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THE NEBRASKA ADVERTISER
W. W. BANDKK9, 1'ublUlicr.
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NEMAHA, NEBRASKA.
THE WORLD AT LARGE,
Summary of tho Dally Nowa
WASHINGTON NOTES.
A ci.osi: friend of tho president-elect
nt Washington said that Powell Cluy
lon would succeed Mr. Hansom as min
ister to Mexico.
A Washington dlnpatch of the Oth
Biiid thrvt Delegate Fly on lias had a
number of interviews with tho secre
tary of the interior regarding tho
opening of tho Wichita reservation
and felt confident that tho allotting
agents would be appointed within a
few days and that tho reservation
would bo hoou thrown open to settlors.
Tun Washington Times says that
Nelson Dingley, Jr., of Maine, is to bo
tho next secretary of state.
Tin: interstate commerce commission
Iwb issued a preliminary report on tho
income and expenditures of tho rail
ways in the United States for tho year
ended Juno 30, 1800, prepared by its
statistician.
Tin: United States attorney-general
lias mado his report to congress and ex
presses his satisfaction at tho now snl
nry Hystcm which displaced tho old fco
hystom. He points out two defects in
tho criminal laws and thinks that a
new crimes act should bo passed at
once. The anti-trust laws nro also de
fective, ho says. Tho Union Pacific
railway muddlo is also commented on.
An emphatic protest has been made
by tho Turkish govornmontngninst tho
language used in tho president's mos
sago to congress respecting the massa
cro of tho Armenians and tiio general
conduct of tho government toward tho
Christians in tho empire. Tho situation
was said to threaten tho rupturo of
diplomatic relations between tho
United States and Turkey.
Thic United States sonata has rati
fied tho treaty with Mexico extending
the time for marking tho boundary lino
between the two countries.
A Washington dispatch of tho 1.1th
stated that tho treasury portfolio was
offered by Prcsldont-olect MoKinley to
Congressman Dingley, of Maine, and
tho latter had accepted it. This infor
mation was derived through a channel
. directly traceable to Mr. Dingloy him.
self. Equally reliablo information
' gives tho state portfolio to Senator Al
lison; tho post oflico portfolio to Pay no,
of Wisconsin, tho navy portfolio ta
Bliss, of Now York, and tho attorney
generalship to Day, of Ohio.
Tins commissioner of Intornnl reve
nue in h's report states that tho re
ceipts from all sources for tho fiscal
year ended Juno 0, 1800, amounted to
S140,830,Gr0.00. Eor tho ensuing year
tho commissioner estimates tho ex
penses of tho internal revenue sorvico
nt 51,309,090. Over 2,000 liquor licensos
wore issued in Kansas.
A dispatch from Washington of tho
13th stated that a treaty between tho
United Statos and Great Britain to
urbitrato all differences, present and
prospective, had advanced to such a
Btago that tho document may bo signed
by botli contracting parties within
three weeks and bo ratified by the scn
nto beforo tho closo of tho prosent ad
ministration. Tins secretary of tho tronsury has
Bent to conercss a statement of ro
coipts and expenditures of tho govern
Jnent for tho fiscal year ended Juno 30,
1690, including tho postal sorvico. Tho
total receipts as roportcd wore $400,
175,408, and tho expenditures 8134,078,
54. PoSTMASTKR-GeNEIUL WlI.SON has is-
feuod an order so as to provido for tho
salo of stamps by letter carriers. It
will bo triod at Washington at onco
and, if found practicable, extended
frenerally.
Tine atato department at Washing
ton has received unofllcial advices that
tho Spanish government is incensed
ovor President Cleveland's mossago re
lating to Cuba and a cablegram from
Madrid roports that a noto from Spain
to tho European powors will protest
against the hint that tho United Stntea
may havo to actively intorveno In Cuba.
The president has named Charles It.
Prouty, of Vermont, to succeed Whco
lock G. Voazoy, who has resigned on
account of ill health, as a member of
tho interstate commerce committee.
OKNEItAI. NKWS.
The voto of California for presiden
tial electors has been tabulated and
shows tho following totals: Republic
ans, 140,588; fusion, 144,760; prohibition,
2,573.
Tub armory at tho university of Ten
nessee at Kuoxvillo was broken opon
and 400 cadet rlllos wero scattered all
over tho campus, m-any being broken
and somo missing. A lot of ammuni
tion was also missing. It was supposed
tho cadets did tho work through mis
chief. Tine American Federation of Labor
convened at Cincinnati on tho 14th.
