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TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 25, 1906.
VENGEFU
L
Mississippi Troops Called Out
to Suppress Negro Mob
at Wahalak.
FIGHT ON TRAIN THE CAUSE
Conductor Mabbed in Separating
Combatants, but Slioots One Dead
and Wounds Another Posse
Pursues the Fugitive.
MERIDIAN'. Miss.. Dec. 34. According
to reports received here tonight, the ne
groes for miles around have congregated
in the town of Wahalak. 40 miles north
of this city, and all during this after
noon have paraded the streets, threaten
ing vengeance on th9 whites becauee of
the killing of one negro and the wound
ing of another by a conductor of a pas
senger train of the Mobile & Ohio Rail
road yesterday morning, while the latter
was attempting to quell a disturbance
aboard his train.
At the town of Wahalak scarcely more
than 25 white people reside, and, In re
sponse to a plea for protection. Battery
1 and Company D of the state militia
stationed in this city have been ordered
to proceed to the scene with all dis
patch. They left on board a special train
at 10 o'clock, and should reach Wahalak
by midnight. The battery carried a cat
ling gun, and all the men are heavily
armed.
At 8:30 P. M. a message from Scoba,
the first station south of the scene of
the trouble, stated that a clah had oc
curred between the races, with the result
that two white men were killed. This
report, however, is not verified, although
railroad officials admit receiving a mes
sage detailing conie additional trouble.
The trouble of yesterday morning orig
inated while the train was between Waha
lak and 9i!Oba in a tight botween. two
negroes. Conductor Cooper, who was in
charge of the train, attempted to sep
arate the combatants, when he was at
tacked by a negro known as Spencer.
After receiving several knife wounds.
Cooper tired on his assailant, seriously
wounding him and killing an unknown
negro.
When Wahalak wa reached, Spencer,
though badly wounded, left the train,
and, when Constable O'Brien, of that
place, attempted to effect his capture,
the negro shot and killed the officer.
Spencer then escaped to the woods with
a posse in pursuit. At.lnt reports the
negro had succeeded In evading his pur
suers. GUARD AGAINST RACE iflOTS
Mayor Closes Atlanta Saloons When
Ku Klux Klan Threatens.
ATLANTA. Ga., Dec. 24. To avoid a
possibility of any repetition of recent
race rioting in this city. Mayor Wood
ward today issued an order closing all
saloons in tile city at 4 o'clock this
afternoon, to remain closed until Wed
nesday morning.
For several weeks indefinite rumors
have been heard that Christmas was
to be mad" the occasion of an attack
upon the negroes in Atlanta. No such
rumor could be traced to an authorita
tive source, but the effect has been to
drive many negroes from the city. Sev
eral "K. K. K." notices were "posted
on the streets Saturday morning last.
While no serious consideration hud
been given to these, a reward of $2D0
was offered by the Mayor for evidence
to convict any person of posting these
or in any way inciting to riot.
The law requires that all saloons be
closed on Christmas day, but never be
fore has been put in force.
Booker Washington's Warning.
CHARLESTON. W. Va.. Dec. 24
Booker T. Washington, of Tuskegee,
Ala., at a dinner tendered hhn tonight
by the Civic League, an organization of
the leading negroes of Kanawha County,
upon his return to his boyhood home,
said:
"We cannot expect to win our battle
in the South or North by a policy of an
tagonism. Civilization soon tires of a
race as of an Individual that continually
whines and complains. And likewise the
country will not tolerate any element
in the population abusing and cursing
the Chief Executive."
Stone Approves Roosevelt's Act.
KANSAS CITT, Mo., Dec. 24. Senator
"William Stone believes that President
Roosevelt did right In discharging the ne
gro soldiers at Brownsville.
"I am glad to have an opportunity to
say this, but I wish to be understood
right." he declared last night. 'I have
not looked Into the legal phase of the
matter. I'm not ready to give an opinion
on that. But as to the sentiment con.
cernlng it so far as the offense itself Is
concerned, I am In hearty favor of the
step taken by President Roosevelt and
Secretary Taft."
WILL ABANDON CHURCHES
French Clergy Will Organize Wor
' ship Outside Law.
PARIS. Dec. 24. The Associated Press
learns from a high ecclesiastical source
that It is certain the Pope will reject the
new religious law, and at an opportune
time forbid the parish priests to continue
services in the churches, after which they
will organize private worship. The In
formant of the Associated Press adds:
"The Vatican can pursue no other pol
icy. Having declined to retain the
church property under conditions laid
down by the government. It can only vin
dicate its position by proving to the faith
ful they are objects of persecution."
