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NUMBER 6.
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DINGLEV TREASURER
The Place Was Offered Him
and He Accepted. '
IT IS ROBIXSOX CRUSOE ISLAND NOW
McKlnley Said to Favor the Calling
of a Monetary Coaferenco
In tbe Spring.
Chicago, Jan. 1. A Tribune special
from Washington says :
Nelson Dineley, jr., will be the next
secretary of the treasury. He has been
offered the high position under the Mc
Kinlev administration, and has ac
cepted it.
This hiehlv important information
comes from a gentleman who is emi
aently in a position to know whereof he
speaks and it can be trusted implicitly.
He is a member of the present and next
honBe of representatives and is authority
for the statement that Dingley will not
be chairman of the ways and means
committee in the next house a position
which has been conceded to him from
the starti becaase lie is to be secretary
of the treasury.
PERPETUAL. MOTION.
The Clever
Derlce of
Inventor.
a Minnesota
St. Paul, Dec. 31. J. G. Kaller, of
Mankato, Minn., has applied for a pat
ent for an invention which he says will
take tbe place of steam engines and elec
trie motors.
The devise is called a hydraulic motor,
and the principle upon which it works
is the natural one which causes lighter
Bubstances than water to rise to the sur
face. An endless chain of small air
tight tanks is placed over two sprocket
wheels in Buch a manner that on one
side it will pass npward through a large
tank of water.
As each air tank enters the water tank
from below through a water-tight valve,
it will be forced to tbe surface by the
superior weight of the water and in this
way the chain will be kept in perpetual
motion, revolving the sprocket wheels to
which shafts are attached. -
' Thus, if the claims of tbe inventor
are true, tbe motor will run on indefi
nitely without fuel. He claims that tbe
first oost will be less than that of a steam
engine, while the operating expenses
will be so small that all other motive
powers will be driven out of use.
Hydraulic motors to furnish any
horse-power required can be constructed.
M'KINLEY IN E AH Pi EST.
Favor Calling; the Monetary Conference
Early In tke Spring.
Chicago, Dec. 31. A Washington
special to the News says : Congressman
Mondell of Wyoming, who arrived to
day direct from Canton, where he fnter
viewed President-elect Mc Kin ley, said:
"Major McKinley is in earnest on the
subject of an international agreement.
He is in accord with the spirit of Sena
tor Wolcott's resolution, and believes
action should be taken at oncet He
favors calling the conference early in
the spring. He says it is idle to talk of
postponing action until after the tariff
is disposed of, because, if anything is
accomplished, the preliminary steps
have to be taken at once."
Western Republicans in congress were
much interested in the word brought
from Canton by Mr. Mondell. Said
Congressman Cooper of Wisconsin :
; "I am glad the president-elect takes
the pledge for bimetalism contained in
tbe platform seriously. The large ma
jority of the Republicans in the Western
and . Middle Western states voted the
Republicon ticket because they accepted
the platform pledge in good faith. '
SPOILS A 'FKISCO FAKE.
Crusoe's Vanished Island Is Resur
rected and Rechristened.
' Niw York, Jan.l. President Ereznis
will soon make a trip to Sandy Point to
personally inspect and study the neces
sities of tbe people in the far-off Chilean
province.
Hereafter the island of Juan Fernan
dez will be known as Robinson Crusoe
island. It has been decided to give it
that name. .
The Chilean government purposes es
tablishing a penal colony on St. John's
bay to keep convicts sentenced to long
terms. It is intended that these con
victs shall engage in fishing and canning
.shellfish, which are abundant in the bay.
: THE ATTACKS ON WKIIEB.
May XCesult . In
a Spanish
Cabinet
Crises.
Madrid, Jan 1. Dia, referring to the
attacks of the Herald and Imparcial on
Captain-General Weyler, says it is pos-
sible they may result in a cabinet crisis.
Many people believe there will be
change of policy.