Outside of tho appointment of commit
tees tho uddress of Prcsidont Gompors
was tho only feature of tho session.
The overturning of a lantern led to
an S80.000 Are at Nownrk, O., and tho
threatened destruction of tho town.
The insuranco was about "350,000.
Tin: St. Johns, N. P., mail steamer
from tho north reported that seven
.echooncrs wero wrecked in a recent
- fc'fcle.
CiiAY II. CooiMCit, a convict charged
with larceny, who was shackled to
another convict, slipped his shncklcs
unknown to tho guard and dived
through tho window of a car and es
caped near South McAlcstcr, I. T.
The United Stales consulate-general
In Havana has been put under a special
guard of armed policemen. This pre
caution was taken by tho Spanish au
thorities owing to tho fear that tho in
dignation expressed by Spanish sympa
thizers against tho United States would
find vent in an attack upon the consu
late. J. W. Pen.ie and Judge Keys, of Tah
lcquah, I. T., havo gono to Washing
ton ns representatives of tho Indians
on f mi tiers affecting tribal welfare be
fore congress. Mr. lien jo said tho five
civilized tribos wero not yet ready for
statehood, as a largo per cent, of tho
Indians woro too imperfectly advanced
in civilization to understand tho duties
of civilization.
At Detroit, Mich., Ernest Chase, son
of Dr. Chase, of rcclpo book fame, cut
lis wifo's and hla own throat badly in
an insane attempt at murder and
suicide. Physicians think that botli
havo n good chance of recovery.
Shvehai, of tho Spanish residents of
Koy West, PI a., attempted on tho 14th
to celebrate tho killing of Gen. Maceo,
but tho Cubans gathered in ominous
crowds and had not the polico inter
fered blood would havo been spilled.
Mass meetings of Cubans aro to bo
hold to ask congress to investigate tho
manner of Maceo's death and if ho was
treacherously killed they will demand
that tho belligerency of tho Cubans bo
recognized.
The First national bank of Ilollidays
burg, Pa., was compelled to suspend
business on tho 14th owing to a heavy
run mado by its depositors. Tho bank
was organized in 1803, and was one of
tho r7 oldest banks in the United States.
Ciiahi.ks D. Lane, chairman of the
national bimctallist committee, has is
sued an address from San Francisco to
friends of tho causo in which lie says
that tho causo has not been abandoned,
but urges the suspension of all agitn
tation of thesubjectof freo coinage for
tho present, further than by keeping
up tho club rolls for future service,
and thus give their adversaries ovcry
opportunity to fulfill their promises to
restoro prosperity to tho country.
A "tai.i. and a short man" entered
tho barroom of tho Hotel Lcgrand at
Chicago early on tho morning of tho
18th and demanded of tho bnrtondcr
tho money in tho till and tho bar
tender accidentally knocked over some
glasses under tho bar which scared the
"tall man" and ho shot tho bartender
dead.
Geokoe Isaac, a scientist at Berlin,
was experimenting with acotyllno gas
and ho and throe assistants wero blown
to atoms.
The head of tho Florida branch of
tho Cuban junta at Jacksonville has re
ceived a letter confirming the report
of Antonio Maceo's death. It appeared
tho marquis of Ahumada, acting cap-tain-goncral
in Weylcr's absence, in
vited tho insurgent chief to a confer
ence near I'unta Urava and Maceo at
tended with only his staff, when they
wero surrounded by Spanish soldiers
and treacherously killed.
Axmticw IIaut," aged 25, was shot
dead at Marshalltown, la., by an un
known man who entered tho house,
presumably, for tho purpose of rob
bery. The murderer escaped, but hun
dreds of armed citizens with blood
hounds wont in pursuit and hnching
was probable if the murderer was cap
tured. The rumor was given wide currency
at New York that J. Piorpont Morgan
was to manage tho Vaudorbilt railway
properties and Chounccy M. Dopow
was to bo mado ambassador to En
gland. The combination express and mail
attached to train No. 103, of tho Illi
nois Central railroad, was burned to
tho tracks at Trimble, Tenn., and ten
pieces of baggage, six fine hunting
dogs and 00 mail pouches wero con
sumed. It was caused by tho overturn
ing of a lamp.
The Richmond (Va.) chambor of com
merce recently adopted resolutions fa
voring tho creation by congress of u
department of commerce.
The Clovohmd, O., delegates to tho
annual convention of tho American
P deration of Labor will uso their in
fluence toward tho defeat of tho re
election of tho president, Samuel Gom
pers. Tho causo given is that Mr.
