( 1 f THE PLATTSMOUIH JOURNAL R. A. BATES, Publisher. TLA TTS MOUTH, NEBRASKA. THE NEWS IN BRIEF. One fireman was killed and four seriously injured, and $15,000 of prop erty was damaged as a result of a fire at Cleveland. Senator Gamble of South Dakota Introduced a bill appropriating $100, 000 for the erection of a public build ing at Yankton, S. IX Chariot Henry Hutler, an attorney of New York city, wan appointed re porter of the decisions of the supreme court of the United States. Ten persons were burned to death and others dangerously injured at Boehum, Prussia, as the result of a fire which broke out In a bakery. The grand Jury has returned an in dictment against former Police Cap tain Daniel C. Moynaham, of New York, charging him with bribery. The senate has conferred the nom ination of Hon. Oliver Wendell Holmes to be an associate justice of the su preme court of the United States. William If. McNutt, who is accused of having obtained $13,000 on false pretenses from a lawyer in Chicago, surrendered himself to the police at New York. Senator Hale has introduced a bill fixing tt-i age for admission to the naval academy between the age of 17 and 20 years. The present limit is 13 and 21 years. Charles II. Dow. founder of the Wall street news gathering firm of Dow, Jones & Co., died at his home in Brooklyn. lie was born in Connec ticut in 1851. The British steamer Silverton which is to lay the cable between San Fran cisco and Honolulu, arrived at San Francisco from London after a voy age of eighty days. The house committee on appropri ations has agreed upon the pension appropriation bill. It appropriates $137,847,600, which is $5,370 more than for the current year. Mrs. Ellen Erbeson, widow of John Harris, formely United States consul at Venice and a distinguished confed erate nurse, died at Folrence, Italy, aged eighty-six years. A committee of forty representative citizens of Oklahoma and Indian ter ritory will go to Washington on De cember 6 to urge congress to admit both as a single state. Prof. W. F. Williams of the Montana agriculture college, has resigned and eccepted a position as assistant pro fesor of electrical engineering in the university of Illinois at Urbana. Frank MummenhoCf, for many years one of the largest commission merchants in Indianapolis, committed suicide at his home. Financial re verses are supposed to be the cause. John P. Reese, former president of district No. 32. of the mineworkers, has sent an open letter declaring him self not to be a candidate for vice president of the United Mineworkers of America. Charles B. Barton, a well-known newspaper man, is dead at San Ber nardino, Cal.. of consumption. In structions regarding the disposition of the remains are being awaited from his family In Indiana. Circulars were sent to the whole sale customers of the Western Sugar Refining company advising them that until further notice all grades of re fined sugar would be advanced 40 cents per 100 pounds. The French chamber of deputies rat ified an additional monetary conven tion between France, Italy, Belgium and Switzerland, authorizing each country to issue additional silver coins to the value of $2,500,000. Senator Quarles of Wisconsin has introduced for repeal of the desert land law bill and the law authorizing the entry to timber and stone lands under the placer mining laws and als a provision for the homestead law per mitting the commutation of homo stead entries. A joint resolution providing for a commission, to Investigate the pension laws was introduced in the senate by Mr. Scott of West Virginia. The res olution provides that the commission shall consist of two senators and three members of the house. It is given authority to make inquiry into the advisability of a provision for pensions to all persons who served in the civil war for ninety days or more. The announcement is made that the merger of the lead manufacturing con cerns of the United States i3 practic ally completed. Iowa Implement dealers adopted res olutions opposing the International Harvester company, a so-called trust. W. W. Douglas, deputy state comp troller of California, has started upon a trip to Washington, D. C, where he will Institute proceedings looking to the collection of $4,420,891 due the state of California by the government for rebellion war claims. The Western Sugar