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GERMANG USE PRESERVATIVES America Can Retaliate for the Exclusion of Meats. President and Cabinet Con- sider Plan to Protect Foreign Trade. — épecial Dispatch to The Cail. ‘ALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, March 25.—Retalia- Uon against Germany for her exclusion of American meats was seriously considered by the President and his Cabinet to-day. Becretary of Agridlture Wilson belicves that drastic steps must be taken to pre- German Government from con- its policy of forbidding the entry American meats, ostensibly becaus: they are unhealthful, but really in orde 10 meet the demands of the Agrarian party. If the United States falls to com- pel rmany to rescind this prohibition olher countries which receive ~American heuts there is reasonable ground ¥'s action and adopt vame policy s the American meat trade is in nger of irreparable injury, and Secre- Wilson believes it is high time for the American Government to protect it. Jn anticipation of the discussion which will shorily commence between the two Governments, Secretary Wilson recently airected the chemist of the Department of Agriculture to examine German beers, d foods imported into this coun- e report of this official, which the ry read to the German and adulters done in the stated for prohibition is therc & by this rnment of certain German products, that and he was disposed to recommend the of retaliation in case rescind the prohibition American meats. t proposes that the State portation of Freside Department shall make strong represen- Lations on t bject to Germ: Sec- retary Hay is prepar on as Secretary Wilson s to the State Department the which he has gath- ered, but in the preliminary note he will probably do no more than make an in- ect remonstrance. The State Dep believes that it might be wise uggest the appointment of a comm! man and American the whole sub- CONDUCT OF RUSSIANS CALLED IN QUESTION Secretary of State May Inquire Into the Treatment of American Jews. |t WASHINGTON, March 28.—Representa- ldfogle of New York to-day intro- the following resolution in* the That the -Secretary of State be ed to inform this House ts jssued Dy this or exciuded from en- of Ruscla, hes made cen citi- ent_religious with 2 pass- Russian Government s restricting or specially whether nati liglous denomi- i, GUEETIONS THE POWER OF THE GONGRESSMEN President Roosevelt Returns With Veto of a Bill to Remove De- sertion Charge. SHINGTON, March 25.—President sevelt sent the House a veto relief of Emanuel >-du this bill, ike the n the case of James W, How- ell, not only asks the President to act. but alse orders the Secretary of War to revoke and set aside the order approving ceedings, findings and sentence of o general court'martial, and to grant an honorable discharge. it o imply.” = possessicn’ by C power of overruling and statute valld judgment. simply an exercise of the par- er. It §s questionable whether esses either of these powers, e bill directed the Secretary to revoke an order Congress in 0 the thing which it ordered him ¥= the Presi- ngress of the reversing by . Hero Receives a Medal. WASHINGTON, March 28—The Secre- tary of the Treasury has awarded a gold life-saving medal to Eimer Mayo for his heroic services in rescuing Seth L. Ellis at the recent Monomoy in which" the entirelfe-saving crew "of the Monomoy station, with one exception, were lost. The Secrétary also awarded # £0ld medal 1o Seth Eills, the survivor of the crew. izens of the Jewish re- | 1f it did not do | Mass., disaster, | GANNOT EVADE INPRISONMENT President Not to Intere fere in Case of Cu- ban Convicts. Friends of Neeley and Rath- bone Working to Obtain ’ Clemency. it Bpeclal Digpatch to The Call. CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, March 2.—President Roosevelt will not interfere in the sen- tences imposed by the Cuban court upon Neeley, Rathbone and Reeves, convicted ot Cuban stamp frauds. The three Americans are expected to appeal to the Supreme Court of the isl- and, and its decision will finally disposc of thelr cases. It is of course possible that Senor Palma, when inaugurated President, may exercise his pardoning power, but if he does so it will not be done by the request of the United States. Officiuls of the administration who have felt the influence of the friends of Neeley and Rathbone say that it will undoubi- edly be applied to the Cuban Government when it enters into existence. The bellef among public men here that a | be found for bringing about th celey and Rathbone after th have served out a part of their sentences. UNITED MINE WORKERS REQUIRE A CONFERENCE Serious Situation in the Coal Regions of the East Demands Attention, INDIANAPOLIS, March 28.