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THE STATE OF DADE NEWS.
\ OL. X.
the soul of a woman.
‘The sea hath its pearls,”—
But none more fair
Was drawn from its breast.
Or half so rare
As that I have found.
This pearl, in its beauty
Exceedingly fair,
D the soul of a woman,
True and rare!
—The American Queen.
There Are
i Two Sides to
I Everything.
> By Edith Berkeley.
, f / yr OIXG to be a thoroughly
•* / / wei afternoon.” muttered
l {"TT Miss Hudson. subsiding
V into lrer favorite • chair
near ihe window, with the Times and
her knitting, and contemplating the
rain-soaked garden. "Bad for the
roses, and no one likely to call ”
But here a ring resounded through
the little house, awl a moment later
the door opened to admit an exceeding
ly pretty girl, whose appearance made
the elder lady sit up in am a remeal:,
;tud exclaim:
"Gracious, child! what brings .you
here such a day"?”
“You may well wonder, aunt; but
after what ha* happened 1 eoukl not
stay in town, and mother thought you
would have me for a few week*. My
trunks are coming later. I have been
compelled to break off my engagement
to Terry, and have written this morn
ing to tell him we must newer meet
again!"
This speech, uttered with feverish
spirit, as Doris Drummond dragged off
her gloves and threw them on the ta
ble in a ball, was as a teombshell ; n
tlie quiet room.
‘ Broken your engagement!" ejaculat
ed Miss Hudson, dropping her knitting.
“Nonsense! There must he some mis
take."
The gill shook her head as she paced
Du- poor k impatiently.
\T had better tell yon all about it.
and then the subject can drop," she
cried. “'Terry has been very busy
lately; every one seems ill, at least tie
says s@, \\ ell. dear, yesterday, as
mother and I were coming out of Cen
tral Park we saw him just by the en
trance with Helen Ecgarde, that horrid
girl with whose brother he went to
■chool. you know. They were quite
absorbed, and never saw us, yet in
the evening I had a note to say tlutt
to was too busy to etmie up. Still. I
tried not to mind ”
“Quite right.”
“But ibis morning 1 *„aw them again.
They were talking most earnestly; he
was bending down to her. and I'm
sure ht* was crying. This kind of thing
cannot go on. I have lost all confidence
in him. I cannot believe in him
again”—tins with great emphasis, and
Hun she added with withering scorn,
"Busy, indeed!”
••Humph!”
“Wliat do you mean by ‘hutuph’ in
that tone, aunt, dear?” asked Doris,
doubtfully. “Surely ymu agree with
me?”
“My hive, there are two sides to
everything. I should Tike to hear Ter
ry’s side”
“Why, he has not got one”—very
blankly. “I saw myself “
Miss Hudson picked up her knitting.
She had always been plain, and angn- j
lar. No romance had ever touched her
life save through her -sister's only '
child—sweet, spoiled Doras. Then she
had thought so much of Dt. Oliver, too.
He was considerably older than her
niece. They had seemed exactly suited
to each other and no dissension had
ruffled their harmony hitherto. It ap
peared inexplicable, until cite recajled
how foolish her poor, dear sister Lizzie
* was : how likely to fan her slaughter’s
"resentment into a flame, iin sheer
•t'hougiitlessncfts.
"The least said the soonest mended,”
*d>e wisely reflected, stroking her dar
buif s sunny little bead. “These is the
otter side; that 5 maintain.”
Perhaps Dori* dimly reantrd this,
for ere they retired to rest she re
marked that, with all his faults, Terry
was good to every one.
"Doubtless; n • one is altogether
bad." Miss Housioe. replied in a tone
of disparagement, making a wry face
to conceal a smile. "“But as yofl have
•"St all confidence in him, there is no
more to he said.”
“No, not a word,” responded her
bices, with unnecessary fervor.
