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|f^ 2 vbruised .!l\ 1 V/*'T^--'^ FIRE AND CRASH IN LOS ANGELES Big Hotel Burns and Street Oars CollideScores Are Injured. Los Anjjeles, Deo. 25.-In the largest ^hotei fire in the history of Los Angeles 'the Van Nuys Broadway hotel, one of the first-class hostelries of the city, fin the heart of the business district, was almost completely destroyed yes terday. One hundred and ten guests, most of whom were still in bed at the a time the fire broke out, escaped in their scant clothing to the street. Many of them got out in their night clothes and practically all suffered the loss of their i entire baggage and personal effects. Five firemen were injured by the ^eollapse of the second floor. They were precipitated into the basement and all i suffered more or less serious injuries. The Injured. J. Lawson, fireman Hose Company NO. 9. C. M. Stewart, fireman, shocked, ^bruised and cut.fireman, J. Lainds. lacerated scalp and bruised about the body. W. 0. Phillips, fireman, bruised, burned and cut. Thomas Lane, fireman, shocked, and cut still unconscious may alie Richard Hanley, fireman, bruised, out and suffering from shock. Altho a fire engine was on the I ground four minutes after the first alarm was turned in, the building burned like tinder and there was not a chance tChief extinguish thes blaze i n( at st and crashed 'nto the nd of another Second street car,, shoving the latter car into a Hollvwood car which was at that moment ciossing Secoird street at right angles on Spring street. The Hollywood car was struck almost in the center, being crushed like an egg shell, and was turned completely ever, htr runawa.y s by th Headaehes and Neuralgia from Colds. axative Bromo Quinine, the world-wide cold and grii remedy, iemove8 the cause. Call for the full ,ame and look for signature of E. W. Grtjye. 2-5c. Fir Lapp wa seriously cut' rived from Italy Saturday and is with by broken ?lass, but he had his injuries' her mother in the Rue Spontini. To- dressed without leaving the scene of clay she and her mother started on an "the fire. automobile tour of the Riviera. The total financial loss will approxi- "We haven't been in America for mate about $200,000. The Martz estate three years," said Miss Gilman, "and and August Winstel, owners of the Mr. Corey has not been here. There is hotel building, -will lose $100,000 in-1 no more likelihood of my marrying him fiurance, $75,000. than anv of the many other married Street Car Crash. Forty or more persons were miured shortlv after 6 o'clock last night in a seemed negligent of each other. When collision of three street cars. The col-1 married people get rich they quite fre- Jision occurred at the corner of Second quently neglect to study each other's and Spring streets, one of the busiest tastes. The cause of domestic troubles JPotsin the business section of the city, i is frequently found in the family A West Second street car, descending circloer than outside |the steep lull from Second and Olive I protest against the custom of streets down towar^ Broadwa an makin theater girlarscapegoats th Spring streets,h got beyond control of domestic troubles of millionaires. If the motorman. dashed three blocks-down I wivp have difficulties' with their hus- I_ rla^,^Hc,V,thlea+trackh 0r BARON ARRESTED ON A SERIOUS GHARGE New York, Dec. 25.Baron.Frederick Seefeld, whose residence is at present 'in Philadelphia, was arrested here last -night charged with securing money tra veler false pretenses. The police say that Countess Ilka K. Palmay, who is liv ing at a New York hotel, charges that several weeks ago she loaned the baron sa large sum of money, taking his auto mobile as a security, and that she af terward learned that the auto did not ^belong to him. SWEBSTER CITY FARMER DIES FROM EXPOSURE ".Special to The Journal. Webster City, Iowa, Dee. 25.The body of Asa Jones, a prominent farmer living northwest or this citv, was found about four miles from home, frozen to death. Jones had gone to Duncombe and the ^Supposition is that he fell from the bug Kgy on his head and was too badly hurt Ho regain consciousness. He leaves a wife and six children. A coroner's .jury returned a verdict ^Stating that the man came to his death Jjrom exposure. DAKLAND GIRL SAID TO 1 HAVE TAKEN $7,000 ^'Oakland. Cal Dec. 25.Miss Lulu Sowen, a clerk employed at Substation ^fo. 1, Oakland postoffice, was. taken -$nto custody Saturday night charged yith embezzlement. Her accounts are, At 'is# charged, short $7,000. Miss Bowen is a daughter of Mrs. ifclary F. Bowen 'and lives with her pother in a fashionable district. Stio ^as been employed at the substation ft lany months. iarsaparilla is unquestiona bly the greatest blood anc :pver medicine known. It positively and permanent!