o THE DAILY 15 13 13 : SUNDAY , DHC13Mm3K J5I , 189 ! ) .
Telephones 618 C1 * I. Her. DPP 31 , 1SOD
Clearing
Of all winter goods , con
sisting of Dress Goods ,
Silks , Cloaks , Under
wear , Linens , Dressing
Sacqucs , Hosiery , Out
ing Flannel , Gowns
commences on Tuesday
morning , January 2nd.
See Monday morning
Bee for particulars
.
AGCKTB FOR FOSTER KID GI.OVR9 AND BIoCALL'S
THE ONLY EXCLUSIVE DRY GOODS HOUSE IN OMWA.
. . . . .
V. U. C. A. DUILDINO , COIl. 1OTII AND DOUGLAS STS.
gnll , the cirl of Longford , who tnarrloJ a
great beauty three weeks since , and Victor
Olljsoii , the eldest son and heir of Lor.I
AHhburnc , chancellor cf Ireland No mem
ber of the Chamberlain family has an
nounce j that he will go to the front
Austin , cUIl lord of the admiralty , who la
eligible , left on a cruise last week Ox or
thirty members of Parliament went out In
various corpj , among them Walter Roths
child , eldest ( ion and heir of Lord Holhs-
child. He Is thc first member of thu famll >
ever known to take the Held for any coun
try Walter Rothschild must scale o\er 200
pounds Lord Hothachlld has purthabcd In
Australia 1,000 horses aa mounts , presentIng -
Ing them to the military authorities of
South Afrlci and undertakm to furnish 10-
000 if needed Tlila Is In hrlllltnt contrast
to the stinginess of the South Afilcan multi
millionaires , licit Neumann , J H Hohln-
son and othets , who hint- subscribed prac
tically nothing except to the Trans\aal
icfugcu fund
Mr. Kcorgo Lacy of Si nil Gate nn eminent
authority on South African affairs , writes
to the Times protesting against exaggerated
estimates ot the floor strength , proving hy
attested figures that they cannot possibly
ha\c moro thin 11,000 men In the Held alto
gether for both republics. Their mobility
on Intcilor lines enables them to con\ey en
tirely delusho imprcaslous of numerical
forces.
HAY STARTS FOR PRETORIA
> cvr Ami-rlL-aii Consul HUH "Many
CouinitNHloiiN to Ciiullsh
1'rlNOIIlT.N.
LONDON. Dec 30. Adelhert S. Hay , the
new United Stales consul at Pretoria , left
Waterloo railroad station hero this morn
ing for Southampton , on his way to Cape
town , air. Hay Is charged with many
commissions from relatives and frlenda of
the British prisoners at Pretoria.
The bamo train took Lord Edward Stan
ley , one of the Junior lords of the trcasuiy ,
and eldest son of the earl of Derby. Lord
Stanley has been appointed to a position on !
Geneial Roberts' staff. |
Sir William Stokes , surgeon in ordinary
'o Queen Victoria In Ireland , and surgeon
lo the Mcath hospital , Dublin , and a num
ber of hospital nuises also left London for
Southampton with Mr. Hay and Lord Stan-J
ley.
ley.SOUTHAMPTON
SOUTHAMPTON , Dec 30. The British
transport Moor sailed from this port this
afternoon , having on board Mr. Hay and
the persons who accompanied him from
London on their way to the Capo.
orrit'i\i < s hur/u noun
Ciintoiim OlllcInlN ill Toronto 1'rolillilt
Iniuortiitlon elf linttoiiH.
OTTAWA , Out , Dec 30 A large number
of buttons , on which v\cro Inscribed the
words "Victory to the Boars" both in Kronen
and In English wore recently seized hy the
customs olllcials In Toronto and foi wauled
to the department here.
All Importations of the character men
tioned are declared to bo seditious under
thu customs act and arc , thcrefoie , pro
hibited. The buttons were being sent to
Toronto and Montreal people. They were
manufactured In New Jersey.
noniis CVN M.ticnvv MI MTIONS.
Dr. l.rjilN DiMilcHrniN \ rillrlim Im
ported TliroiiKli Ui'liiK'Hi liny.
HAMBURG , Dec 30 The Handelsblatt
publishes repoits of Interviews with Dr
Lcyds , In the cnuise of vhlch the Transvnl
representative denies the statements that
munitions of war are being Imported Into
the Transvaal through Dclago.i Lay nnd
na8 these reports are upload us a prctiU
for the coming British occupation. Dr
Lejds fuither sn > n that the Boers nro now
able to manufacture their own war munl-
tlonH ,
ivnuuvrufN IIY Tin : roi'i : .
Aiinlrliiii ViiKlonlioliiI'IIIMTN Ailvo-
I'lltl.lolllt IllllTVl-llllOII ,
VI13NNA , Dec 30 The Anglophobe novva.
papers continues to udvo ate a joint Inter
vention In the South African troubles hy
the \ntlcnn and nmperor Trancls Joseph ,
no mo organs going to the length of huggeit-
Ing that If Great Britain nhould refuse to
llhten to the proposition the p pe should
utter a public cuieo on the British nation ,
which would complclo its humiliation In Iho
eCH ot the world.
NOTED KANSAS WOMAN DIES
.Mm , Mnr > II , Iliililiuril , Who l'ln > oil
ConxiiUMinuN I'nrl In INoiiiio tif
i , ( 'ox i-riinr Hot'lor , IN Demi.
h , KANSAS CITY. Ucc 80 Mrs Muiy n.
