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Show ivmwifinAiiA jurWi HUSSOCUIfl PHSS liinilFEB lui mmi SEtMCt ttah ILJn or rosECAsi snow Saturday. VOL. n. NO. 41 OGDEN CITY, UTAH, FRIDAY HORNING, 1 WANTED; POWDER FLAM MAPLE SYRUP Gormaa ia Senate Says He Can Get Article of Cays of Not For Regulation of Freight Rates and Gushingly Defeats Democratic It Provides Measure for Same Purpose. 9.' The Senate deWashington, Feb. to debate uu the agricultural appropriation bill, but did not complete the measure. There wa a renewal of tha diacuesiun of the general police of distributing the appropriation bills atnonii a number of 81 r. Gorman and Mr. Spooner fouieiidcd that tiie change bad resulted la a vast increase in the cost MURDERESS P, dosing Williams (Mis.), and Hepburn chairman of the committee tl0a, which reported the bill. Mr. William, vhile supporting the minority measure even though he aail be knew ii could creupied by Messrs. ike minority leader, Each-Tow- the Republinot pas complimented wan cans for bringing In a bill which much better than he expected would come from them. The speech of Mr. Hepburn wa rather in defense of himeeif. He said that er hia deeds and acts sere a sufficient an-fsto the lice and elandere which had heaped upon him. The bill known a the Hepburn bill, be said, had been h--en prepared br the attorney general and keenly yielded to his colleagues on the bill committee on tne sensational liecauae he did nut want headline. He devoted some time to a Esch-Towne- position to and in answer to tbe libel of those who traduced me." The bill ba drew, said Mr. Hepburn, be regarded a but a rough draft, alter conference with the President and members of the cabinet. He denied that the Townsend bill was au administration memaure, nor, said be, wai any bill that he knew of an adminiet ration bill. Ae Anally offered, lie aald, thst which arte known as the Hepburn bill, waa, with the exception of but two words, tbe product of the brain of the attorney-general- . He bad yielded, however, to hi collcaguea on tbe com- mlitee in the matter of the send bill, not ilixt be did not have confidence in his bill, but he did not- want the committee to be the target tor every scribbler who wanted Brnealional headline. After oommending Ibe court of transporlatlon feature of the bill, Mr. Hepburn in concluding urged tiie railroads o a strict obedience at. lew. They must, learn, lie said, that then waa a power greater than they; that the in- ierest of the multitude were greater than a Mrs. Kata Edwards Confesses That She Aloac Killed Husband Thus Clearing Grcason, Reading. I arreng presentation of tiie merits Of the majority measure. Less than twenty-fiv- e members were a as in their seats when the debate opened by Mr. Pierce, (Tcnn.), wbo. af- ter announcing that tba President on the subject of rate legislation, waa the grtetett leader that baa lived in the Republican ranks tine the Civil war. said fr ting the necessity for legislation, attacked tin bill as being an inadequate treatment of the qns-ti-i. The bill, he said, was singularly with tbe lacking in Ha compliance recommends! ioni of the president It did not reach private car lines and it waa not to be supposed tnat tbe court would be eager and searching In the endeavor to find In it something on that themselves Subject which lu authors tonld not find. Mr. Crompacker (Ind.) bald he would the majority ungrudgingly support Measure because the power to regulate rates always bad been recognised, tbe nueetion now being simply one of polnd to the Republisaid they needed nothing more than a marking out of he pathway to follow the President, mt becatme he is President or a Republican, but becau-- e be was oui lining ihe proper policy for the American Addressing himself sl M,B"try U (pt lb" would government ownership Th" south never would hsdlhl I1, Proposition because, they ,io,IPd mm! th,t govern- MatLfiI?