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About Dakota County herald. (Dakota City, Neb.) 1891-1965 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 28, 1906)
They do sny that not In many year kave m many legislators come back to ,Wahlngtou unaccompanied by their f am Ilk, An unprecedented nnmlter f Senators and Representatives will live bachelor live all this winter. Where are jrou going to live?" Is con sequently a more significant question than In other years." "How are you going to live?" la a new one to many. Men of family, who hare not been con cerned ordinarily about the household Ing problem because their wives looked fter those matters, are giving earnest consideration to the question of how to live alone. Hotel and boarding house rntes and accommodations are Inquired about with deep Interest. Down at the .bottom of these troubles is the fact that free trmiMportutlon Is no more. The members, Indeed, get liberal allowances of mlleago for their travels, but there la no arrangement for transitortlng their families at public expense. They must have passes or pay. , One Con (rewuuan with a family of himself, wife, three "full-fare" and twa "half tare" children and about 1,500 tulles to travel, figured that for transporta tion, sleeping cars, etc., It would cost him $400 to bring his family to Wash ington and take It home again In March, saying nothing of extra expensa f living here. "So I'm a bachelor," be said, sadly. Persons familiar with real Indian up risings have been a limned ut the amount of attention attracted to the recent attempted migration of three hundred Utes from their reservation In Utah to more fertile land In Wyo ming. The Indians hnd no warlike Ipurjtose. They were simply seeking a place of residence where It will be possible to get food. It Is fifteen years jalnce there has been anything which can properly bo callod an uprising, and that culminated In the fight at Wound ld Knee, S. D., In 1800. The campaign Of General Miles for the capture of ,Geronlmo In 1SS0 was really the last .serious conflict between the whites and ithe red men. To go. farther back. troops were called out at the time of the masaacre of the Meeker family by the White River Utes In 1870, and the i Sioux and Chcyenues were ho trouble- some In 1876 that they had to be at tacked In the campaign which resulted In the Custer massacre. - These were grave disturbances; but so many of the Indiana novv speak English, wear civilized clothing and cultivate the land, that tlio red man who has any disposition to take to the war-path has practically disappeared. Long bridge, crossing the Potomac to Virginia, over which great urtules marched during the Civil War, will aoon live in memory only. Orders have been Issued for Its destruction Work has been commenced to remove It All veterans of the Civil War who campaigned In the East remember the fttructure, and It has been one of the principal objects of Interest upon their -visits to the national capital. The bridge waa A mile long, and was sev ral times badly damaged by freshets. For years It has been nu obstruction to navigation, and in Its weakened eondl tlon was a menace to life. The rail roads using the bridge by act of Con gress were compelled to construct a modern bridge, and the government has, near the site of the old structure, and iut far from the new railroad bridge, built a highway bridge. Long brldgo waa the theater of historic epl odes early In the last century, but la most widely known to recent genera' tlons as the pathway of the routed Union forces fleeing Into the national capital from Virginia after the first battle of Bull Run. The Nobel peace prize of $40,000 for this year bat been awarded to Presi dent Roosevelt by the Norwegian stor thing, on account of the part taken by blm in bringing about the end of the war between Russia and Japan. .The presentation of the prlxe was made to Minlstur Pierce at Chrlstlanla, the usual requirement that the reclpl nt of the prize go personally to tho Norway capital being waived. Ia ac knowledgment, President Roosevelt sent a message to tho storthing saying liow profoundly touched he was by the . honor conferred, and Baying that what . be had accomplished was due to . the fact that he was a representative of the nation. When the denatured alcohol act was passed by Cougress It was the Intention to enable farmers to dUtlll alcohol and deunturlze it for use In heating, light and power purposes. It Is found, how ever, that the law la a virtual monopoly to the large distillers, because of ln ternal reveuue laws which restrict the distillation to registered stills with a capacity of seven to ten gallons a day. conducted under the supervision of In ; tenml rcveuue official. Senator Ilans- brough of North Dakota has Introduced nu amendment to give farmers the bcn cflt of the law, ' Director of the Mint Roborta reports that the coluage of tho past year was less than uttual because of the scarcity of sliver bullion. Tho total number of new domestic oolus struck was 107, 871.035. having the value of $00,210.