} Scares every humor, from pimples to Scrofula. It is the Best* nils OUCH SYRUP Cures Croup and Whooplng-Cough ItfJnexoeilled for Consumptives. Gives .tS^.* quick, mure resaltfc Refuse sfttoutitutes. W-1j Monday Evening, PASTOR CRITICIZES THE RIOTOUS RICH Pittsburg Preacher Condemns Mil lionaires Who Have Brought Reproach on City. Journal Speoial Service. tremendousy speedd, bands,glyric artists rarely thefocausee. The Secoud street car that was struck have for fiivolitv wm,.M f.r VWVs wa demolished bot 'end+t,e0and waas thrown from and turned over. The runaway car was ,also badly smashed. Hardly a passenger on the-three cars escaped injurv, some of them being very ^seriously hurt. The motorman and con ductor of the runaway car and the mo "torman on the Hollywood car were not injured. All the. injured gave citv and sub urban addresses and it is not thought that any of them were visitors in Los Angeles. Street Oar Held Up. Two masked men held up and robbed *a Pasadena' electric car, near Eastlake Park, about 9 o'clock last night. There were fifteen passengers on the car, most lv men, and these, together with the conductor, were forced to give up their cash. The two men then leaped from the car and escaped in the darkness. churchf. "Our newspapers/' he said, "reek with the scandal of rich men smashing the tenderest of ties and violating for the sake of passion the "holiest of obli- forsakin'g atious. We lead of multimillionaires the wives of their youth, who toiled for them thru the days of their poverty, and lusting after the strange woman whose only ornament is her pretty face whose only grace is her voluptuous way. "We are reading today of fifteen so called leaders of finance jt.nA fashion who are suing for divprce from their wives on the ground of incompatibil ity. Presumably a true-hearted woman is incompatible to her husband when she refuses to consent for him to inten sify th*e bright light of Broadway with the flames of a degrading passion." 'SINGERS NOT TO BLAME' Mabelle Gilman Says They Are Not Home-Wreckers. Journal Special Service. Paris, Dec. 25.Mabelle Gilman ar- men of my acquaintance. I once met Mi. Corey and his wife at dinner to gether with mumtual friend they Our calling is too exacting to allow us time to be home-wreckers, even were we so disposed. Necessarily we are always befoie the public and often are good looking, and jealous women light ly point the finger of scorn at us. If these people knew how hard we work and how little time successful artists realize CJ I +CJ+ 1 WOul 3 that our thoughts are occupied with subjects other than their husbands. Kespectable artists should form a league tor protection against the absurd at tt^rRt "attractive married women. Millionaire Pittsburgers are too Parisian. They are nice people, but without sufficient culture to spend money except on' pleasures of the senses. Mr. Carnegie is to be congrat ulated as a domestic peacemaker.'" 24th Annual Reduced-Price Sale. the Great Plymouth Clothing House. SUBMITSEMTO BEGUUI'E RATES Continued From First Page. by the government it would become legal on that account. It is devised from the standpoint of the receiver who pays the freight and is therefor most affected. Com plaints may be made either by the in dividual direct to the court, or thru the interstate commerce commission. Either can present a complaint and ask that proceedings be instituted. "At present the expense of fighting a complaint is heavy and prevents many just complaints. Under this sys tem the small shipper can present his complaint to the commission, which will proceed for him at no cost to him. In the ease of the larger shipper, who wishes to present his case direct to the court thru his attorney without assist ance of tbe commission, such action is permissible, but the expense of attor neys' fees must be borne by him. "T believe the plan