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(CMON' STATESMAN Fill DAT, JANUARY. 3. K A- I f, 1- I, the tn At Us Cc-Irrencc ca UtvP.:rth- Fij-ht "AN -AGREEMENT WAS BEACHED f MINNESOTA WILIT-GO-JNTO COURT TO FIGHT COMBINE. The Injunction Again me I' aclf;c Has Bee Dissolved and the Fight Will Be Carried to tha High- the Content Will Continue (From Tu-sday' Statesman.) t HELENA, Mont, Dee 3.1-A definite li action, to defeat the proposed COn,6idatio of the Northern Pei, Great Northerf and BMrlinflton . nan way eystems, was today unanimously rd uren by the Governors ami. ornev Generals of the five Northwest- em state., in which those roacs nav. -- . mcleaae . t .mim ll be lnuiuteo piu- mediately, la the Mlneia bwii - t.i. ,.v.wt in view, and to nuute iAi tomey General lK,ugiass. of M'nn -the thing will te pmjni. m. 'T", .'V'.1 will be brought, neKiier ivtri... ,.. Hnnt. of Mlnnenota. or Attorney Cener- . 1 .nit Mrnull ftiltt". ' ! The cnjerence aJjovrneu .. . i.v'.WU afK-rnoort, after adopting resolution merger t'imiienininK um i-i.nrrsirv to- fiounu iminiv - -. 1 1 . Jt.ir a 111 .ega aKion whKh nuty-be brought to teat Its VaUdlty.- Other resolutions ..lopted 14 i and favor tne rtihm 1 hu in(r.miile Ooramttce Commlsr . - . ..w Hlon'to fix maximum r.ies. v4t i It, ino 'I State busli-ss., : ' . 1 , . i,i.Yiin Hunt. .and most of the . J ..iv..rf tfflrlrtlH. Who 7 1 iin - . . - , . 4. .1 th. conference, left lonigni: for their homes, Governor Van Kant himwlf an much gra till-: river the result of , the rmeting whlih i-Mt-l hv hi in. - I -Soil' ar as J am cont erne.1. said he aftr the meeting atljourncd, '1 am v u.tlsned'-wlth -the work of ix. tnlr It WfmpllshedU. tha ould be desiml; and l am very n.HNi fleiJlC-e:l. - A' rfsoltitlon prescnti-fi oy HunrrnriHsdt ? a" -proviso advcM-atin? rS4.vermen',mtsbP 5 of tn'" .trB.n!"''j ,-ontinenUil rkilroiMls. Aft-r onstd r- at.l- d.-lxitc. however, this -lauc wasj firlikvii out. t . . Injunction Dissolved. ; "' 'Ml'nn'-niioi'is;': if innl lvC 31. JedK? Wlltiam Uichrvs. of tho, Onitt-1 States i-!rt uit Court.', today dl.swlv.-d tne tfm-f-rary injunction Issuetl In the case-if Vfter I'o.r. ig:lnst th Nrthern -Pa-: l tic lUilway Company by Jt4Kej:iI!'t f ihf ltii't jurt of H"nnpn to.iniy. M.nday. -The itu.utlon which was dlssMVil by ordf-r of Juds? l.och .n. rfstraln.rthe Nortlrn Pacific frm Issuing; any'-advances of Indebt liifH to retire the preferred to k of 'the n.miny, or tort'tlrt th prcferrr 1 i.M-b in'nnv 'other mHrin-r. than by the u4 of" the' : surplus net earnlsiRS of the it nl.o, restrainl the Northern 1'iH lllc and -Ms officers fmm entering .intnt orIrine any net i,r tihiiti th r!d would le conwiii rl t.wi r nxTgcd; thruKh the medium ...r ,. Mirth.-rn . S.-curittes Company, with the Gretit Northern or the Burl ittL-tott. or either of thm. 1 1 " ' Aftrr-lhi diHlsin w:is madeTornlly 1 tiv .Imiir-'ly hrvn. n-effort 'was" made i 1... v. ..l .inriiJM :ittorniv tn h:ive. the 1 .......1 it lh niiiounl nf ; loiul which I Would be r-iulred In order Ijo appenl 1 fr.m the ilrcislon. and to stjy nil rur ! ihr t.roreedlnirs In thej lower i court 1 n. nIlntr t h rical. Judge lnrenrre i-fusel to' allow a stiMisedeis Iond, In 1 any amount, to. ti givenJ, Juds;; tch- ten held that the NorU.rrn rncnc was Ur "ctntmct. entered into between U 1. -o-uh-lers s incorporated in 1.. . . . : . . . i. f . 