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ED. A. SMITH.
The widow's weeds sometimes
way to the rake'J
Lot's wife was probably the best of the
assortment.
The French may be fickle in every
thing else, but they are always faithful
in their love—of change.
You can always tell false teeth from
the real thing, bccause they are nearer
perfection than natural ones.
Wise is the individual who knows a
thing is going to be unpopular before
the flat-footed public jumps all over it.
The man whose only thought is to
contribute to the happiness of others
is as near sanctification as it is possi
bly to get.
So far as a man thinks, he is free.
Nothing is more disgusting than the
crowing about liberty by slaves, as
most men are, and the flippant mistak
ing for freedom of some paper pream
ble like a "Declaration of Independ
ence," or the statute right to vote by
those who have never dared to think
or act.
A city councilman from Philadelphia
suggested a veiy good standard by
which to determine the price which the
city should give for certain property it
wanted. Many offers were made of
land, but the council thought the price
too high. One of the members sug
gested that the valuation for taxing
purposes should be made the basis. It
would seem to be only fair that the
city should pay no more than the val
uation the owner himself put upon if
and paid taxes upon.
As was once stated upon very high
and very melodious authority, "the
heathen Chinee is peculiar." You can
throw him, but you cannot always hold
him down. He is slippery and elusive.
The Nelson lock is mere child's play
for him. It is all very well to jubilate
over the now prostrate form of Li
Hung Chang and to issue joyous proc
lamations to the effect that he will
never rise again. But the old man is
"monstrous onsartin," and he and the
dowager empress make a powerful
combination.
No less "than fifty-five war vessels,
including, of course, many small tugs
and torpedo boats, are now being built
for the United States government. Five
of these are war vessels of the first
class. When these are completed our
navy will be third in the list of naval
powers. No doubt we shall continue
to maintain this standing, as the recent
war has shown the need of a strong
navy, both in the Atlantic and on the
Pacific. What we need quite as much
as a large navy is the building of more
vessels for commercial use. The time
has come when we can construct steel
and iron vessels cheaper than any
other country in the world, as we used
to beat the world in making wooden
ships when Maine forests of pine made
masts that could not be rivaled any
where else.
An aged Indian chief of the tribe
called Pottawattomie is still living,
and was recently invited to be the
•guest of one of the schools in Chicago.
Jn sending his regrets, he said, "Poka
gon's heart rejoiced to receive your
invitation, but could not well attend.
Dear children, do not forget this: The
desire of my heart is that you may
learn to know my people better. Your
playground was mine sixty years ago.
It was wild land, but I loved it because
it was the land of my fathers. The
greatest curse that stands with brazen
face to lead astray tne young is ish-ko
te-ni-bush (fire-a'ater), which, like gin
e-big (the snake), lures to destroy, but
without the warning rattle. May Kiji
Manito (God) bless you all, and help
you to stand for the right, and never
forget that the red man and the white
man are brothers, and God is the Fath
er of all. This is Pokafx"-'
•vice to you.
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OAKKS Dickey County, N. DAK.
Some women are as flighty as som«
bank cashiers.
A hot temper i's apt to warp a man's
better judgment.
give
Hobbies are th'e most unsatisfactory
of all beasts to ride.
Some people spend a lot of their time
looking for traps to walk into.
One never knows how empty some
men really are until they get full.
Marriage may be a failure, but there
is a lot of evidence to the contrary.
Some men, like some fences, don't
amount to much until they get a gait
on them.
Speaking of
well-preserved
women.
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OPPOSED fO
THE CANAL
SK\AT()!t Tl R.PIE MAlvES AX AT-
TAClv OX THK 1111,1,.
Tilt* Indiana Senator UoclnroH the
Hill In in the Interest of the Mar­
itime Company, Whk'h 11c Char­
acterized as a h'rnad anl a Bank­
rupt Senator Morgan Defended
the Hill and the Muritiiiie Com­
pany—The House Passes tlie Dis­
trict of Columbia Appropriation
llill—Hill to Amend Liiws Relating
to Sc:micii Also Passed.