Gompors is too conservative, whereas
occasions often arlso calling for ag
gressive action.
A juuv returned a verdict at Metrop
olis, III., on tho 11th in tho case of
John Lemlcy, Part Lynn and Ed Lynn,
on trial for tho murder of Pen Ladd
last May, finding thorn guilty nnd fix
ing thoir terms in tho penitontiary at
00, 20 and 14 years respectively.
The steamship Salter, with 214 pas
sengers and a crew of 78 men was sunk
in a recent galo off tho coast of Spain
and all on .board perished.
The safe of II. & A. Haas at Atoka,
1. T wiik cracked by burglars recent
ly and they secured 25 copper cents for
their trouble
A Bi'icciAr, from Canton, O., on tho
10th said that Senator Allison, of In.,
would bo secretary of stato In MeKln
ley's cablnot.
Tins littlo town of Chester, Ark., bus
been almost totally destroyed by lire.
FltANic Lawhence recently died near
Huntingtou, Iud., from sweating blood
from tho pores of his skin.
The German ship Rajah foundered
in tho Bristol chauuel and 17 pi her
crow were drowned.
Settlements In tho river country In
southwestern Washington have been
nuarly wiped out by flood, many fami
lies escaping on rafts after their dwell
ings had been carried away. Nino
inches of rain havo fallen in 11 days
and many pcoplo have been drowned.
In tho movement at Denver, Col., to
send troops from Colorado to fight for
Cuba, over 1,000 had been enrolled on
tho 14th. John MoAndrows, populist
candidate for attorney-general in tho
recent olection, has been chosen com
mander. Thomas Staukev, junior member of
tho firm of Starkoy fc Son, proprietors
of tho city roller mills at North Bend,
Neb., mot instant death, by bolng
wound around a shaft in tho mill.
Starkoy was placing a belt, when his
clothing caught in a cog-wheol.
EinvAim Hale, of county Antrim,
Ireland, won tho six days' bicycle
championship of tho world in tho raco
at Now York. Ho made 1,910 miles and
8 laps, winning a purso of 31,300. Rice
was second, with 1.832 milcB and 0
lap, purse S800, and Reading third,
with 1,855 miles and 3 laps, purso S500.
Twenty-eight men started in tho raco
and 15 rode at the finish.
A wholesale raid of downtown pool
rooms at Chicago was made on tho J2th
and upward of 1,000 prisoners wero
taken to tho central station.
The boundary line between Missouri
and Iowa was to bo settled by the fed
eral supreme court, it was reported, by
a formal decree sustaining tho conten
tion of Missouri and Mercer county,
Mo., will acquire a slice of territory
heretofore claimed by Decatur county,
la.
A special from Fort Smith, Ark.,
stnted that tho Choctaw delegates had
agreed with the Dawes commission for
the allotment of lands nnd abolition of
tribal government in eight years.
Townsitcs will bo set apart and sold
and tho balanco of tho land equally di
vided among citizons.
The executive committco of tho na
tional democratic party mot at Indian
apolis, Intl., on tho 10th and gave out
tho statement that tho party would
permanently maintain its organization
and would at onco open national head
quarters in Now York.
Marshall .1. Miller was hanged at
tho stato prison at San Qnentin, Cab,
on tho 11th for tho .murder of Joseph
Pierre.
Pkakeman Schoole put a tramp off
a train of tho Chicago &ErioatGalion,
O., and was shot dead. Officers wero
trying to trail the murderer by blood
hounds. The failures for tho week ended tho
11th (Dun's report) wero 8S0 in tho
United States, against 333 last year,
and 43 in Canada, against 51 last year.
A colliekv was flooded at Abernant,
in tho south of Wales, aud 120 men who
were in the mines had a raco for thoir
lives. Six of them wero drowned.
J. K. Eximett, tho actor, has been
granted a divorce at New York from
his wife, whom he married in 1891.
CiiAiiLics Scott, of Lincoln, Nob.,
quarrob'd with his wife and started to
wards her with a knife when she fatal
ly shot him.
ADDITION,) X. DISPATCIIKS.
Alexander Salvini, the well-known
actor and bou of Tomasso Salvini, tho
tragedian, died at Florence, Italy, on
the 15th.
Mourns Pope and J. H. Keithlino got
into a quarrel ovor family matters at
Wilkosbarrc, Pa., when tho former
drew a revolver and shot Keithlino and
then blow out his own brains.