The Republican organs regard the order
of the bishops suppressing Christmas
masses tonight as being the formal Inau
guration of the policy outlined above.
The Aurorc says it is a scheme dictated
by the Jesuits, and that the cry will be
re-echoed by every beadle and verger in
France.
"Yet," says the Aurore, "there is not a
single thinking Catholic who does not
know that the suppression of the mid
night masses is the work of the head of
the church and not of the government."
An official note was issued this after
noon announcing that the statements pub.
lished abroad to the effect that the French
government sent a note to the powers In
anticipation of the protest from the Vat
ican against the expulsion of Monsignore
Montagnani were absolutely false.
Pope's Many Christmas Greetings.
ROME. Dec. 24. Never before Jias a
Pope received So many telegrams and
letters bringing Christmas greetings
as have come to Plus X this year. A
BUCKS
MENACE
WHITES
large number of communications have
been received from the United States
expressing sympathy over the trouble
with France, and it is declared some
sovereigns also have sent autograph
letters of sympathy to the Pope.
WISHES HE WERE IX FRANCE
Pope Says He Would Gladly Share
Sufferings of Clergy.
ROME. Deo. 24. The members of the
sacred college went in a body this morn
ing to the Pope to present their Christ
mas greetings. The pontiff received them
In his private library and conversed cor
dially with all the distinguished prelates,
especially with Cardinal Oreglla. dean of
the college. The chief topic of conversa
tion was the Situation in France. The
Pope said that the church will not flinch
from the attitude It has taken, no more
concessions being possible, but he hoped
that the violence and persecution would
soon result in better times.
Addressing the cardinals In answer to
their congratulations, the Pope said he
was sorry he had no good news for them,
alluding to the situation of church affairs
in France, and said he wished he and the
whole sacred college were In France to
share the persecution of the clergy. He
was consoled, however, by the solidarity
of the French episcopacy, and also by
the approbation of the bishops throughout
the world, and trusted in the ultimate
triumph of the church.
Referring to the anti-clericals' demon
strations in Italy, the Pope expressed re
gret that so many soldiers detailed to
guard the Vatican day and night were
exposed to the inclemency of the ele
ments. STRUGGLE T0SEIZE GUN
Bruin Prevents a Drunken Sailor
From Shooting and Stops Riot.
A party of sailors became Involved in a
street fight at Second and Couch streets
shortly after 1 o'clock this morning, and
while the melee was at its height Cap
tain Bruin and Acting Detectives Price
and Inskeep proceeded to put a stop to
the .affair.
The moment the officers Interfered
James Williams, a sailor from the British
bark Muskoka. pulled a revoler from his
pocket and warned the officers to keep
away. Williams was considerably under
the influence of liquor,- and waved his
weapon threateningly, and being hardly
able to stand, was likely to discharge it
at any moment.
Captain Bruin caught the man off his
guard, grasped the gun. and after a short
struggle wrested it from him and took
the shells out. Price and Inskeep seized
the belligerent Williams, and in spite of
the protests of some twenty of his
friends, the man was hustled off to JaiL
COURT HAD NO AUTHORITY
Standard Escapes One Ohio Case, but
Others Go Ahead.
FT.VDLAY, O.. Dec. 21. Judge Duncan,
of the Common Pleas Court, today de
cided that the information filed in the
Probate Court against the Standard OH
Company on the charge of violating the
Valentine anti-trust law was illegal, and
that tne case should have been filed in
the Common Pleas Court. Judge Duncan
UDholds the contention of the Standard
Oil attorneys that the Probate Court has
no jurisdiction In the matter; that If
there should be a violation of the law
the prosecutor should have, proceeded
against the company through Indictments.
The verdict returned in the Probate
Court against the Standard, namely,
guilty of violating the anti-trust laws, is
therefore annulled, but today's decision
in no way affects the indictments recently
returned in Common Pleas Court by that
grand Jury against John D. Rockefeller
and the other officials of the Standard
Oil Company, charging them with violat
ing the anti-trust laws.
LEOPOLD'S LETTERS GONE
New York Lawyer of Congo Tyrant
Says Office Is Robbed.
