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THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS = JOURNAL , , NOKOUXKUHASK | { \ DKOIMUKI ! i ) I1HH HAD A WILD TIME ON THE FLOOR IN NEW YORK TODAY. STOCKS ALL TUMBLED DOWN Boston Sent In a Heavy Selling Order on Amalgamated Copper and the Whole Support Soon Dropped Out , There Was Simply Nothing to It. Now York , Dec. 8. There was n i > \vlld panic today on the stock exchange - change , the fluel nations being violent and Including drops of 9 % points In amalgamated copper ; 1194 In Colora do fuel ; 5V6 In U S. steel and other stocks , following tb > repot t that Bos ton had sent In 1 o/j selling orders of amalgamated ty d also that the leading wire or % vi hous es wore on the shoit su 'A As the stocks tumbled , p- Q'.J ) the floor and the stocks wore . . < ; % eel without heed to the pi Ices i. ' would biliig , and all snppoit was with drawn. Violent Slump In Stocks. New YorkDoc. . 8 The violent lump In the stock maiket came upon the sanguine speculative element Ilka a holt fiom the blue sky. The slump took on tairly panlckv proportions at times The shaip losses which were Buffered gave bpiill to some of the nssei lions that combinations had been formed to raid the market and that some of the advertised attacks on spe cial properties for the last few days really represented a deeply laid plot which had the backing of great capi talists. WRECK IN IOWA. Two Men of the Train Crew Fatally Scalded Today. Trenton , Mo. , Dec. 8. Rock Island passenger train No. 12 , between Kan sas City and Chicago , was w locked today by running into giavol cais at n switch near Clio , Iowa. Engineer M. S. Shearwood and Fireman F J. LewIs - Is , both of Tientcm , wore piobably fa tally scalded. The engine and mall cars weio turned ovoi and the bag gage and smoking cais cloiailed. PARISIAN SUICIDES. Struck the Minister of War and Then Ended His Life. - Pails , Doc. 8. Syveton , the deputy whose action in striking the war mln- isted led to the minister's resigna tion , was founjl dead this afternoon , having been abph.vxiated. SENATE ADJOURNS TILL MONDAY Chances are Against the Pure Food Bill's Passage. Washington , Dec. 8. In the senate today an attempt to secure the con- sideiatlon of the puie food bill was prevented and the objections indicate that It will not pass. The senate ad join ned tilll next Monday. PIONEER RESIDENT OF PIERCE COUNTY SUCCUMBS. THOUGHT HE FELL FROM WAGON In a Field , All Alone , With His Feet Entangled in the Reins and His Face Gashed , the Much Respected Citizen of 25 Years , is Found. Plorce , Nob. , Doc. 8. Special to The News : Welcome Davidson , aged sixty-five years and for twenty-five ycais a resident ot Pieice county , was found dead In a field three miles north east of Foster josterday afternoon , with a gash In his face. His feet were entangled in the lines and bis horses Were caught in a barbed vviie fence. Foster , Neb , Dec. 8. Special to The News : Welcome Davidson , the old man who was found dead near here yesterday , came to his death , it is thought , from heait failure. That was the verdict of the coroner today. Ho was driving a wagon , nnd Is thought to have dropped off. His left hand was over his heart , his right hand cbinched. A'gash In his fore head Is thought to huvc resulted from the fall to the eatth. He was n fine old man , and had always been much respected. The funeral will likely bo tomorrow. North Platte Irrigation Project. Cheyenne , Dec. 8. The Interior de partment at Washington has filed ap plication with the engineer of Wyom Ing for water rights for lands lying along the Notth Platte river In this etate , aggregating 545.593 acres , to be reclaimed under the national Irriga tion act , and called the Pathfinder project. The state engineer esti mates that about 300,000 acres will make profitable farming lands , which TV ill bo reclaimed under five canal systems. The Interior department has advertised for bids for the con struction of the dams and reservoirs which , in addition to storing water for the above projects , will reclaim about 250,000 acres of land In No braska. r TAX LAW HELD INVALID Mlckey-Ager Bill Knocked Out by Ne braska Supreme Court. Lincoln , Dec S. In a decision written by Chief Jtibtlco Holcomb In the case of the City of lleatrlco against Wilghl. comity tioasnrer of Gage count ) , the Mlckey-Ager tax law la declaied unconstitutional. County