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TinCTMA1IA : "DAILY HE ? ? ; . ? WEDK IDS I" ) AY , UKK 2. 1800. A. Ho pe , Jr. , Fred M. Youngs. William I Hell. Fred Sehuehcl , Henry Hardy. Fred 1 Davis , A. C. Foster , Joseph McConnell , J. V Phelpg , Alfroil Mlllard , Charles I ) . Thompso II.V. . RIchardHon , C. A. Starr , A. Rosewate J. E. Ilaum , I'rank Colpetzcr , A. R. Dtifrcn W. J , Conncll , JnmM Wal h. MAV I.NCHKASi : TIIK AIMMIOPIHATIII Sc Tfnr.v ( fnrllHliI.IKfly In Itri'iitii inenil l < : il > llOOO for Iho i\piiillliin. : WASHINOTON , Dec. 1. ( Special Teh gram. ) Repreoentatlvo Mercer , speaking ( the TrannmlrsU&lppI E.tpoBltlon today , salt "I have rrrrlveil almost absolute an uranct that the nocrotary of the treasury , In his re port , will recommend that the appropriate for the holding of the Transnil alifdppl E > position bo Increased from J200.00D to $300 000. and that $100,000 of that amount be m apart for the construction of a govcrnmeti building. " Mr. Mercer Is anxlotls that $500,000 be m preprinted , but ho Is somewhat doubtful t securing * o largo an amount under the prcs cnt stresiful conditions of the treasury an the known objection of Speaker Hood to as BiinilnK any more obligations than these th government can legitimately take e.iro ol Nothing Ins boon done with the certlflcato now before Acting Secretary of the Trcnsur Curtis , but It la understood thai prosstir will bo brought to bear upon him to certlf their validity within a very shoit tlnio. The money of the South Omaha postofllc elto will probably be paid to the parlies own Ing Iho S.UUO within the next fortnight. Som dllllculty has boon experienced In settlln this long-drawn-out controversy on necoun of sultn which have been commenced agalna the property In queMlnn. but a letter fron District Attorney Sawyer Is now on file I the Treasury department , wherein ho state the selection for the slto by the govcrnmen had been made prior to the commcncenicn of certain nulls pending In the courts. Th government Immediately Impilred Into II legality In 'acquiring the properly and fron District Atlorncy Sawyer's letter It IK be lloved that the right of govcrnmonl Is prlo lo the commencement of the suits. Dr. J. S. Young and A. n. Hanson wcr toilny appointed members of the Hoard o Examining Surgeons at Cedar Falls , and Dr A. M. Vail a member of the heard at Rocl Itapbls , In. J. J. Chnpmnn hns been appointed post master nt Raglcy. Outhrle county , la. , vln F. Howe , removed , and S. S. Corbett at Ives Johnson county , vlco H. C. Clruner , resigned A postofilco has been established at Cres ton , Swectwatcr county , Wyo. , with Charlc : C. Plckard as postmaster. ( H-Orgo M. Klpka was to'lay ' commlaslonci postmaster at Lockout , Wyo. NIMVN foe ( ho Army. WASHINGTON , Doc. 1. ( Special Tele gram. ) A board of promotion , consisting o Lieutenant Colonel Joseph T. Hnskcll , Scv emeonth Infantry ; Major Ailna R. Ch.iffoe Ninth cavalry ; Mnjor William S. McCnskcy Ttt'onllcSh Infantry ; Captain John M. Han nlxlcr , assistant surgeon ; Captain Wllllan F. Llpppltt , J' . , assistant surgeon ; Flnv Lloute'-aiit Rowland ( ! . Hill. Twentieth in fnn'ry , r < Border , has been detailed t ( raeel at Fort Leavonworth to examine olll cers for promotion. The following odlcen have boon ordered before the board for ex amination for promotion : Captains Wllllan A. Thompson , Fourth cavalry ; William H Clapp. Slxttcnth Infantry ; Ell L. Hugglns Send cavalry ; William C. Forbiuh , Flftl cavalry ; Jacob A. Augur , Fifth cavalry John S. Loud. Ninth cavalry ; Ilenjamln H Rogers , Thirteenth Infantry ; Stephen P Jo elyn , Twenty-first Infantry ; Stephct Halter , Sixth Infantry ; Daniel T. Wells Eighth Infantry , and Charlea Keller , Second end Infantry. Following transfers In the Twenty-fourtl infantry have been made : First Lleutennnl Arthur C. Ducat , from company I to com pany D ; First Lieutenant William C. Illack from company D to company H ; First Lieu tenant Henry W. Hovey , from company II to comapny I. ' Following transfers In the Fifth cawlrj have been made : Captain Walter S. Schuy- ler. from troop H to troop L ; Captain Fran cis , from troop L to troop 11. Following transfers In .the First Infantrj have been made : First Lieutenant Samson L. Falson , from company O to company 1C First Lieutenant Francis Lacy , Jr. , fron : company 1C to comapny O. Second Lieutenant Willis Ullne , Twelfth Infantry , has been granted fifteen dayn' ' leave , A medal of honor has been awanhd tc John S. Durham of Kansas City. Kan. . Jute Hergeaiit company F , Hirst Wisconsin In fantry volunteers , for distinguished gal lantry In action at the battle of Perryvllle Ky. , October 8 , 1802. IiiiprovfinciitK n < Cheyenne Simp * . Tim Union Pacific has Just put In an ex tensive air compressor plant at Its Cheyenne shops. It is similar to the > plant that wns put In sonto time ngo nt the shops In this city. The air compressor itself waa built hero and coat $1,000 , the entire plant costIng - Ing $1.000. The Cheyenne plant Is Ihe sixth put In by the Union Pacific system. The shops In this city and at Evdtiston , Laramle , Norlh Platte nntl Armstrong , Kan. , nro already using them , while others arc being put In nt Denver. Pocatcllo and Ogden. Thorn la more pipe laid nt Cheyenne than at any of the other points , owing to the length of the yards. Omaha Mini' * In volition. The Invention of a piston air drill by J. II. Manning , master mechanic of the Union Pa cific's Nebraska division , is receiving con- aldcrablo notice throughout the mechanical world ut present , having been taken up by a number of Iho leehnical journals of Ihe coun try. It is adapted for railroad shop work , In both the car and the locomotive departments. It will be advantageously used In drilling Htay-liolt safety boles , in grinding Btoam pipe rings anil wh of similar character. The drill has miiiloluch holes through Iron and Rti el and i 1'lnth hole In wood. "Merit talks" the intrinsic vnltui of IIood'sSarHaparllla. Merit in ineillcino means the power to cttru. IIood'H Snrsaparllln possesses actual and unequalled curative power anil tliore- fore it linn truu merit. When you buy Hood's Sartmparilln.atul take it nceorilliiK to directions , to purify your blood , or euro any of the many blood diseases , you are morally certain to receive benefit. Tlio power to euro IH there. You are not trying an experiment. It will make your blood pure , rich anil nourishing , ami thus drive out tlio germs of il Incase , ( strengthen the ncrvca and build tinthowkoluayatum. Sarsaparilla Is the best , In factthu One True lllnod