—A special call was issued from the national head- quarters of the United Mine Workers of America here this afternoon by President John Mitchell and Secretary W. B. Wil- son for a meeting of the national execu- tive board in this city on Monday, April 7. While not stated in the call it 1s given out by Wilson that thesmeeting is to con- sider both the anthracite situation in Pennsylvania and the situation in the soft coal fields of Virginia and West Virginia, where strikes involving upward of 175,000 miners are imminent. It is stated that the situation in the East, involving vast interests, both to the miners and the operators, demands the attention of the executive board. President Mitchell will return to head- quarters next week and will attend the meeting of the executive board, of which both he and Secretary Wilson are mem- bers ex-officio. The executive board, un- vention of mine worker: after April TS, se outs - being clected by the twenty dis- ts of the organization. The advisabil- of calling a strike in Virginia and West Virginia has been put entirely in the hands of the board. A final demand is to be made upon the operators for a conference and if refused the strike is t be called. FORGERY THE CEARGE IN A MYSTERIOUS CASD Man Who Had Dealings With Wz- man Recently Found Dead Is Arrested. BOSTON, March 28.—As the outcome of { | law firm w a prolonged conference between police of- ficlals, the two sons of Mrs. Julia B. French, who was recently found dead in Back Bay residence, and their attor- ; the arrest of Alfred R. Kehew, who s in Cambridge, was made to-night. Kehew 18 ¢i of Mrs, French, in September, 1500, to a certificate of transfer of 100 shares of Mass:dhusetts Central stock, valued at $1500. He was employed in the office of a ich once did consierable work or Mrs. French, and certain transactions n which Kehew is said to have taken part now require explanation in admin- istering Mrs. French's estate, Kehew was committed to the prison, but later secured bail. be arralgned to-morrow. clty He will STUDENTS ARE DIB‘HIBSED FOR INSULTING GIRLS Small Jokes at the Missouri TUniver- sity Cause Indignation and Disaster. COLUMBIA, Mo., March 28.—For halt- ing young women on the campus and cx- amining their feet nine students of Mis- souri University have been dismissed and the names of others are being secured with a view to similar punishment. The girls werggon their way to a ban- uet in the academic hall given by the reshmen. The bullding was surrounded a mob of students, bent on kidnaping | a5 many of the male guests as possible. A number cf the latter disguised them- selves as girls in order to pass through the line. One young man thus attired was identified as he stepped into. the light of the main entrance. The mob tore his skirt to tatters and dragged him away. After this the besiegers were sus- picious, and as the guests approached those who were girls, or appeared to be, were hailed and made to thrust forward | their feet for examination. submitted to the ordeal with good nature. Nearly all surprising Day. Out March 30, 1902. Sunday Call’s Great Easter Edition. Resplendent in Beautifu_l Colors And Unsurpassed in Articles of Human Interest Apper= taining tothe Glorious Easter A Special Section For Women Readers. Order Now. Price 5c a Copy. der the change made at the natlonal con- | rged with forging the name | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1902 CULMINATION OF THE LONG FIGHT COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS WHO HAS RESIGNED IN ORDER TO RECEIVE PROMOTION. EVANY.. | 3 ALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON, = March 28,—The culmination of the long fight of the Grand Army of the Republic agajnst H."Clay Evans, Commisgioner of Pensions, occurred to-day when the President formal- | ly accepted .the resignation of that of- ficlal. This action, the President declares, | must not be construed as a condemnation L] LOSES FRIENDS Northwestern University President Sounds an Alarm. CHICAGO, March 28.—Dr. Edmund J. James, president-elect of Northwestern University, presented his first communica~- tion to the board of trustees to-day. On the subject of coeducation he said in part: g “There are many signs of a marked re- action in the public mind on the subject of coeducation. Friends of the move- ment may well view it with some con- cern. hav E’DQ d. A pronouncefl reactlon has set In.” Not only has the system ceased to make new converts, but there are indica- tions that it is losing ground in the very territory which it had so completely won. “A new period of questioning is upon us. A sort of vague prejudice has risen in the country at large, which indicates 4 new attitude of the public mind toward the whole