Troasmer Wilghl bought to enforce tlio law agaln'bt ceitaln city propei ly In Reatiico , and the city re- Mstod and attacked the constitution- nllty of the law Its contention was upheld. In rcfoiilng to the constitu tionality of the law , Justice Holcomb says1 "Tho result Is the releasing of propeity from taxes which are justly chargeable against It and to permit the owner to commute the taxes as thus assessed by the pay ment of a less sum than that which Is due to those whoso benefit they were levied " Mrs. Braemann Dies From Woundt. Rochester , Ind. , Dec. 8. Mrs Mar tha nraemann died from the gunshot rounds Inlllcted by Wilson Rums when he killed his wife and Joseph , Crlpo. She was seventy-four years old Mrs Rraemann was s'ttlng ' op posite Mrs Rm us at the supper table and beside Gripe when the two were killed. _ Lew Spencer , Minstrel , Drops Dead. Chicago Dec S "Low" Spencer , known piomlnently In the mlnstrol ft01 Id foi the last twenty > eaia , nnd formetlv an associate of the late "Hlllv RUe , chopped dead here Ileait di < - < i e Is bilievid to have been the i ause of death MUST GO TO IOWA TO STAND TRIAL FOR POLLOCK ROBBERY. WARRANT IG HELD SUFFICIENT Supreme Court of Nebraska Hands Down Decision Affirming Lower Court Governor Mickey Had Right to Honor Iowa Requisition. Lincoln , Dec. 8. In a decision handed down last evening the su preme court rules that Thomas Dennl son of Omaha is subject to extradition by the authorities ol the state of Iowa to stand trial on the charge of com plicity with Frank Shcicliffc In the Pollock diamond robbery. The su preme court affirms the decree of the district court of Douglas county , which held the Iowa extradition hon ored by Governor Mickey to bo regu lar and without blemish. Together with the decision lb the mandate of the court empowoiing the proper of ficers of Iowa to arrest Dennison Justice Sedswlok , who vviote the opinion , bays th ? evidence upon the healing In the district couit. before which Dennison brought habeas corpus proceedings , is conceded to bo competent , and that tlio honoring of the requisition by Govcinor Mickey was legal. Big Cargo of Grain to Gulf. Omaha , Dec. 8 It Is estimated that not less than 800 cars of gialn will be shipped from Omaha to the gulf for export. The exact amount , It Is believed , will exceed those figures. The corn will be shipped from Galveston - veston and New Orleans. Some diffi culty Is being experienced in seeming cars , as the grain will be ready for mmediate shipment. The Missoutl Pacific will secmo neatly iJOO cars and the remainder will he divided jetween the Buillngton and the Rock 'eland Some of the grain will bo gent through without trans' - , but much of the corn will have to be transferred from the -Union Pacific and the Noithwestern , and those are the shipments which are Inconveni encing the southern canlers. All the cars that can be forwarded here have been asked for and are being rushed to the Omaha terminals. Boy Sees World Upside Down. Sioux City. Dec. 8. The world ap pears upside down to Paul Taylor , aged eight , of Lakevlow , la. When he sees things ho sees them standing on the wrong end. Ho writes from right to left and makes letters upside down. The boy Is in good health and seems to suffer no Inconvenience from his strange condition The case of the lad Is being discussed among members of the medical profession. "By constant training , " said Dr. George Park , "his condition can bo cured just as by training a left banded person can learn to write right handed " Evangelist Charged With Forgery. Hiawatha , Kan. , Dec. 8. A. A. Ar thur , aged Bcventone years , who ba made his home here since last Sep tember , representing himself as a retired - tired preacher and evangelist , was ar rested here by a St. Louis detective on the charge of forging a check for $10.000 at Paris. Tex Later Arthur admitted his guilt and agreed to return turn to Texas without a requisition The detective who arrested him said A i thin is a well known foiVer and Is wanted in several states Ho served a gent * nee In the Iowa state penitan- tiar > Arthur Is sis feet tall , weighs 200 pounds and hni white hair and teard. giving him the appearance ot t clergyman , MAN ALLEGED TO HAVE STOLEN STANTON TEAM , CAUGHT. WAS FOUND NEAR RANDOLPH Sheriff King Overtook the Fellow Traveling at an Easy Jog County Attorney Is Out of Town Today , and Will Return Later. Stanton , Neb , Doc. 8. Special to The News : Shorllt King rotnrnod at S.0 ; ! o'clock last night fiom Randolph , with the man who is thought to have stolen the team and wagon from Hen- Matthos. The alleged thief was captutod olovcn miles northeast of Randolph. The man Is a stranger hoio anil refused - fused to give his name. The team Is being dil\on homo at easy jogs The county allot noy Is at ptosent out ot town , ninl will riot ho at homo milII the last of the week , so that until ( hat time the pilsonor will bu hold. " DEFENSE HAS All INNING Democrats Intioduce Witnesses In Denver Election Cnseo. Denvei , Dec. , b.