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U. .*• , v . . . . . . . . . T t w . * . >.• IP D HeHEMY mmm w«hehby PLijaiDBiJjn oa -T, - ZLLZVOm Robbers lUld Ohio lom. The village of Cavette, six north of Van Wert, 0., oa the natl Northern railroad, was thrown Into a fury of excitement by thtfJBUd- dent appearance of a despantagang of eight or ten robbers, wtolfllttUd the town by promiscuous ah6ot||ft and by the blowing open of t||Keae of William Hoaglands gea4lKf:<-'*tore. They secured about $500 in cash be­ sides & tot of valuable paper*. In the neighborhood of 100 stMfeK were ex­ changed between the robtfers and clti *ens. The citizens had fey this time become generally aroused and armed themselves to give battle. . They were met with volleys from revolvers and Winchesters, the thieves retreating with their booty to the outskirts of the town, where they had several bug­ gies in readiness, having, stolen them from fanners near the village. The battle was continued until the gang drove hurriedly away. They were fol­ lowed several miles in the direction of Lima. Thieves from Lima are sua- pected. None of the citizens was hurt Millionaire Dies at His Home, in Chicago. A SUMMARY Of H!S <JAR€ER, E3E3E3EJiEHHlSa I 2 a 4. 5 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 15 16 |7 Id [9 20 21 2 2 25 34 25 26 27 2& 29 30 31 - ltu» flf General Interest Told in Paragraph's. ' COMPLETE NEWS SUMMARY RMWd of HtpfMiai* of Kaeh or Uttle taiportUM from All Fwli of tko Clr- HM World--rtlim of hm tMtagli ta Weetera Mufcota for B«krt Hart 1S.OOO WortlL Kiss Anna Reeves has brought suit against Samuel Davis at Terre Haute for 15,000 for breach of promise be­ cause he failed to be on hand Sunday for the wedding at her home in the country near Terre Haute. "The guests were assembled and. Davis not ap­ pearing, a messenger was sent to his home on a near-by farm. Davis eald. be had discovered that he did not lore Miss Reeves. He is 35 and she is 18 years of age. He owns a good farm. Miss Reeves alleges in her complaint that she had. once postponed the date »f the marriage at his reque^k : Jfot to Cat Rabbor Prleeat '< <>». The United States Rubber company at Boston will not make the threatened 25 per cent cut in prices as proposed. This is due, it is said, to the fact that the Hood Rubber company has agreed to consider a proposition for the sale of its business to interests friendly to the United States company. Pending these negotiations no change in prices will be made. HM a root -Moat Kb>« Vm tko EMftofw •f Tweaty Thoonnd Mm -- Fortaae Wea la timla and Packing Efllnuttd D. Armou'r Sunday f ve­ iling at 6 o'clock in his palatial home, Chicago. The end of the great pack­ er and merchant was as peaceful as a child falling into a deep sleep. TO the community hls death was a sur­ prise and a shock. He had been 111 for two years, but no alarm was felt by his family. Recently toe had sev­ eral depressing periods and not until S&tjurdiay evening did he give any sign of collapse. The noted financier had ha**** mooo IMt Ukuy times _ to 20,000. &SK pmf roll for thf last five years has Seen from fMOO.OOO to $10,000,00 a year. Mr. Axmom did say of thto ooee with a touch of pardonable pride: "Through the wages J disburse- and the provisions i supply l give more people food than any other man living." Llbml la Hl» Chert tie*. rn works of charity Mr. Armour's monument will be found In the Armour Institute, to which but a short time ago he gave $750,000 in one remem­ brance. Asked once what he consid­ ered his best paying investment, he replied: "The Armour Institute." The institute today represents an invest­ ment on the part of Mr. Armour and his brother Joseph of 12,750,000, with a yearly expense for maintenance of $100,000. More than 1,200 young1 boys eager to be masters In manual training work are studying at the institute each year, and the applicants for admission far exceed the number wlio can be cared for. Commerce of the great lakes 1900 broke all previous records. Jeffries and Ruhlin will begin active training today for the Cincinnati fight. Northwestern railroad dingninos de­ tectives as tramps to wage war on "wandering Willies." Eight men are suffocated in, a firs In the Howard lodging house in Min­ neapolis. Steamship Kaiserin Maria Theresa crushed the schooner Pavla off the Newfoundlan coast. Ur.