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ALL THE NEWS, THE RELIABLE NEWS. THE QUICKEST NEWS. J4BC VOL. XXY. War Department Relieved by News of Geo. Young's Arrival at Vigan. Fnemy Driven Into San Quinten Canyon—Six Hundred Spanish Prisoners Escape. Belief Growing That the Rebellion Is Still Far from Eteing Crushed. Washing-ton, Dec. 7.—To the relief of the war department Young has been heard from, after a week's absence in the interior of Luzon. Otis cabled this morning: "Young reports his arrival at Vigan 011 the evening of the 5th, having en countered a force of the enemy at Nar bacan, twelve miles south of the city, whom he drove to the eastward into San Quinten canyon. His troops are now pressing them back. The country is extremely rough and strongly en trenched. Six hundred prisoners, who escaped, reported that the insurgents allowed all but the American and prominent Spanish prisoners to escape from Bangued. "Later the insurgents were driven back into the mountains. Wi(l send transportation with subsistence and medical supplies to Vigan tomorrow to bring the prisoners to Manila, and sup ply Young's troops with quartermas ter's stores. Our casualties are one killed and twelve wounded, mostly slight. The enemy left in the trenches twenty-five dead, a few rides, several thousand rounds of ammunition and forty shrapnel. Young has suflicient troops to meet all dilficultles." .MOJtE TIMK Ni:iU)KI. Prospcct of Quickly Putting Down Filipino Rebellion Not Lncourac ing. Manila. Dec. 7.—Hope of ending the Insurrection and halting military oper ations in the Philippines, which seemed so bright a few days ago, has again faded Into the uncertain future. Much has been accomplished. During the last few weeks the campaign has been almost phenomenal. In dreadful weather, through a devastated country, across swollen riv ers, along roads that were impassible for wagons, artillery and in some cases for cavalry, the advances of the troops have been so rapid and in so many di rections that they have often been be yond the military telegraph lines, and operations have necessarily been inde pendently conducted by the field com manders. The army is rightfully proud. The insurgents have had a series of routs and disasters. The slaughter has been great. They have lost a large quantity of supplies and munitions of •war, and more than 1,000 of their armed men have surrendered or been cap tured during their retreat in the last few weeks. Their government has been scattered or captured. What of it that is at lib erty is In flight. A portion of Aguinal do's family are in our lines. Aguinaldo himself is a fugitive. Notwithstanding all these things there is no reason for an extremely op timistic view of the situation. Nothing more is heard of having the rebellion stamped out in the course of a few days. That sort of talk only lasted while the insurgent leader was slipping away last week. Field commanders now think that the end is still afar. It is admitted that little is definitely known of the present strength or the •whereabouts of the insurgents. Agul naldo's entire army is estimated at from 20,000 to 30,000 armed men, scat tered throughout the islands. There are 45.000 American soldiers now In the Philippines, 35,000 being in Luzon. These also are greatly scattered'by the recent operations, with the exception of those in Manila, where twelve regi ments are concentrated, so that they seem like a mere handful. Still we hold less than one-third of the area of Luzon, but what we have is ..•the most desirable territory, Indications are that Aguinaldo es caped to the north with a much larger body of troops that was at first sup posed. This force, reported at from 2,000 to 3.000 men, was originally re cruited in the northern provinces and the men are reputed to be good fight ers. Not one of,our columns is in direct contact with the enemy. It is a game of hide and seek and a weary game it is. Here is a statement of the move ments of the various field commanders: Gen. Young with his small force of tired men and animals is slowly follow-, ing the insurgents toward Bangued and has not been heard from for a week. Capt. James B. Erwin, with the Fourth cavalry, is supposed to be hold ing Bayombong in Nueva Vlscaya, There is no Information as to what In surgents are in the northern valley. Gen. Lawton is now coTnlng south toward San Isidro, whence he will push his column directly south on San Mig uel and Norzagong to meet the Amer ican column moving eastward from Bocad. It is his intention to drive the rebel Gen. Pilar into the region north of the lake. Gen. Wheaton Is In Tayug. Most of his troops are in the vicinity are gar risoning near by towns. MACARTHUR AT BAYAMBONG. Gen. MacArthur is on the railroad at Bayambong. Co 1. Bell Is following westward into the mountains the remnants of Gen. Alejandrlno's troops, estimated at 2,800 men. Burt Is moving with a small com mand from Odonnell westward over the mountains to Iba, on the coast. Gen. Grant Is moving from Florida Blanca southward to Balanga, Bataan province. Filipino Police Mutiny. Manila, Dec. T.