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6 THE RET) CLOUD CHIEF. I Kit S.I M MORGAN FOR ACTION. BELIEVES AMERICA MUST ACT IN CHINA'S CAUSE. InterrnU of Till. Country in the, "Clowery Kingdom" Tci (Irriit to ho leopiirdlcrit tijr Kuropenn Control of the lleiilm lfagtamt Witklnif I'p. Nr.w YonK, Dec. 23. According to n Washington correspondent of tho Ilernld, Sennlor Morgun of Alabama, of tho oommlttco on foreign relations Bald last night thut It would bo Im possible for tho United State") to re main complacent, should European nations undertake tho dismemberment of China, lie went on: "If partition lnvolvos tlio abrogation of treutlea this country would bo loft to mnko terms again with each European na tion separately In tho territory to which its sovereignty extended. Thercforo tiniest tho powers ntn bttlous for territorial extension talco Into account tho Importance of American commercial relations with China, It will bo necessary for tho government to intervene Insolf-dofetise. If tho cession it abso lute, then American Interests must bo taken enro of through tlio treaties bo twecn America nnd tho countries to which tho absolute cessions nro in ado respectively. If tho territory is given up inorcly for iv time there will be n mixed responsibility nnd it is .- good time for intervention nnd the exercise of American diplomacy. The Gorman occupation of n part of China end tlio prospeotlvo occupation of other parts by various European nations is nn effort to complete a cordon of oiTcnso to American commerce from Vladlvo Btoclt to Marseilles or to Liverpool. That cordon Is being stretched to con tract tho trade of six hundred millions of pcoplo who havo direct trade and intercourse with tho Pnclflo ocean. Thero is a groat deal in tho Chiucso problem that vitally interests Ameri cans and which seems to demand Im mediate consideration from tho Stato dopartment nnd Congress." nnrrisu warships for corha. London, Dec. 2S, A special dispatch from Shanghai nays: It Is reported that seventeen Itrltlsh war-ships aro off Chemulpo, Corcn, southwest of Seoul, supporting tho Itrltlsh consul's protost, really amounting to nn ulti matum ngalust tho King's prnutically yielding tho govoruuicul of Corea Into tho hands of tho Russian minister. Tho protest is ospeciully directed against tho dismissal of McLovy Drown, llritlsh adviser of tho Corean customs, In favor of the Russian nom inee. Tho iiowh lias produced con sternation at Seoul, which is height ened by tho knowlodgo that Japan has a licet of thirty warships awaiting tho result of tho Itrltlsh representa tion that Japan fully supports. Japan Is Irritated by tho urrlval of Russian troops In Core a, and it Is be lieved that sho will opposs them. According to advices from Tokio, Japan has offered to assist tho olllcers at Pclcln In drilling tho Chinese nrmy nnd to consent to a postponement of tho war indemnity. Mnny of tlio vice roys and I'olcin ofllcials fuvor tho pro posal. According to a dispatch to tho Dally Mail from Shnnghal, it is reported there, from relinblo sources, that t Itrltlsh forco lundod at Chemulpo on Saturday unit cansod tho reinstate ment of MoLovy ltrmvn. Tho samu dispatuh refers to "a native rumor that tho union jack lias been hoisted on nn ihland In thu mouth of tho river Yang T.slng." Tho Pekln- correspondent of tho Times says: Tho government refuses to place tho Llkin under foreign con trol as security for the loan proposed by tho Hong Kong and Shnnghal bank, und assort that unless tho loan is procurable without this condition, arrangements will forthwith bo made for a Russian guaranteed t per cont loan of 190,000,000 teals, to bo Issued at03 not The security would bo tho land tax which would remain under Chinese administration China in return would give Russia a monopoly of tho rail roads nnd mines north of tho great wall, open uport to nld railway traftlu and would ngreo thut tho Russian should succeed Sir Arthur Hart as director of Chlneso Imperial maritime