11. ..u .. the eertilU-iites Of tji preferred Stock and of Ihe Hswment entesed Into Nr "vemlieT 15th. in attempting to retire th; $T.rK0OO.ofl of .referrel ! slot k, in the .manner alle,sel by Power. 1 He also hel l that the raitrouid : corioni tlons t-ould rnt do Indirectly what the law prevented them -fnmi-i doing - dieectly, slid' that any rnetho.1 by which th cr. soltl:tUon of two or more comfeing ..,u t line would in broujrht btit would le HFegal nnd the writ of Iri Junctin jw-nuld U: to restrain the con -sumnvvtloh of the plan; ut that there whs nothing In the case as presented to blm that would Indicate, that the stock holders of the Northern- Pacific "'Rall way tmrsiny were sttempting such a consli;iatUn or meriger. j .'; ,, - i 1'ower's aitorneysToTifght authorised the (statement that the tight hwl 'jt commeneed. and tliat th.?y would ap pevl to -the .Vnt'tM Elates Supreme Cmirt. : ; j . :'. HE STOLE' DIAMONDS. Bold Robbery in Seattle, on a Crowded - Street.JLast Night. ufiTTr.K. wash- Iv 3l,--ln --the , nf it. crown tonight, a thief ..1. nor.lina: t mOhniiugh the win :diiiof M e)' Bros, twerry store. 1 and thnu;h the.nn'Kea w-" " I trav of diamond tings worth $1500. suc- ! cessfully tnaking his ecais. 1 AN OIL EXCHANGE To Be Established at Salt Lak't City at l An tarry vaxs. ffALT LAKE ClTTVtah; Dec. Steps are being ,k,W WW? o, luteresw Of the TSV with headquarters at faa.H Lke cjiy. Z: 1a .Seemed Imperative by rn of the steps recently Uken lnver. hs.klng toward " Hon nt that rotnt ! l "t o interests, in view of the fact that states of Oregon, Montana, Idaho, e Wyoming and Utah contain pracucauy the entire II territory m tne isonn? west. those most interested claim that the control of such Industry should be ntered at the principal city adjacent the bromlnent oil fields. With this object In view It Is proposed, to hold a meeting in this city at an eanj aaie, when, definite action will he taxen on the proposition of establishing a. ren tral oil exchange In Salt Lake City. HAN NA AND FORAKEFL ; Between the Two Leader for Control of Ohio. , CINCINNATI. (X, Dec. 31. The fight between the Haona and leaker fac tion for the control of ihe Ohio Ifgls- liuretiecne at ate In Cincinnati to day. The resulTrofthe day:confer nre ai in favor of Forlrfcervin that two Toledo men gave their pledge-to J , .7 l..,,.,..ri ihi. Foraki-r nromnt ' !' ATlrmeetlng of the Hamilton county delegation iotrfght the three Senator and ten repreeentanveayrotea unam- mouwiy to support me r uraurt i dates In the organization of the Legis lature. After' the, meeting ure " raent Waa given, out that the pending contest waa not one between FOraker nd Hanna. themselves,, for supremacy In Ohio. . ' ,. ' NEW WARSHIPS. BUENOS AY RES, XAc. SI. The Ar- ntttlne Government nas rnienm contracts witn snip r t-jr ... 1 1 l,tltf - fn. ,-. immediate construction of two ar mored vessels of 8M tons, ax a. com wi 17,000.000 francs eachv , WE NATION PROSPERS GENERAL MOVEMENT OF BUSl- JMES3 MEN FOR SAFE INSURANCE. Safe Investment Found in the Volume of Business Done by the Mutual Life, with Its Billion ; Dollar Busi- ; ' . L . ' ' i ness. . ' , ! .: (From Tuesday's f'1 !' NEW YOUK, Dec. 3' .ifOn of the bc8t evidences of. tf unfesanipi,t Irosierity of the countri" w-ll "as of the very general, mVfmNit p -tousi -n,; men for ' profitable, permanetit. protective and absoiute.ye i.., ment, is found In the vulume 