Show U S MINISTER taft at vi vicuna resented liis his credentials to emperor J IT rancis joseph of austria A CABLEGRAM from general palmer president of the mexican an national railway co now in london announces success successful ful negotiations of ten million dollars of bonds of f that company which will complete the entire main line from laredo to the gity city of Mexico y A WOMAN entered a railroad car Bloomington at ill carrying a bi big 19 basket the conductor told h her cr that it must gormong go among the baggage she replied that if lie took it away she hold him bim strictly accountable for the contents content when he found that it held triplet babies only a month old he be ceased objection THE MAHARAJAH of who died recently at Alla habad was well known to sportsmen spoils men in india and is said to havo assisted at tit the killing of tigers ho ile was one ortho most respected n native princes for distinguished services during the mutiny he waa was granted a large reward by the british Britis li government ern cru ment telegraphic ADVICES from washington state that 0 on n F friday hon A W voorhees of indiana moved in tho the U S senate an ail amendment fixing the salaries of alie utah commissioners at and appropriating there for the amendment was adopted without dis disposing p osing of the bill bill the dis patch states A DELAYED DISPATCH from washington dated the alt states that representative kelley would yesterday introduce in the house a joint resolution authorizing the tile secretary of ortho tile treasury to issue in liis his discretion two percent bonds to the amount of two hundred million dollars and exchange them for the outstanding obligations I 1 of ortho the united states bearing a a higher rate of interest the resolution has the approval of the secretary of the treasury it certainly would haro baye ha ro the approbation of the taxpaying tax paying public IN THE I house of representatives on oil friday robeson after saying that his character cliar acter which had bad been attacked by the opponents of the t he navy bill would stand abuse for a few da days YS longer since ho lie had been known by the members of the house for many years considered the provisions visions of tile bill and the propriety of completing the monitors he ile showed they were valuable vessels if the united states was to build a canal across the isthmus these were the ships that could safely float there in a gale that could coul d represent the interests of the responsible nations odthe of the western hemisphere he ile was advocating r no policy but in order to bo be respected A nation must be powerful to be yielded to in her principles and policy she must have the means to enforce them a against g ainest all comers in conclusion robeson asserted that under the policy of the democh democratic abic party as represented on the question of the navy by the member from tennessee 73 had bad been spent in the last five years and not one ship had been launched except the which lie had finished and not one new gun had bad been put afloat applause on the republican side the bill was then read by sections for amendments |