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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 11, 1898)
H f ' . I It III ! I . III ! I II I I . M'COOK TRIBUNE , H • * i * H V. M. K.IMMKM , , l'ubllflhnr. McCOOK , NEBRASKA NEBRASKA. H ' Elm Creek Methodist's have just H dedicated a new church. H Auburn reports the most successful H farmers' institute ever held iu Nemaha H county. | Several cases of scarlet fever are re- ! H ported from Goring , but no fatalities H ' up to date. H 'xne Iowa legislature , in full force , ' M visited Omaha to look over the expo- ; M eition grounds. M 1 Pawnee City proposes to have a telc- H § phone exchange and to that end resi- | 1 dents there are freely subscribing for H 1 Instruments. H § " The north Nebraska teachers will H | hold their spring meeting at Norfolk ; H I the last two days in March , and the H I first day of April. H I Real estate mortgages in Phelps H I county were decreased in 1897. New H 1 mortgages filed amounted to $1GG,587 , H I and the releases amounted to ? 229J H 1 G69.01. H George W. Lidell , Hub Humphrey H and Jack Hud low , who were arrested H charged with violating the linuor law , H | have been bound over to the next term H of the district court. B At Allen inc farmers' institute held H last week was one of the largest held ; B yet in northern Nebraska , and it B awoke much enthusiasm among the B larmers at that locality. B Dr. G. 13. Richards , an old and re- Jl spected citizen of Norfolk , fell dead in HHl his office of apoplexy. He had just J entered with a patient and fell wnile HU * n the act of hanging up his hat. Hi The Norfolk and Grand Island sugar Hlf factories are making more advantage- Hjj | ous contracts for farmers raising Hfi beets than they have made before. It Hffi ' means an increased price for the raw H product | Hfl The B. H. Monroe dwelling'at Fremont - mont , occupie.t uy H. H. Pratt , burned. Hffi The building was insured for $3,300 H | nnd the furniture for $500. The fire f is supposed to have started from the ffij furnace. Hi Robert Ingram of Emerson shlppc 'd' Hfi 0. car of popcorn to Chicago and Joe Hffl Daily a car to Milwaukee. They ex- HBj pect to realize about v-00 per car. Hfi About seventeen acres yield a car of Hif > popcorn. Hi At Imperial the large store building , ' . Hm a stock of furniture and a small stock' H of groceries , owned by G. W. Rogers , ) HH -was totally destroyed by Are. Mr. , Hll Rogers values the property destroyed Hlf at $2,000. Hf JT. . Clark of Columbus left home. H | on the 11th of January with $ S0O on H his person. He has not since been H - heard from and his family and friends H are greatly worried over the disap- H pearance. H Chris Thorns , working for Charles , H Gotts ch , a farmer and cattle feeder , ' HH two miles north of Bennington , had his H left hand cut off between two < Jg H > vheels on a horsepower , which was H running full speed. m . A Mrs. Becker of St. Helena died Bb from an accident last week. She was HBJH milking a cow , which became fright- HK ened and trampled on her , breaking K several ribs and causing internal in- H juries , resulting in death. HH * There is a general discussion along Hr" the line of the Elkhorn road to the HI effect that -he road will be extended Hf from Hastings to Kearney and direct 1 connection made with the Union Pa- Hfj cific at the latter point. BI While sliding down hill Earl Potter HByl and "Will Smith of Madison , both oc- 1 cupying the same sled , ran into a fence HBV1 post , resulting in one of young Potter's HS cars being nearly torn oft and a severe HH shaking up for the Smith boy. fi Prof. Morey has just received the 1 preliminary programs for the Central B Nebraska Educational association H meeting , to be held in Kearney on H March 30 to April 1 , next. The pro- B gram extends over turee days. H Hon. J. Sterling Morton of Nebraska H City has presented to the public ! H schools COO copies of the United States H | Patriotic Almanac , which will be val- H uable to the schools and are highly H appreciated by the board of education. Hj It is stated that the creamery output H * * . - of'Nebraska will be doubled this year , r owing to a arge number of new cream- Hj eries being built and tne growing pop- H ularity of those already in operation. H There is great activity long this line. H | Governor Holcomb has honored a H requisition from the governor of Illi- H nois for the return to that state of H Frank Rice , now