NEW YORK. Dec. 24. H. I. Kowalsi,
an attorney, complained to the District
Attorney's office today that his office
had been forcibly entered and copies
of letters which he had written to a
client. King Leopold of Belgium, re
moved. The matter was referred to
Assistant District Attorney Miner, who
said that he would institute John Doe
procedlngs Wednesday, and subpena
anyone alleged to have had anything
to do with the publication of the let
ters. CUTS A CHRISTMAS TREE
Miner Hicks Goes Out Into Woods
With Dr. Stlnchfield.
BAKBRSFIELD. Cal., Dec. 24. L. B.
Hicks, the rescued miner, this morning
walked out from the hospital with Dr.
Stlnchfield and his 4-year-old daughter
and assisted in cutting a Christmas tree
In the forest. .
THE DAY'S DEATH RECORD
Harlan Cleveland, Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, O., Dec. 24. Harlan
Cleveland, who served as United States
District Attorney for the southern dis
trict of Ohio by appointment of Presi
dent Grover Cleveland, died today of
Bright's disease. He was a cousin of
the ex-President and a nephew of Jus
tice Harlan, of the Supreme Court of
the United States, a son-in-law of the
late Stanley Matthews, of the same
court, and a brother-in-law of Asso
ciate Justice Gray, of the same court.
S. A. Morgan, Centenarian Warrior.
LEAVENWORTH, Kan., Dec. 24. Sam
uel Agrippa Morgan, aged 104 years, in
1833 an Indian scout, died here today.
He was scout for General Kearney on his
march through Kansas and Colorado to
Utah, and also accompanied expeditions
from Fort Leavenworth to Santa Fe,
N. M., and California. He was born in
the Cherokee Nation, then North Caro
lina, in 1902.
Col. James E. Pepper, Distiller.
NEW YORK. Dec. 24. Colonel James E.
Pepper, the distiller of Kentucky, died
tonight at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel,
where he was a guest. Death was due
to heart, and lung trouble, which was ag
gravated by the shock received: last
Thursday, when the colonel slipped upon
the street and fractured one of his legs.
William Dutton, Circus Man.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 2 4. William Dut
ton. aged 62, the famous equestrian
and circus man, died today in this city,
ilia death .was due to a blow upon the
head which he received about two
months ago at the hands of thugs.
' Spaniard, "Aged 125 Years.
MADRID. Dec. 21. Marls Jose Famento
died here today at the great age of 125
years.
Hood s Sarsaparllla is peculiar to Itself
In merit and curative power. Take only
Hoods. .
RETURNS ICE-GLAD
Arctic Steamer Roosevelt
Reaches New York.
NOT ONE OF CREW MISSING
Peary's Men Arrive In Time to Enjoy
Civilized Christmas Few Sur
vivors of Dogs Left From
Arctic Feasts.
NEW YORK, Dec. 24. With practically
all the members of the Arctic expedition
which left in July, 1905, under Commander
Robert E. Peary on a voyage to discover
the North Pole, the ship Roosevelt ar
rived in New York Bay tonight and
anchored off West Forty-second street,
almost in the place from which she
started. Commander Peary has been in
this city for some weeks, having left his
vessel at Sydney.
It was long after dark when the Roose
velt came to anchor, but the men aboard
her were jubilant at reaching New York,
where they could eat their Christmas
dinner in civilzation Instead of in the.
Far North, where last year Christmas
day was spent.
.The Roosevelt, although pretty well Ice
covered, showed few signs of the wear
and tear entailed on such a voyage, not
withstanding that the foretopmast was
gone, lost in a gale off Baffin's Bay on
her southern Journey, and that she had
to be towed was due to the fact that of
the four blades in her propeller , three
were out of action.
Every man that started out with the
expedition returned and. In good health.
Counting Commander Peary, the party
numbers 21 men all told.
On board also -were 16 Esquimaux dogs
of the --220 with which the expedition
started. There were also two sledges,
one of them being the one which Morris
K. Jesstip fitted out and which is to be
returned to him as a souvenir of the
plucky attempt to reach the pole.
NINE KILLED AT ENDERLIN
Injured Total 45, but Railroad Offi
cials Withhold Facts.
ST. PAUL. Dec. 24. So far as the
officials of the Soo Line have been
able to learn only nine were killed in
the wreck at Enderlin, N. D., Sunday
morning. It was reported late this aft
ernoon that two of tho injured had
died, making the total death list 31,
but the Associated Press was informed
this evening that the report was un
true. The latest report indicates that
48 persons were injured and of these
24 were classed among the seriously
hurt, but It has been almost impossi
ble to learn the extent of their injur
ies, as the railroad officials refuse to
give out information.
