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Show tf'- .1 puM WMJIPM COALVILLE. apreaae (Jeer Glwa MINDANAO CO. BOROS AND AMERICAN INGACI IN BATTLE. UTAH. Here ar Defeated Wltfaaat Loss te Iter te Blee OMeen Deeteve ef Troop Prom Will Prove a UTAIlSTATENEm el eo Have. - The wool men of Lehl report a very food tlip for this year.. The clerk of Provo bare organized m-making a determined effort to secure early eloalog. The board of health of Provo baa more begun an active campaign for In tbat condition city. aaaltary Moroni City in having trouble with Jovera of the game of poker, a oumber f arreat being made laat week. . A bill ha paaaed the aeaaU appropriating 123,000 to eatabliah a tab hatchery and fiah atatloo In Utah, The Ontario mine of Park City, bae 0, paid dividend amounting to 114,378,-00113,000, dividend recent being the Fifteen hundred bead of cattle were chipped out of Millard county laat Week, moet of them being loaded at Oala, Bicycle thieve are operating la Salt more then n eoore of wbeele be two the lag purloined within ' , week. Lake, Jat There ere abon t forty eaaea of meaalea In American Fork, and It look aa If bnt few familla wonld eacape from th dlaeaae. Sprlngvllle farmers have contracted for over 9t)0 scree of beets tbia season Four plautlag machloeaYr now plant-lo- g the eeed, Illegal liquor dealing ta being Investigated by the officials of Spring City, onn man being convicted laat week and Sued 130. There are about slaty men employed at the cheering corral near Becks Springs, and they are shearing about 1,000 aheep per day, The public schools of the state observed Arbor Day Tuesday of laat weak la aa appropriate manner. Many treat wer planted by tku student. Work hat been commenced oa the pew L. D. 8. meeting house at Sprlng-vill- e. Th building la of brick with atone trimmings, and will coat about 13,000, Tha majority of the popular-price- d restaurant of Salt Lake will raise their prices oa meat since the recent In price Inaugurated by, the ase - Jobs II Tu tedtev been th first convert to In Boaodinsvla, died at bis bouts la Bait Lake last week at tha ripe old age of M years. Dr. Franklin A. Meacham, who died la Maaiia laat week from heart failure, caused by overwork oa tb cholera ease, was formerly a well kaowa physician of bait Lake City. The death of Misa id ary B, Duncan, of Salt Lake, last week. Is probably the first ease on reoord where a person bora and reared la Utah ever contracted and died of consumption, - The grand Babekah assembly, the first In the state, and which will be to the ladies of Odd Fellowship wbat the grand lodge i to tb men lodge, was orgaulzed la Salt Lake.laat week. years, of Henry Johnson, aged felt from oa Temple-bil- l the Mantl, ledge while at play and broke hia neck. AlormonUm tile TROOPS WIU-Crew- r STATE CAN SUE FIGHTING IN THE PHILIPPINES COALVILLE TIMES. Two engagement have been fought between tb American troop and tha Moroa of the ialand of Mindanao recently. Moor of the Twenty-aevent- b infantry, while out with a amall party hunting for water, wa fired upon al long rang. Colonel Frank Baldwin, with a battalion of troop aud a mountain gun, went to th aaalataoce of Moore party and drove off the Morot, who lost seven men. The firing wa at 1100 yard. The Moro viilagea were flying red flag, meaning that they intended to fight to the uttermost. Later Sultan I'uala and a force of native attempted to reoccupy the ground gained by the Americana, but the Moroa wer forcibly dispersed. Datto (chief) Gauasl baa sent a delegation to the American commander, tendering tha absolute submission of the men under bis control. Darla, in command Brigadier-Generat Zamboango, ialand of Mindanao, ha acknowledged the receipt from Washington of inatructiona to withdraw bis troop from Mindanao, but he urge that, owing to the preaent state of affair, the withdrawal wtll result in absolute loaa of American preatiga among he Moroa !o Mindanao. Hi order, however, are exLieclenant-Colone- l Baldwin plicit. and hie force are beyond the reach of the telegraphic Inatructiona from Washington. Gam. Danlau Ms Arrested for ulttod la James Noonan, who has lived in Ilelena fifteen dr twenty years, ba