Refining com pany, sent out circulars to all the wholesale grocery houses In Califor nia. Oregon, Nevada and Washington, notifying them that until further no tice the prices of all grades of re fined sugar advances 40c per 100 lbs. At Pocatello, Idaho, three masked entered the Eagle club rooms and rovhed the bouse of about $1,00. Thirty-five mx. were In the room at the time. Two robbers lined np the players while a third gathered in the jaocey. . CASTRO ARRESTS AMERICA MUST TAKE PART IN THE TROUBLE. OUR COUNTRY IS NOW INVOLVED Arrest of British and Germans All 8ubject of Edward and William in Custody Uncle 8am Pledges Pro tection. IONDOX. A dispatch from Caracas, Venezuela, dated December 9, says: The combined British and German fleet today (Tuesday) seized the Venezuelan fleet, composed of four warships, in the harbor of La Guayra, It Is reported that a final ultimatum will be delivered tomorrow (Wednes day) asking for an answer and a com pliance with the demand of the British and German ministers. CARACAS, Venezuela. All German and British subjects were arrested on Tuesday. WASHINGTON. The arrests of Ger man and British subjects at Caracas will, it is believed, Involve this gov ernment in the trouble, as the United States minister has been asked to take charge of the interests of the two coun tries in Venezuela. The probability is that Mr. Bowen has already taken steps toward that end. Considerable surprise is expressed cre over the arrests, as the result will be to add to the serious complications already existing. It was thought when Mr. Bowen first notified the department that he had been asked to act for Great Britain and Germany that it would not be the end of Minister Bowen's activ ities, for from the ten of some of the communications he had made to the de partment it was inferred that if he saw an opportunity to use his good of fices as a mediator between President Castro and the British and German representatives he would promptly avail himself of the opportunity. The State department would not en courage him In this attitude, prefer ring to avoid all complications. An official, not long returned from Venezuela, states that to the best of his judgment the sum of $5,000,000 will probably cover the claims upon which the ultimatum issued yesterday was based. The principal claim is that of the German railroad, built at a cost of $10,000,000, and upon which Venezuela defaulted for several years the Interest the government guaranteed. The English claim als6 covers a num ber of items growing out of the gov ernment's appropriation of British rail roads. CUBAN TREATY IS READY. President Palma Will Sign Document at Havana Next Wednesday. HAVANA After a conference with Secretaries Zaldo and Montes Friday night President Palma said: "My commissioners, Senores Zaldo and Montes, will sign the reciprocity agreement with General Bliss Tues day or Wednesday next. It will be then sent to Washington, where the treaty will be signed by Secretary Hay and Minister Quesada. "After confirmation by the United States senate I will send the treaty tt the Cuban senate for approval. I shall not send it to the house of rep resentatives because that house has, with the approval of the senate, the right, according to the constitution, to make a treaty which does not affect the tariff. "This agreement provides for cer tain reductions in the dutie3 on im ports from the United States, but the tariff on those articles is not changed. After the approval of the treaty I in tend to send a message to the senate and the house asking for a revision of the tariff in order to keep up the revenues which will be necessarily lessened by the treaty." Says Swift Buys Railways. KANSAS CITY. cunrze H. Ross of Chicago, for several years traffic man ager of the Indiana, Illinois & Iowa railway, has succeeded Theodore C. Bates of Boston as president of the Union Depot, Bridge & Terminal Rail way company. Mr. Bates says he re signed so that the company's interests might be in the hands of a practical railroad man. A dispatch from Bos ton however, positively asserts that Mr. Bates sold his interests, and the Winner bridge piers in the Missouri river, and the valuable river land and terminals owned by it, have been pur chased by Swift & Company, who con template building an independent stock yards and a new