A meeting of the Spanish generals was
held last evening to consider these news
paper articles, the full text of which was
not allowed to be telegraphed abroad.
It is persistently asserted that a disci
sion has been reached to relieve Weyler,
but the premier suspended the order.
All the ministers met at the ' premier's
residence last evening to di.-cuss the
matter.
A feeling of general public indignation
prevails. It is asserted the soldiers are
suffering from hunger, exposure and lack
of medical care, while nobody seems to
know what becomes ot tne money sent
from Spain. -
Judge Field's Condition Serious.
Washington, Jan. 2. Justice Ste.
Dhen J. Field, of the United States
supreme court, is ill. Persons who called
nliment of the season, were informed be
was vervJeeble. Justice and Mrs. Field
announced in yesterday's paper that
they would not receive callers today,
but those who asked about the Justice
obtained the impression that there was
great anxiety about his case.
A Trans-Mexican Road.
City of Mexico, Jan. 4. It is stated
that C. P. Huntington has a corps of
engineers in the field making a prelimi
nary survey for a railroad from Port
Alvarado, south of Vera Cruz, to the
port of Salina Cruz, ou the Pacific, and
that, if he can secure advantageous
routes, he will ask the government for a
concession for the purpose of operating
the line in connection with facinc Mail
eteamers, doing away with the Panama
route.
Senator Palmer Is 111.
Springfield, 111., Jan. 2. Senator
Palmer is confined to his bed, and
threatened with pneumonia.
North Dakota Bank Closed.
St. Paul, Jan. 4. A Devil Lake, N.
., special to the Dispatch, says: The
Merchants' National bank closed today,
pending action by the controller of cur
rency. The bank was organized in isov,
h $50,000 capital stock. Several
wit
years later Fashley Mears bought a con
trolling interest and increased the capi
tal to $100,000. In 1892, when the
Mears string of banks went down, af
fairs were put in tbe hands of John A.
Percival, tbe stock being reduced to $50,-
000. The last statement showed $47,000
deposits.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
Three copies of the ISible, written
on leaves of the fan paJni, are in the
British museum.
A codfish recently caught off Flam-
borough Head, England, had inside o
it 59 fish hooks.
A floating1 island m the. Sabine
river, 50 acres in extent, and covered
with water hyacinths, floated for a
week up and down, the stream, near
Orange, Tex.
Two mischievous boys, in Haskell,
Me touched a match to a squirrel's
tail to see if it would burn. The animal
ran under a house, and the blazing tail
set it on fire.
Some regard for decency is dis
played by the proprietor of a restau
rant in AsbuiD, Ore. A sign on the
wall reads thus: "Gentlemen are re
quested not to swear when ladies are
present.
The servant girls in Decatur, 111.,
have formed a union to regulate wages.
One of the laws is that v.-hen a girl is
mployed in a family which is increased
by the addition of a "little stranger,"
the wages of the servant must be sd-
anccd one dollnra month.
: The four great tunnels of the world
areeitedas an illustration of the marked
iminution of the cost of engineering
works during the past quarter of a
century. The Iloosae tunnel, the old
est of the four, cost $000 n foot: the
Mount Cenis, the nest in dat: $475:
the St. Oothsrd, S3C3; and tiuvArlberg,
the most rceDt, ociy C2C0.
Superintendent Hubbard, of the
Clackamas hatchery at Oregon, City,
Ore., is to send to Wa-h'ugtc:i speci
mens of-young salmon which have died
in large numbers at the hatchery of a
strange disease, the only manifestation
of which is a white spot on. the fish's
belly. Half the 2,000,000 fishes brough t
from the Salmon river have been killed
by it. .
The making of artificial ears seems
to have reached scientific perfection
within the last decade. Made of a spe-
ially prepared rubber, flesh-colored in
the rough, they are pointed by hand in
exact imitation of the remaining car
of the unfortunate customer, acd as
carefully "touched" and marked over
as an artist's picture. The maker gets
$100 apiece for them.
