Nebraska Newspapers

    NEBRA3KANS AT HONOLULU
0uf rmlif Eabrk Far tb JoUMT
Manila
Honolulu, H 1.. Not. 8. The re
train (or tbo Firn Nebraska are finally
embarked lor the last tage of their
voyage to Manila. Sunday afternoon,
November 6, orden came out to Camp
Ot about 4 o'clock to break cainp at
8 o'clock Monday morning and go
aboard the Arizona. By 8 .30 all camp
equipage and pack were pi.ed on
wagons and the long line of Uncle
Sam's dray on the way to the P. M. 8.
H. dock.
Then every man in the command was
set to work cleaning up the ground.
All refuse, wood and paper wan burned
or btiritd and the camp ru thoroughly
cleaned. At II 30, beaded by Hip N
York band, the command, which com
pria a the Third batallion of the Firat
infanry regular and recruit for the
Nebraska. Colorado and Pennsylvania
regimenta now at Manila, started for
town. Tne nearly five mi lea of road
waa covered in an hour and ten min
ute and by 3 30 everything wan aboard
and tbe Arizona pulled out into the
dream and dropped anchor. When she
ill take her 6nal departure ia uncer
tain ao far aa tie public ia concerned,
but rumor says Wednesday or Thurs
day. General king and staff are aboard
the aliip. It if the general belief that
tbe Arison ia r maining in the fair
way to Iw sure in have no lever
patients aboard. t';un,. Otis leave a
good many nun here, Th te from tbe
Nebraska recruits are :
W. M C.erUm, C. K. tier ton. B Pat
more, Altiert Bolt, Ftnil Vote and
Louis Fieiff, hosintal patients, and W.
Watt, invalid, from Captain Holds
man's company.
Captain Wilson leaves John II Arm
field, Riuttler, Heorge WtUon, White,
W. E. Camp, W. A. Coon .lexsi Kar
ling, K. M. Fuiley, Robert Morns, W,
E. Johnson, K. Pool, It, C. Rowland and
Ira Stout, Hospital; C. M. Franklin,
invalid. Farhtig and Arnifleld are
pretty i k Imy. Camp and Shuttler
hove iH'en, hut are In. lb in a full vay
of recovery. None me considered to
be at all dangerous u, llm physicians
Captain Killiau Ve.mei (Jeorge M.
Thompson, John Anderson, Srank
Walla. Patrick Fitzgerald, Cu-tav A.
Larson, Fred tHroiig, K;y f'atchin,
I, ewis liable, Kioti Rowen, Henry
Westbooke, Henry Burke, .loo Berry,
Charles kuiiyon, VV llian Johnson,
J ihn Hesdlnud, and Nm man (.rirhth
hospital; Stanley Kgnosky, (ieorge
Nixon, Henry 8. kncnjti and Hied H.
iiluiore, invalid Of these, I'atubm is
) i i te sick with malarial fever and
there ar 'the cae of typhoid among
the rest, but both C' plain Killian and
the hmpiial physician assure me they
are all di g well.
There men will hII be sent home
fust as they are able to travel, with
few exceptions. The idea has been to
weed nut all who are not strong, and
judging fr tin the appearance and spirit
of the men this has lieeu done pretty
uccednlly.
The stay ol ihe Nebraska recruits
here h i been marked by the uniform
ly good conduct of tbe men Although
they have hail two pay days here, only
one of them una lieen in a mixup with
the. pol c ru I that was due to loo much
etr'pe as an eii eriment., 1 suppose,
and the offender intended to do up a
Chinese restaurant keeper. He never
got any further than in entions, hut it
cost him f.'O io the police court the
decl morning
ime (ienei.il Kini and Judge Wilcox
had theii iitt!tiff the leelmg has crep!
among soldiery that it is all off with
a ml lier who ge's brought up liefore hit
honor They think the police have it in
for theui and the police leel the same
way, so Ilia' small' troub'es that would
get only passing notice often devebp in
to a regular battle. The occasions have
been very few, however, and it has hi en
my experience that one A merican and
one Englishman of war in iiort can
make things warmer than all the soldier
who have been through here.
