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MPIETE «£• i Men** General Interest T©M i«i $< *"«** $£" i SUMMARY •f B»PPMU|* of *•* " UIU* tajWlMM fro* All P»rti. •* *• <*»" oC cee of the Unite* imported la t the and ̂ deciding Mr. ' United States troop* have traversed •II the trails in many Northern Lason province*. driving out the Insurgent*. The Boer invaders iu the north of Cape Colony are reported to have oc­ cupied Colesberg. the suit of Charles Wertheimer against Count and Countess de Cas- tellane for payment for bric-a-brac was h«srd in Paris and continued. Body of Thomas Edmunson, farmer, found hanging on wire fence near Ma­ son City, la. Murder suspected. Mrs. Alice D. Baker, widow, myste­ riously killed at Rock Island, 111., dar­ ing romp with a boy. James P. Bellinger, Alton, III., who killed Mrs. Hattie Watson, convicted of manslaughter. Case of former Cadet Breth before a 'military court of Inquiry into bas­ ing. Attempt to rob Nebraska state treas­ ury frustrated by watchman. H. K. Wieser, . hank teller at York, said to t>e WO,000 short. mipderer at Paris, I1L. lay. .tramp One hun< of Autonomy party In Ma­ nila outlined their idea of govern- mftnt to commission. Rebels slain in *r- alarmed over danger of ail- / of trainmen to settle strike Fe telegraphers failed. dent Harrison says his Axsjx h was misquoted and was 1*9* Intended as a legal argument on states of new possessions. MSeArtbur wiii i*sue warning in Filipinos that laws of war will be strictly observed. Classmates of Cadet Boos testified noting done to him could hare rsusuideath. - BrMH Watch closely the action of the Uitted States senate on the Hay- Clisjnploa' Jeffries sad Otis Ruhlln sicn to fight twenty rounds In Cincin­ nati. The Colombiaa rebels have been de­ feated in a decisive battle at Olrardot JW*at, on the Magdalena river. ittai Snyder, a butcher, shoots bis wife and then himself; both may die. Dfscuselng tiie Nicaragua canal, the Vremya of St. Petersburg says % not interested in the mat­ ter, lint naturally sides with America. Thompson, who operated a touting boat on the Mississippi be- _ and Natcheg, selling § thenegroes, was murdered with kte wife sad Infant child at Ar- catfla, Isesqueua county. Tw> strong Boer forces Invading Cfcfe Colony, hoping to start rebel- Amnesty l*w passed French eham her. Body of nan who held up Illinois New Orleans found In ' jqBflua identified B. Barnes, alias Icnown law break- «r. Policeman E. J. Orady of Chicago shot and killed "Red" Corbett while *®f*ged in act of highway robbery, Corbett supposed to lead "charmed life," immune to policemen's bullets, Grand jury at Chicago voted to »«ke thorough investigation of City H|ll scandals and prevalence of crime. Two nurses in insane department of BeUevue hospital. New York, charged with killing a patient. Former transport Centennisl saved fircm foundering in hurricane on Pa­ cific by help of passengers. , "John Owens." who is to be banged atParis, 111., still refuses to disclose bis identity •lieutenant Evans and men of Forty- fourth Infantry routed Filipinos in Cebu. Mob at Pittsburg threatened to lynch w;i|s^iRpk out of the m«a im him The aemmpHshed in * in splte of the belief wpuld be on lusttd era.•' Governor Mounthad company of state troops at to be In readiness for ̂ action, cial train was prepared to militiamen here, but the cllbmu of Rockport hsd too much of a stnH in the race, and the soldiers did not start. They were expected, however, all evening, and the .lyndkera wasted no tim* in order to complete tkeir work the troops should con­ front them. . • Mtmr l«w» Ma la Baftttk. " » ,. received at Londoi fro*. Sootb Afrlcn tell of ahbilMir furlona battle, aod this time of victory tar the British drat*. It also staled that the I Boers, numbered between 1,500 | and 2,<J9© men. were overtaken by the BriUlk at the Orange river. The con­ flict lasted for several