REFUSES TO
DELAY TRIALS.
Kifiil Jif;i lasisiSH Pncitlii wttl
Pisttfliet bus.
Arraigned on Charge ( Embetsel
ment and are Qlvon Counsel.
Neely Ploade Net Guilty.
as arising from the Oitinn post of
fice embexslement opened Psturday In
the Audencla court before five Judged.
The court room 1 located over the
prison In which Neeley ha been con
ned. One hundred and eighty-two
wltne hsve been called to testify
and of these about eighty responded
today. .
Of (he defendant. Neelry, Rathbone
end Reevea were reeled on one aide of
the room and Moya and Mascara, the
Cuban stamp elerka, on the other.
Neeley ahowed no signs of hi confine
ment. He haa grown stouter and wan
in good aplrlta.
Upon the opening of the court Rath
bone w aa Informed by the Judge that
hi counsel. Senore. Lanuza and De
vernlne, bad withdrawn. The court
eaked the other counsel for the defense
if they would assume chaise of Rath
bone a raae, and, being answered In the
negative, appointed lawyer Panrua, a
court employe, and gave Rathbone one
hour in which to consult with hi new
attorney.
The court avked Neeley to plead and
the latter responded that he had never
heard the accusations against him, but,
after consulting with his counsel, he
entered a plea of not guilty. Rath
bone, Moya and Macara also pleaded
not guilty, while Reeves was granted
permission to wait until the next -.-alon
of the court before making hi
plea. Senor Zaya, Nelcy counsel,
a;ed that Ihe accusation against hi
client be read. He said he had not
given instruction to Neeley, a the
court had not allowed him to consult
upon document and examine paper
in order to prepare hi defense.
The complaint wa read in Spanish,
consuming two and one-half hour.
During the reading Rathbone rose and
aid he desired io protest against the
continuance of the trial until he
should have time to get counsel of hi
own selection, and also that if hi plea
was to be taken a a d' position he
wished to withdraw If.
KKFl'HBS TO JimTfOXB TRIAL.
The court said that the pica would
not be taken In the circumstance, and
lhat Rathbone protest would be
considered.
Before t'he reading of the complaint
wa finished lawyer Pcvernlne, a
brother of Rathbone former counsel,
asked the privilege of the court to as
sume the protection of hi brother'
client for the afternoon. The court
granted hi request, but would nut al
low the further delay aked for. law
yer Devernine then moved that the
reading of Rathbone' answer to the
charge be withheld until the next -Ion
of the court.
The amount of documentary evi
dence ubmltted by the government 1
very great, a table being plied with
book and Interrogatories. The court
in It refusal to postpone the trial
aald there wa no reason for delaying
the proceedings because the Interroga
tories anil other evidence for the de
fense had not arrived, lnce they
might arrive at any time during the
trial. The defense take the grounrt
that the government i submitting a
great man of documentary evidence
and tha tthe twenty day given them
to file an answer Is Inefficient.
FR88IH6 pECENT RAILWAY MERGERS.
Chicago. Jan. 7. At ameeting here
nexfWednesday the Interstate Com
merce commission win -moe agulnst
the Northern Hecurltle tompany and
Investigate tl.t combine of the Great
Northern, Northern Pacific and Bur
lington railway. ' ,
The commission will probe the en
tire matter of "community of Inter,
eat" between great railway ytems,
but the epeclflc Investigation will be
aimed at the northwetern railway.
Hundred of wltnrsse, among them
many of the leading railway promo
ter end owner In the country, have
been summoned to appear In Chicago
neat Wedneaday lo testify before the
eommllon. All the western mag
nates have been summoned to appear,
and, after the Investigation In Chicago
which may lat week, ha been con
cluded, the commission will resume Ita
hearing In New York and call before
It the great promoter and financier
ef Wall street.
It Is understood there I to be a
general and determined fight all along
the line. The commllon has an
nounced II intention of examining
every phase of railroad combination,
Including the purchase of the South
ern PecMo by the Union Pacific, the
t'nlon Pacific's officers 'control 'over
the Burlington, and every specflo In
stance of what they regard a viola
Hons of the Interstate commerce law.
