| Show QUEEN VICTORIA A rrobabilltr of Her Abdication la Favor of Albert Ed ward NEW YORK CHINAMEN AIRTHEIR GRIEVANCES tongmsionai rrorfoilhiyi Lot tcry Mfn Sentenced Iartntc LandiTrsgedies rljr Telrrnph U the 7Iow3 ICTOUI1 IAY ABDICATE lat Sh Wl bex to Aam the Tllle Qn neitent LONDON April 1 It Is now stated on thsUtlzhestofllclaTauthority as tVM being a matter of gossip in lhhietit and at the cub tha etluAn I seriously J consIdeHug the step JOf abdlcatlug the British throne the recent reception of the Prince ft Wales by tho German Eiuperurfbas had a treat etTect on the ogttl xjuern who I now convinced con-vinced Gist Iterecu to have dnc sou oughttohave a chance t play the lead ing role in England during the rest of her life which 1 certain to b short The Queens bodily infirmity I Increasing and she b e rapidly running to flesh that massage Is iirctwiiry to assist her breathing One strong ol clon of the Queen to abdicating Is the contlntjcncf ol being called exQueen Shot wishes to aisuuie the title of Queen Itegent for the rest of her life A special bill will be l introduced into Parliament Parlia-ment when she is willing to resign he actual throne and tbe Irinre of Vales will b crowned King of England and Emperor of India ro anr The Ffnlon iitlITh Idaho Admlnlon Shill WASHINGTON April IIn tho Senate the House bill authorising the Mississippi river commission to mrchase or hire such boats n are Immediately necessary to rescue tho Inhabitants of overflowed districts w laid before the Senate and aesed immediately Among the bills reported and placed on the calendar were the ollowlng The Senate bill direct lug the secretary of Agriculture to cause to b made oil necessary field examinations surveys and cx KrimenU iu reference to Irrigation b y the overflow waters between 07 degrees west longitude and the foothills foot-hills of tile eastern slope of the Becky mountains the House bill to mend thu census law In relation to Chinese resident Then the Senate proceeded to executive business When the doors were opened the Senate adjouiued luuor WASHINGTON April 1 The louse committee on judiciary re lotted n resolution reciting that it i alleged by tliu AttorneyGencrar hat in many United States district courts the practice of suipendlng RonteiKu in criminal cases prevail without warrant of I tint In xome parts of the country United States ditrlci attorneys marshnls and deputies trr United States oomailsaionen have been guilty of naUiImlubtratloii and corrujition its office and directing the commit eeon judiciary inquire Into tile extent cause and effect of such lilt gal practice Adopted The Hole went Into committee of the whole on the fortification ap iropriatton bill prprton 11 On motion of Chenille and alter somcargument an aniemlnient was dojited providing that lie Iward reated t luqulle Into the facilities for producing Mtel forglngs for hlgti lower glinoshahl extend ito linjulriij to the Indianapolis Arsenal The committee then rose and the bill poiscd without dlvldon the mount appropriated being 4ol I 63 673The The Kationil Zoological Park bill rovlding for n park in lie Distriet Columbia was passed pmt The Naval appropriation bill was reported and placed on the calendar A resolution was adopted that the Idaho admission ntio be made the iiecla order for tomorrow and hun > daythe previous question toe > to-e onlrreuat 3 oclock Thursday The death ot irescntative 1 tier was then announced and the louse adjourned Lottery nn Sentenced PESTH April 1Some time ago n conspiracy to defraud a lottery company at Temervar Hungary was entered into by several persons ucludlng two officers of the corn any The cnlrtt eUClein drawing a prize of 1000000 florins hut were detected and arrested The trial lias just taken placu ami n tilted In the conviction of Faikus be holder of tho ticket which drew he prize Jfzobovitzand Puespocky dicers ot the company They were sentenced to tlghtyears jual scrv tude Frau Frekejy whose dough 11ev guiMxl as a boy drew tile winning number was sentenced 1 two yCI and collector Hergato to three imprisonment tr years ImprIsnment A Coward hanged BCRUX April IA man convicted con-victed of tbemurder eight women was hanged today in Szegedin Hungary He exhibited great cowardice on the scaffold IlllieM of Il Ulo Key XASIIVILLE April 1 His reported re-ported here that El Bio Dry is r ering from lung fever at the WestSide West-Side Park track A reliable turf man stated that El Bio Bey was blowing hard after hL work of Saturday Wrapped up In neck cloths Ihe colt was led to the stable and treated for throat troubles Pearerol Itnula LSD April 1A dispatch from Sl Petersburg says the Czar bas been attacked by sudden Illness The suicide who loft the letter was a naval officer who longed ton to-n aristocratic family The matter hiss been hushed u l Raring WASHIVGTON April 1Aner wing used fora farm for about ten years the old Bennlngs nee track was revived by the newly organized Washington Jockey Club with favorable fa-vorable prospects for continuance and prosperity The weather today was clear but S3 cold that the 000 pectators were chilled through The track was slow and heavy but In remarkably good condition con