I'urtf.er. l'ieiireilonlybyC. | ; I. llood&Co. , l.owcll.Jltiss. Hnn/Pu Dillc 1) ) ( , ' " "l I'lirBi ' * . pain or / - ' llUOCl t > l-'lllS antidote. . Anii\i : > , IIUI-- . , WILCQX COMPOUND. Sato uul inn rcllvi ; ii vcrUll , t.tliiii nrulintlatli'in. Atnllilrn itMi.rltulu. \ . - II'MIMI > ' < Mutant HIM WILCOJC .Mem. , i jb . UliiUtlitt. , J'JjIUlj. , fa. l.adlos Who Value A reflncd completion muni USD 1'oizonl'a row- dcr. It jiroJuccs u unit and hoautlftil stln. SOUTH DAKOTA'S ' ELECTIO ! Official Canvass of the Vote Begins i Pierre Today , PROMISES MANY STUBBORN CONTEST ItoiiiibllcitiiM Ciithcr llvldonee i ( iiMi.tN IrretviilnrllloM In .Mniiy Vol- lllstrlflHVliero Ilir I'lipn ' ' el - Mnji.l-lllc . Cut 'I'll lIIIK * PIERRE , S. I ) . . Dec. L ( Special Telt gram. ) The leading state politicians ot bat partlcti are coming In for the official com which willie \ made tomorrow and next da ; Congressman Uamblc and Secretary Person of the Btato committee are the republican who have arrived and among the popullsl are lirlgsby , candidate for attorney genera' Crothers , candidate for lieutenant governoi and Colvln , the leading candidate for speakc ot the house. Whatever move they expect t mnku will develop as soon as the count I completed. Everything points to the fact that anothc election will have come and polio before th result of the recent election In South Da kota U definitely determined. This is In tllcatcd by the announcement that Uio secretary rotary of the republican stale committee l engaged In collecting testimony lo prov Illegal voting , and thai the lestlnumy wll very likely be used In contests for the slat olficcs which Iho face of the returns show ii have been captured by the populists. Tiii vote cast for congressmen and electors wll bo canvassed on the L'd lust. , and the stnti ticket on the 3d. A review of the controversy which ha : arisen over the election shows an Inter cstlng and complicated ntato of affairs am the courts will doubtless bo kept busy foi months In straightening out the legal tan ; lcs which exist In many of the counties Soon after the election the populists will apparently one voice cried that the repub leans wcro trying to steal the state , am the republican managers made countoi charges to the effect that the populists bai colonized voters in Lawrence , Union am other counties. In support of this the : lolnted to the fact that In Lawrence county which Is In the extreme western part o ho stale , the votoof this year oxceedei that of two years ngo by 1,200 , although nc one claimed an increase In the population I'liieo consecutive and carefully compiler rails of Iho counly by the republican com nlllco showed only 4,100 voters. The ro iuUlcnn.4 lurthor allege that a careful census of the precincts In which the col onlzatlon Is charged , made since the elec tion , finds only I-100 legal voters. SAMPLES OF Itn.MlSSNRSS. There are said to be Instances where cer aln precincts had not to exccej fifty mail residents of Ihe are 21 , yet the vote returnei vas three times us great. In Union county , notably In the town o 51k Point , n great many men who were un mown to the election judges , who wen isually old residents of the county , appcarct it the polls late In the- afternoon of vlectloi lay nnd aworo In their votes. Since olrc Ion. It is said , thceic men have not beet con , nor can their whcreabouu be ascer alncd. lo ct least one precinct In Mlnnehah : ounty , the election Judges'left the polllnt > ooth during the voting , with the result thai he ballots largely outnumbered the residents ot Ihe precinct. In another , one of the catidldatcH sat close to the/ polling place am' narked ballots for the voters ngnlnat the dear provisions of the Australian billet law n Htltl another , two threshing crews , com- sosed of men who had not been In the etati wo months , when the law requlrc a real- lenco of six months before a person cai : oto , swore in their votta. In a number of the election precincts lr Ueado county the judges wcro not sworn wr did they nlgn tlio.re turns ; in others onlj one of the Judges was sworn and only OIK signed the returns. In Ilrown county tin mlges of two of Hie country precincts failed o make complete returns to the county can vassing board , neglecting not only to flli out the summary of the vote , but to clgn holr names nnd fill In other data prescribed > y law. The board , by a vote of 2 to 1 voted to omit the two townships from the official canvass , and the populists immedi ately set up the cry of fraud , claiming tin vote should be counted. The republicans nalntaln that there was nothing ofhlcii he board could take cognizance , as Us lowers were purely clerical , not judicial. In another county the election Judges did lot llko the placb designated by the county commissioners for holding the election nnd ook the bnllot boxes to a place more suited o their minds , four miles distant. Voters came to the official voting place nnd went lomo without voting. About 2 o'clock In ho afternoon the judges began to question ho legality of the vote they were receiving nnd finally took the ballot boxes back to ho place designated by the county com- nlsslonors. GRANT A SPKCIAL PRIVILKGK. At another polling place , while tbo ballots vero being counted , a ballot uus found with nly ono of the proposed amendments narked. This brought on a discussion ami no of the bystanders recognized It as hH lallot , but declared ho bad forgotten to inrk the state ticket. Ho said ho intended o vote the populist ticket , and the judges ermitled him to mark It , nftcr which It vas counted. From six other precincts re- urns of the olllelal count were received un- Igned by the clerks and Judges o't election. Ml of these returns will undoubtedly be akcn Into court for adjustment. These. Instanced could bo multiplied In- lelbiltely. and Iho republicans promise thnl it the proper time the complete evidence , \lll be produced. They say there Is no inrstlon lhat the vote In various precincts \ heavily and auspiciously swelled , and .n . practically all of thorn Ihe iiopullsts won iy largo majorities. In reply to charges of colonization Scna- or Pettlgrew , who assumes to be general- n-chlcf of the free silver forces , has ) e- incd two signed letters of denial. In the Irst he declares that many pcivjous not otcw were brought Into th < > sti'to by the allroads and voted for the republican Icket. lly this and other means the reptib lean managers wcro charged with utrlvlng lellberatcly to defeat the will of the. people iy Dlealing the state. One of tlio principal ifotnta was ugalntst what Is believed by ho populists lo have been