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1'LATTS MOUTH, - NKIIIIASKA.
THE MWS IN BRItf.
Gen. Reyes, Mexican minister of war,
lias resigned.
An anonymous admirer of Anranam
Lincoln la going to place busts of the
great war president In every public
Bchool In Xew York city.
Indications are that the convention
of the National Live Stock asscMiatiem
to Iks hcM In Kansas City in January
will le very largely attended.
After General Miles. GeneraJ Younj
will be lieutenant general Ave months
nd then General Chaffee will serve
about two years at the head of the
army.
Every employe in the clerical depart
ment of the Chicago & Alton railway
baa been granted an increase of 10
iht cent in wanes, dating from De
cember 1.
Charles K. Osborne, formerly a coun
try newspaper man in Wisconsin, has
been offered $2,'mm,000 for an iron mine
in Ontario, of which he is the princi
pal owner.
Winnie O'Connor, a young jockey,
will get $2.,''i0 a year for the next
three, years. He will ride on foreign
tra ks for Karon de Rothschild and
iM. Ie IJloch.
Mrs. (Irorgo A. Grave of Ogden,
Utah, lias Just received a check from
the I'nited States government for $250
In settlement of a claim that has been
pending for I',r years.
Societies of the Ancient Order of Hi
bernians in the different countries
have been amalgamated into one body,
whereby all will be brought under the
fame governing loard.
A pool room in Hot Springs, Ark.,
was wrecked the day before Christmas
by j'li explosion of gasoline, resulting
In the death of two men and serious
accident to several others.
Newton Thorp is designing the mon
ument in I'nion square, San Francisco,
which will be erected to commemorate
Admiral Dewey's victory of Manila
bay. It will cost about $45,000.
When the Missouri Savings bank
balanced its public schools account last
week, the hooks showed that the 1.239
children who have accounts there had
$12,159.81 to their credit. This is j;ut
about $10 apiece.
For the second time in fifteen years
"President Roosevelt d' not act as
Kris Kringle in persoil at the Cove
school. Oyster Hay, where his chil
dren were taught prior to his eleva
tion to the head of the nation.
Emperor William spent Christmas
In his usual way. His majesty took a
walk in the afternoon in the Sans
Souci park. Berlin, and distributed
bright gold pieces fresh from the mint
onong the garden tp and watchmen.
The Missouri supreme court has de
nied the Wiltmei school of magnetic
healing of Nevada,' Mo., a rehearing
in the suit against C. M. Bishop for
libel. The court holds that the busi
ness Is not legitimate and that the
company is not entities io me pro
tection cf the libel laws.
The cabmen cf St. Louis went on
a strike Christmas eve. As a result.
the street cars have been providing
transportation to many people who us
ually patronize the cabbies. Seventeen
funerals on Christmas day were de
prived of carriages and the mourners
went to the cemeteries in the street
car3.
Ex-Chief Isparhecher, of the Creek
Indians, died suddenly tonight at Ok
mulgee, I. T., at the age of 90 years.
He lrd been prominent in Creek af
fairs or three score years and has
been connected with every treaty of.
importance between the United State
government and the Indians during
that time.
J. Pierpont Morgan has been sum-
moned to appear in the district munic
ipal court to answer in a suit brought
against him for $250 damages. The
claimant, a tenant In a house owned
by Mr. Morgan, asks these damages on
the ground that he caught a severe cold
through the house not being heated,
owing to the lack of coal.
It is stated on good authority that
Grant G. Gillett, the fugitive Kansas
cattle king, who has been In Mexico
for more than three years, has gone to
New York to perfect a mining deal.
Since taking refuge in Mexico Gillett
has not recrossed the border into the
I'nited States, but has turned his at
tention to mining. His recent rich
strike near Chihuahua has made him
a millionaire again.
The members of the Studebaker fam
ily of South Bend, Ind., have decided
to mark the anniversary of the death
of Clem Studebaker by giving to the
Epwcrth hospital in their city $50,000
In addition to former gifts for a hos
pital building.
