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The Leon Reporter
THURSDAY,
IOWA.
DEC. IS.
ismn.
An nwwuua uei a iuier agtuust
160 coffin Is reoorded la g»"«" In
Inrtlsnn it Is unlawful to bet on an
•lection. and the penalty tor so doing
'IK to pay a sum ranging from tha
•mount ktt to ona twice as great to tho
School land.
1
Cats are having a bad time in Ger
wumy Just now. Ten thousand fur
Itlned great coats .and as many each of
tor gloves and gaiters have been or
'dered for the^ troops in China, and
ipussy has to shed her skin for all. For
WN7 great coat fourteen cat skins
•Mused.
The Russian government grants sub
sidies for the purpose of helping new
Settlers. This money is spent in en
couraging farming and fruit-raising.
Subventions are given for the first six
.years. During the following ten years
these subventions must be repaid in
yearly payments. Since 1894 (2,605,500
lias been spent in that way.
The domestic goose holds about the
Mune honored place in the nutritive
economy of Germany that the most
delicately flavored and patrician tur
key does in that of the United States.
It Is the standard luxury of the Ger
man people, and during nine months
of the year forms the principal feature
of the table at festive as well as ev'ery
day entertainments.
A short^ time ago an old Viking ship
discovered in the valley of the Lea
•t Tottenham, where the East London
Waiter Company is making new reser
still more ancient boat has
lMen found
"about eight feet below the
•nrface, In the form of a "dug-out ca
•*eM aboUt fourteen feet long, repre
senting, according to antiquarians,
"the second stage in the history of
^•Upbuilding."
Several railroads centering in Du
Cuth and having lands for settlement
kave organized a movement to estab
sh colonies on these lands. Several
representatives from northern France
have been looking over the ground
felth a view of establishing considera
ble settlements of their countrymen
there. Carltoa, Pine and St. Louis
counties are specially under consider
ation by these agents.!
Just previous to the recent election a
Tennessee editor foolishly ventured on
forecast4^oatog ^^ts and invited
Ms reade^^^^Hk^^^ksult see
fcow
he
we by
Atlantic
lie Gulf
Montana and North Dakota,
/stretches for hundreds of miles
through Wyoming. During the fitst
Tear of his priesthood he traveled over
10,000 miles, and on one occasion rode
MS miles 'toy train, 35 miles by stage,
ud 215 miles on horseback to baptize
a child.
Antiquaries will be interested to
kear of the discovery, near Leba, In
Pomeranla, of a Viking ship in a tol
erable state of preservation. The ves
sel Is 43 feet In length. The upper
part was found imbedded In swam?
ground, and was in a very dilapidated
'condition, but the lower part, which
was burled In sand under the marshy
•oil, was perfectly Intact. The ship
has been conveyed to Stettin, and will
deposited in the museum there.
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Some months ago a government pen
sioner died in Ireland. His widow
•ent in a bill for funeral expenses
•mounting to $82.67. The government
Auditor found some flaw in the bill,
declined to "O. K." it and ordered an
Investigation. The red tape and inci
dental expenses of the investigation
cost something like $2,000, but the wid
ow's bill has finally been thrown out
The government Is out more than tv
#00 in the matter, but, then, there must
be something to keep the clerks busy.
General Wood is the sufficient au
thority for the statement that Cuba
presents signal opportunities to enter
prising young Americans who have
some capital and a knowledge of farm
tag. Aside from the raising of cocoa,
coffee or tobacco, market gardening
promises good chances. The soil is
wonderfully productive, and the skill
and Industry of the American farmer
ahould make Cuba the winter garden
of the United States. "The climate,"
•General Wood says, "is no more un
comfortable in hot weather than that
of the Southern States," and he further
asserts that "reports of discontent and
fratred of Americans, and suspicions
of the American government, as seen
tn the press, are absolutely incorrect"
The theft of seven hundred thousand
dollars by a New Tork bank teller has
been made the text for dozens of news
paper sermons on the need of a better
checking system in financial institu
tions. The real need—that of a closer
serutiny of the private life and char
acter of bank officers—has not attract
ed so much attention. Checks and
counterchecks are good, but to know
positively that the man who dally
handles large sums of money Is a
Interested in serious things, a good
citizen, a person whom his neighbors
^respect. Is better.
A small stlngless bee la found In the
state of Slnaloa and in Tepic. The
tioney of these bees is not great in
quantity, is dark colored, very liquid,
and is said not to crystallize. Another
peculiarity of the honey Is that it has
a decidedly sour or tart taste and on
this account it Is much sought after
as being a greater delicacy than the
ireet honey of the tame bee. The
in these bees are small producers
lat, as they are stingless, they are
atly robbed by the larger varie
tai^bee being one of the rob-
THE HEWS IN IOWA
Thirty-six hogs owned by Jack
Morris near Ottumwa have died as a
result of eating cut glass fed them
by some unknown hand.
