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6 PRICE, 25 CENTS PER POUND. SA-™ »««« J D..il«ii< packed nt the churn in '.'. :t aud 5-pouud jura, delivered to the lßr lirSflCl BSUI I6f consumer the day it is m.ida. Is made from fresh, sweet crenm sonnrated from the choice morning's milk by the centrifugal process, and manufac tured by the most improved methods; thus Insuring the richest flavors and tne best keeping qualities. Indorsed by the United states Health U-j.orts for purity aud general excellence April 13, '.HI. SSS&. MILTm OABUY o©. To, 9 t 2 «- SHE GLIfIGS TO LIFE NO VERY MATERIAL CHANGE IN THE CONDITION OF MRS. M'KINLEY. STEADILY GROWS WEAKER, BUT .Sll!l MAY PROBABLY SURVIVE I vru. THE RETURN OF THE PRESIDENT. SAO SCENES AT PARTING HOI H. Ai tin- full of Duty Me Kin ley Tears Himself Prom His l>>ini; Moth er* Bedside. CANTON, 0., Dec. 4.— A sadder scene was never witnessed than the leave taking of President McKlnley from his dying mother this afternoon. The car riage was early announced to convey him to the special car at the Pennsyl vania depot awaiting the arrival of the regular eastbound train. But to the very last possible moment the president remained at the old home stead. Before leaving the house' he and other members of the family went tn the bedside of the dying mother. He looked at her long, spoke to her lov ingly and stopped and tenderly kissed her. There was no response, no move ment to indicate that she recognized her son. He remained in a stooping posture for some time, hoping that he might receive some sign that she knew or felt his presence. It did not come. With feeling of deepest emotion he at last left the room. It was a strange coincidence that al most immediately following the de parture of the president the mother should suffer a relapse. While yet in his home county and within an hour after he left the city, the illness of the mother took a turn for the worse, and it was thought by the family that she had suffered a second stroke of paraly sis, and such announcement was made. The attending physician, however, de clared it was not a second assault of the disease, but a relapse which for a time threatened to extinguish the faint ly flickering flame of >ife. Once more, however, the rugged constitution of the aged woman withstood the assault. She rallied slightly, and ere long was back to the condition in which she had been for nearly twenty hours, a condition of quiet and seemingly restful sleep, but which, it was fully realized, was slowly burning out the vital spark of life. In that condition she was tonight. How long it might continue no one could tell. GROWING WEAKER. It was not thought impossible that sli- could linger until the president had <!is( barged the important duties which called him to Washington and had re turned to his old home. That she \v;ts constantly growing weaker, was ap parent to all. That she had lived so long was a great surprise to the watch ers and the doctor. The attending phy sician again an> ounced tonight that the patient cannot regain consciousness. The president left Canton at :i:OS o'clock this afternoon. Judge Day, as sistant secretary of state, accompany ing him in a special car. Shortly be fore the departure he held a confer ence with the doctor who advised that Air. McKlnley cany out the original plan of leaving for Washington. He urged that the duties incumbent upon the nation's chief executive were such that it was absolutely necessary for him to be at the White house when congress assembles, and assured the president that no act of a loving son or any mortal could do anything for the aged mother, and that she would never again be able to recognize him or realize his presence or absence. His Iftst words to the family were that he be telegraphed at every station along the route as to his mother's condition. The president has definitely arranged to return to Canton Tuesday morning, leaving Washington Monday as soon as he has completed his duties in connec tion with the opening of congress. Mrs. McKinley will accompany him, as will also Mrs. Abner McKlnley and her (laughter. Miss Mabel, of New York. Mrs. McKinley was greatly shocked by the news of the illness when it reached the White house, Thursday morning, but it was not deemed advisable that she attempt the. hasty trip. The near friends of the family are nearly all at the homestead, including the surviving children. several grandchildren and Mrs. Abigail Osborne, Mrs. McKinley's sister and mother of William McKin ley Osborne, consul general to Eng land. She arrived last night, too late to receive a sign of recognition and is with the others to keep a close vigil. Miss Grace McKinley came from net college and William Bowman and Stewart Duncan arrived late this even ing. The last three are grandchildren. Dr. Phillips left the McKinley house early this evening, and unless called by reason of some change, may not again call before morning. The patient was lesting quietly. The pulse and respiration were much improved, giv ing some reason to hope that she may survive the night. List of Patents. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.— U.U of patents is sued this week to Northwestern inventors, reported by Merwin, Lothrop & Johnson, pari cur attorneys, 910. 911 and 912 Pioneer Press building, St. Paul, Minn., and Washington, I>. C. : Andrew .1. and It. W. Cleland, Man- Icato, double grade grain cleaner; Herman G. Dittenhenner, Minneapolis, lever shield; Jaiuc-9 S. Ferguson, .Minneapolis:, acetylene gas generator; Leo 11. Gcodkind, H. M. Ks •ington and 11. K. Bartlett, St. Paul, bu'ton reeding apparutus for sowing machines; Will iam C. Humphrey. Jamestov. n, N. D.. dress and mud guard; Henry Klossner. Wlnthrop, and i. Bchuch, Round Grove, cutter bar; Ed v.-.-id W. siuoiis. Fort Assinniboine, Mont, track cleaner; Thomas H. Williams, Huron, 8. D.. potato planter. TROLLEY CARS TELESCOPED. Three Men Killed and .More Than a Score Injured. DETROIT, Mich., Dec. 4.— Two sub urban cars carrying some twenty pas sengers and both running at a speed of twenty miles on hour, collided, on th< Detroit & Oakland electric railroad at 1 o'clock this afternoon. The result was that three men were instantly killed and a score of persons injured, ten of them seriously. The dead: John Savage, superintendent of the road; Charles M. Whitehead, motorman; John Kelly, of Detroit,, book agent. The injured: Frank MeHugh, motorman, leg broken and internally injured; Louis Harneck, seriously bruised and internally in jured; Mrs. John E. Doty, of Pontiac, two ribs broken and otherwise injured; aged moth er of Mrs. John Doty, of Pontiae, badly crushed and !es broken: Maj. John Madden, of Leonard, legs and arms badly bruised; Peter Kemp, of Detroit, hole cut in leg and face cut; Mrs. P. H. Smith, of Detroit, legs and face badly bruised; Warner G. Codalo, of Lapear, severely bruised; Mrs. Warner Goldale. face cut. body badly bruised; A. E. Robertson, of Walnut, Oakland county, leg badly cut, hand crushed and shoulders bruised; John Reigel, Pontiae, compound fracture of leg. A half dozen others were more or less cut by broken glass and bruised. The exact cause of the accident is as yet in doubt. President Hendrie, of the Detroit & Oakland railway, said this evening that the responsibility for the disaster had not yet been fixed. According to the schedule, a car leaves each end, Detroit and Pontiae, every hour and there are three sidings along the road. Today the cars were behind time. The one bound south for Detroit had passed an out-bound car at the switch two miles from Pontiac, the crew apparently being ignorant of the tact that another out-bound car was approaching them Icfs than two miles distant, although it is claimed that they should have known it from orders sent from Birmingham. The weather was foggy and Ihe rails slippery from the sleet which had been falling. The collision came near a gravel pit about midway between Pontiac and Birming ham, at the foot of two steep grades down which the fated cars ran at full speed. Tho impact was terrific. The cars were driven half through each other and crushed to pieces. Supt. Savage was in the motorman's vestibule operating the outbound car. Both his legs were cut off and his dead body was frightfully mangled. Motor man MeHugh, who stood behind Sav age, narrowly escaped a similar fate. John Kelly was evidently the only pas senger who saw the north-bound car approaching. He rushed for the ves tibule door and he and Motorman Whitehead were struggling together to get out of the door when the crash came. Both were killed. Kelly's head and shoulders were jammed out of the vestibule window and his nock was broken. Whitehead's head was cut open and his chest crushed. Had it not been for the stout con struction of the cars, both of which were new, it is doubtful whether any of their occupants would have escaped alive. As it was nearly all of the four teen passengers in south-bound car suffered some injury. Some of the in jured were taken to farm houses, others brought to city hospitals. The company officials are investigating as to the responsibility for the disaster and a coroner's jury has already been impanelled. A RELIC OF THE PAST. SURGICAL, OPERATION FOR THE CURB OP PILES AND RECTAL DISEASES NO LONGER NECESSARY. A Medical Discovery Which Will Change the Treatment of All Such Diseases. It has long been thought not only by some physicians but by people in general that the common, painful and exceedingly annoying trouble, piles, was practically incurable by any oth er means than a surgical operation and this belief has been the cause of years of needless suffering, because of the natural dread of surgical opera tions. There are many salves, ointments and similar remedies on the market which afford some relief in cases of piles, put the Pyramid Pile Cure is the only preparation so far intro duced that can be reliably depended upon to cure to stay cured, every form of itching, bleeding or protrud ing piles. Mrs. M. C. Hinkley, of 601 Missis sippit St., Indianapolis, was told by her physicians that nothing but a surgical operation costing between seven and eight hundred dollars, could cure her, as she had suffered for 15 