- - not b'ome tno strongly wrere Th"y Vw Isnew P0"-hr- further np, ownership twauM the governmeat would not fw the whites and (Iowa). chairman of " 0B. cd For- 'Ip! cTiTm tor the Republi-Pr-nar- w cil u- - T' tl,e difficulties of u.b a measure a the bill 1,0 1 wo men entertain- ? vi. ithr to what M lnh,,w?.lni',n or srhai ought to he in It. ,rv"d -- 1lkSeee1 for a mument rmPa btir applause Rpp',bl,c,ns "Sfuscfi for in0f Pcraonal inlere-- t, i' 'he 'ich was ,he first :'n' lK 3 in 18 yrar--1 ser. .... vir been criticised." he i.u borne ii. I'lti.v.i ""'ihin. I have n'i bed about, I have 11 to content that my W, might be placed ln op- from th2!3TB!!!d b7'i( 1 P-- there is a strong pressure by the Combes clement for e epeody hearing of the question, and Uila may lead to a determination to take up and debate the bill without awaiting action on other meeaurns. it is expected that the bill will be and voted upon before tiie end of. However, al Coloralo Springs, Co!., Fob. 9. Mrs. J. A. Hayes, daughter of Jefferson Davie. today gave-thfollowing interview to a Gaartta representative with reference to the atatement by General Nel- but for au unfortunate accident be would probably have succeeded. General Miles, however, with hit usual evasion of tbe truth neglected to say where this effort was made, and leaves it to be supposed it w as made in his cell at Fonrs Monroe instead of in the woudv in Georgia. Immediately after hia Incarceration Mr. Davis wa ill enough to mal:e it necessary to have Dr. John J. Craven in attendance, and guarded day and night o vigilantly that even a younger, stronger and healthier man would have found eacape than death. There must be some mistake. General MIIm can telegraph. No such outrage aa you threaten me with ia on record in the history of nations.' u Captain THJow, feeling he was to do anything hut obey orders Gen. Miles gave Mm, saying they were orders be bad received from Washington, told tbe blacksmith to do his duty. Captain Tit low called in a and a file of soldiers and the advanced to aelre Mr. Davis. Mr. DaVht resisted him, and so great waa the agony of sham he endured it lent him an extraordinary strength, eo that only after ha waa aamiled and held down by four powerful men. could the blacksmith rivet on the shackles. Gen. Miles refused to have the shackles removed la spit of the fact that he waa allowed by AHlstant Secretary of War Chas. A. Dana to use hie discretion, ae General Miles himaelf states la hia article. Mr. Davie would have certainly have died under the tortures Gen. Mile IniUrted upon him. In denying him the neoetMry quiet hia extreme nervous exhaustion demanded, aa well s from the starvation incident to hi inability to eat the coarM food Gen. Miles ordered, had not Dr. Craven on Gen. Miles allowing him lo end properly prepared food from hie own table. I am sure the testimony proves Gen. Miles unmanly, cruet all that an American ebotild not be end a disgrace tats. Confronted With Woman During His Interrogation in Police Station He Threatens to Make Her the Reventh. Chicago, Feb. 9. Joahann Hoch, indicted for bigamy suspected of murder and a man of many aliases, in Chicago tonight and lor several Injure alter reaching here wa interrogated by the police with little result. The train bearing Hoch and Officer Loft ux, who hold him in cutlody, was due in Chicago at 8:25, but it was 7 o'clock before it rolled into tba Ia Salle street station. A large erowd bad gathered lo eoe the famous prisoner, but none of his alleged wives was among tlio number. sent cnee has been pronounced extraordinary efforta have been mads to aave them from the gallows. board of pardons has heretofore refused to interfere end the mate supreme court has affirmed ihe lower court' duciwon. Mrs. Edward's ranfea.lon, it is thought, will plai tli caas in an en tire uew aspect before tiie board of pardons. Tbe board will met at Harris burg February IS. the day before Hie date fixed for ihe double execution. If ibe woman' etatemeut is accepted by the board i. may aave the man's life. the woman ia spared it will therefore be entirely on sentimental grounds as strong pros ur is being brought before the board to not permit the woman to be hanged. In the trial much testimony wee presented to show that Edwards was a dissolute character, that he drank heavily and that he treated hie wife in a brutal manner. It was allows that Edwards waa killed wbile be lay drunk at hie home. It ia expected ihe execution will, at least, be postponed in view oft he statement of hire Edwards It ie said Mrs Edwards conscience haa been troubling her elrn-he ha been receiving tiie nr-rit- Ilorh had evidently ber of hia wivoi to expected a nummeet him at tha eialion, and he waa plainly disappointed tliat they did not Where are those fourteen wives you talked no much about? he asked of Officer Loftua. 