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PUB OR PEACE
Rumor at Berlin that a Move
ment is Under Way.
MOST OF PAPERS DISCREDIT REPORT
Rngllsh rrestlgo Demand n Contlnnanco
of War Majr Not Win In Iho lCml
German Mllltnry Man Has lilt
Doubls of Kngllsh Success.
Snnday'n news thnt n pence move
ment lfi growing in Great ltrltnin is re
ceived in llerlin wltli incredulity. The
Loktil Anzcigcr fays:
"It In impossible that the llritlsh
government, in any event, could be in
fluenced by such u movement, (heat
Iirilaln's prestige impertitivcly dc
mauds, since onco nho bus gone upon
Ilia war pnth, that nlio should carry
matters to a successful issue."
Tho Lokal Anzelger contains nn ar
ticle by General von Sehmellng, criti
cising tho war and baying that It in
questionable whether Ureat Pritain,
even with Lord Roberts nnd Lord
Kitchener and 150,000 men will win.
The following dispatches hhow tho
conditioiiH in South Africa:
Durban, Friday, January 12. Tho
entire absence of news from Chievely
or l''rcrc Camp continues, but there is
a persistent rumor hero that Lady
Einith has been relieved.
Ilocr Headquarters at Colcnso, Jan.
11, via Pretoria, via Lourcnzo Mar
ques, Jan. 13. Everything points to a
great battlo within the next few days.
LadyMulth, for the last two nights,
has been firing rockets. Tho object is
not known here.
Ladysmlth, Jan. 12. (Ily heliograph)
Tho besiegers have been quiet for
two days, but can bo seen in activo
movement on tho distant hills. Wo
have prccclvcd two small bodies gal
loping with two machine guns.
The Poor heavy piece on llulwana
hill has not been llred for two days.
More llocr dead havo been found at
the base of Caesars camp. All is well
here.
President Krugcr In the course of a
Rtlrrlng address just issued to the
burghers, afllrms that Providence is on
their side; that their caute is just and
that they must succeed.
Heports from Colosberg represent
tho position there as favorable to the
Hours, but that the llritlsh concen
trating for operations on a large scale.
The olllclal list of the llocr casualties
In what is called tho "I'lntrnml light,"
en Saturday, January 0 (the attack up
on Ladysmlth), shows twenty-six
killed and bcvcuty-scven wounded.
These figures are described us tho
"Urst return."
Tho embargo at T)elagoa bay upon
Transvaal Imports is tho question of
Iho hour with tho burghers. If it is
not removed it Is asserted that steps
will be takou prejudicial to prisoners
and aliens.
DETAINED AT QUARANTINE
Two Steamers Arrive 1'rom riitgue-
Infected District.
The Lamport and Holt line steamer
Strabo, loaded with coffee which willed
from Santos December 10, arrived at
Quarantine, New York. She remained
at Santos for thirty days, during which
timo and during tho voyage to this port
there was not u case of sickness among
her crew. She will bo detained at
Quarantine for disinfection. Tho con
sular bills of health of the Strabo re
port thirty-eight cases of plague and
ten deaths from that disease at tho
port of Santos. Tho llritlsh bark
Lanccflcld, which arrived from Sautos
in ballast, is also detained at Quaran
tine for disinfection. All on board aro
well.
REPORT MAY BE DELAYED
Roberts Committee Looking Into i:ory
Thane of tho Question.
The Roberts investigating committee
6ay tho outlook for reaching a conelu
felon ib quite indefinite, as individual
views were being expressed for the
purpose of securing some common basis
of understanding. The abseneo of Mr.
Miles of Indiana, on account of a death
in his family, may result in putting off
n report until borne tlmo this week.
Chairman Taylor states that tho lack
of a speedy report Is In no way signifi
cant of disagreement In the committee,
but it is owing to tho mature consider
ation which Is being given to the num
erous Important questions involved.
GERMANY TIRING OF DELAY
Anxiously Awnltlng an Answer to Her
Protest.
There is still great dissatisfaction in
tlermany at Great Prltaln's long delay
In releasing tho Pundesrath and in
bending a formal answer to Germany's
protest. A high ofllclal at the foreign
ofllco voiced tho foregoing bentlment
when questioned on the subject, adding:
"Apparently the London government
lias tried to expedite matters, but the
Durbau authorities aro unduly blow,
seeming to bo determined to open tho
last box of the llundcsrath's cargo in
order to avoid un admission of error."
