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Of our new and up-to-date Air
tight Heaters arc still on hand.
"Wo figured on considerable cold
weather and purchased an un
usual quantity; but the- weather
lias moderated, consequently sales
II ? if mvo ken ow- ar0 ovcr"
W. J, SCUlly, stocked and must havo tho room.
iii da c From now on these splendid heat
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SUBSIDY BILL IN SENATE
Ifldlai Appropriate Dill Patted Presides!
Rccommesds lodemally lor Lynched
liallaas Eilra Stitlos
Likely to Be Called.
war it ml th dlappeiiran t of the or
ganised government ''f the Houth Afri
can Republic, Ima delayed taking defi
nite action.
Ct'HAN CONHTITl'TlON.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. At the tnb
lHt inert In, today suh Information
a was at hun'l b urlng upon the ji(v
lli im of the Cuban constitution wan
Ik lii'.Kw ut length ii ml the opinion
was expressed, tlmt the complete, doc
ument would reach Washington about
February IS, whn It will lie placed
before congffHfc. It Im known that th'
president M'gard prompt action In thin
matter it of grut Imixft taruo and
would nut hesitate, to rail congress to-
iri-thcr In intra session to consider It
should It appear nw:wtmtry. The med
fur prompt action on the Hpoorur Phil
ippine bill in regarded a scarcely -m
urgent 'ran the illsHlton of the Cu
biin constitution and the statement I
made on hitch authority that In the
event of the failure of either of then?
measure to rtHvp the consideration of
t'oiiKim ar fxtra iwlon would be al
Iih vitublr.
PREPARED FOR HER
FUNERAL LONG AGO
Queen Wrote Explicit Directions
in 1862.
ROYAL VISITORS PROTECTED
VSHINUTON. Jan. if. Willi, of
North Carolina, th only colored m'ni-
bi-r of th' houn madt' a xr-t pi'',rh
I nlay In d.'f.-nM? of ihv political rlKhtu
f tin- i:oor?d man. U'hlte drclared
Unit tin- ni-uro, on th" threnhol.l of the
iwuitli'th i'1-n'uiy. wnn to b? rn koii'd
with. Id- wan no loiwr the pigro of jj
f' f ly yciirii iiko. Kin- that time II- 1
lii'-iacy nniong the rii' iub r ut bin rai- !
llilll lllf'll.HU..ft 4". IU-f cfifll I
race now in, lud.d 1'ikm Uwywa I.fl.nH, Jan. 29. -Suit wan brgunht
Mi l ait many pbyl lin; th ngr l0,,ay hy jj w i.,.r.n. of thhi cltv,
bad fl2ow.ii f M.h.a,i pr,.,K-Hy and , ,., ..,, ,hl. N..r,:.
i;i;::at noutukkn si ko.
W. I'l-arwon, of luluth. -laiint
tl rm.'m an HI Shun- In foal
Itndx.
It'i.WiO.tHiO of church prop,.rty; ih'-y
oviiin I id oim) liom- and farmx of the
:ilii" of $t:,ii.oih).o(io, ,n, p rMiitia pr.'p
iiy to i he amount if ITO,oot,nnn. AH
Uil-, to mild, hl r.u hud ii' ( oniplliihi d
jln th fa of altn.iH liiHiipcnihlc ob
I:uik. IvnrhlriK. Inir;itiitr. iH'rium-hlM -
in to r-iovi-r II,.V"iXi. Coul land- In
M.nilana liui.lv isl uri. cmnifd to -worth
114.0"t,HKi. Tlity r- bold by Hill
InicrcHtH and It Ik alli gcd w r" tak-n jf
tiT dimowry by Pt-arnon und-r a con
tract by which 1 caryon to have a
fhiir.' hi tin- i rolitn.
j.m-nt an I riotl.l,Hian.ll..K the f.u t that ,h(J t.,u,Ml,,lin nf a v
i lie io..r ot every tral- wan d.ia'd
iiiKaliint the col. r-d man.
al theory u tilt It owrluni. m vhuh
l.l. nty of ron at th. top nd the I mor1,IK.(. Vara..n. after two.,ty
mir.o nn .limbing vfttrV fU(ly vvoW .M)(
While nnlHh.Ml. the public IPilKT.lh f h, flirnMtlM1 , ,()aib,d.. He
i.. whlrh wanned itheo..n-d ,m-o- ,,HH u1)trd tpory fl, ,JW ,h,
ide. apflauli'd. WurJ anJ wht j.,pillK t cr.t haH
by IlK uv dlncovred ne.v coal ar a,
notably the Stockm mines !n Mun-
INDIAN liILL PAKSKD.