1 guraw you have been Joking me about that part of the biui-neanyway there could not ba 11 of them for I neter hod that many. There teems to lie a lot uf women w"ho think I am the only man in the world wlio could marry them aad get away with tome of their money 7 When Hoch and Loftua alighted from tiis train tbe detail of six police-mesplritur. ministrations oi her former who had luien sent lo the station pastor, Rev. Stephen Schweitzer; that tu meet tliam waa able to control the today she could restrain herself no crowd with great difficulty. The people longer end sent for her lawyers and pushed and shoved in an excited manmade the statement. That she has not ner aa strove to get kn enough made a statement beiorr U, la it be- to the they prisoner to get a look at him. lieved. due to tbe fact that she desired When he a number of wee to shield her daughter. Mary, and that people Jeered recognized booted him. The to spare the daughter she ebouiitered police hurried end Hoch through the elatbe blame to Greaaon. tion and on the sidewalk outside bad Mary Edwards, the daughter, was another crowd to deal with but ihey tried for complicity in the murder, but quickly hustled Hoch into a patrol was acquitted. wagon and started for the East Chicago Avenue poUca station, a mile disPARLIAMF.N'r OPENS. tant Outside of the station n third crowd had gathered, and It waa largar Victoria, B. C., Feh. 9. The aecond and more obstreperous than the othsession of the tenth parliament of Brit- ers. It was found necessary to rail ish Columbia was upened this after- officers from the inalde of the station noon by the Lieutenant Governor Hir before the walks could bo cleared sufHenri Jolie De Lotblnlcre with the ficiently to allow tiie prisoner to be usual ceremony. The speech from the taken into the station. Ifn wa taken throne indicated a policy aimed at the inlo the office of Iolicu Inspector development of the province by extenGeorge Shippy. sions of the railway eyelem. If. wai anThe interrogation of Hoch waa at a few minutes after 7:30 nounced that ilia extenaive works undertaken some years ego, for the pro- and was still in operation at midnight. tection of the lands In the valley of the Hoth at the outset admitted that be Fraser river have been completed. had married Mr. Marie Goerk Hoch ran. n rom-mruc- FIFTEEN KILLED IN eer-gxu- it vi FE SANTA er-ga- iit impossible. TRIBAL FUNDS. Mr. Daria was brought by General Mile to Fortress Monroe on the 22nd Washington. Feb. 9. The house comOi May. Indian affairs authorised a Mr. Davie requested to see General mittee on favorable report on the Lacey bill pro8tates United the not believing Miles, put viding for the allotment and distribugovernment bad orderal shackles Tit-lotion of Indian tribal funds The distriw upon a prisoner of elate. Captain advised Sir. Davie to submit with bution is to be made from time to time be, being a aoldier, wa by ti.e president, depending on the adpatience. to execute orders. Mr. Dri vanced civilization of the Indians. bound then answer'd: 'These are not orders for a soldier. They are order for a Jailer, for a hangmaa, which no enTdier tell wearing a eword should s crept. I disthe world wiH ring with tbta congrace. The war i over, tbe southAmerof honor the for is and it quered ica. as well ae for my own honor and life" that I plead against thin degradation. Kill me rather than Inflict on me end ea my people UU luuit. worse INVESTIGATE SHERIFF AFTER SENATORS. Sacramento, Cal- - Feb. a remit of tba bribery scandalA. in the atato legislature Rena tore Bunker and French were arrested tonight on leaned by the grand Jury. The sheriff is searching for Senators Wright and Ernmona who have alo been indicted. war-wan- ts Prepare Evidence Against Road Washington, Feb. 9. Attorney General Moody hr. a approved Judson Harman of Cincinnati, wlio was attorney general during