plant. Pioneer Newsboy is Dead. NEW YORK Henry L. Gatchitt, who as a lad was the first newsboy in New York to cry his papers aloud, has just died at his home in Brooklyn, a rich man. He was born on the east side and sold newspapers in the streets when the site of Cooper Union was a cornfield. Acting on an Inspira tion one day, he took up his stand in Park Row and began calling out the names of his papers and an inkling of their contents to passersby. The present "extra" yell of the newsboys dates from that time. ' Confirmed by the Senate. WASHINGTON Confirmations by the senate: ' Postmasters Iowa: C. I Roberts, Grinnell; J. F. Mentzer, Knoxville; W. B. Means, Boone; L. E. Cox, Belle Plain; C. E, Hammond, Dows; E. P. Delander, Madrid; J. McKay, sr., Des Moines; -N. A. Dill, Columbus Junc tion; T. IL Earnest, Cherryvale; J. A. Eaton, Erie. RE8TRAIN TRUSTS. House Committee Supports Publicity Proposal. WASHINGTON. The subcommittee of the house judiciary committee, to which was referred anti-trust bills, on Friday reported favorably to the full' committee on Mr. Littlefleld's bill pro viding for giving publicity to the af fairs of commercial combinations. The acting chairman of the judiciary committee appointed a subcommittee consisting of Representative kittle field (Me.), Overstreet (Ind.). Powers (Mass.), Da Armond (Mo.), : nd Clay ton (Ala.), to which all anti-tuist bills, Including the publicity bill, have been referred. A meteing of the committee is called for tomorrow. The publicity bill, as amended, pro vides that every corporation, joint stock company or similar organization engaged in interstate or foreign com merce, and every such corporation which shall hereafter be organized, shall file with the interstate commerce commission on or before September 1, each year, a return stating its name, date of organization, where and when organized, the statutes under which organized, and, if consolidated, the name of the constituent companies and the same information concerning them. If the concerns have been reorgan ized Uie original corporation is to be stated, with information concerning it. The following particulars must also be given: (1) Amount of authorized capital stock, shares into. which divided, their par value, whether common or pre ferred and distinction between each. (2) Amount issued and outstanding, amount paid in, how much, if any, in property, and if paid in property a de scription and cash value of the prop erty at the time it was received. (3) Indebtedness, its nature and for what purpose incurred. (4) A statement of the assets at their present cash market value, giv ing the elements upon which the mar ket value is based. (5) The total earnings and income, operating expenses, interest, taxes, permanent improvements, net earn ings, dividends declared, with rate and date, during the period preceding the first preceding July, salaries of officials and wages of employes. It is further provided that the treas urer or other officer of concerns af fected shall answer on oath all inquir ies that may be made in writing, under the direction of the interstate com merce commission, relative to its financial condition and its capital stock. Such answer is not to be used as evidence against the person making it, except in prosecutions under the proposed act. A tax of 1 per cent per annum is Im posed on so much of the capital stock outstanding which is not fully paid in cash or property at its full cash mar ket value, and provision is made for collecting the tax. Any concern failing to make the re turn as required, and any concern fail ing to pay the tax imposed, is to be restrained, on the suit of the United States, from engaging ia interstate or foreign commerce. JUSTICE SHIRAS MAY RETIRE. Governor Taft of the Philippines May Be His Successor. WASHINGTON The prospective retirement of Justice Shiras from the supreme court, which was announced by his son some time ago as likely to take place at no very distant day, it is believed here may result in the pro motion to the supreme bench of Wil liam H. Taft, the chairman of the Phil ippine commission. Governor Taft's elevation to the court would be the ful fillment of the general understanding at the time he resigned from the fed eral court bench in Ohio and took up his present duties at the request of, President McKinley. It