r W W Y Y T 1IrC7ftH i r r ii 1r11 I1 c 11IcTHEBEE ARLINETON KV ICEIVED DY THE KING

k President Francis of the LouisianaPurchase Exposition Co Re¬

ceived by King Edward

PRESENTED BY AMBASSADOR GHOATE

The ICliiy irns UnuNiiuIly irnelonnnd Promised to Flvn flute for nPrivate Andleiice Keen IiitercnMnnlfenfcd In the Fnlr by LordLUJlJjItounc

London Feb 24 David D Francisf president of the St Louis Worlds

Fair association was on Monday presented to King Edward of England at

rl3ucklngham palace The king was attended by the prince of Wales mostof the cabinet ministers and all thegreat officers of state

IAmbassador Choate presented MrFrancis to the king

King Edward was tinustinlly gra-cious and talked for some minuteswith President Francis about his mis-sion to London and the prospects oftho exposition

President Francis was the guest ofIhonor Monday evening at a banquet

given by the American society in honor of Washingtons birthday MrFrancis delivered an address with theWorlds lair as the principal topic

After the levee the king sent to askMr Francis if he would like to be re¬ceived in private and receiving an

i affirmative reply promised to fix adate

Mr Francis attended the debate inthe house of commons on War Secre¬tary Brodrlcks army scheme

During an informal conversationwhich Mr Francis had with LordLansdowne on the subject of the btLouis exposition the foreign secre-tary expressed keen interest in theIfair and promised it every possiblesupport

Mr Francis anticipated an early an ¬nouncement of the appointment of nroyal commission to arrange forGreat Britains participation in theexposition

MUTE WORKERS OF ILLINOIS

The Joint Conference of WorkerI and Operator Seem to DesireIFto Avoid a WruiiKle-

Bpringfl6ld Ill Feb 24The jointconference of United Mine Workers

4of Illinois and the Illinois Coal Op ¬erators association convened hereMonday afternoon the CommissionerHerman Justi of the operators pre ¬

IsidingNational

President John Mitchellol the United Mine Workers partici¬pated in the proceedings

The United Mine Workers submit ¬tad the names of their scale committqoto act with the scale committeefrom the operators association in thearranging of a working agreementfor the ensuing year These were ac

I ocptcd by the operators and the operntors association then submittedIjhe names of the members of theiraatecutivo committee to act in con ¬junction with the mine workers com ¬mittee These names were acceptedThe entire session of the joint con ¬ference was marked by a seeming deafreon the part of both sides to avoidit wrangle

ANOTHER TETANUS VICTIM j

rftlllp Boolejr Succumb to DreadDliCBHC Carbolic Aiitd Having

I Pro yell IneOlcfent-

SL Louis Fcb 2ifhe carbolicisdd treatment jv remedy for te

1 tnnxis has prpven its inofflpicuuy Hsecond he at the city houpltul with ¬in two weeks Thiiip Dooley wholind been a patient at the institutionfor nearly a week a sufferfrom thl <

t dread disease succumbed Sundayilcapite the heroic measures resorted

1 to to saTe his lifeDooleys Is the second death from

tetanus with ten days at the city bosjillnl The ilrst victim was Fireman

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William Wand who was a patient t-ifho institution 15 days and who foriJne days battled with the poisonousitcinnuB germs Tho carbolicaclJ

Ten tnent was used on him whenthe physicians realized that everyother hope was gone and althoughhid constitution laUd remarkable vi ¬tality staved off the end for a timebidding lila friends hope for the best

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in the end tho disease conqueredI

EarthQuakes ItaUcd Gun iHonolulu Feb JNnal Gov Sea

ton Schroeder of the Island of GuamI

who has arrived here reports the oc-currence

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of n severe and prolongedseries of earthquakes which haveraised tho level of the island some six

tJinchesTILe Saltnn Accept

zConstantinople Feb 84 TewfikItasirn the minister of foreign af¬

fairs has notified tho AustroIIungarlan and Russian ambassadors that

E the sultan had agreed to adopt the1 t scheme for reforms in Macedonia

l if No Shin Hubnt Hill< Washington Fob 24rhc house

t v committee on merchant marine andc ifjsl ries today voted not to reportthe ship subsidy bill to the house it