- 747. There was also coined $25,000,000 peso for Mexico and a lot of fractlon- Al pieces for Costa Rica, Psuama and the Philippines. Sleul:lng on his resolution against federal Interference In the Citlifnriii.i chool question, Senator Rnyner of Maryland severely criticised the Pres ident, saying that if he could compel California to admit Japanese students he could with equal propriety demand the admission of Sunto Domingo negro children into the wblta schools of Euuttj carotin . ' SUN PARLOR A GOOD THING. Teraada Made Habitable All W la ter If laeloaed. The demand for fresh air and un shine has reached tbo dignity of a cult Not only Invalids but people In good health live out of doors all summer, and, having felt Ibe boneflclal effects of sun and air, are loath to shut them selves up In ordinary bonnes for the winter months. To such as these the Country Life recommends the "sun parlor. Not a conventional conservatory for plants, It explained, but a llvuble, comfortable room for members of the household where sunshine Is the principal attrac tion. Use the room as a breakfast room, n lounging room or n den as you will, but build it of glass, advises the writer. Inclose your piazza, he continues, and you may sit In the sunshine In your sun parlor nil the year round, nor do you need to travel to Florida or Cali fornia to sit on the piazza from Oeto- 1st to March. But yonr breakfast on the veranda during the fall and as win ter draws on help tho sun a little by turning on the steam or starting the fire In the fireplace. Sun raises the temperature hi a glass room Ion to twenty degrees. Start your plants from seeds here and transplant them when the frost outside Is gone. You can hove tulips blooming long before Kaster. Plant vines In boxes and with your palms and flowers you will have a veritable aum- mer garden all the year. The Inclosed piazza Is not a new idea, yet few soeiu to realize Its possibilities. The "sun parlor" Is not difficult of at tainment. A sunny portion of a porch may lie Inclosed with glass or the llv lug room or dining room extended for the purpose. As n rule most modern houses have too much veranda and n portion of It could easily 1 utilized for a sun par lor, fitting It up with removable win dows for winter and screens for sum nier. An ordinary piazza can thus be converted Into a winter sun parlor at comparatively small expense and a de llghtful living room added to the house. A gas radiator or oil heater may be used to take the chill off If steam or furnace heat Is Inaccessible and the room may Iks attractively furnished with wicker, willow or mission lurnl ture. ' ODD NEW ZEALAND BIRDS. The Honey ICuter Acta Like a l'reavher and Loulu the Part. The honey cater Is one of the com inonest and ut the aauie time hnndsom est of the New Zealand birds. The neck Is ornamented with a frill of cur ly feathers of u greenish color with white centers and the throat Is adorn cd with a tuft of white feathers, which has gained for it the popular name of "parson bird." .in npiadlutlon appro priate not only because of the decora' tlon but because of the reseniblauce of Its peculiar attitudes when singing to the gi'Htlcuhitl.uis indulged In by exu berant lecturers wli:u wishing to Orive homo their points. The bird Is un ex cellent miir.i!! jnd can be taught to re peat short sentences with extraordinary clearness and .'.Iso to whistle short songs quite us well as a parrot. The lute Sir Walter Uullcr tells the amusing story that he was once ad dressing a large meeting of natives on a matter of considerable political ini portance and had been urging his views with all the earnestness that the sub ject demanded when immediately on the conclusion of the skhh-Ii and before the old chief to whom his arguments wero chiefly addressed had time to re- ply a honey eater, whose netted cage hung to a rafter overhead, responded In a dear, emphatic way, "Tito!" (false). Tho circumstances naturally caused much merriment among his audience and quite upset the gravity of tho veu erable old chief. "Frleud," he said, laughing, "your arguments are very good, but my i.ioknl Is a very wise bird and he Is not yet convinced." London Graphic. rresaed to Death. Ail English court has sentenced u woman to Imprisonment because she refused to speak during a