Ituu Doit ii by Train.
Missouri Pacific train No. 132, south
bound, struck J. W. Purr south of
Swift's packing plant. Ho was taken
to the South Omaha hospital, where ho
tiled three hours later. Mr. Purr was
an employo of tho Armour Packing
company, working in tho cellar, and
was on his way to work.
Hurled by a Cave-In,
Ily a cave-in at the Parbce mine at
Webb City, Mo., Joseph Cox, Charles
Stone and John Lloyd, miners, wore
buried under fifty tons of earth and
instantly killed.
INTERESTED IN WELFARE
Kins Oscar Watehfnl of Hcmullnavlnnt
in America.
King Oscar, in the coursoof a private
audience recently granted a correspon
dent of the Associated press, dictated
tho following message to the Scandi
navians in tho United States:
"Tell those of my two peoples who
have taken up their nbodo in the United
States, and their descendants, that I
follow their path wit'i love and Inter
est, uiul that I feel their juj i i.l their
sorrows as if they were my own.
"I am glad to hear that the Swedes
and Norwegians aro among tho most
respected citizens of your great coun
try. May it always go well with
them."
His majesty, who talked In a charm
ing manner of events in the United
States and elsewhere, seemed greatly
Interested in hearing of tho evidences
of prosperity in America, showed him
self well informed regarding the Amer
ican problems in the Philippines, and
expressed a fervent wish that the war
there, as well as tho war In South
Africa, might soon be over.
MAY REORGANIZE MILITIA
Allium! Meolliig of Innn National Uuiird
Association.
The animal meeting of the Iowa na
tional guard association, held nt Pes
Moines recently, discussed tho reorgan
ization of tho militia. A legislative
committee was Instructed to take meas
ures to assuro that' tho reorganized
guard shall be given equipment equal
to the regular army.
A resolution was offered demanding
that tho htato pay to the Forty-ninth,
Fiftieth and Fifty-second Iowa volun
teer regiments a bounty equal to tho
amount expended in furnishing trans
portation to tho Fifty-llrst from San
Francisco to Des Moines when tho
regiment camo homo from Luzon. This
was voted down unanimously. Tho
guardsmen preferred the money be de
voted to equipping tho guards.
CANNOT SCALE DOWN TAXES
Decision Itcudcrcd by Illinois Supremo
Court.
The Illinois supreme court at Spring
Held has handed down a decision de
claring void section 40 of the new reve
nue law, which provided for tho seal
ing down of tho tax levy. Tho law
applied to a'l the state and all the as
sessed valuation of tho property has
been heavily increased in some sec
tions, the knocking out of the limita
tions clause of the new law will result
In a largo Increase In the tax levy, as
by this ruling the old scale will be used.
In Chicago and Cook county tho in
crease will range from 10 to 50 per
cent. Tho decision has created con
siderable tmrpribc.
I'reparlnc; to Withdraw.
It Is authorltlvely stated that tho
boss rod rollers of the Cleveland district
of tho American Steel and Wire com
pany havo tendered their resignation
with a view of withdrawing from tho
rod rollers' association. It is under
stood that this notion was taken be
cause as they say they have no griev
ance and believe that in the interest of
themselves and the mill employes it is
unfair to insist upon tho present de
mauds particularly in face of tho vol
untary advance in wages already made.
Hcllbny Charced Willi Theft.
Edward Callahan, alias Callaghan,
alias Will Parr, was arrested at tho
Washington hotel at Kansas City where
he was employed as n bellboy, on tho
strength of a telegram from Chicago
stating that ho is wanted there on a
charge of stealing SI, 000 worth of dia
monds from a guest in the Hotel Sara
toga. Callahan, who Is twenty years
old, says ho will light against being
taken to Chicago.
rirnt Moody Controversy.
A Chicago dispatch snysrThe Rev. J.
Wilbur Chapman has resigned as vice
president of tho Moody ltlblo institute,
as the result of a controversy ns to
who shauld write the olllclal life of the
dead evangelist himself or Will 15.
