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About The Loup City northwestern. (Loup City, Neb.) 189?-1917 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 1898)
TIIE NORTHWESTERN. OKO. E. BIINSCIIOTEK, Editor and Pub LOUI* CITY, - - NKHKASKA. NEBRASKA. A bank la to be started In Nortu Loup . Range cattle are enduring the s" ▼ere weather finely. Feed Is plentiful. North Pintle's gambling houses have been closed by order of ibe mayor. The commissioners of Mayes enun'y have employed an expert to check up the public records of that county. One Beatrice firm has made over twenty-five pairs of sled runners from gas pipe since the recent snow fell. The night telegraph service at Mer r.bey and Uig Spring mis been discon tinued on account of slack business. Donald Melanin writes to several O’Neill people that be will be th r in the spring to build the Pa. i'ic Qhori Line to the Pacific coa#t. A Shelton company has secured the contract to furnish the Union Pacific roll road with several hundred cars ol Ice to he shipped to North Plat'e. Wayne's water works system pay? the running expenses. The investment of $20,000 was well spent, although some difficulties were experienced iu the beginning. Warren IJarreme, of Fairmont, nr C l'l»'til I } jflUI/t'M »1 |1H » IIH/I 111!.'/ «-»! face of his brother Waller. One flue paw-eel through the cheek und punc tured the roof of the mouth. Upon application of Receiver Snyder of the Holt. Coun1 y bank. Judge We<u ovre maile an order authorizing him to pay a final llvldtid oi 5 per < to the creditors of ilia Irmtitutlor. Burglars entered the poHtofflcu at Exter and made an attempt to go' Into the anfe, but were uncus.-iecc-1:1 This Is the third similar visit within • year which the office has received, . There were over 400 chattel mort gages released from record at Ord in one day las tweeek, aggregating ovo: $20,000. This makes over $00,000 re leased for the month up to the 24th. Blanche Hldebrand, the Hartlngton girl who disappeared Just before an Important criminal case In which site was the principal witness was called for trial, has been located and brought back by the officers. Miss Pinna Hardin ger, who wap Bent to fhe reform school two or thr»< years ago for stealing goods from tie residence of A. A. Jasnier, was la t week bound over to app' ar at th“ Feb ruary term of the district court ol Jefferson county for raising a check. Henry Ikimmern, the Insane farmer who escaped from the Alcxlan Broth ers’ hospital In St. Hotils some two months ago and who walked the en tire distance from that place to hit home In Cuming county, has so fat recovered his mental baianr * that the ’ onrd has discharged him from cu3 t .dy. Mr. Herottt, living about one mile from Verdigre, came home intoxicated and taking the butcher knife, went for I Is wife, cutting her arms und face badly and chasing her out of the hom e over to a neighbor. She went tn Verdi’, -e and swore out a warrant for his arrest, hut the latter repented and would not appear against him. The financial condition of uunaic county la better than It has been for yeara. The floating Indebtedness la all paid ami all warrants now issued are paid in cash and a large cash balance is In the county treasury. Lyman Cary will succeed himself for the com ing treasurer and will give a personal bond. Instead of the trust bond that be gave the last term. The State's Dairymen's association nt its final meeting listened to a num ber of papers and elected officers, These officers for the year are: Pres ident. George IT. Haskell, Beatrice; vice president, A. Clark, Ravenna; secretary, F. Ii. Vaughan. Fremont, The following board was elected: Charles Harding. Norfolk; B R. Riauf fer, Bellevue; S. C Bassett, .1. V Men III, Minded, rod W. A. Poynter, of Albion. The stale board of public lands and buildings ordered that n demand lx made of Dr. P. Fall. lat» superin tendent of the itiatltute lor fee:, minded ehildren at lleatrb >, fur the sum of SIr>0, which the board claim* Fall should turn user to hla Mice.--or. The order of the hoard vvus tlm’ if th* settlement was not made on demand that proceeding* be c mini m -1 hv tL> atttorncy general to collet' the amount from Full and hla bond.