hours, the Boers contesting every inch of ground. Grad­ ually thcv were hemmed in to dioee quarters by the furious onslaught of the Britlsb, who did fearful etettatlon, killing and wounding a large number of the enemy. The defeat was decisive and the Boers at last made a violent dash to escape from the tightly drawn circle. The British pursued thetal and took a number of eppttves. Seven hundred Bows have craned from Orange River Colony into Cape Colony near Aliwal North and have reached KaapdaL - > - Britten sa«r«* «Mnr Dispatches received from General Kitchener bring news of heavy looses in bothf Che Transvaal and the Orange! River Colony, including the capture of several hundred prisoners, as the result Of running fights with General Dewet and engagements with Geiflteral Botha's troope At Vryheid on Dec. 16 the Boer's "drew off" after an all- day attack with the loss of 100 dead and wounded, but not until they had killed and wounded forty-eight Brit­ ish and taken 134 prisoners. A party of Brabant's horse, consisting of raw (recruits, engaged a superior force of Boers Dec. 13 near Zastron. Orange River Colony, losing four killed, six­ teen wounded and 120 taken prison­ ers. . LEADERS Wowir 'wettis Baiwaaa pan of tka Amnleu r«4»*»Uaa' Imbe* mmA Mr. bvkef .NewrnMkkaa-̂ r ua**p, .i • With the adoption of a memorial "to Bt'VUM^jndUBt] the a* FndaratioaJI tamo# aa end' Tueeday " resolution and plan of actteA for the improvement of the between later and capital, i WINNERS 01 'M rki the bi|#lliii a m at IW provision fhr 'an-'ittSEime as to aa ln tte bill to tax "a?* Foraker r of the <tp#8.«gf • of the rlshest LE RACE. "(5'T, jm country M* dying caanot kill which will devil in SBlH ginnste l mi: mm PPPPVV: -mtm exist paceedln cress bsned on DhscftBV'.'lle twanty-4lv» ̂ onigreasnasn,: Inc •• Ing: to (iicago aiid Cook county resentatlve Crasvecker of says ̂ will ^4%te for the s||» wb*f! sijjy bill unle« it fs so ame^detf it* to carry no subsidy. - C0UiM»ri^L ftl,- 000 bond liadi by Wftm' Br^kiSiy presented at' the tlei^ijMr?teijfin ̂ tion. Agriculture d^rtitot wiinn- vestigate native nut bcMuring trees •irith view to maklng cultivation profitable. tint district helum:shatfiiMI( TThitfd fltstte Furtherappropriation of to bring back dead seddiers in mV White man and his negro bride. .Insurgents in Panay burned Village fi Cabatman. First political party un- ^«r American rule forming at Manila, j Goulds raised question of jurisdic­ tion in suit against them as trustees of (giantess Ouitellane's estate. i ' Fire in Baltimore University hospital fpused panic; patients rescued from fSindows; one killed ̂ ^Steamer Alpha wrecked off Vancouv- aine lives lost. City of Topeka Wrecked near Skaguay. Standard Oil company building fae» %i!f°ry in New Jersey to light sugar trust. v Investigation of Booz hazing case by board erf inquiry at Bristol, and Philadelphia. Test case on right to import goods ty free, taken by supreme court, wi*l ; status of Porto Rico and Philip. $ines under United States government. î gotlations pending for formation big steel plate mills home trade. of Fred t<ee Rice, Frank Rut- id Thomas Jones, arrested in and Wanted in Ontario, Cana- b&nk robbery, came up States supreme court. planning canal to and Don rivers, to cost INWh Kmda D«d llftn Xsssnely jealous, Albert Metsger, a stained-glass manufacturer of Newark, N. J., became a murderer and sulcfde, and a pretty 28-year-old actress who was supposed to be his bride and who was known as Mrs. Metsgsr is the vic- tim of his madness. Tha tragedy oc­ curred at Hopewell, a minim town thirty-five miles south of Huntingdon* at 1 a. m. Tuesday, and It wis enscted in the absencs of witnesses. Mrs. Metsger, whose maiden name was Annie Carothers, and Whose home prior to her marrtage In September was at $09 Pear Btreet, Buffalo, N. Y., was the leading lady in the Frank Davidson theatrical