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NEWBERG GRAPHIC H I IIM 4K I p r i o r i I U T I » •1 51 7Í à . »ar — ■ontha I h . í M onth». Ip tlo a P H « P ay ab le »lily In A d v a a r « . la v a rl NEWBERG GRAPHIC. NEWBERG GRAPHIC. A IM E K T IH I^IG H 4 l i > . O n e C o l u m n .......... ........................T w e n t y P o l l a n H a l f C o l u m n .................................... Te n Dollar« P ro f es si o n al C a r d s .................................. O n e D ol la r S e n d i n g IHoU r e e w i l l fee I n s e r t e d th e r a te of T e n re n te p e r M ae. Addrtwa. G H a e m o . N o* ber g. O r e g o n . A d v e r t is in g Bill« Colle cte d Mo nt hly 4 W ILL CHU RCH N0TICE8. L1R1END8' C H O R l ' H . —S ER V IC ES EV ERY I Itiiudajr at l i a . m . a m i « f. u . a u d T h u r s d a y a t 2 P.M. S aL ba th a o h o e l »very S u n d a y nt S.«6 a. m M o n t h l y m e e t i n g at 7 r. m t n e i m t T u e s d a y In ea c h m o u t h . Q ua rte rl y w e e t l u g th e • e c o u d S a t u r d a y a u d S u n d a y In F eb r u a r y . M«v, Augnnt a u d N o v em be r. W o m an '» F o r e ig n Mi« • i o u a r y So cie ty me et» t u i r d S a tu r d a y In ea ch m o n t h at 3 p. m A. T. W A R E, I’a s to r . a p t i s t c h u r c h .— s e r v i c e s , s u n d a y n a. M. a n d 7 30 P. m . S u u d a y s ch oo l S u n d a y s a t 10 a . m . P r a y e r m e e t i n g W e d ne ad ay e v e u i n g a t 7:30 o c lock. ' REV. G. F J K KAK P. pastor. B church , — s e r v ic e s P KE»HY1'KKIAN e v e r y t h i r d S a b b a t h at 11 a . m . a u d 7:80 p . k . at E v a n g e l i c a l C h u r c h . S a b b a t h s ch oo l every t h i r d S u u u a y a t 10 a . m R E V . WM. GAY P as tor . C 1 / H s R e I c S o T n I d A N a u d C H ( U o u R r t C h H S . - u S n E d R a y V a I C t E 10 S 7:30 p. EVERY aud a . m . m d v e n t i s t c h u r c h — p r a y e r m e e t i n g e ve ry W e dn es da y e v e u tu g . S a b b a t h school ev e ry S at u r da y at 10 a . m , se rv ic es f o ll o w i ng A —P RA Y HR M EET IN G p. . S a b b a t h sc hoo l I 1 I R E ev K e ry M T E h u TH r s O d a DI y S a T. t 7:30 ev e ry S u n d a y at 10 . . __________________ _ Y SUNDAY S a b b a t h School M E. • a C t H 11 U R . C H . - a S u E d R ' V : 8 I 0 C E p. S E . V ER a t 10 . . E pw o xt h Lpagiae a t 6 80 r. . P r a y e r m a m a m m a m m m e e t l u g ev ei y T h u r s d a y e v a u iu g at 7:80 o ’clock. R E V . J. H. WOOD. P as tor . ALV AT ION ARMY — M EE T I N G AT BAR r ac it a oil M a in s t r e e t a s fo llows: T u e sd a y lo r so ld ie r c o n v e r t s a n d r e c r u i t s ; W e d n e sd a y , p u t f i c ; F r i d a y , h o li n e s s , for C h r i s t i a n s o n y; S a t u r d a y eve , p u b li c ; S u n d a y , all d a y , c o m m e n c i n g w i t h 7 a . m .. k n e e d r i l l ; h o li n e s s m e e t ing 11 a . m .; fum ly g a t h e i i n g a t 3 p. m . an d g r a n d free a u d easy in t h e e v e u in g . E v e r y b o d y welc omg . S SOCIETY NOTICES. W . - N E W B E R O CAMP, No. 118 ry Mo n d a y e v e n ing.___________ W O « F m T e H e ts E eve C. T. U.—BUSINESS M EE T IN G T H E 8EC- W • o u d a u d f o u r t h W e d ne sd a y I n e a c h mouth. HE LD ON TH U RS D A Y s i n B a n k o í N e w b e r g b u il d in g .___ I O. • e O. v e n F i .— n g SESSIONS E W B E R G CO UN CI L, NO. ev ery F r id a y e v e n i n g In Ma so nic K , A 168, L. m O e e F ts 3.—N hal l. *_________ _ A # F. n 4 i g h A. t In M C. .- .M V. K B ET a n S k b E u V i E l d R i n Y g . SATURDAY ' . o T u . W ^ M K K T S E V E R Y TUESD AY EVEN* l u g a t 7:30 p. m . in I. O. O. F. H all . EAST AND SOUTH -V IA - , The Shasta Route —O F T H E — T r a l u s leave a n d a t e d u e to a r r i v e a t P o r t l a u d : LEAVE. FROM JUNE 23, 1898. O v e r l a n d E x p r e s «. Sale m, A 1 bai ty, E u g e ne , I to s e b ’g, G r a u t ’» Fass, Medford. Ash- ‘ 8:10 A. M. 8:50 F M la uf t, Sacra me nto,O g- I I d e " , s - ■ Krauet»' o, > , ,os Angeles, ' J ? / s 9 - “ o.New Orlea ns , t an il East ..................... •8:30 A. a Itoseberg A way el atioils ( V ia W oodlmrn lo r) Da ll y I Mt. Ang el, Sil ve rto u, Dally except ( We st Seto, Br owns- J- except Suuday. ville, K n t r o u a n d Sunday. Sp ringfie ld.. ‘4:00 p M S al e m a n d w ay s t a t l u u s *10:15 a . m 17:30 a . M Cor v al li s A way s ta t io n s : | 6:20 p. a. 44:45 F. M. M cM in nv il le A way sta'sl 18:25 A. a. D i n i n g Cara o n O g d e n R o u t e . PULLMAN UUFFKT SLEZP1H I —AND— SECO N I)-C L A SS SL E E PIN G OARS A t t a c h e d to al l t h r o u g h tr a in s . T h r o u g h ti c k e t ofiice, 134 T h i r d >treet, w h e r e t h r o u g h ti c k e t s to al l p o in t» lu t h e Kaaterii Stat es, C a n a i» a n d E u r o p e e a u b e o b t a i n e d at low es t rate» fr om J. B. K IKK I,AND, T i c k e t Ag ent . All ab ov e tr a i n s a r r i v e a n d d e p a r t f r o m U ra ud C en tr al s t a t i o u , f i l t h a n d 1 »Irtela. T A M H I L L I>I V I S I O N . Passenger depo t loot o f Jefferson street A lr ll e m a t t (tri weekly). 