been arrested on the charge of having committed a murder in Preston town-hl- p, Fillmore county, Minnesota, twenty-eigh- t year ago. He was arrested on requisition papers brought to Ilelena by Sheriff Elllng K. Blexrud of It is Fillmor eonnty, . Minnesota. charged that Noonaa, whose name in MInneaot was Patrick Noonan, killed John Shlnner In Preston township October 18, 1874, and fled lb country, The authorities had given up ever finding the murderer until recently there arrived la Preston a man from Mon tana, a former resldeutef tb township, ta Wu worUVng u Ualw rr laid or tirlay awl a aamm by tb same of Noonan who corresponded In appearance with the Patrick Noonaa Noonaa denies who killed Sbtnner. hi guilt and says a mistake ba made. al WILL NOT STOP BRITIS) in Rat Neetrallt Violation. The report of Colonel Crowder, who Investigated the shipment of horse and mules to South Africa from tb port of Chalinette ha been laid before the cabinet by the president. WhiW the report 1 Incomplete it developed that tha conclusion was reached bT the president from what be ha seen of It, there was not sufficient evidence to show past or present violation of neutrality and consequently there 1 warrant for Intervention. Father la Defease af HI Owe Ufa. In Kauat City, Kas., John Calhoun Be felt a distance offiftp feat and hi was shot by hlasos Roland three time face was fearfully mangled on the and fatally wounded. The father had attacked tbe son's married slater, Mrs. rock below, Lottie Langford, und when young CalTh twenty-eight- h annual convenatof of the the grand lodge tion Indepen- houn interfered the elder Calhoun dent Order of Odd Fellows was held la tacked him with a knife. Then young Balt Laka last week, ovef a hundred Calhoun used u revolver in one of three shots fired by him delegate from different lodge is tha every taking effect. John Calhoun Is 53 years tat being present.' of age sod hie eon 21. . Bills have been Introduced In th Cetera kpovtawroa Convicted of Creelly. bouse and senate by Utah represenFrank of all' tbat tative providing tbat porCheatly, John 8. Barbara, tion of Arisons Territory which lie David Motcoui and Charles McParlin, north of th Colorado rtvar ha annexed promoter of the rabbit coursing meet held at Union Tark, in Itenver on to tb state of Utah. March 22, have been found gnilty of Mrs. of axamlnatloa Tha preliminary to uuimalabyn jury ia the cruelty 8m!th Doa who at shot Southwell, criminal court, A motion for a new Colton, resulted ,1a th woman being waa catered and sentence waa detrial the over to district tb bound court, ferred. 'The eomplaint on which the mount of the bond being placed at wa based waa mad by reprosecution on tha road to Jl,500, Smith! tbe human society. covery. Deal Bros. A Mendenhall, of Spring-wil- l, Palme's Ureelleg te Cuba. President-elec- t have secured a coo tract 'for build Palma wa greeted at miles of road for tha Holguin, Cuba, by 8,000 natives. Three lag twenty-si- x Denver A Rio Grand on th branch bands led th march to the city hall. line being built from Delta, Colo., and Tha president carriage waa followed expect to eecur the balance of fifty' for two mile by th impetuous popu six miles of tha road. lac. Three pretty girl, carrying a Th assets of the Utah County Sav- banner and wearing liberty eeps, came ing hank, which went Into voluntary directly behind tbe American troop liquidation March S3, 1001, have now which acted a an escort. At the plaza, bnlldlngi situall been sold for u sufficient amount to wher the government there were halt a dozen more ated, stock and tbe alt liabilities, pay pay bands. The square wa beautifully holders 113 a share on their stock, the decorated and Illuminated, aud pictures were every where. of the president-elec- t par yalne of which was tlOO. Beet planting has begun throughout Bess, Chief Attempts ta Stop a Trots and Is Killed. 