the second administration of President Cleveland, and Frederick N. Judson, prominent lawyer uf SL Louie, to Investigate the allegod action of the Atchison, Topeka A Santa Fe Railroad in granting rebate to the Colorado Fuel A Iron company. This employment ie with the view of taking legal proceedings against the company if after investigation cash proceedings seem Justified. Following ia the correspondence which passed between the attorney general and Mr. Harmon and Judson: "Judeoa Harman, Cincinnati: Will eat ploy meat associated you accept with Frederick N. Judson of the 8t. Louie bar or other competent counsel agreeable to you to take into consideration H tbe question raised by the report of tbe Intereetate commerce commission wrtth repect to rebatek given by tbe Atchison. Topeka A Santa Fa Railroad to the Colorado Fuel A Iron company and accepted by that company, together with on other un- Continued on Page Eighty , , -- wise. loner the five women ware, one at a time, admitted into the office of tha inspector aud all of them identified Hocli a tiie man to whom they were married. Mix. Ellen Hoppe at flret declared that the hud married Hoch, but later uid aha was not sura about it. Inupet-lo- r Bhippy aked: lloch, did you marry this woman? No," replied Hark, but maybe I will if you don't bustle her out of Imre pretty quick. Mr. Mary Rankin Hoch, who admitted last week that ahe bad comh mitted bigamy wlwa married Hoch. was repudiated in strong terms tlia by prisoner. He declared that he Iwd not married bar and had never seen bur before. Wheu Mm. Maris Goerk Hoch was l admitted into tha room Hoch that he married her, that the marriage wa illegal. He also confessed to having married Mr. 'Emily Fischer Hoch whan she was shown into tha room. A physician who had attended Mr. Waleker Hoch, tha Isat wife of Ifnch, Identified him aa tbe husband of Mr. Walaliker and presented him a bill for 100 for attendance upon tbe woman. Ob, yes, said Hocli," 1 ramemlier something about that Bring it around in the morning. I'll still ba bore, and h lauglwd heartily at bl Joke. Tbs examine lios was concluded after midnight and Just before it close ha confessed that he bad married ten woman. Iloeh also admitted that h had intended to commit suicide, and that tha white powder found ia a fountain pan taken from hi room In New York was arsenic which ha had purchased with tbe Intention of killing bitiiNelf. Tbe names of two of the women mare riad by Jlocb were not disclosed by the police. The Atcr eight wlire: Mr. Julia Biclnbrechcr, married la 1894. Mrs. Julia Mario Wackier, married December 12, 104. Mr. Mary Becker, Ft. Louis. Mr. Anns Hendricks, married ia Hammond .led., January 2. 1902. Mrs. Marl Goerk, married in 1904. Mrs. Mary Rankin, married in 1894. Mr. Martha Horddeldt, now of 8COUTG BRUSH WITH Military and Strikers Have Had Several Clashes and Rumor Says One Hundred and Fifty Were Killed at Nifva. 10 Pres despatches cession of strike pay will be made Sosaovhv describe tbe bloody also, the point to lie decided bring the extent of this allowance. character of the conflict between I ha Kaiher-iurOYAMAS FORCE. military and striker at Ibe Iron Works One correspondent St. IV.len.lmrg, Feb. 9. Rial iriti s of telegraphs that fifteen imnouu wero forces ere published today, Killed aud 35 wounded, while another Oyamas based on regimental numbers on the give the number killed as fitly. The iiuiforme of Japanese killed during tha with General Kuroi Atengagement military fired eight volleys. Another collision occurred at the kin' fornea. 76 According to11 tbia report Kurokl has battalion. Kifks mine, where it Is rumored 150 70 to 80 reserve battailous. squadron' General collision person wero killed. A third 306 about 85.000 men beside and guns, occurred yetierdsy forenoon near Milo-vic- Nodzu haa sixty battalions, six squadron and 198 guns, or 65.000 men. Genbut this affair wa bloodless. Oku with Nogl' force, has 93 eral outnumerous that feared waa !l 23 squadrons, and 342 gun-.