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The Newark Journal.
‘ (). F. CRAIG, Kdttor.
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IDE WEEK'S NEWS
TERSELY OUTLINED
An Epitome of the Most Important
Events at Home and Abroad
the Past Week.
CONGRESS' WORK IN NUTSHELL
Development* in tl»e
.Innniirxr Wap, Together With
Item* of Iuterout fulled From tlie
Important lluppi-tiiuu" All Over
the World.
COMiUESS.
The house passed the pension appro
priation bill, which carries $138,250,700.
The senate decided not to admit as
listening to eulogies on the late Sen
trial the statement made by Judge
Swayne before the house committee.
A portion of the day. on the 18th
inst., was taken up by the senate in
testifying to eulogies on the late Sen
ator Matthew Stanley Quay, of Penn
sylvania. The house held a special
session on the 19th for the same pur
pose.
Both houses of congress stopped the
wheels of legislation to pay tribute to
Frances E. Willard, “One of the most
eminent, women of the 1 nited States.
The house passed a resolution send
ing the statehood hill directly imo con
ference without offering an opportuni
ty for debate.
The senate passed a hill providing
for the payment of pensions due in
mates of the government hospital tor
the insane, and one authorizing the
establishment of a leprosy hospital in
the United States or Philippine isl
ands.
Representative Sullivan, of Massa
chusetts. explained to the house the
circumstances leading up to the con
viction of his father and himself of
manslaughter, referred to by Mr.
Hearst. of New York, during a per
sonal tilt on the floor. Me declared that
he had been only technically guilty,
and was not punished by the court.
THE W \ It 1\ THU r AH EAST.
in the midst of the excitement in St.
Petersburg over the assassination of
Grand Duke Sergius there corns a sud
den and noticeable revival ot peace
talk.
The women of Moscow have memo
rialized the Russian empress, beseech
ing her to use her influence for the res
toration of peace.
According to the correspondent a
Shanghai of the London Daily Tele
graph. Gen. Kuropatkin apparently is
changing his ha e from Mukden to
Fushun.
The Japanese are actively engaged
in salvage operations at Port Arthur,
and it is said that 50 vessels will he
added to her naval strength as the re
sult. Tiie docks are being repaired to
receive the sunken vessels when raised.
The spoils of war at Port Arthur are
being gathered up and shipped to Ja
pan as rapidly as facilities tan lie pro
vided.
Japan lias given notice that she will
sink colliers of any nation found ac
companying Russian warships.
«.i:m:ii\i. mows items.
Fire almost entirely destroyed the
plant of the Detroit (Mich.) Steel Cast
ins Co.; loss. $S),000 to $100,000.
The top lloors of the Macheka office
building, on Canal street. New Orleans,
were gutted by tire. It is a modern sev
en-story structure; loss, $150,000.
Friends ot Mrs. Jan ■ Stanford in San
Francisco characterize the story that
an attempt was made recently to poi
son her as sensational and without
foundation.
Fire destroyed the Synines block, in
Denver, Col., occupied by the (Ireat
l-tader department store and offices;
loss $300,000.
Seven business houses were burned
at Tyler, Tex., entailing a loss of $150,
000.
Rt. Rev. William E. McLaren, Prot
estant Episcopal bishop of Chicago,
died, in New York city, on th night of
the 19th inst., after an illness of about
a month. Bishop McLaren was in his
seventy-fourth year.
Hannan Stanley Cheney, a capitalist
of Southbridge, Mass., has lost securi
ties of a face value of $285,000, of
which $10,000 are negotiable, and has
no clew to their whereabouts.
In a recent fight between Bulgarians
and Turks the former lost 20 killed or
wounded. The Turks then burned the
village of Kuklileh. cremating a num
ber of women and children.
Dr. Taylor Jones Watson, whose trial
at New London. Mo., on the charge of
killing his wife has been one of the
most sensational ever held in that part
of the state, was declared not guilty by
the jury. The evidence was purely cir
cumstantial.
Senator Tillman has returned to his
| home in South Carolina. The Phila
; delphia physicians say he is suffering
I from grip poisoning, affecting one of
his nerves.