'Cache county. The decision Of the A Boxer chief was killed while eu company to not write contract for adore than 8,000 acres baa been abae desvoring to slop a train by Lis pracdooed, and they will write all con- tice near I'lenJTain, he stood liefore tracts offered. They now have about an Approaching' train going through 8,200 acres contracted for. a, gymnastics, and the engineer brought of hia traio to a atop to nave the. man's Construction on the $allna cut-o- ff oq to the life, who then called at the Rio Grande Western la to beg! faet that by hi spiritual power he was soon a th contracts can be let. Bid have been naked for on tb grading of able to atop the foreign fire wheel tb first twenty mile cut of Salina, carl." The same tuing was attempted and It la expected that work will begin - another day, bnt tb engineer ran the mao down and cut him to piece. by th end of tb month. Shoots HI self-defens- e, jw WMi.i.pf Halt, SEVENTY-FIV- DESTROYED BY EARTHQUAKE te Ow Haaln w4 Fifty F Of The United State supreme court Monday granted leave to the tte of Washington to file an orlgiatl hill for an Injunction agaiaat the Great Northern Railway company, Northern Pacific Railway company sad the Northern Securities company I eon section with th petition of tbat ttete recently filed la the court. The opinion In the ease was delivered by Chief Justice Fuller, who stated that the eourtbad always(zrrCUed the utmost care la it proceeding l nal cases, and that tha present ieciaion to grant leava to file jnMJed to be entirely without prejudice to either party at Interest. Reference was made to tb case of the state of Louisiana vC the state o Texas concerning the quarantine regulation of th latter State in which leave was given to file, and th (tte of Minnesota v. the Northern Securities company, la which th petition to file wu denied. ; , Referring to the Utter case, ha said tbe petitloa bad been refused because of tb ineuperabl objection tbat Indispensable parties to tb ease could not be brought Into th eoart. This objection did not, however, confront tbe oourt la tha present earn, and the court felt tbat because of in desire to proceed with the utmost ear and deliberation la atl ease where original actions ar brought la this court, tha case precedent of th Louisian should be followed rather than that of the Minnesota case iu the present in stance. Hence leave to file would be granted and subpoena would he Uud returnable on th first day ef the next term of court In October. tat. ff Roosevelt Decides Kemeeel Fa E LIVES LOST ON A BURNING STEAMER MERC"' u PRAYING FOR RAIN. Hot Moro Tku Half Were Bwi ' wf f he 1UM In rod. Iwf Brief Injured. lost their lives Landing, twenty-fo- ur mile from Cairo, I1L, Sunday morning, ia one of the worst disaster la th history of navigation on tb Ohio other wer more river. Seven or leu injured by the burning of the ateamer Qty of Fitteburg. There wer 130 person on hoard, and not more than half of them were saved, many of the latter being burned or injured. A tbe register of, th ateamer was burned oo list can be given either of th victims or of the survivors, and in tbe confasionit has been Impossible to get complete list. CapL Phillip admitted that tha death list may reach sixty. At 4:05 o'clock Sunday morning flame were discovered in the forward batch, larboard; the fire alarm waa sounded and th engineers at ones started all the pumping engines and tha crew brought all the boae into Seventy-fiv- e people near Ogden ty-fl- vn of-en- April IT. Th opponents ok the Cubes reel procity bill occupied mo- -t of tbe lime of the debate, tbe feature being a vigorous speech by The laksMIssU of the Tewa an CseRil Ur. Cushinaa (Rep ) of Wakblngtoa against Hr. Cuahman arraigned tbe lb measure In the Ora Ale foe Uofolr, ! committee on rule, and tbe bouse leaders la a Doris ta Kotera ta Ifcote UOOM. breezy, and at times, sensational fashion. A portion of this criticism was in vein, out some of it was decidedly Th three earthquake on Friday e us tic A veto message was received from President-Rooseve- lt night reduced to gain Queaaltenungo, of a bill pensioning Thomas F. WaiGuateIn of th second city Importance and waa referred to the committee on Inter, mala and having 25.000 inhabitants, valid pensions. aud completely destroyed tbe town of Soon after tbe senate convened HltTI tbe resolutions oflered, by Mr Culberson, diAmatitlan. Both of thee town wer the secretary of war to send to the recting a statement of money paid bv tbe Unlied capitals of the