The great gandfather of Mrs. Mary
Jane Palro, who has just died in Balti
more, was a member of the Boston
tea party, and In her home hangs the
mirror which hung in the hall of the
house from which the Boston tea party
started on Its expedition.
Robert S. McCormlck. retiring Unit
ed States ambassador to Austria, will
have his farewell audience with Em
peror Francis Joseph on December 29
He will then leave Vienna for St
Petersburg to assume the duties of
American ambassador to Russia.
All the women teachers in the Port
age LaPrarie schools except one have
gone on a strike to enforce a demand
for better wages. The teachers ar
supported by practically every leading
man in town. The trustees are adver
tising for new teachers.
NEW MANCETS IN
EX-GOVERNOR RICHARDS SLATED
FOR GOOD JOB.
AS HEAD OF LAND DEPARTMENT
Differences of Opinion Between the
Secretary of the Interior and Com
missioner Hermann Brought About
Latter' Resignation.
WA SHI Nf '.TON. Hi nger Hermann
has resigned his position as commis
sioner of the general land offlee, to
take effect February 1. For a long
time there has been friction between
Mr. Hermann and the secretary of the
interior, largely growing out of differ
ences of opinion as to the proper pol
icy to be pursued regarding forestry
and other important branches of the
Interior department service. The cli
max, however, was reached just before
the convening of the present congress
and an open breach resulted. Two
weeks ago Secretary Hitchcock asked
Mr. Hermann for his resignation,
which was presented at once. Mr.
Hermann said tonight:
"I have intended withdrawing from
my present position for over a year.
In fact, I stated to President MeKin
ley some time before his death that 1
wished to resign, but he asked me to
remain until another place which
might suit me could be provided. As
the present year is drawing to a close,
I decided to tender my resignation to
the president, so my successor could
be appointed and confirmed before the
close of the present session of con
gress. I have held the place over six
years, my term of office exceeding that
of any of my predecessors with two
exceptions."
It is bellieved here that William A.
Richards, assistant commissioner of
the general land oflice, will be appoint
ed Hermann's successor. Richards'
who was surveyor general and gov
ernor of Wyoming prior to the pres
ent governor, has held the assistant
commissionership for four years, suc
ceeding Congressman Frank W. Mon
dell. His conduct of the office has
been exceptionally good, having dur
ing his term of office inaugurated re
forms which have brought him praise
from all over the country.
Governor Richards knows the west
and its needs, and his appointment to
the position will be welcomed not only
by the west, but by those who have
business wit'i the gene.ll land office.
BELIEVE MRS. LILLIE INNOCENT.
Relatives of David City Woman Now
on Trial Swear by Her.
DAVID CITY, N-b. The prelimi
nary hearing of Mrs. Lena M. Lillie,
charged with the crime of murdering
her husband, Harvey Liliie. on the
morning of October 24 of this year, is
now in progress before County Judge
C. M. Skiles. The county court room
was too small to accommodate the
large crowd , in attendance, and the
case is uejirc j neurit in me uisirici
court room, which is crowded to its
utmost capacity. The attorneys for
the state are County Atorney Walling
and County Attorney-elect Evans, and
for the defendant, Judge Matt Miller.
Mrs. Lillie is a woman of medium
height, rather slender, small black
eyes, dark hair, and has the appear
ance of a woman of refinement and
one would not think she would even
be charged with a crime so serious
as that of murder in the first degree.
She returned from Bellwood, accom
panied by her father and mother, Mr.
and Mrs. J. S. Hill, the latter of whom
occupies a seat with her in the court
room. A large crowd from Bellwood.
the former residence of Mr. and Mrs.
Lillie, is attending the trial. Sam Lil
lie and his aged mother occupy seats
inside of the railing. They do not
believe Mrs. Lillie guilty of the crime.
MASCAGNI WILL RESUME.
Will Give Another Performance In
Chicago.
CHICAGO, 111. rietro Mascagni, the
Italian composer, will appear in Chi
cago as temporary director of the
Thomas orchestra. It was also deter
mined that he will resume his tour
of the I'nited States and he is looking
for a manager with sufficient capital
to insure a successful journey.