The U. H T. K. Oiiio left for Manila
yesteidav, the 7th, at 3:20 p.m. 8h
had the Wasbngton contingent ahajard,
They were heartily chee.ed by tbe men
on the Indiana. Zialamlia .and Ariion
as they went tip the harbor. She ha
aboard iheTnieolieth Kansas and today
they w dl vote lor t'.e nominees of the
different nolitical parties in that state.
Governor I-eedy does not seem to ! tbe
favorite and it is generally predicted
that he will receive a very fight vol
from the boys in Honolulu.
The New Yorkers have had a great
deal of Sickness since they have been
he. e and Colonel Barber is trying to
better things by scattering hi com
mand. More iban half of them are now
encamped at Waialai beyond Diamond
' bta I ai d now the departure of two
companies for Hawaii leave Camp
McKinlny practically deserted,
Tbe ZcaUndia arrived yesterday
morning with two battalion of the
First Tuurietsee The ollliwr of tin
steamship have nothing hut praise fot
ihe Tennessee soldiers.
A(,u ulliirn In Alaska
Wssuinoion, Nov. 21 FiperimenU
with a view to determining the adapts
bility of a vsriety of food product of th
United SUtes to the soil of Alaska, have
been oonducte l during II. last season
oyl'iol.C. (teurgesou, ecial aent of
thn agricultuial department. He sue
iwiJhI iii growing ami maturing oats,
tarley, flax, potatoes Slid a nurnlssr o'
.t l.rc vegetable. Heabo planted gras
saw and clovers, which made consider
bit r jwlb during tbe short seMoo.
DEWEY'S EYE IS OPEN
FINDS THE INSURGENTS IN POSSES
SION OF THE ISLAND OF PANAY
Admiral Dewer Cabls Bcgardtns; Th
SItaatloa and la Waiting for farther
lostruolloai Paopla Tbara Daalr This
Country for a Protsetorata.
WaamaoTOM, Nov. 19. Newt of a
mixed character came to the Navy de
partment ysrerday from Admiral Dew
ey, touching the situation in the Philip
pines, Tiiit admiral sent two of his
war ships, the Charleston and the Con
cord, some time ago to the southward
of Mani a to ascertain whether there
was truth in reports that the insurgents
bad expended tbeir activities in that
directiou Yesterday be cabled as
follows :
Mahii , Nov. 18, Secretary Navy,
Washington : Charleston and Concord
arrived today from lloilo (jlas report
that the entire island of Pauay is in
possess on of insurgent eicept lloilo,
which is defended by 800 Spanish troops.
All for. ign cititen there beg for Ameri
can protection. The isUud of Negroes
has declared independence and desire
Americau protectorate.
fclrUATION is (BITICAL.
Glass is the commander of the
Charleston. So far nothing has been
done by the administration toward
curbing the insurgents in their opera
tions save v.-rbal repre entations from
the American commanders to Aguinal
do, in wtiicb it has been pointed out to
him that it would be good policy, in
view of tbe pro! ability of the annexa
tion of the ml mil by the United State,
to pursue. course that would not be
obnoxious to t,,e United States, But
ihe situation is now nali.ed to be criti
cal. S lai a' the Spaniards are con
cerued, perhaps loey can be left to take
tare ol Ui.iui-elves, "bin th s foreign
reai.leuis ' II olo are, differently regard--d.
The difl'n nlly in the situation is that
with ihe best intentions to intervene to
protect tbe KuropeaiiH and other for
eigners, and to save the city of llilo, the
second in importdiice in tin- Philippine
group Horn lo tint', the United 8 ales
forres appeal to be 8 opped under th
rules ol wii from moving from their
p ai lions Hiifh i the consumption
p ai'.ed ii on tbe clause in tbe protocol
relating u a suspension of boHtilitii-s.