Hubtnrd. widow of Chester Ilubbard 1 *
< lead nt the he mo o , " Horace II Jeffries in
Clay county , uned 76 years
Mrs llubbird. who ciinio to Kansas with
her husband In 1854 , played a conspicuous
part In the escape In 1S5I of Oovornar
Ileodcr of Kansas , the noted free stater.
Itccdcr , with nthcr Kansas frep ktatera , had
"A little Spark May
Make Mitch Work. "
The httle "sparks" of bad blood lurking
in the system should be quenched < wtlh
Hood's Sarsapanlla , America's great blood
purifier. It purifies , vitalises and enriches
the blood of both sexes andaU ages. Cures
tcwftili , salt rheum , dyspepsia , catarrh.
been Indicted for high treason , and afcr
being hidden by friends In Knnsia City wits
sphlted awa > by the Hubbards and others ,
first to Butler , Mo , then to lilo-Miilngton ,
111 , to Chlcngo and to Detroit
Mr-t Hubbarl's part was In escaping \\lth
the Kansas IcslslatUo papers and Hee c 's
trunk , containing his clothes and prl\ato
pnpeis She sowed the legislative papers In
hoi dress
OHIO SOLUNS IVIcET MONDAY
iiN IteiiiieNt ( It-ncrnl l !
nn liiilc | > < Mi < liit. . lo : .i > di-u from
Si-iiatorlal CnuoiiN.
COLUMBUS , 0 , Dec 30 The Ohio leg
islature will convene Mondaj and organise
The republlcaiib have a maorlt > In both
branches. In the senate there are nineteen
republicans , clc\en democrats and one in
dependent republican. In the house there
are slxtj-two republicans , fort-lhe demo
crats and thrco Independent republicans.
The republican and democratic taucLsses
were held today.
The republicans of the senate refused to
permit General Charles Brown , the fuslonlst
senator from Hamilton county , to partici
pate In their caucus. He was present when
the meeting opened , but was icquested to
retire and did so amid an ominous silence.
The icpubllcans of the1 senate named Oscar
Sheppard of Treble county for president
pro tern , W. B. Uhl of Cujahoga county for
clerk and L S. Pardce of Summit county
for scrgeant-at-arms.
The republicans cf the house named A. C.
Uojnolda of Lake county for speaker ,
Charles Merlon , Jr. , of Franklin , for speaker
pro tern , B. K McElroy of Mt. Veruon
for clerk and Andrew Jackson of Greene
for sergeant-at-arms.
The scene In the caucus when General
Brown was expelled was Impresshe. Sen
ator Nlppert offered a resolution to the ef
fect that all scnatora except those elected on
the republican ticket be excluded fiom the
deliberations of the senators.
Senator Nlppert displayed a copy of the
ballot voted In Hamilton county last fall.
He pointed out the roster at the head of
the oemocratlc ticket and read the name of
Senator Brown along with that of John H.
McLean. The senator said that it was on
account of the actlom of Senator Brown nnd
others ithat McLean carried Hamilton county
In November. Ho believed In party oiganl-
atlon , and no man who ran with John R.
McLean had any right In a republican cau
cus.
General Brown aLknowIedred that the
head of the ticket was democratic , and said
MI did not vote for John IMcLean ! or
any man on the democratic ticket. That is
well understood. I was not a democrat
then , I am not one now. "
The resolution was unanimously adopted
I and General Brown linmotliatelj retired
j The democrats of the senate nominated
i Senator William F. Boreln of Auglaize for
I president pro tern. , D. S. risher of Fremont
| for clerk and J J. Brady of Columbus for
j sergeant-at-arms.
' The democrats of the house nominated
Charles Swnln of Hamilton for speaker ,
Clmtles Z Gcflrd of Ashland for speaker
j pie tern , W. A. Taylor of Columbus for
clerk and J P. Hahaffey of Cambridge for
j faergeant-at-arras.
I
! . \ vri-.on"ii : , MIJ. > AUIJ ACTIVIJ ,
I To Inir to I'nt lr | > Coiiililnniloii Slati
{ i\ith tin * icHii | > : : < 'niiN.
I TRANKrORT , Kv. , Dec SO The demo-
cratlc leader- tonight aswcrt that thoj v\Ii ;
oiganlzo both houses of the legislature
Tuesday. They suy that In no event v\ll !
moio than n half dozen of the antl-Qoobo'
demccr.UB vote for the candidates of thf
antl-GocbelltcB and republican coalitkn , II
a slate Is put up by that side. Represent-
I tlvo Hmmltt Orr of Owen , democrat , vvll
I probably bo put up by the combination foi
I flpeaker of the house , but It Is claimed to'
' night that Orr and Wllllnghan and Senators
Alexander and Hay ore the only democrat !
who will slay out of thc democratic cautu ;
Monday night.
Several members who are known to IK
antl-Gcohclitcs have announced their Inteu
tlon to go Into the caucus Mnce the con
tests are net to come bofoie that body fo :
any sort of action. The antl-Goehel leaden
held o'veral conferences In Louisville toda ;
and wore In communication with upuhllcat
members-elect hciu tonight and It VUT
| learned that their plans seem to bo stll
In ombrjo as to the most impoitant mat
i ters.