So many Chicagoans requested the
composer to give another performance
that it was impossible for him to re
fuse. Requests came from men and
women in every walk of life. The con
cert will be held at the Auditorium
theater.
Gobbled by the Trust.
LOUISVILLE. Ky. According to
the Courier-Journal, Harry Weissing
er, president of the Weissinger Tobac
co company of this city, has closed a
deal which has been pending for sev
eral days for the sale of his plant to
the Continental Tobacco company for
$2,500,000. The papers have been
signed and Mr. Weissinger will leave
for New York to complete the details
of the transaction. The company is
one of the largest independent con
cerns of the kind in the country.
Entertaining General Miles.
PEKIN The ladies of the Ameri
can legation and Lieutenant General
Miles and his party were entertained
at luncheon Sunday by the dowager
empress and the emperor. United
States Minister Conger also gave a
diplomatic dinner in honor of the gen
eral.
AVENGE POLICEMAN'S DEATH.
Mob Lynches a Kansas Negro Who
Committed Murder.
PITTSniJRG, Kan. Montgomery
GocIIey, a negro, was taken Irorn tha
Jail here Thursday and lynched by a
mob because early In the morning lie
shot and killed Milton Ilinkle, a po
liceman, who was trying to protect
himself against a crowd of unruly
blacks.
The negro jerked the officer's pistol
from the holster and shot him with
it from behind. Two hours later a
mob gathered and took Godley from
the c!ty Jail, where he had been in
carcerated, and hanged him to a tele
phone pole. As he was choking to
death one of the members of the mob
cut his throat and ended his suffer
ings.
A large number of negro men and
women from the various mining
camps in the vicinity, among them
Mont and Joe Godley, brothers, were
drinking and carousing at a ball. Hin
kle requested them to be quiet. The
Godley brothers answered him in an
insulting and insolent manner and he
tried to arrest, them. They resisted
and Ilinkle blew his whistle for help.
He then began to use his dub in or
der to protect himself from the on
slaught of the crowd. He was hold
ing his own against thieo of them
when "Mont" Godley grabbed the offi
cer's revolver, and. placing the muz
zle behind H inkle's right ear, pulled
the trigger. The ball passed through
his head and came out over the left
eye. He fell to the sidewalk. Other
officers pursued the negroes, all of
whom started to run when the officer
fell. The Godley brothers were both
captured and locked up in the city
jail. Ilinkle was carried to the city
hall, where he died at 2 o'clock.
GUAM DOES NOT FLOURISH.
Annual Report from Governor of the
Island is Interesting.
WASHINGTON. The annual report
of Commander Seaton Schroeder, gov
ernor of the island of Guam, which is
dated July 10, has just reached the
Navy department.
The receipts last year were $GG,000
and the expenses $57,000, leaving a bal
ance or $8,000, which, however, is a
decrease of more than $13,000 in the
cash balance for the preceding year.
This loss is due largely to the unex
pected expenses incident to the estab
lishment of the leper colony and a de
crease of over $10,000 in Import duties.
Commander Schroeder reports that
it has been deemed prudent to stop all
work of public improvement until fur
ther appropriations are made. The
value of the exports and imports dur
ing the year were, respectively, $35,549
and $35,165.
The exports consisted almost entire
ly of Mexican dollars. Not a pound
of copra was exported, and neither
cacao or coffee was produced in suf
ficient quantities to supply the home
market.
The census of the island, taken last
autumn, shows a total population of
9.676, of whom only forty-six are for
eigners, fourteen being citizens of the
United States, but officers and men of
the navy or other civil employes, tem
porarily imported from the United
States, were not included.
Above the age of 7, 46 per cent of
the natives read and write Spanish.
The natives still refuse to allow their
sick to receive medical attention, but
conditions were improving, an excess
of births over deaths being shown for
each of the last two years.
Miners Want More Pay.