Washington. Dot*. 14. Yesterday's
session of the senate was largely con
sumed in discussion of the Nicaragua
canal bill. Mr. Turpie made the prin
cipal speech in opposition to the bill,
attacking it on the ground that it is in
the interest of tlio Maritime company,
which lie characterized as a fraud and
bankrupt. He moved a postponement
ol' tlie matter until after the holiday
recess. Mr. Morgan defended the bill
and the Maritime company and op
posed the motion to postpone. Messrs.
Borry and li.i a lins both offered
amendments materially affecting the
bill. Previous to tlie proceedings upon
the canal bill Mr. Morrill made an ad
dress in support of tlie bill authoriz
ing tlie purchase of a site for a su
preme court building, and This and
several other bills were- passed.
Iii tlie House.
The house passed the District of
Cciumbia appropriation bill without a
single amendment. The bill carries
:i»0.35i).!i50. which is less than the esti
lates. The house also passed the sen
ate bill to amend the laws relating to
seamen. All the amendments were re
jected.
BAILEY W ILL KICK.
Will Raise the Question of Gen.
"Wheeler's Kii^lit to Participate 111
tlie Proceedings of the ll..u»e,
Washington. Dec. 15. Representa
tive Bailey of Texas has due-idea to
raise the question of the right of Maj.
Gen. Wheeler to participate in the pro
ceedings of the house should he at
tempt to exercise the privilege of a
member. He will also raise the ques
tion as against either of the other
members of the house who entered the
service of the United States during the
war with Spain Messrs. Robinson
(Hep.. Pa.), Colson (lfep., Ivy.) and
Campbell (Dem., 111.). None of these
members of the house? who entered the
military service has participated in the
proceedings since the session con
vened, either to introduce bills or vote
upon roll call, but last Saturday night
Gen. Wheeler attended the Democratic
caucus. As none but Democratic
members of congress art: members of
the Democratic caucus Mr. Bail::y
says this raises the presumption that
Gen. Wheeler contemplates resuming
his seat in the house.
WRECK OX G. N.
Rail Broke and Six Cars Went Into
the Pelican llivcr.
Fergus Falls, Minn.. Dec. 15. A
freight wreck occurred on the Pelican
Rapids branch of the Great Northern
eight miles north of here. A rail broke
after the engine had passed! over and
six cars rolled down an embankment
into the Pelican river, the coupling
breaking just in time to save the pas
senger coach at the rear of the train
from sharing the same fate. The car
next to it went off and its front trucks
were derailed before the coupling
broke. No one was injured.
OWNERS OF LA BOL'RGOGNE.
Sued for Heavy Damages by Rela
tives of the Victim*.
Chicago, Dec. 15.—Five suits in ad
miralty have been begun in the United
States district court against. La
Compngnie Generale Transatlantique,
owner of the ill-fated Atlantic liner La
Bourgogne, which sank off Sable is
land July 4 last, as a result of a col
lision with tlie Cromartyshire, and in
which several hundred people lost
their lives. Damages to the amount of
$50,000 are asked in each case.
Karljr Settlor DIoh.
Park Rapids. Minn.. Dec. 15.—.T. W.
.Toy. one of the early settlers of this
section, formerly one of Hie leading
hard warts dealers of ihis place, but re
tell ly a heavy logging contractor, died
of pneumonia. lie was prominent in
Republican circles.
School Closed.
Black River Falls, Wis., Dec. 15.
Diphlheria lias broken out in the
Slianky school district near this city,
and Hi ret! deaths among the small chil
dren are reported. Tlie school has
been closet! by order of the health of
ficer.
Paralytic Stroke.
Webster City. Iowa, Dec. 15.—B. F.
Dorr, who lias been in the dry goods
business in this city for twenty-six
years, carrying .$40,000 stock, was
strieken by paralysis and is unable to
spealc.
Murder und Suicide.
San Francisco, Dec. 15. Raymond
Selliiiger, a despondent German, shot
find killed ills wife aud then turned
the weapon upon himself. Sellinger
had been unable to secure einiloy
inent.
