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Hfl V. Al. KIMMELL , Publisher.
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B NEBEASKA.
BB A-n Odd Fellows lodsre has been or-
9 ganized at Dodge.
BU The gambling houses at North
BB Platte have been closed up.
B9 The Methodists are having -yery
successful revival at Bradshaw.
HI The Burr creamery has been com-
Kl pleted and is ready for truslness.
BK The mayor of Hastings has issued
KM and order abolishing all slot machines.
HI The merchants of South Omaha are
' discussing the advisability of selling
Hj for cash only.
H The Republican Valley Poultry asH -
H sociacion will have a show at Superior
H on January 4 , 5 and 6.
H The merchants of Newport report
H ; more than double the trade this sea-
i eon over the same period fo r last
Hj .year.
B The Farmers' Creamery company
B las completed a ? G,000 building at
ft Newman Grove and turned out it3
B first pound of butter.
HIS | While starting a fire at her school
J Tiouse , Miss Ines Stinsen , a teacher in
Jfl the Bancroft schools , was badly burn-
H9 cd about the face and neck.
HI United States Marshal Donnella ar-
BS Tested Fritz uouger , a farmer living
Rl thirteen miles southwest of Bloom-
Hlfl ington for passing counterfeit money.
A man near North Platte who tried
to beat the hired man out of six
months' wages was cinched in court
for $90.10 , including costs of prosecu
tion.
J. A. Graham , managing editor of
0 the St , Louis Republic , has promised
i I to respond to the toast "The Press , " at
i the Jacksonian banquet in Omaha
j January 8.
'j Seventy-five citizens in the vicinity
] of Tobias have cases filed against
I them in court to recover from them as
> members of a protective elevator as-
I sociation.
BJ ( | j The ladies of Hastings are organiz-
| 11 ing to take part in the woman's work
Hi ! Il at tlle Omaha exposition and to as-
Hil II si5t m forwardinS the girls and boys
uildjn project. \
Hi I Ti Tnere is" a noticeable awakening in
Hit lnany ° * tne towns in the state among
B | ! | If | the business men looking toward orB -
B | ] j Eanized work for the benefit and profit
H | | i ' of their localities.
B | ' jjj M. J. Drummond died very suddenly
H | : II nt his home in Columbus last week
Bfi I from heart trouble. Mr. Drummond
| II "was about fifty years of age and had
Biu een m or ahout three months.
Is If J ° lln Siler a young farmer livinjj
Kff 11 seven miles northweHt of Humboldt ,
Bff If "was shot in the leg by a companion
Bfi II "with whom he was out huntine , caus-
B fI ing a flesh wound which will not
Iflll 35rove serious.
H | | II The postofiices at Exeter and Ra-
Hj ! | | venna , Neb. , will be raised from fourth
Bff j j ° lass to presidential offices January
B k | 11 1. The salary of the postmaster at
B 1 | 13 the former place -will be § 1,200 and at
H I IJ the latter § 1,000.
Bli ' j Senator Allen introduced a peti-
! tion from S. M. Benedict of Lincoln
I j ! praying for the recognition of the bel
li ligerency of Cuba , also papers relat-
mrj 11' ' ing to the application of Sam H. Shir-
Bp II ley for an increase of pension.
J | [ I * A. C. Holtzman of Chadron , who
HBJ j | lost both his hands on the road a few
Hh | Hi months ago , has just received § 1,200
RJ | I insurance from the B. & R. T. , of
B | [ jlwhich he was a member in good
H& Ma standing at the time of the accident.
H | : Ml Congressman Strode has been inK -
K | | formed by President John R. Proctor
Jg j ot the civil service commission that
IBfJ. . W. Kerns of Lincoln has passed the
WRclerk copyist examination with a genE -
E i eral average of 82.70 ; that he will
Hb remain on the list until December 11
BB I I next , and that there are thirteen per-
Hl [ III sons ahead of him on the register from
BR HI the state.
Hjl Hi Captain Edward Keinys , one of the
BH HI most noted sculptors of wild animals
Bff | | | and Indians in the United Statesif _
Hf | 3iot in the world , has arrived in Omaha
HO Hj to confer with the management of the
HmI Hj exposition regarding the placing of
Bff II permanent statuary on the exposition
HK II grounds to remain in the public park
Bff HI for all future time as memorials of the
Bff II ereat exposition.