! Farmer Congressman W C. Owens was tin
i first uutl-Gocbol dcinocrat to airlvo nnd Ii
' In charge rf the leadership of that fiction
I Formt-r Senator Blackburn has forma'.l ;
' opened hU hcadiuartei8 ) Ills manager ;
'still ' claim that he will receive the votes o
all hut two or three democrats of all kind ,
and that his election Is thpicforo ccrtal.i
lx O' i'M riii i'iuu- : \ l.lliiurj
CIinVBNNB. Uec 30 ( Special Tele
gram ) Andiow Carnegie , the Pittoburj
millionaire , today g.ue the * city of Chey
rune the sum of $50,000 for a fico publt
library building. Mr. Carnegie's only ro
fjuobt accompanying the gift U thit the II
brary bo maintained at a cost of not lea
th.in $3,000 yer year. Citizens will buy i
site at once and work on the Imlhlliu vll
bo begun us sooti as possible. Tha libiar ;
Avlll bo maintained by county appiopiU
tlons
NIMork < 'ouiuill Iloiiori t ) < Mt'i
Niw YORK Dec 30-The muiilcipa
council hue chatiKi'd the name of Klin t-m-p
to Oewr > uvenuo in honor of the admiral
Dtwej avenue beslnu Just north of the clt\
hill r'l iiniH parallel with and cabt o
Droi'luiij It was recently wulered nnd li
to ' .H > < iavrl with asiihalt and vntn in con
d tlon for tralllc will relieve the tonce *
tlon on vvh.it Is know n .IB the "wholeuali
dl"tr' t' of lirouilnay Uewcy avenue ivil
l > o cm' of Un lurmitant thoroushfarc * o
Manhattan Island
CRICCS IVILL NUT RESTRAIN
Attorney General Rolrirns Tranccript of Ev
idence Taken at Hate Hearing.
CLASSIFICATION NOT A VIOLATION OF LAW
Complaint of Mil" ! " * \isiil" t
III llfllfN , .N 'Mi'tliixl if
'I In-ill Commission to
Drill lIi Suit Jet-1.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 30 Attorney GenerAl -
erAl Orlggs today returned to the Interstate
Commerce commission the lianserlpt of the
c\ldcnco taken nt ti hearing before the com
mission lact week In the matter ot the new
freight classification , with a view to nttlon
under the nntl-
i by the attorney general
trust law , If his Judgment warrants the
I
same. The attorney general's letter foi-
i lows1
I nnpAtiTMENT or jrs'rirn , WASH
INGTON. Pro 30 , ISMS The Intel state
i Ccmiinuico Commission Ocntlemen 1 run
In ioc lpt of your communication of the
SSt'i lust nnd have Klvei the matter such
1 caioful consideration in the limited tlmo
nt nn comma nil 1ms permitted
It appears that on the ! sth lust the Inter-
stitc Commerce conimlrblon oidorod an In-
qulry with respect to certnln chungo * In
freight classification , made bv "olllelnl
ila < islllenton ! No 20 , " v.-hlcli Is to lake ef
fect Januniy 1 , 1900 At Hie conclusion of
the testimony taken at the hearing mi the
21 > t anil i2d ! lust certain protesting nhlp-
pers leiiucatcil that a transcript of the pio-
ccedtngrt bo tr.insmlltod to the attorney
Konoial , Claiming that a violation of the
nnti-tiiist lav had bo"li shown Accord
ingly vou ha\o ttaii mlttci1 copies of "O'll-
cltil Clas-dtlo itlons No 11 and No 20 , ' a
copy of the order for thn hearing , a ti.in-
sollnt nf the proceeding nnd a copy of the
resolution and petition ot ccitaln shlppeis.
Vo\i expect no opinion upon the matter ,
but properly lea\c me to dctc-imlne whe her
the -acts shown \\arinnt me In applying for
tin Injunction to restmln the operation of
the new clussincatlon on I he vromiil that In
adopting It tup nllroad companies violated
the anti-trust law
I The Interstate commerce ict went Into
j effect In 1SS7 To comply with Its provisions
It was , in'ccsiiiv for tha lallroad ooinpnnliM
operating In the s-nnic. territory lo Hlmpllfy
theli freisht classification. Ac'cordlnglv , at
a convention of the lallroads a rmnmlttuc
was appointed to mucuro nn ofllclal classi
fication and submit It 'to the companies for
their adoption This was done and an olll-
clal classlllcation was adopted , which was
filed with the Iutorutnto Commerce commis
sion and went Into effect April 1 , 1S87
Slnco that time nine teen of the classln > i-
tlotis nivo been piopirod submitted to the
jullro.id companies , adopted and ( lied DinIng -
Ing- the cut rent > enr two classifications
were HiedNo 1 on rebiuary 1. 119T and
No. ID ( now In fore. ; ' on July 1 , 1W it ap
pears from the testimony taken before vou
that this official clasfilllcntlon Is u ud , suli-
st.intlally , In the < irtlera opontlrr In that
part of Hie United Stales north of the Ohio
and Potomac rlvrrs and east of the Missis
sippi river , There N an official clnssltlca-
tlon committee , composed of some fourteen
rnllrond offlceis trom different sections
Ihls committee meets on the call of its
chairman or upon the request of three
members At Us meetings suggested
changes nro considered
How Clixiilei < loM IK Unilo.