years; yet even in such a case as hers the Pyramid Pile Cure accom plished a complete cure. She says: , "I knew an operation would be death to me and tried the Pyramid with very little hope and it is not to be won dered at that I am so enthusiastic in its praise." Mr. D. E. Reed, of South Lyons, Mich., says: I would not take $500 and i be placed back where I was before I used the Pyramid Pile Cure, I suffered j for years and it i» now eighteen months since I used it and not the I slightest trace of the trouble has re -1 turned. The Pyramid Pile Cure is sold by ! nearly all druggists at 50 cents and $1 i per package, and, as it contains no 1 opium, concaine or other poisonous drug, can be used with perfect safety. No one need suffer from piles in any form who will give this excellent rem edy a trial. Send for book on cause and cure of piles, sent free by ad dressing Pyramid Drug Co., Marshall, Mich, (formerly Albion. Mich.) PEACE TREATY SIGNED. War Between Turkey and Greece Is Fmrmully Over. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.— The Turk ish legation today received the follow ing: "Constantinople, Dec. 4. — Th? den nite treaty of peace between the sub lime porte and Greece has been signed this day." THE SAINT PAUL GLOBE: SUNDAY, DECEMBER % 189** LOAfl TOTAL HIGH NEW YORK BANKS HAVE NEARLY" SIX HUNDRED MILLION DOL LARS OUT. HEAVY GAIN TN DEPOSITS. THE AGGREGATE INCREASED BY SOME NINETY MILLIONS SINCE LAST MAY. WEEKLY STATEMENT FAVORABLE. -With the Banks Baying: Sterling; Bills, the Outlook I* for Cheap Money Still. NEW YORK, Dec. 3.— The New York Financier says this week: The enor mous balances which the New York banks have been accumulating for the past few months are shown in the clearing house statement for the week. Loans are now within $2,300,000 of the $600,000,000 mark, and deposits are $666,278,600, which is one-third the total individual deposits reported by the 3,610 national banks of the United States Oct. 5 last. The rapid increases made by the banks since May last will be understood better when it is stated that the gain in deposits since that time has been $90,000,000, and in loans more than $89,000,000. Comparative fig ures show that $50,000,000 of this in crease in deposits and $40,000,000 of the loans have been made by one bank, which holds at the present time over $91,000,000 of net deposits. The statement of the banks for the week is favorable. Loans show a con tinued increase, the expansion having been distributed among a larger num ber of institutions than has been the case for some time past. The number of banks clearing through the clearing house has been decreased one, through the absorption of the United States Na tional by the Western National, and the increase of $2,218,300 in the loans and $3,575,000 in the deposits of the latter institution reflect this consoli dation. The increase of deposits for the week is due in great part to special causes, one bank alone reporting an expansion in this item of $6,843,000, which is larger than the combined changes of all the ether banks. This was due to circum stances connected with the Union Pa cific settlements. Five banks gained in deposits nearly $13,000,000, from which it is to be inferred that the deposits of the other fifty-nine banks in the clearing house are about $6,000,000 less than at the end of the previous week. The gain in cash, according to the statement, was $1,166,300, but this, too, seems involved in special transactions. It is known that* the banks received from the interior more than $2,000,000 in excess of shipments, but since one bank alone increased its cash $5,800,000, and the gains made by three amounted to $8,500,000, it follows that the large majority of the banks have decreased their reserves. The statement, taken as a whole, proves the banks to be in strong condition. The larger institu tions are buying sterling bills, and, as the Union Pacific deal has been financ ed without the first suggestion of dis turbance, the outlook is for cheap money for some time to come. NEW BUNKO GAME PLAYED. South Dakota and Michigan Farm ers Are Victimised. CHICAGO, Dec. 4.— The Chronicle says an inventive confidence man from the stockyards and a down-town phy sician who is alleged to be his accom plice were arrested yesterday for clev erly depriving Herman Klepstein, of Groton, S. D., and H. B. Van Patten, of Butler, Mich., of their money. The game was new and worked to perfec tion. Klepstein arrived Monday morning with a load of stock, and after refresh ing himself he began a tour of the stockyards. He was accosted by a suave individual who offered his serv ices in guiding him through the yards. Klepstein was glad to obtain such a guide, but at the same time he made up his mind that he would not allow any man to take advantage of him be cause he was from the country. The two men spent some time in wandering about the yards. The guide proved to be a most interesting com panon and the South Dakota nr.an was charmed, though he could not at first entrely rid himself of suspicion. Dur oing their sightseeing Klepstein hap pened to mention the name of