VAHJIINUTN. Jan. 29-The Indian
lipproprlatlon bill pa..ed the ieiiale to-
lann, and nlo on the Pucflc coat.
day. Amendmcnm were niude mntln- i
ulnit Neuh Hay iiKeiicy, WiuihlnRton; I
Hileu aif-ni'y, l)i. ..-, and Puyallup
HKenry, Vanhlngton. which had been
utriji'k out by thi committee.
The rhlppliiK bill wa taken up and
Fry,'. In t'hiugi of the meanure, wtaletl
tnat he i'I I not Int- nd lo yield further
to nnv tit ti -r I, III" in,t even nnnroiirln-
tlen bllle. With thl meiLHure out ofibr",'K,'t '' l'Anaui UwMM. of
lirnoklyn, uffaliixt imortse . isnan,
of Putadam, und nnother, Is to lieffln
at OlenH Fall today.
13 TllK NEEDLE TIU'K?
I
j Expert. Will TeaUfy 8 lo l'wlble
J Variations Since Olnnlal Pay.
, NEW YORK. Jan. 29.-A nwclal to
I the Herald from Saratopt, ,'. T., says:
TaklnR of testimony in the aalt
the wa, there would be no trouble, he
thought. In dlKpohiiii; of tl). appropria- I
(urn bi!li.
Tlll'tier. of WHKhltlKtoH, Hpoke UKalllHl
j KXiertn will be alb d to determino
EKre Detective Force ol firilltb Isles aod
Coalloeat oa Guard Queei'i Death
loltei Eoland aod 0e.
mi ay.
LONDON, Jan. 30. Earl llarahal
Duke of Norfolk wan unable to e
King Edward yextfrjay In ord' r to
obtain hia :naj'nty'a final Hanctlon fur
the funtral arranK'-mentH. Nothing,
therefore, ban Iwn definitely settled
Xeept ih. prolfram for Friday.
"Queen Vlctoria'n explicit diret tion.i
aa to hep funur.il were written In 1W2."
'ayn Truth, "and hav not been al
Kred In any material respect. It ai
her wlnh that the ceremonial tihculd
cc,y that 'f I'rinct- Mberfg burial as
far ih pofnible. The iun n will lx- the
limt KriftllHli MovreiKn who will n t
be buri-d at night and by torchlieht."
DMEt TIVE.S OFAIiD ItOVALYY.
LONDON. Jan. J'j.-The entire detec
tive ma rhliit ry t f the Fnited KiiiR
dom and roiitlr.cr.t has iH-.-n -et In c
Hon to protect royal iK-rstinage? and
other notable people now gathering ip
London. Every effort is being made
to unify them In ord.-r that no Injury
may befall any royal personage at
tendant upon the ob.scijuies of the late
queen.
Qt'EEN HONORED AT .MANILA.
MANILA, Jan. 29. General MacAr
thur haa Issued orders that all duty
throughout the division, excepting the
ncceasary guard and field guaid, be
discouraged and aa far aa possible
itimid out.
"Everything which could be done to
impoverish and depopulate the coun
tryto root out the people from their
native dl anil drive them to seek
other horn? in albm 'ands; to break
their spirit and to make of them slaves
and outcasts has been done under Vic
toria' reign and with her full con
nivance and consent.
"Wc denounce the reign of Victoria
as one long act of bloodnhexl, murder,
cruelty and cant, and Insist that when
Us history Is truly written and the In
fluence of snobbery, flunkeylmn and
toadyism Is removed It will be looked
back upon as one !n which the English
wealth and power properly passed their
7,enlth and entered upon a rapid de
cline a one In which, despite the ma
terial progress made by England in the
early and middle part thereof, greater
Injustice, more cruelty, grosser wrong,
were lnllittcd upon humanity In general
and upon the Irhth In partlculnr than
in the reign of any other English mon
arch."
RAKK BURNED AT SEA.
Dtlieved to Have J'.een the Mary Fro.n
New York.
NEW YORK. Jan. 29. A special to
the Journal and Advertiser from Mo
bile. Ala., bays:
The British Meamer Governor Blake,
which bus arrived here from Grand
Cayman, brought news of the deMruc
tl n of a bark by lire at sea. Pre
sumably the entire crew perished on
the vessel, which is supposed to have
leen the Mury from New York. Sea
niep could be seen clinging to the rig
ging, but the vessel was enveloped In
ilamcs and rescue was impossible.
