THE MCHENRY FUIHDEHLER JtoHENRY PLAINDEALER CO. v;. in #'> <:,r . • <• •. ^ ^ ILliNOlS. --TOLD IN**~ i" ry- K* ̂„'**• < lv:' £• >,* >P ; - i$W* m* : Mii: t#f **4 ' * Judge H.; L; Paiarer was linked with Grand .Master George M. Moul- ton in the Christmas toast to the head of; the order given by the Knights Templar of Milwaukee, according to their annual custom. Judge Palmer' is the oldest living charter member of the,grand commandery of Wisconsin. Gov.-Gen. Luke E. Wright of the Philippines arrived in Memphis Mon day to spend the holidays at his home. He said he "knew nothing regarding the rumors that he intended to resign his office. Thousands of citizens attended a re ception given at Manila by the Elks in honor of William J. Bryan. The engagement is announced of Mignon Critten of Staten Island and Swager Sherley, congressman from, Louisville, Ky. Representative John Sharp- Wil liams, democratic leader in the bouse at Washington, Monday received a dispatch announcing the dangerous illness of his daughter. He left at once for his home at Yazoo, Miss. P. N. J. Meader, aged 60 years, shot and instantly killed his wife, Mattie Meader, and fatally wounded himself at Dallas, Tex. Moses Peltner, the Leslie county, Kentucky, feudist charged with the murder of Jesse Fields, a member of the Hargls feud clan, was acquitted. The son of Mayor J. EL Schulte of Michigan City, Ind., is in a dying con dition at' Florence, Ala., where he was mysteriously injured about the head. Whitielaw Reid, ambassador to Eng land, called upon Secretary Root at Washington and had a short confer ence with him respecting conditions in England. Mr. Reid expects to attend the diplomatic dinner given by the secretary of state New Year's day. Gov. Blanchard has announced the membership of the new Louisiana board of health, with the additional announcement that Dr. Clifford H. Irion of Bossier parish is to be its president. The steamer Mowers from Austra lia, brought news to Victoria, B. C., of the arrival of the American schoon ers Klneo at Brisbane, with Capt. Pat ten, his wife and the rest of the crew suffering from beri beri. The Swiss government has notified the Italian government that it will be represented in the international cham ber of agriculture created by King Victor Emmanuel at the suggestion of David Lubin of California. Representatives from aH the New England states met in Boston and or ganized the New England association for the Restriction of Immigration. Governor-elect Curtis Guild, jr., was elected honorary presidents A peculiar provision in the articles, of incorporation of the intermountain Republican company, formed to issue a third morning paper in Salt Lake City, is that the stockholders shall ob serve the birthday of Abraham- Lin coln by an annual meeting and that their paper shall publish all the ad dresses made on that occasion. Albert E. Blunck, formerly a publisher of Lafayette, Ind.. Is president qf the new company. , The Pacific Steam Navigation com pany's steamer Peru, with Joseph W. J. Lee, the American minister to Ecua dor, on board, has arrived at Guaya quil. The duties of Resident General Ito . in Corea will not -be, exclusively diplo matic. He wjl) be empowered to jnete out pupighmejat not exceeding one year's confinement and a fine of $10Q. Monsignore Falconi, apostolic dele gate to the United States, was enter tained at Annapolis, Md., at the naval, academy by Rear Admiral James H. Sands, superintendent, who is a menir* ber of St. Mary's congregation, i F. J. V. Skiff represented the Field Columbian museum of Chicago at a , meeting in Washington of the direc tors of the greater museums of Amer ica called to take the preliminary steps toward forming the Museum As sociation Of America, which, it is ex pected, will be completed at another meeting to be held in New York May 15. W. M. Pryor, aged 57, a prominent farmer, was shot through the heart and killed by Mrs. Ella Gholson, a young widow, this morning in a dis pute over a tree near Paducah, Ky. The creditors of the late C. J. Devlin and his various companies met at To- peka, Kan., and took the estate out of the hands of the receivers. Dr. W. S. Woods of Kansas City was elected trustee to handle the affairs of the Marcellne Coal company, the Marce- line Mercantile company and the Kan sas City Coal and Coke company. ' An enterprise for supplying electric power throughout the counties of cen tral California has