01 post- ness com The business of the tnre ieuuer the if utual, the Equitalde,4 and the New V01 k, has been very large. The Mu- . . J uul Ufe insurance Company f Nv York has wrlttenBnamount vasl.y M-yoml its highest record of other years, and Wery dollar. Of it has leen approved localities, and. without de on the most carefully selected: risks. In moralising! conditions of any 'kind. The Mutual rank as the largest, stroii--, m.t staJae life Insurance company in the world. Is easily iwanwnnn tfftumed to i-llc y holders ano-reer or extended In their behalf, the enor- .um of over one ouuoa iwiuu" ill 000.000.000). No other company 1.1 the world has come near, to these fig ures. T ; ,; - ' ' Advancement in business. Wonderful Progress Made in Manufae- ' 1 turing During the Past Year. i -kV YORK. Dec. 31.-r-Iun s Ilevtcw . . . . . . . 7 Tnuie will. say on January mi. m,Mt m.4r'eIous of iWl the phen omenal fvidertf es of advancement in K-ir.oi dnrinir the year, was the pro gress made In manUfacturtng. Ji " impsible to le U extravagant In de lineating the movements of the Indus trial world. Never in the history for this or any other Nati6n has such de velopment occurred within the spa,co of twelve nioTTths. The expansion ofi pr' dtictive capacity was enormousi the improd methods of work and organ isation were conspicuous, wise Econ omies iwere introduced, but morejtlwn ..it ,.,Ke rciors that made for perm anent prorUyyni? consetAatUe resistance lr1li-? inlhvtlon. , . : ....-" rC 19 ' '. - : Will You Sleep Well , Ttnit? Not If Whaye JJ I begins to torfnenCOU . anon y lie down. You can conquer the .rbuh .ik A llon'si i.iin? IW Slin,ill' " Willi "S. 11' o ' - . . 1.. tho 'min In the chest, the irrt ...tn in ihe throat and the harJ brthingSlnce it contains no oi-luir. hi. mtvniir be- given freelj -. , to children, anr adults. to the most delicate A DISGRACEFUL PARDON. A Thief Who Stole a Half Million Dol j lars Liberated Nebraska. LINCOLN. Neh.. Dec. 31:ovrn-r c..,. inniirht' mnted an uncondi tional pardon to Josepn s. iri), TeVurer. who five years ago Vas sentenced to twenty years In the Penitentiary on ronvkumi , or . embeszled $;oi.oao of state funds. .lis entire shortage is alleged to nae $550,000. but he was conv... -single eount of -embexling 20j,000. 1 prescTTes and pickles, spread ! i , tola costing of . , . PURE fiEFIIIED l PAnAFFirJE "Will kr tha ahsolotr-ly txar t meiA miL Pr IlcOiwd roini OMnl is s rtoxen ber abnaX the - boose. "u'l itirwetioini In cb pacassw lieldor"' . ; STANDARD OICCO. '-'"-" - t I ie un done by the great life Insurance 1 tne gjjty persons they are forbidJen names. Nothing nearly appr?acn- in perpetuity to noia ?rnce. -uk."- it W,s ever been, known f 1 wl "V"" 1 VT ' " . " w. ..... mMAHY-AKD . No ?.!3ve Villi Ce 'flc Ustll the Kaisers Oldster ARRIVES AT CARACAS AND PRE- SENTS THE ULTIMATUM. TP . PRESIDENT CASTRO. oercive Measures Will Be Resorted To If -a Compiianfieto Germany De mands Is Not PiptlyBeported China Pretends s to Punish" ths - Slauahterers of Missionaries,' and SomebodyWill Bo Punished. ' r (From Tuesday's Statesman.) BERLIN, Dec; 31-Until , Dr. O Schmidt-Leda, the German Minister to Venezuela, arrives at' Caracas about January 5th, nothing will be done by the German Charoe d Affres there to press President Castro further. Dr. Schmidt-Leda bears the instructions from his Government. The carrying out of the