Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, March 16, 1901, Page 2

The Hevald--Review. |FRICTION IN CHINA By ©. ©. KILEY, At The coronation of Edward VII, the duke of Norfolk will be the “stage manager.” His ancestors have been masters of ceremonies at all corona- tions for centuries. He is entitled to a drinking cup of pure gold, either from King Edward or somebody else. The New Hampshire iegislature will %e asked for an appropriation for the erection on the Capitol grounds of a statue of Franklin Pierce, the only New Hampshire man who has been president of the United States. ‘Ihe body of Mr. Pierce rests in Concord, in the old North Cemetery. William K. Vanderbilt has ordered a new automobile in France that will be nearly 50 per cent more powerful than his famous “White Ghost.” His present machine has a road record of fifty-five miles an hour, but the new one will be of forty-two horse power, and able to go at a rate of seventy- seven miles an hour. It will cost $12,- 000. A Philadelphia judge is reported as having a most exalted idea of the im- portance of his court, for he fined a Physician for contempt because, being a witness, he had kept the court wait- ing half an hour, while at the bed- side of a patient so ill that he could not safely be left. Said the judge: “It is better that a patient should die than that the court should be treated with contempt.” Mrs, Elizabeth Lidy, 80 years old, six times married and five times divorced, has been adjudged insane at Peters- burg, Ind. She began her matrimonial ventures while still a girl, and she continued through life discarding one husband after another, hopeful that she would find an ideal one. A com- mission decided that this hopeless am- bition was evidence of insanity and ruled accordingly. A “New-Laid-Egg Society” has been erganized in England. In furtherance of its object collecting depots are being established at various points. The formation of such a union not only suggests the almost universal propen- sity of human beings to increase the varieties and numbers of societies, but it testifies forcibly to the fact that recentness in an egg is a form of new- richens which sarcasm spares and good sense welcomes, A man named Chandloux has just hanged himself at Nevers, France. The circumstances of the suicide are in no way extraordinary except for the fact that the man was the fifth husband of a woman, all of whose previous hus- bands came to a violent end. The first hanged himself, the second perished in a fire, the third drowned himself, and the fourth and fifth have both been found hanged, and in each case, strangely enough, on a pear tree, i ee On the Interoceanic railway of Mexico a part of the track has been laid on ties of jarrah wood imported from Australia for this purpose. The jarrah wood is obtained from one of the largest tress of thé forests of Aus- tralia, which grows to an average height of two hundred feet, and is about four feet in diameter at the trunk. There is usually an interval of 150 feet to the first branch. These trees furnish timber which is sound in every respect,there being an absence ef dry rot, gum veins and other de- fects that often characterize large trees, “ve kep’ sehooi,’ said a Kentucky mountaineer, whose eyes were opened by a visit to Berea college, “but I can’t say I’ve ever taught.” With more ade- quate provision for training and an ever-rising standard of qualification, the pedagogical profession is taking on new dignity and power. All the more important is it not to rush things, for the finest results must depend on full tides of vitality. In twelve states as- sociations of teachers met during the recent holidays. Schoolroom work is wearing to brain and nerve, and it is open to question whether it is wise to pack the vacations with shop-work, however attractive or handsomely done. ol The peanut seems to be playing the part of “civilizer” in some of the for- eign possessions in tropical Africa. Traders give a negro a bushel of nuts for seed on condition that he returns four bushels from his crop, and since the yield in good years is twenty-fold, the black man generally has a surplus which he can sell at the rate of a shill- ing a bushel. From a single station in Senegambia there were shipped, in 1898, twenty-nine thousand tons. Small oys and scientists have long been in agreement touching the value of the peanut; now statesmen also will have to do it honor, since it seems likely to lead the native African into the paths of agriculture. The superior quickness of American ‘workmen was strikingly illustrated not long ago, when a number of them were sent to Europe with a shipment of American locomotives, With previous consignments only a foreman and his assistant had been sent, a nd local labor was relied upon for all the work Save superintendence; but the foreign workmen were so leisurely in their habits that it took them twice as long as the same force of Americans re- quired for the task. Hence it was cheaper to send all the men necessary to set up the locomotives, RUSSIA AND GREAT BRITAIN ARE AT OUTS, * Dispute Over Possession of a Piece of Land—British Start Making a Siding and Are Stopped by the Russians, but Subsequently Con- tinue Their Work Under Armed Guard—China Asks Powers to In- duce Russia Not te Insist on Manchuria. London, March 13. — Friction has started at Tien-tsin between the Brit- ish and the Russians over a piece of land alleged to belong to the railway company and to have been in posses- sion of the company for several years. According to dispatches from Tien-tsin the Russians assert that this land is part of their new concession and, therefore, Russian property. Mr. Kinder, manager of the railw be- gan to make a siding but was stopped by the Russian authorities. He ap- pealed to Col. McDonald, who referred the matter to Gen. Ba w, British chief of staff at Pekin, who replied: “Carry on the siding, with armed force, if necessary.” Guards were put on the line by the British and the work continued. Gen. Wagasak, the Russian commander, protested and said the thing would not have been dore if the Russians had as many trooys as the British, adding that such matters should be left to diplomacy. Col. McDonald again com- municated with Gen. Barrow, who telegraphed: ‘Continue the siding.” Gen. Wagasak, very indignant, ap- pealed to the Russian minister to Pe- kin, M. de Giers. Appeal to the Powers. Washington, March 13.—The Chinese government has made overtures to the United States to induce Russia not to insist: that China sign the agree- ment for Russian control of Man- churia. Similar overtures have been made to all the other powers. On account of Russia's assurances to the United States that she has no intention of acquiring Chinese terri- tory without the consent of all the nations concerned in the settlement of the existing difficulties in China, this government feels that it cannot make any representations to the czar’s ministers on the subject. To do so, it is held, will be to impugne Rus- sia’s good faith. The American gov- ernment will proceed en the under- standing that Russia intends to hold Manchuria only until normal condi- tions have been established in that country, and will act only in the event that Russian control is extended be- | yond that period. No formal reply will be sent to China, but Li Hung Chang and Prince Ching will be made | acquainted with the position of the United States. It is likely, however, that the United States will ask Rus- sia to extend to this and other pow- ers all the rights which Russia has ac- quired in Manchuria. A refusal to grant these rights would present the opportunity of questioning Russia's in- regard to tentions with Manchurian territory. Admiral Cromwell Will Sue- ceed Him. Washington, March 13.—Orders were issued at the navy department yester- { day detaching Rear Admiral W. S. ( Schley from command of the South j Rear Atlantic station and ordering him home for further orders, and detach- ing Rear Admiral B. J. Cromwell from command of the Portsmouth navy yard April 1 and ordering him to com- mand of the South Atlantic station, sailing from New York April 3. Lieut. Commander J. H. Sears, of Admiral Schley’s staff, is ordered home. Lieut. J. H. Sypher, now at the Portsmouth yard, has been assigned to duty on the staff of Admiral Cromwell. Rear Admiral J. J. Reid will relieve Ad- miral Cremwel} as commandant of the Portsmouth yard. ‘ Geeman Government In ‘Faking | Meaxures to Aid the Industry. Berlin, March 13.—According to the evening papers the government's lat- est step to aid the sugar industry is a proposal to forbid the general use of saccharine and other artificial sweet- The draft of a bill dealing with eners. the subject, which has been sub- mitted to the bundesrath, establishes the prohibition from April, 1902. ex- cept in cases where health forbids the use of natural sugar. The sale of the artificial products will be limited to druggists and other authorized per- sons. A consumption tax of 80 marks per kilogram will be imposed on these products. ED BY “BOO.” FRIGHTE Ethel Bartholomew Has Recovered From Trance, But Is Dumb. Middleboro, Mass., March 13.