9:40 A. M.l! .V...... . . . P o r t l a n d ..... 8:05 P. M. ...L v. 12:30 P. M. ...l.v. 7:30 a . M. 12:30 P. M f.v...... 5:.i5 p. M. i Ar ....... S h e r i d a n p a s s e n g e r ( d a l ly e x c e p t S u n d a y ) . 4:30 P. M l.v...... . . . P o r t l a n d ..... ....Ar. 9 0 A M. 6 OS P. M |LV...... .. . N e w b e r g ..... . ...Lv. 7:56 a . M. 7:40 P. M. A r ....... . . . S h e r i d a n .... ....Lv. 6 20 A.M. •D aily. »Daily e x c e p t S uu d ay . R KOEHI ER. Man age r. E. P. ROGERS. Asst. Gen. F. A P Agt., Port- land. Or. TO THE E A S T GIVES TH E CHOICE OF TWO TRANSCONTINENTAL B O T J T E VIA S VIA GREAT NORTHERN RT. UNION PACIFIC RY. SPOKANE DENVER MINNEAPOLIS OMAHA AND AND ST. PAUL KANSAS CITY LOW RATES TO ALL EASTERN CITIES OCEAN STEAMERS LEAVE PORTLAND EVERY 5 DAYS ___ FOR___ SAN FRANCISCO For full details call on or address W. H. HURLBURT, G en’1 Pass. Agent, P ortland , 0 « O LIVER A *s,A.CORD, Agents, N iwbubo , O regon . E . M c N E IL L , President and Manager. at Corpa Epitome ot the Telegraphic News of the World. T E R S E TIC K S FROM T H E W IRES A■ Inte restin g; C o lle c t io n o f Itoros F r o m th e T w o H em isp h er es F resen ted tu s C o n d e n s e d F o r m . The strainer U aranza, from Rotter- 'lam, is reported lost off Cape Abjoa. Six members of the crew w ere saved and fifteen arc missing. Police Officer B ratton was badly shot w hile try in g '.o capture tw o b u r glars in a store in Tacoma. H e fired at one burglar, when another, who was w atching, opened fire and shoe B ratton twioe in the back of the head. He w ill probalby die. Eddie Chandler, abont 11 years old, was drowned in Portuenf river, in Po- oatello, Idaho. Ho threw bis b a t on the ice and tried to get the dog to get it, and, failin g in this, he w ent on tne ice and broke through into deep w atei. The river was dragged and the body found in about an hour. One of the last official acts of Mayor Rader of Los Angeles, C al., w ill be to attach his signature to an ordinance m aking expectorations upon the side walks of public streets, entianoes to publio buildings or th e floors of street cars a misdem eanor, puuishable by either fine or im prisonm ent, or both. Chief Hazen of the secret service at W ashington, has issued a circular w arning against a new counterfeit $10 national banknote on the U nion N a tional bank of Detroit. The note is the product of the same hand w hich produced the recent counterfeit on the N ational Bank of Commerce of New York One distinguishable feature is th a t the back of the note is upside down. M<ss Celia Strahm was killed by her brother-in-law , Elden Buroker, at Dixie, eighteen m iles w est of W alla W alla. Miss S trabm w as v isting the fam ily, and after the fam ily had re tired she w ent out of the door, and upon retu rn in g the noise awakened Buroker, who drew a pistol from under his pillow and shot Miss Strahm . He mistook her for an enemy, whom he had heard was in te n t on doing him harm. Jap an has a larger carrying trade on the Pacific than the U n ited StateB, and Am ericans who are n ear enough to w atch the sh iftin g scenes in th is new and rapidly developing contest for com m ercial supremacy find little m atter for pride in present tendencies. T his is the statem ent of U nited States Consul Bell, of Sydney, contained in his report to the state departm ent upon the open ing of the new Japanese steam ship line between Yokohama and A ustralia. The president has extended the civil service rules so as to include a ll officers and employes in the federal p en iten tiary a t F o rt Leavenw orth, K an., though it is to apply to a ll such gov ernm ent in stitu tio n s and to a ll p eni ten tiaries hereafter created im m ediately upon th eir establishm ent. A ttorney- G eneral H arm on is subjecting the re cent civil service schedule as affecting the d epartm ent of justice to a rigid scrutiny. The present am endm ent is to overcome a defect in the rules pro m ulgated and fu rth er am endm ents on sim ilar lines may he expected. of A P P O IN T C IV ILIA N S . Inai>«etora o f S te e l 1u c i e a s e d . W ill Be W ashington, Jan. 5 —Secretary H er bert has practically decided to iucrease the present naval corps of inspectors of steel used in the construction of naval vessels of the U nited States by the ap pointm ent of a num ber of expert c iv il ians. A t a conference held by the sec retary w ith A ssistant Secretary Me- Adoo, N aval C onstructor Hiohboru and a num ber of bureau chiefs, the sub ject was fully discussed, and it was the opinion of all present th a t the situation