Notice.
Bids will be received until Thursday
evaning, January 7th, for the keeping of
the county poor. Bids should be filed
with the county clerk at the court
bouse, before that ' time. By order
Board Conntv ' Commissioners. The
right to reject any and all .bids is re
served. . -
. A. M. Kelsat, Clerk.
'. ORDERED. TO FLORIDA
The Vesuvius and Dolphin
to Suppress Filibusterin
lo-
SHE IS THE FASTES BOATT AFLOAT
I The Government lias a Surplus of Be
eeipts for December, tne Second
Surplus of tbe Tear.
Washington, Jan. 2. The dynamite
cruiser Vesuvius and tbe armed dispatch
boat Dolphin have been ordered to Flori
da waters to reinforce the already nu
merous fleet of government vessels now
- . . ,
ering expeditions bound for Cnba,
The Dolphin is at the Washington
navy-yard, and probably will sail as
soon as she can get aboard the necessary
stores and ammunition. Her captain,
Commander Clover, was at tbe navy
department today consulting the officials
regarding the programe for the move
ments of his ship. Though a ; dispatch
vessel, technically, the Dolphin would
be a formidable craft to a filibuster, not
so much on account of her speed, which
is about 15 knots, as becanee of her ma
chine guns, her main, battery and active
crew. - She carries two 47-millimeter
Hotchkiss guns, several six pounder
guns of the same type, and two four inch
rapid-fire rifles. From his experience
as chief of the hydrographic office, Com
mander Clover is well fitted to navigate
bis ship safely in the narrow channels
and passes of the Florida coast.
The Vesuvius should be particularly
useful in patrol duty, on account of ber
speed. Twenty-one knots is her record
on the trial, and there ia nothing afloat
on the Atlantic coast in the shape of a
merchantman or private vessel that
could escape her in a fair run, with the
possible exception of the yacht Vamoose,
and it is said it would be a "toss-up" be
tween tbem, with the odds in favor of
the dynamite vessel, owing to her super
ior ability to endure a long run.
Besides tbe dynamite guns, the Vesu
vius has a small but effective battery
made up of three-pounder Hotchkiss
guns, enough to stop anything short of
an armored boat, within a distance of
three miles. She drawB only seven feet
of water, and. therefore will be able to
follow tbe small filibustering crait into
shallow water.
The Vesuvius is now at the League
island navy-yard, fitting out rapidly for
service, alter being out ot commission
for nearly two years. It is expected she
can go into commission on the lzta, i
under command of Lieutenant-Commander
Pillsbury, who has been de
tached from the naval war college. -
The question was asked of treasury of
ficials today what more in the way of
restraining the department of vessels
with arms for Cuba could be expected of
a dozen warships than of one, as long as
the Cuban boats are permitted to clear
regularly and according to law. No sat
isfactory answer could be returned, but
it appeared that the officials are acting
under the belief that the . clearance
scheme is really intended for a blind,
and the purpose of the Cubans is to'
have one or more relief boats slipaway
while the authorities are looking after
the departure of vessels for which clear
ance papers are sought.
SURPLUS IS DECKHBEB.
Government
Receipts Larger Than Ei-
penditnres.
Washington, Jan. 2. The monthly
comparative statement of. the govern
ment's receipts and expenditures shows
the total receipts for December .to have
been $25,857,114 ; expenditures, $23,812,-
664, which leayes a surplus for the
month of $2,044,456. For . the six
months of tbe fiscal year, however, the
deficit is shown to be $37,902,397. This
is the second time within a year receipts
have exceeded expenditures.
The surplus this month is. largely ac
counted for by partial receipts from the
recent sale of first mortgage bonds for
the Pacific railroads belonging to tbe
Centra Pacific sinking fund, which ap
pears in the statement as a repayment
to the civil and miscellaneous expendi
tures. The independent, board transac
tions surplus would have been about
$500,000. Receipts from customs in De
cember amounted to $10,779,412, an in-,
crease for the month of about $800,000.