—Ethel Bartholomew has come back to her cousin’s home in Middleboro in a very pecul condition. She has recovered from the trance with which she was stricken in New Haven last week, but she is dumb. She writes on a pad to her mother and cousin, Mrs. Charles W. Soule, to whose house she was ‘taken and where she had resided sub- sequent to the day that she was so badly frightened by Charles I. Parme- lee, who said “boo. Traced by Bloodhounds. Mount Vernon, Ohio, March 13.—Geo. Houck, a barber, was “ arrested, charged with the murder of Sarah Hess. Bloodhounds took the trail without hesitation to Houck’s home. Swindler Repents. t Dayton, Ohio, March 1%. — Harry Prugh, attorney for the Ohio Safe De- posit and Trust company, has received $600 from a swindler who calls him- self “Joseph Weller.” The alleged swindler beat the trust company out of the money some months ago and has repented and returned it. Andrew Carnegie has offered New- castle, Pa., $40,000 for a public library provided the municipality furnishes a building site and provides $4,000 per year for maintenance. SMALLPOX IS EPIDEMIC. Hundreds of Cases of the Disease in Southern Iowa. Centerville, Iowa, March 13.—South. ern Iowa, is overrun with smallpox, and Centerville is the only city of any size that has not from 5 to 200 cases, There are not fewer than 500 cases in this part of the state. Ottumwa has over 200, Albia 100, Bloomfield 50, Mo- ravia 50, Mystic 75 and Moulton 25, Centerville has a strict quarantine against all affected towns. All roads and all railway trains are guarded by armed men to prevent suspects from coming here. The whole country is alarmed, as the disease is a malig- nant form in many places and several persons have died. IMMIGRANTS FOR SOUTH DAKOTA, Special Train Londs for Douglas, Hand and Other Counties. Yankton, S. D., March 13. — Special emigrant trains are coming into South Dakota almost daily. One train of eighteen cars of people and their ef- fects, seeking new homes, is reported as having arrived in Douglas county. Another train of thirty-two people, with household goods, farming imple- ments, horses, cattle, ete., stopped in Hand county.. several purchasing land there, and others going into adjoining counties. Real estate men report business very brisk and expect many more land seekers to come soon. LIQUID STOVE POLISH. Dakota Woman Is Fatally Burned in an Explosion.’ Centerville, S. D., March 13. — Mrs. Gus Isaacson, living nine miles east, bought some liquid stove polish from a peddler. When using the stuff it ex- ploded, setting fire. to her clothing. She was alone at the time and before help came was so badly burned that she died in a short time. North PETITION THE KING, Royal Clemency to Be Requested in Behalf of Mrs. Maybrick. New York, March 13.—A dispatch to the Herald from London says: An* other attempt is soon to be made to obtain the royal clemency for Mrs, Maybrick. ‘The Baroness de Roques, Mrs. Maybrick’s mother, has been in London during the last week in con- sultation with her legal advisers for the purpose of framing a petition to the crown for her daughter’s pardon. It has been intimated that the pros- pect of bringing about such a denoue- ment has not diminished owing to the accession of his majesty, Edward VIL., but quite the contrary. Involuntary Manslaughter. Chicago, March 13.--Formal charges of involuntary manslaughter were | yesterday entered against <A. M, Doremus, manager of the Doremus laundry, in which the boiler exploded, killing and wounding two score peo- ple. The charges were entered with the consent of Mr. Doremus, who has been under nominal arrest since the explosion, the action taken enabling him to regain his liberty by securing bondsmen in the sum of $10,000, which he promptly did. Theodore Alten died yesterday, making the total numbergof fatalities nine. d Big Starch Factory Burned. Kankakee, Il, March 13, — The Archer Starch factory, the largest of the kind in the world, burned yester- day. Estimated loss, $525,000; insur- ance about $125,000. Louis Ruell was badly burned. Twenty-five other workmen escaped. The explosion of a large grinder started the fire. Com- bustion due to iron nails and wet starch caused the explosion, which blew out the sides of the largest build- ing and caused it to collapse. Serious Mine Accident. Scranton, Pa., March 13.