department of th same senate on account of tbe Philippine commisStates name each hears. It la reported that sion and a statement of the amount of money for sending troops to tbe Philippines, 600 persons were killed In Qoeealtenan-g- o, expended aud for their maintenance, were agreed to. GUATEMALAN HUNDRED hut the rumor lacks confirmation. Tb exact lose of life cannot now be ascertained. New of the destruction, which extended 100 miles along the coming western part of tbe republic. in slowly, because all tha telegraph wire are dowo. It 1 known tbat Amatitlan exists no mores a town, tbe seismic disturbance having been ao great. The inhabitants that is, those of tbe 10,000 residents play. Amid tha streams of water on all who escaped death Tu the cataclysm aides, the flames from th lower desk are camping in the open air for safety, and densa cloud of smoke, the pas- not daring to.return to tbe ruined coninhabisengers rushed from their staterooms fine of tba town. Soma of the mud are tants temporary building and a frightful panie ensued. . Th appeal of the officers and craw hut. Mora news-ba- a been obtained of the could not appease the ' terror-stricke- n condition of affair at Amatitlan than crowds tbat Interfered with those who threw water on the flames, aa wall as at Queaalteuango, aa tbe former ia only those working with the life boats. Faw fifteen miles aouth of Guatemala City, while th latter ! more than 100 mile could life or do anypreservers adjust thing else for themselves. The burning steamer waa quickly ' beaded for the bank. A number of passengers who jumped off the stern and tried to awim ashore through the awift current were drowned. Many also perished In the flames. Help, ex eept from people living nearby boats from tbe shore rescuing s' number of passengers did not arrive until 2:30 oclock la the afternoon and passengers with only night clothes and without food suffered terribly. At Caledonia, three miles, below th scene pf the disaster, the flame could he plainly eeu and the about of tba passengers heard, and tbe people put out la klff to the wreck. They leted-lsaving someof the passenger Many passenger clung by Anger tips to the burning boat, with bodies submerged, until overcome by Arc or w ter, they sank to death, - NOT A PLEASURE TRIP. ef Moisture la Kami la to Great That Special Pray are are d la Cbaroha. The need for rain in Kansai has become so great that Bishop Fink, whose diocea consist of th eastern third of Kansas, ba ordered prsytr laid daily by every Catholto under his jurisdiction. Sunday last, prayer cere of fered In all tbe Leavenworth (Kan.' Catholie churches. Under 4b order from the bishop the prayers will be continued until rain falls. Tha hot south winds that wpt over tb better part of Kansas Monday prevailed again Tuesday nd no report of rain bad been received at the local weather Vroreau. Increased damage to ooonsl lolik w Csofslfalsf fa vegetal, .n ototthbrwtll result. nte-tmj,- ,i.enlral litf Kdnaaa and in the uotoieastern eornar Order have been received la Manila of tbe state ranged from 68 to 98 defrom Washington to hold court of Ingrees above in the ihade Mosday. quiry Into tbe general conduct of Tbe ground generdly ia reported dry affairs in Samar. General Smith claims and bard and badly in need of rain. that, to the best of hia belief, tbe Tha midsummer w either experienced officers sod men of hia command had in Kansas City Sunday, when th to faca insurmountable difficulties; thermometer rose 32 degrees la aeven that th hardship they encountered hour, from 39 to 91, prerailed Mon- were almost unbearable, and that th day with perhaps t slightly cooler treachery of the native of the ialand wind. is unequalled in th history of warDispatches from Topeka lay dry, hot fare. wind, blowing thirty mips an hour He say that the American soldiers from the south neat and f hanging to acted in the elrcumBtances with the tha south, prevailed over that section greatest forbearance shown in the war of Kanaaa Monday, wiiii a high tem- la tha Philippine. Campaigning ia and tele- Samar is not a pleasure trip, but a perature. phone wires are down. ."Sunday the stern reality, said General Smith. wind blew