%nown writer in letter to Edward Cudaihy offered to tell about abduction of packer's son. His proposition ac­ cepted. Mrs. Bernard Maloy of Pittsburg dreamed her dead husband called upon her to foiled him and she is preparing for death. Professor Vaughn of Michigan uni­ versity Medical school predicted epi­ demic of smallpox. Wisconsin man bought 50,000 acres Florida land, on which he will estab­ lish Wisconsin colony. Toledo Manual Training school de­ clined gift of $8,000 offered by Andrew Carnegie. Great Northern said to have ab­ sorbed Northern Pacific and St. Paul lines. Denials by President Hill and others do not say step is not planned. Lines may combine to reduce expen­ ses. Cyrus F. Adams of Illinois appointed assistane register of the treasury. Many Filipino officers captured at Cavite Viejo in a successful action bj Third infantry and the navy. Sir Alfred Milner appointed gover­ nor of Orange River Colony and the Transvaal; Sir Walter Francis Hely Hutchinson made governor of Cape Colony. Other South African appoint­ ments. Congressional committee began Boos basing investigation. Kansas and Missouri towns shaken %f earthquake. Gov. Dietrich and other Republican state officers are inaugurated with pomp at Lincoln, Neb. Colonel Huntington W. Jackson, well-known Chicago lawyer and club nan, dies at Newark, N. J. 4 Telegraphers go out for the scalps officials of their order. ,f ' Joseph Schriver throws John Korda itom a pier at Chicago and says he was hired to kill him. President Benjamin Ide Wheeler of University of California talked of tor -president of Harvard. | Mayor Wheeler of Springfield, I1L, •aught sneak thief after chase. ¥. Director of Mine Roberts declared to­ tal stock world's money is now $11 - 000,000,000. Champion Iron and Steel company sold its Muskegon plant to tin trust for $500,000. John A. Gaugar, Chicago, held on •Charge Of hiring men without disclos­ ing strike in his mill. Thirty-two persons arrested for high treason in Russia. ' Robert P. Porter predicted popula­ tion of United States at end of present etntury will be 800,000,000. * Gen. Wood's firm stand quickly end- ^. '4# strike of stevedores at Havana. ^ Parcels post convention between New JSaaland, Venezuela and the United States became operative on Tuesday, - Sentiment in congress growing In _favor of making term of representative ~f©ur years. Pat Crowe seen in Bad Lands of Wyoming. Indians and cowboys on ' - trail. Suspect arrested near Chadron p :- Innocent. JBddie Cudahy failed to ! j Identify J. J. Crowe. Bill In Nebras­ ka. Jta legislature to punish abductors by Hfe imprisonment or death. % Joseph Jefferson invested $87,000 in Hyde Park, 111., real estate. 1 Orders issued for mobilisation Of French fleet at Toulon on Jan. 15. ;J|;; Briefs to support argument that con- Stitution followed the flag to Porto <* Ateo filed in United States Supreme i't ' 'Court. • > * "*• Joe Gans and Harry Lyon going to p|f' England, where fights are being ar- ranged for them. » Friends of M. S. Quay organized the ^Pennsylvania legislature after exciting t*ontcst and hope to elect him to the Rl*in on Railway Croailng. Joseph Bougie, a well-known cltisen of Marinette, Wis., was killed by a Northwestern train while driving over an unguarded crossing. His compan­ ion had his legs cut off. Another Marinette man was killed at the same place and in the same manner ten days ago. Bougie leaves a large fam­ ily. His daughters are prominent In society. l-: ^ ST*"** Ssi4".r j-s-i •fz ,V V; » ;,h„? ARMOUR. KUled by a Bor(ttr. Walter C. Casley, a druggist, was shot through the head and instantly killed in his store at Pueblo, Col., -by a burglar. The body was found by a clerk in the employ of Casley when he entered the store. The cash regis­ ter had been rifled and every pocket in the murdered man's clothes had been turned inside nut. Big Brewer? Combine. : , . , A combination of the ZaneStllle, O., breweries has been consummated. The Star brewery has passed into the hands of Simon Linser and David Schmid, who