problem. The kystem is at- tackzd on new grounds and from new points of view, We are, moreover, not left to merely theoretical criticism and vague suggestion as to what the pui sentiment is on the subject. This is evi- airced in certain quarters by some interesting external designs. The tinet alteration in the attitude of a ber of institutions toward the subject.is indicated by their policy. The rapid growth of attendance at the women's col- leges during the past few years is 2lso a very significant fact. “All theze things and many others of like kind point to a serious crisis in the history of this movement, and it behooves those who belleve in coeducation to study the system with all seriousness, The grounds of discussion have changed entirely in the last generation. The old objections have lost their force and en- tirely new ones are now to the front. The notion that women are incapable of doing college work so commonly urged a gener- ation ago has completely dinu‘?penud. The objection that young men and women cannot be trusted to observe proper rela- tions in thelr social intercourse has lost its force in view of the plain fact that the moral tone of coeducational institutions is distinctly higher than that of the com- munity at large, and is certainly not in- ferior to that of schools for one sex alone. ."But, on the other hand, one hears oftener the claim that the increasing number of wemen tends to feminize the institutions where they are, in some cases to such an extent as to discourage the at- tendance of men. It is urged with in- creasing persistence that the social dis- tractions and dissipations, with their widening invasion of the sérious purpose that should go with school life, form a very serious probiem, while others em- phasize the fact that the broad difference in the future carcers of the two sexes should find a more adequate recognition in the college curricula,” . S——————————— Piles Cured Without the Knife, Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protrudin No cure, No Pay. Al drugglets are ausharis by manufacturers of Pazo Olntment to refund money where it fails to cure any case of piies, no matter of how long standing, Ci ca 1x duys; wo One application Kives e itehing instantly. This is a new discove is_the only plic remedy sold on positive pay. A free sample will vent by _mall to any one sending name and ad- dress, Price, 50c, If your druggist don't k:odp it in s send B0¢ in stamps and wo will for- ward full size box by mall, Hln‘ll‘lfi“llfl‘f’ PARIS MEDICINE . St. Louls, Mo., who | giso manufacture the -4 olure, Laxative A o tide scems in certain ways to | | make any show in that_direction. | master Guyer, who killed W. of Evans. On the other hand he is to be provided with a much better office. He will be appointed Minister of the United States, either to Spain or Cuba, probably to the former. General Torrance, commander in chief of the Grand Army, submitted to the President to-day the conclusions of the committee which investiguted Evans’ ad- ministration of the Penslon Office, and these were sufficient, in the ooinion of the veteran, to justify his removal. The President appreciates that the Grand Army should have at the head of the Pen- ston Office a man in whom it has confi- dence, but he belicves that Evans has administered penzlon affairs ably and with an _eye to public interests. f The report of the committee accused' Bvans of falling to permit the expendi- ture for pensions of the entire amount of the approprintion made last year bf' Con- gress; that he falled to authorize in- creases of pensions In cases which were proved to be absolutely just; that the Pen- slon Office did not always allow the pen- slon ratings recommended by medical ex- GOIN 13 NEEDED TOWAR ONVICE New York Official Will- ing, but He Hasn't the Money. NEW YORK, March 28.—District Attor- ney Jerome announced to-day that if the city would pay the bill he could stop gambling here. He sald: “I can close every big gambling house in town if the Comptroller will accept my vouclrers for the expenses in so doing. It would cost at least $1000 to get ‘Dick’ Canfleld to get corroberative evidence. Do you think the Comptroller would pay a bill for $250 iost at roulette? He would say that the city isn’'t going to spend its money that way." Referring to the alleged loss of $71,000 at one sitting by a young milllonaire in Can- field’s house, the District Attorney said that that amount to a man Wwith twewve million dollars was not nearly as bad in proportion as the losses of poorer people in poelrooms and poilcy shops. “Do you think the police department will be regenerated in your term of four years in omice?” was asked, “Yes, do. I think, however, that it will take at least