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IX HAVANA.
Violent Affray Between Member* of
a Funeral Party and Hospital Em
ployes.
Havana, Dec. 15. About 1) o'clock
yesterday morning when a. funeral
procession was escorting the hearse
containing tlie remains of Jesus Soto
longo. who was killed Sunday niglit,
readied the corner of Infanta and San
Jose streets, a violent affray took
place between members of the funeral
party ami some employes of the mili
tary liof.piia!. which eleven people
were wovou'i.'d. One version of the af
fray is
the military hospital em­
ployes and a number of Spanish pri
vates. who were standing in the hos
pital portico, refused to remove their
hats when requested to do so by per
sons in the procession. Thereupon the
Cubans, it. is alleged, tried to knock off
tlio hats and a light ensued. The pri
vates tired upon the procession, the
windows of the hearse being broken
and the bullets striking the coffin.
Knives and pistols were freely used.
The procession, which consisted of ISO
carriages, continued to the Cuban
cam]) near Marianao. where military
honors wore rendered. There were
more than lit'ty wreaths of flower#
fron. the friends of Capt. Sotolongo,
and the procession and ceremonial
were virtually a demonstration
against tlie Hotel Inglaterra outrage.
DEWEY MAY RETl'RX.
He Is Anxious to Return Through
Suez With the Olympin.
Ma:-lla. Dec. 15—Admiral Dewey de
sires to return to America on account
of his health, which begins to show
tlie effects of a long period of work
and worry in a. hot country. For sev
eral days he has been under the treat
ment of the fleet surgeon, who thinks
the admiral should go to a colder
climate. Admiral Dewey feels that
his presence here is no longer essen
tial, inasmuch as the conduct of future
operations will fall chiefly to tlie army,
tlie navy doing only routine work. It
is thought that the admiral desires to
return with the Olyinpia by way of
tlia Suez canal to New York, the
Olyinpia being replaced by the large
cruisers now coming. For the future
work of the Philippine fleet it is his
opinion that, ships of small draft, of
the Petrel class, will be most service
able.
ATLANTA'S JUBILEE.
First Demonstration of the Kind in
the South in Fifty Years.
Atlanta. Ga., Dec. 15. The peace
jubilee which oyers liere to-day and
will continue for two days is the first
demonstration of its character held in
the South for fifty years. Then, as
now. the occasion signlaized the ter
mination of a war which resulted ben
eficially to the United States, the event
of a half century ago being in honor
of the return of Mexican war veterans.
To-day and Thursday's celebration,
which will be participated in by Pres
ident McKiiiley, members of his cabi
net and tlie prominent figures of the
Spanish war, promises to be a decided
success not only because of enormotu?
crowds, but for the reason that it is
the first, demonstration since the peace
treaty was signed.
OF INTEREST TO
KEEPERS.
Calumet.
Atlas.
Bengal.
Cameo.
Chapman's.
Chicago Yeast.
Columbia.
Crown.
Echo.
Globe.
Grant's BonBon.
Krfefiibs?
HOUSE-
Inasmuch as the World's Fair and
the Iowa and Minnesota State Boards
of Health condemned baking powders
containing alum it will be of use to our
readers to have an ofllcial list of some
of the powders in order that they may
be able to distinguish between them
and the pure and wholesome cream of
tartar article. This is not an easy mat
ter, as none of the alum compounds is
labeled as such, hut all masquerade as
"pure," "best in the world," "none so
good," etc. Our space will not permit
of a complete list and we give the pow
ders most generally sold in this section
which are known to contain alum:
Government.
Hatchet.
Home.
I. C.
K. C.
Loyal.
Palacec
Puritan.
Perfection.
Snow Ball.
Unrivaled.
Reject all brands sold with a prize or
at twenty-five cents or less a pound, as
they are made of alum. Be on the safe
side and accept none other than Dr
Price's Cream Baking Powder, which
received the highest praise and honors
at the World's Fair.