Captain James Hunter,- of the Gover
nor Blake, says he sighted the burn
ing vessel one hundred miles from Mo
bile bar. It was Just at dark and but
for the high sea prevailing at the time
the Blake's crtw would have gone to
the rescue.
"When we sighted th bark," said
CVptain Hunter, "she seemed to be a
mass of flames. We were riding head
on before the storm and were In Immi
nent danger ourselves. We made sev
eral attempts to go to the rescue, but
suspended en the day of Queen Victo-!the wind wa 80 hin and the sea so
rla's funeral. heavy that we were compelled to aban-
I don all efforts to rescue, and give our
i . . . ..
INTERNATIONAL CORDIALITY. ; attention to saving ourselves.
" e saw members of the crew of the
the bill, lie said It was one of the miml i m',1,er lm "' ",rn ,ln v""""u"
extraordinary m-mmm. ever brought "f ,m r'K'c needle since coonla!
iH ft re congrew. It was vicious In prlii- ! ''n'" und u wln W aH' IPM that the
rlple and absurd in the extravagance "urvoylttK Instruments of 1772 wvre ca
i . ui,i..h it Mn, ii hH iw.n .ie. Iable of running a correct line.
vised by a select committee of private
parties, p.ided by ;l dlstlngulshetl consul,
with lesa consl.Knilion of the public
elfar than of the private Interests
concerned.
Turner said he had been nppealed to to
suiip.irl the bill on the ground that It
would help his slate, but he declared
ll wad not calculate! to benefit any
community but rather to enrich a few j
tirivnt individuals. Tie malntnlneil jI. '
ro (hut the bill wns pateriialihm car- j
ried to an extreme. It was one-uuar-
NEW YOKE. Jan. 29.-A dispatch to
the Tribune from London says:
The presentation of the blue ribbon
of the Garter by King Edward to the
cmwn prince of Germany was a fresh
proof of the cordiality of the relations
; between the two royal families. King
Edward has opened his reign by empha
sizing in the strongest way his per
sonal friendship for the German em
peror and this was perhaps neces
sary, because there was a different feel
ing not long ago, when William II. was
not persona grata in royal circles here.
The queen's death has indeed brought
England and Germany into the closest
Since the days when the royal sur
veyors laid cut the Totten and Cross
flt'ld purchase, there have been doubts
as to Just what land was Included with
in the grant. Until now the question possible relations. The German eni-
unfortunate bark up in the rigging
making signals to us and while we
were In sight two men jumped from the
yard arms Into the sea. We Judged
that nothing could save the vessel aa
she seemed to be afiie all over."
MEDAL FOR MRS. NATION.
One Hundred Dollars Subscribed by
Kansas State Tempranc-e Union.
has never been thoroughly litigated.
ORDERED TO MANILA.
Brigadier-Genera's Wade and Ludlow
Relieved of Present Duties.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 29.-By dir-e
ter goxernment paternalism and three-1 ,,,m ' f the president. Brlgadier-GeneraU
t.iiarters
put lie treasury.'
Mil l led. liimtinnl nl.l nn thnlJdmtR
INDEMNITY FOR LYNCHED.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 29. The presi
dent today sent a message to congress
renowlng his recommendation of the
,nst session inal congress make gia
Wade and Win. F. Ludlow
j will be relieved of their present duties
and ordered to Manila. Wade is now
In command of the lepartment of the
Dakota and General Ludbnv Is now
at Washington.
j Major-Ocneral Otis, commanding the
department of , th Lakes, will assume
dm provision for Indemnity of the mmand tempomrily of the depart
fumlilea of the victlma of the Tullu- I mmi of Iota. addition to his pres
!ah. La., lynchlnsr. July 20. 1S99. who ''"1 lutl,,s-
were snbleets )f the Itallnn irovern- 11 l I'lobable
inent.
CLAIM AGAINST TRANSVAAL.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 29.-In response
lo a request contained In the senate
resolution of the '.'1st Inst., the presi
dent today transmitted to that body the
correspondence bearing upon the clulm
of It. L. Brown, of Spokane, against
the South African Republic.