The immeiJiate effect of tbi slate of
affairs may he to ha.-ten uc.i it in the
Paris rond r. nc, for it is only by the
termination of thai tribunal that the
Uuited States can come to the relief of
the ho t-atpi -red Spaniards in lloilo and
at hi tier points
It is said to be s fart, however, that a
total disagreement at I'tiris may rsult
in speedier action than if the commissioner-
Hg'etd upon the m.iiit principles
of the Philippine ressi. n, for, in such
caie, Feveial addi ioual sessions prolia
bly would be required in ordei to sr
raUjje the details of the treaty.
KAKLY r:11s' IS ItXI'K.CIKr)
It i new thought to be certain that
! the coin m issiori, ai a rneetiuj next Mon
j day or Tuesday, will do one of two
things, i, e., either agree to tl e ces-ion
ol tbe Philippines, or note a disag ee
mertt and d ssolve the meeting for the
admioift aiion is not ilisjn) ed to toler
ate lurtli- r delay and bus an instructed
the Un l'ii Stall's commiwoner.
The latter en!a linn cableyram yes
terday in cipher. The deciphering oc
cupied lb.' entire ofliciui day, arnl mean
time thee were wild rumors touching
the natuie ol it-, contents. As a matter
ol fail it was nothing more than an
ext'cujeiy verlioce, statement of the
S.aniHli ptaiement of the Spanish side
of the cam- relating to the Philippines.
There wa a renewal of tbe attempts
to take is-ue with the Amricin con
tention as to the meaning ot the proti col
clause relative to the disposition of the
' Philippines, and much quibbling ac
' compamed by quotations from French,
I hpsnish and other European languages
I in the effort to demonstrate to Ameri-
cans just what an Kngliah word might
mean.
The latter will take no notice of this
kind of a hair-splitting plea, hut Satur
day's meeting will call on the Spanish
comuiisfioiieis to make an answer to
the American proposition to cede the
Philippines, and alio ii K until Mon
day or Tuesday for a final and resiion
Sive answer on that point.
)lti)-rtln lo Nr(ro I iiillilgranla.
Nkw Yokx, Nov. 18. A epecial from
Havana sa s: The news from Topeka,
Kan., that John Veney, a Baptist clergy
man, is alsuit to send to Santiago thirty
families as a nucleus for a large colony
has caused an exceedingly bad impres
sion among tbe Unburn, who areantious
that onlv white iniin grants shall
come to Culm. 'I heinous rabid predict
a race war kIhiuIiI many negroes com
Iroui the United State. A strange
feature is that Ihe Cuban negroes are
niore bitter than the whites in denounc
ing the movement.
The Cuban army will receive one
year's pay oq December I Notes for
the halarico due will be issued and the
troop diehainh-d.
Ilrliilinler or Visit.
Ottawa, Out , Nov. 18, A deputation
of leading ( it reus of Burlington Vt. has
arrived here and pre-ei,ted to the Forty
third Ottawa battalion of Canadian mil
itia a beautiful Mlk United States flag
ss a souvenir of the visit of the Forty
third to Burlington on the Fourth of
July last. The presentation took place
before an assemblage . of 2,000 persons
and the affair rjsrtook of a national
chancier. All the speakers referred to
the friendly leeling between the two
countries.