idering the heavy snow and rain f n which prevailed throughout esterday and most of last night The Verdict PARIS April IA verdict W rendered for 1018403 francs damages dam-ages and cxeteln the action today ot thee GIlds Mctaux A Sons against the Societe Fatal Row CIIAKLESTON W n April 1 A general row occurred among a lot of negro miners at Capertown while at a dance early this morning Howard Earnest William G L and William Decrice were killed and others Injured Several arresU were made wer me a ONflICNtNTIlItNEE They PDt Forward Their Claim to Vale Now Yom April 1 A bIg positron the billboard In front of It Molt Street contains the followIng In Chinese characters We undersigned committee respectfully inform you that the principal cause of our continued persecution by the races who differ from us in civilisation l andlanguog la the fact that we have Bo voting power that power having been un justly denuxi us by reason of r than legislation through politIcal nucalltlt This uoju legislation against us b been discovered tr iu recently tv be unconstitutional and it i our sincere lee also tInt such uiijut dealings with the Chin em do not represent the true scull nooi i meets of the bluoblooOeJ Ame j cans Wo now desire our fVllovt countrymen to unite with us in an eflurt to present our many grlev once in a proper manner before the American people This important movement Is 1 movement that uced4 not Only good testis but good money to back It Let all ot those who wish to enter this mutter with heart and money report at 9 Doves street Irl Wong Gong at the head of the committee who signs the document said to a reporter iii hae been living here as an American citizen sixteen years and have lived like an alderman too When I went to get J full naturalization papers he other day the officials ppt court laughed at me and tulJ r ai 1 me that gh1 I had been born over again right here in New York It my parents Wore Chinese I could lot become a citizen I got mad and have been working harit ever since to get vengeance If all the Chinese Chi-nese whose rights are denied them will join me we will obtain what wen nnt vAsuISaruxsvhhttltG Amndmrat of top Morrow Bill The Ticket calper etc WASIIIXGTOX April IAt a meeting of theSenate committee on census the House bill providing furnIshing certificates to Chinese I residents on the 1st of June IWO by the enumerators of censu with I view of prohibiting further emigration emi-gration of Chinese to the United States was amended as reported to he Senate The bill I In addition to Ihe provisions heretofore given r Ides that Chinese children born In he United States subsequent to June IstlSOO shall not b held to b Chinese within the meaning of the act An amendment makes the irovlslons of the act apply to Chi nose who refuse to give the Informa Ion rri by the ccnsUj enumerator enu-merator and who shall fall 1 or re use to obtain certificates of 1I I nr Icatlon provided for By another lueiidmeut Chinese merchant tourists and ttudei U are exempted from the operations of the ct pro ided they have the certificates r ulretl by the act of July 1SS4 Vn additional seetlon enables a Chinese resident who falls to obtain ob-tain the required certificate of len Iflcatlon to prove by coni < tent fsiimoiiy his right Uto one which I Is iis solo evidence of befog lawfully In the United States I l made a misdemeanor for a census enumerator enumera-tor t wilfully neglect or refuse to give the uquireil certifIcate lulls > rvs < mt shape the bill is wholly Un acceptable t the iaclllc coast TicKirr 8CAirEit The National Ticket broken Association As-sociation today presented to the louse committee on commerce a igoroua protest agaiu t the postage or Iiaker9 amendments tithe interstate tate act pruhibltiug the ale or ransfer by any jrson except a regularly apiwinteU ticket agent of railroad tickets They Clhil hint he proposition would result Iu higher i railroad rates la the > ublic OCEAN PAXGEKAr neprcsentative Turner today In roduceda preamble and Joint rico utlon for better protection to hu noun life on the Atlantic Ocean I calls attention t the recent accident to the City of Pane says the rivalry between competing lines of tteam ship Is ta keen that considerations ot safety and even humanity are often lost tight of holds that belter protection to human life nud rtoton hUDn Int prp rty can be afforded by a system of ocean patrol than by any oIlier means such system of ocean patrol must necessarily 0 maintained by tim different nations and Instructs tho President to communicate with the foreign powers Interested in transAtlantic travel with I view to securing their cooperation in the establishment of an efficient system or ocean patrol TIE lAWSEE L DS Perkins from the committee on I Indian affairs today reported the House bill providing that all jar chasers on the Pawnee Indian reservation In Nebraska who mayo may-o in default cf payment under the provisions of the act of April 10 Slit b required to make full payment pay-ment therefor within two years from tue passage of this act and iny tier eon l In default sixty days thereafter hall forfeit the right 1 the lands nunts purchased and t any and all joy mwnL I ESTRAi