Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, January 24, 1903, Page 6

‘The Perald-Review. ————— GRAND RAPIDS, - By E. C. KILEY. MINNESOTA, Dewey may as well have the pow- @er put back in the cans. “American diplomacy” still seems to be doing pretty well, thank you. As the days begin to lengthen, how- ever, the gas bills begin to shorten. Or should. Rerorts from Ficridc indicate that the orange crop has been constructive- ly ruined. The new French minister to Vene- zuela is named Wiener. Punsters, do your wurst. ‘With surpluses wiped out, the insur- ance agent will be shorn of half his incomprehensibil:ty. Don’t get mad at the man who tries to make a foc] of you. He can’t do it, unless you're one already. The natural result of a big financial spree would appear to be getting the banks full and money very tight. The Mad Mullah was “killed while saying his prayers.” And yet people will persist in this dangerous habit. Probably Japanese China, which we have seen advertised for sale, is that portion which the powers have over- looked. The crown princess of Saxony and her very dear friend, the French tutor, talk of coming to America, the home of divorce. There is a growing. suspicion that some of the crowned heads are anx- fous to take the conceit out of the Hague tribunal. The Dowager Empress of China and the boxers seem to have forgotten that lesson taught by the powers not so very long ago. The world looks with admiration at tireless Marconi silently devoting all his energy to increasing the efficiency of his wireless wonder. Throwing a clock at one’s wife is adjudged good ground for divorce down in Connecticut. Besides, it is a reckless waste of time. The government is undecided as to the statesman whose face should go on the 30-cent stamp. Who would think that 30-cent statesmen were so few? It is feared that the wrong man may have been lynched in Kansas. But why bother over these ‘things? It won’t make any difference to him now. The news that John L. Sullivan finds Boston “a bum town, though I was born in it,” will cause tears as big as beans to flow freely on Beacon street. Methodists, in spite of the “new Methodism,” would be amply justified in doing a little shouting over their success in raising that $20,000,000 thank offerinc. By observing closely the case of Venezuela the Sultan of Turkey can see what he would experience if it were equally safe for creditors to go gunning for him. A woman in the postoffice depart ment at Washington gave up her hus- band rather than lose her job. Hus bands can be obtained without a civil service examination. It was most unkind for the Charles- ton News and Courier to commend the fudgment of the new proprietor of the Boston Journal in reducing the price of the paper to one cent. An Indian named Bear Tracks has been elected a member of the South Dakota legislature. Other statesmen belonging to that body will do well to make him leave his tomahawk at the door. Gen. Alexis Nord, Hayti’s minister of war, has entered Port au Prince with his army. We are informed that the army, who had a sore toe, rode in on a mule with a faraway look but lively heels. \ Frank Daniels writes to a western paper that he has found that in musi- cal comedy the tendency is to elimi- nate tights. Now wait for the non- theatergoing ladies of the W. C. T. U. to rise up and protest. According to Mark Twain there are only 34 jokes in existence, all bthers being variations. would be in selecting the original 34, but perhaps Mark could do it. He’s responsible -for several of them. Mr. Hobson, of England has, given our millionaire philanthropists the alternative of being known as really good men or types of the robber barons of ancient times. Well, this fs an improvermert on the original Hobson’s choice. A Baltimore man whose wife went to South Dakota for a divorce is try- ing to beat her by getting one at home before she has succeeded in establishing her case. True sports- men and gallant will of course put up their woney on the lady. The difficulty now AMERICAN CITIZENS OBJECT TO PAYING TAXES TO CUBA. OWNERSHIP OF ISLAND. DISPUTED \ SUBJECTS OF UNCLE SAM WANT _ ISLAND TO REMAIN AMER- ICAN. WILL USE