customs If these conditions should bo permitted, llritlsh trade interests would suffer severely. Hhm.in, Doc, 27 An Inspired Chi ncso organ published here says that the Chlneso ouiperor In order to avoid tho reproaoh of having lost territory will leaso Kiao-Chau to Germany in perpetuity at a low rato with all tho rights of sovereignty that Kuglnnd exercises at Honir Kong. Stolo Dluncr From a Lot tor. Kajjsas Cirv, Mo., Dou 2it A man In Carrollton, Ma, Inst week opsned a letter belonging to II. Stalfor of that town, took from It a money order for 310, cashed the money order und burled tho money on a farm six miles from town. Fred M afford of Carroll. ton was arrested Saturduy by Chris Miulson, deputy United States mar shal, charged with tho crime. Ho showed the oflleers whero tho money was burled, und ho Is now in jail here, uwaltlng preliminary hearing. Veuerblo Trencher Demi. Wlf.MlMiTON, Del., Dec. 29. Rev. Mr. W. W. Taylor, aged 0 years, tho oldest -Presbyterian prencor In this Mute, died yesterday. Ho was grad uated from Yalo sixty years ago. At one time ho was pastor of the church which Prosldont McKlnley's wife's parents attended, and outdated ut their marrid-'o. Monciire I). (nnway'ii Wife Dotif. Nkw YoitK, Doe. 23 Mrs. Ella Dana Xonway, wlfo of Moncuro D. Conway, tho author und lecturer, is dead at her homo iu this cltv, aged 04 years. SPAIN UNDULY STIRRED UP Itnhlil Madrid Talk In Tntutlrd for- Woodford'n I..t Note. Washington, Dec. 23. Tho officials hero nro somewhat surprised at tho exhibition of feeling at Madrid over ' tho latest note of Minister Woodford, j delivered to tho Spanish foreign olllco ' Inst Friday. While tho nolo Itself ...III .. 1 .l. ......1!.. ... ..,... II I t in iiwi. mu iijuuu iiji'iii; at. jiiuauiib ib Is said that there Is no reason what ever why It should bo withheld save tho fact thnt the preceding steps In the negotiations havo not been given out. Possibly tho correspondence will bo shortly called for by Congress, In which cr.so It is not likely to bo with held on grounds of public policy. Tho Inst nolo presented by Minister Woodford was in answer to tho Spanish noto called forth by Mr. Woodford's first note, nfter his arrival at Madrid. In tho former tho United Stntcs minister pointed out tho Inter est of this country in nn unrly termi nation of tho struggle In Cuba and nsked when such n conclusion could be expected. The Spanish government acknowledged United St;3 Interest in tho matter, but suggested, after stating what It intended to do toama cllorito conditions in Cuba, that this country could best exercise its good olllces by stopping lllibustorlng, To tills Mr. Woodford responded with his note of last week. This last note Is said to bo a purely argumentative statement of tho posi tion taken by tho United States and tho fnets sot out nro substantially ' 4 linen t ir nonulilrm t'a .... ...... 4, ' Congress, of which It wns supposed tho Spanish public had been fully udvlsud through tho newspapers. Tho most forcible stntemont In tho noto Is based upon tho facts collectod und published recently by tho United States tieas ury department, exhibiting tlio grunt cxpenso to which tho United States had bent put by reason of Its efforts to patrol an enormous coast lino in the pursuit of a fow filibusters, and the rcmnrhabla success of tho govern ment otllclals la stopping these expo dltlons. H.G.BURT FOR PRESIDENT Choien ni llrnil of tlio Union rnrlllc Of ficially AiiiiDiiucril. Omaha, Neb., Dec. 23 It Is offi cially announced that Horace O. Hurt, third vice president of tho Chlcugo & Northwestern Rnilroad company, has been selected for tho presidency of tho Union I'acitlo Railroad company. Mr. Hurt's election as president. Is expected to enrry Into effect the policy determined upon by the reorganiza tion commltteo when It was supposed that S. II. II. Clark would be able to continue in tho management of the property, but which Is now Impossible, owing to Mr. Clark's 111 health. The board of directors