- , talinna. ba break would take place last night in or HOJJfiO men. The number of with Nodzu end Oku ie unknown. various pari of Ihe strike district of were strikers inne The total of Oysma's regular troop is Ruian Poland, udd tilered st 265,000 infantry and cavalry gathered in groups, gesticulating manner. and 850 guns. The total number of retalking in a threatening serves is probably 100. Wo. Military men estimate Kuropnt kin's superiority STRIKES BTILL ON. at about 80,000 men wlthouL including the fifth corps which ie not yet in tbe sr 1'kely to 1012:33 Far EsaL Theseoffigures Feb. St. Petersburg, tha pear party, dah the hopes a. m. The men iu two manufactories which has distinctly been acquiring ina small concent emone of which fluence in high quarters during the Lst work craned 304 band, ploying only few days more the of and employe yenterday. Joined Work Iron Pouliluff of the INDICTMENT QUASHED. of the Tbe renewal 11m striker. yet gained a strike, however, ha not ihe Chicago. Feb. 9. The Indictment general threatening form, and WiH O. Davis, of mas of tbs workmen, though some-wli- charging Manager the Iroquois theater with manslaughrestive, are not showing a trou- ter on account of ksi of life in tn At the TutHoU blesome disposition. of the force a in theater fire, was quashed today on lha d works about that the document fail to said to have quit work at the expira- ground show any omission c4 duty by Davis. tion of the eight hour shift, quietly and walking laving down their tool Washington. Fkb. I. Representative wit. Two battalion of troop are ata-- i of Tessa lnt rodeoed a bill tonot haa Stephana there but work toned at the of Indian trust to prohibit the day been the slightest for the education of Indian chilfunds arc Idle erinbllrtimciit Four other the gov- dren in seel arias school. bur the rumor of atrike at the rumor which with ernment araenal. Dover. Del, Feb. 9. Ta the balloting are positive- filled yeolrnlay, wa city United Btatae senator st the Joint for . y denied. of the genera! assembly of Deleeidoa were IM' wnnufnciiiw ths result was piarlirellv aware today to M araoloit yesterday, but came as same yesterday. tbe the quesInite conclusion regarding ny re tion. in dispute. It i Washington, Feb. 9. -- Tba president tain that the wage today sent to the aerate the following low will bor, which are raUicr nominations: Assistant secretary t.f a large thus satisfying teriallv raised, the treasury. Janie. B. KrjnuMs of mare if ignorant men Mawecbuaetts. Con law the iiy influenced by Ft-b- . from n e, Harmon and Judson to and that tha msrrisga waa illegal. Ha would admit nothing alee. During the evening five women who churned to be wirak of Hoch called at the polity station. One of them, Mrs. Eiiilie saw the priaoner for a minute and saluted him with the exclamation: You old hog, von got my 750, did act you! Hoch made uo reply tn this, buk smiled as though be considered lbs affair of 8780 rather a Joke than other- Psaadena, Cal. married ia 1895. Mrs. Emilio Fischer, married in , cember, 1904, Berlin, pow-erle- TEN WIVES Kate of July. .L" e 1, Father Was Shackled by the General Accuses Him of Wanton Brutality and Falsehood. " v, Paris Feb. 9. The Rouvier ministry today presented In the chamber of deputise the draft of a new bill for the separation of rhureh and stale. This measure he been anxiously awaited, owing to doubt raised by friends of former Premier Combo concerning Uie sincerity of the new ministry in carrying forward tha policy of aeimratiim. When, therefore, Minister of Public Instruction Bienvenu Martin presented the bill in the chamber it waa greeted with long applause. The text of the new measure makes the separation of church and state definite and conclusive, but omits a number of details of tha Combes bill which had aroused antagonism. The essential points of the new measure are: First, abolition of the concordat, whereby the relation of the church WALMSI.T.Y 8 VOTE. end state were established. Second, termination iff all govern9. Jefferson City. Mo., Feb. Speculament aid and subsidies to religious tion ae to the recipient of Representasects or function aria. tive Walmsloy's complimentary vote, Third, formation oif church associawhich he has cast, for nearly as many tions into civil corponutons amenable different legislators as there has been to tha same laws as other organizabillots, was the only feature today