FORCE IF NECESSARY TO RESIST ASSUMPTION OF AU- THORITY OF CUBAN GOv- ERNMENT. Havana, Jan. 2I—The American res- idents of the Isle of .Pines deny the general assumption of the Cuban gov- ernment that the United States has no special interest in the island and it is not likely to insist on the eventual ownership of it. In any event, they seem confident of having the support of the United States, if necessary, in their resis- tance to being governed and taxed by Cuban officials, pending a ‘settlement of the question of the ownership of the island. The matter is expected to receive important consideration’ in connection with the settlement of the location of the coaling stations and other pending questions between Cuba and the’ United States. Recently the American residents of the island unitedly notified the alcalde of the Isle of Pines and the Cuban government of their intention to re- sist, by force, if necessary, the collec- tion of taxes or any assumption of au- thority over the island by the Cuban government. The taxes are now fall- ing due, and every- American has pledged himself Not to Pay Them. The Americans’ contention is found in the section of the Platt amendment which expressly omits the Isle of Pines from the boundaries of Cuba justment by treaty. Some 300 Americans have, since the war, taken up their residence in the Isle of Pines, and it is estimated that 500 Americans have interests in the island. The American portion of the population is not of an adventurous character, but is largely composed of people of mature years who have en- gaged in the business of fruit raising. Their desire that the island remain American is not purely sentimental, since they claim that as a Cuban pos- a territory of the United States the islanders hope for freer trade with America. The government, while acknowledg- ing that the matter of ownership of the island is open, holds that it has “- facto control over the island for thé time being, at least, and that it thers- fore is authorized to levy taxes aull perform other governmental functions. It is believed that the United States will approve of this position as against the protest of the American residents who refuse to pay taxes, al- though they avail themselves of what- ever protection and privileges the present government supplies. TWO FATALLY INJURED. Result of an Accident at the Univer- sity of California. University of California, Jan. 21. — Louis A. Hickey, a freshman student, and Carl Dunsweiler, a brick mason, were terribly injured as the result of an accident in the chemistry building yesterday. The skulls of both men were fractured, and Dunsweiler is dy- ing. Hickey is in an unconscious state and it is not believed that Se will recover. Dunsweiler was work- ing on a cornice. The cornice gave way. The bricks hit young Hickey en the head, crushing his skull. Duns- weiler struck on the cement floor. NITRATE OF SILVER. it Is Now Injected Into Your Gore for Blood Poisoning. Baltimore, Jan. 21. — Physicians of the Union Protestant infirmary say they have cured a number of bad cases of blood poisoning by an injec- tion of nitrate of silver. The injection in use is one cubic centimeter of a 10 per cent solution of nitrate of silver to 1,000 cubic centemeters of sterilized water. From 400 to 1,000 cubic centi- meters constitute an injection. The injection is generally made in the large vein at the elbow. BURST A BLOOD VESSEL. Five-Year-Old Vocalist Drops Dead While Singing for Playmates. New York, Jan. 21. — While enter- taining thirty children at his home in the borough of Bronx by singing the intermezzo from the opera “Cavalleria Rusticana,” five-year-old Oscar Muller, a tiny vocal prodigy, fell unconscious to the floor and died almost immedi- ately. An autopsy showed he had ruptured a blood vessel while trying to maintain a high note. Brakeman Killed. Brainerd, Minn., Jan. 21.