When Mias Hudson looked out of her
window the following morning it was
fair and sunny, and Doris was flitting
about among the roses in the garden
below Then, as she stood absently
watching her, the gate elicited, and
Terence Oliver’s tall form came down
the pathway. The window was wide
°Pen. and they were so near that she
eoultl not lieip bearing. He spoke first.
"Yon wrote this?” bolding out a not*'
“Y es, I simply related the truth.
You cannot explain ”
"Explain! I shall not try—yet. Will
you take hack every word iu this
aote?"
"Now she will fire up; now there will
be a scene!” murmured the wicked
old eavesdropped excitedly. “How
pretty the poor pet looks! yet somehow
I would trust him. Heigh-ho! what it
is to be young!”
Could she believe her ears? So far
from the expected torrent of words.
Doris had only turned to the rose
bushes, as if she could not near Terry’s
straightforward eyes, and muttered,
half audibly;
“But—Terry; I could not. And
Helen ”
“Ob, yes, you could, and will.” he
answered gently. “You will believe
me against all the world; you will be
lieve me through good and evil, as I
will you. I know you better than you
do yourself, you see.”
She moved uneasily, and hid her
face in her hands; then suddenly raised
it. smiling through her tears, like one
of her aunt’s roses washed in dew.
•‘You do. Terry, and I will; indeed,
I will!” she cried, earnestly.
The listener did not wait to hear
more, but fastened on her cap with
trembling fingers and dim eyes, and
hurried downstairs to order every good
thing that she could devise for break
fast before goiug out to summon her
visitors.
"I have been telling Doris of the
death of my old friend, Hugh Le
garde,” Terry said, gravely, as they
walked to the door. “Poor fellow! lie
was hurt in an accident two days ago,
and 1 have been with him day and
bight since. The family are In terri
ble trouble; he was the only son.”
“He died late last night and when
Terry returned home he found my
note. 1 am so very, very ashamed of
myself,” Doris owned, bravely. Theu
she slipped round to her aunt’s to
whisper, “'Ah! I see there is the olbe”
side now. i will never forget it again.”
—American Queen.
SPARE THE ROD. SPOIL THE BEAST,
But tin* Roil Must ISr Irani, With a Red-
Hot Tip.
■'When all other methods of control
ling wild beasts fall the keeper has
only to employ an iron rod. which ha*
been made red hot at one end,” said
an old circus man to a Star reporter
recently. “Lions and tigers.” he con
thsrued, "will cringfe before the heated
poker, and no matter how restless and
fretful they may have been the sight
of the glowing iron immediately
brings them to their best of animal
entases. It lias an almost hypnotic in
fluence over the beasts. I have seldom
heard of an animal being burned iu
this manner, however, so there is
nothing cruel in the treatment. It
would not do for the keeper to burin
fie charges under his care, fer the
scars would mar the animal pr exhibi
tion purposes. The hot iron is a ter
vot. just the same, and under its per
suasion the kings of the,jungle are do
cile and ready te do what is wanted
of them.
‘Tn circus menageries the animals
'often become almost unmanageable.
This is true of the younger specimens,
who do not like the idea of being so
< iosely housed, so mueli hauled about
utm! so often cut off from tiie light of
Abe oLitside world. When it becomes
necessary to give their cages a thor
•ough and sanitary cleaning one attend
•ant holds the beast in a corner by
•means of tne red-hot. Iron, while an
■other thoroughly cleanses the remain
ing portion of the cage—the work
being accomplished by broom* and
mops from the outside. In changing
'the -wilder animals from the cages em
ployed on the read to the larger and
more commodious quarters at the win
te- station, what we call a strong box
is used. The wagon is hauled along
side the large cage and the steel strong
box. open at both ends, is constituted
si passageway. The .animals hesitatei
to make a journey through such a sus
picious looking object, however, and;
-again the heated iron must be brought
in io play.”—Washington Star.
r.'xdul ill a Crop.