George Severing, 17 years old, liv
ing at Norway, met with a fatal acci
dent while out hunting. He had
srawled through a wire fence and
vus pulling the gun after him, when
!t was discharged, the load striking
rim in the left shoulder and lung.
Be died the next day.
Fire destroyed the large general
itore of B. E. Craft and the post
iffice at the town of Evanston, fifteen
wiles southeast of Fort Dodge. Bert
Draft, sleeping in the store, barely
sscaped with his life. The loss is
ibout $2,500, including stamps and
ostal fixtures. Insurance $1,100.
Mrs. Amelia Sullivan, wife of Daniel
sullivan, living about four miles
Southwest of Farmington, committed
Uiicide by saturating her clothing
vit-h kerosene and going out into the
garden to ignite them. When Mr.
•Sullivan found his wife her clothing
vas entirely burned from her body,
jven her shoes being.consumed, and
ler body was frightfully burned and
'.barred.
Mrs. Ed Deford, the wife of a well
tnown farmer living near ICeosauqua,
picked up what sne supposed was a
small bag of pumpkin seeds and
hrew them into the kitchen stove.
moment later she was hurled vio
.ently against the side of the room
)y an explosion which tore the stove
lo pieces, badly injuring her small
lane-liter and burning both her hands
leriously.
The trial of the alleged rapist from
Albia, Alva Booker, began at Ottum
wa a few days ago. At iae very out
set an important question was
sprung by the defense, in the fact
'.hat the prosecuting witness was
leaf and that it was necessary that
the questions put to her be written.
L'he attorneys for the defense ob
tected to this, but Judge Eichelber
Jer overruled the objections and the
trial proceeded.
Sioux City police are looking for
Charles Thom, a church member,
trusted son of a wealthy woman of
Beatrice, Iseb., by whose disappear
ance revelations were made of his
double life, with gambling, women
and drink. Among the secret mis
deeds forgeries and embezzlement
ire charged. He left a note admit
ting a shortage in his employer's
fund of $200. The shortage is sup
posed to much exceed this sum, how
ever. By a letter for him trom a
Carroll, Neb., widow, his intimate re
lations were established with an
other woman. He had frequently re
mained away from home all night
of late. His wife thinks his mind has
become affected by a cancerous
growth. His father was insane. All
his wife's and his own relatives are
prominent near Beatrice.
The Hively damage case, which re
cently cost Webster county, $8,000 as
the result of a trial held in Clarion
not long ago, will be revived in a case
to be tried before Judge W. S. Ken
ton at the January sitting of court in
Fort Dodge. Preliminary notice was
served on the board of supervisors of
the county on October 29, that suit
for $5,000 will be brought against the
county for $5,000 by A. C. Hively, the
father of the boy who was killed in a
runaway accident, to recover dam
ages sustained by the plaintiff
TQUgh the loss of the plaintiff's
son, John C. Hively, who was
Tilled in a runaway accident at the
AinswortV "bridge, located a few
miles north of Ft. Dodge, on August
30, 1900. At the recent trial the plain
tiff obtained a judgment of $8,000 out
of the $10,000 for which the suit was
brought, and the result of the pres
ent case will be awaited with in
terest.
While attending her husband's
husband's funeral at New Virginia,
Mrs. Margaret Hossack was arrested
by Sheriff Lewis Hodson of Warren
county, charged with the murder of
her husband, John Hossack, who
was killed in cold blood'recently at
the Hossack iiome near Medora. The
atendance at the funeral was un
usually large, farmers coming for
miles around to attedH. When the
sheriff stepped up to Mrs. Hossack,
shortly after the last chunk of dirt
had been thrown upon the newly
made grave, and she was on her way
to town with her children by her
side, the arrest caused a tremendous
sensation. Mrs. Hossack took the
arrest calmly, evidntly having an
ticipated the event. She expressed
a desire to go first to her home to
get a few things, and within an hour
the sheriff and the accused were on
their way to the county jail at In
dianola. More than twenty wit
nesses were examined by the coron
er and his jury before the evidence
was closed. Almost the last witness,
and by far the most important one
examined, was Mrs. Hossack herself.
She reiterated her former statements
of the crime, and although she was
under examination for nearly three
hours nothing in the way of causing
her to break down or to cross her
self In her evidence resulted. The
evidence upon which Mrs. Hossack
was arrested is purely circumstan
tial, the only testimony being to the
effect that Hossack and his wife had
frequent quarrels, and the improb
ability of the woman's story that
she slept peacefully by the side of
the murdered man and heard no
sounds until it was all over and the
murderer had escaped through the
front door.
I Some of the Chinamen in Philadel
phia wear wigs. It is their desire to
appear as much like the "Melicati
man" as possible. With wigs, and
their hats off, they seem freaks.
Isaac Banner, a farm hand on the
Ead
lace of James Dunn, near Elmont,
his right hand caught in a corn
shredder. The hand and arm were
frightfully mangled and amputation
was necessary. The younger man is
In a precarious condition, but it is
believed he will recover.