trial The old penalty for remaining mute ander similar conditions was being pressed to death. The form of sentence set forth "the prisoner shall be laid in some low, dark house, where he shall Ho naked on the earth and one arm shall be drawn to one quarter of the house with u cord and the other arm to another quarter, and In tho same maimer let it he done with his legs, and let there la laid uiiou his body Iron and stone as much us he can bear or more." There the mau had to He. , (hi the following day he was given three morsels of bread without water, on tho following water, but no bread. ud this was his diet until he died. tireut lilxeowr). The editor of a Kansas paper states that ho once borrowed a Windiest?! rifle and started up the street a few days after to deliver the weapon to its owner. The delinquent subscribers got It Into their heads that he was on the warpath, and every one he met Insist cd ou paying what he owed him. One man wilted out a debt of ten years' standing. On his return to his otllee he found a load of hay, tifteen bushel of rant, ten bushels of potatoes, a ion of votd and a barrel of turnips that had Ihhui brought In. We would like to burrow a Winchester for a day or two, St. Iiouls Post-Dispatch. Saxuu Ithyuio ou Farina- Kalla Cut tUeiu oa Monday, cut them for health. Cut tli "in on iuesday, cut thetu weal.h. Cut them ou Wednesday, cut for a letter. Cut them on Thursday, for something better. Cut them on Friday, you cut for your wife. Cut theiu on Saturday, cut for long Ufa, l ut tneni on Bunduy, you cut them for evil, Tor all of that week you'll be ruled the devil. by Mackerel la Church. ' , During a harvest festival at the flsh ng town of Puueknoll, Dorset, En gland, mackerel, liuc.g across the cbau- eel, formed part c.f the church decora tlomv., ' William Henry Moody, who has na timed his duties as associate Jutitlct of the Supreme Court of tho United States, hns had the honor of , hnvlng filled two eablnct positions before as cending , the Su preme bench. He was Secretary of the Navy from May, 19 02, until July, 1904, whou he became' Attorney General, a position ttn I liita tnat enllti. ;va- w.t.uAii ir. Mocov. " " ' . " qulshed. lief ore en tering the cabinet Mr. Moody had serv ed nearly four terms In the House of Representatives as Congressman from the Sixth Massachusetts District Pri or to his election to Cougress he had served as district attorney for the eastern district of . Massachusetts. Mr. Moody was born in New bur jr. Muss., In 1853. He received bis educatloa la Phillips Academy, Andover, aad In Harvard University, and practiced law successfully before he entered tie fluid of politics. ! - Captain George J. Grammar, who has been elected vice president of the consolidated system ef railways and given charge of the freight traffic, Is one of the noted rail way mi.u of the country. He was born In 1844 at Zunesvlll", Ohio, started In life as a cabin iwy on a riv er boat, and subse quently became su perintendent of the old KvansvHle, Pa- CAPT. GRAMMAR. duch and Cairo line of boats. Then be became freight agent for the Evans ville nd Terre Haute Road, and In 1S00 became general traffic manager of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois. Subsequently he became president of three Indluua roads, aud then was chosen traffic manager ef the Lake Shore, holding that position until last year, when ho became vice president of, the Vanderbllt system, with charge of traffic west of Buffalo. The last promotion makes Captain Grammar traffic manager of the entire Vander bllt ayutem. James E. Watson, who holds the balance of power In the House com mittee that Is considering the ship sub sidy bill, which he formerly opposed, but " which he now favors, represents the Sixth Indiana district, and when first elected to Cou gress In 1894, de feated the veteran, William S. Holraan. Mr. Watson was born In Winchester, Ind., ' In 1804, and J. te. watsom, received his educa tion In De Tamv University. In 1880 be waa admitted to the bar. He has been grand chancellor of the Knights f l'ythlus, and also president of the Indiana State Kpworth League. Ho has lived in Rushrille. Ind., since 189:1. -: : Senator Francis Emroy Warren of Wyoming, wbosa name has been dragged Into the Investigation of ex tensive laud frauds In tho West, ha been conspicuous In Wyoming polities since 1S0S. He was twice territorial governor and was the first governor nnder the ctate con stitution, and pre viously had beeu a member of the Wy oming council and benatob wajuen. president of the Wyoming senate, lie lerved three terms as treasurer of Wy lining. Ills first office in the territory a as as mayor of Cheyenne. Senator