already controlled the Washing­ ton and Riverside plants. This gives «nem complete control of the Zanes- •rille output. The breweries are the largest in southeastern Ohio. act to Check Consumption. The compulsory registration of cases of consumption, with a view of prevent­ ing the spread of that disease, was urged before the Philadelphia board of health at a meeting of that body by a committee representing the Pennsyl­ vania Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis and the Philadelphia County Medical society. Roll rood Anditor Wad* Stenographer. Noble J. Waterman of Detroit, aged 65 years, traveling auditor of the Michigafi Central Railroad, and Miss Clara C. Tompkins, aged 27, stenog­ rapher in the Michigan Central freight depot at Bay City, were united in mar­ riage at that city by Rev. Otis A. Smith, D. D., pastor of the First Pres­ byterian Church. sA: - rlr ' •M Pupil« Moat be Vaccinated. The supreme court of South Dakota decided that a board of education has power to exclude from the schools a pupil who has not been vaccinated. The case was that of George Glover, a grandson of the noted Christian Scientist, Mrs. Eddy. The supreme court holds that the board had full power to act. Alger 1U with U Grippe. Ex-Secretary of War Alger is ill at his home in Detroit with a bad attack of grip. He had arranged to go with a party of friends in his private car to Lansing to attend the inauguration of Governor Bliss, but was forced to give up the trip. His physician hopes that he will recover In a few days. Serious Fire at Gnlreeton. The Galveston factory of the Nation­ al Biscuit Company and a grain con­ ditioning elevator belonging to Joc- kusch, Davidson ft Co. were destroyed by fire. The fire originated In the cracker factory. The loss is $60,000, partly covered by insurance. PHILIP aa attack of pneumonia following a bad cold and he was considered out of danger. Wednesday his heart, which had given him some trouble, showed signs of weakness again, and the gravity of his ailment disturbed the physicians and family. Mr. Ar­ mour was not unconscious of his own condition. Saturday afternoon he was attacked <by intense pain, which Dr. Prank Billings pronounced acute my- coraditis. His son, J. Ogden Armour, Mrs. J. Ogden Armour and Mrs. Philip D. Armour, Jr., were summoned to the house and remained at the bedside all night with Mrs. Armour. His fam­ ily stood by the bedside and watched the ebbing of his life. With them were Dr. Billings and Dr. J. A. Capps. For three hours he lingered in a calm and quiet sleep and his passage into death was almost unnoticed by the watchers. The heir to the vast inter­ ests that were controlled by Mr. Ar­ mour is J. Ogden Armour, his son, on whom the great burden doubtless will fall. For two years Mr. Armour knew that his days were numbered. Shortly after his first attack of heart trouble his brother, Augustus W. Armour of Kansas City, died and the shock af­ fected him greatly. He sought health at the curative springs of Nauhelm, Germany, and returned greatly im­ proved. Last winter while in Califor­ nia his eon, Philip D. Armour, Jr., was stricken with pneumonia and died. The aged packer never recovered from the heavy affliction. Armbnr end Hie Estate. Born in Stockbridge, Madison coun­ ty, N. Y., 1832; begins business in Mil- waukeke, 1856; married Miss Belle Og­ den, 1862; Armour & Co. founded, 4.864; makes Chicago his home, 1875; died, 1901; estimated fortune, $70,000,- 000; men in his employ, 20,000; prin­ cipal heir, J. Ogden Armour. BneineM Interest*. Armour & Co. Armour Elevated company, C., M. ft St. P. Railway com­ pany. Baltimore and Ohio Railway company. Illinois Trust and Savings 1>ank. Northern Trust company. Met­ ropolitan National bank. Continen­ tal National bank. Union Stock Yards and Transit Co. Union Stock Yards Co., South Omaha. Kansas City Stock Yards company. Metropolitan Street railway, Kansas City. Nation­ al Biscuit company. . North western National Insurance Co. World in HI* Use. Mr. Armour was never Inclined to discuss the magnitude to which his •business interests grew. At one time In the conduct of his affairs he was employing 23,000 men, or more than the average