an organized ( Tori to throw out votes In precincts where opultst candidates have a majority , for rctcndcd informalltle.H , and thus count in andldatcti who have not been elected. In the second letter Senator Pettlgrew nkes up and seeks to answer thu repub- Ican .charges of colonization In Lawrence , 'nlon ' and other cnuntle.s. The Lawrence- ounty voto. Instead of showing an In- rease , ho declares was 1,17 ! ) lesj than the otlng population and In Union county ISC ; ns than the voting population. Senn- tir Pettlgrow proposes tlmt n sort f an election commission of three cputablo South Dakotn nttoincys be FC- L'ctcd to Investigate the charges made by oth sides of colonization ; the commission j have frco access to all the- papers , secret ml otherwise , of the various state conimil- DM. The expense of the proposed Investiga- lon , which It Is Intended shall be made I'Kardltcs of what Is developed by the count f the state canvassing board , shall o borne by the party ngalnot which charges f colonization are substantiated ; If It shall o found lhat both partlm have been guilty f bribery or colonization the expense shall o berne equally by each party. The Hen- tor thinks the gdod name of the state Is I SarsapanSia | = j Is the original Sarsaimrilln , the = | standard of the world. Others i | luivo imitated the remedy. = = They can't iniltnto the record : E 150 Years of Cures 1 at takc and that It is Important that should be vindicated. POPULISTS MARK COUNTKR-CIIAROn The ii.-piillstn , n an offset to republlca charges of colonization , alle o that grot Irregularities wcro committed by the rcptil HratM In several counties , notably Mel'hei son. In tnat county they say the officli ballot/ ? were printed In both KnRllsh an norman , to accommodate the Russians , wh compose nearly the entire fpulatlon ot th county. They are It-norant of our languaRi and were compelled to dppeml on the clot tlon jinlRO ! to mark their ballots for then The populists allege that In one of the prc rlnotfi every vote was returned and erunte for the str.ilght rr-publlriu ticket , while dozen or more voters are ready to awen on the wltnois aland that they Initructc the Judge to mark their tickets for th strain populist ticket. In other proslnct chorRes of stulllng the ballot boxes ar made , and It Is claimed that such crooked ness will Lo unearthed. It U said that on 'if ' th argumenlri used by the rc-publlcai worken among the foreign-born resident of that county was to tell them tha when they took the oath nt allegiance t Unelo Sam and tonk out their first pape. they also swore allegiance to the rcimbllca party. A curious feature of this statcmon la that a givat many of the Russians ar allrgcd to have been so foolish ns to can fouud the government with n partisan organ Ization , nnd believe the story. In other prc olncts the returns nro claimed to show thro limes as many vote * east as there are met ! women and children residing In the town ship. In discussing these counter charges th republican leaders simply smile and say tha the charges nindo by the republicans wll bo substantiated when the proper 'tlm comes. l'lAFOH A POITM.ST DAILY Slonv I < ' | | I'rot * Controlled liy i \c\v ( 'iiiiililniitlon. SIOUX FALLS. S. 1) . , Dec. 1 ( Spclal.- ) Iho Sioux Falls Press , which was two week ; ago taken by Mrs. Illancho M. llllss on i mortgage of $10,000 , has been leased to t company of twenty-six stockholders for $ G < a month , the company having the option ol purchasing at the end of one year for $7,500 They ngrco en their part to prevent the do torloratlon of tbo paper , and to turn 11 over to the owner at the end of Ihe yecn In as gooil condition ns It la now , or pur- chnjjo It. The deal was engineered by Scnatoi Pctllgrow , nnd In U are such men as John A. liowler. U. S. G. Cherry , C. A. .lewrtt C. P. Hates , C. S. Palmer. U. C. McCrossan 1) ) . J. Conway. C. O. Ilailoy and Jco Klrby. nl ! free ellver men. The rest of the stock It Is expected will bo taken by the successful candidates throughout the elate. The sue- ccosful county officers elected by the pop ulists have already been assessed , and pop ulists clc-ctcd In other counties are expected also to take stock. C. A. Jewctt , Senate : Pottigrcw'ii warmest r-crsonnl friend In Slou.x Falls , will be president of the company , U. S. 0. Cherry secretary , and \V. C. Hoi- lister treasurer. A committee has been ap pointed to secure bids from thevarlou priming establishments In town lo aol up dally from ten tc. twelve columns of type , which Is all the paper will print. George T. Ulackman haa been made business mana ger. The editorial writer has not yet been chosen , but among those bolug considered are A. L. Caldwell , the present editor. C. N. Hcrrlcd of Kurc-ka. S. R. Younp of Rapid City , and Fox of the Hlack Hills , and Ihe paper will be populist In polities , and has already acme out for free silver at 1C to 1 , without the aid or consent ot any nation on earth. I'TSIO.MSTS MAV KO1ICH A KIOHT , Ve\l SoHslon of Smith Dnliotti'M I.eKln- liilure- Will HiI'Xfltltii ; . PIERRE , S. IX , Dec. 1. ( Special. ) Re ports of legislative contests become more lumerotis and from Indications when the eglslaluro moots at least n majority of Iho republicans will find their seals con tested. The reason for this comes from the llffercnt senatorial aspirants. The follow ers of Kyle assert that the Pettlgrew elc- ncnt started contests in districts which would. If Iho contestants succeeded , strengthen Iho Pottlgrew forces in Iho leg- alaturo and glvo them an advantage over Iho Kyle element. This started the Kyle 'orces to initiating contests and the two 'actions will fight It out on the floor of the houses. The factional fight Is likely to kill the chances of the contestants of either faction and leave Iho republicans u tholr seals , as Iho members of neither faction will bo willing lo vote lo seal men vho would strengthen the opposition , and bis strength , with the republican members , vlll bo enough lo retain the repub- Icans In their seals. Again , Iho beginning of Iho contests has carried the matter so ar thai II Is likely to bring a reaction and uany of tbo contests bo dropped and never > e pushed to a finish. If crowded too far t is not Improbable lhat the republicans vlll withdraw and , forming a "rump" leg- slalure , select n senalor of their own choslng and send htm to Washington to uako a fighl before Ihe senate for his scat , t the populists , or rather fuslnnlsts , are lol sallsficd with their working majority of both houses and attempt to carry things vlth a high hand In the opening of the csslon very queer political complications vlll result before the session Is many days Id. Itnbbed In Vei'mlllliiii'.N Slri'cfn. VKRMILLION. S. I ) . , Dee. 1. ( Special Telegram. ) A bold robbery took place in his city this morning. Mrs. L. Hcsslck , a vldow from Mcckllng , was on her way to ay her taxes at the court house , when ho was met by a man who snatched a ockct book from her hands , which con- alned $0.0. Deforo she could give an alarm lie thief escaped. Officers wcro soon In- ormed and n hot pursuit made In the dircc- lon supposed to have been taken. Ono mu was arrested , but was released to- Ighl. A good description of the man Is Iven. He wore a wolk-skln coat , full card , fur cap , scarf around neck nnd clgbed nbout IfiO pounds. Ofilccra think hey have Ihe right clew tonight. rlimccc Killlc.