—There haa been mu Unjr. of the naUve poUce in one of the '/A ORDER THK T.-R. FOR QUICK AND COMPLETE NEWS. IN THE "T.-W.* PER MONTH BV MAIL. SIND aoomaa AND MONtV. (ftieuiu towns of the Island of Negros. An American officer was killed. No par ticulars. FRICK TO FIGHT CARNEGIE. Former Will Hcal Union Steol Com pany, a Lunge A'ew Concern. Pittsburg, Dec. 7.—Following the an* nouncement of the practical retirement of H. C. Frick from the Carnegie Steel Company comes a report that Frick will oppose Carnegie in the business. Some weeks ago the Mellon Bros., bankers, secured a charter for the Union Steel Company, which, it was then reported, was to build a million dollar plant to make wire in opposition to the American Steel and Wire Com pany of Chicago. It is now stated that Mr. Frick, seeing that a separation from Andrew Carnegie was inevitable, was instrumental in forming the new company, the capital of which is to be raised from $1,000,000 to $5,000,000. The Union Company, it is said, will com bine with the Jones & Laughllns, Oli ver Iron and Steel and other compa nies, and put itself in a position to fight the Carnegie Company for trade. Mr. Frlck's retirement from the Car negie Company, It Is said, is due to In ability to get along with Mr. Carnegie. Frick wanted to be aggressive and combine with other large interests, but Carnegie refused to agree to it. The friction between them, it is said, dates from the time Carnegie publicly as sailed President McKinley's war policy. SMALLPOX NOW AT ALVORD. Parents of AffllctiMl tJlilltl Thought it .Measles--Many ICx poped. Sioux City, Dec. 7.—Dr. It. K. Conniff returned yesterday from Alvord. la., where early in the morning he went to investigate a case of smallpox in the family of Thomas Cleary, the victim of the disease being little Dollie Cleary, aged about 10 yearn. It is understood that Mr. Cleary went up into Minnesota several days ago and it is suspected he brought the disease back with him and that the? little daughter contracted It from him. The unfortunate feature about the ease is that the girl had been sick several days before a physician was summoned. Her parents thought she was ill with noth ing more serious than the measles, and neighbors who called at the house agreed with them. It was not until the child was very sick that a doctor was called. The fact that so many people were exposed to the disease has caused much concern. The child attended school just before she was taken sick. There are five or six other children in the family, and the members of the family asso ciated with other people of the town. Since the nature of the disease be came known strict measures to reduce the contagion to a minimum have been instituted. The school has been closed several days, and. of course, a strict quarantine has been placed over the Cleary home and the family. Others who were exposed to the disease have been quarantined, and the quarantine will be strictly enforced. AH the other Cleary children have been taken to the home of ft neighbor, whose house is quarantined among others, Mr. and .Mrs. Cleary are attending the sick child, whoso case, Dr. Conniff says, is a serious one. Alvord is located In Lyon county in the northwest corner of the state. All the smallpox of the last few weeks, with the exception of this case, has been in Buena Vista county. HOLDS OUT FOR PRINCIPLE. Attorney General licniley HcfuseB to Stamp His Ollli'lnl Itoml. Des Moines, Dec.%7.—Revenue Collect or Kirkpatriek came here yesterday with instructions from the cfc-'parirnent to start proceedings against Attorney General liemley to compel him to place a documentary revenue stamp on his official bond. The attorney general has been repeatedly informed he must do so or suffer the law's penalty. He has declined to do so, maintaining that ttu document is a government document, and cannot be taxed by the govern ment. The amount Is only 50 cents, but Mr. Remley refuses to give in and has declared lie will fight to the end for the principle. He says the Indiana supreme court has decided as he holds, but the collector will not recognize less than a federal court decision. There are about 500 cases of similar violations in this county, and the attorney general Is to be dealt with first because of his official prominence. An Insurance Derision, St. Paul. Dec. 7.