—A serious cave-in of the Spencer mine workings occurred at Dunmore, causing a sur- face disturbance of over 700 feet long and 100 feet in width. Four residences were so badly wrecked as to render them uninhabitable. The mine work- ings were wrenched ani twisted so badly that no work can be done for several days. Work of an Incendiary. Prairie du Chien, Wis., March 13. — Fire of incendiary origin totally de- stroyed the Dousman house barn, to- gether with 250 bushels of oats, one ton of charcoal, several carloads of wood and several tons of hay. A Fatal Load of Hay. Baraboo, Wis., March 13.— At La Valle Fred Potter was fatally injured by a load of hay falling upon him when the wagon tipped over. Many of his ribs were fractured and he sus- tained other injuries. Will Succeed Schley. Washington—Rear Admiral Burtlett J. Cromwell, now commandant of the League Island navy yard, has been se- lected to succeed Rear Admiral Win- field S. Schley as commander-in-chief of the South Atlantic squadron. Judge McPherson, in the United States district court in Philadelphia, has sentenced D. S. Ogden, who was found guilty of violating the oleomar- ine law, to two months’ imprisonment and to pay a fine of $200. Ogden is the head of a large grocery firm in that city. It was announced in New York that Jane Peyton has succeeded Grace Fielding as leading lady in Otis Skin- ner’s company. Miss Peyton is a Western woman well known through- out the West, and if the wife of Dr. R. Cc. Brown of Milwaukee. In Honor of Cornwall's Visit. London—France and Russia, it is said, will send warships to Australian waters on the occasion of the visit there of the Duke of Cornwall and York. * A clock is wound up to make it rum, and a business is wound ap to stop it Cui Bono? “They say that Old Gotrox is barely able to write his name.” “Now, that shows the injustice.of things. Here I could write my name to a check with the greatest ease; but what's the use?”’—Indfanapolis Press. MANY ARE KILLED AWFUL RESULTS OF A BOILER EX- PLOSION IN A LAUNDRY. Eight Bodies Have Been Recovered and Scveral More Are Thought tc Be in the Ruins — Twenty-six Were Injured, Some of Them Fa- tally — Building Was Completely Wrecked ard Surrounding Build- ings Considerably Damaged— Proprictor Is Arrested Pending an Investigation. Chicago, March 13.—A boiler explo- sion in the Doremus laundry resulted in wholesale death among the em- ployes, eight bodies having been re- covered from the ruins up to the pres- ent time. Twenty-six other persons were injured, several fatally, and a number are missing. It is believed that bodies are still buried in the wreckage of the building. The major- ity of the victims were girls, Thirty- six employes were in the structure at the time. Ten is given as the proba- ble number killed. The west wall of the Waverly theater building now oc- cupied by the Volunteers of America, adjoining the ruined structure, was knocked in and the auditorium of that building filled with debris. The Proprietor Arrested. Inspector Shea has given orders to hold A. F. Doremus, the proprietor of the laundry, until the mystery con- cerning the cause of the explosion has been cleared away. Doremus said he bought the boiler four years ago. It was thoroughly overhauled and in- spected at the time, he says, and has been regularly inspected ever since. It was fifteen feet long by five feet in diameter. Doremus also told Inspector Shea that he paid the man who at- tended the boiler $12 a week, and that amount, the inspector says, will not pay the wages of a competent engi- neer to run such a boiler. BOTHA HAS ENOUGH Asks an Armistice to Consult With Dewet tnd Steyn Lourenzo Marques, March 13.—Gen. Botha is willing to surrender. He asked an armistice in order to com- municate with Gen. Dewet and Mr. Steyn. Should they decline it is be- lieved nevertheless that Gen. Botha will surrender. The Boers have no ar- tillery or ammunition and are burying all their guns. The railway from here to Pretoria is practically clear of Boers. Steyn Loses Hope. London, March 13. — The Times has received the following from Bloem- fontein: ‘The Boers who have sur- rendered here say that Mr. Steyn in a recent speech at Philoppolis, main- tained there was now no chance of regaining the country.” No Terms to Boers. London, March 13. — Unconditional surrender such as the United States demanded of the Confederacy at the end of the Civil war must be England’s attitude toward the Boers, in the opin- ion of the Daily Mail. This morning’s issue of the paper, dealing editorially with the pending negotiations between Gen. Botha and Lord Kitchener, says: “The most that can be granted Gen. Botha is