-c u The state board of health, at a re cent meeting appointed Dr. O tiro than of ot. Paul, Herniary of tlie board to aut-t enl Dr F D llatdrrm.in of Ord, and II II Cummings. i f R ward, as uietulier of the board of e. friaries. to sucrrel Dr F C. Stewart •if Auburn Th las' app ont! n |i uiobr-iti,i n to have been ruarlx at th* rrituest of the K<gte Eclectic asaaci.i tlon. **> as to give the eclectic* repre. •entativ n hi th I *rd of ,, t«i|si Acker K N*'son. of Polk rovin'? lata of Ci intuit * I* <>Hd V* nod vania artillery ha* hr t* trylto tie I • p#n» »< for > * . . \ | « i it., be rati d on Jil l timind-'g* | bln* The )ud took the . *„. 4Ud p tn his <' < vK woH tbr a- 11. of Cotter* no mi It on* ,uu| |*telv Const - a ti ■ *k sii i ' , i, | to kti«t It »' ,i id * 5had i •slid, on It .1 « t i ’ , is 1 lag!am In in Conge lag ih I a ft. h 1 I - V I „ • . , front A* < ' • a (>W r thirl > > > b it ' i to (Mir -1*1 have p ,- ,1 t|> V t, parrrti* noth H •• kt■ o ih When to h* t«s I t« th. i i... ,« ml AfMMkflh b *. k« |.vtt *i tt**i pul at At Ik* »• a* I ft g «<f th. »•«*•. gMWmMi< * si th. tn*. *s * i , Ppe* t 4t i*-*• la (V* th* t ftaeet to re* . * Ik- *t ... la*.* t ngrornHote ft u k •> ont * • **• tn *k*t do a »» >*.*t on •« t ■ Mmm mm a »»*•<%*• mil n*u *p*, t < % *«.«*» *o «k.> b t •»«*«• <k«t .»t . a. ■ a4.il n.ft*! state f«|i shall Ue boot t* itftdn In iww th • etka **, t*k*< P Ike re«,- a* ml the *.*«• h*«t(4 THE NEWS IN BRIEF. ITEMS OF INTEREST GATHERED HERE AND THERE. MUcellitncon* Nffwi Nolen (slithered From This and Ollier Countrtea—Accidental, Criminal, Political, Hoclal and Other wine—Crlnp Comlennalloun From All Quartern. Hat unlay, December China has granted Russia permis sion to winter her squadron at Port Arthur. General Weyler In an Interview la quoted ns saying he has no hope of the success of autonomy. The orange and lemon erops of Southern California have been injured by frost during the succession of cold nights. The postmaster general has decid ed to order a postage stamp to com memorate the Trans Mississippi ex position at Omaha the coming year. They will lie of the denomination of 1, 2, 5 and 10 cents and $1. Holiday, December '41 Nebraska will not hold any state fair In 1898. John Cosgrove, the well known ath lete, Is dead. Louis 15. Bowen, a Montana news paper man, was killed by being run over by the ears. The statements about the shooting of political prisoners in Guatemala are without foundation. The second chamber of the Nether lands has adopted a bill abolishing the duty on Java sugar. Sixtxn persons were killed by an explosion of fire damp In tit" Kalser ntuhl II. pit at Dortmund. Prussia. The army pack train left Cheyenne, Wyo., for Alaska, twelve packers and sixty-two mules forming the outfit. fieri. Gonzales Munzo will be nom inated governor general of Porto Rloo, to succeed l.ieutenant General Marin. Charles Hyrne, formerly of Omaha, prominent of late years in baseball circles, Is at death’s door In Brooklyn, New York. The government of New South Wales is arranging to suppply frozen meat to the Russian authorities at Vladivostock. It a crowded store at Birmingham, Ala., Felix T. Brown, a commercial traveler, was shot and killed by Aider man Ashford. The compensation of the employes of the United Staten mint at San Francisco lias been reduced In the ag gregate $41,418. It Is understood at Washington that John V. George, a brother of Henry George, will soon be reinstated as a special inspector of customs. It is believed that the president has decided to appoint Judge Paxson, of Pennsylvania, as a nuvnber of the Interestate commerce commission. The medal recently presented lo I.leut. It. E. Pcarv by the Edinburgh Geographical society, and which was subsequently lost, has been found in a theater in I^ondon. William E. Burr, jr.. ex-cashier of the St. Ixruls National bank, serving live years at the Jefferson City peni tentiary for embezzlement of $20,000, got a Christmas gift in thp shape of a pardon hy President MeKlnley. Isaac Durrett was shot, and mor tally wounded at a dance at Rock ville, Jnd. The hall landed In the bowels. His assailant is unknown. Durrett pitched for the Washington, Ind., Daseball club last season. Tuesday. !