successive steps outlined in inntrvctionwill end in coercive .I.::------,.., .. ' measures. , PRETENDED PUNISHMENT. -rarfn, Dec. 31. The Gazette, pub i;.ho an: edict, 'recounting, the maS -KHrtfT KhU f OO. in ; Mil tr-TJ nrovirice i where a missionary and. number of (ThrlsUan converts were re ported to ha.ve been killed. supposetUy by troops under tfiftommand of Of u cml Tung), and ordering the Chinese officials to pursue i and pupish the guilty-outaws. According" to an un tonflrmed j report -which hiis reached the Belgian Leg-aiionranother mission -arj- near Nfng Sha Foo has Been mur dered. I . , ' ' - A second ilct degrade the magjs trate and other Chinese officials wltiiin . hs( turisdictlon , the massat re f - curred, but retains ,them in office until 11 have been secured a anprenendinp TWO MINERS KILLED While Working in a Baker v lour.ty 1 Mine A Blast Accidentiy Discharged. - BAKER CITY. Or, Dec! 21. Homer Eaton and Chris - isnwer, i ... ntnerf working In : UnJon-Companlcin Mine. nr f'ornoconlal w-re InstantTy killed hr the accidental discharge of a b!ai. this .' morping. 1 ne reai cus i ov- . . V. .r.iAn vi-ill never he Known, as n one else w-s near at the time, and bot.i men were Instantly killed. They were working with a machine nrill and u is thought they struck a blast that h.il not exploded when the previous shot was nrea. - , HELD $1)0000 POLICY. ; The Late Frank H. Peavey in the Mu tual Life Insurance Corppany. i NEW YOItK. Dec. . 30, Crank, IL Peavey, "of Minneapolis. Jne of th? Mu- tu.iI Ufe InsursiSce Company s, of f.v York, $1,000,000 pollf'y.-hQiders.-dlird' t biy of pneumonia, lfe was Insured :y this company April 2, 1300, the an nual premium ixing $,330. II j had IKild two premiums. The claim will be immediately paid. " j HE MUST QUIT WORK. Roosevelt Demands Resignation of a Collector of Customs. MEMPHIS. Tenn, Dec. 3U Presi dent Roosevelt has formally demanded the. resignation of Davis A. Nunn, Col lertorf 'internal Penue for the; Klftl iMstrict of Tennessee, t The alleged vo fth la t ion of civil service regulations, in the discharge of a clerk. Is said Jo b! the use. . .' " THE CUBAN ELECTIONS. HAVANA, Dec. Jl.--The election re turns have not yet been recelvetl here. The. Indications promise a light vote. I 7ne j partisans of Masso, In Havana did not vote. 1 fantlago. Cuba Dec. 31. The elec tions paescd off todivy without a not able Im tdent JThe Nationalist was tn only ticket Mn the field, and tonse- quentiy n was "'1- - THE ROGERS FUNERAL. Arrangements Made1 on Monday Will . -'. R r .rrrfit Out Tndiv. I OLYMPIA, Wash Dec 3L Cdohel Ortis Hamilton will ha ye charge of the military funeral of the late Governor Rogers tomorrow. - All arranKements have been 'completed. No material t changes from those announced ht n made. ' TO OUR FRIENDS. t WIthUhe closing of the year isol and the heelnnhr of the-Jnew ' year, we are air apt to cast a backward bsic over the work of the twelvelrrwmths Just j J passed, and In doing1 soothe, IocaibXorce f nf th Statesman finds much : to be thankful for Ahd in'this connef-tion k mmiiHk of the "local force desire 1 1 t iinress1 their heartfelt thanks t" j J their many friends,, w ho have so often I lana w wiHiUMij ,r... -. .... less qu'?st tor news, py giving hiwh- Hon when required, and by aiding In a thousand and one ways In gathering the little details that help to rnak up the little, a eood