lVO i being 10 to 0i Fatal Dynamite Mxploalon

IdynamiteIIt

ii oi of here killed four persons andiijuireda number of others i

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I FIFTYSEVENTH CONQRESO

i SSicond Session

In the suniue on the IStli tlwre was allveiy debate over Senatur Quays resoliillun tleclurliih It to be tiLe ense of thesomite unit there Hhould be a vote on theButchood bill before tho adjournment o-fCaigrss To this proposition SonatoiJici mnua reoffered Mr PluttH clotureruAolutlon Introduced two ytiixrs agowhich was pending when the soniue WontInto executive session The debue wasvery lernl and brought out tao factthat the senate was strongly OP Jlled tocloturo In any tormThe hot by aof I to 1 the conferapurorlutlonbIttirement of civil war officers at an ad-vanced grade nnd permitting olllcers todeposit money with the government atthree per cent Interest and sent tho billbnck to conference The remainder of theday wns devoted to the naval bill onwhich but little progress was made

In the senate on the 19th only nn hourand 2U minutes was spent In open sessionand this time was devoted to routine

sereralIntllortanceKlderntlon of the Sabine lass portwhich has been the subject of considera ¬ble controversy but a vote was no-treachedlhe house after a protractedaesslon passed the naval appropriationbill A great many amendments were ¬fered to the provisions relating to the Increase of the personnel and the authori-zation of new ships to be built the mostImportant amendment ndopted being oneto authorize the secretary of the navy Inhis discretion to purchase or contract forsubmarine torpedo boats after Investi-gation

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of their and appropriating500000 for that purpose Asbill provides for three now battleshipsand nn armored cruiser two steel train ¬ing ships and one wooden brig for train ¬ing purposes In addition to tho sub ¬marine boat dlscretlonally authorized

Irt the senate on the 20th the entireday was spent In executive session con ¬sidering the Panama canal treaty and at530 pm a recess was taken until the21st at 11 oclock No vote was takenon any of the amendments which havebeen prepared by Senator MorganThe house the fortifications ap ¬propriation bill adopted tho conferencereporta on the the protection ofthe president and on the legislative ex

judicIal approprIation bUIand then spent about three hqurawrangling over the Fowler currencyWhen the house was ready for action onthe bill the democrats began to filibusterMr Bartlett Ga declaring It was useless to time on a measure which Itwas not Intended should become a lawThe house finally got Into committee oitho wholo to consider the bill but ad¬journed on account of the lateness of thehourIn

the senate o the 21st nearly theentire day was spent In executive ses¬sion While the doors were open someroutine business was disposed of con ¬slating of the presentation of petitionsand reports the of bills andthe passage of unobjected bills on thecalendar resuming tho executivesession the Colombian canal treaty wastaken up Senator Quay had a reportread and Senator Pettus spoke at somelength Senator Platt Conn also dis ¬cussed tho treatyThe day In thehouse was devoted to debate on theFowler currency bill Mr Fowler theauthor of the measure spoke for overtwo hours The other speakers wereMessrs Thayer Mass LoverIng MassLewis Ga and Prince Ill

In the senate on the 23d Washingtonsfarewell address was read by MrIdaho The omnibus public building

bill was passed and the post appro-prIation was considered wIthoutaction Mr Tillman spoke for nearly twohours principally In reply to Mr Spoon-er on the Indlanola post office caseThe house passed the general deficiencyappropriation bill the last of the regularsupply bills The only amendment af 1mportance was one appropriating 1100000to replace the stores and storehouses atthe Rock Island Arsenal rccenUy de ¬strayed by lire The bill to amend therailroad safety appliance act was sent toconference and the conferepa were In ¬structed not t Insist on that portion ofthe house ameadraeat giving the Inter ¬state commerco commission prwer to re ¬duce below W per cent the number ofcars equipped with patent air brakemalorportionthe Indlanola post caseTlllman spOke for three hears In contin ¬uation of lifo renarku kecun Monday onthe race que tla and raa followed byMr Oormack Tena Baring the morn

several blue and resolutionsgJvfnthekeeping of puWlo money on deposit na ¬tional Tho acrlcultural appropri ¬ation bill was also considered andcommittee amendments wero agreed toexcept the rider which was-passed vrThe homo passed theFhlUppin currency bill accepting thesent bUt so far as It rentes to the Isl ¬ands The oanmlttoo amendment strik¬lag out the International monetary con ¬ference was aeell to TPe contestedelection caw ot Wagoner vs Hillier wasunder cIWllderaton a time and thedemocrats began to Ulluster1which theythrelua to Ca59 istressed The oaso was laM over tilt the