eighteen months to The blacklegs of the police department think Colonel Partridge is a nice old gentle- man, who is immersed in the details of his department ‘and doesn't know what is going on. They will find out when the time comes. Colonel Partridge is.a firm old gentleman, who will do his duty. He's been in office but three months and has hardly had time to arrange the simple poileing of the city,” . Asked about the expense of getting evi- dence, the District Attorney said the committee of fifteen had spent $20,000 in that way, spending in some instances two or three hundred dollars to get evidence against a single house. The defendants would then, he said, be placed on trial and sent to the City Prison for a few days or fined a small amount. The re- sults were discouraging, he sald. It wa suggested to Jerome that perhaps a soci- ety might be found which would bear the heavy expense of getting evidence. His renll)y wls:k T i hi i1l “Do you know of any society that wi put up $1600 to get evldonce'.y I don't. I'm not fioing to gpend money out of my own pcckets when 1 know that the Comptroller will not make good.” — Flees From the Danger. PENVER, March 28.—A speclal to the Republican from Clayton, N. M., says the danger of lynching in the case of Post. S last Wednesday, is past. To-day t:l‘al;k: of Guyer succeeded in having his bond re- duced to $1000. his was given at on and Guyer, after forwarding his resigna- tion as Postmaster to Washington, left the town. His destination is not known. Turkey Mobilizes Troops. CONSTANTINOPLE, March 28.—A call for the mobilization pf 90,000 irregular troops has been lssued by the Turki Government. Ostensibly the mobilization i8 for the annual maneuvers, but cond tlons in Macedonla and Bulgaria have be- come so critical that more than ordinary SR goneralty Belioved he Woops sl oV e troo) be called to qu lf the uprll}nn. 3 —_——— To Cure Grip in Two Days. B Grove's Sighaure onmvery voa % - AGAINST THE PENSION COMMISSIONER Grand Army of the Republic Finally Succeeds in Getting H. Clay Evans to Resign, but the President Intends to Promote the Retiring Official and / Will Probably Send Him as United States Minister to Spain -_— s amining boards and that he was discourt- eous, “I have been in the Pension Office five years,” sald Evans to-night, “‘and during that time about 1,100,000 pension cases have been acted upon. The Penslon Office has an excellent warklng force, which as- sted me materfully in bringing the work up., Most of the business no fore th department relates to Increases of per slons, We have been {ssuing these at the rate of more than 400 certificates per day, and still - complaint {s made ot delay. More than a million invalid claims were allowed, and there are but 45,000 still pending. One of the charges made against me is that I failed to authorize the ex- ;mndnur of all the appropriation made or pensions. The appropriation last year was $144,000,000, It was made upon an es- timate which I submitted and which was necessarily only an estumate because it was impossible to state accurately the effect of action on pension claims filed as a result of the war with Spain and the rebellion In the Philippines. I told the ‘committee at the time that the estl- mate was a liberal one, During the year the Government expended for penslons $138,000,000. Pensions are granted accord- ing’ to' law and not according to appro- priations, and the money not distributed ‘was retained In the treasury, As to Medical Boards. “‘Complaint is also made that I should have given an'increase for each applica- uon. ast year there were probably 100,- 000 increase claims rejected. If I had glvén the lowest increase this would have meant an additional expenditure annually of more than $2,000,000. It does not, how- ever, make any difference how much money the Government spends provided law and facts justify the expenditure. These clalms were rejected on their merits. “It Is claimed also that the Pension Of- fice does not always allow ratings rec- ommended by the medical boards. We have followed the rule of rating a man according to his disability rather than ac- cording ta his rating. There are 1500 pen- sion boards scattered about the country who have no experience in the adminis- tration of pension laws, and they raake recommendations, sometimes in the same case, so radically different that the Pen- slon Office must consider the facts and 1ate the pension according to disability, :‘:nd dnat the recommendation of the oard.” Evans insists that he has not been in- tormed of the post to which he will be transferred. e stated emphatically, however, that he would not go to Cuba; that so far as he knew there was no thought of giving him this mission. It seems to be the