BR f'l ' The little 2-year-old daughter "of
Bff | . { I Hev. E. B. Young of Wayne got hold
HSjj j of a bottle containing carbolic acid , on
Bk I Sunday , and before being noticed had
HBdrank | [ about a teaspoonful. Mrs.
Hfi 1 "Young at once administered melted
Wmm 1 lard , causing the child to vomit. Dr.
Wt I Blair arrived in less than ten min-
HH I "utts , and it is now thought the child
IBS | m survive , although it was a very
ffffff 1 close call.
flg I Tne Hastings Republican gives this
ffff j picture of a revival in progress there :
IBs ll'Quit0 a sensation was created by two
BBS * fmen that had been associated in sin
UBtJK nnd for the first time met in the house
BEH of GodIn Siving their testimony they
BBhI recognized each other and then grasp-
Bfii e& eacn ° ther by the hand , saying
ffBBI na t ie l1011515 of God was better than
HhH the saloon and other places of sin. The
B | B1 entire congregation was greatly af-
BBKi fectecl * > y tllG scene. "
EBiAs an Illustration of what Buffalo
ffBl county farms are worth and are ca-
Bf Bpable of producing , there were ship-
K | ped from Elm Creek , the first station
BBS-west of Kearney on the Union Pacific
BBl xailroad , during the months of Sp-
HH ffitcmter' ) October and November , 62 , -
HB 300 bushels of wheat. 20.SoO bushels
HB Qof corn , 64,400 bushels of cats , 31,800
MBl Imshels of barley and 13,796 bushels
BBHof rve' an(1 the farmers received § 64 , -
Hff 804 for the grain at their home mar-
H B The Llncoln street railway property
H 9 'was put up at auction and was bid
Hm in by the reorganization committee for
HHff 1560,000. Two or three branch lines
HHff ithat have not been regularly operat-
B ed wcre not inciude(1 in tlie saIei anfl
| H will be abandoned.
H The vown of Elba , eight miles north-
BHH-tvest of St. Paul , was visited by rob-
mUMl bers First they attempted tobreak
flHIthe safe in the Union Pacific depot.
BBKot succeedinir , they broke into the
HB&torc of Jay Smith and secured val-
&
BBBnable goods. Finally they went to the
Bra ore of J. N. Peters , where they
Mflroke open the safe and took a lot
Bwllof valuable papers.
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THE SEWS IN BRIEF.
ITEMS OF INTEREST GATHERED
HERE AND THERE.
Miscellaneous News Notes fathered From
This and Other Countries Accidental ,
Criminal , Political , Social ami Other
wise Crisp Condensations From All
Quarters.
Monndny , Dec. 20.
Steps are being taken , to form a nail
combine.
The Lutgert jury is now complete
at the trial proceeds.
Patrick Lealy and five children were
burned to death at Ottawa , Canada.
Representative Smith of Illinois , by
request , introduced a bill to permit
the naturalization of Americanized
Chinese.
The general offices of the United
States Express company will bo re
moved from St. Louis to Cincinnati ,
January 1.
Saturday's statement of the condi
tion of the treasury shows : Available
cash balance , § 229,020,434 ; gold re
serve , S139.CC1.691.
The comptroller of the currency has
issued a call on national banks for a
statement of their condition at the
close of business on December 15.
The treaty between the United
States and the Seminole nation has
been concluded and signed by the
Dawes and Seminole commissioners.
Retiring United States Minister
Breckinridge was received by the czar
and tendered letters of recall and pre
sented his successor , E. A. Hitchcock.
A special from Monte Carlo says :
There is good authority for stating
that a further concession of fifty
years has been granted to the Casino
company.
The famous artists' model , Lucie
Hagerland of Paris , has had her
beauty destroyed by vitrol thrown at
her by another model , named Judicelli ,
in a fit of jealousy.
Albert S. Warner , the Albany , N. Y. ,
lawyer , arrested at Riley , Kan. ,
charged with complicity in the kid
napping of Young Conway at Albany ,
N. Y. , last August , was brought to
Kansas City to await until extradition ,
papers shall arrive from New York.
Tuesday , Dec. 21.
Richmond , Va. , felt an earthquake
shock on the 18th.
John Alstot killed his brother Claude
at Danville , Ky. , while drunk.
The Commercial Travelers' League
met in New York and denounced the
anti-scalpers law.