ateadily iron the south H also expressed bis doubt If th west at the rate of forty miles an hour. troops of any other nation in th Th maximum waa M, (he highest In world would pr could have acted in thn April for sixteen year, txccpt In 1893, circumstances In Samar aa well as did when it reached 97. tha American. Weed CITY WIPED OUT AND FIV LIVES LOST. hmi 1 te the northwesL WILL VOTE ON PEACE TERMS. I Is Balteved the Bear WUI Vote ta End Ibw-Wa- General De wet has gone to Ileilbron, Orange River colony; General Botha, tbe Transvaal commander-in-chie- f, hN gone to Vryhcld, Transvaal, and General Delarey, together with Mr. Steyo, of the Orange River Free State, baa gone to Klerksdorp, Transvaal. They have arranged to meet the burghers at different rendezvous and submit tbe British terms. It is believed the Transvsalers will everywhere accept the terms, as they are in do way anxious fora winter Tbe only difficulty likely campaign. to ocour will be, U is thought, with the Orange River state, many of whom ar expected to prove recalcitraoL In the meantime there will be no eessation of hostilities. Tbe delegatee arc expected back to Pretoria tha middle ot May, and in anticipation of their rataro Ik.j ksra flvia ordarXTttr Bvr .. clothes, provision, etc. ' CMsecks Cfaar, Belplros Ftaaa. dispatch from Helsingfors, Finland, say that in n levy of recruits from the Helsingfors district, out ot A 857 complied. summoned, only fifty-si- x Th remainder absented themselves a a demonstration against the new army edict. - Tbe same day, April 78, n disturbance broke out. It began in n trivial manner. A youngster was jeering the One of the police sod the senators. latter, General Kaigeroff, thereupon ordered out the Cossacks, and a scene quite equaling tbe SL Petersburg riots ensued. The Cossacks charged the pnblie in the Senate square and tb adjoining streets They used their knouts Indiscriminately, and the chief sufferers were cripples, aged persona and children. Dome men resisted the Cossacks, and RtVERAND HARBOR SILLsod Fifty ttf LmI im Kx Om " PASSES THE SENATE many persons on both sides were to BartneU. plosloa wounded. The' crowd refused to 'disConservative of members the Some Ths Neenre CarrtM70,kOO,eoO perse until tbe military ordered them party caused so explosion in the mili- away. Tb Without a word of discussion of tha tary barrack at Managua, Nicaragua, suaded Generalburgomaster tofinally perwithdraw Kaigeroff merits of tha meatnrt, th senate on Wednesday ulghL. Nearly 130 lives the and was immediCossacke, peace Monday passed th river and harbor wer lost in th explosion, and th ately restored. were bill, carrying la appropriation about barrack destroyed. There ha considerable bitternes shown by JEALOUS MAN USES DYNAMITE. been 170,000,000. 8o had tb thoroughly bill been considered by tbe commerce tbe Coneervttives against th Liberal committee tbat every senator wa con- party, which 1 tu power and ef whioh Attempts to Vfroek Home to Get Kevng oa tent that it should phw ea reported President Belaya ls.th leader. Early Sunday morning an attempt from the committee. Gave Birth to Ftvo Girls at a Ttaro, made to wreck the house of Prof. waa In response to inquiry by Mr. Isaiah Rhodoa of Balloys Gap, F. Maglott of the Ohio Normal univerMcComaa, Mr. Frye, 0 charge of the Ulster county, N. Y., announce that sity at Ada, O., with dynamite. A stick bill, said that ao appropriation had James McGowan, of tha explosive placed under the winbeen made for dredging th harbor at bis daughter, Mr. 28, of Tucker's Corner, a bamlat dow sill aged th Annapolis training ichool because destroyed the front of the resibirth to dence and wrecked the furniture. A the aggregate appropriation carried In Ulster county, Friday gave five children, all girls, and that all ar jealous lover of a domestio employed by th measure waa already large aud well. Mrs. McGowans Other by the professor is doing the committee wee of the opinion that charged with the pbUdren ar a son sad a pair of twin crime. He cannot be found. Annapolis could , Many-telegri- ph Appro-prtaUe- tontt wait, teroaty-llr- e Victim sf Bo Woollier In Hohroska. gw. 1. Although no complete Hat of either the victim or