is to tncludo Wlnslow S. Pierce, chairman; .lames Stillman, Marvin Hughltt, Roswell Miller, 11 II. Hurrlinan, Louis Fit. gcrald, Henry 11. Hyde, John W. Donne, Otto IL Knhn, T. Jefferson Coolldge, jr., lioorgo J. Gould. Ollvor Ames, lleorgo Q. Cannon nnd Jacob II. Sohiff. Oliver W. Mink Is to bo vico president in charge of tho New York o ill ce. Prior to November, 1898, Horace (1 Hurt was chief cnglncor of tho Chi cago and Northwestern railway. Afterwards ho becamo general man ager of tho Fremont, Hlkhorn anil Missouri Valley and Sioux City and Pacific linos with headquarters at Omaha. Ho Is a railroad man of tin usual nblllty und Is said to bo well qualified to manure tho Intricato uf fairs of the Union 'Pacific. The presidency of tho Union Pacific whs first ottered to Receiver S. H. II. Clark, but wns declined on account of III health. Mr. Clark Is how In San Antonio und is seriously 111 In his private car. BECAUSE AN ACTRESS. Churlr.ton Society Women i:xcludn MM Crane of Tnpokn From Cotillon. CiiAiti,i:sio.v, S. C., Dec. 23. A Christmas cotillon wns given by the cadets of tho South Carolina Military academy Saturday night nnd mnny women from tlio "400" set woro pres ent, Hoyt's "A Stranger In Now York" Is being plnyod nt thu Academy of Music, with Miss Charlotte Crano of Topeka, Kan., us tho lending lady. After tho porformanco Miss Crano went to tlio cotillon. Some of tho so ciety women present demanded that Miss Crano bo excluded because sho Is an actress. It was so ordered, to tho great chagrin of the young lady, who is of ouo of Topeka's best families Tlio men assert sho was too populur to plenso tho other women present. Miss Crane's ronl name Is Lottlo Rowers. Sho Is a handsome blonde, young, plump and with big gray eyes. Some years ugo she suffered n severe attack of stage fever, ran uway from Topoka and joined "Tho Hlnek Crook" company. Her father followed her and took her home, but gave his con sent to her studying regularly for tho stage As .Miss Crano Miss llowers joined tho "Alabama" eoinpiny at Kansas City. Then she became Hossy llrnnder in "A Texas Steer," and Inst season she had good parts with Olga Nothiiriole, especially In "Camllle." In Topeka she Is popular with tho younger set llrldal Couple Rtrnotc hy Prelcht Train. NtiiiucavtixK, Ind,, IK-c. 2u A fatal accident occurred at Terhune, a small town northwest of this city, last night. Mr. and Mrs. John Mooro nnd Miss Clara Hrattaln wore returning from a Christmas enter tainment, when a northbound freight train on tho Monon struck their car rlnge. Miss Rrattaln's skull was fractured and Bho died at midnight. Mrs. Mooro cannot recover. Mr. Mooro was slightly injured. Mr. and Mrs Mooro was married on Thursday und this was tho first timo they had been away from home together. A BUTTERINE COMPROMISE tho Armonr nnil New York State May Co ntn to nn Agreement. Ai.uaxy, N. Y., Dec. 23. Tho tato department of ngrlcultttro, tho at torney general's olllco and tho spcclnl counsel engaged In tho prosecution of tho Armours of Chicago for damages amounting to 81,700,00) for violation of tho dairy laws in tho distribution of oleomargarine throughout tho state, find themselves In a prcdlcnmont that seems to foreshadow failure. When n recent court order was pro mulgated, giving tho state counsol the right to examine tho books of tho various railroad companies for evi dence as to shipments, it was believed thnt tliu conviction of thu Armours would bo easily accomplished. It was found, however, that tho same court ortler refused tho state chnngos of venue und compelled tho commission ers of agriculture und tho state coun sel to prosecuto tho suits, of which thero nro n score, in thu counties in which tho violations nro said to havo occurred. This would mean endless litigation without much prospect of result. Somo tlmo ago tho Armour pcoplo Bought to make nn ngrcement with the state authorities to pny n certain amount If the suits should bo dropped, nnd promised to deliver no more