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Show NEWS SUMMARY. WEEK IX CONGRESS. D. D. Skinner, a twelve-year-o- ld boy, li ud Ilia artu abut off uhilo bunting1 near San Joes, Cal., Saturday. Ilia 33. IIocss. Consideration of the deflrienry appropriation bill was continued. An itciu appropriating t'VO.wu (or a military post at Manila was ruled out oil s point of order, but was offered as an amendment, nnd was adopted as s part of tbe bill by a vote of 137 to 100. Tbe house public lands committee bus reported favorably the Lacey bill to compel the attendance of wUncssea at General Land offleea. of the MU creating Skkatk. a department of comiheice waa resumed, progress was made. A resolution was adopted railing upon the aerretnry of war for Information concerning l'helps-Montgome- ry vice-presid- ent, n, Consul-Gener- al in Mexico. quarantine Palmer of Victoria has arrested C. Younger, who has been wanted for a year for stealing a photographic outfit from Mount Vernon, Wash. Sheriff Wells is there to take prisoner back. The Herman foreign office denies that Germany desired, or associated Itself with any other government that may have sought to bring about n European intervention in the war. The West Big Horne County, Wyo., association has decided to appoint aud maintain a stock Inspector, whose dnty it shall be to see that all of the state laws relstlug to stock are rigidly enforced. Land Commissioner E. S. Boyd has sailed from Honolulu for Washington, by order of the territorial government, to present to the authorities there the views of the local government as to the proposed land law for Hawaii. An analysis of coal from the mine two uiik-- west of Cody. Wyo., made for the Burlington shows that the moisproduct contains 7 per cent less ture and 5 per cent, more carbon than the liurlinglan mines near Sheridan. Emperor William has expressed s wish lliat the inhabitants of Berlin should not illuminate the city on his birthday, January 27th, but devote the money which might be thus expended to helping the unemployed and needy. So many burglaries and petty have occured in Honolulu recetly that there is talk of a vigilauce committee, and many people have been arming themselves to protect tlie'.r have been very frehomes. Hold-up- s Detective Spanish-Aiuericu- rs s rol-beri- quent . ' M. Jean Rlch$in, the French litterateur, who Is about to file a suit through his New York agent for royalties on the play Du Bary," which he AIL THAT Manchester, Hull and BirmingThe Imudon market remains the most important of English corn exchanges, for it in a good second for tol, alleges David Belasco appropriated from hla manuscript, is one of the most picturesque characters in Paris. It la claimed It waa he who accompanied Sara Bernhardt when she lie horsewhipped Mile. Colomhier throttled M. Soudan, the journalist, who was present, and prevented him tariff customs In tbe Philippines.. Senator Mason introduced a bill prohibiting from protecting Bernhardt's victim. It was Rlchepln who was the author of the importation of opium for smoking purposes Into the United States. Mme. Bernhardts suppressed hock, He Is 45 years "Marie Pigeonnier. January ZS. has been a is brilliant a scholar, old, lioesi A successful effort to increase the a and aua poet, soldier, journalist, KMO to of from free carriers rural pay delivery a His deand dramatist finally KtX) per auuin was made. thor, Debate on the urgent deficiency bill oloaed but as a writer of plays was made at after the adoption of tniwe amendments maltthe Francais. M. Rlchepln was born ing appropriations for the agricultural departIn Africa, and is as dark as a mulatto. ment and for expenses of the congressional His parents were from Picardy, and it delegation in attending tlie funeral of PresiIs said he has gypsy blood in his veins. dent Collection of Much Value, The only herd of bison of any Importance now left in the United States from the millions whlt-l- i a few years ago roamed over the entire country betweeu tbe Missouri river und the Rocky mountaius, consists of about but-littl- fifty Sknatz--A- ii Iforsx January St. The urgent delldenry appropriation bl'l was passed, sixteen Democrats joining with the Republicans in voting for it. An effort to recommit the bill and have a detailed statement made by the president as to how the appropriated fur army barracks at Mauila was to be expended, failed by a vote of 131 to