daily local newspaper. To these, who have thus assisted t o-al rnrre, we desire to expressrbur gratl I of smeoouy, wneincr uiijr u , " " ' -j I Eczema How U redden the akin, itches.; ooxes. dries and ecaJes! gome people can it sew:r, w- -. gaH rhenra. ; : . - v , . Tbo sneering irora it is tense; local applications raw. they miUgtte. but canire..' It proceeds irera nunw raired and persist until these haTe been . i . : - Hood's Sarsaparilta DosiUTely removes tnem. ,au LJ ind permanently cared the worst ease, and u wttSStu equal for all eataneous ertrptlon. i ' " '. ' ' "- . tude. and. wishing all: of the friends and readers of be Statesman's local columns a happy ao,d prospereua New V - w xrmniM to. leave noinins ,. me IA in sriring to ..the UVBC - a better newspaper In the iu lure than was possible In the past- i ADAMS WILL HELP. . . - LE WIST ON. IdaJ Dec. 31- T!? Lewiston I Commercial uuo wired. Cha"Jrancis Adams, of Boston, asking him to acleIdano rerr- .nt.itlv iat Washington, in pr... the open river undertaking to Congtess. U Adams is a heavy property owfe in Ijewiston.. ; . lIu vessels are in. SRJLTTI.P1 Wash- Jan. 1,. Ail nc veiwels known to have been out In th- otnrm. (Tirtntmia Eav,aiong in North Pacific coast, are reported here I as safe. i. 1 , PALMAIVASVICTORIOIS' THE CUBAN ELECTIONS YESTER. I DAY WERE A LANDSLIDE. . ' .' . . I For the National Party s n. Followers of Masso Refused to Go to the Polls, Having! Withdrawn ' Their Candidate from the (Jontest. ' (From Thursday's 1 Stkteeman.) HAVANA, Jan. J The I indlcatlona ere that the entire Palma.1 ticket will be elected, and that Toma Estrada lal" mal the iNatioallst camlidate? for hhi Presidency of Cuba. ;will receive !th unanimous vote of thej Electonil Col lege. The alherents of bartolome Iasr mi. the' DfnnocrathT candidate who rt tently withdrew .from the canip.airn. not only 'withdrew their candidates but I i.i ihi. A remark- I . "..! ...... My light vote was the isluivl I K '. I I A' Discussion a.-iriH-s this Indiffer tiici to Ihp eriainly on Ihe irt of the PabnEiists. iof-iKdng" vh.'toi ious. and -that ohs'Miuentiy-tbe" majority of then? tayel at home and Jid not vote. Ia TtiuikKsibn savS that the vote may be 'taken as a 'protest l.y.- the Culia n oe axainst the. fmi'osition .or omt iai n-n- ..... ; . . 1. . i t Ida ties. ! : I" The Dianta e lx Marina sjys the re sult lis am Indication tnai me v.u.. femoi-racy may look upon . American jolicieslas inevitable. -rmr- ! aiif llllCnC IIPFT I lir I A. lllLliO IILLI - , - -- . MARYLAND LEGISLATORS HELD BRIEF SESSION YESTERDAY. -Seven RepSublican,- Members Will B Compelled to Fight for Their Seats .'-' -r - .... i-Tl:' : . Will as -Contests Are Filed-7-Porto Kic- an legislature n urjniu t r- : Sa (Krjrfh Thursday's Stat'.-Mmian.. ANNAPLIS, Mxl.; jaii. 1. Thi Gen cral Assembly bf MaolnJ gan its deliberations (today, and .alter a brief session adjourned Tor a week in order to allow : -.hem time to .make p th committee. The fart thu.t notice .of ton teats for scats of rix Hepubllcans In th House an one in th, Senate were I.resntifl. .Indicates that the Democrats desire a more comfortable working mar jority. Tne coming eteiuon ot , un ited States Senator created but llltle x-Hnrebt. as it Is almost unlversiiliy believed that In jt he I contest for Sen ator, Mr' Gormati w ill nuve no. diffi culty in securing the Irle; ;;,. : ' r:--.f,l j " ' -: '' : - ' i ' In Porto Rico. Kan Juan. Vmtin Hico, Jan. 1. The Porto IWcan legislature was orgtnired her lolay. WILL NOT VACCINATE!. The Portland School Board Decides It Cannot Enforco a Regulation to, , 1 rThat Effect. t .? . 