Revenue Cutter Hugh McCulloch
left Philadelphia to protect seals from
poachers in Bering sea.
The British fleet now in Chinese
waters consists of one ironclad , nine
cruisers and eighteen smaller men-of-
war.
In an explosion aboard the British
steamer Southern Cross , which ar
rived at Maderia , several persons were
killed or wounded.
A meeting of the press club of Chicago
cage was held to arrange for attending
the funeral of Washington Hesing ,
who was president of ' .lie clro.
Charles Byrne , president of the
Brooklyn baseball club , is lying at his
home in Brooklyn in a very critical
condition. Byrne was a resident of
Omaha in the 70's.
A well dressed lady , eighty-six years
old , and evidently demented , was
found wandering on the streets * of
Cleveland , Ohio. She has a daughter
living at Gresham , Nebraska.
At Elk City , Kansas , John Strauss
is dead , his two sons are dying and Mr.
Reed and his daughter are critically ill
from drinking coffee into which rat
poison had dropped accidentally.
It is said that Prince Bismarck , who
braced up for the emperor's visit , has
relapsed into his former weakness , de
spondency and persistent insomnia.
Mentally and physically Prince Bis
marck is rapidly declining.
William Lloyd Garrison , the well-
known Boston reformer , addressed the
ethical society of New York on the
life , character and work of Henry
George , whom he characterizes as one
of the greatest men of all time.
Last Sunday Mr. Bryan attended
divine service in the Evangelical
church in the City of Mexico and was
also the guest of President Diaz at the
distribution of prizes to the Mexican
exhibitors at the Chicago and Atlanta
expositions.
The republican members of the
house , v/ho are framing a bill to re
form the civil service law have not yet
got together to draft their measure.
Chairman Hepburn of the special com
mittee says he expects the bill to be
matured soon after the holiday recess
closes.
"Wednesday , Dec. S3.
The Pope of Rome is reported in ex
cellent-health.
A curfew ordinance has been en
acted in Indianapolis.
More Czech-German riots are re
ported from Bohemia.
The United States * supreme court
has adjourned for holidays.
Dolls of all nations will be display
ed at the Omaha exposition.
The Auditorium theater at Kansas
City burned. Loss , 5225,000.
A number of microscopist appoint
ments for South Omaha are announc
ed from Washington.
N. F. Snyder , a millionaire of Pitts
burg , gas man , was arrested on a war
rant sworn out by his son charging
him with the abduction of the latter's
infant son.
The American Federation of Labor
at Nashville adopted resolutions en
dorsing the bill pending in congress
for the establishment of postal sav
ings banks with the -iause relative to
National banks stricken out.
The state of Nebraska , by the at
torney general , has filed civil suit
against ex-Treasurer Bartley and his
bondsmen for $335 ON ) . This is the
amount which Bartley is charged with
embezzling from the public treasury.
Secretary Alger baa cabled to Wil
liam Akellmann. the chief , govern
ment reindeer hunter who is now in
Alton , Norway , to infcrm the war de-
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partment immediately how soon 600
reindeer can be shipped to this coun
try.
Thirty pounds of Alaskan and
Washington gold nuggets have been
shipped over the Great Northern rail
road by the bureau of information
of the Seatttle Chamber of Commerce.
The gold is to be exhibited in all the
leading eastern cities.
Thursday , Dec. 23.
The wife of Prince Hohenlohe , the
imperial chancellor of Germany , * is
dead.
The shops of Tripoli are closed and
the Arab agitation against the gov
ernment is increasing.
Among the seriously ill in New York
are James K. Sackett. the actor , and
Mrs. Ballincton Booth.
Charles Depue , who has been on
trial at St. Louis for killed Morris
Pietsch , an aged grocer , was acquitted.
Notices have been posted at the
Fiskdale ( Mass. ) cotton milhi that
January 3 , the wage scale will be low
ered.
ered.Vessels
Vessels for Australian trade are
almost unobtainable. There are now
three cargoes awaiting shipment from
San Francisco to Sydney , Meblourne
and Adelaide.
Arnold Luetgert , son of Chicago's
alleged wife murderer , admits that ha
forged notes amounting to $4,000 ,
given to Attorney Vincent.
Judge Lochren has decided that the
Minnesota "pink law , " providing that
all oleomargerine or butterine offered
for sale in that state must be colored
a bright pink , is constitutional.