IS. Seventy-thre- e pension bill were passed, including one of (V) per month for tlie widow of Rear Admiral Philip, who commanded the Texas at Santiago. House adjourned until Monday. January SI. Hul'me -- The house adopted a resolution calling for documents relating to tlie old training ship Vermont, which was placed out or commission last summer, and also passed a bill to provide for tliu compulsory attendance of witnesses before registers aud receivers of general laud offices. A bill to appropriate for establishing homes for the teaching of articulate speech Vo deaf children was defeated. The house adjourned until Wednesday. Hkjsatk A bill was passed to amend an act, granting to the Clearwater Valley Railroad company a right of way through the Nez Purees Indian hinds In Idaho. Tlie department of commerce MU went over without progress having been made end the discussion of the Philippine tariff bill was re- Where Kagland Faya and Sella Wheat. The six markets at which most English wheat Is sold are Norwich, Mark Lane, Peterborough, Lincoln, Hull, and Ipswich, in the order named. Peterborough has taken the place once occupied by ynn. The markets for foreign wheat which occupy the first six places are Liverpool, Mark Lane. Bris- - jmmmnLm ea The Czar wears a ring in which he believes Is Imbedded a piece of the true cross. It was originally one of the treasures of the Vatican, and was presented to an ancestor of tbe Czar for diplomatic reasons. Some years ago the Czar was traveling from SL Petersburg to Moscow. He suddenly discovered that ha had forgotten the ring. The train was slopped immediately, and a special messenger sent flying back on nn express engine fur it, nor would the Czar allow the train to move until, several hours afterward, the messenger returned with the ring. In VaiH-'luatio- the Hah, It was at a dinner party. The bright young man found himself privileged to sit next to the young woman with beautiful arms and neck. He thought himself the most favored personage in the room. Suddenly h fair' companion exhibited signs' of nervousness. Two of his very best jokes,, saved for a special occasion, passed by unnoticed. Her face wore a look of alarm. Apprehensively the young man gazed at her, and meeting the look she said: I am In misery." "In misery?" echoed the young man. I was vacci"Yes," she replied, nated the other day, and It has taken, beautifully. I could almost scream, It. 1 hurts so. The young man looked at the beautiful arms, and, seeing no mark there, said: 'Why, where were you vaccinated 'In Boston, Bhe replied, the smile chasing away the look of pain. Clilnese-rxrlu-sio- observed J. Pierpont Morgan to a friend recently, "was to he a farmer and have the finest stock In the world. the dolce far niente of the farmer's life waa my fancy. Well, you have your farm and your stock to say nothing of stocks," retorted the friend. Well, but I am the man of all work, and 1 haven't got the dolce far niente; and can't buy it either, big a price as I might be willing to pay for it New York TT"". Fighting Smallpox In Cmnada. The health auibo. Uies o Ontario are trying to keep smallpox out of their the disease lumber camps, where makes terrible ravages once it gets a foothold. Already the owners of forty-tw- o camps have arranged for medical attendance end have erected suitable buildings In which to Isolate the patients In case smallpox appears in the camps. The disease Is scattered through a large part, of Ontario and the other Canadian provinces and the precautions are well considered. buffalo, and the same ed only accomplished the purpose for; which they Bet out after a long and. both Boris of wheat, whereas Norwich, dangerous search among the few small ' which slightly surpasses it for Engbunches of buffalo yet known to be lish, sells very little foreign and Livroaming in that country. Only half a erpool, which Is the premier market dozen calves were taken alive, and for foreign, regards an English samfrom these the present herd has grown. Mr. Dupree allowed the buffalo to ple as quite a curiosity. London Graphic. range practically wild on the Cheyenne river, wilh no further attention than to see that they did not get out of that ummuiiimummuuHiaiiuaiiAuu uuu uuuu mini umm immuuuRuiiimig part of the state, where they were kept until his death. 