the assurance that the Dutch leaders and generals will not be pun- ished; in other words, the assurance of their personal safety. There can be no stipulations bearing on the political situation of the Transvaal and Orange Colony. The British government must imitate the conduct of President Lin~ coln’s administration, which, in 1865, refused to embarrass itself with pledges regarding the future organiza- tions of government in the conquered | Southern states.” . British Casualties. @he war office prints a list of cas- ualties in South Africa recently which shows that a captain of Kitchener’s scouts was killed and four men of the same command were badly wounded in a fight on March 8 at Stellenbosch Vlei. A number of British prisoners were released at Ficksburg on the same date. One lieutenant was seri- ously wounded at Lindly, Orange Riv- er Colony, last Friday. Boer Attack. Cape Town, March 13.—A small com- mando, believed to be Kritzinger’s, made a determined attack on Shelton station, thirty miles north of Alice- dale Junction, yesterday. The railway was torn up, the telegraph cut and the station looted. An armored train from Elizabeth drove the Boers to the east. FEDERAL TREASURY. Cash Thercin and Receipts and Out- go for a Day Washington, March 13.—The receints of the government yesterday were: Customs, $860,243; internal revenue, $1,613,234; miscellaneous, $250,155; total, $2,723,632, The disbursements were $2,290,000, an excess of receipts over expenditures of $433,632. The receipts for the fiscal year to date have been $402,126,637, and disbursements $367,- 212,278, an excess of receipts over ex- penditures of $34,914,359. An official count of the cash in the treasury, yesterday, not including the gold reserve of $150,000,000 and $759,- 736,989 gold, silver and notes against which certificates are outstanding, showed: Gold coin, bullion and cer- tificates, $87,727,280; silver dollars, bul- lion and certificates, $19,210,437; United States notes, $11,152,394; other assets, $34,161,548; net available cash balance, $152,251, 659. DEATH WARRANT IS SIGNED. @evernor Fixes Day for Hanging of Franz Theodore Wallert. St. Paul, March 13.—Gov. Van Sant yesterday afternoon signed the death warrant of Franz Theodore Watlert, convicted of the murder of his step- daughter at Arlington, Aug. 20, 1900. ‘The warrant fixes the date of the exe- eution as March 29. Wallert was con- victed of one of the most horrible murders ever committed in this state, having stabbed his wife and his step- children. _*% © 3 Doings * ‘ In the WITH \, sete e o lature. In the Senate. St. Paul, March 6.—The senate voted to adjourn April 5. The vote was on a resolution presented several days ago by Senator Young. Senator Thompson of Fillmore coun- ty presented another inheritance tax law in the senate. The bill is modeled in general after the law passed two years ago, but is made constitutional in its verbiage. It imposes a 5 per cent inheritance tax. Senator Wilson’s bill to permit Min- neapolis to increase its school levy from 5 to 8 mills was passed. A new measure, which codifies all the previous election laws, and with an amendment creating each senatorial district a delegate district for party state conventions, was presented by Senator Knatvold. Senator Fitzpatrick’s bill to establish assembly districts for public discus- sion throughout the state was killed in committee of the whole. In the House. Cheaper fares for patrons of street cars is the object of a bill introduced in the house by Representative Dealy of Scott county. The bill provides that | all street railway companies in the / state shall sell ten-ride tickets for 25 cents, with the limitation that such tickets be good between the hours of 6 and 8 o’clock a. m., 12 noon to 1 p. m. and 5:30 to 7:30 p.m . Representative Morley’s bill for the extermination of the ‘“ox-eye” daisy became a law. A bill providing for the appropria- tion of $79,900 for deficiencies in state departments for the last fiscal year was introduced by Representative Ja- cobson. The primary election law, which was to have been a special order for yester- day aftefhoon, was postponed until next Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. In the House. St. Paul, March 7.