Moody. Poth claim the biography is
authorised, but Mr. Moody says ho has
the indorsement of tho family. Dr.
Chapman is pastor of tho Fourth Pros
byterlan church, New York.
More Moimj for Drake.
Ex-Gov. F. M. Drake of Centervllle,
la., for whom Drake university of Des
Moines Is named, has Increased his do
nations to that institution 833,500,
which will be used In making immedi
ate neee sary improvements. He bald
he hoped to see the university have an
endowment of a million dollars and ex
pected to furnish at least one-fourth of
that sum.
Hut HI Kltnll 1'rartured.
J. S. Harrison, n real estate man of
Kansas City, a brother of ex-President
Harrison, was kicked on tho head by a
vicious hoi so at Pcaumont, Tex., nnd
his skull was fractured. Ho Is resting
easily and his physicians hope for hh
recovery.
Turco Ilurnrd to Death.
A Plauchard, aged bixty-ilvc, his
wife, aged forty-three, and a boarder
named William Money, ngcdllfty-eight
wero burned to death In their home at
Mcrrlmac, N. H The cause of tho lire
Is unknown.
In order to sccuro better protection
against cattlo swindlers and workers
of fraud, several representatives of
Chicago live stock commission firms en
route to tho Fort Worth cattlo con
vention stopped off at Kansas City long
enough to form what will bo known as
the live stock commission merchant's
protective association. M. P. lluell, of
Chicago was elected president. Twen
ty Chicago and Kansas City firms were
represented at the meeting.
The national olllcers of tho Women's
Christian Temperance union arc mov-
lug to Evanston.
(WEST! BIBLE
Krugcr Finds Justification for
His Position.
COLD NINES TO BE DESTROYED
Pinal I'roclamatlon Issued to nnrchers
Crosslujf of Ilorder by Ilrltih tlio
Signal for Work of Demolition
All llurghars Ordered Out.
A London Daily Mail dispatch dated
Lourcnzo Marques, Jannary in, says;
President Krugcr has issued a proc
lamation ordering burghers to the
front. Tho Volksstcin, tho Transvaal
ofllclal organ, suggests that tho mo
ment tho llritlsh cross tho horde rthe
gold Industry should bt Irretrievably
destroyed.
President Krugcr issued a circular
dated January 8, to llocr command
ants and burghers, urging them to
show more energy in the Transvaal
cause. Ho quotes psalm 33, verso 7. as
God given instructions to tho burghers,
and says that tho British havo llxed
their faith In psalm 83. Ho also quotes
psalm 80, verses 13 and 11, and asserts
that ho has searched tho Plblc without
being able to find any other mode
which can be followed by the Itoers,
who must light "In the name of the
Lord."
"Commandeering is proceeding busily
at Pretoria, where tho town guard is
exchanging Mausers for Martins, as
the former are badly needed at the
front. It Is said that there aro nearly
3,000 Hrltlsh prisoners in Pretoria.
General Puller's latest authentic
word as to what ho and his 30,000 men
ure doing has been wired from Spring
Held after his first forward step.
Striving to think out tho unknown,
London is confused by surmise and
rumor and disquieted by suspense.
Spencer Wilkinson, tho lucid military
expert of tho Morning Post, asserts
that tho llocr force in northern Natal
Is larger than General Puller's and
Sir George White's together, so that
the lloers are able to leave a force
around Ladysmlth larger than that
within tho town, nnd yet to oppose
General Puller with a force superior to
his own.
Heports from the Iloer camps affirm
that the circle of investment has been
drawn closer by the occupation of some
hills nearer the town, thus liberating
reinforcements to oppose General
Puller.
A telegram from Newport, Wales,
says Uuthcrford Harris, formerly resi
dent director in South Africa of the
British South Africa company, has re
ceived a cablegram to the effect that
General Puller has sufYered another re
verse. Later Mtvllarris denied having
received tho cablegram referring to the
alleged repulse of General Puller.
EACH SIDE CLAIMING SUCCES
Contrary Heports Concerning Colum
bian Itoiolutlon.