Mont gomery, Ward & Co., with whom he had done business from his native town and whom he intended to visit. He 1 asked the gentlemanly fellow who was piloting him if he knew the firm's address. When this question was asked the guide smilingly drew out a business card, saying: "Yes, I know their ad dress, or ought to, as I am their stock yards agent, and look out for any of their patrons who come into the city this way." This statement relieved the mind of the stockman of all the misgivings he had felt before. To gether the two started down town. The new friend kept telling Klep stein that he was not looking well, though the man insisted that he was feeling perfectly well. But the sup posed agent was so solicitous that the stockman became frightened and they went to the office of Dr. F. M. Steward, in the Lakeside building. The doctor looked at Klepstein. and. as the latter says, advised him to submit to an op eration. Klepstein finally yielded to the doctor, who placed him on his op erating table and proceeded to hold an examination. A brief investigation brought the physician to the conclu sion that Klepstein was seriously ill. When Klepstein got up the doctor handed him a bill for $150. The stockman objected to the pay ment of the bill, but the doctor in sisted. The matter was ended by the turning over of a check for $50 and the signing of a note for the remainder, so Klepstein claims. The doctor wrote out a prescription, and at the drug store where it was filled the charges wore $3.75. Soon after the kind friend who had shown his interest in Klep stein left him, promising ty> meet him at the store of which he was the agent. Klepstein was at the appointed place in the afternoon, but the agent failed to appear, and the inquiries convinced the firm that the farmer was the vic tim of the latest confidence game. De tectives were at once sent out by the firm, and tho guide was found to be a Fred Englehart. The experience of Van Patton was similar to that of Klepstein, though he was not such a heavy loser. He was examined by Dr. Steward and paid some $7 in cash, he claims, signing a note for $143. Both men came to the Thirty-fifth street police station in the afternoon and warrants weie taken out for the arrest of Englehart and Steward. The two men were arrested by Offic?r. c Connors and Wolff, and their case wi' be heard this morning before Justice Wallace. More Money Needed. DES MOINES, 10., Dec. 4.— The report of I flic counnibsiouera of Ckerotwe hospital for the insane has been prepared, and will be submitted to the governor early next week. The commission will report tbe necessity for an appropriation of $208,000 to finish the work on the Institution-, and put It in shape for ocupancy. About $279,000 has been expended on the superstructure to Dec. 1. Three other hospitals in the state and maay county hospi tals are in a crowded condition, and capacity of the new Institution, 800 patients, will relieve the- others. T?he Cherokee hospital la intended for the use;' of patients from coun ties ot the entire northwest section of the state. urn HEAT CURES A SPRAIN. Injured Legrjls Baked In an Oven at a lli«rli Temperature. BERKELEY, Cal., Dec. 4.— E. B. Hinman, a sophomore in the University of California, has had his leg baked in an oven at a tem perature of 300 degrees Fahrenheit, to cure a sprain. This Is 88 degrees higher than the temperature of, boiling water, twice the heat at which meat is ordinarily roasted for the table. The sprain cllsapeared with wonder ful rapidity. The Injured limb was treated in a specially prepared apparatus, consisting of a copper cylinder resting on Iron supports, with a gas burner upderneath. Hinman's leg was wrapped In absorbent cotton and placed in the cylinder, with non-conducting rubber bags closing the interior so that the heat could not escape. After three bakings the sprain was entirely cured. KILLS THE PARASITE SCIENCE POINTS OUT THE CAUSE OF DANDRUFF. PROF. AUSTIN A LUCKY MAN. Thousands of Western People Quit Serine lii on- Their Heads Through His Aid. HE MAY COME TO ST. PAIL. It remains for a North Dakota man to make a discovery that will no doubt result in his name going down to pos terity as one of the discoverers that have made this country famous. It Is said that Prof. J. H. Austin, of Grand Forks, N. D., has made a dis covery which, judging from its impor tance, will rank with the greatest discoveries Of the age. After fifteen years of patient and persevering ex periments he has succeeded in produc ing a drug which .belongs in the same category as the Keeley cure for the liquor habit, antitoxin for diphtheria, etc. The drug, which is a product chiefly of soft coal, with other ingre dients, has the . property of al most instantly curing dandruff, eczema and other affections of the scalp and skin with one or fwo applications, by completely destroying the germs which produce the dis?ass. This remarkable /, ii____!