The revised list of the dead is as
follows:
Charles Backus, Bergen, N. D.
H. J. Vokerlng, Annamoose, N. D.
Tony Glenn, of Glenn Hclva, N. D.
D. J. Bcresford, Medicine Hat, Can.
Herman Rosenbaum, Velva, N. D.
W. R. Danielson, Sheldon, N. D.
Nells Hanson, Kenmare, N. D.
Ole Thompson, Starbuck.
JURY CENSURES RAILROAD.
Guilty of Negligence In Putting In
experienced Men in Charge.
ENDERLIN. N. D.. Dec. 24. The Coro
ner's Jury rendered a verdict holding the
crew of the freight train .responsible for
the wreck at this place Sunday morning,
and severely censuring the railroad for
alleged negligence in placing inexperi
enced men in positions where their failure
to perform their work properly had re
sulted in considerable loss of life.
The engineer of the freight engine testi
fied that he had been ordered to move out
west of the town, where he was to drop
off a flagman to stop the incoming pas
senger train. The flagman testified that
he went on ahead of the engine nearly
half a mile, and not only placed two
torpedoes on the track, but waited and
signaled the passenger train with his
lantern. He swore no attention was paid
to his lantern signal, and he could not
say whether the torpedoes bad exploded.
The night was very foggy, and the, sup
position is that the lantern signal was not
seen and that the torpedoes failed to ex
plode. Send Beresford's Body to Mexico.
EL PASO, Tex., Dec. 24. The body
of D. J. Beresford. who was killed in
the railroad accident at Enderlin,
North Dakota, yesterday, will be
shipped here before being sent to Eng
land, in order to allow his identifica
tion by officials of Mexico, a necessary
preliminary in Mexican law to the set
tlement of the vast estate which he
leaves in Mexico. In his younger days
Beresford was sent to America, and,
after trying Canada, he located In
Mexico. He prospered and acquired
large estates in land and cattle in
both Canada and Mexico.
Brother of Admiral Beresford.
EL PASO, Tex., Dee. 24. "J. B. Beres
ford, of Medicine Hat," reported killed In
the Enderlin, Minn., wreck, is Delavel
Beresford, younger brother of Lord Admi
ral Beresford, of the British navy, who
has a ranch in the Sierra Mad re Moun
tains of Mexico, south of El Paso, and
another at Medicine Hat,- Canada.
TRY TENNESSEE LYNCHERS
Supreme Court Clears Away Obsta
cles in Contempt Case.
WASHINGTON". Dec. 24.-The Supreme
Court today decided adversely to the de
fendant the preliminary questions in
volved in the case of Sheriff Shipp and 26
others, of Knoxville, Tenn., charged with
contempt of the Supreme Court in
lynching a negro named Johnson after
the courti had taken cognizance of the
case. The oplsion was handed down
by Justice Holmes, who announced that
with the preliminaries disposed of, the
court would proceed with the prosecu
tion. He did not say when the next
step would be taken.
Justice Holmes, in his decision, said:
It may be found that what created the
mob and led to the crime waa the unwill
ingness of its members to submit to the de
lay required for the Hrlal of the appeal.
From that to the Intent to prevent that de
lay and the hearing of an appeal is a short
step. If that step is taken, the contempt la
proved.
CHURCH MUST PAY THE TAX
Bequests Only Exempt When for
Benefit of Same State.
WASHINGTON, Dec 24 The opinion
of the Supreme Court of the United
States in the case of the Board of Educa
tion of the Kentucky annual conference
of the Methodist Episcopal Church vs.
the State of Illinois, which was handed
down today by Justice McKenna, was
favorable to the state. The suit grew
out of a contention whether the Illinois
law exempting religious and educational
Institutions from the operation of the
inheritance tax law applies to institutions
outside of the state. The state authori
ties undertook to collect the tax on a
building in Chicago which was devised
by a Kentucky woman to the church
in her state. The Illinois courts held the
law was Intended only for the protection
of state institutions and did not cover
the Kentucky bequest. Today's opinion
affirmed that decision. In concluding his
opinion. Justice McKenna said:
"It cannot be said that, if a state ex
empts a bequest to charity from taxa
tion, it is unreasonable or arbitrary to
require the charity to be exercised with
in her borders and for her people, whether
exercised through persons or corpora
tions." Another Chance for Mrs. Ingersoll.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24. The Su
preme Court of the United States' today
decided to grant a review of the de
cision of tho Circuit Court of Appeals
for the Eighth Circuit in the case of
Eva A. Ingersoll against Joseph A.