Western Union college, whose
buildings at LeMars were partially
destroyed by fire last fall, has let a
contract for the rebuilding of its
main hall. Rowles & Bailey of Omaha
were awarded the work at the price
of $12,952. This does not include
plumbing, heatinar or lighting. C. H.
Parsons of Des Moines is the archi
tee*.
Harry Taylor, son of a prominent
family of Keokuk, and messenger on
the Adams Express run from Keokuk
to Des Moines, has been indicted and
jailed on his confession o'f the rob
bery of the safe of the express com
pany's detectives the first clue in the
September 24. He obtained the com
bination to the safe, it is alleged, and
sneaked out the money in one pack
age. He gave part of the money to
a brother, it is said, whose disturb
ance at a theater one evening and the
finding of £300 on his person after his
ejection and arrest, gave the com
pany of $1,000 on the. night of
mysterious case. |j|!?C^| .M",
BAD FIRE AT AWES. 3
Main Building of Agricultural Col
lege Nearly Destroyed.
Ames, Dec. 9.—The main building
at the State Agricultural college was
almost completely destroyed by fire
yesterday morning. The north wing I
and m'ost of the center of the build
ing are in ruins, and the botanical
collection, one of the most' valuable
in the country, suffered heavy loss.
The total loss is estimated at close to
$50,000.
Two hundred men students, occu
Pying the north wing of the building
as a dormitory, escaped with their
lives, fifty using the fire escape, but
were able to save but few of their
belongings. Practically nothing but
the south wing of the buildinc was
saved.
The fire originated in the boiler
room of the heating plant in the
basement of the north wing at 4
clock. It caught in a heap of shin
gles used as kindling. This was di
rectly under the conduits through
which the steam pipes lead to the up
per floors. This created a strong
draft and the fire was sucked up to
the top floor in an instant. A mo
ment later the entire top floor was in
flames. By the time the alarm could
be given the "top floor was a burning
furnace, and the fire was rapidly eat
ing its way downward.
Students were aroused from sound
slumber as if by magic and rushed
for the fire escapes half-clad. That
all of them escaped without one be
ing seriously injured in the panic is
almost miraculous.
Paul St. Clair, the fireman in
charge of the boiler room, gave the
alarm as soon as he discovered the
seriousness of the fire, but the fa
cilities of the college Are department
were utterly inadequate to the emer
gency.
The display of college spirit was
magnificent, and it was the perfect
discipline of the students which pre
vented more destructive spread of
ine flames.
Their efforts saved most of the
$10,000 botanical collection, which
was on tne first floor of the north
wing.
The' building which lias been de
stroyed was erected in 18G8 at a cost
of $200,000. Repairs were made on it
two years ago and it was in good con
dition. It was devoted to dormitory
purposes and recitation rooms.!
Kirby's cigar store at Boone was
broken into by burglars and eighty
dollars' worth of candy and cigars
stolen. The slot machine was broken
open and about fifty dollars in cash
secured.
The J. R. Smith & Son elevator at
Lamoni burned a few days ago. The
origin of the fire is unknown, but it
is thought that it was started by
some means in the engine room. The
proprietors had just put in some new
machinery ana will feel the loss
keenly. There was $5,000 insurance
on the building and grain.
George Anderson, now in jail at
Burlington on a charge of murdering
Harry Linter, has been identified as
George Carson, who was raised six
miles east of Williamsburg. People
of that vicinity recognized him by a
picture published in the IjCawkeye of
George Anderson. George Carson
has served time in the penitentiarji
for forging ten notes against C. M.J
W. Inglebert, a stockman of Carney
The Des Moines Daily News will
soon celebrate in a formal way its
success in attaining to 30,000 circula
tion, its regular issues being now
about that figure. When the News
reached the 10,000 mark in 1895 it cel
ebrated by giving a feast to its news
boys when 20,000 was attained in
1898 a grand business men's parade
was given and the approaching cele
bration is awaited with some curios
ity, as the News is always doing
something- new and striking. The
vast circulation of the Daily News is
largely due to its low price of $1 a 1
year, 75 cents for six months, 50 cents
for three months.
George Wicks, superintendent of
the Johnson county poor farm, is in
a precarious condition as the result
of being stabbed by "Blind" Kauff
man, one of the insane patients of
the county house. Superintendent'
Wicks was carrying supper to Kauff
man and had barely opened the door
to his cell when the madman leaped)
upon him and stabbed the superin
tendent eight or ten times with a
sharpened butcher knife. Kauffman
had been confined in a solitary cell
at the poor farm awaiting the action
of the authorities, who were expect
ed to commit him to the hospital at
Mt. Pleasant. The superintendent
grabbed the crazy man by the right
arm, but could not prevent the tor
rent of blows rained upon him. The
cries and scuttling brought assistance.
It is believed that only the greatest
skill will bring Kauffman's victim
through.
