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Volume YII. ON THE BRINK OF WAR JAPANESE FLEET OF WAR READY FOR ACTION. Two or the Finest Ships In the Narj In cluded Iu the Group of Japanese Ves sel"—Dissolution of the Diet Due to the BIse of the War Spirit. The sudden dissolution of the Japan ese diet was due to the war spirit. It is expected that the Japanese fleet will attempt to prevent the landing of rein forcements from Odessa for the protec tion of the Russian Transasiatic railway in Manchuria. A dispatch to The Times from Kobe, Japan, says the dissolution of the diet has angered the political parties. It is probable that the Marquis Ito, former premier and Count Okuma, a former foreign minister, will form a ministry with a vigorous foreign policy. The military party is eager for action, ex traordinary activity prevails at the British Force Landed. thr government of Corea into the hands of the Russian minister. The protest According to a dispatch to the Daily Mail from Shanghai, it is reported there from reliable sources that a British force landed at Chemulpo on Saturday and caused the reinstatement of Mc Leavy Brown. The sauie dispatch re fers to "a native rumor that the union jack has been hoisted on an island in the mouth of the Yang-tse-Kiang. Baltic and Black Sea Canal. WASHINGTON, Dec. 25.—The Russian government will begin next spring a stupendous piece of work, which, like the Trans Siberian railroad, will be of great strategic and commercial value to her when completed. The SPAIN IS UNDULY EXCITED. No Cause For Resentment In Woodford's Latest Note. WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—The officials here are somewhat surprised at the ex hibition of feeling at Madrid over the latest note of Minister Woolford, de livered to the Spanish foreign office the day before Christmas. The most forci ble statement in the note is based upon the facts collected and published re cently by the United States^ treasury de| partment, exhibiting the great expense to which the United States had been put by reason of its efforts to patrol an enormous coast line in the pursuit of a few filibusters, and the remarkable suc cess of the government officials in stop ping these expeditions, as contrasted with the feeble efforts of the Spanish authorities to maintain a patrol around the island of Cuba. Uncle Sam and China. NEW YORK, Dec. 28.—According to a Washington correspondent, of The ^°rld Sen a t°r I SHIPS' LONDON, Dec. 29.—A special dispatch from Shanghai dated Tuesday says: It is reported that a Japanese fleet of war ships is waiting near Goto island, out side Nagasaki, fully equipped for war and only awaiting instructions. This inclndes the Yashima and the Fuji, two of the finest vessels in the Japanese navy, and the Chen Yuen, that was captured from China. The Japanese fleet, it is understood, is acting in close muruera touch with the British squadron, under attached to the cruiser Vice Admiral Sir Alexander Buller, punished for his crime, commander-in-chief of the China sta tion. Japan will certainly oppose a permanent Russian occupation of Port Arthur. 1 is specially directed against the dismis-i r. sal of McLeavy Brown, British adviser Polsons arsenic, mercury to the Corean customs, in favor of the Russian nominee. The news has pro duced consternation at Seoul, which is heightened by the knowledge that Japan has a fleet of 30 warships await ing the result of the British representa tion that Japan fully supports. Japan is irritated by the arrival of Russian troops in Corea and it is believed that she will oppose them. 1 project con- templates the construction of a canal tinnnp/lHnar t.lio Ttalfin on/I -V.„ connecting the Baltic and the Black seas, which can be traversed by battle ships of the heaviest tonnage at six knots per hour. By means of this canal Russia will be able to mobilize a huge fleet in the Baltic in one night. In case of a general European war over the division of China at the time of the completion of the canal, it would not be a difficult matter Russia to send her fleet there, is officially stated there that the canal when com pleted will connect the cities of Riga, on the Baltic, and Cherson, on Black sea. Mo rgan of --V »v vuc be brought into court again this morn- military and naval depots and warships ing. but owing to the absence of a defi are assembling at Nagasaki. nite report from the chemical expert, the district attorney in all probability will ask that the prisoner be again re manded. Assistant District Attorney LONDON, Dec. 27.