also will be' in the nature of a reward for his long and arduous work at the head of the Philippine commission. Should Governor Taft retire, the ex- pectation is that his successor as chairman of the commission will be' General Luke S. Wright of Tennessee,' now vice chairman of the commission. Hon. W. W. Rockhill, now the head of the bureau of American republics and who represented the United States in China, is mentioned as a probable suc cessor to Governor Wright. Indicted for Selling Votes. SHOLES, Ind. After a session last ing a week the grand jury has return ed 104 indictments. All the men nam-' ed are charged with selling their vote? at the last election. Adopt Resolution of Regret. CHICAGO The Hamilton club, of which organization Thomas B. Reed, was an honorary member, held a spe cial meeting Tuesday and adopted res olutions of regret on the death of the ex-speaker. Preceding the adopJ tion of the resolutions prominent mem bers of the club paid tributes to Mrj Reed. The principal speakers were' United States Judges W. H. Seaman' and C. C. Kohlsaat, Hon. O. N. Carter and Alexander R. Revell. Firemen Caught Beneath Walls. TOLEDO, O. Fireman Thomas Smith was killed and four other fire men were Injured Tuesday by being buried beneath falling walls during the progress of a fire which caused a damage of $35,000 to the furniture factory of Kelper Bros. The injured firemen are: Ora Hines, internally in jured; Richard Manley, leg and ribs broken; Roy Kinney, bruised about the body, and David Mauley, back injured. J STATEHOOD BILL IT WILL BE TAKEN UP IN THE SENATE WEDNESDAY. THE QUESTION OF ADMISSION Committee Report Will Be Adverse to New Mexico and Arizona Senate Will Probably Adjourn Thureday for Several Cays. WASHINGTON, D. C In accord ance with the unanimous agreement of the last session, the senate will take up the statehood bill Wednes day, and it is expected to remain the unfinished business for some time. The bill undoubtedly will provoke consid erable debate and it is generally be lieved that it will continue to receive attention until the adjournment for the Christmas holidays at least. Senator Beveridge, as chairman of the committee on territories, will call the bill up Wednesday, and probably will make a speech in support of the report in favor of the substitute bill presented by the committee. Other members of the comittee who agree with him will follow. All of them will give careful attention to the testi mony taken by the sub-committee which recently visited the territories. The committee's written report has not yet been submitted to the sen ate and this, too, will probably be put in on Wednesday. The report will analyze the testimony, dealing with the questions of soil, mines, agricultural possibilities, educational facilities and general fitness of the population of the various territories for- statehood. It is generally under stood that a strong position will be taken in opposition to the claims of New Mexico and Arizona, considera ble stress being laid on the fact that a large percentage of the people of these territories do not use the Eng lish language and that interpreters are necessary in the conduct of the business of the many courts. Atten tion will be given to the previous question of statehood of those terri tories, many of which are seriously criticised by the present committee, on the ground that they fail entirely to represent the real conditions. The report giving the views of the com mittee will be accompanied by a transcript of the testimony taken by the committee, which will be printed for the information of the senate and the country. It is expected that the immigration bill will continue to receive desultory attention on Monday and Tuesday, but the proceedings with reference to this bill will consist largely in the reading of the bill and the consider ation of -amendments. There will be more or less of exec utive business during the week, and in all probability another adjourn ment from Thursday until the follow ing Monday. TRUST BILLS CONSIDERED. Discussion of Measure Entailing Pub licity on Combines. WASHINGTON The subcommittee of the house judiciary committee, consisting of Representatives Little field (Me.), Thomas (la.) and Clayton (Ala.), to which was referred the anti trust bills, met on Wednesday. One of the bills before the