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ILLINOIS CENTRAL WREC-

Lrasener TraIn Olllde ivltk aFreight Xt Galena HI aa

Three ffrnmrnm Are titledII

JJubuflue Ia Feb 21Tke Ohioapand Mississippi passeagw traia ol theIllinois Ceatral railroad collided headon with a freight traki Friday miffhtat Galeaa HI Tkree porflBma arekuowii te be dead The passengertrain was rthbound and ia said tihave beem m ulHr at a hlph rate ofspeed A vrrcckfcff train has gone tothe scene of the lisaBtcr It is saidthat several cars and tha locomotiveleft the rail-

CREMATED IN A COLE OVEN

Horrible Deatk f am EleTeuVcorOld Girl at Coaaclliavflle-

Peaaisylvanla

ConnelsvUlc Pa Feb JMaryKohlnnd aged 11 years met a liorrble death Sunday night by beingburned alive in a coke oven The lit¬tIc girl in running down the hillaLove the ovens fell and rolled intoi ne of the hot ovens Men at worknearby broke into the oven and scured the body but it was burned o

a crisp hardly the semblance of a hu ¬man form being left

MOTHER LEFT THEM ALONE

Two Children Ituriiod to Death ljynn KxnloKlou IIi uturnl ins

Ia the House

Uhrlcsville 0 Feb 21 Three chilthen of Mr anti Mrs A J liansom1ving near Scio wore burned tolentil Friday afternoon in a firewhich destroyed their home Theenildrcn all boys twins aged thyears and one aged two land been leftuloue by the mother who was at aneighbor s An explosion of naturalgas is supposed to have caused thefire

The Maine at Newport NewsNewport News Va Feb 2Tho

United States battleship Maine ar¬rived here Tuesday She was coaledand provisioned preparatory to joinInlrthe North Atlhhtic squadron

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Mammoth Car Sheds of the St LouisSuburban Railroad De-

stroyed

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by Fire

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COMPANY SERIOUSLY CRIPPLED

SixtySeven of Its ISitultttnent 01Tvvo Hundred Curs includingFourteen New One of the lntcttPnUeiM Valued tit 95000 KnetiDestroyed

St Louis Feb hThie mammotlcarshcds and 07 of the 200passcngiicars of the St Louis Suburban nun-

n Co at De llodlnmont stationMaple avenue and Suburban trackswere destroyed hy a fire which commenced at Ii 10 oclock Tuesday morn-ing and burned for two hours

Superintendent T M Jenkins placesthe companys loss at 130000 to 150

000When the fire broke out 22 carswere running on the road Energeticefforts of the employes were success ¬ful in rolling seven coaches nearestthe door from the burning shed

Only a few weeks ago the Suburbanplaced in operation 16 new coachesof the most modern finish and equip ¬ment They were marvels of luxuryIn street service Of these 14 wereconsumed

Superintendent Jenkins values thenew coaches from 4500 to 5500apiece The older type cars are val-ued

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at from SOO to 3500 accordingto their age and stute of repairOnly Wall Saved Huge rower house

Had it not been for the strongnorth wall of the shed which servedns a buffer to the flames the hugepower house of the Suburban systemwould have been swpt away

The firemen and employes whenthey saw the shed was past savingdevoted their whole attention to proventing the destruction of the powerhouse which is only separated fromthe shed by a narrow areaway

The iron shutters on both buildingswere immediately closed and streamswere played to such advantage tlmtthe flames were confined to the shed

Hardly had the roof of the shedfallen in anti the last ccnch beenburned to the trucks when Superin ¬tendent Jenkins had forces of menremoving the redhot debris and mak ¬lug a strenuous attempt to restorecommunication

Severed Wires Ilnatily ItepnlredThe severed wires were hastily re

strung and an impromptu service Wliiestablished to accommodate thdSuburban patrons waiting conveyance ta their places of werk down¬town Everything was sacrificed toget things into running order oncemoreThe conflagration was a fierce oneand the fumes threw out a fflovr easi¬Iy seen as far away as Clayton 1