- The delenso lilt I o- timed witnesses ! In the election cases now being hoard b > United States Commi ionor Capion. The tiond of the ti stlmony was that legal voters we 10 not Interlcied with , but thai a largo number of pi'isons who insisted upon voting , but bud not the right to do so , weie ejected trom the polling place whoie the election otllclals on tilal served. The witnesses also laid that other poisons who com plained of being kept out of the loom weio paitj w01 hers who had no light Insldo the 100-foot limit. Attorney E. F. Rlchaidson of this city iccelvod word that Judge San- born , sitting In the United States court of appeals In St. Paul , had re fused to assume juiisdictlon in the ca e of Doud ot al , Denver election ofllclals , who have been sentenced to the conntj jail for contempt ot the supreme court of this state. Doud and the otheis woio chaigod with dl - rcgaiding the oidoib of the supreme couit concerning the conduct of the icceiit election and weie lined and sentenced to jail Application was made to the United States couit to Intel veue on the gioiind that the sn promo couit v as without Jurisdiction to appoint watchers to supervise elec tlons in Denver Tlio ease was HO for healing In St. Louis on Dec. 10 but Judge S.inborn decided not to as suivie juiiMliction Thought of ap pealing to the United States siipiome conit In behalf of the convicted Demo- cratb has piactically boon abandoned , it is said , because of the tact that the cases could not be reached on the docket of that couit In less than two years' time. " ' BILL OF LADING HEARING Evidence That Any Additional Freight Rates WouH Fall on Consumer. Chicago Due b The heating of the question of the lailio.idb placing In operation a new 'nniloim bill of lading , " against which thousands of shippeis aie complaining , has boon continued until next Thuisda > , Doc. 15. at WiibhiiiKtun. bi iftombera of the Interstate commeico coinmibslon. The continuation was announced after three d.ivs of sensational tcbtl- inony , tilts between counsel toi the opposing sides and pertinent lemaika by memborb ot the commission. When the hearing is resumed it Is said that the lallioad companies against which the Investigation Is di rected will Intioduco rebuttal testi mony In an endeavor to piovo that there N no desire on thoii part to Im pose the so called 20 per cent in crease under the common law liability service of the common carrier Mean time Commissioners Prouty and Flfer will icniain in Chicago and hear testi mony In connection with the protest of the Texas cattle raisers against the rates charged them in shipping live stock. Another development of the hear ing wab that the lumber dealers with in the otllclal classification territory Intend to carry the fight against high rat OK for freightage much farther than the scope of the investigation now being considered by the commis sion. One of the most important points biought out at the hearing was that If the 20 per cent Increase , the car rier assuming the responsibility for damages , was put In .force by the rail roads it would eventually fall back on the consumer to pay the Increase , he being called upon to pay an equal ad vance for food or material purchased. Commissioner Clements suggested to the attoinoys for the railroads that the > make an effort to have the railroads eliminate the enforcement of the 20 per cent proposition and have the words "not negotiable" loft off tin- bills of lading until sbme future time to bo decided upon. He argued that the heailng ma > not bo concluded on Doc. 15 , and In this event the railroads should waive the enforcement of these two propositions at least until the hearing IB conclud ed. The attorneys said they would en deavor to bring about these conditions TO GUT REPRESENTATION Platt Introduces Dill Dealing With