SPRINGFIELD, 111 W. D. Ryan,
secretary-treasurer of the United Mine
Workers of Illinois, says that the min
ers of the United States will make
a demand for a material increase in
wages at the national convention at
Indianapolis on January 19.
Mr. Ryan says that the operators
are receiving a larger price for coal
than ever before, and they, cannot
make the excuse that the mines are
not paying expenses.
Mr. Ryan says that the convention
will produce figures to show that the
total cost of mining a ton of coal and
give the public an idea of the profit
being reaped by the operators. Mr.
Ryan will attend the convention and
no doubt lead the fight for higher
wages.
Officer is Missing.
DENVER Second Lieutenant Wil
liam M. Kistler, Company M, Eight
eenth United States infantry, has been
missing from Fort Logan for nearly
two weeks. The Denver police de
partment has been asked to help lo
cate him.
Lieutenant Kistler is 23 years old
and enlisted as a private in the Sixth
cavalry seven years ago at Philadel
phia. He went with the battery to
the Philippines and saw service in and
about Manila.
Jap Marries a Corpse.
VICTORIA. B. C. A correspondent
of the Associated Press from Yoko
hama says: The Japan Times has an
account of a Japanese of Kochi hav
ing been married to a corpse. The
bride-elect committed suicide on the
evening of her marriage. The body
was recovered and at the request of
the dead girl's parents the ceremony
took place between the living and the
dead.
Emperor is Sorry.
VIENNA Emperor Francis Joseph
received Ambassador McCormick in
farewell audience and expreseed much
regret at the departure of the ambas
sador, whose tenure of office has been
marked by cuch pleasant relations with
all circles of society.
LIVES ARE LOST
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT ON GRAND
TRUNK RAILROAD.
TWO TRAINS CRASH TOGETHER
Number of Dead Reaches More Than
Thirty Responsibility for Accident
is Believed to Rest on Telegraph
Operator.
LONDON, Ont. A train wreck
bringing death to over two score of
passengers and terrible pain and suf
fering to about thirty-five, occurred at
10:10 o'clock Friday night at Wan-
stead, Canada, a station on the Sarnia
branch of the Grand Trunk, forty
miles from this city, when the Pacific
express, flying westward at the rate of
fifty miles an hour, and crowded to its
capacity with passengers returning to
their homes from holiday visits.
crashed into an eastbound freight.
The latest estimates of the fatalities
is thirty kiiled and thirty-five or more
injured.
The darkness of the night and the
raging of a blizzard added horrors to
the wreck.
Fire broke out in the wreckage of
the day coach, but it was smothered
with snow, which was thrown on it
before it gained any headway.
The Pacific express is a fast train.
Last night it was delayed two hours
by the heavy travel and at Wanstead
it was speeding to make up time. The
freight was working slowly east under
orders to take the switch at Wanstead
and allow the express to pass.
In the blinding snow storm neither
engineer saw the other train approach
ing, apparently, and the freight had
just commenced to pull in the siding
when the passenger train came up.
The shock was awful. In a second
the baggage and express cars of the
passenger train telescoped into the day
coach. This day coach was reduced
to splinters and fragments back to the
last three windows. As it was crowd
ed, the results were terrible. Fire that
broke out was quickly smothered, but
the fire was scarcely more dangerous
than the cold. For three hours or
more injured passengers were pinned
underneath wreckage, crying piteously
for help, while they suffered from ex
posure to the elements.
Exposure probably hastened the
death of some of the injured ana
caused the death of spme of those who
might have been saved if it had been
only a question of extricating them
from the wreckage.
The Pullman cars stayed on the
mMt nnri were comDaratively unin
jured, although the passengers in them
were severely shaken in the shock.