Leap From Trestle te Death. ,
Cincinnati, O., Jan, I. Mrs. Lena
Ferfoer, a widow, jumped from tres-,
tie fifty feet high In a frenzied attempt
to esc a IX certain death from en ap
proaching train. Hh wa crossing
the Deer creek trestle on the Cincin
nati, Portsmouth A Virginia railroad,
when e rapidly moving train came up
on her. It was Impossible for her io
reach the end of th trestle, and she
leaped just before the train reached
her. Hhe wa alive when picked up,
tajt later 414 at the hospital.
IOWA MAI FOR TIE tlXlM.
Des Moines, la., Jan. (.Adjutant
ieneral Byers' name will be" presented
to the National Guard association at
Washington on tbe lath aa a candidate
for president 0 the asoclatlon. The
nomination will come from Minnesota
In compliment to General Byer8 en
the good work he ha done for tha
guard In securing the appropriation
of $1,000,000 for the guards from con
gre. n was largely through the in
strumentality of General Byers that
thl appropriation was secured. He
went to Speaker Henderson with a
proposal of the guard association for
tt.OOO.OOO. The speaker at first refuse
to consider snythlng of the sort. Gen-
eral Byers drew tfenator Allison asi
Representative Cannon into th move
ment and together they prevailed on
Speaker Henderson to permit the
measure for an appropriation of II,
OOO.OW) to be called up. Thl was all
that Henderson would permit at that
time. The guard association meets in
Washington January 20 and an effort
will be made to have congress Increase
the annual appropriation. It is prob
b! that ex-Adjutant General C, O.
Iambert of Minnesota will be made
secretary and General Byers presi
dent. Both have taken an active part
in .the work. Under the appropriation
Iowa, get annually about $28,000 from
the general government for the state
militia. General Lincoln, who la pres
ident of the Plate Guard association,
ha not yet named the delegates from
Iowa, but the adjutant general la -offieio
chairman.
INAUGURATION OF IOWA'S GOVERNOR.
Ie Moines, la., Jan. 7. Lieutenant
Governor. John Herriott and Speaker
W. I,, Katon. who will secure thoe
office' about the middle of the month
have been entrusted with the naming
of the cammlttee to arrange for the
inauguration ceremonies The mili
tary feature of the inaugural ceremo
nies will be the most Important this
year. It ha been decided that four
companies of the national guard will
be called to the city and the compa
nies selected will be those that were
highest In marking at the last In
spection, namely, Company A, Forty
ninth Dubuke; Company B, fiftieth,
at Davenport; Company M, Fifty-first
at Red OBk; and Compeny L, Fifty
second, at Sioux Clly. The expense
of bringing these companies lo the,
inauguration a a military escort to
the governor will be about $800.
Their aervlce will be donated free,
aa in the past. The Fifty-flist regi
ment band of Centerville will furnish
music for the occasion.- The vocal nvi
sic will be largely by the glee club of
the Grant club of De Moine.
Messrs, Herriott and Eaton have not
yet completed the general committee,
but Senator Dowell of De Moine will
be chairman. The Inauguration will
take place January 16 and the cere
monies will be In the auditorium. The
two house will meet in Joint session
and be presided over by the retiring
lieutenant governor, J. C. Mllllmen,
and proceed to the auditorium. The
legislature and the aute official will
be serted on the stage. The box-
will be reserved for the friend of the
governor -ryJ ,ho lieutenant governor.
The seats of the auditorium will be
free to all who come. It will seat
about 3,5()0 persons. In the evening
the recepllun to the governor and wife
will be at the state house.
POWERFUL COAL COMBINE 0R6ANIZED.
Pittsburg, Jan. 7. A powerful inde
pendent coal combination has been
formed In Pittsburg, to be known aa
the Manufacturers' and Consumers'
Coal company, with a capital of $15,
000,000, all paid in. The combine la a
consolidation of ail the J. H. Jones' lu
tereHt. together w ith the Pittsburg
and Buffalo Coal company. J. 11. Jon -a
will be president of the company, J as.
June chairman of the executive com
mittee and J. P. Jonea general man
ager. The total acreage to be con
trolled by the ne wcorporatlon will be
;'5,00, all of which is In the Pllsburg
I district. The daily output w ill be
about 15,000 tons.