is just and fair to both the carrier and the shipper and it leaves the power to make rates with the roads, where it should be." Mr. Traxler has made a thoro study of the railroad problem and has evolved his plan after studying all other pro posed plans. He has been brought un usually close to the subject in hand as attorney for the Northwestern Betail Lumbermen's association1l and for the i NVwtiiwno+o ??ato{i ru., -n studied and additional information has i been secured thru extensive corre spondence and discussion with men from other parts of the country. The plan has been enthusiastically approved bv those to whom it has been ex plained. The correspondence with Washington has commended the plan and the author will doubtless be asked to go to Washington to further explain and discuss it. The provisions of the plan have never been fully published before. FATE OF RUSSIA HANGS BY THREAD Continued From First Page. the debate brought decided differences of opinion and some heat. Suddenly the czar interrupted, say ing with evident irritation and ad dressing himself to the prime minister: "Your policy of conciliation is a fatal blunder, and will be responsible ultimately for the country's ruin." Count Witte, smothering his indig nation and mortification, replied: I have acted to the best of my abil ity for the czar and for Russia. But if a substitute is available I shall will ingly give way.'' In a calmer tone, but with a tinge of severity, the czar observed: "No. Your responsibility cannot be transferred now. You must go on work ing out_ the problems of the national assembly and the election law." Among the liberal statesmen the be lief is strong that the czar is only awaiting the word from Trepoff to sweep away all the promised conces sions, relying solely on force to restore the autocracy. It is admitted that at one time the czar really did think that a liberal policy could be desirable, but it is said that he now attributes to it all Eussia's misfortunes and disorders, and has become more than ever reac tionary at heart. Trepoff pretends to have great sym pathy with the constitutiorjaj jref orm party, "but the' party knows the czar's evil genius. KAISER OPPOSED TO TARIFF WAR Efforts of German Emperor Point to Delay, at Least, of Tariff Crisis. Journal Speoial Service. of Pittsburg, Dec. *J25.Doin'gs wealthy men of Pittsburg, who have made the term ''Pittsburg millionaire'' a by-word all over the country, were severely scored from the pulpit yester day by Rev. Johnl. Jayne, pastor the Observatory Hill Christian1 Chicago, Dec. 25,Walter Wellman, in a Washington'special to the Record Herald, says: Thanks to the good sense and patience of Emperor William, there is now at least & fair chance that the threatened tariff war between the United States and Germany may be deferred for some months, possibly for a whole year. The kaiser and his advisers are said to have a strong belief that if the people of the United States are given a little time to gain a full understanding of the ques tion involved public opinion in this country will force the government to act in a reasonable spirit and to re verse the policy which now dominates the republican leaders. Observers in this country are not so sanguine. To the German'emperor and his cabinet it may appear a reasonable and natural proposition that the Ameri cans, noted the world over for their practical common sense, will not persist biting off their noses to spite their faces. But the Germans do not as yet fully realize the extent to which the tariff fetich has taken possession of the republican leaders, nor do they under stand how eastern manufacturers, eager to shut out the slightest hint of Ger man competition with their wares, are determined to exercise their "pull" in congress and sacrifice the interests of the west for their own advantage. Modus Vivendi Discussed. At any rate, Baron von Sternburg, the German ambassador to the United States, some time ago suggested to Sec retary of State Boot that a modus vi vendi should be agreed upon if possible, so that the threatened imposition of the maximum duties of the German tariff law upon American imports need not be put in force next March, as would be the case if no agreement were reached. Secretary Boot and Baron von Stern berg have had several conferences on this subject