-llno I PIERRE , S. D. . Dec. 1. ( Special. ) G. I. Parker , deputy In the ofllce of the an- icrlntendent of public Instruction , has ten- Icred his reslgnallon , lo take effect Decom- icr 1. Prof. M. A. Lange of Canlstota will 10 appointed lo the position. Prof. Lange iaa been for several years ono of the most ucccssful Institute conductors of the state ml has boon superlnlendcnt of schools or McCook counly for Iwelve years , which 3 the longest length of time any man has vcr held that office In the terrllory anl late , the nearest any other olllelal ban pproarhcd thai continuous service as nunty superintendent being Superintendent ! ranc , who held the position In Codington ounty for ten years. iHtliiK TriihiH Through Sniitv Drift * . HURON , S. D. . Dec. 1. ( Special. ) The rst train from the west since Wednesday rrlvod yesterday morning ; ono also came in rom the north yesterday afternoon , Ihe rcl Klnco Wednesday. The Great Northern uccopilrd in getting a snow plow through rcm Watcrtown yesterday and now all lines ro clear of snow and trains are running on cltPilnlA lime. No suffering among sel lers because of the etorm has been ro- ortcd , and very llttlo stock has perished. A umber of fanners came In for fuel today , of lilch there IH an ample supply here. They ay stock came through the Htorm much cttor than expected. Telegraph wires are ot yet lu perfect order , hut will bo all right n a day or two. y .Shocii PorlMh. IMBRUE , S. D. , Dec. 1. ( Special Tele- ram. ) Later returns from the range ountry are not so favorable as those which amo In earlier. Whllo there wcro but few attlo lost , the storm has proved to bo a L-rlotia one for sheep men. Henry Seville , rancher , came In this afternoon and ro- orts passing a pile of MOO sheep , which clotiKB to a Montana man , all of which ad Hinothcrcd. Losses of other sheepmen ango from a few head up to 00 head , ' Is the highest Individual loss so far L'ported by homo men. So far as has been turned at least 3,000 are lost , with a largo art of the ahccp range to hear from. Atttinif } ' General AVedM. HURON. S. D. , Dec. 1. ( Special , ) lion , olonwl I , Crawford , attorney general for outh Dakota , and MUs Lavlna Curtis Rob- BOH of Iowa City , la. , wore united In mar- lago In that city on Thanksgiving day. 'hey ' yore hero Sunday evening on their ay to their homo In Plurro. RlVi.lt Rl S THROUGH A TO\V \ Gitizans of.Ohlppawn Falls Porco , ! Lrcnvo Their Homes , ICE GORGE NOT. AMENABLE TO DYNAMI1 ii < n Triu'l of Country Innniliilcil in ; tW He-nil of l.lvc Sloclc cil * inti Ultilru 1 * ' \ \ \ Iliuwcr. CHII't'KWA KAM..SVl3. . , Dec. 1. Th has been a day of excitement anil nnxlot niul tonight finds ihe' Inhnhltniits of 111 llttlo village in a 'state bordering on pun I The worst of the situation Is tlio knowlnli of I ho Impcndlnc danger nml of the fa that they arc utterly hr-lpleai to stay or avert It. Thnsovhnse houses hnvo bet llooiled htive removed much of their hou * hold Rnoils and belongl'iiss to hlKhcr Kroun and nro htuld'led together In the scho. . houses ami other vacant buildings out < the path of the torrent that Is sxvecpln down several of the main streets. All hoi of breaking the gorge and thus nllowln the po'it-up waters to gradually subside now abandoned. All efforts today were d reeled toward removing household goni and merchandise out of the reach of tli Hood. Kvery team 'In the city has bc > Mi ci gagcil In this work. 12very resilient an lu'-slncsa firm of Hlvcr Btreet has moved ou The Chippewa Lumber and Iloom company mill nii'l yard arc under water nnd nil hoii bus vanished of saving the entire busline portion of the place from being submerge ! and the water will soon reach the com house , eight blocks from the river. A report fiom Little Kails was brougli In this morning that another gorge was form Ing thirty miles above hero and this greatl added to the alarm , as In case It alioul break nothing could eave the city from belli awept away. Reports of a very scrloi' ' nature como from down the river. Th country everywhere Is Hooded. The gori ; continues to grow In extent. It U now eve five miles long nnd In many places thlrt to lifty feet high. U completely dams tli river , and this Is what Is causing the rapl i Ise of the water here. The heavy rains of las wnek wore followed by a sudden freeze which suddenly massed the floating Ice Ii the Chippewa nnd the swiftly running cm- rent continually added to It until It reachci Its prtacnt gigantic.proportions. Helow her the Chippewa Is falling. There Is no flooi at 13au Claire , but this fact Is causing tin people nt that place much uneasiness , a It indicates the water Is being piled up a by n dam above them. The ice pack a Iladger .Mills , half way bet.vcen Kail Claln and Chippewa. Kal.Is , is growing In exten and everything seems to indicate that tin river Is choking up. Reports from various portions of Chip pewa run Indicate n deplorable condition o affairs. At the Flambeau farm , fifteen mllr. above this clty > another Ice gorge ha formed. The river has overflowed Its bank , nnd inundated the country twenty miles 01 cither side. Domestic animals have perlshei by the score. Farms nnd farmhouses an Hooded , and thft tosses will reach Into tin hundreds of thousands. These report : arc meager hnd 'uncorroborated , but It i : safe to estimate that at least 3.001 horses co\va and hogs hnvc met death In the fleod At Chippewa1 Kails the river Is fully three quarters of a mile wide and its surface I : covered with1 anchor lee to a depth varyliif from ten to thirty feet. The moat a'tub born resistance offered by the obstruction I : In that portion 'of the river between tin wagon brldg'b and the Central railroat bridge , nhottf half a mile In length. Today Mayor Llpdley ordered an explosion of 500 pounds ot dynamite , but alter 30C pounds had