The Manufacturer and Consumers'
company will come into competition
with the Pittsbury coal company,
which I known as the rail combine.
SHOOTS HIS NEI6HB0R IN THE HEART.
Humboldt, Neb., Jan. 7. Word Just
received here I to the efTect thBt
Frank Fritch and William Hunateker,
two well known farmers, four mile
went o fthl city, quarreled and wound
up with a fight, in which Fritch shot
Hunxeker through the heart, killing
him Instantly.
Huniekcr had become Involved In
noma trouble over, the establishment
of a road. The affair occurred Just
over the line In Pawnee xounty, and
theh officer of that county are now
searching for Fritch, who made hi
escape after taking a few ineffectual
shot at other men who attempted to
Intercept him.
Both parties are among the most
prominent In their section, and the
affair ha stirred up general regret.
Both men have families and are well-to-do.
"
. Congo Ptoo State Company.
Brussels, Jen. . An organisation
entitled the Upper Congo to the Great
African Lakes company, with a cap
ital of 26.000,000 franca, was registered
here today, with the object of con
structing and working 1,400 kilometer
of railroad In the Congo Free state.
French capitalist subscribed 10,000,000
frnni-'s and Belgians subscribed 15,000,
0OQ franc. The Congo Free Htate
guarantees a minimum Interest of 4
per cent. The company gets con ces
sion of lands, forest and mines
THE SHERIFF
IS KILLED.
Wiftsiq; Oitlm Illl Hti. tf Firtj Seek
lef Tkflr Cipttrc.
Mere Than a Hundred Determined
Chaee the Fugitives. Prospect
of a Speedy Lynohlng.
Casper, Wyo., Jan. I. New Year
evening four prisoners escaped from
jail. They were Charles and Clarence
Woodward, David Poote-and C. B.
Franklin. Sheriff W. C. Ricker fol
lows daad overtook them at Garfield
Peak, esenvty-tlve miles west of Cas
per. The Woodward, from a concealed
position, fired on the sheriff and shot
him from right to left through the
breast.' A posse was started out at
once fer the scene of the shooting.
Sheriff Ricker has a wife and four
children.
One hundred and fifteen men left
here for the place where Sheriff Ricker
was shot. The posse went out on
horseback, but the swiftest may not
get there until after midnight. Seri
ous thoughts are now being given to
the posse, as some have gone poorly
clothed and with little or no food. A
grub wagon ha Just started to relieve
them. The enow out there is over a
foot deep, and some of the posse are
spt to freese. There i no doubt that
Ricker is dead. A vigilance commit
tee has been organized here and the
men will probably be hung The whole
community Is In on the committee, and
everything i ready for summary Jus
tice. Kxcltement i at white heat.
The community hasa been the prey of
thieves and a general cleaning up will
now be made.
GOV, RICHARDS NOT1F1KD.
Cheyenne, Wyo. Governor Richards
has been advised that Sheriff Ricker
of Casper, Wyo., wa shot during a
battle with outlaw in the mountains
near Garfield Peak, seventy-five miles
west of Casper. Sheriff Ricker was In
charge of a posse ent out lat Tues
day to capture the Woodward broth
ers and two others, who escaped from
the Natrona county Jail Monday night.
The outlaws are said to have been
mounted and well armed, friend hav
ing aided them after they left the
Jail. It I a 10 reported that the out
law fortified themselves In a ravine
and when the posse appeared opened
fire. Reinforcements lave been aent
out from Casper. The outlaws are
headed for the "Hole in the Wall"
country, a notorious hiding place for
bandit.
DETAILS OF THE SHOOTING.
They were confined In the county
Jail awaiting trlHl for cattle stealing.
LaH Monday night, aided by friends
on the outside, the four men sawed
thalr way out of jail. Once on the
outside, they were given horses anil
made their escape to the ranch of the
Woodward Bros., at Garfield peak,
sixty-five miles west of Casper and not
for from the riotorloi Hnle in . the
Wall country.