committee pro poses an amendment to the Sherman anti-trust law and another provides for publicity. Considerable attention was devoted to consideration of the latter, which requires all corporations engaged in interstate commerce to file returns disclosing their true financial condi tion and their capital stock and im poses a tax upon such as have out standing capital stock unpaid in whole ! or in part. While no conclusions were reach ed, good progress was made and the committee hopes to be able to report before the holiday recess. Sui't Over Harrison Estate. INDIANAPOLIS. Mrs. Mary Scott Harrison McKee, daughter of the late President Benjamin Harrison, has brought suit against Elizabeth Harri son. Mary Lord Harrison, her guard ian; Russell . B. Harrison, William Schoppenhorst, the Union Trust com pany and Martha E. Clark and Stephen A. Clark. The complaint sets forth that the plaintiff and Elizabeth Har rison and Russell B. Harrison each owns an undivided one-third interest in the property at 20 North Pennsyl vania avenue, occupied by William Schoppenhorst. Land Ready to Distribute. ARDMORE, I. T. With the govern ment appraisement of the lands in the Chickasaw-Choctaw nation com pleted, everything is practically ar ranged for allotment of nine million acres to the Indians. Under the law each Indian is entitled to the value of 320 acres of average allotable land, the value of each allotment being Jl, 000. Division will commence within sixty days. Fife in Mine Still Burns. MARQUETTE, Mich. The under ground workings of the Oliver Iron Mining company's section 16 mine, at Ishpeming, were still burning -Tuesday night, though the fire is not as fierce as it was the day before. It Is still Impossible to enter, the mine. All the shafts, and openings are seal ed with timber and clay, but owing to the crevices It is impossible as yet to block tie smoke, and gases still ccrtlrza to- ooze forth. REED PA3SE3 AWAY. Former Speaker Succumbs at Arling ton Hotel, Washington. WASHINGTON Thomas Bracken Reed former speaker of the hous. ' representatives, died here at ,n2:10 Saturday night In his apartmehts in the Arlington hotel. The Imiiiediato cause of death was uraemia. A change for the worse wab noted in Mr. Reed's condition early) ia the morning. At 9:30 he was wa given a subcutaneous saline transfixion in order to stimulate his kidneys, which were failing to perform tleir proper function. At 5 in the afternoon :saline solu tion was again administered, about three-quarters of a pint o fluid being used. i The heart became weaker and weak- er, out me pauem reunify 1 . . .m it 4. 2 -A nsi t T O I A 1 1 ness until 11 o'clock at night, when a complete coma supervened. At the bedside were Mrs. Reed an Miss Catherine Reed. . Urs. Gardner MacIonald, Bishop andGoodnow, an the nurses. , Dr. Goodnow, who hud been in coo sulfation witti the local physicians on Thursday, was again summoned front Philadelphia. It is stated that Mr. Reed had been suffering from Bright's disease for some time, which reached the acute stage Saturday, and this furnished an additional cause for alarm. Mr. Reed passed away peacefully and withou pain. The remains of Thomas Urackett Reed left here Sunday afternoon for Portland, Me., where the interment will take place on Tuesday afternoon The casket was placed on a special train, leaving Washington at 4:50 and running as the second section of the r ederal express, scheduled to arrive at Portland Monday. Accompanying the body were Mrs Reed, Miss Catherine Reed, Amos L. Allen, Mr. Reed's successor in the house; Asher C. Hinds, Mr. Reed's parliamentary clerk while speaker, and Augustus G. Payne of New York a lifelong friend. At Mrs. Reed s re quest there were no ceremonies of any kind and at Portland they will be of the simplest character. Reed Chronology. 1839 October 18, Thomas Brackett Reed, born in Portland, Me. lSttO Graduated from Bowdoin col lege. 1864 Joined the United States navy as acting assistant paymaster. 1S68-69 Member of the Maine leg islature, lower house. 1870 Member of the Maine senate. 1870-72 Attorney general state of Maine. 1874-77 Solicitor city of Portland. 1877-99 Representative in con gress. 1889-91 Speaker of the house. 1895- 99 Again speaker of the house. 1896 Prominently mentioned for president. 