—Attorney General Douglas has issued his opinion confirm ing decision In a former opinion that the conditional graded commission plan of the Union Is In violation of the anti trust laws of the state. His conclusion is that if the insurance commissioner believes that the plan adopted will oper ate to limit or control open and free competition in the insurance business, he must require companies to withdraw circular letters presented and eliminate the feature which increases commis sions only on condition that a5«?nts rep resent Union companies exclusively. Hike Score. New York, Dec. 7.—The bicycle score at noon: Miller-Waller 1,637, 9 Maya McEachern 1,637, 8 Gimm-Plerce 1,637, 7: Stevens-Turville 1,637, 22 Babcock Stinson 1,637, 1 Schinner-Forster 1, 633, 7. At 2 p. m. the score stood: Miller Waller, 1,672,5: Maya-McEachern, 1, 672,4 Gimm-Fierce, 1,672,3 Flscher Chevallier. 1,672 Stevens-Turville, 1, 671,8 Babcock-Stinson, 1,671,7 Schl ner-For^ter, 1,668.4. Coal Operators Meet. Chicago, Dec. 7.—Fifty soft coal oper ators from all parts of the state are In secret session here today- to discuss plans for a joint conference of employ ers and miners to be held at Indianap olis in January. Cotton Operatives Get lletter Wanes. Boston, Dec. 7.—An advance of 10 per cent in wages to the employes Is being generally announced by the cotton mills In New England. Hepcal Anti-Union Luw. Berlin, Dec. 7.—The reichstag today passed to the third reading the bill re pealing the Jaw prohibiting workman's associations. MIDI IS IE Rumor That the Garrison Has Been Relieved, However, Is Not Credited. MS 'Hi- Gen. Methuen Resumes His Com mand and Is in Communication with Kimberley, News from the teat of War Very Meager News of the Day. London, Dec. 7.—The war office has received the following from Forester Walker, commander at Cape Town, dated yesterday: "Methuen wires that he has assumed command and is in nightly communication with Klmber ley. The health of the troops is excel lent. Pretoria (Wednesday)— Ollicial dis patches from different boer forces say all is quiet except at Kimberley. where an armorer! train made sorties this morning. The Orange Free State has proclaimed annexation of Dordrecht, Cape Colony. The Tugela bridge is so completely ruined as to be a work of great magnitude for either belligerent to restore it. Frere Camp, Natal (Wednesday).—A runner from Ladysmith reports all well. The bomoardment continues, but is Ineffective, the .Boers' shells only hit ting the houses. AH to Liidymnith. London, Dec. 7.—A story is current at Durban that Tuesday the Boers made what is thought to be their final effort to capture Ladysmith. As the story is brought by runners, it should be teceiv ed with reservation. It is to the effect that the Boers opened a furious bom bardment on the morning of Dec. 4 and continued for hours, when the British silenced the Boer guns and made a sor tie. Hard fighting followed, the Boers retreating after losses estimated in the hundreds. London, Dec. 7.—It Is reported from the Orange river today that 107 dead Hier.t were taken to Kaflirskop after the battle of Belmont. London, Dec. 7.—A rumor on the stock exchange that Ladysmith had been relieved aided the markets and caused bidding for South American se curities. Methuen's Probable Movements. London, Dec. 7.—Although London is still practically in the dark as to all that has passed in South Africa since the first of the month, it seems probable that Gen. Lord Methuen has restored the Modder river bridge. No official an nouncement of the fact, however, has yet been made. The troops, meanwhile, are apparently recuperating after the hard work of last week. If they had gone on there would have been a battle or else Kimberley would have been re lieved, and in either case the war office would have given an intimation of the news. The Orange Free State troops have fallen back to Jaeobsdal and may even withdraw to Bloemfontein. Another section of the Boer army has retired to the west, to Douglas, at the junction of the Modder and Vaal rivers, while the third division has retired to the north, effecting a junction with the beseigers of Kimberley and taking a position south of Spytfontein. Thus Gen. Methuen's advance is threatened on the left by the Douglas commando, on the right by that" at Jaeobsdal, while he will have to drive the third from its position on the way to Kimberley. It has been said, however, that his original intention was to move to Jae obsdal and thence to threaten the com munication of the Kimberley besiegers, so as to compel them to raise the seige. Accordingly it is thought possible that instead of pushing on to Kimberley he will first find and