Warren was born In Hinsdale, Mass., In 1840, was educated In the common ochools and Hinsdale Academy, and ifter serving In the Union Army from 1802 until the close of the civil war tent to Wyoming and started la the tattle-raising business. He was one of the first United States senators elected nnder the state constitution in 1890. Julius Kahn, member of Congress from the Fourth California district. Is one of the most picturesque figures Id the lower house. He Is a native of ltaden, hut has lieen a resident of San Francisco s I n c e childhood. He chose the stage as a profes sion and has ap peared with most of , the great American actors. Subsequently he JV1.1VS KAHN, (,red of ulatrj0n. Ics and turned his attention to the law, at which he has been very successful. Mrs. Helen Wilmaus Post, who a few rears ago was a mental healer as fa mous as Mrs. Eddy or Dowle. and whe founded the towu of Sen Rrecxe, Fla.. confessed in court at Jacksonville. Flu., that she was a fraud, and paid n fine of r00 ror fraudulent use of the malls. In an affidavit filed In court she said she . V Is Buffering from una. rXMir. Inflammatory rheumatism, and cannot cure herself. Her pleas to be relieved sf the thirty days' lu prlsoumeut waa granted. - if SUFFER FROM COLD. HARDSHIPS FOR ' FRI8CANS IN REFUGEE CAMPS. Tea tad t'ainpa - la Saa Fraaelca Parka Are I'oor Shelter Aaalaat the Call (or n la ' Wlnler Halaa Klchteea Tlioaaand Ileateleaa. 8aa rrtocUco earrmpa&aencc : With the cold rains of winter upon them, 18,000 persons are still living in the refugees' camps of San Francisco. There were 200,000 In the camps when order was restored after the great fire, but warm weather was at band theu and the problem of caring for even this great number was simplified in u measure by this fact Now it Is differ ent. The winter Is on and the author ities realize that It will be harder to care for 18,000 In the next four mouths than It was to care for over ten times that number early In the year. The refugees are divided Into two classes the self-supporting and the non-supporting. The first are those who are earning enough to support themselves, even to paying reasonable rent, but have neither the furniture for bouses nor the ability to buy and who in many cases cannot secure houses at reasonable rentals. The non-supporting are those who were rendered absolute ly destitute by the fire, mostly old per sons, who are being cared for in a camp set aside for them at tba Ingle side race course. These non-supporting ones have been made comfortable lu shacks, where they are looked after by relief captains. But the self-supporting ones are having a hard time of It Dr. Edward T. Devlne, who had charge of the relief work up to Aug. 1, had planned to have permanent houses built, but to escape bankruptcy the corporation had to abandon this plan toward the end of August, when the refugees were all In tents. Then It was decided to build wooden shacks In the parks to take the place of the tents in which there would be little shelter for the Inmates against the rains of the California winters. In all about 6,000 shacks will have been constructed when the work Is finished, but only a small fraction of the shacks have been erect ed and these are without plumbing and without chimneys. It Is doubtful If , V.;. r-s-A m M. 2 .rev?, fillip A TENTED CAMP OF SAN FRANCISCO REFUGEES. these little structures will turn the pelting rains and surely the tents In which thousands arc yet housed will not. The shacks are of two sizes, the larger ones being 10x18 feet and have three rooms, while the smaller ones have but two rooms. Vaireacrona Official. The city officials have not displayed a generous spirit, When the shacks were erected It was understood that they were to stand until the middle of August, 1907. But early In November orders were Issued that all the parks In the district where most of the camps are located should be cleared forthwith of tents, houses and refugees. This was on the eve of election and the order was that they must depart before voting. Politicians interfered and told the refugees that they would not be removed. The park commis sioners renewed their order, but It bar not yet been put Into effect and any attempt to drive the people out will lead to a riot, for they have no place to go. A monthly rental of $8 la charged for three-room shacks and of $4 for two-room shacks. The collection ef the rent Is difficult Nine out of ten would bave paid without comment but for the presence of agitators who refused to pay and urged others not to pay. Those who have paid their rent have been watching those who do not and as the non-payers continue in possession of their