been set on foot by the issuance of bonds in Boston, and New York. The company is known as the Stanislaus Electric Pow er company, which has a bond issue amounting to $10,000,000. After a service of seventy years, be ginning with the Louisville Journal, George D. Prentice's paper, in 1836, Raymond Lynch, known as "Judge" Lynch, the veteran proofreader of the Louisville Courier-Journal, has been retired on a full pension by that paper. It is the understanding in Washing ton that Madrid has practically been settled upon as the meeting place of the Moroccan conference. Mrs. Sarah Whttmire, 53 years old,' a widow, was murdered by robbers in her home near the village of MUncy Valley, Pa. v Justice Kenefick of Buffalo author ized Receiver Wheeler of the German bank of Buffalo to accept the $650,000 offer as the Assets Realization com' pany of Chicago for the bank's assets now in his hands. The face v the assets is $2,100,000. *v $• J. ' V t " 1 M.. Mi LATEST CASH MARKET REPORTS Chicago Produce. "Buttet--Extra ereaimerj\ 25ef*v prints. B$c; firsts. 19@22c; seconds, 17@lSc; reri- nvatedj dairies, Coolers. 20c; firsts, 18c; laidles, 16%@i7o; packing stock, 15© lB&c; storagv- 2$®22t§c. jr Egrgs--Fresh stock at mark, new cases included, 18*4@23^4c; cases returned, 18 @23c; firsts, 22c; prime firsts, packed In white-wood cases. 26c; packed tor city frnrSrv 28*>; Ktoragw esrps. JS^C. Cheese--Full cream, daisies, 18c; twins. li%@llS4c; younK Americas, 18c; long horns, 12H@13c; Swiss, block. 12^4@12%c drum, 13HC; llmburger, choice. ll@llHci off grades. 6@8c; brick, 12@12lie; olf grades, 8<??10c. Fish--Black bass, 14c; carp and buffalo, 2c; pike, 7C; pickerel, 4c; perch, 4c; sun- fish. 2@3c; croppies, llfcc. Live poultry--Turkeys, per lb, 14c; chickens, fowls, ""roosters. Vc; springs, 9&c p«r lb; ducks, 10%@llc; geese. $6.00@9.00. Game--Rabbits, $1.^0@1.25 per doi; tacks, gray. $2.50 per do*; whlt%, large, $3.50@4.00 per doz; opossum, 25@40c apiece;1 bear saddles. 12ifri3Hc per lb; venison, carcasses, 15@ 16c per lb. Apples--Jonathans, $3.501t>5.00 per brl; Greenings, $4.00©4.25 per brl; S3.75^4.00 per brl; Ben Davis, $3.00@3.25, per brl; Bellflower. $4.00#4.50 per brl. Green vegetables--Beets, 60@75c per sack; carrots, home-grown, 65®T5c per sack; cabbage, $1.35@.i.S0 per brl; celery, 50c@$1.25 per box: cucumbers. *1 1.50 per doz; radishes, hothouse, 25©5®C ner doz; spinach, 75c per tub; tomatues, |2.00@2.25 per case; lettuce, head. $1.50@ 5,00 per brl; leaf, 36#40c per case; pota toes. car lots on track. f>2@60c per .bti: turnins, 75c per sack; string beans, $4.00 '@>4.50 per hamper; cauliflower. $2.25@ 5.25 per crate; onions. 40@50c per bu; kohlrabi, $1.25@2.50 per 100 bunches; mushrooms. 20@60e per lb; squash, 75c per doz; watereres-'s. 18#20c per doz; sweet potatoes, Illinois. $L00@2.50 horse radish, 65c per bunch; eggplant, $3.00 per crate. Broomcorn--Market firm. Self-work ing, common to choice, $5O.OO@85.0O per ton; hurl, common to choice. $50.0Q@&C.G0 •w ton; dwarf, $6o.oo@7o.o0..per ton. Grain Quotations. WHEAT. Chicago--No. 2r red, 88^4@89%e New York--No. 2 red. 92 %c. Minneapolis--No. 1 northern, 85%e. St. Jxiiils--No. 2 red. 8G%c. Duluth--No. 1 northern. 85^c. Kansas City--No. 2 hard, 81c. Milwaukee--No. 1 northern, 87c. Toledo--No. 2 red, 90}4c. ,. CORN. Chicago--No. 2, 49@50c. . < v • Liverpool--American mixed, 4s M44L New York---No. 2. 59>4c. Peoria--No. 3, 46^0. St. Louis--No. 2, 47c. Kansas City--No. 2 mlxedt 45H949e. Milwaukee--No. 3. 49^c. OATS. " Chicago--Standard, 31@3H|jth New York--Mixed. 37%c« :t St. Louis--No. 2. 31Hc. ' Kansas City--No. 2 mixed, Milwaukee--Standard, 31V&C. Live Stock. CATTLE. Chicago--$1.40@6 65. Omaha--11.50@5.85. Kansas City--$2@6.25, St. Louis--$2@5.90. St. Joseph--$1.75@5.80. New York--$1.50@8.60. HOGS. Chicago--$4.50@5.15. Omaha--$4.75@5.05. Kansas City--14.50®5.10. St. Louis--$4.60®5.10. St. Joseph--$4.7o@4.i*J. New York--$5.35@5.45. SHEEP AND LAMBS. Chicago--$3 @7.75. Omaha--$4.75@7.75. Kansas City--$4.25®7;S5. St. Louis--$3@7.50. St. Joseph--$3.75@7.26. New York--$4.75©8.75. Rf imark^ ' f i T®s l I s Given , JU^^er; p trect ion ' v . ^«Sc ien t i s t • '< • • . ! i LIVES AFTER FALL t)F THE DROP Rajeae Forearm and Contracts Thumb and Forefinger of Right Hand Whlla Pressing the Left Hand to Hlr Hip. f vuv,vuv in com- ^ s assets 1 On petition of J. W. Ryan, a stock holder, Henry C. Pomeroy was ap pointed receiver for