>«*«•. '!1 Fire In I.ondon destroys half a mil lion dollars worth of property. W. H. Grace, a leading republican of Brooklyn, Is dead, aged 57 years. Two Alton (111.) men fought with knives and pistols on Christmas day. Both will die. Christmas week at the national cap ital is said to be deader that u week in August. Forty porsons were maimed and mutilated at a powder explosion at Ashville. N. C. William Gottzycr and Mrs. John Rice, both of New York, dropped dead while trimming Christmas trees for the children. Colorado has a rohem* to raise funds for representation at the Omaha exposition. Christmas day. A. D. 18'7, was the most quiet and peaceful on record ut the White house. In 181)7 twenty-one Paris killings yielded only $ in each and every ntur ■ derer was guillotined General Booth, the venerable leader | of the Salvation army, will visit tho . 1 titled States next nt n h President Pieruln signed end pro mttlgip'il the new measure legalising non-Cathoilc marriages in Peru. Dr J l> Goddard under »«alette • of slxteett years for the ttiurdr* of K J Jm gam at Kansas City, was ml tiuttel to bill of 113.500 The ft it par ism Sa tonal Wom ans Christian Ieiup*ian* utim will hold It. eighth attuoal convention nt Columbus it. January 7 to II I*’*' . There promts** to * i. r attend* a nee. \ dlspa’ b from C penhttg* n to the Isdoh n IMtly Mall say* The II ott* tngtvut .tontir. has made overturen to Ibntaath for the s tie of a tmo>* hut Ftf.l«d)r 4* «»•',( »«r oh In North* Western Greenland. Where the Auer* hewn* Intend to Mtrh'oh ktsttl an4 coating station* MolsoSsi !•». I« |, st. a t sort a t v. lmd tl# ii. hisr aasfgatd. Assets, ft* w o. Ha blip! at tits hd*l tHma vompsne, t l N*w )i tl retail shea dealsta has tali el to I - • i <1 l,» a id I- • fp,'* " as t seta ft * sen The Hamburger h >th > ht n c* n|** that Pt.n* * UusMot * gout Is wit •», sh4 sa»* h* * sahrd s a V or »t.sp s et > Is it aside to t - ad ml answer h * triend* ie ft * r s 1 t tbs with the Cheshire hounds, was thrown from his horse, sustaining a fraciure of the collar bone and serious inju ries about the head. Grand Master Sargent, of the Fire men's Brotherhood, Illinois, who has Just returned from Washington, de nied that he is a candidate for inter state commerce commissioner. The London Dally Chronicle asserts that the negotiations with Germany on behalf of the Chinese government are no longer being conducted by Li Hung Chang, but by Chang Yin Haun. It is announced that Hon. A. P. Swineford, ex-governor of Alaska, will go to Alaska early next year to take charge of the interests in that section of the United Mines company of New York. Senators Cuilom and Mason, of Illi nois called on the president to urge the appointment of State Senator D. T. Llttler, of Illinois, as successor to Morrison on the interstate commer o commission. Mr. Clifford Sifton and Mr. J. A. McKenna, of the fanaidan interior department, who are to consult with Secretary Alger on the forwarding of supplies to tlie Klondike, arrived in, Washington. C. De Vlieger, Jr., a commercial traveler of Battle Creek, Mich., who has written several stories udder the nom de plume of “Jyp," was robbed of $2,852 while slopping at the Mid land hotel in Kansas Cily. Tho receivers of the Superior Con solidated Lind and Iron company peti tioned Judge Jenkins in the United States circuit court ut Milwaukee for permission to borrow 520.000, the funds to be used in carrying on the business of the company, making im provements, etc. TliiirKdit)', l>ec. 30. Judge Gilbert ii. Reed, a prominent lawyer of Colorado, is dead. The office of the* Detroit Free Press was badly damaged by fire. Secretary Gage declares that lie has not tendered his resignation. The attendance at the convention of Nebraska teachers is larger tilts year than last. The last session of the cabinet dis cussed the mutter of relief for thu miners of Alaska. Stenographers employed by the de fense In the Luetgert case havi : struck for their pay. A number of parties at Pierre. S. I)., are making preparation to go to I the Klondike country. The steamer George W. Elder has sailed for Dyea and Skagway with 125 passengers and 500 tons of freight. An