Advices just received from Columbia,
lays a Kingston, Jamaica, dispatch, re
iterate tho statement that the main
body of tho Columbinn revolutionists,
after occupying Pucaramanga on Jan
uary 0 and securing large quantities
of stores, preceded toward Socorro, to
which other bodies were converging,
with a view of forming a junction anil
delivering a concerted attack upon Po
gota In this attempt the Columbians
expected tho assistance of a consider
able body of Venezuelans, understood
to bo advancing from the frontier.
On the other hand, tho govern
ment dispatches reatllrnt the reports of
a complete rout of tho main body of
the insurgeuts in two heavy battles
near Pucaramanga and Cerrita, entire
ly frustrating the insurgent plans.
As against this, advice fr om yet an
other quarter declares that tho gov
ernment Is completely disorganized
nnd that tho government troops are
retreating toward Pogota, avoiding
conflicts. In this connection it is
pointed out that tho drafting of troops
Into the capital is a significant indica
tion of the government's position.
Poison In WcdilliiR Fcust.
Nearly a hundred guests who assem
bled at 5119 Canal street, Chicago, 111.,
to witness tho wedding of Morris Pol
lack and Anna Schau, were poisoned
during dinner which followed the wed
ding ceremony. In less than half an
hour after dinner nearly everyone in
the hall was in a helpless condition.
What article of food contained tho pol
bon no one has yet been able to learn,
but tho most popular belief is that it
was tho chicken, which had been pre
pared in a copper kettle. So far no
deaths have been reported, but many
are seriously ill, including the bride
and gioom.
llounis l Hotter.
The condition of Frederick 0. Hon
flls of tho Denver Post, who was shot
on Saturday last by Attorney W. W.
Anderson, has improved considerably
and strong hopes for his recovery aro
entertained. His partner, II. 11. Tain-
men, whom Anderson also shot, is be
lieved to be practically out of danger.
Life MUeaco of a Letter-Carrier.
David Ramsay, a letter-carrier who
delivers mall In Alyth, Scotland, from
tho Kirriemuir postofflce, has just been
retired at the ago of 80. He figures
that In tho thirty-seven years ho has
been delivering mall ho has traveled
232,000 miles.
Ilrltain' Match Consumption.
Moro matches are used In Great
Brltatn than In any other country In
the world. It has been estimated that
British people uso an avcrngo of eight
matches each person per day, and
annually over 1,700,000,000,000 aro
burned.
SAVED FROM AWFUL FATE
Woiuan In
Trance
Alhe.
Almost Hurled
An Fast St. Louis, 111., January 15
dispatch says: Mrs. Christian Ilirth
emerged from a trance this morning to
find herself under process of being em
balmed and prepared for tho grave.
The discovery of life was the result of
tho merest accident and astounded the
undertakers. A movement of nn eye
lid saved the woman from death at tho
hands of tho undertaker or from burial
alive.
This morning, while her husband
watched at her bedside at the hospital,
she gave a deep sigh, and then seemed
to breathe no more. When the county
physician arrived ho felt her pulse nnd
made other tests and then pronounced
her dead. The county undertaker was
called and shortly afterward proceeded
to embalm the body in the dead room.
During the operation the undertaker
noticed a faint qulverof tho eyelid and
nt once npplicd the most powerful test
known to undertakers und was re
warded with a faint blgn of life. He
summoned assistance and the body was
removed to a bed In tho hospltnl. The
doctor was called and restoratives ap
plied. Gradually the woman came out of
her trance and was able to move her
body. It Is expected that she will re
gain some of her strength nnd I've for
a while at least.
"tlooie riant" In llloom.
Tho "goose plant" Is In bloom In the
Washington Park ttoplcal house for tho
first tlmo since the experiments with
tho flower in 1895. A score of blosaoni3
havo reached maturity on tho vines,
which aro rapidly covering both sides
of tho hothouse. The blossom is eight
Inches In length, and consists of a sin
gle green lent so shaped that It has the
appearance of a gooso with head and
ueck drawn back into Its body. A long
fllamcnt-llko tall swings from tho end
of tho blossom. Tho plant Is a uatlvo
of Guatemala.
Harrison Won't Hun.
Mayar Carter II. Harrison has made
a declaration that his declination to
muke the race for governor of Illinois
on the democratic ticket is llnal.
Adlal Stevenson's friends arc urging
him to accept the nomination.
NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD
Senator Mason of Illinois has intro
duced n bill to prevent udulteration of
foodstuffs.