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flEOHEST FROM GERMANY-

Call Made on Mr Bowen for Payment of Money In Advance-

of Stipulated Time

THE REQUEST IS PROMPTLY REFUSED

GcrmniiyH Motive In Making the Heqiicit In Not tfiuler tooilnt WashInKton lint It In SiirmlHoil UrnSIte linn Some SluUtcr Iurflouc liiView

Washington Feb JTho Germangovernment through its representthc here Bni on Speck von Sterubcrghas made a request of Mr Bowen forthe immediate payment of the J5J000 which It was stated In the promoo signed on February 13 shouldbe paid within 20 days from thrft lateas a preliminary to the raising of tileblockade against tho Venezuelanports anti the agreement to send thequestion of preferential treatment oithe blockading nations to The Haguefor determination

MY Bowen promptly declined to ac-cede

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to the request but InformedBaron Stcrnberg that as provided Inthe protocol tho money would bepaid to the German representative atCaracas 30 days from February 13which would be on tho 13th of March

The reason that animated the Ger¬man government in making the re¬quest is not disclosed here nor Is MrBowon aware of it The matter how¬ever has some significance perhapsin view of tho fact that the ships ta ¬ken by the Germans during the block-ade

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have not yet been returned toVenezuelaDuring

day Mr Bowen had callsfrom the French ambassador M Jusncrand the Spanish minister SenorOjeda and tho Belgian ministerBaron Monchcur in regard to thoprotocols that are in preparation forthe settlement of the claims of thecitizens of their countries againstVenezuela Rough drafts of these in ¬struments are already on their wayby mall to the European governmentsinterested but there are certain pro ¬visions regarding them about whichthe envoys desired to consult MrBowen The protocols are expectedto reach their destinations the laterpart of thia week pending which nofinal steps for joint signature can betaken

TilE BELGIUM PROTOCOl

The Protocol Iletvrreti Belgians andVcncxnrln to he Sinned ThU Week

London Feb 23The correspond-ent

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of tho Standard at Brussels teegraphs that the protocol between lidglum and Venezuela will ba signedthis week Belgium says the corre ¬spondent lion obtained fall satisfac ¬tion The Belgian claimants will re ¬

lraferman ¬OMNIBUS STATEHOOD BILL

LcNtlem Oiji scd to It held a CaIfereaee aail Perfect a Com>

raile MeanreWashington Feb 2S01ll af the

republican leaders in the senate whaare opposed to the omnibus statehoodbill held an extended conferenceSunday mill perfected the comproBilse measure the provisions of whichalready have been published Amongthat nt the conference were SenatorsAllison Aldrich Cullon HannaSpaaner Lodge ead Pintt af CoaBtjcttcut

It U stated 0B excellent authoritythat ScacHor Quay ia anxious 4hat acompromise bill ba adopted and thatho is urging the democrats te acceptit Tha latter however are holdingaut more stiffly thna ever for the etunibus measure It was decided at theconfereBce to submit the campromiaebill te the statehood republicans andta the democrats at the earliest posalbla moment in an endeavor ta seour their consent to it

WORLDS LARGEST YESSELTOo New White Star Liner Cedrle

Arrive In New Yarlc froaaHer Maiden Trip

New York Feb HThe ew WhiteStar liner Cedric the largest vesselin time world arrived from Liverpooland Queen town Friday after hermaiden transAtlantic voyage Thepassage from Daunt rock to thisport was made in 8 days 8 hours an1C minutes She brought 742 passen ¬gers of which 430 were steerage Theexternal dimensions of the Cedric areidentical with those of her sister shipthe Celtic of the same line but byreason of structural differences Iprovide increased passenger accommo ¬dations the gross tonnage of the ft rmer vessel has been slightly exceeded

With the advent of the Cedric trueWhite Star line possesses the worldstwo largeltvessels-

MAJGEN DOOLITTLE DEADIpiillnted nt Hit OnthrenU of the War

and Ruse to the Itiuilc ofHrlKndlor General

Toledo 0 Feb 21 MajGenCharles C Doolittle is dead at hishome here death ensuing as the re ¬suIt of a complication of diseases lieis survived by a widow und five chil-dren

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two of whom are professors nthe Oberlin conservatory of musicand another a missionary in Syria

Tho deceased enlisted with theFourth Michigan volunteers at theoutbreak of the war and rose to therank of brigadier general commandjug a brigade at Nashville At theclose of the war he was regularlybreveted major general e

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OTHERWISE UNNOTICED

Charles liretier was hanged utStroiulsburg Pn for tile murder ofAdam Strunk a farmer