Andrew Carsonthe operator at
Watford? the first station east of the
wreck, whose failure to deliver or
ders to Conductor McAuliffe of the
Pacific express to pass the freight at
Wanstead is said by the Grand Trunk
officials to have caused the wreck,
made to the Associated Press his
lirst statement since the wreck. He
says he received the order for No. 5,
the express, to pass the freight at
WTanstead at 9:48 o'clock, but de
clares positively that a few minutes
later Dispatcher J. G. Kerr at Lon
don called him and ordered him to
"bust" or cancel the order. He said:
About 9:54, after calling Wyoming
and ascertaining that the freight was
there, the dispatcher called me rapidly
a half dozen times. When I answered
on the wire he told me to 'bust' this
order. I wrote 'bust if across the
order just as McAuliffe came in and
asked me what the order board was
out against him for. I told him we
had had an order for him but the dis
patcher had 'busted it. He asked me
to hurry and write him a clearance
order, which I did. After the train
had started and was out of my reach
the dispatcher learned that the freight
tad left Wyoming. I told him I could
not stop No. 5, as it had left. He
immediately began calling Kings
Court Junction, the 'station between
Watford and Wanstead, on the rail
road wire and I tried to raise them
on the commercial wire. We both
failed to do this, however, until after
the express had passed the Junction."
Carson admitted that he knew that
it was against the rules to cancel a
train order without sending a substi
tute for it, but said that the dispatch
er was his superior officer and he dis
liked to question his order or dispute
his authority to take this action. Dis
patcher Kerr's order book in the local
Grand Trunk office does not show
that the order was "busted" or can
celled as Carson claims. According
to the book it was still in force and
should have been delivered to the
conductor of the express. Kerr has
not made any statement even to the
railroad officials and will rt until he
takes the stand at the inquest.
Division Superintendent George D.
Jones of Toronto says that the rule
against cancelling or "busting" train
orders is the strictest in the company's
cede. "I do not believe, he said,
"that it has been violated since the
standard dispatching rules went itno
effect. Dispatcher Kerr is one of the
best and most efficient dispatchers in
our service. He is the operator who
accompanied the train bearing the
duke and duchess of York on the
royal tour of Canada a year ago. I
have every confidence in him."
Vanderbilt Grows Better.
NEW YORK Cornelius Vanderbilt
continues to improve. His tempera
tura is slowly dropping toward nor
mal. The attending physicians are
well satisfied with his progress.
MOORS PUT TO ROUT.
Two Thousand of &T-L.i Troops
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TANGIER, Morocco.- Decemf
22. 10.000 Shereeflan troops, command
ed by a brother of the sultan's minister
of war, received rders to concentrate
and take the offeiii!ve against the Are
tender at Taza.rf; Csfbre the Sheieen
ans moved upon blra the pretended at
tacked theniItla, Jarge bodies ofjcav
alry. Thf ' ,;aperialarmy was Sur
rounded, cf ;:-Uly"routed and flefcjn
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disorder, f ;rard Fez? abandoning all i
materia!:, war. The first fugitives
arrived ""at Fez on the morning of De
cember 24. '.
The gates' of Fez at present are shut.
Shops thca are closed and the popu
lation is greatly excited, but there has
been no disorder.
The European colony of Fez, em
bodying about 500 persons, is taking no
steps to leave the town and appears
to be satisfied fhat It is in no imminent
danger, although the situation is re
garded as serious. It .eald that the
prerender's followers have received nu
merous additions since his success and
he is already negotiating with the
tribes of Wedmaweb valley. The pop
ulation of Fez is reported to be gen
erally hostile to the sultan and ready
to acclaim any pretender who will
guarantee the town from pillage.
No details of. the imperial losses
have yet beenreceivel here, but it Is
rumored that 2,00 of the sultan's sol
diers were killed Tr wounded. The
authorities here are tp-ing to minimize
the disaster. It is said that a st.ction
of the imperial troops sent as rein
forcements deserted to the rebels and
aided in driving the local troops back
to Fez.
CHAPTER OF TRAGEDIES.
Eight Violent Deaths in New York
in One Day.
NEW YORK Eight persons met
violent deaths in Greater New York
Sunday. Three were clear cases of
suicide and the othtrs resulted from a
variety of causes.'
Mrs. Mary Parke, aged 45, wife of
the chief officer of the steamer Bev
erly, died from the result of gas poi
soning, self-administered.
