THE FRONTIER. rUBURHED EVERY THURSDAT BY THE > FROSTIER fltlN'TIXO COMPANY. f*tf O’NEILL, - - NEBRASKA. NEBRASKA. t A bunk la to be started In Nortu l«oup. Range cattle are enduring the se vere weather finely. Feed is plentiful. North Platte’s gambling houses >'y have been closed by order of tbe mayor. The commissioners of Hayes county have employed an expert to check up i&f, the public records of that county. One Beatrice firm has made over twenty-five pairs of sled runners from Sas pipe since the recent snow fell. The night telegraph service at Her Iv. obey and Big Spring nas been discon tinued on account of slack business. Donald McLean writes to several O’Neill people that he will be there i>In the spring to build the Pacific Short. Line to the Pactfic coast. A Shelton company has secured the contract to furnish the Union Pacific railroad with several hundred cars of Ice to be shipped to North Platte. Wayne’s water works system pays r the running expenses. The investment %" of $20,000 was well spent, although some difficulties were experienced in the beginning. Warren Darrence, of Fairmont, ac cidentally jabbed a pitchfork Into the lace of bis brother Walter. One tine passed through the cheek and punc tured the roof of the mouth. Upon application of Receiver Snyder of the Holt County bank, Judge Weet ovre made an order authorizing him , to pay a final divide* r! oi 5 per cent to the creditor* of that institution. Burglars entered the postoffice at Hxter and made an attempt to ge: , Into the safe, but were uncusseccsl:f This Is the third similar visit within ? \ a year which the office has received. There were over 400 chattel mort gages released from record at Ord la one day las tweeek, aggregating over $20,000. This makes over $00,000 re leased for the month np to the 24th. Blanche Hklebrand, the Hartlngton girl who disappeared just before an Important criminal case In which she was the principal witness was called for trial, has been located and brought hack by the officers. Miss Phcna Hardlnger, who was sent to the reform school two or three years ago for stealing goods from the residence of A. A. Jasmer, was lu3t ^ week bound over to appear at the Feb ruary term of the district court of Jefferson connty for raising a check. , f , nr ' »■ Henry Lammers, the insane farmer who escaped from the Alexian Broth ers’ hospital in St. Louis some two months ago and who walked the en tire distance from that place to his home In Cuming county, has so far recovered his mental balance that the I'nird hoe discharged him from cub Udy. Mr. Heront, living about one mile fretn Verdlgre, came home Intoxicated and taking tho butcher knife, went for his wife, cutting her arms and face badly and chasing her out of the bouse over to a neighbor. She went to Verdi? re and swore out a warrant for bis arrest, bnt the latter repented and would not appear against him. Tho financial condition of Buffalo county la better than It has been for years. The floating indebtedness Is all paid and a.ll warrants now Issued are paid In cosh and a large cash balanco la In the county treasury. Lymuu Cary will succeed himself for the com ing treasurer and will give a personal bond. Instead of the trust bond that be gave the last term. The State's Dairymen’s association, at Its final meeting listened to a num ber of papers and elected officers. These officers for the year are: Pres ident, George E. Haskell. Beatrice; ▼lee president, C. A. Clark, Ravenna; secretary, F. H. Vaughan, Fremont. The following board was elected: Charles Harding, Norfolk; B. S. Stauf fer, Bellevue; 8. C. Bassett, G. A. Men ill, Mind* a, and W. A. Poynter, . of Albion. : ipfc i'fS' m;;.. $jf?A { \ ‘ :iV* I' .. ; - * ne Biaie ooara or public lands and Dtrtldings ordered that a demand be made of Dr. C. P. Fall, late superin tendent of the institute for feeble minded children at Beatrice, for tlie aum of (ISO, which the board claims Fall should turn over to his successor. The order of the board was that if the settlement was not made on demand that proceeding! he commenced by the ntttomey general * to collect' the •mount from Fall and his bondsmen. m ■: - MB The state board of health, at a re cent meeting appointed Dr. O. Gro thun, of St. Paul, secretary of the hoard to succeed Dr. F. D. Halderman, of Ord, and H. B. Cummings, of Se ward. as member of the board of sec retaries, to succeed Dr. F. C. Stewart, of Auburn. The last appointment Is understood to hare been made at the request of the State Eclectic associa tion, so as to give the eclectics repre sentation on the board of secretaries. ’ mi ■ •. m. Acker K. Nelson, of Polk countv, late of Company C. Second Efcnnsyl ▼anla artillery, has been trying to get • pension for years. A few months ago n€ called on Jud^e Saunders to aaelsc 'him. The Judge took tho case and put in his best efforts with the assistance of Congressman Hainer and lately Congressman Stark, who did his best to bring it about. The judge had the satisfaction last week of getting & ».