demanded th is action. It was rep re sented th a t th e num ber of naval in spectors suitablo for the dnty was not sufficient for the needs of the service. C aptain McCormiok and Chief E n g i neer Sm ith, of the N orfolk navy-yard, are expected to arrive here soon, when the details prelim in ary to th e appoint m ents w ill be completed. It is th ought th a t the civ il service commission w ill be called upon to furnish at once tw elve or fifteen men who. by rigid ex am ination, have proved them selves ex perts in this line, and when secured, they probably W ill be distributed among the works now fu rn ish in g the st-el and iron used in the construction of our naval vessels. The experts w ill be sent to B ethlehem , the Cranegie, the Phoenix, the V ail, the Thorlow aud the M idvale works. SLAVERY IN N IC A R A G U A . A T e r r i b l e S t a t e o f A H a i r s in t h e L a b o r M arket. M anagua, N icaragua, Jan . 5.—A te n ib le state of affairs prevails in the labor m arket here, aud the system of selling labor has reduced very large num bers of men, women and children to a state of slavery. O wners of coffee estates recently held a m eeting, w ith the object of influencing the govern m ent of N icaragua to establish in Cuba a labor agency to induce Cuban la borers to m igrate to N icaragua. Men and women here are now endeavoring by every possible means, excepting an arm ed revolution, to escape from the servitude incident to the sale of th eir la bor, authorized by the constitution of N icaragua aud enforced as vigorously as possible by m ilitary power, u n til the money for goods advanced to them aud interest thereon, and heavy fines for delinquency, have been paid in fu ll by labor, a t low rates. T his y e a r’s crop of coffee in N icaragua is estim ated at about 80 per cent of a fu ll crop. The deficiency has been caused by insuffi cient rains durin g the year. The tw igs on w hich th e ooffee crop of 1897 is to be borne are from drought so Bmall and short as not to be able to yield a fa ll crop in m any estates in N icaragua next year. A num ber of persons in N icaragua, especially in the eastern portion, are m aking preparations to cultiv ate sugar oane instead of ooffee, as heretofore. A B a ttle > e a r M a n ila . M adrid, Jan . 5.— A dispatch from M anila says a g reat b attle has been fought in the P h ilip p in e islands, re su ltin g in the signal defeat of the in surgents, 1,100 being killed. A ddi tional details indicate th a t the b attle w as fought at Bnlacan, a tow n in the province of Luzon, located on the river Bnlacan, tw enty m iles northw est of M anila. G eneral Euzbro, a leader of the P h ilip p in e islands insurgents, is said to have been killed in the conflict. Of the Spaniards, tw enty-five were killed and sixty-three wounded. It is also reported th a t seven canon were captured from the insurgents. A dispatch from M anila to Prem ier Canovas del Castilo, giving additio nal details of the b attle a t B nlacan, a n nounces th a t 8,000 of the insurgents were killed, instead of 1,100, as a t first reported. Prim e M inister Canovas has also re ceived w ord from Cuba whioh in d i cates the settlem ent of the difficulties in th a t colony w ill be hastened. R adical changes in the procedure of the pension office have been made. All claim s for increase, save in e x trao rd i nary cases, hereafter w ill be sent direct to the m edical division of the bureau, w ithout having to be passed upon by the board of review. T his action is taken on the ground th a t th e bnlk of increase cases involve only m edical ac tion. H ereafter there w ill be no n e B o b b e d a C h u r c h . cessity for cases before the board of re O akland, Cal , Jan . 5.—The com- view being passed upon by three or four exam iners. Com m issioner M ur m union service of the Sacred H eart phy has fixed the num ber of exam iners, chnrch was stolen by irreverent thieves last nig h t. They stripped the tab er who m ust review each claim a t once. nacle on the a lta r of all its vessels, and The Mexican governm ent, recogniz* carried the safe w hich contained most ing the increasing im portance of its of the service to a convenient point west coast commerce, is determ ined to n ear the church,w here they blew it up. im prove the harbors. A rrangem ents The work was evidently done by ex- have been made to raise a considerable perts. The crim e.w as n o t discovered sum for this work, in addition to the u n til th is morniDg. $5.000,000 for the im provem ent of The principal articles stolen were a C tatzacoalcos and S alin a Cruxz, the silver chalice, taken from the safe, tw o eastern and w estern term in i of the T e ciborium s, also of silver, and a silver huantepec road. The move to im prove paten. Melted down, the value of the the harbors is also caused, it is said, by