under arrest at Wil- H her. Saline county , who is charged H -with burglary committed in Galesburg H last summer. H At a public sale at the farm of P. F. H " Nenow , two miles southeast of Nor- H folk , a large amount of property was H sold and while nine months' time was H offered on all sums in excess of $10 , | H not a single note was given , everything H being paid for in cash. H Adjutant General P. H. Barry has R received notice from several cities and Hl villages that local committees have Hf heen appointed to act in conjunction Hl "with the state Cuban relief comrius- j H I sion. Among those towns which have HI made these local appointments are Hj Grafton and University * Place. HJ The oldest inhabitant fails to recall Hi a winter when the ground in this sec- Hf tion o 'f the state , writes a Beatrice U correspondent , remained covered with H snow for so long a period as it has this H -winter. Winter wheat is said to never H have been in better condition at this B period as at present as a result. V The mayor of Emerson has ordered the marshal to take down all nickel- in-the-slot machines and to strictly enforce - force the ordinance prohibiting poker j playing. H While Sherman Newton , a farmer -who resides six miles southeast of Ixtup City , was loading coal into his K -wagon from the sheds along the BurR - R lington & Milwaukee tracks , his team Hj became frigJitened at the approach of H a freight train. He seized the horses H by the bits , endeavoring to hold them. H but they shook him off and they and H the wagon in which was about 1,000 H pounds of real , passed over him , break- H dug his back. He will die. 1 i - * * " mw * HBBHHBSHRXBBHn3HHHHflBHHIBIfHHBBB9BBBBBBBBnBH RELIEF E0B , CUBAN ? . NEEDS OF ISLANDERS IN THE REMOTE DISTRICTS. Consul Jikcr "WritcH of the .Sltimtlon God anil Chiiriti ! > lu AincrJcuiiM Thank ed for Ki'iileiiihlilnf ; the Kmiity Trc - urlcs I'rcvlous KoportH 'Were Not Ex Our Aid Thiinlcfully Kccclvcd. - WASHINGTON , D. C , Feb. 7. Hon. Charles W. Russell , assista.t United State3 attorney in the department of justice , has just received the following letter acknowledging the receipt of a New York draft mailed to United States Consul Barker at Sagua La Grance , Cuba , whose district of Las V'jgas em braces Santa Clara , the capital of the province of that name ; San Domingo , Remedies and another city in the same province in the eastern part uf the island. In explanation of his estimate of the number of deaths from starvation up to the time of his recent visit , viz. , 200,000 , Mr. Russell says he got that number from the common talk of Cuba. For instance , he asked a Cuban what the insurgents said about accepting the offer of autonomy and the answer was that Spain had put 200,000 corpses be tween her and them , referring evi dently to the reconcentrados. The letter follows : "It is with unfeigned pleasure as well as inexpressible gratitude of your val ued favor of the 19th inst. , transmltt ng $ G8 United States currency , as a dona tion to the Dispensario , a charitable institution , to care for the destitute and sick children of this city contrib uted , as you say , by certain employes of your department. "I must tell you and the other good souls contributing that the remittance was most timely , as their exchequer was empty , and as one remarked when this relief was made known : " 'We had God and only God to look to in order that our treasury be replen ished. To God and thesa charitable Americans are due our thanks. ' "Mrs. S. of Boston has notified me that she has sent to my address a case of condensed milk for the same pur pose , as also for the remnants of fam ilies of reconcentrades in an old ware house , of whom I have hsard. "I assume it was you who called her attention to these poor starving out casts ? " After speaking of the good done by * Mr. Russell's visit to Cuba , the letter proceeds : "Up to date my district has rpceived none of the relief sent by our people , except through your thoughtfulness. "Of course , Consul General Lee hag not nor will he ever , in my humble judgment , have sufficient contributions sent to Havana to share with us so remote and inaccessible to the trans porting of supplies. In view of this contributions like yours , in money will aid in saving thousands who must die without sustenance and medicine immediately furnished. For instance , this remittance from the generous em ployes in your department is better than ten times the