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1 s.- Is J Labor Commissioner TTaton Favorable to " .. Trcpjred Ccnvcutioa DATE AND PLACE TO CZ DECIDED Some Suggestions that Two ConreatJons Me Ue!l A Frisoutr at Osceol Viciously Assaults an Officer Oilier Nebraska Matters. LINCOLN, D3C. 21 Labor Coramis . oner C. E. Watson Is optimistic cca ;ern.ins the prospects for a state con vention of real estate dealers. "The splendid enthusiasm manifested by real estate agents in favor of a state convention," lie says, 'cannot but b'o extremely gratifying to all who have the beat interests cf Nebraska at heart. Another letter will be ad dressed to the real estate m?n, asking for their views in regard to the date and place of the convention, the mat ter cf program and the selection of a committee to take charge cf the con vention and to attend to other details in the work. Some have suggested that two conventions be held, cne for the South Platte and the other for the North Platte section of the state; but Sir. Watson is of the opinion that a bolil state convention would acccni- fliih mere good, as important ques tions involving state rather than sec tional issues should be discussed. "For example." he thinks, "the Ne braska delegation at Washington and the president should be given eneour asemcnt. and their attitude on the problem of irrigation in the weit should be endorsed by resolutions of whose meaning there could be no' doubt. Wyoming has already done good work of this kind, and Nebraska should not permit a like opportunity to t$s3 by without being embraced to the fullest extent possible." PRISONER SILOS A JAILER , An Inmate of the Po;k t'uuniy Frlion I Acts I'gly. ,1 OSCEOIA, Neb., Dec. 21. Polk county's jail has had a couple of men confined therein for several weeks vraitins for the January term of court. They are charged with hors stealing. Their names s.-e Ben Mundill and Fred Lamb. These young men have been as quiet as lambs and by their good behavior they were allowed out of their cell and. into the corridor of the jail. A few days ago they got un ruly, especialy Lamb. When Jailor Miller went down in the evening, Mun dill went into his cell all right, but Lamb wanted to close one of the win dows that had a stick under it to keep it up, and when Jailor Miller as not looking Lamb gave him a yow with the stick that, had it been a little harder, might have sent the tailor to kingdom come. Miller got over being dazed in a minute and cor aered the men in the cell. Alfalfa as I'icr Food In Winter. OMAHA. Neb.. Dec. 24. To the Ed itor of the World-Herald: A short time ago I said something about al falfa and my experience with it as a winter food for pigs. I wish to say now that since that time I have seen one of the finest families of pigs in Tduglas county, or any other county n. this state, or in any state, about eight In number, thriving and happy for weeks at a time upon nothing in the world to eat or drink but alfalfa, hay and water. GEORGE L. MILLER. C'nrfew L Invalid. ST. POLL, Neb., Dec. 24. District Judge' John R. Thompson decided the curfew ordinance ' passed several months ago by the city of St. Paul in valid on the ground that it imposes unreasonable restrictions upon the children in denying them access to the public streets after certain hour3 of the nighi. except in cases of "urgent 3'eccssity." Lathrran riiarrh Rarn. LYONS, Neb., Dec. 24. The large Cne German-Lutheran .church, south east of here, was burned to the ground, the fire originating from the furnace. This was one cf the finest churches of northern Nebraska and is a great lo33 to the people of that community. Insurance, $4,000. K urn t: pox at lirnnn v.llx. BROWN VI LLE. Neb., D:c. 24. Smallpox is reported In the west part of town in the family of S. II. Clay ton, who is police judge cf thi3 city. Measures were at once taken to pre Tent the spread of the disease. A rrloni r Sentenced. VALENTINE. Neb.. Dec. 24. Dis trict court just adjourned was a re markable term. Four convicted crim inals were brought into court and sen tenced. The first to receive sentence was A.ntonia Ladoux, a lieutenant of Ionian police, who was convicted . of manslaughter for the killing of an In dian named "John Bull Walks Be hind,"' "while the Indians were In a drunken quarrel. He was given one year In the penitentiary. - Jnd; Rerfgtrlck Iteslsrn. LINCOLN, Dec.,24. S. IL Sedgwick. Judge-elect of the supreme court, has resigned as commissioner of