeks. Mr. Morgan's Success was short lived, however, as the fortification bill was taken up, thus displacing the canal bill, which, with the oleomargarine bill and the shipping bill, takes its place on the calendar. The day was given to the fortification and the army appropriation bills, the former being passed. In the House. The house adopted a resolution to in- vestigate the pay of its employes as a result of the condition of affairs un- earther last Tuesday. The bill to increase thé efficiency of the revenue cutter service was debated for two hours, but no action was taken. Several of the appropriation bills were sert to conference and considerable miscellaneous business was transacted. In the Sennte. Washington, Feb. 26.—The real strug- gle for insular legislation at this ses- sion began yesterday in the senate. The army appropriation bill was under consideration and the Philippine amendment was reached. In addition the Cuban amendment was introduced, and the general debate on these propo- sitions began. Sharp opposition to the Philippine amendment developed on the Democratic side, beginning with a point of order which the senate over- ruled and followed with speeches by Senators Tillman, Rawlins, Caffery, Bacon and Morgan, The amendment was defended by its author, Mr, Spoon- er, who pointed out the necessity for the legislation. Senators Vest, Hoar, Baccn and Rawlins offered amend- ments: tending to limit the powers con- ferred by the Spooner amendment. An evening session was held to allow time to continue the debate. In the House. The house jettisoned the authoriza- tions for two battleships and two cruisers which were in the naval ap- propriation bill as it passed that body. The senate had rejected the proposition and sgainst the appeals of the house conferees the house yesterday voted by a big majority to agree to the senate amendment striking out the authoriza- tions. Chairman Cannon, of the appro- priations committee contributed largely lt by a vigorous speech in of the senate amendment. A favor partial conference report on the naval | bill s agreed to and the bill went back to conference. The house also agreed to the conference report on the bill to create a commission of five to adjudicate the claims of United States citizens against Spain, assumed by the United States under the treaty of Paris. Just before adjournment Mr. Tawney, chairman of the St. Louis ex- position committee, asked unanimous consent to disagree to the senate amendments to the exposition bill, but Mr. Shepherd of Texas objected. TAKING THE OATH. Filipinos Becoming Americans Vol- untarily—A New Party. Manila, Feb. 27—Maj. Ballance re- ports that at the solicitation of the president and councillors of Santa Sat- alina, province of La Infanta, Col. Davis, of the Third cavalry, and Capt. Fitzgerald administered the oath of al- legiance to 697 residents. During the Washington birthday services 2,000 took the oath in the church of Vigan, province of locos. Maj. Ballance say: the majority of the native priests in South Ilocos and Banguad are appar- ently co-operating with the American officers and are urging their parishon- ers to lay down their arms and aban- don the insurgents. The gunboat La Guna de Bay landed a crew at Tayug, Pangasinan province, and chased 200 rebels to the hills near that place. The fight lasted forty minutes, when the Americans ran out of ammuznition. Two rebels were killed and fourteen others, including a lieutenant, were taken prisoners. Col. Blanco, the famous colonel of the Macabees and the former Spanish gov- ernor of the Mariana islands, is lead- ‘ ing,in the formation of the Conserva- tive party. The membership is com- posed chiefly of staunch Roman Catho- lics. They declare that they are “Real Filipinos and Spaniards who have something at stake, and aim at the acknowledgment, of American sover- eignty in amicable rivalry with the Federal party.” Some of the members of the Federal party are propogating non-Catholic sentiments, and this is partly the reason why the Conserva- tives will not join them. The Federals still appear to be securing members in all directions. i 4 Siberian Reindeer. San Francisco, Feb. 27.—The revenue cutter Bear is to be repaired at Puget sound, preparatory to sailing for Si- beria, where a large number of rein- deer are to be taken on board and transported to far northern Alaskan points. Licut. Berthoise, under special permission of the Russian government, _ is en route from St. Petersburg to the Siberian coast and expects to meet the cutter Bear about May 15 with a ars chy; herd of reindeer. Be Et se t e* é Took Carbolic Acid Route. Chicago, Feb. 27. — Embittered by _ what she regarded the studied neglect of former frienJs and her husband, — Mrs. P. O. Gray, the wife of Perry O. Gray, attorney general for the Republic of Liberid, drank a fatal dose of car- bolic acid Friday night and died in the _ Provident hospital on Su morning. ‘It was not until yesterday that the © woman's identity was Teekay vm friends.