sum thirty days hence. "I have certificates signed by the alcaldes of the principal cities and towns in my , Sagua la Grance , zone , showing that my estimate of 50,000 perishing souls was rather under than above the mark. "To my mind and to all Christian people there is but one issue in this Cuban question , viz. . destitution and starvation. The status quo is as when you left , save the destitution and the death rate increases hourly. "I have not the authorities se lected and named a relief committee composed of women , as well as meu , who will distribute all contributions received and render needed relief to ail the destitute. "Say to the generous people of America who have never turned a deaf ear to the cry of distress , whether at home or in a foreign land , to send us food , medicine and clothing for the sick. " Troulrto Anticipated at Yukon. SALT LAKE , Utah , Feb. 7. A special to the Tribune from Butte , Mont. , says : Information received from Leth- bridge , on the Canadian boundary , is the effect that great excitement has has been caused there by ordei's re ceived from the Dominion govern ment that every man of the mounted police hold himself in readiness to proceed to the Yukon on a moment's notice for temporary duty. Superin tendent Dean has received notice to go to McLeod to relieve Major Steele , who was ordered to the Yukon and had left for that place before the ar rival of the second message. Five men were also ordered to the Yukon and left yesterday. The orders which were received by wire by the officers in command of the division are said to be due to the ex istence of serious trouble between the Canadian and United States authori ties in Alaska , relating to the attempts by the Americans to get provisions into the Yukon free of duty , ostensibly for the relief of the distress , but in reality for the sale to the highest bid ders. Prussia Greatly Offended. LONDON , Feb. 7. The Daily Chron icle says this evening it believes that the recent speech of the chancellor of the exchequer at Swansea , when he said the government was determined even at the cost of war. that the door of Chinese commerce should not be shut to Great Britain , greatly offended Russia. Farewell to Schrocder. COLUMBUS , Ohio , * eb. 7. For the last week Right Rev. Mgr. Schroeder has heen conducting a retreat at the Josephinum in this city. The retreat closed today and then a farewell ban quet was given in honor of the dis tinguished prelate by the German Cen tral Verein.igr. . Schroeder will re main in the city until next Thursday and on Wednesday night a reception will be given in his honor by the Catholic clergy of the city. Mgr. Schroeder will leave for Prussia to ac cept a professorship in the university at Munster. ! ' i * c > * . * ' : J * ' = l , . REV. BROWN. ' ' Ho Has a J s CoiiRreKutlon Morning mid ISeciiIng. CHICAGO , Feb. 7. Rev. CO. Brown faced his congregation at the Green Street Congrecational church yester day for the first time since ho made his confession in San Francisco. The little church was. filled at both morn ing and evening services. At the morning service Dr. Brown made no reference to his trip to San Francisco and his sensational state ment before the San Francisco associ ation , the services being conducted as usual and the sermon having no rela tion to the minister's trouble. At the evening service , however. Dr. Brpwn made a lengthy statement , somewhat to the same effect as that he read at San Francisco. Since Dr. Brown's sensational con fession ten , days ago there has been much speculation as to what action the Green street church would take. Following his confession Dr. Brown forwarded a letter of resignation to the church , and also one .to the Chicago cage association. Action on both let ters was deferred , in order to afford Dr. Brown an opportunity for defense. When he returned to this city on Sat urday he stated that he had no defense to make. It was decided that action on the resignation then would be tsken at the trustees' meeting next Wednesday. After the meeting of the trustees it was given out that in all probability the action to be taken on Wednesday night will be in favor of retaining Dr. Brown as pastor , and handing back to him his letter of reservation. On the other hand , however , it is said on the best authority that the Chicago asso ciation will drop Dr. Brown's name from its list , in which event thp Green street church cannot retain him as nastor. unless it