A paroled Russian naval lieutenant,
just arrived at Victoria. 11. C., from
Port Arthur, via Japan, denounces
Gen. Stoessel as a coward, an opinion
that does not seem to he shared by
other officers who arrived at San Fran
cisco en route home to Russia.
Midshipman Samuel Westray Battle,
#>f Asheville, N. C,. dropped dead in
the ranks at dinner formation at the
naval academy in Annapolis, Md.
Harry Goldberg, aged 17, was instant
ly killed and two others injured by the
collapse of the wreck of a burned build
ing in Chicago, in which a party ol'
boys were skirmishing for fuel.
In the epidemic of fires on the 19th
inst., Indianapolis suffered the worst,
several large buildings in the whole
sale district bounded by Meridian
street. George street. Jackson place and
Union station being destroyed. The
loss is over Sl.odO.OftO.
Timothy B. Edgar, one of the last
survivors of the anti-bellum financiers
of St. Louis, is dead. He was born in
Rahway, N. .1., in 1815.
The sanitary conditions in the
Philippines are in such excellent shape
that much of the quarantine restric
tions have been removed.
The strike situation in St. Peters
burg is again becoming threatening
and troops are returning to and patrol
ing the city.
Twelve buildings were burned at
Bryant, S. D., causing a loss of $60,000.
The Japanese government has sig
nified its willingness to sign with the
United States a copyright treaty pro
vided it shall not ho retroactive.
The Frances E. Willard National
Temperance hospital, in Chicago, was
formaly dedicated with impressive cer
monies.
While going to his private Russian
hath in his old official residence in
Moscow, on the 17th inst.. Grand Duke
Sergius, uncle of the czar, was assas
sinated by means of a bomb thrown and
exploded beneath his carriage, between
the great bell tower and the Nicholas
gate.
A lieutenant and three men were
killed and 14 others Injured, one of
them fatailv, by explosions of gasoline
on hoard a British submarine boat at
Queenstown. Ireland. The explosions
were heard ten mites away. The boat
was not seriously damaged.
The Filipino scout battalion has left
St. Louis for Fort Thomas, near New
port, Ky., where thry will remain un
til they go to Washington to take part
in the inauguration parade.
•Tav Cooke, the well-known financier
I of other days, died, rather suddenly,
at. his home near Philadelphia, of ail
ments incidental to old age. Few ex
cept his closest neighbors knew that
he was ill.
The London Daily Express says that
the Union Castle line's steamships
Roslin Castle.Raglin Castle and Dunol
ly Castle, and the Clan liner MaePher
son, have been sold to a mysterious
German firm, presumably for service
in the far east.
Lute Evaristo Da Costa Cabral, a
millionaire manufacturer of Rio Ja
nerio, Brazil, died suddenly at the Ho
tel Breslau, New York city.
Rear-Admiral Prince Louis of Bat
tenberg, with his squadron of British
warships, will visit American waters
! in October. Prince Louis will bear
King Edward's greetings to President
| Roosevelt.
Gen. Lew Wallace, soldier, diplomat
and literraieur, died at his home in
Crawfordsville, Ind., on the night ot
the 1 r*th inst., aged 78 years. The gen
eral’s health had been waning for sev
eral years.
The Missouri senate defeated a hill
to allow witnesses who testify in brib
ery prosecutions against themselves tc
be exempt from prosecution. The meas
| arc was regarded as unconstitutional
Henry Luschinger, a well-known sa
! loon man and sport, shot and fatally
; wounded F. B. Cooper, an employe ol
the Bell Telephone Co., who went tc
Luschinger's saloon at St. Joseph, Mo.
to collect a bill.
A drunken Indian went on the war
path 30 miles south of Tonopah, New
killed three squaws and a buck am;
fled to the mountains, with a posse of
Indians in pursuit.
Board of trade men and people of all
degrees, in St. Louis, have rallied tc
the assistance of Mrs. Annie Eckman
whose husband died at Festus, Mo.
seven months ago, leaving her desti
tute, and are showering her with
money, bedding and clothing to care
for the triplets the stork has just left
I her.
Earl H. Prince, a Chicago board of
trade broker, has been arrested foi
larceny, on the charge made by client
at Elgin, 111., that they placed mone
in Prince’s hands to invest and have
j received no accounting.