—The house trans- acted considerable business yesterday. The most important bill introduced was a measure presented by Repre- sentative Stark, providing for dicensing peddlers doing business in organized towns. The bill makes it a misdemean- or for peddlers to offer their wares in such towns without having procured a license, punishable by a fine of from $10 to $1000. A license fee of $1 per day, $10 per month or $40 a year is au- thorized by the bill. Representative Hurd introduced a bill providing for the regulation of bathing establishments, massage par- lors, clairvoyants, mind readers and faith healers. The bill quthorizes city and village councils to fix a license fee and otherwise regulate such places or persons. Representative Alley’s amendment to the general statutes, regulating the sale of real estate belonging to the estates of deceased persons by execu- tors or administrators, was passed. The drainage bill, appropriating $300,000 for the redemption of swamp lands in the northern part of th state, was recommended by the com- mittee of the whole to pass. Defeat met the bill for the estab- lishment of uniform fees and mileage for grand and petit jurors. The bill; raised the fees from $1 to $2 and $3 a day. In the Senate. A bare quorum was present when the senate convened at $ o'clock last night, and after the introduction of a few bills the adjournment was taken until 10 o'clock this morning. Senator Grindeland submitted a codification of the laws relating to county drainage work. Senator Sheehan introduced a bill ad- mitting graduates of standard law schools to practice in Mmnesota with- out examination and without fees during a period of two years from their graduation. In the House. St. Paul, March 8.The Deming bill, vroviding for the parole of life prison- ers, framed in the interest of the Younger brothers, was yesterday as a special order amended and passed by the house after three hours’ debate. The amendment provides that paroles may be granted life prisoners who have sefved thirty-five years, less the good time accruing for good be- havior, by the board of prison man-/ agers with the unanimous concurrence ' of the members of the board of par-! dons. Fifty-eight thousand dollars to+ be expended in extensions and improve- ments at the state training school at Red Wing is asked for in a bill intro- duced by Mr. Scherf of Goodhue, chairman of the house committee charged with the care of the institu- tion. A constitutional amendment author- izing the establishment of a state road and bridge commission and creating a fund for the use of the same is pro- posed in a bill by Representative G. Johnson. Representative Plowman entered a vigorous protest against granting the $20,000 appropriation for the state ex- hibit at the Pan-American exposition. Nevertheless the bill was passed. In the Senate. The senate spent an hour yesterday listening to arguments from promi- nent physicians upon the Daugherty bill creating a state institution for the treatment of consumptives. The bill was referred to a special committee consisting of Senators Grindeland, Chilton and Daugherty. The senate passed the Horton bill allowing the state capitol commission- ers and additional $1,000,000 for the completion of the new state building without a dissenting vote. The senate recommended the Hurd oil inspection bill to pass, with amend- ments making the seale of inspection fees practically the same as at pres- ent, increasing the salaries of deputies and preventing its being in operation until after the present administration. Twenty-one bills were passed by the senate, most of them of minor im- portance. In the House. St. Paul, March 11.—A strong fight was put up in the house Saturday to wipe out the corrupt: practices act. A bill was before the house providing for |the repeal of the act. After a lively, ‘ ‘ ° ° ° e THE LAWMAKERS e @ o ° ‘and at times spirited, debate it wa® indefinitely postponed by a vote of 49 to 42. A state board of appeals to pass upon the grain and warehouse appeal is proposed in a_ bill introduced by Representative Wilder. The board is to be appointed by the grain and warehouse commission and its mem- bers, six in number, to hold office for two years. A bill for the enlargement of the state forestry reserves and the appli- cation of the profits accruing there- from to state, county and town pur- poses was introduced by Representa- tive Bush of Olmsted. Senator Smith’s bill providing for a state loan of $75,000 to farmers for the purchase of seed grain was passed un- der suspension of the rules. In the Senate. Senator Ryder introduced a bill re- quiring cities, towns and villages to care for sick and disabled paupers, furnish them medical aid and board. and in case they die, provide for their burial. The cost becomes a legal claim against the county, and from the county