attack the Boers re turning to Jaeobsdal. Kimberley's lack of supplies, ho' ever, may render It essential immedi ately to get provisions to the garrison and provide for the withdrawal of non combatants, trusting that the Boers are unnerved by the Modder river, Enslin and Belmont engagements. The best expert opinion here, however, insists that there is no evidence of any severe discomfiture on the part of the Boers. After the Modder river fight it is quite posible that they merely retired from position difficult to retain—retired without loss and in an orderly manner, their power and Inclination to fight un deslroyed. So one may expect to hear of their force showing activity in the near future. Gen. Sir Kedvers P.uller declares that to arrive at the Boer losses one must multiply Pretoria reports by ten. The war office has made public a dispatch from Pietermaritzburg, signed with the name of the commander-in-chief, alleg ing that the burghers' list of dead and wounded already mounts high. The dis patch is dated December 5 and is as follows: "It is very difficult to make any state ment in regard to the enemy's loss. For Instance, at Belmont eighty-one of their dead are accounted for. The enemy gave fifteen as the number killed. There is every reason to believe that the enemy's loss in the fight at Ladysmith November 9 was over 800 killed and wounded. Information from a. trust worthy Boer source shows that at Gen. Hildyard's fight, November 23, the enemy lost thirty killed and 100 wound ed. It is impossible to say how far these numbers are correct, but it is evi dent that the enemy does not admit a tenth of the losses suffered. Intercept ed dispatches to Joubert from a com mander show that even the official dis patches contain decidedly inaccurate information in this respect." Will Mnrryu "llook." Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 7.—It is'"an nounced that in January Miss Susan Tilghman, daughter of Mrs. Richard Tilghman, will be married to Slg. Rod erico Lautl de la Rovera. son of the Iiuca Lautl da la Rovera. The wadding MARSHALLTOWN. IOWA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1899 will be a quiet one, as the Tilghman family is in mourning. Immediately after the ceremony the bride and bride groom will sail for Italy. The family of Rovera is one of the most ancient, in Rome, and in its event ful history can boast of two popes and a, number of cardinals. The mother of the present duke was an American. Miss Tilghman will be received in the Roman Catholic church before her wedding. SELLS WANTS DIVORCE. Millionaire Circus Iun Charges His Wife With Adultery, Columbus, O., Dec. 7.—Peter Sells, the millionaire circus man, has filed a peti tion for divorce on the ground of adul tery, naming William Bolt, of the firm of Bott Bros., and Harris D. Lyons, a prominent railroad man, as co-respond ents. The Mollneux Trial. New York, Dec. 7.—The entire day Wednesday in the trial of ltoland B. Mollneux was taken up in the examina tion of Rudolph Heiles, a warm friend of Mollneux, and the introduction of letters as evidence in the case. Heiles was or: the stand Tuesday and the tes timony which he gave then in answer to the prosecution's rigid questioning was of a sensational nature, tending to place the prisoner in a bad light. Mr. Weeks, counsel for Mollneux, made an effort to shake Heiles' testimony, but the witness reiterated his testimony that Mollneux hated Cornish and Harp ster. and that he endeavored to have Cornish removed from the Knickerbock er Athletic Club and Harpst'-r from its employment. A score of letters were identified as having been written by Molineux, some to Harry Cornish, oth ers to members of the Knickerbocker Athletic Club, the latter showing enmity to Cornish. One was identified by Heiles as having been written by Mollneux to a medical firm inclosing 25 cents for a remedy, and written on blue crescent crested paper, and still another to Mrs. William Schleffer, a well-known society woman in this city, and addressed, "My dear Sadie," announcing Moiineux's ap proaching marriage to Miss Blanche Chrsebrough. All of these letters the assistant dis trict attorney announced were placed in evidence not merely for comparison, but "for ail purposes." Filipino Hoy Missing. Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 7.—Former Lieut. Colin H. Ball, who swam tie Ragbag river with Funston, is in tln eitv looking for the little Filipino boy who came from Manila as the Twen tieth Kansas' mascot. Lieut. Ball took the young insurgent to his home in Se dan for the purpose of educating him. but the boy tired of school and ran away day before yesterday. It is thought that he is headed for Washington and if ho is not found here a watch will be kept for him at Chi cago and St. Louis. lie is a remark ably bright «d, speaks English a little and shared honors with Funston as an attraction when the Twentieth was welcomed home. Factory Floor Kails. Beloit. Wis., Dec. 7.