silver w ould hardly exceed $20. the rap id ity of railroad build in g to Sacred H eart church was robbed in a ward the Mexican Pacifio coast, w hich sim ilar m anner six y< ars ago, and F a w ill open fertile country and develop a th er L. Serra, the pastor, this m orning large commerce through the ports be said th a t it was possible th a t both rob low M azatlan. beries were com m itted by the same A strike in stituted a t Georgetown, thief. The church was recently pre Mass., has throw n out of w ork 200 sented w ith a very valuable com m union men, and promises to embrace the e n service, and it is th ought th a t this was tire six shoe factories of the town. A w hat the thieves were after. threatened cut in wages was the cause A a S e e n b y lb»* T i m e s . of the strike. London, Jan . 5 .—The financial a r The constructors of the Siberian ra il road have undertaken to build a line ticle in the Tim es expresses the opinion through M aDtchuria, sta rtin g from a th a t the feeling of the stock exchange point on the river where the Siberian th a t another period of cheap money and road joins the trans-B aikelia line and booming prices is coming, is not ju s ti term in atin g at M ikolskaya, Russia. fied. ‘T h e re may be short periods of The m inisterial press of S t P eters cheapness," says the Times, " b u t u n burg points out that th is line w ill less there is some unforseen change in make Ruaaia the interm ediary of peace the whole situation, money w ill tend to ful civ ilization between Europe and be com paratively scarce for the whole year. ’ ’ Asia. W ill Barn T h eir O w n L ivin g. Notice has been posted a t a ll the P h iladelphia <St R eading coal and iron London, Jan . 6.—A V ienna dispatch collieries, num bering forty, and also to th e D aily M ail says: It is stated at a num ber of in d ividual collieries, th a t th e ir finances w ill soon compel th a t w ork would be suspended fur a the Princess of C him ay C aram an and week. Tw enty thousand men and bovi the gypsy R igo to abandon tb eir lu x u rious mode of living. The princess w ill be idle. The executive com m ittee of the has signed a con tract to sing in a music monetary conference w ith beadqcraters b all, R igo playing the violin in the in lndianapolia, Ind., are sending out orchestra. a call to all comm ercial organisations It takes 72,000 toDsof paper to make who intend to send delegates to the con the postal oarda used in the U nited ference. It is now believed th a t about States each year. 500 delegates w ill be in attendance. m A FATAL FLOOD T errib le Several of the Commodore Party Not Accounted For. FIVE MORE SURVIVORS LANDED C np talu M urphy Am ong of th e th e and Stephen N u m b e r — A u b lu k lu g of the C rane A ccount Ship. C incinnati, Jau . 6.— A Commercial T ribune special from Jack so n v ille,F la., says: Seventeen men accounted for out of tw enty-eight on the Cuban filibuster Commodore is the record here tonight, w ith a slig h t chauoe of seven more be ing yet alive. Five meu came ashore a t Daytona th is noon—C aptain M urphy, Stephen Crane, the novelist, the oook, and tw o 6ailors. One of the latter, W illiam H iggins, of Rhode Island, died soon after reaching land, from the effects of the high surf. One of the survivors gives the follow ing graphic details: " T h e tug sank a t 7 o’clock in the m orning, tw enty m iles off New Smyrna. A ll the A m ericans on board rem ained u n til the last moment. A traito r in Spanish pay was the cause of the leak. The leak was discovered about 3 A. M. The pumps would not work long, though they did good service for a while. F in d in g th at the w ater gained on us, the vessel was turned shoreward. As she continued to sink, tw o bo at loads of CubanB, tw elve in all, were first sent off. One boat containing six men was capsized, and I am afraid the men were lost. One of the lifeboats containing nine men w as swamped, and a hastily constructed craft was made up from m aterials throw n to them, and they then disappeared from our Bight. "C ap tain M urphy, Stephen Crane, H iggins and myself and one other sailor took to the ten-foot dingy a t the last mom ent. We tried to save the meu in the w ater around us, but the heavy seas and blinding w inds sw ept them from us. It required all our efforts to keep our sm all boat rig h t side up For tw enty-four hours we battled w ith the heavy sea, constantly bailing, and at last land w as sighted. As we attem p t ed to land, the w ind drove us into the breakers, and in an in stan t the boat was overturned. F o r an hour we b at tled for life, and then managed to craw l out on the sand alm ost dead. C aptain M urphy saved Mr. Crane by helping him when a cram p caught him . H iggins was struck on the head by floating tim bers, and died soon a f ter landing. He was a good sailor and worked