Two youths of Dubuque, whose
names have been withheld from the
public, drank whisky from a barrel
in the cellar of one of the saloons
down town and came nearly dying
from the effects. Both took long
draughts from the spigot. Twenty
minutes after the youth who took
ine first draught had imbibed he
was unconscious and physicians
worked with him twelve hours be
fore they brought him to. His face
turned purple and his neck became
swollen and the veins distorted. The
doctors pronounced the case one of
asphyxiation from the gas which
naturally generates in a liquor bar
rel. The boy who drank first got the
most gas. One of the youths is 18
years of age and the other a little
younger. They had gone to the cel
lar to carry wood for the saloon
keeper who employed them to do
that work.
Mrs. L. E. Williams has instituted
a suit against the city of Creston
for $3,500 damages for Injuries sus
tained by falling on a defective side
walk. Mrs. Williams broke her wrist
and finger joint, besides sustaining
a bad rupture.
Fire at Des Moines a few nights
ago entirely destroyed the grand
stand and bleachers of the ball park,
destroyed the Auditorium boiler
room, inflicted a loss of $2,500 on the
scenery and stage fixtures of the
Auditorium and did considerable
damage to small buildings in the
neighborhood.
Mrs. Faucett of Traer has begun
$10,000 damages, which she claims to
have sustained because of a breach
of promise committed by Mr. Bailey.
Both persons are prominent in Traer
society. Mr. Bailey is a man of 60
years of age and Mrs. Faucett has
seen nearly as many summers. Both
parties are well to do and-have em
ployed leading attorneys and will
fight the case to the bitter end. The.
suit is set for next Tuesday at the
court house in Toledo.
Some people pray for their daily
bread and then grumble if they do
not get pound cake.
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riGHTIMQvIN PH IIjIFFI JfKS.
Mora activity Shewn tn North and
South Lnnon.
Manila, Dee. 8.—More activity is
shown in operations in northern and
southern Luzon. Reports from the
former district come in more quickly
and telegraphic interruptions are
fewer.
General Furiston, with Troop A of
the Fourth cavalry, and a score of
scouts last Thursday encountered 100
insurgents posted on the opposite of
the Nehico river. The Americans
charged across the stream and the
enemy retreated, firing from coVer.
They left four 3ead on the field.
A native who was captured report
ed that Fagin, deserter from the
Twenty-fourth infantry, who has
been active with the Filipinos with
a party of two cavalrymen, had been
wounded.
Lieutenant Morrow, with fifty men
from the Forty-seventh regiment, at
tacked and occupied Bulacan. While
returning' there troops were encoun
tered, Colonel Victoris occupying an
entrenched position with thirty riucs
and 300 bolomen. Lieutenant Mor
row's force Charged and drove the
enemy from their position, it is be
lieved, with heavy loss. Preceding
the_ fight the expedition had captured
Major Flores and several of his fol
lowers.
An engagement is reported to have
occurred near San Roque, in which,
according to the natives, fifty rebels
were killed. Several minor encoun
ters and captures are also reported.
The American casualties have been
sliirlit.
The island of Bohul recently has
been the scene of more activity on'
the part of insurgents than formerly,
and a company has been sent to re
inforce the batalion stationed there.
WAR
SKKM8
KKAKLY AT AN KNI.
Filipino Insm-gentii Offer Feeble Ite
•Ixtance to American Progress.
Manila, Dec. 11.—While the capture
of supplies and the occupation of new
points are quite numerous, those in
volving actual fighting are compara
tively few. Apparently the insur
gents are falling back at all contest
ed points, sacrificing their posses
sions, in most cases being satisfied to
'save themselves.
A detachment of 478 volunteer in
fantry from the island of Catam
duanes, off the southwest coast of
Luzon, relinquished the attempt to
land near Pandan. On anchoring the
Americans were fired on by sixty
riflemen, and after a short engage
ment they cut the anchor chain and
sailed for Catamduanes with two kill
ed and two wounded. The.names have
not yet been received here.
Capt. Charles T. Ellis, Thirty-third
volunteer infantry, captured in the
mountains near Barbara a large
quantity of Krag, Mauser and Rem
ington ammunition, together with a
signal outfit, printing press and other
equipments. All were destroyed.
Thirty rifles and several hundred
cartridges were secured at Victoria.
A detachment of the Fourth infan
try captured Major Garcon and three
officers of lower rank in the town of
Pa say.
Another detachment destroyed
General Uguad's camp. The enemy
had fled, but the Americans subse
quetly rounded up twenty-five insur
gents.
General MacArthur has approved
the death sentences passed upon sev
eral additional persons convicted of
murder, arson and pillage. In a few
other instariee&be has cdlmmuted the
death sentence to imprisonment.
MINISTERS ABANDON FUSTS
Dispute Between the Netherlands and
Portugal Acute.
Lisbonj Dec. 8.—The minister of
the Netherlands to Portugal and the
Portuguese minister at The Hague
have left their respective posts. It
is believed a difference has arisen
on the subject of the exequatur to
the Dutch' consul at Lorenzo Mar
quez, which the Portuguese govern
ment has withdrawn.