Such changes as the committee with sub.
alft'itial unanimity recommcmds nro noted
nmClilBilrm,11" , 'Jntl ' i'lcornor.itcd ' Into a
. Cl"'i'i1lncatlonj which Is then
dividual hmiM 1 ! ? Cllph to"n" iU for Its In
action Some sixty railroad cnm-
panlos thin
Independently pass upon the
claBslncatlon They signify their adontlon
to the chairman. who after the .Mliclal tlm-
s Mention has been thus udopU'1 Hies it
The legality of the method
of pronarinc-
a
, , > 0en Questioned nor , In-
" , the second complaints loml-
° ° f thc 8Ul ls-
were that the changes made are "discrimi -
nating ami wrongful" nnd will miMeut < i , -
foetortnn'l shllmc ' " the territory Vif-
jSst dlso ? ml."lrHns . ° "al > Ul cllil w nnd un-
amnnladva i1 nnd "Ilcll'c ' Prejudice
The healing \vas had to permit the car
riers to exec-ito to the
shippers the ei-ons
l >
an
of the
1' tl > 0
the ! " ! ' inllJi roatlj Intiro to
zrd& f Mf.
* / ' "
/v'lj"Jjiuiiiini ) Or tli * - '
i-in L * i
hasbeen lefused. thnmrn > ff' ' . ° ° "
SrSH'--1 '
i | sIl : i5iiP
1I | > and Injustice vv111 furtho
i the chnniros which nin i , , . , * , it-suit i. , , . . from ?
nniilBniu'J' ' ' " > rent from the protonts
nnii otlgj-
nally mod
, from the teimu of your order of
Decembei S , fiom
the renolutlu '
" ail ; notl
tlon piesented by the Hhlpiu'r" in from
your own communication , that It Is iho
t illumes made , and not the method of mak-
-
"ff them , which Is complained I of U dtr
the clnsBlllcatlon which has obtained for
many years all tiolaht Is dlvldt I "i , , ? (
classes. Kor these classes thc !
panics llx graded ralen A ihai BO f on , n
in cl'rto.n ' "BU > I 1IHS | | woul(1 Inuu.Ko the
, . , ,
! ? ' ? against " " the increnscd f ratei. arc ni o malntalne thus pro- ]
ducedlhat _ the. shippers protest They
clla"BOi ! wl" nslllt ln umeatonable
. ' An unjust clbirlmlnatlon nfrainsst the
small In favor nf the largo hlilpners.
i. In chargliiH moro foi a shot I than nOt
\Ot II \ Illlllllllll of
Obviously , tlii'Ko are maitors for t > io con-
dorat'ou ' of the IntcrMntu Commerce roni-
mlshlon A rnllioad i-ompiinv may lalso Us
rnti'i lo nn unieanptiiible iiolnt , It nia di -
cilmlnato amotiK Its uhll > P ri > , It m iv ch ir o
moro for a abort than a IOIIJT haul , inn none
of these .it H , hovvtvui uujmt and \vr nn'-
ful , amount ! ) to n U-iliu'.uii of the ant"-
trust law
To nuthorUo the attomov Bt-neral to di
rect mi injunction proceeding undoi this
law , it must bo shown .hut ' there Is n
contract combination or conspiracy In re
straint of trailo cr rammoicu ainone * ho
.
In the drat j'lau. tjuru ' . ? no contract
compilation or conspli cj shown 'Jln-rc N
lOtiBultii'lon b > irpri ontathK lallroad mtm
in ( ommlttio uspi ctlng suKKUHtoil clmiiKui
In iliiBiillontloii Thnril IH subteituent Inde-
l > niliiit uct'on by railroad < impinlnn In
thn adopt'on ot the now oliRtlllcntlan m-
oniimi'iidcHl by the commlttfo The ten I-
moiiy taken docs not uliow that nurall -
i roa4 ( om ! > 4ny actc 1 tindc < r i ( impulsion of
I a ininbln itlon In n loptlntr I IIP utllilal < ! USK- :
llntltn It mu t bo ran oitj , that u i om-
mii T S | " , tun i > ) i nai ouinpmit | < |
i ) * I in 10 si IK limor > in M d .sr- |
nbl t i
Will It UP InsUtcU ih,11 in rued juji ,
nlcs < ai'not connuli ro nc tin" fr < l l't
cl I's'lU'itlon' thai bccaui
cr * cue nlir ad
I company ndoptH a certain ilae'UUutlon in
f ctlier cannot' ' nio untl-'rust law BJJH
there must be a contract , or comb'natlon '
or oitwplrnty Thl muet hf hov\n Vml
it mut 1 - uliown to restrain Individual -
tlnn Thl * I" net nhown In the ti tlmonv
oubmlttoil
No ( ninliliiiilloii li Slioun ,
Moreover , thtre muit not only bo n inn-
tract , comblnnt'on or eonr-jirapv. imi It
must he In rcftiilnt of Intcrstati' com-I
morco A < appllivl to rarrlcrn this mcTti a I
coirblnntlon to utiirc''s cciipetltlon U 1
only by snpprc sins ccnipetition and arli- ,
trarily flxlnj rates thnt a restraint nn lif 1
liut upon Interstate commerce The llllng of I
an olllelnl lUttKHIrntlon dnos not lltho
latcs It places articles In certain clashes
tout thu rates for the tHse * are determined
bj the ra'lioad companies outside the cl IBS- !
llcatlon
If a railroad company malntnltn the e\-
IstliiR rates the change of nn article from a
lower to a higher class will Increase the
rate , but from aught that appears In this
testimony every railroad company using the
phv s llcntlon Ii nt liberty at nnv t'me to
c nnge the existing rates upon giving tlip
liotleo rtqulrrd by the Inter tale romiicrio
net Moreover , each railroad company 's free
to take any article out of the existing i
classlllcntlon by maklne a eommodltv rate .