— J. A. Bridgeman, 4 brakeman on the Minne- ! sota & International, fell beneath the cars and died from his injuries. | New Superintendent of Schools. Atwater, Minn., Jan. 21—Martin E. Barnes of Royalton has been elected principal and superintendent of the Atwater high schools. He succeeds pesos F. W. Dobbyn, who has been elected county superintendent of schools of Kandiyohi county. Secretary Hay Laid Up. Washington, Jan. 21—Secretary Hay is confined to his home by an attack of illness, caused \by a cold he con- ea on his recent trip to New * Yor! PINES IN REVOLT!,,."s evens and leaves the title to it for future ad-~ session it would receive no more than | 20 per cent tariff prefereace, while as | BUSINESS. resentatives of the Allies. Washington, Jan. 21. — Ministér Bowen, accompanied by Mrs. Bowen, reached here yesterday afternoon. Minister Bowen received a hearty wel- come from the officials at the state de- partment, to whom his tactful conduct of affairs at Caracas has given the greatest satisfaction. Assistant Sec- retary Hill and Assistant Secretary Adee congratulated him on the diplo- matic ability he has shown. Mr. Bow- en presented his case with great ener- gy, and has undertaken the delicate and difficult diplomatic negotiations connected with the Venezuelan difi- culty, and is proceeding with the greatest degree of speed consistent with efficacy. There must be frequent exchanges between the ambassadors here and their home government, but it is expected that frequent recourse will be had to the Atlantic cables and that the newer method of diplomatic exchange in large part will take the part formerly occupied by the mail ex- change. Mr. Bowen, as soon as he had paid a visit to Secretary Hay, started out on a visit of ceremony to the British and Italian ambassadors, and at the German embassy, where, in the absence of Count Quadt, he saw Baron Ritter, the acting charge d’af- | faires. Mr. Bowen, above all things, is anxious to secure the removal of | the blockade. PETITION FROM AGUINALDO. Secretary Root Transmits It to Con- gress. Washington, Jan. 21. — Secretary Root transmitted to the senate and house copies of a petition received by: him, through Gov. Taft, from Aguin- aldo, the late insurgent leader in the | Philippines. The petition is a remark- able presentation of the conditions now existing in the Philippines, and Secretary Root hastened to send it to congress because it goes a long way to supporting the statements he has made to committees of that body and also demonstrating the necessity for prompt and urgent action on the part of congress to prevent disaster and distress in the archipelago. The secre- tary’s letter of transmittal was very short, simply reciting the character of the document and alluding to the pic- turesque and graphic language in which Aguinaldo had described the conditions in the Philippines. The sec- retary attached particular importance to Aguinaldo’s expression of a desire to aid the Americans in carrying re- lief measures and remedying the con- ditions of the islands. A HOME FOR MITCHELL. Movement to Buy Home for the Min- ers’ President. Indianapolis, Jan. 21.—A movement | has been started to buy President Mitchell of the mineworkers a home in this city. Harrison Osborn said yesterday: “I will be the first man to contribute toward buying a home for John Mitch- ‘ell in this city. Let the matter be put in the hands of a committee with full power to collect funds and buy ad present Mr. Mitchell with a home.” Others have taken the suggestion favorably. THE MARKETS. Latest Quotations From Grain and Live Stock Centers. . St. Paul, Jan. 21. — Wheat — No. 1 Northern, 77 1-2@78c; No. 2 Northern, 76@77c; No. 3, 74 @ 75c; no grade, 64@72c. Barley—Malting grades, 46 @52c; feeding grades, 42@47ce. Rye— No. 2, 461-2@47c. Flax—No. 1, $1.20; rejected, $1.14@1.17. Oats — No. 3 white, 34@35c; No. 4 white, 33@34c; No. 3, 32@33 1-2c. Minneapolis, Jan. 21. — Wheat—No. 1 hard, 791-2c; No. 1 Northern, 78 1-2c; No. 2 Northern, 77c. Duluth, Jan. 21. — Wheat — No. 1 hard, 78 1-8c; No. 1 Northern, 76 1-8¢; No. 2 Northern, 74 1-8c; No. 3 spring, 711-8¢; oats, 35 1-4c; rye, 50c; barley, 35@51c; flax, $1.19. Chicago, Jan. 21. — Wheat - No. 2 red, 77@78c; No. 3 red, 72@77c; No. 2 hard winter, 74@75c; No. 3 hard win- ter, 70@75c; No.1 Northern spring, 80c; No. 2 Northern spring, 76@79c; No. 3 spring, 71@78¢e. Corn—No. 2, 46 1-2@47c; No. 3, 411-2@42c. Oats— No. 2, 33 1-2c; No. 3, 33@33 