Canadian Cattle Shipments.
Winnipeg, Dec. 15—Canadian Pacific
returns on cattle shipments from
Western Canada east, 10,000 head
2.000 less than last year: south, to the
States, 20,000, and west, 20,000—about
the same as 1807.
Death to Scction Men.
Mason City, Iowa, Dec. 15.—Charles
McDevitt and Iienry Clilodek, section
men living at Plymouth, were run
over and killed by an engine on the
Milwaukee road three miles nortli of
JlflT
Kloquent.
Mrs. Johnson—Am Parson Jackson
ve'y elquent? Mrs. Whitewash (ecsta
tically)—Am he eloquent? Oh, my!
wish yo' could hab heard his sermon
las' Sunday 'bout Balaam an' de ass—
yo' could almost 'maglne yo' heard de
%ss a-talkin'.—Harper's Weekly.
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WARSHIPS GO
TO HAVANA
XOT IXTKXDKI) BY TIIE GOV EllX-
MEXT AS A THREAT.
But Their Presence in Havana Hnr-
bor Will Undoubtedly Have a
UuictiiiK- Effect Vpon the dirtily
Populace—The Brooklyn, Texas,
Castine and Resolute Are the Ves­
sels -rum, Will (io-Thc SUBSCS-
tion Probably Came From Ad­
miral Sampson After the Erup­
tion Sunday Night.
Washington. Dec. 15. The Brook
lyn. Texas, Castine and Resolute have
been ordered to Havana. While there
is not the faintest desire to convey a
jfhrt at in the dispatch of these war
ships to Havana, it may be noted that
when they lie within the harbor they
will hold the town iu perfect subjec
tion. It. is surmised that the sug
gestion came lioin Admiral Sampson,
lio is now in one of the suburbs of
Havana as a result of the unfortunate
eruption Sunday night at. the Hotel In
glaterra. At any rate the event
brought the authorities to a. sudden
realization of the exact state of affairs
in Havana and the immediate danger
ot another such outbreak which per
haps might: run into the proportions of
a riot and cost many innocent lives.
it'll only a sm:*ll force of American
soldiers in Havana province, and those
removed at such a distance from the
city as to make it difficult of access in
time to be of service to the American
element in the city, now swollen to
large proportions by the advent of
many hundred commercial men and
others seeking opportunities for em
ployment, the ucce%silty for some pro
tection was apparent. To in?-.-esse the
number of soldiers materially is not
easy iu view of the difficulty of trans
porting them as well as providing for
them when they reach Cuba, but the
navy department now is always ready
and it was decided to hasten the ships
named to Havana to form a formida
ble bulwark against any anarchic out
breaks that ni^ht occur before the
completion of the American occupa
tion of the city. The Texas is a full
fledged armor-clad and might stand a
deal of pounding even from the heav
iest fortifications the Brooklyn, with
her protective system, can be rated as
even better than the New York, of the
same type the Castine is an efficient,
though small, gunboat, and the Reso
lute is a. tr.vasformed nierehar.'.trr.an
with a, battery large enough to make
her formidable.
CAISES VEXATION.
We Don't Get Thnt Floating Dry
Dock at Havana.
Ilavaia, Dec. 15.—Tlie navy depart
ment has just learned with much vex
ation that, the Spanish government is
about to sell the splendid floating dry
dock which was brought: to Havana
from England just before the war at a
cost of $050,000. Admiral Sampson,
the naval representative on the evacu
ation commission, made a most de
termined struggle to have the dock
passed to tlie United States with other
property of a permanent character,
but he was overruled by his colleagues
on tlie commission. Generals Wade
and Butler, who accepted the Spanish
contention that the dock should be re
garded as a. ship and not as stable
property. The dock is to be sold,
therefore, by the Spanish officials next
Friday.
•'EX. I,EE AT HAVANA.
The Panama and Other Transport!*
Arrive Snfely.