By kiling 24 out of a possible 2"
birds at the Rush House traps at De
troit, Mich., R. It. Bennett, of Pitts
burg, Pa., won the title of champion
live bird shot of North America and
the handsome Gilman and Barnes
trophy.
The Colorado house has passed the
eight-hour bill amended so as to ap
ply only to what it defines as "danger
ous employment” in mines, mills aac
smelters.
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LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS
Review of the General Assembly’*
Work During Its Sixth Week.
THE SENATE.
The sixth week of the session in
the senate was mainly devoted to the
consideration of important measures
and taking o«ire of the business in
troduced from the house. However,
eighteen new bills were introduced
in the senate during the week, most
of these being measures of more or
less local interest.
Constitutional Amendment Bill.
Among the most important matters
acted upon of general interest over
the State was the passage by the
senate of the McFerrin joint resolu
tion proposing to submit a constitu
tional amendment to a vote of the
people at the next general election
by w'hich the school taxes will be in
creased. The amendment proposes
an increase of from two to three mills
in the general state levy, and per
mits the district to levy any amount
from one to seven mills in addition,
i The resolution is now in the house,
j where it seems likely to be passed.
T6 Empower State to Loan Money.
Another bill, introduced by Senator
John A. Hinkle of Independence
county during the week, is of inter
est to all the people of the State, as
it i3 estimated that it will result in
the State’s securing from $30,000 to
$00,000 interest annually. The bill
provides for loaning out the funds in
the State treasury to twenty banks,
to be selected by the treasurer, the
governor and the attorney general,
the funds to be loaned under the most
ample security.
Among the bills in the hards of
the committees in the senate are the
| Black penitentiary bill, which will
j perhaps not be reported for some time,
as it is likely to be very carefully
; considered in committee.
Regarding Final Adjournment.
While the resolution passed in the
house to extend the session of the gen
eral assembly fifty-six days over the
constitutional limit, or to May 4. has
not yet reached the senate, it prob
ably will be received in that body
| soon. The senators have been quietly
| discussing the matter, and in a gath
ering of a few of the members an
estimate was made, r«nd it was be
i lieved that the resolution will proba
; bly pass the upper branch of the
; legislature. It will take twenty-four
votes in the senate to carry the reso
t lution, and it has been stated that
twenty-two of the members are known
to be in favor of extending the
session. One reason for taking this
action was given by President Cov
| ington in the course cf a conversa
tion on the matter. He said that it
must be remembered that, while an
unusually large number of bills had
been introduced at this session, the
fact that eighty-one bills failed to
become laws after passage two years
ago was largely responsible for this.
And this is known to be a fact by
those who have kept in touch with
the business of the two houses since
the session begun. It is almost a
daily occurrence to hear some mem
ber, in advocating the passage of
some pet bill, make the statement
that this identical bill was passed
two years ago, but failed in the om
nibus veto, and that therefore the
bill should be passed again.
THE HOUSE.
During the week the house trans
acted more business than any previ
ous week during the session, due to
the new rule under which the lower
body is working. Numbers of bills
were advanced to their second read
ing, some of which were introduced
during tho first week of the session,
and a few were placed on their third
reading and final passage, while the
customary number have been in'ro
duced. A large number of bills will
be gotten out of the way as soon as
the present reading of bills the sec
ond time is finished, as the next regu
lar order will he the third reading
and final passage.
Penitentiary Inspection.
Tho house adopted a resolution in
troduced by Mr. Miller of Jefferson
county for the appointment of a com
mittee of five to investigate affairs
at the penitentiary, visit the various
places where the convicts are kept,
look into the conditcn of the food,
medical attention and general treat
ment of the convicts, and, if deemed
expedient, to employ an expert ac
countant to assist in the work. The
resolution grew out of the recent dis
cussion of the penitentiary question
when the Black bill was up, during
which it is alleged in the preamble
that numerous insinuations, and in
some cases open charges, that too
much liberty has been given certain
officials and that a proper investiga
tion might disclose certain irregu
larities.
Extension of Session.