the court. The court is therefore minus one com missioner but the vacancy can easily be filled by appointment. Judge Sedg wick will take his seat as judge of the supreme court January 9, which is the time designated by the constitution for the new Btate c3cer3 to be In ducted into office. Two regent? of th university will also be sworn a. SOD HOl'SE PAYS BIG MONEY lira. Wowser Tclli of Iter Ills Triumph 'at IlofTalo Exposition. OMAHA. Dec. 23. Mrs. L. Bowser, cf sod house fame, the Nebraska wo man who made such a success cf sell ing Nebraska cocking In a Nebraska prairie home at the Pan-American ex position, Is back to her native heath. In an interview with the Bee she said: "This fall I had an opportunity to find out how valuable sod houses and the 160 acres of Nebraska land that surround theLi are. Wrhen my hus band and I first settled in Nebraska vrith our two children we took a claim near Newport, in Rock county, and erected a little sod home. It "was a comfortable home, too, and some of the happiest days of my life were spent there. We planted and improved the place, but were not contented and sold the little claim for $300. My son has always wanted to own the place. This fall he tried to buy and the price is now $6,C00. That shows the increase there has been in the value of Ne braska land during the last twelve years, for it was just a dozen years ago that we left the little sod house. "I have been at a loss frequently to explain why eastern people are so much interested in sod houses. I know why I have such a love for a home of Nebraska turf, but the hundreds of thousands cf people who visited the Buffalo exposition seemed to be Inter ested in my little house, tucked away in a space so small that it could hardly be seen. The size of my entire space was thirty-seven feet by seventy-five feet and the building covered almost every inch of it. It was all the room I could get. "In that little house thirty-seven Nebraska men and women were em ployed during the entire summer and at times my employes numbered as high as eighty-six. Some idea cf the great amount cf Nebraska creamed chicken we sold can be gained from the fact that I paid nearly $20,00J Tor the chickens we used. Some days we used forty dozens of chickens. Coffee was bought by us at the rate of 1,000 pounds a week. It was nothing un common to use 150 pounds of coffee per day. Two Omaha men were kept busy making coffee all the time during the exposition and sometimes there were as many as fourteen people draw ing and serving coffee. "There was nothing to be had in my house but the plain cooking that might be found in any Nebraska home. Creamed chicken, ginger bread, baked beans, brown bread and coffee were all that we served. . At times the crowds were so dense in our little sod house that it seemed as though people must be trampled under foot. When I went to Buffalo I told Mr. Buchanan that it wa3 my ambition to serve the best coffee on the grounds and to run my receipts up to $1,000 a day. I accom plished both and have only pleasant recollections of the Pan-American." A REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATION Letters Sent Out Suggesting Sucli an Organization. LINCOLN. Dec. 23. Deputy Labor Commissioner C. E. Watson has sent out letters suggesting the organization of a state association by real estate dealers. From many responses receiv ed it is apparent that the dealers in the state are ready to take up such an enterprise, the object m view be ing to encourage immigration to Ne braska. It is believed that a majcrity would prefer not to admit real estate dealers in the cities of Lincoln or Omaha, as such dealers are supposed to be interested more particularly in city property. Farm property is rep resented more generally by agents liv ing outside the large cities. The towns of York, Hastings, Grand Island and Columbus all have been mentioned as the probable place of the first meeting. If a meeting is called it will be held early in the new year. The object is to organize a state as sociation, to promote immigration, dis cuss papers dealing with land values, acreage and the yield of crops and kindred topics. A dealer in York county writes that he has secured good results by adver' Using Nebraska in reputable newspa pers and farm journals in Iowa and Illinois. Several farmers from Aledo, 111., have already bought land in York county and it is reported that a party of fifty farmers from the same place will buy