survivor la yet obtainable, lnveatigatlo Jsdicate that one-haof th Xio people on tht City of Pittsburg wer lost when that ateamer wa btfffied ' Cairo,' II lx Many of those who were brought to Cairo are Buffering from Injuries, ex poeur and fright The number aboard w about equally d,ided between passengers and crew. The latter Buffered tbe greater loaa casualties. b lf 'ir twi to Oman. Kan-a- a In a fight between cattlemen weat of Collinsville :n the Cbaroke nation, k, T., William Fhlllipn waa Instantly filled and Feank Mayfield, bkidmor- - and l.ige Johnson were mortally wounded. AU ,re prominent cattlemen who ow urea not far from ColtinavRie. The waa th fight result of au old fe8lj between Skid-mo- re Ja pt and Mayfield, t,)ch had it In a court contest 0,er acme gra or-Igt- o log land. Trouble bad been expected for aome time. Buudsy waa th hottest April day In Ths therfifteen years at Omaha. mometer at 8 p. m., reached 93, tha highest previous record being 9L While NO prostrations occurred, tha high temperatur was responsible for several attack of Illness, two occur-Ju- g In ouo church during tbo day. At Fall. City tha mercury reached 100 la thn shade and the fall wheat is suffering from tbe want of 'moisture. Other points In southern Nebraska report record-breakin- g weather for April. Mado Hoaalaas fay Fir la sty Famines - City. visited the south western part of Kansas City, Sunday, laying waste a section of dwelling-houee- a el moet a quarter of a mile long and a block wideband doing damage to the amount of 875,000. About fifty were destroyed and dwelling-hous- es were rendered families more or sixty homeless and destitute, A high wind, amounting almost to a gale, was blowing, and the flame spread with alarmA destructive fir ing rapidity. WEEK IN CONGRESS. TIME IN CHRISTIAN ERA. Oa Blllloa Mlaatas Have Elapsed I Bee. Slaee Camille Flamroarion has announced at a meeting of the Soclte Astroooml-q- u d France, Paris, that one million minutes elapsed at ten minute past 8 p. m. on April 18th atnee the beginning of tb Christian era. January 1st of th year 1 is taken as a starting point for this' calculation. The aver age year during the nineteen centuries ia composed of 125,857 minutes and eighteen seconds - Horn April 18. The Democrats and the Republican over the bouse Insurgents rode rougb-xho- d leaders-wbe- n tbe voting began on the Cuban the ruling reciprocity bill They over-threof the chair in coi imiuee of the a bole on the question of germsnenesa of an amendment to remove tbe differential from refined sugar during tbe extstepce.of the reciprocity agreement provided tor in the bill Tbe vote to overrule the decision of the chair, made by Ur, Sherman of New York, was 171 to 130,' Republicans to the number of thirty-seveJoining with a solid Democratic vote to accomplish this result Having wen this preliminary victory, the amendment was adopted In committee, 1C to III, and later In the house by a still larger majority, IM to 106. On this occasion sixty-fo- ur Republicans voted with the Democrats Horst for the amendment. Tha bill then raa passed by an overwhelming majority, 47 to 62. Ao analysts of the vote shows that 124 Republicans and K! Democrat! voted for the amended bill, and ti Republicans and lb Democrats against it. Sirati Consideration was begun of the bill temporarily to provide n form of government for the Philippine islands. The reading of the measure was concluded at t 60 p. m., all of the committee amendments being agreed to with the unden.tnding that all parts of the bill should be subject to amendment. Mr Rawlins of Utah, a member of the Phll-- c offered a Substitute for Ippines committee, certain sections of the measure relating to the method of governmt nt of the island., the operation of the eourts, and extending to the Philippines tbe land laws of the United Stales. . A bill waa poshed appropriating AJ6.0U0 to establish s fish hatchery and fiah station in Utah Tbe senate thon passed fifty-fiv- pension bills e private 1. April Hours Mr. Mondell secured the passage of Wa bill appropriating 300 for the erection of . monument to mark the site of the Phil Kear-ae- y massacre In Johnson county, Wyo. This la the