formally withdraws from the association. PRESIDENT DOLE. His Visit Over and Ho Start ; on the Ko- tum Trip. WASHINGTON , Feb. 7. President Dole and his party ceased to be the guests of the nation last night at 7:20 , when he started for Buffalo and thus began his return journey for the Ha waiian Islands. The president arrived at the Pennsylvania station but a few minutes before his train was rea "dy to start. He ' went immediately to * the private Pullman car. wiiiui he will oc cupy on his trip to Buffalo. The party was ecorted to the d eec by Assist ant Secretary of State Cridler , Major Heistand of the army , Commander Phillips of the navy and several friends of the president. Minister Hatch and Mrs. Hatch was also pres ent. ent.The The train will arrive in Buffalo to day * r.W.vi Voclrck. . The presi dent wiil i. .main in Euffal. ; until ll:4o when he will leave for Cleveland , where he will ston a few hours in order that Mrs. Dole may meet some of her relatives living there. He will then go directly to St. Louis and will take the Sunset Limited train , leav ing there at 10 o'clock Saturday night. He will arrive in California Tuesday of next week and will spend several days at Riverside , the home of his brother. He will go to San Francisco , where he will be given a banouet by former residents of Honolulu. He ex pects to sail on either the Gaelic or Mariposa , leaving February 22 and 23 respectively. Count of the Treasury Cash. WASHINGTON , Feb. 7. A recount of the treasury cash , which was com pleted last week , disclosed a shortage of $859. The recount , made necessary by the appointment in June last of Mr. Ellis H. Roberts as United States treasurer in place of Mr. D. N. Morgan , was begun on July 1st , and since that time about $797,000,000 in cash has been counted. No errors or shortages of importance were discovered until the treasury committee had begun Avork in silver vault No. 1 , in which there were 103,053,000 standard dollars. Some months ago a colored laborer was arrested and fined for abstracting a number of silver dollars from some of the bags. The man admitted that he had taken 'twenty-eight dollars , for which he had substituted lead. The admission cast suspicion upon the en tire contents of the vault , and a count by handling eacn individual piece was ordered. On September 10 twenty-eight ex pert counters and a force of laborers and verifiers , under Ithe direction of G. C. Bance , assistant cashier , began , the work of counting the contents of this vault. The time employed , therefore , was nearly five months , the counters working eight hours each day. The shortage of $859 will be made good "uy Mr. Morgan , the retiring treasurer. It is probable , however , as has been done in similar cases , that congress will make an appropriation in Mr. Mor gan's favor covering the amount. . Sold Under the Hammer. NEW YORK , Feb. 7 An event of absorbing interest in art circles took place in Chickering hall , when the first half • of the collection of famous paintings gathered by the late Wil liam H. Stewart during his residence in Europe was sold under the hammer. The hall was crowded with eager art lovers and more than the usual quota of dealers. . Seventy pictures were sold and the amount realized was $139- 190. The highest prices were brought by the couples of Fortunyi's. The top figure was $13,000. which was paid for "The Court of Justice , Alahambra , " the purchaser being Harry Paine Whitney. "Arab Fountain" was sold to H. Harrison for $12,000. Vessel i 5 Grounded. PHILADELPHIA , Pa. , Feb. I. The Americeiliae steamer Pennland , which sailed from this city for Liverpool with a general cargo , valued at $150,000 , ran aground late yesterday in the shoals below Chester. At high water today she was still hard and fast. Two of Ithe city ice 'boats attempted to- move her this afternoon without success. Her position is not dangerous and should she fail to float at" midnight it is thought it will be necessary to en lighten her. ' " TEEASURY IS EMPTY. FINANCIAL WEAKNESS OF CRA- BLE'S COMPANIES. Many TciiiiHylvanUins Said to Hnvo Keen Cnufcht In the Wreck Attachment. * Arc iHMicd Upon Stock Held In that Statea Collateral for Money Advunccd. Nothing to l'ay "With. PHILADELPHIA , Feb. 5. The In quirer , will say tomorrow that the Interstate Irrigation Canal and Land company , one of the enterpries of Francis C. Grable , has announced to its creditors that it has not a dollar lar in its treasury with