—A special dispatch from Snanghai says: "It is reported that 17 British warships are off Che mulpo, Corea, southwest of Seoul, sup porting the British consul's protest, really amounting to an ultimatum, against the king's practically yielding v-avwQu Alabama, the committee on foreurn relations, the committee on foreign relations, Haid last night that it would be impossible for the United States to remain com placent should the European nations undertake the dismemberment of China. Senator Morgan said: "If partition in volves the abrogation of treaties this country would be left to make terms again with each European nation separ-. ately in the territory to which its sov-! ereignty extended. Therefore, unless the powers now ambitious for territor ial extension take into account the im portance of American commercial rela tions with China it will be necessary for the government to intervene in self defense." I Japan Will Prosecute Kpps' Murderer. WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—Japan has ta ken measures to comply with the de mand of the United States that the murderer of Frank Epps, an apprentice a^e Olympia, be A cablegram received at the navy department from Rear Admiral McNair states that the murderer of Epps has been lodged in jail in Nagasaki, and will be prosecuted in accordance with Japanese criminal procedure. The action of the Japanese in prosecuting the murderer will end the incident unless Epps' mother should submit a claim for indemnity. MAY FACE CHARGE OF MURDER. Thr«« Distinct Poisons Found In the Body of Zanoli's Fourth Wife. NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—Three poisons have been discovered as a re sult of chemical analysis in the body of the fourth wife of Charles Zanoli, who collected insurance money on the lives of at least seven persons. Zanoli will Van Wyck, who has the Zanoli case in charge, had a long interview with the professor in the laboratory last night. He called there by appointment to learn if possible if enough progress had been ma~e t*ie distinct AIUU tn~.ri11 analysis to furnish infor- matlon on whif,h haco Tr,'WQ mation on which to base a more serious charge against Zanoli. He did learn and zinc, had been discovered, but un I til he had information to dispel the doubt as to whether or not the poisons may have been part of the embalming fluid used, he would not change the charge standing against the barber,who had collected so many life insurance policies. FIRE ADDS TO GENERAL DESTRUCTION Terrible Natural Gas Explosion at Chicago Fire and One Seriously Hurt. CHICAGO, Dec. 2b.—Fire broke out shortly after 4 o'clock yesterday after noon in the basement of the 5-story building at 104 Madison street, the first floor aud basement of which were oc cupied by the Tosetti Cafe and Restau rant company, and the second floor by the billiard parlors of Frank Mussey. The blaze was insignificant at first and a crowd of people gathered oq the sidewalk in front of the building to watch the work of the firemen. About a dozen policemen were busily engaged in pushing back the throng when a terrific explosion of natural gas WJ1C11 a lt51 too]c c,ce T1 1. I he building was badly wrecked, the windows, window gratings, sidewalk lights and manhole covers were hurled into the air and fell among the crowd. Dozens of people were thrown from their feet and 22 were injured, only one of them being seri udy hurt.. Strengthening New Wire Trust. CLEVELAND, Dec. 27.—There is talk among steel men of a further extension of the scope of the new wire trust. It is now said that efforts will be made to induce all the steel billet mills in the country to ally themselves with the trnst, not as members, but as contribu tors. The trust will seek to induce the manufacturers of billets to promise not to sell to wire manufacturers that may possibly start outside of the trust, and in return the trust will promise to take billets from all these manufacturers as it may need them. The object of this is to keep the billet makers in good humor to prevent them going into the wire business themselves. Those who are closest to the sources of information express the greatest faith in the carry ing through of the plans of the trust, and it may be said the plans are pro gressing favorably. I Stricken While In His Private Car. SAN ANTONIO, Dec., 25.