In other words , no suppression of romprtl-
t'on. ' no atoltrary ( King of rates , no IP-
stralnt of'Intcrstntc lommeroc is shown
The Transmlssourl and Joint Triilllr a o-
elation ca es afford no precedent for 1 IIP
action renuliod In this cise Uiich of tln'T ' ,
nssoclnt'on wns fornifd by n contimt
under vvh'ib the companies selected a i n- .
tral nutliorlt > to ll\ and maintain latos
There v\as an absolute miniipsslon of com
petition Tbo power of liuUicm > nt adlon
was Oostroyed No compiny could ihan e
u into tlsc'd by t'io man igc-rs of thc isio -
ci.Uloli vv'thout subjecting Itself to n
penalty
If the testimony subnilttcil showed n com
bination amonj ; the rallioad < otnpinles to
restrain ( ommercp imong the > -ovi'ral states
I would not hesitate In Invoke the remedy
provided by the antl-ttuxt law. but to take
such nct'oa u ion thefmi ? of the fails sub
mitted would not onllf futile but ab
surd If there bo a ronu Iv , complaln'ng
shippers it lies In an nppial to vour icim- (
mlsslDii iindor the Intorstuto ( ommone 1 ivv
Hispcclfullv. JOHN \ \ CWIOOS
Atuiinoy General
PERMANENT POST AT SHERIDAN
lllll to r.stulillsli I'orl HHN It oo n
In tli < - Iliiiuli of fec-o-
rotnrj Hoot.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 30 ( Special Tele
gram. ) The bill to make puimaiient the
cantonment nt Sheridan , Wyo , erected last
year by the War department , has reached
the secretary of war for a report. Secretary
Root has referred the matter to Asslbtant
Secretary Melklejohn , who stated today that
he hoped to have n teport for the military
committee pieparc-1 shortly after the con
vening of congiess after thc holiday recess
The bill contemplates the permanent es
tablishment of a post at Sheridan and ap-
pioprlates the necessary amount of money
to accomplish the needs desired. The as
sistant secretary would not say whether his
report would be favorable or unfavorable , In
view ot the fact that It will have to be re
ferred to the secretary of war for final ap
proval bc.'oro being sent to the committee on
military affairs , of which Mr Hull of Iowa
is chalrnnn.
Senr-tor Platt of Connecticut , who la chair
man of the new commltteo on "iclatlons
v 1th Cuba , " had n long conference with
Solicitor McGoon of the War department
and Assistant Secretary Melklejohn , which
lasted nearly three hours Senator Platt
had his stenographel with him and instead
of being compelled to read unprepaied and
prepaid ! reports fiom theae who have had
charge of the Cuban situation since the
beginning of the war with Spain , stated that
ho dcblred to have answers to a beries of
categorical questions which he had prepared ,
in order to be better able to understand
the situation which exists between the
United States and the people of Cuba at
this time These questions cover what had
been done by the War department since
thc military had occupied Cuba ; tbo man
ner In which the occupancy was performed
and also the legal relations existing be
tween the United States nnd Cuba. The
senator went Into a discussion as to the
franchises granted to the people of Cuba ,
the management of the schools and In fact
everything relating to the economic and
relations of the people as understood
by the War department.
I Senator Platt also took un n eories of In
quiries ab to the manner In which the ex
penses of Cuba -were audited , the condition
of finances and requested an opinion fiom
the solicitor as to the legal rlghtb of the
United States In Cuba at this time The
j conference v\as undoubtedly productive of
'
'much good , and the subject matter will bo
used in enacting legislation that may bo
necessary for the government of the island , ,
preparatory to carrying out oenator Teller's
jicEOlutlon pasbed a year and a half ago ,
| which gives Cuba the riyht of self-govern-
. ment
I Congieasman J S Robinson , accompanied
by his wife and child , has arrived from
Wheeling , W Vn , and has announced him
self entirely icady to take up thc real fcorl-
ous business of legislation Senator Allen
hob removed from the National hotel , and
IB now located at 21G New Jersey avenue ,
Northwest.
GAIN IN GOLD AND SILVER
iNlliiuitc : for tintar Minli- y Mint
Dlicutor llolii-rlH Colorado In
( Inl.viul. .