railroad corporation em­ ploys at any time. The average num- Stftes senat^ t>i Sire In Ftttabnrg. The extensive pattern plant of S. Jar vis Adams & Co., corner Thirteenth and Etna streets, Pittsburg, was al­ most completely destroyed by fire to­ day, together with a large number of patterns and molds. The loss Is esti­ mated at $100,000, and is covered by insurance. Jefferson'* Servant DIM Peter Fossett (colored), who was the body servant of Thomas Jefferson, died at Cincinnati Thursday night. He was born at Monticello, Va., in 1815. Revolt la Weet Afrlea. The colonial office at London is In receipt of news of a native rising In the Gambia river region of West Afri­ ca. The dispatch conveying this in formation adds that a puitive expedi­ tion Ib being organized. Train Blown from Trnek* A report has reached San Francisoo from Reno, Nev., that a train on the Nevada, California and Oregon rail­ way, north of Reno, had beeQ_ blown i from the tracks. Several are reported Injured MANY BOERS ON THE MARCH. Bald ere Are airing the British Plenty of Work. Two hundred and fifty Boers cap­ tured fourteen men of Nesbitt's horse fifty miles southeast of Colesburg. The enemy, since Increased to 800, has ap­ peared near Weltevreden and is driv­ ing off stock. The Cape Town corre­ spondent of the London Mail, which dwells upon the gravity of the posi­ tion in Cape Colony, says: "The Boer Invaders now number over 5,000. The western invasion gives the most concern. It has split into two divis­ ions, which are marching like prongs of a fork, one by way of Sutherland to­ ward Malmesbury, and the other to­ ward Beaufort west." The English authorities at Cape Town are greatly alarmed -over 'he extent of the Boer invasion of Cape Colony, and dread a possible attack on the towns. That the situation is con­ sidered grave is shown by the fact that big naval guns on the battleship Mon­ arch were landed and Bet up at the most advantageous defensive positions. The early proclamation of martial law in the Cape Town division »s expected. This division does not Include Cape Town Itself. The latest reports show the situation to be generally as fol­ lows: Kuruman, If still uninvested, probably soon will be besieged. Grl- qualand West Is fillei with small par* ties of Boers, who are working south toward Prleska for the purpose of co­ operating with or supporting Com- mandant Hertzog, whose advance par­ ties are in the neighborhood of Fraser- burg. The Boers are close to Graaf- Rel&et, where of late the Dutch have given many demonstrations of extreme sympathy. In the eascjrn part of the colony the advance cuar.l of the Boers Is close to Maraisburg. about twenty- five miles northeast of Cradock. British authorities in Cape Colony are making desperate efforts to check the uprising. London received Lord Roberts on his return from South Africa with a roai of welcome. Shaft for Battle Gronnd. Congressman Crumpacker of the La Porte (Ind.) district will Introduce a bill in congress for an appropriation of $50,000 for the erection of a monu­ ment to mark the scene of the famous battle and victory at Tippecanoe, near the battle ground in Indiana. Simul­ taneously with the introduction of tha hill the state legislature will be me­ morialized to make an appropriation of $50,000 for the same purpose, thus creating a fund of $100,000 for the erection of a national monument to mark the place of General Harrison's victory. . % Porto Rico Bee Trolleys. Thousands of people in San Juan de Porto Rico witnessed the starting of the new trolley system, the Island's first road of that description. The people were much astonished. Killed by Kail from Street Oar. P. Sain, for the last seven years city editor of the Volksblatt, Pittsburg, Pa., was almost instantly killed by being thrown from a street car. He was 46 years old and had been connected with German newspapers in Pittsburg many XefU-8. Made an Karl by Ohm- The queen bestow-vl an earldom On I.ori1 Roberts upon bis arrival In Eng­ land Wednesday from South Africa. The queen also gave a special re­ mainder for his daughters. He also made a knight of the Garter. Argentine .Wheat Estimate- The minister of agriculture at Buenos, Dr. Martin