of tions. the sensational deadlock. The ballot 32 articles, and The bill stood: Cockrell 70; Niedringbaus 64; the text of romprises Article 1 follows: Kerens 12; Pettijohn Z; Finkelburg 1; The state henceforth neither recogRep, James A. Stewart 1. nises nor contributes to any religious denomination. Public eetabliahment of London, Feb. 9. Tbe Earl of Ken-mareligion bow existing are euppmased. died today in London, aged SO All religious budgets of appropriations of government departments nr comyears. munes are suppressed. Tbe exercise of religion Is hereafter free, under the ole rentrictinu that exercise meat accord with public order. The article abolishing tlw concordat says: All laws and ordere relative to the public organization or recognition of a religious denomination are abrogated, particularly tbe law ratifying the convention made between tiie pope and tbe French government" It. U expected that the new bill will ba debated In the chamber of deputies after the Inoome tax and some other measures on which Tremler Rouvier deairee early action have been disposed pro-viiiio- Mrs. J. A. Hayes Whose A Republican Daniel is as exclaimed, and he is railing you," at the other of the avenue and he ia ?" calling you son A. Miles: m do identically the same things that I was surprised to receive a marked refused to do because It came out edition of the Richmond, Va., Tim Democratic Nazareth. ThsruMing the merits of the bill, Mr. Dispatch of Friday, Feb. Z, with an arNelson A. william said the country had waited ticle by Lieutenant-Genera- l watted for the railroads themselves Miles, headed Miles Says Davis Tried , He agreed in part with to Eacape.' "The article Is a tissue of falsehood iMaaa.), who had said the got to fix rates wa a dangerous pow-o- n from beginning to end. General Miles In Mying Jefferson Davis did ia ,pV"n men. but he ar-- r notright surrender when Richmond waa caplea that it was a choice between evils, tured. It would be a poor leader of bis on,7 wbont seven greet railroad who would do so, as kmg as people msgnatna. acting in conjunction with even tbe gboal of a one snother, were hope remained, as directing the stream men left with spirit a were aa there long nerre in the cliaimela rn" tt,.. wished and discriminating wher-II- ? as dauntlm. aa his ows, willing to fight IH. If the fixing of for their cause and their rights When Mr. Daria was raptured and ln some hands, Mr"wim 10 M. be preferred it lo left with but one man to guard him, government tribunal, weak and he did make an attempt to escape, and irihn"w' are." rl,l b spoke as a ronw-r- s he was not a radlcsJ, Mr. "a,d tin,e "'ey come when Mr. BY DAUGHTER OE DAVIS lt Rcpre-wtativ- Followed Policy of Combes. MILES GIVEN THE LIE people. Oh," he said, amid Democratic laughter, T know how non partisan no are." Mr. Williams Mid It. might ho true Is aome things, a Mr. Grosrenor stated yesterday, thst the Democrat a jajnped tonight where we camped last Wght but he loudly proclaimed, facing the Republican elde, that on this question it Is you who err camping this year where tbe Democracy camped year. he It aald, fhe majority in the House not follow the President's recommendation it proved the necessity for M automatic coupler between the wait House and the House of Rouvier Ministry Has re icy. cs ns. Mr. Wllliama BILE NOW a lie would support the Earh-TOwnsebill. He, however, based hi support upon the tact that William J. Bryan and the Democratic party had declared it. Mr. Da Armond (Mo.) while admit- Keli. hue-ban- Mr. conducting the government. Hale agreed that in recant years there Lad been a great increase in the appropriations but' he attributed it to ma-pl- I.. MARRYING Edward, who is under sentence to be banged with Samuel Greaaou on Thursd. day next for the murder of her made a statement to her counsel today in which it ia sui.l she exonerates Grmr,i from ooinpliiity in the murder. The statement will nut lie given to tbe public until it ia presen'ed to the board of pardon, but Hie inference ia left that she Lu admitted ilia, she alone committed tbe crime. Mrs Edwards aud GreaNuu who ia a colored man, weie rnnrhied of tu murder of Edwards, and since the death coin-iuitte- what he