tickets for York county on March 1. He says the Illinois farm ers who have been in Nebraska now realize that they can secure as much profit from Nebraska land as they can from Illinois land valued at $90 and $100 an acre. County School Superintendents. LINCOLN, Dec. 23. Superintendent Fowler has Issued a call for a busi ness meeting of county superintend ents and superintendents-elect, to be held in the senate chamber beginning Tuesday afternoon, December 31. Mr. Fowler says: "We hope to have a very Interesting and profitable meet ing. Superintendents now in office should meet with us and give us the benefit of their experience, whether they remain in office or go out." Oill Smallpox Patient Thief HUMBOLDT, Neb. Dec. 23. Daw son, a village to the east, has been having much trouble of late with sneak thieves and many business houses as well as private residences have suffered from the light fingered gentry. Now offi-cers claim to have discovered the main culprit in the per son cf a stranger who drifted ints town recently, suffering from an at tack of smallpox. It is thought he was assisted by some local talent. DIG WDri?!!?!t fVV V I J J Nebraska "Will Interest Jobbers llext Spricg acd Summer. ZNCCI'RAOINO BUSINESS CL'TLOOK Money So Plentiful that Few Collectors Are Needed to Settle Accounts Man gled by IIocs Miscellaneous Nebraska flutters. OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 24. "If the spring of 1902 opens up as well a9 now seems probable, Omaha will have such a business in implements and hardware as is never experienced be fore," was the positive statement of a collector for one of the largest farm supply firms in the west as he talked with a former salesman at the hotel. "No wagons or buggies or corn shellors or grinders were sold last fall because everybody had been made eco nomical by the partial crop failure, and the result will be a double demand in the spring that will literally over whelm the whoesalers and factories. The last scow was a real blessing to the many Nebraskans who had sown winter wheat and the condition cf the latter is now mcst promising, for the ground was originally well saturated with the necessary moisture. It is. I have learned, a fact that the rainfall in the western part of this state after last summer's hot siege was finally broken, amounted to about forty-one inches, which is at least one inch more than the total of the fall of the average year. It took the life out of the buffalo grass, on which many cat tle are usually wintered, but otherwise it was wholly beneficial and we will all reap the benefit in the spring. "Another peasant thing to report now at the close of-the year is the sinecure that the collector for imple ment houses has. Never since 1892, when I first went into the business. have I known money to be as easy In Nebraska, with the exception of the heavy crop years of 1898 and 1899. Originally my firm had seven collec tors on the road for months at a time. Now it has just one. Last July we, like everybody else, felt that condi tions were going to be very bad and took precaution to fortify ourselves, but it has proved wholly unnces3arj Our collector simply goes to our coun try customer and gets his money at the promised time. Indeed, it is a fact that the principal complaint of my firm is that too many of the coun try dealers are availing themselves of the discount for cash. And this is true of nearly the whole territory trib utary to Omaha, including South Da kota. "As for the partial crop failure, I am inclined to believe that it was something cf a blessing. It reduced the volume of sales some at the time, but those people who patched up their old implements and wagons last fall will have to buy new ones in the spring and in the meantime they have learned the ever useful lesson cf fru gality and thiift. while the grain they did raise sold at better pi ices than If the crop had Leen larger." M-r.r Offices Discontinued. OMAHA. Neb.. Dec. 24. The official postal guide for December, just receiv ed by J. Cramer, superintendent of mails, shows that during the eleven months from January 1 to December 1 cf this year, sixteen postoffices in Nebraska have ben discontinued on account of rural free delivery. Dur ing the same period and for the same reason sixty-six have been discontinu ed in Iowa. DWgorges One Inch of Hone. GRAND ISLAND, Neb., Dec. 24. Henry Lauer of the Soldiers' Home had a peculiar experience. Sixteen years ago, some time