effort Is being made to permit, voluntary liquidation by the Chestnut Street (Philadelphia) National bank. Former Vice President Morton lias acepted the presidency of the new Fifth Avenue Trust company, New | York. Vein3 of gilsonite in sufficient size to warrant development are reported to have been discovered on Willow ! creek, in Middle Park, Colorado. Mrs. Mary Anderson and her two (laughters, Edith and Myrtle, aged 8 and f< years, respectively, were as ; phyxiuted by illuminating gas in their i home in Chicago. Mrs. Woolsey G. Sterling is dead, aged 82 years. She was a prominent abolitionist and her home at Bridge port, Conn., was a station on the "un Horirrniind pnilrniwl ” Khf» fniirnLtliA first sanitary society for soldiers dur ing the civil war. Itzig Iapko. who sailed under the name of Max Iapko and who is wanted in Russia for the embezzlement of 3.200 roubles ($1,600), was arested In New York as he landed from the steamer Etruria from Liverpool. Monday* January ‘i. A fire at Port au Prince wrecked j SOO houses. Klondike miners say there is na . want at Dawson. An English syndicate has secured ! control of the Trinidad asphalt com pany. John Burke, Q. C . member of par liament. was drowned in the Ottan berry river. It Is rumored that the Marquis oi Hertford will succeed the Ear! of Aberdeen us govern* r general of Can ada. Representative Greene of the Sixth Nebraska district tins been ailoted tifix on January f> to speak upon the ques tion of civil service. Rear Admiral Lord Here ford haft accepted the lnvltatiou of the union ists of York to contest that si at In parliament, vacated by the death ol Sir Charles I .ink a end. The forthcoming monthly state ment of the government receipts and expenditures will >hn* a mateital in i' r«. *e In the receipt* from both cue tern* and internal revenue. Tlo-re will protaidy be eight de nominations of stamp* of ih * ul t**>W* anthi riled for the (imthi e\p i up tun titid th»v will be ready for itu triMtton by the big olfb *-# when thy eXIcMPkutl t > istli* n V year. The presid* tit ha* divided t > appoint It. lit rarvndait of titwax bails. # lit -r of Ih.t tviath Ibikota Kcho, tic un.y tbandtnavitin in gap in the * ate is lim it at l>-ttut ttou The pi-- -j pay* I,' it'* a pit Oi'iitxi* W Peck, i t g -x "in *r of Vi i*. noisin aad iit‘k r of IVi * * |i <| tti % 1 ha* *h> *4 * < in trait with the SUiM it rrn l.ye sts Pur-aa for a t wit 1 i-i-tsfie *-f l-t nr** in the south * a I gttddt* w<wt re Stats* WORK IN THE SENATE MATTERS THAT WILL KEEP MEMBERS BUSY. Annexation of llanall Is the Leader In Labor That Is to He Performed— Friends of the Movement Insist on Forcing the Issue, and Feel Assured They Will Win. Forecasting Senate Work. WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.—The pre vailing opinion among senators, is that very little legislation will be at tempted during the present week. The fact that eongres will not re convene until Wednesday will prob ably be taken by the absentees to mean that nothing will be attempted until the following week, and us a consequence it Is doubtful whether there will be a quorum present in the senate tut Wednesday, in winch event there will probably lie an early adjournment until the following day, and then an adjournment unt.l Mon day. In any event it is not probable that any important questions will b-* raised during the present week * The general understanding is, how ever, that the work of the session will begin In real earnest after this week ami that henceforth there v;i!l be no Justification of the complaint of dull ness of the proceedings. Among the qiustlons which will engage early al tention art* the Hawaiian annexation question, the claim >! Mr. Corbett to a scat in the sen it.