Sheriff Ricker and two deputies took
up the trail Tuesday and reached th"
Woodward place at night. The out
law were located In the barn, and as
Sheriff Ricker advanced and ordered
them to surrender they opened fire.
The officer fell mortally wounded, and
for twenty minutes the bnttle waged
fiercely, the two deputies taking refuge
behind some rock. At the end of this
time Kheriff Ricker culled out that he
was dying and asked to be moved
from the range of the flying bull"ts.
The outlaw refused to grant a truce
and continued firing every time a dep
uty showed his head. A the horse of
the officers had been Htampeded at the
first fire, one deputy wa compelled lo
walk buck to a ranch and secure a
horse, upon which he went to aCspcr
and organized a posse.
The whole country is aroused and
the capture or death of the outlaws
Is certain. The outlaws have horses
and plenty of food and ammunition,'
and with a good start the chase will
be a long one before they are over
taken. A RICH SOLD STRIKE IS MADE.
Deadwood, 8.D., Jan. . What la be
lieved to be a continuation of the
Homestake gold ore belt ha been
discovered on the ground of the Gar
den Clly Milling company near Gur
den City.
The find Is a body of free milling or,
and wa discovered while the annual
assessment work was being done.
The ore found shows good value.
The extent of the deposit ha not bucn
determined. It I located only two or
three mile from the Homcrtake com
pany, and in line with the trend of
the ledge.
The Garden City district contain it
large amount of low grade ore, and
recent experiment with the cyanldv
process have caused mining men to
,ke a decided Interest In these field.
Recently the tailings of an old chlor
natloti plant at Garden City wa
workvd over with flattering result.
Compelled to Work.
Waahlngton, D. C, Jan. . The war
aepnrtment hus received the report of
a court-martial at Manila, involving
the caae of Frank C. Merkln, formerly
t private In Company K, Thlrty-ev-snth
volunteers. Meekln Joined the In
urgent and aerved with them for
nine month,, chiefly In repairing wea
pons and preparing ammunition. Hi
icfense wan that he wa captured
While drunk, and compelled lo work
lor the enemy. He was found guilty
mA wnlinwrf til ,1a th
CL0S1X8 II CN KelTAIA OUTLAWS.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Jan .7. iPosse from
Sweetwater, Fremont and Natrona
counties are closing In on the outlaws
who murdered Hherlft William Richer
In Casper, near Garfield peak. In the
Rattlesnake mountains, Thursday
night. All avenue of escape through
Johnson, Sheridan and Big Horn
counties en the north and Albany and
Converse counties on the south, are
being guarded, and the officers hope
the outlaw will be captured or killed
lnlde of thirty-six hours. Over 108
mounted and well-armed men have
joined the chae.
Central Wyoming Is aroused as a
reu!t of the murder, the details of
which were brought to Casper when
the mutilated body of Sheriff 'Ricker
wa taken home, and threats of a
wholesale lynching are openly ex
preed. Sheriff Ricker wa not killed la a
battle with the escaped prisoners, a
at first reported, but wa murdered
in cold blood. When the officer and
hi two deputies, one of whom wa a
cousin of the Woodward brothers, the
outlaws, and who is alleged to have
Joined the murderers, reached the
Woodward ranch, he was shot down as
he was entering the barn to stable hi
horse.
His body was dragged into the
barn, where his head was beaten into
a Jelly and a bullet fired into his
brain. He wa then robbed of pistol,
money and valuables,
j After the commission of the crime,
and while Deputy fherlft Milne wa
returning to Casper for aid, the four
murderers escaped. Two are believed
to be headed north and three south
west. The dead sheriff was prominent in
Masonic circles in the state. He wta
also an Odd Fellow. He was chief of
the Casper fire department and a man
universally liked. Thebody will be
laid at rest Sunday.
GOV. SHAW TALKS WITH PRESIDENT.
Washington, Jan. 7. Governor 1a:
lle M. Shaw of Iowa, who i to suc
ceed Hon. Lyman J. Gage as secre
tary of the treasury, arrived in
Washington tonight. He Is staying at
the Arlington hotel and had been
there but a short time when, in re
sponse to a message from the White
house, he walked across, Lafayette
place to the president' home and re
mained with him until arter 9 o'clock.