general belief that when Storer is appointed to an embassy, as the President has promised. Evans will be sent to Spain, Letter of Resignation. The following letter from Evans, re- signing the Commissionership of Pen- sions, together with an appended state- ment, was made public at the White House to-night: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Penslons, WASHINGTON, March 15, 1902. To the President: For some time I have been considering the question of resigning. It wiil soon be seven years since I assumed the duties of this office, and I now have tl honor of tendering you my resignation as Commissioner of Pensions, and will thank you to accept the same at as early a date as may suit your con- venience, Thanking you for your kindly consideration, and with assurances of my best wishe very respectfully, Z The statement appended to the letter is as follows: Mr. Evans somé months ago verbally ex- pressed his desire to, resign, and finally put it in writing on March 15. The President, | how- ever. has told him that he will have to rémain as Commissioner, In the first place, until his successor has been determined upon and, in the second place, until there is some position to tender him which the President will regard as a fitting reward for his the department. I am, NS, a promotion and excellent services i o e e e S S SRy ] POLIGE UNVEIL I3 IDEATITY Prisoner in Ontario De- clared to Be Luke Dillon. 3 BUFFALO, March 28.—The Express to- day publishes a story to the effect that Kar! Dallman, one of the three men sen- tenced to life imprisonment in the Kings- ton, Ontario. penitentiary for attempting to blow up a lock In the Welland canal on April zl, 1900, is no other than Luke Dillon, the Irish National leader and famcus as a close friend of Dr. Cronin, who was murdered in Chicago. Three men were captured soon after the explosion which wrecked a portion of one of the Canadian canal locks. Two of them—John Walsh and John Nolin—were identified and their records traced. The third man, who gave his name as Karl Dallman, was a mystery. Two years ago Dillon was teller of the Dime Savings Bank of Philadelphia. Announcement was made then to Dillon's friends that he had gone to Burope. A year later the report was circulated that he had been drowned in_Ireland. The plot to blow up the Welland canal failed. The men blundered in lowering the dynamite into the lacks. placing it in such ‘a position that the gates withstood the shock. Had it succeeded 2 large area of surrounding country would have been flooded and the loss life would have been great. A PHILADELPHIA, March 28.—Luke Dil- lon was well known in this city as a member of various Irish-American or- ganizations, including the Clan Na Gael, the Irish-Americans and the Ancient Or- der of Hibernians. He was a member of the Red Men. had been teller of a savings bank in this city, but resigned that position two 'years ago. It is said by several of his friends that he joined a party of his countrymen who left here early in 1900 to go to South Africa with cbout fifty Irish residents of Chicago for the urgo!e of joining the Boer army. Luke J. Dillon, his son, cccupied a cleri< ca! position in the Postoffice here. He declined to discuss the published state- ment of his father's identification, other than to say he did not credit the report. He would not say how Jong his father had been absent from the city. Mey Succeed Hitcheock. SALT LAKE, Utah, March 28.—A spe- cial to the Tribune from Cheyenne, Wyo., says: Information received here from Wasbington in private letters is to the effect that Secretary Hitchcock's resigna- tion, despite all denials to the contrary, will shortly be handed President Roose- velt and that his suecessor will be Judge Willls Van Devanter of this State. Van Devanter is a member of the Republican Naticnal Committee from Wyoming and for six years past has been Assistant At- tom:y General fYor the Interior Depart- ment. First Salmon Around the Horn. NEW YORK, March 28.—The American bark St. James, which arrived at quaran- tine to-night from Seattle “via Blaine, Altg o voyage of 140 days, has a cargo of 62,600 c: of salmon cowlgne{l to tge ¢ Packing and Navigation Company. This is the first cury of salmon t arcund the Horn to tfi- e ety Hanna Consults President. WASHINGTON, March 2. —Senator Hanna called at the White House to-night mgpnt some time in m_ {uldcnt. .Thr.obhu?:l ‘:‘v}‘mt‘:‘v& | of his wil. DEMOGRATS PLAN “THEIR CAMPAIGH Griggs Made Chairman of the Congressional Committee. Representatives Delegated to Arrange Method of Action. WASHINGTON, March 28.