1'OI1TLmND, Jan.'l. JThe Board 0 Ed tieatilon Kvilny de lded that It had ro power to comiel vaccination; and that It rmild not exclude, from the ' public schobls.1 children yho refuse to be vrw clnatedj ' The caite before the IsiariJ was that of Xaicie Hlnrflerman, whos mot hers declined, to allow1 her child to fee vacHinte. Mrs. Hinderman based her objection to vaccination on relfgl ous grounds, believing as she mss.-rt that: the Lord. Is the keeper of herself and children. ' - ' .T"t7TeTmultnomahs beaten. Reliance Football Player Won from i the Portland Team Stanford's f tk Colors Are Lowered.. ; PORTLAND. Jan. 1. The Reliance Heven. f takland, OaU totlay defeat ed1 the M ultivmal f ootbuU teatn tjE scttre of to . f I Jah. I--Fy th?" I- i slve m-rr of 49 to 0, the Mlcl J I vers! lyffwt balr'.,t.e.-mj,ttndaj Stanford lTnivrity. The to 0, the Michigan Un defeated set r l.i all - iulte In pmponlon to the general sj- rriorirv of th; eastern intti at ui" grtnti- r,:on:RA:r.v ; ACC:DZJTS Uc Track Ner Pitts tsrg :-t4' -.ye v.bi-?," . ,-' ' 'I: ' " TWO MEN AVERE KILLED SEVENTEEN INJURED, ENTir.E JrlAIN BURNED. AND AND A Miner in IVTonUna Shoots His Family and a Special Train Bari?9 to the Scene Is Wrecked, K,l cwns , Two Lives Lost Jh Engineer .AtlLnion A Horse in a i-ouisn Try - ,',' Killed. : ' :. y.-r't (From Thursday' Statesman.) PITTSBURG. Pa- Jan. 1 s- the tsult of a through passenger train on ,e Baltimbraj; Ohio Raiiroafiump- resu tha : Mrk tndav. two men are deaa iny is ' nj Mvewteji injursd, five of whom are seriously hurt. The dead are: JohnHins, of 011- neUsvllle, Par, engineer; McCuncJ of Conntlsville. fireman. , The seriously injured are: p. J. .Par tella,, mail clerk; Wm. Avery, englne'r; a. W., Ryan, Baltimore; E- Young, mail clerk; K. IL Souser. Napier,' Pa. In going down a., steep grade thfe t-n- Hn lumned the track at a curved an J - nf' It. rn aniin i tun -wva r -w- t Probably the only thing that prevented an appalling deaih list was , the fact thst. the hevyvestlbule cars didj not break up in going over the embank men't. The " work 'of rescue had to be don nulfklv. betause the gas tanks In the cars explotled and set fire torthe wrckage. " The-flames spread rapidly ami in a short time the entire, train was 'burned. - , ':".,:' Chapter of Casualties. : -Butte, Menu Jan. 1. A special to, the Miner. irtm.'KalipeU. Mont, says: Patrickftlulllvan, of Jennings, Mont thot his wife and grandchild and him self V last night.' with fatal resulta to hiniself. and child, V hlle his , wife In a vry Oangerous conn u ion. is m, miner, well known around Butte, - fa worked manR ycrs. III.s - - 7..' . Lill-' . . . .. . ,T ..M 1 re runs me pwuii nuKr i The citizens of Jennings sent rHl for medical aid. and n sie:-; sent this .morning with . ijf-l:, ii-iirwi 'the coroner. At a point Just west of he side track at Lu cerne the engine umpd the track, in stantly killing Engineer Herson, seriously wounding Itreman n tk w n-aldtHl. The caboose did not leave? the track and the doctors i reeded to Jennings, while the dead Injurea were orouxni. 10 ivhiiki Two Lives Lost KHthvuhv li, Jan. 1. Two llve- werel.mt. me WrWm seriously M.Jur d I . .. .. . .. i,-.