«! legram from Congressman Stark say ing the claim had been allowed to date £rom August. 1890, at $8 per month. Oner thirty-five carloads of building material have passed through Ashland recently, with Memphis as the destin ation, to be used in the construction of Armour’s big ico plant at that point At the meeting of the executive committee of the Omaha Fair ami Speed association In Omaha, it was •greed to release the state board of agriculture from holding a state fair *■ that city next year on condition that such release will not affect the contract which provides (hat one more additional state fair shall be held In Omaha In 1900, This action was taken Mt the request of the state board. THE NEWS IN BBIEE ITEMS OFINTEREST GATHERED HERB AND THERE. M Ixrellanfoai News Nates Gathered From This end Other Countries—Accidental, Criminal, Political, Social and Other wise—Crisp Condensations From All Quarters. Saturday, December 38, China has granted Russia permis sion to winter her squadron at Port Arthur. 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 ef cold; nights. The postmaster general has d«cld led to order a postage stamp to'com-' memorate the Trans-Mississippi ex position at Omaha the coming yearv They will be of the denomination of" 1, 2, 5 and 10 cents and $1. Monday, Dnccmbcr 87 Nebraska will not bold any state fair In 1898. John Cosgrove, the well known ath lete, Is dead. Louis B. Bowen, a Montana news paper man, was killed by being run over by the cars. The statements about the shooting of political prisoners In Guatemala are without foundation. The second chamber of the Nether lands has adopted a bill abolishing the duty on Java sugar. Sixteen persons were killed by an explosion of Are damp In the Kalser ntuhl II. pit at Dortmund, Prussia. The army pack train left Cheyenne, Wyo., for Alaska, twelve packers and slxty-two mules forming the outflt. Gen. Gonzales Munzo will be nom inated governor general of Porto Rico, to succeed Lieutenant General Marin. Charles Byrne, formerly of Omaha, prominent of late years In baseball circles, is at death’s door In Brooklyn, New York. The government of New South Wales Is arranging to suppply frozen meat to the Russian authorities at Vladlvostock. It a crowded store at Birmingham, Ala., Felix T. Brown, a commercial traveler, was shot and killed by Aider man Ashford. The compensation of the employes of the United States mint at San Francisco has been reduced in the ag gregate $41,418. It is understood at Washington that John V. George, a brother of Henry. George, will soon be reinstated as a special Inspector of customs. It Is believed that the president has decided to appoint Judge Paxson, of Pennsylvania, as a member of the Interestate commerce commission. The medal recently presented to Lieut. R. E. Peary by the Edinburgh Geographical society, and which was subsequently lost, has been found in a theater in London. William E. Burr, Jr., ex-cashier of the St. Louis National bunk, serving five years at the Jefferson City peni tentiary for embezzlement of $20,000, got a Christmas gift In the shape of a pardon by President McKinley. Isaac Durrett was shot and mor tally wounded at a dance at Rock ville, Ind. The „ ball landed In the bowels. HIS assailant Is unknown. Durrett pitched for the Washington, Ind., Baseball club last season. Tuesday, Deo. 98. Fire In London destroys half a mil lion dollars worth of property. W. H. Grace, a leading republican of Brooklyn, is dead, aged 57 years. Two Alton (111.) men fought with knives and pistols on Christmas day. Both will die. Christmas week at the national cap ital is said to be deader that a week in August. Forty persons were maimed and mutilated at -a powder explosion at Ashvllle, N. C; William Gottzyer and Mrs. John Rice, both of New York, dropped dead while trimming Christmas trees for the children. Colorado has a scheme to raise funds for representation at the Omaha exposition. Christmas day, A. D. 1897, was the most quiet and peaceful on record at the White house. In 1897 twenty-one Paris killings yielded only $16 each and every mur derer was guillotined. General Booth, the venerable leader of the Salvation army, will visit the United States next month. President Pierola signed and pro mulgated the new measure legalizing non-Catholic marriages In Peru. Dr. J. D. Goddard, under sentence of sixteen years for the murder of F. J. Jackson at Kansas City, was ad mitted to bail of 813,500. The non-partisan Na tonal Wom an’s Christian Temperance union Will hold its eighth annual convention at Columbus, O., January 7 to 11. 