company. Plagr** Bu«wt at UmIbi. Governor Pingree's complimentary dinner to the "legislature, supreme court and railroad officials" was held in representative hall, T4uislng, Tues­ day evening, the house having granted permission to use the room after a hard struggle, by a vote of 29 to 27. The dinner Was a most elaborate func­ tion. Nothing approaching it wa«,ever given in Lansing. All the appoint­ ments. including the entire menu, were brought from Detroit by special train, on which came also a force of eighty waiters, t-ervants, etc., and Shremser s celebrated band. Four kinds of wine were,.served. , .. . ni,v .vi.-,- ' Seorw of " • The German frigM| .'̂ «|»enau -itm wrecked off Malaga Sunday and scores of lives were lost. Some reports say 140 went down with the ship, and all agree that the list wiii exceed 100, The disaster occurred at the entrance to the port of Malaga, where the vessel was seeking shelter from a terrible storm. The training ship had been at Malaga Bince Nov. 1 practicing with guns of large caliber. It has been previously at Megador, Morocco. Big Gift tm* John D. Rockefeller's Christmas present to the University of Chicago is $1,500,000. In order to fill the uni­ versity's stocking Leon Mandel has added $25,000. The gifts were an­ nounced by President Harper at the quarterly convocation In Stndebaker ball yesterday afternoon. Canadians (tola* • Tig. The Ontario fisheries department of­ ficials have seized the tug Crawford, operating in Lake Erie, near Port Burwell, in Canadian waters, without a license. The Crawford is believed to belong to«the Empire Fish company of Buffalo. She bad on board several hundred pounds of herring. F. A. M'FARLAND. From the opening of the six-dsy bi­ cycle race in New York it was predict­ ed that Harry Elites and F. A. Mc- Fariand would win the contest, which last year went to Frank Waller and Charley Miller. The prophet* wen wise for once, for the combination of champions delivered the goods in a tight finlsh Saturday night Had It not been for a lap lost through a punc­ tured tire early In the week the French 1 > HARRY ELKES. team, Gougolts and' Simar, would have been an important factor in the race. Gaugolts led the bunch on the last lap Saturday night, McFarland beating put McEachem If a length. The winning team rode 2,fS8 miles and seven laps in the 142 hour*, nearly 100 miles hack of the record made last year. JfcBach- eri and Fte***' rode the saino distance but were a length to the bad as the tape was crosed for the last time. 17. defeated bill giving ex-sol dlers preference in government ftp tfttjnents. Pure food hill 'juiteflec in committee in accordance with «ag gestJkms from Chieatoans. ttetHloi of Chicago business ufai for ai ation of $2,000,000 for tufnii in C^ieagn river arrived in ten. Ruwored that friands .of subsidy bill have by persistent attacks .on ^ft «i4f¥»unl. Representirtive , |io|̂ |ns' plan for house membership e*, 3$7 passed the census <»mmitee by vote of 7 to 6. Representative Ray of New York, in the house, and Senator Hoar of Mas­ sachusetts, In the senate, intro^iuped bills "for the suppression of tra ̂rob­ bery in territorial of the United States and elsewhere." It provides the deith penalty for those gailty of a "hold-up" in case the death of any person on the train results. In no one la killed the penalty is bard labor from twenty to forty fote N< aueh"e.