during the year cf 1883. he swallowed a bone. It lodged and has been resting on his lungs ever since. Recently he had an unusually severe coughing spell, dur ing which the bone, a piece of spare rib an inch long, was thrown up. Hair Itnrned From Head. FRIEND. Neb.. Dec. 24. Miss Willa Burger, a teacher in the public schools. was seriously burned here as the re sult of a celluloid sidecomb in her hair igniting. The young woman was standing near a red hot stove. Nearly all the hair was burned from her head. Many Postmnstrrs (Jait. OMAHA. Dec. 24. Rural delivery routes have played havoc with post offlces and postmasters at crossroad points. Star routes have been discon tinued and with the star routes gone the little postoffices could not exist. Live Stock In Goml Condition. HEBRON, Neb.. Dec. 24.-T-Reports from ranchmen in this part of the state indicate that the cattle passed the late severe cold spell with little suffering; generally they kept on the open range and picked their own feed; no losses reported. Not for several years has stock entered the winter In better condition than this fall, and every stockman has a bountiful sup ply of hay and various other kinds of rough feed. Gothenburg Dank Closed. LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 24. An order was issued by Secretary Royse of the State Banking board closing the State bank cf Gothenburg and ' placing it temporarily in charge of Bank Exam iner E. E. Emmett. This action was taken on the recommendation of the board, after it had been determined that the institution was in an unsafe condition. It is believed here that the los3 to depositors, if there is any, will not be great.. C0XNESS MUST CO BACK Governor Grants Requisition, but Chlca goan Still Iluttlcs. OMAHA, Dec. 21. Governor Savage granted the requisition cf the gover nor of Illinois for the return to that state of Frederic Bonness, who was arrested in Omaha December 10, and was later released on bond. Bonness is charged with deserting in Chicago hi3 wife and four small children. Policeman Jcseph T. Barr) left the Windy City immediately upon his arrest, bringing with him the necessarsy papers. .Bonness, tnrougu hi3 attorneys, claims that he is not married to the woman. The officer who is after him says that the wo man is the legal wife of the man and that when Bonness left Chicago he had in his possession $1,400, leaving his wife penniless with a child but three weeks old and the three other children too small to care for them selves. The fight made before the governor by Bonness' attorneys lasted for some time, and upon it3 conclusion the papers were signed for his return. Immediately upon the receipt of the information in Omaha Bonness was re-arrested and his lawyeis began habeas corpus proceedings and the argument will be heard before Judge Baker. Bonness is a meat cutter by trade and was employed while in Omaha by the Omaha Tea company. ADILTE RATION MIST STCP State Proposes to Enforce Pure Cider Vinegar Acl. LINCOLN, Dec. 2!. Deputy Food Commissioner S. C. Basselt is prepar ing to prosecute manufacturers and dealers who sell vinegar that does not come up to the test required by the law or sold under a false name. The department has already analyzed many samples of alleged cider vinegar and found it to be a base imitation. A (?istilled product, colored to re semble apple cider vinegar, is the most common of the adulterated ar ticle on the market. One of the sur prises is that the state has bought "cider vinegar" for 3 cents a gallon, and upon investigation it proved to be below the test required by law and bore no evidence of having been in the vicinity of an apple. Vinegar of this character has been shipped into Nebraska for 3 cents a gallon and re tailed for from 25 to forty cents a gal lon as pure cider vinegar. One sam ple taken from a Lincoln store con tained salicylic acid. This acid is used as preservative and according to law its use is made an offense pun ishable by a fine of not le33 than $50. Of INTEREST TO TEACHERS Teachers Attending Association Meeting Will Get Low Mates. LINCOLN, Dec. 21. For the in timation of teachers and others who wish to attend the forthcoming meet ing of the Nebraska State Teachers' association, Superintendent Fcwier publishes the following rate bulletin, which wa3 received from the Western Passenger association: Rate of one fare for the round trip from points in Nebraska and the Black Hills district of South Dakota; excursion tickets to be sold from points in the territory mentioned from which the local one way rat? to Lincoln is more than $3 on De cember 30, 31 and January 1, and from points within the radius men tioned on December 31 and January 1, good to return until and including January 4. 