George Simon, 41, and Jacob
Sch warts, 35 years old, died after
drinking carbolic acid.
Mary Stack, aged 24, of Whitons-
ville, Mass., was found dead in a hotel.
Escaping gas is given as the c
the cau
An unidentified man was foud in her
room unconscious.
Mary Series, aged 38, drank wood
alcohol and died in a hospital.
Henry Bunkey, aged 27, was found
on the sidewalk with a fractured skull
and died later.
Two men are dead as the result of
falls, one in the power house of a
street railway company and the other
in a lodging house.
An 18-year-old girl unsuccesssfully
attempted suicide by swallowing car
bolic acid, and a woman 32 years of
age hanged herself in a police sta
tion cell, but was cut down in time
to save her life.
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ASKS FOR ASSISTAN
Caleb Powers of Kentucky Says His
Means Are Exhausted.
GEORGETOWN,' Ky. Ex-Secretary
of State Caleb Powers, who has had
two trials and now awaits in jail here
his third trial for complicity in the
murder of the late Governor William
Goebel, issued the following appeal to
the public:
"I have had written a number of
letters to different states asking for
financial aid in my coming trial for
alleged complicity in the Goebel mur
der. A portion of the press has,
through a misunderstanding of the
facts, attempted to thwart my plan for
raising the much-needed money with
which to defend myself, by circulating
a report that these letters were not
genuine because signed by different
persons for me.
"It is true that many of the letters
were signed by different persons, be
cause it was impossible for one person
to send them out in the limited time
before my next trial, but all of these
letters are genuine.
"I have been continuously in the
jails of this state for nearly three
years. My means are exhausted. The
generosity of Kentucky has been taxed
I to the utmost in my former so-called
trials. In a few weeks I am again to
be tried for my life. Hence my appeal
now to my friends outside of Ken
tucky." No Special Session.
WASHINGTON Minister Squires
has cabled the state department that (
no special session of the Cuban sen
ate will be called prior to the reassem
bling of that congress after the holi
days. The suggestion has been made
that such a session of the congress
might be held during the holidays for
the purpose of passing on the reci
procity treaty between the United
State and Cuba, but according to the
information received from Havana
this intention has been abandoned
and the measure will come before the
Cuban senate in regular form in Jan
uary. Y. M. C. A. in Russia.
ST. PETERSBURG The third an
nual meeting of the Young Men's
Christian association, under the pat
ronage of Prince Oldenburg, was held
here. Among those present were
Prince Plato Obelensky, Senator Tag
antzey, E. L. Nobel and Franklin Gay
lord. The Russian branch of the as
sociation Is nearly self-sustaining and
its membership in the last year has I
i increased. J
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WILL ARBITRATE
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j PCtiZa AGREE ON THE HAGUE
,. TRIBUNAL
ENO OF Tri als IN SICHT
European Powar Preferred that the
President of thVnltd States Serve
as Arlbitrator, br .lave Assented to
The HagutPl
ajueJEi
i WASHINGTON The notes receiv
ed from the European governments
Interested in tho Venezuelan contro
versy Urid from Venezuela, agree to
submit the question at issue to Tho
Hague tribunal.
A' note . is now being prepared by
Secretary Hay, in which this govern
ment announces its hearty t;provaI
of such a course.
There appears to be no question but
k that it is the general understanding
that the Monroe doctrine is not to
enter into the question of arbitration.
Presidont Roosevelt will not be th
arbitrator for the Venezuelan contro
versy. '
The whole subject will be referred
for arbitration to The Hague tribunal.
This was the situation as it had re
solved itself at the conclusion of the
cabinet meeting Friday. The meeting
was not so long as the sessions usually
are.' All the members except Secre
tary Root were present. The Vene
zuelan question was the principal and
practically tho only topic of general
conference.