_ / ■•*"' •'#'>( ____2 : - % - < a^^^___l§'' : -J___bl_^' PROP. J. H. AUSTIN. result is accomplished without the slightest injury to the skin. Satisfied that his discovery would prove of in estimable benefit to afflicted mankind, Prof. Austin has. during the past few weeks, treated more than 5,000 people with this wonderful discovery. Among this number have been many Twin City travelers and business men and physicians from all parts of the Red River valley. t The discoverer expects that the man ufacture will • ere long reach huge di mensions, and the few weeks that have elapsed since he put the discovery on the market bears him out in the be lief. At present seven men are engag ed constantly in producing and putting up the medicine. It is guaranteed to stop the failing out of hair in ten days, and many oft the physicians who have tried and tested it are prescribing it to patients:, thus! afflicted. The disy covery acts sure and certain by do* stroying the parasite which destroys the hair. andUhus reaches the desired spot in a very short time. Mr. Austin instructs physicians and barbe rs in the use of the new drug. Prof. Austin is contemplating a visit to St. Paul. NOVAK SENTENCED. Hard Labor for Life the Penalty for j Him Crime VINTON, 10.. Dee. 4.— The motion for new { trial in the ease of Frank A. Novak, con- j vioted of murder in the second degree, was , today overruled and the court passed sen- ' tence that he be confined to hard labor in the penitentiary at Anamcs-a for the period of his natural life. The prisoner showed little emotion on the passing of the sentence and declared that he was innocent. DEFENSE HAMPERED. Lnetjrert Has No Money to Pay for Expert Testimony. CHP'AGO. ne^. 4.— The defense in tho ! Leutgert ease is likely to be greatly ham- j pered in the matter of expert testimony. It i came to light during the proceedings today that Prof. John H. Long, of the Northwestern : university, has practically refused to have : any connection wfth the present trial. Prof. Long was one of -the prominent experts on {lie former trial, and did more work in the case ; than any other expert, with the possible ex- j ivption c-f Dr. Kiez. For his services on j the former trial Prof, Long was paid $300. | In his researches he spent much more than j this sum. According to the attorneys for the defense, there is no money available to recompense him for any further services. In addition to this, during the major portion of the former hearing it was vacation time j in college, and Prof. , Long had time to de vote to scientific investigations. Owing to j his college duties now he does not feel that he would be warranted, it is said, in neg lecting work for which- he is paid in the in terest of other person*. DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED | by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased 1 'portion of the ear. j There is only one Why to cure deafness, i and that is by constitutional remedies, j Deafness is caused- by an inflamed , condition of the mucous lining of the • Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets j inflamed you 'have 'a rumbling sound or imperfect hearirig, and when it is entirely closed deafness is the result, and unless tile inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its j normal condition, hearing will be de stroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is noth- j ing but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circular.-, free. •iP. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists. Sc. ; \ Hall's Family Pills are t4* best PliflGl|iG Tflß "ADS" TWIN CITY RAILROAD REPRESEN TATIVES REVISE THE LIST OF STATE PAPERS IN WHICH THEY DO BUSINESS. NO MEDIUM ADMITTED WITHOUT THE UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF ROADS AROUND THE LOCAL OFFICES. Transcontinental Lines Will Begin to Prepare for Next Spring's Alaska Trade. The Twin City Advertising associa tion, consisting of the men who con tract for what advertising the Twin City railroads do, met yesterday at the Ryan hotel, and now "Cal" Stone, of the St. Paul & Duluth, is president, and Moses Folsom, of the Great North ern, Is secretary. The meeting was well attended, the following men rep resenting the interests of their lines: C. R. Wilkinson, Burlington; J. P. El mer, Great Western; W. H. Dixon, Mil waukee; W. A. Tucker, Omaha; Moses Folsom, Great Northern; Olin D. Wheel er, Northern Pacific; A. B. Cutts, Min neapolis & St. Louis; C. E. Stone. St. Paul & Duluth; Herman Brown, Wis consin Central. The list of mediums, comprising the Twin City dailies and some of the leading weeklies, etc., to the number of fifty, was carefully gone over, and It was decided that hereafter no new medium can be admitted to the charm ed list save by a unanimous vote at one of the quarterly meetings, which are to be held the first Tuesdays in March, June, September and Decem ber. No publication will be at all con sidered unless it shall have been print ed regularly for six months, and cases where publishers misuse transportation furnished, their publications are drop ped from the list, and all lines noti fied. Several new publications were added to the list at the meeting yes terday. TROUBLE IS IN STORE. Serious Competition for the Trans continental Roads. CHICAGO. Dec. 4.