jbeen exploded the experiment was abandoned , as a failure. Railroad of ficials whp viewed , tbe gorge stated that there Is utmiIIJ Ient dynamite obtainable to blast a cliaunpl tor tile river through thu frozen mass of snow , logs and Ice. The river has risen slowly -up to 9 o'clock to night. ' > .1 EAU CLAIRE IN GREAT PERIL. CHICAGO. Dec. ' ! . Tidings of a calamity threatening villages and towns In the Chlp- powa river valley \Vlsconaln were cou- llnned by passengers nnd crews of incoming trains today. According to them , the city of Eau Claire Is In the shadow of a big Ice gorge which threatens to give way at. my moment and precipitate a fled on the Inhabitants of the valley. Express Messen ger Asbur eays that the center point of the Janger la at Eau Claire. lie continued : "An expres-i agent , whom I relieved at Chlppowa Falls , told mo that a great Ice iorgo fifty feet high and flvo miles long lias formed near the lower part of Eau -lalre. This gorge Is forming a reservoir it water which Is packed with lumber , Irlftwtod and floes. The only thing which keeps the Hood back Is the Ice gorge. When : hat gives way something awful will happen , families are moving away and carrying : hclr household gooJs to high land. The .valor . has risen everywhere. Four feet of ivater covers the Wisconsin Central tracks ind it Is rising at the rate of six Inches an lour. The bcttom lands are covered with .vater . and a great less of stock Is said to mvo been reported by the fanners. Cellars , ivhero supplies are kept have been com- iletcly filled with water. I near that the Ivor has already reached the twenty-foot nark nnd is rapidly rising. " The Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul has iuspcndod Its service through the Chippewa ralloy , It being utterly Impossible to get a rain through the Hooded country. Logs mil limbs from trees arc strewn many feet ilgh on the tracks. On some- low grades ho water rises many feet above the ties mil high enough to extinguish the loco- notlvo fires. No effort will bo made to un trains on this division until the road tructurcs arc clear and examined. Train crews report that an engine and : each sent out to the low lands below ) urand came back with two seoro of men , k'omcn and children on board , who were [ riven from their homes by the flood and i'ero found nearly dead from exposure and old. The engineer said ho could not finish ho trip on account of the rising water. Uirllngton brldgo at Chippewa Is reported iy train crows to be Impassable. Reed's inding , above Alma , Is said to bo totally overe-d with water and tralllc Is effectually topped. Local railway officials received In- ormatlon that the Chicago , Ilurllngton & Northern railroad Is also seriously luimll- appcd by the Ice gorge and rising floods. Passengers on the Wisconsin Central train lilch arrived from the north at noon re- ort that the water Is already flvo feet deep : i the strcettf-.tf' Chippewa Falls and that ynamlto Is belngi used in an endeavor to reak the gorpo. t , INUNDATION IS GENERAL. MILWAUKlCK.-i Doc. 1. Wisconsin Ccn- ral officials rc ply d advises from Chippewa 'alls tl-la morning to the effect that the rater had rcjjcjijji' to within three feet of lie falls wltirindlcatlons that by this oven- ig the gorge \vould bo as high as the falls , hu water haSfjVtf'Jfded ' from the Wisconsin entral tracksjl but as these are forty feet bovo the river the subsidence Is no sign : uit the. lowcg jiart of the city of Chippewa 'alls Is not hjSiJejlns- According to the re- ortB no great damage has resulted In the Ity up to thenrwent time , but the danger i fai * from trHigtVcr. A Hpeclnl tft 4lf evening Wisconsin from hlppowa Falls say : The situation In Chip- owa Falls If prnwlng moro serious every ilnute. Th6 , na > iinoth Ice gorge which jrincil six miles down the river has backed ito the city and. ( ho Immense volume of atcr coming fnjm , above Is spreading to sell sldo. Inundating largo portions of the iwn. Today rvery.mcrcjiant In the city Is loving to n placo'of safety. The water baa Hod tlio ImsumcntB of the business blocks Iniost the cntlro length of Drldgo street nd buforo evening it la expected the water 'III have reached the court house , eight locks from the river. There l.s much < < c Itemcnt In town , but everything la orderly bout fifty families on the rfouth slilu who ere forced to move their homen nro re arted In want and relief wa Immediately Ivpatcheil. Some of these families have- iken rofugu In empty houses and are with nt food or warmth. Brldgo Superintendent allaghan of the Central road was Instructed > blast out the gorge , but ho would not un- crtako the tai > k. Uo salJ that oil the dyna ilto on earth could not budge It and I joins that all that la to be done Is to si mvn and watch tlm approach of the flool ho wqtor thla morning began to rlso nt ili- itu of-a foot an hour and It looks as though the entire town woulJ he Inundated. It n critical condition of nffftlra , but thei seems to be ro remedy. A special from Wntisnti , WIs. , snyn : Ti flool In the Wisconsin rlvor rnnllmiM. an at llrnnltx ItelRhts. IPII tulles north of hrr the ChlcnRo , Mllwnukre St. Paul tracl. . nro nbout hnlf a foot under water for nlwi half a mile. This water ! s thinly aheetc with Ice. which Is not strung enough ft transfer mid yet Is emi jh to crlousl Impede any attempt to elear the track. N part of the tr.iek Is yet \\anhcd out , hi It 'a ' not considered safe to attempt to ru through the water. The northbound panact ger train got through yesterday moriiln and wss caught by the rlso , PO that It en cnly run now between Minocqua nnd MCI rill. rill.A A wpeelal from Dtirand , WIs. , says : Tli Ice Rorge which began at West N.'wtnn , o thr Mla lsslppl. and gradually extended u the Chlpprwa 1'Vldny , IIJH rcaehrd Roun Hill three inllea below this city. The > ncni ness of the gorge has forced the \vnter n this point higher than ai any time durln the Hood , although the river U lightly fal Ing. The eluhtecn miles of the Ohlppew valley below Round Hill U one Held of packe Ice , nnd the bottom lands over which th Chicago , Milwaukee & SI. Paul traoks ru nro completely submerged at Round Hill. Th rlvor Is llnnl-Til by bluffa which makra gorge there dangerous to tills city , nltlioug the bottoms of the west side of the rive are n mile wide and causes the water to rls slowly. As far as known no llvca have been leai but those living on the Chippewa bottom hnvo been rescued with dlfllculty. Severe families on the Buffalo county sldo wcr driven from their homta nt 2 o'clock Sun day morning by the forming of a gorge n Plum island. Scantily