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Having had practically the same cea freedom hs in their native state, the specimens of the herd are somewhat different from those usually seen in parks and menageries. One bull out of this herd was sold for Bhow purposes about ten years ago for $1,000. sumed. January 87. Senator Nelsons bill creating a department of commerce, passed the Senate after being amended in various particulars. Probably the most important of the amendments was one chauging the title to read the department of commerce and labor. It provides for a secretary, who is to be a member of the cabinet, an assistant secretary and also the other officials ami clerks necessary. The propjsed department is especially charged with tlie collection and distribution of statistical information und with the development and fostering of foreign and domestic commerce. In t there is to be a new bureau of manufactures find many bureaus now included In other depur! incuts am to be transferred to this new department. Including tin- service, the light house service, the luitriue hospital wi vice, the steam service and tin; bureau of mitigation, shipping aud Immigration, as well us tbe n control of the llsheries anil the questions, all now within the jurisdiction of tlie treasury department; tlie flsli couimls-slu- u and the census bureaus. Thu department Is also given jurisdiction over the consular service, so far as it pertains to commerce. in llnytininl. J. P. Morgans im-an- i The dream of my boyhood days, full-blood- number of mixed bloods, all now the, property of James Philip of Fort Pierre, who is known all over the range country as 'Scotty" Philip. This herd is the product of a hunt twenty years ago, when Frederick Dupree, an old French trapper, foreseeing the early extermination of the species, started for the Little Missouri country to capture a few calves for the purpose of raising a herd. In this hunt he led a band of Indians and halftireeds, who McKinley. unsuccessful effort waa made by Senator Mason to have the senate consider his resolution extending tlie thanks of congresa to Knur Admiral Schley for his loyal and able conduct while In command of thu American fleet at the victorious battle of Santiago. fouslderailon of tbe Philippine tariff blUoc-cupif- d the senate until f:U, when adjournment to Monday was taken. IS LEFT OF THE ONETIME MILLIONS. Frederick Dupree, a French Tripper, Forcaccliig tlie Fsleruilnatloii at the HufTalo. Gathered the Mueleu of This ham. life-savi- Tlie new code of Russia will abolish capital punishment altogether. The eld code bsl retained it for crimes against t lie imperial family, for treason and rebellion and for evasion of Stock-growe- Famous French Litterateur January wound la fatal. At New Castle, Wyo., Saturday while fooling with a gun that be supposed to be empty, Walter Brown shot Eddie Erane in tbe right ahoulder. Mra. C. W. Sanderson of Stockton, Cal., who cut her throat and wriatwith a razor Monday, with auicidal inteut, died aa a result of her wounda. In Deer Creek, Okla, a block of buildings, including the town ball, were burned Sunday, entailing a loss of 1 00,01)0, with insurance amounting to S8000. Representative Stephens of Texas bas introduced a bill for the Union of Oklahoma and Indian Territory as a state to be known as tbe state of Oklahoma. At a meeting of tbe Federal World's Fair commission Saturday Mra of Portland, Or., was appointed a member of the board of lady managers. The beet sugar factory scheme for supplying Fort Collins, Colo., with a new plant now hinges upon tbe probable action of congress as to tbe duty on raw sugar. Tbe United States Philippine commission has appropriated S.ViUO for improving the harbor of Iloilo and $3UOO to be expended on tbe Cagelayan river in northern Luzon. The house committee on the eleztion f president and has made a favorable report on the bill fo the election of United States senators by direct vote of the people. Chinese officials have found treasure to the value of over 100,000,000 taels in gold and silver which was buried in the woman's quarters of the palace before the court fled from Pekin. Large holders of potatoes in Stock-toCal., are worrying over the chances of big reduction in the which market, experts claim is sure to take place in a week or ten days. Antone Myrvold, a thirteen-year-o- ld boy of Sacramento, was almost instantly killed while attempting to jnuip on a moving freight train in the railroad yard while playing Sunday. George Reardslee