.A few mouths ago .a lady visitoT at
the farm of a citizen up Ashford way.
while scattering corn for the chickens
ansi young turkeys, lost from her lin
ger a valuable diamond ring. A faith
iul search for the gem proved without
avail and it was naturally concluded
that the ring had been swallowed by
some one of the fowls in its eagerness
to par take of the corn.
A day or m before Thanksgiving one
of the turkeys of the flock fed by the
lady when the gem was lost was killed
that it might adorn the festive
Thanksgiving hoard. By a peculiar
coincidence the same Indy was again
visiting at the house. The crop of the
turkey was unusually large and dis
tended, and wne opened was found
to contaiu a handful of corn, two sus
pender buttons so mi what the worse
for wear, half a dozen shingle nails,
two poker chips, a piece of second
hand corn plaster, two cancelled post
age stamps, seven toothpicks and a
partly digested spool of thread.—Willi*
mantle Weekly Journal.
A Very Wicked Berry.
Professor Bottomley gives the Arum
lily a very bad character. It appears
that it keeps a grog shop for bees and
makes them drunk merely to insure its
own fertilization. Then it poisons the
birds with its bright red berries simply
to provide for its own progeny.
TRENTON, GA.. MARCH 15.11)01.
A HORRIBLE CRIME.
A Girl in Brooklyn Assaulted By
Three Men.
GIRL IS THOUGHT TO BE DYING.
Mary Paige, 16 Y ears Oid, Lured to a
Livery Stable by Three Young Men,
Drugged and Made Their Vic'irn.
—4*
New Yori*. Special. Unconscious,
and Che ph/Jlclari* say. iyin-g,
Paige Ike pretty 16-year-okl daughter
of C. H. Paige, lies at her father’s
home, Brooklyn, the victim of assault;.
Sinco she was found Tuesday morning
wandering in fthe streets it is said she
has been conscious only a few minutes
Milieu she managed to gasp out tha;
she had been lured to a livery stable
by three young men, (forced to drink
a drugged drink and titan assaulted by
the three. The police acted promptly
after the girl's father had reported to
them. Tuesday after neon they arres
ted George Abbott, Jr., 17 years old,
of Brooklyn. He admitted knowing
Mary, said he had taken jj.gr for a
walk Sunday night and that—,two
young men had joined them, but de
clared rtat he knew nothing about her
having been drugged, and denied that
there had been any assault He gave
the names of the two abbey youths,
and on Mr. Pudge's complaint war
rants were srworn out for them, loate
la the afternoon else detectives took a
young mas to the Adams street police
station, where he made affidavit be
fore Magis xaCe Brenner. The detec
tives said tiie youth was a most im
portance witness in the case. They
would not permit him to balk.
Turedray evening young Abbott was
taken before Mayor Paige and fuily
identified by her as the one who had
give® her the supposed drugged liquor
and assaulted her. The -girl's condition
wa. very much improved at night and
the attending physician says there i*
little doubt of her iiecovery.
Treaty natter DroppAl.
Washington. D. C... Special.—No stop
has been taken by either side since
tiie delivery of the British note treat
ing of the Senate amendments to the
Hay-Pauncefote treaty a.r.d it is un
derstood that none will be taken in
the immediate future. The treaty ex
pired March S, and it is said that at
this moment ©tot government is 'un
decided as tc< -whether or not it sYiall
attempt to draw anew treaty with
•Great Britain. It is said that before
anything of this kind is done the ad
ministration 'will take step3 to learn
the views of Hen at ore and the party’s
leaders in Congress. There will be- no
treaty submitted to The Senate except
upon a pretty clear understanding
that it is strong enough to securi tiie
vote of two-thirds df the body. 'lt is
saiid at the State Department that the
British communication submitted yes
terday wall not be given out for pu bib
cation for the present.
Grounding of the Training Ship.
Washin-glwii, D. C., Speiial.—Wcrd
has reached the Navy'Department that
the training Main Dixie which has Seen
aground for rver a week past at Mary
larid Poind, In the low®: Potomac, was
successfully floated Tuesday morning.