which to pay the notes. It follows with a state ment from the treasurer of the com pany , George B. Luper , who is also second vice president of the Security Trust and Life Insurance company of this city. Mr. Luper said he could not tell what would be done , that as treasurer he was not director , that he had been elected treasurer last July , he had never been present at a meeting of the company.thaf he did not know whether an extension of time would be granted or not and that ho could not tell whether there would be im mediate application for the appooint- ment of a receiver or not. The capital stock of the corporation he knew was about $1,000,000 , but only $300,000 of the stock had been issued. This had been issued mainly to Grable for 8,000 acres of land , in cluding 2,200 town lots , the property lying in and around Edgemont , a town of 1,200 people , whose name also appears in the title of another of Grable's ventures , the Edgemont and Union Hill Smelting company. The Interstate company is a New Jersey corporation. The Inquirer article continues : "The attachment issued by George A. Fletcher of Mitchell , & Co. against Grable , with service on the Corn Ex change National bank , J. Wesley Sup ple and John H. Graham as garni shees led to the information that some of these parties hold large amounts of the stock of the Inter state Irrigation Canal and Land com pany and of the Edgemont and Union Hill Smelting company as collateral , which it is thought by the attaching creditors might be more than suffi cient to pay the claims of these hold ers. The holders of the collateral , however , say there will be disappoint ment in this respect. "John H. Graham holds notes of Grable , and of other people who took payment for Grable's stocks with notes assigned to Mr. Graham , to the amount of nearly $87,000. He holds stock of Grable's companies to the amount of $36,500 as collateral on his account , and as much more on the account of others. "George H. Fletcher's attachment is for $25,000. His partner , Samuel H. Mitchell , was in Grable's ventures to the extent of $7,000 , and holds enough stock as collateral to keep him nsarly whole. "David H. Jones , one of the direct ors , of the Edgemont and Union Hill Smelting company , treasurer of the Carriage Cycle company and heater and range dealer , was interested to the amount of $20,000. Wclstencroft & Sons , gun wadding , cf Frankford , who recently assigned to their father , held Grable's paper to the amount of $35 , - 000 , and this was said to be what led to their failure. Crater & Sons of Easton , Pa. , were iu it to the extent of $25,000. "Mr. Luper named as some of the directors of the Interstate comiiany. A. L. Sharrock oi Edgemont , M. L. Parrotte of Omaha , H. A. Goddard , editor of the Edgemont Express , and a man named Sterner of Jersey City. The president , he said , was a General Middleton cf New York. The work that has been docie on the canals must have cost a great part of the $300,000 issued in stock to raise money for the enterprise. Mr. Grable was paid to manage the work on the prop erty. "Among the notes that have found their way into the hands of Mr. Gia- ham , garnishee in one of the attach ments , are a lot of C. B. Harris , one of Grable's managers , and men named Vroomer , Dewart. Zeubriskie. an offi cer in a New York bank , a Mi * . Story of Philadelphia. Messrs. Jenkins , Mar shall and Short of New York , and a let of other people all around the country. On notes of this kind , dis counted for Grable by Mr. Graham to the extent of $30,000 , Grable paid $11- 000. Mr. Graham is hunting for a bal ance of about $75.000. ' Inquiring Into the Colored Question. WASHINGTON. Feb. 5. The senate yesterday received from the attorney general a reply to the resolution re questing info mation as to whether the records of the department show that in Louisiana there have been recent violations of the constitution of the United States by the exclusion from service on jury service in courts duly qualified citizens on account of color , and if so what action has been taken or is in contemplation. In response Attorney General Griggs sends a copy of a protest o Louisiana citizens against violations of the con stitution by the acting circuit judge and the district attorney of the United States for the eastern district of the United States. The 'protest has been forwarded by the department to the judge and at torney named , but no reply had yet been