— lt is possible that, in the near future, the transcon tinental roads will be compelled to meet the same trouble that has caused the roads between Chicago and Mis souri river points to reduce their freight rates. The arrangements that the steamship companies have made between New York and the Gulf of Mexico ports and from there to San Francisco with the Southern Pacific have proved so satisfactory to ship pers that it is altogether likely that they will send much freight in that way if they are not afforded equal rates via the direct rail routes. Freight shipped by steamer from New York via Houston to San Fransisco, has been carried through in nine and ane-half days, which is fast enough for the average shippers and with lower rates this method of getting freight to the Pacific coast is bound to prove a strong competitor of the straight rail routes. The Western Passenger men are watching the course of the Union Pa cific with great interests and many of them admit that its course under the new management will for the next few months shape the course of its competitors. Some of the passenger n«n expect, it to cut the rates and otbx rs are claiming that it will be han dled in a conseivative manner, the men of the latter opinion being in a decided majority. It is admitted on all sides that the stand the Union Pacific will assume toward the passenger as- j sociations will have very much to do with the reorganization of the Trans continental Passenger association and with the future of the Western Pas senger association as well. Gross earnings of seventy-nine roads for the month of November were $9. --118,056, an increase of a trifle over I*s per cent over the aggregate earnings of the same roads for the same month of last year. East-hound freight shipments for the week ending Dec. 2. amounted to 52,795 tons, compared with 44,661 tons last week and 72.166 tons the corres ponding week last year. Divided among the different roads as follows: Michigan Central, 4.642 tons; Wabash. 4.444; Yake Shore. 6.903 : Fort Wayne, 10,604; Panhandle, 8,068; Baltimore & Ohio, $.604; Chicago & Grand Trunk, A 085; Nickel Plate, 3,522; Chicago & Krie, 4.426; Rig Four, 2.427. The Lake lines carried 135,400 tons. CHRISTMAS EXCURSIONS. Tickets From liie Northwest to Can ada on Sale. Tomorrow, tickets for the annual ex cursion business from tho Northwi st to points in the eastern end of Cana- j dian dominion will bo placed on .«ale I at the usual reduced rate, and already j the various interested lines have laid i | plans by which they hope to secure I their share of the traffic. The tickets which are good going 1 from the 6th until the end of the pres- e nt month, are good returning, for ninety days, and the rate of .S4O has ; been made for the round trip. The business is brought in from Oa | nadian points by the Northern Pacific, I Great Northern and Son lines and ] turned over to some of the Chic ago lines who. in turn, use the Grand i Trunk and Wabash back to the east : crn Canadian points of destination. < j There if a hot scramble for the busi ! ness each year, and the travelling pas- . ■ senger representatives are put to their • best efforts to keep up with the keen j comptition of their fellows. UNION PACIFIC GOSSIP. Mr. Winter Still the Favorite at Omaha Headquarters. OMAHA. Neb.. Dec. 4. — Gossip re- j garding the presidency of the reorgan- , ized Union Pacific was very active hi : ; Omaha railway circles today. Thomas j M. Orr, assistant secretary of the Union i Pacific executive department, has been i 1 suddenly called to New York, but the j ! reason for his unexpected trip cannot be learned here. While at Union Pa- ; cific headquarters it is still believed i that Edwin W. Winter will be the next : president. Those who have heralded i the election of Horace G. Burt had ! their belief strengthened today when it j I was announced that on his recent visit j I here he made application for his former i j residence in this city, which he still ! | owns. There is considerable anxiety at ; j local headquarters of the Union Pa j cific, as it is believed that the coming ' : of either Winter or Burt as president ; ! will immediately be followed by a num- : I ber of official decapitations. SALE OF BONDS. Twenty Million Dollar Block Dls- : posed of l».v Northwestern. NEW YORK. Dec. 4— The Chicago & I Northwestern railway has disposed of , | $20,000,000 of 3V_ per cent gold bonds, ; i which are to be used for refunding purposes, being offered in exchange for j ' bonds of the company maturing at | ca ly periods at fixed rates of exchange, j The total issue of the new general I mortgage, which matures in 1997, will ! be $105,000,000, and the outstanding j bonds maturing at various dates for re tirement, of which the new issue is destined, amount to $131,640,00. NEED A SPRING TARIFF. Transcontinental People to Prepare for Expected Business. When the transcontinental people get to gether at the Planters' hotel in St. Louis this week there promises to be "a hot time" in fact. The expected movement to the Pa cific coast induced by the Alaskan gold dis coveries has made