Garcia Mercu, In his annual report estimates that there will be 1.700,000 tons of wheat avail­ able for export this season. He ssys also that the corn crop Is good. Weald Stop Pootball Playing. The New Mexico Superintendent of Public Instruction M. C. De Baca In his annual report makes a recommen­ dation for the prohibition of the play­ ing of football In the territorial insti­ tutions and the public schools. He re­ gards the game as more brutal than prise fighting. He has gathered sta tlstics showing that last year fifteeen boys were killed and 200 seriously in- lured in the United States while play Ing football. Kills to Save Hie lather. William Turk, the 17-year-old son of Thomas Turk, killed Kimball Aiken near Eatonton, Ga., Monday. Thomas Turk had erected a small house on the land of Aiken, with the understanding, it is said, that he could move it when he desired. He went to move the house and Aiken interfered. In the quarrel that ensued Aiken drew a pis­ tol. Young Turk, seeing that his father was in danger, shot Aiken. Aik­ en is said to have been of a fussy na­ ture. He killed a negro on July 4 last, It was said, In self-defense. Summary of Legislation In National Body. MEASURES IN BOTH H0U$|S. I<o«go »--eiatlen to hlblt g»|e.ef Op)on to the V nclrlllsed and Akedgloala -- Hooee Dl* castes ;t of Saffrafe la Soalfc.^ THWSSi S. • ' Both houses resumed work after the holiday vacation. To hasten action on the army bill the senate sidetracks the subsidy bill. The house had a lively session and delayed action on a resolution attack­ ing southern states for disfranchising voters. YMday .January 4. The senate passed Lodge resolution declaring in favor of prohibiting, by treaty or otherwise, sale of opium or Intoxicants to uncivilized races or ab­ original tribes, and asking co-operation of other nations in movement. De­ voted rest of day to debate on army re­ organization bill. The house, after prolonged debate on Olmstead resolution to investigate abridgement of suffrage in certain southern states, referred It to census committeee, which course was origin­ ally' desired by its opponents. Dis­ cussion of reapportionment bill was then taken up. . Satarday, January *. Members of congress, confused by the statistics of population furnished by census officials to assist them in re­ apportionment Residents of Wash­ ington allege privileges granted sen­ ators prevent legislation against tele­ phone monopoly. Free Lnneh for lEnptoyM. The Diamond Match Company of Oshkosh, Wis., inaugurated the sys­ tem of serving noonday lunch to its employes. Stewed oysters, coffee and sandwiches were served to every em­ ploye of the plant A large and com­ fortably furnished dining-room has been fitted up and a chef plkced In charge. Most of the employes of the company, the majority of whom are girls, reside at a considerable distance from the factory, and have been com­ pelled to carry their dinner. They are now given a hot dinner at the com­ pany's expense. The management be­ lieves that the welfare of the employes of the company is alike advanced by the humane movement. incut -9iMf short 'time. The , to secure government aid must lNl Of the most modern equipment, andelttr. Leiter agrees to fumHih such latent. RUSSIA FEARS A FAMINE. Conditions in the Antnr and Maritime Provinces. A dispatch received at St Peterf- burg from Vladivostok reports that famine threatens the Amur and marl time provinces. The crops there are bad and the railways, being almost wholly engaged for war purposes, can not be uied tor the transportation of food to the inhabitants. In addition the prohibition of foreign coastwise trade has prevented importations into the threatened provinces. The situa­ tion is deplorable and becoming worse. Count Lamsdorff, the Russian minister of foreign affairs, who is at present at Yalta, has telegraphed to the United States ambassador here, Charlemagne Tower, hearty New Year's congratula­ tions. Mr. Tower, in replying, recipro­ cated the compliments of the season and also expressed gratification over the recovery of the emperor. Reports Crewe Taken* When the detectives started a posse after Pat Crowe from Chadron, Neb., they were on a hot