and the outlook is better than it was that something may be ac complished toward postponing the crisis and giving American public opinion an opportunity to dictate a more enlight ened policy in congress. West Already Shows Position. Already American public opinion, es pecially in the west, is beginning to make itself felt on this subject. The idea of promoting our foreign trade with a club and of meeting the conces sions Germany is willing to make with an increase of the Dingley duties does not appear to strike the country with much favor. Many letters are pouring in upon senators and representatives from their constituents in the west, ask ing that something be done to avert the ruinous effect of Germany's threatened action. Probably some of these letters are due to the influence of the American Reciprocal Tariff league. The secretary of that organization, Mr. Skinner, is sending out from his Chicago office a great number of circulars which contain some highly interesting reading. POLICE HOLD TWO MURDER SUSPECTS Continued Prom First Page. he was shot down. Butterfield turned around to see what had become of his beer and saw Bader on the floor, and at first he thought that his friend had simply slipped and fallen. A moment after, Anna Force, one of the dining-room girlsr put her head thru the rear door to ask Mr, Bader a ques tion. "Dig back there! shouted a masked man, standing at the front door with a leveled gun in his hand. Anna, instead of drawing back, wait ed a moment in wonder. She saw the men with their hands in the air, the masked man at the door, Mr. Bader on the floor and another masked man be hind the bar rummaging in the cash drawer. Then it dawned on her that robbers were in possession and she fled to the rear of the house. Rushing into the dining-room she tried to tell what was going on. Byron Coller ran into the bar room and was commanded to throw up his hands by the robber with the gun. He dodged back and hurried out of the house by the rear door in search of a telephone. Ban for the Police. The dining room girls were greatly excited and did not Know what to do. Mary Rustad raw out of the rear door and crossed the railroad tracks. She was stopped by a switchman, who in quired wnat was the matter. While sne was trying to tell him two men sr,rtafiTilv 0i,: Northwestern Retail Coa Dealers' as sociation. Everything that has been published on the question has been nTvnnnrftrla in +hfl dnrknps* frnm i suaaeni appearexn xn aaranes rro the direction of the hotel, and ran with all speed up the tracks toward First R4.rflAi Mar!y hurried over toward Third ave nue and near Second street found a po liceman, who promptly turned in a call for help from the patrol box on the corner. How lonely and isolated the hotel is is revealed by the fact that the switch man not forty feet away from the front door did not realize what was going on until the excited girl ran across the tracks. There were a number of people in the dining room, which is -just across a narrow corridor from the barroom, but not one heard a sound thru the door, which was closed. JAUiBREAKERS CAPTURED. Kearney, Neb., Dec. 25.FrecL Gil lette, W. B. Warner and Fred llngle brecht, three men who broke jail in this city last week, have been captured near Holdredge. Warning! Don't Go to California. It would be a great mistake to ar range for a trip to California at this time of the year without first looking into the new sleeping car service to kansas city over the minneapolis and saint louis railroad, making close con nection in kansas citv^ uWion depot with the fast and luxurious California limited trains. No other road offers such through seryicelowest rates. Consult iohn gee rickel,, four twenty four nicollet ave. Do not suffer from sick headache a momeWt longer. It is not necessary. Carter's Little Liver Pills will cure you. Dose, one little pill. Small price. Small dose. Small pill. Warning! Don't Go to California. It would be a great mistake to ar range for a trip to California at this time of the year without first looking info the new sleeping car service to kansas city over the minneapolis and saint louis railroad, making close con nection in kansas city tiMon depot with the fast and luxurious California limited trains. No other road offers such through servicelowest rates. Consult iohn gee rickel, four twenty four nicollet ave. I "Wisely Economical"If you sMa Ho %o 'the best whiskey^*H tor: takri& S^^ isye. it costs most but is worth moat. Anoint -\\r PRESIDENT OUSTS8 ANOTHER OFFICIAL Irvi*Lg Baxter, U. g. District At torney, Removed by Roosevelt. Speoial to The Journal. Omaha, Dec. 25.