- . 1,1 r.,.. ana tne rc( iwrwr o'ibc """"". v' which $20,000; hul ltn ' refused, t ns killetU Irt a collision between a Texas Pacific, fast frelKht train, and a Hous ton East and West Texas freigh en siding at this place this morning. The dead are: W. J. Daniels, Houv rton,. tpi '. tinman: J Jas. Kane, slatdj tkttendsmt. I. Twelve -ars of the Houston l-ist and West Texas train wero burned to the trucks. .".-. i - : BAND qF jNSURGENTS. f, -1 . i - . . - Routed by a Few American Soldiers ' - Nea Manila. MANiI., Jan. l.-UeuU ' Crhas. D. Rhode of the Sixth cavalry, aeioin iWtniCft by two orderlies, whenwithla jtlx miles of Manila, todav, came across twent armcl inswrKents In a uarfd r-barracks. ' The Insurgents shoytrd "Amerlrnos," and Lieutenant Rhodes feigned a retreat, but in reality he tnk the barrack In the" flank and droveiout Ihe insurgents, "oipturlng two rblesJr three revolvers and. some ammunition, Uhode thert burned the barracks. General Wheaton's ' r port frorn th.? Island of' famar indicates that little has been aclrempjlished there. Th alti tude e the nitivcs Is even more un friendly thn ever before. CHOATE 'HAS-ET1RED. I Withdrawf from the Practice of Law 4 After Fifty Years Work. :'! - , NltW YOUK. Jan. iv After a ton llnuous service of nearly a h ilf Vntury In the law firm of Evarts, t.hoate .; T"-urtn.in.'Jos.'H. Choate ha with inv n and. temporarily' at least, will 'discon tinue the prwciico of lav. Mr. Chonte states, thrft his-duties-of AmtKmsalor from" the" iTmted etiltes to England would consume so muh of his time t,ir i-veral yesi to come, hnt It woulji tfe' Impossible tor him topurs'je his law iractice. , '. TWO OFFICERS SHOT. British Envoys AJIIeged to Have Been I Murdered by Boers.' PKirroUIA. Jan. 1. Two omt era of the Intelligence Department, who. were sent to parley with the lrs who de sired to surrender new r Warmbaths were treacherously shot by conceaWJ Beers. , ': ';;'! "" .- ' : Imdon. Jan. 1. The officii! retiy ns show that the ISoer losses, ;.by kiil- l. uuintrf and aiirrebder during total 1.ST U--tmANK WOOD ALCOHOL. V ' r ; 11 i Two Federal Prisoner at Alcatraz ' Dead and Three Dangerously . SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 1. Fv ,f the Fed-ral prisoner at the I'nifed Ktte- MHitaV frsr., at Ale:,tr.)Xv. j rut on -Sunday hight drank a b-v. r- ng of which Wood alcohol forme-J. r. ro- knl 1 4T f i The Farmer yV ys The Gardener yf-f I J ar.d ) W I The Housewife I 1 wtu frmf ' Km. V Unn ll tttnrji V.ikI. I D. M. rCCRf A CO. , Detroit, Mich. - .1 principal part. '.Tuesday; tmorning the , bodies of two were buried, and the other three are still In the - ho.;taI. . The two who died, are Edward I Can- ' field and William Mitchell. PROMINENT ATTORNEY DEAD. 'LJ-:WlSTON, Idaho, Janl 1. Hon. Jas. W. Hei'd died here' today, .ftrr n 11 lllnoss of seVeral nionth. -ihH-eased was one of the bet known lawyers and public inen of, the state. Helcame to Idaho inllS?. frrm North Carolina,. which state he had represent! In Congress. -WILL PLAY; BALL. ItCTTK. Mont- Jani 1; special to the .Miner, from Helena. s.ys: 'IV finite advices were received, herd to.i;y that Helena- and Butte had ibcen 'ad-.