1902. Tickets limited for going passage commencing date cf sale and for continuous passage in each direction." Shortage Made Good. LINCOLN, Deo. 21. The shortage of former Oil Inspector J. N. Galfln was made good by the payment of $322.03 to the state by the Fidelity and Deposit company of Baltimore. The settlement was brought about by the state board of compromise, of which the attorney general, state treasurer and state auditor are the memters. A check for the amount was given to the auditor. . I.lvm Stock Stands It. HARRISON, Neb., Dec. 21 A bliz zard set ia Sunday evening and con tinued until Monday evening, piling up a foot of snow on the level and great heaps in railroad cuts and over the range. Cattle are in good condi tion, and it is thought will be able to tide over all right. Mrs. Nation at Ilea trice. BEATRICE. Neb., Dee. 21. Mrs. Carrie Nation lectured here, but her audience was quite small owing to the inclemency of the weather. Missouri Against Nebraska. LINCOLN, Dec. 21 Attorney Gen eral Prout has returned from Wash ington, where he appeared before the supreme court and asked that com missioners be appointed to take evi dence in the suit of Missouri against Nebraska. The controversy arises over several acres of land cut off from Nebraska by a sudden freak of the Missouri river. The land and citi zens are still considered Nebraska's taxes being paid in Nehama county. Fifth Member of Fair Commission. LINCOLN. Dec. 21. Gov. Savag has named H. S. White of Nortb Platte' as the fifth member of th commission which will arrange for e state exhibit at the Louisiana Pur chase exposition in St. Louis it 1903. Other members are: G. W. Wattles and- E. E. Bruce of Omaha, J. Sterling Morton of Nebraska City and C. H. Rudge of Lincoln. All mem bers accompanied Governor Savage tc St. Louis. THE NEXT GREAT FAIR Distinjuidied Men Ereak Ground fax Louisiana Purchase Show. TURNING THE THAWED 01T SOD OoTcrnori of Four Purchase States Pres ent Oajr Too Cold for the Con tc tu ft plated Street i'rtieession Thousands Attend the FestiTities. ST. LOUIS, Dec 31. The governors of four Louisiana purchase states Minnesota, Nebraska, Arkansas and Missouri several members of con gress and world's fair national com missioners and other invited guests, among them General John C. Bates, commanding the Department of Mis souri, and Colonel John D. G. Ogles by, reprcnenting Governor Yates of Il linois, were present and participated in the ceremonies attending the break ing of the ground today on the site of the world's fair in Forest park. The exercises at the park, where the thermometer registered around zero, consisted of an invocation by Rev. Dr. S. J. NiccoIl3, addresses by the chair man of the committee on credentials, Corwin If. Spencer, and President Dayid R. Francis, and the breaking of gound on the site of the educational building by the officials of the exposi tion company, municipal authorities and invited guests. Three historic shovels were used in the ground breaking. The first was one of iron and oak, loaned by the Massachusetts state arsenal, Boston, where it had been placed In 1805 as a relic of early American workmanship. An exact reproduction of that shovel, a manufacture of the Louisiana pur chase, made of ebony and steel, sil ver plated, was next put in use. A veritable relic, an old wooden shovel. thought to have been one of the tools employed by the 200 white miners from France and the 500 African slaves from San Domingo, brought over by Francis Renault in 1718 to work in the St. Genevieve (Mo.) mines, was the third used. It was originally found in St. Francis county, this state, by F. J. Monell while sinking a shaft in the famous Flat river lead district and is now the rrcperty of the Peace dale museum, Rhode Island, to which it was presented by a Mr. Haznrd. Speaking by Governor Francis, Con gressman James A. Tawney of Minne sota and Governor Jefferson Davis of Arkansas, and music by "Seymour's famous sixty" was the program at the Coliseum, where several thousand per sons were present. A banquet at the Southern Lotel in the evening com pleted the day'3 program. At the appointed time directors and officers of the Louisiana