1898. There promises to be a large attend ance. A dispatch from Copenhagen to the London Dally Mail says: The Wash ington executive has made overtures to Denmark for the sale of a narrow but carefully defined stretch In North western Greenland, where the Amer icans Intend to establish haval and coaling stations. Wednesday, Dee. SO. Louis A. Leon,. a Cleveland, O., clothier, assigned. Assets, 316,000; lia bilities. $30,000. The Royal Shoe company, of New York, retail shoe dealers, has assigned to Leo Levi. Liabilities, $40,000; as sets, $15,000. The Hamburger Nachrichten denies that Prince Bismarck’s gout is better, and says he cannot walk or sleep, and is unable to read or answer hit friends’ letters. The Sari of Crewe, while huntlci with the Cheshire hounds, was thrown from his horse, sustaining a fracture of the collar bone and serious inju ries about the head. Grand Master Sargent, of the Fire men’s Brotherhood, Illinois, who has just returned from Washington, de nied that he is a candidate for inter state commerce commi3sionei*. The London Daily Chronicle asserts that the negotiations with Germany on behalf of the Chinese government are no longer being conducted by Li Hung Chang, but by Chang Yin Haun. It is announced that Hon. A. P. Swineford, ex-governor of Alaska, will go to Alaska early next year to take charge of the interests in that section of the United Mines company of New York. Senators Cullom and Mason, of Illi nois, called on the president to urge the appointment of State Senator D. T. Littler, of Illinois, as successor to Morrison on the interstate commerce commission. Mr. Clifford Slfton and Mr. J. a. McKenna, of the Canaidan interior department, who are to consult With Secretary Alger on the forwarding of supplies to the Klondike, arrived in Washington. C. De Vlieger, Jr., a commercial traveler of Battle Creek, Mich., who has written several stories under the nom de plume of “Jyp,” was robbed of $2,852 while stopping at the Mid land hotel in Kansas City. The receivers of the Superior Con solidated Land and Iron company peti tioned Judge Jenkins in the United States circuit court at Milwaukee for permission to borrow $20,000, the funds to be used in carrying on the business of the company, making im provements, etc. Thursday, Dec*. 30. Judge Gilbert B. Reed, a prominent lawyer of Colorado, is dead. The office of the Detroit Free Press was badly damaged by fire. Secretary Gage declares that he lias not tendered his resignation. The attendance at the convention of Nebraska teachers is larger this year than last. I The last session of the cabinet dis I cussed the matter of relief for the miners of Alaska. Stenographers employed by the de fense in the Luetgert case . havi struck for their pay. A number of parties at Pierre, S. D., are making preparation to go to the Klondike country. The steamer George W. Elder has sailed for Dyea and Skagway with 125 passengers and 500 tons of freight. An effort is being made to permit voluntary liquidation by the Chestnut Street (Philadelphia) National bank. Former Vice President Morton has accpted the presidency of the new Fifth Avenue Trust company, New York. Veins of gilsonite in sufficient size to warrant, development are reported ' to have been discovered on Willow creek, in Middle Park, Colorado. Mrs. Mary Anderson and her two daughters, Edith and Myrtle, aged 8 and 5 years, respectively, were as phyxiated by illuminating gas in their home in Chicago. Mrs. Woolsey G. Sterling is dead, aged 82 years. She was a prominent abolitionist and her home at Bridge port, Conn., was a station on the “un derground railroad.” She founded the flrst sanitary society for soldiers dur ing the civil war. Itzig Iapko, who sailed under the name of Max Iapko and who is warned in Russia for the embezzlement of 3,200 roubles ($1,600), was arested in New York as he landed from the steamer Etruria from Liverpool. Mommy, January 3. A Are at Port au Prince wrecked 800 houses. Klondike