The Manufacturers' club at Philadel
phia has passed resolutions favoring
the establishment of a commerce and
manufacturing portfolio in the cab
inet.
inet.Bert
Bert Alward , one of the most prom
inent college athletes in the country ,
and widely known as a foot ball
player , is dead.
Mrs. George M. Pullman has decid
ed to accept her dower interest In her
late husband's estate , which gives her
$3,000,000 in personal property and
one-third interest for life in the real
estate.
A snug fortune awaits Edward Rut-
ledge of Huron , S. D. , at his old home
in Pennsylvania. Some time ago
Rutledge's grandmother died , leaving
an estate of over § 3,000,000. to be di
vided among forty-two heirs. Rutledgo
will get an even § 100,000.
Friday , December24.
anti-scalping bill now before con
gress.
Mrs. Ballington Booth is dangerous
ly ill in New York.
David S. R. Lambert , wounded by
masked burglars , at his home at Wil
ton , Conn. , is dead.
At a meeting of the Iowa Whilesale
Grocers' association at Cedar Rapids ,
resolutions were adopted favoring the
George Bitner , wholesale poultry
dealer at Bristol , Tenn. , assigned ,
catching numerous creditors for § 25 , -
000.
000.The
The comptroller of the currency has
received information of the failure of
the First National bank of Bembina ,
N. C.
The German warships , Deutschland
and Geleon , under command of Frince
Henry of Prussia , have started for Gib
raltar.
Dr. Noah Fields Drake , a graduate
student in geology of Stanford uni
versity , has accepted a position in the
Tien Tsin university , China.
Private John W. H Davis of the
Fourth cavalry was frozen to death
while carrying mail bejtween Lake
hotel and Thumb station in National
Park.
Assistant Secretary Howell has ren
dered a decision in a customs case in
which he holds that common gcat hair
is entitled to free entry under the new
tariff lav/ .
Mr. Bryan called on all the cabinet
ministers of Mexico , and , with Mrs.
Bryan was entertained at dinner by
President and Mrs. Diaz at their city
residence.
At the annual meeting of the New
York Base Ball club a dividend of 4 per
cent was declared , the president , how
ever , being empowered to increase it
if he saw fit. :
The auction sale of the St. Carlo
yearlings , bred at the McDonough
farm , California , was a great success ,
eleven youngsters bringing an average
of § 1,000 each.
Saturday , December 25 ,
China has granted Russia permis
sion to winter her squadron at Port
Arthur.
At the commencement of 1898 the
United States will have 184,464 miles
of completed railway.
General Weyler in an interview is
quoted as saying he has no hope of
the success of autonomy.
The orange and lemon crops of
Southern California have been injured
by frost during the succession of cold
nights.
A riot occurreu in the court house
at McArthur , Ohio , during a trial.
Two men were seriously and probably
fatally wounded.
Mrs. Jane Forrest , 69 years of age ,
committed suicide at Chicago by
throwing herself headforemost from
a third story window.
The American window Glass com
pany , which controls the output of the
window glass plants of the country ,
will advance prices January 1.
Sam Brown of Shelbyville , Ky. ,
sold to Ed H. Tipton of Lexington
Lady Reel , the dam of the 2-year-old
Hamburg , for § 15,000 cash.
President Samuel Sloan , of the Del
aware , Lackawanna & \ estern rail
road , was presented with a § 16,000
gold table service by the officers and
employes of the company.
Impressive mneral services were
held over the remains of Miss Leila
Herbert , daughter of ex-Secretary
Herbert , whose tragic death shocked
both the capital and the country.
Attorneys for Durrant have filed
notice that they will ask for a change
of venue from the recent order of
sentence by Judge Bahrs on the
ground that the court was prejudiced.
The postmaster general has dv'cid-
ed to order a postage stamp to com
memorate the Trans-Mississippi ex
position at Omaha the coming year.
They will be of the denomination of
1 , 2 , 5 and 10 cents and § 1.
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DEAL- SOON AT END.
WHEAT MANIPULATORS MUST
SHOW THEIR HANDS.
Friday is the Day Upon "Which Deliveries
Are to Do Made Makinc ; the Seller
Dictator of l'rlvc Kemoval of Central
Market From Liverpool to Chicago.
The "Wheat Dealt.
CHICAGO , Dec. 27. Friday , which
will witness the close of the great
trade , bids fair to prove a memorable
day in the trade. No great excitement
is expected in the wheat pit , but in
oats a squeeze of shorts may occur.