WASHINGTON , Dec 30. The preliminary
estimate of the production of gold and silver
In the United States during the calendar
jear 1S99 made by Mr , Roberts , the director
of the mint , shows a total gold production
' Increase over the production
of STO.G'M.UO , an
tion of last year of $0,230,070 The produc
tion of silver during the jcar Is estimated
at $71,124,690 , on Increase during the > ear
of $4,010,211. The gold production by states
for the yearn 1S99 and 189S herewith given :
Gold ProCiold Pro
duction , ductlon ,
State" ISSrl U'S. )
Novmlli . J 2,44.,000 ) 2.99I.GOO
Wanllllib'ton . SOG.20J TWJ'JX )
Oregon . ] , D30,3S7 1,177,600
Alabka . i , , si | ) i.B.'ls'V ' )
Callfoilila . :4 , J-,39J 1B.C.I7HOO
Idaho . 2IM ) , , J ) 1.71G.UOD
Montana . 4,9iahU7 C.KS.OM
Utah . 3,3CU,509 2,28'i,400
Appalachian stntcn. , ! 37tll : , U7,700
Poloiado . 20,000,000 2 MIR 30 ]
South Dakota . C.120,000 rGn700
Arizona . 2,500,000 2,40" , m
Now ilp\leo . 000,000 & 4JOOU
WjominK . c.ooo .
Others . & 00
Totals . t 70,1.91,170 J fil.457Twa
llrltlBh Klondike . JO.lH.ro
The estimated production of silver during
1699 and 1S98-
Coining ColnliiB
Value , Value ,
Status. 1S.9J Ib'is
Novadn . | l , M"iSOO J I OlO.bOi
Washington . 4i-,5ij J2S.921
Oiegon . inj.'iio lfiij,0il
Alaska . S3S.SS5 119,107
California. . . . . . . , l,390,3ti3 MO Ii
Idaho . , . 5171.710 G,5U > Oii
Montana . lo.ou.iro 10,141101
Utah . , . H.G'iO.tfll i > ,3wSIO !
App iluehlan states. 0ic"i7 2 OJs
Colorado . , . s&ftKfl ] 20.49S,9M
South Dakota . S50.7W 1SC91J
Ailzona . , . . , . . , 30DOW1 2OOI,9"il
Now Mexico . GrtO.OOO S19.kb1
Texa . cno.OOO oil.uo
OthfiH . , . U.OjO
, , , , , , . , ,
lilltlHh Klmidlke . . . . . . 2:2,1X0
Drnf Woninii Kllli-il lij a Train ,
VANKTON. S I ) , Dec 30 ( Special Tel-
csram. ) The ccroner'n Jury trlpd for
'twenty-four ' houia to nnd v no ivas rcspon-
olble for th death of Anna 0icn | , who wna
inn over and klllcil by a Chicago , Milwaukee
& St. Paul i-nglne todaj , and leturned a
vrrdlct holding no one responsible Thn
young woman wns walking on the track
She was deaf and In addition had her head
i wrapped eo thai s > he could not hear the ilng-
'
lug nf the bell
NIMI Yorlv al ) ! . 'riioiniiK.
ST THO.M\S D \ \ I Dec JO 'Iho
Initfxl States cruiser New York arrived
here last evcnlne and leaves January i.
Tuesday , Jan. 2 ,
Wo begin our
V
mg lisEMsan on
Sale begins Tuesday morning nl 8 o'clock Oxtra liolp and plenty of room i'or all.
$3.50 anil $4.00 Any $3.00 $3.50 and $4.00
ne s
S2.95. $2.45. $2.95
Odd Lines $1.50 Odd Lines $1.50 Odd Lines 75c
. ,5
S ts1
75c. 45 c
$1.50 Ladies'Quilted $1.75 and $2.00 Odds and Cnds-Ladies
ys' SI a
4 Colors , 95c. Si.25. 50c
We have Seen in business but twa years and our slo& & ! < is new and up-to-date ,
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1515 DOUGLAS STREET. s.
RUSSIA ACREtS TO OPEN DOOR
Four Grcnt European Powers Make Pavor-
able Responses to Hay's Qnory.
BRITISH ANSWER IS REVIVED FIRST
'l l lo
I'llItCll
lulniiiu rrrt'sl intr > to
I'oi ( N of Cliliin.
WASHINOTON' , Dec 30 The negotii-
tloin opened b > Secretary Hay with the great
powers of Huiope and with Japan tow aid
scouring a common understanding for a
continued open door policy throughout China
have met with meat gratifying results The
State department IE unwilling at present to
maKe public the nature'of the replies re
ceived , as this Information will be embodied
in a special message to congress
But in other quaiters , thorough ! } tollable
and lu a position to have trustworthy and
accurate Information , It Is learned that fa
vorable responses have been madeby Great
Britain , Gcrmanj , Trance , Russia ( the Rug-
Elan communication coming as late as jes-
teiday ) and Japan There is no doubt , It Is
thought here , that Italy , the remaining
country addressed , will make favoiable
answer , If indeed It has not alicadv done bo.
The petition of Italy is felt to be assured
by the favorable couibe adopted by the other
four great powers of Europe
Tha importance of this unanimous , ver
dict by all the ni si-class powers of the
woild Gicat Blitain , Russia , Germans ,
Pianee , Italy and Japan , In conjunction with
the United States can haidly be overesti
mated , so far as it relates to the future of
China , and the commerce of the world in
that empire. The Statedopirtmcnt H loath
to discuss the fai-reaching rebiiltB to be
.sccuied when the airangemcnt advances to
the stage of foimal consummation , for each
favorable responbo is conditioned on the
favorable action ot all the other paitles , HO
that In each case the negotiation maj bo
regarded as shoit of alaoluto finality. But
vUillo thn department is .silent , tlio details
como from sources believed to be fully con-
vcrbiint with what ha * * occurred.