Dlsfranchlsement of Negroes. Washington , Dec. 8 Tliu aotiato reached u decision to votu on the Philippine civil government bill , pro viding for the construction of rail- ra.uls In the Inland , on the 16th Intl. , anil In aililltlon transacted consldor- ublo other unslnoHs. I'lntt ( N. Y. ) ctoatod Bomethlnij of a stir by IntiodueliiK a bill providing for a reduction of coiiKrcnalonnl rep resentation of tbu southern states on the ground thut many of tlio cltlienn of those slates are deprived of tholr rlcht to vole , and Scott itlmiKeil tlio acnate Into an eJtceptlor.r. lively do- j te by attempting to scenic tlio pas- BHRC of the bill giantlng penslona to : h tologtaph opeiatora ot tlio civil wnr. A laigo nnnibor of bills ami lolnt resolutions were Introduced and many petitions \\eie patented The dlsciibslon of tin1 ( line for voting on the Plillliplne | lilll brought out Ihn fact Hint iheie Is a Konoial under standing Unit the niilslmas holiday reresa will begin on the 11th Inst. Tlio slceilng rotninlltee fr.itnoil the nrdor of business for the spnato until the hnlldiiy icress Pour matters wITT he Riven attention In this peilod Thev aie the I'hlllpplno bill state hood legislation , the nomination of William n riinn to bo collector of the poil or Clini lesion , S. C. . and the question of Illlliu UK ancles on sonalo committees. Issue Warrants for Dankcrs. Buffalo. Doc S.Viuiants charging I'vand laicenv , second deqreo liavo been gianted against foimer Prosi- ( lent En nrv , ( "ashler Paul Werner nnd Assistant Cashlor William P. LuododiR of the Geiinan bank , which wn < rinsed liv the state banking do uaitmcnt RPveial days ago KAPS REPORTS DAMAGES TO VES SELS AT PORT ARTHUR. FIRING CONTINUES BY THE JAPS Today They are Aiming Paitlcularly at the Pnllndn , Bayan and Sevasto pol Pobleda , Percsvlet and Retvl- sail Badly Damaged , Toldo , Doe S , P > p m A lopoit 10- cehed today fiom Kaps , comni.iiidur ot the'naval land battc'iy at Poll Ar thur savH that the UnsKlaii waishlps Pobleda , Peiosvlot , Rotvls.m and the ciiiisei Pallada ba\o been soilously damaged and that the Japanese today nti' aiming paitieitlailj at the Pallada , Haynn and the battleship Sovastapol. Battleship Peresvlet Sunk. London , IX-c 8. A topoit from Th-ii Tbln stateb that the Japanusa shell Hie at Poit Aithiir bank the Kus- bian battleship Pcu'bviet. but no fur- thci no\\s concealing the foi tress has reached Ixindon. The Dail ) Telegraph's cot respond- rut in liotit of Poit Aithnr. cabling imdor d.ito of Dec 7 , ba > s that the Russians ceased their attempts to re- captnie 20Ii motor hill on Dec. 0 In an uncompleted account of the fightIng - Ing that piecedod the captnie of the hill , the bamo coriespondent applauds the magnificent defoiibe the Russians made and the clever handling of the defensive fences afialnst the repeated Japanese "feints and enveloping move ments en masse In connection with the story from St. Petersburg regarding negotiations with Turkey for the purchase of Ar gentina and Chilean cruisers , a curi ous feature Is the fact that the Otto man embassy In London received an official statement declaring that there was no foundation for rtimois that Turkey was purchasing or IntetuTTng to purchase Argentina men of-war , "either for her own use or for the use of any other power. " St. Petersburg Is Depressed. Bt. Petersburg , Dec. 8. Foreign telgrams received here stating that the Japanese have succeeded In mounting heavy guns on 203 motor hill are regarded as seriously signifi cant and have created a deep depres- Blon at the war olllce. If the reports of the sinking of the Russian warships In the harbor of Port Arthur are con firmed It destroys the last hope of a sortie , and when the end comes noth ing remains lint to sink those that remain In deep water to prevent them falling Into the hands of the enemy The war office Is unable to Identify Akasaka hill. Evidently It Is a Japanese - neso name. The importance ) of 203- meter hill to the garrison Is evi denced by General Stoessel's desper ate pfforts to recaptiirp It Orders have been Issued for the mobilization of the Second Volga regi ment and the Terek Cossacks. Hrout Calls Conference. Lincoln Dec 8 Attorney General Front pent out a request to the coun ty attornovs of the state to meet him In Lincoln next Wednesday to formu late n plan to oppose the Injunction proceedings instituted by railroad companies to prevent the collection