*f, amended It believed forenfi to Iodise: make ttoe iliat senate wat' prt- tiq ̂of Mr. Chan- con- eon- aid^atkm of t esolu^h iiiithoristeg In- v<yiittation *-of Wttifapk. senatorial jrcaife- ̂ Bxchansea advocate# opponents of resolution Ux*«.poU- wfi resulted Ih some lively colloquies. No action Upon resoution wa»;i*ken.; The hotise passed Indian and mili­ tary academy appropriation bffla. For­ mer carries $t,««,8M and latter fitiM 151. Neither provoked mheh discus­ sion. Mr. Hopkins (111.), chairman of committee on census, gave notice that he would call up reapportionment bill immediately after holiday recess. Agrarian party in Germany, accord­ ing to consular report, will demand high tariff on grain Imports. AR8ITRATI0H COIWWSB W STCW*^* HAtl, C»!JC*G0i active in David D. Porter Corcoran nw to Una* a Bis Meyers Bros, at Kingston, Ont., are interesting Chicago capitalists In a small smelter to be erected at King­ ston to cost $300,000, and to be In op­ eration before the close of 1901. The ore necessary for use can be secured very near to the city, and in unlim­ ited quantity. The city has given a bonus of $1,500 a year for twenty years to the concern, along with exemption from taxation and a valuable free site. The promoters say that they have the plans all ready for the buildings and the machinery is being ^ : >r< '• OwtobT Chan-- Mwdla( Sh»wl». Frank Chance, the baseball catcher, who is confined to his ward in the California hospitals at Los |*. ported by his attendants as hoMini his own, with chances favorable for recovery. The concussion that af­ fected the brain Is yielding to treat­ ment. •*<* ot>au% we*t*w-- The nnd employe, include the following fhlef recommendations: 1. Annual or asm-annual trade agree­ ments. . 2. Board of eoncQlatioa tot the vari-* •us industries. 2. A ^iiM^ttep pX tWlljfl ̂ employing clata and six of |he em­ ployes) to formulate a plan for a na­ tional system of conciliation. The memorial expressed In condensed form the practical results of the ference. ,:Tj|ie d^egates wp" the convenUon and the made adiresses from thW.sj|iiioi^i>' posed oiia Of the respects the most, n< representative gat) trial hlatory of th« Participants iupree4^tiM^;:lin;: inter- change of ideas had *1*1* est value, and proph«#d the dejltb«rnttons of « twelv of eo: ties A poor forerunpier industrial; peao4 however, w«ui a hot colloqu ̂ between Hu ̂ Lnsk, formerly I member of tp ̂pafllnnent of New Zea­ land, and I'»ttld of libor leaders whom Samuel Oom^pers, president of the American Federation of Labor, led to the attack on the antipodean visit­ or. "Such conferences aa this," declared Mr. Lusk, "ought not to be treated to. dissertations founded upon ignorance.̂ Our idea of freedom is not that werf man be allowed to do as he pleases. In New Zealand we call that license, not liberty." Americans, he continued, are not prepared for the advent of com­ pulsory arbitration, and he cited Mr. Oompers as one of those whose Ignor­ ance stood In the way of Its trial on this continent. CkMU will mm KMiga. United States Ambassador Choate denies at London the report that be is about to resign his post. The he eays, is based on the belief that the death of his partner, Charles C. t) man, would necessitate his return his law practice. 4 . !r WsalUtjr Packer* Soa AMwMb Edward Cudaby, Jr., 15-year-old, s<m of Omaha packer and nephew Of Michael Cuttehy, Chicago, was abducted on Tuesday evening, held for $2&90d ransom till 1:30 o'clock Thursday morning, when he returned bom#. young men in east central Kentucky, iis in fail at Danville charged with shooting into passenger trains on the •Queen and - Crescent railroad, between Stout; who hai beeh acting qneerl/ for sev ̂ eral days, stationed himpelf on a hill 'two miles from town #|play „and ilrfd at several trains WHll'a big re­ volver, One train wltleh passed ear- ricd Stuart Rafeson, the matty* Jbnd bis Two bullete weat U&ough of the smoking cortipart- Robson was seated,, and hip. m trigh Hassias Smwm tk* WMMN» ' Jap the Hugger has repeatedly women in the best resi- nr home with her the «ms* It She her. Iropped all her apkd dafhed Into a big house, she" found refuge. flgM.ptfMMte la Cay«t#L way msde ^u^sei^emful at- to rob the' S^y^Viiiury be­ tween 2 and 3 o'clock Thmdny morn- That is the story >m&# by Night man F. M. .Good, says he ered two at the men avjirork and upon rf^Mtedly by one or all of tlmnu one ol the bullets going through his clotbing* and breaking his watch guard. -- - Ciso.ooo^oo far OHMaadlk Stored away in the vaults of New York city banks is the enormous film O| JlM.0fi!l>.0<KH. esUmatsd by bankers M |)te amount required to meet Janu- Mry dtebursements. Temporarily Chere wUl be a stringency in the New York imjley market. The sum of $160,000, i^ts the earnings on invested capital, Um returns to the people who twelve months ago put their money In proftt- able cbannela and left II theia^f ;-t .