—Representa- tive James M. Griggs was unanimously chosen chairman of the Democratic Con- gressional committee at a meeting held to-night in the minority caucus room at the Capitol. A committee consisting ot the chairman, Griggs, Representative Willlams of Mississippl, Representative Rupert of New York, Representative Richardson of Tennessee, Representative | Williams of Illinols, Representative Jack- | son of Kansas and Senator Culberson of Texas was appointed to perfect a plan of organization for the ensulng Congres- slopal campaign and select the remain- | ing officers of the committee, subject to the ratification of a meeting of the full committee to be held April 11, 1t Is the general understanding that this committee among other things will report which Lewis Nixon of New York probably | will be chairman. The only other name | besides that of Griggs which was present- | ed to the committee for the chairmanship was that of Representative Cowherd of Missouri, but it was withdrawn before the vote'was taken. The following were selected to repre- sent States which have no Democratic representation in Congress: Connecticut, Robert E, Deforest; lowa, G. A. Hoft- man; Maine, H. Brown; New Hamp- shire, Henry Holll Oklahoma, Harry | Bacon; West Virginia, E. H. Ossesman Wisconsin, E. C. Wall; Wyoming, C. T. Arnold; Indian Territory, Sam Powell. against James L. Norris, who was elected | to represent the district at a former reeting of the committee, but decided to disregard- the vrotests made. PATRICK WILL MARRY BOARDING-HOUSE MISTRESS Lawyer Convicted of the Murder of Rice Soon to Be Wedded. NEW YORK, Maré¢h 28.—The announce- | ment made to-day that Albert T. Patrick, the lawyer convicted of the murder of William M. Rice, is engaged to be mar- ried to Mrs. Adelaide Francis, at whose house Patrick boarded prior to his arrest, is not denied to-night by either of the principals. On the other hand, Mrs. Francis refused to see callers at her house, but sent word that she would have nothing to say regarding the reported en- gagement until_after she had consulted with Fatrick. The lawyer himself, when seen in his cell in the Tombs, said he might have something to say on the sub- Ject after he had seen Mrs. Francis to- morrow. | Patrick has known Mrs. Francls, it is said, since 1892, and after his wife died | took up his residence at the Francis house, which is kept as a boarding-house. His sisters, who are now with Mrs. Krancis, make no denial of the engage- | ment, which, notwithstanding the lack of | confirmation, is generally accepted as a fact. Mrs. Francis has announced that | she will take up her residence at Ossin- ning when Patrick goes to Sing Sing. She repeatedly sald since the trial that had she been allowed to go on the stand her evidence would have had material bear- | ing for the defense. ——— RHODES LEAVES WEALTH TO FOSTER IMPERIALISM Will of Late Magnate of South Af- rica Contains Plan for | Education. . LONDON, March 20.—The Daily Mall says It 1s In a position to nssert that the late Cecll Rhodes left the bulk of his for- | tune, except some personal and family | bequests, to the promotion of his vast im- | Eerlal plan of education. This project em- | races every land where the union jack | flles. Its purpose is the Intellectual bet- | terment of the British race throughout | the world, and the fostering of the im- perjal sentiment. | The Dally Mail adds that this idea of better fitting ‘‘Young Britain” to cope | successfully with rival nationalities was long a dominant scheme with Rhodes, but that even his closest friends little imag- ined the absorbing hold it obtained on him until this was disclosed by the terms _The detalls of this plan of | education will be made public In a few | days. | Cecll Rhodes left the Dalham Hall | estate at Newmarket to his brother, | Colonel Francis W. Rhodes. The estate was purchased by Cecil Rhodes last De- cember. il | HANNA DOESN'T WANT PRESIDENTIAL CHAIR Senator Writes That He Has No De- | sire to Gain the Nom- ination. TOMAH, Wis., March 28 — Senator Hanna has written a letter to C. W. Croty of this city stating that he is in no sense a candidate for the Presidency in 1904 and requesting his friends to dis- courage any movement to that end. Croty wrote to the Senator some days ago and yesterday received the following reply, dated Washington, March 22: ‘I have just received your letter of the 10th inst. and wish to assure you of my | thorough appreciation of the high com- pliment paid me in your suggestion in reference to the nomination for 1904. am grateful for such friendship and con- fidence, but will say in reply that I am not in any sense a candidate and trust my friends will discourage any movement looking toward that end.” TAKES THE WOMAN’'S LIFE AS SHE ENTERS HER HOME Assassin Conceals Himself in House and Uses an Ax for Murder. JELLICO, Tenn., March 28.