** fr.rm Otegnn, ♦ ». itnm tm*:it ion hill and tie* finnn, ial question. In all probability the committee on privileges ami elections will meet during the present week and the chances arc that an early report on the Corbett ease will bo ordered, even though it may not be favora ble. The republican side of the chamber will not be a unit in Mr. Corbett's intercut. Senator Bur rows, of the committee which has charge of t he case is preparing an exhaustive speech antagonistic to M". Corbett and the opposition is counting upon the assistance of still others from that, side of the chamber. It is not believed that there will be any serious antagonism to the immigration bill, but there may be considerable time consumed upon the subject. It is probable that Senator D^vis, chairman of the committee on for eign relations, will make an effort during the present week to get a bay fixed for taking up the annexation treaty, and there is no apprehension ol any objection to naming a day in toe earlv future. The plat, of the supporters of the treaty is to take the quistion up in executl'.e session on a resolution of ratification and to da bate the treaty for a few days in ex ecutive session, pursuing this course long enough to demonstrate their strength, and to rornmit those who -profess to be with them. If they find that they have the necessary two thirds to secure the ratification they will press on to the on 1, but if they discover themselves to lie deficient in toting strength they will cliang; their policy and take un the question (t an qiekatlon on Senator Morgan's rcolu tlon to that end. There is no doubt [ that a majority of affirmative vot»s I can ic secured and that a resoiu’ion j of this character can he passe J. if a I vote can be' reached. The present Indications are that the treaty as such will fail of ratification by from two to six votes, but friends of the agreement have by no means lost hope that they will succeee 1 in securing the entire sixty votes neces sary to ratify. They claim that ‘.bey have been making headway in secur ing votes during the recess and are hopeful of still adding to the num ber. They now assert that a solid vote may be expected from the re publican side of the chamber and that several democrats who have been claimed by the opposition aie on the fence and liable to come to them. I'pwulfnt I6urt In Charge. OMAHA. Jan. 3.—Horace G. Burt, president-elect of the Union Pacific railroad, has formally assumed charge of his new office. The event was un attended by any demonstration or by any acts that would signify that the installation of a new regime bad taken place. in a brief interview President Burt said lie bad arrived in Omaha to stay and should take charge of his new of fice at once. He said that the rociIv ors would remain In control if the property for some little time yet. but It was impossible to tell Just when the receivership would be terminated. Re garding marges in the ..(fil ial family of the Union Pacific. Mr. Hurt said he thought there would lie none n' all. President Hurt. VI. e Presbh at Mink i ti.l General Manager I>1. klnson left In itie private eor Oto for a trip of In spection over the Union Pool fie main Mm Jest how extend d ih s trip Will be, nr what other official*., if tiny, will lie called to go along wi ii the pro I* ' dent's par.y are matters thu» arc u a ! known. I lim I rtfi*! •(•%** **• -*U «i. N VAIIVII.Lti. * * nn J.*« 2 Clnv i rrnor Tailor Ki* IimmihI u <all for »l» ! uf i>l ih«* tart«UwtF In #*in »• innuary IT Th*‘ uniat tatit in if *‘toi :u«r t l t Ut * (u Ih * utotrn pt iifid Irti it I n * t vnllr»'A*lt« i**^ir »i*h an* I it*U t*Hi a** IHm*'*, mi l t • *t*‘» . fru» the r**i*’ tht Ulnn if I full ?** r k h |t» « 4a ill t ifirt1 .*t» l*i;un u»n r#. ! urainU* ih# «»,*»•» bhir*) of *«t*c*M*tf th*n frvBi pttttlnn In »h ***** fiir mi stUii ft *1 |s> th# rit!« j hi*) t-n CORBETT MAGNANIMOUS. Liherul Termii Upon Which He Offer* to Fight Mr. Fit*. CINCINNATI Jan. 3.—James J. Corbett has given to the Times-Star for publication his challenge to fight Robert Fitzsimmons as follows: Your published declaration, Mr. Fitzsimmons, that you intend re-en tering. pleases me more that I can at present express to you, for I know that the public esteems me to be the only candidate for the honors you thus place within reach. I am sorry, however, to note that In wording this declaration you give me the impression that since we last met you have become unwisely forgetful. F"or instance, you say that before I c in claim a return match with you I must prove myself to be worthy of it. You certainly intended this as a joke, for no one in the world knows my ability better than