"The wheat deal of my son has
brought to the farmers of the United
States 10 or 15 cents more for their
wheat than if he had not gone into it , "
L. Z. Loiter said today , in talking of
the great battle between Joseph Leiter
on the one side and the elevator com
panies on the other. "My son has been
the benefactor of the agricultural in
dustries of the country to that ex
tent. The seller is now dictating the
prices of his product , not the pur
chaser. Chicago makes the market
price of wheat , not Liverpool. And
thelocal influences which have been so
long for constantly lower prices have
ceased to control Chicago markets. - '
The first purchase of wheat by Jo
seph Loiter was made in July last at
64 cents. The price for real wheat ,
such as the farmer sells , has been 99
cents and § 1 for several days. This
makes a total advance since July of
about 35 cents. Leiter , sr. , gives the
ordinary course of the markets credit
for between 20 and 25 cents of the
rise. The remainder he attributes to
the substantial support given to prices
by Leiter , jr. , during the last six
months.
It is believed that Mr. Leiter has
been turing a trick on the trade in
oats while everybody has been watch
ing wheat. For weeks the oats pit has
been practically deserted. Last week
there was a disagreeable surnrise to
the men v/ho had sold 6,000,000 bush
els of oats for December delivery
vhen they learned that no oats were
I ring delivered. Then thev awoke to
the fact that in all the Chicago ele
vators oats measured but 950,000 bush
els of the contract grades. It was
Wednesday when the discovery was
made. The price of December oats was
then 20 % cents. On Friday the mar
ket closed at 22 % cents. A cent ad
vance in oats is as good as 4 or 5
cents in wheat. It is too late to rush
in a supply to meet the calls which
will be made for the grain at the close
of business on Friday. Thosrt who
have not delivered the crain accord
ing to contract will be called upon to
settle at the closing prices. The sit
uation has all the elements of a
squeeze.
THE INDIAN EXHIBIT.
Senator Allen Calls Upon His Drcthrcn to
Help.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 27 Senator
Allen has addressed the fololwing let
ter to all members of the upper branch
ofcongress } in relation to his bill "ask
ing an appropriation of § 50,000 for a
congress of Indian tribes at the Omaha
exposition next year :
"My Dear Senator : I take the lib
erty of calling your attention to the
bill introduced be me ( S. 2,508) to
provide for the holding of a congress
Df the Indian tribes of the United at
the ctiy of Omaha , in the state cf Ne
braska , in the j'ear , A. D. 18SS , and
for other purposes. You will greatly
jblidge me if you will read the bill and
; he report accompanying it , and if you
? an , consistently with your sense of
public duty , do so , I would be pleased
: o have you support the measure. I
jeg to sugest if the bill shcul become
i law./this will be the first and prob-
iby tne last general exhibition of the
savage tribes of America , and will be
i source of great interest to many
people who have never had an opor-
: unity of observinb our Indian tribes ,
.heir hpbits and customs. No doubt
.he educational features will be " of
rreat advantage to thousands. Omaha
s geographically well situated to hold
; uch a congress at a minimum expense
: o the government. I believe the
noney will be well expended in au-
horizing this concress.
The auditor for the treasury depart
ment , William E. Andrews , has "ap
proved the requisition for the issuance
of a warant to George A. Bartlett. dis
bursing agpnt of the treasury depart
ment , for § 25,000 , to be used in .con
struction of the government building
at the Transmississippi exposition.
This is the first money to be drawn on
behalf of the government board and is
understood tc be for prelimimry work
in conjunction with pu = hing the build
ing to an early completion.
Sue fie Secretary.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 27. The
American Asphalt companv of Colorado
rado has brought suit agansr. Corne
lius N. Bliss , secretary of the interior ,
and William A. Jones , commissioner
cf Indian affairs , to enjoin them from
declaring void a lease to certain min
ing lands in the Uintah Indian reser
vation and in interfering with the
necessary operations of the company
en their property.
Spai : : Should. Have Navy.
MADRID. Dec. 27. Today Impar-
cial unres that in view of the char
acter of the reply of United States
Minister Woodford to the note of the
Spanish government in answer to the
first communication of the American
government through him. it is neces
sary to increase the Soanish fleet as
against the pv-sntunlitr of a conflict
with the Uni'ed States.