-Irving Baxter has been summarily removed from the of fice of United States district attorney for this district by order of the presi dent. Mr. Baxter refuses to confirm or deny the statement. He has made pub lic a letter, however, which he sent, Dec. 21, to the attorney general, in re ply to One asking for Ms resignation. In his reply Mr. Baxter said: "Having faithfully and honestly per formed the duties of the office to which I was appointed in April, 1904, for a four-year term, ,and being in no way responsible for the sentence im posed in the Bichcards and Comstock case, out of which the request for my resignation has come, I decline to re sign. "While 1 am mindful, of the presi dent's power to summarily remove me, I cannot, under the circumstances, rec ognize the justice of such act by ten dering my resignation." Result of Lonsr, Fight. The removal of District Attorney Baxter is one of the results of the pros ecutions started by the government three years ago of Nebraska cattlemen for illegally fencing the public domain. Bartlett Bichards and W. B. Comstock, two of the wealthiest cattlemen in the state, were indicted on the charge of unlawfully fencing about twenty-two thousand acres of public land. They, recently entered a plea of guilty and were fined $300 each by Judge W. H. Munger and sentenced to six hours in the custody of the United States marshal. United States Marshal Matthews deputized the attorney for the prison ers to carry out the latter part of th9 sentence and the time is said to have been Spent at the Omaha club. The president is said to have been dissatisfied with the results of the pros ecution and week before last Marshal Matthews was removed and last week the resignation of District Attorney Baxter was asked for. HOLIDAY GREETING FOR SHIPS ABROAD Dewey Sends Christmas Word to American Vessels in For eign Ports. Washington, Dec. 25.AbaTd the ships of the American iravy scattered in foreign and home waters, today! will be observed as a holiday. The Christ mas greeting sent around the world! last night by Admiral Dewey will be Com municated to the officers and men of all the vessels in the service ihat can be reached. On the ships the only work required today is the'necessary cleaning and by 9 o^clock this rnorning most or the officers and men w*ere left free to celebrate the day as they choose. Lib eral shore leave has b^een granted ac cording to custom ,8/ncl ^aj many as can be spared from a (h/|H will Celebrate things tjiaifc maxe up ....._ mas dinners aboard the vessels have been laid by a,nd will be served in gen erous fashion on board each ship. The men will have their Christmas dinner at noon and the officers in the evening-. On many ships the captain will be in^ vited to dine in the wardroom and join the officers in making merry. Month's Pay for Employees. Journal Special Service. Pittsburg, Dec. 25.The Westing house Air Brake company yesterday presented each employee who is on a salary with a month's pay for a Christ mas present. All of the employees in the general office, the department clerks and the foremen were included in this gift. It is estimated that $26,000 was distributed. More than $111,000 was paid to the employees of the company yesterday, making the largest pay roll in the history of the concern. This does not include the money presented to the salaried men. Accompanying the checks was a note telling each how much his services were appreciated by the company. Castro's New Year Wish. Journal Special Service. New York. Dec. 25r-Cipriano Cas tro, president of Venezuela, sends the following greeting to the American people: I write with hat in hand to salute the industrious American people and wish them health and prosperity in the new year." ITALIAN PREMIER FORMS NEW GABINET Eome, Dec. 25.Prime Minister For tis has formed a new cabinet composed as follows: Prime Minister and Minister of In- teriorAlessandro Fortis. Minister of Foreign AffairsMarquis San Giulano. Minister of TreasuryPaolo Carcano.