Marlon Mauola Mason, the comic
opera singer, has sued her husband for
divorce on statutory grounds.
At Pelgrade, Mont., Frank Rogers,
a merchant, shot and killed his land
lady, Mrs. Etta, Davis, and then killed
himself. Jealousy an drink caused
the deed.
The question of a new depot for
Hastings has been practically settled
by the P. fc M. starting condemnation
proceedings against the property in
block 35.
Austin K. Whenler, treasurer of the
Lemon & Wheeler Wholesale Grocery
company of Grand Hapids, Mich., com
mitted sidcide by shooting. The cause
is unknown.
The rolling mill of tho Danville nnd
Pessemer Steel company at Danville,
Pa., was damaged by lire to tho extent
ofS5(,000. During the lire six men
were injured.
James Nichols has sued the city of
Schuyler, Neb., for damages amount
ing to SI, 500 for Injuries sustained by
his little daughter in falling through a
defective sidewalk.
Emperor William is still furious ovet
the seizure of the Pundesrath. He is
not satisfied that tho seizure was made
at the instance of the admli alty and
not of tho foreign otliee.
E. P. Spencer, of Fremont, Neb., nn
Elkhoru hrnkc man, met a terrible fate
at Howells. While trying to cut off
the air between moving ears he was
caught beneath the wheels and his
body ground to shreds.
The F nlted States supreme court has
declared that the conviction of Henry
Pollu, formerly city treasurer of Oma
ha, was right. The decision was by
Justice Prown. The opinion refused
Pollu's application for a writ of error.
Poland Heed, the actor, who has
been in St. Luke's hospital, New York,
for some weeks, Is reported ns some
what better. The attending physi
cians say that while Mr. Peed was by
no means out of danger ho had con
tinued to Improve during three or four
days.
The trans-Atlnutie steamship lines
havo Increased their passenger rates
between New York and Europe, owing
to the heavy travel that Is expected to
tho Paris exposition. The Holland
American line has specified a general
10 per cent Increase on Its principal
steamers.
At Lcwlston, 111. the grand jury re
turned an Indictment holding William
P. Thomas of Vermont, 111., on a
charge of murdering his motlicr-ln-law,
Mrs. ,111110 Fowler. Shortly after tak
ing supper with Thomas Mrs. Fowler
was taken violently 111 and died. Ar
bculo was found In tho stomach in
large quantities.
Seen In the Kon;h.
Tortoise shells ns they are unloaded
from tho ships aro far from beautiful.
To bo classed as rough they muBt ho
jUBt as they were when taken from the
tortoises' backB. It Is not until washod
and scoured with adds that their ex
qulslto coloring shows. The samo Is
true of the beautiful sea sholls which
como here from the shores of India
and other tropical lands. Tbero Is
almost as much difference between
them In the rough and when finished
as there Is between uncut diamonds
and those that havo passed through a
lapidary's hands.
A DUEL JA HOTEL
Kentucky Feud Ends in a Fear
ful Tragedy.
THREE LIVES WERE WIPED OUT
Former Congressman l'lnys a Principal
Tart Nnn-Participating Iijritander
Killed nnd Another Mortally
Wounded War the Cause.
A Frankfort. Ky., January 17 special
says: A shocking tragedy, in which
the lives of three prominent men were
sacrificed and that of a fourth hangs
on a slender thread, while two others
miraculously escaped with painful In
juries occurred here at 1 o'clock yes
terday. The principals in the tragedy
were ex-Congressman David M. Col son
of Middlcboro nnd Lieutenant Ethel
bert Scott of Somerset. Scott was
shot six times by Colson and almost in
btantly killed. Luther W. Dcmarce,
assistant postmaster nt Shelbyville, an
innocent bystander, was shot three
times and died Instantly. Charles Ju
lian, another bystander, was shot and
died n half hour later, and Captain It,
P. Golden of Parboursville, common
wealth attorney of tho Twenty-seventh
judicial district, was shot in the back
nnd is not expected to survive the
night.
Colonel Colson himself was bliot
twice In the arm. Harry McEwlng of
Louisville was shot in the foot and W.