received. Potter Palmer is to build a mansion at Newport mre palatial and luxurious than any other. T.cffc Directionr. for His J/unrral. SAVANNAH , Ga. , Feb. 5. E. L. Patton , jr. , committed suicide last night by taking laudanum. He left a note to his parents , who live in Colum bus. S. C , defending his act and de nying that it was a last resort. He had twice tried to kill himself before. His letters named those he wished to act as pallbearers and indicated the exact spot where he wished to be interred. He was a member of the Volunteer Guards battalion and left a written re quest for the guards quartet , which he had organized , to sing at his grave. I ' " DIDN'T GET SERVICE. Woman KrlngH Suit Agalnnt Millionaire .Mitfiufaetnrcr. , CHICAGO , Feb. , 5. A suit for $1. 0 , - 000 against John H. Hanan , t o mil lionaire shoe manufacturer of Brook lyn , in which the plaintiff is a woman has been begun in the superior court in this city. The suit was begun Wednesday , but was suppressed in or der that service might be had on the defendant , who lives in Brooklyn , hut who was in Chicago during the pres ent week on business. The plaintiff Is Mrs. B. M. Dutton of this city , form erly a resident of Brooklyn , where she knew , the shoe manufacturer. Hanan was in Chicago last Monday. He did not register , and although the hotel was besieged by men who were sent to watch his movements , he succeeded in getting out of the city Tuesday. Mr. Hanan on that day went to St. Louis and from there has since returned to Brooklyn without being served by a summons in Mrs. Dutton's suit. The attorney for the Chicago plaintiff has now given up hope of securing service , as he says he has information that Mr. Hanan will soon sail from New York to Europe on a business trip. The .attorney for Mrs. Dutton said today that the suit of his client grows out of events which occurred previous to Mr. Hanan's meeting with Mrs. Smith , now Mrs. Thompson , against whom the shoe manufacturer began suit about two weeks ago at Newport , R. I. , for the recovery of about $150 , - 000 worth of real estate and jewelry which he had given her. The suit was compromised just before Mr. Hanan's visit to , Chicago. Mrs. Dutton's attor ney refused to say what the relations were between his client and the defend , ant. ant.WAE WAE AMONG MILLERS. MANUFACTURERS ARE HAVING TROUBLE. Ulr. I'illsJmry Fathering a Hill in Congress That Js Creating a Heap of Hard Talis If It fines Through It. Cleans a Tux on All Adulterated Flour StuJTti , and There's the liub. Itiisiness Trouble's. CHICAGO , 111. , Feb. 5. The Post to day says : Two gigantic rival milling companies , involving all the mill own ers in the central , western and north western states , are engaged in a bitter war. The adulteration of flour is the basis of attack and counter movement. One faction includes the Pillsburys , the powerful northwestern millers. The other side embraces ti big mak ers of corn flour , with the Decatur Cereal Mill company and the Shella- barger Mill and Elevator company in the van. The latter seek to defeat a bill intro duced in congress , it is claimed in uie interest of the northwestern mill com bine. The bill before congress pro vides that adulterated flour bread shall be wiped out by penalty , and that a tax for internal revenue shall be placed on blended flour of wheat and corn. corn.For For several days the agents of the newlv termed combine between the corn flour millers nave been gathering signatures to a petition on the board of trade , paying congress to throttle the bill which was recently introduced in the senate. This petition to con gress recites that the bill was framed in the interests of the northwestern millers , and that it would work incal culable harm to all the farmers of the great corn belt. This struggle comes at a time when the agitation against the adulteration of flour and "black bread" is at its heig' To make matters more in- teresmig Joseph Leiter is made the object of criticism by the representa tive millers journal , the Weekly Northwestern Miller , for the part he plays in controlling the supply of wheat. But interest nor/ centers in the srife between the rival milling interests. R. E. Pratt , owner of the Decatur Cereal Mill company , is the leader of the forces wh'ch propose to fight the new deal. The president makes no secret of the campaign which he and millers who have banded with him are making. Indeed , he does not deny that there is a newly