oleo margarine in tlio state. Tho propo sition bus been submitted to tho gov ernor, nnil, while ho believes thu pros ecution should go on if there Is any chance to convict, us a lawyer ho is inclined to tho idea that thu acceptance of thu proposition will bo in the cud more advantageous to the state. A "SQUEEZE" ON OATS, Vo 11113 Loiter Itnllevod to Ilitrn n Corner on Hint Artlcln In Chicago. Cilicwoo, Dec. 23. Friday, which ivlll witness tlio close of the great Loiter deal In wheat on the board of trade, bids fair to prove u memorable day in tho trade. No great excite ment is oxpecteil In tlio wheat pit, but in oats a squec.o of shorts tuny occur. It Is believed thut Mr. Lelter has been turning a trick on the trade in outs, while everybody was watching wheat For weeks tho oats pit lias been J radically deserted. Last week thero was n dis'igrecablo surprise to tho men who had sold 0,000,00 1 bush els of oats for December delivery when thty learned that no oats wero being delivered. Then they uwoko to the fact thut In nil tho Chicago ele vators oats measured but O.IO.OOO bushels of tho contract grades. It was Wednesday when tho dis covery was made. Tlio prlco of De cember oats wns then 20jf cents. On Friday tho market closed at 2JJ cents. A cent advance In oats is ni good as 4 or 5 cents In wheat. It is too Into to rush iu a supply to meet the calls which will be mado for tho grain at tho closo of business on Fri day. Those who havo not delivered tho grain according to contract will bo called upon to settle ut tho closing prices. Tho situation has all tho ele ments of a oqueo.e. A $10,000 CHRISTMAS GIFT. (That Hob ritzilminnm Found In Ills htiicUliij I-rom the Vorhtcopn l'nnil. Chicago, Dee. 2S. A Sio.ouo check from tho Veriseopo company was one of tho things thut helped put Cham pion Fit.siinmons in such good humor for Christmas There lins been much gossip as to tho profits made from tho veriseopo feuturu of the Flt.situmons- Corbott tight, the scheme having been alternately called a failure and a big ' success. Flt.slintnons, when nsked ' what kind of a Christmas ho was has' in?, said: "Well, I ought to feel pretty good. I got a check for $10,00!) for my share of the profits from the veriseopo. " Munuger Julian explained that tho payment was tho second that had been made, nnd wns for five months' exhibition. The details of tho con. tract between Fit.sitninons, Corbett nnd the veriseopo company havo not been mado public, nor lias any defin ite idea been given of tho earnings of tho ontorprlsi but Fit.siinmons Is re puted to receive l.'i per cent of the pro llts from tho fight pictures. This would indicate that tho pictures had realized nearly 570,000 during tho lust live months. ANOTHER TRAGIC SUICIDE. Mill Welln, Frlontl of Slim tlla Her bert, HhooU l.ernolf. WASiiiNOTOtf, Doc. 23 Tho recent tragic dcntli of Miss Leila Herbert, the daughter of tho ex-secretary of tho navy, I j given as tho reuson for tho sulcjilo which occurred yesterday of Miss Annlo Virginia Wells, nn nc compllshed young society woman and daughter of Mr. Lewis S. Wells, a well known nttorney. The young woman shot herself through tho heart with her brother's revolver nt tho residence of her father. Miss Wells hud met Miss Herbert a number of times, aud was vety much attached to her. Sho herself had been confined to the house for four months by illness, and this, combined with the shock caused by tho death of her friend, brought on melancholia, which re sulted In suicide. Miss Wells was 33 years of ago, and very beautiful. A (Iroom-I'.lue: falls Deait. Riiiminoham, Ala, Dec. 23. Elmot Hodges, wholesalu grocer, went t Ashevlllo Christmas eve to bo mnrrlec tho next day. Whllo walking with a friend In tho morning he fell, and be foro doctors could bo hud was dead trom heart disease. His mother ex plrcd similarly a few years ago. Dr. tlmHuril Out on ISonit Kansih Citv, Mo., Dec. 29. Dr. J. D. (ioddnrd, under sentence of sixteen years for the' murder of F, J. Jackson, was