* Minister of Finance^Signor Vaccse zli. Minister of Agriculture^Signor For tis (ad interim). Minister of Public "WorksSignor Te desco. Minister of InstructionSignor de Marinis. Minister of JusticeSignor Finoc charo Aprile. Minister of PostsSignor Marsengo. Minister of Marine^Admiral Carlo Mirabello. Minister of WarSignof Mainoni. Marquis San Giulano is a Sicilian and belongs to an ancient noble family of Norman extraction. ROBBERY AT WASHBURN. Special to Tbe Journal. Washburn, N. D., Dec* 25.Brown's store was robbed last night. The safe was l?lown open and articles valued at $500 stolen. It was the work of experts and they left no clue. BOHEH EXPLOSION INJURES TVO, Paterson, &. J.. Dec. 25 A railroad loco motive WR8 jmrtly blown to pieces and two member* of the train's crew were badly in jured here today by the. explosion of the en gine's boilers Charles De Barr of Stroudsburg, Pa., fireman, and Conductor Mable, of Butler, N. J., were terribly scalded. De Barr is ex pected to die. WILL TEACH JEWS ENGLISH. Chicago, Dec. 25.Classes to give in struction in English to the Russian Jews who are expected to come to America as refugees, will be started at once by the Chicago Hebrew institute. THHEE KILLED AT CROSSING. "Alma, Kan.. Dec 25.Chris Andreson, Ms son Morton and his mother-in-law, Mrs. L. J. Wood- waruVof Altavista, Kan., were Killed here yes- P ^3. i f I**?* --^w*rt^ THE MINNEAPOLIS? JOURNAL. December** z^, 1905. LEOPOLD TAKES A MORGANATIC WIFE Belgium Monarch's Marriage to Caretaker's Daughter No Longer Doubted. Journal Speoial Service. Brussels, Dec. 25.According to the Beviel de Bruges, the report that Kin Leopold has married morganatically can be no longer doubted. The paper says the ceremony was performed a year ago in the private chapel of the chateau at Laekent in the fhe iresence of two of the king's aides by court chaplin, acting with the au thority of the archbishop of Mechlin. The bride was a widow of the name of Vaughan, !n"ee Lecroix. She is the daughter oi a caretaker at Louvrain and a niece of M. Lamgendolek, a so cialist member of the chamber ox depu ties. The king has created her a baroness, and she now lives at his es tate at Cap Verat, near Nice. They have a son. WIDOW EEAYES MEXIGO WITH CONSUL'S BODY Journal Special Service. El Paso, Texas, Dec. 25.MTS. J. E. Parsons, Jr., leaves the City of Mexico today for New York with the body of her husband, the late American con sul general. The interment will be at Hosslck Falls, Mass. Consul General Parsons was killed on the evening of Dec. 5 by being thrown from his carriage in a collision with an electric car. Mrs. Parsons, who was in the carriage with hirn, is still suffering from the shock and from the delay in extricating the body of her husband from the wreckage. The accident oc curred before 7 o'clock in* the evening and the local police allowed the body to lie in the wreckage until long after midnight. Charles O. Eberhardt, the vice depu ty consul general and J. C. Lipzw a baseball player formerly of Los An geles, assisted by several Americans, rushed Mrs. Parsons to the American hospital in a carriage and prevented the police from subjecting her to un necessary annoyance. GHRISTMAS SHOPPER STABS A MERCHANT Wathena, Kas., Dec 25.Because John Schalz, a prominent merchant of this place, said to Edward Morris, a farmer, when the latter inquired the price of a pair of shoes and then com plained that it was exorbitant, "Those shoes are much too good for you to wear," Schalz was stabbed to the heart with a pocketknife. The murder occurred on the thresh hold of the store, in front of a half hundred horrified Christmas shoppers, Saturday night. Schalz is survived by a widow and eight small children. Morris, who is in jail, has a family of six. HER FATHER FOUGHT IN THE REVOLUTION Northampton, Mass., Dec. 25.Mrs. Drusilla Hall Johnson, the daughter of a soldier of the American revolution, died at her home in this city yesterday, aged 100 years. Her father, Aaron Hall, was taken prisoner by the British dur ing the struggle for independence and carried to England. Up to within a few days Mrs. Johnson's health had been remarkably good. CARBARNS ARE LOOTED. Toledo, Dec. 25.A daring robbery and safe blowing job was committed by seven bandits at the office of, the Central avenue carbarns of the Toledo Railway & Light company at 2:45 