Later the governor called on Speaker
Henderson. He will have a more ex
tend. (1 conference with the president
tomorrow.
Governor Shaw accorded a hearty
greeting to the group of newspaper
men who were awaiting him in the
hotel lobby after his-return from the
White house. He was noncommuni
ca 1 1 ve, however, w hen asked leading
questions about matters of financial
policy. Tomorrow Governor Hhaw will
confer with Secretary Gage as to the
latter' wishes In surrendering the
secretaryship of the treasury. The
governor said he would be ready to
sume the oflice by the 2L'd or 23d of
January, but he would suit the date
largely to Mr? Gage' wishes in the
matter.
"iiv experience ha been that when
a man has decided to null an office,"
said the governor, philosophically, "he
is Jealous of the hours he has to stay.
1 can come any time, but will leave
the change of the date to the present
secretary. President Roosevelt has
left the arrangements for the change
practically to Mr. Gage.
The governor will remain here for
several days before returning to iow.i.
MANY LIVES ARE LOST AT SEA.
San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 7. Advices
from Kureka say the list of dead and
missing In the foundering of the
steamer Walla Walla ha reached forty-one.
Of these eight are known to
have died. The remaining thirty-three
are probably adrift on the ocean In
two lifeboats atid on a raft. Of the
142 passengers and crew on the Walla
Walla 109 are. accounted for as fol
lows: Eighty-four survivors are at F.ure
ka; 107 at Big Lagoon, near Trinidad,
seven were drowned before reaching
land and one unknown woman died
from the hok and exposure after
reaching shore. This leave thirty
three unaccounted for. It I thought
that nearly all are in boat at ea,
hut it la possible some were drowned
when the steamer went down.
San Francisco. tpecinlj A colli
sion at sea early Thursday morning
bit ween the steamship Walla Walla
and an unidentified sailing vessel re
sulted In the sinking of the tiumhlp
and probiihln los of at leat twenty
live.
The Walla Walla, owned by the Pa
cific Coast Steamship company, saHod
from Pun Francisco January 1 for Pu
get Hound point. It carried Hixty-five
llrst-clas passenger, , twenty-eight
second-clas and a crew of eighteen
men. When off the const of C.-ipe
Mendocino on the California coast at
4:10 a. m. Thursday and iron bark, be
lieved to be French, loomed up In the
har.e and crashed Into tho Walla Wal
la's bcw. Then the sailing vessel slid
off into the datknes and wa feun no
more.
Plant's Will Is Declared Illegal.
New Vork, Jan. 8. Justice Leaven
trltt of tha supremo court hu decided
that the last codicil to the will of the
late H. B. Plant, the southern railway
magnate, tying up tils vast personal
estate until his youngest son and his
grandson become of age,, I Illegal un
der New York laws. Mr. Plant, by
the decision, will receive $7,000,000 di
rect, instead of an annuity of $700,000.
Tbe court decided that though Plant
died in Connecticut, he was a resident
of New York.
TEE COMBINE
IN COURTS.
Step Tskii ti Oppose Riilmd Dili li
Hiefcest Ctirt li tie Land.
Tho Interstate Commerc Commktion
Will Also Investigate tho Big
Railroad Combine.
New York, Jan. 7. The opposition
of the authorities of the northwestern
state to the Northern Pacific-Great
Northern consolidation will come to a
head next Monday, when a bill will be
filed in the United State supreme
court at Washington to restrain the
Northern Securities company from
proceeding with it organization.
Attorney General Douglas of Minne
sota will be id Washington in charge
of the matter. This appeal to Ihe
highest curt was decided upon at the
recent conference of governor of the
northwetern states, and received a
unanimous approval.
The bill, prepared by Mr. Munn, al
lege that the Northern Securities
company is avowedly organized to hold
control of two competing railroads,
something positively and clearly for
bidden by the Minnesota law. It I
argued that the state of New Jersey
ha no power to authorize a corpora
tion to perfor maets In another state,
specifically forbidden by the statutes
of such a state.