shacks the number who refuse to pay Increases . dally. Matters were brought to a cllmux when eighteen families took forcible possession of as many Jefferson square shacks and held them In open defiance of the relief corporation. They still hold them and the effect Is demoralizing. The tplrlt which they displayed Is Indicative, of the restlessness ef the people and there may be trcuble before long. Obatreperona Marjr Kelly. -' The raid made by the eighteen fam ilies was led by Mary Kelly, who was also the leader of the flour riots last summer, and also of the mob which protested against giving a banquet to Dr. Devlne when there were refugees Buffering for the necessities of life. Mrs. Kelly has a paralytic husband and four children and has always been a hard-working woman. The members of the relief corporation were exas perated with the woman when site seized a cottage.. They did not cara to brlug eviction proceedings, they did not dare to pull her cottage down and they bit upon the novel plan of dragging ahaek, woman and all to the non-supporting refugees' camp at Ingleslde, where the relief captains would be free t work their wills. Accordingly a squad of po! Icemen loaded Iter camp upon a truck and started on the six mile Journey across the city to Ingle aide. Throughout the Journey Mrs. Kelly stood in tha door of the shuck, stars aud stripes lu band. In a perfect frenzy of anger, denouncing the relief corporation, ita agents and all its works. Women cried and men curted all tn all, It was a scene to be remeaa. Lered. All along the line of march then were eights and Incipient rlota. Sev eral times the driver was all but p idled from his seat. Captain J. N. Klllnn, camp commander at Ingleslde, had not been notified of the descent that was being made uiton blm. When the mob escorted truck reached the outer gates of tho camp. Klllan, upon learning who was thus bciug thrust upon him, denied Mrs. Kelly admittance, on the ground that she would spread duitlsfacUoa and . discontent among a . people who had become resigned to their uuhuppy lot For two days, while the several fac tions of the relief corporation were disputing us to what disposition should be made of the unhappy old woman, the, shack-luden truck remained in the county road, outside the gates of In gleslde. The building was, of course, without fire. The six-mile Journey through the streets had racked it bad ly ; the windows and the door could net be closed. The rain entered at a hun dred places. But the determined old woman did not desert her home. After two days' stay la the roadway the shack was finally dragged Inside the camp. Mrs. Kelly was wurned that It was to be pulled down. Still she refused to leave. A force of workmen thereupon set upon It, until nothing was left but three boards of the fleer upon which stood the resolute old wom an, waving her flag, while denouncing those whom she termed her persecutors. Then she went back to the tent which she had occupied before she seized the shack. OVERRUN BY THIEVES. New Terlt Poll re Helplesa In the Face of a Crime Epidemic. In New York City more than $1,000, 000 worth of property, chiefly Jewelry, has been stolen during the past year, and only a small proportion of it has been recovered from the shops of pawnbrokers. Upward of 1,000 lists of articles taken in robberies, some of the individual cases running as high as $75,000 in value, have been scattered broadcast in that time with the hope either of finding the booty or obtaining a clew to tho thieves, but in nearly every case without avail, and the police are virtually at their wits' end. Detective Sergeants Murphy and Ware have been trying to clear up the situa tion and have visited every pawnbroker's place in New York, but they have been hampered In their work by the fact that ..,';m vtrvW' x a v - --.,..-t,SfceD' 'A they were not permitted to leave copies of the list of stolen goods with the pawn broker lest too much publicity should fol low, and they were allowed only to show the lists to the keepers of the places, re lying on their memory for the rest As a result, not the sliKUtest trace has been obtained of something more than 200.000 separate pieces of Jewelry which were taken in the course of tho year. nadlcal Consumption Theory. Dr. W. P. Turner, a London physi cian of high standing, who has made a first-hand study of tuberculosis for many years, has recently published his conclu sions, the main feature of which is that the disease is an animal disease, primarily derived in all" cases frem cattle. According to the review ef this work in Current Literature, he h14a that the original source of infection b a plant cattle deriving it from timethy