Internal revenue receipts aggregated
$53,198,998, a nominal gain over Novem
ber. -',
TO SAVE THE SEAL HERDS.
Recommendations . Made by Expert
. Stejneger. . t ;
Washington, Jan. 2. An important
official contribution to the seal question
is the report compiled by Expert Leon
ard Stejnegar,, of the national museum,
on "Bosnian seal islands," just issued by
the United States fish commission.
The report is based upon two investi
gations; one made during the palmiest
days of the fur-sealing industry, and the
other when Stejneger was sent as a spe
cial attache of the commission to in'
quire.into tbe recent decline of the eeals
and to compare conditions of the past
thirteen years..
Tbe report says the 30-mile zone stip
ulated in the Russian-British agreement
of 1893 has been found utterly valueless
as a protective measure against pelagic
sealing..
Three causes have been assigned for
the decline of seal life on the seal islands
of Bebring sea and the North Pacific
ocean. Excessive driving of male seals,
raids on rookeries and pelagic sealing.
The report scouts the first two theories
and places the whole blame on pelagic
sealing. The Commander island seal
herds are being killed off so rapidly that
in a season or two it must become ut
terly unprofitable to hunt the animals
in the open sea. . ,
These radical recommendations are
made:
Total and absolute prohibition of
pelagic sealing in the North ' Pacific
ocean and the Behring sea at all seasons
for at least six years, and after that time
total prohibition at all seasons in
Behring sea and the Pacific ocean west
of the 175th deg. of east longitude and
north of tbe 52d deg. of north latitude,
or, if preferable, within a zone of 150
nautical miles from islands.
Total prohibition of killing on land
for one year; after that time bachelor
eeals to be taken on laud not later than
August.
This scheme would involve support
ing the natives for one year and tbe
exterminatson of sledge dogs on' the
Behring islands.
FLOOD AND BLIZZAKD.
Terrible
Weather la Mississippi
States.
Valley
Chicago, Jan. 3. From all parts of
the West, reports of damage by flood
and storm during the last twentv-four
hours are coming. In Illinois, heavy
ain has fallen, streams are flooded,
making tbe roads impassable and dam
aging winter wheat.. Joliet is threat
ened with one of. the worst floods in its
history. Hickory and Spring creeks are
out of their banks, and the Deeplaines
river and the lower level of the canal has
raised sixteen inches today. Families
are moving out of their bouses and low
lands are flooded. Water is sweeping
through the lumber yards, and the
Rork Tfllnnrl t.raelr iq RnhmprtrprI in th
i D
vicinity ot .Lacon. Wheat has been
damaged badly by the twenty four
hours 'rain, and the roads are im pass-
able. The Sangamon river is rising,
threatening destruction to thousands of
bushels of corn. It has rained sixty
honrs, and it is atill raining, but grow
ing colder.
In Northern Michigan the rain is also
severe. Near Menominee, it has rained
for forty-eight hours. Logging hrs been
suspended. Ice gorges at Fisher and
other points on the Menominee river
threaten serious consequences to Men
ominee and Marinette.
In Minnesota a blizzard raged all day
with alternating rain and sleet,
' South Dakota suffered a severe snow
storm, which prevailed alt day. Tbe
snow drifted and a railroad, blockade is
feared:
Nebraska is suffering from the worst
blizzard it has experienced for years.
Snow was twelve inches on the level to
night, and the wind piled great drifts
six and eeven feet high. Trains are de
layed in the vicinity of Hastings. To
night a blinding enow is falling and a
sharp wind blowing. At Grand Island
there are several feet of snow in the
Union Pacific vards.
A Probable Snieide.
Cobvallis, Or., Jan. 4. James Elgin,
a liveryman, has disappeared under cir
cumstances which . make probable the
theory that he drowned himself in the
Willamette river.