W. H. Armstrong ft Co., manufacturers and dealers, in surgical supplies at Indianapolis. Notices of a 10 per cent increase in wages were posted in the six woolen mills at Rockville, Conn. Major Montgomery M. Macomb of the artillery corps, the last of the United States army officers detailed to observe the operations of the Rus sian and Japanese forces to leave the scene of action, has arrived at Wash ington from Manchuria,, and has re sumed bis duties in the office of the general staff. The command of the . battleship Kearsarge has been transferred from Capt. Raymond P. Rodgers to Capt Herbert Winslow. Capt. Rodgers has been ordered to 'shore duty at Wash ington. Capt., Wtaslow is a son of Rear Admiral John A. Winslow, who commanded the sloop of war Kear sarge during the civil war. A royal decree was published at Ber lin changing the names of ninety- seven places fa Prussian Poland to' German names as a further step to ward the Germahization of the" pro vince. The committees appointed by the' Northern Presbyterian and the Cum berland Presbyterian churches to ar range the details for the union of these two church bodies will mee't in St Louis D^£. 28. Judge La Lontaine, extradition com missioner at Montreal, committed J. N. Strobhar for extradition to the state of Georgia on a charge of steal ing money from the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad company. Five guards battled with Butler Styles, a prisoner who was in the yard of the penitentiary at Columbus, O., and one of them, W. H. Moorehead, received fatal wounds. President Faulkner, in a letter is sued at Cleveland, urges the members of the Amalgamated Window Glass Workers of America to accept a reduc tion of wages in order to meet the competition of machine-made goods. Capt. John H. Poole, corps of engi neers, U. S. A., has been selected to succeed Rear Admiral Baird as super intendent of the war, state and navy building. Harvard college will receive a leg acy of $50,000 for its medical school under the will of Dr. George S. Hyde. The jury at Kingman, Kan., in the case of Mrs. Rosa Null, charged with the murder of her husband, Harvey Null, August last, returned a verdict of not guilty.' Maj. St. George Kempson, editor of the New York Insurance Journal, and his bride are guests at the Hotel Ca dillac in Detroit, Mich. Maj. Kempson was married Wednesday to Grace Duffle Boylan of Kalamazoo, a writer of short stories. A fire partially destroyed the Caalno at Nice, France, shortly after the de parture of a gay night party. Charles E. Shivfely of Richmond, Ind., supreme chancellor of the Knights of Pythias, has designated Feb. 19, 1906, as the time for the cele bration of the founding of the order. The steamboat John W. Thomas was blown against the dock at Tell City, Ind., by a high wind and sank. The police at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., have discovered a plot to smug gle a bunch of Chinese across the Ca nadian border on Christmas eve. Mrs. Anna Brandt, aged 69, despon dent and in ill health, severed the art ery in her wrist and jumped off the bridge at Elkhart, Ind., into the river. It was announced that Dr. George 3V. Atherton has asked to be relieved K the presidency of the Pennsylvania ftate college on account ot ill health. New York dispatch: Edwin F. Tap* ley, murderer, hanged Friday at the county jail in Jersey City, gave proof1 that for many seconds after tbe fall of the gallow's trap he was not onljr alive, but conscious. ' With the agony of death upon him, the poor wretch, steadfast to a puiv pose announced hours before his ex ecution, signaled his condition with amazing clearness and deliberation. He d id th i s by mot ions o f t he hand , that could not have been spasmodic--? ., motions that were carefully rehearsed by Tapley in his cell early In the morning. Tapley volunteered the remarkable, test. Dr. Carleton Simon, an expert on mental diseases, assumed personal direction of the task. He saw Tapley in his cell and arranged the signals. -These signals were known to two, of the condemned man's spiritual *d« visers--Rev. W. J. Smith and Rev. A. Mayo, both of Jersey City. Thomas Connolly,* the warden of the prison, and the three deputies who formed the death watch--John O'Brien, Benjamin Wickham and Jnh. Hanlon--were taken into the secret These men knew that 'Tapley had agreed to make the following sig nals if life and consciousness remain ed after the fall of