trail, and they have captured their man. Three rid­ ers following Crowe's trail came upon him on the Pine Ridge reservation, near Gelrichs, S. D., and captured him after a wild chase. Crowe was driv­ ing a team and buckboard. He whip­ ped the horses and tried to outrun the horsemen, who soon brought him to a halt with their six-shooters. John Crowe, a brothel' of Pat Crowe, whom the police believe to be a principal in the Cudahy abduction, was taken into custody at Council Bluffs, la., by Oma­ ha detectives and taken across the riv­ er. The warrant charges Crowe with the abduction of young Edward Cuda­ hy on Dec. 18. Crowe consented to ac­ company the officers to Omaha without the formality of requisition papers. Death or Bishop W. X. Hlnde. .Bishop William X. Ninde of ths Methodist Episcopal church died at his home in Detroit Wednesday night The immediate cause of his death is. given as heart failure. Bishop Ninde was raised to the Episcopacy In 1884 at which time he was president of the Garrett Biblical institute. Previous to that time he had filled the pulpit of Trinity church, Cincinnati, and of Central church, Detroit. In 1873 he was elected professor of pastoral theo­ logy at the Garret Biblical institute and after several years of service re­ turned to a second pastorate in De­ troit. He was soon recalled to Biblical institute as president. the Sheep and Cattle Perish. The weather in the vicinity of Wal- senburg, Colo., has been the coldest in several years. This condition was pre­ ceded by a snowstorm lasting several days. The snow was fine and the wind drove It right to the hide of exposed stock. This, followed by such severe cold, will cause the loss of considera­ ble stock on the range. Reports are coming In of heavy losses of sheep. One herd ranging east of Walsenburg is reported to have lost fully 50 per cent. Most of this loss was occasioned by the sheep piling on top of each other to escape the cold and snow and smoth­ ering those underneath. Losses of cat­ tle are also reported. Too Moeh Greed for Wealth. Thomas Qooksey Ward, aged 108 years, who resides with his son and daughters on a farm at Charlotte Hall, In St. Mary's county, Md., and who holds the distinction of being the oldest white man in the state, in speaking of the century that had Just closed, said: "Well, it was a wonderful age, but with all the marvelous inventions I do not think the human race is any bet­ ter off than it was 100 years ago. There is too much greed for wealth these days, and people are not as honest as they used to be, and more confidence could be placed in them.'* Joe Letter In Big Deal. Joseph Leiter of Chicago has spent a good deal of time in Canada during the last fortnight and has succeeded in se­ curing an understanding among the Canadian packers for a syndicate with capital of $5,000,000. The Ontario government has offered, to assist any well-devised scheme for establishing a VflMk JinN Want* Oflot. A picturesque contest for office in the Missouri legislature that will meet at Jefferson City this month is that of Frank James, the once noted bandit, for doorkeeper in the house of repre­ sentatives.- In discussing his candidacy Frank James said today: "I have twice as many votes as any other candidate, and no combination can beat me." Notwithstanding this confident state­ ment a movement is said to be under way to eliminate James from the con­ test, th<g opposition asserting that to honor him with a place in the housa of representatives would be humiliat­ ing to the state at large. Serlons Railroad Wreck. A telephone message from Fayette, Miss., says that two heavy freight trains on the Yazoo, and Mississippi Valley railroad, both double headers, collided near Hays station, and that seven men of the eight in the crews were killed. Fayette and Harrison were called upon for surgeons and at the time the telephone message was sent an engine had just left for the scene of the wreck, carrying all ths doctors obtainable. James W. Priestly Asphyxiated^ James W. Priestly, founder of the James W. Priestly Carpet mills, was asphyxiated by Illuminating gas at the home of his son, John W. Priestly, in Philadelphia. He was 82 years old. Charles Priestly, a grand son, was also overcome by the gas, but his life was saved.' > .;•»?»