1899 Retires from congress. RIGIDLY GUARD CATTLE. Canada Modifies Restriction, but New , York Redoubles Efforts. ALBANY, N. Y. The state agricul tural department is making desperate efforts to keep the foot and mouth disease out of this state. Every rail road, highway and ferry leading into the state is guarded by officers of the department, which is closely co-oper ating with the United States author! ties. LONDON The Official Gazette on Monday announced that special orders had been issued permitting the Cu nard liner Sylvania, from Boston, and the Leyland liner California, from Portland, Me., to land live stock under certain restrictions. OTTAWA, Ont. It was decided by the cabinet on Monday to permit the shipment of skins and hides through New England in bond. An order in council was passed pro hibiting wool grown in the New Eng land states from being Imported into Canada during the existence of the foot and mouth disease. Honduras Faces Resolution. PANAMA A revolutionary move ment is threatened in Honduras. Gen eral Sierra has been induced to refuse to turn over the presidential power to Senor Monilla, who was elected president in October. It is believed that the Honduras congress will try to declare the last elections illegal, and Senor Bonilla's numerous partisans threaten to protect their leader's rights by. force. Juan Angelarias, the defeated candidate, has been appoint ed minister of state. SEEK TO SAVE PUBLIC LANDS. Bills to Repeal All Laws Homestead Law. Except WASHINGTON Senator Quarles (Wis.) on Wednesday introduced a bill to repeal the desert land law and the law authorizing the entry to tim ber and stone lands under the placer mining laws, and also a provision for the homestead law permitting the commutation of homestead entries. The intention of the bill is to pre serve the public lands for actual set tlers and to that end he desired to' have all laws for the opening of pul lie- lands, except the homestead law, repealed. Mr. Powers (Mass.) Introduced a similar bill in the house. WASHINGTON, Ind. Representative-elect Alkman Carnahan of the Sec ond Indiana district, died. Tuesday night. He had been ill ever since the Election. THE LIVE STOCK MARKET. s uatest Quotations from South Omaha i and Kansas City. SOUTH OMAHA. CATTLE A Ron.l literal proportion of the receipt contdxted ,f eornfed v l er. as there wire rllit around o nim on sale, racki-rs, tliouKh. took hold In Kr,i shape, mil the market coul.l he o.u:t'. stronger. The more quality tho ci.ttl, showed the easier they were to illipo of, nnd In a good many cane the l. tier grade fiolj a little hlxher. The row market was a little Mow and no more than steady. In some cmhi-h the ml r rnen thought they ha.I to t..!;e off ,t lilll The weaknexM was tnt conllncd to tho common kind, but, on tin- con trary, the market seemed to Im a little uneven.- so that tho Letter grades m vell us the commoner stuff oc-cii-doii.illy had to M-ll a hhade lower. The m i I ki t could probably liest be riencrlhed by call Ink' it Blow and barely uteady. ISull held altout t-leady If of Kood quality, but otherwl.se they were weak. Vcul calves did not chow much luiiik-H. There were comparative! v few blocker and feeders on Halo, so that the muiket rulc-d fairly active and steady to ft ton;. Th better grades showed the xlreiith and the common stuff wan clow and steady. There were not enough west ern beef steers In sight to make a mar ket. The few cars that did arrive wer of Inferior quality and they Hold l'i about yesterday's notches. Kange rows were slow, but rl?ht close r Mead v. HOOS The market oned fully 2'v JiiKlier than yesterday. The bulk of tl e:irly sales went rlxht around - with prlmo heavyweights Helling most ly at r..2 and JG..K). Lightweights oi l from V.22!i down. Trading wa not verv netlve on the start, as sellers were ic-lt lug gdo'l. strong pr!x-s and p.u k.-is were not willing to raise their Ii.hmI-. KllKKI Quotations for grassers: Good to choice yearlings. $:i.rf::.s.",; fair to good. J3. 25 3.50; good to choice weth ers, $:l.3r3."iO; fair to good wethers. $.! (fiT23; choice ewes. $3.00';3.2.".; fair to good eves, $2.2.VS2.75: good to choice lambs, $4.5Kf4.7f; fair to good lamlw $4.0(14.50; feeder wethers, $H.7.V.i::.l.',; feeder yearlings, $2.!Krj3.'J."; feeder lambs. 