Purchase Ex position compan'. General John C. Bates. Major Henry K. Hunter, Fif teenth United States cavalry, and other army officers, governors of states and guests assembled at the St. Louis club. Carriages were taken and the party was driven to Forest park, where the ceremony cf breaking ground was car ried out. A huge fire had been built on the structural site of the educa tional building to soften the ground. HAY INTENDS TO HOLD POST Secretary Makes Refutation of Fast sod Salmrqucnt It u mors. WASHINGTON. Dec. 21 In view of the repeated publications of late 'o the general effect that Secretary Hay Is about to retire a statement is giv?n with full authority touching this sub ject, substantialy to the effect that Secretary Hay does not now contem plate retirement from the cabinet. This statement applies, not only to the present moment, but to that indefinite period fixed by the conclusion of the negotiations necessary to the construe tion cf an isthmian canal. Also it is stated with ecual positiveness that authority that President Roosevelt has in the strongest terms expressed to Secretary Hay hi3 earnest desire that he shall remain in the cabinet, of which he forms one of the principal props. Thu3, according to the state ment, the secretary's inclination and the president's desire run together, and there is no foundation for the re ports to the effect that Secretary Hay is to leave his post. Tractlor. for Tokio. NEW YORK, Dfc. 21. A contract amounting to $750,000 has been placed in this city for the electrical equip ment of the first electric traction sys tem in Tokio, Japan. The line will cover the principal streets of Tokio and it is expected will be in operation early in 1D03. Asks for Half a Million. CLEVELAND. Dec. 21. The Mc Kinley Memorial association is receiv ing encouraging reports from all over the country. Half a million dollars is the sum fixed to be raised. An appor tionment of the total sum has been made among the states of the union, according to population and location. The largest sum is asked of New York, $150,000; Ohio's apportionment is $00,000 and the other states propor tionately less. Form Order of Louie lan a. DENVER, Dec. 21. A new patriotic order, known as the American Order of Louisiana, was organized here. The prime object of the order Is to aid In commemoration of the great events in the Louisiana purchase region. Dr. Parkhill of this city, who was n ofll cer in the Spanish-American war, was elected president. The eligible list is not decided un,' but it is expected to 4n1nria rririsif'" rtromlnent In develoD- ! ment of ths Louisiana purchase.' THE LIVE STOCK MARKET Latest Quotations From South' and Kunas City. SOL'lll OMAHA. -A rTLfc, There was not a heavy .nio- piy or cattle, but the dcmar.a was not ft very lame proportions, and as a. result the market was not active and the ten dency or prices was downward, thouuh seme sales were at eady. There were on!y Just a few coruled steers on sale and for mat reason prices he!d just about steady The cow trade was very slow and uneven i'ackers were nut at all anxious for sup. plies, while the bulk of tha receipts wore made up of cows. In Home cattes seln thought they got steady prices, while in other instances they consMered tis:r sales fully a dime lower. Hulls were also dull and as a general thing packers tried to buy them lower.' Veal calves and stuss sold In Just about last week's notches. There were only a few stockers anJ feed ers ofTc-red and while the demand was not larRC It was sufficient to take what was offered at steady prices where tho Quality was satisfactory. As high as $t.- Ui was paid, which was looked upon ns a good, steady prU-e. The less desirable trades sold very slowly and were bareiy steady. HCMJS Thero was very little change in the hog moiket from the close of last week. Trade ruled slow and prices un even tho same as has been the case r-r some time j.ast. Buyers started out and picked out the better loads at not far from steady prices from Saturday. Vne prime heavy hr ks sold largely from $-.j to 5S.G0, while the medium weight hoss sold mostly from S''M to $rt.20. The light weights were neglected, the same as u- ual. and. If anything, were a stiade low er. A hlle the market was slow from start to finish, most everything waa sold in fairly good season. SHKKP-Iiut few cars were on tire mar ket. Quotations were given as follows: Choice lightweight yearlings. $1.014 21; gooj to choice medium weight yearlinss. M-T-VSM-t": fair to good vearlinsrs. S:LSu'i. j; choice wethers, $.1.C0; 4.0u; fair to good wethers. $i30?j.'i.:0; choice owes, Jl.oj (ti'i.23; fair to good ewes. J.TjfiXOi'; con mon ewes. WX'jlriM); choice lambs. V.XO't 3.25; fair to good lambs, SMXri 5.5-M; feed.