formed "Northwestern Millers. " B. A. Eckhart of Chicago , a whole sale flour dealer , is preparing to send a representative to Washington to lobby for the bill and then it is ex pected the fight will become bitter. Mr. Pratt says that as soon as it ap pears that the bill is coming up either in the senate or the house for passage a large lobby of corn flour millers will go to Washington. The north western people meanwhile will have a fighting force in the field. Grable' - liar.k Closes Its Doors. CRAWFORD , Neb. , Feb. 5. The state bank of Crawford did not open its doors yesterday. C. J. Grable , the cashier , is in the east. A. E. Hobson. assistant cashier , will say nothing of the bank further than that owing to the facts to hand concerning the fail ure cf Francis C. Grable. its president , coupled with the fact that the cur rency which was exnected this morn ing did not arrive from tl e east , he thought it better net to attempt to run through the day. Hobson says the bank will pay out depositors and all liabilities in full. This haul ; has been conducted on a conservative , safe and paying basis and it is generally con ceded by local creditors that its pa per and assests are gilt edged. Its as sets are about $40,000 and liabilities , outside of stock , about $20,000. The Maine "Will lie Keealled. WASHINGTON , D. C , Feb. 5. The battleship Maine will be relieved from her situation in Havana in the course of a few days. It was not the purpose of the navy department to keep the ship there for any length of time when she was ordered across the strait , and it is felt the ship's crew must feel uncomfortable lying in the harbor o < Havana. The Marblehead and Detroit , which . are better adapted to comfortable ; existence in such a climate , will prob. ' ably be sent to relieve the latter. ' I i CANADA. * _ _ i thC 1 What U Now GoK'K ' on In nonunion. , " ' f I A Cincinnati Klondike party passed. j 1 through Winnipeg. Manitoba , a few t j days since , on their way to the gold. , j > Held/ : . Two or three ladlea accompa"l f nied them , and as they passed through- , the streets of that Western Canadian j city , they were the objects of considerable - - , able- attention , in their costumes of , I leather leggings and buckskin cults , , m i , I the same as were worn by the gentlemen - I men of the party. I A new route to the Klondike Is said' to have been discovered by way of I Prince Albert , in the western territories. . of Canada. It will bo a competitor to the Edmonton routo. * I The demand for good train dogs Is- keeping up at Battlcford , In Western. Canada. Between the police , tho- northwest government and Mr. P. K , * Lindsay of Victoria , B. C , every available - t able dog of the requisite quality has ; found ready sale , and everywhere you H can see some of the poor brutes getting - H ting the worst of it in the efforts off H the owners to train them with the ex . pectation of sale. ' H ( Custom returns for the past sis : < months , ending December 31 , show aa V fl increase in the total trade of over H $25,000,000. , The City of Toronto asks from tho- H street railway company 10 per cent of H the gross revenue of the company for M the past year. As the revenue was M over $1,000,000 , the city will receive avery - , H very fair rental. H The Fairplay creamery , of Pilot M Mound , has wound up its season's operations - M erations by the shipment of " ,000 M pounds of butter in December. M J. A. Kinsella , superintendent of gov- M eminent creameries , has sold to a Winnipeg - , M nipeg and Vancouver produce company j H 100,000 pounds of northwest butter , . i H the price being in the neighborhood. | of $20,000. The butter will be dis- M tributcd between the coast cities and H the Kootenay. This firm made sev- H cral large shipments to the Klondike H last season. H F. A. D. Bourkc of Battleford , recently - H ly sold a butcher there a fat cow that H dressed 1,005 pounds. She beat the H previous record of that district by 100- H pounds. ( H The Klondike fever will give a special - - H cial impetus to horse breeding on the H foothill ranches. Their present stock H for sale will be all taken up at good ' H figures for transport by the Edmonton. HH Alex. Wood , Souris , lately sold a five H months' old calf which weighed , when > . H dressed , -100 pounds. This shows what H can be done in the way of fattening [ H cattle when it is given proper atten- ) H H HH The only herd of bulTalo in Western. , H Canada