Patmck Couoiilin wus executed in
Rich county, Utah, on the 15th for tho
murder of Deputy Sheriff Dawes and
Constable Stagg. Coughlin was blind
folded and a picco of whito paper was
fastened ovor his heart and six deputies
fired at tho mark, killing him instantly.
Senatok Waiikkn, of Wyoming, was
reported seriously sick at Chicago on
the 15th.
The French coasting steamer Mario
Fanny has been lost in tho British
channel and her crow of 14 men
drowned.
The house ways and means commit
tco will givo hearings on tho tariff on
Doccmt-or 23 and continue ihem for
two weeks. Persons who desire to
send a written statement can forward
tho snmo to tho clerk of the committee
at any time prior to tho closing of the
hearing.
The asslstantattornoy-gencral of the
post olllce has ordered all black envel
opes addressed in white ink to bo ex
cluded from tho malls. It is tho latest
plan to coorco tho payment of money
from debtors.
Phkd KitUKCHENHEitaEn and Goorge
Sturm, two schoolboys living near Fort
Wayne, Ind., quarreled and tho former
severed the latter's jugular vein witli a
knife.
A meeting of tho executive commit
tee of tho American liitnetallic union
began at Washington on tho 15th to
consider plans for tho thorough organ
ization of silver advocates.
The pension bill was reported to tho
sonato on tho 15th. Mr. Allen, of Ne
braska, offered a resolution asking for
n committco to investigate tho uso of
money in elections and also introduced
a bill for loeating sites for Irrigation
purpose-.. Mr. Morgan mado a speecli
in Cuba's behalf. Tho houso consid
ered tho Loud bill relating to tho
transmission of second-class mail mat
ter. At tho session of tho American Fed
eration of Labor at Cincinnati on tho
15lh a stormy timo was had over tho
credentials of President Pomcroy, of
the Chicago Waiters union, and they
wero finally rejected by an overwhelm
ing vote.
WORK OF CONGRESS.
Whit t Our Sctmtorn and ItpprcscntntlTM
Aro Doliifj t tlio National Capitol.
In tho senate on tho 9th vigorous Cuban reso
lutions from Sonators Cnmoron (Va.), Mills
(Tex.) and Call (Flo.) wero presented nnd re
ferred. After this ennio a flood of bills cover
ing every phaso of legislation, Including an
anti-trust bill nnd a measure to withdraw
Mnnll notes from circulation by Senator Shoup
(Ida.)- Senator Chandler (n! II.) secured tho
adoption of a sweeping renolutlon directing
the cotntnerco eomuiltteo to Inquire Into tho
prevention of competition by tho joint trnftic
association, tho reported combination of tho
flour nnd milling Interests nnd tho reported
comblnntloa of tho window-glass Interests.
Tho Dingloy bill was considered nnd nftor
wnrd.s displaced by tho immigration bill....
Uho houso held a thrco-hour session and passod
a dozon bills of minor importance. Tho Shaf
rnth bill for tho protection of forest reserva
tions from llro was defeated.
An armful of petitions was received in tho
senato on tho 10th, tho main subjects bolng for
tho passage of tho Dingloy tariff bill, tho Inde
pendence of Cuba nnd tho restriction of immi
gration. A resolution was agreod to for a com
mittco of throa sonators to inako nceossary ar
rangements for tho Inauguration of tho prcsl-dcnt-oleot.
Senator Cullom then mado a vig
orous spcoch In favor of tho United States in
terfering In tho Cuban strugglo. Afterwards
tho immigration bill was taken up. Tho son
ato then adjourned until tho 14th. ...In tho
houso tho bills for tho protection of dramatic
nnd musical compositions and prohibiting tho
salo of intoxicating liquors la tho capltol woro
passed.
Tin: sonato wns not In session on tho 11th....
It was private bill day In tho houso and seven
war claims, carrying a nggrcgato of 810,107,
wero f.ivorably acted upon In committco of tho
wholo and two woro afterwards passod. At
tho evening session 37 prlvato pension bills
wero favorably acted upon. Tho houso then
adjourned to tho 1 llh.