the trap. First, to raise the right forearm as far as the bands at the elbow would permit, then contract the thumb and forefinger three times while pressing the left hand rigidly against the left hip. If by that time the tortures of a slow death had not robbed him of all consciousness, Tapley was to reverse the signals, raising the left arm, con tracting the thumb and first finger and pressing the right hand motion less to the right hip. Tapley, dangling from the noose after the released weights had sent his body high in the air to fall with a mighty jar at the end of the rope, writhed for an instant in convulsions. Then the twitching hands fell and the arms, bound across the back at the elbows, straightened out full length. To the seven watchers in the secret of the signals, there was no thought that a spark of consciousness remain ed in Tapley's body, which hung three feet above Uie fiqor under gallows beam. But suddenly tapley's right fore arm rose slowly, steadily, until the hand was well in front of the body. Then, with startling precision, the thumb and forefinger gave the sig nal, The seven watchers bent tor- ward with eyes fixed upon the dang ling, hooded figure., Three times, with terrible deliber ation, Tapley's thumb and forefinger straightened and contracted. His left hand was pressed tight,, against the hip, its fingers twitching convulsively in evidence of the mighty effort put forth by the dying man to hold them to their place. To all appearances, it was a dying effort. Even Dr. Simon, man of sci* ence, had no thought of a further sig nal from the tortured man. \I.,f HIDDEN PICTURE it*?*:* Six years ago the British were defeated at Colenso. Find a British Soldier. PLAN FOR UNIFORM CONTRACTS Canning Factories of Wisconsin Or ganize for Protection. Appleton, Wis., dispatch: Represent atives of thirty canning factories or ganized the Wisconsin Pea Packers' association here. The object is to regulate freight rates and discounts and to make a uniform contract and grades. All the canning factories and packing-houses in the state were rep resented. E. Reynolds of Sturgeon Bay was elected president; William Larson of Green Boy, vice president; H. Landreth of Oconto, secretary, and R. E. Jennings of Sturgeon Bay, treasurer. friends to the unveiling of a tree*. Upon a brilliantly lighted and decor ated tree were presents for the chil dren, prizes for the winners of games, and favors. There was music and dancing, and altogether it was onq of the gayest parties of Christmas- tide. DAY s AT WHITE HOUSE Archibald Insists on Distribut ing Presents From Trip He Decorated. • QUENTIN HANGS UP STOCKING MJas Alice Keeps Her Own Counsel Regarding Gift From Her Betrothed --Twenty-six Persons Attend Dinner Party in Evening. ; ; v; FRANK CURRY 18 BADLY BEATCk Man Who Helped Break the Chicago Strike Is Hurt at St. Louis. St. Louis, Mo., special: Frank Cur ry, who has gained considerable fame as a strike breaker and who was the active head of the opposition to the strike of the wagon drivers in Chi cago several months ago, reported to the police that he had been robbed and severely beaten in the basement of a saloon in the heart of the business district. Curry declares that he did not recognize any of his three assail- atns. GIVES UP HER LIFE FOR BABE Young Bride Fatally Burned While Rescuing Her 8tepson. * Paynesville, Minn., dispatch: Mrs. Michael Schults, a bride of a month, is dead here as a result of burns re ceived while saving her 3-year-old stepson from death by fire. A lamp fell from a shelf, throwing burning oil over the woman and child. Mrs. Schultz carried the Infant wit of doors and smothered the flames in a snow bank. She then collapsed and died aftar intense suffering. ; Presbyterians to Meet. Nashville, Tenn., special: The oom- mittees appointed by the Northern Presbyterian and the Cumberland Presbyterian churches to arrange de tails for the union of these churches, will meet in St Louis Dec. 28. Warsaw Banking House Fails. Warsaw cablegram: The failure of the Important banking house of Mau rice Nelken is announced. The diffi culties of the concern are attributed to the political situation. Washington, Bee. 26.