yourself. Ycu cannot so soon have forgotten your remark to me nt Carson, just after the battle ‘•Jim," you said, in your simple, ear nest, way, "I'll never fight again. You've given me a bloody good lit k ing." You, the winner, uttered these words, with face and body so battered as to leave no doubt, of your sine >r ity, while I, the loser, listened with never a bruise or scratch from head to foot which could contradict jou. Is this consistent with your now re questing me to prove myself to be u worthy opponent? You will find the confidence of the public in my ability to entertain you still unshaken. You will find that the public will insist upon your recognizing my claim that non mn ( tvwiot m o iro in I tilt utlf'ol V you have been misrepresented. I re fuse to credit you with the lam-' mem ory, broken judgment, noor taste and entire untruthfulness which the print ed remarks alleged to have been made by you would imply. 1 prefer to think that, those who have entered the ring with me were men, honest, brave and incapable of the vulgar, lying and cowardly language in which the news paper version of your remarks was couched. However well 1 know that the great journals try to bp. and usu ally are. accurate to the letter in re porting utterances made by impor tant men upon important subjects, T prefer to believe that in this ca-e :t grave error has been made somehow, somewhere and for a purpose not worthy of one who wishes to be con sidered above contempt. What the public expects from me is to maintain the manly dignity of 'he ring and not to he a brawler, nor a shifty evader of the honest principles which govern honest men when ad justing their respective merits This Is all I have to say. But this is what I propose to do: The day we sign articles I will give you $1,000 in recognition of your courtesy. The mo ment you enter the ring ready to oCTer me battle I will give you a second $1,000 in token of my pleasure tlnnn the completion of the tenth round, if you are still undefeated, t will give you a third $1,000 as a souvenir of my surprise. I’pon defeating you. no mat ter in what round. I will give you $2,000 more as a reminder that 1 am not an ungenerous foe. On the other hand, should you again defeat me 1 promise, if still able to move, to place my hat upon my head and then, removing it in your honor, to proclaim you in frank and unmis takable terms to tp mv sunprior and state that I then and there quit for ever ail possible claim to the cham pionship of the world. Let further remarks on this subject he made by 1.000 clean, honestly earned American dollars, given me bv the public t at believes in me. I have this day forwarded these to Will .T Davis, of Chicago, in testimony tha* T mean every word I have herein spol:en. JAMES J. CORBETT. Champion of Amrica. <•«»ld I’roflnrtion for (he Y«*ur. WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.—The director of the mint from information now at hand says that there is substantial ev idence that the world’s product of gold for the calendar year 1897 will approx imate. if not exceed. $240,000,000, an increase of nearly 20 per c^-n over 1896. The gold product of th > United States for 1896 was $.’>3,100,000; for 1897 It will approximate $61,509,000, an increase of $8,400,000. The product for Africa in 1896 was $44 400,000; returns received up to De cember 1, 1897, indicate that the gold product of that country for th° yea will be $58,000,000, an increase < f $13,600,000. For Australia for 1896 the production was $45,800,000; for 1897 the indication are that It will not he less than $51,000,000, an Increase of $5,200,000. Mexico in 1896 produ-ed $8,330,000; for 1897 it is estimated that it will lie $10,000,000. an Increase of II.67o.non. The dominion <>f Canada for I KM, tS.ftu.O'iit; It Is estimated for 1897 nt $7,500 a mi, or an Increnee of i $t.70n. urn, India's product forlsa" ’« | estimated st $7,500 (s)0, nn increus > of 1 $1.too.Otto over 1896 Itii-sla's gold product fo 18.<6 was $21 55 V op; to 1907 estimated to approx I mule $25 m o issi an Increste of $.1 ISO.OOP The indication for th railed vtn'e* Is that Ctiinrado will had In the pro : dtp Ion of gidd for Ixif a* It |s ,»i| I-atcd lit ex Governor Grant that * will no’ he h -s than 9 'ii.ixhi.ixni \, tail# w lit follow wi»h n p'leho-t ,.f prohaHIv Iix.iopmxi \vt*h the ext - p ..