1-4c. Milwaukee, Jan. 21. — Wheat — No. No. 1 Northern, 80@81c; No. 2 North- ern, 781-2@s0c; May, 79 3-8@79 1-2c. Rye firm; No. 1, 513-4@52c. Barley firm; No. 2, 67c; sample, 46@63c. Oats lower; standard, 35@351-2c. Corn — May, 43 5-8@43 3-4c. Sioux City, Iowa, Jan. 21. — Cattle— Beeves, $3.50 @ 5; cows, bulls and mixed, $1.50 @ 5; stockers and feed- ers, $2.50@4; yearlings and calves, $2.25@3.75. Hogs, $5.85 @ 6; bulk, $6.05@6.40. Chicago, Jan. 21. — Cattle—Good to prime steers, $4.75@6; stockers and feeders, $2.25@4.25; cows and heifers, $1.40@4.75; calves, $3@7.50. Hogs— Mixed and butchers, $6.25@6.55; good to choice heavy, $6.65@6.90; light, $5.85@6.25; bulk of sales, $6.35@6.60. Sheep—Good to choice wethers, $4.25 @4.75; fair to choice mixed, $3.25@ 4.25; Western sheep, $4.25@6.25; na- tive lambs, $4.25@6. South St. Paul, Jan. 21. — Cattle — Good to choice steers, $4.50 @ 5.50; good to choice cows and heifers, $3.25 @4; good to choice feeding steers, $3.75@4.25; ‘good to choice stock steers, $2.75@3; steer calves, $1.50@ 2.75; good to stock cows and heifers, $2.25@2.50. Hogs—Price range, $5.25 | @6.65; bulk, $6@6.15. Sheep—Good to choice fat lambs, $4.75@5.50; culls and stock lambs, $3@3.75; good to choice ewes, medium weight, $3.35 @ 3.65; heavy weights, $3@3.50; culls and stock ewes, $1.75@2.75. Fairbanks Re-Elected. Indianapolis, Jan. 21.—Senator Fair- banks was re-elected to the United States senate by the joint vote of the house and senate. Booth Tarkington, the novelist, made the nominating speech. The Lahn Refloated. Gibraltar, Jan. 21—The North Ger- man Lioyd liner Lahn, from Genoa and Naples to New York, which grounded on a sandbank off Tumara Sunday, was refloated yesterday. WOLCOTT WANTS FORCE USED WITH GOLCRADO LEGIS- LATORS. THE MIX-UP STILL CONTINUES REGULAR ORGANIZATION COMES WITHIN 1 VOTE OF ELECT- ING TELLER. RECALCITRANTS HOLD FORTH MEET IN. LIEUTENANT GOVERN- OR’S OFFICE AND VOTE FOR SENATOR. Denver, Colo., Jan. 21—Both houses | of the general assembly balloted for | United States senator at noon yester- day, and Henry M. Teller received 50 | votes, only one less than is needed to elect. Senator McGuire, a Democrat, refrained from voting, but he has fre- quently said he would vote for Teller if it should appear that he could be elected. Only two Republican sena- tors were in the senate chamber when the vote for senator was taken, and they did not respond when their names were called. Soon afterward the nine regular Republican senators, | the two who were expelled by the Democratic majority and the eight contestants who had been sworn in on the steps of the capitol Monday night assembled in the ‘ieutenant governor’s room and formed a sepa- rate organization. A ballot was then taken for senator. adopted notifying the governor that the senate had organized and was ready for business. Two regular Re- publican senators, Drake of Laramie county and Cornish of El Paso, left the Haggott senate and returned to the senate chamber, where they an- nounced that they would act with the “regular senate” and would no longer Participate in a “Farce.” Under the constitution Lieut. Gov. Haggett is presiding officer of the sen- joint session, which is to meet at ; noon to-day to vote for senator. He will insist that the body over which he presided yesterday was the regular senate and its vote for senator shouJd be accepted. The speaker of the house will then be called upon to decide which senate shall be recognized as regular. Comparison of the journals will show that no one has been elected | senator. It will then be necessary for | the joint session to proceed with bal- loting until a senator is chosen. If the Democratic senate is recog- nized and the house remains with its present memberships, as seems likely, Senator Teller will be re-elected. On the contrary, if the Republican senate is recognized there is likcly to be no j election and the balloting will con- tinue indefinitely. Edward O. Wolcott, the leading Re- publican candidate for senator, and his followers are urging the governor to call out the militia to place Hag- gott and the Republicans in possession ; of the chamber. Gov. Peabody said | that