The St Louis grand jury Is busylooking into gambling in an effort tofind out who gets the takeofflihnsof his Interest in a saloon andgambling plneeCharles i Schwab who arrived inParis Tuesday made the entire dis ¬

tance from Cannes about 50 milesin his automobile

The Missouri supreme court over ¬

ruled the me tlon for a rehearing ofthe ease of Charles May under sen ¬tence of death for murder

On March 1 the Lauledu Gus andElectric Light Co of St Louts willpass into the control of till NorthAmerican Co of New Jersey

William llerllhy nnd his wife wereburned to death In n fire wliicli strrted in their home in NowburyportMass early Tuesday morning

Tho Eldor Dempster lint steamerPalinna Capt Burton Is 31 days over ¬due at Boston and It is feared sheiu lost with her crow of 35 uncut

President Iloosevelt bus signedthe treaty recently negotiated byMinister Squlers at Havana ¬ing for naval and coaling stationsCuba IIIITwo hundred students escapedtheir night clothes from thesippi Female cpllege at Meridianwhich was discovered on fire Tuesdaymorning

Sampson Ludger who was a priM ¬oner nt St Pierre Martinique whenthat place was destroyed and whowas the only survivor arrived In NewYork Tuesday

Mrs Potter Palmer for yearsChicagos social leader according to-n report in circulation has decided toleave Chicago nnd take up her permit ¬nent residence In Paris

A gang of pickpockets worked anexcursion train near Oalveston rexand It III said they gut away with

10000 worth of diamonds includingthe sparks of several tnrmbcrs of thelegislature

fIll St Louis Suburban Hailroad Co lost 07 ears of its equipmentIn a fire which destroyed its big carbarn t Do Ilotlinmuent l uuesday morntug The company l0ls iS estiiuitttedat i 0000 to 200000

Miss Irma Cody daughter of ColWin P Cody Buffalo Hill nnd LjeutClarence Armstrong Scott ofTwelfth cavalry stationed at theiClark TPX were married ntPlatte Neb Tuesday lMr Oclnenl of Mercer Introduced in resolution In the Missouri houseproviding for appointment of a comrKunsource of nil light provided a freepuss can be secured

Verdict of Not GuiltyKnnsaH City Mo Feb 21A jury

OB Friday found Flo Freeman notguilty in the trial for the murder ofPeter McCaffrey a man about town 3whom she shot on tho streets herelast year The defense proved thatMoCaffery had frequently threatened <the weraan9 life nnd had stabbed and >shot her a

Grand Jnrr SearcldlKJlft-at Luis Feb 21The grand jury r<has temporarily dropped the getrfchquick investigation nod is inquiringJut charges that the police aro af¬fording protection ie women of quffltionabla character gamblers and qther law breakers fur pecuniary cona1erat1L l4Stfetfa stere kwper was ounQ frozenttk daeth In a vacant lot next ta UteCBfjna role of Fir Comparijr N-sla VYashlsgtoB avenue Friday Iliavaluables wera iatact no there wuItO haught uf foul play

Reaalt ef a Ckllarenv Quarrel irhaaImiles west of here that E fYShook a carpenter was shot andkilled by Hi K Payne a liveryman althe resalt of a quarrel between titechildren of tha two menTIlE MARKETS

New York Fob 26CATTLE Native Steers1 4 80 tn 5 60COTTONrMlddllnir 10 W 10HFLOUR Winter Wheat 3 M tP 4 00WHEATNo 2 Red 83 SCORNNO 2 82I 60OATSNO 2 4s 4

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9ftBEEVESSteeratows and Heifers 2 25 tf 4 75 JCALVESper 100 tbs 7 00 4p 8 W-HOOSFalr to Choice 025 ft 7 40SHEEPlalr to Choice 3 75 M 525FLOUR Patents 340 t 355Other Grades 290 tf 33ii76ijCORNNo2WOOL Tub 18 W 2S

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CATTLH Native Steers 460 0 5 80 VHOGS lalr to Choice COO ej 7 45SHEEP Kulr to Cholco 3 75 5 75FLOUR 70SpringWHEATNO s spring IWM 73itrOAr8NPORKMesspJ25HOGSWHEATKo 2 Rod 7140OATSNONEW ORLEANS10CORN46lIAYCholcoloVCOTTONMlddllng

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