Chicago, 111., Jan. 7 Having been
requested by the railway commission
of Minnesota to invetigate the pro
posed amalgamation of the Great
Northern and Union Pacific railway
companies and determine whether the
consolidation i in violation of the in
terstate commerce law, the five in
terstate commerce commissioners,
Knapp, Flfer,- Prouty and Yoernan.are
en route to Chicago. Here a thorough
investigation will be begun.
Next weeki the commission w ill as
semble In the Monadnock building and
hear the testimony of officials of the
railways proposing to consolidate.
Subpoena's have been issued for all
the higher official of the two com
peting lines, including President Mel
len of the Northern Pacific and Presi
dent J. J. Hill of the Great Northern,
beside President St ill well of the
Great Western, President Harris of
the Burlington and ex-President Hays
of the Southern Pacific.
.It Is denied that J. P. Morgan, E. H.
Harrlman, Jacob Schiff and W. H.
Rockefeller have been asked to at
tend. URGES THE SOLDIERS TO DESERT.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 8. Accom
panying the report of General Chaffee
on his action in the case of John T.
Kreider, corporal of the Thirty-eighth
volunteers, convicted of treason and
sentenced to prion for life, which sen
tence was reversed and the man set
at liberty because of the absence of
conclusive proof, is a copy of a proc
lamation signed with the names of
r.i!! America n seven of them sol
diers, inviting American enlisted men
to desert and join the ranks of the
Filipinos.
Kreider claims to have been captur
ed, forced to act against his country
and compelled to sign the document,
which speaks ot the folly of the con
tinuation of "fighting these people,
who are defending their country
against a cruel American Invasion, In
the same manner our forefathers did
against Kngland."
Besides Kreider', the names attach
ed are: Harry Almln, company K;
John Blake, trumpeter, Twenty-eighth
infantry; Frank Clark, company F,
Twenty-first InfantryjCharle Buchan
an, company B, Twenty-eighth volun
teer; Harry Richter, Sixth artillery;
Charles Wright, F. Smith and J. Ryan.
FISH IN THE WESTERN STREAMS.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 8. An In
crease of over 9,000,000 in the fish and
egg distributed by the government
throughout the country and a marked
decline In lobster fishing are shown in
the annual report of United Stale
Commissioner of Fisheries Bower for
the last fiscal year.
The total fish and egg distributed
wan 1,173,833,400, the principal species
being shad, salmon, lake trout, white
fish, pike, perch, lake herring, cod,
flatfish and lobsters. Plans were ma
tured to begin the propagation of lake
herring on the great lakes. The total
yield of the great lakes fisheries for
the year was 113,728,000 pounds, worth
$2,011,400. There were 9,670 person em
ployed in the lakes fisheries and $6,
617,000 was Invested.
In recent years the fisheries of the
Mississippi and its tributaries have de
veloped to such a degree that In 1899
they exceeded In quantity and nearly
equaled in value the entire yield of
the remaining Interior waters of the
United States except In the great lakes.
Muel shells, used in the manufacture
Of pearl buttons, were a valuable
Item, some 145,000,000 pounds being
gathered, for which the fishermen ob
tained $147,000.
Buda-Pest, Jan. 8. An extraordin
ary duel has just been fought In the
village of Surog between two youth
name Arllan and Jan Ik, following a
quarrel over cards. Arllan wanted to
fight with flat, but Janlk Insisted on
pistols. Both were blindfolded and
Arllan was mortally wounded. The
pistols were loaded with chopped lead,
Janlk and his seconds were arrested.
In reply to the magistrate' question
a to how the duel was arranged,
Janlk replied: "We fought as gentle
men do." .
IfiXMATICI AFFECTS MILL IXTEUSTS,
Toprka, Kan., Jan. 7. The use of
the wafer of the Republican river 1st
Western Nebraska and Eastern Colo
ado for irrigation purposes has in
creased to such an extent during the
past year that the nulling industry la
Southern Nebraska and Northern
Kansas is beginning to suffer.
W. G. -Guthrie of Superior, Neb., anl
several Kansas miller are now tak
ing steps to prevent the further use
of the water for irrigation purposes.
The suit against the Irrigationists will
probably be tried in the district court
of Nuckolls county, Nebraska. W. W.