hard to save his com rades.” The men are expected here tom or row. Aid was asked from Daytona yesterday. As the Three Friends was the only vessel in port th a t could stand the seas, the W ashington offioials were w ired, asking perm ission to send the tug out, even w ith revenue officers on board. T his was a t 4 P. M., and, not hearing from this, the collector again w ired the departm ent. Then J. M. B arris w ired Senator Call, and he replied, after saying he had notified Mr. C arlisle and the president. N oth ing was heard from the departm ent as to giviug aid in saving the lives of A m erican oitizens up tu a late hour this evening. This brought about a strong message from Mr. Barris, beg ging the departm ent in the nam e of hum anity to allow a vessel to leave. T his brought the required perm ission, aud at 6:30 to n ig h t the Three Friends steam ed out on her errand of meroy. H paniardii O u l o k l y N o t if ie d . W ashington, Jan . 5.—The Spanish anthorities feel little appreheusion from reported filibustering expeditions, ow ing to the thoroughness w ith which the CubaD coast is being parolled by the Hpanish forces. It is pointed out that the success of the expeditions lurgely depend npon ab ility to deliver the goods to the insurgents, and th a t the mere landing of an expedition counts for little. U nder th e system estab lished by G eneral W eyler, the move m ent of any insurgent foroe tow ard the coast is noted as a step tow ard m eeting an expedition. The insurgents have no pack trains, or the ordinary meana of transportation of m ilitary stores, and are obliged to receive and carry goods by band. In han d lin g boxes of guns or any considerable supply of am m uni tion, a large num ber of men is neces sary to dipose of an expedition. For this reason the approach of the Three F rien d s' expeditou was made known to the Spanish comm anders by the move m ent of a large insurgent force tow ard the coast. A battle ensued and the in surgents were driven inland. The point a t w hich the Three Friends subsequently tried to land wua th a t to w hich the insurgent force was headed. A t present, it is said, this patrol is so complete th at no considerable force of insurgents can move w ithout unm ask ing the destination of an expedition, and thtto giving am ple tim e for ita ap prehension. Im port« mik I K tp orta. New York, Jau. 5.—The im ports of dry goods and general m erchandise at this port this week were valued a t $8,- 076,505. The im ports of specie fur the week were $70,770, of wbiub $42,034 w ere gold. The export* of specie were $892,200 silver, no gold. The K f l r f l lu V v r in o n t. M ontpelier, V t., Jan . 6.—The F arm ers’ T ru st Company, of Hioux C ity, la ., w hich closed its doors this week, w ill prove a bard blow to it* V erm ont investor*. According to re turn* aince the failu re 30 per cent of the liab ilities of $186,000 is said to be due the people of tbi* state. AND B L 'Z Z A R D . W e a t h e r lu the V a lle y State». A BAiaalanippI Chicago, Jan . 5.—From all parts of the W est, reports of dam age by flood and storm d u ring the last tw enty-four hours are coming. In Illinois, heavy rain has fallen, stream s are flooded, m aking the roads im passable aud d am aging w inter w heat. Jo lie t is th re a t ened w ith one of the w orst floods in its history. Hiokory and Bpring creeks are out of th eir banks, and the Dea- plaines river aud the low er level of the canal has raised sixteen inches today. Fam ilies are m oving out of th eir houses, and low lands are flooded. W a ter is sw eeping through the lum ber yards, and the Rock Island track is sub merged in the vicinity of Lacon. W heat lias been dam aged badly by the tw enty-four hours' rain , and the roads are im passable. The Suuagmon river is rising, threaten in g destruction to thousands of bushels of corn. It haB rained for sixty hours, and is still ra in ing, but grow ing colder. lu N orthern M ichigan the rain is also severe. N ear M enominee, it has rained for forty-eight hours. Logging has been suspended. Ice gorges at F isher and other points on the Menom inee river threaten serious consequences to Menominee aud M arinette. In Minnesota a blizzard raged all day w ith a ltern atin g ra in and sleet. South Dakota suffered a severe snow- stoim , w hich prevailed a ll da’y. The snow drifted and a railroad blockade is feared. N ebraska is suffering from the w orst blizzard it has experienced for years. Snow was tw elve inches on the level tonight, aud the w iud piled greut d rifts six and seven feet high. T rains are delayed in th ev io in ity of H astings. T onight a blinding anow is fa llin g and a sharp w ind blow ing. A t G rand Island th eie are several feet of snow in the Union Paoifio yards. JUM PED Banker IN T O THE LAKE. H am m on d , o f C hicago, H is O w n L ife. Took Chicago, Jan . 