On Friday the house voted to ex
tend the session fifty-six days, which
will take it up to May 4. The first
resolution bearing on the subject was
Introduced by Mr. Clement and pro
vided for an extension up to and in- J
eluding April 27. Amendments were
offered fixing the date of adjournment
at April 9, by Dr. Ruff; April 18, by
Mr. Eldridge; April 19, by Mr. Du
Laney, and May 8, by Mr. Nowlin.
The latter was for the longest period
and was considered first. It was
adopted by a majority, but the re
quisite two-thirds to pass the resolu
tion as amended were lacking. Mr.
Fuller then offered a resolution ex
tending the session up to April 29,
that no bill be introduced in the last j
ten days of the session and that in
neither house in which bills orig
inated can bills be voted upon the j
last six days. An amendment to this
extending the session fifty-six days
was offered by Mr. Bulk was
adopted, and on the roll-call for the
passage of the resolution as amended
sixty-seven members voted for it, the
exact number required.
The ostensible reason for extend- |
ing the session is that the constilu- :
tional limit of sixty days for a regu- j
lar session is rapidly approaching, j
yet not one of the necessary appro
priation bills has been drafted or in
troduced except the University of
Arkansas bill. The bills for the sup
port of the State government and for
the support and maintenance of the
various charitable institutions of the
State have all yet to be prepared, in
troduced and passed through both
houses. Under the rules, especially
! the rules in the house, it is difficult
to get any general bill through in less ;
than a week or ten days' time, no
matter what the pressure brought to
bear. In the senate, with one-third
the number of members, bills may be j
introduced one day and passed the
next, if there is no objection to them
by any member, and the rules are
suspended for permission to read the ■
bill the second time on the same day
| on which it is introduced.
Increase in Governor’s Salary.
An important amendment to a sen
ate bill was introduced in the house
by Mr. Keel and adopted. It pro
vides for an increase in the salary
of the governor from $3,000 to $1,000.
i The bill also increases the salaries of
the circuit judges and chancellors of
the districts throughout the State.
The Reform School and Other Bills.
The house also took up the McCol
lum school bill during the week. The
measure was considered in committee
of the whole and five of the sections
were agreed to. Mr. Hurst offered
an amendment to the bill providing
that the control of the reform school
be vested in the State board of char
ities, instead, of. the. penitentiary
board,, which, was. rejected. An
amendment by Mr. Barker that the
institution be for offenders under 16
years of age instead of 18 was also
lost.
House bill No. 83, by Mr. Fuller,
regarding the sale of certain sixteenth
section lands in Eureka Springs,
was vetoed by the governor and was
passed by the house over the veto,
but failed in the senate.
House bill No. 2, by Mr. Arnold,
providing for the gathering of cotton
statistics within the State, was placed
on its final passage and failed by a
vote of 35 ayes to 44 nocs.
Considerable time was devoted
Wednesday to consideration of the
bill reported by the judiciary com- i
mittee for the reprinting of the Ar
kansas supreme court reports. Of :
the number of amendments offered
but one was adopted, that by Mr.
Clement, providing that the selling •
price be fixed in accordance with the
cost of production instead of $1.50.
Annotated reports are not provided
for in the bill.
The State militia bill was received
from the senate and referred with
amendments to the committee on
militia. A motion by Mr. Tarver that
the bill be tabled was lost.
An amendment to house bill No.
237, by Mr. Hamiter, creating Red
river levee district No. 1, to the effect
that the board of directors be held re
sponsible for damages to adjoining
property, was offered by Mr. McCol
lum and adopted. The author of the
bill said that the amendment would
virtually kill the bill.
Among the bills introduced during
the week were the following:
By Mr. Beck, extending the western
boundary line of the State.
By Mr. Mason, providing free text
books for indigent children in the
common schools of the State.
By Mr. Ward, creating two judicial
districts in Johnson county.
By Mr. DuLaney, to authorize and
regulate the cancellation of liquor
licenses.
By Mr. Coleman, providing that all
over $5,000 in fees received by the
prosecuting attorneys of the State be
turned over to the county school
fund.
By Mr. White, appropriating $0,000
to the State and county health hoards
for the purpose of stamping out con
tagious diseases.
The subcommittees of the ways
and means committee have been
busy on the appropriatin bill during
the past week. A meeting of the
full committee will be held Tuesday,
when it is thought that the bill wUS
bo ready to submit
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