of Sacramento, Sunday shot himself over the right eye and died soon after. It is not known whether or not it was an accident! although no cause is known for suicide. The president has signed a government check for 1376,000 which represents the money captured by the marines of the United States navy at Tien Tsin during the lioxer trouble in Oliina. Wo will transmit it to China. If the efforts new being made by Hanna United Slates at Mexico City are successful, $1,000,000 of Andrew Carnegie's wealth will be Hied iu Hie establishment of libraries LAST HKIill OF IilSO.T. rrlnmi F.ugland from one of their European correspondents In Italy to the effect that the Sultan of Turkey has granted conces-liowhich will enable the American pitallsts Interested to go ahead with ihelr enterprises In the Orient. A line Is projected from Cairo, in Egypt, to Mount Sinai' and along the mast of the Red Sea to Mecca, with a ns Royal. Increasing surprise is felt in Eng- millions of Mohammedans who annually make pilgrimages to Mecca on camels and donkeys, while hundreds of thousands are compelled to walk. The towns surrounding Jerusalem are also said to present excellent opportunities for short lines to take care of the Zionistic movement centering toward Jerusalem. land that the dttchrss of Fife is never as rrincess royal. officially t is only since tbe accession of George II. that such a designation has existed, but that monarch's eldest daughter (though she was born when her father was only electoral prince of Hanover) enjoyed it, and so d d t'ae eldest daughter of Georg? III., and t e oldest daughter of Queen Victoria. While the late Empresa Frederick was living there might have been good grounds for withholding the title from the eldest daughter of King Edward, for there has never been two princesses royal alive at the same time. But that difficulty Is now removed and why the distinction should be allowed to drop is a question causing much conjecture. dc.-crlb- y Mrs. Slddons' old house In Upper severely respectable dwelBaker street, London, where England's lings which adjoin It. Inside the old greatest tragic actress once received house, however, there are still a few ill the fashionable and talented folk of reminders of Its salad days, for the London, Is to be torn down soon to spacious ballroom where the famous actress once led the minuet and several other of the handsome old rooms have been preserved unaltered. Sir Joshua Reynolds made several portraits of Mrs. Siddons, one of them the familiar picture of the actress as "The Tragic Muse," from which the statue above her grave In St. Mary's churchyard was copied. Gainsborough was especially fond of drawing Mrs. Siddons' profile, although Its lines often baflled him. One day while she was sitting for him he delighted her by snapping out. Damn your nose, madam, there's no end to It!" three-stor- The ordinary municipal expenses of Philadelphia, a city of 1,300.000 are $29,000,000; of Chicago, a city of 1,700,000, $22,500,000; of Boston, a city of 500,000, $27,850,000; of Pittsburg. a city of 325.0(10, $10,000,000; of St. I Mils, a city of 800,000, $70,700.-00oT Baltimore, a city of 510.000. $10,800,000, and of San Francisco, a city of 350,000, $9,000,000. Senator Clark a Rapid rorthutn Senator Clark of Montana, in purchasing the famous Preyer collection of pictures, probably made a record in point of rapidity. He arranged to arrive in Vienna on the aftpmnon of December 7. Within twenty minutes of the arrival of tlio Orient express Mr. Clark was in llerr Preyer's apartment, accompanied by Director or The Hague gallery, on whose n picadvice he acted. The tures were inspected In ninety-fiv- e minutes and a contract for purchasing them for $500,000 was Immediately signed. Vienna Special New York World. Bre-dln- s, sixty-seve- popu-laft- make way for one or the stations of a new underground electric railway in which American capital Is Interested. Seen from tbe street. It Is only a comparatively small and severely respectable looking three-stor- y dwelling with nothing In Its appearance to distinguish it from the other small and 0; Iodine In White ami Corui4i-lr- . iu llouicel out the researches of Uley and Hour-ce- t, in which they found that biooj contains normally truces of Iodine, Mu.-cati- u, have made the further discovery that the iodine Is contained in the leucocytes (white blood corpuscles) lusivwly. Philadelphia Times. |