or other allied grasses from affinity, and that man acquires the disease frant in fection or inoculation, never by Inhala tion; also, that it is not hereditary or subject to predisposition. The bacillus is a saprophyte, feeding on vegetable de cay, but that it becomes pathogenic ? disease breeding when the cattle in whi.h it occurs are deprived of the sunlight' which contains a property known as actin ism. The group of diseases thus trans mitted by cattle or ilesh food he cells mycotic. The grasses are the primary host, cattle are the intermediary host sad man rounds out the life cycle. So that consumption can be regarded only as a parasitic' disease. According to this theory, inhalation has nothing to do with the spreading of consumption, and the theory that infection ia conveyed by the sputum is abandoned, whilo tho idea af contamination through kissing would prove nonsensical. Cost of Federal Criminals. Uncle Sam has 3,204 of his own pris oners. They are confined -n goverumant penitentiaries at Leavenworth, Kan.; Atlanta, Ga. ; McNeil Island, Wash., aod in sixty-five State institutions. In a year there has been a decrease in number of 179, although 1,709 new occupants enter ed cells. Forty-nine died in twelve months; fifteen went insane. The of fense for which the largest number were Incarcerated was violation of the postal laws, but 141 of the prisoners were coun terfeiters and 70 had sold liquor to the Indians. Lees than half the prhsoaers bad a better or worse half. Most of them comaiitted crimes when tbey were be tween 20 and 90 years of age, although the statements of age by tha 35 women prisoners may have brought down tfia figure. Nearly 50 per cent of those ques tioned confessed to intemperance. Ft coat Uncle Sam at Leavenworth $10X73 a year for each prisoner. Each one at Washington and Atlanta cost between 11 and 12 rents a day. But those who keep out of jail find the cost of living higher. . New Pneumonia. Treatment. Dr. Robin of Paris has reported to the Academy of Medicine a new method of treating pneumonia, with the application of which only six fatalities out of fifty one cases occurred. The treatment con sists of subcutaneous Injections' of a metallic element. Dr. Robin said the kind of metal used seemed to make little difference, though heavier metals and gold and silver seemed to hava strorger action. :: A- . ' ;2 CONGRESS President Roosevelt sent In a mnssagt to the Senate Wednesday dealing with the discharge of negro troops. After some debate action was postponed until tha next day. The pension calendar was cleared by the passage of more than 200 private pension bills. In the House a resolution was adopted giving the com mittee on enrolled bills an additional clerk. A resolution still further Increas ing the force In that office met determined opposition. The absence of a quorum was disclosed and Speaker Cauuon brought about adjournment. ! ! In the Senate on Thu.-sday Senator Foraker made an extended critielrm of the basis of President Roosevelt's action in discharging the negro troops of the Twenty-fifth Infantry. He was replied to briefly by Senator Lodge, while Senator Scott sustained the demand of the Ohio Senator for a full investiration by tha Senate military committee. A resolution directing such investigation Is before the Senate for action at its next meeting. Adjourned at 2:45 p. m. until Jan. 3, 1907. In the House Representative Mon dell (Wyoming) succeeded In passing his bill extending the time in which entry men may make final settlement on the Shoshone Indian reservation. Representa tive Fayne (New York) called up his resolution relating to the distribution of the President's annual message to the several committees. The House then, after passing the resolution, adjourned for the Christmas holidays at 12 :45 p. m. National Capital Notes. Representative John S. Little, Go rnor-elect of Arkansas, has resigned from Congress. President Roosevelt entertained Gov. elect nughes of New York at a dinner at the White House. The opning of bids for the completion ef the Panama canal has been postponed from Dec. 12 to Jan. 12. Senator Frye withdrew from the Sen ate calendar the compulsory pilotage bill because of ftp recent defeat in the House. Representative Hardwick of Georgia introduced a bill requiring all railways to install tho block system and providing that railway telegraphers shall be licens ed. Representative Goulden of New York. In the debate on the Indian epproprinlion bill In the House, made an earnest plea for larger appropriations for the improve ment of waterways. The nouse defeated a bill validating 20,000 certificates of naturalization that are clouded becauso court clerks