-mttted ito the. '.Pacific Northwest lieague." ; ;;' "-,.::-.; " WILL ENDOW COLLEGES ''-"' - I"-'-' -:- A . CHICAGO PH ILANTHROPISt'S newCyears resolution -r' How Various School Can; Profit the Expense of His Fortune H9 Will Assist; Pacific University, ForestGrove, With i His Wealth. Vrnrn Thursday's Stal'eman.) Cii ICAGO. Jan. 1. pn i. K. "riar '- - T . . .i 'Ji . .ljf' ' k,i.e. sin, a. cnuago pmiaiinn"!-"". NeWTear's resolution touay w n was at the eame time un uiiu"uy to the colleges which are expecting to profit his bounty: There ve cteht of tr colleges,, and $400,000 of tie doctfs-inoney ! ks Waiting for them to beyhanded over to their endowment nda thfe minute they have raised ca-. reimdihg sums of , money wr hv own account. Not one ot mem . however.! fulfilled J he conditions at close of iant: year. '? :'-' : jj-- ""'"l-," "They i shall haVe until January- . 103 to pay their pl-de lie atsuouia -cd. "artd If they arc hut ready then, they will nevf yet s cet from m That's (the limt." 7 -'V'V, .. v Pearsons aniwunctiifuriir inai was his intention to give the rest his - wealth, probably $J.o0.tM)0 orti. 000,000, outright In the1 course of 'tUs next few years to the collegr s w hl U have accomplished the rooifwlth what , he has given them in the past. S.me of the fortunate colbge. Dr. Pearsons has already ,decldel on. i He did nm say so directly, but his praise oMnuiy Collesre. 1 MlFsouri: 'Whitman Coi'tR-, Wsh.: Col0aflo College; r(;uic i.n. vershy. )r-got. n1 . Iteloit .oli left no doubtw'of his Intentions IV' 'I them, j "lCeal gems" is whatKi, ish them. ., :.- . ' ' - , 1 A French School. - "Chicago, "Jan. 1. ne mlllivu d'jl.r Is-ihe sum olTVied ly'llotert I Ba'ely... .. a French! multi-millionaire, lor tli4, tabU.-hment -ofa French-. Ihdiiu' krhd, in "-rrnecllon 'with the-.University of .' Chicago. - President; .Harper promptly, replied that it , was th- very thing ; the Culvers! ty desired, and 111 preljmiharles were fiettled -at nf. The institution will le actively fo.ffji''! by trv French GovermnenC Tlie -dents will conslst'of 600 graduates of Freneh Colleges, to Ih ."wted by th; -Government, and 20 w ill !e sent .over eaJi year. .They will come-on sh'!ar shfis, all exj ns;e. transwrtatin an I liig being defrayed by Frp-e. "WHY THEMblTNTAlN3 - 'i:VKK '' GROW SMALLER." The -mountains are always m"''" down Into the valleys. When spnw trmecome every stream will iutv rnu J dy1',n Jfs jeourse. At this rate all soiVjrom the bill would soon e g.' weren this, soil being constantly re placed. XWater soaks Into the. ere of the rkki and, whi n n ire ; swells w th almost Irref istlble J'jrrr. j That a very little of It can eracs iron pile fnost of Us have fob nd c4t. Thiis the wk Is itllrand the pieces - made In this ny arc xi. oken.Into finer anJ ntK'i ontil -new roll Is mad f lake l,. place of that which Is rapidly m-j ing down to the k.famift.-Proji' m"v-; . C. Schmuckcr in iw.u-, disjsV Home . Journal. :. rhJ1. on-t f pry P"", 1 - ry last niKOl rnerTwlTfa " - ' " l.ioniflf'" V,et take i.er"tjai every ' ,ion d lsse I in thi cmpH"- . ,;inn(,r .wtlll,h hrough tho a. tvy In .wnld eIte;a TT'-,.,,. wri the breast of a regui. ,. ter Lyn "T 'TV,, thf-y conduct Jbe warm compliments of the commanding. CPAIN-O! - CRAIN-O! when yu jemember mat at , : want a delieiou. "Tia,.- of coffee. Sold by all U by .11 holhave tls digestion- made of Hin-hW nefv- 14 not .Sra'ldcr. and OOUJ IB' the c nit; 55rrreaH benefit . drinklt-b great d,. as much a e".' ', Ak your grocer Z'j tts. per pacsai. for G.raln-O. V -1 t r 1 t l -xU . : i ... -1 ..- V": I .-r Nil X n en