—One hundred workmen at the John Thompson & Sons ploy and machine works had a narrow escape from death, when the third floor of the factory, overburdened with 100 tons of machinery, collapsed. The warning given by the breaking timbers afforded the men barely time to rush from the building. A space of the floor sixty feet square was demolished. The walls of the building on Second street are bulged out and probably will be torn down. Samuel Gompers UK Washington, Dec. 7.—Samuel Gom pers, the president of the American Federation of Labor, is seriously ill, the result of a fall from a bicycle yester day. It is feared he was hurt inter nally. ______ Fiubo/.zler Arrested. Grand Rapids, Mich., Dec. —W llliam M. Butts, until a month ago uitiry of the Worden Grocery Company, was jailed today, charged with embezzling $35,000 from the company. Woman ullr»Klats. Indianapolis, Dec. 7.—The national conference of women suffragists met here this afternoon, Susan B. Anthony presiding. .SHOUT TKI.KUKAMS. Jlra. Harrison Fairchild, of Ypsilanti. Mich., killed herself by shooting. Des pondency. The annual convention of the Upper Mississippi River Pilots' Association began at LaC'rosse. Wis. Charles A. Apperson was arraigned in Springfield, III., charged with mur dering Julia Simmons at Marllngton, W. Va. C. K. Shugart, of Princeton, 111., was arrested charged with embezzling $600 from the New York Life Insurance Company. The semi-annual session of the Tri County Medical Society of Ford, Iro quois and Vermillion counties was hole in Paxton, 111. Mrs. Rose Baker, of DeWitt, Neb. died from the effects of chloroform administered for the purpose of having a tooth pulled. George N. Hey!, 52 years old, was burned to death at Philadelphia in a fire which occurred in his shop while he was sleeping. It has been discovered that John W. Smith, just dead, of Sheibyvilie, Ind., has by a clever system of fraud been drawing two pensions. Gen. Pleasant Porter was at Okmul gee, I. T„ selected as chief of the Creek nation. There was no demonstration on the part of the full-bloods who had protested. William Weir, president of the de funct Ville Marine Bank at Montreal, was sentenced to two years' Imprison ment for furnishing a talse statement of the bank's affairs. Samuel 13. George, a member of the firm of P. T. George it Co., of Balti more, has made an assignment. Mr. George's liabilities are believed to be in the neighborhood of $200,000. William Harherson, of Philadelphia, Pa., formerly a well-to-do contractor, met death In a peculiar manner, when he fell down a railroad embankment Into a small stream which was frozen over. Harherson's head went through the Ice, which formed a collar about his neck and strangled him to death. A Des Moines Sheet the V*.im of a Serious Defection Among the Newsboys. The Strike Lasted Only an Hour But Was Lively—Legisla tive Caucuses. Crosby, Accused of Lewdness in Con nection with Mitchellville Riot, Is Acquitted. Special to Times-Republican. Des Moines. Dec. 7.—Thirteen dirty faced newsboys went on a strike in this city yesterday afternoon, and threat ened to compel an evening paper here to suspend publication. They held out in their determination until supper time, and then their nerves failed them. The desire to punch the heads of all the "scabs" who dared show their faces on the streets gave way before the persist ent demands of empty little stomachs, and the strike was off. It was not de clared off, but just went off of its own accord. One by one the grimy little monitors, stationed at every corner, slipped away from their posts of duty, and hiked" up alleys in every direction for the places they are wont to call their homes. .. It was a fierce strike while it lasted. The youthful laborers went at it with ail the vim and doggedness of their eld ers in the business, and they succeeded in making things exceedingly lively for an hour or more. As fast as the scabs made their appearance outside the doors of said paper's oflieo. they were grab bed by a delegation of vindictive strik ers, who threw them down, snatched their papers, bags and all, and then turned them loose. In some instances, where the scabs were nervy and refused surrender their stock in trade, they were gi-en one or two raps on the head and their noses were ground into the dirt'until they were ready to give-up The papers were torn into shreds and scattered broadcast in the streets. The corner policeman .attempted to inter fere. but the slippery little strikers eluded his grasp with the proverbial cleverness of the street aiab, and all of them managed to keep out of the .cala boose. It was reported that, almost the entire edition, amounting to something like 300 copies was destroyed. Sam ("layman. 