6.— W. A. H am m ond, vice-president of the N ational Bank of Illinois, com m itted suicide d u rin g the n ig h t by jum ping into Lake M iohigan. H am m ond called on Percy Palm er, an old friend aud confidential adviser, a t 8 o'clock last evening. He talked gloom ily about future prospects. Ab.iut 11 o’clock H am m ond w ent home, and a t 11:30 retired for the n ig h t. He and bis w ife slept in udjaoent rooms. E arly this m orning Mrs. H ammond discovered her huBband gone, aud n o ti fied friends, who found a tra il of scraps of paper whioh led to the edge of the pier a t Dempster street. The rain had soaked the Boraps of paper aud rnude the contents alm ost illegible. The lifesaving crow w as notified, aud began a search for the body. A tug was also sent from Chicago for the same purpose. Sixteen-year old W. F. Rodney w ith a com panion, was w alking along the beach in the vionity of C hurch street, when they sighted the body floating only a few feet from the shore. An am bulance w as called aud the body was removed to an undertaking estab lishm ent, w here it w as soon identified by friends. Mrs. H am m ond is com pletely prostrated aud under the con stan t oare of a physician. The ex bunker was the fath er of fonr children. Hammond is said to have been the business head of the bank since P resi dent Schneider w as too feeble to do practical w ork, and the large loans to the C alum et Eleotrio Company and others, whioh resulted in closing the bank, are understood to have been m ade by Hammond. H am m ond was accused of being a " k i te r ,” deceiving the directors of the hank and depositors and deliberately violating the n ational bank laws. H il alleged irreg u la rities w ere said to hava begun many years ago, when it is a l leged he began to use the money aud cred it of the bank in outside specula tions in such a m anner as to deoeive the direotors and bank exam iners. Even old employes of the bank are said to have been unaw are of w hat w as go ing on. SURPLUS G overnm ent IN DECEMBER. B ec eip t« Larger Than Kx p e n d í tur««. W ashington, Jan . 5.— The m onthly com parative statem ent of the govern m ent's receipts and expenditures shows the total receipts for Decentbei to have been $25.857,114; expendi tures, $23 812,664, w hich leaves a su r plus for the m onth of $2,014,450. Foi the six m onths of the fiscal year, how ever, the deficit is shown to be $37,- 902,897. T his is the second tim e w ith in a year receipts have exoeeded the ex penditures. The surplus this m onth is largely accounted for by p a rtia l receipta from the recent sale of first m ortgage bondi for the Pacifio railroads belonging tc the C entral Pacific sinking fond,w hich appears in the statem ent as a repay m ent to th e civil and m iscellaneoni expenditures. The independent bond transactions surplus wonld bsve been about $500,000. Receipta from cut- tom s in December am ounted to $10,- 779,412, an increase for tbe m onth ot abont $800,000. In tern al revenue re oeipta aggregated $58,198,998, a nom i nal gain over November. Two Colombia Striving to Corn Island. Get NICARAGUA R E SIST S T H E MOVE Send» a D e ta c h m e n t o f Troop» to Infore« the G arriaou rioua T r o u b le M ay Be* T h e r e —S e F ollo w . M anagua, N icaragua, Jau. 4. — W ith little beatiug of drum s or blow iug of trum pets, a w arlike move upon the p art of the republio of Colom iba is now be lieved to nave been checkm ated by the republic of N icaragua, although fu rth er news from the objective point, Corn island, is anxiously expected here. About a m outh ago the governm ent of N icaragua w as inform ed unofficially th a t Colombia had planned to m ake a lauding on Corn island, a valuable strategic point situated about th irty - six m iles off the Mosquito coast, be longing to N ioaragua, whose flag was to be hauled down and the ensign of Colom bia substituted for it. It was alleged th a t N icaragua was overtaxing Corn island, and th a t the inhabitants, num bering a few hundred, had appealed to Colombia for redress, on the ground th s t territory some five m iles long, w hich form erly belonged to Colombia, was unlaw fully held by N ioaragua. It was fu rth er stated th a t the pre eot of Ban Andre/., Colom bia, had assem bled a m ilitary force and w as only w aiting for the arriv al of a Colombian gunboat in order to em bark troops and to prooeed to Corn island and secure and fortify it against the possibility of recapture. T h at suoh a plan w as d is cussed there is no reason to doubt, but President Zelaya, of N icaragua, took prom pt steps to meet th is move upon the purt of the neighboring republio. Very quietly detaohm ents of N icara guan troops were assembled here and a t G ranada, aud when a ll w as ready they were sent in sm all parties through Lake N icaragua and down the