* fl. S. OFFICERS WHO WILL RETIRE THIS YEAR, £ • REAR ADMIRAL SCHLEY. GENERAL BUFFINOTON. REAR ADMIRAL HIGHBORN. A largex number of. United States tmy and navy officers will retire this year. Prominent among them areStaar Admirals Schley and Hichborn and General Bufflngton. Potato Library Bturaok The public library of Seattle was burned to the ground Tuesday night The fire originated in the northeast corner of the basement, possibly from the furnaces. The stock of booRs, numbering 25,000 volumes, and valued at over $30,000, is a total loss. The firemen responded quickly to the alarm, but after half an hour's work were entirely unable to cope with the blaze. The fire broke out In several places at once, and they could do noth­ ing with it. latchelder Born la 1TM> , Mrs. Sally Batchelder of Peabody, Mass., sat up until after midnight to see the dawn of the new century, the third in which she has lived. Mrs. Batchelder, who is 106 years old, was born in Chichester, N. H., Aug. 8, 1794, her maiden name being Sally Ring. When 21 years old she moved to Lon­ don, N. H., and six years later she was married. Her husband died forty- eight years ago. She is the mother of four children, of whom Samuel D. Batohelder of Ctypcprd, N. H., survives. Balw Gould In Mtolni Deal. Helen Gould and M. Mancus, a Pol­ ish tailor of Leadville, are about to be­ come mining partners. Last summer he located at Two Bit gulch several claims that he believed are valuable, but ,he has not money enough to en­ able him to develop them. Recently he wrote Miss Gould asking her to furnish the money for a half interest in the property, while he Is to do the work. He received a favorable reply, and she made an offer which lie has ac­ cepted. Diplomatic Negotiation$ ton I# Progress* • * ARE ACCUSED OF OUPttdfY.! St, .JL.i Ttiu-Ftate Kills Are Sold. Ths Champion Iron and Steel pany's tin-plate mills at Muskegon, Mich., have been bought by the Ameri­ can Tin Plate company. The price paid is about $500,000. The capacity of the plant is over 100,000 pounds daily. Pstee at Baser Bedneed. Ths American Sugar Refining Com­ pany has reduced the price of all grades of sugar 10 points and the Na­ tional Sugar Refining Company has made a cutWf 5 points, making (f« prices of both companies the same. i;; ^ CMneae Oriels Charged with Bad ntlk la the Indemnity Arrantreseats*--Va- •oaftrmed Unmor of p*, Death of Conn t . «e» waidereee, the Cons mender# Tnesdey, January i. Emperor William received Ambas­ sador White and expressed his satis­ faction at the approaching solution of the Chinese question. Mr. and Mrs. Chamot returned to San Francisco from China, where dur­ ing the siege of Pekin the couple claim to have killed 700 Boxers. The murderer of Baron -*on Kettel- | : er, the German minister, was beheaded £ Monday in Hataman street, Pekin, the principal thoroughfare of the j$pitai. 8 ^3 The execution, which was under' Ger- ". man supervision, took -place at the • busiest hour of the day. A great crowd was present. German troops kept or­ der. The murderer was made to kneel I on his hsnds and knees in this posi­ tion for half an hour awaiting the ar- If rival of German officers, who wanted ,A; to see the execution. In the meantime ' the executioner, sword in hand, and his ^ assistant, stood beside the condemned ; I man. They each wore bloody clothes. The pair had Just officiated at eight other killings and did not have time f - I to put on cleai^arment8.^'i|;-'||^||:::^J Wednesday, January "W ^ The ministers held a meeting mf" j Pekin at which it was decided not to- K'- | answer any Chinese questions concern- the demands of the powers until the 'i* acceptance of the preliminary note Is- ^ , formally signed. They will ask IA H Hung Chang to sign the note imme- , 4 dlately. Meanwhile the ministers will, prepare a memorandum of what must be done in the way of punishment and otherwise to carry out the terms of the P demand note satisfactorily. iy ; S Thursday, Jnawury i / I ^ Britain is bound by treaty with ftus- sia not to resist the czar's absorption % of Manchuria, and now England and § Germany