Secretary Hay presented the net re
sults of his cable correspondence with
the governments at London, Berlin,
Rome and Caracas. In accordance
with the suggestion made by Presi
dent Roosevelt, through Secretary
Hay, President Castro was represent
ed to have agreed to submit the dif
ferences to the arbitration of The
Hague. The European powers not
only consented to submit the contro
versy to arbitration, bat while they
had expressed a preference for an ar
bitration to be conducted by President
Roosevelt, they had assented to hir?
suggestion that the matter be refer
red to The jague.
No fear is expressed by the admin
istration that the Monroe doctrine will
be brought into the controversy In
any manner that might result in an
embarrassing situation for the United
States.
An intimation is given of the condi
tions which may have been Imposed
by the European powers or by Presi
dent Castro precedent to the arbitra
tion. It is known that Great Britain
was willing to submit the- subject to
the arbitration of President Roose
velt, practically without conditions,
but the suggestion is made that per
haps, two of the other powers involv
ed proposed some other condition-?
which might have proved embarrass
ing to the president had he undertaken
the responsibility, of determining the
question.
It is understood that money must
pass, but it also is known that the
ajnount or cash to uo required or
cJLnezuela before arbitration is not
'10tViearly so large as has been stated.
It is not possible to learn whether
the allies insist upon apologies from
Castro, and while it is assumed that
the blockade will be speedily raised,
no arrangements to that end have been
made.
POISON IN CHRISTMAS WINE.
Husband, Wife and Child Arrested
Charged with Murder.
CHICAGO, 111. Poisoning, it is
charged by means of a bottle of wine
given as a Christmas present, Rich
ard Cummings, 50 years old, died at
the home of Mrs. Lizzie Shanahan,
4228 Ashland avenue, where he was
boarding. William Moniak, his wife,
Mrs. Theresa Moniak, and their 14-year-old
daughter Mary, of 4226 Ash
land avenue, were arrested on sus
picion of having poisoned Cummings.
A bitter quarrel is said to have
tcken place between Cummings and
Mrs. Shanahan on one side and the
Moniaks on the other. The wine, ac
cording to the story told to the police,
was given to Mrs. Shanahan by Mary
Moniak on behalf of her parents as
a peace offering. Mrs. Shanahan
drank some of it and said she suf
fered from severe pain soon after
ward. She offered some of the wine
to her niece, who complained that It
tasted bitter. Cummings drank tho
remainder and died twenty-four hours
later.
"I have been poisoned by that bottle
of wine and I want the people who
Save U to me arrested," were his last
1 words to Mrs. Shanahan. Dr. Wm.
T. KIrby, who attended him, received
a similar statement.
Moniak and his wife deny that they
had any knowledge of poison being in
the wine.
Death of J. J. Dickey.
OMAHA John Jay Dickey, super
intendent of the Fifth Central district
of the Western Union Telegraph com
pany, comprising the lines between
Omaha and the Rocky mountains, died
at his home at Rose farm, near this
city, Monday night. Mr. Dickey was
taken sick December 22 with pleurisy.
He retired to his room and grew stead
ily worse until his heart became affect
ed and pneumonic complications set in.
Cervera is Honored.
MADRID The appointment of Vlcc
Admiral Cervera, who surrendered to
the American fleet off Santiago de
Cuba, to the po6t of chief of staff of
the navy has been published in the
Official Gazette.
CATTLE DISEA3C COSTLY.
Will .Take Much Money to Keep ft
From Spreading.
WASHINGTON While Ihn lii-ir-tanee
of the hubject In not generally
appreciated. It is Mill a fact that no
other matter has come up In cuigrens
nt HiIh hcsHlon which Is of greater
incipient than the proportion to upend
$I,(o,(;oo hi an attempt to utamp out
the cuttle disease; which ban broken
out In New England. Thus far the
foot and mouth disease, an It fa cull
ed, is practically confined to Muma
chuHctts and Vermont. It wan, with
out doubt, brought to Boston from
Europe In tho fodder ot a conslgn
inent of horses. Jiint as soon bn tho
department of ogiiculturn Icunicd of.
the outbreak prompt Ktcps were tak
en to prevent Its spread. But It l
estimated that there are at least 15,
000 cattle puffcrlng from tho dlHcnn
In tho urates named. Many affected
animals huvn been transported from
place to place, in railroad cart und
thcfco enrs douhtless contain th
germs, which may readily be carried
to everv state in tho union. It will
cost the federal government more
than $r.Mi,ui(j to pay for the cattle
which must be slaughtered and burled
in New England alone. Should thf
disease spread, ten times that sum
would scarcely pay a tithe of the cost
which the government will incur in
enforcing the provisions of tho law
applicable to cattle disease.