of their taxes Attorney General Prout desires a free discussion among the county attorneys of the counties affected and will do nothing In the matter until after the conference. FIFTEEN MINERS KILLED IN WIS CONSIN. WORK OF RESCUE INTERRUPTED Without Warning Fire Damp Explodes and Engulf * a Number of Workmen In the Debris Bodies Terribly Burned and Mangled. nmnelt , WlH. , Dee. 8 An a tcHull of the toiilllo explosion In the llur- nc'tto eoal mine \shleh occuned with out a moment's winning , at leant Hovon HVPH were loot , Hoveial of the vk'tlniH being binned to death. At the Intent nceonntH the list of dead bun reached llftoen. Searching partloH recovoied eight bodloH that woio badly burned and mangled. II IH known ( hat at leant four other tnlneiH are In the Hhaft , but IH deemed utiHiit'o to continue I ho wotk of urn- euo. euo.It It IH bnlloved that IIn > damp wax lespoiiHlblo for the explosion. Just liefoio the explosion foitymon \\eio working In I bo mlno , HOIIIO of whom aHoomlod mifolv to thn Hiii'faco. Two workmen \\lio \\eio loRoitod wnro badly Injuiod but It IH believed limy \\lll roco\or. Fatal Fire at Elk Run. Dubolb , Pa , Due. 8. A child , three ) cilia old , was limned to death and El\ people weie h < ilounly buinod. two of uliom will iln. In a Ilio at Hlk Knii 'I lie building which \\IIH I ] u mod \\iis occupied bv nix Italian lamlllcs , unmix ting In all thlitv | ieopli > The mi'ii In Hie ImiibO , who woio mlnorn , liad a hog ot powder In the building , which In aoino way was exploded , tcailng the ioof off the building and convening the house Inlo a loarlng fin mice When ifie explosion OK in i oil the occupants hue time panic Blilckun. In I lie iiish dowiiBtalis they tuimplod over each olhei and fought dospoiato- ly In their oft oils to teach the doom. Two men weio talally bin nod and two men and one woman woio doilous- ly binned Big Gun Lets Go , Newpoit , R. 1. , Dec 8 Lleulonant Colonel J U Wlllard of tlio United States onglnoci cot pa and Lieutenant Colonel Kiank W. Rawlston of tlio United States coast uitlllery wore In- juied by the picmatino explosion of a ton Inch gun at Foi \VotU.oiell t , . , a r Jnnti'stou i ) , which guards Newport' harbor and the cntiauco to Narragun- sott bay. Hotli ollkeiB had their eye sight and hearing affected and faces cut The oxplOKlon blow the paiapet away , lifted the gun fiom its carrlago and threw It back on the trunnions , paitly wiockod. Twenty aiilllerymcn worn thrown to Hie ground , but were not Injured. Cholera on Tramp Steamer. New Yoik. Dec' 8 The tramp steamer Collision , which arrived here from Java , Is held by the quarantine otllclals In tlio belief that cholera ex ists on the vessel Six men of the crow tiled during the voage. Five others are 111 with what the steamer's olllcors pronounce to be hcrl-herl. The deaths of two of the crow oc- cm led at Suez after the doctor there had diagnosed their illness as chol era Tlio sickness has been among the Chinese members of"tho crew Would Be Train Wreckers Arrested. Kuii-as City , Doc b ' 1 he police ar rested Chnilcs Shc'lion , Joseph Hedges , Hiirlon Snyder and Gwln Snydei , each under twenty two years of age foi attempting to wreck an In coming Missouil Pacific passenger train by placing a ciosstio on the nfaln tiack In the local yards. The tie was dlscovoted In time and a wreck wab prevented The men told the police that their object was not robber > . but merely a desire to see what would rebiilt Resume Glllesple Trial. Rising Sun , Ind , Dec. S. The second end trial of the Miss Ell/abeth Gil- losple murder case began here. The first trial last May lesultcd In a dis agreement. The pcisons Indicted for the murder are James Glllesplo , twin brother of the murdered woman ; her sister , Mrs ReUe Seward , and Mr. and Mrs Darbour , distant rela tives The prosecution claimed to have tecnrcd new evidence , Eleven Jurors Sworn In. New York. Dec. 8 Eleven Jurors had been bworn In at the trial of Nan Patterson for the murder of Caesar Young at the close of the day's ses sion of the criminal branch of the supreme court Instructions were Is sued by Justice Davis that no woman shall be admitted to the court room during the trial Official Vote In South Dakota. Sioux Fallb. S D. , Dec 8 The offl- rial canvass of South Dakota's presi dential vote shows : Roosevelt , 72- 083. Parker 22.002 : Debs. 3.13SVnt : - son , 1.24S , Swallow , 2.905 Reese velt's plurality. 