-r wethers, tl.-jjS.ij.; feeder lambs. ii.a)lj KANSAS CMTV. (.'ATT r.K Market steady: choice export and dressed Leef steers. t3.;.',?;6.3': fair t. good. Il.7."'rfi5.'j5; stockers and feeders. J2. t'iV'M.i"; western fed steers, tl.Miu.",; western range steers. J-i.50a4.5in Texas and Indian steers, $2.7.".i 4..";0; Texas cows, II ?:. 50; native cows. J2.5-''2I.25; cancers. ll.-yj.M-OO; culls, $1.23fj3.2j; calves, 11.25 5.25. UCMJS Market strong to 15c higher tops. IJ.55; bulk of sales, $5.7'tfG.35; heavy J'i.-ie'fi6.55: mixed packers. $5.S5'ff G."5; light. 5.Xi6.20; pigs. H.0ttfj5.i.. SH KKI AXI LAMI5S Market MT1 higher; fed lambs. Jl.0;5.5; fed wethers ::.5'.'TM.25: yearlings. tt.73tfi ewes. ' rj'-i."o; tulls and feeders, 11. aOff 3... SHAW TO BE APPOINTED. Definitely Announced that lie Will Ite Successor of tiage. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2C It was an nounced authoritatively last evening that Governor Leslie M. Shaw of Iowa would be appointed secretary of the treasury to succeed Lyman J. Gage. There will be no change In the office of the secretary of agriculture, Secre tary Wilson, also of Iowa, continuing to retain that portfolio. The date of transfer of the treasury department will depend on the mutual convenience of the outgoing and in coming secretary, Mr. Gage having signified an entire willingness to re main at the head of his department until such time as it may be agresable to his successor to take hold. It is supposed, however, that Gov. Shaw will be inducted into his new ofH.e some time in January. It has been known for two or three days that Governor Shaw was slated for appointment to succeed Secretary Gage, but it was not until yesterday that the Iowa executive accepted the tender made to him. The definite announcement of Gov. Shaw's selection for the position of secretary of the treausry gave the greatest gratification to the Iowans resident here. They regard him as a man well equipped for the place and feel confident the appointment will give general satisfaction. Secretary Wilson voiced these senti ments when asked about Gov. Shaw, and he added that the governor was better known to the people east of the Mississippi river than any man in private life west of the Mississ'ppi on questions of finance. Seeeme for Miss Stone's Kelief. WASHINGTON. D. C. Dec. 26. Spencer Eddy, United States charge at Constantinople, has adopted a new and ingenious plan for securing the release cf Miss Stone. Naturally the officials do not care to make public any details of this project, lest pub licity cause a failure. Prrsidrnt Will Made no Change. WASHINGTON. D. C. Dec. 26. The president has decided to make no change in the office of collector cf internal revenue for the district of New Mexico, now held by A. I Morrison, whose record in the office is stated to have been satisfactory. Three Shreveport Mnrders. SHREVEPORT. La.. Dec. 26. Christmas day witnessed bloodshed and fire in Shreveport. There were three killings, all of the victims be ing negroes, and a fire which destroy ed property valued at not less than $70,000. The three killings reported were those of Jack Ryan, colored. who was shot by a stranger; Hezekiah Ewell, shot and killled by Charles Bell, and the body of an unidentified negro was found in Wilson alley. Spends Christmas at Boot. CANTON, O., Dec. 26. Mrs. McKin- ley spent Christmas day alone at her home. She was urged to join the Bar ber family in their Christmas dinner at the old Saxton homestead, but de clined to do so. She did not wish to be forcibly reminded of the Christ mas days of the past, as she would be by such a dinner. Mrs. McKin ley's condition is as good, or even better, than it has been since the tragedy at Buffalo. DRIEf TElxGRAKS. Recent cold weather in TVxu did but liule harm to live Tlioniai W. Marchment, wh del recently in Philadelphia, Ufqueatbt-d, 18,000 to the humane society of tLat. city. One man was killed and oevcrai were injured by a mine expkbloa at Joplln, Mo. The training school of tiie fnivcr sity of ITtah I destroyed by f.re at Salt Lake City. Ios.s, $$0,000. SRTiator Hanoa has introduced a bill granting a pulsion of $.",.000 a year to Mrs. McKinloy, widow