ROBBERS LOOT MISSOURI BANK.
Vault Blown Open and Entire Con
tents Secured.
UNION. Mo. The Bank of Union
was robbed Saturday morning, th'
vault blown open with nltro-glycerirn!
and $r.u,(Mi(it the; entire contents, were
stolen.
The; robbers were two in number
and are believed to bo professionals
They escaped.
About 1 o'clock a loud explosion
was heard and shots we re hie. I around
the- public square. Most of the citi
zens who heard the noiso supposed it
was can sec by boys out on a lark,
celebrating Christinas, and paid no
attention to it.
Oscar llus'h, a hardware? dealer,
who lived across the street, noticing
that the bank was being robbe d, w nt
to the window to loejk out, but war
covered by a revolver. He; then kept
quiet. Others in the vicinity of the
bank were alse kept quiet by a dis
play of revolvers.
About fifty shots were fired to ter
rorize any who might want to venture
out. Some; say seven men we re; se en
around, but Mr. Busch say;c but. two
men left the bank afte r the; robbery.
The wreck was complete, the; vault
door and the safe being cornpb-te-ly
demolished, as was the; whedc Inte-iior
of the bank. The, glass f'jont of the
building was also completely destroy,
eel. When the work was finished tho
men left town, walking toward Hart
man. F. W. Hartman, cashier, was called
after all was over. He estimates the
loss at abejut $50,000. The; bank car
ried $10,000 insurance; against burg
lary. There- is no cine.
MRS. GRANT WRITES STORY.
Leaves Interesting Manuscript of Per
sonal Reminiscences.
WASHINGTON Mrs. Grant hfjs
left a -' interesting and valuable
manuscript of personal re-minise'erices
which she; began when her eli.,tin
guished husband was writing his me
moirs, and has added tej it from i:'ni
to time as her health and eli-position
permitted. It consists e.f :jo'i e(r 4o
pages of typewritte n matter. suniei'-:j
for a book of ordinary size, and neat
ly tied up in chapters with blue rib
bon. She describes many incidents in
her domestic experie nce, beginning
with the time of her marriage, and
give important fac ts concerning Gen
eral Grant that have never bee n pub
lished. Her stories of army life-,
events that occurred while she; was
living in the White House, and h' r de
scription of the attentions wh-h the
general received during his tour
around the world will be a valuable
contribution to history.
W. J. BRYAN IN MEXICO.
Visit Varied by Sight-Seeing and Offi
cial Calls.
MEXICO CITY. William J. Bryan's
visit has been variM by sightseeing
and official calls. He has been re
ceived in audience by Presid-nt Diaz
and Minister ejf Finance lim.inteur.
Mrs. Bryan and the children visited
the l :ir.e of the Virgin of Guada
lope. Last evening the Bryan party took
a train for Cordova, whence they
will travel over the Vera Cruz & Pa
cific road to Alfred Bishop Mason's
hacclenda. The party will return here
Tuesday morning.
The government people have not
sought Mr. Bryan for information on
silver as his views are well known
here.
Postmaster Suicides.
SPRINGFIELD, 111. C. T. Greening,
postmaster at Cornland, Logan coun
ty, committed suicide after a poHtoffiee
inspector had checked up his account?
and found him to be $l,40o short.
Greening was found dead In a barn 5n
the rear of his residence with a bullet
wound over his right eye and a revol
ver clutched in his hand.
Mrs. Frcmcnt Dead.
I T ns IVfini.lN Mrs. Jessie Pen-
ton Fremont, widow of General Fre
mont, died at her home in this city
Saturday night