o'clock yesterday morning. The robbers secured about fiOO and missed $7,000 which was in the strong box of the safe, which they failed to force open. Two employes, who were In the office, were overpowered before the robbers be gan the work on tbe safe. WIFE DID NOT DESERT Winnebago Indian Denies the Report of Separation. SIOUX CITY, IOWA.John Blaekhawk. Winnebago Indian, denies the story published to the effect that his wife had deserted him, and has sued a local paper for $6,000 damages. The cMsnatch from Dakota itr. N'PD stated that Biackhawk's wife, a white girl, had left him because he would not give up native dances. She has gone to California. Both she and her luuhmii) dMM tkiur bjuia P^M rattfl. 5|r^ &/*rr9*mh/*i* SEVENTH AND NICOLLET Grand Clearing Sale of All Holiday Goods Beginning Tuesday and Lasting the Entire Week. The entire stock, regardless of edst or value, will be marked at from \Q% fO 50% Discount from regular selling prices a^ov EyCinCrnDGl upon every line mentioned below. Toys, Dolls, Sleds, Skates, Skis, Games, All China, Cut Glass, Art Pottery, Lamps, Bric=a=Brac, Chafing Dishes, Carving Sets, etc. BAD MAN HEADED FOR WASHINGTON Arizona "Bill" Leaves Phoenix dotting Gun and Money Order. with. Journal Special Service. Washington, Dec. 25.There is a bad man with a gun on his way here from Arizona, and the montey order clerks in the local postoffice are wondering if they cannot borrow the president's se cret service guard till the bad man leaves. The man is coming to collect a money order and with the Tetter of advice, the postmaster at Phoenix, Maricapo coun ty, Ariz., wrote this letter to the post master here: "In reply to a *ntote, the payee of this order presented the original for payment and demanded enough more to make up the price of a beer, threat ening to back his mild request with a 44-gatling gun. Naturally we felt some aggrieved, as we had to descend from our natural dignity and duck under the counter. Ours was in a drawer and we were somewhat pressed for time. "Later in the day, when we were better fixed for such peevish outbreaks, we were unable to find Mr. Trouble man. We found out later thatt 'Cof fee' Al. Poker Gibson and a few other of our progressive and influential citizens, had bought him a ticket east. They were somewhat interested in his welfare and thought the climate there might be better for his rugged constitution. Too Strong for Mild Climate. "Ho was getting too strong for a mild climate, particularly after getting outside ten or twelve or the rust-proof, jion-explosive, copper-riveted essence or trouble dispensed over the bar at the Palace, undersaying, the misleadint name of bottled sunshine. A s the lasg I hear of 8 Bill, he# was headed east, way-billed to your village, going easy at the usual rate of the Sunset limited, fifteen mileB a dayand is due to arrive in the near future if New Mexica isn't whipped off the map again. Kindly inform the postmaster gen eral, the -janitor, or whoeveonces i bosssi in tt sof the round-up of the present where abouts of thits money order. If he a /M?/* 7 aW (mildly, of course, remembering that a gun the hand is worth ten at home in your Sunday clothes) that he take at least half cash." HUNDREDS OF CHINESE PERISH IN BIG FIRE Speoial to The Journal. Victoria, B. C, Dec. 25.Mail ad vices from Shanghai tell of a great fire at Hankow, known as the Chicago of China, in which about 5,000 houses were destroyed anm a large number of lives lost, variously estimated at from one to five hundred. JOHN HAKES RECORD BY HANGING HIMSELF Journal Speoial Service. Washington, Dec 5.Life was a failure to Moy Sam, but in his death he established a record. He hanged himself in the back room of his launL dry. This is the first case ever reported to the local police of a Chinaman com mitting suicide. According to the figures of the cen sus bureau, but fifteen Chinese commit ted suicide in this country from 1890 to 1900, and one of these was a woman. Poison is apparently their favorite method for killing themselves. Moy Sam had a wife atal boy in Canton, and was anxious to visit them this year. Poor business prevented and he hanged himself. TAX LEVY 18 $242,476 Stutsman County, North Dakota, Is In 'Flourishing Condition. ^-St JAMESTOWN. N. D.J. 3. Latta, treasurer of Stutsman county, has prepared his annual