--President Roosevelt and family spent the hap piest of their five Chrlstmases in the White House Monday, the entire house being given over to the young er members of the family. As usual, all presents from members of the fam ily, relatives and friends, hundreds in number, were displayed in the library. Questions as to what Mr. Longworth presented to Miss Roosevelt met with a smile in response, and whether a ring, bracelet, book, flowers, a rare picture, or bric-a-brac probably will not be known outside the family for a day or two. Archibald Roosevelt, the youngest of the president's children, is the only member of the family with a devout fondness for a Christmas tree, and he insisted on distributing his gifts to the family and servants through this medium. He put up and decorated a little tree himself, called In the family to admire it, and personally distrib uted the gifts. Quentin hun£! up 'his stocking in the Old-fashioned way. Roosevelts Out for Luhcheon. President and Mrg. RoSevelt With all their children went to the residence of Capt. and Mrs. Cowles in the fore noon, to enjoy the unveiling.of Shef field Cowles' Christmas tree, and all remained to < funcheoii. Miss Roose velt wore when she left the White House a strikifag walking costume of dark blue velvet, "with a velvet Wat and a lohg, light blue ostrich plume. The president and two elder, boys were arrayed for walking. There were twenty-six seated about the t ab le in the s t a t e d in ing room a t . alght. The dinner party was informal and included all the members of "the president's family, Capt. and Mrs. Cowles, the president's brother-in-law and sister, and Representative Nicho las Longworth. Mrs. Fairbanks to Entertain. .Vice-President and Mrs. Fairbanks* who entertained their family at a Christmas eve dinner, left town for Indianapolis. They will return In time for the New Year's reception at the White house. Mrs. Fairbanks will observe the custom of giving a New Year's day reception, but will not be at home the following Wednesday. With the exception of Secretary of the Treasury and Mrs. Shaw, who dined with the secretary of com merce and labor and Mrs. Metcalf, all the cabinet members enjoyed small family dinner parties at home. Sec retary and Mrs. Shaw have as guests over the holidays Leslie Gulick and Eugene Dunn, nephews of Mrs. Shaw, from Clinton, Ia„ and Mrs. Allen. Mrs. Shaw's niece, and her two sons from Vermont. / Children's Party Largely Attended. The largest Christmas entertain ment given in the diplomatic corps was a children's party at the Cuban legation, when the two children of Minister and Mme. Quesada, Aurora and Gonzales, invited over 100 young TWO RECTORS FLEE FROM MOB STATE CIVIL SERVICE • CHIEF FILES CHARGES " J - Alleges Jacksonville Alderman Solic ited Contributions From Employes at School for the D«af. Jacksonville, 111., dispatch: W. B. Moulton, president of the civil service commission, filed information in the county court charging Aid. M. L. Hildreth with soliciting campaign con tributions from employes at the state school for the deaf. The information is draw , jta four counts and is the first complaint un der the new law making it a misde meanor to ask an employe of the state for political glftB. The Information allges that on Nov. 6 Aid. Hildreth solicited subscriptions from Col. E. J. Lang, head of the carpentry department; Matthew Min- ter, head of the shoe trade depart ment, and W. H. Clifford, head of the printing department. Mr. Hildreth, who was employed as farm boss at the school for the deaf, said that he did call at the state school for the deaf on a matter of bus-ness with E. H. Tickner, and that while there he asked Messrs. Lang, Minter, and Clifford if they wanted to contribute to the campaign fund tot the county election, and they .said that they did net care to. Mr. Hildreth stated that he would be present , when the . case was. called at the? January term of the £QUftty court and felt. certain he could ex plain his conduct relative to his action. Miip%fkSK OPERATORS fORfiOlNT CONFEREEC| t,: ^ ->; J*?* Workers Seek Recognition of Ifntc Jind Conciliation Bpard to olifi Session Continuously. Philadelphia, Pa,, Dec. 26.