̂ *I* M>k > f., V ' wmtf %'-.w , . r„V r J < » fyt - v v J{ -.•••• . •• < • •> , , , , . . . . . . Iowa, while X«(rro by a MaK A mob at Gulfport, Mint., lynched one negro and is on the trail of three others as a result of the murder, af Town Marshal W. E. Richardson Isst night. The negro lynched was not the 1 one who did the shooting. M«w Stta iter aa Anaqr Chairman Hwl of the honse mlljtary affairs committee wifed ths. Dee. koines (lown) eommittee |hat Secn ̂ tary Root Im ̂̂ aMemHN ̂'W^ieani' of the Brineo-Denny farms, four miles from Des Moines, as the alte for rite sew army port. A serious ,xo have B. D. KBNNA, (Vlcie-presldent of the AT TP. # Railroad.) / agreement came In for as great mes- sure of praise as "compulsory arbitra­ tion" did of opposition. THe address of Pni^dent Samuel Gompers of th# Atoeriouf Federation of Labor waa devoted in part to an­ swering the one made by First Vice President Kenna of the Santa Fe road. MrT Gompers said: ,tOm» of the things to which I took exception was that as an officer of the Santa Fe road he ahould undertake in this conference to present his side, the side of the railroad, in n strike which is still in progress, without a represen­ tative of the sti1k«rs being here to pre- ods of voluntary arbitration ana sent their side of the Controversy." hiytnivwnravtivvvrivr- »*> ** BL DANA DURAND, , , (Secretary of the Natkmal Industrial Commission,) "Compulsory arbltrattoh" of the differences between employers and employes found no friends in the con- ference called this week by the Nation­ al Civic Federation in Stelnway hall. It was branded by all the speakers as undesirable and impracticable, by s as contrary to fundamental law, b jr one as merely a "phonetic freak"--a phrsse with an inco^vable meaning and a thing that meant the "scourge and prison" If it meant any­ thing at alT. 1 K Conciliatory tactics' on the side of both parties to tho great industrial controversy, and the adoption of meth- of voluntary arbitration and ItaB a Oalaay «r Ohio capitalists who purchased a large tract of land In the state of Chihuahua, Mexico, some time ago are making preparations to colonise it Hh feveral hundred American fam­ ilies. These colonists will be taken to Mexico from the northwestern states. O. M. Stafford*, a banker of Cleveland, O., who is president of the purchasing company, is how in Mexico arranging Hw the Importation of the farm imple- Inants and household goods at the ^BOkmMls.; , Kaas ASMUNMM ****** •« Da Wat. Gen. KbH abandons his pursuit of C« Wet and seeks to stem the BOer invasion of Cape Colony and Natal. f 'the q) urt-martial triala, one for 4mUMng ||racy commission, other for ib khllng" were reviewed by mill- authorities at Manila. ̂ f Wat •il-f New ^Slated Iadlu BapUste Gi^nler, known all over the west, and especially a«i |̂ |rmy men. as "Little Bst," the fimlles ̂ Indian scout, who first came into prominence for services rendered General Cook SpA later for service in all the big wars, was shot and fatally wounded in a saloon at Crawford, Jftk. by James D. HjpnfiteOd, thfc saloon manager. The of * trouble * «*- pnted bar hul. ^QarnlWs Mayer was arfested ioSb ̂ afl^^te.,j<M»l>tipg- , KMttWMa m ,. Mrs. Jsne Mlsabeth Waggoner diet at Lock Haven, H*.'She was ated 70 years, and was the great-great grand­ daughter o< prssidettt John Adams and the freaNF^tow^ter of John Har srandfather was mtwi