The secretary of Mate makes a report
on -the subject In which he says that
Brown, on July 15, 1899, filed with the
department of state nn extended mem
orial alleging that a denial of Justice
had be?n committed, to which he was
a party, by the supreme court of the
republic of South Africa, caused hy the
Interference of the executive.
The department, on account of the
that Major-Generals
Lloyd. Wheaton and J. C. Bab's will be
among the first high officers retiied
In ihe Philippines and granted permis
sion to return to the United Statt's.
UNIT ED M I N E WO R K E R S .
Power to Order General Strike Taken ,
neror's conduct during the South Af
rican war opened .the way for a better
understanding, but the popular appre
hension of his devotion to the queen
was needed in order to justify what
Is now In the air a virtual alliance be
tween Germany and England, not only
In China, but also in Europe. Germany
is England's most formidable Indus
trial und commercial rival in Europe,
but while protecting her own productive
Interests she Is now1 soured against
any hostile demonstration against her
manufactures In this market and "madr
in Germany" will no longer be a deris
ive outcry.
The king always haa been popular in
France, and the new reign opens with
a better feeling between the neigh
bors across the channel than has ex
isted for many years. It may bo trans
itory, but the king's) name is one to
conjure with in France.
Anglo-American relations have been
sweetened by the unique tributes of
the president and the state legislat
ures to the queen's character and vir-
, tins. Lord Lansdowne is reported to
From National Officers.
INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. 29. At a meet
ing of the United Mineworkers today
power to order a general strike or sus
pension of labor In mines was taken
out of the hands of the national offi
cers, who heretofore have had absolute,
control in this particular. The amend
ment to the constitution makes it nec
essary to call , together the district
presidents to take action upon general
strikes.
-SPECIAL, S
of Ladies' Dressing Tables, China Closets, Side
boards, Chairs, Pictures, Rugs, Parlor Tables,
Bedroom Suites and Iron Beds. Call early
and avoid the rush.
CHARLES HEILB0RN & S0N
1 - .. I . . 1 . V. . ! -1 .. . ("l.- V. , , .. .
( nave cou.uiieu tue mug fli v.Tuoiue re-
speeting the canal treaty, but there is
no dc'tlnite evidence of It. No English
voice is raised against the acceptance of
the amendments. The settlement of the
canal controversy will be generally wel
comed here. The time Is not auspicious
for international resentment and points
of diplomatic dignity.
VICTORIA'S REIGN DENOUNCED.
NEW YORK, Jan. 29. At the regular
monthly meeting of the United Irish
American societies, sixty-eight organi
sations being present, resolutions were
passed unanimously in part as follows:
"The population of Ireland, a land
Mowing with milk and honey and cap
able, according to the best authorities,
of supporting more than twenty mil
lions of people in ease and comfort,
has been reduced from more than eight
and one-half to less than four and
one-half millions of people; the actual
number of Irish people who have died
of starvation In the midst of plenty dur
ing Queen Victoria's reign Is more than
a million and a quarter; more than
four million people, according to the
same authority, have been compelled
to emigrate from Ireland to foreign
Countries; the manufacturing Indus- J
tries of the country have been steadily
TOPEKA. Jan. 29. The Kansas State
Temperance Vnion, which is holding
its annual convention here today, sub
scribed over $100 to purchase a gold
medal for Mrs. Carrie Nation.
Mrs. Nation formally refused to ac
cept the medal provided for her by the
union and insisted that the money be
devoted to the work of temperance.
She added, however, that if the of
ficers of the union were so disposed
they might give her a souvenir of the
occasion, worth not more than 2.
Yesterday when Mrs. Nation called
on him. County Attorney Nichols had
told her that he believed in resubmis
sion and today she said that before
he pushed resubmission on the people
she would throw her hatchet at his
head. Mrs. Nation said she would re
main in Topeka until every one of the
120 saloons was closed.
SECRET TERMS
OFFERED CHINA
Evidences of Russian Intrigue in
Regard to Manchuria.
TARTAR GENERAL REFUSED
APPLICATION FOR RECEIVER.
Rogers I.ocoinotive Works Will Be Sold-
to the Highest Bidder.
NEW YORK. Jan. 29. Application
has been made before Vice-chancellor
Emery, at Newark, for the appoint
ment of a receiver for the Rogers' Lo
comotive Works. Wm. Pennington, as
ccunsel for Jacob S. Rogers, the prin
cipal owner, made the application.