failed to ask the applicants if they were an archists. The measure will be callod up again. Miss Jane Addams and Miss Mary McDowell of Chicago conferred with President Roosevelt on the Immigration bill. They urged an investigation of the immigration question before shutting out aliens.' The Senate agreed to a resolution re questing the judiciary committee to in form the Senate if Congress cau prohibit Interstate commerce in child labor-mada goods under the commerce clause of the Constitution. The nouse committee on Immigration reported favorably a bill to valiuato 20,- 000 certificates of naturcllmtcion which are of doubtful legality because of the failure of clerks to ask the applicants if they were anarchists. American exports of meat and dairy products have increased GO per cent In the last ten years and for the present calendar year amount to $250,000,000, according to a statement made by the De partment of Commerce and Labor. Representative McKinney of Illinois Introduced bills appropriating $5,000 for the purchase of additional ground for the public building at Rock Island ana in creasing the appropriation for a site aud public building at Moline to $125,000. Senators Cullom ' and Hopkins will aree the President to appoint Oliver E. Pagin of Chicago, now special attorney in the Department of Justice, to be an Mtatant attorney general to succeed James C. McReynolds, soon to retire. Tne Russian ambassador, Baran Rose, announced that a man representing him self as Prince Magatch, who is Baid to be in America negotiating lor larm maenin it for the Russian department of agri culture, has no authority to represent tha Russian government. The interstate commerce commission set Jan. 1 and 8 for a hearing at Chi os va of the testimony in the cases grow ing out of the terminal charges at the stock yards and the advance in rates upon cattle coming from points west of the Mississippi river. The nouse committee on elections de cided unanimously to report favorably the Tillman bill forbidding national banks and other corporations to contribute to campaign funds after adding a clause making the offense punishable by Impris onment as well as fine. Vice President Fairbanks received from Representative Steenerson an Invita tion from several Chippewa half-broedi of Minnesota who bear his name and are related to him to attend the fiftieth anni versary of the creation of the White Earth Indian reservation. The House committee on commerce will begin hearings Jan, 8 on the Sher man bill requiring railroads to sell mile age hooks at a rate of 2 cents a mile and Dec. 14 on the Townsend bill for an arbitration to settle labor dispute af fecting lntf rstute commerce or the mails. The War Department has selected Do ver, N. J., as the site for the government powder factory for which Congress ap propriated $103,000 last session. The President and Mrs. Roosevelt the other night dined with the Vice President nd Mrs. Fairbanks, the company lnclud iug. among others. Speaker and Mrs. Can non and Ambassador and Mrs. Reid. President Roosevelt has received from Emanuel Nobel of St. Petersburg, nephew of the founder of the Nobel prize and present bead of the family, a cable gram congratulating bira on receiving the peaca prize. , Tbe Senate committee oa Industrial ex positions authorized a favorable report on the bill for a government loan of $1,. 000,000 to tbe Jamestown exposition. Representative Foster of Vermont In troduced a bill providing that tbe title of "American ambassador" sball be borne by all diplomatic representatives of tbe United States a bore the grade of charge d'affaires. John II. Perrin of Indianapolis ap peared before the House committee on banking and currency in support of the American Bankers' Association credit currency measure. He urged the neces sitj for $200,000,000 more in bank notes. CHICAGO. The favorable conditions which hava characterized commerce so strikingly throughout the year have suffered no decline, and It ia a fitting culmination to tho unprecedented activities that the Volume of Christmas dealings ha sur passed the high record made a year ago. Notwithstanding the enormous buying of holiday goods, the general demand is well sustained In seasonable lines, especially high-grade apparel, footwear aud household needs. The buying power of the people never before hns been so strongly demonstrat ed and liberal purchnses have carried sales of the luxuries to a remarkable extent Jowelry, art and music store sharing largoly In the general prosper ity. Stocks in the leading retail sec tions throughout the city have under gone satisfactory depletion on a falrly prolltable margin, although the Helllug expense forma