—S. H. H. Clarke, one of the receivers of the Union Pacific and one of the directors of the International and Great North ern and Texas Pacific road, arrived here this morning. Before he could leave his private car and go to his hotel, where. apartments were engaged, he Fearless 01a.a,m.picaa. of En-u.aao.a,n. I3igrla.ts. Rapid City [Black Hills], South Dakota, Friday, Dec. 31, 1897. was taken not sluce oeen leave the car. Mr. Clark has been in poor health for some time aud bad come here in the hopes of spending a few days and going to a ranch south of here, where he was to spend the winter. If his condition does not im prove within the next few days he will be taken to his home in Omaha. Ratcliffe Given Six Months* NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—Edward J. Ratcliffe, the actor, who was found guilty of assault in the third defree for striking his wife, was today sentenced to six months in the penitentiary. Meat For Russian Soldiers. MELBOURNE, Dec. 27.—The govern ment of New South Wales is arranging to supply frozen meat to the Russian authorities at Vladivostock. WHEAT CLOSES AT AN ADVANCE. Statistics Were Bearish But Letter Influ ence Counterbalanced It. CHICAGO, Dec. 28.—Wheat opened firm to day and closed at advance for May, and lo higher for December, but it liad several radi cal changes of feeling during the session. Sta tistics were bearish, but the influence of strong coarse grain markets and support from the Leiter party counterbalanced this in the end. Corn closed without change. Oats gained to %c. Provisions were firm until near the end, when they became heavy an^ closed 2J^c to 6c lower, losing price: WHEAT—Dec., 99^c May, 94^c. CORN—Dec., 27%c May, AO^gc. OATS—Dec., 22%c May, 24c. POBK—Jan., »8.70 May, 18 7714. LARD—Jan., $4.52^®1.55 May, $4.67^(^4.70. BIBS—Jan., *4.85@4.87H May, #4.50@4.52^. Cash quotations: No. 2 red wheat, 98c No. 8 red, K)@B4c No. 2 spring, 88@89c No. 8 spring, 80@86c No. 2 hard winter, 89c No. 3 hard winter, 81@87c No. 1 new spring, 98c: No. 2 oorn, 27^c No. 2 oats, 23J4@23^c. South Omaha Live Stock. SOUTH OMAHA, Dec. 28.— Cattle—Receipts, I.ftJO active, steady native beef steers, $3.75 @4.80 western steers, $3.60@4.20 Texas Bteers, $3.00®3.6J cows and heifers, $3.00&3.90 can ners, $2.00®2.9G stockers and feeders, $3.5D@ 4.40 calves, *4.00@6.iW bull, etc., $2.OO@3.0O. Hogs—Receipts, 5,600 shade higher heavy, $3.25(®a.a5 mixed, $3.25®3.aj light, $3.85@3.45 bulk of sales, Sheep—Receipts, 2.10U stronger fair to choice natives, $3.75'g 4.40 fair to choics westerns, $3.60@4.2J com mon and stock sheep, $3.00(§K90 lambs, $4.0U@ 6.50. Chicago Live Stock. CHICAGO. Dec. 28.—Hogs—lieceipts, 18,000 fairly active?-2^@5o higher light, W.35® @3.55 mixed, $3.40(®it.574 heavy, #3.3j@3.67J^ rough, $3.30@J.35. Cattle—Receipts, 3,000 Kteady beeves, $3.70(g)5.3J cows and heifers, II.80(®4 50 Texas steers, $3.2j.un.25 stockers lud feeders, Jf3.20@4.25. Sheep—Receipts, 12, WJ steady: natives, *^.90@4.7o westerns, $3.00 &4.50 lambs, $4.25@5.8a. St. Louis Grain. ST. LOPIS, Dec. 28.—WHEAT—Unsettled No. 3 red, cash, elevator, 97/4 trade, 98c Oec., 08c Jan., «5c May, 97^c July, 81^c No. hard cash, 8Sc. CORN Better No. 2 cash.i!Ge Dec.,25J4c Jan., May, 2fiVgc July, UAI'S—Beitir No. 2 cash, WALCOTT-TRACY FIGHT A DRAW. Decision of the Referee Accepted as Emi ntly Fair by the Crowd. CHICAGO, Dec. 2S.—Joe Walcott and Tom Tracy met last night for six rounds in the Winter Circus builciiug at Har mon court and Wabash avenue. The decision of the referee was a draw, the decision being accepted as eminently a fair one by the crowd. Before the fight it was announced that if Walcott won the light he was open to fight for the middleweight championship of the world, "and," said Sol Van Praag, who made the announcement, "he has posted $1,000 with Louis Houseman of Chicago a or it a re id This was s-reeted with jeers l.y the crowd and loud cries of "Lavigne, La vigne." O'Rourke then authorized the announcement that Walcott was matched to fight Kid Lavigne at 137 pounds, the fight to come off Feb. Tracy between as 22 San Francisco. Walcott was the first! in the ring and was followed quickly I by Tracy. In the latter's corner were Billy O'Council, Joe Choynski and! Billy Stift. Behind Walcott were Bob Armstrong, Billy White and Tom 0'R,ourke. Gnn :e acted as ref eree. Wale .jui weighed very close to" 150, 143 in 1 and 145. SOCIETY YOUNG LADY SUICIDES. Shock of Tragic D«*"t'i «f Miss Herbert Leads to I.M Deed. •WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—The recent tragic death of Miss Lelia Herbert, the daughter of the ex-secretary of the navy is given the reason for the suicide which occurred today of Miss Annie Virginia Weils, an accomplished young society woman and daughter of Mr. Lewis S. Wells, a well known at torney. The young woman shot her self through the heart with her brother's revolver at the residence of her father, 1311 N. street, northwest. Miss Wells had met Miss Herbert a number of timtes and was very much attached to her, She hex-self had been confined to the house for months by illness, and this combined with the shock caused by the death of her friend brought on melancholia which resulted in suicide. The deed was apparently entirely unpremeditated, and .coming Ijillo Union. immediately after Christmas festivities in the house, completely prostrated her aged mother. Mrs. Wells was 33 years of age and very beautiful. NEW REMEDY FOR APOPLEXY. Hole Cut lu the Head to Allow Blood to Escape. NEW YORK, Dec. 28.