admitted to ball of SU.ftOO by Special Judfo Lougan this morning. Uo furnished It an I was released. WAR MOVES IN CHINA RUSSIA'S LATEST SEIZURE ISSICNIFCANT. fhti Cnr' Torre Oirupy nn Itnportnnt htr.itrclml Point Itrltlsh War Hhlpn (hither ut 1'ort Hamilton nnd iMnho a Driiionatrutloii AKiiliiKt Corru. London, Dec. 29 Russia hns solved Kin Clinu, tho strong Chinese walled city, north of Port Arthur, which com mands tho mouth of tho Yalu rlvor, anil over twenty great llritlsh war shlpi have arrived nt Port Hamilton, tho Chinese naval stronghold, and will go to Chemulpo, Corcn, to tnako a demonstration against Russian domin ation in thnt kingdom. These movements of the two great F.tiropenn nations aro being watched with intense interest by tlio whole of Europe, for the opinion Is general that It will be dilllcult to avoid a conflict unions one or tho othor of the two pow era shall reccdo from its present position. It Is tho general belief in Hngland thut Japan will be, if not so now, in closo nlllnnco with (Jrcnt ltrltaln to choekmnte tho movement of Russia, nnd tho fooling here Is that the forces of such an ulllnnce will be so much stronger than any Russia can send to the Orient that tho car will soon bo forced to recede from his aggressive position. Kin Chan, the walled city occupied by Russians, commands tho railway iccently constructed from Tien Tslii to the capital of Manchuria, nnd is of pre-eminent Importance ns a strategic position. Tho seizure of tho port shows that Russia has practically taken possession of Corea, Manchuria and the half of Lau Tung. RUSSIA'S MOVKMKNTS IN CORHA. Wabiiixoton, Dee. 20. Tho report of tho determination of England and Japan to protest against tho emperor of Corea practically yielding tho gov crnmknt of thut country to the Rus sian minister excites great interest here. A year or two ago Russia nnd Japan entered into a treaty under which they agreed to nssuran jointly tho responsibility of preserving the peaco nnd providing a good govern ment for Corea. In tlio division of responsibility Russia took command of tho nrmy and tho polico und the direction of foreign affairs, Japan having tho departments of edu cation, ntrrlculturc and other com paratively unimportant branches of tho government. Tho collection of revenue and tho management of tho finances wero left in charge of uu Kngllshinun named MoLcnvy Ilrown, who held the title of "adviser to tho flnnnco department aud chief com missioner of customs." It was his duty to sco to tho honest collection of customs, which ho-performed so well that thero was a prospect that Corea's Indebtedness would soon be paid. Karly in November, however, to tho surprise of nil concerned, there ap peared In Seoul, as a guest of tho Rus sian legation, a Mr. Alexieff, whoso calling cards boro tho title, In Fro nob, "Councilor of statu and ngent of tho ministry of finance of tlio impel lal Russian government," and an inscrip tion .n Chlneso which rend: "Superin tendent of tho finances of Corea." DIRECT 11LOW AT ENGLAND. It seems that the czar Induced or compelled tho Corean ambassador nt St. Petersburg to enter into a con tract with Alexieff to manage tho Corcnn finances without consulting any of the authorities at Seoul. Thu day after tho nrrlval of Alexieff ut Seoul ho called upon tho minister of finance, exhibited his contract and announced thnt ho was ready to enter upon his duties. Mr. Pak explained that tho government was ulroady enjoying tho services of McLeavy lirown, and thnt tho Cortnn ambassa dor ut St. Petersburg had no author ity or right to interfere with tlio finance department. Tho Russian minister responded that if tho minis ter of llnancc questioned tho validity of tho contract it would bo considered a reflection upon his sovereign. After n show of resistance by Corea and re peated threats by tho Russian, lirown wns dismissed and Alexieff installed in his stoad. Then followed ltrown's appeal to London and tho reported ending of a llritlsh fleet