the cross-country roads realize the need of some compact or agree ment for the spring traffic. An effort will be made to reconstruct the old Transcontinental Passenger association, which the Canadian Pacific bursted so Incontinently some time ag-o. Now come the C. P. again and at the outset threaten to smash everything by in sisting not only upon being allowed a dif ferential on Pacific coast business, which the Northern Pacific and Great Northern people say is out of th« question, but that all fa vors granted tbe main line shall hold for the Soo Pacific branch. The Canadian road in substance asks that the old differential shall apply on Alaskan business and surface indications are that there will be a big howl. Trains Delayed. OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 4.— The railroads cen tering in Omaha report from six to eighteen inches of snow along their respective lines. There have been no blockades as yet. but all trains are from one to two hours late. In the southwestern part of the state, west of Alliance, on the Burlington, there is but little snow. The greatest fall is leported from the branch lines of the Union rac-ifn- in the central part of the state north of Grand Island. The morning trains from Chicago were about an hour late. The express train of the Omaha road from St. Paul was an hour and a half late. The Union Pacific's afternoon train from the we«t was three hours late. Railway Notes. General Passenger Agent J. C. Pond, of the Wisconsin Central, was here yesterday from Milwaukee. General Passenger Agent B. N. Austin, of the Baltimore & Ohio, who spent a day or two in St. Paul, left last night for Chicago. General Passenger Agent Whitney, of the Great Northern, is homo from Chicago. Walter Wyand, passenger representative of the Michigan Central. leaves tonight for thy North, on Canadian excursion business. The executive committee of the Western Passenger association will, Tuesday, try to perpetuate the peace just patched up on St. Paul fares, and to that end will endeavor to bring into the association certain St. Paul line 3 now outside its charmed circle. "It is more than likely that to these smaller lines will be conceded a fixed pen entape of the business as the only cement that will stick." A regular meeting of the rate committee of the Western Joint Traffic association will be held Thursday in Chicago. STILLWATER NEWS. PriNon City lias a Klondike*. Who Refuses to Talk. Thomas Barrett, who has spent many years in the West, and whose travels, it is said, carried him into Alaska and tiie famous Klon dike country, returned home yesterday, look ing rugged and healthy and seemingly able to witlistand almost any kind of weather. A Globe correspondent found him at The borne of his parents on West Myrtle street, spending the afternoon with his parents and other relatives. Mr. Ilarrett was naked lor | on account of his travels, particularly in so j far as they relate to the new gold lields. j but he refused to give up a word of Informa tion, lie said he had nothing to say for publication, and wouldn't tell when he had .eft the Klondike country, or what he in tended to do in the future. One of the most important law suits in the I Wansington county district court for years ia now on trial before Judge Crosby and a j jury at the court house. It is the case of Dennis Boyle vs. the Cable Lumber com- • pany, of Davenport, 10., and is a test case | to test the right of the Northwestern Boom , and Darn company to charge a toll of 10 cents per ihr,u;and feet on all logs coming through the dam at Rutledge. Mr. Boyl» logged for j the ('able Lumber company, and when time came for a settlement the company dedm ted i.i ■ <nts per thousand from th" contract price, holding that the dam and boom com pany had charged them that much for the logs that came through. The sum Involved in thia ease Is about ?322. but that is only a fraction of what the dam and h »m company cairns from other Stillwater loggers who have ot, crated on Kettle river for years and whose logs have come through the dam. A prominent logger stated yesterday that In his estimation not less than 100,000,000 teet of logs had been cut on Kettle river, and that if the company had v right to rharge a [ toll on the Cable Lumber logs, they also had a right to charge toll on all other logs that passed through the dam. Sti Iwater lodge, B. P. o. E., will hold its annual lodge of sorrow this afternoon, and the memorial address will be delivered by Krc-d C. took. of Minneapolis. An excellent musical programme bus also been prepared for the occasion. MP ■; Anna Xels'.n has returned from an extendi i vhrit at South Bend, Ind. Miss Nellie ('lough, of West Palm B ach, K:.c, was a guest, of MiflS Ruth Dutcher dur ing the week. Miss Florence Hassc-tt entertained th B. B. club Thursday aftenuon. Mrs. J. C. O'Gorman ha; returned f:o;n Washburn, Wis. Mrs C C. Bauerman. of Lake City, wis a guest Ot Mr. anfl Mr*. T. H. Warren dur ing the week. , Misses Margie and Gerturde Mosler re turned to Xorthtield on Moo-day, to attend Carlton ccrilege. Re.