miners say there is no want at Dawson. An English syndicate has secured control of the Trinidad asphalt com pany. John Burke, Q. C., member of par liament, was drowned in the Ottan berry river. It is rumored that the Marquis of Hertford will succeed the Earl of Aberdeen as governor general of Can ada. Representative Greene of the Sixth Nebraska district has been alloted time on January 5 to speak upon the ques tion of civil service. Rear Admiral Lord Beresford has accepted the invitation of the union ists of York to contest that scat in parliament, vacated, by the death of Sir Charles Lockwood. The forthcoming monthly state ment of the government receipts and expenditures will show a material in crease in the receipts from both cus toms and Internal revenue. There will probably be eight de nominations of stamps of the special issue authorized for the Omaha expo sition, and they will be ready for dis tribution by the big offices when the exposition begins next year. The president has decided to appoint O. Bierarendall of Sioux Falls, editor of the South Dakota Echo, the only Scandinavian organ in the state, as consul at Beyrut, Syria. The plac9 pays $2,400 a year. George W.Peck, ex-governor of Wis consin and author of ‘'Peck’s Bad Boy” has closed a contract with the South ern Lyceum Bureau for a limited course of lectures in the south and middle western states. Miners Start for Alaska. PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 29.—The steamer George W. Elder has saited fcr Taiya and Skagway with 125 pas sengers and 500 tons of freight. Fifty horses and 400 tons of freight were offered, but the Elder was unable to make room. Among the passengers was Major L. H. Rucker, Fourth United States cavalry, who goe3 to Skagway and Taiya to make an inves tigation of the passes for the purpose I of selecting the most feasible route for | the government Yukon relief perty. WORK IN THE SENATE MATTERS THAT WILL KEEP , MEMBERS BUSY. Annexation of Hawaii la the Leader in Labor That la to Bo Performed— Prienda of the Movement InaUt on Forcing the Irene, and Peel Aaanred They Will Win. Forecasting Senate Work. WASHINGTON, Jan. 3—The pre vailing opinion among senators is that very little legislation will be at tempted during the present week. The fact that congres will not re convene until Wednesday will prob ably be taken by the absentees to mean that nothing will be attempted until the following week, and as a consequence it is doubtful whether there will be a quorum present in the senate on Wednesday, in which event there will probably be an early adjournment until the following day, and then an adjournment until Mon day. In any event it is not probable that any important questions will bo raised during the present week. The general understanding is, how ever, that the -work of the session will begin in real earnest after this week and that henceforth there will be no justification of the complaint of dull ness of the proceedings. Among the questions which will engage early at tention are the Hawaiian annexation question, the claim of Mr. Corbett to a teat in the senate from Oregon, t:.e immigration bill and the financial question. In all probability tbe committee on privileges and elections will meet during the present week and the chances are that an early report on the Corbett case Will be ordered, even though It may not be favora ble. The republican side of the chamber will not be a unit in Mr. Corbett's interest. Senator Bur rows, of the committee which has charge of the case iB preparing an exhaustive speech antagonistic to Mr. Corbett and the opposition is counting upon the assistance of still others from that side of the chamber. It is not believed that there will be any serious antagonism to the immigration bill, but there may be considerable time consumed upon the subject. It is probable that Senator Davis, chairman of the committee on for eign relations, will make an effort during the present week to get a day fixed for taking up the annexation treaty, and there is no apprehension ot any objection to naming a day in tne early future. The plan of the supporters of the treaty is to take the question up in executive session on a resolution of ratification and to de bate the treaty for a few days in ex ecutive session, pursuing this course long enough to demonstrate their strength, and to commit those who profess to be with them. If they End that they have the necessary two thirds to secure the ratification they will press on to the en-l, but if