Elgin had driven to Albany ina buggy
Friday night, and at 1 :30 o'clock Satur
day morning started home, being pre
ceded by a young man from his etable,
who drove another buggy. The latter
arrived at Corvallis in due time and
waited at the stable for his employer,
who, however, did not come.
At about 5 o'clock Elgin's team ar
rived at. the Btable, minus both buggy
and driver, whereupon a search was in
stituted for the miesingman. The buegy
was found near the city water works in
a damaged condition and an examina
tion of the surrounding ground showed
boot tracks leading down to the river.
As there were no. returning tracks, the
conclusion was reached that Elgin must
have deliberately committed suicide.
THE BLIZZARD RAGES
, 4
Northwest States Engulfed
in Whirling Snow.
THE TRAIN SERVIGE IS CRIPPLED
Business In Many Towns Suspended.
Stock in Open Country Perished--No
Loss of Life. ,
St. Paul, Jaq. 4. A blizzard;hos been
raging throughout tbe Northwest yester
day and tc day, and as a result train
service is considerably crippled. In
number of towns business was about
suspended. Devil's Lake . reported no
trains for 36 hours, and Grand Forks
makes a similar report, adding that the
schools are closed and wires down to the
west of there.
in. soutn JJaeota there was more
snow and the storm was more severe.
Huron reports drifts fifteen feet high
and the storm still raging. Vermillion
states that all business has been sua
pended. Mitchell renorts no trains
since the storm began on Sunday, and
streets deserted. Brookings c'asses
it
as the worst blizzard known in years
and all business suspended.
Yankton reports many trains aban
doned. Watertown fears that the stock
will suffer.
Throughout Wisconsin and Northern
Minnesota the storm has been severe,
Glyndon reports trains snowed up in
drifts ten feet deep. Detroit says tbe
railroads cannot do much toward open
ing the tracks before tomorrow; Moor
head discovers some Bign of abatement
in the storm, which is the worst that
has visited that place, winds blowing 50
miles an hour, and the snow drifting
badly. Barnesville, in the same part of
the state, reports ail business suspended
THE POX BEGINNING TO BOIL.
Factional Contests Are Numerous In
Illinois.
Springfuxd, III.. Jan. 4. There has
not been so much political activity in
Springfield eince tbe famous session of
tbe legislature which elected General
John M. Palmer to tbe United States
senate as there ;9 today. The political
leaders, both Democratic and Republi
can, have been assembling for the last
two or three days and with them have
come members of both houses of the
legislature.
The political fights are both numerous
and interesting. Of course, tbe most
important is the selection of a senator.
The fight in the Democratic state central
committee is between Governor Altgeld
and his followers and Secretary of State
Hinricbsen for the "control of that or
ganization. Kepresentatives ot each
faction are hard at work preparing for
the final struggle tonight at tbe caucus.
The fight for the position of United
States senator is qnite uncertain. The
leading candidates are Martin B. Mad
den, the Chicago alderman; Samuel
Allerton, the millionaire packer; Hon
David T. Littler, of Springfield; Colonel
Clarke Carr, of Galesburg, late United
States minister to Denmark; Congress
man R. R. Hitt and ex-Congressman W.
E. Mason, of Chicago.
Both Mason and Madden express the
greatest hope of success, as do tbe other
candidates. '
WEYLER MUST GO.
Madrid Authorities to Recall the Captain-General.'
New York, Jan. 4. News has been
received , by the Cuban junta from
Washington that the Spanish govern
ment has positively determined to recall
Captain-General Weyler.
General Primo de Rivera, it is said,
will succeed General Weyler in Cuba.
He is captain-general in the Spanish
army, and in favor with the Canovas
government.
Minister Taylor, it is said, informed
Secretary Olney several days ago that
tbe authorities at Madrid were on the
point of relieving General Weyler of his
command in Cuba and of appointing as
his successor Captain-General Rivera.