dressed , they wade through the Ice nnd water to n high poln on the railroad , from which they were res cued by n relief train from this place. Several of the party were badly frozen Others have escaped on the Ice pack after 1 formed around their homes. Stock of al kinds has perished and buildings hav been greatly damaged , although the growlni timber has protected thorn largely from th grinding ice. Uurand has not had n mat since Friday. EAU CLAIRE , WIs . Dec. 1. Owing tc the Hoods there \a \ a total suspension ol railway tralllc on the Wnbash nnd Duranil branch of the Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul railway. Great damage hns be-en done to farms along the Chippewa river. The farmers' families escaped to the railway track from the rising water and were rca- cued by trainmen and an engine. The great Ice gorge , three miles from Eau Claire , Is causing tbo inundation Chippewa Falls. but la protecting Eau Claire and Durand. It extends for mllea. and cannot bo broken. Unlius It should glvo way no great damage is looked for here. * KIT/.Hl.tMlo.VS IS A1.JICST Kll.lii ) Hull HUN n Very rioxc mil un ( h < < SiiiiNiilllii Hill Komi. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 1. The agility and presence of mind of Deb Fitzslmmons today prevented the postponement of his fight with Sharke-y and probably saved the life of the lanky pugilist. Hob was out enl l ho road near Sausallto today taking hU final run before the light. Ho was being pared by a boy on a bicycle , while Mrs. Fltzsimmons drove a cart behind. Hehlnd Mrs. Fltzsimmons was n four-seated trap drawn by a spirited horse. This nnlninl lie- came frightened and dashed down the road , which wound around the hillside. The frightened animal passed Mrs. FitzslmmotiB and waa almost on top of the pugilist before - fore he became alarmed by the clatter. Hob jumped for his life nnd rolled over and over down the hill. The wheels of the trap missed his head by nbout three Inches , but ho escaped uninjured. The boy on the bloy- clo was not so fortunate. His wheel was smashed and ho was severely bruised. Two children who were riding in the trap were- thrown out and badly hurt. Interest In the fight tomorrow night Is Increasing and the Mechanics' pavilion will probably bo crowded to witness the ten- round contest. Sharkcy Is still confident of the decision , although the betting l.s all against him. The most favorable betting for him today Is even money that he will not last six rounds. The wagers on the cntlro ten rounds arc about 3 to 1 In favor of Fltzsimmons. When Fltzsimmons puts on the gloves tomorrow night ho will weigh close to 175 pound : * and Sharkcy will ncalc about the same figure. No referee hns yet been agreed upon and If none Is chosen by noon tomorrow the National club will se lect a refcreo without regard to the wishes of the contestants. iv < 'rlianlt ICiincUM Out lOrnx ) . ALHANY , N. V. , Dec. l.-Jnck Kvcr- linrilt of New Orleans knocked Hilly Ernst of Brooklyn out In the twentieth round of ; i tweiity'-round fight hero tonight nftcr clever fighting- The fight was preceded by two contests , in the llrat of which Charles Johnson of Philadelphia knoekul out \VIlllo Evans of California in two rounds nt H3 pounds. In the lightweight clans tbo ref- i-reo gave tbo decision to ( Joorgc Slddons In ten rounds from Mike McMunus of Al- Imny. Jack J. ICckhnrdt was refenv nnd Wverhardt uud Ernst stopped Into tbo rltiK it 1X3 pounds. In the first ten rounds Ern t forcoil the fighting nnd Everluirdt let him do it. lending him on. Ernst planted many blows , but they were not us iHNivy ns those landed by EvorbanU , who , tvhon bo made a rush , would force ICrn&t to the ropes. Evurhnrdt played this gaino .lirouirh the wbolo light. In the thirteenth round , ho showed his superiority in strength iy landing' blows \vhoio ho pleased , and : ho round was very nearly a knocUout. The ast three rounds wore fought as follows , the lion up to tbo .seventeenth .showing little ; fTect from the blows. ] Seventeenth Hound Ernst opened with a j Ight on the jaw and followed It with .1 , 'iolous upper out : Ernst uppcrcut again and hen planted a left directly on the face ; i ISvorharilt put a loft on the Jaw ; Kvurhardt i 'orcod. but bis blows did not land. I Eighteenth Round Everhardt rushed and : amlod ou the jaw : Ernst landed n loft on ho faro ; both men nparrc-d ; Evorhardt ' un.'Kcd Ernst and forced him to the ropes , Ightlntf viciously. iinU tried again on the iroakaway. but Ernst landed two upper- Mils. Nineteenth Hound They sparred lightly or mi opening and Kvorhardt opt-nod ho.v Illllcs with a hurd lefl on Ernst's neck. Crust forcoil the fighting a llttlo nml landed ' il.s loft , upptrouttlng with telllntf force. . I'ho close of the round was rather tame , J ho men sparring for wind. i Twentieth Hound Evorhardt went at his ' nan hammer and tongs when the gong oundod for thu last round and drove him ' o the rripos with a vicious left-hand swing. ! Seforo. Krnst could recover , Everh'irilt iindoil a loft on Ernst , which sent him to he lloor. He staggered to his foot and | Jvcrhardt was upon him In an Instant , with < . volley of blows that drove him to the ' loor. Without atlemptiiiK to count Ernst : ut , Iloforco KekhunU gave tbo fight to Jvcrhnrdt. _ Stv < Ti > MliiKN Slum ( Inn. TRENTON. N. J. , Due. 1. At the Intor- tnto fair grotin In today a three days' pigeon hooting contest was begun , In which Jrower , Elliott , Class , Fulford. Murphy ami thcr crack shots took part. The main eon- Ht was a handicap sweotstakes at twenty- vo birds. Fulford and Vandyke tied for rst place , with a handicap of thirty-one , nd twenty-nlno yanln lospccllvely , and .1th . twenty-four birds killed and one ilssetl. Homo of the oilier individual score cro : Huiullcap. Killed. Missed. Mllott . Vi 'a 'i , 'nmlnirt . 29 23 2 ln a . 31 23 2 rower . 32 22 3 iun > ' . > y . 2'J is 7 In tlio contest at ten blrils , one in Us nnd ut , for a purse of $20 , lludd. Vandyke , Voodruff and Elliott divided the money , Ith records of Ion straight each. Murphy. Vinston and Elliott dlvliU-il first money In hecontept at fourteen birds , hitting every l : e. Purse , $24. < > 'MCO ( < ! ! . SAN FRANriSCO. Dow. / . Jack McAil- ffo , the champion lightweight , Insists that o Is not a back iiumbur and has aucepteil the challenge- CIonrRC nroon ( YoiliiK Co bott ) , tbo welter weight , to moot him 111 ton-round contest , Hroou nsreon to knot MoAullfTo out insideof ton rounds , Tl light will 'occur henbcforo the club offo Ing the blRKoxt purse. Von ilor A lu > Mio * Iliuilon. ST. 1.H'1S , Hoe. l.