The tension between Portugal and
Holland appears to have been empha
sized, perhaps not altogether unin
tentionally, by the peculiar warmth
of King Charles' toast to Queen Vic
toria jat a banquet given yesterday
evening at the royal palace to Vice
Admiral Rawson and the officers of
the British fleet now in the river
Tagus, and by the telegram which
the lcing afterward dispatched to Vic
toria, tnanking her majesty for send
ing the fleet and for the friendship
thus demonstrated.
"I beg to record," telegraphed the
king, "my great satisfaction at the
frank and loyal alliance uniting Eng
land and Portugal." In the course of
his speech, the king said, among
other things: "England has often
shared the efforts and glories of Por
tugal. Our mutual friendship and
close alliance are strengthened by
history and bloodshed together in
causes which have always been just."
Admiral Rawson replied that the
works of the king harmonized with
the thoughts of his government and
people1.
Gires Credit to America.
St. Petersburg, Dec. 10.—The Novoc
Vremyae, in an article evidently in
spired, referring to the recent dis
patch from Dr. Morrison in Peking
to the London Times, saying that all
ithe credit for securing softened
terms is given by the Chinese to the
Russians, remark's:
"The credit of the existing entente
belongs to America. England be
grudges President McKinley his just
prestige because he has emphasiized
America's friendship for Russia."
The Russian journal regards the al
terations which America has procur
ed in the peace preliminaries as of
the greatest importance. a
Pettigrew TTa^its Information.
Washington, Dec. 5.—Senator Petti
grew has introduced a resolution in
the senate calling upon the postmas
ter general to send to the senate in
formation he may have in his posses
sion concerning the postal frauds in
Cuba.
Myer Named for Italy.
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Washington, Dec. 7.—The president
has sent to the senate the nomina
tion of George Von L. Meyer, to be
ambassador to Italy. Meyer is a
prosperous and wealthy business
man of Boston, a inan of family, and
about 45 years Of age.
Visitor (at insane asylum)—Who is
that fine looking man making star.?,
•crosses and things out of letters?
Attendant—Oh, he was the editor of
a children's column in some weekly
paper. One week he lost the an
swers to the puzzles and tried to
solve them himself.
If your shoes have got caked with
blacking, as they often do, wash it
off occasionally with a cloth, wrung
out of luke warm water. Let nearly
dry, then rub a very little castor oil
well in. Clean tfext day in the usual
way. Leather oY kid that is caked
with blacking is likely to crack and
go in bolt
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PORTO RICO'S REPBllBBNTATITflU
Be Bas No Permission to
a Seat
tha Floor of the Hons*.
Washington, Dec. 8.—'Ine ^cOmmis*
sloner from Porto Rico, ,F. Degetau,
Recently elected by the people of the
island to represent them in congress
and in Washington generally, is ex
pected at the house of representa-,
tives in a few days, and a large
amount of mail is being held for him
by the house officials. Representa
tive Cooper of Wisconsin, chairman
of the house committee, will make
him at home in the quarters of that
committee. Ilis status on the Bool
is somewhat in doubt. He is desig
nated in law as. "a resident com
missioner" and is to receive a salary
of $ ,Co0 annually. On filing his cre
dentials with the state department,
he is to receive official recognition by
all the departments. There is no
provision for him to be on the floor
of the house or for participation in
debates, similar to the provision for
delegates from territories. It is ex
pected, however, he will advise and
assist committees ^concerning Porto
Rican legislation, and steps may be
taken to admit. him to the, floor.
From the forwarding of the commis
sioner's mail to the house of repre
sentatives it is taken he will give
considerable attention to legislation
for Porto Rico.
STRIKK OF THE OPERATORS.
Six Hundred Employes of the Santo
Fe Walk Out.
Chicago, Dec. 10.—Six hundred tele
graph operators on the lines of the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad
have struck in sympathy with the op
erators on the Gulf, Colorado & Santa
Fe railroad, a branch of the Atchison
system, who went out last Thursday.
The foregoing statement is according
to the best information obtainable
from the company's officials.
The entire number of operators on
the system is 1,200 of which 900 are
said to be union men. Of these 900
members of the union, 300, it is
stated, refused to strike, leaving the
system with about one-half of its
men at work.
officials of the road declare
that under no circumstances will
they yield to the strikers, and that
none of them will ever again be al
lowed to work for the company in
any capacity.
GERMAN INDOLENCE
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Waldersee Returns ('haffee's Letter
Protesting Against Looting.
London, Dec. 11.—The Peking cor
respondent of the Morning Post says:
"General Chaffee wrote a letter to
Count von Waldersee complaining of
the removal by French and German
troops of the astronomical instru
ments from the wall of Peking, but
the lettfer was returned to him on ac
count of its tone. He has notified the
foreign envoys that all persons are
prohibited passing the American
guard on entering the south gate of
the palace, owing to the frequent
caseS of looting. The ministers are
offended at the individual assumption
of authority.
"Yeng Lu, who is now acting as the
adviser of the Chinese court, enjoys
the favor of the empress dowager
and is forming regiments which may
be trusted to defend the court.