The Secretai'y -of the Navy has order
ed a court raff inquiry to meet at .the
Norfolk navy ward, nex Saturday, to
fix the responsibility for the groinud
ing of rhe Dixie, by which the vessel
was preventoft from reas'hing Waik.-
Jiagton on the -ocoasion of the inaugu
raticxn. The weasel is to'.be docked at
Norfolk, to nuSke sure that she bits
■euetatned no serious injury from tb*
grounding.
Telegraphic Briefs.
A Ptetoburg dispaitch say*: “A coai;
eomcraot worth upwards of $2, 000.000
t® he fulfilled in rs.ae of wage trouble
in the aedhraefte fields ne month
was oLcsod here yvosterday, at th?
Qut*sse Hotel. The coal is t go to
supply Rartorn markets of the anthra
cite collieries from ahe mines of <he
new combination cf operators cfc’ the
Kajiawha and New ffi-iver dialrVi?. s cf
Mest Virginia.”
A C*p® ’Town court-martial has tea
toncad to death two rebels oomawted
wfSh the reoe-nit wrecking of a train at
Taaiboech. Others o&ue r ned in -he
crime were oonsdemned to r*rfWf
terms of ImiiriwoMnent.
Reciprocity Treaties Extended.
Wasdilngton, D. C., 6pecial.— lt. is
prcbable the time for ratifying the
treaties with Orest Britain, reepceting
roof procity with the British Wert In
dian colonies will be extended during
the present week for a period of one
year or 18 months, in order that the
treaties may be conoid wei by the Sen
ate next December.
I'MMOCKATIC.
WRECK BY WIND.
Furious Cyclone Visits Many West
ern Cities.
MUCH DAMAGE IS REPORTED.
The Storm Particularly Uestruc ive
in Kentucky—Heavy Visitation iu
Chicago.
Chicago, Special.—One of the worst
wind storms of the season struck Chi
cago early Sunday, and during the two
hours that it lasted, damaged p operty
throughout the city to the extent of
$1.75,0ff0. Many heavy piate-glass wi i
dowswere blown in. Tcfleigraph and
telephone companies were the worst
sufferers. Thousands cf poles w-ra
Mown down and Chicago was practi
cally isolated from the West and
Northwest by telephone and telegrapu.
Tbe*stcrm is believed to have beeu
meet severe ,in southern Wisconsin.
Along a short stretch of the Milwaukee
road in southern Wisoorein 500 tele
phone poles are down. Reports from
many points in Indiana and Kentucky
also indicate heavy damage from the
storm. The Western Union and Pos
tal Telegraph Companies suffered se
verely by fallen poles. It was estima el
that there were not fewer than 5,000
poles in tfcf% city thrown down by t’io
fury of the wind and the storm. Ser
vice almost as far West as Omaha was
stopped until late In the evening.
Trains i entering Chicago were delayed
ail the way from ten minutes to one
hour. The Burlington amid the Mil
waukee and St. Pa.nl Oompaniei were
the worst sufferers in this respscr.. Ail
tracks and switch yarls. At the lifo -
saving sta ion at the mouth of the Chi
cago river, it was considered the worst
gale which k&j struck Chicago hart or
mn&e 18-&4. The water, lashed into
futr. came up to the life saving station
and flooded the floor for the first time
Ik 12 years. Most of the shipping wss
SHjptocted in winter Quarters, so that
the damage don® to it was eCighL
THE STORM IN KENTUCKY.
Pulton, Ky. Special. In the t9rr fie
werm that swept this section Saturday
night the damage was greatest at
P’cknran and Clinton. At Clinton
negro cabins were demolished, two ne
grryae being mortally hurt, and many
others badly bruised. Part of Marvin
College was unroofed and the water
works plant was destroyed. Bight
freight rare on the Illincxia Central
switch at tire depot at Clinton were
blown from the track. The Baptist
church at Hickman was destroyed by
wind, A large number of tenant houses
and barns were blown dowm In Ful
ton and Hickman counties and the loss
of property is large.