against the city or town where the pauper resided. Corporations or companies not strict- ly savings banks are restrained from accepting deposits by a bill from Sen- ator J. D. Jones, prepared by the pub- lic examiner. It is aimed at so-called tontine savings associations and dia- mond companies. Senator Hawkins introduced a bill to limit the public deposits in banks to the amount of the assessed valua- tion of their capital stock, the figures of the tax roll to govern. Fourteen bills were sent to the cal- endar from general orders in the sen- ate in anticipation of a heavy week's work. The calendar was passed on account of the light attendance. In the House. St. Paul, March 12.—The Dunn Dil) for the extension of the direct primary Jaw to all the counties of the state and covering all offices but those of the state, villages and townships, was yesterday passed by the house by a vote of 83 to 14. A strong fight was put up against the bill,principally by the country members. The debate lasted for three hours. The bill as introduced was framed to cover the nomination of state of- ficers. Mr. Jacobson of Lac qui #arie led the opposition to that clause. An amendment striking it out of the bil} was offered and defeated. Mr. Jacob- son then moved to indefinitely post- pone the bill. The friends of the meas- ure, frightened at what they believed to be defeat of the whole scheme, con- sented to a reconsideration, and the bill was so amended as to exclude nominations for state offices. The bil) as passed provides that on Tuesday. seven weeks before an election at which district, legislative, county or city officers are to be elected, a pri- mary or nominating election shall be heid. The primary election day sha}l also be the first registration day. t least twenty days prior to the primary election day any voter eligible to an office which he seeks may file his name with the county auditor, and if the office be voted for in one county only, by the payment of $10 have his name printed on his party’s primary ticket as a candidate for nomination. If he seeks an office voted for in more than one county his name is filed with the secretary of state and the fee is in- creased to $20. The party tickets are to be uniform in size, printed with black ink on white paper. All persons entitled to registration are entitled to participation in the primary election. The voter after registration before re- ceiving a ballot must declare his polit- ical affiliation, and if chalenged, must swear that the ticket which he wishes to vote is that of the party whose can- didates he generally supported at the last general election. The voting and canvassing is conducted in the man- ner now prescribed by law. Representative Sherman S. Smith of Minneapolis introduced in the house a bill fixing the salary of state sena- tors and representatives at $500 per annum, and of the lieutenant governor and speaker of the the house at $750 a year. At present the senators and representatives get $530 for the full session of ninety days, the speaker and president of the senate getting twice that. A number of bills on the calendar were disposed of. In the Senate. The three bill relieving Bettrami county of its present serious financial difficulties were recommended to pass after a fruitless effort on the part of Senator Wilson to make important amendments. Senator Baldwin introduceda_ bil! authorizing juries to take with them into the juryroom bills of particulars amd all papers affecting the case ex- cepting depositions. The Swenigson bill regulating the practice of opticians was recommended to pass. SHOCK TO BERLIN. Lord Roberts Declines the Kaixer's Prized Decoration, Berlin, March 13.—Court circles were startled by the news that Lord Rob- erts had “thankfully returned” to Emperor William the insignia of the Black Eagle, conferred on him during the kaiser’s visit to England, This is the first instance in the history of this famous order that its insignia has been returned to the donor. If is also the first instance that the customary announcement of such a high distfnc- tion was omitted in the Reichsanzet- ger, the official court paper. Lorn Rob- erts advances as a reason for his ac- tion the persistent unfavorable eom- ment in the German press foNowing the bestowal of the honor, which is: the most celebrated and coveted order in Europe. Corked Message. London, March 13.—A message was picked up at Harwich in a sealed bot- tie, which read thus: “Schooner Wild- fire of Halifax. foundered; ali hands lost in Bay of Biscay an. 3." j