The receiver will be appointed next
Saturday. No Intimation has been giv
en who the appointee will be. Last
Saturday the concern ceased to exist
as the Rogers' Locomotive Works, and
the directors became trustees.
I The works will now be sold to the
highest bidder, as the law provides.
Ll Hunt Cbaot Wants Him Executed sad
Pro'Ruttlss Commissioner Oives His
Posllios Cbiaese Bedesd
Traitor.
NEW YORK, Jan. 29. A, dispatch to
the Herald from Shanghai says:
Rusbla is secretly offering the follow
ing term in regard to Manchuria:
No money compensation to be de
manded for losses in Manchuria. Man
churia ! to be restored to China and
the official power is to be Chinese. Rus
sian officers are to administer Manchu
ria with power to receive all war ma
terial, forts, and so forth.
No arms, forces, or arse.ials' are to
be allowed In Manchuria. China Is to
allow sufficient Russian forces ro re
main for the protection of the RusMian
railways.
Theie terms are refused by the Tar
tar general, Tseng Chi.
Li Hung Chang is urging the appoint
ment of a pro-Russian commissioner
who will accept the proferred terms,
and he has requested the execution of
General Tseng Chi, who was the in
stigator of the attack on the Russian
frontier.
CHINESE VENGEANCE.
SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 29 Advices
from the Orient brought by the United
States transport Arab give a remark
able story of vengeance meted out to
a" Chinese who Informed the foreign
trocpg of hidden treasure of 17,000 la
a small town twenty miles from Pekin.
On nearing the village the Chinese
w as sent ahead of the expedition, which
numbered about twenty-five men under
tha Rrlllah Colonel Tn line If ti nrenant
the villagers. When the gold hunters
arrived they found the head of their
informer in a bag and the villagers
made other manifestations of their hos
tility to the troops.
Reinforcements were sent for and In
the meantime the troops bivouacked in
the villige pawnshops. The treasure is
still hidden.
WASHINGTON LEGISLATURE.
Members Will Go to Tacoma to View
Proposed Site for Capitol.
OLYMPIA. Wash.. Jan. 29. In th
house this morning Ulmer, of Clallam,
introduced a bill dividing the state In
to congressional districts. He places
King, Pierce and Kitsap in one dis
trict and then draws a parallel line
through the state making northern
counties another district and the south
ern counties the third district. He ac
companied his bill with figures tend
ing to show that the districts har
monize as to population, commercial
pursuits, etc. Pierc-; county will fight
the bill.
Another feature of the bill Is that
the new district will, it is claimed, en
able three Republican congressmen to
oe elected. The bill is not treated ser
iously by mat;y.
The Tacoma delegation introduced
two bills, one In the house, the other
in the senate, for the removal of the
capltol from Olympia to Tacoma. The
bill requires a majority vote of the
legislature and a two-thirds vote of
the ptopl-? voting on the question.
Friday, the members of the legisla
ture will go to Tacoma upon her in-
vitation to view Wright Park, offered
as a capitol site.
PENSION PAPERS NOT BURNED.
Milo B. Stevens & Co. Deny That Their
Clients Lost Heavily.
NEW YORK, Jan. 29. On January
19, a New York paper printed a special
dispatch from Washington which said
thut mere than 80,000 pension claims
in the office of Milo B. Stevens & .
had been destroyed by fire. The sub
ject matter of this dispatch was han
dled from New York.
The Associated Press is informed by
Milo B. Stevens & Co. that the papers
destroyed were private records and in
cluded no arplicatlor.s, affidavits or
other evidence sent to them by their
client. The interruption to their busi
ness was very slight.
MANITOBA LAND SALES.
Government Will Purchase From N. P.
and Lease to Another Company.
WINNIPEG, Man.. Jan. 29. It la
practically settled, according to a re
port current today, that the govern
ment has decided to purchase North
ern Pacific lands that He in Manitoba
for about $6,000,000 and lease them
to another company In consideration
a low grain rate.
ADMIRAL KAUTZ RETIRED.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. Rear-Admiral
Kautz, who has just been relieved
from command of the Pacific station, -,
was placed on the retired list today on
account of his age.
WHEAT MARKET.
PORTLAND, Jan. 29 Wheat, Wall
Walla. 56; bluestem, 59.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 29. Wheat,
May, 103; cash, 98.
CHICAGO. Jan. 29. Wheat, May,
opening, 7676: closing, 71.
LIVERPOOL, Jan. 29,-Wheat, May,
opening. s. ,