- S J. Kennedy will occupy the pulpit at the Fir =t. Presbyterian church today. The Married Ladles' Euchre club was • n tcrtalntd by Mrs. B. D. Bufflngton Wednesday after-coon. , . The Parish Aid Society of the Epiw ipal Church, met with Mrs. W. H. I'iatt Thurs day afternoon. The Kpworth league gave a gramapbone • n tertaimnent at the Methodist church Friday ev-rtng. Refreshments were served. Btillwater Lodge, l f . P. 0. 8.. will give two minstrel performances at the Grand ii(.u.-,e on Tuesday ar.d Wednesday of this week, and the rehe.ars.ils Indicate thai tfl i performances will be fine. A number of young men in the city are assisting the Elks. The reserved seat sale begins this morn ing and a pari of the parquet will be re served for the St Paul contingent The North Hill and Sitllwatcr Gun dubs , have consolidated under the name of th= Stillwater Gun eltfb. The new club will have a membership of about thirty-live. In the district court yesterday !l '- jury in ; the case of Horace Vollgny vs. the Stillwal r Water company, returned a verdict In favor . of the plaintiff fcr $500. The case will prob- ] ably be appealed. PRO-CUBAN SESTIMENT. X In Very Strong in Both the Mouse niul Senate. NEW YuKK, Dec. 4.— A special to th" Herald from Washington says: Pro-Cuban sentiment in stronger in both houses of congress, but the dis position of many of the senators and representatives to delay action pending the trial l>y Spain of the new policies of the Sagasta ministry, and the Influ ence of the administration and of the conservative leaders in both bouses, will lie able to prevent any action. Tins'- are the conclusi ins arrived ;it as Uhe result of conversations with practi cally all of the senators and represent atives who have arrived In Washing ton. The men talked with repr sent all Darties ar.d all shades of opinion, and Ihi-ir statements can be accepted as; fairly indicating: the filing on the question. Out of twenty-eight senators seen, fourteen are against ;.< tion of any kind by congress at this time. Six ' are in favor of action, hut do not be lieve it is possible, and eight are unre servedly in favor of immediate action. Among the members of the- house of representatives seen, the proportion of those in favor of action is rather larg er than among the senators. This is accounted for in a large measure by the fact that a majority of those Bet a are Democrats and Populists who are J opposed to the policy of the admires tration. It must be borne in mind, however, that the hou.se or' represent*- \ tives is practically powerless to act in j opposition to the will of the speakc-r I and the party leadeis, if they arc sup- j ported by a large percentage of the membership. The speaker and Chairman Hitt, of the committee en f-;r<ign affairs, are opposed to action. The Republican ma jorlty of the committee is in accord with Mr. Hitt, and the speaker, backed up by this committee, can hold an, Cuban resolution back Indefinitely un- • less the pressure for action should be come much stronger than it is at the present time. Only »7.00 to Chicago Via Burlington Route with the fin< at electric-lighted and steam-he. trains on earth. Tickets on Bale Wednesday, December Ist, :it 400 Rob ert St. (Hotel Ryan) and Union Depot. ! SrllTH & FARWELL CO.'S CHRISTMAS SUGGESTIONS. Our store is full of desirable and durable things suitable for Christmas % -'# ■ China Closets, Buffets and Sideboards, Everything- in these lines is fresh and new. Choice pieces in Flem ish for dining- room or hall, odd or in sets. A Sideboard in solid oak and bevel mirror for only $8.75 — and at every grade above this up to $12). Dining: Chairs, solid oak, cane seat. 85c. Box Seat Dining Chairs, high back, $1.85 each. 35aj_i______3_^ j yj[j___P fESI OfiBISETS \ LBDIES' HP^i DESKS Are also very attractive jusl at present. If you are thinking of these, best to select nt once from the complete line; and by no means think of buying: before you see the 37.50 Lady.-. Desk in polished oak, mahogany, forest green, English oak, or Flemish. It':, a perfect little gem for a present. REED (igft ROCKERS ISH[ Last Year's WJ\O3p j Prices. The now, up-to-date reed goods arc fully one-half old pruts, or the prices asked by people who are carrying over old stock. SOLID IB ROCKERS fg% With heavy j/Lfjffi^' \t /" '-' sole leather aP**^ (ap^ scat, bright antique finish or imitation ma hogany. I Vice, This line is larger than ever before. Here you cannot hut be pl< "Srff" PARLOR /MX tableSi tiLs~.fl -^ \ rhis Table. 16- I'.-.-r^- -^-_«__^ inch square, O^* in oak or ma hogany. Price, only GjGi (>r 18-inch square, price only Bjo. This is the starting point of an end less variety, covering all and all the new finishes. Hand some Tabourette Palm Stands, only 31.49. Card Favors and Prizes. We make special prices to card clubs or those wanting car ! prizes on cur very large line of odd China and Bric-a-Brac, Clocks, Lamps, Ash Trays, To bacco Boxes, etc. Special for Babies FREES A handsome Christmas Book to please the children — free with all purchases. Be sure and ask for this SfflitSt & Farwell Co., 6th Is Minnesota, Complete Housefurnishers.