an enhanced Item. A feature of the dealings ban been tla greatly Increased number of visitor from many outside points who bought liberally, and it is clear that this mar ket has become a more attractive cen ter than hitherto for discriminating, buyers. Wholesale bramdies now settle lut tha usual quiet af the dying year, at tention being given mostly to prepara tions for the annual Inventories. I toad; salesmen return with satisfactory or ders for spring delivery, and the vol ume of sales thus far compares very favorably with that of last year in dry goods, clothing, boots and shoes, ladies'" suits and men's furnishings. Advim. testify to continued headway made In the business done by Interior merchants. Agricultural conditions remain good, winter wheat doing well and there la Ing no enforced marketing of crops. Little complaint Is noted as to western collections, while a higher ratio of fail ures this week Is without special indi cations of an unhealthy kind. Bank exchanges a year ago were con siderably swollen by the closing of three local concerns, and, allowing for this, there is sustained gain in the cur rent total. Conditions In tbe leading; industries reflect no material change. The customary falling off appears la the aggregate of new demands, but tho pressure is undiminished upon produc tion, and few plants can be shut down for more time than Is necessary to make imperative repairs. Raw mate rials are yet rapidly absorbed and' prices maintain their high position for pig Iron, finished steel, lumber, hides and leather. The markets for bread stuffs, provisions and live stock show seasonable activity, and, with few ex ceptions, values range higher. Failures reported in Chicago district numbered 28, against 23 last week and 18 a year ago. Dun's Review of Trade.. NEW YORK. Holiday buying, easily the pre-eminent trade feature, Increases as the sea son draws to a close and early predic tions of a record turnover are being fully realized. Stocks have been so well disposed of that Jobbers have booked a large volume of re-orders. Otherwise,, however, general retail trade in season able goods has been subjected to vaga ries of weather, being excellent where low temperatures have prevailed, but backward elsewhere of the South and ' In tha Northwest, where the weather has been too mild or too rnlny for the fullest developments. In the larger distributive lines, wholesale and Job bing business is comparatively quiet lu consonance with the season, drummers being In for the holidays, while Inven torying Is under woy. The failures in the United States for the week ending Dec. 20, number 227, against 220 last week, 235 in the like week of 1905, 24! In 1904, 243 in 1803 and 166 In 1902.) Iit Canada failures for the week numbcr 26, as against 31 a week ago and 3K in this week a year ago. BradstreetV Commercial report $3bav Chicago Cattle, common ' to prime. $4.00 to $7.10; hogs, prime heavy, $4.0l to $0.32; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $3.50 ; wheat. No. 2, 73c to 74c ; corn. No. 2, 43c to 44c ; oats, standard, 32c to 83c; rye. No. 2, 05c to -JOc; hay, timo thy, $13.00 to $18.00; prairie, $0.00 to $10.50; butter, choice creamery, 27e to Sic; eggs, fresh, 25c to itf)c; potatoes, 32c to 3t)c. Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $7.00; hogs, choice heavy, $4.00 to $0.40; sheep, common to prime, $2.50 t $4.50; wheat, No. 2, 73c to 75c; corn. No. 2 white, 43c to 44c; oats, No. Z white, 33c to 37c. St. Louis Cattle. $4.50 to 7.00; hogs, $4.00 to $0.30; sheep, $3.50 to $0.00; wheat No. 2, 75c to 70o;coru, No. 2, 40c to 41c; oats. No. 2, 34c to SOc; rye, No. 2, 61c to 03c. Cincinnati Cattle. $4.00 to $5.00; hogs, $4.00 to $0.33; sheep, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat. No. 2, 75c to 77c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 42c to 43c; oats, No. T mlxed, 30c to 88c; rye, No. 2, 70c to 72c. Detroit Cattle, $4.00 to $5.00; ho. $4.00 to $0.:W; sheep, $2.50 to $5.00; wheat. No. 2, 70c to 77c; corn. No. 3 yellow, 43c to 40c ; oats. No.- 3 white, 35c to 37c ; rye, No. 2, 00e to 70c. Milwaukee Wheat No. 2 northern, 78c to 80c; corn, No. 3, 40c to 41e; oats, standard, 34c to 35c; rye. No. 1, 60c to 07c ; barley, standard, 54c to 55c pork, mess, $10.15. Buffalo Cattle, choice shipping steers, $4.00 to $0.25; hogs, fair to choice, $4.t to $0.60; sheep, common to good mixed $4.00 to $5.75; lambs, fair to choice' -$3.00 to $8.00. New York Cattle. $4.00 to $3.00 hog. $4.00 to $0.75; sheep. $3.00 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 78c to 79c: corn. No. 2, 51c to 82e; oats, natural white, to 41c; butter, creamery,, 30c to 33c; eggs, western, 27c to 80c