--Presi dent John Mitchell of the United Mine- workers" union has communicated with the presidents of the anthracite coal producing companies iifregard to the demand the miners will make for the continuance of work in the hard coal fields. It is understood the jetter Is in re gard to holding a conference between the committee representing the United Mineworkers and the operators. As to what the. operators will do it has not definitely been decided upon. Besides asking for an eight-hour day there are also to be presented other demands. The most important and one that if adopted will mean the com plete recognition of the union is the' request that an entire new conciliation board be formed, one that wilf always be in session and will go from place to place to settle disputes. This request will meet with considerable opposition from the operators. The proposed new board is to bo composed of three members represent ing the miners and the same number representing the operators and a sev enth member to be chosen by the oth er six. lit Troops and Rebels Fight Des perately in Streets of ^ Moscow S OPPONENTS m FIRED.BY HATE Soldiers aiyd Revolutionists Crazed by Mutual Detestation, Perform Deeds of Foolhardiness That Pass Muster for Acts of Bravery. , , BRAND8 STUDENT WITH HIS PIPE Son of Banker Ousted From Michigan Military Acadamey. Detroit, Mich., dispatch: John D. Cates, son of a Richmond, Ind., bank et^ has been expelled from the Michi gan Military academy at Orchard Lake because he branded a student with the Initial letters of a fraternity at an alleged hazing bee. He says that the matter was a joke and ex* plains that while several of the stu dents were chatting he playfully pressed the bowl of his pipe against the neck of a student named Eckstein from Duluth, Minn. The pipe was hotter than he realized and the fra ternity letters, "X. E. E.," which were on the bowl were burned In Eckstein's neck. The latter made no complaint, says Cates, although he couldn't wear a collar for several days, but Presi dent Wheeler of the academy took the affair more seriously and expelled Cates. Cates asserts that half a doz en students have left the school and will refuse to return until ho la rein stated. LAW MAY KEEP OUT BAD 8WINE WOMEN WORRY WEALTHY MAN One Clalma Him as Husband ed An> other as Fiance. -' ' LaPorte, Ind., dispatch: Interesting legal complications have arisen to en tangle the business affairs of Walter B. Leitch, a wealthy resident of Starke county. A woman named May Sulli van of Chicago put In ah appearance with the allegation (hat she and Leitch had lived together ha husband and wife for fifteen years and made legal claim to valuable property.' Sev eral days ago Mrs. Stella Nicholas filed action in the court to Leitch's property, producing documents declaim ing that if she would secure a divorce form her husband and marry Leitch the property was to pass to her title. Mrs. Nicholas obtained the divorce, but the proposed marriage never consummated. • " BIQ SALE OF PINE* IS CONCLUDE!) Demonstration by Church Members Scares Unwelcome Appointees. St. Louis, MO., dispatch: During the excitement incident upon the assem bling of a crowd of nearly 600 parish ioners belonging to St. Caslmir's Pol ish Catholic church to protest against the appointments by the archbishop, the Rev. Father Theophile Pudlowski, the rector, and the Rev. Simon Zie- llnski, the assistant rector, fled from the parsonage. Silver Service for Warship. Charleston, S. C., special: Elaborate preparations are being made for the reception to the new 10,000 protected cruiser Charleston, the first of her class. It will arrive Jan. 2, and be pre sented a handsome silver service. Robbers Warn Bank. .Galveston, Tex., special: The Piano National Bank of Galveston, which was robbed of $19,000 last Christmas day. has received warning. that the bandits plan another ratty. Duluth Men Purchase Louisiana Tim- bar for *3,200,000.!, Duluth, Minn., dispatch: iMichael Kelley and associates of this city have just concluded the largest individual deal in long leaf yellow pine ever made in Louisiana. It involves $3,- 200,000 and tbe transaction is for cash. The selling concern was the Wright Blodgett t Lumber company, with which Mr. kelley is identified, and the buyer was the Industrial Lumber company, whose headquar ters, as well as those of the Wright Blodgett company, are at Saranac, Mich. This is the fourth big sale of timber made by the Wright Blodgett people. These sales will aggregate between |6,000,000 and $7,000,000. LOOK8 ON OCEANS .OF WHISKY Insane Man Unable to Qet Any of It Cuts His Throat. Richmond, Va., disptach: An un known insane man is dying at the city hospital. His delusion was that oceans of whisky were heaving and rolling before him, but though he made every effort he could hot secure a drop to drink. In his delirium he stabbed himself in the neck four times with a glass