they discover themselves to be deficient in voting strength they will change their policy and take up the question cf an nexation on Senator Morgan's reoln tion to that end. There is no doubt that a majority of affirmative votes can be secured ana that a resolution of this character can be passed if a vote can be reached. The present indications are that the treaty as such will fail of ratification by from two to six votes, but friends of the agreement have by no means lost hope that they will succeeel in securing the entire sixty votes neces sary to ratify. They claim that they have been making headway in secur ing votes during the recess and are hopeful of still adding to the num ber. They now assert that a solid vote may be expected from the re publican side of the chamber and that several democrats who have been claimed by the opposition aie on the fence and liable to come to them. Presdent Burt In Charge. , OMAHA, Jan. 3.—Horace G. Burt, president-elect of the Union Pacific railroad, has formally assumed charge of his new office. The event was un attended by any demonstration or by any acts that would signify that the Installation of a new regime had taken place. In a brief interview President Burt said he had arrived in Omaha to stay and should take charge of his new of fice at once. He said that the receiv ers would remain in control of the property for some little time yet, but it was impossible to tell just when the receivership would be terminated. Re garding changes in the official family of the Union Pacific, Mr. Burt said he thought there would be none at all. President Burt. Vice-President Mink and General Manager Dickinson left in the private cor 010 for a trip of in spection over the Union Pacific main line. Just how extended this trip will be, or what other officials, if any, will be called to go along with the pro-'.i dent’s party are matters that are 110I known. Extra Legislative Session. NASHVILLE, Tenn., .Tan. 2.—Gov ernor Taylor has issued a call for the assembling of the legislature in extra session January 17. The most impor tant matters enumerated relate to the assesment and taxation of railroads, telegraph and telephone lines, and r - sults from the recent decision of United States Judge Clark In granting those corporations an injunction re straining the state board of equaliza tion from putting in force the assess ments for taxation made by the rail road commission. Rns.inn Col'my In KanHiH, TOPEKA, Kas , Jan. 2.—Agent Charles Kuharick, of New York, is here to locate another colony of Russians in Western Kansas. He is contemplating the purchase of 100,000 acres of Union Pacific land, at the sale by the special master, which taVes place February 16, with the sale of tho Kansas Pacific railroad. The lands de sired are situated In Ellis, Trego and adjacent counties. Ballington Booth, who has been suffering with aneurism, Is now slowly Improving. CORBETT MAGNANIMOUS Liberal Terms Upon Which He Offers to Fight Mr. Fits. CINCINNATI Jan. 3—James J. Corbett has given to the Tlmes-Star for publication his challenge to fight Robert Fitzsimmons as follows: Tour published declaration, Mr. Fitzsimmons, that you intend re-en tering, pleases me more that I can at present express to you, for I know that the public esteems me to be the only candidate for the honors you thus place within reach. I am sorry, however, to note that in wording this declaration you give me the impression that since we last met you have become unwisely forgetful. For Instance, you say that before I can claim a return match with you I must prove myself to be worthy of it. You certainly Intended th»s as a joke, for no one in the world knows my ability better than yourself. Ycu cannot so soon have forgotten your remark to me at Carson, just after the battle “Jim,” you said, in your simple, ear nest way, “I’ll never fight again. You’ve given me a bloody good lick ing.” You, the winner, uttered these words, with face and body so battered as to leave no doubt of your sincer ity, while I, the loser, listened with never a bruise or scratch from head to foot which could contradict you. Is this consistent with your now re questing me to prove myself to be a worthy opponent? You will find the confidence of the public in my ability to entertain you still unshaken. You will find that the public will Insist upon your recognizing my claim that you must meet me again. 'But surely juu iiuve uueu iiiisreuresttiiieu. 