Coram and others. Involving a claim
for a fee of $100,000 by Mrs. Ingersoll's
husband, the late Robert G. Ingersoll,
claimed to have been earned by him
in contesting the will of the late A J.
Davis, of Montana.
The Court of Appeals allowed $5000.
The widow was not satisfied, and asked
leave to bring the case to the Supreme
Court on am writ of certiorari. Her
petition to that effect was granted to
day. Anti-Bucket Shop Law Upheld.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 24. In deciding
the case of Gatewood against the State
of North Carolina, in which Gatewood
was prosecuted for keeping a bucket
shop in Durham, the Supreme Court of
the United States today in effect held
the state law prohibiting the dealing
In futures to be not repugnant to the
Federal Constitution.
Justice White delivered the opinion,
affirming the decision of the Supreme
Court of North Carolina.
Inheritance Tax Not Retroactive.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 24. The Supreme
Court of the United States today decided
the Inheritance tax case of Camille Ca
hen and other legatees under the will of
the late Mathias Colby, of New Orleans,
against the tax authorities of that city.
The state law providing for a tax on be
quests was attacked as unconstitutional
because of its retroactive features. The
opinion was delivered by Justice Mc
Kenna, who affirmed the decision of the
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Land Fraud Cases Advanced.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24. The .Su
preme Court of tho United States to
day advanced the hearing in the habeas
corpus cases of William D. Gould and
others charged with defrauding the
Government in the appropriation of
public lands in Oregon. The defend
ants seek to evade extradition from
California to Oregon. The hearing will
be held February 18.
Supreme Court Takes Holiday.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24. The Supreme
Court of the United States today ad
journed until January 7.
RAILS SPREAD AI CURVE
CARS ROLL DOWN A HIGH EM
BANKMENT. Sixty Passengers Escape With Noth
' lng Worse Than a Severe
Shaking.
SAN JOSE, Cal., Dec. 24. Eighteen
persons were .injured, several of them
seriously, and the whole tralnload of
three score passengers severely shaken
up at 10 o'clock this morning when two
day coaches and the baggage car of
Southern Pacific train No. 602, bound from
Oakland to Wrights, left the track on a
curve near Birmingham siding and
plunged 75 feet down an embankment.
That many were not killed outright Is
due to the fact that the train had slowed
down before it struck the curve, where
it is supposed that spreading rails caused
the accident. The engine and first com
bination mall and baggage car had passed
safely around the bend when the second
car broke its coupling and plunged down
to the river channel, followed by the
smoker and chair car, both of which
were well filled with passengers.
The baggage car was thrown over 100
feet from the place where it left the rails
and turned over on its side in the bot
tom of a gravel pit. The passenger
coaches slid off the right of way 75 feet
below the track.
Many were able to find their way out
of the wreck, crawling through broken
windows or along slanting ceilings to the
doors. The injured were removed in the
baggage car. which remained on the rails,
to Los Gatos, where the Lynden Hotel
was thrown open to them. Among the
Injured were:
E. H. Stoldt. San Jose: Mrs. E. H. Stoldt.
both painfully Injured. Mrs. Mary Howard
and Will and M. Howard, mother and son,
Oakland. Baggageman Howard Antrim. T.
J. Evans, Wrlphts; Mr. and Mrs. George A.
"DROPS"
Hartridge, the eminent English ocu
list, in his work on refraction, says:
"The use of atropine is seldom neces
sary in cases above 35 years of age";
and again, when speaking of the dan
ger of paralysis, he says: "Atropine
is the most common cause of paralysis
of the accommodation."
Dr. S , one of Portland's most emi
nent physicians, says: "I consider the
use of a mydriatic, in making an ex
amination of the eyes for glasses, in
jurious, unsatisfactory and unneces
sary. The work is purely mechanical.
What I want Is some one to correct
all mechanical defects in the eye by
means of suitable glasses, and leave
me do the rest." In other words, when
you are suffering from eye strain and
need glasses, consult the eyesight
specialist ourselves leaving to your
family physician the treatment of your
general condition.
Wa make no charge for thorough,
scientific examination.
Oregon Optical Co.