Ban Ju an river to G reytow n and Blueflelds. By th is tim e the soldiers of N ioaragua are believed to be in possession of Big and L ittle Corn islands, for there are two of them , and the w ork of erecting a strong fort should be progressing. The troops took all the best guus av ail able, and a supply of am m unition aud other supplies. Storehouses are to be constructed a t Corn island. Of course, if the Colombia expedition started earlier than expeoted and reaobed Corn island before the N ica ragua troops, fighting may have oc curred before this, and, if so, the m a t ter may lead to a general upheaval in C entral Amerioa, for Colom bia was w arned, diplom atically and through the press, last m onth th a t her seizure of Corn island m ig h t lead to a w arlike com bination of the republios of S alva dor and H onduras in support of N ica ragua against her. Colom bia was also advised, if she still m aintained th a t she had rig h ts over Corn island, to sub m it them to the a rb itra tio n of a d isin terested republio. To these threats and suggestions a p parently no attention w as paid, for it was announced thHt the Colom bia g u n boats were being fitted out for the transporting of Colom bian troops to Corn island. It is hoped here th at the N icaragua foroes reaohed there in advance of the Colom bian detachm ents. Some years ago, when work was be- gining on the m aritim e canal, it was reported th a t G reat B ritain was con tem plating laying hands on Corn island, whioh, situated a t a convenient distance from the A tlan tic entrance to the canal, wonld have been converted into another ohain oi B ritish forts off the A m erican ooast, and w ould have enabled her to be practically in com mand of the eastern entrance of the w aterw ay whioh is in tim e to join the A tlan tic and the Pacifio. Therefore, N icaragua, acting upon the suggestion of the president of the U nited States, took possession of both Big and L ittle Corn islands, hoisting the N icaraguan flag over them w ith much ceremony, and giving diplom atic notice of tbe same. The B ritish claim to Corn island is understood to be baaed on her form er pretensions, since given up, to a pro tectorate over the Mosquito territory, and because Colom bia, whioh originally owned Corn island, oeded the G land to K ing George, then the governing chieftain, under B ritish auspices, of tbe Mosquito reservation. Colombia, however, insists th a t Corn island was only ceded to King George on the con dition th a t it was to be returned w hen ever requested. B o y s P l a y e d W i t h HI« H e a d . O akland, Cal , Ja n . 4 — Yesterday the rem ans of John Con Ion were found strew n along the railroad tracks in O akland. B ullet holes in tbe face led to the belief th a t the m an had been m urdered, and his body placed on the track to ooncial the crim e. Today de tectives learned th a t no crim e bad been com m itted. Borne sm all boys who were practicing w ith an a ir gnn found w hat they thonght was a piece of m eat. It w as a portion of C onlon's face, and they hung it on a post and used it as a target. A fter shooting it fu ll of holes they threw it on the track again. It is now suppsed th a t Conlon was rnn down by one ot tbe local train*. F r e n c h H h lp b u lld a r a Arm P lo w . A F a m i l y A « pliy x lateri. P aris, Jan . 5.—T here is much ta ll New York, Jan . 4 .— Jo h n Lynchten- of th s im possibility of tbe French dockyards executing quickly enough berg, a cabinet m aker, bis wife, Lixsie, tbe new n sv al program m e, and the and th eir tw o ohildren, W illis, 22 question of w hether ironoladt sh all be m onths old, and Jacob, 12 weeks old, purchased in E ngland b ss excited a were asphyxiated in th e ir home today. p atrio tic discussion. SALOON RIOT. P o lic e m e n N early K ille d D o in g T h eir D u ty. W h it« G rand Rapids, Jan. 4.—Two po licemen were pounded half to death by a crowd today, and two of th eir assail ants were shot. Tbe trouble was the result of a crusade, w hich the police have been wagiDg against saloon keepers, w ho have been violating the law. Today Patrolm en V iergiver and H a r rington found the saloon of Sommers & T readw ell doing a th riv in g backdoor business. As tbe officers entered the air was filled w ith clubs, bottles and glasses. Officer V iergiver w h s struck ou the head aud felled w ith a club. He w as draw ing bis revolver as be fell, aud as be fell he pulled the trigger. Bevei al shots were fired from the crowd Hud H arrington m anaged to get his revolver out and pulled it upon T readw ell, who was poundiug him on the head w ith a bottle. The next mo m ent H arrington w ent to th e floor. A great crowd had gathered in front of the saloon, and the excitem ent was in tense. One officer outside guarded the door and sent for the patrol wagon. A squad of eighteen policemen responded, w ith orders to arrest every one in the place, but most of the crowd had m an aged to slip away. Officer V icrgive had an arm broken in two places, a finger broken, his nose dislocated aud an aw ful gash across the scalp. H is injuries are not necessarily fatal. Officer H arrington w as c a t w ith broken glass. He has a severe scalp wound aud serious bodily In juries. T readw ell w as shot in the rig h t lung. An exam ination late to night showed th at be is suffering severe hemorrhages. He is not likely to re cover^ T lie N ica r a g u a C anal. W ashington, Jan. 4.