to Corea. JOHN BULL WANTS SEALS. Declines to Enter Into Agreement to Htop Sealing. London-, Doc 29. Lord Salisbury, tho Premier, has written to United States Ambassador Hay In responso to America's latest proposal In tho llerlng sea controversy, the request that Oreat Britain would enter Into nn agreement with tho United Stntes, Russia and Japan to stop soallng. Great IJrltaln declines to enter into such nn agreement. Lord Salisbury's unswor ctnphaslr.es tho policy of Engknd not to lntorfora In Canada' icreign relations. Welt Kniimi hport Demi. Clkvei.ani). Ohio, Dec, 20. John Donulllsnn. tho ivnll lrnmvn nnl1iw. ...... .. ..w.. ...w... l.u. . ..fi man, died here Inst night after a brief uiness, or iniiammatton of tho bowels. Ho trained Corbett for his fights with Sullivan, Mitchell nnd Fitisluunons. An Edge Tool Truit Next PtTTSiiURO, Pa., Dec. 20. Eighty per cent of tho edge tool manufacturers in tho United States havo consolidated their interests and have arranged for tho erection of n now plant near Char lerol, about forty miles south of here, on tho Monongahela river. Tho con cern will bo known ns tho American Ax nnd Tool company and will havo a capital stock of S2,)00,000. It will employ ovor 2,000 skilled workmen and tho uverago weekly pay roll will amount to 910,000. Tho consolidated plant will be In opsratlon within si? .months. DISTRESS IN CUBA. State Department Again Calls Upon the American Titbits to aire Aid. Wabiunoton, Dec. 29. Tho most profound distress prevails among tho thousands of pcoplo In Cuba. Starva tion not only Impends, but Is an nctual fact. Tho President has been Inform ed of tho facts from sources whoso credibility can not bo doubted. Ho nns gono to too length of his consti tutional power iu calling tho stato of affairs to thu nttcntlon of tho Ameri can pcoplo. The Stnto department hns used all of its authority to mlti gnto the conditions there, nnd tho letter to tho public sent out by Secre tary Sherman the duy beforo Christ mas pointed out the way to further nlluvlitto the miserable condition of tho rcconceutrudos. To-day C',000 wus received by As sistant Secretary Day from certnin ohnrltnblydtsposcd persons, whoso niimes nro not disclosed, und this sum will bo remitted by telegraph to Con sul General Leo for dlsbursomout among tho more pressing cases. It Is hoped by tlio Department of Stato that the American people will come to tho relief, nnd thnt promptly, by sub scriptions of money, clothing nnd sup plies of various kinds. The news papers are expected to lend n gener ous aid In carrying forward this movement. Consul (Icncral Leo last night cabled the stato department just what is wanting ut this juncture, nnd his list is ns follows: Summer clothing, f,ccond-hand or otherwise, principally for women and children; medicines for fevers, includ ing a largo quantity of quinine; hard bread, corn meal, bacon, rlco, lard, potatoes, beans, pens, salt fish, prin cipally codllsh; tiny canned goods, especially condensed milk for tho starving chltdien. Money will also bo useful to sccuro nurses, medicines und for many other necessary pur poses. THE KETCHAM WILL CASE Tltnessen for Mrs. Witllutp Testify Tho Widow In Deep Mtnmlng. Ciiicaco, Dae. 29 Judgo Kohlsant heard tes'timony to-day in regard to tlio admission to probato tho will of tho Into John 11. Ketcham, tho puta tlvo mlllionuiro clubman, nnd tlio de mand of the widow, Mrs Minnlo Wnlkup Ketcham, that sho bo mado r.ole executor of tho will. Mrs. Ketcham. dressed In deep mourning, wus accompanied by Joo Keller, tho butler, and her cousin, Mrs. Sena Tcrrey, both o! whom woro witnesses to tho will. W. II. Keep nnd Clnreneo lirown represented con testants, the brothers nnd relatives of Mr. Ketcham. Mrs. Kctchum was represented by A. S. Trude. Joo Kellar, tho butler, sworo that on tho morning of November 1 Mrs. Walkup Ketcham called him into Mr. Kctcham's room. Ketcham, who wns sick in bed, read tho will to him nnd then asked him to sign It as a witness. Ketchnm's