"I am informed that the execution
of Yu Hsien is certain whenever the
envoys demand it."
SOME "RELIABLE HAIL ADVICES.•
Onr Position is "Hopeless," Says the
London Daily mail.
London, Dec. 10.—"Reliable mail ad
vices from Maiiila show that the posi
tion of the Americans, is
"becoming in
creasingly hopeless," says the Hong
Kong dispatch to tho London
Daily Mail. "Money is freely
subscribed to purchase arms and am
munition that are imported for the
insurgents. The Americans will never
capture the rebel contraband running
vessels. While, in order to flatter the
official view, the trade is flourishing,
goods arc permitted to be freely im
ported into Manila, they are distrib
uted from that point to the insur
gents, who are murdering and pil
laging all native sympathizers with
Americans."
Bnrllugton Murderer Identified.
Burlington, Dec. 11.—George An
derson, the alleged murderer of
Harry Linter, has been identified as
George -Carson, who was raised six
miles east of Williamsburg. People
of that vicinity recognized him by a
picture publshed in the Hawkeye of
George Anderson. George Carson
has served time in the penitentiary
for forging ten notes against C. M.
W. Inglebert, a stockman of Carney,
Iowa.
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United States as a Power.
Berlin, Dec. 11.—The National
Zeitung devotes its first page to a
carefully prepared editorial dealing
with the United States as a world
power. After pointing out the enor
mous progress, economically and po
litically, of America in the world's
affairs, the editoriai declares, that in
both respects the United States is
arrayed against Europe.
DeWet Trekked North.
London, Dec. 10—The war'office has
received the'following from Kitchen
er, dated Bloemfontain, Dec. 8: "Just
received news from Knox, at Roux
ville, that De Wet's force, having
failed to force the Commassie bridge,
which we held, trekked northeast,
abandoning 500 horses and many
carts."
Li's Secretary Arrested.
London, Dec. 11.—A special dispatch
from Shanghai announces that Li
Hung Chang's ManchU secretary, Yi
ho, has been' arrested by order of
Field Marshal Count von..Waldersee,
on the charge of communicating with
the Boxers.
Berlin Dec. 5.—The Constantinople
correspondent of the Berliner Tage
blatt says that the United States con
sul to Harpoot, Professor Norton,
who has been refused "his exequatur
by the sultan, means to fight the case
to the bitter end and declares
BO
openly.
Professor Norton also says that he
means to oppose the German-Russian
trade competition in Anatolia, and it
is understood that in ihis determin
ation he is upheld by the Washing
ton government, and the American,
press. It is alBor stated that Oermany
means to appoint consuls at places
throughout that region.
As a rule, single women live longer
than single men.
Mistress—You say you are well rec
ommended? Maid—Indeed, ma'am
I have thirty-nine excellent refer
ences. Mistress—And you have been
in domestic service Maid—Two years
ma'am.
In Germany Christmas trees have
been known ever since the introduc
tion of Christianity. Before that
time the dressing of a tree with can
dles and presents' was a feature of
the midwinter Druidical festival,
BO
that, in fact, the German Christmas
tree dates back to an era'before tha
dawn of written history.
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CONGRESS.
Washington. Dee. 5.—Senate—Sen*
•tor Dolliver was assigned to mem
bership on committees on Pacific rail
roads, agriculture, education and la
bor, interstate commerce, postoffice
and post roaijs and improvements of
the Mississippi river. Among bills
passed was one to 'encourage the
holding of an interstate and West In
dian exposition in Charleston, S. O.,
in 1901. The Spooner Philippine bill
was displaced by the ship subsidy bill
as unfinished business and Fryc ad
dressed the senate in favor of its pas
sage.
House—Hull reported the army re
organization bill,' which went over
till tomorrow. Among bills pr.ssetl
was one to provide for the detail of
not to exceed 100 retired army offi
cers and 300 non-commissioned offi
cers as military instructors in Hhe
public schools of such cities as adopt
a system of military instruction.
Washington, Dee. 5.—Senate—Pet
tigrew's resolution asking for infor
mation on Cuban posta. frauds wa.'l
referred to the Committee on relrt'
tions with Cuba. Frye concluded his
address in favor of' the ship subsidy
bill.
House—The arm^ bill came up
under special order and eleven of
its twenty-six pages were disposed
of. The feature of the debate was
the speech of McCall, rep., of Mass
achusetts, who not only opposed the
bill, but attacked the whole Philip
pine policy of the administration,
Washington, Dec. ff.—Senate—The
senate spent almost the entire time
in executive session, the floor being
occupied by Morgan,who while declar
ing that the Hay-Pauneefote treaty
was not necessary to the success of'
the Nicaragua canal, favored its rat
ification in deference to the wishes of
the secretary of state.