may sdize ports of Chins. ^ Count von Waldersee, according to an. unconfirmed rumor In Surope, has been "S slain by an officer of the allied armies- in China. | ' •; • Friday, January 4. Chinese government accused of plicity in paying indemnity lor mis- l, slons destroyed by Boxers at fgh* | Kiung. | v Sunday, January 6. It is reported from Sian-5\i that the- empress dowager has ordered General Feng Tse Tsai, commander in the prov- ^ Ince of Yun-Nan, <to proceed with hie- I army to the Yang-Tse Valley, and from that section to move northward. His force Is said to consist of 15,000 men, armed with modern weapons. Count von Waldersee, it is asserted, has ar­ ranged with Prince Ching and Li Hang: Chang that the allied troops are not to operate in the prefectures of Shun- Te, Haung-Ping and Ta-Ming, in th* v. province of Chi-Ll. LATEST MARKET QUOTATIOWS. Spring wheat--No. 3, 68@73c; No. 4, 80® S6c. Corn--No. 3, 36c; ^o. 3 white, 36&- 12; No. 3, $10#11. Choice prairie, No. 1, $9.50@11; No. 2, f8.50@10.50; No. 3. $7.50@8; No. 4, $5.50@7. Lard--Loose, |8.75. Butter--Extra creameries, 23c per lb; firsts, 20@21c; seconds, 15@17c; dairies, choice^'20c; firsts, 16@18c; seconds, 13c; roll butter, 12%c. Cheese--Full cream twins, t0@10^4c; flat singles, 10'/i@10V4c; daisies* llVi@ilV4c; young Americas, 10V4c; ched- s, 9%@10c. Eggs--23c per dos. Liva joultry--Turkeys, 7c per ib. Chickens, lens, 8c; springs, 8c; roosters, 4%c. Ducks. Geese, $4@9 per dos. DresseA poultry--Choice turkeys, 8@9c per lb; or­ dinary and thin stock, 6@7%c. Dressed chickens, hens, 8®8%c; mixed, 8&c: springs, RVi@9c; roosters, 5c. Ducks, 84# 10c. Geese, 5@9c. Apples--$1.25(?i4 per brk Potatoes--Fair to choice, per bu, 36®43c. Cattle--Native shipping and export steers, $4.65@B.G0, with extra choice up to- 16.30; dressed beef and butcher steer* M.30@fi.35; steers under SJW0 lbs, $3.25@6; stackers and feeders, 12.25^4.60; cows and heifers, $2@4.75; canners, H.25^2.75; bulls, S2@4; Texas and Indian Steers, $8.45@4.(K: cows and heifers, $2.30@3.45. Hogs--Pijft- and lights, $4.85@4.95; packers, |4.9S@5.95; butchers, $T>®5.07^4. Sheep--Native mat- tons, J3.85@4.50; Iambs, $4.15#5.75; cull* and bucks, |2.75@4; stockers, $2@2.75. Bare Its Salt la Portanal. Twenty-five thousand tons of com* mon salt purchased in Lisbon, Por­ tugal, have been contracted for by the Armour Packing Company of Kansas City. "We found that prices have gone steadily up on account of the salt trust," Bald the company's purchasing agent, "and so we went outside of thia country for our salt." Twenty-five carloads of the shipment are already on the road* and thirty-five additions- carloads will follow soon. lack Gets a •l.ooo PoUey. The Ahrens ft Ott company, manu­ facturers of bath tubs and plumbing implements, at Louisville, Ky., pre­ sented over 300 of Its employes with $1,000 life insuranpe policies. Every employe was given a policy with the first premium paid up. The employes promised the members of the firm that they would not allow the policies to lapse. - •' " ' i c Daeal Party Starts oa Tmmr, • The Duke and Duchess of Mancfc#- V ^ ter, accompanied by Lord Lambert, the Duchess' maid, the Duke's valet, and Mr. Zimmerman's butler, started from Cincinnati Friday night over the Cin­ cinnati Southern railroad in Mr. Zim­ merman's private car for an extended tour through the south and west. The first stopping place was Birmingham, Ala. Thence they go to New Orleaas, j1 thence to San Francisco, returning by way of the Rocky mountains. Th« JJarty expects to be gone a month. ^ •. Tree* te HMe Wa*»» 9t*ae- The government is making prepara­ tions for rehabilitating the forest on the reservation embracing the Chicka- mauga-Chattanooga National Military park. For this purpose the depart­ ment of agriculture will send to Chat­ tanooga a corps of expert foresters, who will direct the work of replanting the trees. Thousands of dollars will be spent in restoring the trees. Some parts of the park, before the govern­ ment acquired it, were almost denuded of trees by relic hunters. • Vj* « mailto:f8.50@10.50 mailto:4.65@B.G0 mailto:2@4.75 mailto:2.30@3.45 mailto:4.85@4.95 mailto:4.9S@5.95 mailto:J3.85@4.50 mailto:2@2.75