7 years old and an ex pert -u ith the eigaret, told the story of the walk-out in these words: "You see. it vvuz like dis. De bloke dat gives out the poipers to de carriers went an' guv all of 'em a whole lot of extries, an' what did them cheap screw kids do but chase "fihselyes up de street, handin' out dailies at every corner where we wuz a tr.vin' to sell 'em. Think us fel lers 'tid stand that? Hull! I guess we'se easy marks, and don't know nothin' 'bout our job, eh? We had one strike before, and we got. what we asked fer, good an' plenty, and we're goin' to git it again, er ther'U be some busted heads. We'll hammer the stutlin' out'n iny kid that handles de dirty sheet. We'll show them gees at the office who's runnin' dis vere poiper." Iowa legislators in all parts of tie: •state are beginning to get together in Caucuses and make plans for the next Session of the assembly. Down at Ce dar Rapid* till the members-elect from the Fifth district met Wednesday and agreed to vote as a unit on all important qustionso. fin account of the absence of one representative no definite action on- the speakership question was taken, but it was understood that-. Dr. Bowen. of Allamakee, would have a F*.lid back ing in that district Dr. Bowen will doubtless .make a -good run for the place. The Cummins fore. have got the Katon ball rolling-pretty rapidly-by this time, and it -will take a good man to beat him out. Mr. Prentiss'is still in the field, and he may yet secure the backing of the faction that is to hold the balance -of power. Rev. J. Beng ston. representative-elect from. Jeffer son county, was in Des Moines yester day, getting acquainted with, some of his fellow members, and looking about for rooms. He has not yet decided whether to stop at the hotel or to take rooms in a private house. Mr. Beng ston stated that tiie Gear forces will come out strong for some one man for the speakership, but declared he couiJ not predict who that man win be. "We only need one candidate," Mr. Bengstor. said. "There are two or three in the field against Katon now, hut there will be only one when the time for a vote comes around. The last scene in the story of the Mitchellville reform school riot was enacted in the criminal court room of the Polk county court house Wednes day afternoon, when H. W. Crosby, a detective on the local police force, was acquitted of the charge of lewdness at the school buildings and on the train which brought, about seventy of the girls to Des Moines on the day follow ing the riot. The jurors were out all night on Crosby's case, and finally brought in a verdict of not guilty. The cvidc-nce against the detective was very condemnatory, but the veracity of the witnesses was doubted. Crosby's friends have maintained all along that the whole matter was a plot worked up by half a dozen or more of the reform school to get the Des Moines man into trouble. The jury seemed to put some credence in this theory. It is a ques tion now whether Crosby will be re tained on the detective force. His dis missal has been urged by some, but the testimony at his trial placed a number of the other officers of the law in prac tically the same boat with him, and a weeding out process along this line would cut oft quite a number of stars. Nothing was ever done with the three Mitchellville men who were arrested and brought to Des Moines on the charge of having given the giris whisky T.-R, BULLETIN. The Weather. For Iowa—Fair tonight and Friday cooler in the east and central tonight. For Illinois—Fair tonight and Fri day cooler in the north and central to night. PAGK OVK TELEGP.APH AND GENERAL: Gen. Young Heard From at Vigan. American Forces in Luzon. Ladysmith Still Safe. Proceedings in Congress. Panic In a Factory Fire. 'Des Moines Newsboys' Strike. Capital News and Comment. iMnn rw TKLEGRAPH AND GENERAL: To Push Finance Bill. European Comment on Message. Rejoicing in Cuba. News of the Day. l'AGi: Tillt E. IOWA NEWS: Superintendent Barret's Report. West Bend Man Buried Alive. Sad Case of Accidental Shooting. Short Iowa Specials. I'ASJK* FOUll AND KIVK. EDITORIAL: Kinne on Convict Labor. The Railroad Problem. Greater Need of the Canal. Birdseye on the Roberts Case. Topics and Press Comment. Iowa and Miscellany. 1»A«B«» SIX AN SEVE.V, CITY NEWS: A Real Romance. The Moore-Goodrich Case. Lieut. Beeson's Trip to HonoluIu.Slil G. A. R. Committee's Report. Various News Items. PACK KKfirr. MARKETS AND GENERAL: New Plan for Base Ball League. Judge Kinne's Address. The- Market.