According to thin Information the Biltlsb
answer was the first to bc submitted and
was exceptionally comprehensive and ex
plicit In jleldlng to evcr > suggestion made
by the United States relative to maintaining
the fiecst entry to the ports of China. The
British answer Ib said to emphasize the
concurrence with the United States by
ad'optlng , word for word , much of the phraseology
elegy emplovcd by Societal j Hay when ho
addressed his original note to Great Brit
ain and the other powers. The wording Is
such as to make plain that the British gov
ernment concuis , for the piesent and hereafter -
after without limitation , In a policy of
free access to China.
I'duei-H Sllihllj ( Iri-Itnlcil.
Although much secrecy was observed In
the transmission of the British answer , Its
general purport soon became known to the
other European capital * * and there was not
n little Irritation nt what was regaided as
a prccipltato response , purposely designed
t embarrass the continental powers by
bhovvlng Great Britain and the United States
acting In concert , while the rest of the world
held aloof. But this 6ltuatlon was made
much moro satisfactory to the continental
powers hy their determination to act for
themselves
German } is said to have been the next
power to answer In the affirmative Accord
ing to the Infoimation alictidy referred to ,
the German answer was rather more vague
than the one which had preceded It , but Its
general tendency was favoiable , the , only
condition being that an > arrangement as to
fieo access to China hhould bo universal and
assented to by all of the powers.
The French answer is understood to lm\o
came next , and the circumstances attend
ing it woie rather peculiar and not In the
nature of a direct answer , although tu !
rcbult was regarded ns most satlafactoi }
Secretary Hay's note had been forwarded
to General Horace 1'ortor , the United States
nmbaoiador to Krancc. who promptly called
upon M. llclcasue , minister of foreign af
fairs In the Trench cabinet Geneial 1'orter
niado known his mission , whereupon M Ocl-
rauso dinned the incut ympathotlc gpliit
and stated that ho hud already made ampin
answer to ju t such u communication , al
though nt Uie time ho had not Intended it
di > an answer to the American note
This answer , M Dolcnsje explained , W.UH
given In n Hjiceoh niado hy him on November
IH In the Trench chamber. The main point
ot that speech. In Its rofemicea to Clilun ,
was that France desired the mist ami'lu
freedom of ccmmirce M Ueluiwc referred
General Porter to thla bieeih and told him
that it fullj fm > ll | < J" uranct1 vvhlih th >
I inn 4 st.ius di-iiiiicl U ix < iiij ihi tin-
niLiiiiiK via giuiifviui ! in 1 j u dil i. I
ihai tin ii-aiiti iseio i i. < u 1 i lu > .1
favurablc a tptan i 'rum limi
The Ruisun negoMuiiun iu t ( iiu ced. 1
leas briskly BO that It eeerard for a
I
During January \vo will
niako extremely low prices
on our largo slock oi' new ,
up-to-date furniture.
We enter the year 1000 i
better prepared than ever I
before to oiler the best in
Dining Tables , from $5 to $30 ducements in furniture.
AVe are buying iu large
quantities everything in carload lots. 'We got an ex
tra discount for quantity , and we get an extra discount
for cabli , and we give our customers the benefit of every
penny saved. We will not be undersold when quality
is considered. You get the latest an/1 newest designs here .
NOTE4TH | AND FARNAM STS.
Our now Hjjht bhop in out- own building for upliolbioriny and i o pairing
could notpo&siblo bo excelled. Outline vvhito luiir inuti ossc1- are the bust
in thuworltl. If .my of your furniture needs roputrin < r lot imdo it this month
mst&nixirxnxKV4Bswf'W3ww ; %
tint Russia's attitude might not be favor
able. This was dissipated , however , by the
I Rusfciiin ambassador. Count Cabslni , In the
I course of interviews with Sccietary Hay
On these occasions Count C.isalnl pointed
out that a hurried answer was by no means
the befat evidence of a f.ivoiable attitude
toward the American proposition , but that
Russia was proceeding with duo deliberation
In older to arrive at some solid ground foi
a permanent understanding.
The Russians were desirous of weighing
the many incidental questions Involved ,
huch as the effect of the understanding on
i territory known as "bpheres of Inlluence , "
ab well as on the tcrrltoij actually leased
to the foreign powers , such as Talicn Wan ,
Klno-Chou and the Biltish and I'ronch
potts Besides giving thrso assmancps
Count Cassinl showed personally the mobt
friendly spirit toward the American piopo-
.sitlcn , as well as being dusliou o' giving
an answer in this case which would bo an
instance of the friendly co-operation long
observed between lliibsla and the United
States. The Russian position , It Is inului-
stood , Is similar to those preceding it , with
the sanio condition that Russia alone shall
not be bound , but that all of the Interested
countries shall Join In the agreement to
keep the polls of China foi ever open.