he would not interfere. CONGRESS. ~ Young Lady Calls Congressman Coch- ran a Liar. Washington, Jan. 21. — The house yesterday passed the District of Co- lumbia appropriation bill and subse- quently began the consideration of the Philippine currency bill. The general debate on the district bill was largely devoted to discussion of the Alaskan boundary dispute. Mr. Cochran (Mo.) denounced as a “cowardly surrender” the course of the state department. Mr. Hepburn of Iowa took up the chal- lenge and countered with the charge that Democratic administrations had surrendered the territory between lat- itudes 49 and 54.30, and also the re- public of Texas. While Mr. Cochran was speaking of the “truckling policy of the United States to-Great Britain” a stylishly dressed young woman in the gallery leaned forward and cried out “You lie.” She then left the gal- lery. In the Senate. A resolution was * The senate yesterday passed the leg- ! islative, executive and judicial appro- priation bill. When the statehgod Dill was taken up Mr. Quay submitted a number of propositions for the fixing of a day when a vote could be taken, but to all such advancements Beveridge objected. Senator Hanna spoke briefly in opposition to the bill. | INVESTIGATE COAL SHORTAGE. Wisconsin Legislature Proposes to Know the Reason. Madison, Wis., Jan. 21.—In the sen- ate yesterday afternoon Senator Mc- Gillivray_introduced a joint resolution for the appointment of a joint commit- tee consisting of three senators and six assemblymen to investigate the reasons for the coal shortage in the state and report to the legislature. | BOILER EXPLODED. Six Men injured in an Indiana Glass Factory—Three May Die. Elwood, Ind., Jan. 21. — By an ex- plosion at the Pittsburg glass factory three men were probably fatally in- jured and three others were seriously hurt. The boiler room was entirely wrecked. | _Senator Alger Formally Elected. Lansing, Mich., Jan. 21. — Former Secretary of War R. A. Alger, who, by the ad interim appointment of Gov. Bliss, succeeded the late Senator Mc- Millan in the United States senate, , was yesterday elected to fill the term. City Official Suspended. St. Louis. Jan. 21. — Mayor Wells yesterday afternoon suspended from office Patrick R. Fitzgibbons, the city registrar, who is charged with cor- ruptly contracting for city printing _ and binding. i Mr. | IS MOURNED BY MANY. Great Crowds Attend the Funeral of Editor Gonzales. Columbia, 8. C., Jan. 21. — About 2,000 people attended the funeral of N. G. Gonzales at Trinity Episcopal church at 4 o'clock yesterday after- noon, packing the gaHeries, aisles and vestibule and every part of the build- ing. About 300, unable to find stand- ing room within, remained outside, braving a cold, misty rain which froze as it fell. With the exception of tse funeral of Gen. Wade Hampton in the same church last April, the assem- blage was the largest and most rep- resentative seen in South Carolina in the last quarter of a century. CXV. Miles B. McSweeney, Former Gov. J. C. Shepard, now presiding over the state senate in the absence of the lieu- tenant governor; most of the members of the general assembly and state of- ficers, and scores of leading men from every part of the state were present. All business places in Columbia were closed during the funeral hours. Bish- op Ellison Capers of the diocese of South Carolina, assisted by Rey. Churchill Satterlee, rector of Trinity church, and Rev. Dr. Samuel M. Smith, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, officiated. Col. Tillman has made no statement and his friends re- main reticent. MOTORMAN IS PUNISHED. Accident to President Roosevelt at Pittsfield Now Closed Incident. Pittsfield, Mass., Jan. 21—The dis- tressing incident connected with President Roosevelt's visit to the Berkshire Hills last summer, when his carriage was demolished by an elec- tric car, and his secret service guard, William Craig, killed, was finally closed yesterday in the superior court. The motorman, Euclid Madden, plead- ed guilty to a charge of manslaughter, and was sentenced by Judge Pierce to six months in the house of correction and ordered to pay a fine of $500. The