Paducah, Ky., Special.—A. etorrs
struck ttoe neighborhood of Maxon’s
Mill and overturned three houses filler!
with negroes. Twenty stables were
blown down and many horses killed,
oonten fe blown away. Three churciws
were destroyed. Lows $50,000.
THE STORW AT WILL3 POINT.
•Houston, Texas, Special.—News from
Saturlay.% storm is coming Trout north
east Texas. There are four dead and
five todlieved to be dying at Wilis
Point, where the property toes will
reach $"100,000. Five perrons were bad
ly hurt at New Boston. A number of
houses were wrecked.. The property
loss there will reach $75,000. At Blos
som, the damage to residence* was
great. In Paiynes county, one man was
killed ioiid several persons hurt, two
seriously. The damage tp property
was heavy. The wind was accom
panied by rain, which with hail, did
consieranle damage amthe rural dis
tricts The storm was first reported
from Uvalde, on the Mexican border.
CLOUDBURST AT OWENSBORO.
Owensboro, Ky., Special.—A cloud
burst here did great damage. The sew
er wafil at Main and Davies streets
burst anti a large water-main was un
diermiined and 'broke in two. For sev-
eral hours water rushed in torrents
through the streets. Anderson's de
partment store has been undermined
and is in great danger. The street cav
ed in within four feet of Teaple
Theatre and that building is also in
great danger. The City is left in dark
ness. Ail street car traffic has been
suspended.
HEAVY SNOW STORM IN MISSOURI
AND KANSAS.
Kancns City, Sped aL— Sunday
naghit’s snow storm was one of the
iswrerest of the winter in weteern Mi -
aoruri and siorthera Kars** Whi e
th Call was not heavy. It drifted
badly. The Mtseouri Pacsflc had a pas
senger train struck in a drift fa- sit
hours near Jajncetn'W’n, Kansas. The.e
are had drifts on a number of Mk*eu i
Pacific branlires. Two engine* were
run on all traius draing the day
LOOH OUT OF SER
VICE. v
Detroit. Miah., Speetsl.—Over 1,000
tetephoces were rarndered useless by
the rain which fc’l snd froze the e--
tirc morning. The thiriy-mile wi. and
which accompanied the rain raise 1
barvoc wfth toe wires, weigheJ dov/.n
by ice. Officials of the Michigan Tele
phone Company said it is eybimated
Ght their total lose wSI be $20,000.
Ctreet oar service was greatly im
paired. The storm was general thr
oughout the siouthern part of the
State, wires suffering everywhere.
By Wire and Cable.
The Adjutant-Generals offiiee re.
port* satisfactory pregre-e in recruit
is n?w miaotrtv rv-g+uM^rts.
THE GAVEL FALLS
-
And the Extra Session of the Senate 1
Closes.
NOMINATIONS ARE ALL RATIFIED
No Business Other Than That of An
Executive Nature Was Transacted—
Adjournment.
- ■-- *- - ■ ■
Washington, D. C., Special.—After
proceedings lasting only six days, the
extraordinary session of the Senate
was declared adjounrnetl, sine die, at
1:55 p. m.. Saturday. During the ses
sion practically no business except that
of an executive character was trans
acted. The session was called by the
President in order that the Senate
might have an opportunity to confirm
appoio timewts made at the begnming of
the new administration. That br. •si
nes} accomplished, there was nothing
fonrther for the Senate jo do. At the
opening of I the day’s session, the Pre
sident pro tern, Senator Frye, of Ma
ine, was induced into office, the oath
being administered by Vico President
Roosevelt. Hon. John H. Mitchell,
the recently elected Senator from Ore
gon, wtas presented by Ms colleague,
Senator Simon, and took the oath of
office. He was given a cordial .recep
tion by his colleagues on the floor,
many of whom had served in the Sen
ate with hm, and by hi* friends in the
galleries who greeted his appearance
with hearty applause.