173 Fourth St., Y. M. C. A, Building
jPl Cfpman,CU(lfe$eo fc'
jBp We Wish All Portland igf
J, MERRY CHRISTMAS Jp'
WEDNESDAY MORNING
' After-Christmas Sale ,.5
Mig All Holiday Goods at Tremendous
"ute f rotn Reg-
Murray." Oakland: J. J. Ade, Pan Franciuro:
Miss Bertha Beherns, San Francisco; Mrs.
Sllllvey. .T. Bashford, Conductor Sam Davis,
Misses Ida and Geneva Pattiani, Oakland.
Skeletons Strewn on Ground.
LOS ANGELES. Cal.. Dec. 24 Again
ghouls are ravaging old Calvary Ceme
tery, on Buena Vista street. Today a
discovery was made that unknown per
sons had broken into a brick tomb in
the abandoned burying ground and torn
o"ut six skeletons, which were left strewn
upon the ground.
Ever since the cemetery was abandoned
a few years ago ghoulish acts have be
come a frequent occurrence, and the per
petrators have not been caught. It is
supposed much of the ghastly work was
prompted in the hope of finding ring3 or
other Jewelry'-
COLD FOR THREE DAYS
Extends Down Atlantic Coast as Far
as Florida.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24. According to
Forecaster Henry of the United States
Weather Bureau, the present cold wave
will continue for at least three days. The
temperature at the weather bureau at 10
o'clock tonight was 15 above zero, and a
drop of five degrees more during the night
Is predicted. Heavy frosts have been re
ported as far south as Tampa, Fla..
where the temperature tonight was 28
above zero. The cold wave, extends
throughout the Southern States.
GREAT FROST IX FLORIDA
Thermometer Goes Down to 24 at
Jacksonville.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Dec. 24. The
Government thermometer reached 24
degreee here today. The damage to
oranges and vegetables throughout the
state is not yet known, but it is be
lieved the early vegetable crop is se
riously damaged.
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PLUNGED INTO A GULCH
TRAIN' RUNS AWAY ON A MOUN
TAIN GRADE.
Loaded Caboose Leaves Track at
Curve and Three Men
Are Killed.
STOCKTON. Cal., tier. 24. Three men
were killed and a dozen seriously in
jured in a wreck on the Sugar Fine
branch of the Sierra Railroad yesterday
afternoon. The dead are named Galla
gher. Whitchouse and Schalez. Civil
Engineer Newell and three Japanese were
fatally injured.
A special train had been sent out to
bring in a wrecked construction train.
On returning the specifll train ran away
down a steep grade. The caboose, con
taining 30 men, was snapped off on,' a
curve and plunged .40 feet to the bottom
of the gulch.
OPTIONS ON FUTURES VOID
Illinois Supreme Court Hits Board
of Trade Hard.
SPRINGFIELD, 111., Dec. 24. The
Supreme Court In a decision today held
that contracts tipon the Board of
jf "Peace on earth goodwill j
ffjS Merry Christmas
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Fur Neckwear and
Fur Muffs
In all the Fashionable Kurs Mink, Chin
chilla, Sable, Ermine, Beaver. Otter,
Black Lynx, Blue Lynx, White Fox,
Squirrel, etc.
ALASKA BEAR BOAS.
SABLE FOX BOAS. ,
FURS FOR THE LITTLE FOLKS.
In Ermine. Squirrel, white Thibet, An
gora, Krimtner, etc., etc.,
Alaska Sealskin Coats. Mink Coats,
Persian Lamb Coats. Antrarhan
CxmtH. Far Rug. and Robes.
Send for catalogue.
G.P.RUMMELIN
6 SONS
126 Second St,
Between Washington
and Alder.
Established 1870.
Trade to sell at some future day are
options, and therefore Illegal and void.
Henry Woods offered to sell to Mark
Bates en.nno bushels of contract wheat
to ho delivered in December. In con
sideration of $.10 he agreed to leave
the offer open for acceptance until
September. While the offer was still
open Bates accepted it, but Woods re
pudiated the contract. Tho Superior
Court of Cook County gave $1 425 in
damages, but the Appellate Court re
versed this judgment. The Supreme
Court upholds the Appellate.
Kills Two Men and Escapes.
MACON. Ga,. Dec. 24. Gordon Mae
Donald shot and killed Coley Cheney
and Percy Burns at Cochran, Ga., yes
terday as a result of a quarrel. Mac
Donald went to Burns' home and en
gaged In a dispute, and when Cheney
and Burns showed a disposition to
fight, MacDonald whipped out a wea
pon and killed both men. lie was not
raptured. All the parties are white.
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