Reasons were given in brief why a
change was deemed advisable and - a
statement was made as to the probable
time when the orders would be pro
mulgated. It is learned the Madrid government
is displeased at the fact that General
Weyler, with about 200,000 troops, has
not put down tbe Cuban revolt. He has
expended large sums of money but, eo
far, has made no decided headway in
accomplishing his main object, that of
quelling the insurrection and restoring
peace and good order in Cuba. His
troops have been , victorious on occa
sions, but they also have met defeat and j
Absolutely Pure.
Celebrated for Its arrest lpavenlne streneth end
healthfuluess. Assures tbe food against alum
snd all forms of adulteration common to the
cheap brands.
Royal Bakikq Fowdkk Co., New York. '
the total result, considering Spain's out
lay in life and treasure, is far trom satis
factory. Too much my have been expected of
Weyler; just as the txaction was too.
great in the case of Campos. Still, the
one great requirement, success, has not
been fulfilled, and Weyler has conse
quently fallen in official esteem in
Madrid.
' WARM, WET W FATHER.
Three Days of Kaln and Wild Breezes
at Chicago.
Chicago, Jan. 4. Tbe weather in
Chicago lor the past few days was tbe
warmest and wettest ever recorded for
the first three days of a new year, the
average temperature being above 50 deg.
and the total rainfall 2 56 inches.
The total precipitation in the month
of January, 1896, was only 1.12 inches,
including snowfall. The mouth of De
cember just passed was tbe dryest De
cember ever -recorded here, the total
being only .16 of an inch, which ia 2.19
inches below the normal. .
Last December had tbe least precipi
tation of any single month in Chicago
eince the organization of the weather
bureau, except the month of February,
1877, when tbe total precipitation was
only .06 of an inch.
Shows Signs of Abating.
Caicago, Jan. 4. The storm, which
has been raging for the past twenty-four
hours in the Northwest, has not in
creased in severity, save perhaps in
Iowa; and the signal seryice office in
this city, which runs affairs generally in
the Northwest, is upon record as declar
ing that within a short time the storm
will "probably abate." The wind has
been high throughout tbe storm, and in
some instances has shown remarkable-
persistency in clinging to the high fig
ures, it having for thirty-six hours kept
up a 5Z-noile-per-hour gait at Huron,
S. D.
Tbe falling temperature is general in
the lake region and Upper Mississippi
valley, but there has been no heavy fall
of snow east of Iowa. In Iowa, the fall
of sleet and snow has been very heavy,
and reports tonight indicate lower tem
perature and more snow. In Western '
Kansas there has been much trouble by
snow packing on tbe tracks, and trains
have been held at eating stations until
tbe tracks can be cleared.
The storm is practically over in this
locality, and the sky is clearing.
Nebraska has bad about the same ex
perience, and is under drills anywhere
from two tq ten feet high. . v '
Was Interred in a Barrel of Whisky.
Cynthiana, Ky., Jan. 4. Charles
Bramlett, aged 80 years, died January
He owned several plantations in
Harrison county, and had been a pros
perous man all his life. At a low esti
mate be was worth $100,000. He was -peculiar
in nothing but ideas of his own
burial. He was a great reader, and per
haps drew bis notions of his own inter
ment ' from the histories of ancient
Egypt.
About 15 years ago be hired a stone
mason to make him a sarcophagus of
blue Kentucky limestone, which is more
durable than tbe hardest marble. At
the same time he bought a barrel of the
best old Bourbon the Btate could produce
and ordered that at his death tbe whisky
should be poured upon his body, after it
was placed in tbe stone coffin. The sar
cophagus was then to be hermetically
sealed and placed in a crave near his
residence.
All his directions have been followed
and he is to be buried today. It will -take
a number of strong horses to carry
his body in its heavy receptable.
. Crockery Dealers Fall.
Quiscy, 111., Jan. 4. The wholesale
and retail crockery store oi H. Bidder &
Co. failed today. Assets. $40,000;
liabilities, $30;000.
Hot clam broth, every day at noon at
Ad Kellar's. tf
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