-Proslileut Von dor Al of tbo St. Louis bane ball club 1m * brotlKl suit ag.iltiFt IMwnrd llnliloti , mnniiKer of II llnlllmoro lui < io bull club for $ < oo. whir amount of money ho claims to have Id llaiilon upon tbo ocoaslou of tbo "Orioles' final vlolt to ibis clly last nunnnur. nt Uio 1'lriMiN. the foaluros of the Society Clrcu will be n throe-round go between Hill Uncy ami Oiue Rull'van. ' It will bo a nlei Koullo affair for polntM mid to nhnw tbos who atleiul what a lialidsonio thlni ; trained boxer is when In motion. BOXACCH IMS EViittV 1HHN' ( Continued from First Page. ) _ of bis paper folio nod. Hl.ihop Honneui nnvliiK onloroil Injutictlon prooeodlngs I tinilvll ooiifts aifalMM Kalbor t'lorhott. th prlrstft sent a protest to M r. Salolll nimlnr Hie violation of tlio "truce" and tbroaloiio If the hearing of their rlinriros against th bishop wore further delayed , to ostablls thorn ou trial of the Injunction proceeding In ttio cl\ll courts. My Ditnilnc this pr.n. ! Father FIlKKr r.iil , who. unlike Father Mm phy , hail not slgunl tno orlelnal diaries , h. o.imo. Involved , . The result of the pioli-f \\iis that po.-wlCo orders were Issued t Archbishop Honnesty. both fiom tbo pip : : dibaato anil tbo propnpniuln , to proceed n oi-.cc to the In-ailng of the charges. SECOND 1IEAHIN15 AT OMAHA. Archbishop llonnossy tluii , ou March 2 ( notllloil the priests that he w mill In Riilo tbo rliargos al Omaha ou < \pil 12 following , or four days before the tlm hot for the healing nf ino Injunction CMS In tlu- civil courts. The prlosts. who luu formcil St. Hcniuid'H union nnd whose secretary rotary Father Kltr.gcr.ild had now become come , sent him n letter , protesting ngalns an "InvostlKallon" nl Onuilni anil demand luga canonical irlal al Lincoln. A slnilla protest was sent to Mur. Satollt. Novorthi loss , Arebblsliop llonncssiy npp ared a Omaha on Uio date ineutlL-cod and said Ii would hear only "personal grlov.inoon ' Ho ruled that none1 of the charges niadi except U.o came under this hoail and refused fused to subpoena witnesses. Thoroupoi Ihe ) > rlosts deollncd lo proceed furllur am app"alcil lo MK' ' ' . Satolll. This appeal % va : never hoard , for nflor the collapse- Omaha some of the prleals were won over some wore iransliiloil to other dioceses am the wllness < rt wore scatloroil. Only Father : Murphy and Fitzgerald reinalii'Ml , the for mer being rector of St. Ambro.-fo church Tecumwh , and the latter of St. Joseph's Auburn. Those priests maintain thai Itl.--.hoi ) Itoimciim undertook to dostro ) Hum. so that the charges agalnsl blm.sell could never bo revived. Uu April M. I M , lie soul them loiters of expulsion from ihr diocese for falluru lo pay the dlooo-iini lav mil obey other commands. They appealed to Mjjr. Satolli , who ordered Hlshnp Houa- rnin to rcprtnd his ordor. Thi'ii he Dent them notice thai unless they should by Inly 15 , ISICi , | viy the diocesan lax and olioy the eerlaili other commands hf would ox- ) ol them from the diocese , withdraw their 'acuities and appeal lo Ihe propaganda. i'a ther Murphy had maintained , and I'lithor 1' llr.gcrald also , that the dloccs.iu tax wan not due from him. but from Hie larlsb , a corporation In control of truutivH. Having failed to pay tbo lav , they were Ited to appear ai Lincoln September 24 , HO , for tilnl on HIP charges. Thov Ignored .ho summons served on them by a dotoc- i\e , and upon Ibelr failure lo appear Ilshop llonaoum solitenced thorn to do > t niiiiro In Canada for contumncy. Tliero s no appeal from a sentence for contempt iy a court ri-Kiilarly ooiiMltuted , but they irpoaled to Satolll , holding the ellnll'iii was rn-KUlar and that tin eouil was Itrogubtily onstltuted because the accuser presided. ATTEMPTS TO OfST MfUPIIY. Pending this appeal the bishop ordered Bather Murphy to glvo up the keys of the church , and when ho refused , suspended him rom the ministry. Another priosl was or- lorcd to go to the chinch ami take posses Ion and conduct the services , but Futln r Murphy still refused to give up the keys 'hu bishop thin went Into Uio civil courts o get possession and was six times beaten 'hen be sent a priest to Toeiimsih to hold orvlco at I bo opera house. He had audl- nces of lifti . n lo twenty persons , while 'ather Mnrphy'n church was filled. Tbo at. omlaiico was not confined lo I'alholles , for ho prli-sl was popular with all eleinenlH of bo cominunlty , ho l/olng a man of oxoni- > lary ebaraclor and haMts and ripe sehol- rshlp , a teachir of the young peopre In ho sciences and languages and a favorite pcaker before educational and temper- nco associations. When the people re fused lo abandon his servlcu the bishop ssued an opi-n letter , throalonlng that If : hey held any further cominunli-.itlnii wllb leather Murphy hi1 would oxeominut cato liem and deny ihem ( 'hrlsllaii burial.I'hoii : ho coimri'Rntlon hi Id a mass meetlnj , ' , do lounood the bishop for his trrutmont of Either Murphy , declared bo hnd no auihor- ty to exoommiiiileaio them and demanded i real Invc.stlnatlon of the condition of ho church In tbo diocese of Lincoln , de- : larlug It was shameful and disgraceful the t- > he cause of religion ami the church. The uayor of Tceumsoh Heat a i-ablegram lu loine , oxpressliiK the popular syinpalby vllh Iho priest. Satolll having failed lo graul an appeal. ho priosls appealed to Home and Iho jirop- iKanila order , d the deloRato at WiiHhln > , tnn 0 irrmt an appeal lo Hie metropnlllaii court. I'bls was In February last. Archbishop lit n- u-s.sy w.is then In Horn-- , following his ! urn. lilsliop Ilonatuiu cited Fathers FIIK- : > raid and Muip'.iy t. niqioar at Diiiitniu- uly ? last. Tbo trial was then IndcllnlMv iQHtponod bv Archill hop Ilennessy. wlio liter , and after the defendants had solicited IOIKP lo tllsnilss Iho camrote to the irlesls Hiisgestlng an anitoab'e uettli-ment They replied thai they would dom mil fro u ilshop llnniiouin an apolutj- and the rotra - ion of Ills libels against them. , APPEAL TO IH'mnjlTH. They wore then eltod to appear at DM iliquo October L'S last. The trial was hi Id t St. Joaoph's colloKo. Art-hblshnn llin- lossy abdicated as Judge In favor ol' l-.ith'-r ' Vtor A. Haart of M-irslnill , Mich. , an i \ - ort canonist , to whom ho tlolegaled al ! hi. unctions. Iho archbishop ihtin es-aiiiiR | nil oHponslblllly for Iho llmling. Itlshup II > n- eum was present only on the Ill's ! il.iy of ho trial. The prosecution wns eondii.-ted T Hev. Father Slattory of Nt w Hampton. n. , and the def.-n.se by Rev. F.illn r l''ltv- : atrlok of Dubiniuo. The defonilmiis also Mslnted. The arguments wire he.ml No- ember 2.1. Tilt y coveted the whole history f Ihe contvoveiiiy and motives and cosulm t . 