House—The house, at the end of a
long sitting, passed the army reor
ganization bill by a vote of 166 to
133. Three democrats, Messrs. Hall of
Pennsylvania "and Underhill and Clay
ton of New York voted with the re
publicans for the bill, and Mr. McCall,
republican, of Massachusetts, with
the democrats against it. Otherwise
it was a strict party vote. An anti
canteen amendment by Littlefield
was_ adopted. ±he democrat.e prop
osition, an extension of the tempo
rary army until July 1, 1903, wliiili
was voted upon indirecuy on a mo
tion to recommit, commanded the
votes of only about half the opposi
tion and of two republicans, Mr. Mc
Call and Mr. Mann of Illinois.
Washington, Dee. 7.—Senate—In
.executive session the senate agreed
to vote on the amendment offered
by the committee on foreign rela
tions providing for the policing of
the canal, on next Thursday at 3
o'clock. An amendment was offered
by Senator Teller, striking out the
treaty prohibition against the forti
fication of the Nicaragua canal when
constructed. Senator Morgan con
cluded his speech and Teiler spoke
for two hours in opposition to the
treaty.
House.—The house passed the
Grout oleomargarine bill by a vote of
196 to 92. The substitute offered by
tlm minority of the committee on
agriculture which imposed additonal
restrictions on the saie of oleomar
garine to prevent its fraudulent sale
as butter and increased the penalties
for violations, was defeated by a vote
of 113 to 178. The bill as passed
makes all articles known as oleo
margarine, butterine, imitated butter
or imitated cneese transported into
any state or territory for consump
tion or sale subject to the pouca
power of such state or territory,
but prevents any state or territory
from prohibiting the transportation
or sale of such product when pro
duced and sold free from coloration
in imitation of butter. The bill in
creases the tax on oleomargarine
colored in imitation of butter from
2 to 10 cents per pound and decreas
es the tax on oleomargarine uncol
ored from 2 cents to .cent per
pound.
Washington, Dec. 10.—Senate—The
senate spent almost five hours in ex
ecutive session considering the Ilay
Pauncefote treaty. Morgan took is
sue with Teller as to the purport of
the first clause of the Clayton-Bnlwer
treaty, claiming it applied only to
Great Britain's right to fortify the
Nicaragua canal itself. Teller re
plied at some length, asserting
that the provision was of more gen-,
eral import as, he said, any one could
ascertain for himself by reading
President Buchanan's views upon the'
subject when he was minister to Eng
land. The declaration then made
showed plainly, he said, that Eng
land had attempted to extend her
rights beyond the immediate vicinity
of the canal. Teller repeated his dec
laration that the United States
should construct the .canal, if at all,
regardless of the English position
and without going through the for
mality of ratifying the pending
treaty.
House—The* first of the great-sup
ply bills, the legislative, executive
and judicial appropriation bill, was
passed by the house today in record
time. The bill carries $24,490,308 and
has 131 pages, but there was less
than ten minutes debate upon it. No
other business was transacted.
Beer Tax Slated for Cat.
Washington, Dec. 7.—The revenue
reduction bill is completed by the re
publican member® of the ways and
means committee. Chairman Payne
has introduced it. It is understood
that in addition to the abolition of
stamp taxes on telegrams, express
receipts and proprietary medicines,
heretofore reported, there will be a
reduction in the beer tax to $1.60, or
25 cents per barrel. Sta.mp taxes are
almost entirely wiped out, with the
exception of the tax on stocks. gp|i
Standard Oil Stock Kuarlnc-
New York, Dec.- 6.—Standard Oil
certificates made another big ad
vance yesterday, selling at 810, a
rise of thirty points. The company's
capital of $100,000,000 has now a mar
ket value of over $800,000,000. The
rise in the price of Standard Oil
this year has been phenomenal. Las*
February it sold at 475. John D.
Rockefeller owns 43 per cent of the
total capacity of the company, so
the increase of his fortune. withiu
a year his been tremendous. The
company has paid about $45,600,000
in dividends the past year
There is a. bill before the Vermont
legislature to authorize tne issue of
$10,000,000 of state bonds for improv
ing the public highways.
Silk material is no modern affair.
It is known that silken garments
were wiorn 2,500 years before the
Christian era.
If expectations are realized, the
output of copper for 1900 will reach
325,000,000 pounds, valued at $42,
250,000, the largest on record.
Thomas A. Edison's motto of work
is "Never watch the elock." He fre
quently works sixteen hours at
6tretch and aever n-otes the passag
of time.
NOTES FBOM THE CAPITA!
in S 1 1 1 0 0 0
Messrs. Jones and May of CIs
land, the engineer and business ag
of the Cleveland Interurban ElectrW
Railway company, who were in Dei
Moines last July to look over the^
route of the proposed electric line be
tween Des Moines and Newton, hqve
been in Des Moines again within the
last two weeks. They were accom
panied by other representatives of J.