In what order In the negotiations Japan's
favorable attitude was inado known cannot
be stated , but It HUlIlccs that Japan made
her position unmistakable in favor of the
American proposition with the name reser
vation , as In all the othei cases , that una
nimity should ho reached
VEST TO QUIT PUBLIC LIFE
MlNNoui'l StMiiitor liiiioiinrt'N Hint Hit
rrcNriil Term Will Hull HN |
I'HlilU' Curi'iT.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 30 "My present
' term In tlio benate will end my public
career , " tald Senator Vefct of Mlgsoiiri to
day "I have written a letter to a friend
of mine , an editor In Clay county , In nhkh
I hnvo said that the term will bring my
public llfo to a clote In Mjlng this , however -
' over , I urn simply repealing the statement
made to the Missouri leglslaturo whHi last
elected inn , that I would not he u candidate
for ro-i'lectlon "
Senator Vest's letter was brought by a
I request for hl views on th < > best mothoil of
edcctlng eonatora , whethci by convention
or through primaries. In declaring In favor
of the convention sj tem on the giotind
that pilmarlcB had lesiilted In party fric
tion , Senator Vest took occasion to refer to
his own lack of personal concern in the mat-
I ter by announcing that he- would n i bo a
, candidate again Ilia term ducH not expire
until 1903 , so that he has three years > ut to
servo. At the expiration of lhat time ho
' have htcn In the suiuto four tuiniH ,
total of twenty-four jt-orfl He took hls >
seat on March 18 , 1S7H , having hi.cn olccteil
lo ( ill the vacancy occasioned bj the death
of Scnatm Bogy
PENSIONS roil \ VIJSTIJIIHTIJM \S ,
siir l or of MuCl llV r HIMIICIII-
lllTI-ll ll ) till' ( IMtll III.
WASHINGTON , Dec 3J-Sprclal ( ( ) -
Thc-ue jiuiwilonu liuve been Kruntod
luinio < if Puuinlirr 11 HJii.
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mnnn fulorldgo HO , lines Mliiu , Jn < won ,
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i n.kiun $ o to JS
Colorado Original-Th > mas J I.awn
DOIIVPI Js Adim ni in hind IXnver. Jl ) ,
Joseph D I'i" : \ ( < ini | idu Spilngs , S
WOOD StLboiS HIS ADVISERS
1 ( Jo11 nor ( .cncili iirm IMCS ( nliniiN
llLM-iiiuiile/ I1 Mn I'ortlollo
C'lllilnrl < oiislilert'il Strong.
HAVANA , Dec 30 'llii- names of thn
men of General Wood s cabinet nnd the a -
slgnmcnt of poitfolloi will be iusucd tomni-
rov. It is bclloved the ilbl will be as fol
lows
Sccretarj of State and Govoinment
Dlcgo Tamayo
Secretarj ot lMucntlo',1 ' Juau Baullsta
Hcrnande ? ,
Scciotnry of Justice Luis isteve7
Socretniy of Tinancc Kniln.no Viiiona
Seciotaij of Public WoiKs Jose Ramon
Villalon.
Scciotaiy of Agricultuie , Industry nnd
Commerce Gcnoial Ruls Rivera.
All ot these names , with the exception of
that of Senor Hornandcr , hove been e\-
poctpil foi the last few das The cncitlon
of the name of Scnor Hciiinndc/ secre
tary of education fame as a hiiijnlse , al
though he holds an Important piofejsor-
Bhlp In the unlvorslty and In pio'iilnent In
Cuban national affairs The pajiciB genii
ally have glvci the goveinor goni'ial gn'at
ciedlt foi the other live appointments and
from a Cub in point of vluw the cabinet Is
connidoied a strong one
Iho majors rf all thc towns and cltlis
In the province of Santa Clara have call'd '
a meeting in order to determine for what
they Hhould petltlcn the coming council
Promlnont Cubans and othei InhabliantH of
San Antonio do LOB Banou , In view of thn
icccnt attempts to bneh Spaniards , have
formed n commltteo Called Iho Lotnl Coum II
of General InlncstH , whlih has iBtiucd a
circular riayltig that "In view of the law
lessness of fonifl Individuals , who wish to
outage ! the rights of tlio people , thei com
mittee has deteimined that mich outrag' " *
Hholl roape , the committee acting ( is the
Bontlncl of jiiibllc order "
General Wlls n has been ordered to rc-
poit at Washington and II IB believed here
that this means ho will not return to Cubi.
Iliiolli-'I'iii'tVTr. Snll for llnnliinil.
NH\V YORK Ivor 3D 4'uiiinmildor Ilnolli-
Tiickt i Of the- haNnllinimj and hl vvlff
vvoro | iat.Ht IIBITS on tbi > I'liinpan'a , vvhli i
salli'il loda > fur iJiiFcnafovvn There IH to
IIP u Riand cdiidavo of Hilvatlon Army
people of tinTn'tul Suit. H In Nw Vork In
Tdluuury nnd tlie ( nminuiiili'r If colng
iilnoad lo conftr with UoiU'ial ' Wllllum
Uoiith In leuaiii to It , Mr lloyth-Tutki r
IH III and will piobihly not return with In i
Olll > 'I'llOIIHIIIIll MIllCIH III Ml-IK ( I ,
ALTUONA I'a Utt 31 Hltumlnoua MIU !
mliu'18 In thlK Ht-ctldii nii't lt > tonvontlun
nt Ilarncsboio and ration for Imiomil
.lanuinj 1 Abuut 1 wi men at the I'OHUM
riirltan and lumhx lolllrilis an Invohi I
Dmriiindh VMHiiUo vutul l ) > tbo niliui ! ,
at I'ortuKe list nil til nnd uideu-d ti still'
vvaKi't' Al tbiNi iihi IK luiVMvir tinnn i
vvlll await Ih. , IK. u , , i i'i , fnlliil Ml
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pellctg , just Ills lie VP t pcKkol.
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