‘'Z'XZTJ: !n □’ * .. inetVt tr„m fc irmnili i 7 7/ - * * 7 17 .7" . t|l# » l«' !*-««» »*4 t «( .• 4» * ¥**<** ti a- » .ft |-«*t *.«--$% th* 4 #4A *• 4 AAtt \ .y ft«;41 ■ $ f tMUkef; 4x4 ♦ x f ||d In Inn (t - H0 I llli* Jf**# Ml l«l | #• lt|MM #11 pf+* ixlM f *» «*f 4« FOREIGN NEWS NOTES. The National Zeitnng denies that the tariff negotiations with the FflUeil States have been broken off. adding that they have only Just commenced and will continue. Ilesha and Ilerehara, Important, towns in West Africa, have been occu pied by the Lagos Hausas. The inhab itants are enthusiastic over the pres ence of the British flag, as they feared an attack from the French native troops, who are attempting to fere a themselves on the liariba country' and are devastating it. The German government has < re pressed Its willingness to grant an ex oquateur to Edmond Zebodowakl, of Il linois. recently appointed i'ultrd States consul at Breslau. If he should be appointed United Staten consul at Fuerth, (’Maries W. Krdman. of Ken tucky. who was appointed I tilled States consul at Fuerth, being tians ferred to llreslau. The Atlas Lino steamer Alone,, which arrived at New York from Cen tral American ports, reports tli" ar rival at Greytown, Nice; ague.. Decern her 17, of the gunboat Newport, with the Nicaraguan canal sin w y p :r;y aboard and well. A large force of la borers from Port Limon had already arrived at Greytown to aid In the work of the survey. The Spanish minister at Washington' has received a dispatch from I lav tut stating that the autonomist, mayors i f Belgueel and .luanabaeoa had l> < n In augurated amid great on In ai.ism, th~ people receiving them with shouts 1 t “Long live Spain.” The dispatch adds that tlir patriotic spirit shown at these (lnTTuinst ral tons gives assurance of til* speedy realization of the go d eflc'ts of an nutonomous form of government In Cuba. Michael Davttt has a long letter In the London Daily Chronicle in reply to one that appeared In its columns Signed by Adjutant (leiu al Jo in L Hallalne of the stat<' of Washing.on. He accepts the latter's sentiments as representing a large section of Ameri can opinion, hut prote.-ts against the statements that Tammany hall is an Jrish organization, and that Irishmen are responsible for corrupt municipal government. Rudolph Evans, the only surviving brother of the late Dr. Thomas Evans, the famous American dentist, who died in Paris November 14, arrived in Paris on the 29th with his wife and son. It is learned form a reliable source that the original will of Dr. Evans, drawn by Arthur E. Valois, of New York, his attorney, was so badly copied by Dr. Evans, who also amend ed it and added several codicils, that it is very doubtful if it is legal. A dispatch to the London Times from Kobe, Japan, says the dissolu tion of the diet lias greatly angered the political parties. It is probable that the Marquis Ito, former premier, and Count Okuma, a former foreign minister, will form a eoaliiion minis try, with a vigorous foreign policy. The military party is eag r for ac tion. extraordinary activity prevails at the military and naval depot and warships are assembling at Nagasaki. The trades and navigation returns shortly to he issued at Ottawa, f'an ada, will show the total imports en tered for consumption were $1 1 1,294. 021, as against imports of $110,587,480 the preceding year. The duty collect ed amounted to $19,891,997, as against $20,219,037. a decrease of $327,404. Ex ports amounted to *i.:2.9;jU,S3S, an in crease of $17,581,086. There were ex ported to the United States Canadian products to the value of $43,991,485, as against $31,400,428 in 1895-6. Great Britain took of Canada’s exports $09. 535,852. Yet Canada's imports from the old country were but $29,412,288. a decrease of $3,507,554 as compared with the preceding year, while from the United States Canada imported to the value of $01,649,041, an increase of $3,075,023 over imports of American products of the year before . Idaho St a ift* Itohhrry. 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