French Statesman Dead.
PARIS , Dec. 27. Comte Anatole
Lqniercier , member of the chamber
if deputies , is dead.
Comte Lemercier was born June 25 ,
1S25. He was one of the seven depu
ties from Chariente Inferieure , per
sonally representing the first divis
ion of Saintes. He was a descendant
of the Lemercier who figured in
France during the revolution. His
father was for many years a member
of the chamber. He received the dec
oration of the Legion of Honor and
published several volumes.
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EXPOSITION STAMPS.
Third Assistant I'oHtiniiHtcr Ccneral
AhUh for Di'sl ns.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 27 Third As
sistant Postmaster General Morritt ,
who will have charge of the selection
of subjects for the series of Trans-
Mississippi exposition stamps , which
the postmaster general has officially
announced will be issued to commem
orate the exposition , has written a
number of letters to leading artists of
the country asking for suggestion ?
relative to designs. Three divisions
are suggested in the letter :
First That they should contain
portraits of distinguished people iden
tified with the country.
Second Appropriate historical
events should be represented as illus
trated by existing paintings or en
gravings.
Third Unique pictures of national
scenery or of other things associated
with the progress of the Trans-Mis
sissippi region.
General Merritt said that it would
be his aim to give the exposition-a
series of stamps that would be artis
tic in character and would appeal to
all classes of people and especially
typical of the greater west. Incidental
ly he suggested that possibly one of
the stamps might contain the repro
duction of the celebrated etching
known as "Fremont Hoisting the
Flag on the Rocky Mountains. " The
well known statue of Thomas II. Ben
ton at St. Louis contains upon one
side of the base a quotation from one
of Mr. Benton's celebrated speeches ,
wherein he outlines the possibilities
of the country beyond the Mississippi ,
and it has been thought that the Renton
ton statue would be an appropri'ito
design for one of the stamps. The
complex picture v/hirh hanjfs in tne
west corridor of the capitol. known ns
"Westward ho ! " emblematical of the
hardships attendant upon the pioneer
and suggested by Bishop Bcrklev * ;
quotation "Westward the course of
empire takes its way , " was also men
tioned by General Merritt. There is
a picture in the rotunda of
the capitol Do S ito' discovery of the
Mississippi river which might also be
used upon one of the denominations.
General Merritt said the department
would eidravor to select subject ? ilirit
had b * en naintul or engrave 1 an '
would not call unon artists to draw
new scenes , which would necessitate
a great amount of time , bat on l he
contrary , would endeavor to get pho
tographs , reproductions cf famous
paintings and personages , so that the
engraving of dyes might he quickly
done.
The stamns will h so" > r/h of
the same shape as the Columbian
stamp , twice the size of the present
post/e stamp. They will br > saught ,
after by collectors , and as the'- . - * are
nearly half a million of thesp peonle
the government , instead of bing
of philanthropic , exnecls to realix ?
hr-ndsomely unon the issue. Colum
bian stamps today are selling at pric-os
many times hieher than was once paid
for tiiem and they are growing moie
valuable each year. It is the same \\iy
with the Centennial stamp , and it will
also he true of the Trans-Misstesinw
stamp. Suggestions of scene on stamps
are invited by tlie pctoffice dppartment
as it is General Merritt's desire to
give the exnosition the handsomest
set of stamps ever issued to commem
orate an exposition.
Klondike Kings Christinas.
NEW YORK. Df > c. 27. James I.
Clements , the "Eldorado kins of the
Klondike , " who is at the Lafayette
hotel , displayed one of the costliest
if not the costliest Christmas tree
which will be seen the world around.
On this richly laden three were 750
§ 20 gold pieces and nuegets and pres
ents worth § 5,000. which brought the
total up to § 50,000. La-t vear the
man who fixed u ? the Christmas tree
dined on Christmas day in the Klon
dike off a piece of cariboo meat , with
the top of a tin lsird bucket for a
plate and his fingers serving the pur
poses of knife and fork. The tree
occupies space in the Hotel Lafay
ette , and those fortunate or unfortu
nate enough to be allowed to feast
their eyes unon this prodigal display
of wealth were granted permission
by its owner to sift the § 20 gold
pieces through their finders , to lift
double handfuls of gold nuggets , and
Eiiess how much they were worth ,
and every visitor carried away a lit
tle nugget whether "the Eldorado
king" had ever seen them before or
not.