site where Colonel Fetter-manod hia trooper, were surrounded In December, 186, and after a bloody fight, all were killed . It la one of the three battlefields In the world where there were no survivors of the vanquished army. Alamo and Custern battlefields being the other two. , Sixats Among other measures passed were the following: Granting permission tor the erection of a monument or statue in Washingto tbs memory and In honor of ths ton, D. iete'BenjBtnln F, Stephenson, founder of the Grand Army o ths Republic: to eonfev Jurisdiction on theeourt of claims to render judgment for the plaintiff and Interest In action to recover duties collected fay the military authorities of the United States upon articles Imported Into Porto Rico from the several states between April 11. 1R, nod May 1, 1900; to construe the dependent pension act of 1800 so aa to Include nil persona who served ninety days during tha civil war and who were honorably discharged, but excluding those of the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth United States volunteer infantry who had prior service la tha Confederate army or navy: to Increase Jhe pensions ot soldiers and tailors who have lost limbs In the service; and private pension bills, Including one increasing the pension of the widow of General Ludlow to 850 a month. fifty-eig- ht April 1. The house entered upon considerHops ation of the military academy bill. In addition to the regular items, it contains provlstoa tor tha extensive Improvements of the grounds and buildings at West Point. These Improvements are to cost 6,6JO,000, of which 3,000,000 U appropriated In the bill, SaxAT. The river and harbor bill, carrying an appropriation of 70,000,000, was passed without a word of discussion ot (he merits ot the measure. Consideration was then began ot the Philippine government bill, " April. Hour The house by vote Of 75 to 72, rejected claims attached to the omnibus claims bill by the senate, aggregating 1,800,000. and on th heels of that action to tha whole senate amendments (tha various items having been ruled to constitute a single amendment), and sent the bill to conference. - Ssxat Formal discussion of tbo bill temporarily to provide a government for tbe was begun to tbe senate, Mr. Rawlins ot Utah, ths leading minority member ot the Philippine committee, opening the debate. He denounced tbe bill a aa unwarranted Imposition on the Filipinos, declaring that 1 would establish one rtf tbe foulest oligarchies la the history ot the world. Ho maintained that the Philippine commission was given too great power by the bill and asserted that under Its provjslons the islands would be exploited for private gain. A. D. W. Wolmarans, the Boer dele ' gate at The Hague, say a that he ha no knowledge whatever of ny particulars regarding the South African peso negotiations nor of the report published In Amsterdam to the effect that tbe negotiation bad been broken off. The United States doe more business with Canada than the whole of South America; much as with Central America, Mexico and the West Indie together; and nearly as much s with Africa, Asia and Oceanic, any Bittin-ge- r United 8taies Consul-GenerIn his report , Killed fay I Mae's ! Adolphus Dewet a nephew of the Martin Tobia died at tbe hospital In Boer general, who was wounded and 1 Kansas City of th re- captured at the battle of Jakob- -' sult of his finger being bitten a month aud who afterwards escaped from L i mod by swimming to a geboouer ago by John McVey. McVey has been bound for New York, has arrived at held under bond oa a charge of maywhere he will engage in a Peru, Lima, hem, which probably will be changed . enterprise. mining t to that of manslaughter. Peter Van Misaingen, who has been Baastaaa Attacked at Mew Cbweag. one of the most active friends of tbe A post on the outskirts of. New Boers in Chicago, has sent to President Cbwang, garrisoned by forty Russians, Roosevelt an open letter, advancing an has been attacked by bandits. On argument against the British mule Ruasiaa officer and four private were traffic in tbe United States. He declares the traffic is ,n violation of the killed. treaty cf Washington. bl'ood-poisonin- g, al i i |