Havana, Dec. 15.—The United States
transport Panama, one of the first
prizes captured in the late war, has
arrived with Gen. Fitzliugli Lee and
staff. Tlie transport Michigan, which
left Savannali on Saturday, a day be
fore the Panama, has arrived with
two battalions of the Second) Illinois
regiment. Tlie Saratoga, which left
Charleston at noon on Sunday with
the First battalion of the Tenth in
fantry, has also arrived. She brought
sixteen sick men south, but they are
no worse for the voyage. The troops
v,ill march to Mariai.ao to-day.
Elevators Full.
Superior. Iowa. Dec. 15. A groat
deal of grain is still coining into town.
Cars are very scarce and grain men re
port elevators full all the time. Crops
were good hero. Fully one-half of the
corn is still in tlie field. Snow is about
four inches deep, which lias practical
ly stopped husking. There are no more
hogs left in the country.
Fire at Granite 'iills.
Granite Falls. Minn., 15.—Tlie
drug store of Ilolnian & IJanire was
found to be oil fire. The wareroom
was completely destroyed and the rear
part of the store proper badly scorched1
and much damage done by water. G.
Olson's saloon, next, door, was also
badly damaged. All losses are cov
ered by insurance.
•Japiut Will Lose Ships.
l^ondon, Dec. 15.— The Paris corre
spondent of the Daily News says: By
influencing China to delay the pay
ment. of the war indemnity to Japan,
tlie Russian government will be en
abled to acquire several Japanese
warships now building abroad which
Japan will be unable to pay, for at the
btipulatcd time.
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NEWS IN BRIEF.
Overflow From tlie Wires In a Con
dciiscu Form.
Tlie Johnson Chain company's ware-,
house, 255 North Green street, Chi
cago, was destroyed by fire.
The house naval affairs committee
ordered a favorable report: upon the
bill to create the rank of admiral and
vice admiral in the navy.
At. the Lenox Athletic club at New
York Jack Bonner of Philadelphia and
George Byers of Boston sparred twen
ty fast rounds to a draw.
The schooner Middlesex, owned by
E. A. Shores of Ashland, Wis., which
was caught in the ice floe at Pelee
island, Lake Erie, and badly crushed,
was towed into Cleveland completely
waterlogged.
Baron G. De Langueruil died sud
denly of heart disease as he was eat
ing his dinner in the cafe of the Hol
land house at
NeAV
York. The baron
arrived from London on Dec. 5.
Representative McRae of Arkansas
has introduced a bill extending the
public land laws to the island of Ha
waii. subject to regulations as may be
made by tlie secretary of the interior.
The Rome correspondent of the Lon
don Standard says: The pope has ao
dressed a letter to Cardinal Gibbons
on his theories of Americanism. It
will liot be published until it has been
communicated to the American Epis
copate.
A mortgage l'or $55,000 which has
been hanging for some time over the
Presbyterian summer school at Wi
nona Lake, Ind., has been raised. At.
a meeting at Chicago of the director*
from Indiona, Illinois, Ohio and Wis
consin it was announced that John M.
Studebaker, Thomas Kane and Alex
ander McDonald of Cincinnati, h*d do
nated tlio necessary $55,000 and1 had
alp. :..]y placed it in the treasurer's
liavi'is.
THE MARKETS.
Latest Quotations From Grain ajitf
Live Stock Centers.
St. Paul, Dec. 15. Wheat No. 1
Northern, 021-2@03 l-2e No. 2 North
ern, 01 (5! G2C.0 Corn No. 2 yel
low, 31@31 l-2c No. 3,30 l-2@31c. Oats
—No. 3 white, 2G@26 l-2c No. 3. 251-2
@25 3-4c. Barley and Rye Sample
barley, 30@44c No. 2 rye, 47 l-2@48c
No. 3 rye, 4G l-2@47c.
Duluth, Dec. 15.-Wheat—Cash, No.
1 bard, 65 3-8c No. 1 Northern,, 02 3-8e
No. 2 Northern, 57 7-Se No. 3 spring,
54 7-8c to arrive, No. 1 hard, 05c No.