* by Wire. eused was dug up by local detectives, but the grand jury failed to return any true bills. Whisky had a lot to do with that riot, and the men who supplied the liquor ought to be given the full benefit of the lav,'. •. ... !. .... ^-^V. Talk of Woolsoii'8 Successor,- Two unexpected candidacies were an nounced yesterday. Congressman Smith McPherson is said on good authority to be an aspirant.'.and to have better chances of appointment than any man mentioned thus far. Mr. McPherson lives at Red Oak, and was first elected to congress only a year ago. The judi cial position is more to his liking, and it is said he will have the strong political influences of the district, back of him. His resignation would leave the Ninth district with a. close congressional light on. its hands at an unexpected time. Judge H. M. Towner, of Corning, is also named as an aspirant and is in the hands of his friends. Judge Towner has been pushed forward as a candidate for. the congressional nomination in the Eighth district next year, and it has been considered that he would be the standard bearer of the opponents of Col. Hepburn, who say they will make a. hard fight another year. Des Moines- has two. candidates. Judge C. A. Bishop and W. H. Bailey. Judge L. C. Klanchard, of Oskaloosa Judge J. W. Harvey, r:f Leon: Judge Applegate, of Guthrie Center, and Judge Smith, of Council Bluffs, are understood to aspire. Senator Junkin, of Red Oak Senator Lewis, of Montezuma: Judge-David Ryan, of Newton, and Hon.. 'Charles Davis, of Keokuk, are1 alsiii'said to be candidates. Mr. Davis is said to be one of the strong possibilities. e-. .-. Miller's Story Too Thin. Sioux Falls, S. D.. Dee. 7.—Word reacltts here that as a culmination of the reported robbery of Albert Miller in this city Saturday night of nearly $4.0(i0. the stock of goods formerly owned by him at George, la...has, been attached bv a Sioux City wholesale house:to se cure an indebtedness of about $S00 ,du« it for groceries furnished to Miller. Oth er attachments are-expected to be tiled. The people at George, according to in formation received from a trustworthy source, scout the idea that Miller was robbed in Sioux Falls, as he alleges. Miller arrived at George, la., last Jan uary with a job lot of clothing, dry goods and shoes, and opened for busi ness in a small rented building. His goods were of the cheap quality and were sold at low prices. His stock at George was worth from $5,000 to $T,00(). Saturday morning a sign bearing the words "Freeze & Rhodes. Owners of This Store." was hung out in front of the Miller store. The new owners sold a large quantity of goods Saturday at greatly reduced prices. Sunday a part of the goods, supposed to be the most valuable in the store, were hauled to the railroad depot. Then followed the filing of the attachment by a Sioux City wholesale house. Further developments in the case are looked forward to with considerable in terest. C'oe Collcjre Contest. Cedar Rapids. Dec. 7.—The home ora torical contest to determine who shall represent Coo College at the annua! state oratorical contest will be held on Friday evening. W. J. CresweJl, J. E. Youl, E. A. Munger, Malcom Gurrie, H. S. Vincent and E. W. Koons will be the contestants. South Dultota's Plurality. Pierre. S. D.. Dec. 7.—The official count of the last election for supreme judges is as follows: Republicans, Cor son, 114,201: Haney, 24,064: Fuller, 23,690. on the night of their outbreak. A wagon I Fusion, Smith, 17,970 Kennedy, 18,035 load of evidence against the peraona ac- Bennett, 18,601. AST BDITION» S O'CLOCK Compare^J-«°" 1 Des Moines, Dec. 7.—It is now report ed. on both sides of the senatorial con test. that no appointment will be made to the position on the federal bench \-a cated by Judge Woolson's death till af ter the senatorial contest is ended. Mr. Cummins has said that he will take no part whatever in the contest as between the different aspirants. Senator Gear is credited with a desire not to complicate matters by taking it up prior to the leg islative caucus. the Dally T. dates on other papers and vince yourselves which paper publishes THE NEWS FIRST. Then order the T.-R. for quickest news. T«*« MONTHS, MAIL H.II. NO 299 Six Hundred Girls Caught in a Burning Hosiery Factory at Reading, Pa. At Least Fifty Severely Injured, Some Fatally, by Jumping to the Ground. Several Dead Bodies Discovered in the Ruins—Routine Work in Congress. Reading, Pa., Dec. 7.