BEATEN BY A BICYCLE RIDER
Km Batter tmm tuu for the OalsteUa rar
la( atallioa
Phuadblmiii, Nov. 17. Albatro,
tbe champion guideless pacing stallion
of the world, with a record of 2 :00 1-4,
waa beaten today at Point Brcexe track,
in half mile and quarter mile heat races
against Nat Butler, tbe New England
bicyclist. The first heat of the half mile
race Alba'ros won eas ly, but in the
second heat Butler forged ahead and the
stallion stopped twenty feet from the ,
wire, in me third beat Butler caugm
up to Abltros in tbe stretch and raced
with him nntil near wire, when the
t orse suddenly stopped. The owner of
Albatross charged Butler with being
responsible for tbi by calling "whoa,
whoa." Time 1:08 1-2, 1:08. In the
quarter mile race Albatross aqain stop
ped in front of the club house, Butler
winning in 36 seconds. Butler also won
the next h- at by ten feet in 30 seconds
Chicago Furrier Mlaatns;
Chicaoj, Nov. 18. The whereabout
of Walter A. Staltmann, for years a far
rier in this city is an object of much in
terest to a large number of society wo
men, and they have invoked the aid ef
the police in their effort to locate him
It is claimed that he ha? disappeared
with large quantities of furs which were
brought to bim by the women for repair
and for storage during the warm months
Over twenty complaints of larceny have
already been Sled with the police
against Staltmann and the value of tbe
mi sing furs, as reported up to date, is
about $15 000. Staltmann is raid to
havs left the city. Four thousand dol
lar' worth of furs are said to have been
found in pawn shop
L
Vlrdn Mine. nr tlpvacd.
Virdb.n, III., Nov. 18. The plant ol
the Cnicago-Virden Coal company
openelfor work Wednesday mo'mng,
bavin- been idie sime April 1, and hav
ing twite attempted to start with color
ed mm horn Alabama.
The opening at this time is the n ta't
of a written agreement entered into
with the miners lonceeding to them the
Springfield stab-of 40 cents pur ton
mi run and agreeing to take away the
Blockade surrom ding the works. Wed
nesday morning the men leturned to
work, cleaning up the plant preparatory
to i o sting coal in a few days. It is not
believed that the state's attorney will
permit the dropping of the crim-.nal
prosecution, but will exeri every energy
to bring to justice all who participated
in the slaughter in this city on October
12. It is claimed and seemingly on the
best of autb rily, that all litigation be
gun or threatened will be dropped now
that a satisfactory settlement has been
reached.
In Danger of Lynching.
Mcncik, Ind,, Nov. 18 Tonight two
little hoys, one four, the oth -r seven
yea s old, told the p'l'ici tha' Fred, the
teu-year old son of Thomas C. O'Land,
shot and killed Andy Bodemiller, aged
five, whose dead bo ly wa found in a
gravel pit near Whiteley, a suburb. To
the police the boy, Fred O'Land, said
he had r hot at a rabbit aud k lied little
Bodemiller. Afterward he denied this
and toltl seve al contradictory stories.
Thomas O'hniid, Fred's father, is a
sa ouikeeper. Sum Jackson, O'Linl'i
colored barkeeper, ' is sup cted of be
ing an accomplice in the murder. There
is danger of his being lynched should
tbi suspicion prove well found d.
Troop In houttiern Camps.
Atiik.-s, Ga , Nov. 18. Tue wintei
army camp locate I here has been
nan ed Camp Haskell, in honor of the
late Brigad e.r-Gem ral Joseph T. Has
kell of Ohio, who participated in the
battle of .Santiago.
Macon, Ga., Nov. 18. The first de
tachment of troops for the wintei
camp here, tbe Second Ohio, arrived
today, fieneral Breckinridge will com
mand this division, with headquarters
bore.
Savannah, Ga., Nov- 18 Brigadier-General
W. W. Gordon his been
a signed to commai d the Second bri
gade; First division, Second corps, with
headquarter at Macon. The Seven' b
corps, commanded by General Lee,
will be equipped at once with Kraz
Jorgensen rifles.
Macon, Ga., Nov. 18. The Tenth regi
ment of colored im m u nes arrived her
today from Lexington, Ky. ' At South
Macon thirty or forty of them attacked
Beeves' store nd threatened to loot it
unless their demand were complied
with. They then formed a line acro-i
the street to prevent anyone beinu sen!
to call for help. A lare detachment ol
provost wuard under cun mmd of Cap
lain Bailer arrived and with fixed bayo
nets forced the negroes into a lot and
arrested thirty ol them. They wert
tnarchetl to the city Jail.
Asks to he Mailn a llaiikrnpt.