—One of the most notable operations performed re cently, and one which may furnish a precedent for the treatment of apoplec tic cases, in which the pressure of a clot of blood formed on the brain can be lo calized, took place at the New York post-graduate hospital. When the pa tient was seized, his physician discov ered that he was dying. It was de cided to perform an operation as quickly as possible. The skull was trephined, and the clot of blood, caused by the bursting of some of the smaller arteries on the right side of the head, was al lowed to escape. Some 80 seconds after the brain pressure, which was kill ing the patient, had been removed, his pulse and respiration, which had al most stopped, began to approach their normal actions. From that time he has steadily improved. Cubans Are Starving. WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.—The most profound distress prevails among many thousands of people in Cuba. Starva tion not only impends, but is an actual fact. The president has been informed of the facts from sources whose credibil ity cannot be doubted. He has gone to the length of his constitutional power in calling the state of affairs to publio attention. The state department has exhausted its power and the letter to the public sent out by Secretary Sher man the day before Christmas pointed out the way to further alleviate the miserable condition of the reconcen trados. Yesterday Assistant Secretary Day received the sum of $8,000 from certain charitably disposed persons, whose names are not disclosed, and this sum will be remitted by telegraph to Consul General Lee. It is hoped by the state depaiflment that the Ameri can people will come to the relief. Gage Has Not Resigned. WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—Secretary Gage was seen on his return from New York and questioned as to the truth of the published report that he had ten dered his resignation to the president and that it had been firmly declined with many expressions of confidence and appreciation of his ability as shown in his administration of the treasury department. Mr. Gage was not in clined to discuss the matter at length, but said that he had not tendered his resignation nor had he any reason to believe that he and the president were not in substantial accord on the great question now before the country. The report, he said, probably sprung from a remark he had made to intimate friends, to the effect that not for any thing would he embarrass the president and if he saw he was doing this he would resign a once. Luetgert CeleUrates His Birthday. CHICAGO, Dec. 28.—Yesterday was Luetgert's 52d birthday and while his trial was in sessiou before Judge Gary 1i -0 wore arose in his buttonhole to cele brate event. He was in a good humor and frequently laughed as Mrs. Agatha Tosch told of damaging state ments he hal made to her. She was on the stand nearly all day' aud was fol lowed by C. Clark and Swan Nelson, clerks, through whom Luetgert pur chased the potash and the arsenic. John Bialk, the last witness of the day, told of meeting Luetgert in Tosch's saloon, when Luetgert asked him v. hat the police wanted of his father, and also ur ed the son to tell the old watch man to come and see Luetgert. It was through the son that Luetgert went to the watchman's house on the occasion jvhen Klinger was under the bed and leard the conversation. The Union Xabeli President Edgar A. Perkins of the In diana State Federation of Labor in his annual message read before the late con vtntion at Marion, Ind., had the follow ing to say of the use of union labels and boycotts: "Nothing offers more for the energy expended in extending its influence than does the union label. Without going into extended remarks on the question, it can be said that it is oae of the chief egencies in furthering our cause. It makes it possible for us to use our pow er for consumers, a force that can be wielded to iucalculable benefit. There can be no doubt of *he fairness of a product if it bears the union label. i.'berefore, (he agitation in favor of the label should be continued with renewed vigor. The returns offered are large for the investment." Number 52. BURT IS THE MAN. SUCCEEDS CLARK AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNION PACIFIC. Hughltt of Northwestern and Miller or Milwaukee Are Member.! of Board of Directors—No Change In Policy of Com pany Announced—Place for Mink. NEW YORK, Dec. 28.