la the war of 1812. Her father •gg^jjl in the M«xican war, her hus­ band was Wilad in the civil war at ta the dvlt war, Lieut. Gardner-- la the Ibw-aaOi q**m O Judge Evans of CXrtWfcbus, O., handed down a decision in the Peter Sells dl- voree case in accordance with the re­ quest of Mr. Sells, that he be given a dftcree upon t$e ground of gross neg­ lect # duty and not upon thf chute made in his petition. Immediately aft­ er the decision was rendered the suit lor 92&009 dsmpgeB which Mr. Sells filed acMnst Wuttam Bott, one of the cd^ioifentasts, -»» the alienatkm of his wife's affections was dismissed by mntnal agreraoeni Xa. S Corn Is Scares. Specculators who hsve sold com on the Chicago board of trade for 'De­ cember delivery are having their trou­ ble*. The pprice Monday jumped near­ ly 3 cents, sales being made at 37%0 99% cents, and at the finish at cents. Conditions In the corn market are worse than a month ago, when Phillips ran his corner. There is nb old corn to be had, and thf while good enough to griiii mrt eufficiently dry to ihjlooo spection department at CliMi# to It as No. 2, the contract .oiai% dispatch aUo dentes^tl Empress Is going to Cheng Tu, prov«| luce of SSffOiafeu. • _ with Uwtf Chinese situation. . that joint note will be;4|med.:i| - T|» prellminary note demands * th* powem finally been agreed at the ministers, who concutjMI change proposed by the .««Mgi |̂-^ts latest Sir atseat Sttow. - - Dispatch -to Londicm patf«r 4 ̂ mans shot sixty ana took 200 prisoners in Lung Chtng. Bank *allar Short .. Harry K. Wieser, teller^! curity Title and Trust banking institution of v<**m said by the officials of the ̂ be shorty »20,000 in h bank bas posted a. n^t .̂. customers that neither its _ its surplus was impaired er's shortage, and that It 6 to meet f01 its obligations Teller Weiser has secured \ consisted in mi - posit sHpa. Weiser, sines the poeure, has broken dotn «ntt his borne auSlvtai ftott-nahrouai' trathnu Dawla Saa# lite Rev. Wllllsm Ds takt«g le^al- aetlfln at John Alexander jteiil, the Chiu^o, alleging thst he..|||| in the Issue at Etowle's Healing" of Oct. 16, in wlfob tion the Rev. Mr. Poe is frsqd and immorality. ComrmI plaiaHttdeaoliMdMr. Britlsh su^jspt< ::sald tw,. jW| pfaris, on bis .way to Swi ' asked for the court's ser^e a writ out of Its Leave was granted, subject to is having liberty to appeal tttoaier. Wot KiMpM , Anna, the 14-year-old daughter Richard Rust, who lives near Cot, was assaulted by a boy identified as Clyde Gray. Gray contested, but BhermFedton.whohsfblJ conullT^parinM bis escape a crowd fomed to him, but wore held back by tlM of the. ̂ rl. Gray fs 17 k i'.n'i'ji'--1' ' 1 11 '•. ' in . r '11 in".' • Peal-- Bisk* to Ca,t tka^Iea. Tbe supreme court at decided by a majority People's Ice compsny of not cut ice on White 1 sale, the suit baving been l property ownep on 1 allied that the ct duced'tbe lak« level I&4 injurious to fhem. Justtt* sented, maintaining the. public prop«riy si could cut Ice there. Cfcaffaa Raporta CamlMn. General Chaffee's casualty lows: Pel^i, Dec. lik-- General, Wasnington: TH| casualties have occurred port: At Pekln Dm. 8, O'Cimnor, company U pneumonia; Deie. §, Samuel company H, Nln ̂ lnfant^r, of the glottis; pec. 14, Joee]Hl company K, Ninth infantry ,̂ nia. t to BK President McKinley bsve Christmas dinner a bttttilo eral weeks ago a Helena^llOVt.) er purchased ten of the «Alii&ij the Allard herd In the .UNMtenai the state. They coarit' they were unloaded at the house at Helena. They were and dressed lsst week wired the president asking hltt- if' would accept a roast The replied that he would, and evening the butcher express* choice one. :- m. Mrlkaa Miners at Houghto% Ml$h., fl worked flight «»d day s 18WS, sinking idtafts for finally struck I lode at a , 7f0 feet, or within a few point expected when the of the- work, mmmnt in ask <*i. $5,iM,0fi6 to $10,000 of