In tho senato on tho 11th Senator Allen
(Nob.) called uphisrcsolutlon declaring tho s:i
credness of contracts and mado a long specoh
defondlng tho populist legislatures from tho
suspicion Hint they would bu unjust to nnyono
in their legislation. Tho resolution was re
ferred to tho Judiciary committee. Sonator
Call (Flo.) presented thrco resolutions
ono nbout Maceo's death and two
othors about Americans imprlsonod by
tho Spanish which were referred. Son-
ntorl'cffer (Knn.) Introduced a resolution for
thoappolntmont of a commission on establish
ing a pormunont monetary system. A con
current resolution wns passod to taUo a holiday
recess from December -,'i to January fi. Tho
copyright bill and 65 prlvato pension bills
wero passed and after a brief oxecutlvo session
tho sonato adjourned.... A concurrent resolu
tion for a holiday .recess from December 22 to
January 5 and a bill regulating tho salo of la
toxlcating liquors In tho District of Columbia
woro passed in the house. Mr. Troloar (Mo.)
Introduced a resolution for lengthening tho
term of tho prosldont and senators to eight
years and of representatives to four years. A
bill to pay bounties on oxportcd agricultural
products under certain conditions was intro
duced by Mr. Morcdlth (Va.)
MANY OFFERS OF AID.
Tho Murder of Maceo Ilrlngs Cuhnn Insur
gents NunierouH Tendcrn of Support.
Washington, Dec. 14. Tho head
quarters of the Cuban legation in this
city wus tho center of interest to a
number of callers yesterday, who had
come to express their sorrow at tho
death of Ocu. Maceo and to offer their
sympathy, and, in some cases, help for
tho Cuban cause. Thcso callers in
cluded a number of congressmen and
two senators (whoso names tho Cuban
representative declined to disclose),
who told him of their desiro to sco
somo action by congress that would bo
of assistance to the insurgents. Senor
Quesada authorizes his formor state
ment that tho Cubans havo enough
men and leaders to gain tho causo for
which they aro fPrhtinsr. They can
avail themselves of 0:1,000 men and
more if necessary, but what they need
is arms and ammunition nnd medicine
for tho sick and wounded.
Missouri's Voto Next to Illinois.
Jkffkrson dry, Mo., Dec. 14. The
voto of Missouri at tho recent election
now places it ahead of Indiana nnd
next to Illinois in tho roil of states.
Tho total voto was 003,127, a gain of
131.312, or about 25 per cent, over four
years ago, which is a remarkable in
crease during that period. Tho demo
cratic gain was 54.04S, while the repub
lican increaso was 77,294. Of the latter
tho increase in St. Louis alono was 30,-
180.
A Driimutla .Suicide.
Toi.Kno, O., Dec. 14. Edmund E.
Wright, tho son of a promiuent insur
anco man, committed suicido yester
day by shooting himself over tho grave
of a Mrs. Osborne, supposed to bo a
sweotheartof his. Ho held tho crucifix
in ono bund nnd tho rosary in tho
other, and, blesslug himself nnd recit
ing tho Lord's prayer, fired a bullet
Into his heart. Ilo prepared for death
by going to communion in tho morn
ing. Their Wedding Maters Trouble.
PKimr, Ok., Doc. 14. Illackburn,
Ok., peoplo aro greatly disturbed over
tho marriage and subsequent arrest of
two children. Pert Lee, 10, nnd Ida
Yates, 15, ran away and married
against tho wishes of their parents. Py
tho assistance of friends tho young
couple wero married, and now tho
fathers of tho brldo and groom aro
prosecuting the minister and everyone
connected with the marriage.
Titty Yearn ii Milliliter.
St. Louis, Dec. 12. Centenary Moth
odist church, south, was crowded last
night on tho occasion of a somi-contou-nittl
celebration In honor of Rev. Br.
John Matthews, who spoko on "Fifty
Years a Minister." Dr. Mathews for
merly had charge of the Walnut Street
Mothodistchurch in Kansas City undihis
son was in business there somo yours
ff.
Hurt Showing: for Uitlventon.
Nnw Yoitic, Dec. 11. Tho Hewild
says: Tho Hamburg-American Steam
ship Co. has discontinued its sorvico
from Germany to Galveston, which
wns inaugurated sovornl months ago,
and it is said tho North German Lloyd
will also tako off its Galveston hfps
Tho reported cnuso of tho withdrawal
is that the new liuc3 did not nay.
AT FEVER HEAT.
Americans Indignnnt Ilnyond Measure Ovcl
tho Iteported Murder of Mucoo.