1 re fuse to credit you with the lame mem ory, broken judgment, poor taste and entire untruthfulness which the print ed remarks alleged to have been made by you would imply. I prefer to think that those who have entered the ring with me were men, honest, brave and incapable of the vulgar, lying and cowardly language in which the news paper version of your remarks was couched. However well I know that the great journals try to be, and usu ally are. accurate to the letter in re porting utterances made by impor tant men upon important subjects, I prefer to believe that in this case a grave error has been made somehow, somewhere and for a purpose not worthy of one who wishes to be con sidered above contempt. What the public expects frojn me is to maintain the manly dignity of the ring and not to be a. brawler, nor a shifty evader of the honest principles which govern honest men when ad justing their respective merits This is all I have to say. But this is what I propose to do: The day we sign articles I will give you $1,000 in recognition of your courtesy. The mo ment you enter the ring ready to olfer me battle I will give you a second $1,000 in token of my pleasure. Upon the completion of the tenth round, if you are still undefeated, T will give you a third $1,000 as a souvenir of my surprise. Upon defeating you. no mat ter in what round, I will give you $2,000 more as a reminder that I am not an ungenerous foe. On the other hand, should you again defeat me I promise, if still able to move, to place my hat upon my head and then, removing it in your honor, to proclaim you in frank and unmis takable terms to be my superior and state that I then and there quit for ever all possible claim to the cham pionship of the world. Let further remarks on this subject be made by 1,000 clean, honestly earned American dollars, given me by the public that believes in me. I have this day forwarded these to Will ,T. Davis, of Chicago, in testimony that I mean every word I have berein spoken. JAMES J. CORBETT. Champion of Amrica. fiold Production for the Year. WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.—The director of the mint from Information now at hand says that there is substantial ev idence that the world’s product of gold for the calendar year 1897 will approx imate, if not exceed, $240,000,000, an increase of nearly 20 per cent over 1896. The gold product of the United States for 1896 was $53,100,000: for 1897 it will approximate $61,500,000, an increase of $8,400,000. The product for Africa in 1896 was $44,400,000; returns received up to De cember 1, 1897, indicate that the gold product of that country for the year will be $58,000,000, an increase of $13,600,000. For Australia for 1896 the production was $45,800,000; for 1897 the indication are that it will not be less than $51,000,000, an increase of $5,200,000. Mexico in 1896 produced $8,330,000; for 1897 it is estimated that it will be $10,000,000, an increase of $1,670,000. The dominion of Canada for 1896, $2,80,000; it is estimated for 1897 at $7,500,000, or an increase of $4,700,000. India’s product forl897 Is estimated at $7,500,000, an increase of $1,400,000 over 1896. Russia’s gold product for 1896 was $21,550,009; for 1897 estimated to approximate $25, 000.000. an increase of $3,450,000. The indication for the United States is that Colorado will lead in the pro duction of gold for 1897, as it is esti mated by ex-Governor Grant that It will not be less than $20,000,000. Ne vada will follow with a product of probably $19,000,000. With the excep tion of the South Appalachian range it is believed there will be an increase iir every producing state of gold product over that of 1896. Josephine Smith wants $7*.C00 from the Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Rluffs Railroad company for inju-ies received from falling down an em bankment. Reciprocity With Venezuela. WASHINGTON. Jan. 3.—Francis B. Loomis, United States minister to Venezuela, ha3 arrived in Washington. He is on leave cf absence from his post, and while in Washington during theccming week he will advise with the officials on the subject of negotiat ing a reciprocity treaty and also a parcels post convention between the United States and Venezuela. The banquet cf the Jackson club of Omaha this year is expected to eclipse all previous records. FOREIGN NEWS NOTES. ' The National Zeltung denies that the tariff negotiations with the United! States have been broken off, adding: that they have only just commenced. / and will continue. ( Ilesha and Berehara, Important: towns in West Africa, have