—It is officially announced that Horace G. Burt, third vice president of the Chicago and Northwestern railway, has been se lected for the presidency of the Union Pacific Railway company. Mr. Burt'* election as president is expected to car ry into effect the policy determined npon by the reorganization committeer when it was supposed that Mr. Clark would be able to continue in the man agement of the property, but which is impossible owing to Mr. Clark's ill health. The board is to include Wins low S. Pierce, chairman, James Still man, Marvin Hughitt, Roswell Miller, E. M. Harriman, Louis Fitzgerald, Henry B. Hyde, John W. Doane, Otto H. Kahn, T. Jefferson Coolidge, Jr., George J. Gould, Oliver Ames, George Q. Cannon and Jacob H. Schiff. Oliver W. Mink is to be vice president, in. charge of the New York office. More than a fortnight ago, when it was announced that Mr. Burt would be chosen to the presidency of the Union Pacific as reorganized, strenuous de nials came from many quarters. It was. alleged that Mr. Burt was so closely al lied with what are called "the Vander bilt interests" that to make him presi dent of the Union Pacific would be to place that line practically under the same management as the New York Central, the Lake Shore and the Chi- cago and Northwestern. It was further asserted that this would be a mistaken policy, as it would tend to take from the Union Pacific support which it has hitherto received from the Bock Island,. the Burlington, the St. Paul and other great roads that center in Council Bluffs as their principal Mis souri river point. It was pointed out that all these roads had terminals at Kansas City and could throw a large volume of Pacific coast bound business that way. The opinion in New York is that the new directory has been carefully made up so as to discount any of the above al leged objections to Mr. Burt as presi dent. All the great roads seem to be represented directly or indirectly in the new directory. It will be seen that the new board embraces so many whose in terests are opposed to any single or dominant control of the Union Pacific that to call the road a part of the Van derbilt system would not be true in fact or theory. Mr. Burt has been with the North western road for many years. Pre vious to 1888 he was chief engineer of the road. In that year he was ap pointed general manager of the Fre mont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley rail road, part of the Northwestern system, and served in that capacity until a year ago, when he was elected third vice president of the Chicago and North western. 7 ... nor, "Do you lc::f v.-Vvi at 1 have diseevr- ered?" askni the one who was late at the last meeting of the Needlework guild. I don't believe any of you have so much as thought of it. It is the re sult of slumming," 6he added impress ively, and for some reason a little laugh went round the room. "Slumming" for charitable organizations and economic clubs and woman's clubs in general has become such a common thing in Mil waukee lately that it is half a fad and one, unlike the run of fads, to which its followers would a little rather not own. Still they questioned this particular m«mber, since they had learned in ad vance that her discoveries were usually worth recording, 'and when she had drawn on their native sympathy to some length while she told about some de tails she announced her discovery. It was this: "I am ashamed of myself and of all of us," she declared. "We meet here week after week and think "we are do ing our share—as if anybody ever had any particular share—in., helping poor people here in Milwaukee. Well, do you know that at this minute more kind and charitable things are being done by poor people in this town for one another than all that the associated charities and guilds and clubs of the' city together are doing or even finding.' to do?" Dou't Tobacco Spit aud Smoke lour Life A nay. To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag netic, full of life", nerve aud vigor, take No-To Bac, the wonder-worker, that makes weak men strong. All druggists, 60c o'.*CI. Cureguaran teed. Booklet and sample free. Address Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New Yorlt 111 1L zV* el •iS.