PlTTSIHlHO, Pa., Nov. 18 G. W.
C..K...;1 n, l.nlou a In thioor dealt r Mind
I" Mlll" ....... ...j ., j
his petition in voluntary bankruptcy id
the Uuited Stvei district court. ThH
in no way effects tbe firm of the G. W.
Schmidt company
A Munlnelpal L.aga.
Piiiladklhiia Nov. 18 The nationa
municipal league will hold the next cot
ferenre for good city government in In
d anapolis on November 'JO DecemW
and 2. Tbe executive committee of I In
league selected Indianapolis through tht
invitation of the Commercial club ol
that city whose guest the league will be
At the coming meeting the committee on
municipal program will make it report.
A FINAL ANSWER
8PAIN TOLO PLAINLY THE TERMS OF
PERMANENT PEACE
pMalsttoD at Waahlug-toa m to What Will
Follow In Caaa of Kerunal-A Stock Job
bing 8cbfDe Chance for CoinpenMttioD
t ir Nurrcudcr la Mada. ,
Pabis, Nov. 22. The United States
peace commissioners bave(ui.doabtedly
made tbeir proposition here. When
tbe conference opened yesterday after
noon Judge Day, addressing Senor
Montero Rios, and hid colleagues of the
Spanish commbsion, recurred to the
protracted negotiations and reaffirmed
tl.e desire of the American commis
sioners to reach an amicable conclusion.
Then, handing the Am rican presenta
tion to tbe inte-preter, Judge Day con
cluded his rem irks by saying that the.
Americans, preferring not to break the
armistice or to resume hostilities, had
determine 1 to present another and
final proposition which he hoped would
lead to a speedy and amicable adjust
ment. That portion of the presentation set
ting forth the new proposal, the pro
posal that the United States must have
possession of the entire Philippine
archipelago, with a lender of $.0 000,
000 for a treaty cession of tue. inlands,
was then read,
TWO DAYS IN WUICU TO AN8WKR
Without betraj ing their mental atti
tude, the Spanish conimies ontrs sug
gested an adjournment until Wednes
day. The new proposition, w'th its collat
erals, was em bodied toward the end of
the Ameriean immorandum which
filled thirty typewritten sheet'. Only
th e part was read in the j ) nt session
the memoiaiidiim Using then delivered
to the Spaniards for translation by their
own staff.
Spain's proposition to invoke the of
fices of a thi.d fiower to construe the
the worth) "control, disposition and gov
ernment of the Philippines" waa re
jti tel by the American commissioners
on the ground that the diction of the
third article of the protocol dealing with
the. Philippine is so broad ami clear as
to afford no justification for arbitration
as bulwt en the part ies to tbe agreement.
An analysis of the American memor
andum shows that all other sugges
tions and considerations in it hinge
upon treaty cession, at the amount
named by the United States aud with
in one week. In the event of cession
Spain may enjoy a term of twelve
years' lights of omineree in the Phil
ippines ttpial to those of tbe United
Slates. It tbe United States acquires
the island by conquest Spain may not
enjoy such rights.
WHAl. Khri'SAI WOUl.li MttAN.
Should Spain refuse cest-iou she
would remain liable: for indemnity
claims, national and individual, since
the outbreak of tbe hist Cubau insur
rection. Should Bl.e refuse, she would
aiM) lose, probably, as further indem
nity for the ex null; en ol conquest, one
of the Carolines which hhe may now
sell, aud other table privileges within
Spanish jni isdiciioii might be taken by
the United Hia es without any return
for them
This eveiiinn the Spaniards doubtless
donot know whether they will accept
or reject the American terms. They
are telegraph iny tl.e fcubi-tunce of the
American memorandum to Madrid and
they expect to reply at Wednesday's
meeting
Pobsihly they may conclude, that be
cause one money offer is made another
aud laryer offer will full w pressure
on the American commishioiiers. But
if this be their expectation, it will not
be r-ali?.ed The American tei in-, sub
mitted almost at the close of eigh)
weeks of patient hearing and pa iiB
taking argument, area pract cal ulti
matum THINS TIIK TKItM KAIR
London, Nov. 22. Tbe moiiung pa
pers concede the generosily of the offers
of toe United Slates peace commission
ers and express the opinion that Spain
would be foolish to' reject them. They
express universal gratification at the
announcement of "an oien door" rolicy
in the I 1 1 i 1 1 1 pi
The Daily Mail calls the offer ol t-0,-0
0,000 as indemnity "a surprising act
of generosity."