been occu pied by the Lagos Hausas. The inhab itants are enthusiastic over the pres ence of the British flag, as they feared an attack from the French native; troops, who are attempting to force themselves on the Bariba country and* are devastating it The German government has ex pressed its willingness to grant an ex— equateur to Edmond Zebodowski, of Il linois, recently appointed United. States consul at Breslau, if he should’ be appointed United States consul at Fuerth, Charles W. Erdman, of Ken tucky, who was appointed United. States consul at Fuerth, being trans ferred to Breslau. The Atlas Line steamer Alene,. which arrived at New York from Cen tral American ports, reports the ar rival at Greytown, Nicaragua, Decem ber 17, of the gunboat Newport, withi the Nicaraguan canal survey party aboard and well. A large force of la borers from Port Limon had already arrived at Greytown to aid in the; work of the survey. The Spanish minister at Washington' has received a dispatch from Havana stating that the autonomist mayors of' Belgucel and Juanabacoa had b:en in augurated amid great enthusiasm, the people receiving them with shouts of' & “Long live Spain.” The dispatch adds> that the patriotic spirit shown at these demonstrations gives assurance of the 'speedy realization of the good effects of an autonomous form of government. in Cuba. Michael Davitt has a long letter in-, the London Daily Chronicle in reply to - one that appeared in its columns signed by Adjutant General John E Ballaine of the state of Washington. He accepts the latter’s sentiments as representing a large section of Ameri can opinion, but protests against the* statements that Tammany hall is an Irish organization, and that Irishmen are responsible for corrupt municipal, government. Rudolph Evans, the only surviving brother of the late Dr. Thomas Evans,, the famous American dentist, who* died in Paris November 14, arrived in Paris on the 29th with his wife and son. It is learned, form a reliable source that the original will of Dr. Evans, drawn by Arthur E. Valois, of New York, his attorney, was so badly copied by Dr. Evans, who also amend ed it and added several codicils, that it is very doubtful if it is legal. A dispatch to the London Times from Kobe, Japan, says the dissolu tion of the diet has greatly angered' the political parties. It is probable that the Marquis Ito, former premier... and Count Okuma, a former foreign minister, will form a coalition minis try, with a vigorous foreign policy.. The military party is eager for ac tion, extraordinary activity prevails: at the military and naval depot and warships are assembling at Nagasaki. The trades and navigation returns! shortly to be issued at Ottawa, Can ada, will show the total imports en tered for consumption were $111,294, 021, as against imports of $110,5S7,480' the preceding year. The duty collect ed amounted to $19,891,997, as against . $20,219,037, a decrease of $327,404. Ex ports amounted to $122,950,838, an in crease of $17,581,086. There were ex ported to the United States Canadian* products to the value of $43,991,485, as; against $34,460,428 in 1895-6. Great Britain took of Canada’s exports $69,— 535,852. Yet Canada’s imports from:: the old country were but $29,412,288, a. decrease of $3,567,554 as compared with the preceding year, while from the United States Canada imported to the value of $61,649,041, an increase • of $3,075,023 over imports cf American, products of the year before . Idaho 8tage Robbery. LEWISTON, Idaho, Dec. 31.—Tho Lewiston-Mount Idaho stage was held up at 9 o’clock last night by two high waymen one mile from Grangsville. Two passengers were relieved of about. $60 and the robbers secured the con tents of two mail sacks, but missed the one containing registered money packages. The bandits escaped. At. Grangeville there is great excitements and a vigilance committee has been, organized. LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS* Quotations From New York, Chicago, Sfc Louis, Omaha and Elsewhere, OMAHA. Butter—Crcnmery separator... 21 @ 22 Butter—Choice fancy country.. It © 16 Eggs—Fresh. 18 @ ». Chickens—Per lb. # @ lib Turkeys,per lb.. 0 © 7 l)ucks,per lb... GViW 8 Oeese—Per lb.. . 746© «5- -t Babbits—Per doz. 60 @ 1 Pigeons—Live. 75 © Lemons—Choice Messlnas. 3 25 Iloney—Choice, per lb.. 12 Onions—per bu. 00 Cranberries. Cape Cod, per bbl 0 50 Beans—Handpicked Navy. 1 25 Potatoes—per bu. 60 Sweet potatores—Per bbl. 2 25 Oranges—Per box. 3 50 © 7 © l 5 4 <& <& 2 (& 7 ^ 4 (ib 4 & 5 @ 3