conductor of the car, James T. Keltey, who was also indicted, had his casé placed on file. JULIAN RALPH DEAD. Noted Author and War Correspondent Passes Away. New York, Jan. 21—Julian Ralph, author and war correspondent, died last night at his residence here. Dr. Calvin S. May, who attended Mr. Ralph, gaye the cause of death as dropsy, complicated with ulcer of the stomach and enlargement of the liver. Mr. Ralph was stricken with a hem- orrhage while he was acting as cor- respondent with the British army during the Boer war. A second hem- orrhage occurred at St. Louis immedi- ately after he had received his ap- pointment as Eastern representative of the Louisiana Purchase exposition. FINE INAUGURAL PARADE. Inducted Pennsylvania’s Executive Into Office. . Harrisburg, Pa:, Jan. 21. — Samuel W. Pennypacker yesterday was inau- gurated governor of Pennsylvania to succeed William A. Stone. William M. Brown succeeded J. P. S. Gobin at lieu- tenant governor, and Boies Penrose was elected by the general assembly to succeed himself in the United States senate. The inaugural cere- monies of the governor took place at noon. The inaugural parade was the finest the state capital has ever seen. SAID HE WAS BOOTH. Supposed Slayer of Lincoln’s Assassin Called to View Suicide’s Remains. Guthrie, Okla., Jan. 21. — It is an- nounced tere that Boston Corbett, the man who was supposed to have shot and killed John Wilkes Booth in a burning Virginia barn after the assas- sination of President Lincoln, has been summoned from Old Mexico to ideatify, if possible, the remains of D. E. George, the man who committed suicide at Enid, Okla., and who an- nounced just prior to his death that he was John Wilkes Booth. KELLY IS GUILTY. Ex-Member of St. Louis House of Del- egates Convicted of Perjury. St. Louis, Jan. 21—Charles F. Kelly, member and ex-speaker of the house of delegates, was found guilty of per- jury and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. Kelly took the read- ing of the verdictcoolly. He was charged with having sworn falsely be- fore the grand jury in his testimony concerning the use of the $75,000 in the suburban railway deal in the house of delegates. COOPER TO ORIENT. Will Succeed Admiral Wilder in Com- | mand of Asiatic Squadron. San Francisco, Jan. 21. — Rear Ad- miral Philip H. Cooper, accompanied by the flag lieutenant, Victor Blue, has arrived here, en route to the Orient. They will sail on the steamer Korea for Manila, where Admiral Cooper will succeed Admiral Wilder as sec- ond in command of the Asiatic squad- ron. Admiral Wilder was detached a few weeks ago on account of sickness. GREAT DAY FOR THE PLATTS. Senator From New York and the Con- necticut Solon Are Re-Elected. Albany, N. Y., Jan. 21. — The two houses of the legislature in separate session yesterday selected Senator Thomas C. Platt to succeed himself as United States senator. Hartford, Conn., Jan. 21—The gen- eral assembly yesterday re-elected Or- ville N. Platt to serve as United States senator for a fifth term. Reed Smoot Elected Senator. Salt Lake, Utah, Jan. 21. — Reed Smoot was yesterday afternoon elect- ed United States senator from Utah to succeed Senator Rawlins. Mr. Smoot’s election will be ratified to-day at a joint session of the legislature. Stone to Succeed Vest. 4 Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 21—Former Gov. William Joel Stone, candidate of the Democratic caucus, received a ma- jority of the votes cast in both houses for the successor of United States - Senator Vest. DESPERATE MEASURES ARE BE- ING ADOPTED AT MAZAT- LAN. MANY HOUSES ARE DESTROYED SEVERAL PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND PRIVATE HOUSES ARE BURNED, i TO ‘STOP SPREAD OF DISEASE SHIPYARDS ERECTED AT GREAT. COST ARE ORDERED DE- STROYED. ‘ Mexico City, Jan. 21—The last offi- cial bulletin received here from Maz- atlan, covering the twenty-four hours ending at 6 o’clock Sunday evening, gives the number of deaths from the plague as two in the city and three in the hospital. There were eight new cases during the period and seven pa- tients were reported to be in a dying condition. The total number of deaths from Jan. 1 to 