O. Pldpatch of Chicago sustained a
broken leg by the lifeless form of
Scott, falling against him as It lolled
down the stairway. The tragedy is
one of the most sensational in the his
tory of "the dark and bloody ground."
The killing occurred In the lobby of
the Capital hotel, the principal hos
telry of the stite capital, tho room
being well filled at the time with poli
ticians and others who arc here at
tending the contest for state offices
before the legislature. Colonel Colson
Is In jail tonight charged with murder,
but ho claims self-defense.
Tho witnesses to the affair were
taken so much by surprise when tho
shooting began that most of them
were almost panic-stricken, and there
are many conflicting stories as to
how the light began.
Colonel Colson, who killed Scott and
who Is charged with the killing of
both Dcmarce nnd Julian, and with
shooting Golden, has long been a
prominent figure in Kentucky politics.
II was elected to congress in 1SUU, but
resigned to accept a commission as
colonel of a regiment during the Span
ish war, In which Scott was a lieuten
ant and Golden wns captain of a caval
ry troop, and tho trouble which led to
the tragedy began then.
A feud sprang up between Colson nnd
Scott while the troops were in camp at
Annlston, Ala., and in this it is said by
Colson's friends that Captain Golden
was ti warm partisan of Scott. The
trouble betweeu them at that time cul
minated in n meeting between them In
a restaurant which resulted In Colson
being shot by Scott. The regiment
was bhortly afterwards mustered out
of the service as a result of the feud be
tween the officers and the serious
charges and countercharges which they
had made at Washington against each
other as ofilcers. Since then the parties
had not met until yesterday, and it has
generally been believed that blood
would be spilled s hould they meet, as
both were known to be looking for
each other. C olson was the most widely
known of those who figured in today's
tragedy, but none of the others were
obscure.
JUDGES FOR ALASKA
Hrnate Committee llaa the Hill Under
Consideration.
The senate committee on territories
has considered a bill creating three
judicial districts for Alaska and for a
revision of the laws of the United
States applying to the territory. A
number of Alaska men were present
with the committee and made sugges
tions which they desired to be incor
porated in the law. They wero asked
if there was any sentiment in favor of
dividing tho territory of Mount St.
Ellas, making the southeastern portion
the territory of Seward. The reply
was that the people believed such a di
vision would be necessary at some fut
nro time, tiic judicial uiu war, re-
fcircd to a sub-committee.
May ALandon Imposition.
Directors of the Ohio Centennial
company have announced that unless
5338,000 stock subscriptions aro forth
coming from the public within one
week they will abandon tho project of
celebrating the one bundled th anni
versary of the admission of Ohio Into
the Union In 1U03. Tho directors of
tho enterprlbe have been trying for
nearly a year to raise S."i00,000, which
amount Is necessary before government
and btatc appropriations are available.
Three Hoys Drowned.
Three boys, Ilichurd French, Thomas
O'Urlen nnd Charles Pacho, were
drowned In Gas House pond, Louisville,
By., while playing on the ice.
Wants Farm Statistics.
Director of the Census Merriatn sug
gests to the agriculturists of the coun
try that they use some of their spare
time between now and June next in
thoroughly preparing themselves to
answer promptly and accurately the
fucstlons relative to the ucreagc,quan
Ity and value of crops; the quantity
and value of all farm products, ani
mal and vegetable; the cost of fertiliz
ers and farm labor, and, In fact, all tho
Items of farm operations for the cal
endar year 180P, which the census enu
merators are by law compelled to as
THEY WANT MORE POWER
Interstate Commerce Commission Ap
peals to Concrrst.
The Interstate commerce commission
has made public Its thirteenth annual
report. The feature of the report is
tho strong plea made that congress up
hold the hnnds of the commission by
amendments making tho interstate
commerce law more effective. The re
port says that the commission a year
ago called attention to the fact thnt In
vital espects tho present law has
proved defective and inadequate nnd
that until further legislation Is pro
vided tho best efforts nt regulation
must bo feeble nnd disappointing. Tho
requests of the commission for needful
amendments have been supported by
petitions and memorials from agricul
tural, manufacturing and commercial
interests throughout the country, yet,
says the report, not a lino of tho stat
ute has been changed and none of the
burdensome conditions which call for
relief lias been removed or modified.