1 Northern, 03c December, No. 1
hard, 04 3-8c No. 1 Northern, 02 3-Se
May. No. 1 hard, 00 l-8c No. 1 North
ern. 05 l-8c. Oats, 20 3-4@27e rye, to
arrive, 50c barley, 3G@42c flax, to ar
rive, $1,041-2 May, $1,001-2: corn,
31 5-8c.
Minneapolis, Dec. 15.—Wheat De
cember opened at 02 l-4c and closed at.
021-2c May opened at 03 3-4c ant!
viosod at 0-1 l-8c. On track No. 1
hard, 041-2c No. 1 Northern, 031-2c
No. 2 Northern. 01 l-2c.
Milwaukee, Wis., Dec. 15. Flour is
steady. Wheat dull No. 1 Northern,
04 l-2c: No. 2 Northern, 03 3-4@04e.
Oats higher at 27@28 l-2e. Rye dull:
No. 1, 53 l-4@53 l-2e. Barley quiet
No. 2, 48@48 3-4c sample, 4(Va47 l-2e.
Chicago, Dec. 15.-—Wheat—No. 2 red.
08 l-2c No. 3, 04@G0 l-2c No. 2 hard.
03c No. 3, 01@G3c: No. 1 Northern
spring, 02 l-2@64c No. 3, 611-S@64c.
Corn—No. 2, 33 3-4c No. 3. new, 31c:
old. 32c. Oats—No. 2. 20 1-1@20 l-2e
No. 3, 20c.
Chicago, Dec. 15. Hogs Light.
S3.20@S.40 mixed, $3.25(63.45 heavy.
$3.25@3.45 rough, $3.25@3.30. Cattle
—Beeves, $3.90(5.5.75 cows and heifers,
$2@4.05 Texas steers, $3.30@5.25
stackers and feeders. $2.80@4.40. Sheep
—Natives, $2.50@4.35 Westerns, $G@
4.30: lambs, $3.75@5.35.
South St. Paul, Dec. 15. Hogs.
$2.85g3.25. Cattle—Cows. $2.40@3.15:
s::ockers, $3.25@3.75 heifers, $2.85(&
3.10 oxen, $3.50 bulls, $2.00@3.10
calves, $4.50. Sheep, $3.50@4.50.
Sioux City, Iowa, Dec. 15. Hogs
$3.27 l-2@3.40. Cattle—Canuers, $1.75,
cows, $3.00 heifers, $3(5:3.35 bulls,
$2.55(53.25 stockers, $3.30(53.70 year
lings, $3.25@3.50 calves. $4@4.25.
Sheep, $3.50@5.
TWO WERE KILLED.
The Mine Explosion at Poteau Less
Serious Than at First Reported.
Fort Smith, Ark., Dee. 15.—Only two
men were killed in the Witteville coal
mines near Poteau, Ind. T. It is be
lieved that they were the only men iu
the mine at the time of the explosion.
The men killed were sliot-firers on the
regular nightly round, firing shots,
breaking coal for tlie next day's work.
The extent of the damage cannot now
Jn.' learned for the mouth of the mine
is blocked by a. fall of rock loosened by
the explosion, and ventilating appa
ratus is so badly damaged that, were
the entrance open, it would be impos
sible to enter the mines. It is not.
known what caused the explosion, but
it is thought that a gas fissure was
struck.
A BLOODY I'PltiSlXG.
Furmosan A'lllaKe is Attacked and
Destroyed by Insurgents.
San Francisco, Dec. 15. Terrible
atrocities are reported from Formosa..
Two hundred rebels recently attacked
a village, surprising riie people and.
looting tlie place. They burned thirty
seven houses. A Japanese police in
spector and six constables perished in
repelling the attacks. One constable
was captured alive. The insurgents
fastened on his back the bloody liead»
of his companions and1 drove him be
fore them Into the woods. Reinforce
ments were sent to the village where
tht! mutilated bodies of the victims
were founa. One constable killed his
own wife and child with his sword
prevent them from becoming captives.
He was then killed by the savages.
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