Demand for indemnity.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 27. Secretary
Sherman was seen tonight regarding
a story cabled him from Madrid to the
effect that the United States had de
manded of Spain § S.000C00 indemnity
for American traders for damages sus
tained through the rebellion in Cuba.
The secretary stated that if any such
demand had been made he had not
heard of it.
• Judge Day , assistant secretary of
state , said : "So far as I know there
is absolutely nothing in the story.
Some one may have attempted to foot
up all the individual claims that have
been filed , but even on that suppo-
tion I should not attempt to say their
estimate was correct. "
At the Spanish legation it was said
that no information had been re
ceived of any such action. The lega
tion had heretofore i een notified of
all individual claims , but it was
thought improbable that any claim in
bulk would be made.
A pension hns been granted to the
widow of Knud Knudsen. a soldh-r m
the late war , the back pay of whii'li
aggregates over § 4,000.
Itloivti Out of 11U Cab.
BRIDGEPORT , N J. . Dec. 27.
James Bov erc . an enginef-r on the
West Jersey railroad , was blown cut
of his cab late last nirrht between
Husted and Palatine. The wind was
blowing a gale , when a sudden gust
caught him and whirled him to the
roadside. The fireman backed the
train and found him some distarce
off. He was painfully but not badly
hurt.
Mrs. Falk , of Omaha , died from
burns inflicted by a lamp explosion.
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the members are well and reported H
that the voyage had been pleasant m
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Chinese , the British ship Daphne entered - m
tered " the inner harbor at Port Arthur , H
apparently uncertain to ascertain if H
there were Russian ships there. M
Jimmy Barry , of Chicago , the ban- H
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the French cruiser Jean Dart has been H
ordered to proceed immediately to H
China. The Jean Bert is ratd as i\ 9AVJ
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six-inch quick-firing guns , six five- M
inch guns , fourteen two and rive- H
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the gates of Tripoli have been pur-
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agitation against the government is VlJ
increasing. There were disturbances ftfl
on December 17 at Annus , near here. >
All the houses inhabited by Hebrews M
were pillaged. Thirty of the rioters H
were arrested by the troops. H
II Sorrierc Delia Isolla tells a H
shocking story of ill treatment of * H
Process Dl Carini. who is seoarateil bVB
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with her blind daughter she has been J
shut up for the past five years by her ' M
trustee and has only just succeeded In flBflJ
sending a letter to the police , /eveal- H
ing the fact of her imprisonment. The
police have liberated the princess and VftVJ
the trustee has been arrested. VAVJ
The Cubans in New York say of the H
battle at Yacta Ford that the Cuban AVJ
loss was 106 killed and about ' . ,00 _
wounded. General Rabis men found 9BVJ
200 Spanish dead , and General Aldnve
said his wounded numbered 200. The " BBVJ
Cubans believe they ir.fiictou much . _
more damage ; that the Spanish | H
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dead and minimized the number oC BBV
wounded , reporting only one-fourth. BH
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actor who was stabbed to death m BBJ
London by a super named Princ" , took
place at Brompton cemetfry , an lm- B
mense crowd of people heir. < present.
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Seymour Hicks ( the latter Eleine Ter- M |
riss , daughter of the munlf-rut man ) . AB
Messrs. Gatti , Henry Irving. Charles ABJ
Wyndham and George Grosimith. The MBJ
floral tributes were very numerous. p MBbI
According to a special dupatch KsVl
from Shanghai the British squadron , . 99VA |
will make a demonstration at Chce
Fee , on the north coast of the Chan H
Tung promontory , as a warning , it is BH
supposed , that Great Britain intends- M
to oppose the division of China with- BB
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there that Russia has offered China a. H
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China from disintegration , favoring H
the idea of a protectorate over C-ntral H
China , with a capital at Nan King. H
A German-Chinese commission has H
been arranged , according to a dispatch - H
patch from Shanghai to the Daily H
Mail , to settle the boundaries of the H
accupied district at Kiao Chau. and it H
is evident , therefore , that the occupn- * |
tion will be permanent. The ame > Wfl1
lispatch says it is rumored in Khang- BB
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Talien , south of Port Arthur. The
Dailv Mail's correspendent at Tokio
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the news from Port Arthur. The press M
is calm and the public indi.Terent. It jH
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that a large Rusisan military force is j M
coming over from Siberia.
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