60,081. Nineteen of the Crew Drownedt Tilpoll. Dec. S. A boat from the TuiUau corvette Mansura. manned by forty seamen , ha sunk In th road- Head. Nluotoeu wou drowued. THE CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Temperatures for Twenty-four Hour * . Forecast for Nebraska , Condition of the vvoalhur as record * ' od for tliu lit bourn undlng at H a. m. today : Maximum r ! ) Minimum IK A\OIIIIH ; UK llaiometei U9.70 ClilciiKo , Dee 8Tho bulletin IH- miod by the Chicago station of the United States weather buioan thin molding , RlvoH the forccaHt for No- bniHka an followH : ( Umoialb fair tonight and 1'ililiiy. Drought In Northern New York. PlnltHbiiie , Doc. 8. The drought U becoming HOI Ions to farmorn and manufacturers In not them Now Yorlu Pulp mid pupei manufactnrnrn ara obllRi'd to Mint down uvory few day * on at count of low water. Water famine In Central Illlnoli. nioomliiKlon , Dec. 8 Tlio droucht In criilial llllnolR Is growing mora iicnte dally All over McLean county thine IH a wuli'r famine and stockmen are lliidliiK illlllciillv In nupplylng their slot k with water. Peuiisylvnnlnnu Piny for Rain. llimltUmn : Pa , DPP 8 Spocln/ piajeiH ate lining offered for ruin lo chnrchcH In ceitaln Inrnlllloa of Dauphin , I'c'trv Cumberland and uur * roniullni ; < ininlles Dcatb of Hugh McLaugbtln. New \ink , Dei 8- Hugh McLnugh * . . .il lln , the | niIDT Hiooklyn political lender. Is dead. SEVERAL SCORE OF THE ADVO GATES MEET IN WASHINGTON. PREPARE INTERESTING PROGRAM Combatting the Old Policy That "to the Victors Belong the Spoils of Office" President Roosevelt a Pioneer neer In the Movement. WimhliiKloii , D C , Dec 8 Several RCOIO of civil HPI vleo advopiitofl , nmotiK them Hovoinl who have given tlio boat p.ut of their lives to the tight against I ho InlqultoiiB tlic'oiy that "to the vic tor belongs the spoils , " have rounded up In the national capital for the twon- ty-fouith annual mooting of the Na- Wonnl CIvl. Sot-len Reform league. The meeting opened this aftoincKi.w ami will continue thiough tomon'ow. PioHldent Roosovnlt , who was ono ot the pioneer mc > mboiH of the league , will locelvo the visitors at the white homio and In all probability will take occasion to sav a few words to them regarding bis views on civil service re form. Dm Ing tlio meeting a number ofln- toroHtlni ; impoiH will bo toad , amonK them : "Extensions of the Competi tive Service , " by Clinton Rogers Woodiuff , "Appolntmontfl Without Ex amination Under Special Exceptions to the Rules , " by Nelson S. Spencer , foimer member of the municipal civil sorvlce commission of New Yoik city ; "Tho Establishment of Civil Sorvlco DlHtrlPts an Admlnlstiatlvo Reform , " by Kinnk H. Klggins , cblof oxamlnor United states rlvll soivlco commis sion ; "Regulations for the Employ ment of Laboiors in Civil Sorvlco , " bv Albert do Rooilo , assistant secre tary , National Civil Service Rofoim league ; "Restrictions on the Power of Removal , " Joseph P. Cotton , jr. ; 'Political Assessments and Offensive 'artlfianshlp on the Part of Ofllco- loldors. " by Robert D Joule's , socio- ary. Civil Sorvlco Reform Association ) f Pennsylvania , and "The Pieslden- lal Olllces. the United States Senate , mil a Merit System , " by Rlchatd Hen- y Dana. " Good Bout Tonight. Pottsville , Pa , Dec. 8. Jack Ron- : ier , of Summit Hill , and Tim Calla- lan , of Philadelphia , will meet in a ilfteen-round bout before the Twenti eth Century club tonight. The two old-timers nro regarded as well natchod and the contest promises to be ono of the fastest seen hereabouts his scabon. Sale of Draga's Jewels. London. Doc. 8. Considerable pub lic Intercut Is manifested In the auc tion sale begun here today of the Jew els and costumes that belonged to the murdered Queen Draga of Sorvla. One of the at tides to be sold is a buicelot given to the queen by the c/ar as a wedding present. Many Idle Men In New York. New York. Dee. S. Charitable In stitutions in this city report that never befoie hn\e they been called upon to assUt M > great a number ot unemployed men According to sta tistics at the iminkipal lodging house In Firbt avenue , nearly 40 per cent more idle men needed help In Novem ber than was the case n year ago. During that month 7.7S7 persons , 90 per cent being men , were caied for. This is more than 2.100 over the cor responding pailod last year , and this mouth shows , BO far , even a greater raU of