Through the committee of the Sen
a/tie, consisting of Mr. Hoar, of Miaasa
chtmelto, juxl Mr. Cockrell, of Missou
ri, th* Prealdent informeil the Senate
that be had no further comenunica
tions to make. He conveyed to the
Senators hi* cordial wishes for their
welfare and his hopes that they might
have a happy return to their homes.
Withotß ceremony the sesaton was
then declared at an end.
For a considerable time after Anal
adjournment, many Senators remain
ed on the floor of the chamber exchan
ging cordial farewells, some of them
making engagements for outings dur
ing the long recess. It was an inter
esting scene that was eagerly watched
by the hundreds of persons who had
poured into the galleries at the con.
elusion oif the executive ea-sakm.
A Trades College.
A matin, Texas, Special,—A legisla
tive committee appointed to investi
gate the most practical way’ of build
ing up North American trade with
South America Through Texas,
recommended that a donation
be made by Texas of 1,000
acres of land and SDOOO,OOO in
A:mon>ca through Texas, reoommended
that. donation !.*? made 4*y Texas ol
1,000 acres of land and $1,000,000 in
mionisy to areot an inter nat i onal trade*
college at some point alng the gulf,
to instruct the youths of both Noith
anti South America in the mercantile
and manufacturing industries and
needs of both sections. Federal assis
tance and co-operation wi 11 be ask ad
for tho movement.
The President as Peace-Maker.
Washington, E. C., Special. —The.*
are signs that the .friction which has
been engendered between Secretary
Root axul Senator Platt over the an
nounced determination of the formei
to appoint Colonel Sanger as ass tatant
Secretary df War, regardless of Mr.
Platt's objection, will soon be re
moved. Mr. Platt, wilio is now in
New York, has made an appointment
for a talk with the President on the
subject as soon as the former return*
to Washington, and meanwhile. It Ls
uofcdere* \l that Mr. .Root will tv -th
hold } lion in the premieea, the in
time lug thrown out that th.
misuu ding can be epoedily ad
jiulod v i fre* exchange of views
L
Seized For Illegal Trading
ItenUa., by Cable—lt la reported tef
the ask stsacoere Orieate tod Oar
man, plying on the Paaig rirar &:*•
Td* Bay, have been settled. I
Mag alleged that they 'were trading
with the insurgents. Oontraband ar
ticle* were found aboard fcfaeisteemsrs.
5 y Orronle had been seizedTirovously
boen realeeed, tha evident*
fcng jut*-
Ofy her Th; o %,
ever, tt e*ft
atron-ne aiiTtxS|ic.j are ‘deter
mined to stop snnvgigjwik oa iag&i
(U Day. aaid other arrow* may *oi.{ps
The ! j|jne.
New Y’ork, L‘jl
Germanic had not beofi I*' 1 *' w $a
sighted from Fire Is' fio 2
ii'clock Sunday a , rternoan’'’ ,: ex
jected to arrive on fflt
.ncoming vessels reixirt erunjftj' * ttv
heavy weather on the All M®..
s probable that the Germanti
i storm and was obliged’ '“■yelow
town :•/ .
WILL MEET ISSUa
Cubans Discuss the Action of Tfcis
Government, t
CONSERVATIVES CLAIM A VICTORY
It Seems That No Demonstrations cur
Outbreaks Will Occur Althc ugh Ro
sen ment is Deep.
Havana, By Cable.—The Cuban coa
stitutionad convention met in secre. sum
sion Thursday afternoon for a for
med discussion of the PLutit anaand
mernt. The conservative element
scored a victory.
It Was decided to continue the ses
sions of the convention and to reffar
the amendment to the special coin uni
te e on relations, with Instructions iei
bring in a report.