The papers generally take it for giant
ed thet the "open door policy will be
adopted in the West Indus also
'I UK KOKHAI MkKI INI..
Paih, Nov 2vi - The Spanish and
American p ace commissioners met in
ionil session al 2 o'ch ck this iiflernoou.
The Ami r chiii declared the United
States must have the entire Philippine
archipelago, Mini for a treaty i essiou of
the Man-la the Americans tendered to
Spain 20,(HK),(M)0. It is further declared
that it is the purpose, of the United
S atei to maintain the Philippine i-laml
ss an "open door" to Ihe world's com
un n o.
lltim lleHd otl li NlreH.
Cmi Aijo, Nov 22 While on his way
lo take a train for his home, (ieorge
A (nimby, a leading business man of
Pes Moines and fecretsry of the Iowa
Central Building and l oan assoc alron,
dropped tlead on Thirty-thud nlieet
this morning. An inquest was In Id
over the body last evening and a ver
dit t rendered that death was caused
from heart failure. The remains were
shipped to Des Moines.
FIGHTING PAYS OVER
tpulih Croalar Totmw Abaadoaad far
Good.
Nassau, N. P., Nov. 15 The cable
grams sent np to date give an outline
of tbe Spanish crusier Maria Teresa,
which went ashore in a heavy gale at
Bird point, Cat island, on tbe afternoon
of November 3. By this opportunity by
mail, details are forwarded.
Last advices show the Tereta still
ashore, with little probability of being
gotten cff. The gale that sent it ashore
was so heavy that it was driven far up
the reefs and rests now as solid as a
rock in twelve feet of water. The
water inside of it rises and falls
with the tide and is supposed to be
bilged. A very heavy surf is pouring
in on the reefs, rendering it difficult to
board it. The ship's pet, a large cat,
remains on b ard and nobody can catch
it. The flag which was flying when the
cruiser stranded, a well worn American
ensign, has been brought to Nassau and
Consul McLain insists on keeping it at
the consulate as a souvenir of the
Spanish warship which so pathetically
sought a final re-ding place on tbe very
shores where Columbus first landed.
The British steamer Antilia returned
from the wreck of Sunday and reported
that It was impossible for it to accom
plish anything. The eurf was so heavy
that it could not pet within a quarter of
a mile o! the Teresa, though drawing
but nine feet. Two men on board nan
nged to reach the Teresa in a bo it, but
the surf was so strong they could not
return and finally reached the shore,
where they were left to return toFassau
by schooner. -
tOOTKD BV THE NATIVES.
The ship has been ha ily looted uj
the negro natives of the vicinity, an
ignorant community which generally
believes that all weeks are a present
sent them by the Lord and to be grate-
luuy accepted and utilized accord
ingly. Everything movable has been
taken away, and even ihe temporary
pine deck, put on at Guantanamo for
the pas-age north, Ins been cut to
p eces, broken up and carried off by
the inhabitants to be utilized in board
ing cabins and in lepairing old ones
Much of the braPs woik ami copper
has been hacked off and secreted in
the bush t be realized upon heieafter.
The provisions were eagerly seized, the
reckless natives, who are like ducks
in swimming, taking all sorts of risks
in their quest for plunder.