today are those in the neigh- t H horhocd of Winnipeg , the property of" ' H Lord Strathcona and those iir i H the neighborhood of Mount Royal. ' H They are about to be removed to tho- H National Park at BanfT , in the Rocky H Mountains. The removal of these hugo H animals a distance of over a thousand' H miles by rail is an immense undertak- j H ing , and as these animals are not altogether - H gether tame , it will be attended with. H more or less danger. ' H "Mrs. Strucket affects the antique in \f \ H her house decorations " "Yes , she- [ H told me the other day she was heart- ' * j H broken because she couldn't set the- H shades of her ancestors for her parlor * H windows. " Truth. | { i H MEDILL AND MUD. 'i H The Old War-IJ ro or .Journalism His A' H covers the Virtue of : t ? < mv K , H r lcil > clna3 Variety. ( | ' , H There are only a few of tbem le t. , [ " > H Siuco Chns. A. Dana's death , ' 'Jog" Me- i ' H dill , tbo old -vvnr.ho. ao cf the Cliicsigo | H Tribune , is the chief surviving roproseutii- M tivo of the old tciioo ! of virile , aggrc--sivo M editorial giants. M To luive mud thrown at thcai was part J < M of the profession at all time- , but to Jiud H health in mud is rather a modern innova- H tiou. That is what "Joo" Mcdill lias , been , ' ' H doing of late , and he feels that if his old i H friend Dana bad found The * auo source ot ' M vitality in time he might fcc abiding with ! H us still. \ H Mr. Medill is mi investigator and when j [ i H the stories of the miraculous -Mngno-MtidL } ' H at Indiana Mineral Springs began to spread % ' H over the country , the great editor became t&f ( H interested and eventually decided to try v , fl this mysterious substan-o oa his own rhcu- j ! ) ' H matic limbs , and weigh its value. Ho was- \ * ' j H accompanied by bis private physician , Dr. i | ' H loros Sarkisian , a voung Armenian sci- I M entist of high attainments. The great od- ' H ltor was mud-munimiKcd dailv for severaL ' „ H weeks and gained visibly in weight.strem'th. I j H and vitality. The chief evidence ot" his " re- I H euperation was a series of editorial sledge- H hammer blows , which made the opposition H tremble. M Tbo • final result of the experiment was ' H nn unqualified mic-cps * . "Joe" Jiedil ! went H back to Chicago in .September , and wrote | an editorial about Mugno-Mud with his j Hewn own hand. Xest , lie sent his son-in-law. I H It. S. McCormicfc , dov.n for a little of tbo ' | mud-treatmeur. In November he went H down again , and since the new bath houo M is completed be expects to be a. regular | vi-itor lour times a vtar. t H This mud-treatniont in which Mr. Modill M found to much virtue , is pecviliar , yet log- } - | ical. After all. ever } form of life springs- H from the earth , whii-h is the great deitrov- j H er andassimilator of dead and cileto mnV } M ter. All life is fed at the breast of Mother I H Earth. At the Indiana Mineral Spring * is- j | | a beautiful little natural amphitheairc- * { M slopes being grown with magnificent oaks. i M At the foot of the converging hiiK a bi c l l Lithia spring gushes forth at the rale > C 1 : { .003 barrels a day and Hoods the soil , j H which consists of a rich.black porous loanv ' 1 fed by the deciduous foliage of the oalc | trees This peculiar soil saturated with | ' M mineral salts for ages , is as soluble : is | H sugar , and being devoid of clav is not ' H sticky in the least. It is no : , thorcfore , in , H any sense related to the conventional mud j M of the road-way. of the Chicago street or 1 fl to the variety which cling * to vour heel" . j | The mud is applied to the patient on a. | cot. tue subject being entirely encased in7 j H the substance , steamed ton proper temper- " ' H atr.re. It then acts as a poultice , stiinu- H latcs the skin , superficial blood vessi > Ls and 1 nerve * , opens the pores and lithiates the- H blood , dissolving nil uric acid deposits. r f H Robing can be simpler or more rational ( ' l l Mr. Jledill at the time of his last vu-it • H shared the benefits of the Magno-Mnd Cure- • H with several other shining lights- from * ' M Chicago. His professional colleague , Wm H Penn .Mson late of the Inter-Ocean - - M , no Collector of the Port of Chicago is another- M mud-devotee. So is Er-Gov. John P Alt- H geld which shows that mud is more ' \ M - pow- erful than politics , because it unites iu • * H common purpose two men , who are. nolit- 1 H ica ly not exactly bed-fellows. ' H t