—Mrs. Green Older was killed at her home at Saxton, Ky., eight miles morth of Jellico, last ni&ht. by an unknown man, who escaped. Mr. and Mrs. Older returned from church services about 9 o'clock. Mrs. Older entered the house, while Mr. Older went to the henhouse In the rear. A moment later he heard his wife scream and, running to the front door, saw an | unknown man disappesring. Older found | his wife dead on the floor. She had been brained with an ax which was lying near. The murderer had concealeg him- seif in the house amd_struck the Geadly blow as she entered. Posses are hunting the murderer. S g g SEATTLE, March 28 —William Lassman, picneer of the Yukon, was killed in a mine accident on February 14 at Cirele Cit; Pears’ Pears' soap is dried a whole year. That's why it lasts so. It wears as thin ] as a wafer. Sold all over the world, | BILL CARRIES MANY ILLIONG Most Important of the Supply Measures Is Completed. Includes an Appropriation of $311,000 for Work at San Pedro Harbor. WASHINGTON, March 26.—The sundry civil appropriation bill, the most impor- tant of the Government supply measures, was completed to-day by ghe House Com~ mittee on Appropriations. The bill appro- priates $49,316,395, being $12,463,042 less tnan the regular supplemental estimates and $12,579,512 less than the appropriations for the current flscal year. Among the contract items provided In excess of the present appropriations are: For public buildings, $2,89,66; Yellow- stone Park, $500,000; Loulsiana Purchase Exposition, for Government bullding and exhibit, $1,048,000; permanent densus of- fice and twelfth census, $1,400,000, seacoast battery sites, etc., §1,887,080; wiver and harbor continuing contruets, $5 82757, Some of the other main items are as ir favor of the creation of an executive | follows: Atlanta, Ga., nitentiary, committee of which ex-Representative | $100,000; Chickamauga and Chattanooga Ben T. Caple of Illinois probably will be | Park, $§560,000; Chinese exd.usion aet, chalrman, and a filnance committee of | $200,000; defending suits, Spanish treaty claims’ commission, $60.000; Leavenworth, Kans., penitentiary, $250,000; enlargement of military posts, $1,557,060; portrait of Willlam McKinley, '$2500; = Shiloh Mili- tary Park, $0,000; Vicksburg Mbitary Park, $100,000. Among the public_building items over $50,000 are: Boise, Idaho, 350,000; Che enne, Wyo., §74,983; Chicago, $1,000,000; Helena, Mont., $0,000; Salt Lake City, Utah, $50,000; Seattle, Wash., $250,000. The river and harbor contract items : Grays Harbor, Washing- Tilinois' and Mississippi ca- x X harbor San Pedro, Califor- nia, $311,000; Everett Harbor, Washing- The committee to-night heard the pro-| ton, $117,000; improvements Mississippl tests of a faction of the Democrats of | River from mouth of the Ohio to Minne- the party of the District of Columbia | apolls, $250,000. The bill contains a general provision directing the Secretary of War to report at the next session of Congress a propo- sition for the consolidation of the exist- ing commissions having charge of the several national military parks or substi- tuting therefor a commission consisting of one or more members to have charge under the War Department of all mili~ tary parks. Another provision restricts officers and managers of the National Home for Dis- abled Volunteer Soldiers to persons to whose military or naval service would {fnder them eligible for admission to the ome. ALFONS0’'S CROWNING WILL BE A GALA EVENT Preparations Are Made for a Season of Great National Rejoicing in Spain. MADRID, March 28.—The fetes to be held upon the occasion of the crowning of Alfonso XIII as King of Spain will commence May 12 with a grand review.of 15,000 troops at Camp Carabanchel. There will be a gala operatic performance and a concert May 16. The actual ceremony of administering the oath to Alfonso wiil occur in the Chamber of Deputies May 1. Upon this occasion Alfonso will for the | first time wear the uniform of a captain general in the Spanish army. After the ceremony in the Chamber the King and the court will proceed in stata | to hear a Te Deum in the Church of San Francisco el Grande. A banquet to the foreign envoys wili be given in the palaca that evening. There will he popular and munici u}lr-st‘livltleu, bull fights, horse races, balls and receptions during the sim days from May 12 to May 18. ’ —— COSTLY NEW TRAIN SHOWN TO THE PUBLIC Engine and Seven Cars That Cost Two Huudred Thousand Dollars Ready. CHICAGO, March 28.—At the North- western Rallway station to-day several thousand persons were given an oppor- tunity to’ examine a new train of seven Pullman cars and an engine, which repre- sented an expenditure of $200,000. 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