Certain portions of tbe ship's stores,
such as heavy hawsers, ropes, tons of
machinery, canned provisions, etc.,
were taken off by a local official and
forwarded to Nassau by small schoon
ers. Th:s official, it is but lair to say,
did all he could lo prevent the looting,
but did not succeed to any gr. at ex
tent. Immediately upon the arrival of
these articles at Nassau they were
taken possession' of by tho marshall of
the vice admiralty, on the ground that
the ship and contents were derelicts
and so belonged to the colonial author
ities. The American consul, Mr. Mc
Lain, l otified tbe marshal that he con
sidered the articles saved to be the
property of the United States govern
ment, request that they be released and
handed over to him. Tire question of
ownership, thus raised, is not likely to
be settled at once.
Norfolk, Va., Nov. 22. The court of
inquiry appointed by the secretary of
the navy to accertain why tbe Spanish
cruiser Maria JTerefa was abandoned
and to fix the responsibility, began its
labors today. Members of the court
would not give out anything for publi
cation. Karmern PerlHh in the Mntm
Si'Rinukikld, Mo., Nov. 23.Gcorre
and F.d Colter, married farmers, were
found frozen to death near Ash Grove
today. Yeeteiday they went to Ash
Giove and drank considerably. They
started to tbeir farms and weie caught
in the blizzard. It is supposed they fell
from their hortes.
Kansas City, Nov. 22, Snow has
ceased to fall at most points in the South
east and has been followed by the cold
est W' at her of the season, the thermo
meter generally hovering around sero
and on the prairies registering from 2 to
4 degrees below. A high wind is drift
ing the snow badly, and more or lees
ceriously hampering train and telegraph
service, lieports of suffering cattle are
frequent. The coal mines at P.lt-burg,
Kas., anil vicin ty are already behind in
filling their orders.
St. Pail, Nov. 23. The snow storm
continued thiouhout tbe night and the
wind is still busy piling up drifts, Wires
are working reasonably well and the
main lines of the railroads are open,
trains arriving on'y a few minutes late.
Branch lines were not ho fortm ate,
however, some of them being almost
iibckrd in this state ami Wisconsin,
Lo -ally business was at aimnt a stand
still because of the lack of street car ser
vice. O i one of their busies' lines, the
street railway leirent'y suhHlitiited elec
tric, ty f ir cable, system, and Ibis line,
which fo-nierly was available when the
electric lines were stopped, was also
knocked. out, and no tars were run iu
any pail d tbe city.
Krupitflof Short Duration '
Paris, Nov. 23. Lieutenant C-donnl
P.cquH't, who hai In-en confined in tbe
Che-che. military prison for some time
(mat on charge ol revialing contents of
certain iiiiimrlant military thcuim-nts
to a lawyer encaged in his defence, wan
taken from prison today and driven to
tl e court of ces-atlon'. The court, how
ever, was unabl to hear him today and
he was taken back to prison.
MANY PRIZES
Awarded AaaMlly 1st
r 1st PauHe sW0sss4
aB
The ettr ef Parte each year
utes a lumber of prise eonssjjHng ttt
urns mBr derived tmm funds) P
.ueathed by eertaJa sharitaMe ;
for special abjeets. The an
for the father ef the meet aai
family in a given arrondissenient;
to be bestowed on promising young art
ists unsupplied with funds te troswmt
their studies, and so forth, i thsr
prize has been added is tkis list It It
for tbe beat lnstanee of a wife's help
ing her husband by work. The fsundcr
is a M. Achllle Couronne, formerly
chief in the Bureau ef she Ministry oT
Agriculture, whose hard-worklag wlfs)
waa of Immense help In his career. To
sum bequeathed returns a yearly to
come ef over 6,000 francs. Tbe condi
tions necessary for competition are: T
be Parisian by birth, and te have bee
married ten years to a husband em
ployed In a state bureau, and earning
not more than 3,500 francs a year.