Washington, Dec. 15. Indignation
over tho roportcd treacherous assas
sination of Gen. Maceo appears to bo
general, and from all tho western
statos, and tho transmississippl statos
in particular, havo come a flood of let
ters and tolegrnms of protest to mem
bers and sonators. Tho members from
Missouri nnd Kansas havo been flooded
with them. With public indignation
at fever heat throughout tho country,
tho question is how long can congress
bo restrained from taking action. Tho
most alarming phnso of tho situation,
from tho standpoint of tho admin
istration, bent on preserving neu
trality, Is tho news coming
daily, from Missouri, Arkansas,
Texas, North and South Carolina,
Virginia nnd Kansas of the organiza
tion of bodies of men, for tho most part,
trained In tho uso of arms and edu
cated in military tactics. The statement
was mado last night that within two
weeks tho Cuban junta could mobilizo
on tho southern seaboard a half mil
lion Americuns, eager togotoCuba and
fight Spain. Tills is tho feature which
gives intenso interest to overy move in
tho Cuban situation. Under pressuro
from their constituents the western
and southern senators and members
nro likoly to ignore the administration
and take some action which will make
exceedingly strained tho relations be
tween tills country and Spain.
TO SELL STAMPS.
An Order from tho I'ostninnter-ncneral
IncrciiHliij the Duties of Letter Curriers.
Washington, Dec. 15. Postmaster
General Wilson has issued an order ex
tending the housc-to-houso collecting
and delivery letter system, so as to
proviuo lor tno salo of postage nnd
special delivery stamps through orders
to letter carriers on slips, contained in
a unique official stamp-selling envel
ope, to bo furnished by tho postal im
provement company. Tho order pro
vides for ono of tho most radical im
provements yet made in tho postal sys
tem. It will bo tried in Washington
at once, and if found practicable extend
ed generally. It affords tho conduct
of one's business with the post oflico
nt home, at least so far as ordinary
transactions aro concerned, nnd it is
expected to largely increase stamp
sales as soon as tho system becomes
general. The house-to-house collec
tion of mail by means of ingeniously
contrived boxes baa already been
adopted, and extonded to 25 freo de
livery cities.
TOO MUCH POLITICS.
John Scott, a Kansas University Lnw Stu
dent l'robably a Suicide.
La. whence, Kan., Dec. 15. John
Scott, a law student of Kansas uni
versity, wandered from his rooms Sat
urday at midnight, leaving- a noto say
ing that ho wason the verge of insanity.
It is believed that he committed suicide.
During tho last campaign Scott
spoko aud wrote a great deal
for tho Lawronco Bryan club,
and this seemed to bo more thnn
his mind could stand. Search is being
mado in every direction, but so far
without success. Scott had always
been of a melancholy disposition and.
lately had refused to talk to his mother,
repeatedly telling her ho did not want
to talk. Ho was a member of tho
senior law class.
fiov. Morton' StiBprcatlon.
Nkw Yoiik, Dec. 15. Gov. Morton,
according to a statement published in
tho Evening World, has sent a tele
gram to President Cleveland in relation
to tho critical condition of Cuban af
fairs and tho assassination of Gon.
Maceo in particular. Tho World adds
that tho messago contained the novel
suggestion that President Cleveland
invite President-elect McKinloy to
Washington to discuss the most feasi
ble plan to bo followed by tho presi
dent concerning tho nttitudo of tho
United States toward' Cuba during
tho remainder of President Cleve
land's term of office.
Trumps Cnn Itocovcr Damages.
Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 15. If a
tramp is injured in being put off trains
or ejected from railroad property in
Missouri ho may suo tho railroad com
pany and collect damages, provided ho
is injured by a servant of the compnny,
who is acting- on orders to keep tramps
away. That was tho decision made to
day by tho Kansas City court of appeals
in tho suit of James A. Mcado against
tho Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
railroad.
The American CoiiKuIuto Guarded.
BIavana, Dec. 15. Tho United States
consulate-general in this city is under
a special guard of armed policemen.
This precaution is taken by tho Span
ish authorities owing to tho fear that
tho indignation expressed by Spanish
sympathizers against tho United States
would find vent in an attack upon tho
consulate.
Ilitllnou Expedition to tho Polo.
Pahis, Dec. 15. Godart aud Surcauf,
tho aeronauts, aro about to organize a
balloon expedition to tho north pole.
They state that tho idea was first sug--gested
to thorn nbout three years ago
by Walter Wellman, American journal
ist, but tho idea was given up owing to
tho attempt of Prof. Andree.
Cut III Wife's Thront and IIIh Own.
Dktiioit, Mich., Dec. 15. Ernest
Chase, son of Dr. Chaso, of recipe book
fame, cut his wife's and his own throat
badly In an Insane attempt nt murder
and suicide. Physicinns think thai
both have a good chauco of recovery.
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