CATTLE The collector of customs A Fort Benton Montana hot informed the I Treasury Department that a large number of foreign cattle strayed In be district from British America about three years ago and have remained re-mained ever since He asks whether they are liable to duty Assistant Secretary Tichenor replied that while the increase in number of animals which may have naturally occurref since arrival II the United States are liable to duty being of domestIc production the Animals which strayed across the border are properly sut ject Ui duty THE rtnriJC DEBT Following is the public debt tatement March 3UU let Icariog dbl I Dpa t lolereot 59Olla IIml J I hll50EC Toll deLI oa which Iclml so teased Iace m11 VBa and mlfrtit lIU Debt bro oo Intent 751E43i3 Total dcbl loclpa14ISe5ttss ioieroal 55405 ItL 1Pc1 Tctal < ebt lew I available ca h 11013 1 tJ 1 ea haTlialmry J nIb D UIe aeaih I Treatory April lit 1rU Dtbt cl la Tury ab 11 1021247253 11 Deereueo oC a t daBJ tbe Dua 1DIb dt 1 1 Deeaoe of dcbcllnoe Jane nor 3 isa W4S8JO Toul 0305 In Treatirj a > ohown h9TreIsronifeo Tur oral ateoBOl 021754751 REF FOB COURTS The subcommittee has reported lathe House Judiciary committee bill which will be perfected In detail de-tail and reported to the House the Mention of which is to relieve lie United States supreme and circuit courtS III a measure It propose to acreage the circuit cuuits by the addition of ono judge In each circuit cir-cuit JfOlILNATIOSS CONVnUIED Tbe Senate disposed of the nominations nomi-nations of Judge SwalDe and ac orney Shipling northern district of Florida today ofler an executlvt session of the and a half hours They were confirmed by a strict arty vote The nomination of Sliiell to be marshal lslI1 still before judiciary committee Two Morlhle Moifitis Tenn April 1Th grand Jury this afternoon brought In I twentyfour indictments agalns 1 Benjamin Pulleu Jr cxclty regis t 4 r for the embezzlement of 5763 He has disappeared Pullen is I > brotiicr exSecretary Pullen noon no-on trial for the embezzlement and larceny ef a large slice of the city funds The Ithent Crop CHICAGO April IThe farmer Jienex tomorrov will say in part Outside of Kansas reports from our crop correspondents relative to the condition of wheat are very discouraging dis-couraging Particularly is this true of Illinois and Indiana But six counties in Illinois Carroll Clay Henderson Knnkntee Lee and teoria estimate lie present condl then at 100 Ier cent In the other counties the parts of damage range from 10 toGO per cent below the usual average at thIs season The same state of affairs prevails In Indiana In-diana only seven counties reporting the condition good Ohio reports make a better aver age but show great decline in the past few weeks Kentucky reports show a falling olTof about 12 percent iu the general gener-al average The average for Mbsouri falls about 6 percent lower than the lost report although many counties report re-port the condition good I In Kansas tIm report shows a slight change Fifteen counties report re-port Injury from fro tanl dry cold wind but in a majority of the mantles the condition is reported I 0iir cent or over In Michigan and Wisconsin the condition cf wheat has continued to decline hut two counties Wiseon sits rejort the condition 100 per cent Oilier counties have miTered from 10 to 50 percent The general averages from reports received are summarized Illinois i 0 per cent Indiana 76 Ohio SS Missouri St Kentucky S7 Kansas S2 WIsconsin S2 Michigan I 67 hare lllower In Cunlodj DiEUQUE la April 1While a passenger train on the St Paul road ras running east from Mount Car roll III tills morning tho door of a crowded coach was flung open and half a dozen men wIth drawn revolvers entered The leader cried out Throw up your hands The passengers were panic stricken fearing train robbers The men irured to be lie sheriff of Mount J Carroll and a posse who had located I a couple of safe blowers in the car The men were seized handcuffed and taken back to Mount Carroll An Important Xegollallon XEW Vonic April 10fi1clal uuounccmcnt is made that the East Tennessee Virginia A Georgia Geor-gia Railroad lUll contracted for the purchase ot the EllaD > r system ouipriIng about 1200 milexof road nl a cost of SSOOCKW The main Iject of the East Tences ee romany rom-any in the purthare 1 to make bk their I line I leading north and south a tarting point from Cincinnati and reaching to Jacksonville Fla Jto loll and the Gulf Shreveport Xew Orleans and Memphis Jute ttmenn Oplulon HEKLIX April 1The Mitlonal Gatfltct Paris correspondent tile grail that Jules Biruon one nf the rencll delegates to the lalmr con erenee was surprised at Emperor VlllUmo knowledge He said The Emperor Is greatly changed Hu has been falsely represented to us for mouths If the labor confer nee has in Immediate practical result It will be successful In xplte ot skeptics It will be the signal for a new departure Prince Bismarck Bis-marck introduced himself thu tam t-am jraarek Milrlde Xmv Yoiur April 1 Morris Marks a crmmUslon merchant aDd silk Importer committed suicide to d3Y He married Otto Bea Iey a widow with one child last fall and bad trouble with her |