15, inclusive, was 107. This number exceeds the average death rate in the city from all diseases for an entire month under ordinary con- ditions. .More houses were burned yesterday. The total number of houses thus far destroyed on account of the infection is 106. Two public hacks were also burned yesterday. They had been used by a family at- tempting to escape from the city, one of its members being Infected With the Plague. People of the lower class in whose families cases of the plague occur, still try to conceal the fact from the authorities. A laborer’s mother died at his home from the disease. The sanitary imspectors learned of the death and took charze of the corpse, sending the man to the observation station. The man’s wife and sister were absent at the time the inspectors visited the house and afterward disap- peared. Later one of these womet was found dead with the plague, the other being still missing. The man was not attacked by the plague, but has become insane. Shipyards Will Be Burned. Nogales, Ariz., Jan. 21. — Advices from Guayamas state that orders have been received at Mazatlan by the fed- eral authorities to burn the shipyard which was erected a few years ago at a large cost to the federal government. The destruction of the shinyard is only part of a program of Cesperate measures to be taken to rid the city of bubonic plague. Plague at Toporico. Bisbee, Ariz., Jan. 21—Information has reached here that the dreaded bubonic plague has made its appear- ance at Toporico, Mex., sixty-five miles from: Minas P rietas, State of Sonora. i ry SENATE IN A DEADLOCK. Fight to Finish otha the Statehood Bill. Washington, Jan. 21—The statehood pill, with an alliance between the Democrats and a minority of the Re- publicans behind it, threatens to bifng the senate to a standstill in legisla- tion. Sixteen Republican senators and thirty-three Democrats and Independ- ents have formed a compact to pass the omnibus statehood bill and allow no other business to be taken up by the senate after the morning hour un- til there is a vote on that bill. The sixteen Republicans who have entered into this compact with the Democrats are Senators Quay, Penrose, Foraker, Gallinger, Elkins, Scott, Burrows, Burton, Hansbrough, McCumber, Mill- ard, Mason, Jones, Stewart, Perkins and Simon. With the solid vote of the Democrats they have a majority of the senate, and if they can hold their lines they can pass the bill. ANTI-TRUST BILL READY. Will Be Considered by the Subcom. mittee To-Day. Washington, Jan. 21. — Representa- tives Littlefield (Me.), Overstreet (ind.) and Powers (Mass), the Repub- lican members of the subcommittee of the judiciary committee, have practi- cally completed the anti-trust bill on which they have been at work since early in the session. A meeting of the full subcommittee will be held to-day. If a report is - agreed on by the sub- committee it is probable that the ju- diciary committee, which was ad- journed Monday to meet at the call of the chairman, anticipating the sub- committee might be ready to report before the date of the next regular meeting, will be convened to-morrow to receive the report. Senator Jones Loses. Little Rock, Jan. 21—Both branches of the legislature balloted at noon yesterday for United States senator. In the senate Hon. James P. Clark re- ceived 19 votes and James K. Jones 14 votes. In the house Clark received 58 votes and Jones 36 and H. L. Remmel (Rep.) 2 votes. Clark thus has 77 votes on joint ballot, or 9 more than necessary to elect. Gallinger Is ReElected. Concord, N. H., Jan. 21. — The two houses of the legislature in separate session yesterday re-elected Jacob H. Gallinger to the United States senate. SS ae Explosion Fatal to Five. London, Jan. 21.—A boiler explosion in the Uppers iron works at Bilston, Stafford, yesterday afternoon, result- ing in the killing of five persons and the injury of twenty or thirty by steam and pieces of flying metah \ Burning Her Cargo. Siasconsett, Mass., Jan. 21. — The steamer Bellenden, bound for New York from Swansea, signaled the Nantucket lighthouse yesterday that she was short of coal and was burning cargo. She is coal laden. WIPE OUT PLAGUE | a