Instrument" and is bleed ing to de|th. Millionaire Buys $180,000 Homo. Los Angeles, Cal., special: The an nouncement is made of the sale of the beautiful home site in Pasadena, known as Carmellta to L. V. Hark- ness, the Standard Oil magnate. The consideration was $180,000. < { • \ m Guards 8urround Jail. Lpuisvllle, Ky., special: The Jail at Campton, Ky., is heavily guarded to prevent a rescue of John Lane, Scott McQuinn, Parry McQuinn and Lee Profit, accused of murder* Canada Passes 8trlngent Order Con cerning American Imports. Ottawa, Ont., dispatch: An order in council has been passed providing that "all swine imported uiust be ac companied by a certificate signed by veterinarians of the United States bu reau of animal industry, stating that neither swine plague nor hog cholera has existed within a radius of five miles of the premises in which they have been kept for a period of six months immediately preceding the date of shipment, but such swine shall nevertheless be Inspected and shall be subject to a quarantine of thirty days before being allowed to come in contact with Canadian ani mals. Swine found to be suffering from contagious diseases will be sub ject to , ̂ laughter without compensa tion." t ANTHRACITE 8ITUATION jfi| AIR Board of Conciliation Holda Lengthy Meeting Without Results. Philadelphia, Pa., dispatch: The axt- thsacite board of conciliation: met' in the offices of the Philadelphia ft Read ing Railway company Friday but did not reach a decision on any of the questions taken up. So far as can ije learned the recent convention of the miners was hot touched Upon hy any of those present, and none of the par ticipants would discuss the situation. It is rumored that the miners' special committee has sent a communication to the operators. MAY* PURCHASE TAHITI* ISLAfelb United States Credited With Intention When Panama Canal ia Complete. San Francisco, Cal., dispatch: A re^ port received from Tahiti, in the Samo- an group, says that island will be pur chased by the United States when the Panama canal is completed. It is said to be the purpose of this government to use the island as a coaling station. Negotiations have already been quiet ly started, it Is understood. This pro ject is being kept as much under cover as possible oh account of probable op position from foreign powers.^* (> \ Monument to Hoar^a « Worcester, Mass., dispatch: The monument to be placed over the grave of George F. Hoar in Concord has been shipped. It bears this in scription, written by Senator Hoar: "I have no faith in fatalism. I believe in God. I believe in tbe American people. I believe a republic is greater than an empire. I believe tke world is growing better." Child la 8calded to Dea|h, City, Ind., dispatch;. Hot coffee caused the death of the 2-year- old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.. William G. Lafcke. The child pulled a coffee pot from the stove and she was hor ribly burned about the face and arms. ' Saloon-Keeper ts Kills*, l&ekford, ni., dispatch: ' Gottlieb Arnold, a saloon-keeper, was shot and killed and David A. Fuller, a carpen ter, seriously wounded by an unknown who tried to rob Arnold's saloon. t Former German Students. «*w York dispatch: At the annual meeting of the Society of Former Ger man University Students, Dr. Hugo Schweitzer was elected president and Dr. Cart Beck, ttfe retiring hpad, was chosen honorary president purse for Acquitted Woman. New York dispatch: Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson was acquitted of a Charge of Bhooting her husband after telling of j his cruelty and a purse of about $50 I wm,.made-up for Ittf. t /• * .tffoi .K; •S? Itffedoq, Dec. 25,--Thfcre has no direct news from Moscow since 5 o'clock Sunday afternoon, when the telegraph and telephone line between Moscow and St. Petersburg stopped working, but the Dally Telegraph prints two dispatches from St. Peters burg, dated Dec. 25, claiming to give recent details of the situation in Moscow. From these dispatcher, It seems that fighting is going on incessantly. One dispatch says the casualties up to ear ly on the morning of Dec. 25 were 5,- 000 killed and 14,000 wounded. ; v The second dispatch, which- ed Dec. 25, 10:38 p. m., saysv "C&nnon firing is now proceeding in several parts of the city, where tho barricades are being defended des perately, close to the railway sta tions. The terminus of the Kursk rail way is being looted. > Take