Williams, an attorney of Clay Center,
Kan., ha been engaged to assist in
the prosecution. It is the intention of
the miller to try the case in the Ne
braska courts because the laws of that
state are more strict in regard to the
control of irrigationists.
The suit will probably be brought
under the Nebraska law enacted In
1SS7, which provide that the right of
the earliest user of the water are
paramount to those of later consum
ers. It will be shown that the mlHs
of Southern Nebraska have been us
ing the water of the. Republican for
twenty-five or thirty years for power,
and that the irrigationists have only
begun using the water during the past
ten years. The suit will be somewhat
similar to the suit begun in the Unit
ed States supreme court to restrain
the irrigation companies of Colorado
from using the waters of the Arkansas
river.
CARNE6IE MAKES OFFER TO FREMONT.
Fremont, Neb., Jan. 8. Andrew Car
negie has made an offer to donte to
the city of Fremont a $16,000 library
building. A short time ago Superin
tendent J. L. Laird of the city school
wrote to Mr. Carnegie, setting out th
need of a public library building for
the city. Now he has received an an
swer, stating that if the city council
will pledge itself by resolution to sup
port a library at a cost of not les
than $1,500 a year and provide a suit
able site Mr. Carnegie will be glad
to furnish $15,000 for a free library
building. The members of the council
appear to be heartily in favor of ac
cepting the proposition, and no diffi
culty is expected in raising the money
for the purchase of a site. It is Just
a year since the agitation , begun which
resulted in the establishment of th
present Fremont public library.
6000 USE FOR THE PRIZE MONEY.
San rancisco, Jan. 8. Captain B. H.
McCalla, now in command of the
Kearsarge, the flagship of the North
Atlantic squadron, ha in view the
erection of a fine club house at Val
lejo for the enlisted men of the navy.
He ha already secured a site- for the
proposed building, paying' for' it with
the prie money awarded to him for
his service in the Spanish war. Addi
tional funds are to be secured by pop
ular subscription. Mrs.' McCalla is
now here making the preliminary ar
rangements for the erection of the
structure, which will probably be
modeled after the Blue Jackets' club
house In Brooklyn, which was erected
through the munificence of Miss Helen
Gould, j . -1 1 1 cot? 5 ! f! a. Itbmrv v v m
nasium, billiard room, a bowling alley
and sleeping rooms and be a home for
the men at Mare Island when off duty.
LAMPRE HERE TO, SELL THE CANAl
New York, Jan. 7. M. Lmpre, sec
retary general of the Panama Canal
company, arrived in New York on tha
French line steamer l'Acquitaine. He
la here to confer with a number of
the Panama company's American rep
resentatives and to renew overtures
for the sale of the canal property to
the United States.
In regard to the price which it Is in
tended to ask for the property, It is
generally believed that it will be ap
proximately $40,000,000, although up
wards of $150,000,000 was asked at
first. The definitive price, however,
will not be submitted until it is as
certained whether the United State ia
disposed to renew the negotiations.
TRUST PLANS TO CONTROL THE KHMJ
Chicago, III., Jan. 7. At a meeting
held this week by the directors, of the
Diamond Match company, plans were
discussed, it is reported, for securing a
monopoly; on the match manufacturing
Industry of the world. The company
already practically controls the match
Industry in thfe United States, In
England and in South America.
It also has factories in operation ia
Germany and Is negotiating for the
purchase of the Swedish match Indus
tries. It 1 planned also to establish
factories in other countries within the
next year.
Edwin Gould has become the princi
pal owner of the Diamond Match stoch
and It Is said to be his Intention to se
cure a monopoly of the business th
world over.
The Sattley Manufacturing company
has filed suit In the Sangamon county
court against forty-two strikers, who
formerly worked In the Sattley shops,
but are now engaged In a strike, to
recover damages placed at $40,00.
While suffering from the delusion
that someone was pursuing him for
the purpose of- murder, George Jones,
supposed to be from Madlsonvllle.La.,
leaped to his death from the third)
floor of the Salvation army barrack
at St. Louis. Death was Instantane
ous. Archie Patterson wa shot and killed .
by Oscar Baker at Mount Vernon,
Both were young men. The mnrder
occurred In a notorious resort to tk
town.