3 O0f(j4.i0; cull lambs, $l..Vft2.x: f. ed. r ewes. $1.50fff 2.25. Oood fed stock sella about 20c higher than choice gr.i.seis. KANSAS CITY. CATTLE Heavy cattle, 2.".e lower llp-ht, i(yitVc lower; culls, steady to strong; stockers and feeders, steady to lower; choice export and drss-d beef steers. J5.3.vrC.2T.; fair to good. tW.'iriHiU.Wo stockers and feeders, $2.7.V4.ir); western fed steers. $3. !." 5. 40; Texas and Indian Pteers, $2.ri0ft-l.3.: Texas cows, $2.1"13.0'i; native rows, tX.IWn 4.:;." ; native h Ifers, J2.50-54.25: canners. $1.001 2.50; bulls, $2.1i 64.23; calves. $2.O0r.i 6.00. HOGS Market steady; top, $'i.."); bullf of sales. $G.l.Vfr6.30; heavy, mixed packers. $i;.12Vllfifi.274: light. f,.or, 6.17; yorkers. $G. 15ft 6. 17; pigs, IZ.mt C.02. SHEEP AND LAMBS Market Wil.Vr higher; native lambs, $4.0(Wi5.2.",: western lambs, $3.75fi5.15; fed ewes. $3.001.3.7 native wethers. $3.1Oi4.10; western weth ers. $3.00i3.90: stockers and feeders. $2.0vJ S3. 25. ADVANCE LIVE STOCK RATES. Raise of 6y2 Cents From Missouri River to Chicago. CHICAGO. A proposition was sub mitted to the western roads Friday by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa l'i to advance live Btpck rates from the Mis souri river to Chicago from 12 cents per 100 pounds to 18 cents. All thf roads, it is reported, have signified their willingness to accept thi3 rate, as far as it applies to ship ments west of Kansas City, but they decline to make a less rate than 23 Vz cents from Kansas City proper to Chi cago. The Santa Fe, however, will apply the lVz cent rates not only on shipments from points west of Kansas City, but from that point. Last August, when the Chicago Great Western made its contract with Kan sas City packers and reduced the pack ing house produce rate from 23, tents to 18Vfc cents, the Atchison re duced the live stock rate both from Kansas City and from points west thereof to 12 cents per 100 pounds. The other lines did not meet the 12- cent rate from Kansas City, but did apply it from territory west of Kansas City. This discrimination caused the recent hearing before the interstate commerce commission in this city and which case the commission has now under advisement. To Establish a Gold Standard. MEXICO CITY. It is reiterated that a powerful New York syndicate is dis posed to furnish rhe government with splHcient gold to establish firmly a gold standard here. The sum named is $50,000,000. Manila Free to Chinamen. MANILA. Customs Collector Khus- ter rules that Chinese residing in the United States may enter the Philip pine Islands. His decision says: "Any Chinaman legally resident in the mainland territory of the United Stat.es is entitled to enter the Philip pines, irrespective of class or occu pation, provided he comes by a rea sonably direct route and uses due dili gence in coming. Denies There Is a Shortage. LNDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Secretary Wilson of the United Mine Wo-kers received from Vice President Lewis of the national organization a long dis tance telephone communication in which the latter vigorously denied a report sent out from Parkersburg, W. Va.. to the effect that he, had discov ered a shortage of more than $1,200 in the accounts of one of the officers of the mine workers In the distribution of the relief fund. Cars Must Be Disinfected. ALBANY, N. Y. State Superintend ent of Agriculture Charles A. Wleting notified all railroads doing business in this state that there is an outbreak among the animals in the states ot New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachu setts, Rhode Island and Connecticut of foot and mouth disease, and orders thxm to cause all cars in which any animals have been transported since August 1 to be disinfected. "THE PROOF OF THE PUDDINQ LIE8 IN THE EATING." The doctors are dumbfounded, the drugftlsU astonished, and the poopla wiclted and Joyful over tho wono-rful cures and tremendous Kales of the great Ilcmcdy, St. Jacobs OH. Every case of Rheumatism some of many years' standing has given way to this powerful remedy. Thousands of certificates like the following can be fur. tinned as to Its value: (J'-org Sclycr, Publisher of the Chilton, Wis.. "Vol ks bote," usd 8U Jacobs Oil for "almost unbearable pnins in the back, which had com pletely iroHtratd him." A few appli cations cured him entirely. Mrs. Fred Kberle, IJcllalr. 