— One of the m ain objects of the form ation of a new G reater Republio of C entral America is said tu be the com pletion of the Nio aragua canal. Benor R oderiguez, re cently recognized as the diplomatio representative of the new country in be U nited Btates, is said to be charged W i li the duty of interesting this gov- e r meiit in the enterprise. This aid to the project cornea a t a tim e when it is needed. The support ers of the measure on both sides a t the capital have hopes th a t the g reat peti- iton sent to Speaker Reed, asking th a t tim e be given for discussion of the bill after the funding measure is disposed of, w ill he heeded, and a t least two days so allowed. T here are enough friends of the plan ou the senate Bide to brin g it np if there is any hope of g ettin g in a few hours w hile the funding debate is on in the upper house. T rain « W reck««! by B o b b e r « . A ustin, T ex., Jan. 4.—An in te rn a tional & G reat N orthern freig h t train was wrecked four m iles south of here this m orning, presum ably by trainrob- bers lying in w ait for the passenger train. A brakem an, F red Joynson, was killed, and E ngineer Sm ith seri ously injured. A sw itch w as left open aud rocks piled on the track. R aleigh, N. C ., Jan. 4.—Firem an A lexander Overby and E ngineer John Roberta« n were seriously in ju red in a wreck early th is m orning on the R a leigh & A ugusta division of the Sea board A ir Line, ju s t east of here. A ra il had been displaced by train - wreckerB. Bloodhounds have been p a t upon the trail. N ew York M all B ob b ery* New York, Jan . 4.—The postoffloe inspectors have arrested W illiam H. Post, aged 22, a m ailw agon driver, on a charge of m ail robbery. A q u an tity of incom ing m ail from th e W est was stolen on December 20. Many rifled packages were found on December 22 in the w ater off B righton beaoh. Tbe keys to the m ail pouches are said to have been fouDd on Post, and sm all articles, probably C hristm as presents, in his room. Post deuies robbing the mails. It is believed he threw the rilled letters into N orth river from the ferryboat. He has been held in $6,000 bail. D ot H a lf o f th a ln t«r««t. W ashington, Jan. 4 .—The Crow- Creek-Sioux delegation of Booth Dakota Indians have not gained tbeir an nounced object, of securing a per capita cash paym ent of $187,000 leaa abont $1,8000 for expenaes, now to their credit in the treasury, but they have secured a paym ent of abont $4 or $5 per capita, repreaenting half of the ao- crued interest on the money. F alil I n t e r e s t W it h C o ffee. H am burg, Jan . 4.—There was an im portant sale here yesterday of 24,000 bags of B rszilian ooffee on board steam ers now in th is harbor. Tbe ooffee is believed to be a consignm ent of tbe B razilian governm ent, in lieu of bills to pay interest on tbe Brasilian debt. The coffee was consigned to the R othschilds, of London, who sold it here. Bu aat a* « H o l d s t a n d a r d S c h e r n « . Bt. Petersburg, Jau. 4.— Moat au thoritative quarters deny that M. De W itt’s gold-standard project has been abandoned, as was reported from here. It w ill be discussed at tbe oounoil of the emperor in March, after the statu- tee of the bank have undergone tbe necessary revision to bring them into harmony with tbe statem ent A C at la W a |$ i . Waltham, Maes., Jan. 4.—A gen eral cut in wages in the iron foundry of Davis A Karuum, of thia city, went into effect today. The out ranges from 2 to 25 oenta and affects over 600 men. The fact that the large fonndriee in Pennsylvania and the West have com F a m i n e In a K u » s t a n F r o v i n r a . A n R arth qn ah « at O ttaw a. Ht. Petersburg, Jan . 4 — A fam ine menced to do tbeir own small work, The centenary of ’’B ibliotheqne U ni O ttaw a, O n t., Jan. 5.—O ttaw a was is prevailing in tbe province of K her making it impossible for this Arm to verse lie ," the oldest period ioal of it* visited by an earthquake shortly after son. It is estim ated th a t 750,000 compete, ia given as the canee. kind, i* to be celebrated by a modest m idnight. No serioua dam age is re rnblea w ill be required for the relief Japan has forty-one cities of ormt festival a t Gep*»e. ported. of the sufferers. 10,000 inhabitants.