There were 100 applicants for the
prize, and, as may be imagined, some
little difficulty was experienced In am
signing It Finally, however, the rotes)
of the committee fell te a Mm. Clerge
rle, who, though the mother of Are chil
dren, has never ceased te contribute t
tbe family funds by working as a flor
ist Legacies of tbe above character,
however good their Intent do not al
ways have the result anticipated by
the testator, a ease In point being ti
Goncourt vrilL which has dne nothing
up te tbe present time but give rise i
fights and dissension. After a series)
of legal battles tbe executors ef the
will and the three nearest relatives of
the deceased man of letters have set
tled their differences eut ef court The
net result Is that the relatives get 400,
000 francs and the academy l,f00,000
francs. Galagnani's Messenger.
Winter Health Hints.
Healthful exercise taken in modera
tion, as walking, riding, wheeling or
gymnastics, te a useful means of hold
ing in check the tendency to catarrh.
It is always advisable that children
of marked catarrhal tendencies should
wear woolen underclothing varying in
thickness with the change of the sea
sons. In regard to the treatment of colds,
prevention rather than cure should be
the motto. Bathing in cold water is
ofteu beneficial in preventing colds, or,
to speak more accurately, in rendering
the body sufficiently hardy to with
stand the effects of a chill, but In this
practice discretion must be observed.
Whether a common cold is contagious
or not is a matter of opinion. Dr. S.
Wtstray Battle thinks that the point
te not clear, while Dr. Foxwell says
that acute catarrhs are probably mu
tually contagious, and that pneumo
nia and coryza are generally recognized
as being capable of reproducing them
selves iu fresh subjects.
Because in a healthy subject a cold
gets well, It does not follow that all
colds will take that course, and every
thing should be done to prevent such
attacks, and cut short probable compli
cations. If a cold habitually flies to
the chest It may be taken for granted
that there is an Inherent weakness of
the lungs, and the parents of children
with such a predisposition should taJto
steps to eradicate as far as possible the
tendency, else the complaint may be
come chronic, or tuberculous Infection
may result.
Tnlare Jjake Irleg Up.
Tulare Lake has passed out of exist
e.nce. Where once there was a body
of water In central southern California
more than 1,000 square miles in area
there Is now only a barren desert of
iliuii, cubing alio. CLu:&uig iu cut: lieui
of the desert sunshine. For years this
lake has been known as the largest
body of fresh water west of the Itocky
Mountains. It was over eighty miles
long and about thirty-five miles across
I at the widest point. Its depth was never
very great From 1854 to 1872 the wa
I ters of the lake changed very little In
area, it was about tnese years thai
Irrigation was started In the valley
around Vlsalla and Biikersfield, and
the shrinkage became very rapid. The
King's River and Tulare River were,
tupped In several places, and the water
that would have gone Into Tulare Lake
was spread out over the dry pastures
and cornfields. From 1872 to 1875 the
shrinake was not marked. The south
ern end of the lake contracted and took
the form of a creek. It narrowed until
It was not more than a mile wide, and
had drawn up from the southern end
at least fifteen icHes. Between 1875
aud 1880, when vineyards began to be
planted, tbe waters shrunk up almost
to the borders of Tulare County. In
1882 they crossed It and left Kern
County altogether. Boston Transcript
Shawl Fit for na Km pros.
One of the most wonderful shawls In
existence Is a woolen wrap presented
as a wedding gift to -the empress of Rus
sia by the women of Orenburg, a town
in the soiuthcastern part of the empire.
When spread out It Is ten yards square,
hut Is so exquisitely fine that It may
be paswd through a finger ring, and
when folded makes a parcel a few
Inches square. The shawl reached the
empress In a woodeu chest, with silver
locks and hinges, the outside embellish
ed with designs of spears, turbans,
whips, etc., iu a ground of blue enamel,
this being the color of the Cossack uni
form. On the Inside of the box Is a
gracefully worded Inscription, begging
the empress to accept the gift from
"her faithful and devoted subjects."
Fend l lienmel von lo Crocodiles.
A favorite mode of suicide among to
African tribes whfj dwell near LsJk
Nyassa Is for a native to wads Into
I the lake and calmly wait for a crocodlla
' to open Its moutn aud swallow him.
' The future Is what w hoped the past
might be. but Isn't 1