Tho existing situation, and tho devel
opments of the past year, It is added,
render more imperative than ever be
fore the necessity for speedy and suit
able legislation. Nine-tenths of fhu
people know that any railroad c i
pany can charge for Its service w .
ever It pleases, without any real powc"
In this commission or any other ti'ib.ia
al or court to limit the amount of such
charge when complaint Is made by tho
aggrieved shipper, and they are su -stantially
of one mind In desiring i j
this and other defects in the statu'!' bo
promptly remedied. Shippers oaer
ally also have been practically unani
mous In favor of a single classification
of freights, one that will bo uniform
for all roads and all sections of the
country and reasonably stable when es
tablished.
FLOODS IN WEST RECEDIN Z
Trains Tied Up, Hut No further Kno n
I. os of Life.
A dispatch from Spokane, Was.i ,
says: Tho floods in the Potlach und
Clearwater rivers aro receding. Tho
wires to Kendrick nnd Juliactta arc
down, hence meagre information comcsi
from there, but enough 'to show that
no further damage lias been do.ie.'
Lcwlston has mall for the first time iiii
three days. All traveling in that -clnlty
Is by wacons. Trains arc every-,
where tied up in the valleys on account
of damage to the roadbeds.
The weather has suddenly turned,
cold In tho vicinity of Tneoma, and the'
waters of the rivers which have been
causing damage by Hoods in the val
ley have gone down. In the mountains,
the streams are all reported to ho
fr07.cn up nnd the meltings of hnow lias
stopped. The Northern Pacific ha
cleared its tracks and fears no moro
trouble.
NOTHING HEARD FROM HIM
Strange Disappearance of Hamilton
Stafford Unexplained.
The strange disappearance of Hamlin
ton Stafford of Cortland from Lin-'
coin on the afternoon of January 3j
still furnishes considerable cause fori
speculation among those most inter-,
ested. Mr. Stafford came to this city:
to transact some business on that day..
He was last seen on the streets, so far
as current knowledge goes, at about
1:30 In the afternoon by Elmer Salis
bury, a young man who worked for
him when he was farming near Ray
mond tvo years ago. Since that time
nothing has been heard from or of hlun
and ho has dropped cpmpletely out of'
sight. The efforts of the friends of
tho family to get trace of him have not
been successful, and Mrs, Stafford says
that she knows no more about him or
his whereabouts now than the day he
disappeared. She suspects foul play.
A BABY ABANDONED
Depot Polite In Omaha Makes a I'lnd or
Hoy Infant.
When Depot Mnstcr Simpson went
on duty nt the union depot in Omaha
he noticed an odd looking bundle
stored away in one corner of tho base
ment. It looked like nn old overcoat
which some one had tied up in a bun
dle and cast aside, but when he picked
up the strange package a plaintive cry
issued forth. He hurriedly investi
gated. After unwrapping several rolls
of clothing the depot master brought
to light an infant a little boy appar
cntly four or five days old. .,
Simpson made known his discovery
to the police and Sergeant Hudson wan
sent to bring tho little stranger to tho
station where he was placed in charge
of Matron Tiedemam During the
morning several persons called and of
fered to give the baby a homo. It was
finally taken in charge by Mrs. Ida.
Paldwin, 1713 California street, who
desires to keep it
The police have no clue whatever as
to who left tho babe in the depot.
Untnna Custom llecelpts.
The war department has given out
for publication a statement for the re
ceipts from customs at the port of
Havana, Cuba, for tho month of De
cember, 1890. The total receipts for
tho month were Si, 108, 180. Attention
is invited to the fact that though there
wero only twenty-six working days in
the month of December, tho total col
lections exceded those In any other
monin oi me past year.
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Korty-IWe Year Sentence. J
A Carbondnle, 111., dispatch says: In
the trial of Frank Davis, charged with
the killing of his wife nnd sixteen year
old girl near Murphyshoro, tho jury
rendered a verdict of guilty and flxcili
tho penalty at forty-five years In tho,
penitentiary. Davis is thirty yenrt
old'
A negro named Anderson Gause waa
found hanging to a limb of a trco near .
Hennlng, Tcnn. It is supposed ho
was lynched for aiding In tho escape
of tho Glnerly brothers, colored, who
recently murdered two ofllcers near
Illpley, Tcnn. I
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