'ore unsparingly attacked. The prns < eu- lon submltlod Iho htatfinont of Mgr. K.I Dill and Ihe allldavll of bis secreinrv. Dr. looker , the one alleging lh.it no j'lppi il rom the sentoneo for contumacy hud be. u led at Washington nnd the other alle-ln t tint Father Fit7.ii raid's hud not boon UVi | 1 time. The deff ndiiiits ccniondeil tlia' the : isos hnd been iron ted as one and "tlmt ' .Uhor Murphy had expressly Im-ludeil 'athor I'ltzgd-ald In his appeal. They at- leked the Bentonco for eontiimacy on tin rounds already mentioned and on Iho fur. lor ground that contumacy Is a dtollncl liargo , for which Kcnteiice cannot be pro- ounccd In advance of trial. To the liarges of falluru to pay the dlociMan tax , te. , made In the original loiter of e\pul- 011 and repeated Iji the citation for trial I Lincoln , they entered a pica of n H ad- idlcata , holding that , by rovoklm ; the rlKlnal lr tiers of oxpuliilou , .Mgr. Katolll lid adjudicated those chargis lu their ivor , and tlmt they could not bo bold to nswor them again. They pleaded also that the Hentoneo'of expulsion , upon their fallun- pay Ihe diocesan tax , etc. , upon a curtain date , was void beeaiiuo Indefinite as lo Iho lime a I which the ex pulsion wns to take olfr-cl , and for Ih. . further re.-uion thai expulsion \\as cruel and unusual punUhmnit for the trivial of fenses charged. i'ii\sii : : > WITH < 01 IIT DIICISKI.V. riicllle CclN Kill iif UK * Tbo Missouri Pacific ofllclalH In this ell ; arc highly pleased over the de-islon of thi United States supreme court Monday by which the Elmwootl elevator iluiUlon of the supreme court of this slate Is rovcKied ana a decision l-a favor of the railroad company ulvcn. The trouble grow out of the re fusal of Iho Missouri Pacific to allow the Farmers' alliance of Ehmvood to cruet n grain elevator on the properly of the rail- ' -PERFECTION Ifl QUALITY MODERATION IM CaOOO roail. The ease wan started In 1SOO , nml thl waller hna been In coiwlnut HtlRatlon ever sltlCK. The decision of Iho highest trllmiial ot Iho laud 1st looked upon with great favor by railroaders generally , bceatisp It forma a precedent lhat will prove moat valuable to their Internals lu wtibjeiiucnt canes ot the same nature. The Missouri Pacific has now pending a parallel ease atVabash. . Neb. The. i-oad hna declined to allow the erection of an elevator on Its ground * there. ' grain men there have threatened to nee an order from DIP Statp Hoard ot Transpor tation , as they did In the Klmwood casp , com. I'olllni ? the railroad to grant the desired 1'erml.islon. Now that thefulled Stale- * fluprcmo court has reversed the Slate Hoard of Transportation and the ntnto supreme court U la doubtful whether the Wabash case will lip pushed further. The picecdeiit Is al o of Interest to the Hurltngton road and la one that Gencril Manager HoldrcKp h.is been Imping for for some time. That road , too , baa several easra of the tutne nature pending against It. and It t now altogether probable that all will bo decided lu the s.uno way. Solllfd n THY Cn e. O. II. Swlngloy , assistant tax commis sioner of the Union Pacific system , hna ro- coutly effected n settlement with Treasurer MoKeo of Albany county , Wyoming , upon Iho dispute : ! tnx of InsU year. The Union Pacific did not pay upon n largo number of sections of latul the title to which had been In dispute in the past and afterward a tender was made lo the county of the actual tnx without penalty or Interest. Thla tender wns not nccoptod and the money V.-HH applied by the company in paying taxes lu other counties In Wyoming , where they wore willing to accept the nctual tnx levied. The settlement now made covers the penalty and Intelost as well as the orlglnnl tax , nnd Albany county will receive the full amount. itnll > Mi.v Nnli'H niul I'ersimiiN , Traveling Passenger Agent Marley of the Michigan Central la In town. General Mniiago1nnliroge nnd GetiTnl Solicitor Mnndorson of the 11. ft M. were In Lincoln yesterday. The December Irsuo of the Corn Holt , a monthly published by thi > llurllngton'H pas senger department , gives considerable sp.ico to the value of the sugar beet Industry In N'clirzokn. The Missouri Pacific hns Issued an nt- : ractlvo llyor for holiday travel. A pleasing ilclnro of a youthful nun ringing the ChrHt- nns chimes ot a cathedral tower ornamentn : ho circular. General Manager Potlcr of Iho Omal'.a , i Hrldgo nnd Terminal company , who has boon -A- 111 at his cornlry residence nt Calhnnn for several mm ths. la reported as being much Imprjvcd In health. The Elkhnrn hns three of Us through wlrco that were downed by last wook'o at rm up and In wmking condition. Three of lt < wire * ? am still down , but It la thought they will be rcpalrrd by today. All \vcati rn roads are hustling up the of * clergymen who want to rldo on half regular H faro during the coming year. Applications for reduced rntco should be made lo ( 'hair- man Caliluoll of the Western Pasfu-ngcr association , rhicngo , nt an early date. "No clorbal permit by January 1. no rides ou half fnro during the- year , " Is the tor.so wny In which n Burlington official put It yester day morning. I''lr N tif a liny. I1EATRICK. Neb. . Dec. L ( Special. ) The fraino residence of Charles Jackson , on Iho wont sldo , burned early this morning with most of the household effects. The lire wns duo to a defectiveflue. . The loss will nmuuiit to several hundred dollars. "Campaigning with Grant , " the great scries of articles by Ocn.lloraccPorlt'r. The Christmas Number of THE i > iI I i CENTURY ii i is ready * Campaigning with Washington , in Dr. WcirAHtchcll'snov. cl of the Revolution. AIM .SK.1IKNTS. Soyd's New Theafre Mutlnee Tmlay , liOTonljihl ! : , Stir , r. ? ol Appcfirtng in the new o merfy , onlltlcil \ BACHELOR'S BOU'lN ' .E. I'llivH Nlk'lil. - ' > ' > " 11 r > 0. Miitli.ci' . .FUIn } ! , ( . ( ) . " 30YD'S NEW THEATRE. hursday tvc.iinrj , December 3 tadtay Buck's Golden Legend lli-nili-ri-il by III ] .M < IMMI.V CIKIIIAI , HIiriMTV 'ill > ni.iH .1. Ki-lly. 'nnilncl'.r. ' Churns i.f . I.'H \ < < li-cv. MIHX I.lllliin T'liy , Mr. rafliin Iliikcr. MlV. . A. Urrrlrk , Sir. K. H. Illlllk. Mll-ll MillIt'llllllHIUI , HolulHH. OMAHA NVUI'IIOVV OIK'll IJ.STII A pli'ct'H unili r illrni li-n'li-iMilp ' nf Hunt .Mix-it. Kilo now "iii-n. I'll " . " 0 . i ' . II W ) . THE CREIGHTQN .K&WS-1 . ? Friday , Saturdny , Dec. 4 and 5 , MAY IRW1N. I'rlilay rvciilnij an'l H.ittir < l.tv mntliifi' , THJS WIDOW JOKTES. Hattirilny i-xonliiK. 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