—The Nolda & Horst hosiery factory burned today. Loss, $2,"0,000. Six hundred girls were employed in the building. As the flames spread very rapidly they were thrown into a panic and many jumped to the ground. At least fifty were injured, some fatally. The search of the ruins has already revealed two bodies burned beyond recognition. Three girls are re ported missing and are believed to nave been burned to death. I-N THE HOUSE. Democrats Object to Early Consider ation of Finance Bill. Washington, Dec. 7.—In the house to day Overstreet, of Indiana, In charge of the finance bill, asked consent for be ginning its consideration next Tuesday. Richardson, minority leader, objected on the ground that the request was most unusual that the measure was very important that it had been per fected during recess by the other side and should not be taken up on two days' notice. He asked that It go to the com mittee. Overstreet alBO asked consent for printing an analysis of the bill in the record, but Terry, of Arkansas, ob jected. Mercer, of Nebraska, announced the death of Greene, of Nebraska, and, after adoption of the customary resolu tion, the house adjourned as a mark of resfiect. The Senate. Washington, Dec. 7.—In the senate today Chandler, of New Hampshire, offered a resolution instructing the committee ori privileges and elections to investigate the right of Clark, of Montana, and Scott, of "West Virginia, to seats in the senate. Referred to the committee on contingent expenses. After a brief and unimportant open session the senate went into executive session and, at the expiration of fifteen minutes, adjourned till Monday. The senate In executive session con firmed the nominations of Joseph W. Fifer, of Illinois, to be interstate com merce commissioner, and Frederick W. Wines, of Illinois, to be assistant direc tor of the census. Carllle lilts Inheritance I.aw Tax, Washington, Dec. 7.—John G. Carlisle, of Kentucky, attacked the constitution ality of the inheritance tax law with such vigor and logic yesterday after noon that few of the people who heard him left the court room free from the impression that there are grave grounds for apprehending a decision in keeping with the contentions of the lawyer's-who are opposing the tax. Mr, Carlisle talked for nearly an hour and is but half through. He followed Solicitor General Richards, who spoke to the court in behalf of the govern ment for fuliy two .hours. The solicitor general stands alone in defending the constitutionality of the law, and is well nigh encircled with a valiant and re sourceful array of counsel who have combined to present the cases of the complainants point by point, each man having assumed a specific field of argu ment. Under these circumstances the government resembles a .football team with but one good running back, while those in opposition have a choice coterie of talen-t adept-at all the tricks of the gime and ever pushing forward --their best foot constantly in advance. Mr. Carlisle is the star of the present hearing before the supreme court. The fact that he was to appear filled the court room till "standing room only" might well have been hung from the outer door. The Roberts Case. Washington, Dec. 7.—The special committee of the house to investigate the charge? against-Roberts, of Utah, held-its first meeting today behind ciosed doors,, for the purpose of deter mining the method of procedure. Little progress was made. Adjourned till to morrow. sbarrcti's Appointment. Washington, Dec. 7.—It is said at the apostolic delegation here that the an nouncement from Rome of the ap pointment of Mgr. Sbarrerti to be bishop of Santiago, Cuba, Is an error. Sbarretti was recently appointed bishop of Havana. He could not be named as bishop of Santiago, as no vacancy ex ists in that bishopric. Curriers to Itesjlster I.etters. •Washington, Dec. 7.—The postmaster general anonunces that the department will provide for the registration of let ters by letter carriers on their routes in purely residence districts in free deliv ery cities. Business houses and indi viduals who have a large number of letters to register are excluded. Rules Committee. Washington, Dec. 7.—The speaker has appointed the following house commit tee on rules: Dalzell, Pennsylvania Grosvenor, Ohio, republicans Richard son, Tennessee Bailey, Texas, demo crats. The speaker is also a member. Arnuments Ail In. Frankfort, Ky., Dec. 7.—Arguments before the election commission were concluded this afternoon. A decision from the commissioners is not expect ed before late tonight or some time Fri day. The Pope 111 Again. Rome, Dec. 7.—The pope is suffering from a sudden cold and experiences some difficulty in breathing. Dr. Lapponi, his physician, has or dered him to keep his bed. and the usual' audiences have been suspended. The condition of his holiness, howav^ er, la not regarded as alarming. 4