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Palestine, III.: "I was in bed MiftVrlng from a swollen leg, I used St. Jacobs Oil, Its effect was wonderful. The following day I attended to my business again." Dr. Otto Fills. Reading, )., writes: "The sale of St. Jacobs Oil is con stantly Increasing; It Is praised by everybody, and never fulls to clve en tire satisfaction." Half Rates. Phis $2.00. one way r round Irlp.vl. Wabash Railroad. Tickets on sab- first and third Tuesdays of each month tn many joints south mid southeast. Asldo from this tickets lire on sale to all t)ii winter resorts of the south at greatly reduced rates. Th' Wabash in tho shortest, quickest and best line for St. Louis and all points south and south east. Ask your n en reft ticket aRent to route you via the Wabash. For rates, folders and all Information call at Wabash corner, 101 Farriam St, Omaha, or address, HA ItllV K. MOORKS. Gen. Pass. Agt. Dept., Omaha, Neb. Never look like a bargain counter after the pick, of the remnants Is gone. How Advertising Grows. N. W. Ayer & Son, the "Keeping Everlastingly at It" advertising agents of Philadelphia, have found it necessary to move into new and larger quarters at 300-208 Chestnjt Street in that city. This announcement will interest many publishers, because Ayer &. Son are bo widely known as promoters of newspaper publicity. They began business thirty-three years ago, with two people and an annual business of $15,000. They now have one hundred and ninety employes, and have for years done the largest advertising business in the world. The difference between then and now is, they say, simply tho result of making news paper and magazine advertising pay their customers. Egyptian Royalty Loves American. It is said that a brother of the khe dive of Egypt has fallen in love with an American heiress, who returns his affection, and that Abbas II, the khe dive, looks with favoring eyeB on tho match. The brothers spent their boy hood together at school In Vienna, where they i mi bed freely of liberal ideas, learning among other things that women are intended to be some thing more than mere caged nonenti ties, according to the prevailing Ori ental idea. Ready to Die. Not long ago Senator William P. Frye of Maine was summoned to pre pare a will for a man who was very ill. It was necessary, of course, to se cure two witnesses, and they had to be sent for. While awaiting their ar rival the invalid seemed to get worse. and Senator Frye thought it his duty, no minister being present, to talk se riously to him. He told him that he was very ill, and that it was likely he would soon depart this life. "And are you ready to meet the great change?" Frye asked him. "I will be," was tho reply, "as soon as those d d witness es get here." Premier Balfour's Musical Tastes. Arthur James Halfour Is said to be the first musical premier England has had. He is an enthusiast for the art and is catholic enough In tate to lilt Wagner, although his idols are Han del and Bach. He is a friend of Mme. Wagner and has been Haireuth more than once. He used to make long journeys to hear the lesser known works of Handel and in January, 1887, the Edinburgh Review printed an arti cle by him on that composer. He has been a subscriber of the Richter con certs from their commencemett. Lava Continues Hot. The lava streams from the eruption of Vesuvius in 1858 were so hot twelve years later that steam issued from their cracks and crevices. Those that flowed from Etna in 1787 were found to be steaming hot Just below the crust as late as 1840. The volcano Jorulla, in Mexico, poured forth in 1759 lava that 87 years later gave off columns of steaming vapor. In 1780 It was found that a stick thrust into the crevices instantly Ignited, although no discomfort was experienced in walking on the hardened crust. Queen Alexandra's Dainty Fad. Queen Alexandra's especial fad has a daintiness well in keeping with her , . personality. It is that of having her pocket money made perfectly clean ' and bright before she fingers it. When- ' ' ever a check is turned into hard cash for her ase the coins are scrubfc-' v. in a lather of spirits of wine, w( and soap before being placed in .. f purse, and any change that may c f tendered her when making purchase' ' is taken charge of by. the lady-ln-walt- ! ing until it has been subjected to a like process of purification. 21 I j X v "I ( 2 v