Twenty-nine delegates were present,
fienor Llorente and Gen. Rivera being
the only absentees. ("Vn. SanguiUjr
favored dissolving the convention a cm!
returning the amendent dia
cuesion. The other delegates Vere uoa*
invously in flaWvof oontinuic pnjae s*-
sinoe and of song i '
the executive departmen t
ton.
The argument turned on the qm
tion whether the con vena Low. had pow
er to adopt a scheme of relations that
would be binding cm the xv
public. Last week a majority or
delegates opposed this view. Tgk£a;
Sonor Nunc*. representing the conser
vatives, argued that the u;?.r_
wre empowered in the trail for the ®di..
vention to esteblt&h perananerat rala
tions with tihe Unitted 9tatt v
ought not to atteffpt to shirk its .
Gen. Sanguily contended that, theiu
tentkra of the original call was in
nulled by Gov. Gein. Wood's instrac
tltms at the opening of the eonvoaitiow i
when delegated were asked to. give
an opinion.
The radical element did not flock
Gan. Saeaguily as had l beeu ex peeked,
and the conventicuft ac.ripn in refer
ring the questioti to the special cenn
mithee on relations indicates a wCll
ingnek* to recede from the .former ut>tf>-
tude. It is evident that many of th
delegatee still hope the amendment!
will be changad, but there is no bitter
feeling now apparent. It is donbtfafl
Whether the convention will ever agree
to accept the aTnendun-ent. but the Con
sarvativeß maiotain that the willing
ness of the Radicals to discuss, and it
necessary, to rend a oommittee to-
Washington gives a more hopeful as
pect to conditions which were growing
strained. It is generally believe 1 that
the crisis, if any existed, hue paseedl.
and that by thuvtime the committee re
ports the present excitement wall bs v
passed. Much depends upon the atti
tude of the Radical de-iegatea. If a*
impassioned appeal to the people is is
sued, as it is rumored will be the ease,,
this may cause demonstrations of pro
toed a gains:, the United States. But
racthing in the nature of am upiiring w
any longev feared.
Fresh Troubles in Far East. '
London, By Cable. —A crisis ha*
arisen in far Eastern affairs, whiol
to the opinion of the British gov arm
j®e*vt, is graver almost than the trout*
less which originally turned the ey*|
of the world toward the Orient. Secret,
negotiations are going on between tbts
United St: - es and Great Britain will*
a view of thwarting what both govern
ments believe is a determined at
tempt on the part of Russia to pfaalt
herself permanently in ome of -Jam
richest tracts cf the Chinese empires.
The conference held Wedne day bo
tween United States Ambassador
Choate and Lord Lansdowne, t&w
Foreign Secretary, had nothing to dc.
wdfch the Nicaraguan Canal affair. TANARUS
quote from a British official, 'ftfce-
Nicaragua oontroversy is a minor
matter compared with the p/eaeot
rituatiOD."
For Expositions.
Jefferson City, Mo., Special.—Tii*-
Senate c J the Houae bill appro
priating $50,(K)0 for a Mteiouri exhibit
an the Pan-American Expedition, ak
Buffalo, and toe Interstate and West
Indian Exposition, at Charleston, S. C..
The bill, tlightly amended, will &
►hack to the House for concurrence. '*■-
MenaturA
\ Riot 111 Porto RLo.
Sk/x Juan. P. R., By Cable.—A scri
occurred here Thors lay. At S
'.jHEH&kv the even;-g five aniilerynic**
Fppflafik ‘Aoml 'f artillery named Hia
pests without or.?
■3l^ J? “ Ts^-
to ni.u.mc S a moo of ptv
ijhlod. The soldiers firai
a vft * the air, dispersed the mate
and iftiafed School Sttperintemdent
Armstrong, *ho was besieged by tkr
mob in a house situated about a brock
from the city's centre. The city hat
been overrun toy a riotous crowd ff
probably 1,500 persons who etxoutadk.
“Down with the Amerioans! ”
NO. l‘J.