Refuge in Cellars. ' ^ "Fighting proceded throughout M&Bk i day. It was impossible to move from one part of the city to another, be cause of the danger from stray bul lets. The mass of the population cowered, lfear stricken, In the inner most recesses of stables and cellars, trembling at every boom of the can non and at every explosion o? bombs. "Many people are suffering from hunger, and the lack of provisions ia becoming noticeable. "The third day of the civil war , brought no decisive action, only a < thickening of the bloody cloud of in tensifying horrors. The troops, jaded and worn out after eight or ten hours of dangerous work, loathe the sight of a crowd and fire upon them me chanically and irresistibly. f * • • Spurred On by Hate.: "The anarchists, mindful of Jfrtif comrades, who have been mowed' down like grass, are furious against the soldiers, police, and Cossacks, and in fact against every representa tive of authority, whatever his uni form may be. i, "The driving force behind both the troops and the rebels Is no longer that of enthusiasm or of any human im pulse. It is the force of superhuman hate, and hence tke deeds reported are not the acts ol patriots, soldiers, or otherwise, but the enormities of mad man. "It Is impossible to understand how any emotion, even of' the extremes of despair or hate, can impart such fool hardy courage as some of the rebels display. t .. "For every barricade destroyed bn Sunday two or three appeared in other places. Orders were given by the rev olutionists to shoot only when there was good hope of bringing a man down, but otherwise to tire dut troops until they lost patience. ' 'The most surprising thing of all la the loyalty of the troops, which pBt *}:£ body here anticipated. f Leaders Are Confident* : S "Talking with an Intelligent gfroup of St. Petersburg revolutionists, I was informed that while they believed tho strike would be victorious, they fullyi# realized they were staking everything upon the issue and that failure would set back their cause for several years. They said they were devoting their ef forts to shaking the foundations of Rusian finance, in full confidence that once the existing regime was over thrown they could as quickly build an other, and that foreign nations would be .as ready to advance money to at democratic republic as to the autoo* r acy . kS ' ^ ' X i "They emphatically denied that they were inciting the peasantry to commit agrarian outrages, declaring that these outrages were the work of the social ists, but they did not deny the advo cacy of the distribution of the. crown lands among the peasants. " ' "In conclusion they declared that fat , the event of the failure of their c:auBev they would have recouAe to terrorism, choosing their victims from all classes of society." ' . SECURES EtftfcYER'S PRISON JO» Defaulter Dougherty Put In Charge jp#! 9 Records at Joiiet. Joliet, 111., dispatch: Newton C. Dougherty, the Peoria, 111., defaulter* has been given the Job formerly held by Edward S. Dreyer in the record room at the penitentiary. His duties will bo to help keep charge of the records of all convicts in the prison. Dougherty served an apprenticeship in the factory Bortlng broom corn. MARK TWAIN IS GIVEN CROWN Wreath of Holly Placed on His Head by Artists' Model. ^ New York dispatch: "Mark Twain" was the guest of the Society Of IlhiP trators at a dinner in the rooms erf tha Aldlne association, 111 Fifth avenue. The feature of the evening waa a speech by Andrew Carnegie and the> crowning of Mr. Clemens with a wreath of holly by Miss Edith Anger* sten, an artists' model, who *aa dressed as Jeanne D'Arc, the aqgkfaOr'B , favorite character in history. V-v, ' . New York State Librarians. Albany dispatch: Frank B. GUbe||» a lawyer of Albany, and James J. W$* er, Jr., librarian of the University of Nebraska, were appointed law libra rian and reference librarian in the Now York state library/ jt - -i- -- -I sy Savinga In Cigar Box. * ,» • tleadville, Pa., dispatch: John ler kept his savings in a cigar Mat in a bureau drawer. While his wife was absent the cigar box, containing !|710, disappeared. % 4 ^ ^ . t.. 1'iyvLmdLis...i.^ > J & A J • .. ---...-I" V v •JV '*'« 'h l - • mailto:6.00@9.00 mailto:3.00@3.25 mailto:11.50@5.85 mailto:2@6.25 mailto:2@5.90 mailto:1.75@5.80 mailto:1.50@8.60 mailto:4.50@5.15 mailto:4.75@5.05 mailto:5.35@5.45 mailto:4.75@7.75 mailto:3@7.50 mailto:3.75@7.26