of the late pre ident. William Fay, who was rn English soldier in th Crimean war. died at Osage City, Kan., aaed more than loo- years- The transport Thomas arrived at San Francisco from Manila. She ha 91 cabin passenger on bcwnl and 815 soldiers. The New York staf.p legislature Is- now composed of 141 republicans fifty seven doraucrata and two independent democrats. Secretary Iong has spnt to congres-i naval deficiency estimates aggregating $5,000,000, cf which $4.0'K).000 is a de ficiency for ordnance. Miss Emily Carew, cousin of Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, who has been liv ing in Genoa. Italy, for fifteen years, has arrived in New York. At Guthrie, O. T., Mrs. Bert Haverly committed suicide by drinking car bolic acid because she . named co respondent in a sensational divorce suit. Jcseph F. C'Cra-Iy waa noHiina!! for congress in the Seveinh New York district by the democrats, who refused to participate iu the convention Ust v, cc k. The wife of Senator John P. Jonrs. cf Nevada, who has bfn crith.al'y ill in New York as th rosult of an operation, has passed the critical stas and is now convalescing. A check for $10, given by President Roosevelt in aid of the Washington Newsboys' home at a bazar last week, was framed by the lady receiving il and sold at auction for $.V). All cases la the district court at Wichita against Carrie Nation ami I f r saloon smashing colleagues were dis missed, tie supreme court having de cided all important points at inuo. At Kansas City, a receiver has be n appointed for the Farmers' Mutual Hail Insurance company, which wan incorporated January 21, l!i. to In sure crops against hail on the mutual assessment plan. The AHoona Ircn work., one of the largest in Central Pennsylvania, ban suspended operations because of th car shortage. The Eleanor Ircn works in Hollidayshurg arc idle tr the same reason. Richard H. Cooper, a pilvalo cf th Eleventh I'nited States c.HVu'iry. who has just returned from the 1 hiiip pines, has brought with his the re galia which Aguinaldo alw ays wore on dress parade before the outbreak. A ruling made by Judgo Cutting in the probate court of Chicago will f-e-cure to Dr. Fridtjuf Nansen. the Arc tic explorer, a fourth interest in the estate of the late Mathias liletsing. a well known Chicagoan. who died sev eral years ago. leaving an estate cf about $30,000. John J. Valentine, president of Wells. Fargo &. Co.'s Express com pany, died at Oakland. Cal. The negotiations between the gov ernments of the I'nited Statts a'ld Denmark looking to the cessions of the Danish West Indies are dragging. At a meeting of the executive com mittee of the Commonwealth club of Massachusetts a letter from Hon. VK- laim J. Bryan was read, accepting an invitation from the club to become its guest at a banquet to be given Thurs day evening. January 9. Nome's population this winter is estimated at about 3.000. which I 1,500 less than last winter. Four carloads of exhibits for the world's fair arrived in St. Louis. They constituted a part of Mexico's display at the Pan-American exposition. An expert view is that sixty cas?s of smallpox in London can be traced to one individual. Clinton Houser, a lumberman. aed 102 years, the oldest resident In North umberland county. Pa., was found dead " at his home In Trevorton. The French chamber of deputies ha agreed to a bill inflicting from six to two months' imprisonment, with a fine of from 16 francs to 500 fran's. on any cyclist or motor car driver who, after causing an accident, at tempts to run away. A seat on the New York Stock ex change was sold for $75,000. Thi is the highest price ever paid. In a few days the Berlin elevated railway, the first undertaking of its kind on the continent of Europe, will be opened for traffic. Brigands holding Miss Stcne are still obdurate, declining to accept terms offered for her release. Representative William Alden Smith of Michigan introduced a bill making' the birthday of William McKinley. January 29, a national holiday. Governor Savage of Nebraska re ceived a Christmas turkey from Colo rado weighing fifty pounds. The Mexican government has iss-ied an order requiring all railway employ es in contact with the public to be able to speak Spanish fluently. Senator Depew and his newly mar ried wife will nail for home Jan uary 4. Senator Millard, who returned to Omaha a few days ago, is pleased with the outlook at Washington relative to Nebraska matters. i r A