(CMON' STATESMAN Fill DAT, JANUARY. 3. K
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"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.
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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.
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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.
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