statement to the taxpayers. It shows a total levy of $242,476 and does not include the road tax levied by the several civil townships. Of tils amovnt the state will receive 134,661.68. The county general tax is $49,708.86 sink ing fund, $6,539.84 roads, $12,854.87 bridges, $4,518 28: emergency $1,307.89 gopher destruc tion. $2,262.46 cities and villiges, $18,795 48 fcchool districts, $83,190.55 school roll, $3,233 ttoord polls, $3,888. The total amount to be collected tbe present ear in Stutsman county for school purposes, la $106,043.37. flP^Plp^pppw^iii^pi^pt^ discount. will be in effect A Merry Christmas Happy New Year to all our friends and patrons who have helped us make this year the most prosperous in our business. Home Trade' Shoe Store M-tn Nieoikt BLOCKS ELOPEMENT North Dakota Farmer Catches Daugh* ter and Lover at Oourtenay. CODETENAY, N. D.Some excitement -was caused here when Charles Beecks cam* to town late and announced that Fred Beisler was try ing to dose with bis daughter. BosUU. He says that Beisles had been stopping at his home the sraater part of the summer and on Fiiday morning he asked Beecks to take hlxa to Wimble ion as he wished to catch ths train for Superior, Wis. Beecks said he compiled with his request, but as soon as they arrived at Wimbledon, Beisler engaged a Uvery team and drove back to the farm of a neighbor where the girl had arranged to meet him and tha two drove to Coortenay. intending to take tha train east in the evening. When Beecks was on his wax bom* from Wimbledon, his son met him and Informed him of what had happened. The fsther and son then drove back to Wimbledon thinking they might find the couple there. Falling, they came here and for a time there was something doing around this town. Beialer was taken latd custody, but as Beecks refused to swear out a warrant for him. he was given his liberty. The girl was persuaded to return to her betas* Beecks says that the girl Is only IS rm*9 of age. FOE POULTRY SHOW Display at Sioux Falls Will Be Beit Ever Held. SIOUX FALLS, a. D.Preparations ax* complete for the state poultry show to be held here Jan. 8 to 12. Everything Indicates that it will be the greatest affair of the kind ever held in South Dakota. The premium list shows that many special prises are being offered this year, making it certain that a greater Dumber of birds will be exhibited than at any Carman display. the association has secured two ot the bass I judges in the country to place the awards and I everything will be conducted on a business basis. Every evening there win be pit game contests, which will be simply sparring matches, The gane cocks will be muffed so they cannot hurt each other. This has become one of thf nost interesting features ot the annual poultry shows. WAR ON LIQUOR South Dakota Town Arrests Several Violators of Law. ELK POINT, b. D.Beresford, this county, is enforcing the liauor law against its violators. Within a few days, warrants were swoza oak against Take Cans and George Howard for sell ing liquors without a license. Gans pleaded guilt/ and v. as fined $100, which he paid, Howard gave a $100 cash bond for appearance, vhich he forfeited. Later. Mrs. Peter New. roth paid a $100 fine on a similar charge and Gans was arrested on a second charge and is in the ooutty jail here. Howard has dl*ap* reared. Other prosecutions are likely to fellow* Jones Family Hires a Hall. BLACK BIVBR FALLS, WIS.The Jones fanv ilv of thU city has outgrown any house in the city and in order to accommodate the large num ber of relatives today, a hall has been hind is which to celebrate the day. Five of the Jones brothers and a sister settled here forty years ago. Today, more than threescore relatives are1 here. It is the most extensive family gatherins ever held In the city. BARGAINS IN MEDICINE, A woman once wrote as that she was not going to buy Scott's Emulsion any more because it cost too much. Said she could get some other emwssioo for less money. Penny wise and pound foolish. Scott's EaiuU sion costs more because it is worth morecosts more to make. We couM iwske Scott's Emulsion cost less bf using less oil. Cottld take less care ia making it, too. If we did, howevw, Scott's Emulsion woaid&H: be the standard preparation of cod liVer oil as it is to-day. SCOTT ft BOWNK, 409 StaseW*ssfTesm I I "Us, 'I