signaturo wns affixed be fore ho himsolf had signed it. Ho had known Ketcham for about two years and ho was drunk most of the time. Kctcham's mind did not scorn ufTected when he wus drunk or sober. Mra Sena Terry also testified to tho signing of tlio will. After tho cvldcuco of the two wit nesses, A. S. Trude, in behalf of Mrs. Kctchum, asked that an administrator ud litem be appointed nnd Judgo Kohlsaat said ho would do so. Tho case was then continued until next Monday TRAGEDY IN A BURLESQUE Dan Daly full, lloiitlloni; to n Since -He A Vim u Noted Coineilliin. Ho.stow Dei!. 29. Dan Daly, tho populur comedian and one of the lead ing lights in "Tho Hello of New York" cjinpany, at tho Unnlo of tho first act, makes an "entry" sliding on nn In clined wire. Last night, in somo way, either the wire or tho handle of the trolley broke and ho fell to tho stage, striking on his shoulders and thu back of his head. Two physicians woro summoned from the audience, and worked ovor Daly for half an hour, but could not bring him back to consciousness. He was thon sent to tho Massachusetts Oencral hospital, whero this morning he was still unconscious. Tho physi cians believo ho is sutforlng from con cussion of tho brain, and hold forth smnll hopes for his recovery. Daly Is a brother of Lucy and Llzzlo Daly, tho noted coinlo actresses, nnd a brother-in-law of Ltz.ln Derious Daly, long a bright light of the comody stage Ho and his sisters come of a long lino of stago pcoplo. Though al ways an acrobatic comedian on tho stago, in prlvato life ho had long been noted for his melnncholy and light cynicism. Millionaire Deiert ChleaRo. Ciucaoo, Dec. CO. Thero is an exo dus of millionaires from this city. An inquiring spirit has inspected tho rec ords und learns that forty millionaires controlling S130.000.00J In Chicago property havo become disgusted with tho city and fled to othor climes. Thcso ubsentecs tnko 3,000,000 a your out of Chicago and spend it in Now York, Washington, Boston and Eu rope. A Murderer ISofaiet a I'uriton. Coi.uiuius, Ohio, Dec. 29. Amonp, tho 2,500 prisoners In tho Ohio pen itentiary is Ralph Wintorsglll, whe was pardoned by Governor Hushnoll on Christinas day, but who refuses to lcavo tho prison. Ho was received in October, 18S, having been sentenced for llfo for tho murder of his wlfo. Soon after his arrival ho cut his throat, and still suffers from tho wound, Wintorsglll is 75 years old, nnd after having been warmly housed by tho stato for nourly twenty years, ho buys he docs not care to go out iu tho m'ddlo of wlntor. NEWS FROM DAWSON. Party of Iteturned rrnipcctom Ilrlog Dark I'.eporU of tho Food Supply. SKATTf.K. Wash., Djc. 2S John Lindsay of Olympln, Wnsh., who lias just nrrlvcd from Dnwson City, says thero will surely be starvation thero this winter. Ho examined Into tho food situation In a thorough manner, ho says, and after satisfying himself that there would bo starvation, ho sold his outfit, nnd, In companv with Frank Pallnlno of Olytuplti, Wash.; Tom Story of Vlctorln, It. a, and Hob Glynn of Seattle, started out on foot, each man drawing u sled carry ing ubotit 110 pounds of provisions. Llndsuy says tlio Dawson people be lieve there Is no great amount of food nt Fort Yukon, ns has been nlleged. Tho river roso sullloicntly and re mained open long enough to en nblo a food supply to havo been brought from Fort Yukou, had thero been any there. Tlio people of Dnwson, bolloving thut thero wns not nmplo food sup plies ut Fort Yukon, refused to go there, preferring to remain In Daw son. No more than 300 or 100 pcoplo took ndvantnge of the transportntion companies' oiTor to take the pcoplo to Fort Yukon frco of charge. When tho miners at Dawson found that no more provisions would reach tho town by the river route, they nn nouneed that n meeting would be held to tnko steps for apportioning the pro visions in tho town. Thoso that lind plenty, they snld, must share with thoso who had none. Captain Con htnntino of tho