characterized as The war craze." An amendment providing for the classification aa clerks of certain persons provided for in the bill wbo were originally appointed as laborers ess risagreed to. At Z o'clock Mr. Hey-bur- n moved to make the pure food bill tbe unfinished buines. The motion prevailed without divsUm, but the bill at om-- gave way to tbe agricultural appropriation bill. Mr. Gorman Issued the increase of sn appropriation fur a chemical investigation anl in that connection Mr. Platt (Conn.) entered a warm proa test against any effort to render strop unilurni. He said that it is almost imposxlbla longer to get tbe pur, delicious syrup of tbe days of his youth. That wlilrh we get from Vermont," he said, is so ethereanzed and sublimated that it Is impossible to get the gifeuine old fasbioned article." a Mr. Hale moved to strike out the for the putiUhiiient of persone who may use a symbol modeled after those of the weather bureau for calling attention to private weather fore-csaying that the penalty of and fine was absurdly e vere. He Mid he had received from newspapers many protests against tlia provkilon. The amendment was agreed lo. The agricultural bill went over. A bill waa panned anlhorlziug the waiving of tbe speed requirement in the cases of the torpedo boats String bam and Goldsboro and tbe accept-ace of those vessel. At 6:25 the senate went into executive session and at 8:30 adjourned. CONFESSES TO EXONERATES ACCOMPLICE , oi Washington. Feb. 9. After nearly liottse today four day of discurfkin the 828 to 17. pasecd the of rote a j,r bill providing for the regulavote tion uf freight rate. The negative 8 and 11 f Republicans ai made up Democrats. hour of the debate were The ant PRICE FIVE CENTS A Birmingham. A:j., feb. rrifir explosion at ,h .ia,uite plant of the Dupm.l Tnwder Coin- pany at Hoy I.t.jp tivc miles north uf this city. wrecked the plain and brute wiudow b and ell l.gh d within a extinguished radius of two uillfx, hut an far as learned no one was ktiled. The shock was felt fnu.i one rnd of the Jones valley to ih o'hcr, a dis- lance of 2i uii'.rs. 1, Youth. voted today BLOW S I Friday 1 ue rt-- NATIVES. With Filipino Two Engagement ported by Corbin. Re- Washington, Feb. 9. Tho foDowing has been navived at tha War department from General Cerhia at Munlls: reBrig. General William 1L CarterPula-Jane- . ports engagement scout w Fan Jose.. Samar. February 2. Six piTit raptnwda No ciwiUli. Fb of rusry 3, Guatin, second lleiitensut one srouta, wounded, moderately; scout killed, five wounded. Thousand Pulajenea hjcaierf mount Togo, due Balbayog. Ourforce cooperating with native troop, with good rffcct. Have ordered additional battalion of should Infautry, Ssuiar to lave there their aervires lie required. Governor-Generconsulted and approves, h 9 agree general policy." cable al GUNBOATS NOT SIGHTED. gunboats Not folk. Va.. Feb. Newport and Hornet have not yet been obweather sighted by the capo Henry 9.-- Tho servers. er reaft passed in the cepee during the night or this morning. Tbe heavy drift of ice down the bay was probably keeping them off shore, if I her are in the neighborhood. Tbe British steamer Imps report tha gunboat Newport twelve miles aast by southeast of Cape Henry. She is not at anchor waiting for a tug. WOMAN 18 ACQUITTED. TnnawanJu, Fa., Fab. 9. Mr. Sorbin Merritt, charged with murdw and burning of Maggie B. Johnson, and her eon 'a wire in September last waa acquitted today. Bigler Johnson tba dead woman's husband, pleaded guilty last Tuesday. st one-thir- De- Hi AN ACQUITTED St. liOuis. Feb. 9. John J. Hyan. grand charged with embezzlement, larceny and obtaining money -under fall pretenses in an alleged ..get- acInvestment concern, waa quitted today by direction of the trial rich-quic- k" Judge. House Washington. Feb. 9. The mmmittee on Merchant Marine and Ftxberiro today voted to postpone action at this session on lire omnihua flvti hatchery bill This measure provided for the astabHehmant of about; et a coat of 8509.000. 20 IWh batcher! Forretarr Feb. Washington. te Shaw rent to the Hou-- e today sn fur an apropriatlon for 114,000 for the continuance of xbe work of the International Monetary commiasion. aelf-ma- |