B. Hanna and the Cleveland capital
ists who propose to build the road,
and made another inspection of the
proposed road. They came unherald-.
ed, either did not register or regis
tered under assumed names,- and
were in Des Moines and vicinity for'/
threfe days at least. The fact thp.tf
they were here leaked out through
men who have been consulted by
them relative to the project From
them it was learned that the gentle
men say there is no question but the
road will be built if the necessary
concessions in the way of franchises
can be obtained. In Des Moines a
franchise will be asked for one line
from the east-city limits to the busi
ness center over some street to be
nhmed, and the towns of Altoona,
Mitchellville, Colfax and Newton wil^
be asked to grant franchises for tha
operation of the road through those
towns, and over certain streets. It
was claimed that the franchise ques
tion will be taken up with the city
council in Des Moines during the
winter^ months, and that building
operations will be commenced as
soon as spring opens up if the proper
arrangements can be made.
Immediately after the Easter holi
days Des Moines will become a see
city. Dr. McGorrislc, one of the dele
gates to the meeting.of. the suffragan
bishops at Dubuque, stated yester
day that he had taken a canvass of
the bishops in attendance and found
not a dissenting vote on the ques
tion, even the Davenport bishop nol
objecting.
State Treasurer-elect G. S. Gilbert
son went to Chicago to be operated
upon for appendicitis. Fletcher How
ard received a teltfgram from him
saying the operation had been per
formed and he was getting along all
right. -*wr
John R. Sage, director of the Iowa
weather and crop service, has issued ij
his annual crop report, showing th'e
average yield per acre, total product
and average prices of staple farify
products in Iowa December 1, 1890.
The yield of winter wheat on a re
duced acreage as compared witly'
former years appears to be 1,018,070
bushels—an average of 14.3 b.ushel^
per acre. The total yield of spring
wheat is 20,280,280 bushels—an aver
age of 14.3 bushels per acre. The
average home value of spring wheat
is 60 cents and winter wheat 62 cents
per bushel, making the total of the
wheat crop $12,799,371. The care
fully revised figures made last June
showed the area of corn planted this
year to be 8,618,660 acres. The re
turns of the harvest show remarka
ble uniformity in the output of the
crop in the different sections of the
state, the'average per acre for the
several counties ranging from thir
ty-five to forty-three bushels. There
are sixty-three counties credited
with an average yield of forty-three
bushels per acre. The total product
of the state is 345,055,040 bushels,
The average yield per acre is 40J
bushels for the state average price,
87 cents, and the value of the crop
at that figure is $93,104,860. Fully
three-fourths of the crop will bo
consumed within the state.
Dr. R. E. Conniff of^the state board
of medical examiners admitted in an ",
interview that the board would use
every means to keep from issuing
certificates to graduates of the Still
College of Osteopathy. At its last
meeting the board postponed- action,
giving for its reason that there was
too yiuch other business on hand to
consider the osteopaths, but Dr.
Conniff said: "The board members
propose to stand by their guns and
protect the public health of this
state just as long as they possibly
can. It is true there is a law under
which the board is required to issue
certificates' to osteopaths, but -there
are also provisions which allow the
board to provide qualifications that
must be met before persons can be
admitted to the practice of osteop
athy. I am convinced we should
make every effort to keep them from
practicing. They have begun man
damus proceedings against us in Polk
county and threaten us with jail for
contempt of court, but we are will
ing to let that come if necessary."
SYMPATHY 18 FOR KRUGER.
But Holland Has No Jntentiou of Mix*
Ing In the Trouble.
Antwerp, Dec. 10.—A special dis
patch from'The Hague says-Holland
has no intention to intervene,or to
arbitrate in the Transvaal troubles.
The Hague, Dec. 10.—Queen Wilhel
mina received Mr. Kruger in audience
Saturday. As the Boer statesman
was traveling incognito, the visit wati
not attended by the ceremony usually
paid to a chief of state. A court offi
cial proceeded to his hotel and ac
companied Mr. Kruger to the royal
palace in a state carriage. Dr. Leyda
received Mr. Kruger at the door of
the palace, but was not present at
the audience.
Paris, Dec. 9.—The Echo de Paris
correspondent at The Hague says:
"The queen said to Mr. Kruger:
"Have confidence in God who will
protect you and yours. I will show
my friendship'when the''moment ar
rives but not now."
Hpaln Wants a New Treaty
Madrid, Dec. 7.—Commentng on
President McKinley's message, the
Spanish press, as a whole, echoes
desire that the government should
hasten negotiations for a commercial
treaty with the United States and
also devise means for amending that
clause in the Paris treaty which al
lows only native born Spaniards to
retain nationality in Spam's forme*
colonies.
For'Oklahoma Statehood,
Washington, Dec.,
5.—Senator
A
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Fair-
banlcs has introuueed a bill to admit
Oklahoma as a state with two repre
sentatives.
There are upward of 80,000 inhabi
tants on the slopes and skirls of
Vesuvius.
A slump in early JKiplings has been
noted at recent London auction sales
The "Schoolboy Lyrics," which a
couple of years ago brought A650,
has been sold recently for $16./'
The sewage of Paris is.convej
an immense farm about twentj
miles from the city. The- faril
four square miles in area, and!
fertilizer has proved so profitably
the land that neighboring farr
are anxious to secure-some ofl
.sewage, although at first they ojl
ed its use.
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