Northwest mounted polico interfered nnd toltl tho minors that no such thing would be pormlttud. The meeting wus not held. SHIP'S CARGO ON FIRE. I'lro (Start In Compartment Filled With Cotton und Sprenili. St. John's, N. F., Dec. 28. Tho llritlsh steamer Lamberts Point, Cap tain Humphreys, seven dnys from Norfolk, Vu., for Liverpool, with cat tle, cotton, grain nnd a general cargo, has arrived bore with her cotton on fire nnd the ship In a bad state. On Friday afternoon the flro was. discovered in tho compartment timid ships. It gained headway rapidly. Holes wero cut In tho cabin lloorlng, pipes Inserted nnd tho compartment Hooded with steam nnd water. Tho captain headed the vessel for this port, nnd for forty hours nobody rested, all hands battling tho lire, which steadily gained nnd spread to tho foro compartment. Lindsay snys the output of tho mines will bo greatly curtailed thli winter becnuso of tho scarcity of food nnd light Coal oil sold for 13 n gallon nnd cnndlcs nro as high as 8150 per box of 100. Even If men wero nblo to work their claims thoy can not get light to do so. Tho weather ubout the Stewart and Dig Salmon rivers has been bitterly cold, seventy degrees below being re corded at Major Walsh's camp, twolvo miles below tlio big Salmon, on No vember 10. Tho Yukon river between Dawson nnd Fort Polly froo complotly over on November 18. Tho river is piled full of Ico in great ridges us high as tin ordinary house, nnd a roadway will havo to bo cut through It beforo dog or horse teams can operate upon it. Tho outlook, therefore, for talcing supplies down to Dnwson in the in mediato future is not good. For n Itellnf Conference. Ottawa, Ont., Doc. 23. Hon. Clif ton Siftnn, minister &' tho interior, nnd J. A. McKcnun of tho interior department, left yesterday for Wash ington. Mr. Slfton goes on tho InvU tntion of Secrc.tary of War Alger to discuss the best means of sending re lief to tho miners iu tlio Yukon dis trict Mr. Slfton expects to bo in Wnshlngton ubout r. week. Mrs. llooth Will lie nn Invalid. Nkw Yoiik, Dec. 28. Mrs. Hailing ton llooth was said at tlio Presby terian hospital last night to bo resting quietly nnd to bo somewhat better. While Mrs. Hallington Booth's llfo is no longer iu danger thero is little hope that sho will ovor bo tho Mrs. liooth of tho past. The exact nature of her ailment Is a secret Indemnity fctory Denied. Washington, Doc. 29. Secretary of Stato Sherman wns scon regarding a btory cabled from Madrid to tho effect that tho United States had de manded of Spain 83,000,000 indemnity to American traders for damages sus tained through the rebellion in Cuba, Tlio sccrctnry stated that if any such demand had been made ho had not heard of it Nemripupnr Mnn Killed hy Train. Hki.kna, Mont, Dec. 28. Louis P. Howun, who has been connected In various capacities with Montana news papers for tlio past ton years, was killed yesterday at Snpplngton by be ing run ovor by a train. Ho was a sou of ex-Unltcd States Senator How en of Colorado. Victorian Dutlet to lie Itoduoed. Mki.bouiink, Dec. 28 Tho Victorian duties on woolou and silk materials, wearing apparel and woolen pieca goods will bo reduced 5 per ccut after February 1 next THE MARKETS Knnini City drain and Live (ttoek. Hard Wheat No I. H3j, No -i HGf,ei No. 3. 83Vic No. t 8ly:, rejected. 76c.. Soft Wheat No. 1, 03:; No. OOst No, 3. 00S! Nm 4. a4SGji rejected, 70382c. burlnc Wheit Na it B4s, No, J, SO&Ulc: rejected, 76ffi78c. Corn-Mlxed-No. a J3y:i No. -.3. 03ct No, 4, 2Jc. White corn Na 2, iU'4c: No. 3, 23VC! Na 4. aJUa Cattlc-n-celpts, 0,04 It calves, 413; shipped, no cattlci no calves. The market was lu to 15 cents lower. Shipping aid dressed beef steers, JJ.503 i ,4?'!i:illvu heifers J3.4U H.23; native cows, J ()0ii3.a5i native fetdcr ii 0033 25: na tive mockers. 21't4.45 g - Receipts, 0,787 shipped, none. The market ai 5 to Jo cents higher, Prtcei ranjifd froai J3.0JJ3.5o. .1 M i&gffiiyfil rsiassa: liiiiiilHH KW M. MPiaW--g--l!I' . ,5yW.T.,M,iSSiSMiMwMu